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The Duke – Where and When

A Chronicle of Duke Ellington's
Working Life and Travels

This webpage was created
and is maintained by,
David Palmquist,
with considerable input
from fellow researchers.
Last updated
2019-05-09

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The musical lives of Edward Kennedy "Duke" Ellington, Otto ("Toby") Hardwick and Arthur ("Artie" or "Chiefy") Whetsel began in Washington, D.C., where they met Elmer Snowden and then Sonny Greer in 1919.   In 1923, Sonny and Toby talked Duke into joining them in New York to play in Wilbur C. Sweatman's vaudeville show.

Not enjoying vaudeville work, they quit, couldn't find other work and went home.  Later that year, Thomas A. ("Fats") Waller told them of another New York job, and back they went.  When that job didn't pan out, they struggled to survive.  With Ada ("Bricktop") Smith's help, they were hired at the Exclusive Club, with Elmer as leader, their first known night club residency.

The group made its first record and appeared on radio in 1923, and were soon working at the Hollywood.  After Whetsel left to go to university, James Wesley ("Bubber") Miley and Charlie Irvis joined.  Snowden left that winter and Ellington soon became the leader.  Fred Guy was hired on banjo in 1924 and the band began record-making in earnest later that year, even appearing in a silent film in 1925. In 1926 and 1927 they played in musical theatre pits on top of their club work and in the fall of 1926 Ellington met Irving Mills, who was so important in developing Ellington's career. Harry Carney joined in mid-1927 and stayed the rest of his life; in 1927 string bassist Wellman Braud replaced tubist Mack Shaw and Rudy Jackson came in.  They even had a violinist, Ellsworth Reynolds, to conduct them in pit work and at the Cotton Club in late 1927.  Freddie Jenkins and Johnny Hodges joined in 1928, Cootie Williams replaced Miley in 1929, and Juan Tizol was added that year too.  In 1929 Duke and his band played a prestigious Ziegfeld musical by George and Ira Gershwin, and they made Black and Tan, their first sound movie at Gramercy Studios in New York, using the new Photophone technology.  They left the Cotton Club in the summer of 1930 to tour the northeast and midwest states en route to Hollywood to be in the Amos 'n' Andy movie Check and Double Check.  They did a short theatre run back in New York in September, before relieving Cab Calloway at the Cotton Club in the middle of the month. In early 1931, they checked out of the Cotton Club to begin an 18 week theatre tour, and never looked back. 

Duke travelled the world with his sidemen and singers, many being stars in their own right, until he died in 1974.  He once told his grand-daughter home is where the work is, on the road.  His life reflects that. His working life and travels are both fascinating and mind-boggling, something I first became aware of when I purchased Dr. Klaus Stratemann's comprehensive and well-documented Duke Ellington, Day by Day and Film by Film, ("Stratemann"), covering Ellington's life from 1929 until his death.

People study Ellington's life for many reasons, and a time line provides context.  French record collector and researcher Klaus Götting consolidated the itineraries of several researchers into his own The Duke - Where and When, made for his own use, but generously shared that document with the Ellington community.  At the urging of Swedish record producer and researcher Carl A. Hällström, Klaus kindly allowed me to use his itinerary as the basis for this webpage, which is intended to be a research tool so the community does not duplicate work already done by others.  I am grateful to our small international team, for their participation, help and encouragement in this project, and in particular Ken Steiner and Steven Lasker for sharing their extensive research and for the work they've put into checking and clarifying our entries. Ken has checked at least 95% of the Stratemann citations (Downbeat, Variety, The Billboard, the New York Times, Chicago Defender, Baltimore African American, Pittsburgh Courier, New York Amsterdam News, and the Duke Ellington Scrapbooks at the Smithsonian), and almost all of the Stratemann dates against local sources, in the process uncovering numerous additions, corrections, and refinements for the years 1923-41. His finds were contributed to DEMS through its last issue in December of 2012. Dr. Stratemann relied a great deal on Steven's research and assistance when writing his book, and both Ken and Steven have been very involved with developing this webpage, identifying mistakes and offering a great many new entries and clarifications. Their research has been printed in many DEMS bulletins right up to the final one in December 2012.

This "evergreen" project will never be complete, but I think it's ready to be used by researchers and anyone else interested in Duke's life.  New information, additional references and corrections are welcome.  While submissions in the format suggested here are easiest for me to work with, I am happy to receive them any way they come.

TDWAW will tell you what Ellington was doing and where he was on a particular date and guide you to more detailed information in the DEMS Bulletins, Stratemann, New Desor and other resources. Entries in this colour are events listed in the August 2011 version of Mr. Götting's TDWAW, and entries from all other sources are in black.

Session information is primarily from New Desor or http://ellingtonia.com but often compared to other hard copy and electronic discographies. Since this is not a discography, I only list song titles once in a session, even if there were multiple takes. Session times were provided by Steven Lasker, either directly or by reference to his comprehensive discography in the book for the monumental RCA Victor CD box set 09026-63386-2, The Duke Ellington Centennial Edition. In several cases, the studio files only showed the start and end times, without saying if they were day or night. Where a.m. or p.m. was stated, they are restated on a 24-hour clock. Where I can't tell if the session was in the a.m. or p.m., they are simply stated as written. Mr. Lasker suggests using other groups' session times could help if the masters have adjacent matrix numbers to Ellington's.

Many references in this webpage use the acronyms SI-NMAH and DEC301. These stand for "Smithsonian Institution National Museum of American History" and "Duke Ellington Collection #301" respectively. The Smithsonian's Archive Center includes the following Ellington-related collections. Clicking a collection number will take you to a fuller description of the collection.

SI-NMAH
Collection
Number
Collection nameSize
(cu.ft.)
AC.0301The Duke Ellington Collection #301 (papers acquired
from Mercer Ellington in 1988 arranged in 16 categories)
310.00
AC.0327Rutgers University NEA Jazz Oral History Project4.50
AC.0328Rutgers University Collection of Radio Interviews about Duke Ellington1.50
AC.0368Duke Ellington Oral History Project15.00
AC.0385Annual International Conference of the Duke Ellington Study Group2.00
AC.0386Collection of Duke Ellington Ephemera and Related Audiovisual Materials3.20
AC.0388Robert Udkoff Collection of Duke Ellington Ephemera1.33
AC.0390New York Chapter of the Duke Ellington Society Collection1.10
AC.0391Earl Okin Collection of Duke Ellington Ephemera0.40
AC.0415Ruth Ellington Collection of Duke Ellington Materials33.00
AC.0422Carter Harman Collection of Interviews with Duke Ellington3.00
AC.0429Naomi Huber Brown Papers (Documenting Duke Ellington's Concert Tour of Asia)0.15
AC.0430Archives Center Collection of Music Transcriptions of Duke Ellington Compositions0.12
AC.0431Jazz Oral History Collection0.40
AC.0472Don Brown Collection of Duke Ellington Recordings.
AC.0494Betty McGettigan Collection of Duke Ellington Memorabilia2.00
AC.0502Dr. Theodore Shell Collection of Duke Ellington Ephemera1.75
AC.0630William "Cat" Anderson Collection5.00
AC.0652Tom Whaley Collection1.50
AC.0704Edward and Gaye Ellington Collection of Duke Ellington Materials9.50
AC.0740Andrew Homzy Collection of Duke Ellington Stock Music Arrangements1.5
AC.0763John Gensel Collection of Duke Ellington Materials1.5
AC.1240Al Celley Collection of Duke Ellington Materials2.5
AC.1222Floyd Levin Jazz Reference Collection
(incl. Barney Bigard's personal papers)
42.5

Most events are only briefly described or summarized, but the references given should allow you to look them up. While this webpage is based on Mr. Götting's TDWAW, it has room for more information, so I've included important events in the lives of Ellington and his sidemen. An item marked as an update may be a major change to Mr. Götting's information, or it may simply be an added reference, change of spelling, or another minor change.

Personnel changes are dated as shown in New Desor Volume II unless otherwise noted. Where New Desor relied on a musician's presence in a recording session, the actual dates are likely a little different. New Desor dates before 1943 may instead be from Steven Lasker's research, which he shared with Dr. Stratemann, who in turn provided it to the New Desor authors. Some musicians (including singers) left the band and came back, sometimes after a long absence, and I have usually not determined if their departures and returns were meant to be temporary or permanent. I also don't know which, if any, short-term members were just hired to fill in, or hired on a permanent basis but didn't work out.

Extended Engagements and Early Nightclub Work

This chronology shows each date of multi-day events separately, with a reference to the beginning of the engagement. This allows you to see all the known activity on any particular day and to more readily track extended engagements - other Ellington chronologies either have just a single entry showing the duration of the engagement, a single entry at the beginning of each month, or even one entry for each of the first and last days of the gig, with nothing in between. I try to show the known times of the events, and unless otherwise noted, a late night event starting after midnight will be shown as occurring the previous day - for example, a dance starting at 12:30 a.m. Tuesday will show as Monday night rather than early the next morning.

Cabarets appear to have stayed open seven nights a week, so days off are not shown unless there is supporting evidence.

During prohibition, I understand New York cabarets stayed open all night, until January 1927, when the city imposed a 3 a.m. curfew.

Contract wording

The Associated Booking Corporation used contract blanks modelled on that of the American Federation of Musicians. They bear the AFM logo and title, as well as ABC's own headers. Many of the Ellington's ABC contracts have additional terms, which are either typed, rubber-stamped, or attached as a contract rider. These "standard clauses" are generally:

While I did not note these in most instances, many of the Associated Booking contracts have the date a deposit was received written on them, and some bear a rubber-stamped approval from the A.F. of M.

I have not repeated contract detail duplicating what is already shown in the entry, such as the date, time, place of the engagement, or its nature, unless I felt there was a nuance worth seeing (or unless I wrote the entry before deciding I didn't need to show redundant information).

Cautions

Where I have not named a source, the information is from Mr. Götting and has not been checked by me. Most of the DEMS references were provided by him, and I have looked many, but not all, up. Some lead to significant discussions, some refer to a hard to find brief notation in a lengthy document. They are listed in reverse chronological order for each event, and I have not attempted to sort them by relevance.

The reliability of any entry in this webpage should be judged by its supporting documentation. Ellington's plans frequently changed on short notice, so post-event reviews or reports are better evidence that the event occurred than advertisements or advance publicity. Where an event is only supported by advance publicity (previews) or by advertisements, you should consider it to unconfirmed, although ads on the day of the event are more likely to be reliable than those that ran a week or two beforehand.

When relying on a reference book such as a biography, look for the references the author cites. Some authors draw on what has been written by earlier biographers, so if the earlier writer made a mistake, it may be reported as fact by subsequent authors. While this chronology occasionally draws on A. H. Lawrence's "Duke Ellington and His World" as a source, noted Ellington authority Steven Lasker disagrees strongly with relying on that book, describing its flaws in DEMS 01/2-4.

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1891 01 25
.St. James Parish, La..Birth of Wellman Braud, bass player with Ellington from 1927 to 1935. His surname was pronounced "Bro."

As a young man, Braud played violin and string bass in the Storyville district of New Orleans before moving to Chicago. Later, in London, England, with the Plantation Orchestra, he doubled bass and trombone.

Braud played with Wilbur C. Sweatman in New York before joining Ellington. With Ellington, he doubled string bass and tuba.

Harvey Pekar writes

'Ellington and Braud demonstrated that the string bass, when properly miked, had a more explosive, incisive quality than the tuba - Ellington credited Braud with "crowding the microphone." Duke made sure Braud was placed so he would be prominent on records, and the innovation was so successful that Duke - and later pretty much everyone else - gave up using tuba in jazz rhythm sections.'

Highlights from Braud's 1958 oral history:
  • Born on a rice farm owned by his father in St. James Parish, New Orleans. Family is farmers and brickmasons, living in Brookstown, La.
  • Surname originally spelled Breaux.
  • Played violin when he was 12.
  • Moved to New Orleans at age 16 or 1911.
  • Began professional career playing drums.
  • When he left New Orleans at age 20, Wellman was a fiddle player, also mandolin, and he played guitar before leaving New Orleans at age 20.
  • In Chicago he played trombone until his lip went bad in 1916 or 1919 and he took up string bass. Hadn't studied or read music until he started playing trombone. Studied with a Professor Jackson in Chicago.
  • Played a year with Kid Ory.
  • In 1919 was in the 17 piece Creole Band, led by Charles Elgar.
  • Went to Europe with Will Vodery's Plantation Orchestra in a Blackbirds revue with Florence Mills, returned in 1923.
  • Saturday Night Function was his first recording. It used no drums so he played percussively. (Elsewhere he remembers other records being his first, including something in 1919.)
  • Played sousaphone on some Ellington recordings.
  • Bass Edwards was a tuba player and didn't play string bass; Braud came into the band on string bass, so it should be easy for researchers to identify the bassist on early Ellington records.
  • Claims to have written Double Check Stomp
  • Denies there were two basses when he was with Ellington.
Steven Lasker:
  • 'I found it interesting that Wellman says his dad changed Breaux to Braud because so much mail was addressed to Breaux it got mixed up. The pronunciation [of Breaux] was "bro" and Wellman pronounced Braud the same way.
  • There is no recording of Saturday Night Function with Ellington and without drums. Braud first recorded with Ellington on 1927 10 06. The earliest known recording of Saturday Night Function is the 1929 01 16 Victor recording. The only recordings listed in discographies by Braud that predate his joining Ellington are four sides by Thomas Morris and His Seven Hot Babies recorded for Victor on 1926 11 12 & 24 on which Braud plays string bass.'
  • We can prove that Billy Taylor played bass and tuba alongside [Braud] in late 1934 and early 1935.'
  • 'The label of Victor V-38129 credits Double Check Stomp to "Bigard-Brand[sic]-Hodges," while that of Brunswick 4783 credits "Bigard." ASCAP's Ace title search credits DCS to Bigard and Irving Mills and shows the publisher as EMI Mills Music Inc. I haven't checked the copyright, but assume it agrees with ASCAP's listing. Given Braud's statement in the interview that "I wrote Double Check Stomp," don't we wish we could go back to 1930 and ask Bigard and Braud exactly who wrote what?'
  • 'I heard the interview with Braud in the 1990s when I visited Tulane. Since then I've bought a copy of "New Orleans Style" by Bill Russell (compiled and edited by Barry Martyn & Mike Hazeldine), Jazzology Press, 1994, a book that condenses Russell's interviews with many of the most significant New Orleans musicians. In the book, Wellman makes the statement (which I suppose we'll find somewhere in the audio interview) that "I think I'm the first person to start the walking bass." This is to me the most significant statement to be found in the interview and HIGHLY inclusion-worthy in TDWAW.'
Lasker:
  • 'Braud, paraphrased at p.112 of "New Orleans Style":

    "I always played for tone, just like when I'm playing sousaphone on The Mooche. I was always curious about things in music. Always asking questions. Anyhow, one day I went over to the Rochester Theater and got talking to the sousaphone player. He was hitting four tones at once on his horn. He said that he had been first brass bass with John Phillip Sousa for twenty-five years. I knew he had to know what he was doing and in fact, he made that horn sound like a string bass. You have to take the dumb side if you want to learn with a professional, so I asked him how he got that tone. He told me it came from the strike of the tongue and so I went home and practiced on that for a long while. That's how I got the effect on The Mooche with Duke's band." '

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died 1986 09 05Boston, Mass..Birth of Thomas Le Roy ("Tom") Whaley, composer, pianist, arranger,conductor best remembered as Duke Ellington's chief copyist from 1941 to 1971.
Annie Kuebler:

'Tom Whaley - Footnotes and Whole Notes in Jazz History
If Billy Strayhorn was the "shadowy figure" of the Duke Ellington organization, then Tom Whaley operated under deep cover. When mentioned at all in the annals of jazz, he typically appears in the footnote as Tom Whaley 1892-1986, chief copyist for Duke Ellington 1941-1968 [recte 1971].
  ...Whaley was a trained musician and pianist who began his career in 1912; ... He recalls meeting Ellington in New York in 1923... By the late '20s, Whaley began orchestrating as a musical director for various New York theatres. His duties included rehearsing acts and vocalists for popular amateur nights. ... he rehearsed [Ella Fitzgerald] for a Lafayette Theatre amateur night and recalls that he ... introduced her to Chick Webb and his wife. Whaley remembers introducing Sarah Vaughn to Earl Hines while working ... as director of the Harlem Opera House. In 1931 [recte 1935], he began a long association with the Apollo Theatre.
 ... The music manuscripts in the Ellington Archives tell many tales. Scattered throughout are many scores in Whaley's hand...
 ...I believe Tom Whaley, who considered himself "Head Librarian" of the Ellington organization...
 ...Ellington reportedly displayed disregard for his own music manuscripts... It is my personal notion that Ellington could afford such a casual public stance because he was well aware that Tom Whaley was behind the scenes documenting Ellington's role in 20th century American music... '


Whaley's interactions with Ellington:
  • Circa 1923: met at Robinson's Restaurant in NYC where Tom was playing the piano
  • 1941 - 1950: Hired by Ellington as copyist, taking over from Juan Tizol
  • 1950: Left Ellington in a dispute over money, returning in 1951.
  • Circa 1965: Became choirmaster for the Sacred Concerts
  • 1969: Conducted Ellington band at White House for Medal of Freedom Award and birthday celebration
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1892 05 21.Chicago, Ill..Birth of Ellington's first songwriting partner, Joseph Hannibal (Jo.) Trent.

Trent is referred to variously as Jo Trent, Jo. Trent, and Joe Trent. Many sources refer to "Jo Trent," without the period, but the record label for Blue Disc T1003-B names the performers as JO. TRENT AND THE D C'NS.
Steven Lasker observes that except for Choo Choo (I Gotta Hurry Home) and Rhapsody Jr., every one of Ellington's song copyrights prior to 1927 02 10 shows Ellington in collaboration with Trent.
Trent died 1954 11 19 at Hotel Gales, Av. Gral. Mitre, 120, Barcelona, Spain from "cardiac collapse." He was interred at Barcelona Southwest Cemetery, Niche 6731, "Columbario" B, 6th floor, Via Santisima Trinidad 11a.
  • S. Lasker in DEMS 04/3-56 citing The ASCAP Biographical Dictionary, third edition, ASCAP, NY 1966, p.739
  • MIMM p.70
  • Amercian Foreign Service REPORT ON THE DEATH OF AN AMERICAN CITIZEN dated 1955-02-14, courtesy S. Lasker 2017-12-15
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.Dallas, Tex..Birth of Charles Leslie ("Jack") Boyd (1892 10 20 - 1966 10 11), who joined the Ellington organization in 1933 as its electrician after working with Cab Calloway for some months. He became Ellington's road manager at the end of 1935, remaining until 1943 or 1944 and was replaced by Al Celley. Steven Bowie:

'Attached is the 1940 census, which shows his occupation as orchestra manager. Also attached is a copy of his death certificate. Even though it says he was a lifelong resident of Dallas, the Social Security Death index shows he obtained his card in New York... Here's a link to his headstone'


Ken Steiner:

'You don't hear much about Boyd but reviews of Ellington stage performances during the '30s laud the dramatic effects of the stage lighting, highlighting the band's soloists in different colors.'

See also 1933 09 27
  • Steven Bowie, email 2015-03-20 with
    • 1940 census excerpt
    • death certificate
    • Find-a-grave reference
  • Ken Steiner, email 2015-03-20 citing
    • Dallas Morning News 1933-09-23
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Odessa, Russia.Birth of Irving Harold Mills (born Isadore or Isaac Minsky), who discovered Ellington, guiding and managing his musical career until early 1939 (see 1939 03 23 and 1939 05 00 below).

On July 25, 1896, the family (parents Hyman [Chaim] and Sophia (nee Schifre) Minsky, older brother Jack or Jacob, and Irving) arrived in New York to settle in Manhattan. The boys held various jobs after their father died in 1905 and began their first music publishing company in 1919.

Their fascinating joint biograpy can be read at http://www.perfessorbill.com/pubs/jmills.shtml

Sonny Greer:

'Irving Mills began managing us when we were in the Kentucky Club. It was imperative that we have a man like that, a front man, because I don't think we could have done it alone without his guidance. When anything important pertaining to Ellington came up, he was there in person. He didn't send someone else out. When he made the second European trip with us, he was so sick he had to have a doctor in attendance twenty-four hours a day, but he made it every step of the way. He was a businessman, sure, but he always saw to it we had the best in transportation. The band didn't know what a bus looked like in the early days. We had private Pullman cars, with 'Duke Ellington' on the side, and a private baggage car, through every state of the union, and we were the only band in the country, white or colored, that had that. On one-nighters, we lived out of the train, and everybody had a lower berth. We parked the cars in a station, and there was no running around looking for rooms, north, south, east, or west. That was the Mills regime. When it ended, we came to the covered wagon – the bus.
  You could be so comfortable in that parlor car. If Duke wanted to get up and write music, all he had to do was put his robe over his pajamas. You could rest all day if you wanted to, and that meant you arrived at the next engagement in good shape. Duke liked to rest, but this way of traveling also gave him such isolation. He wasn't bothered with people worrying him about a hundred different things all day long. When we played a long engagement, we gave up the cars, but closing night the Pullmans would be back in the station.'

  • perfesserbill website
  • Email S. Lasker-Palmquist
    • 2016-06-30
  • Sonny Greer as quoted by Stanley Dance, The World of Duke Ellington, Da Capo Press, 1970, pp.69-70
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.Long Branch, N.J..This seems the most likely birth date of drummer William Alexander ("Sonny") Greer, Jr.. Various sources suggest dates between 1895 and 1902.
Chilton's Who's Who of Jazz shows Greer born circa 1895-12-13.

Steven Lasker:
  • [This webpage showed Sonny's] birthdate as 1902-12-03, the date Greer gave to Balliet in the 1974-12-23 New Yorker interview Tucker republished in the Ellington Reader.
  • ...Per Mark Tucker, [the] most recent State Dept. passport found for Greer, dated 3/21/39, shows 12/13/02.
  • The 1933 Majestic passenger list gives his birthdate as 1902 12 13, consistent with the passport.
  • Find-a-grave shows Greer at Woodlawn Cemetery, and cites date of birth as 1895-12-13
  • Brooks Kerr, who you will recall knew and gigged regularly with Greer for many years, says Greer told him his actual date of birth was 1895-12-13, and Brooks heard the same date from Greer's wife Millie (born in Brooklyn, 1892-01-14 according to Brooks).
  • In 1931, Wellman Braud (b. 1891) was the band's oldest member [but per] the Chicago Defender profile of Greer by Chester Nerges from the Chicago Defender (reprinted in A Cotton Club Miscellany), Greer [at 36] was the oldest member of the band, and began his musical career at Chattel High School in Long Branch in 1914.
Discussion:
  • The census records don't give dates of birth but do show ages.
    • The 1910 census has a William A. Greer, age 14, living in Long Branch, in Monmouth County, N.J., but the place of birth is South Carolina.
    • The 1930 census gives Sonny's age as 29, suggesting birth in 1899 or 1900.
    • The 1940 census gives his age as 39, again suggesting he was born in 1899 or 1900.
    • I couldn't find him in the 1920 census and I thought there was also a special census for 1925 but I couldn't locate it just now.
  • The Majestic 1933 passenger list gives Sonny's age as 30 and his date of birth as 13th December 1902.
  • The Île de France passenger list May 3, 1939 has William Greer, age 39, which indicates a birth in 1899 or 1900.
  • The Associated Press 1982 announcement of Sonny's death gives his age as 78. The New York Times News Service gave his age as 78 and his year of birth 1903.
  • The source of the Find-A-Grave entry is not disclosed. A photo of Greer's headstone would be helpful.
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1969 06 06
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..Birth of Joe Glaser, who would form Associated Booking Corporation, Ellington's booking agent from July/August 1951 to the end of Duke's life.

In his column widely published June 12, 1969, syndicated columnist Jack O'Brian wrote that Glaser had more than 1,000 clients.

Cohen describes a rather acrimonious relationship between Ellington and Glaser.
  • Jack O'Brian's Voice of Broadway, The Jersey Journal and Jersey Observer, 1969-06-12 p.29
  • Email S. Lasker-Palmquist 2016-06-30
  • Harvey G. Cohen, Duke Ellington's America, University of Chicago Press, 2010, pp.362-364
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.Burkeville, Va..Birth of Fred Guy (1897 05 23 - 1971 11 22) who would join Ellington on banjo in 1924 and later switch to guitar.
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.Washington, D.C..James Edward Ellington married Daisy Kennedy, who would be 19 years old the next day. Their marriage licence is one of several listed in the Washington Evening Star, 1898-01-04, p.2.

Tucker reports they had a child before Duke, and who died in infancy.
Duke's son Mercer wrote that while she was pregnant with Duke, Daisy survived a ferryboat sinking.
  • Mark S. Tucker, Ellington, the Early Years, University of Illinois Press, 1991, ("Early Years") p.16
  • Mercer Ellington, Duke Ellington in Person, An Intimate Memoir, Da Capo Press, Boston, 1979 ("DEIP"), p.7
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. Washington, D.C.Grandparents' home
2129 Ward Place N.W.
Birth of Edward Kennedy ("Duke") Ellington.

Lawrence reports that when he was a child, Ellington's home had two pianos, which I have not yet seen reported in other biographies.

Several biographies report mother Daisy played well and father James Edward Ellington played by ear and sang excerpts from operas and operettas. JE would also lead his friends in singing, arranging the music himself, humming individual parts and conducting from the piano.

Duke's family tree, including his descendants and his long-term liaisons, is shown in the website of the Duke Ellington Center for the Arts.
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1900 – 1903

1900 01 11
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.Crawfordsville, Ind..Birth of Wilbur de Paris, tromboneEmail Lasker-Palmquist 2017-06-17.
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.San Sebastian, Puerto Rico.Birth of Juan Tizol Martinez, valve trombonist, composer, copyist, arranger. Some sources give his birthplace as Vega Baja or San Juan, Puerto Rico

Tizol and Ellington met in late 1920 when Tizol played the Howard Theatre with Marie Lucas' Puerto Rican Orchestra. Tizol migrated to New York in 1917 but didn't stay. He arrived again in New York from Puerto Rico on 1920 09 21, where he lived for a short while before settling in Washington.
  • Basilio Serrano, Juan Tizol-His Caravan through American Life and Culture,Xlibris, 2012 ("Caravan")
  • Kurt R. Dietrich, Duke's 'Bones: Ellington's Great Trombonists, Advance Music, Germany, 1995 (Dukes Bones"), p.51
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.Baltimore, Md..Birth of Elmer Chester Snowden, banjoist and first leader of The Washingtonians.
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.Savannah, Ga. .Birth of actress Fredericka Carolyn ("Fredi") Washington (d.June 28, 1994, Stamford, Conn.)

Miss Washington was part of a dance team and toured with Shuffle Along before singing at the Cotton Club and co-starring with Ellington in the 1929 film Black and Tan.

She married Ellington's trombonist Lawrence Brown in 1933, but they parted in 1948.
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1904 00 001908 00 00Washington, D.C.Garnet Elementary SchoolAHL says Daisy Ellington listed her son's age as 6 so he could start school at age 5.

While this would place him in school in 1904, Vail places Ellington's school entry in 1905 without providing support.

Mercer Ellington:

'Going through grade school, Duke Ellington was far from outstanding. He wasn't really a dud, because his life could easily have run parallel to that of Einstein, whose grades, I understand, were terrible, too. But what can definitely be said of Duke Ellington is that he was born an artist and that he had the typical ways of an artist from birth. Basically, anything that didn't move or inspire him didn't exist, regardless of how it could be explained in philosophical terms. '

Tucker says Ellington's "first brush with formal music education" was at about 7 years old, but AWL says "about a year later" (after beginning school), his mother put him into piano lessons with Mrs. (Marietta) Clinkscales after he was hit in the head by a baseball bat. This suggests Duke may have started piano lessons as early as age 6, which would be 1905, but Vail, consistent with Tucker, says he started lessons with Mrs. Clinkscales in 1906
  • Lawrence, p.4
  • M. Ellington, DEIP, p.8
  • Tucker, Early Years, p.23
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Many sources spell his surname as Hardwicke, the spelling he used when autographing a Carnegie Hall programme 1943 01 23. His biography in American National Biography Online and his Jet Magazine obituary spell his surname Hardwick, which is the spelling used on the List Of United States Citizens arriving in New York 1939 05 10 on the S.S. Île de France. The 1910 census has him as Hardwick Otto J.; the 1920 census has his father as Hardwick James W. and the lad's given name (hard to read) looks like Ato. In the 1940 census, Otto and his wife Gladys are listed in New York; and his name is spelled Hardwick. His name is also Hardwick on the S.S.Rochambeau passenger list, arriving New York from Le Havre Sept/10, 1928.

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.Bossier Parish, La..Birth of singer/entertainer Ivie or Ivy Anderson

Ellington's first regular female vocalist was well-established in show business before he hired her temporarily on February 13, 1931 and permanently a month later.
Ivie not only sang, she entertained her audiences with a comedic routine and would engage in a comic dialogue with Sonny Greer. She received star billing in Ellington advertisements throughout her years with the band and announcements of the band's arrival in town often featured her.

Ivie made 71 Ellington records and appeared in five films with Ellington and one with the Marx brothers, without the Ellington orchestra.

Ivie and her soon-to-be second husband opened Ivie's Chicken Shack in 1941 and she retired from Ellington in August 1942. She continued singing professionally from time to time, and died December 28, 1949.

Contrary to some reports, she was born in 1904, not 1905, she joined Ellington in 1931, not 1932, and she appears to have been born in Louisiana rather than California. See our Ivy Anderson webpage for details of her life and career.


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.Punta Gorda, Flor..Birth of Arthur Parker Whetsel, trumpet.

Whetsel's surname is often misspelled with an o, ("Whetsol"), but his 1924 passport application, the 1933 S.S. Olympia passenger list, and his headstone say "Whetsel," as do the samples of his signature reproduced in DEMS 02/2.

Arthur's mother was born Lucy W. Parker, and his father was Reverend Oscar N. Whetsel. Rev. Whetsel died in 1906.

In 1911 Mrs. Whetsel married an influential clergyman, the Reverend Charles N. Sheafe.

Arthur was called Artie and Chiefy, the latter derived from Sheafe, spelled "Schiefe" by Tucker in Early Years.

Whetsel applied for a passport on Nov. 12, 1924, to go to Bolivia, Peru, Chile, Columbia, Brazil, Argentine, Paraguay and Uruguay. The purpose of the travel was "Professional Work (Musician)" at the Peruvian Centennial Exhibition at Lima, Peru, and he expected to leave from New York on Nov. 13, 1924 aboard the Santa Teresa, returning within a year. His address and occupation on his passport application were "148 W. 129 St., N.Y. City" and "Musician."

The State Department required a letter from his parents since he was 19 years old. His application included an identification certificate signed by Norwood A. Penner, Musician, 424 20th St. West, New York who reported knowing him for ten years. Whetsel's description was 5 feet 7 1/2 inches tall, medium forehead, brown eyes, short straight nose, moustached, small (illegible) mouth, round small chin, black hair, colored complexion, and either a pale or dull face.

The passport was issued Dec. 6, 1924 and was to have been sent to the American Consulate in Lima, Peru for pick up.

Whetsel died in May 1940.
Email, Susan Olsen-Steven Lasker, 2013-10-18 with attachments:
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  • S.S. Ile de France passenger list, page 19, New York arrivals from Le Havre, 1927 09 27
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.New York, N.Y..Birth of Fred Douglas (Freddie) Jenkins (1906 10 10 - 1978 07 12), nicknamed Posey or Little Posey.
Early life events:
  • Orphaned by age 5, never knew his father, heard once that his father had been a singing waiter.
  • Raised by his grandmother and aunt; two uncles were musicians.
  • At age 5, played Buckwheat in an Our Gang film, shot in New York.
  • Injured his right hand as a child:
    '  When I was a little boy, we lived in New York City on 63rd Street, and it sloped downhill west to the Hudson River. All of us kids liked to coast down it on our roller skates, and then grab hold of a truck and get pulled back up.
      One day the back of the truck was crowded with kids and there was no room for me, so I tried to hang onto the side. The truck swerved a little and I started to fall under it. I tried to push away but my fingers got caught in a chain hanging there. Well, it kept me from falling under the truck but my hand was cut pretty bad and they had to cut my finger tips off. Maybe today's surgeons might have saved them, but I guess the man who worked on me didn't know how.
      When I got back to school they tried to teach me how to write with my left hand, but I couldn't do it. So, as soon as my hand had healed I went back to doing everything with my right hand. It wasn't until years later, after joining Duke, that I started playing trumpet with my left hand...
      With Duke, you were in show business, and show business meant just that. You're there to perform, and nothing must interfere with the enjoyment of your patrons. You must try to hide any deformity you have which might divert their attention from what you are doing. You don't want them feeling sorry for you. You want them to enjoy your music.
  • Graduated from DeWitt Clinton High School, New York and Wilberforce University, Ohio. Did post-graduate studies at Ohio State before returning to New York

Early musical life:
  • "And there was music in the neighbourhood."
  • An instrument repairman, a Mr. Scates ... gave Jenkins his first horn, a peckhorn.
  • "Mr. McFarland, who lived about a block away and worked for the C.G. Conn Instrument Company ... organised a boys' band, got some good used instruments from Conn and taught us to play them. ... One day he brought me a cornet and told me if I would learn to play the scales he would give it to me. I practised for about a week and then showed him I could do it. So, I got my first cornet, and then he started giving me lessons. Well, I got into Mr. McFarland's band along with some other kids in the neighbourhood. Among them was Benny Carter ... Mr. McFarland taught us how to march, as well as to play. Sometimes ... we would lead the parade to the park ... we'd get paid for it. So, I guess you could say that I got my start as a professional musician while still in grade school."
  • Joined the 369th Cadet Band, led by Lt. Eugene Michaels, formerly an instructor at the Jenkins Orphanage, assistant director of Jim Europe's 369th Regiment Band, and later director of the 15th Infantry Band. "He was a fine teacher and an excellent trumpet player."
  • Played in the Public School 87 orchestra, then in the junior high school orchestra. Russell Procope played in the same junior high orchestra and Bubber Miley lived nearby.
  • Professional beginnings:
    "From the time I was in Junior High School I was always busy trying to break into the business. Some of us kids used to wangle our way into the entertainment spots to listen to the bands, and beg for tryouts. ...By being around I sometimes got the chance to sit in for some regular band member who failed to show, and they couldn't care how old I was if I could do the job. They would put me in behind the bass drum, where my short pants wouldn't show and, if I could keep up with the band, I'd get paid. So, all through high school I was playing gigs. I even had a tryout with Fletcher Henderson..."
  • With Horace Henderson:
    "Smack ... did recommend me to his brother Horace - we called him Little Smack. And, when I graduated from High School, Horace [Henderson] went to see my grandmother and asked if I could go with him to Wilberforce University. He had a band out there called the Wilberforce Collegians, and he was recruiting around New York for young men to go to college there and play in his band. He had already signed up Benny Carter and Rex Stewart and a few others... During the school year we played week-end dates, and during the summer we would go on tour."

    "...The band did well financially ... when I graduated I had 1,600 dollars in my pocket and two cars. I stayed with the band for another year..."
  • Lena Horne's father, Teddy, bought a Conn gold trumpet for Jenkins.
  • Returning to New York, Jenkins organized his own band, the Jenkins Jumpers, which became the house band at the Savoy.
    "... while we were there ... I was invited to join Duke.

With Ellington:
  • Joined Duke in 1928 on, according to him, Bubber Miley's recommendation (Storyville 46, p.126). He replaced Louis Metcalf, who claimed to have put Jenkins in in his place - see the personnel change discussion at 1928 10 00 below.
  • "All of us were well educated and well trained musically and quite capable of composing. Naturally, we improvised most of our own solos and, whenever we came up with something like a complete composition that was good enough for the band, the Duke paid us liberally. Where the piece didn't require too much work to fit the band, the guy might share in the ASCAP credit...
  • '... I think we got more numbers out of a session than many bands could. And, I think that was because everyone in the band was endowed with so much natural talent. We didn't have to pray over anything and write it all out. Duke, or someone, would just set down a background to give us the chord level and general idea, and that took only about ten minutes. Then Johnny Hodges, or someone, would start some figure, like -ba'da'ta'da'ta'da'Bing, and that was it. Everyone would hear his own part in his own ear, and we'd set up and do it that way. So, a lot of our stuff was created right in the studio and, if it sounded good, we'd record it and Duke would write it down later from the record. Sometimes, he'd add a little here or there to stretch it out for dance or concert purposes, and we'd look at it the next day and wouldn't recognize it. Duke would laugh and say 'This is just what you were doing yesterday.

    We had a lot of fun with Duke. He is warm and vibrant, sometimes a little serious but he never loses his sense of humour. He is a man anyone can accept totally. Sometimes you like certain traits in a man. and dislike other traits. But, you love Duke all the way.

    Did you know that Duke developed his own technique and styles mainly by utilizing the band? He used to set us on the stand and pay us union scale, maybe for five hours, just to help him formulate chords. He'd assign different notes to every instrument in the band and say 'Play that, B'a'a'm!', and it might produce a big C'13th, what we call a Christmas Chord. Then he'd take those same notes and switch them to different instruments and while you'd still have a big C'13th, it would sure sound a lot different. Sometimes he'd do that three or four times before he found just the combination he wanted.

    ...Duke was testing for what we called techni-choir. One thing among many he discovered, was that if you get sounds pitched very close together they would produce a mike-tone. Like a trumpet, upper register trombone and lower register clarinet would produce a mike-tone that would sound almost like a fourth instrument. And, that's the way Mood Indigo came into being. Another time we worked five hours on a passage using seven different relative keys. We didn't know what that was all about at the time, but later it was the intro to St. Louis Blues, and it worked.'

After Ellington
  • left Duke in December 1934 due to illness (Ulanov 1946, says tuberculosis) and was admitted to Harlem Hospital (Chicago Defender 1935-01-05; Baltimore Afro-American 1935-01-05).
  • recovered in 1935 and played in Adrian Rollini's Tap Room Band and in 1936, at Connie's Inn, leading Luis Russell's band before becoming a club owner.
  • returned to Ellington at the Cotton Club in March 1937. A photo in Rex Stewart's Boy Meets Horn shows the seven-man brass team of Whetsel-Williams-Jenkins-Stewart-Nanton-Brown-Tizol there.
  • In late 1937, temporarily "bedded following an intricate throat operation" (Melody Maker 1937-11-13).
  • last known gig with Ellington was at Randall's Island 1938-05-29.
  • Pittsburgh Courier, 1939-11-25 p.21

    'Cleveland, Ohio, Nov.22 - Cleveland friends of Freddie Jenkins ... who is now in Sea View Sanitorium, Staten Island, will circulate a petition to be signed and sent to various New York publishers, asking that they consider publishing songs written by Jenkins while a patient at the sanitorium. The petitions, according to friends, will be sent to certain band leaders also.'

  • Jenkins:
    "...the time came when I knew I'd had it, so I stepped down off the bandstand. I didn't actually quit, and Duke didn't fire me. I don't think Duke ever fired anybody in his life. I just became inactive, and technically that's where it still stands today."
  • Haufman writes that by the end of 1935, Freddie joined Adrian Rollini's Tap Room Band, made six recordings under his own name in 1935, and became a member of Luis Russell's band at Connie's Inn and occasionally directed it. After leaving Duke again due to health, but after he recovered, he played in a small band led by Hayes Alvis.
  • Freddie went on to be a song writer, press agent, advance man and booking agent, "musical adviser," disc jockey, press correspondent, real estate and insurance broker, and a sheriff's deputy in Fort Worth, Texas (see 1972 05 17).
  • Barry Ulanov, Duke Ellington, Creative Age Press, 1946, Musicians Press Ltd, London, 1947, and Da Capo Press, New York, 1975, p.204
  • Jenkins interviewed by Roger Ringo: Reminiscing in tempo with Freddie Jenkins, Storyville Magazine #46, April/May 1973 (Storyville No. 46), pp.124-133
  • Bo Haufmann: Freddy Jenkins - Little Posey, Duke Ellington Society of Sweden magazine January 2015 (Bulletin Nr 1, Januari 2015, Årgång 23). pp.3-5
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Claire Gordon, his friend, cowriter/editor of his Downbeat and LA Times articles, and editor of his posthumous autobiography "Rex Stewart Boy Meets Horn," University of Michigan Press, 1991, believes the correct date was February 12. She recalls he used to speak of having a president's birthday.
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I have been unable so far to find any record of Stewart's birth. The sources listed to the right say February 22, but none cite a documentary source. Further research is warranted.
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. Chicago, Ill. . Birth of bassist Hayes Julian Alvis (1907 05 01 -1972 12 29).

Alvis started playing professionally on drums, but switched to tuba and bass after playing with Jelly Roll Morton in 1927-28. He played tuba with Earl Hines from 1928 to 1930, and with the Mills Blue Rhythm Band from 1931 to 1934 and 1936, where he was also the tour manager and occasionally played baritone sax.

He joined Ellington May 31, 1935 and left in 1938 to form his own band, apparently taking Freddy Jenkins with him. How long that lasted isn't clear, but he then played with Benny Carter, Joe Sullivan, and for several years, Louis Armstrong, before his military service that began in 1942, during which he played in Sy Oliver's army band.

While he was with Ellington, Duke used two basses (the other was Billy Taylor), and Hayes doubled on drums when Sonny Greer was absent.

He seems to have returned to MBRB for a while in 1936; discographies show him in two late 1936 MBRB recording sessions. He seems to have continued in music for the rest of his life but in 1953 his interior design business was his focus.

He met his wife, a milliner, in 1938 and would sell her hats while on tour. He also took a bicycle along, in the baggage car, so he could get around various towns to take pictures. He attended Whitman School of Interior Design and Decorating under the GI Bill and became an interior designer, later he and his wife became interior design contractors.

A 1953 New York Age feature quotes him discussing his life. His musical training began at the Chicago Music School and with the Chicago Defender Band, which included Lionel Hampton, Big Sid Catlett, Billy Taylor and Billy Franklin, and later, Nat (King) Cole. He joined the union in 1924, and worked for a year on drums with Jelly Roll Morton, before joining Earl Hines on tuba. He played in Mills' Blue Rhythm Band in the early 1930s and was its playing manager before being hired by Ellington, and appears to have returned to MBRB during part of 1936. He would double on drums when Greer was out, and he and Freddy Jenkins were reported to have left Ellington in early 1938. His obituary in the New York Times says he was a supervisor of the social services department of the Musician's Union Local 802, before he joined the American Red Cross in 1968 as its labour coordinator.
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. Cambridge, Mass. . Birth of soprano and alto saxophone virtuoso and star Cornelius Hodges (1907-1970) known as Johnny Hodges

While some sources say his full name was John Cornelius Hodges, and his surname sometimes appears as Hodge, his transcribed birth certificate just says Cornelius Hodges. A handwritten ledger of births shows:
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Steven Lasker:
'The funeral brochure for Lawrence Olin Brown (d. September 5, 1988) contains an brief overview of his life before meeting Ellington...:

  Lawrence Olen Brown was named for the Kansas University town in which he was born August 3, 1907. His father, Rev. John Merrill Brown, pastor of the African Methodist Episcopal Church, led the singing of the congregation. His mother, Maggie, played the organ. His older brother, Merrill, Lawrence, and his younger brother, Harold, sang in the choir. That was the beginning of his musical background. All three men became musicians distinguished in their fields.
  Lawrence played piano, violin, tuba and alto saxophone, but settled on the trombone as his favorite instrument[....]
  When Lawrence was four years old, Rev. Brown was sent to Oakland, California to pastor. There Lawrence grew up, playing in church accompanying the choir. During his teenage years, his father was sent to minister at the AME Church at 8th and Towne Streets in Los Angeles, California. The family settled in Pasadena where Rev. Brown founded another AME Church which was named Brown Chapel for him and which remains there today.
  In Pasadena, Lawrence attended high school and Pasadena Junior College where he studied medicine intending to become a doctor. But he began playing numerous engagements with local orchestras. His first professional appearance was at the Aimee Semple McPherson Temple in Los Angeles before an audience of more than 6,000 people. He joined the Les Hite Band playing at Sebastian's Cotton Club in Culver City. He also played in studio bands for movies.'


Brown met Irving Mills and Duke Ellington in Los Angeles in March 1932 and left town with the band on April 2 that year. He rehearsed with the band during its Hartford, Conn. engagement (week of 1932 04 08) but was not allowed to perform with the Ellington orchestra until it grew to 14 musicians with the return of Toby Hardwick, which may have been as late as May, 1932.
  • Kurt R. Dietrich, Duke's 'Bones: Ellington's Great Trombonists, Advance Music, Germany, 1995, p.69
  • Email Lasker-Palmquist 2018-03-12
  • Lawrence Brown interviewed by Patricia Willard, July 1976, Jazz Oral History Project, SI-NMAH
  • Obituary (C. Gerald Fraser) New York Times
  • Obituary, Steve Voce, The Independent
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.New York, N.Y..Birth of alto sax man/clarinetist Russell Procope in New York City
  • Procope's parents were amateur musicians, with his mother playing piano and singing in a choir, his father playing violin.
  • Russell and a brother started violin lessons when he was six and he played in the first violin section of the Commerce High School Orchestra.
  • His mother bought him an Albert system clarinet when he was 14, and he played Albert with Ellington. He joined the 369th Cadet Boys' Band and when he was sixteen or seventeen, his mother gave him an alto sax.
  • Russell's first professional gigs were around age 18 and got his first steady job doubling alto sax and clarinet in a 5 piece dance school band in 1927.
  • He later joined Henry Sapiro's [recte Henri Saparo] 10-piece band at the Bamboo Inn, after which he took a dance school band job again, working for various band leaders including Jelly Roll Morton, who took the group on the road as Jelly Roll Morton and his Red Hot Peppers.
  • He worked with Omer Simeon, who, with Bigard and Buster Bailey, influenced his style.
  • Procope's experience before Ellington included McKinney's Cotton Pickers in Detroit, a one-nighter in Washington D.C. with Ellington, Benny Carter, Chick Webb, Fletcher Henderson, Tiny Bradshaw, Ralph Cooper, Teddy Hill (1934-1937), and the John Kirby Sextet (1937-1943).
  • Drafted in 1943, he played in army bands in New York, Kentucky and Arizona, and was able to play outside gigs. When his regiment was due to go overseas, he was tranferred to the Medical Corps, received some training as a medic and then was returned to the army band until October 1945.
  • Procope freelanced, played a guest solo in an Ellington broadcast, and rejoined the Kirby sextet.
  • In April 1946 Ellington called to ask him to play a Saturday afternoon broadcast in Worcester, Mass. (1946 04 27), replacing Hardwick that evening as well, and day to day for the next 10 days. He appears then to have been offered a permanent job, and played lead alto until 1950, when he was recorded on clarinet in Mood Indigo.
  • He would sometimes sub for Carney on bari sax and Ellington bought him a bass sax which he still had in 1979.
  • Russell stayed with the Ellington orchestra until Duke's death.
  • He played once with the Duke Ellington Orchestra under Mercer Ellington, and from 1974 to 1978 he played in a trio with Sonny Greer and Brooks Kerr before joining a quintet.
  • Procope died in New York 1981 01 21, predeceased by his wife Helen, who died in late 1980.

Unsourced Procope quote on http://ellingtonweb.ca:

'I enjoyed every day I was a member of the Ellington band, even though it was gruelling trying to keep up with Duke. But I knew I was a part of something that was very special, something that would never die. But the biggest joy I had, and I think the other musicians had too, was the music. Duke constantly surprised me. Musically, I could never predict what was going on in Duke's head.'

Thomas T. Reed, JIMMY HAMILTON AND RUSSELL PROCOPE: THE CLARINET SOLOISTS OF THE DUKE ELLINGTON ORCHESTRA, 1943-1974, doctoral thesis, Ohio State University 1995, citing
  • Albertson, C. (1979, March 9-13). Interview with Russell Procope (transcript), Brunswick, NJ: Oral History Project, Rutgers University, Institute of Jazz Studies.
  • Procope, Russell. (1967). Wonderful, wonderful jazz, Jazz Journal 20 pp.6-7
  • Schuller, G. (1989). The swing era. New York: Oxford University Press.
  • Colombe, G. (1981). Russell Procope, Jazz Journal International 34(4) p.10
  • Dance, S. (1969). The world of Duke Ellington. New York: Charles Scribner's Sons
  • MIMM
  • Jones, M. (1981, February 14). Procope: the perfect pro. Melody Maker 27
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Webster subbed for the vacationing Barney Bigard in the summer of 1935 and played an Ellington recording session in August, after Bigard returned. He did another Ellington recording session in August 1936. He was hired in early 1940 and stayed until August 1943, and returned in October 1948, staying until May 1949.

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.Washington, D.C.Carl A. Doubét, Jeweler
1402 14th St. N.W.
Chester Times:

'A Small World, To Be Sure!
  A Chester Times staff member recently visited composer-pianist Duke Ellington in New York City. During conversation, Ellington asked: "How's Mr. Doubet? Ever run across him?"
  It developed that years ago, when the Duke of the jazz and popular music world was a little tyke, he worked after school hours in the store the Chester jeweler operated in Washington, years before Doubet made his bow to Chester as a merchant at 7th and Edgmont.
  Surely is a small world, after all.'

Carl A. Doubét Jeweler's June 30 1912 ad shows "TAKE A KODAK WITH YOU" and advertises film developing and printing.

While I have arbitrarily placed this in 1910, Duke may have held this job anytime after he was old enough to work, until February 1914, when Doubet moved his business to Chester.
  • Chester Times, Chester Penn., 1955-08-27 p.5
  • Washington Times
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    • 1914-01-27 p.9
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1913 00 001914 00 00Washington, D.C.Garrison Junior High School(Unconfirmed)

Ellington's Grade 8 English teacher and principal, Miss R.A.Boston, emphasized the importance of proper speech, deportment and pride in oneself. Tucker dates this as the school year 1913-1914.

Vail has Ellington attending Garrison from 1911 to 1913, without citing his sources.

If Ellington started school at age 5, that would be September 1904, and he would have begun eighth grade in September 1911.

Further research is necessary to confirm when he entered junior high school.
  • M. Tucker, Early Years, 1991 p. 25 citing an interview with Ruth Ellington Boatwright, 1983-10-21
  • Vail I
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  • Tucker, Early Years, p.25
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1913 09 001917 02 00Washington, D.C.Samuel H. Armstrong High SchoolEllington's grade 8 teachers encouraged Duke to attend Armstrong, a "vocationally oriented" all black school, so he could major in graphic arts.

Vail has Ellington entering Armstrong in September 1913, but Ulanov puts him there from February 1914 to July 1917.

Ulanov:

'Armstrong was the leading Negro manual training school. Duke went there to study drawing, freehand and mechanical. He was deeply interested in art, interested in little else in the secondary school curriculum, and it was only for those classes that he would show up with regularity. His grades were both sustained and let down by his interests.'

During these years Oliver "Doc" Perry gave him piano lessons, mentored him and occasionally allowed him to sit in his Doc Perry's Society Band, subbing for Doc on occasion.

Vail says Perry taught Ellington to read music, which seems odd since Ellington had had piano lessons.

Perry also introduced Ellington to Hugh Grant, a school music supervisor, who gave Ellington harmony lessons.

Ellington rehearsed after school at True Reformers Hall with other students. By 1916 they included brothers Felix, Brother and Bill Miller, Lloyd Stewart, Ted Nickerson, Sterling Conaway and William Escoffey.
  • Tucker, Early Years, p.28
  • Lawrence , pp.7? & 8
  • Vail I
  • Ulanov, (ibid.) pp.8-9
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1914 00 00...1914 EVENTS reported by Mr. Spring but not otherwise included in TDWAW in the year
  • Mr. Spring says Ellington wrote his first composition, Soda Fountain Rag, in 1914 or possibly 1915. Steven Lasker:

    'Source is Austin Lawrence "Chronology," p405: "Later 1914-Early 1915 Ellington composes his first piece, "Soda Fountain Rag" '

Webmaster comment:

Spring was unwise to rely on Lawrence, since Lawrence has many errors. Neither Spring nor Lawrence provide support for 1914/1915.

Ellington began working at the Poodle Dog Cafe in 1913:

Ellington:

'We had a piano player in the Poodle Dog who was one of the best when he was sober, which wasn't often. When he got to where he couldn't play any better than I could, the boss would throw him out, take my place behind the soda fountain, and have me play piano. The only way I could learn how to play a tune was to compose it myself and work it up, and the first one was Soda Fountain Rag.'

The origin of Soda Fountain Rag (also known as Poodle Dog Rag) is discussed in Hasse and Tucker. Tucker makes the point that the year it was composed is uncertain.
  • Edward Green, ed., Evan Spring, assoc. ed., The Cambridge Companion to Duke Ellington, Cambridge University Press, 2015, ("Cambridge Companion"), p.xiii
  • Hasse, pp.37-38
  • Tucker, chapter 3.
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AHL says he was 15, which places this event in 1914, but Vail says this was the summer of 1913. Tucker says 1913 or 1914.
  • Tucker, Early Years, pp.26-27
  • Duke Ellington, MIMM p.20
  • Lawrence , p.2
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The Cambridge Companion chronology reports Ellington was nicknamed "Duke" by a friend in 1915. The author did not name his source. Steven Lasker:

Source is Austin Lawrence, p.405: "Midyear 1915, Ellington's close friend Edgar McEntree dubs him "Duke" around this time, because of Ellington's sartorial elegance and his flashy piano playing.

Lawrence's source is not identified.


Hasse suggests 1913, "just before entering high school," and Ulanov says 1908. Ellington said it was about the time he started high school. If he meant Samuel H. Armstrong High School, Vail has him entering Armstrong in September 1913 and Ulanov has him there in February 1914 - see 1913 09 00 above. Ellington's own words therefore seem to suggest 1913/1914, but of course it is not certain.
Mercer Ellington:

'My mother explained that he got his nickname through being so fastidious. He kept himself well clothed and always presented a neat appearance... It was the thing to do then to be smart and attractive, and if he had a patch on his pants, my mother said, the pants were nevertheless always pressed...'

  • Cambridge Companion, p.xiii
  • Duke Ellington, MIMM, p.20
  • Ulanov (ibid.,) p.7
  • John Edward Hasse: Beyond Category, The Life and Genius of Duke Ellington, p.38
  • Mercer Ellington, "DEIP", p.8
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.Washington, D.C..Birth of Ruth Ellington, Duke's only sister. The Evening Star Announced as one of several births reported within the last 24 hours, and the Post also reports her birth.
Biographical / Historical Note, NAMH Ruth Ellington Collection

'She attended elementary and junior high schools in the Washington Metropolitan area and finished her basic schooling in New York City ...graduated from ... Columbia University with a degree in biology. In 1941, Ellington established Tempo Music,... installing her as president of the company. ... Ruth's duties at Tempo included signing contracts, arranging some travel at Duke's request, and, most importantly, keeping Duke's music copyrighted. According to her own interview statement, she never arranged bookings. Other interests included hosting a Sunday salon for musicians, appearing at and listening to recording studio sessions once or twice a year, and keeping in touch with the older band members' wives. The older band members ... along with the earlier singers ... were like family to Ruth. After Duke's death ...Ruth maintained Tempo until 1995 when she sold 51% ... to a New York publishing firm, Music Sales.'

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2001 04 24Tyro, Miss..Birth of singer Al Hibbler, who would join Ellington in either May or June, 1943 during the first Ellington residency at the Hurricane Restaurant, staying until September, 1951.
DUKE ELLINGTON:

' Al Hibbler I met first in L. Rock Ark. I knew he was a singer but had never heard him sing. Our paths crossed from time to time until '43 we were playing the Hurricane Club... and Mary Lou Williams and Shorty Baker came up and told me that Al was downstairs in the Turf Club and that it was possible to maybe get him to sing for us. So I sent for him. They brought him up and he sang something. I naturally liked it - but the thought of adding to the payroll was of quite some concern and a smart business mind would not have considered it. But me - well, my ear makes my decision. So I said great - I like it - you just started work. It was much easier than I thought it would be because he has ears that see. He learned song after song and soon he was our major asset, truly a great investment both $ wise and the luxury of my ear was kept in deep fat - He had so many sounds he told of fantasy beyond fantasy.'

AL HIBBLER:

'He wouldn't let anybody touch me, he had a way of bringing me on stage, he called me, just do this, 'Walk towards me,' and I'd walk towards him. I'm the straightest walker you've ever seen in your life, and I'd walk to him, walk me out on stage and he'd take his shoulder and put it against mine and when we get to the mike, he just turn his shoulder like that and a lot of people actually believed I could see for a long time.'

Ben Ratliffe's Hibbler obituary says he was born in Tyro, Miss. J.C. Marion, in Remembering Al Hibbler, has the family moving to Little Rock in 1927.
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    • Duke Ellington's handwritten notes for his autobiography Music is My Mistress, SI-NMAH DEC301 Series 5 Box #5, Folder 6
    • Al Hibbler interview on Duke Ellington... and his Famous Orchestra, BBC-TV, courtesy The National Sound Archive, The British Library.
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W.E.B.Du Bois' 3 hour, 5 scene pageant The Star of Ethiopia, with 1,000 local actors and 200 choristers, was staged on Monday, Wednesday and Friday evenings of this week. The audience filled the grandstand and left field bleachers each night.

The program said "The Story of the Pageant covers 10,000 years and more of the history of the Negro race and its work and suffering..."

The Afro American Ledger's review says
"The one idea that dominates the whole is that the Negro has a past of which he should be proud."

Tucker says it isn't known if Ellington, then 16, attended but he worked at the ball park as a youngster and rehearsals were held at his school.
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Marcus Girvan (http://ellingtonia.com) and Vail date this as 1916.
  • Duke Ellington, MIMM p.32
  • Tucker, Early Years, p.46
  • Vail I
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Strong section leader and soloist. Grew up in Jenkins' Orphanage, Charleston, S.C. Formed and played with the Cotton Pickers, a group of orphanage teens. Played in several big bands, including Claude Hopkins and Lionel Hampton before joining Ellington in 1944. Left Ellington organization 1947-49 to lead his own group. Free-lanced 1959-1961 and after 1971, worked with the Ellington orchestra intermittently.
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1917 00 00.Washington, D.C..In 1917 Ellington was earning a living with music.

Band personnel in 1917:
  • Arthur Whetsel, trumpet
  • Duke Ellington, piano
  • William Escoffery guitar
  • Otto Hardwick, string bass
  • Lloyd Stewart, drums
  • Lawrence , p.8
  • M. Tucker, Early Years, 1991 p.28
  • Frank Dutton, Birth of a Band, Storyville magazine 80, Dec. 1978-January 1979, p.46, citing
    • Ulanov (ibid.)
    • Duke Ellington, MIMM
    • John Chilton, Who's Who of Jazz
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1917 00 00...The Cambridge Companion chronology says, without naming a source, that Ellington's band played with banjoist Elmer Snowden in 1917. Steven Lasker:

Source is Austin Lawrence, p406: "Winter 1917, Arthur Whetsel on trumpet and Otto ("Toby") Hardwick on saxophone join Duke's teenage band. They also play with local banjoist Elmer Snowden."

Frank Dutton, Birth of a Band, Storyville 80, p.47 says "Elmer Snowden, bj, arrived in Washington, 1919; Sonny Greer, d, arrived late 1919"
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1917 00 00...The Cambridge Companion chronology says, without naming a source, that Ellington began a romance with Edna Thompson in 1917. Steven Lasker:

Source is Austin Lawrence, p406: "Spring 1917, Duke drops out of high school, begins an affair with Edna Thompson, a neighborhood girl."

This is consistent with Mercer Ellington:

'They had met while he was still going to Armstrong, a kind of rough high school.'

  • Cambridge Companion, p.xiii
  • M. Ellington, DEIP, p.9
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.Dillon, S.C..Birth of clarinetist/tenor sax man Jimmy Hamilton
  • Jimmy was born in Dillon, S.C. but the family moved to Philadelphia when he was five.
  • His father, an amateur musician, brought home a baritone horn when Jimmy was six. Growing up Jimmy played the baritone, piano, trumpet, saxophone and (Boehm system) clarinet. Hamilton also played flute, but there is no indication he performed with it in Ellington's band.
  • Hamilton's father died when Jimmy was 12.
  • Jimmy moved to New York around age twenty, studying clarinet with Leo Russianoff. In 1943 he told a writer, Bob Thiele, that he wanted to emulate Benny Goodman's technique.
  • Reed says his first New York work was with the Jimmy Mundy band; Haufman says he made his professional debut on trumpet, and his first engagement of real importance was with the Frank Fairfax group in 1937, replacing Charlie Shavers.
  • Reed says that after transferring to New York A.F.of M. Local 802 in 1940, Hamilton worked with Teddy Wilson, Eddie Heywood, Benny Carter and Dave Martin. Haufmann has him playing with Lucky Millinder, Eddie Heywood, Jimmy Mundy and Bill Doggett in 1939 and joining Wilson's sextet in 1940.
  • In May 1943 he joined Ellington, replacing Chauncey Haughton, who in turn had replaced Bigard.
  • Herr Haufmann says Ellington recordings featuring Jimmy are too numerous to list in his article, but he specifically singles out Air Conditioned Jungle, Ad Lib on Nippon, The Tattooed Bride, September 12th Blues, Pretty and the Wolf and Tenderly.
  • Haufmann discusses the differences in Hamilton's clarinet and tenor sax styles, and quotes Ellington's nephew as saying Hamilton carried a locking mini-bar on the road so he could sell drinks to other band members.
  • Reed says Jimmy began thinking about quitting Ellington about 5 years before he left. Various reasons included the travel and Ellington's failure to credit him for compositions, including as co-composer of Ad Lib on Nippon. The culminating incident appeared to be in March 1968 when Jimmy refused to travel from Las Vegas to Washington D.C. on a day off to perform in an Ellington small group at the White House state dinner for the Liberian president.
  • While Reed says he quit "the next time the band was in New York, July 1968," the Ellington octet which began a residency there at the Rainbow Grill in late May did not include Jimmy.

    Hamilton freelanced in New York until moving to the Virgin Islands in 1970.
  • He died September 20 1994 in the Virgin Islands, leaving behind a son, four grandchildren and twelve great-grandchildren.
  • Thomas T. Reed, JIMMY HAMILTON AND RUSSELL PROCOPE: THE CLARINET SOLOISTS OF THE DUKE ELLINGTON ORCHESTRA, 1943-1974, doctoral thesis, Ohio State University 1995, citing
    • K.Setlow, interview with Jimmy Hamilton (transcript), 1983-08 Oral History, American Music Project, #580 a,b,c. New Haven: Yale University
    • M. Greenlee, interview with Jimmy Hamilton (tape abstract and index), 1991-03-26, Duke Ellington Oral History Project, Interview NMAH-AC #368. Washington: Archives Center, SI-NMAH
    • J.L.Collier, Duke Ellington. New York: Oxford University Press 1987
    • B. Aasland, The "Wax Works" Of Duke Ellington: 31 July 1942 - 11 November 1944, The Recording Ban Period, DEMS: Jarfalla, Sweden, 1979
    • G. Schuller, The Swing Era, New York: Oxford University Press, 1989.
    • I. Carr, D. Fairweather & B. Priestley, Jimmy Hamilton In Jazz: The Essential Companion, New York: Prentice Hall Press, 1988
    • I. Townsend, When Duke Records, (1960), in M. Tucker, The Duke Ellington Reader, pp. 319-324, New York, Oxford University Press (1993).
  • Duke Ellington Society of Sweden, Bulletin Nr 3, September 2015
    • Bo Haufman, Jimmy Hamilton, Duke's great clarinet soloist
    • The Jimmy Hamilton Discography
    • Said of Jimmy Hamilton (comments by others)
  • The Billboard, 1943-05-22 pp. 21,24
  • Variety 1943-05-26 p.4
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Chilton, MacHare and The Biographical Encyclopedia of Jazz say Ballard was born in 1917 but his obituaries in the Philadelphia Daily News 10 Oct 2011 and The Philadelphia Inquirer 09 Oct 2011 give his age as 92, indicating Butch was born in 1918. His age is 32 in the June 1950 passenger list for the S. S. De Grasse shows his age as 32, which means he was born in 1917, not 1918.
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1918 00 00.Washington, D.C..Ellington gets a telephone and forms a band, The Duke's Serenaders. He advertises

Irresistable Jass
The Duke's Serenaders
Colored Syncopaters' '

in the telephone directory.
In 1918, he had several bands working in and around Washington. Dutton says the 1918 band personnel were
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  • "Brother" Miller, C-melody sax
  • Duke Ellington, piano
  • Bill Miller, banjo, guitar, banjorene
  • Otto Hardwick, string bass
  • Felix Miller, drums
While Dutton didn't know "Brother" Miller's given name, Tucker calls him 'Devil' Miller and says their father was James E. Miller. According to the 1920 census, the family was James, 49, Lizzie, 42, James 23, William, 22 and Felix, 19. James, Sr., a music teacher, formed a community band and was a member of the Crescendo Club. Later he helped found an AF of M local for black musicians.
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1919 00 00.Washington, D.C..1919 band personnel per Dutton:
  • Arthur Whetsel, trumpet
  • Otto Hardwick, C-melody sax
  • Duke Ellington, piano
  • Sterling Conaway, banjorene
  • Bill Jones, drums
Elmer Snowden, banjo, arrived in Washington in 1919.

Sonny Greer arrived in late 1919, playing in the Howard Theatre, and became friends with Ellington.

Harry White, trombone, "c," saxes, occasionally gigged with Duke around this time. The "c" likely means cornet. Chilton lists his instruments as trombone, saxes, and cornet, and describes him as a composer and arranger as well; Rosenkrantz says he was a multi-instrumentalist. See the discussion in 1929 about his work with Ellington at the Cotton Club before Juan Tizol was hired.
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Mercer:

'After a short spell with my father and mother, I was left with my grandfather and grandmother in Washington, while they went off to New York. Thus my relationship with my parents was rather remote except during the summers, when I would go to New York for two or three months. I guess this went on for about eight years, because I was nine when they definitely separated.'

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1606 M St. N.W.

'Come out Decoration Day with
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BIG MATINEE AND RECEPTION
at ODD FELLOWS HALL 1606 M Street, Northwest
Friday Afternoon and Evening, May 30, 1919
Duke Ellington's Jazz Matinee – 3.45 to 7.45 P.M.
Admission 30 Cents
Doc Perry's Section of Capital City Clef Club at Night
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Night Admission 50 Cents '

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  • Print ad - Washington Bee, May 31, 1919
  • Tucker, Early Years, p.60
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1920 00 00...The Cambridge Companion chronology says Duke and Edna Ellington's second child died at birth in 1920. Ulanov:

'Another child, born shortly after Mercer, died in infancy.'

Steven Lasker notes Ulanov interviewed both Duke and Edna.


Lasker identifies Cambridge Companion's source as Lawrence, which says:

"Early 1920: A second child of Duke and Edna Ellington dies at birth;"..

This tragedy is not mentioned in either Duke's autobiography nor Mercer's biography of his father.
  • Cambridge Companion, p.xiii
  • Email, Lasker-Palmquist
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    2017-12-07 citing Ulanov (ibid.) p.19
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1920 00 00...Vail has Ellington meeting Sonny Greer this year, and learning Carolina Shout by slowing down a piano roll and playing with it until he had the piece perfected.

This is incorrect - Greer and Ellington met the previous year.
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1920 01 09.Wilmington, Del..Birth of singer Betty Roché ( 1920 01 19 - 1999 02 16)

Lasker:

'Mary Elizabeth Roach was born in Wilmington, Delaware, and raised in Atlantic City from the age of six until she was fourteen. She won an amateur contest at the Apollo Theatre in New York at seventeen (per liner notes to Bethlehem Records BCP-64.) Ellington suggested her stage name.'

  • Email, Lasker-Palmquist 2017-06-18
  • Obituary by Steve Voce
  • New York Times obituary, reprinted in DEMS 99/1 p.2
  • Duke Ellington Society of Sweden Bulletin Nr 4, November 2011, p.4
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Prohibition became law throughout the United States in January 1920, banning the manufacture and sale of alcoholic beverages. Repealed in December 1933, prohibition undoubtedly had an impact on the entertainment industry and Ellington's life. The Cotton Club, for example, was owned by gangster Owney Madden and thrived. Ellington's lengthy engagement in that club made him famous nationally.
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.Washington, D.C..Date of Greer's first gig with Ellington.Frank Dutton, Birth of a Band, as above, citing
  • Duke Ellington, MIMM
  • Record Research 128
  • John Chilton, Who's Who of Jazz
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1920 07 12.Brockton, Mass..Birth of tenor sax star Paul Gonsalves
Mercer Ellington:

'You had to wage psychological battles to get things done. I had to prod [Duke] to decision through disagreement.
  Paul Gonsalves knew about that, too. When he really wanted to blow or there was someone in the audience he wanted to impress, his trick was to come in and act real drunk. He knew that any time he did this Ellington would drive him and make him play two or three solos back to back. To make it harder, Ellington would increase tempos and put him through paces that would call on every bit of his mental and technical ability, all in order to make him seem ridiculous. The greatest punishment for Paul would be to go out front to face the audience and then to return to his chair, having been proved ineffectual. But sometimes after he had pulled his act, Paul would turn around from the piano when Pop wasn't looking and wink at me over his left shoulder! His little trick had worked. '

Art Luby wrote a play about Paul Gonsalves in 2012.
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Monday
.Fairmount Heights, Md.New Fairmount Park(Unconfirmed)

Reception and dance in honour of the club, patrons and friends of the park. The music for Monday night, the 13th, will be furnished by DUKE ELLINGTON assisted by DOC PERRY...
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.St. Louis, Mo..Birth of Wendell Marshall, (1920 10 24 - 2002 02 06), bassist.

Wendell was a first cousin of Jimmie Blanton. He told Down Beat:

'When Jimmy [sic] left St. Louis, he left a bass behind - a little half-sized fiddle. It lay around for about half a year, and the more Jimmy played with Duke, the more my interest in that bass grew. I picked it up finally and for six months practiced with the radio and with records, and then I played some non-union gigs at school. I joined the union in December, 1941, and I got with Lionel Hampton about that time. My being hired by Hampton was more or less a publicity stunt, I guess, because I was Jimmy's cousin - I'd only been playing about seven months. I stayed three or four months with Hampton, then went back to school...'

Wendell was hired for Mercer Ellington's orchestra in 1948 and after four months, transferred to the Duke Ellington Orchestra. His instrument while with Ellington was Blanton's full-sized bass, made in Europe, that Jimmie's mother gave him after Jimmie died.
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1920 12 05.Evanston, Ill..Birth of Kay Davis (1920 12 05 - 2012 01 27), vocalist, christened Katherine McDonald.

Miss Davis studied voice and piano at Northwestern University, where she received her bachelor's degree in 1942 and her masters in 1943.

Kay was featured in high, wordless vocals. She joined Ellington in 1944 and in 1948 accompanied Ellington and Ray Nance to the U.K. and Continent as a cabaret act. She stayed in the band until it finished its 1950 European tour.

Vail has her leaving the band July 14, 1950, without naming a source.

Davis was interviewed by Dr. Marcia Greenlee for the Smithsonian's oral history. She described her departure:

'...
Greenlee: Ah, what were the circumstances of your leaving the band? And when did this take place?

Davis: I wanted to get married, [laugh] I left, soon as we came back Europe. I came back and I never went back to New York.

Greenlee: What was his response to your leaving?

Davis: I didn't get any response. I just - I left, I truly just got on the plane that came back and I think I called Celley or somebody.

Greenlee: Saying that you'd -[both at once]

Davis: Uh huh, uh huh. That wasn't too nice [laugh] but we were on a little vacation then, I think. There weren't any dates that I remember, coming right here.

Greenlee: Did you feel some distance from him, to do that? I mean, you didn't WANT to have goodbyes?

Davis: I think that I was just so anxious to make it FINAL, I didn't want to feel like I had to go back. Cuz I had -all those years, I kept saying I was going to leave and finally I said, "I MUST do this now." '


While she said she flew back, she is on the passenger list for the 1950 return voyage by sea. Miss Davis married Chicago accountant Lt. Col. Edward D. Wimp, Jr. on July 24, 1950.

Some early 1951 concert announcements show she was to sing, but this is yet to be confirmed; it may be that her name appears because the publicity packages were sent out before she left the band. Kay told one source who prefers not to be named that Duke invited her to sing in a concert but didn't use her although she appeared.
  • SI-NMAH Oral History Collection - Interview, Greenlee-Kay Davis 1989-10-13, Transcript, p.92, courtesy C. Windheuser, Smithsonian Reference Services volunteer, 2017-04-21
  • Cook County, Ill. Marriage Index, 1930-1960, Edward Wimop [sic] and Katheryn Davis, marriage licence C40C64D1-0C3B-4734-B5D1-D0DEF7364392 (per http:s//Ancestry.ca)
  • Report of wedding, The Pittsburgh Courier, Pittsburgh, Penn.
    1950-08-12 p.21
  • S.S. De Grasse passenger list for the westbound cross-Atlantic voyage from June 21-30, 1959.
  • Obituary by Steve Voce
  • Obituary, New York Times
  • Carrie Moea Brown: Beauty, Jazz and Dreams: Kathryn Wimp's Musical Journey With Duke Ellington
  • Vail II p.4
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1921 00 00.Washington D.C..Elmer Snowden's undated introduction to Rex Stewart, printed in Boy Meets Horn by Rex Stewart, edited by Claire P. Gordon, says:

"I first knew Rex in Washington, D.C. that was back in 1920, and I had just about the most popular band in town, in my band was Otto - Hardwick, Art Whetsel, Eddie Ellington, who became known as "Duke Ellington," later.

"We played all of the Dancce [sic] Halls and worked almost every night.

"One night we were playing Murrays Casino and a band of younger fellows came in to audition to try out for some dates. That was a crazy bunch of kids led by a piano player named Ollie - Blackwell. They called themselves the "Clowns Band" and sat on the Floor or jumped up on the piano while playing. We did not think much of them, but we did notice Bernard Addison the Band-Man, and the kid in whort [sic] pants, who did not blow good, but he sure was loud!!!!

"Well the years passed and the next time I saw Rex, we both were in N.Y. There had been the split up of my original Washingtonians..."

Stewart's autobiography begins:

'...Going back to 1921, when I was one of the seven young members of Ollie Blackwell's clowns, I stayed in music all my life. 1921 was a momentous year for us members of Ollie Blackwell's Ragtime Clowns because we were actually part of a show! ...

"...Washington, DC, in 1921 was the right time and place for me to hear music. I don't think there were many towns with more dance halls than Washington,..." (discusses battles of the bands, then)

"... At any rate my first awareness of this delightful phenomenon was at the Lincoln Colonnades. There were three bands, but the main battle was between Doc Perry and Sam Taylor. The third outfit was only a pick-up group with Duke Ellington on piano, a fellow named Tobin on C-melody sax, Otto Hardwicke on bass violin and Stick-A-Makum on drums. There were others in the band too, but I don't recall their names or faces...'

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In January 1921, a young lady, Carrie or Clara Johnson, was found guilty of manslaughter for killing a police detective who broke into her home during Washington's 1919 race riot. Her lawyer filed a motion for a new trial and the Pollyanna Club, young women, mostly schoolteachers in D.C., held a fashion show to raise money for her defence. In March 1921 the Pollyanna Club posted a financial report detailing the expenses, which showed it paid $9 and $8 to "Duke" Ellington for handpainted placards and slides, respectively.

While "Doc" Perry was paid $135 for the music, there is nothing in the report to suggest Ellington played in his group during this gig.
  • New York Age
    • 1921-01-22
    • 1921-08-21, p.3
  • The Washington Bee 1921-03-12
  • Washington Post
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    • 1921-06-21
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.New York, N.Y.Busoni's Balconnades Ballroom A number of sources say Ellington and Sonny Greer went to New York in March 1921. The reports appear to have originated with Greer. While he and Duke may have gone to New York, the event as described could not have taken place until 1923.

-see 1923 03 00 below.
  • The Cambridge Companion to Duke Ellington chronology says Ellington made his first trip to New York with Greer, Hardwick, Whetsel and Snowden in 1921, where Ellington would meet James P. Johnson, again, and Willie "The Lion" Smith.
  • Lawrence p.406 says:

    'March 10, 1921: Duke makes his first trip to New York, accompanied by Sonny Greer, Toby Hardwick, Artie Whetsol [sic], and Elmer Snowden.'

  • Lasker, The Washingtonians: A Miscellany:

    'Brooks Kerr tells me that Sonny Greer told him that "Sonny Greer's Washingtonians," which also included Hardwick and Ellington, first came to New York where they played for two or three weeks beginning 10Mar21 at Busoni's Balconnades Ballroom, on Broadway near West 65th St. Sonny also recalled that Dan Healy booked the room, Mr. Busoni helped the Washingtonians get their local 310 union cards, and the three bands which played Busoni's each night were the Original Dixieland Jazz Band, Phil Napoleon's Memphis Five and Sonny Greer's Washingtonians. (See Tucker's "Ellington: The Early Years," p289n3.)'

  • Tucker:

    'Greer may have been the one who lured Ellington to New York for a brief visit in 1921, when the two played at Busoni's Balconnade [sic] opposite the Original Dixieland Jazz Band...
     This is the only reference I have seen to an appearance by Ellington in New York at such an early date. Greer may have been referring to the Balconnades [sic] Ballroom, located near Broadway and 66th Street, which featured bands such as the Original Memphis Five and the New Orleans Five.'

  • Ken Steiner:

    'Although an early trip to New York seems possible, even likely, given the proximity of Washington, D.C. to New York City, the only indication of this trip to New York is Greer's recollection 58 years later in Tim Weiner's "Keeping Time with Sonny Greer" article in the Soho Weekly News (June 15, 1979).'

  • Ralph Wondraschek:
    'Re Ellington at Balconades in March 1921: I can definitively tell you that that date is impossible - the [Original Memphis Five] was in Montreal, Canada, the [Original Dixieland Jazz Band] at Follies Bergère - please refer to part 2 of my [Original Memphis Five] article in VJM.
      ...my research into the career of the Original Memphis Five excludes a March 1921 Ellington engagement at the Balconades Ballroom in NYC where he supposedly played opposite the [Original Memphis Five] & the [Original Dixieland Jazz Band]. At that time, the [Original Memphis Five] played an engagement at the Claridge Cabaret, Montreal, Canada, and the [Original Dixieland Jazz Band] appeared on their long-time job at Folies Bergère, NYC.
     ...March 1923 is, as far as I can ascertain, the most likely time period for Ellington's stay at the Balconades, as the [Original Memphis Five] then played there.
      Sixte Busoni opened his "Balconades Ballroom" on January 14, 1922 - not earlier. Please refer to part 2 of my [Original Memphis Five] piece for the contemporary clipping dealing with the History of "Healy's Golden Glades".
      The [Original Memphis Five] played at Busoni's Balconades during March 1922, but the [Original Dixieland Jazz Band] was not doing so (actually, [it] was dissolved from February 10 to April 10, 1922, and thus did not play any public appearances).
      The [Original Memphis Five] played at Busoni's Balconades during the second half of March 1923. The [Original Dixieland Jazz Band] was also a Busoni group during this period, and alternated between Busoni's Danceland (95th & Broadway) and Busoni's Balconades (66th & Broadway) during early 1923.'
  • Other factors indicating the 1921 date is incorrect:
    • Sixte Busoni appears to have taken over the Balconades or Balconnades [both spellings appear in print] Ballroom from building owner Tom Healy:
      • The Evening Telegram carried ads for Thomas Healy's Three Floors of Good Cheer at Broadway & 66th St. in February 1922. The Balconades Ballroom is named in the ads
      • In January 1922, Variety reported an announcement had been made of the opening of the Balconnades [sic] Ballroom at Healy's, without Tom Healy mentioned. It said dancing would be to the music of Castle's Society and Memphis Jazzband Orchestra, and "The Balconnades Ballroom seems to be in line with Tom Healy's previously announnced [sic] intention of disassociating himself from the restaurant business."
    • The Daily Star reported The Original Dixieland Jazzband was engaged for the new Balconades Ballroom in the Healy Building, which was to open that night, January 14, 1922
    • In March 1922, Variety reported The Roseland Amusement Corp. was denied an injunction against Sixte Busone, operator of the Balconnades Ballroom above Healy's to restrain him from employing Philip Napoleon and Milford Mole.
    • In May 1922 the Brooklyn Standard Union ran articles about Danceland on Coney Island which said it was operated by the same management as the Balconades Ballroom. They refer to continuous music provided by the Memphis Five and Busoni's Syncopators.
  • Peripheral information:
    • Sixte Busoni's name is found in the press as an orchestra manager with various groups as early as 1914 (New York Herald, New York, N.Y. 1914-08-02 p.10)
    • Thomas Healy's Balconades Ballroom, on the third floor of his building is found in the press as early as 1914 (The Evening Telegram, New York, 1914-11-17 p.12)
    • In mid-1922 Busoni was reported to be the head of leading dancing institutions in Brooklyn, Manhattan and Philadelphia, including the Balconades. (The Evening Telegram, N.Y., Brooklyn Standard Union 1922-05-14 p.6)
  • Evan Spring:
    "Duke Ellington chronology,"
    The Cambridge Companion to Duke Ellington, Cambridge University Press, 2015, p.xiii
  • Mark Berresford:
    That's Got 'Em!: The Life and Music of Wilbur C. Sweatman, p.137, citing Greer.
  • Email, Steiner-Spring and/or Green et al,
    2015-03-26, citing
    Tim Weiner:
    Keeping Time with Sonny Greer,
    Soho Weekly News 1979-06-15
  • Steven Lasker,
    The Washingtonians, A Miscellany, p.83
  • Email, Lasker-Palmquist 2017-03-04
  • The Evening Telegram, New York, N.Y.:
    • 1921-02-01 (page no. illegible)
    • 1921-02-04 p.12
    • 1921-02-05 p.11
    • 1921-02-10 p.4
  • Variety:
    • 1922-01-13 p.9
    • 1922-03-17 p.11
  • The Daily Star, Queens Borough, N.Y.
    1922-01-14 p.10
  • Brooklyn Standard Union, Brooklyn, N.Y.
    • 1922-05-21 p.13
    • 1922-05-28 p.19
  • Ralph Wondraschek:
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.Washington, D.C.Convention Hall"The 20th Century Jazz Revue"
A capacity audience crowded Convention Hall. Duke Ellington's Wild Cats, Elmer Snowden's Eccentric Serenaders and James P. Johnson, "piano wizard of New York City," were among the performers.

Tucker speculates this was when Ellington met and became friends with the 31 year old Johnson after playing Carolina Shout

Vail relates the same event, calling the venue "Convention Center."
  • Tucker, Early Years, page 74, citing Chicago Defender 1921-12-03
  • Duke Ellington, MIMM p.93
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1922 00 00
.New York, N.Y.Moulin Rouge, 48th and Broadway(Unconfirmed)

Floyd G. Snelson's column in the April 15, 1939 edition of The New York Age, page 7, says Snelson first heard Duke Ellington at the Moulin Rouge in 1922.

Ken Steiner writes

'...there's been no documentation found of this event. Sonny Greer did recall a trip to NY prior to the Sweatman gig (mentioned in Steven Lasker's Washingtonians Miscellany), perhaps this is what Floyd [Snelson] was referring to?'

According to "New York Songlines," this club was in the basement of 1580 Broadway, under the Palais Royale. Later the corner was the location of the second Cotton Club.
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.Muskogee, Okla..Birth of Aaron Bell (1922 04 24 – 2003 07 28), bass player with Ellington from April 1960 to November 1962.

Quoted by Steve Voce:

'When I was with Duke I learned an awful lot. I had four degrees, but I always tell anyone that I learned more at the School of Ellington than at any of the other schools.'

Bell's obituary says he had his Bachelor of Arts in music and a Master of Arts and that in 1970 until the early 1990s, he taught at Essex College in Newark, N.J., where he became chair of its performing arts department in 1977.

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  • Ike Dixon's Jazz Demons of Baltimore
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1922 08 29.Stockholm, Sweden.Birth of trumpeter Rolf Ericson (1922 08 29 - 1997 06 16)
  • DESS says Ericson was christened Rolf Nils Börje Eriksson, but was known as Roffe. He anglicized his surname to Ericson when he moved to the United States.
  • The August 2018 DESS bulletin devotes ten pages to him, including an interview.
  • Ericson was established in his musical career before being hired by Ellington in 1963. In late 1947 he moved from Sweden to the United States, where he worked with a myriad of musicians, including Charlie Barnet, Benny Goodman, Harry James, Stan Kenton, etc., returning to Sweden from time to time.
  • New Desor Vol. II, says he joined Ellington in mid-April, 1963. Vol. I, as well as the Nielsen discography, have his first recording with Ellington as a broadcast from a dance in Weisbaden on May 25 that year.
  • Steve Voce's obituary has Rolf joining Ellington April 18, 1963, but that is the date of a small group recording session using only Ray Nance on trumpet.
  • In his interview, Rolf says the first time he performed with Ellington's band was in Philadelphia. Ericson may have meant the Red Hill Inn in Pennsauken, N.J., near Philadelphia, where the band performed April 5 to 7, 1963, and returned in May.
  • DESS has Ellington using him in the June 1963 tour of Sweden and adding him to the band on its return to the U.S.
  • Rolf stayed until April 1964, leaving because he wasn't paid enough, but played with the band in a tour in 1969 and occasionally in 1971 and 1973.
  • Ericson spent his last years in Stockholm, dying there in 1997.
  • Email Lasker-Palmquist 2017-06-18
  • Obituary by S. Voce
  • Duke Ellington Society of Sweden Bulletin Nr.3, Augusti 2018, Ârgâng 26, pp.4-14
  • New Desor II
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In New York City, Sara Martin acc. by her Brown-Skin Syncopators record two titles, both rejected: "I Loved You Once but You Stayed Away too Long" and 'Tain't Nobody's Biz-ness If I Do."

Personnel as listed in Rust's "Jazz Records," presumably as noted on the Columbia Records matrix cards: Arthur Whetsel, t; Claude Hopkins, p; Elmer Snowden, bj.
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The 1922-12-30 edition of the New York Age reported

'On Wednesday evening last, the evening classes of Armstrong High School under the directorship of C. W. Childs. Jr.. and Principal J. P. Taylor held their Yuletide exercises. The program consisted of an exhibition of work of various classes in art and sciences. Dancing in the gymnasium with music by Duke Ellington was an enjoyable feature. '


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Agust¡n Perez Gasco, citing the "Washington D.C." column in the "News Of New York State" section,
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Overview of early 1923


  • In early 1923, or possibly in late 1922, Sonny Greer, Otto Hardwick and Ellington went to New York to work for Wilbur Sweatman.
  • Greer:

    'We come to New York, so me and Duke had a room together. I had an aunt in New York, got a room. I think I was giving her $3.00 a week. We had adjoining rooms for $3.00 a week. Duke ain't never been to New York. He ain't never seen no building as tall as that in his life.

  • Ellington wrote that in New York, he first boarded with LeRoy Jeffries' mother, then moved to Forny Brooks' apartment. Later, he boarded with Mr. and Mrs. Leonard Harper when he was Harper's rehearsal pianist at Connie's Inn and they both worked at Barron's and the Kentucky Club.
  • Mercer Ellington:

    'It wasn't at all easy for my parents when they first moved to New York. All they had was a room in the house of Leonard Harper... When I went to visit, the three of us lived in this one room. There was a couch for me and a bed for the two of them. I had no access to the rest of the house... There was no living room, playroom, or anything like that. It must have been 1924 when I first went there, but I can remember Mr. Harper's apartment well at 2067 Seventh Avenue...'

  • Edna continued living in the Harper apartment after she and Duke separated - she is shown there in the 1930 census. Where Ellington lived after leaving Edna and before moving into 381 Edgecombe Ave. is unknown.
  • Leaving Sweatman, the musicians hung around and played in various clubs and played rent parties. During this first New York sojourn, Ellington would meet pianists Willie "The Lion" Smith, who was more or less his mentor, James P. Johnson and the young Fats Waller.
  • After returning to Washington, they formed a five-piece band with Elmer Snowden. Snowden, Whetsel, Hardwick and Greer would return to New York to play with Waller, but when Waller could not be found, Snowden asked Ellington to join them.
  • Pinning down the dates Ellington and his companions finished with Snowden, went home to Washington, and then returned to New York is difficult. The dates Fats Waller played Washington in early June establishes they were home not later than June 10, and did not return to New York before June 3.
  • The Wonderland Park job in Baltimore suggests they were still working out of Washington on June 8.

First work in New York – Wilbur C. Sweatman


  • Vaudevillian band leader Wilbur C. Sweatman, in New York, wanted to hire Sonny Greer on drums. Greer agreed if Sweatman would also hire Ellington and Hardwick.
  • Berresford says Ellington at first was reluctant to join Sweatman's band, but Greer and Otto Hardwick wrote to him every week to persuade him.
  • Ulanov:
    '... one eventful day in 1922 [sic], came a wire from bandleader Wilbur Sweatman. He wanted Sonny in New York. Sonny wanted Otto and Duke, and that meant New York for Greer, Ellington and Hardwick... Where "everbody" was rich and stayed high all the time and Duke Ellington, Sonny Greer, Otto Hardwick, Arther Whetsol [sic] and Elmer Snowden had to split a hot dog five ways to stay alive.'
  • Lambert:
    'In 1922 [sic] five [sic] of this group of young Washington musicians left for New York - Ellington, Hardwicke [sic], Whetsol [sic], Greer and banjoist Elmer Snowden, the pretext being a telegram from Wilbur Sweatman asking Greer to join his band.'

    Webmaster note:–Lambert conflates the first and second visits.

  • By the end of February, the New York Clipper carried an ad for the group referring to Phonograph Artist Wilbur Sweatman ... Assisted by Flo Dade, and his Acme of Syncopators. Ellington, Hartwick [sic], Greer, Maceo Jefferson (banjo) and Ralph Escudero (bass) were listed as the band members.1
  • Ellington:
    'We joined him in New York and played some split weeks in theatres...'
  • Several sources say the Washington lads didn't the Sweatman job because in vaudeville, performers did half-week engagements and then moved on, and Sweatman insisted the sidemen use makeup to lighten their skin.
  • Ellington in Jazz as I Have Seen It:
    'All at once it looked like the big break had arrived. Wilbur Sweatman sent down from New York for Sonny, and eventually that meant Toby and myself too. But when we got there we found out the work wasn't so good. We just had some theaters to play and they were split-weeks. Sweatman performed every night with his three clarinets in his mouth at one time. But at night it was mellow. We went out every evening regardless of whether we had money or not, and we met all the hip guys.'
  • It isn't clear when Greer, Ellington and Hardwick joined Sweatman.
    • Ulanov, the closest to being a contemporary account, seems to suggest they played theatre dates with Sweatman, perhaps before the Lafayette, and Greer mentions playing in New Jersey.
    • In 1922, Sweatman appeared in advertisements and announcments as Wilbur Sweatman & Co. until September. His sidemen, when named, were Earl Gray or William Hegeman on piano and Buddy Edwards on drums. In September that year, Sweatman's act was billed as Acme of Syncopation, and a five-piece group by that name played in Philadelphia that November at the Orpheum.
    • In January 1923 Sweatman and his Acme of Syncopation were at Keeney's [New York?].
    • On February 4, "The Original Wilbur Sweatman and His Band" were advertised at the Orpheum in New Brunswick, N.J. "Wilbur Sweatman and His Band" played 3 days at the Opera House, New Brunswick, N.J. February 8 to 10.
    • On February 28, the New York Clipper carried an announcement that Sweatman's act included Flo Dade and five syncopaters. A banner ad in the same edition named Sweatman, Dade, and sidemen Duke Ellington, piano, Maceo Jefferson, banjo, Otto Hartwick [sic}, saxophone, Ralph Escudero, bass and Sonny Greer, drummer.
    • It seems clear that our heroes were with Sweatman some time before the March 1923 Lafayette week.
    • The March 10, 1923 New York Age has Wilbur Sweatman and Co. at the Lafayette Theatre in New York.
  • It also isn't clear when Greer, Ellington and Hardwick left Sweatman.
    • Tucker speculates they were with him in late April (see Grand Theater entry at 1923 04 23). but they were clearly gone by June 7, when Sweatman had a pianist who doubled on sax and a drummer who danced.
    • Nicholson:
      Ellington as told to Carter Harman:
      'In 1923 I came to New York to join Wilbur Sweatman's band - he was the man who played three clarinets at one time - a top vaudeville artist. This lasted a couple of months - this wasn't one of Sweatman's better years.'
    • Greer:
      'Wilbur Sweatman had this engagement at the Lafayette Theatre and so I got the gig for us, we played around New York, in New Jersey but we worked on Keith's Circuit too, but it was just four of us onstage and he played clarinet, three of them at one time.
        Stage setting, he had a beautiful stage setting, whole lot of drapes... He had an engagement in Chicago or somewhere, but we wouldn't go. Said no, we ain't leaving New York, so he got somebody else.'
  • Ulanov:
    '...The Washingtonians did not last very long with Sweatman. A few theater dates, the Lafayette, then Harlem's biggest and most important house... and a Staten Island spot, which was, as Sonny put it, "a weekend of grief..."'
  • Hasse suggests after leaving Sweatman, the men hustled pool halls during the day, in the evenings made the rounds of night clubs looking for work, and played rent parties Saturday nights. This is consistent with Ellington's statements quoted in Chapter Two of Nicholson.
  • Ellington's circle at this time included his mentor, Willie "The Lion" Smith, James P. Johnson, then 18-year-old Thomas A. ("Fats) Waller, Corky Williams and Raymond 'Lippy' Boyette. Ellington said Lippy knew where all the pianos in town were and was good at organizing rent parties.
  • Nicholson has several quotations from Ellington, Smith and Greer about how Ellington met Smith (at the Capitol Palace), how their small group of friends (including Waller and Johnson) would play rent parties and such.
  • Vail briefly reports Ellington and his friends remained in New York when Sweatman went on tour, surviving on Greer's pool hustling.

Willie (The Lion) Smith, James P. Johnson and Fats Waller


  • Ellington in Jazz as I Have Seen It:
    'I got a big thrill when I strolled into the Capitol Club at 140th and Lenox, down in the basement, and found "The Lion" working there. We went the rounds every night, looking for the piano players. We didn't have any gold, but then Sonny was good at that sort of thing. He would stride in, big as life, and tell the man . . . "Hello, Jack, I'm Sonny. I know So-and-So, and he told me to look you up. Meet my pals, Duke and Toby." Then the man would hear that Duke played a whole lot of piano. I'd sit down after "The Lion," and then Fats Waller would sit down after me...'

The Rent Parties


  • Ellington in Jazz as I Have Seen It:
    'Jimmy Johnson used to get all the house-rent parties to play. There were so many of them that he turned a lot of them over to Lippy [Raymond Boyette]. Lippy had heard so much piano that he couldn't play any more. He only thought piano. Lippy gave a lot of piano players work, and then he'd remember me. One time, things were so bad that even Sonny took a job playing piano. Lippy knew every piano and player-piano in town. He used to walk around all night long with James P., "The Lion," Fats, and myself. I was one of the main hangers-on. Lippy would walk up to any man's house at any time of night. He'd ring the doorbell. Finally somebody would wake up and holler out the window about who was it making all the disturbance. Lippy would answer, "It's Lippy, and James P. is here with me." These magic words opened anybody's door, and we would sit and play all night long.'

Giving Up


  • Ellington in Jazz as I Have Seen It:
    'It wasn't long after that that I found the fifteen dollars in an envelope on the street. It bought me a new pair of shoes, and the fare back to Washington for the three of us. When I finished eating that first home-cooked breakfast, I made up my mind I'd stay put for a while and organize another band.'
  • Nicholson p.33 quoting Ellington (New Yorker, 1944-07-08):
    'We got to Washington on a Sunday morning. Otto went to his home, because he lived in Washington, and Sonny came home with me...'

Five-piece Band


  • Nicholson p.33
    • quoting Ellington (Duke Ellington Talks to Max Jones and Humphrey Littleton, BBC, 1964):
      'That was the beginning of the five-piece band – Whetsel, Greer, Toby, Snowden and me, it was a sort of cooperative organization, nobody was really the leader, I think Snowden was really the front. We would just sit down at the piano and we'd say you take this and you take that.'
    • quoting Snowden:
      '...I had just about the most popular band in town, in my band was Otto Hardwick, Art Whetsol [sic], Eddie Ellington ... we played all of the dance halls and worked almost every night.'

Trying Again


  • Ellington in Jazz as I Have Seen It:
    'After I'd gone back home to Washington and stayed for a while, Fats Waller came through town with a burlesque show. Bushell was with the band too, and Clarence Robinson and Bert Adams were the featured dance team with the show. Sitting in my house, eating chickens by the pair. Fats told us they were all going to quit; that we'd better come on up to New York and get the job.
      Then there was a wire from New York saying that Fats had decided not to leave, so Artie Whetsol [sic], Sonny, Toby, and Snowden went up alone. Then they sent for me; everything had been fixed, the job was a cinch for me! On the way up, I travel in style, blowing all my money on the train. After all, I'm a big shot, I've got a job waiting for me in the big town. I have just enough left for cab-fare uptown. There they are, standing on the corner. "Whatdya know? how's things? and give us some gold," they say. They're busted!
      The job was set back time and time again, and it got so that it looked very bad. We were living with some nice people and they told us we could stay on until we found some work. We kept right on auditioning, but nothing ever happened. There was no work.'
  • Tucker tentatively dates the return to New York after the June 8, 1923 booking at Wonderland Park, about 40 miles from Washington but 190 miles from New York.
  • Garvin Bushell, as told to Mark Tucker:
    'Adams and Robinson were a dance team, and their agent talked them into getting a band ... Bert Adams was the piano player and Clarence Robinson was the dancer and singer... Seymour Irick on trumpet, Lew Henry on trombone, Mert Perry on drums and myself... Now, one night some fellow fought Bert Adams in the park and shot him. He got killed. So we had to revise the act and got Fats Waller on piano. We put Katie Crippen into the act as singer. One of the agents downtown thought up a name: Liza and her Shuffling Sextette. On a trip to Washington, D.C., a few of us went to hear a band in a little backstreet place. This group was headed by Elmer Snowden, the banjo player. There was a youngster playing piano named Duke Ellington, Toby Hardwick was on saxophone, Schiefe on trumpet and Sonny Greer on drums. After we heard the band, Clarence and I got into a terrific argument and we decided to split up. So Clarence went to Snowden and said,'I've got a job for you.' I kept the original band with Fats on piano.
      In the meantime, we had six and a half more weeks booked with the act on the Politime. Clarence figured he could take this new band and do the gigs, but I decided to beat him to the punch. Early Monday morning I went into the Palace Theatre office in New York. I said, 'Clarence and I split up, and he's bringing in a strange band. I have the original one. Now, I could get a new dancer, or what you want to do?' They got leery and cancelled the whole six and a half weeks. So when Clarence arrived in New York with Snowden, Duke and that bunch, they didn't have any work – I'd cancelled all their jobs.'

    Bushell's recollection is inaccurate. Bert Adams was slain February 28, 1924 (and in an apartment, not a park). If Waller only joined the revue after Adams died, it would have been the year after the Washingtonians returned to New York and began working at the Hollywood Cabaret.
      (The Sun and The Globe reported the Adams murder on February 28, 1924. In March 1924, Variety reported Eugene Shields was indicted for first degree murder, accused of having shot and killed Adams, and identified the deceased as a member of the vaudeville team Adams and Robinson. The front page of the 1924-03-08 New York Age reported Shields shot six bullets at Adams in Shield's apartment the morning of 1924 02 28. It quoted Mrs. Shields as saying she went to a party the night before with Mr. and Mrs. Clarence Robinson. Returning late, she permitted Adams to stay in a spare room for the night. Shields, the brother of a state assemblyman, pled guilty and was sentenced to an indeterminate penitentiary term not to exceed three years. (Depending on which newspaper to believe, his minimum term was one day or one year.)

  • From June 3 to 10, 1923, a vaudeville act, "Liza and Her Shuffling Sextet" (also billed/advertised as "Shuffling Sextette," "Shuffling Six" and "Shuffling 6", 'Liza and Her Shuffling Six,' 'Liza and her six dancing "fools"' and 'Liza and her Jazz Demons') played the Gayety Theater in Washington. Personnel seem to have consisted of dancer Clarence Robinson, singer/dancer Katie Crippen, trombonist Lew Henry, clarinetist Garvin Bushell, trumpeter Seymour Irick, drummer Mert Perry, and likely pianist Thomas A. (Fats) Waller.
    • Liza and the Shuffling Six were billed as a special sensational added feature at the Gayety in Washington beginning Sunday June 3.
    • An announcement June 7 said the show was being held until Sunday (June 10) instead of closing Saturday night (June 9). This announcement refers to an added attraction, "Liza and her six dancing "fools" which seems to be described as a girlie show.
    • Liza and her Jazz Demons were included in the "today only" advertisement for the Gayety on June 10.
  • According to the Perfesser Bill website, Waller was on the air on WDT in New York on July 20, 1923.
  • Elmer Snowden, interviewed by Les Muscutt:
    • It was 1923 when I left to go to New York, but Duke wasn't supposed to be my piano player. We were going in to play for a show... the show had played Washington and had broken up in Washington, so the guy was looking for a band to travel with the show because his band was quittin'.
        Now Fats Waller was in the band, so Fats came across to the place where we were working, and he assured me that HE wasn't quittin', HE wasn't gonna leave him...so I thought, this looks good.
        But my drummer didn't want to go 'cause he had a good job... So now I'm runnin' round lookin' for a drummer and I ran across Sonny, and Sonny said, 'I heard you going to New York?' and I said, 'Oh yes.' and Sonny wants to know would I take him, so I said, 'You're working with Duke, I couldn't take you.' So he said, 'Yeah man I wanna go back to New York.'
        You know Sonny's a BIG guy, so I said, 'All right, OK if you wanna go, I'll take you.' So he came up, there was no rehearsal, we just got the group together and went on to New York.
        Just as we was leaving Duke came up and said, 'You got my drummer, what about me?' So I said, 'We don't need you, Cutie 'cause Fats is gonna play piano with us.' That was a big deal you know, Fats Waller, oh he didn't have as big a name then as he finally got later ... he was well-known in New York...
        Well, we got to New York. That was Arthur Whetsol [sic], Otto Hardwicke [sic]...
        Anyway when we got to New York we couldn't find Fats...and we were there five days...and the guy who told us to come to New York and gave us the money to come...we couldn't find him either, so we were stranded. You can imagine what was happening. Then we found out where this guy was living and we got in touch with him.
        So we said, 'Look, you asked us to come to New York and you said there was going to be a job, and we haven't even had a rehearsal, what's happening? When do we come up for a rehearsal, or when do we go to work?'
        And he said, 'The reason you don't go to work is because you don't have a piano player.'
        So I said, 'That's a funny thing to say, because you said Fats was gonna work with us for sure. Why didn't you say that in Washington, 'cause I could have brought my piano player with us?'
        So he said, 'If you got one, you better send for him.' So I sent for Duke, and he came up that same day.
        So after he got there we rehearsed him.
        Of course the men I had with me...they was my regular band...we didn't have too much rehearsing...we knew what we were doing.'
  • Our heroes returned to New York and were out of work for five weeks before opening at Barron's Exclusive Club sometime in July. Ellington in Jazz as I Have Seen It:
    'Then Bricktop came along, and she saved the day for us. I'd worked with Bricktop, the famed Bricktop of Montmartre, Paris, at the Oriental in Washington. Barron's was then a very popular spot, and she knew Barron well. She got him to let his band go and hire us instead. We'd scuffled for five weeks, and here at last we were to go to work...'
  • Ulanov, ibid., pp.25-27
  • G. E. Lambert, Kings of Jazz Duke Ellington, A. S. Barnes and Company, Inc., 1959 and 1961, p.4
  • Ellington as cited by John Edward Hasse in Beyond Category, the Life and Genius of Duke Ellington, Da Capo Press, p.70
  • Mark Berresford "That's Got 'Em!: The Life and Music of Wilbur C. Sweatman"
  • Tucker, Early Years, pp.80-82, with photo
  • Duke Ellington, MIMM p.36
  • Duke Ellington, MIMM p.xi
  • Ulanov (ibid.) p.27
  • Vail I
  • M. Ellington, DEIP, p.16
  • Banner ad, The New York Clipper, 1923-02-23 p.24
  • Ellington's May 1964 Carter Harman interview, SI-NMAH AC0422
  • Ellington in Swing, ibid.
  • Garvin Bushell and Mark Tucker,
    Jazz from the Beginning,
    The University of Michigan Press, Ann Arbor, 1988, pp.45-47
  • "Discovering Elmer," undated Snowden interview by Les Muscutt, Storyville,
    •    April/May 1968, pp.3-7
    •    June/July 1968 pp.4-7
  • Duke Ellington, MIMM pp.xi, 36
  • Vail I
  • Mark S. Tucker, Ellington, the Early Years, University of Illinois Press, 1991,pp.80-82 with photo
  • Don George, Sweet Man, The Real Duke Ellington, G.P. Putman's Sons, New York, 1981, pp.43-44
  • Milwaukee Journal-Sentinal, 1968-07-28 p.20 (re Smith's name)
  • Evening Public Ledger, Philadelphia, Penn.,
    • 1922-11-18 p.14
    • 1922-11-22 p.17
  • The Brooklyn Daily Eagle, New York, N.Y.
    • 1923-01-14 p.2C
  • The Sunday Times, New Brunswick, N.J.
    • 1923-02-04 p.6
  • The Daily Home News, New Brunswick, N.J.
    • 1923-02-09 p.28
    • 1923-02-10 p.3
  • The New York Clipper
    • Banner ad, 1923-02-23 p.24
  • Variety
    • 1924-03-19 p.5
  • The Sun and The Globe, New York, N.Y.,
    • 1924-02-28 p.8
  • The New York Age, New York, N.Y.
    • 1924-03-08 p.1
    • 1924-04-05 p.1
    • 1924-05-31 p.6
    • 1924-06-07 p.1
  • New York Evening Post, New York, N.Y.
    • 1924-06-06
  • Buffalo Courier, Buffalo, N.Y.,
    • 1924-06-07 p.2

  • References for Liza and her Shuffling Sextette:
    • Variety
      • Liza & Shuffling (6) - Proctor's 23rd St. (New York) weeks of March 5 & 12, 1923:
        • 1923-03-01 p.38
        • 1923-03-08 p.32
      • Liza & Shuffling 6 - Proctor's (Elizabeth, N.J.) week of March 19, 1923:
        • 1923-03-15 p.34
      • Liza & Shuffling 6 - Olympia, Lynn, Mass. week of May 7, 1923:
        • 1923-05-03 p.32
      • Liza & Shuffling 6 - Palace, Manchester, week of May 10, 1923:
        • 1923-05-10 p.30
        • 1923-05-02 p.12
        • 1923-05-04 p.19
      • Liza & Shuffling 6 - Proctor's (Schenectady, N.Y.) week of May 21, 1923
        • 1923-05-17 p.32
    • New York Clipper
      1923-03-14
      Liza and Her Shuffling Sextette were mentioned in a review of a Proctor's 23rd Street show
    • Evening Star, Washington D.C.
      1923-05 31 p.50
    • Washington Post, Washington D.C.
      • 1923-06-02 p.12
      • 1923-06-03 p.16
      • 1923-06-07 p.16
      • 1923-06-10 p.3
    • Fitchburg Sentinel, Fitchburg, Mass.
      1923-05-03 p.12
      Liza and Her Shuffling Sextette in "The Jazz That Am," Cumings, The House of Good Cheer
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On this date, the New York Clipper carried this brief announcement:

'SWEATMAN IN NEW ACT
Wilbur Sweatman , the ragtime and jazz clarionetist, is showing a new act, assisted by Flo Dade and his five syncopators. Tim O'Donnell, of the Casey agency , is headlining the bookings.'

and this ad:PHONOGRAPH ARTIST WILBUR SWEATMAN ORIGINATOR AND MUCH IMITATED RAGTIME AND JAZZ CLARIONETIST Assisted by FLO DADE, and his ACME OF SYNCOPATORS DUKE ELLINGTON, Piano  MACEO JEFFERSON, Banjo OTTO HARTWICK (sic), Saxophone RALPH ESCUDERO, Bass SONNY GREER, Drummer
S. Lasker:

'Wilbur Sweatman recalled that he and Duke Ellington never recorded together, which contradicts a claim by banjoist Mike Danzi ("American Musician in Germany, 1924-39," Schmitten, Germany, 1986) that he and Ellington played together on Sweatman's Gennett recording of "Battleship Kate," of which a rejected/lost version was made circa 1924-08-12 and a remake version on 1924-09-20. The pianist on the latter side (Gennett 5584-B) doesn't sound like Ellington to me.'

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Matinee every day
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Wilbur Sweatman Band
An ad in the Amsterdam News announced

WILBER C. SWEATMAN
ORIGINATOR AND HIS MOST IMITATED RAG-TIME AND JAZZ BAND
assisted by
FLO DADE AND HIS ACME OF SYNCOPATORS
Duke Ellington, Piano; Maceo Jefferson, banjo; Joan Anderson, trombone; Otta Hardwick, saxophone; Ralph Escudero, bass; Sonny Green, drums.

Other acts appearing:
  • Wells & Wells
  • Joyner & Foster
  • Walters & Farrell
  • Story Book Revue' featuring Buster Edwards
  • 'Husbands Three' A Merry Musical Comedy - 17 people
The band (Jefferson, Escudero, Ellington, Sweatman, Dade, Greer, Anderson and Hardwick) was photographed at the Lafayette this week. The photos are found in Record Research No. 128, 1974-06, and Tucker, Early Years, p.82.
  • Tucker, Early Years, pp.80-82
  • Vail I
  • Ad, New York Amsterdam News 1923-03-07 - see Steiner, Wild Throng Dances Madly in Cellar Club,p.5, citing
    • Ad, New York Amsterdam News, 1923-03-07 p.5
    • Ulanov (ibid.), p.27
  • Steven Lasker, The Washingtonians: A Miscellany, privately published, 2006, p.7, citing
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  • The Washingtonians (Greer, Ellington, and Hardwick but not Snowden or Whetsel) may have played this venue during the middle or last part of March, if they were not still working for Sweatman. Or Sweatman might have been involved too. Snowden was still in Washington.
  • Various sources report Greer said he and Duke went to New York the first time in 1921 and played Busoni's Balconnades (or Balconades) Ballroom opposite the Original Dixieland Band and Phil Napoleon's Memphis Five. This could not have happened until March 1923 at the earliest, and if they did play there, was it for one night, or longer? Was it just Sonny and Duke, or was it with Wilbur Sweatman too? Elmer Snowden was not involved, since he seems to have remained in Washington while Ellington and his buddies went to New York the first time. Did Toby Hardwick play with Sonny and Duke at Busoni's?
  • It is not at all certain our heroes played here. A late June announcement in The New York Clipper would seem to indicate the first time three orchestras played this club was in June and the paper described this as a novelty. These bands were the Original Memphis Five, the Original Dixieland Jazz Band and the Circle Quintette, all described as Dixieland combinations. Circle Quintette was not an Ellington group - when it broadcast on WEBJ in 1924 its personnel included Jerry Antonocci and Napoleon Anthony. The Sun announcement said it was from Balconades Ballroom and The New York Telegram and Evening Mail named these members.
  • While Greer and Ellington may have travelled to New York in 1921, it seems unlikely only a pianist and a drummer would be hired to play opposite a house band. It is possible Greer, Ellington, Hardwick and Snowden travelled to New York and played in the Balconades in 1921 when it was owned by Thomas Healey, who turned it over to Sixte Busoni in January 1922, but if they did, they did not play opposite the other two bands named by Greer. Given Busoni's prominent role described by Greer, it seems most likely that the job was in 1923 rather than 1921.
  • If Greer and Ellington played opposite the Original Dixieland Jazz Band and the Memphis Five at Busoni's Balconades Ballroom in March, it would have been with Sweatman and Hardwick, since they were still working for Wilbur in June.
  • Other factors indicating the 1921 date is incorrect:
    • Sixte Busoni appears to have taken over the Balconades or Balconnades [both spellings appear in print] Ballroom from building owner Tom Healy:
      • The Evening Telegram carried ads for Thomas Healy's Three Floors of Good Cheer at Broadway & 66th St. in February 1922. The Balconades Ballroom is named in the ads
      • In January 1922, Variety reported an announcement had been made of the opening of the Balconnades [sic] Ballroom at Healy's, without Tom Healy mentioned. It said dancing would be to the music of Castle's Society and Memphis Jazzband Orchestra, and "The Balconnades Ballroom seems to be in line with Tom Healy's previously announnced [sic] intention of disassociating himself from the restaurant business."
    • The Daily Star reported The Original Dixieland Jazzband was engaged for the new Balconades Ballroom in the Healy Building, which was to open that night, January 14, 1922
    • In March 1922, Variety reported The Roseland Amusement Corp. was denied an injunction against Sixte Busone, operator of the Balconnades Ballroom above Healy's to restrain him from employing Philip Napoleon and Milford Mole.
    • In May 1922 the Brooklyn Standard Union ran articles about Danceland on Coney Island which said it was operated by the same management as the Balconades Ballroom. They refer to continuous music provided by the Memphis Five and Busoni's Syncopators.
  • The New York Clipper, New York, N.Y.
    1923-06-20 p.28
  • The Sun, New York, N.Y.
    1924-12-20 p.44
  • The New York Telegram and Evening Mail, New York, N.Y.
    1924-11-18 p.13)
  • Variety
    • 1923-06-07 pp.23, 30
    • 1922-01-13 p.9
    • 1922-03-17 p.11
  • Evan Spring:
    "Duke Ellington chronology,"
    The Cambridge Companion to Duke Ellington, Cambridge University Press, 2015
  • A.H. Lawrence: Duke Ellington and His World, p.406
  • Steven Lasker, The Washingtonians, A Miscellany, p.83
  • Mark Tucker, Duke Ellington, The Early Years, p.80 and note 3, p.289, citing Tim Weiner:
    Keeping Time with Sonny Greer, Soho Weekly News 1979-06-15
  • Email, Steiner-Spring and/or Green et al, 2015-03-26, citing Weiner (ibid.)
  • Email correspondence Wondraschek-Palmquist Dec.2017 and Jan.2018
  • Ralph Wondraschek:
    The Memphis Five
    Part 1: March 1919 - June 1920:
    The Last Word In Jazz Art
    (Vintage Jazz Mart)
  • The Daily Star, Queens Borough, N.Y.
    1922-01-14 p.10
  • The Evening Telegram, New York, N.Y.:
    • 1921-02-01 (page no. illegible)
    • 1921-02-04 p.12
    • 1921-02-05 p.11
    • 1921-02-10 p.4
  • Brooklyn Standard Union, Brooklyn, N.Y.
    • 1922-05-21 p.13
    • 1922-05-28 p.19
  • New York Age, New York, N.Y.
    • 1921-01-22
    • 1921-08-21, p.3
  • The Washington Bee, Washington, D.C.
    1921-03-12
  • Washington Post, Washington, D.C.
    • 1921-06-04
    • 1921-06-21
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  • Steiner, ibid.
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...activities not documented...
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1923 03 17
Saturday
...activities not documented...
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1923 03 18
Sunday
...activities not documented...
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1923 03 19
Monday
...activities not documented...
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1923 03 20
Tuesday
...activities not documented...
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1923 03 21
Wednesday
...activities not documented...
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1923 03 22
Thursday
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1923 03 23
Friday
...activities not documented...
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1923 03 24
Saturday
...activities not documented...
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1923 03 25
Sunday
...activities not documented...
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1923 03 26
Monday
...activities not documented...
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1923 03 27
Tuesday
...activities not documented...
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1923 03 28
Wednesday
...activities not documented...
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1923 03 29
Thursday
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1923 03 30
Friday
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1923 03 31
Saturday
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April 1923

1923 04 01
Sunday
...activities not documented...
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1923 04 02
Monday
...activities not documented...
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1923 04 03
Tuesday
...activities not documented...
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1923 04 04
Wednesday
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1923 04 05
Thursday
...activities not documented...
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1923 04 06
Friday
...activities not documented...
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1923 04 07
Saturday
...activities not documented...
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1923 04 08
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...activities not documented...
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1923 04 09
Monday
...activities not documented...
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1923 04 10
Tuesday
...activities not documented...
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1923 04 11
Wednesday
...activities not documented...
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1923 04 12
Thursday
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1923 04 13
Friday
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1923 04 14
Saturday
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1923 04 15
Sunday
...activities not documented...
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1923 04 16
Monday
...activities not documented...
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1923 04 17
Tuesday
...activities not documented...
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1923 04 18
Wednesday
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1923 04 19
Thursday
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Friday
...activities not documented...
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Saturday
...activities not documented...
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1923 04 22
Sunday
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1923 04 23
Monday
1923 04 28
Saturday
Philadelphia, Penn.Grand Theater(Unconfirmed)
Vaudeville
Berresford speculates that Ellington, Greer and Hardwick were still with Wilbur Sweatman, because the Chicago Defender said Sweatman with his assisting Syncopators appeared at the Grand for this week.
Mark Berresford: That's Got 'Em!: The Life and Music of Wilbur C. Sweatman p.136, citing Chicago Defender 1923-03-31..
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Wednesday
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Thursday
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Friday
.Philadelphia, Penn.Grand TheaterUnconfirmed - see 1923 04 23...
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Saturday
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1923 04 29
Sunday
Ellington's birthday
...activities not documented...
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1923 04 30
Monday
...activities not documented...
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May 1923

1923 05 01
Tuesday
1923 05 31
Thursday
..Activities this month are not documented - Ellington, Hardwick and Greer may have been back in Washington, working with Elmer Snowden...
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June 1923

1923 06 01
Friday
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1923 06 02
Saturday
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1923 06 03
Sunday
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1923 06 04
Monday
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1923 06 05
Tuesday
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1923 06 06
Wednesday
...activities not documented...
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1923 06 07
Thursday
...activities not documented...
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1923 06 08
Friday
.Baltimore, Md.Wonderland Amusement Park
Cherry Hill Ave. [recte Rd.] west of Hanover St.
Elmer Snowden's Jazz Kings
  • Tucker, Early Years, p.86
  • Ads, Baltimore Afro-American
  • Park location per The Billboard
    • 1923-07-28 p.94
    • 1929-11-16 p.66
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1923 06 09
Saturday
1923 06 30
Saturday
..activities not documented...
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1923 06 10
Sunday
...activities not documented...
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1923 06 11
Monday
...activities not documented...
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1923 06 12
Tuesday
...activities not documented...
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1923 06 13
Wednesday
...activities not documented...
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1923 06 14
Thursday
...activities not documented...
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1923 06 15
Friday
...activities not documented...
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1923 06 16
Saturday
...activities not documented...
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1923 06 17
Sunday
...activities not documented...
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1923 06 18
Monday
...activities not documented...
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1923 06 19
Tuesday
...activities not documented...
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1923 06 20
Wednesday
...activities not documented...
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1923 06 21
Thursday
...activities not documented...
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1923 06 22
Friday
...activities not documented...
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1923 06 23
Saturday
...activities not documented...
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1923 06 24
Sunday
...activities not documented...
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1923 06 25
Monday
...activities not documented...
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1923 06 26
Tuesday
...activities not documented...
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1923 06 27
Wednesday
...activities not documented...
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1923 06 28
Thursday
...activities not documented...
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1923 06 29
Friday
...activities not documented...
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1923 06 30
Saturday
...activities not documented...
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Circa
1923 06 00
.Atlantic City, N.J.Music BoxActivities not documented, however, Charters and Kundstadt say:

'Despite their lean weeks away from home they were still determined so they joined Snowden's band, The Washington Black Sox Orchestra, at the Music Box in late June 1923... '

Their book has a few errors concerning Ellington, so "late June" may not be reliable. "Late June" is also the date given by Tucker, p.87.
  • Samuel B.Charters and Leonard Kunstadt, Jazz; A History of the New York Scene, Doubleday & Company, Inc., 1962, p.212
  • Mark S. Tucker, Ellington, the Early Years, University of Illinois Press, 1991, ("Early Years") p.87
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1923 07 00.New York, N.Y..Shortly before the Exclusive Club engagement, t, the the band is reported to have auditioned for the Everglades Club at 48th and Broadway. Frank Dutton, Birth of a Band, Storyille #91, Oct-Nov 1980, citing Stanley Dance, the World of Swing pp.50-51..
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Tuesday
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1923 07 04
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1923 07 06
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1923 07 07
Saturday
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1923 07 08
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1923 07 09
Monday
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1923 07 10
Tuesday
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1923 07 11
Wednesday
.New York, N.Y..activities not documented...
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1923 07 12
Thursday
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1923 07 13
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1923 07 14
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1923 07 15
Sunday
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1923 07 16
Monday
1923 07 21
Saturday.
New York, N.Y.Connie's InnEllington was hired to be the rehearsal pianist during the daytime for the Leonard Harper show that was to open July 21 at the new Connie's Inn. The dates he played for the rehearsals are not known; presumably it would have been most of this week. Tucker:

'At Connie's, while working with seasoned professional entertainers, Ellington began learning first-hand about the musical strucure of revues. '

  • Mark Berresford, That's Got 'Em!: The Life and Music of Wilbur C. Sweatman, p.139
  • Tucker, Early Years, p.92
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.
...LIFE EVENT
The Cambridge Companion says Duke's wife Edna moved to New York in 1923 where she worked at Connie's Inn as a showgirl. The author did not provide a source but it is not inconsistent with Mercer Ellington's comments, although Mercer's comments may indicate it was some time earlier:
'After a short spell with my father and mother, I was left with my grandfather and grandmother in Washington, while they went off to New York...'
Steven Lasker identifies the source as Austin Lawrence, p407:
"July 1923: Ellington hired as rehearsal pianist for a revue opening at Connie's Inn on the 21st; Ellington's wife, Edna, demands to come to New York and is soon hired at Connie's Inn as a showgirl.'
  • Cambridge Companion, p.xiv
  • M. Ellington, DEIP, p.16
  • Email, Lasker-Palmquist 2017-03-04
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Tuesday
1923 07 21
Saturday
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Tuesday
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1923 07 18
Wednesday
.New York, N.Y.Connie's InnEllington probably worked during the day as the Connie's Inn rehearsal pianist - see 1923 07 16...
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Wednesday
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1923 07 19
Thursday
.New York, N.Y.Connie's InnEllington probably worked during the day as the Connie's Inn rehearsal pianist - see 1923 07 16...
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Thursday
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1923 07 20
Friday
.New York, N.Y.Connie's InnEllington probably worked during the day as the Connie's Inn rehearsal pianist - see 1923 07 16...
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Friday
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Circa
1923 07 21
Friday
1923 08 23
Thursday
New York, N.Y.Barron's Exclusive Club
198 W. 134th St
(Harlem)
(the club name is as it appeared on signage)
The exact dates of this residency are unknown.

If the band came to New York directly after the Baltimore engagement on June 8, and if Snowden's claim to have told the club owner that the Washingtonians had been in New York for five weeks is true, the Exclusive Club engagement may have started around July 21. It might have started before Ellington was hired at Connie's Inn, though, if Beresford is right:

'Harper needed a daytime rehearsal pianist ... and found the ideal candidate working at Harlem celebrity and club owner Barron Wilkin's nightclub, Club Barron–none other than Duke Ellington.'


While Snowden said the band stayed six months, it opened at the Hollywood at the end of August.
Club owner Barron Wilkins hired the Snowden band on Ada (Bricktop) Smith's recommendation. They replaced the house band that was paid out for 2 weeks, so they only received tips for those weeks. Tips were lucrative, but hours were long - from 11 pm to 10 or 11 am.
Ellington:

'Everybody seemed to like us at Barron's, and at that time there were no other organized bands in Harlem. We were only five, but we had arrangements on everything, and it was what we've now named conversation music, kind of soft and gutbucket. We were Toby, Whetsol, Sonny, Snowden and myself, and we let Snowden handle the business...
  There were lots of "Mr. Gunions'' who came into Barron's. A "Mr. Gunion'' is anybody with lots of money. We used to make thirty dollars a week, and the tips ran into twenty apiece per night. There were nine of us who had to split, the four entertainers and ourselves. We used to see fellows throwing twenty dollars in halves on the floor.'


Greer:

'It was a popular club. But the guys didn't really start hanging out there as a bunch until we came because he had never really heard anybody like us. So the word spread and they come down there. The place was so packed they couldn't accomodate all the musicians trying to come in. And a one-set rule that we had at the time, we were paid for entertaining so we couldn't let just anybody walk in there and play. Bricktop ... was the hostess there ... she got us the job ... and the business tripled overnight. So all the musicians, our friends, they'd come in. He never turned them away but as far as playing they come to listen...nobody that played like us. Six pieces sounded like 12, and we played so smooth, we were never loud...We went down there in July and stayed the whole summer."


Elmer Snowden:

'...we ran across the woman that we used to work with in Washington... called 'Bricktop'...and she was so surprised to see us in New York, and she said, 'What you doing here?' So I told her the story.
  'So mebbe I can get you a job', so I said, 'Well you'll have to get it quick, 'cause we going right back to Washington either tomorrow or the next day. We've sent back for some money, and as soon as the money get here we're going back to Washington.'
  So, sure enough, she went round to the place where she was working called Baron [sic] Wilkin's Inn ... and all the big shots of that time, the gangsters ... and movie stars used to go there. So she went to the man who owned the place, and he said, 'but I've got a band here, I don't need another band.'
  So she said 'Well these boys are friends of mine and they're here and they don't have no job and they NEED a job, and we've been working together for a long time.' So he said, 'What am I gonna do with them?' So he happened to think and said, 'Well, tell the leader of the band to come down and I'll talk to him.' So I went down there and I talked to him. So he said, 'The only thing I can see, if you'll work two weeks for nothing....' and I said, 'But we've been here five weeks already ....and we'd still have nothing.' He said, 'I know what you're thinking, but I have to pay my band two weeks salary to let them go so you can come in, but I'll tell you what I'll do. I'll give you $40.00 – I'll GUARANTEE you $40.00 .... if you don't make $40.00 in tips, then you come to me and I'll make it up for those two weeks.' Well the first night we went in the place we took $50.00 apiece....the first NIGHT. We used to start at eleven at night and come off at ten or eleven the next morning.... the kids were just coming home for their lunch and we were just coming out of the place but we were loaded....we got some money. So at the end of the first week he called me upstairs to his office and he said, 'Well son, how did you do this week, are you satisfied? Did you make your #40.00?'
  I said, 'Yes, we covered, we made a little more than that.' We came out of there with more than $150.00 apiece. So we stayed there just about six months and then we got this job on Broadway...'

  • M. Tucker, Early Years, 1991 pp.88, 92
  • Steven Lasker, The Washingtonians: A Miscellany, 2006, p.11, quotingSonny Greer's January 1979 interview by Stanley Crouch for the Smithsonian Jazz Oral History Project.
  • "Discovering Elmer,"Storyville,
    • April/May 1968, pp.3-7
    • June/July 1968 pp.4-7
  • Mark Berresford, That's Got 'Em!: The Life and Music of Wilbur C. Sweatman, p.139
  • Photo, exterior of Barron's Exclusive Club, Jazz A History of the New York Scene, Samuel B. Charters & Leonard Kunstadt,Doubleday & Company, 1962 (https://archive.org
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1923 07 21
Saturday
.New York, N.Y.Connie's InnEllington probably worked during the day as the Connie's Inn rehearsal pianist if rehearsals were needed on opening day - see 1923 07 16...
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Saturday
.New York, N.Y.Connie's InnPeripheral Event
Connie's Inn, at or below the Lafayette Theatre, opened on this date. The first revue was a Leonard Harper production, with Wilbur Sweatman's Jazz Kings.
The New York Age waged a campaign protesting the opening of Connie's Inn and other booze joints in Harlem. In its Nov. 3 edition, it said the cabaret was in the basement of the Lafayette Hall building, not in the Lafayette Theatre building.
  • The Sun and Globe, New York, N.Y.
    1923-08-25
  • The New York Age, New York, N.Y.,
    • 1923-08-04 p.1
    • 1923-08-11 p.1
    • 1923-08-18 pp.1,2
    • 1923-09-29 p.2
    • 1923-10-06 p.2
    • et subs.
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1923 07 22
Sunday
.New York, N.Y.Barron's Exclusive ClubNightclub residency - unconfirmed - see 1923 07 21...
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1923 07 23
Monday
.New York, N.Y.Barron's Exclusive ClubNightclub residency - unconfirmed - see 1923 07 21...
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1923 07 24
Tuesday
.New York, N.Y.Barron's Exclusive ClubNightclub residency - unconfirmed - see 1923 07 21...
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2011; updated 2012-11-26
1923 07 25
Wednesday
.New York, N.Y.Barron's Exclusive ClubNightclub residency - unconfirmed - see 1923 07 21...
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1923 07 26
Thursday
.Manhattan
New York, N.Y.
Victor Talking Machine Co. studio
28 W.44th St.
Victor trial recording session
Snowden's Novelty Orchestra
Whetsel, Hardwick, Ellington, Snowden and Greer

Title recorded:
Home

Steven Lasker:

' The files show no matrix number for this recording, and offer no evidence that it was ever processed into a metal part or test-pressed from one. '

Lasker, in DEMS 96/2-7:

'The Victor Talking Machine Company's "Recording Book" for 1923 ... documents a session by "Snowden's Nov. Orch." ... 26 July 1923, and produced one "trial" title: "HOME." While the ledger is silent as to personnel present, bandleader Elmer Snowden recalled them as the original Washingtonians: Whetsel, Hardwick, Ellington, Snowden and Greer. (As to the exact number of men, Snowden's own retellings disagreed; "five" to Stanley Dance (The World of Swing) but "six" to Les Muscutt (Storyville 16, April-May 1968)...

As for the 26 July 23 "HOME," the ledger entry bears neither "Serial No." nor "mark" data in the appropriate columns (except for a "B" to indicate a 10" master), so the piece was likely rejected on the spot and the wax master destroyed without a metal part or test pressing having resulted. No test pressing is known to me and sources at BMG inform me of the absence of unprocessed waxes, unnumbered metal parts or shellac tests in their vaults.'

In MIMM, Ellington says Maceo Pinkard was the first to take me to a studio ... so it is possible he was present during this session.
  • Timner IV, p.1
  • Dick M. Bakker, Duke Ellington on Microgroove Vol One 1923-1936
  • Duke Ellington, MIMM, p.102
  • S.Lasker, book to The Duke Ellington Centennial Edition, RCA Victor CD box set 09026-63386-2, p.20
  • Email, Lasker-Palmquist
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    • 2018-09-02
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Thursday
.New York, N.Y.Barron's Exclusive ClubNightclub residency - unconfirmed - see 1923 07 21...
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1923 07 27
Friday
.New York, N.Y.Barron's Exclusive ClubNightclub residency - unconfirmed - see 1923 07 21...
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1923 07 28
Saturday
.New York, N.Y.Barron's Exclusive ClubNightclub residency - unconfirmed - see 1923 07 21...
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1923 07 29
Sunday
.New York, N.Y.Barron's Exclusive ClubNightclub residency - unconfirmed - see 1923 07 21...
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1923 07 30
Monday
.New York, N.Y.Barron's Exclusive ClubNightclub residency - unconfirmed - see 1923 07 21...
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1923 07 31
Tuesday
.New York, N.Y.Barron's Exclusive ClubNightclub residency - unconfirmed - see 1923 07 21...
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August 1923

1923 08 01
Wednesday
.New York, N.Y.Barron's Exclusive ClubNightclub residency - unconfirmed - see 1923 07 21...
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1923 08 02
Thursday
.New York, N.Y.Barron's Exclusive ClubNightclub residency - unconfirmed - see 1923 07 21...
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1923 08 03
Friday
.New York, N.Y.Barron's Exclusive ClubNightclub residency - unconfirmed - see 1923 07 21...
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1923 08 04
Saturday
.New York, N.Y.Barron's Exclusive ClubNightclub residency - unconfirmed - see 1923 07 21...
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2011; updated 2012-11-26
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Sunday
.New York, N.Y.Barron's Exclusive ClubNightclub residency - unconfirmed - see 1923 07 21...
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1923 08 06
Monday
.New York, N.Y.Barron's Exclusive ClubNightclub residency - unconfirmed - see 1923 07 21...
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1923 08 07
Tuesday
.New York, N.Y.Barron's Exclusive ClubNightclub residency - unconfirmed - see 1923 07 21...
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1923 08 08
Wednesday
.New York, N.Y.Barron's Exclusive ClubNightclub residency - unconfirmed - see 1923 07 21...
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Thursday
.New York, N.Y.Barron's Exclusive ClubNightclub residency - unconfirmed - see 1923 07 21...
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Friday
.New York, N.Y.Barron's Exclusive ClubNightclub residency - unconfirmed - see 1923 07 21...
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1923 08 11
Saturday
.New York, N.Y.Barron's Exclusive ClubNightclub residency - unconfirmed - see 1923 07 21...
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Sunday
.New York, N.Y.Barron's Exclusive ClubNightclub residency - unconfirmed - see 1923 07 21...
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2011; updated 2012-11-26
1923 08 13
Monday
.New York, N.Y.Barron's Exclusive ClubNightclub residency - unconfirmed - see 1923 07 21...
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1923 08 14
Tuesday
.New York, N.Y.Barron's Exclusive ClubNightclub residency - unconfirmed - see 1923 07 21...
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2011; updated 2012-11-26
1923 08 15
Wednesday
.New York, N.Y.Barron's Exclusive ClubNightclub residency - unconfirmed - see 1923 07 21...
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1923 08 16
Thursday
.New York, N.Y.Barron's Exclusive ClubNightclub residency - unconfirmed - see 1923 07 21...
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1923 08 17
Friday
.New York, N.Y.Barron's Exclusive ClubNightclub residency - unconfirmed - see 1923 07 21...
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1923 08 18
Saturday
.New York, N.Y.Barron's Exclusive ClubNightclub residency - unconfirmed - see 1923 07 21...
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Sunday
.New York, N.Y.Barron's Exclusive ClubNightclub residency - unconfirmed - see 1923 07 21...
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Monday
.New York, N.Y.Barron's Exclusive ClubNightclub residency - unconfirmed - see 1923 07 21...
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Tuesday
.New York, N.Y.Barron's Exclusive ClubNightclub residency - unconfirmed - see 1923 07 21...
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Wednesday
.New York, N.Y.Barron's Exclusive ClubNightclub residency - unconfirmed - see 1923 07 21...
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Thursday
.New York, N.Y.Barron's Exclusive ClubNightclub residency - see 1923 07 01

August 23 is the end of the Exclusive Club engagement according to Steiner.
Steiner, Wild Throng Dances Madly in Cellar Club, p.5..
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Friday
...activities not documented...
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1923 08 25
Saturday
.New York, N.Y.Premier Grand Piano Co.
510 W. 23 St.
Ellington and his orchestra made its first known radio appearance on WDT at midday. Who was in this orchestra isn't known.

Ken Steiner describes WDT as a short-lived (1921-23) radio station owned by the Ship Owners' Radio Service, broadcasting one or two hours a day from the Premier Grand Piano Company and managed by actress, singer and radio personality Vaughan De Leath, the "Original Radio Girl."
  • The show was announced by Floyd G. Snelson, Jr. in his "New York Weekly News Letter" column in The Pittsburgh Courier:

    'Negro Radio Concert
      Saturday, August 25, at Noon, Station W.D.T., New York City. Under the direction of Roland C. Irving and Floyd G. Enelson[sic], Jr.
    Program
       Trixie Smith, Blues soloist. Thomas Walker [sic], Pianist of Q.R.S. Records [sic]
       Josie Miles, Blues artist, with Roland Irving at the piano.
       Rosa Henderson, Blues artist, with Fletcher Henderson at the piano.
       Bruce [sic] Ellington and Serenaders Orchestra.
       Lena Wilson, popular singer with Porter Grainger at the piano.
       Roland Irving and his unique piano arrangements.
       The above program will furnish millions of radio fans their noon-hour entertainment and will be one of the best all-star programs every produced by race people. The station W.D.T. is one of the most prominently known broadcasting depots in the East and is under the direction of Mlle. Vaughan De Leath. She is the first director to introduce an entire Negro program, and takes a great pride in boasting of such entertainment for which she receives much commendation.'

  • Radio schedules (emphasis added):
    • The Brooklyn Daily Eagle:

      'Tomorrow's Early Program
      W D T (Manhattan, 405)

        12:00 m.–Duke Ellington and Orchestra: "Bebe,""Susan" and "Bananas."
        12:10 p.m.–Trixie Smith: "Man, Man, Don't Do That to Me," "Gulf Coast Blues."
        12:20 p.m.–Thomas Waller, pianist: "Where the Sacramento River Flows," "If Winter Comes," "Pickles."
        12:30 p.m.–Duge [sic] Ellington and Orchestra: "Where the Sacramento River Flows," "If Winter Comes," "Pickles."
        12:35 p.m.–Joe De Lisle, singer, and Roland Irving, pianist: "Don't Let Me Find You Here When I Get Back."
        12:40 p.m.–Rosa Henderson, singer: "Stop Messin' with My Man," "Cotton Belt Blues."
        12:45 p.m.–Lena Wilson: "Laughing, Crying Blues, "Taint Nobody's Business."
        12:50 p.m.–Duke Ellington and Orchestra: "My Own," "Mose," "Papa, Watch Your Step."'

    • The Evening World:

      'WDT, NEW YORK–405.
      12:00 m.—Duke Ellington, songs: "Bebe,""Susan," "Bananas."
         12.10 P.M.—Trixie Smith, songs: "Man, Man, Don't Do That to Me," "Gulf Coast Blues."
      12.20—Thomas Waller, pianist; "Farewell Blues," "Molasses."
      12.30—Duke Ellington, songs: "Where the Sacramento River Flows," "If Winter Comes," "Pickles."
      12.35—Joe De Lisle, song: "Don't Let Me Find You Here When I Get Back."
      12.40 Rosa Henderson, songs: "Stop Messin' with My Man," "Cotton Belt Blues."
      12.45— Lena Wilson, songs: "Laughing, Crying Blues," "Tain't Nobody's Business,"
      12.50 P.M. Duke Ellington, songs: "My Own," "Mose," "Papa, Watch Your Step."

    • Radio Digest Ilustrated:

      '12:00-1:00 pm (EDT)Orchestra selections; "Man, Man, Don't Do That to Me." "Gulf Coast Blues," Trixie Smith; "Farewell Blues," "Molasses," Thomas Waller, pianist; "Where the Sacramento River Flows," "If Winter Comes," "Pickles," Duke Ellington, Vocalion Record artist and orchestra; "Don't Let Me Find You Here When I Get Back," Joe DeLisle, singer; Roland Irving, pianist; "Stop Messin' with My Man," "Cotton Belt Blues," Rosa Henderson, singer; Fletcher Henderson, pianist; "Laughing Crying Blues," "Taint Nobody's Business," Lena Wilson, Victor artist; Porter Grainger, pianist; "My Own," "Mose," "Papa, Watch Your Step," Duke Ellington and orchestra'

  • Steven Lasker, The Washingtonians: A Miscellany, pp.11-12, quoting Floyd G. Snelson, Jr., "New York Weekly News Letter,"The Pittsburgh Courier, Pittsburgh, Penn., 1923-08-18 p.10
  • The Brooklyn Daily Eagle, New York, N.Y., 1923-08-24 p.6A
  • Ken Steiner, Mad Throng Dances Madly in Cellar Club, p.5, with radio log from The Evening World, New York, N.Y.
    1923-08-25
  • Radio Digest Illustrated, 1923-08-25,p.9
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1926
New York, N.Y.Hollywood Cabaret
a.k.a
  • Hollywood Café
  • New Hollywood Restaurant
  • Hollywood Restaurant
  • The Hollywood
  • New Hollywood
Basement, 203 West 49th St.
(Times Square)
This webpage uses "Hollywood Cabaret," the operating name shown in 1924 in an affidavit sworn by a U.S.Treasury Agent.
This appears to be a "soft opening," more or less a dry run before the announced opening on Sept. 1 (see 1923 09 01 below)

CREOLE REVUE OPENS AT NEW HOLLYWOOD
New Show Promises to Last Through Winter at Prominent Broadway Restaurant
A new Autumn revue was presented at the New Hollywood Restaurant, 208 West Forty-ninth street, entitled the "Creole Revue." It has come directly from the Empire Theatre in London and promises to last well after the snow flies.
  Some colored girls furnished liveliness by their songs and dances and did justice to the production of Leonard Harper, who staged the review. Mr. Harper again demonstrated his skill in managing musical miniature shows in the "Creole Revue."
  The cast boasts of Johnny Vigal, Brooks & White, Cassie Ward and many others not unknown to the frequenters of cabarets. The music was written especially for the production by Elmer Snowden, who led the Washington jazz band at the opening performance Friday night.
  The Hollywood Restaurant, one of the most prominent on Broadway, is under the management of Leo Bernstein, who is assisted by his partners, Frank Jerrie and George Hammond. The trio has gone to considerable expense to make the show a success.'
(emphasis added)
The Morning Telegraph, New York, N.Y.
1924-09-02 p.5
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1923 09 00 .New York, N.Y.."In September 1923, The Billboard reported (Maceo Pinkard) had placed the (The Washingtonians) with the Victor record company..."
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Circa
1923 09 00
...PERSONNEL CHANGE
Ellington:

"Whetsol [sic] left us and went back to Howard University to study medicine. Bubber Miley was still young then, but we had him join. Our band changed its character when Bubber came in. He used to growl all night long, playing gut-bucket on his horn. That was when we decided to forget all about the sweet music."

Hardwick:

"...Whetsel went back to Howard University and we needed a good man. We wanted Miley...He was playing at a little place uptown and was happy there, so he stalled us off, thinking that if and when Whetsel came back, we'd let him go. One night after we finished work, we went up to Harlem, got Bubber stiff, and when he came to he was in a tuxedo growling at the Hollywood..."

New York Evening Telegram:

"Vincent Lopez was a recent visitor to the Hollywood and was unstinting in his praise of the cornetist of Elmer Snowden's Washington Black Dot Orchestra, 'Bub' Miley. Mr. Lopez said he is one of the best he has ever heard. 'And we opine that Mr. Lopez is some judge,' Snowden remarked with considerable pride in his voice."


New Desor has Bubber Miley and Charlie Irvis joining the band in 1924, based on band recordings, the first of which was in 1924.

Since Howard University's academic year probably began in September, it seems likely Whetsel left the band that month, with Bubber joining shortly thereafter.
Steven Lasker, The Washingtonians: A Miscellany, privately published, 2006, quoting
  • Duke Ellington, Jazz as I Have Seen It, Swing Magazine, 1940-06
  • Inez Cavanaugh / Otto Hardwick interview, Metronome, 1944-11-00, p.17
  • Steiner, private email 2014-03-29, quoting News of New York's Popular Hotels and Smart Restaurants, New York Evening Telegram, 1923-10-27
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.New York, N.Y..Quote from Ellington during his 1953 01 26 WLAW Boston interview with Nat Hentoff.

'We had this six-piece band. I used to go kind of everyday to one of the big movie houses on Broadway where they had symphony orchestras then and listen to the symphony orchestras play this beautiful lush music and then go back down to the cellar to my own six pieces and try to make 'em sound like that. (Laughs.)'

Interview extract, courtesy S. Lasker 2016-04-26.
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Saturday
1923 11 07
Friday
New York, N.Y.Hollywood CabaretOpening night for the Hollywood and premiere of Leonard Harper's "Cleo Revue;"

"Three shows nightly at 9 PM, 11:30 PM and 1:30 AM staged and produced by Mr. Joe Ward. The Washingtonian Black Dot Orchestra, Elmer Snowden, Leader."

"Elmer Snowden's Washingtonian Black Dot orchestra will furnish music during dinner and supper, as well as for dancing."

Ellington recalled WHN radio broadcast their music every night after 2 a.m.

Sonny Greer:

"...We had six chorus girls in the show...The floorshow also included Johnny Hudgins...Joe Smith, the trumpet player, worked with him, and Joe did the talking on trumpet, using his hand as a mute. The M.C. was Bert Lewis and in between the shows he would come out and do an act with Fats Waller as his accompanist.
 We went to work at eleven o'clock at night and nobody knew when closing hour was. We usually didn't get through till seven or eight in the morning, but it was beautiful...
 The club held only about 130 people, but after all the other clubs closed the musicians would come to ours, and often you would see forty or fifty name musicians in there at a time...
 Because of the small stand, we couldn't use a bass player and we couldn't expand the band..."

Abel Green:

"This colored band is plenty torrid and includes a trumpet player who never need doff his chapeau to any cornetist in the business. He exacts the eeriest sort of modulation and 'singing' notes heard...The band is the sole feature up to midnight, when Harpers's Dixie Revue goes on, reappearing again at 2 a.m.
 ...They also broadcast every Wednesday at 3:45 from WHN radio station."

Willie "The Lion" Smith:

"...I'd ...catch the first show at the Kentucky Club...the bandstand was up under the sidewalk in a corner. The bandsmen had to walk up three stone steps to get on the stand. Their dressing rooms were like 'the Black Hole of Calcutta.' ...The stand ...only held six men and Duke had to play piano and direct from the dance floor. If you worked on the deck long enough, you wound up with hunched shoulders for good because the stand was about five-and-a-half feet from the glass grill up in the sidewalk."


Elmer Snowden, interviewed by Les Muscutt:

'...It was a place called the Hollywood Club...I always took my banjo home every night, but I was playing saxophone then...I had three saxes, a Baritone, a C Melody and a C Soprano...and a guitar, and my banjo...


Ken Steiner's early and exhaustive research into Ellington's time at the Hollywood and its successor, Club Kentucky, is presented in his paper Wild Throng Dances Madly in Cellar Club, Duke Ellington and the Washingtonians, 1923-27, delivered at the 2008 International Duke Ellington Study Group conference in London.

Since Wild Throng is not in general circulation, here is a list of the various sources he cited that specifically relate to Ellington, the Washington Black Dot Orchestra, Elmer Snowden, the Washingtonians, and The Hollywood from September 1923 and February 1925:
  • Steven Lasker A Cotton Club Miscellany
  • The Tattler (New York)
  • Variety, "Leading Orchestras," 1926 (fall)
  • Liner notes, Columbia Records album C3L-39, 1996, pp.6-7
  • Ulanov (ibid.) p.27
  • Baltimore Afro-American, 1923-05-25, p.7
  • The Billboard, 1923-09-23, p.55
  • New York Clipper
    "Band and Orchestra Reviews,"1923-11-23
    • "Cabaret Shows in Dance Halls,"
      • 1923-12-14, p.24
      • 1924-01-04, p.24
      • 1924-02-22, ad, p.35
  • New York Sun, WHN radio schedule, 1923-09-27
  • Evening Telegram, ads
    • 1923-10-12 - 1923-11-07
    • 1923-09-08 to 1923-10-07
  • Evening Telegram, "News,"
    • 1923-09-29, p.5
    • 1923-10-27, p.4
    • 1923-11-03, p.4
    • 1923-11-10, p.14
    • 1923-11-17, p.10
    • 1923-12-01, p.9
  • Evening Telegram
    • 1923-09-01, p.8
    • 1923-09-08,p.10
    • 1923-10-13, p.4
  • International Musician, 1924-06-00
  • Morning Telegraph, "Hotels, Restaurants, Cabarets,"
    • 1923-09-02
    • 1923-09-09
    • 1923-09-23
    • 1923-09-23
    • 1923-10-14
    • 1923-10-23
    • 1923-10-28
    • 1923-11-04
    • 1923-11-11
    • 1923-11-18
    • 1923-12-02
    • 1923-12-16
    • 1923-12-30
    • 1924-01-01
    • 1924-01-13
    • 1924-02-03
    • 1924-02-17
    • 1924-03-02
    • 1924-03-09
  • Morning Telegraph 1924-04-13
  • Morning Telegraph, weekly ads
    • 1923-09-09 to 1923-10-07
    • 1923-10-14 to 1923-11-04
    • 1923-11-11 to 1924-01-13
  • New York Telegram and Evening Mail
    • 1924-02-09, p.5
    • 1924-03-08, p.14
  • New York Amsterdam News, 1923-03-07, p.7
  • New York Times "Fire Record" 1924-04-05
  • Pittsburgh Courier (PC), 1923-08-18 p.10
  • Swing, "Jazz as I Have Seen It, Part IV," 1940-06, p.21
  • The Evening World, New York, "Radio," 1923-08-25
  • Ad and plug, The Evening Telegram, 1923-09-01, p.8
  • Steven Lasker, The Washingtonians: A Miscellany, pp.16 - 18, quoting
    • Abel Green in New York Clipper 1923-11-23 p.24
    • Sonny Greer, 'In Those Days' as told to Stanley Dance, Columbia album C3L39 notes
    • Willie the Lion Smith with George Hoefer, Music on My Mind, The Memoirs Of An American Pianist, p.173
  • Ken Steiner, Wild Throng Dances Madly in Cellar Club, Duke Ellington and the Washingtonians, 1923-27, privately published, 2008
  • "Discovering Elmer,"Storyville,
    • April/May 1968, pp.3-7
    • June/July 1968 pp.4-7
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Sunday
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Monday
.New York, N.Y.Hollywood CabaretNight club residency with "Cleo Revue" - see 1923 09 01...
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Tuesday
.New York, N.Y.Hollywood CabaretNight club residency with "Cleo Revue" - see 1923 09 01...
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1923 09 05
Wednesday
.New York, N.Y.Hollywood CabaretNight club residency with "Cleo Revue" - see 1923 09 01...
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1923 09 06
Thursday
.New York, N.Y.Hollywood CabaretNight club residency with "Cleo Revue" - see 1923 09 01...
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1923 09 07
Friday
.New York, N.Y.Hollywood CabaretNight club residency with "Cleo Revue" - see 1923 09 01...
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1923 09 08
Saturday
.New York, N.Y.Hollywood CabaretNight club residency with "Cleo Revue" - see 1923 09 01...
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Sunday
.New York, N.Y.Hollywood CabaretNight club residency with "Cleo Revue" - see 1923 09 01The Morning Telegraph, New York, N.Y.
1923-09-09 p.8
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Monday
.New York, N.Y.Hollywood CabaretNight club residency with "Cleo Revue" - see 1923 09 01...
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Tuesday
.New York, N.Y.Hollywood CabaretNight club residency with "Cleo Revue" - see 1923 09 01...
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1923 09 12
Wednesday
.New York, N.Y.Hollywood CabaretNight club residency with "Cleo Revue" - see 1923 09 01...
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1923 09 13
Thursday
.New York, N.Y.Hollywood CabaretNight club residency with "Cleo Revue" - see 1923 09 01...
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1923 09 14
Friday
.New York, N.Y.Hollywood CabaretNight club residency with "Cleo Revue" - see 1923 09 01...
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1923 09 15
Saturday
.New York, N.Y.Hollywood CabaretNight club residency with "Cleo Revue" - see 1923 09 01...
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1923 09 16
Sunday
.New York, N.Y.Hollywood CabaretNight club residency with "Cleo Revue" - see 1923 09 01The Morning Telegraph, New York, N.Y.
1923-09-16 p.8
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Monday
.New York, N.Y.Hollywood CabaretNight club residency with "Cleo Revue" - see 1923 09 01...
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Tuesday
.New York, N.Y.Hollywood CabaretNight club residency with "Cleo Revue" - see 1923 09 01...
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Wednesday
.New York, N.Y.(Unconfirmed)

probably from Loew's State Theatre, 1540 Broadway
In August 1923 WHN began broadcasting bands, and about a month later, The Clipper mentioned the names of some of them, including "the Washingtonians, a colored band from Hollywood café."

Tucker says the band played weekly, on Wednesday afternoons. Ellington said WHN broadcast the band every night after two a.m.
Clipper, 1923-09-14:

'CABARETS BID FOR PLUG VIA RADIO MUSIC
Sending Bands Down to Perform Regularly &Ndash; WHN Lists Many
The Broadway cabarets and dance places are making a bid for radio pupularity by sending their orchestras to play at regular periods. The Lowe building WHN station, because of its easy accessibility, is the most popular.

The following are a few of the orchestras lined up for this month: Strand Roof Band; Califormia Ramblers (every Wednesday afternoon); Clover Gardens Band every Wednesday evening; the Washingtonians, a colored band from Hollywood cafe, Harlem; Le Roy Smith's Orchestra; Metamora Band; Jack Small Orchestra from St. Nicholas Rink; and Joseph Jordan's Orchestra from Loew's State.'

  • Tucker, Early Years, pp. 106, 294
  • Ellington, Jazz as I Have Seen It, Part IV, Swing, 1940-06, p.21, quoted by S. Lasker in The Washingtonians: A Miscellany, p.13
  • Clipper, New York, 1923-09-14 p.21
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Wednesday
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.New York, N.Y.Hollywood CabaretNight club residency with "Cleo Revue" - see 1923 09 01...
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.New York, N.Y.Hollywood CabaretNight club residency with "Cleo Revue" - see 1923 09 01...
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.New York, N.Y.Hollywood CabaretNight club residency with "Cleo Revue" - see 1923 09 01...
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Monday
.New York, N.Y.Hollywood CabaretNight club residency with "Cleo Revue" - see 1923 09 01...
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Tuesday
.New York, N.Y.Hollywood CabaretNight club residency with "Cleo Revue" - see 1923 09 01...
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Wednesday
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Thursday
.New York, N.Y.Probably from Loew's State Theatre, 1540 BroadwayWHN broadcast scheduled:

'4:15-5:00 p.m. Elmer Snowden's "Washingtonians" Orchestra'

Radio schedule, Plainfield Courier-News, Plainfield, N.J. 1927-09-27 p.8..
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Thursday
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.New York, N.Y.Hollywood CabaretNight club residency with "Cleo Revue" - see 1923 09 01...
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.New York, N.Y.Hollywood CabaretNight club residency with "Cleo Revue" - see 1923 09 01The Morning Telegraph, New York, N.Y.
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1923 10 01
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Tuesday
.New York, N.Y.Hollywood CabaretNight club residency with "Cleo Revue" - see 1923 09 01...
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.New York, N.Y.Hollywood CabaretNight club residency with "Cleo Revue" - see 1923 09 01...
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.New York, N.Y.Hollywood CabaretNight club residency with "Cleo Revue" - see 1923 09 01...
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.New York, N.Y.Hollywood Cabaret(Unconfirmed)

Night club residency with "Cleo Revue" - see 1923 09 01
The Morning Telegraph, New York, N.Y.
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.New York, N.Y.Hollywood Cabaret(Unconfirmed)

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.New York, N.Y.Hollywood Cabaret(Unconfirmed)

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.New York, N.Y.Hollywood Cabaret(Unconfirmed)

Night club residency with "Cleo Revue" - see 1923 09 01
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.New York, N.Y.Hollywood CabaretNight club residency and opening night of "Creole Revue" - two shows nightly. The opening was a week later than planned....
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Sunday
.New York, N.Y.Hollywood CabaretNight club residency with "Creole Revue" - see 1923 09 01 and 1923 10 12

Morning Telegraph:

'With the world's series going in full blast just now thousands of people are in New York from all over the country and this has gladdened the hearts of the hotel, restaurant and cabaret men, who are all doing a thriving business.
  The visitors have been going to see everything in town. The theatres at night are playing to capacity houses, the cabarets and dance places getting their share and everybody happy and enjoying themselves; even the bootleggers are generous, taking many of their out of town friends around showing them the sights and entertaining them...
Revue at the Hollywood.
  Another of the prominent Broadway cabaret places that hundreds of visitors have been going to all this week is the Hollywood, at Broadway and West Forty-ninth street. Leonard Harper's revue, the creole offering which he is presenting twice nightly, seems to have taken Broadway by storm.
  Then there is another big feature at the Hollywood. It is the Washingtonian black dot orchestra under the direction of Elmer Snowden. Then there is the delightful hostess, Miss Hazel Clark, whom everybody admires. Miss Clark, who speaks several languages, can hold conversation with French, German, Italian, Spanish, Gaelic, English and Hebrew, something that no other hostess in the cabarets of New York can boast of.
  Leo Bernstine [sic], George Hammond and Frank Jerrie, the owners of the Hollywood, always have many surprises for their patrons every night and when one drops in there they are always sure to see something new in a way of a new artist or a new song number at every performance. For good food and delightful music and dancing the Hollywood is hard to beat and that is why they are drawing capacity crowds every night in the week.'

The Morning Telegraph, New York, N.Y.
1923-10-14 p.8
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Tuesday
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.New York, N.Y.Hollywood CabaretNight club residency with "Creole Revue" - see 1923 09 01 and 1923 10 12...
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Thursday
.New York, N.Y..Victor recording session
Snowden's Novelty Orchestra
Miley or Whetsel, John Anderson, Roland Smith, Hardwick, Ellington, Snowden, Greer

Titles recorded:
  • Home
  • M.T. Pocket Blues

Some discographies say Elmer Snowden's Novelty Orchestra recorded for Victor in this session. Bakker shows the recordings were unissued, and Steven Lasker and DEMS take the position it never occurred. Lasker's research of Victor's files showed no entry for it:

'The April 1963 issue of Jazz Journal included an Elmer Snowden discography, compiled by Bertrand Demeusy with Snowden's assistance. It lists a single session by Snowden's Novelty Orchestra, with two titles: "HOME" and "M.T. POCKET BLUES." A note explains: "Elmer Snowden says the record was made October 18, 1923. Brian Rust in his Jazz Records indicates New York, July 26, 1923."

18 Oct 23 ... has since 1963 been listed by discographers as constituting a second, additional, session by the band. However, a review I conducted in 1987/88 of Victor's ledger books for 1923 and 1924 disclosed no session by "Snowden," or "Ellington," or "the Washingtonians" other than the Snowden session of 26 July 23. No recording of a piece called "HOME" was made at Victor on any date in 1923/4 other than that, and "M.T. POCKET BLUES" went unrecorded by anyone there. Thus, according to Victor's files and contrary to Snowden, 18 Oct 23 is a date without consequence in the recorded careers of Snowden, Ellington and company. '

Timner IV, p.1.DEMS
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Sunday
.New York, N.Y.New Star Casino,
East 107th St. & 3rd Ave.
Harlem
Song Writers' Concert and Dance
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...Fred Fisher Company registered the copyright of Blind Man's Buff. Mark Tucker writes "This is the first tangible evidence of Ellington's work with Jo Trent."Tucker, Early Years, p.103
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1923 10 25
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.New York, N.Y.Hollywood CabaretNight club residency with "Creole Revue" - see 1923 09 01 and 1923 10 12...
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1923 10 26
Friday
.New York, N.Y.Hollywood CabaretNight club residency with "Creole Revue" - see 1923 09 01 and 1923 10 12...
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1923 10 27
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.New York, N.Y.Hollywood CabaretNight club residency with "Creole Revue" - see 1923 09 01 and 1923 10 12...
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1923 10 28
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.New York, N.Y.Hollywood CabaretNight club residency with "Creole Revue" - see 1923 09 01 and 1923 10 12...
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1923 10 29
Monday
.New York, N.Y.Hollywood CabaretNight club residency with "Creole Revue" - see 1923 09 01 and 1923 10 12...
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1923 10 30
Tuesday
.New York, N.Y.Hollywood CabaretNight club residency with "Creole Revue" - see 1923 09 01 and 1923 10 12...
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1923 10 31
Wednesday
Hallowe'en
.New York, N.Y.Hollywood CabaretNight club engagement- see 1923 10 12

Three showings of a special show were announced, featuring Celtic airs played by the orchestra and "a number of real old Irish songs" sung by "colored artists."
Steiner, Wild Throng, citing Morning Telegraph, "Hotels, Restaurants and Cabarets," 1923-10-28...
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November 1923

1923 11 01
Thursday
.New York, N.Y.Hollywood CabaretNight club residency with "Creole Revue" - see 1923 09 01 and 1923 10 12...
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1923 11 02
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.New York, N.Y.Hollywood CabaretNight club residency with "Creole Revue" - see 1923 09 01 and 1923 10 12...
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1923 11 03
Saturday
.New York, N.Y.Hollywood CabaretNight club residency with "Creole Revue" - see 1923 09 01 and 1923 10 12

"Four stars of colored shows" had been engaged for the new review that was postoned until Thursday, and were rehearsing for opening night.
The Evening Telegram, "News," 1923-11-03, p.4..
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1923 11 04
Sunday
.New York, N.Y.Hollywood CabaretNight club residency with "Creole Revue" - see 1923 09 01 and 1923 10 12The Morning Telegraph, New York, N.Y.
1923-11-04 p.8
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1923 11 05
Monday
.New York, N.Y.Hollywood CabaretNight club residency with "Creole Revue" - see 1923 09 01 and 1923 10 12...
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1923 11 06
Tuesday
.New York, N.Y.Hollywood CabaretNight club residency with "Creole Revue" - see 1923 09 01 and 1923 10 12...
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1923 11 07
Wednesday
.New York, N.Y.Hollywood CabaretNight club residency with "Creole Revue" - see 1923 09 01 and 1923 10 12...
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1923 11 08
Thursday
1924 01 20New York, N.Y.Hollywood CabaretNight club residency -see 1923 09 01

This was the scheduled opening night of "The Dixie Girl Revue" but the Evening Telegram reported the opening was postponed until the next Thursday night. It said Leo Berstein, manager and one of the owners of the Hollywood, had been off sick for two weeks and with his partners, George Hammond and Frank [illegible] is putting all of his energies into making the new all-[illegible] show one of the best ever seen. Four stars of colored shows have already been engaged and are rehearsing for opening night.

On the other hand, on November 11, The Morning Telegraph reported the review reported:

'Hollywood Revue a Hit.
  Last Thursday night the Hollywood cabaret and reswtaurant at Broadway and Forty-ninth street introduced its new Winter revue to a capacity crowd of dinters. The new offering is called the "Dixie Girl Revue. The music was written by Duke Ellington and the revue staged and produced undder the general diretion of Lornard [sic] Harper.
  Many of the song numbers were big hits and the diners joined in some of the choruses. In the new offering as principals are Howard & Brown, two very clever comedians; Fred Weaver, who kept the crowd in roars of laughter with his specialty. Then there were Johnny Hudgins and Adah (Brick Top) Smith, including a chorus of beautiful Creoles.
  In the chorus were Marie Dore, Lena Dukes, May Fortune, Rita Walker, "Billy" Kelly, Ruth Marshall and Evelyn Shephard. The costumes were furnished by the Vanity Costume Company.
  There were many splendid electrical effects and one of the big hits of the revue was Sonny Greer, a trick drummer, who received rounds of applause for his work.
  Bernstine [recte Bernstein], Hammond & Sherry [recte Jerry], the owners of the Hollywood, are to be congratulated in giving Broadway such an exellent colored revue. They spared no expense.'


The band advertised was The Washingtonian Real Jazz Orchestra Elmer Snowden, Leader. The Evening Telegram Nov. 8 ad said the revue was twice nightly, staged and produced by Leonard Harper, featuring special music by Duke Ellington, and the name of the and was Washingtonians Real Jazz Orchestra. The right edge of the ad in the archive is cut off, but it appears to say dancing was to be from 9 p.m. until closing. The plug in that edition said Johnny Hudgins, colored comedian, will be an added attraction "next week" as will Howard and Brown, singers and dancers.
  • Evening Telegram, New York, N.Y.
    1923-11-08 p.15 and p.(?)
  • Ads, Evening Telegram,
    1923-11-10 to 1923-12-07
  • Evening Telegram, New York, N.Y. "News,"
    1923-11-10, p.14
  • The Morning Telegraph, New York, N.Y.
    • 1923-11-08 pp.6, 14
    • "Hotels, Restaurants and Cabarets,"
      1923-11-11 p.8
  • Weekly ads, Morning Telegraph
    1923-11-11 to 1924-01-13
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.New York, N.Y.Hollywood CabaretNight club residency with "Dixie Girl" - see 1923 09 01 and 1923 11 08(Note the revue may not have opened until Nov. 15 - see 1923 11 08 above)...
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1923 11 10
Saturday
.New York, N.Y.Hollywood CabaretNight club residency with "Dixie Girl" - see 1923 09 01 and 1923 11 08(Note the revue may not have opened until Nov. 15 - see 1923 11 08 above)

The New York Age Theatrical Jottings:

'Howard and Brown is heading the Dixie Girl Revue at the Hollywood Restaruant, 49th street, with Fred Weaver, Adah (Bricktop) Smith, Mohnny Hudgins and a Beauty Chorus.'

The New York Age, New York, N.Y.
1923-11-10 p.6.
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1923 11 11
Sunday
.New York, N.Y.Hollywood CabaretNight club residency with "Dixie Girl" - see 1923 09 01 and 1923 11 08

The Morning Telegraph ad announced the Dixie Girl Revue, two shows nightly at 11:30 p.m. and 1:30 a.m., and the band was THE WASHINGTONIAN BLACK DOT ORCHESTRA, ELMER SNOWDEN, LEADER.
The Morning Telegraph, New York, N.Y.
  • 1923-11-08 pp.6, 14
  • "Hotels, Restaurants and Cabarets,"
    1923-11-11 p.8
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Monday
.New York, N.Y.Hollywood CabaretNight club residency with "Dixie Girl" - see 1923 09 01 and 1923 11 08(Note the revue may not have opened until Nov. 15 - see 1923 11 08 above)...
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1923 11 13
Tuesday
.New York, N.Y.Hollywood CabaretNight club residency with "Dixie Girl" - see 1923 09 01 and 1923 11 08(Note the revue may not have opened until Nov. 15 - see 1923 11 08 above)...
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1923 11 14
Wednesday
.New York, N.Y.Hollywood CabaretNight club residency with "Dixie Girl" - see 1923 09 01 and 1923 11 08(Note the revue may not have opened until Nov. 15 - see 1923 11 08 above)...
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1923 11 15
Thursday
.New York, N.Y.Hollywood CabaretNight club residency with the postponed "Dixie Girl Revue" - see 1923 09 01 and 1923 11 08The Evening Telegram, New York, N.Y.
1923-11-08
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Friday
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1923 11 17
Saturday
.New York, N.Y.Hollywood Cabaret"Dixie Girl" - see 1923 11 08
The Evening Telegram reported Snowden had added "Otto and Smith, The Saxophone Twins" to the Washington Black Dot Orchestra.
Evening Telegram, "News," 1923-11-17..
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1923 11 18
Sunday
.New York, N.Y.Hollywood CabaretNight club residency with "Dixie Girl" - see 1923 09 01 and 1923 11 08The Morning Telegraph ad announced the Dixie Girl Revue, two shows nightly at 11:30 p.m. and 1:30 a.m., and the band was THE WASHINGTONIAN BLACK DOT ORCHESTRA, ELMER SNOWDEN, LEADER.The Morning Telegraph, New York, N.Y.
1923-11-18 p.8
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1923 11 20
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.New York, N.Y.Hollywood CabaretNight club residency with "Dixie Girl" - see 1923 09 01 and 1923 11 08...
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1923 11 21
Wednesday
.New York, N.Y.WHN studio or remote?Afternoon broadcast

Ken Steiner

'Abel Green mentioned that the Washingtonians "broadcast every Wednesday at 3:45 from WHN.' I had found Wednesday afternoon broadcasts on Sept. 20 and Sept. 27, but nothing after that. I found this in the Jersey Journal. Maybe the afternoon broadcasts resumed on Nov. 21? It also says "from the Hollywood." Perhaps this was actually from the Hollywood, when they first got a wire? I believe the September broadcasts were from the WHN studio at the nearby Loew's State.
I'm rather amazed to see the band members listed...'

Radio log:

'4:15 p.m. - "The Washingtonians" from the Hollywood. Elmer Snoden [sic], leader; Duke Ellington, John Anderson, Sonny Grear [sic], Rollin [sic] Smith, Bob Marley and Otto Harwick[sic].'

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.New York, N.Y.Hollywood CabaretNight club residency with "Dixie Girl" - see 1923 09 01 and 1923 11 08...
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1923 11 22
Thursday
.New York, N.Y.Hollywood CabaretNight club residency with "Dixie Girl" - see 1923 09 01 and 1923 11 08...
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1923 11 23
Friday
.New York, N.Y.Hollywood Cabaret"Dixie Girl" - see 1923 10 12 and 1923 11 08

Note the revue appears to be only be playing twice a night by this time.
Abel Green, in Clipper:

'THE WASHINGTONIANS (7)
Hollywood, New York
This colored band is plenty torrid and includes a trumpet player who never need doff his chapeau to any cornetist in the business. He exacts the eeriest sort of modulations and "singing" notes heard.
  The Hollywood, a comparatively new Times Square basement cabaret (it opened Sept. 1 last), is on West 49th street. The band is the sole feature up to midnight, when Harper's Dixie Revue goes on, repeating again at 2 a.m.
  The boys can seemingly satisfy without exerting themselves, but for the benefit of the Clipper reviewer they brought out a variety of instruments upon which each demonstrated his versatility. And how!
  Elmer Snowden is the leader and banjoist, also doubling with soprano sax. "Bub" Miley is the "hot" cornetist, doubling with the melophone. John Anderson doubles trombone and trumpet; Sonny Greer specializes in the vocal interludes when not at the traps; Otto Hardwick, saxo and violin; Roland Smith, sal and bassoon, and Duke Ellington, piano-arranger.
  The boys look neat in dress suits and labor hard but not in vain at their music. They disclose painstaking rehearsal, playing without music. They are well known in several southern places and were at the Music Box, Atlantic City, the past summer. They also broadcast every Wednesday at 3:45 from WHN (Loew State building) radio station.

Abel.'


Advertisements in The Evening Telegram, however, until Sept. 16 say there were three shows nightly at 9:30, 11:30 and 1:30
The Clipper, New York, N.Y.
1923-11-23, p.12
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1923 11 24
Saturday
.New York, N.Y.Hollywood CabaretNight club residency with "Dixie Girl" - see 1923 09 01 and 1923 11 08

The ad in The Evening Telegram billed the band as "The Washington Real Jazz Orchestra, Elmer Snowden, Leader"
The Evening Telegram, New York, N.Y.
1923-11-24 p.6
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1923 11 25
Sunday
.New York, N.Y.Hollywood CabaretNight club residency with "Dixie Girl" - see 1923 09 01 and 1923 11 08

The ad in The Morning Telegraph billed the band as "The Washingtonian Black Dot Orchestra, Elmer Snowden, Leader"
The Morning Telegraph, New York, N.Y.
1923-11-25 p.8
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Monday
.New York, N.Y.Hollywood CabaretNight club residency with "Dixie Girl" - see 1923 09 01 and 1923 11 08...
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1923 11 27
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.New York, N.Y.Hollywood CabaretNight club residency with "Dixie Girl" - see 1923 09 01 and 1923 11 08...
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1923 11 28
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.New York, N.Y.Hollywood CabaretNight club residency with "Dixie Girl" - see 1923 09 01 and 1923 11 08...
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1923 11 29
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.New York, N.Y.Hollywood CabaretNight club residency with "Dixie Girl" - see 1923 09 01 and 1923 11 08...
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1923 11 30
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.New York, N.Y.Hollywood CabaretNight club residency with "Dixie Girl" - see 1923 09 01 and 1923 11 08...
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December 1923

1923 12 01
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1923 12 02
Sunday
.New York, N.Y.Hollywood CabaretNight club residency with "Dixie Girl" - see 1923 09 01 and 1923 11 08

The Morning Telegraph:

'The Hollywood Cabaret and Restaurant's new show, "The Dixie Girl" revue, will enter in upon its fourth week of great success tomorrow night. Duke Ellignton has injected three new song numbers that will be introduced for the first time...'

The ad in The Morning Telegraph billed the band as "THE WASHINGTONIAN BLACK DOT ORCHESTRA, ELMER SNOWDEN, LEADER"
The Morning Telegraph, New York, N.Y.
1923-12-02 p.8
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1923 12 03
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.New York, N.Y.Hollywood CabaretNight club residency with "Dixie Girl" - see 1923 09 01 and 1923 11 08...
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1923 12 04
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.New York, N.Y.Hollywood CabaretNight club residency with "Dixie Girl" - see 1923 09 01 and 1923 11 08...
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1923 12 05
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.New York, N.Y.Hollywood CabaretNight club residency with "Dixie Girl" - see 1923 09 01 and 1923 11 08...
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1923 12 06
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.New York, N.Y.Hollywood CabaretNight club residency with "Dixie Girl" - see 1923 09 01 and 1923 11 08...
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1923 12 07
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.New York, N.Y.Hollywood CabaretNight club residency with "Dixie Girl" - see 1923 09 01 and 1923 11 08Band and Orchestra Routes, Clipper, New York, N.Y. 1923-12-07 p.24..
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1923 12 08
Saturday
.New York, N.Y.Hollywood CabaretNight club residency with "Dixie Girl" - see 1923 09 01 and 1923 11 08...
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1923 12 09
Sunday
.New York, N.Y.Hollywood CabaretNight club residency with "Dixie Girl" - see 1923 09 01 and 1923 11 08 The ad in The Morning Telegraph billed the band as "THE WASHINGTONIAN BLACK DOT ORCHESTRA, ELMER SNOWDEN, LEADER"The Morning Telegraph, New York, N.Y.
1923-12-09 p.8
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1923 12 10
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.New York, N.Y.Hollywood CabaretNight club residency with "Dixie Girl" - see 1923 09 01 and 1923 11 08...
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1923 12 11
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.New York, N.Y.Hollywood CabaretNight club residency with "Dixie Girl" - see 1923 09 01 and 1923 11 08...
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1923 12 00
.New York, N.Y.Hollywood CabaretPERSONNEL CHANGE
Trombone player Charles Irvis joined Snowden's orchestra some time before Dec. 16. The Morning Telegraph Dec.16:

'If you think you have heard trombone players just drop into the Hollywood any evening after theatre time and hear the new trombone player there. The new artist made such a hit a few nights ago that Leo Bernstein signed a contract with him for the remainder of the season.
  Frank Jerrie [sic], one of the partners of the Hollywood, discovered him a few weeks ago while on a trip to Bermuda and brought him to New York. George Hammond always has a front table every night since the new trombone player started and he will wager there is nothing quite so good as he in town...
  The Washingtonian Orchestra, with its leader, Elmer Snowden, played at the Cinderella dancing palace last Wednesday night... and made a wonderful success. The entire revue went along and returned to the Hollywood in time to play the after-theatre show.'

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The January 4 Clipper reported "Charles Irvis is the new trombonist with the Washingtonians at the Hollywood, New York."

Irvis joined the band in time for the Cinderella Ballroom performance below. His mute technique would become a key part of the Ellington brass section sound, adopted by Bubber Miley and, later, Tricky Sam Nanton, Cootie Williams and their successors.
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1923 12 12
Wednesday
.New York, N.Y.Cinderella Ballroom
Broadway and 48th
New York Clipper:

Some of the small Broadway cabarets are trying a new stunt to boost business. On special nights usually heralded several days in advance, the entire revue of [a] show from the supper club is transported to a popular Broadway dance hall and performed in its entirety. That takes place at an hour before 11, naturally, preceding the regular after-theatre performances in the cabaret."

The Morning Telegraph Dec.16:

'...
  The Washingtonian Orchestra, with its leader, Elmer Snowden, played at the Cinderella dancing palace last Wednesday night... and made a wonderful success. The entire revue went along and returned to the Hollywood in time to play the after-theatre show.'

Steiner, Wild Throng Dances Madly in Cellar Club, citing
  • New York Clipper:
    • "Cabaret Shows in Dance Halls," 1923-12-14, p.24
    • 1924-01-04, p.24

  • "Hotels, Restaurants and Cabarets," The Morning Telegraph, New York, N.Y.

    • 1923-12-16 p.8
    • 1923-12-23
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1923 12 14...The Clipper
A listing of the band as the Washington Black Sox was changed to The Washingtonians followed by Snowden's name in brackets.
M. Tucker, Early Years, 1991 p.107.
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1923 12 14
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1923 12 15
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1923 12 16
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.New York, N.Y.Hollywood CabaretNight club residency with "Dixie Girl" - see 1923 09 01 and 1923 11 08

(Washingtonian Black Dot Orchestra, Elmer Smowden, leader)
The Morning Telegraph, New York, N.Y.
1923-12-16 p.8
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.New York, N.Y.Hollywood CabaretNight club residency with "Dixie Girl" - see 1923 09 01 and 1923 11 08...
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1923 12 18
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.New York, N.Y.Hollywood CabaretNight club residency with "Dixie Girl" - see 1923 09 01 and 1923 11 08...
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1923 12 22
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1923 12 23
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.New York, N.Y.Hollywood Cabaret"Dixie Girl" - see 1923 10 12 and 1923 11 08

(Washingtonian Black Dot Orchestra, Elmer Smowden, leader)
The Telegram reported club owner Leo Bernstein set aside 40 seats for the cast members of 3 Broadway shows because their work prevented them from attending the club until after the theatres closed, and it was hard for them to get tables.
  • The Morning Telegraph, New York, N.Y.
    1923-12-23 p.8
  • "News," Evening Telegram, New York, N.Y., 1923-12-29 p.5
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Hostess Mlle. Rubkin Kavlotzky from Cleveland replaced hostess Hazel Clark.
The Morning Telegraph, New York, N.Y.
1923-12-23 p.8
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.New York, N.Y.Hollywood CabaretNight club residency with "Dixie Girl" - see 1923 09 01 and 1923 11 08...
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1923 12 26
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.New York, N.Y.Hollywood CabaretNight club residency with "Dixie Girl" - see 1923 09 01 and 1923 11 08...
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1923 12 28
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1923 12 30
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("The Washingtonian Black Dot Orchestra, Elmer Snowden, Leader")
The Morning Telegraph, New York, N.Y.
1923-12-30 p.10
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Monday
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The Morning Telegraph

'At the Hollywood.

  One place along Broadway to-morrow night that is certain to have a capacity New Year's crowd is the Hollywood, Broadway and Forty-ninth street, and for this occasion Leo Bernstein, George Hammond and Frank Jerrie, the owners, will have many surprises for their patrons in the start of the splendid Creole revue. There have been many reservations. Dancing will be from opening until closing time and everything in a way of gaiety. The new Russian hostess, Mlle. Rubkin Kavlotzky, will present a new Russian dance and sing three Russian songs in native costume. Leo Bernstein will wear his new full dress suit and explain the words of the hostess's songs. The Washingtonian Orchestra, in charge of Elmer Snowden, will present timely selections, as well as play for the dance crowds at the Hollywood. If you have not made reservations as yet get busy and do so now.'

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1923-12-30 p.10
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1923 12 00.New York, N.Y.Fisher Publishing HouseIn late December, Ellington became the rehearsal pianist for Tin Pan Alley music publisher Fred Fisher Company.

The Billboard Magazine:
"Duke Ellington, the pianist, at Hollywood Inn, has succeeded Roland Irving in the professional department of the Fred Fisher publishing house"
M. Tucker, Early Years, 1991 P.104, citing The Billboard Dec.23, 1923
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1924 00 00...PERSONNEL CHANGE
New Desor has Bubber Miley joining the band in 1924, based on recording dates. It seems likely he joined in the latter part of 1923 - see comments above (1923 09 00)
New Desor vol.2..
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.New York, N.Y. Private home(Unconfirmed)

Hollywood Club owner Leo Bernstein hosted a party for 50 at his home, to celebrate his 10th wedding anniversary. Members of the revue at the Club entertained the party after dinner. The article does not say if the Washingtonians were there, but it seems likely.
Evening Telegram, "News," 1924-01-05, p.12.
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1924 01 09
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Rehearsals for the new, 25 member, Revue that was to open Jan.21 started.

"The review now playing has had an excellent run of ten weeks... The music played by the Washingtonian Orchestra is out of the ordinary in dance music. The orchestra,...under the direction of Elmer Snowden, always receives as much applause after each selection as the cabaret revue."

Morning Telegraph, Hotels, Restaurants, and Cabarets, 1923-01-13..
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1924 01 211924 04 04New York, N.Y.Hollywood Club
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"Mississippi Revue" opened.
Elmer Snowden Band
  • Evening Telegram, "News," 1924-01-19, p.13
  • Evening Telegram, "News," 1924-01-26, p.14
  • Ads, Morning Telegraph, 1920-01-24 to 1924-03-30
  • Morning Telegraph, "Hotels, Restaurants and Cabarets," 1924-01-20
  • Morning Telegraph, "Hotels, Restaurants and Cabarets," 1924-01-27
  • Ads, New York Telegram and Evening Mail, 1924-01-22 to 1924-04-04
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Affidavit for Search Warrant, Violation of The National Prohibition Act, sworn by U.S. Treasury Department agent Frank Rickey:

"On January 30, 1924, about 12:00 midnight, I entered the cabaret known as the Hollywood Cabaret, located in the basement of the building at 203 West 49th Street... I was introduced to the man in charge of the cabaret, whose name is Leo Bernstein. Leo Bernstein called the waiter and told him to give us anything we wanted. We were then seated at a table, and we ordered from the waiter drinks of Scotch whiskey, and sandwiches. While drinking the Scotch whiskey, Bernstein came to our table and asked us if everything was alright, and if we were well taken care of. He told us that we could have anything we wanted, and later brought a girl to me and insisted that I dance with her. She claimed to be the "hostess" in the cabaret and offered drinks of Scotch whiskey for which we were compelled to pay $1.50 a drink. I drank some of the whiskey, and as I am familiar with the taste of whiskey I know that it was whiskey. There were a great many people drinking whiskey in said cabaret on this occasion, and various scenes of partial intoxication.

This cabaret is open only at night. From my observations and purchases therein I am positive that liquor is possessed on said purchases.

  • Steven Lasker in DEMS 02,2-19, citing "The New York Herald Tribune" 1924-12-09 p.I-2
  • Mark Berresford: That's Got 'Em!: The Life and Music of Wilbur C. Sweatman, p.146
  • Steiner, Wild Throng Dances Madly in Cellar Club, p.13 - Rickey's affidavit
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February 1924

1924 02 00 .New York City, N.Y..PERSONNEL CHANGES - BAND LEADERS
  • Although in his Muscutt interview, Elmer Snowden claimed to have remained with the Washingtonians at the Hollywood/Kentucky until 1926, he seems to have conflated two stints at this venue.
  • Indications are he left the band in February 1924, and returned in late October, 1925 when Ellington left the Kentucky for an engagement at the ill-fated Club Cameo. Although Ellington's band lost that job the first night, they could not return to the Kentucky because Snowden had been hired to replace them.
  • Snowden, interviewed by Les Muscutt:
    '...they claim that I left and that another banjo player by the name of Freddie Guy went in before we left Baron Wilkins', but that was wrong...he didn't come in until a bit later...
      But then in the last part of '26 I left the band, and turned it over to Duke, although Duke didn't want it, 'cause Duke wanted to be a song writer, you know? His biggest ambition was getting his songs published, but there was nobody else in the band to take it over, 'cause I had another group, a large group which was Armstrong's Plantation Orchestra... And we were at the Bandille Club, that later turned out to be the Nest Club Band. I had ten or twelve different bands working around New York...at one time I had five bands working at once...small combos, you know...we only made one recording with Duke in the group...
      Now when I left the Washingtonians for the first time and turned the band over to Duke... that was in '26, and I organised this Plantation Band they came uptown to the Nest Club and told me I'd got to go back in the band. I didn't see no reason why I'd got to go back in the band, I mean I was doing good, I had this big ten-piece band and we were doing fine, getting nice money. But they said, 'We're not gonna ask you, we're gonna TELL you....you're opening up tomorrow night, you're going back to our club.' So they told the boss, 'You gonna get somebody to play in Elmer's place, or do you want him to get somebody?' So he said, 'You might as well go back with them.' So I did and I went back with Duke, and that's when the second fire came.
      Then I formed another band, another Nest Club band, ...the eight piece band. Now Duke had to leave them to go to a hotel to work, and they came to me. This time they didn't ask me, just me alone, they took my whole band out of the Nest Club. I had to get another whole band to put in there, that was Cliff Jackson, and they called it Elmer Snowden's.'
  • Initially Sonny Greer, and then Ellington, became its leader. Page 35 of the 1924-02-22 "SPECIAL POPULAR MUSIC NUMBER" edition of the New York Clipper, carried an ad showing a band photo with a caption saying the banjo player was now George Francis and Ellington was in charge.
  • "Discovering Elmer," undated Snowden interview by Les Muscutt, Storyville,
    •    16 - April/May 1968, pp.3-7
    •    17- June/July 1968 pp.4-7
    •    -18 August/September 1968, pp.4-8
  • "SPECIAL POPULAR MUSIC NUMBER" edition,
    New York Clipper, 1924-02-22 p.35
  • M. Tucker, Early Years, p.109
  • Email, S.Lasker-Palmquist
    • 2014-08-15
    • 2015-06-25 re 1924 02 00
    • 2017-03-04
  • Cambridge Companion, p.xiv
  • Email, Steiner-E. Spring, 2015-03-26
  • Photos of the six-piece band with Snowden:
    • Vail I p.6
    • Hasse, p.77
    • Collier, Duke Ellington, Oxford University Press edition, 1987
    • DEIP
    • Cover photo, Storyville 80, Dec.1978-Jan.1979
  • "Discovering Elmer," ibid
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1924 02 00 .New York City, N.Y..PERSONNEL CHANGES
  • If George Francis played with the Washingtonians, it would have been only for short time.
  • DEMS 06/1-29:

    The Washingtonians, NY, Nov24. ...There is uncertainty about the identity of the banjo-player. The old DESOR gives as banjo-player Fred Guy instead of George Francis. Waxworks confirms the presence of Fred Guy as probable. Mark Tucker confirms the presence of George Francis. The New Desor gives George Francis. Frank Dutton in his letter of 21Jun99 also supports Francis.

  • Steven Lasker:

    'George Francis: This name would not be associated with Ellington or the Washingtonians were it not for a single print reference, in an ad the group placed in the 1924-02-22 New York Clipper. The ad quotes a 1923-11-23 Clipper review by Abel Green which named the current members of the band at the Hollywood Café, New York. In November 1923, the Washingtonians included Elmer Snowden, "leader and banjoist, also doubling with soprano sax" and Duke Ellington, "piano-arranger."
      The ad from February 1924 omits Snowden's name -- evidence he'd just left -- and names "George Francis, banjo and singer" instead, also noting "Duke Ellington leads from the piano and also arranges the selections."
      Brooks Kerr relates that Greer was briefly made leader until, according to Greer (quoted by Burt Korall, Downbeat, 1969-07-13, p.21): "It didn't take long before we thrust leadership on Duke. He didn't want it, but his disposition was better balanced than ours. He could keep us in line without doing too much. We were a pretty wild bunch in those days, myself in particular."
      Brooks also recalls that Sonny more than once — while in his cups — whined to Ellington that "You stole my band!"
      As for George Francis, if indeed this was a real person, he could not have been a Washingtonian for very long, since Fred Guy told John McDonough (Downbeat, 1969-04-17 p.16) he joined the band in February 1924; Brooks Kerr adds that Guy told him the same thing.
      Guy's name is listed alongside those of his fellow Washingtonians in the June 1924 edition of International Musician, and he confirmed to Kerr that he was the banjoist heard on Choo Choo and Rainy Nights (Blu-Disc T1002, recorded November 1924).'

  • Webmaster's comment:

    A musician named George Francis lodged at 883 West 145th Street, Manhattan Borough, New York, according to the 1920 census, and Lasker writes:

    'According to Brian Rust's "Jazz Records, 1897-1942," a George Francis played guitar on a record date led by Ollie Shephard for A.R.C. on 1939-05-02.'

  • While Cambridge Companion says:

    'In late fall,Snowden breaks with the band, which becomes "The Washingtonians" under the leadership of Ellington and Greer.'

    Ken Steiner points out:

    'Right at the beginning of the band's opening at the Hollywood, they were identified in ads under variations of the title Washingtonians. An ad in the September 1, 1923 New York Evening Telegram lists the band as "The Washingtonian Black Dot Orchestra," and the September 2, 1923 New York Morning Telegraph advertises the band as the "Washingtonians Jazz Orchestra." How have you [Cambridge Companion] identified Snowden's departure for late fall? Abel Green's important review in the November 23, 1923 New York Clipper mentions Snowden.'

  • Steven Lasker identifies Cambridge Companion's source:

    Per Lawrence, p.407: "Late fall, 1923: Snowden breaks with the rest of the band; Ellington and Greer form new group called the Washingtonians, featuring Miley, Hardwick, and banjo player George Irvis [sic!] to replace Snowden."

    • "SPECIAL POPULAR MUSIC NUMBER" edition, New York Clipper, 1924-02-22 p.35
    • M. Tucker, Early Years, p.109
    • E-mail, Lasker - Palmquist, 2014-08-15
    • Email, S.Lasker-Palmquist
      • 2015-06-25 re 1924 02 00
      • 2017-03-04
      • 2018-08-02 re Francis
    • Cambridge Companion, p.xiv
    • Email, Steiner-E. Spring, 2015-03-26
    • Photos of the six-piece band with Snowden:
      • Vail I p.6
      • Hasse, p.77
      • Collier, Duke Ellington, Oxford University Press edition, 1987
      • DEIP
      • Cover photo, Storyville 80, Dec.1978-Jan.1979
    • "Discovering Elmer,"Storyville,
      • April/May 1968, pp.3-7
      • June/July 1968 pp.4-7
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    Wednesday
    .New York, N.Y.Cinderella Ballroom(Unconfirmed)

    The Mississippi Revue appeared at the Cinderella Ballroom in the evening, probably on February 6. They proved so popular that they were asked to return the following Wednesday.
    New York Telegram and Evening Mail, "News," 1924-02-09, p.5.
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    1924 02 10.New York, N.Y..Banjoist and rhythm guitarist Fred Guy, born 1899 05 23, joined the band ..DEMS
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    Sunday
    .New York, N.Y.Hollywood Cabaret"Mississippi Revue" - see 1924 01 21
    The Morning Telegraph reported three musicians were added to the Washingtonians Black Dot Band.
    Morning Telegraph, "Hotels Restaurants and Cabarets," 1924-02-10..
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    .New York, N.Y.Cinderella Ballroom
    Broadway & 48th St.
    (Unconfirmed)

    The Mississippi Revue were asked to appear a second time at the Cinderella Ballroom in the evening of Feb. 13 but the appearance was postponed a week.
    New York Telegram and Evening Mail, "News,"
    • 1924-02-09, p.5
    • 1924-02-16, p.6
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    This ad appeared in Clipper with a photograph between the columns:
    WASHINGTONIANS
    Combination of Symphonic Jazz Plus Versatility

    NOW PLAYING AT THE HOLLYWOOD CAFE, NEW YORK

    Where the Professional Musician Makes His Rendezvous'
    Here's What ABEL Says About Us:
      This colored band is plenty torrid and includes a trumpet player who never need doff his chapeau to any cornetist in the business. He exacts the eeriest sort of modulations and "singing" notes heard.
      The boys can seemingly satisfy without exerting themselves, but for the benefit of the Clipper reviewer they brought out a variety of instruments upon which each demonstrated his versatility. And how!
      "Duke Ellington leads from the piano and also arranges the selections. "Bub" Miley is the "hot" cornetist, doubling with the melophone. Charles Irvis, trombone. Sonny Greer specializes in the vocal interludes when not at the traps; Otto Hardwick, saxophone and violin; George Francis, banjo and singer.
      The boys look neat in dress suitas and labor hard but not in vain at their music. They disclose painstaking rehearsal, playing without music.
    Clipper, New York, N.Y. 1924-02-22 p.35..
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    Saturday
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    The club was raided by federal agents, who seized alcohol. At the end of the year, the US Court of Appeals ordered the liquor returned on a technicality invalidating the search warrant.

    Sworn statement of Agent Thomas Shannon:

    Search warrant executed at 2:15 am on February 24th, 1924, at 203 W.49th Street, NYC, found pint whiskey in pitcher in kitchen, 4 oz. scotch whiskey in glass in kitchen, 6 oz. whiskey in three separate glasses on table near kitchen door."

    On 1924-12-08 the U.S. Court of Appeals ruled the seized liquor should be returned because the search warrant was invalid. The prohibition agents raided at night but the warrant was valid during daytime hours only.
    • Steven Lasker in DEMS 02,2-19, citing "The New York Herald Tribune" 1924-12-09 p.I-2
    • Mark Berresford: That's Got 'Em!: The Life and Music of Wilbur C. Sweatman, p.146
    • Steiner, Wild Throng Dances Madly in Cellar Club, p.15 - Shannon statement
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    The New York Telegram and Evening Mail reported the club was continuing its policy of adding new principals to revues as their run lengthened, and had added two for the coming Monday to strengthen the show for another month's run.

    The paper reported Ellington was now the leader of the Washington Black Dot orchestra, and the revue was to be presented at the Cinderella Ballroom the following Wednesday.

    Snowden continued to be shown as leader in the weekly Morning Telegraph ads, and in the New York Clipper.
    New York Telegram and Evening Mail, 1924-03-08, p.14..
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    .New York, N.Y..Peripheral event
    Hollywood owner Leo Bernstein and a Sam Shiener pled not guilty to possessing and selling two drinks of whiskey to the Treasury agent. They appear to have been convicted because they were each fined $100 on March 24.

    Bernstein, co-owner George Hammond, Schiener and a Sam Silverstein also pled not guilty to possessing liquor (1 pint and 10 ounces). The outcome of these charges is not known, other than Silverstein was released on $500 bail. This may be the case that ended July 28 1925 when the charges were dismissed.
    Steiner, Wild Throng Dances Madly in Cellar Club, p.15...
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    .New York, N.Y.Cinderella Ballroom,
    Broadway & 48th St.
    (Unconfirmed)

    Vail's March 1924 entry:

    "The Washingtonians begin doubling at the Cinderella Ballroom before the show at the Hollywood Club."

    Götting places the band at the Cinderella on February 20 and March 12, citing Steiner, Wild Throng Dances Madly in Cellar Club.Tucker:

    "Performers from both the Hollywood and the Club Alabam traveled to the Cinderella Ballroom... where 'these added attractions have been successful...and have been the means of drawing an element a bit above the usual dance hall following.' Such appearances may have brought bands additional jobs, thus benefiting the musicians as much as their club sponsors.  When the Washingtonians made their Haverhill, Massachusetts, debut early in 1925, they were identified as coming not from the Hollywood but 'direct from the Cinderella ballroom on Broadway.'"

    • Vail I
    • M. Tucker, Early Years, p.106 citing The Clipper 1924-03-13 p.18
    • Götting, citing Steiner, Wild Throng Dances Madly in Cellar Club
    • New York Telegram and Evening Mail, 1924-03-08, p.14
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    1924 03 24
    Monday
    .New York, N.Y.Cinderella Ballroom
    Broadway & 48th St.
    (Unconfirmed)

    The Mississippi Revue was scheduled for a one-hour performance at the Cinderella Ballroom.
    Morning Telegraph "Hotels, Restaurants and Cabarets," 1924-03-09..
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    Monday
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    Tuesday
    .New York, N.Y.Hollywood CabaretNight club residency with "Mississippi Revue" - see 1923 09 01 and 1924 01 21...
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    .New York, N.Y.Hollywood CabaretNight club residency with "Mississippi Revue" - see 1923 09 01 and 1924 01 21...
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    Monday
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    ..2011

    April 1924

    1924 04 01
    Tuesday
    .New York, N.Y.Hollywood CabaretNight club residency with "Mississippi Revue" - see 1923 09 01 and 1924 01 21...
    ..2011
    1924 04 02
    Wednesday
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    ..2011
    1924 04 03
    Thursday
    .New York, N.Y.Hollywood CabaretNight club residency with "Mississippi Revue" - see 1924 01 21
    Last night of engagement
    The Hollywood burned down early the next morning. All the Mississippi Revue costumes and some musical instruments were destroyed. The club was not insured and the loss came to about $10,000.

    This was the first of three fires in this location during Ellington's tenure.

    When the club reopened May 1, the house band was led by James P. Johnson, suggesting the Washingtonians had other work.

    The Washingtonians played in New England from about April 12 to 26, and returned to the Hollywood on June 10.
  • Elmer Snowden, interviewed by Les Muscutt, in Storyville:

    'You know we'd always wanted to work on Broadway, everybody did....and we were there about two years [recte 7 months] and then the place burned down. But now here's the funny part about it...It was a place called the Hollywood Club. Well now, we used to leave our instruments there every night. So one night the big boss said, 'Take your instruments home tonight.'
      I couldn't understand why we had to take our instruments home...we had been there over two years and we had a little room, a dressing room, but he said, 'Now do like I tell you and take your instruments home!' So I said, 'What's the matter, are we fired?' And he said, 'No you're not fired, but just take your stuff outa here.' It so happened I took my banjo...I always took my banjo home every night, but I was playing saxophone then...I had three saxes, a Baritone, a C Melody and a C Soprano...and a guitar, and my banjo...1 couldn't take 'em all anyway, so I took my banjo and put the rest of them back in our room, this was on the first floor.

      About two o'clock the next afternoon we heard the fire engines blasting away...those fire engines was jumping and I thought there's a big fire some place. So we heard it on the radio...that the HOLLYWOOD had burned down, we took no notice, we thought it must be some big club some-place...and then we found out it was our place on 38th and Broadway, and we went down there and the place was gutted! Everything was gone. So I said, 'THAT'S the reason he told us to take our stuff home.'

      So after that they rebuilt it, it took about three months mebbe, and we reopened down in the basement and they called the club KENTUCKY. And so we were in that place about a year to a year and a half and the guy comes up one night and says, 'I want you to take your instruments home.' So I said, 'OH NO, NOT AGAIN!'

    • Mark Berresford: That's Got 'Em!: The Life and Music of Wilbur C. Sweatman, p.146
    • New York Times "Fire Record" 1924-04-05
    • Morning Telegraph 1924-04-13
    • S. Lasker, book to The Duke Ellington Centennial Edition, RCA Victor CD box set 09026-63386-2, p.23
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    1924 04 20
    Easter Sunday
    .Lynn, Mass.Waldorf TheatreBeginning of the first New England tour by The Washingtonians. Steiner, Wild Throng Dances Madly in Cellar Club, p.16, citing Lynn Daily News 1924-04-18..
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    1924 04 21
    Easter Monday
    .Salem, Mass.Charleshurst BallroomPerformance for the Salem Young Men's Christian Temperance Society as 'Duke Ellington's Broadway Recording Orchestra.'
    Salem Evening News:

    "Real jazz music...will be the principal attraction at the Waldorf,...presented by Duke Ellington's Hollywood Cafe Jazz Orchestra which has been filling a week's engagement in Boston since its own cafe was destroyed by fire. There are eight musicians in the act, each an expert soloist, and Sundays last summer played at the New York Winter Garden shows. Three other high class vaudeville acts, music by the Waldorf's own orchestra and 'Storm Swept' for a feature picture will also be on the Sunday program."

    Barry Ulanov:

    "They played in Salem at the Charleshurst Ballroom. Sometimes you could find them, before or after hours. More often you could not. Duke was usually out with the police force's Lieutenant Bates, who later became Salem's Mayor, and then its Representative in Congress. Or, with the other Washingtonians, he was over at the Coast Guard barracks, or being whisked around the Salem-Marblehead Harbor."


    Note Mr. Bates was elected mayor in 1924.

    Charleshurst owner Charles Shribman had been booking bands into New England in the early 1920s. In 1924 he and other New England ballroom managers formed a performance circuit.
    • Steiner Wild Throng Dances Madly in Cellar Club, p.16, citing Salem Evening News 1924-04-21
    • M. Tucker, Early Years, pp.183, 184 & 300
    • Ulanov (ibid.), p.52
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    1924 04 22
    Tuesday
    .Lawrence, Mass.Truell Hall.Steiner, Wild Throng Dances Madly in Cellar Club, p.16, citing Lowell Sun 1924-04-22, p.16..
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    Wednesday
    .Gloucester, Mass.Hawthorne InnOne-nighterEmail, Steiner-Palmquist 2018-08-22 citing Gloucester Daily Times, April 23, 1924) ..
    .ks2018-08-23
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    Thursday
    .Lowell, Mass.Associate HallDance

    First of two dances booked here for the band, admission 50 cents.
    Steiner, Wild Throng Dances Madly in Cellar Club, p.16, citing Lowell Sun:
    • Announcement, 1924-04-16, p.8
    • Announcement, 1924-04-24, p.2
    • ad, 1924-04-24
    • Review, 1924-04-25, p.14
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    Friday
    .Salem, Mass.College InnDance, sharing the bandstand with a local orchestra led by Frank Ward. Steiner, Wild Throng Dances Madly in Cellar Club, p.16, citing Salem Evening News 1924-04-24..
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    1924 04 26
    Saturday
    .Lowell, Mass.Associate HallDance

    "... will engage in a battle of music with Miner-Doyle's orchestra. The admission ...is 50 cents with free checking".
    The Associate Hall was a five-storey building with retail businesses on the ground floor, offices upstairs, and apparently the dance hall or club on the top floor.

    At 12:30 am Sunday morning, a fire was discovered in the Club room on the top floor of the Associate building and appeared to be a minor blaze. The alarm was sounded at 12:34 am, and fire companies responded. The fire spread, and ultimately destroyed three buildings and damaged others. A fire captain was killed after being crushed under a falling wall, 10 other firemen were injured and a fire truck was destroyed. This was the biggest fire in Lowell's history.

    It seems likely the dance would have still been underway when the alarm was first sounded, but the newspaper coverage does not mention the dance.
    • Steiner, Wild Throng Dances Madly in Cellar Club, p.16, citing Lowell Sun:
      • 1924-04-16, p.8
      • 1924-04-24, p.2
      • 1924-04-28, pp. 1,4
    • 1924-04-25
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    Sunday
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    Monday
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    Tuesday
    Ellington's birthday
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    Wednesday
    .Lynn, Mass.Odd Fellows' HallOne-nighterEmail, Steiner-Palmquist 2018-08-22 citing Lynn Tribune News, April 30, 1924..
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    May 1924

    1924 05 01
    Monday
    ... Peripheral event
    The Hollywood reopened with a new Leonard Harper revue, advertised both as The Virginia Girls and The Virginian Girls. Its music was written by Jimmie (James P.) Johnson who led the band initially. Benny Carter and Sidney Bechet were in the Johnson band but Johnson fired Bechet, and later was fired himself.

    Although Bechet said he and Ellington replaced Johnson at the club, the club hired an unnamed group before Ellington went back in - see 1924 05 15 and 1924 06 10
    • Steiner, Wild Throng Dances Madly in Cellar Club, p.17
    • John Chilton Sidney Bechet: The Wizard of Jazz, pp. 67-68
    • Lasker, The Washingtonians: A Miscellany, p.24 citing Will Marion Cook's letter in The Chicago Defender, 1924-03-22, s.I p.7
    • Sidney Bechet, Treat It Gentle, Hill and Wang, New York, 1960, pp.140-148
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    1924 05 15
    Thursday
    ... Peripheral event
    The Hollywood replaced the Johnson band with an unnamed French orchestra. The Morning Telegraph:

    'The Hollywood Cabaret introduced its new French jazz orchestra last Thursday night.'

    Ken Steiner, Wild Throng Dances Madly in Cellar Club, p.17, citing Morning Telegraph, New York, 1924-05-18..
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    .New York, N.Y.Hollywood Cabaret Peripheral event
    The New York Sun reported Federal Judge Augustus N. Hand signed orders against the Picadilly Rendezvous, the Silver Slipper and the "restaurant at 203 West Forty-Ninth" restraining the sale of liquor until "the hearing on the padlock case, which it is expected will come up for trial in June."
    New York Sun, 1924-05-21, p.1..
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    7 PM
    .New York, N.Y.Corner of
    134th St. and
    Seventh Ave.
    Peripheral event
    Barron Wilkins murdered
    Julius William "Yellow Charleston" Miller shot William Harris to death on May 24. Fleeing the scene, he approached Barron De Ware Wilkins, owner of Barron's Exclusive Club, Inc. (the Exclusive Club), outside the club, to ask for $100 to help him get away. When Wilkins declined, Miller shot him four times. Wilkins was taken to Harlem Hospital by taxicab, and died there.

    Miller was convicted of first degree murder and in November was sentenced to die in December 1924. His execution didn't take place, however, until September 1925.

    Steven Lasker:

    'Note that Barron Wilkins' first name is consistently misspelled "Baron" in the transcript.

    The club was definitely "Barron's Exclusive Club," as per the club's signage, visible in a photograph reproduced on page 194 of "Jazz: A History of the New York Scene" by Charters and Kunstadt. However, note that the photo's caption misstates the location as "103rd Street and Seventh Avenue"; the actual location is 198 West 134th Street, and the building, which still stands, can be viewed on Google Street view.

    According to George Hoefer's "Harlem Jazz Spots Then and Now" (found in the booklet to Columbia set C3L 33, "The Sound of Harlem"), the "same downstairs [i.e., basement] room" where Barron's Exclusive Club was located became, from 1936 to 1943, Clark Monroe's Uptown House, one of two famous birthplaces of bop music (Minton's Playhouse being the other).'

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    June 1924

    1924 06 00...The June 1924 edition of International Musician showed Edward K. Ellington, Fred L. Guy, William Greer and Charles Irvis in the new members list for Local 802 of the American Federation of Musicians.

    The same edition lists Arthur P. Whetsel as transferring from Local 710 (Washington), but the August edition shows Whetsel in the "transfers withdrawn" list. It isn't clear why the 19-year old Whetsel would have cancelled his transfer since he was still living and working in New York as a musician in November 1924 when he applied for his passport.
    Local 802 was formed in 1921 by the American Federation of Musicians to replace Local 310, the Musicians Mutual Protective Union. Local 310 was incorporated under state jurisdiction and was not subject to A.F.of M. bylaws. There was a dispute between the two union locals over who would represent thousands of musicians in New York.
    Several 1923 articles in Variety reported that nearly all the members of Local 802 were also members of M.M.P.A. because the M.M.P.A. provided benefits and owned valuable real property. As of July 1923, vaudeville scale in New York was $52 weekly, but in Chicago, $75.
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    Sunday
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    circa
    1924 06 10
    ...PERSONNEL CHANGE
    • Ellington recalled hearing Sidney Bechet (soprano saxophone and clarinet), at the Howard Theatre in Washington around 1921, and Bechet spoke of meeting Ellington in Washington in 1922.
    • Ellington said Bechet toured New England with the Washingtonians.
    • Bechet (1897-1959) claimed he joined the Washingtonians when they returned to the Kentucky Club after it fired James P. Johnson.
    Notes:
    • Chilton has Bechet in Europe from June 1919 to November 1922, then playing with Ford Dabney before acting and playing in Donald Haywood's 'How Come?' on tour.
    • Variety 1923-01-23 p.28 says "The Howard, Washington's colored theatre, has "How Come?"
    • Chilton has Bechet quitting the show in New York in the spring of 1923.

    Bechet:

    '  I met Duke in Washington the time that I was there in How Come [see note]. He was hanging around the stage door then, coming in all the time when we were doing our rehearsals and asking to play the piano. He played it James P. Johnson fashion then. At that time, 1922, he and Elmer Snowden had a band together called the Washingtonians, and we hung out some; we were good buddies for hanging out together. Duke was a fine man to be with, an easy man in himself. I'll come back to him.
      The Seven Eleven show finished after a year or so and I was in New York. I joined James P. Johnson and we played at the Old Kentucky Club over on Eighth Avenue off Broadway. [Bechet then describes being fired by Johnson, and Johnson being fired in turn by the club.]
      ... and after James P. had got me out..., he went and got himself fired. And the band which took his place was Duke and me.
      Duke had come up to New York. He remembered me from Washington and he wanted to make up a band together, so we did that. And that was a fine time, playing with Duke in 1924. He had his feelings inside the music where they belonged, and none of any kind of meanness outside the music. When we played, we were playing together, doing what the music wanted done with none of this personal me me feuding through what we were doing. That music was just liking itself because we let it be itself. ... [Duke]...wasn't as good a piano player as he is now, but he had right feelings, and he let the music come first. That was a good time in that Kentucky Club. We made some records, too, while we were together, but for some reason I don't know, they were never released. I feel real sad about that because they were good records, and now there is no trace of them.
      That's why when Duke and I went in there, we had this big success. We were working around each other. We were using our feelings, and the people listening had to feel because we were feeling it. There was none of this trying to give a name to Jazz, Orchestrational Jazz, Concert Jazz, Fancy-Arrangement Jazz - there wasn't any of that kind of pushing from Duke.
      But after a time, even then, I was still having trouble with two fellows in the band ... they were Bubber Miley and Charlie Irvis, the trumpet and trombone. ... When I first joined the band Bubber Miley was in jail over some trouble concerning a girl. And the first money that was put up for him, the pool that was started for having him put on bail so he could come join the band, it was from me. But still, just as soon as we were all working in the band, I could see Bubber and Charlie still had this trouble going. There was still this talking aside business in the music. There was a competition for the wrong things at the wrong time: all this tugging when they should be carrying, and sulking when they should be following, and this refusing to be with the music when they should be leading.
      Everyone in the band could feel that. There was a fellow with us, Otto Hardwick was his name, who played clarinet and alto saxophone. He was my friend and he tried to talk to them, tell them what was the sense, they'd be hurting themselves. But no, they went right on making it hard.
      At that time Otto, Duke and myself used to go over to Duke's place evenings to fool around on the piano, talk how we were going to build this thing with all the band. Duke, he'd be making arrangements for the band - not this kind of hit-parade arrangements I been saying about, but a kind of dividing of the piece, placing its parts. What we were after, it was to get the feeling for the band, playing it together. That way the music is working for itself. From hearing Otto play to me, me playing to Otto - playing for each other - we were making up what the band was to be, how it was to feel itself. The arrangements, they came out of that. And that was good times there in Duke's apartment. That was real music. But still, I could see those were just evenings after a fashion - there wasn't going to be much to it. That Bubber Miley and Charlie, they had it all too uncomfortable.
      So I had some money coming to me from some records I'd made, and I thought I'd like to open my own cabaret. So that's just the way of it...
      But that Duke - I've seen him off and on all these years. There's no limit to what I can say about Duke. He's a man with a life in him. And some of the things he's done are really great; he's a real musicianer. Duke, he belongs to the music, and the music belongs to him.'

    It isn't certain when Bechet left The Washingtonians; in May 1925 he is reported to have been added to the musical unit in Seven-Eleven.

    • MIMM p.47
    • Sidney Bechet: Treat It Gentle, pp.141-143
    • John Chilton, Who's Who of Jazz, fourth edition 1985 (soft cover), p.27
    .DEMS
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      1924 06 10
      Tuesday
      .New York, N.Y.Hollywood CabaretClub residency resumed, with "The Virginia Girls" revue - see 1923 09 01
      Ellington and the Washingtonians with Sidney Bechet return to replace James P. Johnson's band.
      While the New York Times reported Judgement by default will be taken today against the Hollywood Restuarant...The place will be closed for one year. - this apparently didn't happen. It seems likely the club challenged the charges, for its liquor was returned in December.
      ..
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      Wednesday
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      Tuesday
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      Monday
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      Tuesday
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      Monday
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      July 1924

      1924 07 01
      Tuesday
      .New York, N.Y.Hollywood CabaretClub residency, "Virginia Girls" revue - see 1923 09 01 and 1924 06 10...
      ..2011
      1924 07 02
      Wednesday
      .New York, N.Y.Hollywood CabaretClub residency, "Virginia Girls" revue - see 1923 09 01 and 1924 06 10...
      ..2011
      1924 07 03
      Thursday
      .New York, N.Y.Hollywood CabaretClub residency, "Virginia Girls" revue - see 1923 09 01 and 1924 06 10...
      ..2011
      1924 07 04
      Friday
      .New York, N.Y.Hollywood CabaretClub residency, "Virginia Girls" revue - see 1923 09 01 and 1924 06 10...
      ..2011
      1924 07 05
      Saturday
      .New York, N.Y.Hollywood CabaretClub residency, "Virginia Girls" revue - see 1923 09 01 and 1924 06 10...
      ..2011
      1924 07 06
      Sunday
      .New York, N.Y.Hollywood CabaretClub residency, "Virginia Girls" revue - see 1923 09 01 and 1924 06 10...
      ..2011
      1924 07 07
      Monday
      .New York, N.Y.Hollywood CabaretClub residency, "Virginia Girls" revue - see 1923 09 01 and 1924 06 10...
      ..2011
      1924 07 08
      Tuesday
      .New York, N.Y.Hollywood CabaretClub residency, "Virginia Girls" revue - see 1923 09 01 and 1924 06 10...
      ..2011
      1924 07 09
      Wednesday
      .New York, N.Y.Hollywood CabaretClub residency, "Virginia Girls" revue - see 1923 09 01 and 1924 06 10...
      ..2011
      1924 07 10
      Thursday
      .New York, N.Y.Hollywood CabaretClub residency, "Virginia Girls" revue - see 1923 09 01 and 1924 06 10...
      ..2011
      1924 07 11
      Friday
      .New York, N.Y.Hollywood CabaretClub residency, "Virginia Girls" revue - see 1923 09 01 and 1924 06 10...
      ..2011
      1924 07 12
      Saturday
      .New York, N.Y.Hollywood CabaretClub residency, "Virginia Girls" revue - see 1923 09 01 and 1924 06 10...
      ..2011
      1924 07 13
      Sunday
      .New York, N.Y.Hollywood CabaretClub residency, "Virginia Girls" revue - see 1923 09 01 and 1924 06 10...
      ..2011
      1924 07 14
      Monday
      .New York, N.Y.Hollywood CabaretClub residency, "Virginia Girls" revue - see 1923 09 01 and 1924 06 10...
      ..2011
      1924 07 15
      Tuesday
      .New York, N.Y.Hollywood CabaretSunday's Morning Telegraph said George Hammond, partner in the Hollywood, planned to take the entire revue to the Empire Race Track as his guests, then take them, including the Hollywood Orchestra, home. The Orchestra would serenade his wife with a few tunes for her birthday.Morning Telegraph, Hotels, Restaurants and Cabarets, 1924-07-13..
      ..New
      added 2013-09-02
      1924 07 15
      Tuesday
      .New York, N.Y.Hollywood CabaretSteiner, Wild Throng Dances Madly in Cellar Club, says the Morning Telegraph Hotels Restaurants and Cabarets column in the July 13 edition of the Morning Telegraph is the last mention of the Hollywood until the autumn. The column itself says the warm weather did not affect the club and Bernstein said it would remain open all summer.

      Steiner suggests The Washingtonians may have continued at the club for the rest of the summer, or may have toured New England, since Ellington recalled, in MIMM, a summer tour of New England with Bechet, and it seems that can only have been this summer.

      Until evidence of their activities between July 16 and Sept.5 is found, we simply say this period is undocumented.
      ...
      ..2011
      1924 07 16
      Wednesday
      ...Activities not documented - see 1924 07 15...
      ..2011
      1924 07 17
      Thursday
      ...Activities not documented - see 1924 07 15...
      ...
      1924 07 18
      Friday
      ...Activities not documented - see 1924 07 15...
      ...
      1924 07 19
      Saturday
      ...Activities not documented - see 1924 07 15...
      ...
      1924 07 20
      Sunday
      ...Activities not documented - see 1924 07 15...
      ...
      1924 07 21
      Monday
      ...Activities not documented - see 1924 07 15...
      ...
      1924 07 22
      Tuesday
      ...Activities not documented - see 1924 07 15...
      ...
      1924 07 23
      Wednesday
      ...Activities not documented - see 1924 07 15...
      ...
      1924 07 24
      Thursday
      ...Activities not documented - see 1924 07 15...
      ...
      1924 07 25
      Friday
      ...Activities not documented - see 1924 07 15...
      ...
      1924 07 26
      Saturday
      ...Activities not documented - see 1924 07 15...
      ...
      1924 07 27
      Sunday
      ...Activities not documented - see 1924 07 15...
      ...
      1924 07 28
      Monday
      ...Activities not documented - see 1924 07 15...
      ...
      1924 07 29
      Tuesday
      ...Activities not documented - see 1924 07 15...
      ...
      1924 07 30
      Wednesday
      ...Activities not documented - see 1924 07 15...
      ...
      1924 07 31
      Thursday
      ...Activities not documented - see 1924 07 15...
      ...

      August 1924

      1924 08 01
      Friday
      ...Activities not documented - see 1924 07 15...
      ...
      1924 08 02
      Saturday
      ...Activities not documented - see 1924 07 15...
      ...
      1924 08 03
      Sunday
      ...Activities not documented - see 1924 07 15...
      ...
      1924 08 04
      Monday
      ...Activities not documented - see 1924 07 15...
      ...
      1924 08 05
      Tuesday
      ...Activities not documented - see 1924 07 15...
      ...
      1924 08 06
      Wednesday
      ...Activities not documented - see 1924 07 15...
      ...
      1924 08 07
      Thursday
      ...Activities not documented - see 1924 07 15...
      ...
      1924 08 08
      Friday
      ...Activities not documented - see 1924 07 15...
      ...
      1924 08 08
      Friday
      .New York, N.Y.. Peripheral event
      S.Lasker

      'In New York City, the vaudeville comedy team of Gus Van and Joe Schenck record Choo Choo (Gotta Hurry Home). Released circa early September 1924 on Columbia 197-D, this is both the earliest documented recording of an Ellington composition as well as the first Ellington song to be issued on a record. The label credits the song to "Ringle, Ellington and Schafer." This marked the first appearance of Ellington's name on a record label.'

      E-mail S.Lasker-Palmquist 2015-02-07..
      .slNew
      added 2015-02-08
      1924 08 09
      Saturday
      ...Activities not documented - see 1924 07 15...
      ...
      1924 08 10
      Sunday
      ...Activities not documented - see 1924 07 15...
      ...
      1924 08 11
      Monday
      ...Activities not documented - see 1924 07 15...
      ...
      1924 08 12
      Tuesday
      .New York, N.Y..Activities not documented - see 1924 07 15...
      ...
      1924 08 12
      Tuesday
      .New York, N.Y.. Peripheral event
      Some speculate Ellington was the pianist for Wilbur C. Sweatman's August 12 Gennett recording session in which Sweatman made an unreleased recording of Battleship Kate. The Gennett files don't show personnel present at the date other than Sweatman. The report that Ellington was on the date originated in the autobiography of Mike Danzi, "American Musician in Germany, 1924-39" (Schmitten, Germany, 1986). Danzi recalled that he playing banjo on Battleship Kate and Ellington played piano. Steven Lasker:

      '...what I hear on the record leads me to conclude that contrary to Mike Danzi's recollection, the pianist on Sweatman's 10oct24 Battleship Kate isn't Ellington...Danzi might instead have recalled an unissued Gennett session, held circa 12Aug24, at which Sweatman recorded a version of Battleship Kate that was never issued. '

      Steven points out that Sweatman himself denied ever having recorded with Ellington (see DEMS 05/3-32).
      ..DEMS
      .SL2011
      updated
      2014-03-30
      2014-08-17
      2015-03-23
      1924 08 13
      Wednesday
      ...Activities not documented - see 1924 07 15...
      ...
      1924 08 14
      Thursday
      ...Activities not documented - see 1924 07 15...
      ...
      1924 08 15
      Friday
      ...Activities not documented - see 1924 07 15...
      ...
      1924 08 16
      Saturday
      ...Activities not documented - see 1924 07 15...
      ...
      1924 08 17
      Sunday
      ...Activities not documented - see 1924 07 15...
      ...
      1924 08 18
      Monday
      ...Activities not documented - see 1924 07 15...
      ...
      1924 08 19
      Tuesday
      ...Activities not documented - see 1924 07 15...
      ...
      1924 08 20
      Wednesday
      ...Activities not documented - see 1924 07 15...
      ...
      1924 08 21
      Thursday
      ...Activities not documented - see 1924 07 15...
      ...
      1924 08 22
      Friday
      ...Activities not documented - see 1924 07 15...
      ...
      1924 08 23
      Saturday
      ...Activities not documented
      possibly working at the Hollywood - see 1924 07 15 - or touring New England (perhaps with Bechet)
      The August 23 edition of the Chicago Defender reported Otto Hardwick was now with the White Brothers orchestra in Chicago. Since the Defender is dated the end of the week it is published, the report could be from up to two weeks before August 23.
      ...
      ...
      1924 08 24
      Sunday
      ...Activities not documented - see 1924 07 15...
      ...
      1924 08 25
      Monday
      ...Activities not documented - see 1924 07 15...
      ...
      1924 08 26
      Tuesday
      ...Activities not documented - see 1924 07 15...
      ...
      1924 08 27
      Wednesday
      ...Activities not documented - see 1924 07 15...
      ...
      1924 08 28
      Thursday
      ...Activities not documented - see 1924 07 15...
      ...
      1924 08 29
      Friday
      ...Activities not documented - see 1924 07 15...
      ...
      1924 08 30
      Saturday
      ...Activities not documented - see 1924 07 15...
      ...
      1924 08 31
      Sunday
      ...Activities not documented - see 1924 07 15...
      ...

      September 1924

      1924 09 01
      Monday
      ...Activities not documented - see 1924 07 15...
      ...
      1924 09 02
      Tuesday
      ...Activities not documented - see 1924 07 15...
      ...
      1924 09 03
      Wednesday
      ...Activities not documented - see 1924 07 15...
      ...
      1924 09 04
      Thursday
      ...Activities not documented - see 1924 07 15...
      ...
      1924 09 05
      Friday
      ...A copyright application with sheet music published by Broadway Music Corp. for Choo-Choo (I Gotta Hurry Home) was received by the copyright office. It showed music by Duke Ellington and words by Dave Ringle and Bob Schafer.Lasker, The Washingtonians: A Miscellany, p.25..
      .djp2014-03-29
      1924 09 05
      Friday
      ...Musicians' activities not documented
      - see 1924 07 15
      ...
      ...
      1924 09 06
      Saturday
      .New York, N.Y.Hollywood CabaretClub residency (see 1923 09 01) continues (or resumes?), with the new Leonard Harper revue, "Creole Follies," which played 2 shows nightly.
      Hollywood ads refer to the band either as "Washingtonian's Hollywood Jazz Orchestra" or "Washington's Hollywood Jazz Orchestra."
      Steiner, Wild Throng Dances Madly in Cellar Club, pp.18-19..
      .djp2011
      updated
      2013-09-03
      1924 09 07
      Sunday
      .New York, N.Y.Hollywood CabaretClub residency with "Creole Follies" revue - see 1923 09 01 and 1924 09 06...
      ..2011
      1924 09 08
      Monday
      .New York, N.Y.Hollywood CabaretClub residency with "Creole Follies" revue - see 1923 09 01 and 1924 09 06...
      ..2011
      1924 09 09
      Tuesday
      .New York, N.Y.Hollywood CabaretClub residency with "Creole Follies" revue - see 1923 09 01 and 1924 09 06The Morning Telegraph, New York, N.Y.
      1924-09-09 p.8
      ..
      ..2011
      updated
      2018-01-07
      1924 09 10
      Wednesday
      .New York, N.Y.Hollywood CabaretClub residency with "Creole Follies" revue - see 1923 09 01 and 1924 09 06...
      ..2011
      1924 09 11
      Thursday
      .New York, N.Y.Hollywood CabaretClub residency with "Creole Follies" revue - see 1923 09 01 and 1924 09 06...
      ..2011
      1924 09 12
      Friday
      .New York, N.Y.Hollywood CabaretClub residency with "Creole Follies" revue - see 1923 09 01 and 1924 09 06...
      ..2011
      1924 09 13
      Saturday
      .New York, N.Y.Hollywood CabaretClub residency with "Creole Follies" revue - see 1923 09 01 and 1924 09 06...
      ..2011
      1924 09 14
      Sunday
      .New York, N.Y.Hollywood CabaretClub residency with "Creole Follies" revue - see 1923 09 01 and 1924 09 06...
      ..2011
      1924 09 15
      Monday
      .New York, N.Y.Hollywood CabaretClub residency with "Creole Follies" revue - see 1923 09 01 and 1924 09 06...
      ..2011
      1924 09 16
      Tuesday
      .New York, N.Y.Hollywood CabaretClub residency with "Creole Follies" revue - see 1923 09 01 and 1924 09 06...
      ..2011
      1924 09 17
      Wednesday
      .New York, N.Y.Hollywood CabaretClub residency with "Creole Follies" revue - see 1923 09 01 and 1924 09 06...
      ..2011
      1924 09 18
      Thursday
      .New York, N.Y.Hollywood CabaretClub residency with "Creole Follies" revue - see 1923 09 01 and 1924 09 06
      Possible Gennett recording session - see 1924 09 20
      ...
      .sl2011
      1924 09 19
      Friday
      .New York, N.Y.Hollywood CabaretClub residency with "Creole Follies" revue - see 1923 09 01 and 1924 09 06...
      ..2011
      1924 09 20
      Saturday
      .New York, N.Y.. Peripheral event
      DEMS 1989/2 seems to suggest an early edition of Timner's Ellingtonia had Ellington on piano in a Sweatman recording session on this date.

      The information is vague, but originated with a statement attributed to banjoist Mike Danzi, who claimed to have played with Duke in a Sweatman session.
      Steven Lasker:

      'The [Sweatman] session which produced the issued Gennett recording of Battleship Kate is dated to September 18, 1924 in the latest (2002, Mainspring Press) edition of Brian Rust's "Jazz and Ragtime Records (1897-1942)"; all previous editions gave the date as September 20, 1924. I don't know the basis for the change -- and haven't viewed the Gennett file cards for this session, which are likely at the Institute of Jazz Studies.'

      The report that Ellington was on the date originated in Mike Danzi's autobiography, "American Musician in Germany, 1924-39" (Schmitten, Germany, 1986). Danzi recalled playing banjo on Battleship Kate and Ellington played piano. Steven Lasker:

      '...what I hear on the record leads me to conclude that contrary to Mike Danzi's recollection, the pianist on Sweatman's 10oct24 Battleship Kate isn't Ellington...Danzi might instead have recalled an unissued Gennett session, called circa 12Aug24, at which Sweatman recorded a version of Battleship Kate that was never issued. '

      However, Mr. Lasker also points out that Sweatman himself denied every having recorded with Ellington (see DEMS 05/3-32).
      ..DEMS
      .Lasker email 2014-08-152011
      updated
      2014-03-30
      2013-09-03
      2014-08-17
      1924 09 20
      Saturday
      .New York, N.Y.Hollywood CabaretClub residency with "Creole Follies" revue - see 1923 09 01 and 1924 09 06...
      ..2011
      1924 09 21
      Sunday
      .New York, N.Y.Hollywood CabaretClub residency with "Creole Follies" revue - see 1923 09 01 and 1924 09 06...
      ..2011
      1924 09 22
      Monday
      .New York, N.Y.Hollywood CabaretClub residency with "Creole Follies" revue - see 1923 09 01 and 1924 09 06...
      ..2011
      1924 09 23
      Tuesday
      .New York, N.Y.Hollywood CabaretClub residency with "Creole Follies" revue - see 1923 09 01 and 1924 09 06...
      ..2011
      1924 09 24
      Wednesday
      .New York, N.Y.Hollywood CabaretClub residency with "Creole Follies" revue - see 1923 09 01 and 1924 09 06...
      ..2011
      1924 09 25
      Thursday
      .New York, N.Y.Hollywood CabaretClub date with "Creole Follies" revue
      This night was publicized as a new opening of Creole Follies, with 2 shows nightly.

      The show may or may not have been rewritten, but it appears a singer, Miss Leona Williams, and a dancer, Mr. Arthur Bryson, were added to the show.
      ...
      ..2011
      1924 09 26
      Friday
      .New York, N.Y.Hollywood CabaretClub residency with a second, new version of the "Creole Follies" revue - see 1923 09 01 and 1924 09 06...
      ..2011
      1924 09 27
      Saturday
      .New York, N.Y.Hollywood CabaretClub residency with second edition of "Creole Follies" revue - see 1923 09 01, 1924 09 06 and 1924 09 27...
      ..2011
      1924 09 28
      Sunday
      .New York, N.Y.Hollywood CabaretClub residency with second edition of "Creole Follies" revue - see 1923 09 01, 1924 09 06 and 1924 09 27...
      ..2011
      1924 09 29
      Monday
      .New York, N.Y.Hollywood CabaretClub residency with second edition of "Creole Follies" revue - see 1923 09 01, 1924 09 06 and 1924 09 27...
      ..2011
      1924 09 30
      Tuesday
      .New York, N.Y.Hollywood CabaretClub residency with second edition of "Creole Follies" revue - see 1923 09 01, 1924 09 06 and 1924 09 27...
      ..2011

      October 1924

      1924 10 01
      Wednesday
      .New York, N.Y.Hollywood CabaretClub residency with second edition of "Creole Follies" revue - see 1923 09 01, 1924 09 06 and 1924 09 27...
      ..2011
      1924 10 02
      Thursday
      .New York, N.Y.Hollywood CabaretClub residency with second edition of "Creole Follies" revue - see 1923 09 01, 1924 09 06 and 1924 09 27...
      ..2011
      1924 10 03
      Friday
      .New York, N.Y.Hollywood CabaretClub residency with second edition of "Creole Follies" revue - see 1923 09 01, 1924 09 06 and 1924 09 27...
      ..2011
      1924 10 04
      Saturday
      .New York, N.Y.Hollywood CabaretClub residency with second edition of "Creole Follies" revue - see 1923 09 01, 1924 09 06 and 1924 09 27...
      ..2011
      1924 10 05
      Sunday
      .New York, N.Y.Hollywood CabaretClub residency with second edition of "Creole Follies" revue - see 1923 09 01, 1924 09 06 and 1924 09 27...
      ..2011
      1924 10 06
      Monday
      .New York, N.Y.Hollywood CabaretClub residency with second edition of "Creole Follies" revue - see 1923 09 01, 1924 09 06 and 1924 09 27...
      ..2011
      1924 10 07
      Tuesday
      .New York, N.Y.Hollywood CabaretClub residency with second edition of "Creole Follies" revue - see 1923 09 01, 1924 09 06 and 1924 09 27...
      ..2011
      1924 10 08
      Wednesday
      .New York, N.Y.Hollywood CabaretClub residency with second edition of "Creole Follies" revue - see 1923 09 01, 1924 09 06 and 1924 09 27...
      ..2011
      1924 10 09
      Thursday
      .New York, N.Y.Hollywood CabaretClub residency with second edition of "Creole Follies" revue - see 1923 09 01, 1924 09 06 and 1924 09 27...
      ..2011
      1924 10 10
      Friday
      .New York, N.Y.Hollywood CabaretClub residency with second edition of "Creole Follies" revue - see 1923 09 01, 1924 09 06 and 1924 09 27...
      ..2011
      1924 10 11
      Saturday
      .New York, N.Y.Hollywood CabaretClub residency with second edition of "Creole Follies" revue - see 1923 09 01, 1924 09 06 and 1924 09 27...
      ..2011
      1924 10 12
      Sunday
      .New York, N.Y.Hollywood CabaretClub residency with second edition of "Creole Follies" revue - see 1923 09 01, 1924 09 06 and 1924 09 27...
      ..2011
      1924 10 13
      Monday
      .New York, N.Y.Hollywood CabaretClub residency with second edition of "Creole Follies" revue - see 1923 09 01, 1924 09 06 and 1924 09 27...
      ..2011
      1924 10 14
      Tuesday
      .New York, N.Y.Hollywood CabaretClub residency with second edition of "Creole Follies" revue - see 1923 09 01, 1924 09 06 and 1924 09 27...
      ..2011
      1924 10 15
      Wednesday
      .New York, N.Y.Hollywood CabaretClub residency with second edition of "Creole Follies" revue - see 1923 09 01, 1924 09 06 and 1924 09 27...
      ..2011
      1924 10 16
      Thursday
      .New York, N.Y.Hollywood CabaretClub residency with second edition of "Creole Follies" revue - see 1923 09 01, 1924 09 06 and 1924 09 27...
      ..2011
      1924 10 17
      Friday
      .New York, N.Y.Hollywood CabaretClub residency with second edition of "Creole Follies" revue - see 1923 09 01, 1924 09 06 and 1924 09 27...
      ..2011
      1924 10 18
      Saturday
      .New York, N.Y.Hollywood CabaretClub residency with second edition of "Creole Follies" revue - see 1923 09 01, 1924 09 06 and 1924 09 27...
      ..2011
      1924 10 19
      Sunday
      .New York, N.Y.Hollywood CabaretClub residency with second edition of "Creole Follies" revue - see 1923 09 01, 1924 09 06 and 1924 09 27...
      ..2011
      1924 10 20
      Monday
      .New York, N.Y.Hollywood CabaretClub residency with second edition of "Creole Follies" revue - see 1923 09 01, 1924 09 06 and 1924 09 27...
      ..2011
      1924 10 21
      Tuesday
      .New York, N.Y.Hollywood CabaretClub residency with second edition of "Creole Follies" revue - see 1923 09 01, 1924 09 06 and 1924 09 27...
      ..2011
      1924 10 22
      Wednesday
      .New York, N.Y.Hollywood CabaretClub residency with second edition of "Creole Follies" revue - see 1923 09 01, 1924 09 06 and 1924 09 27...
      ..2011
      1924 10 23
      Thursday
      .New York, N.Y.Hollywood CabaretClub residency with second edition of "Creole Follies" revue - see 1923 09 01, 1924 09 06 and 1924 09 27...
      ..2011
      1924 10 24
      Friday
      .New York, N.Y.Hollywood CabaretClub residency with second edition of "Creole Follies" revue - see 1923 09 01, 1924 09 06 and 1924 09 27...
      ..2011
      1924 10 25
      Saturday
      .New York, N.Y.Hollywood CabaretClub residency with second edition of "Creole Follies" revue - see 1923 09 01, 1924 09 06 and 1924 09 27...
      ..2011
      1924 10 26
      Sunday
      .New York, N.Y.Hollywood CabaretClub residency with second edition of "Creole Follies" revue - see 1923 09 01, 1924 09 06 and 1924 09 27...
      ..2011
      1924 10 27
      Monday
      .New York, N.Y.Hollywood CabaretClub residency with second edition of "Creole Follies" revue - see 1923 09 01, 1924 09 06 and 1924 09 27...
      ..2011
      1924 10 28
      Tuesday
      .New York, N.Y.Hollywood CabaretClub residency with second edition of "Creole Follies" revue - see 1923 09 01, 1924 09 06 and 1924 09 27...
      ..2011
      1924 10 29
      Wednesday
      .New York, N.Y.Hollywood CabaretClub residency with second edition of "Creole Follies" revue - see 1923 09 01, 1924 09 06 and 1924 09 27...
      ..2011
      1924 10 30
      Thursday
      .New York, N.Y.Hollywood CabaretClub residency with second edition of "Creole Follies" revue - see 1923 09 01, 1924 09 06 and 1924 09 27...
      ..2011
      1924 10 31
      Friday
      Halloween
      .New York, N.Y.Hollywood CabaretClub residency with second edition of "Creole Follies" revue - see 1923 09 01, 1924 09 06 and 1924 09 27...
      ..2011

      November 1924

      1924 11 00.New York, N.Y.Possibly at the Emerson Recording Laboratories
      206 Fifth Ave.
      Blu-Disc recording session
      Ellington, Alberta Prime, Greer

      (Steven Lasker advises Alberta Prime was really named "Pryme," but the label of her Blu-Disc record shows "Prime.")
      Titles recorded:
      • It's Gonna Be a Cold, Cold Winter
      • Parlor Social De Luxe
      This session, and the identity of Alberta Prime, are discussed on p.16 of DEMS 2000-4. Steven Lasker provides more information about her in his book on the Washingtonians.

      See Steven Lasker's detailed analsyis of Ellington's Blu-Disc recordings in DEMS 04/3-57, parts 2 and 3.
      • Steven Lasker, The Washingtonians: A Miscellany, privately published, 2006, p.26
      • Email Lasker-Palmquist 2014-09-01
      • Email Lasker-Palmquist
        • 2015-02-05
        • 2017-01-24
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      DE2401
      DEMS
      .djp2011
      updated
      2013-03-10
      2014-09-01
      2015-02-06
      2017-01-25
      1924 11 00.New York, N.Y.Possibly at the Emerson Recording Laboratories
      206 Fifth Ave.
      Blu-Disc recording session
      The Washingtonians
      Jo. Trent and the D C'Ns
      Sunny and the D C'Ns

      Miley, Irvis, Hardwick, Ellington, *Guy, Greer, Trent

      Titles recorded:
      • Choo Choo
      • Rainy Nights
      • Deacon Jazz
      • Oh How I Love My Darling
      *Some discographies report George Francis played banjo on this recording but there is no apparent evidence and Guy joined the band on banjo in February, 1924 — see DEMS 06/1-29 for this discussion.

      It seems likely to have been Fred Guy, since he joined the band in February and Steven Lasker points out:

      'Guy identified himself on Choo Choo/Rainy Nights to Brooks Kerr when they listened to the two sides together in 1969. '

      • Steven Lasker, The Washingtonians: A Miscellany, privately published, *2006
      • Email, Lasker-Palmquist 2015-06-26
      New Desor
      DE2402
      DEMS
      .S.Hoefsmit (06,1-29) 2011, updated 2012-01-07

      2014-02-09
      2015-06-26
      1924 11 01
      Saturday
      ...A copyright application with a lead sheet for Pretty Soft for You was received by the copyright office, copyright claimed by Clarence Williams Co., music by Duke Ellington and words by Jo. Trent.Lasker, The Washingtonians: A Miscellany, p.25..
      .djp2014-03-29
      1924 11 01
      Saturday
      .New York, N.Y.Hollywood CabaretClub residency with second edition of "Creole Follies" revue - see 1923 09 01, 1924 09 06 and 1924 09 27...
      ..2011
      1924 11 02
      Sunday
      .New York, N.Y.Hollywood CabaretClub residency with second edition of "Creole Follies" revue - see 1923 09 01, 1924 09 06 and 1924 09 27...
      ..2011
      1924 11 03
      Monday
      .New York, N.Y.Hollywood CabaretClub residency with second edition of "Creole Follies" revue - see 1923 09 01, 1924 09 06 and 1924 09 27...
      ..2011
      1924 11 04
      Tuesday
      .New York, N.Y.Hollywood CabaretClub residency with second edition of "Creole Follies" revue - see 1923 09 01, 1924 09 06 and 1924 09 27...
      ..2011
      1924 11 05
      Wednesday
      .New York, N.Y.Hollywood CabaretClub residency with second edition of "Creole Follies" revue - see 1923 09 01, 1924 09 06 and 1924 09 27...
      ..2011
      1924 11 06
      Thursday
      .New York, N.Y.Hollywood CabaretClub residency with second edition of "Creole Follies" revue - see 1923 09 01, 1924 09 06 and 1924 09 27...
      ..2011
      1924 11 07
      Friday
      .New York, N.Y.Hollywood CabaretClub residency with second edition of "Creole Follies" revue - see 1923 09 01, 1924 09 06 and 1924 09 27...
      ..2011
      1924 11 08
      Saturday
      .New York, N.Y.Hollywood CabaretClub residency with second edition of "Creole Follies" revue - see 1923 09 01, 1924 09 06 and 1924 09 27

      The New York Telegram reported rehearsals of the third edition of Leonard Harper's Creole Follies had started.
      Steiner, Wild Throng Dances Madly in Cellar Club, citing New York Telegram and New York Evening Telegram 1924-11-08..
      ..2011
      updated
      2013-09-15
      1924 11 09
      Sunday
      .New York, N.Y.Hollywood CabaretClub residency with second edition of "Creole Follies" revue - see 1923 09 01, 1924 09 06 and 1924 09 27...
      ..2011
      1924 11 10
      Monday
      .New York, N.Y.Hollywood CabaretClub residency with second edition of "Creole Follies" revue - see 1923 09 01, 1924 09 06 and 1924 09 27...
      ..2011
      1924 11 11...Birth of Willie Cook, trumpet...
      .djpNew
      added
      2012-10-11
      1924 11 11
      Tuesday
      .New York, N.Y.Hollywood CabaretClub residency with second edition of "Creole Follies" revue - see 1923 09 01, 1924 09 06 and 1924 09 27...
      ..2011
      1924 11 12
      Wednesday
      .New York, N.Y.Hollywood CabaretClub residency with second edition of "Creole Follies" revue - see 1923 09 01, 1924 09 06 and 1924 09 27...
      ..2011
      1924 11 13
      Thursday
      .New York, N.Y.Hollywood CabaretClub residency with second edition of "Creole Follies" revue - see 1923 09 01, 1924 09 06 and 1924 09 27...
      ..2011
      1924 11 14
      Friday
      .New York, N.Y.Hollywood CabaretClub residency with second edition of "Creole Follies" revue - see 1923 09 01, 1924 09 06 and 1924 09 27...
      ..2011
      1924 11 15
      Saturday
      .New York, N.Y.Hollywood CabaretClub residency with second edition of "Creole Follies" revue - see 1923 09 01, 1924 09 06 and 1924 09 27...
      ..2011
      1924 11 16
      Sunday
      .New York, N.Y.Hollywood CabaretClub residency with second edition of "Creole Follies" revue - see 1923 09 01, 1924 09 06 and 1924 09 27...
      ..2011
      1924 11 17
      Monday
      .New York, N.Y.Hollywood CabaretClub residency with second edition of "Creole Follies" revue - see 1923 09 01, 1924 09 06 and 1924 09 27...
      ..2011
      1924 11 18
      Tuesday
      .New York, N.Y.Hollywood CabaretClub residency with second edition of "Creole Follies" revue - see 1923 09 01, 1924 09 06 and 1924 09 27...
      ..2011
      1924 11 19
      Wednesday
      .New York, N.Y.Hollywood CabaretClub residency with second edition of "Creole Follies" revue - see 1923 09 01, 1924 09 06 and 1924 09 27...
      ..2011
      1924 11 20
      Thursday
      .New York, N.Y.Hollywood CabaretClub residency with second edition of "Creole Follies" revue - see 1923 09 01, 1924 09 06 and 1924 09 27...
      ..2011
      1924 11 21
      Friday
      .New York, N.Y.Hollywood CabaretClub residency with second edition of "Creole Follies" revue - see 1923 09 01, 1924 09 06 and 1924 09 27...
      ..2011
      1924 11 22
      Saturday
      .New York, N.Y.Hollywood CabaretClub residency with second edition of "Creole Follies" revue - see 1923 09 01, 1924 09 06 and 1924 09 27...
      ..2011
      1924 11 23
      Sunday
      .New York, N.Y.Hollywood CabaretClub residency with second edition of "Creole Follies" revue - see 1923 09 01, 1924 09 06 and 1924 09 27...
      ..2011
      1924 11 24
      Monday
      1924 12 16
      Tuesday
      New York, N.Y.Hollywood CabaretClub residency with new revue, "'Stepping High' Creole Revue," produced by Eddie Green - see 1923 09 01, 1924 09 06 and 1924 09 27

      Steiner, Wild Throng Dances Madly in Cellar Club:

      The Telegram also indicated a 'new orchestra, and ads referred to the 'Hollywood Jazz Orchestra.' As Snowden later insisted to interviewers that he returned to the Washingtonians and recalled a fire, perhaps this was an indication of a Snowden return. Ellington, too, recalled a fire around Christmastime.

      ...
      ..2011
      updated
      2013-09-15
      1924 11 25
      Tuesday
      .New York, N.Y.Hollywood CabaretClub residency with "'Stepping High' Creole Revue" - see 1923 09 01, 1924 09 06 and 1924 11 24...
      ..2011
      1924 11 26
      Wednesday
      .New York, N.Y.Hollywood CabaretClub residency with "'Stepping High' Creole Revue" - see 1923 09 01, 1924 09 06 and 1924 11 24...
      ..2011
      1924 11 27
      Thursday
      .New York, N.Y.Hollywood CabaretClub residency with "'Stepping High' Creole Revue" - see 1923 09 01, 1924 09 06 and 1924 11 24...
      ..2011
      1924 11 28
      Friday
      .New York, N.Y.Hollywood CabaretClub residency with "'Stepping High' Creole Revue" - see 1923 09 01, 1924 09 06 and 1924 11 24...
      ..2011
      1924 11 29
      Saturday
      .New York, N.Y.Hollywood CabaretClub residency with "'Stepping High' Creole Revue" - see 1923 09 01, 1924 09 06 and 1924 11 24...
      ..2011
      1924 11 30
      Sunday
      .New York, N.Y.Hollywood CabaretClub residency with "'Stepping High' Creole Revue" - see 1923 09 01, 1924 09 06 and 1924 11 24...
      ..2011

      December 1924

      1924 12 01
      Monday
      .New York, N.Y.Hollywood CabaretClub residency with "'Stepping High' Creole Revue" - see 1923 09 01, 1924 09 06 and 1924 11 24...
      ..2011
      1924 12 02
      Tuesday
      .New York, N.Y.Hollywood CabaretClub residency with "'Stepping High' Creole Revue" - see 1923 09 01, 1924 09 06 and 1924 11 24...
      ..2011
      1924 12 03
      Wednesday
      .New York, N.Y.Hollywood CabaretClub residency with "'Stepping High' Creole Revue" - see 1923 09 01, 1924 09 06 and 1924 11 24...
      ..2011
      1924 12 04
      Thursday
      .New York, N.Y.Hollywood CabaretClub residency with "'Stepping High' Creole Revue" - see 1923 09 01, 1924 09 06 and 1924 11 24...
      ..2011
      1924 12 05
      Friday
      .New York, N.Y.Hollywood CabaretClub residency with "'Stepping High' Creole Revue" - see 1923 09 01, 1924 09 06 and 1924 11 24...
      ..2011
      1924 12 06
      Saturday
      .New York, N.Y.Hollywood CabaretClub residency with "'Stepping High' Creole Revue" - see 1923 09 01, 1924 09 06 and 1924 11 24...
      ..2011
      1924 12 07
      Sunday
      .New York, N.Y.Hollywood CabaretClub residency with "'Stepping High' Creole Revue" - see 1923 09 01, 1924 09 06 and 1924 11 24...
      ..2011
      1924 12 08
      Monday
      .New York, N.Y.Hollywood CabaretClub residency with "'Stepping High' Creole Revue" - see 1923 09 01, 1924 09 06 and 1924 11 24...
      ..2011
      1924 12 09
      Tuesday
      .New York, N.Y.Hollywood CabaretClub residency with "'Stepping High' Creole Revue" - see 1923 09 01, 1924 09 06 and 1924 11 24...
      ..2011
      1924 12 10
      Wednesday
      .New York, N.Y.Hollywood CabaretClub residency with "'Stepping High' Creole Revue" - see 1923 09 01, 1924 09 06 and 1924 11 24...
      ..2011
      1924 12 11
      Thursday
      .New York, N.Y.Hollywood CabaretClub residency with "'Stepping High' Creole Revue" - see 1923 09 01, 1924 09 06 and 1924 11 24...
      ..2011
      1924 12 12
      Friday
      .New York, N.Y.Hollywood CabaretClub residency with "'Stepping High' Creole Revue" - see 1923 09 01, 1924 09 06 and 1924 11 24...
      ..2011
      1924 12 13
      Saturday
      .New York, N.Y.Hollywood CabaretClub residency with "'Stepping High' Creole Revue" - see 1923 09 01, 1924 09 06 and 1924 11 24...
      ..2011
      1924 12 14
      Sunday
      .New York, N.Y.Hollywood CabaretClub residency with "'Stepping High' Creole Revue" - see 1923 09 01, 1924 09 06 and 1924 11 24...
      ..2011
      1924 12 15
      Monday
      New York, N.Y.Hollywood CabaretClub residency with "'Stepping High' Creole Revue" - see 1923 09 01, 1924 09 06 and 1924 11 24
      The Hollywood engagement was ended by a fire at 5 o'clock the next morning. The fire 'wrecked' the club and damaged stores in the building. Water from the firefighters' hoses poured into the subway; the Daily Star reported 2 feet of water delayed the Long Island city bound B.M.T. trains a short while, other papers reported there was no delay.

      This was the second fire at this location during Ellington's career there.

      The Ellington band is not known to have returned to this location until it reopened as Club Kentucky on Feb. 19, 1925
      • "Fire Record," New York Times, 1924-12-17,p.43
      • Daily Star, Queens Borough, New York, N.Y. 1924-12-16 p.4
      • New York Evening Post 1924-12-16, p.11
      • Watertown Daily Times, Watertown, N.Y. 1924-12-16
      • New York Telegraph and Evening Mail 1924-12-16, p.4 and 1924-12-20, p.5
      • New York Evening World 1924-12-16, p.4
      • Steven Lasker
        • book to The Duke Ellington Centennial Edition, RCA Victor CD box set 09026-63386-2, p.23
        • email, Lasker-Palmquist, 2018-08-16
      .DEMS
      .Steiner (DEMS 07,1-14)2011
      Updated
      2014-12-30
      2017-10-17
      2018-08-16
      1924 12 16
      Tuesday
      ...activities not documented

      Possibly working the Fox Theater chain, based on an announcement in the Portsmouth Herald, 1925-01-31, saying
      The following concert program is the same one recently featured by this orchestra as a headline vaudeville act all over the Fox circuit in New York state...
      ...
      ...
      1924 12 17
      Wednesday
      ...activities not documented

      Possibly playing the Fox theatre circuit - see 1924 12 16
      ...
      ...
      1924 12 18
      Thursday
      ...activities not documented

      Possibly playing the Fox theatre circuit - see 1924 12 16
      ...
      ...
      1924 12 19
      Friday
      ...activities not documented

      Possibly playing the Fox theatre circuit - see 1924 12 16
      ...
      ...
      1924 12 20
      Saturday
      ...activities not documented

      Possibly playing the Fox theatre circuit - see 1924 12 16
      ...
      ...
      1924 12 21
      Sunday
      ...activities not documented

      Possibly playing the Fox theatre circuit - see 1924 12 16
      ...
      ...
      1924 12 22
      Monday
      ...activities not documented

      Possibly playing the Fox theatre circuit - see 1924 12 16
      ...
      ...
      1924 12 23
      Tuesday
      ...activities not documented

      Possibly playing the Fox theatre circuit - see 1924 12 16
      ...
      ...
      1924 12 24
      Wednesday
      ...activities not documented

      Possibly playing the Fox theatre circuit - see 1924 12 16
      ...
      ...
      1924 12 25
      Thursday
      ...activities not documented

      Possibly playing the Fox theatre circuit - see 1924 12 16
      ...
      ...
      1924 12 26
      Friday
      ...activities not documented

      Possibly playing the Fox theatre circuit - see 1924 12 16
      ...
      ...
      1924 12 27
      Saturday
      ...activities not documented

      Possibly playing the Fox theatre circuit - see 1924 12 16
      ...
      ...
      1924 12 28
      Sunday
      ...activities not documented

      Possibly playing the Fox theatre circuit - see 1924 12 16
      ...
      ...
      1924 12 29
      Monday
      ...activities not documented

      Possibly playing the Fox theatre circuit - see 1924 12 16
      ...
      ...
      1924 12 30
      Tuesday
      ...activities not documented

      Possibly playing the Fox theatre circuit - see 1924 12 16
      ...
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      1924 12 31
      Wednesday
      ...activities not documented

      Possibly playing the Fox theatre circuit - see 1924 12 16
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      January 1925

      1925 00 00...
      Cambridge Companion says "Banjoist Freddie Guy replaces George Francis." in 1925. This appears to be incorrect. Steven Lasker identifies Cambridge Companion's source as Lawrence:

      Per AHLp408: "Mid-April 1925: The band returns to the Hollywood Club, now known as the Kentucky Club; banjoist Freddie Guy replaces George Francis."


      Ken Steiner:

      'The only mention of a “George Francis" is in an advertisement in the February 22, 1924 New York Clipper, in which Elmer Snowden is pictured. Ellington scholar Steven Lasker has done extensive research and has not been able to locate any other reference to George Francis, and believes that George Francis is either a phantom, or was not in the band very long. The June, 1924 issue of International Musician, the musicians' union journal, contiguously listed four new members of Local No.802, New York, NY: “Edward K. Ellington, Fred L. Guy, William Greer, and Charles Irvis." Guy identified the banjoist in the November 1924 recording of "Choo Choo" as himself.'

      • Cambridge Companion, p.xiv
      • Email, Lasker-Palmquist 2017-03-04
      ..
      .djpNew
      added
      2015-06-04
      2017-04-26
      c. 1925 01 00.New York, N.Y.Possibly recorded at
      Emerson Recording Laboratories
      206 Fifth Ave.
      Up-to-Date recording session (shown as Blu-Disc in some discographies)
      New Desor shows this as Nov 1924, Lasker has it as Dec. 1924 or Jan. 1925)
      Florence Bristol (vocal) with Duke Ellington and Otto Hardwick

      Recorded:
      • How Come You Do Me Like You Do?
      Steven Lasker, The Washingtonians: A Miscellany, p.28, referencing DEMS 04/3-56 pt.5New Desor
      DE2403
      NDCS 6000
      DEMS
      .djp2011
      updated
      2012-11-29
      2015-02-28
      1925 01 01
      Thursday
      ...activities not documented

      Possibly playing the Fox theatre circuit - see 1924 12 16
      ...
      ...
      1925 01 02
      Friday
      ...activities not documented

      Possibly playing the Fox theatre circuit - see 1924 12 16
      ...
      ...
      1925 01 03
      Saturday
      ...activities not documented

      Possibly playing the Fox theatre circuit - see 1924 12 16
      ...
      ...
      1925 01 04
      Sunday
      ...activities not documented

      Possibly playing the Fox theatre circuit - see 1924 12 16
      ...
      ...
      1925 01 05
      Monday
      ...activities not documented

      Possibly playing the Fox theatre circuit - see 1924 12 16
      ...
      ...
      1925 01 06
      Tuesday
      ...activities not documented

      Possibly playing the Fox theatre circuit - see 1924 12 16
      ...
      ...
      1925 01 07
      Wednesday
      ...activities not documented

      Possibly playing the Fox theatre circuit - see 1924 12 16
      ...
      ...
      1925 01 08
      Thursday
      ...activities not documented

      Possibly playing the Fox theatre circuit - see 1924 12 16
      ...
      ...
      1925 01 09
      Friday
      ...activities not documented

      Possibly playing the Fox theatre circuit - see 1924 12 16
      ...
      ...
      1925 01 10
      Saturday
      ...activities not documented

      Possibly playing the Fox theatre circuit - see 1924 12 16
      ...
      ...
      1925 01 11
      Sunday
      ...activities not documented

      Possibly playing the Fox theatre circuit - see 1924 12 16
      ...
      ...
      1925 01 12
      Monday
      ...activities not documented

      Possibly playing the Fox theatre circuit - see 1924 12 16
      ...
      ...
      1925 01 13
      Tuesday
      ...activities not documented

      Possibly playing the Fox theatre circuit - see 1924 12 16
      ...
      ...
      1925 01 14
      Wednesday
      ...activities not documented

      Possibly playing the Fox theatre circuit - see 1924 12 16
      ...
      ...
      1925 01 15
      Thursday
      ...activities not documented

      Possibly playing the Fox theatre circuit - see 1924 12 16
      ...
      ...
      1925 01 16
      Friday
      ...activities not documented

      Possibly playing the Fox theatre circuit - see 1924 12 16
      ...
      ...
      1925 01 17
      Saturday
      ...activities not documented

      Possibly playing the Fox theatre circuit - see 1924 12 16
      ...
      ...
      1925 01 18
      Sunday
      ...activities not documented

      Possibly playing the Fox theatre circuit - see 1924 12 16
      ...
      ...
      1925 01 19
      Monday
      ...activities not documented

      Possibly playing the Fox theatre circuit - see 1924 12 16
      ...
      ...
      1925 01 20
      Tuesday
      ...activities not documented

      Possibly playing the Fox theatre circuit - see 1924 12 16
      ...
      ...
      1925 01 21
      Wednesday
      ...activities not documented

      Possibly playing the Fox theatre circuit - see 1924 12 16
      ...
      ...
      1925 01 22
      Thursday
      ...activities not documented

      Possibly playing the Fox theatre circuit - see 1924 12 16
      ...
      ...
      1925 01 23
      Friday
      ...activities not documented

      Possibly playing the Fox theatre circuit - see 1924 12 16
      ...
      ...
      1925 01 24
      Saturday
      .Salem, Mass.College InnPossibly a concert followed by a dance, as on 1925 02 03Ad, Salem Evening News 1924-01-24..
      .Steiner, email 2013-09-17New
      added 2013-09-17
      1925 01 25
      Sunday
      ...activity not documented

      Possibly playing the Fox theatre circuit - see 1924 12 16
      ...
      ...
      1925 01 26
      Monday
      .Lynn, Mass.Odd Fellows' HallPossibly a concert followed by a dance, as on 1925 02 03
      (Some itineraries show the band in Haverhill this date, but the Jan. 26 edition of the Haverhill paper said it would appear there on Jan. 28.)
      Ad, Lynn Telegram News 1925-01-26..
      .Steiner, Wild Throng Dances Madly in Cellar Club, and email 2013-09-172011
      updated
      2013-09-18
      1925 01 27
      Tuesday
      ...activity not documented
      ...
      .djp.
      1925 01 28
      Wednesday
      .Haverhill, Mass.City HallPossibly a concert followed by a dance, as on 1925 02 03
      • M. Tucker, Early Years, p.185 citing Haverhill Evening Gazette
      • Ad, Haverhill Evening Gazette, 1925-01-28
      .DEMS
      .2011
      updated
      2013-09-18
      1925 01 29
      Thursday
      .Cambridge, Mass.Elk's BallroomPossibly a concert followed by a dance, as on 1925 02 03Ads,Boston Post
      • 1925-01-28
      • 1925-01-29 p.18
      .DEMS
      .Steiner (DEMS 07,1-14)Added
      2011
      1925 01 30
      Friday
      .Marblehead, Mass.Abbot HallPossibly a concert followed by a dance, as on 1925 02 03Review, Marblehead Messenger, 1925-02-06..
      .Steiner email 2013-09-17 New
      added 2013-09-17
      1925 01 31
      Saturday
      .Salem, Mass.College InnOne-nighterEmail, Steiner-Palmquist 2018-08-22 citing Salem Evening News, Jan. 31, 1925..
      .ksNew
      added
      2018-08-23

      February 1925

      1925 02 00... Peripheral event
      In February 1925, Columbia began recording with the new electric recording process licensed from Western Electric. Wikipedia suggests the new "Viva-tonal" records set a benchmark in tone and clarity unequalled on commercial discs during the "78-rpm" era, but one record collector tells me that is preposterous, and I tend to think he's right. The 78-rpm era extended into the 1950s,
      Wikipedia..
      .SL email 2014-08-15
      djp
      New
      added 2014-04-16
      updated 2014-08-17
      1925 02 01
      Sunday
      ...activities not documented...
      ...
      1925 02 02
      Monday
      ... Peripheral event
      The Club Kentucky was legally incorporated.
      New York Times, 1925-02-03 p.35..
      ..New
      added 2013-09-16
      1925 02 02
      Monday
      .Lynn, Mass.Odd Fellow's HallPossibly a concert followed by a dance, as on 1925 02 03Ad, Boston Post, 1929-01-25 p.18.DEMS
      .Added
      2011
      1925 02 03
      Tuesday
      .Portsmouth, N.H.Freeman's HallWashingtonian Orchestra
      Concert 8-8:45 pm, then a dance.
      On Jan.25, the Portsmouth Herald announced a concert from 8:00 to 8:45pm, followed by a dance

      Those who arrived early received a copy of the record: free phonograph records will be given out early in the evening.
      Concert programme:
      The following concert program is the same one recently featured by this orchestra as a headline vaudeville act all over the Fox Circuit in New York state
      • Choo-Choo
      • Ghost of the Blues
      • Non Sense at All
      • What Became of Sally
      • Tea for Two
      • Raggerty Ann
      • St. Louis Blues
      • Sam
      • Everybody Loves my Baby (sung by whole orchestra)

      "The concert was different from that usually rendered by dance orchestras and greatly pleased the crowd which packed the gallery, while the dance music was of the sort that brought the dancers onto the floor at the first strain of the music, eager to enjoy every bit of each number."

      • Boston Post, Ad, 1929-01-25 p.18
      • Portsmouth Herald
        • Ad 1925-01-28
        • Preview 1925-01-25 p.8
        • 1925-01-31 p.8
        • "Dancers To-Nite," 1925-02-03 p.10
        • Review, "Dancers Pleased with Orchestra," 1925-02-04, p.9
      .DEMS
      .Steiner (DEMS 07,1-14)
      Agust¡n Perez Gasco Apr 2011
      djp 2012-07-27
      2011
      updated
      2012-07-27
      2013-09-16
      2017-10-17
      1925 02 04
      Wednesday
      .Fall River, Mass.CasinoPossibly a concert followed by a dance, as on 1925 02 03

      Note Variety of this date says Duke Ellington and his Washingtonians are at City Hall, Haverhill, Mass., taking the place of Mal Hallett and his orchestra
      • Boston Post ad 1929-01-25 p.18
      • Variety 1925-02-04 p.37
      .DEMS
      .djp + KS(DEMS 07,1-14)2011
      updated
      2014-05-12
      1925 02 05
      Thursday
      .Taunton, Mass.RoselandPossibly a concert followed by a dance, as on 1925 02 03Boston Post ad 1929-01-25 p.18.DEMS
      .Added
      2011
      1925 02 06
      Friday
      .Haverhill, Mass.City HallPossibly a concert followed by a dance, as on 1925 02 03
      Variety reported Ellington was replacing Mal Hallett and His Orchestra this night
      A 1925-02-05 Haverhill Evening Gazette article (also cited by Tucker) and a brief 1925-02-04 article in Variety may suggest other dates in Haverhill, or simply refer to the Feb. 6 engagement. At some point the Washingtonians headed back to New York to prepare for a new show.
      • Boston Post ad 1929-01-25 p.18
      • Variety 1925-02-04, p.37
      .DEMS
      .Steiner (DEMS 07,1-14);djp2011
      updated
      2013-08-31
      1925 02 07
      Saturday
      .Boston, Mass.Music BoxPossibly a concert followed by a dance, as on 1925 02 03Boston Post ad 1929-01-25 p.18.DEMS
      .Added
      2011
      1925 02 08
      Sunday
      ...activities not documented...
      ...
      1925 02 09
      Monday
      ...activities not documented...
      ...
      1925 02 10
      Tuesday
      ...activities not documented...
      ...
      1925 02 11
      Wednesday
      ...activities not documented...
      ...
      1925 02 12
      Thursday
      ...activities not documented...
      ...
      1925 02 13
      Friday
      ...activities not documented...
      ...
      1925 02 14
      Saturday
      Valentine's Day
      ...activities not documented...
      ...
      1925 02 15
      Sunday
      ...activities not documented...
      ...
      1925 02 16
      Monday
      ...activities not documented...
      ...
      1925 02 17
      Tuesday
      ...activities not documented...
      ...
      1925 02 18
      Wednesday
      ...activities not documented...
      ...
      1925 02 19.New York, N.Y.Club Kentucky
      203 West 49th St.
      near Broadway
      The Hollywood reopened as Club Kentucky.
      An ad on Feb 18 announced "Kentucky Nights" revue twice nightly, with dancing to the Washingtonians Club Kentucky Orchestra

      Under "Hotels," the Morning Telegraph reported the club was packed on the opening night and over Washington's Birthday.

      A story in the Feb 22 Morning Telegraph referred to "Stepping High, Creole Revue," but the March 1 edition called it "Kentucky Nites."
      Steiner, Wild Throng Dances Madly in Cellar Club, p.5, citing Morning Telegraph
      -1925-02-18
      -1925-02-19, p.21
      -1925-02-25
      -1925-03-01
      -1925-03-08
      Pittsburgh Courier, 1925-05-25, p9s2
      .DEMS
      .Steiner2011
      updated
      2013-08-31
      1925 02 20
      Friday
      .New York, N.Y.Club KentuckyNightclub residency with revue - see 1925 02 19...
      .. 2011
      1925 02 21
      Saturday
      .New York, N.Y.Club KentuckyNightclub residency with revue - see 1925 02 19
      Midnight radio remote over WFBH
      ...
      ..2011
      1925 02 22
      Sunday
      .New York, N.Y.Club KentuckyNightclub residency with revue - see 1925 02 19...
      .. 2011
      1925 02 23
      Monday
      .New York, N.Y.Club KentuckyNightclub residency with revue - see 1925 02 19...
      .. 2011
      1925 02 24
      Tuesday
      .New York, N.Y.Club KentuckyNightclub residency with revue - see 1925 02 19...
      .. 2011
      1925 02 25
      Wednesday
      .New York, N.Y.Club KentuckyNightclub residency with revue - see 1925 02 19...
      .. 2011
      1925 02 26
      Thursday
      .New York, N.Y.Club KentuckyNightclub residency with revue - see 1925 02 19

      Possible first remote broadcast from the club - Steiner, Wild Throng Dances Madly in Cellar Club, p.22, suggests there was a broadcast on WFBH each Thursday and Saturday night at 1:30 or 12:00 midnight.
      ...
      ..2011
      1925 02 27
      Friday
      .New York, N.Y.Club KentuckyNightclub residency with revue - see 1925 02 19...
      .. 2011
      1925 02 28
      Saturday
      .New York, N.Y.Club KentuckyNightclub residency with revue - see 1925 02 19

      Scheduled late night broadcast, WFBH - see 1925 02 26
      ...
      ..2011

      March 1925

      1925 03 001925 05 00New York, N.Y.Bryant Hall
      725-727 Sixth Ave.
      (between 41st and 42nd Sts.)
      In March 1925, a European or Russian impresario visited New York agent / producer Arthur Lyons to propose organizing a show to bring a "spicier" type of jazz to Germany than had been played there by Paul Whiteman's orchestra.

      The impresario's name is variously given as
      • Dr. Leonidow [per Tucker, Williams and Variety 1926-01-20 p.44]
      • Dr. Leonidas [per Variety 1926-05-19 p.26]
      • E.R.Leonigoff [per Variety 1926-06-17 p.40]
      • Dr. Leonidoff [per Variety 1925-07-01 pp.2,9 and 1925-08-19 p.3]
      Steven Lasker:

      ''In the spring of 1925, publisher Jack Robbins commissioned Ellington and Jo. Trent to write songs for "Chocolate Kiddies," a revue conceived, cast and rehearsed in New York but staged in Europe. Sam Wooding and His Orchestra were hired to provide music. One of Wooding's reed players, Garvin Bushell, later recalled to Mark Tucker (who collaborated with Bushell on his "as told to" autobiography "Jazz from the Beginning") that "we rehearsed for a few weeks in New York" ("Jazz from the Beginning," page 54) and that other than writing songs for the show, Ellington "had little direct involvement [...] he simply attended one or two rehearsals" ("Ellington, the Early Years," page 121). The duration of rehearsals was confirmed by Floyd Snelson (Pittsburgh Courier, 1925 05 16, page 10): "'The Chocolate Kiddies' [....] has been in rehearsal several weeks at Bryant Hall."'

      Björn Englund, in Storyville 62:

      'Chocolate Kiddies created something of a sensation in Europe and Russia. This musical (which was never performed in the U.S.) is important for a number of reasons: It introduced Duke Ellington's music, although his name meant nothing to Europeans at that time, of course; it gave Europe its first glimpse of what a real jazz band sounded like (as opposed to the "symphonic" sounds of the Will Marion Cook and Paul Whiteman orchestras, who had toured the Continent in 1919 and 1923 respectively); and finally it created a demand for Negro shows which led directly to the arrival of the equally famous Revue Negre in Paris later that same year...'


      • A farewell party for the company was held May 5 and it embarked for Europe the next day (see 1925 05 05 below)
      • The Amsterdam News 1925-05-06 p.6 reported 43 cast and band members left for Europe May 6 aboard the White Star liner S.S. Arabic. Floyd G. Snelson, however, reported in The Pittsburgh Courier 1925-05-16 p.10 that the entire show had 36 personnel but since some took wives and families, 52 people sailed.
      • The show would play in most of the European capitals and in Russia.
      • The 11-piece orchestra was led by Sam Wooding, and principals included Adelaide Hall, who would later record with Ellington, and Lottie Gee.
      • Miss Gee initially quit the show before it left for Europe, but she changed her mind and caught a later ship. She didn't last long, though, leaving the show for good after its first week in Hamburg, at the end of July or in early August 1925.
      • Adelaide Hall returned to the United States sometime in 1926, apparently before the revue went to Russia.
      • Various reports in the American press indicated the show soon ran into difficulties, ranging from overdue salaries initially and a lack of accommodation, to racism in Germany. By August, salaries were cut.
      • While Williams seems to report the show wasn't named before reaching Germany, it was already referred to by name in the media before leaving the U.S.A.
      • The Pittsburgh Courier 1926-04-10 p.10 reported the show opened for 12 weeks in Russia with what appears to be a much smaller complement, Wooding's orchestra, cast members Greenlee and Drayton, Bobby and Babe Jones, George Stetson, Lottie Gee and George Robison and a chorus of 12.
      • Variety 1926-05-05 p.49 reported Wooding's orchestra was no longer with Chocolate Kiddies; it apparently had to fulfil other commitments in France, but its absence seems to have been temporary.
      • Variety 1926-05-19 p.26 said Dr. Leondidas [sic] sailed back to Europe [from the U.S.A.], having recruited new talent for a second edition of the show.
      • The New York Age 1926-07-31 p.6 reported the revue was stranded in Danzig, with Greenlee and Drayton playing in London while the managers were putting on a new review in Berlin. This is consistent with Björn Englund's Storyville article which has the show breaking up in Danzig after its tour of Russia, which ended in May 1926. These are consistent with Lasker's chronology which has Danzig from June 4 to 11, 1926.
      • Variety 1927-08-24 p.54 reported Wooding and his orchestra returned to the United States in August 1927 after three months in Argentina. Since Williams says the show performed in South America, it seems likely the show ended that month, although Englund says it broke up the previous year in Danzig.
      • Williams concludes the show was profitable, made the producers millionaires and produced hefty royalties for Ellington.
      Further research is beyond the scope of this webpage, since Ellington was not involved in the tour.
      • Steven Lasker, The Washingtonians, A Miscellany, privately published, Appendix B: Chocolate Kiddies, p.86 et subs, citing
      • M. Tucker, Early Years, p.120, p.297 n.3-11
      • Iain Cameron Williams, Underneath a Harlem Moon, The Harlem to ParisYears of Adelaide Hall, Continuum, London and New York, 2002, pp.73-87
      • John Franceschina, Duke Ellington's Music for the Theatre, McFarland & Company, February 2001, pp. 11-15
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      .Haverhill, Mass..Tucker mistakenly says Variety reported the band playing this date in Haverhill. I was only able to find a running ad in the March 4 edition, in the Bands and Orchestra list "for Next Week March 9) on p.4, saying Ellington, Duke, City Hall, Haverhill, Mass.M. Tucker, Early Years, n.11, p.300..
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      1925 03 00.New York, N.Y.Lincoln Theatre
      58 W.135th St.

      NOW PLAYING
      An All Star Bill Of
      Headline Features
      Miss Gertrude
      Saunders
      Duke Ellington
      And The Evelglades Orchestra
      Brown & McGraw
      Fast Steppers
      Wilson Giles and
      Their Midget
      Presented Exclusively at the LINCOLN THEATRE


      Still working nightly at the Kentucky Club, Duke Ellington and the Everglades Orchestra appeared in a vaudeville show with 5 other acts.
      This may not have been a continuing engagement - Ellington is named in the ad in the New York Age on March 7, but he is not mentioned in the Lincoln ads in the February 21 or 28, nor the March 14, 21 or 28, editions.

      These do refer to vaudeville, but don't name the acts:
      • April 4, 11, 18, 25
      • May 2, 9, 23, 28
      • June 6, 13, 20, 27
      • July 4, 11, 18, 25
      • August 1, 8, 15, 22, 29
      • September 5, 12 19 26
      • October 3, 10, 17, (24 not seen), 31
      • November 7, 14, 21, 28
      • December 3, 19 or 26.
      'Duke Ellington's Washingtons Orchestra' is advertised in the May 16 ad and 'Duke Ellington's Washingtonians The Famous Club Kentucky Band' is advertised in the December 12 edition.
      Ads,
      • New York Amsterdam News, 1925-03-04 p.6
      • New York Age
        • 1925-03-07, p.6
        • 1925-05-16, p.6
        • 1925-12-12, p6
      .
      M. Tucker, Early Years, p.111Steiner, Wild Throng Dances Madly in Cellar Club & djp2011
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      .Haverhill, Mass.City HallTucker mistakenly says Variety reported the band playing this date in Haverhill. I was only able to find a running ad in the March 4 edition, in the Bands and Orchestra list "for Next Week (March 16)" on p.46, saying Ellington, Duke, City Hall, Haverhill, Mass., which is not evidence of a performance.
      • M. Tucker, Early Years, note 11, p.300
      • Variety 1925-03-11 p.46
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      .New York, N.Y.Club Kentucky(all-white revue!)
      Nightclub residency with revue - see 1925 02 19
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      Scheduled late night broadcast, WFBH - see 1925 02 26
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      In 1928, The New York Evening Post reported three people were jailed for violating an injunction not to move bar fixtures out of padlocked clubs. The report said "Andrews, according to the Federal record, was connected with the Club Kentucky, padlocked March 25, 1925..."

      This is incorrect; the Club was served notice of an injunction in December 1925, but wasn't padlocked until March 1926.
      New York Evening Post, 1928-09-18..
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      Scheduled late night broadcast, WFBH - see 1925 02 26
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      .Kansas City, Mo..Birth of Harold Kenneth Ashby. He played saxophone and clarinet at an early age and was a protégé of Ben Webster, also from K.C.. He graduated from Lincoln Junior College in 1942 and was in the U.S. Navy from 1943-1945, returning to KC until moving to Chicago in the 1950s. In 1957 he moved to New York to work with, among others, Mercer Ellington. In 1968, Ashby became a permanent member of Ellington band and small groups. He died in New York on June 13, 2003...
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      Abel Green's review:

      ' Club Kentucky
      New York, March 28
        Probably the "hottest" band this side of the equator is the dance feature at this basement cabaret, formerly the Hollywood. It is Duke Ellington's Washingtonians, a colored combo, that plays "blues" as nobody can. The jazz boys who drop in at the place, which runs well into the morning and past dawn, take much delight in sitting around and drinking in their indigo modulations. Similarly, the patrons are just as apt to sit it out for quite a spell in addition as not.
        The show itself is headed by Bert Lewis, who sings rag numbers in telling style and clowns all over the place to his and the mob's delight. With him are the Crane Sisters, harmony songsters; Jessie Alcova, rag vocalist; Myrtle Bonnie, prima, and Doris Jackson, "Charleston" specialist. Doris is the sister and image of Bee Jackson at the Club Richman, and it's a toss up between the two as to their "Charleston" proficiency.
        The informality of the place and the free-for-all funning is the feature of the works. Lewis carries the idea through with a vengence.'

      Variety
      1925-04-01 p.44
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      Scheduled late night broadcast, WFBH - see 1925 02 26
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      April 1925

      1925 04 00...PERSONNEL CHANGE
      Jas. R. ("Prince") Robinson, clarinet and tenor sax, born 1902, joins the band.
      New Desor vol.2..
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      "Everybodys [sic] Records recording session"
      Bert Lewis with Piano Accompaniment


      Titles recorded:
      • Don't Bring Lulu
      • It's Time to Keep Away From You
      Steven Lasker:

      'A "comedy" vocal record by "Bert Lewis, the Southern Syncopator with piano accompaniment," recorded acoustically and released in 1925 on the obscure Everybodys label, just may be a Duke Ellington item that's gone undetected by jazz collectors, discographers and reissue compilers ever since...It was recorded in the spring of 1925 when ...Lewis and ...Ellington were both appearing nightly at the Club Kentucky. ... circumstantial evidence indicates Everybodys 1047 was recorded by Lewis in the spring of 1925, probably in April or May, at a time when he was billed as "the Southern Syncopator" and working with only one pianist I'm aware of: Duke Ellington.'

      See Steven's full writeup, including images of the two record labels and two audio files on the VJM Vintage Jazz Mart webpage.
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      .Haverhill, Mass.City HallTucker mistakenly says Variety reported the band playing this date in Haverhill. I was only able to find running ads in the Variety edition for this date:
      • p.44 Bands and Orchestras list "Next Week (April 13)":

        Ellington, Duke, City Hall, Haverhill, Mass.

      • p.45:

        WASHINGTONIANS
        Club Kentucky
        Broadway and 49th Street, N.Y.
        Playing Keith-Albee Theatres
        "DUKE" ELLINGTON, Director

      These running advertisements are not evidence of specific appearances.
      M. Tucker, Early Years, n.11, p.300..
      .
      • S. Lasker, The Washingtonians, A Miscellany, p.32
      • Variety 1925-04-08 p.45
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      Variety 1925-04-08 p.45 lists the Washingtonians at Club Kentucky, with "Duke Ellington director" and "Playing Keith-Albee Theatres."
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      Variety, Leading Orchestras ad column p.40 carried this advertisement:

      WASHINGTONIANS
      Club Kentucky
      Broadway and 49th Street, N.Y.
      Playing Keith-Albee Theatres
      "DUKE" ELLINGTON, Director.

      This is a running ad rather than evidence of a specific appearance
      Variety, 1925-04-15, p.40, ..
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      Variety 1925 04 21 p.37 lists the Washingtonians at Club Kentucky, with "Duke Ellington director" and "Playing Keith-Albee Theatres."
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      Tuesday
      .New York, N.Y.Lafayette Theatre,
      132nd St. & 7th Ave.
      Harlem
      "Monster Midnight Show"

      Acts included Ethel Waters, Shelton Brooks & Ollie Powers, Three Eddies, Arthur Bryson, Danny Small, Southern Four, Gertrude Saunders and Her Washingtonians, Eddie & Grace Rector, Classy Creole Kids, George Stamper, 3 Harmony Queens, Ethel Williams, Julia Rector, Marie Lucas
      Presumably the Washingtonians fitted this in before or after the Club Kentucky job
      Lasker, The Washingtonians: A Miscellany, p.31 quoting an ad in New York Amserdam News 1925-04-08 p.6 and 1925-04-15..
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      Wednesday
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      Variety, Leading Orchestras ad, p.37:

      WASHINGTONIANS
      Club Kentucky
      Broadway and 49th Street, N.Y.
      Playing Keith-Albee Theatres
      "DUKE" ELLINGTON, Director.

      This is a running ad rather than evidence of a specific appearance.
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      Ellington's birthday
      .Haverhill, Mass..Nightclub residency with revue - see 1925 02 19
      Tucker mistakenly says Variety reported the band playing this date in Haverhill. I was only able to find running ads in Variety for this date:
      • p.40 Bands and Orchestras list "Next Week (May 4)":

        Ellington, Duke, City Hall, Haverhill, Mass.

      • p.41, Leading Orchestras:

        WASHINGTONIANS
        Club Kentucky
        Broadway and 49th Street, N.Y.
        "DUKE" ELLINGTON, Director
        OTTO HARDWICK, Sax.
        JAS. R. ROBINSON, Sax
        "BUBBS" MILEY, Trumpet
        CHARLIE IRVIS, Trombone
        FRED GUY, Banjo
        SAMMY GREER,Drums

      Running advertisements are not evidence specific appearances.
      • M. Tucker, Early Years, n.11, p.300
      • Variety 1925-04-29 p.40
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      Despite showing the band in Haverhill on page 40, on page 41 Variety showed the Washingtonians at the Club Kentucky and named the personnel as Ellington, Hardwick, Jas. R. Robinson, Miley, Irvis, Guy and Greer
      Variety 11925-04-29 p.41.
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      .New York, N.Y.Bamville Club
      65 W.129th St.
      Farewell party for the cast of Chocolate Kiddies, who were leaving the next day for Europe. It isn't certain whether or not Ellington attended the party - he composed music for the show, but the Washingtonians may not have had free time from the Club Kentucky.

      Many well known entertainers attended and/or performed, among them Fletcher Henderson, Billie Caine, Florence Mills and Ivie Anderson. Miss Anderson worked at the Cotton Club at the time.
      Franceschina says a European impresario named Leonidow wanted to produce a revue like From Dover Street to Dixie, so he approached that show's producer Arthur S. Lyons and publisher Jack Robbins. Robbins hired Ellington and Jo Trent partly for financial reasons.

      Ellington tells the story:

      One day Joe [sic] Trent came running up to me on Broadway. He had a big proposition and there was urgency in his voice.
      "Tonight we've got to write a show," he said. "Tonight!"
      Being dumb, and not knowing any better, I sat down that evening and wrote a show. ...The next day we played and demonstrated our show for Jack Robbins, who liked it and said he would take it.

      Tucker says Ellington probably wrote four: "With You," "Love Is A Wish For You," "Jim Dandy," and "Jig Walk." "Deacon Jazz" (recorded in 1924) was used as well. He suggests Ellington wrote the four songs in late March or early April, since the show went into rehearsal at the end of April, and he says Ellington only attended one or two rehearsals. The show played Europe for about two years, and by April 1926 was in the Soviet Union. In Leningrad, the revue failed to show up to perform at the House of Arts. The audience came for an 11 p.m. after-theatre performance, and it wasn't until 3 a.m. they were sent home because the company hadn't shown up to perform. Meanwhile, the performers, thinking they had been invited to a banquet, waited in the dining hall of the House of Arts until 3 a.m. before leaving.
      • John Franceschina, Duke Ellington's Music for the Theatre, pp.11-15
      • M. Tucker, Early Years, pp.120-135 & 297
      • Chocolate Kids Miss Meal; Red Audience Disappointed, Universal wirestory datelined Leningrad, Idaho Statesman, Boise, Idaho, 1926-07-14 p.5
      • Steven Lasker, The Washingtonians, A Miscellany, privately published, Appendix B: Chocolate Kiddies, p.86 et subs.
      • Emails Lasker-Palmquist
        • 2014-08-18
        • 2014-10-22
        • 2014-12-26
        • 2016-02-21
      .DEMS
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      Running ad: Variety, Leading Orchestras:

      WASHINGTONIANS
      Club Kentucky
      Broadway and 49th Street, N.Y.
      "DUKE" ELLINGTON, Director
      OTTO HARDWICK, Sax.
      JAS. R. ROBINSON, Sax
      "BUB" MILEY, Trumpet
      CHARLIE IRVIS, Trombone
      FRED GUY, Banjo
      "SONNY" GREER,Drums

      Running ads are not evidence of specific appearances.
      • M. Tucker, Early Years, n.11, p.300
      • Variety 1925-05-06 p.50
      ..
      .Lasker, The Washingtonians, A Miscellany, p32New
      added
      2014-03-30
      updated
      2018-01-14
      1925 05 07
      Thursday
      .New York, N.Y.Club KentuckyNightclub residency with revue - see 1925 02 19

      Scheduled late night broadcast, WFBH - see 1925 02 26
      ...
      ..2011
      1925 05 08
      Friday
      .New York, N.Y.Club KentuckyNightclub residency with revue - see 1925 02 19...
      ..2011
      1925 05 09
      Saturday
      .New York, N.Y.Club KentuckyNightclub residency with revue - see 1925 02 19

      Scheduled late night broadcast, WFBH - see 1925 02 26
      ...
      ..2011
      1925 05 10
      Sunday
      .New York, N.Y.Club KentuckyNightclub residency with revue - see 1925 02 19...
      ..2011
      1925 05 11
      Monday
      .New York, N.Y.Club KentuckyNightclub residency with revue - see 1925 02 19...
      ..2011
      1925 05 12
      Tuesday
      .New York, N.Y.Club KentuckyNightclub residency with revue - see 1925 02 19...
      ..2011
      1925 05 13
      Wednesday
      .New York, N.Y.Lincoln Theatre,
      58 W.135th St.
      "Greatest Entertainment In N.Y."
      The band appeared as Duke Ellington's Washington Orchestra.
      Variety, May 13 1925 p.40, Leading Orchestras:

      WASHINGTONIANS
      Club Kentucky
      Broadway and 49th Street, N.Y.
      "DUKE" ELLINGTON, Director
      OTTO HARDWICK, Sax.
      JAS. R. ROBINSON, Sax
      "BUB" MILEY, Trumpet
      CHARLIE IRVIS, Trombone
      FRED GUY, Banjo
      "SONNY" GREER, Drums

      • Variety, 1925-05-13 p.40
      • M. Tucker, Early Years, p.111
      • Lasker, The Washingtonians: A Miscellany, p.32 citing ads in
        • New York Amserdam News 1925-05-13 p.6
        • New York Age 1925-05-16 p.6
      ..
      .Steiner, Wild Throng Dances Madly in Cellar Club & djpupdated
      2011-12-28
      2013-09-02
      2014-03-31
      1925 05 14
      Thursday
      .New York, N.Y.Club KentuckyNightclub residency with revue - see 1925 02 19

      Scheduled late night broadcast, WFBH - see 1925 02 26
      ...
      ..2011
      1925 05 14
      Thursday
      .New York, N.Y.Gennett recording studios
      9 East 37th St.
      Peripheral event
      Gennett recording session
      The Hotsy Totsy Boys
      Irving Mills, vocal and kazoo; Jimmie McHugh, piano

      Titles recorded:
      • Everything Is Hotsy Totsy Now
      • Charleston Charlie

      Steven Lasker advised Jerry Valburn and Mark Tucker believed Ellington played piano in an Irving Mills recording session for Gennett on June 8.

      Mr. Lasker reviewed the Gennett files. In DEMS 05/1, he dates the session 1925 05 14, but says the files don't name the pianist. In his email 2015-02-27, he says:

      'It is wrong to show this as a Blu-Disc recording session. It had nothing to do with Blu-Disc in 1925. Jerry Valburn revived the label in 1979 absent authority from the original owner(s) [probably Jo. Trent] and issued "Everything is Hotsy-Totsy Now" on a 12" LP on his Blu-Disc label. So the recording had nothing to do with the original Blu-Disc label in 1925 or 1979.

      As for who the pianist might be, Lucille Meyers of Jimmy McHugh Music, who worked for McHugh the last twenty years of his life, told me on 10 March 1994 that McHugh had been a very competent pianist. When I played Everything Is Hotsy Totsy Now for her [over the telephone], she "swore" it had to be McHugh. Musicologist Larry Gushee is of the opinion that the pianist isn't Ellington; Mark Tucker believed it is.'

      (Jimmy McHugh appeared with Mills in Chicago the previous month to demonstrate songs.)
      .DEMS
      ..2011
      updated
      2013-11-29
      2015-02-28
      2016-03-25
      1925 05 15
      Friday
      .New York, N.Y.Club KentuckyNightclub residency with revue - see 1925 02 19...
      ..2011
      1925 05 16
      Saturday
      ...Club Kentucky - see 1925 02 19

      Scheduled late night broadcast, WFBH - see 1925 02 26
      ...
      ..2011
      1925 05 17
      Sunday
      .New York, N.Y.Club KentuckyNightclub residency with revue - see 1925 02 19...
      ..2011
      1925 05 18
      Monday
      .New York, N.Y.Club KentuckyNightclub residency with revue - see 1925 02 19...
      ..2011
      1925 05 19
      Tuesday
      .New York, N.Y.Club KentuckyNightclub residency with revue - see 1925 02 19...
      ..2011
      1925 05 20
      Wednesday
      .New York, N.Y.Club KentuckyNightclub residency with revue - see 1925 02 19

      Variety, p.50, Leading Orchestras:

      WASHINGTONIANS
      Club Kentucky
      Broadway and 49th Street, N.Y.
      "DUKE" ELLINGTON, Director

      Variety 1925-05-20..
      .djpNew
      added
      2014-03-30
      updated
      2018-01-14
      1925 05 21
      Thursday
      .New York, N.Y.Club KentuckyNightclub residency with revue - see 1925 02 19

      Scheduled late night broadcast, WFBH - see 1925 02 26
      ...
      ..2011
      1925 05 22
      Friday
      .New York, N.Y.Club KentuckyNightclub residency with revue - see 1925 02 19...
      ..2011
      1925 05 23
      Saturday
      ...Club Kentucky - see 1925 02 19

      Scheduled late night broadcast, WFBH - see 1925 02 26
      Floyd G. Snelson:

      The Washingtonian Orchestra now at the Club Kentucky (formerly Hollywood) are a great success. "Duke" Ellington, director,; Otto Hardwick, sax; Jas. R. Robinson, sax; Bub Miley, trumpet; Charlie Irvis, trombone; Fred Guy, banjo, and "Sonny" Greer, drums, are the crack musicians.

      Snelson, Theatrical Comment, Pittsburgh Courier 1925-05-23 s.2.p.9..
      ..2011 updated 2014-04-01
      1925 05 24
      Sunday
      .New York, N.Y.Club KentuckyNightclub residency with revue - see 1925 02 19...
      ..2011
      1925 05 25
      Monday
      .New York, N.Y.Club KentuckyNightclub residency with revue - see 1925 02 19...
      ..2011
      1925 05 26
      Tuesday
      .New York, N.Y.Club KentuckyNightclub residency with revue - see 1925 02 19
      Variety's Leading Orchestras shows the Washigntonians at Club Kentucky and lists personnel as "Duke" Ellington, Director, Otto Hardwick, Sax, Jas. R. Robinson, Sax., Bub Miley, Trumpet Charlie Irvis, Trombone Fred Guy, Banjo "Sonny" Greer, Drums
      ...
      ..2011
      1925 05 27
      Wednesday
      .New York, N.Y.Club KentuckyNightclub residency with revue - see 1925 02 19...
      ..2011
      1925 05 27
      Wednesday
      .Haverhill, Mass..M. Tucker, Early Years, mistakenly says Variety reported the band playing this date in Haverhill. I was only able to find a running ad in Variety for this date:
      p.46 BANDS AND ORCHESTRAS list "NEXT WEEK (June 1)":

      Ellington, Duke, City Hall, Haverhill, Mass.

      A running ad is not evidence of a specific gig.
      M. Tucker, Early Years, n.11, p.300..
      .Lasker, The Washingtonians, A Miscellany, p32New
      added 2014-03-30
      1925 05 28
      Thursday
      .New York, N.Y.Club KentuckyNightclub residency with revue - see 1925 02 19

      Scheduled late night broadcast, WFBH - see 1925 02 26
      ...
      ..2011
      1925 05 29
      Friday
      .New York, N.Y.Club KentuckyNightclub residency with revue - see 1925 02 19...
      ..2011
      1925 05 30
      Saturday
      .New York, N.Y.Club KentuckyNightclub residency with revue - see 1925 02 19

      Scheduled late night broadcast, WFBH - see 1925 02 26
      ...
      ..2011
      1925 05 31
      Sunday
      .New York, N.Y.Club KentuckyNightclub residency with revue - see 1925 02 19...
      ..2011
      1925 05 00.New York, N.Y..Sometime before June 1925 Ellington and some Kentucky Club sidemen were filmed briefly in one scene in the background of a silent film called Headlines. A column by J.A. "Billboard" Jackson, distributed to African American newspapers through the A.N.P. news service, reported:

      "Johnnie Hudgins, the Kentucky club band and four girls from the club Alabam have been filmed in the Rue La Paix scene in a feature film called Headlines being produced by the St. Regis Picture Corp."

      The film is held in the Library of Congress and a segment shows the Kentucky Club orchestra and Duke in the background. The film was released on the internet on April 29 2013 - see the film clip and related story in "Duke Ellington's Film Debut" in the posted April 29, 2013 by Erin Allen.
      • Lasker, The Washingtonians: A Miscellany, pp.32-33, citing
        • News of Interest around New York, Philadelphia Tribune 1925-06-13 p.3
        • Around Harlem with Jackson, Baltimore Afro-American, 1925-06-13 p.5
      • Steiner, "Headlines": Duke Ellington's First Film, Ellington 2014 Conference presentation
      • Library of Congress Blog Duke Ellington's Film Debut
      .DEMS
      (Steiner)
      .KS2011
      updated
      2013-05-02
      2014-03-31
      2014-10-14

      June 1925

      1925 06 01
      Monday
      .New York, N.Y.Club KentuckyNightclub residency with revue - see 1925 02 19...
      ..2011
      1925 06 02
      Tuesday
      .New York, N.Y.Club KentuckyNightclub residency with revue - see 1925 02 19...
      ..2011
      1925 06 03
      Wednesday
      .New York, N.Y.Club KentuckyNightclub residency with revue - see 1925 02 19...
      ..2011
      1925 06 04
      Thursday
      .New York, N.Y.Club KentuckyNightclub residency with revue - see 1925 02 19

      Scheduled late night broadcast, WFBH - see 1925 02 26
      ...
      ..2011
      1925 06 05
      Friday
      .New York, N.Y.Club KentuckyNightclub residency with revue - see 1925 02 19...
      ..2011
      1925 06 06
      Saturday
      .New York, N.Y.Club KentuckyNightclub residency with revue - see 1925 02 19

      Scheduled late night broadcast, WFBH - see 1925 02 26
      ...
      ..2011
      1925 06 07
      Sunday
      .New York, N.Y.Club KentuckyNightclub residency with revue - see 1925 02 19...
      ..2011
      1925 06 08
      Monday
      .New York, N.Y.Club KentuckyNightclub residency with revue - see 1925 02 19...
      ..2011
      1925 06 09
      Tuesday
      .New York, N.Y.Club KentuckyNightclub residency with revue - see 1925 02 19...
      ..2011
      1925 06 10
      Wednesday
      .New York, N.Y.Club KentuckyNightclub residency with revue - see 1925 02 19...
      ..2011
      1925 06 11
      Thursday
      .New York, N.Y.Club KentuckyNightclub residency with revue - see 1925 02 19

      Scheduled late night broadcast, WFBH - see 1925 02 26
      ...
      ..2011
      1925 06 12
      Friday
      .New York, N.Y.Club KentuckyNightclub residency with revue - see 1925 02 19...
      ..2011
      1925 06 13
      Saturday
      .New York, N.Y.Club KentuckyNightclub residency with revue - see 1925 02 19

      Scheduled late night broadcast, WFBH - see 1925 02 26
      ...
      ..2011
      1925 06 14
      Sunday
      .New York, N.Y.Club KentuckyNightclub residency with revue - see 1925 02 19...
      ..2011
      1925 06 15
      Monday
      .New York, N.Y.Club KentuckyNightclub residency with revue - see 1925 02 19...
      ..2011
      1925 06 16
      Tuesday
      .New York, N.Y.Club KentuckyNightclub residency with revue - see 1925 02 19...
      ..2011
      1925 06 17
      Wednesday
      .New York, N.Y.Club KentuckyNightclub residency with revue - see 1925 02 19...
      ..2011
      1925 06 18
      Thursday
      .New York, N.Y.Club KentuckyNightclub residency with revue - see 1925 02 19

      Scheduled late night broadcast, WFBH - see 1925 02 26
      ...
      ..2011
      1925 06 19
      Friday
      .New York, N.Y.Club KentuckyNightclub residency with revue - see 1925 02 19...
      ..2011
      1925 06 20
      Saturday
      .New York, N.Y.Club KentuckyNightclub residency with revue - see 1925 02 19

      Scheduled late night broadcast, WFBH - see 1925 02 26
      ...
      ..2011
      1925 06 21
      Sunday
      .New York, N.Y.Club KentuckyNightclub residency with revue - see 1925 02 19...
      ..2011
      1925 06 22
      Monday
      .New York, N.Y.Club KentuckyNightclub residency with revue - see 1925 02 19...
      ..2011
      1925 06 23
      Tuesday
      .New York, N.Y.Club KentuckyNightclub residency with revue - see 1925 02 19...
      ..2011
      1925 06 24
      Wednesday
      .New York, N.Y.Club KentuckyNightclub residency with revue - see 1925 02 19...
      ..2011
      1925 06 25
      Thursday
      .New York, N.Y.Club KentuckyNightclub residency with revue - see 1925 02 19

      Scheduled late night broadcast, WFBH - see 1925 02 26
      ...
      ..2011
      1925 06 26
      Friday
      .New York, N.Y.Club KentuckyNightclub residency with revue - see 1925 02 19...
      ..2011
      1925 06 27
      Saturday
      .New York, N.Y.Club KentuckyNightclub residency with revue - see 1925 02 19

      Scheduled late night broadcast, WFBH - see 1925 02 26
      ...
      ..2011
      1925 06 28
      Sunday
      .New York, N.Y.Club KentuckyNightclub residency with revue - see 1925 02 19...
      ..2011
      1925 06 29
      Monday
      .New York, N.Y.Club KentuckyNightclub residency with revue - see 1925 02 19...
      ..2011
      1925 06 30
      2019 01 06Elmsford, N.Y..Birth of Reverend Monsignor John C. Sanders, valve trombone.
      Following high school graduation, Father Sanders joined the U.S. Navy and played in its band. He returned to New York, and earned a diploma in Trombone from the Orchestral Instrument Department at Julliard School of Music in 1949. He played with Ellington from February to July 1953, then joined permanently in 1954, staying until 1959, leaving to enter the seminary. After completing his course work at Julliard, he worked as a trombone player, including playing in and touring with the Duke Ellington Orchestra from 1953-1959. After Ellington, he worked as a classical music salesman for G. Schirmer, Inc. (1961-1962) and he was the orchestral librarian at Julliard (1962-1965) before entering the Holy Apostles Seminary in Connecticut in 1965.
      Obituary, Fairfield County Catholic,, 2019-01-06..
      .djpNew
      added
      2019-01-07
      1925 06 30
      Tuesday
      .New York, N.Y.Club KentuckyNightclub residency with revue - see 1925 02 19...
      ..2011

      July 1925

      1925 07 01
      Wednesday
      .New York, N.Y.Club KentuckyNightclub residency with revue - see 1925 02 19
      Not confirmed - since the club remained open this summer (Steiner) and the band was reported there in September, we presume, until shown otherwise, the band continued over the summer, doubling for other occasions. Dutton reported James P. Johnson was said to have led a temporary band at the club, with including Sidney Bechet, for a short period in the summer of 1925, so the itinerary will need to be corrected when/if those dates are determined.
      • Steiner, Wild Throng..., p.24
      • Frank Dutton,Birth of a Band, Storyville 91 magazine, Oct - Nov 80, p.9
      ..
      .djpNew
      added 2014-05-02
      1925 07 02
      Thursday
      .New York, N.Y.Club KentuckyNightclub residency with revue presumed to have continued throughout this month
      see 1925 02 19 & 1925 07 01
      ...
      ..2014-05-02
      1925 07 03
      Friday
      .New York, N.Y.Club KentuckyNightclub residency with revue presumed to have continued throughout this month
      see 1925 02 19 & 1925 07 01
      ...
      ..2014-05-02
      1925 07 04
      Saturday
      .New York, N.Y.Club KentuckyNightclub residency with revue presumed to have continued throughout this month
      see 1925 02 19 & 1925 07 01
      ...
      ..2014-05-02
      1925 07 05
      Sunday
      .New York, N.Y.Club KentuckyNightclub residency with revue presumed to have continued throughout this month
      see 1925 02 19 & 1925 07 01
      ...
      ..2014-05-02
      1925 07 06
      Monday
      1925 07 13New York, N.Y.Lincoln Theatre,
      58 W.135th St.
      Florence Mills biographer Bill Egan:

      "In the immediate aftermath of (Mill's) Palace triumph, Florence took a brief break from performing. The Lincoln Theatre in Harlem took the opportunity to engage Vodery's orchestra along with part of the cast from Florence's show for a week. They featured Alma Smith as lead singer and Johnny Nit as lead dancer. An added attraction, reflecting his increasing popularity in Harlem, was Duke Ellington's band, then resident at the Club Kentucky."


      "The Lincoln this week is going after its nearest competitor, the Lafayette, ... by offering two bands. In addition to the Vodery musicians, there is also a musical unit led by Duke Ellington. This outfit includes the Club Kentucky band ... augmented by players from the Club Alabam band.
        Heading the Kentucky Club band is Jean Starr, blues singer, who is also featured in the Club Alabam show."

      • Bill Egan, Florence Mills, Harlem Jazz Queen, Studies in Jazz 48, The Scarecrow Press Inc., 2004, citing Variety, 1925-07-08, p.47
      • Steiner, Wild Throng Dances Madly in Cellar Club, p.25 citing Variety, 1925-07-08 p.47
      • Frank Dutton, Birth of a Band, Storyville 80 magazine, Dec.1978-Jan.1979 p.49
      ..
      .KS2011
      updated

      2013-02-26
      2014-05-02
      1925 07 06
      Monday
      .New York, N.Y.Club KentuckyNightclub residency with revue presumed to have continued throughout this month
      see 1925 02 19 & 1925 07 01
      ...
      ..2014-05-02
      1925 07 07
      Tuesday
      .New York, N.Y.Lincoln TheatreVariety show - see 1925 07 06...
      ..2011
      1925 07 07
      Tuesday
      .New York, N.Y.Club KentuckyNightclub residency with revue presumed to have continued throughout this month
      see 1925 02 19 & 1925 07 01
      ...
      ..2014-05-02
      1925 07 08
      Wednesday
      .New York, N.Y.Lincoln TheatreVariety show - see 1925 07 06...
      ..2011
      1925 07 08
      Wednesday
      .Haverhill, Mass..Tucker mistakenly says Variety reported the band playing this date in Haverhill. I was only able to find a running ad on page 44 of this edition of Variety:Bands and Orchestras list "Next Week (June 1)" [sic]:

      Ellington, Duke, City Hall, Haverhill, Mass.

      It seems unlikely Ellington would be able to play the Lincoln show on the same day as Haverhill, about 230 miles away, and a running ad is not evidence of a specific performance.
      • M. Tucker, Early Years, n.11, p.300
      • Lasker, The Washingtonians, A Miscellany, p.32
      ..
      .New
      added 2014-03-30
      1925 07 08
      Wednesday
      .New York, N.Y.Club KentuckyNightclub residency with revue presumed to have continued throughout this month
      see 1925 02 19 & 1925 07 01
      ...
      ..2014-05-02
      1925 07 09
      Thursday
      .New York, N.Y.Lincoln TheatreVariety show - see 1925 07 06...
      ..2011
      1925 07 09
      Thursday
      .New York, N.Y.Club KentuckyNightclub residency with revue presumed to have continued throughout this month
      see 1925 02 19 & 1925 07 01
      ...
      ..2014-05-02
      1925 07 10
      Friday
      .New York, N.Y.Lincoln TheatreVariety show - see 1925 07 06...
      ..2011
      1925 07 10
      Friday
      .New York, N.Y.Club KentuckyNightclub residency with revue presumed to have continued throughout this month
      see 1925 02 19 & 1925 07 01
      ...
      ..2014-05-02
      1925 07 11
      Saturday
      .New York, N.Y.Lincoln TheatreVariety show - see 1925 07 06...
      ..2011
      1925 07 11
      Saturday
      .New York, N.Y.Club KentuckyNightclub residency with revue presumed to have continued throughout this month
      see 1925 02 19 & 1925 07 01
      ...
      ..2014-05-02
      1925 07 12
      Sunday
      .New York, N.Y.Lincoln TheatreVariety show - see 1925 07 06...
      ..2011
      1925 07 12
      Sunday
      .New York, N.Y.Club KentuckyNightclub residency with revue presumed to have continued throughout this month
      see 1925 02 19 & 1925 07 01
      ...
      ..2014-05-02
      1925 07 13
      Monday
      .New York, N.Y.Lincoln TheatreVariety show - see 1925 07 06

      Possibly the last night of the engagement, but it seems more likely to have ended the previous day. The engagement started on a Monday and was for a week, which would have it ending Sunday, not Monday. If it ended on Monday, it may be in conflict with the Rivoli engagement, although times are not known.
      Steiner, Wild Throng Dances Madly in Cellar Club, p.25 citing Variety, 1925-07-08 p.47..
      ..2011
      updated
      2014-05-02
      1925 07 13
      Monday
      .New York, N.Y.Rivoli Theater
      Broadway & 49th St.
      Brooklyn Daily Star:

      "As an added feature at the Rivoli tonight ,...present the entire group of entertainers from Club Kentucky, ..."Southern Hospitality" is the name of the spectacular cabaret sketch which includes Bart Lewis as master of ceremonies and the Kentucky's famed jazz band, 'The Washingtonians.' There will be the chorus ensemble, Peggie English and Babe Nasworthy all appearing exactly as they do at the Club Kentucky. This Night Club Revue will augment the Paramount picture "Night Life of New York"..."

      Evening Post:

      " "A night club a night " is Hugo Riesenfeld's slogan at the Rivoli this week. ...Mr.Riesenfeld is bringing the entertainers from various nightclubs to provide the proper atmosphere for the feature picture, "Night Life of New York." The Club Kentucky entertainers and the Everglades Revue have already appeared, and more are scheduled..."

      Variety:

      'The Rivoli is a noisy place this week...
        The Bernie orchestra's musical idea of New York's night life...and the jazz hounds from Club Kentucky, Bert Lewis acting as master of ceremonies, took up a great portion of the program. Both men and women enjoyed Ben Bernie and his retinue of fun-makers.
        They enjoyed the Kentuckians, too, for a while, but some of Mr. Lewis' songs and jests were not received too coridally by the mixed audience...'

      .
      • Daily Star, Brooklyn, N.Y.
        1925-07-13, p12
      • New York Evening Post, New York, N.Y.
        1925-07-15, p.12
      • Variety 1925-07-15 p.8
      ..
      .djpNew
      added
      2012-11-20
      updated
      2012-12-18
      2018-01-14
      1925 07 13
      Monday
      .New York, N.Y.Club KentuckyNightclub residency with revue presumed to have continued throughout this month
      see 1925 02 19 & 1925 07 01
      ...
      ..2014-05-02
      1925 07 14
      Tuesday
      .New York, N.Y.Club KentuckyNightclub residency with revue presumed to have continued throughout this month
      see 1925 02 19 & 1925 07 01
      ...
      ..2014-05-02
      1925 07 15
      Wednesday
      .New York, N.Y.Club KentuckyNightclub residency with revue presumed to have continued throughout this month
      see 1925 02 19 & 1925 07 01
      ...
      ..2014-05-02
      1925 07 16
      Thursday
      .New York, N.Y.Club KentuckyNightclub residency with revue presumed to have continued throughout this month
      see 1925 02 19 & 1925 07 01
      ...
      ..2014-05-02
      1925 07 17
      Friday
      .New York, N.Y.Club KentuckyNightclub residency with revue presumed to have continued throughout this month
      see 1925 02 19 & 1925 07 01
      ...
      ..2014-05-02
      1925 07 18
      Saturday
      .New York, N.Y.Club KentuckyNightclub residency with revue presumed to have continued throughout this month
      see 1925 02 19 & 1925 07 01
      ...
      ..2014-05-02
      1925 07 19
      Sunday
      .New York, N.Y.Club KentuckyNightclub residency with revue presumed to have continued throughout this month
      see 1925 02 19 & 1925 07 01
      ...
      ..2014-05-02
      1925 07 20
      Monday
      .New York, N.Y.Club KentuckyNightclub residency with revue presumed to have continued throughout this month
      see 1925 02 19 & 1925 07 01
      ...
      ..2014-05-02
      1925 07 21
      Tuesday
      .New York, N.Y.Club KentuckyNightclub residency with revue presumed to have continued throughout this month
      see 1925 02 19 & 1925 07 01
      ...
      ..2014-05-02
      1925 07 22
      Wednesday
      .New York, N.Y.Club KentuckyNightclub residency with revue presumed to have continued throughout this month
      see 1925 02 19 & 1925 07 01
      ...
      ..2014-05-02
      1925 07 23
      Thursday
      .New York, N.Y.Club KentuckyNightclub residency with revue presumed to have continued throughout this month
      see 1925 02 19 & 1925 07 01
      ...
      ..2014-05-02
      1925 07 24
      Friday
      .New York, N.Y.Club KentuckyNightclub residency with revue presumed to have continued throughout this month
      see 1925 02 19 & 1925 07 01
      ...
      ..2014-05-02
      1925 07 25
      Saturday
      .New York, N.Y.Club KentuckyNightclub residency with revue presumed to have continued throughout this month
      see 1925 02 19 & 1925 07 01
      ...
      ..2014-05-02
      1925 07 26
      Sunday
      .New York, N.Y.Club KentuckyNightclub residency with revue presumed to have continued throughout this month
      see 1925 02 19 & 1925 07 01
      ...
      ..2014-05-02
      1925 07 27
      Monday
      .New York, N.Y.Club KentuckyNightclub residency with revue presumed to have continued throughout this month
      see 1925 02 19 & 1925 07 01
      ...
      ..2014-05-02
      1925 07 28
      Tuesday
      .New York, N.Y.Club KentuckyNightclub residency with revue presumed to have continued throughout this month
      see 1925 02 19 & 1925 07 01
      ...
      ..2014-05-02
      1925 07 29
      Wednesday
      .New York, N.Y.Club KentuckyNightclub residency with revue presumed to have continued throughout this month
      see 1925 02 19 & 1925 07 01
      ...
      ..2014-05-02
      1925 07 30
      Thursday
      .New York, N.Y.Club KentuckyNightclub residency with revue presumed to have continued throughout this month
      see 1925 02 19 & 1925 07 01
      ...
      ..2014-05-02
      1925 07 31
      Friday
      .New York, N.Y.Club KentuckyNightclub residency with revue presumed to have continued throughout this month
      see 1925 02 19 & 1925 07 01
      ...
      ..2014-05-02

      August 1925

      1925 08 01
      Saturday
      .New York, N.Y.Club KentuckyNightclub residency with revue presumed to have continued throughout this month - see 1925 02 19 & 1925 07 01...
      ..2014-05-02
      1925 08 02
      Sunday
      .New York, N.Y.Club KentuckyNightclub residency with revue presumed to have continued throughout this month - see 1925 02 19 & 1925 07 01...
      ..2014-05-02
      1925 08 03
      Monday
      .New York, N.Y.Club KentuckyNightclub residency with revue presumed to have continued throughout this month - see 1925 02 19 & 1925 07 01...
      ..2014-05-02
      1925 08 04
      Tuesday
      .New York, N.Y.Club KentuckyNightclub residency with revue presumed to have continued throughout this month - see 1925 02 19 & 1925 07 01...
      ..2014-05-02
      1925 08 05
      Wednesday
      .New York, N.Y.Club KentuckyNightclub residency with revue presumed to have continued throughout this month - see 1925 02 19 & 1925 07 01...
      ..2014-05-02
      1925 08 06
      Thursday
      .New York, N.Y.Club KentuckyNightclub residency with revue presumed to have continued throughout this month - see 1925 02 19 & 1925 07 01...
      ..2014-05-02
      1925 08 07
      Friday
      .New York, N.Y.Club KentuckyNightclub residency with revue presumed to have continued throughout this month - see 1925 02 19 & 1925 07 01...
      ..2014-05-02
      1925 08 08
      Saturday
      .New York, N.Y.Club KentuckyNightclub residency with revue presumed to have continued throughout this month - see 1925 02 19 & 1925 07 01...
      ..2014-05-02
      1925 08 09
      Sunday
      .New York, N.Y.Club KentuckyNightclub residency with revue presumed to have continued throughout this month - see 1925 02 19 & 1925 07 01...
      ..2014-05-02
      1925 08 10
      Monday
      .New York, N.Y.Club KentuckyNightclub residency with revue presumed to have continued throughout this month - see 1925 02 19 & 1925 07 01...
      ..2014-05-02
      1925 08 11
      Tuesday
      .New York, N.Y.Club KentuckyNightclub residency with revue presumed to have continued throughout this month - see 1925 02 19 & 1925 07 01...
      ..2014-05-02
      1925 08 12
      Wednesday
      .New York, N.Y.Club KentuckyNightclub residency with revue presumed to have continued throughout this month - see 1925 02 19 & 1925 07 01...
      ..2014-05-02
      1925 08 13
      Thursday
      .New York, N.Y.Club KentuckyNightclub residency with revue presumed to have continued throughout this month - see 1925 02 19 & 1925 07 01...
      ..2014-05-02
      1925 08 14
      Friday
      .New York, N.Y.Club KentuckyNightclub residency with revue presumed to have continued throughout this month - see 1925 02 19 & 1925 07 01...
      ..2014-05-02
      1925 08 15
      Saturday
      .New York, N.Y.Club KentuckyNightclub residency with revue presumed to have continued throughout this month - see 1925 02 19 & 1925 07 01...
      ..2014-05-02
      1925 08 16
      Sunday
      .New York, N.Y.Club KentuckyNightclub residency with revue presumed to have continued throughout this month - see 1925 02 19 & 1925 07 01...
      ..2014-05-02
      1925 08 17
      Monday
      .New York, N.Y.Club KentuckyNightclub residency with revue presumed to have continued throughout this month - see 1925 02 19 & 1925 07 01...
      ..2014-05-02
      1925 08 18
      Tuesday
      .New York, N.Y.Club KentuckyNightclub residency with revue presumed to have continued throughout this month - see 1925 02 19 & 1925 07 01...
      ..2014-05-02
      1925 08 19
      Wednesday
      .New York, N.Y.Club KentuckyNightclub residency with revue presumed to have continued throughout this month - see 1925 02 19 & 1925 07 01...
      ..2014-05-02
      1925 08 20
      Thursday
      .New York, N.Y.Club KentuckyNightclub residency with revue presumed to have continued throughout this month - see 1925 02 19 & 1925 07 01...
      ..2014-05-02
      1925 08 21
      Friday
      .New York, N.Y.Club KentuckyNightclub residency with revue presumed to have continued throughout this month - see 1925 02 19 & 1925 07 01...
      ..2014-05-02
      1925 08 22
      Saturday
      .New York, N.Y.Club KentuckyNightclub residency with revue presumed to have continued throughout this month - see 1925 02 19 & 1925 07 01...
      ..2014-05-02
      1925 08 23
      Sunday
      .New York, N.Y.Club KentuckyNightclub residency with revue presumed to have continued throughout this month - see 1925 02 19 & 1925 07 01...
      ..2014-05-02
      1925 08 24
      Monday
      .New York, N.Y.Club KentuckyNightclub residency with revue presumed to have continued throughout this month - see 1925 02 19 & 1925 07 01...
      ..2014-05-02
      1925 08 25
      Tuesday
      .New York, N.Y.Club KentuckyNightclub residency with revue presumed to have continued throughout this month - see 1925 02 19 & 1925 07 01...
      ..2014-05-02
      1925 08 26
      Wednesday
      .Jamestown, N.Y.Midway ParkUNLIKELY EVENT

      Jamestown Evening Journal:

      'Two speakers have been secured for the picnic to be given at Midway park on Wednesday, Aug. 26, under the auspices of the Chautauqua County Farm and Home Bureaus, the Dairymen's league and Pomona grange. They are E. R. Eastman, editor of the American Agriculturist, New Your city, and F. N. Webb, president of Grange League Federation, of Cortland,N.Y. Besides the speeches, there will be many attractions, among them an auto polo game in the morning and a sport program and a baseball game between Forestville and Sherman in the afternoon. Music during the day will be furnished by the Ellington band.'


      Webmaster's note: Ellington and his band may have played here but it seems unlikely. I have only found one reference to "Ellington band" in the publicity for this picnic, and none for engagements nearby. If this is Duke Ellington and his band from Club Kentucky, it would have had to be taking a break from the Club, since Jamestown is about 400 miles from New York, and it would seem to be unusual to have a hot band from a night club performing at a county picnic. It seems more likely to be an unnamed town band from nearby Ellington, N.Y.
      Jamestown Evening Journal, Jamestown, N.Y.
      1925-08-07 p.21
      ..
      .djpNew
      added
      2018-01-14
      1925 08 26
      Wednesday
      .New York, N.Y.Club KentuckyNightclub residency with revue presumed to have continued throughout this month - see 1925 02 19 & 1925 07 01...
      ..2014-05-02
      1925 08 27
      Thursday
      .New York, N.Y.Club KentuckyNightclub residency with revue presumed to have continued throughout this month - see 1925 02 19 & 1925 07 01...
      ..2014-05-02
      1925 08 28
      Friday
      .New York, N.Y.Club KentuckyNightclub residency with revue presumed to have continued throughout this month - see 1925 02 19 & 1925 07 01...
      ..2014-05-02
      1925 08 29
      Saturday
      .New York, N.Y.Club KentuckyNightclub residency with revue presumed to have continued throughout this month - see 1925 02 19 & 1925 07 01...
      ..2014-05-02
      1925 08 30
      Sunday
      .New York, N.Y.Club KentuckyNightclub residency with revue presumed to have continued throughout this month - see 1925 02 19 & 1925 07 01...
      ..2014-05-02
      1925 08 31
      Monday
      .New York, N.Y.Club KentuckyNightclub residency with revue presumed to have continued throughout this month - see 1925 02 19 & 1925 07 01...
      ..2014-05-02

      September 1925

      1925 09 00...PERSONNEL CHANGE
      It was probably August or early September when Henry "Bass" Edwards, tuba, born 1898 02 22, joined the band. New Desor Vol.II shows he joined in June 1925, but in Vol. I p.1, shows his earliest recording with Duke Ellington's Washingtonians was in September. In DEMS 1997/2-4, Luis Contioch extrapolated the matrix numbers used in various known recordings to conclude the session was probably September 11.

      Steven Lasker:

      'The earliest evidence I've found placing a tuba among the Washingtonians is on their Pathé recordings made circa 1925 09 11. I've found no evidence that the band had a tuba player before then.'


      The Morning Telegraph reported Edwards' arrival in December:

      'Ellington Adds to Band
        An addition, in the person of Henry Edwards, has been made to Duke Ellington's Club Kentucky Orchestra. The newcomer hails from Atlantic City, where he was a member of the paradise Band. The present personnel of Ellington's Orchstra is Sammy [sic] Greer, Otto Hardwick, Fred Guy, Bub Miley and Charles Irvis.'

      • New Desor vol.2
      • Email, Lasker-Palmquist/Steiner 2015-09-10
      • The Morning Telegraph, New York, N.Y. 1925-12-13 p.7
        courtesy Ralph Wondraschuck
      .DEMS
      97/2-4
      .djpNew
      added 2012-10-11
      2015-09-10
      1925 09 01
      Tuesday
      .New York, N.Y.Club KentuckyNightclub residency with revue presumed to have continued until the official fall season opening on Sept. 9 - see 1925 02 19 & 1925 07 01...
      ..2014-05-02
      1925 09 02
      Wednesday
      .New York, N.Y.Club KentuckyNightclub residency with revue presumed to have continued until the official fall season opening on Sept. 9 - see 1925 02 19 & 1925 07 01...
      ..2014-05-02
      1925 09 03
      Thursday
      .New York, N.Y.Club KentuckyNightclub residency with revue presumed to have continued until the official fall season opening on Sept. 9 - see 1925 02 19 & 1925 07 01...
      ..2014-05-02
      1925 09 04
      Friday
      .New York, N.Y.Club KentuckyNightclub residency with revue presumed to have continued until the official fall season opening on Sept. 9 - see 1925 02 19 & 1925 07 01...
      ..2014-05-02
      1925 09 05
      Saturday
      .New York, N.Y.Club KentuckyNightclub residency with revue presumed to have continued until the official fall season opening on Sept. 9 - see 1925 02 19 & 1925 07 01...
      ..2014-05-02
      1925 09 06
      Sunday
      .New York, N.Y.Club KentuckyNightclub residency with revue presumed to have continued until the official fall season opening on Sept. 9 - see 1925 02 19 & 1925 07 01...
      ..2014-05-02
      1925 09 07
      Monday
      .New York, N.Y.Club KentuckyNightclub residency with revue presumed to have continued until the official fall season opening on Sept. 9 - see 1925 02 19 & 1925 07 01...
      ..2014-05-02
      1925 09 08
      Tuesday
      .New York, N.Y.Club KentuckyNightclub residency with revue presumed to have continued until the official fall season opening on Sept. 9 - see 1925 02 19 & 1925 07 01...
      .djp2014-05-02
      1925 09 09
      Wednesday
      .New York, N.Y.Club KentuckyNightclub residency with revue, with Bert Lewis.

      The Club Kentucky opened its fall season, although Variety, Sept. 2, reported Lewis was doubling in metropolitan vaudeville houses and the Club Kentucky "where he reopened this week."
      ...
      .Steiner, Wild Throng2011
      updated
      2014-05-02
      1925 09 10
      Thursday
      .New York, N.Y.Club KentuckyNightclub residency with revue...
      ..2014
      1925 09 11
      Friday
      (estimated date)
      .New York, N.Y.East 53rd St Studios
      150 E. 53rd St.
      Pathé recording session c. Sept. 11. The exact date of the session is unknown; see DEMS 97/1-8 to learn the methodology Mr. Lasker used to estimate this date and DEMS 97/2-4 to see how Luis Contijoch achieved the same result using a different method.
      Duke Ellington's Washingtonians*
      Pike Davis, Irvis, Robinson, Hardwick, Ellington, Guy, Bass Edwards

      Titles recorded:
      • I'm Gonna Hang Around My Sugar
      • Trombone Blues
      These recordings were issued on the Perfect label. *New Desor shows The Washingtonians, but the labels say Duke Ellington's Washingtonians.

      Ellington's Pathé sessions of Sep25 and Mar26 were originally recorded on large cylinders, approximately five inches in diameter and 13 inches in length, which were then dubbed onto 10-inch 78 r.p.m.'s. The company files for this period no longer survive to give dates. At this time, the company used letter-suffixed takes for masters; dubbings had a suffix number according to the sequence of transfer attempts. Thus, the following masters originally bore letter, not number, suffixes: n106250-, n106251-, 106729- and 106730-, with the "n" prefix indicating a "needlecut," or lateral recording as opposed to a vertical one.
      New Desor
      DE2501
      DEMS
      .Steven Lasker email 2014-08-15
      Luis Contijoch in DEMS
      djp
      2011
      updated
      2012-11-25
      2014-08-17
      2014-08-26
      2014-09-01
      2017-01-25
      1925 09 11
      Friday
      .New York, N.Y.Club KentuckyNightclub residency with revue...
      ..2014
      1925 09 12
      Saturday
      .New York, N.Y.Club KentuckyNightclub residency with revue...
      ..2014
      1925 09 13
      Sunday
      .New York, N.Y.Club KentuckyNightclub residency with revue...
      ..2014
      1925 09 14
      Monday
      .New York, N.Y.Club KentuckyNightclub residency with revue...
      ..2014
      1925 09 15
      Tuesday
      .New York, N.Y.Club KentuckyNightclub residency with revue...
      ..2014
      1925 09 16
      Wednesday
      .New York, N.Y.Club KentuckyNightclub residency with revue
      Variety:

      Duke Ellington's Band and Entertainers, one of the few Negro orchestras, carrying singers as well as musicians, is located at the Club Kentucky, 49th street, off Broadway.


      Variety:

      The Club Kentucky on West 49th Street presents somewhat of an international aspect with its Dixie atmosphere, Chinese menu, cosmopolitan New York patronage and Oriental dances. ...
      ...the floor show presented at the Kentucky during the summer attains a consistently high average of entertainment. Bobby Burns Berman (B.B.B.), whose reputation as "the Human Broadcasting Station" is well-established in the cabarets of New York and Atlantic City, acts as chief entertainer and master of ceremonies. B.B.B. Has developed a smooth line ... He also sings a "hot" number convincingly and does a nimble and strenuous Charleston...

      Julia Garrity is the chief woman principal, selling a trio of pop numbers in the manner that won her fame in vaudeville and cabarets. Her voice, however, is a bit loud for a room with such a low ceiling, and a bit of soft pedaling might be effective. Hasel Godrew, the shapely oriental dancer remembered from "I'll Say She Is," scores soundly with her specialty, the real optical feast of the show. The other three girls; Jean Gaynor, Billy Stout and Gladys Sloane, are all talented singers or dancers. Miss Gaynor sang Jimmie Wafer's "Will You Love Me In December?" the old-timer losing nothing by comparison with most of the present-day ballads.

      Duke Ellington's Orchestra of six pieces is still the musical attraction and in addition to the specialties it offers in the entertainment line ranks as one of the best "hot" colored combinations in town.

      Business on a warm night early last week was surprisingly good.

      Variety 1925-09-16 pp.,43, 45 ..
      ..2014
      updated
      2018-01-15
      1925 09 17
      Thursday
      .New York, N.Y.Club KentuckyNightclub residency with revue...
      ..2014
      1925 09 18
      Friday
      .New York, N.Y.Club KentuckyNightclub residency with revue...
      ..2014
      1925 09 19
      Saturday
      .New York, N.Y.Club KentuckyNightclub residency with revue...
      ..2014
      1925 09 20
      Sunday
      .New York, N.Y.Club KentuckyNightclub residency with revue...
      ..2014
      1925 09 21
      Monday
      .New York, N.Y.Club KentuckyNightclub residency with revue...
      ..2014
      1925 09 22
      Tuesday
      .New York, N.Y.Club KentuckyNightclub residency with revue

      Remote midnight to 12:45 am WHN broadcast, "Club Kentucky Orchestra"
      ...
      ..2014
      1925 09 23
      Wednesday
      .New York, N.Y.Club KentuckyNightclub residency with revue...
      ..2014
      1925 09 24
      Thursday
      .New York, N.Y.Club KentuckyNightclub residency with revue...
      ..2014
      1925 09 25...Pathé / Perfect Session
      Pathe/Perfect session false date, see 1925 09 11 (estimated date)...?
      ..DEMS
      .credit Steven Lasker as all 09,2-4entriesAdded
      2011
      updated
      2016-04-15
      1925 09 25
      Friday
      .New York, N.Y.Club KentuckyNightclub residency with revue...
      ..2014
      1925 09 26
      Saturday
      .New York, N.Y.Club KentuckyNightclub residency with revue...
      ..2014
      1925 09 27
      Sunday
      .New York, N.Y.Club KentuckyNightclub residency with revue...
      ..2014
      1925 09 28
      Monday
      .New York, N.Y.Club KentuckyNightclub residency with revue...
      ..2014
      1925 09 29
      Tuesday
      .New York, N.Y.Club KentuckyNightclub residency with revue

      Remote midnight to 12:45 am WHN broadcast, "Club Kentucky Orchestra"
      ...
      ..2014
      1925 09 30
      Wednesday
      .New York, N.Y.Cinderella Dancing
      B'Way at 48th
      Tonight and Every Wed.
      REVUE NIGHT
      The entire show of a different
      Broadway cabaret weekly

      Starting TONIGHT with
      CLUB KENTUCKY
      (Broadway at 49th St)
      featuring
      Bert Lewis and His Gang
      Sally Fields Julia Garity

      and the
      Washingtonian Band
      in addition to
      2 - Famous Orchestras - 2
      Cinderella        
      Dancing
      B'way
      at
      48th

      No Increase in Prices
      No Extra Charge for Dancing
      Daily News, New York, N.Y.
      1925-09-30 p.31
      ..
      .djpNew
      added
      2018-08-03
      1925 09 30
      Wednesday
      .New York, N.Y.Club KentuckyNightclub residency with revue

      Variety:

      The new show at the Club Kentucky, New York, has Bert Lewis back as chief funster. Julia Geraty, Ina Hayward, Olive Neral, Jean Palmer and Pearl Howell from "Artists and Models" are in the show, with the Duke Ellington (colored) band the dance feature.

      Variety 1925-09-30, p.47..
      .djpNew
      added 2014-03-31

      October 1925

      1925 10 01
      Thursday
      .New York, N.Y.Club KentuckyNightclub residency with revue...
      ..2014
      1925 10 02
      Friday
      .New York, N.Y.Club KentuckyNightclub residency with revue...
      ..2014
      1925 10 03
      Saturday
      .New York, N.Y.Club KentuckyNightclub residency with revue...
      ..2014
      1925 10 04
      Sunday
      .New York, N.Y.Club KentuckyNightclub residency with revue...
      ..2014
      1925 10 05
      Monday
      .New York, N.Y.Club KentuckyNightclub residency with revue...
      ..2014
      1925 10 06
      Tuesday
      .New York, N.Y.Club KentuckyNightclub residency with revue

      WHN remote broadcast, midnight to 12:30 or 12:45 am, "Club Kentucky Revue"
      ...
      ..2014
      1925 10 07
      Wednesday
      .New York, N.Y.Club KentuckyNightclub residency with revue...
      ..2014
      1925 10 08
      Thursday
      .New York, N.Y.Club KentuckyNightclub residency with revue...
      ..2014
      1925 10 09
      Friday
      .New York, N.Y.Club KentuckyNightclub residency with revue...
      ..2014
      1925 10 10
      Saturday
      .New York, N.Y.Club KentuckyNightclub residency with revue...
      ..2014
      1925 10 11
      Sunday
      .New York, N.Y.Club KentuckyNightclub residency with revue...
      ..2014
      1925 10 12
      Monday
      .New York, N.Y.Club KentuckyNightclub residency with revue...
      ..2014
      1925 10 13
      Tuesday
      .New York, N.Y.Club KentuckyNightclub residency with revue

      WHN remote broadcast, midnight to 12:45 am, "Club Kentucky Revue"
      ...
      ..2014
      1925 10 14
      Wednesday
      .New York, N.Y.Club KentuckyNightclub residency with revue

      Variety, 1925-10-14 p.46, confirmed Duke Ellington's Washingtonians were playing the club.
      ...
      ..added
      2014
      1925 10 15
      Thursday
      .New York, N.Y.Club KentuckyNightclub residency with revue...
      ..2014
      1925 10 16
      Friday
      .New York, N.Y.Club KentuckyNightclub residency with revue...
      ..2014
      Circa
      1925 10 00
      .Baltimore, Md.Regent TheaterAt some time in October, a revue written by Jo. Trent and Duke Ellington played at the Regent Theater. It may have been renamed for its second week.

      Steven Lasker in DEMS 04/3-57, "Part One: Duke Ellington and Jo. Trent:"
      'Trent and Ellington wrote one show together besides "Chocolate Kiddies": According to the Baltimore Afro-American (17oct25, p4),
      "Jo [sic] Trent and Duke Ellington are responsible for the tunes and arrangements in Flournoy Miller's 'Backbiters' at the Regent this week. The former has gone far in musical accomplishment. He was in charge of the books of the Vincent Lopez Orchestra until that organization went abroad. He received his training principally from the distinguished Will Vodery and is also a protege of Will Marion Cook. He has also done the score for a number of other successes."
      (The Baltimore Afro-American of 24oct25 reported on page five:
      "With slight changes in personnel 'Backbiters' in its record week has undergone a process of attempted revision which changes are like a popular English beverage, just 'arf and 'arf.'")
      No songtitles were reported, alas. '
      Webmaster comment:
      • The October 24 review is almost incomprehensible, but appears to be discussing the same show under a new name, "Cheating Time."
      • While the Baltimore Afro-American was usually dated Saturday, I believe it hit the streets as early as Tuesday. As a result, it is difficult to determine when Backbiters played.
      • The October 17 edition carried the story about "Backbiters", but the Regent Theater ad on the next page included "Cheating Time" instead. Cheating Time is discussed in the October 24 article, and neither Backbiters or Cheating Time were included in the Regent ad in that edition.
    • Steven Lasker, The Washingtonians, A Miscellany, pp.94-95
    • The Afro-American, Baltimore, Md.:
      • .DEMS
        04/3-57
        .sl email 2016-09-16New
        added
        2016-09-19
        1925 10 17
        Saturday
        .New York, N.Y.Club KentuckyNightclub residency with revue...
        ..2014
        1925 10 18
        Sunday
        .New York, N.Y.Club KentuckyNightclub residency with revue...
        ..2014
        1925 10 19
        Monday
        1925 10 24
        Saturday
        New York, N.Y.Loew's State Theater
        Broadway at 45th
        Variety:

        FLOOR SHOW AT STATE
        The floor show at the Club Kentucky has been booked into Loew's State, New York, as the topliner of next week's bill (Oct. 19). The act will have the entire revue cast and Duke Ellington's band.

        .
        The Billboard:

        'SALLY FIELDS, who was to have appeared with the Club Kentucky act, including most of the entertainers from this popular New York night club, is at Loew's State this week ... Her being out of the Club Kentucky offering, scheduled to appear on the Loew Circuit soon, will not affect its bookings, according to HARRY PEARL. Among those featured in A Night at Club Kentucky, as it will be called, are INA HAYWARD, BERT LEWIS, JULIA GERAHTY, OLIVE VANELL, NADIA, the three JOYCE SISTERS and DUKE ELLINGTON and His Orcheatra. MISS FIELDS, originally among this cast, has been routed for the entire Loew Circuit.'

        • Variety 1925-10-14 p.4
        • The Billboard 1925-10-24 p.18
        ..
        .djp2011
        updated
        2014-03-31
        2018-08-08
        1925 10 19
        Monday
        .New York, N.Y.Club KentuckyNightclub residency with revue

        WHN remote broadcast, midnight to 12:45 am, "Club Kentucky Revue"
        ...
        ..2014
        1925 10 20
        Tuesday
        .New York, N.Y.Loew's State Theater
        Broadway at 45th
        see 1925 10 19...
        ..2011
        1925 10 20
        Tuesday
        .New York, N.Y.Club KentuckyNightclub residency with revue...
        ..2014
        1925 10 21
        Wednesday
        .New York, N.Y.Loew's State Theater
        Broadway at 45th
        see 1925 10 19...
        ..2011
        1925 10 21
        Wednesday
        .New York, N.Y.Club KentuckyNightclub residency with revue...
        ..2014
        1925 10 22
        Thursday
        .New York, N.Y.Loew's State Theater
        Broadway at 45th
        see 1925 10 19...
        ..2011
        1925 10 22
        Thursday
        .New York, N.Y.Club KentuckyNightclub residency with revue...
        ..2014
        1925 10 23
        Friday
        .New York, N.Y.Loew's State Theater
        Broadway at 45th
        see 1925 10 19...
        ..2011
        1925 10 23
        Friday
        .New York, N.Y.Club KentuckyNightclub residency with revue - this appears to be the end of Ellington's third season at the Club Kentucky. Ellington's orchestra left to start a residency the next night at Club Cameo and was replaced at Club Kentucky by Elmer Snowden - see 1925 10 24 below.Steiner, Wild Throng Dances Madly in Cellar Club, p.25..
        ..2014-05-04
        updated
        1925 10 24
        Saturday
        .New York, N.Y.Club Cameo
        223 or 288 W.52nd
        This is probably the date of the Ellington orchestra's one and only night at Club Cameo. At some time in late October or in November, Ellington's band quit the Club Kentucky to play at the Cameo Club, and was replaced by Elmer Snowden (Rex Stewart recalled playing in Snowden's band at the Club Kentucky).

        The Sun described the Cameo as "a large dining place frequented by well known Broadway-ites," and the Evening Post described it as "a plush and gilt emporium, which opened its doors only two or three weeks ago, after Sam Paul, the owner, had spent a thick bankroll making it the most elegant place his imagination could conceive."


        Unfortunately, our heroes were fired after just one night. Variety describes the events:

        "For three years Duke Ellington and his Washingtonians were the musical feature at the ... Kentucky Club. Their music created quite a demand, with such popularity that Duke and his band seemed a fixture. Then the Cameo Club, uptown, sought a band. Flattering offers were made to Duke, and the result was he and musicians moved out of their apparent permanent home in cafe. Then came the shock of Duke's life. After one appearance - just one single night, to be exact - the Washingtonians were informed they wouldn't do for the Cameo. Not that their music wasn't good, but it didn't fit the atmosphere, or whatever it was, that comprised the alibi. Meanwhile Elmer Snowden and band were ensconced at the Kentucky and there was no chance of Duke's return. Ethel Waters and Earl Dancer have now staged a big act, comprising 20 persons, and the Ellington band got the job."

      • The Baltimore Afro-American reported Elmer Snowden's band took over at the Club Kentucky when Ellington and the Washingtonians

        "left their former position where they had been playing for three years to accept a preferred engagement at the Cameo Club further up town."



        The Club Cameo job wouldn't have lasted long in any event; in mid-November, the club would be padlocked for six months as an alternative to prosecutors going after waiters for prohibition infractions.
        • The Sun, New York, 1925-11-20, p.1
        • New York Evening Post,1925-11-20,p.1
        • Variety 1925-11-25 p.34
        • M. Tucker, Early Years, pp.136-137
        • Frank Dutton, Birth of a Band,
          • Storyville 80, p.51
          • Storyville 91, pp.9-11
        • Snowden succeeds Ellington at Club Kentucky - Amsterdam News 1925-12-09
        • Email Lasker-Palmquist 2016-02-29 re Stewart in "Boy Meets Horn," p. 85
        • Snowden succeeds Ellington at Club Kentucky - Amsterdam News 1925-12-09
        • Baltimore Afro-American 1925-12-05 p.4
        • Steven Lasker, The Washingtonians: A Miscellany, pp.36-40
        • Igo/Ewing/Pilkington itinerary
        • Steiner, Wild Throng Dances Madly in Cellar Club, pp.25-26
        • Brooklyn Daily Eagle, Brooklyn, N.Y., 1925-11-20, p.1, 4 o'clock edition (re padlocked clubs)
        • The Sun, New York, N.Y., 1925-11-20, p.1 (re padlocked clubs)
        ..
        .djp2014
        Updated
        2016-03-01
        2016-09-26
        2018-07-29
        2018-08-03
        1925 10 24
        Saturday
        .New York, N.Y.Loew's State Theater
        Broadway at 45th
        see 1925 10 19...
        ..2011
        circa
        1925 11 01
        circa
        1925 12 31
        New York, N.Y..

        Overview of late 1925


        • Ellington could not return to Club Kentucky when his band was fired by the Cameo Club because Snowden now had the job.
        • Tucker, citing Variety 1925-11-25 p.42 and Chicago Defender, 1925-12-26:

          "After a brief vaudeville appearance with Ethel Waters and Earl Dancer...they were back at the Kentucky Club late in December."

        • Dutton citing Jazz Journal and Charters & Lundstadt, Jazz: A History of the New York Scene:
          • Band out of Kentucky Club for several weeks, struggled for work
          • Gigs at Cameo (one night!) and Flamingo Clubs, plus a little stage work with an Ethel Waters revue, before getting their old Kentucky Club job back.
        • Dutton, Storyville 91, pp.9-11
          • c.Nov 1925 Engagement at Lido Club
          • Broadcast from Club Kentucky, Nov. 5, 1925, 10.30-11 pm citing New York Times.
          • No longer at Lido Club, New York, citing Baltimore Afro-American 1925-11-21
          • (summarizes the Variety story above)
          • Snowden succeeds Ellington at Club Kentucky - Amsterdam News 1925-12-09
          • New show at Club Kentucky, including...Duke Ellington's Orchestra, citing Variety 1925-12-16 p.51
        • Lasker:
          • The colored band, Duke Ellington's Washingtonians, give forth plenty torrid jazz..., per Abel Green, Variety 1925-10-14 p.46
          • Duke Ellington's band and the entire floor show from the Club Kentucky have been booked into Loew's State Theatre for the week. from Baltimore Afro-American 1925-10-24 p.5
          • ...Duke Ellington's Washingtonians are no longer engaged at the Lido Club....Snowden's Orchestra is still making good at the Hollywood
          • Variety... reported (1925-10-21) that a Club Cameo at 228 W.52nd was 'ordered closed today by Federal writ and padlock proceedings,' the club 'taken' out of action just a few days after its grand opening. This may or may not be the Cameo Club mentioned in the 25Nov25 Variety report.
          • Elmer Snowden ... has...succeeded Duke Ellington's band at the Club Kentucky...Ellington and his Washingtonians ... now... are with Ethel Waters and the Plantation Revue on tour. - Baltimore Afro-American 1925-12-05 p.4
          • If you must stay up until sunrise, we can't think, offhand, of a better place to while away the time than at the Club Kentucky...And now for the band! If anybody can tell us where a hotter aggregation that Duke Ellington and His Club Kentucky Serenaders can be found we'll buy for the mob... -The Billboard 1925-12-05 p.22
          • Per bands and Orchestras - - Routes for Next Week (December 14) Ellington's Washingtonians, Flamingo C., 52nd St. and 7th Ave., N.Y. C. - Variety 1925-12-09 p.46
          • Mr. Lasker summarizes Greer's story in Ulanov about losing the Flamingo Club job after the third night. On the fourth night they were given pink slips and two weeks pay. 'Fortunately, Ulanov noted, 'Leo Bernstein was fresh out of a band at the Kentucky. Hearing of the Ellington crew's plight, he offered them their old job back. They went gladly.'
            Lasker says Greer misdated this as shortly after their 1926 return from Salem.
          • Otto Hardwick ... told the same story but placed it at Ciro's where the band worked in April 1926...
          • Ads for the 'Club Flamingo' appeared in the New York Times from 29Oct25. That first ad announced 'Opens Tonight...Under Club Lido Management...' The resident band isn't identified.... All ads except the first name Gene Fosdick. From all this I gather Ellington's orchestra opened the Flamingo Club on 29Oct25 but were fired after a night or two; since the Flamingo Club was 'under Club Lido management,' the 21Nov25 Baltimore Afro-American report that Ellington's Washingtonians were no longer engaged at the Lido Club could simply be an error in an otherwise accurate report about the loss of the Club Flamingo job by Ellington.
          • Igo/Ewing/Pilkington - Dec. 5, Fats Waller filled in for DE during meal breaks.
          • Steiner:
            • "Third Season: Club Kentucky, 19 Feb25-22Oct25" section at p.25, dates Ellington's absence from the Club Kentucky from Oct. 24 to Nov.22 inclusive: The Washingtonians were reported working during this period at a number of locations: the Lido, Flamingo, and Trocadero clubs; and touring with Ethel Waters.
            • The Fourth Season: Club Kentucky, 23Nov25-21Mar26
              Duke Ellington's Washingtonians Orchestra returned to Club Kentucky. Bert Lewis was still emcee, and Fats Waller was added as his accompanist.

              Lasker shows a Club Kentucky ad that ran from November 23 to January 2 in the New York Telegram which names Duke Ellington's Washingtonians Orchestra.
          • Radio logs continued to show broadcasts of the Club Kentucky Orchestra or the Club Kentucky Revue until the end of the year, but those that were in late October and most of November could just as well be Elmer Snowden instead of Ellington.
          • The New York Age 1925-11-25 has Ethel Waters leading a revue at the Lafayette, New York
          • Variety 1925-12-16 p.49, reports Ethel Waters and the Plantation Revue played the Howard in Washington after its week at the Lafayette
          • The New York Age 1925-12-05: has her revue at the Dunbar in Philadelphia
          • Variety 1925-12-16 p.51 reports The Club Kentucky's new show, headed by Bert Lewis, holdover, as master of ceremonies, includes ...Duke Ellington's Club Kentucky orchestra.
          • Variety 1925-12-09 Bands and Orchestras Routes for the week of Dec. 14 shows Elmer Snowden at Club Bamville.
          • Variety 1925-12-30 p.190 reported Barron Wilkins Exclusive Club opened Dec. 17 with Elmer Snowden and his Demon Syncopaters.
          • Variety 1925-12-30 p.204 carries an ad for Ethel Waters and Earl Dancer in Plantation Revue, with Ralph Jones and his Celebrated Plantation Orchestra(Variety 1925-12-30 p.204 carries an ad for Ethel Waters and Earl Dancer in Plantation Revue, with Ralph Jones and his Celebrated Plantation Orchestra. In the 1926-01-20 edition, p.6, Variety reported Miss Waters left the show and opened a vaudeville act. It said

            'The Waters-Plantation revue rift is said to ahve resulted on the squawk made by Miss Waters on the bookings of the revue, the unit being out four weeks and only working two.'

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        1925 10 26
        Monday
        ...Activities not documented...
        ..2014
        1925 10 27
        Tuesday
        .New York, N.Y..Activities not documented

        There was a WHN remote broadcast, midnight to 12:45 am, "Club Kentucky Revue" which seems likely to have been the revue accompanied by Snowden's band.
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        1925 10 28
        Wednesday
        ...Activities not documented...
        ..2014
        1925 10 29
        Thursday
        .New York, N.Y.Club Flamingo(Unconfirmed)
        This itinerary lists the Flamingo engagement for three nights based on Ulanov's report of Greer's statement -see 1925 10 24.

        Lasker:

        Ads for the 'Club Flamingo' appeared in the New York Times from 29Oct25. That first ad announced 'Opens Tonight...Under Club Lido Management...' The resident band isn't identified.... All ads except the first name Gene Fosdick. From all this I gather Ellington's orchestra opened the Flamingo Club on 29Oct25 but were fired after a night or two; since the Flamingo Club was 'under Club Lido management,' the 21Nov25 Baltimore Afro-American report that Ellington's Washingtonians were no longer engaged at the Lido Club could simply be an error in an otherwise accurate report about the loss of the Club Flamingo job by Ellington.


        Despite this, Variety's Bands and Orchestras Routes for Next Week (December 14) has

        'Ellington's Washingtonians, Flamingo C. 52nd St. and 7th Ave. N.Y.C. '

        • Steven Lasker, ibid
        • Variety 1925-12-09 p.46
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        1925 10 30
        Friday
        .New York, N.Y.Club Flamingo(Unconfirmed)

        Night club engagement - see 1925 10 29
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        1925 10 31
        Saturday
        Halloween
        .New York, N.Y.Club Flamingo(Unconfirmed)

        Night club engagement - see 1925 10 29
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        November 1925

        1925 11 01
        Sunday
        .New York, N.Y.Club Flamingo(Unconfirmed)

        Possible last night of this night club engagement - see 1925 10 29
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        1925 11 02
        Monday
        .New York, N.Y.Club Flamingo(Unconfirmed)

        If Greer is to be believed, this would be the night the band showed up at the club, to find another band on the bandstand and so they were fired. - see 1925 10 29
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        1925 11 03
        Tuesday
        ...Activities not documented...
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        1925 11 04
        Wednesday
        ...Activities not documented...
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        1925 11 05
        Thursday
        ...Activities not documented...
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        1925 11 06
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        1925 11 07
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        ...Activities not documented...
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        1925 11 08
        Sunday
        ...Activities not documented...
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        1925 11 09
        Monday
        ...Activities not documented...
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        1925 11 10
        Tuesday
        ...Activities not documented...
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        1925 11 11
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        ...Activities not documented...
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        1925 11 12
        Thursday
        ...Activities not documented...
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        1925 11 13
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        ...Activities not documented...
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        1925 11 14
        Saturday
        ...Activities not documented...
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        1925 11 15
        Sunday
        ...Activities not documented...
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        1925 11 16
        Monday
        ...Activities not documented...
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        1925 11 17
        Tuesday
        ...Activities not documented...
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        1925 11 18
        Wednesday
        ...Activities not documented...
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        1925 11 19
        Thursday
        ...Activities not documented...
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        1925 11 20
        Friday
        ...Activities not documented...
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        1925 11 21
        Saturday
        .New York, N.Y.Lido ClubThe 1925-11-21 Baltimore Afro-American said,

        'It is reported that Duke Ellington's Washingtonians are no longer engaged at the Lido Club. The reason was not disclosed. '

        Tucker writes:

        'The Baltimore Afro-American reported November 21 that the Wahsingtonians had just finished an engagement at the Lido Cloub, yet no New York announcements had heralded an opeing there...'


        If Ellington played at the Lido Club, the dates are undocumented. The venue may be the Lido Club at Long Beach, N.Y., on Long Beach Barrier Island, off the south shore of Long Island. In 1925 plans were announced to build a hotel beside the existing Lido Club.
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        Sunday
        ...Activities not documented...
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        1925 11 23
        Monday
        .New York, N.Y.Club KentuckyEllington and the Washingtonians returned to the Club Kentucky to resume their nightclub residency with the revue.
        Variety:

        'The Club Kentucky's new show, headed by Bert Lewis, holdover, as master of ceremonies, includes Gypsy Byrne, male impersonator, Margaret Edwards, Peggy English, Jane Laurence, Bermico [sic] Petkers, Harry Harris and Sid Clark, plus Duke Ellington's Club Kentucky orchestra.'

        • Steiner, Wild Throng Dances Madly in Cellar Club, p.26
        • Variety 1925-12-16 p.51
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        Tuesday
        .New York, N.Y.Club KentuckyNightclub residency with revue - see 1925 11 23...
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        1925 11 25
        Wednesday
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        1925 11 26
        Thursday
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        1925 11 27
        Friday
        .New York, N.Y.Club KentuckyNightclub residency with revue - see 1925 11 23...
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        1925 11 28
        Saturday
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        1925 11 29
        Sunday
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        1925 11 30
        Monday
        .New York, N.Y.Club KentuckyNightclub residency with revue - see 1925 11 23...
        ...

        December 1925

        1925 12 01
        Tuesday
        .New York, N.Y.Club KentuckyNightclub residency with revue - see 1925 11 23...
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        1925 12 02
        Wednesday
        .New York, N.Y.Club KentuckyNightclub residency with revue - see 1925 11 23...
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        1925 12 03
        Thursday
        ...

        "Three songs from 'Chocolate Kiddies' by Ellington (music) and Jo. Trent (lyrics) and published by Robbins-Engel are deposited at the Copyright Office. Jig Walk was published as sheet music both in American and Germany. Jim Dandy and With You were only published in Germany, on the back page of which are ads (and incipits) for two Ellington-Trent songs, ... Love Is Just A Wish For You... and Skeedely-Um-Bum..."

        Steven Lasker, The Washingtonians: A Miscellany, p.38.
        M. Tucker, Early Years, p.126
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        Thursday
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        1925 12 04
        Friday
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        1925 12 05
        Saturday
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        1925 12 06
        Sunday
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        1925 12 07
        Monday
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        1925 12 08
        Tuesday
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        1925 12 09
        Wednesday
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        1925 12 10
        Thursday
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        1925 12 11
        Friday
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        1925 12 12.New York, N.Y.Lincoln Theatre
        58 W.135th St.

        'VAUDEVILLE
        NOW PLAYING
        Johnnie Hudgins
        With
        Mildred Hudgins
        And
        Duke Ellingtons
        Washingtonians
        The
        Famous Club
        Kentucky Band '

        The photo play attraction for this week was Night Life of New York.
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        Saturday
        .New York, N.Y.Club KentuckyNightclub residency with revue - see 1925 11 23...
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        1925 12 13
        Sunday
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        1925 12 14
        Monday
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        1925 12 15
        Tuesday
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        1925 12 16
        Wednesday
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        1925 12 17
        Thursday
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        1925 12 18
        Friday
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        1925 12 19
        Saturday
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        1925 12 20
        Sunday
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        1925 12 21
        Monday
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        1925 12 22
        Tuesday
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        1925 12 23
        Wednesday
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        1925 12 24
        Thursday
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        1925 12 25
        Friday
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        1925 12 26
        Saturday
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        1925 12 27
        Sunday
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        1925 12 28
        Monday
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        1925 12 29
        Tuesday
        .New York, N.Y.Club KentuckyNightclub residency with revue - see 1925 11 23...
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        1925 12 30
        Wednesday
        .New York, N.Y.Club KentuckyNightclub residency with revue - see 1925 11 23...
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        1925 12 31
        Thursday
        .New York, N.Y.Club KentuckyNightclub residency with revue - see 1925 11 23...
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        1925 12 31
        Thursday
        .New York, N.Y.Club Kentucky Peripheral event
        Club Kentucky is one of ten served with an injunction

        "The most drastic measure in the history of New York City against New Year's Eve Revelry was promulgated today by United States Attorney Emory R.Buckner when he served notice on ten Broadway supper clubs and cabarets that he had secured temporary injunctions against them.

        The injunctions... restrain the clubs and restaurants and their employees from selling or giving away intoxicating liquors until the final hearing of padlock suits which Mr. Buckner has brought against them...

        Some 150 Federal prohibition agents will be making the rounds and many have engaged tables...

        Notwithstanding these discouragements to the more convivial part of the city's population and visitors, there was every indication that the New Year's Eve celebration here would be both noisy and extensive .Reservations to the limit of their capacity have been taken at practically all the nightclubs, hotel dining rooms and restaurants...Fifteen dollars seems to be the prevailing price,except where tickets are bought from speculators. The speculators, seeking to reap a richer profit than they could make from the sale of theater admissions, were reported buying all the seats they could obtain at the more expensive nightclubs and disposing of them at an advance running as high as 100 percent, and more."


        Ken Steiner 2012-11-20 in a message in Duke-LYM:

        "Prohibition itself is an amazing subject and I can't imagine telling Duke's story without it. Prohibition had the ironic effect of creating the very night club scene that provided Duke employment during his early years.

        New York was in the midst of a new wave of Prohibition enforcement. Emory Buckner, a "legal beagle," became District Attorney [recte United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York] in May of 1925, shifted the focus to Times Square clubs, and expedited the prosecution of cases through non-jury courts, injunctions, and padlocks.

        Club Kentucky beat the rap this time, according to Variety (Jan. 6, 1926) "through lack of evidence." Later that year, Buckner was successful in closing Club Kentucky on March 21 for six months."


        Mr. Buckner's testimony before the Senate Subcommittee of the Committee On The Judiciary about the national prohibition law on 1926 04 07 is a fascinating glimpse into the illicit liquor trade in New York, the problems of enforcing the law, the reason for padlocking, the court backlogs, etc.
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        1926 00 00...LIFE EVENT
        Cambridge Companion says Ellington met Will Marion Cook, who would become his mentor, in 1925, but does not show a source. Steven Lasker identifies the source as Lawrence:

        Per AHL, p407: "Summer 1925: Ellington meets composer/bandleader Will Marion Cook, who becomes a teacher/mentor to the young composer."

        Ellington, in MIMM, wrote about riding with Cook in open taxis and receiving advice, but does not state the year, nor does he say this was when they met. The meeting may have been a renewal of an acquaintance or friendship, rather than a first meeting, since Cook, the father of Ambassador Mercer Cook, was from Washington. Mercer Ellington, born in 1919, wrote

        'When I was born in 1919, the entire family was still in Washington. I was named for Mercer Cook, whom my grandmother thought very handsome.'

        While the National Historic Sites discussion of Will Marion Cook's Manhattan home says he lived there from 1918 until his death, his son, Will Mercer Cook, born in 1903, attended Dunbar High School in Washington and Wikipedia says Cook lived across the street from Ellington. It seems likely that Ellington met the father and his mentor, Will Marion Cook some time before 1920.
        • Cambridge Companion, p.xiv
        • Marva Carter, Swing Along: The Musical Life of Will Marion Cook, Oxford University Press, 2008, prelude.
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        1926 00 00... Peripheral event
        S. Lasker reports the "Membership Book" for American Federation of Musicians Local 802 dated 1926 shows Edward "Duke" Ellington 135 W. 142nd St., Apt. 3 NY NY tel Bradhurst 0313
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        1926 01 01
        Friday
        .New York, N.Y.Club KentuckyNightclub residency with revue - see 1925 11 23
        Orchestra World:

        'Gene Wentz at Kentucky Club
        At the Kentucky Club, Gene Wentz is presenting the Intimate Revue that is proving an attraction of distinct merit. There are few offerings in New Yokr clubs that can compare with this show.
          Gene Wentz puts on shows that takes [sic] becase he has the natural instinct for successes and has added to this by his experience at other places, such as the Parody Club and the Silver Slipper.
          Harry Harris acts as master of ceremonies and leaves nothing to be desired. The Revue offers Sid Clark, whose club pupularity was established long ago. Betty Carmen is a coloratura soprano who has scored heavily in her New York appearances. Chick Barrymore and her Eight Girls are a revelation in dancing and singing and lack nothing in the essentials of pulchritude.
          Duke Ellington's band furnishes the music and this means high grade melody and rhythm.
          The Kentucky Club and its Intimate Revue is great. Those seeking real entertainment can find it here.'

        Orchestra World, January 1926, p.7, courtesy of Ralph Wondraschek..
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        1926 01 02
        Saturday
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        1926 01 03
        Sunday
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        1926 01 04
        Monday
        .New York, N.Y.Club Kentucky"Intimate Revue"

        Nightclub residency with revue
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        Tuesday
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        1926 01 06
        Wednesday
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        1926 01 07
        Thursday
        .New York, N.Y.Club KentuckyNightclub residency with revue - see 1926 01 04
        Variety:

        '...WHN made the usual rounds of the cafes, with Duke Ellington's "hot" aggregation from the Club Kentucky starting the marathon. In between, the usual assortment of song pluggers and indifferent vocalists caused one to tune out promptly, although Ross Fowler and Belle Brooks personally impressed.
          The Thursday night reception was poor and proved once again that too much dependence on radio is a fallacy. That radio is waning in popularity may or may not be strictly so, although there is a falling-off tendency, but the fact remains it has not the same grip on the public as formerly, fulfilling the original prophesy about its being a passing fancy. Regardless of this, climatic conditions such as humidity or pre-snow thaw are a severe handicap, and for this season radio will never keep them indoors entirely...

        Abel.'

        Variety, 1926-01-13 p.14..
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        Friday
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        1926 01 09
        Saturday
        .New York, N.Y.Club KentuckyNightclub residency with revue - see 1926 01 04...
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        1926 01 10
        Sunday
        evening
        .New York, N.Y.Ambassador Theatre
        West 49th St. west of Broadway
        Fundraising recital cum variety show

        "For the benefit of establishing a proposed Negro Art School, Abbie Mitchell appeared at the Ambassador Theatre, West 49th street Sunday night in a program of Spirituals, Jubilee songs and syncopated numbers. The attendance was small but appreciative, although more Spirituals were expected than were given.

        "Miss Mitchell was supported by Tom Fletcher, famous comedian, Hann's Cotton Club Quartet; the Dixie Jubilee singers and Duke Ellington's Washingtonians, a jazz band of eight pieces.

        "In the first part of the program Miss Mitchell sang a group of songs, including Lawrence Brown's 'Sometimes I feel like a motherless child,' and Harry Burleigh's arrangement of "Little David, play on your harp.' For an encore she sang Will Marion Cooks's 'Mammy.'

        "In Part Two of the program she sang Mr. Cook's composition, entitled 'Exhortation,' and Paul Lawrence Dunbar's poem, "Li'l Gal,; which was set to music by J. Roasamond Johnson. Mr Cook was her accompanist.

        "Ellington's band played a jazz number after each vocal selection in part one of the program, opening the evening concert with 'Swanee Butterfly' and concluding the first half with Mr. Ellington's own composition, 'The Jig Walker.'..."

        This review was published Jan.16; personnel other than the Washingtonians are named in the story in the Jan. 9 edition.
        Cook was Ms Mitchell's husband, and Dunbar was Cook's songwriting partner.
        New York Age
        • "Will Marion Cook To Present Negro Music," 1926-01-09, p.7
        • "Will Marion Cook Gives Jazz Concert At Ambassador Theatre," 1926-01-16, p.3
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        1926 01 12
        Tuesday
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        1926 01 13
        Wednesday
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        1926 01 14
        Thursday
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        1926 01 15
        Friday
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        1926 01 16
        Saturday
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        1926 01 17
        Sunday
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        1926 01 18
        Monday
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        1926 01 19
        Tuesday
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        1926 01 20
        Wednesday
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        1926 01 21
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        1926 01 22
        Friday
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        1926 01 23
        Saturday
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        1926 01 24
        Sunday
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        1926 01 25
        Monday
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        1926 01 26
        Tuesday
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        1926 01 27
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        ...
        1926 01 28
        Thursday
        .New York, N.Y.Club KentuckyNightclub residency with revue - see 1926 01 04...
        ...
        1926 01 29
        Friday
        .New York, N.Y.Club KentuckyNightclub residency with revue - see 1926 01 04...
        ...
        1926 01 30
        Saturday
        .New York, N.Y.Club KentuckyNightclub residency with revue - see 1926 01 04...
        ...
        1926 01 31
        Sunday
        .New York, N.Y.Club KentuckyNightclub residency with revue - see 1926 01 04...
        ...

        February 1926

        1926 02 01
        Monday
        .New York, N.Y.Club KentuckyNightclub residency with revue - see 1926 01 04...
        ...
        1926 02 02
        Tuesday
        .New York, N.Y.Club KentuckyNightclub residency with revue - see 1926 01 04...
        ...
        1926 02 03
        Wednesday
        .New York, N.Y.Club KentuckyNightclub residency with revue - see 1926 01 04...
        ...
        1926 02 04
        Thursday
        .New York, N.Y.Club KentuckyNightclub residency with revue - see 1926 01 04...
        ...
        1926 02 05
        Friday
        .New York, N.Y.Club KentuckyNightclub residency with revue - see 1926 01 04...
        ...
        1926 02 06
        Saturday
        .New York, N.Y.Club KentuckyNightclub residency with revue - see 1926 01 04...
        ...
        1926 02 07
        Sunday
        .New York, N.Y.Club KentuckyNightclub residency with revue - see 1926 01 04...
        ...
        1926 02 08
        Monday
        .New York, N.Y.Club KentuckyNightclub residency with revue - see 1926 01 04...
        ...
        1926 02 09
        Tuesday
        .New York, N.Y.Club KentuckyNightclub residency with revue - see 1926 01 04...
        ...
        1926 02 10
        Wednesday
        .New York, N.Y.Club KentuckyNightclub residency with revue - see 1926 01 04...
        ...
        1926 02 11
        Thursday
        .New York, N.Y.Club KentuckyNightclub residency with revue - see 1926 01 04...
        ...
        1926 02 12
        Friday
        .New York, N.Y.Club KentuckyNightclub residency with revue - see 1926 01 04...
        ...
        1926 02 13
        Saturday
        .New York, N.Y.Club KentuckyNightclub residency with revue - see 1926 01 04...
        ...
        1926 02 14
        Sunday
        Valentine's Day
        .New York, N.Y.Club KentuckyNightclub residency with revue - see 1926 01 04...
        ...
        1926 02 15
        Monday
        .New York, N.Y.Club KentuckyNightclub residency with revue - see 1926 01 04...
        ...
        1926 02 16
        Tuesday
        .New York, N.Y.Club KentuckyNightclub residency with revue - see 1926 01 04...
        ...
        1926 02 17
        Wednesday
        .New York, N.Y.Club KentuckyNightclub residency with revue - see 1926 01 04...
        ...
        1926 02 18
        Thursday
        .New York, N.Y.Club KentuckyNightclub residency with revue - see 1926 01 04...
        ...
        1926 02 19
        Friday
        .New York, N.Y.Club KentuckyNightclub residency with revue - see 1926 01 04...
        ...
        1926 02 20
        Saturday
        ..Club KentuckyNightclub residency with revue...
        ..Added
        2011
        1926 02 21
        Sunday
        .New York, N.Y.Club KentuckyNightclub residency with revue - see 1926 02 20...
        ...
        1926 02 22
        Monday
        .New York, N.Y.Club KentuckyNightclub residency with revue - see 1926 02 20...
        ...
        1926 02 23
        Tuesday
        .New York, N.Y.Club KentuckyNightclub residency with revue - see 1926 02 20...
        ...
        1926 02 24
        Wednesday
        .New York, N.Y.Club KentuckyNightclub residency with revue - see 1926 02 20...
        ...
        1926 02 25
        Thursday
        .New York, N.Y.Club KentuckyNightclub residency with revue - see 1926 02 20...
        ...
        1926 02 26
        Friday
        .New York, N.Y.Club Kentucky"All Star Revue"

        Night club residency with revue
        ...
        ..Added
        2011
        1926 02 27
        Saturday
        .New York, N.Y.Club KentuckyNightclub residency with revue - see 1926 02 26...
        ...
        1926 02 28
        Sunday
        .New York, N.Y.Club KentuckyNightclub residency with revue - see 1926 02 26...
        ...

        March 1926

        1926 03 01
        Monday
        .New York, N.Y.Club KentuckyNightclub residency with revue - see 1926 02 26...
        ...
        1926 03 02
        Tuesday
        .New York, N.Y.Club KentuckyNightclub residency with revue - see 1926 02 26...
        ...
        1926 03 03
        Wednesday
        .New York, N.Y.Club KentuckyNightclub residency with revue - see 1926 02 26...
        ...
        1926 03 04
        Thursday
        .New York, N.Y.Club KentuckyNightclub residency with revue - see 1926 02 26...
        ...
        1926 03 05
        Friday
        .New York, N.Y.Club KentuckyNightclub residency with revue - see 1926 02 26...
        ...
        1926 03 06
        Saturday
        .New York, N.Y.Club KentuckyNightclub residency with revue - see 1926 02 26...
        ...
        1926 03 07
        Sunday
        .New York, N.Y.Club KentuckyNightclub residency with revue - see 1926 02 26...
        ...
        1926 03 08
        Monday
        .New York, N.Y.Club KentuckyNightclub residency with revue - see 1926 02 26...
        ...
        1926 03 09
        Tuesday
        .New York, N.Y.Club KentuckyNightclub residency with revue - see 1926 02 26...
        ...
        1926 03 10
        Wednesday
        .New York, N.Y.Club KentuckyNightclub residency with revue - see 1926 02 26...
        ...
        1926 03 11
        Thursday
        .New York, N.Y.Club KentuckyNightclub residency with revue - see 1926 02 26...
        ...
        1926 03 12
        Friday
        .New York, N.Y.Club KentuckyNightclub residency with revue - see 1926 02 26...
        ...
        1926 03 13
        Saturday
        .New York, N.Y.Club KentuckyNightclub residency with revue - see 1926 02 26...
        ...
        1926 03 14
        Sunday
        .New York, N.Y.Club KentuckyNightclub residency with revue - see 1926 02 26...
        ...
        1926 03 15
        Monday
        .New York, N.Y.Club KentuckyNightclub residency with revue - see 1926 02 26...
        ...
        1926 03 16
        Tuesday
        .New York, N.Y.Club KentuckyNightclub residency with revue - see 1926 02 26...
        ...
        1926 03 17
        Wednesday
        .New York, N.Y.Club KentuckyNightclub residency with revue - see 1926 02 26...
        ...
        1926 03 18
        Thursday
        .New York, N.Y.Club KentuckyNightclub residency with revue - see 1926 02 26

        ...
        ...
        circa
        1926 03 18
        Thursday
        .New York, N.Y.East 53rd St. Studio
        150 E. 53rd St.
        Pathé recording session
        Duke Ellington's Washingtonians
        Harry Cooper, Leroy Rutledge, Charlie Irvis, Don Redman, Prince Robinson, Hardwick, Ellington, Guy, Edwards

        Titles recorded:
        • Georgia Grind
        • Parlor Social Stomp

        This session is dated circa March 18 or simply March in some discographies but initially estimated independently by Luis Contijoch and Steven Lasker to be March 19.
        Lasker 2017-01-24:

        'Any additional "exact" Pathe/Perfect and Cameo/Lincoln/Romeo recording dates are welcomed for their value in estimating dates of other sessions. Contijoch can help by telling us which of the dates he cites can actually be found in Lanin's diary. Unfortunately, many or most of the sessions he mentions - such as the Rosa Henderson/Fats Waller session - won't be found in any of the known surviving diaries (besides Lanin's, diaries were left by Kirkeby, Vic D'loppolito and Sylvester Ahola) and are therefore estimated dates which should be preceded by "circa" and not used as fixed points from which to interpolate dates of other sessions. Researcher James Parten comments that my original piece omitted a relevant Pathe/Perfect session for which the exact recording date is known from Sylvester Ahola's diary: 29Febl926 (mxs. 106653/53 by Paul Specht as "Consolidated Club Orchestra"). Knowledge of this date leads me to revise my date estimate for Ellington's Georgia Grind session from 19Mar26 to c 18Mar26 (a Wednesday).'

        New Desor
        DE2601
        DEMS
        ..2011
        updated

        2013-11-29
        2014-08-30
        2017-01-25
        1926 03 19
        Friday
        .New York, N.Y.Club KentuckyNightclub residency with revue - see 1926 02 26...
        ...
        1926 03 20
        Saturday
        .New York, N.Y.Club KentuckyNightclub residency with revue - see 1926 02 26...
        ...
        1926 03 21
        Sunday
        .New York, N.Y.Club KentuckyClub closed
        ("padlocked" for serving liquor during prohibition)
        ..DEMS
        ..Added
        2011
        1926 03 22
        Monday
        ...activities not documented...
        ...
        1926 03 23
        Tuesday
        ...activities not documented...
        ...
        1926 03 24
        Wednesday
        ...activities not documented...
        ...
        1926 03 25
        Thursday
        ...activities not documented...
        ...
        1926 03 26
        Friday
        ...activities not documented
        (Some sources show this as the date of the March 30 Pathé/Perfect Session)
        ...
        ..2011
        updated
        2013-11-29
        1926 03 27
        Saturday
        ...activities not documented...
        ...
        1926 03 28
        Sunday
        ...activities not documented...
        ...
        1926 03 29
        Monday
        ...activities not documented...
        ...
        1926 03 30
        Tuesday
        .New York, N.Y.East 37th St. Offices
        9 East 37th St.
        Gennett recording session
        Titles recorded:
        • (You've Got Those) "Wanna Go Back Again" Blues (Gennett 3291, Buddy 8010 and Champion 15105A)
        • If You Can't Hold The Man You Love (Gennett 3291 and Buddy 8010)
        Ulanov says four sides were recorded but two were never issued and the other two

        'disappeared so fast from the market that nobody seems to have a copy of this first record of Ellington's.'

        From his discography, he may have meant the unissued sides were Jig Walk and Alabamy Bound, but there is no evidence they were made. Steven Lasker writes:

        'According to Delaunay's Hot Discography (1938), Bob Thiele's Ellington discography printed in Jazz [magazine] nos. 5/6 (1943) and the discography in Ulanov, the earliest recordings by "ELLINGTON WASHINGTONIANS (1926)" were Jig Walk and Alabamy Bound, for which no issue number is cited.
          The same personnel (including Jimmy Harrison, Don Redman and George Thomas) is shown for Ellington's Gennett 3291. No documentation of Jig Walk or Alabamy Bound is found in any surviving record company archive, and no test pressing has ever been reported. In the absence of tangible evidence, the claim should be treated as unsubstantiated and probably false.'


        Duke Ellington and His Orchestra
        • Ellington is quoted on the sleeve of the LP Don Redman: Master of the Big Band (RCA Victor LPV-520) as saying the date called for 10 musicians when the Kentucky Club band numbered six.
        • This is consistent with Steven Lasker's personnel list for this session:
          1. Harry Cooper
          2. Leroy Rutledge
          3. Charlie Irvis
          4. Don Redman
          1. Prince Robinson
          2. Otto Hardwick
          3. Duke Ellington
          1. Fred Guy
          2. Bass Edwards
          3. Sonny Greer
          Lasker has Greer on drums, vocal and train whistle, and says Greer recalled his vocals many times while listening to these recordings with Brooks Kerr.
        • Aasland lists 12 men, adding George Thomas (reeds,vocal) and Jimmy Harrison (trombone, vocal). This agrees with, and may be based on, Ulanov, p.52.
        • Ulanov says Cooper, Harrison, Redman, Thomas and Robinson were added for this date, but at p.279, only lists 9 men:
          1. Miley
          2. Charlie Johnson
          3. Irvis
          1. Hardwick
          2. Robinson
          3. Ellington
          1. Guy
          2. Edwards
          3. Greer
        • Jepsen, Bakker and Timner IV have the same as Aasland
        • Timner V has 10, dropping Harrison and Thomas and showing Greer as the vocalist on both records.
        • New Desor agrees with Lasker.

        Lasker quotes Ellington manager Harrison Smith from Storyville 47, p.165:

        'I paid Duke the princely sum of $19 for If You Can't Hold The Man You Love...That was his first Gennett record and the boys had to split the $19 up nine different ways, you know...or six different ways, at least. So in appreciation, I took over Duke's band as its manager.'

        Mr. Lasker advises the Champion 15105 "Phonograph Record Cost and Royalty Record" card showed performers' royalties were 1 penny per side sold.
        New Desor
        DE2602
        DEMS
        .sl, djp2011
        updated

        2014-01-20
        2014-08-30
        2014-09-01
        2015-09-28
        2015-10-01
        2017-01-25
        1926 03 31
        Wednesday
        ...activities not documented...
        ...
        1926 00 00...PERSONNEL CHANGES
        Charles Irvis, trombone and Henry "Bass" Edwards leave the band in the spring.

        Mack Shaw, tuba, replaces Edwards. New Desor shows Edwards in the March 30, 1926 session and Shaw in the June session.
        New Desor vol.2..
        .djpNew
        added 2012-10-23

        April 1926

        1926 04 01
        Thursday
        ...activities not documented...
        ...
        1926 04 02
        Friday
        ...activities not documented...
        ...
        1926 04 03
        Saturday
        ...activities not documented...
        ...
        1926 04 04
        Sunday
        ...activities not documented...
        ...
        1926 04 05
        Monday
        ...activities not documented...
        ...
        1926 04 06
        Tuesday
        ...activities not documented...
        ...
        1926 04 07
        Wednesday
        ...activities not documented...
        ...
        1926 04 08
        Thursday
        ...activities not documented...
        ...
        1926 04 09
        Friday
        ...activities not documented...
        ...
        1926 04 10
        Saturday
        ...activities not documented...
        ...
        1926 04 11
        Sunday
        ...activities not documented...
        ...
        1926 04 12
        Monday
        1926 04 26
        Monday
        New York, N.Y.Ciro's or Ciro's Club
        West 56th Street
        and possibly
        Lafayette Theatre
        New "Creole Follies" revue

        From The Washingtonians A Miscellany, pp.46-48:
        '...The 3Mar26 issue of Variety ...reported that the formerly white revue at Ciro's had been replaced by a colored one produced by Leonard L. Harper. A lengthy review of the show, "Creole Follies," noted that two shows were staged nightly with a two dollar cover charge.
            ...The band was led by Leroy Smith... Variety's "Cabaret Bills" list shows "Ciro's Follies" at Ciro's each week through 21Apr26. Leroy Smith's band continued after that but Leonard Harper's revue was replaced...
            Although no print reference from the 1920s has yet been located that places Ellington's orchestra at Ciro's, much anecdotal evidence survives which, coupled with contemporary documentation, suggests that Ellington's band was hired to fill in for Leroy Smith's during the two-week period 12-26Apr26, when "Ciro Club's Creole Follies" also appeared at the Lafayette Theatre in Harlem.
            Since Ciro's was a supper club with entertainment, while the Lafayette Theatre staged revues both day and night, and since Leroy Smith's orchestra couldn't appear both at Ciro's and at the Lafayette at the same time each evening, I suppose it possible that a second orchestra, Ellington's, was hired. It wouldn't be unusual for Harper to turn to Ellington. ...Ellington in "Music is My Mistress" (p. xi) recalled

        'I was rehearsal pianist for Leonard at Connie's Inn while we were working at both Barron's and the Kentucky Club,'

            Harper and Ellington had been close collaborators since Ellington's arrival in New York, and Ellington's band had been without a regular job since ...the Club Kentucky was padlocked.
            Trumpeter Harry Cooper recalled that Ellington's band doubled between Ciro's and a theatre on Seventh Avenue (the Lafayette was on Seventh Avenue at 132nd Steet). From an article, based on an interview with Harry Cooper, that appeared in Jazz Hot (Jan-Feb 1946, pl3) ...[translation]:

        ' During a month away from the Club Kentucky, Ellington enlarged his orchestra for playing at Ciro's Club, which was owned by the singer Harry [Richman], with Leroy Rutledge (t.), Jimmy Harrison (tb), Prince Robinson (ts), Joe Garland (as). They also doubled at a theatre on Seventh Avenue.'

            "Ciro Club's Creole Follies" was the attraction advertised by the Lafayette Theatre in The New York Amsterdam News issues of 7Apr26 (p5) and 14Apr26 (p5)...
            From "Benny Carter: A Life in American Music" (by Morroe Berger, Edward Berger and James Patrick, p60):

        'Carter's invitation to play with Ellington came in April [1926], as the band was enlarged and Harvey Boone's departure created the need for another alto man. Ellington's band was in transition during its long stay at the Kentucky Club. Ellington, busy arranging, composing, playing piano, and changing the band's structure, asked Ellsworth Reynolds, a bassist and violinist, to conduct. Carter, Reynolds says, was in the band at Ciro's on Broadway, along with the regular Ellington sidemen.'

            Berger, Berger and Patrick also report (p66):

        'Stanley Dance... has a note, verified by Ellington, that says Carter and Jimmy Harrison were with the band at Ciro's in 1926 [letter from Dance, December 24, 1978]."
            Per Frank Dutton (Storyville 91, Oct-Nov80, p9):

        'Stanley Dance says Duke told him that Jimmy Harrison and Benny Carter worked with him for a short time at the Ciro Club, and then went back to Charlie Johnson's band.'

            Violinist Ellsworth Reynolds was in the band during the spring of 1926 and again in the fall of 1927 and early winter of 1927-28. He left several recollections of his days with Ellington in the form of an article for Jazz Monthly (Feb67, p5) and unpublished letters, often factually incorrect and even contradictory but nonetheless fascinating, to Frank Driggs (undated), Peter Carr (17Dec76) and Frank Dutton (15Jul78).
            In the last-mentioned letter, Reynolds noted:

        'I joined Duke here in N.Y. 1926 – his 1st attempt to enlarge his band for a stint for the Club Ciro Revue, replacing the 'Le Roy Smith' band. To my knowledge Duke's New England tour was before I joined   either early '26 or 1925 (small band). After the Club Ciro date, we went to the Plantation Club on B'way [Broadway] with the Leonard Harper Revue 'Messin' Around' with [a] Maceo Pinkard musical score.'

            In his letter to Peter Carr, Reynolds added that Ellington played at Ciro's for about three weeks. Reynolds recalled the personnel that played Ciro's both in his 1967 article in Jazz Monthly and in his letter to Driggs. In Jazz Monthly, Reynolds lists the trumpeters as Miley, Harry Cooper and Cliff Brazzington; in his letter to Driggs, Reynolds mentions Miley and Charlie Johnson while Brazzington is shown with the band in the fall of 1927 only... Nanton (but not Irvis or Harrison) is listed on trombone in both accounts.
            In Jazz Monthly, Reynolds lists the reed section at Ciro's as Hardwick, Benny Carter and Edgar Sampson, altos; Rudy Jackson, tenor; Harry Carney, baritone. In his letter to Driggs, Reynolds 47mentions Hardwick, Carter and Arville Harris, altos; Prince Robinson, tenor; Carney, baritone. (Reynolds was obviously mistaken about Jackson and Carney, who wouldn't join the band until 1927.)
            Reynolds identified the tubist as Bass Edwards in his letter to Driggs, but as Mack Shaw in Jazz Monthly and in his letter to Peter Carr. The other members of the rhythm section, Ellington, Guy and Greer, are named by Reynolds in both accounts. In neither account does Reynolds mention Rutledge, Harrison or Garland. Reynolds played violin, and recalled that Sampson was also capable of doubling on violin.'
        Steven Lasker
        • The Washingtonians A Miscellanym pp.45-48
        • Email Lasker-Palmquist 2018-09-22
        ..
        ..Added
        2011
        updated
        2018-10-07
        1926 04 13
        Tuesday
        .New York, N.Y.Ciro's or Ciro's Club
        West 56th Street
        and possibly
        Lafayette Theatre
        "Creole Follies" revue - see 1926 04 12...
        ..2011
        1926 04 14
        Wednesday
        .New York, N.Y.Ciro's or Ciro's Club
        West 56th Street
        and possibly
        Lafayette Theatre
        "Creole Follies" revue - see 1926 04 12...
        ..2011
        1926 04 15
        Thursday
        .New York, N.Y.Ciro's or Ciro's Club
        West 56th Street
        and possibly
        Lafayette Theatre
        "Creole Follies" revue - see 1926 04 12...
        ..2011
        1926 04 16
        Friday
        .New York, N.Y.Ciro's or Ciro's Club
        West 56th Street
        and possibly
        Lafayette Theatre
        "Creole Follies" revue - see 1926 04 12...
        ..2011
        1926 04 17
        Saturday
        .New York, N.Y.Ciro's or Ciro's Club
        West 56th Street
        and possibly
        Lafayette Theatre
        "Creole Follies" revue - see 1926 04 12...
        ..2011
        1926 04 18
        Sunday
        .New York, N.Y.Ciro's or Ciro's Club
        West 56th Street
        and possibly
        Lafayette Theatre
        "Creole Follies" revue - see 1926 04 12...
        ..2011
        1926 04 19
        Monday
        .New York, N.Y.Ciro's or Ciro's Club
        West 56th Street
        and possibly
        Lafayette Theatre
        "Creole Follies" revue - see 1926 04 12...
        ..2011
        1926 04 20
        Tuesday
        .New York, N.Y.Ciro's or Ciro's Club
        West 56th Street
        and possibly
        Lafayette Theatre
        "Creole Follies" revue - see 1926 04 12...
        ..2011
        1926 04 21
        Wednesday
        .New York, N.Y.Ciro's or Ciro's Club
        West 56th Street
        and possibly
        Lafayette Theatre
        "Creole Follies" revue - see 1926 04 12...
        ..2011
        1926 04 22
        Thursday
        .New York, N.Y.Ciro's or Ciro's Club
        West 56th Street
        and possibly
        Lafayette Theatre
        "Creole Follies" revue - see 1926 04 12...
        ..2011
        1926 04 23
        Friday
        .New York, N.Y.Ciro's or Ciro's Club
        West 56th Street
        and possibly
        Lafayette Theatre
        "Creole Follies" revue - see 1926 04 12...
        ..2011
        1926 04 24
        Saturday
        .New York, N.Y.Ciro's or Ciro's Club
        West 56th Street
        and possibly
        Lafayette Theatre
        "Creole Follies" revue - see 1926 04 12...
        ..2011
        1926 04 25
        Sunday
        .New York, N.Y.Ciro's or Ciro's Club
        West 56th Street
        and possibly
        Lafayette Theatre
        "Creole Follies" revue - see 1926 04 12...
        ..2011
        1926 04 26
        Monday
        .New York, N.Y.Ciro's or Ciro's Club
        West 56th Street
        and possibly
        Lafayette Theatre
        "Creole Follies" revue - see 1926 04 12...
        ..2011
        1926 04 27
        Tuesday
        ...activities not documented...
        ...
        1926 04 28
        Wednesday
        ...activities not documented...
        ...
        1926 04 29
        Thursday
        Ellington's birthday
        ...activities not documented...
        ...
        1926 04 29
        Thursday
        Ellington's birthday
        ... Peripheral event
        Variety of this date listed the orchestra personnel as
        • Duke Ellington, director
        • Bubbs Miley, trumpet
        • Charlie Irvis, trombone
        • Otto Harwick, Jas. R. Robinson, saxes
        • Fred Guy, banjo
        • Sammy Greer, durms
        The same names are listed in the May 6 edition, with Bubbs changed to Bub and Sammy to Sunny.
        Lasker, The Washingtonians: A Miscellany, pp.31-32.
        .djpNew
        added 2014-03-29
        1926 04 30
        Friday
        ...activities not documented...
        ...

        May 1926

        1926 05 01
        Saturday
        ...activities not documented...
        ...
        1926 05 02
        Sunday
        ...activities not documented...
        ...
        1926 05 03
        Monday
        ...activities not documented...
        ...
        1926 05 04
        Tuesday
        ...activities not documented...
        ...
        1926 05 05
        Wednesday
        ...activities not documented...
        ...
        1926 05 06
        Thursday
        ...activities not documented...
        ...
        1926 05 07
        Friday
        ...activities not documented...
        ...
        1926 05 08
        Saturday
        ...activities not documented...
        ...
        1926 05 09
        Sunday
        ...activities not documented...
        ...
        1926 05 10
        Monday
        ...activities not documented...
        ...
        1926 05 11
        Tuesday
        ...activities not documented...
        ...
        1926 05 12
        Wednesday
        ...activities not documented...
        ...
        1926 05 13
        Thursday
        ...activities not documented...
        ...
        1926 05 14
        Friday
        ...activities not documented...
        ...
        1926 05 15
        Saturday
        ...activities not documented...
        ...
        1926 05 16
        Sunday
        ...activities not documented...
        ...
        1926 05 17
        Monday
        ...activities not documented...
        ...
        1926 05 18
        Tuesday
        ...activities not documented...
        ...
        1926 05 19
        Wednesday
        ...activities not documented...
        ...
        1926 05 20
        Thursday
        ...activities not documented...
        ...
        1926 05 21
        Friday
        ...activities not documented...
        ...
        1926 05 22
        Saturday
        ...activities not documented...
        ...
        1926 05 23
        Sunday
        ...activities not documented...
        ...
        1926 05 24
        Monday
        ...activities not documented...
        ...
        1926 05 25
        Tuesday
        1926 07 11
        (Unconfirmed)

        New York, N.Y.The Plantation Cafe
        Winter Garden Building
        Broadway at 50th
        The Winter Garden theatre was at 1634 Broadway but the cafe's street address might have differed)
        "Messin' Around Revue of 1926" - Revue staged by Leonard Harper, authors Roy Turk and Maceo Pinkard.
        A.H. Lawrence: Duke Ellington and His World, p.45:

        '...Leonard Harper arranged for the band to be part of the show Messin' Around at The Plantation Cafe. With a score by Maceo Pinkard and James P. Johnson, Messin' Around was typical of The Plantation's elaborate productions. Ellington led the band during its featured spot in the show, but the overall musical direction was left in the capable hands of the violinist-conductor, Ellsworth Reynolds.'

        I have quoted this passage for background, but:
        • The revue was advertised in the 1926-06-02 New York Telegram as Messin' Around Revue of 1926, and should not be confused with recordings titled Messin' Around, or with the 1929 Broadway production "Messin' Around."
        • Variety reported the "authors" were Roy Turk and Maceo Pinkard, with no mention of James P.Johnson.
        • Johnson and Perry Bradford are credited with the words (Bradford) and music (Johnson) for the 1929 production.

        Violinist Ellsworth Reynolds as quoted by Dutton:

        '"Duke...didn't need me for his own music, but he didn't like the boredom of rehearsing dancers and acts, especially conducting from a theatre pit....." '

        The opening date is per Ken Steiner's research published in his 2008 Ellington conference paper, Wild Throng Dances Madly in Cellar Club, Duke Ellington and the Washingtonians 1923-27, pp.28-29, in which he reproduced a Morning Telegraph revue published 1927-05-27, consistent with a May 25 opening.

        The show was reviewed in the New York Telegram 1926-05-27 p.16, and Variety, 1926-06-09, carried a review by Abel Green, dated June 3, which was reprinted in the Pittsburgh Courier 1926-06-26.
        This engagement was incorrectly reported to have been after the October 1927 Jazzmania revue in:
        • Frank Dutton: The Birth of a Band, Storyville magazine
        • M. Tucker, Early Years, pp.208-209
        • John Edward Hasse: Beyond Category, The Life and Genius of Duke Ellington p.95
        • John Franceschina: Duke Ellington's Music for the Theater p.205 note 9
        • Alexander Rado: liner notes for Media 7 Masters of Jazz CD series (vol. 3)

        Franceschina and Hasse did not name sources, but Tucker, p.305, n.51, says: "The only source for this is Ellsworth Reynold's scrapbook. See Dutton, "Birth of a Band," Part 1, pp. 52-53; Part 2, p.10." and at p.309: The single most helpful article for this study was a four-part series by Frank Dutton entitled "Birth of a Band" that appeared in the British periodical Storyville from 1979 to 1983."

        Dutton initially dated the Plantation gig as October 1927, evidently based on this letter from Reynolds - the 1927 date appeared in "Birth of a Band" in the December 1978 Storyville magazine. Dutton invited comments on his research, and in the October 1980 issue, corrected the date to "late June 1926."

        The dating clearly puzzled the late Gordon Ewing as he continued the itinerary started by the late Joe Igo - see DEMS 1991-1.

        Barry Ulanov's Ellington biography, published in 1946, says

        "The band was playing at The Plantation then, ... But the Plantation wasn't paying off, so, after a delay on the first week's pay, and no pay at all the second, the Washingtonians left..."

        This appears to be based on a Joe Nanton interview in Metronome in February 1945:

        When Duke came and asked me to play in the band I didn't want to go because he was offering me my friend's job. 'He'll be back next week,' I said. Duke insisted. I promised to join him, but I didn't show up. The following night Duke came by and asked why I didn't come in. This time he waited until I got dressed and he TOOK me with him. He was playing at the Plantation then, at Fiftieth and Broadway. The first week I had to wait two days for my pay and the second week there wasn't any pay. So the place closed and we went to New England....

        Some authors have interpreted this to mean the Washingtonians played only two weeks at the Plantation, but it only says Nanton joined the band while it was playing at the Plantation.

        The show clearly ran more than two weeks, because it was broadcast on June 17 and Variety listed it under Cabaret Bills until July 14.

        This webpage assumes a July 11 closing date simply because that is the last day before the band went to New England. No ads after June 20 have been found at the time of writing although it seems unlikely a show would be advertised after it closed.

        According to Steven Lasker, The Washingtonians: A Miscellany,

        "Violinist Ellsworth Reynolds was in the band during the spring of 1926 and again in the fall of 1927 and early winter of 1927-28. He left several recollections of his days with Ellington in the form of an article for Jazz Monthly (Feb 67, p5) and unpublished letters, often factually incorrect and even contradictory but nonetheless fascinating, to Frank Driggs (undated), Peter Carr (17Dec76) and Frank Dutton (15Jul78). In the last-mentioned letter, Reynolds noted: 'I joined Duke here in N.Y. 1926 -- his 1st attempt to enlarge his band for a stint for the Club Ciro Revue. ... After the Club Ciro date, we went to the Plantation Club on B'way....'"

        The June 17 broadcast confirms it was playing in mid-June.

        Pittsburgh Courier 1926-06-19 p.10 says Leonard Harper's 'Messing Around,' the present revue at Plantation, New York City, is declared to be the hottest thing in Gotham, but it seems likely to have ended by 1926-07-10 when the New York Age, 1926-07-10 p.6 said Leonard Harper presents the Ciro Revue at the Lincoln Theatre, New York City.

        Variety's cabaret listings would seem to show the engagement lasted into mid-July.

        The Afro-American, June 12:

        'At Plantation
        NEW YORK - The new revue at the Plantaion is styled the "Messin' Around Revue of 1926". The principals are: Edith Spencer, Leonidas Simmons Bill Ropbinson, and the Four Crackerjacks.'



        Joe Nanton (later nicknamed Tricky Sam) was hired during the engagement.
        Works with similar names:
        • Messin' Around, by Johnny St. Cyr and Charles L. "Doc" Cooke, recorded by Cookie's Gingersnaps 1926-06-22
        • Messin' Around by Jimmy Blythe, recorded by Jimmy Blythe and His Ragamuffins
        • Messin' Around by Joe Candullo and his Everglades Orchestra
        • In 1929, a musical theatre production "Messin' Around," credited to Johnson (as Jimmy Johnson) and Perry Bradford opened on Broadway at the Hudson Theatre on April 22, and played 33 performances.
        • Various newspapers mention a dance by the same name in the mid-1920s.
        • Steven Lasker:
          • The Washingtonians: A Miscellany
          • Email Lasker-Palmquist 2018-10-07
        • Pittsburgh Courier 1926-06-26 p.10 (reprint from Variety)
        • Review dated June 3, in Variety 1926-06-09 p.44
        • Cabaret Bills, Variety
          • 1926-06-16
          • 1926-06-23
          • 1926-06-30
          • 1926-07-07
          • 1926-07-14
        • Frank Dutton: The Birth of a Band, Storyville Magazine 80, Dec. 1978-Jan. 1979 p.54
        • Ken Steiner: Wild Throng Dances Madly in Cellar Club pp.28-29, reproducing:
          • Ad, New York Telegram 1926-06-02
          • Review, Morning Telegraph 1926-05-26 p.16
          • Review, Morning Telegraph 1926-06-02
          • Commentary, Morning Telegraph 1926-06-07, p.8
          • Story, Morning Telegraph 1926-06-09, p.8
          • Comment, Morning Telegraph 1926-06-16
          • Morning Telegraph 1926-06-18, p.10
          • Morning Telegraph 1926-06-19, p.5
          • Morning Telegraph 1926-06-20, p.7, s3.
          • Morning Telegraph 1926-06-29
        • Wednesday and Thursday radio log, Hamilton Evening Journal, Hamilton,Oh.,1926-06-16 p.2
        • The Evening News, Harrisburg, Penn. 1926-06-17, p.24
        • Ulanov (ibid.) p.51
        • Inez Cavanaugh: Reminiscing in Tempo, Joe Nanton goes over the great times he had with Duke, Bubber, Freddie Jenkins, Metronome, February 1945
        • Theatrical section, The Afro-American, Baltimore, Md. 1926-06-12 p.5
        .DEMS
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        Wednesday
        .New York, N.Y.The Plantation Cafe"Messing Around" revue - see 1926-05-25...
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        1926 05 27
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        .New York, N.Y.The Plantation Cafe"Messing Around" revue - see 1926-05-25...
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        Friday
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        .New York, N.Y.The Plantation Cafe"Messing Around" revue - see 1926-05-25...
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        Sunday
        .New York, N.Y.The Plantation Cafe"Messing Around" revue - see 1926-05-25...
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        1926 05 31
        Monday
        .New York, N.Y.The Plantation Cafe"Messing Around" revue - see 1926-05-25...
        ..2011

        June 1926

        1926 00 00...PERSONNEL CHANGES
        • Reed player Percy Glascoe was in the band during the summer of 1926
        • New Desor says Prince Robinson left the band in the summer of 1926, but this does not take into account the possibility he was present in recordings as late as March and April of 1927.
        • Joe "Tricky Sam" Nanton, trombone, joined the band during this engagement (see Tucker 'The Duke Ellington Reader' pp 465-66 quoting Metronome 19+45-02-00)
        • Mack Shaw also joined the band during this engagement - see Ulanov, p.53
        • New Desor vol.2
        • Email, Lasker-Palmquist
          • 2015-07-02
          • 2018-04-27
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        1926 06 00.Connecticut.Although Ellington and his men are believed to have been playing the Messin' Around Revue of 1926 in early June, Lawrence says:

        'The first week of June, 'Happy' Rhone, a Harlem night club owner, booked the band for a series of one-night stands in Connecticut. ...'

        It isn't clear if Lawrence meant a booking was entered into during the first week of June for an upcoming tour, or if he meant the tour was supposed to be the first week of June. Although I've been unable to find any mention of them in Connecticut in various newspaper archives, it appears Ellington and some of his men did play in Connecticut sometime in the summer of 1926. Alto saxophonist Freddie Skerritt:

        'In 1926, as well, I did a short tour in Connecticut with Duke Ellington. Duke had just finished his job at the Kentucky Club. Happy Rhone, who was the owner of Happy Rhone's, sent the band up there. Otto Hardwick and myself were on altos, Bubber Miley and another musician, whose name I can't recall, were on trumpets, Charlie Irvis on trombone, Harvey Boone on tenor, Sonny Greer on drums and Freddie Guy on banjo/guitar.'

        Peter Carr

        ' When I asked Sonny Greer about this in August 1975, he recalled the short tour in Connecticut and thought the other trumpeter was Leroy Rutledge.'

        • A.H. Lawrence: Duke Ellington and His World, p.45
        • Steven Lasker, The Washingtonians: A Miscellany, privately published, 2006, p.44, quoting Skerritt and Carr from Storyville 66, Aug-Sept 1976, p.215
        • Email Lasker-Palmquist 2014-08-18
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        Tuesday
        .New York, N.Y.The Plantation Cafe"Messing Around" revue - see 1926-05-25...
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        .New York, N.Y.The Plantation Cafe"Messing Around" revue - see 1926-05-25...
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        1926 06 08
        Tuesday
        .New York, N.Y.. Peripheral event
        New York Police Commissioner McLaughlin announced he had imposed a 2 a.m. curfew "this morning" to protect "decent people who go to cabarets and night clubs." He is quoted as saying at 2 a.m. the clubs become dangerous to the unsuspecting.

        Club owners argued that closing at 2 a.m. compelled them to shorten their revues, throwing toiling chorus girls out of work.

        By June 18 Mayor Walker introduced a law to extend the curfew to 3 a.m. and by June 19 the Police Commissioner agreed the clubs could stay open until 3 a.m., if patrons were not served after 2:30. On Sept.16, the Eagle reported the 3 a.m. law would come into effect Nov. 1, rather than Oct. 1, and until then, there would be no curfew. The paper said Nov. 1 was the eve of election day, but the mayor had said the election had nothing to do with it. It was because dancing schools licenced to teach minors until 1 a.m. might interpret the 3 a.m. closing as applying to them, so the Board of Estimates amended the curfew law Sept. 15. Apparently three levels of municipal government had to approve the law after hearings before it would become law. Apparently it had passed all hurdles by December, and was to come into effect the morning of January 2, 1927.

        Various news stories cite complaints that the curfew would affect the livelihoods of thousands of waiters and taxi drivers, and politicians called the new law discriminatory, in that didn't apply to hotels with more than 50 rooms, which were opening night clubs on their premises that would be able to stay open all night.
        Brooklyn Daily Eagle
        • 1926-06-08 p.1
        • 1926-06-18 p.1
        • 1926-06-19 p.22
        • 1926-09-16 p.9
        • 1926-11-15 p.3
        • 1926-12-26 p.22
        • 1927-02-24 p.22
        ..
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        Thursday
        .New York, N.Y.The Plantation Cafe"Messing Around" revue - see 1926-05-25

        WCBS-Broadcast

        9:30 pm (New York Times) or 8:30 PM (out of town radio logs)
        • Wild Throng, p.28, citing New York Times
        • Schenectady Gazette 1926-06-17
        • Hamilton, Ohio, Journal News 1926-06-17
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        1926 06 18
        Friday
        .New York, N.Y.The Plantation Cafe"Messing Around" revue - see 1926-05-25...
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        1926 06 19
        Saturday
        .New York, N.Y.The Plantation Cafe"Messing Around" revue - see 1926-05-25...
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        1926 06 20
        Sunday
        .New York, N.Y.The Plantation Cafe"Messing Around" revue - see 1926-05-25

        This is the date of the last known advertisement.
        ...
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        1926 06 21
        Monday
        .New York, N.Y.East 37th Street offices
        9 East 37th St.
        Gennett recording session
        Duke Ellington & His Washingtonians
        (Memphis Bell Hops on the Challenge label)
        Personnel (per New Desor):
        Miley, Charlie Johnson, Nanton, Harvey Boone, Robinson, Hardwick, Ellington, Guy, Shaw, Greer. New Desor is the first to name Harvey Boone.

        The personnel listed changed from discography to discography - see the summary at DEMS 06/1-29. Steven Lasker: There's an unknown alto, but I've found no evidence to establish he's in fact Harvey Boone.
        Titles recorded:
        • (I'm Just Wild About) Animal Crackers
        • Li'l Farina
        Mercer Ellington:

        'One of the rewards for being good in those days was a box of animal crackers. They were little cookies shaped like the animals in the zoo, and in 1926 he recorded Animal Crackers for Gennett. On the back was Li'l Farina, and Farina was the black child star — about my age — of the Our Gang comedies, which were very popular then. We always went to see them; and when I realized he had written a number with that title, it made quite an impression on me.'

        New Desor
        DE2603
        DEMS
        Timner corrections S.Hoefsmit re 06,1-29, djp2011
        updated

        2013-11-29
        2014-08-30
        2015-04-18
        2017-01-25
        1926 06 21
        Monday
        .New York, N.Y.The Plantation Cafe(Unconfirmed)

        Possibly still in the "Messing Around" revue - see 1926-05-25
        ...
        ..2011
        Circa
        1926 06 21
        Monday
        circa
        1926 06 22
        Tuesday
        New York, N.Y.Alhambra Theatre
        125th St. and Seventh Ave.
        After the death of vaudeville comedian George Walker, Noble Sissle and Bill (Bojangles) Robinson organized concerts in St. Louis, New York and Chicago in June 1926 for the benefit of Walker's impoverished elderly mother. The June 12 New York Age report of the benefit organized by Sissle in St. Louis said there would be an eastern campaign in her aid.

        The performers in the midnight New York concert at the Alhambra included Duckett and Love, The Four Chocolate Dandies, Jack Denton, Helen Morgan and Joe Stanley, Benny Leonard, Jack Donahue, Jay C. Flippen, Tom Patricola, Patti Moore, Perry and Covan, Senator Murphy, Mitzi Vernelle, Boy Senter, Linda, Henry and La Pearl (Mildred Dixon), Miller and Lyles, Seymour and Jeanette, Dixie Four, Lucky Sambo, Four Dancing Demons, Lottie Gee, Duke Ellington's Orchestra, The Adelaide Hall show, and the Plantation Revue.

        The date of the New York performance is uncertain: various sources say Monday June 21, Tuesday June 22, Saturday June 26 and Tuesday June 29. June 26 and 29 are ruled out because a financial report by the trustee, published in The Pittsburgh Courier in September, said the New York funds were received June 23.
        • In support of June 21:
          The Vaudeville News and New York Star reported:

          'BILL ROBINSON DOES FINE
          WORK FOR DEAD COMEDIAN'S
          NEEDY MOTHER
            Bill Robinson...arranged the benefit performance for Mrs. Walker, mother of the late George Walker, of Williams and Walker, after he heard of her unfortunate condition at her home in Lawrence, Kansas.
            As soon as definite plans were completed, Robinson brought Mrs. Walker on to New York to be present at the benefit...The show was given at the Alhambra Theatre on Monday evening, June 21, and there was not a single available seat left in the house. The entire program was under the charge of Al Darling, the Alhambra manager, while Ben Roberts acted as Master of Ceremonies during the entire performance.
            Acts appearing on the bill included Jack Donahue, Lucky Sambo, Helen Morgan and Joe Santley, Adelaide Hall, Tom Patricola, Mitzi Verneille, Henry and La Pearl, Jay Flippen, Seymour and Jeannette, Patti Moore, Four Chocolate Dandies, Benny Leonard, Duckett and Love, Senator Murphy, Miller and Lyles, Lottie Gee, Linda, Boyd Senter, Perr and Covan, Four Dancing Demons, Jack Denton, Dixie Four, Duke Ellington's Orchestra, and the show from the Plantation Revue.
            At the finish of the performance Bill Robinson made the announcement that the Keith-Albee Circuit had donated over a thousand dollars to the fund, while the sell-out amounted to more than $2,075.00 and a collection in the house amounted to $311.75.'

        • In support of June 22:
          • The Billboard, 1926-06-19

            'Benefit Show for Mrs. Walker
            New York, June 14–Bill Robinson, the ace tap dancer playing the K-A. Time, will stage a huge benefit show at the Alhambra Theater at midnight of June 22. The proceeds of the performance will go to the mother of the late George Walker. He was a member of the famous team of Williams and Walker, and Mrs. Wa1ker is said to be in dire need of money.
              A strong program of all kinds of acts is being arranged at the Alhambra, which has been donated by the Keith-Albee Circuit. '

          • New York Age 1923-07-03 p.6:

            'Benefit For Late George Walker's Mother a Success
            A benefit for the mother of George Walker of the former team of Williams and Walker was arranged and presented last Tuesday night at the Alhambra Theatre by Bill "Bojangles"
            Mrs. Walker, it is said, has lost all her property and is in dire need of assistance. Many Broadway stars were on the bill. When the show was half over, Bill Robinson introduced Mrs. Walker on the stage. A collection was taken up by passing a basket through the audience and over $300 was realized. Bill announced that the box office took in $2,175 and also $1,000 from Mr. E. F. Albee. After all expenses were paid she reached about $2,500. Another benefit was given in Chicago last Friday night.
              "Bojangles" was personally in charge of the benefit, and arranged for Mrs. Walker's transportation from her home at Lawrence, Kan., accompanied by Robinson's mother-in-law. Returning to Chicago for the benefit in that city., Mr. Robinson provided a Pullman drawing room for her comfort. In addition, he arranged in advance for fees to the various members of the Pullman crew, requesting them to look after her personal needs... '

            (Being a weekly which may have hit the streets before its official publication date, "last Tuesday" would seem to mean June 22.)
          • The Billboard's July 3 review said

            'Robinson's Show Raises S3,000 for Mrs. Walker
            New York, June 26 – More than $3,000 was realized from a benefit performance held at Keith's Alhambra Theater, Harlem, Tuesday night for the mother of George Walker, whose unfortunate straits had been made known by Bill Robinson... Robinson, who arranged for the gala performance, had Mrs. Walker brought here from Kansas and she occupied a box.
              Al Darling, manager of the Alhambra, headed the committee that supervised the program. Benny Roberts was a glib master of ceremonies and kept things on the run thruout [sic] the evening. At the finish of the show Robinson announced that the Keith-Albee Circuit had donated more than $1,000 to the fund for Mrs. Walker. The sellout of the large house brought in $2,075 and a collection in the audience netted $111.75.
              The acts appearing on the long and varied hill included Duskett and Love, the Four Chocolate Dandies, Jack Denton, Helen Morgan and ...Ellington's Orchestra, the Adelaide Hall show and the Plantation Revue.'

        • In support of June 29, Lawrence Daily Journal-World reported the benefit was June 29, and quoted an unnamed New York newspaper:

          'Lawrence friends of the mother of George "Nash" Walker, who achieved great success as a comedian, have received accounts of a benefit given in New York for "Nash" Walker's mother June 29. The account given by one New York newspaper is as follows:
            ...the eighty-five year old mother of George Walker... sat in a box at the Alhambra theatre... Tuesday midnight and witnessed one of the greatest benefit performances ever given in New York.
            The theatre was jammed... '

        • In September, The Pittsburgh Courier printed a financial report the George Walker's Mother Trust Fund established by Noble Sissle. It shows $1,731 received "June 23, 1926 New York (Bill Robinson) $1,731.00. This supports the benefit being either June 21 or June 22, and rules out later dates.
        • In a related story datelined St. Louis, Mo., The New York Age reported Noble Sissle had organized a benefit "last week "for a Mrs. Myers, foster mother of the late George Walker, and said an eastern campaign to aid her was being started by Jesse Shipp, and the Age would accept funds.
        • The Vaudeville News and New York Star, New York, N.Y., 1926-07-02, p.9
        • The New York Age, New York, N.Y.
          • 1926-06-12 p.6
          • 1926-07-03 p.6
        • The Billboard, New York, N.Y.
          • 1926-06-19 p.13
          • 1926-07-03 p.16, cited in
            • Steven Lasker, The Washingtonians: A Miscellany, privately published, p.50
            • Ken Steiner, Wild Throng Dances Madly in Cellar Club, privately published, p.29
        • Lawrence Daily Journal-World, Lawrence, Kans., 1926-07-23 p.8
        • The Pittsburgh Courier, Pittsburgh, Penn. 1926-09-25, Second Section
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        1926 06 22
        Tuesday
        .New York, N.Y.The Plantation Cafe(Unconfirmed)

        Possibly still in the "Messing Around" revue - see 1926-05-25
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        ..2011
        1926 06 23
        Wednesday
        .New York, N.Y.The Plantation Cafe(Unconfirmed)

        Possibly still in the "Messing Around" revue - see 1926-05-25
        ...
        ..2011
        1926 06 24
        Thursday
        .New York, N.Y.The Plantation Cafe(Unconfirmed)

        Possibly still in the "Messing Around" revue - see 1926-05-25
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        ..2011
        1926 06 25
        Friday
        .New York, N.Y.The Plantation Cafe(Unconfirmed)

        Possibly still in the "Messing Around" revue - see 1926-05-25
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        1926 06 26
        Saturday
        .New York, N.Y.The Plantation Cafe(Unconfirmed)

        Possibly still in the "Messing Around" revue - see 1926-05-25
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        1926 06 27
        Sunday
        .New York, N.Y.The Plantation Cafe(Unconfirmed)

        Possibly still in the "Messing Around" revue - see 1926-05-25
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        1926 06 28
        Monday
        .New York, N.Y.The Plantation Cafe(Unconfirmed)

        Possibly still in the "Messing Around" revue - see 1926-05-25
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        1926 06 29
        Tuesday
        .New York, N.Y.The Plantation Cafe(Unconfirmed)

        Possibly still in the "Messing Around" revue - see 1926-05-25
        ...
        ..2011
        1926 06 30
        Wednesday
        .New York, N.Y.The Plantation Cafe(Unconfirmed)

        Possibly still in the "Messing Around" revue - see 1926-05-25
        ...
        ..2011

        July 1926

        1926 07 00.New York, N.Y.Kentucky Club Peripheral event
        closed by law
        Vail I..
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        1926 07 01
        Thursday
        .New York, N.Y.The Plantation Cafe(Unconfirmed)

        Possibly still in the "Messing Around" revue - see 1926-05-25
        ...
        ..2011
        1926 07 02
        Friday
        .New York, N.Y.The Plantation Cafe(Unconfirmed)

        Possibly still in the "Messing Around" revue - see 1926-05-25
        ...
        ..2011
        1926 07 03
        Saturday
        .New York, N.Y.The Plantation Cafe(Unconfirmed)

        Possibly still in the "Messing Around" revue - see 1926-05-25
        ...
        ..2011
        1926 07 04
        Sunday
        .New York, N.Y.The Plantation Cafe(Unconfirmed)

        Possibly still in the "Messing Around" revue - see 1926-05-25
        ...
        ..2011
        1926 07 05
        Monday
        .New York, N.Y.The Plantation Cafe(Unconfirmed)

        Possibly still in the "Messing Around" revue - see 1926-05-25
        ...
        ..2011
        1926 07 06
        Tuesday
        .New York, N.Y.The Plantation Cafe(Unconfirmed)

        Possibly still in the "Messing Around" revue - see 1926-05-25
        ...
        ..2011
        1926 07 07
        Wednesday
        .New York, N.Y.The Plantation Cafe(Unconfirmed)

        Possibly still in the "Messing Around" revue - see 1926-05-25
        ...
        ..2011
        1926 07 08
        Thursday
        .New York, N.Y.The Plantation Cafe(Unconfirmed)

        Possibly still in the "Messing Around" revue - see 1926-05-25
        ...
        ..2011
        1926 07 09
        Friday
        .New York, N.Y.The Plantation Cafe(Unconfirmed)

        Possibly still in the "Messing Around" revue - see 1926-05-25
        ...
        ..2011
        1926 07 10
        Saturday
        .New York, N.Y.The Plantation Cafe(Unconfirmed)

        Possibly still in the "Messing Around" revue - see 1926-05-25
        ...
        ..2011
        1926 07 11
        Sunday
        .New York, N.Y.The Plantation Cafe(Unconfirmed)

        Possibly still in the "Messing Around" revue - see 1926-05-25

        Based only on this being the day before the band went to New England, I have arbitrarily assumed this to be the last day of the show.

        Nevertheless, Variety's July 14 edition continued to list L. Harper, 4 Crackerjacks, Louise Sims, Flo Puham, Edith Spencer, Anita Riviera and Duke Ellington Bd. at the Plantation in its Cabaret Bills page of current programs in cabarets.
        Variety 1926-07-14 p.45...
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        Monday
        1926 09 24..Impresario/songwriter Harrison G. Smith was Ellington's manager in 1926.
        In an undated letter to critic Marshall Stearns, which from its context seems to have been written in the late 1930s, he wrote that after the band finished at the Plantation, the Washingtonians

        'played NE dance tour for Chas. Shribman, NE vaudeville dates for Harry Pearl and then Presentation Theatre dates under this writer's management '

        Smith wrote he booked the band into the new Lincoln Theatre in Washington, D.C. for four weeks beginning Labour Day 1926, preceded by a four week "Stanley Circuit Presentation" tour.

        The Stanley tour played at Stanley's 'Liberty' and 'Scenley' [recte "Schenley"] theatres in Pittsburgh. There was to be a third week at N. Kensington & Homestead, followed by a fourth week at Grafton (W.Va?) & Wheeling, W.Va. but...

        'Miley was a likeable guy but like most real artists, he was as 'nutty as a fruitcake.' ... Miley got 'lonesome for Harlem' and quit 'cold,' the band got panicky and Duke said 'no dice' and the boys headed for NYC...While 'trying' to replace Miley the band opened in the later part of '26 at '7-11 Club' Broadway & 47th, and later went over to 'Kentucky Club'... '


        In an unpublished 1944 article , Smith wrote about booking the band into the Lincoln in Washington for a Labour Day opening, but previously booking the four week tour, beginning with two weeks at the Harry Davis Olympic and Schenley theatres. After the first night, Davis sent a telegram to Smith saying Duke's is the lousiest band that I ever heard. Word reached the Lincoln's general manager, who cancelled the four week booking there.
        Smith retells the story in an interview published in Storyville 47, June-July 1973:

        'We were about to go into Grafton and Wheeling, West Virginia...Bubber Miley cut out! Bubber Miley was a prima donna...he didn't like going on the road, you see. So we had no cornet, or trumpet, whichever it was he played...

        He goes on to say that before Ellington left for Pittsburgh, Smith signed the contract for the Lincoln, but ten minutes later, walking past the Honeymoon Lane club, he saw Ellington was booked to begin there on Labour Day.

        'So, he opened in this "Honeymoon Lane", I think the name was, and stayed there a couple of weeks. Then he moved over to the Club Kentucky and stayed there a couple of weeks. From there he went to the Lincoln Theater in Harlem. About that time Andy Preer, who had the original Cotton Club Orchestra, he died, [c.May 1927] so they were scrambling around for a band, and they got Duke. That's how he got in the Cotton Club. Now if he'd stayed on the road...if he'd been a success on the road, as I'd hoped, he wouldn't have got in the Cotton Club... '

        Steven Lasker, The Washingtonians: A Miscellany, privately published, p.54, citing:..
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        Monday
        .Waltham, Mass.Nuttings-On-The-Charles
        (a.k.a Nuttings Dance Hall)
        Prospect St. at the Charles River
        The Washingtonians were now a 10 piece band. Their 5 week New England booking began here; based in Salem, they stayed in the New Brunswick Hotel
        • M. Tucker, Early Years, pp.186-187
        • Steiner, Wild Throng Dances Madly in Cellar Club
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        1926 07 13
        Tuesday
        .Salem, Mass.Charleshurst Ballroom...
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        Wednesday
        .Gardner, Mass.Arcadia Ballroom

        'Tomorrow Night is the Night
        ARCADIA at Gardner
        DUKE ELLINGTON
        and his Washingtonians
        Broadway's Greatest Colored Orchestra
        The Paul Whiteman of Colored Bands
        10 & ndash; Sensational Musicians – 10
        Dancing 8 to 12 * * * * * * * Admission 75 cents'

        .
        Fitchburg Sentinel, Fitchburg, Mass.
        • 1926-07-12 p.2
        • 1926-07-13 p.2
        • 1926-07-14 p.2
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        Thursday
        .Brockton, Mass.Highland Park....
        ..Added
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        1926 07 16
        Friday
        .Fall River, Mass.Lincoln Park....
        ..Added
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        1926 07 17
        Saturday
        .Worcester, Mass.Mohegan....
        ..Added
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        Sunday
        ...activities not documented...
        ...
        1926 07 19
        Monday
        .Waltham, Mass.Nuttings-On-The-Charles
        (a.k.a Nuttings Dance Hall)
        Prospect St. at the Charles River
        ....
        ..Added
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        1926 07 20
        Tuesday
        .Salem, Mass.Charleshurst Ballroom....
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        Wednesday
        .Revere Beach, Mass.Crescent Gardens....
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        Thursday
        .Boston, Mass.Scenic Auditorium
        Berkeley St.
        ....
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        Friday
        .Lawrence, Mass.Roseland....
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        Saturday
        .Gardner, Mass.Arcadia Ballroom

        'COMING
        SATURDAY NIGHT
        Return Engagement
        Duke Ellington and His
        Washingtonians
        10 – Colored Stars – 10'


        'Tomorrow Night
        Saturday
        Duke
        Ellington
        And His
        Washingtonians
        10 COLORED MEN
        Direct from
        THE PLANTATION
        New York
        DANCING
        8 to 11:45
        Admission 75¢
        Special Bis
        Service'

        Fitchburg Sentinel, Fitchburg, Mass.
        • 1926-07-22 p.2
        • 1926-07-23 p.2
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        Sunday
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        Monday
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        1926 07 27
        Tuesday
        .Lowell, Mass. Commodore Ballroom....
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        Wednesday
        .Lawrence, Mass.RoselandDance

        ROSELAND
        Tonight
        "Duke" Ellington
        - AND HIS -
        Famous Orchestra (Colored)
        Hear these artists - this is the Hottest band in America
        Check Dancing -Admission 10˘

        The Lowell Sun, 1926-07-28, p.16..
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        Thursday
        .Cranston, R.I.Oakland Beach....
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        Friday
        ...activities not documented...
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        1926 07 31
        Saturday
        .Salem, Mass.Charleshurst Ballroom....
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        August 1926

        Circa
        1926 08 00
        .New York, N.Y.. Peripheral event
        • The first recording listed in the chronological secton of Aasland's Wax Works is:
                                                 Unknown date:
          610 JIG WALK (Ellington) Nickelodeon transcription
          Pm 14024 (label:607; wax:610) (V) DE
          "Pm" is Aasland's abbreviation for the Paramount (USA) label.
          "(V)" means "vinylite (or similar) pressing."

          This is a 78 rpm shellac record that was transcribed (dubbed) from a Nickelodeon piano roll of Jig Walk, Paramount 14024, which he mistakenly attributed to Ellington.
        • "Jig Walk" is one of the four pieces Tucker says Ellington and Jo Trent wrote for the Chocolate Kiddies revue (see 1925 05 05). Tucker suggests they were written in March or April since the show went into rehearsal at the end of April, and Ellington only attended one or two rehearsals.
        • Jepsen, vol.1, lists it as:
          DUKE ELLINGTON:
          Piano solo (from a piano roll) 1926
          607 (wax) 610 (label) Jig Walk Para 14027
        • The Library of Congress Sonic Database shows
          Paramount 14024 (78A)
          Title: Jig walk; The mess-around
          ...
          Works:
          Jig walk / Ellington. Performed by Duke Ellington, piano.
          Nickelodeon transcription. 607.
          The mess-around. Performed by Fats Waller, piano. Pianola
          transcription. 608.

          Physical Item:
          Paramount 14024 (78A). 1 sound disc : 78 rpm, mono; 10-inch,
          standard (shellac)...
        • This is not an Ellington recording:
          • The title "Jig Walk" is shown twice in Discography of OKeh Records, 1918-1934 by Laird and Rust, first as a 1922 recording by Sophie Tucker on Ok 4590 (composer credits Creamer and Vodery, not to be confused with the Ellington/Trent piece), then in February 1926 on Ok 40614 side 2.
          • The OKeh Syncopators recorded Jig Walk around Feb.20. The date must be estimated because the original matrix card is missing from the Sony card files and was based on Ross Laird and Brian Rust Discography of OKeh Records, 1918-1934, Praeger, Westport, Conn., 2004, p. 336.
          • The OKeh Syncopators name is usually associated with Harry Reser, not Ellington.
          • More confusion is created by Barry Ulanov in the second (1975) printing of his Duke Ellington biography, which includes a discography showing The Washingtonians recorded Jig Walk and Alabama Bound for Gennett in 1926.
          • Bakker's 1977 discography, pages 19, 33 and 36, session 12, mid-1926, shows Ellington, piano, recorded with a "percussion-device attached to the piano-player."
          • Lambert, pp.5-6:

            'It is impossible to establish with certainty which is, in fact the earliest recorded example of Duke Ellington's music. Quite possibly it is a piano roll he cut of his composition Jig Walk, but the uncertainties in dating player-piano rolls make it impossible to know whether or not this predates the first Ellington disc recordings. Current research suggests that it was done in 1926...The main distinction of this particular piano roll is that it was designed for a player piano with a percussion attachment, and it has been recorded and transcribed to disc with such a device present and working. The percussion bangs and crashes away for the last eight bars of each of the three choruses...There is a recording of it by...the OKeh Syncopators from February 1926, which some authorities believe has Duke himself on piano...'

          • DEMS 1997/2 p.23 explains why Jig Walk was left out of Timner IV. The bulletin includes comments by Jerry Valburn, Ken Rattenbury, and Mark Tucker, and a report that Ellington twice told an interviewer that he had never made piano rolls.
          • DEMS 1998/2 p.23 identifies Jig Walk recordings that were made by Ellington in later years.
          • In DEMS 04/3-23, Matthew Sasaki, Sjef Hoesmit and Roger Boyes survey the recordings and how they have been treated in various discographies, with Sjef reiterating that there is no 1920s recording of it by Ellington.
          • DEMS 05/1-42 has an essay by Roger Boyes about the performance history and origins of Jig Walk.
          • Finally, in DEMS 05/1-26, Steven Lasker reports

            'According to Laurie Wright ("'Fats' in Fact," page 296), Jig Walk on Paramount 14027 (released circa 1945) is dubbed from QRS 3565, a piano roll "released in August 1926 and actually played by J. Lawrence Cook." Piano roll authority Mike Montgomery tells me he used to own Jig Walk on a U.S. Music nickelodeon roll which he believes is probably a reissue of the QRS roll (which he has never heard). Montgomery adds that nickelodeon rolls each normally contain 10 different songs, and that Jig Walk was the only Ellington composition on his U.S. Music roll, which doesn't credit artist(s).'

        • John Franceschina, Duke Ellington's Music for the Theatre, pp.11-15
        • M. Tucker, Early Years, pp.120-135 & 297
        • Chocolate Kids Miss Meal; Red Audience Disappointed, Universal wirestory datelined Leningrad, Idaho Statesman, Boise, Idaho, 1926-07-14 p.5
        • Steven Lasker, The Washingtonians, A Miscellany, privately published, Appendix B: Chocolate Kiddies, p.86 et subs.
        • Emails Lasker-Palmquist
          • 2014-08-18
          • 2014-10-22
          • 2014-12-26
          • 2016-02-21
          • 2017-06-04
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        Sunday
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        ...
        1926 08 02
        Monday
        .Waltham, Mass.Nuttings-On-The-Charles
        (a.k.a Nuttings Dance Hall)
        Prospect St. at the Charles River
        ....
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        1926 08 03
        Tuesday
        .Salem, Mass.Charleshurst Ballroom....
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        1926 08 04
        Wednesday
        .Marshfield, Mass.Fieldston Ballroom
        (Aka Fieldston Ballroom On The Atlantic
        ....
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        1926 08 05
        Thursday
        .Woonsocket, R.I.Miami Ballroom....
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        1926 08 06
        Friday
        .Somerset, Mass.Wilbur's....
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        Saturday
        .Worcester, Mass.Mohegan....
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        Sunday
        ...activities not documented...
        ...
        1926 08 09
        Monday
        ...activities not documented...
        ...
        1926 08 10
        Tuesday
        .Salem, Mass.Charleshurst Ballroom....
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        Wednesday
        .Marshfield, Mass.Fieldston BallroomOne-nighterEmail, Steiner-Palmquist 2018-08-22 citing Brockton Daily Enterprise, Aug. 9, 1926.)..
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        Thursday
        .Old Orchard Beach, MainePier Casino
        Ocean Pier

        Ocean Pier
        OLD ORCHARD
        DANCE O'ER THE WAVES
        TO-NIGHT
        Duke Ellington and his Plantation Orchestra
        COUNTRY STORE NIGHT


        Ellington and his orchestra peformed several times at Old Orchard Beach, Maine. Previous itineraries have named the town and venue several different ways, but it seems likely most of these engagements were at the casino-ballroom on the pier, known locally as the Pier Casino. the August 1926 Biddeford Daily Journal ads refer to the venue as "Ocean Pier, OLD ORCHARD."

        The photograph on page 74 of MIMM mistakenly leaves "Old" out of the town name.

        Vintage postcards advertised on eBay don't give specific names for the possible venues. One is captioned The New Pier, Old Orchard, Me., and shows buildings at the shore and ocean ends, with the pier deck open to the elements. The listing suggests this was 1908. Another is an aerial photo showing a covered pier, with the casino/dance room over the water and an amusement complex at the shore end, beside a roller coaster. Yet another appears to be a hand-drawn aerial view, showing a covered pier leading to a building with signage showing "...ION PICTURES," "CASINO" "VAUDEVILLE" and "DANCING" with a rooftop sign over the shore building saying MOVIES and DANCING.
        • Duke Ellington, MIMM p.74 photo
        • Biddeford Daily Journal, Biddeford, Maine
          • 1926-08-10 p.2
          • 1926-08-11 p.8
          • 1926-08-12 p.8
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        Friday
        .Dedham, Mass.Moseley-On-The-Charles

        Caution - This ballroom still exists - do not access its website, it has a virus as at 2012-08-05
        ....
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        Saturday
        .Gardner, Mass.Arcadia Ballroom

        'SATURDAY, AUG. 14
        Duke Ellington
        And His
        WASHINGTOINIANS
        of New York.
        Last Appearance In New
        England.'


        'SATURDAY NIGHT
        Farewell engagement
        of the
        colored stars.
        DUKE
        ELLINGTON
        and His
        New York Orchestra
        The Paul Whiteman of
        Colored Orchestras.
        --------
        Your last opportunity to dance to this famous band.
        Admission 75¢ '

        Fitchburg Sentinel, Fitchburg, Mass.
        • 1926-08-06 p.2
        • 1926-08-13 p.2
        • 1926-08-14 p.2
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        Sunday
        .Leominster, Mass.Rialto TheaterTwo performances, 6:30 and 8:30 p.m.

        'Duke Ellington
        and his original record band.
        Seats – 50¢
        Loge Seats Reserved, 75¢ '

        Fitchburg Sentinel, Fitchburg, Mass.,
        • 1926-08-11 p.16
        • 1926-08-12 p.2
        • 1926-08-13 p.16
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        1926 08 16
        Monday
        ...activities not documented...
        ...
        1926 08 17
        Tuesday
        ...activities not documented...
        ...
        1926 08 18
        Wednesday
        ...activities not documented...
        ...
        1926 08 19
        Thursday
        ...activities not documented...
        ...
        1926 08 20
        Friday
        ...activities not documented...
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        1926 08 21
        Saturday
        ...activities not documented...
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        1926 08 22
        Sunday
        ...activities not documented...
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        1926 08 23
        Monday
        ...activities not documented...
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        1926 08 24
        Tuesday
        ...activities not documented...
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        1926 08 25
        Wednesday
        ...activities not documented...
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        1926 08 26
        Thursday
        ...activities not documented...
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        1926 08 27
        Friday
        ...activities not documented...
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        1926 08 28
        Saturday
        ...activities not documented...
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        1926 08 29
        Sunday
        ...activities not documented...
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        1926 08 30
        Monday
        1926 09 04
        Saturday
        Pittsburgh, Penn.Olympic Theater

        On the Stage
        Duke Ellington's
        9 - Washingtonians - 9


        Pittsburgh Press 1926-08-31:

        "The Show-Off opened yesterday at the Olympic theater for a week's engagement. For a new trend in screen productions, The Show-Off is an apt illustration, with Ford Sterling as the central character...One of the finest musical organizations to come to Pittsburgh is at the Olympic this week. Duke Ellington's Washingtonians proved a hit. A corking comedy, Wife Tamers, featuring Lionel Barrymore and Pathe News were also on the program. An extra film attraction this week of the first annual baby pageant was shown. Harry Hochie and the Olympic Symphonic orchestra pleased with new and entertaining numbers."


        • The Show Off was a film.
        • Variety's "Presentations - Bills" section has the Washingtonians and "Show Off" opening Aug. 29, but the Pittsburgh Press had the show opening Aug. 30 but the ads and review in the Pittsburgh Press make it clear it opened August 30.
          Pittsburgh Press, Pittsburgh, Penn.
          • 1926-08-22 p.7
          • 1926-08-28 p.11
          • 1926-08-29 pp.2,4
          • 1926-08-31 pp.25,26
          • 1925-09-02 p.11
        • Steiner: Wild Throng Dances Madly in Cellar Club, p.30 citing Pittsburgh Press 1926-08-31,p.25
        • Variety 1926-09-01 p.33
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        1926 08 31
        Tuesday
        .Pittsburgh, Penn.Olympic TheaterStage show - see 1926 08 30...
        ..2011

        September 1926

        1926 09 01
        Wednesday
        .Pittsburgh, Penn.Olympic TheaterStage show - see 1926 08 30...
        ..2011
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        Thursday
        .Pittsburgh, Penn.Olympic TheaterStage show - see 1926 08 30...
        ..2011
        1926 09 03
        Friday
        .Pittsburgh, Penn.Olympic TheaterStage show - see 1926 08 30...
        ..2011
        1926 09 04
        Saturday
        .Pittsburgh, Penn.Olympic TheaterStage show - see 1926 08 30...
        ..2011
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        Sunday
        ...activities not documented...
        ...
        1926 09 06
        Monday
        1926 09 11Pittsburgh, Penn.Schenley Theater"Added attraction - Duke Ellington's Washingtonians, Nine Artists in Elaborate Musical Act - Late Feature of the Broadway Success, 'Plantation'".
        • Steiner, Wild Throng Dances Madly in Cellar Club, p.30 citing Pittsburgh Press 1926-09-05, Summer Resorts & Amusement Section, pp. 4,5
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        1926 09 06
        Monday
        .Pittsburgh, Penn.Schenley TheaterStage show - see 1926 09 06...
        ..2011
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        Tuesday
        .Pittsburgh, Penn.Schenley TheaterStage show - see 1926 09 06...
        ..2011
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        Wednesday
        .Pittsburgh, Penn.Schenley TheaterStage show - see 1926 09 06...
        ..2011
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        Thursday
        .Pittsburgh, Penn.Schenley TheaterStage show - see 1926 09 06...
        ..2011
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        Friday
        .Pittsburgh, Penn.Schenley TheaterStage show - see 1926 09 06...
        ..2011
        1926 09 11
        Saturday
        .Pittsburgh, Penn.Schenley TheaterStage show - see 1926 09 06...
        ..2011
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        Sunday
        ...activities not documented...
        ...
        1926 09 13
        Monday
        ...activities not documented...
        ...
        1926 09 14
        Tuesday
        ...activities not documented...
        ...
        1926 09 15
        Wednesday
        ...activities not documented...
        ...
        1926 09 16
        Thursday
        1926 09 18
        Saturday
        Pittsburgh, Penn.Stahl's Homestead Million Dollar TheatreVaudeville
        Ad:

        'THURSDAY - FRIDAY - SATURDAY
        EMIL JANNINGS in "VARIETY"
        ON STAGE - WASHINGTONIANS ORCHESTRA'

        Plug:

        'STAHL – Gloria Swanson in "Fine Manners," ... at the Stahl theater, the first half of this week. On the stage the Rudolph-Vosari opera unit... The last half of the week. Emil Jannings and Lya De Putti are featured in "Variety" an unusual drama. The stage presentation is Duke Ellington's Washingtonians. Comedies, news, cartoons and other novelties are additional screen features.'


        While the Washingtonian's were advertised, they may not have appeared. The exact day they cancelled their tour is unknown.
        The Pittsburgh Press, Pittsburgh, Penn. 1926-09-12
        Theatricial & Photoplay Section, p.7
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        Friday
        .Pittsburgh, Penn.Stahl's Homestead Million Dollar TheatreVaudeville - see 1926-09-15...
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        1926 09 18
        Saturday
        .Pittsburgh, Penn.Stahl's Homestead Million Dollar TheatreVaudeville - see 1926-09-15...
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        1926 09 19
        Sunday
        ...activities not documented

        The band ended its four-week tour prematurely - see Harrison Smith's account at 1926 07 12 above. Nanton, in an interview by Inez Cavenaugh, said the band was booked into Huntington, W.Va. and thinking that was too South, they returned to the Kentucky Club. Smith may not have known this was why the band quit the tour.
        ...
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        1926 09 20
        Monday
        1926 09 22
        Wednesday
        East Liverpool, OhioCeramic TheaterCancelled appearance
        Other activities not documented
        Announcement 1:

        "Duke Ellington's Famous Band Coming To Ceramic
        ----
        Ten Musicians Will Appear With Gloria Swanson Picture, Fine Manners," Monday Tuesday and Wednesday.
        ----
        Duke Ellington and his Washingtonians, Broadway's greatest colored orchestra - 10 sensational musicians - who for some time have been making phonograph records, will be the headliner of the vaudeville-motion picture bill at the Ceramic theatre on Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday.
          Coming from New York City's Hollywood Cafe, Ellington, who is known as the colored Paul Whiteman, and whose famous plantation orchestra has been featured in broadcasting from WTAB station, will appear at matinee and evening presentations of "Fine Manners," the Paramount picture in which Gloria Swanson is the star.
          This snappy jazz band played on the Great White Way in competition with Whiteman, Vincent Lopez and the California Ramblers..."

        Ad 2:

        "Owing to the serious illness of Duke Ellington he will be unable to appear here with his famous colored orchestra."

        Ad 3:

        "Because of the sudden illness of Duke Ellington, he, and his famous colored orchestra will be unable to appear here this week."

        East Liverpool Review-Tribune, East Liverpool, Ohio:
        1. Announcement, 1926-09-18 p.3
        2. Ad, 1926-09-20
        3. 1926-09-21 p.14
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        Tuesday
        .East Liverpool, OhioCeramic TheaterCancelled appearance
        Other activities not documented
        ...
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        Wednesday
        .East Liverpool, OhioCeramic TheaterCancelled appearance
        Other activities not documented
        ...
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        Thursday
        ...activities not documented...
        ...
        1926 09 24
        Friday
        ...activities not documented...
        ...
        1926 09 25
        Saturday
        .New York, N.Y.Club Kentucky
        203 West 49th St.
        The Club Kentucky reopened, beginning what Ken Steiner refers to as Ellington's fifth season there (Sept. 25 1926 to mid-March 1927). Bert Lewis was the MC until November 8.
        Morning Telegraph 1926-09-26:

        'Club Kentucky Opens with a Bang
        Duke Ellington and the Club Kentucky Orchestra made all those present want to dance incessantly.
         The club is all newly decorated and painted and is now a real small looking room and should come in for a good share of business this season.'

        Also in that edition:

        Broadway's Favorite
        BERT LEWIS
        And His Hospitality Gang at the
        CLUB
        KENTUCKY
        203 West 49th Street
        Just a Stone's Throw from Broadway
        on Seventh Avenue
        NEW YORK
        OPENED LAST NIGHT
        SATURDAY, SEPT. 25, 1926
        WITH
        BIGELOW & LEE
        Two Boys and a Piano
        JULIA GERITY
        Queen Of Rag Singers
        SHIRLEY DAHL
        The Lulu Belle Of Night Clubs
        EVA DOWLING
        New York's Popular Soprano
        ANN ALLISON
        Upon Her Toes
        OLIVE VERNALI
        Acrobatic Dancer
        Music by
        Duke Ellington Orchestra
        FOR RESERVATIONS
        PHONE "OSCAR"
        Circle 7457
        Management LEO BERNSTEIN


        Orchestra World:

        'The Kentucky Club, under the personal management of Leo Bernstein, opened for the fall season on Sept. 25th, with American and Oriental cuisine, wonderful entertainment and many surprises.
          Broadway's favorite, Bert Lewis, was on deck with his Hospitality Gang, consisting of Julia Gerity, rag singer; Hanley Sisters, "black bottomists"; Eva Dowling, soprano; Ann Allison, toe dancer; Bigelow and Lee, entertainers; Olive Vernall, acrobatic dancer, and, of course, hospitable Bert himself, with Jack Carroll at the piano.
          Duke Ellington is back again, burning 'em up with hot tunes. A wow of a band!'

        • Steiner, Wild Throng Dances Madly in Cellar Club, pp.31-32, quoting and reproducing ads, plugs and reviews in
          • New York Telegram 1926-09-25 ("Opening Tonight" ad)
          • Morning Telegraph
            • 1926-09-07, p.2
            • 1926-09-26, s.3 p.9
            • 1926-09-24
          • Variety 1926-09-29 p.52
        • Orchestra World November 1926, p. 13, courtesy Ralph Wondraschek
        .DEMS
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        1926 09 26
        Sunday
        .New York, N.Y.Club KentuckyNightclub residency with revue - see 1926 09 25...
        ..2011
        1926 09 27
        Monday
        .New York, N.Y.Club KentuckyNightclub residency with revue - see 1926 09 25...
        ..2011
        1926 09 28
        Tuesday
        .New York, N.Y.Club KentuckyNightclub residency with revue - see 1926 09 25...
        ..2011
        1926 09 29
        Wednesday
        .New York, N.Y.Club KentuckyNightclub residency with revue - see 1926 09 25...
        ..2011
        1926 09 30
        Thursday
        .New York, N.Y.Club KentuckyNightclub residency with revue - see 1926 09 25...
        ..2011

        October 1926

        1926 10 00...PERSONNEL CHANGE (doubtful)
        • New Desor page 1491 has Edgar Melvin ("The Lamb") Sampson, alto sax and violin, in the band from October 1926 to February 1927, based on him playing in the 1926 11 29, 1926 12 29, 1927 01 10 and 1927 02 03 recording sessions.
        • Sampson is not shown in the Timner IV attendance chart.
        • Aasland and Jepsen have Carney, Hardwick and Jackson in those sessions, not Sampson.
        • Hardwick is the only reed player identified in these session in Bakker.
        • MacHare has Sampson in the 1926 11 29, 1926 12 29, 1927 01 10, and 1927 02 03 sessions and shows him as a possible in the sessions of 1927 02 28, 1927 03 14, 1927 03 22, 1927 04 07 and 1927 04 30.
        • Girvan has him in the 1926 11 29, 1926 12 29, 1926 01 10 [sic], 1927 02 03, 1927 02 28, 1927 03 14, 1927 03 22, 1927 04 07, 1927 04 30, 1927 10 06 and 1927 10 26.

        Steven Lasker:

        'In "Who's Who of Jazz," John Chilton contends that Edgar Sampson "did a season with Duke Ellington at the Club Kentucky," which is probably based -- in the apparent absence of any contemporary press reference placing Sampson with Ellington -- on an Ellington band photo printed at MIMM p.74 and captioned "Orchard Beach, August 1926." The caption identifies one of the individuals as Sampson, but he doesn't look like Sampson to me and when I questioned Stanley Dance about it in the spring of 1991, he agreed the man didn't look like Sampson to him either, adding the identification came from Ellington, and he didn't feel it was his role to correct Duke, an answer which continues to strike me as unsatisfactory.

        Despite the forgoing, the violinist heard on "If You Can't Hold the Man You Love" by Evelyn Preer (1927 01 10) sounds like Edgar Sampson to me.'

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        1926 10 01
        Friday
        .New York, N.Y.Club KentuckyNightclub residency with revue - see 1926 09 25...
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        1926 10 02
        Saturday
        .New York, N.Y..Columbia recording session (rejected)..DEMS
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        1926 10 02
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        ..2011
        1926 10 03
        Sunday
        .New York, N.Y.Club KentuckyNightclub residency with revue - see 1926 09 25...
        ..2011
        1926 10 04
        Monday
        .New York, N.Y.Club KentuckyNightclub residency with revue - see 1926 09 25...
        ..2011
        1926 10 05
        Tuesday
        .New York, N.Y.Club KentuckyNightclub residency with revue - see 1926 09 25...
        ..2011
        1926 10 06
        Wednesday
        .New York, N.Y.Club KentuckyNightclub residency with revue - see 1926 09 25...
        ..2011
        1926 10 07
        Thursday
        .New York, N.Y.Club KentuckyNightclub residency with revue - see 1926 09 25...
        ..2011
        1926 10 08
        Friday
        .New York, N.Y.Club KentuckyNightclub residency with revue - see 1926 09 25...
        ..2011
        1926 10 09
        Saturday
        .New York, N.Y.Club KentuckyNightclub residency with revue - see 1926 09 25...
        ..2011
        1926 10 10
        Sunday
        .New York, N.Y.Club KentuckyNightclub residency with revue - see 1926 09 25...
        ..2011
        1926 10 11
        Monday
        .New York, N.Y.Club KentuckyNightclub residency with revue - see 1926 09 25...
        ..2011
        1926 10 12
        Tuesday
        .New York, N.Y.Club KentuckyNightclub residency with revue - see 1926 09 25...
        ..2011
        1926 10 13
        Wednesday
        .New York, N.Y.Club KentuckyNightclub residency with revue - see 1926 09 25...
        ..2011
        1926 10 14
        Thursday
        .New York, N.Y.East 37th Street Offices
        9 East 37th St.
        Gennett recording session
        Alberta Jones acc. by The Ellington Twins, "Lulu Belle's Boyfriends"
        Hardwick, Ellington, Alberta Jones

        Titles recorded:
        • Lucky Number Blues
        • I'm Gonna Put You Right In Jail

        This was Ellington's first electrical recording session
        New Desor
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        1926 10 14
        Thursday
        .New York, N.Y.Club KentuckyNightclub residency with revue - see 1926 09 25...
        ..2011
        1926 10 15
        Friday
        .New York, N.Y.Club KentuckyNightclub residency with revue - see 1926 09 25...
        ..2011
        1926 10 16
        Saturday
        .New York, N.Y.Club KentuckyNightclub residency with revue - see 1926 09 25...
        ..2011
        1926 10 17
        Sunday
        .New York, N.Y.Club KentuckyNightclub residency with revue - see 1926 09 25...
        ..2011
        1926 10 18
        Monday
        .New York, N.Y.Club KentuckyNightclub residency with revue - see 1926 09 25...
        ..2011
        1926 10 19
        Tuesday
        .New York, N.Y.Club KentuckyNightclub residency with revue - see 1926 09 25...
        ..2011
        1926 10 20
        Wednesday
        .New York, N.Y.Club KentuckyNightclub residency with revue - see 1926 09 25...
        ..2011
        1926 10 21
        Thursday
        .New York, N.Y.Club KentuckyNightclub residency with revue - see 1926 09 25...
        ..2011
        1926 10 22
        Friday
        .New York, N.Y.Club KentuckyNightclub residency with revue - see 1926 09 25...
        ..2011
        1926 10 23
        Saturday
        .New York, N.Y.Club KentuckyNightclub residency with revue - see 1926 09 25...
        ..2011
        1926 10 24
        Sunday
        .New York, N.Y.Club KentuckyNightclub residency with revue - see 1926 09 25...
        ..2011
        1926 10 25
        Monday
        .New York, N.Y.Club KentuckyNightclub residency with revue - see 1926 09 25...
        ..2011
        1926 10 26
        Tuesday
        .New York, N.Y.Club KentuckyNightclub residency with revue - see 1926 09 25...
        ..2011
        1926 10 27
        Wednesday
        .New York, N.Y.Club KentuckyNightclub residency with revue - see 1926 09 25...
        ..2011
        1926 10 28
        Thursday
        .New York, N.Y.Club KentuckyNightclub residency with revue - see 1926 09 25...
        ..2011
        1926 10 29
        Friday
        .New York, N.Y.Club KentuckyNightclub residency with revue - see 1926 09 25...
        ..2011
        1926 10 30
        Saturday
        .New York, N.Y.Club KentuckyNightclub residency with revue - see 1926 09 25...
        ..2011
        1926 10 31
        Sunday
        Halloween
        .New York, N.Y.Club KentuckyNightclub residency with revue - see 1926 09 25...
        ..2011

        November 1926

        1926 11 01
        Monday
        ... Peripheral event
        Steven Lasker's research:

        The Columbia Phonograph Company purchased the OKeh-Odeon record division of the General Phonograph Corporation effective Nov.1. Columbia used the Western Electric recording system, which was vastly superior to the O-E process. Western Electric equipment was installed at OKeh by Nov.26.

        'At the time of the purchase, most OKeh recording activity was acoustical, with a few masters recorded electrically using a process developed in-house at OKeh (recordings so made bore an "O-E" matrix prefix) that was notably inferior to the Western Electric system.'

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        1926 11 01
        Monday
        .New York, N.Y.Club KentuckyNightclub residency with revue - see 1926 09 25...
        ..2011
        1926 11 02
        Tuesday
        .New York, N.Y.Club KentuckyNightclub residency with revue - see 1926 09 25...
        ..2011
        1926 11 03
        Wednesday
        .New York, N.Y.Club KentuckyNightclub residency with revue - see 1926 09 25...
        ..2011
        1926 11 04
        Thursday
        .New York, N.Y.Club KentuckyNightclub residency with revue - see 1926 09 25...
        ..2011
        1926 11 05
        Friday
        .New York, N.Y.Club KentuckyNightclub residency with revue - see 1926 09 25...
        ..2011
        1926 11 06
        Saturday
        .New York, N.Y.Club KentuckyNightclub residency with revue - see 1926 09 25...
        ..2011
        1926 11 07
        Sunday
        .New York, N.Y.Club KentuckyNightclub residency with revue - see 1926 09 25...
        ..2011
        1926 11 08
        Monday
        .New York, N.Y.Kentucky ClubNightclub residency with revue
        Morning Telegraph:

        'Tonight will mark the opening of the new show at the Club Kentucky... when Bert Farnum, formerly of the Cameo Club, will take up his duties as master of ceremonies. Those in the new bill are Mildred Melrose, and believe me she does an "exclusive" black bottom; Carol Atherton, with her ballads; Hotsy Totsy, a singing comedienne, and Billy West, who hands out blues from a hot griddle. The management have retained the speedy pair of entertainers, Bigelow and Lee, who make things merry between dances, and Sally Fields, a genuine favorite on the Kentucky floor.
          And the incoming show will also see a new hostess, or, rather, head hostess, in the person of Emily Young, recruited from the Kit Kat Club, Chicago.'

        ...
        .Wild Throng Dances Madly in Cellar Club, p.322011
        updated
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        1926 11 09
        Tuesday
        .New York, N.Y.Club KentuckyNightclub residency with revue - see 1926 09 25 and 1926 11 08...
        ..2011
        1926 11 10
        Wednesday
        .New York, N.Y.Club KentuckyNightclub residency with revue - see 1926 09 25 and 1926 11 08...
        ..2011
        1926 11 11
        Thursday
        .New York, N.Y.Club KentuckyNightclub residency with revue - see 1926 09 25 and 1926 11 08...
        ..2011
        1926 11 12
        Friday
        .New York, N.Y.Club KentuckyNightclub residency with revue - see 1926 09 25 and 1926 11 08...
        ..2011
        1926 11 13
        Saturday
        .New York, N.Y.Club KentuckyNightclub residency with revue - see 1926 09 25 and 1926 11 08...
        ..2011
        1926 11 14
        Sunday
        .New York, N.Y.Club KentuckyNightclub residency with revue - see 1926 09 25 and 1926 11 08...
        ..2011
        1926 11 15
        Monday
        .New York, N.Y.Club KentuckyNightclub residency with revue - see 1926 09 25 and 1926 11 08...
        ..2011
        1926 11 16
        Tuesday
        .New York, N.Y.Club KentuckyNightclub residency with revue - see 1926 09 25 and 1926 11 08...
        ..2011
        1926 11 17
        Wednesday
        .New York, N.Y.Club KentuckyNightclub residency with revue - see 1926 09 25 and 1926 11 08...
        ..2011
        1926 11 18
        Thursday
        .New York, N.Y.Club KentuckyNightclub residency with revue - see 1926 09 25 and 1926 11 08...
        ..2011
        1926 11 19
        Friday
        .New York, N.Y.Club KentuckyNightclub residency with revue - see 1926 09 25 and 1926 11 08...
        ..2011
        1926 11 20
        Saturday
        .New York, N.Y.Club KentuckyNightclub residency with revue - see 1926 09 25 and 1926 11 08...
        ..2011
        1926 11 21
        Sunday
        .New York, N.Y.Club KentuckyNightclub residency with revue - see 1926 09 25 and 1926 11 08...
        ..2011
        1926 11 22
        Monday
        .New York, N.Y.Club KentuckyNightclub residency with revue - see 1926 09 25 and 1926 11 08...
        ..2011
        1926 11 23
        Tuesday
        .New York, N.Y.Club KentuckyNightclub residency with revue - see 1926 09 25 and 1926 11 08...
        ..2011
        1926 11 24
        Wednesday
        .New York, N.Y.Club KentuckyNightclub residency with revue - see 1926 09 25 and 1926 11 08...
        ..2011
        1926 11 25
        Thursday
        .New York, N.Y.Club KentuckyNightclub residency with revue - see 1926 09 25 and 1926 11 08...
        ..2011
        1926 11 26
        Friday
        .New York, N.Y.Club KentuckyNightclub residency with revue - see 1926 09 25 and 1926 11 08...
        ..2011
        1926 11 27
        Saturday
        .New York, N.Y.Club KentuckyNightclub residency with revue - see 1926 09 25 and 1926 11 08...
        ..2011
        1926 11 28
        Sunday
        .New York, N.Y.Club KentuckyNightclub residency with revue - see 1926 09 25 and 1926 11 08...
        ..2011
        1926 11 29
        Monday
        .New York, N.Y..PERSONNEL CHANGE
        New Desor had Louis Metcalf, trumpet (1905 02 28 - 1981 10 27) in the band from the fall of 1926 until June 1928.

        While he recorded with Ellington's band as early as 1926 11 29, Metcalf didn't become a member of the band until it went into the Cotton Club in December, 1927.
        Steven Lasker:
        'Metcalf told Leonard Kunstadt:
        "During this period [1926-27] I was filling recording gigs with Duke Ellington, beside other recordings (I was not a member of Duke's band yet)." .... "It was during my last month with [Sam] Wooding that I got the opportunity to double with Duke in regular engagements at the Cotton Club. This was the time that Duke increased his personnel from his original SIX of Bub Miley, Tricky Sam Nanton, Otto Hardwicke, Freddie [sic] Guy, Sonny Greer, Duke Ellington to ELEVEN MEN adding Johnny Hodges, Harry Carney, Barney Bigard, Wellman Braud and yours truly. Later on a 12th man was added in the person of Arthur Whetsel. After finishing my early theatre engagement with Wooding I went over to the Cotton Club 11 o'clock show to play the engagement. About this time Wooding was planning for another European trip and it could have been that I may have made the trip with him, but my eye was on the Duke.
          "My wish came true. I got my chance to become a regular member of Duke's band. I opened with Duke's first show at the Cotton Club. The band had a much fuller sound owing to the increase in personnel. This band was a futuristic outfit. He was 'way out' for those days and his was the sound to hear. I guess it was the dream of every young musician then to try to get a berth with Duke's outfit. These were the days of Duke's 'Black Beauty', 'Mooche', 'Swampy River' and 'Jubilee Stomp' and I had the luck to be on these great arrangements on phonograph recordings. I was keeping good company. However, it wasn't long before yours truly was on the move again."

        The full text of the interview is found here: http://archive.org/stream/RecordResearch46/46_djvu.txt
          Metcalf's first engagement with the band was apparently the Vocalion session of 1926 11 29. His first solos were on New Orleans Low-Down/Song of the Cotton Field (Vocalion 1086, rec. 1927 02 03). '
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        1926 11 29
        Monday
        .New York, N.Y.Brunswick Studio
        799 Seventh Ave.,Rm. #1
        Vocalion 3 hour afternoon recording session

        Tucker tells us this was the first session where Ellington recorded only his original material.

        Steven Lasker:

        '[This session] is the earliest documented association of Ellington and Mills. The ledger sheet for the date shows that the four songs recorded that date were all composed or co-composed by Ellington and copyrighted either by Gotham Music Co. or Jack Mills, Inc.'


        Duke Ellington And His Kentucky Club Orchestra
        Miley, Metcalf, Nanton, two unknown reeds, Hardwick, Ellington, Guy, Shaw, Greer

        Some discographies suggest one of the reeds was Sampson- see discussion at 1926 11 00.

        Steven Lasker:

        'I believe the reeds on the orchestra's records during the period 1926 11 29 to 1927 03 22 (1927 01 10 excluded) are probably Prince Robinson; Otto Hardwick; unknown third man. This conclusion was formed after reading Dick Bakker's discussion of the issue in his self-published "Duke Ellington on Microgoove -- Volume One -- 1923-1936" (Alphen aan den Rijn, Netherlands, 1977, pp10-11) that was amplified by opinions from a distinguished listening panel (Frank Dutton, Nigel Haselwood, Martin Richards and Eric Townley) that convened to further explore the issue. Their conclusion that Prince Robinson is the tenor player doubling clarinet during this period was presented in a series of articles by Frank Dutton that appeared in Jazz Journal (Nov 77, p14; Mar 78, p28; Apr 78, p32; May 78, p12; Sep 78, p47).'


        Titles recorded:
        • A Night In Harlem
        • East St. Louis Toodle-O
        • Who Is She?
        • Birmingham Breakdown
        Steven Lasker:

        'Jack Kapp was the recording manager for the date. The ledger shows "ng [no good] Kapp" against the two rejected titles, A Night in Harlem, and Who is She[?]. Three of the titles are shown on the ledger sheet as composed by Duke Ellington and copyright 1926 Gotham Music Co., 148 West 46th St., N.Y.C. The fourth, Who Is She[?],is shown as composed by Duke Ellington, Rousseau Simmons and Irving Mills and copyright 1926 Jack Mills, Inc. In actuality, neither of the rejected titles were ever submitted for copyright. Birmingham Breakdown and ESLTO bear a copyright date of 1927-02-10, not 1926, and finally, ESLTO was copyrighted in the names of Duke Ellington and Bub Miley, not Ellington alone.'

        The Vocalion label, formerly owned by the Aeolian Company, had been purchased on 1924 11 29 by the Brunswick-Balke-Collender Company, makers of Brunswick records, bowling and billiards products.
        East St. Louis Toodle-O was adopted as the band's theme song.

        Lasker:

        'ESLTO seems to have given way to Sepia Panorama as the opening theme, and Warm Valley as the closing theme, during the September/October 1940 Hotel Sherman stand. Those themes were replaced by Take the "A" Train during the band's January/February 1941 engagement at the Casa Manana. '


        Tucker suggests the title "East St. Louis Toodle-Oo" [sic] may have been chosen on this date because Vocalion wanted to increase record sales in the largely black section of East St. Louis, Ill., but Lasker quotes Variety:

        'PERLBERG's TOAD-DE-LO
        Chicago, June 8.
          Jonas Perlberg, dance promoter, has discovered a new dance, "the toad-de-lo" which he ran across in St. Louis.
          Perlberg is exploiting the new step in this city at the Rainbow Gardens.'

        and writes

        'The St. Louis metropolitan area is divided by the Mississippi River. West of the river is St. Louis, Missouri. East of the river is East St. Louis, Illinois. Both cities had significant populations of African Americans in 1926. East St. Louis was nationally notorious for the East St. Louis riots of 1917.'

        Mr. Lasker advises that Ellington pronounced the song title "toad-low" and the spelling East St. Louis Toodle-O was used on the label of the first recording issued (Vocalion 1064), the sheet music and the copyright submission. It was also in the record ads in Baltimore Afro-American and The Pittsburgh Courier.

        Spelling variations include:

        • East St. Louis Toodle-O
          • Vocalion A 1064 (Spanish subtitle: El Todel-o de East Saint Louis)
          • Brunswick 3480-A
          • Brunswick 6801
          • Columbia 953-D
          • Odeon 0-26993a
          • Parlophone A6483
          • Parlophone R2202
          • Diva 6046-G (made in Bridgeport, Conn.)
          • Velvet Tone 7072-V (made in Bridgeport, Conn.)
        • East St. Louis Toddle
          • Victor L 16007
        • East Saint Louis Toddle-Oo
          • Victor 21703-A
          • Victor 20-1531-A (Album P 138-1)
          • Bluebird B-6430-A
          • His Master's Voice B.8469
        • East Saint Louis Toodle-Oo
          • His Master's Voice B.4958
          • Romeo 612
          • Cameo 8182
          • Brunswick Collectors Series 80000 A
          • Brunswick (Warner-Brunswick,England)
        • East St. Louis Toolle-O [sic]
          • Diva 6046-G (made in Oakland, Cal.)
          • Velvet Tone 7072-V (made in Oakland, Cal.)
        • East St. Louis Tootlers
          • Vocalion B-230 (England)
        New Desor
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        2014-08-19
        2015-02-06
        2017-03-24
        2017-03-25
        2017-03-26
        2017-04-11
        2017-05-16
        2017-12-22
        2018-08-12
        2018-08-24
        1926 11 29
        Monday
        .New York, N.Y.Club KentuckyNightclub residency with revue - see 1926 09 25 and 1926 11 08...
        ..2011
        1926 11 30
        Tuesday
        .New York, N.Y.Club KentuckyNightclub residency with revue - see 1926 09 25
        New show opened, with Sally Fields, mistress of ceremonies "as usual," introduced Bigelow and Lee, singing comedians, Bob and Larry and their tiny piano, Billie West, singer, Mildred Melrose, Wanda Gill, the Three Ryans's, Sally's 'Hospitality Gang' and Duke Ellington's Washingtonian Orchestra.
        Steiner, Wild Throng Dances Madly in Cellar Club, p.33, quoting Morning Telegraph, 1926-12-02 p.7..
        ..2011
        updated 2014-08-23

        December 1926

        1926 12 01
        Wednesday
        .New York, N.Y.Probably 25 W.45th St.OKeh recording session
        Gussie Alexander, contralto, accompanied by Ellington and Hardwick
        Titles recorded:
        • They Say I Do It
        • Drifting from You Blues
        These recordings were rejected.
        Steven Lasker:

        'Gussie Alexander (a resident of Kansas City, Mo.) was the sister of Alberta Jones. See The Washingtonians: A Miscellany, p.57. Miss Alexander recorded Drifting from You Blues this date in two versions, an acoustical version backed by "Duke and Otto" and an electrical version backed by an unnamed pianist.'

        • Email Lasker-Palmquist
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        • Timner V p.2
        .DEMS
        .djp2011
        updated
        2014-01-19
        2014-09-01
        2016-09-15
        1926 12 01
        Wednesday
        .New York, N.Y.Club KentuckyNightclub residency with revue - see 1926 09 25 and 1926 11 30...
        ..2011
        1926 12 02
        Thursday
        .New York, N.Y.Club KentuckyNightclub residency with revue - see 1926 09 25 and 1926 11 30...
        ..2011
        1926 12 03
        Friday
        .New York, N.Y.Club KentuckyNightclub residency with revue - see 1926 09 25 and 1926 11 30...
        ..2011
        1926 12 04
        Saturday
        .New York, N.Y.Club KentuckyNightclub residency with revue - see 1926 09 25 and 1926 11 30...
        ..2011
        1926 12 05
        Sunday
        .New York, N.Y.Club KentuckyNightclub residency with revue - see 1926 09 25 and 1926 11 30...
        ..2011
        1926 12 06
        Monday
        .New York, N.Y.Club KentuckyNightclub residency with revue - see 1926 09 25 and 1926 11 30...
        ..2011
        1926 12 07
        Tuesday
        .New York, N.Y.Club KentuckyNightclub residency with revue - see 1926 09 25 and 1926 11 30...
        ..2011
        1926 12 08
        Wednesday
        .New York, N.Y.Club KentuckyNightclub residency with revue - see 1926 09 25 and 1926 11 30...
        ..2011
        1926 12 09
        Thursday
        .New York, N.Y.Club KentuckyNightclub residency with revue - see 1926 09 25 and 1926 11 30...
        ..2011
        1926 12 10
        Friday
        .New York, N.Y.Club KentuckyNightclub residency with revue - see 1926 09 25 and 1926 11 30...
        ..2011
        1926 12 11
        Saturday
        .New York, N.Y.Club KentuckyNightclub residency with revue - see 1926 09 25 and 1926 11 30...
        ..2011
        1926 12 12
        Sunday
        .New York, N.Y.Club KentuckyNightclub residency with revue - see 1926 09 25 and 1926 11 30...
        ..2011
        1926 12 13
        Monday
        .New York, N.Y.Club KentuckyNightclub residency with revue - see 1926 09 25 and 1926 11 30...
        ..2011
        1926 12 14
        Tuesday
        .New York, N.Y.Club KentuckyNightclub residency with revue - see 1926 09 25 and 1926 11 30...
        ..2011
        1926 12 15
        Wednesday
        .New York, N.Y.Club KentuckyNightclub residency with revue - see 1926 09 25 and 1926 11 30...
        ..2011
        1926 12 16
        Thursday
        .New York, N.Y.Club KentuckyNightclub residency with revue - see 1926 09 25 and 1926 11 30...
        ..2011
        1926 12 17
        Friday
        .New York, N.Y.Club KentuckyNightclub residency with revue - see 1926 09 25 and 1926 11 30...
        ..2011
        1926 12 18
        Saturday
        .New York, N.Y.Club KentuckyNightclub residency with revue - see 1926 09 25 and 1926 11 30...
        ..2011
        1926 12 19
        Sunday
        .New York, N.Y.Club KentuckyNightclub residency with revue - see 1926 09 25 and 1926 11 30...
        ..2011
        1926 12 20
        Monday
        .New York, N.Y.Club KentuckyNightclub residency with revue - see 1926 09 25 and 1926 11 30

        The 1926-12-21 edition of the Morning Telegraph reported Sally Fields quit "yesterday morning"
        ...
        ..2011
        1926 12 21
        Tuesday
        .New York, N.Y.Club KentuckyNightclub residency with revue - see 1926 09 25 and 1926 11 30...
        ..2011
        1926 12 22
        Wednesday
        .New York, N.Y.Club KentuckyNightclub residency with revue - see 1926 09 25 and 1926 11 30...
        ..2011
        1926 12 23
        Thursday
        .New York, N.Y.Club KentuckyNightclub residency with revue - see 1926 09 25 and 1926 11 30...
        ..2011
        1926 12 24
        Friday
        .New York, N.Y.Club KentuckyNightclub residency with revue - see 1926 09 25 and 1926 11 30

        The 1926-12-21 edition if the Morning Telegraph reported Gus Chandler succeeded Sally Fields as the new master of ceremonies and a new dancer had been added.
        ...
        ..2011
        1926 12 25
        Saturday
        Christmas
        .New York, N.Y.Club KentuckyNightclub residency with revue - see 1926 09 25 and 1926 11 30...
        ..2011
        1926 12 26
        Sunday
        Boxing Day
        .New York, N.Y.Club KentuckyNightclub residency with revue - see 1926 09 25 and 1926 11 30...
        ..2011
        1926 12 27
        Monday
        .New York, N.Y.Club KentuckyNightclub residency with revue - see 1926 09 25 and 1926 11 30...
        ..2011
        1926 12 28
        Tuesday
        .New York, N.Y.Club KentuckyNightclub residency with revue - see 1926 09 25 and 1926 11 30...
        ..2011
        1926 12 29
        Wednesday
        .New York, N.Y.Brunswick Studio
        799 Seventh Ave.,Rm. 1
        Vocalion recording session in the p.m.
        Duke Ellington And His Kentucky Club Orchestra
        Miley, Metcalf, Nanton, 2 unknown reeds, Hardwick, Ellington, Guy, Shaw, Greer

        Some discographies suggest one of the reeds was Sampson- see discussion at 1926 11 00.

        Steven Lasker:

        'I believe the reeds on the orchestra's records during the period 1926 11 29 to 1927 03 22 (1927 01 10 excluded) are probably Prince Robinson, Otto Hardwick, unknown third man'


        Titles recorded:
        • Immigration Blues
        • The Creeper
        New Desor
        DE2606
        DEMS
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        2014-08-19
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        1926 12 29
        Wednesday
        .New York, N.Y.Club KentuckyNightclub residency with revue - see 1926 09 25 and 1926 11 30...
        ..2011
        1926 12 30
        Thursday
        .New York, N.Y.Club KentuckyNightclub residency with revue - see 1926 09 25 and 1926 11 30...
        ..2011
        1926 12 31
        Friday
        New Year's Eve
        .New York, N.Y.Club KentuckyNightclub residency with revue - see 1926 09 25 and 1926 11 30...
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        January 1927

        1927 01 01
        Saturday
        New Years Day
        .New York, N.Y.Club KentuckyNightclub residency with revue - see 1926 09 25 and 1926 11 30

        New York's new 3 a.m. curfew law came into effect the morning of January 2 (see summary at 1928 08 08 above), meaning the night of January 1 - January 2.
        ...
        .djp2011
        1927 01 02
        Sunday
        .New York, N.Y.Club KentuckyNightclub residency with revue - see 1926 09 25 and 1926 11 30...
        ..2011
        1927 01 03
        Monday
        .New York, N.Y.Club KentuckyNightclub residency with revue - see 1926 09 25 and 1926 11 30...
        ..2011
        1927 01 04
        Tuesday
        .New York, N.Y.Club KentuckyNightclub residency with revue - see 1926 09 25 and 1926 11 30...
        ..2011
        1927 01 05
        Wednesday
        .New York, N.Y.Club KentuckyNightclub residency with revue - see 1926 09 25 and 1926 11 30...
        ..2011
        1927 01 06
        Thursday
        .New York, N.Y.Club KentuckyNightclub residency with revue - see 1926 09 25 and 1926 11 30...
        ..2011
        1927 01 07
        Friday
        .New York, N.Y.Club KentuckyNightclub residency with revue - see 1926 09 25 and 1926 11 30...
        ..2011
        1927 01 08
        Saturday
        .New York, N.Y.Club KentuckyNightclub residency with revue - see 1926 09 25 and 1926 11 30...
        ..2011
        1927 01 09
        Sunday
        .New York, N.Y.Club KentuckyNightclub residency with revue - see 1926 09 25 and 1926 11 30...
        ..2011
        1927 01 10
        Monday
        .New York, N.Y.28 W.44th StVictor recording session
        10:00-13:00
        Miss Evelyn Preer with Duke Ellington's Orchestra
        Titles recorded:
        • Make Me Love You
        • If You Can't Hold The Man You Love

        Discographers seem to agree Miley, Ellington, Greer and vocalist Preer played in this session, but they differ about the reeds and violin:
        • New Desor: unidentified (clarinet/tenor sax), Sampson (alto sax, violin), Hardwick (alto sax)
        • Timner IV: Robinson and Hardwick
        • Timner V: Robinson, Hardwick and an unknown violin (footnote says Sampson has been suggested)
        • Bakker: unidentified (clarinet/alto sax), Hardwick (alto sax, violin)
        • Girvan: unknown (clarinet,tenor sax), Sampson (alto sax, violin), Hardwick(alto sax)
        • MacHare: possibly Robinson (clarinet, tenor sax), Sampson (alto sax, violin), Otto Hardwick (alto sax)
        • Tucker says During this period, the first time Ellington recorded someone else's music.... He has several pages about this session, including a discussion of the recording and structure of "If You Can't Hold The Man You Love," in which he transcribes the 10 bar instrumental introduction. He argues the violinist is not likely Hardwick, and cites Brooks Kerr's comparison of this recording with other Sampson violin recordings.
        • Lasker:
          • DEMS 1998-2 In the line of Preer's vocal immediately preceding the piano solo, we can hear alto,tenor and violin simultaneously. The alto is Hardwick, the tenor probably Robinson and the violin is unknown.
          • 2014-08-22... I have to say the violinist on the Evelyn Preer side sounds to me a lot like Edgar Sampson.
        • Lambert:

          'The violin solo is usually said to be by Hardwick, who did indeed play the instrument in the band at this time, but it could equally well be by Edgar Sampson... a specialist on the instrument. (It is also possible that Sampson is one of the reeds on the contemporary full band sessions.'

        The first title recorded was never released, and the second title didn't come out until the 1960s, on the Tax label, album LP-9.
        New Desor
        DE2701
        DEMS
        .djp2011
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        2014-01-20
        2014-08-19
        2014-08-22
        2015-01-13
        1927 01 10
        Monday
        .New York, N.Y.Club KentuckyNightclub residency with revue - see 1926 09 25 and 1926 11 30...
        ..2011
        1927 01 11
        Tuesday
        .New York, N.Y.Club KentuckyNightclub residency with revue - see 1926 09 25 and 1926 11 30...
        ..2011
        1927 01 12
        Wednesday
        .New York, N.Y.Club KentuckyNightclub residency with revue - see 1926 09 25 and 1926 11 30...
        ..2011
        1927 01 13
        Thursday
        .New York, N.Y.Club KentuckyNightclub residency with revue - see 1926 09 25 and 1926 11 30...
        ..2011
        1927 01 14
        Friday
        .New York, N.Y.Club KentuckyNightclub residency with revue - see 1926 09 25 and 1926 11 30...
        ..2011
        1927 01 15
        Saturday
        .New York, N.Y.Club KentuckyNightclub residency with revue - see 1926 09 25 and 1926 11 30...
        ..2011
        1927 01 16
        Sunday
        .New York, N.Y.Club KentuckyNightclub residency with revue - see 1926 09 25 and 1926 11 30...
        ..2011
        1927 01 17
        Monday
        .New York, N.Y.Club KentuckyNightclub residency with revue - see 1926 09 25 and 1926 11 30...
        ..2011
        1927 01 18
        Tuesday
        .New York, N.Y.Club KentuckyNightclub residency with revue - see 1926 09 25 and 1926 11 30...
        ..2011
        1927 01 19
        Wednesday
        .New York, N.Y.Club KentuckyNightclub residency with revue - see 1926 09 25 and 1926 11 30...
        ..2011
        1927 01 20
        Thursday
        .New York, N.Y.Club KentuckyNightclub residency with revue - see 1926 09 25 and 1926 11 30...
        ..2011
        1927 01 21
        Friday
        .New York, N.Y.Probably 145 West 45th StreetThis session appears to be to re-record sides rejected in the 1926 12 01 session. There is no evidence Ellington or Hardwick appeared in this January session.
        OKeh recording session
        Gussie Alexander accompanied by piano.
        Timner IV, p.3 shows this session, but in Timner V, p.3, it is replaced with a note as suggested by Steven Lasker in DEMS Bulletin 98/2 p.25, Comments on Timner IV:

        'The pianist isn't named in the files, so without hearing the recordings (which appear to be forever lost), there's no way to establish his or her identity. Upshot: without further information, this session doesn't belong in specialized Ellington discographies except as a footnote. '

        Steven Lasker:
        Details of Gussie Alexander's recordings first appeared in 
        the 3rd edition of Dixon & Godrich's "Blues & Gospel Records,
        1902-43" (Storyville Publications, 1982), which showed:
        Gussie Alexander, v, acc. "Duke" (poss. Duke Ellington), p;
        "Otto" (poss. Otto Hardwick), sax.
        New York City Wednesday, 1 December 1926
        80235-A Drifting from You Blues OK Unissued
        New York City Friday, 21 January 1927
        80322-A They Say I Do It OK Unissued
        80323-A Drifting from You Blues OK Unissued

        In 1986-87, and later in 1994, I made visits to the Columbia
        Records (and later Sony Music) archives, where I looked at the
        original cards and found the additional data which first
        appeared in "Comments on Timner's 4th edition," page 1.


        Note these titles are the same as the Dec. 1 1926 session.

        .DEMS
        djp2011
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        2014-08-23
        2014-09-01
        2016-06-03
        1927 01 21
        Friday
        .New York, N.Y.Club KentuckyNightclub residency with revue - see 1926 09 25 and 1926 11 30...
        ..2011
        1927 01 22
        Saturday
        .New York, N.Y.Club KentuckyNightclub residency with revue - see 1926 09 25 and 1926 11 30...
        ..2011
        1927 01 23
        Sunday
        .New York, N.Y.Club KentuckyNightclub residency with revue - see 1926 09 25 and 1926 11 30...
        ..2011
        1927 01 24
        Monday
        .New York, N.Y.Club KentuckyNightclub residency with revue - see 1926 09 25 and 1926 11 30...
        ..2011
        1927 01 25
        Tuesday
        .New York, N.Y.Club KentuckyNightclub residency with revue - see 1926 09 25 and 1926 11 30...
        ..2011
        c.
        1927 01 26
        Wednesday
        ... Peripheral event
        Some discographies report a Banner/Regal recording session by Laura Smith, purported to have been accompanied by Hardwick, Ellington and an unknown violinist in which I'm Gonna Put You Right In Jail was recorded. It was issued on Banner (1977) and Regal (8304).
        Red Hot Jazz dates it early February 1927, but Abrams and Settlemier date the records "1/26/27." Jepsen and Wax Works (1954) date the session late 1926 but Wax Works says it is doubtful as an Ellington item.

        Steven Lasker advises Ellington was not present, and thinks Hardwick would not have been in the session without him, either.
        ..
        .djpadded 2014-01-20
        Updated 2014-09-03
        2015-02-09
        1927 01 26
        Wednesday
        .New York, N.Y.Club KentuckyNightclub residency with revue - see 1926 09 25 and 1926 11 30...
        ..2011
        1927 01 27
        Thursday
        .New York, N.Y.Club KentuckyNightclub residency with revue - see 1926 09 25 and 1926 11 30...
        ..2011
        1927 01 28
        Friday
        .New York, N.Y.Club KentuckyNightclub residency with revue - see 1926 09 25 and 1926 11 30...
        ..2011
        1927 01 29
        Saturday
        1927 02 04
        Friday
        (presumed)
        New York, N.Y.Lincoln Theatre,
        58 W.135th St. at Lenox Avenue
        Vaudeville

        Ad in New York Age

        Leonard Harper Presents
        MORAT & WARREN
        Argentine Artists Supreme
        DUKE ELLINGTON'S WASHINGTONIANS
        OBBY AND BABY GOINS
        Special Added Feature
        PRINCESS YVONNE MARVELOUS REVELATION
        Thursday, Friday, Saturday, Sunday This Week
        "The Popular Sin" With Florence Vidor' '


        The ad had a typographical error. The fifth line should be BOBBY AND BABY GOINS

        It isn't clear if the four named weekdays refers to the film only, or if the theatre was only open those four days. For our purposes, however, we have assumed the theatre was open seven days a week, that Ellington was hired for one week, Saturday to Friday, and that his orchestra performed at the theatre during the day or early evening, before going to Club Kentucky for its regular gig.
        • New York Age 1927-01-29 p.5
        • Email Lasker-Palmquist 2014-08-18
        ..
        .Steiner, Wild Throng,
        djp
        2011
        updated
        2014-08-17
        2014-09-01
        1927 01 29
        Saturday
        .New York, N.Y.Club KentuckyNightclub residency with revue - see 1926 09 25 and 1926 11 30...
        ..2011
        1927 01 30
        Sunday
        .New York, N.Y.Lincoln TheatreVaudeville

        see 1927 01 29
        ...
        ..Added
        2011
        1927 01 30
        Sunday
        .New York, N.Y.Club KentuckyNightclub residency with revue - see 1926 09 25 and 1926 11 30...
        ..2011
        1927 01 31
        Monday
        .New York, N.Y.Lincoln TheatreVaudeville

        see 1927 01 29
        ...
        ..Added
        2011
        1927 01 31
        Monday
        .New York, N.Y.Club KentuckyNightclub residency with revue - see 1926 09 25 and 1926 11 30...
        ..2011

        February 1927

        1927 02 00...PERSONNEL CHANGE
        New Desor has Edgar Sampson leaving the band, but that presupposes he was in it. See discussion at 1926 10 00
        New Desor vol.2.
        djpNew
        added 2012-10-25
        updated 2014-08-23
        1927 02 01
        Tuesday
        .New York, N.Y.Lincoln TheatreVaudeville

        see 1927 01 29
        ...
        ..Added
        2011
        1927 02 01
        Tuesday
        .New York, N.Y.Club KentuckyNightclub residency with revue - see 1926 09 25 and 1926 11 30...
        ..2011
        1927 02 02
        Wednesday
        .New York, N.Y.Lincoln TheatreVaudeville

        see 1927 01 29
        ...
        ..Added
        2011
        1927 02 02
        Wednesday
        .New York, N.Y.Club KentuckyNightclub residency with revue - see 1926 09 25 and 1926 11 30...
        ..2011
        1927 02 03
        Thursday
        .New York, N.Y.Brunswick Studio
        799 Seventh Ave., Rm.1
        Vocalion recording session
        3 hrs, pm.
        Duke Ellington and his Kentucky Club Orchestra
        Miley, Metcalf, Nanton, two unidentified reed players, Hardwick, Ellington, Guy, Shaw

        Some discographies suggest one of the reeds was Sampson- see discussion at 1926 11 00

        Steven Lasker:

        'I believe the reeds on the orchestra's records during the period 1926 11 29 to 1927 03 22 (1927 01 10 excluded) are probably Prince Robinson, Otto Hardwick, unknown third man'


        Titles recorded:
        • New Orleans Lowdown
        • Song Of The Cotton Field
        New Desor
        DE2702
        DEMS
        .
        .S.Hoefsmit (06,1-29)
        djp
        2011
        updated
        2014-01-20
        2014-08-19
        2015-02-06
        1927 02 03
        Thursday
        .New York, N.Y.Lincoln TheatreVaudeville

        see 1927 01 29
        ...
        ..Added
        2011
        1927 02 03
        Thursday
        .New York, N.Y.Club KentuckyNightclub residency with revue - see 1926 09 25 and 1926 11 30...
        ..2011
        1927 02 04
        Friday
        .New York, N.Y.Lincoln TheatreVaudeville

        see 1927 01 29
        ...
        ..Added
        2011
        1927 02 04
        Friday
        .New York, N.Y.Club KentuckyNightclub residency with revue - see 1926 09 25 and 1926 11 30...
        ..2011
        1927 02 05
        Saturday
        .New York, N.Y.Club KentuckyNightclub residency with revue - see 1926 09 25 and 1926 11 30...
        ..2011
        1927 02 06
        Sunday
        .New York, N.Y.Club KentuckyNightclub residency with revue - see 1926 09 25 and 1926 11 30...
        ..2011
        1927 02 07
        Monday
        .New York, N.Y.Club KentuckyNightclub residency with revue - see 1926 09 25 and 1926 11 30...
        ..2011
        1927 02 08
        Tuesday
        .New York, N.Y.Club KentuckyNightclub residency with revue - see 1926 09 25 and 1926 11 30...
        ..2011
        1927 02 09
        Wednesday
        .New York, N.Y.Club KentuckyNightclub residency with revue - see 1926 09 25 and 1926 11 30...
        ..2011
        1927 02 10
        Thursday
        .New York, N.Y.Club KentuckyNightclub residency with revue - see 1926 09 25 and 1926 11 30...
        ..2011
        1927 02 11
        Friday
        .New York, N.Y.Club KentuckyNightclub residency with revue - see 1926 09 25 and 1926 11 30...
        ..2011
        1927 02 12
        Saturday
        .New York, N.Y.Club KentuckyNightclub residency with revue - see 1926 09 25 and 1926 11 30...
        ..2011
        1927 02 13
        Sunday
        .New York, N.Y.Club KentuckyNightclub residency with revue - see 1926 09 25 and 1926 11 30...
        ..2011
        1927 02 14
        Monday
        Valentine's Day
        .New York, N.Y.Club KentuckyNightclub residency with revue - see 1926 09 25

        New show, "Chocolate Babies" and Three Brownies

        '...fast snappy show with an all-star cast... Special music was written by Fred Fisher, and is played every night by Duke Ellington's Washingtonians.'

        Steiner, Wild Throng Dances Madly in Cellar Club, p.35, quoting Lillian Uttal, 'All Around the Night Clubs,' Morning Telegraph 1927-03-07 p.5..
        .djp2011
        updated
        2014-08-23
        1927 02 15
        Tuesday
        .New York, N.Y.Club KentuckyNightclub residency with "Chocolate Babies" revue
        - see 1926 09 25 and 1927 02 14
        ...
        ..2011
        1927 02 16
        Wednesday
        .New York, N.Y.Club KentuckyNightclub residency with "Chocolate Babies" revue
        - see 1926 09 25 and 1927 02 14
        ...
        ..2011
        1927 02 17
        Thursday
        .New York, N.Y.Club KentuckyNightclub residency with "Chocolate Babies" revue
        - see 1926 09 25 and 1927 02 14
        ...
        ..2011
        1927 02 18
        Friday
        .New York, N.Y.Club KentuckyNightclub residency with "Chocolate Babies" revue
        - see 1926 09 25 and 1927 02 14
        ...
        ..2011
        1927 02 19
        Saturday
        .New York, N.Y.Club KentuckyNightclub residency with "Chocolate Babies" revue
        - see 1926 09 25 and 1927 02 14
        ...
        ..2011
        1927 02 20
        Sunday
        .New York, N.Y.Club KentuckyNightclub residency with "Chocolate Babies" revue
        - see 1926 09 25 and 1927 02 14
        ...
        ..2011
        1927 02 21
        Monday
        .New York, N.Y.Club KentuckyNightclub residency with "Chocolate Babies" revue
        - see 1926 09 25 and 1927 02 14
        ...
        ..2011
        1927 02 22
        Tuesday
        .New York, N.Y.Club KentuckyNightclub residency with "Chocolate Babies" revue
        - see 1926 09 25 and 1927 02 14
        ...
        ..2011
        1927 02 23
        Wednesday
        .New York, N.Y.Club KentuckyNightclub residency with "Chocolate Babies" revue
        - see 1926 09 25 and 1927 02 14
        ...
        ..2011
        1927 02 24
        Thursday
        .New York, N.Y.Club KentuckyNightclub residency with "Chocolate Babies" revue
        - see 1926 09 25 and 1927 02 14
        ...
        ..2011
        1927 02 25
        Friday
        .New York, N.Y.Club KentuckyNightclub residency with "Chocolate Babies" revue
        - see 1926 09 25 and 1927 02 14
        ...
        ..2011
        1927 02 26
        Saturday
        .New York, N.Y.Club KentuckyNightclub residency with "Chocolate Babies" revue
        - see 1926 09 25 and 1927 02 14
        ...
        ..2011
        1927 02 27
        Sunday
        .New York, N.Y.Club KentuckyNightclub residency with "Chocolate Babies" revue
        - see 1926 09 25 and 1927 02 14
        ...
        ..2011
        1927 02 28
        Monday
        .New York, N.Y.Brunswick Studio
        799 Seventh Ave., Rm.1
        Brunswick recording session
        Duke Ellington and His Kentucky Club Orchestra
        Miley, Metcalf, Nanton, 2 unknown reeds, Hardwick, Ellington, Guy, Shaw

        Some discographies suggest one of the reeds was Sampson- see discussion at 1926 11 00

        Steven Lasker:

        'I believe the reeds on the orchestra's records during the period 1926 11 29 to 1927 03 22 (1927 01 10 excluded) are probably Prince Robinson, Otto Hardwick, unknown third man'


        Titles recorded:
        • East St. Louis Toodle-O
        • Birmingham Breakdown
        New Desor
        DE2703
        DEMS
        .djp2011
        updated
        2014-03-26
        2014-08-19
        2015-02-06
        1927 02 28
        Monday
        .New York, N.Y.Club KentuckyNightclub residency with "Chocolate Babies" revue
        - see 1926 09 25 and 1927 02 14
        ...
        ..2011

        March 1927

        1927 03 --.New York, N.Y.See 8mar28..New Desor
        DE2803
        DEMS
        ..Added
        2011
        1927 03 01
        Tuesday
        .New York, N.Y.Club KentuckyNightclub residency with "Chocolate Babies" revue
        - see 1926 09 25 and 1927 02 14
        ...
        ..2011
        1927 03 02
        Wednesday
        .New York, N.Y.Club KentuckyNightclub residency with "Chocolate Babies" revue
        - see 1926 09 25 and 1927 02 14
        ...
        ..2011
        1927 03 03
        Thursday
        .New York, N.Y.Club KentuckyNightclub residency with "Chocolate Babies" revue
        - see 1926 09 25 and 1927 02 14
        ...
        ..2011
        1927 03 04
        Friday
        .New York, N.Y.Club KentuckyNightclub residency with "Chocolate Babies" revue
        - see 1926 09 25 and 1927 02 14
        ...
        ..2011
        1927 03 05
        Saturday
        .New York, N.Y.Club KentuckyNightclub residency with "Chocolate Babies" revue
        - see 1926 09 25 and 1927 02 14
        ...
        ..2011
        1927 03 06
        Sunday
        .New York, N.Y.Club KentuckyNightclub residency with "Chocolate Babies" revue
        - see 1926 09 25 and 1927 02 14
        ...
        ..2011
        1927 03 07
        Monday
        .New York, N.Y.Club KentuckyNightclub residency with "Chocolate Babies" revue
        - see 1926 09 25 and 1927 02 14
        ...
        ..2011
        1927 03 08
        Tuesday
        .New York, N.Y.Club KentuckyNightclub residency with "Chocolate Babies" revue
        - see 1926 09 25 and 1927 02 14
        ...
        ..2011
        1927 03 09
        Wednesday
        .New York, N.Y.Club KentuckyNightclub residency with "Chocolate Babies" revue
        - see 1926 09 25 and 1927 02 14
        ...
        ..2011
        1927 03 10
        Thursday
        .New York, N.Y.Club KentuckyNightclub residency with "Chocolate Babies" revue
        - see 1926 09 25 and 1927 02 14
        ...
        ..2011
        1927 03 11
        Friday
        .New York, N.Y.Club KentuckyNightclub residency with "Chocolate Babies" revue
        - see 1926 09 25 and 1927 02 14
        ...
        ..2011
        1927 03 12
        Saturday
        .New York, N.Y.Club KentuckyNightclub residency with "Chocolate Babies" revue
        - see 1926 09 25 and 1927 02 14
        ...
        ..2011
        1927 03 13
        Sunday
        .New York, N.Y.Club KentuckyNightclub residency with "Chocolate Babies" revue
        - see 1926 09 25 and 1927 02 14
        ...
        ..2011
        1927 03 14
        Monday
        .New York, N.Y.Brunswick Studio
        799 Seventh Ave., Rm.1
        Brunswick recording session
        3 hrs, pm.
        Duke Ellington and His Kentucky Club Orchestra
        Miley, Metcalf, Nanton, 2 unknown reeds, Hardwick, Ellington, Guy, Shaw
        MacHare suggests Prince Robinson was one of the reeds. Some discographies suggest one reed was Sampson- see discussion at 1926 11 00.

        Steven Lasker:

        'I believe the reeds on the orchestra's records during the period 1926 11 29 to 1927 03 22 (1927 01 10 excluded) are probably Prince Robinson, Otto Hardwick, unknown third man'


        Title recorded:
        East St. Louis Toodle-O
        New Desor
        DE2704
        .
        .djp2011
        updated
        2014-03-26
        2014-08-19
        2015-02-06
        1927 03 14
        Monday
        .New York, N.Y.Club KentuckyNightclub residency with "Chocolate Kiddies" revue - see 1926 09 25 and 1927 02 14
        Steiner, in Wild Throng, has the Club Kentucky last season ending between March 14 and March 20. Newspaper clippings he includes say
        • Morning Telegraph 1927-03-15 p.5:
          Colored Show May Leave
          The colored revue...may make its last appearnce there this week, according to Leo Bernstein, proprietor. If Harper's revue leaves, Bernstein will again install his former custom of having white entertainers in his club...
        • Morning Telegraph 1927-03-15 s.3 p.10:
          Colored vs. White Shows
          That white shows are cheaper and more acceptable to night club patrons is the decision of ...the Seven Eleven club...Somewhat in accord with this idea is Leo Bernstein, proprietor of the Kentucky Club, who changed to a colored show about a month ago, but declares himself almost ready to return to the white performers - or let them return to him...
        • Morning Telegraph 1927-03-23 p.5Among the events scheduled for tonight are the reopening of ... Kentucky Club, with a new white show. The Kentucky has been closed for a number of days, while the new show was in rehearsal...
        • Morning Telegraph 1927-03-27 s.3 p.11Unofficial Opening at Kentucky Club
          After three and a half years, Duke Ellington and the Washingtonians's stand at the Hollywood/Club Kentucky ended. Will Osborne's Royal Canadians became the new house band.
        From this, Steiner concludes Ellington's Kentucky Club engagement ended between March 14 and 20.
        Steiner, Wild Throng Dances Madly in Cellar Club..
        ..2011
        1927 03 15
        Tuesday
        ...activities not documented
        possibly still at Club Kentucky - see 1927 03 14)
        ...
        ..newish
        added 2014-08-23
        1927 03 16
        Wednesday
        ...activities not documented
        possibly still at Club Kentucky - see 1927 03 14)
        ...
        ..newish
        added 2014-08-23
        1927 03 17
        Thursday
        ...activities not documented
        possibly still at Club Kentucky - see 1927 03 14)
        ...
        ..newish
        added 2014-08-23
        1927 03 18
        Friday
        ...activities not documented
        possibly still at Club Kentucky - see 1927 03 14)
        ...
        ..newish
        added 2014-08-23
        1927 03 19
        Saturday
        ...activities not documented
        possibly still at Club Kentucky - see 1927 03 14)
        ...
        ..newish
        added 2014-08-23
        1927 03 20
        Sunday
        ...activities not documented
        possibly still at Club Kentucky - see 1927 03 14)
        ...
        ..newish
        added 2014-08-23
        1927 03 21
        Monday
        ...activities not documented...
        ...
        1927 03 22
        Tuesday
        .New York, N.Y.1819 BroadwayColumbia recording session
        Duke Ellington and His Washingtonians
        Miley, Metcalf, Nanton, 2 anonymous reeds, Hardwick, Ellington, Guy, Shaw

        MacHare and Timner suggest Prince Robinson was one of the reeds.
        Some discographies suggest one of the reeds was Sampson- see discussion at 1926 11 00

        Steven Lasker:

        'I believe the reeds on the orchestra's records during the period 1926 11 29 to 1927 03 22 (1927 01 10 excluded) are probably Prince Robinson, Otto Hardwick, unknown third man'


        Titles recorded:
        • East St. Louis Toodle-O
        • Hop Head
        • Down In Our Alley Blues
        New Desor
        DE2705
        DEMS
        .djp2011
        updated
        2014-03-26
        2014-09-01
        1927 03 23
        Wednesday
        ...activities not documented...
        ...
        1927 03 24
        Thursday
        ...activities not documented...
        ...
        1927 03 25
        Friday
        ...activities not documented...
        ...
        1927 03 26
        Saturday
        ...activities not documented...
        ...
        1927 03 27
        Sunday
        ...activities not documented...
        ...
        1927 03 28
        Monday
        ...activities not documented...
        ...
        1927 03 29
        Tuesday
        ...activities not documented...
        ...
        1927 03 30
        Wednesday
        ...activities not documented...
        ...
        1927 03 31
        Thursday
        ...activities not documented...
        ...

        April 1927

        1927 04 01
        Friday
        ...activities not documented...
        ...
        1927 04 02
        Saturday
        1927 04 09New York, N.Y.Lafayette Theatre,
        132nd St. & 7th Ave.
        (Unconfirmed)

        Stage Stuff says the Club Kentucky revue played the Lafayette this week and the Orpheum the next week, without naming the orchestra. While it has not been confirmed, it is possible Ellington and his orchestra also played the Lafayette this week, since his band was replaced at Club Kentucky by Will Osborne's Royal Canadians.
        Steiner, Wild Throng Dances Madly in Cellar Club, citing
        • Morning Telegrah 1927-03-23 p.5
        • Morning Telegrah 1927-03-27 p.11
        • Stage Stuff, Chicago Defender, 1927-04-09 p.6
        ..
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        1927 04 03
        Sunday
        .New York, N.Y..activities not documented
        maybe at the Lafayette, but not likely - see 1927 04 02
        ...
        ..2011
        1927 04 04
        Monday
        ...activities not documented
        maybe at the Lafayette, but not likely - see 1927 04 02
        ...
        ...
        1927 04 05
        Tuesday
        ...activities not documented
        maybe at the Lafayette, but not likely - see 1927 04 02
        ...
        ...
        1927 04 06
        Wednesday
        ...activities not documented
        maybe at the Lafayette, but not likely - see 1927 04 02
        ...
        ...
        1927 04 07
        Thursday
        .New York, N.Y.Brunswick Studio
        799 Seventh Ave., Rm.2
        Brunswick recording session in the p.m.
        The Washingtonians
        Miley, Metcalf, Nanton, 2 unnamed reeds, Hardwick, Ellington, Guy, Shaw, Greer

        Some discographies suggest Robinson and/or Sampson as the unidentified reeds - see the discussion about Sampson at 1926 11 00
        Title recorded:
        Black And Tan Fantasy
        New Desor
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        2015-02-06
        1927 04 07
        Thursday
        ...activities not documented
        maybe at the Lafayette, but not likely - see 1927 04 02
        ...
        ...
        1927 04 08
        Friday
        ...activities not documented
        maybe at the Lafayette, but not likely - see 1927 04 02
        ...
        ...
        1927 04 09
        Saturday
        ...activities not documented
        maybe at the Lafayette, but not likely - see 1927 04 02
        ...
        ...
        1927 04 10
        Sunday
        1927 04 16Newark, N.J.Orpheum ??activities not documented
        Possibly at the Orpheum, but this needs to be confirmed- see 1927 04 02
        Steiner, Wild Throng Dances Madly in Cellar Club, citing Stage Stuff, Chicago Defender, 1927-04-09 p.6..
        ..2011
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        1927 04 11
        Monday
        ...activities not documented
        Possibly at the Orpheum, but this needs to be confirmed- see 1927 04 02
        ...
        ...
        1927 04 12
        Tuesday
        ...activities not documented
        Possibly at the Orpheum, but this needs to be confirmed- see 1927 04 02
        ...
        ...
        1927 04 13
        Wednesday
        ...activities not documented
        Possibly at the Orpheum, but this needs to be confirmed- see 1927 04 02
        ...
        ...
        1927 04 14
        Thursday
        ...activities not documented
        Possibly at the Orpheum, but this needs to be confirmed- see 1927 04 02
        ...
        ...
        1927 04 15
        Friday
        ...activities not documented
        Possibly at the Orpheum, but this needs to be confirmed- see 1927 04 02
        ...
        ...
        1927 04 16
        Saturday
        ...activities not documented
        Possibly at the Orpheum, but this needs to be confirmed- see 1927 04 02
        ...
        ...
        1927 04 17
        Sunday
        ...activities not documented...
        ...
        1927 04 18
        Monday
        ...activities not documented...
        ...
        1927 04 19
        Tuesday
        ...activities not documented...
        ...
        1927 04 20
        Wednesday
        ...activities not documented...
        ...
        1927 04 21
        Thursday
        ...activities not documented...
        ...
        1927 04 22
        Friday
        ...activities not documented...
        ...
        1927 04 23
        Saturday
        ...activities not documented...
        ...
        1927 04 23
        Saturday
        ..Peripheral Event
        The Pittsburgh Courier ran a five paragraph plug for Ellington and Mills:

        'Duke Ellington, Brunswick Artist, Holds Unique Place in Broadway's Spotlight
          NEW YORK, April 21.–From the Oriental Cafe in Washington, D.C., to the Kentucky Club, one of the brightest spots in New York's gay night life and now one of the feature artists of the Brunswick Phonograph Company, is the record of Duke Ellington, conductor of what leading judges have called the foremost colored jazz orchestra in America.
          Ellington, who is only 28 years old, is a graduate of Armstrong Tech., of Washington, D.C. Attending in the course of his scholastic curriculum the Music School of Washington, Ellington was for some time a pupil of the famous Henry Grant, head of that school.
          But in accounting for his success, Ellington insists that all his remarkable rhythms and harmonies would not be so wide a public were it not for Irving Mills of Jack Mills, Inc., New York music publishers. This firm, publishing such numbers of Duke Ellington as "East St. Louis Todelo," "Birmingham Breakdown," "A Black and Tan Fantasy," "Down Home Stomp," and others, has enabled him to reach the broad pinnacled heights of success.
          So far-reaching is Mr. Mill's interest in Negro music, as a matter of fact, that he is publishing a book of syncopated gems in Negro folklore, written by Jo Trent. Trent will be remembered as Duke Ellington's collaborator in some of the latter's most important successes.
          All these musical treats are available to the general public through any dealer in phonograph records or sheet music. Duke Ellington, up until recently, was a "comer." Today he has "arrived." Watch his dust from now on.'

        The paper reprinted the first two paragraphs in its May 7 edition, datelined 'NEW YORK, May 5,' under the headline 'Duke Ellington Holds Place in N.Y. "Spotlight."
        The Pittsburgh Courier, Pittsburgh, Penn.
        • 1927-04-23 s.2 p.3
        • 1927-05-07 s.2 p.3
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        1927 04 24
        Sunday
        ...activities not documented...
        ...
        1927 04 25
        Monday
        ...activities not documented...
        ...
        1927 04 26
        Tuesday
        ...activities not documented...
        ...
        1927 04 27
        Wednesday
        ...activities not documented...
        ...
        1927 04 28
        Thursday
        ...activities not documented...
        ...
        1927 04 29
        Friday
        Ellington's birthday
        ...activities not documented...
        ...
        1927 04 30
        Saturday
        .New York, N.Y.Brunswick Studio
        799 Seventh Ave., Rm.1
        Brunswick recording session in the a.m.
        The Washingtonians aka Traymore Orchestra
        (Just Duke Ellington and His Orchestra on the German, Norwegian and one U.S. Brunswick label)
        Personnel: "June" Clark, Metcalf, Nanton, possibly Prince Robinson, possibly Edgar Sampson, Hardwick, Ellington, p; Guy, Shaw, Greer

        MacHare suggests Prince Robinson and Edgar Sampson as possibles, but Steven Lasker writes "Hardwick and two unknowns."
        Title recorded:
        • Soliloquy

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        2014-08-19
        2014-09-01
        2015-02-06

        May 1927

        1927 05 01
        Sunday
        ...activities not documented...
        ...
        1927 05 02
        Monday
        ...activities not documented...
        ...
        1927 05 03
        Tuesday
        ...activities not documented...
        ...
        1927 05 04
        Wednesday
        ...activities not documented...
        ...
        1927 05 05
        Thursday
        ...activities not documented...
        ...
        1927 05 06
        Friday
        ...activities not documented...
        ...
        1927 05 07
        Saturday
        ...activities not documented...
        ...
        1927 05 08
        Sunday
        ...activities not documented...
        ...
        1927 05 09
        Monday
        ...activities not documented...
        ...
        1927 05 10
        Tuesday
        ...activities not documented...
        ...
        1927 05 11
        Wednesday
        ...activities not documented...
        ...
        1927 05 12
        Thursday
        ...activities not documented...
        ...
        1927 05 13
        Friday
        ...activities not documented...
        ...
        1927 05 14
        Saturday
        ...activities not documented...
        ...
        1927 05 15
        Sunday
        8 p.m.
        .New York, N.Y.Savoy Ballroom
        596 Lenox Av.
        Harlem
        band activities not documented
        Ellington appears to have attended a battle of bands at the Savoy:

        S. Lasker:
        'Per Duke Ellington, MIMM, p50:

        'Fletcher [Henderson] was a wonderful guy and an important influence. I was there when he won the famous battle of Big Bands with King Oliver at the Savoy on another Sunday night." '

        The "Battle of Jazz" on the night of 1927-05-15 was reviewed in the New York Amsterdam News (quoted by Laurie Wright in "King" Oliver, p. 80):

        '4 Orchs-- Fletcher Henderson, King Oliver, Fess Williams, Chick Webb....thousands unable to gain admittance ... difficult to determine who won this historical battle of music ... Fletcher Henderson and his gang evoked cheers. Folks said, 'There just can't be better music played,' when up stepped old boy King Oliver from Chicago, who sent the boys scurrying hither and yon looking for girls to dance that Chicago rhythm which seems to make your feet step on air. [...] '

        This was likely the first time Ellington saw Barney Bigard, who mainly played tenor sax with Oliver. Johnny Hodges was a regular member of Chick Webb's orchestra around this time.'
        Email, Lasker-Palmquist 2018-07-27, citing
        • MIMM, p.50
        • W. C. Allen, L. Wright and B. A. L. Rust
          "King" Oliver, Storyville, 1987, p.80
        • New York Amsterdam News
          1927-05-18, p.11
        .
        ..
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        1927 05 16
        Monday
        ...activities not documented...
        ...
        1927 05 17
        Tuesday
        ...activities not documented...
        ...
        1927 05 18
        Wednesday
        ...activities not documented...
        ...
        1927 05 19
        Thursday
        .New York, N.Y.Billie Cain's Club
        2395 Eighth(?)
        The Pittsburgh Courier carried a picture of Billy Cain, a showgirl, with the caption

        "One of the Elida Webb Girls in 'Lucky' now playing at the New Amsterdam Theatre, Broadway and 42nd street, New York, who will, on Thursday night, May 19, open her Billie Cain's Club at 2395 Eighth avenue near 129th street. Duke Ellington and his 'Brunswick Recording Orchestra,' direct from 'Club Kentucky,' will be the musical entertainers, while Johnny Hawkins and Roy Bands, singers and steppers de-luxe...will be entertainers. Maceo Pinkard is director of the revue."


        Billie Kane's Club (spelling uncertain), New York City. Per "Variety," 1927-05-25, p46 (courtesy of Larry Gushee):

        "Colored Girl's Night Club

        "Billie" Kane, is "Lucky" as one of the Lida Webb "girls," is to open a night club on 8th avenue between 128th and 129th Streets.

        The cabaret bills listing in this issue, also on page 46, shows the following at "Billy Cain's [sic] Club": Marceo [sic] Pinkard Rv; Bee Foote; Louis Coles; Mary Straine; Sunny [sic] Greer; Roy Banks; Duke Ellington's Bd.

        How long the Ellington band played at the club isn't documented, but on May 28, the Chicago Defender reported that it was playing there.

        The Baltimore Afro-American 1927-06-04 reported Pinkard "is" producing a revue at Billy Cain's Cub and Duke Ellington's band is furnishing the music.
        • Igo/Ewing/Pilkington itinerary
        • The Pittsburgh Courier, Pittsburgh, Penn., 1927-05-21 s.2 p.3
        • Chicago Defender 1927-05-28 p.28
        • Email Lasker-Palmquist 2014-08-18 referring to clippings in The Washingtonians: A Miscellany, pp. 61-62
        .DEMS
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        1927 05 20
        Friday
        ...Possibly playing at Billie Cain's Club - see 1927 05 19...
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        Circa
        1927 05 21
        Saturday
        Possibly
        1927 05 27
        Friday
        New York, N.Y.Lincoln Theatre
        58 W.135th St.

        LINCOLN THEATRE
        ------------------
        (On The Stage This Week)
        CLARENCE ROBINSON PRESENTS
        MUDDY WATERS
        Courtesy Jo. Trent
        With DUKE ELLINGTON'S 8–WASHINGTONIANS–8
        Mercier Marquez Limehouse Brown
        Two Black Dots 8 Muddy Water Steppers
        (The Revue Picturesque)
        On The Screen Thursday to Sunday
        THOMAS MEIGHAN in "BLIND ALLEYS"


        The Lincoln
          "Muddy Waters," a rather cloudy name for a musical comedy so bright and good–holds the spotlight at manager Snyder's 135th Street House for entire week. Joe [sic] Trent is featured–surrounded by bevy of pretty maidens whose dancing pleases. Cast includes Mercia Marquez, Two Black Dots, L. Brown, Eight Muddy Water Steppers. Thos. Meighan in Blind Alleys, with Greta Missen and Evelyn Brent is the picture showing. Muddy Waters is a corking good clean show–turning them away at every performance. We suggest change of name for title. Duke Ellington and his band are featured. Duke has been crowned by Broadway. '
        It isn't clear when this show started or ended. While both papers refer to the week, it may be that it is the week preceding the publication date. Similarly, it isn't clear when the gig ended. The May 28 The New York Age carried an ad for another revue at the Lincoln Theatre.
        • The New York Age, New York, N.Y.
          1927-05-21 p.6
        • The Pittsburgh Courier, Pittsburgh, Penn.,
          1927-05-21 p.14
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        Saturday
        ...activities not documented

        Possibly playing at Billie Cain's Club - see 1927 05 19
        ...
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        1927 05 22
        Sunday
        ...activities not documented

        Possibly playing at Lincoln Theatre - see 1927 05 21 and at Billie Cain's Club - see 1927 05 19.
        ...
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        1927 05 23
        Monday
        ...activities not documented

        Possibly playing at Lincoln Theatre - see 1927 05 21 and at Billie Cain's Club - see 1927 05 19.
        ...
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        1927 05 24
        Tuesday
        ...activities not documented

        Possibly playing at Lincoln Theatre - see 1927 05 21 and at Billie Cain's Club - see 1927 05 19.
        ...
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        1927 05 25
        Wednesday
        ...activities not documented



        Possibly playing at Lincoln Theatre - see 1927 05 21 and at Billie Cain's Club - see 1927 05 19.
        ...
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        1927 05 26
        Thursday
        ...activities not documented



        Possibly playing at Lincoln Theatre - see 1927 05 21 and at Billie Cain's Club - see 1927 05 19.
        ...
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        1927 05 27
        Friday
        ...activities not documented



        Possibly playing at Lincoln Theatre - see 1927 05 21 and at Billie Cain's Club - see 1927 05 19.
        ...
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        1927 05 28
        Saturday
        ...activities not documented

        Possibly playing Billie Cain's Club - see 1927 05 19.
        ...
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        1927 05 29
        Sunday
        ...activities not documented...
        ...
        1927 05 30
        Monday
        ...activities not documented...
        ...
        1927 05 31
        Tuesday
        ...activities not documented...
        ...

        June 1927

        1927 06 00...PERSONNEL CHANGES
        Clarinetist, tenor sax man Rudy Jackson and bassist Wellman Braud, born 1891 01 25, join the band and Mack Shaw leaves.
        Harvey Pekar, The Wellspring: Wellman Braud, Bass Player 2000-01-00.New Desor vol.2.
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        1927 06 01
        Wednesday
        ...activities not documented...
        ...
        1927 06 02
        Thursday
        ...activities not documented...
        ...
        1927 06 03
        Friday
        ...activities not documented...
        ...
        1927 06 04
        Saturday
        ...activities not documented...
        ...
        1927 06 05
        Sunday
        ...activities not documented...
        ...
        1927 06 06
        Monday
        ...activities not documented...
        ...
        1927 06 07
        Tuesday
        ...activities not documented...
        ...
        1927 06 08
        Wednesday
        ...activities not documented...
        ...
        1927 06 09
        Thursday
        ...activities not documented...
        ...
        1927 06 10
        Friday
        ...activities not documented...
        ...
        1927 06 11
        Saturday
        ...activities not documented...
        ...
        1927 06 12
        Sunday
        ...activities not documented...
        ...
        1927 06 13
        Monday
        ...activities not documented...
        ...
        1927 06 14
        Tuesday
        ...activities not documented...
        ...
        1927 06 15
        Wednesday
        ...activities not documented...
        ...
        1927 06 16
        Thursday
        ...PERSONNEL CHANGE?
        Steven Lasker suggests Harry Carney accepted Duke Ellington's invitation to join his band on June 16, and first played with it on June 20 at Nuttings-on-the-Charles, Mass.
        .New Desor vol.2DEMS
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        1927 06 16
        Thursday
        ...activities not documented...
        ...
        1927 06 17
        Friday
        ...activities not documented...
        ...
        1927 06 18
        Saturday
        ...activities not documented...
        ...
        1927 06 19
        Sunday
        ...activities not documented...
        ...
        1927 06 20
        Monday
        .Waltham, Mass.Nuttings-On-The-Charles
        (a.k.a Nuttings Dance Hall)
        Prospect St. at the Charles River
        One-nighter
        On this first night of the 1927 summer New England tour, the band had a "battle" with Mal Hallett's band.

        This was the first time Carney played in the band after officially becoming a member on the 16th.

        Ellington brought his family (Edna and Mercer) on this tour, and stayed in the New Brunswick Hotel in Salem.
        M. Tucker, Early Years, p.203, citing Boston Post.DEMS
        ..2011
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        2012-12-31
        1927 06 21
        Tuesday
        .FoxboroLakeview BallroomOne-nighter
        ...
        ..Added
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        1927 06 22
        Wednesday
        .Salem, Mass.Charleshurst BallroomOne-nighter
        M. Tucker, Early Years, p.203, citing Salem Evening News..
        ..2011
        updated
        2012-12-31
        1927 06 23
        Thursday
        ...activities not documented...
        ...
        1927 06 24
        Friday
        1927 06 25
        Saturday
        Revere Beach, Mass.Crescent GardensDancing
        Steiner, Wild Throng Dances Madly in Cellar Club citing Boston Post..
        ..Added
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        1927 06 25
        Saturday
        .Revere Beach, Mass.Crescent GardensDancing
        -see 1927 06 24
        ...
        ..2011
        1927 06 26
        Sunday
        .Lynn, Mass.Olympia TheatreOne-nighter
        Some sources suggest Carney joined on the 26th but it is more likely to have been the 16th since he recalled playing the Nutting-on-Charles date on the 20th.
        M. Tucker, Early Years, p.203, citing Lynn Daily Evening Item.DEMS
        ..2011
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        2012-12-31
        1927 06 27
        Monday
        .Waltham, Mass.Nuttings-On-The-Charles
        (a.k.a Nuttings Dance Hall)
        Prospect St. at the Charles River
        One-nighter
        M. Tucker, Early Years, p.203, citing Boston Post..
        ..2011
        updated
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        1927 06 28
        Tuesday
        ...activities not documented...
        ...
        1927 06 29
        Wednesday
        .Worcester, Mass.Mohegan BallroomOne-nighterEmail, Steiner-Palmquist 2018-08-22 citing (Worcester Evening Telegram, June 29, 1927.)..
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        1927 06 30
        Thursday
        ...activities not documented...
        ...

        July 1927

        1927 07 01
        Friday
        .Providence, R.I.Crescent ParkOne-nighter
        M. Tucker, Early Years, p.203, citing Providence Journal..
        ..2011
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        1927 07 02
        Saturday
        .SomersetWilbur'sOne-nighter
        M. Tucker, Early Years, p.203, citing Fall River Herald News..
        ..2011
        updated
        2013 01 01
        1927 07 03
        Sunday
        .Salem, Mass.Charleshurst BallroomOne-nighter
        M. Tucker, Early Years, p.204, citing Boston Evening Transcript..
        ..2011
        updated
        2013 01 01
        1927 07 04
        Monday
        ...activities not documented...
        ...
        1927 07 05
        Tuesday
        ...activities not documented...
        ...
        1927 07 06
        Wednesday
        ...activities not documented...
        ...
        1927 07 07
        Thursday
        ...activities not documented...
        ...
        1927 07 08
        Friday
        .Newport Beach, R.I.Newport BeachOne-nighterEmail, Steiner-Palmquist 2018-08-22 citing Fall River Herald News, July 8, 1927.)..
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        1927 07 09
        Saturday
        ...activities not documented...
        ...
        1927 07 10
        Sunday
        ...activities not documented...
        ...
        1927 07 11
        Monday
        ...activities not documented...
        ...
        1927 07 12
        Tuesday
        .Marshfield, Mass.FieldstonOne-nighter

        Tucker listed this engagement as Wednesday, July 13, citing Brockton Post Herald. Ken Steiner advises:

        'Most Massachusetts newspapers were not available through Interlibrary Loan, so in 2009 I ... spent five days at the Boston Public Library. ... I checked every one of Tucker's cites against the original source, and also went on fishing expeditions - I would scroll through each city's paper, and a few other MA newspapers, looking for more gigs.
          The head of the BPL's newspaper section said he had no record of a "Brockton Post Herald." I also checked the Brockton City Guides and telephone books, and there was no mention of such a paper. ...
          The Brockton Daily Enterprise was the city's main newspaper and I found "Duke Ellington and His Famous Recording Band" and on the next line, "The Washingtonians" for July 12, 1927, at the Fieldston Ballroom, in Marshfield, MA. There was no mention of a gig on July 13 or any other date in July of 1927.'

        • M. Tucker, Early Years, p.203, citing Brockton Post Herald.
        • Steiner, Wild Throng Dances Madly in Cellar Club, p.36 citing Tucker
        • Email, Steiner-Palmquist 2018-08-22
        ..
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        2018-08-19
        2018-08-23
        1927 07 13
        Wednesday
        .Gardner, Mass.ArcadiaThe Sentinel ran daily ads this week. This is the "same day" ad:

        TONIGHT IS
        THE NIGHT
        ARCADIA
        GARDNER
        DUKE
        ELLINGTON

        And His
        Columbia Record
        Orchestra

        Direct from Club Kentucky,
        New York City.
        "The Paul Whiteman of Colored Bands."

        DANCING 8 to 12
        Admission 75¢
        BUS SERVICE
        After the Dance

        The Fitchburg Sentinel, Fitchburg, Mass.
        • 1927-07-08 p.2
        • 1927-07-09 p.2
        • 1927-07-11 p.2
        • 1927-07-12 p.2
        • 1927-07-13 p.2
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        Thursday
        .Old Orchard Beach, Me.PierIt seems likely this summer dance one-nighter was at the Pier Casino - see 1926 08 12.

        The Biddeford Daily Journal reported

        'A party made up of Chandler and Joe Robbins, Jackson Turner and Eric Bergland motored to Old Orchard Thursday evening to hear Duke Ellington and his Washingtonians, the new attraction on the pier.
          ...Richard Burdick and Miss Madeliene Jonckheere were at Old Orchard Thursday night...'

        • M. Tucker, Early Years, p.204, citing Portland Press Herald
        • Biddeford Daily Journal, Biddeford, Maine, 1927-07-18 p.2
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        1927 07 15
        Friday
        ...activities not documented...
        ...
        1927 07 16
        Saturday
        .Revere Beach, Mass.Crescent GardensOne-nighter
        M. Tucker, Early Years, p.204, citing Boston Post..
        ..2011
        updated
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        1927 07 17
        Sunday
        ...activities not documented...
        ...
        1927 07 18
        Monday
        .Gloucester, Mass. State ArmoryOne-nighterEmail, Steiner-Palmquist 2018-08-22 citing Gloucester Daily Times, July 18, 1927...
        .ksNew
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        1927 07 19
        Tuesday
        .Salem, Mass.Charleshurst BallroomOne-nighter
        M. Tucker, Early Years, p.204, citing Boston Post..
        ..2011
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        1927 07 20
        Wednesday
        .Providence, R.I.Crescent ParkOne-nighter
        ...
        ..Added
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        1927 07 21
        Thursday
        .Salem, Mass. Charleshurst BallroomOne-nighterEmail, Steiner-Palmquist 2018-08-22 citing Salem Evening News, July 22, 1927..
        .ksNew
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        1927 07 22
        Friday
        .Taunton, Mass.American LegionOne-nighter
        M. Tucker, Early Years, p.204, citing Taunton Daily Gazette..
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        1927 07 23
        Saturday
        ...activities not documented...
        ...
        1927 07 24
        Sunday
        ...activities not documented...
        ...
        1927 07 25
        Monday
        .Old Orchard Beach, MainePierIt seems likely this summer dance one-nighter was at the Pier Casino - see 1926 08 12.

        P

        IER


        Old Orchard
        MOVIES AND DANCING
        Every Afternoon and
        Evening
        Monday Evening, July 25
        DUKE ELLINGTON
        and His
        WASHINGTONIANS
        The Paul Whitman of
        Colored Orchestras
        xxx

        (Whiteman is misspelled in the Daily Journal ads.)
        • M. Tucker, Early Years, p.204, citing Portland Press Herald
        • Biddeford Daily Journal, Biddeford, Me.
          • 1927-07-22 p.8
          • 1927-07-23 p.8
          • 1927-07-25 p.8
        ..
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        2018-08-19
        1927 07 26
        Tuesday
        .Salem, Mass.Charleshurst BallroomOne-nighter
        M. Tucker, Early Years, p.204, citing Salem Evening News..
        ..2011
        updated
        2013 01 01
        1927 07 27
        Wednesday
        .Foxboro, Mass. Lakeview BallroomOne-nighterEmail, Steiner-Palmquist 2018-08-22 citing Brockton Daily Enterprise, July 27, 1927..
        .ksNew
        added
        2018-08-23
        1927 07 28
        Thursday
        .Woonsocket, R.I.New JoylandOne-nighter
        M. Tucker, Early Years, p.204, citing Taunton Daily Gazette..
        ..2011
        updated
        2013 01 01
        1927 07 29
        Friday
        .Spofford Lake, N.H.Ware's Grove Dance Pavilion

        DANCE
        Ware's Grove

        FRIDAY, JULY 29

        Duke Ellington

        And His Famous
        Recording Band


        "The Washingtonians."

        The Paul Whiteman of
        Colored Orchestras.

        Admission:
        Gentlemen . . . . . . 75¢
        Ladies. . . . . . . . 75¢

        The Brattleboro Daily Reformer, Brattleboro, Vt.
        1927-07-29 p.3
        courtesy K.Steiner
        ..
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        added
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        1927 07 30
        Saturday
        .Nashua, N.H.Blackbird BallroomOne-nighter

        BLACKBIRD BALLROOM

        The greatest attraction ever is offered to the patrons of the Blackbird Ballroom when "Duke" Ellington and his Victor Recording orchestra start to play their music. This is without doubt the hottest colored band in the United States. This team is called the "Paul Whiteman of colored orchestras." A treat is in store for all those who love real rhythm and music that will make your feet twitch in spite of yourself. The management of the Blackbird is sparing no expense in order that it may bring the best bands to this popular resort. Dancing in this ballroom every Tuesday, Thursday, Friday and Saturday.

        • M. Tucker, Early Years, p.204, citing Manchester Union
        • Announcement, The Lowell Sun, Lowell, Mass., 1927-07-30
        ..
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        1927 07 31
        Sunday
        ...activities not documented...
        ...

        August 1927

        1927 08 00.New York, N.Y.Kentucky Club Peripheral event
        The Club Kentucky closes, and will reopen later as "Monterey"
        ...
        ..2011
        1927 08 01
        Monday
        .Buzzard's Bay, Mass.
        (Town of Bourne)
        BournehurstOne-nighter...
        ..Added
        2011
        1927 08 02
        Tuesday
        .Salem, Mass.Charleshurst BallroomOne-nighter
        M. Tucker, Early Years, p.204, citing Salem Evening News..
        ..2011
        updated
        2013 01 01
        1927 08 03
        Wednesday
        .Gardner, Mass.Arcadia

        COMING –
        WED. NITE.
        AUG. 3
        ARCADIA
        Gardner
        ARGENTINE NITE AND
        STYLE SHOW
        2 – ORCHESTRAS – 2
        Duke Ellington
        and his New York Orchestra
        and
        The Gauchos
        From The Argentine
        VAUDEVILLE
        GIRARDO and NADINE
        Idols of Broadway Clubs

        ELSA FREE
        Premiere Acrobatic Dancer

        FUR STYLE SHOW
        See 1928 Fur Styles on living mod-
        els displayed by Fashion Fur Shop.


        ADMISSION 75¢
        Fitchburg Sentinel, Fitchburg, Mass.
        • 1927-07-30 p.2
        • 1927-08-02 p.2
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        1927 08 04
        Thursday
        ...activities not documented...
        ...
        1927 08 05
        Friday
        ...activities not documented...
        ...
        1927 08 06
        Saturday
        .Brockton, Mass.Highland ParkOne-nighter
        M. Tucker, Early Years, p.204, citing Brockton Post Herald..
        ..2011
        updated
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        1927 08 07
        Sunday
        ...activities not documented...
        ...
        1927 08 08
        Monday
        .Waltham, Mass.Nuttings-On-The-Charles
        (a.k.a Nuttings Dance Hall)
        Prospect St. at the Charles River
        One-nighter
        ...
        ..2011
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        1927 08 09
        Tuesday
        1927 08 11Salem, Mass.Charleshurst BallroomKen Steiner:

        'Aug 9. was a battle of the bands with Roan's Pennsylvanians.'

        • M. Tucker, Early Years, p.204, citing Salem Evening News
        • Email, Steiner-Palmquist 2018-08-22
        ..
        ..2011
        updated
        2013-01-01
        2018-08-23
        1927 08 10
        Wednesday
        ...activities not documented...
        ...
        1927 08 11
        Thursday
        .Salem, Mass.Charleshurst BallroomKen Steiner:

        'Aug 11 was a "colored dance."'

        ...
        ..2011
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        2013-01-01
        2018-08-23
        1927 08 12
        Friday
        .Lawrence, Mass.RoselandOne-nighter
        M. Tucker, Early Years, p.204, citing Lawrence Evening Tribune..
        ..2011
        updated
        2013-01-01
        1927 08 13
        Saturday
        .Revere Beach, Mass.Crescent GardensOne-nighter
        ...
        ..2011
        updated
        2014-08-18
        1927 08 14
        Sunday
        ...activities not documented...
        ...
        1927 08 15
        Monday
        ...activities not documented...
        ...
        1927 08 16
        Tuesday
        .Salisbury Beach, N.H.Ocean EchoOne-nighter
        M. Tucker, Early Years, p.204, citing Lawrence Evening Tribune..
        ..2011
        updated
        2013-01-01
        1927 08 17
        Wednesday
        .Foxboro, Mass. Lakeview BallroomOne-nighterEmail, Steiner-Palmquist 2018-08-22 citing Brockton Daily Enterprise, Aug. 17, 1927...
        .ksNew
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        1927 08 18
        Thursday
        .Fitchburg, Mass.Whalom ParkOne-nighter
        DANCE
        Every Night
        Whalom
        Park
        TONIGHT

        and Tomorrow
        5¢ Checks
        Leo Hannon
        Thursday
        Duke
        Ellington
        And His Famous
        Recording Band.
        This crack musical organiza-
        tion was acclaimed by New
        York's greatest orchestra lead-
        ers as the hottest band on
        Broadway   the Paul White-
        man of colored orchestras
        EVERY MONDAY
        All Old-Fashioned Dances,
        Prize Waltz Contest.
        FIREWORKS
        TOMORROW NIGHT

        From the August 19 ad:
        'Duke Ellington's
        Coon Band

        was so hot last night that
        they started a fire on the
        dance hall plaza. Return to
        Whalom Thursday, Sept. 1st.'
      • M. Tucker, Early Years, p.204, citing Fitchburg Sentinel
      • Fitchburg Sentinel, Fitchburg, Mass.
        • 1927-08-06 p.2
        • 1927-08-08
        • 1927-08-09 p.2
        • 1927-08-11 p.2
        • 1927-08-16 P.2
        • 1927-08-19 p.2
      • ..
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        1927 08 19
        Friday
        .Salem, Mass.Charleshurst BallroomOne-nighter
        M. Tucker, Early Years, p.204, citing Salem Evening News..
        ..2011
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        1927 08 20
        Saturday
        .Brockton, Mass.Highland ParkOne-nighter
        M. Tucker, Early Years, p.204, citing Brockton Post Herald..
        ..2011
        updated
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        1927 08 20
        Saturday
        ...Birth of singer Joya Sherrill...
        .djpNew
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        1927 08 21
        Sunday
        .Boston, Mass.Loew's Orpheum Theater(Unconfirmed)

        "Duke Ellington and Band" are in the ad under "today." The film is "Painting the Town" and the other act is Barbette.
        Boston Herald, 1927-08-21..
        .Ken Steiner 2013-07-26New
        added 2013-07-26
        1927 08 22
        Monday
        ...activities not documented...
        ...
        1927 08 23
        Tuesday
        .Lowell, Mass.Commodore BallroomOne-nighter
        M. Tucker, Early Years, p.204, citing Lowell Sun..
        ..2011
        updated
        2013-01-01
        1927 08 24
        Wednesday
        ...activities not documented...
        ...
        1927 08 25
        Thursday
        ...activities not documented...
        ...
        1927 08 26
        Friday
        ...activities not documented...
        ...
        1927 08 27
        Saturday
        .Revere Beach, Mass.Crescent GardensOne-nighter
        Wild Throng shows the town as Revere, MA., but it seems likely to be Revere Beach, where there was a ballroom called Crescent Gardens and Ballroom
        Steiner, Wild Throng Dances Madly in Cellar Club, p.36 citing Boston Post..
        ..2011
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        1927 08 28
        Sunday
        ...activities not documented...
        ...
        1927 08 29
        Monday
        ...activities not documented...
        ...
        1927 08 30
        Tuesday
        .Salem, Mass.Charleshurst BallroomOne-nighter
        M. Tucker, Early Years, p.204, citing Salem Evening News..
        ..2011
        updated
        2013-01-01
        1927 08 31
        Wednesday
        .Manchester, N.H.Arcadia BallroomOne-nighter
        M. Tucker, Early Years, p.204, citing Manchester Union..
        ..2011
        updated
        2013 01 01

        September 1927

        1927 09 00.New York, N.Y.Ciro's
        West 56th St.
        False date

        Dutton, citing Jazz Records says

        "Ellsworth Reynolds reports a three-week engagement at Club Ciro, New York City, relieving the Leroy Smith Orchestra, during part of which date Mack Shaw, tuba, replaced Braud, probably because of the latter's illness."

        Tucker adopts this, saying the band played at Club Ciro's for three weeks.

        Vail I says, in its June 20 1927 entry, after the (summer) tour ended September 5, the band went to the three week Ciro's engagement.

        Steven Lasker determined Ellington performed at Ciro's in April 1926, not the fall of 1927 - see 1926 04 12. Club Ciro closed in 1926 and Mr. Lasker says Shaw did play with Reynolds in 1926.
        • Email Lasker-Palmquist
          • 2014-09-01
          • 2018-09-22
        • Frank Dutton, Birth of a Band, Storyville 80 December 1978-January 1929, p.53, citing Brian A. L. Rust, Jazz Records, 1897-1942, London, Storyville. 1970
        • M. Tucker, Early Years, p.207
        • Ken Vail, Duke's Diary, Vol. I
        ..
        ..2011
        updated 2012-12-31
        2014-06-23
        2014-09-01
        2018-10-07
        1927 09 01
        Thursday
        .Fitchburg, Mass.Whalom ParkDance

        Tomorrow Night
        Duke Ellington
        The hottest band that ever played at Whalom Park.
        Last appearance here

        The Aug. 29 and 30 ads and plug said there were 11 musicians in the orchestra.
        • M. Tucker, Early Years, p.204, citing Fitchburg Sentinel
        • Fitchburg Sentinel, Fitchburg, Mass.
          • 1927-08-19 p.2
          • 1927-08-23
          • 1927-08-25 p.2
          • 1927-08-26 p.2
          • 1927-08-29 p.2
          • 1927-08-30 p.2
          • 1927-08-31 p.2
        ..
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        1927 09 02
        Friday
        .Spofford Lake, N.H.Ware's Grove Dance Pavilion

        Ware's Grove
        Dance Pavilion

        Spofford Lake, N.H.
        Friday, September 2
        Duke Ellington

        And His Famous Recording
        Band, the Washingtonians
        8:30 to 1
        Admission 75 cents

        The Brattleboro Daily Reformer, Brattleboro, Vt.
        1927-09-01 p.3
        courtesy K.Steiner
        ..
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        1927 09 03
        Saturday
        .Old Orchard Beach, MainePier
        PIEROld  Orchard
        SATURDAY EVENING, SEPT. 3rd
        TWO BIG ATTRACTIONS
        MISS UNIVERSE
        Selected as the world's most beautiful woman at Galveston,
        Texas. She will select the most beautiful girl to go to
        Atlantic City

        IN ADDITION
        DUKE ELLINGTON
        In person and his Washingtonians, acclaimed by critics as
        the hottest band on Broadway
        MIDNIGHT DANCENIGHT BEFORE
        LABOR DAY
        Jacques Renard
        Himself
        ...
        • M. Tucker, Early Years, p.204, citing Portland Press Herald
        • Biddeford Daily Journal, Biddeford, Me.
          • 1927-08-30 p.8
          • 1927-08-31 p.8
          • 1927-09-01 p.8
          • 1927-09-02 p.8
          • 1927-09-03 p.8
        ..
        ..2011
        updated
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        2018-08-20
        1927 09 04
        Sunday
        .Gardner, Mass.Arcadia Ballroom

        'M-A-M-M-O-T-H
        MIDNIGHT DANCE
        ARCADIA
        GARDNER
        SUNDAY, SEPT. 4
        - AT MIDNIGHT -
        12.05 to 4 A.M.
        Farewell Appearance
        Duke Ellington
        And His Washingtonians
        'The hottest band on Broadway'
        Columbia and Brunswick Recording Artists
        Admission 75¢
        BUS SERVICE FROM FITCHBURG
        Before and After Dance 50¢ Round Trip
        G.

        This was advertised both as being a midnight dance, Sunday Sept. 4, 12.05 to 4 a.m. and a Labor Day Sept. 5 midnight dance, 12.05 to 4 a.m.

        • M. Tucker, Early Years, p.204, citing Fitchburg Sentinel
        • Fitchburg Sentinel
          • 1927-09-02 p.2
          • 1927-09-03 p.2
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        1927 09 05
        Monday
        Labour Day
        .Fitchburg, Mass.Whalom Parkactivities not documented
        Tucker shows the Sept. 7 dance as Sept. 5 in error citing Fitchburg Sentinal. He appears to have misread the ads that covered more than one event at this location, including Sept. 5 and 7
        • M. Tucker, Early Years, p.204, citing Fitchburg Sentinel
        • Fitchburg Sentinel
          • 1927-09-02 p.2
          • 1927-09-03 p.2
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        1927 09 06
        Tuesday
        ...activities not documented...
        ...
        1927 09 07
        Wednesday
        .Fitchburg, Mass.Whalom ParkFitchburg Sentinel, Sept.2:

        Dance
        Every Night
        WHALOM PARK
        TONIGHT, 5¢ Check
        TOMORROW
        NIGHT
        Benny Conn
        Better Than Ever
        Labor Day- - - -2.15-6.15
        8.00 to 11.30
        TUESDAY
        ALL
        OLD FASHIONED
        PRIZE WALTZ
        WEDNESDAY
        DUKE ELLINGTON
        Again
        NUFF SED


        Fitchburg Sentinel, Sept.7:

        Dance
        Every Night
        WHALOM PARK
        Tonight —
        Duke Ellington
        Farewell Appearance. The
        Hottest Band That Ever
        Played At Whalem Park.
        ...'

        • Götting, p.6, citing Steiner, Wild Throng Dances Madly in Cellar Club
        • Fitchburg Sentinel
          • 1927-09-02 p.2
          • 1927-09-03 p.2
          • 1927-09-06 p.2
          • 1927-09-07 p.2
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        1927 09 001927 11 00..LIFE EVENTS:
        • Facial scars
        • Separation from wife

        Ellington had two scars on his face, a nearly vertical one near his left eye and a horizontal scar across his left cheek.

        Steven Lasker quotes bandleader/pianist Brooks Kerr as saying the scar near the eye dates to 1931 when Duke and Fred Guy had a traffic accident. He says Mr. Kerr's source was Fred Guy. The cheek scar is clearly visible in photographs at Stratemann pp. 17 and 23 and is perceptible in the pictures at Stratemann pp.18 and 38.

        Teachout, after quoting Irving Mills about Duke's womanizing, says:

        "...Most men who treat women that way are destined to suffer at their hands sooner or later, if not necessarily in so sensational a fashion as Ellington, whose wife attacked him with a razor when she found out he was sleeping with another woman..."

        Lasker believes the attack, after the New England tour, caused Duke to take time off while the wound healed. He suggests this may be why so little band activity is documented for this part of 1927. In a private message, Lasker says a doctor tells him that the scar would have to be a year old before it was flush to the skin, supporting a 1927 date. He suggests this could explain why Ellington hired Ellsworth Reynolds to conduct while Duke stayed in the pit with his orchestra during Jazzmania and Dancemania and the first month or two at the Cotton Club, from 10oct27 until sometime in January 1928. Reynolds would be prominently visible to the audience while Ellington and his facial laceration would be less conspicuous in the pit.

        In an article for Blue Light, Lasker dates the slashing incident, and the permanent separation of Duke and Edna Thompson Ellington, to mid-September 1927 based on circumstantial evidence he discusses in the article. He suggests that had Ellington appeared at the Cotton Club with a fresh wound on his face, it would have attracted much comment both then and later. He includes a close-up of Duke's face, taken from a December 1928 band photo, in which the scar is perceptible, establishing the wound was made before 1929.

        Lasker writes

        'Mercer doesn't date his parents' breakup precisely, but on page 18 of his book, notes they were together as late as the summer of 1927 when he accompanied his parents and the Washingtonians on their New England tour. I can't recall any credible account that places Duke and Edna together subsequent to that.'

        Cambridge Companion shows Duke and Edna separated in 1928, without naming a source:

        'Ellington separates from his wife, Edna, and his mother moves in with him.'

        This is consistent with Mercer Ellington, born in 1919:

        '... I was nine when they definitely separated...
          My parents had quarreled some time before this. Pop had been having an extramarital affair, and it got out of control. He probably hadn't come home for two or three days, and he and mother got into a tremendous fight, in the course of which she got hold of his knife and slashed him across the face...'

        Edna, estranged from Duke yet never divorced, died 1967 01 15 in New York.

        Ruth Ellington as interviewed by "Blue:"
        • Ruth: [After Duke and Edna's separation]... 'she stayed here in New York. And he always gave her anything she wanted. She could call up and say "I want a piano" and she'd get it or "I want a mink," or you know....'
        • Blue:'So their relationship remained friendly?'
        • Ruth: 'Yes. Yeah, she could call and he took care of her.'
        Mercer Ellington as interviewed by "Blue":

        'His [Duke's] marriage was his protection. Whenever he got too seriously involved, he would always say that Edna wouldn't give him a divorce. Again the shock waves struck. He was living with Evie and my mother passed away [1967] and now he was free to be married. And, he wouldn't marry. That changed her [Evie].'



        Questionable accounts:
        • Teachout quotes Lawrence Brown:

          '"I mean, like he's always trying to make somebody's wife, because somebody made his wife and they got in such a fight, that slash he has on the side of his face, she cut him while he was sleeping, with a razor." Brown is a presumptively biased witness, since he later married Fredi...
          "...Regarding the act itself, an unnamed "close friend" of Ellington told a biographer that Edna had vowed to "spoil those pretty looks" before cutting him, a secondhand account that is obviously unverifiable but nonetheless sounds believable.'

        • A.H. Lawrence dates the separation to Summer 1928:

          'Duke separates from his wife Edna after she cuts him with a razor blade, accusing him of having affairs with other women; Ellington's mother travels from Washington to care for (and move in with) her son.'

        • Cambridge Companion shows the split as 1928, apparently based on Lawrence:

          'Ellington separates from his wife, Edna, and his mother moves in with him.'

        • Lawrence's account (p. 135) includes a claim that the slashing incident occurred during a period in summer 1928 when the band was on vacation from the Cotton Club, an assertion contradicted by reference to Lee Posner's 'Harlemania' weekly column in the New York Morning Telegraph, which described Ellington's activities at the Cotton Club with every edition that summer, and mentions that the club was air-conditioned against the summer heat.
        • Lawrence's assertion is also at variance with Ellington's memory: In MIMM (p. 10), he writes that his mother moved to New York in 1930:

          'My mother came to New York first. She came to see me at the Ziegfeld Theatre in 1929, and came back to live in 1930. We finally got J.E. to come the following year.'

          (see the entry under 1930 00 00)
        • Lasker-Palmquist email exchanges
          • June 2014
          • 2015-07-03
          • 2017 12 07 quoting interviews by "Blue," last name unknown, of
            • Ruth Ellington 1989-02-09
              interview transcript, p.16
              (copies held by Lasker, Ken Steiner, Palmquist, Patricia Willard and possibly others)
            • Mercer Ellington 1989-08-09
              interview transcript, p.14
            • Stratemann pp.17, 18, 23, 38
            • Terry Teachout, Duke A Life of Duke Ellington, Gotham, 2013, pp.97-99
            • Steven Lasker, Blue Light 20/3, Duke Ellington Society of the United Kingdom, September 2013, pp. 7-10
        • Cambridge Companion, p.xiv (no sources cited)
        • M. Ellington, DEIP, pp.16-18, 49
        • Vail I (no sources cited)
        • A.H.Lawrence, Duke Ellington and His World, A Biography, Routledge, 2001
        ..
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        1927 09 08
        Thursday
        ...activities not documented...
        ...
        1927 09 09
        Friday
        ...activities not documented...
        ...
        1927 09 10
        Saturday
        ...activities not documented...
        ...
        1927 09 11
        Sunday
        ...activities not documented...
        ...
        1927 09 12
        Monday
        ...activities not documented...
        ...
        1927 09 13
        Tuesday
        ...activities not documented...
        ...
        1927 09 14
        Wednesday
        ...activities not documented...
        ...
        1927 09 15
        Thursday
        ...activities not documented...
        ...
        1927 09 16
        Friday
        ...activities not documented...
        ...
        1927 09 16.New York, N.Y..Peripheral event
        Ellington and William Donaldson's "Gold Digger" was published by Denton & Haskins in 1927. Written as early as 1922 or 1923, it had been rejected by music publishers until 1927 because it was a "radical departure from the usual conventional hot tune type." Ellington never recorded it, but on Sept 16, it was recorded by Johnny Ringer and His Rosemont Ballroom Orchestra. Tucker suggests "As Ellington's fame grew as a recording artist his stock rose as a composer. One direct result was the publication in 1927 of "Gold Digger"..."
        M. Tucker, Early Years, p.200.DEMS
        ..2011
        updated
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        1927 09 17
        Saturday
        ...activities not documented...
        ...
        1927 09 18
        Sunday
        ...activities not documented...
        ...
        1927 09 19
        Monday
        ...activities not documented...
        ...
        1927 09 20
        Tuesday
        ...activities not documented...
        ...
        1927 09 21
        Wednesday
        ...activities not documented...
        ...
        1927 09 22
        Thursday
        ...activities not documented...
        ...
        1927 09 23
        Friday
        ...activities not documented...
        ...
        1927 09 24
        Saturday
        ...activities not documented...
        ...
        1927 09 25
        Sunday
        ...activities not documented...
        ...
        1927 09 26
        Monday
        ...activities not documented...
        ...
        1927 09 27
        Tuesday
        ...activities not documented...
        ...
        1927 09 28
        Wednesday
        ...activities not documented...
        ...
        1927 09 29
        Thursday
        ...activities not documented...
        ...
        1927 09 30
        Friday
        ...activities not documented...
        ...

        October 1927

        1927 10 01
        Saturday
        ...activities not documented...
        ...
        1927 10 02
        Sunday
        ...activities not documented...
        ...
        1927 10 03
        Monday
        ...activities not documented...
        ...
        1927 10 04
        Tuesday
        ...activities not documented...
        ...
        1927 10 05
        Wednesday
        ...activities not documented...
        ...
        1927 10 06
        Thursday
        .New York, N.Y.28 W.44th Street StudioVictor recording session
        14:00-17:00
        Duke Ellington and His Orchestra
        Miley, Metcalf, Nanton, unknown, Hardwick, Ellington, Guy, Braud, Greer

        Titles recorded:
        • Black And Tan Fantasy
        • Washington Wabble
        New Desor
        DE2708
        NDCS 6000
        DEMS
        .djp(credit Jan Bruer for all 03,2-16 entries)2011
        updated
        2014-03-27
        2015-01-13
        1927 10 07
        Friday
        ...activities not documented...
        ...
        1927 10 08
        Saturday
        ...activities not documented...
        ...
        1927 10 09
        Sunday
        ...activities not documented...
        ...
        1927 10 10
        Monday
        1927 10 16New York, N.Y.Lafayette Theatre,
        132nd St. & 7th Ave.
        Harlem
        Clarence Robinson's "Jazzmania" revue, starring Edith Wilson.
        Duke Ellington's famous Washingtonians and the Royal Balalakai Orchestra

        '... Ellington's band will render regular musical accompaniment to the revue from the pit, while the Balalakai Orchestra will present the special musical accompaniment to the famous act of Rodrigo and Lila.

        John Vigal, Clarence Robinson, Slim Henderson, Lena Wilson and Buck and Bubbles will also appear in the cast of "Jazzmania." '

        • The Washingtonians played both in the pit and on the stage.
        • The Amsterdam News review describes the show as 90 minutes without a moment of smut. Dorthy Bellas acted as announcer, Edith Wilson, Johnny Vigal and Henry Jines had a comedy sketch, followed by Jack Blacke with a song and dance. The chorus came next, followed by Dicky Wells and Jimmie Mordecai, then Rodgigo and Lila, a dance team with its own Royal Balalakai Orchestra, doing a tango and an Apache dance.
        • Steven Lasker reports violinist Ellsworth Reynolds (see 1926 05 25) was with Ellington for the Jazzmania and Dance Mania revues produced by Clarence Robinson. His undated letter to Frank Driggs listed eleven orchestra members: Miley, Cliff Brazzington, Nanton, Jackson, Hardwick, Carney, Ellington, Reynolds, Guy, Braud and Greer. This contrasts with the Amsterdam News review which says "each of the ten men."
        • Reynolds said this was also the lineup used at the beginning of the Cotton Club engagement, except Louis Metcalf replaced Brazzington after a few weeks. A contemporaneous band photo has Miley, Nanton, Jackson, Carney, Ellington, Reynolds, Guy, Braud, Greer, and Nelson Kincaid. Reynolds said Brazzington (trumpet) and Hardwick were off sick, and Kincaid was subbing for Toby at the time the photo was taken.
        • Cameron says the star of a revue that featured Ellington's band became ill, and Adelaide Hall, having returned to New York from Chicago in October 1927, was her unadvertised last-minute replacement. It seems likely that it was during the Jazzmania run that Ellington heard Adelaide Hall humming Creole Love Call, since they recorded it before their next revue, Dance Mania.
        • Miss Hall told different stories of how she came to perform and then record Creole Love Call. In one version, Duke heard her humming it back stage and spoke to her after the show, in the other version, he heard her scat vocal from the wings, left the stage and brought her out in front of the audience, where he had her sing it twice. In the latter version, she recalled touring the RKO theatre circuit and closing the first half of the show, with Duke opening the second half.
        • Ad and plug "Edith Wilson At The Lafayette Next Week," New York Age, 1927-10-08
        • Steven Lasker, The Washingtonians: A Miscellany, privately published, 2006, pp.68-73, citing
          • Ellsworth Reynolds:
            • Undated letter to Frank Driggs
            • Letter 1976-12-17 to Peter Carr
          • New York Amsterdam News
            • 1927-10-05 p.10
            • 1927-10-12 p.12 (review)
          • New York Age
            • 1927-10-08 p.6
            • 1927-10-15 p.6 (review)
          • Iain Cameron Williams, Underneath a Harlem Moon: The Harlem to Paris Years of Adelaide Hall , pp.112-114
          • Interview, Adelaide Hall with Leonard Feather, Los Angeles Times 1989-07-30, Calendar section, p.59
        • John Franceschina, Duke Ellington's Music for the Theatre, brief comment on p.208 note 9
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        1927 10 00.New York, N.Y..Ellington's 1926 engagement in the revue Messin' Around Revue was incorrectly dated October 1927 after Jazzmania in:
        • Frank Dutton: The Birth of a Band, Storyville magazine
        • Mark Tucker: Ellington The Early Years pp.208-209
        • John Edward Hasse: Beyond Category, The Life and Genius of Duke Ellington p.95
        • John Franceschina: Duke Ellington's Music for the Theater p.205 note 9
        • Alexander Rado: liner notes for Media 7 Masters of Jazz CD series (vol. 3)
        Franceschina and Hasse do not name sources, but Tucker, at page 305 note 51, says: "The only source for this is Ellsworth Reynold's scrapbook. See Dutton, "Birth of a Band," Part 1, pp. 52-53; Part 2, p.10.". At page 309, Tucker says The single most helpful article for this study was a four-part series by Frank Dutton entitled Birth of A Band that appeared in the British periodical Storyville from 1979 to 1983'.

        Dutton and Tucker both mention the Reynolds scrapbook, but Steven Lasker says he is not aware of anyone other than Reynolds who has actually seen it.

        The full name of the revue, as advertised in the 1926-06-02 New York Telegram, June 2, 1926, was Messin' Around Revue of 1926.

        The misdating appears to have arisen by the late Frank Dutton's initial mistake, which was corrected in a later edition of Storyville.

        See details of this engagement at 1926 05 25.
        • Steiner, Wild Throng Dances Madly in Cellar Club,pp. 28-30
        • A.H. Lawrence:
          Duke Ellington and His World, p.45
        • E-mail, Lasker-Palmquist 2014-08-18
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        ...PERSONNEL
        Lambert shows the band personnel by the time of the Oct. 26 session as:
        • Bubber Miley
        • Louis Metcalf
        • Tricky Sam Nanton
        • Otto Hardwick
        • Rudy Jackson
        • Harry Carney
        • Duke Ellington
        • Fred Guy
        • Wellman Braud
        • Sonny Greer
        E. Lambert:
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        Wednesday
        .Camden, N.J.RCA's Camden Studio #1Victor recording session
        9:30-2:00
        Whether this is day or night is not known
        Duke Ellington and His Orchestra
        Miley, Metcalf, Nanton, n/k, Hardwick, Ellington, Guy, Braud, Adelaide Hall, Greer

        Titles recorded:
        • Black And Tan Fantasy
        • Washington Wabble
        • Creole Love Call
        • The Blues I Love To Sing
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        1927 10 29
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        1927 10 30
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        1927 10 31
        Monday
        Halloween
        ...activities not documented...
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        November 1927

        1927 11 01
        Tuesday
        .New York, N.Y.. Peripheral event
        Harlem 'jazz queen' Florence Mills passed away in hospital at 4 am

        She has been described as 'Mills was probably the first black female international superstar, was lionized by crowned heads in Europe and described by English show business impresario C.B. Cochran as "one of the greatest artists that ever walked on to a stage." Although her career and shows changed the nature of black entertainment, and thereby the wider American popular culture, she was largely forgotten in later years.'
        Bill Egan, Florence Mills, Harlem Jazz Queen, Studies in Jazz 48, The Scarecrow Press Inc., 2004..
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        1927 11 03
        Thursday
        .New York, N.Y.OKeh Studio
        11 Union Square W.
        OKeh recording session
        Duke Ellington and His Orchestra
        Jabbo Smith, Metcalfe, Nanton, Jackson, Hardwick, Carney, Ellington, Guy, Braud, Greer, Adelaide Hall

        Titles recorded:
        • What Can A Poor Fellow Do?
        • Black and Tan Fantasy
        • Chicago Stomp Down
        On OKeh 8675, the label shows Chicago Stomp Down was by The Chicago Footwarmers.

        Jabbo's solo in Black and Tan Fantasy is treasured by many listeners. Years later Smith recalled

        'The night before I recorded with Duke, somebody stole my horn. I had to go to a music store to get a replacement, and the mouthpiece was way too big. I had a hell of a time hitting that opening high C in my solo, but I made the session.1

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        Friday
        ...activities not documented...
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        1927 11 05
        Saturday
        ...activities not documented...
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        1927 11 06
        Sunday
        ...activities not documented...
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        1927 11 07
        Monday
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        1927 11 08
        Tuesday
        .New York, N.Y.Brunswick Studio
        799 Seventh Ave., Rm.1
        Vocalion recording session in the a.m.
        Marguerite Lee (*) with Duke Ellington Trio
        and
        Walter Richardson (**) accompanied by the Duke Ellington Trio
        Titles recorded:
        • (*) You Will Always Live In Our Memory
        • (**) Gone But Not Forgotten
        • (*) She's Gone to Join the Songbirds in Heaven

        Singers Lee and Richardson made separate recordings, each accompanied by Ellington, an unidentified violinist and an unidentified cellist, using publisher's arrangements.

        New Desor shows a bass rather than a cello.

        Wax Works dates the session in December.
        • I am told these songs were recorded in memory of Florence Mills, who died Nov 1.
        • Lasker:

          'Records of these titles by other artists were released, and indeed, all are Florence Mills tributes. A listing of songs written in November 1927 in tribute to Miss Mills is found on page 421 of Tom Lord, "Clarence Williams," Storyville Publications and Co., Ltd, 1976.'

        • (A 2012-11-24 Duke-LYM email message said Marguerite Lee became Arthur Whetsel's second wife but Steven Lasker says this is not so.)
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        Monday
        1927 11 20New York, N.Y.Lafayette Theatre,
        132nd St. & 7th Ave.
        Harlem
        Clarence Robinson's "Dance Mania" revue
        • Ellington's band personnel according to Ellsworth Reynolds was the same as Jazzmania - see 1927 10 10
        • The billing advertised in the earlier ads was Joyner and Foster, Adelaide Hall, Go-Get-'em Rogers, John Vigal and Duke Ellington's Washingtonians. The second ads changed a bit: Adelaide Hall, Joyner and Foster, Crawford Jackson, John Vigal, Lena Wilson, Wells and Mordecai, Go-Get-'em Rogers, Twelve Dance Mania Maidens, Duke Ellington's Band
        • The Amsterdam News review described Miss Hall as the featured entertainer, Joyner and Foster as comedians, Jackson, Mordecai and Dickie did specialty dancing, Wilson sang two blues. One dance by the Maidens involved fencing foils, and Robinson flitted throughout, singing, wisecracking, making announcements and leading numbers.
        • The theatre also ran a photoplay and a news reel, "Negro News," this week.

        Pittsburgh Courier, 1927-12-03 s.2 p2:

        'DUKE ELLINGTON'S BAND
        Duke Ellington (himself of D.C.) with his unusual array of musical men, played the Lafayette last [sic] week, supporting Clarence Robinson's "Dance Mania." The Duke's outfit played many taking, popular numbers and were a hit from the oening in the pit. On the stage, several selections, one by a cornetist, another by a clarinet specialist, took the house. The Washingtons, as Duke calls his band, are book [sic] or out-of-town engagements extraordianry, meanwhile are considering engagements abroad. '

        • Steven Lasker, The Washingtonians: A Miscellany, privately published, 2006, pp.63-76, citing
          • New York Amsterdam News
            • 1927-11-02 p.9
            • 1927-11-09 p.8
            • 1927-11-16 p. 9, ad and review
          • New York Age
            • 1927-11-12 p.6
            • 1927-11-19 p.6, ad and review
        • John Franceschina, Duke Ellington's Music for the Theatre, brief comment in note 9, p.208
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        Saturday
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        .New York, N.Y.Lafayette Theatre Peripheral event
        The Baltimore Afro-American carried a picture of the 8 member Washingtonians - Miley, Nanton, Jackson, Carney, Ellington, Guy, Braud and Greer - saying they were now Keith Circuit stars and ...you hear him now through Victor records and vaudeville..
        Steven Lasker, The Washingtonians: A Miscellany, privately published, 2006, p. 76, citing Baltimore Afro-American 1927-11-19..
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        .New York, N.Y.Lafayette TheatreFred Guy is quoted as saying the Cotton Club contract was signed in a tavern beside the Lafayette Theatre the day before the band left for Philadelphia. Cotton Club songwriter Jimmy McHugh, who also was a partner in Jack Mills Music, Inc., was not happy with the band then in the Cotton Club, so decided to seek one with a pianist who was a good musician. He heard Ellington's group in a small cafe, and when they spoke, they found they could work out a deal adding two men to the band for a total of $800/week for ten men. In Swing Magazine, Ellington acknowledged McHugh was instrumental in getting Ellington the Cotton Club booking. In MIMM, however, Ellington said they had to audition for the job when they were at the Gibson's Standard Theatre in Philadelphia. Ulanov contradicts Guy, saying that Duke was in Philadelphia where he received word that Mills had signed a contract for the Cotton Club.
        • Steven Lasker, The Washingtonians: A Miscellany, privately published, 2006, p. 76, citing
          • Jimmy McHugh in ASCAP Today, 1968-07-00 p.5
          • Ellington, Jazz As I Have Seen It Part IV in Swing, 1940-06-00 p.22
          • Duke Ellington, MIMM, pp.75-76
          • Fred Guy - John McDonough interview, Down Beat, 1969-04-17 p.17
        • Ulanov (ibid.) p.66
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        Monday
        1927 12 02Philadelphia, Penn.Gibson's Standard Theater
        South St. at Twelfth
        Clarence Robinson's revue, advertised as 'Dancemania, second edition of Jazzmania' and as 'Jazz Dance Mania, Clarence Robinson's Hits and Bits of the Terrific Sensations "Jazzmania" and "Dancemania"':

        '...
        Commencing Monday, Mat. November 21st
        Two Shows Nightly 7:30 -- 9:30 p.m.
        Matinees Daily - - 2:30 3 Shows Thanksgiving Nite
        Clarence Robinson Presents
        'Dancemania'
        Second Edition of "Jazzmania"
        With a Host of Stars Including:
        Sandy Burns -- Billy Higgins
        American's Funniest Funsters
        Adelaide Hall - - Successor to the late Florence Mills
        Johnny Vigal - - Famous "Nut" Comedian
        Duke Ellington's Washingtonians
        The Band that Thrills You
        Lena Wilson - - Back from Europe - - Crawford Jackson Late of
        "Rang-tang" - - Wells and Mordecai - - Dancing Fools
        A Chorus of Grace and Beauty
        A Revelation in Clean-cut Comedy - Song - Dance
        The Night Before Thanksgiving Day
        Football Nite Wednesday, November 23rd
        A Special Midnite Show at 12:01 a.m.
        Midnite Show Sunday'

        • The Nov. 17 Philadelphia Tribune announced the engagement was for one week, starting with a Monday matinee, two shows each evening, a special midnight show on Wednesday and three shows on Thanksgiving, starting at 6 p.m.
        • The Nov. 24 Tribune carried an ad and a plug for the show, mentioning there was a screen presentation.

        The Afro-American said Ellington and the Washingtonians were in Philadelphia for a two week stay. Lasker says Dance Mania was engaged for two weeks at the Gibson's Standard Theatre, until Dec.4, then was booked for a week at the Howard Theatre in D.C., to end Dec.11.
        • Duke Ellington, MIMM, pp. 75-76
        • John Franceschina: Duke Ellington's Music for the Theatre, p.16
        • Steven Lasker, The Washingtonians: A Miscellany, privately published, 2006, p. 76, reproducing ads and plugs from
          • Philadelphia Tribune
            • 1927-11-17 P.7
            • 1927-11-24 P.6
          • Baltimore Afro-American 1927-11-26 P.8
        • The Philadelphia Inquirer, Philadelphia, Penn.,
          • 1927-11-20 p.8
          • 1927-11-22 p.23
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        Tuesday
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        Wednesday
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        1927 11 24
        Thursday
        8 pm to 3 am
        .Philadelphia, Penn.Academy of Music
        Broad & Locust Streets
        The Student's Official Football Classic Reception
        Introducing the Howard and Lincoln teams, cheering squads and stars and presenting the greatest orchestral combination on Broadway today Fletcher Henderson's Nationally Celebrated Orchestra of the City of N.Y....staged and promoted under the direct supervision of the Student's Official Reception Committee.
        Separate ad below:

        'THRU AN UNEXPECTED NEGOTIATION OF OUR GRADUATE MANAGER DUKE ELLINGTON'S Great Jazzmania Orchestra (Another of Broadway's Demands) Will Be Presented THANKSGIVING NIGHT in the ACADEMY of MUSIC
        Together With
        FLETCHER HENDERSON'S
        Great Broadway Orchestra

        EXPENSE CEASES TO BE AN ITEM IN MAKING THIS THE GREATEST CLASSIC RECEPTION EVER.'


        Ken Steiner's research indicates the 'dance/reception' was held in the concert hall, with a dance floor installed above the seating. He also found Horace Henderson's band played here instead of Fletcher's.
        Ad, Baltimore Afro-American, 19-11-27 p.7.
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        Thursday
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        1927 11 25
        Friday
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        Sunday
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        Monday
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        Tuesday
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        Wednesday
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        December 1927

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        Friday
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        Saturday
        ...Jimmy McHugh:

        '...we were very pressed for time since the Cotton Club opening night always fell on Sunday evening. It was most important for me to have the band there Sunday morning to rehearse all day with the costumes and the dance numbers... [the bosses] told me to go over and meet this unnamed party who would straighten out everything so that the Duke would not have to appear for the Saturday night show in the club where he was performing. We were somehow able to persuade the Philadelphia management to let Ellington off for the Saturday night show. I then arranged for the band to return to New York and to be ready for rehearsal next morning. This took place Sunday and in the evening the production opened.'

        Boyer:

        'Duke couldn't go because he had a contract with the owner of the Philadelphia theatre which ran for a week beyond the ...Cotton Club's opening, and the owner declared ...that nothing ... could persuade him to release Ellington. The Cotton Club people ... called Boo Boo Huff, a friend and an underworld power in Philadelphia, and Boo Boo sent ... Yankee Schwarz to the theatre man. "Be big," Yankee Schwarz pleaded. "Be big or," he mumbled embarrassedly, "you'll be dead." The choice presented no dilemma to the theatre man.'

        Lasker quotes Ralph Cooper as saying the ultimatum was to Dance Mania producer Clarence Robinson rather than to theatre owner Gibson, He quotes Ulanov as saying the band rehearsed the new score as best it could in Philadelphia.
        Steven Lasker, The Washingtonians: A Miscellany, privately published, 2006, pp. 80-81, quoting
        • Jimmy McHugh, ASCAP Today, 1968-07-00 p.5
        • Richard O. Boyer, "The Hot Bach", Part III, New Yorker, 1944-07-08 p.29
        • Ralph Cooper with Steve Dougerty, "Amateur Night at the Apollo: Ralph Cooper Presents Five Decades of Great Entertainment," Harper Collins, New York, 1990, pp. 53-54
        • Ulanov (ibid.) p.67
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        1931 02 03New York, N.Y.Cotton Club
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        Harlem
        Beginning of Ellington's first Cotton Club residency with an expanded 10-piece band. This was also the opening night of the unnamed McHugh/Fields revue which this chronology refers to as the "1st Cotton Club Revue."
        Ellington's first Cotton Club residency ran December 4, 1927 to May 2, 1929; May 5 to June 24, 1929; June 30, 1929 to June 13, 1930; and September 14, 1930 to February 3, 1931
        Franceschina, without identifying the source, says Ellington and the band arrived, excited though exhausted, at the club only minutes before the show was to open.

        McHugh contradicts him:

        'I then arranged for the band to return to New York and to be ready for rehearsal next morning. This took place Sunday and in the evening the production opened. '


        Ulanov:

        '...In New York, there were some hasty run-throughs with the dancers and singers and a quick retreat to the band member's several homes to freshen up for the evening.'


        Ellsworth Reynolds named the orchestra members as Miley, Cliff Brazzington, Nanton, Jackson, Hardwick, Carney, Ellington, Reynolds, Guy, Braud and Greer, with Louis Metcalf replacing Brazzington on trumpet a few weeks later.

        Steven Lasker:

        '1. Ellsworth Reynolds stayed behind in Philadelphia on December 3rd and 4th, rehearsing the Wilbur DeParis Orchestra in "Dancemania" at the Gibson's Standard Theatre. He rejoined Ellington on December 5th. (See "The Washingtonians: A Miscellany," page 80.)
          2. Cliff Brazzington would not be associated with Ellington's orchestra, were it not for mention of his name in an undated letter that Ellsworth Reynolds wrote to Frank Driggs: "This line up [with Brazzington and Miley, trumpets] opened the Cotton [Club] December 7, 1927 [recte December 4th] except that after a couple weeks Louis Metcalf (who had just returned from Europe with Sam Wooding band) replaced Clif [sic] Brazzington!"
          3. Note what Metcalf said (see under 1926 11 29 above) about when he finally joined Ellington's band as a regular member: "I opened with Duke's first show at the Cotton Club." Unfortunately, Metcalf's statement is ambiguous, as he doesn't tell us if he played with the band on its opening night, or joined later (Ellington's first Cotton Club show played through March 1928). Note also that Reynolds' memory was often unreliable.'


        Dorothy Fields and her family shared a table with columnist Walter Winchell. Miss Fields objected to some lyrics sung by an unnamed songstress and insisted the club announce they were not her lyrics.
        The Morning Telegraph's review of the opening night identified Van & Schneck, Benny Rubin, George Beban, and Dorothy's father Lew Fields and his family in the audience. It named the entertainers as Aida Ward ("singer in the Florence Mills style"}, dance pair Henri Wessels and La Pearl (stage name for Mildred Dixon, who would later live with Ellington), comedy team Edith Wilson and Jimmy Ferguson, dancer Mae Alix performing the Harlem River Quiver assisted by the entire ensemble, tap-dancers The Berry Brothers, and The Duke Ellington Band.
        Work schedule
        Riverwalk Jazz says the club opened at 9 p.m. for dining and dancing. Other sources tell us the revues were staged after midnight and at 2 a.m.

        Hasse's Beyond Category quotes Barney Bigard as saying the band worked seven nights a week with hardly a night off.

        When interviewed by Patricia Willard in 1979, Juan Tizol recalled working every night, but said they must have had a night off since there was a law requiring it.

        Researcher Ken Steiner writes

        'Ads for the Cotton Club usually said something like "two separate shows nightly." I've never seen a "closed Tuesdays" for example. This means our favorite band worked for months on end without a day off at the Cotton Club, often doubling at theatres, recording and making special appearances and outside gigs!'

        Webmaster's comment:
        I don't yet know if the band had a regular night off during its Cotton Club engagements. It seems not. Consequently nights off from the Cotton Club may be shown as performance nights in error, but without confirmable information to the contrary, I don't see an alternative.
        Broadcasts
        Sonny Greer said the Cotton Club broadcasts were every night, at 6 pm.

        Ellington's orchestra was broadcast locally on NBC's New York stations WHN and WPAP until February 1929

        WABC aired the band from 6:30 to 7:00 on Mondays and Thursdays, from Feb. 4 to Sept. 23 1929. We assume these were remotes from the club, even though it may not have been open to the public that early in the day, because it seems to be more practical than having the band members go to the radio station each time, but this is not confirmed.

        Steven Lasker:
        'Radio broadcasts from the Cotton Club were held on a regular basis prior to Ellington's arrival on 1927-12-04. Dates and times of Ellington's known broadcasts from the club are listed in the daily entries that follow. His 1927-1938 Cotton Club broadcasts fall into seven distinct phases:
        • 1.) 1927-12-05 to 1929-02-11: Broadcasts carried over either WHN or WPAP as noted. (Local station WSGH broadcast from the club on 1928-04-19 and 1928-04-26.)
        • 2.) 1929-02-03 to 1930-09-19: Broadcasts carried over WABC, the 5,000-watt flagship station of the CBS network and participating affiliates; note the slight overlap in early February 1929 of Cotton Club broadcasts by WHN/WPAP and WABC.
        • 3.) 1930-09-20 to 1931-02-03: Broadcasts carried over either WEAF (Manhattan), 50,000-watt flagship station of NBC's Red network and participating affiliate stations, or WJZ (Manhattan), 30,000-watt flagship station of NBC's Blue network and affiliates.
        • 4.) 1932-02-01, 1932-02-04, 1932-02-05, 1932-02-08: Broadcasts carried over either WEAF and affiliates or WJZ and affiliates as noted.
        • 5.) 1933-03-09 to 1933-05-30: Broadcasts carried over either WEAF and affiliates, WJZ and affiliates, or WMCA (a low-powered Manhattan station owned by the Knickerbocker Broadcasting Co., Inc.) as noted.
        • 6.) 1937-03-18 to 1937-05-20: Broadcasts from the now-relocated Cotton Club (at 200 W. 48th Street, between Broadway and Seventh Avenue) carried over 50,000-watt station WOR and the Mutual network. The earliest Cotton Club broadcast by Ellington for which audio is known to survive is from March 18, 1937.
        • 7.) 1938-03-10 to 1938-06-05: Broadcasts carried over 50,000-watt station WABC and the CBS network.
        The extent of Ellington's 1927-1933 Cotton Club broadcasts has been revealed only recently thanks to dedicated research by Ken Steiner in the radio logs published in vintage daily newspapers, and -- with assistance from Christel Schmidt -- in microfilms of NBC's radio log books, held at the Library of Congress. Never before have the known dates and times of Ellington's radio broadcasts from December 5, 1927 (the date of Ellington's first broadcast from the club) through September 19, 1930 (the date of Ellington's last broadcast from the club over WABC and the CBS network) been documented in a single place. Ken suspects the full extent of Ellington's Cotton Club broadcasts from the earliest years may never be known, since logs of radio programs published in local newspapers in those years seldom listed broadcasts taking place after 11 p.m. or midnight, long before the band's duties at the club concluded.'

        Lasker:

        'The suppertime broadcasts over WHN/WPAP definitely originated from the club. See the poster reproduced in TDWAW under the date 1928-12-22, the last line of which reads: "Tune in direct from the Cotton Club Station W.P.A.P. Every Wednesday and Friday Night at 7 P.M." Also, read pph 3 on page 75 of Dance's World of Duke Ellington.
          Since WABC wasn't paying the Cotton Club or Duke Ellington for the privilege of being broadcast (at least according to Robert Sylvester, quoted in TDWAW under 1929-02-03), it's doubtful that they had the band broadcast from the WABC studio instead of the club. If the Ellingtonians were so massively inconvenienced, don't you suppose they'd want to be paid? Note that no Ellingtonian ever recalled broadcasting from the WABC studio instead of the Cotton Club...'


        Revues
        During Ellington's first residency, December 1927 to February 1931, seven revues (floorshows) were staged at the Cotton Club, beginning:
        • 1927 12 04 - title unknown
        • 1928 04 01 - The Cotton Club Show Boat Revue
        • 1928 10 07 - Hot Chocolate
        • 1929 03 31 - Springbirds [or Spring Birds]
        • 1929 09 29 - It's the Blackberries
        • 1930 03 02 - Blackberries of 1930
        • 1930 09 28 - Blackberries Crop of 1931 in Brown Sugar (Sweet but Unrefined)
        • Stratemann p.1
        • Vail I
        • Steven Lasker, A Cotton Club Miscellany, citing many sources, including
          • Abel Green review of the opening night, Variety 1927-12-07 reprinted in Mark Tucker's The Duke Ellington Reader, pp.31-32
          • Kay O'Hare review, Morning Telegraph 1927-12-06.
        • Steven Lasker, The Washingtonians: A Miscellany, privately published, 2006, pp. 80-81, quoting
          • Jimmy McHugh, ASCAP Today, 1968-07-00 p.5
          • Ulanov (ibid.) p.67
        • Sonny Greer oral history interview
        • John Franceschina, Duke Ellington's Music for the Theatre, p. 16
        • Charlotte Greenspan, Pick Yourself Up: Dorothy Fields and the American Musical, pp.56-57
        • Email, Lasker-Palmquist:
          • 2014-04-24
          • 2017-03-16
          • 2018-11-28
          • 2018-12-30 (quoting transcript, pp. 26-27, Juan Tizol, interviewed by Patricia Willard 1978-11-15
          • 2019-01-01
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          2014-01-02
          2014-08-20
          2014-12-29
          2016-04-12

          2016-09-29
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          2018-12-31
          2019-01-01
          1927 12 05
          Monday
          .New York, N.Y.Cotton Club
          644 Lenox Ave.
          Harlem
          Night club residency with "1st Cotton Club Revue"-see 1927 12 04
          Remote broadcast 12 midnight, WHN
          Note: The Cotton Club remote broadcasts are taken from either the New York Times or the Brooklyn Daily Eagle (where they are listed as Cotton Orchestra (NYT), Cotton Club Orchestra (BDE) or Cotton Club Dance Orchestra (BDE). The schedules do not necessarily agree, but we show the broadcasts listed in either paper even when it is not shown in the other. Ken Steiner has provided most of the entries, and further research is beyond the scope of this webpage.
          Steven Lasker:

          'An overview of Ellington's December 5, 1927 to February 11, 1929 broadcasts from the dance floor of the Cotton Club originating over WHN and WPAP (both stations at 760 kHz, 500 watts, until November 11, 1928; thereafter, at 1010 kHz, 250 watts, as mandated by the Federal Radio Commission's radio frequency reallocation directive effective that date from 3:00 a.m. EST; cf. The New York Times, 1928-09-11, p. 16).

          In the 1920s, timeshare agreements among broadcasters were commonplace. Such agreements allowed for multiple stations to share a common broadcast frequency and transmitter, each operating at different hours during the week. Stations WHN and WPAP shared a broadcast frequency with two other broadcasters who otherwise play no part in the Ellington story: WQAO (owned by the Calvary Baptist Church) and WRNY (owned by Hugo Gernsback's Experimenter Publishing Co., publisher of Amazing Stories, the world's first science-fiction magazine).

          Land station WHN -- the call letters had originally been assigned to the S.S. Hanalei, a ship which sank on November 23, 1914 -- founded by George Schubel of The Ridgewood Times, first broadcast on March 18, 1922 from Ridgewood, which straddled the boundary of Brooklyn and Queens. On July 28, 1923, Schubel leased WHN for $100 a week to the Marcus Loew Booking Agency, which soon moved the station -- which they finally purchased in October 1928 -- to the Loew's State Theatre building at 1540 Broadway. "There, the company leveraged its leading vaudeville acts from Loew's theaters to perform briefly (for no pay) on the radio, thereby providing advertisement for the theaters" according to: https://www.immigrantentrepreneurship.org/entry.php?rec=88

          The Washingtonians' earliest-documented broadcast over WHN, in September 1923, was from the station itself. Ellington recalled ("Jazz as I Have Seen It," Swing, 1940-06-00, p. 21; reprinted in Shapiro & Hentoff, "Hear Me Talkin' to Ya," p. 231): "Station WHN was just opening up around then, and they started broadcasting us every night after two a.m.," presumably from the Hollywood Cabaret, which was still busy at that hour. "All that air time," he continued, "helped to build up our name." Unfortunately, radio logs in the New York daily newspapers from those years omit listings of any programs at 2 a.m. Later, in the fall of 1925, Ellington broadcast regularly over WHN from the Club Kentucky at an hour when broadcasts were documented; details are found in the appropriate daily entries above.

          After the founder of Loew's, Marcus Loew, died on September 5, 1927, control of his business empire -- which also included the Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studios in Culver City -- passed to Nicholas Schenck, since 1919 President and General Manager of Loew's Inc. The Schenck brothers, Nicholas and Joe, had been associates of Marcus Loew since at least 1910, when, with the latter's financial assistance, they'd purchased Palisades Amusement Park in Cliffside Park-Fort Lee New Jersey, located directly across the Hudson River from West 130th Street in Harlem. In the 1920s, the park was conveniently accessible to New Yorkers by ferry, even more so after the George Washington Bridge opened in 1931. As the crow flies, the park was less than two miles from the Cotton Club (Lenox Avenue and 142nd Street). In 1926, Palisades Amusement Park inaugurated its own radio station, WPAP - the "PAP" stood for Palisades Amusement Park -- which shared a common broadcast frequency with WHN. WPAP's station was located opposite the park's ballroom, in a facility designed to look like a huge Atwater-Kent radio and built at a cost reported at $100,000. By December 5, 1927, when Ellington first broadcast from the Cotton Club, both WHN and WPAP were controlled by Nicholas Schenck. (Considering the cost to maintain a radio transmitter as well as economies of scale, it's probably safe to assume that all four stations shared a common transmitter.)

          Broadcast range was limited, especially after a regulatory directive ordered the station's power reduced from 500 to 250 watts starting November 11, 1928. In 1923, when WHN was only 300 watts, The New York Clipper (1923-11-02, p. 21) observed: "While such neighboring points as Williamsburg and Flatbush sections in Brooklyn, or in Newark cannot hear it, in certain sections of Massachusetts experiment has shown that WHN can be 'caught' more clearly than within the metropolis. There is no particular accounting for this other than atmospheric conditions and the quirks of general 'reception' in some localities."

          Listeners to Ellington's WHN Cotton Club broadcasts might have been encouraged to enjoy the vaudeville talent and motion pictures found at Loew's theatres in the New York area; listeners to his broadcasts over WPAP might have been advised to visit Palisades Amusement Park in New Jersey to enjoy the entertainment there. Print advertising for the Cotton Club stressed such selling points as "The Greatest Array of Colored Talent Ever Assembled" and, for those coming from the Times Square theatre district, "15 Minutes in a Taxi Through Central Park"; it's easy to imagine these same or similar lines being spoken by radio announcers.

          Broadcasts from the Cotton Club late at night would have carried a greater distance than those at suppertime owing to favorable ionospheric conditions at that hour. Other differences noticeable to those who heard Ellington's broadcasts both at suppertime and late at night might have been the call letters of the originating stations, the names and voices of the announcers and, according to reviewer Abel Green (Variety, 1928-10-24, p. 57), the character of the repertoire: "Ellington Subdued. Duke Ellington and his heated jazzapators [sic] from the Cotton Club in Harlem are not as dirty as they are of midnights, such as Monday, when broadcasting during the dinner sessions. They lean more toward the 'sweet' type of syncopation but can't refrain from slipping in a real wicked ditty off and on."

          Much of the information on WHN/WPAP above derives from "The Airwaves of New York," a book by Bill Jaker, Frank Sulek and Peter Kanze (McFarland & Co., NY, NY, 1998) which can be read on Google Books. '

          • New York Times and/or Brooklyn Daily Eagle radio schedules, courtesy K.Steiner
          • Email, Lasker-Palmquist, 2018-11-28
          ..
          ..updated
          2012-09-22
          2018-11-03
          2018-11-04
          2018-11-29
          1927 12 06
          Tuesday
          .New York, N.Y.Cotton Club
          644 Lenox Ave.
          Harlem
          Night club residency with "1st Cotton Club Revue"-see 1927 12 04...
          ..2012-09-22
          1927 12 07
          Wednesday
          .New York, N.Y.Cotton Club
          644 Lenox Ave.
          Harlem
          Night club residency with "1st Cotton Club Revue"-see 1927 12 04
          Cotton Orchestra broadcast 7:00 pm, WHN
          New York Times radio schedule, courtesy K.Steiner..
          ..2012-09-22
          1927 12 08
          Thursday
          .New York, N.Y.Cotton Club
          644 Lenox Ave.
          Harlem
          Night club residency with "1st Cotton Club Revue"-see 1927 12 04...
          ..2012-09-22
          1927 12 09
          Friday
          .New York, N.Y.Cotton Club
          644 Lenox Ave.
          Harlem
          Night club residency with "1st Cotton Club Revue"-see 1927 12 04
          Cotton Orchestra broadcast 7 p.m., WHN
          New York Times radio schedule, courtesy K.Steiner..
          ..2012-09-22
          updated
          2018-11-03
          1927 12 10
          Saturday
          .New York, N.Y.Cotton Club
          644 Lenox Ave.
          Harlem
          Night club residency with "1st Cotton Club Revue"-see 1927 12 04...
          ..2012-09-22
          1927 12 11
          Sunday
          .New York, N.Y.Cotton Club
          644 Lenox Ave.
          Harlem
          Night club residency with "1st Cotton Club Revue"-see 1927 12 04...
          ..2012-09-22
          1927 12 12
          Monday
          .New York, N.Y.Cotton Club
          644 Lenox Ave.
          Harlem
          Night club residency with "1st Cotton Club Revue"-see 1927 12 04
          Remote broadcast, midnight, WHN
          New York Times and/or Brooklyn Daily Eagle radio schedules, courtesy K. Steiner..
          ..2012-09-22
          updated
          2018-11-03
          1927 12 13
          Tuesday
          .New York, N.Y.Cotton Club
          644 Lenox Ave.
          Harlem
          Night club residency with "1st Cotton Club Revue"-see 1927 12 04...
          ..2012-09-22
          1927 12 14
          Wednesday
          .New York, N.Y.Cotton Club
          644 Lenox Ave.
          Harlem
          Night club residency with "1st Cotton Club Revue"-see 1927 12 04
          Cotton Orchestra broadcast 7 p.m., WHN
          New York Times radio schedule, courtesy K.Steiner..
          ..2012-09-22
          2018-11-03
          1927 12 15
          Thursday
          .New York, N.Y.Cotton Club
          644 Lenox Ave.
          Harlem
          Night club residency with "1st Cotton Club Revue"-see 1927 12 04...
          ..2012-09-22
          1927 12 16
          Friday
          .New York, N.Y.Cotton Club
          644 Lenox Ave.
          Harlem
          Night club residency with "1st Cotton Club Revue"-see 1927 12 04
          Cotton Orchestra broadcast 7 p.m., WHN
          New York Times radio schedule, courtesy K.Steiner..
          ..2012-09-22
          1927 12 17
          Saturday
          .New York, N.Y.Cotton Club
          644 Lenox Ave.
          Harlem
          Night club residency with "1st Cotton Club Revue"-see 1927 12 04...
          ..2012-09-22
          1927 12 18
          Sunday
          .New York, N.Y.Cotton Club
          644 Lenox Ave.
          Harlem
          Night club residency with "1st Cotton Club Revue"-see 1927 12 04...
          ..2012-09-22
          1927 12 19
          Monday
          .New York, N.Y.Liederkranz Hall,
          111 East 58th Street
          Victor recording session
          1:30pm - 5:30pm
          Documentation did not specify am or pm, but the band was working at the Cotton Club at night.
          Duke Ellington and His Orchestra
          Miley, Metcalfe, Nanton, Jackson, Hardwick, Carney, Ellington, Guy, Braud, Greer
          (Irving Mills is shown as the director on the session sheet)

          Titles recorded:
          • Harlem River Quiver
          • East St. Louis Toodle=O
          • Blue Bubbles
          New Desor
          DE2712
          DEMS
          .djp2011
          updated
          2012-11-23
          2014-08-24
          2015-01-13
          1927 12 19
          Monday
          .New York, N.Y.Cotton Club
          644 Lenox Ave.
          Harlem
          Night club residency with "1st Cotton Club Revue"-see 1927 12 04
          Remote broadcast, midnight, WHN
          New York Times and/or Brooklyn Daily Eagle radio schedules, courtesy K. Steiner..
          ..2012-09-22
          updated
          2018-11-03
          1927 12 20
          Tuesday
          .New York, N.Y.Cotton Club
          644 Lenox Ave.
          Harlem
          Night club residency with "1st Cotton Club Revue"-see 1927 12 04...
          ..2012-09-22
          1927 12 21
          Wednesday
          .New York, N.Y.Cotton Club
          644 Lenox Ave.
          Harlem
          Night club residency with "1st Cotton Club Revue"-see 1927 12 04
          Broadcast 7 p.m., WHN
          Brooklyn Daily Eagle radio schedule, courtesy K.Steiner..
          ..2012-09-22
          updated
          2018-11-03
          1927 12 22
          Thursday
          .New York, N.Y.Cotton Club
          644 Lenox Ave.
          Harlem
          Night club residency with "1st Cotton Club Revue"-see 1927 12 04...
          ..2012-09-22
          1927 12 23
          Friday
          .New York, N.Y.Cotton Club
          644 Lenox Ave.
          Harlem
          Night club residency with "1st Cotton Club Revue"-see 1927 12 04
          Broadcast 7 p.m., WHN
          Brooklyn Daily Eagle radio schedule, courtesy K.Steiner..
          ..2012-09-22
          updated
          2018-11-03
          1927 12 24
          Saturday
          .New York, N.Y.Cotton Club
          644 Lenox Ave.
          Harlem
          Night club residency with "1st Cotton Club Revue"-see 1927 12 04...
          ..2012-09-22
          1927 12 25
          Sunday
          .New York, N.Y.Cotton Club
          644 Lenox Ave.
          Harlem
          Night club residency with "1st Cotton Club Revue"-see 1927 12 04...
          ..2012-09-22
          1927 12 26
          Monday
          .New York, N.Y.Cotton Club
          644 Lenox Ave.
          Harlem
          Night club residency with "1st Cotton Club Revue"-see 1927 12 04
          Remote broadcast, midnight, WHN
          New York Times and/or Brooklyn Daily Eagle radio schedules, courtesy K. Steiner..
          ..2012-09-22
          2018-11-03
          1927 12 27
          Tuesday
          .New York, N.Y.Cotton Club
          644 Lenox Ave.
          Harlem
          Night club residency with "1st Cotton Club Revue"-see 1927 12 04...
          ..2012-09-22
          1927 12 28
          Wednesday
          .New York, N.Y.Cotton Club
          644 Lenox Ave.
          Harlem
          Night club residency with "1st Cotton Club Revue"-see 1927 12 04
          Cotton Club Dance Orchestra broadcast 7 p.m., WHN
          Brooklyn Daily Eagle radio schedule, courtesy K.Steiner..
          ..2012-09-22
          updated
          2018-11-03
          1927 12 29
          Thursday
          .New York, N.Y.Brunswick Studio
          799 Seventh Ave., Rm.1
          Vocalion recording session
          3 hrs in the p.m.
          Duke Ellington and His Cotton Club Orchestra
          Miley, Metcalfe, Nanton, Jackson, Hardwick, Carney, Ellington, Guy, Braud, Greer

          Titles recorded:
          • Red Hot Band
          • Doin' the Frog
          Lasker observes that, according to liner notes to Decca DL9224, Carney wasn't certain whether the low saxophone in "Doin' the Frog" was Hardwick on bass sax or himself on baritone - New DESOR shows Hardwick.

          Some discographies has this as the last time Rudy Jackson recorded with the band - see the discussion re the 1928 01 09 session.
          New Desor
          DE2713
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          2012-11-23
          2014-04-17
          2015-02-06
          1927 12 29
          Thursday
          .New York, N.Y.Cotton Club
          644 Lenox Ave.
          Harlem
          Night club residency with "1st Cotton Club Revue"-see 1927 12 04...
          ..2012-09-22
          1927 12 30
          Friday
          ...PERSONNEL CHANGE
          New Desor says Barney Bigard, clarinet & tenor sax, joined the band 1928 01 01, a Sunday, but his autobiography says he joined on a Friday.

          He was not in the 1927 12 29 recording session but he recorded with the band 1928 01 09, a Monday. Ergo, he joined either Friday 1927 12 30 or Friday 1928 01 06.

          Since Ellington's autobiography has him joining in 1927, and Bigard told Patricia Willard, in an oral history interview, that he joined in 1927, 1927 12 30 is most likely.

          Bigard:

          'When I played my first job with the band, the personnel was ... Miley and ... Metcalf on trumpets, ...Nanton on trombone, ...Carney and myself, and the rhythm section was Duke, Freddie [sic] Guy, Wellman Braud and Sonny Greer.
            The band always lined up in the same way. Looking at the band from the dance floor, left to right, in the front was the trumpets, the piano was smack in the middle, then Otto Hardwick, me and Harry Carney. In back, on a raised up little platform, would be the trombone, the drums right behind the piano, then Wellman Braud with his bass, and Freddie Guy on guitar sat right back of me. We were there from nine in the evening to three in the morning, with intermissions on the hour. We played two shows each night to accompany the chorus line or acts that they had. ... The first show would come on about eleven-thiry and the second show, a shorter one, came on around two-thirty. We played for dancing in between...'

          • Duke Ellington, MIMM p.115
          • Bigard, ibid., p.46
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          1927 12 30
          Friday
          .New York, N.Y.Cotton Club
          644 Lenox Ave.
          Harlem
          Night club residency with "1st Cotton Club Revue"-see 1927 12 04
          Cotton Orchestra broadcast 7 p.m.12 midnight, WHN
          New York Times schedule, courtesy K.Steiner..
          ..2012-09-22
          updated
          2018-11-03
          1927 12 31
          Saturday
          .New York, N.Y.Cotton Club
          644 Lenox Ave.
          Harlem
          Night club residency with "1st Cotton Club Revue"-see 1927 12 04...
          ..2012-09-22



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          1928 01 01
          Sunday
          .New York, N.Y.Cotton Club
          644 Lenox Ave.
          Harlem
          Night club residency with "1st Cotton Club Revue"-see 1927 12 04...
          ..2012-09-22
          1928 01 02
          Monday
          .New York, N.Y.Cotton Club
          644 Lenox Ave.
          Harlem
          Night club residency with "1st Cotton Club Revue"-see 1927 12 04
          Remote broadcast, midnight, WHN
          New York Times and/or Brooklyn Daily Eagle radio schedules, courtesy K. Steiner..
          ..2012-09-22
          updated
          2018-11-03
          1928 01 03
          Tuesday
          .New York, N.Y.Cotton Club
          644 Lenox Ave.
          Harlem
          Night club residency with "1st Cotton Club Revue"-see 1927 12 04...
          ..2012-09-22
          1928 01 04
          Wednesday
          .New York, N.Y.Cotton Club
          644 Lenox Ave.
          Harlem
          Night club residency with "1st Cotton Club Revue"-see 1927 12 04
          Cotton Club Dance Orchestra broadcast at 6:30 p.m., WHN
          Brooklyn Daily Eagle radio schedule, courtesy K.Steiner..
          ..2012-09-22
          updated
          2018-11-03
          1928 01 05
          Thursday
          .New York, N.Y.Cotton Club
          644 Lenox Ave.
          Harlem
          Night club residency with "1st Cotton Club Revue"-see 1927 12 04...
          ..2012-09-22
          1928 01 06
          Friday
          .New York, N.Y.Cotton Club
          644 Lenox Ave.
          Harlem
          Night club residency with "1st Cotton Club Revue"-see 1927 12 04Night club residency with "1st Cotton Club Revue"-see 1927 12 04
          Cotton Orchestra broadcast at 7 p.m., WHN
          New York Times schedule, courtesy K.Steiner..
          ..2012-09-22
          updated
          2018-11-03
          1928 01 07
          Saturday
          .New York, N.Y.Cotton Club
          644 Lenox Ave.
          Harlem
          Night club residency with "1st Cotton Club Revue"-see 1927 12 04...
          ..2012-09-22
          1928 01 08
          Sunday
          .New York, N.Y.Cotton Club
          644 Lenox Ave.
          Harlem
          Night club residency with "1st Cotton Club Revue"-see 1927 12 04...
          ..2012-09-22
          1928 01 09
          Monday
          .New York, N.Y.Columbia Records Studios
          1819 Broadway
          Recording session for the Diva, Harmony and Velvet Tone labels

          This was Ellington's last acoustical recording session.
          The Washingtonians
          Miley, Metcalf, Nanton, R.Jackson and/or Bigard, Hardwick, Carney, Ellington, Guy, Braud, Greer
          Titles recorded:
          • Sweet Mama, Papa's Getting Mad
          • Stack O'Lee Blues
          • Bugle Call Rag
          Issued as budget records on the Harmony, Diva and Velvet Tone labels - Harmony records were priced at 50 cents during at a time when the usual price for a ten-inch record was 75 cents.
          DEMS 08,1-21 discusses at length whether or not this was an Ellington session, whether or not there were 4 reeds, who took what solo, and whether Stack O'Lee Blues was an Ellington record.

          Bigard:

          "The first recording I made with the band was Bugle Call Rag and I remember that, for some reason, they couldn't use the drums. Of course Sonny Greer came there and sat through the whole deal, got paid and everything, but they couldn't record the drums. Wellman Braud, bless his soul, he had to have the horn right close to his bass. He was coming over far too loud and they told him to move back some few feet. "Okay," says Braud, and don't you know he moved back sure enough, but be dammed if he didn't take that horn right along with him. Everyone had their individual horn see."

          New Desor
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          Circa
          1928 01 09
          ...PERSONNEL CHANGE
          It is not clear when Rudy Jackson left the band. New Desor says he was in the band until 1927 12 31. Jan Bruér's study of reed players during the time both Hardwick and Carney were in the band, printed in DEMS 94/2-2 and reprinted in DEMS 03/2 16-1, has Rudy Jackson recording until 1927 12 29 but not later. Consensus is that he played the 1927 12 29 session, but authorities differ about 1928 01 09.

          Wax Works, Jepsen I, New Desor, Timner V and MacHare (at the time of writing) exclude Jackson from the 1928 01 09 session but include Bigard, with Jepsen and MacHare saying explicitly "add Barney Bigard,cl,ts. Rudy Jackson out" and "Bigard replaces Jackson" respectively.

          On the other hand, McCarthy/Fox explicitly says Bigard replaces Jackson after the 1928 01 09 session.

          Lambert suggests there were four reeds. Hardwick, Bigard, Jackson and Carney, with Hardwick playing more bass sax than usual in the absence of a string bass. At the time of writing, Girvan has both Bigard and Jackson present, and, in addition to his detailed comments in DEMS 08/1, Steven Lasker writes:

          'Based on what I hear, Jackson and Bigard are both present on the Harmony session of 9Jan28.'

          • B. Aasland:
            The Wax Works of Duke Ellington, 1954
          • J. G. Jepsen, Discography of Duke Ellington, Debut Records, Copenhagen, 1959, Vol. 1 1925-37, p.DE-6
          • L. Massagli and G. M. Volonté, The New Desor, An Updated Edition of Duke Ellington's Story on Records 1924-1974, Milano, 1999, Part Two, p.1471
          • W. E. Timner, Ellingtonia, The Recorded Music of Duke Ellington and His Sidemen, 4th and 5th editions
          • P. MacHare, A Duke Ellington Panorama
          • A. J. McCarthy/ C. Fox, A Complete Duke Ellington Discography, in Ulanov (ibid.), p.281
          • E. Lambert:
            Duke Ellington, A Listener's Guide
            , p.21
          • M. Girvan:   Ellingtonia.com, 1924-1930
          • Email S. Lasker-Palmquist
            • 2014-08-18
            • 2015-06-24
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          1928 01 09
          Monday
          .New York, N.Y.Cotton Club
          644 Lenox Ave.
          Harlem
          Night club residency with "1st Cotton Club Revue"-see 1927 12 04
          Remote broadcast, midnight, WHN
          New York Times and/or Brooklyn Daily Eagle radio schedules, courtesy K. Steiner..
          ..2012-09-22
          updated
          2018-11-03
          1928 01 10
          Tuesday
          .New York, N.Y.Cotton Club
          644 Lenox Ave.
          Harlem
          Night club residency with "1st Cotton Club Revue"-see 1927 12 04...
          ..2012-09-22
          1928 01 11
          Wednesday
          .New York, N.Y.Cotton Club
          644 Lenox Ave.
          Harlem
          Night club residency with "1st Cotton Club Revue"-see 1927 12 04
          Cotton Club Orchestra broadcast, 7 p.m., WHN
          New York Times radio schedule, New York Times and Brooklyn Daily Eagle radio schedules Brooklyn Daily Eagle radio schedule, courtesy K. Steiner..
          ..2012-09-22
          updated
          2018-11-03
          1928 01 12
          Thursday
          .New York, N.Y.Cotton Club
          644 Lenox Ave.
          Harlem
          Night club residency with "1st Cotton Club Revue"-see 1927 12 04...
          ..2012-09-22
          1928 01 13
          Friday
          .New York, N.Y.Cotton Club
          644 Lenox Ave.
          Harlem
          Night club residency with "1st Cotton Club Revue"-see 1927 12 04
          Cotton Club Orchestra broadcast, 11 p.m., WNJ
          Brooklyn Daily Eagle radio schedule, courtesy K. Steiner..
          ..2012-09-22
          updated
          2018-11-03
          1928 01 14
          Saturday
          .New York, N.Y.Cotton Club
          644 Lenox Ave.
          Harlem
          Night club residency with "1st Cotton Club Revue"-see 1927 12 04...
          ..2012-09-22
          1928 01 15
          Sunday
          .New York, N.Y.Cotton Club
          644 Lenox Ave.
          Harlem
          Night club residency with "1st Cotton Club Revue"-see 1927 12 04...
          ..2012-09-22
          1928 01 16
          Monday
          .New York, N.Y.Cotton Club
          644 Lenox Ave.
          Harlem
          Night club residency with "1st Cotton Club Revue"-see 1927 12 04
          Remote broadcast, midnight, WHN
          Brooklyn Daily Eagle radio schedule..
          .djp2012-09-22
          updated
          2018-11-03
          1928 01 17
          Tuesday
          .New York, N.Y.Cotton Club
          644 Lenox Ave.
          Harlem
          Night club residency with "1st Cotton Club Revue"-see 1927 12 04...
          ..2012-09-22
          1928 01 18
          Wednesday
          .New York, N.Y.Cotton Club
          644 Lenox Ave.
          Harlem
          Night club residency with "1st Cotton Club Revue"-see 1927 12 04
          Cotton Club Orchestra broadcast, 7 p.m., WPAP
          Brooklyn Daily Eagle radio schedule, courtesy K. Steiner..
          ..2012-09-22
          updated
          2018-11-03
          1928 01 19
          Thursday
          .New York, N.Y.OKeh Recording Laboratories
          11 Union Square W.
          OKeh recording session
          Duke Ellington and His Orchestra
          and (false)
          Lonnie Johnson's Harlem Footwarmers
          Miley, Metcalf, Nanton, R.Jackson, Bigard, Hardwick, Carney, Ellington, Guy, Braud, Greer

          Titles recorded:
          • Take It Easy
          • Jubilee Stomp
          • East St. Louis Toodle-O
          This version of East St. Louis Toodle-O (matrix W400032) was released 1928 12 25 as Harlem Twist on OKeh 8638, paired with Move Over, recorded 1928 10 01. Both sides name the artists as Lonnie Johnson's Harlem Footwarmers. While Aasland's 1954 Wax Works includes Johnson in the session, the New Desor, MacHare, Girvan, Jepsen, Bakker and Timner discographies do not and Johnson is not audible on any of the three recordings.

          Steven Lasker advises matrix cards are the only documentation of the January 19 session. The W400032 card is titled "East St. Louis Toodle-O" by "Duke Ellington and His Orchestra." OKeh was owned by Columbia, and it may be that OKeh chose a different title to avoid competing with Columbia 953-D issued in 1927.
          New Desor
          DE2802
          DEMS
          ..2011
          updated
          2014-04-18
          1928 01 19
          Thursday
          .New York, N.Y.Cotton Club
          644 Lenox Ave.
          Harlem
          Night club residency with "1st Cotton Club Revue"-see 1927 12 04...
          ..2012-09-22
          1928 01 20
          Friday
          .New York, N.Y.Cotton Club
          644 Lenox Ave.
          Harlem
          Night club residency with "1st Cotton Club Revue"-see 1927 12 04
          Cotton Club Orchestra broadcast, 7 p.m., WPAP
          Brooklyn Daily Eagle radio schedule, courtesy K. Steiner..
          ..2012-09-22
          updated
          2018-11-03
          1928 01 21
          Saturday
          .New York, N.Y.Cotton Club
          644 Lenox Ave.
          Harlem
          Night club residency with "1st Cotton Club Revue"-see 1927 12 04...
          ..2012-09-22
          1928 01 22
          Sunday
          .New York, N.Y.Cotton Club
          644 Lenox Ave.
          Harlem
          Night club residency with "1st Cotton Club Revue"-see 1927 12 04...
          ..2012-09-22
          1928 01 23
          Monday
          .New York, N.Y.Cotton Club
          644 Lenox Ave.
          Harlem
          Night club residency with "1st Cotton Club Revue"-see 1927 12 04
          Remote broadcast, midnight, WHN
          New York Times and/or Brooklyn Daily Eagle radio schedules, courtesy K. Steiner..
          ..2012-09-22
          updated
          2018-11-03
          1928 01 24
          Tuesday
          .New York, N.Y.Cotton Club
          644 Lenox Ave.
          Harlem
          Night club residency with "1st Cotton Club Revue"-see 1927 12 04...
          ..2012-09-22
          1928 01 25
          Wednesday
          .New York, N.Y.Cotton Club
          644 Lenox Ave.
          Harlem
          Night club residency with "1st Cotton Club Revue"-see 1927 12 04
          Cotton Club Orchestra broadcast, 7 p.m., WPAP
          Brooklyn Daily Eagle radio schedule, courtesy K. Steiner..
          ..2012-09-22
          updated
          2018-11-03
          1928 01 26
          Thursday
          .New York, N.Y.Cotton Club
          644 Lenox Ave.
          Harlem
          Night club residency with "1st Cotton Club Revue"-see 1927 12 04...
          ..2012-09-22
          1928 01 27
          Friday
          .New York, N.Y.Cotton Club
          644 Lenox Ave.
          Harlem
          Night club residency with "1st Cotton Club Revue"-see 1927 12 04
          Cotton Club Orchestra broadcast, 7 p.m., WPAP
          Brooklyn Daily Eagle radio schedule, courtesy K. Steiner..
          ..2012-09-22
          updated
          2018-11-03
          1928 01 28
          Saturday
          .New York, N.Y.Cotton Club
          644 Lenox Ave.
          Harlem
          Night club residency with "1st Cotton Club Revue"-see 1927 12 04...
          ..2012-09-22
          1928 01 29
          Sunday
          .New York, N.Y.Cotton Club
          644 Lenox Ave.
          Harlem
          Night club residency with "1st Cotton Club Revue"-see 1927 12 04...
          ..2012-09-22
          1928 01 30
          Monday
          .New York, N.Y.Cotton Club
          644 Lenox Ave.
          Harlem
          Night club residency with "1st Cotton Club Revue"-see 1927 12 04
          Remote broadcast, midnight, WHN
          New York Times and/or Brooklyn Daily Eagle radio schedules, courtesy K. Steiner..
          ..2012-09-22<
          updated
          2018-11-03
          1928 01 31
          Tuesday
          .New York, N.Y.Cotton Club
          644 Lenox Ave.
          Harlem
          Night club residency with "1st Cotton Club Revue"-see 1927 12 04...
          ..2012-09-22

          February 1928

          1928 02 01
          Wednesday
          .New York, N.Y.Cotton Club
          644 Lenox Ave.
          Harlem
          Night club residency with "1st Cotton Club Revue"-see 1927 12 04
          Cotton Club Orchestra broadcast, 7 p.m. WPAP
          Brooklyn Daily Eagle radio schedule, courtesy K. Steiner..
          ..2012-09-22
          updated
          2018-11-03
          1928 02 02
          Thursday
          .New York, N.Y.Cotton Club
          644 Lenox Ave.
          Harlem
          Night club residency with "1st Cotton Club Revue"-see 1927 12 04...
          ..2012-09-22
          1928 02 03
          Friday
          .New York, N.Y.Cotton Club
          644 Lenox Ave.
          Harlem
          Night club residency with "1st Cotton Club Revue"-see 1927 12 04
          Cotton Orchestra broadcast, 7 p.m., WPAP
          New York Times radio schedule, courtesy K. Steiner..
          ..2012-09-22
          updated
          2018-11-03
          1928 02 04
          Saturday
          .New York, N.Y.Cotton Club
          644 Lenox Ave.
          Harlem
          Night club residency with "1st Cotton Club Revue"-see 1927 12 04...
          ..2012-09-22
          1928 02 05
          Sunday
          .New York, N.Y.Cotton Club
          644 Lenox Ave.
          Harlem
          Night club residency with "1st Cotton Club Revue"-see 1927 12 04...
          ..2012-09-22
          1928 02 06
          Monday
          .New York, N.Y.Cotton Club
          644 Lenox Ave.
          Harlem
          Night club residency with "1st Cotton Club Revue"-see 1927 12 04
          Remote broadcast, midnight, WHN
          New York Times and/or Brooklyn Daily Eagle radio schedules, courtesy K. Steiner..
          ..2012-09-22
          updated
          2018-11-03
          1928 02 07
          Tuesday
          .New York, N.Y.Cotton Club
          644 Lenox Ave.
          Harlem
          Night club residency with "1st Cotton Club Revue"-see 1927 12 04...
          ..2012-09-22
          1928 02 08
          Wednesday
          .New York, N.Y.Cotton Club
          644 Lenox Ave.
          Harlem
          Night club residency with "1st Cotton Club Revue"-see 1927 12 04
          Cotton Club Orchestra broadcast, 7 p.m. WPAP
          Brooklyn Daily Eagle radio schedule, courtesy K. Steiner..
          ..2012-09-22
          updated
          2018-11-03
          1928 02 09
          Thursday
          .New York, N.Y.Cotton Club
          644 Lenox Ave.
          Harlem
          Night club residency with "1st Cotton Club Revue"-see 1927 12 04...
          ..2012-09-22
          1928 02 10
          Friday
          .New York, N.Y.Cotton Club
          644 Lenox Ave.
          Harlem
          Night club residency with "1st Cotton Club Revue"-see 1927 12 04
          Cotton Club Orchestra broadcast, 11:30 p.m., WNJ
          New York Times radio schedule, courtesy K. Steiner..
          ..2012-09-22
          updated
          2018-11-03
          1928 02 11
          Saturday
          .New York, N.Y.Cotton Club
          644 Lenox Ave.
          Harlem
          Night club residency with "1st Cotton Club Revue"-see 1927 12 04...
          ..2012-09-22
          1928 02 12
          Sunday
          .New York, N.Y.Cotton Club
          644 Lenox Ave.
          Harlem
          Night club residency with "1st Cotton Club Revue"-see 1927 12 04...
          ..2012-09-22
          1928 02 13
          Monday
          .New York, N.Y.Cotton Club
          644 Lenox Ave.
          Harlem
          Night club residency with "1st Cotton Club Revue"-see 1927 12 04
          Remote broadcast, midnight, WHN
          New York Times and/or Brooklyn Daily Eagle radio schedules, courtesy K. Steiner..
          ..2012-09-22
          updated
          2018-11-03
          1928 02 14
          Tuesday
          Valentine's Day
          .New York, N.Y.Cotton Club
          644 Lenox Ave.
          Harlem
          Night club residency with "1st Cotton Club Revue"-see 1927 12 04...
          ..2012-09-22
          1928 02 15
          Wednesday
          .New York, N.Y.Cotton Club
          644 Lenox Ave.
          Harlem
          Night club residency with "1st Cotton Club Revue"-see 1927 12 04
          Cotton Club Orchestra broadcast, 7 p.m. WPAP
          Brooklyn Daily Eagle radio schedule, courtesy K. Steiner..
          ..2012-09-22
          updated
          2018-11-03
          1928 02 16
          Thursday
          .New York, N.Y.Cotton Club
          644 Lenox Ave.
          Harlem
          Night club residency with "1st Cotton Club Revue"-see 1927 12 04...
          ..2012-09-22
          1928 02 17
          Friday
          .New York, N.Y.Cotton Club
          644 Lenox Ave.
          Harlem
          Night club residency with "1st Cotton Club Revue"-see 1927 12 04
          Cotton Club Orchestra broadcast, 7 p.m. WPAP
          Brooklyn Daily Eagle radio schedule, courtesy K. Steiner..
          ..2012-09-22
          updated
          2018-11-03
          1928 02 18
          Saturday
          .New York, N.Y.Cotton Club
          644 Lenox Ave.
          Harlem
          Night club residency with "1st Cotton Club Revue"-see 1927 12 04...
          ..2012-09-22
          1928 02 19
          Sunday
          .New York, N.Y.Cotton Club
          644 Lenox Ave.
          Harlem
          Night club residency with "1st Cotton Club Revue"-see 1927 12 04...
          ..2012-09-22
          1928 02 20
          Monday
          .New York, N.Y.Cotton Club
          644 Lenox Ave.
          Harlem
          Night club residency with "1st Cotton Club Revue"-see 1927 12 04
          Remote broadcast, midnight, WHN
          New York Times and/or Brooklyn Daily Eagle radio schedules, courtesy K. Steiner..
          ..2012-09-22
          updated
          2018-11-03
          1928 02 21
          Tuesday
          .New York, N.Y.Cotton Club
          644 Lenox Ave.
          Harlem
          Night club residency with "1st Cotton Club Revue"-see 1927 12 04...
          ..2012-09-22
          1928 02 22
          Wednesday
          Matinee
          .New York, N.Y.Manhattan Casino
          155th St. and Eighth Ave.
          (Unconfirmed)

          Matinee dance
          The Metro Club will give their matinee soiree ... Dancing music will be furnished by two orchestras, Duke Ellington and his Little Ellingtonians and the Original Cotton Club Orchestra.
          The New York Age, 1928-01-28, p.10..
          .djpNew
          added 2012-09-23
          1928 02 22
          Wednesday
          .New York, N.Y.Cotton Club
          644 Lenox Ave.
          Harlem
          Night club residency with "1st Cotton Club Revue"-see 1927 12 04
          Cotton Club Orchestra broadcast, 7 p.m. WPAP
          Brooklyn Daily Eagle radio schedule, courtesy K. Steiner..
          ..2012-09-22
          updated
          2018-11-03
          1928 02 23
          Thursday
          .New York, N.Y.Cotton Club
          644 Lenox Ave.
          Harlem
          Night club residency with "1st Cotton Club Revue"-see 1927 12 04...
          ..2012-09-22
          1928 02 24
          Friday
          .New York, N.Y.Cotton Club
          644 Lenox Ave.
          Harlem
          Night club residency with "1st Cotton Club Revue"-see 1927 12 04
          Cotton Orchestra broadcast, 7 p.m., WPAP
          New York Times radio schedule, courtesy K. Steiner..
          ..2012-09-22
          updated
          2018-11-03
          1928 02 25
          Saturday
          .New York, N.Y.Cotton Club
          644 Lenox Ave.
          Harlem
          Night club residency with "1st Cotton Club Revue"-see 1927 12 04...
          ..2012-09-22
          1928 02 26
          Sunday
          .New York, N.Y.Cotton Club
          644 Lenox Ave.
          Harlem
          Night club residency with "1st Cotton Club Revue"-see 1927 12 04...
          ..2012-09-22
          1928 02 27
          Monday
          .New York, N.Y.Cotton Club
          644 Lenox Ave.
          Harlem
          Night club residency with "1st Cotton Club Revue"-see 1927 12 04
          Remote broadcast, midnight, WHN
          New York Times and/or Brooklyn Daily Eagle radio schedules, courtesy K. Steiner..
          ..2012-09-22
          updated
          2018-11-03
          1928 02 28
          Tuesday
          .New York, N.Y.Cotton Club
          644 Lenox Ave.
          Harlem
          Night club residency with "1st Cotton Club Revue"-see 1927 12 04...
          ..2012-09-22
          1928 02 29
          Wednesday
          .New York, N.Y.Cotton Club
          644 Lenox Ave.
          Harlem
          Night club residency with "1st Cotton Club Revue"-see 1927 12 04
          Cotton Club Orchestra broadcast, 7 p.m. WPAP
          Brooklyn Daily Eagle radio schedule, courtesy K. Steiner..
          ..2012-09-22
          updated
          2018-11-03

          March 1928

          1928 03 00.New York, N.Y..Various sessions..DEMS
          ..Added
          2011
          1928 03 01
          Thursday
          .New York, N.Y.Cotton Club
          644 Lenox Ave.
          Harlem
          Night club residency with "1st Cotton Club Revue"-see 1927 12 04
          Cotton Club Orchestra broadcast, 10:30 p.m., WSGH
          Brooklyn Daily Eagle radio schedule, courtesy K. Steiner..
          ..2012-09-22
          2019-01-01
          1928 03 02
          Friday
          .New York, N.Y.Cotton Club
          644 Lenox Ave.
          Harlem
          Night club residency with "1st Cotton Club Revue"-see 1927 12 04
          Cotton Club Orchestra broadcast, 7 p.m., WPAP
          Brooklyn Daily Eagle radio schedule, courtesy K. Steiner..
          ..2012-09-22
          updated
          2018-11-04
          1928 03 03
          Saturday
          .New York, N.Y.Cotton Club
          644 Lenox Ave.
          Harlem
          Night club residency with "1st Cotton Club Revue"-see 1927 12 04...
          ..2012-09-22
          1928 03 04
          Sunday
          .New York, N.Y.Cotton Club
          644 Lenox Ave.
          Harlem
          Night club residency with "1st Cotton Club Revue"-see 1927 12 04...
          ..2012-09-22
          1928 03 05
          Monday
          .New York, N.Y.Cotton Club
          644 Lenox Ave.
          Harlem
          Night club residency with "1st Cotton Club Revue"-see 1927 12 04
          Remote broadcast, midnight, WHN
          New York Times and/or Brooklyn Daily Eagle radio schedules, courtesy K. Steiner..
          ..2012-09-22
          updated
          2018-11-03
          1928 03 06
          Tuesday
          .New York, N.Y.Cotton Club
          644 Lenox Ave.
          Harlem
          Night club residency with "1st Cotton Club Revue"-see 1927 12 04...
          ..2012-09-22
          1928 03 07
          Wednesday
          .New York, N.Y.Cotton Club
          644 Lenox Ave.
          Harlem
          Night club residency with "1st Cotton Club Revue"-see 1927 12 04
          Cotton Club Orchestra broadcast, 7 p.m., WPAP
          Brooklyn Daily Eagle radio schedule, courtesy K. Steiner..
          ..added
          2012-09-22
          updated
          2018-11-03
          Circa
          1928 03 08
          Thursday
          .New York, N.Y.Pathé
          or Cameo
          studio
          Cameo/Pathé recording session

          The Whoopee Makers / The Washingtonians
          Miley, Metcalfe, Nanton, Bigard, Hardwick, Carney, Ellington, Guy, Braud, Greer

          Titles recorded:
          • East St. Louis Toodle-O
          • Jubilee Stomp
          • Take It Easy
          The session date is estimated in the absence of company files.
          Steven Lasker:

          'Recording files for the Pathé / Perfect and Cameo / Lincoln / Romeo labels prior to 1929 are lost. These were separate companies until Pathé purchased Cameo in September 1927 (per Phonograph and Talking Machine Weekly, 1927-09-28).

          Manhattan telephone directories document that the Pathé Phonograph & Radio Corporation's executive offices and recording laboratories had been located at 150 E. 53rd Street since mid-1923. Pathé is shown at that address in subsequent directories through Summer 1929.

          The Cameo Record Corp. had been located, since May 1923 (at least) at 247 West 34th Street before its move on 1927-10-01 to a "new location for larger facilities" at 114 East 32nd Street (per Talking Machine World, 1927-10-00, page 34).

          A consolidation of Pathé and Cameo offices occurred in the summer of 1928 according to Talking Machine World (1928-07-00, p. 1936):
          Office of Pathé and Perfect now at 114 E. 32nd Street, New York. Removal applies to the office only. Factory [i.e., pressing plant] remains at 10 Grand Avenue, Brooklyn.

          According to Allen Sutton's introduction to The Pathé-Perfect Discography, American Issues, 1922-1930 (Mainspring Press, 2014, page xx):
            American Pathé's end as an autonomous entity came in July 1928, after [company President James E.] MacPherson closed its studio and commenced joint Pathé-Cameo recording sessions in Cameo's 32nd Street office-and-studio suite.

          Sutton does not cite his source for his conclusion that Pathé recording activity ceased operations at 53rd St. in July 1928 - the Talking Machine World report only mentions the Pathé offices as having moved, and is silent as to the recording studio - nor have I seen evidence to support the claim.

          An alternate scenario is that the offices alone moved in July 1928, while recording activity continued at 53rd Street:

          • Pathé discontinued its dedicated, six-digit master-number series circa October 1929;
          • Manhattan phone directories for Winter 1928-1929 and Summer 1929 show Pathé at 150 E. 53rd Street;
          • The Winter 1929-1930 directory shows Pathé at 114 E. 32nd Street.

          Soon after Pathé bought Cameo, so-called "co-recording sessions" were held at which artists recorded the same titles for both companies, with each master receiving a number in the series of the destination label. Ellington recorded only one such session, circa 1928-03-08.

          Taking the first title recorded at the session as an example, one master, number 108079-1, was recorded and released on Pathé and Perfect. Another take was allotted number 2944a and released on Cameo, Lincoln and Romeo. An aural comparison of the masters reveals that these masters, although allotted numbers from different matrix series, exhibit the same sonic character and balance, i.e., they derive from the same session. I don't know and can't tell if these masters from this session were cut at 53rd Street (Pathé) or 32nd Street (Cameo).

          Ellington's sessions from circa 1928-10-19 and circa 1928-11-30 produced masters that were assigned one number from the Pathé matrix series at the time of recording and another transfer number from the Cameo matrix series some days or weeks later. That the Pathé master numbers are the originals is borne out by their appearance as faint impressions visible on the surface of the label on some commercial issues, a vestige of the recording engineer's inscription of the master number in the center area of the wax blank at the time of recording. Because the original master numbers are from the Pathé series, I conclude the masters themselves were recorded at Pathé's own studio on 53rd Street.

          Masters from the Cameo sessions of circa 1928-12-12, circa 1929-03-04 and 1929-09-10 were assigned numbers from the Cameo matrix series at the time of their recording, indicating they were waxed at the 114 E. 32nd Street studio. We have an exact date for the last-mentioned session because it was noted in the "Regal Record Co." master ledger when, some eight or nine days after being recorded (as by "Duke Ellington's Orchestra"), the masters were assigned transfer numbers 9017-9018-9019 in what would soon be adopted as the main New York matrix series of the American Records Corporation (ARC), formed in July 1929 by the merger of the Regal group of labels (Banner, Conqueror -- distributed exclusively by Sears, Roebuck and Co. -- Domino, Jewel, Oriole - a label exclusively sold in McCrory dime stores -- and Regal), Pathé/Perfect, Cameo/Lincoln/Romeo, the Crystalate Gramophone Manufacturing Co. of Great Britain, the Independent Recording Laboratories and a non-union pressing plant, the Scranton Button Company.

          As part of its consolidation, ARC, probably in October 1929, discontinued both the six-digit Pathé master number series and the four-digit Cameo matrix series. Future recordings for those labels would receive numbers from a series originally intended for the Banner and Regal labels (and later Domino, Jewell, Oriole, etc.) that had begun with number 5001, in November or December 1922, and recorded at Independent Recording Laboratories, Inc. (IRL) of 102-104 West 38th Street, NYC.

          Author Allan Sutton (The Plaza-ARC Discography, Volume 1, Mainspring Press, 2006, p. ix) claims that master ledger books for the early years of this series have "vanished," but I find this hard to believe inasmuch as I inspected them in 1987 in the Sony Music Archives in New York City. They commence with number 6000 (1925-05-05), the sheet for which is a printed form that shows IRL at 55 West 16th Street, NYC. This address is printed at the bottom of subsequent sheets through number 9448 (1930-03-18). The address shown on the sheets for numbers 9449 (1930-03-19) to 10459 (1931-02-28) is 114 East 32nd Street, NYC, where Cameo had recorded its masters since 1927-10-01, and where Pathé had been located since at least October 1929.

          (The last American Pathé was released in December 1929. Perfect would survive into 1938.)

          The address printed on the sheets suggests the move took place in March 1930, but it seems more likely that the studio on 16th Street closed at the time of consolidation - about October 1929 - but the company elected to use up their old ledger sheets with the 16th Street address rather than print new ones. (Otherwise, we would have to believe a less plausible scenario that the 32nd Street studio went unused from November 1929 through March 1930 while recording activity continued at 16th Street.)

          Accordingly, I believe Ellington's 1930-01-29 ARC session was held at 114 East 32nd Street.

          The ARC's New York studio moved to 1776 Broadway circa January 1931. The earliest ledger sheet to show that address, for master number 10460, is dated 1931-03-04, but the move happened earlier inasmuch as the "Perfect Advance List and Order Blanks for Special Advance February [1931] Releases," distributed in January 1931, shows ARC at 1776 Broadway. Ellington recorded for ARC on 1931-01-10, but at which of the two addresses isn't known.

          Ellington recorded all of his 1932-36 New York ARC/Brunswick masters at 1776 Broadway. His 1937, 1938 and February 1939 New York recording sessions for the company were held either at 1776 Broadway or at a newly-built studio at 1778 Broadway that opened on 1937-02-11 (per Downbeat, 1937 03 00). Based on an study of recording ledgers and engineer's logs, I was able to determine in some cases which studio was used in these years. This data was published in the discography to the two 1930s Mosaic boxes, and also appears in in TDWAW. The balance of his 1939 New York sessions were held at the studios of World Broadcasting Systems, Inc., 711 Fifth Avenue.

          In the spring of 1940, the "Columbia Recording Corporation" (as the company was renamed on 1939-05-19) opened studios in the Brunswick Building at 799 Seventh Avenue (in the old Brunswick studio, where Ellington had recorded on 1926-11-29 and many subsequent occasions through 1931-01-20). Ellington recorded many sessions for Columbia at that address in the 1940s, and even a few in the 1950s and '60s. His final Columbia record session at that address took place on 1962-02-27. The last title recorded that day, "My Heart Sings," was assigned matrix number CO 69724 from a series that had begun at 5001 in 1922.'

          New Desor
          DE 2803
          DEMS
          .djpNew
          added
          2012-11-18
          updated
          2017-01-26
          2017-04-11
          2017-06-02
          2017-06-03
          1928 03 08
          Thursday
          .New York, N.Y.Cotton Club
          644 Lenox Ave.
          Harlem
          Night club residency with "1st Cotton Club Revue"-see 1927 12 04
          Cotton Club Orchestra broadcast, 10:15 p.m., WSGH
          Brooklyn Daily Eagle radio schedule, courtesy K. Steiner..
          ..2012-09-22
          updated
          2019-01-01
          1928 03 00...PERSONNEL CHANGE
          Arthur Whetsel, trumpet, born 1905, joins the band, possibly between the March 8 and 21 recording sessions.

          Steven Lasker:

          '...he may have joined somewhat earlier...According to violinist Ellsworth Reynolds (Jazz Monthly, Feb67p6), We were able to open at the Cotton Club on December 7th [recte 4Dec27] but two months later, feeling the need of another trumpeter and not being able to enlarge the payroll, Duke replaced me with his original 1st solo trumpeter Arthur Sheef Whetsol [sic].

          In an unpublished letter to Frank Driggs [n.d.], Reynolds wrote: After two months [at the Cotton Club], Arthur 'Sheef' Wetsel [sic]--Duke's original 1st sol [sic] trumpet of the (6 Washingtonians)--replaced me + Duke decided to conduct.

          To Peter Carr, Reynolds wrote: In early Jan '28 I left the band and before I left Barney Bigard tenor entered. I think he took Rudy Jackson's place. Rudy was my roommate while travelling. In a taped interview with Carter Harman (n.d.), Ellington recalled: When I cut out the fiddle, that's when I got the other trumpet. According to a profile of Whetsel by Chester Nerges (1Aug31 Chicago Defender city edition; reprinted in "A Cotton Club Miscellany"), Whetsel rejoined in January 1928. (A probably unanswerable question occurs: If Whetsel was a regular member of the band from January or February 1928, why then is he absent from the ca. 8Mar28 Pathé/Cameo session? Apart from the rejected Victor trial date of 26Jul23 by "Snowden's Nov. Orch.," Whetsel's first record date with the band was held for Brunswick on 21Mar28.)'

          • New Desor vol.2
          • Email, Lasker-Palmquist 2014-08-21
          ..
          .djpNew
          added 2012-10-25
          updated 2014-08-21
          1928 03 09
          Friday
          .New York, N.Y.Cotton Club
          644 Lenox Ave.
          Harlem
          Night club residency with "1st Cotton Club Revue"-see 1927 12 04
          Cotton Club Orchestra broadcast, 7 p.m., WPAP
          Brooklyn Daily Eagle radio schedule, courtesy K. Steiner..
          ..2012-09-22
          updated
          2018-11-04
          1928 03 10
          Saturday
          .New York, N.Y.Cotton Club
          644 Lenox Ave.
          Harlem
          Night club residency with "1st Cotton Club Revue"-see 1927 12 04...
          ..2012-09-22
          1928 03 11
          Sunday
          .New York, N.Y.Cotton Club
          644 Lenox Ave.
          Harlem
          Night club residency with "1st Cotton Club Revue"-see 1927 12 04...
          ..2012-09-22
          1928 03 12
          Monday
          .New York, N.Y.Cotton Club
          644 Lenox Ave.
          Harlem
          Night club residency with "1st Cotton Club Revue"-see 1927 12 04
          Remote broadcast, midnight, WHN
          Variety gave this evening's Cotton Club broadcast the first of its favourable reviews of Ellington's music:

          'RADIO RAMBLES
          by Abel
            One of the hottest bands on the air is Duke Ellington's from the Cotton Club Monday midnights. One torrid trumpet brays and blares in low-down style that defies passiveness on hearing it. The coon shouter's version of "One Sweet Letter From You" was also quite heated.'

          • Stratemann,p.1
          • Variety 1928-03-14 p. 69
          • Brooklyn Daily Eagle radio schedule, courtesy K. Steiner
          ..
          ..2012-09-22
          updated
          2018-08-21
          2018-11-04
          1928 03 13
          Tuesday
          .New York, N.Y.Cotton Club
          644 Lenox Ave.
          Harlem
          Night club residency with "1st Cotton Club Revue"-see 1927 12 04...
          ..2012-09-22
          1928 03 14
          Wednesday
          .New York, N.Y.Cotton Club
          644 Lenox Ave.
          Harlem
          Night club residency with "1st Cotton Club Revue"-see 1927 12 04
          Cotton Club Orchestra broadcasts:
          • 7 p.m., WPAP
          • 11:30 p.m., WNJ
          Brooklyn Daily Eagle radio schedule, courtesy K. Steiner..
          ..added
          2012-09-22
          updated
          2018-11-03
          1928 03 15
          Thursday
          .New York, N.Y.Cotton Club
          644 Lenox Ave.
          Harlem
          Night club residency with "1st Cotton Club Revue"-see 1927 12 04...
          ..2012-09-22
          1928 03 16
          Friday
          .New York, N.Y.Cotton Club
          644 Lenox Ave.
          Harlem
          Night club residency with "1st Cotton Club Revue"-see 1927 12 04
          Cotton Club Orchestra broadcast, 7 p.m., WPAP
          Brooklyn Daily Eagle radio schedule, courtesy K. Steiner..
          ..2012-09-22
          updated
          2018-11-04
          1928 03 17
          Saturday
          .New York, N.Y.Cotton Club
          644 Lenox Ave.
          Harlem
          Night club residency with "1st Cotton Club Revue"-see 1927 12 04...
          ..2012-09-22
          1928 03 18
          Sunday
          .New York, N.Y.Cotton Club
          644 Lenox Ave.
          Harlem
          Night club residency with "1st Cotton Club Revue"-see 1927 12 04...
          ..2012-09-22
          1928 03 19
          Monday
          .New York, N.Y.Cotton Club
          644 Lenox Ave.
          Harlem
          Night club residency with "1st Cotton Club Revue"-see 1927 12 04
          Remote broadcast, midnight, WHN
          New York Times and/or Brooklyn Daily Eagle radio schedules, courtesy K. Steiner..
          .djpadded
          2012-09-08
          updated
          2018-11-03
          1928 03 20
          Tuesday
          .New York, N.Y.Cotton Club
          644 Lenox Ave.
          Harlem
          Night club residency with "1st Cotton Club Revue"-see 1927 12 04...
          ..2012-09-22
          1928 03 21
          Wednesday
          .New York, N.Y.Brunswick Studio
          799 Seventh Ave., Rm.2
          Brunswick recording session
          3 hours in the p.m.
          The Washingtonians
          Whetsel, Metcalfe, Nanton, Bigard, Hardwick, Carney, Ellington, Guy, Braud, Greer

          Titles recorded:
          • Take It Easy
          • Jubilee Stomp
          • Black Beauty
          New Desor
          DE2804
          DEMS
          Timner corrections djp2011
          updated
          2012-11-18
          2015-02-06
          1928 03 21
          Wednesday
          ... Peripheral event
          Variety, 1928 03 21, p.69 gave the Monday night Cotton Club broadcast the first of its favourable reviews of Ellington's music.
          Stratemann,p.1..
          .djpNew
          added 2012-09-08
          1928 03 21
          Wednesday
          .New York, N.Y.Cotton Club
          644 Lenox Ave.
          Harlem
          Night club residency with "1st Cotton Club Revue"-see 1927 12 04
          Variety's Cabaret Bills listed the Cotton Club performers as
          • Dan Healy Rev
          • Edith Wilson
          • Jimmy Ferguson
          • Leonard Ruffin
          • Mae Alix
          • Berry Bros
          • Henri & La Perl
          • Duke Ellington Or

          Cotton Club Orchestra broadcast, 7 p.m., WPAP
          • Variety 1927-03-21 p.57
          • Brooklyn Daily Eagle radio schedule, courtesy K. Steiner
          ..
          ..2012-09-22
          updated
          2018-08-21
          2018-11-04
          1928 03 22
          Thursday
          .New York, N.Y.Cotton Club
          644 Lenox Ave.
          Harlem
          Night club residency with "1st Cotton Club Revue"-see 1927 12 04...
          ..2012-09-22
          1928 03 23
          Friday
          .New York, N.Y.Cotton Club
          644 Lenox Ave.
          Harlem
          Night club residency with "1st Cotton Club Revue"-see 1927 12 04
          Cotton Club Orchestra broadcast, 7 p.m., WPAP
          Brooklyn Daily Eagle radio schedule, courtesy K. Steiner..
          ..2012-09-22
          updated
          2018-11-04
          1928 03 24
          Saturday
          .New York, N.Y.Cotton Club
          644 Lenox Ave.
          Harlem
          Night club residency with "1st Cotton Club Revue"-see 1927 12 04...
          ..2012-09-22
          1928 03 25
          Sunday
          .New York, N.Y.Cotton Club
          644 Lenox Ave.
          Harlem
          Night club residency with "1st Cotton Club Revue"-see 1927 12 04...
          ..2012-09-22
          1928 03 26
          Monday
          .New York, N.Y.Victor studio
          28 W. 44th St.
          Victor recording session
          2:00 pm -5:30 pm
          Documentation did not specify am or pm, but the band was working at the Cotton Club at night.

          Duke Ellington and His Cotton Club Orchestra
          Whetsel, Miley, Metcalf, Nanton, Bigard, Hardwick, Carney, Ellington, Guy, Braud, Greer
          Irving Mills was present in this session
          Titles recorded:
          • Black Beauty
          • Jubilee Stomp
          • Got Everything But You
          New Desor
          DE2805
          DEMS
          .S.Hoefsmit (06,1-29), djp2011
          updated
          2013-08-30
          2014-08-24
          2015-01-13
          1928 03 26
          Monday
          .New York, N.Y.Cotton Club
          644 Lenox Ave.
          Harlem
          Night club residency with "1st Cotton Club Revue"-see 1927 12 04
          Remote broadcast, midnight, WHN
          New York Times and/or Brooklyn Daily Eagle radio schedules, courtesy K. Steiner..
          .djpadded
          2012-09-22
          updated
          2018-11-03
          1928 03 27
          Tuesday
          .New York, N.Y.Cotton Club
          644 Lenox Ave.
          Harlem
          Night club residency with "1st Cotton Club Revue"-see 1927 12 04...
          ..2012-09-22
          1928 03 28
          Wednesday
          ...Pathé recording session - false date, See Mar28..DEMS
          ..Added
          2011
          1928 03 28
          Wednesday
          .New York, N.Y.Cotton Club
          644 Lenox Ave.
          Harlem
          Night club residency with "1st Cotton Club Revue"-see 1927 12 04
          Cotton Club Orchestra broadcast, 7 p.m., WPAP
          Brooklyn Daily Eagle radio schedule, courtesy K. Steiner..
          ..2012-09-22
          updated
          2018-11-04
          1928 03 29
          Thursday
          .New York, N.Y.Cotton Club
          644 Lenox Ave.
          Harlem
          Night club residency with "1st Cotton Club Revue"-see 1927 12 04...
          ..2012-09-22
          1928 03 30
          Friday
          .New York, N.Y.Cotton Club
          644 Lenox Ave.
          Harlem
          Night club residency with "1st Cotton Club Revue"-see 1927 12 04
          Cotton Club Orchestra broadcast, 7 p.m., WPAP
          New York Times and Brooklyn Daily Eagle radio schedules, courtesy K. Steiner..
          ..2012-09-22
          updated
          2018-11-04
          1928 03 31
          Saturday
          .New York, N.Y.Cotton Club
          644 Lenox Ave.
          Harlem
          Night club residency with "1st Cotton Club Revue"-see 1927 12 04...
          ..2012-09-22

          April 1928

          1928 04 01
          Sunday
          .New York, N.Y.Cotton Club
          644 Lenox Ave.
          Harlem
          Night club residency and new Cotton Club revue
          Opening of Dan Healy's spring revue "Cotton Club Show Boat"
          "Dance Music by Duke Ellington And His Famous Victor Recording Artists."
          Ad reproduced in Stratemann, p.685..
          Vail.2012-09-22
          1928 04 02
          Monday
          .New York, N.Y.Cotton Club
          644 Lenox Ave.
          Harlem
          Night club residency and "Cotton Club Show Boat" revue
          see 1928 04 01
          Remote broadcast, midnight, WHN
          New York Times and/or Brooklyn Daily Eagle radio schedules, courtesy K. Steiner....2012-09-22
          updated
          2018-11-04
          1928 04 03
          Tuesday
          .New York, N.Y.Cotton Club
          644 Lenox Ave.
          Harlem
          Night club residency and "Cotton Club Show Boat" revue
          see 1928 04 01
          .....2012-09-22
          1928 04 04
          Wednesday
          .New York, N.Y.Cotton Club
          644 Lenox Ave.
          Harlem
          Night club residency and "Cotton Club Show Boat" revue
          see 1928 04 01
          Remote broadcast, 7 p.m., WPAP
          New York Times and/or Brooklyn Daily Eagle radio schedules, courtesy K. Steiner....2012-09-22
          updated
          2019-01-01
          1928 04 05
          Thursday
          .New York, N.Y.Cotton Club
          644 Lenox Ave.
          Harlem
          Night club residency and "Cotton Club Show Boat" revue
          see 1928 04 01
          Remote broadcast, 7 p.m., WPAP
          New York Times and/or Brooklyn Daily Eagle radio schedules, courtesy K. Steiner....2012-09-22
          updated
          2019-01-01
          1928 04 06
          Friday
          .New York, N.Y.Cotton Club
          644 Lenox Ave.
          Harlem
          Night club residency and "Cotton Club Show Boat" revue
          see 1928 04 01
          Remote broadcast, 7 p.m., WPAP
          New York Times and/or Brooklyn Daily Eagle radio schedules, courtesy K. Steiner....2012-09-22
          1928 04 07
          Saturday
          .New York, N.Y.Cotton Club
          644 Lenox Ave.
          Harlem
          Night club residency and "Cotton Club Show Boat" revue
          see 1928 04 01
          .....2012-09-22
          1928 04 08
          Sunday
          .New York, N.Y.Cotton Club
          644 Lenox Ave.
          Harlem
          Night club residency and "Cotton Club Show Boat" revue
          see 1928 04 01
          .....2012-09-22
          1928 04 09
          Monday
          .New York, N.Y.Cotton Club
          644 Lenox Ave.
          Harlem
          Night club residency and "Cotton Club Show Boat" revue
          see 1928 04 01
          Remote broadcast, midnight, WHN
          New York Times and/or Brooklyn Daily Eagle radio schedules, courtesy K. Steiner....2012-09-22
          updated
          2018-11-04
          1928 04 10
          Tuesday
          .New York, N.Y.Cotton Club
          644 Lenox Ave.
          Harlem
          Night club residency and "Cotton Club Show Boat" revue
          see 1928 04 01
          .....2012-09-22
          1928 04 11
          Wednesday
          .New York, N.Y.Cotton Club
          644 Lenox Ave.
          Harlem
          Night club residency and "Cotton Club Show Boat" revue
          see 1928 04 01
          Remote broadcast, 7 p.m., WPAP
          New York Times and/or Brooklyn Daily Eagle radio schedules, courtesy K. Steiner....2012-09-22
          updated
          2019-01-01
          1928 04 12
          Thursday
          .New York, N.Y.Cotton Club
          644 Lenox Ave.
          Harlem
          Night club residency and "Cotton Club Show Boat" revue
          see 1928 04 01
          Remote broadcasts, WSGH
          • 10:15 p.m. Ellington orchestra
          • 10:30 p.m. Sonny Greer
          New York Times and/or Brooklyn Daily Eagle radio schedules, courtesy K. Steiner....2012-09-22
          updated
          2019-01-01
          1928 04 13
          Friday
          .New York, N.Y.Cotton Club
          644 Lenox Ave.
          Harlem
          Night club residency and "Cotton Club Show Boat" revue
          see 1928 04 01
          Remote broadcast, 7 p.m., WPAP
          New York Times and/or Brooklyn Daily Eagle radio schedules, courtesy K. Steiner....2012-09-22
          updated
          2019-01-01
          1928 04 14
          Saturday
          .New York, N.Y.Cotton Club
          644 Lenox Ave.
          Harlem
          Night club residency and "Cotton Club Show Boat" revue
          see 1928 04 01
          .....2012-09-22
          1928 04 15
          Sunday
          .New York, N.Y.Cotton Club
          644 Lenox Ave.
          Harlem
          Night club residency and "Cotton Club Show Boat" revue
          see 1928 04 01
          .....2012-09-22
          1928 04 16
          Monday
          .New York, N.Y.Cotton Club
          644 Lenox Ave.
          Harlem
          Night club residency and "Cotton Club Show Boat" revue
          see 1928 04 01
          Remote broadcast, midnight, WHN
          New York Times and/or Brooklyn Daily Eagle radio schedules, courtesy K. Steiner....2012-09-22
          updated
          2018-11-04
          1928 04 17
          Tuesday
          .New York, N.Y.Cotton Club
          644 Lenox Ave.
          Harlem
          Night club residency and "Cotton Club Show Boat" revue
          see 1928 04 01
          .....2012-09-22
          1928 04 18
          Wednesday
          .New York, N.Y.Cotton Club
          644 Lenox Ave.
          Harlem
          Night club residency and "Cotton Club Show Boat" revue
          see 1928 04 01
          Remote broadcast, 7 p.m., WPAP
          New York Times and/or Brooklyn Daily Eagle radio schedules, courtesy K. Steiner....2012-09-22
          updated
          2019-01-01
          1928 04 19
          Thursday
          .New York, N.Y.Cotton Club
          644 Lenox Ave.
          Harlem
          Night club residency and "Cotton Club Show Boat" revue
          see 1928 04 01

          Two remote broadcasts over WSGH were listed in the Brooklyn Daily Eagle and New York Times radio schedules:
          • 10:15 pm: Duke Ellington Orchestra
          • 10:30 pm: Sonny Greer, songs
          WSGH broadcast from, and was owned by, the St. George Hotel in Brooklyn.
          Radio schedules, Brooklyn Daily Eagle and New York Times, 1928-04-19, courtesy Ken Steiner...ks2012-09-22
          updated
          2016-09-30
          1928 04 20
          Friday
          .New York, N.Y.Cotton Club
          644 Lenox Ave.
          Harlem
          Night club residency and "Cotton Club Show Boat" revue
          see 1928 04 01
          Remote broadcast, 7 p.m., WPAP
          New York Times and/or Brooklyn Daily Eagle radio schedules, courtesy K. Steiner....2012-09-22
          updated
          2019-01-01
          1928 04 21
          Saturday
          .New York, N.Y.Cotton Club
          644 Lenox Ave.
          Harlem
          Night club residency and "Cotton Club Show Boat" revue
          see 1928 04 01
          .....2012-09-22
          1928 04 22
          Sunday
          .New York, N.Y.Cotton Club
          644 Lenox Ave.
          Harlem
          Night club residency and "Cotton Club Show Boat" revue
          see 1928 04 01
          .....2012-09-22
          1928 04 23
          Monday
          .New York, N.Y.Cotton Club
          644 Lenox Ave.
          Harlem
          Night club residency and "Cotton Club Show Boat" revue
          see 1928 04 01
          No remote broadcast was listed in this day's Brooklyn Daily Eagle
          .....2012-09-22
          updated
          2018-11-04
          1928 04 24
          Tuesday
          .New York, N.Y.Cotton Club
          644 Lenox Ave.
          Harlem
          Night club residency and "Cotton Club Show Boat" revue
          see 1928 04 01
          .....2012-09-22
          1928 04 25
          Wednesday
          .New York, N.Y.Cotton Club
          644 Lenox Ave.
          Harlem
          Night club residency and "Cotton Club Show Boat" revue
          see 1928 04 01
          Remote broadcast, 7 p.m., WPAP
          New York Times and/or Brooklyn Daily Eagle radio schedules, courtesy K. Steiner....2012-09-22
          updated
          2019-01-01
          1928 04 26
          Thursday
          .New York, N.Y.Cotton Club
          644 Lenox Ave.
          Harlem
          Night club residency and "Cotton Club Show Boat" revue
          see 1928 04 01

          Two remote broadcasts over WSGH were listed in the Brooklyn Daily Eagle radio schedules:
          • 10:15 pm: Sonny Greer, Songs
          • 10:30 pm: Duke Ellington Orchestra
          Radio schedule, Brooklyn Daily Eagle 1928-04-26...ks2012-09-22, djp2012-09-22
          updated
          2016-09-30
          1928 04 27
          Friday
          .New York, N.Y.Cotton Club
          644 Lenox Ave.
          Harlem
          Night club residency and "Cotton Club Show Boat" revue
          see 1928 04 01
          Remote broadcast, 7 p.m., WPAP
          New York Times and/or Brooklyn Daily Eagle radio schedules, courtesy K. Steiner....2012-09-22
          updated
          2019-01-01
          1928 04 28
          Saturday
          .New York, N.Y.Cotton Club
          644 Lenox Ave.
          Harlem
          Night club residency and "Cotton Club Show Boat" revue
          see 1928 04 01
          .....2012-09-22
          1928 04 29
          Sunday
          Ellington's birthday
          .New York, N.Y.Cotton Club
          644 Lenox Ave.
          Harlem
          Night club residency and "Cotton Club Show Boat" revue
          see 1928 04 01
          .....2012-09-22
          1928 04 30
          Monday
          .New York, N.Y.Cotton Club
          644 Lenox Ave.
          Harlem
          Night club residency and "Cotton Club Show Boat" revue
          see 1928 04 01
          Remote broadcast, midnight, WHN
          New York Times and/or Brooklyn Daily Eagle radio schedules, courtesy K. Steiner....2012-09-22
          updated
          2018-11-04

          May 1928

          1928 05 01
          Tuesday
          .New York, N.Y.Cotton Club
          644 Lenox Ave.
          Harlem
          Night club residency and "Cotton Club Show Boat" revue
          see 1928 04 01
          .....2012-09-22
          1928 05 02
          Wednesday
          .New York, N.Y.Cotton Club
          644 Lenox Ave.
          Harlem
          Night club residency and "Cotton Club Show Boat" revue
          see 1928 04 01
          Remote broadcast, 7 p.m., WPAP
          New York Times and/or Brooklyn Daily Eagle radio schedules, courtesy K. Steiner....2012-09-22
          updated
          2019-01-01
          1928 05 03
          Thursday
          .New York, N.Y.Cotton Club
          644 Lenox Ave.
          Harlem
          Night club residency and "Cotton Club Show Boat" revue
          see 1928 04 01
          .....2012-09-22
          1928 05 04
          Friday
          .New York, N.Y.Cotton Club
          644 Lenox Ave.
          Harlem
          Night club residency and "Cotton Club Show Boat" revue
          see 1928 04 01
          .....2012-09-22
          1928 05 05
          Saturday
          .New York, N.Y.Cotton Club
          644 Lenox Ave.
          Harlem
          Night club residency and "Cotton Club Show Boat" revue
          see 1928 04 01
          .....2012-09-22
          1928 05 06
          Sunday
          .New York, N.Y.Cotton Club
          644 Lenox Ave.
          Harlem
          Night club residency and "Cotton Club Show Boat" revue
          see 1928 04 01
          .....2012-09-22
          1928 05 07
          Monday
          .New York, N.Y.Cotton Club
          644 Lenox Ave.
          Harlem
          Night club residency and "Cotton Club Show Boat" revue
          see 1928 04 01
          Remote broadcast, midnight, WHN
          New York Times and/or Brooklyn Daily Eagle radio schedules, courtesy K. Steiner....2012-09-22
          updated
          2018-11-04
          1928 05 08
          Tuesday
          .New York, N.Y.Cotton Club
          644 Lenox Ave.
          Harlem
          Night club residency and "Cotton Club Show Boat" revue
          see 1928 04 01
          .....2012-09-22
          1928 05 09
          Wednesday
          .New York, N.Y.Cotton Club
          644 Lenox Ave.
          Harlem
          Night club residency and "Cotton Club Show Boat" revue
          see 1928 04 01
          Remote broadcast, 7 p.m., WPAP
          New York Times and/or Brooklyn Daily Eagle radio schedules, courtesy K. Steiner....2012-09-22
          updated
          2019-01-01
          1928 05 10
          Thursday
          .New York, N.Y.Cotton Club
          644 Lenox Ave.
          Harlem
          Night club residency and "Cotton Club Show Boat" revue
          see 1928 04 01
          .....2012-09-22
          1928 05 11
          Friday
          .New York, N.Y.Cotton Club
          644 Lenox Ave.
          Harlem
          Night club residency and "Cotton Club Show Boat" revue
          see 1928 04 01
          Remote broadcast, 7 p.m., WPAP
          New York Times and/or Brooklyn Daily Eagle radio schedules, courtesy K. Steiner....2012-09-22
          updated
          2019-01-01
          1928 05 12
          Saturday
          .New York, N.Y.Cotton Club
          644 Lenox Ave.
          Harlem
          Night club residency and "Cotton Club Show Boat" revue
          see 1928 04 01
          .....2012-09-22
          1928 05 13
          Sunday
          .New York, N.Y.Cotton Club
          644 Lenox Ave.
          Harlem
          Night club residency and "Cotton Club Show Boat" revue
          see 1928 04 01
          .....2012-09-22
          1928 05 14
          Monday
          .New York, N.Y.Cotton Club
          644 Lenox Ave.
          Harlem
          Night club residency and "Cotton Club Show Boat" revue
          see 1928 04 01
          Remote broadcast, midnight, WHN
          New York Times and/or Brooklyn Daily Eagle radio schedules, courtesy K. Steiner....2012-09-22
          updated
          2018-11-04
          1928 05 15
          Tuesday
          .New York, N.Y.Cotton Club
          644 Lenox Ave.
          Harlem
          Night club residency and "Cotton Club Show Boat" revue
          see 1928 04 01
          .....2012-09-22
          1928 05 16
          Wednesday
          .New York, N.Y.Cotton Club
          644 Lenox Ave.
          Harlem
          Night club residency and "Cotton Club Show Boat" revue
          see 1928 04 01
          Remote broadcast, 7 p.m., WPAP
          New York Times and/or Brooklyn Daily Eagle radio schedules, courtesy K. Steiner....2012-09-22
          updated
          2019-01-01
          1928 05 17
          Thursday
          .New York, N.Y.Cotton Club
          644 Lenox Ave.
          Harlem
          Night club residency and "Cotton Club Show Boat" revue
          see 1928 04 01
          .....2012-09-22
          Circa
          1928 05 00
          ...PERSONNEL CHANGE
          Otto Hardwick left the band sometime after the March 28 recording session, and was replaced by Johnny Hodges on May 18 (see below).

          Hardwick returned in 1932 and would stay until 1946.

          No source is identified for the statement in the Cambridge Companion chronology saying Hardwick left the band in 1929. It is contradicted by:
          • Johnny Hodges' words quoted by Gary Giddins - see 1928 05 19 below.
          • Hardwick is not heard in any Ellington 1928 recording session after March 28.
          • Toby spent the summer of 1928 in Europe, returning September 10, 1928 on the S.S.Rochambeau.
          • Hasse:

            'Bubber Miley and especially Otto Hardwick had fallen into very bad habits: they would get drunk and not show up for several days. Their erratic behavior caused them to miss recording sessions and also evenings at the Cotton Club... "Finally," Bigard recalled, Ellington "got so disgusted with them that he got rid of both of them by making life so unpleasant that they quit." Hardwick was the first to go – by about May 1928...'

          • Ulanov:

            'Otto was out this time for more than a little while. He wandered off to various places to have him some fun and was gone three years. Atlantic City, Paris and back to New York...
            He went abroad on the S.S. Hamburg with a steamship ticket and seven cents...When he arrived in Paris, he made quick contacts ... For a few months, Toby helped produce the good music for the good [Ada Bricktop)] Smith [at Club Bricktop]. Then he moved over to Les Ambassadeurs ... theatre-restaurant where Noble Sissle ... led the Orchestre de Jazz. Toby played with Sissle another two months...

            Back in New York, He became a bandleader... engagement at Hot Feet Club... The personnel of Toby's band ... Fats Waller was on piano; Chu Berry was on tenor saxophone, ... the band had a four-man reed section ... jumped like mad ... The club did well with Toby's band... [After the club owner was killed] Toby's career as a bandleader was over.

            Before Toby quit as a bandleader, however, he had the satisfaction of knowing he had "cut" Duke, ... in a battle of music....Both bands were playing a benefit at the Hotel Astor...

            ...But times and killings being what they were, Toby decided to go back to being a sideman. He wound up at Small's... late in 1931...'

          • Cambridge Companion, p.xiv
          • http://depanorama.net
          • Hasse, p.116
          • List of United States Citizens, Form 630A, for S.S.Rochambeau sailing from Le Havre Sept.1, 1928, due in New York Sept.10
          • New Desor vol.2
          • Ulanov (ibid.), pp.75-80 & 94
          • Stanley Dance, The World of Duke Ellington, Da Capo Press 1970, p.55-62
          • Email, Lasker-Palmquist
            • 2017-06-02
            • 2017-06-03
          ..
          .djpNew
          added 2012-10-12
          Updated
          2014-04-18
          2015-05-29
          2015-06-18
          2017-06-03
          1928 05 18
          Friday
          ...PERSONNEL CHANGE
          Johnny Hodges joins the band.
          Hodges:

          '...Meanwhile, Otto Hardwick had an accident, went through the windshield of a taxicab. Had his face all cut up, and I had to go to work for him. Duke offered me a job. I still wouldn't take the job, kept putting it off and putting it off. Everybody was trying to talk me into taking it. So I finally took it, and here I am.'

          S. Lasker in MD11-248:

          '...Hodges ...and Harry Carney were boyhood chums... Hodges' sister was friendly with Sidney Bechet...Bechet gave the teenage Hodges music lessons and style pointers...Hodges joined Ellington at the Cotton Club in May 1928 and quickly became a featured soloist on soprano and alto saxes, his straight soprano sax being one that Bechet had given him. He also played section clarinet...(Hodges had learned clarinet while in Boston from Harry Carney, who in return received saxophone lessons from Hodges.)... '

          Gary Giddins, "notes on the music," Time-Life set STL-J19 ("Giants of Jazz: Johnny Hodges"), p.30:

          ' "I think it was on my sister's birthday, May the 18th," said Johnny Hodges in 1965, recalling the day in 1928 when he joined Duke Ellington and entered a glamorous new world.'

          • S. Lasker, book to Mosaic Records CD box set MD11-248 The Complete 1932-1940 Brunswick, Columbia And Master Recordings Of Duke Ellington And His Famous Orchestra, p.6
          • Email Lasker-Palmquist
            • 2014-08-18
            • 2016-09-09
          • Johnny Hodges, interviewed by Dom DeMichael, Downbeat, 1962 11 00 page 20
          • Gary Giddins, "notes on the music," Time-Life set STL-J19 ("Giants of Jazz: Johnny Hodges), p.30, quoting Hodges.
          ..
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          2014-08-20
          2015-05-29
          2016-09-09
          1928 05 18
          Friday
          .New York, N.Y.Cotton Club
          644 Lenox Ave.
          Harlem
          Night club residency and "Cotton Club Show Boat" revue
          see 1928 04 01
          Remote broadcast, 7 p.m., WPAP
          New York Times and/or Brooklyn Daily Eagle radio schedules, courtesy K. Steiner....2012-09-22
          updated
          2019-01-01
          1928 05 19
          Saturday
          .New York, N.Y.Cotton Club
          644 Lenox Ave.
          Harlem
          Night club residency and "Cotton Club Show Boat" revue
          see 1928 04 01
          .....2012-09-22
          1928 05 20
          Sunday
          .New York, N.Y.Cotton Club
          644 Lenox Ave.
          Harlem
          Night club residency and "Cotton Club Show Boat" revue
          see 1928 04 01
          .....2012-09-22
          1928 05 21
          Monday
          .New York, N.Y.Cotton Club
          644 Lenox Ave.
          Harlem
          Night club residency and "Cotton Club Show Boat" revue
          see 1928 04 01
          Remote broadcast, midnight, WHN
          New York Times and/or Brooklyn Daily Eagle radio schedules, courtesy K. Steiner....2012-09-22
          updated
          2018-11-04
          1928 05 22
          Tuesday
          .New York, N.Y.Cotton Club
          644 Lenox Ave.
          Harlem
          Night club residency and "Cotton Club Show Boat" revue
          see 1928 04 01
          .....2012-09-22
          1928 05 23
          Wednesday
          .Brunswick, MaineBowdoin CollegeIvy Ball dance
          "Each Ivy Ball had live music often performed by the most popular bands of the time. Duke Ellington came in 1928 and 1932."

          "In 1928, students invited dates to the "Ivy Ball" for a night of dancing and a live performance by Duke Ellington."
          ..
          ..2011
          updated
          2012-11-18
          1928 05 23
          Wednesday
          .New York, N.Y.Cotton Club
          644 Lenox Ave.
          Harlem
          Night club residency and "Cotton Club Show Boat" revue
          see 1928 04 01
          Remote broadcast, 7 p.m., WPAP
          New York Times and/or Brooklyn Daily Eagle radio schedules, courtesy K. Steiner....2012-09-22
          updated
          2019-01-01
          1928 05 24
          Thursday
          .New York, N.Y.Cotton Club
          644 Lenox Ave.
          Harlem
          Night club residency and "Cotton Club Show Boat" revue
          see 1928 04 01
          .....2012-09-22
          1928 05 25
          Friday
          .New York, N.Y.Cotton Club
          644 Lenox Ave.
          Harlem
          Night club residency and "Cotton Club Show Boat" revue
          see 1928 04 01
          Remote broadcast, 7 p.m., WPAP
          New York Times and/or Brooklyn Daily Eagle radio schedules, courtesy K. Steiner....2012-09-22
          updated
          2019-01-01
          1928 05 26
          Saturday
          .New York, N.Y.Cotton Club
          644 Lenox Ave.
          Harlem
          Night club residency and "Cotton Club Show Boat" revue
          see 1928 04 01
          .....2012-09-22
          1928 05 27
          Sunday
          .New York, N.Y.Cotton Club
          644 Lenox Ave.
          Harlem
          Night club residency and "Cotton Club Show Boat" revue
          see 1928 04 01
          .....2012-09-22
          1928 05 28
          Monday
          .New York, N.Y.Cotton Club
          644 Lenox Ave.
          Harlem
          Night club residency and "Cotton Club Show Boat" revue
          see 1928 04 01
          Remote broadcast, midnight, WHN
          New York Times and/or Brooklyn Daily Eagle radio schedules, courtesy K. Steiner....2012-09-22
          updated
          2018-11-04
          1928 05 29
          Tuesday
          .New York, N.Y.Cotton Club
          644 Lenox Ave.
          Harlem
          Night club residency and "Cotton Club Show Boat" revue
          see 1928 04 01
          .....2012-09-22
          1928 05 30
          Wednesday
          .New York, N.Y.Cotton Club
          644 Lenox Ave.
          Harlem
          Night club residency and "Cotton Club Show Boat" revue
          see 1928 04 01
          Remote broadcast, 7 p.m., WPAP
          New York Times and/or Brooklyn Daily Eagle radio schedules, courtesy K. Steiner....2012-09-22
          updated
          2019-01-01
          1928 05 31
          Thursday
          .New York, N.Y.Cotton Club
          644 Lenox Ave.
          Harlem
          Night club residency and "Cotton Club Show Boat" revue
          see 1928 04 01
          .....2012-09-22

          June 1928

          1928 06 01
          Friday
          .New York, N.Y.Cotton Club
          644 Lenox Ave.
          Harlem
          Night club residency and "Cotton Club Show Boat" revue
          see 1928 04 01
          Remote broadcast, 7 p.m., WPAP
          New York Times and/or Brooklyn Daily Eagle radio schedules, courtesy K. Steiner....2013-08-30
          updated
          2019-01-01
          1928 06 02
          Saturday
          .New York, N.Y.Cotton Club
          644 Lenox Ave.
          Harlem
          Night club residency and "Cotton Club Show Boat" revue
          see 1928 04 01
          .....2013-08-30
          1928 06 03
          Sunday
          .New York, N.Y.Cotton Club
          644 Lenox Ave.
          Harlem
          Night club residency and "Cotton Club Show Boat" revue
          see 1928 04 01
          .....2013-08-30
          1928 06 04
          Monday
          .New York, N.Y.Cotton Club
          644 Lenox Ave.
          Harlem
          Night club residency and "Cotton Club Show Boat" revue
          see 1928 04 01
          Variety:

          'Radio Rambles
          by Abel
            ...Duke Ellington and his sizzling syncopators from the Cotton Club should make that scorching "Black Beauty" fox-trot a Monday night staple, if only for the particular edification of the Variety mob which awaits the midnight session from the Harlem cabaret with glee, paricularly that one indigo composition. Ellington's heated trumpeter kills the Variety mob.'


          Remote broadcast, midnight, WHN
          • New York Times and/or Brooklyn Daily Eagle radio schedules, courtesy K. Steiner
          • Variety 1928-06-28 p.55
          ....2013-08-30
          updated
          2018-08-21
          2018-11-04
          1928 06 05
          Tuesday
          .New York, N.Y.Cotton Club
          644 Lenox Ave.
          Harlem
          Night club residency and "Cotton Club Show Boat" revue
          see 1928 04 01
          .....2013-08-30
          1928 06 06
          Wednesday
          .New York, N.Y.Cotton Club
          644 Lenox Ave.
          Harlem
          Night club residency and "Cotton Club Show Boat" revue
          see 1928 04 01
          Remote broadcast, 7 p.m., WPAP
          New York Times and/or Brooklyn Daily Eagle radio schedules, courtesy K. Steiner....2013-08-30
          updated
          2019-01-01
          1928 06 07
          Thursday
          .New York, N.Y.Cotton Club
          644 Lenox Ave.
          Harlem
          Night club residency and "Cotton Club Show Boat" revue
          see 1928 04 01
          .....2013-08-30
          1928 06 08
          Friday
          .New York, N.Y.Cotton Club
          644 Lenox Ave.
          Harlem
          Night club residency and "Cotton Club Show Boat" revue
          see 1928 04 01
          Remote broadcast, 7 p.m., WPAP
          New York Times and/or Brooklyn Daily Eagle radio schedules, courtesy K. Steiner....2013-08-30
          updated
          2019-01-01
          1928 06 09
          Saturday
          .New York, N.Y.Cotton Club
          644 Lenox Ave.
          Harlem
          Night club residency and "Cotton Club Show Boat" revue
          see 1928 04 01
          .....2013-08-30
          1928 06 10
          Sunday
          1928 06 30
          midnight
          New York, N.Y.Madison Square GardenPromoter Milton Crandall ran a Marathon Dance Derby in Madison Square Garden from June 10 until approximately midnight June 30, with 9 couples still in the competition having danced 482 consecutive hours with 15 minutes rest after every hour of dancing. Health authorities closed the event when one dancer lost consciousness and remained unconscious after several days in the hospital. Crandall initially had the injunction overturned, but that was successfully appealed, and he couldn't sell tickets after 10 p.m. June 30. This marathon dance contest was widely covered across the country, as were dance contests in other cities. This event was for white dancers; the health commissioner did not have the same concern about a Manhattan Casino marathon for Afro-American dancers because they only danced from 9 a.m. to 3 a.m. daily, with one-hour rest periods after every four hours of dancing.
          Morning Telegraph:

          'And by the way, Duke Ellington and his Cotton Club orchestra have been basking in the limelight....due partly to Crandall's constant crunchers dreamily dragging dead dogs around the Madison Square Garden....Taking pity on the hoofers, the band went down several times to cheer them with some real jazz...'

          • Email, Lasker-Palmquist 2018-09-24. quoting from
            Lee Posner's Harlemania column, Morning Telegraph, New York, N.Y. 1928-07-01
          • Associated Press wirestory, The Evening Leader, Corning, N.Y. 1928-05-23 p.4
          • Press and Sun-Bulletin, Binghamton, N.Y. 1928-06-28
          • Brooklyn Daily Eagle, New York, N.Y.
            • 1928-06-30 p.1
            • 1928-07-05
          • Democrat and Chronicle, Rochester, N.Y. 1928-07-07 p.12
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          2018-09-25
          1928 06 10
          Sunday
          .New York, N.Y.Cotton Club
          644 Lenox Ave.
          Harlem
          Night club residency and "Cotton Club Show Boat" revue
          see 1928 04 01
          .....2013-08-30
          1928 06 11
          Monday
          .New York, N.Y.Cotton Club
          644 Lenox Ave.
          Harlem
          Night club residency and "Cotton Club Show Boat" revue
          see 1928 04 01
          Remote broadcast, midnight, WHN
          New York Times and/or Brooklyn Daily Eagle radio schedules, courtesy K. Steiner....2013-08-30
          updated
          2018-11-04
          1928 06 12
          Tuesday
          .New York, N.Y.Cotton Club
          644 Lenox Ave.
          Harlem
          Night club residency and "Cotton Club Show Boat" revue
          see 1928 04 01
          .....2013-08-30
          1928 06 13
          Wednesday
          .New York, N.Y.Cotton Club
          644 Lenox Ave.
          Harlem
          Night club residency and "Cotton Club Show Boat" revue
          see 1928 04 01
          Remote broadcast, 7 p.m., WPAP
          New York Times and/or Brooklyn Daily Eagle radio schedules, courtesy K. Steiner....2013-08-30
          updated
          2019-01-01
          1928 06 14
          Thursday
          .New York, N.Y.Cotton Club
          644 Lenox Ave.
          Harlem
          Night club residency and "Cotton Club Show Boat" revue
          see 1928 04 01
          .....2013-08-30
          1928 06 15
          Friday
          .New York, N.Y.Cotton Club
          644 Lenox Ave.
          Harlem
          Night club residency and "Cotton Club Show Boat" revue
          see 1928 04 01
          Remote broadcast, 7 p.m., WPAP
          New York Times and/or Brooklyn Daily Eagle radio schedules, courtesy K. Steiner....2013-08-30
          updated
          2019-01-01
          1928 06 16
          Saturday
          .New York, N.Y.Cotton Club
          644 Lenox Ave.
          Harlem
          Night club residency and "Cotton Club Show Boat" revue
          see 1928 04 01
          .....2013-08-30
          1928 06 17
          Sunday
          .New York, N.Y.Cotton Club
          644 Lenox Ave.
          Harlem
          Night club residency and "Cotton Club Show Boat" revue
          see 1928 04 01
          .....2013-08-30
          1928 06 18
          Monday
          .New York, N.Y.Cotton Club
          644 Lenox Ave.
          Harlem
          Night club residency and "Cotton Club Show Boat" revue
          see 1928 04 01
          Remote broadcast, midnight, WHN
          New York Times and/or Brooklyn Daily Eagle radio schedules, courtesy K. Steiner....2013-08-30
          updated
          2018-11-04
          1928 06 19
          Tuesday
          .New York, N.Y.Cotton Club
          644 Lenox Ave.
          Harlem
          Night club residency and "Cotton Club Show Boat" revue
          see 1928 04 01
          .....2013-08-30
          1928 06 20
          Wednesday
          .New York, N.Y.Cotton Club
          644 Lenox Ave.
          Harlem
          Night club residency and "Cotton Club Show Boat" revue
          see 1928 04 01
          Remote broadcast, 7 p.m., WPAP
          New York Times and/or Brooklyn Daily Eagle radio schedules, courtesy K. Steiner....2013-08-30
          updated
          2019-01-01
          1928 06 21
          Thursday
          .New York, N.Y.Cotton Club
          644 Lenox Ave.
          Harlem
          Night club residency and "Cotton Club Show Boat" revue
          see 1928 04 01
          .....2013-08-30
          1928 06 22
          Friday
          .New York, N.Y.Cotton Club
          644 Lenox Ave.
          Harlem
          Night club residency and "Cotton Club Show Boat" revue
          see 1928 04 01
          Remote broadcast, 7 p.m., WPAP
          New York Times and/or Brooklyn Daily Eagle radio schedules, courtesy K. Steiner....2013-08-30
          updated
          2019-01-01
          1928 06 23
          Saturday
          .New York, N.Y.Cotton Club
          644 Lenox Ave.
          Harlem
          Night club residency and "Cotton Club Show Boat" revue
          see 1928 04 01
          .....2013-08-30
          1928 06 24
          Sunday
          .New York, N.Y.Cotton Club
          644 Lenox Ave.
          Harlem
          Night club residency and "Cotton Club Show Boat" revue
          see 1928 04 01
          .....2013-08-30
          1928 06 25
          Monday
          .New York, N.Y.Brunswick Studio
          799 Seventh Ave. Rm.3
          Brunswick afternoon recording session

          In this, Hodges' first recording session with Ellington, he solos on soprano sax and doubles on clarinet on Yellow Dog Blues and solos on alto sax on Tishomingo Blues.
          Duke Ellington and His Orchestra
          Miley, Metcalf, Nanton, Bigard, Hodges, Carney, Ellington, Guy, Braud, Greer

          Titles recorded:
          • What A Life
          • Yellow Dog Blues
          • Tishomingo Blues


          Steven Lasker:

          'This session was dated to 1928 06 05 in all discographical listings and on all reissues until 1986 when I examined the original recording ledger and noticed the date actually took place on 1928 06 25.

          Tishomingo Blues take B was first issued in 1928 on Canadian Brunswick 3987, yet no one noticed it was alternate take to every other 78 issue until circa 2000 when John Wilby, a Canadian collector (and co-producer of Jazz Oracle Records) found a copy in Ron Anger's collection and listened to it. (The issue itself omits master and take data, but the ledger shows A and B takes were made, and the usual take has been confirmed as take "A" by deduction and reference to Br(E)02503, an issue on which the recording engineer's handwritten master and take data, originally written in the central are of the wax recording blank, is visible as vestigial impressions "under the label.") Four other copies of this issue have since been found, and all contain Tishomingo Blues take B.

          This take eluded noticed by discographers for a longer period than any other issued-on-78 performance by Ellington (not counting the Bert Lewis Everybodys, discussed under 1925 04 00 above, which has not been universally accepted as being by Ellington). Of the many takes recorded by Ellington and released on a commercial 78, this is the most-recent discovery. It has been reissued on a 2004 CD, Jazz Oracle BDW 8047 ("A Gift from the President").'

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          2015-02-06
          2017-06-03
          2017-06-04
          2017-06-05
          1928 06 25
          Monday
          .New York, N.Y.Cotton Club
          644 Lenox Ave.
          Harlem
          Night club residency and "Cotton Club Show Boat" revue
          see 1928 04 01
          Remote broadcast, midnight, WHN
          New York Times and/or Brooklyn Daily Eagle radio schedules, courtesy K. Steiner....2013-08-30
          updated
          2018-11-04
          1928 06 26
          Tuesday
          .New York, N.Y.Cotton Club
          644 Lenox Ave.
          Harlem
          Night club residency and "Cotton Club Show Boat" revue
          see 1928 04 01
          .....2013-08-30
          1928 06 27
          Wednesday
          .New York, N.Y.Cotton Club
          644 Lenox Ave.
          Harlem
          Night club residency and "Cotton Club Show Boat" revue
          see 1928 04 01
          Remote broadcast, 7 p.m., WPAP
          New York Times and/or Brooklyn Daily Eagle radio schedules, courtesy K. Steiner....2013-08-30
          updated
          2019-01-01
          1928 06 28
          Thursday
          .New York, N.Y.Cotton Club
          644 Lenox Ave.
          Harlem
          Night club residency and "Cotton Club Show Boat" revue
          see 1928 04 01
          .....2013-08-30
          1928 06 29
          Friday
          .New York, N.Y.Cotton Club
          644 Lenox Ave.
          Harlem
          Night club residency and "Cotton Club Show Boat" revue
          see 1928 04 01
          Remote broadcast, 7 p.m., WPAP
          New York Times and/or Brooklyn Daily Eagle radio schedules, courtesy K. Steiner....2013-08-30
          updated
          2019-01-01
          1928 06 30
          Saturday
          .New York, N.Y.Cotton Club
          644 Lenox Ave.
          Harlem
          Night club residency and "Cotton Club Show Boat" revue
          see 1928 04 01
          .....2013-08-30

          July 1928

          1928 07 00.Niagara Falls, N.Y.Rendezvous ClubQuestionable event
          Variety:

          '...Also Duke Ellington and his band for [Joe Robertson's] Rendezvous Club, Niagara Falls, opening early week in July...'

          Webmaster's note:
          I have found no other references to this possible Niagara Falls engagement. Ellington and his orchestra are not known to have travelled this summer. It may be that the band booked into Niagara Falls was the former Cotton Club Orchestra, which was then touring the midwest, and that Variety mistakenly identified it as Duke Ellington's band.
          Variety, 1928-06-27 p.58..
          .djpNew
          added
          2018-12-01
          1928 07 01
          Sunday
          .New York, N.Y.Cotton Club
          644 Lenox Ave.
          Harlem
          Night club residency and "Cotton Club Show Boat" revue
          see 1928 04 01
          .....2013-08-30
          1928 07 02
          Monday
          .New York, N.Y.Cotton Club
          644 Lenox Ave.
          Harlem
          Night club residency and "Cotton Club Show Boat" revue
          see 1928 04 01
          Remote broadcast, midnight, WHN
          New York Times and/or Brooklyn Daily Eagle radio schedules, courtesy K. Steiner....2013-08-30
          updated
          2018-11-04
          1928 07 03
          Tuesday
          .New York, N.Y.Cotton Club
          644 Lenox Ave.
          Harlem
          Night club residency and "Cotton Club Show Boat" revue
          see 1928 04 01
          .....2013-08-30
          1928 07 04
          Wednesday
          .New York, N.Y.Cotton Club
          644 Lenox Ave.
          Harlem
          Night club residency and "Cotton Club Show Boat" revue
          see 1928 04 01
          Remote broadcast, 7 p.m., WPAP
          New York Times and/or Brooklyn Daily Eagle radio schedules, courtesy K. Steiner....2013-08-30
          updated
          2019-01-01
          1928 07 05
          Thursday
          .New York, N.Y.Cotton Club
          644 Lenox Ave.
          Harlem
          Night club residency and "Cotton Club Show Boat" revue
          see 1928 04 01
          .....2013-08-30
          1928 07 06
          Friday
          .New York, N.Y.Cotton Club
          644 Lenox Ave.
          Harlem
          Night club residency and "Cotton Club Show Boat" revue
          see 1928 04 01
          .....2013-08-30
          1928 07 07
          Saturday
          .New York, N.Y.Cotton Club
          644 Lenox Ave.
          Harlem
          Night club residency and "Cotton Club Show Boat" revue
          see 1928 04 01
          Remote broadcast, 7 p.m., WPAP
          New York Times and/or Brooklyn Daily Eagle radio schedules, courtesy K. Steiner....2013-08-30
          updated
          2019-01-01
          1928 07 08
          Sunday
          .New York, N.Y.Cotton Club
          644 Lenox Ave.
          Harlem
          Night club residency and "Cotton Club Show Boat" revue
          see 1928 04 01
          .....2013-08-30
          1928 07 09
          Monday
          .New York, N.Y.Cotton Club
          644 Lenox Ave.
          Harlem
          Night club residency and "Cotton Club Show Boat" revue
          see 1928 04 01
          Remote broadcast, midnight, WHN
          New York Times and/or Brooklyn Daily Eagle radio schedules, courtesy K. Steiner....2013-08-30
          updated
          2018-11-04
          1928 07 10
          Tuesday
          .New York, N.Y.OKeh Recording Laboratories
          11 Union Square W.
          OKeh recording session
          Duke Ellington and His Orchestra
          Miley, Whetsel, Nanton, Bigard, Hodges, Carney, Ellington, Guy, Braud, Greer, Mills

          A Duke Ellington Panorama shows the group as "Harlem Footwarmers," but the early OKeh record labels say "Duke Ellington and His Orchestra"
          Titles recorded:
          • Diga Diga Doo
          • Doin' The New Low Down
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          updated
          2013-08-30
          2018-09-02
          1928 07 10
          Tuesday
          .New York, N.Y.Cotton Club
          644 Lenox Ave.
          Harlem
          Night club residency and "Cotton Club Show Boat" revue
          see 1928 04 01
          .....2013-08-30
          1928 07 11
          Wednesday
          .New York, N.Y.Cotton Club
          644 Lenox Ave.
          Harlem
          Night club residency and "Cotton Club Show Boat" revue
          see 1928 04 01
          Remote broadcast, 7 p.m., WPAP
          New York Times and/or Brooklyn Daily Eagle radio schedules, courtesy K. Steiner....2013-08-30
          updated
          2019-01-01
          1928 07 12
          Thursday
          .New York, N.Y.Cotton Club
          644 Lenox Ave.
          Harlem
          Night club residency and "Cotton Club Show Boat" revue
          see 1928 04 01
          .....2013-08-30
          1928 07 13
          Friday
          .New York, N.Y.Cotton Club
          644 Lenox Ave.
          Harlem
          Night club residency and "Cotton Club Show Boat" revue
          see 1928 04 01
          Remote broadcast, 7 p.m., WPAP
          New York Times and/or Brooklyn Daily Eagle radio schedules, courtesy K. Steiner....2013-08-30
          updated
          2019-01-01
          1928 07 14
          Saturday
          .New York, N.Y.Cotton Club
          644 Lenox Ave.
          Harlem
          Night club residency and "Cotton Club Show Boat" revue
          see 1928 04 01
          .....2013-08-30
          1928 07 15
          Sunday
          .New York, N.Y.Cotton Club
          644 Lenox Ave.
          Harlem
          Night club residency and "Cotton Club Show Boat" revue
          see 1928 04 01
          .....2013-08-30
          1928 07 16
          Monday
          .New York, N.Y.Cotton Club
          644 Lenox Ave.
          Harlem
          Night club residency and "Cotton Club Show Boat" revue
          see 1928 04 01
          Remote broadcast, midnight, WHN
          New York Times and/or Brooklyn Daily Eagle radio schedules, courtesy K. Steiner....2013-08-30
          updated
          2018-11-04
          1928 07 17
          Tuesday
          .New York, N.Y.Cotton Club
          644 Lenox Ave.
          Harlem
          Night club residency and "Cotton Club Show Boat" revue
          see 1928 04 01
          .....2013-08-30
          1928 07 18
          Wednesday
          .New York, N.Y.Cotton Club
          644 Lenox Ave.
          Harlem
          Night club residency and "Cotton Club Show Boat" revue
          see 1928 04 01
          Remote broadcast, 7 p.m., WPAP
          New York Times and/or Brooklyn Daily Eagle radio schedules, courtesy K. Steiner....2013-08-30
          updated
          2019-01-01
          1928 07 19
          Thursday
          .New York, N.Y.Cotton Club
          644 Lenox Ave.
          Harlem
          Night club residency and "Cotton Club Show Boat" revue
          see 1928 04 01
          .....2013-08-30
          1928 07 20
          Friday
          .New York, N.Y.Cotton Club
          644 Lenox Ave.
          Harlem
          Night club residency and "Cotton Club Show Boat" revue
          see 1928 04 01
          Remote broadcast, 7 p.m., WPAP
          New York Times and/or Brooklyn Daily Eagle radio schedules, courtesy K. Steiner....2013-08-30
          updated
          2019-01-01
          1928 07 21
          Saturday
          .New York, N.Y.Cotton Club
          644 Lenox Ave.
          Harlem
          Night club residency and "Cotton Club Show Boat" revue
          see 1928 04 01
          .....2013-08-30
          1928 07 22
          Sunday
          .New York, N.Y.Cotton Club
          644 Lenox Ave.
          Harlem
          Night club residency and "Cotton Club Show Boat" revue
          see 1928 04 01
          .....2013-08-30
          1928 07 23
          Monday
          .New York, N.Y.Cotton Club
          644 Lenox Ave.
          Harlem
          Night club residency and "Cotton Club Show Boat" revue
          see 1928 04 01
          Remote broadcast, midnight, WHN
          New York Times and/or Brooklyn Daily Eagle radio schedules, courtesy K. Steiner....2013-08-30
          updated
          2018-11-04
          1928 07 24
          Tuesday
          .New York, N.Y.Cotton Club
          644 Lenox Ave.
          Harlem
          Night club residency and "Cotton Club Show Boat" revue
          see 1928 04 01
          .....2013-08-30
          1928 07 25
          Wednesday
          .New York, N.Y.Cotton Club
          644 Lenox Ave.
          Harlem
          Night club residency and "Cotton Club Show Boat" revue
          see 1928 04 01
          Remote broadcast, 7 p.m., WPAP
          New York Times and/or Brooklyn Daily Eagle radio schedules, courtesy K. Steiner....2013-08-30
          updated
          2019-01-01
          1928 07 26
          Thursday
          .New York, N.Y.Cotton Club
          644 Lenox Ave.
          Harlem
          Night club residency and "Cotton Club Show Boat" revue
          see 1928 04 01
          .....2013-08-30
          1928 07 27
          Friday
          .New York, N.Y.Cotton Club
          644 Lenox Ave.
          Harlem
          Night club residency and "Cotton Club Show Boat" revue
          see 1928 04 01
          Remote broadcast, 7 p.m., WPAP
          New York Times and/or Brooklyn Daily Eagle radio schedules, courtesy K. Steiner....2013-08-30
          updated
          2019-01-01
          1928 07 28
          Saturday
          .New York, N.Y.Cotton Club
          644 Lenox Ave.
          Harlem
          Night club residency and "Cotton Club Show Boat" revue
          see 1928 04 01
          .....2013-08-30
          1928 07 29
          Sunday
          .New York, N.Y.Cotton Club
          644 Lenox Ave.
          Harlem
          Night club residency and "Cotton Club Show Boat" revue
          see 1928 04 01
          .....2013-08-30
          1928 07 30
          Monday
          .New York, N.Y.Cotton Club
          644 Lenox Ave.
          Harlem
          Night club residency and "Cotton Club Show Boat" revue
          see 1928 04 01
          Remote broadcast, midnight, WHN
          New York Times and/or Brooklyn Daily Eagle radio schedules, courtesy K. Steiner....2013-08-30
          updated
          2018-11-04
          1928 07 31
          Tuesday
          .New York, N.Y.Cotton Club
          644 Lenox Ave.
          Harlem
          Night club residency and "Cotton Club Show Boat" revue
          see 1928 04 01
          .....2013-08-30

          August 1928

          1928 08 01
          Wednesday
          .New York, N.Y.Cotton Club
          644 Lenox Ave.
          Harlem
          Night club residency and "Cotton Club Show Boat" revue
          see 1928 04 01
          Remote broadcast, 7 p.m., WPAP
          New York Times and/or Brooklyn Daily Eagle radio schedules, courtesy K. Steiner....2013-08-30
          updated
          2019-01-01
          1928 08 02
          Thursday
          .New York, N.Y.Cotton Club
          644 Lenox Ave.
          Harlem
          Night club residency and "Cotton Club Show Boat" revue
          see 1928 04 01
          .....2013-08-30
          1928 08 03
          Friday
          .New York, N.Y.Cotton Club
          644 Lenox Ave.
          Harlem
          Night club residency and "Cotton Club Show Boat" revue
          see 1928 04 01
          Remote broadcast, 7 p.m., WPAP
          New York Times and/or Brooklyn Daily Eagle radio schedules, courtesy K. Steiner....2013-08-30
          updated
          2019-01-01
          1928 08 04
          Saturday
          .New York, N.Y.Cotton Club
          644 Lenox Ave.
          Harlem
          Night club residency and "Cotton Club Show Boat" revue
          see 1928 04 01
          .....2013-08-30
          1928 08 05
          Sunday
          .New York, N.Y.Cotton Club
          644 Lenox Ave.
          Harlem
          Night club residency and "Cotton Club Show Boat" revue
          see 1928 04 01
          .....2013-08-30
          1928 08 06
          Monday
          .New York, N.Y.Cotton Club
          644 Lenox Ave.
          Harlem
          Night club residency and "Cotton Club Show Boat" revue
          see 1928 04 01
          Remote broadcast, midnight, WHN
          Variety:

          'Radio Rambles
          by Abel
          Duke Ellington at Midnite
            ...Duke Ellington may not know how much he dissapoints the Variety staff which has the loud speaker blasting away Monday night by omitting his sizzlingly torrid "Black Beauty" from the Monday midnight programs. This indigo fox-trot is a scorcher and as modulated and trumpeted by Ellington's jazzists, it has been one good reason the Cotton Club band leader came to attention with the staff.
            Ellington should retain torrid stuff like this in the program throughout. Conceding his instructions from the management, it's an error to work in so much of the femme vocal stuff from the floor show. The Ethiopian songstresses singing "politely" and steadfastly watching their diction is not kosher with the race. The public at large expects its stuff very "low down" from a Harlem nite club, and at that witching hour the lower down the jazzique the greater effect it should have on the couvert gross.'

          • New York Times and/or Brooklyn Daily Eagle radio schedules, courtesy K. Steiner
          • Variety 1928-08-08 p.50
          ....2013-08-30
          updated
          2018-11-04
          2018-08-21
          1928 08 07
          Tuesday
          .New York, N.Y.Cotton Club
          644 Lenox Ave.
          Harlem
          Night club residency and "Cotton Club Show Boat" revue
          see 1928 04 01
          .....2013-08-30
          1928 08 08
          Wednesday
          .New York, N.Y.Cotton Club
          644 Lenox Ave.
          Harlem
          Night club residency and "Cotton Club Show Boat" revue
          see 1928 04 01
          Remote broadcast, 7 p.m., WPAP
          New York Times and/or Brooklyn Daily Eagle radio schedules, courtesy K. Steiner....2013-08-30
          updated
          2019-01-01
          1928 08 09
          Thursday
          .New York, N.Y.Cotton Club
          644 Lenox Ave.
          Harlem
          Night club residency and "Cotton Club Show Boat" revue
          see 1928 04 01
          .....2013-08-30
          1928 08 10
          Friday
          .New York, N.Y.Cotton Club
          644 Lenox Ave.
          Harlem
          Night club residency and "Cotton Club Show Boat" revue
          see 1928 04 01
          Remote broadcast, 7 p.m., WPAP
          New York Times and/or Brooklyn Daily Eagle radio schedules, courtesy K. Steiner....2013-08-30
          updated
          2019-01-01
          1928 08 11
          Saturday
          .New York, N.Y.Cotton Club
          644 Lenox Ave.
          Harlem
          Night club residency and "Cotton Club Show Boat" revue
          see 1928 04 01
          .....2013-08-30
          1928 08 12
          Sunday
          .New York, N.Y.Cotton Club
          644 Lenox Ave.
          Harlem
          Night club residency and "Cotton Club Show Boat" revue
          see 1928 04 01
          .....2013-08-30
          1928 08 13
          Monday
          .New York, N.Y.Cotton Club
          644 Lenox Ave.
          Harlem
          Night club residency and "Cotton Club Show Boat" revue
          see 1928 04 01
          Remote broadcast, midnight, WHN
          New York Times and/or Brooklyn Daily Eagle radio schedules, courtesy K. Steiner....2013-08-30
          updated
          2018-11-04
          1928 08 14
          Tuesday
          .New York, N.Y.Cotton Club
          644 Lenox Ave.
          Harlem
          Night club residency and "Cotton Club Show Boat" revue
          see 1928 04 01
          .....2013-08-30
          1928 08 15
          Wednesday
          .New York, N.Y.Cotton Club
          644 Lenox Ave.
          Harlem
          Night club residency and "Cotton Club Show Boat" revue
          see 1928 04 01
          Remote broadcast, 7 p.m., WPAP
          New York Times and/or Brooklyn Daily Eagle radio schedules, courtesy K. Steiner....2013-08-30
          updated
          2019-01-01
          1928 08 16
          Thursday
          .New York, N.Y.Cotton Club
          644 Lenox Ave.
          Harlem
          Night club residency and "Cotton Club Show Boat" revue
          see 1928 04 01
          .....2013-08-30
          1928 08 17
          Friday
          .New York, N.Y.Cotton Club
          644 Lenox Ave.
          Harlem
          Night club residency and "Cotton Club Show Boat" revue
          see 1928 04 01
          Remote broadcast, 7 p.m., WPAP
          New York Times and/or Brooklyn Daily Eagle radio schedules, courtesy K. Steiner....2013-08-30
          updated
          2019-01-01
          1928 08 18
          Saturday
          .New York, N.Y.Cotton Club
          644 Lenox Ave.
          Harlem
          Night club residency and "Cotton Club Show Boat" revue
          see 1928 04 01
          .....2013-08-30
          1928 08 19
          Sunday
          .New York, N.Y.Cotton Club
          644 Lenox Ave.
          Harlem
          Night club residency and "Cotton Club Show Boat" revue
          see 1928 04 01
          .....2013-08-30
          1928 08 20
          Monday
          .New York, N.Y.Cotton Club
          644 Lenox Ave.
          Harlem
          Night club residency and "Cotton Club Show Boat" revue
          see 1928 04 01
          Remote broadcast, midnight, WHN
          New York Times and/or Brooklyn Daily Eagle radio schedules, courtesy K. Steiner....2013-08-30
          updated
          2018-11-04
          1928 08 21
          Tuesday
          .New York, N.Y.Cotton Club
          644 Lenox Ave.
          Harlem
          Night club residency and "Cotton Club Show Boat" revue
          see 1928 04 01
          .....2013-08-30
          1928 08 22
          Wednesday
          .New York, N.Y.Cotton Club
          644 Lenox Ave.
          Harlem
          Night club residency and "Cotton Club Show Boat" revue
          see 1928 04 01
          Remote broadcast, 7 p.m., WPAP
          New York Times and/or Brooklyn Daily Eagle radio schedules, courtesy K. Steiner....2013-08-30
          updated
          2019-01-01
          1928 08 23
          Thursday
          .New York, N.Y.Cotton Club
          644 Lenox Ave.
          Harlem
          Night club residency and "Cotton Club Show Boat" revue
          see 1928 04 01
          .....2013-08-30
          1928 08 24
          Friday
          .New York, N.Y.Cotton Club
          644 Lenox Ave.
          Harlem
          Night club residency and "Cotton Club Show Boat" revue
          see 1928 04 01
          Remote broadcast, 7 p.m., WPAP
          New York Times and/or Brooklyn Daily Eagle radio schedules, courtesy K. Steiner....2013-08-30
          updated
          2019-01-01
          1928 08 25
          Saturday
          .New York, N.Y.Cotton Club
          644 Lenox Ave.
          Harlem
          Night club residency and "Cotton Club Show Boat" revue
          see 1928 04 01
          .....2013-08-30
          1928 08 26
          Sunday
          .New York, N.Y.Cotton Club
          644 Lenox Ave.
          Harlem
          Night club residency and "Cotton Club Show Boat" revue
          see 1928 04 01
          .....2013-08-30
          1928 08 27
          Monday
          .New York, N.Y.Cotton Club
          644 Lenox Ave.
          Harlem
          Night club residency and "Cotton Club Show Boat" revue
          see 1928 04 01
          Remote broadcast, midnight, WHN
          Variety:

          'Ellington Treats
            Variety acknowledges Duke Ellington's courtesy Monday night with the special "red hot" program of dance numbers from the Cotton Club, the Harlem black-and-tan nite club.
            As the WHN announcer stated, "these numbers are rendered at the persistent request of the staff of Variety."
            This refers to occasional radio review mention that Ellington might edify the Variety bunch at his Monday midnight toll by dishing forth more of the jazzique and laying off white man's music.
            Ellington gave out everything from his "St. Louis Toodle-Oo" to "Black Beauty." '

          • New York Times and/or Brooklyn Daily Eagle radio schedules, courtesy K. Steiner
          • Variety 1928-08-29 p.57
          ...djp2013-08-30
          updated
          2018-08-21
          2018-11-04
          1928 08 28
          Tuesday
          .New York, N.Y.Cotton Club
          644 Lenox Ave.
          Harlem
          Night club residency and "Cotton Club Show Boat" revue
          see 1928 04 01
          .....2013-08-30
          1928 08 29
          Wednesday
          .New York, N.Y.Cotton Club
          644 Lenox Ave.
          Harlem
          Night club residency and "Cotton Club Show Boat" revue
          see 1928 04 01
          Remote broadcast, 7 p.m., WPAP
          New York Times and/or Brooklyn Daily Eagle radio schedules, courtesy K. Steiner....2013-08-30
          updated
          2019-01-01
          1928 08 30
          Thursday
          .New York, N.Y.Cotton Club
          644 Lenox Ave.
          Harlem
          Night club residency and "Cotton Club Show Boat" revue
          see 1928 04 01
          .....2013-08-30
          1928 08 31
          Friday
          .New York, N.Y.Cotton Club
          644 Lenox Ave.
          Harlem
          Night club residency and "Cotton Club Show Boat" revue
          see 1928 04 01
          Remote broadcast, 7 p.m., WPAP
          New York Times and/or Brooklyn Daily Eagle radio schedules, courtesy K. Steiner....2013-08-30
          updated
          2019-01-01

          September 1928

          1928 09 01
          Saturday
          1928 09 10
          Monday
          At sea.S.S. Rochambeau Peripheral event
          Otto Hardwick is listed as a U.S. citizen on the S.S. Rochambeau passenger list, for the voyage departing Le Havre Sept. 1 to arrive in New York Sept. 10. He's described as as 24 years old, male, married, born Washington D.C. May 31st 1904, passport no. 2896, address 1439 Morris Rd. S.E. Washington, D.C.
          The passenger list was signed by an inspector at 10:30 a.m. Sept. 10
          "New York, New York Passenger and Crew Lists, 1909, 1925-1957", index and images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/24XQ-9CW : accessed 18 Sep 2014), Otto Hardwick, 1928...
          .djpNew
          added 2014-09-18
          1928 09 01
          Saturday
          .New York, N.Y.Cotton Club
          644 Lenox Ave.
          Harlem
          Night club residency and "Cotton Club Show Boat" revue
          see 1928 04 01
          .....2013-08-30
          1928 09 02
          Sunday
          .New York, N.Y.Cotton Club
          644 Lenox Ave.
          Harlem
          Night club residency and "Cotton Club Show Boat" revue
          see 1928 04 01
          .....2013-08-30
          1928 09 03
          Monday
          .New York, N.Y.Cotton Club
          644 Lenox Ave.
          Harlem
          Night club residency and "Cotton Club Show Boat" revue
          see 1928 04 01
          Remote broadcast, midnight, WHN
          New York Times and/or Brooklyn Daily Eagle radio schedules, courtesy K. Steiner....2013-08-30
          updated
          2018-11-04
          1928 09 04
          Tuesday
          .New York, N.Y.Cotton Club
          644 Lenox Ave.
          Harlem
          Night club residency and "Cotton Club Show Boat" revue
          see 1928 04 01
          .....2013-08-30
          1928 09 05
          Wednesday
          .New York, N.Y.Cotton Club
          644 Lenox Ave.
          Harlem
          Night club residency and "Cotton Club Show Boat" revue
          see 1928 04 01
          Remote broadcast, 7 p.m., WPAP
          New York Times and/or Brooklyn Daily Eagle radio schedules, courtesy K. Steiner....2013-08-30
          updated
          2019-01-01
          1928 09 06
          Thursday
          .New York, N.Y.Cotton Club
          644 Lenox Ave.
          Harlem
          Night club residency and "Cotton Club Show Boat" revue
          see 1928 04 01
          .....2013-08-30
          1928 09 07
          Friday
          .New York, N.Y.Cotton Club
          644 Lenox Ave.
          Harlem
          Night club residency and "Cotton Club Show Boat" revue
          see 1928 04 01
          Remote broadcast, 7 p.m., WPAP
          New York Times and/or Brooklyn Daily Eagle radio schedules, courtesy K. Steiner....2013-08-30
          updated
          2019-01-01
          1928 09 08
          Saturday
          .New York, N.Y.Cotton Club
          644 Lenox Ave.
          Harlem
          Night club residency and "Cotton Club Show Boat" revue
          see 1928 04 01
          .....2013-08-30
          1928 09 09
          Sunday
          .New York, N.Y.Cotton Club
          644 Lenox Ave.
          Harlem
          Night club residency and "Cotton Club Show Boat" revue
          see 1928 04 01
          .....2013-08-30
          1928 09 10
          Monday
          .New York, N.Y.Cotton Club
          644 Lenox Ave.
          Harlem
          Night club residency and "Cotton Club Show Boat" revue
          see 1928 04 01
          Remote broadcast, midnight, WHN

          ' RADIO RAMBLES
          Ellington's Local Hit
            Duke Ellington and his extremely torrid jazzists from the Harlem black-and-tan, the Cotton Club, can play for the Variety bunch any time until unconscious. The dirtier and "meaner" and "low-downer" those jazz-hounds get the better they are and even if they do break up the Variety mob at its typewriters of Monday midnights, in the words of the classics, it's plaaaazhure!
            With an introductory mention of Variety, the WHN announcer cued Ellington's virtuosi of the "blues"into such indigo classics as "Tishomingo Blues" and "San" and that rendition of the immortal Handy's "St. Louis Blues" is absolutely the last gasp in rhythmic indigo modulations. What a bear of a record it would make. Victor or Columbia or Brunswick should get the Harlem Duke ot Jazz to "can" his arrangement of "St. Louis Blues" and not only release it as a race record but also on the general schedule and it will top anything preceding it in sales. It's a jazz rhapsody that inspires the jazz epicure to superlative raves.'

          • New York Times and/or Brooklyn Daily Eagle radio schedules, courtesy K. Steiner
          • Variety 1928-09-12 p.57
          ....2013-08-30
          updated
          2018-08-21
          2018-11-04
          1928 09 11
          Tuesday
          .New York, N.Y.Cotton Club
          644 Lenox Ave.
          Harlem
          Night club residency and "Cotton Club Show Boat" revue
          see 1928 04 01
          .....2013-08-30
          1928 09 12
          Wednesday
          .New York, N.Y.Cotton Club
          644 Lenox Ave.
          Harlem
          Night club residency and "Cotton Club Show Boat" revue
          see 1928 04 01
          Remote broadcast, 7 p.m., WPAP
          New York Times and/or Brooklyn Daily Eagle radio schedules, courtesy K. Steiner....2013-08-30
          updated
          2019-01-01
          1928 09 13
          Thursday
          .New York, N.Y.Cotton Club
          644 Lenox Ave.
          Harlem
          Night club residency and "Cotton Club Show Boat" revue
          see 1928 04 01
          .....2013-08-30
          1928 09 14
          Friday
          .New York, N.Y.Cotton Club
          644 Lenox Ave.
          Harlem
          Night club residency and "Cotton Club Show Boat" revue
          see 1928 04 01
          Remote broadcast, 7 p.m., WPAP
          New York Times and/or Brooklyn Daily Eagle radio schedules, courtesy K. Steiner....2013-08-30
          updated
          2019-01-01
          1928 09 15
          Saturday
          .New York, N.Y.Cotton Club
          644 Lenox Ave.
          Harlem
          Night club residency and "Cotton Club Show Boat" revue
          see 1928 04 01
          .....2013-08-30
          1928 09 16
          Sunday
          .New York, N.Y.Cotton Club
          644 Lenox Ave.
          Harlem
          Night club residency and "Cotton Club Show Boat" revue
          see 1928 04 01
          .....2013-08-30
          1928 09 17
          Monday
          .New York, N.Y.Cotton Club
          644 Lenox Ave.
          Harlem
          Night club residency and "Cotton Club Show Boat" revue
          see 1928 04 01
          Remote broadcast, midnight, WHN
          New York Times and/or Brooklyn Daily Eagle radio schedules, courtesy K. Steiner....2013-08-30
          updated
          2018-11-04
          1928 09 18
          Tuesday
          .New York, N.Y.Cotton Club
          644 Lenox Ave.
          Harlem
          Night club residency and "Cotton Club Show Boat" revue
          see 1928 04 01
          .....2013-08-30
          1928 09 19
          Wednesday
          .New York, N.Y.Cotton Club
          644 Lenox Ave.
          Harlem
          Night club residency and "Cotton Club Show Boat" revue
          see 1928 04 01
          Remote broadcast, 7 p.m., WPAP
          New York Times and/or Brooklyn Daily Eagle radio schedules, courtesy K. Steiner....2013-08-30
          updated
          2019-01-01
          1928 09 20
          Thursday
          .New York, N.Y.Cotton Club
          644 Lenox Ave.
          Harlem
          Night club residency and "Cotton Club Show Boat" revue
          see 1928 04 01
          .....2013-08-30
          1928 09 21
          Friday
          .New York, N.Y.Cotton Club
          644 Lenox Ave.
          Harlem
          Night club residency and "Cotton Club Show Boat" revue
          see 1928 04 01
          Remote broadcast, 7 p.m., WPAP
          New York Times and/or Brooklyn Daily Eagle radio schedules, courtesy K. Steiner....2013-08-30
          updated
          2019-01-01
          1928 09 22
          Saturday
          .New York, N.Y.Cotton Club
          644 Lenox Ave.
          Harlem
          Night club residency and "Cotton Club Show Boat" revue
          see 1928 04 01
          .....2013-08-30
          1928 09 23
          Sunday
          .New York, N.Y.Cotton Club
          644 Lenox Ave.
          Harlem
          Night club residency and "Cotton Club Show Boat" revue
          see 1928 04 01
          .....2013-08-30
          1928 09 24
          Monday
          .New York, N.Y.Cotton Club
          644 Lenox Ave.
          Harlem
          Night club residency and "Cotton Club Show Boat" revue
          see 1928 04 01
          Remote broadcast, midnight, WHN
          New York Times and/or Brooklyn Daily Eagle radio schedules, courtesy K. Steiner....2013-08-30
          updated
          2018-11-04
          1928 09 25
          Tuesday
          .New York, N.Y.Cotton Club
          644 Lenox Ave.
          Harlem
          Night club residency and "Cotton Club Show Boat" revue
          see 1928 04 01
          .....2013-08-30
          1928 09 26
          Wednesday
          .New York, N.Y.Cotton Club
          644 Lenox Ave.
          Harlem
          Night club residency and "Cotton Club Show Boat" revue
          see 1928 04 01
          Remote broadcast, 7 p.m., WPAP
          New York Times and/or Brooklyn Daily Eagle radio schedules, courtesy K. Steiner....2013-08-30
          updated
          2019-01-01
          1928 09 27
          Thursday
          .New York, N.Y.Cotton Club
          644 Lenox Ave.
          Harlem
          Night club residency and "Cotton Club Show Boat" revue
          see 1928 04 01
          .....2013-08-30
          1928 09 28
          Friday
          .New York, N.Y.Cotton Club
          644 Lenox Ave.
          Harlem
          Night club residency and "Cotton Club Show Boat" revue
          see 1928 04 01
          Remote broadcast, 7 p.m., WPAP
          New York Times and/or Brooklyn Daily Eagle radio schedules, courtesy K. Steiner....2013-08-30
          updated
          2019-01-01
          1928 09 29
          Saturday
          .New York, N.Y.Cotton Club
          644 Lenox Ave.
          Harlem
          Night club residency and "Cotton Club Show Boat" revue
          see 1928 04 01
          .....2013-08-30
          1928 09 30
          Sunday
          .New York, N.Y.Cotton Club
          644 Lenox Ave.
          Harlem
          Night club residency and "Cotton Club Show Boat" revue
          see 1928 04 01
          .....2013-08-30

          October 1928

          1928 10 00...PERSONNEL CHANGE
          Trumpeter Freddie ("Posey") Jenkins (1906 - 1978) joined the band in October 1928, replacing Louis Metcalf. He is identifiable in photographs and film because he played left handed (see 1906 10 10).

          Steven Lasker:
          'When did Jenkins replace Metcalf?
          • Per Joe Nanton (quoted by Inez Cavanaugh, Metronome, Feb 43, p17):
            "Metcalf quit because he wasn't getting enough solo parts and that's when Freddy Jenkins came into the band."
              (Garvin Bushell tells an expanded, and very funny version of this story in "Jazz from the Beginning" on p122.)
          • Per a Milt Hinton-Louis Metcalf interview (tape held at Library of Congress), recorded 1972 11 24:
            Metcalf: "I put [Jenkins] in my place, I put him in the [Ellington] band."
            Hinton: "Oh, he subbed for you, he came in your place?"
            Metcalf: "I didn't finish my two-week's notice 'cause Duke only gave me seven days to get my band together to bring into the Savoy."
            [Dating when Metcalf's own band played the Savoy might help to date the Metcalf/Jenkins transition, but neither Variety nor the New York Age noted which bands played the club between April and October 1928. I haven't checked the Amsterdam News.]
          • Per liner notes to Brunswick 78 rpm album B-1011 (1944) by Timme Rosenkrantz and Inez Cavanaugh:
            "Freddy Jenkins [...] had made good with the outfit on one 'sit-in.' Duke recalls that 'this frisky little fellow sat in one night and blew so much horn, I said, Hmmmm, let's keep him.'"
          • Metcalf told Kunstadt (Record Research 46, Oct 1962, pp7-8):
            "These were the days of Duke's 'Black Beauty', 'Mooche' [sic], 'Swampy River' and 'Jubilee Stomp' and I had the luck to be on these great arrangements on phonograph recordings." While "Black Beauty" and "Jubilee Stomp" were first recorded in March and January 1928, respectively, "Swampy River" (a piano solo record without trumpet) and "The Mooch" weren't recorded until October 1928 (assuming there aren't earlier, undocumented recordings of these tunes about which we know nothing).
          • In an attempt to date when Metcalf was replaced by Jenkins, let's review the various recording sessions the Ellington band made between 1928 06 25 (Metcalf's last solos on an Ellington record) and 1928 10 30 (Jenkins' first solos with Ellington; see DEMS 09/3-15). Here is what I hear and surmise:
            • 1928 07 10: Two trumpets, Miley and Whetsel (both solo).
            • 1928 10 01: Three trumpets, Miley, Whetsel (both solo) and, assuming what he told Kunstadt was correct, Metcalf (who doesn't solo).
            • 1928 10 02: Three trumpets, Whetsel (who solos) and I suppose Miley and Metcalf (neither of whom solos).
            • 1928 10 17 (11 men present per ledger): Three trumpets, Miley, who solos, plus two others heard in section who don't solo -- I surmise they are Whetsel and either Metcalf or Jenkins, a mystery I don't suppose will ever be solved.
            • circa 1928 10 19: Two trumpets, Miley and Whetsel (both solo).
          • Note also that Walter C. Allen ("Hendersonia," p.208) dates Jenkins' joining Ellington to mid-October 1928.
          • New Desor vol.2
          • Steven Lasker in DEMS
          • Emails, Lasker-Palmquist,
            2015-10-06
            2015-10-07
            2015-11-16
            2015-11-26

          • 2016-02-14
          ..
          .SL/djpNew
          added 2012-10-23
          updated
          2014-09-29
          2014-10-06
          2015-10-08
          2015-11-17
          2015-11-25
          2015-11-27
          2016-02-14
          1928 10 00... Peripheral event
          In November 1966, Record Research magazine published a two page study by Jerry Valburn of Ellington recordings for the Pathé and Cameo groups in 1928 and 1929.

          Valburn said the two labels assumed joint ownership in October 1928, and discussed the complex "bookkeeping" now needed to control matrix numbers.

          Steven Lasker:

          'Valburn was mistaken in asserting the two labels "assumed joint ownership" in October 1928. As I wrote under circa 1928 03 08, "These were separate companies until Pathé purchased Cameo in September 1927 (per Phonograph and Talking Machine Weekly, 1927-09-28)."'

          • Record Research The Magazine of Record Statistics and Information, Issue 80, Nov.1966, pp.6,9
          • Email, Lasker-Palmquist 2017-03-17
          ...djpNew
          added
          2016-10-11
          updated
          2017-03-19
          1928 10 01
          Monday
          .New York, N.Y.OKeh Recording Laboratories
          11 Union Square W.
          OKeh recording session
          *Duke Ellington (solo)
          Duke Ellington and His Orchestra

          a.k.a.
          **Lonnie Johnson and His Harlem Footwarmers
          Whetsel, Miley, Metcalf (see note), Nanton, Bigard, Hodges, Carney, Ellington, L.Johnson (guitar), Guy, Braud, Greer, Baby Cox (vocal) and an unidentified trumpeter.
          Titles recorded:
          • *Black Beauty
          • *Swampy River
          • The Mooche
          • **Move Over
          • Hot And Bothered
          Move Over was paired with Harlem Twist, both labels saying the group was Lonnie Johnson and His Harlem Footwarmers, on OKeh 8638 and issued 1928 12 25.

          Metcalf told an interviewer that he recorded The Mooch with Ellington (see 1928 10 00 above); this is the earliest known recording of that title.

          Steven Lasker advises that Johnson uses a 12-string guitar in this session and provides this link to a fraulini.com article about his instrument.
          New Desor
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          2013-08-30
          2014-04-18
          2014-08-20
          2018-08-23
          2018-09-02
          1928 10 01
          Monday
          .New York, N.Y.Cotton Club
          644 Lenox Ave.
          Harlem
          Night club residency and "Cotton Club Show Boat" revue
          see 1928 04 01
          Remote broadcast, midnight, WHN
          New York Times and/or Brooklyn Daily Eagle radio schedules, courtesy K. Steiner....2013-08-30
          updated
          2018-11-04
          1928 10 02
          Tuesday
          .New York, N.Y.Brunswick Studio
          799 Seventh Ave., Rm.3
          Brunswick recording session
          Duke Ellington and His Cotton Club Orchestra
          Whetsel, Miley, Nanton, Bigard, Hodges, Carney, Ellington, Guy, Braud, Greer

          One title recorded:
          Awful Sad
          Steven Lasker:

          'This session was dated to 1928 10 20 in all discographical listings and on all reissues until 1986 when I examined the original recording ledger and noticed the date actually took place on 1928 10 02. (On 1928 09 20, Brunswick/Vocalion began allocating blocks of matrix numbers to each of their three New York studios at 799 Seventh Avenue, which explains why the matrix number from this session is higher than those allocated at Ellington's Brunswick session of 1928 10 17.)'

          Lasker believes there were three trumpets on this session, probably Whetsel, who solos, and possibly Miley and Metcalf.
          New Desor
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          updated
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          2015-02-06
          2017-06-03
          2018-09-02
          1928 10 02
          Tuesday
          .New York, N.Y.Cotton Club
          644 Lenox Ave.
          Harlem
          Night club residency and "Cotton Club Show Boat" revue
          see 1928 04 01
          .....2013-08-30
          1928 10 03
          Wednesday
          .New York, N.Y.Cotton Club
          644 Lenox Ave.
          Harlem
          Night club residency and "Cotton Club Show Boat" revue
          see 1928 04 01
          Remote broadcast, 7 p.m., WPAP
          New York Times and/or Brooklyn Daily Eagle radio schedules, courtesy K. Steiner....2013-08-30
          updated
          2019-01-01
          1928 10 04
          Thursday
          .New York, N.Y.Cotton Club
          644 Lenox Ave.
          Harlem
          Night club residency and "Cotton Club Show Boat" revue
          see 1928 04 01
          .....2013-08-30
          1928 10 05
          Friday
          .New York, N.Y.Cotton Club
          644 Lenox Ave.
          Harlem
          Night club residency and "Cotton Club Show Boat" revue
          see 1928 04 01
          Remote broadcast, 7 p.m., WPAP
          New York Times and/or Brooklyn Daily Eagle radio schedules, courtesy K. Steiner....2013-08-30
          updated
          2019-01-01
          1928 10 06
          Saturday
          .New York, N.Y.Cotton Club
          644 Lenox Ave.
          Harlem
          Night club residency and "Cotton Club Show Boat" revue
          see 1928 04 01
          .....2013-08-30
          1928 10 07
          Sunday
          .New York, N.Y.Cotton Club
          644 Lenox Ave.
          Harlem
          Night club residency

          Opening night for the new Cotton Club revue "Hot Chocolate."
          ..
          Vail.Added
          2011
          1928 10 08
          Monday
          .New York, N.Y.Cotton Club
          644 Lenox Ave.
          Harlem
          Night club residency and "Hot Chocolate" revue - see 1928 10 07
          Remote broadcast, midnight, WHN
          New York Times and/or Brooklyn Daily Eagle radio schedules, courtesy K. Steiner....2011
          updated
          2018-11-04
          1928 10 09
          Tuesday
          .New York, N.Y.Cotton Club
          644 Lenox Ave.
          Harlem
          Night club residency and "Hot Chocolate" revue - see 1928 10 07...
          ..2011
          1928 10 10
          Wednesday
          .New York, N.Y.Cotton Club
          644 Lenox Ave.
          Harlem
          Night club residency and "Hot Chocolate" revue
          - see 1928 10 07
          Remote broadcast, 7 p.m., WPAP
          New York Times and/or Brooklyn Daily Eagle radio schedules, courtesy K. Steiner....2011
          updated
          2019-01-01
          1928 10 11
          Thursday
          .New York, N.Y.Cotton Club
          644 Lenox Ave.
          Harlem
          Night club residency and "Hot Chocolate" revue - see 1928 10 07...
          ..2011
          1928 10 12
          Friday
          .New York, N.Y.Cotton Club
          644 Lenox Ave.
          Harlem
          Night club residency and "Hot Chocolate" revue
          - see 1928 10 07
          Remote broadcast, 7 p.m., WPAP
          New York Times and/or Brooklyn Daily Eagle radio schedules, courtesy K. Steiner....2011
          updated
          2019-01-01
          1928 10 13
          Saturday
          .New York, N.Y.Cotton Club
          644 Lenox Ave.
          Harlem
          Night club residency and "Hot Chocolate" revue - see 1928 10 07...
          ..2011
          1928 10 14
          Sunday
          .New York, N.Y.Cotton Club
          644 Lenox Ave.
          Harlem
          Night club residency and "Hot Chocolate" revue - see 1928 10 07...
          ..2011
          1928 10 15
          Monday
          .New York, N.Y.Cotton Club
          644 Lenox Ave.
          Harlem
          Night club residency and "Hot Chocolate" revue - see 1928 10 07
          Remote broadcast, midnight, WHN
          New York Times and/or Brooklyn Daily Eagle radio schedules, courtesy K. Steiner....2011
          updated
          2018-11-04
          1928 10 16
          Tuesday
          .New York, N.Y.Cotton Club
          644 Lenox Ave.
          Harlem
          Night club residency and "Hot Chocolate" revue - see 1928 10 07...
          ..2011
          1928 10 17
          Wednesday
          .New York, N.Y.Brunswick Studio
          799 Seventh Ave., Rm.2
          Brunswick recording session
          3 hours 15 minutes
          Duke Ellington And His Cotton Club Orchestra
          Whetsel, Miley, Nanton, Bigard, Hodges, Carney, Ellington, Guy, Braud, Greer and an additional unidentified trumpet

          Titles recorded:
          • The Mooche
          • Louisiana
          • Memphis Wail
          New Desor
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          2014-08-20
          2015-02-06
          1928 10 17
          Wednesday
          .New York, N.Y.Cotton Club
          644 Lenox Ave.
          Harlem
          Night club residency and "Hot Chocolate" revue
          - see 1928 10 07
          Remote broadcast, 7 p.m., WPAP
          New York Times and/or Brooklyn Daily Eagle radio schedules, courtesy K. Steiner....2011
          updated
          2019-01-01
          1928 10 18
          Thursday
          .New York, N.Y.Cotton Club
          644 Lenox Ave.
          Harlem
          Night club residency and "Hot Chocolate" revue - see 1928 10 07...
          ..2011
          1928 10 19
          Friday
          .New York, N.Y.Pathé StudioPathé/Cameo recording session
          Date estimated due to absence of company files.
          The Whoopee Makers
          Whetsel, Miley, Nanton, Bigard, Hodges, Carney, Ellington, Guy, Braud, Greer

          Titles recorded:
          • The Mooche
          • Hot And Bothered
          • Move Over
          These records, issued on the Pathé, Perfect, Cameo, Lincoln and Romeo labels, are discussed by Lambert as Cameo records.
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          updated
          2013-08-15
          1928 10 19
          Friday
          .New York, N.Y.Cotton Club
          644 Lenox Ave.
          Harlem
          Night club residency and "Hot Chocolate" revue
          - see 1928 10 07
          Remote broadcast, 7 p.m., WPAP
          New York Times and/or Brooklyn Daily Eagle radio schedules, courtesy K. Steiner....2011
          updated
          2019-01-01
          1928 10 20...False Date..DEMS
          ..Added
          2011
          1928 10 20
          Saturday
          .New York, N.Y.Cotton Club
          644 Lenox Ave.
          Harlem
          Night club residency and "Hot Chocolate" revue - see 1928 10 07...
          ..2011
          1928 10 21
          Sunday
          .New York, N.Y.Cotton Club
          644 Lenox Ave.
          Harlem
          Night club residency and "Hot Chocolate" revue - see 1928 10 07...
          ..2011
          1928 10 22
          Monday
          .New York, N.Y.Cotton Club
          644 Lenox Ave.
          Harlem
          Night club residency and "Hot Chocolate" revue - see 1928 10 07
          Remote broadcast, midnight, WHN
          • New York Times and/or Brooklyn Daily Eagle radio schedules, courtesy K. Steiner
          ..
          ..2011
          updated
          2013-08-01
          updated
          2018-08-21
          2018-11-04
          1928 10 23
          Tuesday
          .New York, N.Y.Cotton Club
          644 Lenox Ave.
          Harlem
          Night club residency and "Hot Chocolate" revue - see 1928 10 07...
          ..2011
          1928 10 24
          Wednesday
          ..Peripheral Event
          Critic Abel Green reviewed a dinnertime broadcast:

          and commented that it was "not as 'dirty' as they are of midnights, such as Monday when broadcasting during the dinner sessions. They lean more to the 'sweet' type of syncopation but can't refrain from slipping in a real wicked ditty off and on."

          Stratemann p.1 citing Radio Rambles, Variety 1925-10-24 (p.57)..
          .2011
          updated
          2018-11-04
          1928 10 24
          Wednesday
          .New York, N.Y.Cotton Club
          644 Lenox Ave.
          Harlem
          Night club residency and "Hot Chocolate" revue
          - see 1928 10 07
          Remote broadcast, 7 p.m., WPAP
          New York Times and/or Brooklyn Daily Eagle radio schedules, courtesy K. Steiner....2011
          updated
          2019-01-01
          1928 10 25
          Thursday
          .New York, N.Y.Cotton Club
          644 Lenox Ave.
          Harlem
          Night club residency and "Hot Chocolate" revue - see 1928 10 07...
          ..2011
          1928 10 26
          Friday
          .New York, N.Y.Cotton Club
          644 Lenox Ave.
          Harlem
          Night club residency and "Hot Chocolate" revue
          - see 1928 10 07
          Remote broadcast, 7 p.m., WPAP
          New York Times and/or Brooklyn Daily Eagle radio schedules, courtesy K. Steiner....2011
          updated
          2019-01-01
          1928 10 27
          Saturday
          .New York, N.Y.Cotton Club
          644 Lenox Ave.
          Harlem
          Night club residency and "Hot Chocolate" revue - see 1928 10 07...
          ..2011
          1928 10 28
          Sunday
          .New York, N.Y.Cotton Club
          644 Lenox Ave.
          Harlem
          Night club residency and "Hot Chocolate" revue - see 1928 10 07...
          ..2011
          1928 10 29
          Monday
          .New York, N.Y.Cotton Club
          644 Lenox Ave.
          Harlem
          Night club residency and "Hot Chocolate" revue - see 1928 10 07
          Remote broadcast, midnight, WHN
          New York Times and/or Brooklyn Daily Eagle radio schedules, courtesy K. Steiner..
          ..2011
          updated
          2018-11-04
          1928 10 30
          Tuesday
          .New York, N.Y.Victor studio
          28 W. 44th St.
          Victor recording session
          1:45 pm -3:00 pm (OW session)
          3:00 pm -5:30pm (DECCO session)
          Documentation did not specify am or pm, but the band was working at the Cotton Club at night.
          *Ozie Ware with Hot Five
          and
          Duke Ellington and His Cotton Club Orchestra
          Whetsel, *Jenkins, Nanton, *Bigard, Hodges, Carney, *Ellington, Guy, Braud, *Greer, *Ozie Ware, Irving Mills as Goodie Goodwin, Baby Cox.
          Titles recorded:Steven Lasker says this is the earliest Ellington session on which Jenkins is identifiable and he says Irving Mills sings in this session. He says Victor's files show The Mooch was the third title recorded in this session.

          Per Wellman Braud, paraphrased in "New Orleans Style" by Bill Russell (Compiled and edited by Barry Martyn & Mike Hazeldine),Jazzology Press, 1994, p. 112, based on an interview referenced in TDWAW under 1891 01 25:

          'I always played for tone, just like when I'm playing sousaphone on The Mooche. I was always curious about things in music. Always asking questions. Anyhow, one day I went over to the Rochester Theater and got talking to the sousaphone player. He was hitting four tones at once on his horn. He said that he had been first brass bass with John Phillip Sousa for twenty-five years. I knew he had to know what he was doing and in fact, he made that horn sound like a string bass. You have to take the dumb side if you want to learn with a professional, so I asked him how he got that tone. He told me it came from the strike of the tongue ans so I went home and practiced on that for a long while. That's how I got the effect on The Mooche with Duke's band.'

          New Desor
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          DEMS
          ..2011
          updated
          2013-08-15
          2014-08-20
          2014-08-24
          2015-01-13
          2018-08-16
          1928 10 30
          Tuesday
          .New York, N.Y.Cotton Club
          644 Lenox Ave.
          Harlem
          Night club residency and "Hot Chocolate" revue - see 1928 10 07...
          ..2011
          1928 10 31
          Wednesday
          Halloween
          .New York, N.Y.Cotton Club
          644 Lenox Ave.
          Harlem
          Night club residency and "Hot Chocolate" revue
          - see 1928 10 07
          Remote broadcast, 7 p.m., WPAP
          New York Times and/or Brooklyn Daily Eagle radio schedules, courtesy K. Steiner....2011
          updated
          2019-01-01

          November 1928

          1928 11 01
          Thursday
          .New York, N.Y.Cotton Club
          644 Lenox Ave.
          Harlem
          Night club residency and "Hot Chocolate" revue - see 1928 10 07...
          ..2011
          1928 11 02
          Friday
          .New York, N.Y.Cotton Club
          644 Lenox Ave.
          Harlem
          Night club residency and "Hot Chocolate" revue - see 1928 10 07
          Remote broadcast, 7 p.m., WHN
          New York Times and/or Brooklyn Daily Eagle radio schedules, courtesy K. Steiner....2011
          updated
          2019-01-01
          1928 11 03
          Saturday
          .New York, N.Y.Cotton Club
          644 Lenox Ave.
          Harlem
          Night club residency and "Hot Chocolate" revue - see 1928 10 07...
          ..2011
          1928 11 04
          Sunday
          .New York, N.Y.Cotton Club
          644 Lenox Ave.
          Harlem
          Night club residency and "Hot Chocolate" revue - see 1928 10 07...
          ..2011
          1928 11 05
          Monday
          .New York, N.Y.Cotton Club
          644 Lenox Ave.
          Harlem
          Night club residency and "Hot Chocolate" revue - see 1928 10 07
          Remote broadcast, midnight, WHN
          New York Times and/or Brooklyn Daily Eagle radio schedules, courtesy K. Steiner..
          ..2011
          updated
          2018-11-04
          1928 11 06
          Tuesday
          .New York, N.Y.Cotton Club
          644 Lenox Ave.
          Harlem
          Night club residency and "Hot Chocolate" revue - see 1928 10 07...
          ..2011
          1928 11 07
          Wednesday
          .New York, N.Y.Cotton Club
          644 Lenox Ave.
          Harlem
          Night club residency and "Hot Chocolate" revue
          - see 1928 10 07
          Remote broadcast, 7 p.m., WPAP
          New York Times and/or Brooklyn Daily Eagle radio schedules, courtesy K. Steiner....2011
          updated
          2019-01-01
          1928 11 08
          Thursday
          .New York, N.Y.Cotton Club
          644 Lenox Ave.
          Harlem
          Night club residency and "Hot Chocolate" revue - see 1928 10 07...
          ..2011
          1928 11 09
          Friday
          .New York, N.Y.Cotton Club
          644 Lenox Ave.
          Harlem
          Night club residency and "Hot Chocolate" revue
          - see 1928 10 07
          Remote broadcast, 7 p.m., WPAP
          (last 760 kilocycle broadcast)
          New York Times and/or Brooklyn Daily Eagle radio schedules, courtesy K. Steiner....2011
          updated
          2019-01-01
          1928 11 10
          Saturday
          .New York, N.Y.44th St. Studios
          28 W. 44 St.
          Victor recording session
          0900-1310
          Duke Ellington And His Cotton Club Orchestra(1)
          Whetsel, Jenkins, Nanton, Bigard, Hodges, Carney, Ellington, Guy, Braud, Greer, Mills, Cox
          and
          Duke Ellington Players(2)
          Instrumentation and personnel not noted.

          Irving Mills is shown as director on the studio sheet.
          Titles recorded:
          • I Can't Give You Anything But Love (1)
          • Since You Went Away(2)
          Steven Lasker:

          'The band recorded ICGYABL from 9 am to 1:10 pm, and then Since You Went Away from 1:10 to 2:00 when the date was called off, the company's recording ledger noting Orchestra men had worked through the night up until 5:00 A.M. at the Cotton Club and were too tired to play. Mr. Mills suggests that he be given an afternoon date.'

          New Desor
          DE2813
          DEMS
          .djp2011
          updated
          2013-08-30
          2014-08-20
          2014-08-24
          2014-12-02
          1928 11 10
          Saturday
          .New York, N.Y.Cotton Club
          644 Lenox Ave.
          Harlem
          Night club residency and "Hot Chocolate" revue - see 1928 10 07...
          ..2011
          1928 11 11
          Sunday
          .New York, N.Y.Cotton Club
          644 Lenox Ave.
          Harlem
          Night club residency and "Hot Chocolate" revue - see 1928 10 07...
          ..2011
          1928 11 12
          Monday
          .New York, N.Y.Cotton Club
          644 Lenox Ave.
          Harlem
          Night club residency and "Hot Chocolate" revue - see 1928 10 07
          Remote broadcast, midnight, WHN
          (first broadcast at 1,010 kilocycles)
          Variety shows Ellington, Duke, Cotton Club, N.Y.C. for the week beginning Nov. 12.)
          • New York Times and/or Brooklyn Daily Eagle radio schedules, courtesy K. Steiner
          • Variety, p.58, "Bands and Orchestras, Routes for Next Week (November 12)"
          ..
          .djp2011
          updated
          2018-09-13
          2018-11-04
          2019-01-01
          1928 11 13
          Tuesday
          .New York, N.Y.Cotton Club
          644 Lenox Ave.
          Harlem
          Night club residency and "Hot Chocolate" revue
          - see 1928 10 07
          Remote broadcast, 7 p.m., WPAP
          New York Times and/or Brooklyn Daily Eagle radio schedules, courtesy K. Steiner....2011
          updated
          2019-01-01
          1928 11 14
          Wednesday
          .New York, N.Y.Cotton Club
          644 Lenox Ave.
          Harlem
          Night club residency and "Hot Chocolate" revue - see 1928 10 07
          Remote broadcast, 7 p.m., WHN
          New York Times and/or Brooklyn Daily Eagle radio schedules, courtesy K. Steiner....2011
          updated
          2019-01-01
          1928 11 15
          Thursday
          .New York, N.Y.44th St. Studio
          28 W.44th St.
          Victor recording session
          1345-1630
          Duke Ellington and His Cotton Club Orchestra
          Miley, Whetsel, Jenkins, Nanton, Bigard, Hodges, Carney, Ellington, Guy, Braud, Greer, Mills, Cox
          Titles recorded:
          • Bandanna Babies
          • Diga Diga Doo
          • I Must Have That Man
          New Desor
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          .djp2011
          updated
          2013-08-30
          2014-12-02
          2018-09-01
          1928 11 15
          Thursday
          .New York, N.Y.Cotton Club
          644 Lenox Ave.
          Harlem
          Night club residency and "Hot Chocolate" revue - see 1928 10 07...
          ..2011
          1928 11 16
          Friday
          .New York, N.Y.Cotton Club
          644 Lenox Ave.
          Harlem
          Night club residency and "Hot Chocolate" revue
          - see 1928 10 07
          Remote broadcasts
          • WPAP 7 p.m.
          • WHN 11:30-12:00
          ,
          New York Times and/or Brooklyn Daily Eagle radio schedules, courtesy K. Steiner....2011
          updated
          2019-01-01
          1928 11 17
          Saturday
          .New York, N.Y.Cotton Club
          644 Lenox Ave.
          Harlem
          Night club residency and "Hot Chocolate" revue - see 1928 10 07...
          ..2011
          1928 11 18
          Sunday
          .New York, N.Y.Cotton Club
          644 Lenox Ave.
          Harlem
          Night club residency and "Hot Chocolate" revue - see 1928 10 07...
          ..2011
          1928 11 19
          Monday
          .New York, N.Y.Cotton Club
          644 Lenox Ave.
          Harlem
          Night club residency and "Hot Chocolate" revue - see 1928 10 07
          Remote broadcast, midnight, WPAP
          New York Times and/or Brooklyn Daily Eagle radio schedules, courtesy K. Steiner..
          ..2011
          updated
          2018-11-04
          1928 11 20
          Tuesday
          .New York, N.Y.OKeh Recording Laboratories
          11 Union Square W.
          OKeh recording session
          Duke Ellington and His Orchestra
          Whetsel, Miley, Jenkins, Nanton, Bigard, Hodges, Carney, Ellington, Guy, Braud, Greer

          Titles recorded:
          • The Blues With A Feeling
          • Goin' To Town
          • Misty Mornin'
          These takes were rejected; the numbers were recorded again Nov. 22
          New Desor
          DE2815
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          Timner corrections djp2011
          updated
          2013-08-30
          2014-08-20
          1928 11 20
          Tuesday
          .New York, N.Y.Cotton Club
          644 Lenox Ave.
          Harlem
          Night club residency and "Hot Chocolate" revue - see 1928 10 07...
          ..2011
          1928 11 21
          Wednesday
          .New York, N.Y.Cotton Club
          644 Lenox Ave.
          Harlem
          Night club residency and "Hot Chocolate" revue - see 1928 10 07
          Remote broadcast, 7 p.m., WHN
          New York Times and/or Brooklyn Daily Eagle radio schedules, courtesy K. Steiner....2011
          updated
          2019-01-01
          1928 11 22
          Thursday
          .New York, N.Y.OKeh Recording Laboratories
          11 Union Square W.
          OKeh recording session
          Duke Ellington and His Orchestra
          Whetsel, Miley, Jenkins, Nanton, Bigard, Hodges, Carney, Ellington, Guy, Braud, Greer, L. Johnson (third title only)
          Titles recorded:
          • The Blues With A Feeling
          • Goin' To Town
          • Misty Mornin'


          Steven Lasker advises that Johnson uses a 12-string guitar in this session and provides this link to a fraulini.com article about his instrument.
          New Desor
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          Timner corrections S.Hoefsmit (06,1-29); djp; sl2011
          updated
          2013-08-30
          2016-04-09
          2018-08-23
          1928 11 22
          Thursday
          .New York, N.Y.Cotton Club
          644 Lenox Ave.
          Harlem
          Night club residency and "Hot Chocolate" revue - see 1928 10 07...
          ..2011
          1928 11 23
          Friday
          .New York, N.Y.Cotton Club
          644 Lenox Ave.
          Harlem
          Night club residency and "Hot Chocolate" revue - see 1928 10 07
          Remote broadcast, 11:30-12:00, WHN
          New York Times and/or Brooklyn Daily Eagle radio schedules, courtesy K. Steiner....2011
          updated
          2019-01-01
          1928 11 24
          Saturday
          .New York, N.Y.Cotton Club
          644 Lenox Ave.
          Harlem
          Night club residency and "Hot Chocolate" revue - see 1928 10 07...
          ..2011
          1928 11 25
          Sunday
          .New York, N.Y.Cotton Club
          644 Lenox Ave.
          Harlem
          Night club residency and "Hot Chocolate" revue - see 1928 10 07...
          ..2011
          1928 11 26
          Monday
          .New York, N.Y.Cotton Club
          644 Lenox Ave.
          Harlem
          Night club residency and "Hot Chocolate" revue - see 1928 10 07
          Remote broadcast, midnight, WPAP
          New York Times and/or Brooklyn Daily Eagle radio schedules, courtesy K. Steiner..
          ..2011
          updated
          2018-11-04
          1928 11 27
          Tuesday
          .New York, N.Y.Cotton Club
          644 Lenox Ave.
          Harlem
          Night club residency and "Hot Chocolate" revue - see 1928 10 07...
          ..2011
          1928 11 28
          Wednesday
          .New York, N.Y.Cotton Club
          644 Lenox Ave.
          Harlem
          Night club residency and "Hot Chocolate" revue - see 1928 10 07
          Remote broadcast, 7 p.m., WHN
          New York Times and/or Brooklyn Daily Eagle radio schedules, courtesy K. Steiner....2011
          updated
          2019-01-01
          1928 11 29
          Thursday
          .New York, N.Y.Cotton Club
          644 Lenox Ave.
          Harlem
          Night club residency and "Hot Chocolate" revue - see 1928 10 07...
          ..2011
          Circa
          1928 11 30
          Friday
          .New York, N.Y.Pathé StudioPathé recording session
          (The date is estimated due to the lack of studio files)
          The Whoopee Makers
          Whetsel, Jenkins, Nanton, Bigard, Hodges, Carney, Ellington, Guy, Braud, Greer
          Titles recorded:
          • Hottentot
          • Misty Mornin'
          The Pathé and Perfect issues showed the band as The Whoopee Makers but the Cameo, Lincoln and Romeo labels said The Washingtonians.

          Steven Lasker:
          'Per the Perfect [Records] Dealer's Advance List and Order Blank for the March 1 [1929] list (hard copy at Institute of Jazz Studies, Rutgers), (records "ready for shipment about Jan. 15th"):

          '"MISTY MORNING" and "HOTTENTOT" are both featured in the famous Cotton Club in Harlem. We have had many requests for records by the Whoopee Makers.'

          New Desor
          DE2817
          DEMS
          .djp2011
          updated
          2014-04-18
          2014-08-20
          2018-09-02
          1928 11 30
          Friday
          .New York, N.Y.Cotton Club
          644 Lenox Ave.
          Harlem
          Night club residency and "Hot Chocolate" revue - see 1928 10 07
          Remote broadcast, 11:30 p.m. WHN
          New York Times and/or Brooklyn Daily Eagle radio schedules, courtesy K. Steiner....2011
          updated
          2019-01-01

          December 1928

          1928 12 01
          Saturday
          .New York, N.Y.Cotton Club
          644 Lenox Ave.
          Harlem
          Night club residency and "Hot Chocolate" revue - see 1928 10 07...
          ..2011
          1928 12 02
          Sunday
          .New York, N.Y.Cotton Club
          644 Lenox Ave.
          Harlem
          Night club residency and "Hot Chocolate" revue - see 1928 10 07...
          ..2011
          1928 12 03
          Monday
          .New York, N.Y.Cotton Club
          644 Lenox Ave.
          Harlem
          Night club residency and "Hot Chocolate" revue - see 1928 10 07
          Remote broadcast, midnight, WPAP
          New York Times radio schedule, courtesy Ken Steiner.....2011
          updated
          2016-09-30
          1928 12 04
          Tuesday
          .New York, N.Y.Cotton Club
          644 Lenox Ave.
          Harlem
          Night club residency and "Hot Chocolate" revue - see 1928 10 07...
          ..2011
          1928 12 05
          Wednesday
          .New York, N.Y.Cotton Club
          644 Lenox Ave.
          Harlem
          Night club residency and "Hot Chocolate" revue - see 1928 10 07
          Remote broadcast, 7 p.m., WHN
          New York Times radio schedule, courtesy Ken Steiner.....2011
          updated
          2016-09-30
          1928 12 06
          Thursday
          .New York, N.Y.Cotton Club
          644 Lenox Ave.
          Harlem
          Night club residency and "Hot Chocolate" revue - see 1928 10 07...
          ..2011
          1928 12 07
          Friday
          .New York, N.Y.Cotton Club
          644 Lenox Ave.
          Harlem
          Night club residency and "Hot Chocolate" revue - see 1928 10 07
          Remote broadcast, 11:30 p.m., WHN
          New York Times radio schedule, courtesy Ken Steiner.....2011
          updated
          2016-09-30
          1928 12 08
          Saturday
          .New York, N.Y.Cotton Club
          644 Lenox Ave.
          Harlem
          Night club residency and "Hot Chocolate" revue - see 1928 10 07...
          ..2011
          1928 12 09
          Sunday
          .New York, N.Y.Cotton Club
          644 Lenox Ave.
          Harlem
          Night club residency and "Hot Chocolate" revue - see 1928 10 07...
          ..2011
          1928 12 10
          Monday
          .New York, N.Y.Cotton Club
          644 Lenox Ave.
          Harlem
          Night club residency and "Hot Chocolate" revue - see 1928 10 07
          Remote broadcast, midnight, WPAP
          New York Times radio schedule, courtesy Ken Steiner.....2011
          updated
          2016-09-30
          1928 12 11
          Tuesday
          .New York, N.Y.Cotton Club
          644 Lenox Ave.
          Harlem
          Night club residency and "Hot Chocolate" revue - see 1928 10 07...
          ..2011
          Circa
          1928 12 12
          Wednesday
          .New York, N.Y.Cameo Studio
          114 E. 32nd St.
          Cameo recording session
          (The date is estimated due to the lack of studio files)
          Ozie Ware
          Whetsel, Nanton, Bigard, Ellington, Guy, Greer, Ozie Ware
          • Hit Me In The Nose Blues

          Ozie Ware
          Ellington, Ware:
          • It's All Comin' Home To You
          New Desor
          DE2818
          DEMS
          ..2011
          updated
          2014-04-18
          2014-08-20
          2018-08-17
          2018-09-02
          1928 12 12
          Wednesday
          .New York, N.Y.Savoy BallroomBattle of Jazz between the bands of
          • Duke Ellington
          • Ike Dixon
          • Lockwood Lewis
          • Charlie Johnson
          • Arthur Gibbs
          • Lloyd Scott

          New York Age:

          "...six of New York's leading jazz bands competed in a "battle of jazz," as some 2,000 dance lovers crowded the dance floor or looked on. Outside more than 2,000 were turned away because of the lack of space...

          "Never before in the memory of Harlem dance lovers were six such personalities gathered under one roof as Duke Ellington with his soul-stirring army of blue blowers...";

          "...These six popular bands almost raised the roof with their melodies. The building shook with applause, the throngs went wild with enthusiasm as each music master in his turn sent forth his melodies. The 'battle of jazz' ended without any decision rendered ...as the giddy mob of dancers,consumed the melodies of each aggregation, seemingly unconscious as to who was playing as long as the music continued. And when it stopped,a great cheer shook the house to its framework..."

          "5,000 Try To Hear "Battle of Jazz At The Savoy Ballroom"
          New York Age, 1928-12-22, p.6
          .
          Vail.2011
          updated
          2012-09-14
          1928 12 12
          Wednesday
          .New York, N.Y.Cotton Club
          644 Lenox Ave.
          Harlem
          Night club residency and "Hot Chocolate" revue - see 1928 10 07

          It is possible (perhaps likely) that Ellington and his band had a night off at the Cotton Club so he could play at Savoy.

          However, the New York Times shows a remote broadcast, 7 p.m., on WHN
          New York Times radio schedule, courtesy Ken Steiner.....2011
          updated
          2016-09-30
          1928 12 13
          Thursday
          .New York, N.Y.Cotton Club
          644 Lenox Ave.
          Harlem
          Night club residency and "Hot Chocolate" revue - see 1928 10 07...
          ..2011
          1928 12 14
          Friday
          .New York, N.Y.Rockland PalaceUnconfirmed
          Note this conflicts with the Cotton Club job this same night (see below).
          Pittsburgh Courier:

          'The Mystic Club, which is a club within the well known Osbiny Club, is making plans for its second annual "Character Costume Dance" to be given December 14 at the newly decorated Rockland Palace. To insure an evening of pleasure New York's best dance orchestra, the Famous Duke Ellington and his Victor and Brunswick Recording Orchestra will provide the music.'

          Pittsburgh Courier, Pittsburgh, Penn.
          1928-12-08 s.1 p.8
          ...djpNew
          added
          2018-08-21
          1928 12 14
          Friday
          .New York, N.Y.Cotton Club
          644 Lenox Ave.
          Harlem
          Night club residency and "Hot Chocolate" revue - see 1928 10 07
          Remote broadcast, 11:30 p.m., WHN
          Note this conflicts with a dance at Rockland Palace (which has not yet been confirmed).

          It may be that Ellington's orchestra took the night off to play at Rockland Palace and that a backup band played the Cotton Club and the remote broadcast, or it may be that Ellington didn't do the dance at Rockland Palace.
          New York Times radio schedule, courtesy Ken Steiner....djp2011
          updated
          2016-09-30
          1928 12 15
          Saturday
          .New York, N.Y.Cotton Club
          644 Lenox Ave.
          Harlem
          Night club residency and "Hot Chocolate" revue - see 1928 10 07...
          ..2011
          1928 12 16
          Sunday
          .New York, N.Y.Cotton Club
          644 Lenox Ave.
          Harlem
          Night club residency and "Hot Chocolate" revue - see 1928 10 07...
          ..2011
          1928 12 17
          Monday
          .New York, N.Y.Cotton Club
          644 Lenox Ave.
          Harlem
          Night club residency and "Hot Chocolate" revue - see 1928 10 07
          Remote broadcast, midnight, WPAP
          New York Times and/or Brooklyn Daily Eagle radio schedules, courtesy K. Steiner..
          ..2011
          updated
          2018-11-04
          1928 12 18
          Tuesday
          .New York, N.Y.Cotton Club
          644 Lenox Ave.
          Harlem
          Night club residency and "Hot Chocolate" revue - see 1928 10 07...
          ..2011
          1928 12 19
          Wednesday
          .New York, N.Y.Cotton Club
          644 Lenox Ave.
          Harlem
          Night club residency and "Hot Chocolate" revue
          - see 1928 10 07
          Remote broadcast, 7 p.m., WHN
          New York Times and/or Brooklyn Daily Eagle radio schedules, courtesy K. Steiner....2011
          updated
          2019-01-01
          1928 12 20
          Thursday
          .New York, N.Y.Liederkranz Hall,
          111 East 58th Street
          Victor recording session
          1300-1715
          Warren Mills and His Blue Serenaders
          According to Lambert, Warren Mills and His Blue Serenaders was a 14-piece studio orchestra, plus Whetsel, Miley, Jenkins, Nanton, Bigard, Hodges, Carney, Ellington, Guy, Braud, and Greer, all conducted by violinist Matty Melneck, with an unknown female vocalist and the 10-voice Hall Johnson Choir. Steven Lasker advises the Victor files show:
          • W. Mills, Dir. Malneck, Asst. Dir.
          • White instr:
            5 violins; piano; guitar; 3 saxes; trumpet; trombone; tuba; trapman
          • Colored Instr:
            piano; str. bass; banjo; 3 saxes; 2 trumpets; fr. horn; trapman
          • Chorus of mixed voices (colored)
          "Trapman" may mean a drummer on a kit (aka "traps").

          The studio orchestra is 16 pieces plus the musical directors, rather than 14 pieces.

          Lambert has an extra trumpet and missed the horn, which Mr. Lasker suggests might actually have been a trombone.

          New Desor initially identified the vocalist as Adelaide Hall, but New Desor small corrections changed the female vocalist to Unidentified, based on Earl Okin, who knew her well (see DEMS 10/3-22). Mr. Lasker agrees.
          New Desor also called the Mills group The Hotsy Totsy Gang but the Victor ledgers say Warren Mills and his Blue Serenaders, the name used on the record label. The group is named for Irving Mills' son, Warren. Sjef Hoefsmit, in DEMS 05/3-44 and 06/1-29 said Warren was 3 years old, but his brother Robert told Steven Lasker Warren turned 5 in 1928.
          Titles recorded:There were 3 takes each of SLB and Gems, but the Gems sides were not issued. SLB was released on Victor 35962-B(Victor Talking Machine Co., paired with another Gems (35962-A) which was recorded 1929 02 01 with a different group and with five songs in the medley. The whole kefuffle is explained very well in DEMS 05/3-44 by Sjef Hoefsmit.
          Blackbirds of 1928 was a 518-performance Broadway production that opened in May 1928 with Adelaide Hall as one of its stars.
          • Email Lasker-Palmquist 2014-08-18
          • Stratemann, p.1
          • Timner corrections
          • Encyclopedic Discography of Victor Records
          • Session time from the book to S. Lasker/O. Keepnews, The Duke Ellington Centennial Edition, RCA Victor CD box set 09026-63386-2
          New Desor
          DE2819
          DEMS
          .S.Hoefsmit (06,1-29) Added
          2011
          updated 2012-08-10
          2014-02-09
          2014-08-20
          2014-12-02
          1928 12 20
          Thursday
          .New York, N.Y.Cotton Club
          644 Lenox Ave.
          Harlem
          Night club residency and "Hot Chocolate" revue - see 1928 10 07...
          ..2011
          1928 12 21
          Friday
          .New York, N.Y.Cotton Club
          644 Lenox Ave.
          Harlem
          Night club residency and "Hot Chocolate" revue - see 1928 10 07
          Remote broadcast, 11:30 p.m., WHN
          New York Times radio schedule, courtesy Ken Steiner.....2011
          updated
          2016-09-30
          1928 12 22
          Saturday
          .New York, N.Y.Cotton Club
          644 Lenox Ave.
          Harlem
          Night club residency and "Hot Chocolate" revue - see 1928 10 07

          The band seems to have had the night off - see Gates Casino below.
          .....2011
          updated
          2016-09-28
          1928 12 22
          Saturday
          .Brooklyn, N.Y.Gates Casino
          879 Gates Ave.
          FOURTH ANNUAL BALL
          VAN-NITY BOYS
          Introducing to Brooklyn the
          ....Kings of Jazz....
          DUKE ELLINGTON
          and his
          COTTON CLUB ORCHESTRA
          Direct from the Cotton Club
          [illegible]
          Gates Casino
          Gates and Reid Avenues, Brooklyn
          SAT. Eve'g 22 DEC. 1928
          Tune in Direct from the Cotton Club Station W.P.A.P.
          Every Wednesday and Friday Night at 7 P.M."">Lasker:

          'The final sentence on the poster, "Tune in direct from the Cotton Club Station W.P.A.P. Every Wednesday and Friday Night at 7 P.M.," establishes that the band's early evening broadcasts originated not from a radio station but from the Cotton Club itself.'

          Concert poster or handbill, courtesy S.Lasker...SLNew
          added
          2016-09-29
          updated
          2016-09-30
          2016-12-27
          1928 12 23
          Sunday
          .New York, N.Y.Cotton Club
          644 Lenox Ave.
          Harlem
          Night club residency and "Hot Chocolate" revue - see 1928 10 07...
          ..2011
          1928 12 24
          Monday
          .New York, N.Y.Cotton Club
          644 Lenox Ave.
          Harlem
          Night club residency and "Hot Chocolate" revue - see 1928 10 07
          Remote broadcast, midnight, WPAP
          New York Times radio schedule, courtesy Ken Steiner.....2011
          updated
          2016-09-30
          1928 12 25
          Tuesday
          Christmas
          .New York, N.Y.Renaissance Casino
          138th St. and Seventh Ave.
          Early morning breakfast dance
          The Pittsburgh Courier:

          'There was ever so much whoopee raised at the breakfast dance given by the Cotton Club Boys in the Renaissance Casino early Christmas morning. Everyone was there and the music by Vernon Andrades and Duke Ellington was superb. The dance lasted until mid-day and everyone declares that it was quite the snappiest affair during the Christmas festivities.'

          The Pittsburgh Courier, Pittsburgh, Penn.,
          1929-01-12 s.3 p.7
          ...djpNew
          added
          2018-11-10
          1928 12 25
          Tuesday
          Christmas
          .New York, N.Y.Cotton Club
          644 Lenox Ave.
          Harlem
          Night club residency and "Hot Chocolate" revue - see 1928 10 07...
          ..2011
          1928 12 26
          Wednesday
          .New York, N.Y.Cotton Club
          644 Lenox Ave.
          Harlem
          Night club residency and "Hot Chocolate" revue - see 1928 10 07
          Remote broadcast, 7 p.m., WHN
          New York Times radio schedule, courtesy Ken Steiner.....2011
          updated
          2016-09-30
          1928 12 27
          Thursday
          .New York, N.Y.Cotton Club
          644 Lenox Ave.
          Harlem
          Night club residency and "Hot Chocolate" revue - see 1928 10 07...
          ..2011
          1928 12 28
          Friday
          .New York, N.Y.Cotton Club
          644 Lenox Ave.
          Harlem
          Night club residency and "Hot Chocolate" revue - see 1928 10 07
          Remote broadcast, 11:30 p.m., WHN
          New York Times radio schedule, courtesy Ken Steiner.....2011
          updated
          2016-09-30
          1928 12 29
          Saturday
          .New York, N.Y.Cotton Club
          644 Lenox Ave.
          Harlem
          Night club residency and "Hot Chocolate" revue - see 1928 10 07...
          ..2011
          1928 12 30
          Sunday
          .New York, N.Y.Cotton Club
          644 Lenox Ave.
          Harlem
          Night club residency and "Hot Chocolate" revue - see 1928 10 07...
          ..2011
          1928 12 31
          Monday
          .New York, N.Y.Cotton Club
          644 Lenox Ave.
          Harlem
          Night club residency and "Hot Chocolate" revue - see 1928 10 07
          Remote broadcast, midnight, WPAP
          New York Times radio schedule, courtesy Ken Steiner.....2011
          updated
          2016-09-30



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          January 1929

          1929 01 01
          Tuesday
          .New York, N.Y.Cotton Club
          644 Lenox Ave.
          Harlem
          Night club residency and "Hot Chocolate" revue - see 1928 10 07...
          ..2011
          1929 01 02
          Wednesday
          .New York, N.Y.Cotton Club
          644 Lenox Ave.
          Harlem
          Night club residency and "Hot Chocolate" revue
          - see 1928 10 07
          Remote broadcast, 7 p.m., WHN
          New York Times and/or Brooklyn Daily Eagle radio schedules, courtesy K. Steiner....2011
          updated
          2019-01-01
          1929 01 03
          Thursday
          .New York, N.Y.Cotton Club
          644 Lenox Ave.
          Harlem
          Night club residency and "Hot Chocolate" revue - see 1928 10 07
          7:00 pm WHN broadcast
          Brooklyn Daily Eagle radio log..
          ..2011
          1929 01 04... Peripheral event
          Merger of the Victor Talking Machine Company and Radio Corporation of America announced. The Associated Press:

          'Radio and phonograph were brought together today ... through unification of the Radio Corporation of America and the Victor Talking Machine company.
           Directors of both companies approved plans which in effect provide for a merger of the corporations through an exchange of stock. Subject to approval of stockholders, Radio Corporation directors voted 6,590,000 shares of new common stock, of which 5,777,000 shares will be exchanged for present common stock outstanding on the basis of five new shares for each old share now held. In additon, there will be created an issue of approximately 813,000 shares cumulative B preferred stock...
           Under the terms of the plan Victor stockholders will receive one share of new Radio common and one share of Radio cumulative B preferred stock for each share of Victor common held, as well as $5 per share in cash...
           Radio gains through the unification of interests, valuable rights to artists, entertainers and patents controlled by Victor, as well as the benefit of laboratory developments resulting from years of endeavor in reproducing sound.
           The Camden, N.J. plant and organization of the Victor company, as well as the trade marks, will be retained, and Victor talking machines, radio-phonograph combinations and records will continue to be produced...
           Radio recently broadened its interests in the entertainment field through alliance with Keith-Albee-Orpheum and F.B.O. productions, giving it direct access to the motion picture and vaudeville business...'

          Other papers carried stories saying the plans had been underway for almost a year, and in mid and late December 1928, several papers reported of a proposed merger and its effect on stock prices.
          • Email Lasker-Palmquist 2014-08-18
          • AP wirestory datelined New York Jan.4, The Bradford Era, Bradford, Penn., 1929-01-05 p.1
          • See also Steven Lasker in DEMS 10/1-19 and his book to the Mosaic CD box set MD7-235, p.2
          .
          .DEMS
          .djpNew
          added 2014-08-21
          1929 01 04
          Friday
          .New York, N.Y.Cotton Club
          644 Lenox Ave.
          Harlem
          Night club residency and "Hot Chocolate" revue
          - see 1928 10 07
          Remote broadcast, 11:30 p.m., WHN
          New York Times and/or Brooklyn Daily Eagle radio schedules, courtesy K. Steiner....2011
          updated
          2019-01-01
          1929 01 05
          Saturday
          .New York, N.Y.Cotton Club
          644 Lenox Ave.
          Harlem
          Night club residency and "Hot Chocolate" revue - see 1928 10 07...
          ..2011
          1929 01 06
          Sunday
          1929 04 28New York, N.Y.Club Harlem,
          African Room
          388 Lenox Ave.
          Sunday matinee
          Ken Steiner in DEMS:

          'Ads in The Inter-State Tattler indicate "Duke Ellington and His Band" played Sunday afternoon matinees at Club Harlem throughout the first four months of 1929, while working nightly at the Cotton Club. Unfortunately, microfilm collections of the Tattler contain many gaps. The first issue with an ad for Ellington at Club Harlem was in the 4Jan29 issue, and ads ran through 24Mar29. From 31Mar - 14Apr the venue switched to the Lenox Ave. Club, and the last ad was 28Apr in a return to Club Harlem. '


          Ellington's "sideline" club engagements need further research and need to be reconciled. Subsequent research shows:
          • On March 12, The Brooklyn Daily Eagle described Club Harlem as the hottest place in town, saying Elmer Snowden and his orchestra would both deafen and delight. This suggests Ellington may have given up the Sunday matinees by then.
          • In mid-March, Variety said:

            '[Other clubs] are doing great also, especially the Cotton Club and Connie's Inn. Small's Paradise, the Lenox Club and the new Spider Web under the Alhambra theatre are getting fair play. Club Harlem floppo. Other spots, necessarily anonymous, are the hot spots...'

          • On March 29, The Brooklyn Daily Eagle columninst reported

            '...the Club Harlem, which used to be hot, has been put in Federal moth balls...'

          • In mid-April, the same column said

            ' "Flea" Gray's stepping at the Club Harlem, which has come up for air again.'

          From this, it would seem Club Harlem was closed in March, perhaps explaining a temporary Ellington switch to the Lenox Club.
          See a description of the Cotton Club, Club Harlem and Lenox Club at 1929 03 12 below.
          .
          • The Brooklyn Daily Eagle, New York, N.Y.
            • 1929-03-12 p.14A
            • 1929-03-29 p.12
            • 1929-04-13 p.12
          • Variety 1929-03-13 p.57
          .DEMS
          .steiner2011
          updated
          2012-09-09
          2018-09-01
          2018-09-03
          1929 01 06
          Sunday
          .New York, N.Y.Cotton Club
          644 Lenox Ave.
          Harlem
          Night club residency and "Hot Chocolate" revue - see 1928 10 07...
          ..2011
          1929 01 07
          Monday
          .New York, N.Y.Cotton Club
          644 Lenox Ave.
          Harlem
          Night club residency and "Hot Chocolate" revue - see 1928 10 07
          Midnight broadcast, WPAP
          Brooklyn Daily Eagle radio log..
          ..2011
          1929 01 08
          Tuesday
          .New York, N.Y.Brunswick Studio
          799 Seventh Ave., Rm.2
          Brunswick recording session in the p.m.
          The Jungle Band
          Whetsel, Miley, Jenkins, Nanton, Bigard, Hodges, Carney, Ellington, Guy, Braud, Greer
          Titles recorded:
          • Doin' The Voom Voom
          • Tiger Rag - Parts 1 & 2
          Steven Lasker:

          'The recording ledger entry for this session shows the masters were initially intended for issue in the Vocalion 15000 (popular and international) series, not Brunswick on which label the sides finally appeared. It was common practice for the company to release masters by an artist under his real name on Brunswick, and under a pseudonym on Vocalion, a few examples being Red Nichols, Duke Ellington and Clarence Williams whose Brunswick records were issued under their own names, but whose Vocalion records were in a few cases issued as by, respectively, Louisiana Rhythm Kings, Traymore Orchestra and The Avalonians. '

          • Email Lasker-Palmquist
            • 2015-02-05
            • 2017-03-24
            Timner corrections
          New Desor
          DE2901
          DEMS.djp2011
          updated
          2012-09-09
          2015-02-06
          2017-03-24
          1929 01 08
          Tuesday
          .New York, N.Y.Cotton Club
          644 Lenox Ave.
          Harlem
          Night club residency and "Hot Chocolate" revue - see 1928 10 07...
          ..2011
          1929 01 09
          Wednesday
          .New York, N.Y.Cotton Club
          644 Lenox Ave.
          Harlem
          Night club residency and "Hot Chocolate" revue - see 1928 10 07
          7 pm WHN broadcast
          Brooklyn Daily Eagle radio log..
          ..2011
          1929 01 10
          Thursday
          .New York, N.Y.Cotton Club
          644 Lenox Ave.
          Harlem
          Night club residency and "Hot Chocolate" revue - see 1928 10 07...
          ..2011
          1929 01 11
          Friday
          .New York, N.Y.Cotton Club
          644 Lenox Ave.
          Harlem
          Night club residency and "Hot Chocolate" revue - see 1928 10 07
          11:30 pm WHN broadcast
          WHN..
          ..2011
          1929 01 12
          Saturday
          .New York, N.Y.Cotton Club
          644 Lenox Ave.
          Harlem
          Night club residency and "Hot Chocolate" revue - see 1928 10 07...
          ..2011
          1929 01 13
          Sunday
          3:30 PM
          .New York, N.Y.Club Harlem
          African Room
          Sunday matinée -see 1929 01 06..DEMS
          .steiner2011
          updated
          2012-09-09
          1929 01 13
          Sunday
          .New York, N.Y.Cotton Club
          644 Lenox Ave.
          Harlem
          Night club residency and "Hot Chocolate" revue - see 1928 10 07...
          ..2011
          1929 01 14
          Monday
          .New York, N.Y.Cotton Club
          644 Lenox Ave.
          Harlem
          Night club residency and "Hot Chocolate" revue - see 1928 10 07
          Remote broadcast, midnight, WHN
          New York Times and/or Brooklyn Daily Eagle radio schedules, courtesy K. Steiner..
          ..2011
          updated
          2018-11-04
          1929 01 15
          Tuesday
          .New York, N.Y.Cotton Club
          644 Lenox Ave.
          Harlem
          Night club residency and "Hot Chocolate" revue - see 1928 10 07...
          ..2011
          1929 01 16
          Wednesday
          .New York, N.Y.44th Street Studio
          28 W.44th St.
          RCA Victor recording session
          1:45 pm - 5:00 pm
          Documentation did not specify am or pm, but the band was working at the Cotton Club at night.
          Duke Ellington and His Cotton Club Orchestra
          Whetsel, Miley, Jenkins, Nanton, Bigard, Hodges, Carney, Ellington, Guy, Braud, Greer
          Mills is shown as director on the studio sheet

          This was Bubber Miley's last recording session with Ellington. Lambert calls Flaming Youth his swan song
          Titles recorded:
          • Flaming Youth
          • Saturday Night Function
          • High Life
          • Doin' The Voom Voom
          New Desor
          DE2902
          Personnel,Vol.II
          Corr.sheet 6000
          DEMS
          .S.Hoefsmit (06,1-29)2011
          updated

          2012-09-09
          2014-04-16
          2014-08-24
          1929 01 16
          Wednesday
          .New York, N.Y.Cotton Club
          644 Lenox Ave.
          Harlem
          Night club residency and "Hot Chocolate" revue
          - see 1928 10 07
          Remote broadcast, 7 p.m., WPAP
          New York Times and/or Brooklyn Daily Eagle radio schedules, courtesy K. Steiner....2011
          updated
          2019-01-01
          1929 01 17
          Thursday
          .New York, N.Y.Cotton Club
          644 Lenox Ave.
          Harlem
          Night club residency and "Hot Chocolate" revue - see 1928 10 07...
          ..2011
          1929 01 18
          Friday
          .New York, N.Y.Cotton Club
          644 Lenox Ave.
          Harlem
          Night club residency and "Hot Chocolate" revue
          - see 1928 10 07
          Remote broadcast, 11:30 p.m., WHN
          New York Times and/or Brooklyn Daily Eagle radio schedules, courtesy K. Steiner....2011
          updated
          2019-01-01
          1929 01 19
          Saturday
          .New York, N.Y.Cotton Club
          644 Lenox Ave.
          Harlem
          Night club residency and "Hot Chocolate" revue - see 1928 10 0
          The Pittsburgh Courier Night Life column identified Dan Healey's Revue with Aletha Hill, Margaret Beckett, Berry Bros., Theresa Mason, Leonard Ruffin and Duke Ellington and his Washingtonians.
          The Pittsburgh Courier, Pittsburgh, Penn. 1929-01-19 s3.p.2..
          .djo2011
          updated
          2018-09-15
          1929 01 20
          Sunday
          3:30 PM
          .New York, N.Y.Club Harlem
          African Room
          Sunday matinée -see 1929 01 06..DEMS
          .steiner2011
          updated
          2012-09-09
          1929 01 20
          Sunday
          .New York, N.Y.Cotton Club
          644 Lenox Ave.
          Harlem
          Night club residency and "Hot Chocolate" revue
          - see 1928 10 07
          WHN remote broadcasts:
          • 12:00 a.m. Cotton Club Orchestra
          • 12:15 Duke Ellington's Orchestra
          New York Times and/or Brooklyn Daily Eagle radio schedules, courtesy K. Steiner....2011
          updated
          2019-01-01
          1929 01 21
          Monday
          .New York, N.Y.Cotton Club
          644 Lenox Ave.
          Harlem
          Night club residency and "Hot Chocolate" revue - see 1928 10 07
          It isn't clear why, but Brooklyn Daily Eagle and the Daily News list two WHN broadcasts:
          • 12:00 Cotton Club Orchestra
          • 12:15 Duke Ellington's Orchestra
          Radio schedules 1928-01-21
          • Daily News, New York, N.Y. p.26
          • and
          • Brooklyn Daily Eagle, New York, N.Y. p.10, courtesy K. Steiner
          ..
          ..2011
          updated
          2018-11-04
          1929 01 22
          Tuesday
          .New York, N.Y.. Peripheral event
          Percival Outram, Activities Among Union Musicians:

          'Duke Ellington's orchestra at the Cotton Club is an excellent combination of men, play in a unique manner and deserve all the credit and praise they get. If you one tune in on their broadcasting night, you will surely re-dial them on the next opportunity.

          Oftimes the orchestra and the revue are taken for an hour or so to different functions to 'strut their stuff.' On these occasions, when necessary, an outside orchestra is hired to play and hold the crowd until Duke gets back on the job.

          Usually Duke gives the subbing to Willie Lynch, a drummer, a member of Local 802. Lynch would hire the men and be leader on the job. Recently Lynch was called to get some musicians to sub for Duke. The hired musicians went to the club.

          Sergeant-at-Arms Minton, on his routine, dropped in to the club, saw the strange men and requested their cards, which were not forthcoming, and discovered as leader of the group a musician who had not deposited his transfer card - which omission caused him to be ineligible to work in this jurisdiction. Minton remained on the premises until Duke's return. It is alleged that Duke told Minton that he had placed the job in Lynch's hands and did not expect to find other than musicians in good standing in Local 802.

          Charges were filed against Lynch for hiring non-union musicians.

          Lynch, on Tuesday before the Trial Board, pleaded guilty, but claimed that having a job himself he could not go on Duke's job, told Duke this, and was told by Duke to do the best he could, and so he hired Steve Wright, thinking him O.K. Lynch was told by the Board to be more careful in future as to whom he hired, and was reprimanded and not fined.

          Steve Wright also pleaded guilty for not depositing his card and was fined $10, the minimum penalty, on his explanation of having "just arrived in town."
            So, boys, you will see the importnce of seeing who you hire and of depositing your transfer cards, as Minton is always on th ejo to protect union musicans in good standing.'

          New York Age, 1929-01-26 p.7..
          .djpNew
          added
          2013-04-28
          2018-09-03
          1929 01 22
          Tuesday
          .New York, N.Y.Cotton Club
          644 Lenox Ave.
          Harlem
          Night club residency and "Hot Chocolate" revue
          - see 1928 10 07
          ...
          ..2011
          1929 01 23
          Wednesday
          .New York, N.Y.Cotton Club
          644 Lenox Ave.
          Harlem
          Night club residency and "Hot Chocolate" revue
          - see 1928 10 07
          WPAP remote broadcasts:
          • 7 p.m. Cotton Club Orchestra
          • 7:15 p.m. Duke Ellington's Orchestra
          New York Times and/or Brooklyn Daily Eagle radio schedules, courtesy K. Steiner....2011
          updated
          2019-01-01
          1929 01 24
          Thursday
          .New York, N.Y.Cotton Club
          644 Lenox Ave.
          Harlem
          Night club residency and "Hot Chocolate" revue - see 1928 10 07...
          ..2011
          1929 01 25
          Friday
          .New York, N.Y.Cotton Club
          644 Lenox Ave.
          Harlem
          Night club residency and "Hot Chocolate" revue
          - see 1928 10 07
          WHN remote broadcast 11:45 p.m. - 12:00
          New York Times and/or Brooklyn Daily Eagle radio schedules, courtesy K. Steiner....2011
          updated
          2019-01-02
          1929 01 26
          Saturday
          .New York, N.Y.Cotton Club
          644 Lenox Ave.
          Harlem
          Night club residency and "Hot Chocolate" revue - see 1928 10 07...
          ..2011
          1929 01 27
          Sunday
          3:30 PM
          .New York, N.Y.Club Harlem
          African Room
          Sunday matinée -see 1929 01 06..DEMS
          .steiner2011
          updated
          2012-09-09
          1929 01 27
          Sunday
          .New York, N.Y.Cotton Club
          644 Lenox Ave.
          Harlem
          Night club residency and "Hot Chocolate" revue - see 1928 10 07...
          ..2011
          1929 01 28
          Monday
          .New York, N.Y.Cotton Club
          644 Lenox Ave.
          Harlem
          Night club residency and "Hot Chocolate" revue - see 1928 10 07
          WHN remote broadcasts
          • 12:00 Cotton Club Orchestra
          • 12:15 Duke Ellington's Orchestra
          Radio schedules 1928-01-21
          • Daily News, New York, N.Y. p.26
          • and
          • Brooklyn Daily Eagle, New York, N.Y. p.10, courtesy K. Steiner
          ..
          ..
          updated
          2018-11-04
          1929 01 29
          Tuesday
          .New York, N.Y.Cotton Club
          644 Lenox Ave.
          Harlem
          Night club residency and "Hot Chocolate" revue - see 1928 10 07...
          ..2011
          1929 01 30
          Wednesday
          .New York, N.Y.Cotton Club
          644 Lenox Ave.
          Harlem
          Night club residency and "Hot Chocolate" revue - see 1928 10 07
          WPAP remote broadcasts:
          • 7:00 Cotton Club Orchestra
          • 7:15 Duke Ellington's Orchestra
          Radio schedules 1928-01-21
          • Daily News, New York, N.Y. p.26
          • and
          • Brooklyn Daily Eagle, New York, N.Y. p.10, courtesy K. Steiner
          ..
          ..2011
          updated
          2018-11-04
          2019-01-02
          1929 01 31
          Thursday
          .New York, N.Y.Roseland Ballroom
          Fifty-first and Broadway
          New York Sun:

          'In celebration of its tenth anniverary the management of Roseland ...has arranged the special events for next week...the Cotton Club Revue and Duke Ellington and his Orchestra will be the outstanding offering Thursday night;... '


          Daily News:

          JUBILEE WEEK
          America's Foremost
          Ballroom

          Celebrates Its
          10th ANNIVERSARY
          Special Features Every Night
          TONIGHT
          Cotton Club Revue

          Entire Cast
          With Duke Ellington
          and his orchestra
          Tomorrow Night
          National Dancing
          Championship
          Saturday Night
          Mardi Gras Carnival
          Roseland
          Dancing

          Every Afternoon and Evening
          Broadway and 51st St.

          ..
          .djpNew
          added
          2012-09-10
          updated
          2018-09-01
          2018-11-10
          1929 01 31
          Thursday
          .New York, N.Y.Cotton Club
          644 Lenox Ave.
          Harlem
          See 1928 10 07
          If there was a scheduling conflict with the Roseland event, it seems likely another band would have subbed at the Cotton Club.
          ...
          ..2011

          February 1929

          1929 02 00...PERSONNEL CHANGE
          At some time between the January 18 and March 1 sessions, trumpeter Bubber Miley was replaced by Charles Melvin "Cootie" Williams, born in 1911 07 04, who first records with the band on March 1. Neither participated in the February 18 session.

          Lambert shows the band personnel after Bubber's departure as:
          • Arthur Whetsel
          • Cootie Williams
          • Freddie Jenkins
          • Tricky Sam Nanton
          • Johnny Hodges
          • Barney Bigard
          • Harry Carney
          • Duke Ellington
          • Fred Guy
          • Wellman Braud
          • Sonny Greer
          ..
          .djpNew
          added 2012-10-23
          updated
          2014-09-29
          1929 02 01
          Friday
          .New York, N.Y.Cotton Club
          644 Lenox Ave.
          Harlem
          Night club residency and "Hot Chocolate" revue - see 1928 10 07
          Remote broadcasts, 6:30 p.m., 7 p.m., 11 p.m., midnight, WHN WNJ WPAP

          Steiner's notes show Cotton [Club] Orcestra at 11:30 and Duke Ellington's Orcherstra at 11:45, WHN
          New York Times and/or Brooklyn Daily Eagle radio schedules, courtesy K. Steiner..
          ..2011
          updated
          2019-01-02
          1929 02 02
          Saturday
          1929 06 30
          Sunday
          New York, N.Y.Cotton Club
          644 Lenox Ave.
          Harlem
          Feb 1929 to June 1930:
          Ellington gained national exposure when he joined WABC and the Columbia (CBS) network, with broadcasts relayed "Coast-to-Coast." There is no listing for Ellington in the Feb. 2 Brooklyn Daily Eagle radio schedule.
          ..DEMS
          .Ken SteinerAdded
          2011
          1929 02 03
          Sunday
          3:30 PM
          .New York, N.Y.Club Harlem
          African Room
          Sunday matinée -see 1929 01 06..DEMS
          .steiner2011
          updated
          2012-09-09
          1929 02 03
          Sunday
          .New York, N.Y.Cotton Club
          644 Lenox Ave.
          Harlem
          Night club residency and "Hot Chocolate" revue - see 1928 10 07
          Broadcast 11 p.m., WABC

          Steven Lasker:
          An overview of Ellington's February 3, 1929 to September 19, 1930 CBS network broadcasts from the Cotton Club originating over the network's newly-acquired flagship station, WABC (Manhattan, 860 kHz, 5,000 watts). According to The Baltimore Evening Sun ("Radio Programs for Tonight," 1929-04-22), the station had a broadcast range of 170 miles, which would vary according to ionospheric conditions.

          Duke Ellington, his orchestra, their music, the Cotton Club and Harlem itself became nationally famous thanks to frequent radio broadcasts from the dance floor of the Cotton Club over WABC and the CBS network.

          Significantly, whereas WHN and WPAP had been broadcasting Ellington at 250 watts, WABC was broadcasting the band at 5,000 watts, and, thanks to participating CBS affiliates, Ellington's band was now being heard as far away as Seattle. According to Wikipedia and various other sources, the "first African-Americans to have a network show on radio" were the Mills Brothers, but their program, also on WABC and the CBS network, didn't debut until October 1931, thus – provided one excludes from consideration a few broadcasts by "race artists" on smaller, regional networks – the distinction of being the first African Americans to have a show on a national network properly belongs to Duke Ellington and his Cotton Club Orchestra, whose first broadcast from the club over CBS aired at 11 p.m. on February 3, 1929 (a Sunday). Ken Steiner notes that the Cotton Club broadcasts were "sustaining," i.e., unsponsored, while the Mills Brothers picked up a sponsor after just two months without one.

          CBS had purchased WABC the month before, on January 18, 1929, according to
          http://eyesofageneration.com/january-18-1929-cbs-becomes-a-broadcaster/
          and
          http://www.theradiohistorian.org/cbs_beginnings.html

          WABC soon named a new studio director -- the news was reported in The Brooklyn Daily Eagle (1929-02-03, p. 43) on the same day as Ellington's first broadcast from the Cotton Club over WABC and CBS:

          'Edward B. Husing, known to millions of listeners to sports events as 'Ted' Husing, has been appointed studio director of WABC, the key station of the Columbia Broadcasting System. Despite his new appointment, Mr. Husing will continue as announcer for Columbia. He will specialize in sports events.'

          Per Robert Sylvester ("No Cover Charge, A Backward Look at the Night Clubs," The Dial Press, NY, 1956, pp. 55-56):

          'In 1927 [sic], Harlem had another piece of luck. It got caught up in an event which changed Harlem from a playground for hep New Yorkers to an attraction for visitors from all over the country. This event was the exploding growth of network radio. A small station broadcast a nightly session of Ellington's music from the Cotton Club. The reaction was such that the Columbia Broadcasting System approached Herman Stark, the club manager, and offered to broadcast the sessions on a wider basis. It would do the club some good, Columbia suggested. 'There's no money in it for me,' Stark said haughtily. 'It will do you some good, not me. However, it'll probably do Duke some good, too, so go ahead and we'll see what happens.' What happened was that tourists from all over the country came flocking uptown. These tourists had had their earphone radios, or even their big Atwater-Kents and Stromberg-Carlsons turned on steadily since radio first became a national pastime. No music like the Harlem music had ever come out of their radio speakers. Overnight all the other big Harlem clubs added radio broadcasts. Harlem had now made the bigtime. It was a national institution.'

          Duke Ellington recalled ("Jazz as I Have Seen It," Part IV, Swing, 1940-06-00, p. 11; reprinted in Shapiro & Hentoff, "Hear Me Talkin' to Ya," pp. 232-33):

          'We were broadcasting at 5 p.m. every day [sic; actual days and times are found in the daily entries in TDWAW] over WHN. Then we got a break. Columbia sent Ted Husing down to see about putting the band on the air. He got everything settled, and went right to work announcing our programs. He did such a terrific job that our band soon became widely known.'

          Per Duke Ellington (1964-05-00 interview with Carter Harman, quoted by Stuart Nicholson, "Reminiscing in Tempo," pp. 77-78):

          'Here was the real springboard because we were on the radio from the Cotton Club practically every night and we did so well on WHN, that Columbia Broadcasting System came over and we went on the entire Columbia trans-continental network. Ted Husing was the principal announcer. Broadcasting in those days was a little different because you didn't have to clear numbers in front, and Ted would get on the microphone and say, 'Well, Duke, what's next?' and I would say, 'Well, let's see, I tell you what, we recorded a number today, let's hear what it sounds like on the radio.' [..] Everyone who came to New York had to come to Harlem, on Sunday night at the Cotton Club it was a night of introducing celebrity after top celebrity for the entire evening.'

          [Note: While WHN and WPAP never broadcast from the club on Sunday nights, WABC/CBS occasionally did. Ken Steiner has traced only three CBS Cotton Club broadcasts heard on the West Coast: September 2, 4 and 5, 1929 over station KVI, Tacoma/Seattle.]

          Per Duke Ellington ("Music Is My Mistress," pp. 79-80):

          '[Ted] Husing, incidentally, was a beautiful cat with an up-to-the-minute awareness then known as "hip." He was radio's No. 1 announcer, and he did a great deal for us.'

          Per Sonny Greer (as told to Stanley Dance, "In Those Days," essay in booklet to Columbia set C3L-39, "The Ellington Era, Volume Two"; essay reprinted in Dance, "The World of Duke Ellington," p. 67):

          'They put a coast-to-coast radio wire in the Cotton Club, and we were lucky enough to have three top announcers of the day in Ted Husing, Norman Brokenshire and David Ross, from six o'clock to seven every night [sic]. Many arguments arose in Harlem because the wives wouldn't cook dinner until the program was over. That was the beginning of Duke's national popularity, being heard from coast to coast.'

          Early in 1934, Mills Artists produced a pressbook for Cab Calloway, similar to that for Duke Ellington - for details, see 1933-06-00 -- which describe a Cotton Club broadcast:

          '[..] fashionably garbed men and women elbow each other for preferred standing room at the head of the [dance] floor, where they can watch Cab's gyrations at close range and marvel at the amazing shouts and wails which he emits. When microphones are placed in position for a broadcast, and a circle of chairs are arranged around them on the floor to prevent dancing couples from colliding with them, these seats are quickly occupied by patrons from ringside tables. These admirers appreciate the privilege of 'sitting in' and always respect the radio announcer's injunction to maintain silence while Cab is on the air.'

          • "Today's Radio Program", Brooklyn Daily Eagle, 1929 02 03 p.6C
          • Email, Lasker-Palmquist
            • 2018-11-28
            • 2019-01-01
          ..
          .djp2011
          updated
          2018-11-30
          1929 02 04
          Monday
          6:30-7:00 p.m.
          .New York, N.Y.W A B C studio6:30 p.m. CBS network broadcast on 860K, WABC, Manhattan, 349 M. At this time WABC was owned and operated by Columbia Broadcasting System (CBS)
          Duke Ellington's Orchestra
          • S. Lasker, The Duke Ellington Centennial Edition, RCA Victor CD box set 09026-63386-2, p.28
          • "Today's Radio Program", Brooklyn Daily Eagle, 1929 02 04 p.A
          • Email Lasker-Steiner/Palmquist
            • 2016-09-29
            • 2017-06-27
            • 2018-09-05
            • 2019-01-01
          ..
          .djpNew
          added 2015-01-01
          updated
          2016-09-29
          2017-07-09
          2018-09-01
          2018-09-05
          2019-01-01
          1929 02 04
          Monday
          .New York, N.Y.Cotton Club
          644 Lenox Ave.
          Harlem
          Night club residency

          "Hot Chocolate" revue - see 1928 10 07
          WHN radio listings, 12:00 "Cotton Club Orchestra" and 12:15 "Duke Ellington's Orchestra"
          "Today's Radio Program", Brooklyn Daily Eagle, 1929 02 04 p.A..
          ..2011
          updated
          2014-04-21
          2018-09-01
          2019-01-02
          1929 02 05
          Tuesday
          .New York, N.Y.Cotton Club
          644 Lenox Ave.
          Harlem
          Night club residency and "Hot Chocolate" revue - see 1928 10 07...
          ..2011
          1929 02 06
          Wednesday
          .New York, N.Y..
          • Brooklyn Daily Eagle radio log
          ..
          ..2011
          1929 02 06
          Wednesday
          .New York, N.Y.Cotton Club
          644 Lenox Ave.
          Harlem
          Night club residency and "Hot Chocolate" revue - see 1928 10 07

          Variety's Cabaret list shows
            Cotton Club
            • Dan Healy Rev
            • Duke Ellington Or
              Remote broadcasts:
              • 7:00 pm - WPAP - Cotton Club Orchestra
              • 7:15 pm - WPAP - Duke Ellington's Orchestra
              • 11:00 pm - WABC Duke Ellington
          • Brooklyn Daily Eagle radio log
          • Variety 1929-02-06 p.51
          ..
          ..2011
          updated
          2018-09-15
          2019-01-02
          1929 02 07
          Thursday
          .New York, N.Y.Cotton Club
          644 Lenox Ave.
          Harlem
          Night club residency and "Hot Chocolate" revue - see 1928 10 07...
          ..2011
          1929 02 08
          Friday
          .New York, N.Y.Cotton Club
          644 Lenox Ave.
          Harlem
          Night club residency and "Hot Chocolate" revue - see 1928 10 07
          Remote broadcasts, WHN:
          • 11:30 p.m. Cotton Club Orchestra
          • 11:45 Ellington's Orchestra
          ...
          ..Added
          2011
          Updated
          2019-01-02
          1929 02 09
          Saturday
          .New York, N.Y.Cotton Club
          644 Lenox Ave.
          Harlem
          Night club residency and "Hot Chocolate" revue - see 1928 10 07...
          ..2011
          1929 02 10
          Sunday
          3:30 PM
          .New York, N.Y.Club Harlem
          African Room
          Sunday matinée -see 1929 01 06..DEMS
          .steiner2011
          updated
          2012-09-09
          1929 02 10
          Sunday
          .New York, N.Y.Cotton Club
          644 Lenox Ave.
          Harlem
          Night club residency and "Hot Chocolate" revue - see 1928 10 07...
          ..2011
          1929 02 11
          Monday
          .Kulpmount, Penn..Peripheral Event
          The Washingtonian orchestra of Kulpmont was to play a dance for the ladies of St. Mary's church following their hassenpferrer, pinnochle, bunco and bridge card party.

          While Ellington's early band was The Washingtonians, this does not appear to be his orchestra - the date conflicts with the Cotton Club job and the venue is more than 150 miles from New York.
          • Mount Carmel News, Mount Carmel, Penn.
            1926-02-06 p.1
          • Shamokin Dispatch, Shamokin, Penn.
            1926-02-06 p.1
          ..
          .New
          added
          2018-11-10
          1929 02 11
          Monday
          .New York, N.Y.Cotton Club
          644 Lenox Ave.
          Harlem
          Night club residency

          "Hot Chocolate" revue - see 1928 10 07
          6:30-7:00 PM WABC broadcast

          • Radio log, Brooklyn Daily Eagle 1929 02 11, p.A8
          • Steven Lasker:
            • A Cotton Club Miscellany
            • Book to Mosaic MD7-235 CD box set Duke Ellington: The Complete 1936-1940 Variety, Vocalion And OKeh Small Group Sessions, p.2 (re broadcasts)
          ..
          ..2011
          1929 02 12
          Tuesday
          .New York, N.Y.Cotton Club
          644 Lenox Ave.
          Harlem
          Night club residency

          "Hot Chocolate" revue - see 1928 10 07
          ...
          ..2011
          1929 02 13
          Wednesday
          .New York, N.Y.Cotton Club
          644 Lenox Ave.
          Harlem
          Night club residency
          and "Hot Chocolate" revue - see 1928 10 07
          Remote broadcasts:
          • 11:00 P.M. WABC
          • 11:10 P.M. WWAC
          bro
          New York Times and/or Brooklyn Daily Eagle radio schedules, courtesy K. Steiner....2011
          updated
          2019-01-03
          1929 02 14
          Thursday
          Valentine's Day
          .New York, N.Y.Cotton Club
          644 Lenox Ave.
          Harlem
          Night club residency

          "Hot Chocolate" revue - see 1928 10 07
          6:30-7:00 PM WABC broadcast
          New York Times and/or Brooklyn Daily Eagle radio schedules, courtesy K. Steiner....2011
          updated
          2019-01-03
          1929 02 15
          Friday
          .New York, N.Y.Cotton Club
          644 Lenox Ave.
          Harlem
          Night club residency

          "Hot Chocolate" revue - see 1928 10 07
          ...
          ..2011
          1929 02 16
          Saturday
          .New York, N.Y.Cotton Club
          644 Lenox Ave.
          Harlem
          Night club residency

          "Hot Chocolate" revue - see 1928 10 07
          ...
          ..2011
          1929 02 17
          Sunday
          3:30 PM
          .New York, N.Y.Club Harlem
          African Room
          Sunday matinée -see 1929 01 06.. DEMS
          .steiner2011
          updated
          2012-09-09
          1929 02 17
          Sunday
          .New York, N.Y.Cotton Club
          644 Lenox Ave.
          Harlem
          Night club residency

          "Hot Chocolate" revue - see 1928 10 07
          ...
          ..2011
          1929 02 18
          Monday
          .New York, N.Y.16 W.46th Street StudioRCA Victor recording session
          13:45-17:15
          Duke Ellington's Orchestra
          Whetsel, Jenkins, Nanton, Bigard, Hodges, Carney, Ellington, Guy, Braud, Greer
          Titles recorded:
          • Japanese Dream
          • Harlemania
          • New Desor
          • Book to S. Lasker/O. Keepnews, The Duke Ellington Centennial Edition, RCA Victor CD box set 09026-63386-2
          New Desor
          DE2903
          DEMS
          Timner correctionsdjp2011
          updated
          2013
          2014-12-04
          1929 02 18
          Monday
          .New York, N.Y.Cotton Club
          644 Lenox Ave.
          Harlem
          Night club residency

          "Hot Chocolate" revue - see 1928 10 07
          6:30-7:00 PM WABC broadcast
          New York Times and/or Brooklyn Daily Eagle radio schedules, courtesy K. Steiner....2011
          updated
          2019-01-03
          1929 02 19
          Tuesday
          .New York, N.Y.Cotton Club
          644 Lenox Ave.
          Harlem
          Night club residency

          "Hot Chocolate" revue - see 1928 10 07
          ...
          ..2011
          1929 02 20
          Wednesday
          .New York, N.Y.Cotton Club
          644 Lenox Ave.
          Harlem
          Night club residency
          • "Hot Chocolate" revue - see 1928 10 07
          • Remote broadcasts
            • 11:00 P.M. WABC
            • 11:10 P.M. WNAL (Boston)
          • Variety's Cabaret list shows
              Cotton Club
              • Dan Healy Rev
              • Duke Ellington Or
          • Radio log, Brooklyn Daily Eagle
          • Variety, 1929-02-20 p.79
          ..
          ..2011
          updated
          2018-09-15
          1929 02 21
          Thursday
          .New York, N.Y.Cotton Club
          644 Lenox Ave.
          Harlem
          Night club residency

          "Hot Chocolate" revue - see 1928 10 07
          6:30-7:00 PM WABC broadcast
          New York Times and/or Brooklyn Daily Eagle radio schedules, courtesy K. Steiner....2011
          updated
          2019-01-03
          1929 02 22
          Friday
          .New York, N.Y.Cotton Club
          644 Lenox Ave.
          Harlem
          Night club residency

          "Hot Chocolate" revue - see 1928 10 07
          ...
          ..2011
          1929 02 23
          Saturday
          .New York, N.Y.Renaissance CasinoAnnual entertainment and ball of the Central Republican Club
          The ball (featured) the entire revue from the Cotton Club, including Duke Ellington's orchestra, parts of the revue from Connie's Inn and the cast from Small's Paradise, and several vaudeville actors. The event included dancing to the music of the Vernon Andrades orchestra.
          New York Age, 1929-03-02 p.2..
          ..New
          added 2012-09-14
          1929 02 23
          Saturday
          .New York, N.Y.Cotton Club
          644 Lenox Ave.
          Harlem
          Night club residency
          • "Hot Chocolate" revue - see 1928 10 07
          • The conflict between Ellington's usual late-night duties at the Cotton Club and the Renaissance Casino may have been managed by using guest orchestras at the Cotton Club. A November ad for EDDIE WHITE (AND HIS ORCHSTRA) says:

            'Note–Eddie White's orchestra in a battle of music at the Cotton Club New York, Feb. 23, 1929, won the contest in which Duke Ellington , Fletcher Henderson, Chick Webb, Oliver King and other famous colored orchestras competed. Paul Whiteman and Vincent Lopez judged the contest.'

            Carl Hällstöm suggests Oliver King means King Oliver.
          • The Yale Daily News, Harford, Conn., 1929-11-08 p.4
          • Email, Hällstöm-Palmquist 2018-09-16
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          1929 02 24
          Sunday
          3:30 PM
          .New York, N.Y.Club Harlem
          African Room
          Sunday matinée -see 1929 01 06.. DEMS
          .steiner2011
          updated
          2012-09-09
          1929 02 24
          Sunday
          .New York, N.Y.Cotton Club
          644 Lenox Ave.
          Harlem
          Night club residency

          "Hot Chocolate" revue - see 1928 10 07
          ...
          ..2011
          1929 02 25
          Monday
          .New York, N.Y.Cotton Club
          644 Lenox Ave.
          Harlem
          Night club residency

          "Hot Chocolate" revue - see 1928 10 07
          6:30-7:00 PM WABC broadcast
          New York Times and/or Brooklyn Daily Eagle radio schedules, courtesy K. Steiner....2011
          updated
          2019-01-03
          1929 02 26
          Tuesday
          .New York, N.Y.Cotton Club
          644 Lenox Ave.
          Harlem
          Night club residency

          "Hot Chocolate" revue - see 1928 10 07
          ...
          ..2011
          1929 02 27
          Wednesday
          .New York, N.Y.Cotton Club
          644 Lenox Ave.
          Harlem
          Night club residency
          and "Hot Chocolate" revue - see 1928 10 07
          11:00 P.M. WABC broadcast

          11:10 P.M. WNAL Boston broadcast
          ...
          ..2011
          1929 02 28
          Thursday
          .New York, N.Y.Cotton Club
          644 Lenox Ave.
          Harlem
          Night club residency

          "Hot Chocolate" revue - see 1928 10 07
          6:30-7:00 PM WABC broadcast
          New York Times and/or Brooklyn Daily Eagle radio schedules, courtesy K. Steiner....2011
          updated
          2019-01-03

          March 1929

          1929 03 01
          Friday
          .New York, N.Y.Brunswick Studio
          799 Seventh Ave.
          Brunswick recording session

          The Jungle Band
          Whetsel, Williams, Jenkins, Nanton, Bigard, Hodges, Carney; , Ellington, Guy, Braud, Greer
          Titles recorded:
          • Rent Party Blues
          • Paducah
          • Harlem Flat Blues
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          DE2904
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          2015-02-06
          1929 03 01
          Friday
          .New York, N.Y.Cotton Club
          644 Lenox Ave.
          Harlem
          Night club residency

          "Hot Chocolate" revue - see 1928 10 07
          ...
          ..2011
          1929 03 02
          Saturday
          .New York, N.Y.Cotton Club
          644 Lenox Ave.
          Harlem
          Night club residency

          "Hot Chocolate" revue - see 1928 10 07
          ...
          ..2011
          1929 03 03
          Sunday
          3:30 PM
          .New York, N.Y.Club Harlem
          African Room
          Sunday matinée -see 1929 01 06..DEMS
          .steiner2011
          updated
          2012-09-09
          1929 03 03
          Sunday
          .New York, N.Y.Cotton Club
          644 Lenox Ave.
          Harlem
          Night club residency

          "Hot Chocolate" revue - see 1928 10 07
          ...
          ..2011
          Circa
          1929 03 04
          Monday
          .New York, N.Y.Cameo Studio
          114 E. 32nd St.
          Cameo recording session

          The session date is estimated due to the lack of studio files.
          The Washingtonians
          and
          Ozie Ware with orchestral accompaniment
          Personnel:
          Williams (vocal on "It's Tight"), Bigard, Hodges, Ellington, Guy, Braud, Ozie Ware (vocal on "Don't Appeal"), possibly Jenkins instead of Williams on "Don't Appeal"
          Titles recorded:
          • Saratoga Swing
          • Who Said "It's Tight Like That"?
          • He Just Don't Appeal To Me
            While some discographies say the orchestra on Ozie's song was called Whoopee Makers, Steven Lasker says the record labels just say "Ozie Ware Orch. Acc." He comments

            'Discographies shows the same personnel, but I disagree: I believe Jenkins replaces Williams. Ozie Ware (real name McPherson [recte Eliza Brown?] is the vocalist.'


            • Schuller describes Saratoga Swing as "an early, successful attempt to employ a small group within the big band...the forerunner of many similar small-band recordings, notably the series made in the late 1930s under the leadership of various Ellington sidemen."
            • The older discographies were inconsistent in the session date and the personnel for the Ozie Ware side, referring to it as Ozie (or Ozzie) Ware with the Whoopee Makers.

              Steven Lasker says the labels did not show Whoopee Makers, just "Ozie Ware Orch. Acc."
            • Personnel varies from discography to discography, with Aasland showing a full band and the others generally showing a small band.
              • New Desor has C. Williams, Bigard, Hodges, Ellington, Guy and Braud.
              • Lambert says Braud was not in this session, with someone else, possibly Billy Taylor, on brass bass.
              • Bakker gives the same personnel as New Desor, with a question mark for Braud.
              • Lasker says the tuba player is the same as in the 1928 10 30 session and is clearly Braud:

                'Re. Braud's tuba: Dave Dodd was the first to note in print (Storyville 58, p.160) that about the only time the tubist on Santa Claus, Bring My Man Back to Me plays anything other than quarter notes is at the end of some choruses where a distinctive eight-to-the-bar line is heard. The same line can be heard on some of Braud's string bass recordings as well. Dodd cites Saratoga Swing (1929-05-03) while Brooks Kerr points to the Victor and Brunswick versions of Creole Love Call from February 1932. Dodd suggests that this line serves as a signature of Wellman Braud.'

            • Lasker advises the piano is tacet in this recording of Saratoga Swing.
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          1929 03 04
          Monday
          .New York, N.Y.Cotton Club
          644 Lenox Ave.
          Harlem
          6:30-7:00 PM WABC broadcast

          Night club residency

          "Hot Chocolate" revue - see 1928 10 07
          Radio log, Brooklyn Daily Eagle..
          ..2011
          1929 03 05
          Tuesday
          .New York, N.Y.Cotton Club
          644 Lenox Ave.
          Harlem
          Night club residency

          "Hot Chocolate" revue - see 1928 10 07
          ...
          ..2011
          1929 03 06
          Wednesday
          ..Peripheral Event
          Variety reported

          'ELLINGTON HOT FOR TALKER
            Duke Ellington, colored Cotton Club jazz impresario, turned down Warner Brothers to go to the Coast and strut the band's hot stuff in Al Jolson's "Mammy" talker.
            Ellington is the jazz king of Harlem at the black-and-tan nite club. He is being dickered with for RKO vaudeville, but cannot double because of time conflictions, having both dinner and supper sessions.'

          Variety 1929-03-06 p.58..
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          Wednesday
          .New York, N.Y.Cotton Club
          644 Lenox Ave.
          Harlem
          Night club residency

          11:00 P.M. WABC broadcast

          and "Hot Chocolate" revue - see 1928 10 07
          Radio log, Brooklyn Daily Eagle..
          ..2011
          Circa
          1929 03 00
          ...Steven Lasker:
          In early 1929, Ellington signed a contract with the Victor Talking Machine Company. Under its terms, which remained in force into 1931, his records for Victor would appear as by Duke Ellington's Orchestra, or Duke Ellington and His Cotton Club Orchestra, while recordings made by him for other labels would have to appear under a pseudonym. As a result, Ellington's records for Brunswick were released as by The Jungle Band, his records for OKeh were released as by The Harlem Footwarmers, and so on.

          Mr. Lasker's replies to specific questions regarding Ellington's 1920s and 1930s record contracts:

          • Q.1/
            Was there/would there have been a single contract covering the 1926 to early 1929 recordings for Vocalion and Brunswick? Do you have details?

            Lasker:

            'Ellington's 1929 contract with Victor appears to have been his first. I haven't found any contemporary press announcement of that contract, but much can be deduced from the following...

            • Per "The Christian Science Monitor," 1930 12 13, quoted on p. 43 of Tucker's "The Duke Ellington Reader":
              "At first he [Ellington] made records for Brunswick; two years ago he went under exclusive contract to Victor."
            • Per "Swing" [magazine], 1940 06 00, p. 22, "Jazz as I Have Seen It" by Duke Ellington:
              "...we were recording almost every day, and for all the labels. We used a dozen different names. We were signed with Victor, but we'd wax for other companies as the "Jungle Band," "Joe Turner and His Men [sic]," "Sonny Greer and His Memphis Men [sic]," and the "Harlem Footwarmers."
          • Q.2/
            • a/ Was Duke personally a party to this? Or Mills or a Mills entity?
            • b/ While this contract seems to have been terminated in 1931, did the contract itself actually show the effective date, an expiry date, and terms such as the fee per selection, a royalty provision, or an annual fee?
            • c/ Have you come across documents showing Duke was bought out?
            Lasker:

            When I first visited the Victor archives in 1986 and asked to see Ellington's 1929 Victor contract, I was told it no longer existed...

            Neither the ledger nor the sheets filled out at each session disclose if the dates were made under contract.
              Brunswick 4122, released 1929 01 03, was the company's last issue as by "Duke Ellington and His Cotton Club Orchestra" prior to the introduction of the pseudonym "The Jungle Band," which first appeared on Brunswick 4238, released 1929 03 29;

            OKeh 8662, released 1929 03 05, was the company's last issue as by "Duke Ellington and His Orchestra" prior to the use of the pseudonym "The Chicago Footwarmers" on OKeh 8675, released 1929 04 25.

            (The next pseudonym, "The Harlem Footwarmers" appeared on OKeh 8720, released 1929 09 29; "Lonnie Johnson's Harlem Footwarmers," an earlier pseudonym, had been used just once, on OKeh 8638, released 1928 12 25.

            Ellington's non-Victor sessions through 1931 01 20 appear in the files of their respective recording companies under pseudonyms; the band's rejected Brunswick session of 1931 08 11 marked the first reappearance of the "Duke Ellington & His Orchestra" credit in the recording files of a company other than Victor.

            From these dates we may deduce that Ellington's exclusive contract with Victor came into force sometime in March 1929. Assuming a two-year contract, or a one-year contract with a one-year option that was renewed, we would expect the contract to be up in March 1931 meaning no buy-out would have been necessary....unless he had a contract for a term longer than two years.

            March 1931 found Victor retrenching.

            Per "Variety," 1931 03 18, p. 73:

            Phonograph Disc Makers Laying Down with Big 50% Sales Drop; Let Costly Recording Names Go Chicago, March 17.

              As rapidly as their contracts expire costly names are being dropped by the mechanicals. There are exceptions but in general Victor, Brunswick and Columbia, faced with depleted revenue from their discs, are anxious to escape contracts that carry guarantees, as in the case with most of the important, long established recorders....

            Per Variety, 1931 03 25, p. 67:

            RCA Victor Unloading Stars
            Must Buy Up Fat Contracts
            Phonograph Co., in Disc Sale Slump, Ordered by RCA to Effect Speedy Cancellations of High-Salaried Artists -- Millions Involved Big Names Listed

            Chicago, March 24.
              RCA-Victor has been ordered by its holding company, Radio Corporation of America, to proceed to unload its talent obligations.
              Instructions are in line with a general move on part of phonograph recording companies to meet huge slump in disc sales with preliminary campaign of strict retrenchment.
              Execs. of Victor Co. were called into conference by the parent corporation, and informed it is to summon the big money artists under contract, or their managers, and submit a proposition of buying up the balance of recording obligations. ...


          • Q.3/
            Mills formed Master in Dec 1936. He and Decca had ultimately unsuccessful talks in the first week of January 1937 about marketing his records through Decca (Variety 1937-01-13 p.47). This didn't happen; by March 3, 1937, ARC owned both labels outright and employed Mills as managing director for the two brands, which were to be distributed by ARC.(Variety 1937-03-03 p.45) So, even though Mills was in charge of the Master and Variety labels, Master Records was not his after March 3, 1937. Feb 23, 1937 would have been right on the cusp of ARC's takeover of the Master and Variety labels.
             
            • a/ Did Ellington (or DEI) have a contract with Master between December 1936 and February 22 1937?
            • b/ If so, who were the parties to the contract?
            • c/ Does it seem likely ARC required Mills to have artist contracts in place, resulting in the February 23 1937 contract?
            • d/ Do you know if the 2 year renewal was 2 one year renewals, or one 2 year renewal (the former would explain the fee increase in March 1939)?
            Lasker:

            'ARC might have owned the trademarks, but their rights to the masters were only for North America. Mills retained European rights, but was unsuccessful in making any deal there, and finally sold the foreign rights to ARC (by then Columbia Records) at some point after the war.
              I don't have any answers to your question in four parts but will speculate that the fee increase in March 1939 may correspond to money Mills would no longer receive because he'd just been cut out some part of a deal governed by a contract or contracts we know nothing about.'

        • Q.4/
          Finally, to satisfy my curiosity, sidemen were paid for recording sessions. Ellington (or DEI) received payment per selection - flat fee in the earlier contracts, percentage of sales later, with cash in advance.
          • a/ Who bore the cost of the sidemen's pay?
          • b/ Was Ellington compensated just for being the lead performing artist, or did he receive something for being the composer of some of the charts (this might be detectable by comparing his flat fee with that of Calloway, a non-composer)?
          Lasker:

          a.) The employer, usually the record label, paid the leader and sidemen. With stockpile sessions, Ellington was employer.

          b.) When Ellington acted as a sideman (e.g., on some Mercer sessions and the Frances A. and Albert K. sessions), he was paid scale rate. When he was a leader/contractor, he was paid double scale. In later years, separate payments were made to arrangers and copyists. His fees as composer weren't paid through the AF of M, but through his publisher and ASCAP.


        • The Pseudonyms:
          The Ellington orchestra recorded under many names during its history. Here are the band appellations that did not include the names Duke or Ellington. These lists may not be complete, nor have I determined when the various pseudonyms were used. Some predate the Victor contract and some were used many years later.
          • Pseudonyms listed in Lambert:
            • The Broadway Revellers (Australian Bellbird)
            • Frank Brown and his Tooters (Amercian Parlophone)
            • The Dixie Jazz Band (Oriole, Regal)
            • Duke Ellington and his Memphis Men (Columbia)
            • The Georgia Syncopators (Melotone, Perfect)
            • Sonny Greer and his Memphis Men (Columbia)
            • The Harlem Footwarmers (OKeh)
            • Harlem Hot Chocolates (Hit of the Week)
            • The Harlem Music Makers (OKeh)
            • Earl Jackson and His Musical Champions (Melotone)
            • The Jungle Band (Brunswick)
            • Louisiana Rhythm Makers (Banner)
            • Memphis Hot Shots (Harmony)
            • Mills' Ten Blackberries (Velvet Tone)
            • New York Syncopators (Odeon)
            • The Philadelphia Melodians (Parlophone)
            • The Ten Blackberries (Perfect, Banner, etc.)
            • Joe Turner And His Memphis Men (Columbia)
            • The Washingtonians (Cameo, Romeo, etc.)
            • The Whoopee Makers (Romeo, Oriole, Pathé , etc.)
          • Pseudonyms in Aasland that are not included in Lambert above:
            • Bunta's Storyville Jazz Band
            • The Chicago Footwarmers
            • Dick Sparling And His Orchestra
            • The Harlem Music Masters
            • Ivie Anderson And Her Boys From Dixie
            • The Lumberjacks
            • Lonnie Johnson's Harlem Footwarmers
            • Lew Leslies's Blackbirds
            • Memphis Bell Hops
            • Traymore Orchestra
            • The Woopee Makers
            • Six Jolly Jesters
          • Jepsen shows pseudonyms in the session information but does list them separately. These, from volume 1, are not shown in Lambert or Aasland. I did not check volumes 2 and 3:
            • Lulu Belle's Boy Friends (Hardwick and Ellington)
            • Ten Black Berries
          • Bakker adds:
            • Hotsy Totsy Boys (Bakker identifies these as Duke (piano) and Irving Mills (vocal and kazoo) in 1925, but it's more likely Jimmy McHugh and Mills - see Lasker in DEMS 05/1-27)
            • The Philadelphia Melodians
          • More pseudonyms found on record labels in The Dooji Collection are
            • Jo. Trent and the D C'NS
            • Sunny and the D C'NS (the label says Sunny and the D C'NS but the handbill says Sonny Greer and the D C'ns)
            • Hot Five
          • Timner IV's list of orchestras adds to this, although some were long after the Victor contract. I have excluded those I think were small band "Ellington units" but likely included some in error:
            • Ivie Anderson & Her Orchestra
            • Broadway Revellers
            • Frank Brown And His Tooters
            • Chicago Footwarmers
            • Coronets
            • Johnny Hodges & His Friends
            • Johnny Hodges & His Orchestra
            • Chubby Kemp & Her All Stars
            • Irving Mills & His Hotsy Totsy Gang
            • Red Dandies
            • Cliff Roberts Dance Orchestra
            • Sonny & The Deacons
            • Dick Sparling & His Orchestra
            • Rex Stewart & His Orchestra
            • Ten Blackbirds
            • Chick Winters Orchestra
          • S. Lasker, booklet for Mosaic Records CD box set MD7-235 Duke Ellington: The Complete 1936-1940 Variety, Vocalion And OKeh Small Group Sessions, p.2
          • Email Lasker-Palmquist
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          • E. Lambert: Duke Ellington, A Listener's Guide, p.30
          • Benny Aasland:
            The Wax Works of Duke Ellington, 1954, Foliotryck, Stockholm, "Key to Orchestras" section
          • Jorgen Grunnet Jepsen, discogrpahy of DUKE ELLINGTON, vol. 1 Period 1925-37, Debut Records, 1959
          • Dick M. Bakker, Duke Ellington On Microgroove, Volume One - 1923-1936, Micrography, Holland, 1977
          • The Dooji Collection
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          1929 03 07
          Thursday
          .New York, N.Y.Liederkranz Hall,
          111 East 58th Street
          RCA Victor recording session
          1:30-5:50 pm
          Daytime assumed since the band was working late nights at the Cotton Club
          Duke Ellington and His Cotton Club Orchestra
          Whetsel, Williams, Jenkins, Nanton , Bigard, Hodges, Carney, Ellington, Guy, Braud, Greer
          Mills is shown as director on the studio sheet
          Titles recorded:
          • The Dicty Glide
          • Hot Feet
          • Sloppy Joe
          • Stevedore Stomp

          S. Lasker:
          'Per K. K. Hansen, program notes to Ellington's 1933-07-16 Farewell Concert at the Trocadero Cinema, London:
          "With ten minutes of a recording period left, Stevedore Stomp was written by Duke Ellington in six minutes, arranged at the same time by the device of giving out the harmonies verbally, and recorded in the following four minutes. The recorded version marks the first time the number was ever played by the orchestra."
          (However, note that take two, and only take two, was issued; take one was destroyed.)'
          • Email Lasker-Palmquist
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          New Desor
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          2014-12-04
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          1929 03 07
          Thursday
          .New York, N.Y.Cotton Club
          644 Lenox Ave.
          Harlem
          6:30-7:00 PM WABC broadcast

          Night club residency

          "Hot Chocolate" revue - see 1928 10 07
          ...
          ..2011
          1929 03 08
          Friday
          .New York, N.Y.Cotton Club
          644 Lenox Ave.
          Harlem
          Night club residency

          "Hot Chocolate" revue - see 1928 10 07
          ...
          ..2011
          1929 03 09
          Saturday
          .New York, N.Y.Cotton Club
          644 Lenox Ave.
          Harlem
          Night club residency

          "Hot Chocolate" revue - see 1928 10 07
          11:00 PM WABC broadcast
          New York Times and/or Brooklyn Daily Eagle radio schedules, courtesy K. Steiner....2011
          updated
          2019-01-04
          1929 03 10
          Sunday
          3:30 PM
          .New York, N.Y.Club Harlem
          African Room
          Sunday matinée -see 1929 01 06..DEMS
          .steiner2011
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          2012-09-09
          1929 03 10
          Sunday
          .New York, N.Y.Cotton Club
          644 Lenox Ave.
          Harlem
          Night club residency

          "Hot Chocolate" revue - see 1928 10 07
          ...
          ..2011
          1929 03 11
          Monday
          .New York, N.Y.Cotton Club
          644 Lenox Ave.
          Harlem
          Night club residency

          "Hot Chocolate" revue - see 1928 10 07
          6:30-7:00 PM WABC broadcast

          ...
          ..2011
          1929 03 12
          Tuesday
          ..Peripheral Event
          Rian James' Reverting to Type column subtitled Harlemania in the Brooklyn Daily Eagle described the Harlem clubs, including the three Ellington worked in during the first quarter of 1929:

          '...For Harlem wakes when all the rest of the town has gone to bed: jazz bands blare and white shirt fronts glisten in the rays of soft-hued table lamps. The later the hotter is the credo of the cullud folk.
            The aristocrat of all Harlem emporia is the Cotton Club (Lenox and 142nd st.). Here, in surroundings representing the interior of a huge log cabin, under soft, colorful lights, the creme de la creme of the stay-outs foregather to see "Hot Chocolate," the forty-person revue that Dan Healy put on to hear Duke Ellington and his band, which is the hottest jazz outfit extant, play Jimmy McHughes' "restricted" music, while the dusky, lithe-limbed personnel sings Dorothy Field's lyrics; here "Snake-Hips" Taylor, who is only a so-so advertisement for the original "Shake-Hips" tucker, wriggles in the best approved Tucker manner, and Leitha Hill sings "Handy Man" in a way that makes you want to dash right out and buy it on the records. And it's here, too, that Henri dances. Henri is young, tall and handsome and Henri can dance – tap, soft-shoe, classic and adagio – like nobody's business. And then there are the Berry Brothers, The Henry Kids, as they were called, really were kids when they came here a couple of years ago to dance at the Club Alabam. One was eleven, the other thirteen. And young as they still are, they are just about the fastest, dancingest rotocombination since the days of Williams and Walker. In fact it even says so on the program.
            The rest of the show – the Five Blazes; Beckett and Mason, who double into the Cotton Club from Loew Vaudeville, and the snappy chorus ensembles – are colorful, lavish – almost in the miniature production class. And from Lee Posner, who hugs your elbow, you learn things. You learn the "Harlemania" number is dedicated to his erstwhile column; that the two-dollar cover charge, which is certainly little enough for all you get, only begins after ten oclock [sic]; that Vasilkow, costume designer for the Folies Bergere [sic], was imported to specially design the costumes here, that the Cotton Club is NOT a "black-and-tan," but is for white patrons exclusively, and that if you don't step on it you're going to miss another swell show down at Connie's Inn. And so, as you trickle out of the Cotton Club, you remark that the food was swell and you're told that it should be, because, unlike the majority of other clubs, the kitchen here isn't farmed out. When you come here try the Chinese food, which, customers, is swell.
          ...[James then describes Connie's Inn, with its 50-person Leonard Harper show, and the Spider Web under the Alhambra Theater.]..
            And you'll want to see the Club Harlem, which is undoubtedly the hottest place in town (130th and Lenox ave.), because the Club Harlem is a black-and-tan; because the "Black and White Revels" were produced by Frank Montgomery; because "Racehorse" Smith tap dances there and because Elmer Snowden and his orchestra will both deafen and delight you, and because the much-talked-of wall murals were done by Aaron Douglas, colored, and are worth the trip.
            And then, you'll want to see the Lenox Club (Lenox ave and 142nd st.), because here Park Avenue fraternizes with its colored chauffeur; because it is reputed to be the only honest-to-gosh black-and-tan in the roto belt; because its Monday morning breakfast dances, which are famous, begin at 4 a.m. and last until noon, because it is the headquarters of Jeff Blount, who is a Harlem character; because it has the "Brown Baby Frolle" and because if you have heart trouble you come here at your own risk!...'

          Brooklyn Daily Eagle, New York, N.Y.,
          1929-03-12 p.14A
          ..
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          Tuesday
          .New York, N.Y.Cotton Club
          644 Lenox Ave.
          Harlem
          Night club residency

          "Hot Chocolate" revue - see 1928 10 07
          ...
          ..2011
          1929 03 13
          Wednesday
          .New York, N.Y.Cotton Club
          644 Lenox Ave.
          Harlem
          Night club residency

          and "Hot Chocolate" revue - see 1928 10 07
          11:00 P.M. WABC broadcast
          11:10 WNAC broadcast
          Radio schedules courtesy K.Steiner:..
          ..2011
          updated
          2019-01-04
          1929 03 14
          Thursday
          .New York, N.Y.Cotton Club
          644 Lenox Ave.
          Harlem
          Night club residency
          -"Hot Chocolate" revue - see 1928 10 07
          6:30-7:00 PM WABC broadcast

          ...
          ..2011
          1929 03 15
          Friday
          .New York, N.Y.Cotton Club
          644 Lenox Ave.
          Harlem
          Night club residency

          "Hot Chocolate" revue - see 1928 10 07
          ...
          ..2011
          1929 03 16
          Saturday
          .New York, N.Y.Cotton Club
          644 Lenox Ave.
          Harlem
          Night club residency

          "Hot Chocolate" revue - see 1928 10 07
          ...
          ..2011
          1929 03 17
          Sunday
          3:30 PM
          .New York, N.Y.Club Harlem
          African Room
          Sunday matinée -see 1929 01 06..DEMS
          .steiner2011
          updated
          2012-09-09
          1929 03 17
          Sunday
          .New York, N.Y.Cotton Club
          644 Lenox Ave.
          Harlem
          Night club residency

          "Hot Chocolate" revue - see 1928 10 07
          ...
          ..2011
          1929 03 18
          Monday
          .New York, N.Y.Cotton Club
          644 Lenox Ave.
          Harlem
          6:30-7:00 PM WABC broadcast

          Night club residency

          "Hot Chocolate" revue - see 1928 10 07
          ...
          ..2011
          1929 03 19
          Tuesday
          .New York, N.Y.Cotton Club
          644 Lenox Ave.
          Harlem
          Night club residency

          "Hot Chocolate" revue - see 1928 10 07
          ...
          ..2011
          1929 03 20
          Wednesday
          .New York, N.Y.Cotton Club
          644 Lenox Ave.
          Harlem
          Night club residency

          11:00 P.M. WABC broadcast

          and "Hot Chocolate" revue - see 1928 10 07
          ...
          ..2011
          1929 03 21
          Thursday
          .New York, N.Y.Cotton Club
          644 Lenox Ave.
          Harlem
          6:30-7:00 PM WABC broadcast

          Night club residency

          "Hot Chocolate" revue - see 1928 10 07
          ...
          ..2011
          1929 03 22
          Friday
          .New York, N.Y.Cotton Club
          644 Lenox Ave.
          Harlem
          Night club residency

          "Hot Chocolate" revue - see 1928 10 07
          ...
          ..2011
          1929 03 23
          Saturday
          .New York, N.Y.Cotton Club
          644 Lenox Ave.
          Harlem
          Night club residency

          "Hot Chocolate" revue - see 1928 10 07
          ...
          ..2011
          1929 03 24
          Sunday
          3:30 PM
          .New York, N.Y.Club Harlem
          African Room
          Sunday matinée -see 1929 01 06..DEMS
          .steiner2011
          updated
          2012-09-09
          1929 03 24
          Sunday
          .New York, N.Y.Cotton Club
          644 Lenox Ave.
          Harlem
          Night club residency

          "Hot Chocolate" revue - see 1928 10 07
          ...
          ..2011
          1929 03 25
          Monday
          .New York, N.Y.Cotton Club
          644 Lenox Ave.
          Harlem
          6:30-7:00 PM WABC broadcast

          Night club residency

          "Hot Chocolate" revue - see 1928 10 07
          ...
          ..2011
          1929 03 26
          Tuesday
          .New York, N.Y.Cotton Club
          644 Lenox Ave.
          Harlem
          Night club residency

          "Hot Chocolate" revue - see 1928 10 07
          ...
          ..2011
          1929 03 27
          Wednesday
          .New York, N.Y.Cotton Club
          644 Lenox Ave.
          Harlem
          Night club residency

          11:00 P.M. WABC broadcast

          and "Hot Chocolate" revue - see 1928 10 07
          ...
          ..2011
          1929 03 28
          Thursday
          .New York, N.Y.Cotton Club
          644 Lenox Ave.
          Harlem
          6:30-7:00 PM WABC broadcast

          Night club residency

          "Hot Chocolate" revue - see 1928 10 07
          ...
          ..2011
          1929 03 29
          Friday
          .New York, N.Y.Cotton Club
          644 Lenox Ave.
          Harlem
          Night club residency

          "Hot Chocolate" revue - see 1928 10 07
          ...
          ..2011
          1929 03 30
          Saturday
          .New York, N.Y.Cotton Club
          644 Lenox Ave.
          Harlem
          Night club residency

          "Hot Chocolate" revue - see 1928 10 07
          ...
          ..2011
          1929 03 31
          Sunday
          3:30 PM
          .New York, N.Y.Lenox Ave ClubSunday matinéesee 1929-01-06 entry.DEMS
          .steiner2011
          updated
          2012-09-09
          1929 03 31
          Sunday
          12:15 AM and 2:15 AM
          .New York, N.Y.Cotton Club
          644 Lenox Ave.
          Harlem
          Night club residency

          Opening night of the new Cotton Club revue, "Springbirds" (per the program) or Spring Birds" (as advertised)
          2 shows nightly, Cotton Club's spring revue
          Rian James, Reverting to Type:

          "SILHOUETTE
          The Cotton Club ... and the premiere of [sic] Danny Healy's new extravaganza, "Springbirds"...last Sunday night...the opening number, which is costuned as gorgeously and as extravagantly as any Ziegfeld Revue...the feather "bird" costumes, that provoked one mad wagger to remark that the chorines were evidently protected by the "game" laws...Leith Hill's hot "Kitchen Man" number, which has more innuendos that a John S. Sumner lecture...the hot tunes and lyrics by Jimmy McHugh and Dorothy Fields, of Blackbirds fame, who bowed hello...Dorothy's proud poppa, who beamed as she bowed (Lew Fields)...the cane twirling of the lankier Berry Brother...and the marv Adagio number by Henri and Dixon...the Arabian number, which is just a little bit too Park ave. for enjoyment in a Rotobelt emporeium...albeit it is lavish...beautiful and very Folies Bergere...the gameness of the afrementioned adagio terper, Miss Dixon, who keeled over a few minutes before her turn went on...and went on, anyway...the packed room...and the eleven thousand celebs present, who hoped that they'd be called on...the ten thousand nine hundred and ninety nine who were...or maybe it only seemed that many...in the audience...Bill (Blackbirds) Robinson, who tap-danced...Dnany Healy, who curtain-speeched...Lester (Ziggy Frolics) Allen, who did pretty nearly his entire repertoire...Adelaide (Blackbirds) Hall, who sang ... Ted (W A B C) Husing and Mrs. Ted, our favorite radio announcer, who radioed the event...Abel Green, who caught if [sic] for Variety...Floyd (Scribe) Gibbons, who just got $140,000 each from Fox for the screen rights to his "Red Napoleon" which is now running in Liberty ... Cy (Spring Is Here) Landry...Ben (Park Central Grill and Hello Daddy) Pollack, who Ambassadeurs in Paree, come August...Nina ("Hold Everything") Olivette, who wears Pince Nez off stage...Ruth (Whoopee) Etting...Elene Cooke...Borrah (Harmonica) Minnevitch...Lee (P.A.) Posner...and that isn't all...or even nearly all...and everybody including Ed Hurley, had a grand time. You should have come over!"

          • Stratemann pp.2, 686
          • Vail
          • Brooklyn Daily Eagle, New York, N.Y.,
            1929-04-03 p.A12
          ..
          ..2011
          updated
          2012-09-09
          2018-09-03

          April 1929

          1929 04 01
          Easter Monday
          3:30 am
          .New York, N.Y.Rockland Palace
          155th St. and 8th Ave.
          Breakfast dance from 3:30 to after 8 o'clock in the morning. This was a friendly battle of the bands - Ellington's and Charlie Johnson's. Variety declared Johnson the winner.
          POSITIVELY!
          Breakfast Dance Plus?
          Easter Monday Morning, April 1, 1929
          3.30 A. M. TILL 8:30 A.M.
          Under Personal Supervision of
          Duke Ellington
          AND HIS
          COTTON CLUB BAND
          &Charlie Johnson
          AND HIS
          SMALL'S PARADISE BAND
          ROCKLAND PALACE, 155th St. and 8th Ave.
          SPECIAL--National and International Stars Will Also Appear
          HALL COMPLETELY RENOVATED
          • Stratemann p.2, citing
            Variety 1929-03-27 p.59 (before the event)
          • Vail I - unidentified ad
          • New York Amsterdam News, New York, N.Y.,1929-03-13, p.7, courtesy S.Lasker email 2018-09-28
          ....2011
          updated
          2013-07-27
          2018-09-29
          1929 04 01
          Monday
          .New York, N.Y.Cotton Club
          644 Lenox Ave.
          Harlem
          6:30-7:00 PM WABC broadcast

          Night club residency

          "Spring Birds" revue - see 1929 03 31
          ..
          Vail.2011
          updated 2012-09-09
          1929 04 02
          Tuesday
          .New York, N.Y.Cotton Club
          644 Lenox Ave.
          Harlem
          Night club residency

          "Spring Birds" revue - see 1929 03 31
          ..
          Vail.2011
          updated 2012-09-09
          1929 04 03
          Wednesday
          .New York, N.Y.Cotton Club
          644 Lenox Ave.
          Harlem
          Night club residency

          11:00 P.M. WABC broadcast

          "Spring Birds" revue - see 1929 03 31
          Radio log, Brooklyn Daily Eagle.
          Vail.2011
          updated 2012-09-09
          1929 04 04
          Thursday
          ... Peripheral event
          Birth of Buster Cooper, trombone
          ...
          .djpNew
          added
          2012-10-11
          1929 04 04
          Thursday
          .New York, N.Y.1819 BroadwayColumbia recording session
          Joe Turner and His Memphis Men
          Whetsel, Williams, Jenkins, Nanton, Bigard, Hodges, Carney, Ellington, Guy, Braud, Greer

          Titles recorded:
          • I Must Have That Man
          • Freeze And Melt
          • Mississippi Moan
          New DesorNew Desor
          DE2907
          DEMS
          .djp2011
          updated
          2012-09-09
          1929 04 04
          Thursday
          .Jersey City, N.J.Columbia Hall
          Ocean and Cator Avenues
          Dance
          Pittsburgh Courier 1929-03-09:

          'Jersey City, N.J.
          ...The Tabriz Social club will bring to this city another feature affair. This time their Easter dance will be held on Thursday evening, April 4, at Columbia hall, Ocean and Cator Avenues, when the famous Duke Ellington and his musicians will appear. The outstanding musician, Duke Ellington, will be present in person...'

          Pittsburgh Courier 1929-03-30:

          '...The night of nights will be had in this city on Thursday, April 4, at which time the well-known and famous Tabriz Social Club will present to their many patrons and friends the none other than Duke Ellington himself, of the famous Cotton Club fame. Mr. Ellington will be personally introduced to the public by C. Bion Jones, E.E.R. and district deputy of I.B.P.O. E. W. The social occasion will be held at Columbia Hall, Ocean and Cator avenue. Phil Golden is president.'

          The Jersey Journal:

          'Tabriz Club Plans
                      Hop in Greenville
          The fifth annual dance of the Tabriz Social Club, organization of Jersey City colored folks, will be held Thursday evening, Aril 4...
            The big attraction will be the first appearance in New Jersey of Duke Ellington, leader of the Cotton Club Orchestra of New York.
            C. Bion Jones will introduce Ellington early in the evening. Ellington's aggregation of jazz makers will strike up the first tune at 8:30 and the fun will last till early morning... '

          • Pittsburgh Courier, Pittsburgh, Penn.
            • 1929-03-09 s.3 p.3
            • 1929-03-30 s.1 p.11
          • The Jersey Journal, Jersey City, N.J.
            1929-03-25 p.4
          ...djpNew
          added
          2018-09-03
          updated
          2018-11-10
          1929 04 04
          Thursday
          .New York, N.Y.Cotton Club
          644 Lenox Ave.
          Harlem
          Night club residency

          "Spring Birds" revue - see 1929 03 31

          6:30-7:00 PM WABC broadcast

          Given the recording session and the Jersey City dance, it seems likely Ellington and his orchestra took the night off from the Cotton Club. It's less than 30 miles between Harlem and the Jersey City venue, so it's not impossible that Ellington played part of the night at the Cotton Club, but it seems more likely a substitute was used.
          Radio log, Brooklyn Daily Eagle.
          Vail.2011
          updated
          2012-09-09
          2018-09-03
          1929 04 05
          Friday
          .New York, N.Y.Cotton Club
          644 Lenox Ave.
          Harlem
          Night club residency

          "Spring Birds" revue - see 1929 03 31
          ..
          Vail.2011
          updated 2012-09-09
          1929 04 06
          Saturday
          .New York, N.Y.Cotton Club
          644 Lenox Ave.
          Harlem
          Night club residency

          "Spring Birds" revue - see 1929 03 31
          ..
          Vail.2011
          updated 2012-09-09
          1929 04 07
          Sunday
          3:30 PM
          .New York, N.Y.Lenox Ave ClubSunday matinéesee 1929-01-06 entry.DEMS
          .steiner2011
          updated 2012-09-09
          1929 04 07
          Sunday
          .New York, N.Y.Cotton Club
          644 Lenox Ave.
          Harlem
          Night club residency

          "Spring Birds" revue - see 1929 03 31
          ..
          Vail.2011
          updated 2012-09-09
          1929 04 08
          Monday
          .New York, N.Y.Cotton Club
          644 Lenox Ave.
          Harlem
          6:30-7:00 PM WABC broadcast

          Night club residency

          "Spring Birds" revue - see 1929 03 31
          ..
          Vail.2011
          updated 2012-09-09
          1929 04 09
          Tuesday
          .New York, N.Y.Cotton Club
          644 Lenox Ave.
          Harlem
          Night club residency

          "Spring Birds" revue - see 1929 03 31
          ..
          Vail.2011
          updated 2012-09-09
          1929 04 10
          Wednesday
          .New York, N.Y.Cotton Club
          644 Lenox Ave.
          Harlem
          Night club residency

          11:00 P.M. WABC broadcast

          "Spring Birds" revue - see 1929 03 31
          Radio log, Brooklyn Daily Eagle.
          Vail.2011
          updated 2012-09-09
          1929 04 11
          Thursday
          .New York, N.Y.Cotton Club
          644 Lenox Ave.
          Harlem
          6:30-7:00 PM WABC broadcast

          Night club residency

          "Spring Birds" revue - see 1929 03 31
          ..
          Vail.2011
          updated 2012-09-09
          1929 04 12
          Friday
          .New York, N.Y.Liederkranz Hall,
          111 East 58th Street
          RCA Victor recording session
          2:00 pm –5:30 pm (documentation did not specify afternoon or night, but an afternoon session would not conflict with night duty at the Cotton Club).

          Duke Ellington and His Cotton Club Orchestra
          Whetsel, Williams, Jenkins, Nanton, Bigard, Hodges, Carney, Ellington, Guy, Braud, Greer, Harmonica Charlie
          Irving Mills introduces each selection and is listed on the session sheet as director and master of ceremonies.
          Titles recorded:
          • Irving Mills Presents Duke Ellington & His Orchestra "In a Night at the Cotton Club" Part 1 (Cotton Club Stomp, Misty Mornin')
          • "Irving Mills Presents Duke Ellington & His Orchestra "In a Night at the Cotton Club" Part 2 (Goin' To Town, Harmonica Interlude, Freeze and Melt)
          • New Desor
          • Session time from the book to S. Lasker/O. Keepnews, The Duke Ellington Centennial Edition, RCA Victor CD box set 09026-63386-2
          • Email, Lasker-Palmquist 2016-04-22
          • Vail
          • Timner corrections
          New Desor
          DE2908
          DEMS
          .djp2011
          updated
          2012-09-09
          2014-12-04
          2016-04-22
          1929 04 12
          Friday
          .New York, N.Y.Cotton Club
          644 Lenox Ave.
          Harlem
          Night club residency

          "Spring Birds" revue - see 1929 03 31
          ..
          Vail.2011
          updated 2012-09-09
          1929 04 13
          Saturday
          .New York, N.Y.Cotton Club
          644 Lenox Ave.
          Harlem
          Night club residency

          "Spring Birds" revue - see 1929 03 31
          ..
          Vail.2011
          updated 2012-09-09
          1929 04 14
          Sunday
          3:30 PM
          .New York, N.Y.Lenox Ave ClubSunday matinée
          Note the apparent conflict with the Proctor's gig below
          see 1929-01-06 entry.DEMS
          .steiner2011
          updated
          2012-09-09
          2018-09-02
          1929 04 14
          Sunday
          1929 04 17New York, N.Y.F.F.Proctor's 58th St. Theater
          58th St. near 3rd Ave.
          The Vaudeville News and New York Star:

          'DUKE ELLINGTON BAND OPENS
           
          One of the orchestras of the night clubs, Duke Ellington and his colored band, has been signed for local vaudeville. The band is now beaing featured at the Cotton Club and opens in vaudeville week of April 14, playing Proctor's 58th St. the first half.'

          Sunday News ("Today to Wedneday"):

          ALL TALKING FILM
          TEXAS GUINAN
          in "Queen Of Night Clubs"
          DUKE ELLINGTON
          & Cotton Club Orchestra
          SUPREME VAUDEVILLE – PICTURES
          Continuous Noon to 11 P.M. Low Prices
          ACTORS' NATONAL JUBILEE WEEK'

          Prices advertised: Aft. 25¢, 55¢, Eve. 55¢

          Note the apparent conflict with the Lenox Club matinee on this first day.
            The Vaudeville News and New York Star, New York, N.Y.
            1929-04-13 pp.1, 15
          • The Sunday News, New York, N.Y.
            1929-04-14 p.71
          • The Daily Star, Queens Borough, N.Y.
            1929-04-16 p.4
          • Daily News, New York, N.Y.
            1929-04-17 p.41
          ..djp/ksNew
          added
          2018-09-02
          1929 04 14
          Sunday
          .New York, N.Y.Cotton Club
          644 Lenox Ave.
          Harlem
          Night club residency

          "Spring Birds" revue - see 1929 03 31
          ..
          Vail.2011
          updated 2012-09-09
          1929 04 15
          Monday
          .New York, N.Y.F.F.Proctor's 58th St. Theater
          58th St. & 3rd Ave.
          Vaudeville - see 1929 04 14..
          .djpNew
          added
          2012-09-10
          1929 04 15
          Monday
          .New York, N.Y.Cotton Club
          644 Lenox Ave.
          Harlem
          Night club residency

          "Spring Birds" revue - see 1929 03 31

          6:30-7:00 PM WABC broadcast - not confirmed (no entry in Radio log, Brooklyn Daily Eagle)

          ..
          Vail.2011
          updated 2012-09-09
          1929 04 16
          Tuesday
          1929 04 17
          Wednesday
          New York, N.Y.F.F.Proctor's 58th St. Theater
          58th St. & 3rd Ave.
          Vaudeville - see 1929 04 14

          Duke Ellington and His Cotton Club Entertainers
          Collegiate Revue, Youth-Beauty-Talent
          Continuous shows Noon to 11 PM daily

          The ad in the Star the next day confirmed the 17th was the last day.
          The Daily Star, Queens Borough, 1929-04-16, p.4..
          .djpNew
          added 2012-09-10
          1929 04 16
          Tuesday
          .New York, N.Y.Cotton Club
          644 Lenox Ave.
          Harlem
          Night club residency

          "Spring Birds" revue - see 1929 03 31
          ..
          Vail.2011
          updated 2012-09-09
          1929 04 17
          Wednesday
          .New York, N.Y.F.F.Proctor's 58th St.TheaterVaudeville - see 1929 04 16...
          .djp2012
          1929 04 17
          Wednesday
          .New York, N.Y.Cotton Club
          644 Lenox Ave.
          Harlem
          Night club residency

          11:00 P.M. WABC broadcast

          "Spring Birds" revue - see 1929 03 31
          ..
          Vail.2011
          updated 2012-09-09
          1929 04 18
          Thursday
          .New York, N.Y.Cotton Club
          644 Lenox Ave.
          Harlem
          Night club residency

          "Spring Birds" revue - see 1929 03 31

          6:30-7:00 PM WABC broadcast
          Brooklyn Daily Eagle radio log.
          Vail.2011
          updated 2012-09-09
          1929 04 19
          Friday
          .New York, N.Y.Cotton Club
          644 Lenox Ave.
          Harlem
          Night club residency

          "Spring Birds" revue - see 1929 03 31
          ..
          Vail.2011
          updated 2012-09-09
          1929 04 20
          Saturday
          .New York, N.Y.Cotton Club
          644 Lenox Ave.
          Harlem
          Night club residency

          "Spring Birds" revue - see 1929 03 31
          ..
          Vail.2011
          updated 2012-09-09
          1929 04 21
          Sunday
          3:30 PM
          .New York, N.Y.Lenox Ave ClubSunday matinée -see 1929-01-06 entry

          (Unconfirmed-this appears to conflict with the Palace Theatre gig below.)

          ..DEMS
          .steiner2011
          updated
          2012-09-09
          1929 04 21
          Sunday
          1929 04 27
          Saturday
          New York, N.Y.Palace Theatre
          1564 Broadway.
          30 minute matinée

          Variety's reviewer didn't think the band did well enough with slow numbers for vaudeville.
          Stratemann says this was a matinee on the 21st; Vail I says it was a week-long engagement but doesn't provide references.
          Pittsburgh Courier:

          "All of Harlem is agog and congratulating Duke Ellington and his boys of the Cotton Club at the opening of Duke Ellington, the jazz maestro of the Cotton Club and his orchestra, who are sharing headline honors this week with the three Marx Brothers and Leatrice Joy at the Palace Theatre. ... This is the first engagement that a colored orchestra has played the Palace as a feature and Duke and his boys are tripling this week by their usual broadcasting sessions and at the club..."

          The Vaudeville News:

          'Irving Mills of the Mills Music Co., 148 West 46th St., N.Y.C., dabbles in show business occasionally–that is, when not on the job making hits for the hustling publishing firm. Evidentely he is just as successful in one line as the other, as attested by the laurels that were heaped upon Duke Ellington and his Cotton Club Orchestra last week at the New York Palace...'

          Steven Lasker:

          'The late Brooks Kerr told me a story related to him years before by Sonny Greer, that when Ellington's band played the Palace Theatre on the same bill as the Marx Brothers, the Marxes asked Sonny to accompany portions of their act which Sonny would have been happy to do provided he was paid, but the Marx Brothers weren't so inclined so Sonny didn't join in their merriment.'

          • Sunday News, New York, N.Y.
            1929-04-21 p.67
          • Daily News, New York, N.Y.
            • 1929-04-22 p.25
            • 1929-04-24 p.37
            • 1929-04-26 p.52
          • Stratemann p.2, citing reviews in
            • Variety 1929-04-24,p.38
            • The Billboard 1929-05-04,p.15
          • Pittsburgh Courier
            1929-04-27 p.3.s.2
          • New York Age 1929-04-27, p.6
          • The Vaudeville News and New York Star, New York, N.Y. 1929-05-04 p.15
          • Email Lasker-Palmquist
            • 2014-08-18
            • 2018-09-29
            • 2018-10-04
          ..
          .djp2011
          updated

          2012-09-10
          2014-04-20
          2018-09-04
          2018-09-30
          2018-10-07
          2018-11-10
          1929 04 21
          Sunday
          .New York, N.Y.Cotton Club
          644 Lenox Ave.
          Harlem
          Night club residency

          "Spring Birds" revue - see 1929 03 31

          11:30 pm WABC broadcast
          Brooklyn Daily Eagle radio log.
          Vail.2011
          updated 2012-09-09
          1929 04 22
          Monday
          .New York, N.Y.Palace TheatreTheatre (vaudeville) engagement - see 1929 04 21Vail I..
          ..Added
          2011
          1929 04 22
          Monday
          .New York, N.Y.Cotton Club
          644 Lenox Ave.
          Harlem
          Night club residency

          "Spring Birds" revue - see 1929 03 31

          6:30-7:00 PM WABC broadcast
          The Syracuse papers announced this was to be on WFBL at 6:31.

          Note the band would have had to do this show between appearances at the Palace, unless there was a remote feed there.
          • "COTTON CLUB BAND ON WFBL,"
            Syracuse Sunday American, Syracuse, N.Y.,
            1929-04-21 p.23
          • "Air Program For Tonight Has Variety,"
            Syracuse Herald, Syracuse, N.Y.,
            1929-04-22
          .
          ..Vaildjp2011
          updated
          2012-09-09
          2013-10-22
          2018-09-03
          1929 04 23
          Tuesday
          .New York, N.Y.Palace TheatreTheatre (vaudeville) engagement - see 1929 04 21Vail I..
          ..Added
          2011
          1929 04 23
          Tuesday
          .New York, N.Y.Cotton Club
          644 Lenox Ave.
          Harlem
          Night club residency

          "Spring Birds" revue - see 1929 03 31
          ..
          Vail.2011
          updated 2012-09-09
          1929 04 24
          Wednesday
          .New York, N.Y.Palace TheatreTheatre (vaudeville) engagement - see 1929 04 21Vail I..
          ..Added
          2011
          1929 04 24
          Wednesday
          .New York, N.Y.Cotton Club
          644 Lenox Ave.
          Harlem
          Night club residency

          "Spring Birds" revue - see 1929 03 31

          11:00 P.M. WABC broadcast
          Radio log, Brooklyn Daily Eagle.
          Vail.2011
          updated 2012-09-09
          1929 04 25
          Thursday
          .New York, N.Y.Palace TheatreTheatre (vaudeville) engagement - see 1929 04 21Vail I..
          ..Added
          2011
          1929 04 25
          Thursday
          .New York, N.Y.Cotton Club
          644 Lenox Ave.
          Harlem
          Night club residency

          "Spring Birds" revue - see 1929 03 31

          6:30-7:00 PM WABC broadcast

          ..
          Vail.2011
          updated 2012-09-09
          1929 04 26
          Friday
          .New York, N.Y.Palace TheatreTheatre (vaudeville) engagement - see 1929 04 21
          • Vail I
          • The New York Age, New York, N.Y. 1929-04-27 p.6
          ..
          ..Added
          2011
          updated
          2018-09-03
          1929 04 26
          Friday
          .New York, N.Y.Cotton Club
          644 Lenox Ave.
          Harlem
          Night club residency

          "Spring Birds" revue - see 1929 03 31
          ..
          Vail.2011
          updated 2012-09-09
          1929 04 27
          Saturday
          .New York, N.Y.Palace TheatreTheatre (vaudeville) engagement - see 1929 04 21Vail I..
          ..Added
          2011
          1929 04 27
          Saturday
          .New York, N.Y.Cotton Club
          644 Lenox Ave.
          Harlem
          Night club residency

          "Spring Birds" revue - see 1929 03 31
          ..
          Vail.2011
          updated 2012-09-09
          1929 04 28
          Sunday
          3:30 PM
          .New York, N.Y.Club Harlem
          African Room
          Sunday matinée -see 1929 01 06..DEMS
          .steiner2011
          updated
          2012-09-09
          1929 04 28
          Sunday
          .New York, N.Y.Cotton Club
          644 Lenox Ave.
          Harlem
          Night club residency

          "Spring Birds" revue - see 1929 03 31

          CBS broadcast, 10:30 p.m.
          Radio log, Syracuse Herald, Syracuse, N.Y. 1929-04-28 s.4 p.7..Vaildjp2011
          updated
          2012-09-09
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          1929 04 29
          Monday
          Ellington's birthday
          .New York, N.Y.Cotton Club
          644 Lenox Ave.
          Harlem
          Night club residency

          "Spring Birds" revue - see 1929 03 31

          Broadcasts - due to the time change, Syracuse Herald reported the Cotton Club Band would be on WFBL (Columbia Broadcastng Ssytem) at 5:30 and 10:00 p.m.
          ..
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          1929 04 30
          Tuesday
          .New York, N.Y.Cotton Club
          644 Lenox Ave.
          Harlem
          Night club residency

          "Spring Birds" revue - see 1929 03 31
          ..
          Vail.2011
          updated 2012-09-09

          May 1929

          1929 05 01
          Wednesday
          .New York, N.Y.Cotton Club
          644 Lenox Ave.
          Harlem
          Night club residency

          "Spring Birds" revue - see 1929 03 31

          11:00 P.M. WABC broadcast
          ..
          Vail.2011
          updated 2012-09-09
          1929 05 02
          Thursday
          .New York, N.Y.Cotton Club
          644 Lenox Ave.
          Harlem
          6:30-7:00 PM WABC broadcast

          Night club residency

          "Spring Birds" revue - see 1929 03 31
          ..
          Vail.2011
          updated 2012-09-09
          1929 05 03
          Friday
          .New York, N.Y.Liederkranz Hall,
          111 East 58th Street
          RCA Victor recording session
          2:00 pm – 5:40 pm
          The documentation did not specify day or night, but the band's work at the Cotton Club the night before and in New Jersey this night makes it unlikely to have been in the wee hours.

          Duke Ellington and His Cotton Club Orchestra
          Whetsel, Williams, Jenkins, Nanton, Bigard, Hodges, Carney, Ellington, Guy, Braud, Greer
          Titles recorded:
          • Cotton Club Stomp
          • Misty Mornin'
          • Arabian Lover
          • Saratoga Swing
          • New Desor
          • Session time from the book to S. Lasker/O. Keepnews, The Duke Ellington Centennial Edition, RCA Victor CD box set 09026-63386-2
          • Email, Lasker-Palmquist 2016-10-30
          New Desor
          DE2909
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          1929 05 03
          Friday
          1929 05 04
          Saturday
          Princeton, N.J.Campus and Cannon Clubs
          Princeton University
          'House-Parties Weekend'
          Each year Princeton students gather for formal parties on Friday, semi-formal parties on Saturday, and lawn parties on Sunday during the annual House Parties Weekend. The parties are meant to celebrate the end of the spring semester.
          Stratemann p.3 FN1.DEMS
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          1929 05 04
          Saturday
          .Princeton, N.J.Campus and Cannon Clubs
          Princeton University
          'House-Party Weekend' -see 1929 05 03...
          ..2011
          1929 05 04
          Saturday
          ... Peripheral event

          "Because of some misunderstanding between Vincent Youmans and Irving Mills, the latter, manager of Duke Ellington, Duke and his orchestra will not open with Vincent Youman's HORSE SHOES, the musical show now in rehearsal to open June 2, and has been replaced by Fletcher Henderson and his orchestra from the Roseland. Duke Ellington's contract called for five years work at $50,000 a year. Miller & Lyles, Cora Green, Exposition Jubilee Four are other colored artists who have contracted for the production, which is to have a cast of 150 of the best known colored and white performers."

          Pittsburgh Courier,Sat. May 4 1929, p.3 s.3..
          .partly illegible article found by djp, copied from another source by K.SteinerNew
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          1929 05 05
          Sunday
          8:30p.m.
          .Flushing, N.Y.St. Michael's Parish Hall(Unconfirmed)

          Kwin's Scandals
          "A galaxy of radio and Broadway stars are slated to appear ... on Friday night, when the curtain is drawn on the 1926 edition of Kwin's Scandals, the annual offering of the Vincent Quinn Association of Whitestone. Among those who will entertain are ...Duke Ellington and his Cotton Club orchestra... A Victor recording orchestra will play for dancing after the entertainment."
          The Daily Star, Queens, 1929-04-30, p.6..
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          1929 05 05
          Sunday
          .New York, N.Y.Cotton Club
          644 Lenox Ave.
          Harlem
          Night club residency

          "Spring Birds" revue - see 1929 03 31
          ...
          ..2011
          updated
          2014-04-19
          1929 05 06
          Monday
          1929 05 11?
          Saturday
          New York, N.Y.E.F.Albee Theater
          Albee Sq.
          Vaudeville show

          "Duke Ellington and his Cotton Club Orchestra is the headline vaudeville attraction at the E.F.Albee Theatre, Brooklyn, this week, replacing Jackie Coogan, who has been compelled to postpone his engagement to a later date due to an attack of laryngitis..."


          'Duke Ellington and his eleven Harlem instrumentalists, on leave from the Cotton Club, beat the tom-toms for a half hour of nerve-tingling music, whipped up to a swirling finish, at the E. F. Albee Theatre. Brought to the big R-K-O house in the absence of Jackie Coogan... this band of negro players drew many lauighs by their handling of the Yiddish dialect.
            The saxophonists, the warbling drummer and the trio of cornetists played like all possessed, and there were several specialty numbers that stopped the show. Duke Ellington himself showed he was no mean pianist...
            Frances White came back with a graceful, pleasing act... Among the high-class entertainers was Julius Tannen with a showy monologue, and a cultivated drawl...'

          • New York Times, New York, N.Y.
            • Ad for Coogan, 1929-05-05, p.119
            • Theatrical Notes, 1929-05-06
          • New York Evening Post, New York, N.Y. 1929-05-06, p.18
          • Brooklyn Daily Eagle, New York, N.Y.
            • 1929 05 07, p.A14
            • 1929 05 10, p.A6
          • Standard Union, New York, N.Y.
            • 1929-05-06 p.9
            • 1929-05-07 p.9
            • 1929-05-09 p.11
            • 1929-05-10 p.11
          ..
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          1929 05 06
          Monday
          .New York, N.Y.Cotton Club
          644 Lenox Ave.
          Harlem
          6:30-7:00 PM WABC broadcast

          Night club residency

          "Spring Birds" revue - see 1929 03 31
          ...
          ..2011
          updated
          2014-04-19
          1929 05 07
          Tuesday
          .New York, N.Y.E.F.Albee TheaterVaudeville headliner - see 1926 05 06...
          ..2012
          1929 05 07
          Tuesday
          .New York, N.Y.Cotton Club
          644 Lenox Ave.
          Harlem
          Night club residency

          "Spring Birds" revue - see 1929 03 31
          ...
          ..2011
          updated
          2014-04-19
          1929 05 08
          Wednesday
          .New York, N.Y.E.F.Albee TheaterVaudeville headliner - see 1926 05 06...
          ..2012
          1929 05 08
          Wednesday
          .New York, N.Y.Savoy BallroomNew York Age:

          '"The War of Jazz," the Music Battle of the Century, if you please, was held at the Savoy Ballroom on Lenox avenue on Wednesday May 8.

          Mr. Buchanan, manager of the palatial fashionable resort, assembled the six best orchestras obtainable ... The armies comprised the Missourians, Johnson's Happy Pals of Virginia, Ike Dixon of Baltimore, Duke Ellington, Fess Williams and Charlie Johnson...Arriving at the Savoy somewhat late, we missed hearing and seeing Duke Ellington and Charlie Johnson. The audience was wildly responsive to Ike Dixon's Baltimoreans...'

          Pittsburg Courier:

          'Unheralded, unannounced, but bringing with it a determination to win and a confidence which carried with it an assurance of their superiority, Roy. F. Johnson and is [sic] Happy Pals orchestra completely outplayed and out-stomped New York's pride and joy, Duke Ellington and his Cotton Club orchestra. Charlie Johnson and his band, who we are looking forward to dropping dead most any time; Fess Williams and his Harmony Dispensers, who tried to perform a Barnum & Bailey-Ringling Brothers act by clowning himself away; Ike Dixon and his Melody Boys, who were just good enough for one set of pieces; the Classical Missourians, who equaled the efforts and tied for first place with the Happy Pals.
            Silence is golden, perseverance a virtue. Happy Pals orchestra went to New York City last week unheard of, an unknown quantity. Today they are acclaimed by the great followers of dance orchestras to ever play at the Savoy ballroom. For eight years these boys have been playing together...now they are at the peak of perfection.
            Beginning July 4 they will be one of two orchestras who will play a ten weeks' engagement at the Savoy ballroom, New York City, this being their reward for defeating the best New York could offer. From Southern Missouri a band styled the Missourians will alternate with Johnson's Happy Pals during the ten week period, each orchestra playing a set of numbers alternately every evening.
            There were 4,000 dancers clamoring for space and 1,000 at the doors trying to gain admission. Duke Ellington was so confident that he failed to bring any music, but the next time, Mr. Duke, bring all your manuscripts and then some. Johnson's Happy Pals have conclusively proved that the southern dance orchestras can at any time compete with the northern orchestras, who are supposed to predominate where dance music is concerned...". '

          • Stratemann, p.2
          • New York Age, 1929-05-18
          • Pittsburgh Courier
            • 1929-05-04 s.2 p.3
            • 1929-05-18 s.2 p.3
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          1929 05 08
          Wednesday
          .New York, N.Y.Cotton Club
          644 Lenox Ave.
          Harlem
          Night club residency

          11:00 P.M. WABC broadcast

          "Spring Birds" revue - see 1929 03 31
          ...
          ..2011
          updated
          2014-04-19
          1929 05 09
          Thursday
          .New York, N.Y.E.F.Albee TheaterVaudeville headliner - see 1926 05 06...
          ..2012
          1929 05 09
          Thursday
          .New York, N.Y.Cotton Club
          644 Lenox Ave.
          Harlem
          6:30-7:00 PM WABC broadcast

          Night club residency

          "Spring Birds" revue - see 1929 03 31
          Brooklyn Daily Eagle radio log..
          ..2011
          updated
          2014-04-19
          1929 05 10
          Friday
          .New York, N.Y.E.F.Albee TheaterVaudeville headliner - see 1926 05 06Ad, Brooklyn Daily Eagle, 1929 -05-10, p.A16...
          ..2012
          updated 2014-04-20
          1929 05 10
          Friday
          .New York, N.Y.Cotton Club
          644 Lenox Ave.
          Harlem
          Night club residency

          "Spring Birds" revue - see 1929 03 31
          ...
          ..2011
          updated
          2014-04-19
          1929 05 11
          Saturday
          .New York, N.Y.E.F.Albee TheaterVaudeville headliner - see 1926 05 06

          Apparent end of engagement, not confirmed.
          ...
          ..2012
          1929 05 11
          Saturday
          .New York, N.Y.Cotton Club
          644 Lenox Ave.
          Harlem
          Night club residency

          "Spring Birds" revue - see 1929 03 31
          ...
          ..2011
          updated
          2014-04-19
          1929 05 12
          Sunday
          .New York, N.Y.Cotton Club
          644 Lenox Ave.
          Harlem
          Night club residency

          "Spring Birds" revue - see 1929 03 31
          ...
          ..2011
          updated
          2014-04-19
          1929 05 13
          Monday
          .New York, N.Y.Cotton Club
          644 Lenox Ave.
          Harlem
          6:30-7:00 PM WABC broadcast

          Night club residency

          "Spring Birds" revue - see 1929 03 31
          Brooklyn Daily Eagle radio log..
          ..2011
          updated
          2014-04-19
          1929 05 14
          Tuesday
          .New York, N.Y.Cotton Club
          644 Lenox Ave.
          Harlem
          Night club residency

          "Spring Birds" revue - see 1929 03 31
          ...
          ..2011
          updated
          2014-04-19
          1929 05 15
          Wednesday
          .New York, N.Y.Cotton Club
          644 Lenox Ave.
          Harlem
          Night club residency

          11:00 P.M. WABC broadcast

          "Spring Birds" revue - see 1929 03 31

          11:30 pm - WABC radio remote
          Radio log, Brooklyn Daily Eagle 1929-05-15 p.A6...
          ..2011
          updated
          2014-04-19
          1929 05 16
          Thursday
          .New York, N.Y.Cotton Club
          644 Lenox Ave.
          Harlem
          6:30-7:00 PM WABC broadcast

          Night club residency

          "Spring Birds" revue - see 1929 03 31
          Brooklyn Daily Eagle radio log..
          ..2011
          updated
          2014-04-19
          1929 05 17
          Friday
          .New York, N.Y.Cotton Club
          644 Lenox Ave.
          Harlem
          Night club residency

          "Spring Birds" revue - see 1929 03 31
          ...
          ..2011
          updated
          2014-04-19
          1929 05 18
          Saturday
          ..Peripheral Event
          The Theatrical and Amusements page of the Indianapolis Recorder of this date mentioned Ellington several times:
          • NIGHT LIFE
            Cotton Club - Dan Healy's revue with Aletha Hill, Josephine Hall, Margaret Beckett, Theressa Mason, Maude Russell, Henri Creamer, Berry Brothers, Louis Cole, Cole, Five Blazers and Duke Ellington's orchestra.
          • DUKE ELLINGTON STILL HITTING FOR KEITH
            Duke Ellington, the jazz maestro of the Cotton club, is still hitting for the Keith-Orpheum circuit in and around New York City. After opening a few weeks ago at the Palace he has been called upon to fill similar engagements throughout the circuit. The marvellous dancing of Henri Creamer, hot numbers by Aletha Hill and the croonings of the sweet singing drummer, Sonny Greer, and with th emusic of this combiantion, as only they can play, has gone to make them one of the most sought after acts in the city. Duke Ellington and his boys are still doubling at the Cotton Club. of
          • Duke Ellington, the jazz maestro of the Cotton club, exits from the Rhythm club.
          • Duke Ellington, who was a piano player in the Kentucky club on 48th St., when Earl Dancer was happily with Ethel Waters.
          The Indianapolis Recorder, Indianapolis, Ind. 1929-05-18 p.3..
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          Saturday
          .New York, N.Y.Cotton Club
          644 Lenox Ave.
          Harlem
          Night club residency

          "Spring Birds" revue - see 1929 03 31
          ...
          ..2011
          updated
          2014-04-19
          1929 05 19
          Sunday
          .New York, N.Y.Cotton Club
          644 Lenox Ave.
          Harlem
          Night club residency

          "Spring Birds" revue - see 1929 03 31
          ...
          ..2011
          updated
          2014-04-19
          1929 05 20
          Monday
          .New York, N.Y.Cotton Club
          644 Lenox Ave.
          Harlem
          6:30-7:00 PM WABC broadcast

          Night club residency

          "Spring Birds" revue - see 1929 03 31
          Brooklyn Daily Eagle radio log..
          ..2011
          updated
          2014-04-19
          circa
          1929 05 21
          Tuesday
          ... Peripheral event
          Steven Lasker:

          'Probably 1929 05 21:
          Irving Mills and the Brunswick-Balke-Collender Company enter into an agreement whereby 36 selections would be furnished by Mills during the one-year term expiring 5/20/30 at a cost of $200 each and no royalty. By 3/1/30, Mills had recorded 27 of the sides it was noted on Brunswick's "Summary of Artists under Contract," a document held in the legal files of Vivendi-Universal Music.

          Per "The Metronome," Sept. 1929, p78: "Irving Mills has just returned from a two-weeks trip to Chicago, during which time he attended to his recording activities and other matters in that city. He has signed up the Jungle Band and the Hotsy Totsy Gang with the Brunswick and they will record exclusively for that organization."'

          Email S.Lasker-Palmquist 2015-10-07..
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          1929 05 21
          Tuesday
          .New York, N.Y.Cotton Club
          644 Lenox Ave.
          Harlem
          Night club residency

          "Spring Birds" revue - see 1929 03 31
          ...
          ..2011
          updated
          2014-04-19
          1929 05 22
          Wednesday
          .New York, N.Y.Cotton Club
          644 Lenox Ave.
          Harlem
          Night club residency

          11:00 P.M. WABC broadcast

          "Spring Birds" revue - see 1929 03 31
          ...
          ..2011
          updated
          2014-04-19
          1929 05 23
          Thursday
          .New York, N.Y.Cotton Club
          644 Lenox Ave.
          Harlem
          6:30-7:00 PM WABC broadcast

          Night club residency

          "Spring Birds" revue - see 1929 03 31
          ...
          ..2011
          updated
          2014-04-19
          1929 05 24
          Friday
          .New York, N.Y.Cotton Club
          644 Lenox Ave.
          Harlem
          Night club residency

          "Spring Birds" revue - see 1929 03 31
          ...
          ..2011
          updated
          2014-04-19
          1929 05 25
          Saturday
          .New York, N.Y.Cotton Club
          644 Lenox Ave.
          Harlem
          Night club residency

          "Spring Birds" revue - see 1929 03 31
          ...
          ..2011
          updated
          2014-04-19
          1929 05 26
          Sunday
          .New York, N.Y.Cotton Club
          644 Lenox Ave.
          Harlem
          Night club residency

          "Spring Birds" revue - see 1929 03 31
          ...
          ..2011
          updated
          2014-04-19
          1929 05 27
          Monday
          .New York, N.Y.Cotton Club
          644 Lenox Ave.
          Harlem
          6:30-7:00 PM WABC broadcast

          Night club residency

          "Spring Birds" revue - see 1929 03 31
          ...
          ..2011
          updated
          2014-04-19
          1929 05 28
          Tuesday
          .New York, N.Y.1819 BroadwayColumbia recording session
          Duke Ellington and His Memphis Men
          and
          Sonny Greer and His Memphis Men
          Personnel: Whetsel, Jenkins, Nanton, Bigard, Hodges, Carney, Ellington, Guy, Braud, Greer
          Titles recorded:
          • That Rhythm Man
          • Beggar's Blues
          • Saturday Night Function
          New DesorNew Desor
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          Tuesday
          .New York, N.Y.Cotton Club
          644 Lenox Ave.
          Harlem
          Night club residency

          "Spring Birds" revue - see 1929 03 31
          ...
          ..2011
          updated
          2014-04-19
          1929 05 29
          Wednesday
          .New York, N.Y.Cotton Club
          644 Lenox Ave.
          Harlem
          Night club residency

          11:00 P.M. WABC broadcast

          "Spring Birds" revue - see 1929 03 31
          ...
          ..2011
          updated
          2014-04-19
          1929 05 30
          Thursday
          .New York, N.Y.Rockland Palace
          155th Street and Eighth Avenue
          (Unconfirmed - may conflict with the Cotton Club work)

          'Debonair Club To Give Students Benefit Dance
            The Debonair Club will give their semi-student aid benefit on Decoration Day evening, May 30,at the Rockland Palace, 155th street and Eighth avenue, featuring "Duke" Ellington's Second Rhythm Aces...'

          The announcement carries on to name the club officers and executive committee.)
          The New York Age, New York, N.Y.
          1929-05-25 p.2
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          Thursday
          .New York, N.Y.Cotton Club
          644 Lenox Ave.
          Harlem
          6:30-7:00 PM WABC broadcast

          Night club residency

          "Spring Birds" revue - see 1929 03 31
          ...
          ..2011
          updated
          2014-04-19
          1929 05 31
          Friday
          .New York, N.Y.Cotton Club
          644 Lenox Ave.
          Harlem
          Night club residency

          "Spring Birds" revue - see 1929 03 31
          ...
          ..2011
          updated
          2014-04-19

          June 1929

          1929 06 00...PERSONNEL CHANGE
          Juan Tizol, valve trombone,composer and copyist, born 1900 01 22, joined the band in time for Show Girl, bringing the band up to 11 musicians.

          I dated his arrival as being in June, since Ellington appears to have been paid for 11 musicians during the rehearsals.

          Tizol previously freelanced with Whetsel, who pushed Duke to bring him in. He was paid $125/week and stayed 15 years during his first stint in the band.

          Mercer Ellington:

          "I remember being around when he was speaking about how different it was to write for five (brass) instead of four. He began to think of the brass as two sections now, where before the trombone's part had been written with the trumpets. ...This was a new challenge and it began to affect the way he had to write."

          Steven Lasker:

          'The earliest print reference I've seen that places Tizol with Ellington was in "Rhythm Club News" Vol. 1., No. 1, July 1929, which lists the following band members (misspellings are as found): Chas. "Cootie" Williams, Arthur Wetzel, Freddy Jenkins, cornets; Joe Nanton, Tizo, trombones; Barney Bickard, Johnny Hodges, Harry Carney, saxophones; Duke Ellington, piano; Freddie Guy, banjo; "Sonny" Greer, drums. (Note that Braud wasn't mentioned.)

          If you'll listen carefully to "Jungle Jamboree" from 1929 07 29, you'll hear two trombones playing simultaneously in the two bars that follow Hodges' solo. I believe this is Tizol's first record with Ellington. Dance, in The World of Duke Ellington (p.114) tells us that before joining Ellington Tizol had been working in New Jersey with Cliff Jackson when Ellington invited him to take part in a Cotton Club broadcast. Ellington recalled (MIMM, p56) that "Whetsol [sic] took the responsibility of convincing him to come and join us at the Cotton Club."

          Tizol, in an interview with Patricia Willard for the NEA Jazz Oral History Program (tapes held at IJS, Rutgers), recalled being hired just as the band was ready to start work on "Show Girl."'

          • William Timner, Ellingtonia,4th edition, Attendance chart p.569
          • Serrano, Caravan
          • Kurt Dietrich, "Duke's 'Bones"
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          1929 00 00
          (date uncertain)
          ...PERSONNEL CHANGE
          Tizol appears to have replaced Harry White on trombone. White occasionally gigged with Duke in or around 1919, about when Snowden and Greer arrived on the scene. Chilton lists White's instruments as trombone, saxes, and cornet, and describes him as a composer and arranger as well; Rosenkrantz says he was a multi-instrumentalist. Chilton says he played several weeks in Ellington's Cotton Club Orchestra until he was replaced by Juan Tizol.

          Dietrich says he is in a 1928 band photo and that he is 'usually listed as having been on a recording session from October of 1928. New Desor Vol. II, p.1503 has him in the band during July 1929 but Vol. I does not show him in the July session, nor does Aasland's 1954 Wax Works.
          Steven Lasker:

          'The photo of the band with Harry White includes Cootie but omits Tizol, which would seem to date it to the spring of 1929, not 1928. I happen to have a copy of the souvenir program sold at Cab Calloway's concert at London's Trocadero Theatre on 1934 03 11. The program gives thumbnail sketch bios of the sidemen, and of Harry White we read:
          HARRY WHITE .'Father' ..trombone...has played at the Cotton Club with Duke Ellington and the Mills Blue Rhythm Band, and led his own unit at the Nest Club...perfect specimen of that unusual occurrence - a 'natural' musician..."

          Joe Nanton (Metronome, Feb 45 p.26) told Inez Cavanaugh that around 1929, Harry White came into the band for four or five weeks.

          Ellsworth Reynolds...recalled variously that White was in Ellington's band in 1927 and circa early 1928. This is contradicted by Chilton in his Who's Who of Jazz, which places White with Luis Russell from sometime in 1927 until August 1928.

          ...(Whetsel and Ellington had known White from Washington D.C.)...'

          'The spring 1929 band photo with Harry White was taken at/by the Apeda Studio, where Snowden's Washingtonians were photographed circa early 1924.'

          • Vail I
          • Frank Dutton, Birth of a Band, Storyville magazine 80, Dec. 1978-January 1979, p.46, citing
            • Ulanov (ibid.)
            • Duke Ellington, MIMM
            • John Chilton, Who's Who of Jazz
          • Timme Rosenkrantz, Harlem Jazz Adventures: A European Baron's Memoir, 1934-1969, p.130
          • John Chilton, Who's Who of Jazz, p.355
          • Emails, Lasker-Palmquist 2014-08-19 , 2014-12-14, 2015-02-05
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          1929 06 01
          Saturday
          .New York, N.Y.Cotton Club
          644 Lenox Ave.
          Harlem
          Night club residency

          "Spring Birds" revue - see 1929 03 31
          ...
          ..2011
          updated
          2014-04-19
          1929 06 02
          Sunday
          .New York, N.Y.Cotton Club
          644 Lenox Ave.
          Harlem
          Night club residency

          "Spring Birds" revue - see 1929 03 31
          ...
          ..2011
          updated
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          1929 06 03
          Monday
          1929 10 05
          Saturday
          New York, N.Y.Ziegfeld Theatre
          54th St. and 6th Ave.
          In late May, Variety reported Ellington had been signed to play in Ziegfeld's "Show Girl." Ziegfeld's secretary was named Goldie. Her notebook says:

          "5/-/29 DUKE ELLINGTON 6/18/29 PRIV. TO PLAY CAB. MUST REP AT COT. CLUB 11.25 PM
          MUSICIANS - 1200 - AVAIL. FOR REHAR. DAYS 6/3-6/10 NIT 6/10-17"

          This appears to mean Ellington's men were available for Show Girl rehearsals during the day one week and in the evenings the next, would appear in the cabaret scene, and had to leave in time to reach the Cotton Club in time for their job there. While the show went into rehearsals the previous month, it seems likely a rehearsal pianist was used initially.

          "During the last two weeks of June, Ellington's band had been busy in daytime rehearsal for another presitigious [sic] side venture arranged for them by Irving Mills. They were contracted to appear in "Show Girl," one of producer Florenz Ziegfeld's last revues,...The tryout took place at Boston's Colonial Theatre [sic] on June 24, and with the customary changes, the revue opened at the Ziegfeld Theatre [sic], New York, on the night of July 2, 1929."

          Photo from Juan Tizol's scrapbook, courtesy Steven Lasker:
          The Ellington band on the Ziegfeld stage:
          Ellington's orchestra on the Ziegfeld stage
          Click here for the full-sized photo
          • Stratemann, p.3, citing Ziegeld's secretary's notebook
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          1929 06 03
          Monday
          .New York, N.Y.Ziegfeld TheatreDaytime rehearsals - see 1929 06 03...
          ..2011
          1929 06 03
          Monday
          .New York, N.Y.Cotton Club
          644 Lenox Ave.
          Harlem
          6:30-7:00 PM WABC broadcast

          Night club residency

          "Spring Birds" revue - see 1929 03 31
          ...
          ..2011
          updated
          2014-04-19
          1929 06 04
          Tuesday
          .New York, N.Y.Ziegfeld TheatreDaytime rehearsals - see 1929 06 03...
          ..2011
          1929 06 04
          Tuesday
          .New York, N.Y.Cotton Club
          644 Lenox Ave.
          Harlem
          Night club residency

          "Spring Birds" revue - see 1929 03 31
          ...
          ..2011
          updated
          2014-04-19
          1929 06 05
          Wednesday
          .New York, N.Y.Ziegfeld TheatreDaytime rehearsals - see 1929 06 03...
          ..2011
          1929 06 05
          Wednesday
          .New York, N.Y.Cotton Club
          644 Lenox Ave.
          Harlem
          Night club residency

          11:00 P.M. WABC broadcast

          "Spring Birds" revue - see 1929 03 31
          ...
          ..2011
          updated
          2014-04-19
          1929 06 06
          Thursday
          .New York, N.Y.Ziegfeld TheatreDaytime rehearsals - see 1929 06 03...
          ..2011
          1929 06 06
          Thursday
          .New York, N.Y.Cotton Club
          644 Lenox Ave.
          Harlem
          6:30-7:00 PM WABC broadcast

          Night club residency

          "Spring Birds" revue - see 1929 03 31
          ...
          ..2011
          updated
          2014-04-19
          1929 06 07
          Friday
          .New York, N.Y.Ziegfeld TheatreDaytime rehearsals - see 1929 06 03...
          ..2011
          1929 06 07
          Friday
          .New York, N.Y.Cotton Club
          644 Lenox Ave.
          Harlem
          Night club residency

          "Spring Birds" revue - see 1929 03 31
          ...
          ..2011
          updated
          2014-04-19
          1929 06 08
          Saturday
          .New York, N.Y.Ziegfeld TheatreDaytime rehearsals - see 1929 06 03...
          ..2011
          1929 06 08
          Saturday
          .New York, N.Y.Cotton Club
          644 Lenox Ave.
          Harlem
          Night club residency

          "Spring Birds" revue - see 1929 03 31
          ...
          ..2011
          updated
          2014-04-19
          1929 06 09
          Sunday
          .New York, N.Y.Ziegfeld TheatreDaytime rehearsals - see 1929 06 03...
          ..2011
          1929 06 09
          Sunday
          .New York, N.Y.Cotton Club
          644 Lenox Ave.
          Harlem
          Night club residency

          "Spring Birds" revue - see 1929 03 31
          ...
          ..2011
          updated
          2014-04-19
          1929 06 10
          Monday
          .New York, N.Y.Ziegfeld TheatreDaytime and/or evening rehearsals - see 1929 06 03...
          ..2011
          1929 06 10
          Monday
          .New York, N.Y.Cotton Club
          644 Lenox Ave.
          Harlem
          6:30-7:00 PM WABC broadcast

          Night club residency

          "Spring Birds" revue - see 1929 03 31
          ...
          ..2011
          updated
          2014-04-19
          1929 06 11
          Tuesday
          .New York, N.Y.Ziegfeld TheatreEvening rehearsals - see 1929 06 03...
          ..2011
          1929 06 11
          Tuesday
          .New York, N.Y.Cotton Club
          644 Lenox Ave.
          Harlem
          Night club residency

          "Spring Birds" revue - see 1929 03 31
          ...
          ..2011
          updated
          2014-04-19
          1929 06 12
          Wednesday
          .New York, N.Y.Ziegfeld TheatreEvening rehearsals - see 1929 06 03...
          ..2011
          1929 06 12
          Wednesday
          .New York, N.Y.Cotton Club
          644 Lenox Ave.
          Harlem
          Night club residency

          11:00 P.M. WABC broadcast

          "Spring Birds" revue - see 1929 03 31
          ...
          ..2011
          updated
          2014-04-19
          1929 06 13
          Thursday
          .New York, N.Y.Ziegfeld TheatreEvening rehearsals - see 1929 06 03...
          ..2011
          1929 06 13
          Thursday
          .New York, N.Y.Cotton Club
          644 Lenox Ave.
          Harlem
          6:30-7:00 PM WABC broadcast

          Night club residency

          "Spring Birds" revue - see 1929 03 31
          ...
          ..2011
          updated
          2014-04-19
          1929 06 14
          Friday
          .New York, N.Y.Ziegfeld TheatreEvening rehearsals - see 1929 06 03...
          ..2011
          1929 06 14
          Friday
          .New York, N.Y.Cotton Club
          644 Lenox Ave.
          Harlem
          Night club residency

          "Spring Birds" revue - see 1929 03 31
          ...
          ..2011
          updated
          2014-04-19
          1929 06 15
          Saturday
          .New York, N.Y.Ziegfeld TheatreEvening rehearsals - see 1929 06 03...
          ..2011
          1929 06 15
          Saturday
          .New York, N.Y.Cotton Club
          644 Lenox Ave.
          Harlem
          Night club residency

          "Spring Birds" revue - see 1929 03 31
          ...
          ..2011
          updated
          2014-04-19
          1929 06 16
          Sunday
          .New York, N.Y.Ziegfeld TheatreEvening rehearsals - see 1929 06 03...
          ..2011
          1929 06 16
          Sunday
          .New York, N.Y.Cotton Club
          644 Lenox Ave.
          Harlem
          Night club residency

          "Spring Birds" revue - see 1929 03 31
          ...
          ..2011
          updated
          2014-04-19
          1929 06 17
          Monday
          .New York, N.Y.Ziegfeld TheatreEvening rehearsals - see 1929 06 03...
          ..2011
          1929 06 17
          Monday
          .New York, N.Y.Cotton Club
          644 Lenox Ave.
          Harlem
          6:30-7:00 PM WABC broadcast

          Night club residency

          "Spring Birds" revue - see 1929 03 31
          Brooklyn Daily Eagle radio log..
          ..2011
          updated
          2014-04-19
          1929 06 18
          Tuesday
          .New York, N.Y.Cotton Club
          644 Lenox Ave.
          Harlem
          Night club residency

          "Spring Birds" revue - see 1929 03 31
          ...
          ..2011
          updated
          2014-04-19
          1929 06 19
          Wednesday
          .New York, N.Y.Cotton Club
          644 Lenox Ave.
          Harlem
          Night club residency

          11:00 P.M. WABC broadcast

          "Spring Birds" revue - see 1929 03 31
          Radio log, Brooklyn Daily Eagle..
          ..2011
          updated
          2014-04-19
          1929 06 20
          Thursday
          .New York, N.Y..Duke Ellington's Jungle Band played a half-hour on WABC at 5:30 pm local time.Radio timetable, The Daily News-Record, Harrisonburg,Va., 1929-06-20..
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          .New York, N.Y.Cotton Club
          644 Lenox Ave.
          Harlem
          6:30-7:00 PM WABC broadcast

          Night club residency

          "Spring Birds" revue - see 1929 03 31
          Radio log, Brooklyn Daily Eagle..
          ..2011
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          1929 06 21
          Friday
          .New York, N.Y.Cotton Club
          644 Lenox Ave.
          Harlem
          Night club residency

          "Spring Birds" revue - see 1929 03 31
          ...
          ..2011
          updated
          2014-04-19
          1929 06 22
          Saturday
          .New York N.Y. / Boston, Mass..Ellington and his band accompanied the Show Girl company to Boston. Chick Webb's orchestra replaced them at the Cotton Club until their return.

          "Florenz Ziegfeld's newest production, 'Show Girl,' ...left this morning for the world premiere which takes place next week at the Colonial Theatre, Boston. A special train composed of two sections having eight Pullman cars, three day coaches and two diners and six carloads was required to transport the company to the Hub.
            The company includes, in addition to Miss [Ruby] Keeler and the featured comedians, Clayton, Jackson and Durant [sic], 300 singers, dancers, comedians, glorified girls, an entire band, concert soloists and ballet. The principals are Barbara Newberry, Harriet Hoctor, Kathryn Hereford, Eddie Foy, Jr., Mary Charles, Noel Francis, Joseph Macaulay, Carly Bergman, Doris Carson, Frank McHugh, Austin Fairman, Calvin Thomas and Duke Ellington with his famous Cotton Club Orchestra.
            Mr. Ziegfeld, accompanied by Stanley Sharpe, left with the company as well as William Anthony McGuire, who wrote and staged the play; George Gershwin, composer of the music, Ira Gershwin and Gus Kahn, who wrote the lyrics, Joseph Urban who designed the scenery; Bobby Connolly, who staged the dance numbers; Albertina Rasch, who directed the ballet, and John W. Harkrider, who designed the costumes.
            After the Boston premiere 'Show Girl' will open at the Ziegfeld Theatre on Tuesday night, July 2. Mr. Ziegfeld announced before leaving that the prices for the matinees of 'Show Girl' will be exactly half the evening prices."

          Betty Longacre, Gossip of the Theatre, Standard Union, Brooklyn, N.Y., 1929-06-22, p.10..
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          .Boston, Mass..activities not documented

          Possibly (likely?) involved in show rehearsals
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          Monday
          .Boston, Mass.Colonial Theatre The theatre was closed for the Show Girl dress reheasalThe Boston Herald, Boston, Mass.
          1929-06-23 Social Section, p.9
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          Tuesday
          1929 06 29Boston, Mass.Colonial Theatre"Show Girl" tryouts opening night - 8:30 p.m.

          Five evening performances nights and two matinées played to nearly full houses

          The top ticket price was $5.
          Chick Webb's band subbed for Ellington and his orchestra at the Cotton Club when they were in Boston. Ellington seems to have returned to the Cotton Club when the show returned to New York.
          • Stratemann p.3
          • Vail I
          • The Boston Herald, Boston, Mass.
            1929-06-23 Social Section, p.9
          .
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          Wednesday
          .Boston, Mass.Colonial Theatre"Show Girl" tryouts - see 1929-06-25
          Matinée 2:10 p.m.
          Evening performance 8:30 p.m.
          Even though the band was in Boston, the Daily Eagle showed a radio listing for "Duke Ellington's Cotton Club Band" at 11 pm on WABC - unless this was a remote from Boston, it would have been played by Chick Webb's orchestra.
          Brooklyn Daily Eagle radio log.
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          Thursday
          .Boston, Mass.Colonial Theatre"Show Girl" tryouts - see 1926-06-25
          Evening performance 8:30 p.m.
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          Evening performance 8:30 p.m.
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          ...activities not documented
          possibly in final rehearsals or travelling back to New York.
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          July 1929

          1929 07 00... Peripheral event
          American Record Corporation was formed about this time by the merger of Regal Record Corporation, Cameo Record Corporation and Scranton Button Works.
          S. Lasker, book to Mosaic Records CD box set MD11-248 The Complete 1932-1940 Brunswick, Columbia And Master Recordings Of Duke Ellington And His Famous Orchestra, p.4..
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          Monday
          1929 10 05
          Saturday
          New York, N.Y.Cotton Club
          644 Lenox Ave.
          Harlem
          6:30 PM WABC broadcast, "Duke Ellington's Cotton Club Band"
          Night club residency

          "Spring Birds" revue - see 1929 03 31
          Radio log, Brooklyn Daily Eagle..
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          1929 07 02
          Tuesday
          1929 10 05
          Saturday
          New York, N.Y.Ziegfeld TheatreThe Ziegfeld musical "Show Girl" (see 1929 06 03) opens, performing 6 nights a week, Monday to Saturday, Sundays dark, with half-price matinees on Thursdays and Saturdays, a total of 111 performances. While The Pittsburgh Courier 1929-10-19 carried an unattributed story datelined New York, N.Y., Oct. 17 saying the show closed last Saturday, or Oct. 12, the show closed Oct. 5. The Pittsburgh Courier's error may be due to the inherent delays in the twice-weekly Associated Negro Press service. Daily News Oct. 5 said "Show Girl" closes at the Ziegfeld theatre tonight... and Pittsburgh Post-Gazette Oct. 5 said: "Ziegfeld does not intend to send Show Girl on the road after it closes tonight."
          The Ellington orchestra, with three variations of its name in the programme credits, played the cabaret scene (Act One, Scene 7, according the programme for July 15, but Scene VIII according to Stratemann, p.4), leaving nightly in time for their first set at the Cotton Club.
          Juan Tizol's scrapbook, held by Steven Lasker, has a photo the Ellington's orchestra on stage at the theatre. It shows the 12-piece orchestra consisted of
          Reeds
          • Bigard
            (tenor sax and clarinet)
          • Hodges
            (analto sax and clarinet)
          • Carney
            (baritone and alto saxes, and clarinet)
          Trumpets
          • Jenkins
          • Williams
          • Whetsel
          Trombones
          • Nanton
          • Tizol
          Rhythm
          • Guy
          • Ellington
          • Braud
          • Greer


          Tizol, who was new to the band:

          "...So I joined the band and we used to play in the Ziegfeld show at night, and after the show we would get in two taxicabs and run right over to the Cotton Club until three o'clock..."

          Variety said the band worked on the stage with Clayton, Jackson and Durante, and was part of an elaborate minstrel act sitting high on a platform above a chorus line of 45 girls.

          Freddie Jenkins (interview):

          'Q. Between the Cotton Club and recording sessions you must have been busy?
          A. Oh, there was more to it than that. I remember a stretch of several months where we would be in the recording studio at seven a.m. and record until noon. In the afternoons we were making movie shorts, or doing a matinee at the Ziegfeld, or rehearsing. Then we'd play a night show at the Ziegfeld, be back at the Cotton Club at eleven and play until four a.m.
          Q. What were you doing at the Ziegfeld?
          A. We were in a musical Show Girl starring Jimmy Durante and Ruby Keeler. ...For this show we were on stage during the whole performance, located on an elevated platform at the back, surrounded with a beautiful setting, and there was a regular orchestra in the pit. On some numbers, with the full cast on stage we couldn't hear the pit band, or see the director, and sometimes we'd finish a little early or a little late. So, Sonny just pretended to play the drums in our band, and the pit drummer played louder so we could catch the beat. And the way Sonny went through the motions was something to see.'


          While it was commonly thought Irving Mills got the gig for Ellington, Fred Guy said Ellington got the job by going directly to Ziegfeld. This is consistent with Ellington's statement: Will Vodery got us the gig in Show Girl at the Ziegfeld Theatre simply by mentioning my name to Flo Ziegfeld.

          Opening night credits:
          • Producer: Florenz Ziegfeld, Jr.
          • Music: George Gershwin
          • Book: William Anthony McGuire
          • Lyrics: Ira Gershwin and Gus Kahn
          • Musical director: William Daly
          • Additional lyrics: Thomas Malie, Sidney Skolsky, W. H. Farrell and Jimmy Durante
          • Additional music: Farrell and Durante
          • Featured songs: J. Little
          • Staging: McGuire
          • Musical staging: Bobby Connolly
          • Ballets: Albertina Rasch
          • Production supervision: Ziegfeld
          • Scenic design: Joseph Urban
          • Costume design: John W. Harkrider

          The Gershwins sued Ziegfeld after he stopped paying royalties and he countersued on the grounds they did not write a hit show.
          A choir of "colored jubilee singers" was added in late July or early August to perform new music by Vince Youmans, and an August ad says the show had 150 Glorified Girls.

          Further show information is in the Internet Broadway Database and the official George and Ira Gershwin website.
          Steven Lasker:
          'The Ziegfeld Theatre's printed programs for the weeks beginning 1929-07-02, 1929-07-08, 1929-07-15, 1929-07-22 and 1929-08-26 show that the Ellington band's appearance in Show Girl came in the final scene of act one. The band is billed as DUKE ELLINGTON'S BAND in the first two programs, DUKE ELLINGTON'S COTTON CLUB ORCHESTRA in the July 22 program and DUKE ELLINGTON AND HIS COTTON CLUB ORCHESTRA in the August 26 program.

          The opening night program sets the scene and lists the players:
                SCENE 7 -- Club Caprice, New York

          DUKE ELLINGTON'S BAND
          SUNSHINE................................BARBARA NEWBERRY
          JOHN MILTON.............................AUSTIN FAIRMAN
          PEGGY RITZ..............................NOEL FRANCIS
          ROY COLLINS.............................CALVIN THOMAS
          DENNY KERRIGAN..........................EDDIE FOY, JR.
          JIMMY DOYLE.............................FRANK McHUGH
          MRS. DUGAN..............................SADIE DUFF
          ALVAREZ ROMANO..........................JOSEPH MACAULAY
          GYPSY...................................LOU CLAYTON
          DEACON..................................EDDIE JACKSON
          SNOZZLE.................................JIMMIE DURANTE
          DIXIE DUGAN.............................RUBY KEELER
          In the 1929-08-26 program, Althea Heinly replaces Noel Francis. The "musical programme" lists the songs played. In all the editions of the printed program the final song heard in the first act is shown as "Harlem Serenade," performed by DIXIE AND GIRLS. While none of the printed programs state that Ellington's band played "Harlem Serenade," that inference is unavoidable. Here is a link to sheet music of "Harlem Serenade"'
          The program was reprinted weekly, with new ads and changes in the show and personnel. Part of the July 15 version is in set designer Joseph Urban's papers on the website of the Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Columbia University Libraries. It names the cast in order of appearance, including Jimmie Durante, Lou Clayton, and Ruby Keeler. The program lists the names of the girls dancing as the Albertina Rasch Dancers, 17 showgirls, and 37 other dancers, but Ellington and his men are only referred to as Duke Ellington and His Cotton Club Orchestra.
          Several songs from the show can be heard at the official Gershwin webpage noted to the right.

          Lasker:
          'The printed program for the week beginning 1929 08 26 shows the fourth song in the show (the last song performed in act one, scene one) was "Mississippi" by Vincent Youmans, sung by Jubilee Singers. The song, copyrighted as "Mississippi Dry" [sic], was recorded by Ellington's orchestra for Victor on 1929 09 16.
            "The Duke Steps Out" was another title recorded at that session. Spike Hughes, in his notes to the printed program for Ellington's 1933 English concerts, noted:

          "The Duke Steps Out was written in 1928 [recte 1929] while Duke Ellington and his band were featured in 'Show Girl.' Albertina Rasch, who may be called the super-Tiller Girl of America, asked Duke for a number for one of her dance routines in that production. The Duke Steps Out was what Mme. Rasch received; it is related that she did not know what it was all about. If you have ever seen Albertina Rasch's attempts to be at all rhythmic in her dance routines, you will not be surprised to hear that The Duke Steps Out went a little over her head."

          No printed program for Show Girl that I have lists Ellington as playing "Mississippi," and I've heard no claim by Ellington or others that "The Duke Steps Out" or any other Ellington piece was actually used in the show. The four-bar piano intro to "The Duke Steps Out" was habitually played by Duke during his later career as a signal to his musicians to return to the bandstand from a break.'

          In August, the Baltimore Afro-American reported

          'Florenz Ziegfeld ... found it necessary to strengthen his production and has added a choir of colored jubilee singers to his already large cast. Most of the singers were with Vincent Youman's "Great Day" and they are using songs added to the show by Yoemans. Duke Ellington, the jazz maestro from the Cotton Club, and his popular band are still one of the main features of "Show Girl." '


          Although Ellington played the Cotton Club after the show each night, on July 6 a column in the Brooklyn Daily Eagle reported Chick Webb had replaced him there. The newspaper was most likely referring to the period Ellington was with the Show Girl company in Boston in late June.
          • Stratemann p.2 citing Variety 1929-05-29 and other sources.
          • Duke Ellington, MIMM p.98
          • The official George and Ira Gershwin website
          • Internet Broadway Database
          • Joseph Urban papers
          • Brooklyn Daily Eagle, New York, N.Y.:
            • Plug 1929-06-08 p.12
            • Publicity and ad, 1929-07-03
            • Opening night review, 19-07-03
            • 1929-07-06, p.11
          • Standard Union, Brooklyn, N.Y., publicity,
            • 1929-06-19 p.11
            • 1929-07-03
          • Baltimore Afro-American, Baltimore, Md.
            Announcement, 1929-08-17, p.8
          • New York Times, New York, N.Y.
            Ad, 1929-08-25. p.X3
          • The Pittsburgh Courier, Pittsburgh, Penn.
            • 1929-10-05 s.2 p.3
            • 1929-10-19 s.2 p.3
          • Daily News, New York, N.Y.
            • 1929-10-01 p.37
            • 1929-10-05 p.21
          • Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, Pittsburgh, Penn.,
            1929-10-05 p.12
          • The Detroit Free Press, Detroit, Mich.
            1929-10-05 p.6
          • Serrano, Caravan, p.51, quoting Tizol in 1978
          • Jenkins interviewed by Roger Ringo: Reminiscing in tempo with Freddie Jenkins, Storyville Magazine #46, April/May 1973 (Storyville No. 46), pp.124-133
          • Email, Lasker-Palmquist
            • 2017-01-08
            • 2017-03-04
            • 2017-13-25
          • S. Lasker, Band photo in Juan Tizol's scrapbook
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          Tuesday
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          644 Lenox Ave.
          Harlem
          WABC broadcast
          Night club residency

          "Spring Birds" revue - see 1929 03 31
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          Wednesday
          .New York, N.Y.Ziegfeld TheatreShow Girl evening performance - see 1929 07 02...
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          644 Lenox Ave.
          Harlem
          11 pm WABC broadcast
          Night club residency

          "Spring Birds" revue - see 1929 03 31
          Brooklyn Daily Eagle radio log..
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          Thursday
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          Thursday
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          644 Lenox Ave.
          Harlem
          6:30 pm WABC broadcast
          Night club residency

          "Spring Birds" revue - see 1929 03 31
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          Friday
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          Harlem
          Night club residency

          "Spring Birds" revue - see 1929 03 31
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          Saturday
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          Harlem
          Night club residency

          "Spring Birds" revue - see 1929 03 31
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          Sunday
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          Night club residency

          "Spring Birds" revue - see 1929 03 31


          (Show Girl night off)
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          Monday
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          644 Lenox Ave.
          Harlem
          6:30 - 7:00 WABC broadcast
          Night club residency

          "Spring Birds" revue - see 1929 03 31
          Brooklyn Daily Eagle radio log..
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          Tuesday
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          Night club residency

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          Harlem
          11:00 WABC broadcast
          Night club residency

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          Harlem
          6:30 pm WABC broadcast
          Night club residency

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          Friday
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          644 Lenox Ave.
          Harlem
          Night club residency

          "Spring Birds" revue - see 1929 03 31
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          .C.Hällström oct092011
          updated
          2014-04-20
          1929 07 13
          Saturday
          .New York, N.Y.Ziegfeld TheatreShow Girl matinee and evening performances - see 1929 07 02Stratemann, pp.2-..
          .djp2011
          1929 07 13
          Saturday
          .New York, N.Y.Cotton Club
          644 Lenox Ave.
          Harlem
          Night club residency

          "Spring Birds" revue - see 1929 03 31
          ...
          .C.Hällström oct092011
          updated
          2014-04-20
          1929 07 14
          Sunday
          .New York, N.Y.Cotton Club
          644 Lenox Ave.
          Harlem
          Night club residency

          "Spring Birds" revue - see 1929 03 31


          (Show Girl night off)
          ...
          .C.Hällström oct092011
          updated
          2014-04-20
          1929 07 15
          Monday
          .New York, N.Y..Show Girl evening performance - see 1929 07 02...
          .djp2011
          1929 07 15
          Monday
          .New York, N.Y.Cotton Club
          644 Lenox Ave.
          Harlem
          6:30 WABC broadcast
          Night club residency

          "Spring Birds" revue - see 1929 03 31
          Brooklyn Daily Eagle radio log..
          .C.Hällström oct092011
          updated
          2014-04-21
          1929 07 16
          Tuesday
          .New York, N.Y.Ziegfeld TheatreShow Girl evening performance - see 1929 07 02...
          .djp2011
          1929 07 16
          Tuesday
          .New York, N.Y.Cotton Club
          644 Lenox Ave.
          Harlem
          Night club residency

          "Spring Birds" revue - see 1929 03 31
          ...
          .C.Hällström oct092011
          updated
          2014-04-20
          1929 07 17
          Wednesday
          .New York, N.Y.Ziegfeld TheatreShow Girl evening performance - see 1929 07 02...
          .djp2011
          1929 07 17
          Wednesday
          .New York, N.Y.Cotton Club
          644 Lenox Ave.
          Harlem
          11 pm WABC broadcast

          Night club residency

          "Spring Birds" revue - see 1929 03 31
          Brooklyn Daily Eagle radio log..
          .C.Hällström oct092011
          updated
          2014-04-20
          1929 07 18
          Thursday
          .New York, N.Y.Ziegfeld TheatreShow Girl matinee and evening performances - see 1929 07 02...
          .djp2011
          1929 07 18
          Thursday
          .New York, N.Y.Cotton Club
          644 Lenox Ave.
          Harlem
          WABC broadcastNight club residency

          "Spring Birds" revue - see 1929 03 31
          ...
          .C.Hällström oct092011
          updated
          2014-04-20
          1929 07 19
          Friday
          .New York, N.Y.Ziegfeld TheatreShow Girl evening performance - see 1929 07 02...
          .djp2011
          1929 07 19
          Friday
          .New York, N.Y.Cotton Club
          644 Lenox Ave.
          Harlem
          Night club residency

          "Spring Birds" revue - see 1929 03 31
          ...
          .C.Hällström oct092011
          updated
          2014-04-20
          1929 07 20
          Saturday
          .New York, N.Y.Ziegfeld TheatreShow Girl matinee and evening performances - see 1929 07 02...
          .djp2011
          1929 07 20
          Saturday
          .New York, N.Y.Cotton Club
          644 Lenox Ave.
          Harlem
          Night club residency

          "Spring Birds" revue - see 1929 03 31
          ...
          .C.Hällström oct092011
          updated
          2014-04-20
          1929 07 21
          Sunday
          .New York, N.Y.Cotton Club
          644 Lenox Ave.
          Harlem
          Night club residency

          "Spring Birds" revue - see 1929 03 31


          (Show Girl night off)
          ...
          .C.Hällström oct092011
          updated
          2014-04-20
          1929 07 22
          Monday
          .New York, N.Y.Ziegfeld TheatreShow Girl evening performance - see 1929 07 02...
          .djp2011
          1929 07 22
          Monday
          .New York, N.Y.Cotton Club
          644 Lenox Ave.
          Harlem
          WABC broadcast
          Night club residency

          "Spring Birds" revue - see 1929 03 31
          ...
          .C.Hällström oct092011
          updated
          2014-04-20
          1929 07 23
          Tuesday
          .New York, N.Y.Ziegfeld TheatreShow Girl evening performance - see 1929 07 02...
          .djp2011
          1929 07 23
          Tuesday
          .New York, N.Y.Cotton Club
          644 Lenox Ave.
          Harlem
          Night club residency

          "Spring Birds" revue - see 1929 03 31
          ...
          .C.Hällström oct092011
          updated
          2014-04-20
          1929 07 24
          Wednesday
          .New York, N.Y.Ziegfeld TheatreShow Girl evening performance - see 1929 07 02...
          .djp2011
          1929 07 24
          Wednesday
          .New York, N.Y.Cotton Club
          644 Lenox Ave.
          Harlem
          WABC broadcast
          Night club residency

          "Spring Birds" revue - see 1929 03 31
          ...
          .C.Hällström oct092011
          updated
          2014-04-20
          1929 07 25
          Thursday
          .New York, N.Y.Ziegfeld TheatreShow Girl matinee and evening performances - see 1929 07 02...
          .djp2011
          1929 07 25
          Thursday
          .New York, N.Y.Cotton Club
          644 Lenox Ave.
          Harlem
          WABC broadcast
          Night club residency

          "Spring Birds" revue - see 1929 03 31
          ...
          .C.Hällström oct092011
          updated
          2014-04-20
          1929 07 26
          Friday
          .New York, N.Y.Ziegfeld TheatreShow Girl evening performance - see 1929 07 02...
          .djp2011
          1929 07 26
          Friday
          .New York, N.Y.Cotton Club
          644 Lenox Ave.
          Harlem
          Night club residency

          "Spring Birds" revue - see 1929 03 31
          ...
          .C.Hällström oct09Added
          2011
          1929 07 27
          Saturday
          .New York, N.Y.Ziegfeld TheatreShow Girl matinee and evening performances - see 1929 07 02...
          .djp2011
          1929 07 27
          Saturday
          .New York, N.Y.Cotton Club
          644 Lenox Ave.
          Harlem
          Night club residency

          "Spring Birds" revue - see 1929 03 31
          ...
          .C.Hällström oct09Added
          2011
          1929 07 28
          Sunday
          .New York, N.Y.Cotton Club
          644 Lenox Ave.
          Harlem
          Night club residency

          "Spring Birds" revue - see 1929 03 31


          (Show Girl night off)
          ...
          .C.Hällström oct09Added
          2011
          1929 07 29
          Monday
          .New York, N.Y.Brunswick studio
          799 Seventh Ave.
          Brunswick recording session
          THE JUNGLE BAND
          Whetsel, Williams, Jenkins, Nanton, Tizol, Bigard, Hodges, Carney, Ellington, Guy, Braud, Greer
          Titles recorded:
          • Black And Blue
          • Jungle Jamboree
          • Email Lasker-Palmquist 2015-02-05
          New Desor
          DE2911
          DEMS
          .djp2011
          updated
          2014-04-20
          2015-02-06
          1929 07 29
          Monday
          .New York, N.Y..Show Girl evening performance - see 1929 07 02...
          .djp2011
          1929 07 29
          Monday
          .New York, N.Y.Cotton Club
          644 Lenox Ave.
          Harlem
          6:30 pm WABC broadcast
          Night club residency

          "Spring Birds" revue - see 1929 03 31
          7:00 pm - WPAP - Cotton Club Orchestra..
          .C.Hällström oct092011
          updated
          2014-04-20
          1929 07 30
          Tuesday
          .New York, N.Y.Ziegfeld TheatreShow Girl evening performance - see 1929 07 02...
          .djp2011
          1929 07 30
          Tuesday
          .New York, N.Y.Cotton Club
          644 Lenox Ave.
          Harlem
          Night club residency

          "Spring Birds" revue - see 1929 03 31
          ...
          .C.Hällström oct09Added
          2011
          1929 07 31
          Wednesday
          .New York, N.Y.Victor studios
          28 West 44th St.
          Recording session
          13:30-16:30
          Duke Ellington and His Orchestra
          Musicians not named, instrumentation 3t, tb; 3s; p; bj; sb; d.
          Titles recorded:
          • Ain't Misbehavin'
          S. Lasker:

          'Mr. [Loren L.] Watson, present. Two waxes of "Ain't Misbehavin'" were cut, but neither was processed. The session sheet notes "Decided to make above sel. on later date. Not satisfied with orchestra." The matrix number (53971) was assigned to another master (by the Missourians, cut the following day) and the title was re-recorded by Fess Williams and His Royal Flush orchestra on 1929 09 20.'

          E-mail, Lasker-Palmquist
          • 2014-08-16
          • 2018-09-28
          ..
          .Lasker New
          added
          2014-08-17
          2018-09-30
          1929 07 31
          Wednesday
          .New York, N.Y.Ziegfeld TheatreShow Girl evening performance - see 1929 07 02...
          .djp2011
          1929 07 31
          Wednesday
          .New York, N.Y.Cotton Club
          644 Lenox Ave.
          Harlem
          WABC 11:30 pm broadcast
          Night club residency

          "Spring Birds" revue - see 1929 03 31
          Brooklyn Daily Eagle radio log..
          .C.Hällström oct09Added
          2011

          August 1929

          1929 08 01
          Thursday
          ...

          Union Scale


          Steven Lasker:
          Ellington and his men were paid union scale for recording activity according to every contract I've seen to which they were a party, namely: AF of M contracts for Ellington's L.A. sessions at Capitol (1953-54), Columbia (1958-61) and Reprise (1967); also contracts for RCA's "Reader's Digest Sessions" (New York, 1969).
            In every instance (issues of cartage and doubling excluded), the musicians were consistently paid scale wages except for the leader/contractor, who received double price. Bearing that in mind, scale wages for union recording artists follow, as originally published in "The International Musician," the official journal of the American Federation of Musicians. (Note: The AF of M is international in that in consists of more than one country, in this case the U.S. and Canada.)

            I began canvassing "The International Musician" with their July 1920 issue, but found nothing concerning phonograph recording session rates for musiciansuntil 1929. (Pay scales for musicians in symphony orchestras are not addressed in this survey):

          Effective 1929 08 01
          (per "The International Musician," 1929 07 00):

          Phonograph Work
          One session, not to exceed three (3) consecutive hours$20.00
          Two sessions, same day, not to exceed five (5) hours; no session to exceed three (3) consecutive hours$30.00
          Overtime for 15 minutes, or fraction thereof$2.00
          Leader or contractor, double.
          No member allowed to play trial date, or rehearsal, for phonograph without receiving prevailing rates.


          Changes in scale rates are discussed below under the following dates:
          • 1934-09-15
          • 1937-09-02
          • 1938-09-15
          • 1939-09-15
          • 1946-10-20
          • 1959-01-01
          Email, Lasker-Palmquist
          • 2018-09-23 and prior, citing "The International Musician," 1929 07 00
          • 2018-09-27
          ...slNew
          added
          2018-09-26
          updated
          2018-09-28
          1929 08 01
          Thursday
          .New York, N.Y.Ziegfeld TheatreShow Girl matinee and evening performances - see 1929 07 02...
          .djp2011
          1929 08 01
          Thursday
          .New York, N.Y.Cotton Club
          644 Lenox Ave.
          Harlem
          6:30-7:00 PM WABC broadcast

          Night club residency

          "Spring Birds" revue - see 1929 03 31
          Brooklyn Daily Eagle radio log..
          .C.Hällström oct09Added
          2011
          1929 08 02
          Friday
          .New York, N.Y.OKeh Recording Laboratories
          11 Union Square W.
          OKeh recording session

          The Harlem Footwarmers
          Whetsel, Nanton, Bigard, Ellington, Guy, Braud, Greer

          Titles recorded:
          • Jungle Jamboree
          • Six Or Seven Times
          • Snake Hip Dance
          New DesorNew Desor
          DE2912
          DEMS
          ..2011
          updated
          2012-09-09
          1929 08 02
          Friday
          .New York, N.Y.Ziegfeld TheatreShow Girl evening performance - see 1929 07 02...
          .djp2011
          1929 08 02
          Friday
          .New York, N.Y.Cotton Club
          644 Lenox Ave.
          Harlem
          Night club residency

          "Spring Birds" revue - see 1929 03 31
          ...
          .C.Hällström oct092011
          updated
          2014-04-20
          1929 08 03
          Saturday
          .New York, N.Y.Ziegfeld TheatreShow Girl matinee and evening performances - see 1929 07 02...
          .djp2011
          1929 08 03
          Saturday
          .New York, N.Y.Cotton Club
          644 Lenox Ave.
          Harlem
          Night club residency

          "Spring Birds" revue - see 1929 03 31
          ...
          .C.Hällström oct092011
          updated
          2014-04-20
          1929 08 04
          Sunday
          .New York, N.Y.Cotton Club
          644 Lenox Ave.
          Harlem
          Night club residency

          "Spring Birds" revue - see 1929 03 31


          (Show Girl night off)
          ...
          .C.Hällström oct092011
          updated
          2014-04-20
          1929 08 05
          Monday
          .New York, N.Y.Ziegfeld TheatreShow Girl evening performance - see 1929 07 02...
          .djp2011
          1929 08 05
          Monday
          .New York, N.Y.Cotton Club
          644 Lenox Ave.
          Harlem
          6:30-7:00 PM WABC broadcast

          Night club residency

          "Spring Birds" revue - see 1929 03 31
          ...
          .C.Hällström oct092011
          updated
          2014-04-20
          1929 08 06
          Tuesday
          .New York, N.Y.Ziegfeld TheatreShow Girl evening performance - see 1929 07 02...
          .djp2011
          1929 08 06
          Tuesday
          .New York, N.Y.Cotton Club
          644 Lenox Ave.
          Harlem
          Night club residency

          "Spring Birds" revue - see 1929 03 31
          ...
          .C.Hällström oct092011
          updated
          2014-04-20
          1929 08 07
          Wednesday
          .New York, N.Y.Ziegfeld TheatreShow Girl evening performance - see 1929 07 02...
          .djp2011
          1929 08 07
          Wednesday
          .New York, N.Y.Cotton Club
          644 Lenox Ave.
          Harlem
          Night club residency

          11:30 P.M. WABC broadcast

          'Duke Ellington and his Cotton Club Dance ORchestra and the Paramount Hotel Orchestra will be heard in the hour betwwen 11 and midnight tonight over W A B C. '


          "Spring Birds" revue - see 1929 03 31
          Brooklyn Daily Eagle radio log..
          .C.Hällström oct092011
          updated
          2014-04-20
          1929 08 08
          Thursday
          .New York, N.Y.Ziegfeld TheatreShow Girl matinee and evening performances - see 1929 07 02...
          .djp2011
          1929 08 08
          Thursday
          .New York, N.Y.Cotton Club
          644 Lenox Ave.
          Harlem
          6:30-7:00 PM WABC broadcast

          Night club residency

          "Spring Birds" revue - see 1929 03 31
          Brooklyn Daily Eagle radio log..
          .C.Hällström oct092011
          updated
          2014-04-20
          1929 08 09
          Friday
          .New York, N.Y.Ziegfeld TheatreShow Girl evening performance - see 1929 07 02...
          .djp2011
          1929 08 09
          Friday
          .New York, N.Y.Cotton Club
          644 Lenox Ave.
          Harlem
          Night club residency

          "Spring Birds" revue - see 1929 03 31
          ...
          .C.Hällström oct092011
          updated
          2014-04-20
          1929 08 10
          Saturday
          .New York, N.Y.Ziegfeld TheatreShow Girl matinee and evening performances - see 1929 07 02...
          .djp2011
          1929 08 10
          Saturday
          .New York, N.Y.Cotton Club
          644 Lenox Ave.
          Harlem
          Night club residency

          "Spring Birds" revue - see 1929 03 31
          "Harry (Cotton Club) Griffin, the headwaiter, is none other than Kid (Boxfighter) Griffin..."
          Rian James: Reverting to Type, Brooklyn Daily Eagle 1929-08-10 p.11..
          .C.Hällström oct092011
          updated
          2014-04-21
          1929 08 11
          Sunday
          .New York, N.Y.Cotton Club
          644 Lenox Ave.
          Harlem
          Night club residency

          "Spring Birds" revue - see 1929 03 31


          (Show Girl night off)
          ...
          .C.Hällström oct092011
          updated
          2014-04-20
          1929 08 12
          Monday
          1929 08 17
          Saturday
          New York, N.Y.Gramercy Studios
          145-155 East 24th St.
          RKO film recording session for Ellington's second film, "Black And Tan," his first sound film.
          Ellington, Arthur Whetsel and Fredi Washington are in the cast. The music was by Duke Ellington and His Cotton Club Orchestra:
          Whetsel, Williams, Jenkins, Nanton, Tizol, Bigard, Hodges, Carney, Ellington, Guy, Braud, Greer, and a choir

          Lasker:

          'Some reference works identify the Hall Johnson Choir on the soundtracks of "St. Louis Blues" and "Black and Tan" (both RKO shorts from 1929 directed by Dudley Murphy) but the choir isn't mentioned in the credits of either film. Nor is the Hall Johnson choir mentioned in relation to either picture in any contemporary printed source I've seen. (In the course of researching "Black and Tan," I exhaustively canvassed film periodicals from summer 1929 in the collection of the Margaret Herrick Library of the Academy of Motion Pictures Arts and Sciences in Beverly Hills.)

          However, the 1929 07 10 "Talking Machine and Radio Weekly" notes, on page 52, that "J. Rosamund Johnson and his [W.C.] Handy-Johnson Singers" is the choir featured in "St. Louis Blues," and it is possible that this is the choir heard on the soundtrack of "Black and Tan" as well.'


          Titles recorded:
          • Black and Tan Fantasy (one take by Ellington alone, three by Ellington and Whetsel)
          • The Duke Steps Out
          • Black Beauty
          • Cotton Club Stomp
          • Flaming Youth

          Production dates
          • Production records are missing so production dates cannot be confirmed.
          • Stratemann discusses various dates from February to late July 1929 suggested by different sources.
          • Steven Lasker found reports in Film Daily 1929-08-04 saying the film was "scheduled for production," and in its 1929-08-18 edition saying it was completed.
          • Dr. Stratemann concluded
            'At the present stage of research, and with the original files for Black And Tan" apparently lost, the statement appears justified that the film was produced circa August 12 to August 16, 1929'
          • In DEMS 1998/1, Steven Lasker revised the estimated completion to August 17, because the film industry had a six day work week at the time.

          Technology
          The film used RCA Photophone technology - while Photophone projectors could handle film sound from earlier formats, other systems could not play Photophone sound, so the music for Black and Tan was also produced on two single sided discs. This would allow movie houses to play the recordings when showing the film if they didn't have the RCA Photophone equipment.

          Lasker:

          'The film was first released on 1929-10-29 in the form of prints with sound-on-film. The two single-sided 16-inch disks made for theatres not equipped for sound-on-film exhibition were produced by dubbing from the first-generation sound recordings made on film.
            Per the files of the Victor Talking Machine Co. where the dubbing was done: Film to wax transfer at RCA Camden Church Bldg., November 13, 1929. Reel one's audio was dubbed onto wax masters MVE-0806-1, -2, -2A (-1 was used for pressings). Reel two's audio was dubbed onto wax masters MVE-0806[a]-1A, -2, -2A (-2 was used for pressings. The waxes were processed to make metal masters, mothers and ultimately stampers used to manufacture 16-inch pressings that were sent to theatres. A photograph of the label of the disk with part two is reproduced on the cover of Jerry Valburn's The Directory of Duke Ellington's Recordings. '

          • Stratemann pp.5 - 23
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          • Photos:
            • Stratemann p.16
            • Bey C121
            • Vail I p.22
          • Timner corrections
          New Desor
          DE2913
          DEMS

            djp2011
            updated
            2012-09-09
            2014-04-21
            2015-10-11
            2016-04-21
            2017-01-26
            1929 08 12
            Monday
            .New York, N.Y.Ziegfeld Theatre
            Show Girl evening performance - see 1929 07 02
            ...
            .djp2011
            1929 08 12
            Monday
            .New York, N.Y.Cotton Club
            644 Lenox Ave.
            Harlem
            6:30-7:00 PM WABC broadcast

            Night club residency

            "Spring Birds" revue - see 1929 03 31
            Brooklyn Daily Eagle radio log..
            .C.Hällström oct092011
            updated
            2014-04-20
            1929 08 13
            Tuesday
            .New York, N.Y.Gramercy Studios(Unconfirmed)

            Filming or recording of "Black And Tan"
            - see 1929 08 12
            ...
            ..2011
            1929 08 13
            Tuesday
            .New York, N.Y.Ziegfeld TheatreShow Girl evening performance - see 1929 07 02...
            .djp2011
            1929 08 13
            Tuesday
            .New York, N.Y.Cotton Club
            644 Lenox Ave.
            Harlem
            Night club residency

            "Spring Birds" revue - see 1929 03 31
            ...
            .C.Hällström oct092011
            updated
            2014-04-20
            1929 08 14
            Wednesday
            .New York, N.Y.Gramercy Studios(Unconfirmed)

            Filming or recording of "Black And Tan"
            - see 1929 08 12
            ...
            ..2011
            1929 08 14
            Wednesday
            .New York, N.Y.Ziegfeld TheatreShow Girl evening performance - see 1929 07 02...
            .djp2011
            1929 08 14
            Wednesday
            .New York, N.Y.Cotton Club
            644 Lenox Ave.
            Harlem
            Night club residency

            11:00 P.M. WABC broadcast

            "Spring Birds" revue - see 1929 03 31
            Radio log, Brooklyn Daily Eagle..
            .C.Hällström oct092011
            updated
            2014-04-20
            1929 08 15
            Thursday
            .New York, N.Y.Gramercy Studios(Unconfirmed)

            Filming or recording of "Black And Tan"
            - see 1929 08 12
            ...
            ..2011
            1929 08 15
            Thursday
            .New York, N.Y.Ziegfeld TheatreShow Girl matinee and evening performances - see 1929 07 02...
            .djp2011
            1929 08 15
            Thursday
            .New York, N.Y.Cotton Club
            644 Lenox Ave.
            Harlem
            6:30-7:00 PM WABC broadcast

            Night club residency

            "Spring Birds" revue - see 1929 03 31
            ...
            .C.Hällström oct092011
            updated
            2014-04-20
            1929 08 16
            Friday
            .New York, N.Y.Gramercy Studios(Unconfirmed)

            Filming or recording of "Black And Tan" - see 1929 08 12
            ...
            ..2011
            1929 08 16
            Friday
            .New York, N.Y.Ziegfeld TheatreShow Girl evening performance - see 1929 07 02...
            .djp2011
            1929 08 16
            Friday
            .New York, N.Y.Cotton Club
            644 Lenox Ave.
            Harlem
            Night club residency

            "Spring Birds" revue - see 1929 03 31
            ...
            .C.Hällström oct092011
            updated
            2014-04-20
            1929 08 17
            Saturday
            .New York, N.Y.Gramercy Studios(Unconfirmed)

            Possible last day of filming or recording of "Black And Tan" - see 1929 08 12
            ..DEMS
            • 1998/1-16.
            ..2011
            1929 08 17
            Saturday
            .New York, N.Y.Ziegfeld TheatreShow Girl matinee and evening performances - see 1929 07 02...
            .djp2011
            1929 08 17
            Saturday
            .New York, N.Y.Cotton Club
            644 Lenox Ave.
            Harlem
            Night club residency

            "Spring Birds" revue - see 1929 03 31


            (Show Girl night off)
            ...
            .C.Hällström oct092011
            updated
            2014-04-20
            1929 08 18
            Sunday
            .New York, N.Y.Cotton Club
            644 Lenox Ave.
            Harlem
            Night club residency

            "Spring Birds" revue - see 1929 03 31
            ...
            .C.Hällström oct092011
            updated
            2014-04-20
            1929 08 19
            Monday
            .New York, N.Y.Ziegfeld Theatre
            Show Girl evening performance - see 1929 07 02
            ...
            .djp2011
            1929 08 19
            Monday
            .New York, N.Y.Cotton Club
            644 Lenox Ave.
            Harlem
            6:30-7:00 PM WABC broadcast

            Night club residency

            "Spring Birds" revue - see 1929 03 31
            Brooklyn Daily Eagle radio log..
            .C.Hällström oct092011
            1929 08 20
            Tuesday
            .New York, N.Y.Ziegfeld TheatreShow Girl evening performance - see 1929 07 02...
            .djp2011
            1929 08 20
            Tuesday
            .New York, N.Y.Cotton Club
            644 Lenox Ave.
            Harlem
            Night club residency

            "Spring Birds" revue - see 1929 03 31
            ...
            .C.Hällström oct09Added
            2011
            1929 08 21
            Wednesday
            .New York, N.Y.Ziegfeld TheatreShow Girl evening performance - see 1929 07 02...
            .djp2011
            1929 08 21
            Wednesday
            .New York, N.Y.Cotton Club
            644 Lenox Ave.
            Harlem
            Night club residency

            11:30 P.M. WABC broadcast

            "Spring Birds" revue - see 1929 03 31
            Radio log, Brooklyn Daily Eagle..
            .C.Hällström oct09Added
            2011
            1929 08 22
            Thursday
            .New York, N.Y.Ziegfeld TheatreShow Girl matinee and evening performances - see 1929 07 02...
            .djp2011
            1929 08 22
            Thursday
            .New York, N.Y.Cotton Club
            644 Lenox Ave.
            Harlem
            6:30-7:00 PM WABC broadcast

            Night club residency

            "Spring Birds" revue - see 1929 03 31
            ...
            .C.Hällström oct09Added
            2011
            1929 08 23
            Friday
            .New York, N.Y.Ziegfeld TheatreShow Girl evening performance - see 1929 07 02...
            .djp2011
            1929 08 23
            Friday
            .New York, N.Y.Cotton Club
            644 Lenox Ave.
            Harlem
            Night club residency

            "Spring Birds" revue - see 1929 03 31
            ...
            .C.Hällström oct09Added
            2011
            1929 08 24
            Saturday
            .New York, N.Y.Ziegfeld TheatreShow Girl matinee and evening performances - see 1929 07 02...
            .djp2011
            1929 08 24
            Saturday
            .New York, N.Y.Cotton Club
            644 Lenox Ave.
            Harlem
            Night club residency

            "Spring Birds" revue - see 1929 03 31
            ...
            .C.Hällström oct09Added
            2011
            1929 08 25
            Sunday
            .New York, N.Y.Cotton Club
            644 Lenox Ave.
            Harlem
            In light of the Roseland Ballroom concert and dance, it would appear another band subbed for Ellington this night....
            .C.H„llstr”m oct092011
            updated
            2014-04-20
            2016-03-02
            1929 08 25
            Sunday
            .Asbury Park, N.J.Roseland Ballroom

            'Duke Ellington and his (12) piece Broadcasting Orchestra will play at Roseland Ballroom Sunday evening, August 25. Springwood and Atkins Avenue, Asbury Park, N.J. Concert at 10.30. Dancing at 12.01.'

            Asbury Park Press, Asbury Park, N.J. 1929-08-23 p.1, courtesy K.Steiner
              ..
              .Steiner email 2016-03-01New
              added 2016-03-02
              1929 08 26
              Monday
              .New York, N.Y.Ziegfeld TheatreShow Girl evening performance - see 1929 07 02...
              .djp2011
              1929 08 26
              Monday
              .New York, N.Y.Cotton Club
              644 Lenox Ave.
              Harlem
              6:30-7:00 PM WABC broadcast

              Night club residency

              "Spring Birds" revue - see 1929 03 31
              ...
              .C.Hällström oct09Added
              2011
              1929 08 27
              Tuesday
              .New York, N.Y.Ziegfeld TheatreShow Girl evening performance - see 1929 07 02...
              .djp2011
              1929 08 27
              Tuesday
              .New York, N.Y.Cotton Club
              644 Lenox Ave.
              Harlem
              Night club residency

              "Spring Birds" revue - see 1929 03 31
              ...
              .C.Hällström oct09Added
              2011
              1929 08 28
              Wednesday
              .New York, N.Y.Ziegfeld TheatreShow Girl evening performance - see 1929 07 02...
              .djp2011
              1929 08 28
              Wednesday
              .New York, N.Y.Cotton Club
              644 Lenox Ave.
              Harlem
              Night club residency

              11:30 P.M. WABC broadcast

              "Spring Birds" revue - see 1929 03 31
              Brooklyn Daily Eagle radio log..
              .C.Hällström oct09Added
              2011
              1929 08 29
              Thursday
              .New York, N.Y.Ziegfeld TheatreShow Girl matinee and evening performances - see 1929 07 02
              The New York Times ad this day shows ticket prices:
              • Entire Mezzanine floor, $4
              • No tax on $1 tl $3 seats
              • Mats. Thrus. & Sat. Half of Eve. Prices
              New York Times, New York, N.Y.
              1929-08-25 p.X3 (courtesy Rainer Jazz Clippings)
              ..
              .djp2011
              updated
              2018-09-16
              1929 08 29
              Thursday
              .New York, N.Y.Cotton Club
              644 Lenox Ave.
              Harlem
              6:30-7:00 PM WABC broadcast

              Night club residency

              "Spring Birds" revue - see 1929 03 31
              Radio log, Brooklyn Daily Eagle..
              .C.Hällström oct09Added
              2011
              1929 08 30
              Friday
              .New York, N.Y.Ziegfeld TheatreShow Girl evening performance - see 1929 07 02...
              .djp2011
              1929 08 30
              Friday
              .New York, N.Y.Cotton Club
              644 Lenox Ave.
              Harlem
              Night club residency

              "Spring Birds" revue - see 1929 03 31
              ...
              .C.Hällström oct09Added
              2011
              1929 08 31
              Saturday
              .New York, N.Y.Ziegfeld TheatreShow Girl matinee and evening performances - see 1929 07 02...
              .djp2011
              1929 08 31
              Saturday
              .New York, N.Y.Cotton Club
              644 Lenox Ave.
              Harlem
              Night club residency

              "Spring Birds" revue - see 1929 03 31
              ...
              .C.Hällström oct09Added
              2011

              September 1929

              1929 09 01
              Sunday
              .New York, N.Y.Cotton Club
              644 Lenox Ave.
              Harlem
              Night club residency

              "Spring Birds" revue - see 1929 03 31


              (Show Girl night off)
              ...
              .C.Hällström oct09Added
              2011
              1929 09 02
              Monday
              .New York, N.Y.Ziegfeld TheatreShow Girl evening performance - see 1929 07 02...
              .djp2011
              1929 09 02
              Monday
              .New York, N.Y.Cotton Club
              644 Lenox Ave.
              Harlem
              6:30-7:00 PM WABC broadcast

              Night club residency

              "Spring Birds" revue - see 1929 03 31
              Brooklyn Daily Eagle radio log..
              .C.Hällström oct09Added
              2011
              1929 09 03
              Tuesday
              .New York, N.Y.Ziegfeld TheatreShow Girl evening performance - see 1929 07 02...
              .djp2011
              1929 09 03
              Tuesday
              .New York, N.Y.Cotton Club
              644 Lenox Ave.
              Harlem
              Night club residency

              "Spring Birds" revue - see 1929 03 31
              ...
              .C.Hällström oct09Added
              2011
              1929 09 04
              Wednesday
              .New York, N.Y.Brunswick Studio...DEMS
              ..Added
              2011
              1929 09 04
              Wednesday
              .New York, N.Y.Ziegfeld TheatreShow Girl evening performance - see 1929 07 02...
              .djp2011
              1929 09 04
              Wednesday
              .New York, N.Y.Cotton Club
              644 Lenox Ave.
              Harlem
              Night club residency

              The Albany Evening News radio log showed Ellington's band on WABC New York at 5:30 pm and on the same page, reported

              'Duke Ellington and his "Jungle Band," from the Cotton Club, New York, and Roy Ingraham and his Hotel Paramount orcehstra, will broadcast a dance program via WABC, with WOY not included, at 11 o'clock. Ellington and his band are also a feature of Ziegfeld's Show Birl and his type of jazz is called "jungle music." '

              The Brooklyn Daily Eagle shows 11:30 instead of 11:00

              "Spring Birds" revue - see 1929 03 31
                Radio logs
              ,
            • Brooklyn Daily Eagle
            • Albany Evening News
            • ..
              .C.Hällström oct09Added
              2011
              updated
              2018-09-06
              1929 09 05
              Thursday
              .New York, N.Y.Ziegfeld TheatreShow Girl matinee and evening performances - see 1929 07 02...
              .djp2011
              1929 09 05
              Thursday
              .New York, N.Y.Cotton Club
              644 Lenox Ave.
              Harlem
              6:30-7:00 PM WABC broadcast

              Night club residency

              "Spring Birds" revue - see 1929 03 31
              Radio log, Brooklyn Daily Eagle..
              .C.Hällström oct09Added
              2011
              1929 09 06
              Friday
              .New York, N.Y.Ziegfeld TheatreShow Girl evening performance - see 1929 07 02...
              .djp2011
              1929 09 06
              Friday
              .New York, N.Y.Cotton Club
              644 Lenox Ave.
              Harlem
              Night club residency

              "Spring Birds" revue - see 1929 03 31
              ...
              .C.Hällström oct09Added
              2011
              1929 09 07
              Saturday
              .New York, N.Y.Ziegfeld TheatreShow Girl matinee and evening performances - see 1929 07 02...
              .djp2011
              1929 09 07
              Saturday
              .New York, N.Y.Cotton Club
              644 Lenox Ave.
              Harlem
              Night club residency

              "Spring Birds" revue - see 1929 03 31
              ...
              .C.Hällström oct09Added
              2011
              1929 09 08
              Sunday
              .New York, N.Y.Cotton Club
              644 Lenox Ave.
              Harlem
              Night club residency

              "Spring Birds" revue - see 1929 03 31


              (Show Girl night off)
              ...
              .C.Hällström oct09Added
              2011
              1929 09 09
              Monday
              .New York, N.Y.Ziegfeld TheatreShow Girl evening performance - see 1929 07 02...
              .djp2011
              1929 09 09
              Monday
              .New York, N.Y.Cotton Club
              644 Lenox Ave.
              Harlem
              6:30-7:00 PM WABC broadcast

              Night club residency

              "Spring Birds" revue - see 1929 03 31
              ...
              .C.Hällström oct09Added
              2011
              1929 09 10
              Tuesday
              .New York, N.Y.A.R.C. Studio
              114 East 32nd St.
              Cameo recording session
              The Washingtonians
              Whetsel, Williams, Jenkins, Nanton, Tizol, Bigard, Hodges, Carney, Ellington, Guy, Braud,Greer
              Titles recorded:
              • Doin' The Voom Voom
              • Flaming Youth
              • Saturday Night Function
              • New Desor
              • E-mail, Lasker-Palmquist 2018-08-16
              New Desor
              DE2914
              DEMS
              .djp2011
              updated
              2012-09-09
              2018-08-17
              1929 09 10
              Tuesday
              .New York, N.Y.Ziegfeld TheatreShow Girl evening performance - see 1929 07 02...
              .djp2011
              1929 09 10
              Tuesday
              .New York, N.Y.Cotton Club
              644 Lenox Ave.
              Harlem
              Night club residency

              "Spring Birds" revue - see 1929 03 31
              ...
              .C.Hällström oct09Added
              2011
              1929 09 11
              Wednesday
              .New York, N.Y.Ziegfeld TheatreShow Girl evening performance - see 1929 07 02...
              .djp2011
              1929 09 11
              Wednesday
              .New York, N.Y.Cotton Club
              644 Lenox Ave.
              Harlem
              Night club residency

              11:30 P.M. WABC broadcast

              "Spring Birds" revue - see 1929 03 31
              WHN..
              .C.Hällström oct09Added
              2011
              1929 09 12
              Thursday
              .New York, N.Y.Ziegfeld TheatreShow Girl matinee and evening performances - see 1929 07 02...
              .djp2011
              1929 09 12
              Thursday
              .New York, N.Y.Cotton Club
              644 Lenox Ave.
              Harlem
              6:30-7:00 PM WABC broadcast

              Night club residency

              "Spring Birds" revue - see 1929 03 31
              Brooklyn Daily Eagle radio log..
              .C.Hällström oct092011
              updated
              2014-04-21
              1929 09 13
              Friday
              .New York, N.Y.Brunswick Studio
              799 Seventh Ave.
              Brunswick recording session
              Bill Robinson accompanied by Irving Mills and His Hotsy Totsy Gang
              -and-
              The Jungle Band
              Whetsel, C.Williams, Jenkins, Nanton, Tizol, Bigard, Hodges, Carney, Ellington, Guy, Braud, Greer, Bill "Bojangles" Robinson1
              Titles recorded:
              • Ain't Misbehavin'1
              • Doin' The New Low Down1
              • Jolly Wog
              • Jazz Convulsions2
              • Slow Motion3

              1These are tap dance records featuring the great Bill "Bojangles" Robinson, tap and vocal, apparently labelled as being by Irving Mill's Hotsy Totsy Gang, a white band. There is evidence they were in fact recorded by Ellington and/or his band - see the discussion in DEMS 09/3-24. They are not listed in the New Desor, Bakker, Jepsen nor Aasland discographies, but they are in Timner IV and the webpage discographies of MacHare and Girvan.

              Steven Lasker:

              'Brunswick 4535 shows Bill Robinson "in a Novelty Tap Dance" on one side (Ain't Misbehavin') and "in a Novelty Tap Routine" on the other. Although the world thinks of Bojangles as a tap dancer, arguably the greatest ever, technically speaking, he didn't dance with taps on his shoes, opting instead to dance in split clog shoes, as heard on this record and described in this capsule bio: http://memory.loc.gov/diglib/ihas/loc.music.tdabio.154/default.html'


              2Cootie's first growl trumpet solo.

              Lasker:
              'Timme Rosenkrantz and Inez Cavanaugh, in notes to Brunswick album B-1011 ("Ellingtonia Volume Two," released 1944 06 08), wrote of "Jazz Convulsions" that it

              'is one of the many tunes Duke wrote twenty minutes before a recording session [....] on this side we have Cootie Williams playing so much like Bubber Miley that Duke Ellington, on hearing the record again after many years, refused at first to believe that it wasn't the old master himself.'

              I share the maestro's incredulity!'

              3According to file cards held in the archives of Sony Music, Brunswick's original intent was to couple "Jolly Wog" with "Slow Motion" (an Ellington composition); this latter title, master E30939, was re-titled "Jungle Rhythm" prior to January 24, 1930, when it was rejected. Brunswick 4705, released March 13, 1930, coupled "Jolly Wog" with "Jazz Convulsions." The company's December 1931 inventory of metal masters then held omit any parts for E30939, by inference destroyed. Neither metal part nor test pressing is known today.
              S. Lasker in DEMS 09/3-24:

              'In a broadcast 1947 05 10 on WNEW ...host Art Ford asked Robinson and Ellington, who were both present, "I understand you two made a record years ago. Is that right?"

              Ellington's reply -- "Well, oh, yes!"-- was nearly drowned by Robinson's: "Well I'd like to say one thing. I'm very proud to be with Duke, I'll tell you why. The first tap dancing record that was ever made in America ... was made by Duke Ellington and Bill Robinson and I'm proud to say that I made the first dancing record with the master."

              "Thank you very much," responded Ellington.'


              Lasker email 2017-12-18:

              'This session wasn't on the radar of Ellington discographers until the early 1990s, by which date Bakker, Jepsen and Aasland had already published their discographies. To the disbelief and puzzlement of Sjef Hoefsmit, myself and many others, the New Desor team didn't accept these as Ellington sides, despite the evidence cited above. (Note also this was a Mills-organized record session.) Timner (and just about everyone other than the Italians -- I can't think of anyone who agreed with their assessment on this point) accepted this as a genuine Ellington date, and listed the recordings in his fourth and fifth editions.'

              New Desor
              DE2915
              DEMS
              .djp2011
              updated
              2012-09-09
              2014-04-21
              2015-02-06
              2015-05-17
              2016-02-22
              2017-12-18
              2018-12-11
              1929 09 13
              Friday
              .New York, N.Y.Ziegfeld TheatreShow Girl evening performance - see 1929 07 02...
              .djp2011
              1929 09 13
              Friday
              .New York, N.Y.Cotton Club
              644 Lenox Ave.
              Harlem
              Night club residency

              "Spring Birds" revue - see 1929 03 31
              ...
              .C.Hällström oct09Added
              2011
              1929 09 14
              Saturday
              .New York, N.Y.Ziegfeld TheatreShow Girl matinee and evening performances - see 1929 07 02...
              .djp2011
              1929 09 14
              Saturday
              .New York, N.Y.Cotton Club
              644 Lenox Ave.
              Harlem
              Night club residency

              "Spring Birds" revue - see 1929 03 31
              ...
              .C.Hällström oct09Added
              2011
              1929 09 15
              Sunday
              .New York, N.Y.Cotton Club
              644 Lenox Ave.
              Harlem
              Night club residency

              "Spring Birds" revue - see 1929 03 31

              (Show Girl night off)
              ...
              .C.Hällström oct09Added
              2011
              1929 09 16
              Monday
              .New York, N.Y.46th Street Studio
              16 W. 46th St.
              RCA Victor recording session
              02:00–04:45
              Duke Ellington's Orchestra
              Whetsel, Williams, Nanton, Tizol, Bigard, Hodges, Carney, Ellington, Guy, Teddy Bunn (guitar), Braud, Greer
              Titles recorded:
              • Mississippi Dry
              • The Duke Steps Out
              • Haunted Nights
              • Swanee Shuffles
              New Desor
              DE2916
              DEMS
              Timner corrections .2011
              updated
              2012-09-09
              2014-12-04
              1929 09 16
              Monday
              ...Duke Ellington and his Cotton Club Band were scheduled to be broadcast over radio station KLZ in Colorado at 3:30 pm local time. Nothing else was scheduled in that listing until 5 pm, so this may have been a long program.

              If it was a live national broadcast, it would have started at 5:30 pm local time in New York, too early to be from the Cotton Club.
              Weekly radio timetable, The Tribune-Republican, Greeley, Col.1926-09-15/16..
              .djpNew
              added 2013-10-22
              1929 09 16
              Monday
              .New York, N.Y.Ziegfeld TheatreShow Girl evening performance - see 1929 07 02...
              .djp2011
              1929 09 16
              Monday
              .New York, N.Y.Cotton Club
              644 Lenox Ave.
              Harlem
              6:30-7:00 PM WABC broadcast - under "Monday," Sunday's Eagle announced:

              "Jungle jazz played by Duke Ellington and his Cotton Club orchestra, featured in Ziegfeld's musical sucess "Show Girl," will be heard over WABC for 30 minutes, beginning at 6:30 o'clock this evening."


              Night club residency

              "Spring Birds" revue - see 1929 03 31
              Brooklyn Daily Eagle
              • 1929 09 15 page 8E
              • 1929-09-16 radio log
              ..
              .C.Hällström oct092011
              updated
              2014-04-21
              1929 09 17
              Tuesday
              .New York, N.Y.Ziegfeld TheatreShow Girl evening performance - see 1929 07 02...
              .djp2011
              1929 09 17
              Tuesday
              .New York, N.Y.Cotton Club
              644 Lenox Ave.
              Harlem
              Night club residency

              "Spring Birds" revue - see 1929 03 31
              ...
              .C.Hällström oct09Added
              2011
              1929 09 18
              Wednesday
              .New York, N.Y.Ziegfeld TheatreShow Girl evening performance - see 1929 07 02...
              .djp2011
              1929 09 18
              Wednesday
              .New York, N.Y.Cotton Club
              644 Lenox Ave.
              Harlem
              Night club residency

              11:00 P.M. WABC broadcast

              "Spring Birds" revue - see 1929 03 31
              ...
              .C.Hällström oct09Added
              2011
              1929 09 19
              Thursday
              .New York, N.Y.Ziegfeld TheatreShow Girl matinee and evening performances - see 1929 07 02...
              .djp2011
              1929 09 19
              Thursday
              .New York, N.Y.Cotton Club
              644 Lenox Ave.
              Harlem
              6:30-7:00 PM WABC broadcast

              Night club residency

              "Spring Birds" revue - see 1929 03 31
              ...
              .C.Hällström oct09Added
              2011
              1929 09 20
              Friday
              .New York, N.Y.Ziegfeld TheatreShow Girl evening performance - see 1929 07 02...
              .djp2011
              1929 09 20
              Friday
              .New York, N.Y.Cotton Club
              644 Lenox Ave.
              Harlem
              Night club residency

              "Spring Birds" revue - see 1929 03 31
              ...
              .C.Hällström oct09Added
              2011
              1929 09 21
              Saturday
              .New York, N.Y.New Star CasinoCharity event
              John F. Ringer's Orchestra was "apparently hired" for the occasion. Five other bands were supposed to stake a "battle of music" but only Charlie Johnson's, Louis Metcalf's and Chick Webb's came.

              Duke Ellington appeared without his orchestra, was met with vociferous applause at his introduction and played one number with the orchestra.

              Louis Armstrong also appeared without his orchestra and played "a couple of numbers with the orchestra."
              • New York Age, 1929-10-05, p.7
              • Stratemann, p.25
              ..
              .djp2011
              updated
              2012-09-05
              1929 09 21
              Saturday
              .New York, N.Y.Ziegfeld TheatreShow Girl matinee and evening performances - see 1929 07 02...
              .djp2011
              1929 09 21
              Saturday
              .New York, N.Y.Cotton Club
              644 Lenox Ave.
              Harlem
              Night club residency

              "Spring Birds" revue - see 1929 03 31
              ...
              .C.Hällström oct09Added
              2011
              1929 09 22
              Sunday
              .New York, N.Y.Cotton Club
              644 Lenox Ave.
              Harlem
              Night club residency

              "Spring Birds" revue - see 1929 03 31


              (Show Girl night off)
              ...
              .C.Hällström oct09Added
              2011
              1929 09 23
              Monday
              .New York, N.Y..Show Girl evening performance - see 1929 07 02

              Broadcast, Columbia Broadcasting System, broadcast in Buffalo on WMAK
              Buffalo Courier Express, Buffalo, N.Y. 1929-09-22 p.18..
              .djp2011
              updated
              2018-09-05
              1929 09 23
              Monday
              .New York, N.Y.Cotton Club
              644 Lenox Ave.
              Harlem
              6:30-7:00 PM WABC broadcast

              Night club residency

              "Spring Birds" revue - see 1929 03 31
              Radio log, Brooklyn Daily Eagle..
              .C.Hällström oct09Added
              2011
              1929 09 24
              Tuesday
              .New York, N.Y.Ziegfeld TheatreShow Girl evening performance - see 1929 07 02...
              .djp2011
              1929 09 24
              Tuesday
              .New York, N.Y.Cotton Club
              644 Lenox Ave.
              Harlem
              Night club residency

              "Spring Birds" revue - see 1929 03 31
              ...
              .C.Hällström oct09Added
              2011
              1929 09 25
              Wednesday
              .New York, N.Y.Ziegfeld TheatreShow Girl evening performance - see 1929 07 02...
              .djp2011
              1929 09 25
              Wednesday
              .New York, N.Y.Cotton Club
              644 Lenox Ave.
              Harlem
              Night club residency

              "Spring Birds" revue - see 1929 03 31
              ...
              .C.Hällström oct09Added
              2011
              1929 09 26
              Thursday
              .New York, N.Y.Ziegfeld TheatreShow Girl matinee and evening performances - see 1929 07 02...
              .djp2011
              1929 09 26
              Thursday
              .New York, N.Y.Cotton Club
              644 Lenox Ave.
              Harlem
              Night club residency

              "Spring Birds" revue - see 1929 03 31
              ...
              .C.Hällström oct09Added
              2011
              1929 09 27
              Friday
              .New York, N.Y.Ziegfeld TheatreShow Girl evening performance - see 1929 07 02...
              .djp2011
              1929 09 27
              Friday
              .New York, N.Y.Cotton Club
              644 Lenox Ave.
              Harlem
              Night club residency

              "Spring Birds" revue - see 1929 03 31
              ...
              .C.Hällström oct09Added
              2011
              1929 09 28
              Saturday
              .New York, N.Y.Ziegfeld TheatreShow Girl matinee and evening performances - see 1929 07 02...
              .djp2011
              1929 09 28
              Saturday
              .New York, N.Y.Cotton Club
              644 Lenox Ave.
              Harlem
              Night club residency

              "Spring Birds" revue - see 1929 03 31
              ...
              .C.Hällström oct09Added
              2011
              1929 09 29
              Sunday
              .New York, N.Y.Cotton Club
              644 Lenox Ave.
              Harlem
              Night club residency

              Opening night of new "Black Berries" revue
              aka "It's The Blackberries"
              Two shows nightly, 12:15 AM and 2 AM

              A Dan Healy production with lyrics and music by Jimmy McHugh & Dorothy Fields

              (Show Girl night off)

              Rian James, "Reverting to Type"
              'ITEM.
                If you have seen the new review at the Cotton Club – and if you haven't you should – you probably liked the "Washboard Serenade" number to no end. But what you probably won't learn about – even when you see the entire cast flitting around with washboards under their arms – is that the name of a laundry is on the washboards for a very practical reason. The reason is that the owner of the Cotton Club is also the owner of the laundry. Thus has practicality and pleasure been combined.
              DATA, DAHTA, OR DATTER.
                They have quick-timed the Barcarole from "Tales of Hoffman"; put Sousa's immortal "Stars and Stripes" to jazz; you can fox-trot to the Sextet from "Lucia,"... But you knew that already. What you may not know, is that you may now cavort snappily to Chopin, at his heaviest. At the aforementioned Cotton Club the versatile Maestro Duke Ellington plays the Funeral March, which has had its tempo lifted for the occasion, as a dance number nightly. It provides a slightly shuddery, wholly reminiscent fox-trot.'
              • The Brooklyn Daily Eagle, New York, N.Y. 1929-10-10 p.27
              • Stratemann pp.24-25, 688-689
              ..
              .djp2011
              updated
              2012-09-09
              2018-11-11
              1929 09 30
              Monday
              .New York, N.Y.Ziegfeld TheatreShow Girl evening performance - see 1929 07 02...
              .djp2011
              1929 09 30
              Monday
              .New York, N.Y.Cotton Club
              644 Lenox Ave.
              Harlem
              Night club residency and "The Blackberries" revue - see 1929 09 21

              Duke Ellington and Orchestra broadcast on WJAS (Pittsburgh) from 6:45 to 6:55 pm. local time.

              Early photos on the WJAS website show microphones labelled CBS, so it would appear the station was part of that network, with the broadcast originating in New York on WABC, the CBS flagship station.
              Radio timetable, The Herald-Star, Steubenville, Ohio, 1929-09-30..
              .C.Hällström oct092011
              updated

              2013-10-22
              2014-04-20

              October 1929

              1929 10 01
              Tuesday
              .New York, N.Y.Ziegfeld TheatreShow Girl evening performance - see 1929 07 02
              Daily News ad:

              'MATS. THURS. & SAT. – HALF PRICE
              LAST WEEK
              SHOW GIRL
              with DOROTHY STONE
              CLAYTON, JACKSON & DURANTE '

              Daily News, New York, N.Y.
              1929-10-01 p.37
              ..
              .djp2011
              updated
              2018-12-02
              1929 10 01
              Tuesday
              .New York, N.Y.Cotton Club
              644 Lenox Ave.
              Harlem
              Night club residency

              "Blackberries" revue- see 1929 09 29
              ...
              ..Added
              2011
              1929 10 02
              Wednesday
              .New York, N.Y.Ziegfeld TheatreShow Girl evening performance - see 1929 07 02...
              .djp2011
              1929 10 02
              Wednesday
              .New York, N.Y.Cotton Club
              644 Lenox Ave.
              Harlem
              Night club residency

              "Blackberries" revue- see 1929 09 29
              ...
              ..Added
              2011
              1929 10 03
              Thursday
              .New York, N.Y.Ziegfeld TheatreShow Girl matinee and evening performances - see 1929 07 02...
              .djp2011
              1929 10 03
              Thursday
              .New York, N.Y.Cotton Club
              644 Lenox Ave.
              Harlem
              Night club residency

              "Blackberries" revue- see 1929 09 29
              ...
              ..Added
              2011
              1929 10 04
              Friday
              .New York, N.Y.Ziegfeld TheatreShow Girl evening performance - see 1929 07 02...
              .djp2011
              1929 10 04
              Friday
              .New York, N.Y.Cotton Club
              644 Lenox Ave.
              Harlem
              Night club residency

              "Blackberries" revue- see 1929 09 29
              ...
              ..Added
              2011
              1929 10 05
              Saturday
              .New York, N.Y.Ziegfeld TheatreShow Girl matinee and evening performances - see 1929 07 02

              End of run - Show Girl closes.

              The Pittsburgh Courier listed the show in its Oct. 5 edition, indirectly confirming the weekly was published some time before its official publication date. Its Oct. 19 edition carried a story datelined New York Oct. 17 which said the show closed "last Saturday," which would be Oct. 12. In addition, the story said said Ellilngton and his Cotton Club Orchestra had been with the show for five months.
              • Daily News, New York, N.Y.
                1929-10-05 p.21
              • Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, Pittsburgh, Penn.
                1929-10-05 p.12
              • The Detroit Free Press, Detroit, Mich.
                1929-10-05 p.6
              • The Pittsburgh Courier, Pittsburgh, Penn.
                • 1929-10-05 p.3 s.2
                • 1929-10-19 p.3 s.2
              .DEMS
              .djp2011
              updated
              2018-12-02
              2018-12-18
              1929 10 05
              Saturday
              .New York, N.Y.Cotton Club
              644 Lenox Ave.
              Harlem
              Night club residency

              "Blackberries" revue- see 1929 09 29
              ...
              ..Added
              2011
              1929 10 06
              Sunday
              .New York, N.Y.Cotton Club
              644 Lenox Ave.
              Harlem
              Night club residency

              "Blackberries" revue- see 1929 09 29
              ...
              ..Added
              2011
              1929 10 07
              Monday
              .New York, N.Y.Cotton Club
              644 Lenox Ave.
              Harlem
              Night club residency

              "Blackberries" revue- see 1929 09 29
              ...
              ..Added
              2011
              1929 10 08
              Tuesday
              .New York, N.Y.Cotton Club
              644 Lenox Ave.
              Harlem
              Night club residency

              "Blackberries" revue- see 1929 09 29
              ...
              ..Added
              2011
              1929 10 09
              Wednesday
              .New York, N.Y.Cotton Club
              644 Lenox Ave.
              Harlem
              Night club residency

              "Blackberries" revue- see 1929 09 29
              ...
              ..Added
              2011
              1929 10 10
              Thursday
              .New York, N.Y.Cotton Club
              644 Lenox Ave.
              Harlem
              Night club residency

              "Blackberries" revue- see 1929 09 29
              ...
              ..Added
              2011
              1929 10 11
              Friday
              .New York, N.Y.Cotton Club
              644 Lenox Ave.
              Harlem
              Night club residency

              "Blackberries" revue- see 1929 09 29
              ...
              ..Added
              2011
              1929 10 12
              Saturday
              .New York, N.Y.Cotton Club
              644 Lenox Ave.
              Harlem
              Night club residency

              "Blackberries" revue- see 1929 09 29
              ...
              ..Added
              2011
              1929 10 13
              Sunday
              .New York, N.Y.Cotton Club
              644 Lenox Ave.
              Harlem
              Night club residency

              "Blackberries" revue- see 1929 09 29
              ...
              ..Added
              2011
              1929 10 14
              Monday
              .New York, N.Y.Cotton Club
              644 Lenox Ave.
              Harlem
              Night club residency

              "Blackberries" revue- see 1929 09 29
              ...
              ..Added
              2011
              1929 10 15
              Tuesday
              .New York, N.Y.Cotton Club
              644 Lenox Ave.
              Harlem
              Night club residency

              "Blackberries" revue- see 1929 09 29
              ...
              ..Added
              2011
              1929 10 16
              Wednesday
              .New York, N.Y.Cotton Club
              644 Lenox Ave.
              Harlem
              Night club residency

              "Blackberries" revue- see 1929 09 29
              ...
              ..Added
              2011
              1929 10 17
              Thursday
              .New York, N.Y.Cotton Club
              644 Lenox Ave.
              Harlem
              Night club residency

              "Blackberries" revue- see 1929 09 29
              ...
              ..Added
              2011
              1929 10 18
              Friday
              .New York, N.Y.Ridgewood Grove Arena
              Ridgewood
              Queens
              (Unconfirmed)

              "The entertainment committee of the Middle Village Tammany Club reports that Duke Ellington's orchestra, famous radio and night club performers, has been hired for the entertainment and dance to be held October 18 in Ridgewood Grove."
              The Daily Star, Queens Borough 1929-08-08..
              .djpNew
              added 2012-09-10
              1929 10 18
              Friday
              .New York, N.Y.Cotton Club
              644 Lenox Ave.
              Harlem
              Night club residency

              "Blackberries" revue- see 1929 09 29
              ...
              ..Added
              2011
              1929 10 19
              Saturday
              .New York, N.Y.Cotton Club
              644 Lenox Ave.
              Harlem
              Night club residency

              "Blackberries" revue- see 1929 09 29
              The Pittsburgh Courier Down Broadway column by Maurice Dancer:

              'Night Life
              Cotton Club - Dan Healey's revue with Aletha Hill, Clarence Robinson, Cora LaRedd, Wells, Mordecai and Taylor, Putney Dandridge, Teddy Bunn, Blinkie "Washboard" Jubilee octette, Madeline Belt and Duke Ellington's orchestra.'

              Note this edition likely hit the streets earlier in the week, and the column may be describing the show the previous week or earlier.
              The Pittsburgh Courier, Pittsburgh, Penn.
              1929-10-19 p.3 s.2
              ..
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              2011
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              1929 10 20
              Sunday
              .New York, N.Y.Cotton Club
              644 Lenox Ave.
              Harlem
              Night club residency

              "Blackberries" revue- see 1929 09 29
              ...
              ..Added
              2011
              1929 10 21
              Monday
              .New York, N.Y.Cotton Club
              644 Lenox Ave.
              Harlem
              Night club residency

              "Blackberries" revue- see 1929 09 29
              ...
              ..Added
              2011
              1929 10 22
              Tuesday
              .New York, N.Y.Cotton Club
              644 Lenox Ave.
              Harlem
              Night club residency

              "Blackberries" revue- see 1929 09 29
              ...
              ..Added
              2011
              1929 10 23
              Wednesday
              .New York, N.Y.Cotton Club
              644 Lenox Ave.
              Harlem
              Night club residency

              "Blackberries" revue- see 1929 09 29
              ...
              ..Added
              2011
              1929 10 24
              Thursday
              .New York, N.Y.Cotton Club
              644 Lenox Ave.
              Harlem
              Night club residency

              "Blackberries" revue- see 1929 09 29
              ...
              ..Added
              2011
              1929 10 25
              Friday
              .New York, N.Y.Brunswick Studio
              799 Seventh Ave.
              Vocalion recording session
              The Six Jolly Jesters
              C.Williams, Nanton, Hodges, Ellington, Guy, Braud, Greer
              Title recorded:
              Six Or Seven Times
              New Desor
              DE2917
              DEMS
              ..2011
              updated
              2013-07-27
              2015-02-06
              2016-06-26
              1929 10 25
              Friday
              .New York, N.Y.Cotton Club
              644 Lenox Ave.
              Harlem
              Night club residency

              "Blackberries" revue- see 1929 09 29
              ...
              ..Added
              2011
              1929 10 26
              Saturday
              .New York, N.Y.Cotton Club
              644 Lenox Ave.
              Harlem
              Night club residency

              "Blackberries" revue- see 1929 09 29
              ...
              ..Added
              2011
              1929 10 27
              Sunday
              .New York, N.Y.Cotton Club
              644 Lenox Ave.
              Harlem
              Night club residency

              "Blackberries" revue- see 1929 09 29
              ...
              ..Added
              2011
              1929 10 28
              Monday
              .New York, N.Y.Cotton Club
              644 Lenox Ave.
              Harlem
              Night club residency

              "Blackberries" revue- see 1929 09 29
              ...
              ..Added
              2011
              1929 10 29
              Tuesday
              "Black Tuesday"
              ... Peripheral event
              This day was the culmination of the 1929 stock market collapse that marked the beginning of the Great Depression.
              Mercer Ellington recalled:

              '"The positive aspect of 1929 was the arrival of Cootie Williams, but it was also the year of the Wall Street crash. Pop had fallen into the same trap as everybody else on Broadway: Why work for a living when all you have to do is buy stocks and watch your money grow? Nobody seem to have even suspected the possibility of a crash, but suddenly the whole thing flipped and banks began to fold. So Pop was back at the bottom again, supposedly an important man, but without money. He was not just broke; he also owed a great deal of money. This was the first big financial slump he got into, but I don't think he was too downhearted, not judging by the number they played that year called "Wall Street Wail." '[recorded 1929 12 10]

              Eve Stwerktka wrote that Ellington had invested in stocks, and

              'Duke's holdings deflated like a punctured balloon and he was left without a penny, and in sizable debt.'

              Steven Lasker:


                'Mercer notes that "Wall Street Wail" dates from this year. The Six Jolly Jesters recorded "Goin' Nuts," a title that aptly described the stock market, this same day. Also this same day: "Eddie Cantor's Tips on the Stock Market" was recorded at Victor.
                Weak regulations in 1929 allowed investors to buy stocks on margin with a down payment as low as 10% of the stock price; today, the minimum down payment is 50%. This resulted in disastrous results for many in 1929, as described at https://www.awesomestories.com/asset/view/Stock-Market-Crash-of-1929-Buying-on-Margin. If Mercer's memory was correct that his dad "owed a great deal amount of money" following the crash, buying on margin is the likely reason.
                I asked Brooks Kerr, who mined Ellington for accounts of his life and music, if Duke had ever mentioned losing money in the 1929 crash, or even owning any stocks at the time, and Brooks replied "no."
                Ellington's earnings independent of the stock market would likely have left him comfortable but not wealthy. In 1929, Ellington had only just found national recognition, his salary and passive income (music copyrights and record royalties) were probably not large enough to generate significant financial holdings, especially when one considers that he was providing financial support to his estranged wife Edna ($35 a week ), his son Mercer, his parents J.E and Daisy, his sister Ruth, and perhaps other relatives as well. He was paying rent on an apartment in Harlem. He had every reason to be confident in his talent and his ability to earn money far into the future, and loved music so much that retirement probably wasn't much on his mind, all the more reason to spread the money around (though never in a recklessly extravagant manner) rather than save for a rainy day that in any case never came.'

              • Mercer Ellington, Duke Ellington in Person, p.47
              • Eve Stwerktka, Duke Ellington A Life of Music, Franklin Watts, New York, Chicago, London, Toronto, Sydney, 1994, p.63-64
              • Email Lasker-Palmquist
                • 2014-08-18
                • 2017-03-14
                • 2017-03-15
                • 2017-11-22
                • 2018-10-07
                • 2018-10-08
                • 2018-11-17 (citing Mercer Ellington in the transcript of unpublished 1989-08-09 interview with "Blue," p. 17)
              ..
              .DJPNew
              added 2014-01-29
              updated
              2014-08-21
              2017-03-19
              2017-11-22
              2018-10-08
              2018-11-18
              1929 10 29
              Tuesday
              .New York, N.Y.Brunswick Studio
              799 Seventh Ave. Rm.3
              Vocalion recording session
              The Six Jolly Jesters
              C.Williams, Jenkins, Nanton, Hodges, Ellington, Guy, Teddy Bunn (guitar), Braud, Greer, Bruce Johnson (washboard) Howard "Blinky" Randolph (kazoo)

              The extra three men were The Washboard Serenaders.

              Steven Lasker: 'The scat vocalist on Goin' Nuts is likely Putney Dandridge'

              ...Dandridge was listed as being in Dan Healy's Cotton Club revues in the Chicago Defender national editions of 1929-10-19, 1929-10-26, 1929-11-09 and 1929-11-23
              Titles recorded:
              • Goin' Nuts
              • Oklahoma Stomp
              • DE2918
              • NDCS 061d
              DEMS
              .djp2011
              updated 2012-09-09
              2014-04-21
              2014-09-01
              2015-02-06
              2016-06-26
              1929 10 29
              Tuesday
              .New York, N.Y.Cotton Club
              644 Lenox Ave.
              Harlem
              Night club residency

              "Blackberries" revue- see 1929 09 29
              ...
              ..Added
              2011
              1929 10 30
              Wednesday
              .New York, N.Y.Cotton Club
              644 Lenox Ave.
              Harlem
              Night club residency

              "Blackberries" revue- see 1929 09 29
              ...
              ..Added
              2011
              1929 10 31
              Thursday
              Halloween
              .New York, N.Y.Cotton Club
              644 Lenox Ave.
              Harlem
              Night club residency

              "Blackberries" revue- see 1929 09 29
              ...
              ..Added
              2011

              November 1929

              1929 11 01
              Friday
              .New York, N.Y.Cotton Club
              644 Lenox Ave.
              Harlem
              Night club residency

              "Blackberries" revue- see 1929 09 29
              ...
              ..Added
              2011
              1929 11 02
              Saturday
              .New York, N.Y.Persian Gardens
              Ritz-Carlton Hotel
              Dance (unconfirmed)

              'Tickets for the Candle-Light frolic to be given tomorrow evening in the Persian Gardens of the Ritz-Carlton Hotel by Emanu-El League, society organization of the young people of Temple Emanu-El, are going so fast that Masson Foxhall Judell, chairman of the entertainment committee and in charge of the evening, expects a complete sellout before the evening of the dance.
                Gerturde Lawrence, star of "Candle-Light," will be the guest of honor, Duke Ellington's Candle-Light Orchestra will furnish the music, and supper will be served at midnight.'

              New York Evening Post, New York, N.Y., 1929-11-01 p.11...djpNew
              added
              2018-09-10
              1929 11 02
              Saturday
              .New York, N.Y.Cotton Club
              644 Lenox Ave.
              Harlem
              Night club residency

              "Blackberries" revue- see 1929 09 29
              ...
              ..Added
              2011
              1929 11 03
              Sunday
              .New York, N.Y.Cotton Club
              644 Lenox Ave.
              Harlem
              Night club residency

              "Blackberries" revue- see 1929 09 29
              ...
              ..Added
              2011
              1929 11 04
              Monday
              .New York, N.Y.Cotton Club
              644 Lenox Ave.
              Harlem
              Night club residency

              "Blackberries" revue- see 1929 09 29
              ...
              ..Added
              2011
              1929 11 04
              Monday
              .New YorkWABC and CBS networkThe Bradford Era reported West Point's football coach, Biff Jones, would be the guest speaker in the Country Club hour to be broadcast at 10 pm, and "Duke Ellington and his orchestra will provide the musical background to the hour."

              The Long Island Daily Press carried the announcement a few days earlier, giving the name of the broadcast: "Duke Ellington and his famous Jungle Band will supply the music on the next Burns Panatela Country Club broadcast to be heard on WABC and stations of the Columbia Broadcasting System..."

              The New York Evening Post gave the playlist as
              • Jungle Blues
              • Sam
              • Lover Come Back To Me
              • St. Louis Blues
              • Moanin' Low
              • Chloe
              • The Mooch [sic]
              • liza from 'Show Girl'
              • Long Island Daily Press, 1929-11-01, p.6
              • The Bradford Era, Bradford, Penn., 1929-11-04, p.2
              • New York Evening Post 1929-11-04 p.18
              ..
              .djpNew
              added 2013-12-13
              1929 11 05
              Tuesday
              .New York, N.Y.Cotton Club
              644 Lenox Ave.
              Harlem
              Night club residency

              "Blackberries" revue- see 1929 09 29
              ...
              ..Added
              2011
              1929 11 06
              Wednesday
              .New York, N.Y.Cotton Club
              644 Lenox Ave.
              Harlem
              Night club residency

              "Blackberries" revue- see 1929 09 29
              ...
              ..Added
              2011
              1929 11 07
              Thursday
              .New York, N.Y.Cotton Club
              644 Lenox Ave.
              Harlem
              Night club residency

              "Blackberries" revue- see 1929 09 29
              ...
              ..Added
              2011
              1929 11 08
              Friday
              .New York, N.Y.Cotton Club
              644 Lenox Ave.
              Harlem
              Night club residency

              "Blackberries" revue- see 1929 09 29
              ...
              ..Added
              2011
              1929 11 09
              Saturday
              .New York, N.Y.Cotton Club
              644 Lenox Ave.
              Harlem
              Night club residency

              "Blackberries" revue- see 1929 09 29
              ...
              ..Added
              2011
              1929 11 10
              Sunday
              .New York, N.Y.Cotton Club
              644 Lenox Ave.
              Harlem
              Night club residency

              "Blackberries" revue- see 1929 09 29
              ...
              ..Added
              2011
              1929 11 11
              Monday
              .New York, N.Y.Cotton Club
              644 Lenox Ave.
              Harlem
              Night club residency

              "Blackberries" revue- see 1929 09 29
              ...
              ..Added
              2011
              1929 11 12
              Tuesday
              .New York, N.Y.Cotton Club
              644 Lenox Ave.
              Harlem
              Night club residency

              "Blackberries" revue- see 1929 09 29

              Likely a night off from the Cotton Club.
              ...
              ..Added
              2011
              1929 11 12
              Tuesday
              .New York, N.Y.Star Dancing
              110 West 42nd St.
              East of Broadway
              Dancing, Duke Ellington and His Cotton Club OrchestraDaily News, New York, N.Y.
              • 1929-11-04 p.38
              • 1929-11-05 p.38
              • 1929-11-06 p.46
              • 1929-11-12 p.38
              ...djpNew
              added
              2019-01-06
              1929 11 13
              Wednesday
              .New York, N.Y.Cotton Club
              644 Lenox Ave.
              Harlem
              Night club residency

              "Blackberries" revue- see 1929 09 29
              ...
              ..Added
              2011
              1929 11 14
              Thursday
              .New York, N.Y.Liederkranz Hall,
              111 East 58th Street
              RCA Victor recording session
              13:30–16:45
              Duke Ellington and His Cotton Club Orchestra
              Whetsel, Williams, Jenkins, Nanton, Tizol, Bigard, Hodges, Carney, Ellington, Guy, Braud, Greer
              L. L. Watson and Irving Mills were present for the session
              Titles recorded:
              • The Breakfast Dance
              • Jazz Lips
              • March of the Hoodlums*
              *Tizol's first recorded solo with the band.
              New Desor
              DE2919
              DEMS
              Timner corrections djp2011
              updated

              2012-09-09
              2014-04-21
              2014-12-04
              1929 11 14
              Thursday
              .New York, N.Y.Cotton Club
              644 Lenox Ave.
              Harlem
              Night club residency

              "Blackberries" revue- see 1929 09 29
              ...
              ..Added
              2011
              1929 11 15
              Friday
              .New York, N.Y.Cotton Club
              644 Lenox Ave.
              Harlem
              Night club residency

              "Blackberries" revue- see 1929 09 29
              ...
              ..Added
              2011
              1929 11 16
              Saturday
              .New York, N.Y.Cotton Club
              644 Lenox Ave.
              Harlem
              Night club residency

              "Blackberries" revue- see 1929 09 29
              ...
              ..Added
              2011
              1929 11 17
              Sunday
              .New York, N.Y.Cotton Club
              644 Lenox Ave.
              Harlem
              Night club residency

              "Blackberries" revue- see 1929 09 29
              ...
              ..Added
              2011
              1929 11 18
              Monday
              .New York, N.Y.Cotton Club
              644 Lenox Ave.
              Harlem
              Night club residency

              "Blackberries" revue- see 1929 09 29
              ...
              ..Added
              2011
              1929 11 19
              Tuesday
              .New York, N.Y.Cotton Club
              644 Lenox Ave.
              Harlem
              Night club residency

              "Blackberries" revue- see 1929 09 29
              ...
              ..Added
              2011
              1929 11 20
              Wednesday
              .New York, N.Y.OKeh Recording Laboratories
              11 Union Square W.
              OKeh recording session
              The Harlem Footwarmers
              Jenkins, Nanton, Bigard, Hodges, Carney, Ellington, Guy, Greer
              Titles recorded:
              • The Lazy Duke
              • Blues Of The Vagabond
              • Syncopated Shuffle
              New Desor
              DE2920
              DEMS
              Timnerdjp2011
              updated

              2012-09-09
              2014-04-21
              1929 11 20
              Wednesday
              .New York, N.Y.Cotton Club
              644 Lenox Ave.
              Harlem
              Night club residency

              "Blackberries" revue- see 1929 09 29
              ...
              ..Added
              2011
              1929 11 21
              Thursday
              .New York, N.Y.Cotton Club
              644 Lenox Ave.
              Harlem
              Night club residency

              "Blackberries" revue- see 1929 09 29
              ...
              ..Added
              2011
              1929 11 22
              Friday
              .New York, N.Y.Cotton Club
              644 Lenox Ave.
              Harlem
              Night club residency

              "Blackberries" revue- see 1929 09 29

              Brooklyn Daily Eagle lists a midnight broadcast on WABC.

              Stratemann and Vail list the 1929 11 28 breakfast dance on this date in error.
              • Stratemann, p.25, citing
                • Amsterdam News 1929-11-20
                • Baltimore Afro-American 1923-11-23
              • Vail I
              • Radio log, Brooklyn Daily Eagle 1929-11-22 p.28
              ..
              .slAdded
              2011
              updated
              2018-09-10
              1929 11 23
              Saturday
              .New York, N.Y.Cotton Club
              644 Lenox Ave.
              Harlem
              Night club residency

              "Blackberries" revue- see 1929 09 29
              ...
              ..Added
              2011
              1929 11 24
              Sunday
              .New York, N.Y.Cotton Club
              644 Lenox Ave.
              Harlem
              Night club residency

              "Blackberries" revue- see 1929 09 29
              ...
              ..Added
              2011
              1929 11 25
              Monday
              .New York, N.Y.Cotton Club
              644 Lenox Ave.
              Harlem
              Night club residency

              "Blackberries" revue- see 1929 09 29
              ...
              ..Added
              2011
              1929 11 26
              Tuesday
              .New York, N.Y.Cotton Club
              644 Lenox Ave.
              Harlem
              Night club residency

              "Blackberries" revue- see 1929 09 29
              ...
              ..Added
              2011
              1929 11 27
              Wednesday
              .New York, N.Y.Cotton Club
              644 Lenox Ave.
              Harlem
              Night club residency

              "Blackberries" revue- see 1929 09 29
              ...
              ..Added
              2011
              1929 11 28
              Thursday
              .Philadelphia, Penn.Shadowland Ballroom
              .DUKE ELLINGTONHIMSELF
              AND HIS
              Without Peers
              New York City
              Cotton Club Orchestrawill positively
              appear at the
              COLLEGE UNION BREAKFAST DANCE
              THANKSGIVING [illegible]
              Dancing from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. Thursday
              Nov.28,1929
              AT THE BEATUIFUL SHADOWLAND BALLROOM
              • Amsterdam News, New York, N.Y.
                • 1929-11-20 p.A8
                • 1929-11-23 p.10
              • Baltimore Afro-American, Baltimore, Md. 1929-11-23 p.8
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              added
              2018-09-10
              1929 11 28
              Thursday
              .New York, N.Y.Cotton Club
              644 Lenox Ave.
              Harlem
              Night club residency

              "Blackberries" revue- see 1929 09 29
              ...
              ..Added
              2011
              1929 11 29
              Friday
              .New York, N.Y.Cotton Club
              644 Lenox Ave.
              Harlem
              Night club residency

              Midnight WABC broadcast

              "Blackberries" revue- see 1929 09 29
              Radio log, Brooklyn Daily Eagle..
              ..Added
              2011
              1929 11 30
              Saturday
              .New York, N.Y.Ziegfeld Theatre
              54th St. and 6th Ave.
              Benefit concert
              8:30 p.m.
              New York American Christmas & Relief Fund
              Ticket prices were $1 to $6
              28 All Star Acts included Duke Ellington & Orch. as well as William Frawley, Clayton Jackson & Durante, Fred & Adele Astaire, Louis Russell & Orch. and many others.
              New York Times, New York, N.Y. 1929-12-30 p.16, courtesy of Rainer Jazz Clippings...djpNew
              added
              2019-01-20
              1929 11 30
              Saturday
              .New York, N.Y.Cotton Club
              644 Lenox Ave.
              Harlem
              Night club residency

              "Blackberries" revue- see 1929 09 29
              ...
              ..Added
              2011

              December 1929

              1929 12 01
              Sunday
              .New York, N.Y.Cotton Club
              644 Lenox Ave.
              Harlem
              Night club residency

              "Blackberries" revue- see 1929 09 29
              ...
              ..Added
              2011
              1929 12 02
              Monday
              .New York, N.Y.Cotton Club
              644 Lenox Ave.
              Harlem
              Night club residency

              "Blackberries" revue- see 1929 09 29
              ...
              ..Added
              2011
              1929 12 03
              Tuesday
              .New York, N.Y.Cotton Club
              644 Lenox Ave.
              Harlem
              Night club residency

              "Blackberries" revue- see 1929 09 29
              ...
              ..Added
              2011
              1929 12 04
              Wednesday
              .New York, N.Y.Cotton Club
              644 Lenox Ave.
              Harlem
              Night club residency

              "Blackberries" revue- see 1929 09 29
              ...
              ..Added
              2011
              1929 12 05
              Thursday
              .New York, N.Y.Cotton Club
              644 Lenox Ave.
              Harlem
              Night club residency

              "Blackberries" revue- see 1929 09 29
              ...
              ..Added
              2011
              1929 12 06
              Friday
              .New York, N.Y.Rockland Palace
              155th St. and Eighth Avenue
              (Unconfirmed)

              Fourth annual costume ball and carnival of the Brotherhood of Sleeping Car Porters; special attractions - revues by Cotton Club, Lenox Club, Nest Club and Small's Paradise. Admission $1.00, Boxes $5.00, Loges $2.50
              While Ellington's orchestra is not named in the ad, it is likely to have accompanied the Cotton Club troupe. See the incident described at 1929 01 22 above.
              New York Age, New York, N.Y.
              • 1929-11-30 p.7
              • 1929-12-07 p.6
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              added
              2018-09-16
              1929 12 06
              Friday
              .New York, N.Y.Cotton Club
              644 Lenox Ave.
              Harlem
              Night club residency

              WABC broadcast, 12:00 a.m.

              "Blackberries" revue- see 1929 09 29

              It is possible that another orchestra subbed for Ellington's orchestra for part of the evening, but it seems likely that Ellington's group would have had to be back in time for its broadcast.
              Radio log, Brooklyn Daily Eagle..
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              Saturday
              .New York, N.Y.Cotton Club
              644 Lenox Ave.
              Harlem
              Night club residency

              "Blackberries" revue- see 1929 09 29
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              Sunday
              .New York, N.Y.Forrest TheatreN.A.A.C.P. All-Star Concert, 8:30 p.m.
              Baltimore Afro-American 1929-12-21:

              '...all-star presentation ... last Monday [sic] evening at the Forrest Theater in New York...
                To begin with, there was Heywood Brown, most famous of columnists... acting as master of ceremonies. And such introductions he made! Clifton Webb, from the "Little Show," with Ralph Rainger as accompanist,; Alberta Hunter, lately returned from London triumphs in "Show Boat"; Duke Ellington and His Cotton Club Orchestra; Clara Smith crooning the St. Louis Blues accompanied by Duke's orchestra; Alberta Carroll,...
                Then there were George Gershwin, ...Libby Holman... Baby Cox and "Hot Chocolates: girls; Edith Wilson,...'


              Reports of this event in the weekly afro-american papers are frustratingly ambiguous about the date.
              • The Dec. 4 ad in the Amsterdam News said it would be Sunday night, Dec. 8.
              • The Baltimore Afro-American report quoted herein had it on a Monday evening.
              • A story datelined New York, Dec. 19 in The Pittsburgh Courier reported it was given "recently."
              • An AP wirestory column by Adelaide Kerr datelined New York, Dec. 14, a Saturday, refers to it as having occurred Sunday evening, which was Dec. 8.
              • The California Eagle carried an ANP wirestory announcement datelined New York Dec. 4 saying it was to be held Sunday night, Dec. 8, but its Dec. 20 edition carried an unattributed report datelined New York, Dec. 18 that said it was given "last Sunday night, which would be Dec. 15.
              • Announcements:
                • Stratemann, p.25 citing
                  New York Amsterdam News, 1929-12-04 p.9
                • The California Eagle, Los Angeles, Cal.,
                  1929-12-06 Magazine section, p.1
              • Reports:
                • Baltimore Afro-American, Baltimore, Md.
                  1929-12-21 p.8
                • The Pittsburgh Courier, Pittsburgh, Penn.
                  • 1929-11-30 p.3 s.2
                  • 1929-12-14 s.2 p.6
                  • 1929-12-21 s.2 p.1
                • The California Eagle, Los Angeles, Cal.,
                  1929-12-20 p.6
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              644 Lenox Ave.
              Harlem
              Night club residency

              "Blackberries" revue- see 1929 09 29
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              Monday
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              644 Lenox Ave.
              Harlem
              Night club residency

              "Blackberries" revue- see 1929 09 29
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              Tuesday
              .New York, N.Y.Brunswick Studio
              799 Seventh Ave., Rm.2
              Brunswick recording session

              THE JUNGLE BAND
              Whetsel, Williams, Jenkins, Nanton, Tizol, Bigard, Hodges, Carney, Ellington, Guy, Braud

              (Note absence of Greer)
              Titles recorded:
              • Sweet Mama1
              • Wall Street Wail
              • Cincinnati Daddy2, 3
              1. Not the same as the 1928 Harmony record
              2. According to Lambert, only a single test pressing was known to exist for Cincinnati Daddy, but reissues have made it now fairly common.
              3. Steven Lasker advises a master-pressed shellac test of Cincinnati Daddy is in the Valburn Collection at the Library of Congress, and another copy sold on eBay in 2011.
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              1929 12 10
              Tuesday
              .Urbana-Champagne, Ill.R-K-O Orpheum Peripheral event
              The campus newspaper The Daily Illini carried an ad for the R-K-O ORPHEUM JAZZ FESTIVAL, whose second feature was '"Duke" Ellington And His Famous Cotton Club Victor Recording Band in "Black and Tan" An Ethiopian Fantasy - An' How.'

              This would be Ellington's recent film by that name.
              The Daily Illini, Urbana-Champagne, Ill., 1929-12-10 p.9..
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              Harlem
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              Webmaster's note:
              We assume the orchestra had the night off since it had a recording session and an out-of-town engagement this date.
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              Tuesday
              .Norwalk, Conn.Norwalk Armory

              'COTTON CLUB ORCHESTRA
                Coming to Norwalk wth the reputation of being the greatest colored dance combination ever to come from New York City, the Cotton Club orchestra, from that night club, will appear at the Norwalk State Armory, Tuesday, Dec. 10, under the auspices of Battery "C" National Guard unit. This dance will be under the personal direction of Flewwellin and Ramsay, who state this will positively be the biggest musical treat Norwalk has had the good fortune to have.'


              SENSATIONAL ENGAGEMENT
              NEW YORK COTTON CLUB
              ORCHESTRA
              (Direct From That Famous Night Club)
              (Broadcasting From WABC)
              Tuesday, December 10th.
              NORWALK ARMORY
              Concert, 8 to 9 P.M. – Dancing 9 P.M. to 1 A.M.

              Stamford Advocate, Stamford, Conn.
              • 1929-11-29 p.26
              • 1929-12-07 p.8
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              Harlem
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              Friday
              .New York, N.Y.Cotton Club
              644 Lenox Ave.
              Harlem
              Night club residency

              WABC broadcast, 12:00 a.m.

              "Blackberries" revue- see 1929 09 29
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              Saturday
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              Harlem
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              Sunday evening
              .New York, N.Y.Casino Theatre
              39th St. & Broadway
              An ad and covering story in the Dec. 14 edition of the New York Age named Ellington as one of about 20 groups who would perform at "One of the largest theatrical benefit programs of the season..." to raise funds so the Florence Mills Theatrical Association could buy its headquarters building.

              It appears Ellington did not perform at this event. Reports in the Dec. 21 editions of the Baltimore Afro-American and New York Age say the event was a financial success but only 8 groups showed up to perform. While Ellington's orchestras was not one of the groups named by the New York Age as having performed, the Afro-American report mentions spirited dancing by the Cotton Club chorus.
              • New York Age:
                • 1929-12-14 p.6
                • 1929-12-21 p.6
              • Baltimore Afro-American, 1929-12-21 p.8
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              644 Lenox Ave.
              Harlem
              Night club residency

              WABC broadcast, 12:00 a.m.

              "Blackberries" revue- see 1929 09 29
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              Monday
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              644 Lenox Ave.
              Harlem
              Night club residency

              "Blackberries" revue- see 1929 09 29
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              Tuesday
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              Harlem
              Night club residency

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              Wednesday
              .New York, N.Y.Brunswick Studio
              799 Seventh Ave.
              Brunswick recording session
              Bill Robinson accompanied by Irving Mills and His Hotsy Totsy Gang

              In DEMS 03,3-9 and 09,3-24, Steven Lasker reported two rejected December 1929 recordings with tap dancer Bill "Bojangles" Robinson and Irving Mills and His Hotsy Totsy Gang, consisting of Ellington personnel. The correct date is given in the earlier bulletin. The evidence cited is a Brunswick recording card for Dec. 18 1929 for Sweet Mama and Black Beauty.

              This session is not listed in New Desor or the other discographies I have checked. The Red Hot Jazz Archive describes Irving Mills' Hotsy Totsy Gang as white musicians and lists various members, but that appears to be incorrect - the discussion in DEMS makes a good case for the group being Ellingtonian.

              Mr. Lasker:

              No personnel or session times are listed on the artist's card, and the Brunswick's recording ledger for New York, 1930, has been missing since at least 1962 when Decca moved to Universal City. Master number E31728 and E31729 are omitted from Brunswick's December 1931 inventory of metal parts, evidence that they'd already been destroyed... According to a typed notation on the card, the two titles were "REJECTED? Letter Mr. Lanyon 2/26/30."

              • Copy of recording card, CD booklet for GRP GRD-640 Early Ellington: The Original Decca Recordings (The Complete Brunswick and Vocalion Recordings of Duke Ellington, 1926-1931)
              • E-mail exchange: Lasker/Palmquist April 2014
              • Email Lasker-Palmquist
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              Wednesday
              .Baltimore, Md.Richmond Market ArmoryCharity ball, 8 p.m. to 1 a.m.
              Unnamed charity. Ball promoted by William Gamby.

              "Inclement weather failed to daunt the spirit of the 600 persons who crowded the Richmond Market Armory to hear the famous Duke Ellington and his jungle band of the Cotton Club, New York...The appearance of the world famous radio broadcaster and Columbia Record stars in Baltimore was the first time they have appeared South of Philadelphia. That is, since the great Duke left the city of Washington to make his fortune in the Big City of Towers. It was a banner day for Baltimoreans as they may not have the chance to hear this great aggregation again in the future. Hoping this is all wrong. Credit should be give Bill Gamby, through whose efforts the New York outfit was secured..."

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              Wednesday
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              644 Lenox Ave.
              Harlem
              Night club residency

              "Blackberries" revue- see 1929 09 29
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              Thursday
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              644 Lenox Ave.
              Harlem
              Night club residency

              "Blackberries" revue- see 1929 09 29
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              Friday
              .New York, N.Y.Cotton Club
              644 Lenox Ave.
              Harlem
              Night club residency

              WABC broadcast, 12:01 a.m.

              "Blackberries" revue- see 1929 09 29
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              Saturday
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              644 Lenox Ave.
              Harlem
              Night club residency

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              Sunday
              .New York, N.Y.Ziegfeld TheatreBenefit for New York American Christmas & Relief Fund..
              Stratemann, p.25, citing New York Times, 1929-12-29.Added
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              .New York, N.Y.Ziegfeld Theatre
              54th St. & 6th Ave..
              The date is not confirmed - Stratemann relied on Rainer Jazz Clippings, which has the same ad dated Dec. 22 and Dec. 30. Vail I takes the date from Stratemann, and Götting's compilation, the skeleton of TDWAW, draws from those.
              8:30 p.m. benefit concert for the New York American Christmas & Relief Fund
              Tickets $1 to $6, tax exempt.
              28 all star acts were listed in the same-day ad, including Duke Ellington & Orch. The masters of ceremonies were Jack Donahue and George Givot.
              Rainer Jazz Clippings:
              New York Times, New York, N.Y. indexed
              • 1929-12-22 p.X3 and
              • 1929-12-30 p.16
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              Harlem
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              Monday
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              644 Lenox Ave.
              Harlem
              Night club residency

              "Blackberries" revue- see 1929 09 29
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              Monday
              ...Steven Lasker:
              • On December 23, Irving Mills, Duke Ellington and attorney Samuel Jesse Buzzell signed the Certificate of Incorporation of Duke Ellington, Inc.
              • The new corporation's stated aims included To act as booking agents and brokers in the procurement and supplying of music, orchestras, entertainments, theatrical shows, concerts; to conduct concerts, musical and theatrical entertainments; and to engage in every line, endeavor or branch of the musical business and profession.
              • The board of directors consisted of three men, Mills, Ellington and Buzzell, each being issued one share of stock in the corporation.
              • New York Country Clerk's Office received the certificate on 1930 01 14 and filed and recorded the certificate on the following day.
              • Mills resigned from the board of DE Inc. upon the band's return from its 1939 European tour - see 1939 05 00.

              Teachout p.70 has
              • the Amsterdam News saying Ellington and Mills had agreed on each receiving 45% of the band's profits, with the remaining 10% goint to the lawyer, and
              • Time
              • as saying in 1933 that Mills got 50%.

              Hasse, p.219, says Ellington gave up his share of Mills' publishing company in exchange for control of Duke Ellington, Inc. but doesn't give the date.

              Since official records don't always represent the actual state of affairs in closely held businesses, additional research is warranted.
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              Tuesday
              Christmas Eve
              .New York, N.Y.Cotton Club
              644 Lenox Ave.
              Harlem
              Night club residency

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              Wednesday
              Christmas day
              .Washington, D.C.Masonic TemplePresumably a dance
              "Duke Ellington and his celebrated 'Jungle Band' attracted a crowd of more than twelve hundred to the Masonic Temple Auditorium on Christmas Day, when from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. they entranced the admiring throng with their musical rhythm and syncopating strains."
              Review, Baltimore Afro-American, 1930-01-04 p.2.DEMS
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              Thursday
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              Harlem
              Night club residency

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              Harlem
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              Saturday
              .New York, N.Y.Academy TheatreAfternoon show (Fox theatre circuit)
              Variety "Vaude House Reviews"

              'Held over from last week, Duke Ellington and his Cotton Club Orchestra of 11, aided and abetted by several specialty entertainers from, the Harlem night club, proved the biggest hit of all, doing encore because of repeated demand. Could have done two, after playing "St. Louis Blues" hot as hot can be, but time apparently didn't permit'

              • Variety, 1930-01-01 p.39
              • Stratemann, p.25, citing The Billboard 1930-01-04,p.16
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              Monday
              .New York, N.Y.Cotton Club
              644 Lenox Ave.
              Harlem
              Night club residency

              "Ellington's Cotton Club Band," WABC broadcast 12:01 a.m.

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              .New York, N.Y.Cotton Club
              644 Lenox Ave.
              Harlem

              NEW YEAR'S EVE PROGRAM TO COME FROM TIMES SQUARE, NEW YORK.

              Gala broadcasts, in fitting observance of the New Year, are planned by the Columbia Broadcasting System for Dec.31 and Jan.1. Musical programs in which eight different orchestras will play a number of selections on New Year's Eve; broadcasting of a New Year's Eve program from Times Square,...Columbia's special New Year's Eve party will open at 10 p.m. Galveston time Tuesday and continue for two hours. Bits of dance music and entertainment are planned from the following New York City night clubs and hotels: The Paramount Hotel, Yoeng's Restaurant,the Ambassador and the Roosevelt, the Silver Slipper, the Commodore, the Club Plaza and the Cotton Club, in the order named. The orchestras at each of these places will present fifteen minutes of entertainment, beginning at 10 p.m..."

              Ellington at the Cotton Club was scheduled 12:45 to 1:00 A.M.
              • "Columbia to have Gala Broadcasts", Galveston Daily News 1929-12-29
              • "Columbia Chain Finishes Plans for New Years, Brooklyn Daily Eagle 1929-12-29, p.8E
              • "Dance the New Year In With These Leading Orchestras" Decatur Herald, Decatur, Ill. 1929-12-31, p4
              • Beatrice Daily Sun,Beatrice,Nebr
                1929-12-26 p.6
              • Racine Journal-News, Racine, Wisc. 1929-12-27 p.24
              • The Burlington Hawk-Eye, Burlington,Iowa,
                1929-12-29,s.1 p.18
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              1930 00 00
              .New York, N.Y.381 Edgecombe Ave.After Ellington and his wife Edna separated (see 1927 09 00 above), Duke took a large apartment in the Sugar Hill neighbourhood of Harlem with his mother, Daisy, sister, Ruth, and son, Mercer, and his common-law spouse Mildred Dixon, a dancer at the Cotton Club (see 1904 11 21 above). His father joined them later.

              Exactly when these events happened is not documented, but:
              • The census entry for 1212 Tea Street, Washington, D.C., enumerated 1930 04 09, and shows Edward Kennedy, head of the household, age 45, owning the house, valued at $9,000. His occupation is Mechanic, employed by the U.S. Gov't. This enumeration lists Daisy, age 38, wife, Ruth, daughter, age 14 and Edward, married son, age 22 [sic] as well, but they are noted "abs."
              • The 1930 census entry for 2069 7th Avenue, Manhattan District, enumerated 1930 04 12, lists Edna Ellington, as a roomer in Leonard Harper's household. She is shown as age 27, single, able to read and write, birthplace Pennsylvania, parents born in North Carolina, occupation Dancer, industry Theater, and she had worked the previous day.
              • The 1930 census for 381 Edgecombe Ave., enumerated 1930 04 17, lists Ellington, Edward D. [sic] renting 381 Edgecombe for $95/month. The other members of his household were Daisy, age 50, Ruth, age 14, and Mercer, age 10.
              • As an aside, the 1930 census reported all three households had a radio.
              • Mercer Ellington:

                '...1930 is a year I always remember. Nobody said anything about what had happened, but I found myself in a new apartment on Sugar Hill, with a strange lady, and my mother wasn't there. I could see the towering white building that was the Theresa Hotel, and I knew that where I lived with my mother was not more than half a block away from it. So that day I walked down from Sugar Hill to this white building, and I found the neighborhood was familiar to me. I went to the house that I remembered and up the stairs, and rang the bell, and my mother was still there. My parents had quarreled some time before this [1927?]. ...he and mother got into a tremendous fight, in the course of which she got hold of his knife and slashed him across the face. ...
                 The following year he moved his family - Uncle Ed, Aunt Daisy, Ruth, and me - to the big apartment at 381 Edgecombe Avenue in New York. It had three bedrooms, a living room, and a kitchen. ... I continued to call my grandfather "Uncle Ed" and my grandmother "Aunt Daisy,"...'

                '... the move to the apartment seemed like a shift into very elaborate living conditions. Today they would call it a kind of cultural shock. We had been living in Washington the way an average family with an average income might. Our old house had eventually been converted from gas to electricity, but that had only happened because Pop had done so well. Yet we had never imagined anything like the way the apartment on Edgecombe Avenue was equipped. There were extra wall sockets and switches so that the same light could be operated by different switches, and that amazed and pleased us. In Washington we had been accustomed to chains that hung down from the light bulbs. It all seemed like a promotion to a higher way of life...'

              • Syndicated columnist O. O. Moore, writing in late 1930:

                'Duke Ellington, the colored orchestra leader, has the most elegantly furnished home in Harlem.'

              • Duke Ellington:

                'My mother came to New York first. She came to see me at the Ziegfeld Theatre in 1929, and came back to live in 1930. We finally got J.E. to come the following year.'

              • Cambridge Companion, without identifying a source, has Mildred moving in with Ellington and his mother, father and Ruth in 1929.
              • Steven Lasker identifies Cambridge Companion's sources as Lawrence:

                'Per AHL, p409: "Summer 1928: Duke separates from his wife Edna after she cuts him with a razor blade, accusing him of having affairs with other women; Ellington's mother travels from Washington to care for (and move in with) her son."

                Per AHL, page 135: "Recalling the assault some years later, Greer said, 'As soon as I heard what happened, I went to see him. He was staying with Freddie [Guy]. Duke was very concerned about the scar and how he would look. Freddie told him to stop worrying about it and look at the bright side. We were on vacation from the [Cotton] club then and didn't have to be back there until the first week of October. By then the cut would have healed." [However: Lee Posner's Harlemania column documents that the club stayed open through the summer of 1928.]

                Per AHL, p410: "September 29, 1929: The fall Cotton Club production, It's the Blackberries, opens; dancer Mildred Dixon, featured in the show, moves into Ellington's apartment (along with his mother and father and "sister," Ruth; Ellington's father is put in charge of answering fan mail."

                PerAHL, p410: "May 1930: Ellington moves into a larger three-bedroom apartment to house his extended family."

              • Vail I, also without giving a source:

                'Around this time [1930 05 09] Ellington moves into a large three-bedroom apartment at 381 Edgecombe Avenue on Sugar Hill in Harlem. Ellington is now living with Mildred Dixon, a young dancer from the Cotton Club. Duke's mother and father, his sister Ruth and his son Mercer all move in with them...'

              Webmaster's comment:
              Cambridge Companion has Mildred and Duke living together in 1929. Vail says 1930. Collier has them together in the apartment before Duke's mother, sister and son moved there, which the census establishes was by April 1930. Stwertka can be read as placing them together as early as the beginning of the Cotton Club engagement, but places them both in the apartment before Mercer's arrival. Mercer does as well. Yet the 1930 census has mother, sister and son there, but no Mildred. How could this be?

              Teachout tells us Mildred and Duke first lived together at her place, then found the apartment. That makes sense. But then Teachout, citing a Ruth Ellington oral history, says she had a room in another apartment in the building. If this is true, then five biographers, included Mercer, were wrong. But if she roomed in another person's apartment, why is she not shown in the census anywhere else in that building or in others nearby on Edgecombe?

              Another Ellington mystery remains to be solved.
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              1930 01 01
              Wednesday
              .New York, N.Y.Cotton Club
              644 Lenox Ave.
              Harlem
              Night club residency

              "Blackberries" revue- see 1929 09 29
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              1930 01 02
              Thursday
              .New York, N.Y.Cotton Club
              644 Lenox Ave.
              Harlem
              Night club residency

              "Blackberries" revue- see 1929 09 29
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              1930 01 03
              Friday
              .New York, N.Y.Cotton Club
              644 Lenox Ave.
              Harlem
              Night club residency

              "Blackberries" revue- see 1929 09 29
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              1930 01 04
              Saturday
              .New York, N.Y.Cotton Club
              644 Lenox Ave.
              Harlem
              Night club residency

              "Blackberries" revue- see 1929 09 29
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              1930 01 05
              Sunday
              .New York, N.Y.Cotton Club
              644 Lenox Ave.
              Harlem
              Night club residency

              "Blackberries" revue- see 1929 09 29
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              1930 01 06
              Monday
              .New York, N.Y.Audubon TheatreStage showStratemann p.25, citing The Billboard 1930-01-18 p.17..
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              .New York, N.Y.Cotton Club
              644 Lenox Ave.
              Harlem
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              1930 01 07
              Tuesday
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              644 Lenox Ave.
              Harlem
              Night club residency

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              1930 01 08
              Wednesday
              .New York, N.Y.Cotton Club
              644 Lenox Ave.
              Harlem
              Night club residency

              "Blackberries" revue- see 1929 09 29
              ...
              ..2011
              1930 01 09
              Thursday
              .New York, N.Y.Cotton Club
              644 Lenox Ave.
              Harlem
              Night club residency

              "Blackberries" revue- see 1929 09 29
              ...
              ..2011
              1930 01 10
              Friday
              .New York, N.Y.Cotton Club
              644 Lenox Ave.
              Harlem
              Night club residency

              "Blackberries" revue- see 1929 09 29
              ...
              ..2011
              1930 01 11
              Saturday
              .South River, N.J.Willus Hall
              Jackson St.
              The Sunday Times:

              'SOUTH RIVER, Jan.11 –
                Moose Dance Tonight
                The Loyal Order of Moose will hold its first dance tonight in Willus Hall on Jackson street. This is the first of a series of dances to be held during the winter and early spring months. A large attendance is assured through an advance sale of tickets...Music for dancing will be furnished by Duke Ellington, known as a member of the original Trenton Night Hawks.'

              The Daily Home News:

              'SOUTH RIVER, Jan. 13 The entertainment committee of the Loyal Order of Moose proved themselves good hosts Saturday night at the first of a series of dances to be held during the winter and spring months. A large number of guests were present, including delegations from outside lodges. They enjoyed the hospitality of the reception committee under the direction of Charles Kohl. John Hart, chairman of the dance committee, was in charge of the affair and was congratulated on the way the dance was conducted. Music was furnished by Duke Ellington and his jazz orchestra. The interior of Willus Hall was beautifully decorated...'


              Webmaster's notes:
              • This dance date does not necessarily conflict with the Cotton Club duties, since South River is not far from New York.
              • The reference to the Trenton Night Hawks may be explained by a comment in The Daily Home News 1929-12-18 as

                'The Night Hawks are known as the New Jersey Duke Ellingtons.'

                This leads one to wonder if Ellington and his orchestra played the dance, or if it was the New Jersey group, with the author(s) of the plug and review mistaking the New Jersey band for Ellington's. "Trenton Night Hawks" was mentioned in several newspaper articles and radio listings in 1929 and 1930, and it appears to have been a 10 to 12-piece Afro-American band.
              • The Sunday Times, New Brunswick, N.J.
                • 1930-01-12 p.7
              • The Daily Home News, New Brunswick, N.J.
                • 1929-12-18 p.12
                • 1930-01-13 p.7
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              Saturday
              .New York, N.Y.Cotton Club
              644 Lenox Ave.
              Harlem
              Night club residency

              "Blackberries" revue- see 1929 09 29
              ...
              ..2011
              1930 01 12
              Sunday
              1930 01 17
              Friday

              Circa
              1930 01 16
              Thursday
              New York, N.Y.Crotona TheatreVaudeville

              Stratemann only shows one date (Jan. 16). Vail I shows the engagement from Jan. 12 to Jan. 17, but the Brooklyn Daily Eagle advertises Ellington at the Metropolitan on Jan. 17.
              Joe Schoenfeld in The Billboard:

              'Crotona, New York
              (Reviewed Thursday evening. Jan. 19)The display of prize pulchritude is a setup for excellent business returns. It was a S.RO. house long before the 30 winners of Fanchon & Marco beauty contests in the New York area parked their medal-winnlng bodies on the apron.
                Novelty Clintons, a mixed acrobatic duo, opened the short bill. The male presented an unusual Jumping, high-kicking and tumbling routine, the girl assisting with a song and dance bit. The turn received a moderate hand from a cold house.
                Fred Weber and Company took the deucer with a smooth ventriloquist turn, Weber handling two dummies at one time. His baby-cry bit drew good response. and he encored with a yodel.
                Doily Kay, blues singer, working with a male pianist, thoroly [sic] warmed the audience in the third petition. One of her songs, a "nance" parody, went over their heads completely, but she finished strong with her version of White Way Blues.
                Duke Ellington and His Cotton Club Orchestra were accorded a hearty reception in the closing spot. From start to finish this is a blazing outfit, made especially so by a pleasant-voiced drummer. Henry WeseL [sic] who presents an unusual dance with an over-stuffed dummy, and Letha [sic] Hall, whose singing of the Indian Love Call and Ain't Misbehavin' took the house completely.
                Then came the beauts.'

              Stratemann:

              'Jan.16 Ellington had singer Leitha Hill with him, and dancer Henry Wessells, both from the Cotton Club revue.'

              • New York Times, New York, N.Y.,
                1930-01-12 p.X3
              • Stratemann p.25, citing
                The Billboard 1930-01-25 p.19 [recte p.17]
              • Vail I
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              1930 01 12
              Sunday
              .New York, N.Y.Cotton Club
              644 Lenox Ave.
              Harlem
              Night club residency

              "Blackberries" revue- see 1929 09 29
              ...
              ..2011
              1930 01 13
              Monday
              .New York, N.Y.Crotona TheatreStage show - see 1930 01 12..
              Vail.2011
              1930 01 13
              Monday
              .New York, N.Y.Cotton Club
              644 Lenox Ave.
              Harlem
              Night club residency

              "Blackberries" revue- see 1929 09 29
              ...
              ..2011
              1930 01 14
              Tuesday
              .New York, N.Y.Crotona TheatreStage show - see 1930 01 12..
              Vail.2011
              1930 01 14
              Tuesday
              .New York, N.Y.Cotton Club
              644 Lenox Ave.
              Harlem
              Night club residency

              "Blackberries" revue- see 1929 09 29
              ...
              ..2011
              1930 01 15
              Wednesday
              .New York, N.Y.Crotona TheatreStage show - see 1930 01 12..
              Vail.2011
              1930 01 15
              Wednesday
              .New York, N.Y.Cotton Club
              644 Lenox Ave.
              Harlem
              Night club residency
              "Blackberries" revue- see 1929 09 29

              Variety listed the acts this week as
              • Dan Healy Rev
              • Leitha Hill
              • Daly & Carter
              • Henry Wessels
              • Mordecai
              • Wells & Taylor
              • Mildred Dixon
              • Madeline Belt
              • Johnson's Jubilee Singers
              • Washboard Serenaders
              • Cora La Redd
              • Duke Ellington Bd
              It described his WABC broadcast, as well:

              'Duke Ellington and band keep on mixing the hot
              with the not so hot on WABC.'

              "Cabarets," Variety 1930-01-15 pp.57, 75..
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              1930 01 16
              Thursday
              .New York, N.Y.Crotona TheatreStage show - see 1930 01 12
              This seems to be the last day of this engagement.
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              1930 01 16
              Thursday
              .New York, N.Y.Cotton Club
              644 Lenox Ave.
              Harlem
              Night club residency

              "Blackberries" revue- see 1929 09 29
              ...
              ..2011
              1930 01 19
              Sunday


              1930 01 17
              Friday
              1930 01 24
              Friday
              New York, N.Y.Loew's Metropolitan Theater
              Fulton St.,
              Brooklyn
              Vaudeville

              Vail I has this engagement beginning Jan. 19 but Brooklyn Daily Eagle carried daily ads Jan. 17 to 24.
              A different act was advertised Jan. 25.
              Brooklyn Daily Eagle

              'A double headline stage attraction is offered this week at Loew's Metropolitan Theater with the joint appearance of the two Broadway favorites, Georgie Price and Duke Ellington, with his Cotton Club Orchestra. Mr. Price presents a novelty skit ... and Ellington offers "The Last Word in Heat."...'

              • Brooklyn Daily Eagle, Brooklyn, N.Y.
                • 1930 01 17 p.21
                • 1930 01 18 p.11
                • 1930-01-19 pp.E3, E5
                • 1930 01 20 p.19
                • 1930 01 21 p.21
                • 1930 01 22 p.21
                • 1930 01 23 p.21
                • 1930-01-24 p.21
              • New York Times, New York, N.Y.,
                1930-01-24 p.27
              • Vail I
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              1930 01 17
              Friday
              .New York, N.Y.Cotton Club
              644 Lenox Ave.
              Harlem
              Night club residency

              "Blackberries" revue- see 1929 09 29
              ...
              ..2011
              1930 01 18
              Saturday
              .New York, N.Y.Loew's Metropolitan Theater
              Fulton St.
              Brooklyn
              Vaudeville - see 1930 01 17...
              ..2011
              1930 01 18
              Saturday
              .New York, N.Y.Cotton Club
              644 Lenox Ave.
              Harlem
              Night club residency

              "Blackberries" revue- see 1929 09 29
              ...
              ..2011
              1930 01 19
              Sunday
              .New York, N.Y.Loew's Metropolitan Theater
              Fulton St.
              Brooklyn
              Vaudeville - see 1930 01 17...
              ..2011
              1930 01 19
              Sunday
              .New York, N.Y.Cotton Club
              644 Lenox Ave.
              Harlem
              Night club residency

              "Blackberries" revue- see 1929 09 29
              ...
              ..2011
              1930 01 20
              Monday
              ...Some discographies incorrectly date the 1930 01 29 Plaza [recte A.R.C.] recording sesson as 1930 01 20...
              ..2011
              1930 01 20
              Monday
              .New York, N.Y.Loew's Metropolitan Theater
              Fulton St.
              Brooklyn
              Vaudeville - see 1930 01 17...
              ..2011
              1930 01 20
              Monday
              .New York, N.Y.Cotton Club
              644 Lenox Ave.
              Harlem
              Night club residency

              "Blackberries" revue- see 1929 09 29
              ...
              ..2011
              1930 01 21
              Tuesday
              .New York, N.Y.Loew's Metropolitan Theater
              Fulton St.
              Brooklyn
              Vaudeville - see 1930 01 17...
              ..2011
              1930 01 21
              Tuesday
              .New York, N.Y.Cotton Club
              644 Lenox Ave.
              Harlem
              Night club residency

              "Blackberries" revue- see 1929 09 29
              ...
              ..2011
              1930 01 22
              Wednesday
              .New York, N.Y.Loew's Metropolitan Theater
              Fulton St.
              Brooklyn
              Vaudeville - see 1930 01 17...
              ..2011
              1930 01 22
              Wednesday
              .New York, N.Y.Cotton Club
              644 Lenox Ave.
              Harlem
              Night club residency

              "Blackberries" revue- see 1929 09 29
              ...
              ..2011
              1930 01 23
              Thursday
              .New York, N.Y.Loew's Metropolitan Theater
              Fulton St.
              Brooklyn
              Vaudeville - see 1930 01 17...
              ..2011
              1930 01 23
              Thursday
              .New York, N.Y.Cotton Club
              644 Lenox Ave.
              Harlem
              Night club residency

              "Blackberries" revue- see 1929 09 29
              ...
              ..2011
              1930 01 24
              Friday
              .New York, N.Y.Loew's Metropolitan Theater
              Fulton St.
              Brooklyn
              Vaudeville - see 1930 01 17
              Even though the theatre ad this day shows Ellington, it is possible Ellington finished Thursday, leaving time for the New Jersey dance this evening.
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              1930 01 24
              Friday
              .Ridgefield Park, N.J..ClubhouseBergen Evening Record, Jan.9:

              'NOTED ENTERTAINERS WILL VISIT PARK
              The program – other than dancing – to be given at the charity ball of Phil Sheridan Council, Knights of Columbus of Ridgefield Park on the night of Jan. 24 in the clubhouse, will be of unusual brilliance.
                Three acts from the Cotton club [sic] of New York City, headed by the famous Duke Ellington, will be a show in themselves. In addition, however, Irene Bordoni will be present and a double quartet from the New York City police department will sing – and how they can sing.
                As the majority of these artists will have to return to the big city, Chairman Baroni of the committee of much more than one hundred announces that the program of gaiety will commence promptly at 9:30.'

              Note this event does not necessarily conflict with other Ellington activities this day, but timing would be tight. Ellington's orchestra would have had to finish at the Metropolitan Theater, travel about 10 miles to New Jersey to play this event, and then return to the Cotton Club for its nightly performances.
              Bergen Evening Record, Hackensack, N.J.,
              1930-01-09 p.28
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              Friday
              .New York, N.Y.Cotton Club
              644 Lenox Ave.
              Harlem
              Night club residency

              "Blackberries" revue- see 1929 09 29
              ...
              ..2011
              1930 01 25
              Saturday
              .New York, N.Y.Cotton Club
              644 Lenox Ave.
              Harlem
              Night club residency

              "Blackberries" revue- see 1929 09 29
              ...
              ..2011
              1930 01 26
              Sunday
              .New York, N.Y.Cotton Club
              644 Lenox Ave.
              Harlem
              Night club residency

              "Blackberries" revue- see 1929 09 29
              ...
              ..2011
              1930 01 27
              Monday
              .New York, N.Y.Cotton Club
              644 Lenox Ave.
              Harlem
              Night club residency

              "Blackberries" revue- see 1929 09 29
              ...
              ..2011
              1930 01 28
              Tuesday
              .New York, N.Y.Cotton Club
              644 Lenox Ave.
              Harlem
              Night club residency

              "Blackberries" revue- see 1929 09 29
              ...
              ..2011
              1930 01 29
              Wednesday
              .New York, N.Y.A.R.C. Studio
              114 E.32 St.
              A.R.C. recording session
              The Ten Black Berries
              Whetsel, C.Williams, Jenkins, Nanton, Tizol, Bigard, Hodges, Carney, Ellington, Guy, Braud, Greer, Mills

              Titles recorded:
              • St. James Infirmary
              • When You're Smiling
              • Rent Party Blues
              • Jungle Blues
              This session was erroneously dated Jan.20 in some discographies.

              10 of the 11 takes made in this session were released on a variety of labels - Perfect, Banner, Cameo, and Oriole. Some can be seen in The Dooji Collection

              Lambert:

              '...Jungle Blues...features a growl trumpet solo that has puzzled Ellington collectors down the years. Majority opinion has it that either Jenkins or an unknown player is responsible, largely on the grounds that the melodic structure is untypical of Cootie Williams. ...The trumpet tone ... sounds too broad and the expression too vehement for Jenkins. Whetsol [sic] would be out of the question, for the solo lacks the air of precise musicianship always associated with his playing. This leaves Williams, and indeed it seems quite likely that Cootie might have been experimenting in style, or maybe trying out some ideas suggested by Duke.'

              Steven Lasker says he thinks this was Cootie.
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              1930 01 29
              Wednesday
              .New York, N.Y.Cotton Club
              644 Lenox Ave.
              Harlem
              Night club residency

              "Blackberries" revue- see 1929 09 29
              ...
              ..2011
              1930 01 30
              Thursday
              .New York, N.Y.Cotton Club
              644 Lenox Ave.
              Harlem
              Night club residency

              "Blackberries" revue- see 1929 09 29
              ...
              ..2011
              1930 01 31
              Friday
              .New York, N.Y.Cotton Club
              644 Lenox Ave.
              Harlem
              Night club residency

              "Blackberries" revue- see 1929 09 29
              ...
              ..2011

              February 1930

              1930 02 01
              Saturday
              .New York, N.Y.Cotton Club
              644 Lenox Ave.
              Harlem
              Night club residency

              "Blackberries" revue- see 1929 09 29
              ...
              ..2011
              1930 02 02
              Sunday
              .New York, N.Y.Cotton Club
              644 Lenox Ave.
              Harlem
              Night club residency

              "Blackberries" revue- see 1929 09 29
              ...
              ..2011
              1930 02 03
              Monday
              .New York, N.Y.Cotton Club
              644 Lenox Ave.
              Harlem
              Night club residency

              "Blackberries" revue- see 1929 09 29
              ...
              ..2011
              1930 02 04
              Tuesday
              .New York, N.Y.Cotton Club
              644 Lenox Ave.
              Harlem
              Night club residency

              "Blackberries" revue- see 1929 09 29
              ...
              ..2011
              1930 02 05
              Wednesday
              .New York, N.Y.Cotton Club
              644 Lenox Ave.
              Harlem
              Night club residency

              "Blackberries" revue- see 1929 09 29
              ...
              ..2011
              1930 02 06
              Thursday
              1930 02 08
              Saturday
              Port Chester, N.Y.Fox Capitol

              On The Stage
              A NOTABLE ENGAGEMENT
              of
              DUKE ELLINGTON
              And His
              Cotton Club Orchestra
              in
              Torrid Music! Sensational Dancing!
              Also Other Star Act
              (sic)

              Port Chester is only about 25 miles from Harlem, so this engagement does not seem to conflict with the Cotton Club work. Stamford is about 9 miles northeast of Port Chester.
              Stamford Advocate, Stamford, Conn.
              • 1930-02-06 p.17
              • 1930-02-07 p.19
              • 1930-02-08 p.11
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              Thursday
              .New York, N.Y.Cotton Club
              644 Lenox Ave.
              Harlem
              Night club residency

              "Blackberries" revue- see 1929 09 29
              ...
              ..2011
              1930 02 07
              Friday
              .Port Chester, N.Y.Fox CapitolVaudeville - see 1930 02 06...djpNew
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              1930 02 07
              Friday
              .New York, N.Y.Cotton Club
              644 Lenox Ave.
              Harlem
              Night club residency

              "Blackberries" revue- see 1929 09 29
              ...
              ..2011
              1930 02 08
              Saturday
              .Port Chester, N.Y.Fox CapitolVaudeville - see 1930 02 06...djpNew
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              Saturday
              .New York, N.Y.Cotton Club
              644 Lenox Ave.
              Harlem
              Night club residency

              "Blackberries" revue- see 1929 09 29
              ...
              ..2011
              1930 02 09
              Sunday
              .New York, N.Y.Cotton Club
              644 Lenox Ave.
              Harlem
              Night club residency

              "Blackberries" revue- see 1929 09 29
              ...
              ..2011
              1930 02 10
              Monday
              .New York, N.Y.Cotton Club
              644 Lenox Ave.
              Harlem
              Night club residency

              "Blackberries" revue- see 1929 09 29
              ...
              ..2011
              1930 02 11
              Tuesday
              .New York, N.Y.Cotton Club
              644 Lenox Ave.
              Harlem
              Night club residency

              "Blackberries" revue- see 1929 09 29
              ...
              ..2011
              1930 02 12
              Wednesday
              .New York, N.Y.Cotton Club
              644 Lenox Ave.
              Harlem
              Night club residency

              "Blackberries" revue- see 1929 09 29
              Variety 1930-02-12 p.47 reports the acts at the Cotton Club (as written) were
              • Dan Healy Rev
              • Leitha Hill
              • Daly & Carter
              • Henry Wessels
              • Mordecai
              • Wells & Taylor
              • Mildred Dixon
              • Madeline Belt
              • Johnson's Jubilee Singers
              • Washboard Serenaders
              • Cora La Redd
              • Duke Ellington Bd
              • Isabelle W'shingt'n
              although this may have changed between the press deadline and date of publication.
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              1930 02 13
              Thursday
              1930 02 14
              Friday
              Jersey City, N.J.Orient Theatre
              Ocean & Orient Aves.
              Vaudeville
              Doubtful?
              Orient Theatre ad:

              Mats. 2:15–Nts.7-9 Sun. 1:30 to 11 P.M.
              TODAY, FRIDAY and SATURDAY
              WILLIAM BOYD in
              "HIS FIRST COMMAND"
              With DORTOHY SEBASTIAN
              Duke Ellington Cotton Club Orchestra
              Lambert & Collins in "The Mad House"
              Black & Tan Snappy Jazz Revue


              This theatre is close enough to Harlem to have enabled Ellington's orchestra to perform without affecting its work at the Cotton Club. However, the Ellington film Black and Tan was showing in theatres during this period, and it isn't clear if the reference to the orchestra means a live performance or merely is for the film.
              The Jersey Journal, Jersey City, N.J.
              • 1930-02-13 p.19
              • 1930-02-14 p.19
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              Thursday
              .New York, N.Y.Cotton Club
              644 Lenox Ave.
              Harlem
              Night club residency

              "Blackberries" revue- see 1929 09 29
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              1930 02 14
              Friday
              Valentine's Day
              .Jersey City, N.J.Orient Theatre
              Ocean & Orient Aves.
              Vaudeville
              Doubtful? - see 1930 02 13
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              Friday
              Valentine's Day
              .New York, N.Y.Cotton Club
              644 Lenox Ave.
              Harlem
              Night club residency

              "Blackberries" revue- see 1929 09 29
              ...
              ..2011
              1930 02 15
              Saturday
              .New York, N.Y.Cotton Club
              644 Lenox Ave.
              Harlem
              Night club residency

              "Blackberries" revue- see 1929 09 29
              ...
              ..2011
              1930 02 16
              Sunday
              .New York, N.Y.Cotton Club
              644 Lenox Ave.
              Harlem
              Night club residency

              "Blackberries" revue- see 1929 09 29
              ...
              ..2011
              1930 02 17
              Monday
              .New York, N.Y.Cotton Club
              644 Lenox Ave.
              Harlem
              Night club residency

              "Blackberries" revue- see 1929 09 29
              ...
              ..2011
              1930 02 18
              Tuesday
              .New York, N.Y.Cotton Club
              644 Lenox Ave.
              Harlem
              Night club residency

              "Blackberries" revue- see 1929 09 29
              ...
              ..2011
              1930 02 19
              Wednesday
              .New York, N.Y.Cotton Club
              644 Lenox Ave.
              Harlem
              Night club residency

              "Blackberries" revue- see 1929 09 29
              Variety 1930-02-19 p.47 reports the acts at the Cotton Club (as written) were
              • Dan Healy Rev
              • Leitha Hill
              • Daly & Carter
              • Henry Wessels
              • Mordecai
              • Wells & Taylor
              • Mildred Dixon
              • Madeline Belt
              • Johnson's Singers
              • Washboard Sere
              • Cora La Redd
              • Duke Ellington Bd
              • Isabelle W'shingt'n
              although this may have changed between the press deadline and the publication date.
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              1930 02 20
              Thursday
              .New York, N.Y.Cotton Club
              644 Lenox Ave.
              Harlem
              Night club residency

              "Blackberries" revue- see 1929 09 29
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              ..2011
              1930 02 21
              Friday
              .Plainfield, N.J.Amusement AcademyMask and Civic Ball
              • Initially announced (Dec. 1929) as Washington's Birthday (Sat., Feb.22), but subsequent announcements said it would be Friday, Feb. 21.
              • (1930-01-24)
                'Duke Ellington's Cotton Club Orchestra will be the feature of the ball to be staged at the Amusement Academy on Feb. 21 by the Plainfield Dance Association. Many prominent city athletes are interested in the project which promises to be a gala occasion.'
              • (1930-02-20)
                William "Buck" Rielly, genial president of the Queen City Social Association and one of Plainfield's best-known citizens, will be master of ceremonies at the Mask and Civic Ball to be held at the Amusement Academy tomorrow night sponsored by the Plainfield Dance Association. To him will be entrusted the honor of announcing one of the best and most varied entertainments listed for the Queen City this season.
                  Duke Ellington will direct his Cotton Club Orchestra in dance melodies as well as accompaniment for the various "specials" of the evening.
              • (1930-02-20)
                'In the absence of the weekly fight show at the Amusement Academy tomorrow night, a mask and civic ball will be held there with several local athletes interested in the affair. Bill Coogan and Jack Spencer are in charge while William "Buck" Rielly will be master of ceremonies. Duke Ellington and his Cotton Club Orchestra will appear.'
              Plainfield, N.J., Courier-News,
              Plainfield, N.J.
              • 1929-12-23 p.4
              • 1930-01-24 p.27
              • 1930-02-20 pp.4, 16
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              Friday
              .New York, N.Y.Brunswick studio
              799 Seventh Ave.
              Brunswick recording session
              The Jungle Band
              Whetsel, C.Williams, Jenkins, Nanton, Tizol, Bigard, Hodges, Carney, Ellington, Guy, Braud, Greer, Mills

              Titles recorded:
              • Admiration
              • Maori
              • When You're Smiling
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              1930 02 21
              Friday
              .New York, N.Y.Cotton Club
              644 Lenox Ave.
              Harlem
              Night club residency

              "Blackberries" revue- see 1929 09 29
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              1930 02 22
              Saturday
              .Boston, Mass.Mechanic's Bld'g.
              Hunt Ave..
              Poster:
              THE GREATEST HOLIDAY ATTRACTION OF THE SEASON
              ONLY NEW ENGLAND APPEARANCE
              Admission $1.25
              DUKE ELLINGTON
              (IN PERSON)
              and HIS ORIGINAL COTTON CLUB ORCH,
              WASHINGTON'S BIRTHDAY AFTERNOON - FEB. 22nd
              MECHANIC'S BLD'G.
              HUNT AVE. DANCING 1 to 5 P.M.
              2000 SEATS RESERVED FOR SPECTATORS
              • Poster in DESB, courtesy Ken Steiner
              • Mention in an ad for another New England Amusement Corporation event, Yale Daily News, New Haven, Conn.1930-02-27 p.2
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              Saturday
              .New York, N.Y.Cotton Club
              644 Lenox Ave.
              Harlem
              Night club residency

              "Blackberries" revue- see 1929 09 29

              We don't know if the band worked the Cotton Club this evening or had the night off. It is not impossible for it to have finished the Boston dance on schedule and travel for 4 hours or so, in plenty of time to play the first show at the Cotton Club.
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              1930 02 23
              Sunday
              .New York, N.Y.Cotton Club
              644 Lenox Ave.
              Harlem
              Night club residency

              "Blackberries" revue- see 1929 09 29
              ...
              ..2011
              1930 02 24
              Monday
              .New York, N.Y.Cotton Club
              644 Lenox Ave.
              Harlem
              Night club residency

              "Blackberries" revue- see 1929 09 29
              ...
              ..2011
              1930 02 25
              Tuesday
              .New York, N.Y.Cotton Club
              644 Lenox Ave.
              Harlem
              Night club residency

              "Blackberries" revue- see 1929 09 29
              ...
              ..2011
              1930 02 26
              Wednesday
              .New York, N.Y.Cotton Club
              644 Lenox Ave.
              Harlem
              Night club residency

              "Blackberries" revue- see 1929 09 29
              Variety 1930-02-26 p.53 reports the acts at the Cotton Club were
              • Dan Healy Rev
              • Leitha Hill
              • Daly & Carter
              • Henry Wessels
              • Mordecai
              • Wells & Taylor
              • Mildred Dixon
              • Madeline Belt
              • Johnson's Singers
              • Washboard Sere
              • Cora La Redd
              • Duke Ellington Bd
              • Isabelle W'shingt'n
              although this may have changed between the press deadline and the publication date.
              ...
              .djp2011
              updated
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              1930 02 27
              Thursday
              .New York, N.Y.Cotton Club
              644 Lenox Ave.
              Harlem
              Night club residency

              "Blackberries" revue- see 1929 09 29
              ...
              ..2011
              1930 02 28
              Friday
              .New York, N.Y.Cotton Club
              644 Lenox Ave.
              Harlem
              Night club residency

              "Blackberries" revue- see 1929 09 29
              ...
              ..2011

              March 1930

              1930 03 00.New York, N.Y.The Summer 1930 Manhattan Telephone Directory shows Hit of the Week at 460 W. 34th St.Durium recording session
              Harlem Hot Chocolates
              Whetsel, C.Williams, Jenkins, Nanton, Tizol, Bigard, Hodges, Carney, Ellington, Guy, Braud, Greer, Mills

              Titles recorded:
              • Sing You Sinners
              • St. James' Infirmary
              These records, sold at newstands, were issued on the Hit of the Week label. The records were made of treated cardboard, were flexible and according to an ad quoting Eddie Cantor, could even be used to cook an egg without damaging the record.
              Steven Lasker:

              'According to Hans Koert, "Discography Hit of the Week Durium" (5th edition, Heinkenszand, Netherlands, 1998) HoW 1045 was released circa 1930-05-06 while HoW 1046 was released circa 1930-05-13.'

              Mr. Koert's webpages dated 2010 show Sing You Sinners came out May 8 and St. Jame's Infirmary was released May 15.

              These dates need further research since Sing You Sinners was advertised May 2 1930 in the Hartford Daily Courant and St. James Infirmary was advertised June 5 and 6, respectively, in the Boston Globe and Hartford Daily Courant.

              These labels can be found in The Dooji Collection.

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              1930 03 01
              Saturday
              .New York, N.Y.Cotton Club
              644 Lenox Ave.
              Harlem
              Night club residency

              "Blackberries" revue- see 1929 09 29
              ...
              ..2011
              1930 03 02
              Sunday
              1930 06 00(Unconfirmed)
              New York, N.Y.Cotton Club
              644 Lenox Ave.
              Harlem
              Night club residency and "Blackberries of 1930" revue
              Since McHugh and Fields were no longer working in the club, Ellington wrote the songs for the show:
              • Bumpty-Bump
              • Doin' the Crazy Walk
              • Swanee River Rhapsody
              • Cotton Club Stomp (from 1929 Cotton Club revue.
              Irving Mills and Clarence Gaskill are credited with the lyrics of Swanee River Rhapsody, and Mills is credited with lyrics on the other titles.
              Opening night, "after theatre"
              two distinct shows nightly, 12:15 and 2:00 am

              THE
              ARISTOCRAT
              OF
              HARLEM
              "THE FAMOUS"
              COTTON CLUB
              Lenox Avenue & 142nd Street
              PRESENTS
              DAN HEALY'S
              "BLACKBERRIES of 1930"
              FULL OF
              STARTLING INNOVATIONS
              With Special Restricted Music By
              Duke Ellington

              LYRICS BY
              IRVING MILLS
              DANCES STAGED BY
              CLARENCE ROBINSON
              PHONE RESERVATIONS
              BRADHURST 7767-1687

              Personnel included Leitha Hill, Celeste Coles, Cora LaRedd, Isabel Washington, Mildred Dixon, Clarence Robinson, the Berry Brothers, the Three Ebony Steppers and Henri Wessels

              Ellington played other engagements during the run of this show.
              • John Edward Hasse, Beyond Category, The Life and Genius of Duke Ellington, Simon & Schuster, 1993 p.125
              • John Franceschina, Duke Ellington's Music for the Theatre, p.17
              • Playbill, announcement and programme - Stratemann pp.25, 27, 691
              ..
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              1930 03 03
              Monday
              .New York, N.Y.Cotton Club
              644 Lenox Ave.
              Harlem
              Nightclub residency

              "Blackberries of 1930" revue-see 1930 03 02
              ...
              ..2011
              1930 03 04
              Tuesday
              .New York, N.Y.Cotton Club
              644 Lenox Ave.
              Harlem
              Nightclub residency

              "Blackberries of 1930" revue-see 1930 03 02
              ...
              ..2011
              1930 03 05
              Wednesday
              .New York, N.Y.Cotton Club
              644 Lenox Ave.
              Harlem
              Nightclub residency

              "Blackberries of 1930" revue-see 1930 03 02
              ...
              ..2011
              1930 03 06
              Thursday
              .New York, N.Y.Cotton Club
              644 Lenox Ave.
              Harlem
              Nightclub residency

              "Blackberries of 1930" revue-see 1930 03 02
              ...
              ..2011
              1930 03 07
              Friday
              .New York, N.Y.Cotton Club
              644 Lenox Ave.
              Harlem
              Nightclub residency

              "Blackberries of 1930" revue-see 1930 03 02
              ...
              ..2011
              1930 03 08
              Saturday
              .New York, N.Y.Cotton Club
              644 Lenox Ave.
              Harlem
              Nightclub residency

              "Blackberries of 1930" revue-see 1930 03 02
              ...
              ..2011
              1930 03 09
              Sunday
              .New York, N.Y.Cotton Club
              644 Lenox Ave.
              Harlem
              Nightclub residency

              "Blackberries of 1930" revue-see 1930 03 02
              ...
              ..2011
              1930 03 10
              Monday
              .New York, N.Y.Cotton Club
              644 Lenox Ave.
              Harlem
              Nightclub residency

              "Blackberries of 1930" revue-see 1930 03 02
              ...
              ..2011
              1930 03 11
              Tuesday
              .New York, N.Y.Cotton Club
              644 Lenox Ave.
              Harlem
              Nightclub residency

              "Blackberries of 1930" revue-see 1930 03 02
              ...
              ..2011
              1930 03 12
              Wednesday
              .New York, N.Y.Savoy Ballroom

              'THE BIGGEST PARTY OF THE YEAR
              Savoy's 4th Anniversary'
              featuring the one and only
              DUKE ELLINGTON
              And His Cotton Club Orchestra
              Also! the return of
              CECIL SCOTT
              And His "BRIGHT BOYS"
              Including Chicago's Sensational Band
              SAMMY STEWART and His Orchestra
              4 orchestras 4
              The Date WEDNESDAY MARCH 12
              The Place
              SAVOY
              World's Finest Ballroom
              [illegible] Avenue - [illegible]-141st St.'

              .
              • The New York Age, New York, N.Y.
                1930-03-22 p.6
              • Stratemann p.26 citing
                New York Age 1930-03-15 (p.6)
              • Vail I

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              1930 03 12
              Wednesday
              .New York, N.Y.Cotton Club
              644 Lenox Ave.
              Harlem
              Nightclub residency

              "Blackberries of 1930" revue-see 1930 03 02
              ...
              ..2011
              1930 03 13
              Thursday
              .New York, N.Y.Cotton Club
              644 Lenox Ave.
              Harlem
              Nightclub residency

              "Blackberries of 1930" revue-see 1930 03 02
              ...
              ..2011
              1930 03 14
              Friday
              .New York, N.Y.Cotton Club
              644 Lenox Ave.
              Harlem
              Nightclub residency

              "Blackberries of 1930" revue-see 1930 03 02
              ...
              ..2011
              1930 03 15
              Saturday
              .New York, N.Y.Cotton Club
              644 Lenox Ave.
              Harlem
              Nightclub residency

              "Blackberries of 1930" revue-see 1930 03 02
              ...
              ..2011
              1930 03 16
              Sunday
              .New York, N.Y.Cotton Club
              644 Lenox Ave.
              Harlem
              Nightclub residency

              "Blackberries of 1930" revue-see 1930 03 02
              ...
              ..2011
              1930 03 17
              Monday
              .New York, N.Y.Cotton Club
              644 Lenox Ave.
              Harlem
              Nightclub residency

              "Blackberries of 1930" revue-see 1930 03 02
              ...
              ..2011
              1930 03 18
              Tuesday
              .New York, N.Y.Cotton Club
              644 Lenox Ave.
              Harlem
              Nightclub residency

              "Blackberries of 1930" revue-see 1930 03 02
              ...
              ..2011
              1930 03 19
              Wednesday
              .New York, N.Y.Cotton Club
              644 Lenox Ave.
              Harlem
              Nightclub residency

              "Blackberries of 1930" revue-see 1930 03 02
              ...
              ..2011
              1930 03 20
              Thursday
              .New York, N.Y.Brunswick studio
              799 Seventh Ave. Rm.3
              Brunswick recording session
              The Jungle Band
              Whetsel, C.Williams, Jenkins, Nanton, Tizol, Bigard, Hodges, Carney, Ellington, Guy, Braud, Greer, Mills
              Titles recorded:
              • When You're Smiling
              • Maori
              • Admiration
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              1930 03 20
              Thursday
              .New York, N.Y.Cotton Club
              644 Lenox Ave.
              Harlem
              Nightclub residency

              "Blackberries of 1930" revue-see 1930 03 02
              ...
              ..2011
              1930 03 21
              Friday
              .New York, N.Y.Cotton Club
              644 Lenox Ave.
              Harlem
              Nightclub residency

              "Blackberries of 1930" revue-see 1930 03 02
              ...
              ..2011
              1930 03 22
              Saturday
              .New York, N.Y.Rockland Palace
              386 West 155th St.

              THE DANCE CLASSIC!
              SECOND ANNUAL
              HARLEM REVELS
              Solidarity Ball
              At ROCKLAND PALACE, 208 West 155th St., New York City
              – on –
              Saturday Evening, March 22nd
              With
              DUKE ELLINGTON
              AND HIS ORCHESTRA
              Under the Joint Auspices of the
              LIBERATOR
              Official Organ of the American Negro
              Labor Congress
              LABOR UNITY
              Official Organ of the Trade Union
              Unity League
              Admission – 75 Cents (In Advance) One Dollar at Door

              • Stratemann p.26 citing
                Amsterdam News, New York, N.Y. 1930-03-12 p.9
              • Vail
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              1930 03 22
              Saturday
              .New York, N.Y.Cotton Club
              644 Lenox Ave.
              Harlem
              Nightclub residency

              "Blackberries of 1930" revue-see 1930 03 02
              ...
              ..2011
              1930 03 23
              Sunday
              .New York, N.Y.Cotton Club
              644 Lenox Ave.
              Harlem
              Nightclub residency

              "Blackberries of 1930" revue-see 1930 03 02
              ...
              ..2011
              1930 03 24
              Monday
              .New York, N.Y.Cotton Club
              644 Lenox Ave.
              Harlem
              Nightclub residency

              "Blackberries of 1930" revue-see 1930 03 02
              ...
              ..2011
              1930 03 25
              Tuesday
              .New York, N.Y.Cotton Club
              644 Lenox Ave.
              Harlem
              Nightclub residency

              "Blackberries of 1930" revue-see 1930 03 02
              ...
              ..2011
              1930 03 26
              Wednesday
              .New York, N.Y.Cotton Club
              644 Lenox Ave.
              Harlem
              Nightclub residency

              "Blackberries of 1930" revue-see 1930 03 02
              ...
              ..2011
              1930 03 27
              Thursday
              .New York, N.Y.Cotton Club
              644 Lenox Ave.
              Harlem
              Nightclub residency

              "Blackberries of 1930" revue-see 1930 03 02
              ...
              ..2011
              1930 03 28
              Friday
              .New York, N.Y.Cotton Club
              644 Lenox Ave.
              Harlem
              Nightclub residency

              "Blackberries of 1930" revue-see 1930 03 02
              ...
              ..2011
              1930 03 29
              Saturday
              .New York, N.Y.Cotton Club
              644 Lenox Ave.
              Harlem
              Nightclub residency

              "Blackberries of 1930" revue-see 1930 03 02
              ...
              ..2011
              1930 03 30
              Sunday
              1930 04 13
              Sunday
              New York, N.Y.Fulton Theatre
              210 W.46th St.
              (west of Broadway)
              A Concert Composed of MR. MAURICE CHEVALIER and DUKE ELLINGTON and His Cotton Club Orchestra.

              "Maurice Chevalier in person
              2 Weeks Only
              ...An informal, intimate entertainment in which he will sing his songs in French and in English
              --Accompanied by--
              Duke Ellington & His Cotton Club Orchestra
              Eves. inc. Sundays at 9. Mats. Wed.& Sat. 2 [illegible]"


              The Internet Broadway Database reports the show played eighteen times.
              Arthur Pollock, Brooklyn Daily Eagle:
              Chevalier
              Idol of French Revue Sings at the Fulton
              Maurice Chevalier made his American debut last night as a living person and not a motion picture at the Fulton Theater ... Chevalier knocked his first American audience pretty nearly cold. It couldn't get enough of him... . And it didn't, for Mr. Chevalier is a shrewd entertainer, knowing that not quite enough is infinitely more provocative than plenty.
                Consequently a large part of the program, the first and longer part, was given over to Duke Elllngton and his Cotton Club Orchestra – very good, very hot, but the familiar jazz. Nothing novel in that and too much of it...'

              John Mason Brown, The New York Evening Post:
              A Delightful but Brief Appearance of Maurice Chevalier in an Evening
              That Is Supposedly Spent With Him
                ...the major portion of this "Evening with Maurice Chevalier (in Person)" was, unfortunately, not spent with M. Chevalier. Instead it was passed very quietly in Harlem. Because for one solid hour an audience was asked to sit still and listen to the Cotton Club Orchestra as it took unnecessary pains under the direction of Duke Ellington to embroider and super-syncopate the melodies of many popular songs until they were hardly recognizable...

              Charles Moran, The Billboard:
              NEW YORK, April 5 – Maurice Chevalier ... is presenting a unique concert devoted to jazz this fortnight...
                As to quality of voice Chevalier is nothing much, for it is a raw, untrained jazz-made voice. There are many much better in our own vaudeville. In selling a number he is unsurpassed.
                The program consists of one part devoted to jazz tunes ground out by Duke Ellington and his Cotton Club Band. Here indeed is a jazz orchestra that somehow catches the barbaric movement that composers mean to put into their stuff, but generally miss.
                With Ellington's outfit are two dancers, one a class hoofer who sings badly and another an acrobatic dancer who songs [sic] worse. The former, Henry Wetsel, is a mediocre club entertainer, and the other, Alias Berry, is a show stopper with any production. This lad, just a boy, will go a long way.
                Then came the boulevardier, arriving to a reception the like of which I have never heard a New York audience of any kind give.
                For one hour straight Chevalier went thru his repertoure in French and English, and let it be said now that his French songs were well selected and his English songs poorly chosen...

              DEMS 02/3-17/1 describes how Chevalier chose the Ellington band. Stratemann reports Ellington's group played the 50 minute first half of the show on stage, then moved to the pit to accompany Chevalier for the second half. Steven Lasker advises the programme for Sunday evening, April 6, reads:

              'CHARLES DILLINGHAM PRESENTS AN EVENING WITH MAURICE CHEVALIER (IN PERSON) COURTESY PARAMOUNT - FAMOUS LASKY CORPORATION.
              An informal intimate entertainment in which he will sing his songs in French and in English.
              PART I
              DUKE ELLINGTON and his COTTON CLUB ORCHESTRA
              Introducing Henry Wetzel and Alias Berry in their Harlem dance specialties.
              Note - Mr. Ellington will play a program of selections from the following numbers in impromptu rotation:
              "Awfully Sad"
              "Mississippi Dry"
              "St. Louis Blues"
              "Black Beauty"
              "When You're Smiling"
              "Dear Old Southland"
              "Jas O'Mine"
              "The Mooche"
              "Swampy River"
              "East St. Louis Toodle"
              "Come Along, Mandy"
              "Liza"
              "INTERMISSION
              Overture, by Duke Ellington and His Orchestra, Selections from "Ripples"
              PART II
              MAURICE CHEVALIER
              In a program of his songs in French and English
              Steinway Piano used in these presentations
              REPRESENTING MR. DILLINGHAM
              Manager John H. Potter
              Publicity Representative Marc Lachmann'

              (Dancers Henri Wessels and Ananias Berry were from the Cotton Club.)

              Hasse quotes Ellington: This was about the only time I used a baton. and says the first half of the show ...probably represented Ellington's first concert engagement... Ellington had difficulty being master of ceremonies for the first time:

              I didn't know the first thing about how to M.C., and the thought of it had me half scared to death. Then, there we were on the stage and I opened my mouth and nothing came out.

              Ulanov, describing opening night:

              Duke was booked in as a dual attraction and as accompanist for Chevalier. The Frenchman was scared of American audiences, terribly nervous about facing his first. Duke went on before him and received solid applause for his work, so much applause that Chevalier looked up from his dressing-room mirror and asked what had happened...

              Lawrence continues the story, quoting Greer:

              "We finished up playing Tiger Rag. Tore the place up, folks were standing in the aisles, cheering, whistling and stamping their feet as we came offstage. Chevalier had never heard nothin' like that, and came out of his dressing room to check out what was going on. He was all dressed except he didn't have no pants on, man, no pants...

              Steven Lasker believes Lawrence's account did not originate with Greer:

              '...Note that Lawrence has the band playing Tiger Rag on opening night, a song not included among the list of songs that Ellington might choose to play on April 6. The last song listed is a high-powered closer, "Liza," which a Broadway audience might have associated with Ellington because of the Show Girl connection. Otherwise, there are no flag-wavers found on the list (apart, possibly, from Come Along, Mandy from "Blackberries of 1930" which none of us have heard), in keeping with a high-class concert in which Ellington was the warm-up act and Chevalier the main draw. I doubt that presenter/director Charles Dillingham would have wanted the night to peak before Chevalier even came on. "Tiger Rag" strikes me as too much, too soon.'

              • Ad, New York Times, New York, N.Y.
                1930-03-24 p.25
              • Review, Brooklyn Daily Eagle, New York, N.Y.
                1930-03-31 p.19
              • New York Evening Post, New York, N.Y.
                • Review and ad, 1930-03-31 p.12
                • Ad, 1930-04-04
              • The Billboard, 1930-04-12 p.45
              • Ulanov (ibid.), p.99
              • John Edward Hasse: Beyond Category, The Life and Genius of Duke Ellington p.126
              • John Franceschina, Duke Ellington's Music for the Theatre, p.18
              • A.H.Lawrence, Duke Ellington and His World, A Biography, p.154, quoting Sonny Greer
              • Email, Lasker-Palmquist
                • 2014-09-28
                • 2018-10-04
              • Photos:
                • MIMM, p.132
                • Stratemann p.26
                • Hasse, ibid., p.127
                • Vail I p.32
              .DEMS
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              1930 03 30
              Sunday
              (after theatre)
              .New York, N.Y.Cotton Club
              644 Lenox Ave.
              Harlem
              Nightclub residency

              "Blackberries of 1930" revue-see 1930 03 02
              ...
              ..2011
              1930 03 31
              Monday
              .New York, N.Y.Fulton TheatreChevalier/Ellington show - see 1930 03 30...
              .djp2011
              1930 03 31
              Monday
              (after theatre)
              .New York, N.Y.Cotton Club
              644 Lenox Ave.
              Harlem
              Nightclub residency

              "Blackberries of 1930" revue-see 1930 03 02

              An ad in Variety reproduced in Stratemann says

              "LATE FEATURE
              MR. ZIEGFELDS'S "SHOW GIRL"
              ===========
              Appearing After The Theatre at
              THE FAMOUS
              COTTON CLUB
              NEW YORK
              In a Revue with
              Music and Lyrics by
              DUKE ELLINGTON and IRVING MILLS"

              but the June 28 1930 Chicago Defender, in a story datelined New York June 13, says the show was Blackberries:

              Mr. Ellington has personal direction of the revue, featuring eight principals and 24 chorus girls. In the show are Clarence Robinson, the Five Wisecrackers, Isabelle Washington, Celeste Cole, Leitha Hill and Mildred [Dixon] and Henri Wessels.

              • Stratemann p.28
              • Steven Lasker, A COTTON CLUB MISCELLANY,, p.19, quoting Chicago Defender 1930-06-28
              ..
              ..2011
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              April 1930

              1930 04 01
              Tuesday
              .New York, N.Y.Fulton TheatreChevalier/Ellington show - see 1930 03 30...
              .djp2011
              1930 04 01
              Tuesday
              (after theatre)
              ongoingNew York, N.Y.Cotton Club
              644 Lenox Ave.
              Harlem
              Nightclub residency

              "Blackberries of 1930" revue-see 1930 03 02
              ...
              ..2011
              1930 04 02
              Wednesday
              .New York, N.Y.Fulton TheatreChevalier/Ellington show - see 1930 03 30...
              .djp2011
              1930 04 02
              Wednesday
              (after theatre)
              .New York, N.Y.Cotton Club
              644 Lenox Ave.
              Harlem
              Nightclub residency

              "Blackberries of 1930" revue-see 1930 03 02
              ...
              ..2011
              1930 04 03
              Thursday
              .New York, N.Y.Columbia Records Studios
              1819 Broadway
              Diva/Velvet Tone recording session
              Mills Ten Blackberries
              Whetsel, Williams, Jenkins, Nanton, Tizol, Bigard, Hodges, Carney, Ellington, Guy, Braud, Greer
              Titles recorded:
              • The Mooche
              • Ragamuffin Romeo
              • East St. Louis Toodle-O
              Lambert reports Ellington and his men were keen listeners to, and may have been influenced by, the Luis Russell Orchestra which had soloists such as Red Allen, J.C. Higginbotham, Charlie Holmes and Albert Nicholas and a magnificant rhythm section.
              New Desor
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              2012-09-20
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              1930 04 03
              Thursday
              .New York, N.Y.Fulton TheatreChevalier/Ellington show - see 1930 03 30...
              .djp2011
              1930 04 03
              Thursday
              (after theatre)
              .New York, N.Y.Cotton Club
              644 Lenox Ave.
              Harlem
              Nightclub residency

              "Blackberries of 1930" revue-see 1930 03 02
              ...
              ..2011
              1930 04 04
              Friday
              .New York, N.Y.Fulton TheatreChevalier/Ellington show - see 1930 03 30...
              .djp2011
              1930 04 04
              Friday
              (after theatre)
              .New York, N.Y.Cotton Club
              644 Lenox Ave.
              Harlem
              Nightclub residency

              "Blackberries of 1930" revue-see 1930 03 02
              ...
              ..2011
              1930 04 05
              Saturday
              .New York, N.Y.Fulton TheatreChevalier/Ellington show - see 1930 03 30...
              .djp2011
              1930 04 05
              Saturday
              (after theatre)
              .New York, N.Y.Cotton Club
              644 Lenox Ave.
              Harlem
              Nightclub residency

              "Blackberries of 1930" revue-see 1930 03 02
              ...
              ..2011
              1930 04 06
              Sunday
              .New York, N.Y.Fulton TheatreChevalier/Ellington show - see 1930 03 30...
              .djp2011
              1930 04 06
              Sunday
              (after theatre)
              .New York, N.Y.Cotton Club
              644 Lenox Ave.
              Harlem
              Nightclub residency

              "Blackberries of 1930" revue-see 1930 03 02
              ...
              ..2011
              1930 04 07
              Monday
              .New York, N.Y.Fulton TheatreChevalier/Ellington show - see 1930 03 30...
              .djp2011
              1930 04 07
              Monday
              (after theatre)
              .New York, N.Y.Cotton Club
              644 Lenox Ave.
              Harlem
              Nightclub residency

              "Blackberries of 1930" revue-see 1930 03 02
              ...
              ..2011
              1930 04 08
              Tuesday
              .New York, N.Y.Fulton TheatreChevalier/Ellington show - see 1930 03 30...
              .djp2011
              1930 04 08
              Tuesday
              (after theatre)
              .New York, N.Y.Cotton Club
              644 Lenox Ave.
              Harlem
              Nightclub residency

              "Blackberries of 1930" revue-see 1930 03 02
              ...
              ..2011
              1930 04 09
              Wednesday
              ... Peripheral event
              Warner Bros. Pictures acquired the Brunswick-Balke-Collander's record division asets for $10,000,000.
              S. Lasker, book to Mosaic Records CD box set MD11-248 The Complete 1932-1940 Brunswick, Columbia And Master Recordings Of Duke Ellington And His Famous Orchestra, p.4..
              .djpNew
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              1930 04 09
              Wednesday
              .New York, N.Y.Fulton TheatreChevalier/Ellington show - see 1930 03 30...
              .djp2011
              1930 04 09
              Wednesday
              (after theatre)
              .New York, N.Y.Cotton Club
              644 Lenox Ave.
              Harlem
              Nightclub residency

              "Blackberries of 1930" revue-see 1930 03 02
              ...
              ..2011
              1930 04 10
              Thursday
              .New York, N.Y.Fulton TheatreChevalier/Ellington show - see 1930 03 30...
              .djp2011
              1930 04 10
              Thursday
              (after theatre)
              .New York, N.Y.Cotton Club
              644 Lenox Ave.
              Harlem
              Nightclub residency

              "Blackberries of 1930" revue-see 1930 03 02
              ...
              .. 2011
              1930 04 11
              Friday
              .New York, N.Y.44th Street Studio
              28 44th St.
              RCA Victor recording session
              13:45–17:15
              Duke Ellington and His Cotton Club Orchestra
              Whetsel, Williams, Nanton, Tizol, Bigard, Hodges, Carney, Ellington, Guy, Braud, Greer, and Frank Marvin(vocal)
              "Irving Mills, Dir. Mr. Watson Present" is noted on the studio sheet

              Titles recorded:
              • Double Check Stomp
              • My Gal Is Good For Nothing But Love
              • I Was Made To Love You
              Session time from the book to S. Lasker/O. Keepnews, The Duke Ellington Centennial Edition, RCA Victor CD box set 09026-63386-2New Desor
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              The Dooji Collectiondjp2011
              updated
              2012-09-20
              2014-12-04
              1930 04 11
              Friday
              .New York, N.Y.Fulton TheatreChevalier/Ellington show - see 1930 03 30...
              .djp2011
              1930 04 11
              Friday
              (after theatre)
              .New York, N.Y.Cotton Club
              644 Lenox Ave.
              Harlem
              Nightclub residency

              "Blackberries of 1930" revue-see 1930 03 02
              ...
              ..2011
              1930 04 12
              Saturday
              .New York, N.Y.Fulton TheatreChevalier/Ellington show - see 1930 03 30...
              .djp2011
              1930 04 12
              Saturday
              (after theatre)
              .New York, N.Y.Cotton Club
              644 Lenox Ave.
              Harlem
              Nightclub residency

              "Blackberries of 1930" revue-see 1930 03 02
              ...
              ..2011
              1930 04 13
              Sunday
              .New York, N.Y.Fulton TheatreChevalier/Ellington show - see 1930 03 30...
              .djp2011
              1930 04 13
              Sunday
              (after theatre)
              .New York, N.Y.Cotton Club
              644 Lenox Ave.
              Harlem
              Nightclub residency

              "Blackberries of 1930" revue-see 1930 03 02
              ...
              ..2011
              1930 04 14
              Monday
              .New York, N.Y.Cotton Club
              644 Lenox Ave.
              Harlem
              Nightclub residency

              "Blackberries of 1930" revue-see 1930 03 02
              ...
              ..2011
              1930 04 15
              Tuesday
              .New York, N.Y.Cotton Club
              644 Lenox Ave.
              Harlem
              Nightclub residency

              "Blackberries of 1930" revue-see 1930 03 02
              ...
              ..2011
              1930 04 16
              Wednesday
              .New York, N.Y.Cotton Club
              644 Lenox Ave.
              Harlem
              Nightclub residency

              "Blackberries of 1930" revue-see 1930 03 02
              ...
              ..2011
              1930 04 17
              Thursday
              .New York, N.Y.381 Edgecombe Ave.The 1930 census, enumerated April 17, shows Ellington, Edward D. [sic] renting for $95/month, age 30, occupation musician, industry cabaret. Residing with him were Daisy, his mother, age 50, Ruth, sister, age 14, and Mercer, son, age 10. The census shows the household had a radio.Email, Steven Bowie 2015-03-27 with census page..
              .djpNew
              added
              2015-03-27
              1930 04 17
              Thursday
              .New York, N.Y.Cotton Club
              644 Lenox Ave.
              Harlem
              Nightclub residency

              "Blackberries of 1930" revue-see 1930 03 02
              ...
              ..2011
              1930 04 18
              Friday
              .New York, N.Y.Cotton Club
              644 Lenox Ave.
              Harlem
              Nightclub residency

              "Blackberries of 1930" revue-see 1930 03 02
              ...
              .. 2011
              1930 04 19
              Saturday
              .New York, N.Y.Cotton Club
              644 Lenox Ave.
              Harlem
              Nightclub residency

              "Blackberries of 1930" revue-see 1930 03 02
              ...
              .. 2011
              1930 04 20
              Sunday
              .New York, N.Y.Cotton Club
              644 Lenox Ave.
              Harlem
              Nightclub residency

              "Blackberries of 1930" revue-see 1930 03 02
              ...
              ..2011
              1930 04 21
              Monday
              .New York, N.Y.Cotton Club
              644 Lenox Ave.
              Harlem
              Nightclub residency

              "Blackberries of 1930" revue-see 1930 03 02
              ...
              ..2011
              1930 04 22
              Tuesday
              .New York, N.Y.Brunswick Studio
              799 Seventh Ave. Rm.3
              Brunswick recording session
              The Jungle Band

              Whetsel, Williams, Jenkins, Nanton, Tizol, Bigard, Hodges, Carney, Ellington, Guy, Braud, Greer, Cornell Smelser (as Joe Cornell)(accordion) and Dick Robertson(vocal)


              Titles recorded:
              • Double Check Stomp
              • Accordion Joe
              • Cotton Club Stomp
              Cotton Club Stomp here is not the same as any other recording of the same title.
              New Desor
              DE3007
              DEMS
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              updated
              2012-09-20
              2015-02-06
              1930 04 22
              Tuesday
              .New York, N.Y.Cotton Club
              644 Lenox Ave.
              Harlem
              Nightclub residency

              "Blackberries of 1930" revue-see 1930 03 02
              ...
              ..2011
              1930 04 23
              Wednesday
              .New York, N.Y.
              Peekskill, N.Y.
              Cotton Club
              644 Lenox Ave.
              Harlem

              Penelope Park
              Night off from Cotton Club.
              The Peekskill Evening Star:

              'YOU'LL RUN WILD                
                              YOU'LL LOSE CONTROL
              When You Hear and See
              Duke Ellington's
              Famous Cotton Club
              Orchestra
              under the auspices of the
              Recreation Club of Peekskill
              Wednesday, April 23, 1930
              Penelope Park
              3 Silver Loving Cups 3
              for prize contest
              Dancing 8:30 P.M. to 2 A.M.
              Tickets ... $1.00
              Buses after dance for Buchanan,
              Montrose and Verplanck '


              'Dance at Penelope Park Tonight–
                An attendance og [sic] 1,500 to 2,000 people is anticipated tonight at Penelope Park, where Duke Ellington's Cotton Club Orchestra, well known to radio listeners, will play from 8:30 P.M. to 2 A.M...
                Duke Ellington's Cotton Club Orchestra is composed of about a dozen colored harmony men, and listeners who have heard them over the radio claim that there is truth in the statement that "You'll Run Wild. You'll Lose Control"'

              • The Evening Star, Peekskill, New York
                • 1930-04-21 p.1
                • 1930-04-22 p.7
                • 1930-04-23 p.2
                • 1955-04-26 p.4
              • Citizen-Sentinel, Ossining, N.Y.
                • 1930-04-22 p.9
              .
              ..
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              1930 04 24
              Thursday
              .New York, N.Y.Cotton Club
              644 Lenox Ave.
              Harlem
              Nightclub residency

              "Blackberries of 1930" revue-see 1930 03 02
              ...
              ..2011
              1930 04 25
              Friday
              .New York, N.Y.Mecca Temple
              133 West Fifty-fifth St.
              Manhattan
              Queens Daily Star:
              • 1930 04 15: The Thomas E. Atkinson Association meeting 1930 04 14 included a report by its entertainment committee:

                'last night at the meeting of the Thomas E. Atkinson Association...
                 Charles Mangan, chairman of the entertainment committee, reported that reservations for the dinner and revue to be given ... on Friday night, April 25, would close this week.
                  The revue to be given at the dinner will start at 9 p.m. and a second program with Thomas Hackett as master of ceremonies will be given at midnight.
                  An array of Broadway stars recruited from some of the most popular night clubs will appear during the first revue. Duke Ellington will be in charge of the music...'

              • 1930 04 24:

                '...Dancing will start at 9 p.m. and dinner will be served at midnight.
                  A host of Broadway stars will appear. Duke Ellington and his entire "Cotton Club" revue will be the chief attraction...'

              Webmaster remarks:
              I was unable to find any report of this event in the Saturday and Monday editions of the Queens Daily Star, so it is unconfirmed.

              It may conflict with the Cotton Club work, the Cotton Club could have used substitutes, or Ellington, playing the first part of the evening, may have had time to do both.
              The Daily Star, Queens Borough, N.Y.
              • 1930 04 15 p.2
              • 1930 -04-24 p.4
              ..
              .djpNew
              added
              2015-07-04
              1930 04 25
              Friday
              .New York, N.Y.Cotton Club
              644 Lenox Ave.
              Harlem
              Nightclub residency

              "Blackberries of 1930" revue-see 1930 03 02
              ...
              ..2011
              1930 04 26
              Saturday
              .New York, N.Y.Cotton Club
              644 Lenox Ave.
              Harlem
              Nightclub residency

              "Blackberries of 1930" revue-see 1930 03 02
              ...
              ..2011
              1930 04 27
              Sunday
              .New York, N.Y.Cotton Club
              644 Lenox Ave.
              Harlem
              Nightclub residency

              "Blackberries of 1930" revue-see 1930 03 02
              ...
              .. 2011
              1930 04 28
              Monday
              .New York, N.Y.Cotton Club
              644 Lenox Ave.
              Harlem
              Nightclub residency

              "Blackberries of 1930" revue-see 1930 03 02
              ...
              .. 2011
              1930 04 29
              Tuesday
              Ellington's birthday
              .New York, N.Y.Cotton Club
              644 Lenox Ave.
              Harlem
              Nightclub residency

              "Blackberries of 1930" revue-see 1930 03 02
              ...
              ..2011
              1930 04 30
              Wednesday
              .New York, N.Y.Cotton Club
              644 Lenox Ave.
              Harlem
              Nightclub residency

              "Blackberries of 1930" revue-see 1930 03 02
              ...
              ..2011

              May 1930

              1930 05 00... Peripheral event
              The Charleston Gazette, May 4, 1930, reported

              'Irving Mills, czar of Harlem's musicians, owns the "Duke Ellington Negro" band and controls almost all the orchestras playing in Harlem's night clubs. Now he is combining them into one big organization of "Duke Ellington Units." '

              ...
              .djpNew
              added 2012-09-05
              1930 05 01
              Thursday
              .New York, N.Y.Cotton Club
              644 Lenox Ave.
              Harlem
              Nightclub residency

              "Blackberries of 1930" revue-see 1930 03 02
              ...
              ..Added
              2011
              1930 05 02
              Friday
              .Princeton, N.J.Princeton UniversityOne-nighter before Cotton Club..
              Vail I .2011
              updated
              2012-12-29
              1930 05 02
              Friday
              1930 05 31New York, N.Y.Cotton Club
              644 Lenox Ave.
              Harlem
              Nightclub residency

              "Blackberries of 1930" revue-see 1930 03 02
              ...
              ..2011 2012-12-29
              1930 05 03
              Saturday
              1930 05 09
              Friday
              New York, N.Y.Lafayette Theatre,
              132nd St. & 7th Ave.
              Harlem
              One week theater engagement

              Last Performance Friday, Midnight
              "Duke Ellington and His Famous Band in Clarence Robinson's Pepper Pot Revue with a cast of 35.

              Also 'Cohens and Kellys in Scotland' With George Sidney and Charlie Murray"

              "At The Lafayette Theatre
              The Lafayette Theatre is outdoing itself at this season of the year in presenting a series of extraordinary shows. Duke Ellington,famous bandleader,is holding forth at The Lafayette this week...

              Clarence Robinson has built a snappy revue around Duke Ellington and his band. It is called the "Pepper-pot Revue" and included in the cast the following well known performers: Eddie Green,Ted Blackman,Celeste Coles, John LaRue,Cora LaRed,Henry Wessels and Mildred Dixon. The photoplay feature is..."

              New York Age, 1930-05-10, p6.
              Vail I .2011
              updated
              2012-09-11
              1930 05 03
              Saturday
              technically
              1930 05 04
              Sunday
              New York, N.Y.Danny Small's club
              145th St.
              Breakfast party:
              '
              Duke Entertained

                Danny Small, who recently opened his uptown club on 145th street, entertained Duke Ellington and his orchestra last Satuday with a breakfast party, following the midnight show at the Lafayette Theatre, New York.
                Among the guests were:
                Mrs. George Dewey Washington, Mrs. Danny Small, Angelina Rivera, Santita Rivera, Clarence Robinson, Hyacinth Curtis, Sonny Greer, Millie Cooke, Mildred Dixon, Leonard Ruffin, Bobby Sawyer, Fay Casselle, June Reed, Lydia Bourke, Alice Davis, Paul Bass, Ernest Durham, Davis Peterson, Fred Jenkins, Columbus Williams, James Fields, Arthur Bryson, Ollie Johnson, Lil' Brown, Edna Ellington, Gladys Cross, James Monroe, Dolly Conway, Frank Hughes, Walter Mae Carlton, Erma Miles, Elizabeth Waters, Jerome Rhea and others.'
              Webmaster comment:
                The presence of both Edna and Mildred is notable. Edna and Duke were already living apart, and Mildred, a cast member from the Cotton Club, may only recently have begun living with Duke - she wasn't listed in the census for his household, enumerated April 17.

              The article was published in the May 17 edition of BAA, but it would have hit the street earlier in the week. Ellington began at the Lafayette Saturday 1930 05 03 and ended Friday 1930 05 09.
              Baltimore Afro-American, 1930-05-17 p.9..
              .djpNew
              added 2015-07-04
              1930 05 03
              Saturday
              .New York, N.Y.Cotton Club
              644 Lenox Ave.
              Harlem
              Nightclub residency

              "Blackberries of 1930" revue-see 1930 03 02
              ...
              ..2011
              1930 05 04
              Sunday
              New York, N.Y.Lafayette TheatrePepper Pot Revue - see 1930 05 03...
              ..2011
              1930 05 04
              Sunday
              .New York, N.Y.Cotton Club
              644 Lenox Ave.
              Harlem
              Nightclub residency

              "Blackberries of 1930" revue-see 1930 03 02
              ...
              ..2011
              1930 05 05
              Monday
              New York, N.Y.Lafayette TheatrePepper Pot Revue - see 1930 05 03...
              ..2011
              1930 05 05
              Monday
              .New York, N.Y.Cotton Club
              644 Lenox Ave.
              Harlem
              Nightclub residency

              "Blackberries of 1930" revue-see 1930 03 02
              ...
              ..2011
              1930 05 06
              Tuesday
              New York, N.Y.Lafayette TheatrePepper Pot Revue - see 1930 05 03...
              ..2011
              1930 05 06
              Tuesday
              .New York, N.Y.Cotton Club
              644 Lenox Ave.
              Harlem
              Nightclub residency

              "Blackberries of 1930" revue-see 1930 03 02
              ...
              ..2011
              1930 05 07
              Wednesday
              New York, N.Y.Lafayette TheatrePepper Pot Revue - see 1930 05 03...
              ..2011
              1930 05 07
              Wednesday
              .New York, N.Y.Cotton Club
              644 Lenox Ave.
              Harlem
              Nightclub residency

              "Blackberries of 1930" revue-see 1930 03 02
              ...
              ..2011
              1930 05 08
              Thursday
              New York, N.Y.Lafayette TheatrePepper Pot Revue - see 1930 05 03...
              ..2011
              1930 05 08
              Thursday
              .New York, N.Y.Cotton Club
              644 Lenox Ave.
              Harlem
              Nightclub residency

              "Blackberries of 1930" revue-see 1930 03 02
              ...
              ..2011
              1930 05 09
              Friday
              New York, N.Y.Lafayette TheatrePepper Pot Revue - see 1930 05 03...
              ..2011
              1930 05 09
              Friday
              .New York, N.Y.Cotton Club
              644 Lenox Ave.
              Harlem
              Nightclub residency

              "Blackberries of 1930" revue-see 1930 03 02
              ...
              ..2011
              1930 05 10
              Saturday
              .New York, N.Y.Cotton Club
              644 Lenox Ave.
              Harlem
              Nightclub residency

              "Blackberries of 1930" revue-see 1930 03 02
              ...
              ..2011
              1930 05 11
              Sunday
              .New York, N.Y.Cotton Club
              644 Lenox Ave.
              Harlem
              Nightclub residency

              "Blackberries of 1930" revue-see 1930 03 02
              ...
              ..2011
              1930 05 12
              Monday
              .New York, N.Y.Cotton Club
              644 Lenox Ave.
              Harlem
              Nightclub residency

              "Blackberries of 1930" revue-see 1930 03 02
              ...
              ..2011
              1930 05 13
              Tuesday
              .New York, N.Y.Cotton Club
              644 Lenox Ave.
              Harlem
              Nightclub residency

              "Blackberries of 1930" revue-see 1930 03 02
              This seems likely to be a night off from the Cotton Club given the appearance at Star Dancing.
              ...
              ..2011
              updated
              2019-01-07
              1930 05 13
              Tuesday
              .New York, N.Y.Star Dancing
              110 West 42nd St.
              Dancing, Duke Ellington and His Original Cotton Club OrchestraDaily News, New York, N.Y. and Sunday News, New York, N.Y.
              • 1930-05-07 p.34
              • 1930-05-08 p.36
              • 1930-05-09 p.52
              • 1930-05-10 p.24
              • 1930-05-11 p.58
              • 1930-05-13 p.30
              • 1930-05-07 p.34
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              added
              2019-01-06
              1930 05 14
              Wednesday
              .New York, N.Y.Savoy Ballroom"Battle of music"
              Six bands played: Ellington, Fletcher Henderson (whose band won), Lockwood Lewis (The Missourians), Cab Calloway (The Alabamians), Chick Webb and Cecil Scott.
              • Stratemann p.26 citing Baltimore Afro-American 1930-06-07
              • Pittsburgh Courier 1930-05-10
              ..
              ..2011
              updated
              2014-01-30
              1930 05 14
              Wednesday
              .New York, N.Y.Cotton Club
              644 Lenox Ave.
              Harlem
              Nightclub residency

              "Blackberries of 1930" revue-see 1930 03 02
              ...
              ..2011
              1930 05 15
              Thursday
              .New York, N.Y.Cotton Club
              644 Lenox Ave.
              Harlem
              Nightclub residency

              "Blackberries of 1930" revue-see 1930 03 02
              ...
              ..2011
              1930 05 16
              Friday
              1930 05 29
              Thursday
              New York, N.Y.Palace Theatre
              Broadway at 47 St.
              Times Square
              Vaudeville
              35 minute stage show
              (doubling Cotton Club)

              One week booking extended to two weeks.

              • Stratemann, p.26 citing
                • Variety 1930-05-21p35
                • The Billboard 1930-05-24 p.16
              • A.H.Lawrence, Duke Ellington
              • S. Lasker, The Duke Ellington Centennial Edition, RCA Victor CD box set 09026-63386-2, p.28
              • Daily News, New York, N.Y.
                1930-05-28 p.37
              ..
              .djp2011
              updated
              2012-09-11
              2015-01-01
              2016-11-11
              2019-04-27
              1930 05 16
              Friday
              .New York, N.Y.Cotton Club
              644 Lenox Ave.
              Harlem
              Nightclub residency

              "Blackberries of 1930" revue-see 1930 03 02
              ...
              ..2011
              1930 05 17
              Saturday
              .New York, N.Y.Palace Theatre35 minute stage show
              - see 1930 05 16
              ...
              .djp2011
              1930 05 17
              Saturday
              .New York, N.Y.Cotton Club
              644 Lenox Ave.
              Harlem
              Nightclub residency

              "Blackberries of 1930" revue-see 1930 03 02
              ...
              ..2011
              1930 05 18
              Sunday
              .New York, N.Y.Palace Theatre35 minute stage show
              - see 1930 05 16
              ...
              .djp2011
              1930 05 18
              Sunday
              .New York, N.Y.Cotton Club
              644 Lenox Ave.
              Harlem
              Nightclub residency

              "Blackberries of 1930" revue-see 1930 03 02
              ...
              ..2011
              1930 05 19
              Monday
              .New York, N.Y.Palace Theatre35 minute stage show
              - see 1930 05 16
              ...
              .djp2011
              1930 05 19
              Monday
              .New York, N.Y.Cotton Club
              644 Lenox Ave.
              Harlem
              Nightclub residency

              "Blackberries of 1930" revue-see 1930 03 02
              ...
              ..2011
              1930 05 20
              Tuesday
              .New York, N.Y.Palace Theatre35 minute stage show
              - see 1930 05 16
              ...
              .djp2011
              1930 05 20
              Tuesday
              .New York, N.Y.Cotton Club
              644 Lenox Ave.
              Harlem
              Nightclub residency

              "Blackberries of 1930" revue-see 1930 03 02
              ...
              ..2011
              1930 05 21
              Wednesday
              .New York, N.Y.Palace Theatre35 minute stage show
              - see 1930 05 16
              ...
              .djp2011
              1930 05 21
              Wednesday
              .New York, N.Y.Cotton Club
              644 Lenox Ave.
              Harlem
              Nightclub residency

              "Blackberries of 1930" revue-see 1930 03 02
              ...
              ..2011
              1930 05 22
              Thursday
              .New York, N.Y.Palace Theatre35 minute stage show
              - see 1930 05 16
              ...
              .djp2011
              1930 05 22
              Thursday
              .New York, N.Y.Cotton Club
              644 Lenox Ave.
              Harlem
              Nightclub residency

              "Blackberries of 1930" revue-see 1930 03 02
              ...
              ..2011
              1930 05 23
              Friday
              .New York, N.Y.Palace Theatre35 minute stage show
              - see 1930 05 16
              ...
              .djp2011
              1930 05 23
              Friday
              .New York, N.Y.Cotton Club
              644 Lenox Ave.
              Harlem
              Nightclub residency

              "Blackberries of 1930" revue-see 1930 03 02
              ...
              ..2011
              1930 05 24
              Saturday
              .New York, N.Y.Palace Theatre35 minute stage show
              - see 1930 05 16
              ...
              .djp2011
              1930 05 24
              Saturday
              .New York, N.Y.Cotton Club
              644 Lenox Ave.
              Harlem
              Nightclub residency

              "Blackberries of 1930" revue-see 1930 03 02
              ...
              ..2011
              1930 05 25
              Sunday
              .New York, N.Y.Palace Theatre35 minute stage show
              - see 1930 05 16
              ...
              .djp2011
              1930 05 25
              Sunday
              .New York, N.Y.Cotton Club
              644 Lenox Ave.
              Harlem
              Nightclub residency

              "Blackberries of 1930" revue-see 1930 03 02
              ...
              ..2011
              1930 05 26
              Monday
              .New York, N.Y.Palace Theatre35 minute stage show
              - see 1930 05 16
              ...
              .djp2011
              1930 05 26
              Monday
              .New York, N.Y.Cotton Club
              644 Lenox Ave.
              Harlem
              Nightclub residency

              "Blackberries of 1930" revue-see 1930 03 02
              ...
              ..2011
              1930 05 27
              Tuesday
              .New York, N.Y.Palace Theatre35 minute stage show
              - see 1930 05 16
              ...
              .djp2011
              1930 05 27
              Tuesday
              .New York, N.Y.Cotton Club
              644 Lenox Ave.
              Harlem
              Nightclub residency

              "Blackberries of 1930" revue-see 1930 03 02
              ...
              ..2011
              1930 05 28
              Wednesday
              .New York, N.Y.Palace Theatre35 minute stage show
              - see 1930 05 16
              ...
              .djp2011
              1930 05 28
              Wednesday
              .New York, N.Y.Cotton Club
              644 Lenox Ave.
              Harlem
              Nightclub residency

              "Blackberries of 1930" revue-see 1930 03 02
              ...
              ..2011
              1930 05 29
              Thursday
              .New York, N.Y.Palace Theatre35 minute stage show
              - see 1930 05 16
              ...
              .djp2011
              1930 05 29
              Thursday
              .New York, N.Y.Cotton Club
              644 Lenox Ave.
              Harlem
              Nightclub residency

              "Blackberries of 1930" revue-see 1930 03 02
              ...
              ..2011
              1930 05 30
              Friday
              .New York, N.Y.Cotton Club
              644 Lenox Ave.
              Harlem
              Nightclub residency

              "Blackberries of 1930" revue-see 1930 03 02
              ...
              ..2011
              1930 05 31
              Saturday
              .New York, N.Y.Cotton Club
              644 Lenox Ave.
              Harlem
              Nightclub residency

              "Blackberries of 1930" revue-see 1930 03 02
              ...
              ..2011

              June 1930

              1930 06 01
              Sunday
              .New York, N.Y.Cotton Club
              644 Lenox Ave.
              Harlem
              Nightclub residency

              "Blackberries of 1930" revue-see 1930 03 02
              ...
              ..2011
              1930 06 02
              Monday
              .New York, N.Y.Cotton Club
              644 Lenox Ave.
              Harlem
              Nightclub residency

              "Blackberries of 1930" revue-see 1930 03 02
              ...
              ..2011
              1930 06 03
              Tuesday
              .New York, N.Y.Cotton Club
              644 Lenox Ave.
              Harlem
              Nightclub residency

              "Blackberries of 1930" revue-see 1930 03 02
              ...
              ..2011
              1930 06 04
              Wednesday
              .New York, N.Y.46th Street Studio
              16 W.46th St.
              RCA Victor recording session
              10:30–16:30
              Duke Ellington and His Cotton Club Orchestra
              Whetsel, C.Williams, Jenkins, Nanton, Tizol, Bigard, Hodges, Carney, Ellington, Guy, Braud, Greer

              Titles recorded:
              • Sweet Dreams Of Love (alternate title Sweet Dreams of Mine )
              • Jungle Nights In Harlem
              • Sweet Jazz O' Mine
              • Shout 'Em Aunt Tillie
              New Desor
              DE3008
              DEMS
              ..2011
              updated
              2014-01-30
              2014-12-04
              1930 06 04
              Wednesday
              .New York, N.Y.Cotton Club
              644 Lenox Ave.
              Harlem
              Nightclub residency

              "Blackberries of 1930" revue-see 1930 03 02
              ...
              ..2011
              1930 06 05
              Thursday
              .New York, N.Y.Cotton Club
              644 Lenox Ave.
              Harlem
              Nightclub residency

              "Blackberries of 1930" revue-see 1930 03 02
              ...
              ..2011
              1930 06 06
              Friday
              .New York, N.Y.Cotton Club
              644 Lenox Ave.
              Harlem
              Nightclub residency

              "Blackberries of 1930" revue-see 1930 03 02
              ...
              ..2011
              1930 06 07
              Saturday
              .New York, N.Y.Cotton Club
              644 Lenox Ave.
              Harlem
              Nightclub residency

              "Blackberries of 1930" revue-see 1930 03 02
              ...
              ..2011
              1930 06 08
              Sunday
              .New York, N.Y.Cotton Club
              644 Lenox Ave.
              Harlem
              Nightclub residency

              "Blackberries of 1930" revue-see 1930 03 02
              ...
              ..2011
              1930 06 09
              Monday
              .New York, N.Y.Cotton Club
              644 Lenox Ave.
              Harlem
              Nightclub residency

              "Blackberries of 1930" revue-see 1930 03 02
              ...
              ..2011
              1930 06 10
              Tuesday
              .New York, N.Y.Cotton Club
              644 Lenox Ave.
              Harlem
              Nightclub residency

              "Blackberries of 1930" revue-see 1930 03 02
              ...
              ..2011
              1930 06 11
              Wednesday
              .New York, N.Y.Cotton Club
              644 Lenox Ave.
              Harlem
              Nightclub residency

              "Blackberries of 1930" revue-see 1930 03 02
              ...
              ..2011
              1930 06 12
              Thursday
              .New York, N.Y.Columbia Records Studios
              1819 Broadway
              Diva/Velvet Tone recording session
              Mills Ten Blackberries
              Whetsel, C.Williams, Jenkins, Nanton, Bigard, Hodges, Carney, Ellington, Guy, Braud, Greer

              Titles recorded:
              • Sweet Mama
              • Hot And Bothered
              • Double Check Stomp
              • Black and Tan Fantasy
              New Desor
              DE3009
              DEMS
              ..2011
              updated
              2014-01-30
              2014-08-23
              2014-08-25
              1930 06 12
              Thursday
              .New York, N.Y.Cotton Club
              644 Lenox Ave.
              Harlem
              Nightclub residency

              "Blackberries of 1930" revue-see 1930 03 02

              This may have been the end of the spring session at the Cotton Club, although it's possible Cab Calloway and his orchestra took over the engagement. In his biography, In a story datelined New York, June 13, The Chicago Defender said the Duke is a feature at the Cotton Club, and said Duke Ellington and his orchestra...will begin a tour of the United States on June 14.
              Steven Lasker, A Cotton Club Miscellany, citing Chicago Defender national edition, 1930-06-28..
              ..2011
              updated
              2014-01-01
              1930 06 13
              Friday
              ...activities not documented...
              ...
              1930 06 14
              Saturday
              ...activities not documented

              The Chicago Defender announced this was the beginning of Ellington's U.S. tour (see 1930 06 12 above).
              Much has been written about the Ellington orchestra's travel by train. Here is how Freddie Jenkins described it:

              ' - the Ellington organization was spending about 100,000 dollars a year for transportation, and we always had the best accomodations. We had either two or three sleeping cars, depending on how big a show the Duke was carrying at the time, and a baggage car, and they would switch us from line to line for our itinerary. We never had to get out of our cars unless we wanted to. If there was no diner on the train, we had our own kitchen set up in the baggage car, and our porters would serve us. Some of the guys in the band were real good cooks, and they'd fix us soul food - you know, pigs feet, red beans, rice, greens, and so on. And, of course, there was always hot coffee all day long. So, even in the towns where we were booked, if our cars had to be set on a siding pretty far out from the town, we could either get taxis to a restaurant, or eat in style in our cars. And, believe me, our porters were good waiters too.'

              Jenkins interviewed by Roger Ringo: Reminiscing in tempo with Freddie Jenkins, Storyville Magazine #46, April/May 1973 (Storyville No. 46), pp.124-133...
              .djpadded
              2015-11-25
              1930 06 15
              Sunday
              ...activities not documented...
              ...
              1930 06 16
              Monday
              .Baltimore, Md.Wonderland Amusement Park.Stratemann p.26 citing Baltimore Afro-American
              • 1930-05-31
              • 1930-06-14
              ..
              ..2011
              updated
              2014-01-30
              1930 06 17
              Tuesday
              ...activities not documented...
              ...
              1930 06 18
              Wednesday
              .Berwick, Penn.West Side Park"Dancing 9 to 1."
              Ladies 75¢ Gentlemen $1.25
              • Shamokin-News Dispatch, Shamokin, Penn.
                1930-06-17 p.7,
                courtesy K.Steiner
              • The Plain Speaker, Hazleton, Penn.
                1930-06-17 p.16
              ..
              .ksNew
              2015-02-28
              updated
              2019-04-26
              2019-04-27
              1930 06 19
              Thursday
              .Ryan Township
              Schuylkill County, Penn.
              Lakewood Park"Thursday Dance."
              Ladies, 75¢, Gents $1.00

              Mauch Chunk Times-News:

              'Ellington Scores        
                      Hit At Lakewood

                The verve of Goldkette, the dash of Whiteman and the popularity of the two with Lakewood dancers merged last night when they heard Duke Ellington's superb dance music at the popular lakeside resort, and now the colored band led by Ellington leads the list of favorites.
                Crowds, of the type which dismayed Lindbergh on his landing in Paris, flocked to the dance and kept on arriving until late in the evening. It was one of the most enjoyable occasions sponsored by Lakewood management and its recollection will be the measurement of the success of future affairs.'

              Pottsville, Pa., Evening Republican:

              'MANY ATTENDED THE      
                                DANCE AT LAKEWOOD
                One of the largest crowds ever assembled at Lakewood, gathered on Thursday eveningto hear Duke Ellington and his colored orchestra.
                Among those present were: Misses Loretta Pepper, Susan Bast, Gertrude Dreshman, Grace Higgins, Ruth Eberle, Mary Ryon, Gertrude Dropkin, Rose Autokolitz, Gertrude Seitzluger, Elsie Osman, Marion Whitehouse, Marion Underwood, Marcella Sovelin, of St. Clair.
                Thomas O'Reilley, David Atkins, Frederick Hoefel, Frederick Sallada, John Gaughan, George Dimmerling, William Thomas, Edward Cantwell, Philip McCord, Elmer Williams, Carl Marty, Robert Deckert, Ray Serfass, George Bright, George Boone, Clarence Whitehouse, Frederick Yuengling, Jay Knell, Charles Ramsey, Charles Gould, Joseph Duffy, Robert Hopkins, Norman Dropkin, Henry Dirschedl, Frederick Lewis, Thomas Grady, Harry Reed, Joseph Lagus, David Frie, Leslie Seaman and Benjamin Leonard.'

              • Mt. Carmel Index, Mount Carmel, Penn.
                • 1930-06-19, p.10, courtesy K.Steiner
              • Times-News, Mauch Chunk, Penn.
                • 1930-05-28 p.8
                • 1930-05-29 p.6
                • 1930-06-05 pp.1, 3
                • 1930-06-07 p.6
                • 1930-06-11 pp.1, 6
                • 1930-06-12 p.6
                • 1930-06-14 p.6
                • 1930-06-18 p.6
                • 1930-06-20 p.1
              • The Plain Speaker, Hazleton, Penn.
                • 1930-06-07 p.12
                • 1930-06-07 p.14
                • 1930-06-14 p.14
              • Evening Herald, Shenandoah, Penn.
                • 1930-06-07 p.8
                • 1930-06-11 p.10
                • 1930-06-19 p.12
              • Shamokin Dispatch, Shamokin, Penn.
                • 1930-06-05 p.3
                • 1930-06-07 p.8
                • 1930-06-11 p.8
                • 1930-06-14 p.8
                • 1930-06-18 p.5
              • Pottsville, Pa., Evening Republican, Pottsville, Penn.
                • 1930-06-07 p.14
                • 1930-06-08 p.10
                • 1930-06-11 p.16
                • 1930-06-12 p.1
                • 1930-06-14 p.15
                • 1930-06-18 p.12
                • 1930-06-19 p.7
                • 1930-06-20 p.13
              • Times-Leader, Wilkes-Barre, Penn.
                • 1930-06-07 p.10
              • Lakeview Park Postcard
              ..
              .K.Steiner Dec 2012New
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              2012-01-12
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              1930 06 20
              Friday
              ...activities not documented...
              ...
              1930 06 21
              Saturday
              .West Lampeter Township
              near
              Lancaster, Penn.
              Rocky Springs Park

              'Dance Saturday Nite
              June 21st
              Rocky Springs Park
              Lancaster, Pa.
              Duke Ellington
              in Person, and His
              Cotton Club Orchestra
              Only appearance in this section.
              Music Starts at 8 o'clock
              Admission $1.00'


              The Evening News:

              '  When Duke Ellington and his orchestra appear in Rocky Springs Park on Saturday night, June 21, everyone will have the first opportunity to see and hear in persons [sic] the famous orchestra that everyobody has been waiting so long for. The management of Rocky Springs Park has gone to great trouble and expense to bring this orchestra here and it will be their only appearance this season. Everyone has heard them over WABC and the Columbia network for the past three years. The demand for this great orchestra was so great that engagements in Hollywood and Paris have been put off in order that they might go on a short tour.
                If there is any way of getting anything more in in twenty-four hours Duke Ellington wants to know the formula. With playing every night until 3 in the morning at the Cotton Club, then getting up in time to play vaudeville or record and make additional appearances, then with a little sleep and time out to eat, the only time he has left is spent going from one place to another in cabs.'

              • Reading Eagle, Reading, Penn.
                • 1930-06-15, p.2
                  courtesy K.Steiner
              • The Evening News, Harrisburg, Penn.
                • 1930-06-19 p.18
                • 1930-06-20 p.18
              ..
              .K.Steiner Dec 2012New
              added
              2012-01-12
              updated
              2019-04-27
              1930 06 22
              Sunday
              ...activities not documented...
              ...
              1930 06 23
              Monday
              1930 06 29Philadelphia, Penn.Pearl Theatre.Stratemann, p.26 citing Chicago Defender 1930-06-28..
              ..2011
              updated
              2014-01-01
              1930 06 24
              Tuesday
              ...Date of an agreement between Duke Ellington, Inc. and RKO Productions, Inc. contracting Duke Ellington and his Cotton Club Orchestra to appear in RKO's film Check and Double Check.

              The contract provided:

              'the Producer agrees to pay the expenses of the members of the Orchestra in connection with their transportation by first class passage, including Pullman accommodations, from Cincinnati, Ohio, to Los Angeles, California ... the term of employment hereunder shall commence on August 4, 1930 and continue on consecutive days until August 31, 1930. Ellington agrees that the Director and the orchestra shall be present at the studio of the Producer in Los Angeles, California, and ready and able to proceed to render their services in connection with the production of the motion picture on the morning of August 4, 1930.'

              (The band is not known to have played in Cincinnati in 1930, but the band was touring the midwest in the later part of July, so Cincinnati may just have been a convenient railroad hub.)
              Email, Steven Lasker 2014-08-19 quoting the contract in RKO's files...
              .slNew
              added 2014-08-25
              1930 06 24
              Tuesday
              Philadelphia, Penn.Pearl TheatreStage show - see 1930 06 23...
              ..2011
              1930 06 25
              Wednesday
              Philadelphia, Penn.Pearl TheatreStage show - see 1930 06 23...
              ..2011
              1930 06 26
              Thursday
              Philadelphia, Penn.Pearl TheatreStage show - see 1930 06 23...
              ..2011
              1930 06 27
              Friday
              Philadelphia, Penn.Pearl TheatreStage show - see 1930 06 23...
              ..2011
              1930 06 28
              Saturday
              Philadelphia, Penn.Pearl TheatreStage show - see 1930 06 23...
              ..2011
              1930 06 29
              Sunday
              Philadelphia, Penn.Pearl TheatreStage show - see 1930 06 23..
              ..2011
              1930 06 30
              Monday
              .Waltham, Mass.Nuttings-On-The-Charles
              (a.k.a Nuttings Dance Hall)
              Prospect St. at the Charles River
              ....
              ..Added
              2011

              July 1930

              1930 07 01
              Tuesday
              .Old Orchard Beach, MainePier Casino"Dance O'er the Waves."
              It seems likely this summer dance one-nighter was at the Pier Casino - see 1926 08 12.
              ad, Portland Press Herald, 1930-07-01, p4..
              .K.Steiner Dec 2012New
              added 2012-01-12
              1930 07 02
              Wednesday
              ...activities not documented...
              ...
              1930 07 03
              Thursday
              .Buzzard's Bay, Mass.Bournehurst on the Canal(corrected date, previously reported as July 2)ad, Boston Post, 3Jul30, p18.DEMS
              .Ken Steiner2011
              updated
              2012-09-17
              1930 07 04
              Friday
              ...activities not documented...
              ...
              1930 07 05
              Saturday
              .Boston, Mass.Moseley's.ad, Boston Post, 5Jul30, p4.DEMS
              .Ken Steiner2011
              updated
              2012-09-17
              1930 07 06
              Sunday
              .Boston, Mass.Metropolitan TheaterVaudeville show - the trade paper reported house capacity of 4,350, gross for the week $28,000 but this is for 7 days, and Ellington was not there the whole week. The film was Man from Wyoming and the other attractions were Duke Ellington and his Cotton Club Orchestra, revue, comedy, lounge dancing, Paramount news. Admission was 25 cents and 60 cents all days.
              • Stratemann p.26
              • Motion Picture News, 1930-07-19, p.37
              ..
              ..2011
              updated
              2014-04-23
              1930 07 07
              Monday
              .Asbury Park, N.J.Tusting's, The Music Store
              609 Mattison Ave.
              The band was advertised to appear at Tusting's record store at 4 p.m.

              The event was originally advertised for the previous Saturday afternoon, but rescheduled.
              Asbury Park Evening Press, Asbury Park, N.J.
              • 1930-07-03, pp.1,3
              • 1930-07-05, pp.1,4,11 (courtesy K. Steiner)
              • 1930-07-07, pp.1,4
              .DEMS
              .KS,DJPNew
              added
              2016-03-02
              1930 07 07
              Monday
              .Asbury Park, N.J.Roseland Ballroom and Plantation Garden
              Springwood & Atkins Ave.
              Poster:
              The Duke Steps Out!
              FOR THE FIRST TIME IN FIVE YEARS
              Reese DuPree Presents
              DUKE ELLINGTON
              and his
              Original Cotton Club Orchestra
              Monday Roseland
              Evening Ballroom
              7th AND
              JULY Plantation Garden
              Springwood & Atkins Ave.
              Dancing 9:30 Until

              Entree - - - - $1.00
              Duke Ellington and his Original Cotton Club Orchestra will positively appear or your Money refunded
              NO STUFF -- NO BLUFF -- NUFF SED
              • Poster in DESB, courtesy Ken Steiner
              • Two small identical paid announcements, Asbury Park Evening Press, Asbury Park, N.J. 1930-07-07, p.1
              ..
              .KSNew
              added
              2015-07-01
              updated
              2016-03-02
              1930 07 08
              Tuesday
              ...activities not documented...
              ...
              1930 07 09
              Wednesday
              .Johnson City, N.Y.CFJ Dance Pavilion(Unconfirmed)

              The week of July 6 is slated to be a big one at the C.F.J.dance pavilion in Johnson City, with Duke Ellington and his New York Cotton Club orchestra and Ted Weems both scheduled to appear there during that week. Ellington and his radio negro band come on July 9 and Weems plays the pavilion on July 11.

              Binghamton Press, 1930-06-18.
              Vail37djp, Steiner2011
              updated
              2012-09-03
              1930 07 10
              Thursday
              .Dallas, Penn.Fern Brook Park
              or
              Fernbrook Park

              'ELLINGSTON'S [sic] BAND COMES TO FERNBROOK
              Colored Orchestra To Play At Local Amusement Center
              TO ASSIST IN TALKIE

              The big sensation of the present dance season is in the announcement that tomorrow night Duke Ellington and his famous Cotton Club Orchestra will play for dancing at Fernbrook Park... Critics herald them as the best colored band in the country and Fernbrook patrons are indeed fortunate in being able to see and hear them as this will be their last appearance in the coal regions this year as they are on their way to Hollywood to make the first "Andy and Amos" [sic] talkie. ... '

              The announcement does not give the location of Fernbrook Park, but it appears to be 9 miles from Wilkes-Barre, in Dallas, Penn. Mr. Steiner:

              'I checked in Variety and the location of Fernbrook Park is usually given for Dallas, PA.'

              The name of the venue is spelled both as "Fern Brook Park" and "Fernbrook Park" in the Ellington ads and announcements. Ads say dancing until 1 a.m., with admission $1.25 for gentlemen and 75¢ for ladies.
              • The Plain Speaker, Hazleton, Penn.
                • 1930-07-08 p.16
                • 1930-07-09 p.14
              • The Evening News, Wilkes-Barre, Penn.
                • 1930-07-09 p.4, courtesy K.Steiner
                • 1930-07-10 pp.8, 15
              • Standard-Sentinel, Hazleton, Penn.
                • 1930-07-09 p.16
                • 1930-07-10 p.14
              • The Wilkes-Barre Record, Wilkes-Barre, Penn.
                • 1930-07-09 p.23
              • Times-Leader, Wilkes-Barre, Penn.
                • 1930-07-10 p.28
              ..
              .ks/djpNew
              added
              2016-06-17
              updated
              2019-01-07
              1930 07 11
              Friday
              .Pittsburgh, Penn.Pythian Temple(likely in the Savoy Ballroom)...
              ..Added
              2011
              1930 07 12
              Saturday
              .Columbus, Ohio.Valley Dale Ballroom"Dancing 9 to 2," with local broadcast over WCAH 10:00 to 10:30 pm.ad, radio listing, Columbus Dispatch, 12Jul30, pp12, 13..
              .K.Steiner Dec 2012New
              added 2012-01-12
              1930 07 13
              Sunday
              ...activities not documented...
              ...
              1930 07 14
              Monday
              .Lexington, Ky.Angliania Warehouse

              '"Duke Ellington, Columbia Broadcasting band, first time out of New York, at Angliana warehouse Monday night, July 14. Admission, $1.00."'

              Email, K.Steiner-Palmquist 2015-02-28 citing ad, Lexington Herald, 13Jul30 1930-07-13..
              ..New
              Added
              .
              1930 07 15
              Tuesday
              ...activities not documented...
              ...
              1930 07 16
              Wednesday
              .Cleveland, OhioMasonic Temple,
              Euclid St.
              "'Big Chief' Turpin engaged Duke Ellington and his Cotton Club-Connie Inn Jungle Band for a nite's engagement here, July 16, at the Masonic Temple on Euclid Avenue."

              "Wednesday night when Duke Ellington played at the Masonic Temple on Euclid Street, he was greeted by a packed house."
              • Thelma Louise, "Cleveland Squibs," Baltimore Afro-American, 1930-07-26, p.18
              • Baltimore Afro-American 1930-07-19 p.9
              .DEMS
              • 12/1-20
              ..Steiner email 20130707New
              added 2012-08-19
              1930 07 17
              Thursday
              .Lakeside, Mich.Luna Pier"Dancing 9 to 1."

              "Duke Ellington and his Cotton Club orchestra, direct from New York's Harlem, will be the single night attraction at Luna Pier, Lakeside, Mich. Thursday. Ellington is on his way to Hollywood to make a talking picture and will stop off at the Pier en route. This is the first time in five years that he has been outside New York City..."

              (Note Toledo is about 180 miles due east of Lakeside.)
              Toledo (Oh.) News-Bee,
              • ad, 1930-07-16,p.4
              • plug, 1930-07-17,p.8


              (I could not locate the ad referred to in DEMS 12/1)
              .DEMS
              • 12/1-20
              .K.Steiner Dec 2012New
              added 2012-09-03,
              Updated 2013-06-15
              1930 07 18
              Friday
              1930 07 24
              Thursday
              Detroit, MichGraystone BallroomDetroit daily newspapers contained little coverage of popular music and no ads for the Graystone, but radio listings in the Detroit News confirm nightly broadcasts at midnight or 12:30 am. "Duke Ellington and his Cotton Club Orchestra will be heard from WJR, Detroit, at 12:30 a.m., on the regular Graystone program."

              Marian E. Fields, in a column headed Detroit, Mich.:
              ...For the Duke Ellington dance, Miss Ethel Duffy, also Mr. Wilbur Brassfield of Toledo, O., were in town. They visited at the Lightfoot residence on Scotten avenue...
              • Robert S. Stephan, "Duke Ellington," Cleveland Plain Dealer, 1930-07-18, p16
              • Pittsburgh Courier, 1930-08-02,p.8,s.2
              • Detroit Free-Press, Detroit, Mich, 1930-08-20
                courtesy K.Steiner
              ..
              .K.Steiner Dec 2012New
              added 2012-01-12

              updated 2014-02-02
              2016-03-25
              1930 07 19
              Saturday
              .Detroit, Mich.Graystone BallroomDance - see 1930 07 18...
              ..New
              added 2012-01-12
              1930 07 20
              Sunday
              .Detroit, Mich.Graystone BallroomDance - see 1930 07 18

              Midnight one-hour broadcast on WJR.
              Detroit Free-Press, Detroit, Mich, 1930-08-20
              courtesy K.Steiner
              ..
              .djpNew
              added 2012-01-12
              updated
              2016-03-25
              1930 07 21
              Monday
              .Detroit, Mich.Graystone BallroomDance - see 1930 07 18

              Marian E. Fields, in a column headed Detroit, Mich.:

              "Duke" Ellington and his band from the Cotton Club in New York proved to be a great drawing card at the Graystone ballroom last Monday night. The crowd can be estimated at safely over 6000 persons, as every nook seemed to be crowded to capacity. The band really made good as everyone expressed favorable commendation. It's useless to begin to name so large an audience, however you may rest assured that all the gang were present.

              Pittsburgh Courier, 1930-08-02,p.8,s.2..
              ..2011
              updated
              2014-02-02
              1930 07 22
              Tuesday
              .Detroit, Mich.Graystone BallroomDance - see 1930 07 18...
              ..New
              added 2012-01-12
              1930 07 23
              Wednesday
              .Detroit, Mich.Graystone BallroomDance - see 1930 07 18...
              ..New
              added 2012-01-12
              1930 07 24
              Thursday
              .Detroit, Mich.Graystone BallroomDance - see 1930 07 18...
              ..New
              added 2012-01-12
              1930 07 24?
              Thursday
              .Lakeside, MichLuna PierPreview...
              .Agustěn Perez Gasco aug11Added
              2011
              1930 07 25
              Friday
              .Columbus, OhioMemorial Hall Dance.

              "[T]he famous jazz king entertains members of his own race."
              "Ellington Tickets Selling Well," Columbus Dispatch, 24Jul30, p18A..
              .K.Steiner Dec 2012New
              added 2012-01-12
              1930 07 26
              Saturday
              1930 07 27
              Sunday
              Chicago, Ill.Savoy Ballroom
              South Parkway at 47th St.

              '2 NITES ONLY 2
              Sat.-Sun Nites – JULY 26-27
              DUKE ELLINGTON
              Himself and His Band
              Direct From Cotton Club, New York City
              Dazzling Torrid Syncopators
              Stars Ziegfeld's "Show Girl"
              Columbia Broadcasting Artists on Their Way
              to Hollywood to Appear in Talking
              Pictures With "Amos An' Andy"
              Victor Recording Band
              First and Only Appearance in
              Chicago in Five Years

              SAVOY
              BALLROOM
              South Parkway at 47th St.
              DANCING STARTS 8 P.M. '

              .
              Chicago Defender, 1930-07-26 p.7..
              .djpAdded
              2011
              updated
              2015-07-04
              1930 07 27
              Sunday
              .Chicago, Ill.Savoy BallroomDancing - see 1930 07 26...
              ..2011
              1930 07 28
              Monday
              ...Telegram - Mills to Check and Double Check producer LeBaron:

              JULY 28, 1930

              WILLIAM LEBARON

              NUMBER OF MEN IN BAND TWELVE INCLUDING DUKE ELLINGTON
              INSTRUMENTATION ONE PIANO  THREE TRUMPETS  TWO TROMBONES  ONE BASS  ONE BANJO  ONE DRUM  THREE SAX DOUBLING ON CLARINETS STOP WILL MAKE ALL OUR OWN ORCHESTRATIONS SOON AS BAND ARRIVES AUGUST THIRD OR FOURTH  WILL ARRIVE LOS ANGELES THURSDAY EVENING STOPPING ROOSEVELT HOTEL.

              IRVING MILLS

              • Email, Steven Lasker 2014-08-19
              • Dr. Stratemann's research files
              ..
              .slNew
              added
              2014-08-25
              updated
              2014-09-23
              1930 07 28
              Monday
              .Kansas City, MoPaseo Hall"Battle of Bands" versus Geo. E. Leead, Kansas City Call, Home Ed., 1930-07-25, p.9..
              .K.Steiner Dec 2012New
              added 2012-01-12
              1930 07 29
              Tuesday
              .St. Louis, Mo.Stars' ParkDance held at this Negro National League baseball stadium
              "The musicians are on a barnstorming tour to Hollywood. St. Louis, Kansas City, and Omaha will hear the boys."
              • ad, St. Louis Argus, 1930-07-25 p.3
              • "Chicago Hears Duke Ellington," Chicago Defender, city ed., 1930-08-02, p.7
              .DEMS
              ..2011
              updated
              2013
              1930 07 30
              Wednesday
              .Omaha, Neb.City Auditorium."Duke Ellington to Give Concert," Omaha Bee-News, 1930-07-29, p. 12..
              .K.Steiner Dec 2012New
              added 2012-01-12
              1930 07 31
              Thursday
              Evening
              .Los Angeles, Cal..Irving Mills arrived by train.
              The band was probably still in transit.
              Telegram, Mills-LeBaron, 1930-07-28 (see above)..
              .djpNew
              added 2014-09-23.

              August 1930

              1930 08 001930 09 02 (est.)Los Angeles, Cal.RKO StudiosFilming Check and Double Check(1)

              The band was contracted to make the Amos 'n' Andy film Check and Double Check, working consecutive days from August 4 to 31.

              The Chicago Defender reported Ellington's fee was $5,000 plus expenses but the contract was for $27,500 payable in weekly instalments of $6,875 each Wednesday.
              Mark Cantor advises two versions of the film were made:(2)

              "to the best of my knowledge, nobody knew of this alternate take until Rick Correll ... decided to restore the film three or so years ago. UCLA called up the negatives at the LoC and two sets arrived. That is when it was discovered that they were two different films. ... The scripts and lines read are basically the same, the camera set-ups similar but sometimes slightly different. The Ellington segment is different both in terms of solos (Freddie Jenkins's is a bit weaker, Carney and Hodges stronger, I think), and the close-ups different. Hodges gets a dandy closeup during his solo....I believe this is the only case of a feature being made with a second parallel version produced at the same time; this is different from the foreign language films made during this period. [It is a] mystery why this was done."

              • Email Lasker-Palmquist
                • 2014-08-19
                • 2016-01-04
              • (1)Stratemann pp 29-43
              • Mark Cantor, emails Dec 2012
              New Desor
              DE3010
              DEMS
              Photos
              • Stratemann p.29
              • Duke Ellington, MIMM p.79
              • Vail 38
              djp2011
              updated
              2012-12-11
              2014-08-25
              2016-01-04
              1930 08 01
              Friday
              ...activities not documented
              This may be the day the band arrived in Los Angeles from Omaha but Mills' telegram to RKO on 1930-07-28(see above) indicates the band was to arrive August 3 or 4. At the time of writing, the date the group arrived in Los Angeles is not documented, nor is anything known about the band's activities between arriving in Los Angeles and the beginning of the contract.

              It would have taken two days to travel by train from Omaha to Los Angeles, but Serrano says The Ellington Orchestra spent some of July, all of August and some of September 1930 on [sic] the RKO studios in California filming Check and Double Check.

              The contract required Ellington and his orchestra to present themselves at the producer's studio the morning of August 4 and to work daily until August 30.
              • Email Lasker-Palmquist 2014-08-19
              • Stratemann p.34
              • Serrano, Caravan, p.129, with endnote on p.391 citing p.42 of the booklet for the LP album Giants of Jazz Duke Ellington
              ..
              .djp2011
              updated

              2014-02-01
              2014-08-25
              1930 08 02
              Saturday
              ...activities not documented
              Possibly on the train.
              ...
              ..2011
              1930 08 03
              Sunday
              .Los Angeles area, Cal..activities not documented
              This seems likely to have been when the band arrived in Los Angeles.
              ...
              ..2011
              1930 08 04
              Monday
              .Los Angeles area, Cal..In California to film Check and Double Check, but activities not documented...
              ..2011
              1930 08 05
              Tuesday
              .Los Angeles area, Cal..In California to film Check and Double Check, but activities not documented...
              ..2011
              1930 08 06
              Wednesday
              .Los Angeles area, Cal..In California to film Check and Double Check, but activities not documented...
              ..2011
              1930 08 07
              Thursday
              .Los Angeles area, Cal..In California to film Check and Double Check, but activities not documented...
              ..2011
              1930 08 08
              Friday
              ..."Osborne's Orchestra, Ellington's Band" Columbia network 30 minute broadcast
              This would have been made from a Columbia network studio in Los Angeles at 8:30 p.m. Pacific Daylight Savings Time, based on the radio logs in other time zones:
              • 9:30 p.m. in Omaha
              • 10:30 pm on WABC in Washington and New York - The Washington Post shows this as being on WABC, but the New York Times has "Gold Medal Fast Freight" at 10:30 p.m.
              The show may have been an hour long, or two half hour segments, with Ellington doing the second, since it is listed at 9 p.m. on KDYL in Ogden, Utah as Duke Ellington's Cotton Club Band. See also:
              • The Franklin, Penn. News Herald -Osborne's Orchestra at 11:30 and Ellington's Cotton Club Band at 12:00
              • The Bryan, Tex., Eagle - both bands listed at 9:30 but nothing at 10:00, next program 11:30
              • The Massillon, Ohio Independent, the Altoona, Penn. Tribune, the Harrisburg, Penn., Telegraph and Hagerstown, Md. Daily Mail similarly have both bands starting at 10:30 but nothing else until 11:30
              Numerous radio logs, including:
              • World-Herald, Omaha Neb. 1930-08-08,p.8
              • Washington Post 1930-08-08
              ..
              .djpNew
              added 2014-02-02
              updated 2014-08-25
              1930 08 09
              Saturday
              .Los Angeles area, Cal..In California to film Check and Double Check, but activities not documented...
              ..2011
              1930 08 10
              Sunday
              .Los Angeles area, Cal..In California to film Check and Double Check, but activities not documented...
              ..2011
              1930 08 11
              Monday
              .Los Angeles area, Cal..In California to film Check and Double Check, but activities not documented...
              ..2011
              1930 08 12
              Tuesday
              .Los Angeles area, Cal..In California to film Check and Double Check, but activities not documented...
              ..2011
              1930 08 13
              Wednesday
              .Los Angeles area, Cal..In California to film Check and Double Check, but activities not documented...
              ..2011
              1930 08 14
              Thursday
              .Hollywood, Cal.RKO's studiosFilming scenes from the film Check and Double Check,
              • Stratemann p. 34
              • Email Lasker-Palmquist 2014-08-19
              ..
              .sl2014-08-25
              1930 08 15
              Friday
              .Los Angeles area, Cal..In California to film Check and Double Check, but activities not documented...
              ..2011
              1930 08 16
              Saturday
              .Hollywood, Cal.RKO's studiosFilming scenes from the film Check and Double Check,
              • Stratemann p. 34
              • Email Lasker-Palmquist 2014-08-19
              ..
              .sl2014-08-25
              1930 08 17
              Sunday
              .Los Angeles area, Cal..In California to film Check and Double Check, but activities not documented...
              ..2011
              1930 08 18
              Monday
              .Los Angeles area, Cal..In California to film Check and Double Check, but activities not documented...
              ..2011
              1930 08 19
              Tuesday
              .Hollywood, Cal.RKO's studiosFilming scenes from the film Check and Double Check,
              • Stratemann p. 34
              • Email Lasker-Palmquist 2014-08-19
              ..
              .sl2014-08-25
              1930 08 20
              Wednesday
              2:00 -6:15
              Afternoon or early morning not determined
              .Los Angeles, Cal.RCA Victor Hollywood Studio
              1016 N.Sycamore Ave.
              RCA Victor recording session
              Duke Ellington and His Orchestra
              Whetsel, Jenkins, C.Williams, Nanton, Tizol, Bigard, Hodges, Carney, Ellington, Guy, Braud, Greer, Emmanuel Hall Quartet, Jimmy Miller,
              Titles recorded:
              • Ring Dem Bells
              • Old Man Blues
              • Three Little Words
              New Desor
              DE3011
              .
              .djp2011
              updated
              2014-01-30
              1930 08 21
              Thursday
              .Los Angeles, Cal.Cocoanut Grove
              Ambassador Hotel
              3400 Wilshire Blvd.
              S. Lasker quoting from The Hollywood Filmograph, 1930-08-30 p.6:

              'BROWSING AROUND WITH THE NIGHT HAWK

              Those popular funsters, Amos and Andy had a big inning at the [Ambassador Hotel's] Cocoanut Grove Thursday night, August 21, incidentally drawing about the largest crowd to this terrestrial paradise since the good old days of Ted Lewis. The vast cafe dansant was packed to the doors. It was a red letter night also for the renowned R-K-O Studio, many of whose officials were on hand to grace the occasion[...]
                 Gus Arnheim and his incomparable orchestra were at their best and the musical program was greatly enhanced by the convalescence of Harry Barris, who was on hand to tickle the throbbing bosoms of the fair sex with his inimitable take-off on "Just One More Chance"[...]
                 Amos and Andy initiated the festivities with comicalities over the radio during which the shooting of their first picture, "Check and Double Check," was hit upon with laughter-stirring comment. Then they introduced Bob Woolsey, Director Melville Brown and the writers of the film, Messrs. Kalmar and Ruby. From there on the Night Hawk glimpsed [partial list follows] Jack Oakie, Robert Montgomery, B.B.B., Lew Brice, Roscoe Arbuckle, Mack Sennett, Loretta Young, Mervyn LeRoy, Skeets Gallagher, Carl Laemmele, Carl Laemmele Jr. and Louise Brooks. Duke Ellington's famous dusky orchestra of the Ziegfeld Follies discoursed dandy jazz music for an hour and made a great hit.'

              The regular band at the Cocoanut Grove, led by Gus Arnheim, featured vocals by The Rhythm Boys, with whom Ellington would record Three Little Words for Victor on 26Aug30.
              Emails, Lasker-Palmquist,
              • 2014-08-16
              • 2014-08-22
              • 2018-11-19
              .DEMS
              .SL New
              added 2014-08-21
              updated
              2014-09-02
              2018-11-19
              1930 08 22
              Friday
              .Los Angeles area, Cal..In California to film Check and Double Check, but activities not documented...
              ..2011
              1930 08 23
              Saturday
              .Hollywood, Cal.RKO's studiosFilming scenes from the film Check and Double Check,
              • Stratemann p. 34
              • Email Lasker-Palmquist 2014-08-19
              ..
              .sl2014-08-25
              1930 08 24
              Sunday
              .Los Angeles, CalGeorge Olsen's Club"Guest orchestra.""Duke Ellington to Appear at Olsen's," Los Angeles Times, 1930-08-23 p.A7..
              .K.Steiner Dec 2012New
              added 2012-01-12
              1930 08 25
              Monday
              .Los Angeles area, Cal..In California to film Check and Double Check, but activities not documented...
              ..2011
              1930 08 26
              Tuesday
              .Los Angeles, Cal.RCA Victor Hollywood Studio
              1016 N.Sycamore Ave.
              RCA Victor recording session
              2:00 - 5:00 (afternoon or night not determined)
              Duke Ellington and His Orchestra
              Whetsel, C.Williams, Jenkins, Nanton, Tizol, Bigard, Hodges, Carney, Ellington, Guy, Braud, Greer, The Rhythm Boys

              Titles recorded:
              • Ring Dem Bells
              • Old Man Blues
              • Three Little Words
              New Desor
              DE3012
              DEMS
              ..2011
              updated
              2014-01-30
              2014-12-28
              1930 08 27
              Wednesday
              .Los Angeles area, Cal..In California to film Check and Double Check, but activities not documented...
              ..2011
              1930 08 28
              Thursday
              .Hollywood, Cal.RKO's studiosFilming scenes from the film Check and Double Check,
              • Stratemann p. 34
              • Email Lasker-Palmquist 2014-08-19
              ..
              .sl2014-08-25
              1930 08 29.Los Angeles, Cal.Shrine Auditorium"Their only and farewell appearance on the Pacific Coast"Stratemann, p.45...
              ..Added
              2011
              1930 08 30
              Saturday
              .Los Angeles area, Cal..In California to film Check and Double Check, but activities not documented...
              ..2011
              1930 08 31
              Sunday
              .Los Angeles area, Cal..In California to film Check and Double Check, but activities not documented...
              ..2011

              September 1930

              1930 09 01
              Monday
              ...activities not documented
              likely eastbound by train
              ...
              ...
              1930 09 02
              Tuesday
              ...activities not documented
              likely eastbound by train
              ...
              ...
              1930 09 03
              Wednesday
              ...activities not documented
              likely eastbound by train
              ...
              ...
              1930 09 04
              Thursday
              ...activities not documented
              likely eastbound by train
              ...
              ...
              1930 09 05
              Friday
              ...activities not documented

              30 minute broadcast - Columbia network at 10 pm local time
              Radio log, World-Herald, Omaha Neb. 1930-09-05,p.16.
              1930 09 06
              Saturday
              1930 09 12New York, N.Y.Keith's Palace TheatreStage show
              (1)"Big stars and little stars are romping all over the stage at Keith's Palace on the new bill that opened there today. Lou Holts ...Irene Bordoni..., the beauteous and bewitching, pert in mannerisms and saucy in song, is another headliner. Fred Keating ,suave humorist-magician, who recently concluded a revue engagement, is on hand with a lot of new tricks. He's also acting as master of ceremonies. Duke Ellington and his Cotton Club Orchestra,just back from R.-K.-O radio studios on the West Coast,... are also in the big star class on this bill. The little stars are to be found in "The Tiny Town" revue, Buster Shaver's presentation with a company of Lilliputians. Britt Wood, harmonicist, and Carry and Eddy,dancers, are also on the bill."

              (2)"Duke Ellington and his orchestra are back from their jaunt to the land flowing with milk and honey -for some - California. Duke and his musicians have completed a talkie there, and with their manager it is told, each and every one of them has returned with a pot of gold for their labor in recording the picture. Amounts quoted may seem far-fetched, but when we remember this is a sterling band, with unusual qualifications with a business manager who knows the game it would not be surprising that the thousands talked about as being received individually by the manager and musician is real fact.

              ...it tends to show what an organization that works conscientiously can accomplish.

              Duke and his musicians are headlining this week at the Palace Theatre on Broadway..."
              • (1)Plug "Vaudeville Events" - New York Sun, 1930-09-06. p6
              • (2)New York Age, 1930-09-13 p.6
              ..
              ..2011
              updated
              2012-09-14
              1930 09 07
              Sunday
              .New York, N.Y.Keith's Palace TheatreStage show - see 1930 09 06...
              ..2011
              1930 09 08
              Monday
              .New York, N.Y.Keith's Palace TheatreStage show - see 1930 09 06...
              ..2011
              1930 09 09
              Tuesday
              .New York, N.Y.Keith's Palace TheatreStage show - see 1930 09 06...
              ..2011
              1930 09 10
              Wednesday
              .New York, N.Y.Keith's Palace TheatreStage show - see 1930 09 06...
              ..2011
              1930 09 11
              Thursday
              .New York, N.Y.Keith's Palace TheatreStage show - see 1930 09 06...
              ..2011
              1930 09 12
              Friday
              .New York, N.Y.Keith's Palace TheatreStage show - see 1930 09 06...
              ..2011
              1930 09 12
              Friday
              ... Peripheral event
              "Appearing Nightly

              The first advertisement for Ellington's return to the Cotton Club for the fall
              Ad, New York Daily Mirror 1930-09-12

              DEMS 12/1-20
              ..
              .K.Steiner Dec 2012New
              added 2012-09-20
              1930 09 13
              Saturday
              ...activities not documented...
              ...
              1930 09 14
              Sunday
              1931 02 03New York, N.Y.Cotton Club
              644 Lenox Ave.
              Harlem
              Ellington and his orchestra returned to the Cotton Club while their replacement, Cab Calloway and His Cotton Club Orchestra, went on tour.

              Stratemann:
              The Ellington band then entered the Cotton Club to close out the present revue: ... Ellington returns after a three-month absence
              Steven Lasker, A Cotton Club Miscellany, p.1..
              ..2011
              updated
              2013-12-31
              2014-02-02
              New York, N.Y.Cotton Club
              644 Lenox Ave.
              Harlem
              Night club engagement with revue - see 1930 09 14...
              ..2011
              1930 09 15
              Monday
              New York, N.Y.Cotton Club
              644 Lenox Ave.
              Harlem
              Night club engagement with revue - see 1930 09 14...
              ..2011
              1930 09 16
              Tuesday
              New York, N.Y.Cotton Club
              644 Lenox Ave.
              Harlem
              Night club engagement with revue - see 1930 09 14...
              ..2011
              1930 09 17
              Wednesday
              New York, N.Y.Cotton Club
              644 Lenox Ave.
              Harlem
              Night club engagement with revue - see 1930 09 14...
              ..2011
              1930 09 18
              Thursday
              New York, N.Y.Cotton Club
              644 Lenox Ave.
              Harlem
              Night club engagement with revue - see 1930 09 14...
              ..2011
              1930 09 19
              Friday
              New York, N.Y.Cotton Club
              644 Lenox Ave.
              Harlem
              Night club engagement with revue - see 1930 09 14...
              ..2011
              1930 09 20
              Saturday
              New York, N.Y.Cotton Club
              644 Lenox Ave.
              Harlem
              Night club engagement with revue - see 1930 09 14

              45 minute broadcast on NBC WEAF network:
              Weekly Saturday Night Dance Series
              Duke Ellington and his orchestra will begin a weekly series of broadcasts over an NBC-WEAF network tonight.

              Beginning at 9:15, and lasting until 10:00 o'clock, this orchestra will be heard direct from the Cotton club [sic] in New York City. All arrangements played by them are original and many of the numbers are composed by Duke Ellington.

              Steven Lasker:

              'An overview of Ellington's September 20, 1930 to February 3, 1931 NBC network broadcasts from the Cotton Club originating over either the NBC Red network's flagship station WEAF (Manhattan, 660 kHz, 50,000 watts) and participating affiliates, or the NBC Blue network's flagship station WJZ (Manhattan, 760 kHz, 30,000 watts), and affiliates.

              While broadcasting at CBS, Ellington enjoyed the freedom of not having to pre-clear his set list, but at NBC, he was required to submit his songs for pre-clearance. Fortunately for students of Ellington history, many (but not all) of these documents survive on microfilm at the Library of Congress. NBC's "Log Books and Corrected Traffic Sheets" typically note the date and time of each program broadcast, list the selections scheduled for airplay and note any last-minute changes. This data appears in the relevant daily entries below thanks to, and courtesy of, researchers Christel Schmidt and Ken Steiner.

              After playing the Cotton Club on the night of February 3, 1931, Ellington left to tour America. Cab Calloway and His Orchestra, who had deputized for Ellington's band at the club in the summer of 1930, replaced the band the following night. Broadcasts from the club over the NBC network continued, including some by Duke Ellington and His Orchestra on return engagements to the club in February 1932 and Spring 1933. (Details are found in the relevant daily entries below.)

              WABC/CBS resumed their series of Cotton Club broadcasts on January 6, 1935 (per Melody News [published by Mills Artists, Inc., N.Y., N.Y.], Vol. I No. 4, 1935-01-01, p. 1).

              This link leads to a virtual tour of WEAF's studio and transmitter in 1927: http://www.theradiohistorian.org/weaf/weaf.html'

              • World Herald, Omaha, Neb.,1930-09-20, p.16
              • Email, Lasker-Palmquist 2018-11-28
              .
              ..
              ..2011
              updated
              2018-11-30
              1930 09 21
              Sunday
              New York, N.Y.Cotton Club
              644 Lenox Ave.
              Harlem
              Night club engagement with revue - see 1930 09 14...
              ..2011
              1930 09 22
              Monday
              New York, N.Y.Cotton Club
              644 Lenox Ave.
              Harlem
              Night club engagement with revue - see 1930 09 14...
              ..2011
              1930 09 23
              Tuesday
              New York, N.Y.Cotton Club
              644 Lenox Ave.
              Harlem
              Night club engagement with revue - see 1930 09 14...
              ..2011
              1930 09 24
              Wednesday
              New York, N.Y.Cotton Club
              644 Lenox Ave.
              Harlem
              Night club engagement with revue - see 1930 09 14...
              ..2011
              1930 09 25
              Thursday
              New York, N.Y.Cotton Club
              644 Lenox Ave.
              Harlem
              Night club engagement with revue - see 1930 09 14...
              ..2011
              1930 09 26
              Friday
              New York, N.Y.Cotton Club
              644 Lenox Ave.
              Harlem
              Night club engagement with revue - see 1930 09 14...
              ..2011
              1930 09 27
              Saturday
              .New York, N.Y.Cotton Club
              644 Lenox Ave.
              Harlem
              Night club engagement with revue - see 1930 09 14...
              ..2011
              1930 09 28
              Sunday
              .New York, N.Y.Cotton Club
              644 Lenox Ave.
              Harlem
              Night club engagement, opening night of Ellington's 7th Cotton Club revue: "Blackberries Crop of 1931 in Brown Sugar, Sweet But Unrefined"
              Produced by Dan Healy, music and lyrics by Koehler and Arlen, dances staged by Clarence Robinson. Performers included
              • Clarence Robinson
              • Maud Russell
              • Sherman Robinson
              • Cora La Redd
              • Dicky Wells
              • Jimmy Mordecai
              • Ernest Taylor
              • Isabelle Washington
              • Henri Wessels
              • Leitha Hill
              • Swan & Lee
              • Norman Astwood
              • Ebony Steppers
              • Mildred Dixon
              • Maud Russell
              • Duke Ellington and
                   His Recording Artists
              • Bob Sawyer
              • Hy Curtis
              • Inez
              • Billie Bow
              • Margaret Cheraux
              • Thelma Salmons
              • Dora White
              • Dorothy Irving
              • Lydia Burke
              • Lucien Moses
              • Minnie Guy
              • Elida Webb
              Reproduced program, Stratemann pp.692-693..
              .djp2011
              updated
              2014-02-02
              1930 09 28
              Sunday
              .New York, N.Y.Cotton Club
              644 Lenox Ave.
              Harlem
              Night club engagement including Blackberries of 1931 revue "Brown Sugar" - see 1930 09 28

              NBC Red + NBC Blue network broadcasts
              ..DEMS
              .(credit Ken Steiner as all 08,3-11 entries)Added
              2011
              1930 09 29
              Monday
              .New York, N.Y.Cotton Club
              644 Lenox Ave.
              Harlem
              Night club engagement including Blackberries of 1931 revue "Brown Sugar" - see 1930 09 28

              30 minute broadcasts
              "Sept 1930-Feb 1931,
              Feb 1932,
              Mar-May 1933:

              Ellington's switch to WJZ and WEAF, flagship stations of NBC's two networks, the Blue and Red respectively, meant that the orchestra's music was heard over more stations, with greater coverage and more prestige."

              The WJZ/Blue network broadcast this evening was from midnight to 12:30 a.m.
              Per "COTTON CLUB BROADCASTS ON NBC" by Ken Steiner in DEMS 08/3-11, NBC log books at the Library of Congress show the song titles for Ellington's 1930-31, 1932, & 1933 Cotton Club broadcasts. His search of "NBC Master Books located 51 Ellington broadcasts from 1930-09-29 to 1931-02-03. He found log books for 27 of these programs, with "Corrected Traffic Sheets" for each program listing song titles and other details.
              .DEMS
              .Ken Steiner2011
              updated
              2012-09-22
              2018-08-24
              1930 09 30
              Tuesday
              .New York, N.Y.Cotton Club
              644 Lenox Ave.
              Harlem
              Night club engagement including Blackberries of 1931 revue "Brown Sugar" - see 1930 09 28

              30 minute broadcast, WEAF/NBC Red network, 11:00-11:30 pm
              ..DEMS
              NBC Log Books and "Corrected Traffic Sheets", Library of Congress - see 1930 10 29Ken SteinerAdded
              2011
              updated
              2018-08-24

              October 1930

              1930 10 00... Peripheral event
              In or around October 1930, Consolidated Film Industries acquired a substantial interest in American Record Corporation.
              S. Lasker, book to Mosaic Records CD box set MD11-248 The Complete 1932-1940 Brunswick, Columbia And Master Recordings Of Duke Ellington And His Famous Orchestra, p.4..
              .djpNew
              added 2014-08-21
              1930 10 01
              Wednesday
              .New York, N.Y.Cotton Club
              644 Lenox Ave.
              Harlem
              Night club engagement including Blackberries of 1931 revue "Brown Sugar" - see 1930 09 28...
              ..2011
              1930 10 02
              Thursday
              .New York, N.Y.RCA Studio #4
              145 E.24 St.
              S. Lasker:

              'RCA Victor moved its New York recording operations to East 24 Street in 1930, there to stay until 1969.
                RCA Photophone opened "The Gramercy Studios" (advertised as "Finest Sound Motion Picture Stages in the East") in 1929. The company's address was shown as 145-155 East 24th Street, and consisted of several adjacent structures, the tallest being a seven-story building originally built in 1907 as a horse stable.
                Manhattan telephone directories for summer 1930 and winter 1930-31 show "Victor Recording Lab" at 145 E. 24th St; directories from summer 1931 through December 1942 show "Victor Recording Lab" (later changed to "Victor Recording Studio") at 153 E. 24th St.
                An RCA Victor Division Electrical Transcription sleeve from the mid-1930s shows the New York studio at 155 E. 24th Street, and this address is the one most commonly seen for the studios in publications from later decades.
                It is possible that 153 and 155 were different addresses for the same building.'

              RCA Victor recording session
              11:00-13:00 and 14:00-17:30
              Duke Ellington and His Orchestra
              Whetsel, C.Williams, Jenkins, Nanton, Tizol, Bigard, Hodges, Carney, Ellington, Guy, Braud, Greer, Dick Robertson
              Titles recorded:
              • Hittin' The Bottle
              • That Lindy Hop
              • You're Lucky To Me
              • Memories Of You
              New Desor
              DE3013
              .
              .djp2011
              updated
              2014-04-25
              2014-12-28
              2017-07-09
              2018-08-11
              1930 10 02
              Thursday
              .New York, N.Y.Cotton Club
              644 Lenox Ave.
              Harlem
              Night club engagement including Blackberries of 1931 revue "Brown Sugar" - see 1930 09 28

              30 minute broadcast WEAF/NBC Red Network 11:30-12:00 midnight
              (Song titles - K. Steiner / Additional notes/ spelling corrections -S. Lasker):
              • Black Beauty
              • Jasamine [Sweet Jazz o'Mine]
              • Linda [from the Cotton Club Revue "Blackberries Crop of 1931 in Brown Sugar"] (never recorded by Ellington)
              • Hitting the Bottom [Hittin' the Bottle]
              • [I'll Be a Friend] With Pleasure (never recorded by Ellington)
              • Milanburg Joys [Milenberg Joys] (never recorded by Ellington)
              • I'm a Ding Dong Daddy From Dumas (never recorded by Ellington)
              • You Brought a New Kind of Love to Me (never recorded by Ellington)
              K. Steiner:
              Log Books and "Corrected Traffic Sheets"
              Library of Congress - see 1930 10 29
              .DEMS
              .Ken SteinerAdded
              2011
              updated
              2018-08-24
              1930 10 03
              Friday
              .New York, N.Y.Cotton Club
              644 Lenox Ave.
              Harlem
              Night club engagement including Blackberries of 1931 revue "Brown Sugar" - see 1930 09 28...
              ..2011
              1930 10 04
              Saturday
              .New York, N.Y.Cotton Club
              644 Lenox Ave.
              Harlem
              Night club engagement including Blackberries of 1931 revue "Brown Sugar" - see 1930 09 28...
              ..2011
              1930 10 05
              Sunday
              .New York, N.Y.Cotton Club
              644 Lenox Ave.
              Harlem
              Night club engagement including Blackberries of 1931 revue "Brown Sugar" - see 1930 09 28...
              ..2011
              1930 10 06
              Monday
              .New York, N.Y.Cotton Club
              644 Lenox Ave.
              Harlem
              Night club engagement including Blackberries of 1931 revue "Brown Sugar" - see 1930 09 28

              30 minute broadcast WJZ/NBC Blue Network 12:00-12:30 am. Titles per K. Steiner in DEMS
              • Liza
              • The Mootch [The Mooch]
              • Hittin' the Bottle
              • Linda (never recorded by Ellington)
              • Ring Those Bells [Ring Dem Bells]
              • Three Little Words
              • Cotton Club Stomp
              • [I'll Be a Friend] With Pleasure (never recorded by Ellington)
              • Signature [ESLTO]
              K. Steiner:
              NBC Log Books and "Corrected Traffic Sheets"
              Library of Congress - see 1930 10 29
              .DEMS
              .Ken SteinerAdded
              2011
              updated
              2018-08-24
              1930 10 07
              Tuesday
              .New York, N.Y.Cotton Club
              644 Lenox Ave.
              Harlem
              Night club engagement including Blackberries of 1931 revue "Brown Sugar" - see 1930 09 28

              30 minute broadcast WEAF/NBC Red Network 11:00-11:30 pm. Titles per K. Steiner in DEMS:
              • Stevedore Stomp
              • Liza
              • Saturday Night Function
              • In the Shade of the old Apple Tree
              • [I'll Be a Friend] With Pleasure (never recorded by Ellington)
              • Three Little Words
              • Old Man Blues
              • Tiger Rag
              K. Steiner:
              NBC Log Books and "Corrected Traffic Sheets"
              Library of Congress - see 1930 10 29
              .DEMS
              .Ken SteinerAdded
              2011
              updated
              2018-08-24
              1930 10 08
              Wednesday
              .New York, N.Y.Cotton Club
              644 Lenox Ave.
              Harlem
              Night club engagement including Blackberries of 1931 revue "Brown Sugar" - see 1930 09 28...
              ..2011
              1930 10 09
              Thursday
              .New York, N.Y.Cotton Club
              644 Lenox Ave.
              Harlem
              Night club engagement including Blackberries of 1931 revue "Brown Sugar" - see 1930 09 28

              30 minute broadcast WEAF/NBC Red Network 11:30-12:00 midnight Titles per K. Steiner in DEMS:
              • Tiger Rag
              • Doing[Doin'] the Voom-Voom
              • [I'll Be a Friend] With Pleasure (never recorded by Ellington)
              • Medley
                • Japanese Dreams [Japanese Dream]
                • Poor Butterfly
                • Siren Song (never recorded by Ellington)
                • Just a Word of Consolation (never recorded by Ellington)
                • I'll See You in My Dreams (never recorded by Ellington)
              • Nobody's Sweetheart Now (never recorded by Ellington)
              • Ring Those Bells [Ring Dem Bells]
              K. Steiner:
              NBC Log Books and "Corrected Traffic Sheets"
              Library of Congress - see 1930 10 29
              .DEMS
              .Ken SteinerAdded
              2011
              updated
              2018-08-24
              2018-09-04
              1930 10 10
              Friday
              .New York, N.Y.Cotton Club
              644 Lenox Ave.
              Harlem
              Night club engagement including Blackberries of 1931 revue "Brown Sugar" - see 1930 09 28...
              ..2011
              1930 10 11
              Saturday
              .New York, N.Y.Cotton Club
              644 Lenox Ave.
              Harlem
              Night club engagement including Blackberries of 1931 revue "Brown Sugar" - see 1930 09 28...
              ..2011
              1930 10 12
              Sunday
              .New York, N.Y.Broadhurst TheatreGala benefit, Ellington and his band, also Marx Brothers...DEMS
              ..2011
              updated
              2014-01-01
              1930 10 12
              Sunday
              .New York, N.Y.Cotton Club
              644 Lenox Ave.
              Harlem
              Night club engagement including Blackberries of 1931 revue "Brown Sugar" - see 1930 09 28

              ...
              ..2011
              1930 10 13
              Monday
              .New York, N.Y.Cotton Club
              644 Lenox Ave.
              Harlem
              Night club engagement including Blackberries of 1931 revue "Brown Sugar" - see 1930 09 28

              30 minute broadcast WJZ/NBC Blue Network 12:00-12:30 am
              K. Steiner:
              NBC Log Books and "Corrected Traffic Sheets"
              Library of Congress - see 1930 10 29
              .
              .DEMS
              .Ken SteinerAdded
              2011
              updated
              2018-08-24
              1930 10 14
              Tuesday
              .New York, N.Y.OKeh studio
              Probably 1819 Broadway
              possibly 25 West 45th Street
              OKeh small group recording session
              The Harlem Footwarmers
              Whetsel, Nanton, Bigard, Ellington, Guy, Braud, Greer
              Titles recorded:
              • Mood Indigo
              • Big House Blues
              • Rocky Mountain Blues

              Mood Indigo
              • According to New Desor, the first recordings of Mood Indigo were:
                • DE3014 - 1930 10 14 (OKeh 8840 - matrices W404481-A, -B, -C)
                • DE3015 - 1930 10 17 (Brunswick 4952 - matrix E34928-A)
                • DE3019 - 1930 11 21 (Victor - unissued - matrix BVE64811)
                • DE3021 - 1930 12 10 (Victor 22587 - matrix BVE64811-4)
                • DE3018 - 1931 01 08 (OKeh - unissued - matrix W404481)
                • DE3018 was dated 1930 11 08 in New Desor and the older discographies but revised to 1931 01 08 in New Desor "Small Corrections 5004" and Timner V based on Lasker's research.
              • New Desor, Timner IV, Ellingtonia.com and DEPanorama say matrix W404481-A was released on OKeh 8840, with Timner IV naming it Dreamy Blues. This title was on Brunswick, not OKeh, and Timner V shows the correction.
              • Lambert says the 1930 10 14 takes were rejected, that the title was re-recorded at the next Brunswick session (1930 10 17) and issued as Dreamy Blues. This appears to be incorrect.
              • The older Aasland, Jepsen and Bakker discographies incorrectly show OKeh 8840 as recorded 1930 10 30, not 1930 10 14. This seems likely to be because a white label copy of matrix W404481A was re-recorded 1930 10 30 to produce W480023 (see Lasker, below).
              • European issues in The Dooji Collection:
                • Brunswick Ltd. and Warner-Brunswick Ltd. in England issued the recording as Brunswick 1068A, but when retitled, continued to show only Ellington and Mills as composers.
                • The French Brunswick A 500139 was titled Dreamy Blues and does not credit Bigard.
                • The German Brunswick label A9461 is titled Mood Indigo, and again does not credit Bigard.
              • Steven Lasker's research (see DEMS) establishes:
                • The record issued as Dreamy Blues was not an OKeh recording.
                • The three Mood Indigo masters recorded 1930 10 14 were numbered W404481-A, -B and -C. All were destroyed, but W404481-A was dubbed to matrix W480023-B, released as OKeh 8840.
                • The OKeh session first dated 1930 11 08 was on 1931 01 08. This session resulted in two more takes (matrices W404481-D and -E) which were not issued.
                • The 1930 10 17 session produced Brunswick 4952, matrix E34928-A, issued 1930 12 11 as Dreamy Blues with composer credits to Ellington and Mills. New labels were ordered 1931 03 10 with the title Mood Indigo and Bigard added to the composer credits in the U.S.A. issues.
                • '...all 78s of the OKeh Mood Indigo ... are pressed from dubbed master parts, and bear master numbers W480023B ... the OKeh Mood Indigo was ... dubbed from W404481A, the evidence being ...Columbia's "Rerecording book," which ... was in the Sony archives in the early 1990s but has since disappeared. A collector ... photocopied some ... of the book before it disappeared, and [provided copies to] Harry Coster, who tells me that W480023 A and B (-B was issued) were rerecorded on 30oct30 from a "W.L.[white label?] test" of W404481A. There is also a note "inc. volume" which [may mean] the master was rerecorded ...to increase volume...'
              New Desor
              DE3014
              DEMS
              .djp2011
              updated
              2014-04-25
              2014-08-26
              2015-02-12
              1930 10 14
              Tuesday
              .New York, N.Y.Cotton Club
              644 Lenox Ave.
              Harlem
              Night club engagement including Blackberries of 1931 revue "Brown Sugar" - see 1930 09 28

              30 minute broadcast WEAF/NBC Red Network 11:00-11:30 pm
              K. Steiner:
              NBC Log Books and "Corrected Traffic Sheets"
              Library of Congress - see 1930 10 29
              .
              .DEMS
              .Ken SteinerAdded
              2011
              updated
              2018-08-24
              1930 10 15
              Wednesday
              .New York, N.Y.Cotton Club
              644 Lenox Ave.
              Harlem
              Night club engagement including Blackberries of 1931 revue "Brown Sugar" - see 1930 09 28...
              ..2011
              1930 10 16
              Thursday
              .New York, N.Y.Roseland Ballroom,
              Broadway & 51st
              America's foremost ballroom - monster fall opening. Internationally famous stage and screen favorite making his first ballroom appearance on Broadway with his universally acclaimed sensational [rhythm] orchestra. The revue was to be presented 'exactly as presented at the Famous Cotton Club.'...
              ..2011
              updated
              2014-02-02
              1930 10 16
              Thursday
              .New York, N.Y.Cotton Club
              644 Lenox Ave.
              Harlem
              Night club engagement including Blackberries of 1931 revue "Brown Sugar" - see 1930 09 28

              The scheduled 30 minute broadcast on WEAF 11:30-12:00 midnight was pre-empted by Hal Kemp and his Orchestra
              K. Steiner:
              NBC Log Books and "Corrected Traffic Sheets"
              Library of Congress - see 1930 10 29
              .DEMS
              .Ken SteinerAdded
              2011
              updated
              2018-08-24
              1930 10 17
              Friday
              .New York, N.Y.Brunswick Studio
              799 Seventh Ave.
              Brunswick recording session
              The Jungle Band
              Whetsel, C.Williams, Jenkins, Nanton, Tizol, Bigard, Hodges, Carney, Ellington, Guy, Braud, Greer, *Dick Robertson (voc.)
              Titles recorded:
              • *Runnin' Wild
              • Dreamy Blues (Mood Indigo)
              New Desor
              DE3015
              DEMS
              Timner corrections djp2011
              updated
              2014-04-16
              2015-02-06
              1930 10 17
              Friday
              .New York, N.Y.Cotton Club
              644 Lenox Ave.
              Harlem
              Night club engagement including Blackberries of 1931 revue "Brown Sugar" - see 1930 09 28...
              ..2011
              1930 10 18
              Saturday
              .New York, N.Y.Cotton Club
              644 Lenox Ave.
              Harlem
              Night club engagement including Blackberries of 1931 revue "Brown Sugar" - see 1930 09 28...
              ..2011
              1930 10 19
              Sunday
              .New York, N.Y.Cotton Club
              644 Lenox Ave.
              Harlem
              Night club engagement including Blackberries of 1931 revue "Brown Sugar" - see 1930 09 28...
              ..2011
              1930 10 20
              Monday
              .New York, N.Y.Cotton Club
              644 Lenox Ave.
              Harlem
              Night club engagement including Blackberries of 1931 revue "Brown Sugar" - see 1930 09 28

              30 minute broadcast WJZ/NBC Blue Network 12:00-12:30 a.m.
              (Song titles - K. Steiner / Additional notes/ spelling corrections -S. Lasker):
              • Sig.- (Blues)
              • Stepping Out [The Duke Steps Out?]
              • [My] Bluebird [Was] Caught in the Rain (never recorded by Ellington)
              • [I'll Be a Friend] With Pleasure (never recorded by Ellington)
              • Running Wild
              • [I'm] So In Love With You
              • Mood Indigo
              • Hittin' the Bottle
              • [In the Shade of the Old Apple Tree
              • Sig. - (Blues)
              K. Steiner:
              NBC Log Books and "Corrected Traffic Sheets"
              Library of Congress - see 1930 10 29
              .
              .DEMS
              .Ken SteinerAdded
              2011
              updated
              2018-08-24
              1930 10 21
              Tuesday
              .New York, N.Y.Cotton Club
              644 Lenox Ave.
              Harlem
              Night club engagement including Blackberries of 1931 revue "Brown Sugar" - see 1930 09 28...
              ..2011
              1930 10 22
              Wednesday
              .New York, N.Y.Cotton Club
              644 Lenox Ave.
              Harlem
              Night club engagement including Blackberries of 1931 revue "Brown Sugar" - see 1930 09 28...
              ..2011
              1930 10 23
              Thursday
              .New York, N.Y.Cotton Club
              644 Lenox Ave.
              Harlem
              Night club engagement including Blackberries of 1931 revue "Brown Sugar" - see 1930 09 28

              30 minute broadcast WEAF/NBC Red Network 11:30-12:00 midnight
              K. Steiner:
              NBC Log Books and "Corrected Traffic Sheets"
              Library of Congress - see 1930 10 29
              .DEMS
              .Ken SteinerAdded
              2011
              updated
              2018-08-24
              1930 10 24
              Friday
              .New York, N.Y.Cotton Club
              644 Lenox Ave.
              Harlem
              Night club engagement including Blackberries of 1931 revue "Brown Sugar" - see 1930 09 28

              WEAF / NBC Red Network broadcast "RKO Theatre Of The Air"

              '  Amos 'n' Andy...will be RKO radio guest artists for a half hour, Friday night, when...they appear on the RKO radio program over the NBC network at 9:30 p.m. C.S.T.
                'The occasion is the simultaneous release throughout America on that night and the following day of Amos'N'Andy's first talking picture "Check and Double Check" in 300 key cities. The radio program will be divided in two parts with Amos'n'Andy appearing in a sketch in the first and then making a distinct departure in part by appear- [sic] before the microphone for the first time as Freeman F. Gosden and Charles J.Correll, in person, and telling of the adventures of Amos'n'Andy in Hollywood.
                'On the program with Amos'n'Andy, who will broadcast from Chicago, will be Duke Ellington and His Cotton Club orchestra, the band which appears with Amos'n'Andy in their picture.'


              Programme per Brooklyn Daily Eagle:
              'RKO Theater of the Air, film, vaudeville and radio stars; Amos'n'Andy, blackface comedians; guest artist; Duke Ellington and his Cotton Club Orch. Edward Thorgersen, announcer.
              • Opening Signature
              • Introductory announcement.
              • Ring Dem Bells, Duke Ellington's Orch.
              • Amos 'n' Andy.
              • Three Little Words, Duke Ellington.
              • Announcement.
              • Nobody Knows but the Lord, I' m So In Love With You, Duke Ellington's Orch.
              • Amos'n 'Andy.
              • Announcement
              • Medley of selections on the program. RKO-lians and RKO Quartet.
              • Closing announcement'

              The Film Daily announced:

              'Amos & Andy Film Exploitation Will Be Industry's Greatest

              "RKO's advertising and publicity department, headed by Hy Daab, has mapped out what is expected to be the industry's greatest exploitation campaign for the Amos 'n' Andy picture, "Check and Double Check," which will have national release in about 300 houses the week of Oct. 24.

              "The opening gun in the campaign will be a coast to coast radio broadcast over the entire NBC Red Network on the RKO hour. Amos 'n' Andy will be featured on this hour, together with Duke Ellington's Cotton Club Orchestra. Display advertising in 200 newspapers will publicize the hour.

              "Backing this institutional advertising will come a big merchandising campaign. Over 200,000 windows will be made available to alert showmen, including many of the finest and most important stores in the country.'

              .DEMS
              Vaildjp2011
              updated
              2012-09-10
              2018-08-24
              1930 10 25
              Saturday
              .New York, N.Y.Cotton Club
              644 Lenox Ave.
              Harlem
              Night club engagement including Blackberries of 1931 revue "Brown Sugar" - see 1930 09 28...
              ..2011
              1930 10 26
              Sunday
              .New York, N.Y.Cotton Club
              644 Lenox Ave.
              Harlem
              Night club engagement including Blackberries of 1931 revue "Brown Sugar" - see 1930 09 28...
              ..2011
              1930 10 27
              Monday
              .New York City, N.Y.Brunswick Studio
              799 Seventh Ave.
              Brunswick recording session
              The Jungle Band
              Whetsel, C.Williams, Jenkins, Nanton, Tizol, Bigard, Hodges, Carney, Ellington, Guy, Braud, Greer, Dick Robertson, Bennie Payne
              Titles recorded:
              • Home Again Blues
              • Wang Wang Blues
              New Desor
              DE3016
              DEMS
              ..2011
              updated
              2014-04-25
              2015-02-06
              1930 10 27
              Monday
              .New York, N.Y.Cotton Club
              644 Lenox Ave.
              Harlem
              Night club engagement including Blackberries of 1931 revue "Brown Sugar" - see 1930 09 28

              30 minute broadcast WJZ/NBC Blue Network 12:00-12:30 a.m.
              (Song titles - K. Steiner / Additional notes/ spelling corrections -S. Lasker):
              • Signature
              • In the Shade of the Old Apple Tree
              • Three Little Words
              • St. James Infirmary
              • I'm So in Love With You
              • Just a Little Dance, Ma'm zelle (never recorded by Ellington)
              • Mood Indigo
              • Old Man Blues
              K. Steiner:
              NBC Log Books and "Corrected Traffic Sheets"
              Library of Congress - see 1930 10 29
              .
              .DEMS
              .Ken SteinerAdded
              2011
              updated
              2018-08-24
              1930 10 28
              Tuesday
              .New York, N.Y.Cotton Club
              644 Lenox Ave.
              Harlem
              Night club engagement including Blackberries of 1931 revue "Brown Sugar" - see 1930 09 28

              30 minute broadcast WJZ/NBC Blue Network 11:00-11:30 p.m.
              (Song titles - K. Steiner / Additional notes/ spelling corrections -S. Lasker):
              • I'm Nobody's Sweetheart, Now [Nobody's Sweetheart] (never recorded by Ellington)
              • Dicty Glide
              • Wang Wang Blues
              • I'm So in Love with You
              • Black and Tan Fantasy
              • Tiger Rag
              • If I Could Be with You [One Hour Tonite] (never recorded by Ellington)
              K. Steiner:
              NBC Log Books and "Corrected Traffic Sheets"
              Library of Congress - see 1930 10 29
              .
              .DEMS
              .Ken SteinerAdded
              2011
              updated
              2018-08-24
              1930 10 29
              Wednesday
              .New York, N.Y.Cotton Club
              644 Lenox Ave.
              Harlem
              Night club engagement including Blackberries of 1931 revue "Brown Sugar" - see 1930 09 28...
              ..2011
              1930 10 30
              Thursday
              .New York, N.Y.OKeh studio
              Probably 1819 Broadway
              possibly 25 West 45th Street.
              OKeh recording session
              The Harlem Music Masters
              and
              The Harlem Footwarmers
              Whetsel, Jenkins, C.Williams, Nanton, Tizol, Bigard, Hodges, Carney, Ellington, Guy, Braud, Greer, I. Mills (voc.)

              Titles recorded:
              • Ring Dem Bells
              • Three Little Words
              • Old Man Blues
              • Sweet Chariot
              New Desor
              DE3017
              DEMS
              Timner corrections djp2011
              updated
              2014-03-05
              1930 10 30
              Thursday
              .New York, N.Y.Cotton Club
              644 Lenox Ave.
              Harlem
              Night club engagement including Blackberries of 1931 revue "Brown Sugar" - see 1930 09 28

              30 minute broadcast, WEAF/NBC Red Network 11:00-11:30 p.m.
              (Song titles - K. Steiner / Additional notes/ spelling corrections -S. Lasker):
              • I'm a Ding Dong Daddy from Dumas (never recorded by Ellington)
              • Secret Passion [You're My Secret Passion] (never recorded by Ellington)
              • You're lucky [to Me]
              • [I'll Be a Friend] With pleasure (never recorded by Ellington)
              • Old Man Blues
              • A little dance [Mam'selle] (never recorded by Ellington)
              • [I'm] So in love [with You]
              • Duke sits down [The Duke Steps Out?]
              K. Steiner:
              NBC Log Books and "Corrected Traffic Sheets"
              Library of Congress - see 1930 10 29
              .DEMS
              .Ken SteinerAdded
              2011
              updated
              2018-08-24
              1930 10 31
              Friday
              Halloween
              1930 11 20?New York, N.Y.Paramount TheatreStage show with other acts
              Maurice Chevalier film, Playboy of Paris

              The New York Times reported Ellington's was the first black orchestra to play the theatre.

              The booking appears to have been for two weeks (i.e., ending Nov 13) but on Nov.15, the New York Age, reported Ellington's band was held over for another week.
              ..
              .djp2011
              updated
              2012-09-04
              1930 10 31
              Friday
              Halloween
              .New York, N.Y.Cotton Club
              644 Lenox Ave.
              Harlem
              Night club engagement including Blackberries of 1931 revue "Brown Sugar" - see 1930 09 28...
              ..2011

              November 1930

              1930 11 01
              Saturday
              .New York, N.Y.Paramount TheatreStage show - see 1930-10-31...
              .djp2011
              updated 2012-09-04
              1930 11 01
              Saturday
              .New York, N.Y.Cotton Club
              644 Lenox Ave.
              Harlem
              Night club engagement including Blackberries of 1931 revue "Brown Sugar" - see 1930 09 28...
              ..2011
              1930 11 02
              Sunday
              .New York, N.Y.Paramount TheatreStage show - see 1930-10-31...
              .djp2011
              updated 2012-09-04
              1930 11 02
              Sunday
              .New York, N.Y.Cotton Club
              644 Lenox Ave.
              Harlem
              Night club engagement including Blackberries of 1931 revue "Brown Sugar" - see 1930 09 28...
              ..2011
              1930 11 03
              Monday
              .New York, N.Y.Paramount TheatreStage show - see 1930-10-31...
              .djp2011
              updated 2012-09-04
              1930 11 03
              Monday
              .New York, N.Y.Cotton Club
              644 Lenox Ave.
              Harlem
              Night club engagement including Blackberries of 1931 revue "Brown Sugar" - see 1930 09 28

              30 minute broadcast WJZ/NBC Blue Network 12:00-12:30 a.m.
              (Song titles - K. Steiner / Additional notes/ spelling corrections -S. Lasker):
              • Stevedore Stomp
              • Just a little dance Mamselle (never recorded by Ellington)
              • My blue bird was caught in the rain
              • The Mooche
              • I'm so in love with you
              • Mood Indigo
              • Old Man Blues
              K. Steiner:
              NBC Log Books and "Corrected Traffic Sheets"
              Library of Congress - see 1930 10 29
              .DEMS
              .Ken SteinerAdded
              2011
              updated
              2018-08-24
              1930 11 04
              Tuesday
              .New York, N.Y.Paramount TheatreStage show - see 1930-10-31...
              .djp2011
              updated 2012-09-04
              1930 11 04
              Tuesday
              .New York, N.Y.Cotton Club
              644 Lenox Ave.
              Harlem
              Night club engagement including Blackberries of 1931 revue "Brown Sugar" - see 1930 09 28

              The 30 minute broadcast has Duke Ellington crossed out in NBC's Corrected Traffic Sheets so it may be that the band did not broadcast this evening.
              K. Steiner:
              NBC Log Books and "Corrected Traffic Sheets"
              Library of Congress - see 1930 10 29
              .DEMS
              .Ken SteinerAdded
              2011
              updated
              2018-08-24
              1930 11 05
              Wednesday
              .New York, N.Y.Paramount TheatreStage show - see 1930-10-31...
              .djp2011
              updated 2012-09-04
              1930 11 05
              Wednesday
              .New York, N.Y.Cotton Club
              644 Lenox Ave.
              Harlem
              Night club engagement including Blackberries of 1931 revue "Brown Sugar" - see 1930 09 28...
              ..2011
              1930 11 06
              Thursday
              .New York, N.Y.Paramount TheatreStage show - see 1930-10-31...
              .djp2011
              updated 2012-09-04
              1930 11 06
              Thursday
              .New York, N.Y.Cotton Club
              644 Lenox Ave.
              Harlem
              Night club engagement including Blackberries of 1931 revue "Brown Sugar" - see 1930 09 28

              30 minute broadcast WEAF/NBC Red Network 11:30-12:00 midnight
              (Song titles - K. Steiner / Additional notes/ spelling corrections -S. Lasker):
              • Signature
              • The Duke Steps Out
              • Medley
                • Poor Butterfly
                • Just One Word (never recorded by Ellington)
                • Siren Song (never recorded by Ellington)
                • [I'll] See You In My Dreams (never recorded by Ellington)
              • Jazz Lips
              • I'm So In Love With You
              • Three Little Words
              • [The] Mooch
              • Old Man Blues
              K. Steiner:
              NBC Log Books and "Corrected Traffic Sheets"
              Library of Congress - see 1930 10 29
              .DEMS
              .Ken SteinerAdded
              2011
              updated
              2018-08-24
              2018-09-04
              1930 11 07
              Friday
              .New York, N.Y.Paramount TheatreStage show - see 1930-10-31...
              .djp2011
              updated 2012-09-04
              1930 11 07
              Friday
              .New York, N.Y.Cotton Club
              644 Lenox Ave.
              Harlem
              Night club engagement including Blackberries of 1931 revue "Brown Sugar" - see 1930 09 28...
              ..2011
              1930 11 08
              Saturday
              .New York, N.Y..Misdated OKeh or Harmony recording session - see 1931 01 08.DEMS
              .djp2011
              updated

              2014-01-01
              2014-04-28
              1930 11 08
              Saturday
              .New York, N.Y.Paramount TheatreStage show - see 1930-10-31...
              .djp2011
              updated 2012-09-04
              1930 11 08
              Saturday
              .New York, N.Y.Cotton Club
              644 Lenox Ave.
              Harlem
              Night club engagement including Blackberries of 1931 revue "Brown Sugar" - see 1930 09 28...
              ..2011
              1930 11 09
              Sunday
              .New York, N.Y.Paramount TheatreStage show - see 1930-10-31...
              .djp2011
              updated 2012-09-04
              1930 11 09
              Sunday
              .New York, N.Y.Cotton Club
              644 Lenox Ave.
              Harlem
              Night club engagement including Blackberries of 1931 revue "Brown Sugar" - see 1930 09 28...
              ..2011
              1930 11 10
              Monday
              .New York, N.Y.Paramount TheatreStage show - see 1930-10-31...
              .djp2011
              updated 2012-09-04
              1930 11 10
              Monday
              .New York, N.Y.Cotton Club
              644 Lenox Ave.
              Harlem
              Night club engagement including Blackberries of 1931 revue "Brown Sugar" - see 1930 09 28

              30 minute broadcast WJZ/NBC Blue Network 12:00-12:30 a.m.
              K. Steiner:
              NBC Log Books and "Corrected Traffic Sheets"
              Library of Congress - see 1930 10 29
              .DEMS
              .Ken SteinerAdded
              2011
              updated
              2018-08-24
              1930 11 11
              Tuesday
              .New York, N.Y.Paramount TheatreStage show - see 1930-10-31...
              .djp2011
              updated 2012-09-04
              1930 11 11
              Tuesday
              .New York, N.Y.Cotton Club
              644 Lenox Ave.
              Harlem
              Night club engagement including Blackberries of 1931 revue "Brown Sugar" - see 1930 09 28

              30 minute broadcast WEAF/NBC Red Network 11:00-11:30 p.m.
              K. Steiner:
              NBC Log Books and "Corrected Traffic Sheets"
              Library of Congress - see 1930 10 29
              .DEMS
              .Ken SteinerAdded
              2011
              updated
              2018-08-24
              1930 11 12
              Wednesday
              .New York, N.Y.Paramount TheatreStage show - see 1930-10-31...
              .djp2011
              updated 2012-09-04
              1930 11 12
              Wednesday
              .New York, N.Y.Cotton Club
              644 Lenox Ave.
              Harlem
              Night club engagement including Blackberries of 1931 revue "Brown Sugar" - see 1930 09 28...
              ..2011
              1930 11 13
              Thursday
              .New York, N.Y.Paramount TheatreStage show - see 1930-10-31...
              .djp2011
              updated 2012-09-04
              1930 11 13
              Thursday
              .New York, N.Y.Cotton Club
              644 Lenox Ave.
              Harlem
              Night club engagement including Blackberries of 1931 revue "Brown Sugar" - see 1930 09 28

              30 minute broadcast WEAF/NBC Red Network 11:30-12:00 p.m.
              (Song titles - K. Steiner / Additional notes/ spelling corrections -S. Lasker):
              • Black Beauty
              • Hitting the Bottle "Vanities"
              • You're the One I Care For [possibly recorded 10Jan31]
              • Sugar Hill Flats (never recorded by Ellington)
              • You're Lucky to Me "Blackbirds of 1930"
              • A Mood Indigo
              • The Lindy Hop "Blackbirds of 1930"
              • Under [in] the Shade of the Old Apple Tree
              • East St. Louis Toddle-O
              K. Steiner:
              NBC Log Books and "Corrected Traffic Sheets"
              Library of Congress - see 1930 10 29
              .DEMS
              .Ken SteinerAdded
              2011
              updated
              2018-08-24
              1930 11 14
              Friday
              .New York, N.Y.Paramount TheatreStage show - see 1930-10-31...
              .djp2011
              updated 2012-09-04
              1930 11 14
              Friday
              .New York, N.Y.Cotton Club
              644 Lenox Ave.
              Harlem
              Night club engagement including Blackberries of 1931 revue "Brown Sugar" - see 1930 09 28...
              ..2011
              1930 11 15
              Saturday
              .New York, N.Y.Paramount TheatreStage show - see 1930-10-31...
              .djp2011
              updated 2012-09-04
              1930 11 15
              Saturday
              .New York, N.Y.Cotton Club
              644 Lenox Ave.
              Harlem
              Night club engagement including Blackberries of 1931 revue "Brown Sugar" - see 1930 09 28...
              ..2011
              1930 11 16
              Sunday
              .New York, N.Y.Paramount TheatreStage show - see 1930-10-31...
              .djp2011
              updated 2012-09-04
              1930 11 16
              Sunday
              .New York, N.Y.Cotton Club
              644 Lenox Ave.
              Harlem
              Night club engagement including Blackberries of 1931 revue "Brown Sugar" - see 1930 09 28...
              ..2011
              1930 11 17
              Monday
              .New York, N.Y.Paramount TheatreStage show - see 1930-10-31...
              .djp2011
              updated 2012-09-04
              1930 11 17
              Monday
              .New York, N.Y.Cotton Club
              644 Lenox Ave.
              Harlem
              Night club engagement including Blackberries of 1931 revue "Brown Sugar" - see 1930 09 28

              30 minute broadcast WJZ/NBC Blue Network 12:00-12:30 a.m.
              K. Steiner:
              NBC Log Books and "Corrected Traffic Sheets"
              Library of Congress - see 1930 10 29
              .DEMS
              .Ken SteinerAdded
              2011
              updated
              2018-08-24
              1930 11 18
              Tuesday
              .New York, N.Y.Paramount TheatreStage show - see 1930-10-31...
              .djp2011
              updated 2012-09-04
              1930 11 18
              Tuesday
              .New York, N.Y.Cotton Club
              644 Lenox Ave.
              Harlem
              Night club engagement including Blackberries of 1931 revue "Brown Sugar" - see 1930 09 28

              30 minute broadcast WEAF/NBC Red Network 11:00-11:30 p.m.
              (Song titles - K. Steiner / Additional notes/ spelling corrections -S. Lasker):
              • Sugar Hill Flat - Piano Solo (piano badly out of tune)
              • Old Man Blues
              • Japanese Dream
              • Poor Butterfly
              • Siren Song
              • Just A Word of Consolation
              • I'll See You In My Dreams
              • When You're Smiling [The Whole World Smiles with You]
              • The Mooch
              • Tiger Rag
              K. Steiner:
              NBC Log Books and "Corrected Traffic Sheets"
              Library of Congress - see 1930 10 29
              .DEMS
              .Ken SteinerAdded
              2011
              updated
              2018-08-24
              1930 11 19
              Wednesday
              .New York, N.Y.Paramount TheatreStage show - see 1930-10-31...
              .djp2011
              updated 2012-09-04
              1930 11 19
              Wednesday
              .New York, N.Y.Cotton Club
              644 Lenox Ave.
              Harlem
              Night club engagement including Blackberries of 1931 revue "Brown Sugar" - see 1930 09 28...
              ..2011
              1930 11 20
              Thursday
              .New York, N.Y.Paramount Theatre(Unconfirmed)

              Stage show - see 1930-10-31
              This is likely the last day of the extended engagement but I have not confirmed it yet.
              ...
              .djp2011
              updated 2012-09-04
              1930 11 20
              Thursday
              .New York, N.Y.Cotton Club
              644 Lenox Ave.
              Harlem
              Night club engagement including Blackberries of 1931 revue "Brown Sugar" - see 1930 09 28

              30 minute broadcast 11:30-12:00 midnight
              (Song titles - K. Steiner / Additional notes/ spelling corrections -S. Lasker):
              • Alabamy Home
              • Black Beauty
              • Three Little Words
              • Linda
              • Black and Tan Fantasy
              • I'm So in Love with You
              • Cotton Club Rhapsody [Creole Rhapsody?]
              K. Steiner:
              NBC Log Books and "Corrected Traffic Sheets"
              Library of Congress - see 1930 10 29
              .DEMS
              .Ken SteinerAdded
              2011
              updated
              2018-08-24
              1930 11 21
              Friday
              .New York, N.Y.RCA Studio #1RCA Victor recording session
              1:45 5:45
              Afternoon or early morning not known.
              Duke Ellington And His Cotton Club Orchestra
              Whetsel, C.Williams, Jenkins, Nanton, Tizol, Bigard, Hodges, Carney, Ellington, Guy, Braud, Greer, Smith Ballew (as Billy Smith)
              Titles recorded:
              • Mood Indigo
              • Nine Little Miles
              • I'm So In Love With You
              New Desor
              DE3019
              DEMS
              Timner corrections .2011
              updated
              2014-01-01
              2014-12-28
              1930 11 21
              Friday
              .New York, N.Y.Cotton Club
              644 Lenox Ave.
              Harlem
              Night club engagement including Blackberries of 1931 revue "Brown Sugar" - see 1930 09 28...
              ..2011
              1930 11 22
              Saturday
              .New York, N.Y.Cotton Club
              644 Lenox Ave.
              Harlem
              Night club engagement including Blackberries of 1931 revue "Brown Sugar" - see 1930 09 28...
              ..2011
              1930 11 23
              Sunday
              .New York, N.Y.Cotton Club
              644 Lenox Ave.
              Harlem
              Night club engagement including Blackberries of 1931 revue "Brown Sugar" - see 1930 09 28...
              ..2011
              1930 11 24
              Monday
              .New York, N.Y.Cotton Club
              644 Lenox Ave.
              Harlem
              Night club engagement including Blackberries of 1931 revue "Brown Sugar" - see 1930 09 28

              30 minute broadcast WJZ/NBC Blue Network 12:00-12:30 a.m.
              K. Steiner:
              NBC Log Books and "Corrected Traffic Sheets"
              Library of Congress - see 1930 10 29
              .DEMS
              .Ken SteinerAdded
              2011
              updated
              2018-08-24
              1930 11 25
              Tuesday
              .New York, N.Y.Cotton Club
              644 Lenox Ave.
              Harlem
              Night club engagement including Blackberries of 1931 revue "Brown Sugar" - see 1930 09 28

              30 minute broadcast WEAF/NBC Red Network 11:00-11:30 p.m.
              K. Steiner:
              NBC Log Books and "Corrected Traffic Sheets"
              Library of Congress - see 1930 10 29
              .DEMS
              .Ken SteinerAdded
              2011
              updated
              2018-08-24
              1930 11 26
              Wednesday
              .New York, N.Y.RCA Studio #2RCA Victor recording session
              1:30 - 6:00
              Unless the band had the night off at the Cotton Club, this will have been an afternoon session.
              Duke Ellington And His Cotton Club Orchestra
              Whetsel, C.Williams, Jenkins, Nanton, Tizol, Bigard, Hodges, Carney, Ellington, Guy, Braud, Greer, Greer
              Dick Robertson and Sid Garry, vocals

              (Robertson is not named in some discographies)
              Titles recorded:
              • What Good Am I Without You?
              • Blue Again
              • When A Black Man's Blue
              New Desor
              DE3020
              DEMS
              .djp2011
              updated
              2014-01-01
              2014-12-28
              2018-09-01
              1930 11 26
              Wednesday
              .New York, N.Y.Cotton Club
              644 Lenox Ave.
              Harlem
              Night club engagement including Blackberries of 1931 revue "Brown Sugar" - see 1930 09 28...
              ..2011
              1930 11 27
              Thursday
              .New York, N.Y.Cotton Club
              644 Lenox Ave.
              Harlem
              Night club engagement including Blackberries of 1931 revue "Brown Sugar" - see 1930 09 28

              30 minute broadcast WEAF/NBC Red Network 11:30-12:00 midnight
              K. Steiner:
              NBC Log Books and "Corrected Traffic Sheets"
              Library of Congress - see 1930 10 29
              .DEMS
              .Ken SteinerAdded
              2011
              updated
              2018-08-24
              1930 11 28
              Friday
              .New York, N.Y.Cotton Club
              644 Lenox Ave.
              Harlem
              Night club engagement including Blackberries of 1931 revue "Brown Sugar" - see 1930 09 28

              (Unconfirmed)

              See 1930 09 14

              Possible break in the Cotton Club run.

              Stratemann says it was reported that Ellington went on the road again "around Thanksgiving," the last Thursday of November, replaced by Cab Calloway's orchestra, and returned to the Cotton Club in January.

              The Ellingtonia Time Machine, without identifying sources, shows the last day as Oct.28, with Ellington going into the Lafayette the next day. It shows the band returning to the Cotton Club on Jan 1, 1931 without identifying a source.

              Steven Lasker's A Cotton Club Miscellany, however, has Ellington at the Cotton Club until February 3, 1931 and theatre engagements typically ended before Ellington's band was on at the Cotton Club.

              The Afro-American, Baltimore, reports Calloway and his band went into the Cotton Club February 4 to replace Ellington.
              ..
              .djpNew
              added 2012-11-17,
              updated 2014-01-01
              2014-02-02
              1930 11 29
              Saturday
              1930 12 05New York, N.Y.Lafayette Theatre,
              132nd St. & 7th Ave.
              Harlem
              "Double Check Revue"
              1. "Fresh (from) their triumphs in Hollywood, Duke Ellington and his marvelous orchestra will appear at the Lafayette Theatre next week as the headline attraction of Leonard Harper's newest revue. The revue in which Duke Ellington's Band will take part will be a very fitting vehicle for them. Leonard Harper has been hard at work for the last four weeks training his beautiful chorus and specialty dancers and setting singers,soloists and dramatic artists into their parts in his revue, which will be entitled "Double Check Revue."

              "Eddie Lemons, the well-known comedian and producer, is assisting Harper in staging the comedy element in the show and will himself do the main comedy work. The Bon Bon Buddies, Pee Wee and Joie, the Three Sepia Songbirds, Harold Doyle, and Hartel Collins, are also in the cast. Hal Bakay will assist in the fun by conducting part of the show -as a Master of Ceremonies."
              2. "Unprecedented audiences are attending the Lafayette Theatre this week, to acclaim Duke Ellington and his incomparable band.

              "And the wonder of it is that Ellington's Band is only a part of this week's great stage and screen show at the Lafayette Theatre. The audience is also being treated to Leonard Harper's newest creation - "The Double Check Revue" and Al Jolson's newest Vitaphone masterpiece, "Big Boy."

              "It would seem superfluous to urge our readers to go to the Lafayette Theatre at least once this week."

              While Stratemann (p.45) says the show ran until Dec.6, the display ad in the New York Age, Dec.6 edition, says "THIS WEEK - Last Big Show - FRIDAY MIDNIGHT" and announces another show "NEXT WEEK - Beginning SATURDAY DEC. 6"

              Since the paper was a weekly that probably hit the newstands two or three days before its official date, it is reasonable to assume Ellington's engagement ended in the early morning hours of Dec. 6.
              1. New York Age, 1930-11-29, p.6
              2. New York Age, 1930-12-08,p.6
              ..
              .djp2011
              updated
              2012-09-10
              1930 11 30
              Sunday
              .New York, N.Y.Lafayette TheatreStage show - engagement began 1930-11-29...
              ..2011
              1930 11 29
              Saturday
              .New York, N.Y.Cotton Club
              644 Lenox Ave.
              Harlem
              Night club engagement including Blackberries of 1931 revue "Brown Sugar" - see 1930 09 28...
              ..2011
              1930 11 30
              Sunday
              .New York, N.Y.Cotton Club
              644 Lenox Ave.
              Harlem
              Night club engagement including Blackberries of 1931 revue "Brown Sugar" - see 1930 09 28...
              ..2011

              December 1930

              1930 12 01
              Monday
              .New York, N.Y.Lafayette TheatreStage show - engagement began 1930-11-29...
              ..2011
              1930 12 01.New York, N.Y.Cotton Club
              644 Lenox Ave.
              Harlem
              Night club engagement including Blackberries of 1931 revue "Brown Sugar" - see 1930 09 28

              30 minute broadcast 12:00-12:30 a.m.
              K. Steiner:
              NBC Log Books and "Corrected Traffic Sheets"
              Library of Congress - see 1930 10 29
              .DEMS
              .Ken SteinerAdded
              2011
              updated
              2018-08-24
              1930 12 02
              Tuesday
              .New York, N.Y.Lafayette TheatreStage show - engagement began 1930-11-29...
              ..2011
              1930 12 02
              Tuesday
              .New York, N.Y.Cotton Club
              644 Lenox Ave.
              Harlem
              Night club engagement including Blackberries of 1931 revue "Brown Sugar" - see 1930 09 28

              30 minute broadcast WEAF/NBC Red Network 11:00-11:30 a.m.
              (Song titles - K. Steiner / Additional notes/ spelling corrections -S. Lasker):
              • The Stevedore Stomp
              • Brown Buddies [Brown Berries]
              • Hittin the Bottle
              • Three little words
              • Jazz Lips
              • Black & Tan Fantasy
              • I'm so in love with You
              K. Steiner:
              NBC Log Books and "Corrected Traffic Sheets"
              Library of Congress - see 1930 10 29
              .DEMS
              .Ken SteinerAdded
              2011
              updated
              2018-08-24
              1930 12 03
              Wednesday
              .New York, N.Y.Lafayette TheatreStage show - engagement began 1930-11-29...
              ..2011
              1930 12 04
              Thursday
              .New York, N.Y.Lafayette TheatreStage show - engagement began 1930-11-29...
              ..2011
              1930 12 04.New York, N.Y.Cotton Club
              644 Lenox Ave.
              Harlem
              Night club engagement including Blackberries of 1931 revue "Brown Sugar" - see 1930 09 28

              30 minute broadcast WEAF/NBC Red Network 11:30-12:00 midnight
              (Song titles - K. Steiner / Additional notes/ spelling corrections -S. Lasker):
              • Confessin' (never recorded by Ellington) by vocal trio of the Cotton Club
              • Black Beauty
              • Running Wild
              • [I'll Be a Friend] With Pleasure (never recorded by Ellington)
              • Mood Indigo
              • I'm So in Love with You
              • Old Man Blues
              • The Milenburg [Milenberg] Joys (never recorded by Ellington)
              K. Steiner:
              NBC Log Books and "Corrected Traffic Sheets"
              Library of Congress - see 1930 10 29
              .DEMS
              .Ken SteinerAdded
              2011
              updated
              2018-08-24
              1930 12 05
              Friday
              .New York, N.Y.Lafayette TheatreStage show - engagement began 1930-11-29While Stratemann p.45 says the show ran until Dec.6, the display ad in the New York Age, Dec.6 edition, says "THIS WEEK - Last Big Show - FRIDAY MIDNIGHT" and announces another show "NEXT WEEK - Beginning SATURDAY DEC. 6"
              .
              ..
              ..2011
              1930 12 06
              Saturday
              ...activities not documented...
              ...
              1930 12 07
              Sunday
              (evening)
              .New York, N.Y.Waldorf TheatreNAACP benefit
              "Numerous Broadway stars, white and colored, will appear tomorrow night at the benefit..."
              New York Age, 1930-12-06

              Stratemann, p.45, citing AN 1930-12-03 p.9
              ..
              ..2011
              updated
              2012-09-14
              1930 12 08
              Monday
              .New York, N.Y.Cotton Club
              644 Lenox Ave.
              Harlem
              Night club engagement including Blackberries of 1931 revue "Brown Sugar" - see 1930 09 28

              30 minute broadcast WJZ/NBC Blue Network 12:00-12:30 a.m.
              K. Steiner:
              NBC Log Books and "Corrected Traffic Sheets"
              Library of Congress - see 1930 10 29
              .DEMS
              .Ken SteinerAdded
              2011
              updated
              2018-08-24
              1930 12 09
              Tuesday
              .New York, N.Y.Cotton Club
              644 Lenox Ave.
              Harlem
              Night club engagement including Blackberries of 1931 revue "Brown Sugar" - see 1930 09 28

              30 minute broadcast WEAF/NBC Red Network 11:00-11:30 p.m.
              (Song titles - K. Steiner / Additional notes/ spelling corrections -S. Lasker):
              • East St. Louis Toddle-Lo
              • Flaming Youth
              • Us & Co (never recorded by Ellington)
              • Dreaming Sweet Dreams [of Love?]
              • I'm A Ding-Dong Daddy [from Dumas] (never recorded by Ellington)
              • St. Louis Blues
              • [That] Lindy Hop
              • The Mooch
              K. Steiner:
              NBC Log Books and "Corrected Traffic Sheets"
              Library of Congress - see 1930 10 29
              .DEMS
              .Ken SteinerAdded
              2011
              updated
              2018-08-24
              1930 12 10
              Wednesday
              .New York, N.Y.RCA Studio #2
              145 E.24 St.
              RCA Victor recording session
              1:45-5:00
              Whether this was an early morning or afternoon session has not been determined.
              Duke Ellington and His Cotton Club Orchestra
              Whetsel, C.Williams, Jenkins, Nanton, Tizol, Bigard, Hodges, Carney, Ellington, Guy, Braud, Greer, Dick Robertson, Bennie Payne
              Irving Mills is shown as director on the studio sheet
              Titles recorded:
              • Mood Indigo
              • What Good Am I Without You?
              • When A Black Man's Blue
              New Desor
              DE3021
              DEMS
              Timner corrections .2011
              updated
              2014-03-05
              2014-08-24
              2014-12-28
              1930 12 11
              Thursday
              .New York, N.Y.Cotton Club
              644 Lenox Ave.
              Harlem
              Night club engagement including Blackberries of 1931 revue "Brown Sugar" - see 1930 09 28

              30 minute broadcast WEAF/NBC Red Network 11:30-12:00 a.m.
              (Song titles - K. Steiner / Additional notes/ spelling corrections -S. Lasker):
              • Jungle Nights on Lennox Ave. [Jungle Nights in Harlem?]
              • Us and Company (never recorded by Ellington)
              • When a black man is blue
              • Ring dem bells
              • You're lucky to me
              • Black & Tan Fantasy
              • Tiger Rag
              K. Steiner:
              NBC Log Books and "Corrected Traffic Sheets"
              Library of Congress - see 1930 10 29
              .DEMS
              .Ken SteinerAdded
              2011
              updated
              2018-08-24
              1930 12 12
              Friday
              ...activities not documented...
              ...
              1930 12 13
              Saturday
              1930 12 17New York, N.Y.Douglas Theatre....
              ..Added
              2011
              1930 12 14
              Sunday
              .New York, N.Y.Douglas TheatreStage show - see 1930 12 13...
              ..2011
              1930 12 15
              Monday
              .New York, N.Y.Douglas TheatreStage show - see 1930 12 13...
              ..2011
              1930 12 16
              Tuesday
              .New York, N.Y.Douglas TheatreStage show - see 1930 12 13...
              ..2011
              1930 12 16
              Tuesday
              .New York, N.Y.Cotton Club
              644 Lenox Ave.
              Harlem
              Night club engagement including Blackberries of 1931 revue "Brown Sugar" - see 1930 09 28

              30 minute broadcast WEAF/NBC Red Network 11:00-11:30 p.m.
              (Song titles per K. Steiner, additional commentary and spelling corrections by S. Lasker)
              • St. Louis Toddle-O
              • Stevedore Stomp
              • Five-Six-Seven-Eight-Nine Little Miles From Ten-Ten-Tennessee
              • In the Shade of the Old Apple Tree
              • Three Little Words
              • Wang Wang Blues
              • The Mooch
              • I'm So In Love With You
              • Lindy Hop "Blackbirds of 1930"
              K. Steiner:
              NBC Log Books and "Corrected Traffic Sheets"
              Library of Congress - see 1930 10 29
              .DEMS
              .Ken SteinerAdded
              2011
              updated
              2018-08-24
              1930 12 17
              Wednesday
              .New York, N.Y.Douglas TheatreStage show - see 1930 12 13...
              ..2011
              1930 12 17
              Wednesday
              .New York, N.Y.Roseland Ballroom,
              Broadway & 51st
              ....
              ..Added
              2011
              1930 12 18
              Thursday
              ...Two unissued Brunswick recordings were dated 18Dec29 in DEMS 03,3-9 and 18Dec30 in DEMS 09,3-24. 18Dec29 is correct....
              .djp2011
              updated
              2014-04-23
              1930 12 18
              Thursday
              .New York, N.Y.Cotton Club
              644 Lenox Ave.
              Harlem
              Night club engagement including Blackberries of 1931 revue "Brown Sugar" - see 1930 09 28

              It seems likely the Ellington orchestra had the night off since Mills Blue Rhythm Band substituted for Ellington's band in the WEAF broadcast
              K. Steiner:
              NBC Log Books and "Corrected Traffic Sheets"
              Library of Congress - see 1930 10 29
              .DEMS
              .Ken SteinerAdded
              2011
              updated
              2018-08-24
              2018-09-01
              1930 12 19
              Friday
              ...activities not documented...
              ...
              1930 12 20
              Saturday
              ...activities not documented...
              ...
              1930 12 21
              Sunday
              ...activities not documented...
              ...
              1930 12 22
              Monday
              ... Peripheral event
              The Enquirer:

              'Noble Sissle recently arrived in this country and has been spending several weeks with Duke Ellington of the Cotton Club, New York... '


              According to New York Age, Sissle sailed from Liverpool Dec. 16 and was to arrive in New York Dec. 22.
              • New York Age 1930-12-20 p.1
              • The Enquirer, Cincinnati, Ohio, 1931-01-05 p.3
              ..
              .djpNew
              added
              2016-03-24
              1930 12 22
              Monday
              .New York, N.Y.Cotton Club
              644 Lenox Ave.
              Harlem
              Night club engagement including Blackberries of 1931 revue "Brown Sugar" - see 1930 09 28

              30 minute broadcast WJZ/NBC Blue Network 12:00-12:30 a.m.
              (Song titles - K. Steiner / Additional notes/ spelling corrections -S. Lasker):
              • Stevedore Stomp
              • When a black man's blue
              • [That] Lindy Hop
              • [I'm] So in love with you
              • Milenburg [Milenberg] Joys (never recorded by Ellington)
              • St. Louis Blues
              K. Steiner:
              NBC Log Books and "Corrected Traffic Sheets"
              Library of Congress - see 1930 10 29
              .DEMS
              .Ken SteinerAdded
              2011
              updated
              2018-08-24
              1930 12 23
              Tuesday
              .New York, N.Y.Cotton Club
              644 Lenox Ave.
              Harlem
              Night club engagement including Blackberries of 1931 revue "Brown Sugar" - see 1930 09 28

              30 minute broadcast WEAF/NBC Red Network 11:00-11:30 p.m.
              (Song titles - K. Steiner / Additional notes/ spelling corrections -S. Lasker):
              • California Rhapsody [Creole Rhapsody?]
              • You're Lucky to me
              • Mood Indigo
              • Cotton Club Stomp
              • Getting myself ready for you (never recorded by Ellington)
              • Three little words
              • Nobody's Sweetheart Now (never recorded by Ellington)
              • I'm so in Love with You
              K. Steiner:
              NBC Log Books and "Corrected Traffic Sheets"
              Library of Congress - see 1930 10 29
              .DEMS
              .Ken SteinerAdded
              2011
              updated
              2018-08-24
              1930 12 24
              Wednesday
              .New York, N.Y.Cotton Club
              644 Lenox Ave.
              Harlem
              Night club engagement including Blackberries of 1931 revue "Brown Sugar" - see 1930 09 28...
              ...
              1930 12 24
              Wednesday
              .New York, N.Y.Rockland Palace(Unconfirmed)

              Dance
              Bandleader/songwriter Noble Sissle and his band from Europe were to appear at a homecoming reception on Christmas Eve. The Pittsburgh Courier ran a story datelined Paris, November 26, which announced

              "Duke Ellington To Welcome Noble Sissle Upon His Return Next Month.

              "The two most famous orchestra leaders in the world will meet for the first time next month, when Duke Ellington, director and pianist of the famous Cotton Club orchestra which bears his name, will be on hand to greet Noble Sissle, who will take his famous Les Ambassadeurs orchestra to the States for the first time in five years for a 1930-31 American tour..."

              The New York Age's story said Sissle would arrive in New York on Dec.22. It said

              Upon his arrival, plans are being made to have Duke Ellington, America's premier jazz directory, and other persons whose names are bywords in Harlem and along Broadway, meet him.

              The event was later briefly described by the Baltimore Afro-American as a flop, with no mention of Ellington.
              It isn't clear whether Ellington was to greet Sissle dockside, one on one, or attend the gala performance. If he was to attend the gala, it isn't clear if he did so, and if so, whether he made a personal, non-playing appearance or performed with his orchestra.

              Further information is welcome.
              • Pittsburgh Courier 1930-11-29, p8,s2
              • New York Age 1930-12-20, p.1
              • Baltimore Afro-American 1930-02-07,p.8
              ..
              .djpNew
              added 2013-12-31
              1930 12 25
              Thursday
              Christmas
              .Washington, D.C.New Masonic Temple
              or
              Masonic Temple

              'Duke Ellington Here
                Washington of all circles are expected to join in the big gala dance on Christmas morning at the New Masonic Temple when Duke Ellington and his Cotton Club Orchestra will play.'

              and

              'Duke Ellington Here
                Probably the most outstanding affair during the past week was the dance at the Masonic Temple Christmas morning, at which time Duke Ellington and his "jungle" crooners of the Cotton Club of New York played. Over 2,500 people crowded into the ballroom.'

              Baltimore Afro-American
              • 1930-12-27 p.2
              • 1931-01-03, p.2
              ..
              .djpNew
              Added
              2015-10-10
              1930 12 25
              Thursday
              Christmas
              .New York, N.Y.Cotton Club
              644 Lenox Ave.
              Harlem
              Night club engagement including Blackberries of 1931 revue "Brown Sugar" - see 1930 09 28

              30 minute broadcast
              Ken Steiner's research of Cotton Club broadcasts on NBC Master Books and Log Books with Corrected Traffic Sheets" shows the 30 minute broadcast on WEAF/NBC Red Network at 23:30, but without detail.
              Note the possible conflict with the Washington dance Christmas morning. The following scenarios should be considered:
              • The band worked at the Cotton Club Christmas Eve and/or Christmas night, commuting to Washington in the early morning of Christmas and back to New York after the morning dance. While Mercer Ellington wrote the trip between New York and Washington took 10 to 12 hours because there were no thruways, beltways, or Interstates, train travel was faster. If the schedules in 1930 were similar to those of summer, 2018, the journey by train could take less than 4 hours.
              • The band had one or both nights off at the Cotton Club, with another band subbing.
              The club was not closed; if it was, there would have been no broadcast.
              • NBC Log Books and "Corrected Traffic Sheets", Library of Congress - see 1930 10 29
              • DEIP p.52
              .DEMS
              .Ken SteinerAdded
              2011
              updated
              2015-10-10
              2018-08-24
              1930 12 26
              Friday
              ...activities not documented...
              ...
              1930 12 27
              Saturday
              ...activities not documented...
              ...
              1930 12 28
              Sunday evening
              .Ossining, N.Y.Sing Sing prisonAbout 100 performers led by Bill (Bojangles) Robinson entertained the prisoners in Sing Sing prison. The group included the entire cast of 'Brown Buddies' which starred Bojangles, Ellington and his band from the Cotton Club, and other entertainers from the Cotton Club and Small's Paradise Club."Negro Performers Entertain At Sing Sing Prison" New York Age, 1931-01-08..
              .djpNew
              added 2012-09-04
              1930 12 29
              Monday
              .New York, N.Y.Cotton Club
              644 Lenox Ave.
              Harlem
              Night club engagement including Blackberries of 1931 revue "Brown Sugar" - see 1930 09 28

              30 minute broadcast, WJZ/NBC Blue Network, 12:00-12:30 a.m.
              K. Steiner:
              NBC Log Books and "Corrected Traffic Sheets"
              Library of Congress - see 1930 10 29
              .DEMS
              .Ken SteinerAdded
              2011
              updated
              2018-08-24
              1930 12 30
              Tuesday
              .New York, N.Y.Cotton Club
              644 Lenox Ave.
              Harlem
              Night club engagement including Blackberries of 1931 revue "Brown Sugar" - see 1930 09 28

              30 minute broadcast WEAF/NBC Red Network 11:00-11:30 p.m.
              (Song titles - K. Steiner / Additional notes/ spelling corrections -S. Lasker):
              • Sand [San?]
              • Blue Again
              • You're Driving Me Crazy
              • That Saturday Night Function
              • High Society Blues
              • Awful Sad
              • He's My Secret Passion (never recorded by Ellington)
              • I'm So in Love With You
              K. Steiner:
              NBC Log Books and "Corrected Traffic Sheets"
              Library of Congress - see 1930 10 29
              .DEMS
              .Ken SteinerAdded
              2011
              updated
              2018-08-24
              1930 12 31
              Wednesday
              ...activities not documented...
              ...



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              1931 01 01
              Thursday
              .New York, N.Y.Cotton Club
              644 Lenox Ave.
              Harlem
              Night club engagement including Blackberries of 1931 revue "Brown Sugar" - see 1930 09 28

              30 minute broadcast WEAF/NBC Red Network 11:30-12:00 midnight
              K. Steiner:
              NBC Log Books and "Corrected Traffic Sheets"
              Library of Congress - see 1930 10 29
              .DEMS
              .Ken SteinerAdded
              2011
              updated
              2018-08-24
              1931 01 02
              Friday
              .New York, N.Y.Cotton Club
              644 Lenox Ave.
              Harlem
              Night club engagement including Blackberries of 1931 revue "Brown Sugar" - see 1930 09 28...
              ..2011>
              1931 01 03
              Saturday
              .New York, N.Y.Cotton Club
              644 Lenox Ave.
              Harlem
              Night club engagement including Blackberries of 1931 revue "Brown Sugar" - see 1930 09 28...
              ..2011>
              1931 01 04
              Sunday
              .New York, N.Y.Cotton Club
              644 Lenox Ave.
              Harlem
              Night club engagement including Blackberries of 1931 revue "Brown Sugar" - see 1930 09 28...
              ..2011>
              1931 01 05
              Monday
              .New York, N.Y.Cotton Club
              644 Lenox Ave.
              Harlem
              Night club engagement including Blackberries of 1931 revue "Brown Sugar" - see 1930 09 28

              30 minute broadcast WJZ/NBC Blue Network 12:00-12:30 a.m.
              K. Steiner:
              NBC Log Books and "Corrected Traffic Sheets"
              Library of Congress - see 1930 10 29
              .DEMS
              .Ken Steiner2011
              updated
              2018-08-24
              1931 01 06
              Tuesday
              .New York, N.Y.Cotton Club
              644 Lenox Ave.
              Harlem
              Night club engagement including Blackberries of 1931 revue "Brown Sugar" - see 1930 09 28

              30 minute broadcast WEAF/NBC Red Network 11:00-11:30 p.m.
              (Song titles - K. Steiner / Additional notes/ spelling corrections -S. Lasker):
              • St. Louis Toddle-O (Signature)
              • Ring Dem Bells
              • Something to Remember You By "Three's a Crowd" (never recorded by Ellington)
              • Bye Bye Blues*
              • Body and Soul "Three's a Crowd" (never recorded by Ellington)
              • The Milenburg [Milenberg] Joys (never recorded by Ellington)
              • Awful Sad
              • Cotton Club Stomp
              • That Saturday Night Function
              • Old Man Blues
              • [East] St. Louis Toddle-O (Signature)
              K. Steiner:
              NBC Log Books and "Corrected Traffic Sheets"
              Library of Congress - see 1930 10 29
              .DEMS
              .Ken SteinerAdded
              2011
              updated
              2018-08-24
              1931 01 07
              Wednesday
              .New York, N.Y.Cotton Club
              644 Lenox Ave.
              Harlem
              ....
              ..2011>
              1931 01 08
              Thursday
              .New York, N.Y.OKeh studio
              Probably 1819 Broadway
              possibly 25 West 45th Street.
              OKeh recording session - originally dated 1930 11 08 in New Desor, Wax Works, Jepsen and Bakker but revised to 1931 01 08 in New Desor "Small Corrections 5004" and Timner V based on Steven Lasker's research - see DEMS 01/2-18/1 and 01/3-13/1.

              The New York Syncopaters or Memphis Hot Shots for the first two titles, and Harlem Footwarmers for the last two.
              Personnel: Whetsel, C. Williams, Jenkins, Nanton, Tizol, Bigard, Hodges, Carney, Ellington, Guy, Braud, Greer, and Sid Garry (vocal)*
              Titles recorded:
              • I Can't Realize You Love Me*
              • I'm So In Love With You*
              • Rockin' In Rhythm
              • Mood Indigo
              Release dates:
              • U.S. Odeon/Parlophone: 1931 02 15
              • OKeh 8869: 1931 04 25
              • Clarion, Harmony and Velvet Tone: 1931 10 20
              New Desor
              DE3018
              Small Corrections 5004
              DEMS
              .sl/dp2011
              updated
              2014-01-01
              2014-04-28
              2014-09-02
              1931 01 08
              Thursday
              .New York, N.Y.Cotton Club
              644 Lenox Ave.
              Harlem
              Night club engagement including Blackberries of 1931 revue "Brown Sugar" - see 1930 09 28

              30 minute broadcast WEAF/NBC Red Network 11:30-12:00 midnight
              K. Steiner:
              NBC Log Books and "Corrected Traffic Sheets"
              Library of Congress - see 1930 10 29
              .DEMS
              .Ken Steiner2011
              updated
              2018-08-24
              1931 01 09
              Friday
              .New York, N.Y.Cotton Club
              644 Lenox Ave.
              Harlem
              ....
              ..2011>
              1931 01 10
              Saturday
              .New York, N.Y.114 E. 32nd St.
              or
              1776 Broadway
              A.R.C. recording sessionThe Whoopee Makers
              Whetsel, C.Williams, Jenkins, Nanton, Tizol, Bigard, Hodges, Carney, Ellington, Guy, Braud, Greer, Chick Bullock, vocal.

              Titles recorded:
              • Them There Eyes
              • Rockin' Chair
              • I'm So In Love With You
              Bullock was an American Record Corporation staff vocalist and was assigned to sing with bands that didn't have a well-known vocalist. He describes his two sessions with Ellington in DEMS 97/3, p.10.
              Steven Lasker:

              'This session took place either at 114 E. 32nd Street or at 1776 Broadway, I can't say which. As I noted in the discussion under circa 1928 03 08, the ARC's New York studio moved to 1776 Broadway circa January 1931. The earliest ledger sheet to show that address, for master number 10460, is dated 1931-03-04, but the move happened earlier inasmuch as the Perfect Advance List and Order Blanks for Special Advance February [1931] Releases, distributed in January 1931, shows ARC at 1776 Broadway.'

              New Desor
              DE3101
              DEMS
              Timner corrections .2011
              updated
              2014-09-02
              2017-04-11
              2018-08-17
              1931 01 10
              Saturday
              .New York, N.Y.Cotton Club
              644 Lenox Ave.
              Harlem
              Night club engagement including Blackberries of 1931 revue "Brown Sugar" - see 1930 09 28...
              ..2011>
              1931 01 11
              Sunday
              .New York, N.Y.Cotton Club
              644 Lenox Ave.
              Harlem
              Night club engagement including Blackberries of 1931 revue "Brown Sugar" - see 1930 09 28...
              ..2011>
              1931 01 12
              Monday
              2 P.M.
              .New York, N.Y.Brunswick Recording Studio
              Room 2 (Studio 2)
              799 Seventh Ave.
              Brunswick recording session
              2 pm start
              The Jungle Band
              C. Williams, Whetsel, Jenkins, Nanton, Tizol, Bigard, Hodges, Carney, Ellington, Guy, Braud, Greer, Benny Payne, and vocal.
              Titles recorded:
              • Rockin' Chair
              • Rockin' In Rhythm
              Payne and Nanton were apparently present for Twelfth Street Rag but it wasn't recorded.

              Steven Lasker advises ten waxes were cut of Rockin' Chair and two of Rockin' in Rhythm, but all were scrapped. Twelfth Street Rag was to be recorded in this session as well, but no waxes were cut of this title this date.

              While Timner IV and V report this session, it is not shown in New Desor, ellingtonia.com nor depanorama.net at the time of writing, nor is it shown in the older print discographies Jepsen, Bakker, or Wax Works. This isn't unusual, since the records were never produced. The Brunswick Recording Laboratories Work Order and Questionnaire for Rockin' Chair (see 1931 01 14) does prove the session occurred, in that the document was dated Jan.12 and altered to Jan.14.

              While Timner V says The Peanut Vendor and Twelfth Street Rag were scheduled but not played, Mr. Lasker's research in the record company files gives no indication The Peanut Vendor was scheduled on the 12th.
              • Timner IV and V
              • Emails, Lasker-Palmquist
                • 2014-08-19
                • 2015-02-05
                • 2015-02-23
              .DEMS
              .sl/dp2011
              updated 2014-04-28
              2014-09-02
              2015-02-06
              2015-02-23
              1931 01 12
              Monday
              .New York, N.Y.Cotton Club
              644 Lenox Ave.
              Harlem
              Night club engagement including Blackberries of 1931 revue "Brown Sugar" - see 1930 09 28

              30 minute broadcast WJZ/NBC Blue Network 12:00-12:30 a.m.
              K. Steiner:
              NBC Log Books and "Corrected Traffic Sheets"
              Library of Congress - see 1930 10 29
              .DEMS
              .Ken Steiner2011
              updated
              2018-08-24
              1931 01 13
              Tuesday
              .New York, N.Y.Cotton Club
              644 Lenox Ave.
              Harlem
              Night club engagement including Blackberries of 1931 revue "Brown Sugar" - see 1930 09 28

              30 minute broadcast WEAF/NBC Red Network 11:00-11:30 p.m.
              (Song titles - K. Steiner / Additional notes/ spelling corrections -S. Lasker):
              • Dixie Glide [The Dicty Glide]
              • [She's] My Secret Passion (never recorded by Ellington)
              • Hittin' the Bottle
              • Rockin' Chair
              • Ring Dem Bells
              • Saturday Night Function
              • Three Little Words
              • Old Man Blues
              K. Steiner:
              NBC Log Books and "Corrected Traffic Sheets"
              Library of Congress - see 1930 10 29
              .DEMS
              .Ken Steiner2011
              updated
              2018-08-24
              1931 01 14
              Wednesday
              .New York, N.Y.Brunswick Studio
              799 Seventh Ave.
              Studio 3
              Brunswick recording session
              14:00 - 16:55
              The Jungle Band and Earl Jackson and His Musical Champions
              Whetsel, C.Williams, Jenkins, Nanton, Tizol, Bigard, Hodges, Carney, Ellington, Guy, Braud, Greer, Bennie Payne, vocal and piano
              Titles recorded:
              • Rockin' Chair (E35800) (Five waxes were cut, resulting in takes -A, -B, and -office. Take A was first released 1931-03-16 on Melotone M12093; and take -A was re-released 1934-01-06 on Brunswick 6732.)
              • Rockin' In Rhythm (E35801) (Four waxes were cut, yielding takes -A, -B, and -office. Take A was first released 1931-03-12 on Brunswick 6038.)
              • Twelfth Street Rag (E35802) (Five waxes cut; takes -A, -B, -office resulted. Take A was first released 1931-03-12 on Br 6038.)
              See DEMS 05/3-59 for an explanation of office takes.
              The Brunswick Recording Laboratories Work Order and Questionnaire for Rockin' Chair, reproduced in DEMS 2000/3, was typed, showing a typed "Lab. Date" of Jan. 12, 1931, altered in writing to Jan. 14, and Studio No. 2, altered to No. 3.The typed artist name was "Jungle Band" and "Name Later," with "The Washingtonians" added in handwritten capital letters. Instrumentation shows as 2 pianos, drums, 3 saxes, 1 banjo, 1 bass viol, 3 turmpets and 1 trombone. This form was originally for the Jan.12 session, and at the bottom is a note saying "10 waxes cut for this selection 1-12-31 - no masters made. Room 2 Jan. 13." The form shows the number of men used as 12, but this is appears to have been altered from 11. This may be due to using both Payne and Ellington on piano.
              New Desor
              DE3102
              DEMS
              .djp2011
              updated
              2014-04-28
              2015-02-06
              1931 01 14
              Wednesday
              .New York, N.Y.Cotton Club
              644 Lenox Ave.
              Harlem
              Night club engagement including Blackberries of 1931 revue "Brown Sugar" - see 1930 09 28...
              ..2011>
              1931 01 15
              Thursday
              .New York, N.Y.Cotton Club
              644 Lenox Ave.
              Harlem
              Night club engagement including Blackberries of 1931 revue "Brown Sugar" - see 1930 09 28

              30 minute broadcast WEAF/NBC Red Network
              (Song titles - K. Steiner / Additional notes/ spelling corrections -S. Lasker):
              • Rockin' in Rhythm
              • What Good Am I without You
              • Truly
              • Awful Sad
              • Peanut Vendor
              • When a Black Man's Blue
              • Ding Dong Daddy
              • Double Check Stomp
              K. Steiner:
              NBC Log Books and "Corrected Traffic Sheets"
              Library of Congress - see 1930 10 29
              .DEMS
              .Ken Steiner2011
              updated
              2018-08-24
              1931 01 16
              Friday
              .New York, N.Y.RCA Studio #2RCA Victor recording session
              1:30-5:40
              We don't know if this session was in the afternoon or at night
              Duke Ellington and His Orchestra
              Whetsel, C.Williams, Jenkins, Nanton, Tizol, Bigard, Hodges, Carney, Ellington, Guy, Braud, Greer, Bullock,vocal
              Titles recorded:
              • The River And Me
              • Keep A Song In Your Soul
              • Sam And Delilah
              • Rockin' In Rhythm
              New Desor
              DE3103
              DEMS
              Timner corrections djp2011
              updated
              2014-04-28
              2014-09-02
              1931 01 16
              Friday
              .New York, N.Y.Cotton Club
              644 Lenox Ave.
              Harlem
              Night club engagement including Blackberries of 1931 revue "Brown Sugar" - see 1930 09 28...
              ..2011>
              1931 01 17
              Saturday
              .New York, N.Y.Cotton Club
              644 Lenox Ave.
              Harlem
              Night club engagement including Blackberries of 1931 revue "Brown Sugar" - see 1930 09 28...
              ..2011>
              1931 01 18
              Sunday
              .New York, N.Y.Cotton Club
              644 Lenox Ave.
              Harlem
              Night club engagement including Blackberries of 1931 revue "Brown Sugar" - see 1930 09 28...
              ..2011>
              1931 01 19
              Monday
              .New York, N.Y.Cotton Club
              644 Lenox Ave.
              Harlem
              Night club engagement including Blackberries of 1931 revue "Brown Sugar" - see 1930 09 28

              30 minute broadcast WJZ/NBC Blue Network 12:00-12:30 a.m.
              K. Steiner:
              NBC Log Books and "Corrected Traffic Sheets"
              Library of Congress - see 1930 10 29
              .DEMS
              .Ken Steiner2011
              updated
              2018-08-24
              1931 01 20
              Tuesday
              .New York, N.Y.Brunswick Studio
              Studio 2
              799 Seventh Ave.
              Brunswick recording session
              14:30 - 17:50
              The Jungle Band
              Whetsel, C.Williams, Jenkins, Nanton, Tizol, Bigard, Hodges, Carney, Ellington, Guy, Braud, Greer, Dick Robertson, vocal
              Titles recorded:
              • The Peanut Vendor
              • Creole Rhapsody
              • Is That Religion?
              Steven Lasker:

              ' Is That Religion was first released on Melotone with artist's credit to Earl Jackson and his Musical Champions. Melotone was a 25-cent budget label. (If you're ever curious about the retail price of 78s in the period 1925-50, check out this link: http://www.vjm.biz/new_page_11.htm

              New Desor
              DE3104
              DEMS
              .djp2011
              updated 2014-04-28
              2014-09-02
              2015-02-06
              1931 01 20
              Tuesday
              .New York, N.Y.Cotton Club
              644 Lenox Ave.
              Harlem
              Night club engagement including Blackberries of 1931 revue "Brown Sugar" - see 1930 09 28

              30 minute broadcast WEAF/NBC Red Network 11:00-11:30 p.m.
              (Song titles - K. Steiner / Additional notes/ spelling corrections -S. Lasker):
              • Cotton Club Stomp
              • Blue Again
              • I'm getting myself ready for you (never recorded by Ellington)
              • Black & Tan Fantasy
              • I'm alone because I love you (never recorded by Ellington)
              • [The] Peanut Vendor
              • Brooklyn Rhapsody [Creole Rhapsody?]
              • St. Louis Blues
              K. Steiner:
              NBC Log Books and "Corrected Traffic Sheets"
              Library of Congress - see 1930 10 29
              .DEMS
              .Ken Steiner2011
              updated
              2018-08-24
              1931 01 21
              Wednesday
              .New York, N.Y.Rockland Palace(Unconfirmed)

              "Congressman Oscar DePriest...principal speaker at a big public mass meeting to adi the jobless, which will be staged at Rockland Palace...The meeting is being promoted by Apex Beauty College and the proceeds will be given to the Urban League, the Harlem Co-opeartating Committee and other agencies for the unemployed."

              Advertisement:
              "Gala Benefit for Urban League and Harlem Co-Operating Committee for Unemployment Relief

              Under auspices of Apex College.
              Artists named "who will definitely attend:"
              Congressman Oscar DePriest; Bill Bojangles Robinson; Adelaide hall; Ada Brown; Duke Ellington and his Cotton Club Orchestra; Alma Smith and Putnie; Connie's Inn Revue; Red and Struggie; 2 Midnight Steppers; Berry Brothers; Beatrice Foots; Leonard Harper; Roy White; Small's Paradise Revue; Myara Johnson; Harold Reed; Chas. Johnson and His Small's Paradise Band.

              The report only confirms 3,000 attended the meeting and there was dancing. It doesn't confirm who performed.
              • Stratemann p.45
              • Vail I p.45 (copied from Stratemann)
              • New York Age:
                • Announcement 1931-01-10 p.1
                • Ad, 1931-01-17,p.6
                • Report 1931-01-31 p.3
              ..
              ..2011
              updated
              2014-04-28
              1931 01 21
              Wednesday
              .New York, N.Y.Cotton Club
              644 Lenox Ave.
              Harlem
              Night club engagement including Blackberries of 1931 revue "Brown Sugar" - see 1930 09 28...
              ..2011>
              1931 01 22
              Thursday
              .New York, N.Y.Cotton Club
              644 Lenox Ave.
              Harlem
              Night club engagement including Blackberries of 1931 revue "Brown Sugar" - see 1930 09 28

              30 minute broadcast WEAF/NBC Red Network 11:30-12:00 midnight
              (Song titles - K. Steiner / Additional notes/ spelling corrections -S. Lasker):
              • St. Louis Toddle-O
              • Milenburg [Milenberg] Joys (never recorded by Ellington)
              • Rockin Chair
              • I'm So Afraid of You
              • St. Louis Blues
              • Stardust
              • Keep A Song In Your Soul
              • Mood Indigo
              • St. Louis Toddle-O

              New York, Jan. 23 -- Fireman, save my child!

              This call was heard coming from the chorus dressing room of the Cotton Club in Harlem Thursday night, but it wasn't a fireman who responded unless the type of music that the rescuer expatiates [sic] could be classed under the incendiary list, for the hero was none other than Duke Ellington.

              Rushing in, the Duke, loaded with pales [sic] of water, showed that he could cool things just as fast as he could warm them up.

              Anyway , to make a short story shorter, he extinguished the blaze which, had it not been for his quick work, might have caused thousands of dollars of damage.

              • NBC Log Books and "Corrected Traffic Sheets", Library of Congress - see 1930 10 29
              • Chicago Defender, National edition, Jan. 24 1931
              .DEMS
              .Ken Steiner2011
              updated
              2014-02-02
              2018-08-24
              1931 01 23
              Friday
              1931 02 04
              Wednesday
              Brooklyn, N.Y.Paramount TheaterStage show
              Stratemann has the engagement ending Feb. 5, likely taken from a Variety ad which said the band was held over a second week, thus indicating closing on Feb. 5. The Brooklyn Daily Eagle carried an ad for Ellington and the Paramount on Feb. 5 as well.

              However, since the band opened in Boston on that day, this chronology shows it closing Feb. 4.
              The Paramount run was announced as the band's first stage appearance in Brooklyn, and the initial announcement in the Standard Union said it was for two weeks.

              The ads included the film, Duke Ellington and his Cotton Club Orchestra, and "RUBINOFF - Public Revue."

              Standard Union's review:

              '...Duke Ellington, temporarily supplanting the crooning Mr. Vallee, leeas his Cotton Club orchestra through several jazz selections. Appearing in the Publix revue, "Three of a Kind," these estimable musicians offer their number in red hot, sizzling style. Other entertainers include Hal Netman, Fred Sylvester and Grace Bowman.'

              The Brooklyn Daily Eagle provided more information about the other acts:
              • Hal Neiman, Fred Sylvester and Company
              • George Prize and his Punch and Judy
              • The Fred Evans Girls
              • Rubinoff conducted the overture
              • Two organs were played by Stuart Barrie and Elsie Thompson.
              On January 30, the acts changed to
              • Extra Added Attraction! In Person! Ruth Etting
              • Second Burning Week, Duke Ellington and his Cotton Club Orchestra!
              • Charlie Davis and His Joy Gang of Handy Boys!
              • Rubinoff and the Brooklyn Paramount Orchestra
              • "Illustrations," Gourfain's Public Revue with Frank Gaby &Co, The Stanley Bros., Elora Hoffman, Allan Foster Girls
              • Stuart Barrie and Elsie Thompson
              In its Jan. 31 edition, the Standard Union said

              '...Duke Ellington and His Cotton Club Orchestra spread indigo syncopation and torrid music all over the place. They offer a programme which includes "Mood Indigo,: "Nobody's Sweetheart Now," and "Tiger Rag." It would be a pleasure to listen to them all day long.'

              • Stratemann pp.47-48, citing
                • Variety 1931-01-28 p.83
                • New York Times 1931-02-01 p.8
              • Standard Union,Brooklyn, N.Y.
                • 1931-01-20
                • 1931-01-23
                • 1931-01-24 pp.8,9
                • 1931-01-29 p.6
                • 1931-01-31 p.7
              • New York Age, 1931-01-24 p.7
              • Brooklyn Daily Eagle,New York, N.Y.
                • 1931-01-25 p.B-11
                • 1931-01-26 p.17
                • 1931-01-28 p.B-19
                • 1931-01-29 p.21
                • 1931-01-30 p.21
                • 1931-01-31 p.9
                • 1931-02-01 p.B-13
                • 1931-02-02 p.19
                • 1931-02-05 p.21
              • The New York Sun, 1931-01-26 p.25
              • 1931-02-01 New York Times, p.6
              • 1931-02-05 Boston Herald, p.18
              ..
              .djp2011
              updated
              2014-03-09
              2016-03-25
              1931 01 23
              Friday
              .New York, N.Y.Cotton Club
              644 Lenox Ave.
              Harlem
              Night club engagement including Blackberries of 1931 revue "Brown Sugar" - see 1930 09 28...
              ..2011>
              1931 01 24
              Saturday
              .Brooklyn, N.Y.Paramount TheatreStage show - see 1931 01 23...
              ..2011
              1931 01 24
              Saturday
              ... Peripheral event
              The New York Age this date carried an ad for the Lafayette showing DUKE ELLINGTON'S BAND ON THE VVITAPHONE [sic}.

              Vitaphone was a sound system used for film, so presumably the theatre was playing one of the Ellington films.
              New York Age, 1931-01-24 p.6..
              .djpNew
              added
              2016-03-25
              1931 01 24
              Saturday
              .New York, N.Y.Cotton Club
              644 Lenox Ave.
              Harlem
              Night club engagement including Blackberries of 1931 revue "Brown Sugar" - see 1930 09 28...
              ..2011>
              1931 01 25
              Sunday
              .Brooklyn, N.Y.Paramount TheatreStage show - see 1931 01 23...
              ..2011
              1931 01 25
              Sunday
              .New York, N.Y.Cotton Club
              644 Lenox Ave.
              Harlem
              Night club engagement including Blackberries of 1931 revue "Brown Sugar" - see 1930 09 28...
              ..2011>
              1931 01 26
              Monday
              .Brooklyn, N.Y.Paramount TheatreStage show - see 1931 01 23...
              ..2011
              1931 01 26
              Monday
              .New York, N.Y.Cotton Club
              644 Lenox Ave.
              Harlem
              Night club engagement including Blackberries of 1931 revue "Brown Sugar" - see 1930 09 28...
              ..2011>
              1931 01 27
              Tuesday
              .Brooklyn, N.Y.Paramount TheatreStage show - see 1931 01 23...
              ..2011
              1931 01 27
              Tuesday
              .New York, N.Y.Cotton Club
              644 Lenox Ave.
              Harlem
              Night club engagement including Blackberries of 1931 revue "Brown Sugar" - see 1930 09 28

              30 minute broadcast WEAF/NBC Red Network 11:00-11:30 p.m.
              (Song titles - K. Steiner / Additional notes/ spelling corrections -S. Lasker):
              • The Cotton Club Stomp
              • When Your Hair Has Turned to Silver
              • In the shade of the old Apple Tree
              • Dreaming Sweet Dreams of You
              • The Peanut Vendor
              • Doing the Boom-Boom [Doin' the Voom-Voom]
              • I'm So in Love With You
              • Hot and Bothered
              K. Steiner:
              NBC Log Books and "Corrected Traffic Sheets"
              Library of Congress - see 1930 10 29
              .DEMS
              .Ken SteinerAdded
              2011
              updated
              2018-08-24
              1931 01 28
              Wednesday
              .Brooklyn, N.Y.Paramount TheatreStage show - see 1931 01 23...
              ..2011
              1931 01 28
              Wednesday
              .New York, N.Y.Cotton Club
              644 Lenox Ave.
              Harlem
              Night club engagement including Blackberries of 1931 revue "Brown Sugar" - see 1930 09 28...
              ..2011
              1931 01 29
              Thursday
              .Brooklyn, N.Y.Paramount TheatreStage show - see 1931 01 23...
              ..2011
              1931 01 29
              Thursday
              .New York, N.Y.Cotton Club
              644 Lenox Ave.
              Harlem
              Night club engagement including Blackberries of 1931 revue "Brown Sugar" - see 1930 09 28

              30 minute broadcast WEAF/NBC Red Network 11:30-12:00 midnight
              (Song titles - K. Steiner / Additional notes/ spelling corrections -S. Lasker):
              • Rockin' in Rhythm
              • Three Little Words
              • St. Louis Blues
              • Keep a song in your Soul
              • Mood Indigo
              • A Lot of Fingers [Lot o'Fingers]
              • Rockin' Chair
              • Stevedore Stomp
              • I'm so in Love with you
              K. Steiner:
              NBC Log Books and "Corrected Traffic Sheets"
              Library of Congress - see 1930 10 29
              .DEMS
              .Ken Steiner2011
              updated
              2018-08-24
              1931 01 30
              Friday
              .Brooklyn, N.Y.Paramount TheatreStage show - see 1931 01 23...
              ..2011
              1931 01 30
              Friday
              .New York, N.Y.Cotton Club
              644 Lenox Ave.
              Harlem
              Night club engagement including Blackberries of 1931 revue "Brown Sugar" - see 1930 09 28...
              ..2011>
              1931 01 31
              Saturday
              .Brooklyn, N.Y.Paramount TheatreStage show - see 1931 01 23...
              ..2011
              1931 01 31
              Saturday
              .New York, N.Y.Cotton Club
              644 Lenox Ave.
              Harlem
              Night club engagement including Blackberries of 1931 revue "Brown Sugar" - see 1930 09 28...
              ..2011>

              February 1931

              1931 02 01
              Sunday
              1931 02 05Brooklyn, N.Y.Paramount TheatreStage show - see 1931 01 23...
              ..2011
              1931 02 01
              Sunday
              .New York, N.Y.Cotton Club
              644 Lenox Ave.
              Harlem
              Night club engagement including Blackberries of 1931 revue "Brown Sugar" - see 1930 09 28

              15 minute broadcast WEAF/NBC Red Network 11:45-12:00 midnight
              Titles per K. Steiner in DEMS, comments by S. Lasker
              • Signature - East St. Louis Toodles
              • [When It's] Sleepy Time Down South (never recorded by Ellington)
              • Limehouse Blues
              • Mood Indigo
              • It Don't Mean a Thing
              • Signature - East St. Louis Toodles
              K. Steiner:
              Log Books and "Corrected Traffic Sheets",
              Library of Congress - see 1930 10 29
              .DEMS
              09/2-6
              ..2011
              updated
              2018-08-25
              1931 02 02
              Monday
              .Brooklyn, N.Y.Paramount TheatreStage show - see 1931 01 23...
              ..2011
              1931 02 02
              Monday
              .New York, N.Y.Cotton Club
              644 Lenox Ave.
              Harlem
              Night club engagement including Blackberries of 1931 revue "Brown Sugar" - see 1930 09 28

              30 minute broadcast WJZ/NBC Blue Network 12:00-12:30 a.m.
              K. Steiner:
              NBC Log Books and "Corrected Traffic Sheets"
              Library of Congress - see 1930 10 29
              .DEMS
              .Ken Steiner2011
              updated
              2013
              2018-08-24
              1931 02 03
              Tuesday
              .Brooklyn, N.Y.Paramount TheatreStage show - see 1931 01 23...
              ..2011
              1931 02 03
              Tuesday
              .New York, N.Y.Cotton Club
              644 Lenox Ave.
              Harlem
              Night club engagement including Blackberries of 1931 revue "Brown Sugar" - see 1930 09 28

              30 minute broadcast WEAF/NBC Red Network 11:00-11:30 p.m.
              (Song titles - K. Steiner / Additional notes/ spelling corrections -S. Lasker):
              • sig[nature]
              • The Duke Steps Out
              • I'm So In Love with You
              • The Mooch
              • The Double Check Stomp
              • The Twelfth Street Rag
              • Black and Tan Fantasy
              • Tiger Rag
              • sig[nature]


              Last night of engagement
              K. Steiner:
              NBC Log Books and "Corrected Traffic Sheets"
              Library of Congress - see 1930 10 29
              .DEMS
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              2011
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              2018-08-24
              1931 02 04
              Wednesday
              .Brooklyn, N.Y.Paramount TheatrePresumed ending day of
              Stage show - see 1931 01 23
              ...
              ..2011
              1931 02 04
              Wednesday
              ... Peripheral event
              1Cab Calloway and his orchestra became the Cotton Club house band while Ellington and his orchestra began an 18-week "limited tour of Paramount-Publix most important theatres"

              2 "...the Duke and the Cotton Club will go their separate ways because he has refused to accept a cut in salary for himself and his men, and that a smaller organization is going in at a reduced price."

              According to Shipton, Calloway was under contract to Moe Gale who was having trouble finding work for his band. At the very end of 1930, he managed to put the band into the Crazy Cat. According to his autobiography, mobsters showed up at that club and told him to be at the Cotton Club to rehearse. His contract with Gale would be torn up and he'd be employed by the Cotton Club. While he was playing at the Strand in January, it was announced to the press that he would replace Ellington at the Cotton Club in the first week of February.

              The Pittsburgh Courier carried Floyd J. Calvin's lengthy column about Calloway, datelined New York, Jan. 29, in which Calloway was reported to be opening at the Cotton Club on February 5.
              • 1Stratemann pp.45-46
              • 2Baltimore Afro-American 1931-01-24, p.9
              • Alyn Shipton, Hi-de-ho: The Life of Cab Calloway, p.45
              • Pittsburgh Courier 1931-01-31, p.8,s.2
              ..
              .djpNew
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              2015-06-17
              1931 02 05
              Thursday
              circa
              1932 02 01
              ..Ellington and his orchestra began a year on the road, opening in Boston on February 5, 1931. With the exceptions of an apparently cancelled February 11 date at the Hotel New Yorker and an October week in nearby Jersey City, N.J., they were away from New York until the beginning of February, 1932.

              Hasse (and confirmed by Bigard):

              'Impresario Mills gave out typewritten itineraries, and each member of the orchestra knew what bus, train or boat to catch..." '

              John Hammond:

              'Speaking of the Duke, I hear that he will return to New York early in February [1932], his first visit in well over a year. Trouble with the local racketeers, I fear, has been one of the causes of his prolonged absence.'

              Barney Bigard:

              '... it was over eleven years till I once again could settle down and stay in one place. The world was now made up of theaters, trains, boats, hotel rooms, movie lots, radio stations, band buses which all come under the all encompassing heading "The rigors of the never ending road." Of course it wasn't a bad life once you took to it. Living out of a suitcase has its good points too, but you just don't have any roots. No place to really come home to. In fact home is with the band, year in and year out.'

              • Hasse, p.144.
              • Bigard, ibid., p.66
              • Emails, S. Lasker-Palmquist 2014-08-28, 2015-05-19 & 2015-06-16 quoting John Hammond, American News, The Melody Maker, 1932-02-00 p.153
              ..
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              Circa
              1931 02 05
              ...PERSONNEL CHANGE
              Cotton Club bus boy Richard Bowden "Jonesy" Jones (1902 11 17- 1946 08 06) quit the Cotton Club to go on tour with the band as Ellington's band boy. Teachout says Stompy Jones was named for him.
              When did Ellington hire Jonesy?

              Ellington wrote:

              '...our first band boy... worked his way up to bus boy at the Cotton Club...
                Jonesy was a wonderful cat... When we got ready to leave the Cotton Club in 1931, Jonesy went to Herman Stark, the manager, and said he was quitting to go on the road with us. Stark hit the ceiling, but eventually relented, and Jonesy stayed with us until we lost him in Los Angeles.
                It was a great loss, for he really took care of business, and he was much more than a band boy. A couple of times he had to act as my bodyguard, and he did that, but good. I don't know how I would have managed without him. God bless our Jonesy.'


              What is a band boy?

              Bigard:

              'We had a band boy named Richard B. Jones. He used to be a bus boy at the Cotton Club and when we left we took "Jonesy" with us. He was so loyal to Duke that later he became more of a bodyguard. He used to handle all the trunks. Put them on and off trains and bring them to the hotel to the rooms and all. He also kept the band's music and passed it out.'

              Hasse:

              '"Jonesy" became the "band boy," responsible for handling the trunks, helping Sonny Greer set up his elaborate drum set and keep it polished, handing out musical arrangements, and acting as something of a bodyguard for Ellington.'

              Boyer:

              'When a dance is over, [road manager Jack] Boyd and his Negro assistant, Richard Jones, or Jonesy, who doubles as Duke's valet, begin packing the instruments, uniforms, scores, stands, and the like so that they can be transported to the next town the band is playing. “If the band gets four hours' sleep," Boyd often says, “me and Jonesy don't get any. When the band walks out, they're through, but me and Jonesy have to get the baggage on the train and often we don't get to bed at all." '

              Chester Nerges, Chicago Defender:

              'He looks after all of the baggage, assists Sonny Greer in setting up his drums and keeping them shining at all times, distributes the music and does many other important jobs that the ordinary public would never think of. However, aside from all these duties his main interest lies within the old maestro, Duke. Anywhere you happen to see Mr. Ellington his worthy constituent is right by his side. At times Duke reminds one of a gangster with one of his bodyguards.
                With all this he still has time to study clarinet and from what he told me he some day intends asking for Barney Bigard's job. Seriously, Jones puts his whole heart in his job, and more so the boys, for they treat him as they would a brother and he in appreciation never tires of doing favors for them.'

              Ellington:

              '... he was always ready to do anything to help us. He first got into our world by helping us load instruments on the many nights we did benefits. We were sort of hooked on each other... '

              Ulanov, who spells the middle name "Bowdoin")

              'Jones is very close to Duke. Since 1927, when Duke found him at the Cotton Club, a newly-wed bus-boy, he's been in constant attendance upon him, a valet, factotoum, friend.'

              Carney, quoted by Lawrence:

              '...When he wasn't busing dishes, he was always hanging around backstage... Duke would always change clothes between shows. The next thing we knew, Jonesy would be in his dressing room helping him. He did the same thing on the theater dates downtown. When we had recording dates he'd do the setups, and once Sonny got those drums, Duke knew he'd need some help with them and hired Jonesy as a combination valet-band boy. Then they took him on the road with us.'

              • Duke Ellington, MIMM, pp.125-126
              • Bigard, ibid., p.52
              • Hasse, p.144.
              • Richard O. Boyer, The Hot Bach I, The New Yorker, 1944-06-24
              • Steven Lasker, A Cotton Club Miscellany, privately published, p. 27, quoting Chester Nerges, Blue Notes, Chicago Defender, Chicago, Ill., 1931 08 24
              • Ulanov (ibid.), p.262
              • A.H.Lawrence, Duke Ellington and His World, A Biography, Routledge, 2001, p.173, quoting Harry Carney
              See also
              • M. Ellington, DEIP, p.54
              • Teachout (ibid.), p.125
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              1931 02 05
              Thursday
              1931 02 11
              Wednesday
              Boston, Mass.Metropolitan TheatreStage show

              First engagement of the 18 week Publix theatre chain tour.

              The outstanding attraction on the stage program yesterday afternoon was Duke Ellington and his celebrated Cotton Club band. They roused the audience to loud, even vociferous applause which continued without pause through the 10-minute trailer that followed their appearance. Ellington plays the piano and conducts, while the members of the orchestra do their specialties, producing a lively, rhythmic, ear-piercing din. They have their own idea of jazz and it is undeniably effective. E.L.H.


              In DEMS 05/1-7, Ken Steiner wrote that a dance at the Hotel New Yorker announced in Variety 1930-12-24 is unlikely to have occurred on this date, if at all, because the band was working in Boston.

              Stratemann, p.47, reports the dates as Feb 6 to 12; Mr. Steiner's research determined the dates were Feb. 5 to 11.
              • Daily ads, Boston Post, 1931-02-05 to -12
              • Boston Herald,
                • "Starts Today" ad, 1931-02-05 p.18
                • ad,1931-02-06 p.2
                • "The Screen," 1931-02-06 p.18
              .DEMS
              05,1-7
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              2016-03-25
              1931 02 06
              Friday
              .Boston, Mass.Metropolitan TheaterPublix Theatre tour
              Vaudeville -Publix Theatre tour
              Vaudeville - see 1931 02 05
              ...
              ..New
              added 2012-01-12
              1931 02 07
              Saturday
              .Boston, Mass.Metropolitan TheaterPublix Theatre tour
              Vaudeville - see 1931 02 05
              ...
              ..New
              added 2012-01-12
              1931 02 08
              Sunday
              .Boston, Mass.Metropolitan TheaterPublix Theatre tour
              Vaudeville - see 1931 02 05
              ...
              ..New
              added 2012-01-12
              1931 02 09
              Monday
              .Boston, Mass.Metropolitan TheaterPublix Theatre tour
              Vaudeville - see 1931 02 05
              ...
              ..New
              added 2012-01-12
              1931 02 09
              Monday
              .Boston, Mass.Ambassador Palace
              Berkeley St. & Warren Ave.
              "Duke Ellington and his orchestra and Charlie Johnson and his Victor Recording orchestra from Small's Paradise, New York, drew the largest throng of both races ever gathered in this city when they played at the Ambassador palace, Berkeley St. and Warren Ave.""Boston Turns Out to Greet Duke, Charlie," Chicago Defender, city ed., 1931-02-14, p.6.DEMS
              05,1-7
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              2012-09-17
              1931 02 10
              Tuesday
              .Lowell, Mass.Commodore
              "The Ballroom Beautiful"
              (Unconfirmed)

              Dance

              "Tomorrow Night
              (2) Orchestras (2)
              "Duke" Ellington and His Famous Cotton Club Orch...
              Casa Loma Orchestra (14 Men)...

              This is the Greatest Dance Attraction Ever Offered in America - The World's Greatest and Most Sensational Colored Band and That Famous Singing and Entertaining Band.

              75c Adm. FREE DANCING Till 2 O'Clock Adm. 75c

              Ads, Lowell Sun
              • 1931-02-09 p.14
              • 1931-02-10 p.20

              ..Steiner 2013-07New
              added
              2013-08-24
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              1931 02 10
              Tuesday
              .Boston, Mass.Metropolitan TheaterPublix Theatre tour
              Vaudeville - see 1931 02 05
              ...
              ..New
              added 2012-01-12
              1931 02 11
              Wednesday
              .Boston, Mass.Metropolitan TheaterPublix Theatre tour
              Vaudeville - see 1931 02 05
              ...
              ..New
              added 2012-01-12
              1931 02 11
              Wednesday
              .New York, N.Y.Hotel New Yorker(Very doubtful)

              Stratemann reports the band may have returned to New York briefly for a dance engagement but gives no supporting data.

              This appears to be the event discussed by Steiner (see 1931 02 05 entry above) and probably did not occur. It seems likely the plans changed when the Publix tour was booked in the last six weeks of the Cotton Club residency.
              Stratemann p.47.DEMS
              .djp2011
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              2015-06-17
              1931 02 12
              Thursday
              ...activities not documented...
              ...
              1931 02 13
              Friday
              ...PERSONNEL CHANGE
              Ivie Anderson joined the band at the request of Balaban of the theatre owner Balaban & Katz for its four weeks in its Chicago theatres, and she was billed as the "Featured Singer." At the end of the four week try-out, Ellington asked her to stay on.
              Ivie Anderson web page
              ( http://tdwaw.ellingtonweb.ca/IvieAnderson.html )
              ..
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              added 2015
              updated
              2015-06-04
              2017-07-11
              2017-09-26
              1931 02 13
              Friday
              1931 02 19
              Thursday
              Chicago, Ill.Oriental TheaterStage show

              Ray Nance quoted by Stanley Dance:

              '... I used to skip school when it was at the Oriental Theatre. In fact, kids all over the South Side did. You couldn't find five kids in any class when that band was there." '


              Vocalist Ivie Anderson's debut with Ellington

              Ellington:

              'In addition to her great singing, Ivie was also considered a good-luck charm. We opened at the Oriental Theater on Friday, February 13, 1931, and we broke the all-time house record. We returned to the Oriental on Friday, March 13, 1931, and broke that record, too.'

              • Stanley Dance, Ray Nance, The World of Duke Ellington, Da Capo Press, 1970 pp.137-138
              • Duke Ellington, MIMM p.124
              • Variety 1931-02-04 p.47
              • The Daily Herald, Chicago, Ill., 1931-02-13 p.3
              • Email Lasker-Palmquist
                • 2017-07-12
                • 2017-07-13
              .DEMS
              .djp2011
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              2015-05-29
              2016-03-25
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              1931 02 14
              Saturday
              Valentine's Day
              .Chicago, Ill.Oriental Theatersee 1931 02 13...
              ..2011
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              2012-09-17
              1931 02 15
              Sunday
              .Chicago, Ill.Oriental Theatersee 1931 02 13...
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              2012-09-17
              1931 02 16
              Monday
              .Chicago, Ill.Oriental Theatersee 1931 02 13...
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              2012-09-17
              1931 02 17
              Tuesday
              .Chicago, Ill.Oriental Theatersee 1931 02 13...
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              2012-09-17
              1931 02 18
              Wednesday
              .Chicago, Ill.Oriental Theatersee 1931 02 13...
              ..2011
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              2012-09-17
              1931 02 19
              Thursday
              .Chicago, Ill.Oriental Theatersee 1931 02 13...
              ..2011
              updated
              2012-09-17
              1931 02 20
              Friday
              1931 02 26
              Thursday
              Chicago, Ill.Regal TheatreVaudeville show, with Ivie Anderson, a group called Ford Marshall and Jones, and the Regalettes
              Variety:

              'House records were broken here this week with Duke Ellington.
                Previously he played a week at the Oriental, but that date hardly dented the colored trade in this house.
                Ivy Anderson and the Four Blazers were on with Ellington The latter got off to a bad start, failing to follow the music. Their dancing redeemed any singing fault. Quality hoofing is filled with novelties and neat work throughout.
                Opening the stage proceedings was Bert Frank, the card manipulator. Frank still sticks to his usual line of talk. Otherwise the act pleases.
                Elsie Richardson, blessed with a clear singing voice and perfect diction, held the deuce. A solo toe dance, followed by an aerobatic routine, completed a showmanly offing worthy of any stage.
                Morgan Trio, three spritely and beautiful femmes whose forte is all acrobatic dancing and stunts, pleased strong in the third spot. Girls are smooth and clever in their work and have evolved an interesting number.
                Novak and Fay turned out to be two clowing acrobats with a burlesque on gymnastic displays...
                Linda and Drigo's Philippine Band of four stringed instruments held the closing place. 'A neat novely where grand opera airs are sent across with success because of skilled playing.
                "Morocco" featured. '

              • Vail I with copy of ad.
              • Chicago Defender
                • 1931-02-14 p.6
                • 1931-02-21 p.8
              • Plug, Chicago Defender (national edition) 1931-03-07 p.5
              • Variety, 1931-03-04 p.70
              ..
              .Nick Fernandes, djp2011
              updated
              2012-09-17
              2016-03-25
              1931 02 21
              Saturday
              .Chicago, Ill.Regal TheatreVaudeville - see 1931 02 20...
              ..2011
              updated
              2012-09-17
              1931 02 22
              Sunday
              .Chicago, Ill.Regal TheatreVaudeville - see 1931 02 20...
              ..2011
              updated
              2012-09-17
              1931 02 23
              Monday
              .Chicago, Ill.Regal TheatreVaudeville - see 1931 02 20...
              ..2011
              updated
              2012-09-17
              1931 02 24
              Tuesday
              .Chicago, Ill.Regal TheatreVaudeville - see 1931 02 20...
              ..2011
              updated
              2012-09-17
              1931 02 25
              Wednesday
              .Chicago, Ill.Regal TheatreVaudeville - see 1931 02 20
              It appears a special extra show was put on at midnight either for the members of, or sponsored by, Local 208, which was the AF of M local for black musicians.

              HEAR AND SEE
              DUKE ELLINGTON
              AND BAND

              IN THE FLESH
              LOCAL 208
              Midnight Show
              Regal Theatre
              WEDNESDAY, FEBUARY 25TH
              Best Assemblage of Talent Ever Presented in One Show.
              WATCH NOONDAY PARADE COVERING PRINCIPAL STREETS.

              Chicago Defender
              • 1931-02-14 p.6
              • 1931-02-21 p.8
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              1931 02 26
              Thursday
              .Chicago, Ill.Regal TheatreVaudeville - see 1931 02 20...
              ..2011
              updated
              2012-09-17
              1931 02 27
              Friday
              1931 03 05Chicago, Ill.Uptown TheatreStage show, with Ivie Anderson, the Four Blazes and the Regalettes
              Third week of 18 week contract with Publix theater chain

              (Ending date previously reported as Mar.4)
              The March 7 national edition of the Chicago Defender announced Ellington's arrival at the Uptown, and said "he will play the Paradise, Tivoli and Fisher, Detroit, before returning east of a call at the Paramount, Brooklyn."
              • Ads, Chicago Herald and Examiner, 27Feb-5Mar31
              • Plug, Chicago Defender (national edition) 1931-03-07 p.5
              • Leading Orchestra Directory, Variety 1931-03-04 p.68
              .DEMS
              .Ken Steiner, Nick Fernandes, djp2011
              updated
              2012-09-17
              2016-03-26
              1931 02 28
              Saturday
              .Chicago, Ill.Uptown TheatreStage show - see 1931 02 27...
              ..2011
              updated 2012-09-17

              March 1931

              1931 03 01
              Sunday
              .Chicago, Ill.Uptown TheatreStage show - see 1931 02 27...
              ..2011
              updated 2012-09-17
              1931 03 02
              Monday
              .Chicago, Ill.Uptown TheatreStage show - see 1931 02 27...
              ..2011
              updated 2012-09-17
              1931 03 03
              Tuesday
              .Chicago, Ill.Uptown TheatreStage show - see 1931 02 27...
              ..2011
              updated 2012-09-17
              1931 03 04
              Wednesday
              .Chicago, Ill.Uptown TheatreStage show - see 1931 02 27...
              ..2011
              updated 2012-09-17
              1931 03 05
              Thursday
              .Chicago, Ill.Uptown TheatreStage show - see 1931 02 27...
              ..2011
              updated 2012-09-17
              1931 03 06
              Friday
              1931 03 12
              Thursday
              Chicago, Ill.Paradise TheaterVaudeville

              Shown in the Leading Orchestras Directory in Variety as the week of March 5. Dates have been corrected (not Mar 5 to 11) based on ads
              • ads in the Chicago Herald and Examiner, 1931-03-05 to 1931-03-12
              • Plug, Chicago Defender (national edition) 1931-03-07 p.5
              • Leading Orchestras Directory, Variety
                • 1931-03-04 p.68
                • 1931-03-11 p.68
              .DEMS
              .djp2011
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              1931 03 07
              Saturday
              .Chicago, Ill.Paradise TheaterStage show - see 1931 03 06...
              ..2011
              updated 2012-09-17
              1931 03 08
              Sunday
              .Chicago, Ill.Paradise TheaterStage show - see 1931 03 06...
              ..2011
              updated 2012-09-17
              1931 03 09
              Monday
              .Chicago, Ill.Paradise TheaterStage show - see 1931 03 06...
              ..2011
              updated 2012-09-17
              1931 03 10
              Tuesday
              .Chicago, Ill.Paradise TheaterStage show - see 1931 03 06...
              ..2011
              updated 2012-09-17
              1931 03 11
              Wednesday
              .Chicago, Ill.Paradise TheaterStage show - see 1931 03 06...
              ..2011
              updated 2012-09-17
              1931 03 12
              Thursday
              .Chicago, Ill.Paradise TheaterStage show - see 1931 03 06...
              ..2011
              updated 2012-09-17
              1931 03 13
              Friday
              1931 03 19
              Thursday
              Chicago, Ill.Oriental TheaterVaudeville (corrected dates)
              • "...We returned to the Oriental on Friday, March 13, 1931, and broke that record, too."
              • The Variety "Picture Theatres" column lists the acts as:
                • "Knick Knacks"
                • Duke Ellington Bd
                • Jerry's Baby Cr'de
                • Hector Co.
                • Lightn'r & R'acella
                • Merriol, Abbot Girls
                • 'Conquering Horde'
              • Cook County Herald:

                'Duke Ellington and Band at Oriental
                  Due to thousands of requests received by the Oriental Theatre management, Duke Ellington and his New York Harlem Cotton Club Orchestra, will be back on the Oriental stage for another and final week engagement.
                  Duke is back to break the sensational record that he made recently at the Oriental. He will play new melodies, new red-hot-tunes, and original hits that Duke and his orchestra composed.
                  On the screen Friday will be a special of that year, "Fify Million Frenchmen," featuring those two maniacs of monkey business, Olson and Johnson.'


              On its page for March 1931 (p.49), Vail I shows a night-time photo of the Oriental Theater marquee. The film named on the marquee, "Big-Hearted Herbert," was not made until 1934. It played during Ellington's Oriental appearance at the end of that year.
              • Duke Ellington, MIMM p.124
              • Plug, Chicago Defender (national edition) 1931-03-07 p.5
              • Variety
                • 1931-03-11
                  • Leading Orchestras Directory, p.68
                  • Picture Theatres, p.50
                • 1931-03-18 Leading Orchestras Directory, p.77
              • Ads, Chicago Herald and Examiner, 1931-03-12 through 1931-03-19
              • Cook County Herald 1931 03 13, p.5
              • Ad, Chicago Daily Tribune 1934-12-28, courtesy K.Steiner 2016-03-26
              • Photo, Hasse: Beyond Category, The Life and Genius of Duke Ellington
              .DEMS
              .djp/ks2011
              updated
              2012-11-29
              2016-03-26
              1931 03 14
              Saturday
              .Chicago, Ill.Oriental Theatersee 1931 03 13....
              ..2011
              updated 2012-11-29
              1931 03 14... Peripheral event
              The March 14, 1931 edition of The New York Age reported "They broke the attendance records at the Rialto Theatre, Chicago, a few weeks ago and played to turn-away business at the Tivoli, also in Chicago, last week."

              We are so far unable to confirm the Tivoli and Fisher dates.
              ...
              .djp.New
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              1931 03 15
              Sunday
              .Chicago, Ill.Oriental Theatersee 1931 03 13....
              ..2011
              updated 2012-11-29
              1931 03 16
              Monday
              .Chicago, Ill.Oriental Theatersee 1931 03 13....
              ..2011
              updated 2012-11-29
              1931 03 17
              Tuesday
              .Chicago, Ill.Oriental Theatersee 1931 03 13....
              ..2011
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              1931 03 18
              Wednesday
              .Chicago, Ill.Oriental Theatersee 1931 03 13....
              ..2011
              updated 2012-11-29
              1931 03 18
              Wednesday
              .Chicago, Ill.Savoy Ballroom....
              ..Added
              2011
              1931 03 19
              Thursday
              .Chicago, Ill.Oriental Theatersee 1931 03 13....
              ..2011
              updated 2012-11-29
              1931 03 20
              Friday
              1931 03 26Detroit, Mich.Michigan Theater
              BAGLEY NEAR GD. CIRCUS PARK

              Harlem's Jazz King!
              DUKE ELLINGTON
              AND HIS ORCHESTRA IN PERSON
              Hear the Hottest Band on Earth
              WITH BIG STAGE JAMBOREE

              • The Detroit Free Press, Detroit,Mich.
                • 1931-03-21 p.11
                • 1931-03-22 pt.1 p.9 & pt.4 p.2
                • 1931-03-23 p.16
                • 1931-03-24 p.13
                • 1931-03-25 p.18
                • 1931-03-26 p.13
              ..
              .djp2011
              updated
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              1931 03 21
              Saturday
              .Detroit, Mich.Michigan TheaterVaudeville - see 1931 03 20...
              ..2011.
              1931 03 22
              Sunday
              .Detroit, Mich.Michigan TheaterVaudeville - see 1931 03 20
              Detroit Free-Press:

              'Duke Ellington and his orchestra, often heard on the NBC national network, will be the feature on the theater broadcast at 2 p.m. over WJR.'

              High Spots on The Air Today, Detroit Free Press, 1931-03-22, courtesy K.Steiner...
              .KS2011
              updated
              2016-03-25.
              1931 03 23
              Monday
              .Detroit, Mich.Michigan TheaterVaudeville - see 1931 03 20...
              ..2011
              1931 03 24
              Tuesday
              .Detroit, Mich.Michigan TheaterVaudeville - see 1931 03 20...
              ..2011
              1931 03 25
              Wednesday
              .Detroit, Mich.Michigan TheaterVaudeville - see 1931 03 20...
              ..2011
              1931 03 26
              Thursday
              .Detroit, Mich.Michigan TheaterVaudeville - see 1931 03 20...
              ..2011
              1931 03 27
              Friday
              .Waukegan, Ill.Rivoli (Unconfirmed)

              false date
              ...
              .Steiner aug11Added
              2011
              1931 03 27
              Friday
              1931 03 29Peoria Ill.Palace Theatre....
              .Ken Steiner aug11Added
              2011
              1931 03 28
              Saturday
              .Joliet, Ill.Rialto TheatreFalse date...
              .Steiner aug11Added
              2011
              1931 03 28
              Saturday
              .Peoria Ill.Palace Theatresee 1931 03 27...
              ..2011
              1931 03 29
              Sunday
              .Madison, Wisc..False date...
              .Steiner aug11Added
              2011
              1931 03 29
              Sunday
              .Peoria Ill.Palace Theatresee 1931 03 27...
              ..2011
              1931 03 30
              Monday
              1931 03 01Joliet, Ill.Rialto Theatre....
              .Ken Steiner aug11Added
              2011
              1931 03 31
              Tuesday
              ...activities not documented...
              ...

              April 1931

              1931 04 01
              Wednesday
              ...activities not documented...
              ...
              1931 04 01
              Wednesday
              ... Peripheral event

              "NBC's Artist bureau will send Duke Ellington's colored orchestra on a 1-week $2-top concert tour of principal middle western towns, with stands ranging from one night to a week.

              Opening date is a one-nighter at Buffalo. Full weeks at Cleveland and Cincinnati follow. Chicago has not yet been including in the booking.

              Where possible, NBC will hook broadcst wires into the Ellington concert stands."

              Variety, 1931-04-01 p.59: ..
              .djp.New
              added 2013-08-29
              1931 04 02
              Thursday
              ...activities not documented...
              ...
              1931 04 03
              Friday
              1931 04 09Omaha, Neb.World TheatreStage show
              According to The Chicago Defender 1931-04-18, the theatre manager bet Ellinqton he couldn't carry 38,000 pennies (ten per cent of the band's weekly salary) from the theatre to the bank. "The Duke lost after spilling pennies all over Farnum Street in Omaha, and he was forced to play a concert on the corner of 16th and Farnum Streets at high noon."

              The theatre ads are topped with a banner "World Vaudeville Pictures," with a small insert saying "A Publix Theatre"

              Now! THE SENSATION
              OF ALL TIME!
              DUKE
              ELLINGTON
              In Person
              and His
              NEW YORK
              COTTON
              CLUB
              ORCHESTRA
              Hot from Harlem

              With His
              Complete Company of Famous
              Night Club Entertainers
              With Ford Marshall & Jones
              "Dusty" Fletcher, Late Star of Lew Leslie's "Blackbirds"
              IVY ANDERSON


              Jazz Entertainers Head Stage Show
                Jazz music is dispensed in the jazziest possible fashion by the 12 instrumentalists who comprize Duke Ellington's New York Cotton club orchestra. This is the featured stage attraction at the World theater. One of the most popular numbers of the musical program is "Three Little Words." Another is "You're Driving Me Crazy."
                The singing comedienne, Ivy Anderson, is the special hit of the enterainment. People find her especially amusing when she sings "I'm a Little Black Bird." Ford, Marshall and Dunce are a trio of expert steppers. Dusty Fletcher scores both as a laughable monologist and as an eccentric dancer."


              A crudely drawn Ellington caricature clearly based on the Hirschfeld drawing discussed at 1931 04 19 below appeared in the Ellington ad in the April 4 Evening World-Herald.
              Ads and reviews, World-Herald and Evening World-Herald, Omaha, Neb.:
              • 1931-04-04, p.16 & p.26
              • 1931-04-06, p.11 & 8(EWH)
              • 1931-04-07, p.8 &10(EWH)
              • 1931-04-08 p.10 & 10(EWH)
              • 1931-04-09 p.17 (EWH)
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              1931 04 111931 04 17Minneapolis, Minn.Minnesota Theater
              (Publix)
              Vaudeville, with the film feature Man of the World, starring William Powell.

              Duke Ellington
              and his
              Cotton Club
              Orchestra
              In Person
              Hot from Harlem with Ivey Anderson
              Ford, Marshall & Jones
              12 Dusky Dancing Maids

              Press announcements say there will be 30 entertainers and name some:

              'Ford, Marshall and Jones, dancers, with Ivy Johnson[sic], blues singer, and the Harlem Ballet. Lou Breese and his music offer some new orchestral selections and Stan Malotte at the organ plays a novelty number. '

              • Stratemann p.47 citing
                • Variety "Leading Orchestras Directory", 1931-04-15 p.75
                • Chicago Defender 1931-04-18
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              .Des Moines, IowaParamount Theatresee 1931 04 18


              The first appearance in print of the complete Al Hirschfeld iconic caricature of Ellington, commissioned by Irving Mills, appears to have been in the Des Moines Sunday Register on this date.

              The complete caricature was included in the first (1931) ADVERTISING MANUAL DUKE ELLINGTON AND HIS FAMOUS ORCHESTRA distributed by/for Mills Dance Orchestras Inc. (see Blue Light).

              Edited versions of Hirschfeld's drawing appeared in the Paramount Theatre ads on the next page and in The Des Moines Register, as well as in the Des Moines Tribune-Capital as early as April 16.

              A crudely drawn Ellington caricature with several similarities to the Hirschfeld drawing appeared in the World Vaudeville Pictures ad for Duke Ellington In Person and His New York Cotton Club Orchestra in Omaha's April 4 Evening World-Herald. While the Advertising Manual appears not to have been issued until November 1931, the Omaha caricature may indicate the Mills organization commissioned the Hirschfeld illustration before April 4.
              • Evening World-Herald, Omaha, Nebr.
                1931-04-04 p.16
              • The Des Moines Register and The Des Moines Sunday Register, Des Moines, Iowa
                • 1931-04-16 p.2
                • 1931-04-17 p.7
                • 1931-04-18 s.10 (p.1?)
                • 1931-04-18 p.2
                • 1931-04-20 p.2
                • 1931-04-21 p.2
              • Des Moines Tribune-Capital, Des Moines, Iowa
                • 1931-04-17 p.5-A
                • 1931-04-18 p.7
                • 1931-04-20 p.12
                • 1931-04-21 p.7
              • Mills Dance Orchestras Inc. 1931 Advertising Manual Duke Ellington and His Famous Orchestra, Blue LIght, The International Journal of the Duke Ellington Society UK, Vol. 24, No. 3, Autumn 2017(courtesy S. Lasker)
              • Backstory in Black and White, Al Hirschfeld Foundation website
              • Examples of other Hirschfeld drawings appear in the Illustration Chronicles website.
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              1931 04 21.New York, N.Y.Cotton Club
              644 Lenox Ave.
              Peripheral Event
              Steven Lasker:

              'A division of German State radio sent reporter Hellmut H. Hellmut to the United States to produce a series of reports, "America Seen Through the Microphone." One segment concerns us, just over 20 minutes recorded at the Cotton Club, where Cab Calloway led the band, in the early morning hours of April 21, 1931. It is the earliest recording from the Cotton Club known to survive. Herr Hellmutt, sitting next to the Cotton Club's dance floor, spoke into a microphone, which picked up both his comments and the sounds made by the entertainers in the club, and conveyed them over NBC's radio line to RCA Victor's studio #1, where five 12-inch waxes were cut from which metal parts and finally shellac pressings derived.RCA's recording ledger includes the following entry:

              BROADCASTING RECORDINGS (our NBC line from the Dance Floor of the Cotton Club, Harlem N.Y.) (Studio #1, N.Y. IMPRESSION OF THE COTTON CLUB BY HERR HELLMUTT)
              Part 1-5 (CRC 53039-1/40-1/41-1/42/1/43-1)
              Time 12:30 to 1:20 A.M. of Ap. 21, 1931.

              One set of shellac pressings from 1931 is known. The labels bear gold lettering on a plain white field: Victor Special Record (FOR PRIVATE USE ONLY) RCA Victor Company, Inc. CAMDEN, N.J. The matrix numbers are typed to the right of the center hole, and just below the center hole is this: IMPRESSION OF THE COTTON CLUB Part 1 [also parts 2, 3, 4 and 5] HERR HELLMUT

              The complete recording was issued in 2003 on a 2-CD set, Bear Family BCD 16340 BL, "Live From the Cotton Club," that's out of print, but copies are occasionally offered on Amazon and eBay. The lavishly illustrated 125-page hardcover book justified its original retail price, which I recall was close to $100. An extensive essay by J. P. Bergmeier & Rainer E. Lotz gives background on this historic broadcast, and others from the series. The notes indicate that while some programs in the series were broadcast live over shortwave to Germany, the Cotton Club broadcast, if aired live, would have aired at an hour when most Germans were sleeping, so it was decided to record the broadcast on disk for later airing in Germany. It seems likely that a show broadcast in Germany between 7:35 p.m. and 8:20 p.m. on September 30, 1931 included snippets from the Cotton Club, one segment among others in the broadcast.

              Herr Hellmutt offered a play-by-play account of the sights in rapid-fire German. Herr Hellmutt chooses to speak over every other song, by coincidence (or not) those on which Cab Calloway sings.

              This is a recording from the Cotton Club which appears to have been broadcast, in edited form, months after the original event. I would hesitate to call this a Cotton Club broadcast, because it wasn't broadcast live or on American airwaves.

              One feature on the broadcast is a tap dance routine, announced by Herr Hellmut as by "Eddie Cantor" (it's not; it's probably Eddie Rector instead) accompanied by an unnamed pianist (Earres Prince?) playing Ellington's "The Mystery Song." Note that this recording predates Ellington's own version of the song, recorded June 17, 1931. Ellington recalled (MIMM, p. 81): "I wrote 'The Mystery Song' for the Step Brothers in rehearsal. It was part of their act, not part of the show." The late Brooks Kerr recalled being told by Ellington in 1968 that he'd notated The Mystery Song 40 years before, in 1928.

              It is believed the "Step Brothers" is another name for the "Five Blazes," a group whose debut at the Cotton Club was reported in the Morning Telegraph on October 7, 1928: "Danny Small and his five blazes have been added to the new show." The "Five Blazes" are listed in a program for "Spring Birds," the Cotton Club revue which opened on Mar 31, 1929. The "Five Blazers" [sic] are listed among the acts working at the Cotton Club in the Chicago Defender (national edition) during 1929 in the editions of June 1, August 31, September 7, September 28 and October 5. This is believed to be the same group as the "Five Hot Shots" who dance in RKO's Black and Tan, and may be the same group as the "Ebony Steppers," who appeared in "Blackberries Crop of 1931" according to the program for that show, which opened at the Cotton Club on September 28, 1930. The "4 STEP-BROTHERS" were so billed in the program for the spring 1938 Cotton Club Parade, which also featured Duke Ellington.

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              Ellington's birthday
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              May 1931

              1931 05 00..Peripheral Event
              In May, Orchestra World published a short Ellington biography with his photograph. The article says Indicative of his national popularity is the fact that early returns in the national popularity contest conducted by THE ORCHESTRA WORLD showed Ellington and individual players of his group leading the field for honors as leader and individual player.
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              Monday
              .Kansas City, Mo.Paseo Hall
              15th & Paseo
              Doubtful

              'THE MUSICIANS OF
              GREATER KANSAS CITY
              celebrate
              NATIONAL MUSIC WEEK
              WITH THE ANNUAL
              Musicians' Ball

              [another event]

              Duke Ellington AND HIS FAMOUS
              COTTON CLUB ORCHESTRA
              Will Be Our Guests For The Night!! In Person!!
              Mon., May 4
              Paseo Hall
              Doors Open at 8 ... DANCE 'til 2!
              adm. only 50c!...
              '

              Ken Steiner:

              'I don't believe Duke actually performed at this event, A review of the Musicians' Ball in the "dance gossip by e.w.w." column in the May 8, 1931 Kansas City Call reported that "six bands played," than goes on to describe each of them, Iola Burton, Elmer Payne, Paul Banks, Andy Kirk, Jap Allen, and Walter Page. Quite an event no doubt, but no mention of Duke!'

              Since I am unable to locate the newspaper online to hunt for a followup report, this event is unconfirmed. It seems likely however, since visiting bands were booked in the club on Monday nights. It doesn't necessarily conflict with the theatre engagement.
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              .St. Louis, Mo.Cotton Club
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              Harlem
              Banquet in honour of the band. "The Duke Himself in Town," St. Louis Argus, 1931-05-08, p.5.DEMS
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              .St. Louis, Mo.Pythian Hall
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              3137 & 3133 Pine
              Dance, Duke Ellington and His Cotton Club Orchestra.ad, St. Louis Argus, 1931-05-08, p.3.DEMS
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              .St. Louis, Mo.People's Finance AuditoriumDuke and members of his orchestra were "celebrated guests" at a dance. "Duke Ellington Guest at Shriners' Annual Dance," St. Louis Argus, 15May31, p5.DEMS
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              .St. Louis, Mo.Pythian Hall and Cotton ClubDuke Ellington a "special guest" at performance by the Walter Barnes band.Ad, St. Louis Argus, 1931-05-08, p.3.DEMS
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              Koch Hospital
              At the invitation of a hospital patient, Duke Ellington performed six tunes: Ring Dem Bells, Three Little Words (vocal by Sonny Greer), I'm a Little Blackbird (vocal by Ivie Anderson), When We Get Together (vocal by an otherwise unidentified "Mr. Harris"), Dinah (vocal again by Greer), and St. Louis Blues. "Duke Ellington Stirs Koch Hospital Patients with his Famous Cotton Club Orchestra," St. Louis Argus 1931-05-15, p.3

              The Koch Hospiatl seems to have been located in Oakville, near St. Louis, and in St. Louis County.
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              Chicago, Ill.Oriental Theater

              (1)"Harlem Jazz Kings At Oriental Theatre
              "Great news for everybody! Duke Ellington and his New York Cotton Club Orchestra are coming back to the Oriental Theater for one week engagement Friday May 15. It will positively be his only appearance in Chicago during his tour.


              Ellington promises a complete new program with new haunting tunes, new red hot blues and new sizzling songs. When Duke Ellington and his Orchestra play a popular tune, it's like hearing it for the first time. There is no other band in the world like his.


              Duke will also bring a new group of Harlem entertainers with him. Whirlwind dancers, blues singers, laugh artists and a bevy of gorgeous girls."


              (2)"Included on the program.are The Peanut Vendor, Ol' Man River, Please Don't Talk About Me When I'm Gone, I'm So In Love With You, Black and Tan Fantasy and Mood Indigo."

              (1)Plug, Chicago Daily Herald 1931-05-15, p.5

              (2)"Ellington and Band Back at the Oriental," Chicago Defender, city edition, 1931-05-16 p.8

              (3)Ads, Chicago Daily Tribune, 1935-05-15 to 21

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              (Unconfirmed)
              This date conflicts with an advertised appearance in Albert Lea, Minn.
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              Sunday
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              Theater appearance for film "Dude Ranch"

              "Added attractions Duke Ellington and His Cotton Club Band"
              Flip the Frog in "Ragtime Rodeo"
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              Buffalo, N.Y.Shea's Buffalo Theater"Duke Ellington and Band at The Shea Buffalo Theater
              Duke Ellington and his Cotton Club orchestra, 'the hottest band in the world,' will appear, in person at Shea's Buffalo beginning Friday.
              Duke Ellington and his band are making appearances at a few of the larger cities throughout the country, and Michael Shea arranged for their appearance at Shea's Buffalo...
              "'Doctors' Wives,' co-starring Joan Bennett and Warner Baxter, will be the screen presentation..."
              • The Times, Batavia, N.Y. 1931-05-21
              • Erie County Independent, Hamburg, N.Y., 1931-05-21
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              .Scranton, Penn.Masonic Temple ballroom.Dance hosted by the Alpha Beta Phi fraternity of Central High School. Over 600 attended.Report, "Dance of Fraternity is Brilliant Affair," The Scranton Republican 1931-06-06, courtesy K. Steiner..
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              1931 06 19Philadelphia, Penn.Pearl Theatre"James Furness,...was host to a theatre party at the Pearl Theatre, Philadelphia, Thursday night. They heard Duke Ellington's Cotton Club Orchestra."Chester Times, Chester Penn., 1931-06-17 p.12.DEMS
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              .Camden, N.J.Church Studio #2
              114 N.5th St.
              RCA Victor recording session
              00:45-05:00
              Duke Ellington and his Orchestra
              Whetsel, Williams, Jenkins, Nanton, Tizol, Bigard, Hodges, Carney, Ellington, Guy, Braud, Greer, and Ivie Anderson, vocal

              Titles recorded:
              • Creole Rhapsody, parts 1 and 2

              Note the city centre of Camden is about 5 miles from Philadelphia's city centre.
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              .Camden, N.J.Church Studio #2
              114 N.5th St.
              RCA Victor recording session
              09:00-11:45
              We don't know if this session was in the afternoon or at night
              Duke Ellington and his Cotton Club Orchestra
              Whetsel, Williams, Jenkins, Nanton, Tizol, Bigard, Hodges, Carney, Ellington, Guy, Braud, Greer, and Ivie Anderson, vocal

              Titles recorded:
              • Limehouse Blues
              • Echoes of the Jungle
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              114 N.5th St.
              RCA Victor recording session
              8:00-1:00
              We don't know if this session was a morning or an evening session.
              Duke Ellington and his Orchestra
              Whetsel, Williams, Jenkins, Nanton, Tizol, Bigard, Hodges, Carney, Ellington, Guy, Braud, Greer, and Ivie Anderson, vocal

              Irving Mills is shown as director on the studio sheet
              Titles recorded:
              • It's Glory
              • The Mystery Song
              Lambert: The last title the Ellington band recorded in 1931 was The Mystery Song, the opening of which is a moment of pure Ellington magic...
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              .Philadelphia, Penn.Market ArenaDance
              (1)Blacks weren't admitted until Sam Stiefel, owner of the Pearl Theater, intervened.

              'Finally they were admitted - but were forced to dance in a roped-off area set aside for them by officials.'

              (1)"Jim Crow Negroes as Duke Plays", Philadelphia Tribune, 1931-06-25, p1.DEMS
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              1931 06 17
              Wednesday
              .Philadelphia, Penn.Pearl Theatresee 1931 06 06

              'James Furness, of Concord avenue, was host to a theatre party at the Pearl Theatre, Philadelphia, Thursday night. They heard Duke Ellington's Cotton Club Orchestra.'

              Chester Times, Chester, Penn. 1931-06-17 p.12..
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              1931 06 18
              Thursday
              .Philadelphia, Penn.Pearl Theatresee 1931 06 06...
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              1931 06 18
              Thursday
              .Philadelphia, Penn.ShadowlandReturn engagement from June 11Ad, Philadelphia Tribune, 1931-06-18 p.6.DEMS
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              1931 06 19
              Friday
              .Philadelphia, Penn.Pearl Theatresee 1931 06 06...
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              1931 06 19
              Friday
              .Reading, Penn.Berkshire Country Club"The Casa [L]oma Orchestra and Duke Ellington played for dancing.""Misses Nicolls and Brother Entertain at Dance at Berkshire C.C.," Reading Eagle, 20Jun31..
              .Agustěn Perez Gasco aug11 & K.Steiner Dec 2012Added
              2011
              updated 2012-01-16
              1931 06 20
              Saturday
              .Bemus Point, N.Y.Casino

              "Duke Ellington will appear in person with his original Cotton Club orchestra of twelve pieces in the Casino at Bemus Point Saturday night from 9 until 1 o'clock"


              "...The institute was visited in the afternoon; and following dinner, dancing at the Bemus Point Casino to Duke Ellington's colored band concluded the day..."

              • The Era, Bradford, Pa.1931-06-19 p.5
              • Cleveland Plain Dealer 1931-06-21 p.15, women's section
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              1931 06 21
              Sunday
              .Pittsburgh, Penn.Roosevelt Theater....
              ..Added
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              1931 06 21
              Sunday
              .Pittsburgh, Penn.Motor Square...
              Vail.Added
              2011
              1931 06 22
              Monday
              .Erie, Penn.Rainbow Gardens,
              Waldameer Park
              DancingKen Steiner has copies of ads from Erie newspapers, and a ticket, from the scrapbooks of Herc Chacona who booked Ellington dances twice in 1931 and again in 1933..DEMS
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              1931 06 23
              Tuesday
              .Carrolltown, PennSunset Ballroom

              SUNSET
              Tuesday, June 23
              DUKE ELLINGTON
              IN PERSON
              AND HIS COTTON
              CLUB
              ORCHESTRA

              The same orchestra that
              played with Amos 'n' Andy in
              the movie, "Check and Double
              Check"

              Ladies $1; Gentlemen $2

              Dancing 9:00 Till 1:00 A.M.
              Standard Time

              • Vail I without references
              • Ads, Altoona Tribune, 1931-06-20 p.14
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              1931 06 24
              Wednesday
              .Hershey, Penn.Hershey Park BallroomDance
              • "Duke Ellington at Hershey Park Tonight," Lebanon Daily News, 1931-06-24 p.24
              • "Duke Ellington at Hershey Park Tomorrow," The Evening News, Harrisburg,Penn. 1931-06-23, p.14
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              1931 06 25
              Thursday
              9 to 1
              .Yankee Lake, Ohio
              (12 miles north of Youngstown)
              Yankee Lake Pavilion
              or Yankee Lake Ballroom
              Dance, 9 to 1, admission $1.25
              • Ad, Youngstown Vindicator, 25Jun31, p26
              • Ad, New Castle Pa. News, New Castle, Penn.
                • 1931-06-23 p.3
                • 1931-06-24 p.9
              ..
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              1931 06 26
              Friday
              1931 07 02
              Thursday
              Toledo, OhioToledo-Paramount Theater
              Adams at Huron
              Vaudeville show, fronting the film The Night Angel, starring Nancy Carroll and Fredric March.

              The stage show appears to have been performed 3 times a day initally - 2:15, 6:40 and 9:25 per the June 26 ad, but on June 27, 4 performances were advertised, at 1:10, 4:10, 7:00 and 9:30 pm

              Announcement:

              "On the stage will be Duke Ellington and his famous orchestra presenting their new melodies, hot tunes and sizzling syncopation. Ellington, who comes to Toledo from New York after a long run there, is said to have the highest paid group of musicians on the road. Along with their musical numbers they will also present numerous whirlwind dance and dong pets. Benny Ross and his group of local talent will be back in an entirely new act. Albert will direct the Paramount grand orchestra and Merle Clark will be at the organ."

              Review:

              Hot from Harlem
              Duke Ellington and His New York Cotton Club Orchestra

              OFF STAGE
              HA-CHA-CHA!
              Duke's Here and Hot
              -- Princess Comedy Oke
              by Allen Saunders
              News-Bee Dramatic Editor

              "HEY-DE-HEY-DE-HEY! Ha-de-ha-de-ha! Sweet notes dripping from clarinets like N'Orleans sorghum from a barrel bung! Finespun tune threads drawn from muted brasses! Heart-tearing blues and the hottest of ha-cha-cha!. Duke Ellington's in town! Hey-de-hey-de-hey! Ha-de-ha-de-ha!

              For one who never liked colored dance bands, I'm getting pretty maudlin. But it's justified. The playing of Duke Ellington's Cotton Club orchestra, big name attraction on the Toledo-Paramount stage this week, does things to you that cannot and need not be explained. Let it be understood that this is about the most exquisite syncopated music in existence. And let that be all that is said.

              The band's appearance was the high spot in a day of shows that also included 'Night Angel' at the Paramount and "Up Pops the Devil" at the Princess.

              ...The generous bill at the Paramount also includes one of Alberti's well-conducted overtures, Merle Clark's organ playing and clowning and the second appearance of Benny Ross and His Gang. Bobby Sutor's singing seemed to please the public palate most.

              The Toledo News-Bee
              • Ad, 1931-06-24, p.18
              • Ad and plug, 1931-06-24, p.8
              • Ad, 1931-06-26, p.16
              • Ad and review, 1931-06-24,p13
              • Ad 1927-06-27
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              1931 06 27
              Saturday
              .Toledo, OhioToledo-Paramount TheaterVaudeville show - see 1931 06 26...
              ..2011
              1931 06 28
              Sunday
              .Toledo, OhioToledo-Paramount TheaterVaudeville show - see 1931 06 26...
              ..2011
              1931 06 29
              Monday
              .Toledo, OhioToledo-Paramount TheaterVaudeville show - see 1931 06 26...
              ..2011
              1931 06 30
              Tuesday
              .Toledo, OhioToledo-Paramount TheaterVaudeville show - see 1931 06 26...
              ..2011

              July 1931

              1931 07 01
              Wednesday
              .Toledo, OhioToledo-Paramount TheaterVaudeville show - see 1931 06 26...
              ..2011
              1931 07 02
              Thursday
              .Toledo, OhioToledo-Paramount TheaterVaudeville show - see 1931 06 26...
              ..2011
              1931 07 03
              Friday
              .Dayton, OhioGreenwich Village(1)Attraction extraordinary
              DUKE ELLINGTON and his COTTON CLUB ORCHESTRA
              Intact from New York
              ONE NIGHT ONLY!
              Admission $2 per person

              (2)"Tables are being arranged in the perfect setting in the summer gardens and there will be plenty of room."
              (1)Ad, The Piqua Daily Call, 1931-07-02, p.11

              (2)"News of Dayton Theaters," Dayton Journal, 3Jul31, p36
              ..
              .K.Steiner Dec 2012; djp 2012-09-20New
              added 2012-09-20
              1931 07 04
              Saturday
              1931 07 10Cleveland, OhioPalace Theatre
              E.17th and Euclid
              Vaudeville show - first of 40 documented engagements in Cleveland.

              RKO Palace
              R-K-O VAUDEVILLE
              IN PERSON!
              DUKE
              ELLINGTON
              and His NEW YORK
              COTTON CLUB ORCHESTRA
              with IVIE ANDERSON
              Lee, Lee, Lee & Lee
              Joe Herbert
              May Usher
              in "Modern Moments"


              W. Ward Marsh:

              "When Duke Ellington takes popular tunes and puts them through the instruments of his Cotton Club Orchestra, as he does on the Palace's stage this week, they come out like something you've not heard before. They rush at you with a kind of frenzied madness, spiced with tricky rhythms and garnished with strange, half eerie tonal backgrounds.
               They ripple and swell through the house with a curiously enlightened savagery, possessed either by a complete madness or a wild cleverness in their flashing, artful way of almost completely submerging the melody to give you effects and colors no other orchestr seems to have been able to do.
              ***
               Ellington himself, chases the entire range of the piano keyboard while his orchestra gives special emphasis to muted brass, and what brass it is!
               I liked them best when they were at their own compositions. "Moon [sic] Indigo," featuring the cornet, trombone and reed, has certain high pitched passages which are astoundingly unusual, some of which is barely auditble. Their "Black and Tan Fantasy" is a magnetic, hysterical number which produces strange, conflicting emotions, but all their selections with their unusual tricks of syncopation are possessed of a strange nervousness, the suggestion of high speed in delivery and an almost uncontrollable excitement. In other words, to let both of us down perfectly flat, here is the hottest band I've ever heard.
              ***
               Ivie Anderson, a flashy shouter, more than "dresses" the act. She sings three numbers as only a talented member of her race can voice them. "I'm a Little Blackbird" and "Min" (which seems to have sprung from "Willie the Weeper") are given a throaty rendition after a red-hot fashion.
              ***
               JOe Herbert and a half dozen cuties open the program with good songs, dances and some pleasant comedy. The Four Lees, comeidans, eccentric dancers and pantomimists, offer a bright act. Perhaps I should have liked May Usher better if she had washed her honeymoon song with soap and water, removing some of the double meaning cracks; and again, maybe I wouldn't have liked her much anyway.
               Bill as a whole: Unusually good."

              • Joe Mosbrook: "Jazzed in Cleveland" citing "Duke Burns 'Em Up" in the Cleveland Plain Dealer, 1931-07-05
              • Cleveland Plain Dealer:
                • Ad, 1931-07-04 p.5
                • Ad and review by W. Ward Marsh: Duke Ellington Burns 'Em Up, 1931-07-06, p.12
                • Ad 1931-07-08, p.9
                • Ad and plug, 1931-07-09 p.18
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              1931 07 05
              Sunday
              .Cleveland, OhioPalace TheatreVaudeville - see 1931 07 04...
              ..2011
              1931 07 06
              Monday
              .Cleveland, OhioPalace TheatreVaudeville - see 1931 07 04...
              ..2011
              1931 07 07
              Tuesday
              .Cleveland, OhioPalace TheatreVaudeville - see 1931 07 04...
              ..2011
              1931 07 08
              Wednesday
              .Cleveland, OhioPalace TheatreVaudeville - see 1931 07 04...
              ..2011
              1931 07 09
              Thursday
              .Cleveland, OhioPalace TheatreVaudeville - see 1931 07 04...
              ..2011
              1931 07 10
              Friday
              .Cleveland, OhioPalace TheatreVaudeville - see 1931 07 04

              "Duke Ellington always plays one request night during a week's visit in a city. He will hold his request night in the Palace tomorrow night."

              Cleveland Plain Dealer 1931-07-09, p.18..
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              1931 07 11
              Saturday
              1931 08 13
              Thursday
              Morton Grove, Ill.Lincoln TavernFour week "roadhouse" date...
              .Ken Steiner aug11; djp2011
              updated
              2013-05-20
              1931 07 12
              Sunday
              1931 08 13
              Thursday
              Morton Grove, Ill.Lincoln Tavern(Unconfirmed)

              Doubtful

              The July 12 opening date comes from the July 14, 1931 Variety "Leading Orchestras Directory."

              I believe July 14 is the correct opening date, as per the Chicago Tribune ad on July 14. The band played a dance at Chicago Stadium on July 13.

              My guess is that we will someday find one-nighters on July 11 and 12 somewhere between Cleveland and Chicago.
              ...
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              1931 07 13
              Monday
              .Chicago, Ill.Chicago StadiumDance...
              .Ken Steiner aug11 (not 11th)Added
              2011
              1931 07 14
              Tuesday
              1931 08 13
              Thursday
              Morton Grove, Ill.Lincoln TavernFour week "roadhouse" date...
              .Ken Steiner aug11; djp2011
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              2013-05-20
              1931 07 15
              Wednesday
              .Morton Grove, Ill.Lincoln TavernRoadhouse engagement - see 1931 07 14...
              ..2011
              1931 07 16
              Thursday
              .Morton Grove, Ill.Lincoln TavernRoadhouse engagement - see 1931 07 14...
              ..2011
              1931 07 17
              Friday
              .Morton Grove, Ill.Lincoln TavernRoadhouse engagement - see 1931 07 14...
              ..2011
              1931 07 18
              Saturday
              .Morton Grove, Ill.Lincoln TavernRoadhouse engagement - see 1931 07 14...
              ..2011
              1931 07 19
              Sunday
              .Morton Grove, Ill.Lincoln TavernRoadhouse engagement - see 1931 07 14...
              ..2011
              1931 07 20
              Monday
              .Morton Grove, Ill.Lincoln TavernRoadhouse engagement - see 1931 07 14...
              ..2011
              1931 07 21
              Tuesday
              .Morton Grove, Ill.Lincoln TavernRoadhouse engagement - see 1931 07 14...
              ..2011
              1931 07 22
              Wednesday
              .Morton Grove, Ill.Lincoln TavernRoadhouse engagement - see 1931 07 14...
              ..2011
              1931 07 23
              Thursday
              .Morton Grove, Ill.Lincoln TavernRoadhouse engagement - see 1931 07 14...
              ..2011
              1931 07 24
              Friday
              .Morton Grove, Ill.Lincoln TavernRoadhouse engagement - see 1931 07 14...
              ..2011
              1931 07 25
              Saturday
              .Morton Grove, Ill.Lincoln TavernRoadhouse engagement - see 1931 07 14...
              ..2011
              1931 07 26
              Sunday
              2 P.M.
              .Chicago, Ill.WGNBroadcast
              "The Duke made his piano debut over WGN Sunday at 2 p.m. with Walt Richardson and Ivy [sic] Anderson."
              The Chicago Defender national edition, 1931-08-01.DEMS
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              1931 07 26
              Sunday
              .Morton Grove, Ill.Lincoln TavernRoadhouse engagement - see 1931 07 14...
              ..2011
              1931 07 27
              Monday
              .Morton Grove, Ill.Lincoln TavernRoadhouse engagement - see 1931 07 14...
              ..2011
              1931 07 28
              Tuesday
              .Morton Grove, Ill.Lincoln TavernRoadhouse engagement - see 1931 07 14...
              ..2011
              1931 07 29
              Wednesday
              .Morton Grove, Ill.Lincoln TavernRoadhouse engagement - see 1931 07 14...
              ..2011
              1931 07 30
              Thursday
              .Morton Grove, Ill.Lincoln TavernRoadhouse engagement - see 1931 07 14...
              ..2011
              1931 07 31
              Friday
              .Morton Grove, Ill.Lincoln TavernRoadhouse engagement - see 1931 07 14...
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              August 1931

              1931 08 01
              Saturday
              .Morton Grove, Ill.Lincoln TavernRoadhouse engagement -see 1931 07 14...
              ..2011
              1931 08 02
              Sunday
              .Morton Grove, Ill.Lincoln TavernRoadhouse engagement -see 1931 07 14...
              ..2011
              1931 08 03
              Monday
              .Morton Grove, Ill.Lincoln TavernRoadhouse engagement -see 1931 07 14...
              ..2011
              1931 08 04
              Tuesday
              .Morton Grove, Ill.Lincoln TavernRoadhouse engagement -see 1931 07 14...
              ..2011
              1931 08 05
              Wednesday
              .Morton Grove, Ill.Lincoln TavernRoadhouse engagement -see 1931 07 14...
              ..2011
              1931 08 06
              Thursday
              .Morton Grove, Ill.Lincoln TavernRoadhouse engagement -see 1931 07 14...
              ..2011
              1931 08 07
              Friday
              .Morton Grove, Ill.Lincoln TavernRoadhouse engagement -see 1931 07 14...
              ..2011
              1931 08 08
              Saturday
              .Morton Grove, Ill.Lincoln TavernRoadhouse engagement -see 1931 07 14...
              ..2011
              1931 08 09
              Sunday
              .Morton Grove, Ill.Lincoln TavernRoadhouse engagement -see 1931 07 14...
              ..2011
              1931 08 10
              Monday
              .Morton Grove, Ill.Lincoln TavernRoadhouse engagement -see 1931 07 14...
              ..2011
              1931 08 11
              Tuesday
              14:15 - 16:30
              .Chicago, Ill. Brunswick Studio B
              21st floor
              American Furniture Mart
              666 N. Lake Shore Drive
              Brunswick recording session
              14:15 to 16:30
              Duke Ellington & His Orchestra
              Whetsel, C.Williams, Jenkins, Nanton, Tizol, Bigard, Hodges, Carney, Ellington, Braud, Greer

              Guy appears to have been absent; the work orders list 1 piano, 1 traps, 3 trumpets, 2 trombones, 3 saxaphones [sic] and 1 bass viol.

              Studio personnel were Voynow (Dick Voynow) at the monitor and Minkler-Bosley, recorder for the first title and Minkler for the second.
              Titles recorded:
              • Tootsie Hill from Louisville
              • It Don't Mean A Thing (If It Ain't Got That Swing)
              Timner V points out the sub-title line of both recording sheets say they are "Fox Trot with vocal chorus" but no vocalist is mentioned on the recording sheets. These are titled "The Brunswick Recording Laboratories Work Order and Questionnaire" and copies made by Steven Lasker are shown at DEMS 01,2-12.

              The other DEMS references shown are less significant: DEMS 09,3 and 09,2 discuss the then-new Timner V. DEMS 05/3-59 explains Brunswick's record production processes and DEMS 05,2 references briefly mention travel and a New Desor update.

              The recordings were never issued and Mr. Lasker points out the card for the first title is marked "Priv" meaning private. He comments that this makes it the first "stockpile" recording but it's lost.
              Four waxes of Tootsie Hill were cut, with two shipped to Muskegon. Recording this title took an hour, from 2:15 to 3:15 p.m. Six waxes of It Don't Mean A Thing were cut and two were shipped. Recording this title took from 3:15 to 4:30 p.m.

              Ellington and Mills are listed as composers for the latter, but only Ellington is shown for the former.
              • Email, Lasker-Palmquist 2014-08-19
              • Email Lasker-Palmquist 2015-02-05
              • Girvan:
                Ellingtonia.com
              • Timner V
              New Desor
              DE9047
              (NDCS 1073)
              DEMS
              .SL, KG, Carlupdated 2011-12-29
              2014-03-10
              2014-09-02
              2015-02-06
              1931 08 11
              Tuesday
              .Morton Grove, Ill.Lincoln TavernRoadhouse engagement -see 1931 07 14...
              ..2011
              1931 08 12
              Wednesday
              .Michigan City, Ind.Oasis Ballroom.Ad, South Bend Tribune, 1931-08-11 p.5..
              .K.Steiner Dec 2012New
              added 2012-01-12
              1931 08 12
              Wednesday
              .Morton Grove, Ill.Lincoln TavernRoadhouse engagement -see 1931 07 14...
              ..2011
              1931 08 13
              Thursday
              .Morton Grove, Ill.Lincoln TavernRoadhouse engagement -see 1931 07 14...
              ..2011
              1931 08 13
              Thursday
              .Milwaukee, Wisc.Modernistic Ballroom, State Fair Park.Ad, Milwaukee Journal, 1931-08-13, p.4 s.L.DEMS
              ..Added
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              1931 08 14
              Friday
              1931 08 20
              Thursday
              Chicago, Ill.Oriental TheatreStage show

              "Duke Ellington and His New York Harlem Cotton Club Orchestra are coming back to the stage of the Oriental Theater Friday August 14 for their fourth and last appearance in Chicago – and what a farewell party it will be! ...[they] will have a complete new show for you – and with them you will see Ivy Anderson, the queen of the blues and the Four Step Brothers, lightning fast dancers..."


              Stratemann reports Ellington was to be paid $5,500/week
              .DEMS
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              1931 08 15
              Saturday
              .Chicago, Ill..Bud Billiken Picnic
              "Grand Picnic"

              The Chicago Defender's children's section, called Defender Junior, had a fictitious editor named Bud Billiken. The newspaper sponsored the Bud Billiken club for children and in 1929 began sponsoring an annual Bud Billiken Parade and Picnic. The annual parade became one of the largest gatherings of Afro-Americans in the USA.
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              Saturday
              .Chicago, Ill.Oriental TheatreStage show - see 1931 08 14...
              ..2011
              1931 08 16
              Sunday
              .Chicago, Ill.Oriental TheatreStage show - see 1931 08 14...
              ..2011
              1931 08 17
              Monday
              .Chicago, Ill.Oriental TheatreStage show - see 1931 08 14...
              ..2011
              1931 08 18
              Tuesday
              .Chicago, Ill.Oriental TheatreStage show - see 1931 08 14...
              ..2011
              1931 08 19
              Wednesday
              .Chicago, Ill.Oriental TheatreStage show - see 1931 08 14...
              ..2011
              1931 08 19
              Monday
              9:00 PM to 3:00 AM
              .Chicago, Ill.8th Regiment Armory
              35th St and Giles Ave.
              Duke Ellington And His Original Cotton Club Orchestra in a Gala
              Charity Ball
              2-orchestras-2
              • Chicago Defender 1931-08-15 p.7
              • Stratemann p.48, citing Variety 1931-08-15, p.7
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              1931 08 20
              Thursday
              .Chicago, Ill.Oriental TheatreStage show - see 1931 08 14...
              ..2011
              1931 08 21
              Friday
              1931 08 27
              Thursday
              Detroit, Mich.Michigan TheaterVaudeville show
              Ellington shared the bill with Ivy Anderson, The Four Steppers and Brown & McGraw
              • Stratemann, p.48 citing
                • Variety 1931-08-15 p.42
                • Chicago Defender 1931-09-05
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              2014-03-03
              2016-03-25
              1931 08 22
              Saturday
              .Detroit, Mich.Michigan TheaterVaudeville show - see 1931 08 21...
              ..2011
              1931 08 23
              Sunday
              .Detroit, Mich.Michigan TheaterVaudeville show - see 1931 08 21
              2 p.m. WJR "Theater hour" remote broadcast from the theatre
              The Detroit Free Press, 1931-08-23, pt.4, p.6,courtesy KSteiner...
              .KS.2011
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              2016-03-25
              1931 08 24
              Monday
              .Detroit, Mich.Michigan TheaterVaudeville show - see 1931 08 21...
              ..2011
              1931 08 25
              Tuesday
              .Detroit, Mich.Michigan TheaterVaudeville show - see 1931 08 21...
              ..2011
              1931 08 26
              Wednesday
              .Detroit, Mich.Michigan TheaterVaudeville show - see 1931 08 21...
              ..2011
              1931 08 27
              Thursday
              .Detroit, Mich.Michigan TheaterVaudeville show - see 1931 08 21...
              ..2011
              1931 08 28
              Friday
              .Pleasant Lake, Mich.
              Bartlett's PavilionDancing

              The ads say there is no charge for dancing but then show admission prices of $1.00 for ladies and $1.50 for men.

              'Duke Ellington, colored king of dance music, and his famous orchestra will be the feature attraction at Bartlett's pavilion at Pleasant lake near Leslie, on next Friday night, August 28. He brings with him Ivy Anderson, known as "The Mistress of Blues. Dancing will be on social plan between 9 p.m. and 2 a.m...'

              [punctuated as in the article]

              The publicity included a photo of Ellington seated at a piano, ostensibly handing Paul Whiteman a newly completed manuscript of "Creole Rhapsody," which Whiteman was to feature with his orchestra. The story says Lincoln Tavern had enjoyed Ellington's music for the past few weeks and during that engagement he was featured nightly on WGN.

              Bartlett's Pavilion was 11 miles north of Jackson and 7 miles south of Leslie.
              Ads and publicity, courtesy K. Steiner, Lansing State Journal, Lansing, Mich.
              • 1931-08-22
              • 1931-08-28
              ...ken steinerNew
              2016-09-28
              1931 08 29
              Saturday
              .Waterloo, Iowa.Electric Park Ballroom"DUKE ELLINGTON and His Famous 16 Entertainers"Waterloo Sunday Courier, Waterloo, Iowa 1932-08-21 p.13..
              .djpNew
              added
              2016-09-28.
              1931 08 30
              Sunday
              ...activities not documented...
              ...
              1931 08 31
              Monday
              .Detroit, Mich.Graystone BallroomEllington's orchestra played for an audience of 7,000 opposite McKinney's Cotton Pickers, led by Benny Carter.
              • Stratemann p.48 citing
                • Detroit Independent 1931-08-29
                • Chicago Defender 1931-09-12 p.5
              • The Billboard 1931-09-05, p.22
              ..
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              September 1931

              1931 09 01
              Tuesday
              .Grand Rapids, Mich.Ramona Gardens.ad, Grand Rapids Herald, 1931-08-30, Building and Theatres section, p.7..
              .K.Steiner Dec 2012New
              added 2012-01-12
              1931 09 02
              Wednesday
              .Paw Paw Lake, MichWoodward's Pavilion.ad, South Bend Tribune, 1Sep31, p7..
              .K.Steiner Dec 2012New
              added 2012-01-12
              1931 09 03
              Thursday
              .Anderson, Ind.Green Lantern.(Unconfirmed)

              Duke Ellington and His Famous Cotton Club Orchestra featuring Ivy Anderson, Singer and Entertainer
              • Ad, Indianapolis News, Indianapolis,1931-08-28
              • Ad, Kokomo Tribune, Kokomo,Ind., 1931-08-29, p.6
              ..
              .Ken SteinerNew
              added 2013-07-05
              Updated 2014-03-10
              1931 09 04
              Friday
              .Peoria, Ill.Mackinaw Dells...DEMS
              ..Added
              2011
              1931 09 05
              Saturday
              .Chicago, Ill.. Peripheral event

              "The bands controlled by Irving Mills, white, New York orchestra representative, who has under his wings Duke Ellington, Blue Rhythm Boys and Cab Calloway, are constantly in 'hot water.'

              James Petrillo, white, president of the Chicago Federation of Musicians, drove another spike into the long existing rift between Mills and himself by hauling Duke Ellington before his trial board and causing a two grand [$2,000] fine to be slapped on the Mills controlled band. Recently Petrillo barred Mills from placing units into two local spots. The amount involved in the under scale payment totalled less than $60.

              Action against the unit put into an embarrassing position George Smith, president of the colored musicians' local, No. 208...

              When Ellington and his men came in to play a four-week engagement at the Lincoln Tavern, they deposited their traveling cards with Smith. Ellington at the time remarked that he intended to use three of his musicians for doubling and asked for the prevailing local rate. The (illegible) Smith gave him at $125, it later developed, was $4.92 less per man weekly than that listed by the union. The difference was discovered by Petrillo after the Duke closed his Tavern date.

              All during the investigation Smith maintained it was all his fault and protested against putting (a?) stiff fine on Duke. ...

              Duke is taking an appeal against the penalty to the union's national executive board..."

              The Afro-American, week of Sept.5, 1931..
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              1931 09 05
              Saturday
              .Davenport, IowaDanceland Ballroom"Dancing 9:00 pm to 1:00 am."
              "DUKE ELLINGTON and His Famous COTTON CLUB ORCHESTRA with Ivy Anderson, Mistress of Blues"

              Advance Sale, Danceland Office Gents $1.50, Ladies 50˘ "nite" of dance Gents $1.75, Ladies 75˘
              Ads
              • Davenport Democrat and Leader 1931-09-04, p.8, courtesy K. Steiner
              • Muscatine Journal and News-Tribune, 1931-09-04, p.9
              • Muscatine Journal and News-Tribune, 1931-09-03, p12
              ,
              ..
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              1931 09 06
              Sunday
              .Dubuque, IowaWoodland (Formerly Union Park).ad+preview
              ad, Oelwein Daily Register, 2Sep31, p8
              ..
              .Agustěn Perez Gasco aug11 & K.Steiner Dec 2012(New)
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              1931 09 07
              Monday
              .Milwaukee, Wisc.Modernistic Ballroom
              State Fair Park,
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              Tuesday
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              ...
              1931 09 09
              Wednesday
              .Cincinnati, OhioGraystone Ballroom"Famed Duke Ellington, colored "king of rhythm," and his Cotton club orchestra will be heard over WLW Wednesday evening at 10 to 10:30 o'clock, while in Cincinnati as the featured attraction at the formal fall opening of the Greystone ballroom."
              • Newark Advocate and American Tribune 1931-09-05
              • Stratemann p.48 citing Billboard 1931-09-05, p.22
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              1931 09 10
              Thursday
              .Erie, Penn.Rainbow Gardens,
              Waldameer Park
              ...DEMS
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              Friday
              1931 09 17
              Thursday
              Pittsburgh, Penn.Stanley Theater
              237 7th St.
              ....
              ..Added
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              1931 09 12
              Saturday
              .Pittsburgh, Penn.Stanley Theatersee 1931 09 11...
              ..2011
              1931 09 13
              Sunday
              .Pittsburgh, Penn.Stanley Theatersee 1931 09 11...
              ..2011
              1931 09 14
              Monday
              .Pittsburgh, Penn.Stanley Theatersee 1931 09 11...
              ..2011
              1931 09 15
              Tuesday
              .Pittsburgh, Penn.Stanley Theatersee 1931 09 11...
              ..2011
              1931 09 16
              Wednesday
              .Pittsburgh, Penn.Stanley Theatersee 1931 09 11...
              ..2011
              1931 09 17
              Thursday
              .Pittsburgh, Penn.Stanley Theatersee 1931 09 11...
              ..2011
              1931 09 18
              Friday
              ...activities not documented...
              ...
              1931 09 19
              Saturday
              1931 09 25
              Friday
              Philadelphia, Penn.Pearl Theater.Stratemann p.48..
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              1931 09 20
              Sunday
              .Philadelphia, Penn.Pearl TheaterVaudeville show - see 1931 09 19...
              ..2011
              1931 09 21
              Monday
              .Philadelphia, Penn.Pearl TheaterVaudeville show - see 1931 09 19...
              ..2011
              1931 09 22
              Tuesday
              .Philadelphia, Penn.Pearl TheaterVaudeville show - see 1931 09 19...
              ..2011
              1931 09 23
              Wednesday
              .Philadelphia, Penn.Pearl TheaterVaudeville show - see 1931 09 19...
              ..2011
              1931 09 24
              Thursday
              .Philadelphia, Penn.Pearl TheaterVaudeville show - see 1931 09 19...
              ..2011
              circa
              1931 09 24
              Thursday
              .Philadelphia, Penn.Golden Dawn Cafe,
              Lombard St.
              The Afro-American:

              'ELLINGTON FLEES THUGS
              PHILLY OFFICER BALKS ATTEMPT AT KIDNAPPING
              Windows of Duke's Auto Smashed by Attackers
              5 SHOTS FIRED
              Thugs Escape in Car With N.Y. License.

              PHILADELPHIA - New York thugs tried to kidnap Duke Ellington, orchestra leader and radio maestro, in front of the Golden Dawn Cafe, Lombard above Broad Streets, Thursday at 1 a.m.
                One of the thugs asked Duke to lend him $10, which Duke did, not knowing who the man was. There were two of them together , and they left Duke after seening Officer Thomas lUcas of the 19th district around.
                Soon the officer theard the breaking glass, and after an investigation found that the window of Duke's car had been broken. The thugs jumped into another car with Pennsylvania license tags. The officer fired five shots at the car, which was found with four bullet holes in it by the bandit chasers, near Roosevelt Boulevard. They arrived in time to see the thugs abandon the car and take one with New York license tags on it. The car with the Pennsylvania license tags had been stolen.'

              Hasse:

              'Another report said the vandalism was intended to protest Ellington's playing in a neighborhood, - presumably a white one. '

              • The Afro-American, Baltimore, Md, 1931-10-03 p.1
              • Hasse, p.151, citing the
                • Philadelphia Afro-American 1931-10-03
                • unidentified clipping in the Duke Ellington Publicity Scrapbooks
              ..
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              1931 09 25
              Friday
              .Philadelphia, Penn.Pearl TheaterVaudeville show - see 1931 09 19...
              ..2011
              1931 09 26
              Saturday
              1931 10 02Washington, D.C.Howard Theatre,
              620 T Street NW
              Vaudeville show ....
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              1931 09 27
              Sunday
              .Washington, D.C.Howard Theatre
              620 T St.
              Vaudeville show - see 1931 09 26...
              ..2011
              1931 09 28
              Monday
              .Washington, D.C.Howard Theatre
              620 T St.
              Vaudeville show - see 1931 09 26...
              ..2011
              1931 09 29
              Tuesday
              .Washington, D.C.Howard Theatre
              620 T St.
              Vaudeville show - see 1931 09 26...
              ..2011
              1931 09 30
              Wednesday
              .Washington, D.C.Howard Theatre
              620 T St.
              Vaudeville show - see 1931 09 26...
              ..2011

              October 1931

              1931 10 00.New York, N.Y..Peripheral event

              'Irving Mills Now Manager for String Of Negro Stage Stars
                Irving Mills, manager of Duke Ellington and several other Negro orchestras, has branched out into the theatrical field and taken under his management several of the more prominent of the younger stage stars.
                Ivie Anderson, who has been hailed by some critics as a second Ethel Waters; Florence Hill, beautiful dancer; Johnny Hudgins international comedian; and Wells, Mordecai and Taylor, dancing trio, are some of those who will be exploited hereafter under the Mills banner.
                Miss Anderson was discovered in a Los Angeles cafe; Miss Hill is from Chicago. Plans are being made to feature both in New York productions this fall.'

              The New York Age, New York, N.Y. 1931-10-03 p.6..djpNew
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              'Duke Ellington to Tour Paramount Publix Circuit for Six Months
              Duke Ellington and his famous orchestra are about to begin a six months tour of motion picture theatres for The Paramount-Publix circuit which will take this celebrated organization into most of the large cities in the east and middle west.

              Except for an occasional engagement here and there, dance lovers will not have an opportunity during this period to step to the favorite music of Harlem' s aristocrat of jazz, unless the(y) pick up the Duke via the radio, for he is expected to broadcast at least once in almost every city he visits.

              Although the last Ellington dance tour was a tremendous success, the Duke and his band were such a sensation on the stage, particularly during their four engagements within six months at the Oriental Theatre in Chicago, that Publix theatre officials prevailed upon Irving Mills, his personal manager, to book another tour of their circuit.

              It is probable that at the conclusion of this route the Duke and his men will go to Hollywood for another motion picture, although insistent demands of ballroom managers everywhere for the attraction may upset these plans and make another dance tour imperative.

              The Ellington unit is dividing its time this month between independent theatres in Philadelphia and Washington, following which it plays one week at the Stanley theatre in Jersey City, then begins its Paramount route.

              The New York Age, 1931-10-03. p.6..
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              1931 10 01
              Thursday
              .Washington, D.C.Howard TheatreVaudeville show - see 1931 09 26...
              ..2011
              1931 10 02
              Friday
              .Washington, D.C.Howard Theatre
              620 T St.
              Vaudeville show - see 1931 09 26...
              ..2011
              1931 10 02
              Friday
              1931 10 16Washington, D.C.White HouseDuke was supposed to meet with President Hoover at the White House. Various sources give the date as Oct,. 10 to 17, but Steven Lasker reports

              'Per “The Melody Maker,” November 1931, p907:
              “Duke Ellington visited President Hoover at White House on October 2nd.” [I believe someone asked someone in the Herbert Hoover Presidential Library and Museum in Iowa if the presidential appointment book showed a visit from Duke Ellington, but I think they asked about a later date, not October 2. Further research might bear fruit.] The 1933/34 Mills advertising manual prints this picture, which is sourced to the Washington D.C. News, October 2, 1931.'

              The Afro-American (Baltimore) published a photograph of Ellington and 7 others under the headline "When the Duke Met Hoover;" the caption says Duke Ellington the creator of jungle jazz, is seen in the center of a 'Welcome Home' Committee which carried him to the White House to see President Hoover when the Duke played his old home town (Washington) last week..

              In The Duke Ellington Society (TDES) December 2010 newsletter, Fred Glueckstein says the scheduled meeting was just after the benefit for the Scottsboro boys, explains the source of the report, and concludes the meeting never took place, based on Hasse:

              "Ellington also called at the White House to meet President Hoover... despite the fact that the meeting was publicized in the newspapers, it never took place, according to the Hoover presidential papers. Evidently it was stopped because the man who set it up, Charles Lucien Skinner, had a police record...Ellington posed for photographers on the White House grounds, without anyone from the presidential staff."

              Webmaster's tips to researchers:
              • President Hoover's daily calendars list his appointments. My search of the entries from Sept. 20 to Oct. 20 1931 revealed none I would recognize as relating to this visit by Ellington or his associates.
              • While the photo appears in the Afro-American dated the week ended October 24, 1931, a version of this edition dated November 1, 1930 is found at pages 21 to 44 of the Google News archive for The Afro American - Oct 25, 1930.) In the Google News file October 24, 1931 archive, the page number box at the top of the screen does not match the page numbers on the reproduced newspaper pages since several pages are missing from the archive.
              • Stratemann p.49 citing Baltimore Afro-American, 1931-10-24,p.23
              • Vail I
              • Fred Glueckstein, "Did Duke Meet President Hoover?", The Duke Ellington Society Newsletter December 2010, pp.4-5, citing John Edward Hasse: Beyond Category, The Life and Genius of Duke Ellington p.151
              • Emails, S. Lasker-Palmquist 2014-08-28, 2015-05-19 & 2015-06-16
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              1931 10 03
              Saturday
              1931 10 09Philadelphia, Penn.Pearl TheatreVaudeville show
              Stratemann and Vail both place the band at the Stanley Theater, Jersey City in error, based on a misprint in the Chicago Defender -see 1931 10 23.

              Note Stratemann and Vail place the band at the Pearl Theater in September as well.
              Ad, Philadelphia Tribune, 1931-10-01, p.6; and review, 1931-10-15, p.6.DEMS
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              Sunday
              .Philadelphia, Penn.Pearl TheatreSee 1931 10 03...
              ..2011
              1931 10 05
              Monday
              .Philadelphia, Penn.Pearl TheatreSee 1931 10 03...
              ..2011
              1931 10 06
              Tuesday
              .Philadelphia, Penn.Pearl TheatreSee 1931 10 03...
              ..2011
              1931 10 07
              Wednesday
              .Philadelphia, Penn.Pearl TheatreSee 1931 10 03...
              ..2011
              1931 10 08
              Thursday
              .Philadelphia, Penn.Pearl TheatreSee 1931 10 03...
              ..2011
              1931 10 09
              Friday
              .Philadelphia, Penn.Pearl TheatreSee 1931 10 03...
              ..2011
              1931 10 10
              Saturday
              1931 10 16Washington, D.C.Howard Theatre
              620 T St.

              BEGINNING SATURDAY OCTOBER 10
              RETURN ENGAGEMENT of
              DUKE ELLINGTON
              AND
              Cotton Club
              Orchestra
              WITH
              ENTIRELY NEW
              SUPPORTING CAST
              50- People - 50
              Ivy Anderson      Chas. Ray
              3 Black Aces
              Mills and Fiddler
              George McClellan and
              Blanche Stewart
              -----
              ON THE SCREEN
              Bert Wheeler
              Robert Woolsey
              "Caught Plastered"
              an R.K.O Production
              -----
              MIDNIGHT SHOWS
              TUESDAY AND FRIDAY NIGHTS
              Reserved Seats Now On Sale
              Shows Continuous From 11 a.m.
              to 11 p.m.

              Stratemann p.49 citing Baltimore Afro-American
              • 1931-10-10 p.2
              • 1931-10-24 p.23
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              1931 10 11
              Sunday
              .Washington, D.C.Howard Theatre
              620 T St.
              Vaudeville show - see 1931 10 10...
              ..2011
              1931 10 12
              Monday
              .Washington, D.C.Howard Theatre
              620 T St.
              Vaudeville show - see 1931 10 10...
              ..2011
              1931 10 12
              Monday
              .Washington, D.C.Masonic Temple
              10th and U Sts.N.W.
              Dance for the benefit of the Scottsboro Boys

              DUKE ELLINGTON
              ENTERTAINS AT THE
              Masonic Temple
              10th and U Sts., N.W.
              Monday, Oct. 12
              From 9 p.m. to 2 a.m.
              General Admission 75c

              This is DUKE ELLINGTON'S personal contri-
              bution to the defense of the SCOTTSBORO
              COLORED BOYS - in co-operation with the
              Howard Theatre management and Masonic Hall
              Corporation, Gary and Risher, agents

              This dance, given under auspices of D. C. BRANCH of N.A.A.C.P., is the only one that Duke Ellington will appear at while in Washington. It is his desire to help this cause, so to that extent he is contributing his services gratis.

              BOXES SEATING EIGHT (8) $3.00 EXTRA
              Phone North 10023 For Reservations
              Blue Bird [illegible] officiating until Arrival of Duke from Theatre
              [illegible], Chairman

              Committee on Arrangements.
              Garnett C. Wilkerson, Treasurer
              Capt. Arthur Newman    C. Tiffany Tolliver
              Shepard Allen    Miss G. T. C. Merritt
              Daniel Gary    Joseph Marwell
              Wm. S. Prather    Jas. Mills
              Alonzo J. Collins    J. Finley Wilson


              Washington, Oct.22 - (ANP) - Monday night was featured by a huge charity ball at the Masonic Temple, staged by the management of the Howard Theater in cooperation with a number of local citizens.
                 The ball was staged in the interests of the eight Negro boys doomed to death at Scottsboro, Ala. in the famous case which attracted international notice. The local branch of the N.A.A.C.P. also was working on the plan, and Manager Shepherd Allen, of the Howard, advised the press that he hoped to turn over about $1200 to the board after the affair.
                 The staging of the benefit dance was featured by the appearance of Duke Ellington and his Cotton Club band. The Duke gave the services of himself and his orchestra free of charge.

              • Ad, Baltimore Afro-American 1931-10-10 p.3
              • "Ellington in Benefit for Scottsboro Boys, Pittsburgh Courier, 1931-10-24
              • TDESdec10
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              Tuesday
              .Washington, D.C.Howard Theatre
              620 T St.
              Vaudeville show - see 1931 10 10...
              ..2011
              1931 10 14
              Wednesday
              .Washington, D.C.Howard Theatre
              620 T St.
              Vaudeville show - see 1931 10 10...
              ..2011
              1931 10 15
              Thursday
              .Washington, D.C.Howard Theatre
              620 T St.
              Vaudeville show - see 1931 10 10...
              ..2011
              1931 10 16
              Friday
              .Washington, D.C.Howard Theatre
              620 T St.
              Vaudeville show - see 1931 10 10...
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              1931 10 17
              Saturday
              8:30 p.m.
              .Harrisburg, Penn.Madrid Ballroom
              3rd and Chestnut Sts.
              • (1)"Duke Ellington and his original Cotton Club Orchestra will appear in the Madrid Ballroom...Miss Florence Hill, one of the world's greatest dancers, will accompany the band..."

              • The Famous
                DUKE ELLINGTON
                AND HIS ORIGINAL
                COTTON CLUB ORCHESTRA
                Last Appearance Outside N.Y.
                Popular Admission $1.00
              • Plug, Reading Times, 1931-10-16 p.29
              • Plug and ad, Evening News, Harrisburg, Penn., 1931-10-17 p.14
              • (1)Plug and ad, Lebanon Daily News, 1931-10-16 evening edition, p.21
              • (2)Preview & ad, Reading Eagle, 16oct31, p38
              • A plug for another act in the Lebanon Daily News, 1931-12-04, p.25 makes reference to Ellington and other groups having supplied entertainment at the Madrid.
              • The Evening News, Harrisburg, Penn. 1931-10-15, p.4
              • Harrisburg Telegraph, Harrisburg, Penn.,
                • 1931-10-16 p.17
                • 1931-10-17,p.9
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              1931 10 18
              Sunday
              ...activities not documented...
              ...
              1931 10 19
              Monday
              ...activities not documented...
              ...
              1931 10 20
              Tuesday
              .Worcester, Mass.Mechanics Hall
              321 Main St.
              .Ad, Boston Post, 1931-10-19, p.15.DEMS
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              Wednesday
              ...activities not documented...
              ...
              1931 10 22
              Thursday
              .Springfield, Mass.Butterfly Ballroom
              282-284 Dwight St.(?)
              ...DEMS
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              1931 10 23
              Friday
              1931 10 29
              Thursday
              Jersey City, N.J.Stanley Theater
              Journal Square
              Vaudeville, between showings of The Spirit of Notre Dame, starring Lew Ayres. Ellington's flat rate for the week was $5,500.
              The New York Age:

              'Duke Ellington to Tour Paramount Publix Circuit for Six Months
              Duke Ellington and his famous orchestra are about to begin a six months tour of motion picture theatres ...The Ellington unit is dividing its time this month between independent theatres in Philadelphia and Washington, following which it plays one week at the Stanley theatre in Jersey City, then begins its Paramount route.'


              The Jersey Observer, Oct. 23:

              STARTS TODAY
              THE SPIRIT OF
              NOTRE DAME

              ...SENSATIONAL KING OF SYNCOPATION and POPULAR RADIO STAR
              "DUKE" ELLINGTON
              AND HIS BAND IN PERSON
              Ed LOWRY

              "The Mirth of a Nation"
              with the greatest aggrega-
              tion of Dandies that
              ever came out
              of Dixie
              ...

              'SPIRIT OF
              NOTRE DAME' - STANLEY

              On Stage, Duke Ellington
              Cotton Club Orchestra

              ...A gala program has been arranged and includes Duke Ellington in person and his Cotton Club Orchestra, with a legion of Dixie entertainers that smiling, genial Ed Lowry presents. An organ novelty by Milton Charles offers another diverting and interesting feature to the sparkling presentation.
               ...The Duke has a number of prominent performers with him, including Ivie Anderson, the sepia queen; Florence Hill and the Four Step Brothers. Olive Fay, a great actress, also plays a prominent part in the new revue...

              Trezzvant M. Anderson, writing about Ellington's new singer Ivie Anderson:

              'You'll see her at the Stanley Theatre in Jersey City beginning October 23 and believe me, you'll see an eyeful!'

              Ken Steiner:

              ' ...Jersey City, NJ, has also been listed for [3oct to 9oct31] due to this reference:
              "For the week of October 3 the orchestra is booked for the Stanley Theater, Jersey City." ("Say Ellington Gets New Plan and Higher Pay," Chicago Defender, city ed., 3Oct31, p7) This seems to be in error, and perhaps a check of local sources will locate the band in Jersey City for the open week of 23 to 29oct31. '

              John Beekman, Reference Librarian, New Jersey Room, Jersey City Free Public Library:

              'I ...checked ... the Jersey Observer, and confirmed ... Ellington's run at the Stanley in Jersey City was October 23-29, 1931.

              There were only two articles about the shows, which featured the film “The Spirit of Notre Dame” and a revue performance by Ed Lowry, who appears to be a house performer, plus an organ performance by Milton Charles (apparently Friday only). The ads that appeared on the 22nd and 23rd feature an unfortunate illustration.'

              • New York Age, 1931-10-03 p.6
              • Stratemann p.48 citing Chicago Defender 1931-10-03
              • Vail I
              • Trezzvant M. Anderson, Baltimore Afro-American 1931-10-24 p.10
              • Email, J.Beekman-Palmquist 2015-06-03 with clippings:Jersey Observer, Jersey City, N.J.:
                • 1931-10-21
                • 1931-10-22
                • 1931-10-23,p28
                • 1931-10-24,p13
                • 1931-10-26,p13
                • 1931-10-28.p15
                • 1931-10-29
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              Saturday
              .Jersey City, N.J.Stanley Theater
              Journal Square
              Vaudeville - see 1931 10 23...
              ..2015-06-04
              1931 10 25
              Sunday
              .Jersey City, N.J.Stanley Theater
              Journal Square
              Vaudeville - see 1931 10 23...
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              1931 10 26
              Monday
              .Jersey City, N.J.Stanley Theater
              Journal Square
              Vaudeville - see 1931 10 23...
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              1931 10 27
              Tuesday
              .Jersey City, N.J.Stanley Theater
              Journal Square
              Vaudeville - see 1931 10 23...
              ..2015-06-04
              1931 10 28
              Wednesday
              .Jersey City, N.J.Stanley Theater
              Journal Square
              Vaudeville - see 1931 10 23

              On this date, Ellington autographed a photo of Duke Ellington and His Famous Cotton Club Orchestra, with the inscription With kind regards to Lud Paliss Studio, Duke Ellington, Oct. 28/31"

              The Jersey City Library has been unable to locate Paliss in the local directories.
              Email, Beekman-Palmquist 2015-06-03..
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              1931 10 29
              Thursday
              .Jersey City, N.J.Stanley Theater
              Journal Square
              Vaudeville - see 1931 10 23...
              ..2015-06-04
              1931 10 30
              Friday
              1931 11 05New Haven, Conn.Paramount TheaterVaudeville
              NEW HAVEN
              Paramount
              ON THE STAGE FROM BROADWAY TO YOU
              SEE THEM - HEAR THEM
              "DUKE"
              ELLINGTON

              (IN PERSON)
              And His Famous
              Cotton Club Orchestra
              PLAYING HIS OWN COMPOSITIONS
              AND OTHER HOT TUNES
              AS ONLY HE CAN PLAY THEM
              --with--
              IVIE       FLORENCE
              ANDERSON       HILL
              Blues Singer       Sepia Stepper
              HOT FROM HARLEM
              ON THE SCREEN
              "GIRLS ABOUT TOWN"
              with
              KAY FRANCIS       LILYAN TASHMAN
              JOEL McCREA       GENE PALLETTE
              IN A SOPHISTICATED COMEDY DRAMA

              New Haven's Favorite Personalities
              KEARNEY WALTON
              EDDIE WEAVER
              Paramount Sound News
              HENRY BUSSE and the
              PARAMOUNT
              CONCERT
              ORCHESTRA

              Review by John A. Flory

              'Paramount
              Girls About Town (c+)
              Duke Ellington and his Cotton Club Orchestra bring "corny" jazz to the stage performance at the Paramount Theater. Assisted by a group of skilled and energetic tap-dancers this popular band leader is the chief reason for rating this a better than average show. After playing numerous hits of the moment, he climaxes the program with a rendering of Dinah and of Mood Indigo, the latter expecially effective when featuring muted trumpets... '

              In addition, Yale News published an interview with Ellington
              • Stratemann p.49 citing Chicago Defender 1931-11-14
              • The Yale Daily News, New Haven, Conn.
                • 1931-10-30 p.6
                • 1931-10-31 pp.2,3
                • 1931-11-02, p.4
                • 1931-11-03, pp.1,4,5
              • Yale News Pictorial Supplement, 1931-10-31 p.3
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              Saturday
              Halloween
              .New Haven, Conn.Paramount TheaterVaudeville - see 1931 10 30..DEMS
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              November 1931

              1931 11 00.New York, N.Y.. Peripheral event
              Steven Lasker:

              'Mills Dance Orchestras Inc. of 150 West 46th Street, NYC, publishes a 21-page "advertising manual" for "DUKE ELLINGTON and His Famous Orchestra." It is written by Ned Williams, whom Mills had hired away from the Balaban & Katz theatre chain, where Williams had been a press agent. The "Famous Orchestra" billing would appear on Ellington's 1932-33 Brunswick records and his 1937-46 records on several different labels (Master, Brunswick, Columbia and Victor).

              This manual marked the second appearance of the "Famous Orchestra" billing; it first appeared in advertising for their engagement of 1926 07 28 (see that entry).

              Emails, Lasker-Palmquist:
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              2014-10-07
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              1931 11 01
              Sunday
              New Haven, Conn.Paramount TheaterVaudeville - see 1931 10 30...
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              Monday
              New Haven, Conn.Paramount TheaterVaudeville - see 1931 10 30...
              ..2011
              1931 11 03
              Tuesday
              New Haven, Conn.Paramount TheaterVaudeville - see 1931 10 30Ad, The Yale Daily News, 1931-11-03 p.4...
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              1931 11 03
              Tuesday
              .New Haven, Conn.Music Hall
              Court St.
              "Great Public Dance" - doors open 10 p.m.
              • "Duke Ellington at Music Hall Tonight," New Haven Evening Register, 1931-11-03 p.9
              • Ad, The Yale Daily News, 1931-11-03 p.4
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              Wednesday
              New Haven, Conn.Paramount TheaterVaudeville - see 1931 10 30...
              ..2011
              1931 11 05
              Thursday
              New Haven, Conn.Paramount TheaterVaudeville - see 1931 10 30...
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              1931 11 06
              Friday
              .Cambridge, Mass.Copley Plaza...DEMS
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              Friday
              1931 11 12Boston, Mass.Metropolitan Theater...DEMS
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              Saturday
              .Boston, Mass.Metropolitan TheaterTheatre show - see 1931 11 06...
              ..2011
              1931 11 08
              Sunday
              .Boston, Mass.Metropolitan TheaterTheatre show - see 1931 11 06...
              ..2011
              1931 11 09
              Monday
              .Boston, Mass.Metropolitan TheaterTheatre show - see 1931 11 06...
              ..2011
              1931 11 10
              Tuesday
              .Boston, Mass.Metropolitan TheaterTheatre show - see 1931 11 06...
              ..2011
              1931 11 11
              Wednesday
              .Boston, Mass.Metropolitan TheaterTheatre show - see 1931 11 06...
              ..2011
              1931 11 12
              Thursday
              .Boston, Mass.Metropolitan TheaterTheatre show - see 1931 11 06...
              ..2011
              1931 11 13
              Friday
              1931 11 18
              Wednesday
              Buffalo, N.Y.Shea's Buffalo TheatreDuke Ellington and His Famous orchestra, direct from a sensationally successful tour of theatres and ballrooms in the leading cities of the Middle West and East, will be given a return engagement on the stage at Shea's Buffalo beginning Friday.The Evening News (Tonawanda, N.Y.), 1931-11-12, p.9.
              Stratemann, p.49 (shows starting Nov.12).2011
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              1931 11 14
              Saturday
              Buffalo, N.Y.Shea's Buffalo TheatreVaudeville - see 1931 11 13...
              ..2011
              1931 11 15
              Sunday
              Buffalo, N.Y.Shea's Buffalo TheatreVaudeville - see 1931 11 13...
              ..2011
              1931 11 16
              Monday
              Buffalo, N.Y.Shea's Buffalo TheatreVaudeville - see 1931 11 13...
              ..2011
              1931 11 17
              Tuesday
              Buffalo, N.Y.Shea's Buffalo TheatreVaudeville - see 1931 11 13...
              ..2011
              1931 11 18
              Wednesday
              Buffalo, N.Y.Shea's Buffalo TheatreVaudeville - see 1931 11 13...
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              1931 11 19
              Thursday
              ...activities not documented...
              ...
              1931 11 20
              Friday
              1931 12 03Chicago, Ill.Oriental TheatreVaudeville show

              Fifth repeat date, and held over for a second week
              • Ads, Chicago Daily Tribune, 1931-11-20 - 1931-12-10
              • Walter Barnes, Jr., "Hittin' High Notes," Chicago Defender, city ed., 1931-12-05 p.7
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              1931 11 21
              Saturday
              .Chicago, Ill.Oriental TheatreVaudeville - see 1931 11 20...
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              1931 11 22
              Sunday
              .Chicago, Ill.Oriental TheatreVaudeville - see 1931 11 20...
              ..2011
              1931 11 23
              Monday
              .Chicago, Ill.Oriental TheatreVaudeville - see 1931 11 20...
              ..2011
              1931 11 24
              Tuesday
              .Chicago, Ill.Oriental TheatreVaudeville - see 1931 11 20...
              ..2011
              1931 11 25
              Wednesday
              .Chicago, Ill.Oriental TheatreVaudeville - see 1931 11 20...
              ..2011
              1931 11 26
              Thursday
              .Chicago, Ill.Oriental TheatreVaudeville - see 1931 11 20...
              ..2011
              1931 11 27
              Friday
              .Chicago, Ill.Oriental TheatreVaudeville - see 1931 11 20...
              ..2011
              1931 11 28
              Saturday
              .Chicago, Ill.Oriental TheatreVaudeville - see 1931 11 20...
              ..2011
              1931 11 29
              Sunday
              .Chicago, Ill.Oriental TheatreVaudeville - see 1931 11 20...
              ..2011
              1931 11 29
              Sunday
              .Chicago, Ill.Savoy Ballroom
              South Parkway at 47th

              DUKE
              ELLINGTON
              AND HIS
              FAMOUS ORCHESTRA
              ONE
              NITE ONLY
              SUNDAY,
              NOV.29th
              2 BANDS
              Dancing
              All Night

              Ad, Chicago Defender, 1931-11-28, p.3..
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              1931 11 30
              Monday
              .Chicago, Ill.Oriental TheatreVaudeville - see 1931 11 20...
              ..2011

              December 1931

              1931 12 01
              Tuesday
              .Chicago, Ill.Oriental TheatreVaudeville - see 1931 11 20...
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              1931 12 02
              Wednesday
              .Chicago, Ill.Oriental TheatreVaudeville - see 1931 11 20...
              ..2011
              1931 12 02
              Wednesday
              ... Peripheral event
              Steven Lasker advises

              'On this date Warner Bros. Pictures entered into an agreement with a holding company controlled by Herbert Yates of the American Record Corporation whereby the American Record Corporation would manufacture and distribute Brunswick Records (also Vocalion and Melotone) for as long as a minimum of 250,000 Brunswick records were sold annually at a retail price of 75 cents. When a January 1941 audit found that not more than 150,000 Brunswick records had sold during the period from December 1, 1939 through December 31, 1940, control of the loaned trademarks and catalog of master recordings made prior to December 3, 1931 reverted to Warner Bros. Pictures. On May 2, 1941 Warner Bros. Pictures sold the properties to Decca Records Inc. for $350,000. With this deal, Decca purchased Ellington's catalog of Brunswick recordings made prior to 1931 12 02; those Brunswick recordings that date from 1932-39 continued to belong to Columbia Records, the corporate successor to the ARC. This state of affairs is the reason why Ellington's 1926-31 Brunswick/Vocalion/Melotone catalog is today controlled by Vivendi-Universal while his 1932-39 catalog belongs to Sony Music.'

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              1931 12 03
              Thursday
              .Chicago, Ill.Oriental TheatreVaudeville - see 1931 11 20...
              ..2011
              1931 12 04
              Friday
              1931 12 10
              Thursday
              St. Louis, Mo.Ambassador TheatreVaudeville showdaily ads, St. Louis Globe-Democrat..
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              1931 12 05
              Saturday
              .St. Louis, Mo.Ambassador TheatreVaudeville - see 1931 12 04daily ads, St. Louis Globe-Democrat..
              .K.Steiner Dec 20122011
              1931 12 06
              Sunday
              .St. Louis, Mo.Ambassador TheatreVaudeville - see 1931 12 04daily ads, St. Louis Globe-Democrat..
              .K.Steiner Dec 20122011
              1931 12 07
              Monday
              .St. Louis, Mo.Ambassador TheatreVaudeville - see 1931 12 04daily ads, St. Louis Globe-Democrat..
              .K.Steiner Dec 20122011
              1931 12 08
              Tuesday
              .St. Louis, Mo.Ambassador TheatreVaudeville - see 1931 12 04daily ads, St. Louis Globe-Democrat..
              .K.Steiner Dec 20122011
              1931 12 09
              Wednesday
              .St. Louis, Mo.Ambassador TheatreVaudeville - see 1931 12 04daily ads, St. Louis Globe-Democrat..
              .K.Steiner Dec 20122011
              1931 12 10
              Thursday
              .St. Louis, Mo.Ambassador TheatreVaudeville - see 1931 12 04daily ads, St. Louis Globe-Democrat..
              .K.Steiner Dec 20122011
              1931 12 11
              Friday
              1931 12 17Indianapolis, Ind.Indiana TheaterVaudeville show

              ...The stage features Duke Ellington and his Cotton Club band. This band, famous in Harlem and elsewhere, plays a good deal of "hot" music and some tunes that are "sweet." Composed of Negroes, it has all the "pep" that the colored race has traditionally.

              The players rely a good deal on eccentricities. This listener heard weirder sounds come from a cornet, a trombone and a clarinet than he supposed could possibly be evoked from those time-honored instruments. The astounding glissando opening of "The Rhapsody in Blue" was no more astounding than the wails the clarinetist of the band extracted. They were spine-tickling, if harrowing. And the audience loved it! There were exclamations of "oh" and "Ah" all through the house. No wonder. The reviewer prefers the "sweet" music which is irresistibly rhythmic and insinuating. The "hot" music seemed to him largely noise, with no distinct melody and no distinct sway to it. It was simply exuberant. It smacked too much of a decade or more ago.

              With the band is Ivy Anderson, who sings syncopated hymns with gusto. Also with the band are the "four step-brothers," who get more than a week's exercise in ten minutes. The act, as you can see, is breezy..."

              Variety:

              'Duke Ellington booked at Indiana for week Dec. 11. He may double on Indiana roof final night. While Ellington is in Charlie Davis and his gang will switch to Circle... '

              • Indianapolis News, Indianapolis, Ind.,
                • Friday Openings Reviewed, 1932-12-12, p.14
                • 1932-12-09, p.30
                • 1933-12-10 p.22
              • Variety 1931-12-01 p.41
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              1931 12 12
              Saturday
              .Indianapolis, Ind.Indiana TheaterVaudeville show - see 1931 12 11...
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              1931 12 13
              Sunday
              .Indianapolis, Ind.Indiana TheaterVaudeville show - see 1931 12 11...
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              1931 12 14
              Monday
              .Indianapolis, Ind.Indiana TheaterVaudeville show - see 1931 12 11...
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              1931 12 15
              Tuesday
              .Indianapolis, Ind.Indiana TheaterVaudeville show - see 1931 12 11...
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              1931 12 16
              Wednesday
              .Indianapolis, Ind.Indiana TheaterVaudeville show - see 1931 12 11...
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              1931 12 17
              Thursday
              .Indianapolis, Ind.Indiana TheaterVaudeville show - see 1931 12 11

              Possibly also doubling for a dance on the rooftop - see 1931 12 11
              Variety 1931-12-01 p.41..
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              1931 12 17
              Thursday
              ... Peripheral event
              Variety reported

              'Ellington's One-Niters
              Indianapolis, Dec. 21.
              Duke Ellington left here Thursday (17) for a week of one-nighters in dancehalls until Christmas at which time he opens at the Fisher, Detroit.
                After Detroit band goes to Washington, Philadelphia, Baltimore and New York (latter Publix) on a picture house tour. '

              • Variety 1931-12-22 p.53
              • Stratemann p.49 citing Variety (ibed)
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              1931 12 18
              Friday
              .Urbana, Ill.New Gymnasium
              University of Illinois
              "Junior Prom"

              JUNIORS TO HOLD ANNUAL DANCE IN NEW GYM TONIGHT
              ---------------
              Pray , Nelson Direct Completion of Plans for Prom ; Decorations , Lighting Effects Installed
              ---------------
              The University fall and winter formal social festivities will come to a grand climax tonight as 1, 800 members of the class of 33 attend the Junior Prom in the New Gymnasium ... - The formal dance will begin at 9 p.m and will progress to the momentous event of the evening at 11 o clock when the identity of the Prom Queen will be revealed. ...

              All tickets have been sold to the dance. However, a sale of guest tickets for balcony seats will open today at 25 cents and may be obtained at the door. Students holding tickets who have not received their programs are requested to obtain them today at the office of C. R. Frederick , assistant dean of men . Duke Ellington and his band, who received the reputation while playing at the Cotton club , New York , as the hottest band on earth , will play at the dance . Ellington is known for his unique arrangements in syncopated rhythm. The distinctive brand of music he presents is well known throughout the country as the result of his extensive tours and frequent radio broadcasts.

              Ellington's arrangements have created a definite new style in dance melody and his musicians are masters of syncopation and hot jazz. His band became one of the biggest box office attractions last year after attaining popularity at the Cotton club [sic] and later at the Lincoln tavern [sic], Chicago . He will bring his entire band and entertainers with him. Amplifiers have been installed in the Gym to magnify the music equally and evenly, throughout the huge ballroom."


              Two hours of waiting for Duke Ellington and his band proved worth-while for the 900 couples who attended the Junior Prom last night in the New Gym. During those two hours the men and women walkied in and out and all around the gaily colored room, stopping every little while to smoke, or drink a glass of sweet grape punch...The silver and green of the decorations offset the red glow of the exit lamps as the dancers swayed, hopeed and boiled to the scintillating rhythm of Ellington's music...

              • Ad, Daily Illini (M.Graff)
              • Plugs for dance,
              • Review of prom, Daily Illini,1931-12-19,p.1
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              1931 12 19
              Saturday
              .Indianapolis, Ind.Indiana RoofDance
              Tickets $1.00 until 6 p.m., $1.25 later.
              A local department store advertised

              'Thrilling New Formals and Dinner Gowns For Slim Young Sophisticates
              "Dance in an Ayres' gown tomorrow night to the swing of Duke Ellington's inimitable rhythms...And be ready for plenty of cut-ins, because Ayres collegienne fashions are just about the most bewitching things you ever wore ... plenty of glitter ... plenty of subtle slimness ... plenty of molded lines cut to fit youthful slenderness. Sizes 11 to 17. Prices $16.75 and $25. '

              Variety announced Ellington's performance had 3,800 paid dancers, next to largest crowd ever in the ballroom.
              • Ads, Indianapolis News,
                • 1931-12-19 p.28 (dance)
                • 1931-12-18 p.14 (gowns)
              • Variety 1931-12-29 p.29
              .DEMS
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              1931 12 20
              Sunday
              ...activities not documented...
              ...
              1931 12 21
              Monday
              .St. Louis, Mo.New Coliseum
              Jefferson and Washington

              JESSE J. JOHNSON Presents
              A MILLION DOLLAR ATTRACTION
              FOR ONLY ONE DOLLAR
              _______________

              CONCERT, CABARET AND DANCE SUPERB

              Featuring for the First Time in the United States
              3–NATIONALLY KNOWN ORCHESTRAS–3
              Under One Roof - On the Same Date
              McKINNEY'S COTTON PICKERS
              Radio and Ballroom Celebrities

              FLETCHER HENDERSON and His Orchestra
              International Radio Stars

              DUKE ELLINGTONAND HIS RADIO AND
              MOTION PICTURE STARS


              with
              IVY ANDERSON - - Queen of the Blues

              NEW COLISEUM      JEFFERSON AND
              WASHINGTON

              Advance Tickets . . . $1.00
              On Sale at All Drug Stores and
              De Luxe Music Shop - 2691 Market
              Tickets at Door, $1.25
              Advance Ticket Sale Ends at 6 P.M.
              Date of Performance
              MAKE RESERVATIONS NOW!




              The Pittsburgh Courier reported over 5,000 attended.

              It is possible Rex Stewart played in one or more of the three bands this evening. Steven Lasker:
              'Per Rex, Boy Meets Horn, p116:
              ' "When a promoter had both Henderson and McKinney as well as Ellington do a short tour of about six cities, I played nearly every set."
              [with Smack and MKCP; we don't know if Duke invited him to sit in -- he wouldn't join Duke until late December 1934].'
              Ken Steiner

              'Rex's statement that he "played nearly every set" is ambiguous, but I feel he is saying that he played with all three bands. I could see that happening in an event under the purview of the Black union and with Jesse Johnson as some kind of sub-agent to Irving Mills.'

              • Stratemann p.49 with copy of ad
              • Pittsburgh Courier, 1931-12-26, p.11
              • St. Louis Argus, St. Louis, Mo 1931-12-18 (courtesy K. Steiner)
              • Email, S.Lasker-Palmquist 2016-07-10
              • Email, K.Steiner-S.Lasker,Palmquist 2016-07-23
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              1931 12 22
              Tuesday
              .Cincinnati, OhioGraystone BallroomVail I:

              'Duke Ellington and his Orchestra play a dance at the Graystone Ballroom in Cincinatti, Ohio.'

              Vail does not name a source, and note this conflicts with the Muncie date.
              Vail I with no source noted..
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              1931 12 22
              Tuesday
              1931 12 23Muncie, Ind.Rivoli TheatreTheatre one-nighterEmail, K.Steiner-Palmquist 2015-02-28 citing "Coming to Rivoli Muncie Stage," Alexandria Times-Tribune, 1939-12-22..
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              1931 12 23
              Wednesday
              .Muncie, Ind.Rivoli Theatre-see 1931 12 22...
              .djpAdded 2015-03-01
              1931 12 24
              Thursday
              ...activities not documented...
              ...
              1931 12 24
              Thursday
              ... Peripheral event
              UP wirestory:

              'Columbia Phonograph Co. Stock to Be Sold to Grigsby-Grunow

              NEW YORK ,Dec.24 (UP)-One of the largest mergers in the history of the radio industry was announced today when voting trustees of the Columbia Phonograph Company, Inc. formally approved the sale of that company's capital stock to the Grigsby-Grunow Company of Chicago.
               ...Columbia Phonograph Company was formerly controlled by the Columbia Graphophone Company, Ltd., of England. When European radio and phonograph interests were merged last June, a voting trust was set up for the American company. In their joint statement today the trustees said that more than 78,000 of the 82,524 Columbia shares outstanding have already been deposited with them. In exchange for each share of their stock, Columbia Phonograph stockholders will receive four and four-tenths shares of Grigsby-Grunow stock. In addition, it was said, the management of Columbia Phonograph Company plans to declare a capital dividend of $10 a share. Columbia Phonograph Company, which manufactures both radio and phonograph sets, operates in North, Central and South America. It has large plants in Bridgeport, Conn., and in Los Angeles. The Grigsby-Grunow Company's plant is in Chicago. B. J. Grigsby is president of the Illinois company.
               American capital gradually gained control of Columbia Phonograph and last summer the former Columbia Graphophone Company of England was merged into the new Electric and Musical Industries, Ltd., combine. American capital also became strongly interested in the English combine, Radio Corporation of America, holding about 30 percent of the capital stock of the new Electric and Musical Industries, Ltd.'

              A similar story was issued by A.P. and printed in other papers.

              The sale would not have been completed until 1932 because certain procedures would have had to be followed - for instance, in mid-January, Grimsby-Grunow listed 357,103 shares on the New York Stock Exchange which were to be exchanged for the outstanding 82,523 shares of Columbia Graphophone.
              Schenectady Gazette, Schenectady, N.Y. 1931-12-25 p.17..
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              1931 12 25
              Friday
              Christmas
              1931 12 31
              Thursday
              Detroit, Mich.Fisher Theatre...DEMS
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              1931 12 25
              Friday
              .Detroit, Mich.Naval ArmoryBattle of Music
              The Ellington, Fletcher Henderson and McKinney's Cotton Pickers orchestras
              7,100 patrons.

              Rex Stewart may have played in one or more of the three bands this evening - see 1931 12 21
              • Stratemann p.49 citing Chicago Defender
                • 1932-01-02 p.7
                • 1932-01-03(?) p.7
              • Vail I
              • Cambridge Companion, pp.xiv, xv
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              1931 12 26
              Saturday
              .Detroit, Mich.Fisher Theatresee 1931 12 25...
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              1931 12 27
              Sunday
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              1931 12 28
              Monday
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              Wednesday
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              1931 12 31
              Thursday
              .Detroit, Mich.Fisher Theatresee 1931 12 25...
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              1932 00 ...1932 EVENTS reported by Mr. Spring but not otherwise included in TDWAW in this year:
              • Ivie Anderson joins the band. (This is an error. She joined the band in February 1931.
              Cambridge Companion, p.xv..
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              January 1932

              1932 01 01
              Friday
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              Sunday
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              1932 01 04
              Monday
              .Pittsburgh, Penn.Pythian Temple(1)One night only.
              Duke was crowned winner of the Pittsburgh Courier's "Most Popular Orchestra" contest.

              (2)The band broadcast from the Pythian Temple locally over WCAE at 10:00 pm, opening a special two-and-a-half hour WCAE Dedication Program (as a member of NBC), but did not participate in the 10:30 to 11:30 portion of the broadcast carried nationally as had been announced in the Courier.

              (3)"...in 1932, for example, a Duke Ellington concert before a live audience of 3,000 was broadcast nationwide..."

              (4)"The largest event in the Temple's history was held in January 1932. Almost 3,000 fans from across the country attended Duke Ellington's coronation as the "King of Jazz" by the Pittsburgh Courier. Ellington's concert was broadcast nationally from radio station WCAE (later known as WTAE). The Duke's wife, sister, and mother attended to watch him receive the Courier's "Loving Cup.""
              (1)"Ellington is Presented With Courier Loving Cup, Record Crowd Out," Pittsburgh Courier, 9Jan32, p1

              (2) Darnell V. Martin, "We Now Present," Pittsburgh Sun Telegraph, 4Jan32, p15;

              "Duke in Nat'l Broadcast from Temple Monday," Pittsburgh Courier, 2Jan32, p.A1;

              NBC Radio Logs, WEAF, 4Jan32
              .
              (3)Webpage - Pittsburgh History & Landmarks Foundation

              (4)Webpage - Pythian Temple–Savoy Ballroom – Pittsburgh Music History
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              1932 01 05
              Tuesday
              .Harrisburg, Penn.Coliseum Ballroom(Unconfirmed)

              Harrisburg Telegraph:

              "Described as 'the hottest band in America,' Duke Ellington and his orchestra from Harlem's famed Cotton Club who will appear at the Coliseum tomorrow night are not unfamiliar to Harrisburg dancers. This is not the Duke's first appearance here and he has quite a following in the Capital City..."

              Harrisburg Telegraph,
              • Ad and publicity, 1932-01-02, p.5
              • Ad and publicity, 1932-01-04 p.11
              ..
              .Ken SteinerNew
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              1932 01 06
              Wednesday
              .Mohawk, N.Y.Snell's Dancing AcademyDancing 8:30 to 2 A,M, Ladies $1.00, Gents $1.25.
              • Stratemann, citing Chicago Defender, 23.1.32 p.7
              • Syracuse Herald 1932-01-05 p.17
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              Thursday
              ...activities not documented...
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              1932 01 08
              Friday
              1932 01 14
              Thursday
              Philadelphia, Penn.Mastbaum TheaterThis was the 8th largest theatre in the US and its grandeur "helped put Philadelphia on the national movie map for releases."Stratemann p.50, citing Variety 12.1.32, p.62..
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              1932 01 09
              Saturday
              .Philadelphia, Penn.Mastbaum TheaterStage show - see 1932 01 08...
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              1932 01 10
              Sunday
              .Philadelphia, Penn.Mastbaum TheaterStage show - see 1932 01 08...
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              1932 01 11
              Monday
              .Philadelphia, Penn.Mastbaum TheaterStage show - see 1932 01 08...
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              1932 01 12
              Tuesday
              .Philadelphia, Penn.Mastbaum TheaterStage show - see 1932 01 08...
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              1932 01 13
              Wednesday
              .Philadelphia, Penn.Mastbaum TheaterStage show - see 1932 01 08...
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              1932 01 14
              Thursday
              .Philadelphia, Penn.Mastbaum TheaterStage show - see 1932 01 08...
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              1932 01 15
              Friday
              ...activities not documented...
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              1932 01 16
              Saturday
              1932 01 22
              Friday
              Washington, D.C.Earle TheatreStage showStratemann p.50, citing Variety 12.1.32, p.62..
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              1932 01 16.Washington, D.C.Earle TheatreStage show - see 1932 01 16...
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              1932 01 17
              Sunday
              .Washington, D.C.Earle TheatreStage show - see 1932 01 16...
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              1932 01 18
              Monday
              .Washington, D.C.Earle TheatreStage show - see 1932 01 16...
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              1932 01 19
              Tuesday
              .Washington, D.C.Earle TheatreStage show - see 1932 01 16...
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              1932 01 20
              Wednesday
              .Washington, D.C.Earle TheatreStage show - see 1932 01 16...
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              1932 01 21
              Thursday
              .Washington, D.C.Earle TheatreStage show - see 1932 01 16...
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              1932 01 22
              Friday
              .Washington, D.C.Earle TheatreStage show - see 1932 01 16...
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              1932 01 23
              Saturday
              1932 01 29
              Friday
              Baltimore, Md.Hippodrome...DEMS
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              1932 01 24
              Sunday
              .Baltimore, Md.Hippodromesee 1932 01 23...
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              1932 01 25
              Monday
              .Baltimore, Md.Hippodromesee 1932 01 23...
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              1932 01 26
              Tuesday
              .Baltimore, Md.Hippodromesee 1932 01 23...
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              1932 01 27
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              .Baltimore, Md.Hippodromesee 1932 01 23...
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              1932 01 28
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              .Baltimore, Md.Hippodromesee 1932 01 23...
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              Saturday
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              February 1932

              1932 02 00
              .New York, N.Y.Sixth Floor
              799 Seventh Ave.
              Peripheral Event
              Steven Lasker:
              'Per "Orchestra World," February 1932:
              "The offices of the Mills Dance Orchestras, Inc., have been moved to the sixth floor at 799 Seventh Avenue, New York, the suite formerly occupied by the Brunswick company."

              Per "Metronome," March 1932, p23:
              "Mills Dance Orchestras move from 150 W. 46th Street to 799 Seventh Avenue, 6th floor."

              By the time the band left for Europe in 1933, the entity had a new name: "Mills Artist Bureau, Inc., 799 Seventh Avenue."

              Some publishing activity took place at 799 Seventh Avenue in 1934, 1935 and the first half of 1936: See the entry dated 1932 11 00.

              Per "The Film Daily," 1939 01 19, p10:
              "Mills Artists, Inc., now located at 799 Seventh Avenue, will occupy their new quarters at 1619 Broadway on Feb. 1."

              .
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              1932 02 01
              Monday
              1932 02 10New York, N.Y.Cotton Club
              644 Lenox Ave.
              Harlem
              Night club engagement

              21st Edition, Dan Healy's Cotton Club Parade

              Remote broadcast 11:45-12:00 midnight, WEAF/NBC Red network

              Song titles- K. Steiner; additional notes/spelling corrections -S. Lasker:
              • Signature - East St. Louis Toodles
              • [When It's] Sleepy Time Down South
              • Limehouse Blues
              • Mood Indigo
              • It Don't Mean a Thing
              • Signature - East St. Louis Toodles

              While New York daily newspapers advertised Ellington's "limited engagement" at the Cotton Club would begin Feb. 5, the broadcasts demonstrate the advertised "Opening Night" differed from the actual first night of the engagement.

              The closing date is uncertain, but it would not have been later than Feb. 10, since the Mills Blue Rhythm Band broadcast from the club the next night, and the band left for the West Coast on Feb. 12.
              K. Steiner:
              Log Books and "Corrected Traffic Sheets",
              Library of Congress - see 1930 10 29
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              1932 02 02
              Tuesday
              10:45 am-12:45 pm
              5:10-7:20 pm
              .New York, N.Y.American Record Corporation studio
              1776 Broadway
              American Record Corporation recording session
              Duke Ellington and His Famous Orchestra
              Whetsel, Jenkins, C.Williams, Nanton, Tizol, Bigard, Hodges, Carney, Ellington, Guy, Braud, Greer, Ivie Anderson

              Titles recorded:
              • Moon Over Dixie
              • It Don't Mean A Thing (If It Ain't Got That Swing)
              • Lazy Rhapsody (on some rare labels, otherwise Swanee Rhapsody)
              Lambert says Lawrence Brown was present in this session and took his first solo on Moon Over Dixie. This is incorrect; Brown didn't join the band until the next month, on the west coast.

              Steven Lasker:

              'Moon over Dixie was recorded from 10:45 am to 12:45 pm, the other two titles between 5:10 and 7:20 pm'

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              1932 02 02
              Tuesday
              .New York, N.Y.Cotton Club
              644 Lenox Ave.
              Harlem
              Night club engagement with revue - see 1932 02 01....
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              1932 02 03
              Wednesday
              .New York, N.Y.RCA Studio #1
              145 E.24 St.
              RCA Victor recording session
              1:30 - 4:30
              We don't know if this session was in the a.m. or p.m. but it seems more likely to be the afternoon. A night session would have interfered with the Cotton Club job.
              Duke Ellington and His Orchestra
              Whetsel, C.Williams, Jenkins, Nanton, Tizol, Bigard, Hodges, Carney, Ellington, Guy, Braud, Greer
              Titles recorded:
              Two takes of a medley consisting of mood Indigo, Hot and Bothered and Creole Love Call.

              This was Ellington's first 331/3 RPM record, lasting 7 minutes 40 seconds, and is one of the earliest known stereo recordings, made with two 2 microphones placed separately in the studio. Playing the two records, which were numbered as separate takes, simultaneously produces stereo. Lambert says this arrangement of Mood Indigo was not recorded elsewhere.
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              1932 02 03
              Wednesday
              .New York, N.Y.Cotton Club
              644 Lenox Ave.
              Harlem
              Night club engagement with revue - see 1932 02 01....
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              1932 02 04
              Thursday
              session ended 2:50pm
              .New York, N.Y.American Record Corporation studio
              1776 Broadway
              American Record Corporation recording session
              Duke Ellington and His Famous Orchestra
              Whetsel, Jenkins, C.Williams, Nanton, Tizol, Bigard, Hodges, Carney, Ellington, Guy, Braud, Greer
              Titles recorded:
              • Blue Tune
              • Baby, When You Ain't There
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              1932 02 04
              Thursday
              .New York, N.Y.Cotton Club
              644 Lenox Ave.
              Harlem
              Night club engagement with revue

              Remote broadcast, 11:45 P.M.- midnight, WEAF/NBC Red Network
              Song titles- K. Steiner; additional notes/spelling corrections -S. Lasker:
              • Its Glory
              • Creole Love Call
              • Some of these days
              • Echoes of the Jungle
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              1932 02 05
              Friday
              1932 02 11Brooklyn, N.Y.Paramount Theatre"Duke and his band are appearing at the Paramount Theatre and doubling at the Cotton Club"

              On the Stage
              Extra! In Person!
              His Only New York Appearance
              DUKE
              ELLINGTON
              and his famous ORCHESTRA
              Sizzling All-Harlem Stage Revue!
              "Hot Harlem Blues"with
              THE FOUR STEP BROS.
              Whirlwind Rhythm Dancers
              IVIE ANDERSON
              Hotcha Blues Singer
              NICODEMUS
              Eccentric Stepper
              The Harlem Strutters

              Daily Eagle reviewer Dorothy Thomas: (Friday) ...to the local Paramount to catch Duke Ellington ... and we think his band is too noisy, and sue us if you like.
              • Brooklyn Daily Eagle
                • Publicity story and ad, Home Talk-The Star section, 1932-02-05 p.7
                • 1932-02-06, p.9
              • Stratemann p.50, citing Chicago Defender
                • 1932-02-06 p.7
                • 1932-02-13 p.7
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              1932 02 05
              Friday
              .New York, N.Y.Cotton Club
              644 Lenox Ave.
              Harlem
              Night club engagement with revue

              Remote broadcast 11:45 P.M.- midnight, WJZ/NBC Blue network
              Song titles- K. Steiner; additional notes/spelling corrections -S. Lasker:
              • Signature - St. Louis Toodledoo
              • Dinah
              • Blue Tune
              • Blues In My Heart (never recorded by Ellington)
              • Signature - St. Louis Toodledoo
              • Crossed out:
                It Don't Mean a Thing
              K. Steiner:
              Log Books and "Corrected Traffic Sheets",
              Library of Congress - see 1930 10 29
              09,2-6.
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              1932 02 06
              Saturday
              Brooklyn, N.Y.Paramount TheatreVaudeville show - see 1932 02 05...
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              1932 02 06
              Saturday
              .New York, N.Y.Cotton Club
              644 Lenox Ave.
              Harlem
              Night club engagement with revue - see 1932 02 01....
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              1932 02 07
              Sunday
              Brooklyn, N.Y.Paramount TheatreVaudeville show - see 1932 02 05...
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              1932 02 07
              Sunday
              .New York, N.Y.Earl Carroll TheaterBenefit for the Broadway-Saranac Relief Fund

              "Willie and Eugene Howard, Dave Rubinoff, Duke Ellington's Band, Milt Gross, Ernie Bushmiller, Queenie Smith and an ensemble from the 'Vanities' appeared in the long show."

              "Three Benefits Draw Large Audiences", New York Times 1932-02-08 p.3205,1-7.
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              1932 02 07
              Sunday
              .New York, N.Y.Cotton Club
              644 Lenox Ave.
              Harlem
              Night club engagement with revue - see 1932 02 01....
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              1932 02 08
              Monday
              Brooklyn, N.Y.Paramount TheatreVaudeville show - see 1932 02 05...
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              1932 02 08
              Monday
              .New York, N.Y.Cotton Club
              644 Lenox Ave.
              Harlem
              Night club engagement with revue

              Remote broadcast, 11:45 - 12 midnight WEAF/NBC Red Network
              Song titles- K. Steiner; additional notes/spelling corrections -S. Lasker:
              • Signature - St. Louis Toodledoo
              • Stardust (never recorded by Ellington)
              • Awful Sad
              • Lot of Fingers
              • Black and Tan Fantasy
              K. Steiner:
              Log Books and "Corrected Traffic Sheets",
              Library of Congress - see 1930 10 29
              09,2-6.
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              1932 02 09
              Tuesday
              .New York, N.Y.RCA Studio #1
              145 E.24 St.
              RCA Victor recording session
              9:00-12:00
              We don't know if this session was in the a.m. or p.m. An evening session might have interfered with the Cotton Club committment.
              Duke Ellington and His Orchestra
              Whetsel, Jenkins, C.Williams, Nanton, Tizol, Bigard, Hodges, Carney, Ellington, Guy, Braud, Greer
              Titles recorded:
              • Medley: East St. Louis Toodle-O / Lot O' Fingers / Black and Tan Fantasy (Ellington's second 331/3 RPM record, playing time 7:34)
              • Dinah
              • Bugle Call Rag
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              1932 02 09
              Tuesday
              Brooklyn, N.Y.Paramount TheatreVaudeville show - see 1932 02 05...
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              1932 02 09
              Tuesday
              .New York, N.Y.Cotton Club
              644 Lenox Ave.
              Harlem
              (Unconfirmed)

              Night club engagement with revue - see 1932 02 01.
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              1932 02 10
              Wednesday
              Brooklyn, N.Y.Paramount TheatreVaudeville show - see 1932 02 05...
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              1932 02 10
              Wednesday
              .New York, N.Y.Cotton Club
              644 Lenox Ave.
              Harlem
              (Unconfirmed)

              Night club engagement with revue - see 1932 02 01
              If the band played the Club this date, it would be its last night.
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              1932 02 11
              Thursday
              Brooklyn, N.Y.Paramount TheatreVaudeville show - see 1932 02 05...
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              1932 02 11
              Thursday
              .New York, N.Y.American Record Corporation studio
              1776 Broadway
              American Record Corporation recording session
              Bing Crosby with Duke Ellington and His Famous Orchestra
              Whetsel, C.Williams, Jenkins, Nanton, Tizol, Bigard, Hodges, Carney, Ellington, Guy, Braud, Greer, Bing Crosby

              Titles recorded:
              • St. Louis Blues
              • Creole Love Call
              • Rose Room

              Lasker:

              'ARC's recording ledger shows St. Louis Blues finished at 1:20 a.m., while Creole Love Call finished at 2:40 a.m. Brooks Kerr asked Ellington, Guy and Greer about the session in the 1960s, and was told it lasted until 5:30 a.m. on what was probably the morning of the 12th.'


              Ellington discusses this recording session with Vancouver broadcaster Jack Cullen on "Owl Prowl," 1962 10 30.
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              1932 02 12
              Friday
              .New York, N.Y.Grand Central StationDeparture by train for San Francisco aboard the Pullman coach "McLaughlin"
              (1) "non-stop record breaking jump"
              (Stratemann suggests there may have been a stopover in Salt Lake City)

              (2)The New York Age described the train:

              "...discrimination against artists of color cannot be charged to the big railroad systems of the country, providing they have the spondulicks with which to travel.

              "This was quite apparent to the conductors, porters and waiters of the North Shore Limited, one of the finest and fastest of the New York Central Railroad fleet of trains, between New York and Chicago, on Friday, February 12, when Duke Ellington, the popular music artist, and his company of 27 members, left New York for California.

              "The well-known Negro entertainer and his company left the Grand Central Station, on the date and train mentioned, in a special Pullman, The Car McLaughlin. The car was placed in the middle of the train, a position which made the two dining cars of the flyer easily accessible to the occupants of that car.

              "According to the colored members of the train's crew, the Ellington party was shown the same degree of courtesy, and rendered the same class of service, as that accorded any special party..."

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              1932 02 13
              Saturday
              ..In transitEn route to San Francisco by train...
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              1932 02 14
              Sunday
              Valentine's Day
              .Omaha, Neb.

              "Duke Ellington and his 'Cotton Club' colored orchestra of 26 members passed through Omaha Sunday morning on the Union Pacific's Overland limited [sic], en route from New York to San Franscisco, for engagements on the Pacific Coast. They were traveling in a special section, consisting of baggage car, sleeper and diner.

              Evening World-Herald, Omaha, Neb. 1932-02-15, p.7.
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              Monday
              .Omaha, Neb.In transitEn route to San Francisco by train..
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              1932 02 16
              Tuesday
              .San Francisco, Cal..Arrival from New York
              (1)"Quite a number of friends, admirers, and press agents were on hand to greet the Duke."
              (1)Joe Williams, "Stage and Screen," San Francisco Spokesman, 1932-02-20,p.7.DEMS
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              1932 02 17
              Wednesday
              ...activities not documented...
              ...
              1932 02 18
              Thursday
              .San Francisco, Cal.. Peripheral event
              Brunswick record 6265, with "It Don't Mean a Thing (If It Ain't Got That Swing)" and "Rose Room (In Sunny Roseland)," both recorded in February, was released in San Francisco, the day before the band opened at the Orpheum. The record was not released nationally until March 24.
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              Thursday
              .San Francisco, Cal.Noel Sullivan's HomeWelcome reception by the Alexander Dumas Club.

              Adding to the pleasure of the evening were several selections by Mr. Ellington and soloists in his entourage.
              "Duke Ellington's Band Entertained by Dumas Club," San Francisco Spokesman, 1932-02-20, p.4.DEMS
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              Friday
              1932 03 09San Francisco, Cal.RKO Orpheum TheatreStage show for film Lady with a Past
              Duke Ellington and Band, with Ivy Anderson and the Four Step Brothers

              Ellington's contract was for $5,000 a week for 4 appearances on weekdays and 5 on Saturdays and Sundays.

              Sales were initially slow because the band wasn't well known on the coast, but picked up the second week.
              .DEMS
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              1932 02 20
              Saturday
              .San Francisco, Cal.RKO Orpheum Theatresee 1932 02 19...
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              1932 02 21
              Sunday
              .San Francisco, Cal.RKO Orpheum Theatresee 1932 02 19...
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              1932 02 22
              Monday
              .San Francisco, Cal.RKO Orpheum Theatresee 1932 02 19...
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              1932 02 23
              Tuesday
              .San Francisco, Cal.RKO Orpheum Theatresee 1932 02 19...
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              1932 02 24
              Wednesday
              .San Francisco, Cal.RKO Orpheum Theatresee 1932 02 19...
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              1932 02 25
              Thursday
              .San Francisco, Cal.RKO Orpheum Theatresee 1932 02 19...
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              1932 02 26
              Friday
              .San Francisco, Cal.RKO Orpheum Theatresee 1932 02 19...
              ..2011
              1932 02 27
              Saturday
              .San Francisco, Cal.RKO Orpheum Theatresee 1932 02 19...
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              1932 02 28
              Sunday
              .San Francisco, Cal.RKO Orpheum Theatresee 1932 02 19...
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              1932 02 29
              Monday
              .San Francisco, Cal.RKO Orpheum Theatresee 1932 02 19...
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              1932 02 29
              Monday
              .San Francisco, Cal.Apex Cabaretguests..DEMS
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              March 1932

              1932 03 01
              Tuesday
              .San Francisco, Cal.RKO Orpheum Theatresee 1932 02 19...
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              1932 03 02
              Wednesday
              .San Francisco, Cal.RKO Orpheum Theatresee 1932 02 19...
              ..2011
              1932 03 03
              Thursday
              .San Francisco, Cal.RKO Orpheum Theatresee 1932 02 19...
              ..2011
              1932 03 04
              Friday
              .San Francisco, Cal.RKO Orpheum Theatresee 1932 02 19...
              ..2011
              1932 03 05
              Saturday
              .San Francisco, Cal.RKO Orpheum Theatresee 1932 02 19...
              ..2011
              1932 03 06
              Sunday
              .San Francisco, Cal.RKO Orpheum Theatresee 1932 02 19...
              ..2011
              1932 03 07
              Monday
              .San Francisco, Cal.RKO Orpheum Theatresee 1932 02 19...
              ..2011
              1932 03 08
              Tuesday
              .San Francisco, Cal.RKO Orpheum Theatresee 1932 02 19...
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              1932 03 08
              Tuesday
              .San Francisco, Cal.Apex CabaretFarewell party..DEMS
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              1932 03 09
              Wednesday
              .San Francisco, Cal.RKO Orpheum TheatreSee 1932 02 19
              End of engagement
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              1932 03 10
              Thursday
              .Los Angeles, Cal.Radio Station KHJ(1)Arriving from San Francisco by train, the troupe was given a parade with a musical escort from the Southern Pacific Station to the Dunbar Hotel. They then were taken quickly to the radio station for an impromptu program reaching the entire "Coast Don Lee network."

              (2)

              'DUKE ELLINGTON PLEASED WITH WELCOME
              Met by camera men from the Illustrated Daily News; Les Hites' band, performers and Frank Sebastian himself from Sebastian's Cotton club and hundreds of people from all walks of life at S. P. Station Duke Ellington's famous band was well pleased with its greeting last week on arrival. With a long parade of cars the greeting citizens escorted them down the avenue. All along the line decorations and placards reading, "Welcome Duke" were displayed and a gala reception staged.
                They opened Friday night at the Orpheum and have been drawing capacity houses ever since.'

              (3)

              'DUKE ELLINGTON'S BAND TAKES TOWN BY STORM; CROWDS FLOCK TO ORPHEUM
                With capacity crowds nightly thronging into the magnificent Orpheum Theatre, Duke Ellington's wonder band has been the center of the city's attraction since they were welcomed in here las (sci) Thursday with a reception unequalled by any even extended here to members of royalty. So well attended have been their four a day performances by colored patrons that a glance around the house created the impression that nearly half the audience was of the same race as those wizards of melody who are greeted with a storm of applause at the rise of the curtain.
                The stage setting, a fantastic scheme of gold and black, with the Duke himself seated at the monster grand piano down front and the other musicians on tiers rising to elaborate back drop is like a peep into a beautiful story book. Following in quick succession, "Star Dust", original compositions by Ellington, the "Tiger Rag" and other requested favorites, the whole choice morsel of joyous syncopation seems ended all too soon.

              IVY ANDERSON WONDERFUL
                In between the orchestra numbers are three of the finest and most original acts ever presented by vaudeville artists white or black. Star of these is little Ivy Anderson a local girl who since she was discovered by Ellington here a year ago has become the toast of the nation and the queen of the footlights. Her charm personality and mischievious naivette wins her audience the minute she nonchalantly glides with her slender graceful body in a poetry of motion onto the stage. Singing the number "Rythm" [sic] as she has been doing the first week her round full tones with every word distinctly moulded she has swept the crowds off their feet and been called for encore after encore.
               In close competition with her are the "Four Step Brothers" from the Cotton club [sic] in New York who do some of the fastest and most original dancing ever seen, and Kid Charleston recrutied [sic] in San Francisco in some wonderful as amusing acrobatic and ecentric [sic] steps that bring him any number of big hands.

              ROUND OF RECEPTIONS
                Declaring that he was never more deeply touched than by their greeting at the station last week the Duke feels highly flattered at many receptions extended them during the week by both public and private gatherings. They were honor guests at home parties given by Dr. and Mrs. Shelby, Mr. and Mrs. Bowie and several others, and at Green's Southern Kitchen, one at the Club Alabam, and a special one to be staged at the Harlem Showboat Sunday night. The Ellington aggregation forms quite a musical caravan accompanying the mare (sci) Mr. Sam Flashick [sic], representative, Mr. Jones, Duke Ellington's secretary and the wives of musicians Brough [recte Braud], Carney, Bigard, Tizoll [sic], Williams, Whitzel [sic] and Nanden [sic]. All are well pleased with their visit to the coast. The band has only two more weeks here and the Orpheum management wishes it understood that colored patrons are perfectly welcome to all parts of the house and will be accorded the same courteous treatment that is followed in their policy.'

              Page 10 of the Eagle 1932-03-18 also carried a publicity photo of Ivy and a short article about Irving Mills' travels, in which it said he discovered the fast-hoofing Charleston in San Francisco and added him to the company.
              Buck Clayton describes the band listening to its recording of It Don't Mean a Thing in the Dunbar restaurant, the first time they'd heard it since arriving in the west, with the men beating rhythm on tables, instrument cases, or anything they could find. (Clayton seems to merge his memories of Ellington's 1932 and 1934 sojourns in Los Angeles, since this item comes after he says the band had to be at the Paramount studio at 6 a.m., which would be 1934.)
              • (1)Stratemann p.50, citing California Eagle, 1932-03-11 p.10
              • California Eagle, 1932-03-18 p.10
                • (2)Behind the Scenes with Harry
                • (3)Duke Ellington's Band Takes Town by Storm; Crowds Flock to Orpheum
              • Buck Clayton and Nancy Miller Elliott, Buck Clayton's Jazz World, p.62
              • Email, Lasker-Palmquist 2014-08-24
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              1932 03 11
              Friday
              1932 04 01
              Friday
              Los Angeles, Cal.RKO Orpheum TheatreStage show for film Lady with a Past
              Four 35 minute performances weekdays, five on weekends.

              Not well-attended initially
              Stratemann p.50, citing Los Angeles Daily News, 1932-03-01; Variety 1932-03-22, p.34..
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              1932 03 12
              Saturday
              .Los Angeles, Cal.RKO Orpheum TheatreStage show - see 1932 03 11...
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              1932 03 13
              Sunday
              .Los Angeles, Cal.RKO Orpheum TheatreStage show - see 1932 03 11...
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              1932 03 14
              Monday
              .Los Angeles, Cal.RKO Orpheum TheatreStage show - see 1932 03 11...
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              1932 03 15
              Tuesday
              .Los Angeles, Cal.RKO Orpheum TheatreStage show - see 1932 03 11...
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              1932 03 16
              Wednesday
              .Los Angeles, Cal.RKO Orpheum TheatreStage show - see 1932 03 11...
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              1932 03 17
              Thursday
              .Los Angeles, Cal.RKO Orpheum TheatreStage show - see 1932 03 11...
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              1932 03 18
              Friday
              .Los Angeles, Cal.RKO Orpheum TheatreStage show - see 1932 03 11...
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              1932 03 19
              Saturday
              .Los Angeles, Cal.RKO Orpheum TheatreStage show - see 1932 03 11...
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              1932 03 20
              Sunday
              .Los Angeles, Cal.RKO Orpheum TheatreStage show - see 1932 03 11...
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              1932 03 21
              Monday
              .Los Angeles, Cal.RKO Orpheum TheatreStage show - see 1932 03 11...
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              1932 03 22
              Tuesday
              .Los Angeles, Cal.RKO Orpheum TheatreStage show - see 1932 03 11...
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              1932 03 23
              Wednesday
              .Los Angeles, Cal.RKO Orpheum TheatreStage show - see 1932 03 11...
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              1932 03 24
              Thursday
              .Los Angeles, Cal.RKO Orpheum TheatreStage show - see 1932 03 11...
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              1932 03 24
              Thursday
              .Los Angeles, Cal. or nearby.Steven Lasker:

              'I have an unpublished photo (from the Tizol's scrapbook) of a group of 38 people, mostly African American, grouped around a large table on which is set a floral centerpiece, many large platters with food and stacks of dinner plates. Among the guests are Juan Tizol and Duke Ellington. Written in black on the negative (so it appears in white on the positive print) is "'Duke' Ellington Banquet. March 24, 1932.' No other details are known to me.

              Email, Lasker-Palmquist 2017-01-16..
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              1932 03 25
              Friday
              ...Peripheral event
              Steven Lasker:
              'RCA Victor releases two records by Duke Ellington and his orchestra in unusual formats.

              Victor L-16006 is a single-sided, 33 1/3 rpm "long-playing" ten-inch disk with a 7:00-minute-plus medley. This was Ellington's first "long-playing" record, and his first 33 1/3 rpm r.p.m. commercial release. The price was 85 cents.

              Victor 36049, Creole Rhapsody Parts 1 and 2, is a double-sided, 78 rpm 12-inch disk with over 4:00 minutes of music on each side. Priced at $1.25, this was the first 12-inch disk to be released under Ellington's name.

              John Hammond reviewed the latter record in a letter dated 1932-03-09 that appeared in the 1932-04-00 issue of "Melody Maker" (on page 300c [sic]):

              'That poor unfortunate and reactionary Victor company, which gets good bands only to lose them, has just issued a 12-in. Duke opus, his "Creole Rhapsody." This composition, alas, does not bear well this expansion, and is no longer homogeneous, if you get what I mean. Even so, it is a record to own.'

              Given the date of Hammond's letter, which predated by 16 days the release date shown for Victor 36049 in RCA's files, Hammond must have been in possession of an advance test pressing.'
              Additional notes
              • See 1931 06 11 above for details of the Victor 36049 session.
              • See 1932 02 03 for details of the recording session for L-16006 (Mood Indigo, Hot and Bothered and Creole Love Call)
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              Friday
              .Los Angeles, Cal.RKO Orpheum TheatreStage show - see 1932 03 11...
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              1932 03 26
              Saturday
              .Los Angeles, Cal.RKO Orpheum TheatreStage show - see 1932 03 11...
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              1932 03 27
              Sunday
              .Los Angeles, Cal.RKO Orpheum TheatreStage show - see 1932 03 11...
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              1932 03 28
              Monday
              .Los Angeles, Cal.RKO Orpheum TheatreStage show - see 1932 03 11...
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              1932 03 29
              Tuesday
              .Los Angeles, Cal.RKO Orpheum TheatreStage show - see 1932 03 11...
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              1932 03 30
              Wednesday
              .Los Angeles, Cal.RKO Orpheum TheatreStage show - see 1932 03 11...
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              1932 03 30
              Wednesday
              .Los Angeles, Cal.Elks Auditorium
              3616 Central Avenue
              Testimonial dinner honouring Duke
              • Email, Lasker-Palmquist 2017-09-01 citing California Eagle, 1932-03-26
              • Stratemann, p.50
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              1932 03 31
              Thursday
              .Los Angeles, Cal.RKO Orpheum TheatreStage show - see 1932 03 11...
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              April 1932

              1932 04 01
              Friday
              .Los Angeles, Cal.RKO Orpheum TheatreStage show - see 1932 03 11...
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              1932 04 02
              Saturday
              .Los Angeles, Cal..PERSONNEL CHANGE
              Lawrence Brown first met Ellington on a Tuesday or Wednesday in March, 1932 while the band was playing the Los Angeles RKO Orpheum. Mills hired him, and he left with the band Saturday (April 2), which would soon mark the beginning of Ellington's use of three trombones. Brown left the band briefly in mid-1943, but returned the next month to stay until 1951. He would return again in 1960 and stay until he retired in 1970.

              Critics complained his legit trombone style wasn't right for jazz, but his ability to play very high notes added to Ellington's tonal pallette.

              Steven Lasker:

              'I can't think of any critics who voiced this complaint....other than John Hammond and Spike Hughes.'


              Brown, in Metronome:

              'I was doing solo spots in the show [at Sebastian's New Cotton Club in Culver City] and [Irving] Mills heard me and interested Ellington in picking me up which was a good thing, as I had just had a run in and quit! So I was free to accept any offers. I met Ellington on Tuesday and left on the train with him on Saturday.'

              In an oral history interview, Brown told Patricia Willard

              'Irving Mills hired me, when Duke was appearing at the Orpheum Theatre. The first time I saw Duke was the next day, which was Wednesday, I went down. And he says, "I never knew you," Duke says, "I never knew you, I never met you, I never heard you. But Irving says get you, so that's that."
                So well, How much you paying? So I started with Duke Ellington for $70 a week. Of course, that was the beginning of many, many surprises. The first one was that I didn't know – I thought when you joined a band of that calibre, you made your salary plus expenses, plus you made in every week, work or play. I didn't know that you made that $70 the days you worked, and only got paid for – like if you worked three days, you got three-sevenths. And all the expenses were on you. I didn't know that, so that started my real, real life...
                When I came from the coast, we went to Hartford, Connecticut, where we rehearsed. I didn't play with the band up there. I didn't play with the band at first because I was the thirteenth man...'

              • New Desor vol.2
              • Brown-Willard interview, quoted by Stuart Nicholson in Reminiscing in Tempo, pp.119-120
              • S. Lasker, email Lasker-Palmquist
                • 2014-08-24 , quoting Metronome, 1945-05-00, p.11
                • 2018-03-12
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              .djpNew
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              2012-10-11
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              2018-03-12
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              1932 04 02
              Saturday
              ...Departure by train to the east coastS. Lasker, email Lasker-Palmquist 2014-08-24 , quoting Brown from Metronome, 1945-05-00, p.11..
              ..2014-09-03
              1932 04 03
              Sunday
              ...activities not documented- likely en route to the east coast...
              ...
              1932 04 04
              Monday
              ...activities not documented- likely en route to the east coast...
              ...
              1932 04 05
              Tuesday
              ...activities not documented- likely en route to the east coast...
              ...
              1932 04 06
              Wednesday
              1932 04 07
              Thursday
              Syracuse, N.YSnell'sThe white press only advertised one night for "Wednesday, Jan. 6."
              The black press reported "Wednesday and Thursday nights," indicating a second night for African Americans.
              ad, Syracuse Herald, 1932-01-05, p.17
              "Duke Ellington in Syracuse, N.Y.," Washington Tribune, 1932-01-15, p.14
              ..
              .K.Steiner Dec 2012New
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              1932 04 07
              Thursday
              .Syracuse, N.YSnell'sDance for Afro-Americans -see 1932 04 06...
              ..New
              added 2012-01-16
              1932 04 08
              Friday
              1932 04 14
              Thursday
              Hartford, Conn.Publix Allyn Theatre
              200 Asylum St.
              daily ads, Hartford Daily Courier..
              .K.Steiner Dec 2012New
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              1932 04 09
              Saturday
              .Hartford, Conn.Publix Allyn Theatre
              200 Asylum St.
              Stage show - see 1932 04 08..
              ..New
              added 2012-01-16
              1932 04 10
              Sunday
              .Hartford, Conn.Publix Allyn Theatre
              200 Asylum St.
              Stage show - see 1932 04 08..
              ..New
              added 2012-01-16
              1932 04 11
              Monday
              .Hartford, Conn.Publix Allyn Theatre
              200 Asylum St.
              Stage show and remote broadcast
              Duke Ellington and His Famous Orchestra
              Whetsel, C.Williams, Jenkins, Nanton, Tizol, Bigard, Hodges, Carney, Ellington, Guy, Braud, Greer
              Titles recorded:
              • East St. Louis Toodle-O (theme)
              • When It's Sleepy Time Down South
              • Double Check Stomp

              S. Lasker:

              'The recorded part of the 11:30 to midnight broadcast on WTIC this night is the oldest recording of an Ellington broadcast known to survive. The original medium is a ten-inch diameter "RCA Victor Home Recording Record" which was recorded at 331/3 rpm using RCA's model RAE-59 Radiola-Automatic Electrola, first introduced in late 1931.

              This was Victor's second home recording system, and the first to feature two speeds, 78 rpm and 331/3 rpm, the latter in anticipation of Victor's longer-playing "program transcriptions," the first 33 1/3 lateral-cut records ever offered for public sale. (Ellington recorded two of these in February 1932.)

              The earlier model radio/phonograph/disk recorder was the RE-57 Home Recording Electrola, first advertised in the October 1930 issue of "Talking Machine World." Both models used a "Special RCA Victor Home Recording Needle" to mechanically etch and later reproduce sound modulations in an extremely-wide guide groove pressed onto each of the disk's two sides. These disks (blank disks were catalog number H-101) were made of a semi-flexible, plastic-like substance the company called "Victrolac." No other Ellington broadcasts on this particular medium are known.'

              • Girvan:  Ellingtonia.com
              • Timner V
              • Email Lasker-Palmquist
                • 2017-01-24
                • 2017-01-27
                • 2018-08-28
              • YouTube video about Victrolac
              • Lewis Porter, essay and recording:
                "Hear the Earliest Surviving Radio Broadcast by Duke Ellington, A Historic Find in Deep Dive"
              New Desor
              DE9004
              NDCS 1002
              DEMS
              ..2011
              updated
              2013
              2014-04-30
              2015-03-12
              2017-01-27
              2018-08-31
              2018-10-04
              1932 04 12
              Tuesday
              .Hartford, Conn.Publix Allyn Theatre
              200 Asylum St.
              Stage show - see 1932 04 08..
              ..New
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              1932 04 12
              Tuesday
              .New York, N.Y..Erroneous date for recording session..DEMS
              .CAH2011
              1932 04 13
              Wednesday
              .Hartford, Conn.Publix Allyn Theatre
              200 Asylum St.
              Stage show - see 1932 04 08..
              ..New
              added 2012-01-16
              1932 04 14
              Thursday
              .Hartford, Conn.Publix Allyn Theatre
              200 Asylum St.
              Stage show - see 1932 04 08..
              ..New
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              1932 04 14
              Thursday
              .New York, N.Y.Rockland PalaceOriginal date for planned NAACP fundraiser. Rescheduled to April 21 so Ellington could appear, according to the Amsterdam News...
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              updated
              2012-09-06
              1932 04 15
              Friday
              1932 04 21New York, N.Y.Paramount Theatre....
              ..Added
              2011
              1932 04 16
              Saturday
              .New York, N.Y.Paramount TheatreStage show - see 1932 04 15...
              ..2011
              1932 04 17
              Sunday
              .New York, N.Y.Paramount TheatreStage show - see 1932 04 15...
              ..2011
              1932 04 18
              Monday
              .New York, N.Y.Paramount TheatreStage show - see 1932 04 15...
              ..2011
              1932 04 19
              Tuesday
              .New York, N.Y.Paramount TheatreStage show - see 1932 04 15...
              ..2011
              1932 04 20
              Wednesday
              .New York, N.Y.Paramount TheatreStage show - see 1932 04 15...
              ..2011
              1932 04 21
              Thursday
              .New York, N.Y.Paramount TheatreStage show - see 1932 04 15...
              ..2011
              1932 04 21
              Thursday
              .New York, N.Y.Rockland PalaceAn annual NAACP fund-raising pageant at which Ruth Ellington was crowned Miss Olympics was originally planned for April 14 but postponed until April 21 to allow Ellington's band to play.

              Advertisement:

              N.A.A.C.P. - NY Branch
              Nite in California
              Postponed One Week from April 14th to Thurs. April 21st - WHY?
              BECAUSE IT WILL BE POSSIBLE TO HAVE WITH US - GUESS WHO?
              HE HAS A BAND
              IS THE REAL JAZZ KING
              PLAYS 'BLUES INDIGO" LIKE NOBODY ELSE
              WAS THE HIT OF 'AMOS 'N' ANDY' PICTURE
              JUST COMPLETED A TRANSCONTINENTAL ROUND TRIP
              HAS BROKEN MORE BOX OFFICE RECORDS THAN ANY BAND

              He will positively be at Rockland Palace on the above date with his entire organization, and he is donating his services to the N.A.A.C.P.

              "MISS OLYMPIC" will be crowned in a dazzling and spectacular coronation ceremony, and there will be
              DANCING UNTIL DAWN

              Two Other Orchestras Have Donated Their Services
              RALPH COOPER and His Kongo Knights
              JOHN C. SMITH and His Harlem Syncopaters

              ROCKLAND PALACE
              General Admission $1.00 - Boxes and Loges Reserved
              For Reservations, 2370 Seventh Ave. -AUd. 3-2942


              Stratemann says the band showed up but didn't play because of a disagreement over financial matters between Irving Mills/Ellington and the NAACP.

              Harvey Cohen describes the cancelled event in his Duke Ellington's America, pp. 83-84:

              "Although the NAACP had promised Mills a portion of the gate receipts (probably to cover costs as was commonly done)"

              Mills, seeing the size of the crowd lined up for the event,

              "insisted on an upfront payment of $500. When the event organizers refused, Mills forbade the band to play, and they left." (ibid.)

              Cohen says Sonny Greer told biographer A.H.Lawrence

              "Ruth was standing there crying. If she hadn't been there I think Duke would have punched him, that's how mad he was...I know Duke saw a lawyer to see if he could get out of the contract. He and Mills were barely on speaking terms until we left for Europe a year later."


              Stratemann dates the contretemps as April 22, but researcher Ken Steiner suggests that with Ellington finishing at the Paramount on the 21st, his appearance at Rockland Palace would have likely begun after midnight, making it the 22nd.

              Stratemann places the engagement at the Lafayette Theatre. but the New York Age, puts it at Rockland Palace. Regardless, the Amsterdam News ad is for April 21 at Rockland Palace; and an ad in New York Age is for a different event there on April 22.

              Vail I has the band appearing at Rockland for the NAACP ball on April 21 and the appearance for the Miss Olympics event at the Lafayette, but on the same page, reproduces the Rockland Palace ad which explicitly puts the Miss Olympic coronation at Rockland on the 21st.

              Stratemann and Vail may have gotten the April 22 date from a story in the New York Age, 1932-04-16

              Ruth Ellington wrote a letter to the editor of the Pittsburgh Courier which began May I take the means of thanking the many friends who are responsible for my being crowned "Miss Olympics" at Rockland Palace Thursday night.... Just above her letter is a photograph of Miss Ellington and her mother, with a caption saying she was crowned with first honors at Rockland Palace Thursday night.
              • Ad, Amsterdam News 1932-04-13 p.6
              • Stratemann, p.50
              • Harvey G. Cohen, Duke Ellington's America, University of Chicago Press, 2010, pp. 83-84
              • New York Age
                • 1932-04-16, p.6
                • 1932-05-07 p.3
              • Vail I
              • Pittsburgh Courier 1932-04-30 p.6 s.2
              ..
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              updated
              2012-09-25
              1932 04 22
              Friday
              ...activities not documented

              (The NAACP function could not have been at Rockland Palace on Apr.22 because that was the night of the Elks Manhattan Temple 93 15th annual ball there, with music by Alonzo F. Hardy and his Manhattanites Orchestra.)
              Amsterdam News 1932-04-20 p.6..
              ..2014-04-30
              1932 04 23
              Saturday
              1932 04 29Philadelphia, Penn.Pearl TheatreStratemann: The next day, the Ellington troupe went out to play a string of 'colored houses'
              Stage show
              • Stratemann p.51
              • Vail I
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              ..2011
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              2013-09-25
              1932 04 23
              Saturday
              1934 04 29
              Friday
              Philadelphia, Penn.Pearl TheatreTemporary PERSONNEL CHANGE
              Probably the week of 1932 04 23 to 1932 04 29, Sidney Bechet is said to have visited for a week. Per Paul Eduard Miller in "Down Beat" (Oct37):

              'Although played by Hodges....the conception and phrasing [heard on The Sheik of Araby as recorded 1932 05 16] are Bechet's. Prior to the waxing of The Sheik, Bechet played in the Ellington group for an entire week, tutoring Hodges in the mysteries of the soprano saxophone.'

              Hodges told Max Jones ("Melody Maker," 1964-02 p.6):

              'Bechet taught the band that [The Sheik of Araby]. He played that for us, and Tizol put it down. '

              In "Sidney Bechet: Wizard of Jazz," p.91, John Chilton wrote that Bechet became available for hire at some point in 1932, and Ellington

              'invited Bechet to come along with the band to Philadelphia so that he could help Johnny Hodges re-create a spectacular chorus that Sidney usually played on The Sheik of Araby. Juan Tizol transcribed what Sidney played and this 'theme' became Hodges' solo on the recording of the piece that Ellington recorded in May 1932.'

              Email, Lasker-Palmquist 2014-08-24 .DEMS
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              1932 04 24
              Sunday
              .Philadelphia, Penn.Pearl TheatreStage show - see 1932 04 23...
              ..2011
              updated
              2013-09-25
              1932 04 25
              Monday
              .Philadelphia, Penn.Pearl TheatreStage show - see 1932 04 23...
              ..2011
              updated
              2013-09-25
              1932 04 26
              Tuesday
              .Philadelphia, Penn.Pearl TheatreStage show - see 1932 04 23...
              ..2011
              updated
              2013-09-25
              1932 04 27
              Wednesday
              .Philadelphia, Penn.Pearl TheatreStage show - see 1932 04 23...
              ..2011
              updated
              2013-09-25
              1932 04 28
              Thursday
              .Philadelphia, Penn.Pearl TheatreStage show - see 1932 04 23...
              ..2011
              updated
              2013-09-25
              1932 04 29
              Friday
              Ellington's birthday
              .Philadelphia, Penn.Pearl TheatreStage show - see 1932 04 23...
              ..2011
              updated
              2013-09-25
              1932 04 30
              Saturday
              1932 05 06Washington, D.C.Howard Theatre
              620 T St.
              Vaudeville show

              One week beginning Saturday April 30th
              The Aristocrat of jazz
              Duke Ellington
              and his Cotton Club Band
              with IVY ANDERSON, HAMTREE HARRINGTON, FREDI WASHINGTON, FOUR STEP BROTHERS, DERBY WILSON AND A GALAXY OF OTHER STARS

              .
              ...
              ..Added
              2011

              May 1932

              1932 05 01
              Sunday
              .Washington, D.C.Howard Theatre
              620 T St.
              See 1932 04 30...
              ..2011
              1932 05 02
              Monday
              .Washington, D.C.Howard Theatre
              620 T St.
              See 1932 04 30...
              ..2011
              1932 05 03
              Tuesday
              .Washington, D.C.Howard Theatre
              620 T St.
              See 1932 04 30...
              ..2011
              1932 05 04
              Wednesday
              .Washington, D.C.Howard Theatre
              620 T St.
              See 1932 04 30...
              ..2011
              1932 05 05
              Thursday
              .Washington, D.C.Howard Theatre
              620 T St.
              See 1932 04 30...
              ..2011
              1932 05 05
              Thursday
              .Washington, D.C.Social Lodge No. 1Steven Lasker:

              'According to a presentation by Brother Sim Simons at the 1999 DE conference in Washington D.C., Ellington was inducted as a mason on this date.'

              The conference summary in DEMS 99/3 says Mr. Simons' topic was The Masonic Side of Duke Ellington, and that he spoke about the reflection of masonic principles and made use of masonic symbols and rituals in Ellington's music. Presumably Mr. Simon's presentation was recorded by the late Sjef Hoesmit, and if so, may be among his recorded materials currently (2014-09-16) in storage in Europe.

              In his Ellington 2014 presentation "Black Beauty,or How to Paint a Portrait in Sound", musicologist MarcelloPiras spoke about Ellington's use of masonic symbolism during the question and answer session following his presentation.
              Midnight Freemasons:

              'Brother Edward Kennedy "Duke" Ellington became a Mason in , Washington, D.C., PHA in 1932. He was also a 32ø Scottish Rite Mason, and a member of the Shrine.'

              Gulsoy & Hutchison:

              '...His impressions of initiation were recorded in his song "I'm beginning to see the light", which was also sung by Louis Armstrong... '

              Webmaster comment:
              The reference to I'm Beginning To See the Light perhaps should be taken with a grain of salt, since it wasn't recorded until late 1944, and is credited to Ellington, Don George, Johnny Hodges, and Harry James.

              Search engines are perhaps the best way to find the many websites which say Ellington was a mason, it is beyond the scope of TDWAW.ca.

              Documentary evidence he was a Mason, however, consists of a picture of three of Ellington's Mason documents, all bearing his signature, put up for auction in May 2016:
              • a Jonathan Davis Consistory No. 1 financial card said to be dated December 6, 1932 with handwritten deposits (many of which were $5) - these details are not shown in the picture.
              • Social Lodge, No.1 F & A.M. booklet signed by Ellington and apparently containing handwritten confirmation of the dues he paid.
              • Membership Card in Jonathan Davis Consistory No. 1 with an expiry dated January 1, 1951 signed Edward K. Ellington
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              2014-10-27
              Consolidated
              2015-04-21
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              2016-05-02
              1932 05 06
              Friday
              .Washington, D.C.Howard Theatre
              620 T St.
              See 1932 04 30...
              ..2011
              1932 05 07
              Saturday
              1932 05 13New York, N.Y.Lafayette Theatre,
              132nd St. & 7th Ave.
              Harlem
              ...DEMS
              .Steven LaskerAdded
              2011
              circa
              1932 05 07
              ...PERSONNEL CHANGE
              Otto (Toby) Hardwick rejoined the band in April or early May 1932, having left in 1928.

              His return seems more likely to have been in May, probably when the band returned to New York to play at the Lafayette.

              In any case, it was not later than May 10.
              Discussion:
              • New Desor shows he returned in April. New Desor's personnel dates are usually based on recording dates, but there were no recordings that month. No other evidence has been found to support an April return. It would not likely have been during the Pearl residency since Bechet is reported to have been working with the band for that week. He may have been at the Howard but there is no evidence to support that.
              • John Hammond in a letter dated May 10, 1932 published in Melody Maker:
                'It is pleasant to relate that Duke Ellington is back again in town, with the best band he has ever had. He has increased his combination by the addition of a fourth saxophonist and a third trombone. The new reed exponent is none other than Otto Hardwick, one of the grandest alto players anywhere, who left Elmer Snowden's band for this post.'
              • Steven Lasker's view, expressed in DEMS 02/2, is the Hammond letter establishes that Hardwick had rejoined by 1932 05 10.
              • He believes it is more likely Hardwick rejoined at the Lafayette Theatre in May 1932, since Toby had been working with the Snowden band in New York and there is no evidence he was with Ellington's orchestra at the Howard.
              • New Desor vol.2
              • Emails, Lasker-Palmquist
                • 2014-08-24
                • 2014-08-28
                • 2015-05-19
                • 2015-06-16
                • 2015-07-21
                • 2016-04-01
              .DEMS
              02/2 19-21
              .SL/djpNew
              Added
              2012-10-12
              updated
              2014-09-04
              2015-06-18
              2015-07-26
              2016-04-01
              1932 05 08
              Sunday
              .New York, N.Y.Lafayette Theatre
              Harlem
              ....
              ..2011
              1932 05 09
              Monday
              .New York, N.Y.Lafayette Theatre
              Harlem
              ....
              ..2011
              1932 05 10
              Tuesday
              .New York, N.Y.Lafayette Theatre
              Harlem
              ....
              ..2011
              1932 05 11
              Wednesday
              .New York, N.Y.Lafayette Theatre
              Harlem
              ....
              ..2011
              1932 05 12
              Thursday
              .New York, N.Y.Lafayette Theatre
              Harlem
              ....
              ..2011
              1932 05 13
              Friday
              .New York, N.Y.Lafayette Theatre
              Harlem
              ....
              ..2011
              1932 05 14
              Saturday
              ...activities not documented...
              ...
              1932 05 15
              Sunday
              ...activities not documented...
              ...
              1932 05 16
              Monday
              3:00 - 6:55 pm
              .New York, N.Y..American Record Corporation recording session
              Duke Ellington and His Famous Orchestra
              Whetsel, C.Williams, Jenkins, Nanton, Brown, Tizol, Hardwick, Bigard, Hodges, Carney, Ellington, Guy, Braud, Greer
              Titles recorded:
              • Blue Harlem
              • The Sheik Of Araby
              Lambert says Sheik is Brown's first important Ellington band solo. He also mentions Sidney Bechet was employed around this time as a band coach and had a worked out routine for the Sheik solo which is performed on soprano by Hodges.
              New Desor
              DE3206
              DEMS
              .djp2011
              updated
              2014-04-30
              1932 05 17
              Tuesday
              1:30-5:10 pm
              .New York, N.Y..American Record Corporation recording session
              Duke Ellington and His Famous Orchestra
              Whetsel, C.Williams, Jenkins, Nanton, Brown, Tizol, Hardwick, Bigard, Hodges, Carney, Ellington, Guy, Braud, Greer

              Titles recorded:
              • Swampy River
              • Lot O' Fingers (Fast And Furious)
              • Best Wishes
              New Desor
              DE3207
              DEMS
              .djp2011
              updated
              2014-04-30
              1932 05 17

              Tuesday
              .New York, N.Y.SavoyInterstate Tattler:

              ' Duke Ellington with his all star musical aggregation proved a dud at the Savoy Ballroom Tuesday nite when less than six hundred dance lovers were on hand to welcome him. Although extensively advertised, the fans turned thumbs down on the once popular idol.
                Many believe that the arbitrary action of Duke's manager, Irving Mills, in attempting to hold up the New York Branch of the N.A.A.C.P. about a month ago had a lot to do with the attitude of the public. Not being able to get back at Mills himself in person, the Negro public, loyal to the N.A.A.C.P. had no other alternative to strike through Duke at the white manager of Ellington and his great band.
                It was said at the time that Mills refused to let Duke play at the dance of the N.Y. Branch of the N.A.A.C.P. that Duke would have to bear the brunt of the resentment against Mills. This seems to be the case as Ellington, despite his popularity, failed to draw any too well at the Lafayette theatre. He was far below the attendance figures set by Bill Robinson, Ethel Waters, Adelaide Hall, the Mills Brothers and even some of the lesser known stars.'

              Interstate Tattler 1932-05-19. p.2 courtesy K.Steiner 2015-07-12..
              .KSNew
              added 2015-07-17
              1932 05 18
              Wednesday
              .New York, N.Y..American Record Corporation recording session

              14:00 - 18:15
              Duke Ellington and His Famous Orchestra
              Whetsel, C.Williams, Jenkins, Brown, Nanton, Tizol, Bigard, Hardwick, Hodges, Carney, Ellington, Guy, Braud, Greer
              Titles recorded:
              • Slippery Horn
              • Blue Ramble
              • Clouds In My Heart
              New Desor
              DE3208
              DEMS
              Timner corrections
              NDCS 1053
              djp2011
              updated
              2014-04-30
              1932 05 19
              Thursday
              .Allentown, PennMealey Auditorium
              423 Hamilton St.
              Dance

              Vail says the band played a dance date at the Mealey Auditorium "at Lehigh University." This is incorrect, the auditorium was privately owned, located in Allentown, about 5 miles from the Lehigh campus, which is in Bethlehem.

              The event was advertised in the campus newspaper, without much detail.
              • The Brown and White, Lehigh University, Bethlehem, Pa.
                • 1932-05-10 p.4
                • 1932-05-17,p.4
              • Vail I
              ..
              ..2011
              updated
              2014-05-01
              1932 05 20
              Friday
              .New York, N.Y.Charity Hospital
              a k a City Hospital
              Welfare Island.
              Peripheral event
              Death of Bubber Miley
              Steven Lasker:
              'James Wesley Miley died this date, age 29, at Charity Hospital (aka City Hospital) on Welfare Island. According to his friend Roger Pryor Dodge (HRS Rag, 1940-10-00, p11),

              "he had dwindled to seventy-six pounds--a little shriveled old man. It seems that he had had tuberculosis for some time. [....] My wife and I went to his funeral. It was held in a bare whitewashed parlor. Apparently no musicians were there although there was a large wreath of flowers from Duke Ellington. The mourners were out of his mother's life. Was this the funeral of one of the greatest artists of our time? The place Bubber had made for himself in music history was completely ignored. Not knowing who Bubber was, one would have thought it was a service for some good little colored boy. The congregation sang 'Rock of Ages' and all through it we heard Bubber's horn, playing the 'Black and Tan [Fantasy]."

              Email Lasker-Palmquist 2018-09-06..
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              2019-03-17
              1932 05 20
              Friday
              .Philadelphia, Penn.Sydney Hutchinson Gymnasium
              University of Pennsylvania
              Hutchinson Gymnasium
              219 S.33rd St.
              Ivy Ball

              Announcement:

              '...  Climaxing ... the Ivy Ball party at the Commodore will be the music of Duke Ellington...and Johnny Johnston with his "Statlers Pennsylvanians." In addition to the orchestras will be Ivie Anderson, singing some of her famous "blues numbers.'

              Report:

              'Five Hundred Couples Attend 1932 Ivy Ball
              ...Approximately five hundred couples attended the final University social function of the year last night in the Sydney Hutchinson Gymnasium. The gymnasium was transformed into an elaborate and unusual summer garden setting...
                The Grand March, was led by Miss Fredericka Lantor, Morris Lewis, Miss Gerri Beck and Roland Patitz. The parade went from the ball-room floor across the balcony and back to the center of the floor where a large "P" was formed in front of the Duke Ellington's band and all those present sang "The Red and Blue."...'

              The Chester Times reported:

              Miss Colleen Ciliberti, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Frank Ciliberti, of 415 West Third street, sang several solos during the University of Pennsylvania's Ivy Ball, held in the Hutchinson gymnasium last Friday night. Her accompanist was Duke Ellington.

              ..
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              1932 05 00... Peripheral event
              In May, the Pittsburgh Courier announced Irving Mills and Tom Rockwell, manager of the Mills Brothers, Don Redmond [recte Redman] and Fletcher Henderson, had merged to form the United Artists Bureau.
              Pittsburgh Courier, 1932-05-21, p.6 s.2...
              .djp, SL email 2016-03-21 re RedmanNew
              added 2014-09-07
              correted
              2016-03-21
              1932 05 21
              Saturday
              .Hershey, Penn.Hershey Park Ballroom"8:30 p.m."preview
              ad, Reading Eagle, 15May32, p15
              ..
              .AugustinPG aug11 & K.Steiner Dec 2012New
              added 2012-01-12
              1932 05 22
              Sunday
              ...activities not documented...
              ...
              1932 05 23
              Monday
              .Waltham, Mass.Nuttings-On-The-Charles
              (a.k.a Nuttings Dance Hall)
              Prospect St. at the Charles River
              Dancing
              "Charles Shribman Presents
              Duke Ellington and His World Famous Band
              Making Their Only New England Appearances"
              Ad, Boston Herald, 1932-05-23, p.14..
              ..2011
              updated
              2013-09-07
              1932 05 24
              Tuesday
              .Salem WillowsCharleshurstDancingAd, Boston Herald, 1932-05-23, p.14..
              ..2011
              updated
              2013-09-07
              1932 05 25
              Wednesday
              8 to 1 a.m.
              .Worcester, Mass.Cocoanut GroveDancing
              "Tonight! Cocoanut Grove
              Lincoln Park - Worcester
              DUKE ELLINGTON
              and his world famous
              orchestra...
              Adm. $1.00
              ..
              ..
              updated 2012-07-24
              and 2013-09-07
              1932 05 26
              Thursday
              .Claremont, N.H.Roseland BallroomDancingAd, Boston Herald, 1932-05-23, p.14..
              ..2011
              updated
              2013-09-07
              1932 05 27
              Friday
              .Brunswick, MaineIvy Ballroom or Gym, Bowdoin CollegeDancing
              • Ad, Boston Herald, 1932-05-23, p.14
              • Vail I
              ..
              ..2011
              updated
              2013-09-07
              1932 05 28
              Saturday
              .Old Orchard Beach, MainePier CasinoIt seems likely this summer dance one-nighter was at the Pier Casino - see 1926 08 12.
              • Ad, Boston Herald, 1932-05-23, p.14
              • Vail I
              ..
              ..2011
              updated
              2013-09-07
              1932 05 29
              Sunday
              .Buzzard's Bay, MaineBournehurst-on-the-Canal.Dancing

              Bournehurst
              Buzzards Bay
              presents SUNDAY at MIDNIGHT
              DUKE ELLINGTON AND HIS WORLD FAMOUS BAND
              Dancing 12 to 3
              Admission $1.00

              • Ad, Boston Herald, 1932-05-23, p.14
              • 1932-05-28, p.8
              • Vail I
              ..
              ..2011
              updated
              2013-09-07
              1932 05 30
              Monday
              .Manchester, N.H.Granada BallroomDancing
              • Ad, Boston Herald, 1932-05-23, p.14
              • Vail I
              ..
              ..2011
              updated
              2013-09-07
              1932 05 31
              Tuesday
              ...activities not documented...
              ...

              June 1932

              1932 06 01
              Wednesday
              .Springfield, Mass.Crystal Ballroom
              Riverside Park,
              "Dancing 8:30 to 1."Springfield Union
              • Ad, 1932-05-22 p.9A
              • Ad, 1932-05-31, p.14
              • "Riverside Attracts Crowd for Opening" 1932-05-29, p4A
              ..
              .K.Steiner Dec 2012New
              added 2012-01-12
              updated 2013-09-06
              1932 06 02
              Thursday
              .East Mahanoy Junction, Penn..Lakewood"Everyone within a fifty mile radius is on tip toe eagerly awaiting the Thursday Dance....""Duke Ellington and Ivie Anderson May Top the Lakewood Attendance Record," Mt. Carmel Item, 1Jun32, p8..
              .K.Steiner Dec 2012New
              added 2012-01-12
              1932 06 03
              Friday
              ...activities not documented...
              ...
              1932 06 04
              Saturday
              1932 06 10
              Friday
              Cincinnati, OhioAlbee Theater...DEMS
              ..Added
              2011
              1932 06 05
              Sunday
              .Cincinnati, OhioAlbee TheaterSee 1932 06 04...
              ..2011
              1932 06 06
              Monday
              .Cincinnati, OhioAlbee TheaterSee 1932 06 04...
              ..2011
              1932 06 07
              Tuesday
              .Cincinnati, OhioAlbee TheaterSee 1932 06 04...
              ..2011
              1932 06 08
              Wednesday
              .Cincinnati, OhioAlbee TheaterSee 1932 06 04...
              ..2011
              1932 06 09
              Thursday
              .Cincinnati, OhioAlbee TheaterSee 1932 06 04...
              ..2011
              1932 06 10
              Friday
              .Cincinnati, OhioAlbee TheaterSee 1932 06 04...
              ..2011
              1932 06 11
              Saturday
              1932 06 17
              Friday
              Cleveland, OhioRKO Palace Theatre
              E.17th and Euclid
              Vaudeville show
              Duke Ellington in person and his Famous Orchestra, with Ivy Anderson and:
              • Al K. Hall and Al K. Hall, Jr., comics
              • Charlie Hill and Lora Hoffman, singing pianists
              • The Honey Family, quintet of performing athletes
              • Kid Charleston
              • Four Step Brothers
              • Maurice Spitalney's Orchestra
              Reduced (illegible) prices 60 cents all seats, concession 15 cents.
              Plain Dealer 1932-06-10:

              'When Duke Ellington's band arrives for an appearance at the Palace starting Saturday you'll probably hear the band on the air.'

              • Joe Mosbrook: "Jazzed in Cleveland"
              • Cleveland Plain Dealer
                • Plug, 1932-06-05 ,p.9
                • Ad, 1932-06-09, p.17
                • 1932-06-10 p.20
                • Ad, 1932-06-11 p.16
                • Review, 1932-06-12, p.10
                • Column about Ellington's music, 1932-06-12, p.10
                • Review, 1932-06-13, p.15
                • Ad, 1932-06-15 p.15
              ..
              ..2011
              updated
              2012-12-07
              2013-09-06
              2015-07-28
              1932 06 12
              Sunday
              .Cleveland, OhioPalace TheatreVaudeville - see 1932 06 11..
              ..2011
              updated
              2015-07-26
              1932 06 12
              Sunday
              .Cleveland, OhioProbably WTAM studios
              Cleveland Auditorium Building
              Broadcast, time of day unknown.

              '...You heard the band in a surprise broadcast over WTAM last night.'

              Webmaster note:
              Based on the brief 1932 06 16 report, I assume all the WTAM broadcasts this week were from its studios. This has not been confirmed.
              Cleveland Plain Dealer, 1932-06-13 p.20, courtesy Ken Steiner..
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              2015-07-26
              1932 06 13
              Monday
              .Cleveland, OhioPalace TheatreVaudeville - see 1932 06 11...
              ..2011
              1932 06 14
              Tuesday
              .Cleveland, OhioProbably WTAM studios
              Cleveland Auditorium Building
              12:30 p.m. Ellington broadcast over WTAMRadio log, The Canton Repository 1932-06-14 p.8..
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              1932 06 14
              Tuesday
              .Cleveland, OhioPalace TheatreVaudeville - see 1932 06 11...
              .djp2011
              1932 06 15
              Wednesday
              .Cleveland, OhioProbably WTAM studios
              Cleveland Auditorium Building
              Fifteen minute afternoon broadcast, originally scheduled for half an hour at 12:30 p.m.
              R. Stephan 1932-06-13:

              '  WTAM will route a half-hour concert by Duke Ellington's Band through the WEAF Net from Cleveland at 12:30 Wednesday afternoon. Ellington said back stage at the Palace yesterday that the latest of his numbers to become popular was "Lazy Rhapsody," a tune that has had its name revanped to "Swanee Rhapsody." Ellington and his band trek to Chicago after ...Cleveland... and will go into the Lincoln Tavern there, where Duke and his boys plan to broadcast NBC Net programs and local programs over the air daily....You heard the band in a surprise broadcast over WTAM last night. [1932 06 12]'

              R. Stephan 1932-06-16:

              '  Broadcasters must be convinced by this time that despite all the new-fanged ([sic] apparatus the putting onto the air of a national political convention is very much more of a problem than reporting of a national sports event. The cheering at a sports event is more or less organized. Political convention cheering is apparently more than yowl-as-yowl-can variety.
                The voices of announcers were drowned out yesterday...and for some time all that could be caught through the receiving set was the general hubbub.
                WTAM cut into the session broadcast to put on a belated fifteen minutes by Duke Ellington and band in the studios. This program was originally billed for a half hour over the network but the convention halted that plan.'

              Cleveland Plain Dealer
              • Robert S. Stephan, Radio Editor, Ellington Concert, 1932-06-13 p.20, courtesy Ken Steiner
              • Stephan, Convention "Static", 1930-06-16 p.13
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              1932 06 15
              Wednesday
              .Cleveland, OhioPalace TheatreVaudeville - see 1932 06 11...
              ..2011
              1932 06 15
              Wednesday
              .Cleveland, OhioWayfarers' Lodge

              'LODGE IS ENTERTAINED
              Theaters Lend Acts for Wayfarers' Program.
                More than 1,000 men housed at Wayfarers Lodge were entertained last night [June 15] by vaudeville artists from the Radio-Keith-Orpheum Theaters. The acts were obtained by Councilman Lawrence O. Payne, chairman of the Council welfare committee.
                Among the enteretainers were Duke Ellington, Ivy Anderson and the Norman Thomas Quintet.
                Brief speeches were made after the entertainment by Payne, Welfare Director Bernice S. Pyke, A.V.Cannon, chairman of the joint relief committee and Councilman Clayborne George.'

              Plain Dealer, Cleveland, Ohio,1932-06-16,p.3..
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              1932 06 16
              Thursday
              .Cleveland, OhioPalace TheatreVaudeville - see 1932 06 11...
              ..2011
              1932 06 17
              Friday
              .Cleveland, OhioPalace TheatreVaudeville - see 1932 06 11...
              ..2011
              1932 06 18
              Saturday
              1932 06 24
              Friday
              Chicago, Ill.Palace TheatreVaudeville show including The Four Step Brothers and by Kid Charleston

              Stratemann has a more complete description of the show, taken from The Billboard.
              ..DEMS
              Stratemann p.51, citing The Billboard25/6/32 p.11.-
              Added
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              updated
              2013-09-04
              1932 06 19
              Sunday
              .Chicago, Ill.Palace TheatreVaudeville show - see 1932 06 18...
              ..2011
              1932 06 20
              Monday
              .Chicago, Ill.Palace TheatreVaudeville show - see 1932 06 18...
              ..2011
              1932 06 21
              Tuesday
              .Chicago, Ill.Palace TheatreVaudeville show - see 1932 06 18...
              ..2011
              1932 06 22
              Wednesday
              .Chicago, Ill.Palace TheatreVaudeville show - see 1932 06 18...
              ..2011
              1932 06 23
              Thursday
              .Chicago, Ill.Palace TheatreVaudeville show - see 1932 06 18...
              ..2011
              1932 06 24
              Friday
              .Chicago, Ill.Palace TheatreVaudeville show - see 1932 06 18...
              ..2011
              1932 06 25
              Saturday
              .Terre Haute, Ind.Trianon Moonlight Gardens Ballroom

              (a)"Duke Ellington and his famous orchestra, direct from a sensationally successful tour of theaters and ballrooms in the leading cities of the middle west and east, will be featured at the Trianon Moonlight Gardens on Saturday night, June 25, from 9 p.m. until 2 a.m...."


              (b) "Misses Dora Shriver, Barbara Thomas and Dorothy Sparks, with Herb Simpson, Ralph Osborne and Harry Helm, motored to Terre Haute Saturday night to attend a dance at the Trianon Ballroom for which Duke Ellington and his orchestra played."

              • a. Terre Haute Star, 1932-06-24
              • b. Society and Clubs page, Sunday Courier and Journal, Evansville, Ind., 1932-06-26
              ..
              .Steiner 2013-07-26New
              added 2013-07-26
              1932 06 26
              Sunday
              .Anderson, Ind.Green LanternDance - whites only..DEMS
              ..Added
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              1932 06 27
              Monday
              .Anderson, Ind.Green LanternDance - blacks only..
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              1932 06 28
              Tuesday
              .Gary, Ind.Miramar Ballroom

              Ellington ended this dance engagement early due to a "shortage in box receipts."

              .
              "Ellington Dance Brief but Big Hit," Gary American 1932 -07-02 p.1.DEMS
              ..2011
              updated
              2014-05-01
              1932 06 29
              Wednesday
              ...activities not documented...
              ...
              1932 06 30
              Thursday
              1932 07 28Chicago, Ill.Hotel Frenier
              S.Parkway & Oakwood Blvd.
              Snelson reported Ellington and his son had a cozy aparment in the Hotel Frenier when he visited.

              In a story datelined Chicago July 7, the Pittsburgh Courier describes the hotel as "a six story fireproof all modern structure that offers the most well appointed service that could possibly be had anywhere."
              • Floyd G. Snelson, "Newsy Newsettes," Pittsburgh Courier 1932-07-09 p.6 s2
              • "Ellington Enjoys Stay At Frenier," ibid.
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              1932 06 30
              Thursday
              1932 07 01Chicago, Ill.Drake HotelDemocratic ConventionI am so far unable to find any support for this..
              30jun32-article.Added
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              1932 06 30
              Thursday
              circa
              1932 07 25
              Morton Grove, Ill.Lincoln Tavern
              Demster St., 3 miles west of Evanston
              Vaudeville residency with remote Columbia network sustaining broadcasts. The troupe included Louise Cook, Fredi Washington and Al Moiret, Ivie Anderson and Kid Charleston.

              Unidentified clippings in Vail say the band was heard Wednesday-Friday nights on the Columbia network from 22:30 to 23:00, which Vail interprets as Wednesday AND Friday. Stratemann says it was Wednesday TO Friday, meaning Thursday as well. The New York Times radio logs show Ellington on WABC Wednesday and Friday nights, but not Thursdays. The Washington Post only has it on Wednesday. I have not attempted to research other newspaper radio schedules.
              Stratemann and Vail have the engagement ending July 27. Stratemann likely based the duration Variety, 1932-06-21 p.60 which says four weeks. Variety 1932-06-21 p.64 carried the full-page ad partially shown in Vail, announcing Duke Ellington and his famous orchestra would broadcast from Lincoln Tavern on the Columbia Network via WGN beginning June 30, but the first such broadcast appears to have been the next day.
              Ellington played July 26 at Chateau LaMar, Janesville, Wisc., indicating the Lincoln run ended early.
              • Stratemann p.51 citing Variety 1932-06-21 p.64
              • Vail I
              .DEMS
              .djp2011
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              2015-07-02

              July 1932

              1932 07 01
              Friday
              .Morton Grove, Ill.Lincoln TavernVaudeville nightclub residency - see 1932 06 30
              Remote sustaining broadcasts - 3 WGN local remotes and 1 national CBS network broadcast
              ..DEMS
              ..2011
              1932 07 02
              Saturday
              .Morton Grove, Ill.Lincoln TavernVaudeville nightclub residency - see 1932 06 30..DEMS
                ..2011
                1932 07 03
                Sunday
                .Morton Grove, Ill.Lincoln TavernVaudeville nightclub residency - see 1932 06 30..DEMS
                  ..2011
                  1932 07 04
                  Monday
                  .Morton Grove, Ill.Lincoln TavernVaudeville nightclub residency - see 1932 06 30..DEMS
                    ..2011
                    1932 07 05
                    Tuesday
                    .Morton Grove, Ill.Lincoln TavernVaudeville nightclub residency - see 1932 06 30..DEMS
                      ..2011
                      1932 07 06
                      Wednesday
                      .Morton Grove, Ill.Lincoln TavernVaudeville nightclub residency - see 1932 06 30

                      Remote sustaining broadcasts
                      ..DEMS
                        ..2011
                        1932 07 07
                        Thursday
                        .Morton Grove, Ill.Lincoln TavernVaudeville nightclub residency - see 1932 06 30..DEMS
                          ..2011
                          1932 07 08
                          Friday
                          .Morton Grove, Ill.Lincoln TavernVaudeville nightclub residency - see 1932 06 30

                          Remote sustaining broadcasts
                          ..DEMS
                            ..2011
                            1932 07 09
                            Saturday
                            .Morton Grove, Ill.Lincoln TavernVaudeville nightclub residency - see 1932 06 30..DEMS
                              ..2011
                              1932 07 10
                              Sunday
                              .Morton Grove, Ill.Lincoln TavernVaudeville nightclub residency - see 1932 06 30....2011
                              1932 07 11
                              Monday
                              .Morton Grove, Ill.Lincoln TavernVaudeville nightclub residency - see 1932 06 30....2011
                              1932 07 12
                              Tuesday
                              .Morton Grove, Ill.Lincoln TavernVaudeville nightclub residency - see 1932 06 30....2011
                              1932 07 13
                              Wednesday
                              .Morton Grove, Ill.Lincoln TavernVaudeville nightclub residency - see 1932 06 30

                              Remote sustaining broadcasts
                              ....2011
                              1932 07 14
                              Thursday
                              .Morton Grove, Ill.Lincoln TavernVaudeville nightclub residency - see 1932 06 30....2011
                              1932 07 15
                              Friday
                              .Morton Grove, Ill.Lincoln TavernVaudeville nightclub residency - see 1932 06 30

                              Remote sustaining broadcasts
                              ....2011
                              1932 07 16
                              Saturday
                              .Morton Grove, Ill.Lincoln TavernVaudeville nightclub residency - see 1932 06 30....2011
                              1932 07 17
                              Sunday
                              .Morton Grove, Ill.Lincoln TavernVaudeville nightclub residency - see 1932 06 30....2011
                              1932 07 18
                              Monday
                              .Morton Grove, Ill.Lincoln TavernVaudeville nightclub residency - see 1932 06 30....2011
                              1932 07 19
                              Tuesday
                              .Morton Grove, Ill.Lincoln TavernVaudeville nightclub residency - see 1932 06 30....2011
                              1932 07 20
                              Wednesday
                              .Morton Grove, Ill.Lincoln TavernVaudeville nightclub residency - see 1932 06 30

                              Remote sustaining broadcasts
                              ....2011
                              1932 07 21
                              Thursday
                              .Morton Grove, Ill.Lincoln TavernVaudeville nightclub residency - see 1932 06 30....2011
                              1932 07 22
                              Friday
                              .Morton Grove, Ill.Lincoln TavernVaudeville nightclub residency - see 1932 06 30

                              Remote sustaining broadcasts
                              ....2011
                              1932 07 23
                              Saturday
                              .Morton Grove, Ill.Lincoln TavernVaudeville nightclub residency - see 1932 06 30....2011
                              1932 07 24
                              Sunday
                              .Morton Grove, Ill.Lincoln TavernVaudeville nightclub residency - see 1932 06 30....2011
                              1932 07 25
                              Monday
                              .Morton Grove, Ill.Lincoln TavernVaudeville nightclub residency - see 1932 06 30
                              This is the latest the Lincoln engagement could have ended, since Ellington was in Wisconsin the next night.
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                              1932 07 26
                              Tuesday
                              .Janesville, Wisc.Chateau La MarJuly 25 ad:

                              'DUKE ELLINGTON AND HIS ORCHESTRA
                              Direct from Lincoln Gardens, Chicago
                              With a Sensational Stage Show
                              Tomorrow Night - Chateau La Mar
                              65c A PERSON IF TICKETS ARE PURCHASED TONIGHT...85c each tomorrow at Chateau La Mar box office (including tax). '

                              Printed around the top, bottom and sides of the ad were: Sensational, Pulse-Quickening, Torrid, Stirring, Primitive, Vibrant, Exciting, Thrilling, Gripping, Sweet, Original, Hot, Jazzy, Fascinating, Melodious, Blue, Rhythmic.

                              Ellington made a remote radio broadcast from 9:00 to the 9:30 sign-off on the Janesville Gazette's radio station WCLO.

                              Elizabeth Leitze and Irma Ashley each won free tickets for their near perfect answers to the Gazette's sentence-forming contest the previous week, the correct answer being "Duke Ellington and the hottest dance band in the world come to the Chateau La Mar Tuesday July 26th with a great stage show."

                              'Ellington Band Scores Hit with 1,500 at Chateau
                                Duke Ellington...entertained 1,500 persons in the Chateau La Mar Tuesday night in royal manner – just as a duke should and as only Duke Ellington and his troupe can do it.
                                Billed as "The Hottest Dance Band in the World," the 14-man band and its dusky floor-show entertainers left no doubt in the minds of dancers that they are the hottest collection of horn blowers, blues singers, and muscle wigglers ever to assemble in Janesville.
                                "We doctor them up." That is the way Duke Ellington himself, the most popular man in Janesville Tuesday night, explains the unique effect his band gets from regular music scores. "First we take the regular music and play it through," he said. "Then we work on it and make our music. Four or five pieces are tried out on the public, and we keep those the people like."
                                And the people like all Duke Ellington's numbers, if the Chateau La Mar crowd is any indication. The band and individual performers received tremendous applause time and again. Hundreds of persons stood about the stage, watching the group of master showmen play. The "Duke" was kept busy signing autographs and nodding assent to the many requests for favorite pieces.
                                Ivie Anderson, blues singer, was given an ovation after each of her numbers, and several excellent male singers were heard.
                                Despite the large crowd, the Chateau remained comfortably cool for dancing. The cooling system was started early in the afternoon and large cakes of ice were added during the evening. Jules Alberti, Chateau manager, announced that arrangements are being made for a return appearance of Duke Ellington, and the appearance here of the four Mills brothers, Kate Smith, and other radio favorites, providing the public requests them in letters to the Chateau.'

                              The Gazette printed a cute little human interest story as well:

                              'FOUND! MOST RABID ADMIRER OF DUKE ELLINGTON BAND
                                An ardent Duke Ellington fan and a lover of negro music, Eugene Thrune, Winona, Minn., hitch-hiked from his home Tuesday to Janesville to hear the King of Harlem and his band in person and to obtain the autograph of the Duke.
                                Thurne left Winona at 9 a.m., he said, and arrived in Janesville shortly after 1 p.m., making the trip in three auto rides and walking but little.
                                "I;m enthusiastic over Ellington's music," he said. "Dance music is my hobby and I especially like the kind dished out by colored bands. I've got a collection of about 200 phonograph records of all the big dance bands and try to hear as many in person as possible."
                                Thrune planned to hitch-hike back home. '

                              Janesville Daily Gazette, Janesville, Wisc., courtesy K. Steiner:
                              • 1932-07-25, pp.3 & 7
                              • 1932-07-27, pp.5 & 12
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                              1932 07 27
                              Wednesday
                              ...activities not documented....2011
                              1932 07 28
                              Thursday
                              ...activities not documented....2011
                              1932 07 28
                              Thursday
                              .Mineral Point, Wisc.Soldiers' Memorial Park(Unconfirmed)

                              Dance?
                              "Duke Ellington and His Famous Orchestra
                              In Person
                              ...The Hottest Band on Earth, direct from the Lincoln Tavern, Chicago. Regular feature over WGN, Columbia and NBC networks, Ellington has a great stage show.
                              Adm. $1.50 per Couple.
                              Ads, Wisconsin State Journal, Madison Wisc.:
                              • 1932-07-24 p.16
                              • 1932-07-25 p.5
                              • 1932-07-26
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                              1932 07 29
                              Friday
                              .Peoria, Ill.Fernwood...DEMS
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                              1932 07 29
                              Friday
                              ...activities not documented
                              ...
                              ...
                              1932 07 30
                              Saturday
                              .Milwaukee, Wisc.Modernistic Ballroom
                              State Fair park
                              Dance
                              Milwaukee Journal:

                              'Duke Ellington, considered the "hottest" colored band in the country, moves out to the Modernistic ballroom at Fair park Saturday to broadcast over WTMJ. He will also be accompanied by his torrid blues singer, Ivie Anderson, appearing at 10:30 and midnight...'

                              The radio log shows a single program from 20:00 to 00:15, Dance Orchestras on WTMJ. It lists seven broadcasts, presumably 15 minutes each, and the third and seventh are Ellington.
                              Milwaukee Journal, Milwaukee, Wisc.
                              • Ads
                                • 1932-07-28
                                • 1932-07-29
                              • Publicity and radio log 1932-07-30
                              -all courtesy Ken Steiner
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                              1932 07 31
                              Sunday
                              ...activities not documented
                              ...
                              ...

                              August 1932

                              1932 08 01
                              Monday
                              .Michigan City, Ind.Oasis Ballroom
                              Washington Park
                              According to Stratemann, 1,500 people attended....
                              .Stratemann p.51 Added
                              2011
                              updated 2012-01-17
                              1932 08 02
                              Tuesday
                              .Paw Paw Lake, Mich.Woodward's Pavilion(Unconfirmed)
                              ad, South Bend Tribune, 1932-08-01, p.8

                              Note this event is based on an advertisement the previous day, whereas the Stratemann entry for Toledo is based on The Chicago Defender on Aug 6. The venues are about 190 miles apart.
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                              1932 08 02
                              Tuesday
                              .Toledo, OhioWaldorf Hotel(Unconfirmed)
                              This event, from the Chicago Defender conflicts with the Paw Paw Lake event advertised in the South Bend Tribune.
                              ..
                              Stratemann p.51 citing Chicago Defender 1932-08-06 p.7.. Added
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                              1932 08 03
                              Wednesday
                              .Toledo, OhioWaldorf Hotel(Unconfirmed)

                              This engagement could not be confirmed in the Toledo News-Bee but that paper's Monday August 1 edition reported the annual convention of the Ancient Mystic Order of Samaritans was to begin at the Waldorf on Wednesday.

                              The Grand Secretary of AMOS was unable to find any record of Ellington appearing at the convention when he checked their records in June, 2013.
                              Fred Avendorph, "Michigan City Dances to the Duke's Music," Chicago Defender, nat. ed., 1932-08-06 p.5 .DEMS
                              .K.Steiner Dec 2012New
                              added 2012-01-12
                              Updated 2013-06-29
                              1932 08 04
                              Thursday
                              .Cleveland, OhioCrystal Slipper Ballroom
                              East 160th and Euclid Ave.
                              (Unconfirmed)

                              Dance for white patrons - the ballroom could accommodate 4,000 dancers.
                              Advertisement:

                              "The Dusky Rajah of Syncopation, Himself
                              Duke Ellington
                              and his original Cotton Club Orchestra featuring
                              Ivie Anderson
                              Only 50 cents Admission 50 Cents
                              Free checking
                              at
                              Phil Selenick's
                              Crystal Slipper Ballroom.
                              Note: This Is Guaranteed to Be the Same Troupe That Played The Palace Theater."

                              Thirty-five per cent of the proceeds will be contributed to the bonus army of war veterans who recently were evicted from Washington.

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                              1932 08 04
                              Thursday
                              12:30 a.m.
                              .Cleveland, OhioCrystal Slipper Ballroom
                              East 160th and Euclid Ave.
                              ...Second dance, for Negro patrons, begins at 12:30 with Ivie Anderson singing for both dances.Announcement, Cleveland Plain Dealer, 1932-08-04, p.14..
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                              1932 08 05
                              Friday
                              .Washington, Penn.George Washington HotelBattle of Music
                              Duke Ellington and his orchestra
                              Freddie Carlone and his orchestra
                              Admission $1,00
                              Dancing 8 p.m. until [illegible]
                              See Conneaut Lake Park entry below
                              • Stratemann p.51, citing Chicago Defender 19320806 p.7
                              • New Castle News, New Castle, Penn. 1932-08-03 p.8
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                              1932 08 05
                              Friday
                              .Conneaut Lake, Penn.Dreamland Ballroom(Unconfirmed)
                              ad, New Castle News, 2Aug32, p5
                              Avendorph's article in the 1932-08-06 Chicago Defender gave the George Washington Hotel in Washington, Penn. for this date, as does Stratemann p.51
                              The locations are about 115 miles apart.
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                              1932 08 06
                              Saturday
                              .Columbus, Ohio.Valley Dale Ballroom"Duke (Whataband) Ellington gave us one of the pleasantest evenings we ever enjoyed in a ballroom."H.E. Cherrington, "Ellington Offers Dancers Pure Delight," Columbus Dispatch, 8Aug32..
                              .K.Steiner Dec 2012New
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                              1932 08 07
                              Sunday
                              .Rochester, Ind.Colonial Hotel and Terrace Gardens.Stratemann p.51, citing Chicago Defender 6.8.32 p.7.
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                              1932 08 08
                              Monday
                              1932 08 14
                              Sunday
                              Cincinnati, OhioCastle Farms
                              or
                              Gibson Hotel
                              Stratemann reports both venues, and says The Band Broadcast Over CBS From 12:30 To 1:00 am, Wednesday To Friday
                              • ad, Cincinnati Enquirer, 14Aug32, sec3, p2
                              • Stratemann p.51, citing Chicago Defender 30.7.32 and 6.8.32 p.7, and Variety 23.8.32
                              .DEMS
                              .Steiner, Wild Throng Dances Madly in Cellar Club Added
                              2011
                              updated 2012-01-17
                              1932 08 09
                              Tuesday
                              .Cincinnati, OhioCastle Farms
                              or
                              Gibson Hotel
                              see 1932 08 08...
                              ..2011
                              1932 08 10
                              Wednesday
                              .Cincinnati, OhioCastle Farms
                              or
                              Gibson Hotel
                              see 1932 08 08...
                              ..2011
                              1932 08 11
                              Thursday
                              .Cincinnati, OhioCastle Farms
                              or
                              Gibson Hotel
                              see 1932 08 08...
                              ..2011
                              1932 08 12
                              Friday
                              .Cincinnati, OhioCastle Farms
                              or
                              Gibson Hotel
                              see 1932 08 08...
                              ..2011
                              1932 08 13
                              Saturday
                              .Cincinnati, OhioCastle Farms
                              or
                              Gibson Hotel
                              see 1932 08 08...
                              ..2011
                              1932 08 14
                              Sunday
                              .Cincinnati, OhioCastle Farms
                              or
                              Gibson Hotel
                              see 1932 08 08...
                              ..2011
                              1932 08 15
                              Monday
                              .Louisville, KyArmory"Admission 75 cents. A limited number of bandstand seats, 99 cents. Includes admission and dancing."ad, Louisville Courier-Journal, 14Aug32, sec2, p2..
                              .K.Steiner Dec 2012New
                              added 2012-01-17
                              1932 08 16
                              Tuesday
                              5:30pm
                              .Evansville, Ind.Unidentified radio station(Unconfirmed)

                              Tune in on Special Broadcast featuring Duke Ellington and His Cotton Club Orchestra...This famous band also featured at a special concert and dance Tuesday Nite at Coliseum...
                              Banner ad, Evansville Press, 1932-08-12,p.8..
                              .djpNew
                              added 2013-09-04
                              1932 08 16
                              Tuesday
                              .Evansville, Ind. Memorial ColiseumConcert and dance with a near-capacity crowd

                              A plug for the January 1933 appearance said Ellington and his band played a concert and dance here in August before a near-capacity crowd.
                              • Evansville Press
                                • 1932-08-07, p.8
                                • 1932-08-12, p.8
                                • 1932-08-14 p.16
                                • 1932-08-16, p.14
                              • Evansville Courier, 1932-08-14, p.9
                              • Unidentified Evansville newspaper, 1933-01-12, p.7
                              ..
                              .djpNew
                              added 2013-09-04
                              1932 08 17
                              Wednesday
                              ...activities not documented...
                              ...
                              1932 08 18
                              Thursday
                              .Decatur, Ill.Coliseum...DEMS
                              ..Added
                              2011
                              1932 08 19
                              Friday
                              1932 08 23
                              TuesdaY
                              ..Layover in Chicago.
                              An August 19 date in Sun Prairie, WI was advertised nine days prior, but evidently did not take place
                              "Ellington's 14 Now in Chicago for a Lay-Over," Chicago Defender, nat.ed., 27Aug32, p5
                              ad, Wisconsin State Journal, Madison, Wisc., 10Aug32, p6
                              ..
                              .K.Steiner Dec 2012New
                              added 2012-01-17
                              1932 08 20
                              Saturday
                              ...activities not documented...
                              ...
                              1932 08 21
                              Sunday
                              ...activities not documented...
                              ...
                              1932 08 22
                              Monday
                              ...activities not documented...
                              ...
                              1932 08 23
                              Tuesday
                              ...activities not documented...
                              ...
                              1932 08 24
                              Wednesday
                              .Marshfield, Wisc.Wildwood Park(Unconfirmed)

                              The park is in the southern part of Marshfield, which is east of Minneapolis and Eau Claire, north of Madison, and west of Green Bay.
                              ..DEMS
                              Ad, Stevens Point Journal, 1932-08-22 p.3.2011
                              updated
                              2013-09-04
                              1932 08 25
                              Thursday
                              ...activities not documented...
                              ...
                              1932 08 26
                              Friday
                              ..Eveleth, Minn..Eveleth Recreational Building"Interest ... has been rapidly manifesting itself among music and dance lovers of the Mesabi Range....""Duke Ellington Here Tomorrow," Eveleth Clarion, 1932-08-25, p8..
                              .K.Steiner Dec 2012New
                              added 2012-01-17
                              1932 08 27
                              Saturday
                              ...activities not documented...
                              ...
                              1932 08 28
                              Sunday
                              ...activities not documented...
                              ...
                              1932 08 29
                              Monday
                              .Waterloo, IowaElectric Park Ballroom"Dancing 9 to 1."ad, Waterloo Daily Courier, 29Aug32, p9..
                              .K.Steiner Dec 2012New
                              added 2012-01-17
                              1932 08 30
                              Tuesday
                              .Omaha, Neb.Dreamland Dance Hall
                              2223 North Twenty-fourth St.
                              Dance

                              "Duke of Ellington Meets Society, White and Colored, at Dreamland

                              "Black and tan, black and 'blue,' black and white... last night five hundred strong and more...

                              "Those who didn't go in, climbed the fire escape and roofs and in crowded clusters looked through the windows.

                              "...Duke Ellington and his orchestra, 'the hottest band on earth' - made the warm and humid air cool by comparison.

                              "A Whirl of Piano-playing

                              Fourteen auburn musicians, dressed in the whitest of white suits, whammed and blatted, soothed and satisified [sic]...

                              "Primitive Negro melodies and rhythm, typical of the Harlem night club, were just at their height at midnight, when every kind of a fancy and not so fancy vehicle you would care to see was parked outside for flocks [sic] around.

                              The duke...'did his stuff' at the piano. ... orchestra, inspired by the enthusiasm of the multitude, 'blued' the air until it fairly vivrated [sic] with syncopation.

                              "Whites Watch, Some Dance
                              ...

                              "A considerable number of whites looked on, other [sic] danced. For the Negro attendants, it was very much a dress affair. Gorgeous gowns were rife and jewles [sic] flashed second only to cuspids and bicusids [sic].

                              "The duke was gratified. J.C.Jewell of Dreamland was doubly so as the tickets sold for one dollar. The cream of Darktown's night life had a mean time - and the fair skinned boys and girls fere [sic] brethren under the skin."

                              • Evening World-Herald, Omaha, Neb.
                                • Announcement, 1932-08-29, p.9
                                • Review 1932-08-31, p.2
                              • The World-Herald, Omaha, Neb.
                                • Review 1932-09-01, p.11
                                • Society column item, 1932-09-02, p.18
                              ..
                              .djpNew
                              added 2013-09-04
                              1932 08 31
                              Wednesday
                              .Des Moines, IowaRiverview ParkEverett Wadsworth, "Duke Ellington Thrills Crowd"
                              (In DEMS bulletin 89,3-6 (1989), Dr. Stratemann wrote that Ellington was playing at the Majestic Theater in Bridgeport, Conn. for a week beginning August 31, but in his later book, after the August 8 entry he wrote

                              Subsequent one-week engagements until the end of October were not played as originally scheduled, it appears (Var:23.8.32;6.9.32)

                              and listed other engagements.)
                              • Iowa Bystander, 1932-09-02 p.3
                              • Stratemann p.51
                              .DEMS
                              Vail I.2011
                              updated
                              2014-05-02

                              September 1932

                              1932 09 01?
                              Thursday
                              .Bemus Point, N.Y.Bemus Point CasinoThis gig is based on the memory of the 1989 owner of the casino. Des Moines is 300 miles west of Chicago and Milwaukee is 90 miles north. Bemus Point is 500 miles east of Chicago. Bemus Point is too far east to be credible without further evidence...DEMS
                              ..
                              Added
                              2011
                              updated
                              2012-01-27
                              2014-05-08
                              1932 09 02
                              Friday
                              1932 09 08Milwaukee, Wisc.Wisconsin Theater and Wisconsin Roof"Duke Ellington will go into the Wisconsin Theater in Milwaukee September 2 for a week during which he will play both for the theater and a dance hall in the building after the final show each night. The salary for the week's engagement is $8,500."

                              Ellington was also broadcast on CBS, Wednesday to Friday from 12:30 am to 1 am.
                              • Baltimore Afro-American, 1932-08-06 p.4
                              • Stratemann p.51 citing Variety
                                • 1931-07-19 p.39
                                • 1932-08-23
                              • Vail I
                              ..
                              .djp2011
                              updated
                              2013-05-20
                              1932 09 03
                              Saturday
                              .Milwaukee, Wisc.Wisconsin Theater, Wisconsin RoofTheatre shows followed by nightclub dancing - see 1932 09 02..
                              ..2011
                              1932 09 04
                              Sunday
                              .Milwaukee, Wisc.Wisconsin Theater, Wisconsin RoofTheatre shows followed by nightclub dancing - see 1932 09 02..
                              ..2011
                              1932 09 05
                              Monday
                              .Milwaukee, Wisc.Wisconsin Theater, Wisconsin RoofTheatre shows followed by nightclub dancing - see 1932 09 02..
                              ..2011
                              1932 09 06
                              Tuesday
                              .Milwaukee, Wisc.Wisconsin Theater, Wisconsin RoofTheatre shows followed by nightclub dancing - see 1932 09 02..
                              ..2011
                              1932 09 07
                              Wednesday
                              .Milwaukee, Wisc.Wisconsin Theater, Wisconsin RoofTheatre shows followed by nightclub dancing - see 1932 09 02

                              CBS broadcast 12:30 am to 1 am
                              ..
                              ..2011
                              1932 09 08
                              Thursday
                              .Milwaukee, Wisc.Wisconsin Theater, Wisconsin RoofTheatre shows followed by nightclub dancing - see 1932 09 02

                              CBS broadcast 12:30 am to 1 am
                              ..
                              ..2011
                              1932 09 09
                              Friday
                              1932 09 15
                              Thursday
                              Chicago, Ill.Oriental TheaterPresumably a stage show, this was reported in the Baltimore Afro-American to be Ellington's sixth appearance at the Oriental.
                              • Stratemann p.51 citing Variety 1932-09-06 p.25
                              • Vail I with an undated ANP wirestory attributed to the Baltimore Afro-American, also without a stated date.
                              .
                              ..
                              ..2011
                              updated
                              2013-05-20
                              1932 09 10
                              Saturday
                              .Chicago, Ill.Oriental Theater....
                              ..2011
                              1932 09 10
                              Saturday
                              .New York, N.Y.SubwayPeripheral event
                              In New York City, a new subway line is inaugurated: the "A" train.
                              Email, Lasker-Palmquist 2017-01-24 citing Wikipedia...SL New
                              added
                              2017-01-26
                              1932 09 11
                              Sunday
                              .Chicago, Ill.Oriental Theater....
                              ..2011
                              1932 09 12
                              Monday
                              .Chicago, Ill.Oriental Theater....
                              ..2011
                              1932 09 13
                              Tuesday
                              .Chicago, Ill.Oriental Theater....
                              ..2011
                              1932 09 14
                              Wednesday
                              .Chicago, Ill.Oriental Theater....
                              ..2011
                              1932 09 15
                              Thursday
                              .Chicago, Ill.Oriental Theater....
                              ..2011
                              1932 09 16
                              Friday
                              1932 09 22
                              Thursday
                              Chicago, Ill.Tivoli Theatre(Unconfirmed)

                              This engagement is doubtful - it conflicts with the upcoming New York recording sessions.
                              Stratemann p.51 citing Variety 1932-09-13..
                              ..Added
                              2011
                              1932 09 17
                              Saturday
                              ...activities not documented...
                              ...
                              1932 09 18
                              Sunday
                              ...activities not documented...
                              ...
                              1932 09 19
                              Monday
                              8:15 p.m.
                              1932 09 20
                              1:40 a.m.
                              New York, N.Y.American Record Corporation studio,
                              1776 Broadway
                              American Record Corporation recording session
                              Duke Ellington and His Famous Orchestra
                              Whetsel, C.Williams, Jenkins, Nanton, Brown, Tizol, Bigard, Hodges, Carney, Ellington, Guy,* Braud, Greer.

                              While the New Desor, Wax Works, Timner IV and V, Jepsen, and (at the time of writing) the Duke Ellington Panorama discographies include Hardwick in this session, Steven Lasker has reviewed the American Record Corporation files.

                              Mr. Lasker advises

                              'I exclude Hardwick from this session because the ledger keeper (who's not always perfect, I grant you) noted only three reeds present, and after listening to the recordings from this session closely and repeatedly, determined that indeed only three reeds are present and Hardwick was the missing man. The New DESOR team ... Aasland, and Timner worked without benefit of access to the ledger.'

                              Girvan's entry for this session excludes Hardwick.
                              Titles recorded:
                              • Blue Mood
                              • Ducky Wucky

                              * Lasker:

                              'This is the first session on which Fred Guy plays guitar instead of banjo.

                              A profile of Guy which appeared in the August 22, 1931 local edition of the Chicago Defender noted his instruments as banjo and guitar. A band photo taken by the Bloom Studio of Chicago in 1931 depicts Guy holding a guitar. (The photo appears on page 8 of the Mosaic 1932-1940 big band box, captioned “At the Oriental Theatre, Chicago, March 1931.” While I provided the photo, Scott Wenzel of Mosaic provided the caption. I'm not sure of the venue or the date, but a post card with this photo was postmarked Jan 28 1932, so the photo must predate December 3, 1931, the date the band had last been in Chicago.)

                              In a profile of Guy which appeared in the October 15, 1942 issue of “Downbeat” (on p.19) Dixon Gayer noted he "...prefers guitar, for although it isn't as loud, it has the body and fullness that the banjo lacked. Had a tough time on the switchover and spent one whole night trying to beat the guitar and tune it like a banjo. Although it can be done, Freddy [sic] couldn't figure it out at the time, gave it up, and set about learning the thing from the start.”

                              In a profile of Guy which appeared in the April 17, 1969 issue of “Downbeat” (on p.17), John McDonough noted “Guy received much encouragement and advice from Eddie Lang and often sought out local guitarists for tips. 'When we played a place that had a regular house band,' he [Guy] said, I'd get the guitarist off somewhere and have him play teacher for a while. Once I picked up a book on six-string harmony for guitar in a State Street music shop in Chicago, and that's where I really learned most of the basics.'”

                              So far as I can determine, Guy plays guitar on only five of his subsequent recordings (at least those that are known): Maori, Jazz Cocktail and Lightnin' (all 1932 09 21), Slippery Horn (1933 02 17) and Daybreak Express (1933 12 04).

                              Lawrence Lucie told me that he subbed for Guy for a week in 1933, and asked to see the banjo/guitar book. It consisted of one sheet. The song was Tiger Rag.

                              A guitar that Guy purchased in Sweden in 1939 and played with Ellington will be seen by following this link: http://petrinvintageguitars.com'

                              New Desor
                              DE3209
                              DEMS
                              .SL, djp2011
                              updated 2014-05-24
                              2014-09-04
                              2016-01-08
                              1932 09 20
                              Tuesday
                              ...activities not documented...
                              ...
                              1932 09 21
                              Wednesday
                              .New York, N.Y.RCA Victor Studio 1
                              145 E.24th St.
                              RCA Victor recording session
                              10:00 - 13:40
                              14:15 - 17:55
                              Duke Ellington and His Orchestra
                              Whetsel, C.Williams, Jenkins, Nanton, Brown, Tizol, Bigard, Hodges, Hardwick, Carney, Ellington, Guy, Braud, Greer.

                              Titles recorded:
                              • Maori
                              • Jive Stomp
                              • Sophisticated Lady
                              • Margie
                              This remake of Maori, described by Lambert as forgettable, was released on the For Discriminate Collectors album 1022 in 1969.

                              Steven Lasker

                              '1932 09 21 (RCA): John Hammond was present at the session, and wrote about it in Melody Maker (Nov 1932, p899):

                               "At Victor, Duke made four sides: 'Maori,' a cheap new pop tune [copyrighted 1908!]; 'Jive,' by himself; 'My Sophisticated Lady,' a new tune of his over which he has no reason to be so proud, and a glorious new Ellington arrangement of 'Margie,' ruined in part by Sonny's vocal efforts."

                              In the March 1933 issue, Hammond (on page 185) added: "Duke's Victor records will probably not be released, owing to faulty recording."

                              RCA's session sheet notes "above records made on approval" and lists the authors of "My Sophisticated Daddy" [sic!!!] as Duke Ellington-L. Brown-Otto Hardwick.'

                              New Desor
                              DE3210
                              DEMS
                              Timner correctionsdjp2011
                              updated
                              2014-05-25
                              2015-01-14
                              2015-07-01
                              2015-10-01
                              1932 09 21
                              Wednesday
                              9:20 p.m.
                              1932 09 22
                              12:30 a.m.
                              New York, N.Y.American Record Corp. studios
                              1776 Broadway
                              American Record Corporation recording session
                              Duke Ellington and His Famous Orchestra
                              Whetsel, C.Williams, Jenkins, Nanton, Brown, Tizol, Bigard, Hardwick, Hodges, Carney, Ellington, Guy, Braud, Greer

                              Titles recorded:
                              • Jazz Cocktail
                              • Lightnin'

                              Jazz Cocktail:
                              • MacHare has Benny Carter on alto sax, but Lasker, Girvan, Aasland, Bakker, Jepsen and New Desor do not.
                              • Carter is credited as composer on the record label, but some discographies make a point of saying he also was the arranger.
                              • Lambert says Carter told a Dave Caughran [recte David B. Caughren] he wrote it while he was with McKinney's Cotton Pickers and submitted it to Irving Mills, and that Mills had Ellington record it for promotional purposes. Carter appears to have confirmed this when asked by Steven Lasker, telling him he did not recall arranging it for Ellington.
                              • Mills Blue Rhythm Band also recorded the chart two days later.
                              Lightnin'
                              • Lambert describes this as "the first of Ellington's celebrated train pieces." but Lasker says Ellington told Brooks Kerr the title was inspired by the character Lightnin' on the Amos 'n' Andy radio show.
                              • Lasker quotes the June 18 1933 concert programme, which says Ellington wrote Lightnin' in 1932 during a long cross-country train journey and that it is Ellington's first experiment in polytonality.
                              New Desor
                              DE3211
                              DEMS
                              .djp2011
                              updated
                              2014-05-25
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                              1932 09 22
                              Thursday
                              11:00 a.m. - 1:40 p.m.
                              .New York, N.Y.American Record Corp. studio
                              1776 Broadway
                              American Record Corp. recording session
                              Duke Ellington and His Famous Orchestra
                              Whetsel, C.Williams, Jenkins, Brown, Nanton, Tizol, Bigard, Hodges, Hardwick, Carney, Ellington, Guy, Braud, Greer, Ray Mitchell, vocal.

                              Titles recorded:
                              • Stars
                              • Swing Low
                              Steven Lasker advises Ray Mitchell was but a regular employee on the Ellington payroll from June 1932 until at least December 1932.
                              New Desor
                              DE3212
                              DEMS
                              .djp2011
                              updated
                              2014-05-25
                              1932 09 22
                              Thursday
                              2 p.m.- 5 p.m.
                              .New York, N.Y.Victor studio #1
                              145 E. 24th St.
                              Recording session (no output)
                              Duke Ellington Orchestra
                              The musicians other than the leader were not named, instrumentation was 3 trumpets, 3 trombones, 4 reeds, piano, banjo, string bass and drums

                              Webmaster's comment:
                              Since this is the same instrumentation as the morning ARC session, it seems likely the same personnel were involved.

                              Steven Lasker:

                              ' Messrs. Mills and [Justin] Ring were present. "Orchestra arrived about (2:00) some of the men were here 1:30 others arrived between this time and 2:30. Rehearsed to 4:30, rested to 5:00. Mr. Ellington decided to call date off, men were tired." (The band's American Record Corporation/Brunswick session on this same date took place from 11:00 am to 1:40 pm.)'

                              E-mail, Lasker-Palmquist
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                              • 2018-08-28
                              ..
                              .LaskerNew
                              added 2014-08-17
                              2018-08-31
                              1932 09 23
                              Friday
                              1932 09 29
                              Thursday
                              Baltimore, Md.Century TheaterStage show

                              Stratemann dates this from the 23rd to the 28th; Steiner and Vail have it ending on the 29th.
                              • Stratemann p.51 citing Variety 1932-09-20
                              .
                              ..
                              .Ken Steiner aug11; djp2011
                              updated
                              2013-05-21
                              1932 09 24
                              Saturday
                              .Baltimore, Md.Century TheaterStage show - see 1932 09 23...
                              ..2011
                              1932 09 25
                              Sunday
                              .Baltimore, Md.Century TheaterStage show - see 1932 09 23...
                              ..2011
                              1932 09 26
                              Monday
                              .Baltimore, Md.Century TheaterStage show - see 1932 09 23...
                              ..2011
                              1932 09 27
                              Tuesday
                              .Baltimore, Md.Century TheaterStage show - see 1932 09 23...
                              ..2011
                              1932 09 28
                              Wednesday
                              .Baltimore, Md.Century TheaterStage show - see 1932 09 23...
                              ..2011
                              1932 09 29
                              Thursday
                              .Baltimore, Md.Century TheaterStage show - see 1932 09 23...
                              ..2011
                              1932 09 30
                              Friday
                              1932 10 05New York, N.Y.Capitol Theatre88 minute vaudeville show accompanying a Laurel and Hardy film "Pack Up Your Troubles."

                              Sharing the bill with Ellington and his orchestra:
                              • James Barton
                              • Benny Rubin
                              • Mills, Kirk & Martin
                              • Lucky Boys
                              • Frances Williams
                              The Ellington orch accompanied the other acts from the pit for the first part of the act, then took the stage for the last part, joined by dancers Worthy and Thompson (Lucky Boys).
                              • Stratemann p.51 citing
                                • Variety 1932-10-04
                                • The Billboard 1932-10-08 p.121
                              • Vail I, with clippings of an ad and a review; neither's source is identified
                              ..
                              .djp2011
                              updated
                              2013-05-21

                              October 1932

                              1932 10 01
                              Saturday
                              .New York, N.Y.Capitol TheatreVaudeville show - see 1932 09 30...
                              ..2011
                              1932 10 02
                              Sunday
                              .New York, N.Y.Capitol TheatreVaudeville show - see 1932 09 30...
                              ..2011
                              1932 10 03
                              Monday
                              .New York, N.Y.Capitol TheatreVaudeville show - see 1932 09 30...
                              ..2011
                              1932 10 04
                              Tuesday
                              .New York, N.Y.Capitol TheatreVaudeville show - see 1932 09 30...
                              ..2011
                              1932 10 05
                              Wednesday
                              .New York, N.Y.Capitol TheatreVaudeville show - see 1932 09 30...
                              ..2011
                              1932 10 06
                              Thursday
                              ...activities not documented...
                              ...
                              1932 10 07
                              Friday
                              .New York, N.Y.Rockland Palace
                              155th St. and Eighth Ave.
                              New York Times 1932-10-04:

                              "Duke Ellington's band, the Hall Johnson choir, W.C. Handy, Jules Bledsoe, Monette Moore, and George Morton will be among the entertainers at the benefit performance for the Scottsboro Unity Defense Committee ... with Bill Robinson ... as emcee."

                              The Scottsboro Boys were nine black youths convicted in 1931 by white juries, in short back-to-back trials, all completed within 15 days of their arrest, of raping two white women. Eight were sentenced to death, and then the appeals began. The Communist Party's International Labor Defense Fund paid for their appeals at the Alabama Supreme Court (denied) and United States Supreme Court (successful) where new trials were ordered.

                              John Hammond:

                              '...In December of 1932 [sic] he [William L. Patterson of the ILD] asked me to arrange the entertainment for a benefit the ILD was planning for the Scottsboro Defense Committee ... The benefit was held at the Rockland Palace ... underneath the elevated tracks next to the Polo Grounds. It was dingy and decrepit, but was as large as the Savoy Ballroom. It would serve very well. I got Benny Carter's orchestra and Duke Ellington –solo– and the benefit was a great successs. Miriam Hopkins and Tallulah Bankhead were there, and it also was the show-business debut of ... Martha Raye... My best memory is of the young girl singing in front of the Carter orchestra –with Duke at the piano– at this benefit...'

                              The New York Age 1932-10-08 announcement said, in part:

                              'Prominent on this program are Duke Ellington and his band, W. C. Handy,...
                                The entertainment will start at 8:30 p.m. and will be followed by dancing which will last till dawn. Bennie Carter's Orchestra will furnish the music for the dancing.
                                The proceeds...will be turned over to the defense of the nine Scottsboro boys, seven of whom were sentenced to death and whose case came up for hearing before the United States Supreme Court on October 10...
                                Members of the Scottsboro Unity Defense Comittee in charge of the benefit are: Mrs. Viola Carter, chariman; Mrs. Harry Austin, Rose McClendon, Mrs. Conrad A. Edwards, John Henry Hammond, jr., W.C.Handy and Adelaide Walker...'

                              Webmaster's comment:
                              The New York Age story is dated October 8, but it was a weekly and was published several days earlier. Its announcement confirms Hammond was one of the organizers of the October benefit, despite his dating Patterson's request in December. Hammond's book confirms Ellington played the October 1932 benefit but the three sources quoted do not establish whether or not the Ellington orchestra performed. It is conceivable they played during the entertainment segment, which would essentially be vaudeville, although that would conflict with the Loew's job.
                              • "Music Notes," New York Times, 1932-10-04, p.26., courtesy K.Steiner
                              • John Hammond with Irving Townsend, John Hammond on Record, An Autobiography, The Ridge Press, 1977, p.85
                              • "Duke Ellington to Head Entertainment," New York Age, 1932-10-08 p.2
                              .DEMS
                              05,1-7
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                              updated
                              2013-09-07
                              2015-09-04
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                              1932 10 07
                              Friday
                              1932 10 13Brooklyn, N.Y.Loew's Metropolitan Theater...DEMS
                              ..Added
                              2011
                              1932 10 08
                              Saturday
                              .Brooklyn, N.Y.Loew's Metropolitan TheaterStage show - see 1932 10 07...
                              ..2011
                              1932 10 09
                              Sunday
                              .Brooklyn, N.Y.Loew's Metropolitan TheaterStage show - see 1932 10 07...
                              ..2011
                              1932 10 10
                              Monday
                              .Brooklyn, N.Y.Loew's Metropolitan TheaterStage show - see 1932 10 07...
                              ..2011
                              1932 10 11
                              Tuesday
                              .Brooklyn, N.Y.Loew's Metropolitan TheaterStage show - see 1932 10 07...
                              ..2011
                              1932 10 12
                              Wednesday
                              .Brooklyn, N.Y.Loew's Metropolitan TheaterStage show - see 1932 10 07...
                              ..2011
                              1932 10 13
                              Thursday
                              .Brooklyn, N.Y.Loew's Metropolitan TheaterStage show - see 1932 10 07...
                              ..2011
                              1932 10 14
                              Friday
                              1932 10 20
                              Thursday
                              Boston, Mass.Loew's Orpheum Theatre
                              Washington St. & Hamilton Pl.
                              Loew's Greater Vaudeville, The Harlem Aristocrats, Duke Ellington and his Famous Orchestra, tap dancers Sid Gold & Don Raye, comediennes Maud Hilton and Mildred Caron, May Joyce (diminutive songstress), Other Star ActsBoston Herald
                              • 1932-10-13, p.6
                              • 1932-10-15, p.8
                              • 1932-10-16 p.6
                              ..
                              .djp2011
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                              1932 10 15
                              Saturday
                              ,Boston, Mass.Loew's Orpheum TheatreStage show - see 1932 10 14...
                              .djp2011
                              1932 10 16
                              Sunday
                              ,Boston, Mass.Loew's Orpheum TheatreStage show - see 1932 10 14

                              Special broadcast at 10:30 pm over station WBZ
                              Radio page, Boston Herald, 1932-10-16, p.5..
                              .djp2011
                              updated
                              2013-09-06
                              1932 10 17
                              Monday
                              ,Boston, Mass.Loew's Orpheum TheatreStage show - see 1932 10 14
                              Tonight - Girls' Dance Contest
                              Ad, Boston Herald, 1932-10-17 p.15..
                              .djp2011
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                              2013-09-07
                              1932 10 18
                              Tuesday
                              ,Boston, Mass.Loew's Orpheum TheatreStage show - see 1932 10 14...
                              .djp2011
                              1932 10 19
                              Wednesday
                              ,Boston, Mass.Loew's Orpheum TheatreStage show - see 1932 10 14...
                              .djp2011
                              1932 10 20
                              Thursday
                              ,Boston, Mass.Loew's Orpheum TheatreStage show - see 1932 10 14...
                              .djp2011
                              1932 10 21
                              Friday
                              1932 10 27Jersey City, N.J.Loew's Theater
                              (probably Loew's Jersey Theater,
                              54 Journal Square)
                              ....
                              ..updated 2012-01-03
                              1932 10 22
                              Saturday
                              .Jersey City, N.J.Loew's TheaterStage show - see 1932 10 21...
                              ..2011
                              1932 10 23
                              Sunday
                              .Jersey City, N.J.Loew's TheaterStage show - see 1932 10 21...
                              ..2011
                              1932 10 24
                              Monday
                              .Jersey City, N.J.Loew's TheaterStage show - see 1932 10 21...
                              ..2011
                              1932 10 25
                              Tuesday
                              .New York, N.Y.New York UniversityAccording to the Percy Grainger page in Wikipedia, "On 25 October 1932, (Percy Grainger's) lecture was illustrated by Duke Ellington and his band, who appeared in person; Grainger admired Ellington's music, seeing harmonic similarities with Delius."

                              While page 121 of The History of Jazz by Ted Gioia, says it was in November, handwritten and typed lecture notes dated October 24 are reproduced in Dr. Laura Rexroth's essay "Duke Ellington and Percy Grainger: Black, Brown and 'Blue-Eyed English'" The notes for both the Oct. 18 and 25 lectures are of interest.Hasse, Vail I and Spring also date this appearance as November.
                              ..
                              .djp2011
                              updated 2014-03-12
                              2015-03-11
                              2015-03-20
                              1932 10 25
                              Tuesday
                              .Jersey City, N.J.Loew's TheaterStage show - see 1932 10 21...
                              ..2011
                              1932 10 26
                              Wednesday
                              .Jersey City, N.J.Loew's TheaterStage show - see 1932 10 21...
                              ..2011
                              1932 10 27
                              Thursday
                              .Jersey City, N.J.Loew's TheaterStage show - see 1932 10 21...
                              ..2011
                              1932 10 28
                              Friday
                              1932 11 03
                              Thursday
                              Washington, D.C.Fox Theatre....
                              ..Added
                              2011
                              1932 10 29
                              Saturday
                              .Washington, D.C.Fox TheatreStage show - see 1932 10 28...
                              ..2011
                              1932 10 30
                              Sunday
                              .Washington, D.C.Fox TheatreStage show - see 1932 10 28...
                              ..2011
                              1932 10 31
                              Monday
                              Halloween
                              .Washington, D.C.Fox TheatreStage show - see 1932 10 28...
                              ..2011

                              November 1932

                              circa
                              1932 11 00:
                              ...Peripheral event
                              Steven Lasker:
                              Mills Music, Inc. moved from 148-150 46th Street to the Brill Building, 1619 Broadway, 3rd floor, in the fall of 1932. The move was announced by an ad in the 1932 11 01 issue of Variety which noted our catalog has grown so large we just had to move.

                              Mills Music, Inc. would publish a few pieces by Ellington in the 1930s (Drop Me Off In Harlem, and all songs associated with a Cotton Club production).

                              Robbins Music Corp. (which from 1926 or 1927 until at least 1945 was also located at 799 Seventh Avenue) would publish some (Rhapsody Jr. and Bird of Paradise, both published 1935 plus a few more titles at the end of 1939), but the bulk of Ellington's music from the 1930s was published by a succession of Irving's companies.

                              Most appeared either on Mills' Gotham Music Services Inc. (1927-33) or Exclusive Publications, Inc. (1934-39) with a few from 1934-35 (notably Solitude and In a Sentimental Mood) published by Milsons Music Publishing Corp.

                              The 1619 Broadway address is shown on two pieces of Ellington's sheet music from late 1932, both pieces from 1933 (Sophisticated Lady and Drop Me off in Harlem), and all of his music published by a Mills concern after 1936 07 20, the date the copyright application for Oh Babe -- Maybe Someday was received by the copyright office.

                              Works by Ellington from 1934, 1935 and the first half of 1936 show the publisher's address as either 1619 Broadway or 799 Seventh Avenue (the address of Mills Dance Orchestras, see 1932 03 00), which suggests that publishing activity was conducted at both sites during that period.

                              Exclusive Publications, Inc. gave way at the beginning of 1940 to a new entity, The American Academy of Music, Inc., also of 1619 Broadway, and many of Ellington's earlier works would be republished with that imprimatur in place of the original.
                              Email, S. Lasker-Palmquist
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                              • 2016-06-29
                              ..
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                              added 2015-06-17
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                              2016-06-27
                              2016-06-29
                              2016-06-30
                              1932 11 01.Washington, D.C.Fox TheatreStage show - see 1932 10 28...
                              ..2011
                              1932 11 01
                              Tuesday
                              .Washington, D.C.Fox TheatreStage show - see 1932 10 28...
                              ..2011
                              1932 11 02
                              Wednesday
                              .Washington, D.C.Fox TheatreStage show - see 1932 10 28...
                              ..2011
                              1932 11 03
                              Thursday
                              .Washington, D.C.Fox TheatreStage show - see 1932 10 28...
                              ..2011
                              1932 11 04
                              Friday
                              1932 11 10
                              Thursday
                              New York, N.Y.Loew's State Theatre,
                              1540 Broadway
                              Stage show

                              While the boys are in the pit, Ellington conducts and Horace Henderson, no less, plays piano. But the union still forbids the appearance of Lawrence Brown, that third trombone, since he is not yet a member of the New York local, which keeps Duke from playing his very latest stuff.
                              ..DEMS
                              • 02,2-20 Steven Lasker quoting John Hammond in Melody Maker, Dec 1932
                              .djp2011
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                              1932 11 05
                              Saturday
                              .New York, N.Y.Loew's State TheatreStage show - see 1932 11 04....
                              ..2011
                              1932 11 06
                              Sunday
                              .New York, N.Y.Loew's State TheatreStage show - see 1932 11 04....
                              ..2011
                              1932 11 07
                              Monday
                              .New York, N.Y.Loew's State TheatreStage show - see 1932 11 04....
                              ..2011
                              1932 11 08
                              Tuesday
                              .New York, N.Y.Loew's State TheatreStage show - see 1932 11 04....
                              ..2011
                              1932 11 09
                              Wednesday
                              .New York, N.Y.Loew's State TheatreStage show - see 1932 11 04....
                              ..2011
                              1932 11 10
                              Thursday
                              .New York, N.Y.Loew's State TheatreStage show - see 1932 11 04....
                              ..2011
                              1932 11 11
                              Friday
                              ...activities not documented...
                              ...
                              1932 11 12
                              Saturday
                              ...activities not documented...
                              ...
                              1932 11 13
                              Sunday
                              ...activities not documented...
                              ...
                              1932 11 14
                              Monday
                              ...activities not documented...
                              ...
                              1932 11 15
                              Tuesday
                              ...activities not documented...
                              ...
                              1932 11 16
                              Wednesday
                              ...activities not documented...
                              ...
                              1932 11 17
                              Thursday
                              ...activities not documented...
                              ...
                              1932 11 18
                              Friday
                              1932 11 25
                              Friday
                              Philadelphia, Penn.Pearl TheaterStage show..DEMS
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                              2011
                              1932 11 19
                              Saturday
                              .Philadelphia, Penn.Pearl TheaterStage show see 1932 11 18...
                              ..2011
                              1932 11 20
                              Sunday
                              .Philadelphia, Penn.Pearl TheaterStage show see 1932 11 18...
                              ..2011
                              1932 11 21
                              Monday
                              .Philadelphia, Penn.Pearl TheaterStage show see 1932 11 18...
                              ..2011
                              1932 11 22
                              Tuesday
                              .Philadelphia, Penn.Pearl TheaterStage show see 1932 11 18...
                              ..2011
                              1932 11 23
                              Wednesday
                              .Philadelphia, Penn.Pearl TheaterStage show see 1932 11 18...
                              ..2011
                              1932 11 24
                              Thursday
                              .Philadelphia, Penn.Pearl TheaterStage show see 1932 11 18...
                              ..2011
                              1932 11 25
                              Friday
                              .Philadelphia, Penn.Pearl TheaterStage show see 1932 11 18...
                              ..2011
                              1932 11 26
                              Saturday
                              1932 11 01Baltimore, Md.HippodromeDance?...
                              ..Added
                              2011
                              1932 11 27
                              Sunday
                              1932 11 01Baltimore, Md.Hippodromesee 1932 11 26...
                              ..2011
                              1932 11 28
                              Monday
                              1932 11 01Baltimore, Md.Hippodromesee 1932 11 26...
                              ..2011
                              1932 11 29
                              Tuesday
                              1932 11 01Baltimore, Md.Hippodromesee 1932 11 26...
                              ..2011
                              1932 11 29
                              Tuesday
                              .Baltimore, Md.New Albert CasinoKrazy Kats BallBaltimore Afro-American 1932-11-26 p.17.jpg...
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                              1932 11 30
                              Wednesday
                              1932 11 01Baltimore, Md.Hippodromesee 1932 11 26...
                              ..2011

                              December 1932

                              1932 12 01
                              Thursday
                              1932 11 01Baltimore, Md.Hippodromesee 1932 11 26...
                              ..2011
                              1932 12 02
                              Friday
                              1932 12 08
                              Thursday
                              Washington, D.C.Howard Theatre
                              620 T St.
                              (ad shows Dec 03)..
                              Vail I.Added
                              2011
                              1932 12 03
                              Saturday
                              .Washington, D.C.Howard Theatre
                              620 T St.
                              Stage show - see 1932 12 02...
                              ..2011
                              1932 12 04
                              Sunday
                              .Washington, D.C.Howard Theatre
                              620 T St.
                              Stage show - see 1932 12 02...
                              ..2011
                              1932 12 05
                              Monday
                              .Washington, D.C.Howard Theatre
                              620 T St.
                              Stage show - see 1932 12 02...
                              ..2011
                              1932 12 06
                              Tuesday
                              .Washington, D.C.Howard Theatre
                              620 T St.
                              Stage show - see 1932 12 02...
                              ..2011
                              1932 12 07
                              Wednesday
                              .Washington, D.C.Howard Theatre
                              620 T St.
                              Stage show - see 1932 12 02...
                              ..2011
                              1932 12 08
                              Thursday
                              .Washington, D.C.Howard Theatre
                              620 T St.
                              Stage show - see 1932 12 02...
                              ..2011
                              1932 12 09
                              Friday
                              ...activities not documented...
                              ...
                              1932 12 10
                              Saturday
                              1932 12 16
                              Friday
                              New York, N.Y.Lafayette Theatre,
                              132nd St. & 7th Ave.
                              Harlem
                              Vaudeville show

                              Duke Ellington and his Cotton Club Band, Ivy Anderson, 3 Drifters, Roland Holder, Marcelle and Williams in 'The Cat and The Parrot,' Clint and Marie, DeGaston and Williams, The Pearlettes.
                              New York Age1932-12-17,p.6..
                              .djp2011
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                              2013-09-07
                              1932 12 11
                              Sunday
                              .New York, N.Y.Lafayette TheatreVaudeville show - see 1932 12 10...
                              ..2011
                              1932 12 12
                              Monday
                              .New York, N.Y.Lafayette TheatreVaudeville show - see 1932 12 10...
                              ..2011
                              1932 12 13
                              Tuesday
                              .New York, N.Y.Lafayette TheatreVaudeville show - see 1932 12 10...
                              ..2011
                              1932 12 15
                              Thursday
                              .New York, N.Y.Lafayette TheatreVaudeville show - see 1932 12 10...
                              ..2011
                              1932 12 14
                              Wednesday
                              .New York, N.Y.Lafayette TheatreVaudeville show - see 1932 12 10...
                              ..2011
                              1932 12 16
                              Friday
                              .New York, N.Y.Lafayette TheatreVaudeville show - see 1932 12 10...
                              ..2011
                              1932 12 17
                              Saturday
                              ...activities not documented...
                              ...
                              1932 12 18
                              Sunday
                              ...activities not documented...
                              ...
                              1932 12 19
                              Monday
                              ...activities not documented...
                              ...
                              1932 12 20
                              Tuesday
                              ...activities not documented...
                              ...
                              1932 12 21
                              Wednesday
                              8:00 p.m.
                              1932 12 22
                              2:10 a.m.
                              New York, N.Y.American Record Corp. studio
                              1776 Broadway
                              American Record Corp. recording session
                              Adelaide Hall with Duke Ellington and His Famous Orchestra
                              and Duke Ellington and His Famous Orchestra
                              Whetsel, C.Williams, Jenkins, Brown, Nanton, Tizol, Hodges, Hardwick, Carney, Ellington, Guy, Braud, Greer, Adelaide Hall* and Ivie Anderson,** vocals

                              Lasker:

                              'According to John Hammond (Melody Maker, 1933-02-00 page 239), Bigard's absence was due to illness.'


                              Titles recorded:
                              • I Must Have That Man*
                              • Baby*
                              • Any Time, Any Day, Anywhere
                              • Delta Bound**
                              New Desor
                              DE3213
                              DEMS
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                              1932 12 22
                              Thursday
                              2:00 - 5:10 p.m.
                              .New York, N.Y.American Record Corp. studios
                              1776 Broadway
                              First of two American Record Corporation recording sessions this day
                              The Mills Brothers with Duke Ellington and His Famous Orchestra
                              Whetsel, C.Williams, Jenkins, Brown, Nanton, Tizol, Hodges, Hardwick, Carney, Ellington, Guy, Braud, Greer, The Mills Brothers (Herbert, Harry, Donald and John,Jr., vocals, with John doubling guitar)
                              Title recorded:
                              Diga Diga Doo
                              New Desor
                              DE3214
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                              1932 12 22
                              Thursday
                              8:00 p.m. to midnight
                              .New York, N.Y..Second American Record Corporation recording session this day
                              Ethel Waters with Duke Ellington and His Famous Orchestra
                              Whetsel, C.Williams, Jenkins, Nanton, Tizol,Hardwick, Carney, Ellington, Guy, Braud, Greer, Ethel Waters, voc.
                              Titles recorded:
                              • I Can't Give You Anything But Love
                              • Porgy
                              New Desor
                              DE3214
                              NDCS 1022
                              DEMS
                              .djp2011
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                              1932 12 22
                              Thursday
                              10 p.m.
                              .New York, N.Y..Scheduled personal appearance on radio - note the time conflict with the evening recording session.

                              Duke Ellington will appear on the National Negro Forum hour over WEVD tomorrow at 10 p.m.

                              "On the Dotted Line," Brooklyn Daily Eagle, 1932 12 21 p.21..
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                              1932 12 23
                              Friday
                              .Johnson City,N.Y.Geo. F. Pavilion
                              (a.k.a. George F. Johnson Pavilion)
                              GALA CHRISTMAS PROGRAM
                              All Proceeds Will Be Given for Unemployment Relief

                              TONIGHT
                              ----
                              DUKE
                              ELLINGTON
                              and His
                              Radio, Pictures,
                              Record and Cotton
                              Club Orchestra

                              Ladies, 50c
                              Gentlemen, $1.00

                              Ad, Binghamton Press, Binghamton, N.Y. 1932-12-23 p.16..
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                              1932 12 24
                              Saturday
                              .York, Penn.Valencia Ballroom...
                              Vail I.Added
                              2011
                              1932 12 25
                              Sunday
                              Christmas
                              .Pittsburgh, Penn.Schenley Hotel...DEMS
                              ..Added
                              2011
                              1932 12 26
                              Monday
                              .Cleveland, OhioBallroom
                              Hotel Cleveland
                              (Unconfirmed)

                              "Duke Ellington and his famous band have been engaged by the Ching Tang Club of Lakewood to furnish music at their ninth annual Christmas dance...."
                              The club was a young men's club, proceeds of the party were to go to charity.
                              "Plan Christmas Dance," Cleveland Plain Dealer, 1932-12-19, p.14..
                              .K.Steiner Dec 2012(New)

                              Added 2012-01-17
                              1932 12 27
                              Tuesday
                              8:30 till 1
                              .Canton, OhioNew Land O'Dance Ballroom
                              Market Avenue
                              (North Canton)
                              (Unconfirmed)

                              Dance, 8:30 to 1:00 am
                              Owner H.W.Perry announced he would be installing loges and special seating for those who wanted to watch but not dance.

                              Admission 75 cents a person, free list suspended, doors open 7 pm.
                              • Joe Mosbrook: "Jazzed in Cleveland"
                              • The Canton Repository:
                                • Announcement and ad, 1932-12-18, p.16
                                • Ad, 1932-12-20, p.10
                                • Ad, 1932-12-21, p.9
                                • Announcement 1932-12-25, p.16
                                • Ad, 1932-12-27, p.16
                              ..
                              .djp(New)

                              added 2012-12-11
                              updated 2013-09-06
                              1932 12 28
                              Wednesday
                              .Columbus, Ohio.Valley Dale Ballroom"[T]hey will formally open the new Valley Dale Color room, designed by Dick Ashbaugh.""Harlem Duke Plays Dale Opening," Columbus Dispatch, 27Dec32, p8A..
                              .K.Steiner Dec 2012New
                              added 2012-01-17
                              1932 12 29
                              Thursday
                              ...activities not documented...
                              ...
                              1932 12 30
                              Friday
                              ...activities not documented...
                              ...
                              1932 12 31
                              Saturday
                              1933 01 06New York, N.Y.RKO Albee Theatre
                              Albee Square
                              Brooklyn
                              Vaudeville show
                              Ellington orchestra, singer Ann Lester and others
                              Brooklyn Daily Eagle..
                              ..2011
                              updated
                              2013-06-10



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                              January 1933

                              1933 01 01
                              Sunday
                              .New York, N.Y.RKO Albee TheatreSee 1932 12 31...
                              ..Added
                              2011
                              1933 01 02
                              Monday
                              .New York, N.Y.RKO Albee TheatreSee 1932 12 31...
                              ..Added
                              2011
                              1933 01 03
                              Tuesday
                              .New York, N.Y.RKO Albee TheatreSee 1932 12 31...
                              ..Added
                              2011
                              1933 01 03
                              Tuesday
                              .New York, N.Y.315 [sic] Edgecombe Ave.Duke's parents, James Edward and Daisy, celebrated their 35th anniversary at home. Among the family members and guests present were:
                              • Ellington
                              • son Mercer
                              • sister Ruth
                              • Cab Calloway (who dedicated half his Cotton Club broadcast to them) and his bandsmen
                              • Sam Flashnick
                              • Mr. and Mrs. E. Ned Williams, publicity agent for Mills-Rockwell
                              • Mr. and Mrs. Braund [recte Braud?]
                              • Mr. and Mrs. Sonny Greer
                              • Mr. and Mrs. Juan Tizol
                              • Ivy Anderson
                              • Freddie Jenkins
                              • Mr. and Mrs. F. Guy
                              • Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Wetzel [recte Whetsel]
                              • Joseph Nanton
                              • Otto Hardwick
                              Courier columnist Ted Yates listed many more names, as well as the names of those who sent greetings and/or gifts.
                              • Thirty-Fifth Anniversary of Ellingtons A Blessed Event; Nite Club Stars Attend,  Pittsburgh Courier 1933-01-14 p.3 s.1 (date-line New York, Jan.5)
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                              ..New
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                              1933 01 04
                              Wednesday
                              .New York, N.Y.RKO Albee TheatreSee 1932 12 31...
                              ..Added
                              2011
                              1933 01 05
                              Thursday
                              .New York, N.Y.RKO Albee TheatreSee 1932 12 31...
                              ..Added
                              2011
                              1933 01 06
                              Friday
                              .New York, N.Y.RKO Albee TheatreSee 1932 12 31...
                              ..Added
                              2011
                              1933 01 07
                              Saturday
                              12:40-5:40 p.m.
                              .New York, N.Y.American Record Corporation studios
                              1776 Broadway
                              American Record Corporation recording session
                              Adelaide Hall with Duke Ellington and His Famous Orchestra* and Duke Ellington and His Famous Orchestra**
                              Whetsel, C.Williams, Brown, Nanton, Tizol, Bigard, Hodges, Carney, Ellington,Guy, Braud, Greer, A. Hall*
                              Titles recorded:
                              • I Must Have That Man*
                              • Baby!*
                              • Eerie Moan**
                              New Desor
                              DE3301
                              DEMS
                              ..2011
                              updated
                              2014-05-25
                              1933 01 08
                              Sunday
                              ...activities not documented...
                              ...
                              1933 01 09
                              Monday
                              2:30 a.m. departure
                              .New York to PittsburghPullman coachIn a story datelined Pittsburgh, Jan.9, Pittsburgh Courier columnist Ted Yates described his train trip from New York to Pittsburgh, departing at 2:30 a.m., with Ellington, his family and the orchestra, some with their wives. Specifically mentioned as being on the trip:
                              • Duke's parents
                              • son Mercer
                              • sister Ruth
                              • Sam Fleishnick, representing Ellington's booking agent Mills Rockwell
                              • Ivy Anderson
                              • Artie Wetzel
                              • Charlie Williams
                              • Mr. and Mrs. Juan Tizol
                              • Mr. and Mrs. William Broad
                              • friend Jerome Reigh [recte Rhea]
                              • himself (Yates)
                              Since a subsequent story says Duke's girlfriend, not named, was at the post-event celebration that evening, it seems likely she was on this trip too.
                              Pittsburgh Courier 1933-01-14 p.6 s.2..
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                              updated 2013-09-09
                              1933 01 09
                              Monday
                              .Pittsburgh, Penn.Pythian Temple"Victory Dance" in honour of the "King of Jazz Rhythm"
                              Duke was crowned winner of the Pittsburgh Courier's "Most Popular Orchestra" contest, sponsored by the Pittsburgh Courier, celebrating the second time he won its poll.

                              Courier's theatrical editor, Floyd G. Snelson, climbed to the platform and made the coronation speech, introducing the Ellington family and the band. The lovely Sara Turner put the crown on Duke's head and gave him a silver loving cup to deafening applause. The dance followed.

                              There is extensive coverage in the January 7 and 14 editions of the Courier, including a photo collage of the band and Duke, and photos of Daisy and of Ruth.
                              (1)Stratemann has Ellington at the Pythian until Jan.13, citing Pittsburgh Courier 1933-01-07,pp.2 & 6, but there is nothing in that edition saying so. Vail gives the same dates, naming no sources.

                              (2)Ken Steiner's research indicates it was
                              "A one-nighter. For the second year in a row, Ellington was crowned "King of Jazz" by the Pittsburgh Courier. The entire Ellington household came over from New York, especially for the coronation...."

                              If Ellington had engagements in Pittsburgh after Jan. 9, they had to have finished by Jan. 12, because Ellington performed in Evansville the next day. Considering Ellington had his entire family with him and some of the sidemen brought their wives, they may have just taken a couple of days off before hitting the road again.
                              • (1)Pittsburgh Courier, 1933-01-07 pp.2,6
                              • (2)Floyd Snelson, "Duke Ellington Praises Hospitality of Pittsburgh After Gala Coronation," Pittsburgh Courier, 1933-01-14, p.7 s.2
                              • Email, Lasker-Palmquist 2014-08-24
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                              .K.Steiner Dec 2012
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                              2013-09-07
                              2014-09-06
                              1933 01 09
                              Monday
                              .Pittsburgh, Penn. The SunsetAfter the Pythian Temple dance, "The Duke and his gang were guests of the Sunset," a restaurant which was crowded with well-wishers."Talk 'o Town," Pittsburgh Courier, 1933-01-14, s.1 p.8..
                              ..New
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                              1933 01 10
                              Tuesday
                              ...activities not documented...
                              ...
                              1933 01 11
                              Wednesday
                              ...activities not documented...
                              ...
                              1933 01 12
                              Thursday
                              ...activities not documented...
                              ...
                              1933 01 13
                              Friday
                              .Evansville, Ind.Memorial ColiseumConcert, 9 pm, followed by dancing until 2 am

                              Duke Ellington and His World Famous Orchestra

                              Sharing the billing: Ivy Anderson and Charley Williams

                              Reduced prices, couples $1.50 plus tax. Reserved tables 25 cents per person. Balcony admission 35 cents.
                              "A large crowd attended the dance in Evansville, Ind., Friday night where Duke Ellington's band played."
                              • Ads, Evansville Press,
                                • 1933-01-08
                                • 1933-01-13
                              • Lee L. Brown, "Kentucky State News," Chicago Defender, nat. ed., 1933-01-21 p.21
                              ..
                              .Renny McBride, Evansville Libary 2013-08-22; K.Steiner Dec 2012New
                              added 2012-01-17 and updated 2013-08-22
                              1933 01 14
                              Saturday
                              ... Peripheral event
                              The Pittsburgh Courier carried an ad for G.A.Morgan's Improved Hair Refiner Cream, with an endorsement by Ellington: "I have tried them all, but there's nothing that does the work quite so well as G.A.Morgan's Hair Refining Cream for straightening the hair,"says Duke Ellington, the Jazz King

                              Also on the page: Tickets for the Duke Ellington dance were duplicated, and the schemers got away - so they believe.
                              Pittsburgh Courier, 1933-01-04, p.6,s.1..
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                              1933 01 14
                              Saturday
                              1933 01 28
                              Saturday
                              or
                              1933 01 30
                              Monday
                              or
                              1933 02 03
                              Friday
                              St. Louis, Mo.Club AvalonClub date.

                              (1) For this engagement, unadvertised in St. Louis newspapers, it was reported the booking is for two weeks with an option. Ellington's is the first colored band to play the spot.

                              (2) A confusing report in the Chicago Defender has Ivie Anderson leaving the band twice during this engagement and flying to Chicago; the Avalon management was said to have sent a telegram to the Defender stating that the band closed "Saturday night" [28 Jan].

                              (3) The closing date is uncertain. United Press columnist C.E.Butterfield's column published in the January 20 1933 Cumberland (Maryland) Evening Times, p.6 and Harrisburg (Penn.) Telegraph, p.12, says Duke Ellington's band, playing from St. Louis, give the first of three Saturday midnight dance concerts on WABC-CBS this week-end.
                              If these were all to be from St. Louis, this indicates a closing date of February 4, but Ellington appears to in Philadelphia on February 4.

                              The January 21 and 28 broadcasts are confirmed in radio logs in the Fresno Bee, The Los Angeles Times and the New York Times for those dates, but Ellington is missing from their schedules for February 4.

                              (4) In an oral history interview, local musician Elijah Shaw said One time Duke Ellington came here to play and Sonny Greer was sick, one of my students Wilbert Curt played in Sonny Greer's place.
                              .
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                              1933 01 13
                              Friday
                              .St. Louis, Mo.Club AvalonClub date - see 1933 01 14...
                              ..2011
                              1933 01 14
                              Saturday
                              .St. Louis, Mo.Club AvalonClub date - see 1933 01 14...
                              ..2011
                              1933 01 15
                              Sunday
                              .St. Louis, Mo.Club AvalonClub date - see 1933 01 14...
                              ..2011
                              1933 01 16
                              Monday
                              .St. Louis, Mo.Club AvalonClub date - see 1933 01 14...
                              ..2011
                              1933 01 17
                              Tuesday
                              .St. Louis, Mo.Club AvalonClub date - see 1933 01 14...
                              ..2011
                              1933 01 18
                              Wednesday
                              .St. Louis, Mo.Club AvalonClub date - see 1933 01 14...
                              ..2011
                              1933 01 19
                              Thursday
                              .St. Louis, Mo.Club AvalonClub date - see 1933 01 14...
                              ..2011
                              1933 01 20
                              Friday
                              .St. Louis, Mo.Club AvalonClub date - see 1933 01 14...
                              ..2011
                              1933 01 21
                              Saturday
                              .St. Louis, Mo.Club AvalonClub date - see 1933 01 14...
                              ..2011
                              1933 01 22
                              Sunday
                              .St. Louis, Mo.Club AvalonClub date - see 1933 01 14...
                              ..2011
                              1933 01 23
                              Monday
                              .St. Louis, Mo.Club AvalonClub date - see 1933 01 14...
                              ..2011
                              1933 01 24
                              Tuesday
                              .St. Louis, Mo.Club AvalonClub date - see 1933 01 14...
                              ..2011
                              1933 01 25
                              Wednesday
                              .St. Louis, Mo.Club AvalonClub date - see 1933 01 14...
                              ..2011
                              1933 01 26
                              Thursday
                              .St. Louis, Mo.Club AvalonClub date - see 1933 01 14...
                              ..2011
                              1933 01 27
                              Friday
                              .St. Louis, Mo.Club AvalonClub date - see 1933 01 14...
                              ..2011
                              1933 01 28
                              Saturday
                              .St. Louis, Mo.Club AvalonClub date - see 1933 01 14...
                              ..2011
                              1933 01 29
                              Sunday
                              .St. Louis, Mo.Club AvalonClub date - see 1933 01 14
                              Closing date uncertain
                              ...
                              ..2011
                              1933 01 30
                              Monday
                              .St. Louis, Mo.Club Avalon
                              Club date - see 1933 01 14
                              Closing date uncertain
                              ...
                              ..2011
                              1933 01 31... Peripheral event
                              Creole Rhapsody won Ellington the New York Schools of Music annual award for the best composition of the year
                              Niagara Falls Gazette, p.5..
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                              1933 01 31
                              Tuesday
                              .St. Louis, Mo.Club Avalon
                              Club date - see 1933 01 14
                              Closing date uncertain
                              ...
                              ..2011
                              1933 01 31
                              Tuesday
                              1933 02 01
                              Wednesday
                              St. Louis, Mo..The telegram from the Avalon management to the Chicago Defender suggested that the band "might well have playing elsewhere in the Mound city." (Chicago Defender, above)...
                              .K.Steiner Dec 2012.
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                              February 1933

                              1933 02 01
                              Wednesday
                              .St. Louis, Mo.Club Avalon
                              Club date - see 1933 01 14
                              Closing date uncertain
                              ...
                              ..2011
                              1933 02 02
                              Thursday
                              .St. Louis, Mo.Club Avalon
                              Club date - see 1933 01 14
                              Closing date uncertain

                              I have kept this entry listed because there was a possibility of the contract begin extended, but it seems doubtful given the Carbondale appearance on this date. However, St. Louis and Carbondale are about 2 hours apart by road. It's not impossible.
                              ...
                              ..2011
                              1933 02 02
                              Thursday
                              .Carbondale, Ill.exact venue unknownA "breakfast dance given at the shoe factory.""Illinois News," Chicago Defender, nat. ed., 18Feb33, p22..
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                              1933 02 03
                              Friday
                              .St. Louis, Mo.Club Avalon
                              Club date - see 1933 01 14
                              Doubtful but not impossible. Closing date uncertain
                              ...
                              ..2011
                              1933 02 041933 02 10Philadelphia, Penn.Stanley Theatre...
                              Carl A. Hällström, The Duke Ellington Itinerary.Added
                              2011
                              1933 02 04
                              Saturday
                              .Philadelphia, Penn.Stanley TheatreStage show - see 1933 02 04..
                              .2011
                              1933 02 05
                              Sunday
                              .Philadelphia, Penn.Stanley TheatreStage show - see 1933 02 04..
                              .2011
                              1933 02 06
                              Monday
                              .Philadelphia, Penn.Stanley TheatreStage show - see 1933 02 04..
                              .2011
                              1933 02 07
                              Tuesday
                              .Philadelphia, Penn.Stanley TheatreStage show - see 1933 02 04..
                              .2011
                              1933 02 08
                              Wednesday
                              .Philadelphia, Penn.Stanley TheatreStage show - see 1933 02 04..
                              .2011
                              1933 02 09
                              Thursday
                              .Philadelphia, Penn.Stanley TheatreStage show - see 1933 02 04..
                              .2011
                              1933 02 10
                              Friday
                              .Philadelphia, Penn.Stanley TheatreStage show - see 1933 02 04..
                              .2011
                              1933 02 11
                              Saturday
                              ...activities not documented...
                              ...
                              1933 02 12
                              Sunday
                              ...activities not documented...
                              ...
                              1933 02 13
                              Monday
                              ...activities not documented...
                              ...
                              1933 02 14
                              Tuesday
                              Valentine's Day
                              ...activities not documented...
                              ...
                              1933 02 15
                              Wednesday
                              .New York, N.Y.55 Fifth AveColumbia Gramophone Co. Ltd. (the English Columbia label) recording session
                              Duke Ellington and His Orchestra
                              Whetsel, C.Williams, Jenkins, Brown, Nanton, Tizol, Bigard, Hodges, Hardwick, Carney, Ellington, Guy, Braud, Greer, Ivie Anderson
                              Titles recorded:
                              • Merry Go Round
                              • Sophisticated Lady
                              • I've Got The World On A String
                              Lambert describes Hardwick's trills in Sophisticated Lady as being hard to take.

                              Merry Go Round was the fourth title for this song; its earlier titles were Ace of Spades, Cotton Club Shim Sham and 142nd Street and Lenox Avenue.

                              Lasker says this session may have been supervised by Irving Mills. He quotes from a Feb. 10 letter by John Hammond, published in Melody Maker in March (p.185):

                              '...Mills' greatest feat of the month was his decision to take over all the American recordings contolled by the English Columbia Graphophone Company. As a result of this, Parlophone and Columbia records will appear in England which will not have been released in the States, for Mills' contract has but little to do with the American Columbia company. The first fruits of this liason will be the Duke's recordings of his latest tunes on Wednesday, the 15th February, at the local Columbia studios.'

                              and from his autobiography:

                              'I was present at his recording session for Mills and Columbia, although I was in no sense his producer.'

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                              1933 02 16
                              Thursday
                              .New York, N.Y.55 Fifth Ave.Columbia Gramophone Co. Ltd. (the English Columbia label) recording session
                              Duke Ellington and His Orchestra
                              Whetsel, C.Williams, Jenkins, Brown, Nanton, Tizol, Bigard, Hodges, Hardwick, Carney, Ellington, Guy, Braud, Greer

                              Lasker says this session may have been supervised by Irving Mills.
                              Title recorded
                              -Down A Carolina Lane
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                              1933 02 17
                              Friday
                              1:30 - 7:00 p.m.
                              .New York, N.Y.American Record Corporation studios
                              1776 Broadway
                              American Record Corporation recording session
                              Duke Ellington and His Famous Orchestra
                              Whetsel, C.Williams, Jenkins, Brown, Nanton, Tizol, Bigard, Hodges, Hardwick, Carney, Ellington, Guy, Braud, Greer

                              Titles recorded:
                              • Slippery Horn
                              • Blackbirds Medley - Part 1: 1. I Can't Give You Anything But Love, 2. Doin' The New Lowdown, 3. I Must Have That Man, 4. Baby!
                              • Blackbirds Medley - Part 2: 5. Dixie, 6. Diga Diga Doo, 7. Porgy, 8. I Can't Give You Anything But Love
                              • Drop Me Off In Harlem*
                              *(Some labels show "Drop Me Off At Harlem")
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                              1933 02 18
                              Saturday
                              .Allentown, Penn.Mealey Auditorium"Dancing 8:30 pm to 12:00."ad, Allentown Morning Call, 18Feb33, p11..
                              .K.Steiner Dec 2012.
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                              1933 02 19
                              Sunday
                              ...activities not documented...
                              ...
                              1933 02 20
                              Monday
                              ...activities not documented...
                              ...
                              1933 02 21
                              Tuesday
                              ...activities not documented...
                              ...
                              1933 02 22
                              Wednesday
                              .Brooklyn, N.Y.Labor Lyceum
                              Willoughby and Myrtle Aves.
                              Charity Dance and All-Star Show for the Brooklyn Home for Aged Colored People
                              The bill included Ellington and his band, The Three Keys, Doris Rhubottom, Tommy Morton and His Ipana Troubadours, Connie's Inn Revue and Band, Earl (Snakehips) Tucker, Jazzlips Richardson, Bessie Dudley, Cora Green, Una West, Willie Jackson, The Lucky Severn Trio, Red Simmons, The Dixie Nightingales. Music for dancing by Cora La Redd's Red Peppers. Admission 35 cents, no tax.
                              Ad, New York Amsterdam News 1933-02-15p.11..
                              Stratemann p.52.2011
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                              2013-09-07
                              1933 02 23
                              Thursday
                              ...activities not documented...
                              ...
                              1933 02 24
                              Friday
                              ...activities not documented...
                              ...
                              1933 02 25
                              Saturday
                              ...activities not documented...
                              ...
                              1933 02 26
                              Sunday
                              ...activities not documented...
                              ...
                              1933 02 27
                              Monday
                              ...activities not documented...
                              ...
                              1933 02 28
                              Tuesday
                              ...activities not documented...
                              ...

                              March 1933

                              1933 03 01
                              Wednesday
                              ...activities not documented...
                              ...
                              1933 03 02
                              Thursday
                              ...activities not documented...
                              ...
                              1933 03 03
                              Friday
                              ...activities not documented...
                              ...
                              Possibly
                              circa
                              1933 03 04
                              Saturday
                              .Astoria, N.Y.Paramount's Eastern Service StudiosMaking "Paramount Pictorial P3-1" film short The World at Large
                              Duke Ellington and His Orchestra
                              Whetsel, C.Williams, Jenkins, Brown, Nanton, Tizol, Bigard, Hodges, Hardwick, Carney, Ellington, Guy, Braud, Greer
                              Paramount produced 110 one-reeler newsreel-type films from 1930 to 1940 that ...managed to present entertaining information on a wide range of interesting topics. These shorts were generally in three parts, with one related to music or composers. Seven featured big bands or band leaders; Ellington appeared in one in 1933 and another in 1937.

                              The third segment of 1933 release P3-1 (sometimes referred to as Paramount Pictorial 837) opened with Irving Mills sitting behind a desk, followed by short scenes with Baron Lee and His Blue Rhythm Orchestra, Duke Ellington and His Orchestra, followed by Cab Calloway and His Orchestra. In the 1 minute, 21 seconds devoted to Ellington, he solos for 15 seconds on Sophisticated Lady, and segues to the full band playing Creole Rhapsody.
                              This film was released in August, 1933 and while Dr. Stratemann says some sources date the production date as March 4, he leaves it open to question.

                              Steven Lasker:

                              ' ...I've never found [an exact date] despite great efforts looking through many periodicals and the files in the music department at Paramount Pictures. Stratemann (p55) speculates that it was filmed during the first week of March given the coincidence that the three bands featured (Ellington, Calloway, Mills Blue Rhythm Band) were all in New York during this same week, however since the bands are never seen together, their respective segments could have been filmed during different weeks. Note that the short was released in August, which would reflect a long production schedule if indeed the short was filmed in March. "Paramount Pictorial 837" is a misnomer; see DEMS 03/3-20/1. (The correct title is Paramount Pictorial P3-1.)'

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                              1933 03 05
                              Sunday
                              ...activities not documented...
                              ...
                              1933 03 06
                              Monday
                              ...activities not documented...
                              ...
                              1933 03 07
                              Tuesday
                              ...activities not documented...
                              ...
                              1933 03 08
                              Wednesday
                              ...activities not documented...
                              ...
                              1933 03 09
                              Thursday
                              1933 05 31
                              Wednesday
                              New York, N.Y.Cotton Club
                              644 Lenox Ave.
                              Harlem
                              Beginning of Ellington's last residency at the "uptown" Cotton Club in Harlem.
                              • Night club residency
                              • 21st Cotton Club Parade revue
                              • Remote broadcast WEAF/NBC Red Network12:05* - 12:30 am
                                Song titles- K. Steiner; additional notes/spelling corrections -S. Lasker:
                                • Signature - East St. Louis Toodle
                                • My Darling [from Vanities, never recorded by Ellington]
                                • Limehouse Blues
                                • Sophisticated Lady
                                • It Don't Mean A Thing
                                • Ducky Wucky
                                • Milenberg Joys
                                • Mood Indigo
                              • Vocalist per NBC files: Ivy Anderson
                              • While the Brooklyn Eagle radio log shows "Calloway Orch." at 1:45 a.m. on WMCA, this probably just means the schedule had not yet been updated for Ellington's return to the Club.
                              Spike Hughes, in Impressions of Ellington in New York, ...I make a point nowadays of being home every night at two, to hear his half-hour broadcast. (Twice a week he also broadcasts for half-an-hour as well.)
                              While an advertisement in the March 10 Brooklyn Eagle announced Sunday March 12 midnite would be the triumphant return of the maestro of symphonic jazz, the broadcast establishes the engagement began March 9.

                              Ken Steiner in DEMS 09/2-6:

                              While details for Ellington's first trip to Europe were being worked out, Ellington played what would be his last engagement at the Uptown Cotton Club.

                              New York dailies advertised opening night for 12Mar33, but the 7Mar33 Variety report that Ellington steps into the Cotton Club here this Thursday (9) replacing Cab Calloway (in the 21st Cotton Club Parade), who goes on tour is confirmed by a NBC broadcast 9Mar.



                              Mr. Steiner's information is consistent with a Variety announcement saying Ellington would replace Calloway on the 9th.

                              Radio logs seem to confirm that this Cotton Club engagement was 7 nights a week. If you have evidence this was not so, please contact the webmaster.

                              The song listings for the broadcasts are from Ken Steiner's exhaustive research of the NBC log books and corrected traffic sheets, as published in DEMS 09/2-6.

                              You should consult that bulletin for considerably more detail provided by Mr. Steiner.
                              • Stratemann p.57
                              • Vail I with unidentified clipping
                              • Variety 1933-03-07
                              • Brooklyn Eagle 1933-03-10
                              • *12:05 per N.Y.Times radio log 1933-03-09
                              • Tucker, The Duke Ellington Reader, p.70, from Hughes column in Melody Maker, May 1933
                              • K. Steiner:
                                Log Books and "Corrected Traffic Sheets",
                                Library of Congress - see 1930 10 29
                              • Brooklyn Daily Eagle 1933 03 09 p.11
                              .
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                              1933 03 00.New York, N.Y.Cotton Club?Stratemann believes about one minute of a Universal Newsreel was filmed during this Cotton Club residency. The clip includes a close-up of Ellington at the piano, a male/female chorus line with about 20 dancers, and glimpses of the Ellington band, wth Hodges, Carney, Greer, Williams and Jenkins easily recognized.Stratemann p.57..
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                              1933 03 10
                              Friday
                              .New York, N.Y.Cotton Club
                              644 Lenox Ave.
                              Harlem
                              Night club residency
                              • 21st Cotton Club Parade revue - see 1933 03 09
                              • Remote broadcast WEAF/NBC Red Network12 - 12:30 a.m.
                                Song titles- K. Steiner; additional notes/spelling corrections: S. Lasker:
                                • Its Glory
                                • Blue Tune
                                • Bugle Call Rag
                                • Creole Love Call
                                • Fit as a Fiddle (never recorded by Ellington)
                                • Sophisticated Lady
                                • Lightnin'
                                • Swanee Lullaby (never recorded by Ellington)
                              • Vocalist per NBC files: Ivy Anderson
                              • Note this broadcast is not listed in the New York Times, Chicago Daily Tribune, Los Angeles Times or Washington Post radio logs
                              • The Brooklyn Eagle radio log has "Calloway Orch." at 1:45 a.m. on WMCA; however this probably just means the schedule had not yet been updated for Ellington's return to the Club.
                            • Brooklyn Daily Eagle 1933 03 10 p.19
                            • K. Steiner:
                              Log Books and "Corrected Traffic Sheets",
                              Library of Congress - see 1930 10 29
                            • .DEMS
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                              2013-09-10
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                              1933 03 11
                              Saturday
                              .New York, N.Y.Cotton Club
                              644 Lenox Ave.
                              Harlem
                              Night club residency
                              • 21st Cotton Club Parade revue - see 1933 03 09
                              • WMCA broadcast 1:45 a.m.
                              Radio log, Brooklyn Daily Eagle, New York, N.Y.,
                              1933-03-11 p.6
                              ..
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                              1933 03 12
                              Sunday
                              .New York, N.Y.Cotton Club
                              644 Lenox Ave.
                              Harlem
                              Night club residency

                              This is the advertised opening date for Ellington's return to the Club to replace Calloway, who was going on tour.
                              • 21st Cotton Club Parade revue - see 1933 03 09
                              • WMCA broadcast 1:45 a.m. Ellington Orch.


                            • Radio log, Brooklyn Daily Eagle, New York, N.Y.,
                              1933-03-12 p.E8
                            • .DEMS
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                              1933 03 13
                              Monday
                              .New York, N.Y.Cotton Club
                              644 Lenox Ave.
                              Harlem
                              Night club residency
                              • 21st Cotton Club Parade revue - see 1933 03 09
                              • The Brooklyn Daily Eagle lists "Ellington Orch." on WMCA at 1:45 a.m.
                              Radio log, Brooklyn Daily Eagle, New York, N.Y.,
                              1933-03-13 p.9
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                              1933 03 14
                              Tuesday
                              .New York, N.Y.Cotton Club
                              644 Lenox Ave.
                              Harlem
                              Night club residency
                              • 21st Cotton Club Parade revue - see 1933 03 09
                              • Remote broadcast WEAF/ NBC Blue network 12:00-12:30 am
                                Song titles: K. Steiner; Additional notes/spelling corrections: S. Lasker:
                                • Signature - East St. Louis Toodle
                                • Dinah
                                • Drop Me Off at Harlem
                                • The Sheik
                                • Rockin in Rhythm
                                • Stevedore Stomp
                                • Night and Day
                                • Ring Dem Bells
                                • Sophisticated Lady
                                • Signature -East St. Louis Toodle Oo
                              • Vocals per NBC records:
                                • Sonny Greer
                                • Charles Williams
                              • The Brooklyn Daily Eagle radio log has no Ellington broadcast on WMCA
                              • New York Times weekly radio log, week of
                                1933-03-12, and daily log, 1933-03-12
                              • Radio log, Brooklyn Daily Eagle, New York, N.Y.,
                                1933-03-14 p.21
                              • K. Steiner:
                                Log Books and "Corrected Traffic Sheets",
                                Library of Congress - see 1930 10 29
                              .DEMS
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                              1933 03 15
                              Wednesday
                              .New York, N.Y.Cotton Club
                              644 Lenox Ave.
                              Harlem
                              Night club residency
                              • 21st Cotton Club Parade revue - see 1933 03 09
                              • The Brooklyn Daily Eagle lists "Ellington Orch." on WMCA at 1:45 a.m.
                                Radio log, Brooklyn Daily Eagle, New York, N.Y.,
                                1933-03-15 p.11
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                              1933 03 16
                              Thursday
                              .New York, N.Y.Cotton Club
                              644 Lenox Ave.
                              Harlem
                              Night club residency
                              • 21st Cotton Club Parade revue - see 1933 03 09
                              • Remote broadcast WEAF and NBC Red Network 12:05 - 12:30 am
                                Song titles - K. Steiner / Additional notes/ spelling corrections -S. Lasker):
                                • Signature - East St. Louis Toodle
                                • 142nd and Lenox Ave. [a.k.a.Merry Go Round]
                                • Sophisticated Lady
                                • I Heard (never recorded by Ellington)
                                • Echoes of the Jungle
                                • Old Man River (never recorded by Ellington)
                                • Signature - East St. Louis Toodle Oo
                                • Crossed out:
                                  • Fast and Furious
                                  • Rose Room
                                  • Three Little Words
                                • Vocalist per NBC files:
                                  • Ivy Anderson
                                  • Sonny Greer
                              • The Brooklyn Daily Eagle lists "Ellington Orch." on WMCA at 1:45 a.m.
                              • Radio log, Brooklyn Daily Eagle, New York, N.Y.,
                                1933-03-16 p.11
                              • K. Steiner:
                                Log Books and "Corrected Traffic Sheets",
                                Library of Congress - see 1930 10 29
                              .DEMS
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                              1933 03 17
                              Friday
                              .New York, N.Y.Cotton Club
                              644 Lenox Ave.
                              Harlem
                              Night club residency
                              • 21st Cotton Club Parade revue - see 1933 03 09
                              • Remote broadcast WJZ/NBC Blue Network12:15 - 12:30 am
                                Song titles- K. Steiner; additional notes/spelling corrections: S. Lasker:
                                • Signature - East St. Louis Toodle
                                • Lightnin'
                                • Mood Indigo
                                • Milenberg Joys (never recorded by Ellington)
                                • Sophisticated Lady
                                • Signature - East St. Louis Toodle Oo
                                • Crossed out:
                                  • Double Check Stomp
                                  • Some of These Days (never recorded by Ellington)
                                • No apparent local broadcast on WMCA
                                • Backstage birthday celebration for the young Harold Nicholas
                              • New York Times radio log 1933-03-17
                              • Radio log, Brooklyn Daily Eagle, New York, N.Y.,
                                1933-03-17 p.23
                              • Birthday party photo
                              • K. Steiner:
                                Log Books and "Corrected Traffic Sheets",
                                Library of Congress - see 1930 10 29
                              .DEMS
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                              2013-09-10
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                              1933 03 18
                              Saturday
                              .New York, N.Y.Cotton Club
                              644 Lenox Ave.
                              Harlem
                              Night club residency
                              • 21st Cotton Club Parade revue - see 1933 03 09
                              • The New York Times radio log shows Calloway's Orch. on WMCA at 2 a.m. The Brooklyn Daily Eagle radio log has no WCMA Ellington broadcast.

                              Radio logs:
                              • New York Times 1933-03-18
                              • Brooklyn Daily Eagle, New York, N.Y.,
                                1933-03-18 p.5
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                              1933 03 19
                              Sunday
                              .New York, N.Y.Cotton Club
                              644 Lenox Ave.
                              Harlem
                              Night club residency
                              • 21st Cotton Club Parade revue - see 1933 03 09
                              • The Brooklyn Daily Eagle lists "Ellington Orch." on WMCA at 12:15 Mar 19 Ellington Orch.
                              • The New York Times radio log does not show Ellington on WMCA, but does have a 30 minute 1:45 a.m. listing for Wellington Orch., which may be a misspelling of Ellington.
                              • New York Times weekly radio log 1933-03-19
                              • Radio log, Brooklyn Daily Eagle, New York, N.Y.,
                                1933-03-19 p.8E-F
                              .DEMS
                              ..2011
                              updated
                              2013-09-10
                              2018-08-30
                              1933 03 20
                              Monday
                              .New York, N.Y.Cotton Club
                              644 Lenox Ave.
                              Harlem
                              Night club residency
                              • 21st Cotton Club Parade revue - see 1933 03 09
                              • The Brooklyn Daily Eagle lists "Ellington Orch." on WMCA at 1:45 a.m.
                              Radio log, Brooklyn Daily Eagle, New York, N.Y.,
                              1933-03-20 p.21
                              .DEMS
                              ..2011
                              updated
                              2013-09-11
                              2018-08-30
                              1933 03 21
                              Tuesday
                              .New York, N.Y.Cotton Club
                              644 Lenox Ave.
                              Harlem
                              Night club residency
                              • 21st Cotton Club Parade revue - see 1933 03 09
                              • Remote broadcast WJZ/NBC Blue Network 12 - 12:30 am
                                Song titles- K. Steiner; additional notes/spelling corrections: S. Lasker:
                                • Signature - East St. Louis Toodle
                                • Ring Dem Bells
                                • Swanee Lullaby
                                • I've Got the World on a String
                                • Drop Me Off in Harlem
                                • Sophisticated Lady
                                • Dinah
                                • Tiger Rag
                                • Signature - East St. Louis Toodle Oo
                                • Vocalists per NBC files:
                                  • Ivy Anderson
                                  • Sonny Greer
                                  • Chas. Williams
                              • The Brooklyn Daily Eagle lists "Ellington Orch." on WMCA at 2:00 a.m.
                              • Radio log, Brooklyn Daily Eagle, New York, N.Y.,
                                1933-03-21
                              • K. Steiner:
                                Log Books and "Corrected Traffic Sheets",
                                Library of Congress - see 1930 10 29
                              .DEMS
                              .ks2011
                              updated
                              2013-09-11
                              2018-08-25
                              2018-08-30
                              2018-09-01
                              1933 03 22
                              Wednesday
                              .New York, N.Y.Cotton Club
                              644 Lenox Ave.
                              Harlem
                              Night club residency
                              • 21st Cotton Club Parade revue - see 1933 03 09
                              • Mar 22 The Brooklyn Daily Eagle radio log has no Ellington broadcast on WMCA
                              Radio log, Brooklyn Daily Eagle, New York, N.Y.,
                              1933-03-22 p.13
                              .DEMS
                              ..2011
                              updated
                              2013-09-11
                              2018-08-30
                              1933 03 23
                              Thursday
                              .New York, N.Y.Cotton Club
                              644 Lenox Ave.
                              Harlem
                              Night club residency
                              • 21st Cotton Club Parade revue - see 1933 03 09
                              • Remote broadcast WEAF and NBC Red network12:05 - 12:30 am (not shown in NYT radio log)
                                Song titles- K. Steiner; additional notes/spelling corrections: S. Lasker:
                                • Signature - East St. Louis Toodle-Oo
                                • Swing Low
                                • Rose Room
                                • Lightnin'
                                • Medley:
                                  • (A) You've Got Me Cryin' Again (never recorded by Ellington)
                                  • (B) Down a Carolina Lane
                                • Some of These Days (never recorded by Ellington)
                                • The Mooch
                                • Twelfth Street Rag
                                • Signature - East St. Louis Toodle Oo
                                • Crossed out:
                                  I've Got the World On a String
                              • The Brooklyn Daily Eagle radio log has no Ellington broadcast on WMCA
                              • Radio log, Brooklyn Daily Eagle, New York, N.Y.,
                                1933-03-23 p.11
                              • K. Steiner:
                                Log Books and "Corrected Traffic Sheets",
                                Library of Congress - see 1930 10 29
                              • Email, Lasker-Palmquist 2018-12-04
                              .DEMS
                              .ks2011
                              updated
                              2013-09-11
                              2018-08-25
                              2018-08-30
                              2018-09-04
                              2018-12-04
                              1933 03 24
                              Friday
                              .New York, N.Y.Cotton Club
                              644 Lenox Ave.
                              Harlem
                              Night club residency
                              • 21st Cotton Club Parade revue - see 1933 03 09
                              • Remote broadcast WJZ / NBC Blue network 12 - 12:30 am(confirmed by NYT radio log)
                                Song titles- K. Steiner; additional notes/spelling corrections: S. Lasker:
                                • Signature - East St. Louis Toodle-Oo
                                • Jive Stomp
                                • Creole Love Call
                                • Rockin' in Rhythm
                                • Sophisticated Lady
                                • It Don't Mean a Thing
                                • Black and Tan Fantasy
                                • Lightnin'
                                • Mood Indigo
                                • Crossed out:
                                  Signature - East St. Louis Toodle Oo
                              • The Brooklyn Daily Eagle does not show Ellington on WMCA
                              • Radio log, Brooklyn Daily Eagle, New York, N.Y.,
                                1933-03-24 p.13
                              • K. Steiner:
                                Log Books and "Corrected Traffic Sheets",
                                Library of Congress - see 1930 10 29
                              .DEMS
                              .ks2011
                              updated
                              2013-09-11
                              2018-08-25
                              2018-08-30
                              1933 03 25
                              Saturday
                              .New York, N.Y.Cotton Club
                              644 Lenox Ave.
                              Harlem
                              Night club residency
                              • 21st Cotton Club Parade revue - see 1933 03 09
                              • The "nightly" broadcast on WMCA is listed in the New York Times radio log at 1:45 a.m.
                              • The Brooklyn Daily Eagle radio schedule does not show Ellington on WMCA, but has unnamed orchestras at 1:45 and 2:00 a.m.
                              • New York Times radio log 1933-03-25
                              • Radio log, Brooklyn Daily Eagle, New York, N.Y.,
                                1933-03-25 p.5
                              .DEMS
                              ..2011
                              updated
                              2013-09-11
                              2018-08-30
                              1933 03 26
                              Sunday
                              .New York, N.Y.Cotton Club
                              644 Lenox Ave.
                              Harlem
                              Night club residency
                              • 21st Cotton Club Parade revue - see 1933 03 09
                              • The Brooklyn Daily Eagle lists "Ellington Orch." on WMCA at 2:00 a.m.
                              Radio logs, Brooklyn Daily Eagle, New York, N.Y.,
                              1933-03-26 p.E7
                              .DEMS
                              .djp2011
                              updated
                              2013-09-11
                              2018-08-30
                              1933 03 27
                              Monday
                              .New York, N.Y.Cotton Club
                              644 Lenox Ave.
                              Harlem
                              Night club residency
                              • 21st Cotton Club Parade revue - see 1933 03 09
                              • The Brooklyn Daily Eagle lists "Ellington Orch." on WMCA at 2:00 a.m.
                              Radio log, Brooklyn Daily Eagle, New York, N.Y.,
                              1933-03-27 p.9
                              .DEMS
                              .djp2011
                              updated
                              2013-09-11
                              2018-08-30
                              1933 03 28
                              Tuesday
                              .New York, N.Y.Cotton Club
                              644 Lenox Ave.
                              Harlem
                              Night club residency
                              • 21st Cotton Club Parade revue - see 1933 03 09
                              • Remote broadcast WJZ and NBC Blue network12 - 12:30 am
                                Song titles- K. Steiner; additional notes/spelling corrections: S. Lasker:
                                • Signature - East St. Louis Toodle-Oo
                                • Louisiana Hayride from "Flying Colors" (never recorded by Ellington);
                                • I've Got a Right to Sing the Blues from "Vanities 1932" (never recorded by Ellington)
                                • Digga Digga Do
                                • Ducky Wucky
                                • A Tree Was a Tree (never recorded by Ellington);
                                • Echoes of the Jungle
                                • Hot and Bothered
                                • Sophisticated Lady
                                • Crossed out:
                                  Signature - East St. Louis Toodle Oo
                              • The expected 2 a.m. nightly broadcast on WMCA is not shown in the New York Times radio log although the WMCA listing shows 11:15 - 3 A.M. Dance Music
                              • The March 28 edition of the Brooklyn Daily Eagle has no WMCA broadcasts at all.
                              • New York Times radio log 1933-03-28
                              • Radio log, Brooklyn Daily Eagle, New York, N.Y.,
                                1933-03-28 p.11
                              • K. Steiner:
                                Log Books and "Corrected Traffic Sheets",
                                Library of Congress - see 1930 10 29
                              .DEMS
                              ..2011
                              updated
                              2013-09-11
                              2018-08-25
                              2018-08-30
                              1933 03 29
                              Wednesday
                              .New York, N.Y.Cotton Club
                              644 Lenox Ave.
                              Harlem
                              Night club residency
                              • 21st Cotton Club Parade revue - see 1933 03 09
                              • The Brooklyn Daily Eagle lists "Ellington Orch." on WMCA at 3:00 a.m. but this is clearly a misprint - it is listed above the 2:30 listing for another orchestra
                              Radio log, Brooklyn Daily Eagle, New York, N.Y.,
                              1933-03-29 p.7
                              .DEMS
                              .djp2011
                              updated
                              2013-09-11
                              2018-08-30
                              1933 03 30
                              Thursday
                              .New York, N.Y.Cotton Club
                              644 Lenox Ave.
                              Harlem
                              Night club residency
                              • 21st Cotton Club Parade revue - see 1933 03 09
                              • Remote broadcast WEAF /NBC Red network12 - 12:30 am(confirmed by NYT radio log)
                                • Signature - East St. Louis Toodle
                                • The Duke Steps Out
                                • Dreaming Sweet Dreams of Love [variant title for Sweet Dreams of Love]
                                • Fit as a Fiddle (neer recorded by Ellignton)
                                • Mama [Baby?] When You Ain't There
                                • Slippery Horn
                                • Moon Song (never recorded by Ellington)
                                • Every Tub [Hyde Park]
                                • Signature - East St. Louis Toodle Oo
                                • Crossed out:
                                  Sophisticated Lady
                              • Vocalists per NBC files:
                                • Ivy Anderson
                                • Sonny Greer
                            • The Brooklyn Daily Eagle lists "Ellington Orch." on WMCA at 2:00 a.m.
                              • Radio log, Brooklyn Daily Eagle, New York, N.Y.,
                                1933-03-30 p.11
                              • K. Steiner:
                                Log Books and "Corrected Traffic Sheets",
                                Library of Congress - see 1930 10 29
                              .DEMS
                              .ks2011
                              updated
                              2013-09-11
                              2018-08-25
                              2018-08-30
                              1933 03 31
                              Friday
                              .New York, N.Y.Cotton Club
                              644 Lenox Ave.
                              Harlem
                              Night club residency
                              • 21st Cotton Club Parade revue - see 1933 03 09
                              • 30 minute broadcast, WJZ/NBC Blue Network 12:00-12:30 a.m.(confirmed by NYT radio log)
                                Song titles- K. Steiner; additional notes/spelling corrections: S. Lasker:
                                • Signature - East St. Louis Toodle Oo
                                • Jig Walk (never recorded by Ellington)
                                • Medley:
                                  • Willow, Weep for Me (never recorded by Ellington)
                                  • You Got Me Cryin' Again (never recorded by Ellington)
                                  • Night and Day (never recorded by Ellington) from "Gay Divorcee";
                                • Doin' the New Low Down from "Blackbirds"
                                • Japanese Dreams
                                • Jive Stomp
                                • Sophisticated Lady
                                • Just an Echo in the Valley (never recorded by Ellington) [According to Spike Hughes, the changes of this song gave rise to Harlem Speaks]
                                • Mood Indigo
                                • Signature - East St. Louis Toodle Oo
                              • The Brooklyn Daily Eagle lists "Ellington Orch." on WMCA at 2:00 a.m.
                              • Radio log, Brooklyn Daily Eagle, New York, N.Y.,
                                1933-03-31 p.23
                              • K. Steiner:
                                Log Books and "Corrected Traffic Sheets",
                                Library of Congress - see 1930 10 29
                              .DEMS
                              .ks2011
                              updated
                              2013-09-11
                              2018-08-26
                              2018-08-30

                              April 1933

                              1933 04 01
                              Saturday
                              .New York, N.Y.Cotton Club
                              644 Lenox Ave.
                              Harlem
                              Night club residency
                              • 21st Cotton Club Parade revue - see 1933 03 09
                              • 2 a.m. remote broadcast on WMCA
                              Radio logs:
                              • New York Times 1933-04-01
                              • The Brooklyn Daily Eagle, New York, N.Y.,
                                1933-04-01 p.6
                              .DEMS
                              .djp2011
                              updated
                              2013-09-11
                              2018-08-30
                              1933 04 02
                              Sunday
                              .New York, N.Y.Cotton Club
                              644 Lenox Ave.
                              Harlem
                              Night club residency
                              • 21st Cotton Club Parade revue - see 1933 03 09
                              • The expected 2 a.m. nightly broadcast on WMCA is not shown in the New York Times radio log although the WMCA listing shows 11:00 - 3 A.M. Dance Music
                              • The Brooklyn Daily Eagle has no WMCA listing for Ellington
                              • New York Times radio log 1933-04-02
                              • Radio log, Brooklyn Daily Eagle, New York, N.Y.,
                                1933-04-02 p.16 B-C
                              .DEMS
                              .djp2011
                              updated
                              2013-09-11
                              2018-08-30
                              2018-08-30
                              1933 04 03
                              Monday
                              .New York, N.Y.Cotton Club
                              644 Lenox Ave.
                              Harlem
                              Night club residency
                              • 21st Cotton Club Parade revue - see 1933 03 09
                              • The Brooklyn Daily Eagle lists "Ellington Orch." on WMCA at 2:00 a.m.Apr 3
                              Radio log, Brooklyn Daily Eagle, New York, N.Y.,
                              1933-04-03 p.22
                              .DEMS
                              ..2011
                              updated
                              2013-09-11
                              2018-08-31
                              1933 04 04
                              Tuesday
                              .New York, N.Y.Cotton Club
                              644 Lenox Ave.
                              Harlem
                              Night club residency
                              • 21st Cotton Club Parade revue - see 1933 03 09
                              • Remote broadcast, WJZ/NBC Blue Network 12:00-12:30 a.m.
                                Song titles- K. Steiner; additional notes/spelling corrections: S. Lasker:
                                • Signature - East St. Louis Toodle Oo
                                • Every Tub [Hyde Park]
                                • Black Beauty
                                • Nobody's Sweetheart Now (never recorded by Ellington)
                                • Sophisticated Lady
                                • Rockin' in Rhythm
                                • I Must Have That Man from "Blackbirds of 1928"
                                • Runnin' Wild
                                • Blue Ramble
                                • Signature
                              • Vocalists per NBC files:
                                • Sonny Greer
                                • Ivy Anderson
                              • The Brooklyn Daily Eagle lists "Ellington Orch." on WMCA at 2:15 a.m.
                              • New York Times radio log 1933-04-04
                              • Radio log, Brooklyn Daily Eagle, New York, N.Y.,
                                1933-04-04 p.23
                              • K. Steiner:
                                Log Books and "Corrected Traffic Sheets",
                                Library of Congress - see 1930 10 29
                              .DEMS
                              .djp,ks,sk2011
                              updated
                              2013-09-11
                              2018-08-26
                              2018-08-31
                              2018-09-01
                              1933 04 05
                              Wednesday
                              .New York, N.Y.Cotton Club
                              644 Lenox Ave.
                              Harlem
                              Night club residency
                              • 21st Cotton Club Parade revue - see 1933 03 09
                              • The Brooklyn Daily Eagle lists "Ellington Orch." on WMCA at 2:00 a.m.
                              Radio log, Brooklyn Daily Eagle, New York, N.Y.,
                              1933-04-05 p.24
                              .DEMS
                              .djp2011
                              updated
                              2013-09-11
                              2018-08-31
                              1933 04 06
                              Thursday
                              .New York, N.Y.Cotton Club
                              644 Lenox Ave.
                              Harlem
                              Night club residency
                              • 21st Cotton Club Parade revue - see 1933 03 09
                              • Remote broadcast, WEAF/NBC Red Network 12:05-12:30 am
                                Song titles- K. Steiner; additional notes/spelling corrections: S. Lasker:
                                • Signature - East St. Louis Toodle Oo
                                • Say It Isn't So (never recorded by Ellington)
                                • Blue Tune
                                • Birmingham Breakdown
                                • Sophisticated Lady
                                • Lightning
                                • Creole Love Call
                                • Crossed out:
                                  • It's Glory
                                  • Black and Tan Fantasy
                                  • Signature
                              • The Brooklyn Daily Eagle lists "Ellington Orch." on WMCA at 2:00 a.m.
                              • New York Times radio log 1933-04-06
                              • Radio log, Brooklyn Daily Eagle, New York, N.Y.,
                                1933-04-06 p.25
                              • Radio log, Brooklyn Daily Eagle, New York, N.Y.,
                                1933-04-05 p.24
                              • K. Steiner:
                                Log Books and "Corrected Traffic Sheets",
                                Library of Congress - see 1930 10 29
                              .DEMS
                              .ks2011
                              updated
                              2013-09-11
                              2018-08-27
                              2018-08-31
                              1933 04 07
                              Friday
                              .New York, N.Y.Cotton Club
                              644 Lenox Ave.
                              Harlem
                              Night club residency
                              • 21st Cotton Club Parade revue - see 1933 03 09
                              • Remote broadcast, WJZ/NBC Blue Network 12:00-12:30 a.m.
                                Song titles- K. Steiner; additional notes/spelling corrections: S. Lasker:
                                • Signature - East St. Louis Toodle Oo
                                • Lime House Blues
                                • Rose Room
                                • Swing Low
                                • St. Louis Blues
                                • The Sheik [of Araby]
                                • Milenberg Joys (never recorded by Ellington)
                                • Signature
                                • Crossed out:
                                  • Sophisticated Lady
                              • The Brooklyn Daily Eagle lists "Ellington Orch." on WMCA at 2:00 a.m.
                              • New York Times radio log 1933-04-07
                              • Radio log, Brooklyn Daily Eagle, New York, N.Y.,
                                1933-04-07 p.25
                              • K. Steiner:
                                Log Books and "Corrected Traffic Sheets",
                                Library of Congress - see 1930 10 29
                              .DEMS
                              .ks2011
                              updated
                              2013-09-11
                              2018-08-27
                              2018-08-31
                              1933 04 08
                              Saturday
                              .New York, N.Y.Cotton Club
                              644 Lenox Ave.
                              Harlem
                              Night club residency
                              • 21st Cotton Club Parade revue - see 1933 03 09
                              • The Brooklyn Daily Eagle lists "Ellington Orch." on WMCA at 2:00 a.m.Apr 8
                              • New York Times radio log 1933-04-08
                              • Radio log, Brooklyn Daily Eagle, New York, N.Y.,
                                1933-04-08 p.6
                              .DEMS
                              ..2011
                              updated
                              2013-09-11
                              2018-08-31
                              1933 04 09
                              Sunday
                              .New York, N.Y.Cotton Club
                              644 Lenox Ave.
                              Harlem
                              Night club residency
                              • 21st Cotton Club Parade revue - see 1933 03 09
                              • The Brooklyn Daily Eagle lists "Ellington Orch." on WMCA at 2:00 a.m.
                              Radio log, Brooklyn Daily Eagle, New York, N.Y.,
                              1933-04-09 p.B-C15
                              .DEMS
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                              updated
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                              2018-08-31
                              1933 04 10
                              Monday
                              .New York, N.Y.Cotton Club
                              644 Lenox Ave.
                              Harlem
                              Night club residency
                              • 21st Cotton Club Parade revue - see 1933 03 09
                              • The Brooklyn Daily Eagle lists "Ellington Orch." on WMCA at 2:00 a.m.Apr 10
                              Radio log, Brooklyn Daily Eagle, New York, N.Y.,
                              1933-04-10 p.6
                              .DEMS
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                              updated
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                              2018-08-31
                              1933 04 11
                              Tuesday
                              .New York, N.Y.Cotton Club
                              644 Lenox Ave.
                              Harlem
                              Night club residency
                              • 21st Cotton Club Parade revue - see 1933 03 09
                              • Remote broadcast, WEAF/NBC Red Network 12:00-12:30 a.m.
                                Song titles- K. Steiner; additional notes/spelling corrections: S. Lasker:
                                • Signature - East St. Louis Toodle Oo
                                • Slippery Horn
                                • Medley:
                                  • Have You Ever Been Lonely (never recorded by Ellington)
                                  • Try a Little Tenderness (never recorded by Ellington)
                                  • My Darling (never recorded by Ellington) from "Vanities 1932"
                                • Bugle Call Rag
                                • Sophisticated Lady
                                • Jig Walk (never recorded by Ellington)
                                • Black and Tan Fantasy
                                • Stevedore Stomp
                                • Awful Sad
                                • Crossed out:
                                  • Signature
                              • Vocalist per NBC files: Ivy Anderson
                              • The Brooklyn Daily Eagle lists "Ellington Orch." on WMCA at 3:15 a.m. Apr 11
                              • Radio log, Brooklyn Daily Eagle, New York, N.Y.,
                                1933-04-11 p.13
                              • K. Steiner:
                                Log Books and "Corrected Traffic Sheets",
                                Library of Congress - see 1930 10 29
                              .DEMS
                              .ks2011
                              updated
                              2013-09-11
                              2018-08-27
                              2018-08-31
                              1933 04 12
                              Wednesday
                              .New York, N.Y.Cotton Club
                              644 Lenox Ave.
                              Harlem
                              Night club residency
                              • 21st Cotton Club Parade revue - see 1933 03 09
                              • The Brooklyn Daily Eagle lists "Ellington Orch." on WMCA at 2:00 a.m.
                              Radio log, Brooklyn Daily Eagle, New York, N.Y.,
                              1933-04-12 p.26
                              .DEMS
                              .djp2011
                              updated
                              2013-09-11
                              2018-08-31
                              1933 04 13
                              Thursday
                              .New York, N.Y.Cotton Club
                              644 Lenox Ave.
                              Harlem
                              Night club residency
                              • 21st Cotton Club Parade revue - see 1933 03 09
                              • Remote broadcast, WEAF/NBC Red Network 12:05-12:30 am
                                Song titles- K. Steiner; additional notes/spelling corrections: S. Lasker:
                                • Signature - East St. Louis Toodle Oo
                                • It's Glory
                                • Stormy Weather from "Cotton Club Parade" [the song's composer, Harold Arlen was listed as a vocalist in this broadcast and may have sung this song.]
                                • Baby from "Blackbirds 1930"
                                • Sophisticated Lady
                                • Louisiana Hayride from "Flying Colors" [never recorded by Ellington]
                                • Ducky Wucky
                                • Whispering Tiger Rag
                                • Signature
                                • Crossed out:
                                  • Blue Tune
                                • Singers: Harold Arlen, Ivy Anderson
                              • In 1942 Ellington described Whispering Tiger Rag:

                                '...a new arrangement which we called the 'Whispering Tiger Rag.' A polite and refined tiger he was, with muted brasses, dulcet trombones and rippling saxes.'

                              • The Brooklyn Daily Eagle lists "Ellington Orch." on WMCA at 2:00 a.m.Apr 13
                              • New York Times radio log 1933-04-13
                              • Radio log, Brooklyn Daily Eagle, New York, N.Y.,
                                1933-04-13 p.27
                              • K. Steiner:
                                Log Books and "Corrected Traffic Sheets",
                                Library of Congress - see 1930 10 29
                              • Guest column by Duke Ellington, Keeping Posted with C.A. Moore, COMPOSER IN SEARCH OF AN IDEA, San Antonio Register, 1942-08-07 p.7
                              .DEMS
                              .djp, ks2011
                              updated
                              2013-09-11
                              2018-08-27
                              2018-08-31
                              1933 04 14
                              Friday
                              .New York, N.Y.Cotton Club
                              644 Lenox Ave.
                              Harlem
                              Night club residency
                              • 21st Cotton Club Parade revue - see 1933 03 09
                              • There was no broadcast on WEAF and NBC Red network or WJZ and NBC Blue network - Ellington was pre-empted by the Johnnie Johnson Orchestra, Hotel Pennsylvania
                              • The Brooklyn Daily Eagle lists "Ellington Orch." on WMCA at 2:00 a.m.
                              • K. Steiner:
                                Log Books and "Corrected Traffic Sheets",
                                Library of Congress - see 1930 10 29
                              • Radio log, Brooklyn Daily Eagle, New York, N.Y.,
                                1933-04-14 p.11
                              .DEMS
                              ..2011
                              updated
                              2013-09-11
                              2018-08-27
                              2018-08-31
                              1933 04 15
                              Saturday
                              .New York, N.Y.Cotton Club
                              644 Lenox Ave.
                              Harlem
                              Night club residency
                              • 21st Cotton Club Parade revue - see 1933 03 09
                              • 2 a.m. remote broadcast on WMCA
                              • New York Times radio log 1933-04-15
                              • Radio log, Brooklyn Daily Eagle, New York, N.Y.,
                                1933-04-15 p.9
                              .DEMS
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                              2013-09-11
                              2018-08-31
                              1933 04 16
                              Sunday
                              .New York, N.Y.Cotton Club
                              644 Lenox Ave.
                              Harlem
                              Night club residency -see 1933 03 09
                              • Opening night of the new revue, the 22nd Cotton Club Parade, featuring Ethel Waters, with book and score by Ted Koehler and Harold Arlen.
                                The Afro-American reported 'The Duke' was responsible for a new song that is buzzing daily all along Broadway, "Sophisticated Lady." He gave it to the public over the air ... before hundreds who attended the Cotton Club opening - and still thousands of others listened in over the NBC network. In a few hours, with characteristic manner, Broadway habitues had caught on and were buzzing the new number... This must be referring to the Tuesday night national broadcast.
                              • The Brooklyn Daily Eagle lists "Ellington Orch." on WMCA at 12:15 and 2:00 a.m.
                              .DEMS
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                              updated
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                              1933 04 17
                              Monday
                              .New York, N.Y.Cotton Club
                              644 Lenox Ave.
                              Harlem
                              Night club residency - see 1933 03 09
                              • Revue: 22nd Cotton Club Parade - see 1933 04 16
                              • The Brooklyn Daily Eagle lists "Ellington Orch." on WMCA at 2:00 a.m.Apr 17
                            • Radio log, Brooklyn Daily Eagle, New York, N.Y.,
                              1933-04-17 p.14
                            • .DEMS
                              ..2011
                              updated
                              2013-09-11
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                              1933 04 18
                              Tuesday
                              .New York, N.Y.Cotton Club
                              644 Lenox Ave.
                              Harlem
                              Night club residency - see 1933 03 09
                              • Revue: 22nd Cotton Club Parade - see 1933 04 16
                              • Remote broadcast WJZ/NBC Blue network 12-12:30 am
                                Song titles- K. Steiner; additional notes/spelling corrections: S. Lasker:
                                • Signature - East St. Louis Toodle-Oo
                                • Hot and Bothered
                                • Down a Carolina Lane (never recorded by Ellington)
                                • China Boy (never recorded by Ellington)
                                • Stormy Weather from "Cotton Club Parade"
                                • Digga Digga Doo from "Blackbirds 1928"
                                • Sophisticated Lady
                                • Just an Echo in the Valley (never recorded by Ellington)
                                • Swanee Lullaby (never recorded by Ellington) [a White-Koehler composition recorded by Cab Calloway and his Orchestra on 7Jun32]
                                • Signature
                              • Vocalist: Ethel Waters
                              • The Brooklyn Daily Eagle lists "Ellington Orch." on WMCA at 2:00 a.m.Apr 18
                              • New York Times radio log 1933-04-18
                              • Radio log, Brooklyn Daily Eagle, New York, N.Y.,
                                1933-04-18 p.20
                              • K. Steiner:
                                Log Books and "Corrected Traffic Sheets",
                                Library of Congress - see 1930 10 29
                              .DEMS
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                              updated
                              2013-09-11
                              2018-08-27
                              2018-08-31
                              1933 04 19
                              Wednesday
                              .New York, N.Y.Cotton Club
                              644 Lenox Ave.
                              Harlem
                              Night club residency - see 1933 03 09
                              • Revue: 22nd Cotton Club Parade - see 1933 04 16
                              • The Brooklyn Daily Eagle lists "Ellington Orch." on WMCA at 2:00 a.m.Apr 19
                              Radio log, Brooklyn Daily Eagle, New York, N.Y.,
                              1933-04-19 p.26
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                              1933 04 20
                              Thursday
                              .New York, N.Y.Cotton Club
                              644 Lenox Ave.
                              Harlem
                              Night club residency - see 1933 03 09
                              • Revue: 22nd Cotton Club Parade - see 1933 04 16
                              • Remote broadcast, WEAF/NBC Red Network, 12:05-12:30 am
                                Song titles- K. Steiner; additional notes/spelling corrections: S. Lasker:
                                • Signature - East St. Louis Toodle Oo
                                • Whispering Tiger Rag
                                • Stormy Weather from "Cotton Club Parade"
                                • Shim Sham [Cotton Club Shim Sham or Merry Go Round?]
                                • Medley:
                                  • You've Got Me Crying Again (never recorded by Ellington)
                                  • I'll Follow You (never recorded by Ellington)
                                  • I Got a Right to Sing the Blues (never recorded by Ellington) from "Vanities 1932"
                                  • Happy as the Day is Long from "Cotton Club Parade"
                                • Sophisticated Lady
                                • Signature
                              • Crossed out:
                                Rockin' in Rhythm
                              • Singers:
                                • Harold Arlen
                                • Ethel Waters
                                • Ivy Anderson
                              • The Brooklyn Daily Eagle lists "Ellington Orch." on WMCA at 2:00 a.m.Apr 20
                              • New York Times radio log 1933-04-20
                              • Radio log, Brooklyn Daily Eagle, New York, N.Y.,
                                1933-04-20 p.23
                              • K. Steiner:
                                Log Books and "Corrected Traffic Sheets",
                                Library of Congress - see 1930 10 29
                              .DEMS
                              .ks2011
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                              2013-09-12
                              2018-08-27
                              2018-08-31
                              1933 04 21
                              Friday
                              .New York, N.Y.Cotton Club
                              644 Lenox Ave.
                              Harlem
                              Night club residency - see 1933 03 09
                              • Revue: 22nd Cotton Club Parade - see 1933 04 16
                              • Remote broadcast, WJZ/NBC Blue Network 12:00-12:30 a.m
                                Song titles- K. Steiner; additional notes/spelling corrections: S. Lasker:
                                • Signature - East St. Louis Toodle
                                • Jive Stomp
                                • Moon Song from "Hello Everybody" (never recorded by Ellington)
                                • The Monkey
                                  Never recorded by Ellington
                                  In the printed programs for Ellington's 1933 English concerts, Spike Hughes noted:

                                  'Duke himself is very proud of The Monkey, which is one of his latest compositions for 1933, although the band does not seem to share his affection. Actually, The Monkey is an amusing trifle - an exercise in whole-tone scales, the weaving of rhythmic and melodic patterns - with some ingenious scoring thrown in.'

                                • Sophisticated Lady
                                • Fast and Furious
                                • Stormy Weather from "Cotton Club Parade"
                                • Bugle Call Rag
                                • Crossed out:
                                  Swanee Lullaby
                              • Vocalist: Ethel Waters
                              • The Brooklyn Daily Eagle lists "Ellington Orch." on WMCA at 2:00 a.m.Apr 21
                              • New York Times radio log 1933-04-21
                              • Radio log, Brooklyn Daily Eagle, New York, N.Y.,
                                1933-04-21 p.23
                              • K. Steiner:
                                Log Books and "Corrected Traffic Sheets",
                                Library of Congress - see 1930 10 29
                              .DEMS
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                              2018-08-28
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                              1933 04 22
                              Saturday
                              .New York, N.Y.Roseland Ballroom,
                              Broadway & 51st
                              The entire Cotton Club Revue performed at the Roseland Ballroom...DEMS
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                              1933 04 22
                              Saturday
                              .New York, N.Y.Cotton Club
                              644 Lenox Ave.
                              Harlem
                              Night club residency - see 1933 03 09
                              • Revue: 22nd Cotton Club Parade - see 1933 04 16
                              • 30 minute 2 a.m. remote local broadcast on WMCA
                              • New York Times radio log 1933-04-22
                              • Radio log, Brooklyn Daily Eagle, New York, N.Y.,
                                1933-04-22 p.16
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                              1933 04 23
                              Sunday
                              .New York, N.Y.Cotton Club
                              644 Lenox Ave.
                              Harlem
                              Night club residency - see 1933 03 09
                              • Revue: 22nd Cotton Club Parade - see 1933 04 16
                              • The Brooklyn Daily Eagle lists "Ellington Orch." on WMCA at 2:00 a.m.
                              Radio log, Brooklyn Daily Eagle, New York, N.Y.,
                              1933-04-23 p.10A
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                              1933 04 24
                              Monday
                              .New York, N.Y.Cotton Club
                              644 Lenox Ave.
                              Harlem
                              Night club residency - see 1933 03 09
                              • Revue: 22nd Cotton Club Parade - see 1933 04 16
                              • The Brooklyn Daily Eagle lists "Ellington Orch." on WMCA at 2:00 a.m.
                              Radio log, Brooklyn Daily Eagle, New York, N.Y.,
                              1933-04-24 p.19
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                              1933 04 25
                              Tuesday
                              .New York, N.Y.Cotton Club
                              644 Lenox Ave.
                              Harlem
                              Night club residency - see 1933 03 09
                              • Revue: 22nd Cotton Club Parade - see 1933 04 16
                              • Remote broadcast, WJZ/NBC Blue Network 12:00-12:30 a.m.
                                Song titles- K. Steiner; additional notes/spelling corrections: S. Lasker:
                                • Signature - East St. Louis Toodle Oo
                                • Cotton Club Shim Sham [a.k.a. Merry-Go-Round]
                                • Stormy Weather from "Cotton Club Parade" (Ethel Waters)
                                • Some of these Days (never recorded by Ellington)
                                • The Monkey (never recorded by Ellington) - "Duke" is pencilled in after the title
                                • Baby from "Blackbirds of 1928" (Ivy Anderson)
                                • Get Yourself a New Broom from "Cotton Club Parade"
                                • Awful Sad
                                • Crossed out:
                                  Signature - East St. Louis Toodle Oo
                              • Vocalists:
                                • Ethel Waters
                                • Ivy Anderson
                              • The Brooklyn Daily Eagle lists "Ellington Orch." on WMCA at 2:00 a.m.Apr 25
                              • New York Times radio log 1933-04-25
                              • Radio log, Brooklyn Daily Eagle, New York, N.Y.,
                                1933-04-25 p.21
                              • K. Steiner:
                                Log Books and "Corrected Traffic Sheets",
                                Library of Congress - see 1930 10 29
                              .DEMS
                              .ks2011
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                              2013-09-12
                              2018-08-28
                              2018-08-31
                              1933 04 26
                              Wednesday
                              .New York, N.Y.Cotton Club
                              644 Lenox Ave.
                              Harlem
                              Night club residency - see 1933 03 09
                              • Revue: 22nd Cotton Club Parade - see 1933 04 16
                              • The Brooklyn Daily Eagle lists "Ellington Orch." on WMCA at 2:00 a.m.
                              Radio log, Brooklyn Daily Eagle, New York, N.Y.,
                              1933-04-26 p.21
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                              1933 04 27
                              Thursday
                              .New York, N.Y.Cotton Club
                              644 Lenox Ave.
                              Harlem
                              Night club residency - see 1933 03 09
                              • Revue: 22nd Cotton Club Parade - see 1933 04 16
                              • Remote broadcast, WEAF and Red 12:05-12:30 am
                                Song titles- K. Steiner; additional notes/spelling corrections: S. Lasker:
                                • Signature - East St. Louis Toodle Oo
                                • Slippery Horn
                                • Drop Me Off in Harlem
                                • Raisin' the Rent from "Cotton Club Parade"
                                • Sophisticated Lady
                                • Jive Stomp
                                • Stormy Weather from "Cotton Club Parade"
                                • Signature: East St. Louis Toodle Oo
                                • Crossed out:
                                  Doin the New Low Down from "Blackbirds of 1930"
                                • Since no vocalist is listed, Stormy Weather will be the instrumental version. YouTube has the Brunswick 6600 record, recorded May 16.
                              • The Brooklyn Daily Eagle lists "Ellington Orch." on WMCA at 2:00 a.m.
                              • New York Times radio log 1933-04-27
                              • Radio log, Brooklyn Daily Eagle, New York, N.Y.,
                                1933-04-27 p.13
                              • K. Steiner:
                                Log Books and "Corrected Traffic Sheets",
                                Library of Congress - see 1930 10 29
                              .DEMS
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                              2018-09-04
                              1933 04 28
                              Friday
                              .Ossining, N.Y.Columbian Community Club
                              State Street
                              8 p.m.
                              Benefit for the Birdsall Fund, set up in memory of policeman Gerow Birdsall, killed in the line of duty.

                              'And as Ossining responded in so noble a fashion, so did celebrities of the Metropolitan district who had been asked to furnish the entertainment. ...Leading performers of the night clubs, boxing world and other activities appeared in profusion...
                                More than 80 leading boxers were on deck to lend the program a sporting air and revue artists from two of New York's best known night spots, the Cotton Club and the Ha Ha Club, strutted their stuff on the time worn boards of the stage at the State Street hall.
                                While exhibition boxing constituted about 75 per cent of the activity during the course of the three hour program, there was not a single dull moment experienced and the night club attractions were just as much a feature since the performers went through their routines. The incomparable Dan Healy was at his best as announcer ... and Walter Winchell...put in his scheduled appearance to give the cusomers a thrill.
                                Long before 8 o'clock every seat in the hall was occupied and aisles were crowded with standees a few minutes after the hour had struck. The New Yorkers arrived early and things got moving in speedy fashion right on the dot.
                                [descriptions of boxing and speakers follows] ...Dan Healy was the next to be introduced and he started his duties as master of ceremonies, opening the stage program in order to allow the night club performers to make an early return to the big town...
                                Brief skits too numerous to mention in detail followed one after the other with Cotton Club stars doing their stuff while the famous Duke Ellington and his Cotton Club orchestra furnished the accompaniment. [The story says four boxing matches followed, then the Ha Ha Club stars, which it names, followed by more boxing.]'

                              Citizen Register, Ossining, N.Y.
                              • 1933-04-27 p.4
                              • 1933-04-29 p.7
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                              1933 04 28
                              Friday
                              .New York, N.Y.Cotton Club
                              644 Lenox Ave.
                              Harlem
                              Night club residency - see 1933 03 09
                              • Revue: 22nd Cotton Club Parade - see 1933 04 16
                              • The usual remote WJZ and NBC Blue network broadcast was pre-empted by the broadcast of the Princess Eugenie Pageant at the Metropolitan Opera Ball. (confirmed by NYT radio log)
                              • The Brooklyn Daily Eagle lists "Ellington Orch." on WMCA at 2:00 a.m.
                              • New York Times radio log 1933-04-28
                              • Radio log, Brooklyn Daily Eagle, New York, N.Y.,
                                1933-04-28p.25
                              • K. Steiner:
                                Log Books and "Corrected Traffic Sheets",
                                Library of Congress - see 1930 10 29
                              .DEMS
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                              1933 04 29
                              Saturday
                              Ellington's birthday
                              .New York, N.Y.Cotton Club
                              644 Lenox Ave.
                              Harlem
                              Night club residency - see 1933 03 09
                              • Revue: 22nd Cotton Club Parade - see 1933 04 16
                              • 30 minute 2 a.m. local WMCA broadcast
                              • New York Times radio log 1933-04-29
                              • Radio log, Brooklyn Daily Eagle, New York, N.Y.,
                                1933-04-29p.7
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                              1933 04 30
                              Sunday
                              3 PM
                              .New York, N.Y.Renaissance CasinoSamaritan Nursery Benefit

                              Steven Lasker:

                              "According to a handbill found in Ellington's vertical file at the Schomburg Branch of the New York Public Library, a benefit for the Samaritan Nursery School was held at the Renaissance Casino in Harlem at 3 p.m. on "Sun., April 30." Advertised is "An Afternoon of Stars Featuring Duke Ellington, Carmen Jones Choir, Ralph Cooper, Del St. John, Edith Sewell, Ralph Demund, Prof. Norris Roach, Magician and Many Stage & Radio Stars. Nora Holt, Mistress of Ceremony."

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                              1933 04 30
                              Sunday
                              .New York, N.Y.Cotton Club
                              644 Lenox Ave.
                              Harlem
                              Night club residency - see 1933 03 09
                              • Revue: 22nd Cotton Club Parade - see 1933 04 16
                              • The expected 2 a.m. nightly local WMCA broadcast is not shown in the New York Times radio log although the WMCA listing shows 12:00-2:30 A.M. Dance Music; Talk; Songs
                              • The Brooklyn Daily Eagle radio log has no listing for Ellington, but its schedule ended at midnight.
                              • New York Times radio log 1933-04-30
                              • Radio log, Brooklyn Daily Eagle, New York, N.Y.,
                                1933-04-30 p.30
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                              May 1933

                              1933 05 01
                              Monday
                              .New York, N.Y.Cotton Club
                              644 Lenox Ave.
                              Harlem
                              Night club residency - see 1933 03 09
                              • Revue: 22nd Cotton Club Parade - see 1933 04 16
                              • The Brooklyn Daily Eagle lists "Ellington Orch." on WMCA at 2:00 a.m.
                              Radio log, Brooklyn Daily Eagle, New York, N.Y.,
                              1933-05-01 p.7
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                              1933 05 02
                              Tuesday
                              .New York, N.Y.Cotton Club
                              644 Lenox Ave.
                              Harlem
                              Night club residency - see 1933 03 09
                              • Revue: 22nd Cotton Club Parade - see 1933 04 16
                              • Remote broadcast, WJZ/NBC Blue Network, 12:00 -12:30 a.m.
                                Song titles- K. Steiner; additional notes/spelling corrections: S. Lasker:
                                • Signature - East St. Louis Toodle-Oo
                                • Lightnin'
                                • Stormy Weather from "Cotton Club Parade"
                                • Swing Low
                                • Trees (never recorded by Ellington)
                                • Happy as the Day is Long "Cotton Club Parade"
                                • Down a Carolina Lane
                                • Jig Walk
                                • Sophisticated lady
                                • Signature
                              • Vocalist per NBC files
                                Ethel Waters
                              • The Brooklyn Daily Eagle lists "Ellington Orch." on WMCA at 2:00 a.m.May 2 Ellington Orch.
                              • New York Times radio log 1933-05-02
                              • Radio log, Brooklyn Daily Eagle, New York, N.Y.,
                                1933-05-02 p.20
                              • K. Steiner:
                                Log Books and "Corrected Traffic Sheets",
                                Library of Congress - see 1930 10 29
                              .DEMS
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                              updated
                              2013-09-12
                              2018-08-28
                              2018-08-31
                              2018-09-01
                              1933 05 03
                              Wednesday
                              .New York, N.Y.Cotton Club
                              644 Lenox Ave.
                              Harlem
                              Night club residency - see 1933 03 09
                              • Revue: 22nd Cotton Club Parade - see 1933 04 16
                              • The Brooklyn Daily Eagle lists "Ellington Orch." on WMCA at 2:00 a.m.
                              Radio log, Brooklyn Daily Eagle, New York, N.Y.,
                              1933-05-03 p.26
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                              1933 05 04
                              Thursday
                              .New York, N.Y.Cotton Club
                              644 Lenox Ave.
                              Harlem
                              Night club residency - see 1933 03 09
                              • Revue: 22nd Cotton Club Parade - see 1933 04 16
                              • Remote broadcast, WEAF/NBC Red Network, 12:05-12:30 a.m.
                                Song titles- K. Steiner; additional notes/spelling corrections: S. Lasker:
                                • Signature - East St. Louis Toodle Oo
                                • Every Tub [Hyde Park]
                                • Stormy Weather
                                • Fast and Furious
                                • The Duke Steps Out
                                • Drop Me Off in Harlem
                                • Sophisticated Lady
                              • The Brooklyn Daily Eagle lists "Ellington Orch." on WMCA at 2:00 a.m.
                              • New York Times radio log 1933-05-04
                              • Radio log, Brooklyn Daily Eagle, New York, N.Y.,
                                1933-05-04 p.21
                              • K. Steiner:
                                Log Books and "Corrected Traffic Sheets",
                                Library of Congress - see 1930 10 29
                              .DEMS
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                              1933 05 05
                              Friday
                              .New York, N.Y.Cotton Club
                              644 Lenox Ave.
                              Harlem
                              Night club residency - see 1933 03 09
                              • Revue: 22nd Cotton Club Parade - see 1933 04 16
                              • Remote broadcast, WJZ/NBC Blue Network, 12:00-12:30 am
                                Song titles- K. Steiner; additional notes/spelling corrections: S. Lasker:
                                • Signature - East St. Louis Toodle-Oo
                                • It's Glory
                                • Drop Me Off in Harlem
                                • Twelfth Street Rag
                                • Sophisticated Lady
                                • Milenburg Joys (never recorded by Ellington)
                                • Raisin' the Rent from "Cotton Club Parade"
                                • Slippery Horn
                                • Signature - East St. Louis Toodle-Oo
                                • Crossed out:
                                  Ducky Wucky
                              • The Brooklyn Daily Eagle lists "Ellington Orch." on WMCA at 2:00 a.m.
                              • New York Times radio log 1933-05-05
                              • Radio log, Brooklyn Daily Eagle, New York, N.Y.,
                                1933-05-05 p.13
                              • K. Steiner:
                                Log Books and "Corrected Traffic Sheets",
                                Library of Congress - see 1930 10 29
                              .DEMS
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                              1933 05 06
                              Saturday
                              .New York, N.Y.Cotton Club
                              644 Lenox Ave.
                              Harlem
                              Night club residency - see 1933 03 09
                              • Revue: 22nd Cotton Club Parade - see 1933 04 16
                              • The Brooklyn Daily Eagle lists "Ellington Orch." on WMCA at 2:00 a.m.
                              New Radio log, Brooklyn Daily Eagle, New York, N.Y.,
                              1933-05-06 p.15
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                              1933 05 07
                              Sunday
                              .New York, N.Y.Cotton Club
                              644 Lenox Ave.
                              Harlem
                              Night club residency - see 1933 03 09
                              • Revue: 22nd Cotton Club Parade - see 1933 04 16
                              • 30 minute 2 a.m. local remote WMCA broadcast
                              • Radio log, Brooklyn Daily Eagle, New York, N.Y.,
                                1933-05-07 p.D-E6
                              • New York Times radio log 1933-05-07
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                              1933 05 08
                              Monday
                              .New York, N.Y.Cotton Club
                              644 Lenox Ave.
                              Harlem
                              Night club residency - see 1933 03 09
                              • Revue: 22nd Cotton Club Parade - see 1933 04 16
                              • The Brooklyn Daily Eagle lists "Ellington Orch." on WMCA at 2:00 a.m.
                              Radio log, Brooklyn Daily Eagle, New York, N.Y.,
                              1933-05-08 p.20
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                              1933 05 09
                              Tuesday
                              2:00-6:30 p.m.
                              .New York, N.Y.American Record Corp. studio
                              1776 Broadway
                              American Record Corp. recording session
                              Duke Ellington and His Famous Orchestra
                              Whetsel, C.Williams, Jenkins, Brown, Nanton, Tizol, Hodges, Hardwick, Joe Garland (tenor sax) Carney, Ellington, Guy, Braud, Greer, I.Anderson

                              Note Garland subbed for Bigard, whose instruments were clarinet and tenor sax.

                              Lasker

                              'The 1936 edition of Charles Delaunay's “Hot Discography” noted “Bigard was absent [from this session] due to illness, Carney played clarinet [clarinet isn't heard on this session, however] and [Joe] Garland tenor.” '


                              Titles recorded:
                              • Happy As The Day Is Long
                              • Raisin' The Rent
                              • Get Yourself A New Broom (and Sweep The Blues Away)
                              New Desor
                              DE3306
                              DEMS
                              • 11/1-29
                              • 09/2-6
                              • 86-4-4
                              .djp2011
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                              2017-07-10
                              1933 05 09
                              Tuesday
                              .New York, N.Y.Cotton Club
                              644 Lenox Ave.
                              Harlem
                              Night club residency - see 1933 03 09
                              • Revue: 22nd Cotton Club Parade - see 1933 04 16
                              • Remote broadcast, WJZ/NBC Blue Network, 12:00-12:30 a.m.
                                (Song titles - K. Steiner; Additional notes/ spelling corrections -S. Lasker):
                                • Signature - East St. Louis Toodle Oo
                                • Every Tub [Hyde Park]
                                • Black and Tan Fantasy
                                • Get Yourself a New Broom from "Cotton Club Parade"
                                • Sophisticated Lady
                                • Fast and Furious
                                • Down a Carolina Lane
                                • Slippery Horn
                                • Stormy Weather from "Cotton Club Parade"
                                • Signature - East St. Louis Toodle Oo
                              • The Brooklyn Daily Eagle lists "Ellington Orch." on WMCA at 2:00 a.m.
                              • New York Times radio log 1933-05-09
                              • Radio log, Brooklyn Daily Eagle, New York, N.Y.,
                                1933-05-09- p.24
                              • K. Steiner:
                                Log Books and "Corrected Traffic Sheets",
                                Library of Congress - see 1930 10 29
                              .DEMS
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                              1933 05 10
                              Wednesday
                              .New York, N.Y.Cotton Club
                              644 Lenox Ave.
                              Harlem
                              Night club residency - see 1933 03 09
                              • Revue: 22nd Cotton Club Parade - see 1933 04 16
                              • The Brooklyn Daily Eagle lists "Ellington Orch." on WMCA at 2:00 a.m.
                              Radio log, Brooklyn Daily Eagle, New York, N.Y.,
                              1933-05-10 p.25
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                              1933 05 11
                              Thursday
                              .New York, N.Y.Cotton Club
                              644 Lenox Ave.
                              Harlem
                              Night club residency - see 1933 03 09
                              • Revue: 22nd Cotton Club Parade - see 1933 04 16
                              • Remote broadcast, WEAF/NBC Red Network, 12:05--12:30 a.m.
                                Song titles- K. Steiner; additional notes/spelling corrections: S. Lasker:
                                • Signature - East St. Louis Toodle Oo
                                • Stevedore Stomp
                                • (illegible)
                                • Raisin' the Rent
                                • Get Yourself a New Broom
                                • (illegible)
                                • Sophisticated Lady
                                • (illegible)
                              • The Brooklyn Daily Eagle lists "Ellington Orch." on WMCA at 2:00 a.m.
                              • New York Times radio log 1933-05-11
                              • Radio log, Brooklyn Daily Eagle, New York, N.Y.,
                                1933-05-11 p.21
                              • K. Steiner:
                                Log Books and "Corrected Traffic Sheets",
                                Library of Congress - see 1930 10 29
                              .DEMS
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                              1933 05 12
                              Friday
                              .New York, N.Y.Cotton Club
                              644 Lenox Ave.
                              Harlem
                              Night club residency - see 1933 03 09
                              • Revue: 22nd Cotton Club Parade - see 1933 04 16
                              • Remote broadcast, WJZ/NBC Blue Network, 12:00-12:30 a.m.
                                Song titles-K. Steiner; additional notes/spellings-S. Lasker:
                                • Signature - East St. Louis Toodle-Oo
                                • Old Man Blues
                                • Down a Carolina Lane (never recorded by Ellington)
                                • It Don't Mean a Thing
                                • You're Mine You (never recorded by Ellington)
                                • (illegible)
                                • Medley:
                                  • Looking Forward (never recorded by Ellington) from "Looking Forward"
                                  • It's Sunday Down in Caroline (never recorded by Ellington)
                                  • A Ghost of a Chance (never recorded by Ellington)
                                • I Heard (never recorded by Ellington)
                                • Sophisticated Lady
                                • Signature - East St. Louis Toodle-Oo
                              • Vocalist: Ivy Anderson
                              • The Brooklyn Daily Eagle lists "Ellington Orch." on WMCA at 2:00 a.m.
                              • New York Times radio log 1933-05-12
                              • Radio log, Brooklyn Daily Eagle, New York, N.Y.,
                                1933-05-12 p.25
                              • K. Steiner:
                                Log Books and "Corrected Traffic Sheets",
                                Library of Congress - see 1930 10 29
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                              1933 05 13
                              Saturday
                              .New York, N.Y.Cotton Club
                              644 Lenox Ave.
                              Harlem
                              Night club residency - see 1933 03 09
                              • Revue: 22nd Cotton Club Parade - see 1933 04 16
                              • The Brooklyn Daily Eagle lists "Ellington Orch." on WMCA at 2:00 a.m.
                              Radio log, Brooklyn Daily Eagle, New York, N.Y.,
                              1933-05-13 p.11
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                              1933 05 14
                              Sunday
                              .New York, N.Y.Cotton Club
                              644 Lenox Ave.
                              Harlem
                              Night club residency - see 1933 03 09
                              • Revue: 22nd Cotton Club Parade - see 1933 04 16
                              • The Brooklyn Daily Eagle lists "Ellington Orch." on WMCA at 2:00 a.m.
                              Radio log, Brooklyn Daily Eagle, New York, N.Y.,
                              1933-05-14 p.12F
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                              1933 05 15
                              Monday
                              .New York, N.Y.Cotton Club
                              644 Lenox Ave.
                              Harlem
                              Night club residency - see 1933 03 09
                              • Revue: 22nd Cotton Club Parade - see 1933 04 16
                              • The Brooklyn Daily Eagle lists "Ellington Orch." on WMCA at 2:00 a.m.
                              Radio log, Brooklyn Daily Eagle, New York, N.Y.,
                              1933-05-15 p.20
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                              1933 05 16
                              Tuesday
                              ...American Record Corporation recording session
                              14:00-18:45
                              Duke Ellington and His Famous Orchestra
                              Whetsel, Williams, Jenkins, Brown, Nanton, Tizol, Bigard, Hodges, Hardwick, Carney, Ellington, Guy, Braud, Greer

                              Titles recorded:
                              • Bundle Of Blues
                              • Sophisticated Lady
                              • Stormy Weather
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                              1933 05 16
                              Tuesday
                              .New York, N.Y.Cotton Club
                              644 Lenox Ave.
                              Harlem
                              Night club residency - see 1933 03 09
                              • Revue: 22nd Cotton Club Parade - see 1933 04 16
                              • Remote broadcast, WJZ/NBC Blue Network, 12:00 -12:30 a.m.
                                Song titles- K. Steiner; additional notes/spelling corrections: S. Lasker:
                                • Signature - East St. Louis Toodle-Oo
                                • The Duke Steps Out
                                • Stormy Weather from "Cotton Club Parade" (Ethel Waters)
                                • The Monkey (never recorded by Ellington)
                                • Blue Prelude (never recorded by Ellington)
                                • I Know That You Know from "Oh Please" (never recorded by Ellington)
                                • When We're Alone (never recorded by Ellington) (Ivy Anderson)
                                • Sophisticated Lady
                                • Signature - East St. Louis Toodle-Oo
                              • Vocalist per NBC files: Ivy Anderson
                              • The expected 2 a.m. nightly local WMCA broadcast is not shown in the New York Times radio log although the WMCA listing shows 11:00-2:30 A.M. Dance Music; Talks; Songs
                              • New York Times radio log 1933-05-16
                              • K. Steiner:
                                Log Books and "Corrected Traffic Sheets",
                                Library of Congress - see 1930 10 29
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                              1933 05 17
                              Wednesday
                              .New York, N.Y.Cotton Club
                              644 Lenox Ave.
                              Harlem
                              Night club residency - see 1933 03 09
                              • Revue: 22nd Cotton Club Parade - see 1933 04 16
                              • The Brooklyn Daily Eagle lists "Ellington Orch." on WMCA at 2:00 a.m.
                              Radio log, Brooklyn Daily Eagle, New York, N.Y.,
                              1933-05-17 p.6
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                              1933 05 18
                              Thursday
                              .New York, N.Y.Cotton Club
                              644 Lenox Ave.
                              Harlem
                              Night club residency - see 1933 03 09
                              • Revue: 22nd Cotton Club Parade - see 1933 04 16
                              • Remote broadcast, WEAF/NBC Red Network, 12:05-12:30 a.m.
                                Song titles- K. Steiner; additional notes/spelling corrections: S. Lasker:
                                • Signature - East St. Louis Toodle-Oo
                                • Slippery Horn
                                • Mood Indigo
                                • Ring Dem Bells
                                • Sophisticated Lady
                                • Fast and Furious (piano solo)
                                • Best Wishes
                                • Runnin' Wild
                                • Signature - East St. Louis Toodle-Oo
                              • Vocalist per NBC files: Ivy Anderson
                              • The Brooklyn Daily Eagle lists "Ellington Orch." on WMCA at 2:00 a.m.
                              • New York Times radio log 1933-05-18
                              • Radio log, Brooklyn Daily Eagle, New York, N.Y.,
                                1933-05-18 p.23
                              • K. Steiner:
                                Log Books and "Corrected Traffic Sheets",
                                Library of Congress - see 1930 10 29
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                              1933 05 19
                              Friday
                              .New York, N.Y.Cotton Club
                              644 Lenox Ave.
                              Harlem
                              Night club residency - see 1933 03 09
                              • Revue: 22nd Cotton Club Parade - see 1933 04 16
                              • Remote broadcast, WJZ/NBC Blue Network, 12:00 mid - 12:30 am
                                Song titles- K. Steiner; additional notes/spellings-S. Lasker:
                                • Signature - East St. Louis Toodle-Oo
                                • Cotton Club Shim Sham
                                • Creole Love Call
                                • Swing Low
                                • Sugar Hill Blues (never recorded by Ellington)
                                • Jive Stomp
                                • Best Wishes
                                • It's Glory
                                • Sophisticated Lady
                                • Signature
                              • The Brooklyn Daily Eagle lists "Ellington Orch." on WMCA at 2:00 a.m.
                              • New York Times radio log 1933-05-19
                              • Radio log, Brooklyn Daily Eagle, New York, N.Y.,
                                1933-05-19 p.27
                              • K. Steiner:
                                Log Books and "Corrected Traffic Sheets",
                                Library of Congress - see 1930 10 29
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                              1933 05 20
                              Saturday
                              .New York, N.Y.Cotton Club
                              644 Lenox Ave.
                              Harlem
                              Night club residency - see 1933 03 09
                              • Revue: 22nd Cotton Club Parade - see 1933 04 16
                              • The Brooklyn Daily Eagle lists "Ellington Orch." on WMCA at 2:00 a.m.
                              Radio log, Brooklyn Daily Eagle, New York, N.Y.,
                              1933-05-20 p.D-E6
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                              1933 05 21
                              Sunday
                              .New York, N.Y.Lafayette Theatre,
                              132nd St. & 7th Ave.
                              Harlem
                              Pullman Porters Brotherhood Monster Midnight Benefit show
                              Among the performers advertised to appear were
                              • Connie's Inn Revue
                              • Ethel Waters
                              • Duke Ellington and his Orchesta
                              • Small's Paradise Revue (entire show)
                              • George Dewey Washington
                              • Hemsley Winfield
                              • Ernest Whitman
                              • Vincent Lopez and his Orchestra
                              • Dextra Male Quintette
                              • Hall Johnson's Negro Choir
                              • Melody Four Quartette
                              Admission prices $1.00, 75 cents and 55 cents
                              • Ad, New York Age, 1933-05-20 p.2
                              • Vail I, with image
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                              1933 05 21
                              Sunday
                              .New York, N.Y.Cotton Club
                              644 Lenox Ave.
                              Harlem
                              Night club residency - see 1933 03 09
                              • Revue: 22nd Cotton Club Parade - see 1933 04 16
                              • The Brooklyn Daily Eagle lists "Ellington Orch." on WMCA at 2:00 a.m.
                              Radio log, Brooklyn Daily Eagle, New York, N.Y.,
                              1933-05-21 p.D-E6
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                              1933 05 22
                              Monday
                              .New York, N.Y.Cotton Club
                              644 Lenox Ave.
                              Harlem
                              Night club residency - see 1933 03 09
                              • Revue: 22nd Cotton Club Parade - see 1933 04 16The Brooklyn Daily Eagle lists "Ellington Orch." on WMCA at 2:00 a.m.
                              Radio log, Brooklyn Daily Eagle, New York, N.Y.,
                              1933-05-22 p.20
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                              1933 05 23
                              Tuesday
                              . Astoria, Queens, New York, N.Y.Paramount Studios Complex
                              (properly Astoria Studios or Paramount Eastern Service Studios)
                              Filming the 9 minute Paramount short film "Bundle Of Blues" (release date 1933-09-01)
                              The film sound track was recorded by Duke Ellington and His Famous Orchestra,
                              Personnel: Whetsel, Williams, Jenkins, Brown, Nanton, Tizol, Bigard, Hodges, Hardwick, Carney, Ellington, Benny James (guitar), Braud, Greer, and Ivie Anderson.

                              The dancers in the Bugle Call Rag sequence were Bessie Dudley and Florence Hill.

                              Titles recorded:
                            • Lightnin'
                            • Rockin' In Rhythm
                            • Stormy Weather
                            • Bugle Call Rag

                            • Venue:
                              Stratemann reports the venue was Paramount Eastern Service Studios at Astoria, Long Island, N.Y.. Steven Lasker gives the venue as Astoria Studios, 35-11 35th Avenue, Astoria, Queens, NYC. Wikipedia says that when Paramount moved its operations to the west coast in 1932 it made the facility available to independent producers whose films were released through Paramount or other Hollywood film companies, but it is not clear when or if the site was renamed; it was taken over by the army in 1942. In any event, the site appears to be five acres surrounded by 35th Avenue, 35th Street, 34th Avenue and either 36th or 37th Streets. The National Parks Service registry currently refers to it simply as the Paramount Studios Complex. Click here for a recent aerial view of the site.
                              The Koehler/Arlen hit Stormy Weather was first recorded by Leo Reisman and His Orchestra and the Ethel Waters version was enormously popular, with sheet music selling as many as 8,000 copies a day. At least six record with it were issued early on, many more versions would follow.:
                              • Victor 24262 Leo Reisman and His Orchestra (composer Harold Arlen, voc.) This was the first version, recorded 1933 02 28 and released 1933 04 07.
                              • Brunswick 6564 Ethel Waters
                              • Brunswick 6550 Guy Lombardo and His Royal Canadians (Carmen Lombardo, voc.)
                              • Br 6600 Duke Ellington and His Famous Orchestra (instrumental) (see labels in the Dooji Collection)
                              • Brunswick 20122 (12-inch 78) Abe Lyman and His California Orchestra ("Symphonic Interpretation," vocals by Frank Sylvano and chorus)
                              • Columbia 2774-D Ted Lewis and His Orchestra (Shirley Jay, voc.)
                              Ellington's instrumental version, paired with Sophisticated Lady, topped the Brunswick label record sales in June, 1933, and he played it on the air at least the ten times shown above, but he was unable to record a vocal with Ivie Anderson until 1940.
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                              1933 05 23
                              Tuesday
                              .New York, N.Y.Cotton Club
                              644 Lenox Ave.
                              Harlem
                              Night club residency - see 1933 03 09
                              • Revue: 22nd Cotton Club Parade - see 1933 04 16
                              • The customary midnight network broadcast was pre-empted in favour of a program about the dedication of Richmond Va., station WRVA
                              • The Brooklyn Daily Eagle lists "Ellington Orch." on WMCA at 2:00 a.m.
                              • Radio log, Brooklyn Daily Eagle, New York, N.Y.,
                                1933-05-23 p.9
                              • K. Steiner:
                                Log Books and "Corrected Traffic Sheets",
                                Library of Congress - see 1930 10 29
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                              1933 05 24
                              Wednesday
                              .New York, N.Y.Cotton Club
                              644 Lenox Ave.
                              Harlem
                              Night club residency - see 1933 03 09
                              • Revue: 22nd Cotton Club Parade - see 1933 04 16
                              • The Brooklyn Daily Eagle lists "Ellington Orch." on WMCA at 2:00 a.m.
                              Radio log, Brooklyn Daily Eagle, New York, N.Y.,
                              1933-05-24 p.9
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                              1933 05 25
                              Thursday
                              .New York, N.Y.Cotton Club
                              644 Lenox Ave.
                              Harlem
                              Night club residency - see 1933 03 09
                              • Revue: 22nd Cotton Club Parade - see 1933 04 16
                              • Broadcast, WEAF/NBC Red Network, 12:05-12:30 a.m.
                                Song titles- K. Steiner; additional notes/spellings -S. Lasker:
                                • Signature - East St. Louis Toodle-Oo
                                • Lightnin'
                                • Drop Me Off in Harlem
                                • Double Check Stomp
                                • The Mooch
                                • Jig Walk (never recorded by Ellington)
                                • Sophisticated Lady
                                • Crossed out:
                                  • Get Yourself a New Broom
                                  • Ducky Wucky
                                  • Bundle Of Blues
                              • The Brooklyn Daily Eagle lists "Ellington Orch." on WMCA at 2:00 a.m.
                              • New York Times radio log 1933-05-25
                              • Radio log, Brooklyn Daily Eagle, New York, N.Y.,
                                1933-05-25 p.21
                              • K. Steiner:
                                Log Books and "Corrected Traffic Sheets",
                                Library of Congress - see 1930 10 29
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                              1933 05 26
                              Friday
                              .New York, N.Y.Town HallBenefit Concert

                              This appears to have been a benefit for the Scottsboro Boys, which was announced to be at Town Hall "tomorrow afternoon" in the May 27 edition of The New York Evening Post.
                              • Stratemann, p.65, citing Amsterdam News, 1933-05-17
                              • New York Evening Post, New York, N.Y. 1933-05-27 p.5 s.S
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                              Friday
                              1933 06 01New York, N.Y.Capitol Theatre
                              Broadway & 51st St.
                              Stormy Weather exploitation (see "Bundle of Blues" at 1933 05 23) continued with the Cotton Club show taken into the Capitol Theatre for a week of evening entertainment.

                              Ads in the New York Sun shouted

                              FIRST TIME ON ANY STAGE
                              New York's most famous entertainment institution!
                              The ALL NEW COTTON CLUB REVUE of 1933
                              with the Queen of Harlem's Entertainers
                              ETHEL WATERS singing "Stormy Weather"
                              BUCK & BUBBLES
                              NICHOLAS BROS.
                              Cast of Sepian Stars
                              - and -
                              Added Attraction
                              DUKE ELLINGTON and his Famous Orch.


                              and

                              HARLEM MOVES to the CAPITOL Stage
                              COTTON CLUB REVUE of 1933, Book and lyrics by TED KOEHLER & HAROLD ARLEN

                              ETHEL WATERS singing STORMY WEATHER, and BUCK & BUBBLES, NICHOLAS BROS.
                              The FOUR FLASH DEVILS, WEN TAYLOR'S CHOIR, JOSIE OLIVER, "RUBBER LEGS" WILSON, CORA LA REDD, SALLY GOODING, KATHRYN SMITH, BOBBY SAWYER and the COTTON CLUB Chorus
                              - and -
                              Added Attraction
                              DUKE ELLINGTON AND HIS FAMOUS ORCHESTRA
                              Production by DAN HEALY

                              Stratemann includes Florence Hill, too.

                              The ensemble played a 75 minute show at the Capitol nightly for a week. Presumably they returned to the Cotton Club for the usual perfomances, but this is not confirmed.
                              The first night, Ethel Waters and the Ellington orchestra appeared on the WABC Around the Town radio show. Around the Town was a unique concept. An aeroplane equipped to receive and transmit short wave radio, piloted by Amelia Earhart, circled over New York for an hour, picking up shows from the Capitol, the Park Central Casino, and a Greenwich Village club, and retransmitting these feeds to the CBS studio for onward transmission. Ted Heusen was the announcer.
                              • New York Sun
                                • 1933-05-23
                                • 1933-05-24 p.20
                                • 1933-05-26, p.18
                              • Variety 1933-05-23, p.49
                              • Stratemann, p.65 citing Variety 1933-05-30, pp.14 and 43
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                              Friday
                              .New York, N.Y.Cotton Club
                              644 Lenox Ave.
                              Harlem
                              Night club residency - see 1933 03 09
                              • Revue: 22nd Cotton Club Parade - see 1933 04 16
                              • 30 minute broadcast, WJZ/NBC Blue Network, 12:00-12:30 a.m.
                                Song titles- K. Steiner; additional notes/spellings -S. Lasker:
                                • Signature - East St. Louis Toodle-Oo
                                • St. Louis Blues
                                • The Mooche
                                • Tiger Rag
                                • Awful Sad
                                • Every Tub [Hyde Park]
                                • Best Wishes
                                • Stevedore Stomp
                                • Signature - East St. Louis Toodle-Oo
                                • Crossed out:
                                  Blue Tune
                            • The Brooklyn Daily Eagle lists "Ellington Orch." on WMCA at 2:00 a.m.
                              • New York Times radio log 1933-05-26
                              • Radio log, Brooklyn Daily Eagle, New York, N.Y.,
                                1933-05-26 p.31
                              • K. Steiner:
                                Log Books and "Corrected Traffic Sheets",
                                Library of Congress - see 1930 10 29
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                              Saturday
                              .New York, N.Y.Capitol Theatre22nd Cotton Club Parade - evening performance - see 1933 05 26...
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                              Saturday
                              .New York, N.Y.Cotton Club
                              644 Lenox Ave.
                              Harlem
                              Night club residency - see 1933 03 09
                              • Revue: 22nd Cotton Club Parade - see 1933 04 16
                              • The Brooklyn Daily Eagle lists "Ellington Orch." on WMCA at 2:00 a.m.
                              Radio log, Brooklyn Daily Eagle, New York, N.Y.,
                              1933-05-27 p.15
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                              Sunday
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                              Sunday
                              .New York, N.Y.Cotton Club
                              644 Lenox Ave.
                              Harlem
                              Night club residency - see 1933 03 09
                              • Revue: 22nd Cotton Club Parade - see 1933 04 16
                              • The Brooklyn Daily Eagle lists "Ellington Orch." on WMCA at 2:00 a.m.
                              Radio log, Brooklyn Daily Eagle, New York, N.Y.,
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                              Monday
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                              Monday
                              .New York, N.Y.Cotton Club
                              644 Lenox Ave.
                              Harlem
                              Night club residency - see 1933 03 09
                              • Revue: 22nd Cotton Club Parade - see 1933 04 16
                              • The Brooklyn Daily Eagle lists "Ellington Orch." on WMCA at 2:00 a.m.
                              Radio log, Brooklyn Daily Eagle, New York, N.Y.,
                              1933-05-29 p.9
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                              Tuesday
                              .New York, N.Y.Capitol Theatre22nd Cotton Club Parade - evening performance - see 1933 05 261933-05-30 p.18..
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                              Tuesday
                              .New York, N.Y.Cotton Club
                              644 Lenox Ave.
                              Harlem
                              Night club residency - see 1933 03 09
                              • Revue: 22nd Cotton Club Parade - see 1933 04 16
                              • 30 minute broadcast WJZ/NBC Blue Network 12:00-12:30 a.m. (confirmed by NYT radio log)
                                Song titles- K. Steiner; additional notes/spellings -S. Lasker: 12:00-12:30 am
                                • Signature - East St. Louis Toodle-Oo
                                • Jive Stomp
                                • Stormy Weather
                                • Limehouse Blues
                                • Mama When You Ain't There
                                • It Don't Mean A Thing
                                • Sophisticated Lady
                                • Slippery Horn
                                • Signature - East St. Louis Toodle-Oo
                                • Crossed out:
                                  Drop Me Off in Harlem
                              • Vocalist per NBC files: Ivy Anderson
                              • The Brooklyn Daily Eagle lists "Ellington Orch." on WMCA at 2:00 a.m.
                              • New York Times radio log 1933-05-30
                              • Radio log, Brooklyn Daily Eagle, New York, N.Y.,
                                1933-05-30 p.18
                              • K. Steiner:
                                Log Books and "Corrected Traffic Sheets",
                                Library of Congress - see 1930 10 29
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                              Wednesday
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                              Wednesday
                              .New York, N.Y.Cotton Club
                              644 Lenox Ave.
                              Harlem
                              • Last night of club residency
                              • Revue: 22nd Cotton Club Parade
                                See 1933 03 09
                              • The Brooklyn Daily Eagle lists "Ellington Orch." on WMCA at 2:00 a.m.
                              • The Evening Post and the San Antonio Register said Wednesday would be Ellington's last night at the Cotton Club and on Thursday, the Evening Post said

                                'The Mills Blue Rhythm Boys succeed Duke Ellington and his orchestra at the Cotton Club tonight'

                              • The Brooklyn Daily Eagle radio logs continued to show Ellington's orchestra on WMCA at 2:00 a.m. daily until June 13. On June 14, Blue Rhythm Orch. is shown.
                              • New York Times radio log 1933-05-31
                              • Radio logs, Brooklyn Daily Eagle, New York, N.Y.,
                                • 1933-05-31 p.25
                                • daily, 1933-06-01 to 1933-06-14
                                New York Evening Post, New York, N.Y.
                                • 1933-05-27
                                • 1933-06-01
                              • San Antonio Register, San Antonio, Tex. 1933-05-26 p.1
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                              June 1933

                              1933 06 00... Peripheral event
                              New advertising manual:

                              Steven Lasker:
                              "Mills Artists, Inc." published a new advertising brochure, "Irving Mills Presents Duke Ellington and his famous orchestra [...] written and designed by K[nute].K. Hansen. Cover by Leff. Photographs by Wendell MacRae. Laurel Printing Co, Inc. New York, NY."

                              Although the publicity manual credits "Photographs by Wendell MacRae," a print held here of a photo he took bears "by Wendell McRae" rubber-stamped on its back.

                              Whereas the first advertising manual (discussed above at 1931 11 00) was 8 1/2" x 11", the 1933 manual was 11" x 14 1/2". This larger brochure doesn't bear a date, but a list of Ellington's records includes none released after June 1933.

                              The manual was originally printed with 15 pages (on seven and one-half double-sided sheets); additional single-sided pages (27 in my copy) were printed and added to some copies as late as February 1934, that being the month when the band was hired to appear in "It Ain't No Sin," mentioned on one of the supplemental pages. (The film was ultimately released as "Belle of the Nineties.")

                              Capsule biographies of the sidemen and Ivie appear in the manual as follows:
                              • Charles Williams, trumpet, Mobile, Alabama. Educated in the public schools of Mobile and studied music under Charles Lipscomb of Mobile. Formerly with the Chick Webb, Alonzo Ross and Fletcher Henderson orchestras.
                              • Freddy Jenkins, trumpet, New York City. Educated in the New York public schools and at Wilberforce University, Ohio. Formerly with the Babe Aldrich, Jake Porter and Horace Henderson orchestras; once had his own band.
                              • Arthur Whetsel, trumpet, Punta Gorda, Florida. Educated at public schools in California and Washington D.C., and Howard University, Washington, D.C. Studied music under his father and under Max Schosberg. One of Duke Ellington's original band, and formerly with Elmer Snowden, Claude Hopkins, the Al Jolson group in "Big Boy", the New York Clef Club and Bobby Lee.
                              • Lawrence Brown, trombone, Lawrence, Kans[as]. Educated in California public schools and Pasadena College; formerly with Les Hite, Curtis Mosby and the Quality Serenaders, all of Louisiana [recte Los Angeles, California]. Contributes many of the trombone solos in Duke Ellington's records.
                              • Juan Tizol, [valve] trombone, Vega Baja, Puerto Rico. Studied music under his father, Juan Manuel Tizol; formerly with the Marie Lucas, White Brothers and Bobby Lee orchestras. Plays clarinet cadenzas on a valve trombone.
                              • Joseph "Tricky Sam" Nanton, trombone, New York City. General and musical education at St. Marks, New York City. One of Duke Ellington's original band at the Kentucky Club, New York, and before that with Frazier's and Cliff Jackson's orchestras. Hot trombone choruses on Ellington records.
                              • Johnny Hodge [sic], saxophone and clarinet, Boston, Mass. Educated in the Boston public schools. Formerly with the Walter Johnson, Joseph Steele, Bobby Sawyer and Chick Webb orchestras.
                              • Barney Bigard, saxophone and clarinet, New Orleans, La. Educated in the public schools of New Orleans and at Straight College, and studied music under Lorenzo Tio. Formerly with King Oliver, Octave Gaspard and Charles Elgar bands.
                              • Harry Carney, saxophone and clarinet, Boston, Mass. Educated in public schools of Boston; studied music under Barone. Formerly with Walter Johnson, Joseph Steele, Henry Sapro [sic] and Bobby Sawyer.
                              • Otto Hardwick, saxophone and clarinet, Washington D.C. Attended Dunbar and Washington High Schools, Washington; studied music under Tovermick of the United States Marine Band. Formerly with Noble Sissle and Elmer Snowden, once had his own orchestra and a member of Duke Ellington's original band.
                              • Wellman Braud, double-bass, St. James Parish, Louisiana. Educated in public schools there; studied music under William Moran. Formerly with the Original Creole Band, Bill Vodey's [sic] Plantation Orchestra, Jim Vaughn and Charles Elgar.
                              • Sonny Greer, drums, Long Branch, N.J. Chattle High School at Long Branch. One of the Swanee Serenaders for seven years, and a member of Duke Ellington's original Kentucky Club band. Lois Lang, in The New Yorker, called him "...the most deft, nonchalant and chic drummer in town. The way he scuttles through all the gadgets without even looking! If I were a little boy, I'd want to grow up to be him."
                              • Fred Guy, guitar and banjo. Burkeville, Virginia. Educated in the New York City public schools. One of Duke Ellington's original band, and formerly with Ginger Young and John Smith.
                              • Duke Ellington. Edward Kennedy Ellington was born in Washington D.C., inevitably nicknamed "Duke" in high school. Piano lessons were his lot as a boy, but he liked painting better and promptly forgot all the music he had been taught when he found that he could play better by ear than note. Inclination would have had him accepting the scholarship at Pratt Institute which his artistic ability won for him; necessity turned him to music. As a soda clerk [recte jerk] in "The Poodle Dog", he filled in for the regular piano player when the latter succumbed to a chronic inability to refuse drinks. The arrangements of the practiced pianists to whom Duke had begun to find pleasure in listening were too involved for his untutored ear, and the only way he could learn a tune was to improvise until he had actually composed a melody, then work up his own arrangement. His first composition he called the "Soda Fountain Rag", and it was this that he displayed at the Poodle Dog. He played it in two-four, four-four, five-four -- a different tempo each time he repeated it, but always the Soda Fountain Rag, until he had composed a second specialty. [Bullet point in original.] Oliver "Doc" Perry heard him, encouraged him to study piano again, coached him. He met Russell Wooding, then directing an orchestra of sixty men in Sunday jazz concerts at a Washington theatre, asked to be given a chance at one of the five pianos. "You? You couldn't reach this music. You'd be wandering all over the place with your funny fancies." The Duke studied some more, went back to Wooding, got the job -- with strict instructions to play legitimate piano, every note as written. He played almost to the end of his first concert without a slip. Then as the music paused he saw a beautiful spot for an Ellington piano break -- and played it. Wooding fired him. Duke studied some more, went to "Doc" and got a job directing one of Perry's orchestras. In 1923 he joined Wilbur Sweatman's band, but left two years later [more like two weeks] to come to New York [later in 1923] with five men of his own selection [under the direction of Elmer Snowden]. Under Irving Mills' management, he opened at the Cotton Club in Harlem on December 4th, 1927. Since then you have read about him in the newspapers.
                              • Ivie Anderson, "the California Blackbird", vocalist, Musical comedy and vaudeville personality, she toured the United States and Australia in Fanchon & Marco Ideas before joining Duke Ellington and his famous orchestra.
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                              • A copy of the 1933 edition sold on eBay in April 2016 for US$371.
                              • In his 2016 Duke Ellington Study Group Conference presentation about the advertising manuals, Professor Carl Woideck pointed out that the capsule biographies emphasized each musician's education, and suggested this was a deliberate marketing strategy to set the Ellington band apart in the public eye.
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                              The 22nd Cotton Club Parade - evening performance - see 1933 05 26 - continued but likely without the Ellington orchestra.

                              Vail has this as Ellington's last night at the Capitol, but the New York Post had announced Ellington would finish Wednesday. On Thursday, it said

                              'The Mills Blue Rhythm Boys succeed Duke Ellington and his orchestra at the Cotton Club tonight'


                              Given its imminent departure for Europe, it seems unlikely the Ellington band played this evening.

                              Whatever the date, when Ellington left, Baron Lee and the Mills Blue Rhythm Band was to take over both the Capitol and Cotton Club jobs, but Mills dropped Lee from that band. Then Variety reported:

                              'Instead of putting in the Blue Rhythm band minus batonier Baron Lee, Irving Mills changed his mind and last Wednesday (31) gave the Cotton Club, Harlem, assignment to a newly organized combination which he has dubbed the Mills Musical Playboys. Eddie Mallory has been put in as leader and they stay until Duke Ellington returns from his European trip.'

                              • New York Evening Post, New York, N.Y. 1933-06-01
                              • Variety, 1933-06-06 p.57
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                              Atlantic OceanR.M.S. Olympic

                              This first of three Olympic class ships was built in Ireland for the White Star Line. She was launched in 1910, made her maiden voyage in 1911, and was at sea, too far away to help, when her sister ship Titanic sank in 1912. She became a troop carrier during the first world war (designated H.M.T. Olympic), returned to passenger service after the war. She was retired in 1935 and broken up in 1937.

                              Her dimensions were 882 feet, 6 inches by 92 feet, 6 inches. The distance around the Promenade deck was 1,140 feet, with 4 1/2 circuits making a mile, and the portholes on Deck B were 40 feet above the water line. Her grand staircases connected the passenger decks. Two or three of the pictures of her grand staircases at http://www.ssmaritime.com
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                              her grand staircases(s). While this webpages says one is from the Titanic, another website says the Titanic's grand staircase was never photographed. If that is so, then the second staircase on www.ssmaritime.com will be another of the five grand staircases on the Olympic.

                              Her name according to an undated first class deck plan was 'R.M.S. "Olympic"' but various sources also call her 'S.S. Olympic' or simply 'Olympic.' "R.M.S." designates ships with Royal Mail contracts. Photographs found on the internet show the name on her bow was simply 'Olympic.'

                              Steven Lasker advises Juan Tizol's scrapbook has two White Star Line color postcards, one for 'R.M.S. Olympic' and another for 'S.S. Majestic.'

                              Overview of the Ellington orchestra's first overseas tour


                              • Stratemann:

                                'Duke Ellington and his orchestra... went on their first trip abroad, to Europe:
                                With singer Ivie Anderson, dancers Bessie Dudley and Bill Bailey, personal representative Irving Mills and publicity agent Kay Hanson [sic] in tow, the band left New York aboard the S.S.Olympic on June 2, 1933'

                              • The tour, arranged during Irving Mills' visit to the U.K. in November 1932 and sponsored by British band leader Jack Hylton, would take in England, Scotland, the Netherlands and France. The band returned from France on the S.S. Majestic in August.
                              • Parsonage tells us the Ellington tour was subject to a great deal of advance publicity as early as Mills' visit in November 1932, when he confirmed Ellington was considering a visit, reported in Melody Maker, November 1932. A tentative agreement with the Palladium was announced in Melody Maker January 1933 and it mentioned the forthcoming visit each month thereafter.
                              • Cohen:

                                'The Ellington orchestra's 1933 tour of England and France was a watershed event that epitomized the sentiments expressed in the marketing of Ellington...'

                              • Variety:
                                • 1933-05-23 p.2:

                                  'SAILINGS
                                  ...June 2 (New York to London), Irving Mills, Kay Hanson, Duke Ellington and band, Florence Hill, Ivy Anderson, Derby and Bailey (Olympic)...'

                                • 1933-05-23 p.49:

                                  '...Mills, with the entire [Cotton Club] show, plus Kay Hanson, his p.a. and secretary, sail June 2 on the 'Olympic' for four weeks in England, opening at the Palladium June 12 for a fortnight, followed by Manchester and Glasgow...
                                    Palladium bookings et al also permit the Ellingtonians doubling, to include concerts and possibly a colored musicial which Mills has in mind for England. He would leave Ellington and the present troupe going over, including the specialty singers and dancers, and return to America to export more American colored artists. That's why an optional seven weeks' booking for Paris and the Riviera are not being closed until Mills gets his bearings abroad, following Ellington's opening in London.'

                              • San Antonio Register:

                                '...The band ... will close at the Cotton Club in Harlem on May 31st, and sail for London on the Olympic June 2nd, accompanied by Mr. Mills, who will negotiate Continental appearances for Ellington and his famous orchestra while they are abroad.
                                  During Ellington's final week in New York, beginning May 26th, his orchestra will be headlined at the Capitol Theatre with Ethel Waters, singing "Stormy Weather," and the entire Cotton Club revue.'

                              • Percival Outram in The New York Age:

                                '...The Blue Rhythm Band, which pinch-hits for him at the Cotton Club, played at the dock of the SS Olympic and the news reel made a short of the event. The Duke made a short speech and conducted the Blue Rhythm boys for the au revoir '


                              Tour personnel

                              • The Olympic passenger list included:
                                Names of PassengersClassOccupationAge
                                ELLINGTONEdward KennedyTouristMusician34
                                JENKINSFred DouglasTouristMusician26
                                WILLIAMSCharles MTouristMusician23
                                WHETSELArthur ParkerTouristMusician28
                                IRISHJoseph N
                                "known as Joseph Nanton"
                                TouristMusician29
                                TIZOLVicente M
                                "known as Juan Tizol"
                                TouristMusician33
                                BROWNLawrence OTouristMusician25
                                HARDWICKOtto TouristMusician29
                                CARNEYHarryTouristMusician23
                                HODGEJohn CorneliusTouristMusician25
                                BIGARDAlbanyTouristMusician27
                                GUYFredTouristMusician35
                                BRAUDWellman TouristMusician42
                                GREERWilliam A.TouristMusician31
                                JOHNSONIvie Marie
                                "known as Ivie Anderson"
                                TouristActress28
                                DUDLEYMary ClemensTouristActress23
                                WILSONGordon S   
                                "(known as Darby Wilson)"
                                TouristMusician34
                                BAILEYWillie EugeneTouristMusician20
                                HANSENKenneth1st Manager27
                                MILLSIrving1stManager39
                                JONESRichardTouristValet30
                              • The U.K. address listed for all except Jones was c/o Jack Hylton, 42 Cranbourn Street, London. (This Jones may not be the bandboy – he listed an English address of c/o Brown Shipley & Co., Pall Mall, London, and travelled with an Eva William [sic] Jones, housewife, 52, but his age and occupation are consistent with Jonesy.)
                              • Although Variety 1933-06-06 p.49 said:

                                'While the Duke Ellington orchestra (colored) is going second class, as does almost every white band when sailing for European engagement [sic], Ellington is personally traveling first class. He has an adjoining cabin to Irving Mills, his manager, and Kay Hanson, p.a. They'll dine together at their own table.'

                                , the passenger list only shows Hansen and Mills in first class. Everyone else, including Ellington is listed in tourist class.
                              • Lawrence says:

                                'Mills sent his secretaries, Florence Hill and Kay Hansen a week before the arrival...to have everything in place, including hotel rooms, when the entourage arrived. '

                                There are several problems with this:
                                • Kay Hansen (a.k.a. K. (Knute) K. Hansen was not a secretary, he was a Mills-Rockwell publicist:
                                  • K. K. Hansen designed the new Mills Artists Inc. advertising manual noted in the previous entry.
                                  • Variety 1933-02-07 p.55 announced Mills-Rockwell Inc. had been reorganized and K. K. Hansen was now in charge of publicity.
                                  • Variety 1933-08-01 p.21 described the police preventing him from carrying out a publicity stunt in Liverpool (see 1933 06 29)
                                  • Variety 1933-09-12 p.64, in a full page ad for Mills Blue Rhythm Band, named K. K. Hansen as the person to contact for radio. On p.45, of the same edition, Kay Hansen was described as one of three high-powered Mills press-agents.
                                  • Variety 1933-10-17 p.37 reported Hansen had taken over the advertising and publicity assignment for Rockwell-O;Keefe, Inc.
                                  • Kenneth Hansen returned to the United States on S.S.Île de France, departing Plymouth July 19, 1933.
                                • The passenger list confirms Hansen travelled with the band, not a week ahead of it.
                                • Whether or not Mills had a secretary named Hill needs to be confirmed. It seems more likely she was one of the dancers featured in Bundle of Blues, filmed the previous month and who danced in Ellington's show in late 1931. This Hill was married to Eddie Mallory, new leader of Mills Blue Rhythm Band and Mills Musical Playboys at the Cotton Club during Ellington's absence. Searches of the May and June passenger lists for Atlantic crossings do not turn her up and she is not in the London group photo. On the other hand, the July 1, 1933 Chicago Daily News "47th Street - Chicago" column reported seeing Florence Hill around town.

                              Impact

                              • Ulanov describes the conflicting views the British press expressed about Ellington's arrival, ranging from xenophodia to racism. He goes on to say:

                                'Along with the snide cracks and the patriotic pique, however, there was enormous interest in Ellington, a genuine interest. Much was made in the British press of ...Grainger's comparison of Ellington to ...Bach and ... Delius...The top London papers, the Daily Express and Daily Herald, not only covered the appearances fo the band but gave Ellington great space before he arrived. His picture appeared in the Herald, Sketch, New-Chronicle, Evening Standard and Sunday Referee. All over the country, newpapers large and small, hailed his forthcoming appearances. The News Chronicle, in a story announcing his arrival at London's Waterloo Station, hailed Ellington as "the most clebrated negro bandmaster in the world."
                                  The trip was not especially noteworthy. The band was feted on board the S.S. Olympic from the day it left New York, June 2, until it arrived in Southampton a little after noon one week later... Everybody had drunk a lot, balled a little, Toby swaggering a little as he explained the incidentals and fundamentals of travel on a transatlantic liner. The two girls with the troupe, Ivie and Bessie Dudley, a dancer, were lionized. There were some rehearsals.


                              • In 1985, Peter Tanner told the Ellington conference about the 1933 Ellington tour, and said the band rehearsed on the Majestic [recte Olympic], and played a concert en route.
                              • Lawrence says the concert was in the first class dining room on the second night, and the band rehearsed several afternoons. Lawrence cites Bigard's With Louis and the Duke as his source, but Bigard (see below) does not say which night it was and does not mention band rehearsals.
                              • Barney Bigard:

                                '...The first trip we made over there was by boat. I think it was called the Champlain [recte Olympic]. I enjoyed that boat trip a lot. We used to keep up our lip by playing in our cabins, but one night the whole band did play to entertain the voyagers. After that we have the whole boat to ourselves. We were welcome in any part of that big ship.
                                  Once we arrived we opened at the London Palladium. We were the top attraction. That was a good gig, although we were so busy that we didn't get around much. We didn't even get a chance to meet many of the English musicians either. When we closed at the Palladium we played concerts around the country. I know we went to Liverpool, Birmingham and some place called Margate by the sea [sic]. Sometimes we went by bus and sometimes by train. Of course we were at home with the people because they spoke English, but we had a time trying to figure out what the Scottish people were talking about when we played Glasgow. They were crazy about our music and we got very good press. All too soon the trip ended and we came back to the States...'

                              • They made landfall at Southampton mid-day June 9, then took the boat-train to London.
                              • Undated White Star Line first class deck plan for R.M.S. "Olympic"
                              • Detailed deck plan for the Olympic and Titanic, located online by C. Windheuser, Smithsonian Reference Services volunteer, 2017-07-11
                              • Olympic interior and exterior photographs, located online by C. Windheuser, 2017-07-11
                              • Stratemann, pp.65-67
                              • Chicago Defender, Chicago, Ill.
                                • 1933-05-13 p.8 (band photo, caption with wrong departure date)
                                • 1933-06-24 p.9 - band photo at Waterloo Station, London
                              • San Antonio Register, San Antonio, Tex. 1933-05-26 p.1
                              • The New York Age, New York, N.Y. 1933-06-24 p.7
                              • Ulanov (ibid.), ibid., pp.130-151
                              • Cohen, Duke Ellington's America, ibid., pp.112-122
                              • Vail I: Group photo on deck (see Stratemann p.66 as well)
                              • Lawrence, ibid., p.193
                              • Peter Tanner's address, Blue Light Vol. 12 No. 3, transcribed by Quentin Bryar
                              • Catherine Parsonage, The Evolution of Jazz in Britain, 1880-1935, pp. 228-229
                              • Variety, as noted to the left
                              • Bigard, ibid., pp.68-69
                              • J. E. Hasse, Beyond Category, The Life and Genius of Duke Ellington, (ibid) pp.169-175
                              • Concert programs are found in SI-NMAH DEC301, Series 2: Performances and Programs, 1933-1974, box 1:
                                • folder 1 European Tour, June 12-August 1, 1933
                                • folder 2 London, 1933
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                              According to Lawrence the Ellington orchestra played a concert in the first-class dining room on the second night of the voyage, but the date and on-board location need to be confirmed since Lawrence does not give a supporting reference, although it does quote Lawrence Brown:

                              'Brown remembered walking down the grand staircase that led from the first-class dining room after the concert.'

                            • Bigard (see Overview above) confirms a concert was played, but does not say it was in the first-class dining room nor which night it took place.
                            • An undated White Star Line first class deck plan for R.M.S. "Olympic" appears to show a grand staircase between each passenger deck, from the Sun Deck to the Promeande Deck, from Promenade to Deck A, etc., all the way down to Deck E. Googling R.M.S. Olympic will turn up photos of two of these staircases, albeit in some cases said to have been taken on the Titanic.
                              • Lawrence. ibid. p.194
                              • Bigard ibid., pp.68-69
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                              .Southampton and London, England.Landing at 12:30 noon at Southampton, the group was met by British bandleader Jack Hylton, who sponsored the British leg of the tour, and by journalist-musician Spike Hughes.
                              • A 'Special Representative' of Melody Maker, likely Hughes, reported he was present with a crowd of others to welcome Ellington:

                                "We went aboard the Olympic and sought him out... There he was! In person! In the flesh! The Duke! Himself!

                                "Tall - over 6 ft. - broad, with the shoulders, and build of an athlete, slightly plump in a way that seemed in accord with his obvious good temper.

                                "A broad smile that had nothing artificial or forced about it. A firm handshake. A pleasant cultured voice.

                                "Behind him were 'the boys.' There they were, all of them - Bigard, Hughes, Brown, Greer and the rest. Also in the party were two attractive coloured girls - Ivie Anderson, the Blues singer, and Bessie Dudley, the dancer.

                                "There was, of course, great to-do's. I think that the Duke's arm must have ached with the hundreds of handshakes! A constant procession of people passed in front of him...All through all of it his smile never faltered and his good humour never cracked under the strain for an instant....

                                "Through the wizardry of Jack Hylton, the usually tedious Customs formalities passed with lightning speed, and before very long Ellington was entrained, en route for London..."


                                The ensemble posed on deck for a group photo, and travelled by train to Waterloo Station, London, where they were met by crowds, where Jack Hylton's band played for them, and where they posed for a group photo (reprinted widely, including the Chicago Defender). Melody Maker reported 37 photographers lined up to take pictures of the band.
                              • Ulanov:

                                'At Southampton, Jack Hylton met them, shook hands around and got everybody set for a series of pictures for the newspapers and the trade weekly, the Melody Maker...They boarded the train for London...
                                  At Waterloo everybody was impressed. The boat train was full of diplomats...But the photographers shot Ellington and his bandsmen. Instead of the Ambassador from the United States, they took the country's jazz minister plenipotentiary...
                                  ...It was possible for a Negro to find accommodation in a first-class London hotel. Duke was booked at the Dorchester, one of the city's finest...
                                  It was not possible for eighteen colored musicians, even of the stature of Ellington's men, to find similar accommodation. They were quartered in various Bloomsbury hotels and rooming-houses, set away in the district of London which corresponds to New York's Greenwich Village, where there is not color line... '

                              • Ellington and Mills had rooms in the Dorchester; the band members and entertainers were either accommodated in 'Their Bloomsbury Hotel' or in several small hotels in the East End and Bloomsbury. Collier writes

                                '...very quickly the musicians discovered that England was not as free of racial prejudice as they had been told. No hotel could be found that would take in eighteen blacks (some of the Cotton Club dancers had been added to the show). Eventually, Ellington was given a room in the prestigious Dorchester Hotel, but the other musicians were scattered around London in small hotels and rooming houses. '


                              See the first Palladium concert entry below for an Ellington anectode.
                              • Tucker, The Duke Ellington Reader, pp. 75-76, extract from a front page story in the June 17 edition of Melody Maker.
                              • Vail I:
                                • Dockside band photo in Southampton
                                • copy of aforesaid Melody Maker article
                              • Stratemann, p.65
                              • A.H.Lawrence, Duke Ellington and His World, A Biography, p.197
                              • Tanner address, Blue Light (ibid.), p.9
                              • Harold Flakser The 1933 Duke Ellington European Sojourn, Record Research magazine, Issue 70, August 1965, p.4
                              • Getty Images photo of Hylton and Ellington at Waterloo Station.
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                              .London, EnglandHylton home, Mayfair
                              • Upon arrival in London, Jack Hylton, who sponsored the tour, honoured Ellington with a late afternoon press reception. This does not appear to have included the rest of Ellington's entourage:

                                'Whilst the boys were settling down in their Bloomsbury Hotel and taking their first look at London, the Duke was going through his third 'ordeal' that day. Jack Hylton has a beautiful house... '

                              • Flakser:

                                '6:00 p. m. : Reception for the Duke at Jack Hylton's house in Mayfair. Attending were representatives "from every paper that mattered": Hannen Swaffer, Tom Driberg, Gary Allighan, Gibson Young, Collie Knox, Cecil Hadley. Hylton's house was loaded with celebrities.

                                '

                              • Collier writes

                                "... [racial prejudice] was not so widespread nor held so strongly by many people as was the case in the United States. As a result the band, and especially Duke, was invited to parties and receptions given in their honor [sic]. The group played at Punch's Club, which was filled with members of the British aristocracy, and later went to a party attended by the Prince of Wales..."

                              • Tucker, The Duke Ellington Reader, pp. 75-76, extract from a front page review by an unidentified "Special Representative" in Melody Maker, 1933-06-17.
                              • Photographs
                                • Stratemann p.66
                                • Peter Gammond, Duke Ellington - His Life And Music, 1959
                                • Duke Ellington, MIMM p.83
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                                • Derek Jewell, A Portrait Of Duke Ellington, Norton, 1977
                                • Prim 53
                                • Blue Light/Roger Boyes
                                • James Lincoln Collier, Duke Ellington, p.96
                              • Flakser (ibid.), p.4
                              • Daily Mail, London, 1966-06-10 p.6
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                                1933 06 24London, EnglandLondon PalladiumOpening night for the renowned Palladium engagement, which was a variety /vaudeville show playing twice each evening, with matinees on Wednesdays and Thursdays. The Palladium had been experimenting with a different type of show, "Crazy Gang," but decided to return to vaudeville. It delayed the change back until Ellington was available.

                                The show was a 13 act variety show and 9 acts did not include Ellington
                                Duke Ellington and His Famous Orchestra received top billing and had the honour of being last on the program, with a 45 minute set.
                                In the order mentioned in Variety's review, the acts were
                                • Sixteen Palladium Girls - show girls
                                • Seven Royal Hindustans - whirlwind of tumbling
                                • Murray and Mooney, comedy
                                • Three Whirlwinds, acrobatic rollerskaters
                                • Lassiter Brothersdance, clown and fall to good results
                                • Randolph Sutton, light comedy and singing
                                • DeWolf, Metcalf & Ford, comedy, dancing and acrobatics.
                                • Intermission
                                • Frank and Betty Boston, 'club jugglers'
                                • Cheeky Chappie Max Miller, comic
                                • The Ellington orchestra with
                                  • Bailey and Derby, tap dance
                                  • Bessie Dudley, original snake-hips girl
                                  • Ivie Anderson (Stormy Weather)

                                Melody Maker's reviewer named some of the titles played:
                                • Ring Dem Bells
                                • Three Little Words
                                • Stormy Weather
                                • Give Me A Man Like That (as an encore for Ivie)
                                • Bugle Call Rag
                                • Rockin' in Rhythm (with Bessie dancing)
                                • Whispering Tiger (aka Whispering Tiger Rag, Tiger Rag played very quietly)
                                • Black and Tan Fantasy
                                • Some of These Days (encore)
                                • Mood Indigo (encore)

                                Ellington, in 1942:

                                'We had just gotten off the ship and the manager of the Palladium came over to the hotel to help us prepare and discuss plans for our London debut.

                                "Of course, Mr. Ellington," he said, "you're going to play 'Tiger Rag' aren't you? We English are mad about screeching trumpets and growling trombones, it's so exciting. Their Majesties, the King and Queen, will be in the Royal Box tonight, and they're just crazy about 'Tiger Rag.' It will be so appropriate, Mr. Ellington, the American Tiger salutes the British Lion. Jolly clever, eh what?"

                                So we did 'Tiger Rag', but not the kind of a 'Tiger Rag' that they expected. You see, we really made a new arrangement which we called the 'Whispering Tiger Rag.' A polite and refined tiger he was, with muted brasses, ducelt trombones and rippling saxes. When we had finished, I thought we had flopped, for we were greeted with a stunned silence. Suddenly a roar rose from the back of the Palladium and cascaded onto the stage. The audience, led by the royal family, leapt to its feet and cheered and applauded. The 'Whispering Tiger' was a howling success.'


                                The critic panned the opening acts and complained there wasn't enough Ellington, although reporting the audience was electrified, wildly applauding, and the band was perfection in every note it played:

                                "...there has been a lot of Press publicity about Ellington as a sponsor of a new kind of music, and all the lay critics, musical and otherwise waiting to hear it. Yet 'Mood Indigo' was all they got. What about 'Blue Tune,' 'Blue Ramble,' 'Rose Room,' 'Creole Rhapsody' and the rest of those numbers which Ellington has made peculiarly his own?"


                                Through quoting from them, Parsonage identifies reviews and commentary about the first Palladium performances in:
                                • Daily Herald 1933-06-13, p.8
                                • Daily Express 1933-06-13
                                • Evening Standard 1933-06-13
                                • Times 1933-06-13 p.12
                                • Era 1933-06-14
                                • Melody Maker 1933-06-17, p.2
                                • Sunday Referee 1933-06-18 p.11
                                • People 1933-06-18
                                • Rhythm 1933-07, p.9
                                • Down Beat 1952-11
                                and Ellington's comments in Down Beat, Nov. 1952

                                Peter Tanner, addressing the 1985 Duke Ellington conference in Oldham:

                                "Well, Ring Dem Bells was a good opener. Incidentally, I can remember very, very clearly, that Sonny Greer was perched up at the back, with all his drums crashing and hitting those bells as hard as he could, and you could not hear a sound! But when the band ended, everybody realized that there was no Duke. There was the band, the saxes on the right, the brass on the left, in tiers, ... Anyway, just as the applause was deafening for the end of... Ring Dem Bells, Duke came running on. Well, what had happened was, that he had been wrongly informed of the time of the start - we always say that anyway - and he just made it. Now Barry Ulanov in his book says he didn't make it at all in the first house and only came on at the very end. But that's wrong, and he did come at the end of Ring Dem Bells.

                                The band appeared stunned by the applause, they really, they were so amazed they could hardly sort of pull themselves together to go into the second number..."

                                • Vail I
                                • Stratemann, p.65
                                • Guest column by Duke Ellington, Keeping Posted with C.A. Moore, COMPOSER IN SEARCH OF AN IDEA, San Antonio Register, 1942-08-07 p.7
                                • Catherine Parsonage, The Evolution of Jazz in Britain, 1880-1935, pp. 228-229
                                • Tanner address, Blue Light (ibid.), p.8
                                • Ralph Willett: Ellington at The Palladium, in the Food for the Fickle Grey Beast blog.
                                • Flakser (ibid.), p.4
                                • Daily Mail, London,
                                  • 1933-06-10 p.6
                                  • 1936-06-13 p.5
                                • The Times, London, 1933-06-13 p.12
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                                Tuesday
                                ... Peripheral event
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                                Wednesday
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                                Wednesday
                                8 pm
                                .London, England.8 p.m. BBC national 45-minute broadcast
                                Duke Ellington and His American Dance Orchestra

                                Titles broadcast:
                                • East St. Louis Toddle-O
                                • Lightnin'
                                • Creole Love Call
                                • Old Man Blues
                                • Rose Room
                                • Best Wishes
                                • Limehouse Blues
                                • Blackbirds of 1930 (medley)
                                  • I can't Give You Anything But Love, Baby
                                  • Doing the New Low Down
                                  • I Must Have That Man
                                  • Baby
                                  • Dixie
                                  • Diga-Diga-Doo
                                  • Porgy
                                • Sophisticated Lady
                                • It Don't Mean A Thing (If It Ain't Got That Swing)
                                • Medley of Popular Tunes
                                  • Intro
                                  • My Darling
                                  • Down A Carolina Lane
                                  • I've Got the World On A String
                                • Mood Indigo
                                Stormy Weather was scheduled but wan't played.

                                The "Wall of Sound" blog headline says this was a BBC regional broadcast at 8:30, but later in the blog says it was 45 minutes per Ulanov, p.131 and was a national broadcast from 8:00 to 8:45, citing Radio Times 1933-06-14. The Daily Mail radio log has it on the BBC national network from 8:00 to 8:45, as does the Manchester Guardian. Next came a 15-minute broadcast by "Phyllis Glare's 'boys'", in which one of the songs Miss Glare sang was "I've Got the World on a String."
                                The Manchester Guardian:

                                '...There are those who make a cult of "hot" music and think that its opponents misunderstand it, but when all arguments are finished it is surely true to say that something that is thoroughly ugly from start to finish is fairly to be opposed. Even the "music" would be more bearable if the words were not so stupid and if the ideas which exist vaguely behind it were not so pathetically crude... '

                                • Roger Boyes, DEMS 97/2, citing BBC Written Archives, Jeff Walder
                                • Daily Mail 1933-06-14 p.17
                                • The Manchester Guardian, Manchester, U.K.
                                  • 1933-06-12 p.10
                                  • 1933-06-14 p.10
                                  • 1933-06-14 p.10
                                  • 1933-06-15 p.12
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                                .Streatham (near London), EnglandLocarno BallroomDanceFlakser (ibid.), p.4..
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                                Sunday
                                .London, EnglandPalladium Dramatic or theatrical performances were prohibited on Sundays in Britain. Instead, the band played a concert sponsored by Melody Maker, put on with 48 hours notice. It was relocated from the Brighton Hippodrome.
                                • Lawrence (ibid.) p.206
                                • Flakser (ibid.), p.4
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                                Monday
                                .London, EnglandAstoria BallroomMidnight dance
                                ASTORIA DANCE
                                SALON
                                Charing Cross Road, W.C.2.
                                ---
                                JACK HYLTON
                                holds a
                                MIDNIGHT BALL
                                and presents
                                DUKE ELLINGTON
                                AND
                                HIS FAMOUS ORCHESTRA.
                                From Midnight, Monday, June 19th, to
                                3. a.m., June 20th
                                TICKETS 5/-
                                BOOK YOUR TABLES NOW. Gerr. 1711
                                S. Lasker:

                                'For a detailed account of the band's performance that night, see Blue Light V. 12 No. 4, Oct/Nov/Dec 2005.'

                                • Flakser (ibid.), p.4
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                                Tuesday
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                                The Daily Mail reported the Ellington run continued this week, and named the other acts as Douglas Wakefield and Company (comedy), Anna Rogers (mimic), and Will Hay (amusing school sketches).
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                                Tuesday
                                .London, EnglandMay Fair [sic] HotelDaily Mail:

                                'The May Fair [sic] broke all records for a party as regards numbers on Tuesday night.
                                  The Punch's Club dance mustered just under 600 guests. Beatrice Lillies's songs and Duke Ellington's band were the chief cabaret attractions.
                                  The "Duke" was late in opening up, on account of his tail-coat not being properly pressed - he had to send it round to his hotel to rectify the error.
                                  His band certainly provided some "hot" music; dancing fans will note that this is one of the few chances London has had to dance to him, for he goes north at the end of this week, and then back to New York.'

                                An eBay auction in 2011 offered an autographed invitation or programme for the affair. The vendor described it as

                                '...a rare signed invitation to Punch Club's third "Party" which was held at the May Fair Hotel, London, on Tuesday June 20th 1933, the top of the bill was Duke Ellington and his Famous orchestra. The invitation has been signed by most of the band,...and printed it says "Hors D'Oeuvre served by William Walker and Robert Nesbitt & The Eight Punch Girls" and "Miss Beatrice Lillie" and Hors D'oeuvre", on the second [inside] cover again [is] signed by band members and Duke Ellington and says "Duke Ellington and his Famous Orchestra presented by Jack Hylton (by arrangement with Mills-Rockwell, Inc.)" and "Dancing to Duke Ellington and His Orchestra." ... the back cover ...says "Punch's Club Third Party held at the May Fair Hotel Tuesday, June 20th 1933...

                                Signatures include Wellman Braud, Fred Jenkins, Joe Nanton, [illegible] Williams, Art Whetsel, Juan Tizol, Sonny Greer, Lawrence Brown, Fred Guy, Harry Carney, Barney Bigard, John Hodges, Derby Williams, Duke Ellington, Bill Bailey, Ivie Anderson, Jack Hylton, Otto Hardwick, and another that is illegible.
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                                Thursday
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                                Sunday
                                .Hastings, EnglandTrocadero Cinema2 p.m. Concert sponsored by The Melody MakerFlakser (ibid.), p.4..
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                                Sunday
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                                Monday
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                                Saturday
                                Liverpool, EnglandEmpire TheatreVaudeville show similar to what was done at the Palladium.
                                • Hasse p.170
                                • Lawrence p.211
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                                Tuesday
                                .Liverpool, EnglandEmpire TheatreVariety show - see 1933 06 26
                                The audience stood and applauded the arrival of the Prince of Wales shortly before intermission. The band appeared in the second half of the show. The prince remained seated and led the house shouting for more. According to Lawrence, the band sayed on stage for three encores, and Ellington took 13 bows. Hasse has it as four encores and the band taking 13 curtain calls. Lawrence says the stagehands went to fetch the band back from the dressing rooms. .
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                                Wednesday
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                                Wednesday
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                                Thursday
                                .Liverpool, EnglandEmpire TheatreVariety show - see 1933 06 26
                                Variety:

                                'EXPLOITATION
                                by Epes W. Sargent

                                Good, but Failed
                                  K. K. Hansen, who went abroad with Duke Ellington as his exploitation man, introduced a lot of 'Yankee notions' to the other side, but he did a sprawl on what was to have been a star stunt. Four policemen in the supporting cast acted as villains.
                                  Directly across from the Empire, Liverpool, is the municipal building, in front of which are four sculptured lions, similar to those in front of the N.Y. public library, but larger as becomes representatives of the British Lion.
                                  It was Hansen's bright idea to have a stencil made to match the size of their marble feet, and run a line of pad marks across the street to the theatre with the comment that the lions simply had to leave their posts to listen to the American jazz, 'Echoes of the Jungle.'
                                  He was all set to make the first whitewash stencils when four Bobbies bobbed up; two from either direction. They listened to his explanation, agreed it was a whale of an idea, but reminded him that the theatre was already in bad for violating the standee laws and that a new offense would possibly result in a lost license. Hansen went home in the early dawn with no tracks.
                                  He got a compensating break the following day, however. The Prince of Wales had come down for the Ryder cup finals and expressed a desire to hear Ellington again. Four seats were set out for him and the promise given that no advance publicity would be used. Nothing to prevent a tipoff to the papers, however, and he filled several pages of his press book.
                                  Hansen got the phonograph co. to advertise wherever Ellington played and he got a delicatessen to kick in with a 10-inch single in which Ellington was quoted as saying that he came to Glasgow to taste McKean's haggis. Hansen was a liberal education to a lot of the theatre men and he brought back a huge scrap book with only a couple of blank pages.'

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                                Friday
                                .Liverpool, EnglandGrafton Rooms Palais de DanseDance
                                Steven Lasker:
                                There's a ticket for this event (No. 843) in Sonny Greer's scrapbook:

                                'Grafton Rooms Palais de Danse
                                West Derby Road
                                Dancing all the Year Round

                                JACK HYLTON
                                Presents (by arrangement with Irving Mills)

                                DUKE

                                ELLINGTON
                                (THE HARLEM ARISTOCRAT OF JAZZ)
                                AND HIS ORCHESTRA
                                Who will play for dancing, following their
                                performances at the Empire Theatre
                                FRIDAY JUNE 30th, 1933
                                Dancing 9 till 3.
                                Ticket 3/6

                                • Flakser (ibid.), p.4
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                                Saturday
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                                Sunday
                                .Blackpool, Lancashire, EnglandTower BallroomStratemann says this was a dance, which would be unusual for a Sunday, and Flakser says it was a concert.
                                • Stratemann p.66
                                • Flakser (ibid.), p.4
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                                Monday
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                                Wednesday
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                                Thursday
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                                Thursday
                                .Glasgow, ScotlandGreen's Playhouse
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                                Dance
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                                Saturday
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                                Sunday
                                .Harrogate, Yorkshire, EnglandRoyal HallConcert
                                • Stratemann p.66
                                • Flakser (ibid.), p.4
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                                Sunday
                                .London, EnglandDorchester HotelLawrence says when Ellington returned to the Dorchester, he was booked into a suite across the hall from the one he previously had. He requested and was given the suite he had previously stayed in, but the hotel register was not updated.

                                That night, Spike Hughes arrived with a record player and a collection of Delius recordings. They spent all night drinking, talking and listening to music.
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                                Monday
                                1933 07 15 (to be confirmed)London, EnglandHolborn Empire TheatreMatinee

                                Stratemann and Vail say the band doubled at the Holborn Empire and Finsbury Park Empire theatres from July 10 to 17.

                                Lawrence has them playing at the Holborn each day and playing two matinees at Finsbury Park, but this needs to be confirmed, since the Finsbury Park programme contradicts this, showing two shows there each evening.

                                Sonny Greer:

                                'As soon as the curtain came down for the matinee, the entire band would come out front to take the bows. Meanwhile, backstage,the stagehands would be taking the music and everything else, loading it on a truck and taking it back to the other theater.'


                                Lawrence says Ellington slept late and nearly missed the first Holborn performance, having gone to bed at dawn and expecting a wake-up call from Dick Depauw, Irving Mills' assistant. Due to the mix-up in rooms, the call was made to the room registered to Duke, not the one he was in and the key to that wrong room was in the front desk key rack, making it seem as if he was out. Duke was wakened only after Depauw had the bellhops knock on all the doors on that floor until they found him. Depauw and Ellington went by taxi to the theatre, but there was a traffic jam, so Duke ran the last part of the trip, arriving only in time for the final 7 minutes of his show. Ivie Anderson had made the introductions in his stead.
                                Webmaster's comment:

                                Lawrence seems to have the evening performances and the matinees mixed up. The Finsbury Park program clearly shows Ellington appearing for two shows each evening, and the anecdote about sleeping late and nearly missing the first Holborn performance is consistent with Holborn being the site of the matinees. Until further research shows otherwise, this chronology will reflect a matinee at the Holborn each afternoon and two performances each evening for this week.
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                                Monday
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                                Saturday
                                London, EnglandFinsbury Park Empire Theatre
                                2 St. Thomas's Road
                                Vaudeville - 2 shows, 18:40 and 20:50
                                Ellington and his entourage doubled at the Holborn Empire and Finsbury Park Empire theatres from July 10 to 17 - see the Holborn entry above
                                The Finsbury Park programme for the week beginning July 10 has the Ellington show twice nightly, at 18:40 and 20:50 each evening:


                                (click to enlarge)

                                • Empire Finsbury Park programme, week of 1933-07-10
                                • Lawrence (ibid.). p.213
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                                .London, EnglandStornaway House
                                Green Street
                                near St. James Park
                                Lord Beaverbrook held a dinner party and dance in his home for the Prince of Wales. Lawrence dates this the day after the Holborn opening, but the date needs to be confirmed, since Ellington described it as after the Palladium.

                                Guests included
                                • Prince George (who Lawrence named as the Duke of Kent, a title he was not awarded until th e end of the following year)
                                • Lady Iris Mountbatten
                                • Diana Duff Cooper
                                • Bridget Poulet
                                • Anna May Wong
                                • Jeannette MacDonald
                                • Lord and Lady Warwick (reportedly on their wedding night)
                                • Winston Churchill and
                                • a bishop.

                                  Jack Hylton's band played until midnight, when Ellington and his band took over, opening with East St. Louis Toodle-Oo. Ulanov writes of the party as well, quoting Duke as saying

                                'We were way up, feeling mellow. They were serving nothing but wine all night long - good nectar, too. I had a rich feeling, playing piano and posing." '


                                Ellington:

                                'Lord Beaverbrook ... threw a big party to which the Prince of Wales and the Duke of Kent were invited. We were invited too and Jack Hylton's Empress Club band played until we got through at the Palladium. It was all very colourful and splendid. Members of the nobility, Members of Parliament and delegates to the imperial conferences, all in informal dress, mingled happily. There was a generous buffet and the champagne flowed freely.
                                  Prince George, the Duke of Kent, requested 'Swampy River', a piano solo I had a hard time remembering, but I was flattered, especially to have him leaning over the piano as I played it.
                                  Later, the Prince of Wales had some kind words to say to us. When he suggested we had a drink together I was surprised to find he was drinking gin...but from that time on I decided it was rather grand. He liked to play drums, so he paid Sonny Greer a lot of attention, too. This is how Sonny remembers the evening:
                                  "As soon as we got the band set up, the Prince of Wales came over and sat down beside me Indian fashion. He said he knew how to play drums, so I said “Go ahead!” he played a simple Charleston beat, and he stayed right by me and the drums throughout most of the evening. People kept coming up and calling him “Your Highness” but he wouldn't move. We both began to get high on whatever it was we were drinking. He was calling me 'Sonny' and I was calling him 'The Wale'."...'


                                Teachout, in his typical denigration of Ellington, writes

                                '...In between performances he and his musicians found time to drop by a party that was thrown by Lord Beaverbrook for the Prince of Wales... '

                                • Ulanov (ibid.), pp. 146-147
                                • Lawrence (ibid.). pp.214-215
                                • Teachout (ibid.), p.137
                                • Cambridge Companion, p.109
                                • MIMM p.84
                                • Richard Boyer, The Hot Bach, reproduced in Tucker, The Duke Ellington Reader, at pp.243-244
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                                Thursday
                                .London, EnglandChenil GalleriesDecca recording session
                                Duke Ellington and His Famous Orchestra
                                Whetsel, C.Williams, Jenkins, Brown, Nanton, Tizol, Bigard, Hodges, Hardwick, Carney, Ellington, Guy, Braud, Greer

                                Some discographies say Ivie Anderson was present, but if she was, she didn't perform on these recordings. Several labels show some of the musicians' names.
                                Titles recorded:
                                • Hyde Park
                                • Harlem Speaks
                                • Ain't Misbehavin'
                                • Chicago

                                In early 1935, Variety reported Irving Mills told Jack Kapp, head of Decca Records Inc. that he felt he was too important as a talent purveyor, especially for phonograph recording purposes. [ed. note: too important for what?] Kapp had his executives hear Mills.

                                '...Having heard the ultimatum as regards the alleged importance of the Mills bands and songs, Kapp told Mills that he had other views and to prove it, he has instructed the Decca tune-pickers to skip any Mills tunes for waxing. With his brother Jack Mills, plus sundry subsids, Irving Mills issues instrumental numbers chiefly composed and featured by his bands.
                                  The Decca-Mills imbroglio dates back a couple of years when Mills was abroad with Duke Ellington on a dance tour. Although exclusively contracted with Brunswick at the time, Mills made a couple of numbers for the British Decca company in London. At that time, Kapp, as recording executive of Brunswick, objected to the idea of Mills waxing anything for Decca in Europe, even though Decca then was Brunswick's British affiliate.
                                  Subsequently Kapp left Brunswick to become president of Decca, Inc. of America, and the U. S. Decca released the tunes Ellington made two years ago for British Decca. It was then Mills' turn to squawk on allegations of 'ethics' in that Ellington is now waxing in the U.S. for Brunswick exclusively, along with some other Mills bands who are exclusively committed to the Brunswick label.'


                                Steven Lasker

                                'Ellington's four British sides were released on two U.S. issues, Decca 323, released circa late December 1934, and Decca 800, released circa late May 1936.
                                  Per Melody News (published by the Irving Mills office), 1935 01 01, p. 1: Duke Ellington and his famous orchestra are exclusively Brunswick recording artists, despite the fact that another concern is attempting to release two of his records, according to his manager Irving Mills, who contemplates taking legal steps to block release of the discs.'

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                                Thursday
                                .London, EnglandFinsbury Park Empire TheatreTwo evening shows - see 1933 07 10...
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                                Friday
                                .London, EnglandHolborn Empire TheatreMatinee - to be confirmed - see 1933 07 10...
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                                Friday
                                .London, EnglandLevy's Sound Studios
                                Rosslyn House
                                94-98 Regent St.
                                Ellington interviewed by Percy Mathison Brooks

                                This interview was recorded and released on a souvenir record with a label marked Private Recording and Oriole Sound System - see The Dooji Collection, 1933-34, session DE3310b and a photo of studio owner Levy with Ellington and Brooks. One version of this interview, matrix 539, was transcribed and can be read in DEMS 79,4, page 1. The words differ slightly from the audio recording on Matrix 538 at http://www.yourepeat.com.

                                DEMS 79,5, page 1 compares a few lines of the transcriptions of the two matrices.
                                Lambert tells us the souvenir record was given to record store customers if they bought five or more Ellington records.

                                In Blue Light, Peter Tanner recalled

                                '...they made two takes of a little souvenir record which they gave away if you bought, not six as Barry Ulanov (says), because I could never have afforded to buy six Ellington records, but three Ellington records, I think it was, and then you got one of these little things.'

                                Steven Lasker writes

                                'An ad for Levy's music shops, which appears on the back cover to the souvenir program sold at Ellington's 1933 07 16 "Farewell London Concert" reads in part: "It was unthinkable that ELLINGTON should come to England and not leave some memento of his memorable visit. LEVY'S have therefore persuaded THE DUKE to record, in their own studios, a PERSONAL MESSAGE to his many admirers in this Country. This UNIQUE RECORD is offered FREE to all purchasers of any six of his records. '

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                                Friday
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                                Saturday
                                .London, EnglandHolborn Empire TheatreMatinee - to be confirmed - see 1933 07 10...
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                                Saturday
                                .London, EnglandFinsbury Park Empire TheatreTwo evening shows - see 1933 07 10...
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                                Sunday
                                .London, EnglandElephant & Castle...DEMS
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                                Sunday
                                2pm
                                .London, EnglandTrocadero CinemaConcert, 2 p.m., sponsored by Melody Maker.

                                Flakser:

                                'This was the Duke's farewell concert in Great Britain: but, it was by no means, his last appearance there in July. Barry Ulanov errs ...in stating that there were two concerts at the famous Salle Pleyel in Paris, "on successive Saturdays, July 22 and 29,..". It was believed that Duke would either commence a Continental tour or return to the States on the 17th, And, by as late as, the 13th, no firm booking had been fixed. At the last moment a final six-day engagement was fixed for Birmingham, where the Orch. commenced on the 17th at the Hippodrome, terminating on the 22nd (Sat.). Obviously, then, the Duke did not perform in Paris on July 22nd. In actual fact, the Duke and his Orch. did not depart Great Britain until the 24th'

                                • Stratemann p.66
                                • Flakser (ibid.), p.4
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                                Monday
                                1933 07 22Birmingham, EnglandHippodrome...DEMS
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                                Tuesday
                                .Birmingham, EnglandHippodromeSee 1933 07 17...
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                                Wednesday
                                .Plymouth, EnglandS.S.Île de FranceMills' publicity agent Kenneth Hansen departed Plymouth for New York.S.S.Île de France passenger list: ALIEN PASSENGERS EMBARKED AT THE PORT OF PLYMOUTH,19th July 1933..
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                                Wednesday
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                                Thursday
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                                Friday
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                                Saturday
                                .Birmingham, EnglandHippodromeSee 1933 07 17...
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                                Sunday
                                3 pm
                                .Margate, East Kent, U.K.Winter GardensFirst of two concerts in Margate this day.
                                One program, for use at both performances, is reproduced in DEMS 1997-3.
                                  Personnel listed in the programme:
                                • Duke Ellington, Piano
                                • Arty Whetsel, Trumpet
                                • Freddy Jenkins, Trumpet
                                • Charlie Williams, Trumpet
                                • Joseph Nanton, Trombone
                                • Juan Tisol [sic], Trombone
                                • Harry Carney, Saxophones, Clarinet and Flute
                                • Johnny Hodges, Saxophones and Clarinet
                                • Otto Hardwick, Saxophones and Clarinet
                                • Barney Bigard, Saxophone and Clarinet
                                • Sonny Greer, Drums and Soloist
                                • Wellman Braud, Bass
                                • Fred Guy, Banjo and Guitar
                                • Ivie Anderson, Vocalist

                                The programme includes the following titles.
                                • (*) It's Glory
                                • Blue Ramble
                                • (*) Rockin' in Rhythm
                                • (*) Rose Room, Hickman, arr. Ellington
                                • Lightnin'
                                • (*) Creole Rhapsody
                                • (*) Old Man Blues
                                • (*) Echoes of the Jungle
                                • Double Check Stomp
                                • Lazy Rhapsody (Swanee Lullaby)
                                • Swing Low
                                • (*) Ducky Wucky
                                • The Sheik..., Snyder, arr. Ellington
                                • Ev'ry Tub
                                • Awful Sad
                                • Slippery Horn
                                • Baby, When You Ain't There
                                • Ring Dem Bells
                                • (*) Blackbird Medley, McHugh-Fields, arr. Ellington
                                • (*) *Sophisticated Lady
                                • (*) It Don't Mean a Thing
                                • (*) Black and Tan Fantasy
                                • Hot and Bothered and High Life
                                • (*) Mood Indigo, Mills-Ellington,
                                • Birmingham Breakdown
                                • Flaming Youth
                                • Jazz Lips
                                • The Mystery Song
                                • Dreaming Sweet Dreams of You
                                • Stevedore Stomp
                                • Doing the Voom Voom
                                • I'm So In Love with You
                                • The Duke Steps Out
                                • (**) The Mooche
                                • Blue Tune
                                • Merry-Go Round
                                • The Mystery Song
                                • Sirocco, Spike Hughes
                                • Swing Low
                                • Twelfth Street Rag, Bowman, arr. Ellington
                                • (*) St. Louis Blues, W.C.Handy, arr. Ellington
                                • Black Beauty
                                • Bugle Call Rag, Schoebel, arr. Ellington
                                • Old Man River, Kern, arr. Ellington
                                • Jive Stomp
                                • Drop Me Off in Harlem
                                • Paradise, Brown, arr. Benny Carter
                                • (*) Creole Love Call
                                • The Monkey
                                • (**) Tiger Rag, La Rocca, arr. Ellington
                                  Pencilled in at the end, above "God Save the King," were:
                                • Stormy Weather
                                • Three Little T--- (illegible)
                                • Harlem Speaks
                                • Some of These Days
                                Asterisks signify titles checked off by the programme-holder. Two asterisks are the titles that appear to have been marked too, but less clearly. Unfortunately, we can't know which concert the owner of the programme attended.

                                All titles were credited to Ellington, except as noted.
                                • Program held by Frank Rutter
                                • Bigard: With Louis and the Duke, p.69
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                                Sunday
                                8 pm
                                .Margate, East Kent, U.K.Westbrook PavilionSecond Margate concert - see preceding entry...
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                                Monday
                                .London, EnglandLiverpool Station8:30 p.m. departure for Continental Europe
                                According to Stratemann, the orchestra was to play 4 concerts in the Netherlands and a week at the Rex Theatre in Paris. The Paris engagement was cancelled when its management and Irving Mills couldn't settle on the price, and as a result the schedule changed.
                                • Stratemann p.66
                                • Flakser (ibid.), p.4
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                                Tuesday
                                Scheveningen
                                Den Haag (The Hague)
                                Nederland
                                Kursaal Scheveningen
                                Kurhaus
                                Concert 8:15 p.m.
                                Dutch Radio broadcast from the theatre 11:00 P.M.
                                Information from Remco Plas:

                                Ad from the newspaper 'Het Vaderland':

                                KURHAUS
                                ONZE LOKETTEN WORDEN BESTORMD, MAAR
                                ER ZIJN NOG GOEDE PLAATSEN VOOR HET
                                EENIGE CONCERT OP MORGEN VAN
                                's Werelds onbetwisten Jazzkoning
                                DUKE
                                ELLINGTON

                                NEIMAND LATE ZICH DEZE UNIEKE GELE-
                                GENHEID OM KENNIS TE MAKEN MET DEN
                                "DUKE" EN ZIJN ONOVERTREFBARE SCHARE
                                ONTGAAN
                                    PRIJZEN f2. - EN F 3.- OF COUPONS.
                                MORGEN DINSDAG 25 JULI – 20.15 UUR

                                Hover here for Mr. Plas' translation

                                Additional information:
                                • Louis Armstrong attended the concert.
                                • During the intermission Duke was was made honorary chairman of the “Nederlandse Hot Club”.
                                • After the concert the band played a extra half hour which was broadcast by A.V.R.O. at 11 PM.
                                • The broadcast was supposed to be without public, but hearing there was going to be a broadcast the audience refused to leave.
                                • The broadcast playlist was:
                                  • East St. Louis Toodle-Oo
                                  • Stevedore Stomp
                                  • The Mooche
                                  • Swing Low
                                  • You Got Me Crying Again (vocal Ivy Anderson)
                                  • Milenberg Joys
                                  • Mood Indigo
                                  • Ducky Wucky
                                  • Double Check Stomp
                                  • Echoes Of The Jungle
                                  • East St. Louis Toodle-Oo
                                • Apart from Mood Indigo none of the broadcast titles were played during the concert. Mood Indigo was played in a different arrangement.
                                • The tickets were rather expensive but the audience got value for money with the extra half hour.

                                DEMS 02,3 suggests the photo in DEMS 02,2 was taken when the band arrived in Holland in 1933 instead of 1939.
                                Webmaster comment:
                                Kursaal appears to be the concert hall in Kurhaus, a grand hotel in Scheveningen, a district of Den Haag.
                                • Stratemann p.66
                                • Email 2015-05-24, Remco Plas-Palmquist,
                                  • with copy of ad from Het Vaderland, 1933-07-24
                                  • and citing Herman Openneer, 'Duke Ellington's debut in Nederland deel 1,' Nederlands Jazz Archief Bulletin # 16, 1995-06
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                                Wednesday
                                ...Activities not documented
                                03/1 DEMS 6/2:

                                'The 26th was occupied by travel.'

                                Webmaster comment:
                                The DEMS contributor does not provide a source, and it may be simply speculation. If Flakser is correct that they arrived in Paris at 6 p.m. on the 27th, it would seem to have taken an exceptionally long time to travel the 300 miles between the two cities.
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                                Thursday
                                1933 08 01
                                Tuedsay
                                Paris, France.According to Flakser

                                'The Orch. reached Paris on the 27th at 6:00 p. m. On the very same evening at the Salle Pleyel, at 9:00 p. m. , the Orch. gave its first concert. '

                                Webmaster comment: If they arrived at 6 p.m., is it likely the band left Holland on the 26th?
                                While in Paris the group was lavishly entertained by 'Bricktop,' sepia owner of one of Paris' smartest nite clubs, by Joshephine Baker and many others. (Bricktop was responsible for the Snowden band's first big break, when she recommended them to Barron Wilkins in 1923. She moved to Paris in 1924, where she opened her Chez Bricktop night club.)
                                • New York City Gives 'The Duke' Royal WelcomePittsburgh Courier, 1933-08-19, p.6
                                • Flakser (ibid.), p.4
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                                Thursday
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                                Saturday
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                                Sunday
                                .Deauville, France Casino...DEMS
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                                Monday
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                                August 1933

                                1933 08 00... Peripheral event
                                The Brooklyn Daily Eagle July 21 1933 reported:

                                'Duke Ellington is the subject of a long article in the August number of "Fortune." Ellington is credited with being the leading exponent of original jazz.'

                                The article, "Introducing Duke Ellington" by Wilder Hobson, is reprinted in Mark Tucker's The Duke Ellington Reader, where Mr. Tucker reported

                                An abridged version was reprinted in Frontiers of Jazz, which said "When in August of 1933, Fortune published a long and sympathetic article on Duke Ellington and hot jazz, it was an event. For years after, the article was discussed and avid collectors combed secondhand magazine shops to get their hands on a copy."

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                                Tuesday
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                                Variety's Band and Orchestras section listed Duke Ellington's address as 799 7th Ave., N.Y.C. This was the address of Mills Artist Bureau, Inc., as discussed above - see 1932 03 00
                                Variety 1933-08-01 p.46..
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                                Tuesday
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                                1933 08 09Atlantic OceanS.S. Majestic II

                                Some sources refer to her as RMS Majestic, but a postcard in Juan Tizol's scrapbook says SS Majestic.

                                Majestic II was Hamburg-American Line's Bismarck when she was launched in 1914, but war broke out and she was not completed. She was taken over by Britain in 1919 as war reparations and was sabotaged in 1920 during her fitting out. She was completed in 1922 and began service as Bismarck. After the Cunard/White Star Line consortium bought her, she was renamed Majestic II in April 1922, and made her maiden voyage across the Atlantic the next month. A more complete history, with photographs, can be read at http://www.titanic-titanic.com/majestic_2.
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                                .

                                Travel to USA
                                Joe Igo's itinerary has the band leaving Southampton for home on August 3 but Stratemann p.66 and Vail I p.87 both have the band leaving France that day.

                                All three sources appear to be in error.
                                • The White Star Line list of alien passengers embarking on the Majestic at Southampton August 2 includes none of the Ellington party, but does list 21 passengers going to Cherbourg.
                                • The official list of United States Citizens (U.S. Department of Transport form) arriving on August 8 on S.S. Majestic shows she left Cherbourg August 2.

                                Members of the Ellington entourage in the S.S. Majestic passenger list:
                                Family NameGiven NameAgeDate and
                                Place of Birth
                                Address in U.S.A.
                                EllingtonEdward Kennedy
                                "(known as
                                Duke Ellington)"
                                341899 04 29
                                Washington, D.C,
                                381 Edgecombe Ave., New York City
                                JenkinsFred D.261906 10 10
                                New York City
                                317 West 134th St.
                                New York City
                                WilliamsCharles M.221911 07 10
                                Mobile Ala.
                                112 West 138th St.
                                New York City
                                WhetselArthur P. 291905 02 27
                                Punta Gorda, Fla.
                                520 Bergen Ave.
                                Jersey City, N.J.
                                IrishJoseph Nanton291904 01 30
                                New York City
                                114 West 138th St.
                                New York City
                                Martinez Vicente Tizol331900 01 22
                                San Juan P.R.
                                345 West 136th St.
                                New York City
                                BrownLawrence261907 08 03
                                Lawrence Ks.
                                799 Seventh Ave.
                                New York City
                                HardwickOtto James291904 05 31
                                Washington D.C.
                                1439 Morris Rd. S.E.
                                Washington D.C.
                                CarneyHarry Howell231910 04 01
                                Boston Mass.
                                245 West 136th St.
                                New York City
                                HodgeCornelius Hodges261907 07 25
                                Cambridge Mass.
                                200 West 130th St.
                                New York City
                                BigardAlbany L.271906 03 03
                                New Orleans La.
                                666 St. Nicholas Ave.
                                New York City
                                GuyFred361897 05 23
                                Burkeville Va.
                                381 Edgecombe Ave.
                                New York City
                                Brand
                                [recte
                                Braud]
                                William
                                [recte
                                Wellman]
                                421891 01 25
                                St. James Parish La.
                                143 West 104th St.
                                New York City
                                GreerWilliam A.301902 12 13
                                Long Branch N.J.
                                1878 Seventh Ave.
                                New York City
                                JohnsonIvee A.291904 07 10
                                Gilroy Cal.
                                799 7th Ave.
                                New York City
                                DudleyBessie221910 03 12
                                Baltimore Md.
                                235 West 146th St.
                                New York City
                                WilsonGordon S.241908 11 25
                                Baltimore Md.
                                246 West 128th St.
                                New York City
                                BaileyWilliam E.211912 12 08
                                Sedley Va.
                                2130 N. Vanpelt St.
                                Philadelphia Pa.
                                JonesRichard B.301902 11 17
                                Ridley Park Pa.
                                130 West 142nd St.
                                New York City
                                • All except Jenkins, Brown, Wilson and Bailey were shown as married.
                                • Mills' publicity agent Kenneth Hansen was already gone, departing Plymouth for New York on July 19.
                                • Irving Mills returned on the S.S. Rex, departing Villefranche on the French Riviera August 10, arriving New York August 16. Stratemann and Vail say he remained the extra week in France to arrange bookings for Cab Calloway and for the Mills Blue Rhythm Band [although the MBRB was now led by Eddie Mallory under the name Mills Musical Playboys].
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                                Thursday
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                                Monday
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                                Tuesday
                                Mid-day
                                .Atlantic OceanPier 59Arrival in the U.S.A., in the early afternoon.

                                The passenger lists were signed by an immigration official at 1:35 pm.

                                The group's baggage had to be reweighed in New York because a mistake was made in Paris. The 3,255 kilograms of baggage took 2 hours to reweigh.

                                Their return home has set Harlem mad, with signs of welcome posted up and down Harlem's Seventh avenue [sic].
                                • Passenger lists, 1933-08-02
                                • New York City Gives 'The Duke' Royal Welcome, Pittsburgh Courier 1933-08-19 p.6,s.2
                                • Newsy Newsettes, Pittsburgh Courier (ibid.)
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                                Wednesday
                                ...activities not documented

                                (The Pittsburgh Courier, Vail I and the Joe Igo itinerary incorrectly give this as the date of arrival in New York)
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                                Thursday
                                ...activities not documented...
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                                1933 08 11
                                Friday
                                .Norwalk, Conn.Roton Point "First American ballroom engagement since their return this week from a brilliant European tour."New Haven Evening Register, 1933-08-12 p.5..
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                                Friday
                                .New York, N.YLafayette TheatreDuke Ellington and his orchestra, with their wives or sweethearts, were Ted Blackman's guests of honor at his Lafayette midnight show...New York City Gives 'The Duke' Royal WelcomePittsburgh Courier, 1933-08-19, p.6..
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                                Saturday
                                ...activities not documented...
                                ...
                                1933 08 13
                                Sunday
                                .New York, N.Y. Small's ParadiseFriday night ...guests of honor ... at ... Lafayette..., and on Sunday after midnight they enjoyed Arthur Hammerstein's popular Small's Paradise breakfast dance.

                                Duke Ellington, his orchestra, Ivie Anderson, Bessie Dudley, Derby Wilson and Bill Bailey will soon go on tour, playing Loew's theaters as far as Dallas, Tex., where they open their Southern engagement for twelve weeks, ending in Nashville, Tenn.
                                New York City Gives 'The Duke' Royal WelcomePittsburgh Courier, 1933-08-19, p.6..
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                                1933 08 14
                                Monday
                                ...activities not documented...
                                ...
                                1933 08 15
                                Tuesday
                                6:00-11:30 p.m.
                                .New York, N.Y.American Record Corp. studio
                                1776 Broadway
                                American Record Corporation recording session
                                Duke Ellington and His Famous Orchestra
                                Whetsel, C.Williams, Jenkins, Brown, Nanton, Tizol, Bigard, Hodges, Hardwick, Carney, Ellington, Guy, Braud, Greer, I.Anderson
                                Titles recorded:
                                • I'm Satisfied
                                • Jive Stomp
                                • Harlem Speaks
                                • In The Shade Of The Old Apple Tree
                                • DE3311
                                • NDCS 1073
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                                Wednesday
                                .Springfield, Mass.Riverside Park"Dancing 8:30 to 1."
                                This engagement was also advertised as "First American Appearance Since Returning From His Sensational European Trip."
                                ad, Springfield Republican, 1933-08-16 p.12..
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                                Thursday
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                                1933 08 18
                                Friday
                                1933 08 24
                                Thursday
                                Boston, Mass.Metropolitan TheaterVaudeville - one week theatre engagement for $5,000.
                                On the programme: Duke Ellington, Ivy Anderson, Sweet Garbage, Jerry & Turk, Jesse Cryor, Baily & Derby, and Bessie Dudley. The film was Devil's In Love. The theatre seated 4,330 at 30, 40 and 65 cents and grossed $30,600 during Ellington's week.
                                • Stratemann p.67 citing Variety 1933-08-08, p.41
                                • Variety
                                  • 1933-08-22, p.51
                                  • 1933-08-29 p.10
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                                Saturday
                                .Boston, Mass.Metropolitan TheaterVaudeville - see 1933 08 18...
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                                Sunday
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                                Monday
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                                Tuesday
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                                Wednesday
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                                Wednesday
                                .Boston, Mass.Platinum Salon
                                Metropolitan Theatre
                                WEEI broadcast, 8:30 pm.

                                '  DUKE ELLINGTON GUEST
                                      ON CONRAD'S AIR SHOW
                                  Duke Ellington, famous orchestra leader, will be featured on Conrad's Stage Show of the Air to be broadcast over WEEI at 6:30 tonight direct from the Platinum Salon of the Metropolitan Theatre. Ellington will play two of his most poplular numbers, "Mood Indigo" and "Sophisticated Lady." Ivie Anderson will sing "I'm Satisfied," one of Ellington's most recent hits. Larry Thornton and Marcello Poirier will also be heard in vocal solos, accompanied by Joe Rines' Orchestra. Theatre patrons are invited to attend the broadcast as well as the fashion revue that will follow.'

                                Boston Globe 1933 08 23, DESB 1198, courtesy K.Steiner 2015-07-12..
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                                1933 08 24
                                Thursday
                                .Boston, Mass.Metropolitan TheaterVaudeville - see 1933 08 18...
                                ..2011
                                1933 08 25
                                Friday
                                .Buzzard's Bay, Mass.Bournehurst On The Canal(Unconfirmed)Stratemann p.67..
                                ..Added
                                2011
                                1933 08 26
                                Saturday
                                .Old Orchard Beach, MainePier CasinoIt seems likely this summer dance one-nighter was at the Pier Casino - see 1926 08 12.ad, Portland Press Herald, 1933-08-26 p.4..
                                .K.Steiner Dec 2012.
                                Added 2013-09-26
                                1933 08 27
                                Sunday
                                .New London, Conn.Danceland.Stratemann, p.67..
                                ..Added
                                2011
                                1933 08 28
                                Monday
                                .Waltham, Mass.Nuttings-on-the-Charles
                                (a.k.a Nuttings Dance Hall)
                                Prospect St. at the Charles River
                                .Stratemann, p.67..
                                ..Added
                                2011
                                1933 08 29
                                Tuesday
                                .Claremont, N.H.Roseland Ballroom.Stratemann, p.68..
                                ..Added
                                2011
                                1933 08 30
                                Wednesday
                                .Cambridge, Mass.Shadowland Ballroom.Stratemann, p.68..
                                ..Added
                                2011
                                1933 08 31
                                Thursday
                                .South Lynnfield, Mass.Starlight Ballroom (aka Kimball's Starlight)
                                Dancing, 8 to 1
                                Admission 77 cents plus tax

                                TONIGHT
                                DUKE
                                ELLINGTON
                                IN PERSON
                                and His World Famous Band

                              • Stratemann, p.68
                              • Ad, The Lowell Sun, 1933-08-31
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                                September 1933

                                1933 09 00... Peripheral event
                                In September 1933, RCA Victor hired Irving Mills as a talent scout, advisor and record producer. Ellington thus started recording with RCA Victor again for about a year, but Mills moved on, so within a year Ellington moved to Brunswick.
                              • Dan Morgenstern, book to The Duke Ellington Centennial Edition, RCA Victor CD box set 09026-63386-2, p.7
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                                1933 09 00...PERSONNEL CHANGE
                                Louis Bacon, trumpet/vocalist, joins the band
                                New Desor vol.2..
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                                1933 09 01
                                Friday
                                ...activities not documented...
                                ...
                                1933 09 02
                                Saturday
                                1933 09 03
                                Sunday
                                Wildwood, N.J.Convention HallWildwood Tribune:

                                'Famous Band Leader to Make First Ballroom Appearance Since Tour of Europe
                                  Duke Ellington, in person, and his famous orchestra will be the headline attraction at the Wildwood Convention Hall on Saturday and Sunday nights of this week.
                                  The appearance...will be his first and only 1933 ballroom appearance since his return from a triumphant tour of Europe and prior to his trip to California to make a series of motion pictures.
                                  Ivie Anderson, blues singer extraordinary, will accompany Ellington and his aggregation of taleented musicians in their trip to Wildwood. Ivie Anderson has achieved as great a reputation in her field as Ellington has in his.
                                  ...[Ellington's] appearance at the Convention Hall will mark a fitting climax to a season which has brougth other outstanding musicians...to the big auditorium on the Boardwalk.
                                  Ellington and his famous orchestra are on the outstanding radio attractions of the present day. They also are the ace recording unit of the Victor Talking Machine Company.
                                  Ellington, while here, will play some of his own compostions...In addition, he will try to play as many requests as possible, requesting being made on Saturday night for playing on Sunday...
                                  Ellington's engagement ... is a particularly fortunate one as it provides ample opportunity for lovers of dancing, but also ample seating capacity for those who will want to sit and listen to his music, even though they do not care to dance.'

                                Tribune, Wildwood, N.J. 1933-08-31, DESB 1199, courtesy K.Steiner 2015-07-12..
                                .KS2015-07-15
                                1933 09 03
                                Sunday
                                .Wildwood, N.J.Convention HallDancing - see 1933 09 02...
                                .KS2015-07-15
                                1933 09 04
                                Monday
                                .White Plains, N.Y.Westchester County Center,
                                Bronx River Parkway
                                Os-we-go Club Labor Day dance

                                "...All arrangements have been completed for the big holiday affair...Every city, town and village is planning to turn out in welcome to the "Duke" and his master musicians. Why not take the 40 minute drive up the parkway to the great County Center, where you will be entertained from 9:00 to 3a.m.

                                This is the first appearance of "Duke" Ellington in Westchester County since his recent return from a tour of Europe. He's bringing with him that compelling irresistible band of musicians that form the height of excellence in playing dance music. He will positively play the entire evening and the Os-we-go Club has been highly congratulated in bringing to Westchester County such a high class orchestra..."

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                                1933 09 05
                                Tuesday
                                .Baltimore, Md.New Albert Hall....
                                ..Added
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                                1933 09 06
                                Wednesday
                                ...activities not documented...
                                ...
                                1933 09 07
                                Thursday
                                .Mahanoy City, Penn.Lakewood.ad, Mt. Carmel Index 1933-09-07 p.8..
                                .K.Steiner Dec 2012.
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                                1933 09 08
                                Friday
                                .State Road, Del. (south of Wilmington)Black Cat Ball RoomDance, 9 to 2, sponsored by Sigma Kappa Delta, Wilmington

                                Admission $1.25
                                  Chester Times
                                • Ad 1933-09-06, p.8
                                • Ad 1933-09-07, p.4
                                • Ad 1933-09-08 p.4
                                • Publicity 1933-09-08, p.5
                                • Confirmation, "Among Our Colored Citizens," 1933-09-09, p.7
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                                1933 09 09
                                Saturday
                                .Hershey, Penn.Park Ballroom...DEMS
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                                1933 09 10
                                Sunday
                                .Almond, N.Y.Fisher's Fun FarmThe Portville Review:

                                'DUKE ELLINGTON TO APPEAR AT FISHER'S FUN FARM SUNDAY
                                  Duke Ellington, Harlem's Aristrocrat of Jazz, will appear in person with his famous band at Fisher's Fun Farm, seven miles west of Hornell on Sunday night, September 10 it was learned today from Manager Afton Fisher. It is expected that a larger crowd than the estimated 1,500 who saw and heard Cab Calloway and his orchestra four weeks ago will in attendance.
                                  Primarily a dance band with a distinctive rhythm and tempo, Fisher [to]day said he thought this would [bring] more persons than did Calloway [and] more noted for entertainment [illegible]. During dancing which starts at n[ine?] o'clock, Ellington will feature [many?] of the numbers he has made famous including "Mood Indigo" which he composed. Dancing will last until 2 o'clock.
                                  The manager stated that under [the?] special contract Ellington would [not?] be permitted to appear in this sect[ion?] again on the same tour within seventy-five miles of here. The largest guarantee ever paid by the management is being placed for Ellington's appearance with his orchestra.'

                                Some lines were truncated at the right margin of the page. [Brackets] show the characters I've guessed.
                                Plug, The Portville Review, Portville, Cattaraugus County, N.Y., 1933-09-07 p.8..
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                                1933 09 11
                                Monday
                                .Erie, Penn.Rainbow Gardens,
                                Waldameer Park
                                ...DEMS
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                                1933 09 12
                                Tuesday
                                .Youngstown, OhioIdora Park....
                                ..Added
                                2011
                                1933 09 13
                                Wednesday
                                .Columbus, OhioValley Dale"About 1500 in the crowd...."H.E. Cherrington, Duke Ellington Edifies the Dale, Columbus Dispatch, 1933-09-13, p.4B..
                                .K.Steiner Dec 2012.
                                Added 2013-09-26
                                1933 09 14
                                Thursday
                                .Huntingdon, W.Va.unknown locationAccording to the review in the Columbus Dispatch, if you go down West Virginia way you'll find the boys at Huntingdon.H.E. Cherrington, "Duke Ellington Edifies the Dale," Columbus Dispatch, 13Sep33, p4B..
                                .K.Steiner Dec 2012.
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                                1933 09 15
                                Friday
                                1933 09 17
                                Sunday
                                Cincinnati, OhioCastle Farm...DEMS
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                                2011
                                1933 09 16
                                Saturday
                                .Cincinnati, OhioCastle Farmsee 1933 09 15....2011
                                1933 09 17
                                Sunday
                                .Cincinnati, OhioCastle Farmsee 1933 09 15....2011
                                1933 09 18
                                Monday
                                .Louisville, KYArmoryOver 100 African Americans and three whites walked out in protest of 75 cent prices for blacks and 55 cent prices for whitesCitizens Resent Segregation at Duke Ellington Armory Dance, Louisville Leader, 1933-09-23 p.1..
                                .K.Steiner Dec 2012.
                                Added 2013-09-26
                                1933 09 19
                                Tuesday
                                .Evansville, Ind.Coliseum

                                'Stage Presentation Eight-Thirty, Dancing Until One-Thirty'

                                and

                                'Special Broadcast, Tuesday- 5:30 P.M. Over WGBF. '

                                Ken Steiner).'

                                Email, K.Steiner-Palmquist 2015-02-28 citing ad, Evansville Courier and Journal 1933-09-17..
                                .ks.
                                1933 09 20
                                Wednesday
                                .Anderson, Ind.Club Royale

                                'Misses Lois Thurston [and eight other people named] were among those who heard Duke Ellington at the Club Royale at Anderson last evening.'

                                Email, K.Steiner-Palmquist 2015-02-28 citing "Society News," Alexandria Times-Tribune, 1933-09-21..
                                .ksNew
                                added 2015-02-28
                                1933 09 21
                                Thursday
                                ...activities not documented...
                                ...
                                1933 09 22
                                Friday
                                1933 09 28
                                Thursday
                                Chicago, Ill.Chicago Theatre....
                                .Stratemann p.68 citing Variety 1933-09-26Added
                                2011
                                1933 09 23
                                Saturday
                                .Chicago, Ill.Chicago Theatre.Stage show - see 1933 09 22..
                                ..2011
                                1933 09 24
                                Sunday
                                .Chicago, Ill.Chicago Theatre.Stage show - see 1933 09 22..
                                ..2011
                                1933 09 25
                                Monday
                                .Chicago, Ill.Chicago Theatre.Stage show - see 1933 09 22
                                ..
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                                1933 09 26
                                Tuesday
                                .Chicago, Ill.RCA studio
                                Suite 1143
                                Merchandise Mart
                                222 W. North Bank St.

                                Lasker:

                                'Victor's Chicago studio was in suite 1143 of the Merchandise Mart in 1933-34, but moved c. 1935 to 445 Lake Shore Drive, where Ellington's 1940-1942 Chicago sessions were held.'

                                RCA/Victor recording session
                                00:00 - 05:00
                                Duke Ellington and His Orchestra
                                Whetsel, C.Williams, Jenkins, Louis Bacon(t,v), Brown, Nanton, Tizol, Bigard, Hodges, Hardwick, Carney, Ellington, Guy, Braud, Greer

                                Titles recorded:
                                • Rude Interlude
                                • Dallas Doin's
                                Notes:
                                1. Rude Interlude was written by Ellington in honour of Mrs. Constance Lambert, and he composed it in London. Other than finalizing its title, it was ready before the date of the souvenir record
                                2. Irving Mills became an executive of RCA Victor in the late summer of 1933. According to John Hammond, he had supervision of all its recording talent for the popular market and with his new publishing concern, had songs entirely restricted from broadcast and reserved for his own artists. People would have to buy Victor records to hear certain tunes. Hammond reported Mills took all his artists from Brunswick to RCA Victor, including Ellington, Calloway and the Blue Rhythm Boys. Lasker suggests that had Ellington remained with ARC, he would have had to move to Decca in August 1934, and Decca's policy would have forced Ellington not to stray far from the melody in his recordings.
                                New Desor
                                DE3312
                                DEMS
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                                1933 09 26
                                Tuesday
                                .Chicago, Ill.Chicago Theatre.Stage show - see 1933 09 22

                                (Unconfirmed)

                                Note the other entries for this date
                                ..
                                ..2011
                                1933 09 27
                                Wednesday
                                .Chicago, Ill.Chicago Theatre.Stage show - see 1933 09 22..
                                ..2011
                                1933 09 27...PERSONNEL CHANGE
                                Jack Boyd, who became Ellington's road manager at the end of 1935, joined the Ellington organization as its electrician after working with Cab Calloway for some months.
                                Steven Lasker: "A profile of Boyd appeared in the January 1943 issue of “The Orchestra World” on page 18 titled “Boyd Has Traveled a Million Miles with Duke”:

                                'Band managers rarely conform to type, and there hardly could be one who reflects less of the music business in his appearance than Jack Boyd, who's been traveling with Duke Ellington since 1933 and became his manager just seven years ago, Christmas week, 1935.

                                Jack comes from Texas, where his father had a ranch and owned a big horse-shoeing shop in which Boyd, Jr., originally planned to work. While a schoolboy, and studying electricity and nickel-plating, his family never allowed him to see the inside of a theater. So, when Jack decided he didn't want to shoe horses, he got himself a job in a theatre back in 1906, when he was just 14.

                                Later he became a property man, movie machine operator, and theater electrician in Dallas. It was at the Majestic Theater, in Dallas, that Cab Calloway, passing thru in 1933, put out an urgent call for an extra sound man. Jack toured with Cab a few months, then made a connection with Duke Ellington, and joined him as electrician. “I'll never forget that date,” he says. “It was my wedding anniversary, September 27.” (He's been married 31 years and Mrs. Boyd joined him with the band last week in Columbus for Christmas.)

                                After more than two years as electrician, Jack was promoted to the managerial job, but he has always doubled in the sound department. Although he and Duke have traveled a million miles, the farthest point being Oslo, Norway. They've played all but three states in the Union (Arizona, Montana, and Wyoming.) In the past two years, they've made five trips to and from the West Coast.

                                Travel problems are his main burden nowadays, but Boyd seems to know all the answers. He can get stuck in the smallest hick town, call the nearest city, and greet the railroad agent by his first name. He knows 'em all. But right now it's catch as catch can with the trains, says Jack.

                                In the good old days they always had their own two Pullmans and baggage cars, living in them for weeks at a time, only occasionally using buses. Jack swears he never knows just how many pieces of baggage they have altogether, but he can look over the collection and tell at a glance if one is missing. It's around 125 pieces, including Duke's four trunks of clothes (he bought about a suit a week until Pearl Harbor) and Jack's own bags, typewriter, adding machine, and briefcase, all of which he lugs along personally.

                                The hardest job of all, says Jack, is setting up a last minute move, arranging special trains at $3 a mile. And the accounts are a headache. “I'm the world's worst bookkeeper,” he explains wistfully.

                                Jack recalls the occasion, before the Union limitations on hops, when the band played one night in Sioux Falls, S.D., and the next in Indianapolis --- traveling via Chicago, a total of 875 miles! The band traveled from 2 a.m. to 9:45 p.m. to make it, played from 10 to 2, and was in St. Louis, Mo. Next morning at 7 for another date.

                                After eight years, Jack still marvels at the music Duke's men produce. His admiration for Duke as a man as well as a musician is unbounded. “He's my own idea of what's understood by the word gentleman – a perfect knack for saying the right thing at the right time, a wonderful memory for facts and names, and genuine culture picked up more from observation and reading than from regular schooling. But it still amazes me how he gets those results with the band, calling rehearsals at the last minute, and writing his music the minute before that. I remember one night when I had to hold up matches in the bus for him all night long so that he could finish some arrangements for a Johnny Hodges record session next morning.'

                                Dallas Morning News, courtesy K. Steiner:

                                'Ellington Gets New Scenic Equipment for Appearance in Dallas

                                Telegraphic communications from New York and Chicago received Wednesday by Paul Short, manager of the Majestic Theater, informed him that the new scenic equipment for the Duke Ellington show, scheduled to open Saturday at the Majestic, had been shipped to Dallas from New York City and will arrive here late Wednesday. From Chicago came word that Jack Boyd, former Dallas stage electrician and property master and for the last six months stage manager for Cab Calloway, is now stage manager for the Ellington company and will arrive in Dallas Wednesday night to direct preparations for the show opening Saturday.'

                                Steiner:

                                'Ellington played the Chicago Theatre Sept. 22-28 prior to opening his first southern tour at the Majestic Theatre in Dallas, Sept. 30 - Oct. 6, 1933. '

                                See also 1892 10 20
                              • Email S.Lasker-Palmquist 2014-08-27 with “The Orchestra World” article January 1943 p.18
                              • Ken Steiner, Duke-LYM email 2015-03-20 quoting Dallas Morning News 1933-09-28
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                                1933 09 27
                                Wednesday
                                .Chicago, Ill.Savoy Ballroom.Stratemann p.68 citing Chicago Defender 1933-09-23..
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                                1933 09 28
                                Thursday
                                .Chicago, Ill.Chicago Theatre.Stage show - see 1933 09 22..
                                ..2011
                                1933 09 29
                                Friday
                                ...activities not documented

                                This may have been a travel day, since the 8 week tour of the South began the next day in Dallas.
                                ...
                                ...
                                1933 09 30
                                Saturday
                                1933 10 06
                                Friday
                                Dallas, Tex.Majestic TheatreStage show - breaking the attendance record set by Calloway in his earlier tour, which in turn had set attendance records.Stratemann, p.6805,1-7
                                Vail I
                                Photo
                                CAH (photo)
                                Added
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                                updated 2012-08-10, 2012-09-26.
                                1933 09 30
                                Saturday
                                .Dallas, Tex.Ice PalaceWhites..DEMS
                                .KSAdded
                                2011

                                October 1933

                                1933 10 01
                                Sunday
                                .Dallas, Tex.Majestic TheatreStage show - see 1933 09 30...
                                ..2011
                                1933 10 02
                                Monday
                                .Dallas, Tex.Majestic TheatreStage show - see 1933 09 30...
                                ..2011
                                1933 10 03
                                Tuesday
                                .Dallas, Tex.Majestic TheatreStage show - see 1933 09 30...
                                ..2011
                                1933 10 04
                                Wednesday
                                .Dallas, Tex.Majestic TheatreStage show - see 1933 09 30...
                                ..2011
                                1933 10 04
                                Wednesday
                                .Dallas, Tex.Majestic Theatre(Unconfirmed)

                                Special midnight show with a 200 voice choir, singing spirituals.
                                Vail I, no source cited..
                                ..New
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                                1933 10 05
                                Thursday
                                .Dallas, Tex.Majestic TheatreStage show - see 1933 09 30...
                                ..2011
                                1933 10 05
                                Thursday
                                .Dallas, Tex.Ice PalaceBlacks..DEMS
                                ..Added
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                                1933 10 06
                                Friday
                                .Dallas, Tex.Majestic TheatreStage show - see 1933 09 30...
                                ..2011
                                1933 10 06
                                Friday
                                .Dallas, Tex.Baker Hotel...DEMS
                                ..Added
                                2011
                                1933 10 07
                                Saturday
                                1933 10 10
                                Tuesday
                                Ft. Worth, Tex.Worth Theatre...DEMS
                                ..Added
                                2011
                                1933 10 08
                                Sunday
                                .Ft. Worth, Tex.Worth TheatreStage show - see 1933 10 07...
                                ..2011
                                1933 10 09
                                Monday
                                .Ft. Worth, Tex.Worth TheatreStage show - see 1933 10 07...
                                ..2011
                                1933 10 10
                                Tuesday
                                .Ft. Worth, Tex.Worth TheatreStage show - see 1933 10 07...
                                ..2011
                                1933 10 11
                                Wednesday
                                1933 10 13
                                Friday
                                Austin, Tex.Paramount Theater...DEMS
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                                1933 10 12
                                Thursday
                                .Austin, Tex.Tillotson CollegeEllington "told about his music and played several numbers for" students at the African American women's college. "Duke Ellington Guest at Tillotson College," Black Dispatch, 1933-10-19, p.3).DEMS
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                                updated
                                2013-09-08
                                1933 10 12
                                Thursday
                                .Austin, Tex.Paramount TheaterStage show - see 1933 10 11...
                                ..2011
                                1933 10 12
                                Thursday
                                10 pm
                                .Austin, Tex.Gregory Gym
                                2101 Speedway, Austin
                                DanceAd, Austin American, 1933-10-12, p.3..DEMS
                                ..2011
                                updated
                                2013
                                1933 10 13
                                Friday
                                .Austin, Tex.Paramount TheaterStage show - see 1933 10 11...
                                ..2011
                                1933 10 00.San Antonio, Tex.Home of Don AlbertDinner party in Barney Bigard's honour, at his cousin Don Albert's home in San Antonio.

                                "Mr. and Mrs. Don Albert were hosts at a charming party in their home honoring Don's cousin, Barney Bigard.. Mr. Ellington favored the guests with several of his own compositions, among which was Black Jazz Nocturne."

                                While Vail I shows the dinner on Nov. 3, it must have occurred during the week the band was in town, and the newpaper report confirms it was in October, although the exact date isn't known.
                                The Don Alberts Entertain Cousin, San Antonio Register, 1933-10-27 p.6.DEMS
                                Vail I.2011
                                updated
                                2013-09-08
                                1933 10 14
                                Saturday
                                1933 10 20
                                Friday
                                San Antonio, Tex.Majestic TheaterStage show.

                                According to Joe Igo's Ellington itinerary, The Majestic had a "colored section" in the balcony with a separate ticket booth, popcorn stand, etc. with the entrance on a side street in the rear.
                                San Antonio Register, 1933-10-13 p.1..DEMS
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                                updated
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                                1933 10 15
                                Sunday
                                .San Antonio, Tex.Majestic TheaterVaudeville show - see 1933-10-14...
                                ..2011
                                1933 10 16
                                Monday
                                .San Antonio, Tex.Majestic TheaterVaudeville show - see 1933-10-14

                                Misses Lavene Hudson, Marie Speckles, George Canfield and Frank Denson of Childress were in San Antonio Saturday to hear Duke Ellingtons [sic] orchestra at the Majestic theatre [sic].

                                "Local Happenings," The Kerrville Times, Kerrville, Tex., Thurs. 1933-10-19, p.9..
                                ..2011
                                1933 10 17
                                Tuesday
                                .San Antonio, Tex.Majestic TheaterVaudeville show - see 1933-10-14...
                                ..2011
                                1933 10 18
                                Wednesday
                                .San Antonio, Tex.Majestic TheaterVaudeville show - see 1933-10-14...
                                ..2011
                                1933 10 19
                                Thursday
                                .San Antonio, Tex.Majestic TheaterVaudeville show - see 1933-10-14...
                                ..2011
                                1933 10 19
                                Thursday
                                .San Antonio, Tex.Carver Library AuditoriumDanceVail I, no source cited..
                                ..2011
                                updated
                                2013-09-08
                                1933 10 20
                                Friday
                                .San Antonio, Tex.Majestic TheaterVaudeville show - see 1933-10-14...
                                ..2011
                                1933 10 21
                                Saturday
                                1933 10 27
                                Friday
                                Houston, Tex.Majestic Theatre.Ads, Houston Chronicle, 1933-10-21 to 1933-10-27.DEMS
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                                1933 10 22
                                Sunday
                                .Houston, Tex.Majestic Theatre....
                                ..2011
                                1933 10 23
                                Monday
                                .Houston, Tex.Majestic Theatre....
                                ..2011
                                1933 10 24
                                Tuesday
                                .Houston, Tex.Majestic Theatre....
                                ..2011
                                1933 10 25
                                Wednesday
                                .Houston, Tex.Majestic Theatre....
                                ..2011
                                1933 10 26
                                Thursday
                                .Houston, Tex.Majestic Theatre....
                                ..2011
                                1933 10 27
                                Friday
                                .Houston, Tex.Majestic Theatre....
                                ..2011
                                1933 10 27
                                Friday
                                .Houston, Tex..(Unconfirmed)

                                Dance for "colored"
                                ...
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                                2013-09-08
                                1933 10 28
                                Saturday
                                1933 10 31
                                Tuesday
                                Halloween
                                Beaumont, Tex.Jefferson Theater
                                345 Fannin St.
                                Stage show..DEMS
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                                1933 10 29
                                Sunday
                                .Beaumont, Tex.Jefferson TheaterStage show - see 1933 10 28...
                                ..2011
                                1933 10 29
                                Sunday
                                .Beaumont, Tex.Peoples TheatreBlacks 11 pm..DEMS
                                ..Added
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                                1933 10 30
                                Monday
                                .Beaumont, Tex.Jefferson TheaterStage show - see 1933 10 28...
                                ..2011
                                1933 10 30
                                Monday
                                .Beaumont, Tex.Neophogen Halldance 10:30pm..DEMS
                                ..Added
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                                1933 10 31
                                Tuesday
                                Halloween
                                .Beaumont, Tex.Jefferson TheaterStage show - see 1933 10 28...
                                ..2011

                                November 1933

                                1933 11 01
                                Wednesday
                                1933 11 03
                                Friday
                                Waco, Tex.Waco Theatre...DEMS
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                                2011
                                1933 11 01
                                Wednesday
                                .Waco, Tex.Shrine ClubDance 11 pm to 1 am..DEMS
                                ..2011
                                updated
                                2013-09-08
                                1933 11 02
                                Thursday
                                .Waco, Tex.Waco Theatre.Stage show - see 1933 11 01..
                                ..2011
                                1933 11 02
                                Thursday
                                .Waco, Tex.Cotton Palace Coliseum...DEMS
                                ..Added
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                                1933 11 03
                                Friday
                                .Waco, Tex.Waco Theatre.Stage show - see 1933 11 01..
                                ..2011
                                1933 11 04
                                Saturday
                                1933 11 05
                                Sunday
                                Wichita Falls, Tex.Majestic TheaterStage show
                                "Mr. and Mrs. Joe Hunt were in Wichita Falls Saturday to hear Duke Ellington and his band."

                                Other people travelling from Olney to Wichita Falls to hear Ellington are noted in the left column of page 5 of the same paper.
                                Olney Enterprise, p.17, 1933-11-10.DEMS
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                                1933 11 04
                                Saturday
                                11 pm
                                .Wichita Falls, Tex.Wichita ClubDance.DEMS
                                ..Added
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                                1933 11 05
                                Sunday
                                .Wichita Falls, Tex.Majestic TheaterStage show - see 1933 11 04...
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                                1933 11 06
                                Monday
                                1933 11 08
                                Wednesday
                                Amarillo, Tex.Paramount TheatreVaudeville show for whites only. On the bill were Ellington and his orchestra, with Ivie Anderson; Earl Tucker; Ford, Marshall and Jones (Dancing, Singing and Comedy); Sonnie [sic] Greer; Louis Bacon (Singer).

                                TEXAS TOWN STILL RAVES OVER DUKE ELLINGTON
                                Amarillo People Wild About Famed Musical Aggregation - Have Use of White Theater For Midnight Performance When Duke Uses His Influence On Last Night.
                                By OMAR LA GRANGE

                                AMARILLO, Texas, Nov.26 - Duke Ellington and his fourteen Aristocrats from Harlem, with Ivie Anderson, Earl (Snakehips) Tucker, and Ford, Marshall and Jones, are still the talk of this city where they took the Panhandle by storm during their engagement the week of November 6th.

                                Upon their arrival in the Southwestern city, the Duke and his company kept a constant stream of Yellow Cabs plying between the Negro section and the Paramount Theatre, where they fulfilled their engagement.

                                While the yokels were trying to decide whether W.Brand [sic], bass violinist, was the Duke or the Duke himself, as both were wearing big white cowboy hats, they were finally straightened out by members of the company..

                                Duke Ellington and his unit was the first colored attraction to play a Panhandle Theatre and went over with a bang,....

                                  Amarillo Daily News
                                  • 1933-11-05
                                  • 1933-11-06
                                • Pittsburgh Courier, 1933-12-02, p.6 s.2
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                                1933 11 06
                                Monday
                                11 pm - 2 am
                                .Amarillo, Tex.Nat Dance Palace (The Natatorium)Dance

                                ... the same success was experienced at Nat Dance Palace, an ofay dine and dance rendezvous. The patrons, many of them sons and daughters of ranchmen and cowhands, never having seen a leading Negro orchestra in action, could hardly dance for watching the Duke and his musicians dispense their hot numbers and believe me you they were certainly scorching and did Ivie Anderson, the slim California song bird go over big? Shieks and Shebas, I'm telling you, from her opening number 'Stormy Weather' to the final encore, a word picture in sex appeal, 'Give Me a Man Like That,' the crowd shook the roof with applause and called for more. She sang five numbers in all, and took her final bow among tumultuous applause and called [sic] for more..."

                                  Amarillo Daily News
                                  • 1933-11-05
                                  • 1933-11-06
                                • Pittsburgh Courier, 1933-12-02, p.6 s.2
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                                Tuesday
                                .Amarillo, Tex.Paramount TheatreVaudeville show for whites only - see 1932 11 06...
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                                1933 11 08
                                Wednesday
                                .Amarillo, Tex.Paramount TheatreVaudeville show for whites only - see 1932 11 06...
                                ..2011
                                1933 11 08
                                Wednesday
                                .Amarillo, Tex.Unnamed church ...sacred concert in one of the negro churches between shows ... for the older members of the colony, and for those who could not attend the midnight show. ... arranged by Bones.Amarillo Globe, Amarillo, TX, 1933-11-09, p.2.DEMS
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                                1933 11 08
                                Wednesday
                                Midnight.
                                .Amarillo, Tex.Paramount Theatre Vaudeville show for blacks

                                Amarillo Globe

                                "Ellington Matinee Red Letter Event for Negroes Here"

                                Due principally to the efforts of Matthew 'Bones' Hooks, old-time negro cowboy and leader in his community, a midnight matinee was arranged at the Paramount Theater for negroes only, at which Duke Ellington and his Harlem Aristocrats entertained 630 patrons in an hour and a half show that proved to be an all-time red letter event for those present."


                                Pittsburgh Courier

                                "...Our people never had a chance to see the band in action until the last night of their engagement here, and that at a mid-night show mainly through the efforts of Matthew Bones Hooks, Pioneer Negro cowboy, and leading citizen in this part of the country, and when the Duke learned of the situation, he used his influence with his traveling [sic] representative and the combination was successful, with the result that colored people had the entire main floor of the Paramount to themselves. This was not a great deal to brag about for many people resented the fact that they had to wait until the last night and, too, for a mid-night show at that, but it was the best that could be had, and is victory in itself even though small, as Negroes had never before been inside the Paramount Theatre as patrons until the coming of Duke Ellington and his company..

                                ...Please allow me to state that Ellington's sojourn here should be a lesson in personal conduct to the would-be small town snob. With honors bestowed upon these musicians by the cream of the social and financial world of two continents and plenty of money to spend, the personnel of his company were just a regular bunch of fellows, jolly and sociable as one could wish, and the whole town joins me in wishing luck to Duke Ellington and his gang."

                                • Amarillo Globe, Amarillo, TX, 1933-11-09, p.2
                                • Pittsburgh Courier, 1933-12-02, p.6 s.2
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                                Thursday
                                ...activities not documented...
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                                1933 11 10
                                Friday
                                1933 11 16
                                Thursday
                                Oklahoma City, Okla.Criterion TheaterStage showVail I.DEMS
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                                1933 11 11
                                Saturday
                                .
                                Oklahoma City, Okla.Criterion TheaterStage show - see 1933 11 10...
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                                1933 11 12
                                Sunday
                                .
                                Oklahoma City, Okla.Criterion TheaterStage show - see 1933 11 10...
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                                Monday
                                .
                                Oklahoma City, Okla.Criterion TheaterStage show - see 1933 11 10...
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                                1933 11 14
                                Tuesday
                                .
                                Oklahoma City, Okla.Criterion TheaterStage show - see 1933 11 10...
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                                1933 11 14
                                Tuesday
                                .Oklahoma City, Okla.Skirvin HotelPrivate party..DEMS
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                                1933 11 15
                                Wednesday
                                .
                                Oklahoma City, Okla.Criterion TheaterStage show - see 1933 11 10...
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                                1933 11 15
                                Wednesday
                                .Oklahoma City, Okla.Market GardenDance Multitudes Greet Ellington Engagement Black Dispatch, 1933-11-16 p.3.DEMS
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                                1933 11 16
                                Thursday
                                .
                                Oklahoma City, Okla.Criterion TheaterStage show - see 1933 11 10...
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                                1933 11 17
                                Friday
                                1933 11 23
                                Thursday
                                Tulsa, Okla.Orpheum TheatreStage show..DEMS
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                                1933 11 18
                                Saturday
                                .Tulsa, Okla.Orpheum TheatreStage show - see 1933 11 07...
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                                1933 11 18
                                Saturday
                                .Tulsa, Okla.Convention Halldance 11:30pm..DEMS
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                                1933 11 19
                                Sunday
                                .Tulsa, Okla.Orpheum TheatreStage show - see 1933 11 07...
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                                1933 11 20
                                Monday
                                .Tulsa, Okla.Orpheum TheatreStage show - see 1933 11 07...
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                                1933 11 21
                                Tuesday
                                .Tulsa, Okla.Orpheum TheatreStage show - see 1933 11 07...
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                                1933 11 22
                                Wednesday
                                .Tulsa, Okla.Orpheum TheatreStage show - see 1933 11 07...
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                                1933 11 23
                                Thursday
                                .Tulsa, Okla.Orpheum TheatreStage show - see 1933 11 07...
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                                1933 11 24
                                Friday
                                1933 11 26
                                Little Rock, Ark.Pulaski TheatreFour shows dailydaily ads, Arkansas Democrat..
                                .K.Steiner Dec 2012.
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                                1933 11 24
                                Friday
                                10 pm
                                .Little Rock, Ark. Nut ClubDance for whitesad, Arkansas Democrat, 24Nov33, p3..
                                .K.Steiner Dec 2012.
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                                1933 11 25
                                Saturday
                                .Little Rock, Ark.Pulaski TheatreStage show - see 1933 09 24

                                (Unconfirmed)

                                Note the other entry for this date
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                                1933 11 25
                                Saturday
                                .Little Rock, ARMosaic TempleDance at 10 pm for blacksad, Arkansas Democrat,25Nov33, p3..
                                .K.Steiner Dec 2012.

                                Added 2013-09-26
                                1933 11 25
                                Saturday
                                2 pm
                                ... Peripheral event
                                Ray Nance's Rhythm Barons ("now playing nightly at Dave's Tavern) were scheduled to play the Chicago Defender's Bud Billiken club's Thanksgiving party at the Regal Theater.
                                Photo and publicity,Chicago Defender 1933-11-18, p.18djpNew
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                                1933 11 26
                                Sunday
                                .Little Rock, Ark.Pulaski TheatreStage show - see 1933 09 24
                                ...
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                                1933 11 27
                                Monday
                                ...activities not documented...
                                ...
                                1933 11 28
                                Tuesday
                                ...activities not documented...
                                ...
                                1933 11 29
                                Wednesday
                                ...activities not documented...
                                ...
                                1933 11 30
                                Thursday
                                1933 12 07Chicago, Ill.Regal Theatre....
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                                December 1933

                                1933 12 01
                                Friday
                                .Chicago, Ill.Regal TheatreStage show - see 1933 11 30...
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                                1933 12 02
                                Saturday
                                .Chicago, Ill.Regal TheatreStage show - see 1933 11 30...
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                                1933 12 03
                                Sunday
                                .Chicago, Ill.Regal TheatreStage show - see 1933 11 30...
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                                1933 12 04
                                Monday
                                .Chicago, Ill.RCA studio
                                Suite 1143
                                Merchandise Mart
                                222 W. North Bank St.
                                RCA Victor recording session
                                00:00 - 04:00
                                Duke Ellington and His Orchestra
                                Whetsel, C.Williams, Jenkins, Louis Bacon(t,v)Brown, Nanton, Bigard, Hodges,Hardwick, Carney, Ellington, Guy, Braud, Greer
                                Titles recorded:
                                • Dear Old Southland
                                • Awful Sad
                                • Daybreak Express
                                Lambert:

                                "[Daybreak Express] is the second of Duke's train pieces and possibly the most famous. In the thirties it was one of his most admired recordings. The reason for this lay in its rather obvious brilliance and its portrayal of the latest and fastest of express trains, circa 1933. The saxophone passage was considered to be one of Ellington's most modern conceptions, although part of it at least was the creation of Sidney Bechet, whom Duke approached for advice..."

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                                1933 12 04
                                Monday
                                .Chicago, Ill.Regal TheatreStage show - see 1933 11 30...
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                                1933 12 05
                                Tuesday
                                .United States.Peripheral event
                                Prohibition ended when Utah, the 36th state to do so, ratified a constitutional amendment to repeal it.

                                The music industry was affected: many taverns came into being; taverns use jukeboxes, and jukeboxes consume records.
                                Editor's note to Steven Lasker's article, WHAT PRICE RECORDS? THE U.S. RECORD INDUSTRY AND THE RETAIL PRICE OF POPULAR RECORDS, 1925-50, VJM Vintage Jazz Mart website..
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                                1933 12 05
                                Tuesday
                                .Chicago, Ill.Regal TheatreStage show - see 1933 11 30...
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                                1933 12 06
                                Wednesday
                                .Chicago, Ill.Regal TheatreStage show - see 1933 11 30...
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                                1933 12 06
                                Wednesday
                                .Davenport, IowaKeith'sLikely a false date

                                Stratemann shows this date, citing Variety 1933-12-05, p.8, but says it is dubious.
                                Davenport is about 175 miles from Chicago.
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                                1933 12 07
                                Thursday
                                .Chicago, Ill.Regal TheatreStage show - see 1933 11 30...
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                                1933 12 08
                                Friday
                                1933 12 11
                                Monday
                                Davenport, IowaKeith's Orpheum TheatreStage Show ..
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                                1933 12 09
                                Saturday
                                .Davenport, IowaKeith's Orpheum TheatreStage Show -see 1933 12 08...
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                                1933 12 10
                                Sunday
                                .Davenport, IowaKeith's Orpheum TheatreStage Show -see 1933 12 08...
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                                1933 12 11
                                Monday
                                .Davenport, IowaKeith's Orpheum TheatreStage Show -see 1933 12 08...
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                                1933 12 12
                                Tuesday
                                1933 12 14
                                Thursday
                                Cedar Rapids, IowaKeith's Iowa TheatreStage Show ...
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                                1933 12 13
                                Wednesday
                                .Cedar Rapids, IowaKeith's Iowa TheatreStage show - see 1933 12 12...
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                                1933 12 14
                                Thursday
                                .Cedar Rapids, IowaKeith's Iowa TheatreStage show - see 1933 12 12...
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                                1933 12 15
                                Friday
                                1933 12 21
                                Thursday
                                Omaha, Neb.Keith'sStage showMention in Plaindealer, Kansas City, Kan. 1933-12-22, p.5...
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                                1933 12 16
                                Saturday
                                .Omaha, Neb.Keith'sStage show - see 1933 12 15...
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                                1933 12 17
                                Sunday
                                .Omaha, Neb.Keith'sStage show - see 1933 12 15...
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                                1933 12 18
                                Monday
                                .Omaha, Neb.Keith'sStage show - see 1933 12 15...
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                                1933 12 19
                                Tuesday
                                .Omaha, Neb.Keith'sStage show - see 1933 12 15...
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                                1933 12 20
                                Wednesday
                                .Omaha, Neb.Keith'sStage show - see 1933 12 15...
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                                1933 12 21
                                Thursday
                                .Omaha, Neb.Keith'sStage show - see 1933 12 15...
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                                1933 12 22
                                Friday
                                1933 12 25Sioux City, IowaKeith's....
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                                1933 12 23
                                Saturday
                                .Sioux City, IowaKeith'sStage show - see 1933 12 22...
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                                1933 12 24
                                Sunday
                                .Sioux City, IowaKeith'sStage show - see 1933 12 22...
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                                1933 12 25
                                Monday
                                Christmas
                                .Sioux City, IowaKeith'sStage show - see 1933 12 22...
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                                1933 12 26
                                Tuesday
                                1933 12 29Des Moines, IowaKeith'sStage show ...
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                                1933 12 27
                                Wednesday
                                .Des Moines, IowaKeith'sStage show - see 1933 12 26...
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                                1933 12 28
                                Thursday
                                .Des Moines, IowaKeith'sStage show - see 1933 12 26...
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                                1933 12 29
                                Friday
                                .Des Moines, IowaKeith'sStage show - see 1933 12 26...
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                                1933 12 30
                                Saturday
                                1934 01 04
                                Thursday
                                Kansas City, Mo.Mainstreet Theater
                                1400 Main St.
                                Stage show...
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                                Sunday
                                .Kansas City, Mo.Mainstreet TheaterStage show - see 1933 12 30...
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                                January 1934

                                1934 01 00...PERSONNEL CHANGE
                                Louis Bacon, trumpet/vocalist, leaves the band.
                                He will play with the band again from December 14 -26, 1934 and in a session in March 1939.
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                                Monday
                                .Kansas City, Mo.Mainstreet TheaterStage show - see 1933 12 30...
                                .Ken Steiner aug112011
                                1934 01 02
                                Tuesday
                                .Kansas City, Mo.Mainstreet TheaterStage show - see 1933 12 30
                                The Chillicothe Constitution-Tribune reported "Stephen Pardonner and Kennedy went to Kansas City today to hear Duke Ellington at the Mainstreet theatre."
                                Chillicothe Constitution-Tribune, 1934-01-02 p.3..
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                                1934 01 03
                                Wednesday
                                .Kansas City, Mo.Mainstreet TheaterStage show - see 1933 12 30...
                                .Ken Steiner aug112011
                                1934 01 03
                                Wednesday
                                .Kansas City, Mo.Mainstreet TheaterA midnight performance was presented Wednesday in order that the colored people might see the famous band on stage.The Plaindealer, Kansas City, Kans. 1934-01-05 p.5..
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                                Thursday
                                .. Edison HotelVariety announced Ellington was elected to the council of the Actors' Betterment Association for a four year term.
                                It listed several other directors elected for terms ranging from one to four years, and it did not name the city where the Edison Hotel was. About 400 votes were cast by the 800 participants. The directors then met Monday Jan.8; presumably Ellington was present.

                                The ABA appears to have changed its name to American Federation of Actors on Feb. 23.
                                Variety
                                • 1934-01-09 p.39
                                • 1934-02-27 p.34
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                                Thursday
                                .Kansas City, Mo.Mainstreet TheaterStage show - see 1933 12 30...
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                                1934 01 05
                                Friday
                                .Kansas City, Mo.Roseland BallroomHe will play for a dance tonight at a Missouri side dance hall.
                                Lines o' Type column (author not named):

                                'I peeped in upon the Roseland Ballroom to hear Duke Ellington last Friday night...the affair was not up to my expectations, perhaps because the place was packed to the rafters and the crowd was noisy. When you got up close, you could recognize the distinctive syncopation which characterizes Duke's rhythmatic harmony, but amid the crowd it sounded like just so much noise emanating from somebody's tin pan alley band. It's too bad the crowd wasn't more appreciative.'

                                The Plaindealer, Kansas City, Kans.
                                • 1934-01-05 p.5
                                • 1934-01-12 p.4
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                                1934 01 06
                                Saturday
                                ...activity not documented.....
                                1934 01 07
                                Sunday
                                ...activity not documented.....
                                1934 01 08
                                Monday
                                ...Sidemen's activity not documented

                                Ellington may have attended a directors' meeting of the Actors' Betterment Association - see 1934 01 04
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                                1934 01 09
                                Tuesday
                                .Chicago, Ill.RCA studio
                                Suite 1143
                                Merchandise Mart
                                222 W. North Bank St.
                                RCA Victor recording session
                                1:00 to 6:00
                                afternoon or morning not known
                                Duke Ellington & His Orchestra
                                Bacon, Jenkins, Whetsel, Williams, Brown, Nanton, Bigard, Carney, Ellington, Guy, Braud, Greer
                                Mills was present
                                Titles recorded:
                                • Delta Serenade
                                • Stompy Jones
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                                1934 01 10
                                Wednesday
                                .Chicago, Ill.RCA studio
                                Suite 1143
                                Merchandise Mart
                                222 W. North Bank St.
                                RCA Victor recording session
                                1:30 - 6:00
                                morning or afternoon unknown
                                Duke Ellington & His Orchestra
                                Bacon, Jenkins, Whetsel, Williams, Brown, Nanton, Bigard, Carney, Ellington, Guy, Braud, Greer
                                Mills was present
                                Titles recorded:
                                • Solitude
                                • Blue Feeling
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                                Thursday
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                                1934 01 12
                                Friday
                                1934 01 18Detroit, Mich.Michigan Theatre
                                (United Detroit Theaters)
                                Vaudeville
                                'On Stage
                                Special Engagement of
                                The Hottest Music
                                in All the
                                World!

                                DUKE ELLINGTON
                                AND HIS
                                FAMOUS COTTON CLUB
                                ORCHESTRA

                                WITH HIS
                                HI-DE-HO HARLEM REVUE
                                A Shimmering Revue of Mirth, Motion, Meloday

                                IN ADDITION
                                EDUARD WERNER MUSIC
                                MERLE CLARKE at the ORGAN '
                                Show times (Saturday): 1:24 4:08 7:21 10:04

                                Ella H. McCormick, Jan. 13 review:

                                'Duke Ellington and his Cotton club orchestra and entertainers, whose home address is Harlem, are on the stage with a program of new numbers and novelties as well as a couple of time tried favorites synonymous with Ellington's name and without which no audience is never satisfied. No other band is just like that from the Cotton Club. Ellington plays his own piano, using his fingers on the keys to mark time, instead of a baton. He has several soloists in the band will play their individual instrument with skill. Two young women offer typical blues ditties and three chocolate colored lads dance medley. A black boy scores with some remarkably body and feet contortions.
                                  Eduard Werner's contribution with the orchestra this week is a fantasie of Romberg melodies that are charming. Merle Clark lures the audience to sing in his organ number. '

                                • Daily ads and publicity, Detroit Free Press, Detroit, Mich.
                                  • 1934-01-10 p.17
                                  • 1934-01-11 p.17
                                  • 1934-01-12 p.17
                                  • 1934-01-13 p.8
                                  • 1934-01-14 p.15
                                  • 1934-01-15 p.9
                                  • 1934-01-16 pp.4, 17
                                  • 1934-01-17 p.15
                                  • 1934-01-18 p.15
                                • Stratemann p.68, citing
                                  • Chicago Defender 1934-01-13 p.19
                                  • Variety 1934-01-16, p.8
                                • Vail I p.91, with what is presented as a reprinted article but appears to be a selected sentences from a much longer report in Variety 1934-01-16 p.8 datelined Detroit, Jan. 15
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                                1934 01 13
                                Saturday
                                .Detroit, Mich.Michigan TheatreVaudeville - see 1934 01 12...
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                                1934 01 14
                                Sunday
                                .Detroit, Mich.Michigan TheatreVaudeville - see 1934 01 12...
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                                1934 01 15
                                Monday
                                .Detroit, Mich.Michigan TheatreVaudeville - see 1934 01 12...
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                                1934 01 16
                                Tuesday
                                .Detroit, Mich.Michigan TheatreVaudeville - see 1934 01 12...
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                                1934 01 17
                                Wednesday
                                .Detroit, Mich.Michigan TheatreVaudeville - see 1934 01 12...
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                                1934 01 18
                                Thursday
                                .Detroit, Mich.Michigan TheatreVaudeville - see 1934 01 12 - last day...
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                                1934 01 19
                                Friday
                                ...activities not documented...
                                ...
                                1934 01 20
                                Saturday
                                1934 01 24
                                Wednesday
                                Akron, OhioKeith's Palace TheatreVaudeville

                                Jan. 17 announcements:

                                'Duke Ellington, ... whose regular performances at the Palace do not begin until Sunday, will be presented ... in a special Saturday stayup performance.'

                                and

                                'Duke Due
                                DUKE ELLINGTON, dusky king of super-heated rhythms and blue minors, is an overnight booking for a Sunday arrival in Akron.
                                  The Duke signed a contract to play the Palace late yesterday, bringing a shift in picture plans for the theater had expected to have a darkened stage this week end.
                                  Ellington, whose fame spread from the Cotton club [sic], brings a full hour show of novelty acts and features although wire confirmation of his booking carried none of his entertainers' names.'

                                Ad 1934-01-18:
                                'GALA MIDNIGHT
                                SHOW -- SAT., JAN. 20
                                at 11:30 P.M.
                                The highest priced band ever
                                brought to Akron
                                IN PERSON!
                                "Duke" ELLINGTON
                                and his internationally famous orchestra–
                                with a big all-star Sepia show!'
                                The first of two Jan.19 ads on the same page plugs the Jan. 20 11:30 p.m. show, called Gala Midnight Show. It includes "With His Own All-Star Show" and names Ivy Anderson, Snakehips Tucker, Jerry & Turk, Bailey & Derby, and says all seats for this performance only were reserved and 75 cents (tax paid). The bottom of this ad says "REGULAR PERFORMANCE STARTS SUNDAY NOON AT POPULAR PRICES!"

                                The Jan. 20 ads are for both the special performance and the regular run. The reserved seats for the Saturday performance are 61 cents for all seats plus 14 cents tax, for a total of 75 cents. The regular show starting Sunday calls Duke "The King of Blue Rhythm" and lists Anderson, Tucker, the 4 Blazes, Bobby Caston and a company of 32.

                                Ellington's show times advertised for Monday were 2:59 6:57 and 9:26 p.m. The ad this day said thousands cheered the king of blue rhythm yesterday.

                                The Jan. 24 ad announced Last Times Today.

                                Stratemann erroneously dates this engagement from Jan. 27 to Feb. 1, probably based on mistaken reports in Variety. Vail mistakenly dates it Jan. 26 to Feb.1, calling the six days a one-week engagement.

                                Stratemann cites a review in Variety 1934-02-16 p.50. The online copy of that review is datelined "Akron, Jan."

                                Vail I reproduces that article verbatim, with the exception of typeface and shows the dateline as "Akron, Jan.27" The numerals 2 and 7 appear in the microfilm copy at the Seattle Public Library.

                                This is the Variety review:
                                'Ellington Unit
                                (PALACE, AKRON)
                                Akron, Jan.
                                  From the slow-measured, muted wailings of 'Mood Indigo' to the scorching rhythms throbbing the tempo for flying feet, Duke Ellington presents a highly satisfying hour's entertainment, in the form of a unit show, at the Palace.
                                  More than any of the colored shows that have been on the local stages in recent weeks, Ellington's places the burden of entertainment upon music. And surprisingly he has turned his band away from the swift syncopations of the review to a concert style that is much more entertaining as it is radically different. 'Mood Indigo' may not appeal to some of us as the high spot of the Ellington repertoire, but its announcement brought the flattering and its performance a scattering approval.
                                  In support of the band, Ellington offers a very capable company of dusky entertainers. Ivy Anderson, soloist, tops the list. She is an entertainer in every ounce of herself. Seldom has been an audience as reluctant to let a dancer leave the Palace stage as it was to part company with 'Snakehips' Tucker. His writhing dances are both different and heated.
                                  Four Blazes reveal a unity in dance steps that is just cause for approval of the precision fans. Bobby Caston contributes vocals to the program.

                                  Stage setting is elaborate and easy on the eyes.'
                                The underlined phrases are identical to wording in Beacon Journal Theater Editor Edward E. Gloss' review published in that newspaper 1934-01-22.

                                Variety, Feb. 6, 1934 p.49 "Vaudeville" reports

                                'Akron Palace books Shows as Loew Quits
                                Akron, Feb. 5
                                .Last week the Palace grabbed Duke Ellington as opposition to Ted Lewis at Loew's. '

                                The report is demonstrably wrong as to date. "Last week" on Feb. 5 would be the week beginning Monday Jan. 29, when Ellington was advertised as playing 4 shows in Washington. It's very clear from the Akron Beacon Journal ads and Mr. Gloss' review that the Akron engagement was Jan. 20 to Jan. 24.
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                                Monday
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                                Tuesday
                                .Akron, OhioKeith's Palace TheatreStage show - see 1934 01 21...
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                                Wednesday
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                                Thursday
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                                Friday
                                1934 02 01
                                Thursday
                                Washington, D.C.Warner's Earle Theater
                                513 13th Street
                                or
                                1299 Pennsylvania Ave.
                                NW Washington
                                Vaudeville

                                Ellington and his troupe played the Earle Theater in Washington from Jan. 26 to Feb. 1, and the Earle Theater in Philadelphia from Feb. 2 to Feb.8. They then returned to Washington to play the Howard Theatre for a week before embarking for Hollywood. The film feature at both Earle theatres was a Warner Bros. bedroom farce, Easy to Love. It closed in Washington when Ellington did, and opened with him in Philadelphia.
                                • The D.C. Earle Theater gig was first announced, without a specific date, in the Jan. 8 Evening Star Bookings at Earle Give Good Features.
                                • The Jan. 19 Evening Star says Next week.Easy to Love and Duke Ellington's Band at the Earle.
                                • The Jan. 25 Evening Star has a brief guide to the new week's films that says "Easy to Love" - Warner's Earle.Duke Ellington, Harlem's noisiest and best band, heads the stage show."
                                • On the same page:

                                  'Giving Five Shows
                                  With Duke Ellington and his orchestra as the featured stage attraction and Warner Bros. Easy to Love as the screen offering, the Earle Theater will give five de luxe shows on Saturday. On Sunday there will be four de luxe performances.'

                                • Variety, Jan. 23, 1934, p.43, Variety Bills, Warner shows
                                  Washington
                                  Earl (20)
                                  Duke Ellington Orc
                                  (20)

                                  This appears to mean Ellington was to start in D.C. on Jan. 20. Clearly that didn't happen.
                                • Variety, Jan. 30, p.10 reports
                                  Washington, Jan.
                                  .Earle (WB) (2,424; 25-35-40-60
                                  Easy to Love (WB) and Duke Ellington's revue on stage.
                                  Usual Ellington popularity combined with spicy comedy . is headed for nice $18,000.
                                • Variety, Jan. 30, 1934, p.51, Variety Bills, Warner shows
                                  Philadelphia
                                  Earle (2)
                                  Kirby & Duval
                                  Duke Ellington Orc
                                  Washington
                                  Earl (2)
                                  .(26) Falls, Reading & B
                                  Duke Ellington Orc

                                  Variety is therefore saying Ellington played Washington the week starting Jan. 26 and was due in Philadelphia Feb. 2
                                • The Pittsburgh Courier Feb 10 edition, in a story datelined Washington Feb. 8 about a rumour Ivy Anderson might be leaving the band, says the rumour could not be verified when Duke was here last week. That takes us back to about Feb. 1.


                                Review printed Saturday:

                                'From the muted mournfulness of "Mood Indigo" to the garish cacophony of "It Don't Mean a Thing," the numbers played by Duke Ellington in his stage appearance prove he is as much a finished showman as leader of an individualistic school in jazz music. With the exception of a few interruptions for assorted entertainers, he and his orchestra dominate the entire stage show this week. Their music romps, bangs, moans and wails and if you like it at all you will never get enough of it.
                                  There are also several shorts and a news reel to fill out the program.
                                  R.B.P. Jr.'


                                Stratemann has the Ellington troupe playing at the Palace in Akron from Jan. 27 to Feb. 1, and Vail has them there from Jan. 26 to Feb. 1. Both are wrong - that engagement was from 1934 01 20 to 1934 01 24
                                • The Evening Star, Washington, D.C.
                                  • 1934-01-09 p.B-16
                                  • 1934-01-19 p.B-12
                                  • 1934-01-29 p.B-12
                                  • 1934-01-25 p.B-12
                                  • 1934-01-25 p.C-8
                                  • 1934-01-26 p.C-8
                                  • 1934-01-27 p.B-12
                                  • 1934-01-31 p.C-10
                                  • 1934-02-01 p.C-12
                                • The Sunday Star, Washington, D.C.
                                  1934-01-28 Pt.4: p.F-4
                                • Variety
                                  • 1934-01-23 p.43
                                  • 1934-01-30 pp.10, 51
                                • The Pittsburgh Courier 1934-02-10 p.1 s.2
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                                Saturday
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                                Five shows this day, at 11:40 a.m. and 2:00, 4:20, 6:50 and 9:15 according to the ad. These times differ by a few minutes from those shown in the Where and When feature on the same page.
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                                Monday
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                                DUKE ELLINGTON
                                AND HIS
                                ORCHESTRA
                                IN PERSON, 4 STAGE SHOWS TODAY
                                At 12:40–3:25–6:05–8:50

                                The Evening Star, Washington, D.C.,
                                1934-01-29 p.B-12

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                                Tuesday
                                .Washington, D.C.Leow's Fox TheaterThe Sunday Star:

                                'Many famous stars of the radio and the stage will donate their services to the midnight show to be presented at the Fox Theater as a part of the Nation-wide celebration of President Roosevelt's 52nd birthday anniversary.
                                  The program, sponsored by all the motion picture theaters of Washington, will include the combined stage shows of both the Fox and the Earle Theaters. Among those participating will be:
                                  Duke Ellington and his orchestra, with Ivy Anderson, "Snake Hips" Tucker, The Four Blazes, Jerry and Turk, Bobbie Caston, J. Harold Murray, Alex Hyde and his Musical Darlings, Lew Parker and company, the Dodge Bros. revue, and Falls Reading and Boyce.
                                  An overture by the combined Fox and Earle orchestras will also be a feature...'

                                Ad, The Evening Star, 1934-01-29:
                                TOMORROW NIGHT
                                Celebrating
                                President Roosevelt's
                                Birthday
                                Auspices All Washington Theaters
                                January 30–at 11:30 P.M.
                                At LOEW'S FOX THEATER
                                10–BIG ACTS–10
                                Combining EARLE and FOX Shows
                                ALL PROCEEDS TO PRESIDENT
                                ROOSEVELT'S WARM SPRINGS
                                FOUNDATION
                                All Seats, $1.00'
                                • The Sunday Star, Washington, D.C.
                                  1934-01-28 Pt. One, pp.A-3, A-4
                                • The Evening Star, Washington, D.C.,
                                  • 1934-01-24 p.B-4
                                  • 1934-01-26 p.A-3
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                                Tuesday
                                .Washington, D.C.Masonic Temple
                                10th and U Streets
                                Sunday Star:

                                'Colored Citizens to Dance.
                                  Balls, Raleigh Hotel and Jewish Community Center...
                                  In addition, the Nonpartisian [sic] Committee of Colored Citizens will hold a ball in the Masonic Temple, Tenth and U streets, with Duke Ellington's Orchestra scheduled to make an appearance between its acts at the Earl and Fox Theaters. At the latter theater the orchestra will participate in the midnight show arranged by all the motion picture theaters of the Capital for the benefit of the fund...'

                                The Evening Star:

                                'D.C. COLORED RESIDENTS HOLD ROOSEVELT BALL
                                Valet to President and Adviser to
                                Ickes Included in List of
                                Special Guests

                                  President Roosevelt's birthday was celebrated by colored residents of Washington last night with a reception and ball at the Masonic Temple, 10th and U streets. Mack D. Rowe was general chairman of the committee in charge.
                                  Special guests included Irving McDuffie, valet to the Presidetn, and Mrs. McDuffie; Clark Foreman, advisor to Sectretary Ickes on economies in relation to the Negro in the South.
                                  Duke Ellington's Orchestra played several musical numbers.'

                                • The Sunday Star, Washington, D.C.
                                  1934-01-28 Pt. One, p.B-3, A-4
                                • The Evening Star, Washington, D.C.
                                  1934-01-31 p.A-5
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                                Thursday
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                                Friday
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                                Thursday
                                Philadelphia, Penn.Earle Theater
                                11th and Market

                                Theatre information:
                                Vaudeville
                                IN PERSON
                                Duke ELLINGTON
                                And His FAMOUS ORCHESTRA
                                In A Red-Hot
                                HARLEM REVUE
                                with 25 STARS including
                                IVIE ANDERSON
                                4 BLAZERS
                                EARL (Snake Hips) TUCKER

                                PADDI
                                PRYCE
                                Mistress of
                                Ceremonies
                                -------
                                KIRBY & DUVAL
                                -------
                                FALLS, READING and BOYCE

                                MIDNITE SHOW
                                SUNDAY NITE, 12:01 A.M.
                                Philadelphia Public Ledger:

                                'HARLEM rhythm comes to the Earle Theatre this week with the appearance of Duke Ellington and his troupe. Harlem speaks in jazzy, syncopated tones, with the most predominate [sic] voices controlled by Ivie Anderson and the band. Jerry and Terry introduce a new style apache dance which proves a high note on the program. The Four Blazers strike their usual popular note in dancing, and Earl "Snake Hips" Tucker reveals he is still ably amusing in pitch.
                                  Among the musical numbers which the Duke presents with perfection are the ever popular "Tiger Rag" played in the "whispering tiger" mode; "In the Shade of the Old Apple Tree," "Sophisticated Lady" and that typical selection " Mood Indigo," performed with muted instruments.
                                  Also on the stage appear Falls, Reading and Boyce, acrobatic dancers; Kirby and Duval, who feature a lanky giant with a baritone voice, and the Mistress of Ceremonies, Paddi Pryce, who offers two good vocal numbers.
                                  On the screen we have a strictly adult film "Easy to Love".
                                  The story concerns a philandering husband, John; his sweetheart, Charlotte; his charming, clever wife, Carol, and the devoted slave of Carol, Eric...'

                                • The Philadelphia Inquirer, Philadelphia,Penn.
                                  • 1934-02-01 p.6
                                  • 1934-02-02 p.12
                                  • 1934-02-03 pp.6, 7
                                  • 1934-02-04 pp.8, 9, 10
                                  • 1934-02-05 p.9
                                  • 1934-02-06 p.11
                                • The Pittsburgh Courier,Pittsburgh,Penn, 1934-02-03-p.6 s.2
                                • Philadelphia Public Ledger, Philadephis, Penn. 1934-02-03 courtesy K.Steiner
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                                Sunday
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                                Monday
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                                Tuesday
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                                Wednesday
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                                Friday
                                1934 02 15
                                Thursday
                                Washington, D.C.Howard Theater

                                One week beginning Friday, February 9
                                Shep Allen presents Duke Ellington, the king of jazz, and his Famous Orchestra featuring Ivie Anderson

                                in his latest review "Harlem Speaks" with Bobby Caston - 4 Blazers - Jerry & /Turk - Snake Hips Tucker - 50 others

                                See for the first time a spectacle of beauty
                                Duke's own Moving Stage

                                Screen Feature
                                Warren William and Jean Muir in "Bedside"
                                Midnite Show Saturday


                                'DUKE' IS BACK IN DEE CEE
                                By WM. FORTHSYTHE
                                  WASHINGTON, D.C., Feb. 15–
                                Presenting one of the greatest stage offerings that the city is ever witnessed, Shep Allen is presenting this week the "Aristocrat of Modern Jazz" and a gigantic stage review with an entire brilliant and dazzling Cotton Club cast, featuring Freddie [sic] "Snakehips" Tucker, Bobby Gaston, on her initial visit to the East; Jerry and Turk in the blackfaces; the Four Blazers and that salvo of good walkers, the Cotton Club chorus, with a background set to the music of the " King of Them All," the old master himself in all his regal glory, startling the world with symphonic jazz masterpieces, jungle music as soft sweet lilting melodies that stir the very soul. Duke is featuring this time his newest arrangement, the sensational outpouring of Ellington genius, "Rude Interlude," and that effervescent bit of femininity, Ivie Anderson, is still the best in the band-chirping business...

                                Washington Tribune:

                                'I dare say all I need do is make mention of the fact that THE DUKE was at the Howard last week. ELLINGTON, though looking a bit more dissipated than on any of his previous appearances here, has nevertheless lost none of his personal charm and appeal where the ladies are concerned.
                                  Be it said for the favor of the old hometown boy, whether his band is having an "on" week or an "off" week, the piano-player-leader never fails to register himself.
                                  The curtain parts, and there sits the Duke, plunking away at the ivories – there is applause. The music stops, and the Duke gets up – there is applause. He walks to the center of the stage and bows – there is applause. He introduces the next act – and there is more applause – not always for the act.
                                  With Ellington is Ivie Anderson (last week I failed to note change in spelling her name) who offers a catchy blues song and a smart little recitation to the accompaniment of the Duke's music. With Ellington is a spectacular dance team which calls itself the Four Blazers. It consists of as nifty a set of tap dance artists as have ever set foot on the Seventh and T Streets stage.
                                  With Ellington is Bobbie Caston, slim, enticing creature who issues just the kind of vocal music your writer loves to hear. There are others too, thus affected, because Miss Caston all but stops the show. There's no question but that she steals the beam from the popular Miss Anderson.
                                  With Ellington is a brother and sister act which bills itself as Jerry and Turk. Their real names [illegible] Turk and Jerry Turk, and they are without doubt master and mistress of eccentricity in dance.
                                  With Ellington is Ristina Banks, another home town product, that is if the old Garnet Graded School is a home town enterprise. Ristina's 12 mermaids leave the usual routine to put on a unique number to the tune of "I'm Satisfied," with Miss Anderson doing the advertising.
                                  No mention need to be made of the picture because with Ellington in toyn [sic] the house need not put on the picture - for all the patrons care.'

                                • Poster reproduced in Vail I
                                • Pittsburgh Courier 1934-02-17 p.8 s.2
                                • Washington Tribune
                                  • 1934-02-08 p.14
                                  • Sam Lacy, Shopping the Shows, 1934-02-15
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                                Saturday
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                                Sunday
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                                Monday
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                                Tuesday
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                                Tuesday
                                ...The Oregonian radio station KEX radio schedule has Ellington for 15 minutes at 1:45 pm, which is 4:45 on the east coast.The Morning Oregonian, Portland, Ore., 1934-02-13 p.7..
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                                Wednesday
                                Valentine's Day
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                                Thursday
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                                Thursday
                                1934 02 19Washington, D.C..Late night beginning of train trip to Los Angeles, Cal.

                                The band had stops in Chicago and Ogden on Feb 16 and 17, respectively (see below)

                                Lasker:

                                'Per "The Melody Maker," March 3, 1934, p.24: "Duke Ellington and his Orchestra will make another coast-to-coast jump on February 15, when they hop from Washington D.C. to Hollywood to make "Murder at the Vanities” for Paramount."'

                                The Lowell Sun and California Eagle reported that because regular train schedules would delay them for many hours, the band would have a special Pennsylvania train of a baggage car, two sleepers and a diner for the first leg of the journey.
                                • Emails, S. Lasker-Palmquist 2014-08-28, 2015-05-19 & 2015-06-16
                                • The Lowell Sun, Lowell, Mass., 1934-02-21
                                • California Eagle, Los Angeles, Cal., 1934-02-23 p.9
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                                Friday
                                .Chicago, Ill.Regal TheatreDuke visited Lucky Millinder at the theatre during a station stop, and addressed the audience while there...DEMS
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                                Saturday
                                ...in transit
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                                Sunday
                                09:20
                                .Ogden, Utah.Station stop:

                                'Noted Band Going To Coast Studios
                                - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
                                Duke Ellington and his famous colored dance band of 25 pieces will pass through Ogden Sunday morning at nine-twenty, bound from Washington, D.C. to Los Angeles to work in motion pictures.

                                  The band occupies one special sleeping car, one 10-section lounge car, one baggage car and a special dining car. The party will be in Ogden 10 minutes, according to schedule...'

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                                Monday
                                .Los Angeles, Cal..Arrival by Union Pacific train. It was raining when the band arrived.
                                In a story datelined New York, Feb. 8, The Pittsburgh Courier said Mills Artist Bureau, manager for Duke Ellington, reported he will appear at theatres and clubs in the vicinity of Los Angeles during the work on the picture, Murder at the Vanities.
                                Covina Argus:

                                'HOT-CHA FROM HARLEM
                                  Duke Ellington, exponent of heated harlem harmony, arrived via the Chief on Monday for a stage-radio-screen engagement. Ellington, composer of such song hits as "Sophisticated lady," "I'm Satisfied, " and numerous others, was brought here by Paramount studios ... When not appearing before the camera Duke will lead his band from the stage of the Paramount theater and at Frank Sabastian's Cotton club. The clever-fingered (how he pounds those ivories!) Ellington wasted no time in acquainting us with his sophisticated melodies when he played a half-hour program over KECA the night of his arrival. And to think people were trying to play bridge in the Fiesta room of the Ambassador while Duke and his boys were going to town.
                                HATS OFF TO
                                  ...Frank Sabastian for going on record as saying that he will stick to KFAC during Duke Ellington's engagement despite reported flattering offers from several of the larger and better fixed stations. Host Sabastian declares that KFAC played ball with him no matter what orchestras were being featured at the club and now he'll play ball with the same station.'

                                California Eagle:

                                'Duke Ellington and his band arrived in town Monday a.m. and immediately began throwing sharps and flats at radio audiences. They are in a class by themselves.'

                                • The Pittsburgh Courier, 1934-02-10 p.9 s.2
                                • Johnny Whitehead: "'Long Ether Avenue," Covina Argus, Covina, Cal. 1934-02-23 p.5
                                • The California Eagle, Los Angeles, Cal., 1934-02-23 p.8
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                                Half-hour benefit concert for a celebrity bridge game for the Motion Picture Relief Fund.Reports in
                                • San Antonio Light, San Antonio, Tex. 1934-02-19 p.8-A
                                • Baltimore Afro-American, weekly edition, 1934-03-10
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                                Monday
                                .Los Angeles, Cal.Paramount Sound TheatrePrivate Concert
                                S. Lasker in DEMS 02,2-20 reports:

                                • Melody Maker 1934-03-17 p.2:

                                  'On the evening of the band's arrival in Los Angeles a concert was arranged in a sound theatre at Paramount Pictures for an audience of studio executives and their families.'

                                • Sonny Greer's scrapbook includes an unsourced clipping about this event"

                                  Enthusiasm over their hot rhythms and weird harmonies reached such a pitch that the Duke and his boys were signed immediately for a second picture, Mae West's sizzling opus, "It Ain't No Sin."

                                  An almost identical sentence (two words are different) is found in the San Francisco Chronicle.
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                                .Los Angeles, Cal.Dunbar HotelIt appears Ellington and his people lived at the Dunbar Hotel during this sojourn in Los Angeles.

                                According to Buck Clayton

                                "The Dunbar Hotel was jumping, as almost every day there would be loads of people hanging around the front door trying to get a glimplse of Duke. ...every night in the Dunbar Hotel there would be parties thrown by Duke and his guys, and there was chicks and champagne everywhere. The parties wouldn't last too long, though, as the band had to report to the studio at six o'clock in the morning."

                                Clayton describes the band listening to their recording of It Don't Mean a Thing in the Dunbar restaurant, the first time they'd heard it since arriving in the west. He wrote the men were beating rhythm on tables, instrument cases, or anything they could find. He also says that if the fifteen men went into a restaurant together, they sat at 15 separate tables.
                                I agree with Steven Lasker's observation:

                                'The story about the band hearing their record of It Don't Mean a Thing would seem to date to 1932, when the band also came to L.A. (It Don't Mean a Thing was recorded in 1932.)'

                                Clayton seems to be conflating his 1932 and 1934 recollections of Ellington in Los Angeles.
                                • Buck Clayton and Nancy Miller Elliott, Buck Clayton's Jazz World, p.62
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                                Tuesday
                                ...activities not documented

                                Vail reports the band started rehearsals for Belle of the Nineties and Murder at the Vanities, but does not name a source.
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                                Thursday
                                .Los Angeles, Cal.Paramount Studios Peripheral event
                                Mae West made a temporary soundtrack recording of I Met My Waterloo accompanied by Walter Ruick, piano. on Feb. 22
                                Stratemann devotes many pages to Ellington's early 1934 films, including reconstructed film studio files. In or around 1990, the head of the music department at Paramount Pictures allowed Steven Lasker to examine their files pertaining to the various Paramount features (very complete files) and shorts (for which there was very little paperwork). Mr. Lasker copied every Ellington-related document, and some others besides, by hand into a spiral notebook. Later, at an Ellington conference, Dr. Stratemann copied the contents of his notebooks by hand; Mr. Lasker says the various documents at pages 102-113 of Stratemann are true to the original documents he inspected and hand-copied at Paramount, except for these corrections:
                                • Page 102, the version of I Met My Waterloo listed here is a temp track recorded by Mae West acc. By Walter Ruick on Feb. 22, not Feb.[26]
                                • The Ellington band recorded I Met My Waterloo for It Ain't No Sin [original title of Belle of the Nineties] May 8th, but this version wasn't used and is presumed lost.
                                • On page 107, "(arr. Jimmy Mundy)" should be deleted (this was a note to myself that Klaus thought incorrectly was from the files; in any case, it's probably wrong)
                                • On page 109, the title "Hesitating Blues" is actually shown on the original file document as "Hesitation Blues" according to my notes.
                                • On page 113, "New introduction in faster tempo" appears below "St. Louis Woman,"
                                • Stratemann, pp.69-114
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                                Friday
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                                Saturday
                                .Los Angeles, Cal.Club EbonyCabaret Party

                                National Artists Guild welcoming party for Duke Ellington, etc. al.

                                California Eagle reporter J. Cullen Fentress complained that white newspapermen received due courtesies - admittance, press accommodations - but the Negro press, once inside, had to shift for itself.
                                A week later, the Eagle reported:

                                '[MGM staffer Slick Garrison] was very much hot and bothered Saturday before last when because through someone's carelessness proper accommodations were not available at the Club Ebony for a large party of MGM stars and officials he had induced to attend the Duke Ellington welcome. Both tables and refreshments were lacking for some time he declares.
                                  Among the notables were: Mr. and Mrs. Mannix, vice-pres of Metro Goldwyn Mayer corporation, Mr. Fred Palton general manager, Mr. W. S. Van Dyck, director, Mr. Arthur Freed, music composer. Mr. Benj.Thaw production executive, Mr. Dudley Murphy, director, Mr. Sam Marx, head scenarist, Mr. Len Smith, camera expert and wife, Mr. Lane Britton sound technician, besides Mr. and Mrs. Henry Martin Miss Mallie Mansfield, Mr. Drew Pershing and others of stars, executives, directors and writers.
                                  At Garrison's table were Mrs. Garrison, Mr. and Mrs. Chester Woods, Mr. Elmer Faye, Mr. Joe Fong, Miss I.Lewis, Mr. Robt. Cox and Mrs. Henry Martin.'

                                California Eagle
                                • 1934-03-02 p.3
                                • 1934-03-09 p.6
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                                .Los Angeles, Cal.983 East 41st StreetThe California Eagle reported a Mrs. Cliff Bennett held a cocktail party in her home Saturday evening honoring Duke Ellington, Ivy Anderson, members of the band and party. Music was by the Three Bees, and a "bevy of gorgeously gowned young women and their correctly attired escorts" enjoyed the hospitality until 1 a.m.California Eagle 1934-03-02 p.4...djpAdded
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                                Sunday
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                                Monday
                                2 p.m.
                                .Los Angeles, Cal.Sound Stage #1
                                : Paramount Pictures, 5451 Marathon Street, Hollywood
                                Soundtrack recording for the film "Murder At The Vanities"
                                Duke Ellington and His Orchestra
                                Whetsel, C.Williams, Jenkins, Brown, Nanton, Tizol, Bigard, Hodges, Hardwick, Carney, Ellington, Guy, Braud, Greer

                                A vocal by 16 year old Barbara van Brunt was overdubbed on Apr.16.
                                Title recorded:
                                Ebony Rhapsody

                                Ebony Rhapsody was the second part of the 8 minute Rape of the Rhapsody sequence.
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                                Thursday
                                .Los Angeles, Cal.Paramount Pictures, 5451 Marathon Street, Hollywood Peripheral event
                                Stratemann p.102 shows Mae West recorded a temporary soundtrack recording of I Met My Waterloo accompanied by Walter Ruick, piano. on Feb. 26. Steven Lasker advises this was done February 22.
                                "Murder at the Vanities" recording session
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                                Tuesday
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                                Wednesday
                                ...activities not documented...
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                                March 1934

                                1934 03 00... Peripheral event
                                Steven Lasker in WHAT PRICE RECORDS? THE U.S. RECORD INDUSTRY AND THE RETAIL PRICE OF POPULAR RECORDS, 1925-50:

                                'Vocalion, a 75-cent label ... was reduced in price to 35 cents each, or three for a dollar, by March 1934... Vocalion's price stayed at 35 cents for the remainder of the decade.

                                OKeh was reduced in price from 75 to 35 cents each, or three for a dollar, in March 1934. According to an ad on the cover of that month's Radio and Electrical Appliance Journal: The entire OKeh catalog with its thousands and thousands of records is thrown open to the public at this new price...

                                Brunswick, Columbia and Victor continued as 75-cent labels. '

                                Lasker 2017-07-10:

                                '...subsequent to writing the article [I] found this note from John Hammond: [Brunswick/ARC] has "also started to revive their Vocalion series, reducing its price to 35 cents, and getting a large array of name orchestras."

                                The date of this note establishes that the reduction in price of Vocalion records occurred circa September-October 1933.'

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                                Thursday
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                                Friday
                                ...activities not documented
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                                Saturday
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                                Sunday
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                                1934 03 05.Los Angeles, Cal.Paramount lot
                                Paramount Pictures, 5451 Marathon Street, Hollywood
                                "Hollywood On Parade"
                                During this session, Ellington and his orchestra played the wedding march for Wilbur "Buck" Clayton and his bride Gladys "Derb" Henderson who were marrying on the set. It was reported that the bride was working in the movie and performing at night at a club and didn't have time to get married. The ceremony occupied most of the morning, disrupting production, and "newsreel cameramen and reporters were there aplenty."

                                People attending the wedding included Jack Oakie, Cary Brisson, Victor McLaglen, Randolph Scott, Roscoe Karns, Earl Carroll, Cary Grant and George Raft. The Mills Brothers performed "Oh, Promise Me."

                                Steven Lasker advises this marriage was one of convenience. Miss Henderson wanted to go to China with Clayton and his band as part of the act, but single women weren't allowed entry into China, hence the marriage. Derb's regular boyfriend at the time was Marshal Royal, who wasn't present at the ceremony.

                                Lasker:

                                'This comes from a series of Paramount shorts called "Hollywood on Parade." This particular short is Hollywood on Parade Z3-10.
                                  Printed on the reverse of a Paramount publicity still depicting the officiating minister, the newlyweds and, in the background, Duke Ellington holding a trumpet: "HOTTEST" WEDDING - When Gladys Henderson, one of the Negro chorus girls in Paramount's "Murder at the Vanities", married Wilbur Clayton, right, on the set, with the entire troupe on hand, Duke Ellington and his orchestra provided the music. The Reverend Napoleon P. Greggs, left, performed the ceremony.'

                                • Mollie Merrick, North American Newspaper Alliance, Inc., in
                                  • The Morning Oregonian, Portland, Ore., 1934-03-06 p.6
                                  • Dallas Morning News,Dallas, Tex., 1934-03-07 p.8
                                  • Omaha World Herald, Omaha, Neb. 1934-03-07 p.13
                                • Evening Standard, Uniontown,Penn.,1934-05-03 p.9
                                • Photo, Baltimore Afro-American, Baltimore, Md., 1934-12-29 p.8
                                • Stratemann, p.83, with photo

                                • Interview, Buck Clayton with Steve Voce
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                                Tuesday
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                                1934 03 06
                                Tuesday
                                ...The Oregonian radio station KEX radio lists the Duke Ellington Orchestra for 15 minutes at 1:45 pm, which is 4:45 on the east coast.The Morning Oregonian, Portland, Ore., 1934-03-06 p.9..
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                                Thursday
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                                Friday
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                                Saturday
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                                Sunday
                                ...activities not documented
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                                Monday
                                ...activities not documented
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                                1934 03 13
                                Tuesday
                                1934 03 14Los Angeles, Cal.Sound Stage #1
                                Paramount Pictures, 5451 Marathon Street, Hollywood
                                Rehearsal for "Belle Of The Nineties" - The rehearsal was scheduled for 1 p.m. and recording at 3 p.m. but Stratemann suggests only the rehearsal occurred. Stratemann p.70 gives the rehearsal time as 1 a.m. in error.
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                                Wednesday
                                .Los Angeles, Cal.Sound Stage #1
                                Paramount Pictures, 5451 Marathon Street, Hollywood
                                Rehearsal continued for "Belle Of The Nineties," 9 a.m., with recording scheduled for 2 p.m.

                                Stratemann suggests only the rehearsal occurred.
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                                1934 03 00...Temporary PERSONNEL CHANGE
                                With Otto Hardwick "indisposed" (Stratemann's term), Marshal Royal subbed for him on alto sax for about three weeks. In interviews with Patricia Willard, Steven Lasker and Claire Gordon, Royal said he was with the orchestra for about 3 weeks during the pre-recordings of Murder at the Vanities. The band took a five week break before the filming, and Hardwick was back by then.

                                Stratemann suggests Royal was present for one week of prerecording, and may have played both the week at the Los Angeles Paramount Theatre and the last Demi-Tasse Revue broadcasts.

                                In his autobiography, Royal recalled

                                'Duke came back in February 1934, and I remember he called me up and said, "I need you." He had added Otto Hardwick as an alto player but shortly after the band arrived in Los Angeles, Otto disappeared for two or three weeks. No one knew where he was... While he was out, I worked with the band as lead saxophone. The band had several engagements and I recall playing a few dates with them at the Sweets chain of ballrooms in California, one in Fresno, another in Oakland and I think there were another couple, besides. Ellington always got good turnouts.

                                Around that same time, Duke made Murder at the Vanities. I played Ebony Rhapsody, and I am on the sound track of that movie... '


                                Hardwick arrived in Hollywood with the band on February 19, Royal was not with the band for March 5 wedding and Hardwick was filmed with the band March 15 in the "Rape of the Rhapsody" sequence. From this, Lasker assumes Hardwick was available for prerecordings until March 21.

                                Royal's subbing is documented by a Paramount publicity photo of the band showing him holding clarinet and alto, and in which Hardwick and Williams are absent.
                                • New Desor vol.2
                                • Stratemann, p.87 & note 4, p.89
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                                Thursday
                                .Los Angeles, Cal.Sound Stage #1
                                Paramount Pictures, 5451 Marathon Street, Hollywood
                                "Belle Of The Nineties" film:
                                • 9 a.m. - rehearsal
                                • 11 a.m. pre-recording session

                                Mae West with Duke Ellington and His Orchestra
                                Whetsel, C.Williams, Jenkins, Brown, Nanton, Tizol, Bigard, Hodges, Marshal Royal, Carney, Ellington, Guy, Braud, Greer, with Mae West, vocal
                                • Recorded: - When A St. Louis Woman Comes Down to New Orleans
                                • Rehearsed but not recorded: - Memphis Blues
                                • Filmed (to playback?): - Ebony Rhapsody with actress Gertrude Michael.
                                Ellington's use of St. Louis Blues as the intro and ending to When A St. Louis Woman caused Paramount to have to pay $200 in royalties.

                                While the discographies generally show Marshal Royal playing this session, Sratemann casts doubt on it because there are stills from the film made on March 15 and 18 that clearly show Hardwick was present.
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                                Friday
                                .Los Angeles, Cal.Sound Stage #1
                                Paramount Pictures, 5451 Marathon Street, Hollywood
                                "Belle Of The Nineties" recording and filming session

                                The rehearsal was called for 9 a.m. with recording after.
                                Mae West with Duke Ellington and His Orchestra
                                Whetsel, C.Williams, Jenkins, Brown, Nanton, Tizol, Bigard, Hodges, Marshal Royal, Carney, Ellington, Guy, Braud, Greer, with Mae West, vocal
                                • Recorded: - Memphis Blues
                                • Filmed to playback: When A St. Louis Woman ...
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                                Friday
                                .Los Angeles, Cal.Ambassador HotelAcademy Awards Banquet
                                Variety:

                                'Although reservations were supposed to be closed at 750, at least 200 more than this number were accommodated at the banquet, necessitating a last minute rearrangement of dining seats and more crowding than had been anticipated.
                                  Due to crowding from the overflow, table arrangers cheated on the dancers, leaving but sparse space for the dancers to do their stuff. Duke Ellington's band produced hot music, but it was a general bunny hug all 'round.
                                  Will Rogers wisecracked his way through the master of ceremonies act and handed the winners their various statuette awards.'

                                Lasker:

                                'Elsewhere it is noted that the Academy paid more to hire Ellington's band than it did to manufacture the Oscar trophys awarded that night.'

                                The Hollywood Reporter:

                                'Instead of massing the tables about a long speakers' table, the tables this year were arranged around the dance floor, and Duke Ellington's band dispensed "hot" music for dancing. While the place was jammed with picture notables and executives, there was a noticeable increase of the younger element and a spirit of fun and gayety [sic] prevailed. Will Rogers, as toastmaster, was in "ribbing" form and, while he had his serious moments, gave everyone a lot of laughs.'

                                • Daily Variety, 1934-03-17, p.3
                                • The Hollywood Reporter, 1934-03-17, p.4
                                • Stratemann, p.69
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                                Saturday
                                St.Patrick's Day
                                .Los Angeles, Cal.Sound Stage #1
                                  "Belle Of The Nineties" - filming to playback of Memphis Blues - long shots and close-ups. Since the band was in an orchestra pit in the scene and the pit was too small to film the whole band, only ten were shown. Freddie Jenkins was filmed playing a violin break, but the sound track was never recorded.
                                  • Stratemann pp. 71, 89 & 106
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                                  Saturday
                                  St.Patrick's Day
                                  .Los Angeles, Cal..California Eagle:

                                  'GET A FREE TICKET TO DOLLAR DAY BALL

                                    Don't fail to get your free ticket to the Dollar Day Ball and Carnival.
                                    Almost every merchant in the Central avenue shopping district will be able to supply you with a ticket. Call or stop in and ask your dealer, market or beauty shop and arrange to get a free ticket to this gala affair. The date is March 17. Yes, St. Patrick's day and Duke Ellington and the Mills brothers will be guests of honor.'

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                                  Sunday
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                                    2 p.m. "Murder At The Vanities" recording session to add actress Gertrude Michael's vocal to the track for Ebony Rhapsody. Stratemann's reproduction of the studio's Recording Program shows "scoring," but shows Miss Michael and conductor Ellington and Duke Ellington's Orchestra (14 musicians).
                                    • Stratemann pp. 70, 73, 78 & 106
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                                    • Photo Harvey G. Cohen, Duke Ellington's America, University of Chicago Press, 2010
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                                    Monday
                                    7:30-8:00 PM
                                    .Los Angeles, Cal.Radio station KFIBroadcast - KFI weekly NBC network radio show "Demitasse Revue" (or "MJB Coffee Hour") - the initial 4 broadcast contract was extended to 6. (If Ellington performed on the April 23 broadcast, it would have had to be from San Francisco. )..
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                                    Tuesday
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                                    1934 03 21
                                    Wednesday
                                    2:30 p.m.
                                    .Los Angeles, Cal.Sound Stage #13
                                    Paramount Pictures, 5451 Marathon Street, Hollywood
                                    Recording session for the film "Many Happy Returns"

                                    Duke Ellington and His Orchestra with Larry Adler on harmonica
                                    Title recorded: Sophisticated Lady
                                    Adler was supposed to record his standard arrangement with Guy Lombardo's Royal Canadians orchestra but insisted on using Ellington.

                                    Exactly which band members were used is unclear - Paramount's files say Ellington, conductor, and Duke Ellington's Orchestra (10 musicians). Stratemann suggests it's the full reed and rhythm sections, plus one trumpet and one trombone. Timner V adopts this, showing 1 unidentified trumpet, 1 trombone, Bigard, Hodges, Hardwick, Carney, Ellington, Guy, Braud and Greer. Steven Lasker believes, based on hearing, that they were probably Whetsel; probably Nanton; Hodges (as); Hardwick (as); Bigard (ts); Carney (bar); Ellington, Guy, Braud, Greer.

                                    This differs significantly from the personnel listed in New Desor, http://depanorama.net and http://ellingtonia.com, all of which show, at the time of writing, 6 brass (Whetsel, Williams, Jenkins, Brown, Nanton, Tizol) plus Bigard, Hodges, Royal and Carney, on reeds, with Ellington, Guy, Braud, Greer and Adler.

                                    Steven Lasker suggested Hardwick was available for prerecordings until March 21, casting doubt on Marshal Royal's presence. Vail I, without naming a source, has the session starting at 2:30 p.m. and lists the personnel as Ellington, Whetsel, C. Williams, Jenkins, Nanton, Bown, Tizol, Hodges, Bigard, Royal, Carney, Guy, Bruad and Greer with Adler.

                                    See also, Dr. Stratemann's article in DEMS 84/4, p.6, where he discusses the filming dates vis a vis the Pacific Coast tour, and itinerary to a certain degree. He mentions also that there is one instance in Ellington's film career in which the band contributed to a film without being credited. However, long after Dr. Stratemann's death, Ken Steiner discovered Ellington and his band were filmed in the 1925 silent film Headlines - see 1925 05 00.
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                                    Friday
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                                    Saturday
                                    .Los Angeles, Cal.Sound Stage #1
                                    Paramount Pictures, 5451 Marathon Street, Hollywood
                                    "Belle Of The Nineties" soundtrack recording session

                                    Rehearsal called for 9:00 a.m., session at 10:00 a.m.
                                    Mae West with Duke Ellington and His Orchestra
                                    Whetsel, C.Williams, Jenkins, Brown, Nanton, Tizol, Bigard, Hodges, Marshal Royal, Carney, Ellington, Guy, Braud, Greer, Mae West
                                    Title recorded: My Old Flame

                                    New Desor and Stratemann say the song was transcribed onto an RCA master, but Lambert disagrees:

                                    "A Victor recording ... is often said to be from the film soundtrack, but comparison reveals that it is a different performance, if every bit as dull."

                                    Regardless, the RCA is not shown in the 1954 Wax Works, but 78 rpm releases on the Biltmore and Cosmopolitan labels are.

                                    Steven Lasker explains there are two recordings of My Old Flame from 1934:
                                    • This 1934 03 24 film ST recording with Mae West, which Victor dubbed from optical track onto a 10-inch, 78 rpm side (Biltmore and Cosmopolitan issues are dubbed from this ST version with the 16-bar tag omitted).
                                    • The other version is the 1934 05 09 Victor studio recording with vocal by Ivie Anderson.'
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                                    Monday
                                    7:30-8:00 PM
                                    .Los Angeles, Cal.Radio station KFIBroadcast - KFI weekly NBC network radio show "Demitasse Revue" (or "MJB Coffee Hour")
                                    • "The Dial" radio log, Los Angeles Times, 1934-03-26
                                    • Announcement, The Morning Oregonian, Portland, Ore., 1934-03-26 p.7
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                                    Monday
                                    .Los Angeles, Cal.Sound Stage #1
                                    Paramount Pictures, 5451 Marathon Street, Hollywood
                                    "Belle Of The Nineties" soundtrack recording and filming session
                                    Mae West with Duke Ellington and His Orchestra
                                    Whetsel, C.Williams, Jenkins, Brown, Nanton, Tizol, Bigard, Hodges, Marshal Royal(?), Carney, Ellington, Guy, Braud, Greer
                                    Title recorded: Hesitation Blues

                                    Titles filmed to playback: My Old Flame (six Ellington men filmed with Mae West); Memphis Blues - Ellington Orchestra filmed in the pit and closeups of Ellington and Greer in a break.

                                    (Ellington's old songwriter collaborator, Jo Trent, now a staff writer at Paramount Studios, revised the lyrics of Hesitation Blues.)

                                    It isn't certain that Royal played. Lasker says neither he nor Hardwick can be heard, and the arrangement did not call for four saxes.
                                    • Stratemann pp. 89, 109
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                                    Thursday
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                                    Tuesday
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                                    Saturday
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                                    Sunday
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                                    Monday
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                                    1934 04 10
                                    Tuesday
                                    .Culver City, Cal.Sebastian's Cotton Club
                                    8781 Washington Blvd.
                                    See 1934 04 05...
                                    ..2011
                                    1934 04 11
                                    Wednesday
                                    .Culver City, Cal.Sebastian's Cotton Club
                                    8781 Washington Blvd.
                                    See 1934 04 05...
                                    ..2011
                                    1934 04 12.Los Angeles, Cal.Hollywood studio
                                    1016 N. Sycamore Ave.
                                    RCA Victor recording session
                                    13:00 - 18:30
                                    Duke Ellington and His Orchestra
                                    Whetsel, C.Williams, Jenkins, Brown, Tizol, Bigard, Hodges, Carney, Ellington, Guy, Braud, Greer, Ivie Anderson
                                    Titles recorded:
                                    • Ebony Rhapsody
                                    • Cocktails For Two
                                    • Live And Love Tonight
                                    Lambert describes this version of Ebony Rhapsody:

                                    "...one of the richest and most diverse scores ever created for conventional big band instrumentation. ... immensely influential score is a beautiful one which realizes perfectly the varied writing, while remaing relaxed and swinging. Note the excellent scoring for and playing by the saxophone section as well as the variety of brass techniques employed. The short functional solos are well integrated into the fabric as is the cool, detached vocal by Ivie Anderson. The high standard of the band's playing is all the more remarkable for the fact that two of its members - Tizol and Hardwick were missing from the session."

                                    (Note Hoefsmit suggests Nanton, not Tizol, was out. Steven Lasker agrees.)
                                    New Desor
                                    DE3409
                                    DEMS
                                    .djp2011
                                    updated
                                    2014-06-18
                                    2015-01-14
                                    1934 04 12
                                    Thursday
                                    .Culver City, Cal.Sebastian's Cotton Club
                                    8781 Washington Blvd.
                                    See 1934 04 05...
                                    ..2011
                                    1934 04 13
                                    Friday
                                    .Culver City, Cal.Sebastian's Cotton Club
                                    8781 Washington Blvd.
                                    See 1934 04 05...
                                    ..2011
                                    1934 04 14
                                    Saturday
                                    .Culver City, Cal.Sebastian's Cotton Club
                                    8781 Washington Blvd.
                                    See 1934 04 05...
                                    ..2011
                                    1934 04 15
                                    Sunday
                                    .Culver City, Cal.Sebastian's Cotton Club
                                    8781 Washington Blvd.
                                    See 1934 04 05...
                                    ..2011
                                    1934 04 16
                                    Monday
                                    7:30-8:00 PM
                                    .Los Angeles, Cal.Radio station KFIKFI weekly NBC radio show "Demitasse Revue" (or "MJB Coffee Hour")

                                    Ken Steiner's research showed Ellington was replaced by Gus Arnheim on April 16, so this event did not involve Ellington.
                                    ..
                                    Stratemann,p.69 citing Variety 1934-03-16,p43djp2011
                                    updated
                                    2012-09-11
                                    1934 04 16
                                    Monday
                                    .Culver City, Cal.Sebastian's Cotton Club
                                    8781 Washington Blvd.
                                    See 1934 04 05...
                                    ..2011
                                    1934 04 17.Los Angeles, Cal.Hollywood studio
                                    1016 N. Sycamore Ave.
                                    RCA Victor recording session
                                    13:00 - 16:45
                                    Duke Ellington and His Orchestra
                                    Whetsel, C.Williams, Jenkins, Brown, Nanton, Tizol, Bigard, Hodges, Hardwick, Carney, Ellington, Guy, Braud, Greer
                                    Title recorded:
                                    I Met My Waterloo
                                    New Desor
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                                    .
                                    .djp2011
                                    updated
                                    2014-06-20
                                    1934 04 17
                                    Tuesday
                                    .Culver City, Cal.Sebastian's Cotton Club
                                    8781 Washington Blvd.
                                    See 1934 04 05...
                                    ..2011
                                    1934 04 18
                                    Wednesday
                                    .Culver City, Cal.Sebastian's Cotton Club
                                    8781 Washington Blvd.
                                    See 1934 04 05...
                                    ..2011
                                    1934 04 19
                                    Thursday
                                    ...activities not documented
                                    ...
                                    ...
                                    1934 04 20
                                    Friday
                                    1934 04 26
                                    Thursday
                                    San Francisco, Cal.Orpheum Theatre..New Desor
                                    DE3410

                                    Ken Steiner aug11 (not 20-25).Added
                                    2011
                                    1934 04 21
                                    Saturday
                                    .San Francisco, Cal.Orpheum Theatresee 1934 04 20.New Desor
                                    DE3410
                                    .
                                    ..2011
                                    1934 04 22
                                    Sunday
                                    .San Francisco, Cal.Orpheum Theatresee 1934 04 20.New Desor
                                    DE3410
                                    .
                                    ..2011
                                    1934 04 23
                                    Monday
                                    .San Francisco, Cal.Orpheum Theatresee 1934 04 20.New Desor
                                    DE3410
                                    .
                                    ..2011
                                    1934 04 23
                                    Monday
                                    .San Francisco, Cal.Radio station KFI(Unconfirmed)

                                    KFI weekly NBC radio show "Demitasse Revue" (or "MJB Coffee Hour")

                                    According to Stratemann p.69, the initial contract was for four weekly broadcasts, and was extended by two more, making six in total. Stratemann says

                                    'If the Ellington band actually did play the April 23 broadcast, we don't know. It would have had to do it from San Francisco where the band was then appearing at the Orpheum Theatre. '



                                    Steven Lasker, on Stratemann p.71, lists seven broadcasts, but marks April 23 as "from San Francisco ?" It seems likely there were six broadcasts, Mar. 19, Mar.26, Apr. 2, Apr.9, Apr. 16, Apr.30, and the week the band was out of town was likely skipped.
                                    Steven Lasker:

                                    'Regarding the broadcasts of 1934 04 23 and 04 30: KFI was an L.A. station owned and operated by Earl C. Anthony and an NBC affiliate. Since the band was in San Francisco on 1934 04 23 and 1934 04 30, it is likely that the band broadcast remotely from that city on those dates, possibly from radio station KPO, the NBC affiliate/subsidiary in San Francisco. (KFI and KPO were both 50,000 watt stations established in 1922.)'

                                    ..
                                    Stratemann,p.69 citing Variety 1934-03-16,p43djp2011
                                    updated
                                    2012-09-11
                                    2015-06-22
                                    1934 04 24
                                    Tuesday
                                    .San Francisco, Cal.Orpheum Theatresee 1934 04 20.New Desor
                                    DE3410
                                    .
                                    ..2011
                                    1934 04 25
                                    Wednesday
                                    .San Francisco, Cal.Orpheum Theatresee 1934 04 20.New Desor
                                    DE3410
                                    .
                                    ..2011
                                    1934 04 26
                                    Thursday
                                    .San Francisco, Cal.Orpheum Theatresee 1934 04 20.New Desor
                                    DE3410
                                    .
                                    ..2011
                                    1934 04 27
                                    Friday
                                    .Sacramento, Cal.Memorial Auditorium...DEMS
                                    ..Added
                                    2011
                                    1934 04 28
                                    Saturday
                                    .Fresno, CalRainbow Ballroom.ad, Fresno Bee 1934-04-27 p.4..
                                    .K.Steiner Dec 2012.
                                    Added 2013-09-26
                                    1934 04 29
                                    Sunday
                                    Ellington's birthday
                                    .Berkeley, Cal.San Pablo ParkDuke made an afternoon appearance at a baseball game, which was stopped as Ellington stood on the pitchers mound, spoke to the crowd of 4,000 and threw two pitches to Earl Snakehips Tucker."Duke Ellington Receives Royal Welcome by Fans," San Francisco Spokesman, 1934-05-03 p.4)ad, Oakland Tribune, 28Apr34, p2).DEMS
                                    ..2011
                                    updated
                                    2015-01-27
                                    1934 04 29
                                    Sunday
                                    Ellington's birthday
                                    .Oakland, Cal.Sweet's BallroomDance 19:30- 01:30Ad, Oakland Tribune, 1934-04-28, p.2)..DEMS
                                    .ks2011
                                    updated
                                    2015-01-27
                                    1934 04 30
                                    Monday
                                    6:30 PM
                                    .San Francisco, Cal.Radio station KFI(Unconfirmed)

                                    KFI weekly NBC radio show "Demitasse Revue" (or "MJB Coffee Hour")
                                    ..
                                    Stratemann,p.69 citing Variety 1934-03-16,p43djp2011
                                    updated
                                    2012-09-11
                                    1934 04 30
                                    Monday
                                    .Oakland, Cal.OaklandAuditorium..DEMS
                                    • Vail
                                    ..Added
                                    2011

                                    May 1934

                                    1934 05 01
                                    Tuesday
                                    .Bakersfield, Cal.Fox Theatre"Shows at 5:00, 7:00, 9:00, 11:00."ad, Bakersfield Californian, 1934-05-01 p.8..
                                    .K.Steiner Dec 2012Added 2012-09-26
                                    1934 05 02
                                    Wednesday
                                    .Ventura, Cal.Casino Gardens BallroomDance Ventura Junior College Pirate Press, Ventura, Cal., 1934-04-19 in DESB 1227, courtesy K.Steiner 2015-07-12..
                                    ..Added 2015-07-15
                                    1934 05 03
                                    Thursday
                                    .Riverside, Cal.Riverside Civic Auditorium
                                    Memorial Auditorium
                                    Dance sponsored by the American Legion

                                    "Duke Ellington and his famous orchestra with Ivie Anderson in Harlem Speaks. The music treat of the year."
                                    Admission $1.10 each person.

                                    "...several hundred couples last night danced at Memorial auditorium.
                                    The event was another of the popular American Legion public dances, being held weekly.
                                    To swinging music of the orchestra were added the numbers by the soloist Ivie Anderson.
                                    Deafening applause greeted the singer, and became even more vociferous when Earl (Snake Hips) Tucker, colored stepper, appeared in solo dances."

                                    Riverside Daily Press
                                    • Ad and publicity 1934-05-03
                                    • Report, 1935-05-04
                                    ..
                                    .Steiner 2013-07-26New
                                    added 2013-07-26
                                    1934 05 04
                                    Friday
                                    ...activities not documented...
                                    ...
                                    1934 05 05
                                    Saturday
                                    ...activities not documented...
                                    ...
                                    1934 05 06
                                    Sunday
                                    ...activities not documented...
                                    ...
                                    1934 05 07
                                    Monday
                                    .Los Angeles, Cal.Sound Stage #8
                                    Paramount Pictures, 5451 Marathon Street, Hollywood
                                    "Belle Of The Nineties" soundtrack recording session
                                    Mae West with Duke Ellington and His Orchestra
                                    Whetsel, C.Williams, Jenkins, Brown, Nanton, Tizol, Bigard, Hodges, Carney, Ellington, Guy, Braud, Greer
                                    Title recorded: Hesitation Blues

                                    Note Steven Lasker believes Royal is not on this recording:

                                    '... close listening reveals that neither Hardwick nor Royal can be distinguished, and none of the arrangements called for a fourth reed. '

                                    Title recorded:
                                    • Troubled Waters
                                    New Desor
                                    DE3411
                                    DEMS
                                    Stratemann p. 89+112
                                    Timner corrections
                                    .2011
                                    updated
                                    2014-06-20
                                    2017-01-26
                                    1934 05 08
                                    Tuesday
                                    .Los Angeles, Cal.Sound Stage #1
                                    Paramount Pictures, 5451 Marathon Street, Hollywood
                                    "Belle Of The Nineties" soundtrack recording session - 10:30 a.m. scheduled start.
                                    The original title of this film was "It Ain't No Sin."
                                    Mae West with Duke Ellington and His Orchestra
                                    Whetsel, C.Williams, Jenkins, Brown, Nanton, Tizol, Bigard, Hodges, Carney, Ellington, Guy, Braud, Greer
                                    Titles recorded according to the recording report shown on p.113 of Stratemann:
                                    • When a St. Louis Woman Goes Down to New Orleans
                                    • My Old Flame
                                    • I Met My Waterloo
                                    • Troubled Waters
                                    Mr. Lasker advises
                                    • New introduction in faster tempo appears below "St.Louis Woman" on the sheet reproduced in Stratemann p.113
                                    • The Ellington band recorded I Met My Waterloo for It Ain't No Sin on May 8th, but this version wasn't used and is presumed lost.

                                    Lasker 2017-01-24:
                                    ' Paramount's files show:
                                    • St. Louis Woman (New introduction in faster tempo)
                                    • My Old Flame (new ending in 3/4 time)
                                    • Scheduled but not recorded: I Met My Waterloo
                                    • Recorded instead: Troubled Waters
                                    (Note: Troubled Waters was recorded both on 1934-05-07 and on the following day. Two takes are extent. The files tell us a different orchestration was used for each date, but don't tell us if the takes that survive were recorded on the seventh, the eighth, or one take on each date. The two extent versions are similarly orchestrated, suggesting they were both recorded on the same date, whichever one that was.)'
                                    Lasker 2017-01-25:
                                    Finally, with reference to Troubled Waters from 1934-05-07 & 05-08, there were several different versions, all but one of which are from the same take but differ either in overdubs (of a 40-voice mixed vocal ensemble with harmonium and organ accompaniment, recorded 1934-05-16) or in length. One version, however, is from a different take, and that is found only on a 16-inch transcription disk produced for Paramount Pictures by the World Broadcasting System, Inc. as "Hollywood Movie Parade Program No. 10." The only copy of this disk known to me is today at the Library of Congress in the Jerry Valburn Collection of Duke Ellington's Recordings. The two takes have a similar orchestration, but not having heard the rare take in its entirety, I can't say that it was completely identical. Mae West and Ellington's orchestra are heard on the rare take without overdubbing from others. The fragment of the rare take that is preserved on the World ET consists of a four-bar pickup followed by the first 31 bars of the second chorus, at which point it fades to applause.'
                                    New Desor
                                    DE3412
                                    DEMS
                                    ..2011
                                    updated 2014-06-20
                                    2014-09-09
                                    2017-01-26
                                    2017-01-27
                                    1934 05 09
                                    Wednesday
                                    .Los Angeles, Cal.Hollywood studio
                                    1016 N. Sycamore Ave.
                                    RCA Victor recording session
                                    12:30 - 17:00
                                    Duke Ellington and His Orchestra
                                    Whetsel, C.Williams, Brown, Nanton, Tizol, Bigard, Hodges, Carney, Ellington, Guy, Braud, Greer, Ivie Anderson
                                    Titles recorded:
                                    • Troubled Water
                                    • My Old Flame
                                    New Desor
                                    DE3413
                                    .
                                    .djp2011
                                    updated
                                    2014-06-20
                                    2015-01-14
                                    1934 05 10
                                    Thursday
                                    ...activities not documented...
                                    ...
                                    1934 05 11
                                    Friday
                                    ...activities not documented
                                    Likely travelling up the coast to Portland
                                    ...
                                    ...
                                    1934 05 12
                                    Saturday
                                    1934 05 18
                                    Friday
                                    Portland, Ore.Music Box TheaterVaudeville show

                                    TODAY! JOHN HAMRICK'S MUSIC BOX
                                    Positively The Greatest Roadshow Stage Attraction to Hit This Town
                                    In Person
                                    This Nationally Famous Radio Band Here for
                                    ONE WEEK ONLY!
                                    THE DUSKY NOBLEMAN OF RHYTHM
                                    dukE
                                    ELLINGTON
                                    WITH HIS FAMOUS
                                    Cotton Club Orchestra
                                    and Entertainers!
                                    and
                                    IVIE ANDERSON
                                    SNAKEHIPS TUCKER

                                    Prices for this roadshow engagement: 25 cents until 1 pm, 35 cents until 6 pm weekdays, and 55 cents nights.

                                    The orchestra was to play 30 minutes a day on radio station KGW.

                                    Advance publicity said the film feature was "Glamour," but the film advertised on May 10 was "Melody in Spring." The advance story said Ellington's band was 14 instrumentalists and a crew of additional entertainers, but the review said 13 band members, none of whom are named.

                                    The May 11 publicity said there would be a "midnight matinee tomorrow."

                                    The May 12 announcement said the stage appearances were scheduled at 1, 3:30, 5:52, 9:15 and 11:20 pm, and one of the stage shows will be broadcast daily on KGW. The 11:20 show is billed as the extra midnight show, and presumably is the 'midnight matinee' previously announced.

                                    On May 16 the paper announced:

                                    "Stage attractions ,of which John Hamrick has several in prospect, will be offered at the Oriental, instead of the Music Box theater, it was decided yesterday. Larger seating capacity of the Oriental is the reason.

                                    Duke Ellington and his band, now playing at the Music Box, have proved so popular with patrons that the seating accommodations of the theater proved inadequate. Accordingly, it was decided to move the rest of the series of stage attractions to the Oriental, which has 2040 seats, compared with 1,600 at the Music Box."

                                    The Sunday Oregonian and the Morning Oregonian:
                                    • 1934-05-06, p.2 - Publicity
                                    • 1934-05-08, p.7 - Publicity and ad
                                    • 1934-05-09 pp.7,8 - "Behind the Mike" column, publicity photo and ad,
                                    • 1934-05-10, p.11 - Plug and ad,
                                    • 1934-05-11 p.9 - Publicity photo and radio log
                                    • 1934-05-11 p.22 - Publicity column citing Percy Grainger on Ellington, and ad
                                    • 1934-05-12, p.8 - two columns, radio log, amusement guide, ad
                                    • 1934-05-14 pp.4, 9 -
                                      • Report of an interview with drama editor Fred M. White after the first perfomance, which had a capacity audience clamoring for more, in which the writer discusses Ellington's remarks about his music.
                                      • Review by Mr. White, saying the band numbered 13 and mentioned Snakehips Tucker and Ivy [sic] Anderson
                                      • Film timetable
                                      • ad
                                      • amusements schedule
                                      • Radio log
                                    • 1934-05-15 pp.11,12:
                                      • Radio log
                                      • Publicity photo of Snakehips Tucker
                                      • Plug
                                      • Amusements guide
                                      • Theatre schedule
                                      • ad
                                    • 1934-05-16 p.12 - amusement guide; venue announcement; film time table, ad
                                    .
                                    ..
                                    .djp2011
                                    updated
                                    2014-06-20
                                    1934 05 12
                                    Saturday
                                    1934 05 18
                                    Friday
                                    Portland, Ore.Music Box TheaterKGW radio broadcast 3:30 pm billed as an official reception to Duke Ellington and his famous Harlem band. "The program will feature music by the Duke and his boys and addresses of welcome by Mayor Carson, other city officials and representatives of the Chamber of Commerce. The band will be heard over KGW every day during its stay in Portland."The Morning Oregonian:
                                    • Announcement, Morning Oregonian, Portland, Ore., 1934-05-12, p.1
                                    • 1934-05-17 pp.9, 11 - Radio log, Column by Ellington, Amusement guide, and ad.
                                    .
                                    ..
                                    .djp2011
                                    updated
                                    2014-06-20
                                    1934 05 13
                                    Sunday
                                    .Portland, Ore.Music Box.see 1934 05 12..
                                    ..2011
                                    1934 05 13
                                    Sunday
                                    .Portland, Ore..10:15 p.m. on KGW - Rose Festival Broadcast with Duke Ellington's Orchestra

                                    This appears to be a 45 minute broadcast, with a commitments by the mayor of Seattle to respond on radio station KOMO. The mayor of Tacoma telegraphed the Portland chamber [of commerce] saying he has arranged a party to receive the program.

                                    Radio stations KGW and KEX were NBC affiliates owned by The Oregonian Publishing Company and operated out of shared space in The Oregionian Building.
                                    The Morning Oregonian, Portland, Ore., 1934-05-13 p.45..
                                    .djpNew
                                    added 2014-06-20
                                    1934 05 14
                                    Monday
                                    .Portland, Ore..The Oregonian radio station KGW radio schedule has Ellington for 15 minutes at 1:45 pm.The Morning Oregonian, Portland, Ore., 1934-05-14 p.9..
                                    .djpNew
                                    added 2014-06-20
                                    1934 05 14
                                    Monday
                                    .Portland, Ore.Music Box.see 1934 05 12..
                                    ..2011
                                    1934 05 15
                                    Tuesday
                                    .Portland, Ore..The Oregonian radio station KGW radio schedule has Ellington for 30 minutes at 4:00 pm. Beside the radio log is a brief announcement

                                    "Duke Ellington has switched from KGW to KEX. Hear him at 3:45 P.M."

                                    The Morning Oregonian, Portland, Ore., 1934-05-15 p.11..
                                    .djpNew
                                    added 2014-06-20
                                    1934 05 15
                                    Tuesday
                                    .Portland, Ore.Music Boxsee 1934 05 12...
                                    ..2011
                                    1934 05 16
                                    Wednesday
                                    .Portland, Ore..The Ellington broadcasts were switched from KGW to KEX. Both stations were owned by The Oregonian. The KEX schedule has Ellington at 3:45 pm, apparently for 30 minutes.The Morning Oregonian, Portland, Ore., 1934-05-16 p.11, radio log and short announcement...
                                    .djpNew
                                    added 2014-06-20
                                    1934 05 16
                                    Wednesday
                                    .Portland, Ore.Music Boxsee 1934 05 12

                                    Remote KEX broadcast, 1:30 pm
                                    Radio log, The Morning Oregonian, Portland, 1934-05-17 p.9..
                                    .djp2011
                                    updated 2014-06-24
                                    1934 05 17
                                    Thursday
                                    .Portland, Ore..The Oregonian ran an article by Duke about his music:

                                    "Duke Reports Harlem Swing Born in Dixie
                                    BY DUKE ELLINGTON
                                    Composer and Band Leader Now at the Music Box

                                    It don't mean a thing if it ain't got that swing - the Dixieland Jazz band came from way down yonder in New Orleans, right after the war, and brought to Broadway a new dance tempo that exactly suited post-war tastes. The origins of the name they gave their music are doubtful - no one keeps a diary on Rampart street, N'Orleans - but no one has questioned its suitability and no one has ever been able to think up a better name for it than "jazz."

                                    But jazz now embraces a number of completely different types of music. Paul Whiteman specializes in one style, Guy Lombardo in another. My own and a few other orchestras have exploited a third style until the only thing the three styles have in common is "swing," which is Harlem for rhythm.

                                    My own music, if you wish a succinct definition, is "screwy." We have not followed the fetishes of symphonic musicians, and have not hesitated to break rules and even made new rules.

                                    We know that we have offended a great many people in the process, particularly legitimate musicains, but I think that we have also made a few friends. To begin with, me men are all natural musicians; many of them could play expertly before they could read a note of music. Now, contrary to popular impression, ther is not one of them who cannot read and interpret intricate parts with ease. This fiction that htey are not musically educated is probably traceable to the fact that in their dance, club, concert and theater engagements they usually play without muisc or music stands, but this is only because their natural musical aptitude has enabled them to memorize long scores quite perfectly.

                                    Perhaps I had better explain what I mean by "screwy," and at the same time illustrate the principal difference between my own orchestra and its music and Whiteman's and Lombardo's, aside from instrumentation. My band, of course, is principally brass - three trumpets, three trombones, four men who double on saxophone and clarient, and four rhythm - string bass, guitar and banjo, drums and myself at the piano.

                                    The principal feature of our arrangements is our use of dissonant chords, suspensions and dynamics. Dissonant chords are the opposite of resolved chords, which sound complete and satisfying to the listener. Dissonant chords require another note, or combination of notes, to resolve them until the end of the chorus. This effect, which Guy Lombardo also employs to an extent, results in gaining and holding the attention of the listener and is designed to make the music interesting.

                                    Suspensions are the tricks of solo virtuosi on any instrument; Kreisler employs them on the violin. They consist in playing around a melody, playing notes of involved harmonic relation to the notes of the melody, but winding up on the melody end of the phrase. Any good instrumental soloist wiht any good orchestra employs suspensions with striking effect. In my band, I am particularly fortunate in having a brass section and a saxophone section capable of playing them in harmonic unison.

                                    The Morning Oregonian, Portland, Ore., 1934-05-17, p. 11..
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                                    1934 05 17
                                    Thursday
                                    .Portland, Ore.Music Boxsee 1934 05 12...
                                    ..2011
                                    1934 05 18
                                    Friday
                                    .Portland, Ore.Music Boxsee 1934 05 12...
                                    ..2011
                                    1934 05 19
                                    Saturday
                                    1934 05 25
                                    Friday
                                    Portland Ore., or Seattle, Wash.Music HallThe Morning Oregonian radio log shows a 9:15 fifteen minute broadcast of Duke Ellington's orchestra on KEX. Since it is followed by what looks like normal daytime radio shows, it appears this was in the morning instead of the evening. If so, it may have been broadcast from from Portland since the two cities are 175 miles apart. It isn't certain, because the first Seattle show appears to have been scheduled for early afternoon...DEMS
                                    ..New
                                    added 2014-06-24
                                    1934 05 19
                                    Saturday
                                    1934 05 25
                                    Friday
                                    Seattle, Wash.Music Hall...DEMS
                                    ..Added
                                    2011
                                    1934 05 20
                                    Sunday
                                    .Seattle, Wash.Music Hallsee 1934 05 19...
                                    ..2011
                                    1934 05 21
                                    Monday
                                    .Seattle, Wash.Music Hallsee 1934 05 19...
                                    ..2011
                                    1934 05 21
                                    Monday
                                    .Seattle, Wash.Finnish Halldance..DEMS
                                    ..Added
                                    2011
                                    1934 05 22
                                    Tuesday
                                    .Seattle, Wash.Music Hallsee 1934 05 19...
                                    ..2011
                                    1934 05 23
                                    Wednesday
                                    .Seattle, Wash.Music Hallsee 1934 05 19...
                                    ..2011
                                    1934 05 24
                                    Thursday
                                    .Seattle, Wash.Music Hallsee 1934 05 19...
                                    ..2011
                                    1934 05 25
                                    Friday
                                    .Seattle, Wash.Music Hallsee 1934 05 19...
                                    ..2011
                                    1934 05 26
                                    Saturday
                                    1934 05 28
                                    Monday
                                    Tacoma, Wash.Music Box....
                                    .Ken Steiner aug11 (not 26-31)Added
                                    2011
                                    1934 05 27
                                    Sunday
                                    .Tacoma, Wash.Music Boxsee 1934 05 26...
                                    ..2011
                                    1934 05 28
                                    Monday
                                    .Tacoma, Wash.Music Boxsee 1934 05 26...
                                    ..2011
                                    1934 05 29
                                    Tuesday
                                    ...activities not documented...
                                    ...
                                    1934 05 30
                                    Wednesday
                                    .Idaho Falls, IdahoParamount...
                                    Vail I.Added
                                    2011
                                    1934 05 31
                                    Thursday
                                    ...activities not documented...
                                    ...

                                    June 1934

                                    1934 06 01
                                    Friday
                                    .Salt Lake City, UtahDowntown streetsSalt Lake City held a two day merchanding festival on June 1 and 2. As part of the celebration, eleven downtown streets were to be dressed up in festive colours, with many decorated store fronts and windows. Friday was 'wholesale day' and Saturday was 'retail day.' Merchant's windows were to be officially unveiled at 8 pm Friday. Music for the official window unveiling was to be provided by Duke Ellington and his world-famous colored [sic] orchestra.1

                                    "Windows will be officially unveiled at 8 p.m. with a special musical program to be broadcast by loud speakers in the business district."2

                                    'Coconut Grove' was leased for a huge carnival dance to being Friday evening at 9 o'clock, but there's no indication Ellington was involved.
                                    The Salt Lake Tribune
                                    • (1)Thurs.A.M.1934-05-31 p.18
                                    • (2)1934-06-01 p.1
                                    ..
                                    .djpNew
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                                    1934 06 01
                                    Friday
                                    1934 06 03
                                    Sunday
                                    Salt Lake City, UtahOrpheum TheaterStage show, 4 shows daily
                                    Fanchon & Marco present that dusky monarch of rhythm
                                    Duke Ellington in person with his famous orchestra, Ivy Anderson, Original Minnie the Moocher.

                                    Screen: Gay...Spicy...Naughty but Nice "Uncertain Lady"

                                    Prices
                                    41 cents until 5
                                    55 cents evenings

                                    Unsourced clippings from 1934-35 in Johnny Hodges' scrapbook mention when the band played an Orpheum Theatre in Utah, it had only 13 men, Bigard and Hardwick being "on the sick list."
                                    Ads, plugs, and review, The Salt Lake Tribune
                                    • 1934-05-31 p.6
                                    • 1934-06-01 p.10
                                    • 1934-06-02, p.12
                                    • 1934-06-03, p.D-11
                                    .DEMS
                                    Vail IKS, djp2011
                                    updated
                                    2013-07-25
                                    1934 06 02
                                    Saturday
                                    .Salt Lake City, UtahOrpheum TheaterStage show - see 1934-06-01...
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                                    1934 06 03
                                    Sunday
                                    .Salt Lake City, UtahOrpheum TheaterStage show - see 1934-06-01...
                                    ..Added
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                                    1934 06 04
                                    Monday
                                    ...activities not documented...
                                    ...
                                    1934 06 05
                                    Tuesday
                                    .Ogden, UtahOrpheum TheatreTheatre shows - matinee and evening performances
                                    "Coming to Ogden! At the Same as Salt Lake City Prices
                                    Duke Ellington and His Famous Orchestra with Ivie Anderson (Original "Minnie the Moocher") and on the screen "Merry Wives of Reno..."
                                    Vail I says Ellington opened here June 5 for two nights,closing on June 6, but provides no support. The Ogden Standard Examiner plugs and ads seen all say one day. The plugs say matinee and evening performances.

                                    Unsourced clippings from 1934-35 in Johnny Hodges' scrapbook mention when the band played an Orpheum Theatre in Utah, it had only 13 men, Bigard and Hardwick being "on the sick list."
                                    Ogden Standard Examiner
                                    • Publicity
                                      • 1934-05-31, p.8
                                      • 1934-06-03, p.9
                                    • Ads
                                      • 1934-06-03, p.9
                                      • 1934-06-15, p.18
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                                    1934 06 06
                                    Wednesday
                                    ...activities not documented...
                                    ...
                                    1934 06 07
                                    Thursday
                                    10:50 AM
                                    .Nevada, IowaEighth Street train crossing

                                    "The pastor of the local Seventh Day Adventist church was killed when his automobile was struck by a special fast North Western train. The "train was carrying Duke Ellington's famous negro orchestra. ...Just as [Elder Jeys] drove onto the tracks, the train roared onto the crossing from the west and struck the coupe broadside. The car was carried for about three blocks before Jeys rolled out, badly cut. He had died instantly. The car, which was completely demolished, was carried for two or three blocks farther before the train could be stopped."


                                    Nevada, Iowa is two or three miles east of Ames, Iowa.
                                    Ames Daily Tribune-Times, Ames, Iowa, 1934-06-07..
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                                    Thursday
                                    1934 06 13Chicago, Ill..Lay-over in Chicago
                                    Stratemann and Vail list a one week appearance at the Orpheum Theater, Denver, Col. beginning on June 7 but it appears to have been cancelled. The accident noted above confirms Ellington and his entourage were not in Denver on this date, as does the absence of daily ads in the Denver Post from June 7 to 12.

                                    Steiner suggests the cancellation and early return east was due to illness in the band.

                                    "Duke Ellington and his band arrived in the city Thursday from the Pacific coast for a week's layoff. They are due to leave for the East early next week and return here for an engagement at the [Chicago] World's Fair.

                                    "Duke Ellington and Band Here," Chicago Defender, national ed., 1934-06-16 p.8.DEMS
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                                    1934 06 08
                                    Friday
                                    .Chicago, Ill..activities not documented...
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                                    1934 06 09
                                    Saturday
                                    .Chicago, Ill..activities not documented...
                                    ...
                                    1934 06 10
                                    Sunday
                                    .Chicago, Ill..activities not documented...
                                    ...
                                    1934 06 11
                                    Monday
                                    .Chicago, Ill..activities not documented...
                                    ...
                                    1934 06 12
                                    Tuesday
                                    .Chicago, Ill..activities not documented...
                                    ...
                                    1934 06 12
                                    Tuesday
                                    .Chicago, Ill.Savoy Peripheral event
                                    The Kansas City Call reported Ivie Anderson attended an amateur fight night at the Savoy, while the band was "here for a few days."

                                    According to an Ivie Anderson biography in The Indianapolis Recorder, Ellington and his band, with Ivy Anderson and Fredi Washington were in Chicago for a few days. The biographer wrote that Ellington was at one end of the ringside and the others were scattered here and there.
                                    • Dan Burley, "She Swings and She Sings and It All Comes So Easy!" Kansas City Call, city ed., 1934-06-22, p.8
                                    • "Ivy Anderson, Queen Of Torch Singers, Parents Wanted Her To Be A Nun," The Indianapolis Recorder, Indianapolis, Ind., 1934-08-04 pp.1,8
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                                    1934 06 13
                                    Wednesday
                                    1934 06 14
                                    Thursday
                                    Ada, Okla.Strand Theater(Unconfirmed)

                                    "Added Entertainment Duke Ellington and His Orchestra"

                                    Possible theater appearance - the film was Hell and High Water, a Paramount production. Admission prices were 5 and 10 cents.

                                    It is more probably that this was a film of some sort, perhaps Bundle of Blues, instead of a live appearance by Ellington and his entourage, but I felt it was important to show this as a tentatively identified gig just in case Ellington's people successfully scrambled for work after the cancellation in Denver. More research is needed.
                                    • Ads, Ada Evening News
                                      • 1934-06-13, p.8
                                      • 1934-06-14, p.6
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                                    Thursday
                                    .Ada, Okla.Strand Theater(Unconfirmed)

                                    Possible theatre appearance - see 1934 06 13
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                                    1934 06 15
                                    Friday
                                    1934 06 18
                                    Monday
                                    Canton, OhioLoew's TheatreThe Amsterdam News and the California Eagle reported

                                    "ELLINGTON WILL HAVE REGULAR SHOW IN END
                                    Three Miller Brothers, sensational dancing act, and the Three Palmer Brothers, harmony singing trio, have been sent from New York by Mills Artists to join Duke Ellington and his famous orchestra in Canton, Ohio, opening at Loew's Theatre.

                                    Ivie Anderson, California songbird and Earl 'Snakehips' Tucker, originator of his unique dance already are featured with the Ellington act, which will play the Penn Theatre, Pittsburgh June 22, Paramount Theatre, New York June 30, State Theatre, Providence July 6 and Orpheum Theatre, Boston, July 13."


                                    Stratemann shows the engagement ending 1934 06 21 (Thursday) but the Massillon ad on the 15th says the engagement is "until Monday."
                                    • Stratemann, citing Variety 1934-06-24, p.52
                                    • Amsterdam News 1934-06-23 p.6
                                    • California Eagle 1934-06-29
                                    • The Evening Independent, Massillon, Ohio
                                      • ad 1934-06-13
                                      • as 1934-06-15 (ad says 'through Monday')
                                      • Plug and ad, 1934-06-16
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                                    1934 06 16
                                    Saturday
                                    .Canton, OhioLoew's Theatresee 1934 06 15...
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                                    1934 06 17
                                    Sunday
                                    .Canton, OhioLoew's Theatresee 1934 06 15...
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                                    1934 06 18
                                    Monday
                                    .Canton, OhioLoew's Theatresee 1934 06 15...
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                                    1934 06 19
                                    Tuesday
                                    ...activities not documented...
                                    ...
                                    1934 06 20
                                    Wednesday
                                    .Wheeling, W.Va.Market Auditorium.ad, Wheeling Intelligencer, 1934-06-18, p.7..
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                                    1934 06 21
                                    Thursday
                                    .Canton, OhioLoew's Theatresee 1934 06 15...
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                                    1934 06 22
                                    Friday
                                    1934 06 28Pittsburgh, Penn.Penn TheatreMovie theatre appearance
                                    Little Miss Marker

                                    "Pittsburgh, July 2 — Considering the heat, business in town wasn't bad last week. Big money went to the Penn, there the combination of "Little Miss Marker" and Duke Ellington's band proved a winner at $23,000..."



                                    Further down the page:

                                    "Little Miss Marker"(Para.)
                                    PENN — (3,300), 25c-35c, 6 days. Stage: Duke Ellington's band with Ivie Anderson, Snakeships [sic] Tucker, Palmer Bros. and Miller Bros. Gross:$23,000. (Average, $21,000)"

                                    Motion Picture Daily 1934-07-03 p.7..
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                                    1934 06 23
                                    Saturday
                                    .Pittsburgh, Penn.Penn TheatreStage show - see 1934 06 22...
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                                    1934 06 24
                                    Sunday
                                    .Pittsburgh, Penn.Penn TheatreStage show - see 1934 06 22...
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                                    1934 06 25
                                    Monday
                                    .Pittsburgh, Penn.Penn TheatreStage show - see 1934 06 22...
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                                    1934 06 26
                                    Tuesday
                                    .Pittsburgh, Penn..Peripheral event
                                    Pittsburgh Courier:

                                    'Tuesday evening, Miss Bernice Taliaferro was hostess to Miss Ivy Anderson, Snake-hips Tucker and Mr. and Mrs. Otto Hardwick of Duke Ellington's orchestra, in her lovely home in Watt street. The evening was spent in making merry and partaking of a delicious supper. Other guests were Miss Margaret Jackson, Messrs. John Burton, Milton Brown, Harry Johnson and Dandy Allen.'

                                    Pittsburgh Courier, Pittsburgh, Penn.
                                    1934-07-07 p.9
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                                    Tuesday
                                    .Pittsburgh, Penn.Penn TheatreStage show - see 1934 06 22...
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                                    1934 06 27
                                    Wednesday
                                    .Pittsburgh, Penn.Penn TheatreStage show - see 1934 06 22...
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                                    1934 06 28
                                    Thursday
                                    .Pittsburgh, Penn.Penn TheatreStage show - see 1934 06 22...
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                                    1934 06 29
                                    Friday
                                    1934 07 12New York, N.Y.Capitol Theatre
                                    Broadway & 51st St.
                                    Vaudeville theatre appearance
                                    S.Lasker:

                                    'Per "Capitol Index of Show," a typed document apparently generated in-house, "Wks. June 29th and July 6th, 1934 Stage Revue Duke Ellington & Orchestra, Ivie Anderson, Snakehips Tucker, Three Miller Brothers Feature Picture "The Thin Man" (Powell - Loy)'


                                    'The Thin Man,' helped by Duke Ellington and his band, was not outstanding at the Capitol with $39,800...

                                    (1) Estimated takings:
                                    ...
                                    Week ending July 5: "The Thin Man," (M-G-M)
                                    CAPITOL — (4,700) 35c-$1,65, 7 days. Stage: Duke Ellington and orchestra and Harlem Revue. Gross: $39,800


                                    (2) Estimated takings:
                                    ...
                                    Week ending July 12: "The Thin Man," (M-G-M)
                                    CAPITOL — (4,700) 35c-$1,65, 7 days. Stage: Duke Ellington and orchestra and Harlem Revue. Gross: $24,500


                                    The July 10 Variety carried two ads referencing the week starting July 6 that announced Ivie Anderson With Duke Ellington, and The Original "Snake Hips" Tucker, were held over for a second week at the Capitol.
                                    • Email Lasker-Palmquist 2014-08-25
                                    • Motion Picture Daily
                                      • (1) 1934-07-11, p.6
                                      • (2)1934-07-19
                                    • Variety, 1934-07-10 p.26
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                                    Saturday
                                    .New York, N.Y.Capitol Theatre
                                    Broadway & 51st St.
                                    Vaudeville - see 1934 06 29..
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                                    July 1934

                                    1934 07 00... Peripheral event
                                    American Record Corporation purchased the assets of Columbia Records for $75,500. The assets included the catalogs of the active American Columbia and OKeh labels, plus the inactive Harmony, Diva, Velvet Tone, Clarion, American Odeon and American Parlophone labels, the company's trademark rights, and patents and a non-union pressing plant at Bridgeport, Connecticut.
                                    • Steven Lasker, WHAT PRICE RECORDS? THE U.S. RECORD INDUSTRY AND THE RETAIL PRICE OF POPULAR RECORDS, 1925-50, VJM Vintage Jazz Mart website
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                                    1934 07 00
                                    .Evansville, Ind..Peripheral Event
                                    New booking agent, Warren P. Miller
                                    • The Evansville Press 1934-07-08:

                                      'Thru deals completed last week Warren P. Miller became middle western and southern booking agent for Mills Artist Bureau and Rockwell-O'Keefe of New York.
                                        Sam Fliashnick [sic] of the Mills Agency and Mike Nirdorf of Rockwell-O'Keefe were in Evansville conferring with Miller concerning future bookings for some of the most popular bands and entertainers in the business. These include Calloway, Ellington, ... Jimmie Lunceford and many others...'

                                    • It seems likely Miller made some or many of Ellington's mid-west and southern bookings this summer. It doesn't look like the arrangement lasted long; Duke Ellington, Inc. sued Miller in January 1935 for an unpaid amount. A Warren Miller was employed in early 1935 by CBS' Bands Booking department (it may not be the same man). In mid-1935 Miller and Fliashnick (spelling uncertain) became business partners; how long that lasted is a question, since he ws working from the Moe Gale Office in the RKO Building in April 1936.
                                      • Variety 1935-02-12:

                                        'CBS last week clipped the personnel setup of its band booking department. Affected by the move were Warren Miller and Louis Mindling.
                                          Miller handled the one-night stands, while Mindling covered the hotel spots around New York.'

                                        and

                                        'Bands Get Judgments Against Warren Miller

                                          Judgements against Warren B. Miller, dance promoter of Evansville, Ind. were filed last week with the New York County clerk by Cab Calloway, Inc., and Duke Ellington, Inc. in connection with dates played last summer. Two bands claim that Miller did not pay the full amounts stipulated in the contracts.
                                          Calloway judgement is for $1,036 and the amount named by Ellington is $436.'

                                      • Evansville Press 1935-03-06:

                                        'Two suits totaling $1700 to collect unpaid judgements granted in a New York municipal court were filed in Superior Court Wednesday by Duke Ellington and Cab Calloway, Negro band leaders, against Warren P. Miller, local dance promoter.
                                          The judgments were granted on Ellington's $414 claim for transportation costs, and Calloway's claim that he was not paid for a dance at Baraboo, Wis. Miller said that he would file a cross complaint to both suits on grounds that Calloway refused to play for the Baraboo dance, and that Ellington's contract did not call for transportation expense [sci]. Both bands were booked by Miller thru Irving Mills, Inc., in New York.'

                                      • Evansville Press 1935-03-08:

                                        'Two suits to collect two judgements obtained against Warren P. Miller, local promoter, were filed Wednesday in superior court.
                                          Duke Ellington, Inc., dance orchestra outfit, asks $500 on a judgement of $414.50 obtained in January, in New York City, and Cab Calloway, Inc....asks $1,200 on a $1,000 judgment...
                                          Miller said Ellington asks the $414 for traveling expenses which Miller says he did not contract to pay... Miller said he would file a cross-complaint against the two suits for judgement. '

                                      • Evansville Press 1935-03-21:

                                        'COURT RECORDS
                                        NEW SUITS FILED
                                        ...SUPERIOR COURT RECORDS ...
                                        Cab Calloway Inc. v. Waren [sic] P. Miller, LaFollette and Lensing appear for the defendant.
                                          Duke Ellington, Inc., vs Warren P. Miller, same as above... '

                                      • The Evansville Press 1935-06-02:

                                        'A letter from Warren P. Miller, who for several years presented some of the best bands in the business in Evansville, advises the he is associated with Fliamill Enterprises, Inc., with offices in the RKO Building, Rockefeller Center, New York. The company books bands and other entertainment. '

                                      • The Evansville Press 1935-06-09:

                                        'The New York "Amusement Tab," ... carries the announcement of the opening of Fliamill Enterprises, Inc., in which Warren P. Miller is a partner with Sam B. Fliashnick, former manager of Duke Ellington.
                                          The new company already has several... '

                                    • Variety:
                                      • 1935-02-12 p.61
                                      • 1936-01-08 p.32
                                    • Evansville Press, Evansville, Ind.
                                      • 1934-07-08 p.6
                                      • 1934-08-05 s.B p.4
                                      • 1935-03-06 p.3
                                      • 1935-03-21 p.16
                                      • 1935-06-02 p.2
                                      • 1935-06-09 p.9(?)
                                    • The Pittsburgh Courier, Pittsburgh, Penn., 1936-04-04 s.2 p.6
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                                    1934 07 01
                                    Sunday
                                    .New York, N.Y.Capitol Theatre
                                    Broadway & 51st St.
                                    Vaudeville - see 1934 06 29..
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                                    1934 07 01
                                    Sunday
                                    .New York, N.Y.Small's Paradise
                                    7th Avenue at 135th Street
                                    Smalls' Gala Celeb Party
                                    Guests of Honor
                                    Duke Ellington and his Famous Orchestra
                                    The New York Age 1934-07-07 p.5 carried a photo of Ellington with the caption "...Popular bandleader,who was given welcome home reception at Smalls' Paradise last week."
                                    Chicago Defender, 1934-07-14 p.7:

                                    'NEW YORK July 18 [sic]– A grand welcome home was tendered Duke Ellington, king of jazz, last Sunday night at the celebrated Smalls Cabaret. Long before the famous guest and his party arrived the spacious Smalls was packed to the door with well-known artists, newspaper fold and just friends of Duke...The members of the band helped to make merry with their leader. Seated at the guest table was the business managers [sic] of Duke, also his proud and fine father, Mr. Ellington, Sr....
                                      Allan McMillan is in charge of the special Sunday night guest programs and from the looks of things he is certainly making good.'

                                    • The New York Age 1934-07-07 p.5
                                    • Chicago Defender, 1934-07-14 p.7
                                    • Undated, unattributed ad, Vail I
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                                    1934 07 02
                                    Monday
                                    .New York, N.Y.Capitol Theatre
                                    Broadway & 51st St.
                                    Vaudeville - see 1934 06 29..
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                                    1934 07 03
                                    Tuesday
                                    .New York, N.Y.Capitol Theatre
                                    Broadway & 51st St.
                                    Vaudeville - see 1934 06 29..
                                    ..2011
                                    1934 07 04
                                    Wednesday
                                    .New York, N.Y.Terrace Roof,
                                    Harlem Hospital
                                    "The third of the Harriet L. Dismond programs for shut-ins, presented July 4 at the Terroce [sic] Room of Harlem Hospital, featured the internationally famous Duke Ellington and his band with Bill "Bojangles" Robinson as Master of Ceremonies. In addition there appeared Adelaide Hall, Cora La Redd, Red and Struggle, Swan and Lee and many other stage notables. These programs have been gratefully received by the patients... "New York Age 1934-07-07 p.5..
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                                    1934 07 04
                                    Wednesday
                                    .New York, N.Y.Capitol Theatre
                                    Broadway & 51st St.
                                    Vaudeville - see 1934 06 29..
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                                    1934 07 05
                                    Thursday
                                    .New York, N.Y.Capitol Theatre
                                    Broadway & 51st St.
                                    Vaudeville - see 1934 06 29..
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                                    1934 07 06
                                    Friday
                                    .New York, N.Y.Capitol Theatre
                                    Broadway & 51st St.
                                    Vaudeville - see 1934 06 29..
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                                    1934 07 07
                                    Saturday
                                    .New York, N.Y.Capitol Theatre
                                    Broadway & 51st St.
                                    Vaudeville - see 1934 06 29..
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                                    1934 07 08
                                    Sunday
                                    .New York, N.Y.Capitol Theatre
                                    Broadway & 51st St.
                                    Vaudeville - see 1934 06 29..
                                    ..2011
                                    1934 07 09
                                    Monday
                                    .New York, N.Y.Capitol Theatre
                                    Broadway & 51st St.
                                    Vaudeville - see 1934 06 29..
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                                    1934 07 10
                                    Tuesday
                                    ...Peripheral event
                                    Variety:

                                    'Ellington's Opera
                                      Duke Ellington has written a full length Negro opera which he is trying to place. Radio City Music Hall is interested and may stage it.
                                      Libretto traces Negro life from the jungle to Harlem. This is the first opera by a member of the race.'

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                                    1934 07 10
                                    Tuesday
                                    .New York, N.Y.Capitol Theatre
                                    Broadway & 51st St.
                                    Vaudeville - see 1934 06 29..
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                                    1934 07 11
                                    Wednesday
                                    .New York, N.Y.Capitol Theatre
                                    Broadway & 51st St.
                                    Vaudeville - see 1934 06 29..
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                                    1934 07 12
                                    Thursday
                                    .New York, N.Y.Capitol Theatre
                                    Broadway & 51st St.
                                    Vaudeville - see 1934 06 29..
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                                    1934 07 13
                                    Friday
                                    1934 07 19
                                    Thursday
                                    Boston, Mass.Loew's Orpheum TheaterStage show: sharing the billing with Duke Ellington and his famous orchestra were Ivie Anderson, Billie Tucker, 4 Blazers. The plug says Ellington heads the stage show, presenting a combination of a first class Cotton Club floor show and a revelation in modern harmony. One of the plugs mentioned five titles in the program: Ring Dem Bells, Sophisticated Lady, It Don't Mean a Thing, Black and Tan Fantasy and Mood Indigo.The Boston Herald, Boston, Mass.,
                                    • 1934-07-10 p.12
                                    • 1934-07-15 p.15
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                                    1934 07 14
                                    Saturday
                                    .Boston, Mass.Loew's Orpheum TheaterStage show - see 1934 07 13...
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                                    1934 07 15
                                    Sunday
                                    .Boston, Mass.Loew's Orpheum TheaterStage show - see 1934 07 13...
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                                    1934 07 16
                                    Monday
                                    .Boston, Mass.Loew's Orpheum TheaterStage show - see 1934 07 13...
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                                    1934 07 17
                                    Tuesday
                                    .Boston, Mass.Loew's Orpheum TheaterStage show - see 1934 07 13...
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                                    1934 07 18
                                    Wednesday
                                    .Boston, Mass.Loew's Orpheum TheaterStage show - see 1934 07 13...
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                                    1934 07 19
                                    Thursday
                                    .Boston, Mass.Loew's Orpheum TheaterStage show - see 1934 07 13...
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                                    1934 07 20
                                    Friday
                                    .Petersburg, Va.Lakemont Park(Unconfirmed)

                                    First of 7 one-nighter dances in the South booked by The Virginia Theatre Holding Company. Admission - Dancers, $1.00, Spectators, $0.75
                                    One night dance engagement

                                    (1)Chicago Defender:

                                    "Duke Ellington's Band Plays Cincy
                                    New York, July 20 - After his week at the Orpheum Theatre in Boston where he opened on July 12, Duke Ellington and his famous orchestra will invade the south for a tour of one-night dance engagements. Following this the Ellington band will be featured for two days, July 28 and 29, at Castle Farms in Cincinnati..."

                                    (2)Amsterdam News:

                                    "THE DUKE WILL INVADE THE SUNNY SOUTHLAND
                                    After his week at the Orpheum Theatre in Boston,where he opened on July 13, Duke Ellington and his famous orchestra will invade the South for a tour of one-night dance engagements.

                                    Harlem's aristrocrat of jazz will be seen and heard in Roanoke, Petersburg and Richmond, all in Virginia, in Durham and Goldsboro, both North Carolina, in Columbia and Charlotte, South Carolina and in Charleston, W.Va.

                                    Following this, the Ellington band will be featured for two days, July 28 and 29, at Castle Farms in Cincinnati, at which time radio listeners will hear it via WLW."

                                    • (1)Chicago Defender national edition, 1934-07-21 p.6 (per Hoffman) or p.8 (per ProQuest)
                                    • (2)Amsterdam News 1934-07-28 p.6
                                    • Norfolk Journal and Guide, 1934-07-14 p.15
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                                    1934 07 21
                                    Saturday
                                    .Winston-Salem, N.C.Pepper Warehouse(Unconfirmed)

                                    Second of 7 one night dance engagements booked by The Virginia Theatre Holding Co. - see 1934 07 20
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                                    1934 07 22
                                    Sunday
                                    Midnight
                                    .Durham, N.C.Banner Warehouse.(Unconfirmed)

                                    Third of 7 one night dance engagements booked by The Virginia Theatre Holding Co. - see 1934 07 20
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                                    1934 07 23
                                    Monday
                                    .Goldsboro, N.C.Big Brick Warehouse(Unconfirmed)

                                    Fourth of 7 one night dance engagements booked by The Virginia Theatre Holding Co. - see 1934 07 20
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                                    1934 07 24
                                    Tuesday
                                    .Columbia, S.C.Township Auditorium(Unconfirmed)

                                    Fifth of 7 one night dance engagements booked by The Virginia Theatre Holding Co. - see 1934 07 20
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                                    1934 07 25
                                    Wednesday
                                    .Charlotte, S.C.City Armory(Unconfirmed)

                                    Sixth of 7 one night dance engagements booked by The Virginia Theatre Holding Co. - see 1934 07 20
                                    ...
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                                    1934 07 26
                                    Thursday
                                    .Roanoke, Va.City Auditorium
                                    also called Roanoke Auditorium
                                    (Unconfirmed)

                                    Last of 7 one night dance engagements booked by The Virginia Theatre Holding Co. - see 1934 07 20
                                    Ad, Roanoke Tribune, 1934-07-26, p.12..
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                                    1934 07 27
                                    Friday
                                    .Charleston, W.Va.Armory(Unconfirmed)

                                    Dance
                                    Admission $1.25 including tax; White spectators, $1.00 including tax.
                                    Ads, The Charleston Gazette
                                    • 1934-07-22 p.11
                                    • 1934-07-26, p.2(section F?)
                                    • 1934-07-27, p.10
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                                    Saturday
                                    1934 07 29Cincinnati, OhioCastle Farm Supper ClubDance and remote broadcast on radio station WLWThe Enquirer, Cincinnati, Ohio, 1934-07-19 p.9..
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                                    1934 07 29
                                    Sunday
                                    .Cincinnati, OhioCastle Farm Supper Clubsee 1934 07 28
                                    Dance and remote broadcast on radio station WLW
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                                    1934 07 30
                                    Monday
                                    .Louisville, Ky.....DEMS
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                                    1934 07 31
                                    Tuesday
                                    .Atlanta, Ga.City Auditorium
                                    • From DEMS

                                      '...The Atlanta gig on 31Jul34 is confirmed in the Atlanta World. ... '

                                    • Evansville Press:

                                      'Duke Ellington ... smashed all house records at the Atlanta, Ga. Auditorium when booked in last Tuesday by Warren P. Miller. According to a telegram from Sam Fliashnick [sic], who travels with the band, 6065 persons were admitted and 4000 turned away. '

                                    • DEMS citation by Steiner, "Lucius Jones, "Society Slants," Atlanta Daily World, 1Aug34, p3"
                                    • The Evansville Press, Evansville, Ind., 1934-08-05 s.B p.4
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                                    August 1934

                                    1934 08 01
                                    Wednesday
                                    .Birmingham, Al.Masonic Temple...DEMS
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                                    Wednesday
                                    .--American Record Corporation and Duke Ellington Inc. contract to record 24 selections for American Record Corporation between 1934 09 01 and 1935 08 31Page 27 of the booklet for Mosaic's CD box set "The Complete 1932-1942 Brunswick, Columbia and Master Recordings of Duke Ellington and His Famous Orchestra".DEMS
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                                    Thursday
                                    .Chattanooga, Tenn.Auditorium...DEMS
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                                    Friday
                                    .Nashville, Tenn.Cotton Club....
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                                    Saturday
                                    .Anderson, Ind.Green LanternMuncie Evening Press:

                                    'Beta Mid-Summer Dance.
                                      One of the largest dances of the season will be held Saturday night at the Green Lantern, when members of the Anderson chapter of the Beta Phi Sigma Fraternity will be hosts at their annual mid-summer ball. Duke Ellington and his band will provide the music. Appearances of the orchestra in Anderson this evening will mark one of its few programs en route from Hollywood to New York City for the fall and winter season. Garland Hallenbeck is general chairman of the committee in charge assisted by the following committees: publicity, Jack Whetsel, chairman, Joe Fleet, and Earl Poor; tickets, Fred Harris, chairman, Dwain Dennison and Emerson Alvey; decorations, Don Wilke, chairman, Doc Heritage and Farrell Winship; chaperones, Bud Hughel, chairman, James Parker and George Claypool. Ivie Anderson, colored blues singer will appear with the Ellington band.'

                                    The Rushville Republican

                                    ' Iris Kelly went to Anderson Saturday night where he heard Duke Ellington and his orchestra at the Green Lantern.'

                                    The Tribune:

                                    'Freddie Worl attended the dance at the Green Lantern near Anderson, Saturday night in which was featured by Duke Ellington's orchestra.'

                                    • The Elwood Call Leader, Elwood, Ind.
                                      1934-07-31 p.1
                                    • Ruth Mauzy, Society News, Muncie Evening Press, Muncie, Ind.,
                                      1934-08-04, p.9 courtesy K. Steiner
                                    • The Rushville Republican, Rushville,Ind.
                                      1934-08-06 p.3
                                    • The Tribune, Cambridge City, Ind.
                                      1934-08-09 p.5
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                                    Sunday
                                    .Indianapolis, Ind.Tomlinson Hall"More than four thousand people jammed Tomlinson Hall...""Duke Ellington, Ivie Anderson Win Palm for Attracting the Largest Dance Crowd," Indianapolis Recorder, 1934-08-11 p.1..
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                                    1934 08 06
                                    Monday
                                    .Evansville, Ind.Loew's Victory TheaterFour 45-minute concerts between showings of the film Paris Interlude.

                                    The ad only is for Duke Ellington and his Famous Orchestra and Ivie Anderson singing her happy songs, plus the screen attraction. Plugs talk about concerts, not vaudeville.
                                    The Evansville Press review:

                                    'The Theatre Is Jammed At Ellington Concerts
                                      The Victory Theater was crowded from pillar to post Monday when Duke Ellington and his Harlem band, featuring Ivy Anderson, vocalist, made four 45-minute stage appearances.
                                      When the box office opened shortly after noon there was a long line of customers extending nearly to Sycamore Street. By 2 p.m. the theater was full and the sidewalk crowded.
                                      Ellington played a new arrangement of his own composition "Mood Indigo." He played arrangements from his recent picture, "Murder At The Vanities," and his own compositions including "Black and Tan Fantasy," and "Sophisticated Lady."
                                     The feature picture. '

                                    • Evansville Courier and Journal,Evansville, Ind., 1934-08-05 p.B-4
                                    • Evansville Press, Evansville, Ind.,
                                      • 1934-08-05 pp.14,15
                                      • 1934-08-06 p.5
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                                    Tuesday
                                    .Atlanta, Ga.City AuditoriumThis dance was a week earlier, July 31. Pittsburgh Courier 1934-08-11 reprinted an ANP wirestory about it dated Aug. 9, which quoted an undated The Atlanta Constitution story which said it was "Tuesday night." ANP recirculated local reports from across the country weekly, sending them out to its client newspapers, so there is usually a one week delay in ANP reports.
                                    • Stratemann p.115
                                    • Pittsburgh Courier 1934-08-11
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                                    Tuesday
                                    .Memphis, Tenn.Casino Ballroom(Unconfirmed)

                                    Duke Ellington and His Famous Orchestra, Ivie Anderson, Harlem Speaks. Don't Miss The Season's Most Sensational Dance Event
                                    Ad, Memphis Commercial Appeal, 1934-08-06.
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                                    Wednesday
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                                    Thursday
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                                    Friday
                                    .Bloomington, Ill.Shalain Park

                                    'TONITE
                                    Only appearance in
                                    Central Illinois of
                                    DUKE
                                    ELLINGTON
                                    and His Orchestra at
                                    Bloomington
                                    "Formerly Bongo"
                                    Shalain Park
                                    $1.00 Person – Plus Tax'


                                    In a think-piece published on the Pantagraph website, Bill Kemp, Archivist/Historian McLean County Museum of History, said the park is now G.J. Mecherle Memorial State Farm Park. Its dance pavilion had been destroyed by fire in 1932, so our heros played on an outdoor stage. If it rained,the event would have been moved into the Coliseum, but it didn't rain.
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                                    Saturday
                                    ...activities not documented...
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                                    Sunday
                                    ...activities not documented...
                                    ...
                                    1934 08 12 ...(1) Motion Picture Daily1   carried a small announcement:

                                    Ellington Denied Permit
                                    LONDON, Aug,12 — Duke Ellington's band has been refused a permit to play in film houses in England by the Ministry of Labor. The official stand is that British bands should be employed in any extension of stage shows. Ellington had been scheduled to play the Paramount Astorias circuit.


                                    This conflicts with information in Stratemann,2  which says Irving Mills had been arranging for ten weeks of theatre and dance dates in Britain to start in September, but the British Labor Ministry objected to the planned dance dates, permitting only stage performances.
                                    (1) Motion Picture Daily 1934-08-13, p.2.
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                                    Monday
                                    .Detroit, Mich.Graystone Ballroom
                                    'Negroes Elect Detroit Mayor
                                    Put Unofficial Crown On Club Manager

                                      More than 7,500 dusky dancers surged around the "King of Jazz" for 1934 by their own acclaim, Duke Ellington, at the Graystone Ballroom Monday night to hear their own Bill Walker, night club manager, acclaimed as "Unofficial Mayor of Detroit."
                                      Walker was elected as result of a contest...
                                      Here was a gala night. Duke Ellington, acknowledged as the best of the Negro jazz band masters, came to Detroit with his pulsating rhythm especially for the election, made him officially what everyone had been calling him before. They crowned him King of Jazz.'

                                    '...Detroit's dance record is held by Duke Ellington, who drew 7,400 last August 13th, when he played for the "Unofficial Mayoralty Ball" at which Bill Walker was elected to office.'

                                    • The Detroit Free Press, 1934-08-14 p.2
                                    • The Pittsburgh Courier, 1935-03-23 p.8, s.2
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                                    Tuesday
                                    .Lake Wawasee, Ind.WacoDance

                                    'Duke Ellington and his famous negro orchestra will be at Waco at Lake Wawasee Tuesday night Auguist 14. With him will be the incomparable Ivie Anderson, the colored lady who sings "Stormy Weather" as no one else can.
                                      Waco officials state that the ticket sale for the Ellington dance has been limited so as to assure pleasant conditions for dancing for all those who attend. Dancing will be from 10 p.m. to 2 a.m. daylight saving time....
                                      Tickets for the Ellington dance are on sale at Ewings, Manochio's and Riegel's.'

                                    Ft. Wayne Gazette, 1934-08-12, on DESB 1236, courtesy K.Steiner 2015-07-12..
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                                    Wednesday
                                    .Logansport, Ind..The Logansport Press

                                    'Two baggage cars and a sleeper conveying Duke Ellington and his band from Chicago to Louisville passed through the city yesterday at noon.'

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                                    Wednesday
                                    .Louisville, Ky.Jefferson County ArmoryConcert/dance
                                    The Chicago Defender reported rowdies in the crowd ran amok, and the police closed the dance early.
                                    The Plaindealer reported about 100 rowdies in the crowd fought, using bottles and knives, and patrol wagons were called in 15 times before the 40 riot police were brought in. The article ends

                                    'It is doubtful if Duke Ellington will ever appear here again, as he was so frightened he could not wave his baton at his orchestra. The Duke is not used to such scenes.'

                                    • Chicago Defender 1934-08-25, p.6
                                    • The Plaindealer, Kansas City, Kansas, 1934-08-24 p.6
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                                    1934 08 16
                                    Thursday
                                    9 pm - 1 am
                                    .Russells Point, OhioMinnewawa Dance Hall
                                    Sandy Beach Park
                                    Dance
                                    According to local historian John McPherson of the Logan County Museum:

                                    Sandy Beach was an amusement park in the village of Russells Point,...built next to the Russells Point Harbor of Indian Lake... The crown jewel of the Sandy Beach Amusement Park was the fabulous Minnewawa Dance Hall, billed as the best and the largest in Ohio, featuring two bandstands and room for hundreds of couples...The name Minnewawa was derived from a line in ..."The Song of Hiawatha". Minnewawa drew all the most popular touring performers of the day,..."

                                    Mr. McPherson confirmed the title "Sandy Beach Park Pavilion" on the ticket shown in DEMS would mean the pavilion at Sandy Beach Park named Minnewawa Dance Hall, since there were no other dance halls located on the same grounds as the amusement park at the time.
                                    • Ad, Lima News, Lima, Ohio 1934-08-16, p.11
                                    • The Herald Voice, Belle Center, Ohio:
                                      • Announcement, 1934-08-02
                                      • Ad, 1934-08-16
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                                    Friday
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                                    Saturday
                                    .Chicago, Ill.Washington ParkBud Billiken Picnic

                                    Chicago Defender:

                                    'STAGE STARS ENTERAIN [sic] AT BILLIKEN PICNIC
                                    [[photo, Ellington, Noble Sissle, Earl Hines and others]]
                                    Headed by Duke Ellington and his famous Cotton Colub orchestra, hot from Harlem, a galaxy of stage and readio stars entertained thousands of kiddies and their parents who attended The Chicago Defender Bud Billiken Club's picnic last Saturday in Washington Park... '

                                    • Stratemann p.115 citing Chicago Defender 1934-08-25 p15R
                                    • Chicago Defender
                                      • 1934-08-19 p.6
                                      • 1934-08-25 p.6
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                                    Saturday
                                    ...Peripheral event
                                    • The 1934 08 28 New York City Telegraph carried a report datelined London, Aug. 28, saying Ellington would be allowed to play in variety houses and music halls, but not in movie theatres.
                                    • A much longer announcement of the same refusal in Melody Maker, unknown date, was reprinted in Amsterdam News. It says Paramount Company had applied for permission, and Ellington was to have fulfilled variety, concert and dance hall engagments. The tour was to begin with a fortnight at Plaza Cinema, Lower Regent St., Sept. 17 followed by four weeks of a provincial tour of Paramount Theatres, doubling one-night stands at dance halls, plus Sunday concerts.
                                    • The Cincinnatti Billboard speculated the refusal may have been sparked by AFM president Joseph N. Weber, commenting in Britain on AFM's reluctance to allow British bands to appear in the United States due to the vast number of unemployed musicians in the United States.


                                    • New York City Telegraph, 1934-08-29, DESB 1239, courtesy K. Steiner
                                    • Amsterdam News,New York, N.Y. 1934-08-25
                                    • Cincinnatt [sic] Billboard, 1934-08-18 DESB 1236, courtesy K. Steiner
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                                    Sunday
                                    10 pm EDST
                                    .Chicago, Ill.WEAF studio
                                    Merchandise Mart
                                    NBC/WEAF "Hall Of Fame" broadcast, "coast-to-coast hookup"

                                    The Sunday Oregonian said the show would be broadcast over KGW from New York at 6 o'clock (PST).

                                    The Evening Star has it as half an hour at 9 p.m. on WOR
                                    The Plaindealer:

                                    'Duke Ellington and band blew into town over the week end to appear on the Hall of Fame Program over a coast-to-coast network [hookup] of the National Broadcasting Company Sunday night for a full half hour. The program went over well as usual with Ellington. Unfortunately, NBC officials down at the Merchandise Mart, the Chicago home of the National Broadcasting Company, informed us that there wasn't a studio audience for that program. We had a glimpse and a little chat with the Duke before the broadcast and he stated that they were doing three more weeks of dance and theatre engagements prior to their European engagements in September. When asked how they enjoyed being in Mae West's company while out in California filming "It Ain't No Sin," they all chirped Mae is regular off and on the set and she "Won't do you wrong." '

                                    • The Plaindealer, Kansas City, Kansas, 1934-08-17 p.4
                                    • Rockford Morning Star 1934-08-19 p.14
                                    • The Sunday Oregonian, Portland, Ore., 1934-08-19 p.4
                                    • The Sunday Star, Washington, D.C., 1934-08-19 Part Four, p.F-3
                                    • The Plaindealer, Kansas City, Kansas, 1934-08-24 p.8
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                                    Monday
                                    .Logansport, Ind.Train No. 216The Logansport Press reported Duke Ellington and members of his band passed through Logansport on train No. 216 from Chicago to Dayton, Ohio at noon.Logansport Press, Logansport, Ind., 1934-08-21 p.8...djpNew
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                                    Monday
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                                    Tuesday
                                    .Dayton, OhioGreenwich Village....
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                                    Wednesday
                                    .Columbus, OhioStarlight Garden....
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                                    Thursday
                                    .Erie, Penn.Famous Rainbow Gardens Ballroom
                                    Waldameer Park
                                    DEMS 89/2-6 quotes the owner of the Beamus Point Casino as saying Ellington played at Waldemere [sic] Park on August 24. This would have been a challenge, considering Ellington's orchestra opened the Canadian National Exhibition in Toronto that day.

                                    The published announcements said Ellington was playing Waldameer Thursday evening.
                                    • The News-Herald, Franklin, Penn.,1934-08-22 p.10
                                    • Times-Mirror, Warren, Penn. 1934-08-22 p.9
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                                    Friday
                                    1934 08 25Toronto, Ont.Hall Of Fashion
                                    Canadian National Exhibition fairgrounds
                                    Motion Picture Daily

                                    'Duke Ellington and his orchestra will open the centennial celebration of the Canadian National Exhibition in Toronto on Aug. 24 and 25.'

                                    San Francisco Chronicle

                                    'Ellington Py for Two Days is $3,000
                                      Distinction of opening the centennial celebration of the Canadian National Exposition in Toronto August 24 and 25 has been awarded Duke Ellington and his famous orchestra. Harlem's aristocrat of jazz will receive $3000 for the two days.'

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                                    Saturday
                                    .Toronto, Ont.Hall of Fashion
                                    Canadian National Exhibition fairgrounds
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                                    Sunday
                                    .Elmira, N.Y.WESG studios
                                    Mark Twain Hotel
                                    WESG broadcast special broadcast, 6:15 pm

                                    Ellington was to perform on piano with some soloists from his orchestra.
                                    • Elmira Telegram, 1934-08-26, in DESB 1239, courtesy K.Steiner 2015-07-12
                                    • Elmira Star-Gazette, 1934-08-25, p.8
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                                    Sunday
                                    .Elmira, N.Y.Rock Springs BallroomPhoto caption

                                    '...will be heard in piano selections assisted by several members of his band over Station WESG Sunday night at 6:15 p.m. Later, in the evening he and his orchestra will appear at Rock Springs. The Duke is the composer of the well known "Mood Indigo."'

                                    Ad

                                    'DUKE ELLINGTON
                                    AND HIS
                                    Famous
                                    ORCHESTRA
                                    ARE COMING TO
                                    ROCK SPRINGS
                                    TOMORROW NIGHT
                                    Free Bus from Lake and Water every 15 minutes
                                    ADMISSION $1.10 PER PERSON '

                                    • Elmira Telegram, 1934-08-26, in DESB 1239, courtesy K.Steiner 2015-07-12
                                    • Ad, photo and publicity, Elmira Star-Gazette, 1934-08-25, p.8
                                    • Ad, The Evening Times, Sayre, Penn., 1934-08-25 p.8
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                                    Monday
                                    .Berwick, Penn.West Side ParkDancing, 9 to 1
                                    The Morning News:

                                    'WEST SIDE PARK
                                    BERWICK
                                    DUKE ELLINGTON AND HIS 16 - Orchestra - 16
                                    with
                                    IVA [sic] ANDERSON
                                    Radio's Favorite Soloist & Entertainer
                                    ADMISSION 90c, tax 9c, total 99c'

                                    • "Duke Ellington At West Side Park," Wilkes Barre Evening News, Wilkes-Barre,Penn,1934-08-27, courtesy Ken Steiner
                                    • Ad, The Morning News, Danville, Penn., 1934-08-24 p.5
                                    • Shamokin News-Dispatch, Shamokin, Penn.
                                      • 1934-08-25 p.12
                                      • 1934-08-27 p.9
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                                    Tuesday
                                    .Scranton, Penn.Town Hall

                                    'TOWN HALL
                                    ROXY CLUB PRESENTS
                                    Tomorrow Night–8:30 P.M.
                                    DUKE
                                    ELLINGTON
                                    IN PERSON
                                    and His Famous Orchestra
                                    Price $1.10 Dance 9 to 1 '

                                    There's a certain inconsistency in the ads. One says 8 p.m., another says 8:30 and both say dancing was from 9 to 1.

                                    A coloured poster advertised for sale in the internet for this event shows the admission was $1.00. Since contemporary ads priced the admission at $1.10, the authenticity of the poster is questionable.

                                    Scranton Pa. Republican:

                                    'Town Hall Dance Largely Attended
                                      Approximately 3,000 dance lovers turned out last night for the opening of the new dance floor at Town Hall. Music was furnished by Duke Ellington's Orchestra through arrangement [sic] with the Roxie [sic] Club.
                                      The management of Town Hall announced a few weeks ago that the finest dance floor in America would be constructed there and hundreds present at the opening were surprised at the brilliance of the interior.
                                      More than 17,000 square feet of the best maple was laid to make possible the floor. Sixty carpenters, alternating eight-hour shifts, were engaged in making the renovations the past week.
                                      The hall was attractively decorated with the lighting effects adding to its beauty.'

                                    • Matt G. Barry, "Mainly About Modern Music" plug, illegible newspaper name, Scranton, Penn. 1934-08-26 (DESB No. 1239), courtesy K. Steiner
                                    • Times-Leader, Wilkes-Barre, Penn. 1934-08-27 p.19
                                    • The Scranton Republican, Scranton, Penn.
                                      • Plug, 1934-08-28 p.15
                                      • Ads
                                        • 1934-08-25
                                        • 1934-08-27 p.11
                                        • 1934-08-28 p.13
                                      • Report, 1934-08-29 p.17 (see DESB 1239, courtesy K.Steiner)
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                                    Wednesday
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                                    Thursday
                                    .Mahanoy, Penn.LakewoodItem:

                                    'Lakewood again offers the music lovers ... a treat of exceptional merit on Thursday night ... with the appearance of the one and only Duke Ellington and his world-famous orchestra...
                                      Miss Ivie Anderson, Harlem's blazing torch-song sensation is featured with this amazing orchestra, and also Willie Tucker, original "snake-hips" dancer, and Sonny Greer, that wonderful singer.
                                      This great attraction is of such unusual merit that it will draw fans and admirers from within a fifty-mile radius, and should see another great crowd at this popular rendezvous on Thursday night.'

                                    The Aug. 30 ad said Duke Ellington And His World-Famous Orchestra of 14 Men...
                                    • "Duke Ellington to Play at Lakewood Thursday," Mount Carmel Item, Mount Carmel, Penn. 1934-08-29 p.3
                                    • Ad, 1934-08-30 p.8
                                    • Email, K.Steiner-Palmquist 2015-02-28 citing ad, Mt. Carmel Index, 1934-08-30
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                                    Friday
                                    .Pittsburgh, Penn.Syria Mosque BallroomConcert and dance, Duke Ellington and His Famous Orchestra and Ivy Anderson

                                    Pre-sale tickets 85c; at the door 99c.

                                    The Pittsburgh Courier reported a rumour had been going around that the dance was for whites, but that it was false. "The dance is for colored, with admittance to whites allowed only as spectators."
                                    • Pittsburgh Courier, Pittsburgh, Penn.
                                      • 1934-08-25 pp.8 & 99 s.2
                                      • 1934-08-25 p.7 s.1
                                      • 1934-09-01 p.8 s.2
                                    • Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, Pittsburgh,Penn,1934-08-30 p.6
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                                    September 1934

                                    1934 09 00... Peripheral event
                                    International Musician, the monthly publication of the American Federation of Musicians, which documented movements of union musicians playing outside the jurisdictions of the locals of which they were members, September 1934 issue:
                                    • Under local 9, Boston, Mass, travelling members (misspellings uncorrected) from other locals include: Edward Tillington, O. Hardwick, W. Greer, F. Guy, W. Brand, L. Brown, J. Tizol, C. Williams, J. Nanton, A. Whetsel, F. Jenkins, H. Carney Jr., J. Hodge, A. Bigard, all [New York local] 802. This entry probably relates to the band's engagement from July 13-19, 1934.
                                    • Under Local no 71, Memphis, Tenn., travelling members from other locals include: Duke Ellington, Fred Guy, Wm. Greer, Otto Hardwick, Charlie Williams, Wellman Brand, Lawrence Brown, Juan Tizol, Harry Carney Jr., Freddie Jenkins, Arthur P. Whitzel, Joseph Nanton, Albany Bigard, John Hodge, all 802. This likely relates to the band's engagement on 1934 08 08.
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                                    Saturday
                                    .Bemus Point, N.Y.CasinoDancing, 8:30 p.m.

                                    'THE CASINO
                                    BEMUS POINT
                                    SAT., SEPT. 1st
                                    DUKE
                                    ELLINGTON
                                    and His Famous Orchestra

                                    Only 25 tickets of Advance
                                    Sale at Geracimos at $2.00
                                    each, incl. tax.. Ticket admits
                                    one couple. Box Office $2.50 a
                                    couple, tax incl.'

                                    Times-Mirror, Warren, Penn.,
                                    • 1934-08-28 p.2
                                    • 1934-08-30 p.6
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                                    Sunday
                                    .Canton, OhioMoonlight Ballroom
                                    Meyers Lake Park
                                    A Mills Artist Bureau contract for this date, signed by Joe Hoffman, is reported by Carl Hällström and confirmed by a local ads.
                                    The Canton ad has 'WITH IVIE ANDERSON IN HARLEM SPEAKS.'

                                    Admission - advance 85c person.
                                    • Evening Independent, Massillon, Ohio,
                                      • Publicity, 1934-08-23 p.17
                                      • Ad, 1934-08-31, p.13
                                    • The Canton Repository, Canton, Ohio,
                                      • Publicity, 1934-08-19 p.30
                                      • Ad 1934-09-01 p.2
                                      • Plug and ad, 1934-09-02 pp.12,13
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                                    Sunday
                                    1934 09 08Bridgeport, Conn.Majestic Theater(Unconfirmed)

                                    Vail reports this engagement, but does not name his source. It appears Vail is incorrect; the Bridgeport engagement is documented to have started Sept. 7, see 1934 09 07 and other engagements were played during this period.
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                                    Monday
                                    Labour Day
                                    .Reading, Penn.Crystal Ballroom
                                    Carsonia Park
                                    Dancing, admission 75c plus tax.Pottstown Mercury, Pottstown, Penn., 1934-08-31 p.10.DEMS
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                                    Tuesday
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                                    Wednesday
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                                    Thursday
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                                    Friday
                                    1934 09 13Bridgeport, Conn.Majestic TheatreStage show, corrected dates (some sources indicated Sept.2 to 8)
                                    Fitchburg Sentinel:

                                    'It looks as if the Poli circuit will have vaudeville this season as Duke Ellington's band has been booked to appear at the Poli houses in Bridgeport, Worcester, New Haven and Hartford. It opens Sept. 7 at Bridgeport.'

                                    • Daily ads, Bridgeport Post
                                    • Fitchburg Sentinel, 1934-09-01
                                    • Variety weekly edition, 1934-08-28 pp.34, 39
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                                    Saturday
                                    .Bridgeport, Conn.Majestic TheatreStage show - see 1934 09 07...
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                                    Sunday
                                    .Bridgeport, Conn.Majestic TheatreStage show - see 1934 09 07...
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                                    Monday
                                    .Bridgeport, Conn.Majestic TheatreStage show - see 1934 09 07...
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                                    1934 09 11
                                    Tuesday
                                    .Bridgeport, Conn.Majestic TheatreStage show - see 1934 09 07...
                                    ..2011
                                    1934 09 12
                                    Wednesday
                                    .Bridgeport, Conn.Majestic TheatreStage show - see 1934 09 07...
                                    ..2011
                                    1934 09 00... Peripheral event
                                    When his one-year contract with RCA ended, Irving Mills 'switched his affiliations back to Brunswick'
                                    Stratemann p.116.New
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                                    1934 09 13
                                    Thursday
                                    1:00 to 5:00 A.M.
                                    .New York, N.Y.American Record Co. studio
                                    1776 Broadway.
                                    American Record Corporation recording session
                                    After playing the last show of the night on September 12...the band commuted to New York for a one a.m. record date at Brunswick.

                                    The studio dated the session Sept. 12, but it was after midnight, thus Sept.13.
                                    Duke Ellington and His Orchestra
                                    Whetsel, C.Williams, Jenkins, Brown, Nanton, Tizol, Bigard, Hodges, Hardwick, Carney, Ellington, Guy, Braud, Greer

                                    Titles recorded:
                                    • Solitude
                                    • Saddest Tale
                                    • Moonglow
                                    • Sump'n' Bout Rhythm
                                    In Saddest Tale, Carney played what Ellington called a mezzo clarinet, an otherwise unknown instrument. From his description, it seems likely to be an alto clarinet or possibly a bassett horn.
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                                    1934 09 13
                                    Thursday
                                    .Bridgeport, Conn.Majestic TheatreStage show - see 1934 09 07...
                                    ..2011
                                    1934 09 14
                                    Friday
                                    1934 09 20
                                    Thursday
                                    Worcester, Mass.Elm Street TheatreStage showStratemann, p.116 citing Variety 1934-09-04, p.54..
                                    ..2011
                                    updated
                                    2013-09-29
                                    1934 09 15
                                    Saturday
                                    ...

                                    Union Scale

                                    (see also 1928 08 01)
                                    Steven Lasker:

                                    Amendment effective 1934 09 15: (Per "The International Musician," 1934 08 00):
                                    All hours over a double session the same day shall be paid at rate of $10.00 per hour or fraction thereof."


                                    .
                                    Email, Lasker-Palmquist 2018-09-23 and prior, citing "The International Musician," 1934 08 00...slNew
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                                    1934 09 15
                                    Saturday
                                    .Worcester, Mass.Elm Street TheatreStage show - see 1934 09 14...
                                    ..2011
                                    1934 09 16
                                    Sunday
                                    .Worcester, Mass.Elm Street TheatreStage show - see 1934 09 14...
                                    ..2011
                                    1934 09 17
                                    Monday
                                    .Worcester, Mass.Elm Street TheatreStage show - see 1934 09 14...
                                    ..2011
                                    1934 09 18
                                    Tuesday
                                    .Worcester, Mass.Elm Street TheatreStage show - see 1934 09 14...
                                    ..2011
                                    1934 09 19
                                    Wednesday
                                    .Worcester, Mass.Elm Street TheatreStage show - see 1934 09 14...
                                    ..2011
                                    1934 09 20
                                    Thursday
                                    .Worcester, Mass.Elm Street TheatreStage show - see 1934 09 14...
                                    ..2011
                                    1934 09 21
                                    Friday
                                    1934 09 27
                                    Thursday
                                    Hartford, Conn.Palace TheatreStage showStratemann, p.116 citing Variety 1934-09-11, p.52..
                                    ..Added
                                    2011
                                    1934 09 22
                                    Saturday
                                    .Hartford, Conn.Palace TheatreStage show - see 1934 09 21...
                                    ..2011
                                    1934 09 23
                                    Sunday
                                    .Hartford, Conn.Palace TheatreStage show - see 1934 09 21...
                                    ..2011
                                    1934 09 24
                                    Monday
                                    .Hartford, Conn.Palace TheatreStage show - see 1934 09 21...
                                    ..2011
                                    1934 09 25
                                    Tuesday
                                    .Hartford, Conn.Palace TheatreStage show - see 1934 09 21...
                                    ..2011
                                    1934 09 26
                                    Wednesday
                                    .Hartford, Conn.Palace TheatreStage show - see 1934 09 21...
                                    ..2011
                                    1934 09 27
                                    Thursday
                                    .Hartford, Conn.Palace TheatreStage show - see 1934 09 21...
                                    ..2011
                                    1934 09 28
                                    Friday
                                    1934 09 04
                                    Thursday
                                    New Haven, Conn.College TheatreStage showStratemann p.116 citing Variety 1934-09-25 p.53.
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                                    1934 09 29
                                    Saturday
                                    .New Haven, Conn.College TheatreStage show - see 1934 09 28...
                                    ..2011
                                    1934 09 30
                                    Sunday
                                    .New Haven, Conn.College TheatreStage show - see 1934 09 28...
                                    ..2011

                                    October 1934

                                    1934 10 00.Astoria, Queens, New York, N.Y.Paramount Studios Complex
                                    (properly Astoria Studios or Paramount Eastern Service Studios - see the discussion of the venue name at 1933 05 23 above)
                                    Paramount film pre-recording and filming of Paramount Headliner A5-3 short subject "Symphony In Black." ("Paramount Headliner" was a series of short subjects; "Paramount Pictorial" was a different series.)

                                    Duke Ellington and His Orchestra
                                    Whetsel, C.Williams, Jenkins, Brown, Nanton, Tizol, Bigard, Hodges, Hardwick, Carney, Ellington, Guy, Braud, Greer. Billie Holiday sings one song in this, her first film appearance.

                                    Titles recorded:

                                    "A Rhapsody of Negro Life:
                                    • The Laborers
                                    • A Triangle:
                                      • 1. Dance
                                      • 2. Jealousy
                                      • 3. Blues (not Big City Blues)
                                    • A Hymn Of Sorrow
                                    • Harlem Rhythm
                                    The film, in production for 10 months, was copyrighted 1935 09 12 and released 1935 09 13.
                                    The cast identified in Stratemann included Billie Holiday, Earl "Snakehips" Tucker, Bessie Dudley, The Three Rhythm Kings and 10 men from the Mills Blue Rhythm Band (they were in the visuals but did not record). MBRB personnel identified by Dr. Stratemann in the visuals were Benny James, O'Neill Spencer, Henry "Red" Allen and Joe Garland.

                                    Steven Lasker in DEMS 02/2-10/1:

                                    'Reference works list the Three Rhythm Kings among the cast, but jazz film archivist Mark Cantor recently came to the realization that they aren't seen in any print he has encountered. They may have been filmed only to wind up on the cutting room floor: According to the August 1935 issue of the British jazz magazine "Hot News and Rhythm Record Review," Paramount was then readying a short with "the Duke, Billie Halliday [sic], the Three Rhythm Kings, and Florence Edmondson." Paramount's "Symphony in Black," with Duke and Billie Holiday was released 13Sep35. (The only on-screen talent listed in its credits: Duke Ellington and His Orchestra.)
                                     Who was Florence Edmondson? Was she, too, filmed for naught? Maybe not: In the film as released , the only female role other than Holiday's is that of the other woman in the love triangle. Reference works identify this actress/dancer as Bessie Dudley, but to my eyes she doesn't bear a strong resemblance to the Bessie Dudley of "A Bundle of Blues," especially not her chin or cheekbones. (Dudley is reported to be the dancer who wears white in "A Bundle of Blues.") Could this be the mysterious Florence Edmondson... '

                                    A photo of Florence Edmondson in The Pittsburgh Courier, 1933-07-18 p.1, resembles the dancer in the film,and from Variety 1933-02-07 p.52 we learn a dancer by that name performed with the Three Rhythm Kings in a revue in Chicago (Dixie On Parade)

                                    The recording and filming dates are not documented, but since Freddie Jenkins is in the film and Rex Stewart is not, it seems likely to have been late 1934. See the extensive discussions in Stratemann and in DEMS 05/2-41, in which Steven Lasker concludes the work was done in October 1934, possibly circa October 17 to 27. (Lasker discusses personnel as well.)
                                    Stratemann:

                                    '...composed with care, artfully lighted and photographed...plot is tightly linked with the music. But, it achieves much closer integration of music and screenplay than the two 1929 films, through the total absence of dialogue and by employing a more or less continuous musical score. Schuller ... discusses the music in terms of a "suite" conceived as a continuous "extended work," ...'

                                    Stratemann challenges Schuller's opinion based on the editing cuts, and comments that Ellington said his original vision was quite different from the film.

                                    Howland provides both a detailed analysis of the film and the score and a brief summary of the critical reception.

                                    Hasse says the score was lost but was reconstructed in 1981 for recording by the Smithsonian Jazz Repertory Ensemble led by Gunther Schuller.

                                    Teachout comments:

                                    'Ellington merely knocked together three older compositions, "Ducky Wucky," "Saddest Tale" and "Merry Go Round"...'

                                    There might be something to this, however. Steven Lasker writes:
                                    'David Bradbury's book (Duke Ellington, London, 2005, p41) reprints a quote from Dr. Sigmund Speath, (A History of Popular Music in America, London, 1961, p. 498) that suggests the entire soundtrack for "Symphony in Black" was recorded in a single day:
                                    There is a true story of Duke Ellington's appearance at a movie studio to make a short picture with his band. They arrived without a single note of music and merely asked for a half hour of rehearsal time, during which they worked out a ten-minute routine, completely created on the spot, including even the melodic materials. Such a performance must be considered in the true traditions of New Orleans jazz.
                                    (This description could apply to "Symphony," but to no other Ellington soundtrack score I'm aware of.)'
                                    Andrew Homzy:

                                    '...The continuous music in this film - some of it taken from pieces already in the book - may be considered as an extended work. Ellington's score for Symphony in Black progresses dramatically from one idea to the next without depending on the film's visual images. Like Black, Brown and Beige, Symphony in Black is programmatic, depicting in music specific scenes and moods: laborers at work, a lovers' triangle, profound sorrow over the death of a child, and the allure of big city nightlife. With this project, Ellington pioneered in the unfortunately underutilized technique of recording directly onto a film soundtrack - a process which, in the first half of the century, offered the ultimate in recording time and quality...'

                                    • Stratemann pp.119-128
                                    • Timner IV, dating pre-recording in December and filming the following March (probably based on Stratemann)
                                    • Wikipedia, citing
                                      • "Spotlites of Harlem," Chicago Defender, October 19, 1935
                                      • Gunther Schuller The Swing Era, New York: Oxford University Press, 1989, p.94
                                      • "Celebrating the Variety of Ellington," New York Times, April 21, 1989, C.4
                                      • John Howland "The Blues Gets Glorified: Harlem Entertainment, Negro Nuances, and Black Symphonic Jazz", The Musical Quarterly, October 17, 2008
                                    • Gunther Schuller, The Swing Era, The Development of Jazz 1930-1945, Oxford University Press, 1989, pp.72-74
                                    • Girvan:   Ellingtonia.com
                                    • MacHare:
                                            A Duke Ellington Panorama
                                    • E. Lambert:
                                      Duke Ellington, A Listener's Guide
                                      , p.58, p.64
                                    • John Howland, Ellington Uptown, University of Michigan Press, 2009, pp. 8, 39, 102-105, 132, 136-140, 159, 181, 191, 193.
                                    • John Edward Hasse: Beyond Category, The Life and Genius of Duke Ellington, pp. 183-185,187, 191, 226
                                    • Harvey G. Cohen, Duke Ellington's America, University of Chicago Press, 2010 p.108
                                    • Janna Tull Steed, A Symphony of Grief, Duke Ellington A Spiritual Biography, The Crossroad Publishing Company; First Edition edition (October 1, 1999), p.71
                                    • Teachout (ibid.), pp.147-148
                                    • Email, Lasker-Palmquist
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                                      • 2015-06-03
                                      • 2015-09-15
                                      • 2017-01-24
                                    • Andrew Homzy, "Black, Brown and Beige" in Duke Ellington's Repertoire, 1943-1973, Black Music Research Journal, Vol. 13, No. 2 (Autumn, 1993), pp. 87-110,Center for Black Music Research - Columbia College Chicago and University of Illinois Press
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                                    1934 10 01
                                    Monday
                                    .New Haven, Conn.College TheatreStage show - see 1934 09 28...
                                    ..2011
                                    1934 10 02
                                    Tuesday
                                    .New Haven, Conn.College TheatreStage show - see 1934 09 28...
                                    ..2011
                                    1934 10 03
                                    Wednesday
                                    .New Haven, Conn.College TheatreStage show - see 1934 09 28...
                                    ..2011
                                    1934 10 04
                                    Thursday
                                    .New Haven, Conn.College TheatreStage show - see 1934 09 28...
                                    ..2011
                                    1934 10 05
                                    Friday
                                    1934 10 11
                                    Thursday
                                    New York, N.Y.Apollo Theater
                                    253 W. 125th St., Borough of Manhattan, Harlem district
                                    "Fast And Furious" revue.

                                    Produced by Clarence Robinson, the revue included Ed Green, Bea Foots, the Three Patent Leather Kids, Ralph Cooper and the 16 Apollo Rockets.

                                    The film was a 78-minute feature "Half a Sinner" starring Joel McCrea.

                                    New York Age 1934-10-13:

                                    Duke Ellington Breaks Records at the Apollo
                                      [...]As was to be expected, the Duke's outfit was practically the whole show ["last Sunday"] and good as they were there was just enough of the rest to prevent them from rating a 4-degree show [...] The elegant Duke wasted no time in swinging his outfit into action with one popular composition after another. I closed my eyes during "Daybreak Express" and I want the Duke to know that it was a real train. Specialty after specialty was given by members of the band and all were thoroughly enjoyed. Then came Ivy [sic] Anderson. I have always enjoyed this young lady's personality, voice, diction and general work but this time there was something that jarred a little. I searched until I found it -- alas and alack, the little girl has become somewhat affected. Maybe that English air turned her head.'

                                    ..DEMS
                                    • 05,2-41 citing New York Age 1934-10-06, p.4
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                                    1934 10 06
                                    Saturday
                                    .New York, N.Y.Apollo Theater
                                    253 W. 125th St.
                                    Harlem
                                    "Fast And Furious" show - see 1934 10 05...
                                    ..2011
                                    1934 10 07
                                    Sunday
                                    .New York, N.Y.Apollo Theater
                                    253 W. 125th St.
                                    Harlem
                                    "Fast And Furious" show - see 1934 10 05...
                                    ..2011
                                    1934 10 08
                                    Monday
                                    .New York, N.Y.Apollo Theater
                                    253 W. 125th St.
                                    Harlem
                                    "Fast And Furious" show - see 1934 10 05...
                                    ..2011
                                    1934 10 09
                                    Tuesday
                                    .New York, N.Y.Apollo Theater
                                    253 W. 125th St.
                                    Harlem
                                    "Fast And Furious" show - see 1934 10 05...
                                    ..2011
                                    1934 10 10
                                    Wednesday
                                    .New York, N.Y.Apollo Theater
                                    253 W. 125th St.
                                    Harlem
                                    "Fast And Furious" show - see 1934 10 05...
                                    ..2011
                                    1934 10 11
                                    Thursday
                                    .New York, N.Y.Apollo Theater
                                    253 W. 125th St.
                                    Harlem
                                    "Fast And Furious" show - see 1934 10 05...
                                    ..2011
                                    1934 10 12
                                    Friday
                                    .Boston, Mass.State Ballroom...DEMS
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                                    2011
                                    1934 10 13
                                    Saturday
                                    .Manchester, N.H.Ritz Ballroom.Ad, Boston Post, 1934-10-13, p.8.DEMS
                                    .ks2011
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                                    2013-09-29
                                    1934 10 14
                                    Sunday
                                    .New London, Conn.Danceland
                                    Ocean Beach
                                    .Stratemann p.116..
                                    ..Added
                                    2011
                                    1934 10 15
                                    Monday
                                    .Springfield, Mass.Cook's Butterfly Ballroom.Stratemann p.116..
                                    ..Added
                                    2011
                                    1934 10 16
                                    Tuesday
                                    .Somerset, Mass.Wilbur's Ballroom.Ad, Providence Journal, 1934-10-12 p.20.DEMS
                                    .KS2011

                                    updated 2013-09-28
                                    1934 10 16... Peripheral event
                                    By now it was known the British labour ministry would not let the band tour Britain. A suggested westward tour with possibly film-making in Hollywood did not materialize.
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                                    1934 10 17
                                    Wednesday
                                    ...activities not documented...
                                    ...
                                    1934 10 18
                                    Thursday
                                    ...activities not documented...
                                    ...
                                    1934 10 19
                                    Friday
                                    ...activities not documented...
                                    ...
                                    1934 10 20
                                    Saturday
                                    ...Orchestra activities not documented

                                    On Saturday and/or Sunday("over the weekend"), Ellington visited his mother in Washington D.C.

                                    source: Baltimore Afro-American, 1934-11-03; DEMS 05/1-7
                                    ...
                                    ...
                                    1934 10 21
                                    Sunday
                                    .Washington, D.C.Earle Theatre

                                    "Duke Ellington.who came to town over the weekend to see Mama Ellington, went back stage at the Earle Sunday night to visit [bandleader] Paul Ash. Ash insisted on taking him out on the stage and presenting him."(1)

                                    "[Duke] was greeted by such applause that he consented to take over one of the grand pianos and play his own fascinating composition of Sophisticated Lady. And how he played it!" (2)

                                    • (1) Louis Lautier, "Capital Spotlight," Baltimore Afro-American, 3Nov34, p9
                                    • (2) Nelson Bell, "Ellington Plays a Piece," Washington Post, 23oct34, p16
                                    .DEMS
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                                    1934 10 22
                                    Monday
                                    ...activities not documented...
                                    ...
                                    1934 10 23
                                    Tuesday
                                    1934 10 29Allentown, Penn.Colonial TheatreIncorrect dates. Ken Steiner's research shows the band played here from 1934 10 30 to 1934 11 01
                                    • Stratemann p.116 citing DESB
                                    • Vail I
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                                    ..2011
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                                    1934 10 23
                                    Tuesday
                                    ...activities not documented...
                                    ...
                                    1934 10 24
                                    Wednesday
                                    ...activities not documented...
                                    ...
                                    1934 10 25
                                    Thursday
                                    ...activities not documented...
                                    ...
                                    1934 10 26
                                    Friday
                                    ...activities not documented...
                                    ...
                                    1934 10 27
                                    Saturday
                                    ...activities not documented...
                                    ...
                                    1934 10 28
                                    Sunday
                                    ...activities not documented...
                                    ...
                                    1934 10 29
                                    Monday
                                    ...activities not documented...
                                    ...
                                    1934 10 30
                                    Tuesday
                                    1934 11 01
                                    Thursday
                                    Allentown, Penn.Colonial TheatreStage show (corrected dates per K.Steiner's research)Allentown Morning Call, daily ads..
                                    .K.Steiner Dec 2012.
                                    Added 2013-09-30
                                    1934 10 31
                                    Wednesday
                                    Halloween
                                    .Allentown, Penn.Colonial TheatreStage show - see 1934-10-30...
                                    ...
                                    Added 2013-09-30

                                    November 1934

                                    1934 11 01
                                    Thursday
                                    .Allentown, Penn.Colonial TheatreStage show - see 1934-10-30...
                                    ...
                                    Added 2013-09-30
                                    1934 11 02
                                    Friday
                                    1934 11 08
                                    Thursday
                                    Baltimore, Md.Century TheaterStage show

                                    Loew's BALTIMORE Theatres
                                    Wk. Beg. Fri. Nov.2nd
                                    CENTURY
                                    On the Stage
                                    IN PERSON
                                    Sensation of Two Continents
                                    DUKE
                                    ELLINGTON
                                    and His Famous ORCH.
                                    featuring
                                    IVY ANDERSON
                                    OTHERS

                                    • Ad, The Daily Mail, Hagerstown 1934-11-02p.3
                                    • Ad, the Morning Herald, Hagerstown, Md.,1934-11-02 p5
                                    • Stratemann p.116 citing
                                      • Variety 1934-10-30 p.49
                                      • DESB
                                    • Vail I
                                    ..
                                    .Steiner aug 112011
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                                    2013-09-30
                                    1934 11 03
                                    Saturday
                                    .Baltimore, Md.Century Theater

                                    stage show - see 1934 11 02

                                    ...
                                    ..2011
                                    1934 11 04
                                    Sunday
                                    .Baltimore, Md.Century Theater

                                    stage show - see 1934 11 02

                                    ...
                                    ..2011
                                    1934 11 05
                                    Monday
                                    .Baltimore, Md.Century Theater

                                    stage show - see 1934 11 02

                                    ...
                                    ..2011
                                    1934 11 06
                                    Tuesday
                                    .Baltimore, Md.Century Theater

                                    stage show - see 1934 11 02

                                    ...
                                    ..2011
                                    1934 11 07
                                    Wednesday
                                    .Baltimore, Md.Century Theater

                                    stage show - see 1934 11 02

                                    ...
                                    ..2011
                                    1934 11 08
                                    Thursday
                                    .Baltimore, Md.Century Theater

                                    stage show - see 1934 11 02

                                    ...
                                    ..2011
                                    1934 11 09
                                    Friday
                                    1934 11 15Washington, D.C.Fox TheatreStage show in a segregated theatre open to whites only. The show included Ivie Anderson, Snakehips Tucker and the Four Blazers.

                                    The Baltimore Afro-American referred to a review in the Washington Post which may be of interest.

                                    The BAA's article discusses the juxtaposition of jazz in the theatre, as performed by Duke. with a more staid form of entertainment such as the accompanying film.

                                    Variety estimated $25,000 gross for the theatre during Ellington's week, but incorrectly dates it the week ended Nov.22.
                                    • Stratemann p.116 citing
                                      • Variety 1934-11-06 p.57
                                      • Baltimore Afro-American, 1934-11-24 p.8
                                      • DESB
                                    • Vail I
                                    • Variety 1934-12-18 p.10
                                    .
                                    ..
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                                    1934 11 10
                                    Saturday
                                    .Washington, D.C.Fox Theatre....
                                    ..2011
                                    1934 11 10
                                    Saturday
                                    .Washington, D.C.WMAL broadcast(Unconfirmed)

                                    An unsourced clipping in Johnny Hodges' scrapbook mentions a broadcast this date on WMAL in Washington, D.C., but there is no sign of it in the Washington Post radio log.
                                    ..DEMS
                                    ..2011
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                                    2013-09-30
                                    1934 11 11
                                    Sunday
                                    .Washington, D.C.Fox Theatre....
                                    ..2011
                                    1934 11 12
                                    Monday
                                    .Washington, D.C.Fox Theatre....
                                    ..2011
                                    1934 11 12
                                    Monday
                                    11 PM
                                    .Washington, D.C.WJSV studioOne hour benefit broadcast in aid of the Community Chest Drive. Stratemann advises Ellington, Fox Theatre management and the Mills Offices donated their services, the musicians union allowed the band to play without pay...
                                    Vail I.2011
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                                    1934 11 13
                                    Tuesday
                                    .Washington, D.C.Fox Theatre....
                                    ..2011
                                    1934 11 14
                                    Wednesday
                                    .Washington, D.C.Fox Theatre....
                                    ..2011
                                    1934 11 15
                                    Thursday
                                    .Washington, D.C.Fox Theatre....
                                    ..2011
                                    1934 11 15.Brooklyn, N.Y.Valencia Theaterfalse date...
                                    .Ken Steiner aug11Added
                                    2011
                                    1934 11 16
                                    Friday
                                    1934 11 22
                                    Thursday
                                    Queens, N.Y.Loew's Valencia Theatre
                                    Jamaica Ave.
                                    "Harlem Speaks" revue
                                    On Stage - Duke Ellington and His Famous Orchestra
                                    Also named in the plugs were Snakehips Tucker, Ivy Anderson, The Four Blazes.
                                    Dr. Stratemann placed the theatre in Brooklyn, starting on the 15th. The Variety listing shows a starting date of the 16th, however, it lists the theatre as a Loew theatre in Brooklyn. The Valencia was the first of five opulent theatres built by the Loew chain. I have been unable to locate a Valencia in Brooklyn.
                                    • Variety Bills, Variety, 1934-11-13, p.51 (under Loew, Brooklyn)
                                    • Stratemann p.116, citing Variety (ibid.) and DESB
                                    • Long Island Daily Press
                                      • 1934-11-16 p.22
                                      • 1934-11-17 p.7
                                    .DEMS
                                    Vail I.2011
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                                    2013-10-02
                                    1934 11 17
                                    Saturday
                                    .Queens, N.Y.Valencia TheaterVaudeville - "Harlem Speaks" revue - see 1934 11 16....2011
                                    1934 11 18
                                    Sunday
                                    .Queens, N.Y.Valencia TheaterVaudeville - "Harlem Speaks" revue - see 1934 11 16....2011
                                    1934 11 19
                                    Monday
                                    .Queens, N.Y.Valencia TheaterVaudeville - "Harlem Speaks" revue - see 1934 11 16....2011
                                    1934 11 20
                                    Tuesday
                                    .Queens, N.Y.Valencia TheaterVaudeville - "Harlem Speaks" revue - see 1934 11 16....2011
                                    1934 11 21
                                    Wednesday
                                    .Queens, N.Y.Valencia TheaterVaudeville - "Harlem Speaks" revue - see 1934 11 16....2011
                                    1934 11 22
                                    Thursday
                                    .Queens, N.Y.Valencia TheaterVaudeville - "Harlem Speaks" revue - see 1934 11 16....2011
                                    1934 11 23
                                    Friday
                                    1934 11 29
                                    Thursday
                                    Philadelphia, Penn.Lincoln TheaterStage show..
                                    Vail I.Added
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                                    1934 11 24
                                    Saturday
                                    .Philadelphia, Penn.Lincoln TheaterStage show - see 1934 11 23...
                                    ..2011
                                    1934 11 25
                                    Sunday
                                    .Philadelphia, Penn.Lincoln TheaterStage show - see 1934 11 23...
                                    ..2011
                                    1934 11 26
                                    Monday
                                    .Philadelphia, Penn.Lincoln TheaterStage show - see 1934 11 23...
                                    ..2011
                                    1934 11 27
                                    Tuesday
                                    .Philadelphia, Penn.Lincoln TheaterStage show - see 1934 11 23...
                                    ..2011
                                    1934 11 28
                                    Wednesday
                                    .Philadelphia, Penn.Lincoln TheaterStage show - see 1934 11 23...
                                    ..2011
                                    1934 11 28
                                    Wednesday
                                    11 PM to closing
                                    .New York, N.Y.Rockland Palace
                                    155th St. at 8th Ave.
                                    Breakfast dance

                                    7 bands and the Cotton Club Revue

                                    "XMAS FUND for the Benefit of Harlem's Needy
                                    • Glen Gray and his Casa Loma Orch.
                                    • Abe Lyman and his Orchestra
                                    • Rudy Vallee and his Orchestra
                                    • Ozzie Nelson and his Orchestra
                                    • Duke Ellington and his Orchestra
                                    • Claude Hopkins and His Orchestra
                                    • Lucky Millinder and Mills Blue Rhythm Band
                                    • Ad, New York Age 1934-11-24 p.7
                                    • Ad, New York Amsterdam News, p.4
                                    ..
                                    ..2011
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                                    2013-10-01
                                    1934 11 29
                                    Thursday
                                    .Philadelphia, Penn.Lincoln TheaterStage show - see 1934 11 23...
                                    ..2011
                                    Circa
                                    1934 11 29
                                    Thursday
                                    ...False date

                                    Stratemann and Vail I report Billy Taylor joined Ellington on tuba the day before the Howard Theater run, but that is based on an incorrect dating of a newspaper clipping - see the entry for 1934 12 27 instead.
                                    ...
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                                    1934 11 30
                                    Friday
                                    1934 12 06Washington, D.C.Howard Theatre
                                    620 T St.
                                    Vaudeville show

                                    According to Stratemann, In addition to his regulars, Ellington had Bert Howell (vcl&uke)-It isn't clear if Howell played with the band or was a separate part of the variety show. Others in the show were Three Gains Brother, John Mason and Ferdi Robins (comedy) and Four Blazers.
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                                    1934 12 01
                                    Saturday
                                    .Washington, D.C.Howard Theatre
                                    620 T St.
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                                    1934 12 02
                                    Sunday
                                    .Washington, D.C.Howard Theatre
                                    620 T St.
                                    Stage show - see 1934 11 30...
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                                    1934 12 03
                                    Monday
                                    .Washington, D.C.Howard Theatre
                                    620 T St.
                                    Stage show - see 1934 11 30...
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                                    1934 12 04
                                    Tuesday
                                    .Washington, D.C.Howard Theatre
                                    620 T St.
                                    Stage show - see 1934 11 30...
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                                    1934 12 05
                                    Wednesday
                                    .Washington, D.C.Howard Theatre
                                    620 T St.
                                    Stage show - see 1934 11 30...
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                                    1934 12 06
                                    Thursday
                                    .Washington, D.C.Howard Theatre
                                    620 T St.
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                                    620 T St.
                                    Stage show - see 1934 11 30...
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                                    1934 12 07
                                    Friday
                                    1934 12 13
                                    Thursday
                                    New York, N.Y.Apollo Theater
                                    253 W. 125th St., Borough of Manhattan, Harlem district
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                                    1934 12 08
                                    Saturday
                                    .New York, N.Y.Apollo Theater
                                    253 W. 125th St.
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                                    Stage show - see 1934 12 07....2011
                                    1934 12 09
                                    Sunday
                                    .New York, N.Y.Apollo Theater
                                    253 W. 125th St.
                                    Harlem
                                    Stage show - see 1934 12 07....2011
                                    1934 12 10
                                    Monday
                                    .New York, N.Y.Apollo Theater
                                    253 W. 125th St.
                                    Harlem
                                    Stage show - see 1934 12 07....2011
                                    1934 12 11
                                    Tuesday
                                    .New York, N.Y.Apollo Theater
                                    253 W. 125th St.
                                    Harlem
                                    Stage show - see 1934 12 07....2011
                                    1934 12 12
                                    Wednesday
                                    .New York, N.Y.Apollo Theater
                                    253 W. 125th St.
                                    Harlem
                                    Stage show - see 1934 12 07
                                    The Ellington orchestra was broadcast on Amateur Night in Harlem, a weekly midnight to 2 a.m. radio remote from the Apollo

                                    This broadcast was covered in the Kansas City Plaindealer 1934-12-21 in a story datelined Chicago Dec.21 and in the Pittsburgh Courier 1934-12-22 section II p.8. Pittsburgh Courier:

                                    'From the Apollo theater in Harlem the music of Duke Ellington and band were heard over the American Broadcasting System, on the weekly "Amateur Night in Harlem" program. One of the features of the broadcast was the singing of one of Duke's latest compositions, "Solitude," by a young man whose name, I regret very much, slipped my memory.'

                                    • Radio listing, The Daily Argus, Mount Vernon,N.Y.,1934-12-12 p.16
                                    • Similar reviews:
                                      • The Plaindealer, Kansas City, Kansas 1934-12-21 p.6
                                      • Pittsburgh Courier 1934-12-22 s.II p.8
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                                    1934 12 13
                                    Thursday
                                    .New York, N.Y.Apollo Theater
                                    253 W. 125th St.
                                    Harlem
                                    Stage show - see 1934 12 07....2011
                                    1934 12 14
                                    Friday
                                    ...activities not documented...
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                                    1934 12 14
                                    Friday
                                    ...PERSONNEL CHANGE
                                    Trumpeter Freddie Jenkins left the band due to illness and was hospitalized with tuberculosis.

                                    Louis Bacon replaced him until the band left New York.
                                    Jenkins would record six sides in a non-Ellington session the following August and in November 1935, the Kansas City Plaindealer reported he was playing at Connie's Inn in Louis Armstrong's band.
                                    • New Desor vol.2
                                    • Stratemann p.129 citing Pittsburgh Courier 1934-12-29 p.4
                                    • The Plaindealer, Kansas City, Kans., 1935-11-22 p.8
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                                    Saturday
                                    1934 12 18
                                    Tuesday
                                    Elizabeth, N.J.Ritz TheatreVaudeville

                                    'Starting Saturday, December 15th, for a four day engagement only, the Ritz Theatre is proud to present Duke Ellington and his world famous Orchestra and Revue of thirty sepia stars... '

                                    STARTS TOMORROW
                                    In Person
                                    You've Never Heard Anything Like It!
                                    Music No Other Band Can Play!
                                    INDIGO BLUES!
                                    TORRID TUNES!
                                    Special!!
                                    SAT. & SUN
                                    Midnight Shows
                                    Last Complete Show 11:15 P.M.
                                    4 Stage Shows DAILY
                                    1:45 - 4.20
                                    6:45 - 9:00
                                    HARLEM'S ARISTOCRAT OF JAZZ
                                    DUKE
                                    ELLINGTON
                                    and his WORLD FAMOUS BAND
                                    WITH
                                    IVIE ANDERSON
                                    Original "MINNIE THE MOOCHER"
                                    -----
                                    WILLIE TUCKER
                                    Original "Snake-hips" dancer
                                    -----
                                    4 "STEP" BROS.
                                    Footloose Dynamos!
                                    -----
                                    ALL
                                    COLORED REVUE
                                    ..."


                                    The Woodbridge Leader-Journal announces the appearance in Elizabeth N.J.

                                    Stratemann reports location as Woodbridge, N.J., citing DESB. Vail I repeats Dr. Stratemann's mistake. Elizabeth and Woodbridge are about 15 kilometres apart. Ken Steiner's research revealed the error.
                                    • Woodbridge Leader-Journal 1934-12-14 p.7
                                    • Stratemann p.129 citing DESB
                                    • Vail I
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                                    Sunday
                                    .Elizabeth, N.J.Ritz TheatreStage show - see 1934 12 15...
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                                    1934 12 17
                                    Monday
                                    .Elizabeth, N.J.Ritz TheatreStage show - see 1934 12 15...
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                                    1934 12 18
                                    Tuesday
                                    .Elizabeth, N.J.Ritz TheatreStage show - see 1934 12 15...
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                                    1934 12 19
                                    Wednesday
                                    1934 12 26..Christmas holiday
                                    DEMS 05/2-41 citing Chicago Defender national edition, 1935-01-05, p.8:

                                    '19-27Dec34: "The band is taking the Christmas week free"'

                                    On the other hand, the New York Age reported the band left New York on Wednesday morning (see 1934 12 26)
                                    Chicago Defender national edition 1935-01-05 p.8.DEMS
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                                    Thursday
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                                    Friday
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                                    1934 12 22
                                    Saturday
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                                    1934 12 23
                                    Sunday
                                    ...Christmas holiday - see 1934-12-19..
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                                    1934 12 24
                                    Monday
                                    ...Christmas holiday - see 1934-12-19..
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                                    1934 12 25
                                    Tuesday
                                    Christmas Day
                                    ...Christmas holiday - see 1934-12-19..
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                                    1934 12 26
                                    Wednesday
                                    Boxing Day
                                    ...Travel day
                                    New York Age:

                                    'Freddie Jenkins, first trumpet player in Duke Ellington's band, has been sent away for the improvement of his health....Rex Stewart, better known as a "second Louis Armstrong," has been taken into the Ellington band to fill Jenkins' place temporarily....Bessie Dudley, snakehips dancer, returned frim [sic] London on Christmas Day and left with Duke Ellington's band for Chicago on Wednesday morning.'

                                    This Wednesday is the only possibility since it is after Dudley's return and before the Oriental opening.
                                    Marcus Wright, The Talk of the Town, New York Age, Jan. 5, 1935, p.5..
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                                    1934 12 27
                                    Thursday
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                                    1934 12 27
                                    Thursday
                                    ...PERSONNEL CHANGE
                                    Billy Taylor, string bass and tuba, joins the band(1)

                                    Writer Harry Pekar:(2)

                                    "In 1934 Ellington hired Billy Taylor to play alongside Braud. Historians don't agree why Duke hired two bassists. Possibly he was trying to modernize his rhythm section; Duke may have thought Braud's slapping technique was dated. Also, compared to some of the younger bassists, Braud's playing sounded stiff, although it remained powerful. Some commentators have noted Duke hated firing people, and hiring Taylor may have been a message for Braud to leave. However, Duke must have thought there was something to his two-bass concept, because when Braud left, Ellington hired Hayes Alvis to replace him while keeping Taylor. By merely using them together Duke was doing something special, setting a precedent that others-including Ornette Coleman-would eventually follow."

                                    Variety (3) reported a walkout by the band members

                                    "...was averted last week when Irving Mills agreed to withdraw the notice given to Welden Graud [sic]. Latter got his two week's exit note after he had refused to take a cut from $100 to $80 a week.

                                    Graud was notified of the proposed clip following the addition of another bass player to the band. Six other regulars in the Ellington band expressed their objection and advised Mills that if Graud went they would go along with him. While Mills was considering the situation, the sextet advised several band bookers that their services would soon be available.

                                    Along with reinstating Graud at his $100 salary Mills has given the other bass player his notice."


                                    When did Taylor join the band?

                                    Stratemann:

                                    'Just prior to this [Howard Theatre Nov.30] engagement, started his first experiment with twin basses ... by adding Billy Taylor...Taylor can be heard... in tandem with string bassist Wellman Braud in recordings made on January 5, 1935....'

                                    New Desor shows Nov. 29 as well, possibly based on Stratemann.

                                    Stratemann's source was Steven Lasker, who writes:

                                    'When I read the microfilm of Ellington's scrapbooks at the Smithsonian I came across a clipping with this line:
                                      Duke Ellington has added a tuba player to his rhythm section. Billy Taylor is the new musician to join the famous orchestra, and the remainder of the section remains as before.

                                    Just above it was a tiny rectangular paper scrap with the [illegible] name of the periodical and the date. ...It was not legible, so ... asked one of the workers to please let me see the actual scrapbook... she did agree to look at the page and ... told me it was from the December 1, 1934 Washington Tribune, which I reported to Klaus, and the information has since been copied by the New DESOR ...and elsewhere.

                                    Note that Billy Taylor recorded on Mills-backed record dates at ARC in New York on December 12, 1934 (Rex Stewart and His Orchestra) and December 19, 1934 (Chuck Richards), also that Taylor had been a member of Fats Waller and His Rhythm, a Victor recording orchestra, but was unavailable for that group's January 5, 1935 recording session because "he had just joined Duke Ellington's band" according to Harry Dial, the drummer in the group (Harry Dial, "All This Jazz About Jazz," Chigwell, Essex, 1984, p57). Rex Stewart ("Boy Meets Horn," Ann Arbor, 1991, p. 156) recalled that "One of the best things about joining the Duke's organization was that my boyhood buddy, Billy Taylor, joined about the same time, playing bass fiddle."

                                    Taylor likely joined the band at the same time as Stewart, i.e., circa 1934 12 27...'

                                    Ken Steiner 2015-09-01:

                                    'I've attached the photo with the caption mentioning that Duke had added a tuba player. There is nothing on here to identify the source of this clipping. It is definitely not the Washington Tribune. The same photograph appears in the WT from Dec. 1, but with a different caption, and I think this explains the mistake by the worker at the Smithsonian. The clipping appears on a scrapbook page in which most of the clippings are from January of 1935. '

                                    • 1. New Desor vol.2 & Stratemann p.116
                                    • 2. Harry Pekar Sophisticated Basses: The Pioneering Players Of Duke Ellington's Golden Years , Bass Player, January 2000
                                    • 3.Variety 1935-02-12 p.62
                                    • Email Lasker-Palmquist:
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                                    Thursday
                                    ...PERSONNEL CHANGE
                                    Cornetist Rex Stewart, born 1907 02 22, joins the band to replace Freddie Jenkins, who was sick with tuberculosis.
                                    Chicago Defender

                                    'NEW YORK Dec. 28—Rex Stewart, nationally known cornetist who closed a lengthy contract with Radio City is enroute to Chicago to join Duke Ellington's band which opened at the Oriental theatre on Friday.
                                      Before leaving for Chicago, Stewart signed contracts exclusively with Brunswick Recording company.
                                      Duke Ellington says Freddie Jenkins, trumpeter, who has been sick [and] is now in the Harlem Hospital, will resign from his organization. Jenkins has been with Ellington's orchestra for [illegible] years. The Duke is really [illegible] see him leave.'


                                    In his autobiography, Rex says he joined in 1935, and writes about not being as well dressed as the others in the band - his good $60 tailored suit and his shoes did not compare to what was worn by the others. He also writes about the two high-stakes poker games in progress in the train. Duke and Ivie played the unlimited stakes table, while Sonny and Otto played the $25-limit table. He says that upon arriving in Chicago in the early morning, they registered at the Ritz Hotel on South Parkway, then went to the State and Lake Theater in Chicago's Loop.
                                    The Baltimore Afro-American 1942-12-26 edition announced Stewart would complete his 8th year with Ellington on Wednesday, which would be Dec. 30,1942,making the date he joined Dec. 30, 1934, consistent with the Chicago Defender announcement.
                                    • Chicago Defender, 1934-12-29, courtesy K.Steiner 2016-03-26
                                    • New Desor vol.2
                                    • Stratemann p.129 citing Pittsburgh Courier 1934-12-29 p.4
                                    • Rex Stewart "Boy Meets Horn," Ann Arbor, 1991, pp. 146-148
                                    • Unidentified clipping, Vail I.
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                                    1934 12 28
                                    Friday
                                    1935 01 03
                                    Thursday
                                    Chicago, Ill.Oriental TheatreVaudeville

                                    'Duke Ellington and his Band in Person, New Songs! New Music! New Acts

                                    IVY ANDERSON—4 BLAZERS
                                    "Jigsaw" JACKSON, Bessie Dudley
                                    RHYTHMETTES&NDASH;SONNY GREER

                                    Extra—Vodvill
                                    Hammond's Pets
                                    3 Jackson Bros.
                                    Bob LaSalle & Co.

                                    Screen: Big Hearted Herbert'


                                    • Stratemann and the Dec. 27 ad have Snakehips Tucker on the bill, but he isn't mentioned in the subsequent Chicago Tribune ads.
                                    • Variety Bills shows the engagement started Dec. 27, but the Daily Tribune ad on Dec. 27 says "Tomorrow! On Stage..."
                                    • Stratemann shows the engagement ending Jan. 2 but the Jan. 3 Chicago Daily Tribune carries a "last day" ad.
                                    • The ads generally announce the first stage show starting at 11:30 a.m. and the Dec. 31 ad reports an extra complete stage and screen show starting at midnight.
                                    On its page for March 1931, Vail I reproduces a photo of the Oriental marquee showing a big neon sign above it that says

                                    DUKE ELLINGTON
                                    & BAND ON STAGE
                                    ALSO VODVIL

                                    The front of the marquee reads

                                    STAGE DUKE ELLINGTON & BAND PERSON PLUS HIS OWN REVUE
                                    ALSO BIG VODVIL PROGRAM&NDASH;SCREEN "BIG HEARTED HERBERT"

                                    and the side of the marquee reads

                                    DUKE ELLINGTON
                                    7 VODVIL&NDASH;BIG
                                    HEARTED HERBERT
                                    WITH GUY KIBEL

                                    • Stratemann p.129 citing
                                      • Chicago Defender 1934-12-29 p.7
                                      • Variety 1935-01-01, p.132
                                    • Ad, Chicago Daily Tribune, 1934-12-28, courtesy Ken Steiner 2016-03-26
                                    • Vail I
                                    • Variety
                                      • 1935-01-01 p.9
                                      • Variety Bills 1935-01-01 p.132
                                    • Chicago Sunday Tribune, Chicago, Ill. 1934-12-30 ,pt.7 p4
                                    • Chicago Daily Tribune, Chicago, Ill.,
                                      • 1934-12-27 p.14
                                      • 1934-12-28 p.22
                                      • 1934-12-29 p.14
                                      • 1934-12-31 p.10
                                      • 1935-01-01 p.34
                                      • 1935-01-02 p.12
                                      • 1935-01-03 p.16
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                                    Saturday
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                                    1934 12 30
                                    Sunday
                                    .Chicago, Ill.Oriental TheatreVaudeville - see 1934 12 28...
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                                    1934 12 31
                                    Monday
                                    ...Peripheral event
                                    Photo caption, Pittsburgh Courier:

                                    'The Collegiate Club of Cincinnati, pictured with Duke Ellington, will be hosts to a Dawn Dance at the Cotton Club (Cincy) Monday dawnin', December 31st...'

                                    Note the caption is misleading. Ellington and his orchestra could not have played Cincinnati the morning of Dec. 31 because they were playing at the Oriental in Chicago the evening before and the day of this event.
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                                    Monday
                                    New Year's Eve
                                    .Chicago, Ill.Oriental TheatreVaudeville - see 1934 12 28

                                    Extra late complete stage and screen show starting at midnight.
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                                    1935 01 00... Peripheral event
                                    International Musician, January 1935. Under local 40, Baltimore, MD, travelling members include: Duke Ellington, Harry H. Carney, Freddie Jenkins, Joseph Manton, Juan Tizol, F. L. Guy, Otto Hardwick, Charles Williams, A. Bigard, A. P. Whetsel, John Hodges, Lawrence O. Brown….all from local 802. [Note that Braud and Taylor's names are omitted.] This likely relates to the band's engagement from 1934 11 02 to 1934 11 08.
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                                    Oriental Theatre
                                    This column does not say when or where the author met Ellington backstage. The references to Chicago and New Year's suggest it was during the last couple of days of the Oriental Theatre engagement.
                                    The Colgate Maroon:

                                    'Ellington Responds To Inner Urge, To Compose "Hit" Songs


                                    Inquiring Maroon Reporter Interviews the " Duke" Backstage Getting Instruction In Art of Glamorous Jazzmaster

                                    by Redick B. Jenkins

                                      "Duke" Ellington, Negro orchestra leader and the New Year's toast of Chicago, presented such a different personality in his dressing room from the suave, immaculate, mysteriously dusky metamorphosis recalled "Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde."
                                      With cunningly controlled lights lending a macabre air to the performance, "Duke" Ellington's colored band delivered a show which at the same time was weird with the suggestion of the African jungle or the bayous of the South, and yet so common-place and familiar to American life that the combination left the audience gasping.
                                      Deftly the "Duke," in his multiple role of conductor, pianist, and master of ceremonies on the giant, carefully finished stage, corrected his program in a manner reminiscent of the "Arabian Nights." His music was an effective show in itself, but in addition there were acrobats, singers, dancers and even the presentation of a negro Mae West!
                                      Backstage "Duke" Ellington was no longer a sophisticated Mesmer, master of his environment. Heavy dark circles under his eyes emphasized the fatigue evident in his fleshy brown face.
                                      Sinking down on the worn couch in the shabby dressing room, the big mulatto said, in English marked by the unmistakable drawl of the refined negro, "Sure, be glad to talk to you a while.".
                                    [Ellington's typical remarks on his composing take up the next few paragraphs.]
                                      "Have you ever encountered any racial prejudice in your work?" I asked, curious on this subject.
                                      "Very little," "Duke["] responded. "I would avoid situations which might prove embarrassing."
                                      One of Ellington's exquisitely made-up negroes stepped into the room. Clad in a silk shirt and bizaare [sic] trousers, he absolutely lacked the quiet refinement of his leader. "Ready, Duke?" he shot in an accent which seemed crude in comparison with that of Ellington.
                                      The tall, tired "toast of Chicago's stage" walked out to face an audience waiting for the Cotton Club prodigy to lift it out of the commonplace for an hour.'

                                    The Colgate Maroon, Colgate University, Hamilton, N.Y., 1935-01-11, p.1 ..
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                                    Wednesday
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                                    Thursday
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                                    Friday
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                                    Saturday
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                                    1935 01 06
                                    Sunday
                                    ...activities not documented...
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                                    1935 01 07
                                    Monday
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                                    Tuesday
                                    ...activities not documented...
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                                    1935 01 09
                                    Wednesday
                                    .Chicago, Ill.Brunswick StudiosAmerican Record Corporation recording session

                                    (morning start)
                                    Duke Ellington and His Orchestra
                                    Whetsel1, C.Williams, Stewart, Brown, Nanton, Tizol, Bigard, Hodges, Hardwick, Carney, Ellington, Guy, Braud, Taylor, Greer, I. Anderson

                                    Titles recorded:
                                    • Admiration Stomp
                                    • Farewell Blues
                                    • Let's Have A Jubilee
                                    • Moonlight Fiesta (Porto Rican Chaos)
                                    1Sources differ as to whether Whetsel played or if his part was played by Charlie Allen:
                                    • Jepsen, Lambert and Timner IV show Charlie Allen
                                    • New Desor, Lasker, MacHare, Girvan and Timner V show Whetsel
                                    • Steven Lasker's research strongly suggests Allen was not in this session:

                                      'Charlie Allen was in the band in 1935, but not early on. Discographies since Delaunay's 1936 edition have shown Charles Allen and Fred Avendorph replacing Whetsel and Greer on one or more of the band's sessions from 1935. Contemporary press references confirm that the replacements, necessitated due to illnesses, were made, but the substitutions occurred at a time when the band was out of the recording studios, most likely from mid-June to sometime in the first half of August. (An entry in the July 1935 issue of International Musician places Whetsel and Greer with the band at their March 22-28 Cleveland engagement; an item in the April 27, 1935 Chicago Defender national edition noted "Charlie Allen, formerly with Earl Hines has invented a new mouth piece." No mention was made of an Allen/Ellington association. The July 13, 1935 Chicago Defender national edition reported Whetsel and Greer absent from the band's June 29, 1935 dance date, and named their replacements as Allen and Avendorph. The August 10, 1935 Chicago Defender national edition reported Allen's return to Chicago after six weeks spent playing with Ellington. The same issue reported that "Fred Avendorph, drums, is still beating it out with Duke, but this time it's the typewriter, not the drums, other words, Duke's secretary and press agent." I don't hear Allen or Avendorph on any of Ellington's records.)'


                                    Other information about this session:
                                    • This is Ellington's first session with two basses - string bass (Braud) and tuba (Taylor)
                                    • Sources differ about Hardwick - is he doubling alto and bass saxes (Lasker), alto sax and clarinet (New Desor and MacHare) or just alto sax (Jepsen)?

                                      Steven Lasker:

                                      'What I hear is Bigard playing clarinet and tenor sax on all four titles. Hodges plays alto on all four sides. I hear Hardwick playing alto on all four titles and doubling bass sax on Farewell Blues. I hear Carney playing alto on all four titles and doubling baritone on Let's Have a Jubilee.'

                                    • Stewart has just joined the band, yet has solos on all four recordings.
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                                    1935 01 10
                                    Thursday
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                                    1935 01 11
                                    Friday
                                    1935 01 12
                                    Saturday
                                    Madison, Wisc.Orpheum TheaterHarlem Revue, including Ivy Anderson, the Four Blazers, "Jig-Saw" Jackson, Bessie Dudley, the Rhythmettes and Sonny Greer.
                                    On stage, in person,
                                    Duke Ellington and His Band
                                    On the screen, Music in the Air
                                    "After Duke Ellington and his band entertain from the Orpheum stage Friday and Saturday, the screen program will show ..."
                                    The Saturday ad reads
                                    DUE TO THE TREMENDOUS CROWDS We Are Presenting 5 Stage Shows Today At 2:05 - 4:20 - 6:35 - 8:50 - 11:00 To Enable Everybody To See Duke Ellington And His Band...30 clever stars"
                                    A review on page 9 of the Saturday edition said

                                    'Duke Ellington and his band drew proved such an attraction and drew such applause from capacity houses today that the management of the Orpheum theater announced that today the Duke will give five shows instead of the previously scheduled four.'

                                    Wisconsin State Journal, Madison, Wisc.:
                                    • 1935-01-06 pp.7 & 17
                                    • 1935-01-08
                                    • Announcement 1935-01-11 p.12
                                    • 1935-01-12 p.9
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                                    Saturday
                                    ...Peripheral event
                                    The syndicated cartoon feature Believe It or Not! by Ripley carried a drawing of Wellman Braud playing his bass, saying

                                    'Wm. Braud plucks the bass fiddle 290 times per second!'

                                    [290 per minute is believable, per second is not]
                                    • Hamilton Journal...The Daily News, Hamilton, Ohio, 1935-01-12
                                    • The Winnipeg Evening Tribune, Winnipeg, Man. 1935-01-12 p.31
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                                    1935 01 13
                                    Sunday
                                    1935 01 19Chicago, Ill.Regal TheatreVaudeville
                                    The Pittsburgh Courier:

                                    'CHICAGO, Jan.25 – Duke Ellington and his scintillating ensemble, including Ivy Anderson, "Jug-Saw" Washington, Bessie Dudley, and the "Four Blazes" closed their engagement at the Regal Theatre, Saturday night, after a week of breaking all box office records for the past six months.
                                      Duke's new blues composition, "Solitude," set the audiences swaying to its melancholy wailing. the show opened behind a gauzy transparent curtain with the orchestra moaning a medley of songs in the "lowdown" Ellington style. A pale amber spotlight revealed the flying artistic fingers of the Duke himself at the piano with the rest of the boys shrouded in shadows. Concensus of opinion terms the show "one of the classiest to appear at the Regal Theatre in years.'

                                    • Ads, Chicago Herald and Examiner, 1935-01-13 to 1935-01-20
                                    • Stratemann p.129 citing Chicago Defender 1935-01-19 p.6
                                    • The Pittsburgh Courier, Pittsburgh, Penn., 1935-01-26 p.8 s.2
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                                    1935 01 26
                                    Saturday
                                    Cincinnati, OhioShubert TheaterVaudeville

                                    Variety:

                                    'Cincinnati, Jan. 14
                                    Without vaude since early last summer, ths town is to get its first pop trouping revue and screen [illegible] lone local legit house, presents Duke Ellington and band with Jimmy Walker's 'Continental Revue' and a first-run, 'She Had to Chose.' Policy will be continuous, with a 40c price for all seats.
                                      Show opens Sunday (20) for seven days. Theatre seats 2,200.'


                                    "Mayor and Mrs. John Einsfeld and Marshal and Mrs. Herbert Davish motored to Cincinnati Thursday to hear Duke Ellington and his orchestra at the Shubert theatre."[sic]

                                    'DUKE ELLINGTON heads the Black and White Revue at Shubert Theater. He presents his orchestra and his entertainers. The show is presided over by Jimmy Walker...
                                      Shubert - A combination bill of vaudeville and a photoplay is housed at Shubert Theater...
                                      Duke Ellington, perhaps the foremost Negro band leader in this country, heads the stage show with his band, and he presents two of his outstanding entertainers to give zest and variety to the production.
                                      The show is titled Jimmy Walker's Black and White Revue, and in addition to the portion of the show carried by Ellington and his troupe, Walker, dapper replica of the ex-Mayor of New York, offers a series of music and comedy acts.
                                      Natches and his Arizona Indian Band play selections from a different parts of the country, and Natches, quite a violinist, gives an exhibition on his solo instrument. Another Indian member of the cast is Chief Red Hawk, who sings primitive songs and shows his dexterity with the lariat. Chris Cross does impersonations of popular persons of stage and screen and concludes with a one-man interpretation of Jake and Lena.
                                      Jimmie Walker keeps the show fast moving.
                                      The two outstanding members of Ellington's troupe are Ivy Anderson and Snake Hips Tucker. Both do hits that are showstoppers... '

                                    Variety

                                    'Cincinnati, Jan.28
                                    ...Last week the legit Shubert was relighted for a 40c grind on Duke Ellington and his band, some throw-in stage talent and 'She Had to Choose.' Engagement was sponsored by a localite who has been dabbling in contests hereabouts. It was first offering of pop vaudfilm in Cincy since last summer. Venture was a winner, grossing $14,700...'


                                    In a story about local theatres, the Cincinatti Enquirer noted

                                    '... The Duke lured approximately 40,000 paying customers... '

                                    • Variety
                                      • 1935-01-15 p.50
                                      • 1935-01-22 p.8
                                      • 1935-01-29 p.28
                                    • The Cincinatti Enquirer, Cincinnati, Ohio
                                      • ads, 1935-01-20 to 01-27
                                      • announcement 1935-01-17 p.6
                                      • announcement and photos of Walker and Christensen, 1935-01-20 p.1 s.3
                                      • review 1935-01-21 p.3
                                    • 1935-02-24 s.3 p.1
                                    • Jazzed in Cleveland webpage
                                    • Hamilton Journal The Daily News, 1935-02-01, p.10
                                      (this report likely refers to Thurs. Jan 24, not Jan 31)
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                                    Saturday
                                    .Cincinnati, OhioShubert TheaterLast day of vaudeville engagement - see 1935 01 20
                                    ShuberT        11 A.M.      
                                    to 11 P.M. L A S T D A Y
                                    LARRY SUNBROCK THANKS YOU!

                                    Due to Thousands Unable to Obtain Admission to See

                                    "D U K E E L L I N G T O N"
                                    and His World-Famous Band and Revue
                                    AN EXTRA SPECIAL
                                    Midnite Show at 11:50 P.M. Tonite
                                    With "Duke" Giving You a Show of Shows

                                    The Enquirer, March 14:

                                    'Admits Burglary Charge
                                      Arraigned before Judge Nelson Schwab, in Criminal Division yesterday, William Cullen, 24 years old, Rochester, N.Y. pleaded guilty to a charge of burglary. Gordon H. Scherer, Assistant County Prosecutor, told the Court that Cullen broke into the dressing room of Duke Ellington, at Shubert Theater, January 26, stealing clothing and other articles valued at $244.50. He was caught when attempting to pawn part of the clothing.'

                                    United Press wirestory datelined Cincinnati, March 22:

                                    William Cullen, 22, Rochester N.Y., alleged to have confessed he raided the wardrobe of Duke Ellington, dance leader, was sentenced to 30 days in the workhouse on a petit larceny charge here. Judge Clarence E. Spraul also held Cullen for the grand jury on a burglary charge. Detectives arrested Cullen when he tried to sell Ellington's trousers and topcoats to a second hand dealer.

                                    • Ad, Cleveland Plain Dealer, 1935-01-27 s.W p.9
                                    • "Musical Notes," Cleveland Call and Post 1935-02-02 p.7
                                    • The Enquirer, Cincinnati,Ohio
                                      • 1935-01-26 p.10
                                      • 1935-03-14 p.17
                                    • The Canton Repository, Canton, Ohio, 1935-03-22, p.44
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                                    Sunday
                                    .Cleveland, OhioDanceland
                                    East 90th and Euclid
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                                    1. Danceland News as quoted in Jazzed in Cleveland
                                    2. ad, Cleveland Plain Dealer, 27Jan35, sec W, p9
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                                    Monday
                                    .Detroit, Mich.Graystone BallroomDance
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                                    Chicago Defender, national ed.,2Feb35,p.8
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                                    1935 02 01
                                    Friday
                                    1935 02 07Kansas City, Mo.Mainstreet Theater
                                    1400 Main St.
                                    "Mr. and Mrs. Glen Edwards and their daughter Carolyn were in Kansas City Sunday to see and hear Duke Ellington and his band at the Mainstreet theater."
                                    • The Iola Daily Register, Iola, Kansas, 1935-02-05, p.3
                                    • Stratemann p.129 citing Variety 1935-02-05 p.25
                                    • Variety 1935-02-05 p.53
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                                    Make Believe Ballroom debuts on New York radio station WNEW.

                                    Steven Lasker:
                                    Per [Metronome] Music U.S.A., 1959 06 00 p. 8:

                                    ' Martin Block, the New York disc jockey, is currently celebrating his 25th year as host of the Make Believe Ballroom, on station WABC.
                                      Block began his famous program on WNEW on Feb. 3, 1935. In January 1954 he signed with the ABC network in a combined radio-TV capacity. Through the years,Block has emerged as something of an innovator.
                                      It was to describe Block, for instance, that the phrase disc jockey was first employed. Block presented popular recordings in an informal chatty manner. Previously, when records were presented, a studio announcer would merely give the title and the record would be spun by an engineer.
                                      So influential did Block's broadcasts become that, through the years, numerous stars have given credit to Block for having been instrumental in their achieving fame. Among these are Dinah Shore, Frank Sinatra, Harry James and Benny Goodman.
                                      [...] Block was also the first disc jockey to have his program beamed to overseas listeners through the facilities of Voice of America.'

                                    Lasker continues:
                                    'Block had previously worked as an assistant to radio host Al Jarvis at Los Angeles radio station KFWB in the early 1930s where Jarvis, a Canadian, originated both the concept and the title "Make Believe Ballroom."
                                      The Make Believe Ballroom's program on 1937 02 03 previewed Ellington's forthcoming Variety records, and on the date of their release, 1937 04 01, Ellington and his orchestra apparently played on the show live.
                                      Here are two links to sites with data on Block:Within two years of the "Make Believe Ballroom's" debut, programs featuring disc jockeys spinning records became so pervasive on the American airwaves that an editorial in the official journal of the American Federation of Musicians bemoaned (The International Musician, 1937 02 00, p. 12):

                                    'Recordings and Their Abuses
                                      Nothing in the evils of the illegitimate use of recordings is quite so aggravating as the continual broadcasting of phonograph records and their use in mechanical devices. It is estimated that out of the more than eight hundred radio stations in the United States that, more than six hundred provide all the music that they broadcast from phonograph records. More than six hundred radio stations buy phonograph records paying from thirty-five to seventy-five cents each for them and using these records day after day instead of engaging living musicians to play their programs. [...] '

                                    Per "What They Think about Wax," Metronome, 1937 04 00, p. 34:

                                    'Irving Mills: "Broadcasting records helps the band leaders when current records are used; but when old recordings of six or seven years ago are re-issued and played over the air it is harmful to the band and its leader because the instrumentation, actual recording, etc., are not up to present standards." '

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                                    1935 02 16Chicago, Ill.Regal TheatreVaudeville show, includes 4 Blue Blazes, Bessie Dudley and Three FlatsStratemann p.129 citing
                                    • Variety 1935-02-05 p.53
                                    • Chicago Defender 1935-02-09 p.8
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                                    Pittsburgh Courier:
                                    '
                                    Duke Again
                                    Takes Chicago
                                    "By Storm"

                                    by EARL J. MORRIS
                                    Staff Correspondent
                                    BACKSTAGE, REGAL THEATER, Chicago, Feb. 14 – Duke Ellington, with his low down rhythm has just taken his encore amid the thunderous applause of the Regal Theatre patrons. The great Duke nods assent to the writer and we follow him into the dressing rooms, where Tom Lavigne, his personal attendant, awaits him. It is a mad house backstage with Duke Ellington – autograph seekers, fans, all seeking a chance to get an intimate glimpse of the master musician.
                                      Duke Ellington is one of the best dressed men in the country, he has 25 suits of various patterns, enabling him to make more than forty changes by the switching of a coat with another pair of trousers.
                                      There is little rest backstage for Duke. He is on his way now to rehearse the Four Blazes in a brand new act. They open here Thursday with it. The act consists of four miniature pianos with just four keys. The boys tap dance on these small pianos in such a manner that they beat a tune.
                                      Duke says of the Four Blazes "I think that they are one of the great opening acts in the country."
                                      While in Kansas City recently, Mr. Ellington was so impressed with the manuscripts of Miss Tommie Berry, that he will use them in making two movie shorts upon his return from Europe. "I think that the lady has an extraordinary display of aptitude," he stated.
                                      "I want to make the trip to Europe," he continued, "I am contemplating taking James E. Wilson, Jr., a Chicago barber, to Europe with me. I will need a good barber to attend to my tonsorial needs."
                                      Harry Ascher, the genial managing director of the Regal theater, dashes backstage and whispers into the ear of the writer. "I knew that Duke would not return to Chicago for some time after making the European trip, so I pulled all wires to secure a return engagement."
                                      Duke Ellington fans certainly packed into the Regal theater to get a last glimpse of Duke Ellington, Ivy Anderson, Sonny Greer and other favorites.'
                                    The Pittsburgh Courier, Pittsburgh, Penn., 1935-02-16 s.3 p.8..
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                                    .Chicago, Ill.Tony's TavernMr. & Mrs. Louis Armstrong, Wellman Braud, Duke Ellington attended a dinner party. Chicago Defender printed a photo of the group, which numbered more than 20, seated around a table in the tavern.Photos
                                    • Michel Boujut: Pour Louis Armstrong, Filipacchi, 1976
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                                    • Chicago Defender 1935-03-02 p.6
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                                    Tuesday
                                    .New York, N.Y.Renaissance CasinoBert Hall Rhythm Club ball.

                                    While Stratemann, p.129 shows the Renaissance Casino (per DESB) or Bert Hall's Rhythm Club (per New York Age 1935-02-25) as alternatives, the New York Age story he relied upon makes in clear the Club sponsored a dance at the Casino:

                                    "Bert Hall Rhythm Club Ball to be Gala Affair
                                     "More than 2000 musicians in Harlem will come together at the Renaissance Ballroom on Tuesday evening February 26, in the most colorful and gigantic social celebration of the late winter season, at which time the Bert Hall Rhythm Club will sponsor their first annual grand ball.
                                     It really promises to be more than the ordinary evening of gayety. It will be a spectacle, a monster get-together of musician members of the Bert Hall Rhythm Club, in a social demonstration of camaraderies and sincere appreciation of the late Bert Hall, founder of the club and one of the best liked men in the orchestra world.
                                    Fifty Orchestra Leaders
                                     More than fifty well known orchestra leaders, comprising a roster of the biggest names in the musical world, will vie for honors ... at this mammoth social gathering.
                                     Among the many celebrities who have pledged their support to this affair are Duke Ellington, Claude Hopkins, Jimmie Lunceford, Bennie Carter, Luis Russell, Baron Lee, Don Redmon [sic], Fletcher Henderson, Willie Bryant, Chic [sic] Webb, Teddy Hill, Leroy Smith, Tiny Bradshaw and 'Fess' Williams..."

                                    Vail I makes no mention of the sponsoring Club.
                                    • New York Age, New York, N.Y. 1935-02-25
                                    • Stratemann, p.129
                                    • The Pittsburgh Courier, Pittsburgh, Penn.
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                                    Ellington was elected as an active member of ASCAP on Feb. 28,1935, according to its record of his works. The document shows his application was received Oct. 5, 1934 and that he was "Elected N.P." on Jan. 18, 1935. The abbreviation N.P. is not explained.

                                    The ASCAP certificate, bearing a gold seal and red, white and blue ribbon, is signed by its president and secretary and certifies that on February 28, 1935, Duke Ellington was duly elected to membership. This certificate was offered for sale in the Forever Ellington by Guernsey's online auction on May 18, 2016.
                                    An Amended Consent Judgment in United States v. American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers, Civil Action No. 13-95 (S.D.N.Y. March 14, 1950), requires that "ASCAP shall upon written request from any prospective user inform such user whether any compositions specified in such request are in the ASCAP repertory . . . ." This language was construed in Tempo Music, Inc. v. Myers, 407 F.2d at 507, as placing ASCAP under a duty to advise prospective users of its editing service.
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                                    International Musician, March 1935. Under local 278, South Bend, Ind., travelling members include: Edward Ellington, Rex Stewart, Chas. Williams, Arthur Wetsel, Otto Hardwick, Harry Carney, John Hodge, Albany Bigard, Joe Manton, Juan Tizal, Lawrence Brown, Fred Guy, Bill Taylor, William Brand, William Greer….all from local 802. This likely relates to the band's engagement on 1935 02 17.
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                                    .New York, N.Y.Savoy BallroomStratemann:

                                    'This was the "Scottsboro Ball", a 9 p.m. to 3 a.m. benefit dance at which Ellington may well have appeared solo.'

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                                    • The Brooklyn Daily Eagle, New York, N.Y., 1935-02-11 p.23 & p.M-1
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                                    Variety announced the Ellington orchestra would leave March 3 to open March 13 in Copenhagen for the first part of a ten to twelve week tour of Denmark, Scandianvia, Holladn, France and England. They were to travel from New York to London this day on Ile de France.

                                    This European tour did not materialize.
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                                    Wednesday
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                                    New York, N.Y..American Record Corporation recording session

                                    According to Stratemann this was bassist Wellman Braud's last recording date with the Ellington band.

                                    Duke Ellington and His Orchestra and Duke Ellington's Sextet
                                    C.Williams, Stewart, Brown, Nanton, Tizol, Bigard, Hodges, Hardwick, Carney, Ellington, Guy, Braud,Taylor, Greer

                                    Titles recorded:
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                                    • Moonlight Fiesta (Porto Rican Chaos)
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                                    • Indigo Echoes
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                                    . New York, N.Y..PERSONNEL CHANGE and Peripheral event
                                    Wellman Braud left the band in early March. Stratemann suggests Braud left the band before the road trip that began March 14, but it is now known the trip began by March 12, so he may have left earlier. In any case, he was not present in Cleveland.
                                    March 9 was opening night for Braud's new Vodvil Club.
                                    • New Desor vol.2
                                    • Stratemann p.129, citing
                                      • Chicago Defender
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                                    Tuesday
                                    .Norfolk, Va..Ellington interview

                                    'We have just finished a movie short to be titled Black Rhapsody or Rhapsody in Black. It is a composition of Negro moods from a highly artistic standpoint. Special scenes of it are still being photographed. '


                                    This appears to refer to Ellington's Symphony in Black - see Stratemann, p.119-128.
                                    P. Bertrand Young, Talk to Duke Ellington About Anything You Want to, But He Will Talk About Music to You, Norfolk Journal and Guide, 1935-04-16 p.1..
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                                    Wednesday
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                                    Unsubstantiated report, The SaMoJaC:

                                    'Duke Ellington has been commissioned by the Metropolitan Opera Company to write an opera dealing with the South and its people.'

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                                    Thursday
                                    .Richmond, Va.Tantilla Gardens"Music 9:30 - 2 A.M."
                                    Tickets $1.25/person including tax.

                                    "Duke Ellington Crowds Tantilla


                                    Rhythm Highly Pleasing to Throng of Dancers


                                    'It Don't Mean a Thing If You Ain't Got That Swing.'


                                    Duke Ellington was responsible for that definition of the rhythmic, raucous outpourings of melodic disonance [sic] the world is prone to call 'jazz.' Duke Ellington is also repsonsible for having loaded Tantilla Garden with an exuberant, pulsating, electric crowd of humanity which Walter Coulter is prone to call 'box office receipts.'

                                    It happened last night. Running well into four figures, numerically, and dancing all over the place, theoretically, a throng of Richmonders went to hear the New York Cotton Club's most publicized product–Duke Ellington's orchestra. They heard what they expected to hear – that is, some of them did. But several thousand shuffling feet are not conducive to full appreciation of the music of Duke Ellington or anybody else. Duke gave them rhythm–he gave "that thing," and they were satisfied. In fact, a certain Mr. Gilbert, who maintains sobriety and order with a smile and all at the same time, found it necessary to take the froth from several couples whom Ellington's music made excessively bouyant.

                                    Now as to the music – there was a blistering trumpet with a double mute nimbly handled, a battery of brasses that could blast either the roof or the foundations as the occasion required, and Duke, with liquidly moving fingers, at the piano, directing with a nod, a grimace, a passing frown, the mood of his orchestra, even to the sonorous beat of two bull fiddles that throbbed in a sort of primitive ecstasy to the spirit of the proceedings.

                                    One could distinguish such numbers as 'Smoke Gets In Your Eyes,' 'Moonglow,' 'Night and Day' and a revival of 'Hot Lips,' but as to the arrangement, the overtones and all –they remain a mystery. The music was for dancing and, exclusive of a group which clung about the Duke's piano, the crowd was in a wildly dancing mood.

                                    From purely an entertainment standpoint, the high point of the occasion was Ivy Anderson. Ivy led with a left on 'Ballyhoo' and swept into full action on 'Give Me That Man.' 'Stormy Weather,' given in a peculiarly nasal but utterly rhythmic shout, had them hanging on the ropes. The finishing touch was like the beginning – Ellington's own stroke; 'It Don't Mean a Thing If You Ain't Got That Swing.' "

                                    CLARENCE BOYKIN

                                    • Stratemann p.129 citing DESB
                                    • Peterson Progress, Peterson, Va. 1935-03-11
                                    • Ad, Richmond News-Leader, 1935-03-14 p.22
                                    • Richmond Times-Dispatch
                                      • Ad, 1935-03-08, p.26
                                      • Plug, 1935-03-12, p.2
                                      • Plug, 1935-03-14, p.12
                                      • Review by Clarence Boykin, 1935-03-15,p.4
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                                    1935 03 15
                                    Friday
                                    9 PM - 2 AM
                                    .Johnson City, Tenn.Central WarehouseDance sponsored by the Derby Club

                                    It is anticipated the warehouse which has ample dancing space for 7,000 people will be none too large to accommodate the dance-minded of this section...

                                    (Vail I incorrectly shows the May 15 1935 Cleveland, Ohio, Public Auditorium engagement on this date)

                                    'ATTEND DUKE ELLINGTON DANCE IN JOHNSON CITY
                                      Among those from Kingsport attending the Duke Ellington dance at Johnson City Friday night were Mr. and Mrs. Sidney Sayre, Mr. and Mrs. Wm. S. Waddell, Mr. and Mrs. Frank Rule, Mr. and Mrs. Ray Hauk, Miss Daisy Hamlin with Mr. Reginald Wood, Mr. and Mrs. Wilfred Roesch, Mr. and Mrs. Lawson Reams, Messrs. Jimmie James, Jim Beasley and Roy Gaines.'

                                      Kingsport Times, Kingsport, Tenn.
                                    • Announcement 1935-03-14
                                    • Announcement "Duke Ellington in Johnson City Tonight," 1935-03-15, p.5
                                    • Report 1935-03-17 p.8
                                    • Report 1935-03-18
                                    • 14 and 15 editions of the
                                    • Report in the March 17, 1935 edition
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                                    1935 03 16
                                    Saturday
                                    9 PM - 2 AM
                                    .Charleston, W.V.Charleston ArmoryDance
                                    Tickets -$1 in advance, $1.25 at door
                                    Spectators allowed in gallery
                                    • Stratemann, p.129 citing DESB
                                      • The Charleston Gazette,
                                      • Ad, 1935-03-09, p.9F
                                      • Plug, 1935-03-10, p.18
                                      • Ad, 1935-03-11, p.9
                                      • Ad 1935-03-13 p.7
                                      • Ad, announcement 1935-03-14
                                      • Ad 1935-03-15, p.5
                                      • Ad and plug 1935-03-16, pp.2, 4
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                                    1935 03 17
                                    Sunday
                                    ...activities not documented...
                                    ...
                                    1935 03 18
                                    Monday
                                    .Raleigh, N.C.Memorial Auditorium.Stratemann p.129 citing DESB..
                                    ..Added
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                                    1935 03 19
                                    Tuesday
                                    ...activities not documented...
                                    ...
                                    1935 03 20
                                    Wednesday
                                    ..Peripheral Event
                                    Variety reported Decca was suing Brunswick, Victor, Columbia, et al for conspiracy, one of the reasons being they objected to Decca bringing in some novelty talent from Trinidad when U.S. Immigration asked if the imported talent was sufficiently unique and extraordinary to warrant importing foreign labour. The article concludes with another angle to the "intra-trade tiffing":

                                    '...[Irving] Mills took umbrage at Decca of America releasing two Duke Ellington records... While in Europe last year [recte 1933] Ellington made two recordings for the British Decca outfit which gives the American Decca company the privilege for release on this side. Mills deemed this unprofessional and unfair in view of Ellington's exclusive contracts with Victor and Brunswick... '

                                    Variety 1935-03-20 p.45..
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                                    Wednesday
                                    ...activities not documented...
                                    ...
                                    1935 03 21
                                    Thursday
                                    ...activities not documented...
                                    ...
                                    1935 03 22
                                    Friday
                                    1935 03 28
                                    Thursday
                                    Cleveland, OhioPalace Theatre

                                    PALACE
                                    3RD MAMMOTH ATTRACTION
                                    CELEBRATING THE
                                    52nd ANNIVERSARY OF
                                    KEITH VAUDEVILLE
                                    STARTS TODAY!
                                    STAGE
                                    PRIMITIVE RHYTHMS! WEIRD MELODIES!
                                    AMAZING SYNCOPATION BY THE
                                    STAR OF TWO CONTINENTS
                                    Duke Ellington
                                    AND HIS FAMOUS
                                    ORCHESTRA
                                    IN PERSON
                                    with
                                    IVIE ANDERSON
                                    THE CALIFORNIA SONG BIRD
                                    IN HIS NEW
                                    ALL COLORED REVUE
                                    "HARLEM SPEAKS"
                                    MUSIC NO
                                    OTHER BAND CAN PLAY!

                                    The film was THE WHOLE TOWN'S TALKING, starring Edward G. Robinson
                                    • Cleveland Plain Dealer:
                                      • plug, 1935-03-05, p.18
                                      • Publicity photo 1935-03-17, p.12
                                      • Ad 1935-03-21 p.10
                                      • Ad 1935-03-22, p.15
                                      • Plug (short review?) and ad, 1935-03-23 p.16
                                    • Stratemann p.129 citing DESB
                                    .DEMS
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                                    1935 03 23
                                    Saturday
                                    .Cleveland, OhioPalace TheatreStage show - see 1935 03 22...
                                    ..2011
                                    1935 03 24
                                    Sunday
                                    .Cleveland, OhioPalace TheatreStage show - see 1935 03 22...
                                    ..2011
                                    1935 03 25
                                    Monday
                                    .Cleveland, OhioPalace TheatreStage show - see 1935 03 22...
                                    ..2011
                                    1935 03 26
                                    Tuesday
                                    .Cleveland, OhioPalace TheatreStage show - see 1935 03 22...
                                    ..2011
                                    1935 03 27
                                    Wednesday
                                    .Cleveland, OhioPalace TheatreStage show - see 1935 03 22...
                                    ..2011
                                    1935 03 28
                                    Thursday
                                    .Cleveland, OhioPalace TheatreStage show - see 1935 03 22...
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                                    1935 03 29
                                    Friday
                                    .Pittsburgh, Penn.Savoy Ballroom
                                    Pythian Temple

                                    2007-2013 Centre Ave.
                                    .Stratemann p.129 citing Pittsburgh Courier, 1935-03-30, p.9..
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                                    1935 03 30
                                    Saturday
                                    1935 03 31Cincinnati, OhioCastle Farms.Stratemann p.129 citing DESB..
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                                    1935 03 31
                                    Sunday
                                    .Cincinnati, OhioCastle Farmssee 1935 03 30...
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                                    April 1935

                                    1935 04 00... Peripheral event
                                    International Musician, April 1935 [the first report was carried over from the March issue because of lack of space].
                                    • >Under local 627, Kansas City, Mo., travelling members were Edw. (Duke) Ellington, Wellman Braud, William Taylor, Fred Guy, Sonny Greer, Otto Hardwick, Harry Carney, Johnny Hodge, Albany Bigard, Juan Tizol, Lawrence Brown, Joseph Nanton, Arthur Whetsel, Charles Williams, Rex Stewart, all from local 802.
                                    • A second report appears under the heading local 34, Kansas City, Mo. [Local 627 was black, local 34 was white. For details, follow this link: http://library.umkc.edu/spec-col/local627/text/bands/index.htm] Travelling members: Rex Howard, Duke Ellington, Charles Williams, Arthur Whetsel, Otho Hardwick, Harry Carney, John Hodge, Albany Biggard, Joe Nanton, Law. Brown, Fred Guy, William Taylor, Sonny Greer, William Board, Juan Zizol, all from local 802.
                                    Both reports likely relate to the band's engagement from 1935 02 01 to 1935 02 07.
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                                    1935 04 01
                                    Monday
                                    .Lexington, Ky.Woodland Auditorium8 p.m. white concert
                                    9:30 p.m. black dance

                                    "Concert from 8 till 9:00 P.M., Dance 9:30 Until ---."
                                    • Stratemann p.129 citing DESB
                                    • Ad, Lexington Herald, 1935-04-01 p.2
                                    • Announcement, Kentucky Kernel, University of Kentucky 1935-03-29 p.4
                                    .
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                                    1935 04 02
                                    Tuesday
                                    .Nashville, Tenn.Hippodrome.Stratemann p.129 citing DESB...
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                                    Wednesday
                                    ...activities not documented...
                                    ...
                                    1935 04 04
                                    Thursday
                                    .Birmingham, Al.Masonic Temple

                                    'Duke Ellington and his Orchestra played to more than 1,500 patrons here last Thursday evening.. This was Duke's second engagement here. He played for a white group on his

                                    "Duke Ellington in Birmingham," Chicago Defender, national ed., 1935-08-20 p.11.DEMS
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                                    1935 04 05
                                    Friday
                                    .Chattanooga, Tenn.Memorial Auditorium.Stratemann p.129 citing DESB..
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                                    1935 04 06
                                    Saturday
                                    ...band activities not documented...
                                    ...
                                    1935 04 06
                                    Saturday
                                    .Baton Rouge, La.Westdale Golf and Country Club

                                    Field House
                                    Ellington is listed as one of many attending the Chi Omega sorority "Founders Day" banquet and formal dance. The guest list included the following visiting members and their escorts: Olive Owens and Duke Ellington...

                                    The society column said an excellent orchestra played for the dance, but did not name it.

                                    It is possible the reference to Duke Ellington is to an athlete known as "Duke" Ellington, rather than the band leader.
                                    A Founders Day Banquet and Formal Dance Feature Chi Omega Spring Festival, The Morning Advocate, Baton Rouge 1935-04-07, pp.6 and 10..
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                                    Sunday
                                    ...activities not documented...
                                    ...
                                    1935 04 08
                                    Monday
                                    .Tuskegee, Ala.Logan Hall
                                    Tuskegee Institute
                                    Duke evidently thought the 2:00 p.m. performance was cancelled and went directly to Montgomery for an evening concert. Duke was located and at 4:20 performed 15 numbers for the students, including
                                    • Creole Love Call
                                    • Sophisticated Lady
                                    • Rockin' in Rhythm
                                    • Cocktails for Two
                                    • Mood Indigo
                                    • Stormy Weather
                                    • I'm Satisfied
                                    .
                                    "Duke Ellington and His Orchestra Thrill Four Thousand," Tuskegee Campus Digest, 1935-04-20 p.1).DEMS
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                                    1935 04 09
                                    Tuesday
                                    .Montgomery, Ala.Teachers College.Stratemann p.129 citing DESB..
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                                    1935 04 10
                                    Wednesday
                                    ...activities not documented...
                                    ...
                                    1935 04 11
                                    Thursday
                                    1935 04 14Youngstown, OhioPalace TheaterFour day theatre engagementAds, Youngstown Vindicator, 1935-05-11 to 1935-05-16.DEMS
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                                    1935 04 12
                                    Friday
                                    .Youngstown, OhioPalace Theatersee 1935 04 11...
                                    ..2014-05-12
                                    1935 04 13
                                    Saturday
                                    .Youngstown, OhioPalace Theatersee 1935 04 11...
                                    ..2014-05-12
                                    1935 04 14
                                    Sunday
                                    .Youngstown, OhioPalace Theater(Unconfirmed)


                                    see 1935 04 11
                                    Note conflict with Charlotte below.
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                                    1935 04 14
                                    Sunday
                                    midnight
                                    1935 04 15
                                    Monday
                                    4 a.m.
                                    Charlotte, N.C.Armory Auditorium.Midnight danceStratemann p.129 citing DESB...
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                                    1935 04 15
                                    Monday
                                    .Bluefield, W.V.National Guard Armory"Duke Ellington COMING
                                    Duke Ellington and his orchestra have been booked for an appearance in Bluefield on April 15 at a dance given by the Spade club,according to information received here last night by Lawson Brooks, an officer."(1)
                                    Ellington's Orchestra
                                    Duke Ellington and his Cotton Club orchestra, who will play for the Spade club dance at National Guard armory Monday night, April 15, will arrive on The Pocahontas that morning direct from Castle Farm, Cincinnati, where they closed an engagement."(2)
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                                    1935 04 16
                                    Tuesday
                                    10 PM - 2 AM
                                    1935 04 17Charleston, W.V.ArmoryDance for whites only, sponsored by the Dice Club
                                    "Guests of honor are to be students who are at home for their spring vacation.
                                    Tickets $2/couple, Stag at gate only, $1.50
                                    The governor and his wife were among the patrons named on p.11 of the 1935-03-31 edition.

                                    The Daily Mail reported the Dice Club, interested in creating an organization of "persons interested in the better type of dance music," planned to study the public's attitude toward Ellington's orchestra before going further with the idea.

                                    Editorial comment: Announcements were published day after day until at least Apr.14, each more elaborate, which suggests the level of advance ticket sales concerned the organizers.
                                    • Stratemann p.130 citing DESB
                                    • Charleston Gazette, Charleston, W.V.
                                      • 1935-04-16 p.4
                                      • 1935-03-24
                                    • Charleston Daily Mail, Charleston, W.V. 1935-04-07, p.5
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                                    1935 04 17
                                    Wednesday
                                    .Charleston, W.V.ArmoryDance - see 1935 04 16
                                  • Stratemann p.130 citing DESB
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                                    1935 04 18
                                    Thursday
                                    .Cincinnati, OhioPalace Theater
                                    16 E.Sixth St.
                                    .Stratemann p.130..
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                                    1935 04 19
                                    Good Friday
                                    .Fairmont, W.Va.Armory.Stratemann p.130..
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                                    1935 04 20
                                    Saturday
                                    .Pittsburgh, Penn.Motor Square GardenDanceVail I with no references.
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                                    1935 04 21
                                    Easter Sunday
                                    .Harrisburg, Penn.Casino Ballroom
                                    15 N.Market St.
                                    Breakfast dance starting at midnight.Stratemann p.130 citing Baltimore Afro-American 1935-04-20 p.15..
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                                    1935 04 22
                                    Easter Monday
                                    .Chester, Penn.Chester Armory

                                    "COLORED ELKS HOST TO THRONG AT BALL
                                    Duke Ellington entertained 1500 dancers last night in the Chester Armory, as the Easter dance of the John A. Watts Lodge, I.B.P.O.E.W. drew crowds from all parts of the city and county.

                                    The famous Negro band leader brought his fifteen piece ensemble to this city for the biggest colored ball ever held there, with the Negro Elks acting as hosts.

                                    Ellington, of Cotton Club fame, motored here from Pittsburgh for the entertainment. The streets within two blocks of the armory were packed with traffic and the hall itself was filled to overflowing with dancers..."

                                    Chester Times, Chester, Penn.
                                    • 1935-04-19 p.17
                                    • Report, 1935-04-23, p.2
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                                    1935 04 23
                                    Tuesday
                                    ...activities not documented...
                                    ...
                                    1935 04 24
                                    Wednesday
                                    .Philadelphia, Penn.The PlantationOne-night club engagement"Famous Jazz Leaders are Headline Attractions at City's Night Clubs this Week," Philadelphia Inquirer 1935-04-24 p.6..
                                    .K.Steiner Dec 2012.
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                                    1935 04 25
                                    Thursday
                                    ...activities not documented...
                                    ...
                                    1935 04 26
                                    Friday
                                    1935 04 28
                                    Sunday
                                    New York, N.Y.Academy Theatre....
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                                    1935 04 27
                                    Saturday
                                    .New York, N.Y.Academy Theatresee 1935 04 26...
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                                    1935 04 28
                                    Sunday
                                    .New York, N.Y.Academy Theatresee 1935 04 26...
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                                    1935 04 29
                                    Monday
                                    Ellington's birthday
                                    ...activities not documented...
                                    ...
                                    1935 04 30
                                    Tuesday
                                    ...American Record Corporation recording session
                                    09:00 - 15:00
                                    Duke Ellington and His Orchestra
                                    Whetsel, Williams, Stewart, Brown, Nanton, Tizol, Bigard, Hodges, Hardwick, Carney, Ellington, Guy, Taylor, Greer, Anderson

                                    Titles recorded:
                                    • In a Sentimental Mood
                                    • Showboat Shuffle
                                    • Merry-Go-Round
                                    • Admiration Stomp
                                    Email, S.Lasker-Palmquist 2015-06-24 re session timesNew Desor
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                                    DEMS
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                                    May 1935

                                    1935 05 01
                                    Wednesday
                                    ...activities not documented...
                                    ...
                                    1935 05 02
                                    Thursday
                                    .Columbus, OhioMemorial Hall....
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                                    1935 05 03
                                    Friday
                                    1935 05 09Louisville, Ky.Rialto TheaterVariety house review:

                                    'First show had to await arrival of Duke...capacity house, largely made up of [Kentucky] Derby visitors.
                                      ...Rialto appearance is for a white audience.
                                      Interesting to note the change in the past year or so toward colored entertainers in this town. Has always been considered tough spot for sepia bands, but of late those aggregations with plenty on the ball have been accorded appreciation here.
                                      Band opens behind scrim, soloists working in mikes. Then Four Flash Devils on in tap routine, delivering first sock of the afternoon. These four boys work hard and sell it for [pl?]enty. Localites have always been suckers for colored tapsters...
                                      Ivie Anderson is then on for a brace of pops, and encore, using mike. Assisted in encore by novelty drummer, with lyrics decidedly blue. House ate it up and yelled for more. Ellington Four was billed but did not appear. Earl (Snake-Hips) Tucker, after a mild start, tied 'em in a knot.
                                      The Duke directs from the piano, introducing turns without affectation. Features trumpet and trombone specialties, who sell well with trick tooting. Band mixes sweet and hot jazz classics. Sock close is Ellington's new composition, 'Solitude,' which preceded him through air plugs.
                                      Pit ork is on immediately after Ellington for a short fill-in before feature. Picture is 'Princess O'Hara'...'

                                    Variety House Reviews, Variety 1935-05-08 p21..
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                                    1935 05 04
                                    Saturday
                                    1935 05 09Louisville, Ky.Rialto TheaterVaudeville - see 1935 05 03...
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                                    1935 05 05
                                    Sunday
                                    1935 05 09Louisville, Ky.Rialto TheaterVaudeville - see 1935 05 03...
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                                    1935 05 06
                                    Monday
                                    1935 05 09Louisville, Ky.Rialto TheaterVaudeville - see 1935 05 03...
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                                    Tuesday
                                    1935 05 09Louisville, Ky.Rialto TheaterVaudeville - see 1935 05 03...
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                                    Wednesday
                                    1935 05 09Louisville, Ky.Rialto TheaterVaudeville - see 1935 05 03...
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                                    Thursday
                                    1935 05 09Louisville, Ky.Rialto TheaterVaudeville - see 1935 05 03...
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                                    1935 05 10
                                    Friday
                                    ...activities not documented...
                                    ...
                                    1935 05 11
                                    Saturday
                                    1935 05 14
                                    Tuesday
                                    Youngstown, OhioPalace Theater...DEMS
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                                    1935 05 12
                                    Sunday
                                    .Youngstown, OhioPalace Theatersee 1935 05 11...
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                                    1935 05 13
                                    Monday
                                    .Youngstown, OhioPalace Theatersee 1935 05 11...
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                                    1935 05 14
                                    Tuesday
                                    .Youngstown, OhioPalace Theatersee 1935 05 11...
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                                    1935 05 15
                                    Wednesday
                                    .Cleveland, OhioCity Auditorium Ballroom
                                    or Main Hall
                                    Public Auditorium
                                    East 6th and Lakeside
                                    Evening Dance, admission $1, sponsored by "Cleveland society matrons and the American Legion."
                                    The Gazette

                                    'Mrs. Charles Garvin and Mrs. Lawrence Payne are bringing Duke Ellington and his band to Cleveland.'


                                    Cleveland mayor Harry Davis, commander of the Legion, and Councilman Lawrence Payne presented Ellington with the keys to the city.
                                    • Social and Personal, The Gazette, Cleveland, Ohio 1935-05-11
                                    • Ad "Cleveland Press," 1935-05-15 (courtesy of Joe Showler)
                                    • Cleveland Plain Dealer, Cleveland, Ohio 1935-05-15 p.17
                                    • Pittsburgh Courier 1935-05-25,p3
                                    • The Baltimore Afro-American, 1935-06-15, p.9
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                                    1935 05 16
                                    Thursday
                                    ...activities not documented...
                                    ...
                                    1935 05 17
                                    Friday
                                    1935 05 23
                                    Thursday
                                    Detroit, Mich.Eastwood Park"Irving Mills spent last week in Detroit, where the Ellington band played seven days at Eastwood Park"
                                    The Pittsburgh Courier ran an undated photo of Duke just after he finished crowning Miss Sepia Detroit 1935, Odell Walker, in the Eastwood Park Ballroom.
                                    • Pittsburgh Courier, 1935-06-01 p.7 s.2
                                    • Baltimore Afro-American, 1935-06-15,p.24
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                                    1935 05 18
                                    Saturday
                                    .Detroit, Mich.Eastwood Parksee 1935 05 17...
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                                    1935 05 19
                                    Sunday
                                    .Detroit, Mich.Eastwood Parksee 1935 05 17...
                                    ..2011
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                                    1935 05 20
                                    Monday
                                    .Detroit, Mich.Eastwood Parksee 1935 05 17...
                                    ..2011
                                    updated 2012-09-02
                                    1935 05 21
                                    Tuesday
                                    .Detroit, Mich.Eastwood Parksee 1935 05 17...
                                    ..2011
                                    updated 2012-09-02
                                    1935 05 22
                                    Wednesday
                                    .Detroit, Mich.Eastwood Parksee 1935 05 17...
                                    ..2011
                                    updated 2012-09-02
                                    1935 05 23
                                    Thursday
                                    .Detroit, Mich.Eastwood Parksee 1935 05 17...
                                    ..2011
                                    updated 2012-09-02
                                    1935 05 24
                                    Friday
                                    ...activities not documented...
                                    ...
                                    1935 05 25
                                    Saturday
                                    .Detroit, Mich.Koch Sanitarium
                                    (private hospital)
                                    Peripheral event
                                    Daisy Ellington, Duke's mother, passed away. Ill for a year, she spent her last 8 weeks in a private hospital in Detroit, with husband James and daughter Ruth in constant attendance. Duke and Mercer were present when she died. "For an entire week, the Duke has been torn between love and duty. With loyalty to his band, he played at night, but his undying devotion to his mother carried him each morning with a box of fresh flowers to his mother's sick room, where he remained all day comforting her. He refused to receive guests or to participate in any social activities. Future engagements for his band are temporarily postponed."

                                    His mother's death devastated Ellington. He read the entire Bible three times; and he wrote Reminiscing in Tempo around this time too.
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                                    1935 05 25
                                    Saturday
                                    .Mansfield, Ohio Coliseum Gardens(Unconfirmed)

                                    Due to the death of his mother, Duke would not have been present but the band may have performed without him. It is not certain, since the Afro-American reported future engagements for his band are temporarily postponed.
                                    ..
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                                    2012-01-12
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                                    1935 05 26
                                    Sunday
                                    .Vermillion, OhioElberta Beach(Unconfirmed)

                                    Due to the death of his mother, Duke was likely not present but the band may have performed without him -see 1935 05 25
                                    Ads, Sandusky Star Journal 1935-05-17 and 1935-05-21.DEMS
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                                    1935 05 26
                                    Sunday
                                    .Detroit to WashingtonTravelJames, Duke, Ruth, and Mercer Ellington and Tommy LaVigne accompanied the late Daisy Ellington's remains from Detroit to Washington, D.C. The Reverend R.L.Bradby officiated at a short service for the family and friends....
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                                    1935 05 27
                                    Monday
                                    1935 05 30Washington, D.C.Whitelaw Hotel
                                    1839 13th St. N.W.
                                    An untitled Whitelaw Hotel accounting record dated May 30 shows amounts collected or earned for three rooms booked in the name of Duke Ellington from May 27 to May 29, suggesting the parties checked out May 30.
                                    The Whitelaw was the first luxury hotel in Washington for Afro Americans.

                                    Whitelaw Hotel accounting record reproduced in The Washingtonian 2017-02-12, courtesy K. Steiner, 2017-02-16...ksNew
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                                    1935 05 27
                                    Monday
                                    .Pittsburgh, Penn.Savoy Ballroom
                                    Pythian Temple
                                    The Pittsburgh Courier carried ads for Duke Ellington and His Famous Orchestra to appear at the Savoy Monday evening. The radio schedule in the May 27 Uniontown N.Y. Evening Standard shows Duke Ellington's Orchestra broadcasting from the Savoy Ballroom on WWSW at 8:15 pm. Similarly, the Indiana Gazette of the same date has Duke Ellington's Orchestra on WWSW at 7:15 pm and again after the 9:15 newscast.

                                    These sources were all published before the event.

                                    Stratemann and Vail report Ellington did not accompany the band but Johnny Hodges' brother-in-law, Don Kirkpatrick, subbed for Duke. Stratemann's source appears to be page 68 of Bigard's autobiography, With Louis and the Duke, and Vail's source is likely Stratemann.

                                    The Chicago Defender reported, however,

                                    'Due to the death of Duke Ellington's mother, it made it impossible to keep engagements at the Savoy Ballroom last Monday, May 27. Money was refunded and all Pittsburgh is in sympathy with the king of jazz. Ellington will return at a later date.'

                                    • Stratemann p.130 citing Pittsburgh Courier, 1935-05-25 p.12
                                    • Pittsburgh Courier,
                                      • 1935-05-25 p.11 s.2
                                      • 1935-05-25
                                    • Vail I
                                    • Evening Standard, Uniontown, N.Y. 1935-05-27
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                                    1935 05 28
                                    Tuesday
                                    ...activities not documented...
                                    ...
                                    1935 05 29
                                    Wednesday
                                    ...Mrs. Ellington's funeral

                                    "The body lay in state at Jarvis Funeral Home for two days, where thousands of persons viewed it...

                                    An hour before the funeral services began the street was filled with spectators eager to get a glimpse of the popular celebrity's mother's form and the $1,500 inner-seal, all-metallic casket, with inlaid iron. There were fifty cars in the funeral possession...

                                    Mrs. Ellington was a member of the Masonic order and the Young Women's Protective League.

                                    Phillip Murray sang at the ceremonies.

                                    Interment was in the Harmony Cemetery...

                                    The deceased is survived by ... James Ellington...Edward Kennedy (Duke) Ellington and Ruth Ellington; a grandson, Mercer Ellington; two brothers John and James Kennedy...; three sisters, Miss Ellen Kennedy, Mrs. Florence Hargroves, and Mrs. Marie Letcher."

                                    The Afro-American said the Washington funeral was Wednesday, but the Pittsburgh Courier says it was Tuesday. Further research is needed.
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                                    Wednesday
                                    .Olyphant, Penn.Fernbrook Park(Unconfirmed)

                                    If the band performed, Duke was absent due to his mother's funeral. Don Kirkpatrick would again have subbed for him on piano.
                                    The event was advertised as

                                    FERNBROOK
                                    Wyoming Valley's Favorite Playground
                                    Catering to the Old Fashioned Basket Picnic
                                    TONIGHT
                                    DUKE ELLINGTON
                                    And His Famous Cotton Club Orchestra
                                    Dancing 9-1 (DST) — Admissino $1.00 Plus Tax

                                    The rest of the ad was for an upcoming event.
                                  • Wilkes-Barre Evening News, Wilkes-Barre, Penn., 1935-05-29, courtesy K.Steiner
                                  • Times-Leader, Wilkes-Barre, Penn., 1935-05-27, p.21
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                                    1935 05 30
                                    Thursday
                                    .Hazleton, Penn.LakesideMemorial Day dance

                                    Again, Duke may not have been present.
                                    "Duke Ellington at Lakeside May30," Hazleton Standard, 29May35, in DESB..
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                                    1935 05 30
                                    Thursday
                                    ...activities not documented...
                                    ...
                                    1935 05 31
                                    Friday
                                    ...PERSONNEL CHANGE
                                    On May 22, Ellington sent a telegram to bassist Hayes Alvis saying YOU JOIN BAND PHILADELPHIA. FRIDAY 31. DUKE.

                                    Alvis was a Chicagoan who had played with Jelly Roll Morton and in Mills Blue Rhythm Band, had an office in California, and had passed an aviator's test according to a 1937 biographical sketch.

                                    Webmaster's note:
                                    Cambridge Companion says Wellman Braud was replaced in 1935 by Billy Taylor and Hayes Alvis. It's fair to say Alvis replaced Braud in 1935, but not to say Taylor and Alvis replaced him. Ellington hired Taylor in December 1934 - see 1934 12 27 - and used two basses when he went into the Howard. This may just be a matter of semantics, since it's true Ellington began using two basses then, but he did that in 1934, not 1935.
                                    • Stratemann p.130, citing Baltimore Afro-American, 1935-06-15 p.9
                                    • Vail I (with partial copy of telegram)
                                    • The Duke Ellington Reader, p.453, citing Metronome 1937-04
                                    • Cambridge Companion, p. xv
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                                    Friday
                                    .Philadelphia, Penn..Stratemann shows the band here, but provides no other information...
                                    Stratemann p.130, citing Baltimore Afro-American, 1935-06-15 p.9
                                    New York Adviser, 1935-06-06
                                    Metronome, 1935-07-35,p.20
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                                    1935 06 01
                                    Saturday
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                                    ...
                                    1935 06 02
                                    Sunday
                                    .Troy, N.Y.Paradise Floating Palace"Biggest attraction in the history of Paradise Floating Palace..."Ads
                                    • Times Record, Troy, N.Y. 1935-05-18 p7
                                    • Schenectady Gazette 1935-06-01 p.9
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                                    Sunday
                                    .Columbus, OhioMemorial HallStratemann and Vail I incorrectly have the band playing here, probably from misreading of an article in the DESB for the 1935-05-02 engagement....
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                                    1935 06 03
                                    Monday
                                    .Waltham, Mass.Nuttings-On-The-Charles
                                    (a.k.a Nuttings Dance Hall)
                                    Prospect St. at the Charles River
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                                    Tuesday
                                    ...activities not documented...
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                                    1935 06 05
                                    Wednesday evening
                                    9 PM
                                    .Olean, N.Y.State Armory
                                    Times Square
                                    Dancing, 9 p.m. to 2 a.m., $1.00/person "Duke Ellington and his band of 15 artists...Ivie Anderson, the California Blackbird, will appear... as soloist."
                                    The announcement in the 1935-05-21 edition says fourteen men.
                                    Olean Times Herald, Olean, N.Y.:
                                    • 1935-05-08
                                    • 1935-05-21 p.9
                                    • 1935-05-24
                                    • 1935-05-29 p.6
                                    • 1935-05-31 p.8
                                    • 1935-06-05, p.8
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                                    Thursday
                                    ...activities not documented...
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                                    1935 06 07
                                    Friday
                                    1935 06 13Toronto, Ont.Shea's Theatre

                                    RING DEM BELLS! HE'S HERE TOMORROW!
                                    THE IDOL OF TWO CONTINETS
                                    DUKE ELLINGTON
                                    AND HIS FAMOUS ORCHESTRA
                                    IVIE ANDERSON
                                    CALIFORNIA SONGBIRD
                                    SNAKE HIPS TUCKER
                                    The World's Greatest
                                    Master of Rhythm Presenting His New All-colored Revue
                                    'HARLEM SPEAKS'

                                    Harlem Speaks Revue
                                    • Stratemann p.130 citing Variety 1935-05-22 p.48
                                    • Vail I with copies of
                                      • a Variety ad dated 1935-05-22
                                      • an ad from an unidentified newspaper, apparently published 1935-06-06
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                                    Saturday
                                    .Toronto, Ont.Shea's TheatreHarlem Speaks revue - see 1935 06 07...
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                                    Saturday
                                    ... Peripheral event
                                    False report:

                                    "FAMOUS COLORED ORCHESTRA IS IN BAD AUTO ACCIDENT

                                    "While passing through this section Saturday afternoon, en route to San Antonio and Corpus Christi to fill engagements, the famous colored orchestra known as Duke Ellington's Orchestra happened to a bad accident while on the highway between Borden and this city. A tire blew out and one of the cars used by the orchestra was wrecked rather badly. One of the musicians was rather badly cut by flying glass and had to be brought to town for medical attention. A local physician sewed him up, but the delay of the party forced a cancellation of their Saturday night engagement."

                                    This appears to be a case of mistaken identity, for the band was not in Texas that month.
                                    The Weimar Mercury, Weimar, Tex., 1935-06-14, p.8..
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                                    Sunday
                                    .Toronto, Ont.Shea's TheatreHarlem Speaks revue - see 1935 06 07...
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                                    Monday
                                    .Toronto, Ont.Shea's TheatreHarlem Speaks revue - see 1935 06 07...
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                                    Tuesday
                                    .Toronto, Ont.Shea's TheatreHarlem Speaks revue - see 1935 06 07...
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                                    Wednesday
                                    .Toronto, Ont.Shea's TheatreHarlem Speaks revue - see 1935 06 07...
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                                    Thursday
                                    .Toronto, Ont.Shea's TheatreHarlem Speaks revue - see 1935 06 07...
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                                    Friday
                                    9:30 pm to 2 am
                                    .Battle Creek, Mich.Recreation UnionDanceStratemann p.130..
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                                    Saturday
                                    .Grand Rapids, Mich.Civic Auditorium....
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                                    Sunday
                                    .Gary, Ind.Miramar BallroomDance"Duke Ellington played to Packed House Sunday," Gary American 1935-06-21 p.2.DEMS
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                                    1935 06 17
                                    Monday
                                    .Sun Prairie, Wisc.Sun Prairie BallroomDance
                                    Admission to
                                    • park 25 ˘
                                    • dance - gents 75˘
                                    • ladies 50˘

                                    As an aside, Sun Prairie High School's band has placed in the top 15 bands in the Essentially Ellington band competition seven times from 1998 to 2013, placing 3rd in 1998, 2004 and 2008.
                                    ad, p10, Wisconsin State Journal 1935-05-29.DEMS
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                                    1935 06 18
                                    Tuesday
                                    .Hartford, Wisc.Schwartz Ballroom
                                    150 Jefferson Ave.
                                    Played to a full house.Stratemann p.130 citing DESB...
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                                    1935 06 00...PERSONNEL CHANGE
                                    In mid to late June, Arthur Whetsel, trumpet, was away sick and Charlie Allen subbed for him.

                                    Similarly, Sonny Greer was off sick, and Fred Avendorph came in to cover drums.
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                                    1935 06 19
                                    Wednesday
                                    .Oshkosh, Wisc.Eagles BallroomDance booked for Eweco Park relocated due to rainOshkosh Northwestern, Oshkosh, Wisc. .DEMS
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                                    1935 06 20
                                    Thursday
                                    .Waukegan, Ill.Rink Ballroom.Ads, Racine Journal Times:
                                    1. 1935-06-19
                                    2. 1935-06-20
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                                    1935 06 21
                                    Friday
                                    .Green Bay, Wisc.Bay Beach BallroomConcert and dance

                                    "Duke Ellington and His Entire and Original Dance Band and Company Of Superlative Colored Entertainers."

                                    Admission $1.00
                                    Green Bay Press-Gazette:
                                    • June 19:
                                      'Dance fans, lovers of good dance music, and radio listeners all over this part of Wisconsin seem to be of one opinion–that the outstanding dance attraction ever to play this locality is Duke Ellington and his orchestra, that comes to Bay Beach Park ballroom Friday night of this week. Not just because Duke Ellington is generally conceded "the tops" among the famed colored orchestra [sic], nor even because he has evolved a rhythm, a style and an interpretation which is distinctively his own... but because the great "Harlem heat wave" has never before toured his band in this part of the country, and therefore has never been seen or heard in person by local dancers, unless they were a long way from home.
                                        The Allouez Mineral Springs corporation, lessees of the amusement park concessions, wired for a date on Ellington many weeks ago–or as soon as they had heard from the east that, his highness the Duke, was thinking of a rapid coast-to-coast personal appearance tour of his entire and original band and solo performers. The cost of a one night stand was almost prohibitive...
                                        The Bay Beach management has received scores of orders for tickets by mail, some from distances of 60 miles, with checks enclosed. There however has been no advance sale and these orders have been returned to the senders. This indicates however the widespread interest which the personal appearance of Duke Ellington and his entire versatile musical company has aroused. Dancing will begin at 8:30 and tickets are obtainable only at the ballroom ticket office. It is reasonable to predict that dance attendance records at the beach will be shattered by the engagement.'
                                    • June 22:
                                      'Duke Ellington and his orchestra played before a packed house at Bay Beach last night, and presented a new note in harmony that left many of his listeners wondering, but many more of them pleased.
                                        Starting with the Harlem style that is characteristic of colored orchestras, the man who is considered the outstanding maestro of his race for his particular type of music seemed about to be a disappointment to the crowd that paid a dollar a head to hear him.

                                        Couldn't See Orchestra
                                        About the pieces played there was a sameness that threatened to become the monotony, and the loud music in a comparatively small pavilion took on a harsh sound. Apparently he was only doing what was expected, however, for after about an hour of this, he settled down to a repertoire that would have been well suited to the modern concert stage in the Whiteman manner.
                                        Nevertheless for dancing, comments of the crowd indicated that the rhythm was too hard to follow with its variations in harmony, changes in tempo, and contrasts between the divisions of instruments. Sonny Greer, the much publicized, and justly, drimmer [sic] sets the beat at the head of the platform. Ellington is at his place at the piano where he is an accepted master. And the rest of the crew follows.
                                        A large crowd around the orchestra stand, packed four and five deep, made it impossible for many to see the orchestra at all, except for a head here and there as it appeared through the gaping mob. Those that did get to see the players, and watched the Duke run ebony fingers over an ivory keyboard, probably derived the greatest amount of pleasure from the offering. Most of them asked for autographs, and received them with a smile during the intermissions between dances.

                                        Trend Is Improving
                                        To talk to, this world famous character is soft spoken, affable, and as outstanding at personality as he is a musician. The popular Ivie Anderson, vocalist, willingly takes up the conversation on any subject, but especially music and crowds, wherever the director leaves off as he answers the continued requests for autographs.

                                        Interruptions made an interview in the regular sense of the word impossible, so great was this man's attraction for the crowd, but between smiles and apologies, the Duke says...And when it was all over, he cleared for Freeport, Ill., in his special railroad car that waited on the Milwaukee road tracks...

                                        Name Was Attraction
                                        Outstanding in his offerings last night were "Mood Indigo," "Solitude," Jerome Kern's "You're Beautiful To Look At" and Hoagy Carmichael's "Star Dust." Outstanding among his performers were Drummer-Songster Greer, Miss Anderson, Trumpeter Rex Stewart and himself. In all, it proved what a great name can do in drawing crowd even though the majority of that crowd finds it almost impossible to dance after it gets there.'
                                    Webmaster's note:
                                    A publicity photo shows Duke and Paul Whiteman "photographed recently as they discussed their own (and widely different) interpretations of a dance tune." This same photo was used in the publicity for the Pleasant Lake appearance four years earlier (August 1931)
                                    Green Bay Press-Gazette, Green Bay, Wisc., courtesy K. Steiner:
                                    • 1935-06-19 (ad with photo, photo, and lengthy announcement)
                                    • 1935-06-22 (review)
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                                    Saturday
                                    .Freeport, Ill.The Palms....
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                                    Sunday
                                    .Dubuque, Iowa Melody MillOne-nighter
                                    Stratemann and Vail I incorrectly place the band in Gary, Ind., evidently due to a reference in the Chicago Defender 1935-06-29 ("The band played a dance date in Gary, Ind., Sunday night"). The band was in Gary the previous Sunday, see 1935 06 16.
                                    ad, Cedar Rapids Gazette, 1923-06-23, p.6..
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                                    Monday
                                    .Minneapolis, Minn......
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                                    Tuesday
                                    .Des Moines, IowaKSO radio stationInterview missed

                                    Ellington was to be interviewed at 7;30 but missed because his train from Minneapolis was late. It had to be rerouted because there was a train wreck on its usual route from Minneapolis. Ellington and the band arrived too late for the interview.
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                                    Tuesday
                                    .Des Moines, IowaRiverside Park BallroomStratemann: In addition to his stage appearance....

                                    Arriving late, the orchestra played from 10 pm to 2 am for 4,000 listeners.
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                                    Wednesday
                                    .Arnolds Park, IowaRoof GardenThe Roof Garden, locally known as The Roof, was in the Arnolds Park amusement park overlooking West Okoboji Lake. In 1942, it was the largest ballroom in Iowa, approximately 160 x 110 feet.
                                    • "Duke Ellington at Roof Garden June 26," Lake Park News, 1935-06-20 p.3, courtesy Ken Steiner
                                    • Iowa Great Lakes Supplement to the Spirit Lake Beacon, Spirit Lake, Iowa, 1942-06-18 p.1
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                                    1935 06 27
                                    Thursday
                                    .Lincoln, Neb.Sylvan Ballroom,
                                    Capitol Beach.
                                    "...nearly 4,000 people at Capitol Beach, a few trying to dance, but most preferring only to listen to the heated rhythms."
                                    Stratemann p.130 and Vail I incorrectly show the city as Omaha.
                                    Lincoln Morning Journal, 1935-06-30, in DESB..
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                                    1935 06 28
                                    Friday
                                    .Omaha, Neb.Ne Royal Grove....
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                                    1935 06 29
                                    Saturday
                                    .St Joseph, Mo.Frog Hop Ballroom...DEMS
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                                    1935 06 30
                                    Sunday
                                    ...activities not documented...
                                    ...

                                    July 1935

                                    1935 07 00...PERSONNEL CHANGE
                                    Arthur Whetsel, trumpet, rejoins the band
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                                    1935 07 00... Peripheral event
                                    International Musician, July 1935: Under local 550, Cleveland, Ohio, travelling members include: Edward K. (Duke) Ellington, William Taylor, Charles Williams, Rex Stewart, H. H. Carney, F. L . Guy, L. O. Brown, J. C. Hodge, Joseph Nanton, William Greer, Juan Tizol, A. P. Whetsel, O. J. Hardwick, Albany Bigard, all 802. [Note the absence of Braud.] This likely relates to the band's engagement from 1935 03 22 to 1935 03 28.
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                                    Monday
                                    .Chillicothe, MOWindmoor Gardens."Duke Ellington is Known as Composer," Chillicothe Constitution Tribune, 1935-06-26 p.1..
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                                    1935 07 02
                                    Tuesday
                                    .Tulsa, Okla.Coliseum....
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                                    Wednesday
                                    .Henderson, Tex.Cooper Club.Stage-Screen-Music-Arts page, The Dallas Morning News, Dallas, Tex. 1935-05-21..
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                                    Thursday
                                    .Hope, Ark.Yerger High SchoolDance

                                    "1,500 to Hear Duke Ellington and Band.

                                    World-Famous Negro Musician at Yerger School Night of July 4

                                    Accommodations for 1,500 persons are being made to take care of the crowd when Duke Ellington and his negro orchestra comes to Hope the night of July 4 to play for a negro dance at the Yerger High School auditorium.

                                    A large section will be reserved for white persons who desire to witness the dance, floor show and to hear Duke Ellington and his band.

                                    Advance tickets are for sale for white persons at Ward's drugstore. Negroes may obtain advance tickets at Lewis grocery store.

                                    This nationally known orchestra comes to Hope after recent engagements at the Cotton Club in New York City. The Ellington band, at present, is touring the Southern states."

                                    Announcement, Hope Star, 1935-06-29..
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                                    Friday
                                    .Dallas, Tex.Automobile Building
                                    Fair Park
                                    ....
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                                    Saturday
                                    .Ft. Worth, Tex.Sylvan Club...DEMS
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                                    Sunday
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                                    Monday
                                    8:15 pm
                                    .Amarillo, Tex.City AuditoriumConcert, 8:15 to 10:00 p.m.
                                    The entire balcony reserved for colored people...
                                    "Miss Charlotte Ratliff is to accompany Miss Judith English of Plainview to Amarillo Monday to hear the Duke Ellington orchestra concert"
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                                    Monday
                                    10:30 pm
                                    .Amarillo, Tex.1. Nat Dance PalaceDance, 10:30 p.m. to 1:30 a.m.
                                    • Stage-Screen-Music-Arts page, The Dallas Morning News, Dallas, Tex. 1935-05-21
                                    • ad, Amarillo Globe, 1935-07-08 p10
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                                    .San Angelo, Tex.Municipal Auditorium (1)Concert at the Muni2017-02-19cipal Auditorium followed by a dance.
                                    (2)Ellington party, including 15 members of the orchestra and Ivie Anderson, torch singer will arrive from San Angelo at 3 p.m. over the Texas and Pacific Railway ... The cars were en route from Amarillo, where the band played to 2,200 concert patrons and 500 dance couples Monday night, to San Angelo for last night's engagement."
                                    • Stage-Screen-Music-Arts page, The Dallas Morning News, Dallas, Tex. 1935-05-21
                                    • Abilene Daily Reporter
                                    • 1. 1935-07-08, p.6
                                    • 2.Ellington to Play Tonight 1935-07-10, p.12
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                                    Wednesday
                                    8 pm
                                    .Abilene, Tex. Fair Park AuditoriumConcert

                                    (a)"Concert Fair Park Auditorium 8 P.M. MAIN FLOOR: Seats 55c and 85c,if bought before July 10th; on July 10 prices 85c and $1.10. No seats reserved but only as many higher-priced tickets as seats in that bracket will be sold.
                                    BALCONY(Reserved for Colored): Same prices as Main Floor. All prices include tax."


                                    (b)"The Wednesday engagements will be Ellington's first in Abilene and the second in this part of West Texas. He will appear at San Angelo Tuesday night for a concert and dance, the bookings in Abilene and San Angelo being arranged by Amarillo News-Globe, along with the Amarillo date Monday night. Three dates had to be arranged to bring the band to West Texas."


                                    (c)"... when Duke Ellington staged a bang-up show as well as dance. Slews of those sweet little things and their little men cavorting in and out of the Hilton. Had they not been wearing such sophisticated dresses we might have made a very grave social error ...so un-grown did they look and act.... Not meaning to say [they] had the dance all to themselves - there was quite a sprinkling of the older crowd - even a few ...Dowagers on the sidelines."


                                    (d) "Throughout the two hours of the concert at Fair Park auditorium and the four hours of dancing at the Hilton Hotel last evening, the Duke sat at a baby grand and played that piano."


                                    (e) Discounted advance ticket prices appear to have been fairly novel in Abilene, in that the 1935-08-05 paper gives a detailed description of how the box office opening will be delayed to ensure advance ticket holders will get seats before late-comers.
                                    (f) The racist publicity in the Abilene Daily Reporter on 1935-07-09 is appalling.
                                    (g) A story appearing in the 1935-09-01 edition of the Abilene Morning Reporter about the Little Jack Little orchestra says that Ellington's appearance was the first move to provide musical entertainment by name bands to West Texans at popular prices.

                                    (h) Last summer Mills' Artists was induced to send Duke Ellington into San Angelo and Abilene, along with Amarillo, on a 'test tour.'" The Duke wanted a substantial guarantee; he didn't get it. As a test he came in anyway - and left with $175 more than the guarantee he had asked. And he was here on the hottest day of the year!...

                                    (a),(b) Ad and publicity story, Abilene Daily Reporter, 1935-07-04

                                    (c) Abilene Morning Reporter 1935-07-14
                                    Partying, Gadding About
                                    by The Dowager

                                    (d)Abilene Daily Reporter, 1935-07-11
                                    Mary McKenzie: Famous Negro Band and 'Blues' Singer Make Hit at Concert and Dance
                                    (e)Abilene Daily Reporter 1935-07-08, p. 6
                                    (f)Abilene Daily Reporter 1935-07-09 edition, p.3
                                    (h) Abilene Morning Reporter-News, 1935-12-22, p.27
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                                    Wednesday
                                    10 pm
                                    .Abilene, Tex.Washed-Air Ballroom
                                    Hilton Hotel
                                    Dance (a),(b) Ad and publicity story, Abilene Daily Reporter, 1935-07-04

                                    (c) Abilene Morning Reporter 1935-07-14
                                    Partying, Gadding About
                                    by The Dowager

                                    (d)Abilene Daily Reporter, 1935-07-11
                                    Mary McKenzie: Famous Negro Band and 'Blues' Singer Make Hit at Concert and Dance
                                    (e)Abilene Daily Reporter 1935-07-08, p. 6
                                    (f)Abilene Daily Reporter 1935-07-09 edition, p.3
                                    (h) Abilene Morning Reporter-News, 1935-12-22, p.27
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                                    1935 07 11
                                    Thursday
                                    ...activities not documented...
                                    ...
                                    1935 07 12
                                    Friday
                                    10 pm to 2:30 am
                                    .Shreveport, La. Municipal AuditoriumDanceStratemann p.131, citing DESB..
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                                    1935 07 13
                                    Saturday
                                    10 pm - 2:30 am
                                    .Alexandria, La.Bolton High AuditoriumDance

                                    Tickets $3.00 plus tax per couple; spectator concert seats, $1.00 plus tax
                                    • Stratemann p.131, citing DESB
                                    • Ad, State-Times, Baton Rouge, La., 1935-07-10, p.18
                                    • Stage-Screen-Music-Arts page, The Dallas Morning News, Dallas, Tex. 1935-05-21
                                    ..
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                                    1935 07 14
                                    Sunday
                                    .Lake Charles, La.Shell Beach Club.Port Arthur News ...
                                    .KS, djpNew
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                                    1935 07 151935 07 17Ft. Worth, Tex.Sylvan Clubcancelled, burned down..DEMS
                                    Vail I.Added
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                                    1935 07 15
                                    Monday
                                    .Houston, Tex.City Auditorium"Being a Negro gives you license to do certain things that you just couldn't do otherwise."John Stokes Holley, "Brown Skin May be an Asset, Says Duke Ellington," Houston Informer, 1935-07-15 p.11..
                                    .K.Steiner Dec 2012.
                                    Added 2013-10-30
                                    1935 07 16
                                    Tuesday
                                    ...activities not documented...
                                    ...
                                    1935 07 16
                                    Tuesday
                                    1935 07 17
                                    Wednesday
                                    San Antonio, Tex.unknown venues"Duke Ellington will play here for dances July 16 and 17.(1)" (2) The Duke Ellington dance Wednesday [17] evening was the major attraction of many weeks.
                                    The second night was presumably for blacks.
                                    (1)Renwicke Cary, "Around the Plaza," San Antonio Light, 1935-06-24 S.B, p.1
                                    (2)"Jo's Jotting's," San Antonio Register, 1935-07-19
                                    ..
                                    .K.Steiner Dec 2012.
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                                    1935 07 17
                                    Wednesday
                                    .San Antonio, Tex.unknown venuesDance - see 1935 07 16...
                                    ...
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                                    1935 07 18
                                    Thursday
                                    .Houston, Tex.Aragon Ballroom....
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                                    1935 07 19
                                    Friday
                                    .New Orleans, La.Autocrat Club
                                    St. Bernard Ave.
                                    Arrival and reception

                                    Ellington, in a green suit with violet shirt and tie, and his entourage were greeted upon arrival at the train station by several thousand fans. They were rushed to their hotel to change before heading to the Autocrat Club. The reception hall was filled to overflowing capacity with fashionably dressed ladies and gentlemen who erupted into thunderous applause when the M.C., Dr. Joseph A. Hardin , presented Ellington. Locals put on a short program for the benefit of the Duke and members of his orchestra. ...Mrs. Beatrice Duncan sang "Solitude" ...accompanied by Ellington.... Ivie Anderson ...sang "Stormy Weather" snd was accompanied by Duke on the piano when she sang, "I'm a Little Blackbird Looking for Bluebirds." All members of the orchestra were introduced to the audience. Autograph seekers almost mobbed Mr. Ellington who ... signed as many ...as time allowed. His stay at the Autocrat Club ...lasted for ... two and a half hours...
                                    "Duke Ellington in the Big Easy - 1935" on the Creolegen website, citing
                                    • Amistad Research Center, Joseph A. Hardin Collection
                                    • The Louisiana Weekly 1935-07-20 p.2 and 1935-07-27 p.7
                                    ..
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                                    1935 07 19
                                    Friday
                                    .New Orleans, La.Municipal AuditoriumConcert for whites

                                    "Upon leaving the Autocrat..., headed to the Municipal Auditorium to perform for the white population of New Orleans. Here he was greeted by 1500 white fans..."

                                    Stratemann says reviews stated more than 5,000 blacks grouped around the building to try to hear the band.
                                    • Stratemann p.131 citing DESB
                                    • Vail I
                                    • "Duke Ellington in the Big Easy - 1935" on the Creolegen website
                                    ..
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                                    1935 07 19
                                    Friday
                                    1935 07 20
                                    Saturday
                                    New Orleans. La.Golden DragonNotwithstanding Stratemann and Vail I, Ellington did not play at the Golden Dragon in New Orleans. Ken Steiner suggests Stratemann's speculative entry probably came from misreading the Chicago Defender:

                                    "The Duke is scheduled to spend two days at the City Park, playing one night [19] for whites and one [20] for his own people. Louis Armstrong . is to play to anybody and everybody at the Golden Dragon on Sunday, July 21, and the following night at the same place."

                                    • Stratemann p.131 citing
                                      • "New Orleans Host to Two Great Orchestras," Chicago Defender national edition, 1935-07-13 p.7
                                      • The Billboard 1935-08-03 p.72
                                    • Vail I
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                                    1935 07 20
                                    Saturday
                                    .New Orleans, La.Perez home
                                    321 North Rocheblave St.
                                    Cocktail party hosted by Mr. & Mrs. Wilbur and Maggie Perez in their home.

                                    "Delicious food was served as many from the Creole community mingled with Mr. Ellington and requested his autograph on their dollar bills, handkerchiefs, and even pocketbooks. Mr. A. P. Bedou, ...snapped a photo of the entire group."

                                    "Duke Ellington in the Big Easy - 1935" on the Creolegen website..
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                                    1935 07 20
                                    Saturday
                                    10 pm
                                    .New Orleans, La.Fair GroundsDance for blacks

                                    "Winding up the day's activities at ten in the evening was a dance held at the Fairgrounds. It was here that more than 8,000 people of color arrived after purchasing tickets costing 75 cents plus tax. Purchases were made at LaBranche or Belfield's Drug Stores, The Autocrat Club or The Louisiana Weekly on South Rampart Street.

                                    No one was more elated than Albany "Barney" Bigard, a New Orleans Creole, who was a member of Ellington's Orchestra from 1927-1942. Barney had a chance to show his home town just what he really could do. To the delight of the dancers who had crowded around the bandstand to listen, he led with the saxophone and sometimes the clarinet. A. G. Bigard, Barney's dad, had to be the proudest person there.

                                    The music and dancing continued over three hours. Before leaving the city, The Duke remarked, 'I have received a greater ovation here from an admiring public than anywhere I have been.' "

                                    • Stratemann p.131 citing DESB
                                    • Vail I
                                    • "Duke Ellington in the Big Easy - 1935" on the Creolegen website
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                                    1935 07 21
                                    Sunday
                                    ...activities not documented...
                                    ...
                                    1935 07 22
                                    Monday
                                    .Atlanta, Ga.City Auditorium....
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                                    1935 07 23
                                    Tuesday
                                    ...activities not documented...
                                    ...
                                    1935 07 24
                                    Wednesday
                                    .Louisville, Ky.Jefferson County Armory....
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                                    1935 07 25
                                    Thursday
                                    ...activities not documented...
                                    ...
                                    1935 07 26
                                    Friday
                                    .Indianapolis, Ind.Tomlinson Hall."Duke Ellington Kept His Word," Indianapolis Recorder, 1935-08-03, p.8..
                                    .K.Steiner Dec 2012.
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                                    1935 07 27
                                    Saturday
                                    1935 08 01
                                    Thursday
                                    Detroit, MichEastwood Parkad, Detroit Free Press, 1935-08-01, p.17..
                                    .K.Steiner Dec 2012.
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                                    1935 07 28
                                    Sunday
                                    .Detroit, MichEastwood Park-see 1935 07 27...
                                    ..Added 2013
                                    1935 07 29
                                    Monday
                                    .Detroit, MichEastwood Park-see 1935 07 27...
                                    ..Added 2013
                                    1935 07 29
                                    Monday
                                    .Detroit, MichSylvan LakeThe famous band leader, who opened a week's engagement at Eastwood Park Saturday, will take his orchestra to the Free Press Fresh Air Camp at Sylvan Lake Monday.""To Play at Camp," Detroit Free Press, 29Jul35, p12..
                                    .K.Steiner Dec 2012.
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                                    1935 07 30
                                    Tuesday
                                    .Detroit, MichEastwood Park-see 1935 07 27...
                                    ..Added 2013
                                    1935 07 31
                                    Wednesday
                                    .Detroit, MichEastwood Park-see 1935 07 27...
                                    ..Added 2013

                                    August 1935

                                    1935 08 00...PERSONNEL CHANGE
                                    Fred Avendorph, drums leaves the band
                                    New Desor vol.2..
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                                    1935 08 00... Peripheral event
                                    Publicist Ned Williams left Mills Artists ths month and Ellington's publicity suffered.
                                    John Edward Hasse: Beyond Category, The Life and Genius of Duke Ellington, p.194..
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                                    1935 08 01
                                    Thursday
                                    .Detroit, MichEastwood Park-see 1935 07 27...
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                                    Thursday
                                    ...activities not documented...
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                                    1935 08 02
                                    Friday
                                    ...activities not documented...
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                                    1935 08 03
                                    Saturday
                                    ...activities not documented...
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                                    1935 08 04
                                    Sunday
                                    ...activities not documented...
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                                    1935 08 05
                                    Monday
                                    ...activities not documented...
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                                    1935 08 06
                                    Tuesday
                                    ...activities not documented...
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                                    1935 08 07
                                    Wednesday
                                    ...activities not documented...
                                    ...
                                    1935 08 08
                                    Thursday
                                    ...activities not documented...
                                    ...
                                    1935 08 09
                                    Friday
                                    .Dallas, Penn.Irem Country Club
                                    1340 Country Club Rd.
                                    .Stratemann p.131 citing DESB..
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                                    1935 08 10
                                    Saturday
                                    ...activities not documented...
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                                    1935 08 11
                                    Sunday
                                    ...activities not documented...
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                                    1935 08 12
                                    Monday
                                    .Mallets Bay, VermontBayside Pavilion.Stratemann p.131 citing DESB..
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                                    1935 08 13
                                    Tuesday
                                    .Boston, Mass.Starlight Club.Stratemann p.131 citing DESB..
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                                    1935 08 14
                                    Wednesday
                                    .Plymouth, Mass.Memorial Hall8th annual Police Ball:
                                    Concert 8 to 9 pm, followed by a dance until 1 am.
                                    Stratemann p.131 citing DESB..
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                                    1935 08 15
                                    Thursday
                                    .Framingham, Mass.Bal a L'air

                                    Bal a L'air
                                    Boston-Worcester Turnpike
                                    Jct Routes 9 and 20
                                    Thursday Night, Aug. 15th
                                    DUKE ELLINGTON
                                    (In Person)
                                    and His Famous Band
                                    With IVIE JOHNSON
                                    You've Never Heard Anything Like
                                    it Torrid Tunes Intoxicating
                                    Rhythms Indigo Blues
                                    Harlem's Aristrocat of Jazz

                                    Fitchburg Sentinel, 1935-08-15,p.1..
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                                    1935 08 16
                                    Friday
                                    . Old Orchard Beach, MainePier CasinoIt seems likely this summer dance one-nighter was at the Pier Casino - see 1926 08 12....
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                                    1935 08 17
                                    Saturday
                                    .Narragansett Pier, R.I.Casino...DEMS
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                                    1935 08 18
                                    Sunday
                                    ...activities not documented...
                                    ...
                                    1935 08 19
                                    Monday
                                    10 a.m.-7:30 p.m.
                                    .New York, N.Y.American Record Corporation studio, 1776 BroadwayAmerican Record Corporation recording session
                                    Duke Ellington and His Orchestra
                                    Whetsel, C.Williams, Stewart, Brown(?), Nanton, Tizol, Bigard, Hodges, Hardwick, Webster, Carney, Ellington, Guy, Taylor, Greer, I. Anderson
                                    Titles recorded:
                                    • Cotton
                                    • Truckin'
                                    • Accent On Youth
                                    Ben Webster had been subbing for the vacationing Barney Bigard, and sat in on this session. Harry Carney recalled this was the first time the Ellington saxes numbered five, and that Webster's solo on Truckin' "became a classic."

                                    Lasker reports Lawrence Brown was absent from this and the next session, but other discographies (New Desor, Timner V, MacHare, Girvan and Wax Works) list him as present.
                                    New Desor
                                    DE3404
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                                    1935 08 20
                                    Tuesday
                                    .Pittsburgh, Penn.Sky Club"Miss Dorothy Goaring of South Mt. Vernon avenue was the guest of Pittsburgh friends this week and attended the Sky Club, where entertainment was furnished by Duke Ellington and his band."The Morning Herald, Uniontown, Pa. 1935-08-24, p.7..
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                                    1935 08 21
                                    Wednesday
                                    10 pm - 2 am
                                    .In or near
                                    Kane, Penn.

                                    Bel VedreDancing, 10 pm to 2 am, admission $1.25 per person, tax included
                                    The Dubois Morning Courier:

                                    'Misses Sarah and Gertrude Valley Julius Delaney of this city attended the dance at Bel-Ve-Dere [sic] Wednesday evening featuring Duke Ellington and his band.
                                      ...Miss Frances Hayes of Luthersburg was among those attending the dance at Bel-De-Dere [sic] last evening featuring Duke Ellington and his band.'

                                  • The Kane Republican, Kane, Penn. 1935-08-16,p.5
                                  • The Dubois Morning Courier, Dubois, Penn.
                                    • 1935-08-23 p.5
                                    • 1950-08-23 p.5
                                  • ..
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                                    1935 08 22
                                    Thursday
                                    ...activities not documented...
                                    ...
                                    1935 08 23
                                    Friday
                                    1935 08 29
                                    Thursday
                                    Indianapolis, Ind.Lyric Theatre5 stage shows a day with the tap dance team Three Dukes and with Snakehips Tucker. Lawrence Brown was absent, but both Arthur Whetsel and Sonny Greer were present.
                                    • Stratemann p.131 citing
                                      • The Billboard 1931-08-31
                                      • DESB
                                      • Personnel listing, International Musician, 1935-09-00
                                    • Vail I
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                                    1935 08 24
                                    Saturday
                                    .Indianapolis, Ind.Lyric Theatre 5 stage shows - see 1935 08 23...
                                    ..2011
                                    1935 08 25
                                    Sunday
                                    .Indianapolis, Ind.Lyric Theatre 5 stage shows - see 1935 08 23...
                                    ..2011
                                    1935 08 26
                                    Monday
                                    .New York, N.Y.. Peripheral event
                                    Freddie Jenkins recording session (no Duke involvement)
                                    ..DEMS
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                                    1935 08 26
                                    Monday
                                    .Indianapolis, Ind.Lyric Theatre 5 stage shows - see 1935 08 23...
                                    ..2011
                                    1935 08 27
                                    Tuesday
                                    .Indianapolis, Ind.Lyric Theatre 5 stage shows - see 1935 08 23...
                                    ..2011
                                    1935 08 28
                                    Wednesday
                                    .Indianapolis, Ind.Lyric Theatre 5 stage shows - see 1935 08 23...
                                    ..2011
                                    1935 08 29
                                    Thursday
                                    .Indianapolis, Ind.Lyric Theatre 5 stage shows - see 1935 08 23...
                                    ..2011
                                    1935 08 30
                                    Friday
                                    1935 08 31Muncie, Ind. Rivoli TheatreVaudeville show

                                    '[S]pecial midnight show Saturday at 11:30 p.m. '

                                    Email, K.Steiner-Palmquist 2015-02-28 citing "Duke Ellington's Band," Alexandria Times-Tribune 1935-08-29..
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                                    1935 08 31
                                    Saturday
                                    .Muncie, Ind. Rivoli TheatreVaudeville - see 1935 08 30...
                                    ..2015-02-28

                                    September 1935

                                    1935 09 00... Peripheral event
                                    International Musician, September 1935:
                                    • Under local 3, Indianapolis, Ind., travelling members include: Charles Williams, Fred L. Gray, William A. Taylor, Juan Tizol,…..Duke Ellington, William Greer, Otto J. Hardwick, John C. Hodge, Arthur P. Wetsel, Rex Stewart, Albany Bigard, Fred L. Gray [repeated], Harry H. Carney, Jr., Joseph Nanton, Hayes Alvis, all 802. [Thus Brown's name was omitted. Charlie Allen and Fred Avendorph also went unmentioned.] This likely relates to the band's engagement from 1935 08 23 to 1935 08 29.
                                    • Under local 23, San Antonio, Texas, travelling members include: E. K. (Duke) Ellington, William Greer, Otto Hardwick, J. C. Hodge, A. P. Whetsel, Rex Stewart, Albany Bigard, Charles Williams, Fred L. Guy, H. H. Carney Jr., William A. Taylor, Joseph Nanton, Juan Tizal, L. O. Brown, H. J. Alvis, all 802. This likely relates to the band's engagement from 1935 07 16 and 07 15. Note that Allen and Avendorph aren't mentioned.
                                    Emails, S. Lasker-Palmquist 2014-08-28, 2015-05-19 & 2015-06-16..
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                                    1935 09 01
                                    Sunday
                                    .Pittsburgh, Penn.Savoy Ballroom
                                    Pythian Temple
                                    Labour Day morning dance, to start one minute after midnight Sunday night, and continue until dawn. An argument can be made that this should be dated Sept. 2, but since the band would have had to be setting up before midnight, the date used here is Sept.1.Vail I....
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                                    1935 09 02
                                    Monday
                                    .Atlantic City, N.J.Convention HallYMCA benefitStratemann p.131...
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                                    1935 09 03
                                    Tuesday
                                    ...activities not documented...
                                    ...
                                    1935 09 04
                                    Wednesday
                                    ...activities not documented...
                                    ...
                                    1935 09 05
                                    Thursday
                                    ...activities not documented...
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                                    1935 09 06
                                    Friday
                                    ...activities not documented...
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                                    1935 09 07
                                    Saturday
                                    ...activities not documented...
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                                    1935 09 08
                                    Sunday
                                    ...activities not documented...
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                                    1935 09 09
                                    Monday
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                                    1935 09 10
                                    Tuesday
                                    ...activities not documented...
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                                    1935 09 11
                                    Wednesday
                                    ...activities not documented...
                                    ...
                                    1935 09 12
                                    Thursday
                                    12:30 p.m. start
                                    .New York, N.Y..American Record Corporation recording session
                                    Duke Ellington and His Orchestra
                                    Whetsel, Williams, Stewart, Brown, Nanton, Tizol, Bigard, Hodges, Hardwick, Carney, Ellington, Guy, Taylor, Alvis, Greer

                                    Title recorded:
                                    Reminiscing in Tempo

                                    The sides are labelled Part 1, Part 2, Part 3 and Part 4. Lasker (DEMS 01/2-4) reports parts 1 & 2 were on Brunswick 7546 and parts 3 and 4 were on Brunswick 7547. Aasland shows other record labels followed the same pattern, and some of the labels can be found in The Dooji Collection.
                                    Some view RIT as a major development in jazz, but it caused a great deal of controversy in the media of the day, and has been the subject of analyis by musicologists and critics well into the 21st century. The composition's origin, reception, structure and performance are discussed in many books, some of which are mentioned here.
                                    • In November 1935, the Brooklyn Eagle and Down Beat ran critic/promoter John Hammond's controverial criticism of Ellington and his music:

                                      '...he felt it necessary to go out and prove that he could write really important music, far removed from the simplicity and charm of his earlier tunes. "Daybreak Express," and "Rude Interlude," were the first signs of this, but even they could not prepare us for the pretension of his new 12-minute work, "Reminiscing," which Brunswick has just seen fit to release... The saddest part of the tale is that the composer considers it his most important contribution...

                                      The reasons for the complete sterility of this new opus are so numerous that it is difficult to know exactly where to begin. The most logical place would be with the Duke himself, since his life during the last eight years is almost the ideal example of what the modern composer, Negro or white should avoid at all cost...'

                                    • In April 1936, British critic Enzo Archetti took the view that part 4 could have been released alone and parts 1 to 3 were unnecessary. He felt that parts 1 to 3 provided insight to Ellington's thought process as he composed, experimenting with musical ideas, some of which would be retained, some rejected, before arriving at the finished work, which he considered to be part 4.
                                    • In his 1947 Ellington biography, Barry Ulanov discussed the critical reception of R.I.T. in the U.K. and the reaction of U.S. college students to Ellington's music.
                                    • A. J. Bishop, in 1964:

                                      '...Not only was the piece the most ambitious jazz composition, in terms of length, attempted up till that time, but it contained ... some unconventional ideas.

                                      ...The work falls into four obvious parts, corresponding to the four ten inch sides... However , I am sure that its division doesn't adequately fit the work. ...After much listening, I have come to the conclustion that it is more accurate to divide the music into THREE sections...'

                                    • Ellington (1973):

                                      '...after I lost my beautiful mother, I found the mental isolation to reflect on the past. It was all caught up in the rhythm of the train dashing through the South, and it gave me something to say that I could never have found words for. I reflected, and I wrote music, and it came out as Reminiscing in Tempo. ... four record sides ... meant that Irving Mills had twice as much trouble with the record companies who threatened to throw me out of the catalogue ... Hearing it constituted my total reward, and in it was a detailed account of my aloneness after losing my mother...'

                                    • Lambert says this is one complete composition recorded on four 78 rpm sides, for a total of 12 1/2 minutes. This contrasts with Howland, whose study of the score describes parts 1 to 3 as one through-composed division, with part 4 being another division. He observes the band parts for part 4 were written on different score paper. He suggests the division between parts was dictated by recording technology, with part 4 written to fill out the fourth side.
                                    • Some critics complain Reminiscing in Tempo is not played well in this recording. I recall reading somewhere that since they didn't understand the advanced harmonis they played out of tune. In contrast, Lambert considers it to be a fine band performance although he comments the dynamic range is limited because record companies would record jazz and popular artists loudly to keep the ratio of surface noise to music as low as possible.
                                    • Schuller discusses the historical context:

                                      '...Suddenly Ellington found himself pressured to declare himself a "swing" musician... his response was ... contained in Reminiscing in Tempo ... in its form and musical content, which bursts the pre-set molds established for jazz once and for all. Gone was the ... three-minute time limitation imposed by pragmatic commercial considerations and prejudice; gone were the 32- or 12-bar jazz forms imposed by similar concerns as to the limitations of mass public taste; gone were the obligatory 8-bar phrases, ... whatever failings Reminiscing in Tempo may have in the view of its critics, these must be seen against a background of the gigantic forward strides that the composition, performance and recording of this work represented, not only in jazz but in the history of black music in America.

                                      Actually, Reminiscing is one of the most successful of Ellington's extended works...'

                                    • Hasse:

                                      '...wrote...to reflect on his beloved mother's death...The piece was a breathrough for him - at thirteen minutes, his longest composition to date and one that integrated the various themes into a whole. ... stands as perhaps Ellington's most complex work prior to the 1940s. ... assymetrical phrase lengths (here, seven-, ten- and fourteen-measure phrases) and again leaves little space for improvisation, preferring instead to offer composed solos...

                                      Only a few recognized the integration of the solos...the subtleties of the piece as a tone-poem, and what it revealed about Ellington as a composer.'

                                    • Teachout writes briefly about the structure, takes issue with Ellington's description of its context and discusses the reasons for John Hammond's attitude toward Duke and his music.
                                      Literary sources:
                                    • John Hammond, The Tragedy of Duke Ellington, the 'Black Prince of Jazz', Brooklyn Eagle 1935-11-03 and Down Beat, 1935-11-00, reprinted in Mark S. Tucker, The Duke Ellington Reader, Oxford University Press 1993, pp.118-120
                                    • Enzo Archetti: In Defense of Ellington and His 'Reminiscing in Tempo, American Music Lover 1, 1936-04-00, reproduced in Tucker, ibid., pp.121-125'
                                    • Ulanov (ibid.), pp.164-166 & 172-173
                                    • A. J. Bishop, 'Reminiscing in Tempo': A Landmark in Jazz Composition, Jazz Journal 17/2, 1964-02-00, reprinted in The Duke Ellington Reader, pp.355-358
                                    • Duke Ellington, MIMM, p.86
                                    • E. Lambert:
                                      Duke Ellington, A Listener's Guide
                                      , p.60
                                    • Gunther Schuller, The Swing Era, the Development of Jazz, 1930-1945, Oxford University Press, 1989, pp. 74-83
                                    • John Edward Hasse: Beyond Category, The Life and Genius of Duke Ellington, Da Capo Press, 1993, pp. 192-193
                                    • John Howland, Ellington Uptown, Duke Ellington, James P. Johnson and the Birth of Concert Jazz, The University of Michigan Press, 2009, pp.171-176
                                    • Terry Teachout, Duke, A Life of Duke Ellington, Gotham, 2013, pp.154-160
                                    New Desor
                                    DE3505
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                                    1935 09 13
                                    Friday
                                    ...activities not documented...
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                                    1935 09 14
                                    Saturday
                                    ...activities not documented...
                                    ...
                                    1935 09 15
                                    Sunday
                                    ...activities not documented...
                                    ...
                                    1935 09 16
                                    Monday
                                    ...activities not documented...
                                    ...
                                    1935 09 17
                                    Tuesday
                                    ...activities not documented...
                                    ...
                                    1935 09 18
                                    Wednesday
                                    ...activities not documented...
                                    ...
                                    1935 09 19
                                    Thursday
                                    ...activities not documented...
                                    ...
                                    1935 09 20
                                    Friday
                                    ...activities not documented...
                                    ...
                                    1935 09 21
                                    Saturday
                                    .Jacksonville, Fl.Pythian TempleThe famous orchestra will play for a dance engagement at the Pythian Temple Saturday night, 9 'til 12"Duke Ellington Booked for Jacksonville Dance," Atlanta Daily World, 1935-09-18 p.3..
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                                    1935 09 22
                                    Sunday
                                    ...activities not documented...
                                    ...
                                    1935 09 23
                                    Monday
                                    .Savannah, Ga.Civic Auditorium....
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                                    Tuesday
                                    ...activities not documented...
                                    ...
                                    1935 09 25
                                    Wednesday
                                    ...activities not documented...
                                    ...
                                    1935 09 26
                                    Thursday
                                    .Augusta, Ga.Cherokee Casino....
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                                    1935 09 27
                                    Friday
                                    .Mullins, S.C.."Tobacco Ball"...
                                    ..Added
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                                    1935 09 28
                                    Saturday
                                    .Richmond, Va.Hippodrome Theatre....
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                                    1935 09 29
                                    Sunday
                                    ...activities not documented...
                                    ...
                                    1935 09 30
                                    Monday
                                    .Augusta, Ga. Cherokee CasinoReturn to the same venue following the appearance of 1935 09 26ad, Augusta Chronicle, 29Sep35, p10 ..
                                    .K.Steiner Dec 2012.
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                                    October 1935

                                    1935 10 01
                                    Tuesday
                                    ...activities not documented...
                                    ...
                                    1935 10 02
                                    Wednesday
                                    ...activities not documented...
                                    ...
                                    1935 10 03
                                    Thursday
                                    ...activities not documented...
                                    ...
                                    1935 10 04
                                    Friday
                                    1935 10 10
                                    Thursday
                                    New York, N.Y.Apollo Theater
                                    253 W. 125th St., Borough of Manhattan, Harlem district
                                    Stage show. Billed as Duke Ellington and His Famous Orchestra, the show included
                                    • Meeres and Meeres
                                    • 3 Dukes
                                    • Eddie Green
                                    • Ivy Anderson
                                    • Stratemann p.131 citing Amsterdam News 1935-10-03, p.55
                                    • Vail I
                                    .
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                                    newspaper
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                                    1935 10 05
                                    Saturday
                                    .New York, N.Y.Apollo Theater
                                    253 W. 125th St.
                                    Harlem
                                    Stage show - see 1935 10 04...
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                                    1935 10 06
                                    Sunday
                                    .New York, N.Y.Apollo Theater
                                    253 W. 125th St.
                                    Harlem
                                    Stage show - see 1935 10 04...
                                    ..2011
                                    1935 10 07
                                    Monday
                                    .New York, N.Y.Apollo Theater
                                    253 W. 125th St.
                                    Harlem
                                    Stage show - see 1935 10 04...
                                    ..2011
                                    1935 10 08
                                    Tuesday
                                    .New York, N.Y.Apollo Theater
                                    253 W. 125th St.
                                    Harlem
                                    Stage show - see 1935 10 04...
                                    ..2011
                                    1935 10 09
                                    Wednesday
                                    .New York, N.Y.Apollo Theater
                                    253 W. 125th St.
                                    Harlem
                                    Stage show - see 1935 10 04...
                                    ..2011
                                    1935 10 10
                                    Thursday
                                    .New York, N.Y.Apollo Theater
                                    253 W. 125th St.
                                    Harlem
                                    Stage show - see 1935 10 04...
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                                    1935 10 11
                                    Friday
                                    1935 10 17
                                    Thursday
                                    Philadelphia, Penn.Fay's TheatreStage show. The show included
                                    • Wade and Wade
                                    • Avon Long
                                    • Josie Oliver
                                    • Stratemann p.131
                                    • Vail I
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                                    1935 10 12
                                    Saturday
                                    .Philadelphia, Penn.Fay's TheatreStage show - see 1935 10 11
                                    The Plaindealer reported:

                                    "JAIL WHITE GANGSTERS FOR SHAKEDOWN RACKET ON DUKE

                                    "FAMOUS BAND LEADER ESCAPES EXTORTION PLOT WHEN PHILADELPHIA COPS NAB LEADER OF GANG, AN EX-CONVICT

                                    "PHILADELPHIA, PA. - Trapped by Detectives Willard Butler and Cecil Joyner, of the Fifth Detective Division, backstage at the Fays Theatre, Fortieth and Market Streets, Saturday night, a group of white men, led by a former convict, were arrested as they attempted to "shakedown" Duke Ellington.

                                    "Max Bell, 26, 3600 block Haverford Ave., alleged leader of the gang, was arrested with Daniel Molease, alias Del Mar, of New York City, when they accosted the musician as he was traversing a small archway in the rear of the theatre and were asking the Duke for $10.

                                    Moe Golman, 22, of New York City, and Henry Salvan, 22, who says he lives in Philadelphia, were posted outside near a side entrance as lookouts. They were also arrested by the detectives.

                                    "It was revealed by the police that Bell had been arrested seven times before and was wanted by detectives of the First Division on a breaking and entering charge.

                                    "$1,500 Bail Each

                                    "When arraigned at a magistrate's hearing, all of the men were held in $1,500 bail each for a further hearing. Bell was also held without bail for court on the breaking and entering charge.

                                    "Police say the gang frequents places where they can easily gain access to prominent people and when they have their prey alone toll a hard luck story and ask for $10 or more. It is said that if the money is refused them, their parting words to the intended victims are, "All right, you'll wish you had."

                                    "The detectives, after seeing the play at the theatre, were backstage paying the Duke a personal visit when the incident happened. Upon hearing bits of the conversation between Ellington and the men they acted in time to catch the men before they escaped."

                                    The Plaindealer, Kansas City, 1935-10-25, p. 1..
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                                    1935 10 13
                                    Sunday
                                    .Philadelphia, Penn.Fay's TheatreStage show - see 1935 10 11...
                                    ..2011
                                    1935 10 14
                                    Monday
                                    .Philadelphia, Penn.Fay's TheatreStage show - see 1935 10 11...
                                    ..2011
                                    1935 10 15
                                    Tuesday
                                    .Philadelphia, Penn.Fay's TheatreStage show - see 1935 10 11...
                                    ..2011
                                    1935 10 16
                                    Wednesday
                                    .Philadelphia, Penn.Fay's TheatreStage show - see 1935 10 11...
                                    ..2011
                                    .Philadelphia, Penn.Fay's TheatreStage show - see 1935 10 11...
                                    ..2011
                                    1935 10 17
                                    Thursday
                                    .Philadelphia, Penn.Fay's TheatreStage show - see 1935 10 11...
                                    ..2011
                                    1935 10 18
                                    Friday
                                    1935 10 24
                                    Thursday
                                    Washington, D.C.Howard Theatre
                                    620 T St.
                                    Vaudeville show

                                    IN PERSON
                                    "Harlem's Aristocrat of Jazz"
                                    Duke Ellington
                                    AND HIS
                                    Famous ORCHESTRA
                                    IVIE ANDERSON
                                    WADE and WADE BESSIE DUDLEY
                                    SWANN and LEE
                                    64 - CAST OF - 64

                                    ON SCREEN
                                    "WE'RE IN THE MONEY"
                                    FEATURING
                                    JOAN BLONDELL GLENDA FARRELL

                                    Radio Audition Nite
                                    FRIDAY, 9 P.M.
                                    (illegible)
                                    CASH PRIZES

                                    MIDNIGHT
                                    SHOW
                                    SATURDAY
                                    Reserved Seats

                                    • Stratemann p.131 citing Amsterdam News 1935-10-03 p.55
                                    • Vail I with copy of unattributed ad
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                                    1935 10 19
                                    Saturday
                                    .Washington, D.C.Howard Theatre
                                    620 T St.
                                    Stage show - see 1935 10 18....
                                    ..2011
                                    1935 10 20
                                    Sunday
                                    .Washington, D.C.Howard Theatre
                                    620 T St.
                                    Stage show - see 1935 10 18....
                                    ..2011
                                    1935 10 21
                                    Monday
                                    .Washington, D.C.Howard Theatre
                                    620 T St.
                                    Stage show - see 1935 10 18....
                                    ..2011
                                    1935 10 22
                                    Tuesday
                                    .Washington, D.C.Howard Theatre
                                    620 T St.
                                    Stage show - see 1935 10 18....
                                    ..2011
                                    1935 10 23
                                    Wednesday
                                    .Washington, D.C.Howard Theatre
                                    620 T St.
                                    Stage show - see 1935 10 18....
                                    ..2011
                                    1935 10 24
                                    Thursday
                                    .Washington, D.C.Howard Theatre
                                    620 T St.
                                    Stage show - see 1935 10 18....
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                                    1935 10 25
                                    Friday
                                    1935 10 31
                                    Thursday
                                    Halloween
                                    New York, N.Y.Loew's State Theatre
                                    Broadway & 48th St.

                                    The NATION'S leading
                                    VAUDEVILLE THEATRE
                                    LOEWS
                                    STATE
                                    on the stage
                                    DUKE ELLINGTON
                                    and
                                    ORCH.
                                    with
                                    IVIE ANDERSON
                                    "JIG-SAW" JACKSON
                                    3 DUKES
                                    ----------
                                    MEDLEY & DUPREE
                                    "Anything can happen - and it does"
                                    ----------
                                    JANE & KATHARINE
                                    LEE
                                    The Darlings of Stage and Screen
                                    ----------
                                    3 ST. JOHN BROTHERS
                                    ----------
                                    RUBY ZWERLING
                                    and Lowe's State Senators


                                    Variety:

                                    Duke Ellington's part in the stage proceedings this week uses up 20 minutes on its first run, with an extra stanza of 10 minutes allotted for encores. Management might as well have given the band another half-hour, the way the house went for it. Still the same classy outfit, Harlemania rhythm dressed up in trick lighting effects and set off by the Duke's expert keyboard manipulation and smart showmanship. He's surrounded with practically the same group of entertainers as when spotted last, and they continue to click
                                    ...
                                    Ellington's act has the men in white jackets, scarlet trousers and shoes. Leader contrasts in grey and white. Colored [sic] lights play on the various numbers, with the leader picked out for a red shaft by himself. Ivy Anderson, Three Dukes, Jigsaw Jackson among the specialists. As an encore, Ellington's 'St. Louis Blues' is presented, with typical foreign variations, etc., socking the familar strains. Flash closes in darkness, much the same way it opens, which ties it up neatly. Sixty minutes in toto for the vaude array..."

                                    • Stratemann p.131 citing Variety 1935-10-30 p.55
                                    • Variety, 1935-10-30 p.18
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                                    1935 10 26
                                    Saturday
                                    .New York, N.Y.Loew's State TheatreStage show - see 1935 10 25...
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                                    1935 10 27
                                    Sunday
                                    .New York, N.Y.Loew's State TheatreStage show - see 1935 10 25...
                                    ..2011
                                    1935 10 28
                                    Monday
                                    .New York, N.Y.Loew's State TheatreStage show - see 1935 10 25...
                                    ..2011
                                    1935 10 29
                                    Tuesday
                                    .New York, N.Y.Loew's State TheatreStage show - see 1935 10 25...
                                    ..2011
                                    1935 10 30
                                    Wednesday
                                    .New York, N.Y.Loew's State TheatreStage show - see 1935 10 25...
                                    ..2011
                                    1935 10 31
                                    Thursday
                                    Halloween
                                    .New York, N.Y.Loew's State TheatreStage show - see 1935 10 25...
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                                    November 1935

                                    1935 11 00... Peripheral event
                                    International Musician, November 1935:
                                    Under local 259, Parkersburg, W. VA., travelling members include: Duke Ellington, Rex Stewart, Charles Williams, Arthur Whetsel, Otto Hardwick, Harry Carney, John Hodge, Berny Bigard, Joe Nanton, Jaun Tizol, Lawrence Brown, Fred Guy, Haze Alvis, Bill Taylor, Sunny Greer, all 802.
                                    Emails, S. Lasker-Palmquist 2014-08-28, 2015-05-19 & 2015-06-16..
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                                    1935 11 01
                                    Friday
                                    .New Haven, Conn.Moose Hall...
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                                    1935 11 02
                                    Saturday
                                    ...activities not documented...
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                                    1935 11 02
                                    Saturday
                                    ... Peripheral event
                                    Both Brunswick Reminiscing in Tempo records were put on the market.
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                                    1935 11 03
                                    Sunday
                                    ... Peripheral event
                                    John Hammond's article "The Tragedy of Duke Ellington" appears.
                                    Brooklyn Daily Eagle 1935-11-03 p.11.DEMS
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                                    1935 11 03
                                    Sunday
                                    ...activities not documented
                                    ...
                                    ...
                                    1935 11 04
                                    Monday
                                    .Pittsburgh, Penn.Savoy Ballroom
                                    Pythian Temple
                                    The Pittsburgh Courier ad merely announces the band would be playing here on Nov. 4, and gives prices. Appears to be a dance without vaudeville.

                                    Two remote broadcasts on WWSW were scheduled, at 10 and 11 pm.
                                    • Stratemann p.131 citing Pittsburgh Courier 1935-10-26 p.6 s.2 (the page has an ad and a publicity shot)
                                    • Radio log, Uniontown, Pa., News Standard, 1935-11-04, p.7
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                                    1935 11 05
                                    Tuesday
                                    ...activities not documented
                                    ...
                                    ...
                                    1935 11 05
                                    Tuesday
                                    ...Broadcast, 2:45 - 2.55 pm local time in Texas, KGNC radio.Radio log, The Amarillo Globe, Amarillo, Tex., 1935-11-05, p.2..
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                                    1935 11 06
                                    Wednesday
                                    ...activities not documented
                                    ...
                                    ...
                                    1935 11 07
                                    Thursday
                                    ...activities not documented
                                    ...
                                    ...
                                    1935 11 08
                                    Friday
                                    1935 11 12Baltimore, Md.Regent TheatreFalse date - Ellington's film short "Symphony in Black" was playing on the screen with the feature film "Big Broadcast of 1936." Ellington was playing the Hippodrome theatre during this time.
                                    • K. Götting, The Duke Where and When, citing A.Perez-Gasco Dec.2009
                                    • E-mail, A.Perez-Gasco 2014-05-22
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                                    1935 11 08
                                    Friday
                                    ...Broadcast, 5:45 pm local time in Ogden, over KLO radio - this would be 7:45 pm in New York, but there is no Ellington broadcast in the New York Times radio log for this date.Radio log, Ogden Standard-Examiner, Ogden, Utah, 1935-11-08, p.24..
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                                    1935 11 08
                                    Friday
                                    1935 11 14Baltimore, Md.Hippodrome TheatreTheatre engagement, likely a vaudeville showDESB - ads, Baltimore Sun, 1935-11-08 to 1935-11-14.DEMS
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                                    1935 11 09
                                    Saturday
                                    .Baltimore, Md.Hippodrome TheatreVaudeville show - see 1935 11 08...
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                                    1935 11 09... Peripheral event

                                    "...It is reported that so far this year the Duke and his men have played 125 one-night stands and that railroad faires up to March exceed $11,000. Of course, Duke and his boys travel in comfort, and they are perhaps as comfortable in Pullman berths as in their own beds."

                                    New York Age 1935-11-09, p.4.
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                                    1935 11 10
                                    Sunday
                                    .Baltimore, Md.Hippodrome TheatreVaudeville show - see 1935 11 08...
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                                    1935 11 11
                                    Monday
                                    .Baltimore, Md.Hippodrome TheatreVaudeville show - see 1935 11 08...
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                                    1935 11 12
                                    Tuesday
                                    .Baltimore, Md.Hippodrome TheatreVaudeville show - see 1935 11 08...
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                                    1935 11 13
                                    Wednesday
                                    .Baltimore, Md.Hippodrome TheatreVaudeville show - see 1935 11 08...
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                                    1935 11 14
                                    Thursday
                                    .Baltimore, Md.Hippodrome TheatreVaudeville show - see 1935 11 08...
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                                    1935 11 15
                                    Friday
                                    .Rochester, N.Y.Convention HallPresumably a dance. Date corrected per Steiner's research.Rochester News 1935-11-15 per DESB.DEMS
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                                    1935 11 15
                                    Friday
                                    ...Broadcast, 5:45 pm local time in Ogden, KLO radio.Radio log, Ogden Standard-Examiner, Ogden, Utah, 1935-11-15, p.24..
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                                    1935 11 16
                                    Saturday
                                    ...activities not documented
                                    ...
                                    ...
                                    1935 11 17
                                    Sunday
                                    ...activities not documented
                                    ...
                                    ...
                                    1935 11 18
                                    Monday
                                    .Baltimore, Md.New Albert Theater(Unconfirmed)...
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                                    1935 11 19
                                    Tuesday
                                    ...activities not documented
                                    ...
                                    ...
                                    1935 11 20
                                    Wednesday
                                    ...activities not documented
                                    ...
                                    ...
                                    1935 11 21
                                    Thursday
                                    ...activities not documented
                                    ...
                                    ...
                                    1935 11 22
                                    Friday
                                    .Johnson City, N.Y.George F.PavilionDance
                                    • Stratemann, p.132 citing DESB
                                    • The Bighamton Press, Binghamton, N.Y. p.30
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                                    1935 11 23
                                    Saturday
                                    ...activities not documented
                                    ...
                                    ...
                                    1935 11 24
                                    Sunday
                                    ...activities not documented
                                    ...
                                    ...
                                    1935 11 25
                                    Monday
                                    ...activities not documented
                                    ...
                                    ...
                                    1935 11 26
                                    Tuesday
                                    ...activities not documented
                                    ...
                                    ...
                                    1935 11 27
                                    Wednesday
                                    .Worcester, Mass.Municipal AuditoriumThanksgiving eve ball...
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                                    1935 11 28
                                    Thursday
                                    .Boston, Mass.Knights of Pythias BallroomThanksgiving dance until 2 a.m.Stratemann p.132 citing Baltimore Afro-American, 1935-11-23 p.14..
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                                    1935 11 29
                                    Friday
                                    .Boston, Mass.Roseland State BallroomOne night only, grand opening of the "New" Roseland State ballroomad, Boston Post, 1935-11-29 p.17.DEMS
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                                    1935 11 30
                                    Saturday
                                    .Boston, Mass.Roseland Ballroom....
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                                    1935 11 30
                                    Saturday
                                    1936 11 30
                                    Saturday
                                    -.American Record Corporation and Duke Ellington Inc. contract to record 12 selections for American Record Corporation between 1935 12 01 and 1936 11 30Page 20 of the booklet for Mosaic's CD box set "The Complete 1932-1942 Brunswick, Columbia and Master Recordings of Duke Ellington and His Famous Orchestra..DEMS
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                                    December 1935

                                    1935 12 01
                                    Sunday
                                    ...activities not documented...
                                    ...
                                    1935 12 02
                                    Monday
                                    ...activities not documented...
                                    ...
                                    1935 12 03
                                    Tuesday
                                    ...activities not documented...
                                    ...
                                    1935 12 03
                                    Tuesday
                                    ... Peripheral event
                                    Irving Mills closed a new agreement with American Record Corporation "which expands considerably his operations as an impresario and producer for the recording combine which includes such labels as Brunswick, Columbia and Vocalion. Mills will be able to develop his stylistic specializations through the artists which he controls. Bands which Mills has available for such allocation are Duke Ellington, Cab Calloway, Ina Ray Hutton, Mills Blue Rhythm band, Benny Meroff, Hudson-deLang, Red Norvo, Red Allen and Wingy Mannone, while the vocalists include Monette Moore and Chuck Richards."
                                    Variety 1935-12-04 p38..
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                                    1935 12 04
                                    Wednesday
                                    ...activities not documented...
                                    ...
                                    1935 12 05
                                    Thursday
                                    ...activities not documented...
                                    ...
                                    1935 12 06
                                    Friday
                                    Wednesday
                                    .New York, N.Y..Peripheral Event
                                    Steven Lasker:

                                    'Because Johnny Hodges recorded with Mildred Bailey at Decca in New York City on this date, it's likely that the other members of the band were also in that city for part of that day before leaving for their evening gig in Amherst, Mass. '

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                                    1935 12 06
                                    Friday
                                    Wednesday
                                    .Amherst, Mass.Pratt Gymnasium
                                    Amherst College
                                    Annual fall prom. "Music from 9 to 3.""Ellington Band to Play Tonight," Springfield Daily Republican, 6Dec35, p9..
                                    . K.Steiner Dec 2012.
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                                    1935 12 07
                                    Saturday
                                    .Pittsburgh, Penn......
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                                    1935 12 08
                                    Sunday
                                    ...activities not documented...
                                    ...
                                    1935 12 09
                                    Monday
                                    ...activities not documented...
                                    ...
                                    1935 12 10
                                    Tuesday
                                    ...activities not documented...
                                    ...
                                    1935 12 11
                                    Wednesday
                                    .Shamokin, Penn.Edgewood Park....
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                                    1935 12 12
                                    Thursday
                                    ...activities not documented...
                                    ...
                                    1935 12 12
                                    Friday
                                    1935 12 19
                                    Thursday
                                    Washington, D.C.Loew's Fox TheatreVaudeville.
                                    The film was Whipsaw, starring Myrna Loy and Spencer Tracy. Ellington's show included Jig Saw Jackson and The Four Step Brothers.

                                    The Evening Star's review:

                                    '

                                    Duke Ellington Captures
                                    Emotional Fox Audience

                                    —–––—––––––––––––
                                    His Rabid Ragtime Crew Heads Show in
                                    Which "Whipsaw" Film Is Touch-
                                    ing Feature.

                                    BY ROBERT B. PHILLIPS, JR.

                                    Early yesterday afternoon, the cash customers at Loew's Fox began to get worried. Very few, if any, of them had brought along a picnic supper and it appeared that Duke Ellington's stage show was going to run on far into the night. The reason for that was every act the Duke introduced to his audience immediately stopped the show. This is a fine state of affairs in vaudeville or anywhere else, but it does add up to a long day. The adminring citizens turned over in their minds the question, "How long can this keep up" "How long can this keep up?"

                                    As a matter of fact, it went on rather indefinitely, but there were no complaints. The Four Step Brothers, Jigsaw Jackson, Ivie Anderson, the Duke and his rabid ragtime boys took bow after bow. So far as we were concerned, they could still be bending politely at the waist, provided each and every bend signified the imminence of anohter dance, song, orchestration or contortion&–and no matter how long it might last, to heck with the port chops. The Duke has his own brand of nourishment to deal off the arm.

                                    You may gather that this ode to the Fox stage show is intneded to hin, in an offhand fashion, that the melodies and antics at a certain theater this week are–what shall we say? Sublime is too fancy. Nifty is to [sic] mild. Swell is too trite. Choose your own adjectives, but also choose a seat at least half the way back from the stage. The Ellington cacophony gets to be prodigiously noisy at times...'

                                    • Stratemann
                                      p.132, citing Variety 1935-12-18 p.50
                                    • The Evening Star, Washington, D.C., 1935-12-14 p.B-12
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                                    1935 12 13
                                    Friday
                                    1935 12 19Washington, D.C.Loew's Fox TheatreVaudeville, fronting the MG film Whipsaw. The stage show included Jigsaw Jackson and the Four Step Brothers.
                                    • Stratemann p.132 citing Variety 1935-12-18 p.50
                                    • Variety 1935-12-18 p.10
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                                    1935 12 14
                                    Saturday
                                    .Washington, D.C.Loew's Fox TheatreVaudeville - see 1935 12 13.
                                    The stage show Saturday was at 1:00, 3:40, 6:25 and 9:10. The film started at 11:00 a.m., 1:40, 4:25, 7:05 and 9:50 indicating the stage show was 40 to 45 minutes long.
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                                    1935 12 14
                                    Saturday
                                    .New York, N.Y.Rockland PalaceLate night benefit performance (doubtful)
                                    Stratemann calls this as "a brief guest shot on the side:

                                    '"10 P.M. 'Til Dawn Monster Breakfast Dance" in benefit of Harlem's needy, emceed by Willie Bryant and with the bands of Abe Lyman, Claude Hopkins, Teddy Hill and Fletcher Henderson. '

                                    An advertisement in the New York Age listed the above bands as well as Ellington's, and said Willie Bryant and his N.B.C. orchestra would play all night.

                                    Vail I, without citing sources:

                                    'After the Saturday night performance at the Fox Theatre Duke Ellington and his Orchestra rush to New York for a guest appearance at the Monster Breakfast Dance in aid of Harlem's Needy at the Rockland Palace in Harlem.'


                                    Webmaster comment:
                                    I don't believe Ellington played this benefit. It's too far from Washington, where Ellington was playing until shortly before 10 p.m. that evening, and would have been on again early Sunday afternoon. According to Mercer Ellington, it took between 10 and 12 hours to drive between Washington and New York. Travel by train is possible, if there was late night train service on Saturday night. Further research is warranted.

                                    The Dec. 14 edition of the New York Age, a weekly, carried a plug and an ad for the benefit which named Ellington's band as one of the guest performers, but the Age is a weekly and was likely distributed earlier in the week. The Dec. 13 edition of the New York Post also plugged the benefit, but did not show Ellington among the bands it said were expected to perform. It seems likely Ellington agreed to perform if he was in the city, and that the New York Age went to press before he opted out.
                                    • Stratemann p.132, no reference cited
                                    • New York Age 1935-12-14 p.4
                                    • New York Post 1935-12-13 p.25
                                    • M. Ellington, DEIP, p.52
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                                    1935 12 15
                                    Sunday
                                    .Washington, D.C.Loew's Fox TheatreVaudeville - see 1935 12 13...
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                                    1935 12 16
                                    Monday
                                    .Washington, D.C.Loew's Fox TheatreVaudeville - see 1935 12 13...
                                    ..2011
                                    1935 12 17
                                    Tuesday
                                    .Washington, D.C.Loew's Fox TheatreVaudeville - see 1935 12 13...
                                    ..2011
                                    1935 12 18
                                    Wednesday
                                    .Washington, D.C.Loew's Fox TheatreVaudeville - see 1935 12 13...
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                                    1935 12 19
                                    Thursday
                                    .Washington, D.C.Loew's Fox TheatreVaudeville - see 1935 12 13...
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                                    1935 12 20
                                    Friday
                                    ...activities not documented...
                                    ...
                                    1935 12 21
                                    Saturday
                                    .FlintI.M.A. Audit.....
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                                    1935 12 22
                                    Sunday
                                    .Chicago, Ill.
                                    or
                                    Detroit, Mich.
                                    Chicago North Side
                                    or
                                    Detroit Paradise Valley district
                                    The location is uncertain. According to a gossip column in the Chicago Defender datelined New York, Dec.13 :

                                    "Duke Ellington will be in Chicago December 22 to play for a 'coming-out party' up on the North side..."

                                    but the Pittsburgh Courier, in a gossip column datelined Detroit, Dec.12, says:

                                    "When Duke Ellington brings his boys into Paradise Valley, Sunday, Dec. 22, I am going to get Hayes Alvis into a corner and hold him down until he gives me the real lowdown on his recent 'name the fiddle' contest which I sponsored for him...then I shall give it to you."

                                    Consequently, Stratemann, and thus Vail, places the band in Chicago on this date, citing DESB, but Steiner, and thus Götting, suggests Detroit.

                                    Paradise Valley does not seem to have been the name of a venue, but is the name, coined by columnist Rollo S. Vest, for one of two adjacent African-American club districts in Detroit.
                                    • Rollo S. Vest, "The Lowdown,'On A Theatrical Tour With Your Humble Columnist'", Pittsburgh Courier, 1935-12-14, s.2, p.6
                                    • Al Monroe, Everybody Goes - When the Wagon Comes!, Chicago Defender 1935-12-21, p.8
                                    .
                                    Stratemann p.132, citing DESB.2011
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                                    1935 12 23
                                    Monday
                                    ...activities not documented...
                                    ...
                                    1935 12 24
                                    Tuesday
                                    .Logansport, Ind.TrainTrain No.216,through Logansport at 1 o'clock this afternoon, will have an extra baggage car and extra sleeper occupied by Duke Ellington and his band, enroute from Chicago to Columbus.Railroad Notes, Logansport Press, 1935-12-24, p.4..
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                                    1935 12 24
                                    Tuesday
                                    .Columbus, OhioMemorial Hall...
                                    Stratemann p.132, citing DESB.Added
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                                    1935 12 25
                                    Wednesday
                                    Christmas day
                                    ...activities not documented...
                                    ...
                                    1935 12 26
                                    Thursday
                                    ...activities not documented...
                                    ...
                                    1935 12 27
                                    Friday
                                    .Bluefield, W.Va.Armory

                                    'Charley Florence, manager of Travelers Hotel, gave a dance Friday night at the Armory and reports a good house. Owing to the weather, the attendance was not as large as anticipated, but Duke Ellington with his famous orchestra drew a large crowd, regardless of the weather. [Train] No. 16 bringing the Duke from Cincinnati, was two hours late.'

                                    • Bluefield Daily Telegraph, 1935-12-29 p.9
                                    • Stratemann p.132, citing DESB
                                    • Vail I
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                                    1935 12 28
                                    Saturday
                                    ...activities not documented...
                                    ...
                                    1935 12 29
                                    Sunday
                                    .Nashville, Tenn.Nashville Cotton Club
                                    Twenty-sixth and Heiman Street
                                    Concert, 8:30 p.m. for white and colored, followed by a dance for colored only.

                                    The Dec. 22 ad said the concert would be from 8:30 to 10, admission 88 cents. The dance admission was 88 cents in advance, $1.10 at the door.

                                    The Dec. 29 announcement said the concert would last one hour, and the dance would start immediately thereafter.
                                    The Tennessean, Nashville, Tenn. (courtesy Ken Steiner):
                                    • Ad, 1935-12-22
                                    • Announcement, 1935-12-29
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                                    1935 12 30
                                    Monday
                                    .Nicholasville, Ky.Nicholasville Skating RinkConcert, 8.00 p.m.
                                    Dance for blacks, 9:30 p.m.:

                                    'CONCERT TO BE GIVEN MONDAY
                                    Duke Ellington and Famous Orchestra Will Play at
                                    Nicholasville Skating Rink

                                    Tomorrow night, Central Kentuckians will have the oportunity of hearing Duke Ellington and his world-famed orchestra of 11 pieces when they will appear at the Nicholasville Skating rink in a concert and dance program from 8 until 12 o'clock. A special section will be reserved for white patrons.
                                      Ellington, who composed the majority of his featured selections, occupies an enviable niche in the field of "hot" American jazz and leads an orchestra which is one of the finest of its type in the world.
                                      As composer, as well as orchestra leader, the Duke scarely needs an introduction, either here or abroad. Those who keep in step with the 20th century will know his "Mood Indigo", "Black and Tan Fantasy", "It Don't Mean a Thing" and "Sophisticated Lady."
                                      The rink has been equipped with a hot air hearing system and the management states the building will be kept at a comfortable temperature. Bus transportation has been arranged.'

                                    Advertised admission prices: 88¢ in advance, $1.13 at door. Round trip bus fare from Lexington was advertised at 45¢ and at $1, departing at 8 p.m., even though that was the announced time of the concert. The bus was announced in several Lexington Leader's "Colored Notes" column, on on Dec. 27, the price for the dance and the bus together was $1.33 (88¢ plus 45¢).
                                    • Stratemann p.132, citing DESB
                                    • The Lexington Leader, Lexington,Ky,
                                      • 1935-12-19 p.17
                                      • 1935-12-22 pp.6, 19
                                      • 1935-12-24 p.7
                                      • 1935-12-26 pp.6, 14
                                      • 1935-12-27 p.5
                                      • 1935-12-29 pp. 10, 15, 19, 22
                                    • The Lexington Herald, Lexington,Ky.
                                      • 1935-12-22 s.1 p.2
                                      • 1935-12-25 s.2 p.9
                                      • 1935-12-27 p.6 s.2
                                      • 1935-12-28 p.7
                                      • 1935-12-29 p.2 s.1
                                      • 1935-12-30 p.8
                                    .
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                                    Tuesday
                                    .Logansport, Ind.TrainTrain No.307, through Logansport at 4:45 a.m. Tuesday had an extra baggage car and two extra sleepers occupied by Duke Ellington and his band en-route from Lexington, Ky., to Chicago.
                                    (Nicholasville is about 12 miles south of the centre of Lexington)
                                    Railroad Notes, Logansport Press, 1936-01-01, p.5..
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                                    1935 12 31
                                    Tuesday
                                    .Chicago, Ill.Bal Tabarin Room
                                    Hotel Sherman
                                    New Years Eve broadcast by the band and Ivy Anderson on the Columbia network. While The Kansas City Plaindealer reported initially that Ellington had no radio outlet because the exclusive broadcast privileges emanated from the "adjacent" College Inn room, where another band was performing, the 1936-01-10 edition reported they were broadcast from the Bal Tabar [recte Bal Tabarin] Room.

                                    The room was located atop the Hotel Sherman.
                                    • Afro-American, 1936-01-11
                                    • Kansas City Plaindealer
                                      • 1936-01-03 p.3
                                      • 1936-01-10 p.3
                                    • Charles A. Sengstock, That Toddlin' Town: Chicago's White Dance Bands and Orchestras, 1900-1950, University of Illinois Press, 2004, p.86
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                                    January 1936

                                    1936 01 01
                                    Wednesday
                                    ...activities not documented...
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                                    1936 01 02
                                    Thursday
                                    ...activities not documented...
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                                    1936 01 03
                                    Friday
                                    .Chicago, Ill.Likely at the Brunswick studio, 952 Michigan Ave.American Record Corporation recording session
                                    First title, recorded in the morning, all others in the P.M.
                                    Duke Ellington and His Orchestra
                                    14 men, believed to be Whetsel, C.Williams, Stewart, Brown, Nanton, Tizol, Bigard, Hodges, Hardwick, Carney, Ellington, Guy, Taylor and Greer
                                    • The titles shown in New Desor are:
                                      • Echoes of Harlem (Cootie's Concerto)
                                      • Chatterbox (Jumpy)
                                      • Clarinet Lament (Barney's Concerto)
                                      • Farewell Blues
                                    • Timner IV records these as
                                      • Cooties's Concerto aka Sweetest Gal Goin'
                                      • Jumpy aka Stomp
                                      • Barney's Concerto aka King's Lament
                                      • Farewell Blues
                                    • Timner V provides the same titles without the word "Stomp," albeit in a different format
                                    • Wax Works mistakenly dates this session to January 1 and shows
                                      • Cootie's Concert (same as Echoes of Harlem)
                                      • Jumpy
                                      • Barney's Concerto (same as Clarinet Lament)
                                      • Farewell Blues
                                    • Steven Lasker notes that the titles of the first and third masters recorded this date were initially typed onto the pages of the American Record Corporation recording ledger as COOTIE CONCERTO and BARNEY'S CONCERTO; brackets were subsequently pencilled around the typed titles and, to their left, the respective titles Sweetest Gal Goin' and King's Lament were added in pencil. ARC's artist's card for Ellington notes the titles as COOTIE CONCERTO (Sweetest Gal in Town) and BARNEY'S CONCERTO (King's Lament). ARC's ledger also notes that two takes were made of each of the four titles recorded this date. He also notes:

                                      'The second title recorded at this session is entered in the ledger as Jumpy Stomp. (We assume the piece is the same as "Chatter-Box" because the ledger sheet for that title, recorded 1937 09 20, shows the master was originally titled "Jumpy.") In this case, "Stomp" is not part of the title, but rather a descriptive adjective, like "blues" or "fox-trot." '

                                    • These sides were not released and the masters do not appear to have survived. Metronome, March 1936:

                                      'Rumor has it that the much anticipated Ellington platters of "Barney's Concerto" and Cootie's Concerto" were scrapped out in Chicago recently and never will be issued . still some chance of the Duke's "Jumpin'" and "Farewell Blues" coming out.'

                                    • Benny Aasland: The Wax Works of Duke Ellington, 1954
                                    • Timner IV & V
                                    • S. Lasker in Mosaic Records CD box set booklet MD11-248 THE COMPLETE 1932-1940 BRUNSWICK, COLUMBIA AND MASTER RECORDINGS OF DUKE ELLINGTON AND HIS FAMOUS ORCHESTRA, pp.20-21
                                    • Girvan:
                                      Ellingtonia.com
                                    • Email Lasker-Palmquist 2014-08-25
                                    • Email Lasker-Palmquist
                                      • 2014-09-30
                                      • 2015-06-24 re recording times
                                      • 2017-04-28
                                    New Desor
                                    DE3601
                                    DEMS
                                    .sl/djp2011
                                    updated
                                    2013-12-15
                                    2015-07-01
                                    2017-04-29
                                    1936 01 04
                                    Saturday
                                    ...activities not documented...
                                    ...
                                    1936 01 05
                                    Sunday
                                    1936 01 11
                                    Saturday
                                    Chicago, Ill.Regal Theatre
                                    47th & South Parkway
                                    Vaudeville
                                    Also appearing, The Four Flash Devils, dance act.
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                                    1936 01 06
                                    Monday
                                    .Chicago, Ill.Regal TheatreVaudeville - see 1936 01 05...
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                                    1936 01 07
                                    Tuesday
                                    .Chicago, Ill.Regal TheatreVaudeville - see 1936 01 05...
                                    ..Added
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                                    1936 01 08
                                    Wednesday
                                    .Chicago, Ill.Regal TheatreVaudeville - see 1936 01 05...
                                    ..Added
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                                    1936 01 09
                                    Thursday
                                    .Chicago, Ill.Regal TheatreVaudeville - see 1936 01 05...
                                    ..Added
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                                    1936 01 10
                                    Friday
                                    .Chicago, Ill.Regal TheatreVaudeville - see 1936 01 05...
                                    ..Added
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                                    1936 01 11
                                    Saturday
                                    .Chicago, Ill.Regal TheatreVaudeville - see 1936 01 05...
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                                    1936 01 12
                                    Sunday
                                    ...activities not documented...
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                                    1936 01 13
                                    Monday
                                    ...activities not documented...
                                    ...
                                    1936 01 14
                                    Tuesday
                                    ...activities not documented...
                                    ...
                                    1936 01 15
                                    Wednesday
                                    ...activities not documented...
                                    ...
                                    1936 01 16
                                    Thursday
                                    .Chicago, Ill.De Lisa Winter GardensCorrect date for social event, a dinner sponsored by Earl Hines. "Celebrated Pianist Has Unique Fete," Chicago Defender, nat. ed, 1936-01-25, p.6..
                                    .K.Steiner Dec 2012.
                                    Added 2012-01-12
                                    1936 01 17
                                    Friday
                                    .Chicago, Ill. Chicago StadiumJoe Louis - Charlie Retzlaff fight:

                                    "Duke Ellington who has never seen Joe Louis in action cancelled three important engagements the past week and the first of next week in order to remain in Chicago and see the Bomber face Retzlaff."

                                    'The Brown Bomber' knocked Retzlaff out in round one.

                                    The match can be watched on YouTube.
                                    "Duke Forgets Stage; Stays for Joe Bout," Chicago Defender, city ed., 18Jan36, p8.DEMS
                                    .K.Steiner Dec 2012.
                                    Added 2013-12-15
                                    1936 01 18
                                    Saturday
                                    .Chicago, Ill. Appomattox ClubSocial event"The Duke Ellingtons are Feted by Four Horsemen," Chicago Defender, nat. ed., 25Jan36, p7..
                                    .K.Steiner Dec 2012.
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                                    1936 01 19
                                    Sunday
                                    ...activities not documented...
                                    ...
                                    1936 01 20
                                    Monday
                                    .Chicago, Ill.Brunswick studios
                                    952 N. Michigan Ave.
                                    American Record Corporation recording session (P.M.)
                                    Duke Ellington and His Orchestra
                                    Whetsel, C.Williams, Stewart, Brown, Nanton, Tizol, Bigard, Hodges, Hardwick, Carney, Ellington, Guy, Taylor, Greer, Ivie Anderson
                                    Titles recorded:
                                    • I Don't Know Why I Love You So
                                    • Dinah Lou
                                  • Girvan:
                                    Ellingtonia.com
                                  • MacHare:
                                    A Duke Ellington Panorama
                                  • Dooji Collection record labels
                                  • Timner IV, p.23
                                  • Benny Aasland: The Wax Works of Duke Ellington, 1954
                                  • Email, S.Lasker-Palmquist 2015-06-24 re session times
                                  • New Desor
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                                    DEMS
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                                    1936 01 21
                                    Tuesday
                                    ...activities not documented...
                                    ...
                                    1936 01 22
                                    Wednesday
                                    ...left Chicago for Kansas City"Duke Forgets Stage, Stays for Joe Bout," above..
                                    .K.Steiner Dec 2012.
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                                    1936 01 23
                                    Thursday
                                    .Chicago, Ill.Winter Gardensparty...
                                    Vail I.Added
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                                    1936 01 24
                                    Friday
                                    1936 01 30
                                    Thursday
                                    Kansas City, Mo.Mainstreet Theater
                                    1400 Main St.
                                    Stage show? Stratemann p.133..
                                    .Ken Steiner aug112011
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                                    1936 01 25
                                    Saturday
                                    .Kansas City, Mo.Mainstreet TheaterStage show? see 1936 01 24...
                                    .Ken Steiner aug11 (not 26-31)2011
                                    1936 01 25
                                    Saturday
                                    .Kansas City, Mo.2440 Paseo

                                    Saturday night Mesdames Bertha Thatcher and Hortense Giles were the visitors' hostesses to a closed party given by Kansas Citians for Duke Ellington and his orchestra at the home of Dr. and Mrs. L.V.Miller, 2440 Paseo.

                                    Kansas City Plaindealer, 1936-01-31 p.8..
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                                    1936 01 26
                                    Sunday
                                    .Kansas City, Mo.Mainstreet TheaterStage show? see 1936 01 24...
                                    .Ken Steiner aug11 (not 26-31)2011
                                    1936 01 27
                                    Monday
                                    .Kansas City, Mo.Mainstreet TheaterStage show? see 1936 01 24...
                                    .Ken Steiner aug11 (not 26-31)2011
                                    1936 01 28
                                    Tuesday
                                    .Kansas City, Mo.Mainstreet TheaterStage show? see 1936 01 24...
                                    .Ken Steiner aug11 (not 26-31)2011
                                    1936 01 29
                                    Wednesday
                                    .Kansas City, Mo.Mainstreet TheaterStage show? see 1936 01 24...
                                    .Ken Steiner aug11 (not 26-31)2011
                                    1936 01 30
                                    Thursday
                                    .Kansas City, Mo.Mainstreet TheaterStage show? see 1936 01 24...
                                    .Ken Steiner aug11 (not 26-31)2011
                                    1936 01 31
                                    Friday
                                    ...activities not documented...
                                    ...

                                    February 1936

                                    1936 02 00... Peripheral event
                                    International Musician, February 1936:
                                    Under local 471, Pittsburgh, PA, local reports delayed from January issue, travelling members include: Lawrence Brown, Hayes Alvis, Fred L. Guy, Juan Tizol, William Green, Joseph Manton, Charlie Williams, Rex Stewart, Otto J. Hardwick, Arthur P. Whetsel, William A. Taylor, Albany Biggard, Harry J. Carney Jr., John C. Hodge, Edward K. Ellington, all 802. I suppose this relates to 1935 12 07 (whatever that engagement was).
                                    Emails, S. Lasker-Palmquist 2014-08-28, 2015-05-19 & 2015-06-16..
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                                    1936 02 00...See 19jan38

                                    According to DESOR small corrections 5012

                                    27 - Prob. Feb36, session 3603 should be deleted. (07/1-39)

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                                    1936 02 01
                                    Saturday
                                    1936 02 02Oklahoma City, Okla.Warner Theater...DEMS
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                                    1936 02 02
                                    Sunday
                                    ...activities not documented...
                                    ...
                                    1936 02 03
                                    Monday
                                    1936 02 07
                                    Friday
                                    Kansas City, Mo..Layover in Kansas City before the Pla-Mor Ballroom engagement.

                                    A tentative engagement for the Roby Theater, Feb to 11, did not materialize. (Kansas City Call, city ed., 7Feb36, p3)
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                                    1936 02 04
                                    Tuesday
                                    ...Layover
                                    see 1936 02 03activities not documented
                                    ...
                                    ...
                                    1936 02 05
                                    Wednesday
                                    ...Layover
                                    see 1936 02 03
                                    activities not documented
                                    ...
                                    ...
                                    1936 02 06
                                    Thursday
                                    ...Layover
                                    see 1936 02 03
                                    activities not documented
                                    ...
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                                    1936 02 07
                                    Friday
                                    ...Layover
                                    see 1936 02 03
                                    activities not documented
                                    ...
                                    ...
                                    1936 02 08
                                    Saturday
                                    .Kansas City, Mo.Pla-Mor Ballroom
                                    3142 Main at Linwood
                                    .Photograph of Pla-Mor Ballroom.DEMS
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                                    1936 02 09
                                    Sunday
                                    ...activities not documented

                                    A tentative engagement at the Roby Theater, 9-11Feb, did not materialize.
                                    Kansas City Call, city ed., 1936-02-07, p.3.DEMS
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                                    1936 02 10
                                    Monday
                                    ...activities not documented...
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                                    1936 02 11
                                    Tuesday
                                    ...activities not documented...
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                                    1936 02 12
                                    Wednesday
                                    ...activities not documented...
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                                    1936 02 13
                                    Thursday
                                    ...activities not documented...
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                                    1936 02 14
                                    Friday
                                    Valentine's Day
                                    1936 02 20New York, N.Y.Apollo Theater
                                    253 W. 125th St., Borough of Manhattan, Harlem district

                                    "FEBRUARY FESTIVAL OF SHOWS
                                    at the
                                    APOLLO...
                                    NEXT WEEK ONLY
                                    –––
                                    BEGIN. FRI. FEB 14
                                    duke ELLINGTON and his famous ORCHESTRA
                                    with
                                    IVY ANDERSON
                                    3 HEAT WAVES
                                    FOUR STEP BROS.
                                    LILLIAN FITZGERALD
                                    ISABEL BROWN
                                    LINDY QUARTETTE
                                    'PIGMEAT' MASON
                                    BASKETTE
                                    and the SIXTEEN LOVELY HARPERETTES"

                                    • Photo with caption, New York Age, 1936-02-08 p.4
                                    • Ad, New York Amsterdam News, 1936-02-15 p.8
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                                    1936 02 15
                                    Saturday
                                    .New York, N.Y.Apollo Theater
                                    253 W. 125th St.
                                    Harlem
                                    Stage show - see 1936 02 14...
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                                    1936 02 16
                                    Sunday
                                    .New York, N.Y.Apollo Theater
                                    253 W. 125th St.
                                    Harlem
                                    Stage show - see 1936 02 14...
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                                    1936 02 16
                                    Sunday
                                    .New York, N.Y.Cotton Club
                                    644 Lenox Ave.
                                    Harlem
                                    Peripheral event
                                    The Cotton Club closed its Lenox Ave. location.
                                    .djp2011
                                    1936 02 17
                                    Monday
                                    .New York, N.Y.Apollo Theater
                                    253 W. 125th St.
                                    Harlem
                                    Stage show - see 1936 02 14...
                                    ..2011
                                    1936 02 18
                                    Tuesday
                                    .New York, N.Y.Apollo Theater
                                    253 W. 125th St.
                                    Harlem
                                    Stage show - see 1936 02 14...
                                    ..2011
                                    1936 02 19
                                    Wednesday
                                    .New York, N.Y.Apollo Theater
                                    253 W. 125th St.
                                    Harlem
                                    Stage show - see 1936 02 14...
                                    ..2011
                                    1936 02 20
                                    Thursday
                                    .New York, N.Y.Apollo Theater
                                    253 W. 125th St.
                                    Harlem
                                    Stage show - see 1936 02 14...
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                                    1936 02 21
                                    Friday
                                    .Boston, Mass.Boston Garden
                                    North Station
                                    8:15 to 2 a.m.
                                    Boston Traveler Ball Dance Contest Finals followed by public dancing



                                    Gala amateur dance contest sponsored by the Boston Traveler.

                                    While Stratemann and Vail I say 200 couples competed, the Boston Herald (1936-02-16 p.15 and 1936-02-19 p.11) said 100 couples from 10 New England ballrooms competed in five dance categories (waltz, fox-trot, rhumba, tango and specialty) on a 40-foot square stage/dance floor in the centre of the arena. The Boston Herald listed the 200 dancers on page 25 of its 1936-02-20 edition.

                                    All 3-minute sets for each dance category were held, beginning with four 5-couple dances, from which 8 couples would be selected for the semi-final, which yielded 3 finalist couples for the final, before the next dance category began.

                                    The Ellington and Leo Reisman orchestras were set up at opposite sides of the stage, and were to move onto the stage after the contest for the audience to dance until 2 a.m.

                                    Officials, including a time keeper and 9 judges were arrayed around the stage.

                                    First prize winners of the contest were awarded stage contracts for the Metropolitan Theatre, diamond rings, loving cups and medals; second prize winners received gold watches and medals, and third prizes were silver cigarette cases and vanity compacts.
                                    All ticket holders had a chance to win a new Terraplane Brougham car.

                                    Tickets were priced at 85 cents and $1.10, with box seats at $1.65, and spectator-only seats were 55 cents at the door.

                                    The event was extensively promoted and advertised in the Boston Herald.
                                    The Commodore Ballroom (Lowell, Mass.) business records include a working paper for this event that describes it as Boston Herald Traveling Dance Contest at Boston Gardens with 2 orchestras, Duke Ellington and Leo Reisman. It isn't clear why the ballroom in Lowell had a financial report for this event and venue. The document says Braun and Junior attended the dance contest from 5:30 p.m. to 2 a.m., returning home at 3:30 a.m. Carl Braun Sr. and Carl Braun Jr. owned the Commodore. This document says there were 742 admissions at 35 cents each, which would seem to contradict both the advertised lowest price (spectator only) of 55 cents and the Boston Herald report which said

                                    '...the largest crowd ever to witness a dance contest in Boston packed the Boston Garden... '

                                    and

                                    'The crowd ... jammed the lower floor and the huge balconies... '

                                    . It says the weather was fine, not cold, with slippery walking conditions and shows sales of tonic, lifesavers, candy, cigars and cigarettes as well.
                                    • Boston Herald, Boston, Mass.
                                      • 1936-01-19 p.47
                                      • 1936-02-09 p.3
                                      • 1936-02-10 p.15
                                      • 1936-02-15 p.6
                                      • 1936-02-16 p.15
                                      • 1936-02-18 pp.1, 11, 16
                                      • 1936-02-19 pp.11, 18
                                      • 1936-02-20 pp.1, 25
                                      • 1936-02-22 pp.1,18
                                    • Commodore Ballroom business records,
                                      courtesy Janine Whitcomb,
                                      Center for Lowell History,
                                      University of Massachusetts
                                      Lowell Libraries
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                                    1936 02 22
                                    Saturday
                                    .Lawrence, Mass.Recreation Ballroom....
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                                    1936 02 23
                                    Sunday
                                    ...activities not documented...
                                    ...
                                    1936 02 24
                                    Monday
                                    .Springfield, Mass.Cook's Butterfly Ballroom ....
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                                    1936 02 25
                                    Tuesday
                                    .Lowell, Mass.Commodore BallroomAccounting record:
                                    1936             COMMODORE               1936
                                    Quite warm all day &
                                    Tuesday, Feb. 25 -- night - threatening rain
                                    Night before Lent -- cloudy - all day and night
                                    Duke Ellington & his Orch (16 men & girl singer)
                                    Ivie Anderson
                                    Opposition: - At Rex - 10c Dance with
                                    Herb Whitney's Orch.
                                    Admissions
                                    00889
                                    00001 ORANGE
                                    -----
                                    888 @75c tax paid --- $666.00
                                    less 888 admissions @6c tax - 62.16
                                    --------
                                    $603.84
                                    Checking 65.00
                                    --------
                                    Series No. 1020 WHITE $666.84

                                    The document shows sales of 345 bottles of tonic, 126 lifesavers, 31 candy, 10 hankies, 36 cigars and 41 cigarettes for total concession receipts of $53.40, with a 10 cent cash shortage.
                                    It has a notation that $6.00 was paid to Tony Alves for 150 Ellington cards.
                                    • Boston Post, Boston, Mass.
                                      1936-02-25 p.14
                                    • Commodore Ballroom business records,
                                      courtesy Janine Whitcomb,
                                      Center for Lowell History,
                                      University of Massachusetts
                                      Lowell Libraries
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                                    .K.Steiner Dec 2012.
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                                    1936 02 26
                                    Wednesday
                                    ...activities not documented...
                                    ...
                                    1936 02 27
                                    Thursday
                                    11:15 am to 3:15 pm
                                    .New York, N.Y.American Record Corporation studios
                                    1776 Broadway
                                    American Record Corporation recording session
                                    Duke Ellington and His Orchestra
                                    Whetsel, C.Williams, Stewart, Brown, Nanton, Tizol, Bigard, Hodges, Hardwick, Carney, Ellington, Guy, Taylor, Alvis, Greer, Ivie Anderson

                                    Titles recorded:
                                    • Isn't Love The Strangest Thing
                                    • No Greater Love
                                    • Clarinet Lament
                                    • Echoes Of Harlem
                                    New Desor and Timner have Taylor sit out and Alvis come in for No Greater Love and presumably the rest of the session. Duke Ellington Panorama doesn't mention Alvis. Wax Works only lists the first two titles, and shows Taylor on one and Alvis on the other. Lasker (pp.21 & 40) has both bassists present and he doesn't mention either one sitting out. He comments on both working in tandem on the second title. These discographers agree Hardwick was not in the last two titles, and Lasker has Joe Nanton coming in on the last.

                                    Steven Lasker:

                                    'One advantage not enjoyed by other discographers that I have enjoyed is access to the original recording ledgers, which noted that 14 men (3t; 2tb; 4s; p; g; 2b; d) were used on the first three titles, with a third trombone added on the fourth title only. Since Lawrence Brown solos on the first two titles, and Juan Tizol is distinctly heard on the third, it is assumed that Nanton was the trombonist added on the fourth title. Four saxes are noted in the ledger, and I hear four saxes on all four titles regardless of what other discographers claim. ... The ledger keeper noted two basses on all four titles.'

                                  • Girvan:
                                    Ellingtonia.com
                                  • MacHare:
                                     A Duke Ellington Panorama
                                  • Dooji Collection record labels
                                  • Timner IV, p.23
                                  • Benny Aasland: The Wax Works of Duke Ellington, 1954
                                  • S. Lasker, album notes - Mosaic Records CD box set MD11-248 The Complete 1932-1940 Brunswick, Columbia and Master Recordings Of Duke Ellington and His Famous Orchestra
                                  • Email Lasker-Palmquist 2014-08-25
                                  • New Desor
                                    DE3604
                                    DEMS
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                                    1936 02 28
                                    Friday
                                    11:45 am to 3:45 pm
                                    .New York, N.Y.American Record Corporation studios
                                    1776 Broadway
                                    American Record Corporation recording session
                                    Duke Ellington and His Orchestra
                                    Whetsel, C.Williams, Stewart, Brown, Nanton, Tizol, Bigard, Hodges, Pete Clark, Carney, Ellington, Guy, Billy Taylor, Hayes Alvis, Greer, Ivie AndersonTitles recorded:
                                    • Love Is Like A Cigarette
                                    • Kissin' My Baby Goodnight
                                    • Oh Babe, Maybe Someday
                                    New Desor
                                    DE3605
                                    DEMS
                                    Timner corrections .2011
                                    updated
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                                    1936 02 29
                                    Saturday
                                    ...activities not documented

                                    Note Stratemann advises a local white orchestra led by a Don Ellington played at the Carolina Pines in Raleigh N.C. on this date.
                                    ...
                                    ...

                                    March 1936

                                    1936 03 01
                                    Sunday
                                    1936 03 12
                                    Thursday
                                    ..Band inactive?

                                    No gigs have been identified during this period, perhaps because Ellington was resting an injured finger: "Displaying a bandaged index finger on his left hand, 'Tonight [13Mar] is the first time I've played piano in three weeks....' Ellington explained that the finger became mysteriously infected while he and his band were making recordings [27-28Feb] in New York recently."
                                    "Ellington Refuses to Tempt the Fates," Saginaw News, 14Mar36, in DESB..
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                                    1936 03 02
                                    Monday
                                    ...activities not documented...
                                    ...
                                    1936 03 03
                                    Tuesday
                                    ...activities not documented...
                                    ...
                                    1936 03 04
                                    Wednesday
                                    ...activities not documented...
                                    ...
                                    1936 03 05
                                    Thursday
                                    ...activities not documented...
                                    ...
                                    1936 03 06
                                    Friday
                                    ...activities not documented...
                                    ...
                                    1936 03 07
                                    Saturday
                                    ...activities not documented...
                                    ...
                                    1936 03 08
                                    Sunday
                                    ...activities not documented...
                                    ...
                                    1936 03 09
                                    Monday
                                    ... Peripheral event
                                    Stratemann, p. 133 says several West Virginia dates had to be cancelled due to massive flooding in the area. The U.S. Geological Survey's Water Supply Paper 799 says

                                    "During the period March 9-22,1936 there occurred in close succession over the northeastern United States ... two extraordinarily heavy rainstorms.
                                    The depths of rainfall mark this period as one of the greatest concentrations of precipitation, in respect to time and magnitude of area covered, of which there is record in this country. At the time of the rain there were also accumulations of snow on the ground over much of the region that were large for the season. The comparatively warm temperatures associated with the storms melted the snow and added materially to the quantities of water to be disposed of by drainage into the waterways...


                                    Other sources say the worst flooding occurred when the storm of March 17 hit.
                                    Chapter 5 of an unattributed document "The Floods of 1936 and the Copeland Flood Control Bill."..
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                                    1936 03 09
                                    Monday
                                    ...activities not documented...
                                    ...
                                    1936 03 10
                                    Tuesday
                                    ...activities not documented...
                                    ...
                                    1936 03 11
                                    Wednesday
                                    ...activities not documented...
                                    ...
                                    1936 03 12
                                    Thursday
                                    ...activities not documented...
                                    ...
                                    1936 03 13
                                    Friday
                                    .Roanoke, Va.Hotel Patrick Henry
                                    611 South Jefferson St.
                                    (Unconfirmed)

                                    Note this date conflicts with the Detroit dance noted below.
                                    Stratemann p.133 citing DESB...
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                                    1936 03 13
                                    Friday
                                    .Detroit, MichNaval Armory(Unconfirmed)

                                    Hoodoo Dance sponsored by Youth, Inc.

                                    Note this date conflicts with the Roanoke engagement noted above.
                                    "The Motor City Buzzes Again," Atlanta Daily World 1936-03-12, p.2..
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                                    1936 03 14
                                    Saturday
                                    .Saginaw, Mich.Auditorium1,000 dancersStratemann p.133 citing DESB..
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                                    1936 03 15
                                    Sunday
                                    .Cleveland, OhioTrianon Ballroom....
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                                    1936 03 16
                                    Monday
                                    .Cleveland, OhioPalace TheatreDuke made a guest appearance on-stage during a Cab Calloway performance, and played piano accompanying Cab Calloway over WGAR at 6:15 pm.
                                    • "Duke, Cab Meet Here," Cleveland Call and Post, 1936-03-19, p.3
                                    • "The Duke and Cab," Cleveland Press, 1936-03-16 p.24
                                    • Photo and caption, Cleveland Plain Dealer, 1936-03-17, p.24
                                    ..
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                                    1936 03 17
                                    Tuesday
                                    .Youngstown, OhioStambaugh AuditoriumDanceStratemann p.133 citing DESB..
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                                    1936 03 18
                                    Wednesday
                                    .Wheeling, W.Va.(cancelled)(Unconfirmed)

                                    Ellington was to perform in Wheeling, but the event was very likely cancelled by flooding of the Ohio River that left much of downtown Wheeling underwater.
                                    "Duke, Cab Meet Here," Cleveland Call and Post 1936-03-19 p.3 ..
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                                    1936 03 19
                                    Thursday
                                    .Toledo, OhioTrianon Ballroom.Stratemann, p.133 citing DESB..
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                                    1936 03 20
                                    Friday
                                    .Athens, OhioMen's Gymnasium,
                                    Ohio University
                                    Junior PromStratemann, p.133 citing DESB..
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                                    1936 03 21
                                    Saturday
                                    .Charleston, W.V.ArmoryDance

                                    He welcomes you to SPRING FROLIC
                                    DUKE ELLINGTON And His Famous Orchestra at Charleston Armory
                                    the very first day of Spring
                                    March 23 9:30 P.M. to 1:30
                                    Tickets on sale at Colored Drug Stores, Galparin's and Cap's Smoke Shop"


                                    "Duke Ellington's Band To Play Here Tomorrow - Duke Ellington and his nationally famous orchestra will play for a dance tomorrow night at the Armory under the sponsorship of the Onyx Club. The orchestra,which will arrive in Charleston tomorrow afternoon about four o'clock from Athens.O. will be accompanied by Ivy Anderson,blues singer..."

                                    Charleston Gazette ..
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                                    Sunday
                                    1936 03 25St. LouisLayover...DEMS
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                                    Monday
                                    ...activities not documented...
                                    ...
                                    1936 03 24
                                    Tuesday
                                    ...activities not documented...
                                    ...
                                    1936 03 25
                                    Wednesday
                                    ...activities not documented...
                                    ...
                                    1936 03 26
                                    Thursday
                                    .Tulsa, Okla.Lido....
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                                    Friday
                                    ...activities not documented...
                                    ...
                                    1936 03 28
                                    Saturday
                                    .New Orleans, LAFair Grounds. should be deleted. The correct date is 5Apr36 (ad, Louisiana Weekly, 28Mar36, in DESB) ...
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                                    1936 03 29
                                    Sunday
                                    ...activities not documented...
                                    ...
                                    1936 03 30
                                    Monday
                                    ...activities not documented...
                                    ...
                                    1936 03 31
                                    Tuesday
                                    ...activities not documented...
                                    ...

                                    April 1936

                                    1936 04 01
                                    Wednesday
                                    ...activities not documented...
                                    ...
                                    1936 04 02
                                    Thursday
                                    .Shreveport, La.Municipal Auditorium....
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                                    Friday
                                    .Houston, Tex.Coronado Club....
                                    ..Added
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                                    Saturday
                                    ...activities not documented...
                                    ...
                                    1936 04 05
                                    Sunday
                                    .New OrleansFair Grounds....
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                                    1936 04 06
                                    Monday
                                    .Houston, Tex.Pilgrim Auditorium....
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                                    Tuesday
                                    .San Antonio, Tex.New Olmos Terrace
                                    "out San Pedro"
                                    .ad in San Antonio Light, April 1, 1936, p.11..
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                                    1936 04 08
                                    Wednesday
                                    ...activities not documented...
                                    ...
                                    1936 04 09
                                    Thursday
                                    .Ft. Worth, Tex.Humming Bird

                                    Ellington will play for a negro dance in Fort Worth Thursday, his nearest approach to Dallas this side of the Centennial booking."

                                    Dallas Morning News, 1936-04-06, p.6 S.I...
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                                    Friday
                                    ...activities not documented...
                                    ...
                                    1936 04 11
                                    Saturday
                                    ...activities not documented...
                                    ...
                                    1936 04 12
                                    Sunday
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                                    Monday
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                                    Tuesday
                                    ...activities not documented...
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                                    1936 04 15
                                    Wednesday
                                    ...activities not documented...
                                    ...
                                    1936 04 16
                                    Thursday
                                    ...activities not documented...
                                    ...
                                    1936 04 17
                                    Friday
                                    .Gary, Ind.Miramar Ballroom"Duke himself didn't arrive until 11 o'clock, the band played without piano." "Chatterbox," Gary American, 1936-04-24, p.2.DEMS
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                                    1936 04 18
                                    Saturday
                                    ...activities not documented...
                                    ...
                                    1936 04 19
                                    Sunday
                                    ...activities not documented...
                                    ...
                                    1936 04 20
                                    Monday
                                    ...activities not documented...
                                    ...
                                    1936 04 21
                                    Tuesday
                                    ...activities not documented...
                                    ...
                                    1936 04 22
                                    Wednesday
                                    ...activities not documented...
                                    ...
                                    1936 04 23
                                    Thursday
                                    ...activities not documented...
                                    ...
                                    1936 04 24
                                    Friday
                                    .Babylon, N.Y.Babylon High SchoolPeripheral Event
                                    A plug for a variety show featuring a dance team who had worked with Ellington was misinterpreted by Dr. Stratemann as announcing an Ellington event.
                                    Stratemann p.133 citing DESB clipping: "Night of Fun to be Staged Tonight by Babylon Masons," Babylon Eagle, 1936-04-24..
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                                    1936 04 24
                                    Friday
                                    .Oxford, OhioWithrow Court
                                    Miami University
                                    Miami University Senior Ball
                                    More than 1,300 attended the dance, which started at 9 P.M. The story says The Campus Owls, a university orchestra, played during the intermission from 12:00 to 12:30, so presumably the dance ended sometime in the wee hours.
                                    "More That 1,300 Attend Annual Senior Ball," Hamilton Journal, Hamilton, Ohio, 1936-04-25 p.2..
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                                    1936 04 25
                                    Saturday
                                    .Marion, OhioPalace Theatre....
                                    ..Added
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                                    1936 04 26
                                    Sunday
                                    .Middletown, OhioStrand Th.....
                                    ..Added
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                                    1936 04 27
                                    Monday
                                    ...activities not documented...
                                    ...
                                    1936 04 28
                                    Tuesday
                                    ...activities not documented...
                                    ...
                                    1936 04 29
                                    Wednesday
                                    Ellington's birthday
                                    .Lexington, Ky.Rose Garden Dance Hall....
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                                    Thursday
                                    .Owensboro, Ky.Rainbow Gardens....
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                                    1936 04 00.Detroit, Mich.Arcadia Ballroom(Sometime in April)....
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                                    May 1936

                                    1936 05 01
                                    Friday
                                    1936 05 07Indianapolis, Ind.Lyric Theater
                                    135 N. Illinois Street
                                    ....
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                                    1936 05 02
                                    Saturday
                                    .Indianapolis, Ind.Lyric TheaterSee 1936 05 01...
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                                    Sunday
                                    .Indianapolis, Ind.Lyric TheaterSee 1936 05 01...
                                    ..2011
                                    1936 05 04
                                    Monday
                                    .Indianapolis, Ind.Lyric TheaterSee 1936 05 01...
                                    ..2011
                                    1936 05 05
                                    Tuesday
                                    .Indianapolis, Ind.Lyric TheaterSee 1936 05 01...
                                    ..2011
                                    1936 05 06
                                    Wednesday
                                    .Indianapolis, Ind.Lyric TheaterSee 1936 05 01...
                                    ..2011
                                    1936 05 07
                                    Thursday
                                    .Indianapolis, Ind.Lyric TheaterSee 1936 05 01...
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                                    1936 05 08
                                    Friday
                                    1936 06 05Chicago, Ill.Joseph Urban Room
                                    Congress Hotel
                                    520 S. Michigan Ave. at East Congress Parkway
                                    Hotel residency, including a floor show. The hotel advertised dinner and supper, so presumably the band performed from early evening to late night. The Urban Room suppers were $2.50 except Saturdays, when they were $3.00

                                    Special Saturday luncheons were $1.25
                                    A cover charge of $1.00 applied at supper each day, except Saturdays when it was $1.50
                                    The May 8 1936 Oakland Tribune reported "Duke Ellington, the famed jazz band leader, will be welcomed to the NBC networks this evening in a transcontinental program originating in New York, Chicago and San Francisco. ...The program marks the opening of Duke and his band at the Congress Hotel in Chicago.(Spot:7:30 to 8,KGO)."

                                    Stratemann tells us 4 other bands were "cut into" the Ellington broadcast as a tribute on the first night. These included the Casa Loma Orchestra and Carl Ravazza.

                                    The May 9, 1936 Afro-American reported the radio station was WMAQ and that Ellington would have a floor show headed by Ivy [sic] Anderson.

                                    The Chicago Daily Tribune radio log for this date shows "Duke Ellington's orchestra" at 10:30 pm CDT on WMAQ.
                                    In 1935, 15-year old Bob Inman got his first radio. Living outside New York, he listened nightly to live 'remotes' broadcast from all around the country and from the hotels in New York, and began keeping scrapbooks to log these nightly radio shows, commenting on performers and songs and adding autographs, photos and letters received. He added to these scrapbooks until finishing high school in 1938.

                                    Ken Vail, compiler of Duke's Diary, edited Inman's scrapbooks for publication as the Swing Era Scrapbook: The Teenage Diaries and Radio Logs of Bob Inman, 1936-1938. The book logs what was played by bands on thousands of radio broadcasts and recording sessions, with occasional entries about Inman's personal experiences visiting swing sessions and collecting autographs as well as his delightful comments about many of the songs heard which I found so charming that I've included many here. Note however, that he often mistook Carney's baritone for Hardwick's bass sax.

                                    Per Inman, during the 11:30 pm network broadcast [presumably EDT on WJZ], Ellington's orchestra played

                                    • Jumpy [Chatter-box]
                                    • Merry-Go-Round (Rex Stewart on cornet)
                                    • Echoes of Harlem (Cootie Williams on trumpet)
                                    • Oh Babe Maybe Someday ( vocal, Ivie Anderson)
                                    • Clarinet Lament

                                    Stratemann tells us
                                    • the band made nightly 30 minute local broadcasts and three NBC network broadcasts a week
                                    • the band played Sunday afternoon concerts sponsored by the Chicago Rhythm Club, the first of which was broadcast on the NBC network
                                    • Three nights a week the band played special 30 minute concerts called 'Concert Nights in the Urban Room.'
                                    • The band played to capacity audiences, about 500 patrons a night
                                    • The NBC network broadcasts were at 11 pm Thursdays and Fridays on WEAF and on Sundays, on WJZ.

                                      Enzo Archetti, "Swing Music Notes"

                                      'On May 8, Duke Ellington and his Orchestra opened at the Congress Hotel in Chicago This was the first hotel spot Duke has had in years. It gave him and his men the much needed rest from the almost continual touring, one night stands, and picture work they have been undergoing for the last few years. The improvement in their work was almost instantaneous. Those who had any doubts at all of Ellington's genius had but to listen to the broadcasts from Chicago several times a week.
                                        Duke's success at the Congress was tremendous. He is probably the only one who could have followed Benny Goodman in that spot and maintained the high standard of swing set by Benny. At the suggestion of the Chicago Rhythm Club a new feature was created at the Congress. Three nights a week, for a half hour each night, Duke gave concerts which were called "Concert Nights in the Urban Room." The first program was broadcast and during its course Eugene Stinson, critic of the Chicago Daily News, presented Duke with a gold and ivory baton as a tribute from the Chicago Rhythm Club. Both Mr. Stinson and Mr. Ascaft [recte Edwin M. "Squirrel" Ashcraft], of the Club, spoke their appreciation of Duke as an outstanding American composer.
                                        Duke and his Orchestra have now closed at the Congress and they are in New York enjoying a vacation. That is, Duke and a few of his men are in New York. The others are scattered far and wide, to Maine and other places, enjoying the vacations they like best. All of which has Duke a little worried. With a recording date for Brunswick on the calendar, he is wondering how he can round up his men on time.
                                        Following that, Duke is scheduled to appear at Loew's State Theatre in New York and for a short stand at Palisades Amusement Park in New Jersey.'

                                        Stratemann, p.134, citing
                                        • Variety
                                          • 1936-05-26 pp.32, 41
                                          • 1936-05-27 p.62
                                        • The Billboard 1936-06-06 p.13
                                        • Metronone
                                          • June 1936 p.28
                                          • August 1936 p.11
                                      • Vail I, unattributed and undated Congress Hotel ads
                                      • Swing Era Scrapbook: The Teenage Diaries and Radio Logs of Bob Inman, 1936-1938, Ed. Ken Vail, Studies in Jazz, Scarecrow Press 2006), p.17
                                      • Email Lasker-Palmquist 2017-01-24
                                      • Enzo Archetti, "Swing Music Notes," The American Music Lover, 1936-07-00, p. 94, courtesy S.Lasker 2017-07-01
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                                      1936 05 09
                                      Saturday
                                      .Chicago, Ill.Joseph Urban Room
                                      Congress Hotel
                                      Residency with floor show - see 1936 05 08
                                      WMAQ broadcast (12:30 am according to The Chicago Daily Tribune radio log for this date)

                                      Duke Ellington and His Orchestra
                                      Whetsel, C.Williams, Stewart, Brown, Nanton, Tizol, Bigard, Hodges, Pete Clark, Carney, Ellington, Guy, Alvis, Taylor, Greer, Ivie Anderson
                                      Titles recorded:
                                        • Stompy Jones
                                        • In A Sentimental Mood
                                        • My Old Flame
                                        • Cotton
                                        • Harlem Speaks
                                        These recordings are dated 1936 05 09 in New Desor DE3606 but 1936 05 10 in Inman. The difference is possibly attributable to it taking place after midnight.
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                                      1936 05 10
                                      Sunday
                                      .Chicago, Ill.Joseph Urban Room
                                      Congress Hotel
                                      Sunday afternoon concert sponsored by the Chicago Rhythm Club
                                      The club was headed by Edwin ("Squirrel") Ashcraft and jazz writer Helen Oakley.

                                      Prohaska says Miss Oakley was responsible for the Rhythm Club concerts, and was instrumental in bringing Ellington to Chicago (it should be remembered this was not the first time he had played in this city). Prohaska tells us Miss Oakley became a friend of Duke, and met Irving Mills, who was in Chicago while the band played the Congress. Mills and Oakley explored the idea of organizing a record company, and she returned with him to New York. Her role would be to help arrange talent and organize recording sessions once the record company was established.

                                      According to her obituary, by early 1937 she was firmly established in the Mills offices in New York, where she would go on to produce the Ellington small band recording sessions. She and her future husband Stanley Dance were important to jazz and good friends of Ellington. Her influence in the world of jazz and the couple's friendship with Ellington are outlined in the obituary written by their son.
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                                      1936 05 10
                                      Sunday
                                      .Chicago, Ill.Joseph Urban Room
                                      Congress Hotel
                                      Residency with floor show - see 1936 05 08

                                      The Chicago Daily Tribune radio log for this date shows "Duke Ellington's orchestra" at 11 pm EDT on WENR. Per Inman, the broadcast from the Congress Hotel was heard at 12:00 midnight (Sunday night) on WJZ, with

                                      • Merry-Go-Round
                                      • Troubled Waters ( vocal, Ivie Anderson)
                                      • In a Sentimental Mood
                                      • Stompy Jones
                                      • Echoes of Harlem (Cootie Williams on trumpet)
                                      • I'm Satisfied ( vocal, Ivie Anderson)
                                      • Sophisticated Lady (Lawrence Brown on trombone)
                                      • Jumpy
                                      • Stratemann p.134
                                      • Unattibuted ad in Vail I
                                      • Inman (ibid.) p.18
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                                      1936 05 11
                                      Monday
                                      .Chicago, Ill.Joseph Urban Room
                                      Congress Hotel
                                      Residency with floor show - see 1936 05 08

                                      The Chicago Daily Tribune radio log for this date shows "Duke Ellington's orchestra" at 11 pm on WENR
                                      ...
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                                      1936 05 12
                                      Tuesday
                                      .Chicago, Ill.Joseph Urban Room
                                      Congress Hotel
                                      Residency with floor show - see 1936 05 08

                                      Half-hour swing concert at supper

                                      The Chicago Daily Tribune radio log for this date shows "Duke Ellington's orchestra" at 11 pm on WENR and at 12:30 am on WMAQ
                                      • Stratemann p.134
                                      • Unattibuted ad in Vail I
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                                      1936 05 13
                                      Wednesday
                                      .Chicago, Ill.Joseph Urban Room
                                      Congress Hotel
                                      Residency with floor show - see 1936 05 08

                                      The Chicago Daily Tribune radio log for this date shows "Duke Ellington's orchestra" at 11 pm on WENR and at 12:30 am on WMAQ
                                      ...
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                                      1936 05 14
                                      Thursday
                                      .Chicago, Ill.Joseph Urban Room
                                      Congress Hotel
                                      Residency with floor show - see 1936 05 08

                                      Half-hour swing concert at supper

                                      The Chicago Daily Tribune radio log for this date shows "Duke Ellington's orchestra" at 11 pm on WENR
                                      • Stratemann p.134
                                      • Unattibuted ad in Vail I
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                                      1936 05 15
                                      Friday
                                      .Chicago, Ill.Joseph Urban Room
                                      Congress Hotel
                                      Residency with floor show - see 1936 05 08

                                      The for this date shows "Duke Ellington's orchestra" at 11 pm CDT on WENR
                                      Per Inman:
                                      12:15 (EDT) on WEAF:
                                      • Every Minute of the Hour
                                      • Jumpy
                                      • Troubled Waters
                                      • In a Sentimental Mood
                                      • Sump'n 'bout Rhythm
                                      • Love Is Like a Cigarette (I.Anderson,voc.)
                                      • Harlem Speaks
                                      .
                                      • Chicago Daily Tribune radio log
                                      • Inman (ibid.), p.19
                                      .
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                                      1936 05 16
                                      Saturday
                                      .Chicago, Ill.Joseph Urban Room
                                      Congress Hotel
                                      Residency with floor show - see 1936 05 08

                                      The Chicago Daily Tribune radio log for this date shows "Duke Ellington's orchestra" at 12:30 am on WMAQ
                                      ...
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                                      1936 05 17
                                      Sunday
                                      .Chicago, Ill.Joseph Urban Room
                                      Congress Hotel
                                      Sunday afternoon concert sponsored by the Chicago Rhythm Club - see 1936 05 10...
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                                      1936 05 17
                                      Sunday
                                      .Chicago, Ill.Joseph Urban Room
                                      Congress Hotel
                                      Residency with floor show - see 1936 05 08

                                      The Chicago Daily Tribune radio log for this date shows "Duke Ellington's orchestra" at 11 pm on WENR and at 12:30 am on WMAQ
                                      The Chicago Daily Tribune radio log for this date shows "Duke Ellington's orchestra" at 11 pm on WENR and at 12:30 am on WMAQ. According to Stratemann and Inman, the WJZ NBC network broadcast at midnight included
                                      • Clarinet Lament
                                      • Hyde Park
                                      • My Old Flame
                                      • Showboat Shuffle
                                      • an unstated title
                                      • Oh Babe, Maybe Someday
                                      • Echoes of Harlem
                                      • Rockin' in Rhythm (per Inman)
                                      Stratemann p.134 citing Metronome, August 1936 p.11 re WJZ broadcast
                                    • Unattibuted ad in Vail I
                                    • Inman p.19
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                                      1936 05 18
                                      Monday
                                      .Chicago, Ill.Joseph Urban Room
                                      Congress Hotel
                                      Residency with floor show - see 1936 05 08

                                      The Chicago Daily Tribune radio log for this date shows "Duke Ellington's orchestra" at 11 pm on WENR and at 12:30 am on WMAQ
                                      ...
                                      .djp2011
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                                      2013-12-20
                                      1936 05 19
                                      Tuesday
                                      .Chicago, Ill.Joseph Urban Room
                                      Congress Hotel
                                      Residency with floor show - see 1936 05 08

                                      Half-hour swing concert at supper

                                      The Chicago Daily Tribune radio log for this date shows "Duke Ellington's orchestra" at 11 pm on WENR and at 12:30 am on WMAQ
                                      • Stratemann p.134
                                      • Unattibuted ad in Vail I
                                      ..
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                                      1936 05 20
                                      Wednesday
                                      .Chicago, Ill.Joseph Urban Room
                                      Congress Hotel
                                      Residency with floor show - see 1936 05 08

                                      The Chicago Daily Tribune radio log for this date shows "Duke Ellington's orchestra" at 11 pm on WENR and at 12:30 am on WMAQ
                                      ...
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                                      2013-12-20
                                      1936 05 21
                                      Thursday
                                      .Chicago, Ill.Joseph Urban Room
                                      Congress Hotel
                                      Residency with floor show - see 1936 05 08

                                      Half-hour swing concert at supper

                                      The Chicago Daily Tribune radio log for this date shows "Duke Ellington's orchestra" at 11 pm on WENR and at 12:30 am on WMAQ
                                      • Stratemann p.134
                                      • Unattibuted ad in Vail I
                                      ..
                                      .djp2011
                                      updated
                                      2013-12-20
                                      1936 05 22
                                      Friday
                                      .Chicago, Ill.Joseph Urban Room
                                      Congress Hotel
                                      Residency with floor show - see 1936 05 08

                                      The Chicago Daily Tribune radio log for this date shows "Duke Ellington's orchestra" at 11 pm and 12:30 am on WENR. Inman: Midnight (EDT), WEAF:
                                      • Merry-Go-Round
                                      • Tormented ( vocal, Ivie Anderson)
                                      • Showboat Shuffle
                                      • In a Sentimental Mood
                                      • Isn't Love the Strangest Thing ( vocal, Ivie Anderson)
                                      • Drifting Changes ( vocal, Ivie Anderson)
                                      • Oh Babe, Maybe Someday ( vocal, Ivie Anderson)
                                      • Echoes of Harlem (Cootie Williams, trumpet)
                                      • Swing Low (Rex Stewart, cornet).
                                      Inman, p.20..
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                                      1936 05 23
                                      Saturday
                                      .Chicago, Ill.Congress HotelResidency with floor show - see 26may36

                                      The Chicago Daily Tribune radio log for this date shows "Duke Ellington's orchestra" at 12:30 am on WMAQ

                                      WENR appears to have had other programming most of the evening.
                                      ..DEMS
                                      .Ken Steiner
                                      djp
                                      2011
                                      updated
                                      2013-12-20
                                      1936 05 24
                                      Sunday
                                      .Chicago, Ill.Joseph Urban Room
                                      Congress Hotel
                                      Sunday afternoon concert sponsored by the Chicago Rhythm Club - see 1936 05 10...
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                                      updated
                                      2013-12-20
                                      1936 05 24
                                      Sunday
                                      .Chicago, Ill.Joseph Urban Room
                                      Congress Hotel
                                      Residency with floor show - see 1936 05 08

                                      The Chicago Daily Tribune radio log for this date shows "Duke Ellington's orchestra" at 11 pm on WENR and at 12:30 am on WMAQ
                                      • Stratemann p.134
                                      • Unattibuted ad in Vail I
                                      ..
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                                      2013-12-20
                                      1936 05 25
                                      Monday
                                      .Chicago, Ill.Joseph Urban Room
                                      Congress Hotel
                                      Residency with floor show - see 1936 05 08

                                      The Chicago Daily Tribune radio log for this date shows "Duke Ellington's orchestra" at 11 pm on WENR and at 12:30 am on WMAQ
                                      ...
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                                      1936 05 26
                                      Tuesday
                                      .Chicago, Ill.Congress HotelHalf-hour swing concert at supper

                                      Residency with floor show - see 1936 05 08

                                      The Chicago Daily Tribune radio log for this date shows "Duke Ellington's orchestra" at 12:30 am on WMAQ

                                      The broadcast was recorded:
                                      Duke Ellington and His Orchestra
                                      Whetsel, C.Williams, Stewart, Brown, Nanton, Tizol, Bigard, Hodges, Clark, Carney, Ellington, Guy, Alvis, Taylor, Greer
                                      Titles recorded:
                                        • East St. Louis Toodle-O (theme)
                                        • Stompy Jones
                                        • Clarinet Lament
                                        • Showboat Shuffle
                                      New Desor
                                      DE3607
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                                      2013-12-20
                                      1936 05 27
                                      Wednesday
                                      .Chicago, Ill.Joseph Urban Room
                                      Congress Hotel
                                      Residency with floor show - see 1936 05 08

                                      The Chicago Daily Tribune radio log for this date shows "Duke Ellington's orchestra" at 12:30 am on WMAQ
                                      ...
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                                      1936 05 28
                                      Thursday
                                      .Chicago, Ill.Joseph Urban Room
                                      Congress Hotel
                                      Half-hour swing concert at supper

                                      Residency with floor show - see 1936 05 08

                                      The Chicago Daily Tribune radio log for this date shows "Duke Ellington's orchestra" at 12:30 am on WMAQ
                                      • Stratemann p.134
                                      • Unattibuted ad in Vail I
                                      ..
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                                      1936 05 29
                                      Friday
                                      .Chicago, Ill.Joseph Urban Room
                                      Congress Hotel
                                      Residency with floor show - see 1936 05 08

                                      The Chicago Daily Tribune radio log for this date shows "Duke Ellington's orchestra" at 12:30 am on WENR

                                      Coincidentally, Ray Nance's orchestra is shown on WIND at 10:30 pm
                                      ...
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                                      1936 05 30
                                      Saturday
                                      .Chicago, Ill.Joseph Urban Room
                                      Congress Hotel
                                      Residency with floor show - see 1936 05 08

                                      The Chicago Daily Tribune radio log for this date shows "Duke Ellington's orchestra" at 12:30 am on WMAQ
                                      ...
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                                      1936 05 31
                                      Sunday
                                      .Chicago, Ill.Joseph Urban Room
                                      Congress Hotel
                                      Sunday afternoon concert sponsored by the Chicago Rhythm Club - see 1936 05 10...
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                                      2013-12-20
                                      1936 05 31
                                      Sunday
                                      .Chicago, Ill.Joseph Urban Room
                                      Congress Hotel
                                      Residency with floor show - see 1936 05 08

                                      The Chicago Daily Tribune radio log for this date shows "Duke Ellington's orchestra" at 11 pm on WENR and at 12:30 am on WMAQ
                                      • Stratemann p.134
                                      • Unattibuted ad in Vail I
                                      ..
                                      .djp2011
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                                      June 1936

                                      1936 06 01
                                      Monday
                                      1936 06 05
                                      Friday
                                      Chicago, Ill.Congress HotelResidency with floor show - see 1936 05 08

                                      The Chicago Daily Tribune radio log for this date shows "Duke Ellington's orchestra" at 11 pm on WENR and at 12:30 am on WMAQ
                                      ..DEMS
                                      .djp2011
                                      updated
                                      2013-12-20
                                      1936 06 02
                                      Tuesday
                                      .Chicago, Ill.Joseph Urban Room
                                      Congress Hotel
                                      Half-hour swing concert at supper

                                      Residency with floor show - see 1936 05 08

                                      The Chicago Daily Tribune radio log for this date shows "Duke Ellington's orchestra" at 11 pm on WENR and at 12:30 am on WMAQ
                                      • Stratemann p.134
                                      • Unattibuted ad in Vail I
                                      ..
                                      .djp2011
                                      updated
                                      2013-12-20
                                      1936 06 03
                                      Wednesday
                                      .Chicago, Ill.Joseph Urban Room
                                      Congress Hotel
                                      Residency with floor show - see 1936 05 08

                                      The Chicago Daily Tribune radio log for this date shows "Duke Ellington's orchestra" at 11 pm on WENR and at 12:30 am on WMAQ
                                      ...
                                      .djp2011
                                      updated
                                      2013-12-20
                                      1936 06 04
                                      Thursday
                                      .Chicago, Ill.Joseph Urban Room
                                      Congress Hotel
                                      Half-hour swing concert at supper

                                      Residency with floor show - see 1936 05 08

                                      The Chicago Daily Tribune radio log for this date shows "Duke Ellington's orchestra" at 11 pm on WENR and at 12:30 am on WMAQ
                                      • Stratemann p.134
                                      • Unattibuted ad in Vail I
                                      ..
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                                      2013-12-20
                                      1936 06 05
                                      Friday
                                      .Chicago, Ill.Joseph Urban Room
                                      Congress Hotel
                                      Stratemann shows the Congress Hotel residency ending on this date, but it conflicts with his entry for the farewell dance below. Since the Chicago Daily Tribune radio log for this date does not show Ellington, it seems possible the engagement ended the night before....
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                                      1936 06 05
                                      Friday
                                      .Chicago, Ill.Eighth Regiment Armory(Unconfirmed)

                                      Farewell dance, Ellington and Erskine Tate orchestras. Since the Chicago Defender source is dated earlier than the event, so should not be considered to be confirmed. Note the conflict with the Congress Hotel ending date.
                                      Stratemann p.134 citing Chicago Defender 1936-05-30 p.11...
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                                      1936 06 06
                                      Saturday
                                      1936 06 07
                                      Sunday
                                      Detroit, Mich.Eastwood Park Ballroom.
                                      • Stratemann p.134 citing DESB
                                      • Vail I with photo
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                                      ..Added
                                      2011
                                      1936 06 07
                                      Sunday
                                      .Detroit, Mich.Eastwood Park BallroomSee 1936 06 06...
                                      ..2011
                                      1936 06 08
                                      Monday
                                      ...activities not documented...
                                      ...
                                      1936 06 09
                                      Tuesday
                                      .Oberlin, OhioOberlin CollegeSenior prom, 10 p.m.

                                      '...Duke Ellington and his band, who have been employed to furnish music, were due to arrive in Oberlin this afternoon, early enough for them to become acclimated in the M.B. set-up. Amplifiers were set up yesterday to carry Ellington's music into every cranny of the M.B. lobby, the K.B. room, and rec hall downstairs... '

                                      A 2"x 3" programme purchased on eBay by Bill Norton in Australia is signed by Ellington and Dick Jones. The covers of the 4-leaf booklet are metal, the back page has the names of guests including Oberlin's president Ernest H. Wilkins, F. O. Grover.

                                      The original owner of the programme was Eleanor Jane Graham. A report card says that she was prepared at Bellevue, Pennsylvania, High school and entered Oberlin in 1934.
                                      Oberlin Review, Oberlin, Ohio, 1934-06-09 p.1.DEMS
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                                      1936 06 10
                                      Wednesday
                                      ...activities not documented...
                                      ...
                                      1936 06 11
                                      Thursday
                                      .Dayton, OhioGraystone BallroomWilberforce University Commencement Prom dance sponsored by Dayton's Paramount Amusements club.

                                      NBC/WMAQ broadcast at 1 AM
                                      • Ad, Indianapolis Recorder, 1936-06-06, p.13
                                      • Radio log, Chicago Daily Tribune, 1936 06 11
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                                      1936 06 12
                                      Friday
                                      .Columbus, OhioMoonlight Gardens,
                                      Olentangy Park
                                      ...DEMS
                                      .(credit DEMS as all 04,2-20 entries)Added
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                                      1936 06 13
                                      Saturday
                                      .New York, N.Y..Peripheral Event
                                      WABC and the CBS network broadcast the first "Saturday Night Swing Club" session. Duke Ellington would be a guest on five programs, on 1937-03-13 (session 36), 1937-05-08 (session 44), 1937-06-12 (session 49: first anniversary program), 1937-07-03 (session 52). 1938-02-16 (session 85). A small group from Ellington's band, with Dave Bowman on piano in place of a hospitalized Duke Ellington, appeared on the show on 1938-06-25 (second anniversary session).
                                      Email, Lasker/Palmquist
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                                      2018-07-06
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                                      1936 06 13
                                      Saturday
                                      .Cleveland, OhioTrianon Ballroom"Presented by the B.A.T. Club."ad, Cleveland Plain Dealer, 13Jun36, p13..
                                      .K.Steiner Dec 2012.
                                      Added 2013-12-21
                                      1936 06 14
                                      Sunday
                                      .Geneva-On-The-Lake, OhioPierAdmission 25 cents.
                                        Ads, The Youngstown Vindicator, Youngstown, Ohio
                                      • 1936-06-12
                                      • 1936-06-13
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                                      1936 06 14
                                      Sunday
                                      .Columbus, OhioMoonlight Gardens, Olentangy ParkDEMS 04/2-21:

                                      Duke was indeed in the area... he was at the Moonlight Gardens Olentangy Park in Columbus OH on 12Jun36 (no confirmation). He played at the same venue on 14Jun36 (Columbus Star 14Jun36, ad)

                                      Despite this statement, one must consider how likely it is the band would have played two venues 190 miles apart on one day.
                                      ..DEMS
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                                      1936 06 15
                                      Monday
                                      .Gallitzin, Penn.Oriental Ballroom.Ad, Altoon Daily Mirror, 1936-06-15..
                                      ..Added
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                                      1936 06 16
                                      Tuesday
                                      ...activities not documented...
                                      ...
                                      1936 06 17
                                      Wednesday
                                      ...activities not documented...
                                      ...
                                      1936 06 18
                                      Thursday
                                      ...activities not documented...
                                      ...
                                      1936 06 19
                                      Friday
                                      ...activities not documented...
                                      ...
                                      1936 06 20
                                      Saturday
                                      ...activities not documented...
                                      ...
                                      1936 06 21
                                      Sunday
                                      ...activities not documented...
                                      ...
                                      1936 06 22
                                      Monday
                                      ...activities not documented...
                                      ...
                                      1936 06 23
                                      Tuesday
                                      ...activities not documented...
                                      ...
                                      1936 06 24
                                      Wednesday
                                      ...activities not documented...
                                      ...
                                      1936 06 25
                                      Thursday
                                      ...activities not documented...
                                      ...
                                      1936 06 26
                                      Friday
                                      ...activities not documented...
                                      ...
                                      1936 06 27
                                      Saturday
                                      ...activities not documented...
                                      ...
                                      1936 06 28
                                      Sunday
                                      ...activities not documented...
                                      ...
                                      1936 06 29
                                      Monday
                                      ...activities not documented...
                                      ...
                                      1936 06 30
                                      Tuesday
                                      ...activities not documented...
                                      ...

                                      July 1936

                                      1936 07 01
                                      Wednesday
                                      ...activities not documented...
                                      ...
                                      1936 07 02
                                      Thursday
                                      .New York, N.Y. Ellington's apartment
                                      381 Edgecombe Ave.
                                      Duke and his father J.E. held a party to celebrate the 21st birthday of Duke's sister Ruth. In attendance: Mesdames P.R.Washington, Julia Delany, Bertine Tildon, Laura Thomasson, Geraldyn Dismond, Mary Sweetwine, Fredi Washington Browne [sic], Rose Tizol, Dr. May Chinn, Mr. and Mrs. Charles Wilson, Mr. and Mrs. Jackson, Misses Aida Bearden, Wezlynn Tildon, Dorothy Preno Des, Perdita Duncan, Yvonne Walker, Drs. Euclid Ghee, Ira McGowan, Marshall Ross, H.B. Delaney, Scott McKnight, Barrett Johnson, William (Bill) Smallwood, George E. Wormley, Kirk Jackson, Ross Hawkins, John P. Gray, Fred Avendorph and Thomas Wilson.New York Age, 1936-07-11 p.4..
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                                      1936 07 02
                                      Thursday
                                      .Hartford, Conn.Governor's Foot Guard Armory
                                      High Street between Chapel and Church streets
                                      Dance sponsored by the Notley Club
                                      While Ellington's New York apartment is about 108 miles from the Armory, he appears to have been in both places this evening. He is named in the New York Age coverage of his sister's birthday party, and The Hartford Courant carried a brief story with his response to a question asked of him at the dance.
                                      • Stratemann p.134 citing DESB
                                      • Hartford Courant 1936-07-03 p.6
                                      • .
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                                        1936 07 03
                                        Friday
                                        .SalemNorth Shore Gard....
                                        ..Added
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                                        1936 07 04
                                        Saturday
                                        .Narragansett, R.I.Pier Casino...DEMS
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                                        1936 07 05
                                        Sunday
                                        (evening)
                                        .Cliffside Park
                                        and
                                        Fort Lee, N.J.
                                        (not Hackensack)
                                        Mardi Gras Ballroom
                                        Palisades Amusement Park
                                        Dance with floorshow

                                        30 minute remote broadcast on WOR.

                                        New York Evening Post:

                                        'Making their first appearance in the East this season, Duke Ellington and his famous orchestra will play at Palisades Amusement Park... on Sunday night for one night only. ...band will play for dancing in the new Mardi Gras ballroom and in addition there will be an elaborate Harlem revue featuring the Duke himself and Ivie Anderson...The appearance of the Ellington band will mark the first of a number of well-known orchestras scheduled to play at the Jersey amusement center... '


                                        Palisades Amusement Park should not be confused with the nearby town of Palisades Park, N.J.. The amusement park straddled the boundary between the New Jersey towns Fort Lee and Cliffside Park, on the clifftop overlooking the Hudson River, across from New York City's 135th St. ferry dock.

                                        The ballroom isn't shown on a 1970 map of the park. Vince Gargiulo, whose website is devoted to the venue and includes a copy of the map, explains:

                                        Email V.Gargiulo-Palmquist 2015-03-04

                                        '...Although I could find no info about a Mardi Gras Ballroom at Palisades Amusement Park, my guess is that they renamed the Casino stage at Palisades. This was attached to the swimming pool. The other stage (the open air stage) was used for more pop acts while the Casino was used for more adult acts, like Duke Ellington. Also, the Casino had a bar. I did find a mention of a Mardi Gras celebration in a 1935 article which I have attached.'

                                        Email V.Gargiulo-Lester 2015-03-04

                                        'It seems that Palisades held a Mardi Gras tribute in 1936. The attached article was the only reference I found about Mardi Gras. My guess is that they renamed the Casino Bar/Restaurant near the pool to the Mardi Gras Ballroom for the 1936 season.'


                                        Swing Music Notes by Enzo Archetti

                                        'DUKE ELLINGTON'S one night stand at Palisade Amusement Park in New Jersey was a huge success -financially, at least. A record crowd turned out, including many well-known figures in the entertainment world. Irving Mills was there, keeping an anxious eye on the progress of the dance and broadcasting. However, our comment is that Palisade is not the place for any one of Duke's calibre. Duke's music (his own compositions) is wasted on the type of rug-cutters who patronize the place and Duke's talent is wasted in playing mere dance music...'

                                        .
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                                        1936 07 06
                                        Monday
                                        ...activities not documented...
                                        ...
                                        1936 07 07
                                        Tuesday
                                        ...activities not documented...
                                        ...
                                        1936 07 08
                                        Wednesday
                                        ...activities not documented...
                                        ...
                                        1936 07 09
                                        Thursday
                                        ...activities not documented...
                                        ...
                                        1936 07 10
                                        Friday
                                        1936 07 16
                                        Thursday
                                        New York, N.Y.Loew's State TheaterNew York Sun

                                        'Duke Ellington and his orchestra will be the featured stage attraction at Loew's State this week. The program also includes the Four Step brothers [sic], Cook and Brown, eccentric dancing team; George Beatty and Joe and Jane McKenna.'


                                        Leonard Feather reported he first met Ellington and his son backstage at Loew's in 1936. Duke told him "that he attached no enormous importance to [Reminiscing in Tempo], which he said was written entirely on a train during a few hurried days of one night stands." Duke and Leonard talked about Mercer, who was present, with Duke telling Feather "He plays the saxophone but I've sent him to study at an institute of aerial technology. Mathematics and engineering are his strong subjects. I let him play, but that's just a hobby."
                                        Enzo Archetti:

                                        '... a week at Loew's State Theatre in New York. There they had a better opportunity to show what they could do and the audience seemed to appreciate what they heard. This was probably because most of the audience knew who Duke was and probably came solely to hear him. The performances heard by this writer were about as perfect as one could wish for. Cootie's Concerto or Echoes of Harlem, was featured in each of these occasions. Here is a work which grows with each hearing. It has the bite of the old Ellington of the Mooche, Black and Tan and Creole Love Call. Next time you play the record listen to the orchestra behind the soloist. As in all concertos, classical and otherwise, the soloist's part is for display. Cootie's Concerto is no exception. But listen to Ellington's ideas as he expresses them in the orchestra behind the trumpet!
                                          In a brief chat in his dressing room before Duke went on, I found him as cheerful and as pleasant as ever. His dressing table was covered with music paper. He explained that he was writing a few new works, including a concerto for Rex Stewart. There was a recording date for Friday, July 7th, on the calendar and then a tour of the country including a dance date in New England, theatre performances in the Middle West, a stand at the Texas Centennial, all of which would wind up in the East again at the Apollo Theatre in Harlem on September 11th.'

                                        • New York Sun 1936-07-11 p.9
                                        • Leonard Feather, The Jazz Years: Earwitness to an Era, pp.62-63
                                        • Enzo Archetti, Swing Music Notes, The American Music Lover, 1936-08-00 p. 121, courtesy Cary Ginell and Steven Lasker, 2015-12-07
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                                        1936 07 11
                                        Saturday
                                        .New York, N.Y.Loew's State TheaterStage show - see 1936 07 10...
                                        ..2011.
                                        1936 07 12
                                        Sunday
                                        .New York, N.Y.Loew's State TheaterStage show - see 1936 07 10...
                                        ..2011.
                                        1936 07 13
                                        Monday
                                        .New York, N.Y.Loew's State TheaterStage show - see 1936 07 10...
                                        ..2011.
                                        1936 07 14
                                        Tuesday
                                        .New York, N.Y.Loew's State TheaterStage show - see 1936 07 10...
                                        ..2011.
                                        1936 07 15
                                        Wednesday
                                        .New York, N.Y.Loew's State Theater....
                                        .Stage show - see 1936 07 102011.
                                        1936 07 16
                                        Thursday
                                        .New York, N.Y.Loew's State Theater....
                                        .Stage show - see 1936 07 102011.
                                        1936 07 17
                                        Friday
                                        .New York, N.Y..American Record Corporation recording session
                                        session times not noted in recording ledger or engineer's log
                                        Duke Ellington and His Orchestra
                                        Whetsel, Williams, Stewart, Brown, Nanton, Tizol, Bigard, Hodges, Hardwick, Carney, Ellington, Guy, Taylor, Greer, Anderson

                                        Titles recorded:
                                        • Shoe Shine Boy
                                        • It Was A Sad Night in Harlem
                                        • Trumpet in Spades
                                        • Yearning for Love
                                        Email, S.Lasker-Palmquist 2015-06-24 re session timesNew Desor
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                                        1936 07 18
                                        Saturday
                                        ...activities not documented...
                                        ...
                                        1936 07 19
                                        Sunday
                                        ...activities not documented...
                                        ...
                                        1936 07 20
                                        Monday
                                        ...activities not documented...
                                        ...
                                        1936 07 21
                                        Tuesday
                                        ...activities not documented...
                                        ...
                                        1936 07 22
                                        Wednesday
                                        .Framingham, Mass.Bal A L'Air Ballroom....
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                                        1936 07 23
                                        Thursday
                                        .Onset, Mass.Colonial CasinoShown as July 30 in Stratemann and Vail, it seems more likely this job was on July 23.

                                        The July 30 date is doubtful because:
                                        • a/ Duke seems to have opened at the Palace Theater in Cleveland the next day. Ellington's typical theatre gigs included several shows a day starting in the afternoon.
                                        • b/ Ellington had a recording session in New York on July 29.
                                        • c/ From Onset to Cleveland is nearly 700 miles. It's a long way to go overnight, particularly from a coastal resort and complicated by needing to meet the rest of the troupe used for theatre gigs.
                                        • d/ An appearance on July 23 seems more likely since it would fall between the appearances also advertised in DESB for Framingham, Mass. (July 22) and Manchester N.H. (July 25).
                                        Ken Steiner writes:

                                        "The band was advertised there for 23Jul while on a short tour of New England. This date has been incorrectly listed in the references due to an inaccurate reading of an ad in the DESB. There is no ad in the 30Jul36 Boston Post."


                                        Further evidence such as Ellington's business records or local news coverage the day after the event is needed.
                                        • ad,Boston Post, 1936-07-23, p14
                                        • Stratemann p.134
                                        • Vail I
                                        .DEMS
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                                        1936 07 24
                                        Friday
                                        .Old Orchard Beach, MainePier CasinoIt seems likely this summer dancehall one-nighter was at the Pier Casino - see 1926 08 12...DEMS
                                        ..Added
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                                        1936 07 25
                                        Saturday
                                        .Manchester, N.H.Bedford Grove Ballroom....
                                        ..Added
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                                        1936 07 26
                                        Sunday
                                        ...activities not documented...
                                        ...
                                        1936 07 27
                                        Monday
                                        ...activities not documented...
                                        ...
                                        1936 07 28
                                        Tuesday
                                        ...activities not documented...
                                        ...
                                        1936 07 29
                                        Wednesday
                                        .New York, N.Y..American Record Corporation recording session

                                        According to the recording ledger, the session began at 10:30, am/pm not noted
                                        Duke Ellington And His Orchestra
                                        Whetsel, C.Williams, Stewart, Brown, Nanton, Tizol, Bigard, Hodges, Hardwick, Webster, Carney, Ellington, Guy, Taylor, Alvis, Greer
                                        Titles recorded:
                                        • In A Jam
                                        • Exposition Swing
                                        • Uptown Downbeat (also titled Blackout)
                                        New Desor
                                        DE3609
                                        DEMS
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                                        2015-07-01
                                        1936 07 30
                                        Thursday
                                        ...activities not documented
                                        A July 23 event in Onset, Mass. is incorrectly shown in Stratemann and Vail as being on July 30.

                                        It seems more likely this was a travel day.
                                        ...
                                        ...
                                        1936 07 31
                                        Friday
                                        1936 08 06Cleveland, OhioPalace TheatreStage show

                                        "Lincoln Dickey shoud give a rising vote of thanks to Duke Ellington, the 'Duke of Syncopation,' for glorifying Cleveland's centennial show in a new song-hit.

                                        Ellington has named is composition 'Exposition Swing' and written appropriate lyrics for it. The tune will be played for the frist time when his brown-skinned orchestra comes to the RKO Palace tomorrow..."

                                        Cleveland Plaindealer, 19360729, p.8.
                                        ellingtonweb.ca.2011
                                        updated
                                        2014-01-25

                                        August 1936

                                        1936 08 01
                                        Saturday
                                        .Cleveland, OhioPalace Theatresee 1936 07 31...
                                        ..2011
                                        1936 08 02
                                        Sunday
                                        .Cleveland, OhioPalace Theatresee 1936 07 31...
                                        ..2011
                                        1936 08 02
                                        Sunday
                                        .Cleveland, Ohio.Broadcast (midnight EDT)
                                        Titles logged by Inman from WEAF NBC Red Network broadcast:
                                        • Merry-Go-Round
                                        • Clarinet Lament
                                        • Isn't Love the Strangest Thing ( vocal, Ivie Anderson)
                                        • At a Fair with Rex [An Affair with Rex?] (Exposition Swing?)
                                        • In a Sentimental Mood ( vocal, Ivie Anderson)
                                        • Great Lake Stomp ( vocal, Ivie Anderson)
                                        • Echoes of Harlem (Cootie Williams on trumpet)
                                        • Oh Babe, Maybe Someday ( vocal, Ivie Anderson)
                                        A random sampling of radio logs shows local times of the broadcast:
                                        • KGW 2015 PDT (The Oregon Statesman, Salem, Ore. ) (15 minutes)
                                        • WEAF 11:00 EDT (The Portsmouth Times, Portsmouth, Ohio and The Evening Sun, Hanover, Penn.) 30 minutes
                                        • WTAM 11:00 EST (The Zanesville Signal, Zanesville, Ohio) 30 minutes.
                                        • Inman, p33
                                        • Radio logs as stated
                                        ..
                                        .djpNew
                                        added 2015-02-25
                                        1936 08 03
                                        Monday
                                        .Cleveland, OhioPalace Theatresee 1936 07 31...
                                        ..2011
                                        1936 08 04
                                        Tuesday
                                        .Cleveland, OhioPalace Theatresee 1936 07 31...
                                        ..2011
                                        1936 08 05
                                        Wednesday
                                        .Cleveland, OhioPalace Theatresee 1936 07 31...
                                        ..2011
                                        1936 08 06
                                        Thursday
                                        .Cleveland, OhioPalace Theatresee 1936 07 31...
                                        ..2011
                                        1936 08 07
                                        Friday
                                        ...activities not documented...
                                        ...
                                        1936 08 08
                                        Saturday
                                        .South Bend, Ind.Melody Garden,
                                        Playland Park
                                        ....
                                        ..Added
                                        2011
                                        1936 08 09
                                        Sunday
                                        ...activities not documented...
                                        ...
                                        1936 08 10
                                        Monday
                                        ...activities not documented...
                                        ...
                                        1936 08 11
                                        Tuesday
                                        ...activities not documented...
                                        ...
                                        1936 08 12
                                        Wednesday
                                        .Oil City, Penn.Stoneboro PavilionDanceGreenfield Pa. Record Argus, Aug 10, 1936..
                                        .djp
                                        2011 updated 2012-07-26
                                        1936 08 13
                                        Thursday
                                        ...activities not documented...
                                        ...
                                        1936 08 14
                                        Friday
                                        .Dayton OhioLakeside Park....
                                        ..Added
                                        2011
                                        1936 08 15
                                        Saturday
                                        1936 08 16
                                        Sunday
                                        Cincinnati, OhioCastle FarmTwo nights. "Tonight and Sunday."ad, Cincinnati Enquirer, 1936-08-15, p.2..
                                        .K.Steiner Dec 20122011
                                        updated
                                        2013-12-22
                                        1936 08 16
                                        Sunday
                                        .Cincinnati, OhioCastle FarmTwo nights - see 1936 08 15...
                                        ..2011
                                        updated
                                        2013-12-22
                                        1936 08 17
                                        Monday
                                        .Mt. Sterling, Ky.Trimble HallDance sponsored by the Cardinal Cotillion Club, 10 p.m. to 3 a.m. with an hour intermission. Admission:
                                        • $3.00/couple
                                        • $2.00/stag
                                        • $2.00/spectator
                                        , plus tax.
                                        The Danville Advocate, Danville, Ky., 1936-08-11 p.4 (courtesy K.Steiner)..
                                        .KSteinerNew
                                        Added
                                        2016-02-07
                                        1936 08 18
                                        Tuesday
                                        ...activities not documented...
                                        ...
                                        1936 08 19
                                        Wednesday
                                        .Louisville, Ky.Armory.ad, Louisville Courier-Journal, 1936-08-19 p.15..
                                        .K.Steiner Dec 2012.
                                        Added 2012-01-12
                                        1936 08 20
                                        Thursday
                                        ...activities not documented...
                                        ...
                                        1936 08 21
                                        Friday
                                        ...activities not documented...
                                        ...
                                        1936 08 22
                                        Saturday
                                        ...activities not documented...
                                        ...
                                        1936 08 23
                                        Sunday
                                        ...activities not documented...
                                        ...
                                        1936 08 24
                                        Monday
                                        ...activities not documented...
                                        ...
                                        1936 08 25
                                        Tuesday
                                        ...activities not documented...
                                        ...
                                        1936 08 26
                                        Wednesday
                                        ...activities not documented...
                                        ...
                                        1936 08 27
                                        Thursday
                                        ...activities not documented...
                                        ...
                                        1936 08 28
                                        Friday
                                        1936 09 02
                                        Wednesday
                                        Montréal, P.Q.Loew's TheatreTheatre appearance
                                        "...the Ellington troupe with Tooty & Al and the Step Brothers received such great applause from full houses 'as has seldom been heard for any presentation at this theatre, it was said.'"

                                        There was dancing on the stage after the regular show at no extra charge. Shows were at 1:00, 3:50, 6:35 & 9:20 pm.
                                        • Stratemann p.134, citing Variety 1936-09-02 and 1936-09-26
                                        • Joe Igo's itinerary citing Montreal Gazette 1936-09-01
                                        ..
                                        ..
                                        Added
                                        2011
                                        updated 2013-04-19
                                        1936 08 29
                                        Saturday
                                        .Montréal, P.Q.Loew's TheatreTheatre show - see 1936 08 28...
                                        ..Added
                                        2011
                                        1936 08 30
                                        Sunday
                                        .Montréal, P.Q.Loew's TheatreTheatre show - see 1936 08 28...
                                        ..Added
                                        2011
                                        1936 08 31
                                        Monday
                                        .Montréal, P.Q.Loew's TheatreTheatre show - see 1936 08 28...
                                        ..Added
                                        2011

                                        September 1936

                                        1936 09 01
                                        Tuesday
                                        .Montréal, P.Q.Loew's TheatreTheatre show - see 1936 08 28...
                                        ..Added
                                        2011
                                        1936 09 02
                                        Wednesday
                                        .Montréal, P.Q.Loew's TheatreTheatre show - see 1936 08 28...
                                        ..Added
                                        2011
                                        1936 09 03
                                        Thursday
                                        ...activities not documented...
                                        ...
                                        1936 09 04
                                        Friday
                                        .Fort Lee, N.J.activities not documented
                                        Stratemann and Vail incorrectly report the band played at Palisades Amusement Park on Sept. 4 and 5. The engagement was advertised for Sept. 6 and 7 (see below).
                                        ...
                                        ..2011
                                        updated
                                        2015-02-26
                                        1936 09 05
                                        Saturday
                                        .Richfield Springs, N.Y.Canadarago ParkDancing, 9 - 1 EST, admission 99 cents
                                        (It seems likely, given that the band was in Montreal a few days earlier, that it may have played various locations on its way back to New York.)
                                        • Email Carl Hällström-Palmquist
                                          • 2015-02-26
                                          • 2015-02-27
                                        • Ad, Utica Observer-Dispatch, Utica, N.Y., 1936-09-05 p.3
                                        ..
                                        .carl2015-02-27
                                        1936 09 06
                                        Sunday
                                        1936 09 07Cliffside Park
                                        and
                                        Fort Lee, N.J.
                                        Outdoor stage and Mardi Gras Ballroom
                                        at Palisades Park
                                        Two day amusement park engagement - the band was advertised as playing 3 free swing concerts each day (16:00, 19:00 and 22:00) on the open-air stage, as well as playing for dancing in the ballroom.

                                        The New York Times Sunday radio schedule shows a one-hour Ellington broadcast at 9 p.m. on WHN. On the other hand, the Brooklyn Daily Eagle shows the Palisades Park Orchestra at 9 pm and Ellington at 9:45. It may be that the PPO was Ellington's orchestra.
                                        See a detailed description of the venue in the entry above for 1936 07 05.
                                        Ads, New York Post
                                        • 1936-08-29 p.10
                                        • 1936-09-05 p.10
                                        • Radio logs:
                                          • New York Times
                                          • Brooklyn Daily Eagle
                                        .
                                        ..
                                        .djp/Email, C. Hallstrom 2015 02 26New
                                        Added 2015-02-26
                                        2015-02-28
                                        updated
                                        2015-03-04
                                        1936 09 07
                                        Monday
                                        Labour Day
                                        .Cliffside Park
                                        and
                                        Fort Lee, N.J.
                                        Outdoor stage and Mardi Gras Ballroom
                                        at Palisades Park
                                        Three free outdoor swing concerts (16:00, 19:00 and 22:00) followed by playing for dancers in the ballroom - see 1936 09 06


                                        Broadcast, 22:45 -23:00 EDT, WHN
                                        Playlist logged and described by Bob Inman:
                                        • Swing Low (a very fast number with trumpet like Eldridge)
                                        • Echoes of Harlem
                                        • Oh Babe, Maybe Someday ( vocal, Ivie Anderson)
                                        • In a Sentimental Mood ( vocal, Ivie Anderson)
                                        Inman noted the broadcast was from Palisades Park.

                                        The New York Times radio schedule shows an earlier broadcast as well, at 21:30-21:45.
                                        • Inman (ibid.) p.56
                                        • Email, C. Hallstrom 2015 02 26
                                        ..
                                        .New
                                        Added 2015-02-25
                                        updated
                                        2015-02-28
                                        1936 09 08
                                        Tuesday
                                        ...activities not documented...
                                        ...
                                        1936 09 09
                                        Wednesday
                                        ...activities not documented...
                                        ...
                                        1936 09 10
                                        Thursday
                                        ...activities not documented...
                                        ...
                                        1936 09 11
                                        Friday
                                        1936 09 17New York, N.Y.Apollo Theater
                                        253 W. 125th St., Borough of Manhattan, Harlem district
                                        ...DEMS
                                        Ad, New York AgeCAHjul11Added
                                        2011
                                        1936 09 12
                                        Saturday
                                        .New York, N.Y.."Saturday Night Swing Club"

                                        no Duke
                                        ..DEMS
                                        ..Added
                                        2011
                                        1936 09 13
                                        Sunday
                                        ...activities not documented...
                                        ...
                                        1936 09 14
                                        Monday
                                        ...activities not documented...
                                        ...
                                        1936 09 15
                                        Tuesday
                                        ...activities not documented...
                                        ...
                                        1936 09 16
                                        Wednesday
                                        ...activities not documented...
                                        ...
                                        1936 09 17
                                        Thursday
                                        ...activities not documented...
                                        ...
                                        1936 09 18
                                        Friday
                                        1936 09 24
                                        Thursday
                                        Philadelphia, Penn.Lincoln Theater...
                                        Vail I.Added
                                        2011
                                        1936 09 19
                                        Saturday
                                        .Philadelphia, Penn.Lincoln TheaterStage show - see 1936 09 18..
                                        Vail I.2011
                                        1936 09 20
                                        Sunday
                                        .Philadelphia, Penn.Lincoln TheaterStage show - see 1936 09 18..
                                        Vail I.2011
                                        1936 09 21
                                        Monday
                                        .Philadelphia, Penn.Lincoln TheaterStage show - see 1936 09 18..
                                        Vail I.2011
                                        1936 09 22
                                        Tuesday
                                        .Philadelphia, Penn.Lincoln TheaterStage show - see 1936 09 18..
                                        Vail I.2011
                                        1936 09 23
                                        Wednesday
                                        .Philadelphia, Penn.Lincoln TheaterStage show - see 1936 09 18..
                                        Vail I.2011
                                        1936 09 24
                                        Thursday
                                        .Philadelphia, Penn.Lincoln TheaterStage show - see 1936 09 18..
                                        Vail I.2011
                                        1936 09 24
                                        Thursday
                                        .New York, N.Y.48th and Broadway Peripheral event
                                        The Cotton Club reopened at its new location, which was previously the Palais Royale
                                        In the Cafes and Supper Clubs, New York Sun, 1936-09-26, p.15..
                                        ..New
                                        added 2014-02-21
                                        1936 09 25
                                        Friday
                                        .Chester, Penn.. Peripheral event
                                        In My New York, columnist James Aswell wrote

                                        "It pleases me to imagine Duke Ellington, the colored jazzmaster, as the author of serious books...
                                        For a year he has been emerging from temples of swing and flaming jazzique, in which he officiates with so much gusto, to scribble industrially into the dawn. His book, a heavy tome, is almost ready for the publisher and is a scholarly disquisition on the contributions of his race to American music since the first plantation sings [sic] and tom-tom beats in the cabarets of Memphis and New Orleans."

                                        Chester Times, Chester, Pa., 1936-09-25 p.20..
                                        ..New
                                        added 2013-12-22
                                        1936 09 25
                                        Friday
                                        1936 10 01
                                        Thursday
                                        Baltimore, Md.Royal Theatre
                                        1329 Pennsylvania Ave.
                                        Stage showStratemann p.134 citing Variety 1936-09-26 p.95..
                                        .djp2011
                                        updated
                                        2013-12-22
                                        2015-05-22
                                        1936 09 26
                                        Saturday
                                        .Baltimore, Md.Royal TheatreStage show - see 1936 09 25...
                                        ..2011
                                        1936 09 27
                                        Sunday
                                        .Baltimore, Md.Royal TheatreStage show - see 1936 09 25...
                                        ..2011
                                        1936 09 28
                                        Monday
                                        .Baltimore, Md.Royal TheatreStage show - see 1936 09 25...
                                        ..2011
                                        1936 09 29
                                        Tuesday
                                        .Baltimore, Md.Royal TheatreStage show - see 1936 09 25...
                                        ..2011
                                        1936 09 30
                                        Wednesday
                                        .Baltimore, Md.Royal TheatreStage show - see 1936 09 25...
                                        ..2011

                                        October 1936

                                        1936 10 01
                                        Thursday
                                        .Baltimore, Md.Royal TheatreStage show - see 1936 09 25...
                                        ..2011
                                        1936 10 02
                                        Friday
                                        1936 10 08Washington, D.C.Howard Theatre
                                        620 T St.

                                        1 WEEK BEGINNING FRIDAY, OCTOBER 2ND
                                        ON STAGE
                                        Duke Ellington
                                        AND HIS
                                        Famous
                                        ORCHESTRA
                                        WITH
                                        IVIE ANDERSON
                                        ALSO
                                        4 STEP BROTHERS      TOOTIE and AL
                                        BROOKES and HOLLAND     ESTELLE BERNIER
                                        RISTINA BANKS AND HER 12 DANCING MERMAIDS
                                        IN A GIGANTIC MUSICAL REVUE

                                        .
                                        ..
                                        .djp2011
                                        updated
                                        2013-12-22
                                        1936 10 03
                                        Saturday
                                        .Washington, D.C.Howard Theatre
                                        620 T St.
                                        Vaudeville show - see 1936 10 02...
                                        .djp2011
                                        1936 10 04
                                        Sunday
                                        .Washington, D.C.Howard Theatre
                                        620 T St.
                                        Vaudeville show - see 1936 10 02...
                                        .djp2011
                                        1936 10 05
                                        Monday
                                        .Washington, D.C.Howard Theatre
                                        620 T St.
                                        Vaudeville show - see 1936 10 02...
                                        .djp2011
                                        1936 10 06
                                        Tuesday
                                        .Washington, D.C.Howard Theatre
                                        620 T St.
                                        Vaudeville show - see 1936 10 02...
                                        .djp2011
                                        1936 10 07
                                        Wednesday
                                        .Washington, D.C.Howard Theatre
                                        620 T St.
                                        Vaudeville show - see 1936 10 02...
                                        .djp2011
                                        1936 10 08
                                        Thursday
                                        .Washington, D.C.Howard Theatre
                                        620 T St.
                                        Vaudeville show - see 1936 10 02...
                                        .djp2011
                                        1936 10 09
                                        Friday
                                        .Welch, W.VaArmoryDance for Afro-Americans - advertised Oct. 4 for Oct. 10 but the date was changed - see 1936 10 10Charleston Gazette,Charleston W.Va. 1936-10-04 p.F19.
                                        Vail I.2011
                                        Added
                                        2011
                                        updated
                                        2013-12-27
                                        1936 10 10
                                        Saturday
                                        .Charleston, W.Va.ArmoryDance for Afro-Americans
                                        advertised Oct. 4 for Oct. 9 but the date was changed:

                                        (1)"By popular request the Duke Ellington engagements have been changed...."
                                        (2)

                                        "Note: Dates and Hours Changed

                                        DUKE ELLINGTON
                                        And His Famous Orchestra
                                        Plays An
                                        INDIAN SUMMER DANCE
                                        Charleson Armory Saturday Oct. 10 - 9 PM to 1:00; Welch Armory Friday Oct. 9. Tickets on sale all colored Drug Stores and places advertised on placards. White spectators also welcomed."

                                        • (1)"Change of the Duke Ellington Dates," McDowell Times, 1936-10-09 p.10
                                        • (2)Charleston Gazette 1936 10 07 p.F11
                                        • Charleston Gazette 1936-10-09 p.F4
                                        .
                                        Vail I.2011
                                        updated
                                        2013-12-27
                                        1936 10 11
                                        Sunday
                                        .Keystone, N.C.....
                                        Vail I.Added
                                        2011
                                        1936 10 12
                                        Monday
                                        .Fayetteville, N.C.."Duke Ellington and his famous orchestra ...will play single engagements in Charleston, W.Va.; Keystone, W.Va.; Fayetteville, N.C.; Greenville, S.C.; and Memphis, Tenn.; en route to Dallas....""Duke Ellington Headed for Texas," Pittsburgh Courier, s.2, p.11.
                                        Vail ISteiner2011
                                        updated
                                        2013-12-26
                                        1936 10 13
                                        Tuesday
                                        ...activities not documented
                                        -but see 1936 10 14
                                        ...
                                        ...
                                        1936 10 14
                                        Wednesday
                                        .Greenville, S.C.Textile Hall

                                        GREENVILLE, S.C. Oct. 1.–Duke Ellington and his orchestra will play a dance engagement at Textile Hall, the largest and most spacious hall in the city, on October 14. This will mark the Duke's initial appearance here.

                                        (Vail shows this on Oct 13)
                                        "Duke Ellington to Greenville," Pittsburgh Courier, 1936-10-03, s.2,p.7.
                                        Vail IK.Steiner Dec 20122011
                                        updated
                                        2013-12-26
                                        1936 10 14
                                        Wednesday
                                        .Memphis, Tenn..This date in Vail I conflicts with the Greenville dance. It may be another case where plans changed after the initial advertisements...
                                        Vail I.2011
                                        updated
                                        2013-12-27
                                        1936 10 15
                                        Thursday
                                        ...Peripheral event
                                        Steven Lasker:

                                        'Brian Rust and Tom Lord, in their respective jazz discographies, show Hayes Alvis recorded in New York City on [this date] with the Mills Blue Rhythm Band. If the discographies are correct, Alvis must not have been on the road with Ellington. If he was, the discographies are wrong.'

                                        Email, Lasker-Palmquist 2017-01-10...SLNew
                                        added
                                        2017-01-14
                                        1936 10 15
                                        Thursday
                                        .Ft. Worth, Tex..
                                        Steiner believes this date needs to be deleted, since it was listed in Stratemann with no citation.
                                        ...
                                        .K.Steiner Dec 2012.
                                        Added 2012-01-12
                                        1936 10 16
                                        Friday
                                        .Memphis, Tenn.Church Park Auditorium(Unconfirmed)

                                        Dance.
                                        • "Duke Ellington Headed for Texas," Pittsburgh Courier, s.2, p.11
                                        • Capitol Plaindealer, Topeka, Kan. 1936-10-11 p.6
                                        ..ks/djpNew
                                        added 2013-12-28
                                        1936 10 18
                                        Sunday
                                        1936 10 20
                                        Tuesday
                                        Dallas, Tex.Centennial Exposition
                                        Street of All Nations
                                        State fairgrounds
                                        possibly at the 2,000-seat amphiteatre to The Hall of Negro Life
                                        The exhibition was a major cultural event, equivalent to a World's Fair. The Texas Centennial, marking 100 years of Texas independence, was officially celebrated in 1936, although local observances began in 1935 and the Central Centennial Exposition in Dallas and the Frontier Centennial in Fort Worth continued through 1937.

                                        1."Three orchestras will open fairly long engagements this week in Dallas, and one will come for three days only...Duke Ellington will open Sunday at the Centennial for three days..."


                                        2."Nearly 20,000 people heard Duke Ellington and his band play at the Texas Centennial Exposition Sunday, fair officials estimated. The Negro Aristocrat of Rhythm opened a three-day engagement at the exposition with a free concert in the Grand Plaza at 2 p.m. He played three hour-long free concerts during the afternoon, was an added attraction at the two performances of 'Whirligigs' in the Amphitheater and thereafter played in the Streets of Paris from 11:15 p.m. until 2:15 a.m...."

                                          Dallas Morning News
                                        • (1) 1936-10-18, s.II p.6
                                        • (2)1936-10-19, s.I p.9
                                        .
                                        Stratemann, p.135.2011
                                        updated
                                        2012-09-23
                                        2013-12-27
                                        1936 10 19
                                        Monday
                                        .Dallas, Tex.Centennial Exposition

                                        Street of All Nations
                                        State fairgrounds
                                        Ellington appears to have played October 19 after a football game, and also to have crowned the Queen of Wiley College.
                                        They were scheduled to play at 2 pm and 7 pm at The Court of Honor, at 4 pm in the Gulf Radio Studio, and at 9 pm at Streets of Paris.

                                        The Midway Gazette:
                                        Fair to Indulge in Interlude of Ellington Music

                                        Duke Ellington, whose rhythms are well known throughout the country, will be heard Monday evening at the Steets of All Nations at the Texas Centennial Exposition. The Duke will play in conjunction with Ernie Young's International 1937 Revue, starring the Lone Star of the Centennial. Mlle. Corrine, who is known from coast to coast as the app.e [sic] dancer. Ellington, who is in Dallas for the third special Negro Day celebration at the exposition, will be heard at Streets of All Nations from 9 pm to 2 a.m. Monday. Prior to that he will play from 2 to 3 P.m. in the Court of Honor for he negro baby doll revue; and in the same spot from 7 to 8 p.m. for the colored bathing girl revue..."



                                        ...Monday will be Negro Day at the fair, and the Duke will be one of the judges of a negro baby doll parade starting at 2 p.m. in the Court of Honor and of a negro bathing beauty revue starting at 7 p.m. in the same place. In each instance the author of 'Mood Indigo,' 'Solitude' and 'Sophisticated Lady' will lead his band through an hour-long concert.

                                        "Special sections will be roped off for white people at these and all other special Negro Day events," Frank N. Watson, director of promotion, emphasized.

                                        The Duke will play for a negro taxi dance from 9 p.m. until 2 a.m. in Yukon Nights within the Streets of All Nations. Here also there will be a place from which whites may watch."


                                        • Stratemann, p.135
                                        • Dallas Morning News, 1936-10-17, p.12, S1
                                        • Dallas Morning News, The Midway Gazette, Duke Ellington Pays Respects to the Midway1936-10-19
                                          • S.II p.3
                                          • s.I p.9
                                        • Dallas Morning News, Negroes Swarm To Centennial For Their Day, 1936-10-20, p.
                                        .
                                        djp2011
                                        updated
                                        2012-09-23
                                        2013-12-27
                                        1936 10 20
                                        Tuesday
                                        .Dallas, Tex.Centennial Exposition
                                        State fairgrounds

                                        "Duke of Rhythm Carrying Forth on Fair Grounds

                                        Duke Ellington will be heard again tonight at Whirligigs, playing from 8:30 to 9 pm in the amphiteater, and from 10:15 to 11 p.m. After that the Duke will play in the Streets of Paris. Whirligigs played to sell-out houses over the week end...:


                                        Ad: "LAST DAY TO SEE DUKE ELLINGTON AND HIS WORLD-FAMOUS ORCHESTRA"

                                        Events scheduled:
                                        • 2 pm, Grand Plaza
                                        • 5 pm Court of Honor
                                        • 8:30 pm "Whirligigs" - Amphitheater
                                        • 10:15 pm "Whirligigs" - Amphitheater
                                        • 11:15 pm Streets of Paris
                                        .
                                      • Stratemann p.135
                                      • Vail I
                                      • Dallas Morning News, 1936-10-20 p.5, s.II
                                      • ..
                                        ..2011
                                        updated
                                        2012-09-23
                                        2013-12-27
                                        1936 10 21
                                        Wednesday
                                        ...."After concluding the current engagement at the Texas Exposition in Dallas, will play engagements in Tulsa, Okla.; Springfield, Mo.; Terre Haute, Ind.; St Louis, Chicago and Kansas City.""Duke Treks West," Chicago Defender, nat. ed., 31oct36, p24..
                                        .K.Steiner Dec 2012.
                                        Added 2014-01-25
                                        1936 10 22
                                        Thursday
                                        ...activities not documented...
                                        ...
                                        1936 10 23
                                        Friday
                                        ...activities not documented...
                                        ...
                                        1936 10 24
                                        Saturday
                                        .Shreveport, La. Municipal Auditorium,L.S.U.-Arkansas Football Dance. KWKH broadcast, 10:00 - 10:30pm. ad and radio listing, Shreveport Times, 24oct36, p2.DEMS
                                        .K.Steiner Dec 2012.
                                        Added 2014-01-25
                                        1936 10 25
                                        Sunday
                                        ...activities not documented...
                                        ...
                                        1936 10 26
                                        Monday
                                        .Wichita Falls, Tex.Memorial Auditorium(Unconfirmed)

                                        WAIT! WAIT! WAIT! WAIT!
                                        Until MONDAY, OCTOBER 26
                                        DUKE ELLINGTON
                                        (in person)
                                        AND HIS FAMOUS ORCHESTRA
                                        To be presented with a host of entertainers in a big stage show at the Memorial auditoriam beginning at 8 p.m. to be followed by a dance on the largest dance floor in Wichita Falls. This floor is 100 feet by 80 feet and has been sanded, waxed and conditiond for perfect dancing. This is on the stage of the
                                        MEMORIAL AUDITORIUM
                                        In Wichita Falls.

                                        Sidebars:
                                        Stage Show All Seats Reserved 40c.
                                        Entire Balcony Reserved For Colored

                                        .
                                          Ads, Wichita Daily Times, Wichita Falls, Tex.
                                        • 1936-10-22, p.16
                                        • 1936-10-23, p.16
                                        • 1936-10-25, p.2:11 (with plug)
                                        ..
                                        .djpNew
                                        added 2014-01-27
                                        1936 10 27
                                        Tuesday
                                        ...activities not documented...
                                        ...
                                        1936 10 28
                                        Wednesday
                                        .Springfield, Mo.Abou Ben Adhem Shrine Mosquedance
                                        "Don Sandmire and Earl Crockett drove to Springfield, Mo., Wednesday night to hear Duke Ellington and his orchestra."

                                        Mail orders...The Internationally Famous Composer and Maestro Duke Ellington and His Orchestra, Shrine Mosque, Wed. Nite,Oct.28
                                        Only $1.11 per person
                                        Tickets purchased at Shrine Mosque nite of dance $1.40 Person
                                        .DEMS
                                        DEMS 12/1-20
                                        .djpNew
                                        added 2012-07-25
                                        1936 10 29
                                        Thursday
                                        .St. Louis, Mo..Lay-over in St. Louis, Mo."Hayes Alvis 'Chi' Visitor," Chicago Defender, nat. ed., 1936-11-07, p25.DEMS
                                        .K.Steiner Dec 2012.
                                        Added 2014-01-25
                                        1936 10 30
                                        Friday
                                        .Terre Haute, Ind.TrianonDance

                                        Admission $1.00 each plus 10 cents tax; reservations 25 cents/person; minimum 4 to a table.
                                        ABC network radio remote broadcast, 10:30 pm
                                        • The Saturday Spectator, Terre Haute, Ind.:
                                          • 1936-10-10, p22
                                          • 1936-10-17,pp.13, 22
                                          • 1936-10-24 p.18 (publicity), p.21 (ad), p.25 (photo)
                                          • 1936-10-31, p.9 (ad)
                                        • Radio log, The Sheboygan Press, Sheboygan, Wisc. Duke Ellington and His Band To Be Heard Over WHBL-ABC Tonight1936-10-30, p.18
                                        .
                                        .DEMS
                                        ..2011
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                                        2013-12-28
                                        1936 10 31
                                        Saturday
                                        Halloween
                                        .St. Louis, Mo.Walsh Stadium, Lincoln UniversityEllington and Arthur Whetsel attended a university football game at Lincoln in the afternoon. A photograph has Whetsel and others in overcoats, but Duke is wearing just a suit. ..DEMS
                                        • 04,3-9 citing St. Louis Argus, 30oct36, p5; and 6Nov36, p5
                                        .(credit Ken Steiner as all 04,3-9 entries)
                                        added 2013-12-27
                                        1936 10 31
                                        Saturday
                                        Halloween
                                        .St. Louis, Mo.Coliseum
                                        Jefferson and Warrington
                                        Gala Halloween Jamboree
                                        Duke Ellington and His Cotton Club Orchestra
                                        Advance admission 75 cents, at door 90 cents.
                                        ..DEMS
                                        • 04,3-9 citing St. Louis Argus, 30oct36, p5; and 6Nov36, p5
                                        .(credit Ken Steiner as all 04,3-9 entries)Added
                                        2011
                                        1936 10 31
                                        Saturday
                                        Halloween
                                        .Kansas City, Mo.Paseo BallroomFalse date
                                        Stratemann writes that Ellington's band played opposite Count Basie's orchestra in its last home town appearance before going to Chicago. Vail I repeats this, supporting it with an undated, unsourced clipping that quotes Buck Clayton. Steiner's research, well documented in DEMS, shows the Basie band played at the Paseo on October 31, but returned on November 2 as the local union band in support of Ellington performance.
                                        • Stratemann, p.135
                                        • Vail I quoting a statement by Buck Clayton.
                                        .DEMS
                                        .2011
                                        updated
                                        2013-12-27

                                        November 1936

                                        1936 11 01
                                        Sunday
                                        ...The band's activities not documented, but Duke and his father had dinner at the home of Mr. and Mrs. E.J. Berry. ...
                                        ...
                                        1936 11 02
                                        Monday
                                        .Kansas City, Mo.Paseo Hall or BallroomDance sponsored by the Kansas City Young Matrons Club.

                                        Advance admission 75 cents, at door 90 cents.

                                        Count Basie and his Barons of Rhythm played the early part of the evening, leaving about 10:30 for Chicago. Ellington's band played the rest of the evening. Ellington went outside to see Basie off around 10:30.

                                        About 2,000 patrons.
                                        Kansas City Plaindealer, KANSAS CITY IS READY FOR DUKE AND HIS BOYS and ad, 1936-10-30, p.5.DEMS
                                        • 04/3-9 citing Kansas City Call, 1936-11-06, p.14 Basie, Good Morning Blues, pp. 176-77
                                        Prez p.65.2011
                                        updated
                                        2013-12-27
                                        2014-01-25
                                        1936 11 03
                                        Tuesday
                                        1936 11 06Kansas City, Mo..The band's activities not documented, but Duke and his father again had dinner at the home of Mr. and Mrs. E.J. Berry...DEMS
                                        ..2011
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                                        1936 11 04
                                        Wednesday
                                        .Kansas City, Mo.activities not documented...
                                        ...
                                        1936 11 05
                                        Thursday
                                        .Kansas City, Mo.activities not documented...
                                        ...
                                        1936 11 06
                                        Friday
                                        .Kansas City, Mo.Municipal AuditoriumDance for only 350 couples...
                                        Stratemann, p.135 citing
                                          Metronome
                                        • Nov.1936
                                        • Dec.1936
                                        .2011
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                                        2014-01-25
                                        1936 11 07
                                        Saturday
                                        .Kansas City, Mo.Departure...DEMS
                                        ..Added
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                                        1936 11 081936 11 10Dallas, Tex.Centennial ExpositionFalse dates

                                        Ulanov incorrectly dates the Centennial Exposition engagement as November 1936. See 1936 10 18.
                                        ..
                                        Ulanov (ibid.), p.180.2011
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                                        2014-01-25
                                        1936 11 08
                                        Sunday
                                        ...activities not documented...
                                        ...
                                        1936 11 09
                                        Monday
                                        ...activities not documented...
                                        ...
                                        1936 11 10
                                        Tuesday
                                        1936 11 16
                                        Monday
                                        Dallas, Tex.Chez MauriceEllington's engagement bumped Larry Funk's show, which was in the midst of its engagement.

                                        In a story datelined Dallas Nov.3, Variety reported: First time a band has been booked into Texas nite club for longer than one night occurs when Duke Ellington opens Nov.10 at Chez Maurice here.

                                        The Dallas Morning News, Nov. 8, reported

                                        Duke Ellington will bring his widely-known jazz band to Dallas Tuesday for a week's engagement at Chez Maurice, the first place in Dallas to offer an extended engagement to a negro orchestra of that caliber...Ellington...was born in Washington D.C. and early took up piano playing by ear. He was given a scholarship to Pratt Institute, but on account of financial difficulties he was forced to go to work, first as a soda clerk, thus gaining inspiration for his first composition, 'Soda Fountain Rag..' He gathered around him five men and took them to New York in 1925, where they opened at the Kentucky Club...


                                        Funk's band included singers Vaughan Monroe and Muriel Sherman, and dancers Ramon and Renita. Funk remained under contract, returning to the club after Ellington 's run ended.
                                        • Dallas Morning News,
                                          • 1936-10-30, p.4 S.III
                                          • 1936-11-08, p.11. s.III
                                          • 1936-11-17. p.15 S.1
                                        • Stratemann, p.135 citing
                                          • Variety 1936-11-04, p.52
                                          • Chicago Defender, 1936-12-05 p.21
                                        ..
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                                        1936 11 12
                                        Thursday
                                        .Dallas, Tex.Chez MauriceSee 1936 11 10....
                                        ..2011
                                        1936 11 13
                                        Friday
                                        .Dallas, Tex.Chez MauriceSee 1936 11 10....
                                        ..2011
                                        1936 11 14
                                        Saturday
                                        .Dallas, Tex.Chez MauriceSee 1936 11 10....
                                        ..2011
                                        1936 11 15
                                        Sunday
                                        .Dallas, Tex.Chez MauriceSee 1936 11 10....
                                        ..2011
                                        1936 11 16
                                        Monday
                                        .Dallas, Tex.Chez MauriceSee 1936 11 10....
                                        ..2011
                                        1936 11 17
                                        Tuesday
                                        ...activities not documented...
                                        ...
                                        1936 11 18
                                        Wednesday
                                        ...activities not documented...
                                        ...
                                        1936 11 19
                                        Thursday
                                        ...activities not documented...
                                        ...
                                        1936 11 20
                                        Friday
                                        ...activities not documented...
                                        ...
                                        1936 11 20
                                        Friday
                                        ...Peripheral event
                                        Steven Lasker:

                                        'Brian Rust and Tom Lord, in their respective jazz discographies, show Hayes Alvis recorded in New York City on [this date] with the Mills Blue Rhythm Band. If the discographies are correct, Alvis must not have been on the road with Ellington. If he was, the discographies are wrong.'

                                        Email, Lasker-Palmquist 2017-01-10...SLNew
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                                        2017-01-14
                                        1936 11 21
                                        Saturday
                                        .Austin, Tex.Stephen F. Austin HotelDance sponsored by the Kappa Sigma fraternity, University of Texas and broadcast over station KNOW. This marked the first time a Negro band had played in a large Austin hotel for the elite of the state.
                                        • Stratemann, p.135 citing Chicago Defender, 1936-12-05 p.21
                                        • Chicago Defender, 1936-12-05 p.4
                                        .
                                        ..
                                        ..2011
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                                        2014-01-25
                                        1936 11 22
                                        Sunday
                                        ...activities not documented...
                                        ...
                                        1936 11 23
                                        Monday
                                        ...activities not documented...
                                        ...
                                        1936 11 24
                                        Tuesday
                                        .College Station, Tex.Texas A&M College...On November 24 the band filled an engagement at Texas A and M college at College Station (Bryan)...Several members of the band witnessed the University of Texas homecoming victory over A and M by a 7-0 score.Chicago Defender, 1936-12-05 p.4.
                                        Stratemann, p.135 citing Chicago Defender 1936-12-05, p.21.2011
                                        updated
                                        2014-01-26
                                        1936 11 25
                                        Wednesday
                                        .Austin, Tex.University of Texasactivities not documented

                                        Stratemann reports the band at the University of Texas Homecoming Celebration, citing Chicago Defender, but this appears to be in error. The article says

                                        On November 24 the band filled an engagement at Texas A and M college at College Station (Bryan) returning to Austin for the University of Texas Homecoming celebration on the beautiful campus of the university.


                                        Dr. Stratemann appears to have read that to mean the Homecoming was the day after the Texas A&M event.
                                        Stratemann, p.135..DEMS
                                        ..New
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                                        updated
                                        2012-09-23
                                        1936 11 00
                                        .Austin, Tex.
                                        • Tillotson College
                                        • Two other schools
                                        • Metropolitan AME church
                                        Duke gave a talk to the students and played two piano solos.
                                        Ellington also appeared at two other schools,


                                        and

                                        because the race people were unable to attend the dances for which the band played, Duke and his ace trumpeter, Art Whetsel, played a benefit performance at Metropolitan AME church, including such favorites as Mood Indigo and Stardust.
                                        William A. Haley, "Timely Topics," Chicago Defender, nat ed., 5Dec36, p5..
                                        .K.Steiner Dec 2012.
                                        Added 2012-01-12
                                        1936 11 26
                                        Tuesday
                                        .College Station, Tex.Kyle Field,
                                        Texas A&M College
                                        ...Several members of the band witnessed the University of Texas homecoming victory over A and M by a 7-0 score.

                                        While the article seems to imply the game was in Austin, according to the Texas A&M Aggies football stats the game was at Kyle Field in College Station.
                                        Chicago Defender, 1936-12-05 p.4.
                                        Stratemann, p.135.
                                        added 2014-01-26
                                        1936 11 26
                                        Thursday
                                        U.S.A. Thanksgiving Day
                                        .Austin, Tex.Texas Union

                                        University of Texas
                                        Homecoming celebration (not Nov. 25)

                                        The new and most sumptuously furnished Texas Union was the setting for the all-university ball where the band played Thanksgiving night. More than 3,000 beautifully gowned Texas coeds and their escorts thronged the floor and clustered aobut the bandstand as Duke scored a tremendous hit. Two new numbers 'Lost Ecstacy' and 'Black Butterfly' bid fair to be smash hits with their unique arrangement [sic]. This is the first engagement of a Negro band on the campus of U.T.

                                        Several members of the band commented on the courtesy and excellent behavior of the white student body of the university. Ivie Anderson scored several times with her humorous and coquettish interpretations before the 'mike.'

                                        ..
                                        Stratemann, p.135Ken Steiner aug11Added
                                        2011
                                        1936 11 27
                                        Friday
                                        .Houston, TX City AuditoriumJunior League dance "playing to a crowd of 900."Walter Barnes, "Houston is a Great City, a $30,000 Theatre is Being Built, Says Walter Barnes," Chicago Defender, nat. ed., 1936-12-12, p.20..
                                        .K.Steiner Dec 2012.
                                        Added 2014-01-26
                                        1936 11 28
                                        Saturday
                                        ...activities not documented...
                                        ...
                                        1936 11 29
                                        Sunday
                                        ...activities not documented...
                                        ...
                                        1936 11 30
                                        Monday
                                        ...activities not documented...
                                        ...
                                        1936 11 30
                                        Monday
                                        ...Major event - Formation of Master Records, Inc.
                                        Ellington's ARC (American Record Corporation) contract expired November 30 while Irving Mills was setting up Master Records, Inc. to make records for the 75 cent Master and 35 cent Variety labels.
                                        Master Records Inc.
                                        Record sales and distribution were to be through ARC, although, as John Hammond noted in Down Beat, American Record Corporation already had the competing Vocalion, Brunswick and Melotone labels. Prohaska, citing Variety, December 1936, says the corporation was set up by late 1936 and was to be a subsidiary of Mills Artists, Inc., starting business January 1, 1937. Around the same time, Mills had opened an office in Dallas, Tex. and unofficially had an office in Hollywood, Cal. Tempo Magazine, Nov. 1936 said Mills was to be in Hollywood at the end of November to handle an Ellington picture date.

                                        Ellington's first Variety and Master sides would be recorded in three December 1936 session in Hollywood, and Mills would also record other artists during this period. (Prohaska describes these as test pressings, saying they were all made from 1936 12 17 [recte 1936 12 16] to 1936 12 21.

                                        Prohaska says Mills took the pressings back to New York and by mid-January, made a deal under which Herbert Yates, part-owner of American Record Corporation and head of Consolidated Film Industries, (parent company of Republic Pictures), would be a partner in the new venture. Under this arrangement, Mills would have his own contracted bands and a large Consolidated Radio Artists talent pool. The contract was effective when a mutual booking arrangement had been agreed upon in mid-January. Consolidated Radio Artists would control all dance date bookings and Mills control the recordings and theater dates. According to Miss Oakley, Mills wanted to showcase the full Ellington orchestra on the Master label and she was given free rein for the Variety label.

                                        Lasker tells us the new company was to use Brunswick's existing facilities and Master's new studio at 1780 Broadway, next door to the American Record Corporation 1776 Broadway location. Ellington's first recordings at the new studio were made 1937 03 14, although others recorded there the previous month. By the time the company released its records at the beginning of April, it had some 245 masters on hand.

                                        The new studio held an open house 1937 03 12 and a well-publicized jam session two days later.

                                        To a certain extent this venture seems to have been pre-ordained to fail as seems to have been predicted by John Hammond in the April edition of Down Beat, because Ellington was the only major recording artist in the Mills stable and because

                                        '...the Brunswick sales force has a hefty job already cut out for it in selling Vocalion, Brunswick and Melotone popular records without taking on two additional competing lines...It takes enormous courage to enter a field where the competition is already keen and the profits extremely limited. '


                                        Mills went to Europe in June 1937 in an unsuccessful attempt to arrange foreign sales, and the labels were discontinued. The last releases were 1937 07 16 and 1937 10 15 for Master and Variety respectively, with the former having released 39 records and the latter 171. Hammond commented

                                        '...although it is Irving's prestige that is the main sufferer, it is Herbert J. Yates... whose pocketbook was most severely damaged, for his companies paid the artists on Variety and Master. I suspect that in the long run he did not fare too badly, however, for his factories... did all the pressing of the records, and at a good fee.' '

                                        Prohaska:

                                        '...an agreement had been finalized between Mills and American Record Corporation to pull all the Variety and Master labels from the market. Although the formal transition was to take place on November 1, 1937, many of the items in the Variety catalogue were re-released on ... Vocalion ... while some of the Master material would ... be released on ... Brunswick...
                                          To differentiate the recordings originating from the Master studios, the credit line 'Produced by Master Records, Inc.' would be printed on both the Vocalion and Brunswick issues. With the re-introduction of the Columbia label in ... 1939 ... this credit line would also appear on the appropriate Columbia issues.
                                          ...Master Records, Inc. remained very active. Helen Oakley's duties remained intact, and she continued to arrange and produce recording sessions for Mills - now for release on American Record Corporation products.
                                          New recordings done after November 1 by the Master studios were released on both the Vocalion and Brunswick labels. The "M" matrix series ... was used until ... the March 8, 1939 session by Duke Ellington, [when] the prefix "W" was added...
                                         Fortunately, many of the bands featured on Variety continued to record for Master Records and were released on Vocalion and Brunswick. The Ellington Band and small group recordings continued to provide steady sales. Duke's Orchestra recorded 90 titles for Master Records before switching to Victor in March of 1940. This number does not include the small group recordings. Johnny Hodges alone recorded over 40 titles under his name - which says something about his popularity!'

                                        • Stratemann p.135
                                        • Eddie Lambert, A Listener's Guide Duke Ellington, p.70
                                        • S. Lasker, booklet for Mosaic Records CD box set MD7-235 Duke Ellington: The 1936-1940 Variety, Vocalion and OKeh Small Group Sessions
                                        • Email Lasker-Palmquist 2014-08-25
                                        • Jim Prohaska, Irving Mills - Record Producer: The Master and Variety Record Labels, International Association of Jazz Record Collectors, undated
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                                        Circa
                                        1936 11 30
                                        Monday
                                        ...Personnel
                                        • When the Master contract started, the band consisted of:
                                          • Cootie Williams
                                          • Arthur Whetsel
                                          • Rex Stewart
                                          • Lawrence Brown
                                          • Juan Tizol
                                          • Tricky Sam Nanton
                                          • Otto Hardwick
                                          • Johnny Hodges
                                          • Barney Bigard
                                          • Harry Carney
                                          • Duke Ellington
                                          • Fred Guy
                                          • Hayes Alvis
                                          • Billy Taylor
                                          • Sonny Greer
                                          • Ivie Anderson
                                        • Ulanov says Danny Baker replaced Whetsel around March 1937 and was in turn replaced by Wallace Jones. Lambert has Wallace Jones instead of Whetsel at this time, saying Whetsel and Freddy Jenkins both made brief returns to the band in 1937 and 1938
                                        • Per Steven Lasker:
                                          • Whetsel was in the band from his return in 1928 until February 1938, when he was replaced by Wallace Jones. He is known to have been absent twice -from mid-June to early August 1935 when he was replaced by Charlie Allen (Metronome 1937-04 reported he was "always on the job even when not well.") and when the band went on the road in early November 1937, he stayed in New York; Nevertheless he was back with the band in Birmingham 1937 11 30 (per International Musician, Feb38). His final engagement with the band was ... 1938 02 19.
                                          • Ulanov's assertion that Danny Baker replaced Whetsel and was in turn replaced by Jones is wrong. No evidence has yet been noted that shows a Danny Baker was ever in the band and the first print references to any Baker in Ellington's band was to Harold ("Shorty") Baker in 1942.
                                          • Between the springs of 1937 and 1938, Ellington's band carried a complement of three to four trumpets. Williams and Stewart were dependable regulars. Press accounts from 1937-39 that I have seen list only the following trumpet/cornet players with Ellington: Whetsel, Jones, Williams, Jenkins and Stewart.
                                          • Jenkins ...[returned]... in March 1937. In the fall of 1937, Jenkins was temporarily "bedded following an intricate throat operation" (Melody Maker, 13Nov37). The 30Apr38 Chicago Defender, in a story datelined the day before, noted that Jenkins was out of the band...Photographs of the band ... [at] Randall's Island [1938 05 29] show Jenkins in his last known engagement with Ellington.

                                        There is an extensive discussion of "Duke's Brass, 1937-38" in the DEMS bulletins listed here. The first and last are relevant to the personnel at the end of 1936.
                                        • Personnel list, Eddie Lambert, A Listener's Guide Duke Ellington, p.70, with corrections.
                                        • Email Lasker-Palmquist 2014-08-25
                                        .DEMS
                                        .djpNew
                                        added
                                        2014-02-26
                                        updated 2014-09-30

                                        December 1936

                                        1936 12 01
                                        Tuesday
                                        .Pecos, Tex...

                                        "After the Houston engagement which bids fair to be another triumph, the band's itinerary includes Pecos, Texas; Albuquerque, N.M.; Salt Lake City, Utah; Denver, Colo.; Oakland, Cal., arriving in Los Angeles on Dec. 9"

                                        "Ellington Plays for Texas U. Prom, Chicago Defender, nat. ed., 1936-12-05 p.21..
                                        .K.Steiner Dec 2012.
                                        Added 2014-02-19
                                        1936 12 02
                                        Wednesday
                                        .Albuquerque, N.M.Carlisle GymDance sponsored by the Ladies Auxiliary of the B'nai Israel congregaton. Ellington played for between 2,500 and 3,000 white dancers, with 250 black blacks admitted to the balcony.- Stratemann
                                        The Albuquerque Journal reported

                                        Society Flashes

                                        So, we danced four hours to the orchestra of Duke Ellington and we still jiggle in the beat of tom-tom and the ear-piercing shrieks from the brass section...Ellington, always at the piano, was gracious in response to requests for special numbers...his father, who travels with the company, was the elderly gentleman in the background....an interested visitor was Rice, butler for Mr. and Mrs. H.F.Roller of Santa Fe, who once played with Ellington's orchestra...

                                        Patrons named in the column included Tom Downing and his wife, Pansy Heyer, Margaret Ellen Livingston, Clyde Cleveland, the Lee A. Millers and the Allan Tonkins, Helen Stanalfer Kavanaugh, Mrs. Joe Spector, Mr. and Mrs. Sam Whitehead, Marion Keleher and Melbourne Spector.

                                        Variety reported promoter Nick John Matsoukas was assisted by the new Dallas branch of Mills Artists, and gross for the evening was $2,900.
                                        ..
                                        .. 2011, updated 2012-07-25
                                        2014-01-26
                                        1936 12 03
                                        Thursday
                                        .Las Vegas, N.M.Train"Duke Ellington and his nationally famous orchestra passed thru Las Vegas this morning en route by train from California to Denver, where they will play an engagement."

                                        Note the report seems wrong – the band was on its way to Denver, en route to California.
                                        Las Vegas Daily Optic, Dec 3, 1936..
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                                        1936 12 03
                                        Thursday
                                        .Denver, Col. CasinoDance for blacks. T.S. Williams, "Denver," Chicago Defender, nat. ed., 1936-12-05 p.19..
                                        .K.Steiner Dec 2012.
                                        Added 2014-02-19
                                        1936 12 04
                                        Friday
                                        .Denver, Col.Rainbow Room....
                                        ..Added
                                        2011
                                        1936 12 04
                                        Friday
                                        .Houston - Austin, Tx.Rail coach.(Unconfirmed)

                                        Since the Chicago Defender carried a story datelined "Enroute from Houston to Austin Aboard Duke Ellington's Special Coach,Dec.4" it seems the band left Denver soon after finishing the Rainbow Room one-nighter.
                                        Chicago Defender 1936-12-05, p.4..
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                                        1936 12 05
                                        Saturday
                                        ...activities not documented...
                                        ...
                                        1936 12 06
                                        Sunday
                                        ...activities not documented...
                                        ...
                                        1936 12 07
                                        Monday
                                        .Salt Lake City, Ut.Coconut Grove....
                                        ..Added
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                                        1936 12 08
                                        Tuesday
                                        .Oakland, Cal...
                                        The date reported in the 1936-12-05 Chicago Defender, above, cannot be verified in Oakland newspapers.
                                        ...
                                        .K.Steiner Dec 2012.
                                        Added 2014-02-19
                                        1936 12 09
                                        Wednesday
                                        .Oakland, Cal.....
                                        Vail I.Added
                                        2011
                                        1936 12 10
                                        Thursday
                                        ...activities not documented...
                                        ...
                                        1936 12 11
                                        Friday
                                        1936 12 17
                                        Thursday
                                        Los Angeles, Cal.Paramount TheatreOne week engagement with the 14 piece orchestra; may have been extended a second week (not confirmed).
                                        Stage show supporting the film "The Jungle Princess"
                                        The curtain came up on a dark stage with just the piano keyboard and Duke's hands lit up as he played Sophisticated Lady. Then "baby spots" came on, illuminating Duke and his soloists. When the full lighting came up, the band was revealed in white jackets, red trousers, black socks and red shoes. Other songs in the programme included "Jamming the Band", "Daylight Express', "Echoes in Harlem" and likely "Truckin.'" Other acts included in the show were dancer Miss Connie Harris, The Jones Boys, and The Five Hot Shots. A late December 1936 edition of The California Eagle describes Ellington's show in detail, praising Ivie Anderson in the process. The same page includes photos and a short column by Freddy Doyle about his friend, Hayes Alvis, who was in the band at the time.
                                        California Eagle, Dec 1936 (exact date not legible)...
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                                        2012-12-16
                                        1936 12 12
                                        Saturday
                                        .Los Angeles, Cal.Paramount Theatresee 1936 12 11...
                                        ..Added
                                        2011
                                        1936 12 13
                                        Sunday
                                        .Los Angeles, Cal.Paramount Theatresee 1936 12 11...
                                        ..Added
                                        2011
                                        1936 12 14
                                        Monday
                                        .Los Angeles, Cal.Paramount Theatresee 1936 12 11...
                                        ..Added
                                        2011
                                        1936 12 15
                                        Tuesday
                                        .Los Angeles, Cal.Paramount Theatresee 1936 12 11...
                                        ..Added
                                        2011
                                        1936 12 16
                                        Wednesday
                                        Los Angeles, Cal.Paramount Theatresee 1936 12 11...
                                        ..Added
                                        2011
                                        1936 12 16
                                        Wednesday
                                        .Los Angeles, Cal.Recordings Incorporated
                                        5505 Melrose Ave.
                                        Hollywood
                                        Small group Master recording session
                                        Session times not noted
                                        Rex Stewart and His Fifty Second Street Stompers
                                        Stewart, Brown, Hodges, Hardwick, Carney, Ceele Burke, Taylor, Greer
                                        This was the first of the small group sessions, and was directed by Ellington
                                        Titles recorded:
                                        • Rexatious
                                        • Lazy Man's Shuffle
                                        New Desor
                                        DE3610
                                        DEMS
                                        Timner corrections .2011
                                        updated
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                                        2015-07-01
                                        2017-01-26
                                        1936 12 17
                                        Thursday
                                        .Los Angeles, Cal.Paramount Theatresee 1936 12 11...
                                        ..Added
                                        2011
                                        1936 12 18
                                        Friday
                                        ...activities not documented...
                                        ...
                                        1936 12 19
                                        Saturday
                                        .Hollywood, Cal.Associated Cinema Studios
                                        1357 Gordon St.
                                        Small group Master recording session
                                        Session times not noted
                                        Barney Bigard & His Jazzopaters
                                        Williams, Tizol, Bigard, Carney, Ellington, Taylor, Greer
                                        Titles recorded:
                                        • Clouds In My Heart
                                        • Frolic Sam
                                        • Caravan
                                        • Stompy Jones
                                        New Desor
                                        DE3611
                                        DEMS
                                        ..2011
                                        updated
                                        2014-02-20
                                        1936 12 20
                                        Sunday
                                        ...activities not documented...
                                        ...
                                        1936 12 21
                                        Monday
                                        .Hollywood, Cal.Associated Cinema Studios
                                        1357 Gordon St.
                                        Master recording session
                                        Session times not noted
                                        Duke Ellington and his Famous Orchestra

                                        Whetsel, C.Williams, Stewart, Brown, Nanton, Tizol, Bigard, Hardwick, Hodges, Carney, Ellington, Taylor, Guy, Alvis, Greer

                                        and
                                        Duke Ellington alone

                                        (Note http://ellingtonia.com has Pete Clark instead of Hardwick)
                                        Titles recorded
                                          Band:
                                        • Scattin'At The Kit Kat
                                        • Black Butterfly
                                          Ellington,solo piano
                                        • Medley - Mood Indigo, Solitude, Mood Indigo
                                        • Medley, In a Sentimental Mood, Sophisticated Lady
                                        New Desor
                                        DE3612
                                        DEMS
                                        NDCS 1023.2011
                                        updated
                                        2014-02-20
                                        2015-07-01
                                        1936 12 22
                                        Tuesday
                                        ...activities not documented...
                                        ...
                                        1936 12 23
                                        Wednesday
                                        1937 01 19Culver City, Cal.Sebastian's Cotton Club
                                        8781 Washington Blvd.
                                        Club date - see 1936 12 23Stratemann p.136, citing Variety 1936-12-09, p.41 & Down Beat 1937-01..
                                        ..Added
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                                        1936 12 24
                                        Thursday
                                        .Culver City, Cal.Sebastian's Cotton Club
                                        8781 Washington Blvd.
                                        Club date - see 1936 12 23...
                                        ..2011
                                        1936 12 25
                                        Friday
                                        Christmas day
                                        .Culver City, Cal.Sebastian's Cotton Club
                                        8781 Washington Blvd.
                                        Club date - see 1936 12 23...
                                        ..2011
                                        1936 12 26
                                        Saturday
                                        .Culver City, Cal.Sebastian's Cotton Club
                                        8781 Washington Blvd.
                                        Club date - see 1936 12 23...
                                        ..2011
                                        1936 12 27
                                        Sunday
                                        .Culver City, Cal.Sebastian's Cotton Club
                                        8781 Washington Blvd.
                                        Club date - see 1936 12 23...
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                                        1936 12 28
                                        Monday
                                        .Culver City, Cal.Sebastian's Cotton Club
                                        8781 Washington Blvd.
                                        Club date - see 1936 12 23...
                                        ..2011
                                        1936 12 29
                                        Tuesday
                                        .Culver City, Cal.Sebastian's Cotton Club
                                        8781 Washington Blvd.
                                        Club date - see 1936 12 23...
                                        ..2011
                                        1936 12 30
                                        Wednesday
                                        .Culver City, Cal.Sebastian's Cotton Club
                                        8781 Washington Blvd.
                                        Club date - see 1936 12 23...
                                        ..2011
                                        1936 12 31
                                        Thursday
                                        .Culver City, Cal.Sebastian's Cotton Club
                                        8781 Washington Blvd.
                                        Club date - see 1936 12 23
                                        Ellington was broadcast nationally at 11:45 PM local time, over radio station WOR and the MBS network. Inman's broadcast diary listed the selections performed as
                                        • East St. Louis Toodle-Oo
                                        • Big Chief DeSota
                                        • I'm Satisfied
                                        • Oh Babe, Maybe Someday
                                        • Organ Grinders Swing
                                        • Ring Dem Bells
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                                        January 1937

                                        1937 01 001937 02 29Los Angeles, Cal..MGM Film "A Day At The Races"
                                        Ivie Anderson had a role in the Marx Brothers comedy "A Day at the Races," in which she sang "All God's Chillun Got Rhythm."

                                        Ellington and his band are reported to have recorded it, but the piece was re-recorded by a studio orchestra because the choreographers wanted faster music.

                                        For a fuller understanding, refer to Stratemann, p.136 and pp.667-669 and to Will Friedwald's liner notes to the 2 CD set "Hollywood Swing & Jazz: Hot Numbers from Classic M-G-M, Warner Bros & RKO Films"(Rhino R270805), quoted in full in DEMS 2000/3, p.8

                                        In Vancouver in 1962, Ellington told broadcaster Jack Cullen "Ivie Anderson had the contract for the picture and we happened to be playing at the Cotton Club in Culver City. Irving Mills told them 'Why don't you have the band come over, they'll give it the real feeling,' and we did it."

                                        The dates Ellington and the band worked on the film are unknown. The California Eagle reported they were working on it in its Jan. 15 and 22 editions, and said 'A Day At The Races' "finished last week" in its Feb. 29 edition.


                                        DEPanorama suggests Ellington personnel involved were Duke Ellington and His Orchestra:
                                        Whetsel, C.Williams, Stewart, Brown, Nanton, Tizol, Bigard, Hodges, Hardwick, Carney, Ellington, Guy, Taylor, Alvis, Greer and appears to suggest they played not only in All God's Chillun Got Rhythm, but also Tomorrow is Another Day and Who Dat Man?
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                                        1937 01 01
                                        Friday
                                        .Culver City, Cal.Sebastian's Cotton Club
                                        8781 Washington Blvd.
                                        Club date - see 1936 12 23...
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                                        1937 01 02
                                        Saturday
                                        .Culver City, Cal.Sebastian's Cotton Club
                                        8781 Washington Blvd.
                                        Club date - see 1936 12 23...
                                        ..2011
                                        1937 01 03
                                        Sunday
                                        .Culver City, Cal.Sebastian's Cotton Club
                                        8781 Washington Blvd.
                                        Club date - see 1936 12 23...
                                        ..2011
                                        1937 01 04
                                        Monday
                                        .Culver City, Cal.Sebastian's Cotton Club
                                        8781 Washington Blvd.
                                        Club date - see 1936 12 23...
                                        ..2011
                                        1937 01 05
                                        Tuesday
                                        .Culver City, Cal.Sebastian's Cotton Club
                                        8781 Washington Blvd.
                                        Club date - see 1936 12 23...
                                        ..2011
                                        1937 01 06
                                        Wednesday
                                        .Culver City, Cal.Sebastian's Cotton Club
                                        8781 Washington Blvd.
                                        Club date - see 1936 12 23...
                                        ..2011
                                        1937 01 07
                                        Thursday
                                        .Culver City, Cal.Sebastian's Cotton Club
                                        8781 Washington Blvd.
                                        Club date - see 1936 12 23...
                                        ..2011
                                        1937 01 08
                                        Friday
                                        .Culver City, Cal.Sebastian's Cotton Club
                                        8781 Washington Blvd.
                                        Club date - see 1936 12 23...
                                        ..2011
                                        1937 01 09
                                        Saturday
                                        .Culver City, Cal.Sebastian's Cotton Club
                                        8781 Washington Blvd.
                                        Club date - see 1936 12 23...
                                        ..2011
                                        1937 01 10
                                        Sunday
                                        .Culver City, Cal.Sebastian's Cotton Club
                                        8781 Washington Blvd.
                                        Club date - see 1936 12 23...
                                        ..2011
                                        1937 01 11
                                        Monday
                                        .Culver City, Cal.Sebastian's Cotton Club
                                        8781 Washington Blvd.
                                        Club date - see 1936 12 23...
                                        ..2011
                                        1937 01 12
                                        Tuesday
                                        .Culver City, Cal.Sebastian's Cotton Club
                                        8781 Washington Blvd.
                                        Club date - see 1936 12 23...
                                        ..2011
                                        1937 01 13
                                        Wednesday
                                        .Los Angeles, Cal.The Auditorium
                                        Josiah Royce Hall
                                        University of California at Los Angeles (UCLA)
                                        (Unconfirmed)

                                        This date appears to be in error. See 1937 01 21
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                                        1937 01 13
                                        Wednesday
                                        .Culver City, Cal.Sebastian's Cotton Club
                                        8781 Washington Blvd.
                                        Club date - see 1936 12 23...
                                        ..2011
                                        1937 01 14
                                        Thursday
                                        .Culver City, Cal.Sebastian's Cotton Club
                                        8781 Washington Blvd.
                                        Club date - see 1936 12 23...
                                        ..2011
                                        1937 01 15
                                        Friday
                                        .Culver City, Cal.Sebastian's Cotton Club
                                        8781 Washington Blvd.
                                        Club date - see 1936 12 23...
                                        ..2011
                                        1937 01 16
                                        Saturday
                                        .Culver City, Cal.Sebastian's Cotton Club
                                        8781 Washington Blvd.
                                        Club date - see 1936 12 23...
                                        ..2011
                                        1937 01 17
                                        Sunday
                                        .Culver City, Cal.Sebastian's Cotton Club
                                        8781 Washington Blvd.
                                        Club date - see 1936 12 23...
                                        ..2011
                                        1937 01 18
                                        Monday
                                        .Culver City, Cal.Sebastian's Cotton Club
                                        8781 Washington Blvd.
                                        Club date - see 1936 12 23...
                                        ..2011
                                        1937 01 19
                                        Tuesday
                                        .Culver City, Cal.Sebastian's Cotton Club
                                        8781 Washington Blvd.
                                        Club date - see 1936 12 23...
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                                        1937 01 20
                                        Wednesday
                                        ...activities not documented...
                                        ...
                                        1937 01 21
                                        Thursday
                                        .Los Angeles, Cal.The Auditorium
                                        Josiah Royce Hall**
                                        University of California at Los Angeles (UCLA)

                                        **This is "Royce Hall" but "Josiah Royce Hall" is typed on the programme.
                                        Free concert

                                        According to Jacqueline Tasch's The Truth About Ellington's First Concert, Ellington performed at UCLA on January 21, 1937, for free. The band went to USC, first, in error, and showed up three hours late. The audience filled the house at 11 am for a 3 pm start time, but he arrived at 6 pm and played for 4 hours.

                                        Programme details:

                                        Duke Ellington and His Orchestra

                                        • Barney Bigard
                                        • Otto Hardwick
                                        • Johnny Hodge
                                        • Harry Carney
                                        • Charles Williams
                                        • Arthur Whetsel
                                        • Rex Stewart
                                        • Joseph Nanton
                                        • Juan Tizol
                                        • Sonny Greer
                                        • William Taylor
                                        • Hays [sic] Alvis
                                        • Fred Guy
                                        • Duke Ellington
                                        • Miss Ivie Anderson
                                        • (note the spellings used for Hardwick, Hodge and Whetsel)
                                        PROGRAM

                                          The selections to be played by Mr. Ellington and his orchestra will
                                        be chosen from the following list:

                                        • Mood Indigo
                                        • Merry-Go-Round
                                        • Solitude
                                        • Black and Tan Fantasy
                                        • Reminiscing in Tempo
                                        • Land of Jam
                                        • Sophisticated Lady
                                        • Echoes of Harlem
                                        • Yearning for Love
                                        • Clarinet Lament
                                        • Trumpet in Spades
                                        • Birmingham Breakdown
                                        • In a Sentimental Mood
                                        • Creole Love Song [sic]
                                        • Frolic Sam
                                        • Jumpy
                                        • Caravan of Love
                                        • Rockin' in Rythm
                                        • Stormy Weather
                                        • Ebony Rhapsody
                                        DEMS dates the concert January 13, but the programme shows January 21. The programme is attached to Ms Tasch's webpage, only available in the Internet Archive's Wayback Machine.

                                        Steven Lasker:

                                        '...According to UCLA's student newspaper, “The Daily Bruin” (1937 03 10, p.2):
                                          "The time is overripe but appropriate to commend the Musical Organizations Board for sponsoring the Duke Ellington concert of last term. Overripe because it took place some time ago, but appropriate because it's a good way to bring in the fact that next Saturday's Swing Session (KNX at 4 p.m.) will be given over to the Duke.
                                          "Presented two days before school was over, the Ellington concert was a grand success in spite of (1) no [Daily] Bruin being put out and consequently no publicity, (2) students had already begun to study for finals, (3) most people have left campus by three o'clock, the time of the concert, and (4) the Duke and his boys got lost and didn't get here until quarter of four. But the near two thousand students and faculty members who completely packed the auditorium waited.
                                          "The concert was very successful, the Duke leading his band through a varied group of numbers that showed off his compositions, arrangements, and the individual and collective abilities of the musicians." '

                                        • Jacqueline Tasch:
                                          The Truth About Ellington's First Concert (now available through Wayback Machine
                                        • Email, Lasker-Palmquist 2014-08-26
                                        • Additional documentation is likely to be found in SI-NMAH DEC301, Series 2: Performances and Programs, 1933-1974, box 10, folder 1 UCLA, Los Angeles, California, January 21, 1937
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                                        1937 01 22
                                        Friday
                                        ...activities not documented...
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                                        1937 01 23
                                        Saturday
                                        ...activities not documented...
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                                        1937 01 24
                                        Sunday
                                        ...activities not documented...
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                                        1937 01 25
                                        Monday
                                        ...activities not documented...
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                                        1937 01 26
                                        Tuesday
                                        ...activities not documented...
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                                        1937 01 27
                                        Wednesday
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                                        1937 01 28
                                        Thursday
                                        ...activities not documented...
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                                        1937 01 29
                                        Friday
                                        ...activities not documented...
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                                        1937 01 30
                                        Saturday
                                        .Oakland, Cal.Hotel Oakland....
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                                        1937 01 31
                                        Sunday
                                        .Oakland, Cal.Sweet's Ballroom....
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                                        February 1937

                                        1937 02 01
                                        Monday
                                        .Oakland, Cal.McFadden Ballroom....
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                                        1937 02 02
                                        Tuesday
                                        .Sacramento, Cal.Rainbow Gardens.ad, Sacramento Bee, 1937-02-02, p.8.DEMS
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                                        1937 02 03
                                        Wednesday
                                        ... Peripheral event
                                        WNEW's disc jockey program Make Believe Ballroom broadcast debuted Master and Variety records. Steven Lasker:
                                        'On this date, a number (possibly 17) of Master and Variety sides, all recorded in Hollywood, were broadcast on WNEW's Make Believe Ballroom, prior to their release, which was announced for 1937 03 15 (the actual release date was 1937 04 01).

                                        The broadcast was airchecked at the Harry Smith studios on a set of nine double-sided 12-inch discs. I have six of the nine discs courtesy of Morris Hodara. The Ellington sides are:
                                        • Skating at the Kit Kat [sic] (L-0375-1*)
                                        • Mood Indigo and Solitude (L-0377-1)
                                        • Stompy Jones (L-0374-1)
                                        • Frolic Sam (L-0372-1*)
                                        • Sophisticated Lady and In a Sentimental Mood (L-0378-1)
                                        • Caravan of Love [sic] (L-0373-2)
                                        • Never Again [sic; aka Clouds in My Heart] (L-0371-1*)
                                        (Note: Asterisked items went unreleased until the LP era.) Also played were records by the 5 Jones Boys, Ben Pollack and His Orchestra and Larry Lee and His Orchestra.'
                                        For background, see 1936 11 30 above, re the formation of Master Records, Inc.
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                                        1937 02 03
                                        Wednesday
                                        .Stockton, Cal.KWG StudioFrom 7:30 to 8 o'clock [Ellington] will be heard in a special broadcast from the studio of KWG. Duke Ellington Band Plays on Air, for Dance, Stockton Daily Evening Record, 1937-02-03, p.14.DEMS
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                                        1937 02 03
                                        Wednesday
                                        .Stockton, Cal.Cocoanut GroveDance Duke Ellington Band Plays on Air, for Dance, Stockton Daily Evening Record, 1937-02-03, p.14.DEMS
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                                        1937 02 04
                                        Thursday
                                        .San Jose, Cal.Civic Auditorium.Ad, San Jose Mercury News, 1937-02-04, p.8.DEMS
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                                        1937 02 05
                                        Friday
                                        1937 02 06En route, San Jose to Seattle.Stratemann says the band left San Jose at 4:50 (doesn't say if it's morning or evening) to travel north. The train encountered heavy rain and snow and was delayed at Dunsmuir..
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                                        1937 02 06
                                        Saturday
                                        .En route, San Jose to Seattle.In transit - see 1937 02 05..
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                                        1937 02 06
                                        Saturday
                                        .Seattle, Wash.Trianon Ballroom
                                        3rd and Wall
                                        Ellington and his troupe were booked for matinee and evening performances, but their Southern Pacific train was caught in a rain storm and snow in Northern California.

                                        Trianon's newsletter:

                                        "Well over a thousand Ellington fans were turned away at the scheduled matinee. Many had traveled a long way to hear this famous attraction.... We even went so far as to have two United Airline transport planes ready to meet the train in Portland at 7:30. This train, already twelve hours late, did not arrive until midnite which was too late for us. We greatly appreciate the patronage of the large crowd that did come in Saturday, knowing that Duke would not appear. Gil Evans and his boys put on a fine program and everyone had a good time, dancing to his fine swing music."

                                        Ken Steiner:

                                        "Ulanov writes about Duke's train being delayed by snow, and he confuses the issue. There were two snowstorms, and he combines the two into one story. The first snowstorm in Northern California prevented Duke from making the Feb. 6 Trianon date. A second storm in Washington delayed the band's arrival in Seattle for the Palomar on Feb. 9."

                                        • Ellington and Band Coming to Trianon, Seattle Daily Times, 1937-02-05 p.20
                                        • Ad, Seattle Daily Times, 1937-02-06 p.2
                                        • Hi De Ho! Duke's Marooned in Snow Seattle Post-Intelligencer, 1937-02-07, p.4
                                        • Trianon Saturday Night 1937-02-08 as quoted in Gil Evans: Out of the Cool: His Life and Music, Stephanie Stein Crease, A Cappella Books, an imprint of Chicago Review Press, Incorporated, Chicago, p.49
                                        • K.Steiner, personal email 2014-04-04
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                                        1937 02 07
                                        Sunday
                                        .Tacoma, Wash.Oakes BallroomStratemann:

                                        One report has it that the band finally arrived in Tacoma at 6 p.m. Sunday...and played the gig scheduled for that night, whereas other sources state that the Tacoma date and a February 8 engagement at Bellingham, Wash., were cancelled.

                                        Steiner:

                                        I cannot find any mention if this engagement was canceled.

                                      • Stratemann, p.136
                                      • Ad, Tacoma News-Tribune, 1937-02-07 p.4
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                                        1937 02 08
                                        Monday
                                        .Bellingham, Wash.ArmoryThis engagement was not cancelled.Duke Ellington Big Drawing Card in Sound Cities, Oregon Daily Journal, 1937-02-13, p.5.DEMS
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                                        1937 02 09
                                        Tuesday
                                        1937 02 12
                                        Friday
                                        Seattle, Wash.Palomar Theatre"Fast-paced program of up-to-the-minute melodies and comedy of the type that has captured the fancy dancers and theatre audiences in the East.

                                        Advertised as DUKE ELLINGTON WITH HIS FAMOUS ORCHESTRA and ENTERTAINERS featuring IVIE ANDERSON, 25 PEOPLE

                                        Stratemann reports two stage shows a day for four days but the Movie Times schedule in the Seattle Daily Times shows four stage shows a day.
                                        Steiner:
                                        Another snow storm caused the orchestra to arrive late ...1

                                        "DUKE ELLINGTON RINGS RAFTERS2
                                        by R.G.C.

                                          Sizzling sepia rhythms and hotcha from Harlem took the stage of the Palomar Theatre yesterday when Duke Ellington and his lads of music opened a four-day engagement.

                                          The Ellingtonians were delayed en route and so the opening audience had to sit through a travelogue twice. But the wait seemed only to whet the appetite of the crowd that packed into The Palomar and it gave added vest that the band had to appear in street clothes in place of the usual snazzy uniforms.

                                          Applause that rang through the theatre and rocked it as seldom before attested the popularity of the Negro maestro and his entertainers. An impressive opening number had the band in complete darkness and clever lighting effects, in which various colored spotlights picked out soloists, vividly accentuated the individual performers.

                                        Duke is Sound Showman
                                          Ellington not only is an inspired master of syncopation but a sound showman as well. His arrangements are masterpieces of rhythm. The seemingly casual, carefree work of his musicians is timed to the split second - never a note off color nor a piece off balance.

                                          The Duke, his nimble fingers flashing over the piano keyboard, bobs his head in direction and leads the band in 'Sophisticated Lady,' 'Bugle Call Rag,' 'Clarinet Lament' and other numbers - all played hauntingly with rich, wailing interpretation almost pagan in their intensity.

                                          Ivy Anderson, husky-voiced crooner, gives just the proper vocal touch to Ellington's orchestration. Ivy is at her best in a novelty ditty, racy with double entendre, in which she is heckled by the drummer.

                                        Engagement Abbreviated

                                          Duke Ellington and his band are here only up through Friday night. Don't miss this syncopated treat of the first magnitude. Our only disappointment was that yesterday's repertoire failed to include the famed 'Mood Indigo.'..."

                                        • Stratemann, p.136
                                        • 1/ Duke Ellington's Band Makes Hit, Seattle Post-Intelligencer, 1937-02-10
                                        • 2/ Seattle Daily Times,
                                          • "Duke Ellington Rings Rafters," 1937-02-10, p.15
                                          • Seattle Sunday Times 1937-02-07 p.7 (plug and ad)
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                                        1937 02 09
                                        Tuesday
                                        .Seattle, Wash.Finnish HallA dance was given "in honor of Duke Ellington and his band and entertainers" with music by Gene Coy and His Eleven Black Aces.Leader of 'Black Aces' Band, Northwest Enterprise, 1937-02-05.DEMS
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                                        1937 02 10
                                        Wednesday
                                        .Seattle, Wash.Palomar TheatreStage show - see 1937-02-09...
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                                        Thursday
                                        .Seattle, Wash.Palomar TheatreStage show - see 1937-02-09...
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                                        Friday
                                        .Seattle, Wash.Palomar TheatreStage show - see 1937-02-09...
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                                        Saturday
                                        .Portland, Ore.McElroy's Spanish Ballroom"The snowfall Saturday night may have kept some folks home, but apparently not many of those who desired to dance to the music of Duke Ellington's internationally known band...."

                                        KOIN broadcast 11:00-11:30pm
                                        • Oregonian, 1937-02-13, p.13
                                        • Duke Ellington Wins Capacity Throng at McElroy's, Oregon Daily Journal, 1937-02-15 p.17
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                                        1937 02 14
                                        Sunday
                                        Valentine's Day
                                        ...activities not documented...
                                        ...
                                        1937 02 15
                                        Monday
                                        .Eugene, Ore.McArthur Court
                                        University of Oregon
                                        Concert at 7:30, followed by a prom at 9:00 p.m.Oregon Daily Emerald, 1937-02-16, p.1.DEMS
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                                        1937 02 16
                                        Tuesday
                                        ...activities not documented...
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                                        1937 02 17
                                        Wednesday
                                        ...activities not documented...
                                        ...
                                        1937 02 18
                                        Thursday
                                        1937 02 25North Hollywood, Cal.Republic Studios
                                        Republic Pictures
                                        4024 Radford Ave.
                                        Prerecording and filming of "The Hit Parade"
                                        Duke Ellington and His Orchestra
                                        Whetsel, C.Williams, Stewart, Brown, Nanton, Tizol, Bigard, Hodges, Hardwick, Carney, Ellington, Guy, Alvis, Taylor, Greer, Anderson, Sammy White

                                        Titles recorded:
                                        • I've Got To Be A Rug Cutter
                                        • It Don't Mean A Thing
                                        • Along Came Pete
                                        • Sophisticated Lady
                                        • Love Is Good For Anything That Ails You

                                        Lasker:

                                        'Per Billboard, 1937-02-13, clipping found in Duke Ellington scrap book (NMAH), "Duke Ellington will start on a picture for Republic February 18." Per Harry LeVette, California Eagle, 1937-03-05: "Duke Ellington's band just finished "Hit Parade", and they left last Friday for the return trip East..All week, the boys and their featured singer, Ivy Anderson, have had to virtually work day and night in order to depart on schedule. Last Tuesday, they put in eighteen hours from early in the morning.'

                                        Stratemann:

                                        'Trumpeter Arthur Whetsol [sic] is said by some to have been succeeded by Wallace Jones in December of 1936. It is our conviction (supported by data from Steven Lasker) that Whetsol was not just present during the film's shooting but that he did the pre-recordings as well.'

                                        Stratemann refers to his footnote 4 on page 136, which, with reference to the 1936 12 21 recording session says:

                                        'The standard discographies (and some LP covers) have Wallace Jones in place of Arthur Whetsol [sic] beginning with this recording date. Whetsol was with the band throughout 1936 and 1937, however, "always on the job even when not well" (Metronome: April '37).'

                                        Steven Lasker:

                                        '...there is NO doubt that it was Whetsel. Jones didn't join until 1938 02 24.'

                                        • Stratemann p.137 citing The Billboard 1937-02-13 and California Eagle, 1937-03-05, the latter research credited to S. Lasker
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                                        Friday
                                        .North Hollywood, Cal.Republic Studios"The Hit Parade" - see 1937 02 18..
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                                        Saturday
                                        .North Hollywood, Cal.Republic Studios"The Hit Parade" - see 1937 02 18..
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                                        Sunday
                                        .North Hollywood, Cal.Republic Studios"The Hit Parade" - see 1937 02 18..
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                                        Monday
                                        .North Hollywood, Cal.Republic Studios"The Hit Parade" - see 1937 02 18..
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                                        Wednesday
                                        1940 02 16..Ellington signed a 1 year American Record Corporation contract, with a 2 year renewal option, on Feb. 23, 1937 that would expire in Feb. 1940.Steven Lasker, album notes to Mosaic MD7-235 Duke Ellington: The Complete 1936-1940 Variety, Vocalion And OKeh Small Group Sessions, p.16 ..
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                                        1937 02 23
                                        Tuesday
                                        .North Hollywood, Cal.Republic Studios"The Hit Parade" - see 1937 02 18..
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                                        Wednesday
                                        .North Hollywood, Cal.Republic Studios"The Hit Parade" - see 1937 02 18..
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                                        Thursday
                                        .North Hollywood, Cal.Republic Studios"The Hit Parade" - see 1937 02 18..
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                                        Friday
                                        1937 03 02
                                        Tuesday
                                        En route.Possibly some work still on "The Hit Parade"

                                        Departure by train to New York

                                        "Duke Ellington's band just finished Hit Parade and they left last Friday night for the return trip East for a new tour out of their headquarters in New York. All week, the boys and their featured singer, Ivy Anderson, have had to virtually work day and night in order to finish by then, so as to depart on schedule."

                                        Harry Levette, "Behind the Scenes...," California Eagle, 1937-03-05.
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                                        1937 02 27
                                        Saturday
                                        .Los Angeles, Cal..Travel

                                        Stratemann mentions this as the date scheduled for departure for New York, but is contradicted by a report in the California Eagle - see 1937 02 26 and the stop on Sunday in Kansas City, 2 days away by train.
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                                        1937 02 28
                                        Sunday
                                        .Kansas City, Mo.Train station30-minute layover en route to New York. "Duke Ellington and His Band Here between Trains," Kansas City Call, city edition, 1937-03-05, p.14).DEMS
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                                        March 1937

                                        1937 03 01
                                        Monday
                                        ...The band changed trains in Chicago: The Ellington aggregation arrived in the Windy City on the crack Santa Fe at 8:50 a.m., quickly transferred to the Pennsylvania Station, hopped the Manhattan Limited and left for New York at 10:30 a.m.Duke Elington Pauses Here Enroute to N.Y., Chicago Defender, nat. ed., 1937-03-06, p.20..
                                        .K.Steiner Dec 2012.
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                                        1937 03 02
                                        Tuesday
                                        .New York, N.Y. .
                                        Calculated date of arrival in New York, based on an estimated 20 to 21 hour eastbound train trip departing Chicago late Monday morning.

                                        (1)Ellington and his band were back in New York by early March, rehearsing for the upcoming Cotton Club show, etc.
                                        (2)Ellington is quoted as saying, ""At the first rehearsal,Kaloah,the dancer, tells me that she's amazed because my band played her music so well without any practice. So I told her that the tune,'Black and Tan' was written by me."
                                        ..
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                                        1937 03 03
                                        Wednesday
                                        ...activities not documented...
                                        ...
                                        1937 03 04
                                        Thursday
                                        ...activities not documented

                                        Ellington may have appeared on the broadcast of Major Bowes Amateur Hour during the late evening- see entry for 1937 03 08
                                        ...
                                        ...
                                        1937 03 05
                                        Friday
                                        7 pm
                                        1937 03 06
                                        Saturday
                                        2:10 a.m.
                                        New York, N.Y.Master Records Studios
                                        1780 Broadway
                                        Master recording session
                                        Duke Ellington and His Orchestra
                                        Whetsel, C.Williams, Stewart, Brown, Nanton, Tizol, Bigard, Hodges, Hardwick, Carney, Ellington, Guy, Taylor, Alvis, Greer

                                        Titles recorded:
                                        • The New Birmingham Breakdown
                                        • Scattin' At The Kit Kat
                                        • I've Got To Be A Rug Cutter
                                        • The New East St. Louis Toodle-O
                                        New Desor
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                                        1937 03 06
                                        Saturday
                                        ...activities not documented...
                                        ...
                                        1937 03 07
                                        Sunday
                                        .New York, N.Y.Savoy BallroomIn an announcement datelined New York,Mar.4, the Pittsburgh Courier reported Ellington and Chick Webb would stage a battle of the bands at the Savoy Sunday night. Stratemann reports it set an attendance record of 3,100.
                                        • Pittsburgh Courier 1937-03-06, p.19
                                        • Stratemann, p.143 citing The Billboard, 1937-03-20, p.14
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                                        1937 03 08
                                        Monday
                                        8 pm
                                        1937 03 09
                                        Tuesday
                                        1:40 am
                                        New York, N.Y.Master Records Studio
                                        1780 Broadway
                                        Small group Master recording session
                                        Cootie Williams and His Rug Cutters
                                        C.Williams, Nanton, Hodges, Hardwick, Carney, Ellington, Alvis, Greer
                                        Titles recorded:
                                        • I Can't Believe That You're In Love With Me
                                        • Downtown Uproar
                                        • Diga Diga Doo
                                        • Blue Reverie
                                        • Tiger Rag
                                        New Desor
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                                        1937 03 08
                                        Monday
                                        .New York, N.Y.Capitol Theatre(Unconfirmed)

                                        Stratemann reports Ellington played 4 numbers as a guest on American radio's best-known talent show, "Major Bowes' Amateur Hour".

                                        He may have appeared, but if so, the date is incorrect: OTRRpedia Database of Old Time Radio Programs and People says the show was broadcast on CBS at 9 pm Thursdays from Sept 17 1936 to January 22, 1942. This is consistent with March 4 and 11 radio log entries in the New York Times (9 pm, WABC), the Washington Post (9 pm WJSV), the Chicago Tribune (8 pm, WBBM), and Los Angeles Times (6pm KNX), none of which mention Ellington and none of which list this program on March 8.
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                                        1937 03 09
                                        Tuesday
                                        ...activities not documented...
                                        ...
                                        1937 03 10
                                        Wednesday
                                        ...activities not documented...
                                        ...
                                        1937 03 11
                                        Thursday
                                        ...activities not documented

                                        Ellington may have appeared on the broadcast of Major Bowes Amateur Hour during the late evening- see entry for 1937 03 08
                                        ...
                                        ...
                                        1937 03 12....
                                        ...
                                        1937 03 12
                                        Friday
                                        .New York, N.Y.Master Records Studio
                                        1780 Broadway
                                        Sidemen's activities not documented

                                        Ellington attended a 'housewarming' party Mills Music at the new Master Records studio, which began operating on Feb. 11. Stratemann and Vail I report over 500 attended from the music, recording and publishing fields.
                                        • Stratemann p.143
                                        • Vail I
                                        .
                                        Time Magazine, 1937-03-22djp2011
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                                        1937 03 13
                                        Saturday
                                        7 pm EST
                                        .New York, N.Y.Studio 1
                                        CBS studios
                                        485 Madison Ave
                                        Network broadcast WABC/CBS:
                                        "Saturday Night Swing Club"
                                        Stratemann reports the broadcast was made from CBS Playhouse #1 at 6:45 pm. The Pittsburgh Courier announced the broadcast would be at 6:45 pm on WABC and the CBS network.

                                        Carl Hällström, citing Bob Inman's scrapbook in DEMS 93/4 and 99/4, says it was from 7 to 7:30 pm and from the CBS Studio at 485 Madison Ave (without naming his source), and the announcers were Paul Douglas & Melvin Allen. He quotes Inman:

                                        "Duke Ellington and his whole band ...and Casper Reardon (swing harpist) were guests on this week's broadcast.... We (Hughie and I) never saw such a supercolossal broadcast. Many press men were there and more people witnessed this broadcast than any previous ones. Many pictures were taken. Got the autographs of Ellington, Greer, Bigard, Hodges, Carney, Nanton, Tizol, Williams, Wetsol [sic] and Anderson"

                                        Titles listed by Inman:
                                        • Caravan (Hodges, alto; Cootie Williams, trumpet; Ellington; Bigard. Played in the dark)
                                        • Oh Babe, Maybe Someday ( vocal, Ivie Anderson) (she sure can sing and dances around plenty while doing so)
                                        • Trumpet in Spades
                                        • Harlem Uproar [aka Downtown Uproar] (Played with the lights out by Cootie Williams group. Ellington's piano; Hodges; Hardwick's bass sax; Greer's drums)
                                        • East St. Louis Toodle-Oo (Chimes and drums by Greer; Cootie William, trumpet; Joe Nanton, trombone; Ellington, piano; Bigard, clarinet, etc.)
                                        • Sophisticated Lady
                                        • Black Beauty
                                        • Solitude (Medley of Ellington piano solos played with the lights out).
                                        Various radio listings show these times:
                                        • Democrat and Chronicle, Rochester, N.Y., WABC 7:00 Saturday Swing Club - C.E. Butterfield's column, Radio Around the Clock, on the same page, says "Duke Ellington is to provide a jam session for the WABC-CBS Swing club at 7."
                                        • Des Moines Register, Des Moines, Iowa, KRNT, 6:15
                                        • Kokomo Tribune, Kokomo, Ind. WOWO, 6:00
                                        • The North Adams Transcript, North Adams, Mass., WABC-WOKO, 7:00
                                        • The Pittsburgh Press, Pittsburgh, Penn., WJAS 7:00 (says "Duke Ellington Orchestra")

                                        A mention in the 1937-03-20 Pittsburgh Courier society column by Eve Lynn may relate to this broadcast:

                                        "Ah Toots - Did you hear the Duke on Saturday night, when he and his boys swing? They are hard at work getting ready to take a long engagement at the one and only radiant Cotton Club, where Negro artists leave their trail of glory...."

                                        Swing Era Scrapbook: The Teenage Diaries and Radio Logs of Bob Inman, 1936-1938, Studies in Jazz No. 49, compiled by Ken Vail, Scarecrow Press, 2006, p. 132.DEMS
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                                        1937 03 14
                                        Sunday
                                        .New York, N.Y.Master Records studio
                                        1780 Broadway
                                        Ellington, Stewart, Carney and other unidentified band members participated in a big Sunday afternoon jam session sponsored by the United Hot Clubs of America New York branch and Life Magazine, Irving Mills and ARC. About 200 visitors attended, and a well-known photo of Chick Webb, Artie Shaw and Ellington playing in front of several well-dressed standing spectators was taken on this occasion.
                                        • photo on Drummer's World webpage reproduced in Stratemann and Vail I
                                        • Stratemann, pp.143, 144, citing Down Beat 1937-00 and The Billboard 1937--03-20, p.11
                                        • Vail I, p.131
                                        .DEMS
                                        • DEMS 89/1 photo
                                        • John Edward Hasse: Beyond Category, The Life and Genius of Duke Ellington, photo, p.212
                                        • Photos, Peter Gammond, Duke Ellington - His Life And Music, 1959
                                        • Vail I 131 photo
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                                        1937 03 14
                                        Sunday
                                        .New York, N.Y.Cotton Club
                                        200 48th St. at Broadway
                                        This was the originally announced opening date for Ellington's 1937 Cotton Club residency and the new Cotton Club revue.

                                        New York Sun:

                                        "Herman Stark crashes through today with the announcement that the Cotton Club will present a new revue on Sunday night, March 14, starring Duke Ellington, the Nicholas Brothers and Ethel Waters. The production, which will include a cast of 200 colored performers, will be staged by Clarence Robinson. Ethel Waters and Duke Ellington are returning to New York from Hollywood this week end..."


                                        New York Post:

                                        "Entertainment in the Cafes
                                        Ethel Waters and Ellington in Next Cotton Club Parade
                                        Nicholas Brothers Will Also Be Co-Starred in Big, New Revue That Herman Stark Will Present March 14
                                        ---------
                                        The sensational sepian extravaganza that brought Bill Robinson, Cab Calloway and cohorts to Broadway and tied traffic into knots around the new home of the Cotton Club ... was one of the major delights of the nightclub season. It did leave a problem for Herman Stark, however. What would the guiding spirit of this Harlem invasion do as a follow-up? The thrilling answer can be found in the announcement that the next Cotton Club Parade, due on Sunday night, March 14, will enlist the ringing notes of Ethel Waters, the famous rhythms of Duke Ellington and his orchestra and the dancing feet of the fabulous Nicholas Brothers. This triple batter will have support from a company of 200 in a production that will be staged by Clarence Robinson...William Weaver will design the costumes which will be executed by Veronica, and there will be a new score and a holst of specialty performers to decorate the new offering, about which futher announcements may be expected shortly. In the meantime, get your last glimpse of the superb Mr. Calloway, who begins a tour of the country when he completes his Cotton Club engagement."

                                        While Sunday was the usual day a revue would open, it seems clear the revue started on Wednesday, March 17.
                                        • In the Cafes and Supper Clubs, New York Sun, New York, N.Y.
                                          1937-02-27, p.11
                                        • New York Post, New York, N.Y.
                                          • 1937-02-27
                                          • 1937-03-06 p.10
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                                        1937 03 15
                                        Monday
                                        ...activities not documented

                                        Franceschina, in Duke Ellington's Music for the Theatre, p. 20, has this as the opening of the new Cotton Club revue, but doesn't identify a source for his information.
                                        ...
                                        ...
                                        1937 03 16
                                        Tuesday
                                        ...activities not documented...
                                        ...
                                        1937 03 17
                                        Wednesday
                                        1937 06 13New York, N.Y.Cotton Club
                                        200 48th St. at Broadway
                                        Ellington opened at the Cotton Club for the new revue, the Second Cotton Club Parade, also called Cotton Club Express

                                        3 shows nightly (9 PM, 12 PM and 2 AM)

                                        Stratemann Appendix D has a copy of the program.

                                        On March 10, Ed Sullivan's syndicated column said

                                        "New Cotton Club show will be unveiled on the 17th, and "Peckin'" is the name of the new dance that the copper-colored girls will troop out...Ethel Waters has a vocal switch on "Stormy Weather" It's called "Where's the Sun?" - sore [sic] of an Eddie Cantor motif."

                                        The opening night show was reviewed extensively in a wire story carried in the Eagle and the Capitol Plaindealer, quoting Ed Sullivan's Daily News column at length.

                                        In his March 20 column, Sullivan wrote:

                                        "Dear Dukey: Welcome back to the Cotton Club and Broadway ... Boy you were really swinging last nite, and Ethel Waters, the Nicholas kids, George Deway Washington, Bill Bailey and every other act in that new show owe you a vote of thanks ... An actor is as good as his material, and a floor show is as good as the band behind it.
                                        Ed"

                                        In his "Radio Stage Screen" column, Alfred A. Duckett wrote

                                        "Footlight Fever
                                        "...Duke Ellington will inaugurate a series of twice weekly broadcasts via WOR and the Mutual network from the Cotton Club in New York on Wednesday, March 17, on which night the new floor show at the club will be given its premiere. Featured in the new show will be Ethel Waters, George Dewey Washington and the Nicholas Kids with Duke and his band. John Redmond and Lee David have written a special number for Ethel Waters called "Where Is The Sun"; [one] titled "Old Plantation": for George Dewey Washington, and "Cantcha Kinda Go For Me," for the Nicholas Kids....Duke recorded four more discs for Master Records last week. The Swing King has recorded for every major label on the market as is now an exclusive master artist.


                                        Note the New York Times radio log has no Ellington broadcast listed on the 17th. The first appears to be March 18.

                                        The show is described in Ulanov.
                                        • Stratemann pp.143 & 694-695
                                        • Review, California Eagle, 1937-04-02, p.Two B
                                        • New Cotton Club 'Booms' With Duke, Ethel Waters, Capitol Plaindealer, Topeka, Kans. 1937-03-28 p.6
                                        • Ed Sullivan "Broadway," Harrisburg Telegraph, Harrisburg, Penn.
                                          • 1937-03-10, p.20
                                          • 1937-03-20, p.20
                                        • John Edward Hasse: Beyond Category, The Life and Genius of Duke Ellington p.207
                                        • Ulanov (ibid.), pp.185-186
                                        • Alfred A. Duckett, Footlight Fever,New York Age 1937-03-20, p.9
                                        • < /UL>
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                                        1937 03 00...PERSONNEL CHANGE
                                        Trumpeter Freddie Jenkins rejoins the band around the time of the Cotton Club engagement. He will record with the Ellington small group led by Rex Stewart in July and with the full band in September.
                                        • New Desor vol.2
                                        • Stratemann p.143
                                        • S. Lasker, booklet for Mosaic Records CD box set MD11-248, p.22
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                                        1937 03 18
                                        Thursday
                                        .New York, N.Y.Cotton Club
                                        200 W. 48th St.
                                        Second Cotton Club Parade - see 1937 03 17
                                        MBS half hour remote broadcast on WOR
                                        23:30
                                        Duke Ellington and His Orchestra
                                        Whetsel, C.Williams, Stewart, Jenkins, Brown, Nanton, Tizol, Bigard, Hodges, Hardwick, Carney, Ellington, Guy, Taylor, Alvis, Greer, Anderson
                                        Titles broadcast (and recorded):
                                        • East St. Louis Toodle-O (opening and closing theme)
                                        • Harlem Speaks
                                        • Caravan
                                        • One, Two Button Your Shoe
                                        • Pennies From Heaven
                                        • Mexicali Rose
                                        • Sophisticated Lady
                                        • Rockin' In Rhythm
                                        Listen to, or download, an audio file of this broadcast from http://www.radioechoes.com

                                        Lambert incorrectly describes this half-hour broadcast as the first known air shot of the Ellington band, the earliest air shot currently known is from 1932 04 11. There were also air shots from the Congress Hotel, Chicago, in 1936.
                                        Steven Lasker:

                                        'This broadcast's original source, two single-sided 16-inch acetate disks, are believed lost: The late Jerry Valburn told me he discovered the disks in the files of the Mills office. He borrowed them, brought them home, taped them and subsequently returned the disks to where he found them. Years later, in 1987, Sidney Mills, one of Irving's sons, told me that the office test pressings had been thrown away years before; while 16-inch acetate disks aren't shellac test pressings, I fear they likely suffered a similar fate – I certainly have no clue to their present whereabouts. But thanks to Jerry's initiative, the audio survives and can be heard on YouTube '

                                        • Girvan:
                                          Ellingtonia.com
                                        • MacHare:
                                          A Duke Ellington Panorama
                                        • Timner IV
                                        • Stratemann p.143
                                        • Vail I
                                        • Eddie Lambert: Duke Ellington A Listener's Guide, p.70
                                        • Email, Lasker-Palmquist
                                          • 2014-08-26
                                          • 2015-06-24 re broadcast time
                                          • 2018-09-21
                                        New Desor
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                                        1937 03 19
                                        Friday
                                        .New York, N.Y.Cotton Club
                                        200 W. 48th St.
                                        Second Cotton Club Parade - see 1937 03 17..
                                        Timner.2011
                                        1937 03 20
                                        Saturday
                                        .New York, N.Y.Cotton Club
                                        200 W. 48th St.
                                        Second Cotton Club Parade - see 1937 03 17...
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                                        1937 03 21
                                        Sunday
                                        .New York, N.Y.Cotton Club
                                        200 W. 48th St.
                                        Second Cotton Club Parade - see 1937 03 17...
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                                        1937 03 22
                                        Monday
                                        .New York, N.Y.Cotton Club
                                        200 W. 48th St.
                                        Second Cotton Club Parade - see 1937 03 17...
                                        ..2011
                                        1937 03 23
                                        Tuesday
                                        .New York, N.Y.Cotton Club
                                        200 W. 48th St.
                                        Second Cotton Club Parade - see 1937 03 17...
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                                        1937 03 24
                                        Wednesday
                                        .New York, N.Y.Cotton Club
                                        200 W. 48th St.
                                        Second Cotton Club Parade - see 1937 03 17...
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                                        1937 03 25
                                        Thursday
                                        .New York, N.Y.. Peripheral event
                                        Ivie Anderson was in a small group recording session without Ellington but with some Ellington musicians and others. Session time: 10:00 - 14:00
                                        The Gotham Stompers
                                        C. Williams, S. Williams, Bigard, Hodges, Carney, Tommy Fulford, Bernard Addison, Taylor and Chick Webb.
                                        Titles recorded:
                                        • My Honey's Lovin' Arms
                                        • Did Anyone Ever Tell You
                                        • Where Are You?
                                        • Alabamy Home
                                        Email, S.Lasker-Palmquist
                                        • 2015-06-24 re session times
                                        • 2016-04-04 re titles
                                        .DEMS
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                                        2016-04-04
                                        1937 03 25
                                        Thursday
                                        .New York, N.Y.Cotton Club
                                        200 W. 48th St.
                                        Second Cotton Club Parade - see 1937 03 17...
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                                        1937 03 26
                                        Friday
                                        .New York, N.Y.Cotton Club
                                        200 W. 48th St.
                                        Second Cotton Club Parade - see 1937 03 17...
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                                        1937 03 27
                                        Saturday
                                        .New York, N.Y.WINS studio(Unconfirmed)

                                        Guest appearance by Ellington on WINS broadcast "Matinee Frolic." This would seem likely to have been an afternoon broadcast.
                                        • Stratemann p.143
                                        • Timner V, p.644
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                                        1937 03 27
                                        Saturday
                                        .New York, N.Y.Cotton Club
                                        200 W. 48th St.
                                        Second Cotton Club Parade - see 1937 03 17...
                                        ..2011
                                        1937 03 28
                                        Sunday
                                        .New York, N.Y.Cotton Club
                                        200 W. 48th St.
                                        Second Cotton Club Parade - see 1937 03 17...
                                        ..2011
                                        1937 03 29
                                        Monday
                                        .New York, N.Y.Cotton Club
                                        200 W. 48th St.
                                        Second Cotton Club Parade - see 1937 03 17...
                                        ..2011
                                        1937 03 30
                                        Tuesday
                                        .New York, N.Y.Cotton Club
                                        200 W.48th St.
                                        Second Cotton Club Parade - see 1937 03 17...
                                        ..2011
                                        1937 03 31
                                        Wednesday
                                        .New York, N.Y.Cotton Club
                                        200 W.48th St.
                                        Second Cotton Club Parade - see 1937 03 17

                                        Inman logged a broadcast at 23:30 from the Cotton Club on WOR:
                                        • In a Jam (Ellington; Bigard; Williams; Stewart; Hodges' great sax)
                                        • Black Butterfly (sax, trombone)
                                        • Scattin' at the Kit Kat (ballsy: brass, sax)
                                        • Let's Go Ballyhoo ( vocal, Ivie Anderson) (swell)
                                        • Lost Ecstacy ( vocal, Ivie Anderson)
                                        • Downtown Uproar (Cootie Williams' Rugcutters: Cootie; Johnny Hodges)
                                        • Never in a Million Years ( vocal, Ivie Anderson)
                                        • Trumpet in Spades (Stewart's cornet)
                                        • East St. Louis Toodle-Oo (theme)
                                        Inman (ibid), p. 144..
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                                        April 1937

                                        1937 04 01
                                        Thursday
                                        .New York, N.Y.WNEW studioMake Believe Ballroom broadcast, 18:00
                                        Titles logged by Inman:
                                        • Merry-Go-Round (colossal)
                                        • On the Sunny Side of the Street (vIA)
                                        • It Don't Mean a Thing if It Ain't Got that Swing (vIA)
                                        • Creole Love Call (SUPER COLOSSAL: Joe Nanton's muted trombone; trumpet; Bigard)
                                        • Never in a Million Years (vIA)
                                        • Trumpet in Spades (Stewart's cornet)
                                        • East St. Louis Toodle-Oo (theme)
                                        Webmaster's note: Make Believe Ballroom was a disc jockey show, with platters played by disc jockey Martin Block. I asked Steven Lasker for his opinion; his view is

                                        'I, too, understood the New York "Make Believe Ballroom" broadcasts featured records played on-air, but the 1937 04 01 broadcast was obviously live if Inman is to believed, since Duke never made commercial records of Sunny Side of the Street or Never in a Million Years with vocals by Ivie...Also note that 1937 04 01 was the day when Master and Variety records were first released, so Duke's "Make Believe Ballroom" appearance was likely a tie-in instigated by Mills. '

                                        This entry should be considered doubtful until evidence is found that it was a live performance.
                                        • Inman (ibid), p. 145
                                        • Email, Lasker-Palmquist 2015-03-02
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                                        Thursday
                                        .New York, N.Y.Cotton Club
                                        200 W.48th St.
                                        Second Cotton Club Parade - see 1937 03 17...
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                                        1937 04 02
                                        Friday
                                        .New York, N.Y.Cotton Club
                                        200 W.48th St.
                                        Second Cotton Club Parade - see 1937 03 17...
                                        ..2011
                                        1937 04 03
                                        Saturday
                                        .New York, N.Y.Cotton Club
                                        200 W.48th St.
                                        Second Cotton Club Parade - see 1937 03 17...
                                        ..2011
                                        1937 04 04
                                        Sunday
                                        .New York, N.Y.Cotton Club
                                        200 W.48th St.
                                        Second Cotton Club Parade - see 1937 03 17

                                        Inman logged a broadcast at 23:30 on WOR from the club. Titles listed:
                                        • The Jive Stomp
                                        • Mood Indigo
                                        • Never in a Million Years ( vocal, Ivie Anderson) (trombone)
                                        • Christopher Columbus (trumpet; Hodges' sax; Bigard's clarinet)
                                        • Uptown Downbeat (Bigard; Stewart; clarinets)
                                        • Trust in Me ( vocal, Ivie Anderson) (Bigard; trumpet)
                                        • Tiger Rag (five minutes of jamming: Bigard; Hardwick?; Tizol; Hodges; Bigard)
                                        Inman (ibid), p. 146..
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                                        1937 04 05
                                        Monday
                                        .New York, N.Y.Cotton Club
                                        200 W.48th St.
                                        Second Cotton Club Parade - see 1937 03 17...
                                        ..2011
                                        1937 04 06
                                        Tuesday
                                        .New York, N.Y.Cotton Club
                                        200 W.48th St.
                                        Second Cotton Club Parade - see 1937 03 17...
                                        ..2011
                                        1937 04 07
                                        Wednesday
                                        .New York, N.Y.Cotton Club
                                        200 W.48th St.
                                        Second Cotton Club Parade - see 1937 03 17

                                        Inman logged a broadcast at 23:30 on WOR from the club. Titles broadcast:
                                        • East St. Louis Toodle-Oo (theme)
                                        • Jumpy
                                        • Sophisticated Lady
                                        • I Take Your Hand
                                        • Daybreak Express
                                        • Where Is the Sun?
                                        • I've Got to Be a Rug Cutter ( vocal, Ivie Anderson & trio)
                                        • I'm Satisfied ( vocal, Ivie Anderson)
                                        • The Land of Jam [Exposition Swing]
                                        • The New East St. Louis Toodle-Oo (theme)
                                        Inman (ibid), p. 147..
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                                        1937 04 08
                                        Thursday
                                        .New York, N.Y.Cotton Club
                                        200 W.48th St.
                                        Second Cotton Club Parade - see 1937 03 17...
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                                        1937 04 09
                                        Friday
                                        2 pm start
                                        .New York, N.Y.Master Record Co. studios
                                        1780 Broadway
                                        Master recording session
                                        Duke Ellington and His Orchestra
                                        Whetsel, C.Williams, Stewart, Brown, Nanton, Tizol, Bigard, Hodges, Hardwick, Carney, Ellington, Guy, Taylor or Alvis, Greer, I. Anderson
                                        Titles recorded:
                                          • There's A Lull In My Life
                                          • It's Swell Of You
                                          • You Can't Run Away From Love Tonight
                                        New Desor
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                                        1937 04 09
                                        Friday
                                        .New York, N.Y.Cotton Club
                                        200 W.48th St.
                                        Second Cotton Club Parade - see 1937 03 17...
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                                        1937 04 10
                                        Saturday
                                        .New York, N.Y.Cotton Club
                                        200 W.48th St.
                                        Second Cotton Club Parade - see 1937 03 17...
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                                        1937 04 11
                                        Sunday
                                        .New York, N.Y.Alvin TheatreBenefit performance for the song plugger's association, Professional Music Men, Inc. The master of ceremonies was columnist Ed Sullivan, and the participants included
                                        • Bands of
                                          • Ellington
                                          • Benny Goodman
                                          • Shep Fields
                                          • Guy Lombardo
                                          • Mitchell Ayres
                                          • Jay Freeman
                                        • Bob Hope
                                        • J.C.Flippen
                                        • Clem McCarthy
                                        Anzo Archetti, "Swing Music Notes,":

                                        '    On Sunday, April 11th, the M. M. P. A. (Music Men's Protective Association) held a benefit concert in the Alvin Theatre in New York. Although this affair was not strictly a swing music event, the presence of two of the finest of our present-day swing orchestras -- Benny Goodman's and Duke Ellington's -- brings the occasion within the field of this column.
                                            Five orchestras took part in a concert which jammed the Alvin Theatre to the rafters with interested listeners. The size and enthusiasm of that crowd were striking proof of the importance of jazz and the popular song in the American world of entertainment. The Guy Lombardo, Shep Fields, Mitchell Ayres (formerly Little Jack Little), Benny Goodman and Duke Ellington outfits were present in full force, and there were added as a measure of good weight the Goodman Trio and Quartet. In spite of the popularity of the three orchestras first named, the Goodman and Ellington ensembles ran away with the show, and, as much as this writer hates to admit it, the Ellington band made a poor showing in comparison with Benny Goodman's. Ellington played an arrangement of St. Louis Blues so involved that only the most dyed-in-the-wool Ellingtonians could possibly admire it. Benny Goodman's fine playing, which does not always swing in the best sense of the word, however effective it may be, was something to marvel at. Then, besides, there were the Trio and the Quartet, with Gene Krupa, of course, who is a show in himself. On the whole, the concert was overwhelmingly successful.'

                                        • Stratemann p.143 citing Variety 1937-04-14 p.57
                                        • Anzo Archetti, "Swing Music Notes," The American Music Lover, 1937-05-00, p. 38, courtesy S. Lasker 2017-07-01
                                        ..
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                                        updated
                                        2012-09-23
                                        2017-07-17
                                        1937 04 11
                                        Sunday
                                        .New York, N.Y.Cotton Club
                                        200 W.48th St.
                                        Second Cotton Club Parade - see 1937 03 17...
                                        ..2011
                                        1937 04 12
                                        Monday
                                        .New York, N.Y.Cotton Club
                                        200 W.48th St.
                                        Second Cotton Club Parade - see 1937 03 17...
                                        ..2011
                                        1937 04 13
                                        Tuesday
                                        .New York, N.Y.Cotton Club
                                        200 W.48th St.
                                        Second Cotton Club Parade - see 1937 03 17...
                                        ..2011
                                        1937 04 14
                                        Wednesday
                                        .New York, N.Y.Cotton Club
                                        200 W.48th St.
                                        Second Cotton Club Parade - see 1937 03 17...
                                        ..2011
                                        1937 04 15
                                        Thursday
                                        .New York, N.Y.Cotton Club
                                        200 W.48th St.
                                        Second Cotton Club Parade - see 1937 03 17...
                                        ..2011
                                        1937 04 16
                                        Friday
                                        .New York, N.Y.Cotton Club
                                        200 W.48th St.
                                        Second Cotton Club Parade - see 1937 03 17...
                                        ..2011
                                        1937 04 17
                                        Saturday
                                        .New York, N.Y.Cotton Club
                                        200 W.48th St.
                                        Second Cotton Club Parade - see 1937 03 17...
                                        ..2011
                                        1937 04 18
                                        Sunday
                                        .New York, N.Y.Cotton Club
                                        200 W.48th St.
                                        Second Cotton Club Parade - see 1937 03 17...
                                        ..2011
                                        1937 04 19
                                        Monday
                                        .New York, N.Y.Cotton Club
                                        200 W.48th St.
                                        Second Cotton Club Parade - see 1937 03 17...
                                        ..2011
                                        1937 04 20
                                        Tuesday
                                        .New York, N.Y.Cotton Club
                                        200 W.48th St.
                                        Second Cotton Club Parade - see 1937 03 17...
                                        ..2011
                                        1937 04 21
                                        Wednesday
                                        .New York, N.Y.Cotton Club
                                        200 W.48th St.
                                        Second Cotton Club Parade - see 1937 03 17

                                        Broadcast, 23:30, over WOR:
                                        • Birmingham Breakdown
                                        • There's a Lull in My Life ( vocal, Ivie Anderson)
                                        • I've Got to Be a Rug Cutter ( vocal, Ivie Anderson & trio) (Hodges; trombones)
                                        • Ebony Rhapsody ( vocal, Ivie Anderson) (Nanton's trombone; Bigard's clarinet; Greer's chimes; saxes; piano)
                                        • Black Butterfly
                                        • Slippery Horn (Bigard's clarinet, Hodges with Williams, Tizol's trombone; basses)
                                        • Alabamy Home (Rex Stewart's muted trumpet; Hodges)
                                        • East St. Louis Toodle-Oo (theme) (played in full: Rex Stewart, Barney Bigard)
                                        Inman (ibid), p. 159..
                                        .sl/djp2011
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                                        2015-03-02
                                        1937 04 22
                                        Thursday
                                        3:30-6:00 pm
                                        .New York, N.Y.Master Record Co Studios
                                        1780 Broadway
                                        Master Records recording session
                                        Duke Ellington and His Famous Orchestra
                                        and
                                        Ivie Anderson and Her Boys from Dixie
                                        Whetsel, C.Williams, Stewart, Brown, Nanton, Tizol, Bigard, Hodges, Hardwick, Carney, Ellington, Guy, Taylor or Alvis, Greer, I.Anderson

                                        Aasland and New Desor have both Taylor and Alvis, but Lasker has it as one or the other of them. He writes

                                        'ARC's recording ledger tells us that a four-man rhythm section was present at this session, but doesn't name them. Piano, guitar and drums are audible, so that leaves one bassist present. That's why I had it as one or the other.'


                                        Titles recorded:
                                        • Azure
                                        • The Lady Who Couldn't Be Kissed
                                        • Old Plantation
                                        New Desor
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                                        1937 04 22
                                        Thursday
                                        .New York, N.Y.Cotton Club
                                        200 W.48th St.
                                        Second Cotton Club Parade - see 1937 03 17...
                                        ..2011
                                        1937 04 23
                                        Friday
                                        .New York, N.Y.Cotton Club
                                        200 W.48th St.
                                        Second Cotton Club Parade - see 1937 03 17...
                                        ..2011
                                        1937 04 24
                                        Saturday
                                        .New York, N.Y.Cotton Club
                                        200 W.48th St.
                                        Second Cotton Club Parade - see 1937 03 17...
                                        ..2011
                                        1937 04 25
                                        Sunday
                                        .New York, N.Y.Cotton Club
                                        200 W.48th St.
                                        Second Cotton Club Parade - see 1937 03 17...
                                        ..2011
                                        1937 04 26
                                        Monday
                                        .New York, N.Y.Cotton Club
                                        200 W.48th St.
                                        Second Cotton Club Parade - see 1937 03 17...
                                        ..2011
                                        1937 04 27
                                        Tuesday
                                        .New York, N.Y..Stratemann reports Ellington appeared on WINS radio as a guest on the Matinee Frolic program. Email, Lasker-Palmquist 2014-08-26..
                                        .djp2011
                                        updated 2014-02-25
                                        2015-03-02
                                        1937 04 27
                                        Tuesday
                                        .New York, N.Y.Cotton Club
                                        200 W.48th St.
                                        Second Cotton Club Parade - see 1937 03 17...
                                        .djp2011
                                        updated 2014-02-25
                                        1937 04 28
                                        Wednesday
                                        .New York, N.Y.Cotton Club
                                        200 W.48th St.
                                        Second Cotton Club Parade - see 1937 03 17...
                                        ..2011
                                        1937 04 29
                                        Thursday
                                        Ellington's birthday
                                        2:15 pm start
                                        .New York, N.Y.Master Record Co Studios
                                        1780 Broadway
                                        Master Record Co. small group recording session
                                        Barney Bigard and his Jazzopators
                                        Stewart, Tizol, Bigard, Carney, Ellington, Taylor, Greer

                                        Titles recorded:
                                        • Lament For Lost Love
                                        • Four And A Half Street
                                        • Demi-Tasse
                                        • Jazz A La Carte
                                        New Desor
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                                        .djp2011
                                        updated
                                        2014-02-25
                                        1937 04 29
                                        Thursday
                                        Ellington's birthday
                                        .New York, N.Y.Cotton Club
                                        200 W.48th St.
                                        Second Cotton Club Parade - see 1937 03 17

                                        Ellington's birthday was celebrated in the club. Guests included Cab Calloway, Chick Webb and Irving Mills.
                                        Vail I p.134
                                        .
                                        HiDiDo photo?.2011
                                        1937 04 30
                                        Friday
                                        .New York, N.Y.Cotton Club
                                        200 W.48th St.
                                        Second Cotton Club Parade - see 1937 03 17...
                                        ..2011

                                        May 1937

                                        1937 05 01
                                        Saturday
                                        .New York, N.Y.Cotton Club
                                        200 W.48th St.
                                        Second Cotton Club Parade - see 1937 03 17...
                                        ..2011
                                        1937 05 02
                                        Sunday
                                        .New York, N.Y.Cotton Club
                                        200 W.48th St.
                                        Second Cotton Club Parade - see 1937 03 17...
                                        ..2011
                                        1937 05 03
                                        Monday
                                        .New York, N.Y.Cotton Club
                                        200 W.48th St.
                                        Second Cotton Club Parade - see 1937 03 17...
                                        ..2011
                                        1937 05 04
                                        Tuesday
                                        .New York, N.Y.Cotton Club
                                        200 W.48th St.
                                        Second Cotton Club Parade - see 1937 03 17...
                                        ..2011
                                        1937 05 05
                                        Wednesday
                                        .New York, N.Y.Cotton Club
                                        200 W.48th St.
                                        Second Cotton Club Parade - see 1937 03 17...
                                        ..2011
                                        1937 05 06
                                        Thursday
                                        .New York, N.Y.Cotton Club
                                        200 W.48th St.
                                        Second Cotton Club Parade - see 1937 03 17...
                                        ..2011
                                        1937 05 07
                                        Friday
                                        .New York, N.Y.Cotton Club
                                        200 W.48th St.
                                        Second Cotton Club Parade - see 1937 03 17...
                                        ..2011
                                        1937 05 08
                                        Saturday
                                        7 pm
                                        .New York, N.Y.CBS Playhouse #1CBS network "Saturday Night Swing Club" broadcast
                                        Ellington soloed for 5 minutes, playing Swing Session, and a medley of Solitude and In A Sentimental Mood
                                        Lasker:

                                        'Swing Session is a mashup of [Ellington's first composition] Soda Fountain Rag and Sponge Cake and Spinach, although according to Paul Eduard Miller's Down Beat review (1937-10-00) of the Variety record of the latter title, recorded June 16, 1937, the piece was "composed in the studio." '

                                        • Statemann, p.143
                                        • Timner V, pp. 27 & 644
                                        • Andrew Homzy, liner notes to Storyville's CD 1038415 "Duke Ellington at the Cotton Club"
                                        • Email, Lasker-Palmquist 2018-09-23
                                        New Desor
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                                        .djp2011
                                        updated

                                        2012-09-23
                                        2014-02-25
                                        2018-10-07
                                        1937 05 08
                                        Saturday
                                        .New York, N.Y.Cotton Club
                                        200 W.48th St.
                                        Second Cotton Club Parade - see 1937 03 17...
                                        ..2011
                                        1937 05 09
                                        Sunday
                                        .New York, N.Y.Cotton Club
                                        200 W.48th St.
                                        Second Cotton Club Parade - see 1937 03 17...
                                        ..2011
                                        1937 05 10
                                        Monday
                                        .New York, N.Y.Cotton Club
                                        200 W.48th St.
                                        Second Cotton Club Parade - see 1937 03 17...
                                        ..2011
                                        1937 05 11
                                        Tuesday
                                        .New York, N.Y.Cotton Club
                                        200 W.48th St.
                                        Second Cotton Club Parade - see 1937 03 17

                                        Remote broadcast, WOR, 22:35 local time:
                                        • All God's Chillun Got Rhythm ( vocal, Ivie Anderson) (half of band singing; little instrumentation)
                                        • Swing Low (Rex Stewart's great long intricate trumpet passage; saxes; Harry Carney's nutsy baritone; Cootie Williams' high screeching trumpet; Hodges)
                                        • Clarinet Lament (magnificent clarinet by Barney Bigard; soft, muffled--not sharp--but broad tone)
                                        • Every Day [Evah Day = Demi-Tasse?] (Bigard's clarinet; trumpet; real swingin' out by six brass)
                                        • There's a Lull in My Life ( vocal, Ivie Anderson) (Harry Carney's baritone; saxes with brass; trombones)
                                        • I've Got to Be a Rug Cutter ( vocal, Ivie Anderson & trio)
                                        • Azure (destined to become one of the biggest hits of 1937: wonderful—so soft and slow).
                                        Inman (ibid), p. 171..
                                        ..2011
                                        updated
                                        2015-03-03
                                        1937 05 12
                                        Wednesday
                                        .New York, N.Y.Cotton Club
                                        200 W.48th St.
                                        Second Cotton Club Parade - see 1937 03 17...
                                        ..2011
                                        1937 05 13
                                        Thursday
                                        .New York, N.Y.Cotton Club
                                        200 W.48th St.
                                        Second Cotton Club Parade - see 1937 03 17...
                                        ..2011
                                        1937 05 14
                                        Friday
                                        2:00 - 6:00 pm
                                        .New York, N.Y.Master Record Co. studio
                                        1780 Broadway
                                        Master Record Co. recording session
                                        Duke Ellington and His Famous Orchestra
                                        Whetsel, C.Williams, Stewart, Brown, Nanton, Tizol, Bigard, Hodges, Hardwick, Carney, Ellington, Guy, Taylor or Alvis, Greer

                                        Titles recorded:
                                        • Caravan
                                        • Azure
                                        New Desor
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                                        ..2011
                                        updated
                                        2014-02-25
                                        1937 05 14
                                        Friday
                                        .New York, N.Y.Cotton Club
                                        200 W.48th St.
                                        Second Cotton Club Parade - see 1937 03 17...
                                        ..2011
                                        1937 05 15
                                        Saturday
                                        .New York, N.Y.Harlem Hospital Peripheral event
                                        Dancer Earl "Snakehips" Tucker, age 30, died of internal ailments, , destitute. The Afro-American reported "Duke and the lads" paid for his hospitalization and funeral.
                                        • Pittsburgh Courier, 1937-05-22, p.1
                                        • New York Post, 1937-05-17 p.15
                                        • Baltimore Afro-American 1937-06-19 p.5
                                        ..
                                        ..New
                                        added 2014-03-12
                                        1937 05 15
                                        Saturday
                                        .New York, N.Y.Cotton Club
                                        200 W.48th St.
                                        Second Cotton Club Parade - see 1937 03 17

                                        Remote broadcast from the Cotton Club on WOR at 23:00. Inman logged
                                        • Caravan
                                        • Frolic Sam
                                        • Solace (first time over air, written by Duke and Bigard: very slow—similar to Azure)
                                        Inman (ibid), p. 172..
                                        ..2011
                                        1937 05 16
                                        Sunday
                                        .New York, N.Y.Cotton Club
                                        200 W.48th St.
                                        Second Cotton Club Parade - see 1937 03 17

                                        Remote broadcast from the Cotton Club on WOR at 22:30. Inman shows:
                                        • The Sheik of Araby (trombone; Rex Stewart's trumpet; Hardwick's bass sax; Greer's drums)
                                        • Rose Room (marvelous old song; Bigard's magnificent intricate clarinet with wa-wa brass; Ellington's swell piano; Hodges)
                                        • It's Swell of You ( vocal, Ivie Anderson) (Bigard; swell trombone; trumpet)
                                        • Downtown Uproar (Cootie Williams Group: Williams' clear-toned trumpet; Hodges' great soprano sax with Hardwick's bass sax; Carney's baritone; Greer's swell drum breaks; Ellington's ballsy tinkling piano; trombone)
                                        • All God's Chillun Got Rhythm ( vocal, Ivie Anderson) (Bigard; marvelous vocal)
                                        • [It was a] Sad Night in Harlem ( vocal, Ivie Anderson) (nutsy Hodges, two basses, Bigard's clarinet behind Ivie's great vocal)
                                        • The Land of Jam [Exposition Swing] (Carney's colossal baritone; Stewart; Hodges; Williams; Bigard)
                                        • Azure (ballsy, this will be a hit by September)
                                        • Scattin' at the Kit-Kat (one of Ellington's greatest pieces)
                                        Inman (ibid), p. 173..
                                        ..2011
                                        updated
                                        2015-03-03
                                        1937 05 17
                                        Monday
                                        .New York, N.Y.Cotton Club
                                        200 W.48th St.
                                        Second Cotton Club Parade - see 1937 03 17

                                        Remote broadcast, 22:30. Per Inman:
                                        • Hyde Park (colossal; trumpet; Carney's baritone; Bigard's clarinet; Hodges; Whetsel's trumpet)
                                        • Old Plantation ( vocal, Ivie Anderson) (trombone; Bigard's clarinet; Greer's solid drumming; saxes)
                                        • Trust in Me ( vocal, Ivie Anderson) (nuttsy: Cootie Williams' real swing trumpet, Bigard)
                                        • Big Chief De Sota (written by Fernando Arbello [and also titled Grand Terrace Swing]; swell Hodges; Cootie hitting some real high notes; What jammin'!!! Bigard's clarinet; very solid five-man rhythm section)
                                        • Azure (in response to many requests! Bigard's soft, muted clarinet; Carney's baritone sax)
                                        • Merry-Go-Round (Hodges; marvelous screeching trumpet; trombone team; Bigard's marvelous clarinet; Hardwick's bass sax; super colossal ending with whole band jamming)
                                        • Tiger Rag (Bigard's clarinet after introduction by Ellington's piano; Otto Hardwick's long bass sax solo with rhythm section; great original long trombone solo by either Nanton or Tizol; Bigard's low-high, high-low, long clarinet solo – what a style!!! Rex Stewart's low trumpet; very long bass solo with Ellington's little piano inputs. 10 minutes long!)
                                        Inman (ibid), pp. 173-74..
                                        ..2011
                                        updated
                                        2015-03-04
                                        1937 05 18
                                        Tuesday
                                        .New York, N.Y. 131 W.131 St.(Unconfirmed)

                                        The New York Post reported Ellington would head a group of entertainers at Snakehips Tucker's funeral.

                                        Mr. Tucker was buried in Mt. Olivet cemetery.

                                        Ed Sullivan: Nice Cotton Club gesture: They'll give a weekly check to the widow of the late Snakehips Tucker, Negro dancer.
                                        • New York Post 1937-05-17 p.15
                                        • Ed Sullivan, Broadway, Harrisburg Telegraph, Harrisburg, Penn., 1937-05-20 p.16
                                        ..
                                        .djpNew
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                                        1937 05 18
                                        Tuesday
                                        .New York, N.Y.Cotton Club
                                        200 W.48th St.
                                        Second Cotton Club Parade - see 1937 03 17...
                                        ..2011
                                        1937 05 19
                                        Wednesday
                                        .New York, N.Y.Cotton Club
                                        200 W.48th St.
                                        Second Cotton Club Parade - see 1937 03 17...
                                        ..2011
                                        1937 05 20.New York, N.Y.American Record Corporation studio, 1776 BroadwayVariety label small group recording session
                                        14:00 - 17:30
                                        Johnny Hodges and His Orchestra
                                        C.Williams, Bigard, Hodges,Hardwick, Carney, Ellington, Guy, Alvis, Greer, Buddy Clark

                                        Titles recorded:
                                        • Foolin' Myself
                                        • A Sailboat In The Moonlight
                                        • You'll Never Go To Heaven
                                        • Peckin'
                                        Prohaska:

                                        'Hodges'initial recording date for Mills (recorded on May 20, 1937) is an oddity in that it was not recorded at Mills' studio, but at ARC's New York studios and evidently sold to Mills.'

                                        New Desor
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                                        1937 05 20
                                        Thursday
                                        .New York, N.Y.Cotton Club
                                        200 W.48th St.
                                        Second Cotton Club Parade - see 1937 03 17

                                        Remote broadcast, 23:30 on WOR
                                        • Harlem Speaks (Stewart's trumpet; Hodges; Williams' great trumpet; Alvis' bass; Harry Caney's colossal baritone sax; Joe Nanton's magnificent muted wa-wa trombone)
                                        • Solace (featuring Bigard's slow, soft clarinet)
                                        • Caravan (super-colossal ; Tizol's trombone; Bigard's clarinet; Williams' trumpet; Carney's baritone)
                                        • Ebony Rhapsody ( vocal, Ivie Anderson) (nuttsy song a few years old; Grer's bells; saxes; moaning brass; piano; Cootie)
                                        • Tomorrow Is Another Day (typical Ellington saxes with strong rhythm section)
                                        • Echoes of the Jungle (Stewart's wonderful tricky, muted trumpet; Bigard's very soft, good clarinet; Hodges with wa-wa brass; Nanton's wa-wa trombone; nice tom-tom drumming by Greer throughout)
                                        • Poor Little Rich Girl [by Noel Coward] (fast foxtrot; Carney's wonderful baritone; Williams' straight trumpet; Barney Bigard's clarinet; Greer's tricky but steady drumming; trumpet; trombone)
                                        • Kissin' My Baby Good-Night ( vocal, Ivie Anderson) (Hodges; nuttsy soprano sax; Williams' trumpet).
                                        Inman (ibid), p. 175..
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                                        updated
                                        2015-03-04
                                        1937 05 21
                                        Friday
                                        .New York, N.Y.Cotton Club
                                        200 W.48th St.
                                        Second Cotton Club Parade - see 1937 03 17
                                        Unconfirmed broadcast from CBS by shortwave to BBC

                                        According to DEMS 92/4-3, this broadcast was announced in New Yorker magazine's May 15 edition but BBC archivists could find no evidence it took place.
                                        .92,4-3DEMS
                                        • Strat143
                                        ..2011
                                        updated
                                        2014-02-25
                                        1937 05 22
                                        Saturday
                                        .New York, N.Y.Cotton Club
                                        200 W.48th St.
                                        Second Cotton Club Parade - see 1937 03 17...
                                        ..2011
                                        1937 05 23
                                        Sunday
                                        .New York, N.Y.Cotton Club
                                        200 W.48th St.
                                        Second Cotton Club Parade - see 1937 03 17...
                                        ..2011
                                        1937 05 24
                                        Monday
                                        .New York, N.Y.Cotton Club
                                        200 W.48th St.
                                        Second Cotton Club Parade - see 1937 03 17...
                                        ..2011
                                        1937 05 25
                                        Tuesday
                                        .New York, N.Y.Cotton Club
                                        200 W.48th St.
                                        Second Cotton Club Parade - see 1937 03 17...
                                        ..2011
                                        1937 05 26
                                        Wednesday
                                        .New York, N.Y.Cotton Club
                                        200 W.48th St.
                                        Second Cotton Club Parade - see 1937 03 17...
                                        ..2011
                                        1937 05 27
                                        Thursday
                                        .New York, N.Y.Cotton Club
                                        200 W.48th St.
                                        Second Cotton Club Parade - see 1937 03 17...
                                        ..2011
                                        1937 05 28
                                        Friday
                                        .New York, N.Y.Cotton Club
                                        200 W.48th St.
                                        Second Cotton Club Parade - see 1937 03 17...
                                        ..2011
                                        1937 05 29
                                        Saturday
                                        .New York, N.Y.Cotton Club
                                        200 W.48th St.
                                        Second Cotton Club Parade - see 1937 03 17...
                                        ..2011
                                        1937 05 30
                                        Sunday
                                        .New York, N.Y.Cotton Club
                                        200 W.48th St.
                                        Second Cotton Club Parade - see 1937 03 17...
                                        ..2011
                                        1937 05 31
                                        Monday
                                        .New York, N.Y.Cotton Club
                                        200 W.48th St.
                                        Second Cotton Club Parade - see 1937 03 17...
                                        ..2011

                                        June 1937

                                        1937 06 00.New York, N.Y..(Unconfirmed)

                                        Private party
                                        Date and location not known
                                        In his Broadway Nights King Features Syndicate column, datelined New York, June 30, Frank C. McLearn wrote

                                        "Among those who showed up for Toni Anderson's party for Duke Ellington, the Negro orchestra leader, were Rosamond Pinrbot, Vernon Duke, Kay Halle, Hal Phyfe, Morris Ernst and other figures in what Cholly Knickerbocker aptly name "Cafe society.""

                                        Corsicana Daily Sun, Corsicana, Tex., 1937-06-30, p.2..
                                        .djpNew
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                                        1937 06 01
                                        Tuesday
                                        .New York, N.Y.Cotton Club
                                        200 W.48th St.
                                        Second Cotton Club Parade - see 1937 03 17...
                                        ..2011
                                        1937 06 02
                                        Wednesday
                                        .New York, N.Y.Cotton Club
                                        200 W.48th St.
                                        Second Cotton Club Parade - see 1937 03 17...
                                        ..2011
                                        1937 06 03
                                        Thursday
                                        .New York, N.Y.Cotton Club
                                        200 W.48th St.
                                        Second Cotton Club Parade - see 1937 03 17...
                                        ..2011
                                        1937 06 04
                                        Friday
                                        .New York, N.Y.Cotton Club
                                        200 W.48th St.
                                        Second Cotton Club Parade - see 1937 03 17...
                                        ..2011
                                        1937 06 05
                                        Saturday
                                        .New York, N.Y.Cotton Club
                                        200 W.48th St.
                                        Second Cotton Club Parade - see 1937 03 17...
                                        ..2011
                                        1937 06 06
                                        Sunday
                                        .New York, N.Y.Cotton Club
                                        200 W.48th St.
                                        Second Cotton Club Parade - see 1937 03 17...
                                        ..2011
                                        1937 06 07
                                        Monday
                                        .New York, N.Y.Cotton Club
                                        200 W.48th St.
                                        Second Cotton Club Parade - see 1937 03 17...
                                        ..2011
                                        1937 06 08
                                        Tuesday
                                        3:30 - 6:00 pm
                                        .New York, N.Y.Master Records Inc. studio
                                        1780 Broadway
                                        Master/Variety recording session
                                        Duke Ellington and His Famous Orchestra
                                        Whetsel, C.Williams, Stewart, Brown, Nanton, Tizol, Bigard, Hodges, Hardwick, Carney, Ellington, Guy, Taylor, Alvis; Greer, I.Anderson

                                        Titles recorded:
                                        • All God's Chillun Got Rhythm (instrumental and vocal versions)
                                        • Alabamy Home
                                        New Desor
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                                        .djp2011
                                        updated
                                        2014-02-28
                                        1937 06 08
                                        Tuesday
                                        .New York, N.Y.Cotton Club
                                        200 W.48th St.
                                        Second Cotton Club Parade - see 1937 03 17...
                                        ..2011
                                        1937 06 09
                                        Wednesday
                                        .New York, N.Y.Cotton Club
                                        200 W.48th St.
                                        Second Cotton Club Parade - see 1937 03 17...
                                        ..2011
                                        1937 06 10
                                        Thursday
                                        .New York, N.Y.Cotton Club
                                        200 W.48th St.
                                        Second Cotton Club Parade - see 1937 03 17...
                                        ..2011
                                        1937 06 11
                                        Friday
                                        .New York, N.Y.Cotton Club
                                        200 W.48th St.
                                        Second Cotton Club Parade - see 1937 03 17...
                                        ..2011
                                        1937 06 12
                                        Saturday
                                        12:00 - 1:30 a.m.
                                        .New York, N.Y.CBS Playhouse #1CBS broadcast
                                        "Saturday Night Swing Club"

                                        Duke Ellington's Jam Ensemble
                                        C. Williams, Tizol, Bigard, Carney, Ellington with a drummer and bass from the Swing Club orchestra

                                        Only Frolic Sam appears to have been performed (and recorded) although the Down Beat review refers to Duke's numbers (plural). Ellington's orchestra, with Dave Bowman subbing for Duke, also played that song in the 1938 anniversary show.

                                        1,500 attended the show, which included acts playing in the studio and acts radioed in, in celebration of the show's first anniversary. This was the first time a 'sustaining broadcast' ran late, so CBS was on the air half an hour longer than usual.

                                        The show was reviewed by Annemarie Ewing in Down Beat:

                                        'The playhouse audience practically rose in their seats to greet Duke Ellington, who had to be programmed early so that he could get back to the Cotton Club. With Duke were Barney Bigard, Cootie Williams, Harry Carney and Juan Tizol. Johnny Williams and Lou Schoobe, of the Swing Club band, supplied rhythm for Duke's numbers.'

                                        The complete recorded broadcast is apparently on Soundcraft LPs 1013 & 1014 and Jazz Unlimited CD 2056/57.

                                        Bob Inman attended the show with someone named Hughie and another person named Jim Poe. His scrapbook description is reproduced in DEMS 93/4. Ellington clearly arrived before midnight, as Inman wrote

                                        'Duke Ellington's Jazz Ensemble kept rehearsing FROLIC SAM before the broadcast. It sure was great. It was just recorded on Variety... '

                                        Carl Hällström explains the Saturday Night Swing Club program in DEMS 1993/3, p.6
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                                        1937 06 12
                                        Saturday
                                        .New York, N.Y.Cotton Club
                                        200 W.48th St.
                                        Second Cotton Club Parade - see 1937 03 17...
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                                        Sunday
                                        .New York, N.Y.Cotton Club
                                        200 W.48th St.
                                        Second Cotton Club Parade - see 1937 03 17...
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                                        Monday
                                        .New York, N.Y.Cotton Club
                                        200 W.48th St.
                                        Second Cotton Club Parade - see 1937 03 17...
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                                        1937 06 15
                                        Tuesday
                                        .New York, N.Y.Cotton Club
                                        200 W.48th St.
                                        Last night at Cotton Club

                                        Second Cotton Club Parade - see 1937 03 17
                                        ...
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                                        1937 06 16
                                        Wednesday
                                        ... Peripheral event
                                        Variety:

                                        'Duke Ellington opens a theatre tour at the 125th street Apollo, New York, Friday (18). After four one-nighters, he goes into the Loew's State, New York, July 1.
                                          Following week will find him at the Stanley theatre, Pittsburgh, and for the week of July 16 it will be the Earle, Philadelphia.'

                                        Variety 1937-06-16 p.49..
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                                        Wednesday
                                        .New York, N.Y.Master Record Co. studio
                                        1780 Broadway
                                        Master small group recording session
                                        15:00 - 20:20
                                        Barney Bigard and His Jazzopators
                                        Stewart, Tizol, Bigard, Carney, Ellington, Guy, Taylor, Greer, Sue Mitchell (vocal), Charlie Barnet (maracas on Moonlight Fiesta)
                                        Titles recorded:
                                        • Get It Southern Style
                                        • Moonlight Fiesta
                                        • Sponge Cake And Spinach
                                        • If You're Ever In My Arms Again
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                                        1937 06 17
                                        Thursday
                                        ...activities not documented...
                                        ...
                                        1937 06 18
                                        Friday
                                        1937 06 24New York, N.Y.Apollo Theater
                                        253 W. 125th St., Borough of Manhattan, Harlem district
                                        Vaudeville show

                                        ONE WEEK ONLY - BEGIN FRI JUNE 18th
                                        DUKE THE WORLD'S GREATEST!
                                        ELLINGTON
                                        AND HIS FAMOUSORCHESTRA
                                        WITH IVY ANDERSON And A GREAT CAST
                                        WINNIE & BOBBIE JOHNSON And Brother STRETCH
                                        Jack Whitney - Tootie & Al - Don Ricardo
                                        JOHN MASON PIGMEAT" TIMMIE BASKETTE
                                        Savoy's Lindy Champions - 16 Harperettes

                                        Also JANE WITHERS In "ANGEL'S HOLIDAY"
                                        MIDNIGHT SHOW SATURDAY Wed Amateur Night
                                        Broadcast


                                          Bands may come and bands may go, reputations may soar and vanish but one band goes steadfastly forward, always regarded as America's greatest colored orchestra - that band is headed by Duke Ellington and will make its first theatre appearance for the coming season at the Apollo Theatre this coming Friday (beginning June 18th). Ellington just finished a five-month run on Broadway. Immediately after the band's engagement at the Apollo next week they departed [sic] for the West and Hollywood.
                                          Leonard Harper is putting his best foot foremost to surround Duke Ellington and his band with a fitting show. The revue cast will include Ivy Anderon, Three Flying Sullys, Savoy Ballroom's Lindy Hop Champions, Jack Whitney, Winnie and Bobbie Johnson and their Brother Stretch, Pigmeat, Mason and Baskette and the sixteen dancing Harperettes.
                                          Jane Withers will appear on the Apollo's screen next week in her latest feature hit, "Angels Holiday."

                                        Ad and announcement, New York Age, 1937-06-19 p.9..
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                                        Saturday
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                                        253 W. 125th St.
                                        Harlem
                                        Vaudeville show - see 1937 06 18...
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                                        Sunday
                                        .New York, N.Y.Apollo Theater
                                        253 W. 125th St.
                                        Harlem
                                        Vaudeville show - see 1937 06 18...
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                                        1937 06 21
                                        Monday
                                        .New York, N.Y.Apollo Theater
                                        253 W. 125th St.
                                        Harlem
                                        Vaudeville show - see 1937 06 18
                                        Young Bob Inman and his brother ... paid 30 cents each for orchestra seats and saw Ellington, with a seven-man brass section (including Jenkins) and two basses. Inman noted the songs played were
                                        • East St. Louis Toodle-Oo (theme)
                                        • Trumpet in Spades (featuring Rex Stewart's marvelous rubber wa-wa muted trumpet)
                                        • Caravan
                                        • There's a Lull in My Life ( vocal, Ivie Anderson)
                                        • All God's Chillun Got Rhythm (Ivie Anderson singing with a chorus of the whole band, just as she sang it in the very recent picture, “A Day at the Races.” Nuttsy)
                                        • Get What You Can While You Can (Ivie Anderson singing a long vocal with little musical aid by the band but with comic sayings from the mouths of Sonny Greer, Otto Hardwick, etc.)
                                        • I've Got to Be a Rug Cutter (funny clowning and dancing by Freddy [sic] Jenkins. Ivie Anderson truckin' and singing with trio of Hayes Alvis, Harry Carney and Rex Stewart, Bigard's clarinet, Carney's baritone, Hodges' alto, Williams' and Stewart's trumpets)
                                        • finally, the closing number (with some great jamming by Freddy Jenkins, Williams and Carney)
                                        The lads got home at 4:45.
                                        Inman (p.189)..
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                                        Tuesday
                                        .New York, N.Y.Apollo Theater
                                        253 W. 125th St.
                                        Harlem
                                        Vaudeville show - see 1937 06 18...
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                                        1937 06 23
                                        Wednesday
                                        .New York, N.Y.Apollo Theater
                                        253 W. 125th St.
                                        Harlem
                                        Vaudeville show - see 1937 06 18...
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                                        1937 06 23
                                        Wednesday
                                        .New York, N.Y.. Peripheral event

                                        'With the American recording industry still trying to catch its breath over the sudden and outstanding success of the new disc company, Master Records, Inc., Master's managing director Irving Mills embarked for England on June 23 via the S.S. Queen Mary to invade the foreign market by establishing his own company in London for the purpose of distributing Master and Variety records throughout the continent. Mills' surprise decision to enter the foreign market as an independent producer and distributor was undoubtedly influenced by the rapid success and unexpected selling power of Master and Variety labels in the U.S. '

                                        Tempo, July, 1937, quoted by Jim Prohaska in IRVING MILLS - RECORD PRODUCER: THE MASTER AND VARIETY RECORD LABELS, IAJRC..
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                                        Thursday
                                        .New York, N.Y.Apollo Theater
                                        253 W. 125th St.
                                        Harlem
                                        Vaudeville show - see 1937 06 18

                                        APOLLO HAS GREAT SHOW WITH DUKE

                                        "Pigmeat" - Basquette-Johnson Add to Entertaining Bill


                                        NEW YORK CITY, June 24--
                                        If one was to rate the present Apollo Theatre revue according to stars, they would have no less than four such individuals to consider. For music, Duke Ellington and his famous orchestra, with Ivy Anderson, for comedy, Pigmeat Markham and Jimmie Basquette, with John Masn and Adelaide Mashall filling in superbly.
                                        ...Without a doubt, Duke Ellington batons the finest orchestra in the musical circle today. It isn't a swing outfit, nor is it a jazz or symphonic one, but an aggregation versed in the art of balanced rhythm. With such a group backgrounding a revue, it has no other excuse but to be good. Returning after a two weeks' lay-off, Pigmeat and Basquette continue to stretch 'em in the aisles. Winnie and Bobbie Johnson, with big brother Stretch, making their initial appearance together, managed to stop the remainder of the revue which was jointly produeced by Leonard Harper and Andy Razaf.

                                        Duke to Tour
                                        Leaving the Apollo this weekend, Duke and his orchestra will start an engagement at Loew's State on Broadway, around July first. The following week will find him at the Stanley in Pittsburgh, and the week after, the Earl in Philadelphia.

                                        The Pittsburgh Courier, Pittsburgh, Penn., 1937-06-23 p.21..
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                                        Friday
                                        .Salem, N.H.Canobie Lake Park

                                        "Only New England appearance. ... Although on previous trips to New England Duke has been warmly welcomed for his fine interpretations of sweet and sentimental tunes and especially for the brilliant arrangements of the scores of hits he has composed himself, this visit really finds him famous as one of the really great swing bands in America."

                                        "At Ballrooms," Boston Post, 1937-06-20 p.21..
                                        .K.Steiner Dec 2012.
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                                        1937 06 26
                                        Saturday
                                        ...activities not documented...
                                        ...
                                        1937 06 27
                                        Sunday
                                        ...activities not documented...
                                        ...
                                        1937 06 28
                                        Monday
                                        ...activities not documented...
                                        ...
                                        1937 06 29
                                        Tuesday
                                        .Dallas, Penn.Fern Brook Park Pavilion

                                        Club Boch Presents at
                                        FERNBROOK
                                        PARK

                                        DUKE ELLINGTON
                                        and his orchestra
                                        Tuesday, June 29
                                        Buy Tickets Now at $1
                                        Tax Paid
                                        Admission at Gate $1.14
                                        Advance Sale At
                                        Mayflower Candy Shoppe, Wilkes-Barre
                                        Colleen Restaurant, Pittson
                                        Wyoming Sweet Shoppe, Wyoming
                                        Hotel Jermys, Scranton

                                        --------------
                                        Coming July 5
                                        MILT BRITTON

                                        Stratemann and Vail locate this at nearby Olyphant, Penn. Stratemann cites DESB but doesn't name the newspaper.

                                        • Times-Leader, Wilkes-Barre, Penn.
                                          • 1937-06-23 p.13
                                          • 1937-06-24 p.23
                                          • 1937-06-25 p.27
                                          • 1937-06-26 p.18
                                        • Wilkes-Barre Record, Wilkes-Barre, Penn.
                                          • 1937-06-23 p.6
                                          • 1937-06-24 p.10
                                          • 1937-06-25 p.19
                                          • 1937-06-26 p.21
                                          • 1937-06-29 p.16
                                        • Stratemann p.149 citing Variety 1937-06-16, p.40 [recte p.49] and DESB
                                        • Vail II
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                                        1937 06 30
                                        Wednesday
                                        ...activities not documented...
                                        ...
                                        1937 06 00
                                        (late June)
                                        .New York, N.Y.Master Record Co. studio
                                        1780 Broadway
                                        Prerecording and filming Paramount Pictorial No. 889 P7-2, a one-reel, ten minute film short by Paramount Pictures Inc., with three segments:
                                        • Horses Today (or Let's Count Horses),
                                        • Nova Scotia( or Nova Scotia Faces the Sea), and
                                        • Record Making with Duke Ellington and His Orchestra (also called Duke Ellington Makes A Record and Record Making With The Duke.
                                        Steven Lasker in DEMS 03/3-20/1:

                                        'Duke Ellington appears in two short subjects in the Paramount Pictorial series, the first released in 1933, the second in 1937. Although the two films are identified in reference works as being Paramount Pictorial numbers "837" and "889" respectively, these numbers aren't seen on any print I have viewed, nor are they found in such files as are still extant at Paramount Pictures, nor in the official listing of Paramount's shorts ("The Blue Book of Shorts"), nor in any publication I've read from the 1930s or 40s..."Record Making with Duke Ellington and his Orchestra" was part III of "Paramount Pictorial P7-2" (production #924).'


                                        Duke Ellington and His Orchestra
                                        Whetsel, C.Williams, Stewart, Nanton, Tizol, Brown, Bigard, Hodges, Hardwick, Carney, Ellington, Guy, Alvis, Greer, I.Anderson
                                        Titles recorded:
                                        • Daybreak Express (fragment)
                                        • Oh Babe! Maybe Someday (fragment)
                                        The Ellington segment opens with a mockup of a Variety label for Oh Babe! Maybe Someday, which was never issued on Variety, some rehearsal footage of Duke leading the band in the Master studio, and footage showing how 78 rpm records were manufactured, from recording to pressing.

                                        The date the Ellington band was filmed is not known. Stratemann suggests it was late June because it is mentioned in the August 1937 edition of Melody News, the Exclusive Music house paper, and says it was last month, and that edition is thought to have been circulated in July.
                                        Segments of this film appear in the documentary "Billy Strayhorn, Lush Life", which is misleading since Strayhorn did not meet Ellington until late 1938.
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                                        July 1937

                                        1937 07 01
                                        Thursday
                                        1937 07 07New York, N.Y.Loew's State TheaterVaudeville show

                                        Ellington used 4 trumpets (Freddie Jenkins was with the band again) and Ivie sang All God's Chillun Got Rhythm.

                                        DUKE ELLINGTON HEADS NEW LOEW'S STATE BILL

                                          Harlem's aristocrat of jazz, Duke Ellington, is headlining the new vaudeville show at Loew's State Theatre with his orchestra and sepian specialty entertainers, including Ivie Anderson, the California songbird, and Tip, Tap and Toe in dance routinces called "Rhythm Rhymes."
                                          The program also offers Harry Rose, known as the "Broadway Jester"; Sylvia and Clemence, singing and dancing comediennes, and Carlton Emmy and his Mad Wags, a canine offering.
                                          Miriam Hopkins and Joel McCrea are on the screen in "Woman Chases Man," which also lists Charles Winninger and Erik Rhodes in the cast.

                                        • Ad and announcement, New York Post 1937-07-02, p.15
                                        • Stratemann p.149 citing
                                          • New York Age 1937-07-03 p.8
                                          • Variety
                                            • 1937-07-07, p.50
                                            • 1937-07-14 p.60
                                            • 1937-09-15, p.19
                                          • The Billboard 1937-07-10 p.16
                                        • "Radio Short Circuits,", The Hammond Times, Hammond,Ind., 1937-07-03, p.9
                                        • Vail I, with copies of an unattibuted ad and an unattributed review.
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                                        Friday
                                        .New York, N.Y.Loew's State TheaterVaudeville show - see 1937 07 01..
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                                        1937 07 03
                                        Saturday
                                        .New York, N.Y.Loew's State TheaterVaudeville show - see 1937 07 01..
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                                        1937 07 03
                                        Saturday
                                        .New York, N.Y..7 p.m. CBS "Saturday Night Swing Club" broadcast
                                        (4 p.m. in California, 6 p.m. in Wiconsin, 7 p.m. in Illinois and D.C.)

                                        Also appearing were Billie Holiday and a ukelele player named Paul Sterret.

                                        Bishop:

                                        'On the Swingfest program the other afternoon, Duke Ellington took time between performances at Low's [sic} State in New York where the sign reads SRO, to swing his listeners into a dancing mood with I Got To Be a Rugcutter and Back Room Romp. Duke had just completed the last composition that afternoon in his dressing room and thought he would air it to see the results. Just like all the rest of Duke's numbers, it's just another rung in the ladder of success.'


                                        Archetti:

                                        '... The Saturday Night Swing Club continues on the air with such guests as it can catch on the wing while they are passing through New York on the way to out-of-town engagements,...
                                          With the closing of the Cotton Club in New York, Ellington and his men began again that endless round of one night stands and theatre spots which is the constant worry of his many admirers. It may be good experience, or even a change, but there can be no denying that it is a gruelling grind which is reflected in a lowering of the quality of the orchestra's work. An orchestra's recordings can be used as its pulse-reading. They will indicate whether it was in a healthy, rested condition or whether it was tired, nervous and worn out. Ellington's recent engagement for several months at the Cotton Club was further proof of this contention. The quality of Duke's compositions and Master and Variety recordings made during this period clearly indicate a high point of vitality. They represent some of the finest work in the career of Ellington and his men.
                                          Ellington returned to New York briefly for an engagement at the Apollo and Loew's State where he turned out consistently good work. During this period he also appeared on the Saturday Night Swing Club with six of his men, led by Johnny Hodges including, besides the Duke and Johnny, Rex Stewart, Harry Carney, Joe Nanton, Hayes Alvis, and Sonny Greer. Presumably this is the group which will record for Variety under the name of Johnny Hodge [sic] and his Orchestra. A new work was played that night which Duke modestly claimed " they had put together that afternoon." It was called Backroom Romp and a splendid energetic number it was. It should be recorded.
                                          Duke and his orchestra are again on the road here is some use which will gladden the hearts of all true Ellingtonians. The orchestra and Duke will definitely give a concert in Carnegie Hall... The date has been set in October and a backer has been found. It will not be Irving Mills. This same backer, whose name cannot be divulged, is a prominent New York broker who is interested in good jazz... He is planning to back a show for which Ellington is now writing the music. They are at present searching for a suitable book...'

                                        • Radio schedules 1937-07-03:
                                          • Los Angeles Times
                                          • Chicago Tribune
                                          • Washington Post
                                          • Sheboygan Press, Sheboygan, Wisc., 1937-07-03 p.9
                                        • Radio News and Programs, The Republican-Courier, Findlay, Ohio, p.4
                                        • Stratemann p.149, citing Hollywood Reporter 1937-07-01
                                        • Andrew Bishop, Cleveland Call and Post, Cleveland, Ohio, 1937-07-08 p.5 courtesy K.Steiner Nov.2016
                                        • Enzo Archetti, Swing Music Notes, The American Music Lover, 1937-08-00, pp.154-155 courtesy C.Ginell and S. Lasker, Dec.2015
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                                        1937 07 04
                                        Sunday
                                        .New York, N.Y.Loew's State TheaterVaudeville show - see 1937 07 01..
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                                        1937 07 05
                                        Monday
                                        .New York, N.Y.Loew's State TheaterVaudeville show - see 1937 07 01..
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                                        1937 07 06
                                        Tuesday
                                        .New York, N.Y.Loew's State TheaterVaudeville show - see 1937 07 01..
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                                        1937 07 07
                                        Wednesday
                                        .New York, N.Y.Loew's State TheaterVaudeville show - see 1937 07 01..
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                                        1937 07 07
                                        Wednesday
                                        8 - 8:30 p.m.
                                        .New York, N.Y..Broadcast - guest appearance on Broadway Melody Hour

                                        TUNE IN ON
                                        DUKE
                                        ELLINGTON

                                        IVIE ANDERSON
                                        HARRY ROSE
                                        tonight's guest stars
                                        on
                                        COL. JAY C
                                        FLIPPEN'S

                                        SENSATIONAL
                                        BROADWAY MELODY

                                        WHN and
                                        WOR
                                        8TO8:30 P.M.


                                        sponsored by Bordon's, Horton's and Raid's
                                        MAKERS OF
                                        ICE CREAM IN THE
                                        ICE TRAY PACKAGE

                                        Radio log and ad, Brooklyn Daily Eagle, 1937-07-07, p.28..
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                                        1937 07 07
                                        Wednesday
                                        Midnight to 5 a.m.
                                        .New York, N.Y.Master Records studio, 1780 BroadwayVariety small group recording session
                                        Rex Stewart and His 52nd Second Street Stompers
                                        Stewart, Jenkins, Hodges,Carney, Ellington, Brick Fleagle, g., Alvis, Jack Maisel, d.

                                        Titles recorded:
                                        • Back Room Romp (A Contrapuntal Stomp)
                                        • Love In My Heart (alternate title Swing, Baby, Swing)
                                        • Sugar Hill Shim-Sham
                                        • Tea And Trumpets
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                                        1937 07 08
                                        Thursday
                                        ...activities not documented

                                        Stratemann incorrectly listed this as the first day of the Stanley Theater engagement, based on Variety's "Variety Bills" but the Pittsburgh Courier has it starting on July 9.
                                        ...
                                        ...
                                        1937 07 09
                                        Friday
                                        1937 07 15Pittsburgh, Penn.Stanley Theater
                                        237 7th St.
                                        Vaudeville show
                                        • Stratemann, p.149, citing Variety 1937-07-07, p.54 (with wrong dates)
                                        • Pittsburgh Courier, 1937-07-03, Stage and Screen p.21
                                        • Daily ads in the Pittsburgh Press (July 9-15)
                                        • "Radio Short Circuits,", The Hammond Times, Hammond,Ind., 1937-07-03, p.9
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                                        1937 07 10
                                        Saturday
                                        .Pittsburgh, Penn.Stanley TheaterVaudeville show - see 1937 07 09...
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                                        1937 07 11
                                        Sunday
                                        .Pittsburgh, Penn.Stanley TheaterVaudeville show - see 1937 07 09...
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                                        1937 07 11.Steubenville, Ohio.Steubenville is about 40 miles west of Pittsburgh and this gig appears to have been after finishing at the theatre.Steiner's research: correspondence between Billy Taylor and the AF of M re not being paid for the extra performance...
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                                        1937 07 12
                                        Monday
                                        .Pittsburgh, Penn.Stanley TheaterVaudeville show - see 1937 07 09...
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                                        1937 07 13
                                        Tuesday
                                        .Pittsburgh, Penn.Stanley TheaterVaudeville show - see 1937 07 09...
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                                        1937 07 14
                                        Wednesday
                                        .Pittsburgh, Penn.Stanley TheaterVaudeville show - see 1937 07 09

                                        Note the obvious conflict between this closing day and the event in Baltimore, Maryland, some 200 miles east as the crow flies.
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                                        1937 07 14.Baltimore, Md.Carlin's Park(Unconfirmed)

                                        Dance

                                        This gig is doubtful if Ellington played the Stanley in Pittsburgh on the same day.
                                        Stratemann, p.149, citing Variety 1937-07-14 p.51..
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                                        1937 07 15
                                        Thursday
                                        .Pittsburgh, Penn.Stanley TheaterVaudeville show - see 1937 07 09 - closing day...
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                                        1937 07 16
                                        Friday
                                        1937 07 22
                                        Thursday
                                        Philadelphia, Penn.Earle Theater
                                        11th and Market

                                        Theatre information:
                                        .
                                        • "Radio Short Circuits," The Hammond Times, Hammond,Ind., 1937-07-03, p.9
                                        • Stratemann p.149 citing
                                            Variety
                                          • 1937-07-14 p.59
                                          • 1937-07-22 p.8
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                                        1937 07 17
                                        Saturday
                                        .Philadelphia, Penn.Earle TheaterVaudeville show - see 1937 07 16...
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                                        1937 07 17
                                        Saturday
                                        ?
                                        .Raleigh, N.C..(Unconfirmed)

                                        Dance

                                        Variety reported the band was booked to play a dance here. It sems unlikely to have gone ahead due to the Earle Theater run.
                                        Stratemann, p.149, citing 1937-07-14, p.51..
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                                        1937 07 18
                                        Sunday
                                        .Philadelphia, Penn.Earle TheaterVaudeville show - see 1937 07 16...
                                        ..2011
                                        1937 07 18.Camden, N.J..Stratemann and Vail I report the orchestra had an (unspecified) engagement in Camden. the two cities are about 5 miles from each other.
                                        • Stratemann, p.149
                                        • Vail I
                                        .
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                                        1937 07 19
                                        Monday
                                        .Philadelphia, Penn.Earle TheaterVaudeville show - see 1937 07 16...
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                                        1937 07 20
                                        Tuesday
                                        .Philadelphia, Penn.Earle TheaterVaudeville show - see 1937 07 16...
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                                        1937 07 20
                                        Tuesday
                                        .Charlotte, N.C..(Unconfirmed)

                                        Dance

                                        Variety reported the band was booked to play a dance here. It sems unlikely to have gone ahead due to the Earle Theater run.
                                        Stratemann, p.149, citing 1937-07-14, p.51..
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                                        1937 07 21
                                        Wednesday
                                        .Philadelphia, Penn.Earle TheaterVaudeville show - see 1937 07 16...
                                        ..2011
                                        1937 07 22
                                        Thursday
                                        .Philadelphia, Penn.Earle TheaterVaudeville show - see 1937 07 16...
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                                        1937 07 23
                                        Friday
                                        .Atlantic City, N.J.Steel Pier....
                                        ..Added
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                                        1937 07 24
                                        Saturday
                                        ...activities not documented...
                                        ...
                                        1937 07 25
                                        Sunday
                                        1937 07 27Columbus, OhioArabian GardensThis first of a three-night engagement was cancelled due to rain.

                                        Johnson and Grider, adagio dance team was to be on the bill

                                        ARABIAN GARDENS
                                        Columbus, Ohio
                                        Duke Ellington
                                        His Famous Orchestra
                                        with Ivie Anderson
                                        ---
                                        SUN., MON. & TUESDAY
                                        Two Bands & Grand
                                        Vaudeville Show
                                        Dancing From 8 P.M. On
                                        ---
                                        Hear "Duke" Play. "In My
                                        Solitude" & "Mood Indigo"
                                        ---
                                        Write, Phone For
                                        Reservations
                                        5000 - East Broad St.
                                        Admission 50c Per Person
                                        Plus Tax

                                        • "Ellington Will Start Local Run Monday Evening," Columbus Dispatch, 1937 08(?) 26 p.4B
                                        • Caption, Johnson and Grider photo, Pittsburgh Courier, 1937-07-24,p.13
                                        • Ads, 1937-07-23, p.14
                                          • Coshocton Tribune, Coshocton, Ohio, 1937-07-23, p.3
                                          • The Marion Star, Marion, Ohio
                                        ..
                                        .K.Steiner Dec 2012
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                                        2011
                                        updated

                                        2014-03-02
                                        2014-03-14
                                        1937 07 26
                                        Monday
                                        .Columbus, OhioArabian GardensVaudeville and dance - see 1937 07 25...
                                        ..2011
                                        1937 07 27
                                        Tuesday
                                        .Columbus, OhioArabian GardensVaudeville and dance - see 1937 07 25...
                                        ..2011
                                        1937 07 28
                                        Wednesday
                                        ...activities not documented...
                                        ...
                                        1937 07 29
                                        Thursday
                                        .McHenry, Ill. Fox Pavilion

                                        DANCE
                                        DUKE ELLINGTON and His Famous
                                        Orchestra with Izzy Anderson
                                        AT THE
                                        FOX PAVILION
                                        Mc Henry, Illinois
                                        Thursday, July 29

                                        .
                                        • Ad, The Daily Herald, Chicago, 1935-07-23, p.8
                                        .DEMS
                                        ..2011
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                                        2013-10-09
                                        1937 07 30
                                        Friday
                                        1937 08 05
                                        Thursday
                                        Chicago, Ill.Palace Theatre....
                                        ..Added
                                        2011
                                        1937 07 31
                                        Saturday
                                        .Chicago, Ill.Palace Theatresee 1937 07 30...
                                        ..2011

                                        August 1937

                                        1937 08 01
                                        Sunday
                                        .Chicago, Ill.Palace Theatresee 1937 07 30...
                                        ..2011
                                        1937 08 02
                                        Monday
                                        .Chicago, Ill.Palace Theatresee 1937 07 30...
                                        ..2011
                                        1937 08 03
                                        Tuesday
                                        .Chicago, Ill.Palace Theatresee 1937 07 30...
                                        ..2011
                                        1937 08 04
                                        Wednesday
                                        .Chicago, Ill.Palace Theatresee 1937 07 30...
                                        ..2011
                                        1937 08 05
                                        Thursday
                                        .Chicago, Ill.Palace Theatresee 1937 07 30...
                                        ..2011
                                        1937 08 06
                                        Friday
                                        1937 08 12Cleveland, OhioPalace TheaterVaudeville, the film was Marry the Girl. Red Skelton was also on the bill, who would go to Hollywood the next year to be in his first film. .Stratemann p.149 citing
                                        • Variety 1937-08-04 p.51
                                        • DESB
                                        .
                                        .
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                                        1937 08 07
                                        Saturday
                                        .Cleveland, OhioPalace Theatersee 1937 08 06..
                                        ..2011
                                        1937 08 08
                                        Sunday
                                        .Cleveland, OhioPalace Theatersee 1937 08 06..
                                        ..2011
                                        1937 08 09
                                        Monday
                                        .Cleveland, OhioPalace Theatersee 1937 08 06..
                                        ..2011
                                        1937 08 10
                                        Tuesday
                                        .Cleveland, OhioPalace Theatersee 1937 08 06..
                                        ..2011
                                        1937 08 11
                                        Wednesday
                                        .Cleveland, OhioPalace Theatersee 1937 08 06..
                                        ..2011
                                        1937 08 12
                                        Thursday
                                        .Cleveland, OhioPalace Theatersee 1937 08 06..
                                        ..2011
                                        1937 08 13
                                        Friday
                                        .Lexington, Ky.Joyland Casino"Dancing 8:30 till 2."
                                        WLAP broadcast 8:30-9:00 pm
                                        ad, Lexington Herald, 1937-08-13, s2, p6..
                                        .K.Steiner Dec 2012.
                                        Added 2014-03-14
                                        1937 08 14
                                        Saturday
                                        ...activities not documented...
                                        ...
                                        1937 08 15
                                        Sunday
                                        1937 08 16
                                        Monday
                                        Columbus, Ohio Arabian Gardens"The more than 760 Columbus persons who gathered at the Gardens had the privilege of hearing the latest Ellington effort, Crescendo in Blue. Sunday night's rendition of the crescendo was the second since its composition"Ellington Starts Two-Day Date at Arabian Gardens," Columbus Dispatch, 1937-08-16 p.A10..
                                        .K.Steiner Dec 2012.
                                        Added 2014-03-14
                                        1937 08 16
                                        Monday
                                        1937 08 16
                                        Monday
                                        Columbus, Ohio Arabian GardensSee 1937 08 15...
                                        .K.Steiner Dec 20122014-03-14
                                        1937 08 17
                                        Tuesday
                                        ...activities not documented...
                                        ...
                                        1937 08 18
                                        Wednesday
                                        .Akron, OhioEast Market Gardens....
                                        ..Added
                                        2011
                                        1937 08 19
                                        Thursday
                                        ...activities not documented...
                                        ...
                                        1937 08 20
                                        Friday
                                        ...activities not documented...
                                        ...
                                        1937 08 21
                                        Saturday
                                        ...activities not documented...
                                        ...
                                        1937 08 22
                                        Sunday
                                        ...activities not documented...
                                        ...
                                        1937 08 23
                                        Monday
                                        .McKeesport, Penn.Olympia Park...
                                        Vail I.Added
                                        2011
                                        1937 08 24
                                        Tuesday
                                        ...activities not documented...
                                        ...
                                        1937 08 25
                                        Wednesday
                                        .Monticello, Ind.Ideal Beach
                                        Shafer Lake
                                        "Nine to One."Kokomo Tribune, 1937-08-20, p.13..
                                        .K.Steiner Dec 2012.
                                        Added 2014-03-14
                                        1937 08 26
                                        Thursday
                                        .Des Moines, IowaTromar Ballroom....
                                        ..Added
                                        2011
                                        1937 08 27
                                        Friday
                                        .Lincoln, Neb.Turnpike Casino
                                        "Lincoln's Spacious Ballroom"
                                        Duke Ellington with Ivy Anderson in Harlem Speaks
                                        Tickets 75 cents
                                        The venue is named Turnpike Casino in Stratemann and Vail, and in the newspaper reporting its November 1937 destruction from fire. Local ads call it "Turnpike, Lincoln's Spacious Ballroom," and "Turnpike Ballroom" is used in Arly Goodenkauf's memoirs on the Pawnee County History webpage.
                                        Ad, Lincoln Evening Journal, 1937-08-24, p.6 1937-08-25. p.10 ..
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                                        1937 08 28
                                        Saturday
                                        .Waterloo, Iowa.....
                                        ..Added
                                        2011
                                        1937 08 29
                                        Sunday
                                        1937 08 30Rockford, Ill.Coronado Theater....
                                        ..2011
                                        1937 08 30
                                        Monday
                                        .Rockford, Ill.Coronado Theatersee 1937 08 29
                                        Thanks to a clue supplied by George Hoefer (Downbeat, 5Nov52, p18), Michael Kilpatrick's question of when Dusk on the Desert was written can be answered: "Ellington remembered he had written the melody while waiting for a train in Rockford, Illinois." The tune was recorded in New York three weeks later.
                                        S. Lasker quoting George Hoefer in Downbeat, 1952-11-05 p.18.DEMS
                                        ..2011
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                                        2014-03-18
                                        1937 08 31
                                        Tuesday
                                        1937 09 01Madison, Wisc.Orpheum....
                                        ..Added
                                        2011

                                        September 1937

                                        1937 09 01
                                        Wednesday
                                        .MadisonOrpheumsee 1937 08 31...
                                        ..2011
                                        1937 09 02
                                        Thursday
                                        ...

                                        Union Scale

                                        (see also 1928 08 01)
                                        Steven Lasker:

                                        Effective 1937 09 02 (per International Musician, 1937 09 00):

                                        After September 1, 1937, musicians of the American Federation of Musicians were subject to new regulations:

                                        • All recording engagements must be contracted for on a form to be supplied by the American Federation of Musicians.
                                        • Before any recording engagement is fulfilled each contract must be approved by the American Federation of Musicians.
                                        • Allrecords so made must be registered with the Secretary of the American Federation of Musicians, who shall assign to each record a register number.
                                        • The recording company must agree that before the registered record is used for any purpose whatsoever a clearance permit shall be obtained from the American Federation of Musicians.
                                        • Each record shall have marked thereon the number of musicians used in making same.
                                        Email, Lasker-Palmquist 2018-09-23 and prior, citing "The International Musician," 1937 09 00...slNew
                                        added
                                        2018-09-26
                                        1937 09 02
                                        Thursday
                                        1937 09 03
                                        Friday
                                        Milwaukee, Wisc.Milwaukee Country ClubPrivate party

                                        "Duke Ellington's orchestra played for dancing in the east living room...."

                                        "Debutantes' Flowers Go to Help Shut-ins," Milwaukee Journal, 1937-09-03 s.4, p.20..
                                        .K.Steiner Dec 20122011
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                                        2014-03-14
                                        1937 09 03
                                        Friday
                                        .Milwaukee, Wisc.Milwaukee Country Club(Unconfirmed)

                                        See 1937 09 02

                                        Stratemann, relying on a clipping in DESB and Vail I report a 2 day engagement, but the clipping can't be located. The second night cannot be confirmed in the Milwaukee Journal
                                        ...
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                                        1937 09 04
                                        Saturday
                                        .Highland Park, Ill......
                                        ..Added
                                        2011
                                        1937 09 05
                                        Sunday
                                        .Milwaukee, Wisc.Modernistic Ballroom
                                        State Fair Park
                                        ...DEMS
                                        ..Added
                                        2011
                                        1937 09 06
                                        Monday
                                        .St. Louis, Mo.ColiseumNight time dance on Labour Day..DEMS
                                        Ad, St. Louis Argus, 1937-09-03 p.5Steiner2011
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                                        2012-12-13
                                        1937 09 07
                                        Tuesday
                                        ...activities not documented...
                                        ...
                                        1937 09 08
                                        Wednesday
                                        1937 09 14
                                        Tuesday
                                        Minneapolis, Minn.Orpheum TheaterVaudeville show

                                        ...Ellington brings fewer specialties than most other bands that have played here. There are only three acts, but each a standout in its class.
                                          Heading the group is Ivy Anderson, topflight vocalist, but not far behind her are the other two - The Zephyrs, eccentric dancers, and the Four Step Brothers, tap artists supreme...
                                          Especially noteworthy is Rex Stewart who hits topmost and lowest notes in his trumpet concerto and at the finish has the customers begging for more.
                                          Ellington is his own personable self at the piano and does his usual neat m.c. and conductor job. There are 15 musicians and they whoop it up plenty with jazz and swing arrangements of 'Merry Go Round,' and original conception of 'In the Shade of the Old Apple Tree,' 'Mood Indigo,' 'Solitude,' 'Sophisticated Lady,' 'Caravan,' etc. with emphasis on the brass that makes for a generous amount of loudness.
                                          Four Step Brothers are sartorially splendid in tuxedos, silk hats and carrying canes. Their precision tap never has been excelled at this house and they wind up with individual bits of unusual and difficult stepping...
                                          With a voice built to order for the sort of pop numbers that she sings, plenty of comedic ability and personality plus, Miss Anderson has 'em eating out of her hand. She does 'There's a Lull in My Life' and repeats "All God's Chillun Got Rhythm' which she puts across so well in 'A Day at the Races.' One off-color song, 'He Does Me So Much Good,' is made inoffensive by the amusing heckling of the band members. 'Oh Babe, Maybe Some Day,' as sung by Miss Anderson, is Ellington at his best
                                         Comedy is furnished by the antics of the individual musicians and by the eccentric dancing, slow motion acrobatics and washboard and washtub music of the Two Zephyrs, dusky youths who land with a bang and score the show's biggest hit."

                                        • Stratemann p.150 citing Variety 1937-09-19 p.14
                                        • Vail I, with the unidentified newspaper clipping quoted here
                                        • Ads, Minneapolis Tribune, 1937-09-07 to 1937-09-14
                                        .DEMS
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                                        2014-03-14
                                        1937 09 09
                                        Thursday
                                        .Minneapolis, Minn.Orpheum Theatersee 1937 09 08...
                                        ..2011
                                        1937 09 10
                                        Friday
                                        .Minneapolis, Minn.Orpheum Theatersee 1937 09 08...
                                        ..2011
                                        1937 09 11
                                        Saturday
                                        .Minneapolis, Minn.Orpheum Theatersee 1937 09 08...
                                        ..2011
                                        1937 09 12
                                        Sunday
                                        .Minneapolis, Minn.Orpheum Theatersee 1937 09 08...
                                        ..2011
                                        1937 09 13
                                        Monday
                                        .Minneapolis, Minn.Orpheum Theatersee 1937 09 08...
                                        ..2011
                                        1937 09 14
                                        Tuesday
                                        .Minneapolis, Minn.Orpheum Theatersee 1937 09 08...
                                        ..2011
                                        1937 09 15
                                        Wednesday
                                        1937 09 16
                                        Thursday
                                        Youngstown, Ohio Idora ParkStratemann and Vail I report Ellington played here on Sept. 15 and 16.

                                        Ads in several newspapers announce one night only, Sept.15, but the African-American Cleveland Gazette said Duke Ellington and his famous orchestra will be at Idora Park September 16 under the auspices of the Yeahman Club.

                                        It is possible the first night was for whites and the second for blacks.
                                        Ads:
                                        • Youngstown Vindicator , 1937-09-, p.10
                                        • News-Herald, Franklin, Penn.:
                                          • 1937-09-11, p.6
                                          • 1937-09-13, p.6
                                          • 1937-09-14,p.6
                                        • Record-Argus, Greenville, Penn.
                                          • 1937-09-10,p.10
                                          • 1937-09-14 p.5
                                          • 1937-09-15, p.6
                                        .
                                        ..
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                                        2014-02-22
                                        Sept.15
                                        1937 09 16
                                        Thursday
                                        .Youngstown, Ohio Idora Park(Unconfirmed)

                                        See 1937 09 15
                                        ...
                                        .K.Steiner Dec 20122011
                                        1937 09 17
                                        Friday
                                        .Newark, N.J.Krueger Auditorium

                                        "2,700 DANCE TO ELLINGTON'S MUSIC

                                        The Las Casanovas had 2,700 paid admissions in the dance auditorium of Kruegers, last Friday night, when they held their second annual swing session with Duke Ellington and his orchestra."

                                        Baltimore Afro-American, 1937-09-25, p.10..
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                                        updated
                                        2014-03-15
                                        1937 09 18
                                        Saturday
                                        .Asbury Park, N.J.Reade's Casino,
                                        Boardwalk

                                        Tonite at 9 p.m.
                                        Duke Ellington
                                        And His Famous Orchestra
                                        Featuring
                                        IVIE ANDERSON
                                        Admission
                                        75c
                                        Inc. Tax

                                        Asbury Park Press, Asbury Park, N.J. 1937-09-18 (courtesy K. Steiner)..
                                        .djpNew
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                                        2016-03-04
                                        1937 09 19
                                        Sunday
                                        ...activities not documented...
                                        ...
                                        1937 09 20
                                        Monday
                                        .New York, N.Y.American Record Corporation studio
                                        1776 Broadway
                                        American Record Corporation-Brunswick (Master) recording session
                                        10:00-20:00
                                        Duke Ellington and His Famous Orchestra
                                        Whetsel, C.Williams, Stewart, Jenkins, Brown, Nanton, Tizol, Bigard, Hodges, Hardwick, Carney, Ellington, Guy, Taylor, Greer
                                        Titles recorded:
                                        • Chatterbox
                                        • Jubilesta
                                        • Diminuendo In Blue
                                        • Crescendo In Blue
                                          "Diminuendo" and "Crescendo" are analyzed in Gunther Schuller's The Swing Era.
                                          Darcy James Argue takes issue with Schuller's analysis and includes copies of the handwritten scores in his critique.
                                          David Berger's transcription was published by Jazz@Lincoln Center for its Essentially Ellington programme and can be purchased at SheetMusicPlus.com
                                        • Harmony In Harlem
                                          In May 1941 Cootie Williams recorded "G-Men," based on his solo on this recording - see Waxworks entry 414
                                        • Dusk On The Desert (other title: Dusk In The Desert)
                                          "Dusk on the Desert" was pressed on some copies of a Columbia Hindemith album in error - see Waxworks entry 415
                                        New Desor
                                        DE3716
                                        NDCS 1051
                                        DEMS
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                                        updated
                                        2014-03-14
                                        2014-09-29
                                        2015-07-01
                                        2019-03-17
                                        1937 09 21
                                        Tuesday
                                        ...activities not documented...
                                        ...
                                        1937 09 22
                                        Wednesday
                                        ...activities not documented...
                                        ...
                                        1937 09 23
                                        Thursday
                                        ...activities not documented...
                                        ...
                                        1937 09 24
                                        Friday
                                        1937 09 30New York, N.Y.Apollo Theater
                                        253 W. 125th St., Borough of Manhattan, Harlem district
                                        Vaudeville show

                                        "Duke Ellington Returns To The Apollo Theatre

                                        The ever increasing popular Duke Ellington brings his band to the stage of the Apollo Theatre next week...Clarence Robinson ... is producing the Apollo revue...The supporting cast will include the dynamic Four Step Brothers, and Freddie and Ginger who created a sensation in Paris. Pigmeat, Mason and Baskette will appear in two new comedy skits and sixteen dancing girls will execute three routines which were staged in London at the time when Clarence Robinson was there with the Cotton Club show.

                                        The Apollo's talking picture feature next week will be The Lady Escapes."

                                        In discussing the enthusiasm of swing fans during Ellington's Sunday Morning Swing Concert the following January, Enzo Archetti wrote:

                                        '...a few words on the behavior of swing enthusiasts would not be amiss. There is nothing more dangerous, at present, to the cause of swing music than the extraordinary behavior of a mob of swing fans at a broadcast, concert, movie house, or theatre. The beating of tough hands, the stamping, whistling, yowling, bleating, whooping which followed each number played regardless of its relative value is disgraceful. Worse - it is psychopathic. To hear the cacophony is to doubt the sanity of its perpetrators - and the sanity of the music which can bring about such an exhibition. It is frightening - threatening to beginners, to intelligent musicians and critics who might be sampling swing for the first time to find out what it is all about... Enthusiasm is desirable, it is necessary, it is important to a symphony concert, song recital, opera or swing broadcast. It is an expression of appreciation. But a rowdyism is not enthusiasm and appreciation is not measured in decibels. It is just irrational noise, entirely disproportionate to the cause or the quality. Even the swing musicians themselves do not desire such demonstrations.
                                          For proof of this one had only to be present at the Apollo Theatre last Autumn during an engagement of Duke Ellington and his orchestra. The Duke walked off the stage, his entire mien expressing disgust at the discourtesy and rowdiness of the audience (which was mostly white) and he refused to return for curtain calls.'

                                        • Stratemann p.150 citing New York Age,    1937-09-25, p.9
                                        • Vail I, with a copy of an ad from an unidentified source.
                                        • Enzo Archetti, "Swing Music Notes," The American Music Lover, 1938-02-00, pp. 372-373, courtesy Cary Ginell and Steven Lasker, 2015-12-07
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                                        2016-11-12
                                        1937 09 25
                                        Saturday
                                        1937 09 30New York, N.Y.Apollo Theater
                                        253 W. 125th St.
                                        Harlem
                                        Theatre engagement - vaudeville show - see 1937 09 24

                                        Bob Inman arrived at the Apollo at 3:30 and saw Ellington's orchestra play a one-hour stage show, with
                                        • Crescendo in Blue (a nuttsy piece written by Ellington last week; Bigard's clarinet)
                                        • In the Shade of the Old Apple Tree (Jenkins' nuttsy muted trumpet, Hodges' alto sax; Nanton's ballsy wa-wa plunger trombone)
                                        • [The] Lady who Couldn't Be Kissed (played to the accompaniment of the Four Step Brothers; Carney's baritone)
                                        • Trumpet in Spades (Rex Stewart trumpet solo marvelous)
                                        • All God's Chillun Got Rhythm (Ivie Anderson singing the nuts)
                                        • He Does Me So Much Good (a comic number with Ivie Anderson; Otto Hardwick and Sonny Greer doing the talking!); a conversation between Ivie Anderson and Rex Stewart's miraculous muted trumpet)
                                        • Troubled Waters ( vocal, Ivie Anderson)
                                        • I've Got to Be a Rug Cutter ( vocal, Ivie Anderson and vocal trio of Alvis, Carney and Stewart)
                                        Inman p.264..
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                                        2015-03-04
                                        1937 09 26
                                        Sunday
                                        1937 09 30New York, N.Y.Apollo Theater
                                        253 W. 125th St.
                                        Harlem
                                        Theatre engagement - vaudeville show - see 1937 09 24...
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                                        1937 09 27
                                        Monday
                                        1937 09 30New York, N.Y.Apollo Theater
                                        253 W. 125th St.
                                        Harlem
                                        Theatre engagement - vaudeville show - see 1937 09 24...
                                        ..2011
                                        1937 09 28
                                        Tuesday
                                        1937 09 30New York, N.Y.Apollo Theater
                                        253 W. 125th St.
                                        Harlem
                                        Theatre engagement - vaudeville show - see 1937 09 24...
                                        ..2011
                                        1937 09 29
                                        Wednesday
                                        1937 09 30New York, N.Y.Apollo Theater
                                        253 W. 125th St.
                                        Harlem
                                        Theatre engagement - vaudeville show - see 1937 09 24



                                        Inman shows a broadcast from the Apollo this date with these titles
                                        • Passion (a recent tune by Ellington: Hodges' colossal alto sax Cootie Williams' trumpet)
                                        • Azure (written by Ellington several months ago – very slow; Carney's baritone sax.
                                        .
                                        Inman, p.265..
                                        ..2011
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                                        2015-03-04
                                        1937 09 30
                                        Thursday
                                        1937 09 30New York, N.Y.Apollo Theater
                                        253 W. 125th St.
                                        Harlem
                                        Theatre engagement - vaudeville show - see 1937 09 24...
                                        ..2011

                                        October 1937

                                        1937 10 01
                                        Friday
                                        1937 10 07Washington, D.C.Howard Theatre
                                        620 T St.
                                        This ad, from Vail I dates the appearance as the week of October 1.

                                        HOWARD
                                        -----------------
                                        WEEK BEGINNING FRIDAY, OCTOBER 1st
                                        -----------------
                                        IN PERSON
                                        DUKE
                                        ELLINGTON
                                        AND HIS Famous ORCHESTRA
                                        Featuring
                                        IVIE ANDERSON      4 Step Brothers
                                        PLUS GIGANTIC STAGE SHOW


                                        See the discussion in DEMS

                                        The Igo and Vail I itineraries date this engagement Oct. 1 to 7, with Igo citing an ad in the Washington Afro-American, 1937-10-02, p.11.

                                        Stratemann dates the run Oct. 8 to 14, saying a clipping in DESB suggests Ellington would play in the Howard after the Apollo, then go on the road for a week, but that another entry suggests the band played the one-nighters first and started Howard on Oct.8.

                                        The Boston Post advertised an Ellington dance in Taunton, Mass. on Oct. 11, which, if confirmed, supports the earlier dates for the Howard run, as do the Cocoanut Grove, and Metropolitan Theater jobs noted below.
                                        • Vail I - unidentified ad with date
                                        • Stratemann p.150
                                        • Igo itinerary
                                        .DEMS
                                        .djp2011
                                        updated
                                        2014-03-15
                                        1937 10 02
                                        Saturday
                                        .Washington, D.C.Howard Theatre
                                        620 T St.
                                        Vaudeville show - see 1937 10 01...
                                        ..2011
                                        1937 10 03
                                        Sunday
                                        .Washington, D.C.Howard Theatre
                                        620 T St.
                                        Vaudeville show - see 1937 10 01...
                                        ..2011
                                        1937 10 04
                                        Monday
                                        .Washington, D.C.Howard Theatre
                                        620 T St.
                                        Vaudeville show - see 1937 10 01...
                                        ..2011
                                        1937 10 05
                                        Tuesday
                                        .Washington, D.C.Howard Theatre
                                        620 T St.
                                        Vaudeville show - see 1937 10 01...
                                        ..2011
                                        1937 10 06
                                        Wednesday
                                        .Washington, D.C.Howard Theatre
                                        620 T St.
                                        Vaudeville show - see 1937 10 01...
                                        ..2011
                                        1937 10 07
                                        Thursday
                                        .Washington, D.C.Howard Theatre
                                        620 T St.
                                        Vaudeville show - see 1937 10 01...
                                        ..2011
                                        1937 10 08
                                        Friday
                                        .Reading, Penn. Cocoanut Grove Ballroom
                                        1016 Penn St.

                                        GRAND OPENING OF THE NEW COCOANUT GROVE BALLROOM
                                        (NOT A NITE CLUB)
                                        1016 PENN ST.
                                        Friday Nite, Oct. 8
                                        WITH
                                        Duke Ellington
                                        (IN PERSON)
                                        And His Orchestra
                                        WITH IVY ANDERSON
                                        DON'T MISS THE SMARTEST OPENING OF THE SEASON!


                                        Admission $1.10
                                        Dancing 8:30 - 12:30

                                        This venue had been a night club but was reopening as a ballroom that would not serve alcohol.

                                        A new Zenith radio was to be given away.

                                        The name of the ballroom's manager was Benny Goodman.
                                        • Reading Eagle, Reading, Penn.
                                        • Plug, 1937-09-28 p.14
                                        • Ad 1937-09-29, p.12
                                        • Ad 1937-10-08 p.15
                                        • Reading Times, Reading Penn. Ad and plug, 1937-10-08,pp.3 & 24
                                        ..
                                        .K.Steiner Dec 2012; Agustěn Perez Gasco aug112011
                                        updated
                                        2014-03-15
                                        1937 10 09
                                        Saturday
                                        ...activities not documented...
                                        ...
                                        1937 10 10
                                        Sunday
                                        .Bristol, Conn. Lake Compounce (Amusement Park).Ad, Hartford Daily Courant, 1937-10-09, p.12..
                                        .K.Steiner Dec 2012.
                                        Added 2014-03-14
                                        1937 10 11
                                        Monday
                                        .Taunton, Mass.Roseland BallroomDance 9 p.m. to 2 a.m.Ad, Boston Post 1937-10-11 p.14..DEMS
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                                        2014-03-15
                                        1937 10 12
                                        Tuesday
                                        ...activities not documented...
                                        ...
                                        1937 10 13
                                        Wednesday
                                        ...activities not documented...
                                        ...
                                        1937 10 14
                                        Thursday
                                        1937 10 20
                                        Wednesday
                                        Boston, Mass.Metropolitan TheaterVaudeville show

                                        The Berry Brothers and Chuck and Chuckles were in the show

                                        Stratemann has the run closing Oct. 21 but Steiner says it ended Oct. 20 - see DEMS.
                                        • Stratemann p.150 citing Variety 1937-10-13 p.53
                                        • Steiner in DEMS, citing ads, Boston Post 1937-10-14 to 1927-10-21
                                        .DEMS
                                        ..2011
                                        updated
                                        2014-03-15
                                        1937 10 15
                                        Friday
                                        .Boston, Mass.Metropolitan TheaterVaudeville show - see 1937 10 14...
                                        ..2011
                                        1937 10 16
                                        Saturday
                                        .Boston, Mass.Metropolitan TheaterVaudeville show - see 1937 10 14...
                                        ..2011
                                        1937 10 17
                                        Sunday
                                        .Boston, Mass.Metropolitan TheaterVaudeville show - see 1937 10 14...
                                        ..2011
                                        1937 10 18
                                        Monday
                                        .Boston, Mass.Metropolitan TheaterVaudeville show - see 1937 10 14...
                                        ..2011
                                        1937 10 19
                                        Tuesday
                                        .Boston, Mass.Metropolitan TheaterVaudeville show - see 1937 10 14
                                        The Harvard Crimson included some things said by Duke backstage at the Metropolitan but didn't say which day the reporter met him.

                                        'Just now, the Duke ...at the Metropolitan Theatre. After he finishes there, he may go to Hollywood or go back to the Cotton Club in New York. But before that, he's going to play at the Crimson-Green Ball at the Somerset, before the Dartmouth football game. '



                                        Note Stratemann shows Ellington at the Grand Ballroom of the Copley Plaza hotel on Oct. 22 for the Harvard-Dartmouth ball.
                                        ...
                                        ..2011
                                        updated 2014-08-18
                                        1937 10 00.Boston, Mass.City HospitalPERSONNEL CHANGE
                                        Sometime around October 20 Joe Nanton was hospitalized. He was out of the band at least until November 30.

                                        Per the Chicago Defender, 1937-11-06, p.18 ("Bud Harris Buzzes"):

                                        'Just had word from Fat Nanton, brother of Tricky Sam, ace trombonist of Duke Ellington's band. He says his brother is very ill here at Boston, in City Hospital... '

                                        Per Tempo, 1938-01-00, p.4:

                                        'Tricky Nanton, who has been ill for the past four weeks, is back with Duke band.'

                                        • DEMS 06-3-28
                                        • Tempo Magazine, per email, Lasker-Palmquist 2016-02-18
                                        ..
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                                        1937 10 20
                                        Wednesday
                                        .Boston, Mass.Metropolitan TheaterVaudeville show - see 1937 10 14...
                                        ..2011
                                        1937 10 21
                                        Thursday
                                        ...activities not documented...
                                        ...
                                        1937 10 22
                                        Friday
                                        ... Peripheral event
                                        Irving Mills and American Record Corporation agreed to pull the Master and Variety labels from the market. Lasker says three days later but one of Ellington's Master and one of his Variety records were reissued on the Brunswick and Vocalion labels respectively.
                                        Steven Lasker, book to Mosaic Records CD box set MD7-235 Duke Ellington: The Complete 1936-1940 Variety, Vocalion And OKeh Small Group Sessions, p.6.
                                        .djpNew 2014-08-18
                                        1937 10 22
                                        Friday
                                        .Boston, Mass.Grand Ballroom
                                        Copley Plaza Hotel

                                        or

                                        Louis XIV Ballroom
                                        Hotel Somerset
                                        Harvard Dartmouth Ball

                                        Stratemann has Ellington playing at the Copley Plaza, but the Harvard Crimson (see 1937 10 19)( quoted Ellington as saying he was going to play at the Somerset.

                                        Dartmouth College's campus newspaper The Dartmouth's full-page ad doesn't resolve the question:

                                        Harvard
                                        Dartmouth
                                        Ball


                                        FRIDAY, OCTOBER 22nd

                                        Grand Ballroom
                                        COPLEY PLAZA HOTEL

                                        Louis XIV Ballroom
                                        HOTEL SOMERSET

                                        DUKE ELLINGTON
                                        and His Orchestra
                                        with
                                        IVY ANDERSON

                                        plus

                                        JACK MARSHARD
                                        and His Ritz - Carlton Band

                                        GET TICKETS NOW
                                        at
                                        Campion's, Co-op, Serry's
                                        Dartmouth Bookstore

                                        Couple $4.50 plus tax
                                        Stag $2.75 plus tax
                                        JOAN BENNET - GUEST OF HONOR



                                        • Stratemann p.150 citing DESB
                                        .
                                        ..
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                                        1937 10 23
                                        Saturday
                                        ...activities not documented...
                                        ...
                                        1937 10 24
                                        Sunday
                                        .Cleveland Oh.....
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                                        2011
                                        1937 10 25
                                        Monday
                                        .Detroit, Mich..According to Stratemann and Vail, Ellington left Detroit in the afternoon to be at his father's bedside at Columbia Medical Center in New York. Stratemann did not name his source, so it is likely the DESB. The Afro-American, has him flying from Boston, so he may not have gone to Detroit at all. Stratemann p.150..
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                                        1937 10 25
                                        Monday
                                        .Detroit, Mich.Graystone BallroomDance

                                        Ellington was not present.
                                        This event needs to be confirmed, given that several band members were in a New York recording studio the next afternoon, some 600 miles away, and then the band played Ohio in early November.
                                        ...
                                        .djp2011
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                                        1937 10 26
                                        Tuesday
                                        2:30 p.m. - 7:00 p.m. per studio ledger
                                        (2:00 p.m. per engineer's log)
                                        .New York, N.Y..American Record Corporation-Brunswick (Master) recording session
                                        Cootie Williams and His Rug Cutters
                                        C.Williams, Tizol, Bigard, Hardwick, Carney, Ellington, Taylor, Greer, Jerry Kruger

                                        Titles recorded:
                                        • Jubilesta
                                        • Watchin'
                                        • Pigeons And Peppers
                                        • I Can't Give You Anything But Love

                                        Lasker notes Duke's father was in Columbia Medical Center when this session took place, gravely ill with pleurisy.
                                        New Desor
                                        DE3717
                                        DEMS
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                                        1937 10 27
                                        Wednesday
                                        ...The band's activities are not documented
                                        - Duke was reportedly at his father's bedside
                                        ...
                                        ...
                                        1937 10 28
                                        Thursday
                                        ...The band's activities are not documented
                                        - Duke was reportedly at his father's bedside
                                        ...
                                        ...
                                        1937 10 28
                                        Thursday
                                        .New York, N.Y.Sloane Presbyterian HospitalJames Edward Ellington, Duke's father, died at 11:18 p.m. according to the Pittsburgh Courier. The New Yorks age reported

                                        'DUKE ELLINGTON'S FATHER SUCCUMBS

                                        Many Friends Of Noted Band Leader Attend Funeral Services

                                        By TANTEE DEBB
                                          James Edward Ellington, 58 years old...died ... at 11:20 o'clock.
                                          Mr. Ellington had been ill ... six months having suffered 3 severe heart attacks in that time. Though during the last one an oxygen tank and tent were resorted to for several days, the last attack proved fatal.
                                          His son and young daughter, Ruth D., were at his bed side constantly through his last hours of illness; the last two days the Duke failing to leave his father's side at all, but keeping his vigil and hoping for his father's recovery until the end came...
                                          ...survived by a brother, George Ellington and three sisters, Ella Rudasill and Laura Ellington of Washington, D.C. and Louise Stewart of Philadelphia. ...He was a close pal and companion to his son, making many trips with him,...also survived by one grandchild, Mercer... who is ... matriculating at present in the Juilliard School of music..."


                                        The Baltimore Afro-American reported

                                        'Duke Buries Father in $5000 Coffin
                                        Famous Attend
                                        NEW YORK -- The body of James E. Ellington, 58, father of the famed orchestra leader, Duke Ellington, was sent to Washington for burial, following services at the Rodney Dade funeral parlor here Saturday afternoon. Duke flew here last Thursday from an engagement in Boston to be with his father, who had spent the past three months at the Columbia Medical Center, where he died.'

                                        While the band finished in Boston on Oct. 20 and then went to the midwest, Stratemann reported Ellington left Detroit to travel to his father's bedside. If the Afro-American got the mode of travel right, this would be the earliest known Ellington flight. Further research is needed.
                                        • Tantee Debb, Duke Ellington's Father Succumbs, New York Age, 1937-11-06, pp. 1 & 3
                                        • Pittsburgh Courier 1937-11-06-p.20
                                        • The Afro-American, Baltimore, 1937-11-06 p.10
                                        .DEMS
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                                        2014-03-16
                                        2014-08-17
                                        1937 10 29
                                        Friday
                                        .Newark, N.J.Krueger Auditorium(Unconfirmed)

                                        Return engagement of Duke Ellington and His Orchestra with Ivy Anderson. General admission $1.00
                                        Stratemann says that if this date was played, Duke was undoubtedly absent.

                                        The source for this date is an ad published Oct. 23. Given that Ellington had been at his father's bedside since Oct. 25, it is possible the event was cancelled.
                                        Ad, New York Amsterdam News, 1937-10-23 p.19..
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                                        1937 10 30
                                        Saturday
                                        .New York, N.Y. .Sidemen's activities not documented. It is possible some band members would have attended Edward's funeral, since he travelled extensively with the band and was apparently well-liked. The band may have been back in New York since it had a recording session New York Age:

                                        '...Funeral services were held at Rodney Dade Inc., funeral chapel...last Saturday afternoon at 3 p.m. It was attended only by the immediate family and intimate friends who filled the chapel to overflowing, many notables of both races being present...After the funeral ... the body was shipped to Washington accompanied by the family.'

                                        • Tantee Debb, New York Age, 1937-11-06, pp. 1 & 3
                                        • Pittsburgh Courier 1937-11-06-p.20
                                        .
                                        Stratemann 150.2011
                                        updated
                                        2014-03-16
                                        circa
                                        1937 10 30
                                        ...PERSONNEL CHANGE
                                        Steven Lasker:
                                        • When the band went on the road in early November 1937, Whetsel stayed in New York; Melody Maker (1937-11-13) reported his "absence from the band will probably be permanent because of serious illness."
                                        • Per Al Brackman (of the Mills Office) in Metronome, November 13, 1937, p3:
                                          Duke Bereaved: Three Men Seriously Ill.
                                          “Tricky” Sam Nanton, who was stricken with a pneumonia after a Boston engagement, Freddy Jenkins, who became bedded following an intricate throat operation, and Arthur Whetsol [sic], whose absence from the band will probably be permanent because of serious illness, were missing from the orchestra as it left New York this week to carry through its contractual obligations. ...There is much speculation concerning Ellington's choice for the first trumpet chair with selection pointing toward Harold Baker, former Don Redman brassman, whose solos on Redman's recent “Sunny Side of the Street” and “Exactly Like You” platters drew special plaudits from record reviewers. It is expected that the band will go its normal course by the end of the week, at which time Ellington will announce his choice. [However, as explained in DEMS 06/3-26, Cootie Williams recalled that he and Harold Baker were never in the band at the same time. Baker eventually joined in 1942.] '
                                        Emails, S. Lasker-Palmquist 2014-08-28, 2015-05-19 & 2015-06-16.DEMS
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                                        1937 10 30
                                        Saturday
                                        .Columbus, OhioMemorial HallCorrected date - Stratemann p.150 and Vail I showed this as Nov.3Ad, Columbus Dispatch, 1937-10-29 p.B4..
                                        .K.Steiner Dec 2012.
                                        Added 2014-03-16
                                        1937 10 30
                                        Saturday
                                        .London, England. Peripheral event
                                        The New York Age carried a short wirestory datelined London saying "Ellington Court" 29 Sloane Square, SW 1, Southgate, had been christened in honour of Duke Ellington. It says Ellington was sent pictures and a letter telling him of the honour.
                                        New York Age 1937-10-30..
                                        .djpNew
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                                        1937 10 31
                                        Sunday
                                        Halloween
                                        .Cleveland, OhioTrianon Ballroom...DEMS
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                                        November 1937

                                        1937 11 01
                                        Monday
                                        .Detroit, MichGraystone BallroomThe Graystone had a whites-only policy except for Mondays, so this would have been a segregated dance for afro-americans."Duke's Father Dies," Detroit Tribune 1937-11-06, DESB..
                                        .K.Steiner Dec 2012.
                                        Added 2014-03-16
                                        1937 11 02
                                        Tuesday
                                        .Washington, D.C..

                                        ...funeral services were completed at John Wesley A.M.E. Church...Interment took place at Harmony Cemetery besides [sic] his devoted wife, Daisy...

                                        Tantee Debb, Duke Ellington's Father Succumbs, New York Age, 1937-11-06, pp. 1 & 3.
                                        Stratemann 150.2011
                                        updated
                                        2014-03-16
                                        1937 11 03
                                        Wednesday
                                        .Cleveland, OhioTrianon BallroomNanton 's replacement was evidently hired in Cleveland where the band played the Trianon Ballroom on Sunday 31oct37 and again on Wednesday 3Nov37. Ellington was absent from the first engagement

                                        Illness caused Nanton to be absent from the band from 20oct37 (or slightly earlier) through at least 30Nov37.
                                        Per the Chicago Defender, 6Nov37, p18 ("Bud Harris Buzzes"):

                                        "Just had word from Fat Nanton, brother of Tricky Sam, ace trombonist of Duke Ellington's band. He says his brother is very ill here at Boston, in City Hospital. In fact, the physicians have not changed him yet, although Fat says Tricky is improving." According to the Boston Post, the band played at Boston's Metropolitan Theatre from 14oct to 20oct37. Nanton 's replacement was evidently hired in Cleveland where the band played the Trianon Ballroom on Sunday 31oct37 and again on Wednesday 3Nov37. Ellington was absent from the first engagement - busy burying his father in Washington D.C. - but appeared at the second as did one George Early, Jr. Per the Cleveland Call and Post, 11Nov37, p9: "The village smith stood, but it was at the Trianon ball room that Duke Ellington and his syncopating band completely captivated the hundreds of dance lovers who dangled about the waxed floor last Wednesday. Ivy Anderson thrilled each and every one of us with her singing, but the thing that pleased us the most was the seeing [sight] of Cleveland's George Early, Jr. sitting in the band and tooting on his trombone along with the rest of the stars of Duke's aggregation. Of course he is only substituting for one of the boys who has the pneumonia, hut the fact remains that if he is good enough to substitute with the band of the King of Jazz he should find a regular spot in some worthwhile aggregation. Early who resides at 2267 E. 71st street is the director of Sisco's Musical Magpies who are playing at Lyndhurst Country Club. George, old pal, Cleveland is pulling for you!"

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                                        1937 11 04
                                        Thursday
                                        .Toledo, OhioTrianon BallroomThis date appears to be in error.

                                        Band activity not documented.
                                        Stratemann p.150 citing DESB..
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                                        1937 11 05
                                        Friday
                                        ...activities not documented...
                                        ...
                                        1937 11 06
                                        Saturday
                                        .Flint, Mich.IMA (Industrial Mutual Association) Auditorium.poster..
                                        .K.Steiner Dec 2012.
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                                        1937 11 07
                                        Sunday
                                        .Fremont, OhioRainbow GardensRainbow Gardens, Fremont, O. presents Duke Ellington and his Famous Orchestra with Ivie Anderson in "Harlem Speaks."

                                        While there was a conventional display ad in the local paper on Nov.5, the ads on other days were just 3 or 4 lines of text, without borders or other decoration.
                                          Sandusky Star-Journal
                                        • "Text" ad, 1937-11-05 p.2
                                        • "Text" ad, 1937-11-06 p.2
                                        • Conventional ad and entertainment column mention, 1937-11-05 p.19
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                                        1937 11 08
                                        Monday
                                        .Louisville, Ky...Stratemann p.150 citing DESB..
                                        ..Added
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                                        1937 11 09
                                        Tuesday
                                        ...activities not documented...
                                        ...
                                        1937 11 10
                                        Wednesday
                                        ...activities not documented...
                                        ...
                                        1937 11 11
                                        Thursday
                                        .Atlanta, Ga.Sunset Casino.Stratemann p.150 citing DESB..
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                                        1937 11 12
                                        Friday
                                        10:00 pm - 23:00 am
                                        .Knoxville, Tenn.Chilhowee ParkDance for blacks with half-hour remote local broadcast on WNOX at 10:30 p.m.Stratemann p.150 citing DESB..
                                        ..2011
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                                        1937 11 13
                                        Saturday
                                        5:30 pm
                                        .Knoxville, Tenn..Local broadcast over WNOX at 5:30 p.m.Stratemann p.150..
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                                        1937 11 13
                                        Saturday
                                        9:00 pm - 1:00 a.m.
                                        .Knoxville, Tenn.Chilhowee ParkDance for whites with half-hour remote local broadcast on WNOX at 10:30 p.m....
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                                        updated
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                                        1937 11 14
                                        Sunday
                                        .Danville, Va..Dance (beginning after midnight, this could equally well be dated 1937 11 15)

                                        DUKE ELLINGTON
                                        Danville Armory 12:45 to 4:15
                                        MIDNITE - SUNDAY, NOV.14
                                        Colored Dance - $1.00
                                        White Balcony - 80c



                                        (Stratemann speculates the band was in Boston based on a report Nanton was hospitalized there that day, but Nanton's brother was already quoted in the Nov. 6 Chicago Defender as saying Joe was in hospital.
                                        While The Bee does not contain more advertising after Nov.8 nor does its Nov. 15 or 16 editions carry a story about Ellington, it seems more likely the band was in Virginia than Massechusetts.
                                        • Ad, The Bee, Danville, Va. 1937-11-08, p.11
                                        • Stratemann, p.150
                                        ..
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                                        1937 11 15
                                        Monday
                                        .Norfolk, Va.City Auditorium"An audience of both races conservatively estimated at 4,000 ....""As Maestro of Swing Charmed Norfolkians," Norfolk Journal and Guide, 1937-11-27, p.18..
                                        .K.Steiner Dec 2012.
                                        Added 2014-03-17
                                        1937 11 16
                                        Tuesday
                                        ...activities not documented...
                                        ...
                                        1937 11 17
                                        Wednesday
                                        .Asheville, N.C. Carolina Tobacco Warehouse.Stratemann, p.150 citing DESB..
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                                        1937 11 18
                                        Thursday
                                        ...activities not documented...
                                        ...
                                        1937 11 19
                                        Friday
                                        ...activities not documented...
                                        ...
                                        1937 11 20
                                        Saturday
                                        .Ft. Lauderdale, Fla.Trianon"9 P.M. Till ??"ad, Ft. Lauderdale Daily News, 1937-11-20, p.3..
                                        .K.Steiner Dec 2012.
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                                        1937 11 21
                                        Sunday
                                        ...activities not documented...
                                        ...
                                        1937 11 22
                                        Monday
                                        .Tampa, Fla.Davis Islands Coliseum.Stratemann, p.150 citing DESB..
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                                        1937 11 23
                                        Tuesday
                                        .Tampa, Fla.Apollo Ballroom.Stratemann, p.150 citing DESB..
                                        ..Added
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                                        1937 11 23
                                        Tuesday
                                        .St. Petersburg, Fla.ColiseumDance, with 1,000 patrons (900 per Stratemann).
                                        • Review, St. Petersburg Evening Independent, 1937-11-24,p.7
                                        • Stratemann, p.150 citing DESB
                                        ..
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                                        1937 11 24
                                        Wednesday
                                        .St Petersburg, Fla.Coliseum(Unconfirmed)

                                        Doubtful - see 1937 11 23
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                                        1937 11 25
                                        Thursday
                                        .Orlando, Fla.Auditorium....
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                                        1937 11 26
                                        Friday
                                        ...activities not documented...
                                        ...
                                        1937 11 27
                                        Saturday
                                        .Pensacola, Fla.Sands Beach

                                        PENASACOLA, Fla. Dec. 9 -- Duke Ellington and Ivy Anderson were entertained by the National Orchestra Syndicate, of which Alex S. Keeling is manager, following an appearance at a white dance here recently. Miss Anderson and the "Duke" were also guests of Harry Moore of the Afro-American Insurance Company while appearing here.

                                        Pittsburgh Courier 1937-12-11, p.13..
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                                        1937 11 28
                                        Sunday
                                        ...activities not documented...
                                        ...
                                        1937 11 29
                                        Monday
                                        .Baton Rouge, La.Temple Roof Garden
                                        Temple Theater
                                        State-Times:

                                        "DUKE ELLINGTON PLAYS IN BATON ROUGE
                                         Duke Ellington and his band of 14 dusky players finished a one night stand on the roof of the Temple theater last night, and departed today for New Orleans on a special train the band leader keeps to avoid hotel troubles.
                                         Featured on the program last night was "Caravan," the current hit he wrote with Jauan [sic] Tizol, Filipino [sic] trombone player in his orchestra. He also played "Sophisticated Lady," "Black and Tan Fantas," [sic] "In My Solitude and the old-timer, "Mood Indigo."


                                        Advocate:

                                        "Duke Ellington Plays at Temple, Presenting His Own Compositions
                                         The high priest of sophisticated hi-deo-ho, Duke Ellington, pattered off a half-dozen of his compositions on the piano here last night while the 14 other musicians in his orchestra plastered the ears of 1,100 negro dancers on the roof of the Temple theater with swing their ancestors would have approved back in Africa.
                                         Ellington played "Caravan," the current hit he wrote with Juan Tizol, Filipino [sic] valve trombone player in his orchestra. There was also "Sophisticated Lady," "Black and Tan Fantasy," "In My Solitude" and the old-timer, "Mood Indigo" - melodies famous the length and breadth of Tin-Pan alley. Up in Harlem, Duke Ellington is a style plate. He led his band here in a cream-colored suit and black shirt. The rest of the orchestra wore light gray coats, gray trousers and black bow ties.  Ivy Anderson, the negro woman who does the orchestra's vocalizing, husky-throated style, had on a pure white dress, unornamented. After the dance, the orchestra left for New Orleans on a private train Ellington keeps to avoid hotel trouble. They play tonight in Birmingham, Ala. The band is playing one-night stands over the country after concluding a tour of Europe, during which it played three command performances for the king of England."


                                        "Notice
                                        Tickets Nos. 376 to 385 WILL NOT be accepted to Duke Ellington's dance, given by the Purple Circle Club, November 29, 1937."



                                        We have no record of an engagement in New Orleans, but it was likely on the best train route to Birmingham.
                                        • State-Times, Baton Rouge, 1937-11-27, p.3
                                        • State-Times, Baton Rouge, 1937-11-30-p.10
                                        • Morning Advocate,Baton Rouge, 1937-11-30 p.8
                                        • Stratemann p.150 citing DESB
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                                        1937 11 30
                                        Tuesday
                                        .Birmingham, Ala.Municipal AuditoriumDEMS:

                                        'The International Musician for February 1938 (under the heading "local reports for December") lists the members of Ellington's band - among them George Early, Jr., but not Nanton - who played a Birmingham, Alabama engagement (date unspecified) which itinerary research dates to 30Nov37 and Birmingham's Municipal Auditorium.'

                                        Email, Lasker-Palmquist 2015-12-09.DEMS
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                                        December 1937

                                        1937 12 00... Peripheral event
                                        Tempo magazine reported

                                        'Duke at Work on Ballet for Von Grona Dancers: New York.--Duke Ellington is working on a ballet which the Ellington band will perform in an appearance with Eugene Von Grona dance group next spring. Ellington's recording of his latest rhythmic composition, the dual opus Diminuendo in Blue and Crescendo in Blue drew advance orders of some 3,000 previous to its release by American Record Corp. on Brunswick.'

                                        Email Lasker-Palmquist 2015-05-18 citing Tempo Magazine 1937-12-00 p.6..
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                                        2015-11-26
                                        1937 12 01
                                        Wednesday
                                        ...activities not documented...
                                        ...
                                        1937 12 02
                                        Thursday
                                        1937 12 06
                                        Monday
                                        Memphis, Tenn.Orpheum TheatreStage show...
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                                        1937 12 03
                                        Friday
                                        .Memphis, Tenn.Orpheum TheatreStage show - see 1937 12 02...
                                        ..2011
                                        1937 12 04
                                        Saturday
                                        .Memphis, Tenn.Orpheum TheatreStage show - see 1937 12 02...
                                        ..2011
                                        1937 12 05
                                        Sunday
                                        .Memphis, Tenn.Orpheum TheatreStage show - see 1937 12 02...
                                        ..2011
                                        1937 12 06
                                        Monday
                                        .Memphis, Tenn.Orpheum TheatreStage show - see 1937 12 02...
                                        ..2011
                                        1937 12 07
                                        Tuesday
                                        ...activities not documented...
                                        ...
                                        1937 12 08
                                        Wednesday
                                        ...activities not documented...
                                        ...
                                        1937 12 09
                                        Thursday
                                        .Little Rock, Ark.Dreamland...DEMS
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                                        1937 12 10
                                        Friday
                                        .Champaign-Urbana, Ill.George Huff Gymnasium
                                        University of Illinois
                                        "Junior Prom"
                                        First report:

                                        '...Ellington and his band entertained after taking a special train from Memphis, Tenn. The aggregation missed connections at Little Rock, Ark. earlier in the day, but made the dance by a special train.
                                          Ellington mixed the "sweet and hot" with the "hot and high," leading a band of dusky swingsters who were all brilliance. "Big Apple" fans were more than satisfied.'


                                        Review:

                                        '"Return to Elegance" – a popular magazine thus termed the formal season for 1937-1938, and a return it did make at the Junior prom Friday night, a dance marked by more orchids than have been worn in many a year...
                                          Candid cameramen were among those who thronged to see the "Duke," as well as many of his Negro admirers. The balcony, as well as the dance floor, was crowded from 9 p.m. to 2 a.m. with an audience who applauded enthusiastically afer every selection...'


                                        Yearbook:

                                        'Leaving the rather frigid weather prevailing over the countryside, a near capacity crowd of dancers and onlookers thronged into the George Huff Gymnasium on the night of December 10 seeking the warmth of the torrid music of Duke Ellington and his orchestra, playing for the chief social event of the first semester, the Junior Prom. Ellington was forced to play without the services of his well known dancing troupe and also his featured vocalist, Ivy Anderson, who was absented because of illness.
                                          The prom this year not only attracted the formally inclined dancing couples, but for the first time in many years the balcony was completely packed with townspeople and non-dancing students.
                                          Shortly after eleven o'clock the orchestra changed from the swing tempo to march time and the Grand march began, headed by Howie Russell, and Sam Hall, and their guests, Helen Brown and Jean Stubbert.
                                          At the close of this colorful display, Hedwig Shroyer was proclaimed queen to reign over the festivity...
                                          A canopy of black and white streamers hung over the dance floor, one end terminating directly above the throne of the Prom Queen, while a huge microphone and a silhouetted dancing couple formed the background for the bandstand at the other end.
                                          Ellington, leading a band of dusky swingsters, gave the campus a superb mix of the "sweet and slow" and the "hot and high." '

                                        • The Daily Illini, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign,Ill.
                                          • Plug 1937-11-30 p.2
                                          • Stories
                                            • 1937-12-11 p.1
                                            • 1937-12-12 p.3
                                        • The Ilio of Nineteen Thirty-Eight, Senior Class of the University of Illinois, Champaign-Urbana, pp.258
                                        .DEMS
                                        .MichaelGraff jul11
                                        Ken Steiner aug11
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                                        1937 12 11
                                        Saturday
                                        ...activities not documented...
                                        ...
                                        1937 12 12
                                        Sunday
                                        .Springfield, Ill.Roxy Theatre.Stratemann p.150 citing DESB..
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                                        1937 12 13
                                        Monday
                                        .St Joseph, Mo.Frog Hop BallroomTempo:

                                        'Band Briefs from Here and There: Duke Ellington in for one night at Frog Hop Ballroom, St. Joseph, but terrific ice storm blanked him out almost completely.'

                                        • Stratemann p.150 citing DESB
                                        • Email Lasker-Palmquist 2015-05-18 citing Tempo Magazine 1938-01-00 p.21
                                        ..
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                                        1937 12 14
                                        Tuesday
                                        ...activities not documented...
                                        ...
                                        1937 12 15
                                        Wednesday
                                        ...activities not documented...
                                        ...
                                        1937 12 16
                                        Thursday
                                        .Cedar Rapids, IowaDanceland(Unconfirmed)

                                        DEMS reports there is no mention in the Cedar Rapids Gazette.
                                        The Carioca in St. Louis has also been listed for this date - see below.
                                        Stratemann p.151 citing DESB & Variety 1937-11-27 p.42doubtfulDEMS
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                                        Thursday
                                        .St. Louis, Mo. Carioca Ballroom(Unconfirmed)

                                        (Variety 1937-11-24 p.42 lists Danceland, Cedar Rapids, for this date but there is no mention in the Cedar Rapids Gazette.
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                                        Friday
                                        .St. Louis, Mo.Coronado Hotel
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                                        Saturday
                                        .Rock Island, Ill.Armory

                                        IT'S WORTH GOING MILES TO SEE!
                                        SATURDAY
                                        Dec. 18th
                                        DUKE
                                        ELLINGTON
                                        IN PERSON
                                        With His Famous
                                        Cotton Club Band
                                        DANCING
                                        NINE TIL ONE
                                        Gentlemen $1.00
                                        Ladies .75
                                        Plenty of Room For Every One!
                                        BEAUTIFUL NEW
                                        ARMORY
                                        ROCK ISLAND, ILL.

                                        .
                                        • Stratemann p.151 citing DESB
                                          • Ads, Muscatine Journal and News-Tribune
                                          • 1937-12-16, p.2
                                          • 1937-12-17, p.2
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                                        Sunday
                                        .Chicago, Ill.Bacon's CasinoDance, ending at 4 a.m..Stratemann, p.151 citing DESB..
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                                        Monday
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                                        1937 12 21
                                        Tuesday
                                        .Louisville, Ky.Pennsylvania RailroadTrain 316, which passed through Logansport at 12:30 p.m. Tuesday, carried one extra coach occupied by Duke Ellington and his famous colored orchestra en route from Chicago to Louisville.
                                        • "Pennsy Announces Holiday Schedule,", Logansport Pharos-Tribune, Logansport, Ind, p.11
                                        • Stratemann p.151
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                                        Friday
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                                        Wednesday
                                        .Chicago, Ill.8th Reg. Armory.Benefit..
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                                        January 1938

                                        1938 00 00...LIFE EVENTS reported in Cambridge Companion and not otherwise included in TDWAW in the year:
                                        Cambridge Companion has Duke moving in with Beatrice "Evie" Ellis in 1938 but does not provide the source of this information. While 1938 is not inconsistent with Brian Priestley's album notes (he says Duke began living with Evie by the beginning of the 1940s), Mercer Ellington's book confirms Duke moved in with Evie and never went back to Edgecombe, but Mercer doesn't say when. The timing needs further confirmation before 1938 can be accepted as correct.

                                        Mercer Ellington:

                                        'Pop met her at the Cotton Club when she was rooming on St. Nicholas Place, and after staying with her briefly off and on, it got to the stage where he lived there all the time. He never came back to 381 Edgecombe Avenue, and once again he left all his clothes behind. While he was living with Evie, there was a fire in the building and everybody had to be cleared out. It was during the day, but he was still in bed asleep, so they had to wake him. When he came down with Evie,... he was recognized as they came out of the building, but the matter was not mentioned in the newspapers. Pop was always concerned about adverse publicity, but there was a good deal of gossip. Shortly after that they got their own apartment and moved into 935 St. Nicholas Avenue, where they lived for many years until they went to 400 Central Park West. From there they moved to 140 West End Avenue, their home until his death, with their names plainly on the door as Bea Ellis and Edward K. Ellington.'

                                      • Cambridge Companion, p. xv
                                      • Brian Priestley, album notes, Duke Ellington Centennial Edition, RCA Victor CD box set 09026-63386-2, p.44
                                      • M. Ellington, DEIP, p. 77
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                                        Monday
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                                        Monday
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                                        Tuesday
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                                        Wednesday
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                                        1938 01 13
                                        Thursday
                                        .New York, N.Y.American Record Corp. studio
                                        1776 Broadway
                                        American Record Corporation-Brunswick (Master) recording session
                                        14:00-20:00
                                        Duke Ellington and His Famous Orchestra
                                        Whetsel, Jenkins, Williams, Stewart, Brown, Nanton, Bigard, Hodges, Hardwick, Carney, Ellington, Guy, Taylor, Alvis, Greer

                                        Titles recorded:
                                        • Steppin' Into Swing Society 1
                                        • Prologue to Black And Tan Fantasy 2
                                        • The New Black And Tan Fantasy 2
                                          1  Lasker advises this song was called Sex in A Flat in the engineer's log, and Lambert suggests this recording marked Ellington's entry into the swing era. He calls it a delightful study in the use of the big band as a chamber ensemble.

                                          2  Lambert:

                                        '...a double-length version of Black And Tan Fantasy, issued on two separate discs as Prologue To Black And Tan Fantasy and The New Black And Tan Fantasy, an error wich was not only carried forward on all issues in the 78 era but into the LP period as well. Thirty years after they were recorded, it was still impossible to obtain a record with the two parts of the 1938 Black And Tan Fantasy together, and it was not until the issue by French C.B.S. of Volume 10 of their Ellington collected edition in 1977 that the two pieces were at last brought together on a disc. Prologue takes us up to the end of the two-chorus trumpet solo and features ... '

                                        Steven Lasker clarifies this:

                                        '...they were not released as they were in error, and the two parts were issued together on 78 in Australia in the 1940s.'

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                                        Friday
                                        .Philadelphia, Penn.Nixon's Grand Theater....
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                                        Saturday
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                                        1938 01 16
                                        Sunday
                                        .New York, N.Y.Criterion TheatreWNEW "Swing Session" or Sunday Morning Swing Concert or Sunday Swing Concert broadcast

                                        Stratemann describes this as an early morning program. The Brooklyn Eagle radio schedule shows Sunday Swing Concert at 11:00 a.m. and Inman has it at 11:00 as well.

                                        Carl Hällström:

                                        'The correct title of the program is "Sunday Morning Swing Concert," a series which ... started in late 1937 ... and was carried well into the Spring of 1938...'


                                        Inman logged:
                                        Saturday Morning Swing Concert:
                                        • Caravan (Duke Ellington's band; Tizol's trombone; Williams' trumpet; Bigard's clarinet; marvelous)
                                        • [The] Back Room Romp (Rex Stewart's 52nd Street Stompers; colossal)
                                        • That Old Feeling (Ivie Anderson singing swell with whole Ellington band)
                                        • Downtown Uproar (Cootie William's Rug Cutters; Cootie's great trumpet; Hodges' alto; Nanton's trombone; Carney's baritone sax; Ellington's piano; MARvelous!)
                                        • Clarinet Lament (written by and featuring Barney Bigard on clarinet; magnificent!)
                                        • Harmony in Harlem (Johnny Hodges' great soprano, two colossal trumpet solos)
                                        • A Sailboat in the Moonlight (Johnny Hodges playing terrific alto sax!!! He's easily the greatest alto saxist living!)
                                        • On the Sunny Side of the Street (Hodges' magnificent alto sax; Williams' great muted trumpet; great vocal by Ivie Anderson – real hot and original; wonderful sweet trombone by Lawrence Brown; nobody can even come close to touching Ellington's style!)
                                        (Frolic Sam was played last, but Inman doesn't say if it was played by Ellington or Merle Pitts' WNEW Studio Band, also present).
                                        Enzo Archetti, Swing Music Notes:

                                        '...The Sunday morning swing concert, on WNEW,... presented an hour of solid swing in the superb Ellington manner by the Duke himself and his entire personnel. Only a musician of Duke's caliber could have outshone the previous night's broadcast and it was the solid quality of Ellington's music that carried the day.
                                          This was certainly a broadcast that will be written in large letters in the history of jazz. It was so exciting that the audience present became uncontrollably enthusiastic and Martin Block, the master of ceremonies, had to ask for quiet before the concert could proceed.'

                                        • Inman (ibid), p. 313
                                        • Enzo Archetti, "Swing Music Notes," The American Music Lover, 1938-02-00, pp. 372-373, courtesy Cary Ginell and Steven Lasker, 2015-12-07
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                                        1938 01 16
                                        Sunday
                                        8:45 pm
                                        .New York, N.Y.Carnegie HallBenny Goodman and his Orchestra held their famous Carnegie Hall concert. Ellington was in the audience, and Cootie Williams, Johnny Hodges and Harry Carney performed "Blue Reverie"...
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                                        1938 01 16
                                        Sunday
                                        Late night
                                        .New York, N.Y.Savoy BallroomAfter the Goodman concert, Ellington and Ivy Anderson attended a Battle of Bands between the Chick Webb and Count Basie orchestras. Ellington agreed to a request to play, and was accompanied by the Basie band. Down Beat reported it was the hightlight of the evening.Stratemann, p.151 citing Down Beat 1938-02-00...
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                                        Monday
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                                        Tuesday
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                                        1938 01 19
                                        Wednesday
                                        10 a.m. to 11:30 p.m.
                                        ...American Record Corporation-Brunswick (Master) small group recording sessions
                                        Barney Bigard and His Orchestra, Cootie Williams and His Rug Cutters and Johnny Hodges and His Orchestra
                                        Collective personnel:
                                        C.Williams, Stewart, Brown, Tizol, Nanton, Bigard, Hodges, Hardwick, Carney, Ellington, Guy, Taylor, Greer, Mary McHugh
                                        Titles recorded:
                                        • Drummer's Delight
                                        • If I Thought You Cared
                                        • Lost In Meditation
                                        • My Day
                                        • Silvery Moon And Golden Sands
                                        • Echoes Of Harlem
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                                        Thursday
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                                        1938 01 21
                                        Friday
                                        1938 01 27New York, N.Y.Apollo Theatre
                                        253 W. 125th St.
                                        Harlem

                                        Duke Ellington And Ivy Anderson Head Apollo Theatre Bill
                                         Next Friday begins a week of glory for Apollo Theatre goers for the mighty Duke Ellingotn and His Famous Band head a revue cast which is without precedent. As usual vivacious Ivy Anderson will be the featured vocalist with the band. Leonard Harper is producing the show.
                                         The revue cast brings Slim and Slam, new swing sensations and proteges of Martin Block of Make Believe Ballroom fame, dancing Honi Coles, comedy dance team of Stump and Stumpie, the very funny trio of John Mason, John La Rue and Ray Moore and sixteen dancing brown-skin girls.
                                         The talking picture feature nex week will be "Shadows of the Orient," an exciting story of the Far East.
                                         Don't forget the big midnight show on Saturday night. All seats are reserved. The midnight shows always bring added acts and novelties.


                                        The New York Age has these additional details:
                                        • "With IVY ANDERSON and a great cast
                                        • LOVEY and FLASH
                                        • Wed. Amateur Night Broadcast direct from stage
                                        Mercer Ellington:

                                        'The origin of “I Let a Song Go Out of My Heart,” as I understand it, was a song called “I'll Never Smile Again,” which was all the rage then. Pop wrote an arrangement on it and presented it for the first time at the Apollo Theater in Harlem. The audience for an act's first show at the Apollo was the most critical you could face anywhere in show business, and that audience demanded they play the song over again. It happened in the first show and it happened in the second, but in the third show Pop took the song out. He divorced the melody and left the arrangement as it was. It stood on its own as a new number and it became a hit, a big one.'

                                          Ads and plug, New York Age,
                                        • 1938-01-15 p.9
                                        • 1938-01-22 p.9
                                        • M. Ellington, DEIP, pp.75-76
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                                        Saturday
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                                        .New York, N.Y.Apollo TheatreEllington and "some of his lads" appeared on the WABC - CBS network Saturday Night Swing Club radio show, during which Ellington performed Azure.
                                          Stratemann p.151 citing
                                        • Hollywood Reporter 1938-01-26 p.3
                                        • The Billboard 1938-02-05 p.17
                                        • New York Times radio log
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                                        Sunday
                                        .New York, N.Y.Apollo TheatreVaudeville show - see 1938 01 21...
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                                        Monday
                                        .New York, N.Y.Apollo TheatreVaudeville show - see 1938 01 21...
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                                        Tuesday
                                        .New York, N.Y.Apollo TheatreVaudeville show - see 1938 01 21...
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                                        Wednesday
                                        .New York, N.Y.Apollo TheatreVaudeville show - see 1938 01 21

                                        WMCA broadcast from the stage - this appears to be the aforesaid amateur hour, listed as Harlem Amateur Hour at 10:45 pm on WMCA in the New York Times radio log.
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                                        Thursday
                                        .New York, N.Y.Apollo TheatreVaudeville show - see 1938 01 21...
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                                        1938 01 28
                                        Friday
                                        .Toronto, Ont.Royal York Hotel
                                        199 Queen St. W.
                                        University of Toronto dance
                                        UP wire story datelined Toronto: "Ellington and his band were here to play at a college dance last night and left for New York early today."
                                        North Tonawanda Evening News, 1938-01-29..
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                                        1938 01 29
                                        Saturday
                                        ...Travel
                                        Depending on what time the train left Toronto, the band was travelling at least until early afternoon, however the 500 mile route may have allowed a stopover to play in Buffalo, Rochester, or another population centre between Lake Ontario and New York.
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                                        1938 01 30
                                        Sunday
                                        ...Activities of the band are not documented...
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                                        1938 01 30
                                        Sunday
                                        .New York, N.Y.Cotton Club
                                        200 W.48th St.
                                        Ellington attended a tribute to Bill "Bojangles" Robinson at the Cotton Club, during which Mr. Robinson was presented the Ted Friend Medal by the city as the best night club entertainer on Broadway. Others present included Mrs. Robinson ("Little Bo"), Joe DiMaggio, Eleanor Powell, Col. Jay C. Flippin, Ethel Waters, W.C. Handy, The Nicholas Brothers and their mother, and Noble Sissle. Many others are listed in the New York Age report.New York Age, 1938-02-05, p.7...
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                                        Monday
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                                        February 1938

                                        1938 02 00... Peripheral event
                                        International Musician, February 1938: Under local 256, Birmingham, ALA, local reports for December omitted from January issue, travelling members include: Duke Ellington, Hays Alvis, Barney Bigard, Lawrence Brown, Harry Carney, Fred Guy, Sonny Greer, Otto Hardwick, John Hodgy, Juan Tizol, Billy Taylor, Arthur Whetsel, Cooty Williams, Freddy Jenkins, George Early, Jr. [local 802 isn't mentioned]. This likely relates to the band's engagement on 1937 11 30.
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                                        Tuesday
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                                        1938 02 02
                                        Wednesday
                                        .New York, N.Y.American Record Corp. studios
                                        1776 Broadway
                                        American Record Corporation-Brunswick (Master) recording session
                                        09:30 - 13:00
                                        Duke Ellington and His Famous Orchestra
                                        Whetsel, C.Williams, Stewart, Jenkins, Brown, Nanton, Tizol, Bigard, Hodges(ss,as); Hardwick, Carney, Ellington, Guy, Taylor, Alvis, Greer
                                        Titles recorded:
                                        • Ridin' On A Blue Note
                                        • Lost In Meditation
                                        • Gal From Joe's
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                                        Thursday
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                                        1938 02 04
                                        Friday
                                        1938 02 07Ft. Wayne, Ind. Palace TheatrePresumably the usual vaudeville showStratemann p.151 (no detail)..
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                                        Saturday
                                        Ft. Wayne, Ind.Palace TheatreVaudeville show - see 1938 02 04...
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                                        Sunday
                                        Ft. Wayne, Ind.Palace TheatreVaudeville show - see 1938 02 04...
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                                        Monday
                                        Ft. Wayne, Ind.Palace TheatreVaudeville show - see 1938 02 04...
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                                        Tuesday
                                        ...activities not documented

                                        Stratemann speculated that Ellington and his orchestra may have played a fundraiser at the Savoy. It did not happen on this date.

                                        The New York Age reported Bill Robinson, Cab Calloway and Duke Ellington were co-chairs of a big ball arranged for the Savoy Ballroom to raise funds for President Roosevelt's Infantile Paralysis Fund.

                                        "Due to an erroneous report throughout Harlem that the benefits derived...did not include the colored children, the committee deems it advisable to postpone the grand ball and entertainment...to a future date..."

                                        • Stratemann p.152
                                        • New York Age
                                          • 1938-02-05 p.6
                                          • 1938-02-12 p.7
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                                        Wednesday
                                        9 pm - 3 am
                                        .Buffalo, N.Y.Elmwood Music Hall
                                        NE corner, Elmwood and Virginia
                                        Dance

                                        Stratemann shows the Music Hall, citing DESB, but says Variety puts the dance in Shea's, which presumably means Shea's Buffalo Theatre.
                                        • Stratemann, p.152
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                                        1938 02 11
                                        Friday
                                        1938 02 17
                                        Thursday
                                        Pittsburgh, Penn.Stanley Theater
                                        237 7th St.
                                        Vaudeville show including Cook & Brown, Alma Turner and Jigsaw Jackson.

                                        Variety's review criticized the show for too much sameness and symphonic jazz.

                                        Stratemann:

                                        'Here, Whetsel suffered the acute crisis that led to his retirement.'

                                        Steven Lasker:

                                        'Not true. I know of no evidence suggesting Whetsel suffered any crisis during the Stanley Theatre engagement. Klaus (p152) cites the March 3, 1938 Pittsburgh Courier article printed, without citation, on page 147 of Duke's Diary Part One. Read this and you'll realize Klaus placed his five-line discussion of Whetsel's departure after the 1938 02 11 through 17 Stanley Theatre engagement BY MISTAKE. It should have appeared ... after the Rutgers/New Brunswick engagement of 1939 02 19, where Whetsel "received his most recent shock from his prolonged illness" (per the Pittsburgh Courier article just cited). '

                                        • Stratemann p.152 citing
                                          • Variety 1938-02-16 p.53
                                          • Pittsburgh Courier 1938-03-05
                                        • Vail I, with the same review in a different layout.
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                                        Saturday
                                        .Pittsburgh, Penn.Stanley TheaterVaudeville show - see 1938 02 11...
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                                        Sunday
                                        .Pittsburgh, Penn.Stanley TheaterVaudeville show - see 1938 02 11...
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                                        Sunday
                                        .Steubenville, Ohio.Outside engagement.

                                        Steubenville is about 40 miles west of Pittsburgh, making it possible to play there after finishing at the theatre
                                        Stratemann p.152..
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                                        Monday
                                        Valentine's Day
                                        .Pittsburgh, Penn.Stanley TheaterVaudeville show - see 1938 02 11...
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                                        Tuesday
                                        .Pittsburgh, Penn.Stanley TheaterVaudeville show - see 1938 02 11...
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                                        Wednesday
                                        .Pittsburgh, Penn.Stanley TheaterVaudeville show - see 1938 02 11...
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                                        Thursday
                                        .Pittsburgh, Penn.Stanley TheaterVaudeville show - see 1938 02 11...
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                                        Friday
                                        ...activities not documented

                                        Vail I has the band playing a dance at Rutgers on both Friday and Saturday, without identifying the source of that information. The Igo itinerary shows just the 18th. Stratemann does not mention the 18th, and the Pittsburgh Courier, see below, only mentions the Saturday dance. Further investigation is needed.
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                                        Saturday
                                        .New Brunswick, N.J.Gymnasium
                                        Rutgers University
                                        Junior prom
                                        Vail I says the band played at Rutgers on Feb. 18 and 19 - see above. Stratemann only mentions the 19th, and the Pittsburgh Courier mentions the Saturday dance only.
                                        Pittsburgh Courier
                                        • 1938-02-26 p.20
                                        • 1938-03-05 p.20
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                                        1938 02 19...PERSONNEL CHANGE
                                        Arthur Whetsel's final engagement with the band was reported to be Rutgers, Feb.19
                                        Pittsburgh Courier:

                                        'Arthur Whetsol [recte Whetsel]...is scheduled to leave the profession he loves so well as the result of a brain disorder from which he has been suffering many months.
                                          Whetsol, who is in his thirties, received his most recent shock from his prolonged illness during the band's engagement at Rutgers University Saturday night...'

                                      • S. Lasker in DEMS 04/2-55
                                      • Pittsburgh Courier, 1938-03-05 p.20
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                                        1938 02 20
                                        Sunday
                                        .New York, N.Y.Savoy Ballroom(Unconfirmed)

                                        "The Savoy Ballroom, hottest of all Harlem hot spots, has booked the sensational Duke Ellington Orchestra for a one night stand. Sunday, 20, is the date folks."

                                        Kansas City Plaindealer, 1938-02-18, p.3..
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                                        Monday
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                                        Tuesday
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                                        1938 02 23
                                        Wednesday
                                        .New York, N.Y.Viennese Roof,
                                        Hotel St. Regis
                                        2 East 55th St.
                                        between Madison and Fifth Avenues
                                        'High-Low Concert,' 9:30 p.m.
                                        Programme:
                                        • Gabriel Popoff septet - (flute, clarinet, bassoon, trumpet, violin, cello, bass)
                                        • Theodor [sic] Chanler, Frederick Jacobi, Charles Ives and Marc Blitzstein: Four American songs (Helen Marshall, vocal; Vladimir Dukelsky, piano)
                                        • Robert McBride - Two fugatos "on popular themes" (oboe and two clarinets.
                                        • Vladimir Dukelsky - Etude (for violin and bassoon)
                                        • Paul Frederick Bowles - Media Dia (for chamber orchestra)

                                          Intermission
                                        • Duke Ellignton and ensemble in "several new works"
                                        • Henri Sauguet - Divertissement (for flute, clarient, bassoon, viola and piano)
                                        • The High-Low Chamber Orchestra, led by Ivor Karman, consisted of Charles Lichter, violin; Z. Kurthy, viola; J. Emonts, cello; Robert McBride, clarinet; M. Tivin, bass; A. Ghignatti, flute; M. [Mitch] Miller, oboe; A. Gorodner, clarinet; B.Kohon, bassoon; H. Glantz, trumpet and Nicolas Kopeikine, piano.
                                        • Ellington personnel: C. Williams, Tizol, Hodges, Carney, Ellington, Taylor, Greer
                                        The Ellington set included
                                        • Sweet Sue
                                        • Blue Reverie and
                                        • Frolic Sam
                                        • Stratemann p.152
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                                        .Agust¡n Perez Gasco, May 2010/SL2018-09-302011
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                                        1938 02 24
                                        Thursday
                                        ...PERSONNEL CHANGE
                                        Wallace Jones, trumpet, joins the band
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                                        1938 02 24
                                        Thursday
                                        6:30 pm - 2:00 a.m.
                                        .New York, N.Y.American Record Corp. studio
                                        1776 Broadway
                                        American Record Corporation-Brunswick (Master) recording session,
                                        Duke Ellington and His Famous Orchestra
                                        W. Jones, C.Williams, Jenkins, Brown, Nanton, Tizol, Bigard, Hodges, Hardwick, Carney, Ellington, Guy, Taylor, Alvis, Greer, Ivie Anderson
                                        Titles recorded:
                                        • If You Were In My Place (What Would You Do?
                                        • Doin' the Skrontch (issued as Skrontch and as Scrounch)
                                        • I've Got To Be A Rug Cutter
                                        • Blues In B Flat
                                        Melody Maker:

                                        'The other night, the [Ellington] band was up at Brunswick for a 7 p.m. session, remained there until two in the morning, and only got two [titles] done! Rex Stewart could not show up owing to illness in his family, and Freddy Jenkins was hurriedly sent for. Wallace Jones played first trumpet on this date in place of Artie Whetsel, who is said to have become very eccentric in his ways.'

                                        Blues in B Flat and this version of Rug Cutter are rarities believed to be from this session. Duke seldom sang on recordings and the blues is a duet between Duke on piano and Cootie on trombone.

                                        Leonard Feather:

                                        'After the date was finished Duke was kidding around at the piano, singing a novelty song he'd written called 'I Want to be a Rug Cutter'. With the brazen bravado of youth, I asked him if he would make a special copy of it for me to take home to England. Duke agreed without hesitation, asked the engineer to set up an acetate, and proceeded to sing and play his way through the number. As an added bonus,Cootie Williams, who was still in the studio and for some reason was playing a trombone, did so for the other side of the record. As a result, on the back of 'Rug Cutter' I had the only known example of Cootie on trombone, playing the blues, with Duke at the piano.
                                          The autographed copy of these two numbers is still the only one in existence and remains in my possession after a half-century.'

                                        Steven Lasker advises that Feather played the Blues in B Flat side during an Ellington conference in the 1980s, and Jack Towers recorded it from the audience, with Leonard talking as the piece played. In a later email, he said:

                                        'Feather, in his lecture at DE92 (Oldham), recalled the acetate was probably cut during a trip he made to the U.S. in December 1936. In a subsequent conversation with Leonard, I mentioned that Ellington was on the west coast that month. Feather was certain the acetate was cut in New York, thus on a different trip. He recalled visiting New York during 1935 and twice during 1938, but not in 1937. I reviewed Feather's Melody Maker columns from 1937 and 1938, which confirm Feather's memory of not visiting the U.S. in 1937, and establish that he did visit in early 1938: the 1938 03 05 edition bears a column from Feather of "New York News" and the 1938 04 16 edition found him "just back from a two-month's stay in New York."...'

                                        (The late Sjef Hoefsmit of DEMS may have videotaped the presentation if he was at the conference.)
                                        • Girvan:
                                          Ellingtonia.com
                                        • MacHare:
                                          A Duke Ellington Panorama
                                        • Timner
                                        • Benny Aasland:
                                          ;The Wax Works of Duke Ellington, 1954
                                        • S. Lasker, booklet for Mosaic Records CD box set MD11-248 The Complete 1932-1940 Brunswick, Columbia And Master Recordings Of Duke Ellington And His Famous Orchestra
                                        • Melody Maker, 1938-03-12 p.1
                                        • Leonard Feather, The Jazz Years: Earwitness to an Era, Da Capo Press, 1987, p.63
                                        • Email, Lasker-Palmquist
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                                        1938 02 25
                                        Friday
                                        ...activities not documented...
                                        ...
                                        1938 02 26
                                        Saturday
                                        .New York, N.Y.CBS TheatreWABC/CBS "Saturday Night Swing Session" broadcast, episode 85, 19:00
                                        Carl Cons, of Down Beat, presented trophies to Tommy Dorsey, Bob Crosby and Ellington for placing 2nd, 3rd and 4th in its All-American Musicians Poll best orchestras category. Benny Goodman placed first. Cons congratulated the Swing Session as the outstanding promoter of Swing. Inman logged "Exactly Like You (jam session!!! Ellington and Zurke at pianos; [Eddie] Miller's tenor; [Lou] Schoobe's bass; [Russ] Case's trumpet; [Toots} Mondello's clarinet; [Frank] Worell's guitar; [Bill] Gussak's drums; Schwichtenberg's trombone.

                                        Stratemann has the broadcast at 16:00, which would have been the time on the west coast.
                                        • Stratemann p.152 citing Down Beat 1938-04
                                        • Inman (ibid), p.333
                                        .DEMS
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                                        1938 02 27
                                        Sunday
                                        .New York, N.Y.Capitol TheatreCBS-broadcast "Major Bowes Hour"...
                                        .Agustěn Perez Gasco may10Added
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                                        1938 02 28
                                        Monday
                                        ...activities not documented...
                                        ...

                                        March 1938

                                        1938 03 00... Peripheral event
                                        International Musician, March 1938: Under local 136, Charleston, W. VA, local reports for January delayed from February issue, travelling members include: Duke Ellington, H. Alvis, B. Bigand, L. Brown, H. Carney, F. Guy, S. Greer, O. Hardwick, J. Hodge, J. Nanton, J. Tizol, B. Taylor, A. Whetsel, C. Williams, F. Jenkins, G. Early, all 802. This likely relates to the band's engagement on 1937 12 24.
                                        Emails, S. Lasker-Palmquist 2014-08-28, 2015-05-19 & 2015-06-16..
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                                        Tuesday
                                        .New York, N.Y.Savoy BallroomThe newly formed Negro Actors' Guild held a gala inaugural ball.Stratemann mentions the ball without saying if the band performed at it; Igo does not show the event, but Vail I says the band played. Vail does not give references.

                                        The programme for the ball has a drawing on the front cover, an ad for beer on the back. Inside, pages 2 and 3 have portraits of Ellington and Bill Robinson (honorary chair) and pages 4 and 5 are thumbnail portraits of the officers and executive board members.

                                        While it is likely Ellington, as NAG Vice-president, attended the ball, further documentation is required to establish whether or not his orchestra performed there.
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                                        1938 03 02
                                        Wednesday
                                        ...activities not documented

                                        In view of the fact Braggin' in Brass is technically difficult and the band would be using a new trombonist, it is seems likely the orchestra would have spent some time rehearsing for next day's recording session.
                                        ...
                                        ...
                                        1938 03 03
                                        Thursday
                                        2:00 - 7:00 p.m.
                                        .New York, N.Y.American Record Corp. studio
                                        1776 Broadway
                                        American Record Corporation/Brunswick (Master) recording session
                                        Duke Ellington and His Famous Orchestra
                                        W. Jones, C.Williams, Jenkins, Nanton, Brown, Herb Flemming (trombone), Bigard, Hodges, Hardwick, Carney, Ellington, Guy, Taylor, Alvis, Greer, Ivie Anderson
                                        Titles recorded:
                                        • I Let A Song Go Out Of My Heart
                                        • Braggin' In Brass
                                        • Carnival In Caroline
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                                        Friday
                                        ...activities not documented...
                                        ...
                                        1938 03 05
                                        Saturday
                                        .Philadelphia, Penn..Delta Gamma Phi sorority ball...
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                                        Sunday
                                        ...activities not documented...
                                        ...
                                        1938 03 07
                                        Monday
                                        ...activities not documented...
                                        ...
                                        1938 03 08
                                        Tuesday
                                        ...activities not documented...
                                        ...
                                        1938 03 09
                                        Wednesday
                                        Midnight
                                        .New York, N.Y.Cotton Club
                                        Broadway & 48th St.
                                        "Cotton Club Parade," fourth edition, opened at midnight
                                        Featured acts: Duke Ellington, Peters Sisters, Peg-Leg Bates, Mae Johnson, Chocolateers, Aida Ward, Aland & Anise, 4 Step-Brothers, Cracker Jacks, Flash and Dash, Billy Mapes, Will Vodery's Jubileers, Duke Ellington and Orchestra with Ivy Anderson, Socarras Orchestra

                                        Stratemann reports this was the first Cotton Club Parade to have its whole score written by Ellington. While played in the nightly broadcasts, I Let a Song Go Out of My Heart was replaced by Swingtime in Honolulu, performed by the Peters Sisters, in the programme. PegLeg Bates' performance featured I'm Slappin' Seventh Avenue With the Sole of My Shoe."

                                        The band and small units were regularly broadcast from the club on Sundays at 11:30 PM and Wednesdays at 11:00 PM

                                        It was widely publicized that Ellington wrote all the music for this revue.
                                        Stratemann, p.152 citing The Billboard 1938-03-26 pp.20 &12, and Down Beat 1938-04

                                        Advertising reproduced in Stratemann, p.696
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                                        ..2012-09-22
                                        1938 03 10
                                        Thursday
                                        .New York, N.Y.Cotton Club
                                        200 W.48th St.
                                        Cotton Club Parade, fourth edition
                                        see 1938 03 09

                                        Inman shows a remote WABC broadcast at 23:00:
                                        • East St. Louis Toodle-Oo (theme)
                                        • Carnival in Caroline ( vocal, Ivie Anderson) (written by Ellington for the new Cotton Club show; trumpet; clarinet)
                                        • If You Were in My Place ( vocal, Ivie Anderson) (nice trombone; clarinet; Hodges' alto; trumpets)
                                        • The Skrontch ( vocal, Ivie Anderson) (another new piece; Hodges' alto, Bigard's clarinet)
                                        • Braggin' in Brass (brand new; screwy trombones; Stewart's cornet; trombone; trumpets)
                                        • Azure (Ellington's piece from last year; Bigard; Carney)
                                        • I'm Slappin' Seventh Avenue (Stewart's cornet, Ellington's piano)
                                        • I Let a Song Go out of My Heart (nuttsy tempo; Hodges; Carney's grand baritone; Bigard)
                                        • Chatter-box (Stewart's great cornet; Brown's trombone).
                                        Inman (ibid), p.338..
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                                        2015-03-05
                                        1938 03 11
                                        Friday
                                        .New York, N.Y.Cotton Club
                                        200 W.48th St.
                                        Cotton Club Parade, fourth edition
                                        see 1938 03 09
                                        ...
                                        ..2012-09-22
                                        1938 03 12
                                        Saturday
                                        .New York, N.Y.Cotton Club
                                        200 W.48th St.
                                        Cotton Club Parade, fourth edition
                                        see 1938 03 09
                                        ...
                                        ..2012-09-22
                                        1938 03 13
                                        Sunday
                                        .New York, N.Y.Cotton Club
                                        200 W.48th St.
                                        Cotton Club Parade, fourth edition
                                        see 1938 03 09
                                        ...
                                        ..2012-09-22
                                        1938 03 14
                                        Monday
                                        .New York, N.Y.Cotton Club
                                        200 W.48th St.
                                        Cotton Club Parade, fourth edition
                                        see 1938 03 09
                                        ...
                                        ..2012-09-22
                                        1938 03 15
                                        Tuesday
                                        .New York, N.Y.Cotton Club
                                        200 W.48th St.
                                        Cotton Club Parade, fourth edition
                                        see 1938 03 09
                                        ...
                                        ..2012-09-22
                                        1938 03 16
                                        Wednesday
                                        .New York, N.Y.Cotton Club
                                        200 W.48th St.
                                        Cotton Club Parade, fourth edition
                                        see 1938 03 09
                                        A review by critic Hy Gardner can be found in The Brooklyn Daily Eagle, March 16, 1938
                                        ...
                                        ..2012-09-22
                                        1938 03 17
                                        Thursday
                                        .New York, N.Y.Cotton Club
                                        200 W.48th St.
                                        Cotton Club Parade, fourth edition
                                        see 1938 03 09
                                        ...
                                        ..2012-09-22
                                        1938 03 18
                                        Friday
                                        .New York, N.Y.Cotton Club
                                        200 W.48th St.
                                        Cotton Club Parade, fourth edition
                                        see 1938 03 09
                                        ...
                                        ..2012-09-22
                                        1938 03 19
                                        Saturday
                                        .New York, N.Y.Cotton Club
                                        200 W.48th St.
                                        Cotton Club Parade, fourth edition
                                        see 1938 03 09
                                        ...
                                        ..2012-09-22
                                        1938 03 20
                                        Sunday
                                        .New York, N.Y.Cotton Club
                                        200 W.48th St.
                                        Cotton Club Parade, fourth edition
                                        see 1938 03 09
                                        ...
                                        ..2012-09-22
                                        1938 03 21
                                        Monday
                                        .New York, N.Y.Cotton Club
                                        200 W.48th St.
                                        Cotton Club Parade, fourth edition
                                        see 1938 03 09
                                        ...
                                        ..2012-09-22
                                        1938 03 22
                                        Tuesday
                                        .New York, N.Y.Cotton Club
                                        200 W.48th St.
                                        Cotton Club Parade, fourth edition
                                        see 1938 03 09
                                        ...
                                        ..2012-09-22
                                        1938 03 23
                                        Wednesday
                                        .New York, N.Y.Cotton Club
                                        200 W.48th St.
                                        Cotton Club Parade, fourth edition
                                        see 1938 03 09
                                        ...
                                        ..2012-09-22
                                        1938 03 24
                                        Thursday
                                        .New York, N.Y.Cotton Club
                                        200 W.48th St.
                                        Cotton Club Parade, fourth edition
                                        see 1938 03 09

                                        This night's 11 P.M. CBS broadcast, recorded by Joseph Schillinger, is on the Storyville CD 1038415 "Duke Ellington at the Cotton Club," produced by Carl Hällström.

                                        Titles recorded:
                                        • Harmony in Harlem
                                        • If You Were In My Place
                                        • Mood Indigo
                                        • East St. Louis Toodle-O (theme)
                                        • Oh Babe, Maybe Someday
                                        • Dinah's in a Jam and If Dreams Come True
                                        • Skrontch

                                        Personnel according to the CD booklet were W. Jones, C.Williams, Stewart, Nanton, Tizol, Brown, Bigard, Hodges, Hardwick, Carney, Ellington, Guy, Taylor, Greer and I.Anderson.

                                        New Desor, on the other hand, identifies them as the same as Feb. 24, i.e., W. Jones, C.Williams, Jenkins, Nanton, Tizol, Brown, Bigard, Hodges, Hardwick, Carney, Ellington, Guy, Taylor, Alvis, Greer, I.Anderson. Stewart can clearly be heard soloing in If You Were In My Place

                                        Steven Lasker, in DEMS 05/2-24:
                                        'In view of a recent discussion on this topic, the following comment from T. Larsson (DEMS 83/3-7) may prove of interest:
                                        'The trumpet soloist on Dinah ('s in a Jam) from 24Mar38 (air check) and 11Apr38 (Brunswick) is not Rex Stewart [as shown in the New DESOR] but most certainly FREDDIE JENKINS! These soli have all the Jenkins' trade marks. On the 24Apr38 air check, Rex is the soloist. This almost fits with Chilton, if Jenkins left sometime mid-April. Comments please!'
                                        I agree, and can add that after listening closely to the numerous air checks from 1937-38 that are known to survive, I was unable to find Freddie Jenkins on any broadcast other than that of 24Mar38, at which he was present alongside Jones, Williams and Stewart.
                                          Thus, I concluded then, and still believe now, that the trumpets on the 1938 03 24 CBS Broadcast are Jones, Williams, Stewart and Jenkins.'
                                        Steven Lasker, in response to a question:

                                        'Jones solos on Mood Indigo (following piano intro); Jenkins solos on Dinah...; Cootie solos on East St. Louis, Oh Babe! Maybe Someday, Skrontch and Harmony in Harlem; Rex solos on If You Were in My Place and If Dreams Come True. Thus, four trumpets.'

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                                        1938 03 25
                                        Friday
                                        .New York, N.Y.Cotton Club
                                        200 W.48th St.
                                        Cotton Club Parade, fourth edition
                                        see 1938 03 09
                                        ...
                                        ..2012-09-22
                                        1938 03 26
                                        Saturday
                                        .New York, N.Y.Cotton Club
                                        200 W.48th St.
                                        Cotton Club Parade, fourth edition
                                        see 1938 03 09
                                        ...
                                        ..2012-09-22
                                        1938 03 27
                                        Sunday
                                        .New York, N.Y.Abyssinian Baptist Church

                                        "...The Junior League to the A. Clayton Powell Home for the Aged of the Church presented in the afternoon in the main auditorium a grand program to over two thousand people. This club once a year raises money to help support the Home for the Aged.
                                          The program included the stars of today and tomorrow represented by Duke Ellington, the Nicholas Brothers, Miss Laura Cadet, secretary to the Haitian Consul-General, Miss Helen Hartwell, Mrs. Isabel Powell and the Tiny Tots choir of the church with Miss Alice Snyder doing two numbers and little Miss Martha Johnson soloist of the Tots. Fredi Washington was the mistress of ceremonies.
                                          Through the efforts of this group of twelve young women, they realized $1,200. The members are..."


                                        Since the article does not mention either the band or any playing by Ellington, it seems likely Ellington attended without performing.

                                        See also 1938 04 10
                                        New York Age 1938-04-09, p.2..
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                                        Sunday
                                        .New York, N.Y.Cotton Club
                                        200 W.48th St.
                                        Cotton Club Parade, fourth edition
                                        see 1938 03 09
                                        ...
                                        ..2012-09-22
                                        1938 03 28
                                        Monday
                                        .New York, N.Y..American Record Corporation-Brunswick (Master/Vocalion) small group session
                                        14:00-18:00
                                        Joyhnny Hodges and His Orchestra
                                        C.Williams, Brown, Hodges, Hardwick, Carney, Ellington, Taylor, Greer, Mary McHugh

                                          Titles recorded:
                                        • Jeep's Blues
                                        • If You Were in My Place
                                        • I Let A Song Go Out Of My Heart
                                        • Rendezvous with Rhythm
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                                        1938 03 28
                                        Monday
                                        .New York, N.Y.Cotton Club
                                        200 W.48th St.
                                        Cotton Club Parade, fourth edition
                                        see 1938 03 09
                                        ...
                                        ..2012-09-22
                                        1938 03 29
                                        Tuesday
                                        .New York, N.Y.Cotton Club
                                        200 W.48th St.
                                        Cotton Club Parade, fourth edition
                                        see 1938 03 09
                                        ...
                                        ..2012-09-22
                                        1938 03 30
                                        Wednesday
                                        .New York, N.Y.Cotton Club
                                        200 W.48th St.
                                        Cotton Club Parade, fourth edition
                                        see 1938 03 09
                                        ...
                                        ..2012-09-22
                                        1938 03 31
                                        Thursday
                                        .New York, N.Y.Cotton Club
                                        200 W.48th St.
                                        Cotton Club Parade, fourth edition
                                        see 1938 03 09
                                        ...
                                        ..2012-09-22

                                        April 1938

                                        Circa
                                        1938 04 00
                                        ...PERSONNEL CHANGES
                                        Freddie Jenkins, trumpeter, and Hayes Alvis, bass, left the band in late March or sometime in April. Alvis is not present in recordings made during April or May.
                                        Steven Lasker:
                                        'Jenkins and Alvis leave at about the same time. Jenkins' last known recording with the band: the 1938 03 24 Cotton Club broadcast. Alvis' last known recording with the band: the 1938 03 03 record date at ARC.

                                        Per the 1938 04 30 Chicago Defender, national edition, page 19 (story date lined 04 24):

                                        'Hayes Alvis, bass plucker and Freddie Jenkins, trumpeter, are out of the Duke Ellington band it was announced this week. While neither Duke Ellington nor the musicians would say why the two musicians were no longer with the aggregation Harlem was buzzing with rumors. One was that Jenkins needed a rest and that Alvis had grown tired of traveling and had asked that he be released when the present engagement at the Cotton Club is concluded.
                                          'In the meantime the Chicago Defender learned Tuesday that Alvis has already started negotiations for a band of his own. He is understood to have secured six musicians who have been appearing with other bands and with himself and Jenkins now has eight all told.'

                                        Although the Cotton Club engagement wouldn't conclude until 1938 06 09, Jenkins and Alvis apparently left in mid-April, but played at least one subsequent engagement. Photos taken of the band's performance at the 1938 05 29 Randall's Island "Carnival of Swing" show Jenkins and two bassists (faces not visible) present. (The photos in question, taken by Otto Hess, are reproduced in the booklets to the two Columbia box sets from the 1960s, C3L-27 and C3L-39, "The Ellington Era 1927-1940" Volumes One and Two.)'
                                        Jenkins' subsequent life is outlined at 1906 10 10 above. Alvis continued with music per Wikipedia, but also, at least in the 1950s, became an interior decorator and a merchant seaman.
                                        • New Desor vol.2
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                                        • Jet Magazine
                                          • 1953-03-12 p.64
                                          • 1953-06-11 p.65
                                          • 1958-03-27 p.46
                                        ..
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                                        1938 04 01
                                        Friday
                                        .New York, N.Y.Cotton Club
                                        200 W.48th St.
                                        Cotton Club Parade, fourth edition
                                        see 1938 03 09
                                        ...
                                        ..2012-09-22
                                        1938 04 02
                                        Saturday
                                        .New York, N.Y.Cotton Club
                                        200 W.48th St.
                                        Cotton Club Parade, fourth edition
                                        see 1938 03 09
                                        ...
                                        ..2012-09-22
                                        1938 04 03
                                        Sunday
                                        .New York, N.Y.Cotton Club
                                        200 W.48th St.
                                        Cotton Club Parade, fourth edition
                                        see 1938 03 09
                                        ...
                                        ..2012-09-22
                                        1938 04 04
                                        Monday
                                        2:30 - 6:40 p.m.
                                        .New York, N.Y..American Record Corporation/Brunswick (Master) small group recording session
                                        Cootie Williams and His Rug Cutters
                                        C.Williams, Nanton, Bigard, Hodges,Hardwick, Carney, Ellington, Guy, Taylor, Greer, Jerry Kruger (vocal).
                                        Lasker says arranger Jerry Blake was present.


                                          Titles recorded:
                                          • A Lesson In C
                                          • Swingtime In Honolulu 1
                                          • Carnival In Caroline
                                          • Ol' Man River

                                          1) Stratemann says Swingtime in Honolulu was a feature for the three Peters Sisters' New York debut.
                                        New Desor
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                                        1938 04 04
                                        Monday
                                        .New York, N.Y.Cotton Club
                                        200 W.48th St.
                                        Cotton Club Parade, fourth edition
                                        see 1938 03 09
                                        ...
                                        ..2012-09-22
                                        1938 04 05
                                        Tuesday
                                        .New York, N.Y.Cotton Club
                                        200 W.48th St.
                                        Cotton Club Parade, fourth edition
                                        see 1938 03 09
                                        ...
                                        ..2012-09-22
                                        1938 04 06
                                        Wednesday
                                        .New York, N.Y.Cotton Club
                                        200 W.48th St.
                                        Cotton Club Parade, fourth edition
                                        see 1938 03 09
                                        ...
                                        ..2012-09-22
                                        1938 04 07
                                        Thursday
                                        .New York, N.Y.Cotton Club
                                        200 W.48th St.
                                        Cotton Club Parade, fourth edition
                                        see 1938 03 09
                                        ...
                                        ..2012-09-22
                                        1938 04 08
                                        Friday
                                        .New York, N.Y.Cotton Club
                                        200 W.48th St.
                                        Cotton Club Parade, fourth edition
                                        see 1938 03 09
                                        ...
                                        ..2012-09-22
                                        1938 04 09
                                        Saturday
                                        .New York, N.Y.Cotton Club
                                        200 W.48th St.
                                        Cotton Club Parade, fourth edition
                                        see 1938 03 09
                                        ...
                                        ..2012-09-22
                                        1938 04 10
                                        Sunday
                                        .New York, N.Y.Abyssinian Baptist Church(Unconfirmed)

                                        This might be the March appearance.

                                        J. C. Fentress, California Eagle:

                                        There was the "swing concert" in N. Y.'s Abyssinia Baptist church, pastored by young Adam Powell, who created quite a stir in a West Coast visit a year or so ago. Such jazz high-ups as Duke Ellington and the Bros. Nicholas provided a "jam session" in the pulpit. But we have always shied away from the subject of religion in this column and we don't hesitate to do so now. So there!

                                        Stratemann:

                                        "With Fredi Washington as m.c., her sister Isabel Washington, then married to Adam Clayton Powell Jr. , the pastor of this, Harlem's largest church, the Nicholas Brothers and Ellington teamed with a number of lesser known performers to present a program of gospel, spirituals and jazz in benefit of a local home of the aged. Ellington gave his piano versions of "Sophisticated Lady," "Azure" and "If You Were In My Place."

                                        • J. Cullen Fentress, "Gab Stuff " California Eagle 1938-04-14, p.1
                                        • Igo's Duke Ellington Itinerary
                                        • Stratemann, p.152. citing the Amsterdam News 1938-04-12
                                        • Vail I
                                        • A. H. Lawrence, Duke Ellington and His World, p.212
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                                        Sunday
                                        .New York, N.Y.Cotton Club
                                        200 W.48th St.
                                        Cotton Club Parade, fourth edition
                                        see 1938 03 09
                                        ...
                                        ..2012-09-22
                                        1938 04 11
                                        Monday
                                        .New York, N.Y.American Record Corp. studios
                                        1776 Broadway
                                        American Record Corporation/Brunswick (Master) recording session
                                        13:30 - 18:10
                                        Duke Ellington and His Famous Orchestra
                                        Personnel, per S. Lasker: Stewart, W.Jones, Jenkins, C.Williams, Nanton, Brown, Tizol, Bigard, Hodges, Hardwick, Carney, Ellington, Guy, Taylor, Greer, Ivie Anderson. The session personnel listed in the sessionography in the MD11-248 book includes arranger Chappie Willett, but Mr. Lasker says there's no reason to think he was present.

                                        New Desor does not list Jenkins and suggests Ray Nance may have replaced Cootie on two titles.

                                        Lasker reports the studio ledger sheet for "I'm Slappin' Seventh Avenue" showed "Cootie left this number." Ray Nance told collector Bruce Davis the first record he made with Duke was "I'm Slappin' Seventh Avenue With The Sole Of My Shoe" He was in New York and available when someone got sick.
                                        Titles recorded:
                                        • Swingtime In Honolulu 1, 2
                                        • I'm Slappin' Seventh Avenue With the Sole of My Shoe1, 3
                                        • Dinah's In A Jam
                                        1. Written for the Cotton Club revue
                                        2. Vehicle for the three Peters Sisters
                                        3. Feature for PegLeg Bates
                                        New Desor
                                        DE3809
                                        DEMS
                                        Timner corrections .2011
                                        updated
                                        2014-03-22
                                        2015-03-05
                                        2015-07-01
                                        1938 04 11
                                        Monday
                                        .New York, N.Y.Cotton Club
                                        200 W.48th St.
                                        Cotton Club Parade, fourth edition
                                        see 1938 03 09
                                        ...
                                        ..2012-09-22
                                        1938 04 12
                                        Tuesday
                                        .New York, N.Y.Cotton Club
                                        200 W.48th St.
                                        Cotton Club Parade, fourth edition
                                        see 1938 03 09
                                        ...
                                        ..2012-09-22
                                        1938 04 13
                                        Wednesday
                                        .New York, N.Y.Cotton Club
                                        200 W.48th St.
                                        Cotton Club Parade, fourth edition
                                        see 1938 03 09
                                        ...
                                        ..2012-09-22
                                        1938 04 14
                                        Thursday
                                        .New York, N.Y.Cotton Club
                                        200 W.48th St.
                                        Cotton Club Parade, fourth edition
                                        see 1938 03 09
                                        ...
                                        ..2012-09-22
                                        1938 04 15
                                        Friday
                                        .New York, N.Y.Cotton Club
                                        200 W.48th St.
                                        Cotton Club Parade, fourth edition
                                        see 1938 03 09
                                        ...
                                        ..2012-09-22
                                        1938 04 16
                                        Saturday
                                        .New York, N.Y.Cotton Club
                                        200 W.48th St.
                                        Cotton Club Parade, fourth edition
                                        see 1938 03 09
                                        ...
                                        ..2012-09-22
                                        1938 04 17
                                        Sunday
                                        .New York, N.Y.Cotton Club
                                        200 W.48th St.
                                        Cotton Club Parade, fourth edition
                                        see 1938 03 09
                                        CBS broadcast from the Cotton Club:
                                        Duke Ellington and His Famous Orchestra
                                        W. Jones, C.Williams, Stewart, Brown, Nanton, Tizol, Bigard, Hodges, Hardwick, Carney, Ellington, Guy, Billy Taylor, Greer, Ivie Anderson
                                        Titles recorded:
                                          • You Went To My Head
                                          • Three Blind Mice
                                          • Solitude
                                          • Downtown Uproar
                                        • Girvan:
                                          Ellingtonia.com
                                        • Timner IV p.29
                                        • Stratemann p.
                                        • Liner notes, Jazz Unlimited CD: Duke Ellington at the Cotton Club 1937-1938
                                        New Desor
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                                        ..Added 2012-09-22

                                        updated 2014-03-22
                                        1938 04 18
                                        Monday
                                        .New York, N.Y.Cotton Club
                                        200 W.48th St.
                                        Cotton Club Parade, fourth edition
                                        see 1938 03 09
                                        ...
                                        ..2012-09-22
                                        1938 04 19
                                        Tuesday
                                        .New York, N.Y.Cotton Club
                                        200 W.48th St.
                                        Cotton Club Parade, fourth edition
                                        see 1938 03 09
                                        ...
                                        ..2012-09-22
                                        1938 04 20
                                        Wednesday
                                        .New York, N.Y.Cotton Club
                                        200 W.48th St.
                                        Cotton Club Parade, fourth edition
                                        see 1938 03 09
                                        ...
                                        ..2012-09-22
                                        1938 04 21
                                        Thursday
                                        ..."The New York Paramount Theater will present the second in its series of special guest star nights. Duke Ellington, Kay Thompson, Chick Webb and Jack Teagarden will be guests of Tommy Dorsey and his band and Ben Blue, now featured in the stageshow. They will appear during the last performance, in addition to the showing of the screen attraction,..."Plug and ad in the Brooklyn Daily Eagle 1938-04-21..
                                        .djpNew
                                        added 2012-09-12
                                        1938 04 21
                                        Thursday
                                        .New York, N.Y.Cotton Club
                                        200 W.48th St.
                                        Cotton Club Parade, fourth edition
                                        see 1938 03 09
                                        ...
                                        ..2012-09-22
                                        1938 04 22
                                        Friday
                                        .New York, N.Y.Cotton Club
                                        200 W.48th St.
                                        Cotton Club Parade, fourth edition
                                        see 1938 03 09
                                        ...
                                        ..2012-09-22
                                        1938 04 23
                                        Saturday
                                        .New York, N.Y.Cotton Club
                                        200 W.48th St.
                                        Cotton Club Parade, fourth edition
                                        see 1938 03 09
                                        ...
                                        ..2012-09-22
                                        1938 04 24
                                        Sunday
                                        .New York, N.Y.Cotton Club
                                        200 W.48th St.
                                        Cotton Club Parade, fourth edition
                                        see 1938 03 09

                                        CBS/WABC broadcast from the club
                                        Duke Ellington small group
                                        Stewart, Tizol, Bigard, Carney, Ellington, Taylor, Greer
                                        and
                                        Duke Ellington and His Orchestra
                                        W. Jones, C.Williams, Stewart, Brown, Nanton, Tizol, Bigard, Hodges, Hardwick, Carney, Ellington, Guy, Taylor, Greer, Ivie Anderson
                                        Titles recorded:
                                        • Demi-Tasse
                                        • Dinah's In A Jam
                                        • On The Sunny Side Of The Street
                                        • Azure
                                        • Carnival In Caroline
                                        New Desor
                                        DE3811
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                                        ..2011
                                        updated

                                        2012-09-22
                                        2014-03-23
                                        1938 04 25
                                        Monday
                                        .New York, N.Y.Cotton Club
                                        200 W.48th St.
                                        Cotton Club Parade, fourth edition
                                        see 1938 03 09
                                        ...
                                        ..2012-09-22
                                        1938 04 26
                                        Tuesday
                                        .New York, N.Y.Cotton Club
                                        200 W.48th St.
                                        Cotton Club Parade, fourth edition
                                        see 1938 03 09
                                        ...
                                        ..2012-09-22
                                        1938 04 27
                                        Wednesday
                                        .New York, N.Y.Cotton Club
                                        200 W.48th St.
                                        Cotton Club Parade, fourth edition
                                        see 1938 03 09
                                        ...
                                        ..2012-09-22
                                        1938 04 28
                                        Thursday
                                        .New York, N.Y.Radio City NBC StudiosWJZ broadcast over the NBC Blue network
                                        Duke Ellington and Ivie Anderson were featured on "Steine Bottle Boys Club"
                                        Carl Hällström:

                                        'The show's name was Steine Bottle Boys Swing Club, the time slot was 7:45-8:00 PM EST, April 28, 1938, and the Duke's portions were:
                                        -Black Beauty, Ellington piano solo
                                        -Rocking In Rhythm, Ellington piano solo
                                        -I Let A Song Go Out Of My Heart, Ivy Anderson vcl, Ellington piano'

                                        Steine Boys Bottle Club was a 15-minute network radio show sponsored by Sponsor: Glass Containers Association. It ran Mondays and Thursdays at 7:45 p.m. from, according to the OTRRpedia Database of Old Time Radio Programs and People, 1938 05 19 to 1938 06 16. The Ellington episode predated those dates, Variety announced the show in April:

                                        '"Steine Bottle Boys" (originally the Funnyboners) will have Bunny Berigan, Adrian Rollini, Teddy Wilson, Lionel Hampton and Duke Ellington and other swing specialists doing individual guest shots on their WJZ, Y.Y., series.'

                                        and the the OTRRpedia Database has a clipping from Radio Guide for the week ending 1938-04-30 announcing a Bunny Berrigan broadcast on 1938-04-07.
                                      • Email, Hällström-Palmquist
                                        • 2015 10 11
                                        • 2015 10 12
                                      • Variety 1938-04-20 p.30
                                      • OTRRpedia Database of Old Time Radio Programs and People
                                      • ..
                                        .C.H„llstr”;m oct09Added
                                        2011
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                                        2015-10-15
                                        1938 04 28
                                        Thursday
                                        .New York, N.Y.Cotton Club
                                        200 W.48th St.
                                        Cotton Club Parade, fourth edition
                                        see 1938 03 09
                                        ...
                                        ..2012-09-22
                                        1938 04 29
                                        Friday
                                        Ellington's birthday
                                        .New York, N.Y.Cotton Club
                                        200 W.48th St.
                                        Cotton Club Parade, fourth edition
                                        see 1938 03 09

                                        Pittsburgh Courier:

                                        "The desire of the British music public to hear Duke Ellington and his famous orchestra again...will be realized April 29 when Ellington and his men will be short-waved across the Atlantic.
                                          The pending engagement ... for this program will mark the first time that the composer-maestro has been thusly starred, notwithstanding the fact that the British Broadcasting Corporation has been negotiating for his talent since the beginning of the "America Dance" series on which famous orchestras were shot across the waves, radio and water.
                                          Though at present playing...at the Cotton Club, and broadcastng from there three times a week over a nationwide hookup as a sustainer and advertiser for the nitery, the band will be paid for this shot in accordance with the regular union scale covering such a performance."

                                        New York Age 1938-04-30:

                                        "Duke Ellington's birthday was marked by a half-hour broadcast to London at 4:30 p.m. - 9:30 p.m. London time, direct from the Cotton Club on Friday"

                                        Ted Yates, I've Been Around, New York Age 1938-05-07:

                                        "Swelegant was Duke Ellington's birthday party at the Cotton Club last Friday night. Along with the invited members of the press, our eyes met up with W.C.Handy, Lucille Handy, Fredi Washington, Billy Rowe and wife, Isadora; Ned Williams, director of publicity at Mills Artist Bureau; Red Noval, seated with Helen Oakley, the publicist; Al Brackman, "Hot Lips" Paige, Allan MacMillan, Jerome Ray, Will Hudson, Marie Neal, Richard Mills (son of Irving Mills), Mercer Ellington, Ruth Ellington and Bill Wiggins...That spectacular shortwave broadcast to London by Duke Ellington on Thursday (4 to 4:30 p.m.) was terminated with the Ellington hit tune "I Let a Song Go Out of My Heart."


                                        Stratemann says the party was in the afternoon, and the broadcast could not be heard in the U.S.
                                        CBS / BBC shortwave broadcast from the club:
                                        Duke Ellington and His Orchestra
                                        W. Jones, C.Williams, Stewart, Brown, Nanton, Tizol, Bigard, Hodges, Hardwick, Carney, Ellington, Guy, Taylor, Greer

                                        Titles recorded:
                                        • Chatterbox
                                        • Diminuendo In Blue
                                        • Caravan
                                        • Black And Tan Fantasy
                                        • Pittsburgh Courier, 1938-04-16, p.20
                                          • New York Age
                                          • 1938-04-30, p.7
                                          • 1938-05-07, p.7
                                        • Stratemann, p.152 citing
                                          • Variety 1838-04-22
                                          • Hollywood Reporter 1938-04-14 p.4
                                          • Down Beat 1938-06
                                          • DESB
                                          • Melody Maker 1938-05-07
                                        .
                                        New Desor
                                        DE3812
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                                        ..Added 2012-09-22

                                        updated 2014-03-23
                                        1938 04 30
                                        Saturday
                                        .New York, N.Y.Cotton Club
                                        200 W.48th St.
                                        Cotton Club Parade, fourth edition
                                        see 1938 03 09
                                        ...
                                        ..2012-09-22

                                        May 1938

                                        1938 05 01
                                        Sunday
                                        .New York, N.Y.Cotton Club
                                        200 W.48th St.
                                        Cotton Club Parade, fourth edition
                                        see 1938 03 09
                                        11:30 pm - recorded CBS/WABC broadcast:
                                        Duke Ellington and His Orchestra
                                        W. Jones, C.Williams, Stewart, Brown, Nanton, Tizol, Bigard, Hodges, Hardwick, Carney, Ellington, Guy, Taylor, Greer, Ivie Anderson

                                        Titles recorded:
                                        • Harmony In Harlem
                                        • At Your Beck And Call
                                        • Solitude
                                        • Medley: Gal From Joe's /Ridin' On A Blue Note
                                        • If Dreams Come True
                                        New Desor
                                        DE3813
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                                        ..2011
                                        updated
                                        2014-03-23
                                        1938 05 02
                                        Monday
                                        .New York, N.Y.Cotton Club
                                        200 W.48th St.
                                        Cotton Club Parade, fourth edition
                                        see 1938 03 09
                                        ...
                                        ..2012-09-22
                                        1938 05 03
                                        Tuesday
                                        .New York, N.Y.Cotton Club
                                        200 W.48th St.
                                        Cotton Club Parade, fourth edition
                                        see 1938 03 09
                                        ...
                                        ..2012-09-22
                                        1938 05 04
                                        Wednesday
                                        .New York, N.Y.Cotton Club
                                        200 W.48th St.
                                        Cotton Club Parade, fourth edition
                                        see 1938 03 09
                                        ...
                                        ..2012-09-22
                                        1938 05 05
                                        Thursday
                                        .New York, N.Y.Cotton Club
                                        200 W.48th St.
                                        Cotton Club Parade, fourth edition
                                        see 1938 03 09
                                        A broadcast instrumental version of Lost in Meditation once identified as recorded on this date has since been found to be a dub of the February 2, 1938 studio recording on Brunswick m8083. The New Desor authors agreed session DE3814 should be deleted.
                                        .New Desor
                                        DE3814
                                        DEMS
                                        djp2011
                                        updated
                                        2014-03-23
                                        1938 05 06
                                        Friday
                                        .New York, N.Y.Cotton Club
                                        200 W.48th St.
                                        Cotton Club Parade, fourth edition
                                        see 1938 03 09
                                        ...
                                        ..2012-09-22
                                        1938 05 07
                                        Saturday
                                        .New York, N.Y.Cotton Club
                                        200 W.48th St.
                                        Cotton Club Parade, fourth edition
                                        see 1938 03 09
                                        ...
                                        ..2012-09-22
                                        1938 05 08
                                        Sunday evening
                                        .Brooklyn, N.Y.Academy Of Music"Swing to Opera" gala to benefit the Brooklyn Urban League

                                        The lengthy show was to start at 8:15 and Duke appeared between "between shows," suggesting he appeared in the very late evening.

                                        Alfred A. Duckett, writing in the New York Age:

                                        "...Moving with a brilliant and sure dexterity, the unique show,... was headlined by such celebrities as Duke Ellington, who rushing to Brooklyn between shows, bowed himself into the heart of a wildly cheering crowd with a sparkling piano medley of his more famous creations;...
                                        Duke Ellington Presented
                                          Highlights [sic] of the evening was reached...with the announcement of Emcee [Noble] Sissle of the 'next artist on the program.'
                                        "Our music has always had its distinct twists and trends," Sissle declared, "and there are times when those tendencies go down in history as epic. We believe and know that when the record is inscribed of this after-war period when the American dance and popular-music loving public [illegible] to forget itself, there [illegible] one gallant name foremost [illegible] Let me introduce the [illegible] famous master musician, Duke Ellington."
                                          The writer believes that the old Academy of Music,...has never seen the likes of the ovation which greeted 'Duke's' appearance on the stage. The beloved musician, wearing a grey pin-stripe suit and accessories of the same color, modestly took the barrage of acclaim and apologized for not being able to present his whole band.
                                          "For," declared Duke Ellington, emperor of swing, and idol of millions, "without the band, I'm not very important."
                                          And just to show how unimportant he could be without the band, Duke gave a ten-minute piano medley of those of his more popular songs. Lovers of Beethoven and Schubert thrilled to enthused applause as the wistful strains of Solitude, Sophisticated Lady and others came from the fingers of the master-musician. And it was another rousing round of applause that rocked the house when the master had finished. It lasted three or four minutes after he had departed. The crowd wanted more. But Duke Ellington had gone. Just as some day, Duke must leave the stage of his profession. The crowd will always want more and will always feel that his personality and ability have left a lasting impression that belittles applause that is audible..."

                                        Other performers named include
                                        • Romulo Ribera (violin)
                                        • Louis Armstong with Midge Williams, Red Allen and Luis Russell
                                        • Valya Valentinoff of the Monte Carlo Ballet Russe
                                        • Chuck and Chuckles
                                        • Fredi Washington
                                        • Jim Herbert, track star
                                        • Noble Sissle, president of the Negro Actor's Guild of America, Inc. and master of ceremonies for most of the evening.
                                        • Screene and Johnson, flash dancers
                                        • Beverly Page, little blue-eyed golden haired singer
                                        • Anita Thelma, ballet dance
                                        • Claudine Lombard, singing
                                        • Elizabeth Bonte, singing
                                        • Trio Wakimir, perch act from the Ringling Brothers Barnum and Bailey Circus.
                                        • Bernard Cooper, monologue skit
                                        • The Sam Woding Choir of Tomorrow
                                        • Honeyboy Thompson, alternate master of ceremonies
                                        • John W. Cooper, ventriloquist
                                        • Juan Martinez and Antonita, Spanish dancers.
                                        • Ad, unidentified source, Vail I
                                        • 'Thousands Cheer "Swing to Opera" At Academy,' New York Age, 1935-05-14 p.8
                                        ..
                                        .djp.2011
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                                        2014-03-23
                                        1938 05 08
                                        Sunday
                                        .New York, N.Y.Cotton Club
                                        200 W.48th St.
                                        Cotton Club Parade, fourth edition
                                        see 1938 03 09

                                        11:00 - 11:30 pm WABC/CBS recorded broadcast
                                        Duke Ellington and His Orchestra
                                        W. Jones, C.Williams, Stewart, Brown, Nanton, Tizol, Bigard, Hodges, Hardwick, Carney, Ellington, Guy, Taylor, Greer, Ivie Anderson
                                        Titles recorded:
                                        • Oh Babe, Maybe Someday
                                        • I Let A Song Go Out Of My Heart
                                        New Desor
                                        DE3815
                                        DEMS
                                        ..2011
                                        updated
                                        2014-03-23
                                        1938 05 09
                                        Monday
                                        .New York, N.Y.Cotton Club
                                        200 W.48th St.
                                        Cotton Club Parade, fourth edition
                                        see 1938 03 09
                                        ...
                                        ..2012-09-22
                                        1938 05 10
                                        Tuesday
                                        .New York, N.Y.Cotton Club
                                        200 W.48th St.
                                        Cotton Club Parade, fourth edition
                                        see 1938 03 09

                                        Syndicated columnist Dale Harrison wrote that W.C.Handy was sitting at the table next to him in the club Tuesday.
                                        Dale Harrison, New York, Seattle Daily Times, 1938-05-16, editorial page..
                                        ..2012-09-22
                                        updated 2014-03-24
                                        1938 05 11
                                        Wednesday
                                        8:30 p.m.
                                        .New York, N.Y.Madison Square GardenEllington and his orchestra performed in the evening at the Community Rally for the Greater New York Fund

                                        Reserved seats, 50 cents and $1.00

                                        Parts of the rally were broadcast on WHN and WJZ at 9:00, WABC at 9:30 and 11:00, WOR at 10:30 and 11:15, and WQXR at 11:00 P.M.
                                        • Stratemann p.152, citing Variety 1938-05-18 p.43
                                        • Brooklyn Daily Eagle,
                                          • "Fun in the Garden," 1938-05-12 p.12
                                          • Radio log, 1938-05-11
                                        • New York Post:
                                          • $10,000,000 Fund Launched for All City's Charities,1938-02-25 p.11
                                          • The Story Behind the Greater New York Fund, 1938-05-20, p.15
                                        • Ad, Come to New York's First Community Party! with list of performers, p.9 of both Brooklyn Daily Eagle and New York Post, 1938-05-10 page 16, 1938-05-11
                                        ..
                                        .djp2011
                                        updated
                                        2014-03-24
                                        1938 05 11
                                        Wednesday
                                        .New York, N.Y.Cotton Club
                                        200 W.48th St.
                                        Cotton Club Parade, fourth edition
                                        see 1938 03 09
                                        ...
                                        ..2012-09-22
                                        1938 05 12
                                        Thursday
                                        .New York, N.Y.Cotton Club
                                        200 W.48th St.
                                        Cotton Club Parade, fourth edition
                                        see 1938 03 09

                                        K. Götting reports broadcast recordings exist, citing TDES Nov. 2010 and a May 2011 message from Carl A. Hällström.

                                        Timner lists the broadcast from the Cotton Club, CBS at 11:05 pm.
                                        • TDESnov10
                                        • Götting, The Duke, Where and When, 2011
                                        • Timner V, p.644
                                        ..
                                        ..2012-09-22, updaged
                                        1938 05 13
                                        Friday
                                        .New York, N.Y.Cotton Club
                                        200 W.48th St.
                                        Cotton Club Parade, fourth edition
                                        see 1938 03 09
                                        ...
                                        ..2012-09-22
                                        1938 05 14
                                        Saturday
                                        .New York, N.Y.Cotton Club
                                        200 W.48th St.
                                        Cotton Club Parade, fourth edition
                                        see 1938 03 09
                                        ...
                                        ..2012-09-22
                                        1938 05 15
                                        Sunday
                                        .New York, N.Y.Cotton Club
                                        200 W.48th St.
                                        Cotton Club Parade, fourth edition
                                        see 1938 03 09
                                        CBS /WABC recorded remote broadcast 11:05 p.m.
                                        Duke Ellington and His Orchestra
                                        W. Jones, C.Williams, Stewart, Brown, Nanton, Tizol, Bigard, Hodges, Hardwick, Carney, Ellington, Guy, Taylor, Greer, Ivie Anderson
                                        Titles recorded:
                                        • If Dreams Come True
                                        • Birmingham Breakdown
                                        • Rose Room
                                        • Echoes Of Harlem
                                        • It's The Dreamer In Me
                                        • Lost In Meditation
                                        • Demi-Tasse (aka Ev'ry Day, Evah Day) (septet)
                                        • Echoes Of Harlem
                                        New Desor
                                        DE3816
                                        DEMS
                                        ..2011
                                        updated
                                        2014-03-24
                                        1938 05 16
                                        Monday
                                        .New York, N.Y.Cotton Club
                                        200 W.48th St.
                                        Cotton Club Parade, fourth edition
                                        see 1938 03 09
                                        ...
                                        ..2012-09-22
                                        1938 05 17
                                        Tuesday
                                        .New York, N.Y.Cotton Club
                                        200 W.48th St.
                                        Cotton Club Parade, fourth edition
                                        see 1938 03 09
                                        ...
                                        ..2012-09-22
                                        1938 05 18
                                        Wednesday
                                        .New York, N.Y.Cotton Club
                                        200 W.48th St.
                                        Cotton Club Parade, fourth edition
                                        see 1938 03 09
                                        ...
                                        ..2012-09-22
                                        1938 05 19
                                        Thursday
                                        .New York, N.Y.Cotton Club
                                        200 W.48th St.
                                        Cotton Club Parade, fourth edition
                                        see 1938 03 09
                                        ...
                                        ..2012-09-22
                                        1938 05 20
                                        Friday
                                        .New York, N.Y.Cotton Club
                                        200 W.48th St.
                                        Cotton Club Parade, fourth edition
                                        see 1938 03 09
                                        ...
                                        ..2012-09-22
                                        1938 05 21
                                        Saturday
                                        .New York, N.Y.Cotton Club
                                        200 W.48th St.
                                        Cotton Club Parade, fourth edition
                                        see 1938 03 09
                                        ...
                                        ..2012-09-22
                                        1938 05 22
                                        Sunday
                                        9:15 - 11:30 p.m.
                                        .Newark, N.J.Sussex Avenue Armory(Unconfirmed)

                                        Benefit

                                        ALL-STAR SHOW - DANCE - FROLIC
                                        Benefit of Hebrew Orphans Sheltering Home
                                        ...
                                        Some of the Stellar Talent Who Will Appear!
                                        Sophie Tucker, Lou Holtz, Helen Morgan, Jay C. Flippen, Bobby Clark, Cross & Dunn, Estelle Taylor, Duke Ellington, George Givot, Henry Youngman
                                        And A Dozen Other Noted Headliners!
                                        Russ Morgan and His Orchestra
                                        Will Play for the Dancing Following the Big Show
                                        $3,000 In Prizes Will Be Awarded ...

                                        The follow-up story on May 27 said 9,000 people attended, but doesn't mention the entertainers so it isn't clear if Ellington appeared, and if he did, if he came with the band.
                                        Ad, Jewish Chronicle 1938-05-20, p.5..
                                        .djpNew
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                                        1938 05 22
                                        Sunday
                                        .New York, N.Y.Cotton Club
                                        200 W.48th St.
                                        Cotton Club Parade, fourth edition
                                        see 1938 03 09
                                        CBS/WABC recorded remote broadcast 11:05 p.m. (Timner) or 11:30 (Vail)
                                        Timner seems to be correct - this broadcast is listed on the hour in the radio logs in the Baton Rouge Advocate, Illinois State Journal, Seattle Sunday Times and the Rockford Illinois Register-Republic.
                                        Duke Ellington and His Orchestra
                                        W. Jones, C.Williams, Stewart, Brown, Nanton, Tizol, Bigard, Hodges, Hardwick, Carney, Ellington, Guy, Taylor, Greer, Ivie Anderson
                                        Titles recorded:
                                        • East St. Louis Toodle-O (theme)
                                        • Jig Walk (Timner says this is not similar to other recordings by this name)
                                        • In A Sentimental Mood
                                        • I'm Slappin' Seventh Avenue
                                        • Lost In Meditation
                                        • Alabamy Home
                                        • If You Were In My Place
                                        New Desor
                                        DE3817
                                        DEMS
                                        .djp2011
                                        updated
                                        2014-03-24
                                        1938 05 23
                                        Monday
                                        .New York, N.Y.Cotton Club
                                        200 W.48th St.
                                        Cotton Club Parade, fourth edition
                                        see 1938 03 09
                                        ...
                                        ..2012-09-22
                                        1938 05 24
                                        Tuesday
                                        .New York, N.Y.Cotton Club
                                        200 W.48th St.
                                        Cotton Club Parade, fourth edition
                                        see 1938 03 09
                                        ...
                                        ..2012-09-22
                                        1938 05 25
                                        Wednesday
                                        .New York, N.Y.Cotton Club
                                        200 W.48th St.
                                        Cotton Club Parade, fourth edition
                                        see 1938 03 09
                                        ...
                                        ..2012-09-22
                                        1938 05 26
                                        Thursday
                                        .New York, N.Y.Cotton Club
                                        200 W.48th St.
                                        Cotton Club Parade, fourth edition
                                        see 1938 03 09
                                        ...
                                        ..2012-09-22
                                        1938 05 27
                                        Friday
                                        .New York, N.Y.Cotton Club
                                        200 W.48th St.
                                        Cotton Club Parade, fourth edition
                                        see 1938 03 09
                                        ...
                                        ..2012-09-22
                                        1938 05 28
                                        Saturday
                                        .New York, N.Y.Cotton Club
                                        200 W.48th St.
                                        Cotton Club Parade, fourth edition
                                        see 1938 03 09
                                        ...
                                        ..2012-09-22
                                        1938 05 29
                                        Sunday
                                        11:00 am
                                        to 4:45 pm
                                        .New York, N.Y.Randalls Island Municipal Stadium"Carnival Of Swing"
                                        Ellington was the fourth act reported third-hand in the syndicated "On the Air" column, so probably played in the early part of the afternoon.

                                        Lasker:
                                        Photographs of the band ... show Jenkins in his last known engagement with Ellington.
                                        New York Sun:

                                        Swing on Randalls Island
                                          ...the outdoor season really began on Sunday with a six-hour concert in Randalls Island Municipal Stadium. Benefitting from the attendance of 23,000 devotees and neophytes was the Hospital Fund of Local 802 of the American Federation of Musicians. Nominally a Carnival of Swing conducted by radio station WNEW, the charitable cloak was also spread over such non-swinging tune dispensers as Rudy Vallee, Kay Kyser, et al., who contributed entertainment, if not high aesthetic values, to the sum of the afternoon's program.
                                          Among the twenty-seven ensembles that took their places in steady succession before the three sets of microphones were such estimable organizations as Count Basie's, Duke Ellington's, Chick Webb's, Gene Krupa's, Woody Herman's, John Kirby's and Stuff Smith's. Those who are searching for a key to the subject of swing might have found a suggestion in the fact that the bands of Basie and Ellington, dispensing music largely by the leaders of the respective organizations, accomplished the best results in their widely different fields. There were also respectable personal triumphs for the team calling themselves Slim and Slam, for Gene Krupa, and for Chick Webb and lusty demands for the absent Benny Goodman, whose schedule had him elsewhere. Aside from the usual exhibitinism of those who came to diverty their neighbors, the genuine enthusiasm of the majority of the listeners should encourage the sponsors to present a better, rather than a bigger, affair next year.1


                                        The Plaindealer:

                                        ...Vincent Lopez started the Battle of Swing with an appropriate "Star Spangled Banner," immediately followed by a jam-up arrangement of "Jingle Bells" and "Swingin' with the Goons" and by Betty Huton asking "Who Stole the Jam?" which set the crowd in a frenzy. Woody Herman's band followed Mr. Lopez...as was himself succeeded by Slim and Slam - Slim, a lanky young sepian picking a red guitar - who beat out "Flat Feet Flogee with their Floy Floy!"
                                          But this was only the beginning. Duke Ellington began sending the audience with his "Diminuendo and Crescendo in Blue," which caused the crowd to make a mad dash out of the grandstand and back again, and no sooner had peace been restored than Ivy Anderson started things all over again, with the St. Louis Blues." W.C.Handy, 64-year old author of the song, and without whom no jam session is authentic, came out and spoke a few words to the audience.   And then on and on went the parade: Stuff Smith, Kay Kyser, Count Basie, Edgar Hayes, Chick Webb, Joe Marshala [sic], Sammy Kaye and many others, some hot and some sweet, and all killer-dillers.
                                        ... sponsored by radio station WNEW as a jam session to end all jam sessions, and the profits from the $13,700 gate, after everythng and everybody was paid, went to the hospital fund of Local 802,..."2


                                        In a March 2018 interview shown on YouTube, Dan Morgenstern said there is some survinving silent Hearst newsreel film footage of the concert. He spoke about the performance of Diminuendo and Crescendo in Blue, about the audience dancing in the aisle on this occasion, years before the Newport concert, and of finding coverage in Melody Maker magazine.
                                        • 1/ New York Sun, 1938-05-31, p.15
                                        • 2/ On the Air, The Plaindealer, Kansas City, Kans., 1938-06-10 p.3
                                        • Indianapolis Recorder, Indianapolis, Ind., 1938-06-11 p.13
                                        • Stratemann 153 & photo p.155
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                                        1938 05 29
                                        Sunday
                                        .New York, N.Y.Cotton Club
                                        200 W.48th St.
                                        Cotton Club Parade, fourth edition
                                        see 1938 03 09

                                        CBS/WABC remote broadcast, 11:05 - 11:30 PM (Timner) or 11:30-midnight (Vail)
                                        Duke Ellington and His Orchestra
                                        W. Jones, C.Williams, Stewart, Brown, Nanton, Tizol, Bigard, Hodges, Hardwick, Carney, Ellington, Guy, Taylor, Greer

                                        Titles recorded:
                                        • Prelude In C Sharp Minor
                                        • Rockin' In Rhythm
                                        New Desor
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                                        1938 05 29
                                        Sunday
                                        Midnight
                                        1938 05 30
                                        Monday
                                        5:15 a.m.
                                        New York, N.Y.Apollo TheatreEllington and his orchestra and the members of the Cotton Club show played a benefit at the Apollo, apparently after finishing at the club that night:

                                        "...Boys Advisory Committee and the Friends of the Harlem branch of the Children's Aid Society ...lined up ...a Who's Who of Show Business for their benefit at the Apollo Theatre on Sunday, May 29th at midnight.
                                          Included among the orchestras scheduled to appear are Chick Webb and his orchestra with Ella Fitzgerald; 'Stuff' Smith and Edgar Hayes and their sensational orchestras. Through the courtesy of WMCA come 'Smilin' Jerry Baker, Roy Gobey, Don Kerry and Charlotte Buchwald. Outstanding among the talent this year are Harlem's favorite Duke Ellington, Anise and Alan, Aida Ward and the Four Step Brothers. Dan Healy and the lovely Fredi Washington will also be on hand. Radio's newest sensation, Bob Howard, will appear and the Beale Street Boys from Jack White's Club 18...(1)

                                        The above announcement names about 20 more additional acts. The next week, the Age announced

                                        "...The Harlem Children's Center's annual benefit show for its camp fund will be held on Sunday midnight...This show will probably include every headline act in New York. The theatre Authority and Local 802...have given the affair their official O.K. and performers and musicians are solidly behind the affair.
                                          The Center announced this week the names of those who had been added to the cast including: the one and only Duke Ellington, the Peters sisters, Peg Leg Bates, Aida Ward, Anice and Alan and the Four Step Brothers, all currently at the Cotton Club.
                                          The Savoy Ballroom is sending the inimitable Chick Webb and his orchestra, .."(2)

                                        Ellington's participation is confirmed in the next edition:

                                        "An overflow audience ... enjoyed a five-hour show, the annual midnight benefit show of the Harlem Children's Center of the Children's Aid Society...And from start to finish the patrons enjoyed a bangup show which did not end until 5.15 Monday morning.
                                          The program opened at 12:15 with George Gregory, director of the Center, introducing Dan Healy...The show opened with Chick Webb and his orchestra playing and Ella Fitzgerald, popular vocalist of the band, singing....
                                         ...The Ginger Boys were next, followed by Duke Ellington and his Cotton Club revue, after which the program came to an end with the playing of several numbers by the Harlem Childrens Center Orchestra..."(3)

                                          New York Age
                                        1. 1938-05-21 p.4
                                        2. 1938-05-28 p,4
                                        3. 1938-06-04 p.4
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                                        1938 05 30
                                        Monday
                                        .New York, N.Y.Cotton Club
                                        200 W.48th St.
                                        Cotton Club Parade, fourth edition
                                        see 1938 03 09
                                        ...
                                        ..2012-09-22
                                        1938 05 31
                                        Tuesday
                                        .New York, N.Y.Cotton Club
                                        200 W.48th St.
                                        Cotton Club Parade, fourth edition
                                        see 1938 03 09

                                        The May 27 edition of the Brooklyn Daily Eagle reported that Herman Stark announced the Cotton Club would end its second Broadway season "next Tuesday," adhering to its 14-year policy of closing for the summer. This conflicts with an announcement in The Billboard, 1938-06-11 p.16 cited by Stratemann, saying the club closed "last Thursday," which Stratemann interpreted as June 9 but could have been June 2, depending on The Billboard's deadline.
                                        Steven Lasker:

                                        'If this item is to be believed, then the Cotton Club closed during the summer of every year since 1924. Actually, a padlock order closed the club for the summer of 1925, but I've found no evidence that the club closed during the summers of 1928, 1929 or 1930 when Ellington's band was resident. Note also that air conditioning was installed in the club by 1928 (as noted in the Morning Telegraph's "Harlemania" column by Lee Posner, found in the Cotton Club Miscellany) so the club would have been comfortably cool even in the doggiest days of summer...'

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                                        June 1938

                                        1938 06 01
                                        Wednesday
                                        .New York, N.Y.Cotton Club
                                        200 W.48th St.
                                        (Unconfirmed)
                                        Cotton Club Parade, fourth edition
                                        see 1938 03 09
                                        ...
                                        ..2012-09-22
                                        1938 06 02
                                        Thursday
                                        .New York, N.Y.Cotton Club
                                        200 W.48th St.
                                        (Unconfirmed)
                                        Cotton Club Parade, fourth edition
                                        see 1938 03 09

                                        Remote CBS/WABC broadcast 11:05 pm (Timner)
                                        ...
                                        ..2012-09-22
                                        1938 06 03
                                        Friday
                                        .New York, N.Y.Cotton Club
                                        200 W.48th St.
                                        (Unconfirmed)
                                        Cotton Club Parade, fourth edition
                                        see 1938 03 09
                                        ...
                                        ..2012-09-22
                                        1938 06 04
                                        Saturday
                                        .New York, N.Y.Cotton Club
                                        200 W.48th St.
                                        (Unconfirmed)
                                        Cotton Club Parade, fourth edition
                                        see 1938 03 09
                                        ...
                                        ..2012-09-22
                                        1938 06 05
                                        Sunday
                                        .New York, N.Y.Cotton Club
                                        200 W.48th St.
                                        (Unconfirmed)
                                        Cotton Club Parade, fourth edition
                                        see 1938 03 09

                                        Remote CBS/WABC broadcast 11:05 pm (Timner)
                                        ...
                                        ..2012-09-22
                                        1938 06 06
                                        Monday
                                        .New York, N.Y.Cotton Club
                                        200 W.48th St.
                                        (Unconfirmed)
                                        Cotton Club Parade, fourth edition
                                        see 1938 03 09
                                        ...
                                        ..2012-09-22
                                        1938 06 07
                                        Tuesday
                                        6:00 - 11:20 P.M.
                                        .New York, N.Y.American Record Corp. studios
                                        1776 Broadway
                                        American Record Corporation-Brunswick (Master) recording session
                                        Duke Ellington and His Famous Orchestra
                                        W. Jones, C.Williams, Stewart, Brown, Nanton, Tizol, Bigard, Hodges, Hardwick, Carney, Ellington, Guy, Taylor, Greer, Ivie Anderson

                                        Ellington plays tomtom instead of piano on Pyramid.
                                        Titles recorded:
                                        • You Gave Me The Gate and I'm Swinging
                                        • Rose Of The Rio Grande
                                        • Pyramid
                                        • When My Sugar Walks Down The Street
                                        New Desor
                                        DE3819
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                                        1938 06 07
                                        Tuesday
                                        .New York, N.Y.Cotton Club
                                        200 W.48th St.
                                        (Unconfirmed)
                                        Cotton Club Parade, fourth edition
                                        see 1938 03 09
                                        ...
                                        ..2012-09-22
                                        1938 06 08
                                        Wednesday
                                        .New York, N.Y.Cotton Club
                                        200 W.48th St.
                                        (Unconfirmed)
                                        Cotton Club Parade, fourth edition
                                        see 1938 03 09
                                        ...
                                        ..2012-09-22
                                        1938 06 09
                                        Thursday
                                        .New York, N.Y.Cotton Club
                                        200 W.48th St.
                                        (Unconfirmed)
                                        Cotton Club Parade, fourth edition
                                        see 1938 03 09
                                        ...
                                        ..2012-09-22
                                        1938 06 10
                                        Friday
                                        1938 06 16New York, N.Y.Apollo Theater
                                        253 W. 125th St., Borough of Manhattan, Harlem district
                                        Vaudeville show

                                        "NEW YORK, June 23 - Duke Ellington and his orchestra closed a successful week's engagement at the Apollo theater Thursday night...
                                         The Duke's stand at the Apollo was his first in Harlem since opening at the Cotton Club early last March. With several theater and dance dates on the book to be filled, Ellington will remain in the city and directly after the Joe Louis-Max Schmeling battle, will go to the hospital for a delayed operation. He will probably remain there for two weeks after which he will take to the road.
                                         Others on the Apollo bill with him were: Ivy Anderson, John Mason, John Vigal and John La Rue in a well balanced revue produced by Leonard Harper."

                                        • Stratemann p.153 citing New York Age 1938-06-11
                                        • Pittsburgh Courier, 1938-06-25 p.21
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                                        1938 06 11
                                        Saturday
                                        .New York, N.Y.Apollo Theater
                                        253 W. 125th St.
                                        Harlem
                                        Stage show - see 1938 06 10...
                                        ..2011
                                        1938 06 12
                                        Sunday
                                        .New York, N.Y.Apollo Theater
                                        253 W. 125th St.
                                        Harlem
                                        Stage show - see 1938 06 10...
                                        ..2011
                                        1938 06 13
                                        Monday
                                        .New York, N.Y.Apollo Theater
                                        253 W. 125th St.
                                        Harlem
                                        Stage show - see 1938 06 10...
                                        ..2011
                                        1938 06 14
                                        Tuesday
                                        .New York, N.Y.Apollo Theater
                                        253 W. 125th St.
                                        Harlem
                                        Stage show - see 1938 06 10...
                                        ..2011
                                        1938 06 14
                                        Tuesday
                                        .New Rochelle, N.Y..(Unconfirmed)

                                        New Rochelle celebrated its 250th anniversary from June 12 to 18. The New York Age of 1938-06-25 reported

                                        "Duke Ellington, world famous band leader and composer, appeared last Tuesday evening in New Rochelle as guest of the New York Age Westchester Editor Avis B. Fields, for the 250th Anniversary of New Rochelle. He received the unstinted plaudits of the 5,000 'rug-cutters and jitterbugs' of that city block dance. This was the first appearnce [sic] of Mr. Ellington in this city and he had to be ushered to his car by four policemen. New Rochelle indeed is in love with him for the good he did for our 250th anniversary. Douge Moye who furnished the music introduced the editor and then Mr. Ellington.

                                        New York Age 1938-06-25 p.12..
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                                        1938 06 15
                                        Wednesday
                                        .New York, N.Y.Apollo Theater
                                        253 W. 125th St.
                                        Harlem
                                        Stage show - see 1938 06 10...
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                                        1938 06 16
                                        Thursday
                                        .New York, N.Y.Apollo Theater
                                        253 W. 125th St.
                                        Harlem
                                        Stage show - see 1938 06 10...
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                                        1938 06 17
                                        Friday
                                        ...activities not documented...
                                        ...
                                        1938 06 18
                                        Saturday
                                        8 p.m. to midnight
                                        .Providence, R.I.AuditoriumBenefit dance - 6,000 dancers at 50 cents a head, topping Benny Goodman's attendance record.
                                        • Stratemann p.153 citing The Billboard 1938-07-02 p.12
                                        • Igo itinerary
                                        • Vail I
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                                        1938 06 19
                                        Sunday
                                        .Schenectady, N.Y.

                                        PALORAMA
                                        End Crane Street - SCHENECTADY

                                        Tomorrow Nite
                                        (June 19)
                                        IN PERSON -
                                        DUKE
                                        ELLINGTON
                                        And His Famous Orchestra
                                        Admission 75c Per Person
                                        Ad, Amsterdam Evening Recorder 1938-06-18. p.6..
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                                        1938 06 20
                                        Monday
                                        7:00 P.M.to Midnight
                                        .New York, N.Y.American Record Corp. studios
                                        1776 Broadway
                                        American Record Corporation/Brunswick (Master) recording session
                                        Duke Ellington and His Famous Orchestra
                                        W. Jones, C.Williams, Stewart, Brown, Nanton, Tizol, Bigard, Hodges, Hardwick, Carney, Ellington, Guy, Taylor, Greer, Ivie Anderson
                                        Titles recorded:
                                        • Watermelon Man
                                        • A Gypsy Without A Song
                                        • The Stevedore's Serenade
                                        • La De Doody Do
                                        New Desor
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                                        1938 06 21
                                        Tuesday
                                        ...activities not documented...
                                        ...
                                        1938 06 22
                                        Wednesday
                                        .New York, N.Y..American Record Corporation/Brunswick (Master) small group recording session
                                        14:00 - 18:45
                                        Johnny Hodges and His Orchestra
                                        C.Williams, Brown, Hodges, Carney, Ellington, Taylor, Greer, Mary McHugh

                                        Titles recorded:
                                        • You Walked Out Of The Picture
                                        • Pyramid
                                        • Empty Ballroom Blues
                                        • Lost In Meditation
                                        New Desor
                                        DE3821
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                                        1938 06 22
                                        Wednesday
                                        .New York, N.Y.
                                        Bronx
                                        Yankee StadiumStratemann reports Ellington delayed surgery to attend the heavyweight championship boxing match between Joe Louis and Max Schmeling.Stratemann, p.153..
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                                        1938 06 23
                                        Thursday
                                        ...activities not documented...
                                        ...
                                        1938 06 24
                                        Friday
                                        .New York, N.Y. Wickersham HospitalBand activities not documented
                                        Stratemann reports Johnny Hodges was away around this time due to blood poisoning. Igo dates Hodges' absence around June 13, based on The Billboard.
                                        New Desor and Stratemann, p.153New Desor
                                        DE3822
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                                        1938 06 24
                                        Friday
                                        1938 07 15New York, N.Y.Wickersham Hospital(Unconfirmed)

                                        The New Desor entry for the June 25 broadcast says Ellington entered the hospital the day before. This seems a little early if the surgery was July 1. Stratemann reports Ellington was home on July 15.
                                        New Desor and Stratemann, p.153New Desor
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                                        1938 06 25
                                        Saturday
                                        .New York, N.Y.CBS Playhouse #1While Ellington was in the hospital, a small group from the band played Frolic Sam for a recorded CBS broadcast, the second anniversary show of Saturday Night Swing Club.
                                        The Ellington ensemble was C. Williams, Tizol, Bigard, Carney, David Bowman (subbing on piano), Taylor, and Greer

                                        New Desor says the group is the same septet as session DE3611, except for Bowman subbing for Duke; Stratemann and Vail mistakenly have Ellington on piano instead of Bowman and say the group was an octet. Stratemann cites Down Beat 1938-07. Vail adds Fred Guy but as usual doesn't name his source.
                                        New Desor
                                        DE3822
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                                        1938 06 26
                                        Sunday
                                        .Schenectady, N.Y. Club Paloramaactivities not documented
                                        Stratemann and Vail I report Ellington performed here June 26, and Stratemann says there were 1,200 dancers. This appears to be incorrect - the event was advertised for June 19.

                                        activities not documented
                                        • Stratemann p.153 citing
                                          • The Billboard 1938-07-02 p.12
                                          • DESB
                                        • Vail I
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                                        1938 06 26
                                        Sunday
                                        ...Sidemen's activities are not documented
                                        Ellington possibly entered the hospital this early.
                                        ...
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                                        1938 06 27
                                        Monday
                                        ...Sidemen's activities are not documented

                                        Ellington in hospital
                                        ...
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                                        1938 06 28
                                        Tuesday
                                        ...Sidemen's activities are not documented
                                        Ellington in hospital
                                        ...
                                        ..2011
                                        1938 06 29
                                        Wednesday
                                        1938 07 25New York, N.Y.Wickersham HospitalSidemen's activities are not documented
                                        Ellington in hospital
                                        ...
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                                        1938 06 30
                                        Thursday
                                        ...Sidemen's activities are not documented
                                        Ellington in hospital
                                        ...
                                        ..2011

                                        July 1938

                                        1938 07 01
                                        Friday
                                        .Newark, N.J.. Peripheral event
                                        The Jewish Chronicle:

                                        'Clap hands for Duke Ellington, bandleader at the Cotton Club, who replied to a request from some German tourists with: "I am a non-Aryan and so cannot grant your request to play the Horst Wessel song" '

                                        The Horst-Wessel-Lied (Horst Wessel Song) was the anthem of the Nazi Party in Germany from 1930 to 1945.
                                        Strictly Confidential, The Jewish Chronicle, Newark, N.J., 1938-07-01 p.1..
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                                        1938 07 01
                                        Friday
                                        .New York, N.Y.Wickersham Hospital
                                        West 58th St.
                                        Sidemen's activities are not documented
                                        Stratemann reports Ellington had surgery July 1 to repair a hernia and he appears to have left the hospital July 15. .


                                        Trade papers reported Ellington wrote an opera and/or a Broadway show.
                                        Stratemann p.153 citing
                                        • The Billboard 1938-07-23 p.12
                                        • Down Beat 1938-08
                                        • The Billboard 1938-08-13 p.13
                                        • Variety 1938-09-02
                                        • Down Beat 1938-10
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                                        1938 07 02
                                        Saturday
                                        ...Sidemen's activities are not documented
                                        Ellington in hospital
                                        ...
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                                        1938 07 03
                                        Sunday
                                        ...Sidemen's activities are not documented
                                        Ellington in hospital
                                        ...
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                                        1938 07 04
                                        Monday
                                        ...Sidemen's activities are not documented
                                        Ellington in hospital
                                        ...
                                        ..2011
                                        1938 07 05
                                        Tuesday
                                        ...Sidemen's activities are not documented
                                        Ellington in hospital
                                        ...
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                                        1938 07 06
                                        Wednesday
                                        ...Sidemen's activities are not documented
                                        Ellington in hospital
                                        ...
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                                        1938 07 07
                                        Thursday
                                        ...Sidemen's activities are not documented
                                        Ellington in hospital
                                        Pittsburgh Courier:

                                        "NEW YORK CITY, July 7 - Duke Ellington...is resting easy in his private quarters at the Wickersham Hospital on west 58th street after undergoing a hernia operation last week.
                                         The operation which was performed by Dr. Louis T. Wright of Harlem and Dr. Arthur Logan of down town New York, at no time had the composer-musician in danger. He suffered little after effects and has been reported benefitted by the rest which the operation necessitates him taking.
                                         Though confined to the hospital, Ellington is far from idle and has already composed several new songs which he asserted may turn out to be just as big universal hits as his present tune, "I Let A Song Go Out of My Heart." One of these numbers has something to do with the land discovered by the maestro while under the influence of operating gas.
                                         Simultaneously with his confinement to the hospital, two new Ellington tunes were released by ...Brunswick......"Pyramid" and "When My Sugar Walks Down the Street. "Pyramid" by Ellington and Julian [sic] Tizol has been given an entirely new Ellington treatment...
                                         Ellington will remain in the hospital for at least another two weeks after which he will recuperate at his home and then take to the road for his first dance and theatre tour since closing hte Cotton Club early this summer."

                                        The same page has a photograph of Mercer Ellington at Duke's hospital bedside.
                                        Pittsburgh Courier, 1938-07-07, p.20..
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                                        1938 07 08
                                        Friday
                                        ...Band activities not documented
                                        Ellington in hospital.
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                                        1938 07 09
                                        Saturday
                                        ...Sidemen's activities are not documented
                                        Ellington in hospital
                                        ...
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                                        1938 07 10
                                        Sunday
                                        ...Sidemen's activities are not documented
                                        Ellington in hospital
                                        ...
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                                        1938 07 11
                                        Monday
                                        ...Sidemen's activities are not documented
                                        Ellington in hospital
                                        ...
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                                        1938 07 12
                                        Tuesday
                                        ...Sidemen's activities are not documented
                                        ...
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                                        1938 07 13
                                        Wednesday
                                        ...Sidemen's activities are not documented
                                        ...
                                        ..2011
                                        1938 07 14
                                        Thursday
                                        ...Sidemen's activities are not documented
                                        Ellington in hospital
                                        ...
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                                        1938 07 15
                                        Friday
                                        ...Sidemen's activities are not documented
                                        Ellington discharged from hospital

                                        Floyd Snelson's column says "Just talked with my pal and friend Duke Ellington over the phone, now convalescent at the Wickersham Hospital following operation...He was in the best of spirits and says he hopes to be out next week...he says this is the first real vacation he's had for more than ten years...sends regards to his friends everywhere.
                                        Stratemann p.138.DEMS
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                                        Saturday
                                        ...Sidemen's activities not documented
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                                        1938 07 17
                                        Sunday
                                        ...Sidemen's activities not documented
                                        Ellington convalescing at home
                                        ...
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                                        1938 07 18
                                        Monday
                                        ...Sidemen's activities not documented
                                        Ellington convalescing at home
                                        ...
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                                        1938 07 19
                                        Tuesday
                                        ...Sidemen's activities not documented
                                        Ellington convalescing at home
                                        ...
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                                        1938 07 20
                                        Wednesday
                                        ...Sidemen's activities not documented
                                        Ellington convalescing at home
                                        ...
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                                        1938 07 21
                                        Thursday
                                        ...Sidemen's activities not documented
                                        Ellington convalescing at home
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                                        1938 07 22
                                        Friday
                                        ...Sidemen's activities not documented
                                        Ellington convalescing at home
                                        ...
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                                        1938 07 23
                                        Saturday
                                        ...Sidemen's activities not documented
                                        Ellington convalescing at home
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                                        1938 07 24
                                        Sunday
                                        ...Sidemen's activities not documented
                                        Ellington convalescing at home
                                        ...
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                                        1938 07 25
                                        Monday
                                        ...Sidemen's activities not documented
                                        Ellington convalescing at home
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                                        1938 07 26
                                        Tuesday
                                        ...PERSONNEL CHANGES
                                        • Singer Jean Eldridge seems to have joined the band for a short time 1938 07 26, to be replaced by Dolores Brown in August, returning in early 1939.
                                        • Miss Eldridge opened with Earl Hines at the Apollo on 1939 01 20 and with Ellington 1939 02 20. Variety's review of the latter opening describes her as a new act and a new discovery.
                                        • Miss Brown does not appear to have recorded with Ellington.
                                        • Miss Eldridge recorded two sides with Johnny Hodges and His Orchestra in February and one side with the full band in March.

                                        • The Pittsburgh Courier reported

                                          'Jean Eldridge who got her theatrical start at Ann Montgomery's Little Harlem Club in Buffalo, N.Y., was brought here last week by Duke Ellington for recording, stage and radio work under his banner..Reaching New York Tuesday [1938 07 26], the new discovery was taken to a recording studio by Ellington ... where she waxed several test numbers, among them being two Ellington creations and one of her own [and] was signed up by Ellington who hopes to find for her a lasting place in the delineating world of subtle swing.'

                                          Steven Lasker advises no such recordings are documented in the ARC's files or reported in published discographies.

                                        • Miss Brown is documented with the band on the following occasions:
                                          • 1938 08 25 (Baltimore)
                                          • 1938 09 15 (New York - Loew's)
                                          • 1938 09 30 (New York - Apollo)
                                          • 1938 10 07 (Cleveland - Palace)
                                          • 1938 11 23 (Toronto - Maple Leaf Gardens)
                                          • 1938 12 02 (Pittsburgh - Stanley)
                                          • 1939 01 06 (Schenectady - Proctor's)
                                        • The MD7-235 booklet says Eldridge was with the band from early August 1938 until late March 1939, describing this as 8 months in which the band carried two girl singers.

                                        • Stratemann has Jean Eldridge replacing Brown in January 1939,

                                          'Like Brown's, her role was as a supplementary singer to Ivie Anderson, in theatre tours. '


                                        It seems likely that Miss Eldridge worked with Ellington for a short time in July/August, but then joined Earl Hines, singing with him until January 1939.
                                        • Billy Rowe's column in the Feb.25 1939 Pittsburgh Courier datelined New York Feb. 23 says

                                          'Jean Eldridge, who was first [discovered?] by Duke Ellington, only to later be discovered by Earl [Hines} and re-sold to Duke Ellington, is aiding that maestro in breaking 'em [in at?] the Apollo, the current seven brights. She's a killer and plenty [illegible] be heard about her later... '

                                        • The Richmond Times-Dispatch, Apr 9 1939 p.5 says

                                          'Jean Eldridge, Duke Ellington's singing discovery, is getting some flattering offers from other bands. Incidentally the Duke trucked his band off to Europe this week... '

                                        • The May 13 1939 PC carried a tidbit dated New York, May 11, saying

                                          'Jean Eldridge, former Pittsburgh and Bufflao, New York singer is scheduled to join the famous Duke Ellington Orchestra as a vocalist... He already features Ivy Anderson as vocalist with the band.'

                                        • Stratemann p.157
                                        • Washington Afro American, 1938-09-03, p.10
                                        • Book to Mosaic Records MD7-235 Duke Ellington: The Complete 1936-1940 Variety, Vocalion And OKeh Small Group Sessions, p.15
                                        • Variety
                                        • Pittsburgh Courier
                                          • 1938-08-06
                                          • 1938-09-24, p.20
                                          • 1939-02-25
                                          • 1939-05-13
                                        • New York Age 1938-10-01
                                        • Cleveland Plaindealer, 1938-10-08, p.14, ads the rest of the week and a review 1938-10-14
                                        • Schenectady Gazette 1939-01-06
                                        • The Richmond Times-Dispatch, 1939-04-09 p.5
                                        • Email S.Lasker-Palmquist 2014-08-27
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                                        1938 07 26
                                        Tuesday
                                        ...Sidemen's activities not documented
                                        Ellington convalescing at home
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                                        Wednesday
                                        ...Sidemen's activities not documented
                                        Ellington convalescing at home
                                        ...
                                        ..2011
                                        1938 07 28
                                        Thursday
                                        .New York, N.Y.Small's ParadiseBenefit for the Jenkins Orphanage...
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                                        1938 07 29
                                        Friday
                                        ...activities not documented...
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                                        1938 07 30
                                        Saturday
                                        ...activities not documented

                                        The Cleveland Gazette, 1938-07-30, reported Ellington was recuperating at home.
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                                        1938 07 31
                                        Sunday
                                        ...activities not documented...
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                                        August 1938

                                        1938 08 01
                                        Monday
                                        .New York, N.Y..American Record Corporation/Brunswick (Master) small group recording session
                                        15:45 - 18:20
                                        Johnny Hodges and His Orchestra
                                        C.Williams, Brown, Hodges, Hardwick, Carney, Ellington, Taylor, Greer, Leon La Fell (vocal)

                                        Titles recorded:
                                        • A Blues Serenade
                                        • Love In Swingtime
                                        • Swinging In The Dell
                                        • Jitterbug's Lullaby (original title Rabbit's Blues)
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                                        1938 08 02
                                        Tuesday
                                        .New York, N.Y..American Record Corporation/Brunswick (Master) small group recording session
                                        2 o'clock start, AM/PM not specified, but likely in the afternoon
                                        Cootie Williams and His Rug Cutters
                                        C.Williams, Bigard, Hodges, Hardwick, Carney, Ellington, Taylor, Greer, Scat Powell (vocal)

                                        Titles recorded:
                                        • Chasin' Chippies
                                        • Blue Is The Evening
                                        • Sharpie or Sharpy (see note)
                                        • Swing Pan Alley

                                        Lasker:

                                        '"Sharpie" is the title shown on the original Vocalion 78 and every reissue I've seen, but the sheet music shows "Sharpy" (words and music by Paul Mills, copyright 1938 by Exclusive Publications) and this spelling is likely found on the copyright application as well.'

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                                        1938 08 03
                                        Wednesday
                                        ...activities not documented...
                                        ...
                                        1938 08 04
                                        Thursday
                                        .New York, N.Y..American Record Corporation/Brunswick (Master) recording session
                                        14:00 - 19:00
                                        Duke Ellington and His Famous Orchestra
                                        W. Jones, C. Williams, Stewart, Brown, Nanton, Tizol, Bigard, Hodges, Hardwick, Carney, Ellington, Guy, Taylor, Greer, Scat Powell
                                        Titles recorded:
                                        • A Blues Serenade
                                        • Love In Swingtime
                                        • Please Forgive Me
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                                        1938 08 05
                                        Friday
                                        ...activities not documented...
                                        ...
                                        1938 08 06
                                        Saturday
                                        ...activities not documented...
                                        ...
                                        1938 08 07
                                        Sunday
                                        ...activities not documented...
                                        ...
                                        1938 08 08
                                        Monday
                                        ...activities not documented...
                                        ...
                                        1938 08 09
                                        Tuesday
                                        ... Peripheral event
                                        Dallas Morning News:

                                          "What may develop into a matter of great significance to modern music is news Duke Ellington has completed a musical saga with the American Negro its theme.
                                          "Ellington, heads and shoulders above his sepia brothers both as a musician and composer, has been at work on this kaleidoscope of negroid music and life for nearly six years. Its theme is broad in scope, ranging from the time when Negroes were first transplanted in the United States from the African jungle to present-day Harlem. The elaborate musical work, as long as an opera, is thought to be adaptable for stage, screen and radio."

                                        Victor Davis, "Ellington's Negro Life Saga Done", Dallas Morning News, 1938-08-09, S.1, p.12..
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                                        Tuesday
                                        1:30-7:40 P.M.
                                        .New York, N.Y..American Record Corporation-Brunswick (Master) recording session
                                        Duke Ellington and His Famous Orchestra
                                        W. Jones, C.Williams, Stewart, Brown, Nanton, Tizol, Bigard, Hodges, Hardwick, Carney, Ellington, Guy, Taylor, Greer

                                        Titles recorded:
                                        • Lambeth Walk
                                        • Prelude to A Kiss
                                        • Hip Chic
                                        • The Buffet Flat
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                                        1938 08 10
                                        Wednesday
                                        ...activities not documented...
                                        ...
                                        1938 08 11
                                        Thursday
                                        .Shrewsbury, Mass.Bal-a-l'air

                                        Bal-a-l'air
                                        SHREWSBURY ON THE PIKE
                                        Jct. Rts. 9 and 20
                                        TOMORROW, AUG. 11th
                                        DUKE ELLINGTON
                                        and His Famous Orchestra
                                        Featuring
                                        IVIE ANDERSON
                                        the California songbird
                                        PRIMITIVE RHYTHMS
                                        WEIRD MELODIES
                                        AMAZING SYNCOPATIONS
                                        Hear this sensational Creator of Modern Dance Music at America's Smart-set Dance Spot.
                                        In event of Rain - Dance in the main building - interior Ballroom.


                                        The venue is shown in Framingham in the entry for 1935 08 14 but it's the same place - ads for both events show the location is the junction of routes 9 and 20. That is south and east of Shrewsbury and somewhat west of Framingham, but the towns are only about 18 miles apart.
                                        • Fitchburg Sentinel 1938-08-10 p.5
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                                        Friday
                                        .Salem, N.H.Canobie Lake Park
                                        (likely in the Dancehall Theater)
                                        .Stratemann p.154..
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                                        1938 08 13
                                        Saturday
                                        ...activities not documented...
                                        ...
                                        1938 08 14
                                        Sunday
                                        ...activities not documented...
                                        ...
                                        1938 08 15
                                        Monday
                                        .Marshfield, Mass.Fieldston Ballroom.Stratemann p.154..
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                                        1938 08 16
                                        Tuesday
                                        .Old Orchard Beach, MainePier Casino"The Composer of 'I Let a Song Go Out of My Heart.'"
                                        It seems likely this summer dance one-nighter was at the Pier Casino - see 1926 08 12.
                                        ad, Portland Press Herald, 1938-08-16 p.12..
                                        .K.Steiner Dec 2012.
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                                        1938 08 17
                                        Wednesday
                                        ...activities not documented...
                                        ...
                                        1938 08 18
                                        Thursday
                                        ...activities not documented...
                                        ...
                                        1938 08 19
                                        Friday
                                        .Binghampton, N.Y.George F. PavilionFalse dateStratemann p.154 citing DESB..
                                        .Ken Steiner aug112011
                                        1938 08 19
                                        Friday
                                        ...activities not documented...
                                        ...
                                        1938 08 20
                                        Saturday
                                        .Lancaster, Pa. Rocky Springs Park BallroomSeason's Biggest Dance
                                        Admission, $1.00 plus tax
                                        Spectators - 40 cents

                                        "DUKE ELLINGTON AT ROCKY SPRINGS PARK
                                        "Duke" Ellington, Nationally famous orchestra, will appear for the first time in many years at the Rocky Springs Park Ballroom, Lancaster, this evening..."

                                        Ad, Harrisburg Telegraph, Harrisburg, Penn., 1938-08-18 p.6..
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                                        1938 08 21
                                        Sunday
                                        .Asbury Park, N.J.State Ballroom
                                        Springwood and Atkins avenues
                                        Dancing 10 p.m. to 2 a.m.Asbury Park Press, Asbury Park, N.J. 1938-08-19 p.6, courtesy K. Steiner..
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                                        1938 08 22
                                        Monday
                                        ...activities not documented...
                                        ...
                                        1938 08 23
                                        Tuesday
                                        ...activities not documented...
                                        ...
                                        1938 08 24
                                        Wednesday
                                        .New York, N.Y..American Record Corporation/Brunswick (Master) small group recording session
                                        19:00 - 24:00
                                        Johnny Hodges and His Orchestra
                                        C.Williams, Brown, Hodges, Hardwick, Carney, Ellington, Taylor, Greer, Mary McHugh
                                        Titles recorded:
                                        • Prelude To A Kiss
                                        • There's Something About An Old Love
                                        • Jeep Is Jumpin'
                                        • Krum Elbow Blues
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                                        Thursday
                                        .Baltimore, Md.Fifth Regiment ArmoryElks convention - two nights after the Lunceford band:

                                        "Two nights later, Duke Ellington came to town, under the sponsorship of the Gunther Beer company to play a freebie in the same armory. The place was jammed to the rafters, and the genial Duke drew the plaudits of the crowd when he appeared on the platform, as did Ivy Anderson, who brought to the mike her inimitable singing, her every new gesture.
                                         The Duke has recently added a new singer, Dolores Brown, whose voice is altogether a different type from that of Ivy. She made a big hit with the crowd, doing "Music, Maestro Please" and some of the newer songs, while Ivy brought the house down with "In My Solitude"...Due to the large crowd, there was little room for the more violent forms of swingaroo, but nevertheless, when Cootie Williams and his trumpet got out of this world, the jitterbugs whooped it up, regardless of the danger to the limbs and legs of themselves and fellow jitterbugs.
                                         The nonchalant Sonny Greer, drummer man, took the fancy of the 'gators early in the night and the fact that he kept nonchalant made him one of the heroes of the hour..."

                                        "Duke and Lunceford Jammed, and the Elks Had the Swing," Washington Afro American, 1938-09-03, p.10..
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                                        1938 08 26
                                        Friday
                                        .Johnson City, N.Y.George F.Pavilion...
                                        Vail IKen Steiner aug11Added
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                                        1938 08 27
                                        Saturday
                                        .Bemus Point, N.Y.Casino

                                        "Duke Ellington, termed the aristocrat of colored band, has been engaged for a personal appearance at The Casino at Bemus Point tonight for dancing beginning at 9:30 o'clock, daylight saving time.:

                                        • Stratemann p.48 (shows the venue as "Marmaroneck Bemus Point Casino" but Marmaroneck is not near Bemus Point. This appears to be an error traceable to a speculative comment about the location of Bemus Point by Gordon Ewing in DEMS 89/1 referring to DEMS 85/1 (should be DEMS 86/1-3)).
                                        • Announcement, Times Mirror, Warren, Penn. 1938-08-27 p.5
                                        • Ad, Dunkirk Evening Observer, Dunkirk, N.Y, 1938-08-25 p.16
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                                        Sunday
                                        ...activities not documented...
                                        ...
                                        1938 08 29
                                        Monday
                                        ...activities not documented...
                                        ...
                                        1938 08 30
                                        Tuesday
                                        .Clayton, N.Y.Casino...
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                                        1938 08 31
                                        Wednesday
                                        .New York, N.Y.Madison Square Garden(Unconfirmed)

                                        Activities not documented

                                        Ellington may have attended the annual Harvest Moon Ball without performing. Ed Sullivan's column had a one-liner: Lindy Hoppers of the Harvest Moon Ball big-eyed as they talk to Duke Ellington...

                                        The band was Artie Shaw, not Ellington. Other performers included Ed Sullivan, M.C., Billie Holiday and Nano Rodrigo. Various gossip columns identified Mayor LaGuardia, a George White and Fred Astaire as celebrities attending, but I could find no other mention of Ellington.
                                        • Ed Sullivan: "Hollywood" column, Harrisburg Telegraph, Harrisburg, Penn., 1938-09-16 p.6
                                        • http:www.streetswing.com
                                        • Jo Ranson: Radio Dial Log, Brooklyn Eagle, 1938-09-06
                                        • Syracuse Journal 1938-09-06 p.16
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                                        September 1938

                                        1938 09 01
                                        Thursday
                                        .Scranton, Penn. Temple BallroomDance - battle of the bands against Rita Rio's all girl orchestra - less than 1,000 dancers.Stratemann p.154..
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                                        1938 09 02
                                        Friday
                                        .New York, N.Y..American Record Corporation/Brunswick (Master) recording session
                                        14:30 - 18:00
                                        Duke Ellington and His Famous Orchestra
                                        W. Jones, C. Williams, Stewart, Brown, Nanton, Tizol, Bigard, Hodges, Hardwick, Carney, Ellington, Guy, Taylor, Greer

                                        Titles recorded:
                                        • Boy Meets Horn (Twits and Twerps) - these takes were not issued as 78s but take 2 was in the For Discriminate Collectors LP 1003, released circa 1965. Mr. Lasker says the version of Twits and Twerps recorded this date was titled Stew Burp on the original music manuscript, on the flash (outer edge) of the original lacquers, in the recording ledger, in the engineer's log and in Ellington's artist's contract card.
                                        • Mighty Like The Blues
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                                        1938 09 03
                                        Saturday
                                        ...activities not documented...
                                        ...
                                        1938 09 04
                                        Sunday
                                        Midnight
                                        .Harrisburg, Penn.Chestnut St. Hall(Unconfirmed)

                                        I Let A Song Go Out of My Heart
                                        DUKE ELLINGTON
                                        And His Famous Orchestra
                                        Chestnut St. Hall, Hbg., Pa.
                                        Sunday Midnight, September 4
                                        Come Early, Doors Open at 10 P.M.

                                        The Evening News, Harrisburg, Penn. 1938-09-03, p.8 ..
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                                        1938 09 05
                                        Monday
                                        .Philadelphia, Penn.Fleisher Auditorium....
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                                        Tuesday
                                        ...activities not documented...
                                        ...
                                        1938 09 07
                                        Wednesday
                                        ...activities not documented...
                                        ...
                                        1938 09 08
                                        Thursday
                                        ...activities not documented...
                                        ...
                                        1938 09 09
                                        Friday
                                        1938 09 10
                                        Saturday
                                        Boston, Mass.Roseland Ballroom.Stratemann p.154..
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                                        1938 09 10
                                        Saturday
                                        .Boston, Mass.Roseland BallroomSee 1938 09 09...
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                                        1938 09 11
                                        Sunday
                                        .Albany, N.Y.Harmanus Bleecker HallVaudeville show - three performances for 6,000 people, the "largest Sunday audience the hall has seen in years."

                                        Included on the bill: Stump and Stumpy, Jigsaw Jackson, Ivie Anderson and Dolores Brown
                                        Stratemann p.154 citing DESB..
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                                        1938 09 12
                                        Monday
                                        ...activities not documented...
                                        ...
                                        1938 09 13
                                        Tuesday
                                        ...activities not documented...
                                        ...
                                        1938 09 14
                                        Wednesday
                                        (afternoon)
                                        .New York, N.Y.WINS Radio StationBand activities not documented
                                        In the afternoon, Ellington was interviewed by Rosalyn Sherman on radio station WINS
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                                        1938 09 15
                                        Thursday
                                        ...

                                        Union Scale

                                        (see also 1928 08 01)
                                        Steven Lasker:
                                        Effective 1938 09 15 (per International Musician, August 1938):
                                        • Phonograph
                                          One session, not to exceed two (2) consecutive hours of
                                          40 minutes playing time in each hour
                                          $24.00
                                          Each additional playing time, per half-hour or fraction thereof6.00
                                          Contractor to receive DOUBLE PRICE. 
                                          Electrical Transcription for Library Service
                                          For each 15-minute unit of recorded music, per man$18.00
                                          Time permitted for rehearsing and recording each
                                          15-minute unit shall not exceed one hour.
                                          The following rule applies:
                                          In one hour, one 15-minute recording can be made, price18.00
                                          In two hours, two 15-minute recordings can be made, price36.00
                                          In three hours, three 15-minute recordings can be made, price54.00
                                        • If more units are made during the hours specified, then an additional charge of $18.00 must be made for each additional unit.
                                        • Contractor on all the above to receive DOUBLE PRICE.
                                        • Recorder may make recordings at any time during the hour or hours named.
                                        • Musicians are to be dismissed after the recordings for which they have been employed have been finished, regardless of whether the time limit in which recordings can be made has expired.
                                        • This arrangement, which lasted only one year, proved unsatisfactory for reasons explained in "The International Musician" (1939 08 00)...
                                          • The last (AF of M) Convention [1938] enacted the following law in regards to phonograph recordings:
                                            One session, not to exceed two (2) consecutive hours of 40 minutes' playing time in each hour$24.00
                                            Each additional playing time per half hour or fraction thereof$6.00
                                            Contractor to receive double price.
                                          • And the following questions in reference to the law have forced themselves to the attention of the officers of the Federation and can only be properly answered through amendments to same.
                                                For instance, the law provides for price of $24.00 for two hours service. During these two hours, eighty minutes can be used for rehearsing and making phonograph recordings, the remainder of the time to be used for rest periods.
                                                This law resulted in no end of misunderstandings and protest. The reasons therefor are as follows:
                                          • As before said, eight minutes time of rehearsal or recording or both may be played. It is clear that if an orchestra has already been rehearsed, that is, has a repertoire, as is the case with many orchestras, it may not need any rehearsals and hence the employer may used the entire eighty minutes for the making of records, whereas an orchestra which has no repertoire would perhaps have to use the major portion of such time for the rehearsing of a record.
                                          • Therefore, an employer naturally prefers orchestras which have a repertoire, as they can make a great number of records during the eighty minutes, compared with an orchestra which has to use some of their time for rehearsing.
                                          • This places orchestras which have rehearsed, and such which have not, in a position of unfair competition with one another in playing for phonograph recordings. The recorders themselves are at a disadvantage with one another through this law. Some may be able to procure rehearsed orchestras to make records, others may not, and naturally those that engage a rehearsed orchestra, as already said, have the opportunity to have many more records made during the eighty minutes than the recorder who is compelled to employ an orchestra which is not rehearsed, in other words has no repertoire.
                                          • Therefore, the proper solution of the question would be that we follow the same policy with phonograph recorders as we do with electrical transcriptions, and charge a certain sum for the making of each master record.
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                                        1938 09 15
                                        Thursday
                                        1938 09 21
                                        Wednesday
                                        New York, N.Y. Loew's State Theatre,
                                        1540 Broadway
                                        Vaudeville show

                                        1)
                                        "HARLEM VIGNETTES
                                        Duke Ellington and his aggregation, with that Ivie Anderson gal gave their usual Broadway thrill at Loew's State last week, and are scheduled ditto at the Harlem Apollo next week (30)..._"


                                        2)
                                        "...Opening Thursday...Ellington and his outfit, cheered by a packed house, got right into the groove and proved to this reviewer why he's called master of all things musically.
                                          Aside from presenting Dolores Brown , a new vocal sender from the band, Ivie Anderson, an old superb voice standby; Jigsaw Jackson, the human corkscrew, and Stump and Stumpie, sensational dance and comedy duo, Mr. Ellington presented several of his newer tunes which met with much favor and rocked the State from stem to stern...."

                                        • (1)Announcement, New York Age, 1938-10-01, p.7
                                        • 2) Pittsburgh Courier 1938-09-24, p.20
                                        • 3)Stratemann p.156, citing
                                          • Variety 1938-09-21 p46
                                          • The Billboard 1938-09-24 p.29
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                                        1938 09 16
                                        Friday
                                        .New York, N.Y.Loew's State TheatreVaudeville show - see 1938 09 20...
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                                        1938 09 17
                                        Saturday
                                        .New York, N.Y.Loew's State TheatreVaudeville show - see 1938 09 20...
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                                        1938 09 18
                                        Sunday
                                        .New York, N.Y.Loew's State TheatreVaudeville show - see 1938 09 20...
                                        ..2011
                                        1938 09 19
                                        Monday
                                        .New York, N.Y.Loew's State TheatreVaudeville show - see 1938 09 20...
                                        ..2011
                                        1938 09 20
                                        Tuesday
                                        .New York, N.Y.Loew's State TheatreVaudeville show - see 1938 09 20...
                                        ..2011
                                        1938 09 21
                                        Wednesday
                                        .New York, N.Y.Loew's State TheatreVaudeville show - see 1938 09 20...
                                        ..2011
                                        1938 09 22
                                        Thursday
                                        ...activities not documented...
                                        ...
                                        1938 09 22
                                        Thursday
                                        ... Peripheral event
                                        The New York Post carried a photo of Duke and a shoe store employee in an ad for Jarman shoes, priced between $5 and $7.50.
                                        Advertising page, New York Post, 1938-09-22, p.19.
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                                        1938 09 23
                                        Friday
                                        ...activities not documented...
                                        ...
                                        1938 09 24
                                        Saturday
                                        .Durham, N.C.Armory.Stratemann p.156..
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                                        1938 09 25
                                        Sunday
                                        ...activities not documented...
                                        ...
                                        1938 09 26
                                        Monday
                                        ...activities not documented...
                                        ...
                                        1938 09 27
                                        Tuesday
                                        .Norfolk, Va.City Auditorium....
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                                        1938 09 28
                                        Wednesday
                                        .Newark, N.J.Sussex Avenue ArmoryDance given by the Rho Sigma Rho Fraternityad, Newark Herald, 1938-09-24 p.8..
                                        .K.Steiner Dec 2012.
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                                        1938 09 29
                                        Thursday
                                        ...activities not documented...
                                        ...
                                        1938 09 30
                                        Friday
                                        1938 10 06New York, N.Y.Apollo Theater
                                        253 W. 125th St., Borough of Manhattan, Harlem district
                                        Stage show during the run of the "gripping jungle drama" Booloo.
                                        Ellington's group included Ivy Anderson and a new singer, Dolores Brown. Other acts included tap dancers, a singer, a comic, "sixteen lovely brownskin dancing girls."
                                        Announcement, New York Age, 1938-10-01, p.7.
                                        Stratemann p.156, citing Variety 1938-10-05,p.53djp2011
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                                        October 1938

                                        1938 10 00... Peripheral event
                                        In October 1938, Down Beat reported:

                                        'Ellington Completes Negro Opera at Bedside
                                        After Six Years of Spare Time Composing, the Duke Completes Ambition

                                        New York City, N.Y. -- While convalescing after a recent internal operation, Duke Ellington finally found time to complete a major musical work to which he has been devoting his spare time for the last six years.
                                          An opera, it deals with the history of the American Negro, starting with the Negro back in the jungles of Africa, and following through to the modern Harlemites.
                                          There are no definite plans as yet for its presentation, but the work is adaptable in form to motion pictures and radio, as well as to the stage.
                                          Ellington has also completed the score for a Broadway show to be presented this fall. The book for this is also based on episodes in Negro life in America, both in the South and in the North. While mainly concerned with Negro folklore, the show will also include a spectacular production called "Satire in Swingtime" based on the story of Helen of Troy. The cast has been scheduled to include the American Negro Ballet, and a huge colored singing chorus. The show will be directed by Eugene von Grona.'

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                                        ... Peripheral event

                                        'Ruth Ellington is back from Europe,and now destined to set the style and fashion, with her French attire and learning. Ruth is a dutiful sister to a dutiful brother - her benefactor and greatest admirer.'

                                        New York Age, 1938-10-01, p.7..
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                                        Saturday
                                        .New York, N.Y.Apollo Theater
                                        253 W. 125th St.
                                        Harlem
                                        Vaudeville show - see 1938 09 30...
                                        ..2011
                                        1938 10 02
                                        Sunday
                                        .New York, N.Y.Apollo Theater
                                        253 W. 125th St.
                                        Harlem
                                        Vaudeville show - see 1938 09 30...
                                        ..2011
                                        1938 10 03
                                        Monday
                                        .New York, N.Y.Apollo Theater
                                        253 W. 125th St.
                                        Harlem
                                        Vaudeville show - see 1938 09 30...
                                        ..2011
                                        1938 10 04
                                        Tuesday
                                        .New York, N.Y.Apollo Theater
                                        253 W. 125th St.
                                        Harlem
                                        Vaudeville show - see 1938 09 30...
                                        ..2011
                                        1938 10 05
                                        Wednesday
                                        .New York, N.Y.Apollo Theater
                                        253 W. 125th St.
                                        Harlem
                                        Vaudeville show - see 1938 09 30...
                                        ..2011
                                        1938 10 06
                                        Thursday
                                        4:30 PM
                                        .New York, N.Y.Apollo Theater
                                        253 W. 125th St.
                                        Harlem
                                        Vaudeville show - see 1938 09 30

                                        Recorded remote broadcast from the stage, "America Dances," carried on CBS and CBC, and by shortwave in the UK on BBC:
                                        Duke Ellington Group and
                                        Duke Ellington and His Orchestra
                                        W. Jones, C.Williams, Stewart, Brown, Nanton, Tizol, Bigard, Hodges, Hardwick, Carney, Ellington, Guy, Taylor, Greer
                                        Titles recorded:
                                        • Demi-Tasse
                                        • I Let A Song Go Out Of My Heart
                                        • Prelude In C Sharp Minor
                                        • Prelude To A Kiss
                                        • Lambeth Walk
                                        • You Gave Me The Gate (and I'm Swinging)
                                        • Merry Go Round
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                                        Friday
                                        1938 10 13
                                        Thursday
                                        Cleveland, OhioPalace Theatre...
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                                        1938 10 08
                                        Saturday
                                        .Cleveland, OhioPalace Theatresee 1938 10 07...
                                        ..2011
                                        1938 10 09
                                        Sunday
                                        .Cleveland, OhioPalace Theatresee 1938 10 07...
                                        ..2011
                                        1938 10 10
                                        Monday
                                        .Cleveland, OhioPalace Theatresee 1938 10 07...
                                        ..2011
                                        1938 10 11
                                        Tuesday
                                        .Cleveland, OhioPalace Theatresee 1938 10 07...
                                        ..2011
                                        1938 10 12
                                        Wednesday
                                        .Cleveland, OhioPalace Theatresee 1938 10 07...
                                        ..2011
                                        1938 10 13
                                        Thursday
                                        .Cleveland, OhioPalace Theatresee 1938 10 07...
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                                        1938 10 14
                                        Friday
                                        .Dayton, OhioMemorial Hall"Dancing, 8:30 to 2."ad, Dayton Forum, 193810-07 p.7..
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                                        Saturday
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                                        1938 10 16
                                        Sunday
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                                        1938 10 17
                                        Monday
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                                        1938 10 18
                                        Tuesday
                                        ...activities not documented...
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                                        1938 10 19
                                        Wednesday
                                        .Nashville, Tenn.Tennesee A&I State CollegeEllington "spoke briefly at the chapel exercises and obliged a small group [of faculty and students] afterwards by performing a few numbers at the piano." "Duke Ellington Is Tenn. State Guest," Chicago Defender, nat. ed., 1938-10-29 p.6..
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                                        Thursday
                                        ...activities not documented..
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                                        1938 10 21
                                        Friday
                                        1938 10 27
                                        Thursday
                                        or
                                        1938 10 25
                                        Tuesday
                                        Memphis, Tenn.Orpheum Theatre.
                                        • Metropolitan Post, Chicago, 1938-10-22
                                        • Daily ads, Memphis Commercial Appeal
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                                        Saturday
                                        .Memphis, Tenn.Orpheum Theatre....
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                                        Sunday
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                                        ..2011
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                                        Monday
                                        .Memphis, Tenn.Orpheum Theatre....
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                                        Tuesday
                                        .Memphis, Tenn.Orpheum TheatreVaudeville show - see 1938 10 21.

                                        Closing night. While Stratemann, p.156, says this engagement would end October 27, citing DESB, local papers say it was five nights.
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                                        Wednesday
                                        ...activities not documented...
                                        ...
                                        1938 10 27
                                        Thursday
                                        .Memphis, Tenn.Washington StadiumThe entire band attended a collegiate football game:

                                        LeMoyne Beats Fisc, 37-0
                                        WASHINGTON STADIUM, Memphis, Tenn., Oct. 27–With Duke Ellington, king of swing artists present here today, the LeMoyne Mad Magicians showed their supremacy on the gridiron by beating the Fisk 'Bulldogs' by a score of 37-0. Duke's entire ensemble was present. This was LeMoyne's fourth victory this season and their ninth consecutive conference victory.

                                        Pittsburgh Courier, 1938-10-29, p.16..
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                                        Saturday
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                                        1938 10 30
                                        Sunday
                                        9 P.M.
                                        .New Orleans, La.Fair GroundsAn ad inset into the ad for the Halloween dance reads

                                        'TONIGHT - FOR COLORED ONLY
                                        FAIR GROUNDS - 9 P.M.
                                        5 HOURS OF DANCING - USE FORTIN STREET ENTRANCE '

                                        Ad, Times-Picayune, New Orleans, La., p.49..
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                                        Monday
                                        Halloween
                                        .New Orleans, La.Municipal Auditorium

                                        'DUKE ELLINGTON WILL PLAY AT AUDITORIUM
                                          Duke Ellington, notes as a composer, arranger and exponent of modern jazz, is scheduled to bring his orchestra to the Municiapl Auditorium for a special Halloween dance tonight. ...In additon to the regular orchestra, the announcement said, special entertainers are scheduled to appear in a series of novelty acts and various performers in the band will offer solo numbers.'


                                        TONIGHT
                                        The Goblins Will Swing
                                        to the Music No
                                        Other Band Can Play
                                        DUKE
                                        ELLINGTON
                                        And His Famous Orchestra
                                        AUDITORIUM 9 P.M.
                                        .
                                        ADMISSION $1.00 Plus Tax
                                        For 5 Hours of Dancing
                                        .
                                        Tickets at Werlein's 'Til 5
                                        P.M. - after 5 P.M. at the Auditorium.


                                        UP AND DOWN THE STREET
                                        By The Want-Ad Reporter

                                        ''LITTLE BROKEN DOLL
                                          When Duke Ellington's Band was thundering to high heaven in Municipal Auditorium Halloween night - and your want-ad reporter was leaning on her elbows against the stage rail at their feet - one of the new ditties that was played and sung bore the title of "Little Broken Doll." Apparently the gang liked it for later in the evening it was played again.
                                          Before Ellington left town he gave Joe R. Beaugez and Al Duracher a letter of introduction to a New York song publisher. Beauez had knocked off the "Doll" muisc one day and Duracher had written the words...'

                                        The Times-Picayune, New Orleans, La.
                                        • Ads and plugs,
                                          • 1938-10-16 p.14 s.3
                                          • 1938-10-30 p.49
                                          • 1938-10-31 p.21
                                        • Report, 1938-11-21 p.30
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                                        1938 11 01
                                        Tuesday
                                        ...activities not documented...
                                        ...
                                        1938 11 02
                                        Wednesday
                                        .Jackson, Miss.Municipal Auditorium"The Duke gave a concert for members of the Race early in the evening and later played for a white dance, also at the auditorium."J.E. Conic, "Mississippi State - Jackson," Chicago Defender, nat. ed., 1938-11-12 p.23..
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                                        Thursday
                                        .Greenville, Miss.No. 2 School AuditoriumsA segregated dance ("colored engagement") advertised for this night was cancelled. First of three cancelled dates named in The Pittsburgh Courier's story datelined New York, Nov.13, headlined "NO MONEY, SO 'DUKE' FAILS TO SHOW UP / Three Southern Dates Cancelled when Promoters Fail to Fulfill Contract Obligations"
                                        • Ad, The Delta Democrat-Times, Greenville, Miss., 1938-11-03 p.7
                                        • Pittsburgh Courier 1938-11-12, p.20
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                                        Friday
                                        .Shreveport, La..Second of three cancelled dates named in The Pittsburgh Courier's story datelined New York, Nov.13, headlined "NO MONEY, SO 'DUKE' FAILS TO SHOW UP / Three Southern Dates Cancelled when Promoters Fail to Fulfill Contract Obligations"...
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                                        Saturday
                                        .Bunkie, La.New Blue Moon Club

                                        The Nation's Favorite Orchestra
                                        DUKE
                                        ELLINGTON

                                        And His
                                        Famous Orchestra
                                        At The
                                        NEW BLUE MOON CLUB
                                        BUNKIE, LA.
                                        Saturday, November 5th
                                        Admission $2.00 Pe Person Plus 20¢ Tax
                                        Play Safe and Make Reservations Now

                                        Alexandria Daily Town Talk,
                                        Alexandria, La.
                                        1938-08-02 p.9
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                                        Sunday
                                        ...activities not documented...
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                                        1938 11 07
                                        Monday
                                        .Little Rock, Ark..Third of three cancelled dates named in The Pittsburgh Courier's story datelined New York, Nov.13, headlined "NO MONEY, SO 'DUKE' FAILS TO SHOW UP / Three Southern Dates Cancelled when Promoters Fail to Fulfill Contract Obligations"...
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                                        Tuesday
                                        .Kansas City, Mo. .Arrives Kansas City

                                        "Ellington arrived in Kansas City Tuesday night and spent part of the night and most of the following day working on a few of his new compositions. Wednesday afternoon [9Nov] he made personal appearances at the R.T. Coles school and the Lincoln high school. He gave talks and played a few of his selections at both schools."


                                        The Negro Star reported:

                                        'KANSAS CITY, Mo. (By Preston Mayes, Jr., for ANP)–Duke Ellington and Midge Williams were robbed while playing dance engagements here last month.
                                          The famous orchestra leader suffered a loss of both clothing and personal belongings. However, the thieves overlooked his opera, the result of ten years work and valued at $10,000, which had been placed in an envelope. The manuscript was mailed immediately afterwards to New York for safekeeping.'

                                        • "Duke Ellington Still a Favorite with Kansas City's Jitterbugs," Kansas City Call, city ed.,
                                          1938-11-11 p.6
                                        • Negro Star, Wichita, Kans.,
                                          1939-01-13 p.1
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                                        Wednesday
                                        .Kansas City, Mo. R.T. Coles school
                                        and the Lincoln high school
                                        Ellington spent part of the day working on his new compositions. In the afternoon he made personal appearances at the R.T. Coles school and the Lincoln high school, giving talks and playing a few of his selections at both schools.
                                        • "Duke Ellington Still a Favorite with Kansas City's Jitterbugs," Kansas City Call, city ed., 1938-11-11 p.6
                                        • Pittsburgh Courier 1938-1-19 p.22
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                                        1938 11 09
                                        Wednesday
                                        4:30 P.M.
                                        .Kansas City, Mo.KCKNDuke was guest artist on the 'Downbeat' program of radio station KCKN, when his career as a musician and composer were discussed.
                                        The radio log lists the show's title as Down Beat.
                                        • Pittsburgh Courier 1938-11-19 p.22
                                        • Radio log "Wednesday", Kansas City Star 1938-11-08 p.19
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                                        Wednesday
                                        .Kansas City, Mo.Roseland Ballroom"Dance with Harlan Leonard and His Kansas City Rockets.
                                        Pittsburgh Courier:

                                        A THRILL was what Kansas City got when Duke Ellington and his band played Wednesday night, November 9, at Roseland Ballroom on the Missouri side. The large crowd of dancers and spectators was enthusiastic over the orchestral music of the group and the vocals of Ivy Anderson...."

                                        Pittsburgh Courier 1938-11-19 p.22.DEMS
                                        • 05,1-7 citing ad, Kansas City Call 1938-11-11 p.9
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                                        1938 11 10
                                        Thursday
                                        ...Pittsburgh Courier: He left Thursday for points east.Pittsburgh Courier 1938-11-19, p.22..
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                                        Friday
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                                        Saturday
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                                        1938 11 13
                                        Sunday
                                        ...activities not documented...
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                                        1938 11 14
                                        Monday
                                        ...activities not documented...
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                                        1938 11 15
                                        Tuesday
                                        ...activities not documented...
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                                        1938 11 16
                                        Wednesday
                                        ...activities not documented...
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                                        1938 11 17
                                        Thursday
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                                        Friday
                                        ...activities not documented...
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                                        1938 11 19
                                        Saturday
                                        .Cincinnati, OhioHall of Mirrors
                                        Netherland Plaza Hotel
                                        Gala Charity Ball in aid of the work of the Dominican Sisters of the Sick Poor.
                                        Unlike the usual Ellington photos and press-book information found in many plugs for Ellington events, The Enquirer's publicity featured portrait-like photos of co-chairs Willam A. Earls and Thomas E. Wood and Supper Chairman Mrs. Thomas E. Wood only. The first story mentions they were fortunate to get Ellington's orchestra because it was much in demand and had few openings in its schedule. Note, however, that as at the time of writing, this is the only documented band activity between Nov. 10 and 22.

                                        '...none other than Duke Ellington and his world famous orchestra will delight these celebrants with renditions of their famous "jazz" melodies.'


                                        '...One of the greatest attractions of the tenth annual affair and indeed one of the most important was Duke Ellington and his orchestra, who came on from New York to delight these celebrants with their large and very complete repertoire of popular, present-day rhythms... '


                                        The Enquirer, Cincinnati, Ohio
                                        • 1938-11-03 p.12
                                        • 1938-11-15 p.8
                                        • 1938-11-21 pp.8,9
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                                        Sunday
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                                        1938 11 21
                                        Monday
                                        ...activities not documented...
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                                        1938 11 22
                                        Tuesday
                                        ...activities not documented...
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                                        1938 11 23
                                        Wednesday
                                        .Toronto, Ont.Maple Leaf Gardens
                                        Carlton & Church Sts.
                                        The flyleaf of a chemistry textbook offered for sale on eBay in December 2014 is annotated "Duke Ellington at M.L. Gardens Wed. Nov.23/38" and is autographed by
                                        • Otto Hardwick
                                        • Harry Carney
                                        • Rex Stuart
                                        • Willie [illegible]
                                        • Sincerely, Dolores Brown
                                        • Sonny Greer Drummer
                                        • Duke Ellington
                                        • Fred Guy
                                        • Cootie Williams
                                        • Wallace Jones
                                        • Juan Tizol
                                        • Barney Bigard
                                        • Dick MacDougal
                                        • Johnny Hodge
                                        • Ivie Anderson
                                        • Lawrence Brown
                                        The facing page says the book was from the library of K. F. Box.

                                        This document establishes how Otto, Rex, Johnny and Ivie spelled their names in 1938, although Rex later spelled his surname Stewart.

                                        MacDougal may have been the M.C.; he was the Toronto CBC Jazz Unlimited radio host from 1948 until his death in 1957.
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                                        Thursday
                                        ...activities not documented...
                                        ...
                                        1938 11 25
                                        Friday
                                        .Cleveland, OhioTrianon Ballroom
                                        9802 Euclid Ave.
                                        "In November of 1938, the 17-year-old ... was at the Trianon Ballroom ... where the Duke Ellington Orchestra was playing for a dance. De Arango recalled it was unbelievable, with 2,500 people dancing and about 80 guys standing around the bandstand, trying to get close to their heroes."Jazzed in Cleveland, Part 69, Bill De Arango.
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                                        Saturday
                                        .Detroit, Mich.Masonic TempleApparently a false entry in Stratemann and Vail I, based on Variety 1938-10-26 p.40...
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                                        1938 11 26
                                        Saturday
                                        .Detroit, MichGraystone BallroomCorrect venue per Steiner.

                                        "Saturday Swing Session," with 12:00 midnight broadcast over WXYZ
                                        Radio listing and ad, Detroit News, 1938-11-25 pp. 4, 18..
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                                        1938 11 27
                                        Sunday
                                        ...activities not documented...
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                                        1938 11 28
                                        Monday
                                        .Chicago, Ill.8th Regiment Armory....
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                                        Tuesday
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                                        Wednesday
                                        ...activities not documented...
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                                        December 1938

                                        1938 12 00... Peripheral event
                                        Lasker:

                                        'In December 1938, American Record Corporation was purchased by the Columbia Broadcasting System (CBS) for a reported $750,000. Orchestra World (January 1939, page 3) noted: "CBS is principally interested in getting a home field for its concert artists. It does not plan to drop the dance labels, but possibly will concentrate on the Vocalion (35-cent) disc and may drop the Brunswick (75-cent) label. Actually, CBS was mainly interested in securing the Columbia label, and will develop that label in future..."

                                        The American Record Corporation was renamed the Columbia Recording Corporation (CRC) on May 19, 1939.'

                                        • Steven Lasker, WHAT PRICE RECORDS? THE U.S. RECORD INDUSTRY AND THE RETAIL PRICE OF POPULAR RECORDS, 1925-50, VJM Vintage Jazz Mart website
                                        • Email, Lasker/Palmquist 2014-10-26
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                                        1938 12 01
                                        Thursday
                                        ...Sidemen's activities not documented...
                                        ...
                                        1938 12 01
                                        Thursday
                                        .Pittsburgh, Penn.Club CrawfordThis appears to have been a party for, or in honour, of Ellington and may have been hosted by someone named Greenlee. I don't know if any sidemen attended.
                                        The album notes to the Mosaic 7 CD box set describe how Gus Greenlee met Ellington and said Duke, a good friend of mine has written some songs, and we'd like for you to hear them.' The "good friend" was
                                      • Billy Strayhorn
                                      • , and it seems he was actually a friend of a friend of young Mr. Greenlee.
                                      • Vail I
                                      • S. Lasker, album notes, Mosaic Records CD box set MD7-235 Duke Ellington: The Complete 1936-1940 Variety, Vocalion And OKeh Small Group Sessions, p.15
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                                        1938 12 02
                                        Friday
                                        1938 12 08
                                        Thursday
                                        Pittsburgh, Penn.Stanley Theater
                                        237 7th St.
                                        Vaudeville show

                                        Duke Ellington Orchestra (14 members), Ivy [sic] Anderson, Dolores Brown, Flash and Dash, Two Zephyrs, Rex Stuart [sic], Johnny Hodges; film "Young Dr. Kildare." Variety's review:

                                        '... Second time for him here in last 10 months...  ...a show that's strictly high-class heat. Runs overboard this tiem, and there's some material that could wisely be chucked, but his unit's pretty close to the tops in band entertainment.
                                          Open's still the same, behind a scrim curtain, with the same spot picking out the various sections as they go to town individually on a medley of Ellington's past hits. Full stage reveals something new for the Duke, however. He's standing up now to play his piano, which is placed on a raised platform bringing the ivories level with his hands. Follows with a sizzling platter of 'Hot Chick,' and momentum continues via Flash and Dance (New Acts), couple of nice looking hoofers with plenty on the ball.  Dolores Brown next to pipe out a brace of vocal choruses, but gal's merely decorative and among the weaker complements in the Ellington layout. Show picks up again with the Duke's slick way of Rachmaninoff's Prelude, and then bursts into flame when Rex Stuart [sic] steps down from the platform for a sock trumpet concerto...Stuart sticks around to lead a brief jammer and then makes way for Johnny Hodges go give out on the jam with 'Jeep Blues.'   Ivy Anderson, Ellington's featured songstress, improved year by year and stands now around the head of the class. Personality, salesmanship and voice are all hers. She shoots across 'Alexavder's Ragtime Band,' 'Sweet Talking Man' (with the usual wise-cracking interruptions from the drummer boy), 'I'm a Little Blackbird Looking for a Bluebird,' 'You Gave Me the Gate, Now Swing It' novelty, and finally 'Swing Time in Hololulu' before they'd let her get away. Even at that, mob kept pounding away for her.  A tough spot for two Zephyrs, but they delivered. Boys get off with a wash-tub jam then go into a slow-motion routine that's okay but much too long.  Finale has curtains closing in and stage darkening at fadeout of neat arrangement of 'I Let a Song Go Out of My Heart.' Show, incidentally, could stand a bit more of Ellington's keyboard wizardry. He isn't giving out in that department now as much as in the past.  Dave Broudy's house crew in the pit for nice overture. With long feature, windy trailer, couple of shorts and newsreels, bill runs to 200 minutes, much too long.  Biz good but not unusual. Cohen.'


                                        Steven Lasker's album notes to the Mosaic 7 CD box set tell us Ellington and Billy Strayhorn first met backstage at the Stanley the first afternoon of the Stanley engagement, with Gus Greenlee. He quotes Ellington:

                                        'This guy came in with this little kid, Ellington later recalled. They [the theatre] had a piano, I said tell him to sit down and play something, so this little boy sat down and started playing and he sang a couple of lyrics and, man, I was up on my feet, it was a great marriage of words and music, that Cole Porter thing, you know?'

                                        Strayhorn was assigned to write a lyric to an instrumental which he completed overnight, and then was asked to arrange Two Sleepy People for Ivie Anderson.
                                        • Variety,
                                          • 1938-12-07 pp.10, 44
                                          • 1938-12-14 pp.8, 11
                                        • S. Lasker, album notes, Mosaic Records CD box set MD7-235 Duke Ellington: The Complete 1936-1940 Variety, Vocalion And OKeh Small Group Sessions, p.15
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                                        1938 12 03
                                        Saturday
                                        .Pittsburgh, Penn.Stanley Theatersee 1938 12 02...
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                                        1938 12 04
                                        Sunday
                                        .Pittsburgh, Penn.Stanley Theatersee 1938 12 02...
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                                        Sunday
                                        .Steubenville, Ohio.....
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                                        Monday
                                        .Pittsburgh, Penn.Stanley Theatersee 1938 12 02

                                        "Eugene Baker of this city was a Pittsburgh visitor yesterday where he witnessed the stage show at the Stanley theatre, featuring Duke Ellington and his band." - Daily Independent
                                        The Daily Independent, Monessen, Penn.1938-12-06 p.5..
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                                        1938 12 06
                                        Tuesday
                                        .Pittsburgh, Penn.Stanley Theatersee 1938 12 02...
                                        ..2011
                                        1938 12 07
                                        Wednesday
                                        .Pittsburgh, Penn.Stanley Theatersee 1938 12 02...
                                        ..2011
                                        1938 12 08
                                        Thursday
                                        .Pittsburgh, Penn.Stanley Theatersee 1938 12 02...
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                                        1938 12 09
                                        Friday
                                        1938 12 15Brooklyn, N.Y.Strand TheatreVaudeville show

                                        "DUKE GOES OVER BIG AT THE STRAND
                                        NEW YORK, Dec. 15
                                        Jitterbugs by the thousands moved in on the Strand ... the past week where Duke Ellington and his orchestra and revue were holding court
                                          Living up to the standards of the great maestro-composer, the revue was of a fast stepping entertaining variety and carried all the zest punch of performers wise in the ways of the theatre. Headed by Ivie Anderson who could only leave the stage after five or six hot numbers the house rocked with the talent of the Two Zephyrs, Flash and Dash, and Dolores Brown.
                                          Coming in for its share of stage glory, Ellington's orchestra played in its outstanding manner ...
                                          In New York for a short stay before continuing his theatrical and dance tour, Ellington will confer with theatrical executives in regard to the production of his all-colored opera which he hopes to bring to Broadway early next year."

                                        Pittsburgh Courier 1938-12-17, p.20 ...
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                                        Saturday
                                        .Brooklyn, N.Y.Strand Theatresee 1938 12 09...
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                                        1938 12 11
                                        Sunday
                                        .Brooklyn, N.Y.Strand Theatresee 1938 12 09...
                                        ..2011
                                        1938 12 11
                                        Sunday
                                        .New York, N.Y.44th Street TheatreNegro Actors Guild BenefitStratemann, p.156, citing Variety 1938-11-09 and Amsterdam News 1938-11-19 p.21..
                                        ..2011
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                                        2012-12-13
                                        1938 12 12
                                        Monday
                                        .Brooklyn, N.Y.Strand Theatresee 1938 12 09...
                                        ..2011
                                        1938 12 13
                                        Tuesday
                                        .Brooklyn, N.Y.Strand Theatresee 1938 12 09...
                                        ..2011
                                        1938 12 14
                                        Wednesday
                                        .Brooklyn, N.Y.Strand Theatresee 1938 12 09...
                                        ..2011
                                        1938 12 15
                                        Thursday
                                        .Brooklyn, N.Y.Strand Theatresee 1938 12 09...
                                        ..2011
                                        1938 12 16
                                        Friday
                                        ...activities not documented...
                                        ...
                                        1938 12 17
                                        Saturday
                                        .Chicago, Ill.8th Regiment Armory(Unconfirmed)

                                        Stratemann, p. 156 says Variety announced Ellington was to play a week at Nixon's Grand Theatre, Philadelphia, beginning Dec. 17, but The Chicago Defender carried ads saying he was going to appear at the Annual Christmas Basket Show at the Armory. Other participants were to be Louis Armstrong, Maxine Sullivan, Bill Robinson and Earl Hines.

                                        Given the following events in New York, it seems likely the Philadelphia engagement was cancelled.
                                        Stratemann p.156 citing
                                        • Variety 1938-11-30,p.41
                                        • Chicago Defender (edition not stated)
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                                        1938 12 18
                                        Sunday
                                        ...activities not documented...
                                        ...
                                        1938 12 19
                                        Monday
                                        .New York, N.Y..American Record Corporation/Brunswick-Master recording session
                                        15:30 start
                                        Duke Ellington and His Famous Orchestra
                                        Stewart, Jones, Williams, Brown, Nanton, Tizol, Bigard, Hodges, Hardwick, Carney, Ellington, Guy, Taylor, Greer

                                        Titles recorded:
                                        • T.T. On Toast
                                        • Jazz Potpourri
                                        • Battle Of Swing
                                        Email, S.Lasker-Palmquist 2015-06-24 re session timesNew Desor
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                                        1938 12 20
                                        Tuesday
                                        .New York, N.Y..American Record Corporation/Brunswick - Master recording session
                                        session times not noted
                                        Johnny Hodges and His Orchestra

                                        Williams, Brown, Hodges, Carney, Ellington, Taylor, Greer


                                        Titles recorded:
                                        • I'm In Another World
                                        • Hodge Podge
                                        • Dancing On The Stars
                                        • Wanderlust
                                        Email, S.Lasker-Palmquist 2015-06-24 re session timesNew Desor
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                                        1938 12 21
                                        Wednesday
                                        .New York, N.Y..American Record Corporation/Brunswick (Master) recording session
                                        session times not noted
                                        Cootie Williams and His Rug Cutters
                                        Williams, Bigard, Hodges, Hardwick, Carney, Ellington, Taylor, Greer

                                        Titles recorded:
                                        • Delta Mood
                                        • The Boys From Harlem
                                        • Mobile Blues
                                        • Gal-A-Vanting
                                        Email, S.Lasker-Palmquist 2015-06-24 re session timesNew Desor
                                        DE3832
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                                        2012-12-13
                                        2015-07-01
                                        1938 12 21
                                        Wednesday
                                        .New York, N.Y.Probably
                                        WNEW Studio
                                        501 Madison Ave.
                                        Recorded WNEW broadcast
                                        "Martin Block's Make Believe Ballroom"
                                        Duke Ellington group
                                        C.Williams, Brown, Hodges, Hardwick, Carney, Ellington, Taylor, Greer
                                        Titles recorded:
                                        • Tiger Rag
                                        • On The Sunny Side Of The Street
                                        • Jeep Is Jumpin'
                                        New Desor
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                                        1938 12 22
                                        Thursday
                                        .New York, N.Y.1776 or 1780 BroadwayAmerican Record Corporation/Brunswick (Master) recording session
                                        session times not noted
                                        Duke Ellington and His Famous Orchestra
                                        Stewart, Jones, Williams, Brown, Nanton, Tizol, Bigard, Hodges, Hardwick, Carney, Ellington, Guy, Taylor, Sonny Greer

                                        Titles recorded:
                                        • Blue Light
                                        • Old King Dooji
                                        • Boy Meets Horn
                                        • Slap Happy
                                        Email, S.Lasker-Palmquist 2015-06-24 re session timesNew Desor
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                                        1938 12 23
                                        Friday
                                        ...activities not documented...
                                        ...
                                        1938 12 24
                                        Saturday
                                        ...activities not documented...
                                        ...
                                        1938 12 25
                                        Sunday
                                        Christmas
                                        ...activities not documented...
                                        ...
                                        1938 12 25
                                        Sunday
                                        Christmas
                                        .New York, N.Y.Carnegie Hall Peripheral event
                                        Paul Whiteman was to perform an Ellington "suite" - Christmas Bells of Harlem - at his Christmas evening 1938 concert in Carnegie Hall Christmas night. The Ellington Suite is among those of six composers, each writing without knowing what the others are doing.

                                        Frank Racette, Ellington band boy from 1968 to 1972, advises this is actually Blue Belles of Harlem. Ellington provided Fred Van Epps, Whiteman's arranger, with a lead sheet from which the Whiteman orchestra's parts were prepared.

                                        The Van Eps parts are in the Whiteman collection at Williams College Archives & Special Collections.

                                        Later, Strayhorn reworked the composition into the Blue Belles of Harlem version recorded by Ellington in the 1940s.
                                        • Pittsburgh Courier, 1938-12-24, p. 20
                                        • Frank Racette, Duke-LYM emails 2014-03-22
                                        • "Paul Whiteman: Blue Bells of Harlem,"http://jazz.com
                                        • Variety:
                                          • Ad, 1938-12-21 p.30
                                          • Review, 1938-12-28 p.33
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                                        Monday
                                        .Philadelphia, Penn.Penn Athletic ClubBattle of Music
                                        Jimmie Lunceford's Steamlined Rhythm Orchestra meets the inimitable Duke Ellington and his band.
                                        Pittsburgh Courier 1938-12-03 p.20...
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                                        1938 12 27
                                        Tuesday
                                        ...activities not documented...
                                        ...
                                        1938 12 28
                                        Wednesday
                                        ...activities not documented...
                                        ...
                                        1938 12 29
                                        Thursday
                                        ...activities not documented...
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                                        1938 12 30
                                        Friday
                                        ...activities not documented...
                                        ...
                                        1938 12 31
                                        Saturday
                                        .Montréal, P.QOn board a train.The Star reported a dozen RCMP officers led by Corporal Edward A. Chamberlain boarded the inbound New York train to Montreal and searched the baggage and the persons of the members of the Duke Ellington orchestra. Finding one marijuana cigarette the police arrested one unnamed band member and took him to their barracks where they studied the prisoner's antecedents. After several hours they let him go. He had willingly and truthfully answered all questions, he had been an orchestra member for 11 years and had no use for drugs, and he could not explain the finding of the marijuana smoke at his feet.The Star (Montreal) 1938-12-31..
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                                        1938 12 31
                                        Saturday
                                        10 pm
                                        1939 01 01
                                        Sunday morning
                                        Montréal, P.Q.Montréal ForumNew Years Eve "Frolic and Dance" sponsored by the Lions Club to benefit its welfare fund.
                                        Ellington led although he was sick - fever of 101.5 degrees.

                                        The evening started with vaudeville, and then a dance.

                                        Also on the bill, Armand Meerte and His Band.

                                        Reserved seating only, General admission $1.50, Box seats $2.00 plus tax
                                        • Variety 1938-11-16 p.38
                                        • announcement, Montreal Gazette 1938-12-03 p.11
                                        • Montreal Gazette
                                          • Announcement, ad and caricature, 1938-12-07
                                          • Ad and publicity, 1938-12-17
                                          • Review, 1939-01-02 p.3
                                        .
                                        Stratemann p.157.2011
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                                        January 1939

                                        1939 00 00.Locations Unknown.Three 1939 broadcasts, dates unknown yielded recordings of Boy Meets Horn, Solid Old Man,& The Sergeant Was Shy .New Desor
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                                        Sunday
                                        ...activities not documented...
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                                        1939 01 02
                                        Monday
                                        ...activities not documented...
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                                        1939 01 03
                                        Tuesday
                                        .New York, N.Y.Great Hall
                                        City College of New York
                                        "Fifth annual New Year's Concert" 8:30 p.m., sponsored by Harlem Branch Y.M.C.A.; about 1,800 in audience

                                        "...Celebrating the occasion...Mr. Ellington will offer for the first time, several new numbers including selections from an opera on which he has been working for two years. This particular part of the program holds unusual interest for music lovers and critics, since it will bring a symphonic arrangement of music long considered 'Negro' music, being the original music of the Negro by a Negro Composer..."


                                        Steven Lasker provided details of the programme:
                                        Commentator     Duke Ellington
                                        I
                                        CRESCENDO IN BLUE
                                        DIMINUENDO IN BLUE
                                        II
                                        Ellington Creations
                                        Black and Tan Fantasy
                                        Mood Indigo
                                        Sophisticated Lady
                                        In My Solitude
                                        Caravan
                                        Azure
                                        In a Sentimental Mood
                                        Creole Love Call
                                        III
                                        REMINISCING IN TEMPO
                                        Part 1
                                        Part 2
                                        Part 3
                                        Part 4
                                        IV
                                        CONCERTOS
                                        A. Clarinet Lament…………………Barney Bigard
                                        B. Trumpet Concerto………………Cootie Williams
                                        C. Yearning for Love……………Lawrence Brown
                                        D. Trumpet in Spades……………Rex Stewart
                                        E. Boy Meets Horn……………………Rex Stewart

                                        V
                                        Pyramid
                                        Prelude to a Kiss
                                        Braggin’ in Brass
                                        Soda Fountain Rag
                                        Rude Interlude
                                        VI
                                        ADDED FEATURE
                                        The Bands within the Band
                                        Johnny Hodges, Barney Bigard, Cootie Williams,
                                        Rex Stewart Combinations

                                        VII
                                        An Aria from the Opera by Duke Ellington
                                        Depicting the History of the Negro
                                        *
                                        This is an all Ellington Program and many numbers which
                                        are not scheduled on this program will be played.
                                        *
                                        This Concert marks the first appearance of Mr. Ellington
                                        and his Orchestra on the Concert stage in this country,
                                        although several European Concerts have been given.
                                        *
                                        The Harlem Y.M.C.A., in making this presentation of
                                        Mr. Ellington feels that it is paying recognition to a
                                        great leader and a famous composer and one who has made
                                        an outstanding contribution to the field of music.

                                        Management MILLS ARTIST, Inc.
                                        799 Seventh Avenue New York City

                                        Mr. Lasker also provided an excerpt from a review of the concert, from an unknown source, printed under the heading “DUKE'S MIXED-UP CONCERT:

                                        '“The second half of the concert was especially disappointing. Duke was supposed to play several brand new and more serious works. Instead he put on a series of jam sessions (in which Rex Stewart shone brilliantly, by the way) and ended up playing a series of semi-pops featuring Ivie Anderson, who was not at her best that evening. The final selection, a slow, comparatively drab rendition of “Solitude,” brought almost no applause for an encore Duke may have been expecting, and left the audience with a “what the hell” taste, wondering whether it should go home or what. When Duke and the boys half-heartedly began to pack their instruments (there wasn't any curtain), the crowd, obviously disappointed, straggled out.

                                        Post-mortem investigations show that Duke, himself, wasn't entirely responsible for the lack of showmanship. Seems that a manager got after him at intermission and talked him into featuring the jam and Ivy [sic] instead of pursuing the course of playing some new compositions as originally planned. And so, Ellington, with no definite plan mapped out, just called out various oft-heard numbers and happened to call them in unfortunate rotation. '

                                        • Email S.Lasker-Palmquist 2014-08-27, citing the printed program, located in the Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, New York Public Library
                                        • Stratemann p. 157
                                        • New York Age,
                                          • ad, 1938-12-31 p.4
                                          • announcements/publicity:
                                            • 1938-12-31
                                            • 1938-12-31 p.7
                                        • The Plaindealer, Kansas City, Kans.,
                                          1939-01-06 p.6
                                        .DEMS
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                                        1939 01 04
                                        Wednesday
                                        ...activities not documented...
                                        ...
                                        1939 01 05
                                        Thursday
                                        1939 01 07Schenectady, N.Y. Proctor'sStage show
                                        Duke Ellington, His Famous Orchestra and Big Revue, featuring Ivie Anderson, Chuck & Chuckles, Earl & Francis, Dolores Brown
                                        Film feature: There's That Woman Again; Short: 3 Stooges "Flat Foot Stoogie", and a Merrie Melodie cartoon.
                                        Schenectady Gazette

                                        "Duke Ellington Proves Popularity in Program at Proctor's
                                        Music Maestro Shows Wares In Wide Variety
                                        Orchestra Offers Class A Performance, Augmented by Talented Acts, New Farce on Screen.

                                        ... a mood difficult to describe and perhaps best likened to the aurora with flowing tones bursting from time to time into brilliant points of sound and emphasis.

                                        The setting is arresting in the extreme, each member of the band is placed on his own individual pedestal and each pedestal tastefully frivolous in yellow satin ruffles. Lighting effects are clever and the translucent curtain at the start adds to the intrigue. A barbarous note is provided by the hanging gongs in the trap outfit....Each player kept time with his feet whether playing or not..."

                                        The review goes on to describe
                                        • the dance routine of Earl and Francis
                                        • hearing the Rachmaninoff C sharp minor prelude in a "compelling swing arrangement ending on the strangest note ever minted from the melodic mind."
                                        • Rex Stuart [sic] trumpet concerto
                                        • Ivie Anderson singing Alexander's Ragtime Band
                                        • Johnny Hodges and his jam band
                                        • Chuck and Chuckles tap routine
                                        • I Let A Song Go Out of My Heart by the whole band.
                                        • Variety Bills, Variety Anniversary Issue, 1939-01-04 p.186
                                        • Ad and lengthy review "Duke Ellington Proves Popularity in Program at Proctor's" Schenectady Gazette, 1939-01-06 p.14
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                                        Friday
                                        ,Schenectady, N.Y. Proctor'sStage show -see 1939 01 05...
                                        ..2011
                                        1939 01 07
                                        Saturday
                                        ,Schenectady, N.Y. Proctor'sStage show -see 1939 01 05...
                                        ..2011
                                        1939 01 08
                                        Sunday
                                        ...activities not documented...
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                                        1939 01 09
                                        Monday
                                        ...activities not documented...
                                        ...
                                        1939 01 10
                                        Tuesday
                                        ...activities not documented...
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                                        1939 01 11
                                        Wednesday
                                        ...activities not documented...
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                                        1939 01 12
                                        Thursday
                                        ...activities not documented...
                                        ...
                                        1939 01 13
                                        Friday
                                        1939 01 19
                                        Thursday
                                        Philadelphia, Penn.Nixon's Grand Theatre
                                        Broad St. & Montgomery Ave.
                                        Stage show..
                                        John W. Mosley photograph
                                        Duke and Cootie or Rex before a full house
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                                        1939 01 14
                                        Saturday
                                        .Philadelphia, Penn.Nixon's Grand TheatreStage show - see 1939 01 13...
                                        ..2011
                                        1939 01 15
                                        Sunday
                                        .Philadelphia, Penn.Nixon's Grand TheatreStage show - see 1939 01 13...
                                        ..2011
                                        1939 01 16
                                        Monday
                                        .Philadelphia, Penn.Nixon's Grand TheatreStage show - see 1939 01 13...
                                        ..2011
                                        1939 01 17
                                        Tuesday
                                        .Philadelphia, Penn.Nixon's Grand TheatreStage show - see 1939 01 13...
                                        ..2011
                                        1939 01 18
                                        Wednesday
                                        .Philadelphia, Penn.Nixon's Grand TheatreStage show - see 1939 01 13...
                                        ..2011
                                        1939 01 19
                                        Thursday
                                        .Philadelphia, Penn.Nixon's Grand TheatreStage show - see 1939 01 13...
                                        ..2011
                                        1939 01 20
                                        Friday
                                        1939 01 26Newark, N.J.Adams' Paramount TheatreStage show

                                        "Duke Ellington and his band lead the stage show starting today at the Paramount Newark theatre. ...Also on the footlight program will be the Three Chocolateers and Ivie Anderson, singer..."


                                        The entourage for this and subsequent theatre dates included the Chocolateers, Flash and Dash, and an interpretive dancer, Tanya. Titles played included "Boy Meets Horn," "Alexander's Ragtime Band," "He's A Sweet Talking Man" (alt. title, "He Does Me So Much Good"), "Jeep's Blues," "I Let A Song Go Out Of My Heart."
                                        • Jewish Chronicle, Newark, N.J., 1939-01-20 p.6
                                        • Stratemann p.157 citing The Billboard 1939-01-28 p.24
                                        • Variety
                                          • 1939-01-18 p.46
                                        • Star Ledger, Newark, N.J., 1939-01-20
                                        ..
                                        .Ken Steiner aug11 (not 20-31)2011
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                                        2013-08-27
                                        2014-04-11
                                        1939 01 21
                                        Saturday
                                        .Newark, N.J.Paramount TheatreVaudeville show - see 1939 01 20...
                                        ..2011
                                        1939 01 22
                                        Sunday
                                        .Newark, N.J.Paramount TheatreVaudeville show - see 1939 01 20...
                                        ..2011
                                        1939 01 23
                                        Monday
                                        .Newark, N.J.Paramount TheatreVaudeville show - see 1939 01 20...
                                        ..2011
                                        circa
                                        1939 01 23
                                        Monday
                                        ...PERSONNEL CHANGE
                                        Stratemann:

                                        'Billy Strayhorn joined the Ellington entourage in this [Paramount] engagement.'

                                        As at the time of writing, the Billy Strayhorn webpage gives the date as January 23, 1939 and this is the date shown in Vail.

                                        Steven Lasker:

                                        'It's not only Stratemann who reports that Strays joined this week, we have Strays' own words for it, as found in an article by Leonard Feather that appeared in “Jazz” magazine #5/6, January 1943: “Somehow, I didn't get to New York at that time. [He refers to the week of 1938 12 02 to 12 08 when he first met Ellington.] But a few weeks later I took a chance and went there on my own. I found Duke at a theater in Newark; he'd lost my address and had been trying to locate me.”'

                                        The Newark theatre was the Paramount, not the Adams Theater as shown on the Strayhorn webpage at the time of writing, thus dating Billy's arrival as the week of January 20 to 26, but Mercer's recollection was that he arrived the last day of the Apollo run, which would be February 23.

                                        Mercer:

                                        'Then in 1939 Billy Strayhorn arrived in New York. ... the band was doing its last day at the Apollo before going overseas. Between shows, he presented his work to Pop, who immediately turned to me and said, “See that he's taken care of till I get back.”
                                          I got Strayhorn a room at the YMCA. He ... checked in, but he used to come by the apartment and stay so often and so long, often for several days, that I finally said, “Well, Billy, forget about it. Come on up and make it this way at the house, and like later for the YMCA!” So by the time Pop got back from Europe, Billy, Ruth, and I were like one family.
                                          Billy and I had gone into the Ellington scores while the band was away, and we had really studied them. He had also helped me with some songs I had written, especially with the theme song for the little band I had then. He had a good, solid, general foundation in the facts and theory of music. He was capable of playing good piano — not great piano, but good piano. He had had enough training in composition to be able to appreciate Pop's work, and it was just a matter of having the instrumentation shown him for him to grasp the general principles.
                                         Originally Pop had thought to use him as a lyricist ...but writing music soon became more important and engrossing for him. He was a tremendous help, and I think this was another one of the points in Ellington's life when he was really stimulated, stimulated by Billy's presence...And then, of course, like flexing your muscles, just to show off, to show Billy what he was capable of doing, Ellington began to write more himself...
                                          What really put Billy into the picture was the struggle between ASCAP and BMI in 1940-1941.'

                                        • Stratemann p.157
                                        • Vail I
                                        • Emails, S. Lasker-Palmquist 2014-08-28, 2015-05-19 & 2015-06-16
                                        • Strayhorn timeline
                                        • Cohen Duke Ellington's America, p.176
                                        • Emails, S. Lasker-Palmquist 2014-08-28, 2015-05-19 & 2015-06-16
                                        • M. Ellington, DEIP, pp.79-81
                                        • See also David Hajdu, Lush Life: A Biography of Billy Strayhorn, North Point Press, New York, 1996
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                                        1939 01 24
                                        Tuesday
                                        .Newark, N.J.Paramount TheatreVaudeville show - see 1939 01 20...
                                        ..2011
                                        1939 01 25
                                        Wednesday
                                        .Newark, N.J.Paramount TheatreVaudeville show - see 1939 01 20...
                                        ..2011
                                        1939 01 26
                                        Thursday
                                        .Newark, N.J.Paramount TheatreVaudeville show - see 1939 01 20...
                                        ..2011
                                        1939 01 27
                                        Friday
                                        1939 02 02Hartford, Conn.State TheatreVaudeville showStratemann p.157 citing Variety 1935-01-25 p.54..
                                        .Ken Steiner aug11updated 2011-12-28
                                        1939 01 00...PERSONNEL CHANGE
                                        After his January 27 entry, Stratemann writes

                                        "In the above series of engagements, Jean Eldridge, an exceptional singer from Pittsburgh, was introduced to audiences as a replacement for Dolores Brown. Like Brown's, her role as that of a supplementary singer to Ivie Anderson, in theatre tours."


                                        Pending review of Dr. Stratemann's files, it appears Miss Eldridge did not rejoin Ellington until the end of January or in February. See the discussion concerning these singers at 1938 07 26. The MD7-235 booklet says Eldridge was with the band from early August 1938 until late March 1939, but this appears to be in error - Dolores Brown was with the band in August. Miss Eldridge opened with Earl Hines at the Apollo 1939 01 20 and with Ellington 1939 02 20. Variety's review of the latter opening describes her as a new act and a new discovery.
                                        • Stratemann p.157
                                        • Photo, Washington Afro-American, 1938-09-03, p.10
                                        • Book to Mosaic Records MD7-235 Duke Ellington: The Complete 1936-1940 Variety, Vocalion And OKeh Small Group Sessions, p.15
                                        • Variety
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                                        1939 01 28
                                        Saturday
                                        .Hartford, Conn.State TheatreVaudeville - see 1939-01-27...
                                        ..updated 2011-12-28
                                        1939 01 29
                                        Sunday
                                        .Hartford, Conn.State TheatreVaudeville - see 1939-01-27...
                                        ..updated 2011-12-28
                                        1939 01 30
                                        Monday
                                        .Hartford, Conn.State TheatreVaudeville - see 1939-01-27...
                                        ..updated 2011-12-28
                                        1939 01 30
                                        Monday
                                        ...New Desor reports an Ellington recording of "Pussy Willow" on 1939 05 28 from an NBC broadcast of The President's Birthday Ball. Timner reports the same broadcast, from Loew's State Theatre, New York, without naming the network. Both discographies report just the one title recorded. Timner notes that some sources suggest the recording was made January 30-31, 1939.
                                        President's Birthday Ball was a combined NBC-Red, NBC-Blue, CBS and Mutual national broadcast from 23:15 to midnight EST on January 30, not May 28. This broadcast included the Meyer Davis, Frankie Masters and Paul Whiteman orchestras but Ellington does not appear to have to have been used.

                                        The Greenville News:

                                        'An address by President Roosevelt and pickups from Birthday Ball celebrations in major cities from coast to coast will be heard over the combined Blue and Red Networks of the National Broadcasting company... and the Columbia and Mutual Broadcasting systems today as America salutes the President on his 57th birthday...'

                                        The News-Palladium:

                                        'Programs tonight (Monday) President's birthday ball - WEAF-WJZ-NBC, WABC-CBS, WOR-MBS, WMAC-Intercity 11:15, Pres. Roosevelt and others, pickups from celebrations in New York, Washington, Chicago and Hollywood.'

                                        The Wisconsin State Journal

                                        '.../...The president will speak from the White House. Other speakers will be...and George V. Riley, clebration organizer.
                                          Meyer Davis' orchestra, Lucy Monroe, and James Melton will be heard from New York. Frankie Master's orchestra from Chicago, Paul Whiteman's orchestra from Washington, and the movies' "Hardy family" and Robert Young from Hollywood...'

                                        The Cincinnati Enquirer:

                                        'The New York portion of the broadcast will consist of music by Meyer Davis's Orchestra and songs by Lucy Monroe, soprano, and James Melton, tenor. Frankie Master's Orchestra will be heard from Chicago, and Paul Whiteman's Orchestra from Washington.
                                          A typical American family scene will be simulated during broadcast from Hollywood. The Hardy Family, popular new film grop, will play host to motion picture stars, with Robert Young as master of ceremonies.'


                                        AP and UP wire stories predicted there would be between 10,000 and 12,000 balls across the nation to celebrate President Roosevelt's 57th birthday and to raise funds for the new March of Dimes campaign by the National Foundation for Infantile Paralysis. The Philadelphia Inquirer suggested many more:

                                        'With more than 17,000 other communities, from border to border and coast to coast, Philadelphia will rally to celebrate President Roosevelt's 57th birthday with him ndash; and in so doing, to give aid and new hope to many a little sufferer from infantile paralysis.'

                                        • Timner V p.36
                                        • The Greenville News, Greenville, S.C. 1939-01-30 p.10
                                        • The News-Palladium, Benton Harbour, Mich. 1939-01-30 p.10
                                        • The Wisconsin State Journal, Madison, Wisc. 1939-01-30 p.8
                                        • The Cincinnati Enquirer, Cincinnati, Oh., 1939-01-30 p.17
                                        • The Philadelphia Inquirer, Philadelphia, Penn. 1939-01-30 p.13
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                                        Tuesday
                                        .Hartford, Conn.State TheatreVaudeville - see 1939-01-27...
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                                        February 1939

                                        1939 02 00... Peripheral event
                                        Ellington's first grandchild was born this month.
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                                        1939 02 01
                                        Wednesday
                                        .Hartford, Conn.State TheatreVaudeville - see 1939-01-27...
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                                        1939 02 02
                                        Thursday
                                        .Hartford, Conn.State TheatreVaudeville - see 1939-01-27...
                                        ..updated 2011-12-28
                                        1939 02 --.New York, N.Y.New York City CollegeNew Desor and Timner V list a recording of Beer Barrel Polka from this venue in February. Timner takes the date from writing on the tape box, just "February 1939." This concert is listed in New Desor but appears to be misdated - see 1939-11-24

                                        Lasker, commenting on Timner V:

                                        16. Recording dates are mostly correct, exceptions being the three Pathe/Perfect sessions mentioned above, and Ellington's version of Beer Barrel Polka which Timner dates to February 1939, but which clearly originates from his 24Nov39 CBS broadcast.

                                        .New Desor
                                        DE3901
                                        DEMS
                                        ..updated 2011-12-28
                                        1939 02 03
                                        Friday
                                        ...activities not documented...
                                        ...
                                        1939 02 04
                                        Saturday
                                        ...activities not documented...
                                        ...
                                        1939 02 05
                                        Sunday
                                        ...activities not documented...
                                        ...
                                        1939 02 06
                                        Monday
                                        ...activities not documented...
                                        ...
                                        1939 02 07
                                        Tuesday
                                        ...activities not documented...
                                        ...
                                        1939 02 08
                                        Wednesday
                                        ...activities not documented...
                                        ...
                                        1939 02 09
                                        Thursday
                                        ...activities not documented...
                                        ...
                                        1939 02 10
                                        Friday
                                        .Ithaca, N.Y.Drill Hall
                                        Cornell University
                                        Junior Prom (dance)
                                        A rare collection of popular dance bands, Duke Ellington, Jimmie Lunceford and Les Brown, will provide the music at the prom.
                                        ( junior prom )
                                        .
                                        Stratemann p.157, citing The Billboard 1939-01-28 p.12djp
                                        Added
                                        2011
                                        updated
                                        2012-09-04
                                        1939 02 11
                                        Saturday
                                        .New York, N.Y.369th Regiment ArmoryNAACP danceStratemann p. 157, citing NYA 28/1/39 p.12..
                                        ..updated 2011-12-28
                                        1939 02 12
                                        Sunday
                                        ...activities not documented...
                                        ...
                                        1939 02 13
                                        Monday
                                        ...activities not documented...
                                        ...
                                        1939 02 14
                                        Tuesday
                                        Valentine's Day
                                        .New York, N.YRoseland Ballroom"First New York Ballroom Appearance."ad, New York Daily News, 1939-02-13 p.28..
                                        .K.Steiner Dec 2012.
                                        Added 2014-04-11
                                        1939 02 15
                                        Wednesday
                                        ...activities not documented...
                                        ...
                                        1939 02 16
                                        Thursday
                                        ...activities not documented...
                                        ...
                                        1939 02 17
                                        Friday
                                        1939 02 23
                                        Thursday
                                        New York, N.Y.Apollo Theater
                                        253 W. 125th St., Borough of Manhattan, Harlem district
                                        Vaudeville show, including Jackie 'Moms' Mabley, Vivian Harris and George Williams.Stratemann p. 157, citing NYA 1939-02-18 p.7 and Variety 1939-02-22..
                                        .djpupdated 2011-12-28
                                        1939 02 17.New York, N.Y.Apollo Theater
                                        253 W. 125th St.
                                        Harlem
                                        Vaudeville show - see 1939 02 07...
                                        .djp2011
                                        1939 02 18
                                        Saturday
                                        .New York, N.Y.Apollo Theater
                                        253 W. 125th St.
                                        Harlem
                                        Vaudeville show - see 1939 02 07...
                                        .djp2011
                                        1939 02 19
                                        Sunday
                                        .New York, N.Y.Apollo Theater
                                        253 W. 125th St.
                                        Harlem
                                        Vaudeville show - see 1939 02 07...
                                        .djp2011
                                        1939 02 20
                                        Monday
                                        .New York, N.Y.Apollo Theater
                                        253 W. 125th St.
                                        Harlem
                                        Vaudeville show - see 1939 02 07...
                                        .djp2011
                                        1939 02 21
                                        Tuesday
                                        .New York, N.Y.Apollo Theater
                                        253 W. 125th St.
                                        Harlem
                                        Vaudeville show - see 1939 02 07...
                                        .djp2011
                                        1939 02 22
                                        Wednesday
                                        .New York, N.Y.Apollo Theater
                                        253 W. 125th St.
                                        Harlem
                                        Vaudeville show - see 1939 02 07...
                                        .djp2011
                                        1939 02 23
                                        Thursday
                                        .New York, N.Y.Apollo Theater
                                        253 W. 125th St.
                                        Harlem
                                        Vaudeville show - see 1939 02 07...
                                        .djp2011
                                        1939 02 24
                                        Friday
                                        .New York, N.Y.Waldorf Astoria HotelDance
                                        Columbia University prom

                                        Ellington and Hal Kemp orchestras
                                        ..
                                        Stratemann page 157, citing Bill Board 18/2/39 p.12. updated 2011-12-28
                                        1939 02 25
                                        Saturday
                                        ...activities not documented...
                                        ...
                                        1939 02 26
                                        Sunday
                                        ...activities not documented...
                                        ...
                                        1939 02 27
                                        Monday
                                        4:45-7:05 P.M.
                                        .New York, N.Y..American Record Corporation-Brunswick (Master) small group recording session
                                        Johnny Hodges and His Orchestra
                                        C.Williams, Brown, Hodges, Carney, Ellington, Taylor, Greer, Jean Eldridge
                                        Titles recorded:
                                        • Like A Ship In The Night (Wax Works calls this title "Like a Ship at Sea")
                                        • Mississippi Dreamboat
                                        • Swingin' On The Campus
                                        • Dooji Wooji
                                        New Desor
                                        DE3902
                                        DEMS
                                        ..
                                        Added
                                        2011
                                        updated
                                        2014-04-16
                                        1939 02 28
                                        Tuesday
                                        Finished at 8:10 P.M.
                                        .New York, N.Y..American Record Corporation-Brunswick (Master) recording session
                                        Cootie Williams and His Rug Cutters
                                        C.Williams, Bigard, Hodges, Carney, Ellington, Taylor, Greer

                                        Titles recorded:
                                        • Beautiful Romance
                                        • Boudoir Benny
                                        • Ain't The Gravy Good?
                                        • She's Gone
                                        New Desor
                                        DE3903
                                        DEMS
                                        .djpAdded
                                        2011
                                        updated
                                        2011-12-28
                                        2014-04-16

                                        March 1939

                                        1939 03 00...Steven Lasker:

                                        'According to “The Orchestra World,” March 1939 p.3, “Duke Ellington has been in the throes of shifting over from Brunswick records to the Victor label. Negotiations were being carried on with Victor's biggie, Eli Oberstein. Eli put his O.K on the deal and the principal parties got together to put their John Hancocks on the dotted line. Then someone got a brilliant idea to look at Duke's contract with Brunswick. They got a good look. The Brunswick contract has another full year to go! '

                                        Email S.Lasker-Palmquist 2014-08-27 citing The Orchestra World 1939-03, p.3..
                                        .slNew
                                        added 2015-03-16
                                        1939 03 01
                                        Wednesday
                                        ...activities not documented...
                                        ...
                                        1939 03 02
                                        Thursday
                                        ...activities not documented...
                                        ...
                                        1939 03 03
                                        Friday
                                        .Newark, N.J. Krueger Auditorium"The Pals of Pleasure Present Its Primer Baile." ad, New Jersey Herald News 1939-02-25 p.7..
                                        .K.Steiner Dec 2012.
                                        Added 2014-04-12
                                        1939 03 04
                                        Saturday
                                        .Providence, R.I.Arcadia Ballroom
                                        or
                                        Arcadia Roof Garden Ballroom
                                        ...
                                        Stratemann p.157.updated 2011-12-28
                                        1939 03 05
                                        Sunday
                                        ...activities not documented...
                                        ...
                                        1939 03 06
                                        Monday
                                        ...activities not documented...
                                        ...
                                        1939 03 07
                                        Tuesday
                                        ...activities not documented...
                                        ...
                                        1939 03 08
                                        Wednesday
                                        .New York, N.Y.World Records Studio
                                        711 Fifth Ave.
                                        American Record Corporation-Brunswick (Master) recording session
                                        Duke Ellington, piano
                                        Titles recorded:
                                        • Just Good Fun
                                        • Informal Blues
                                        .New Desor
                                        DE3904
                                        DEMS
                                        ..updated 2011-12-28
                                        1939 03 09
                                        Thursday
                                        .Boston, Mass.Roseland State Ballroom
                                        Massachusetts Avenue
                                        (Unconfirmed)
                                        ad..
                                        .CAHoct11Added
                                        2011
                                        1939 03 10
                                        Friday
                                        ...activities not documented...
                                        ...
                                        1939 03 11
                                        Saturday
                                        ...Irving Mills sailed to London to discuss distribution of Master records abroad, and to arrange details of Ellington's forthcoming European tour....
                                        Stratemann p.157djpNew
                                        added 2014-04-12
                                        1939 03 11
                                        Saturday
                                        ...activities not documented...
                                        ...
                                        1939 03 12
                                        Sunday
                                        ...activities not documented...
                                        ...
                                        1939 03 13
                                        Monday
                                        ...activities not documented...
                                        ...
                                        1939 03 14
                                        Tuesday
                                        ...activities not documented...
                                        ...
                                        1939 03 15
                                        Wednesday
                                        2:02 - 2:30 P.M
                                        .New York, N.Y.CBS studioAmerica Dances recorded shortwave broadcast from CBS to the BBC, John Harper, announcer

                                        Ellington's forthcoming European tour was announced over the air and the program was heard in England from 7:02:45 to 7:30 PM local time.
                                        Duke Ellington and His Orchestra
                                        and Duke Ellington small group
                                        W. Jones, C.Williams, Stewart, Brown, Nanton, Tizol, Bigard, Hodges, Hardwick, Carney, Ellington, Guy, Taylor, Greer
                                        Titles recorded:
                                        • Jazz Potpourri
                                        • T.T.On Toast
                                        • Demi-Tasse
                                        • Jeep's Blues
                                        • Old King Dooji
                                        • Boy Meets horn
                                        • Hold Tight
                                        • Azure
                                        • Harmony In Harlem
                                        Part of the broadcast is on the Ellington '97 conference souvenir CD "The British Connexion" and Jazz Unlimited's CD of the same title, catalogue no. JUCD 2069.
                                        New Desor
                                        DE3905
                                        NDCS 1061
                                        DEMS
                                        .djpupdated
                                        2011-12-29
                                        2014-04-12
                                        1939 03 16
                                        Thursday
                                        .Boston, Mass..Götting's The Duke: When and Where shows the band in Boston this day, but provides no information. No appearance is shown for this date in Stratemann, Vail I nor Igo....
                                        ..2011
                                        updated
                                        2014-04-12
                                        1939 03 17
                                        Friday
                                        .Boston, Mass.Roseland State Ballroom
                                        Massachusetts Avenue
                                        .(17th only)...
                                        .Ken Steiner aug11Added
                                        2011
                                        1939 03 18
                                        Saturday
                                        .Portland, Maine Ricker GardensSpring Carnival of Swing sponsored by Boston Friars Club

                                        3 bands - Ellington, Ina Ray Hutton and Artie Shaw

                                        Remote broadcast over WGAN, 8:15 pm
                                        • Ad and radio listing, Portland Press Herald 1939-03-18(?) p.13
                                        • Stratemann p.157, citing Bill Board 1939-03-11 p.12
                                        ..
                                        .K.Steiner Dec 2012.
                                        Added 2012-01-12
                                        1939 03 19
                                        Sunday
                                        ...activities not documented...
                                        ...
                                        1939 03 20
                                        Monday
                                        .New York, N.Y.World Broadcasting System studios
                                        711 Fifth Ave
                                        American Record Corporation-Brunswick-Vocalion/Master Records recording session
                                        Titles recorded:
                                        • *Rex Stewart and His Fifty-Second Street Stompers (15:00-16:45)
                                          Stewart, Nanton, Bigard, Ellington, Taylor, Greer, Louis Bacon
                                          • San Juan Hill
                                          • So, I'll Come Back To You
                                          • Fatstuff Serenade
                                        • Duke Ellington and His Famous Orchestra (18:00-20:30)
                                          W. Jones, C.Williams, Stewart, Brown, Nanton, Tizol, Bigard, Hodges, Hardwick, Carney, Ellington, Guy, Taylor, Greer
                                          • Pussy Willow
                                          • Subtle Lament
                                          • Subtle Lament
                                          • Lady In Blue
                                          • Smorgasbord and Schnapps
                                        New Desor
                                        DE3906
                                        DEMS
                                        ..updated
                                        2011-12-29
                                        2014-04-16
                                        1939 03 21
                                        Tuesday
                                        2:45 pm to 9 p.m.
                                        .New York, N.Y.World Broadcasting System studios
                                        711 Fifth Ave
                                        American Record Corporation-Brunswick-Vocalion/Master Records recording session

                                        This appears to be the first time Strayhorn recorded with the Ellington orchestra.
                                        Titles recorded:
                                        • Johnny Hodges and His Orchestra (14:45-16:45)
                                          C. Williams, Brown, Hodges, Carney, Ellington, Taylor, Greer
                                          • Savoy Strut
                                          • Rent Party Blues
                                          • Dance Of The Goon
                                          • Good Gal Blues
                                        • Duke Ellington Trio (16:45-17:30)
                                          Ellington, Hodges, Taylor
                                          • Finesse (see the essays in DEMS 07,1-43)
                                        • Duke Ellington and His Famous Orchestra (17:30-21:00)
                                          W. Jones, C. Williams, Stewart, Brown, Nanton, Bigard, Hodges, Hardwick, Carney, Ellington, *Strayhorn, Guy, Taylor, Greer, Eldridge
                                          • Portrait Of A Lion
                                          • (*) Something To Live For
                                          • Solid Old Man
                                        New Desor
                                        DE3907
                                        DEMS
                                        New Desor Corrections (as all 03,3-27 entries)
                                        Timner corrections
                                        djp2011
                                        Updated 2011-12-29
                                        2014-08-06
                                        2015-03-16
                                        1939 03 22
                                        Wednesday
                                        .New York, N.Y.Borderline Cafe
                                        7 West 110th St.
                                        "One of the last rites performed by Duke Ellington...before he sailed for the continent last Thursday noon, was to chop a poor chick's head off at the new and palatial Borderline Cafe...The Cafe held a special premier for Duke, at which hundreds of the popular orchestra leader's cafe society friends attended. Bea Ellis, ex-chorine, smiles as Duke chops up chicken. His arranger, Billy Strayhorn, looks on, too."New York Amsterdam News, 1939-04-01 p.21, with photo.DEMS
                                        .(credit Ken Steiner as all 03,2-10 entries)+djp2011
                                        updated
                                        2012-09-03
                                        1939 03 23
                                        Thursday
                                        1939 03 30
                                        Thursday
                                        New York To Le HavreS.S. ChamplainEllington and his entourage travelled by sea to Le Havre for a 34 day, 28 concert tour of continental Europe including Scandinavia. However, instead of playing 28 concerts, the band appears to have performed 34, since some days they played twice.

                                        Stratemann reports the fee for each concert was $1,000. Variety said Reuter Agency deposited a $28,000 guarantee in a New York bank before Ellington sailed. $7,000 was to be released to Mills' office each week. Variety did not know if Ellington would receive the full $28,000 if the tour was disrupted by hostilities, and does not say anything about fees for additional concerts. It says the price included fares both ways, but doesn't clarify that.

                                        Variety speculated that the British Ministry of Labor might allow a couple of vaudeville dates in England.
                                        Billy Strayhorn and Jean Eldridge did not accompany the band.
                                        The tour was jointly arranged by Mills, Reuter and Reuter (UK) and A & M Dandelot (Paris), but Britain was not included because the British Ministry of Labour declined the Musicians' Union's request to allow the band to perform in the U.K.

                                        Stratemann reports this was "Ellington's last enterprise under Mills Artists Inc." He changed to the William Morris agency when the band returned to the USA.
                                        Ellington recalled:

                                        "We had very rough seas all the way. The Champlain tossed up and down on the Atlantic, first the front end out of the water, and then the back end. You could hear the propeller spin and scream, and then the boat would slap back on the sea with a bump and a crash. You had to hold on every minute of the day...

                                        Rex Stewart described the outbound sea voyage:
                                        • the band travelled second class (he doesn't say what class accommodation Duke had)
                                        • Rex shared a cabin with Billy Taylor
                                        • there was some sort of bon voyage party
                                        • striding down the gangplank, Tricky Sam dropped and smashed a quart bottle of whiskey
                                        • Stewart fondly remembered five nuns who stood at the bow, gazing at the Statue of Liberty while singing a hymn.
                                        • Taylor, who had a big appetite, cut pictures of food out of magazines so he would be able to order from waiters who didn't speak English.
                                        • "Often I'd run into Dumpy [Duke], as he communed with nature a lot more than people would surmise from his 'I love you madly' routine."
                                        • He gave his supply of dramamine to Freddy Guy, who needed it, after the first day.
                                        • Stratemann page 158, citing
                                          • Variety 1939-03-29 p.31
                                          • Variety 1939-04-12 p.39
                                          • Variety 1939-04-12 p.47
                                          • Down Beat May 1939.
                                        • Boy Meets Horn by Rex Stewart, pp.181-182
                                        • Duke Ellington, MIMM p.150
                                        • Additional documentation is likely to be found in SI-NMAH Archives Center, DEC301, Series 2: Performances and Programs, 1933-1974, box 1, folder 3 European Tour, April 1-May 1, 1939
                                        .DEMS
                                        .djpupdated
                                        2013-01-27
                                        2013-09-18
                                        2015-06-02
                                        2015-06-20
                                        2015-12-30
                                        1939 03 24
                                        Friday
                                        ..S.S. ChamplainAt sea...
                                        ...
                                        1939 03 25
                                        Saturday
                                        ..S.S. ChamplainAt sea...
                                        ...
                                        1939 03 26
                                        Sunday
                                        ..S.S. ChamplainAt sea...
                                        ...
                                        1939 03 27
                                        Monday
                                        ..S.S. ChamplainAt sea...
                                        ...
                                        1939 03 28
                                        Tuesday
                                        ..S.S. ChamplainAt sea...
                                        ...
                                        1939 03 29
                                        Wednesday
                                        ..S.S. ChamplainAt sea...
                                        ...
                                        1939 03 30
                                        Thursday
                                        1939 04 02
                                        Saturday
                                        Paris, France.The band was met at Le Havre by "a lot of people from all over France...members of the various 'hot clubs,' both fans and musicians..."

                                        The group took the "special boat train" from Le Havre to Paris - carrying about 50 people, it was fast and low to the ground.

                                        The band was met upon arrival in Paris by an enthusiastic crowd: "jazz aficionados and writers were on hand who came from England, Spain, Belgium, Italy and Sweden"

                                        The band first went to a banquet, and then to their hotel.

                                        They were greeted by many ladies.
                                        Boy Meets Horn by Rex Stewart, pp.183-186..
                                        ..2011
                                        updated
                                        2013-01-27
                                        1939 03 31
                                        Friday
                                        ...Activities of Ellington and most of the band are not documented but Hardwick, Stewart and others went to Boudons, otherwise known as LeClub this afternoon. From Stewart's description, it appears to have been a bordello owned by a Madame Blanchard in Rue Pigalle. Boy Meets Horn by Rex Stewart, pp.183-186..
                                        .djp2011
                                        updated
                                        2013-01-27

                                        April 1939

                                        1939 04 01
                                        Saturday
                                        .Paris, FranceProbably "Le Jazz Hot"
                                        Rue Chaptal
                                        Press conference

                                        The second night after arrival, Stewart jammed with Django Reinhardt.
                                        • Stratemann p.158
                                        • Boy Meets Horn by Rex Stewart, pp.183-186
                                        .
                                        .
                                        Photos, Charles Delaunay, Delaunay's Dilemma: De La Peinture Au Jazz, 1985.2011
                                        updated
                                        2013-07-04
                                        1939 04 02
                                        Sunday
                                        .Bruxelles, La BelgiqueGrand Salle
                                        Palais Des Beaux Arts
                                        • 3:00pm - Concert
                                        • 5 pm Reception
                                        • 8:45pm Concert

                                        Rex Stewart: "I, for one, was greatly surprised at the way we were greeted by the audience in Belgium. When we appeared on stage, there was a brief second of silence, then there was pandemonium in the form of hissing!"
                                        ...
                                        .CAH oct05
                                        George Debroe oct05
                                        djp
                                        2011
                                        updated
                                        2013-01-27
                                        1939 04 03
                                        Monday
                                        1939 04 04Paris, FranceThéatre NationalFirst of two concerts - Stratemann describes this venue as an 1,800 seat bombproof theatre under the Palais de Chaillot. He writes that British fans crossed the Channel to attend, filling the house to capacity both nights...DEMS
                                        • Stratemann page 158, citing Variety 19/4/39 p.48
                                        • Additional documentation is likely to be found in SI-NMAH Archives Center, DEC301, Series 2: Performances and Programs, 1933-1974, box 1, folder 4 Paris, France, April 3-4, 1939
                                        djpupdated 2011-12-29
                                        2015-12-30
                                        1939 04 04
                                        Tuesday
                                        .Paris, FranceThéatre NationalSecond of two concerts - see 1939 04 03..DEMS
                                        Stratemann page 158, citing Variety 19/4/39 p.48.updated 2011-12-29
                                        1939 04 05
                                        Wednesday
                                        . Paris, FranceStudio Pathé 79
                                        avenue de la Grande Armée
                                        XVIIi&*egrave;me arr.
                                        Peripheral event
                                        Swing label recording session
                                        Rex Stewart and His Feetwarmers
                                        Stewart; Bigard; Django Reinhardt; Billy Taylor

                                        Hugues Panassié was also present.

                                        5 tracks were recorded.

                                        Stewart wrote the music, and recalled three titles Low Cotton, Montmartre and Finesse, with Finesse winning Rex the Grand Prix for the best composition in France for 1939.

                                        In his autobiography, Stewart complained that he lent his copies of the Paris sides to Brick Fleagle, and they ended up being issued on the Hot Record Society label.

                                        Essays on Finesse by Steven Lasker and Roger Boyes can be read in DEMS 07,1-43

                                        Remco Plas:

                                        'According to the booklet with 'Intégrale The complete Django Reinhardt vol. 9 1939-1940' The venue ... is Studio Pathé 79, avenue de la Grande Armée XVIIième arr. Paris. No source given. '

                                        • Boy Meets Horn, p.185
                                        • Email, Remco Plas-Palmquist 2015-05-24
                                        .DEMS
                                        You Tube video.updated 2013-01-27
                                        2015-03-16
                                        2015-05-24
                                        1939 04 06
                                        Thursday
                                        .Antwerp, BelgiumMajestic TheatreConcert 8:30pm (Stratemann reports two concerts, but it appears there was only one.
                                        • Stratemann
                                        • Additional documentation is likely to be found in SI-NMAH Archives Center, DEC301, Series 2: Performances and Programs, 1933-1974, box 1, folder 5 Antwerp, Belgium, April 6, 1930
                                        ..
                                        .DebroeOct05Added
                                        2011
                                        updated
                                        2015-12-30
                                        1939 04 07
                                        Friday
                                        4:00 pm
                                        .Antwerp to Den HaagLennard Reuterskiold, managing the European trip, drove Duke to Den Haag, and the band went by train.
                                        • Reuterskiold, Mills and Ellington arrived at 3 p.m. at the top hotel, Hotel des Indes. (Still in operation)
                                        • At 3.30 PM the band arrived at Holland Spoor station, and they apparently were housed in another (unnamed) hotel.
                                        • At 4 p.m. Ellington held a press conference at the Hotel Terminus.
                                        • Rice table dinner at the Indonesian restaurant Waroong Djawa.
                                        • After that reception of Ellington and Mills at the dancing Tabaris. Band playing Jack de Vries Internationals featuring Valaida Snow.

                                        Advertising flyer, courtesy Remco Plas


                                        (click to enlarge)


                                        Mr. Plas provided this partial translation:

                                        DUKE ELLINGTON
                                        Tour
                                        The most famous and most perfect jazz orchestra in the world plays in the Netherlands only under the auspices of “De Jazzwereld”
                                        3 concerts by the full orchestra and the singer Ivy Anderson
                                        No Radio
                                        No Free tickets
                                        ...
                                        ...
                                        Jazzlovers from the East, North East and South East come to Utrecht
                                        Jazzlovers from North Holland attend the concert in Amsterdam
                                        Jazzlovers from South Holland and Sealand order your tickets for The Hague
                                        Organise car and coach trips together to the Ellington concerts. Do not let this rare opportunity slip away.'

                                        • Mark Berresford, DUKE ELLINGTON IN HOLLAND - 1939 - see VJM's Jazz & Blues Mart website
                                        • Email, R.Plas-Palmquist 2015-05-31 quoting from Nederlands Jazz Archief Bulletin no.31, 1999-03-00
                                        ..
                                        .DebroeOct052011
                                        updated
                                        2014-04-15
                                        2015-06-01
                                        1939 04 08
                                        Saturday
                                        8:15 P.M.
                                        .Den Haag, NederlandGebouw voor Kunsten en Wetenschappen
                                        (in English: "Building for Arts and Sciences")
                                        Concert 8:15 p.m.
                                        The following notes are extracted and summarized from a review by J.P. van Blarkom, former president of the Dutch Jazz Liga, translated by Mark Berresford:
                                        • The concert was practically sold out in advance
                                        • The band sat in the middle of the stage, Duke sitting to the left and Sonny Greer to his left, with all his kettles and drums. Greer's drumming now sounded much too loud, sometimes even overdrumming instrumental solos. The bass stood between the saxes, who occupied the foreground, and the brass ranged in a row at the back. Fred Guy was seated at the extreme right.
                                        • The program played was
                                          • East St. Louis Toodle-Oo (the theme song in those years)
                                          • Ellington appeared to 'a tremendous ovation' and made a little speech
                                          • Stompy Jones, true to the recording
                                          • I Let A Song Go Out Of My Heart (Hodges and Carney duet)
                                          • Caravan -Tizol took two choruses
                                          • Mood Indigo, with Jones instead of Whetsel in the opening trio followed by a long solo by Duke, then the whole band
                                          • Merry-Go-Round, played as on the Columbia record
                                          • The Lady in Doubt (featuring Hodges)
                                          • Rockin' In Rhythm - new arrangement including Dallas Doings, featuring Rex Stewart
                                          • Clarinet Lament (Bigard feature)
                                          • Trumpet in Spades - Stewart, uptempo
                                          • Sophisticated Lady as on the record, with a chorus by Lawrence Brown
                                          • Show Boat Shuffle
                                          • Black and Tan Fantasy - new arrangement, with a chorus each by Cootie, Tricky Sam and Barney
                                          • Intermission
                                          • Alexander's Ragtime Band, vocal by Ivie Anderson
                                          • Solitude, vocal by Ivie Anderson
                                          • It Don't Mean A Thing, vocal by Ivie Anderson
                                          • possibly The Scronch, vocal by Ivie Anderson (title was not announced)
                                          • Echoes of Harlem featuring Cootie
                                          • Duke announced that the band would now give an impression of a jam session - two groups played, first Bigard, Stewart and Tizol with rhythm, then Hodges, Brown, Williams, Carney and rhythm
                                          • New Tizol composition - the reviewer didn't remember the title - the description suggests it was Pyramid - two choruses by Tizol with Duke on a tom-tom, then one by Hodges on soprano, and an ending with Tizol and the Duke.
                                          • ...Tiger Rag appeared to end the concert - we heard a great chorus from the three trombonists, plus Hodges, Brown, Bigard, Red, the Duke and Cootie
                                          • Duke left the stage but came back to play an encore, Swamp Swing which funnily enough was the best tune of the evening
                                          • St. Louis Blues, featuring Cootie, the three trombones, Bigard, Hodges on soprano sax, Tricky Sam and a brass chorus, finished with a quote from Rhapsody In Blue.
                                          Mr. Plas provided a set list which differs as follows:
                                          • Does not include Stompy Jones, but otherwise is the same down to Echoes of Harlem.
                                          • Added below Echoes of Harlem:
                                            • Suave Swing
                                            • St. Louis Blues
                                            • Ev'ah Day
                                            • Krum Elbow Blues
                                            • Chatterbox
                                            • Pyramid
                                            • Tiger Rag
                                          * Vocals by Ivie Anderson

                                        A 34-second silent film clip formerly available on YouTube showed the band layout, with oddities such as Toby Hardwick still using a bass saxophone, and Fred Guy sitting between Hodges and the piano, rather than at the extreme right.
                                        • Mark Berresford translation, J.P. van Blarkom review, at VJM's Jazz & Blues Mart

                                        • Email, R.Plas-Palmquist 2015-05-31 quoting programme and citing Herman Openneer, Duke Ellington's tweede bezoek aan Nederland, 1939, Nederlands Jazz Archief Bulletin number 31, March 1999.
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                                        1939 04 09
                                        Sunday
                                        .Utrecht, NederlandTivoli
                                        (still active)
                                        Concert, 2:15pm
                                        Set list, courtesy R. Plas:
                                        • East St. Louis Toodle-Oo
                                        • Stompy Jones
                                        • I Let A Song Go Out Of My Heart
                                        • Caravan
                                        • Rose Room
                                        • Merry Go Round
                                        • Mood Indigo
                                        • Rockin' In Rhythm/Dallas Doings
                                        • Clarinet Lament
                                        • Trumpet In Spades
                                        • (My) Sophisticated Lady
                                        • Chatterbox
                                        • Black And Tan Fantasy
                                        • Intermission
                                        • Alexander's Ragtime Band *
                                        • (In My) Solitude *
                                        • It Don't Mean A Thing If It Ain't Got That Swing *
                                        • Oh Babe Maybe Someday *
                                        • Echoes Of Harlem
                                        • Ev'ah Day
                                        • Jeep's Blues
                                        • Showboat Shuffle
                                        • Pyramid
                                        • Harlem Speaks
                                        • On The Sunny Side Of The Street *
                                        • St. Louis Blues
                                        • Email, R.Plas-Palmquist 2015-05-31, citing Herman Openneer, Duke Ellington's tweede bezoek aan Nederland, 1939, Nederlands Jazz Archief Bulletin number 31, March 1999
                                        • Additional documentation is likely to be found in SI-NMAH Archives Center, DEC301, Series 2: Performances and Programs, 1933-1974, box 1, folder 6 Utrecht, Amsterdam, April 9-10, 1939
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                                        Sunday
                                        .--, NederlandRoyal Palace(Unconfirmed)

                                        In a private email, Marcel Bovy of Utrecht advised between Utrecht and Amsterdam Ellington and his band visited the Royal family at their palace, strangely enough called 'The Loo',...
                                        ...
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                                        Sunday
                                        .Hilversum, NederlandVARA radio station(Unconfirmed)

                                        In a private email, Marcel Bovy of Utrecht advises between Utrecht and Amsterdam Ellington and his band ...went to the VARA radio studio in Hilversum
                                        ...
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                                        Sunday
                                        .Amsterdam, NederlandConcertgebouwConcert 8:15pm
                                        Set list, courtesy R.Plas:
                                        • East St. Louis Toodle-Oo
                                        • Stompy Jones
                                        • I Let A Song Go Out Of My Heart
                                        • Caravan
                                        • Mood Indigo
                                        • Merry Go Round
                                        • Lady In Doubt
                                        • Rockin' In Rhythm/Dallas Doings
                                        • Clarinet Lament
                                        • Trumpet In Spades
                                        • (My) Sophisticated Lady
                                        • Showboat Shuffle
                                        • Black And Tan Fantasy
                                        • Intermission
                                        • Alexander's Ragtime Band *
                                        • (In My) Solitude *
                                        • It Don't Mean A Thing If It Ain't Got That Swing *
                                        • Oh Babe Maybe Someday *
                                        • Swingtime In Honolulu *
                                        • Echoes Of Harlem
                                        • Ev'ah Day
                                        • Jeep's Blues
                                        • Chatterbox
                                        • Showboat Shuffle
                                        • Pyramid
                                        • Harlem Speaks
                                        After the concert, the band returned to The Hague by bus.
                                        Email, R.Plas-Palmquist 2015-05-31, citing Herman Openneer, Duke Ellington's tweede bezoek aan Nederland, 1939, Nederlands Jazz Archief Bulletin number 31, March 1999..DEMS
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                                        Monday
                                        depart 8:15am
                                        .Travel from Den Haag to Malmö via Hamburg and CopenhagenThe entourage posed for a picture on the Den Haag railway platform - see VJM's Jazz & Blues Mart.
                                        Stewart described the experience of changing trains in Hamburg and being screened by the customs officials

                                        '...and those infamous lethal appearing SS guards. They were frightening to see in their jet-black regalia embellished with silver death heads on their caps... But once we had passed the frontier the atmosphere changed...'

                                        He describes their coach being next to coaches filled with cadets who played Ellington's music on portable record players to try to get their attention. After one cadet snuck in to ask for an autograph, many cadets and their officers came in as well.

                                        Ellington stayed at the Palace Hotel in Copenhagen, and in his autobiograhy recalled the bells in the carillon of the nearby City Hall sounding every quarter hour.
                                        • Boy Meets Horn, pp 187-188
                                        • Duke Ellington, MIMM p.151
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                                        Monday
                                        .Germany.Variety 1939-05-17 reported:

                                        'Richard Jones, personal valet to Duke Ellington, wound up in a German cooler for four hours two weeks ago while a vague chance of spy activities was investigated. Jones was grabbed while traversing Germany from The Hague to Malmo, Switzerland, in a car owned by one of the Reuters, which agency booked the band's tour. He was in charge of baggage and some instruments, while the rest of the outfit was transported by bus.
                                         On the opening date of its tour in Paris April 2-3 the Ellington crew gave its concert in a bombproof theatre. It's the new National Theatre de Chaillot, stage of which is 100 feet underground.'

                                        Webmaster's comment:
                                        This story might be taken with a grain of salt, since it has several readily apparent errors:
                                        • The band was still in the midst of its western European concert commitments two weeks before it was published.
                                        • Malmo is in Sweden
                                        • The outfit (assuming this means the band) journeyed from Holland to Sweden by train.
                                        • The first Paris concert was April 3, not April 2.
                                        Variety 1939-05-17 p.34..
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                                        Tuesday
                                        .Malmö, SwedenTennisstadionConcert

                                        Stewart: '

                                        '...there was one event that evidently caused Duke to curtail the tour. I think this was on the way back to Paris. We were staying in Malmö, ... when we were rudely awakened by several bursts of machine-gun fire. This caused all of us to get up, dress, and go from room to room asking one another, 'Is this war? And if so, what do we do?' Joe Nanton, perhaps, was the most unperturbed, as he discoursed at length on the beauty of the porcelain stove in the lobby of the hotel.

                                        Webmaster comment:
                                        Human memory is not always accurate. The tour did not return to Paris, and since Sweden was a non-combatant, why would there be machine-gun fire in Malmö, particularly since war had not yet been declared?
                                        Boy Meets Horn, p.188..
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                                        Wednesday
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                                        Thursday
                                        .Kobenhavn, Denmark.Arrival by boat

                                        Ellington signing autographs and Bigard, Nanton, and Stewart walking down the gangplank were filmed for a weekly newsreel "Dansk Film Revu," its first appearance in front of European movie cameras. The segment has been telecast on Danish TV as "Jazzperler"
                                        Stratemann p.158..
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                                        Thursday
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                                        Friday
                                        .Göteborg, SwedenKonserthusConcert..
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                                        1939 04 15
                                        Saturday
                                        .Huskvarna, SwedenIdrottshusetConcert

                                        In DESS Bulletin 4, Nov.2012, Rolf Dahlgren refers to this location as Jönköping.

                                        (According to Wikipedia, Huskvarna (older spelling Husqvarna) constitutes the eastern part of Jönköping, the municipal seat of Jönköping Municipality, and the distance to central Jönköping is about 5 km. Until 1970 it was a municipality by itself, but grew geographically together with Jönköping in the 1950s.)
                                        DESS webpage...
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                                        1939 04 16
                                        Sunday
                                        Concerts - matinee (afternoon) and 10 p.m.
                                        .Stockholm, SwedenKonserthusetTwo concerts

                                        A young Rolf Dahlgren attended both concerts for free in return for a review for Folkets Dagblad. His review, in Swedish, was published 1939-05-02 and is reprinted in the September 2012 DESS Bulletin, p.14.
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                                        Monday
                                        .Vaster†s, SwedenGrand CinemaConcert...
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                                        Tuesday
                                        .Karlstad, SwedenVanershofConcert...
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                                        1939 04 19
                                        Wednesday
                                        .Oslo, NorwayColosseum2 concerts
                                        without Ivie Anderson
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                                        Thursday
                                        ...Day off activities not documented...
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                                        Friday
                                        .Orebro, SwedenKonserthusConcert...
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                                        Saturday
                                        .Eskilstuna, SwedenIdrottshusConcert...
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                                        Sunday
                                        .Storvik, SwedenParkhallenConcert 2:30 pm ...
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                                        Sunday
                                        .Uppsala, SwedenNya Tennish.Concert 9:00 pm...
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                                        Monday
                                        .Stockholm, SwedenKungl Mus AkadConcert..DEMS
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                                        Tuesday
                                        .Vaxio, SwedenLaroverket AulaConcert...
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                                        Wednesday
                                        .Karlskrona, SwedenKonserthusConcert...
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                                        Thursday
                                        .Linköping, SwedenCircusConcert...
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                                        1939 04 28
                                        Friday
                                        .Norrköping, SwedenArbetarforenConcert..
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                                        1939 04 29
                                        Saturday
                                        Ellington's birthday
                                        .Stockholm, Sweden.After returning to their hotel, Ellington and the band were awakened by a large group (1,500) of school children grouped in the garden around the hotel, with bouquets, serenading Duke on his birthday. Boy Meets Horn, pp. 188-189..
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                                        1939 04 29
                                        Saturday
                                        Ellington's birthday
                                        .Stockholm, SwedenFenix-KronEllington interviewed by Manne Berggren for Swedish radio's "Dagens Eko" evening news..New Desor
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                                        1939 04 29
                                        Saturday
                                        Ellington's birthday
                                        .Stockholm, SwedenKonserthusetTwo concerts
                                        7 pm and 9:15 p.m.
                                        From Jan Bruér, Ellington and Sweden:

                                        'Duke arranged a Swedish hit song, translated into In a Red Little Cottage. The band rehearsed it on the train from Huskvarna/Jonkoping to Stockholm. With Ivie Anderson's vocal it received enthusiastic cheering at his first Stockholm concert later that day.' ... The songs were recorded from the second concert of the evening of April 29. It was not unusual during the 1939 Swedish tour for Duke to perform two shows on each concert date. Serenade to Sweden was premiered at the April 29 Stockholm concerts.'


                                        Rolf Dahlgren:

                                        'Svensk konsertarrangör den här g†ngen var musikförlaget Reuter och Reuter, vilket är förklaringen till att Duke spelade in schlagern "I en röd liten stuga". Förhoppningen var väl att med orkesterns hjälp f† producera en världsschlager. S† blev det knappast, möjligen †stadkom man ett originellt inslag i Ellingtons diskografi.'

                                        English translation:
                                        'The Swedish promoter this time was the music publishing company Reuter & Reuter, which is the explanation why Duke played the popular Swedish novelty "Cottage by the Sea" (I En Röd Liten Stuga). The idea probably was to produce a world hit with help of the orchestra. However, this didn't occur, but possibly they created an odd item in the Ellington discography.'


                                        Carl Hällström reports [I En Röd Liten Stuga] was included in the broadcast of the second concert in the evening. [Ivy] was so ill she had to sing with the melody sheet right in front of her. Three selections of the broadcast were recorded by Radio Sweden and then reissued on various bootleg labels.
                                        The songs broadcast and thus recorded were:
                                        Duke Ellington and his Famous Orchestra:
                                        Jones, Williams Stewart, Brown, Nanton, Tizol, Hardwick, Hodges, Bigard, Carney, Ellington, Guy, Taylor, Greer, Ivie Anderson
                                        • Serenade To Sweden
                                        • Rockinï in Rhythm
                                        • In A Red Little Cottage By The Sea
                                        New Desor
                                        DE3909
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                                        Sunday
                                        .Göteborg, SwedenKonserthusTwo concerts
                                        7:00 & 9:15PM
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                                        1939 05 01
                                        Monday
                                        .Varberg, SwedenNojesparkenConcert...
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                                        Tuesday
                                        1939 05 03North SeaS.S. BritanniaTravel
                                        Irving Mills cut the European tour short due to looming war clouds, so the band sailed on the S.S. Britannia from Göteborg, Sweden to Tilbury, England on the first leg of their trip home. They had a two day layover in London. ("They were in London long enough for the veterans of 1933 to renew old acquaintances...")
                                          Rex Stewart (ed. Claire Gordon), "Jazz Masters of the 30's," pp.140-141
                                        • Roger Boyes in Blue Light 16/3 Autumn 2009, citing
                                          • Barney Bigard, With Louis and the Duke, Oxford University Press 1988, paperback edition, p.75
                                          • Rex Stewart (as above)
                                          • Stratemann p.158
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                                        Wednesday
                                        .London, England.Second day of London layover, with some socializing...
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                                        Thursday
                                        1939 05 10Southampton, Hampshire, EnglandS.S. Île de FranceThe band boarded the S.S. Île de France to return home.

                                        Hardwick and Greer missed the boat train from London, and the ship's departure was delayed so they could be brought aboard by the pilot boat.

                                        The band travelled home in tourist class under contract numbers 27581 and 27582. They were listed on form P.M.24 as transmigrants, in other words, alien passengers who arrived in the United Kingdom, having in their possession prepaid through tickets, and in respect of whom security has been given that they will proceed to places outside the United Kingdom. While P.M.24 shows the date of departure as May 3, the rest of the passenger list pages show a departure on May 4.

                                        The Ellington people listed, with ages, were
                                        • Anderson, Ivie (34)
                                        • Bigard, Albany (33)
                                        • Boyd, Charles (44) [believed to be "Jack" - described by Richard Boyer in "The Hot Bach" as Ellington's road manager, a small, brisk white man from Texas.]
                                        • Brown, Lawrence (31)
                                        • Carney, Harry (29)
                                        • Ellington, Edward (40)
                                        • Greer, William (39)
                                        • Guy, Frederick (41)
                                        • Hardwick, Otto (34)
                                        • Hodge [sic], John (32)
                                        • Jones, Richard (36) [band boy]
                                        • Jones, Wallace (32)
                                        • Nanton, Joseph (35)
                                        • Martinez, Jaun [sic] (Juan Tizol)(39)
                                        • Stewart, Reginald (22 [sic])
                                        • Taylor, Billy (34)
                                        • Williams, Charles (27)
                                          Rex Stewart (ed. Claire Gordon), "Jazz Masters of the 30's," pp.140-141
                                        • Roger Boyes in Blue Light 16/3 Autumn 2009, citing
                                          • Barney Bigard, With Louis and the Duke, Oxford University Press 1988, paperback edition, p.75
                                          • Rex Stewart (as above)
                                          • Stratemann p.158
                                        • Email S.Lasker-Palmquist
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                                        Friday
                                        .At seaS.S.Île de Franceactivities not documented...
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                                        1939 05 06
                                        Saturday
                                        .At seaS.S. Île de Franceactivities not documented...
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                                        1939 05 07
                                        Sunday
                                        .At seaS.S. Île de Franceactivities not documented...
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                                        1939 05 08
                                        Monday
                                        .At seaS.S. Île de Franceactivities not documented...
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                                        1939 05 09
                                        Tuesday
                                        .At seaS.S. Île de Franceactivities not documented...
                                        ...
                                        1939 05 10
                                        Wednesday
                                        .New York, N.Y.S.S. Île de FranceArrival in New YorkStratemann p.158 citing
                                        • Variety 1939-05-10 p.2
                                        • Down Beat 1939-06
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                                        ...Lasker has Ellington breaking up with Mills when the band returned from Europe.

                                        Mills exchanged his interest in Duke Ellington Inc. (see 1929 12 23) for Ellington's interests in Mills Artists, Cab Calloway and Ina Ray Hutton. The William Morris Agency became Ellington's new agent, and Robbins Music (Jack Robbins) became Ellington's publisher.

                                        Reorganizations such as this take time to arrange and complete, so a precise date cannot be established. For instance, Hasse has Ellington signing with the Morris agency in April, and while he doesn't date the Robbins contract, he says it ran three years.

                                        Stratemann says contracts with the William Morris Agency were worked out while the band was abroad. WMA's fledgling band division was only 6 months old, had about 20 bands signed up, and had hired Willard Alexander, formerly Music Corporation of America's vice-president and band manager, in April.

                                        S. Lasker kindly shared this Variety article:

                                        'Duke Ellington Passes Under Morris Banner Following Present European Tour:
                                          Duke Ellington, currently on a 28-concert tour in Europe, starting in Sweden, returns in mid-May and goes under William Morris Agency direction after many years with Irving Mills. Latter is also currently abroad, but principally on behalf of Mills Music, and Master Records business, although also supervising Ellington's foreign bookings coincidentally.
                                          The Mills-Ellington split is considered friendly and the colored maestro-composer, in fact, only recently renewed for another five years to write for the Mills publishing interests.
                                          Irving Mills and Ellington each owned 45% in [Duke] Ellington, Inc., the 10% differential being held by attorney Samuel Jesse Buzzell, who retains it. The split was a stock swap in that Ellington in turn had a piece of Cab Calloway, Inc., Mills Artists and Ina Ray Hutton. ...'

                                        Steven Lasker:

                                        'I ... have a photocopy of a three-year contract between Duke Ellington, Inc. and the William Morris Agency, Inc. ...dated June 2, 1941. I haven't seen a contract for the period between Ellington's return from Europe on May 10th, 1939, and the beginning of the 1941 contract, but note the period was for about two years and three weeks, and suspect there was a two-year contract I've never seen and which is apparently absent from the business records contained in the Duke Ellington Collection at the Smithsonian's National Museum of American History.'

                                        The Carolina Times reported the split in its 1939-04-22 edition, citing an announcement by Hansen-Williams, Inc., public relations counsel to the Duke.

                                        Cress Courtney of William Morris Agency's band division was responsible for Ellington, and after its founder, Willard Alexander, left, became head of the division in early 1948. In 1949, WMA discontinued its band business, and in September or October, its last band, the Duke Ellington orchestra, obtained its release. Courtney continued to book him, at first independently and then as part of the Moe Gale agency, until February 1951.
                                        • The Carolina Times, Durham, N.C. 1939-04-22 p.6
                                        • The Billboard 1948-02-14 p.18
                                        • Stratemann
                                          • p.158 citing
                                            • Variety 1939-04-12 p.39
                                            • Down Beat 1939-05
                                          • p.304 citing Variety 1949-09-07 p.41
                                        • Email S.Lasker-Palmquist 2014-08-27 quoting Variety 1939-04-12, pp.39, 47
                                        • Harvey G. Cohen, Duke Ellington's America, University of Chicago Press, 2010, pp.169-172
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                                        Friday
                                        .Allentown, Penn.Dorney ParkAmusement park engagement...
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                                        1939 05 19
                                        Friday
                                        ... Peripheral event
                                        Steven Lasker:

                                        'The American Record Corporation was renamed the Columbia Recording Corporation (CRC) on May 19, 1939.'

                                        Emails, S. Lasker-Palmquist 2014-08-28, 2015-05-19 & 2015-06-16..
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                                        1939 05 25
                                        Thursday
                                        1939 05 31New York, N.Y.Loew's State TheaterStage show - included on the bill were Stump and Stumpy (dancer), Jigsaw Jackson, Jimmy Shields (singer), Stone and Lee (comedy).Stratemann p.159 citing
                                        • Variety 1939-05-31 (review)
                                        • The Billboard 1939-06-03 p.22
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                                        Friday
                                        .New York, N.Y.Loew's State TheaterStage show - see 1939 05 25...
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                                        1939 05 27
                                        Saturday
                                        .New York, N.Y.Loew's State TheaterStage show - see 1939 05 25...
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                                        Sunday
                                        .New York, N.Y.Loew's State TheaterStage show - see 1939 05 25...
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                                        Sunday
                                        .National broadcast.Broadcast recording - additional research is needed
                                        • New Desor reports Ellington and his orchestra played "Pussy Willow" in an NBC broadcast this date titled The President's Birthday Ball.
                                        • Timner reports the same broadcast, placing it in Loew's State Theatre, New York [sic], without naming the network. Timner says some sources suggest the recording date was January 30-31, 1939.
                                        • Both discographies report just the one title and name the personnel as:
                                          W. Jones, C. Williams, Stewart, Brown, Nanton, Tizol, Bigard, Hodges, Hardwick, Carney, Ellington, Guy, Billy Taylor, Greer
                                        • Ellington did not appear in the 1939 President's Birthday Ball national broadcast which was on January 30 - see 1939 01 30 above.
                                        • Klaus Götting in DEMS 99-3-19:
                                          'President's Birthday Ball
                                            See Comments on Timner page 12, left column (came with bulletin 98/4).
                                            28May39 or 5Aug39, Pussy Willow, Desor 210.0a.
                                            Obviously, this cannot have been President Roosevelt's birthday, but could it have been another anniversary celebration related to President Roosevelt? Such as an anniversary of his election or some other political event?
                                            On my tape, one can hear, just before Pussy Willow, the last very few piano notes from the preceding title and then a voice saying something that I understand as "thank you Charlie Barnet". The presence of Charlie Barnet would point to the end of May39; the Hippodrome, New York concert on 29May39 for instance had both Duke and Charlie Barnet (Stratemann, page 159).'
                                        • Sjef Hoefsmit in DEMS 01/2-20/2
                                          '... all these broadcasts [at the Library of Congress] were donated by the NBC Radio Collection. ... There is a broadcast known under the title "The President's Birthday Ball" with Duke participating, playing Pussy Willow. This broadcast is documented in DESOR 3910 in 1939 and dated for unknown reasons (to me) 28May. I hesitate to believe that this is the same recording. Especially as the announcer on DESOR 3910 says "now Duke Ellington plays one of his recent compositions for us ...Pussy Willow was recorded commercially on 20Mar39. I would like to know the selection(s) Duke played on this 30Jan42 [sic] tape.'
                                        • Carl Hällström in DEMS 01/3-12/1:
                                          'President Franklin Roosevelt's birthday parties were always held on January 30th. All the networks had a hodge-podge of dance music from all parts of the country, each orchestra played one or a few tunes, with some "official talks" between the different band remotes.
                                            There is no way that "The President's Ball" in 1939 should have been held on May 28th! Are you sure that the source of Pussy Willow is from such a broadcast? [Hoefsmit: "No"] Does an announcer give the occasion to be the "the President's Birthday"? [Hoefsmit: "No"] Did the tune first surface on a Kaydee LP? [Hoefsmit: "I only know that it came out on LP Bandstand Records BS-7128...BS-7129 and BS-7130 both also appeared as Kaydee LPs ...but I do not know any Kaydee release which is the same as Bandstand 7128."]
                                        • Steven Lasker in DEMS 02/1-9/2:
                                          'Over the years, I've encountered two copies (one of them now in my own collection) of Pussy Willow from "5/28/39" on 78 r.p.m. cut seven-inch acetate discs, both paired with an unidentified tune by Charlie Barnes [sic] and His Orchestra from the same broadcast. Both copies are second-generation dubs. I suspect that the copy in the Valburn collection at the LoC (also seven-inch, this according to an inventory list Jerry sent me years ago) is yet another dub from the same batch. I don't know who cut these dubs, or when (surely they predate the Bandstand LP?), and I have never encountered the original undubbed source. The announcer doesn't mention anything about a President's Birthday Ball, but note what was typed on the label.

                                          'PRESIDENT'S BIRTHDAY BALL
                                          NBC-Red Net 5/28/39
                                          DUKE ELLINGTON AND HIS ORCH.
                                          78 RPM '

                                          The New York Times radio schedule for 28May39 doesn't list a "President's Birthday Ball" broadcast, and Ellington wasn't listed on any program scheduled for this date.'

                                        • It may be that the broadcast with Pussy Willow was on the national May 28, 7 p.m. EST, Columbia Broadcasting System broadcast of its Dance Hour series, which included the orchestras of Ellington, Jan Garber and Louis Prima, as well as other acts.
                                        • When the series began earlier in 1939, Variety reported:

                                          '...the new "Dance Hour" sustainer ... will likely in time emulate the NBC RCA Magic Key program as a showcase for American Record Co. (Brunswick) recording artists. Magic Key show uses only RCA-Victor recording outfits. American Record is a recent CBS acquisition. Columbia currently maintains that it will favour Brunswick crews and solo names but not confine itself to their use.
                                            Initial show had Barry Wood, leading a house band...'

                                        • The Variety article identifies several bands that had appeared or were to appear on the show.
                                        • Steven Lasker:
                                          'The "Dance Hour" program makes sense. If CBS wanted to promote Duke's recent Brunswick releases, Pussy Willow was on one of his most recent:
                                          • Br m8344 (Pussy Willow/Subtle Lament) was released 1939 04 06.
                                          • Br m8365 (Portrait of the Lion/Something to Live For) was released 1939 05 04.
                                          • Br m8380 (Smorgasbord and Schnapps/Solid Old Man) was released 1939 05 25
                                          '
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                                        • Hammond Times, Hammond Ind.,
                                          1939-05-28 p.16
                                        • The San Antonio Light, San Antonio, Tex.,
                                          1939-05-28 pt. 2 p.8
                                        • Lincoln Sunday Journal and Star, Lincoln, Neb.
                                          1939-05-28 p.D-8
                                        • The Atlanta Constitution, Atlanta, Ga.,
                                          1939-01-30 p.1
                                        • Allentown Morning Call, Allentown, Penn.,
                                          1939-01-29 p.5
                                        • Radio Mirror, May-Oct. 1939
                                        • Broadcasting, 1939-03-01 p.30
                                        • Stations By Cities With Major Network Affiliations, The Radio Annual, 1936, p.172
                                        • Variety 1939-03-29 p.23
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                                        Monday
                                        .New York, N.Y.Loew's State TheaterStage show - see 1939 05 25...
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                                        Monday
                                        .New York, N.Y.New York HippodromeBrooklyn Daily Eagle:

                                        'The National Swing Club of America's first annual jam session and dance will be brightened by the leading names in the swing field tonight atthe New York Hippodrome. Prominent among the leaders are Paul Whiteman and Duke Ellington, who will swing the baton during the jam session...'


                                        12 "complete organized units" played, plus various others. Stratemann reports Ellington led an ad-hoc group that included Roy Eldridge, Charlie Teagarden, Buster Bailey, Benny Carter, Charlie Barnet, Seb Julian, Art Ryerson, John Kirby, Adrian Rollini and Cozy Cole.

                                        He says Metronome also had him performing with Barnet, Frank Newton, Sandy Block and Henry Adler,and this group accompanied Billie Holiday in one number.
                                        • Stratemann p.159 citing
                                          • Variety 1939-05-24 p.39
                                          • New York Times 1939-05-30 p.13
                                          • Down Beat 1939-07
                                        • Brooklyn Daily Eagle,
                                          • Ad, 1939-05-28 p.8
                                          • Plug, 1939-05-29, p.10
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                                        Tuesday
                                        .New York, N.Y.Loew's State TheaterStage show - see 1939 05 25...
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                                        Tuesday
                                        4 a.m.
                                        .New York, N.Y.Renaissance CasinoCotton Club waiters' dance

                                        It isn't clear if this was early Tuesday morning (May 30) or late Tuesday night (May 31).
                                        Stratemann p.159 citing Amsterdam News 1939-06-21 p.21..
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                                        Wednesday
                                        .New York, N.Y.Loew's State TheaterStage show - see 1939 05 25...
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                                        1939 06 01
                                        Thursday
                                        ...activities not documented...
                                        ...
                                        1939 06 02
                                        Friday
                                        .New York, N.Y..American Record Corporation-Vocalion (Master) recording session
                                        14:30 - 18:00
                                        Johnny Hodges and His Orchestra
                                        C.Williams, Brown, Hodges, Hardwick, Carney, Ellington, Taylor, Greer
                                        Titles recorded:
                                        • Kitchen Mechanic's Day
                                        • My Heart Jumped Over The Moon
                                        • You Can Count On Me
                                        • Home Town Blues
                                      • Girvan:   Ellingtonia.com
                                      • MacHare:
                                              A Duke Ellington Panorama
                                      • Timner
                                      • Benny Aasland:
                                        The Wax Works of Duke Ellington, 1954
                                      • S. Lasker, Mosaic Records CD box set book for MD7-235 Duke Ellington: The Complete 1936-1940 Variety, Vocalion And OKeh Small Group Sessions
                                      • Email, S.Lasker-Palmquist 2015-06-24 re session times
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                                        Friday
                                        1939 06 08
                                        Thursday
                                        Brooklyn, N.YFlatbush TheatreActivities not documented

                                        A week booking at the Flatbush Theatre (Friday June 2 to Thursday June 8) listed by The Billboard and Variety was evidently cancelled. Ellington was replaced by Ina Ray Hutton

                                        Ellington recorded three times this week
                                        Daily ads, Brooklyn Eagle..
                                        .K.Steiner Dec 2012.
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                                        Saturday
                                        ..Activities not documented

                                        Flatbush Theatre booking cancelled -see 1939 06 01
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                                        Sunday
                                        ..Activities not documented

                                        Flatbush Theatre booking cancelled -see 1939 06 01
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                                        Monday
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                                        Flatbush Theatre booking cancelled -see 1939 06 01
                                        ...
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                                        1939 06 06
                                        Tuesday
                                        ..Flatbush Theatre booking cancelled -see 1939 06 01...
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                                        1939 06 06
                                        Tuesday
                                        .New York, N.Y.World Broadcasting System studios
                                        711 Fifth Ave
                                        American Record Corporation/Brunswick (Master) recording session
                                        14:45 - 18:45
                                        Duke Ellington and His Famous Orchestra
                                        W. Jones, C.Williams, Stewart, Brown, Nanton, Tizol, Bigard, Hodges, Hardwick, Carney, Ellington, Guy, Taylor, Greer
                                        Titles recorded:
                                        • Cotton Club Stomp
                                        • Doin' The Voom Voom
                                        • Way Low
                                        • Serenade to Sweden
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                                        Wednesday
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                                        Thursday
                                        ..Flatbush Theatre booking cancelled -see 1939 06 01...
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                                        1939 06 08
                                        Thursday
                                        .New York, N.Y..American Record Corporation/Vocalion (Master) recording session
                                        14:30 start
                                        Titles recorded:
                                        • The Quintones with Barney Bigard and His Orchestra
                                          C.Williams, Nanton, Bigard, Hodges, Carney, Ellington, Guy, Taylor, Greer, The Quintones
                                          • Utt-Day-Zay
                                          • Chew Chew Chew
                                        • Barney Bigard and His Orchestra
                                          C.Williams, Nanton, Bigard, Hodges, Carney, Ellington, Guy, Taylor, Greer
                                          • Barney Goin' Easy (titled "I'm Checking Out - Goom Bye" after a lyric was added the next day)
                                          • Just Another Dream
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                                        Friday
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                                        Saturday
                                        .Marshfield, Mass.Fieldston Ballroom....
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                                        1939 06 11
                                        Sunday
                                        .New York, N.Y.Hall of Music
                                        1939-1940 World's Fair, Flushing Meadows
                                        Queens
                                        (Unconfirmed)

                                        Stratemann shows Ellington at the Hall of Music at Flushing, N.Y. Flushing became part of the Borough of Queens, a political subdivision of the City of New York in 1898. The 1939-1940 New York World's Fair was held at Flushing Meadows Park, the largest public park in Queens which is now Flushing Meadows-Corona Park.

                                        In a story datelined New York City, May 11, the Pittsburgh Courier reported the William Morris Agency would present Ellington in the great Hall of Music at the fair. The exact date was still to be determined, and while it was scheduled for June 3, if a previous option for that date had been taken up, it would be on June 11 instead. This appears to be what happened, although I have been unable to locate any reports of the appearance.
                                        The Phil Schaap Jazz Newsletter of 2014-05-06 has Ellington performing in the Savoy Ballroom Theater instead. The newsletter describes the site as having 4 music venues, the 3 charging admission being near Fountain Lake. These were the Dancing Campus; the Savoy Ballroom Theatre; the World's Fair Hall of Music; and the Mardi Gras Casino. The newsletter says the Savoy Ballroom Theatre had Whitey's Lindy Hoppers performing to various big bands including Ellington, with the audience seated.

                                        If anybody can provide documentation to confirm which venue Ellington played in, please send me a scan.
                                        • Stratemann p.159 citing
                                          • Variety 1936-05-17 p.33
                                          • Down Beat 1936-06
                                          • Metronome 1939-06 p.41
                                        • Pittsburgh Courier 1939-05-13 p.20
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                                        Monday
                                        16:00-20:40
                                        .New York, N.Y.World Broadcasting System studios
                                        711 Fifth Ave
                                        American Record Corporation/Brunswick (Master) recording session
                                        Duke Ellington and His Famous Orchestra
                                        W. Jones, C.Williams, Stewart, Brown, Nanton, Tizol, Bigard, Hodges, Hardwick, Carney, Ellington, Guy, Taylor, Greer, I.Anderson
                                        Titles recorded:
                                        • In A Mizz
                                        • I'm Checking Out - Goom Bye
                                        • Lonely Co-Ed
                                        • You Can Count On Me
                                        I'm Checking Out - Goom Bye was recorded June 8 as Barney Goin' Easy. At Ellington's suggestion on the bus north to Boston, Strayhorn wrote lyrics, Ellington and Strayhorn made an arrangement for the full band, recorded in this session. Walter van de Leur identified 12 bars of the arrangement as Strayhorn's writing, the remainder was in Ellington's hand.
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                                        Tuesday
                                        ...activities not documented
                                        Steven Lasker:

                                        'The band was still in New York City given that Rex Stewart, Lawrence Brown, Harry Carney, Billy Taylor and Sonny Greer all recorded this day as sidemen on a Lionel Hampton date at Victor.'

                                        Email, Lasker-Palmquist, 2017-04-30..
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                                        1939 06 14
                                        Wednesday
                                        ...activities not documented...
                                        ...
                                        1939 06 15
                                        Thursday
                                        .Chicago, Ill.Grand Terrace CaféCancelled 6 to 8 week residency.

                                        '...According to the swing maestro, cancellation of Chi's date came about after Chicago's mayor and commissioner of police put a curfew law on, causing the Grand Terrace and other night spots to close at 1:00 a.m...'

                                        Stratemann reports the engagement was to be for 4 weeks, but the club closed June 10 due to a lack of business, and reopened in September.
                                        Ellington was rebooked for a theatre/ballroom tour with dancers Anisy and Aland and Stump and Stumpy.
                                        • Metropolitan Post 1939-06-03 p.12
                                        • Stratemann p.159 citing
                                          • Down Beat 1939-07-00
                                          • Chicago Defender 1939-09-16 p.23
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                                        Thursday
                                        .North Adams, Mass.Meadowbrook BallroomDuke Ellington and his World Famous Band featuring Ivie Anderson, California Songbird
                                        Concert, 8 till 9
                                        Dancing 9 till 1:30 a.m.
                                        Admission $1.10 including tax
                                        Ads, North Adams Transcript
                                        • 1939-06-13 p.7
                                        • 1939-06-14 p.7
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                                        Friday
                                        .Lynnfield, Mass.Starlight Ballroom
                                        (or "Kimball's Starlight")
                                        .Stratemann p.159..
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                                        Saturday
                                        .Old Orchard Beach, MainePier CasinoIt seems likely this summer dancehall one-nighter was at the Pier Casino - see 1926 08 12.Stratemann p.159..
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                                        Sunday
                                        .Bristol, Conn. Lake Compounce.M. Oakley Christoph, "For Your Information," Hartford Courant, Hartford, Conn., 1939-06-17 p.8..
                                        .K.Steiner Dec 2012.
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                                        1939 06 19
                                        Monday
                                        10 p.m.
                                        .Cambridge, Mass.Lowell House
                                        Harvard University

                                        'Class Day week will get under way this evening at ten o'clock as the Senior Class holds its annual dance at Lowell House. Duke Ellington will play, with songstress Ivy Anderson as a feature.'

                                        .
                                        Harvard Crimson 1936-06-19:
                                        • "Class Day Activities to Begin Tonight With Seniors Dance in Lowell House"
                                        • "No More 'Senior Spread,'"
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                                        Tuesday
                                        Noon
                                        .Baltimore, Md.The Waters A.M.E. Church.Funeral for Chick Webb
                                        An AP wirestory datelined Baltimore June 20 reported Duke Ellington, Gene Krupa, Cab Calloway and Jimmy Lunceford dropped batons between shows to join the processional as honorary pallbearers. Although Baltimore is 400 miles from Boston, Ellington's presence is corroborated by several sources.

                                        Ella Fitzgerald sang, accompanied by Taft Jordan, Webb's lead trumpeter. Peg Leg Bates was also present, and was carried out of the church after collapsing.
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                                        Tuesday
                                        .Boston, Mass.Roseland State Ballroom
                                        Massachusetts Avenue
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                                        Wednesday
                                        15:30
                                        .New York, N.Y..American Record Corporation-Brunswick-Vocalion (Master) recording session
                                        Cootie Williams And His Rug Cutters
                                        C.Williams, Bigard, Hodges, Carney, Ellington, Taylor, Greer
                                        Title recorded:
                                        • Night Song
                                        New Desor, Aasland and Timner IV date this recording June 22. Lasker has it on the 21st, with the session beginning at 3:30 and ending at either 4:00 or 5:00, based on his examination of the American Record Corporation ledgers, held by Sony Music in New York
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                                        Thursday
                                        .New York, N.Y..American Record Corporation/Brunswick-Vocalion (Master) recording session
                                        14:45 - 16:30
                                        Cootie Williams And His Rug Cutters
                                        C.Williams, Bigard, Hodges, Carney, Ellington, *Strayhorn
                                        Taylor, Greer
                                        Titles recorded:
                                        • *Blues A Poppin'
                                        • Top and Bottom
                                        • Black Beauty
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                                        Thursday
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                                        Friday
                                        .Baltimore, Md.Hippodrome Theatersee 1939 06 23...
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                                        1939 06 24
                                        Saturday
                                        .Baltimore, Md.Hippodrome Theatersee 1939 06 23...
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                                        1939 06 25
                                        Sunday
                                        .Baltimore, Md.Hippodrome Theatersee 1939 06 23...
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                                        Monday
                                        .Baltimore, Md.Hippodrome Theatersee 1939 06 23...
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                                        1939 06 27
                                        Tuesday
                                        .Baltimore, Md.Hippodrome Theatersee 1939 06 23...
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                                        Wednesday
                                        .Baltimore, Md.Hippodrome Theatersee 1939 06 23...
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                                        Thursday
                                        .Baltimore, Md.Hippodrome Theatersee 1939 06 23...
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                                        Friday
                                        1939 07 03Akron, OhioPalace Theatre....
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                                        1939 07 01
                                        Saturday
                                        .Akron, OhioPalace Theatresee 1939 06 30...
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                                        Sunday
                                        .Akron, OhioPalace Theatresee 1939 06 30...
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                                        Monday
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                                        Tuesday
                                        1939 07 06
                                        Thursday
                                        Youngstown, OhioPalace Theater....
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                                        Wednesday
                                        .Youngstown, OhioPalace Theatersee 1939 07 04...
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                                        Thursday
                                        .Youngstown, OhioPalace Theatersee 1939 07 04...
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                                        1939 07 07
                                        Friday
                                        1939 07 13
                                        Thursday
                                        Milwaukee, Wisc.Riverside Theater....
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                                        Friday
                                        .Milwaukee, Wisc.Riverside Theater....
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                                        Saturday
                                        .Milwaukee, Wisc.Riverside Theater....
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                                        Sunday
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                                        Monday
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                                        Tuesday
                                        .Milwaukee, Wisc.Riverside Theater....
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                                        Wednesday
                                        .Milwaukee, Wisc.Riverside Theater....
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                                        Thursday
                                        .Milwaukee, Wisc.Riverside Theater....
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                                        Friday
                                        ...activities not documented...
                                        ...
                                        1939 07 15
                                        Saturday
                                        .Des Moines, Iowa.

                                        'The Duke and his men arrivedin Des Moines late Saturday afternoon and were guests at a reception, with the Des Moines Bystander, Negro publication, as the host.'

                                        Des Moines Sunday Register, Des Moines, Iowa, 1939-07-16 p.4
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                                        Saturday
                                        .Des Moines, IowaVal Air Ballroom

                                        DANCE UNDER THE STARS
                                        VAL-AIR TONITE
                                        Duke Ellington
                                        and his world famous orchestra.
                                        With Ivie Anderson and a host of stage and radio stars.
                                        Dancing 66¢ per person plus tax.
                                        SUNDAY TINY HILL


                                        Des Moines Sunday Register's review estimated the crowd at 2,500. It apparently had a brief interview with Duke before the show, and quoted him about Afro-American music and travel to Europe. It mentioned there were several men who had been with his orchestra since 1920 and 1923, and went on to mention Ivy [sic] Anderson as someone who'd been with the band for 8 years, Sonny Greer since 1920 and Otto Hardwick since 1923.

                                        Des Moines Tribune ran a lengthier story about Ellington, but it was more about the man and his opinions than about the performance.
                                        • Des Moines Register and Des Moines Sunday Register, Des Moines, Iowa
                                          • 1939-07-09 p.6 -Society section
                                          • 1939-07-14 p.18
                                          • 1939-07-15 p.12
                                          • 1939-07-16 p.4
                                        • Variety, 1939-07-12 p.40
                                        • Des Moines Tribune, Des Moines, Iowa
                                          • 1939-07-15 pp.3, 10
                                          • 1939-07-17 p.9
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                                        Sunday
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                                        Monday
                                        .Sioux Falls, S.D.Neptune BallroomDance and broadcast over KLZ
                                        Jack Towers, who would later record the Fargo dance, was present and took photographs, two of which can be seen in the Dooji Photo Archives. One shows the trio playing Mood Indigo into two microphones, and the other shows Johnny soloing into two mikes at the front of the stage, with the audience gathered around and with his sheet music hanging from a radio station's microphone labelled KLZ.

                                        Stratemann erroneously places this ballroom in Sioux City, Iowa.
                                        Orchestra World:

                                        'Jack [Boyd, Ellington's road manager] recalls the occasion, before the Union limitations on hops, when the band played one night in Sioux Falls, S.D., and the next in Indianapolis --- traveling via Chicago, a total of 875 miles! The band traveled from 2 a.m. to 9:45 p.m. to make it, played from 10 to 2, and was in St. Louis, Mo. next morning at 7 for another date. '


                                        'Maybe You've Heard...
                                        'Dook's' Manager Talks...
                                        By W.A.S.
                                         THE SHOW MUST GO ON, and as Charles Boyd, manager of Duke Ellington's famous orchestra points out, at any cost.
                                          Ken Guenthner, Argus-Leader dance editor (that is just an honorary title, folks) was talking to this veteran of many years in the music business at Neptune Casino the other night while Duke and his band were swinging out. He told this story which places the "name band" business in high finance and we'll pass some of it along.
                                          "We're due in Indianapolis tomorrow night. That's 872 miles from here, you know.
                                          "How are we going to make it? Right now they have a special train for us at the Omaha depot. We'll be on that by 1 o'clock headed for Missouri Valley, Ia., where at 7:30 o'clock we must catch a fast train for Chicago. Arriving there at 4:20 tomorrow afternoon we'll hop a train for Indianapolis, pulling in at 9:30 o'clock. Then we can rest is we don't have to start playing for a half hour."
                                          CATCHING HIS BREATH, Ken says, he asked about the cost.
                                          "Including the special train to Missouri Valley it will cost us $680 to transport our 18 people to Chicago. Then an additional $175 to get to Indianapolis. I believe that amounts to something like $855, just for transportation.
                                          "Of course it can cost as more. Just in case we miss connections in Chicago I have posted $100 to have another special train crew on hand. We hope we don't have to use them, but if we do it will cost us another $300.
                                          "NEVER A DULL MOMENT. After playing Indianapolis we jump to St. Louis for Wednesday night and then back to Evansville, Ind. for Thursday. We're all looking forward to Monday. We'll be in Boston for three weeks at the Ritz Carlton hotel. That means some rest.
                                          Noting interest in the cost of operating the orchestra, the personable Boyd carried on.
                                          "We are one of the few orchestras that travel almost exclusively in Pullmans. When we go down south we live in them constantly. Last year our rail bill was approximately $50,000. Then on our recent tour of Europe from which we returned only two months ago, transportation and hotel bills alone were $40,000.
                                          "On the 31-day tour of France, Holland, Belgium, Denmark, Sweden and Norway we played 30 concerts, not dances, and averaged 8,000 persons per concert. We were tentatively booked for another month but there was too much war talk. We hopped a boat home.
                                          "Say, you don't want to ride along to Chicago? We had to buy 100 tickets to get that special train and only have 18 persons to take."
                                          Ken had to refuse the offer, feeling the tempo was a bit too fast, especially since he isn't a jitterbug." '

                                        • "Fists Fly at Dance," Variety, 1939-07-26, p.140
                                        • "Boyd Has Traveled A Million Miles With Duke," Orchestra World, 1943-01-00 p.18
                                        • Stratemann p.159 citing Variety 1939-07-12 p.40
                                        • "Dook's' Manager Talks," The Daily Argus-Leader, Sioux Falls, S.D. 1939-07-19, p.2
                                        • Dooji Photo Archives
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                                        1939 07 18
                                        Tuesday
                                        .Indianapolis, Ind.Tomlinson HallDance sponsored by the Indianapolis Negro Press Club
                                        10 P.M. to 2 A.M.
                                        Stratemann shows the St. Louis date on July 18 and Indianapolis on July 19, the latter date being reported in the Variety story quoted here.
                                        Steiner: Stratemann had the Indianapolis and St. Louis dates in incorrect order, although the source he cited had them correct.Jack Boyd's recollections (see 1939 07 17) confirm the Indianapolis date came first.
                                        Variety:
                                                     FISTS FLY AT DANCE
                                        But Affair Not on Police Blotter In Indianapolis
                                        Indianapolis, July 25

                                        '  Duke Ellington orchestra, playing here Wednesday (19) for dance at Tomlinson Hall sponsored by Indianapolis Negro Press Club was the scene of plenty of action when 11 squad cars of local gendarmes were called to the scene of action to quell a riot. Two prominent Negro politicians were arrested on charges of drunkenness and assault and battery, but no reports of the fracas were available to newshawks on the police beat.
                                          Cars were called by short wave radio to hurry to the dance, and before the S.O.S.'s were finished at least 50 blue coated minions of the law were on the scene.'

                                        • Stratemann p.159 citing "Band Bookings," Variety 1939-07-26 p.40
                                        • Ad, Indianapolis Star 1939-07-16, p.6A
                                        ..
                                        .K.Steiner Dec 2012.
                                        Added 2012-01-12
                                        updated 2014-05-23
                                        2015-03-16
                                        2016-12-20
                                        1939 07 19
                                        Wednesday
                                        .St. Louis, Mo.Forest Park Highlands(The band arrived in St. Louis at 7 a.m.)
                                        Dance

                                        Stratemann dates this 1939 07 18 - see above.
                                      • Stratemann p.159 citing Variety 1939-07-12 p.40
                                      • Ad, "Tonite Only.... Five hours dancing," St. Louis Star-Times, 1939-07-19, p.10
                                      • ..
                                        .K.Steiner Dec 20122011
                                        updated
                                        2014-05-232015-03-16
                                        1939 07 20
                                        Thursday
                                        .Evansville, Ind.Coliseum....
                                        ..Added
                                        2011
                                        1939 07 21
                                        Friday
                                        .Youngstown, Ohio.....
                                        ..Added
                                        2011
                                        1939 07 22
                                        Saturday
                                        .Sylvan Beach, N.Y.Danceland....
                                        .Agustěn Perez Gasco dec09Added
                                        2011
                                        1939 07 23
                                        Sunday
                                        .Richfield Springs, N.Y.Canadaroga Park....
                                        ..Added
                                        2011
                                        1939 07 24
                                        Monday
                                        1939 08 17Boston, Mass.Ritz Roof
                                        Ritz-Carlton Hotel
                                        Hotel residency -see 1939 07 24
                                        Ken Steiner:

                                        '4Jul39 to 17Aug39, Ritz Roof, Ritz-Carlton Hotel, Boston, Massachusetts.

                                        This important gig was held over 11 days past the initial two week booking (through 6Aug39). Years later, Billy Strayhorn recalled this "wonderful, wonderful engagement," where he substituted for Duke at the piano one night "and the guys in the band had never heard me play and they were sort of like 'Oh!' and I was very flattered."
                                         The Ritz Roof was also the site of Strayhorn's first arrangement for Ivie Anderson, Cab Calloway's Jumpin' Jive. (March 1962 interview, Duke Ellington Society, New York, discussed in van de Leur, "Something to Live For," p30 and Hajdu, "Lush Life," p60).
                                          Radio listings in the Boston Herald indicate local broadcasts began 26Jul39 and were carried over WBZ early evenings (Mondays at 9:30 or 10:00 p.m., Wednesdays at 7:45 p.m., Thursdays at 7:30 p.m., Fridays at 7:00 p.m., and Saturdays at 8:00 p.m. Perhaps Sunday was a day-off).
                                          National broadcasts from the Ritz Roof were carried locally by WBZ at 12:00 midnight on Wednesdays (26Jul, 2Aug, 9Aug and 16Aug); NBC logs indicate they were fed nationally through WJZ in New York and the NBC Blue network. The 11Aug39 7:00 p.m. broadcast was also carried over WJZ and NBC Blue.'

                                        ..DEMS.KS in DEMS2011
                                        updated
                                        2014-08-06
                                        1939 07 25
                                        Tuesday
                                        .Boston, Mass.Ritz Roof
                                        Ritz-Carlton Hotel
                                        Hotel residency -see 1939 07 24...
                                        ..2011
                                        1939 07 26
                                        Wednesday
                                        .Boston, Mass.Ritz Roof
                                        Ritz-Carlton Hotel
                                        Hotel residency - see 1939 07 24

                                        Midnight (00:02 - 00:30)- sustaining broadcast, NBC Blue Network (WJZ in New York)
                                        Duke Ellington and His OrchestraW. Jones, C.Williams, Stewart, Brown, Nanton, Tizol, Bigard, Hodges, Hardwick, Carney, Ellington, Guy, Taylor, Greer, I.Anderson
                                        Titles broadcast:
                                        • East St. Louis Toodle-O (theme)
                                        • Jazz Potpourri
                                        • Something To Live For
                                        • Old King Dooji
                                        • In A Mizz
                                        • Rose Of The Rio Grande
                                        • Pussy Willow
                                        • You Can Count On Me
                                        • Way Low
                                        Listen to, or download, an audio file of this broadcast from http://www.radioechoes.com
                                        New Desor
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                                        .CAH dec092011
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                                        1939 07 27
                                        Thursday
                                        .Boston, Mass.Ritz Roof
                                        Ritz-Carlton Hotel
                                        Hotel residency -see 1939 07 24...
                                        ..2011
                                        1939 07 28
                                        Friday
                                        .Boston, Mass.Ritz Roof
                                        Ritz-Carlton Hotel
                                        Hotel residency -see 1939 07 24

                                        7 p.m. - Sustaining broadcast NBC Blue Network (WJZ in New York
                                        New York Times radio log 1939-07-28..
                                        .CAH dec09Added
                                        2011
                                        1939 07 28
                                        Friday
                                        .Boston, Mass.Revere Plaza BallroomDance opposite Erskine Hawkins and his Orchestra. "Dancing 9 Until 3."

                                        While this appears to conflict with the hotel residency, the broadcast time suggests Ellington played the hotel earlier in the evening. Playing opposite another orchestra at Revere provides additional flexibility.
                                        ad, Boston Guardian, 22Jul39, p.8..
                                        .K.Steiner Dec 2012Added 2012-01-12
                                        updated 2014-08-10
                                        1939 07 29
                                        Saturday
                                        .Boston, Mass.Ritz Roof
                                        Ritz-Carlton Hotel
                                        Hotel residency -see 1939 07 24...
                                        ..2011
                                        1939 07 30
                                        Sunday
                                        .Boston, Mass.Ritz Roof
                                        Ritz-Carlton Hotel
                                        Hotel residency -see 1939 07 24...
                                        ..2011
                                        1939 07 31
                                        Monday
                                        .Boston, Mass.Ritz Roof
                                        Ritz-Carlton Hotel
                                        Hotel residency -see 1939 07 24...
                                        ..2011

                                        August 1939

                                        1939 08 01.Boston, Mass.Ritz Roof
                                        Ritz-Carlton Hotel
                                        Hotel residency -see 1939 07 24
                                        KECA-broadcast
                                        ..DEMS
                                        ..2011
                                        updated
                                        2014-08-06
                                        1939 08 02.Boston, Mass.Ritz Roof
                                        Ritz-Carlton Hotel
                                        Hotel residency -see 1939 07 24
                                        Sustaining broadcast NBC BlueNetwork/WJZ in NY
                                        ...
                                        .CAH dec09Added
                                        2011
                                        1939 08 03
                                        Thursday
                                        .Boston, Mass.Ritz Roof
                                        Ritz-Carlton Hotel
                                        Hotel residency -see 1939 07 24...
                                        ..2011
                                        1939 08 04
                                        Friday
                                        .Boston, Mass.Ritz Roof
                                        Ritz-Carlton Hotel
                                        Hotel residency -see 1939 07 24
                                        Sustaining broadcast NBC BlueNetwork/WJZ in NY
                                        ...
                                        .CAH dec09Added
                                        2011
                                        1939 08 05
                                        Saturday
                                        .Boston, Mass.Ritz Roof
                                        Ritz-Carlton Hotel
                                        Hotel residency -see 1939 07 24..DEMS
                                        ..Added
                                        2011
                                        1939 08 06
                                        Sunday
                                        .Boston, Mass.Ritz Roof
                                        Ritz-Carlton Hotel
                                        Hotel residency -see 1939 07 24...
                                        ..2011
                                        1939 08 07
                                        Monday
                                        .Boston, Mass.Ritz Roof
                                        Ritz-Carlton Hotel
                                        Hotel residency -see 1939 07 24...
                                        ..2011
                                        1939 08 08
                                        Tuesday
                                        .Boston, Mass.Ritz Roof
                                        Ritz-Carlton Hotel
                                        Hotel residency -see 1939 07 24...
                                        ..2011
                                        1939 08 09
                                        Wednesday
                                        .Boston, Mass.Ritz Roof
                                        Ritz-Carlton Hotel
                                        Hotel residency -see 1939 07 24
                                        Sustaining broadcast NBC BlueNetwork/WJZ in NY
                                        ...
                                        .C.Hällström dec09Added
                                        2011
                                        1939 08 10
                                        Thursday
                                        .Boston, Mass.Ritz Roof
                                        Ritz-Carlton Hotel
                                        Hotel residency -see 1939 07 24...
                                        ..2011
                                        1939 08 11
                                        Friday
                                        .Boston, Mass.Ritz Roof
                                        Ritz-Carlton Hotel
                                        Hotel residency -see 1939 07 24...
                                        ..2011
                                        1939 08 12
                                        Saturday
                                        .Boston, Mass.Ritz Roof
                                        Ritz-Carlton Hotel
                                        Hotel residency -see 1939 07 24...
                                        ..2011
                                        1939 08 13
                                        Sunday
                                        .Boston, Mass.Ritz Roof
                                        Ritz-Carlton Hotel
                                        Hotel residency -see 1939 07 24

                                        See the apparent conflict with Old Orchard Beach, below.
                                        ...
                                        ..2011
                                        1939 08 13.Old Orchard Beach, MainePier CasinoIt seems likely this summer dancehall one-nighter was at the Pier Casino in Old Orchard Beach - see 1926 08 12
                                        Steiner: A reported gig on Sunday, 13Aug39 at the Old Orchard Pier in Orchard Beach, Maine is confirmed: "Concert 10 P.M. Till Midnight, Dancing Midnight Till 2 A.M." (Biddeford Daily Journal, 12Aug39)
                                        The venues are less than 100 miles apart, so it is not impossible for Ellington to have played both locations this day, depending on the time of day he finished at the hotel.
                                        ..DEMS
                                        .djp2011
                                        updated
                                        2014-08-11
                                        1939 08 14
                                        Monday
                                        .Boston, Mass.Ritz Roof
                                        Ritz-Carlton Hotel
                                        Hotel residency -see 1939 07 24...
                                        ..2011
                                        1939 08 15
                                        Tuesday
                                        .Boston, Mass.Ritz Roof
                                        Ritz-Carlton Hotel
                                        Hotel residency -see 1939 07 24...
                                        ..2011
                                        1939 08 16
                                        Wednesday
                                        .Boston, Mass.Ritz Roof
                                        Ritz-Carlton Hotel
                                        Hotel residency -see 1939 07 24

                                        Sustaining broadcast NBC Blue Network (WJZ in NY)
                                        ...
                                        .C.Hällström dec09Added
                                        2011
                                        1939 08 17
                                        Thursday
                                        .Boston, Mass.Ritz Roof
                                        Ritz-Carlton Hotel
                                        Hotel residency -see 1939 07 24...
                                        ..2011
                                        1939 08 18
                                        Friday
                                        .Salem, N.H.Dancehall Theater
                                        Canobie Lake Park
                                        .Stratemann p.159 citing The Billboard 1939-08-19 p.13..
                                        .djp2011
                                        updated
                                        2014-08-10
                                        1939 08 19
                                        Saturday
                                        .Stonington, Conn.Wequetetock Casino
                                        Route 1, east of town
                                        This casino's ballroom measured 40 x 70 feet.History of the casino - The Day, New London, Conn., 1985-10-31, p.D3..
                                        ..2011
                                        updated
                                        2014-08-10
                                        1939 08 20
                                        Sunday
                                        ...activities not documented...
                                        ...
                                        1939 08 21
                                        Monday
                                        ...activities not documented...
                                        ...
                                        1939 08 22
                                        Tuesday
                                        ...activities not documented...
                                        ...
                                        1939 08 23
                                        Wednesday
                                        ...activities not documented...
                                        ...
                                        1939 08 24
                                        Thursday
                                        ...activities not documented...
                                        ...
                                        1939 08 25
                                        Friday
                                        ...activities not documented...
                                        ...
                                        1939 08 26
                                        Saturday
                                        ...activities not documented...
                                        ...
                                        1939 08 27
                                        Sunday
                                        ...activities not documented...
                                        ...
                                        1939 08 28
                                        Monday
                                        .New York, N.Y.World Broadcasting System studios
                                        711 Fifth Ave.
                                        American Record Corporation/Brunswick (Master) recording session,
                                        15:00 - 17:40
                                        Duke Ellington and His Famous Orchestra
                                        W. Jones, C.Williams, Stewart, Brown, Nanton, Tizol, Bigard, Hodges, Hardwick, Carney, Ellington, Guy, Taylor, Greer
                                        Lasker lists Strayhorn as the arranger of Grievin', so he may have been present.
                                        Titles recorded:
                                        • Bouncing Bouyancy
                                        • The Sergeant Was Shy
                                        • Grievin'
                                        New Desor
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                                        ..2011
                                        updated
                                        2014-08-12
                                        2015-07-01
                                        1939 08 29
                                        Tuesday
                                        ...activities not documented...
                                        ...
                                        1939 08 30
                                        Wednesday
                                        .New York, N.Y.NBC StudiosWJZ NBC Blue Network broadcast "Hobby Lobby"

                                        'Lowell Thomas, famous NBC commentator,will be the pinch-hitting host of Hobby Lobby over WHAM tonight at 8:30. Duke Ellington, noted band leader, will head the list of guests that Thomas will interview.

                                        Ken Steiner explained "WJZ was the NBC Blue Network flagship station. WHAM was one of about 50 stations that were part of the network. The broadcast was from New York City.'

                                        Rochester Democrat And Chronicle, 1939-08-30, p.8.DEMS
                                        .CAHoct05, djp, Steiner2011
                                        updated
                                        2012-08-17
                                        1939 08 31
                                        Thursday
                                        ...activities not documented...
                                        ...

                                        September 1939

                                        1939 09 01
                                        Friday
                                        .Europe. Peripheral event
                                        Germany invaded Poland, triggering World War II when Britain declared war on Germany two days later, 1939 09 03.
                                        ...
                                        .djpNew
                                        added
                                        2015-11-26
                                        1939 09 01
                                        Friday
                                        14:05-16:35
                                        .New York, N.Y.World Broadcasting Systems, Inc.
                                        711 Fifth Avenue
                                        American Record Corporation/Vocalion (Master) small group recording session
                                        Johnny Hodges and His Orchestra
                                        C.Williams, Brown, Hodges, Carney, Strayhorn, Ellington, Taylor, Greer
                                        Titles recorded:
                                        • The Rabbit's Jump (artist contract card: 'What Do You Call It?')
                                        • Moon Romance
                                        • Truly Wonderful
                                        • Dream Blues (artist contract card: 'Cream Blues')
                                        Strayhorn played the first two titles.
                                        New Desor
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                                        1939 09 02
                                        Saturday
                                        ...activities not documented
                                        ...
                                        ...
                                        1939 09 03
                                        Sunday
                                        .Pittburgh, Penn.Savoy Ballroom....
                                        ..Added
                                        2011
                                        1939 09 04
                                        Monday
                                        ...activities not documented
                                        ...
                                        ...
                                        1939 09 05
                                        Tuesday
                                        ...activities not documented
                                        ...
                                        ...
                                        1939 09 06
                                        Wednesday
                                        ...activities not documented
                                        ...
                                        ...
                                        1939 09 07
                                        Thursday
                                        ...activities not documented
                                        ...
                                        ...
                                        1939 09 08
                                        Friday
                                        ... Peripheral event
                                        In September, Columbia and John Hammond having signed Benny Goodman, Columbia began to issue Ellington and Goodman records on its 50-cent red label. Some earlier unissued recordings or recordings already issued on the Brunswick label were also released on the red Columbia label.
                                        On September 8, 1939, the CRC introduced its 50-cent red-label Columbia pop record and quickly shifted the most popular and prestigious Brunswick artists to the new label. The 75-cent Brunswick label was gradually phased out over the seven months that followed, the final issue under Columbia's aegis being Brunswick 8520, released in April 1940. As sales of Brunswick records declined and it became evident that the minimum sales threshold required to retain the Brunswick, Vocalion and Melotone trademarks would go unmet, Columbia was obliged to discontinue Vocalion. The final Vocalion issued under Columbia's aegis, number 5621, was released July 5, 1940. It was priced at 35 cents, as was the next record in the series, OKeh 05622. This marked a revival for OKeh, which had been discontinued early in 1935 in favor of Vocalion.
                                        RCA Victor, in its September 1940 catalog supplement, announced a reduction in the price of its 10-inch black label pop records from 75 cents to 50 cents each, and of its 12-inch black label pop records from one dollar to 75 cents each. (The price of Red Seal records were also reduced, to 75 cents for 10-inch discs and one dollar for 12-inch ones.)
                                        ..
                                        .djpNew
                                        2014-08-08
                                        updated
                                        2015-11-26
                                        1939 09 08
                                        Friday
                                        .Johnson City, N.Y.George F. Pavilion.Stratemann citing Variety 1939-09-06 p.34..
                                        ..2011
                                        updated
                                        2014-08-12
                                        1939 09 09
                                        Saturday
                                        .DuBois, Penn.Avenue TheatreVaudeville:

                                        'One of the most important
                                        Stage Events in Years
                                        4 Shows Continuous 1:30 to 12
                                        Midnight. Ellington at 2:55, 5:55
                                        7:55 and 10:30. Last full show
                                        at 9:30.
                                        MATINEE Main floor 55c inc tax
                                        Balcony 40c Children under 12
                                        years 15c.
                                        NITE, All seats 55c inc. tax.
                                        Loge Seats reserved 83c inc. tax
                                        ON STAGE
                                        Duke
                                        ELLINGTON
                                        and His Famous
                                        ORCHESTRA
                                        with the
                                        CALIFORNIA SONGBIRD
                                        IVIE ANDERSON
                                        and other entertainers
                                        ON SCREEN
                                        "STREET OF MISSING
                                        MEN" '

                                        The Brockway Record, Brockway, Penn.
                                        • 1939-09-01 p.2
                                        • 1939-09-08 pp.2,8
                                        courtesy Ken Steiner
                                        ..
                                        .ksNew
                                        added
                                        2018-03-18
                                        1939 09 10
                                        Sunday
                                        ...activities not documented
                                        ...
                                        ...
                                        1939 09 11
                                        Monday
                                        .Bradford, Penn.New BradfordOn Stage - Duke Ellington and His Orchestra with Ivy Anderson
                                        Society Chit-Chat:

                                        'Duke Ellington, the popular maestro, had an unique experience shortly after his arrival here Monday...Albert O'Neill, jr., of West Washington street visited the Duke and presented to him an orchestration copy of "Two in a Canoe," written by Pete Schwartz and Joe Mecanko of this city, and published by the Bauer Music Publishers, Ind....the two had a nice chat...the Duke expressed his pleasure at receiving the piece and thanked Mr. O'Neil...'

                                        Ad for a later act:

                                        'Thanks everyone for all the nice things you said about the Duke Ellington show...We know you'll be pleased with Henry Busse also!'

                                        Bradford Evening Star and Daily Record:
                                        • Ad & plug 1939-09-06 pp.2,5
                                        • Ad 1939-09-06 p.2
                                        • Plug 1939-09-08 p.4
                                        • Society Chit-Chat by Peggy, 1939-09-13 p.4
                                        • Ad for Busse 1939-09-15 p.2
                                        ..
                                        .Agustěn Perez Gasco dec09/djpNew
                                        added 2014-08-14
                                        updated 2014-09-04
                                        1939 09 12
                                        Tuesday
                                        1939 09 13Newcastle, Penn.Cathedral Theatre....
                                        .Agustěn Perez Gasco dec09
                                        Ken Steiner aug11
                                        Added
                                        2011
                                        1939 09 13
                                        Wednesday
                                        .Newcastle, Penn.Cathedral Theatresee 1939 9 12...
                                        ...
                                        1939 09 14
                                        Thursday
                                        .Bradford, Penn.Bradford Theatre....
                                        .Ken Steiner aug11Added
                                        2011
                                        1939 09 15
                                        Thursday
                                        ...

                                        Union Scale

                                        (see also 1928 08 01)
                                        Steven Lasker:
                                        In June 1939, delegates to the 44th Convention of the AF of M voted to change their by-laws with respect to scale wages such that...
                                        • Effective 1939 09 15 (Per "The International Musician," August 1939):
                                          For 3 hours recording, not more than four 10-inch master records to be made$30.00
                                          For 3 hours recording, not more than three 12-inch master records to be made$30.00
                                          For each additional 10-inch master record, per man
                                          (Three-quarters of an hour to be permitted to record and rehearse same.)
                                          $7.50
                                          For each additional 12-inch master record, per man
                                          (One hour to be permitted to record and rehearse same.)
                                          $10.00
                                          Contractor to receive double price.
                                        • Musicians were each paid $18.00 for each 15-minute side recorded on "Electrical Transcriptions for Commercial and Library Service." The contractor received double price. (Per International Musician, 1940 03 00.)
                                        At that rate, each sideman was paid $36.00 on each of the three occasions in 1941 when Ellington's orchestra recorded for the Standard Program Library.
                                        Email, Lasker-Palmquist
                                        • 2018-09-23 and prior, citing "The International Musician," 1939-08 and 1940-03
                                        • 2018-09-28
                                        ...slNew
                                        added
                                        2017-04-13
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                                        2018-09-27
                                        2018-09-28
                                        1939 09 15
                                        Friday
                                        1939 09 21
                                        Thursday
                                        New York, N.Y.Apollo Theater
                                        253 W. 125th St., Borough of Manhattan, Harlem district

                                        'ONE BIG WEEK - BEGINNING FRIDAY, SEPT 15TH
                                        The Mighty With IVY ANDERSON
                                        DUKE
                                        ELLINGTON
                                        AND HIS FAMOUS BAND
                                        EDWARDS SISTERS - Juvenile Tap Dancers
                                        BILL BAILEY - Bill Robinson The Second
                                        MADELINE GREEN - Benny Goodman Raved About Her
                                        Jackie Mabley Buster Cromwell
                                        JOHN VIGAL - 18 Dancing Boys and Girls 18
                                        Mon.- JITTERBUGS
                                        Wed.- AMATEURS
                                        Sat.- MIDNITE SHOW
                                        '

                                        .Variety's lengthy review says Ellington played behind a screen, was greeted at the last show on opening night by a wildly appreciative audience jammed to the back wall with standees.

                                        No pop tunes were played until Ivie closed the set with Comes Love, Jim Jam Jumpin' Jive and some originals; the rest of the Ellington set was originals and Ellington standard specialties.

                                        Greer "pyramided over the saxes," with the brass and rhythm on both sides and Ellington standing out front at his piano, directing the band. Variety describes the acts in some detail, and in addtion to those shown in the ad, names Theodore and Denesha ("white team") and Vivian Harris.
                                        .
                                        CAHjul11, djp2011
                                        updated 2014-09-03
                                        2015-06-19
                                        1939 09 15.New York, N.Y.Apollo Theater
                                        253 W. 125th St.
                                        Harlem
                                        Vaudeville - see 1939 09 15...
                                        ..2011
                                        1939 09 16
                                        Saturday
                                        .New York, N.Y.Apollo Theater
                                        253 W. 125th St.
                                        Harlem
                                        Vaudeville - see 1939 09 15...
                                        ..2011
                                        1939 09 17
                                        Sunday
                                        .New York, N.Y.Apollo Theater
                                        253 W. 125th St.
                                        Harlem
                                        Vaudeville - see 1939 09 15...
                                        ..2011
                                        1939 09 18
                                        Monday
                                        .New York, N.Y.Apollo Theater
                                        253 W. 125th St.
                                        Harlem
                                        Vaudeville - see 1939 09 15...
                                        ..2011
                                        1939 09 19
                                        Tuesday
                                        .New York, N.Y.Apollo Theater
                                        253 W. 125th St.
                                        Harlem
                                        Vaudeville - see 1939 09 15...
                                        ..2011
                                        1939 09 20
                                        Wednesday
                                        .New York, N.Y.Apollo Theater
                                        253 W. 125th St.
                                        Harlem
                                        Vaudeville - see 1939 09 15...
                                        ..2011
                                        1939 09 20
                                        Wednesday
                                        9:30 p.m.
                                        .New York, N.Y..NBC-Broadcast "George Jessel's Celebrities" over WEAF at 9:30
                                        The show was a half-hour broadcast.
                                        Ellington appeared by himself, and played a medley accompanied by the studio orchestra (radio log says the Van Steeden Orchestra).

                                        The tunes in the medley were Sophisticated Lady, Solitude and I Let A Song Go Out of My Heart.

                                        New Desor shows the show title as "Celebrity Program" but radio logs in various newspapers refer to it as "George Jessel's Celebrities" and "George Jessel Show" as well.

                                        The Evening News, :

                                        'George Jessel will have Duke Ellington, prominent Negro orchestra leader, as his featured guest on his "Celebrity Program" '

                                        Ellington autographed the announcer's script, which shows the show was sponsored by Vitalis, a men's hair oil.
                                        New Desor
                                        DE3919
                                        .
                                        .djp (Steven re the script)2011
                                        updated
                                        2014-09-04
                                        2016-07-16
                                        2017-01-27
                                        1939 09 21
                                        Thursday
                                        .New York, N.Y.Apollo Theater
                                        253 W. 125th St.
                                        Harlem
                                        Vaudeville - see 1939 09 15...
                                        ..2011
                                        1939 09 22
                                        Friday
                                        ...activities not documented
                                        ...
                                        ...
                                        1939 09 23
                                        Saturday
                                        ...activities not documented
                                        ...
                                        ...
                                        1939 09 24
                                        Sunday
                                        .Alliance, OhioColumbia Theatre.Ad, Alliance Review, 1939-09-23.DEMS
                                        ..2011
                                        updated
                                        2014-10-02
                                        1939 09 24...activities not documented
                                        ...
                                        ...
                                        1939 09 25
                                        Monday
                                        .Ambridge, Penn.Ambridge Theater
                                        714 Merchant St.

                                        'Ambridge Theater Books Ellington
                                          Duke Ellington and his orchestra have been booked into the Ambridge Theater in Ambridge for a single engagement next Monday. The theater announces that this is the beginning of a series of name bands scheduled to play Ambridge. '


                                        Pittsburgh Press, Pittsburgh,Penn.
                                        • 1939-09-20 courtesy K.Steiner
                                        • 1939-09-25 p.8
                                        ..
                                        .KSNew
                                        added
                                        2016-04-24
                                        1939 09 26
                                        Tuesday
                                        ...activities not documented
                                        ...
                                        ...
                                        1939 09 27
                                        Wednesday
                                        .Sharon, Penn......
                                        .Agustěn Perez Gasco dec09Added
                                        2011
                                        1939 09 28
                                        Thursday
                                        .Detroit, Mich.Graystone BallroomMichigan Chronicle 1939-10-07:

                                        '1800 Attend Ellington's Louis Ball

                                          Two masters met Monday evening at the beautiful Graystone ballroom - Duke Ellington, master of swing syncopation, kingpin of sweet soothing melodies and grand master of musical interpretations found a small crowd of 1800 when he came to play for master Joe Louis' victory party.
                                          ... The Ellington dance and Louis victory ball perhaps didn't appeal in many of the dance and mirth-makers of Motor City because they have not rested after dashing hither and yon after Lewis floored Bob Pastor. Nevertheless the small gathering had a grand time.
                                        Champ Seemed to Have Nice Time
                                          Even champion Joe Lewis seem to be enjoying the dance as much as his admirers, as the Duke got the Bomber to come up and say a few words to his audience. While on the bandstand Joe, well-fashioned-out in a blue chalk striped suit together with Ivie Anderson led out with his favorite song, something about "Hip, Hep the Jumpin' Jive." And the over 1800 dancers and non-dancers went wild...'

                                        Boxer Joe Louis' victory party was to celebrate his Sept. 20 win against Bob Pastor (the fight can be seen on YouTube). The Chronicle seems to have simply erred in saying the party was Monday. Its announcement and ad in its 1939-09-23 both announced the event as Thursday Sept. 28, and the Pittsburgh Press had Ellington at the Ambridge Theatre in Ambridge, Penn. on the Monday.

                                        It seems curious the party would have been more than a week after the fight until one realizes the fight was filmed and shown in various theatres after Sept. 25. While Louis was the odds-on favourite, it may be that the party was not booked until after he won the bout.
                                        Herb Jeffries showed up in the audience wearing western attire, which he calculated would be good publicity for his films. Ellington spotted him near the bandstand, and introduced him to the audience as "The Bronze Buckaroo," and invited Herb to sing a song with the band. See more detail at 1939 10 17
                                        • Email S.Lasker-Palmquist 2014-08-27
                                        • Emails Götting-Steiner-Palmquist April/May 2016
                                        • Michigan Chronical, Detroit, Mich., courtesy Ken Steiner:
                                          • Ad and plug 1939-09-23
                                          • Report, 1939-10-07
                                        .DEMS
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                                        2016-05-03
                                        1939 09 29
                                        Friday
                                        .Dayton, OhioMemorial Hall.Stratemann p.159..
                                        ..Added
                                        2011
                                        1939 09 30
                                        Saturday
                                        ...activities not documented
                                        ...
                                        ...

                                        October 1939

                                        1939 10 01
                                        Sunday
                                        ...activities not documented
                                        Stratemann and Vail I report an appearance at the Savoy Ballroom in Pittsburgh this date in error. Stratemann misinterpreted a Down Beat article about a September 3, 1939 dance "White and colored patrons stood around 30 deep for five hours watching the show." ("Ellington's New Mark," Down Beat, 1939-10-01 p.1). Vail seems to have copied Stratemann's entry.
                                        ...
                                        ..2011
                                        updated
                                        2014-08-18
                                        1939 10 02
                                        Monday
                                        .St. Paul, Minn.Coliseum Ballroom...DEMS
                                        ..Added
                                        2011
                                        1939 10 02
                                        Monday
                                        .New York, N.Y.Carnegie HallASCAP concert - Ellington was scheduled but did not appear.Stratemann p.159 citing New York Times
                                        • 1939-01-10 p.7
                                        • 1939-10-03 p.18
                                        .DEMS
                                        ..2011
                                        updated
                                        2014-10-02
                                        1939 10 03
                                        Tuesday
                                        ...activities not documented
                                        ...
                                        ...
                                        1939 10 04
                                        Wednesday
                                        ...activities not documented
                                        ...
                                        ...
                                        1939 10 05
                                        Thursday
                                        ...activities not documented
                                        ...
                                        ...
                                        1939 10 06
                                        Friday
                                        ...activities not documented
                                        ...
                                        ...
                                        1939 10 07
                                        Saturday
                                        .Lincoln, Neb.Turnpike Casino....
                                        ..Added
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                                        1939 10 08
                                        Sunday
                                        1939 10 09Kansas City, Ks..Stop-over..DEMS
                                        ..Added
                                        2011
                                        1939 10 09
                                        Monday
                                        .Kansas City, Ks..Stop-over..DEMS
                                        ..Added
                                        2011
                                        1939 10 10
                                        Tuesday
                                        .Junction City, Kan.Municipal Building....
                                        .Ken Steiner aug11Added
                                        2011
                                        1939 10 11
                                        Wednesday
                                        ...activities not documented
                                        ...
                                        ...
                                        1939 10 12
                                        Thursday
                                        ...activities not documented
                                        ...
                                        ...
                                        1939 10 13
                                        Friday
                                        .Bloomington, Ind.Indiana UniversityDance 9 p.m. to 1 a.m.

                                        UNION BULLETIN
                                        ================================

                                        UNION-A.W.S.
                                        Presents:
                                        DUKE ELLINGTON
                                        FAMOUS MAESTRO
                                        AND
                                        SONG WRITER
                                        AND HIS ORCHESTRA

                                        FRIDAY THE 13TH
                                        GOOD LUCK DANCE

                                        ADMISSION
                                        $2.00 Till 9:00 p.m. Friday
                                        $2.50 At the Door

                                        ALUMNI HALL 9:00-1:00


                                        Plugs in the student paper before the dance say Duke's latest hit is Rude Interlude, that Ivy [sic] will sing her 'happy song' and Duke will play Rude Interlude, Mood Indigo and Black and Tan Fantasy.

                                        'Duke plays various interpretative numbers such as the one in which he speculates on the history of the Negro.'


                                        Ken Steiner reproduced the entire 1939-10-14 student newspaper report in DEMS 02,3-4. The reporter describes Duke's clothing and his views on swing music, and quotes Duke as saying he is "very much married" and comments on his 20 year old son. This report says the band had 4 saxes, 3 trumpets, 3 trombones, piano, bass, guitar and drums, and was packed and ready to leave for Chicago 20 minutes after the dance finished.
                                        The Indiana Daily Student, Indiana University, Bloomington, Ind., courtesy of C.Lynn and E.M.Peters, Office of University Archives and Records Management, Herman B. Wells Library, Indiana University, Bloomington, Ind. (2015-11-18)
                                        • 1939-10-10 p.1
                                        • 1939-10-12
                                        • 1939-10-13 p.1
                                        • 1939-10-14 pp.1-2
                                        .DEMS
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                                        updated
                                        2014-09-13
                                        2015-11-19
                                        1939 10 14
                                        Saturday
                                        11:00 a.m.
                                        .Chicago, Ill.Probably World Broadcasting System studio,
                                        301 East Eire St.
                                        American Record Corporation/Brunswick (Master) recording sessions
                                        Duke Ellington and His Famous Orchestra
                                        W. Jones, C.Williams, Stewart, Brown, Nanton, Tizol, Bigard, Hodges, Carney, Ellington, Strayhorn, Guy, Taylor, Greer
                                        Titles recorded:
                                        • Little Posey (subtitle: A Portrait of Freddie Jenkins)
                                        • I Never Felt This Way Before
                                        • Grievin'
                                        • Tootin' Through The Roof
                                        • Weely (subtitle: A Portrait of Billy Strayhorn)

                                        Johnny Hodges and His Orchestra
                                        C.Williams, Brown, Hodges, Carney, Strayhorn, Ellington, Taylor, Greer
                                        Titles recorded:
                                        • Skunk Hollow Blues
                                        • I Know What You Do
                                        • Your Love Has Faded
                                        • Tired Socks

                                        Duke Ellington (solo piano)
                                        Title recorded:
                                        • Blues
                                        New Desor
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                                        1939 10 15
                                        Sunday
                                        .Chicago, Ill.Drake HotelJunior League Ball
                                        Ellington was paid $1,850 for this dance.

                                        Pittsburgh Courier:

                                        'The Duke was the guest of honor and reigned supreme as eighteen hundred of the city's "best" people, who may or may not have been the city's best jitetrbugs [sic], turned out to pay homage to his highness' musical ability, last week. The occasion was the Junior League dance in the Drake hotel ballroom, and at six dollars a ticket, $10,800 was snugly ensconced in the box office at the conclusion of the evening.
                                         After a bit of recording work, Duke Ellington and his aggregation entrained for St. Louis and their two weeks at the Coronado Hotel there.'

                                        • Stratemann p.159 citing The Billboard 1939-10-28 p.9
                                        • Pittsburgh Courier, 1939-11-04 p.21
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                                        1939 10 16
                                        Monday
                                        .Chicago, Ill.Probably World Broadcasting System studio,
                                        301 Eire St.
                                        American Record Corporation/Brunswick (Master) recording sessions
                                        session times not noted
                                        Barney Bigard and his Orchestra
                                        Stewart, Bigard, Carney, Ellington, Taylor, Greer

                                        Title recorded
                                        • Early Mornin'

                                        Duke Ellington and his Famous Orchestra
                                        W. Jones, C.Williams, Stewart, Brown, Nanton, Tizol, Bigard, Hodges, Hardwick, Carney, Strayhorn, Ellington, Guy, Taylor, Greer, Ivie Anderson

                                        Titles recorded:
                                        • Killin' Myself
                                        • Your Love Has Faded
                                        • Country Gal
                                        Lambert describes Killin' Myself as unique because Strayhorn sings on it.
                                        New Desor
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                                        2015-07-01
                                        circa
                                        1939 10 17
                                        Tuesday
                                        .Madison, Wisc...PERSONNEL CHANGE
                                        October 17 is the earliest documented 1939 appearance with Ellington we have so far of singer Herb Jeffries (c.1913 09 24 - 2014 05 25), known as "The Singing Cowboy" and "The Bronze Buckaroo." It isn't established exactly when he physically joined the band but he was hired on or about September 28.

                                        Mr. Jeffries previously had a career as a motion picture cowboy.

                                        Steven Lasker:

                                        'In a telephone conversation on June 13, 2001, Herb told me he first sang with the Ellington band in theatre engagements in 1937. In 1939, after making three westerns in Hollywood for the race market, he returned to his family in Detroit.

                                        Herb recalled he reconnected with Ellington at Detroit's Graystone Ballroom around the time of his birthday on September 24 – he told me he thought it was just before his birthday, but the band played the Graystone on the 28th, just after his birthday – when he showed up wearing western attire, which he calculated would be good publicity for his films.

                                        Ellington spotted Jeffries standing near the bandstand, and introduced him to the audience as “The Bronze Buckaroo, noting that he and the band had just come from New York's Apollo Theatre, where they had shared the bill with one of Jeffries' pictures. Ellington invited Jeffries to sing a song with the band – he thought it was either “In a Sentimental Mood” or “Solitude” – which led, over a drink at the bar a little later, to his being hired.'

                                        The Oct. 17 ad in The Capital Times includes "Herbie Jeffries" but the ad the following day doesn't list him. However, the drama column on the 18th says 'Oh yes, there is a vocalist, Herbie Jeffries, whom the Duke introduced as a sepia cowboy.'

                                        His presence in the band in 1939 rather than 1940 is confirmed by a story in the Pittsburgh Courier Dec. 23 as well - see 1939 12 15.

                                        Cambridge Companion erroneously dated his arrival in the band as 1940.
                                        • New Desor vol.2
                                        • Obituary, The Daily Telegraph 2014-07-13 reprinted in Blue Light Vol.21 No.3 2014-08
                                        • Email S.Lasker-Palmquist 2014-08-27
                                        • The Capital Times Madison, Wisc.
                                          • 1939-10-17 p.11
                                          • 1939-10-18 p.12
                                        • Pittsburgh Courier 1939-12-23 p.21
                                        • Indianapolis Recorder 1939-12-23, p.8
                                        • Cambridge Companion, p.xiii
                                        ..
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                                        1939 10 17
                                        Tuesday
                                        1939 10 18Madison, Wisc.Orpheum TheatreVaudeville, performances at 2:30, 4:55, 7:15 and 9:40
                                        • Duke Ellington and his Famous Orchestra and Revue featuring Ivie Anderson
                                        • Show times 2:30, 4:50, 7:15 and 9:40 p.m.
                                        • Admission: 35c to 6; then 50c

                                        'You have probably heard Ellington before. There is nothing startlingly new about his current presentation, and if you liked him then you will like him now. If anything, his interpretations are more symphonic than ever, without, however, sacrificing the hot quality that makes even the least torrid of those infamous insects, the jitterbugs, clap their hands and dance in the aisles. Whether in the ultra-hot 'Cotton Club Stomp,' the more soothing 'Caravan,' the subdued 'Mood Indigo,' or a trumpet concerto, soloists and rhythm section are near perfection in technique and artistry. Don't miss Duke's 'The Sergeant was Shy' or the trumpet concerto he wrote for Rex Stewart."'

                                      • Ads and columns, Capital Times, Madison, Wisc.,
                                        • 1939-10-17 p.11
                                        • 1939-10-18 p.12
                                      • Wisconsin State Journal, 1939-10-18 p.6
                                      • .DEMS
                                        .ks2011
                                        updated
                                        2014-10-02
                                        2014-10-06
                                        1939 10 18
                                        Wednesday
                                        .Madison, Wisc.Orpheum TheatreStage show - see 1939 10 17
                                        (Note I did not describe this as vaudeville because there's no mention of comedians, dance teams or acrobats.)
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                                        1939 10 19
                                        Thursday
                                        .Kansas City, Mo..Stop-over...
                                        ..Added
                                        2011
                                        1939 10 201939 11 02St. Louis, Mo.Club Caprice
                                        Coronado Hotel
                                        3701 Lindell Blvd. at Spring
                                        Supper club residency

                                        NOW at CLUB
                                        CAPRICE
                                        Duke
                                        ELLINGTON
                                        AND HIS FAMOUS
                                        ORCHESTRA
                                        "PRIMITIVE MELODIES"
                                        CREATIVE ARTIST of MODERN MUSIC
                                        Plus THE CALIFORNIA SONGBIRD
                                        IVIE
                                        ANDERSON
                                        FINE FOOD and DRINKS


                                        Two remote radio broadcasts live on KXOK every night at 7:30 and 11:15 p.m.

                                        The band also broadcast on St. Louis' CBS station KMOX at 11:30 pm on 1939 10 31, 1939 11 02 and possibly other nights.

                                        Jerry Valburn reported the broadcasts were recorded by Jerry Shirley and acquired by Timme Rosenkrantz when he bought Shirley's record cutter when Shirley began military service. (DEMS 91/1-3)

                                        Steiner:

                                        'According to the "Radio Raves" column carried in several African-American weeklies, Duke Ellington, who has been absent from the kilocycles for too many a moon, has received a Columbia network line out of the Coronado hotel in St. Louis every Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday at 12:30 a.m. eastern time.
                                        Late night radio listings in the St. Louis papers were incomplete, but corresponding 11:30 p.m. Central Time broadcasts over KMOX were listed for 31oct and 2Nov (DEMS 02/3 p4).'

                                        Daily ads, St.Louis Globe-Democrat.DEMS
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                                        1939 10 20.St. Louis, Mo.Club 49Ellington visited Club 49

                                        Ad, St. Louis Argus Ad, 1939-10-20 p.12:

                                        'The home of all celebrities will entertain Duke Ellington and his entire band with Herbert Jeffries, Music by Fate Marable's Band'

                                        1939-10-27 p.7

                                        '"Duke Ellington has been frequenting Club 49 these nites in town We wonder if the maestro is planning to add Jimmy Blanton, bass fiddler with Fate Marable's band, to his aggregation. '

                                        St. Louis Argus as noted herein.DEMS
                                        .(credit Ken Steiner as all 04,2-22 entries)2011
                                        updated
                                        2014-10-02
                                        1939 10 21
                                        Saturday
                                        .St. Louis, Mo. Club Caprice
                                        Coronado Hotel
                                        Supper club residency - see 1939 10 20...
                                        ..2011
                                        1939 10 22
                                        Sunday
                                        .St. Louis, Mo. Club Caprice
                                        Coronado Hotel
                                        Supper club residency - see 1939 10 20...
                                        ..2011
                                        1939 10 23
                                        Monday
                                        .St. Louis, Mo. Club Caprice
                                        Coronado Hotel
                                        Supper club residency - see 1939 10 20...
                                        ..2011
                                        1939 10 24
                                        Tuesday
                                        .St. Louis, Mo. Club Caprice
                                        Coronado Hotel
                                        Supper club residency - see 1939 10 20...
                                        ..2011
                                        1939 10 25
                                        Wednesday
                                        .St. Louis, Mo. Club Caprice
                                        Coronado Hotel
                                        Supper club residency - see 1939 10 20...
                                        ..2011
                                        1939 10 26
                                        Thursday
                                        .St. Louis, Mo. Club Caprice
                                        Coronado Hotel
                                        Supper club residency - see 1939 10 20...
                                        ..2011
                                        1939 10 27
                                        Friday
                                        .St. Louis, Mo. Club Caprice
                                        Coronado Hotel
                                        Supper club residency - see 1939 10 20...
                                        ..2011
                                        1939 10 28
                                        Saturday
                                        .St. Louis, Mo. Club Caprice
                                        Coronado Hotel
                                        Supper club residency - see 1939 10 20...
                                        ..2011
                                        1939 10 29
                                        Sunday
                                        .St. Louis, Mo. Club Caprice
                                        Coronado Hotel
                                        Supper club residency - see 1939 10 20...
                                        ..2011
                                        1939 10 29
                                        Sunday
                                        .St. Louis, Mo.Ring Tavern

                                        'Mrs. Valeska Morrow, who entertained Miss Anderson, Duke Ellington and his band at the Ring Tavern Sunday night after the band's engagement at the Coronado Hotel. Shortly before the closing of the tavern, Mr. Ellington ordered a drink for the house, which caused the bartenders to work one half hour overtime before sending everyone home in their praises for Mr. Ellington.'

                                        St. Louis Argus, 1939-11-03 p.5.DEMS
                                        .KS in DEMSNew
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                                        1939 10 30
                                        Monday
                                        .St. Louis, Mo. Club Caprice
                                        Coronado Hotel
                                        Supper club residency - see 1939 10 20...
                                        ..2011
                                        1939 10 31
                                        Tuesday
                                        Halloween
                                        .St. Louis, Mo. Club Caprice
                                        Coronado Hotel
                                        Supper club residency - see 1939 10 20...
                                        ..2011

                                        November 1939

                                        1939 11 01
                                        Wednesday
                                        .St. Louis, Mo.Club Caprice
                                        Coronado Hotel
                                        Supper club residency - see 1939 10 20
                                        New Desor shows an NBC broadcast, but it appears to have been Nov.2 instead - see 1939 11 02 below.
                                        .New Desor
                                        DE3922
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                                        1939 11 02
                                        Thursday
                                        .St. Louis, Mo.Club Caprice
                                        Coronado Hotel
                                        Supper club residency - see 1939 10 20

                                        This appears to be the correct date of the broadcast dated 1939 11 01 in New Desor:
                                        Duke Ellington and His Orchestra
                                        W. Jones, C.Williams, Stewart, Brown, Nanton, Tizol, Bigard, Hodges, Hardwick, Carney, Ellington, Guy, Taylor,Blanton, Greer, I. Anderson

                                        Titles recorded:
                                        • Pyramid
                                        • Pussy Willow
                                        • I'm Checking Out - Goom Bye

                                        This aircheck was released on the Jazz Moderne LP number DE-003, side B and privately on cassette to Duke Ellington Music Society members. Some questions arise:
                                        1. This broadcast is dated Nov. 2 1940 (session 40-46, ) in Aasland's size A4 softcover Wax Works.
                                        2. Timner IV and V have the same broadcast on Nov. 2
                                        3. Timner V says The program was probably aired past midnight, since 1 Nov 1939 was closing night at the Club Caprice. On 2 Nov 1939 DE opened at the Blackstone Hotel in Chicago. - although these dates are now known to be incorrect.
                                        4. Personnel chart comparison:
                                          MusicianWax
                                          Works
                                          New
                                          Desor
                                          Timner
                                          IV
                                          Timner
                                          V
                                          MacHareGirvan
                                          W. Jones x x x x x x
                                          C. Williams x x x x x x
                                          Stewart x x x x x x
                                          Brown x x x x x x
                                          Nanton x x x x x x
                                          Tizol x x x x x x
                                          Webster x - - - - -
                                          Bigard x x x x x x
                                          Hodges x x x x x x
                                          Hardwick x x x x x x
                                          Carney x x x x x x
                                          Strayhorn - - - - - x
                                          Ellington x x x x x -
                                          Guy x x x x x x
                                          Taylor - x - x x x
                                          Blanton x - x x x x
                                          Greer x x x x x x
                                          Anderson x x x x - x
                                        5. In DEMS 79/4-3, Aasland accepted Jack Tower's suggestion the recordings were in 1939, based on 4 saxes with a suggestion Blanton is present.
                                        6. In DEMS 91/1-3, Jerry Valburn declared the broadcast was Nov. 2 1939, based on newspaper ads and the absence of Ben Webster on the recordings.
                                        7. According to Ken Steiner's research published in the various DEMS bulletins listed with the 1939 10 20 entry:
                                          • Live radio broadcasts were made twice every night at 7:30 pm and 11:15 pm on KXOK.
                                          • The band also broadcast on KMOX, St. Louis' CBS station, at 11:30 pm on 31oct and 2Nov, and possibly other nights.
                                        8. According to Stratemann

                                          'The date marked on the original acetate of this broadcast is November 2 and the announcer is heard to say that "Duke is saying goodbye tonight. This is his last appearance at Club Caprice." Other sources have Ellington at Chicago's Blackstone Hotel on this date.'

                                          This would seem to suggest some discographers, thinking the residency ended November 1, assumed the marking indicated a post-midnight broadcast. There wasn't one.
                                        9. Ken Steiner's research documents:
                                          • the band broadcast 15 minutes from the Club Caprice twice each evening, at 7:30 and 11:15 on KXOK based on radio listings in the St. Louis Globe Democrat, St. Louis Post-Dispatch and the St. Louis Star-Times from Oct. 20 to Nov. 2.
                                          • CBS carried national broadcasts on Tuesdays, Thursdays, and Saturdays at 11:30 p.m. CST, based on Harold Jovien, "Radio Raves," Gary American, 1939-11-10 p.5 and other African American newspapers
                                          • Late night radio listings in the St. Louis papers listing 11:30 p.m. CST broadcasts on 31oct and 2Nov39 on KMOX, the local CBS station.
                                        10. Ken stated the one surviving air check over WJR, a CBS station in Detroit, from Club Caprice is dated 2Nov39 and Steven Lasker reports it is in the Valburn collection at the Library of Congress.
                                        11. Additional documentation consists of the radio schedules for Thursday, November 2 in:
                                          • 5:15 KMAC and 11:30 KTSA San Antonio Express, San Antonio, Tex. 1939-11-02
                                          • 11:30, WBBM, Capital Times, Madison, Wisc.
                                          • 11:30, WBBM, Wisconsin State Journal 1939-11-01, Madison, Wisc. re Thursday listings
                                          • 11:30 WCKY Hamilton Daily News Journal November 1, 1939
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                                        1939 11 03
                                        Friday
                                        ...PERSONNEL CHANGE
                                        Bassist James Harvey ("Jimmie") Blanton, Jr. joined Ellington's orchestra November 3, 1939, and would quickly revolutionize the use of the string bass in the jazz world. The band is often referred to as the Blanton-Webster band for its excellence during the period Ben Webster and Jimmie were in the band together.

                                        See our Blanton-Raglin webpage for further information.
                                        • Emails, M. Heyman/Palmquist September-Occtober 2014, citing Steiner's research.
                                        • Duke Ellington, MIMM, p.164
                                        • Barney Bigard, edited by Barry Martyn: With Louis and the Duke, Oxford University Press 1986, pp.73-74
                                        • S. Lasker, book to Mosaic Records CD box set MD7-235 Duke Ellington: The Complete 1936-1940 Variety, Vocalion And OKeh Small Group Sessions, p.27
                                        • Ken Steiner in DEMS and the telegram and IRS form
                                        • E. Lambert, Duke Ellington, A Listener's Guide, p. 86
                                        .DEMS
                                        .M.Heymann and K.SteinerAdded 2012-10-11
                                        updated 2014-09-13
                                        2014-10-03
                                        2014-10-07
                                        1939 11 03
                                        Friday
                                        .Chicago, Ill.Blackstone HotelUnconfirmed.
                                        Suggested in the Igo Itinerary, no documentation given, no mention in Chicago papers. (Tribune, Daily News, Evening Herald-Examiner, Defender)

                                        Note Ellington was at the Blackstone in December.
                                        ..DEMS
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                                        2014-09-15
                                        1939 11 04
                                        Saturday
                                        .Champaign, Ill.Huff GymHomecoming Dance, 9 p.m. to midnight.
                                        Daily Illini:

                                        'Duke Ellington will introduce his 'conversation' music on the University campus at 9 p.m. today in Huff Gym where he will appear at the annual Student-Alumni association Homecoming dance. The dance, which is in honor of homecoming alumni, will be attended by 1100 couples, according to reports on advance ticket sales. '


                                        The Independent:

                                        'Duke Ellington featured I Let a Song Go Out of My Heart, a number which he said he played for the first time here two years ago. Harry Grusin '40 did not like the hot music - guess that his date required a sweet and dreamy background - big hit of the homecoming dance was Ivie Anderson, swing songstress, and how she could swing it and shake a wicked leg on Jumpin' Jive and St. Louis Blues.'

                                        • Daily Illini, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, Ill.
                                          • 1939-11-04 p.1
                                          • 1939-11-05 p.1
                                        • The Independent, 1939-11-11
                                        .DEMS
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                                        updated
                                        2014-09-13
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                                        1939 11 05
                                        Sunday
                                        ...activities not documented
                                        ...
                                        ...
                                        1939 11 06
                                        Monday
                                        ...activities not documented
                                        ...
                                        ...
                                        1939 11 07
                                        Tuesday
                                        ...activities not documented
                                        ...
                                        ...
                                        1939 11 08
                                        Wednesday
                                        9:00 to 1:00
                                        .Joplin, Mo.Memorial Hall"Duke Ellington and His Famous Orchestra, presented by the Joplin Elks"

                                        Prices: $1.00 plus tax, Balcony 25 cents.

                                        'Duke Ellington...will bring his orchestra to Joplin for an engagement at Memorial Hall Wednesday Nov. 8 under the auspices of the Elks club charity fund...His orchestra will feature its widely-known vocalist, Ivie Anderson, in its appearance here. Miss Anderson has recently returned from highly successful engagements in Paris, London, Rome and other European centers.'

                                        In publicity for the Nov. 27 Cab Calloway appearance, the Nov. 17 Globe said the Elks decided to schedule his band after discovering with what enthusiasm district jitterbuts took to the "hot" muisc of Duke Ellington and his orchestra a week ago.
                                        • Ad and publicity story, Miami Daily News-Record, Miami, Okla., 1939-11-05, p.3
                                        • Calloway plugs, Joplin Globe, Joplin, Mo.
                                          • 1939-11-17 p.A8
                                          • 1939-11-19 p.B5
                                        ..
                                        .Agustin Perez Gasco dec09
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                                        2014-10-06
                                        1939 11 09
                                        Thursday
                                        ...activities not documented
                                        ...
                                        ...
                                        1939 11 10
                                        Friday
                                        .Wichita, Kans.Rose Room...DEMS
                                        ..Added
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                                        1939 11 11
                                        Saturday
                                        .Oklahoma City, Okla."Miss Shirley Rutledge and her brother, Jim Rutledge, were in Oklahoma City Saturday night to hear Duke Ellington and his orchestra." *
                                        • Agustin Perez Gasco Dec09
                                        • * The Ada Evening News, Ada, Ok. 1939-11-13, p.3
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                                        1939 11 12
                                        Sunday
                                        ...activities not documented
                                        ...
                                        ...
                                        1939 11 13
                                        Monday
                                        ...activities not documented
                                        ...
                                        ...
                                        1939 11 14
                                        Tuesday
                                        ...activities not documented
                                        ...
                                        ...
                                        1939 11 14
                                        Tuesday
                                        .Great Bend, Kans.City Auditorium"Duke Ellington and his swingwaits were lauded by more than 1,500...."
                                        "Music Notes," Chicago Defender, nat. ed., 9Dec39, p20
                                        Ad, Great Bend Tribune, 1939-11-14, p.3..
                                        .K.Steiner Dec 2012New
                                        Added 2014-09-15
                                        1939 11 15
                                        Wednesday
                                        .Kansas CityRoseland...DEMS
                                        ..Added
                                        2011
                                        1939 11 16
                                        Thursday
                                        .St. Louis, Mo.Castle Ballroom...DEMS
                                        ..Added
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                                        1939 11 17
                                        Friday
                                        ...activities not documented
                                        ...
                                        ...
                                        1939 11 18
                                        Saturday
                                        ...activities not documented
                                        ...
                                        ...
                                        1939 11 19
                                        Sunday
                                        .Gary, Ind.Miramar Ballroom...DEMS
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                                        1939 11 20
                                        Monday
                                        .Chicago, Ill.Savoy Ballroom

                                        Federated Hotel Waiters Local 356
                                        PRESENTS
                                        DUKE ELLINGTON
                                        AND HIS FAMOUS ORCHESTRA
                                        SENSATION OF TWO CONTINENTS
                                        AT THE
                                        SAVOY BALLROOM
                                        Monday Night, November 20
                                        ALL LOOP HOTEL SHOW CELEBRITIES WILL APPEAR
                                        ALSO CABARET REVUES FROM SOUTH SIDE
                                        DANCING FROM 9 P.M. UNTIL ?
                                        ADMISSION 75 CENTS IN ADVANCE
                                        $1.00 AT DOOR
                                        FOR RESERVATIONS CALL CALUMET 1951

                                        • Stratemann p.160 with copy of ad
                                        • Additional documentation is likely to be found in SI-NMAH DEC301, Series 2: Performances and Programs, 1933-1974, box 10, folder 2 Savoy Ballroom, Chicago, Illinois, November 20, 1939
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                                        1939 11 21
                                        Tuesday
                                        .Chicago, Ill.New Deal Tavern5 a.m. breakfast party for Cab Calloway and Duke Ellington after the waiters' ball at Savoy.Steiner in DEMS, quoting "LaRue Will Honor Duke and King Cab," Chicago Defender, 1939-11-18.DEMS
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                                        1939 11 22
                                        Wednesday
                                        .Chicago, Ill..

                                        'Hollywood, Nov. 22 ...Duke Ellington has signed a composer's contract with Jack Robbins, music publishers. Mr. Ellington's work will be exploited in the symphonic field.'

                                        Earl J. Morris, Grand Town Day and Night, Pittsburgh Courier 1939-11-25 p.22..
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                                        Wednesday
                                        .Chicago, Ill..American Record Corporation/Brunswick (Master) small group and duet recording session
                                        • Barney Bigard and His Orchestra*
                                          Stewart, Tizol, Bigard, Carney, Strayhorn, Blanton, Greer
                                          Titles recorded:
                                          • Minuet in Blues
                                          • Lost in Two Flats
                                          • Honey Hush
                                        • Duke Ellington and Jimmy [sic] Blanton
                                          Titles recorded:
                                          • Blues
                                          • Plucked Again
                                        *  Lambert and Jepsen call the group "Barney Bigard and his Jazzopaters," but the Minuet in Blues Vocalion label says "Barney Bigard and His Orchestra."
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                                        1939 11 22
                                        Wednesday
                                        .Chicago, Ill.Drake HotelUniversity of Chicago dance
                                      • Stratemann p.160 citing The Billboard 1939-11-11 p.12
                                      • "With the Bands," Baltimore Afro-American 1939-11-18 p.14
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                                        1939 11 23
                                        Thursday
                                        .Dixon, Ill.Armory Ballroom"The Biggest Thanksgiving Dance Attraction in the State."ad, Dixon Evening Telegraph, 1939-11-22 p.10..
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                                        1939 11 24
                                        Friday
                                        21:30
                                        .Chicago, Ill.CBS/WBBM studio
                                        Wrigley Building
                                        410 N. Michigan Ave.
                                        Half-hour recorded WBBM/CBS "Young Man With A Band" broadcast
                                        Duke Ellington and His Orchestra
                                        W. Jones, C.Williams, Stewart, Brown, Nanton, Tizol, Bigard, Hodges, Hardwick, Carney, Ellington, Guy, Taylor, Blanton, Greer, Ivie Anderson
                                        Titles recorded:
                                        • Cavalcade of Hits (a medley)
                                          • Mood Indigo
                                          • Liza
                                          • Black and Tan Fantasy
                                          • Ring Dem Bells
                                          • It Don't Mean a Thing
                                          • Sophisticated Lady
                                          • Solitude
                                          • In a Sentimental Mood
                                          • Caravan
                                          • I Let a Song Go Out of My Heart
                                        • I'm Checking Out - Goom Bye
                                        • Tootin' Through the Roof

                                        • Pittsburgh Courier:

                                          'Out Chicago way last week, Duke Ellington, still the greatest maestro of 'em all, once again demonstrated his musical superiority as a record crowd packed the Windy City's Columbia Studios on Friday night to hear his aggregation as they aired on a coast to coast hookup. The program, the well known "Young Man With a Band" feature, has presented several race bands on the series. Ellington has aroused the most comment.'

                                          Notes:
                                          • Several sources have the studio in the Merchandise Mart building in error. That was the location of NBC's studios.
                                          • James Caesar Petrillo, then president of the American Federation of Musicians Local 10, played trombone in the WBBM orchestra. In 1940 he bacame its conductor and that year he also became the national president of AFM.
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                                        Saturday
                                        1939 11 26Peoria, Ill.Palace Theatre4 stage shows daily..DEMS
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                                        Sunday
                                        .Peoria, Ill.Palace Theatre4 stage shows - see 1939 11 25..DEMS
                                        ....
                                        1939 11 27
                                        Monday
                                        ...activities not documented
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                                        1939 11 28
                                        Tuesday
                                        ...activities not documented
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                                        Wednesday
                                        ...activities not documented
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                                        ...
                                        1939 11 30
                                        Thursday
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                                        December 1939

                                        1939 12 01
                                        Friday
                                        ...activities not documented
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                                        ...
                                        1939 12 02
                                        Saturday
                                        .Terre Haute, IndTrianon BallroomDance hall engagementactivities not documented
                                        Email, K.Steiner-Palmquist 2015-02-28 citing "Ellington's Band to Play Near Here," Linton Daily Citizen, 1939-11-28..
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                                        Sunday
                                        .Indianapolis, Ind.Sunset Terrace Club...DEMS
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                                        Monday
                                        ...

                                        'Duke Ellington and his orchestra occupied an extra coach attached to train 307 which passed through Logansport at 4:30 o'clock Monday morning over the Pennsylvania lines. The colored "swing" band was enroute from Indianapois to Chicago.'

                                        The distances are not great. Indianapolis to Logansport is about 80 miles, and Logansport to Chicago is 128 miles. The band would have left Indianapolis late at night and arrived in Chicago in the early part of the morning.
                                        Railway Notes, Logansport Pharos-Tribune, 1939-12-04 p. 7 (evening edition)...
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                                        1939 12 04
                                        Monday
                                        ...Daytime and evening activities not documented
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                                        1939 12 00.Chicago, Ill.Savoy Ballroom

                                        'CHICAGO, Dec. 10. -- The Windy City is full of good music right now. Last week Duke Ellington played to a record-breaking crowd at the Savoy Ballroom. It was so crowded that the Duke couldn't get from the front door to the bandstand, and was consequently forty-five minutes late. Rex played too wild; otherwise, the band was perfect for me. However, I missed Ivy Anderson.'

                                        .
                                        E-mail Lasker-Palmquist 2014-09-15 quoting Jazz Information Vol. I, No. 14, December 15, 1939, page one.
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                                        1939 12 05
                                        Tuesday
                                        ...activities not documented
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                                        1939 12 06
                                        Wednesday
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                                        1939 12 07
                                        Thursday
                                        ...activities not documented
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                                        1939 12 08
                                        Friday
                                        ...activities not documented
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                                        ...
                                        1939 12 09
                                        Saturday
                                        .Chicago, Ill.Blackstone Hotel...DEMS
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                                        1939 12 10
                                        Sunday
                                        21:30-01:30
                                        .Cincinnati, OhioTopper's Ballroom, Music HallDancing

                                        Advance sale tickets until Dec. 9, 85 cents; at the door Dec. 10, $1.00
                                        • Ad, Journal, Hamilton, Ohio, 1939-12-06 p.8
                                        • DEMS citing an ad, Cincinnati Enquirer, 1939-12-10 p.5
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                                        1939 12 11
                                        Monday
                                        .Cleveland, OhioPublic Auditorium"8:30 Until."Ad, Cleveland Call and Post, 1939-12-07 p.11..
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                                        1939 12 12
                                        Tuesday
                                        ...activities not documented
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                                        1939 12 13
                                        Wednesday
                                        ...activities not documented
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                                        1939 12 14
                                        Thursday
                                        ...activities not documented
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                                        ...
                                        1939 12 15
                                        Friday
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                                        Saturday
                                        .Indianapolis, Ind.Cotton ClubMembers of the orchestra stop at the club on the way from Pittsburgh to Vincennes. Blanton jams with the house band including Eugene (Sox) Pope and Jimmie Hinsley.

                                        'It was interesting to hear Johnny [Hodges] tell me how he found Jimmie Blanton in St. Louis and how when Jimmie plays Body and Soul . he plays more changes than any horn tooter.'

                                        Ye Scribe, "In the Groove,",
                                        Indianapolis Recorder, 1939-12-23 p.12, quoted in DEMS 03/2-10 and 04/2-22
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                                        1939 12 17
                                        Sunday
                                        .Vincennes, Ind.Pantheon Theater...DEMS
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                                        1939 12 18
                                        Monday
                                        ...activities not documented
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                                        1939 12 19
                                        Tuesday
                                        ...activities not documented
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                                        ...
                                        1939 12 20
                                        Wednesday
                                        .Chicago, Ill.Eden Club...DEMS
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                                        1939 12 21
                                        Thursday
                                        ...activities not documented
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                                        1939 12 22
                                        Friday
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                                        1939 12 23
                                        Saturday
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                                        1939 12 24
                                        Sunday
                                        ...activities not documented
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                                        1939 12 25
                                        Monday
                                        Christmas Day
                                        9 pm to 1 am
                                        .Union City, Tenn.Union City High School GymChristmas BallUnion City Messenger, 1939-12-17.DEMS
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                                        1939 12 26
                                        Tuesday
                                        10 pm to 2 am
                                        .Sikeston, Mo.New Sikeston Armory

                                        'Ellington Packs Armory - 1200 Dancers Brave Snowstorm for Music of Famous Orchestra.
                                          In weather that would daunt an Eskimo, couples came from miles around on snow-covered highways Tuesday to jam the armory and dance to Duke Ellington and his band, which rendered the brand of music that has made the orchestra famous in this country and abroad.'


                                        '1100 PEOPLE HEARD DUKE ELLINGTON BAND
                                          In his report before members of the Junior Chamber of Commerce in their regular meeting held on Tuesday night at Hudson's Cafe, Conly Purcell, dance manager, accurately estimated the net profit of the dance at $525 with nearly 550 couples in attendance.'

                                        • Sikeston Standard, Sikeston, Mo.,
                                          1939-12-29, p.1
                                        • The Sikeston (Mo.) Herald, Sikeston, Mo.
                                          1940-01-04 p.2
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                                        1939 12 27
                                        Wednesday
                                        ...activities not documented
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                                        1939 12 28
                                        Thursday
                                        ...activities not documented
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                                        ...
                                        1939 12 29
                                        Friday
                                        .Chicago, Ill.Blackstone HotelDebutante ball for the daughter of meat-packing baron Edwin Cudahy.
                                      • Jean Bach, "Sara Peace, Sheila Cudahy's Parties Are Today's High Spots for Young Set," Chicago Herald-Examiner, 1939-12-29 p.9
                                      • Kansas City Call, national edition, 1940-01-05 p.12
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                                        1939 12 30
                                        Saturday
                                        ...activities not documented
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                                        ...
                                        1939 12 31
                                        Sunday
                                        12:30-1:00 PM CST
                                        .Chicago, Ill.."Meet the Band" broadcast, locally on WBBM and nationally over the CBS network. The broadcast featured a special arrangement of Ring Dem Bells.Chicago Defender 1939-12-30.DEMS
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                                        1939 12 31
                                        Sunday
                                        .Chicago, Ill.Marigold BallroomThe Marigold Gardens, a boxing arena in the North End, was converted to a dance hall for New Year's Eve.

                                        Kansas City Call:

                                        'Facing the facts: Duke Ellington and his brilliant band, plus the inimitable singing personality Ivy Anderson, have been sewing dance lovers up in this town. Having played down an effervescent society engagement for the daughter of one of Chicago's largest packing house kings, Edward A. Cudahy, on the past Friday at the Blackstone Hotel, he came back on New Year's Eve and ruled at the Marigold Gardens for a public demonstration in modern swing music rendition.'

                                      • Ad, Chicago Herald-Examiner 1939-12-30 p.11
                                      • Kansas City Call, national edition, 1940-01-05 p.12
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                                        January 1940

                                        1940 00 00...LIFE EVENTS
                                        By the beginning of the decade, Ellington had:
                                        • moved away from Mildred Dixon
                                        • begun living with Evie (Beatrice Ellis)
                                        • quit serious drinking
                                        • ended the business relationship with Irving Mills
                                        Brian Priestley, album notes, The Duke Ellington Centennial Edition, RCA Victor CD box set 09026-63386-2 p.44..
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                                        Monday
                                        .Maywood, Ill.Hines HospitalThe band played for veterans.Tempo, 1940-01-08 p.4.DEMS
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                                        Tuesday
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                                        Wednesday
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                                        1940 01 03
                                        Wednesday
                                        .Pittsburgh, Penn..Peripheral event

                                        'Duke Ellington and Sonny Greer are in St. Louis. Their musical instruments reached The Press building this morning, via a sidetrack. A carload of paper and the band equipment got shuffled. We got our paper from East Pittsburgh in a few hours and the express car of instruments was started on its way. Hope it gets there on time.'

                                        Comment: It isn't certain this took place on the publication date, since we do not as yet have Ellington in St. Louis in early January, and the last known previous date there was in mid-November.
                                        The Pittsburgh Press, Pittsburgh, Penn. 1940-01-03- p.38 ..
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                                        Thursday
                                        .Butler, Penn.Butler TheaterVaudeville
                                        Shows at 2:00, 4:15, 7:00, and 9:15; with a movie.

                                        Wilhelmina Gray of Pittsburgh subbed for Ivie Anderson at Butler and Cumberland.
                                        • Ads, Butler Eagle
                                          • 1940-01-02
                                          • 1940-01-03
                                        • "Sang in Ivy's Place," Baltimore Afro-American, 1940-01-20 p.14
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                                        1940 01 05
                                        Friday
                                        .Cumberland, Md.Strand TheaterVaudeville
                                        Shows at 2:19, 4:24, 7:01, and 9:13; with a movie.

                                        Wilhelmina Gray of Pittsburgh subbed for Ivie Anderson.

                                        Cumberland Sunday Times ad

                                        'Friday 1 Day Only
                                        DUKE
                                        ELLINGTON
                                        AND HIS Famous ORCHESTRA
                                        With Ivy Anderson
                                        World Renowned Singer.

                                        "Note: Owing to the enormous guarantee required to bring Mr. Ellington to Cumberland, the Free List for this attraction [is] suspended.'


                                        Cumberland Sunday Times review:

                                        ' Four capacity audiences heard Duke Ellington and his famous band of 15 players Friday at the Strand theater.
                                          The program, strictly jazz and jitterbug, reached a peak in Ellington's arrangement of Rachmaninoff's Prelude in C Sharp Minor. There were several novelties and two vocalists.
                                          The tonal quality of the band is marvelous and the rhythmic enthusiasm of the players adds much to the projection of such popular numbers as "New Cotton Club Stomp," "Caravan," and "Sophisticated Lady."
                                          Ellington and his band went directly to New York City from here for an engagement tonight to be followed by two weeks in Boston.'

                                        • Ads, Cumberland Evening Times, Cumberland, Md.
                                          1940-01-01 to 1940-01-05
                                        • The Cumberland News, Cumberland, Md.
                                          • 1940-01-02 p.11
                                          • 1940-01-05 p.15
                                        • Sunday Times, Cumberland, Md.
                                          • 1939-12-31 p.10
                                          • 1940-01-07 p.14
                                        • "Sang in Ivy's Place," Baltimore Afro-American,
                                          1940-01-20 p.14
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                                        1940 01 06
                                        Saturday
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                                        1940 01 07
                                        Sunday
                                        .Pittsburgh, Penn.Golden Gate ?Peripheral event?
                                        This entry should be disregarded. The Savoy engagement is documented and the Golden Gate seems to have come from misreading DEMS 04/3-11.

                                        The Philadelphia Courier carries articles about New York. The Jan.13 edition, p.13, has a photo of Mercer Ellington and his orchestra in their debut at the Golden Gate in Harlem, but the date of the gig is not mentioned.
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                                        Sunday
                                        .New York, N.Y.Savoy Ballroom3,000 attended performances of bands of Duke Ellington, Ella Fitzgerald and Erskine Hawkins.
                                        Amsterdam News:

                                        'Practically every sepia ork leader who wasn't working turned out to pay homage to the Ellington crew. Saw Don Redman, Jimmy Mundy, and Count Basie in a group listening with both ears pinned back.'

                                        The New York Age:

                                        '...Duke Ellington played asuccessful one night engagement at The Savoy Ballroom in Harlem Sunday. His next engagement is at the Southalnd, Boston, fo rtwo weeks. A new addition to his organization is the crowning sepia cowboy, Herbert Jeffrey, who had leading roles in "Harlem on the Prairie" and "Harlem Rides the Range"...'

                                        • Stratemann p.160 citing The Billboard 1940-01-06 p.11
                                        • New York Amsterdam News, New York, N.Y.
                                          1940-01-13:
                                          • "Scores on Hobby Lobby," ,p.21
                                          • Nell Dodson, "This is Harlem," p.24
                                        • The New York Age, New York, N.Y., 1940-01-13 p.4
                                        .DEMS
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                                        1940 01 08
                                        Monday
                                        .Jackson, Tenn.Union CityNote this conflicts with the documented Southland Cafe opening. Further research is required to determine if this is an actual event that is misdated, or if it's perhaps a planned booking that was cancelled. It seems more likely to have been during the band's time in Tennessee in December 1936....
                                        .Les Cahiers Du Jazz Jazz Info #182011
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                                        1940 01 08
                                        Monday
                                        1940 01 20
                                        Saturday
                                        Boston, Mass.Southland CafeSupper club residency with two revues each evening, at 7:30 and 11:30 p.m. Dinner was priced at $1.25 and up. There were remote broadcasts on Tuesday and Friday nights at 12:05 a.m. EST, as well as 7:00 p.m. Friday Jan. 12. All were carried locally on WBZ, and all except the January 12 midnight programme were broadcast nationally over NBC's Blue network through WJZ in New York. At 11 p.m. January 15, an additional national broadcast was carried on WJZ/NBC Blue.

                                        The Harvard Crimson reported that at some time this week Ellington was at a record signing session at 'Briggs and Briggs,' where he amazed various bystanders playihg excellent piano.
                                        • "Where to Dine," Boston Herald, Boston, Mass.:
                                          • 1940-01-01 p.28
                                          • 1940-01-09 p.11
                                          • 1940-01-11 p.26
                                          • 1940-01-18 p.13
                                        • Boston Post, Boston, Mass.
                                          • 1940-01-08 p.10
                                          • 1940-01-10 p.24
                                        • Michael Levin, Swing, The Harvard Crimson 1940-01-19
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                                        1940 01 08
                                        Monday
                                        1940 01 20
                                        Saturday
                                        ..PERSONNEL CHANGE
                                        Bassist Billy Taylor left the band during its Southland Cafe run. The exact date is unconfirmed, but since his departure was announced in the February 10 edition of The Afro-American, it would have been the first or second day of the Southland engagement.
                                        Pekar: In late 1939

                                        '...Ellington heard Jimmie Blanton at an after-hours joint and hired him on the spot. Ellington still had Taylor, though, so he stayed with the two-bass concept. But it got to be too much for Billy - whom Duke liked and called "one of the ace foundation-and-beat men on the instrument." '

                                        Ellington:

                                        '...So there I was with two basses! It went along fine until we got to Boston, where we were playing the Southland Cafe. Right in the middle of a set, Billy Taylor packed up his bass and said I'm not going to stand up here next to that young boy playing all that bass and be embarrassed. He left the stand, left us with Jimmy Blanton, and went on out the front door. I think it takes a big, big man to acknowledge the facts and take low.'

                                        • The Afro-American, Baltimore, Md., 1940-02-10 p.14
                                        • The California Eagle, Los Angeles, Cal. 1940-02-29 p.2-B
                                        • New Desor vol.2
                                        • Harry Pekar Sophisticated Basses: The Pioneering Players Of Duke Ellington's Golden Years , Bass Player, January 2000
                                        • Duke Ellington, MIMM p.164
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                                        1940 01 09
                                        Tuesday
                                        .Boston, Mass.Southland CafeSupper club residency - see 1940 01 08

                                        12:05 a.m. Remote broadcast WBZ and NBC Blue/WJZ
                                        • Radio log, Boston Herald
                                        • Library of Congress - NBC radio logs
                                        • New York Times radio log
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                                        1940 01 10
                                        Wednesday
                                        .Boston, Mass.Southland CafeSupper club residency - see 1940 01 08...
                                        ...
                                        1940 01 11
                                        Thursday
                                        .Boston, Mass.Southland CafeSupper club residency - see 1940 01 08...
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                                        Circa
                                        1940 01 08
                                        Monday
                                        to
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                                        1940 01 12
                                        Friday
                                        ..PERSONNEL CHANGE
                                        Ben Webster, tenor sax, joined the band sometime in January 1940, having recorded with it in 1935 and 1936.

                                        The specific date he joined is not documented, but since he was in the Jan. 12 broadcast it must have been during the first week of the Southland engagement.

                                        Stratemann dates it as during the Southland Cafe run. He played in the band at the Southland Cafe on January 12.

                                        In DEMS 10/1-26, Ken Steiner said he believed it was after January 18, when Webster recorded with Teddy Wilson, and before January 22, the date of the byline of an article saying he had joined the band.

                                        In DEMS 03/2-29, Heinz Baumeister made a case for Webster joining January 26 at the Roseland State Ballroom, and this is the date used in Frank Büchmann-Møller's list of known Webster engagements on the Ben Webster Foundation's webpage.

                                        Steiner's and Baumeister's positions are discussed in the DEMS bulletins listed to the right.

                                        Cambridge Companion has Webster joining in December 1939 but does not provide a source for that information.
                                        Les Tomkins, quoting Ben Webster from an interview in 1965:

                                        'In 1934, Fletcher Henderson sent for me, and I went back to New York...But the height of my ambition was to play with Duke. Barney Bigard took a vacation in 1935 and I had a chance to sit in the band for two or three weeks. And we went out on the road for a little while. Then we made this record, "Truckin'," and we did "In A Jam." As close as I can remember, that's the same time that they made "Accent On Youth". Then Barney came back, so I had to leave, naturally. But I sure hated to leave, because I'd enjoyed that music and hearing these guys play. That was such a great band. Duke has always been way out front. He was then and he still is now way out front.

                                        I was working with Teddy Wilson when I got the call to join the band. Teddy had a very good band and I didn't like leaving him, because I had a real nice spot, with plenty of solos. I made quite a few records with him. But I explained to him: "This is the chance I've been waiting for."...'

                                        • The Afro-American, Baltimore, Md., 1940-02-10 p.14
                                        • The California Eagle, Los Angeles, Cal. 1940-02-29 p.2-B
                                        • Stratemann p.160
                                        • Cambridge Companion, p. xv
                                        • Les Tomkins talks to the influential tenor jazz saxophonist Ben Webster in 1965, National Jazz Archives Presents the Story of British Jazz
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                                        1940 01 12
                                        Friday
                                        .Boston, Mass.Southland Cafe or Southlands Theatre Restaurant Supper club residency - see 1940 01 08
                                        7:00 p.m. Remote broadcast WBZ and NBC Blue/WJZ
                                        12:05 p.m. Remote broadcast NBC Blue/WJZ
                                        Duke Ellington and His Orchestra
                                        W. Jones, C.Williams, Stewart, Brown, Nanton, Tizol, Bigard, Hodges, Hardwick, Webster, Carney, Ellington, Guy, Taylor, Blanton, Greer, Jeffries

                                        Titles recorded:
                                        • The Sergeant Was Shy
                                        • East St. Louis Toodle-O (theme)
                                        • Me And You
                                        • Grievin'
                                        • Little Posey
                                        • My Last Goodbye
                                        • Gal From Joe's
                                        • Tootin' Through The Roof
                                        • Day In, Day Out
                                        • Merry Go Round
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                                        1940 01 13
                                        Saturday
                                        .Boston, Mass.Southland CafeSupper club residency - see 1940 01 08...
                                        ...
                                        1940 01 14
                                        Sunday
                                        .Boston, Mass.Southland CafeSupper club residency - see 1940 01 08...
                                        ...
                                        1940 01 15
                                        Monday
                                        .Boston, Mass.Southland CafeSupper club residency - see 1940 01 08

                                        11:00 p.m. Remote NBC Blue/WJZ broadcast
                                        • Library of Congress - NBC radio logs
                                        • New York Times radio log
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                                        ...
                                        1940 01 16
                                        Tuesday
                                        .Boston, Mass.Southland CafeSupper club residency - see 1940 01 08

                                        12:05 a.m. Remote WBZ and NBC Blue/WJZ broadcast
                                        • Library of Congress - NBC radio logs
                                        • New York Times radio log
                                        ..
                                        ...
                                        1940 01 17
                                        Wednesday
                                        .Boston, Mass.Southland CafeSupper club residency - see 1940 01 08...
                                        ...
                                        1940 01 18
                                        Thursday
                                        .Boston, Mass.Southland CafeSupper club residency - see 1940 01 08...
                                        ...
                                        1940 01 18
                                        Thursday
                                        .Milwaukee, Wisc.City Hall Peripheral event
                                        Milwaukee City Hall displays Ellington's name in lights:

                                        'FRIENDS OF ART
                                        SALUTE
                                        DUKE ELLINGTON'

                                        This may be related in some way to the forthcoming University of Wisconsin Junior Prom, Febuary 1.
                                        Duke Ellington, MIMM p.477 photo..
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                                        1940 01 19
                                        Friday
                                        .Boston, Mass.Southland CafeSupper club residency - see 1940 01 08

                                        12:05 a.m. Remote broadcast WBZ and NBC Blue/WJZ
                                        • Radio log, Boston Herald
                                        • Library of Congress - NBC radio logs
                                        • New York Times radio log
                                        ..
                                        ...
                                        1940 01 20
                                        Saturday
                                        .Boston, Mass.Southland CafeSupper club residency - see 1940 01 08...
                                        ...
                                        1940 01 21
                                        Sunday
                                        .Boston, Mass.RKO Theatre

                                        TODAY ONLY! ON STAGE!
                                        The Sepia King of Swing
                                        DUKE ELLINGTON
                                        IN PERSON and his ORCHESTRA
                                        playing Primitive Rhythms and Sophisticated Swing
                                        In Addition to Our Regular Stage and Screen Show
                                        CASS DALEY CALGARY BROS.
                                        Adele, Trent & Sawyer Other Acts
                                        ...

                                        Boston Herald, Boston, Mass.
                                        • 1940-01-20 p.7
                                        • 1940-01-21
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                                        1940 01 22
                                        Monday
                                        8 p.m. to 1 a.m.
                                        .Portland, MaineCity Hall "Battle of Music" against Tony Pastor.
                                        "Duke Ellington and Tony Pastor, conductor of Artie Shaw's Orchestra will arrive by train from New York at 7 o'clock tonight for their battle of music in City Hall under the auspices of the Harold T. Andrews Post, American Legion. The auditorium will open at 6:30 p.m. and dancing will be from 8 p.m. to 1 a.m."
                                        The Portsmouth Herald:

                                        'Also in Portland this week were Tony Pastor and Duke Ellington at bargain prices for the American Legion "jivefest" on Monday.'

                                        • Portland Press Herald 1940-01-22 p.12
                                        • The Portsmouth Herald, Portsmouth, N.H., 1940-01-25 p.2
                                        • Les Cahiers Du Jazz Jazz Info #19
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                                        1940 01 23
                                        Tuesday
                                        ...Unidentified one-nighter..DEMS
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                                        1940 01 24
                                        Wednesday
                                        .Manchester, N.H..Unidentified one-nighter..DEMS
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                                        1940 01 25
                                        Thursday
                                        ...activities not documented
                                        Unidentified one-nighter
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                                        1940 01 26
                                        Friday
                                        .Boston, Mass.Roseland State Ballroom
                                        Massachusetts Avenue
                                        Dance, 9 p.m. to 3 a.m.sponsored by the Ladies' Auxiliary of Dining Car Employees Union, Local 370. Admission $1.00 including tax.Baltimore Afro-American, Baltimore, Md.,
                                        • 1940-01-13 p.22
                                        • 1940-01-20 p.22
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                                        1940 01 26
                                        Friday
                                        .Boston, Mass.Southland CafePeripheral event
                                        Ivie was the guest vocalist in a short Jack Teagarden remote broadcast. Songs:
                                        • Make with the Kisses - vIA
                                        • A Hundred Years from Today
                                        • The Starlit Hour - IA
                                        • I Gotta Right to Sing the Blues (closing theme)
                                        Steven Lasker:

                                        'I have the above on a homemade CD the late Joe Showler, the great Teagarden collector and researcher, sent me years ago, his source an open-reel tape transferred from a disk which Joe thought is no longer extant. Program length: 10 minutes.'

                                        Email, Lasker/Palmquist 2017-09-06...SLNew
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                                        1940 01 27
                                        Saturday
                                        .Lawrence, Mass.Recreation Ballroom.ad, Lawrence Evening Tribune, 1926-01-26 p.20.DEMS
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                                        1940 01 28
                                        Sunday
                                        .New York, N.Y.Savoy Ballroom...DEMS
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                                        1940 01 29
                                        Monday
                                        .Huntingdon, Penn.Clifton Theater.Ad, Huntingdon Daily News, 1940-01-29.DEMS
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                                        1940 01 30
                                        Tuesday
                                        .Altoona, Penn. Mishler Theatre.Ad, Altoona Daily Mirror 1940-01-29 p.11..
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                                        1940 01 30
                                        Tuesday
                                        .Altoona, Penn. Penn Alto Hotel Afterward, the band played at a ball in honor of President Roosevelt's birthday at the Penn Alto Hotel. "[T]he visit was its contribution to the paralysis fund.""City's Birthday Ball is Largely Attended Affair," Altoona Daily Mirror 31Jan40, p1..
                                        .K.Steiner Dec 2012.
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                                        1940 01 31
                                        Wednesday
                                        ...activities not documented
                                        ...
                                        ...

                                        February 1940

                                        1940 02 01
                                        Thursday
                                        .Madison, Wisc.Great Hall
                                        Memorial Union
                                        University of Wisconsin
                                        Annual junior prom with two bands, Ellington and Henry Busse

                                        Gaiety Blends with Formality as 800 Couples Enjoy University's Annual Junior Prom

                                        University of Wisconsin junior prom leaders decreed formality ... 800 couples danced and listened to the orchestras directed by Duke Ellington and Henry Busse...
                                          Approximately 1,600 persons danced away the late hours of last night and the early ones of this morning to the music of the nationally-known orchestras ...but the formally-clad students enjoyed themselves with a noticeable absence of raucous clamor...
                                         In the Union's Great hall Duke Ellington led his Negro musicians in torrid Harlem swing that kept scores massed about his bandstand throughout the evening, but those who cared to dance sought the Council room or Tripp commons and the music of Henry Busses's orchestra or Eddy Nelson's campus organization.
                                         There was an unusual number of faculty and older Madison couples in the throng; they seemed to enjoy Ellington's blaring "show tunes" and Busse's "sweeter" music alike.'


                                        The Racine paper named Arthur Steele as assistant general chairman with his guest Peggy Nelson of Los Angeles. Other Racine students and their dates expected to attend were Virginia Eckman, Richard Johnson, Sue Jones, John Kachel, Alice Thorkelson, Bill Draves, Marion Hislop, Louis Trubshaw, Marjorie Pugh, Bert Conley, Ruth Wheary, Bob Dudley, Betty Jane Mann, James Millin, Janice Carnell, Richard Hanson, Ellen Croffoot, Ralph Gooding, Warren Neson, Mary Jane Jensen, Tom Morrissey, Betty Bosser, Frank Disbrow, Sherry Lange, Edward DeGroot, Suzanne Findlay, John Braun and Lois Jeanne Dougherty.

                                        'Station WIBA tonight continues its annual policy of bringing to the readio audience a "word and music" picture of the university's social highlight–Junior Prom.
                                          The broadcast will begin at 10:15 with an introuctory and music by Henrey Busse and his orchestra from the Council Room. Later, WIBA will switch to Great Hall for an interview with the King and Queen, scene descriptions, momments and who's who and what they're wearing, and music by Duke Ellington and his great band.
                                          The program will be announced by Jim Roberson and Don Stanley of the WIBA staff.

                                        • The Capital Times, Madison, Wisc.
                                          • 1940-01-27, p.5
                                          • 1940-02-01 p.17
                                          • 1940-02-02, pp. 1, 4 & 12 (with photos)
                                        • The Racine Journal-Times, Racine, Wisc., 1940-02-01 p.10
                                        • The Wisconsin State Journal, Madison, Wisc. 1940-02-04 (with photos)
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                                        1940 02 02
                                        Friday
                                        1940 02 08Chicago, Ill.State-Lake TheaterVaudeville
                                        One show this week was recorded - the date is uncertain and the recording quality is apparently so poor it is hard to tell if it's Ivie or Cootie singing in St. Louis Blues.
                                        Duke Ellington and His Orchestra
                                        W. Jones, C.Williams, Stewart, Brown, Nanton, Tizol, Bigard, Hodges, Hardwick, Webster, Carney, Ellington, Guy, Jimmy Blanton, Greer, Ivie Anderson
                                        Titles recorded:
                                        • Clarinet Lament
                                        • Serenade To Sweden
                                        • Pyramid
                                        • Mood Indigo
                                        • St. Louis Blues
                                        • I Want A Man Like That
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                                        1940 02 03
                                        Saturday
                                        .Chicago, Ill.State-Lake TheaterVaudeville - see 1940 02 02....2011
                                        1940 02 04
                                        Sunday
                                        .Chicago, Ill.State-Lake TheaterVaudeville - see 1940 02 02....2011
                                        1940 02 05
                                        Monday
                                        .Chicago, Ill.State-Lake TheaterVaudeville - see 1940 02 02....2011
                                        1940 02 06
                                        Tuesday
                                        .Chicago, Ill.State-Lake TheaterVaudeville - see 1940 02 02....2011
                                        1940 02 07
                                        Wednesday
                                        .Chicago, Ill.State-Lake TheaterVaudeville - see 1940 02 02....2011
                                        1940 02 08
                                        Thursday
                                        .Chicago, Ill.State-Lake TheaterVaudeville - see 1940 02 02....2011
                                        1940 02 09
                                        Friday
                                        1940 02 15
                                        Thursday
                                        Chicago, Ill.Regal Theatre
                                        So. Parkway at 37th St.
                                        Vaudeville:

                                        REGAL
                                        So. Parkway at 47th St.
                                        FRIDAY, FEB. 9
                                        ONE FULL WEEK
                                        ON STAGE
                                        COMPLETE NEW SHOW
                                        DUKE
                                        ELLINGTON
                                        AND ORCHESTRA
                                        IN A
                                        GIANT REVUE
                                        FEATURING
                                        Ivie Anderson
                                        And A Host of Stars
                                        EXTRA - ON STAGE
                                        HERBIE JEFFRIES
                                        ""BRONZE BUCKAROO"
                                        SCREEN - All Week
                                        ALICE FAY
                                        WARNER BAXTER
                                        "BARRICADE"


                                        The Chicago Defender reported this was the same show [as] presented at the loop theater.
                                        • Stratemann p.161 with reprint of playbill, citing Chicago Defender 1940-02-10 p.10
                                        • Daily ads, Chicago Herald-American, 1940-02-09 to 1940-02-15
                                        • Chicago Defender 1940-02-10 p.11
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                                        Saturday
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                                        1940 02 11
                                        Sunday
                                        .Chicago, Ill.Regal TheatreVaudeville - see 1940 02 09...
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                                        1940 02 12
                                        Monday
                                        .Chicago, Ill.Regal TheatreVaudeville - see 1940 02 09...
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                                        1940 02 12
                                        Monday
                                        .Baltimore, Md.. Peripheral event
                                        Stratemann, p.161, citing Metronome:

                                        'Ellington appears to have made a quick side trip during this engagement, as he and son Mercer were among the numerous black celebrities said to have attended a fund-raising show for a Negro Recreation Center in East Baltimore that the late Chick Webb had promised to build. '

                                        The event is mentioned in Variety and reviewed in the Afro-American, neither of which mention either Ellington being present. Given that the distance involved would have meant two long train journeys, Ellington would have had to miss two or three of his Regal Theatre days, which seems improbable since he would have been the theatre's top draw. Despite Metronome, this sidetrip is unlikely to have happened.
                                        • Metronome, March 1940 p.37
                                        • Variety 1940-02-14 p.1
                                        • Baltimore Afro-American 1940-02-13 pp.1-2
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                                        Tuesday
                                        .Chicago, Ill.Regal TheatreVaudeville - see 1940 02 09...
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                                        1940 02 14
                                        Wednesday
                                        Valentine's Day
                                        .Chicago, Ill.probably World Broadcasting System studios
                                        301 E. Eire St.
                                        American Record Corporation-Brunswick (Master) recording session and small group recording sessions
                                        Duke Ellington and His Famous Orchestra (from 13:00 to 16:00)
                                        W. Jones, C.Williams, Stewart, Brown, Nanton, Tizol, Bigard, Hodges, Hardwick, Webster, Carney, Ellington, Guy, Blanton, Greer, I.Anderson
                                        Titles recorded:
                                        • Solitude
                                        • Stormy Weather
                                        • Mood Indigo
                                        • Sophisticated Lady

                                        Barney Bigard and His Orchestra (from 16:20 to 17:15)
                                        Stewart, Tizol, Bigard, Carney, Strayhorn, Blanton, Greer
                                        Titles recorded:
                                        • Pelican Drag ("Gasser Blues" on Bigard's artist contract card)
                                        • Tapioca

                                        • New Desor locates the 1940-02-14 and 1940-02-15 sessions in New York
                                        • Timner V places them in Columbia's Chicago studio.
                                        • Studio files identify these sessions as being in Chicago, but don't show the address of the recording studio.
                                        • Steven Lasker suggests these recordings were made at World because the matrix numbers begin with W. See his notes (DDD) at page 43 of the MD 11-248 book, (II & JJ) at page 17 of the MD7-235 book and footnote 57 of the latter.
                                        • Chicago phone directories for 1939 don't show addresses for ARC or Columbia recording studios. The record company was now owned by CBS, and it had a recording facility in the Wrigley Building, 410 N. Michigan Ave.
                                        • Lasker argues it is more likely Ellington's 1939-40 Chicago Columbia sessions were recorded at World, since the record company used World for much of its New York and Los Angeles recording in 1939-40. The master numbers of the Columbia records recorded by World in New York bear a "W" prefix to the master number. Since the February 14 and 15 matrix numbers also begin with W, it seems likely they were made by World.
                                        New Desor
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                                        1940 02 14
                                        Wednesday
                                        Valentine's Day
                                        .Chicago, Ill.Regal TheatreVaudeville - see 1940 02 09

                                        Theatre engagements were typically from early afternoon until late evening. Since the band was recording until 4 p.m. it would have missed any early afternoon performance. While six key members were still recording until 5:15, it is possible the others played a late afternoon show if there was one. Two trumpets, two trombones, three reeds, and the pianist were available to back the revue, and Ivie, a featured attraction, was also available.

                                        Ken Steiner confirms the Chicago Herald American theatre listings continued to list Ellington at the Regal through February 15. That day, the listing shows:

                                        'ON STAGE - LAST DAY
                                        DUKE ELLINGTON & Orch
                                        IVIE ANDERSON in GALA STAGE SHOW'

                                        ...
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                                        1940 02 15
                                        Thursday
                                        (i.e. late Wednesday night
                                        1940 02 14)
                                        .Chicago, Ill.probably World Broadcasting System studios
                                        (see 1940 02 14 session)
                                        American Record Corporation-Brunswick (Master) small group recording sessions
                                        Barney Bigard and His Orchestra (from 00:15 to 01:30)
                                        Stewart, Tizol, Bigard, Carney, Ellington, Blanton, Greer
                                        Titles recorded:
                                        • Mardi Gras Madness
                                        • Watch the Birdie

                                        Cootie Williams and His Rug Cutters (from 01:30 to 04:00)
                                        C. Williams, Bigard, Hodges, Carney, Ellington, Strayhorn, Blanton, Greer,
                                        Titles recorded:
                                        • Black Butterfly
                                        • Dry Long So
                                        • Toasted Pickle
                                        • Give It Up

                                        These were the last recordings made under the 1937 02 23 recording contract between Duke Ellington Inc. and American Record Corporation or Master Records Incorporated which was for one year with an option to extend for two years, thus ending February 23, 1940.
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                                        Thursday
                                        .Chicago, Ill.Regal TheatreVaudeville - see 1940 02 09

                                        (final night)
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                                        1940 02 16
                                        Friday
                                        .Detroit, Mich.Wayne University
                                        Fountain Ballroom,
                                        Masonic Temple
                                        Junior hop (dance)- 1,400 students attended
                                        • Stratemann p.161 citing Variety 1939-12-20 p.33
                                        • Joan Calvin, At the J-Hop, The Detroit Collegian 1940-02-19 p.4)
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                                        1940 02 17
                                        Saturday
                                        .Muskegon, Mich.Michigan Theater.
                                        • Stratemann p.161 citing Chicago Defender 1940-02-17 p.11
                                        • ad, Muskegon Chronicle 1940-02-17
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                                        1940 02 18
                                        Sunday
                                        1940 02 20Grand Rapids, Mich.Keith's Theater
                                        (shown as Stanley Theater in Stratemann)

                                        'Ellington directs in an unusual style playing a piano which is elevated so he may play while standing. Many of Ellington's own hot compositions are featured, but ever-popular St. Louis Blues probably brought more applause than any other number.'

                                        • Grand Rapids Herald
                                          • Ads 1940-02-17 to 1940-02-20
                                          • Report 1940-02-19, p.7
                                        • Stratemann p.161 citing
                                          • Variety 1939-12-20 p.33
                                          • Down Beat 1940-02-15
                                          • The Billboard 1940 02 03 p.13
                                          • With the Bands, Baltimore Afro-American 1940-02-10 p.14
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                                        Monday
                                        .Grand Rapids, Mich.Keith's (or Stanley) TheaterVaudeville - see 1940 02 18...
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                                        1940 02 20
                                        Tuesday
                                        .Grand Rapids, Mich.Keith's (or Stanley) TheaterVaudeville - see 1940 02 18...
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                                        Wednesday
                                        ...activities not documented
                                        ...
                                        ...
                                        1940 02 22
                                        Thursday
                                        ...Beyond Category:

                                        '...Ellington's new, exclusive contract with Victor went into effect on February 22,1940. It contained an extraordinary provision: no other black band1 would be recorded for issue on the prestigious, full-priced (seventy-five cents per disc) Victor label (Victor's subsidiary label, the thirty-five-cent Bluebird, would continue to release Fats Waller, Earl Hines, and Erskine Hawkins). Victor allowed Ellington to choose his own material,2 thus freeing him from some of the commercial constraints he operated under with Mills...'


                                        Clarifications by Steven Lasker:
                                        • 1'..."no other black band" should have read "no other black BIG band." Two SMALL black pick-up bands which recorded for Victor were led by Sidney Bechet and Lionel Hampton.'
                                        • 2'Herb Jeffries told me that some of the pop tunes recorded by DE for Victor were selected by Leonard Joy.
                                        • Per Dave Dexter, Jr., "RCA Victor Has a One-Man Record 'Demon'[...]He's Leonard Joy who Quit Selling Steel to Supervise Cutting Wax," Music and Rhythm [magazine], May 1941, pp. 32-34:

                                          [....]"Just what does this man Joy do now?
                                            "He selects all tunes to be recorded for popular sides. If you are a songwriter, or a publisher, it is Joy who takes your song, decides if it is 'worth' recording, then assigns it to one of the bands of singers on either the Bluebird or Victor label; often, if the tune is outstanding, he puts it on both labels by different artists.
                                            "If you are a musician, or a leader, and you record for Victor or Bluebird, it is Joy who tells you what tunes you "cut." It is Joy, also. who supervises each recording session, helps balance the band, and assists the leader with getting songs on a 'biscuit.'
                                            [....]At Columbia there is a large staff of recording experts [supervisors], Mannie Sacks, Joe Higgins, Morty Palitz, John Hammond, and others. Decca has Jack and Dave Kapp, Bob Stephens and others. All handle bands on dates in the recording studio. But Victor's Leonard Joy does the whole job himself--the only man in the field to do so.
                                            "Tireless and without 'jitter-nerves' which often creep up on a recording session, Joy works quietly. He rarely makes a leader or a high-powered singer angry. A born diplomat, he coordinates two things--what the leader wants and what will sell records. It is a difficult job.
                                            "Sometimes a leader has a tune which he thinks is terrific. But Joy and everyone else know that the tune won't sell records. It is Joy's unenviable task to jockey the leader into changing it around enough (if Joy can use it at all) to be recorded and more important, to sell. But he succeeds. And on personality alone. Everybody who knows Leonard likes him.
                                            [....]" Leonard is now 47 years old (he was born in Claremont, N.H., and played piano in high school) but his blonde hair and 'sharp' dress make him look younger. As a guiding hand in the destinies of RCA-Victor, he has played a major part since the organization was a baby. There would be no joy in Camden if ever Leonard Joy were to leave."

                                        Mr. Lasker's clarification is supported in Mr. Morgenstern's article.

                                        In his album notes to the small group recording set, Mr. Lasker wrote:

                                        '  Breaking free of [John] Hammond was doubtless a compelling reason for Ellington to quit Columbaia at the expiration of his contract, but not the only one. By moving to RCA Victor his music would receive greater marketing and promotion in the United Stares and be issued under licence worldwide. Domestically, his records would again be sold at 75 cents each, which translated into increased roaylty income for his compositions (but not on sales from September 1940 when the price of Victor's pop singles was reduced to 50 cents)...Ellington may have figured that most of the people who bought his records could afford to pay a premium price for them. According to Cootie Williams, "I used to notice that our type of music wasn't really for black people; most of everything we played was for white. While we were on tour we were playing for white audiences. The rich, upper class of blacks would come but mostly we would be playing for whites. Yes, we did play at the Savoy Ballroom but only for a night at a time, never for a weekly engagement. In the 1930s we played dance music for the aristrocrats - waltzes and things like that - but when we broadcast it would be jazz... '

                                        • Variety 1940-02-21 p.34
                                        • John Edward Hasse: Beyond Category, The Life and Genius of Duke Ellington p.238
                                        • Email, Lasker-Palmquist
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                                        • Dan Morgenstern, "Ellington & RCA Victor," book to RCA Victor CD box set 09026-63386-2, The Duke Ellington Centennial Edition, p.7
                                        • S. Lasker, album notes to the Mosaic Records box set MD7-235 Duke Ellington: The Complete 1936-1940 Variety, Vocalion And OKeh Small Group Sessions, p.20
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                                        1940 02 22
                                        Thursday
                                        ...activities not documented
                                        ...
                                        ...
                                        1940 02 23
                                        Friday
                                        1940 02 24Ann Arbor, Mich.Michigan Theater.With the Bands, Baltimore Afro-American 1940-02-10 p.14.DEMS
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                                        Saturday
                                        .Ann Arbor, Mich.Michigan Theatersee 1940 02 23...
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                                        1940 02 25
                                        Sunday
                                        1940 02 28Lansing, Mich.Strand Theatre
                                        or Keith Theater?
                                        The
                                      • With the Bands, Baltimore Afro-American 1940-02-10 p.14
                                      • shows this as Keith Theater
                                        With the Bands, Baltimore Afro-American 1940-02-10 p.14.DEMS
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                                        1940 02 26
                                        Monday
                                        .Lansing, Mich.Strand Theatre
                                        or Keith Theater?
                                        see 1940 02 25...
                                        ..2011
                                        1940 02 27
                                        Tuesday
                                        .Lansing, Mich.Strand Theatre
                                        or Keith Theater?
                                        see 1940 02 25...
                                        ..2011
                                        1940 02 28
                                        Wednesday
                                        .Lansing, Mich.Strand Theatre
                                        or Keith Theater?
                                        see 1940 02 25...
                                        ..2011
                                        1940 02 29
                                        Thursday
                                        .South Bend, Ind.Palace TheaterVaudeville shows at 2:30, 4:55, 7:15, and 9:25.
                                        Tribune:

                                        'All of the blatant individualism of Duke Ellington and his brass band was unleashed Thursday at the Palace theater where the Harlem maestro and his review appeared on stage. Suffering from an attack of laryngitis, Mr. Ellington was unable to announce and describe his peculiar rhythmical interpretations, so a sepia glamour boy singer, whose name the hoarse batonist failed to convey to us, and Ivie Anderson, femme vocalist, saw that the show did not fail to go on. In their commonly accepted manner the little company, composed of trumpets, saxophones, trombones, a piano, a bass viol and drums, whizzed through, among other things, 'Caravan,' an inimitable version of Rachmaninoff's 'Prelude in C Sharp Minor,' 'The Sergeant is Shy' and 'Boy Meets Horn.' Miss Anderson came through with the sure and certain 'Jumpin' Jive' and a fling with 'On the Sunny Side of the Street,' and the masculine vocalist helped with rather nice renditions of 'All the Things You Are,' 'Lilacs in the Rain,' and 'It's a Blue World.' The early matinee audience, mostly of faithful followers of the Ellington troop, hooted, hollered, clapped, and whistled approval. We welcomed the comparative quiet of Michigan Street after an hour of bellowing barbarism.'

                                        South Bend Tribune, 1940-03-01 p.4.DEMS
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                                        March 1940

                                        1940 03 01
                                        Friday
                                        21:00-24:00
                                        .West Lafayette, Ind.Union Ballrooms
                                        Purdue University
                                        Informal danceWill Zimmerman, "Ellington Plays at Informal Tonight," Purdue Exponent, 1940-03-01 p.1.DEMS
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                                        1940 03 02
                                        Saturday
                                        ...activities not documented
                                        ...
                                        ...
                                        1940 03 03
                                        Sunday
                                        1940 03 10
                                        Sunday
                                        Detroit, Mich..Peripheral event
                                        The Detroit Free Press Sunday Magazine two lengthy articles about Ellington by Jack Sher. The first was two pages on March 3 talking about Ellington's life and music. The second, a week later, was a one-page account of Sher's interview in New York which took place after Ellington had returned from the South. The first part of this article is an account of arriving to find Ellington asleep, looking around his apartment, looking at his bookshelves and record player, and speaking with Duke's secretary Jerome Rhea about Duke. Visitors begin to arrive, and Duke, who had a cold, didn't come out of his bedroom until the doctor came to see him. Sher describes going with Ellington to Ruth's apartment and meeting Strayhorn there, and describes what Ellington told him. This interview is worthwile reading.
                                        The Detroit Free Press Sunday Magazine
                                        • 1940-03-03 pp.26-27
                                        • 1940-03-10 p.29
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                                        Sunday
                                        1940 03 05Saginaw, Mich.Temple TheaterVaudeville

                                        Shows at 2:20, 4:40, 7:00, and 9:20 with a movie
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                                        Monday
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                                        Tuesday
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                                        Wednesday
                                        .Chicago, Ill.Possibly RCA Studio A
                                        445 Lake Shore Drive

                                        Lasker:

                                        'Victor's Chicago studio was in suite 1143 of the Merchandise Mart in 1933-34, but moved c. 1935 to 445 Lake Shore Drive, where Ellington's 1940-1942 Chicago sessions were held.

                                        The sheet for 3/6/40 doesn't note which studio or even which city. All other 1940 and 1942 Chicago session sheets for Ellington's Victor big band and Bluebird small group sessions show: Studio "A" '

                                        First recording session under the new RCA Victor contract
                                        18:55-00:40
                                        Duke Ellington and His Famous Orchestra
                                        W. Jones, C.Williams, Stewart, Brown, Nanton, Tizol, Bigard, Hodges, Hardwick, Webster, Carney, Ellington, Guy, Jimmy Blanton, Greer, Jeffries, Ivie Anderson
                                        Titles recorded:
                                        • You, You Darlin'
                                        • Jack The Bear
                                        • Ko-Ko
                                        • Morning Glory
                                        • So Far, So Good

                                        Billy Strayhorn:

                                        '"Jack The Bear" was originally called "Take It Away." Duke originally wrote the thing as an experiment. He had big chords working against a melodic thing. It didn't work out and the piece was just dropped. Then Jimmie Blanton came into the band and Duke wanted to feature him as a solo man. We needed some material quickly, so I reworked "Take It Away" as a showpiece for Blanton's bass.'

                                        Lambert:

                                        The last recordings under the Master-Brunswick-Columbia-Variety-Vocalion-OKeh contract were made less than a month before the first 1940 Victors, yet these Victors seem to mark the beginning of a new era...A good deal of the credit must go to the Victor company itself for the superb recording quality of the 1940 discs...the Victors are exceptional; in particular the bass part - crucially important in this music - is clearly recorded. ... The first recording session under the new Victor contract took place on March 6, 1940, and the first title recorded was anything but a masterpiece, a non-Ellington pop song called You, You Darlin'...The second title, Jack the Bear, is much more representative...

                                        Steven Lasker:

                                        'Labels on early pressings of Victor 26536 show the composers of Morning Glory as Duke Ellington-Rex Stewart. Later pressings credit Ellington alone. Rex Stewart explained (in "Jazz Masters of the 30's") that the tune was his, but that he "lost" it to Ellington in a card game played while crossing the Atlantic in 1939.

                                        The contract with Victor was for two years per “Tempo,” March 4, 1940, p2.'

                                        • Duke Ellington A Listener's Guide pp. 85 - 88
                                        • S. Lasker, album notes, The Duke Ellington Centennial Edition, RCA Victor CD box set 09026-63386-2 p.54
                                        • Emails, S. Lasker-Palmquist
                                          • 2014-08-28
                                          • 2015-05-19
                                          • 2015-06-16
                                          • 2017-06-21
                                          • 2017-07-09
                                        • Billy Strayhorn interview, Down Beat, 1956-5-30 courtesy Jean-Marie Juif, Facebook "Duke Ellington Society" closed group
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                                        Thursday
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                                        Sunday
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                                        Monday
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                                        Tuesday
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                                        Thursday
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                                        Friday
                                        .Chicago, Ill.RCA Studio A
                                        445 Lake Shore Drive
                                        RCA Victor recording session
                                        14:30 - 19:30
                                        Duke Ellington and His Famous Orchestra
                                        W. Jones, C.Williams, Stewart, Brown, Nanton, Tizol, Bigard, Hodges, Hardwick, Webster, Carney, Ellington, Guy, Blanton, Greer, I. Anderson

                                        Titles recorded:
                                        • Conga Brava
                                        • Concerto For Cootie
                                        • Me And You
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                                        Saturday
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                                        Sunday
                                        .Topeka, Kans.Jayhawk Theatre

                                        '5 Stage Shows, 1:45 - 3:55 - 6 - 8:45 - 10:15 '

                                        The Emporia Daily Gazette society columns mentioned several people who attended.
                                        • Ad, Topeka Daily Capital, 1940-03-17 p.10
                                        • The Emporia Daily Gazette, Emporia, Kansas 1940-03-22 p.8
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                                        Monday
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                                        Tuesday
                                        1940 03 25
                                        Monday
                                        Denver, Col.Denver TheatreShows at 1:09, 3:38, 6:37, 9:16; with a movie. Tunes include: Cotton Club Stomp, Prelude in C Sharp Minor, The Sergeant Was Shy, Boy Meets Horn, St. Louis Blues.Rocky Mountain News
                                        • Ads, 1940-03-19 to 1940-03-25
                                        • James H. Briggs, "Duke Ellington's Orchestra Takes Over Denver's Stage," 1940-03-20 p.4
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                                        Wednesday
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                                        Thursday
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                                        Friday
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                                        Saturday
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                                        Sunday
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                                        Monday
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                                        Tuesday
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                                        Friday
                                        1940 03 31
                                        Sunday
                                        Tacoma, Wash.Century Ballroom
                                        Seattle-Tacoma Highway
                                        .
                                        • Seattle Daily Times, Seattle, Wash. 1940-03-28 p.11
                                        • MIMM p.154 photo
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                                        Saturday
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                                        April 1940

                                        circa
                                        1940 04 01
                                        ...PERSONNEL CHANGE
                                        While she was not a member of Ellington's orchestra, dancer, singer and sometime choreographer Marie Bryant (1919 11 06 - 1978 05 23) was a member of his show on-and-off from early 1940 until June 1942. She was usually listed in Variety as one of his acts, was named in Ellington advertisements and was usually named in reviews of his shows.

                                        The earliest newspaper clippings I found of Marie with Ellington were for the April 1940 Seattle engagement, but whether she joined there or travelled with them from California needs further research. Variety mentions her in its review of Ellington's Chicago Panther Room show in September 1940 and she is in Ellington billings until the early December 1940 show in New York's Windsor Theatre. In March 1941, The Pittsburgh Courier has her in a Chicago non-Ellington revue, but from July through September she and Paul White were in "Jump for Joy."

                                        In November and December 1941 Marie and Paul played the Rhumboogie in Los Angeles although the pair were featured in Ellington's Soundie "Bli Blip," filmed around that time.

                                        Marie was in Ellington's show in Kansas City at the Mainstreet Theatre at the beginning of January, 1942, and also in the Chicago show later that month. In February 1942 she was in Boston with the Ellington show at the RKO Keith's theatre, where Variety's review of the show says she performed a "torso-twisting solo act" and a duo with Ray Nance. She's mentioned in Variety's Ellington review at the Stanley in Pittsburgh in March 1942 and performed with Ellington at the Trianon in April and May 1942. The Billboard's 1942-05-09 review names her twice, including her dance with Ray Nance in the final act.

                                        The Pittsburgh Courier 1942-05-30 p.20 said the Rhumboogie wanted her for its new stage show but she seems to have stayed with Ellington until June or July.
                                        After leaving Ellington, Marie played at the Club Alabam and the Lincoln Theatre, Los Angeles in July, 1943. The Billboard mentions her with other shows in 1943, 1944 and 1946 but in late 1946 / early 1947 Marie was one of the headliners in "Beggar's Holiday" (a.k.a Twilight Alley"). In addition to her club work, she was in a couple of movies, and from time to time performed in shows featuring Count Basie, Cab Calloway and other bands. She worked with Ellington again in the Big Show of 1951.
                                        At the time of writing, Wikipedia (not a reliable source) says Marie made her professional debut in Chicago in 1934 with Louis Armstrong, became a regular in his floor show, and performed with Lionel Hampton in California and with Ellington in the Cotton Club (not yet confirmed). Variety shows Marie at the Cafe Century in Los Angeles in July and August 1937, in Chicago's Grand Terrace, with, among others, Dusty Fletcher, in March and April, 1939, and at the Onyx Club in Hollywood in November and December 1939.

                                        Los Angeles Tribune (1943):

                                        '...Marie also served as technical director on Martha Raye's pictures and alone deserves credit for Martha's famous "Pig Foot Pete" routine which was featured in the Abbott and Castello picture "Keep 'em Flying."
                                          It is understandable then that finally the master himself became Marie Bryant conscious, so when Duke Ellington issued an order to the Wm. Morris Agency to get "that Bryant girl," "that Bryant girl" thought "here is the culmination of all my dreams."
                                          Marie travelled with Ellington for over a year returning with him to the Coast to be featured in his epoch-making "Jump for Joy" stage hit. In "Jump for Joy" Marie turned the tables on everybody. Briefly, she walked away with the show... John Garfield, who was one of the backers of the show, insisted that more and more material be written for the unassuming little artist, and when "Jump for Joy" closed, Marie went again on the road with Ellington in a condensed version of the show.
                                          However, travelling on the road with a band, even the great Ellington, has its limitations and finally Marie was persuaded to return to the Coast for the best interests of her own career... '

                                        . Marie's last work with Ellington seems to have been as the leader of her own dance troupe in "The Biggest Show of 1951" three-month tour.
                                        • The Billboard
                                          • 1942-05-09 p.16
                                          • 1943-06-12
                                          • 1944-07-01
                                          • 1946-03-16
                                        • Variety
                                          • 1946-11-27 p.60 ("Twilight Alley" review)
                                          • 1947-07-30 p.20
                                          • 1947-08-20 p.42 (mentioned as singing in the film "Your Red Wagon")
                                          • 1948-06-30 p.18 (film review "The Twisted Road")
                                          • 1949-02-16 p.55
                                          • 1949-09-13 p.60
                                          • 1950-10-18 p.54
                                        • Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles, Cal.
                                          1942-07-19 and later editions.Los Angeles Tribune, Los Angeles, Cal.
                                          1943-11-01 p.17
                                        • The Pittsburgh Courier, Pittsburgh, Penn.,
                                          1941-03-15 p.20
                                        • Stratemann pp.280-284
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                                        Seattle, Wash.Show Box
                                        First and Pike
                                        Night club residency with vaudeville show

                                        "Duke Ellington and his Sepia Floor Show"
                                        25 people
                                        Singing! Strutting! Comedy!
                                        Dancing
                                        3 shows daily - matinee 3:30, evenings 8:00 and 11:00

                                        Hour and a half revue, to be followed by dancing.

                                        The Monday to Friday cover charge was dropped the second week to 42 cents for matinees and 58 cents for evening performances. How much of a decrease this was is not certain; ads in the first week didn't show the cover charge. This was announced as Ellington's first night club appearance in Seattle, although he had played theatres twice during the past seven years.
                                        Included in the show were Ivie Anderson, Dudley Dickerson, Marie Bryant, Edwards and Pearson, Eugene King, and Herbert Jeffery [sic].
                                        Seattle Times and Seattle Sunday Times - daily ads and publicity:
                                        • 1940-03-24,p.10
                                        • 1940-03-28, p.16
                                        • 1940-03-31 p.19
                                        • 1940-04-01 p.18
                                        • 1940-04-02 p.18
                                        • 1940-02-03 p.14
                                        • 1940-04-05
                                        • 1940-04-07 p.14
                                        • 1940-04-08 p.13
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                                        Wednesday
                                        1:00 - 2:00 pm
                                        .Seattle, Wash.Hopper-Kelly Company
                                        1421 3rd Ave.
                                        Ellington was scheduled to autograph records of his compositionsSeattle Daily Times 1940 04 02 p.18..
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                                        Thursday
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                                        Friday
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                                        The afternoon performance was a matinee for school children.
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                                        Saturday
                                        .Seattle, Wash."Duke Ellington guest at special preview on the row Saturday"

                                        While the column did not name the venue or show, the same page carries a large ad and a publicity still for It All Came True, starring Ann Sheridan, Jeffrey Lynn and Humphrey Bogart ("STARTS TODAY NORTHWEST PREMIERE") opening at the Palomar Theatre on the Monday.
                                        Richard E. Hays, Along Film Row, Seattle Daily Times, 1940-04-08, p.13..
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                                        Monday
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                                        Monday
                                        .Seattle, Wash.Finnish HallBenefit for Musicians Local No. 493, A.F.M. Others playing at this benefit were Gene Coy, Gay Jones, and Palmer Johnson.Ad, Northwest Enterprise, 1940-04-05, p.4.DEMS
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                                        Tuesday
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                                        Wednesday
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                                        Monday
                                        .Vancouver, B.C.Vancouver ForumDance
                                        "IT'S ALL A MISTAKE"
                                        Thousands Here "Jitterbug" to "Duke" Ellington's Band

                                        ...thousands of fans who jammed the Forum Monday night to hear Duke Ellington and his fifteen-piece band jam and jive in the hottest and most lengthy swing session ever heard in Vancouver, found no complaint with jitterbugging, or the music with the "bugs" dance. While the majority of the capacity audience sat enthralled by the heavily-brassed band, a small portion gyrated to the Harlem King of Swing's music. But even these paused to marvel at the small, isolated groups of "hepcats" who siezed the golden opportunity to jitterbug."

                                        'Rug Cutters' Get 'in the Groove' for Pioneer

                                        The "hep cats" really "jived" when Duke Ellington's famous swing band got "in the groove" at the Forum Monday night, and George Markle, 90, stood by in bewilderment as the "rug cutters" galloped by him.

                                        ..."Do they call that dancing?" he asked, as a stamping, posturing young couple galloped by. "We would have placed people under observation if they had acted like that in the good old days."

                                        He moved closer to the band and listened as the brass section tore through a piece of "music" entirely unrecognizable to him and, I must confess, to me. I don't think he liked it. Strangely enough, the next was a waltz. "There. That's more like it," he approved. "Not bad at all." The old-timer's foot was tapping out the rhythm now. He turned to the dancers again and smiled and nodded in approval. The moment of comparative sanity ended all too soon. The band blared out another call to action...

                                        Ellington Band Wins Acclaim of Jitterbugs
                                        But Music Critic Fails to "Get in Groove'

                                        (by Stanley Bligh)
                                        Upwards of 4000 people jittered and slithered, swayed their bodies and clapped their hands to the rhythmic sounds of Duke Ellington's band at the Forum, Monday evening. Judging by the manner that hundreds crowded round the band platform, heads nodding, arms and shoulders in time with the music, they were having the time of their lives. The more sedate, sitting on the raised seats at the sides, beheld a sea of uptuned faces with eyes following the antics of the various performers as each took a solo part in front of the microphone.

                                        DANCED WITH DELIGHT
                                        The enthusiastic fans applauded, they cheered, they danced with delight as the trumpets shrieked, the saxophones and clarinets wailed, the trombones moaned and the drums beat forth a deadly rhythm.

                                        Although it was supposed to be a dance, there were very few people actually dancing. They all seemed to be content to stand and drink in the many weird sounds emanating from the various instruments. Occasionally a few would break away and dance. Then suddenly a circle would be formed, and some ardent youths and maidens, would be seen in the centre going through all kinds of peculiar motions with their bodies, arms and legs. ...it was quite evident that the vast crowd enjoyed itself to the full and were quite happy to worship at the shrine of one of the recognized masters of - - - -?...

                                        Vancouver Sun, April 17, 1940:
                                        "Nobody is quite sure yet what happened at the Forum the other night when Duke Ellington touched off his load of ebony dynamite and the younger generation went berserk. But it seems to be generally agreed that it was fun even if it wasn't sane."
                                        • Ads in the Daily Province and Vancouver Sun, April 6, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, & 15
                                        • Publicity Vancouver Sun 1940-04-11
                                        • Plug, The Bellington Herald, Bellingham, Wash. 1940-04-12 p.9 (names Ivie Anderson)
                                        • Review, Daily Province 1940-04-16
                                        • Review "Old-Timer Looks at Swing", with photograph, Vancouver Sun 1940-04-16
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                                        Monday
                                        .Vancouver, B.C.Cave Supper ClubEllington was to attend an after-hours performance of The Harlem Trio"Ellington Guest at Cave Tonight"
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                                        Tuesday
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                                        .Victoria, B.C..(Unconfirmed)

                                        Side trip

                                        Oakland, Calif.
                                        Hello Snelson: Duke Ellington and his orchestra are having a grand time out here on the Pacific Coast. We stopped off here from Seattle, and leave tomorrow for Los Angeles, where the Duke will play at the Orpheum (24 (sic) and from there we will head east via Texas...Will have to catch up on the gossip when I return to Harlem. We visited Victoria, B.C., and it was just like ole England.

                                        Sincerely, BEA ELLLIS (sic), secretary to Duke Ellington."

                                        Letter, Bea Ellis to columnist Floyd G. Snelson, New York Age, 1940-05-04, p4.DEMS
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                                        Wednesday
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                                        Friday
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                                        Saturday
                                        .Sacramento, Cal.Sweet's Ballroom.Ad, Sacramento Bee, 1940-04-20 p.2.DEMS
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                                        Sunday
                                        1940 04 22Oakland, Cal.Sweet's BallroomDancing for whites.Oakland Tribune, ad and plug, 1940-04-19 p.D27.DEMS
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                                        Monday
                                        .Oakland, Cal.Sweet's BallroomDancing for afro-americans
                                        Daily newspapers only list "tomorrow night" i.e., April 21. Sweet's had a policy of holding a separate second night for blacks. A boycott was attempted to protest higher admission prices for blacks on the second evening.
                                      • Bands on Tour - Advance Dates," The Billboard, 1940-03-30 p.13
                                      • Ad, Oakland Tribune 1940-04-20
                                      • Ad Oakland Post-Enquirer 1940-04-20
                                      • Jay Gould, "Globe News and Gossip," California Eagle, 1940-05-02 p.2B
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                                        Tuesday
                                        .Los Angeles, Cal.Club Alabam
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                                        Wednesday
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                                        Tuesday
                                        Los Angeles, Cal.Orpheum TheatreVaudeville show

                                        Variety reported the theatre took in $12,500 during Ellington's run, its best in many months. Ellington was paid $4,000 for the week.
                                        L.A. Daily News, April 25:

                                        'LONG LIVE THE DUKE
                                        by LEON SIMON
                                          Duke Ellington, the perennially popular and ever youthful master of dance rhythm who was "Mr. Big" when most of the present day "kings of swing" (white and Negro) were but shortly removed from the receiving end of a lullaby, has taken over the Orpheum stage.
                                          And the Duke's position as top man with band fans is still quite secure judging by the music he dispensed yesterday afternoon and the enthusiastic reception it received from the packed house.
                                          "Enthusiastic" in this case is really too mild a term. The jubilant, hand and foot time-keeping of a young man sitting close by approached the ecstatic exultation of a good old-fashioned, down south revival meeting.
                                          But the Central Avenue delegation weren't the only ones affected by the Duke's inimitably expert brand of sweet swing music. A neighboring dignified dowager, as well as this non-jitterbug reviewer, had a hard time to keep from beating it out with the boys[....]
                                          Ivie Anderson, who is given top billing, is an attractive young woman with an original style of song delivery. Her "Make with the Love," "I Want a Man Like That" (assisted by amusing comment from the orchestra), and "Jim Jam Jump" elevate swing singing to a new high.
                                          Tap dancing also comes into its own in the Ellington presentation, with the rapid fire rhythm of the Three Hot Shots and the exceptional trip and toe work of talented young "Jitter Gene" King, who a few years ago (as Eugene King) made his debut on the local Orpheum stage in an amateur show.
                                          Herbie Jeffries, handsome colored film player, contributes to the entertainment with several numbers in his pleasing tenor and orchestra members Jack [sic] Blanton, Rex Stewart and several others (everyone par excellent [sic] at his instrument) are featured in the Duke's own compositions, including "Mood Indigo," "Jack the Bear," "Boy Meets Horn," "Tootin' through the Roof," "The Sergeant was Shy" and his arrangement of Rachmaninoff's "Prelude in C Minor" [recte Chappie Willet's arrangement of Rachmaninoff's "Prelude in C# Minor"].
                                          The Orpheum current screen bill, for those who care, is headed by the first run "Zanzibar," featuring Lola Lane, James Craig and Clarence Muse.'

                                        L.A. Daily News, April 29

                                        'Star Guests at Orpheum
                                          An imposing array of guests from the stage, screen and radio have beeninvited for "guest star night" tonight at the Orpheum theatre where DukeEllington and his orchestra are rounding out a record-breaking week's stageengagement which closes tomorrow night.
                                          Among those who are expected to attend tonight are Benny Goodman, Artie Shaw,Rudy Vallee, Matty Malneck, Paul Whiteman and a host of others whose names arelegion in the world of entertainment.'

                                        • Stratemann p.162 citing Variety 1940-05-01 p.11
                                        • Los Angeles Daily News, Los Angeles, Cal. (courtesy S. Lasker)
                                          • 1940-04-25, pp. 28, 31
                                          • 1940-04-29, p. 28:
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                                        Thursday
                                        .Los Angeles, Cal.Orpheum TheatreVaudeville show - see 1940 04 24...
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                                        1940 04 26
                                        Friday
                                        .Los Angeles, Cal.Orpheum TheatreVaudeville show - see 1940 04 24...
                                        ..2011
                                        1940 04 27
                                        Saturday
                                        .Los Angeles, Cal.Orpheum TheatreVaudeville show - see 1940 04 24...
                                        ..2011
                                        1940 04 28
                                        Sunday
                                        .Los Angeles, Cal.Orpheum TheatreVaudeville show - see 1940 04 24...
                                        ..2011
                                        1940 04 28
                                        Sunday
                                        .Los Angeles, Cal.Private residenceBilly Strayhorn and Harry Carney hosted a party for about 3 dozen at the home of Neal ---t's place. Ivie Anderson and Sonny Greer were present. The party lasted into early Monday.California Eagle, Los Angeles, Cal.,
                                        Bill Smallwood column, 1940-05-02, p.4A
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                                        Monday
                                        Ellington's birthday
                                        .Los Angeles, Cal.Orpheum TheatreVaudeville show - see 1940 04 24...
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                                        1940 04 29
                                        Monday
                                        Ellington's birthday
                                        .Los Angeles, Cal.Dunbar Hotel
                                        Duke's suite
                                        The California Eagle reported "more people than I really care to enumerate in one breath" attended a surprise birthday party for Ellington.California Eagle, Los Angeles, Cal.,
                                        Bill Smallwood column, 1940-05-02, p.4A
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                                        Tuesday
                                        .Los Angeles, Cal.Orpheum TheatreVaudeville show - see 1940 04 24...
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                                        May 1940

                                        1940 05 01
                                        Wednesday
                                        .Central Islip,
                                        Suffolk County
                                        Long Island, N.Y.
                                        .Arthur Parker Whetsel died on May 1 and was buried in Woodlawn Cemetery, Bronx, New York on May 4.

                                        Pittsburgh Courier, 1940-05-11 p.21 quoted by Steven Lasker in DEMS:

                                        'ARTHUR WHETSOL [sic] BURIED.

                                        ...Arthur Whetsol [sic], former Duke Ellington trumpet player, was buried here Saturday at Woodlawn Cemetery. He was ill for more than two years, which caused his retirement from the profession he loved. Whetsol [sic] died Wednesday, May 1st, the victim of a brain tumor...

                                        Currently touring the coast, Ellington and his band sent their condolences and a blanket of roses, and like the entire profession, bowed their heads at the passing of another son of the world of incandescent glare.'

                                        Lasker:

                                        'Records in the cemetery's archive, which include the internment order for Whetsel but not his death certificate, indicate that he died of encephalitis. '

                                        Grave marker, Woodlawn Cemetery.DEMS
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                                        Wednesday
                                        .San Diego, Cal.Broadway Pier"Dancing starts 8:30."

                                        Admission 75 cents

                                        Hodges, Bigard, Cootie Williams, Rex Stuart [sic] and Sam Nanton were named in the publicity.
                                        Ad, San Diego Union,San Diego, Cal.
                                        • 1940-04-30 pp.4-A, 7
                                        • 1940-05-01 p.8A
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                                        Thursday
                                        .Los Angeles, Cal.Ambassador HotelPrivate partyTempo, 1940-04-15, p.3.DEMS
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                                        1940 05 02
                                        Thursday
                                        .Los Angeles, Cal.Lincoln Park Roller Rink...DEMS
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                                        1940 05 03
                                        Friday
                                        .Glendale, Cal.Glendale Civic AuditoriumUnconfirmed
                                        Patricia Willard says Glendale events were not likely reported in the Los Angeles papers, but may have been in the Glendale Daily News-Press
                                        • Bands on Tour - Advance Dates, The Billboard, 1940-04-13 p.23
                                        • Email Willard-Palmquist 2014-10-12
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                                        1940 05 04
                                        Saturday
                                        .Hollywood, Cal.1016 N. Sycamore Ave.RCA Victor recording session
                                        13:45-17:15
                                        Duke Ellington and His Famous Orchestra
                                        W. Jones, C.Williams, Stewart, Brown, Nanton, Tizol, Bigard, Hodges, Hardwick, Webster, Carney, Ellington, Guy, Jimmy Blanton, Greer

                                        Titles recorded:
                                        • Bojangles
                                        • Cotton Tail
                                        • Never No Lament
                                        • Blue Goose
                                        Notes:
                                        • After lyrics were added to Never No Lament, it was renamed Don't Get Around Much Anymore, but this recording is the early instrumental version. Regardless, when RCA re-released it on its Swing Classic series, the label says "Don't Get Around Much Anymore". Victor ordered the new labels with the title Don't Get Around Much Anymore on Aug.14, 1942.
                                        • Hodges plays soprano sax on Blue Goose
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                                        Saturday
                                        .Hollywood, Cal.."Central Avenue date" - details unknownTempo 1940-04-15 p.3.DEMS
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                                        Sunday
                                        ...activities not documented
                                        ...
                                        ...
                                        1940 05 06
                                        Monday
                                        21:00-01:00
                                        .Ogden, UtahWhite City BallroomLocal broadcast at 9:00 p.m. on KLOOgden Standard Examiner
                                        • 1940-04-14 publicity, p.7B
                                        • 1940-04-28 publicity, p.14A
                                        • 1940-05-06
                                          • ad, p.8
                                          • radio log, p.10
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                                        1940 05 07
                                        Tuesday
                                        ...activities not documented
                                        ...
                                        ...
                                        1940 05 08
                                        Wednesday
                                        .Columbia, Mo.University of MissouriUnconfirmed..DEMS
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                                        Thursday
                                        .Emporia, Kan.Civic AuditoriumFiestaval Grand Ball
                                        The ads for Emporia's First Annual Fiestaval May 5 to 9 included an exhortation to attend the grand opening of the new $600,000 Civic Auditorium. The Emporia Daily Gazette ran plugs and display ads for the Fiestaval daily for several weeks with Ellington mentioned often. The May 10 edition provided extensive coverage on pages 1 and 8, and on page 4, carried an insightful 1,800 word review by editor/newspaper owner William A. White.
                                        The dance appears to have been for whites; the final event of Fiestaval was a dance for colored people on May 10, played by another band.
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                                        Friday
                                        .Lincoln, Neb.Turnpike Casino.Nebraska State Journal, Lincoln, Neb. 1940-05-08 p.13.DEMS
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                                        Saturday
                                        .Sioux City, IowaSkylon Ballroom...DEMS
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                                        Sunday
                                        .Omaha, Neb.Chermot Ballroom.Evening World-Herald, Omaha, Neb. 1940-05-11 p.5.DEMS
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                                        1940 05 13
                                        Monday
                                        .Tulsa, Okla.Oil Capital Club...DEMS
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                                        Tuesday
                                        ...activities not documented
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                                        1940 05 15
                                        Wednesday
                                        .Houston, Tex.City Auditorium...DEMS
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                                        Thursday
                                        ...activities not documented
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                                        1940 05 17
                                        Friday
                                        .Houston, Tex.The Hi-Hat
                                        S. Main at Bellaire.
                                        Duke Ellington in person guest artist tonight at the Hi-Hat
                                        • The Cougar, University of Houston, Houston,Tex. 1940-05-17 p.3
                                        • The Thresher, Houston, Tex. 1940-05-17
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                                        Saturday
                                        ...activities not documented
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                                        Sunday
                                        .Kansas City, Mo..Sidemen's activities not documented

                                        Pittsburgh Courier:

                                        'Covering the Kansas Cities

                                        Mrs. Edward J. Berry, of the Missouri side, ha da big surprise ad an especially good time Sunday evening, May 19. It was her birthday, and her friends remembered the date with a party and loads of gifts. Those who "dropped in" were: Dr. and Mrs. L.W.Turner, the Girard T. Bryants, the Percy H. Lees, Miss Evelyn Jones, Elmer Lambert, Lawrence Walton, Wendell Robbins, Tom Gershon and Percy H. McDavid. Others who enjoyed this delightfully informal event were: Mrs. Myrtle Tuttle, mother of Mrs. Berry, and the Berry house guests, Bandleader Duke Ellington , Juan Tizol (member of Duke's band), and Bennie Drew Brown, well-known violinist and camera enthusiast of Omaha, Nebr. During the evening, there was music by McDavid, Ellington and Brown, and movie shots were shown by Bennie Brown. Duke Ellington and his band were on their way to Washington, D.C., where they open on June 2.'

                                        Pittsburgh Courier 1940-06-01, p.22..
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                                        Monday
                                        ...activities not documented
                                        ...
                                        ...
                                        1940 05 21
                                        Tuesday
                                        ...activities not documented
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                                        Wednesday
                                        ...activities not documented
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                                        Thursday
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                                        Friday
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                                        1940 05 25
                                        Saturday
                                        .Burlington, IowaMemorial Auditorium Tickets: advance $1.00 and $1.25; at door 41 cents
                                        ("Advance Sale in Charge of 42nd Division, U.S. Naval Unit")
                                        • The Daily Hawk-Eye Gazette, Burlington, Iowa, 1940-05-03 p.2
                                        • Muscatine Journal and News-Tribune, 1940-05-15 p.5
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                                        Sunday
                                        ...activities not documented
                                        ...
                                        ...
                                        1940 05 27
                                        Monday
                                        .Chicago, Ill.Skoller's Swingl.as guests...DEMS
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                                        Tuesday
                                        .Chicago, Ill.RCA Studio A
                                        445 Lake Shore Drive
                                        RCA Victor recording session
                                        14:00-18:00
                                        The session was booked for 13:00 but the men arrived an hour later.
                                        Duke Ellington and His Famous Orchestra
                                        W. Jones, C.Williams, Stewart, Brown, Nanton, Tizol, Bigard, Hodges, Hardwick, Webster, Carney, Ellington, Guy, Jimmy Blanton, Greer
                                        (Hodges plays soprano sax on Blue Goose)
                                        Titles recorded:
                                        • Dusk
                                        • Bojangles
                                        • A Portrait Of Bert Williams
                                        • Blue Goose
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                                        Wednesday
                                        ...activities not documented
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                                        ...
                                        1940 05 30
                                        Thursday
                                        .Gull Lake, Mich.Labelle Resort
                                        (about 3 miles east of Richland)
                                        9:00 p.m. to 1 a.m.
                                        • Stratemann p.162
                                        • Ad, Battle Creek Enquirer and News, 1940-05-30 p.4
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                                        Friday
                                        .Columbus, OhioPier Ballroom
                                        Buckeye Lake
                                        .
                                        • Columbus Dispatch, Columbus, Ohio
                                          1940-05-31 p.2B
                                        • The Coshocton Tribune, Coshocton, Ohio
                                          • 1940-05-21 p.5
                                          • 1940-05-23 p.8
                                          • 1940-05-25 p.3
                                          • 1940-05-31 p.5
                                        • The Zanesville Signal, Zanesville, Ohio
                                          1940-05-30 p.9
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                                        June 1940

                                        1940 06 01
                                        Saturday
                                        .Charleston, W.V.WCHS Auditorium "Welcome B.P.O.E. - 9:30 till 2:00."
                                        • Charleston Gazette, Charleston, W.V.
                                          1940-06-01 p.7
                                        • The Charleston Daily Mail, Charleston, W.V.
                                          1940-05-26 p.9
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                                        Sunday
                                        .Washington, D.C.Howard Theatre
                                        620 T St.
                                        "Swing concerts" at 2 p.m. and 5 p.m.Bill Gottlieb, "Swing Sessions," Washington Post, 1940 06 02 p.8.DEMS
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                                        1940 06 02
                                        Sunday
                                        8:30 until dawn
                                        .Washington, D.C.Cruise ship Robert E. LeeCross Keys Nautical Cruise
                                        The ad reproduced in Vail appears to show "8:30 to Dawn," but tickets 1447 & 1428 (images from eBay) appear to show 5 p.m. until 1 a.m. The image resolution is low so the "5" might be "8"

                                        THE CROSS KEYS, INC. [ILLEGIBLE]
                                        Duke Ellington
                                        And His WORLD FAMOUS ORCHESTRA
                                        FOR THEIR SECOND ANNUAL NAUDICAL EXTRAVAGANZA
                                        ON THE PALATIAL STEAMER ROBERT E. LEE
                                        SUN., JUNE 2nd, 1940
                                        5 P.M. TIL 1:00 A.M. - - - - - SPORTSWEAR OF COURSE

                                        • Ad shown in Vail I, no source given
                                        • Ticket images, email Agustín Perez Gasco-DukeLYM 2018-09-28
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                                        1940 06 03
                                        Monday
                                        .Albany, N.Y.Odd Fellows HallVersatile Girls Dance

                                        The Versatile Girls hired Duke and his orchestra to play a dance at the Odd Fellows Hall in Albany on Monday, June 3, 1940.
                                        The Girls Versatile Club of Troy, New York was organized in 1931 "to strengthen religious ties, to find an outlet in good clean fun, and above all, to learn to live and play as well as work together as friends." The Club was formed following conflicts between male and female members of the Elusion Club of the A.M.E. Zion Church of Troy. It was an all girl club, but was not restricted to members of the A.M.E. Zion Church, and would admit any Troy girls who met moral and religious standards.

                                        A Versatile Girl named Emma had to miss the dance so the newspaper's Albany correspondent wrote her an open letter describing it:

                                        'The Versatile Girls will present Duke Ellington's orchestra at their annual ball on June 3 at the Odd Fellows Hall in Albany.'

                                        and

                                        'Dear Emma, little Versatile girl, who wanted to be at the dance that her club gave Monday, June 3rd but couldn't because she was away at school:
                                            The dance was jam-up and so is the club that gave it. To think that a group of girls, just an ordinary club, could bring and pay for such a large band. Well, it isn't nice for me to rub it in, and tell you how grand Duke and his men were. And Duke did enjoy so much playing for the girls. He played all his own pieces.
                                            Went backstage to get his autograph for the Brown Buddies diary. he asked me would I mind waiting for a few moments, that he wanted to write something especially nice in it. And he did! He is very nice to meet. His men are all grand, so is R.B.Jones who travels with the band. He helped me get all the autographs. The dance was packed. The evening gowns were beautiful but they didn't show up so well because there were that many sport dresses. The Versatile Girls looked nice and they were so busy seeing that everyone had a nice time.
                                           Bandleader Jack Lawyer was there with Sarah. Sweet of them to stop dancing to help take care of your Aunt Sharlie who fainted from the heat. Freddie (Lotties) was kind enough to take her home. Your cousin Jack was there also with his Lenora. The Hi-Hatters looked swell in their white coats. Johnny Walker was there. Don't let him see this letter. He stepped on my pet bunion. Versatile Girl Lottie went up to Duke for his autograph, then she said to him, "Did we pay you yet, Duke?" Cute, don't you thing? [sic] I can't tell you everybody that was there, but everybody was there!
                                            Your president let me through the lines. The girls always remember me. ...
                                            The Age comes off the press every Tuesday and now that you're away from home be sure and read it...Oh, I meant to say the Duke played until 3 a.m. He didn't quit at half past two like all the other bands. And now so long, Emma dear. And thanks to the girls for a grand time. Duke said he enjoyed playing for the folks in Albany. He's in your town now I believe. He played at the Apollo last Friday. Your loving Albany correspondent.'

                                        The M. E. Grenander Department of Special Collections & Archives, State University at Albany, State of N.Y., holds twp boxes of Versatile Girls materials. At my request, archivist Brian Keough searched Box 2, folder 6, Social Activity Memorabilia, 1937-1988, but was unable to locate anything about this event, so the identities of Emma and the Albany correspondent are unknown.
                                      • New York Age:
                                        • 1940-05-18 pp.7, 11
                                        • 1940-06-01 pp.10, 11
                                        • 1940-06-08 p.9
                                        • 1940-06-15, p.11
                                      • Email, B.Keough-Palmquist 2015-02-23
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                                        1940 06 04?
                                        Tuesday
                                        .Boston, Mass.....DEMS
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                                        Wednesday
                                        .Old Orchard Beach, MainePier CasinoIt seems likely this summer dancehall one-nighter was at the Pier Casino - see 1926 08 12...DEMS
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                                        1940 06 06
                                        Thursday
                                        ...activities not documented...
                                        ...
                                        1940 06 07
                                        Friday
                                        1940 06 13
                                        Thursday
                                        New York, N.Y.Apollo Theater
                                        253 W. 125th St., Borough of Manhattan, Harlem district

                                        DUKE
                                        Ellington
                                        AND HIS FAMOUS ORCHESTRA
                                        With IVY ANDERSON
                                        and a Headline Revue Cast Including:
                                        MARIE BRYANT JUDY CAROL
                                        Two of California's Loveliest and Most Talented Girls
                                        Conway & Parks - Jolli Smith - Willie Jackson
                                        Apollo Dancing Girls & Boys

                                        .
                                        New York Amsterdam News, New York, N.Y.
                                        1940-06-08 p.17
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                                        Saturday
                                        .New York, N.Y.Apollo Theater
                                        253 W. 125th St.
                                        Harlem
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                                        Sunday
                                        .New York, N.Y.Apollo Theater
                                        253 W. 125th St.
                                        Harlem
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                                        1940 06 10
                                        Monday
                                        .New York, N.Y.Cotton Club
                                        200 48th St. at Broadway
                                        Peripheral event
                                        The Cotton Club closed. Business was terrible, but Herman Stark said he'd reopen with another show later in the season.
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                                        1940 06 10
                                        Monday
                                        .New York, N.Y.CBS StudiosPrerecording of the BBC "America Dances" broadcast that was aired April 26, 1941.
                                        Duke Ellington and His Orchestra
                                        W. Jones, C.Williams, Stewart, Brown, Nanton, Tizol, Bigard, Hodges, possibly sub William White Jr., Webster, Carney, Ellington, Guy, Blanton, Greer, Ivie Anderson

                                        Titles recorded:
                                        • East St. Louis Toodle-O (theme)
                                        • Ko-Ko
                                        • Blue Goose
                                        • So Far, So Good
                                        • Cotton Tail
                                        • Concerto For Cootie
                                        • Jack The Bear
                                        • Boy Meets Horn
                                        • The Sergeant Was Shy
                                        • Never No Lament
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                                        1940 06 10
                                        Monday
                                        .New York, N.Y.Apollo Theater
                                        253 W. 125th St.
                                        Harlem
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                                        1940 06 11
                                        Tuesday
                                        .New York, N.Y.Apollo Theater
                                        253 W. 125th St.
                                        Harlem
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                                        1940 06 12
                                        Wednesday
                                        .New York, N.Y..Duke was interviewed by Norman Pierce for an MBS program called "Radio Newsreel"

                                        During the session, he played Never No Lament.
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                                        1940 06 12
                                        Wednesday
                                        ...PERSONNEL CHANGE
                                        Otto Hardwick leaves the band

                                        He was reported to have been replaced by Billy White (William White Jr.) from Mercer Ellington's band, but would return later this month.
                                        • New Desor vol.2
                                        • Winnipeg Evening Tribune, Winnipeg, Man. 1940-07-06 p.2
                                        • The California Eagle, Los Angeles, Cal., 1940-07-11 p.2-B
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                                        Wednesday
                                        .New York, N.Y.Apollo Theater
                                        253 W. 125th St.
                                        Harlem
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                                        1940 06 13
                                        Thursday
                                        .New York, N.Y.Central Park MallDuke guest-conducted the New York municipal band
                                        • Stratemann p.162 citing Variety 1940-06-05
                                        • The California Eagle,
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                                        Thursday
                                        .New York, N.Y.Apollo Theater
                                        253 W. 125th St.
                                        Harlem
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                                        1940 06 14
                                        Friday
                                        .Ithaca, N.Y.Memorial Room
                                        Willard Straight Hall
                                        Cornell University
                                        Senior Ball of the Class of 1940
                                        Formal dance, 9:30 to 3:30, $4.50/couple
                                        The weekend included an alumni reunion with graduates from every year of the university's history, including one from 1869.
                                        Cornell Daily Sun, Ithaca, N.Y.
                                        • 1940-05-29 pp.1,3
                                        • 1940-06-14 pp.1, 12, 13, 14, 16
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                                        1940 06 15
                                        Saturday
                                        .Youngstown, OhioStambaugh...DEMS
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                                        1940 06 16
                                        Sunday
                                        .Chicago, Ill..Duke Alone, orchestra in Dayton

                                        K. Steiner:

                                        '16Jun40, Side-trip to Chicago, orchestra in Dayton, Ohio? ("Duke Spends Sunday Visiting City," Chicago Defender, 22Jun40, p11) Ellington left the band and flew to Chicago to make arrangements for the American Negro Exposition.'

                                        Further research is needed to confirm the band was in Dayton on this date.
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                                        Monday
                                        .Johnstown, Penn.Majestic TheaterK.Steiner:

                                        '17Jun40, Majestic Theater, Johnstown, PA. (ad, Johnstown Evening Tribune, 17Jun40, p15) Rocky Mount, N.C. ("Band Bookings," Variety, 22May40, p48) has been listed for this date, but seems unlikely. Count Basie was in Rocky Mount 17Jun40 for the annual June German Dance, a major African American social event. ("Basie Sent Bugs in Surprise Mood," Norfolk Journal and Guide, 29Jun40, p16) '

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                                        1940 06 18
                                        Tuesday
                                        ...activities not documented...
                                        ...
                                        1940 06 19
                                        Wednesday
                                        .Charleston, S.C.Riverside Beach ParkFalse date...
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                                        1940 06 19
                                        Wednesday
                                        ...activities not documented...
                                        ...
                                        1940 06 20
                                        Thursday
                                        ...activities not documented...
                                        ...
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                                        Friday
                                        .Philadelphia, Penn.Metropolitan Golden Ballroom
                                        formerly the Metropolitan Opera House
                                        Dance, 20,680 attended.
                                        • Stratemann p.162 citing The Billboard 1940-07-06 p.9
                                        • Vail I p.183
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                                        Saturday
                                        .Allentown, Penn.Castle GardenDancing, 9 tp 1The Morning Call, Allentown, Penn.,
                                        1940-06-22 p.9

                                        (Note, Stratemann and Vail have the orchestra in Dayton, about 600 miles west, but don't name a venue or provide any supporting reference.)
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                                        Sunday
                                        .New York, N.Y.Savoy Ballroom...DEMS
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                                        Monday
                                        .Lancaster, Penn.Rocky Springs Park...DEMS
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                                        1940 06 25
                                        Tuesday
                                        1940 06 27
                                        Thursday
                                        Lake Milton, OhioLake Milton Dog Track"Covered Grandstand. On Ohio Route 18 From Youngstown."New Castle News, New Castle, Penn.
                                        • 1940-06-19 p.12
                                        • 1940-06-20 p.21
                                        ..
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                                        Wednesday
                                        .Lake Milton, OhioLake Milton Dog TrackDog race grandstand show - see 1940 06 25...
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                                        1940 06 27
                                        Thursday
                                        .Lake Milton, OhioLake Milton Dog TrackDog race grandstand show - see 1940 06 25...
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                                        1940 06 27?
                                        Thursday
                                        .Lawrence, Mass.Recreation BallroomStratemann, without citing a source, reports an appearance here on this date, but it conflicts with the dog track closing night in Milton, some 600 miles away. Steiner in DEMS:

                                        '27Jun40, Recreation Ballroom, Lawrence, MA. (Igo Itinerary, source not given) Not found in Boston papers. (Boston Globe, Boston Herald, Boston Post)'

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                                        Thursday
                                        ...PERSONNEL CHANGE
                                        Otto Hardwick, rejoins the band after his replacement was found to be lacking. Presumably this means Billy White left.
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                                        Friday
                                        .Fort Lee, N.J.Amusement Park...DEMS
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                                        Saturday
                                        .Bemus Point, N.Y.CasinoTimes-Mirror:

                                        'The management of The Casino at Bemus Point announces formal opening of the popular dance resort on Saturday night of this week, and makes known, also, the engagement of Duke Ellington and his music for the occasion. Dancing will be from nine until one o'clock standard time, and the Duke will feature Ivie Anderson with his orchestra.'

                                        In 1984, DEMS reported the current casino owner of this open-air ballroom on Lake Chautauqua said Ellington appeared there in 1932, 1934 & 1938, but not in 1940. This appears to be incorrect; Ellington's appearance was announced in the Times-Mirror and advertised in the Evening Post the day of the engagement.
                                        Ad, Jamestown Evening Post, Jamestown, N.Y. 1940-06-29, p.5
                                      • Times-Mirror, Warren, Penn. 1940-06-26 p.2
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                                        1940 06 30
                                        Sunday
                                        ...activities not documented...
                                        ...

                                        July 1940

                                        1940 07 01
                                        Monday
                                        ...activities not documented
                                        ...
                                        ...
                                        1940 07 02
                                        Tuesday
                                        .Abingdon, Va. Vann's Warehouse."Seats sale at Pearl Roberts' Home, and Abingdon Pharmacy, $1.00; at the door, $1.25. Limited space for white spectators; tickets at Cowan-Grant, 55c; at the door, 75c."ad, Bristol News Bulletin, 1Jul40, p3.DEMS
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                                        Wednesday
                                        .Chattanooga, Tenn.Memorial Auditorium

                                        DANCE
                                        FOR COLORED
                                        National Artists Syndicate
                                        Presents
                                        DUKE
                                        ELLINGTON
                                        And His Orchestra
                                        "Harlem's Aristrocrat of Jazz"
                                        Concert 8:45 till 9:45
                                        Dancing 10:00 till 1:00 A.M.
                                        ADMISSION,
                                        TAX INC. 75c
                                        WHITE SPECTATORS
                                        ADMISSION,
                                        TAX INC. 75c
                                        AUDITORIUM
                                        TONIGHT

                                        .
                                        Chattanoog Times, Chattanooga, Tenn., 1940-07-03 p.11, courtesy Martin L. Thatch.DEMS
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                                        1940 07 04
                                        Thursday
                                        .Macon, Ga.Macon Auditorium...DEMS
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                                        Friday
                                        ...activities not documented
                                        ...
                                        ...
                                        1940 07 06
                                        Saturday
                                        .CharlestonArmory...DEMS
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                                        Sunday
                                        ...activities not documented
                                        ...
                                        ...
                                        1940 07 08
                                        Monday
                                        .Mount HopeArmory...DEMS
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                                        1940 07 09
                                        Tuesday
                                        ...activities not documented
                                        ...
                                        ...
                                        1940 07 10
                                        Wednesday
                                        .LexingtonJoyland Casino...DEMS
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                                        Thursday
                                        ...activities not documented
                                        ...
                                        ...
                                        1940 07 12
                                        Friday
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                                        Saturday
                                        ...activities not documented
                                        ...
                                        ...
                                        1940 07 14
                                        Sunday
                                        ...activities not documented
                                        ...
                                        ...
                                        1940 07 15
                                        Monday
                                        .AuburnFrazier Park...DEMS
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                                        Tuesday
                                        .Columbus, OhioFairgrounds...DEMS
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                                        Wednesday
                                        .AtlantaCity AuditoriumSegregated dance
                                        K. Steiner in DEMS:

                                        '17Jul40, City Auditorium, Atlanta, GA. 9 p.m. (ad, Atlanta Daily World, 17Jul40) "Reserved section for white." (ad, Atlanta Constitution, 17Aug40, p4) The dance was for Negroes, but about 1,000 white people attended as spectators." ("Ellington Attracts Record 7,000 Dancers in Atlanta," Billboard, 17Aug40, p9)'

                                        New York Age:

                                        '...Duke Ellington packed 7,000 persons into Atlanta's city auditorium the other night, turning away thousands of others...'

                                        New York Age, New York, N.Y. 1940-08-24 p.4..DEMS
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                                        Thursday
                                        .AshevilleCarolina Ware...DEMS
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                                        1940 07 19
                                        Friday
                                        .CharlestonBeach Park...DEMS
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                                        1940 07 20
                                        Saturday
                                        .Waynesville, N.C.Waynesville ArmoryDance, 9:30 - 1:30, sponsored by the Waynesville Enterprize Club, a non-profit social organization of twelve young men. Enterprize is spelled with a z in the headline and an s in the text and the ad.

                                        The publicity suggests 1,500 were expected to attend, 35 local businesses were underwriting the dance, and 400 placards advertising it had been placed in all towns within 125 miles. Extensive newspaper advertising was being placed in a number of papers in within that radius and it was to be publicized on WWNC on Thursday, Friday and Saturday on a morning show, a dinner time show and an evening, as well as on the Greenville radio station.
                                        Waynesville is midway between Nashville and Charlotte, and about 720 miles southwest of New York. The Mountaineer reported people from Canton, Asheville, Gatlinburg, Tenn, Sylva, Bryson City and surrounding towns were well represented.
                                        Waynesville Mountaineer, Waynesville, N.C.
                                        • 1940-07-11 p.4
                                        • 1940-07-18, pp.1,5,8 courtesy K.Steiner
                                        • 1940-07-25
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                                        Sunday
                                        ...activities not documented
                                        ...
                                        ...
                                        1940 07 22
                                        Monday
                                        .New York, N.Y.RCA Victor studio 2
                                        145 E.234th St.
                                        RCA Victor recording session
                                        14:15-18:15
                                        Duke Ellington and His Famous Orchestra
                                        W. Jones, C.Williams, Stewart, Brown, Nanton, Tizol, Bigard, Hodges, Hardwick, Webster, Carney, Ellington, Guy, Jimmy Blanton, Greer, Ivie Anderson

                                        Titles recorded:
                                        • Harlem Air Shaft (working titles were Once Over Lightly and A Rumpus in Richmond)
                                        • At A Dixie Roadside Diner
                                        • All Too Soon (working title I Don't Mind)
                                        • Rumpus In Richmond (working title Brassiere)
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                                        Tuesday
                                        ...activities not documented
                                        (except Stewart and Bigard)
                                        ...
                                        ...
                                        1940 07 23
                                        Tuesday
                                        .New York, N.Y.Decca Records
                                        50 West 57th Street
                                        Peripheral event
                                        Hot Record Society (HRS) recording date, Rex Stewart's Big Seven, including Barney Bigard, Wellman Braud and Brick Fleagle.
                                        E-mail Lasker-Palmquist 2014-08-30.DEMS
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                                        updated 2015-02-09
                                        1940 07 24
                                        Wednesday
                                        .New York, N.Y.RCA Victor studio 2
                                        145 E.234th St.
                                        RCA Victor recording session
                                        10:15-13:00
                                        Duke Ellington and His Famous Orchestra
                                        W. Jones, C.Williams, Stewart, Brown, Nanton, Tizol, Bigard, Hodges, Hardwick, Webster, Carney, Ellington, Guy, Jimmy Blanton, Greer
                                        Titles recorded:
                                        • My Greatest Mistake
                                        • Sepia Panorama
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                                        Thursday
                                        .New York, N.Y.World's FairThe bands of Duke Ellington and Charlie Barnet "appeared in a jam session" in "a case of teacher v. pupil and they both went to town."Duke's Charlie, Chicago Defender, 1940-08-03 p.11).DEMS
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                                        Friday
                                        ...Ellington wrote an article on swing music and its origins for the Associated Negro Press which was published this day by the San Antonio Register.
                                        San Antonio Register, San Antonio, Tex., 1940-07-26 p.4..
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                                        Friday
                                        1940 08 01Detroit, Mich.Eastwood GardensDEMS:

                                        'Nightly, with matinee on Sunday... Local, half-hour radio broadcasts on WWJ every night except Sunday (28Jul) at 11:30 p.m. EST. The 29Jul and 31Jul broadcasts were carried nationally over NBC Red/WEAF New York. Tunes included Ko-Ko, Harlem Air Shaft, Rumpus in Richmond, and Jack the Bear, as well as The Sergeant was Shy and I'm Checking Out. But you just can't play that [Tootin Through the Roof] forever, mused Duke between dance sets at Eastwood Gardens. I felt long ago there was need for expressing more of the American Negro's true feeling. So I wrote Boola in operatic form. It's orchestrated and ready for production - probably in New York.'


                                        Stratemann has the engagement ending July 31 and says the band was broadcast over WWJ and the Red network in the 11:30 to midnight time slot.
                                        K. Steiner in DEMS citing ads, Detroit Free Press
                                        • 1940-07-26 p.11
                                        • 1940-08-01 p.11
                                        • Detroit Evening Times radio logs
                                        • NBC Logs at Library of Congress; radio listings, New York Times
                                        • Ellington Composes New Number, Detroit Evening Times 1940-07-30 p.18
                                        .DEMS
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                                        1940 07 27
                                        Saturday
                                        .Detroit, Mich.Eastwood Gardenssee 1940 07 26...
                                        .. 2011
                                        1940 07 28
                                        Sunday
                                        .Detroit, Mich.Eastwood Gardenssee 1940 07 26...
                                        .. 2011
                                        1940 07 29
                                        Monday
                                        .Detroit, Mich.Eastwood Gardens-see 1940 07 26
                                        Remote NBC broadcast from Eastwood Gardens
                                        Duke Ellington and His Orchestra
                                        W. Jones, C.Williams, Stewart, Brown, Nanton, Tizol, Bigard, Hodges, Hardwick, Webster, Carney, Ellington, Guy, Jimmy Blanton, Greer, Ivie Anderson
                                        Titles recorded:
                                        • At A Dixie Roadside Diner
                                        • Harlem Air-Shaft
                                        • All Too Soon
                                        • Me And You
                                        • Jack The Bear
                                        • Concerto For Cootie
                                        • Ko-Ko
                                        • Orchids For Remembrance
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                                        Tuesday
                                        .Detroit, Mich.Eastwood Gardenssee 1940 07 26...
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                                        1940 07 31
                                        Wednesday
                                        .Detroit, Mich.Eastwood GardensNBC broadcast from Eastwood Gardens
                                        Duke Ellington and His Orchestra
                                        W. Jones, C.Williams, Stewart, Brown, Nanton, Tizol, Bigard, Hodges, Hardwick, Webster, Carney, Ellington, Guy, Jimmy Blanton, Greer, Ivie Anderson
                                        Titles recorded:
                                        • Rose Of The Rio Grande
                                        • Warm Valley
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                                        August 1940

                                        1940 08 01
                                        Saturday
                                        .Detroit, Mich.Eastwood Gardenssee 1940 07 26...
                                        .. 2011
                                        1940 08 01
                                        Thursday
                                        .New York, N.Y.World's FairThe Igo/Ewing/Pilkington, Stratemann and Vail itineraries have the Ellington and Charlie Barnet bands jamming at the World's Fair on August 1. This appears to be in error. Stratemann's source was the Chicago Defender 1940-08-03 p.11, but since that paper was a weekly, the edition probably hit the streets in the last few days of July. If so, it refers to the previous Thursday. ..DEMS
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                                        Friday
                                        .Dayton, Ohio.Uncertain..DEMS
                                        ..Added
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                                        Saturday
                                        ...activities not documented
                                        ...
                                        ...
                                        1940 08 04
                                        Sunday
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                                        Monday
                                        ...activities not documented
                                        ...
                                        ...
                                        1940 08 06
                                        Tuesday
                                        ...activities not documented
                                        ...
                                        ...
                                        1940 08 07
                                        Wednesday
                                        ...activities not documented
                                        ...
                                        ...
                                        1940 08 08
                                        Thursday
                                        ...activities not documented
                                        ...
                                        ...
                                        1940 08 09
                                        Friday
                                        ...activities not documented
                                        ...
                                        ...
                                        1940 08 10
                                        Saturday
                                        ...activities not documented
                                        ...
                                        ...
                                        1940 08 11
                                        Sunday
                                        ...activities not documented
                                        ...
                                        ...
                                        1940 08 12
                                        Monday
                                        ...activities not documented
                                        ...
                                        ...
                                        1940 08 13
                                        Tuesday
                                        ...activities not documented
                                        ...
                                        ...
                                        1940 08 14
                                        Wednesday
                                        .Berwick, Penn. West Side ParkDancing 9 to 1.
                                        • "To West Side Park Ellington Band Comes," Wilkes-Barre Sunday Independent, 1940-08-11, p.19
                                        ..
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                                        Thursday
                                        .South LynnfieldKimball...DEMS
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                                        1940 08 16
                                        Friday
                                        1940 08 17
                                        Saturday
                                        Salem, N.H.Canobie Lake ParkDance, with recorded NBC remote broadcast
                                        Duke Ellington and His Orchestra
                                        W. Jones, C.Williams, Stewart, Brown, Nanton, Tizol, Bigard, Hodges, Hardwick, Webster, Carney, Ellington, Guy, Blanton, Greer
                                        Titles recorded:
                                        • Ridin' On A Blue Note
                                        • Boy Meets Horn
                                        • Rose Room
                                        • Stompy Jones
                                        Early chroniclers incorrectly understood this engagement to have ended Aug.19 because two recordings on the Everybodys label were mistakenly dated.

                                        Steven Lasker owns six acetates he bought from a Bob Altshuler, who in turn purchased them from a Charlie Vinal, and that were used by Jerry Valburn for transfer. Vinal noted the date and location of each broadcast on the sleeve of each disc; the discs themselves are without labels.

                                        The sides from Canobie Lake Park (not a recording studio) were all broadcast on 17Aug40 according to Vinal's notations on the sleeves; the date 19Aug40 is an error. Vinal's Ellington acetates, with one exception, were included on Everybodys EV-3005. The sleeve notations, reproduced in DEMS 03/2-9, all are dated Aug. 17.

                                        Further confirmation:
                                        • The Boston Post announced the gig for "Next Friday and Saturday."
                                        • DEMS correspondent Pat MacDonald:

                                          'I was reading your web page about Canobie (03/1-4/2). My father did a remote broadcast for WHDH Boston in 1939, 1940, 1941 from the Canobie Lake Park Ballroom in Salem, N.H. It was five nights a week Tuesday through Saturday from 8:30 to 9:00 p.m. The orchestras were Jimmy Dorsey, Tommy Dorsey, Jimmie Lunceford and Duke Ellington.'

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                                        Saturday
                                        .Salem, N.H.Canobie Lake ParkSee 1940 08 16..
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                                        1940 08 18
                                        Sunday
                                        ...activities not documented
                                        (see 1940 08 16 re Canobie Lake Park)
                                        ...
                                        ...
                                        1940 08 19
                                        Monday
                                        ...activities not documented
                                        (see 1940 08 16 re Canobie Lake Park)
                                        ...
                                        ...
                                        1940 08 20
                                        Tuesday
                                        .Boston, Mass.Roseland BallroomBAA p.9:

                                        'DINERS ANNOUNCE DANCE
                                        The Boston branch of Local 370 of the Dining Car Employee's Union will hold its annual summer dance at Roseland Ballroom, Massachusetts Avenue, Tuesday evening, August 20, and will have Duke Ellington's orchestra as one of the features.'

                                        BAA p.22:

                                        'Dining Car Employees
                                        Union No. 370
                                        Presents
                                        DUKE
                                        ELLINGTON
                                        AND HIS
                                        ORCHESTRA
                                        AT THE
                                        Beautiful Air-Cooled
                                        ROSELAND STATE
                                        BALLROOM
                                        TUES., AUG. 20th
                                        8:30 P.M. to 2 A.M.
                                        ADMISSION 90 Cents
                                        PLUS TAX'

                                        • Baltimore Afro-American
                                          • ad, 1940-08-10 p.22
                                          • plug, 1940-08-17 p.9
                                          • ad, 1940-08-17 p.22
                                        • ad, Boston Post 1940-08-20 p.11
                                        .DEMS
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                                        Wednesday
                                        .Claremont, N.H.Roseland Ballroom.ad, Claremont Daily Eagle, 1940-08-21.DEMS
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                                        1940 08 22
                                        Thursday
                                        ...activities not documented
                                        ...
                                        ...
                                        1940 08 23
                                        Friday
                                        15:00-17:00 and 21:00-01:00
                                        1940 08 24Toronto, Ont.Canadian National Exhibition grounds
                                        New Dance Pavilion
                                        Canadian National ExhibitionToronto Evening Telegram
                                        • 1940-08-23:
                                          • Program Today at the C.N.E. p.2
                                          • ad, p.13
                                        • 1940-08-24:
                                          • Program Today at the C.N.E. 1940-08-24 p.2
                                          • Slow Music Wartime Fad Says Swing King Ellington, p.5
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                                        1940 08 24
                                        Saturday
                                        15:00-17:00 and 21:00-01:00
                                        .Toronto, Ont.Canadian National Exhibition
                                        New Dance Pavilion
                                        CNE - see 1940 08 23...
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                                        1940 08 24
                                        Saturday
                                        ... Peripheral event
                                        Floyd G. Snelson's column in the New York Age, 1940-08-24, p.4,: "The oomph girl, Bea Ellis, is quietly lolling in her "Sugar Hill" love-nest and will join her heart-beat, Duke Ellington, next week, when he opens his engagement at the Hotel Sherman, in Chicago."
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                                        1940 08 25
                                        Sunday
                                        ...Seems to be a travel day
                                        The Port Huron Times Herald:
                                        • Aug.23:

                                          'Port Huron will be visited (but briefly) by a famous big-name orchestra Sunday afternoon, when Duke Ellington and his orchestra will pass through on the Grand Trunk railway, bound from Toronto to Chicago.'

                                        • Aug.25

                                          'DUKE ELLINGTON, famed band leader, and his orchestra who were scheduled to pass through Port Huron Sunday afternoon on the Grand Trunk railway, bound from Toronto to Chicago, will not do so. The trip has been cancelled.'

                                        This seems likely to be a rerouting or rescheduling, since the band had to get from Toronto to Chicago after the CNE and before the beauty pageant.
                                        The Port Huron Times Herald, Port Huron, Mich.
                                        • 1940-08-23 p.7
                                        • 1940-08-25 p.5 s.1
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                                        Monday
                                        .Chicago, Ill.Chicago Coliseum
                                        and
                                        Tropical Gardens
                                        Duke Ellington Day, the third day of the American Negro Exposition. It appears the Ellington orchestra played during or for the beauty contest, and then for dancing next door in the Tropical Gardens.
                                        • Ken Steiner in DEMS:

                                          '26Aug40, Coliseum, Chicago. 4,000 attended the Miss Bronze America Contest of the American Negro Exposition. Duke Ellington and his Orchestra played for the contest and Ellington crowned contest winner Miriam Ali. ("Beauty Queen to Leave for New York on Sunday," Chicago Defender, 31Aug40 p2) Following the coronation ceremonies, Ellington played for dancing at the Tropical Gardens next door. (Chicago Tribune, 1Sep40, part6, p6)'

                                        • The California Eagle announced:

                                          'In order to secure the services of Duke Ellington and his famous band the American Negro Exposition has moved the date for its "Miss Bronze America" contest finals and grand ball from Saturday to Monday, Aug. 26.
                                            The entire day will be known as "Duke Ellington Day" on which visitors to the Exposition may see and meet the world renowned composer and band leader. Stars of the stage and screen as well as other musicians will appear and pay tribute to Duke. Arrangements are being made, prior to the ball beginning at 9 p.m., to have Ellington compositions played and sung exclusively by other musical organizations all day...'


                                        Miss Bronze America Contest:
                                        • According to the Chicago Defender, 4,000 attended the Miss Bronze America Contest of the American Negro Exposition, Ellington and his Orchestra played for the contest and Ellington crowned contest winner Miriam Ali.
                                        • The Carolina Times reported 10,000 wildly cheering enthusiasts of both races attended the finals and listened to the torrid srains of Ellington's band. This number is suspect since it happens to equal the 10,000 who The California Eagle announcement said were expected to attend.
                                        • The Chicago Defender also reported that, following the coronation ceremony, Ellington played for dancing at the Tropical Gardens next door.
                                        • The New York Age said the "finals were held beginning at midnight in the Exposition Theatre" and "it was not until 2:30 AM that the winner could be declared and crowned in the Court of Dioramas where Duke Ellington was playing. The crown was placed on the winner's head by James W. Washington, president and founder of the Exposition."
                                        • The Court of Dioramas was in the centre of the Coliseum, and the Exposition Theater or Exposition Hall was at the north end.
                                        • Vail I places the events at the Regal Theatre, reproducing an unidentified clipping or poster for that theatre which is inconsistent with the newspaper announcments and reports cited herein. The document says

                                          'Dance To The Delightful Tunes
                                          DUKE ELLINGTON
                                          and His Famous Orchestra
                                          -------------
                                          Finals....
                                          Miss Bronze America
                                          Beauty Contest
                                          [2 illegible lines]
                                          2 -------BANDS-------2
                                          COMPLETE FLOOR SHOW by STREETS OF PARIS CHORUS
                                          -------------
                                          AMERICAN NEGRO EXPOSITION
                                          Chicago Coliseum - 15th Street & Wasbash Ave.
                                          ADVANCE TICKETS [illegible] AT DOOR $1.00'

                                        • It isn't clear if the Streets of Paris Chorus has anything to do with a story datelined Chicago, Aug. 26 in The California Eagle:

                                          'A new all-girl show entitled "Harry's Nude Ranch and Streets of Paris" was opened Saturday in the Tropical Gardens above Tanner Hall Art gallery to run until the close of the American Negro Exposition on Sept. 2... '

                                        • American Negro Exposition Official Program and Guide Book
                                        • The California Eagle
                                          • 1940-08-15 p.4-B
                                          • 1940-08-22 p.8-B
                                          • 1940-08-27 Pasadena Supplement, p.2
                                        • Chicago Defender
                                          • Ad, 1940-08-24 p.24
                                          • Beauty Queen to Leave for New York on Sunday,1940-08-31 p.2
                                          • Captioned photo, 1940-08-31 p.10
                                        • Chicago Tribune, 1940-09-01 pt.6, p.6
                                        • New York Age, 1940-09-07
                                        • Miss Bronze America Chosen At Exposition As Ten Thousand Cheer, The Carolina Times, Durham, N.C., 1940-09-14 s.2 p.1
                                        • Stratemann p.163 citing The Chicago Defender 1940-08-24 p.24
                                        • Vail I
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                                        1940 08 26
                                        Monday
                                        .Chicago, Ill.Chicago ColiseumGrand ball on Duke Ellington Day, the third day of the American Negro Exposition. The California Eagle announced:

                                        'In order to secure the services of Duke Ellington and his famous band the American Negro Exposition has moved the date forits "Miss Bronze America" contest finals and grand ball from Saturday to Monday, Aug. 26.
                                          The entire day will be known as "Duke Ellington Day" on which visitors to the Exposition may see and meet the world renowned composer and band leader. Stars of the stage and screen as well as other musicians will appear and pay tribute to Duke. Arrangements are being made, prior to the ball beginning at 9 p.m., to have Ellington compositions played and sung exclusively by other musical organizations all day...'


                                        Miss Bronze America Contest:
                                        (1)According to the Chicago Defender, 4,000 attended the Miss Bronze America Contest of the American Negro Exposition, Ellington and his Orchestra played for the contest and Ellington crowned contest winner Miriam Ali.

                                        The Carolina Times reported 10,000 wildly cheering enthusiasts of both races attended the finals and listened to the torrid srains of Ellington's band.

                                        (2)The Chicago Defender also reported that, following the coronation ceremony, Ellington played for dancing at the Tropical Gardens next door.

                                        (3)The New York Age said the "finals were held beginning at midnight in the Exposition Theatre" and "it was not until 2:30 AM that the winner could be declared and crowned in the Court of Dioramas where Duke Ellington was playing. The crown was placed on the winner's head by James W. Washington, president and founder of the Exposition."

                                        The Court of Dioramas was in the centre of the Coliseum, and the Exposition Theater or Exposition Hall was at the north end.
                                        • Chicago Defender
                                          • Ad, 1940-08-24 p.24
                                          • Beauty Queen to Leave for New York on Sunday,1940-08-31 p.2
                                          • Captioned photo, 1940-08-31 p.10
                                        • Chicago Tribune, 1940-09-01 pt.6, p.6
                                        • New York Age, 1940-09-07
                                        • Miss Bronze America Chosen At Exposition As Ten Thousand CheerThe Carolina Times, Durham, N.C., 1940-09-14 s.2 p.1
                                        • The California Eagle, Los Angeles, Cal.
                                          • 1940-08-15 p.4-B
                                          • 1940-08-22 p.8-B
                                        .DEMS
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                                        1940 08 27
                                        Tuesday
                                        .St. Louis, Mo.Municipal AuditoriumDance, Colored Elks convention. Ellington was Grand Bandmaster, he and Joe Louis were guests. The Grand Ball of the Elks Convention lasted "until daylight."
                                        St. Louis Star-Times

                                        'Joe Louis, Henry Armstrong and Duke Ellington Share Spotlight At Grand Ball of Negro Elks
                                          The gayly-clad throng at the Grand Ball of the Negro Elks at Municipal Auditorium last night not only heard and saw what they expected to hear and see – Duke Ellington and his band and cavorting drill teams – but two features not on the program, Heavyweight Champion Joe Louis and Welterweight Champion Henry Armstrong.
                                          Louis put in an unexpected appearance on the bandstand shortly after Duke Ellington had started the dancing at 11 p.m. with the first hot strains of his music. Armstrong appeared later. Both caused flurries of excitement on arrival, and when Louis, Armstrong and Ellington posed together for news photographers, the house cheered loudly and long.
                                          The simultaneous appearance of three of the best-known Negroes in the country on the same stage no doubt contributed greatly to the success of the Grand Ball of the Improved Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks of the World, but it put a decided crimp in the dancing. Most of those who would have been swinging to the smooth music of Ellington's band were instead packed around the bandstand, gazing at their heroes and eagerly waiting to shake hands with any or all of them.

                                        Military Drills Held
                                          The competitive military drills were held at 1 o'clock this morning.
                                          The crowd – estimated at 3,500 by Exalted Ruler A. Oliver Thornton of the Greater St. Louis lodge – saw the cream of Negro society from St. Louis and the nation dancing to Ellington's music. Doctors, lawyers, educators, professional men and successful Negro businessmen were there.
                                          They had fun. But those who came expecting to see Hottest Harlem transplanted to the floor of the auditorium went away disappointed. There were jitterbugs, to be sure, but even they were tempered down to a mild frenzy by the solemnity of the occasion.

                                        Louis Stops the Dancing
                                          As Joe Louis, wearing a camel's hair sport coat over sport trousers, unobtrusively entered the auditorium and made his way to the bandstand, a girl in the gallery let out a shrill cry. "Oooooooh! It's Joe Louis! It's him!" Necks craned, feet shuffled and dancing stopped and the whispering grew to a roar as Louis swung onto the stand and shook hands with Ellington.
                                          The fighter told newspapermen that he had flown from Chicago with Ellington yesterday, and was leaving with the band today.
                                          The 1 o'clock intermission brought first the prancing, dancing drum and bugle corps and their drum majorettes, then the awards to winners of various contests during the Elks'convention, made by Grand Exalted Ruler J.Finley Wilson.
                                          After intermission, the smiling Duke and his young men swung into their music, and – the ball went on.'

                                        Photo caption:

                                        'Duke Ellington, famed orchestra leader and piano player, entertained the dancers with several solo numbers, so much that the dancers stopped dancing just to listen to him play.'

                                        • St. Louis Star-Times, St. Louis, Mo., 1940-08-28 pp.3, 28
                                        • Morning World-Herald, Omaha, Neb. 1940-08-29 p.13
                                        • "Elks' Ball is Colorful; 5,000 Attend," St. Louis Argus, St. Louis, Mo., 1940-08-30, p.3
                                        • Stratemann p.163 citing
                                          • Variety 1940-07-03 p.34
                                          • The Billboard 1940-07-20 p.13
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                                        Wednesday
                                        ...Travel
                                        ...
                                        ...
                                        1940 08 29
                                        Thursday
                                        ...activities not documented
                                        ...
                                        ...
                                        1940 08 30
                                        Friday
                                        .Sun Prairie, Wisc.Angell ParkOne nighter, Duke Ellington and his Famous OrchestraAds:
                                        • Waunakee Tribune, Waunakee, Wisc. 1940-08-29 p.2
                                        • Wisconsin State Journal, Madison, Wisc.
                                          • 1940-08-29 p.14
                                          • 1940-08-30 p.14
                                        .
                                        ..
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                                        1940 08 31
                                        Saturday
                                        .Glencoe, Ill.Lake Shore Country Club.Stratemann p.163 citing
                                        • Variety 1940-08-28 p.44
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                                        September 1940

                                        1940 09 00... Peripheral event
                                        In September 1940 RCA Victor reduced the selling price of its ten-inch, black-label pop records from 75 to 50 cents, which would have affected the royalties Ellington earned for each disc sold.
                                        S. Lasker:
                                        • Album notes to the Mosaic Records box set MD7-235 Duke Ellington: The Complete 1936-1940 Variety, Vocalion And OKeh Small Group Sessions, p.20
                                        • Email, 2016-07-03
                                        ..
                                        .djpNew
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                                        1940 09 01
                                        Sunday
                                        .Milwaukee, Wisc.Modernistic Ballroom
                                        State Fair Park
                                        TONITE
                                        MODERNISTIC
                                        BALLROOM
                                        State Fair Park
                                        Dance
                                        to primitive Rhythms!
                                        Weird Melodies!
                                        Amazing Syncopatons!
                                        There is only one band in
                                        the world that plays like
                                        this! And that
                                        band is
                                         ADM 35¢
                                        TILL 8:30
                                        AFTER, 40 ¢
                                        PLUS TAX
                                         duke
                                        Ellington
                                        AND HIS
                                        Famous
                                        ORCHESTRA

                                        Also Steve Swedish and
                                        His Orchestra
                                         
                                        ad, Milwaukee Journal, 1940-09-01 p.7..
                                        .K.Steiner Dec 2012New
                                        Added 2014-10-19
                                        updated
                                        2014-11-02
                                        1940 09 02
                                        Monday
                                        Labour Day
                                        .St. Louis, Mo.Forest Park HighlandsEllington's band played the final night of this amusement park's season.
                                        • The Franklin County Tribune, Union, Mo.,
                                          1940-08-23 p.3
                                        • St. Louis Star-Times, St. Louis, Mo.
                                          • 1940-08-24 p.9
                                          • 1940-08-26 p.13
                                          • 1940-08-31 p.9
                                        • Everday Magazine, St. Louis Post-Dispatch, St. Louis, Mo. 1940-08-25 p.8H
                                        .
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                                        1940 09 03
                                        Tuesday
                                        .Henderson, Ky.Club Trocadero

                                        duke
                                        Ellington
                                        and his
                                        Famous
                                        ORCHESTRA
                                        Featuring
                                        IVIE ANDERSON
                                        in
                                        "HARLEM SPEAKS"
                                        $1.50 Per Couple
                                        Plus Tax
                                        MAKE YOUR
                                        RESERVATIONS
                                        NOW!

                                        "THE TRI-STATE'S SMARTEST"
                                        Club Trocadero
                                        On U.S. 41 South Dial 2-0111

                                        • The Sunday Courier and Press, Evansville, Ind.
                                          1940-09-01 p.4-D
                                        • Stratemann p.163 citing Variety 1940-08-21 p.51
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                                        1940 09 04
                                        Wednesday
                                        .Kokomo, Ind.Sipe Theatre
                                        127 E. Sicamore St.

                                        'Duke Ellington - that old jazz aristrocrat - will bring his piano, his orchestra, and best of all, his melody to the Sipe stage Wednesday for a revue of the famous Ellington songs, it was announced today by the management...Ivie Anderson, his featured singer, will have a prominent portion of the show.'

                                        The movie was Secret Seven, a romance.

                                        Admission: 30¢ matinee; 40¢ evening, plus tax.
                                        Kokomo Tribune
                                        • Publicity 1940-08-31 p.12
                                        • Ads,
                                          • 1940-08-29 p.17
                                          • 1940-09-03 p.11
                                          • 1940-09-04 p.7
                                        .
                                        ..
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                                        1940 09 05
                                        Thursday
                                        .Chicago, Ill..RCA Victor recording session
                                        14:10-16:10
                                        Duke Ellington and His Famous Orchestra
                                        W. Jones, C.Williams, Stewart, Brown, Nanton, Tizol, Bigard, Hodges, Hardwick, Webster, Carney, Ellington, Guy, Blanton, Greer, Ivie Anderson, Herb Jeffries

                                        Titles recorded:
                                        • There Shall Be No Night
                                        • In A Mellow Tone
                                        • Five O'Clock Whistle
                                        • Warm Valley
                                        New Desor
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                                        updated
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                                        1940 09 05
                                        Thursday
                                        19:30
                                        .Chicago, Ill..Ellington appeared alone on the WGN MBS broadcast "In Chicago Tonight"
                                        Sjef Hoefsmit

                                        'This broadcast is claimed to have had three selections: Solitude; Mood Indigo and It Don't Mean a Thing. It has been documented in the Chicago Tribune of 5Sep40, the same date as the broadcast. It is also documented in Wax Works by Benny Aasland as entry 40-22 and as a MBS (WGN) broadcast in which Duke participated. It seems that the band did not. We have never found this recording. We suspect that no recording (if there ever was one) has survived.'

                                        • Stratemann p.163
                                        • Aasland's updated Wax Works, session 40-22
                                        .DEMS
                                        Timner corrections .2011
                                        updated
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                                        2014-12-11
                                        1940 09 06
                                        Friday
                                        1940 10 17
                                        Thursday
                                        Chicago, Ill.Hotel Sherman
                                        The Panther Room of the College Inn
                                        First night of four-week hotel dining room residency, extended to six weeks.
                                        The Friday opening date is confirmed by brief announcements in the Chicago Sunday Tribune.
                                        The band played floor shows at 21:00 and 24:00 nightly.

                                        Oct. 11 and 18 ads in the Daily Northwestern said:

                                        AFTER THE GAME

                                        COLLEGE INN

                                        PRESENTS

                                        DUKE ELLINGTON
                                        HIS ORCHESTRA AND HIS REVUE

                                        IN THE
                                        PANTHER ROOM
                                        $1.00 MINIMUM SATURDAY $2.00

                                        AND IN THE
                                        MALAYA ROOM
                                        DINNERS FROM $1.25
                                        NO MINIMUM EXCEPT SATURDAY $1.00
                                        NO COVER CHARGE IN EITHER ROOM

                                        HOTEL SHERMAN

                                        From 3 to 6 p.m. Sunday afternoons, Ellington sidemen participated in jam sessions with other name musicians in the Panther Room.
                                        A brief announcement in the Aug. 25 Chicago Sunday Tribune said Ellington would probably be followed by Benny Goodman on Oct. 11. According to Stratemann, Benny Goodman was supposed to take over at the Panther Room October 4 [sic] and Ellington was booked into the Oriental Theater. Goodman, recovering from surgery, was unable to make the booking so Ellington held over until October 17, with the Oriental gig delayed until the 18th. The Chicago Defender had Ellington going into the Oriental on October 9, so it may be that the hold over was agreed to week by week.
                                        Personnel during this engagement were Rex Stewart, Cootie Williams, Wallace Jones, Joe Nanton, Juan Tizol, Lawrence Brown, Ben Webster, Barney Bigard, Johnny Hodges, Otto Hardwick, Harry Carney, Duke Ellington, Fred Guy, Jimmie Blanton, Sonny Greer, Ivie Anderson, and Herb Jeffries (Jeffries returned to the band for the Sherman and Oriental engagements, but eloped at the end of September.).

                                        Ellington's show included Marie Bryant and dancer Bill Bailey.
                                        Since the Panther Room was wired for radio "remotes," Ellington was able to make two half-hour broadcasts most nights on a local station and nationally on the NBC Red and Blue networks. During the 1940 run, he was on at 11:05 p.m. on the networks and again locally at 12:30 a.m.
                                        The songs Ellington played during these broadcasts included:
                                        • All This and Heaven Too
                                        • All Too Soon
                                        • April in Paris
                                        • At a Dixie Roadside Diner
                                        • Azure
                                        • Black Beauty
                                        • Blue Goose
                                        • Blue Prelude (mistitled
                                          Blue Goose?)
                                        • Blueberry Hill
                                        • Bojangles
                                        • Call of the Canyon
                                        • Chatterbox
                                        • Concerto for Cootie
                                        • Conga Brava
                                        • Cotton Tail
                                        • Crosstown
                                        • Doing the Voom Voom
                                        • East St. Louis Toodle-Oo
                                        • Echoes of Harlem
                                        • Ferryboat Serenade
                                        • Five O'Clock Whistle
                                        • Frenesi
                                        • Get Out of Town
                                        • Harlem Airshaft
                                        • Harmony in Harlem
                                        • Here I Go
                                        • I Don't Mind
                                        • I Give You My Word
                                        • I Hear a Rhapsody
                                        • I Never Felt This Way Before
                                        • It's the Same Old Story
                                        • I'll Never Smile Again
                                        • I'm Nobody's Baby
                                        • In a Mellow Tone
                                          (misspelled Mellotone)
                                        • I Want To Live
                                        • Jack the Bear
                                        • Jig Walk
                                        • Ko-Ko
                                        • Lady in Doubt
                                        • Little Posey
                                        • Looking for Yesterday
                                        • Madame Will Drop Her Shawl
                                        • Maybe
                                        • Me and You
                                        • Mood Indigo
                                        • My Greatest Mistake
                                        • Oh Babe, Maybe Someday
                                        • Old King Dooji
                                        • Orchids for Remembrance
                                        • Our Love Affair
                                        • Plucked Again
                                        • Practice Makes Perfect
                                        • Pussy Willow
                                        • Rockin' in Rhythm
                                        • Ring Dem Bells
                                        • Rumpus in Richmond
                                        • St. Louis Blues
                                        • Sepia Panorama
                                        • Sittin' At The Seance
                                          (or Swinging At The Seance)
                                        • Slap Happy
                                        • So Far, So Good
                                        • So You're The One
                                        • Solid Old Man
                                        • Solitude
                                        • Something to Live For
                                        • Star Dust
                                        • Stompy Jones
                                        • Subtle Lament
                                        • Sweet Sue
                                        • Swing Low
                                        • The Breeze and I
                                        • The Gal from Joe's
                                        • The Mystery Song
                                        • The Same Old Story
                                        • The Sergeant Was Shy
                                        • There I Go
                                        • There Shall Be No Night
                                        • Tootin' Through The Roof
                                        • Two Dreams Met
                                        • T.T. on Toast (Lady in Doubt)
                                        • Warm Valley
                                        • Way Down Yonder in New Orleans
                                        • Weeley
                                        • Whispering Grass
                                        • You Think of Everything
                                        Sorting out the details of these broadcasts is complicated; see analysis: "Broadcasts from The Panther Room of the Sherman Hotel, Chicago - 1940".
                                        • Chicago Sunday Tribune, Chicago, Ill.
                                          • 1940-08-25 Pt.6 p.5
                                          • 1940-09-01 Pt.3, p.4
                                        • Daily Northwestern, Evanston, Ind.
                                          • 1940-10-11 p.10
                                          • 1940-10-18,pp.9,10
                                        • Stratemann p.163 citing
                                          • Chicago Defender 1940-09-15 p.34
                                          • Metronome
                                            • 1940-10 p.48
                                            • 1940-11 p.44
                                          • Variety
                                            • 1940-09-04 p.43
                                            • 1940-09-11 p.33
                                            • 1940-09-18 p.34
                                            • 1940-10-02 p.51
                                        • Numerous radio schedules
                                          • The Capital Times, Madison, Wisc.
                                            • 1940-09-06 p.6
                                            • 1940-09-07 p.4
                                            • 1940-09-10 p.6
                                            • 1940-09-11 p.8
                                          • New Castle PA News, New Castle, Penn.,
                                            1940-09-07 p.10
                                          • The Wisconsin State Journal, Madison, Wisc.
                                            • 1940-09-07 p.6
                                            • 1940-09-08 p.9
                                            • 1940-09-09 p.10
                                            • 1940-09-10 p.23
                                          • The Amarillo Dialy News, Amarillo, Tex., 1940-09-10 p.2
                                          • Creston News Advertiser, Creston, Iowa 1940-09-17 p.3
                                          • San Antonio Express, San Antonio, Tex., 1940-09-18 p.7
                                          • etc., etc.
                                        • Girvan:   Ellingtonia.com
                                        • MacHare:   A Duke Ellington Panorama
                                        • Timner
                                        • E. Lambert:
                                          Duke Ellington, A Listener's Guide
                                          , p.91
                                        • "Broadcasts from The Panther Room of the Sherman Hotel, Chicago - 1940"
                                        New Desor
                                        DE4019
                                        DE4020
                                        DE4021
                                        DE4022
                                        DE4023
                                        DE4024
                                        DE4025
                                        DE4026
                                        DE4027
                                        DE4028
                                        DE4030
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                                        NDCS 1018
                                        DEMS
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                                        updated
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                                        2014-11-01
                                        2014-11-03
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                                        2014-12-07
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                                        1940 09 07
                                        Saturday
                                        .Chicago, Ill.Hotel Sherman
                                        The Panther Room of the College Inn
                                        Hotel dining room residency - see 1940 09 06..
                                        Timner corrections CH/KS2011
                                        updated
                                        2014-10-31
                                        1940 09 08
                                        Sunday
                                        .Chicago, Ill.Old Town Room
                                        Hotel Sherman
                                        Peripheral event
                                        Stratemann:

                                        'On Sunday, September 6 [recte 8], 1940, Harry Lim started a series of afternoon jam sessions at the Sherman Hotel's Old Town Room. Rex Stewart, Sonny Greer and Lawrence Brown from the Ellington band combined with bassist Bob Casey, saxophonist Boyce Brown and pianist Earl Hines in the inaugural session prior to the Ellington band's opening at a different room of the hotel that night.'

                                        Note the band opened Friday the 6th, but ads for later weeks had the jam session on Sundays.
                                        Stratemann
                                        p.163 citing
                                        • Chicago Defender 1950-10-15 p.34
                                        • Metronome Nov 1944 p.44
                                        ..
                                        .djpNew
                                        added 2014-11-01
                                        1940 09 08
                                        Sunday
                                        .Chicago, Ill.Hotel Sherman
                                        The Panther Room of the College Inn
                                        Hotel dining room residency - see 1940 09 06...
                                        .CH/KS2011
                                        updated
                                        2014-10-31
                                        2014-12-07
                                        1940 09 09
                                        Monday
                                        20:30
                                        .Chicago, Ill..Ellington appeared alone on a WGN/Mutual Broadcasting System broadcast "Your Music IQ"Radio listings
                                        • Chicago Daily News, 1940-09-09 p.16
                                        • Wisconsin State Journal, Madison, Wisc.,1940-09-09 p.10
                                        .DEMS
                                        .djp2011
                                        updated
                                        2014-11-03
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                                        1940 09 10
                                        Tuesday
                                        .Chicago, Ill.Hotel Sherman
                                        The Panther Room of the College Inn
                                        Hotel dining room residency - see 1940 09 06...
                                        .CH/KS2011
                                        updated
                                        2014-10-31
                                        1940 09 11
                                        Wednesday
                                        .Chicago, Ill.Hotel Sherman
                                        The Panther Room of the College Inn
                                        Hotel dining room residency - see 1940 09 06

                                        Recorded NBC broadcast
                                        Duke Ellington and His Orchestra
                                        W. Jones, C.Williams, Stewart, Brown, Nanton, Tizol, Bigard, Hodges, Hardwick, Webster, Carney, Ellington, Guy, Jimmy Blanton, Greer, Ivie Anderson,
                                        Titles recorded:
                                        • Tootin' Through The Roof
                                        • April In Paris
                                        • So Far, So Good
                                        • Whispering Grass
                                        • The Mystery Song
                                        • Warm Valley
                                      • Girvan:   Ellingtonia.com
                                      • MacHare:   A Duke Ellington Panorama
                                      • Timner
                                      • E. Lambert:
                                        Duke Ellington, A Listener's Guide
                                        , p.91
                                      • New Desor
                                        DE4022
                                        .
                                        ..2011
                                        updated
                                        2014-10-31
                                        2015-01-25
                                        1940 09 12
                                        Thursday
                                        .Chicago, Ill.Hotel Sherman
                                        The Panther Room of the College Inn
                                        Hotel dining room residency - see 1940 09 06

                                        Recorded NBC broadcast
                                        Duke Ellington and His Orchestra
                                        W. Jones, C.Williams, Stewart, Brown, Nanton, Tizol, Bigard, Hodges, Hardwick, Webster, Carney, Ellington, Guy, Jimmy Blanton, Greer
                                        Titles recorded:
                                        • East St Louis Toodle-O (theme)
                                        • Madame Will Drop Her Shawl
                                        • Blue Goose
                                        • All This And Heaven Too
                                        • Slap Happy
                                        • All Too Soon
                                        • Solitude
                                        • Rockin' In Rhythm
                                      • Girvan:   Ellingtonia.com
                                      • MacHare:   A Duke Ellington Panorama
                                      • Timner
                                      • E. Lambert:
                                        Duke Ellington, A Listener's Guide
                                        , p.91
                                      • New Desor
                                        DE4123

                                        .djp2011
                                        updated
                                        2014-10-31
                                        2015-01-25
                                        1940 09 13
                                        Friday
                                        .Chicago, Ill.Hotel Sherman
                                        The Panther Room of the College Inn
                                        Hotel dining room residency - see 1940 09 06

                                        Recorded NBC broadcast
                                        Duke Ellington and His Orchestra
                                        W. Jones, C.Williams, Stewart, Brown, Nanton, Tizol, Bigard, Hodges, Hardwick, Webster, Carney, Ellington, Guy, Jimmy Blanton, Greer, Ivie Anderson
                                        Titles recorded:
                                        • Solid Old Man
                                        • Maybe
                                        • Oh Babe, Maybe Someday
                                        • All Too Soon
                                        • Blueberry Hill
                                        • Harlem Air-Shaft
                                        • Warm Valley
                                      • Girvan:   Ellingtonia.com
                                      • MacHare:   A Duke Ellington Panorama
                                      • Timner
                                      • E. Lambert:
                                        Duke Ellington, A Listener's Guide
                                        , p.91
                                      • New Desor
                                        DE4024
                                        NDCS1053
                                        .
                                        ..2011
                                        updated
                                        2014-10-31
                                        2015-01-25
                                        1940 09 14
                                        Saturday
                                        .Chicago, Ill.Hotel Sherman
                                        The Panther Room of the College Inn
                                        Hotel dining room residency - see 1940 09 06....2011
                                        updated
                                        2014-10-31
                                        1940 09 15
                                        Sunday
                                        .Chicago, Ill.Hotel ShermanPeripheral event - unconfirmed
                                        Some of Ellington's sidemen may have played the usual Sunday afternoon jam sessions held by Harry Lim - see 1940 09 08 and 1940 10 20
                                        ...
                                        .djpNew
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                                        1940 09 15
                                        Sunday
                                        .Chicago, Ill.Brass Rail...DEMS
                                        ..Added
                                        2011
                                        1940 09 15
                                        Sunday
                                        .Chicago, Ill.Hotel Sherman
                                        The Panther Room of the College Inn
                                        Hotel dining room residency - see 1940 09 06...
                                        ..2011
                                        updated
                                        2014-10-31
                                        1940 09 16
                                        Monday
                                        ...activities not documented
                                        ...
                                        ...
                                        1940 09 17
                                        Tuesday
                                        .Chicago, Ill.Hotel Sherman
                                        The Panther Room of the College Inn
                                        Hotel dining room residency - see 1940 09 06...
                                        ..2011
                                        updated
                                        2014-10-31
                                        1940 09 18
                                        Wednesday
                                        .Chicago, Ill..

                                        'WHEN DUKE ELLINGTON purchased that light green Buick Wednesday, Joe Louis was on hand to help Charlie Green complete the deal.'

                                        Chicago Defender, Chicago, Ill., 1940-09-21 p.12..
                                        .djpNew
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                                        Wednesday
                                        .Chicago, Ill.Hotel Sherman
                                        The Panther Room of the College Inn
                                        Hotel dining room residency - see 1940 09 06 ...
                                        ..2011
                                        updated
                                        2014-10-31
                                        1940 09 19
                                        Thursday
                                        .Chicago, Ill.Hotel Sherman
                                        The Panther Room of the College Inn
                                        Hotel dining room residency - see 1940 09 06...
                                        ..2011
                                        updated
                                        2014-10-31
                                        1940 09 20
                                        Friday
                                        .Chicago, Ill.Hotel Sherman
                                        The Panther Room of the College Inn
                                        Hotel dining room residency - see 1940 09 06...
                                        ..Added
                                        2011
                                        updated
                                        2014-10-31
                                        1940 09 21
                                        Saturday
                                        .Chicago, Ill.Hotel Sherman
                                        The Panther Room of the College Inn
                                        Hotel dining room residency - see 1940 09 06

                                        Recorded NBC broadcast
                                        Duke Ellington and His Orchestra
                                        W. Jones, C.Williams, Stewart, Brown, Nanton, Tizol, Bigard, Hodges, Hardwick, Webster, Carney, Ellington, Guy, Jimmy Blanton, Greer
                                        Titles recorded:
                                        • Jig Walk
                                        • Warm Valley
                                      • Girvan:   Ellingtonia.com
                                      • MacHare:   A Duke Ellington Panorama
                                      • Timner
                                      • E. Lambert:
                                        Duke Ellington, A Listener's Guide
                                        , p.91
                                      • New Desor
                                        DE4025
                                        NDCS1053

                                        .2011
                                        updated
                                        2013-05-02
                                        2014-10-31
                                        2015-01-25
                                        1940 09 22
                                        Sunday
                                        .Chicago, Ill.Hotel ShermanPeripheral event - unconfirmed
                                        Some of Ellington's sidemen may have played the usual Sunday afternoon jam sessions held by Harry Lim - see 1940 09 08 and 1940 10 20
                                        ...
                                        .djpNew
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                                        1940 09 22
                                        Sunday
                                        .Chicago, Ill.Hotel Sherman
                                        The Panther Room of the College Inn
                                        Hotel dining room residency - see 1940 09 06...
                                        ..2011
                                        updated
                                        2014-10-31
                                        1940 09 23
                                        Monday
                                        ...activities not documented
                                        ...
                                        ...
                                        1940 09 24
                                        Tuesday
                                        .Chicago, Ill.Hotel Sherman
                                        The Panther Room of the College Inn
                                        Hotel dining room residency - see 1940 09 06...
                                        ..2011
                                        updated
                                        2014-10-31
                                        1940 09 25
                                        Wednesday
                                        .Chicago, Ill.Hotel Sherman
                                        The Panther Room of the College Inn
                                        Hotel dining room residency - see 1940 09 06...
                                        ..2011
                                        updated
                                        2014-10-31
                                        1940 09 26
                                        Thursday
                                        .Chicago, Ill.Hotel Sherman
                                        The Panther Room of the College Inn
                                        Hotel dining room residency - see 1940 09 06

                                        Recorded broadcast
                                        Duke Ellington and His Orchestra
                                        W. Jones, C.Williams, Stewart, Brown, Nanton, Tizol, Bigard, Hodges, Hardwick, Webster, Carney, Ellington, Guy, Jimmy Blanton, Greer
                                        Titles recorded:
                                        • Little Posey
                                        • Warm Valley
                                      • Girvan:   Ellingtonia.com
                                      • MacHare:   A Duke Ellington Panorama
                                      • Timner
                                      • E. Lambert:
                                        Duke Ellington, A Listener's Guide
                                        , p.91
                                      • New Desor
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                                        1940 09 27
                                        Friday
                                        .Chicago, Ill.Hotel Sherman
                                        The Panther Room of the College Inn
                                        Hotel dining room residency - see 1940 09 06

                                        Recorded NBC broadcast
                                        Duke Ellington and His Orchestra
                                        W. Jones, C.Williams, Stewart, Brown, Nanton, Tizol, Bigard, Hodges, Hardwick, Webster, Carney, Ellington, Guy, Jimmy Blanton, Greer
                                        Titles recorded:
                                        • Sittin' At The S‚ance
                                        • Looking For Yesterday
                                        • Weely
                                      • Girvan:   Ellingtonia.com
                                      • MacHare:   A Duke Ellington Panorama
                                      • Timner
                                      • E. Lambert:
                                        Duke Ellington, A Listener's Guide
                                        , p.91
                                      • New Desor
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                                        2014-10-31
                                        2015-01-25
                                        1940 09 28
                                        Saturday
                                        .Chicago, Ill.Hotel Sherman
                                        The Panther Room of the College Inn
                                        Hotel dining room residency - see 1940 09 06...
                                        ..2011
                                        updated
                                        2014-10-31
                                        1940 09 29
                                        Sunday
                                        .Chicago, Ill.Midway Park
                                        60th and Langley Ave.
                                        Duke Ellington, Ivie Anderson, Billy Strayhorn, Herb Jeffries, Marie Bryant, Bea Ellis and Florence Hill spent Sunday afternoon at the Midwest Horse Shoe. The event was sponsored by boxer Joe Louis and I.E.Kelly; Joe's wife Marva was with the group as well.
                                        • Pittsburgh Courier 1940-10-05 p.8:
                                          • Captioned photographs
                                          • Luther Hill, Windy City Goes on Parade for Colorful Event, (datelined Chicago Oct. 3)
                                        • Chicago Defender 1940-10-05 (several reports)
                                        ..
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                                        1940 09 29
                                        Sunday
                                        .Chicago, Ill.Square's Boulevard Café"Duke Ellington Feted at Square's Boulevard Café"Chicago Defender, 1940-09-28 p.12.DEMS
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                                        2014-11-03
                                        1940 09 29
                                        Sunday
                                        .Chicago, Ill.Hotel ShermanPeripheral event - unconfirmed
                                        Some of Ellington's sidemen may have played the usual Sunday afternoon jam sessions held by Harry Lim - see 1940 09 08 and 1940 10 20
                                        ...
                                        .djpNew
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                                        1940 09 29
                                        Sunday
                                        .Chicago, Ill.Hotel Sherman
                                        The Panther Room of the College Inn
                                        Hotel dining room residency - see 1940 09 06...
                                        ..2011
                                        updated
                                        2014-10-31
                                        1940 09 30
                                        Monday
                                        .Chicago, Ill.Hotel Sherman
                                        The Panther Room of the College Inn
                                        Hotel dining room residency - see 1940 09 06...
                                        ..Added
                                        2011
                                        1940 09 30
                                        Monday
                                        .Clinton City, Iowa. Peripheral event
                                        A story datedlined Chicago Oct. 3, says Herb Jeffries eloped Monday, marrying Winnifred Christie in Clinton City.

                                        The story says he was currently the featured singer with Ellington at the Hotel Sherman and would soon go into the Oriental theatre when Ellington takes over there for a week of vaudeville. Jeffries married 5 times and passed away in 2014.
                                        Pittsburgh Courier 1940-10-05 p.21..
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                                        October 1940

                                        1940 10 01
                                        Tuesday
                                        .Chicago, Ill.RCA Studio A
                                        445 Lake Shore Drive
                                        RCA Victor recording session
                                        13:00 - 17:30
                                        Ellington and Blanton only

                                        Titles recorded:
                                        • Pitter Panther Patter
                                        • Body and Soul
                                        • Sophisticated Lady
                                        • Mr. J.B. Blues
                                        New Desor
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                                        1940 10 01
                                        Tuesday
                                        .Chicago, Ill.Hotel Sherman
                                        The Panther Room of the College Inn
                                        Hotel dining room residency - see 1940 09 06...
                                        ..2011
                                        updated
                                        2014-10-31
                                        1940 10 02
                                        Wednesday
                                        .Chicago, Ill.Hotel Sherman
                                        The Panther Room of the College Inn
                                        Hotel dining room residency - see 1940 09 06...
                                        ..Added
                                        2011
                                        updated
                                        2014-10-31
                                        1940 10 03
                                        Thursday
                                        .Chicago, Ill.Hotel Sherman
                                        The Panther Room of the College Inn
                                        Hotel dining room residency - see 1940 09 06

                                        Recorded NBC broadcast
                                        Duke Ellington and His Orchestra
                                        W. Jones, Stewart, C.Williams, Brown, Nanton, Tizol, Bigard, Hodges, Hardwick, Webster, Carney, Ellington, Guy, Blanton, Greer
                                        Titles recorded:
                                        • In A Mellow Tone
                                        • Ring Dem Bells
                                      • Girvan:   Ellingtonia.com
                                      • MacHare:   A Duke Ellington Panorama
                                      • Timner
                                      • E. Lambert:
                                        Duke Ellington, A Listener's Guide
                                        , p.91
                                      • ..
                                        ..2011
                                        updated
                                        2014-10-31
                                        2015-01-25
                                        1940 10 04
                                        Friday
                                        .Chicago, Ill.Hotel Sherman
                                        The Panther Room of the College Inn
                                        Hotel dining room residency - see 1940 09 06
                                        • Stratemann p.163, citing
                                          • Variety
                                            • 1940-09-04 p.43
                                            • 1940-09-11 p.33
                                            • 1940-09-18 p.34
                                            • 1940-10-02 p.51
                                          • Metronome, Oct.1940 p.48
                                        • Chicago Defender 1940-09-21 p.12
                                        ..
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                                        1940 10 05
                                        Saturday
                                        .Chicago, Ill.Hotel Sherman
                                        The Panther Room of the College Inn
                                        Hotel dining room residency - see 1940 09 06...
                                        ..2011
                                        updated
                                        2014-10-31
                                        1940 10 06
                                        Sunday
                                        .Chicago, Ill.Hotel ShermanPeripheral event - unconfirmed
                                        Some of Ellington's sidemen may have played the usual Sunday afternoon jam sessions held by Harry Lim - see 1940 09 08 and 1940 10 20
                                        ...
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                                        1940 10 06
                                        Sunday
                                        .Chicago, Ill.Hotel Sherman
                                        The Panther Room of the College Inn
                                        Hotel dining room residency - see 1940 09 06...
                                        ..2011
                                        updated
                                        2014-10-31
                                        1940 10 07
                                        Monday
                                        .Chicago, Ill.Hotel Sherman
                                        The Panther Room of the College Inn
                                        Hotel dining room residency - see 1940 09 06....Added
                                        2011
                                        1940 10 08
                                        Tuesday
                                        .Chicago, Ill.Hotel Sherman
                                        The Panther Room of the College Inn
                                        Hotel dining room residency - see 1940 09 06...
                                        ..2011
                                        updated
                                        2014-10-31
                                        1940 10 09
                                        Wednesday
                                        .Chicago, Ill.Hotel Sherman
                                        The Panther Room of the College Inn
                                        Hotel dining room residency - see 1940 09 06...
                                        ..2011
                                        updated
                                        2014-10-31
                                        1940 10 10
                                        Thursday
                                        .Chicago, Ill.Hotel Sherman
                                        The Panther Room of the College Inn
                                        Hotel dining room residency - see 1940 09 06...
                                        ..2011
                                        updated
                                        2014-10-31
                                        1940 10 11
                                        Friday
                                        .Chicago, Ill.Hotel Sherman
                                        The Panther Room of the College Inn
                                        Hotel dining room residency - see 1940 09 06...
                                        ..2011
                                        updated
                                        2014-10-31
                                        1940 10 11?
                                        Friday
                                        .Chicago, Ill.Savoy Ballroom....
                                        ..Added
                                        2011
                                        1940 10 12
                                        Saturday
                                        .Chicago, Ill.Hotel Sherman
                                        The Panther Room of the College Inn
                                        Hotel dining room residency - see 1940 09 06...
                                        ..2011
                                        updated
                                        2014-10-31
                                        1940 10 13
                                        Sunday
                                        .Chicago, Ill.Hotel ShermanPeripheral event - unconfirmed
                                        Some of Ellington's sidemen may have played the usual Sunday afternoon jam sessions held by Harry Lim - see 1940 09 08 and 1940 10 20
                                        ...
                                        .djpNew
                                        added 2014-11-03
                                        1940 10 13
                                        Sunday
                                        .Chicago, Ill.Hotel Sherman
                                        The Panther Room of the College Inn
                                        Hotel dining room residency - see 1940 09 06...
                                        ..2011
                                        updated
                                        2014-10-31
                                        1940 10 14
                                        Monday
                                        .Chicago, Ill.Hotel Sherman
                                        The Panther Room of the College Inn
                                        Hotel dining room residency - see 1940 09 06....Added
                                        2011
                                        1940 10 15
                                        Tuesday
                                        .Chicago, Ill.Hotel Sherman
                                        The Panther Room of the College Inn
                                        Hotel dining room residency - see 1940 09 06....Added
                                        2011
                                        1940 10 16
                                        Wednesday
                                        .Chicago, Ill.Hotel Sherman
                                        The Panther Room of the College Inn
                                        Hotel dining room residency - see 1940 09 06...
                                        ..2011
                                        updated
                                        2014-10-31
                                        1940 10 17
                                        Thursday
                                        .Chicago, Ill.RCA Studio AVictor recording session
                                        14:15 - 16:15
                                        Duke Ellington and His Famous OrchestraW. Jones, C.Williams, Stewart, Brown, Nanton, Tizol, Bigard, Hodges, Hardwick, Webster, Carney, Ellington, Guy, Jimmy Blanton, Greer
                                        Titles recorded:
                                        • Warm Valley
                                        • The Flaming Sword

                                        The title Flaming Sword likely publicizes the restaurant, where a waiter dressed in a Hindu costume offered grilled meats on a giant flaming sword skewer.

                                        Ellington:

                                        '...there were these waiters walking around with these flaming swords, serving meat. It was very picturesque and it inspired this title the title of, "Flaming Sword"'

                                        • S. Lasker, album notes, The Duke Ellington Centennial Edition, RCA Victor CD box set 09026-63386-2, p.55
                                        • Ellington as quoted in Terrence M. Ripmaster: Willis Conover: Broadcasting Jazz to the World, iUniverse,Inc. pp.152-154
                                        • The Evening Star,Washington D.C., 1946-06-07 p.B-9
                                        • Hotel Sherman postcard
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                                        1940 10 17
                                        Thursday
                                        .Chicago, Ill.Hotel Sherman
                                        The Panther Room of the College Inn
                                        Closing night of hotel dining room residency - see 1940 09 06...
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                                        1940 10 18
                                        Friday
                                        1940 10 23
                                        Wednesday
                                        Chicago, Ill.Oriental TheatreVaudeville , originally booked for Oct. 4, with Marie Bryant, Bill Bailey, and the Jones Brothers, playing four times daily, at 12:43, 15:40, 18:37, and 21:34; with a movie.Chicago Daily News, ads and theater listings 1940-10-18 to 24.DEMS
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                                        1940 10 19
                                        Saturday
                                        .Chicago, Ill.Oriental TheatreVaudeville - see 1940 10 18..DEMS
                                        ..2011
                                        1940 10 20
                                        Sunday
                                        .Chicago, Ill.Hotel Sherman
                                        The Panther Room of the College Inn
                                        Peripheral event - unconfirmed
                                        Even though the Ellington band had finished at the Sherman, it was still in town and some members might have played the usual Sunday jam session if the theatre schedule allowed for it:

                                        'Attend the series of
                                        Jam Sessions
                                        in the
                                        PANTHER ROOM
                                        SHERMAN HOTEL
                                        Sunday Afternoons
                                        3 to 6 p.m.
                                        Best Jazz in Town
                                        Weekly Participants -
                                        Members of Duke Ellington's Band.
                                        JIMMY MCPARTLAND
                                        EARL HINES, etc.
                                        Sponsored by
                                        Harry Lim
                                        Internationally Known Jazz Critic'

                                        Daily Northwestern, Evanston, Ind., 1940-10-18 p.9..
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                                        1940 10 20
                                        Sunday
                                        .Chicago, Ill.Oriental TheatreVaudeville - see 1940 10 18..DEMS
                                        ..2011
                                        1940 10 21
                                        Monday
                                        .Chicago, Ill.Oriental TheatreVaudeville - see 1940 10 18..DEMS
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                                        1940 10 22
                                        Tuesday
                                        .Chicago, Ill.Oriental TheatreVaudeville - see 1940 10 18..DEMS
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                                        1940 10 23
                                        Wednesday
                                        .Chicago, Ill.Oriental TheatreVaudeville - see 1940 10 18..DEMS
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                                        1940 10 24
                                        Thursday
                                        ...activities not documented
                                        ...
                                        ...
                                        1940 10 25
                                        Friday
                                        .Hammond, Ind.Vogel'sThis event is listed in Stratemann without a source being named, and appears also in the Igo/Ewing/Itinerary without a source. It appears to have been cancelled, since the dance in Cedar Rapids the same day is documented - see below...DEMS
                                        ..Added 2014-11-01
                                        1940 10 25
                                        Friday
                                        .Cedar Rapids, IowaDancelandDance, admission $1.00/person, plus tax.

                                        "Over 1,000 Crowd Danceland to Hear Ellington's Band"
                                        • The Daily Iowan, Iowa City, Iowa
                                          1940-10-18 p.5
                                        • The Coe College Cosmos, Cedar Rapids, Iowa
                                          1940-10-23 p.3
                                        • Cedar Rapids Gazette, Cedar Rapids, Iowa
                                          1940-10-26
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                                        1940 10 26
                                        Saturday
                                        .Gary, Ind.Miramar Ballroom"Duke Ellington Will Be Guest of Club Dunbar Saturday Night"

                                        "Club Dunbar" was the social organization sponsoring the dance.
                                        • Band Bookings, Variety, 1940-10-02 p.49
                                        • Gary American, 1940-10-25 p.2
                                        • Orchestra Routes, The Billboard 1940-10-26 p.12
                                        .DEMS
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                                        1940 10 27
                                        Sunday
                                        ...activities not documented
                                        ...
                                        ...
                                        1940 10 28
                                        Monday
                                        .Chicago, Ill.RCA Studio A
                                        445 Lake Shore Drive
                                        Victor recording session
                                        11:15 - 3:45
                                        Day or night unknown
                                        Duke Ellington and His Famous Orchestra
                                        W. Jones, C.Williams, Stewart, Brown, Nanton, Tizol, Bigard, Hodges, Hardwick, Webster, Carney, Ellington, Guy, Jimmy Blanton, Greer, Jeffries
                                        Titles recorded:
                                        • Across the Track Blues
                                        • Chloe
                                        • I Never Felt This Way Before
                                        • S. Lasker, album notes, The Duke Ellington Centennial Edition, RCA Victor CD box set 09026-63386-2 p.55
                                        • Email Lasker-Palmquist
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                                        1940 10 28
                                        Monday
                                        22:00-02:00
                                        .Chicago, Ill.Parkway Ballroom
                                        South Parkway at 45th
                                        14th Annual Scholarship Dance, Kentucky State Alumni Association, Chicago Chapter
                                        • Ad, Chicago Defender, 1940-10-19 p.14
                                        • Concert souvenir programme
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                                        1940 10 28
                                        Monday
                                        .Chicago, Ill.Grand Terrace Cafeguest..DEMS
                                        ..Added
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                                        1940 10 29
                                        Tuesday
                                        1940 10 30
                                        Wednesday
                                        Madison, Wisc.Orpheum Theatre

                                        TUESDAY
                                        and WEDNESDAY
                                        ON STAGE – IN PERSON
                                        DUKE ELLINGTON With His Famous
                                        ORCHESTRA and
                                        Hot Harlem Revue

                                        There were four vaudeville shows each day, 14:20, 16:50, 19:15, 21:45. Named in the review were Ellington, Stewart, Jeffries, and tapper Bill Bailey.
                                        • The Wisconsin State Journal
                                          • Announcement 1940-10-28 p.8
                                          • Entertainment listing,
                                            1940-10-30 s.2 p.3
                                          • Review by Martin Wolman
                                            1940-10-30 p.3
                                        • The Capital Times, Madison, Wisc.,
                                          • 1940-10-26 p.4
                                          • 1940-10-27 p.4
                                          • Review by Sterling Sorensen, 1940-10-30 p.14
                                        .DEMS
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                                        Wednesday
                                        .Madison, Wisc.Orpheum TheatreVaudeville - see 1940 10 29..DEMS
                                        ..2011
                                        1940 10 31
                                        Thursday
                                        Halloween
                                        .Columbus, OhioColumbus Auditorium.Stratemann p.164 citing
                                        • Variety 1940-10-23 p.42
                                        • The Billboard 1940-10-26 p.12
                                        .DEMS
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                                        November 1940

                                        1940 11 01
                                        Friday
                                        .Muncie, Ind.Muncie Central High School FieldhouseDance for blacks, with white spectators. The police estimated tehre were 2,000 dancers.
                                        AP wirestory Nov. 1:

                                        '...Young Republicans of Delaware County will turn to swing music to try to win votes.
                                          Duke Ellington will play tonight for a Negro dance in the Muncie Central high school fieldhouse...'

                                        Morning Star:

                                        'Jam Fieldhouse For Opening of Swing Carnival
                                        Thousands packed the fieldhouse last night for the opening engagement of the Young Republicans 'Carnival of Swing,' starring Duke Ellington and his orchestra. The dance was for colored persons and white audience.'

                                        Evening Press:

                                        'Pack Field House for First Half of Swing Carnival
                                          The North Walnut St. Field House was packed with thousands of people Friday night for the first night of the Carnival of Swing sponsored by the Delaware County Young Republicans Club. While thousands of white persons filled the balconies, other thousands of colored persons, whose party it was, danced or just stood and listened to the music of Duke Ellington and his band.
                                          Interest and attendance reached its peak shortly after 10:30 a.m.[sic] when the floor in front of the orchestra stage was cleared and 15 couples amazed the onlookers with the gyrations of a "jitterbug" contest. After several elimination events winners were declared to be Water Porter and Martha Long, of Kokomo, who also took first prize in the Carnival of Swing two years ago. Robert Wright and Mary Ann Taylor one second honors. Judges were members of Ellington's band.

                                        Hillis, Springer Presented.
                                          Glenn R. Hillis, of Kokomo, Republican candidate for Governor, and Raymond S. Springer, Connersville, for representative in Congress, arrived at the Field House about 11:40 p.m. after hurrying here from speaking engagements elsewhere in the state. Both were greeted with enthusiasm cheers...
                                          Saturday night Al Donahue and his band will entertain at the second night of the Carnival of Swing. Dancing will be for white persons, while colored persons will be spectators.'

                                        • The Kokomo Tribune - Kokomo Dispatch,
                                          Kokomo, Ind. 1940-11-01, p.1
                                        • Reno Evening Gazette, Reno, Nev.
                                          1940-11-01 p.1
                                        • Muncie Morning Star, Muncie, Ind.
                                          • 1940-11-01 pp.4, 7
                                          • 1940-11-02 p.2
                                        • Muncie Evening Press, Muncie, Ind.
                                          • 1940-11-01 p.8
                                          • 1940-11-02 pp.6, 13
                                        .DEMS
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                                        1940 11 02
                                        Saturday
                                        .Chicago, Ill.RCA Studio A
                                        445 Lake Shore Drive
                                        Bluebird label small group recording session
                                        10:20-13:20: Johnny Hodges and His Orchestra
                                        C.Williams, Brown, Hodges, Carney, Ellington, Blanton, Greer

                                        Titles recorded:
                                        • Day Dream
                                        • Good Queen Bess
                                        • That's The Blues Old Man
                                        • Junior Hop
                                        That's The Blues Old Man is Hodges' last recorded soprano sax solo and the last Cootie Williams solo with this band for the next 20-odd years).
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                                        1940 11 02
                                        Saturday
                                        .Chicago, Ill.RCA Studio A
                                        445 Lake Shore Drive
                                        Bluebird label small group recording session
                                        13:30-17:25: Rex Stewart and His Orchestra
                                        Stewart, Brown, Webster, Carney, Ellington, Blanton, Greer

                                        Titles recorded:
                                        • Without A Song
                                        • My Sunday Gal
                                        • Mobile Bay
                                        • Linger Awhile
                                        My Sunday Gal and Linger Awhile include Carney's last recorded alto sax solos.
                                        • see references for DE4033
                                        • Email Lasker-Palmquist
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                                        1940 11 02
                                        Saturday
                                        ...PERSONNEL CHANGE
                                        Cootie Williams leaves the band to join Benny Goodman, with Ellington's encouragement. He will later form his own band, and return to Ellington's band in 1962.

                                        The Nov.2 Chicago Defender carried a headline announcing
                                        "Ray Nance Gets Spot In Ellington's Band"


                                        "Music and Rhythm," 1940-12-00, pp. 9, 97:

                                        'Why I Quit Duke Ellington After 11 Years
                                        "Sure, I'll miss him, but I'll have more time to study and rest my lip."
                                        by COOTIE WILLIAMS

                                          I guess the best way to express it is to say that I am happy to join Benny's band and sorry to leave Duke's. I will be getting $200 a week from Benny, but I am a lot more interested in the opportunities I will have for resting my lip and for studying as well as for sticking closer to my own individual style.

                                          Naturally, I will miss Duke's band and his kind of music. There is no one like him, and after 11 years a man gets accustomed to the sounds and tones of an orchestra, and I think that is what I will miss more than anything else, since no other band in the country plays the same harmonies which we in Duke's band have come to regard as our second nature. With Duke's band I played all types of trumpet -- the Armstrong style, the Eldridge style, hot, growl, and legitimate first.

                                          With Benny, I expect to be able to stick more to my own individual style. I won't have to think so much about other styles. This will allow me to devote more time to some of the other things I want to do. Playing in all these various styles has been a tough job. I believe that if trumpet players are playing in the style originated by another player, they should feel the temperament and character of the other player. I mean that they should really throw themselves into the emotional quality as well as the techniques of the other player. During my 11 years with Duke, I have tried to do this, and now with Benny, whose group will be small and hence more contrapuntal than harmonic, I probably won't have to use such a variety of styles. I am going to enjoy this because I think the smaller group will give me a chance to play more in the style which is closest to my heart. My type of playing is really a soft style which I think will fit in perfectly with a small group.

                                          Of all the records I have made one of my favorites is Chasin' Chippies. That is the kind of playing I want to do more of, and I expect to be able to do it easy in Benny's combination. My whole heart is in rhythm. I have to hear something rhythmic in order to give me inspiration. If a band is good, I'm good, and I have reason to believe Benny's will be plenty good.

                                          I am nuts about Benny himself. I get a kick out of hearing him play anytime. I got a real thrill out of playing the Carnegie Hall concert with Benny. All of these things add up to a grand opportunity to express myself more completely and freely than I ever have before.

                                          My year with Benny will be something entirely new and different for me, and as much as I hate to leave Duke and the boys and the music they stand for, I am sure I will get a lot of intense pleasure from my new job. '

                                        • "Music and Rhythm," 1940-12-00, pp. 9, 97, courtesy S. Lasker
                                        • New Desor vol.2
                                        • Chicago Defender 1940-11-02 p.20
                                        • The Afro-American, Baltimore, Md.
                                          1940-11-05 p.5
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                                        1940 11 02
                                        Saturday
                                        .Hammond, Ind.Non-event?A radio broadcast (Midnight Express) was listed for WJOB, located in Hammond, at 10:30 p.m. but there is no mention of a gig in the Hammond Times. While Hammond is across the state line, it is within the Chicago metropolitan area.Radio listing, Chicago Herald American, 1940-11-02 p.20..
                                        .ks/dpupdated 2014-11-28
                                        1940 11 03
                                        Sunday
                                        ...activities not documented
                                        ...
                                        ...
                                        1940 11 04
                                        Monday
                                        ....activities not documented

                                        An event in Minneapolis tentatively identified event in DEMS 04,2-22, is based on a story in the Grand Forks Herald, but it is likely the Grand Forks dance the next day. Ken Steiner was unable to find any Ellington event for Nov.4 in the Minneapolis Star Journal, Minneapolis Tribune, Minneapolis Spokesman or at University of Minnesota.
                                        ..DEMS
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                                        1940 11 05
                                        Tuesday
                                        .East Grand Forks, Minn.States BallroomDance
                                        Grand Forks Herald:

                                        '"The States ballroom was able to book the Ellington band for an open date between Minneapolis and Winnipeg engagements.."'

                                        . This must be considered as unconfirmed, because no other evidence has been found.

                                        Tribune, Nov.6

                                        "Catching a train at Crookston, Minn. at 3:58 a.m. today, after playing for five hours at a dance in East Grand Forks, Duke Ellington and his orchestra rolled into town..."

                                        Grand Forks, Minn. and Grand Forks, N.D. are across the Red River from each other, and are between Winnipeg, about 150 miles due north, and Fargo, about 80 miles due south.
                                        • "Duke Ellington Features Own Compositions," Grand Forks Herald, 1940-11-03, p.21
                                        • Winnipeg Evening Tribune 1940-11-06,p.13
                                        .DEMS
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                                        1940 11 06
                                        Wednesday
                                        9 pm to 1.30 am
                                        .Winnipeg, Man.AuditoriumDance attended by 3,300 listeners and dancers

                                        Tickets $1.10 for the dance or to sit in the balcony

                                        Catching the 3:58 am train at Crookston, Minn., the band arrived in Winnipeg in the morning. Leaving Union Station, Ellington "reviewed" a Royal Canadian Air Force band marching along Main Street and turning onto Broadway. Later in the day, Ellington was interviewed at the McLaren Hotel by an unnamed Evening Tribune reporter, during which he declined to give an opinion about the U.S. presidential election in which FDR had just been re-elected.

                                        Band members named in the review in the Manitoban were Brown, Hodges, Webster, Blanton, Stewart, Ivie Anderson, Jeffries, Tizol, and Nanton. (There is no mention of Cootie Williams or Ray Nance.)
                                      • Winnipeg Evening Tribune, Winnipeg, Man.
                                        • 1940-10-24 p.8
                                        • 1940-10-26 p.14
                                        • 1940-10-29 p.10
                                        • 1940-11-01
                                        • Preview publicity and ad, 1940-11-02 pp. 4, 10, 20
                                        • 1940-11-04 p.10
                                        • 1940-11-05 p.4
                                        • 1940-11-06 pp.1 (photo), 10
                                        • Interview, 1940-11-06 p.13
                                        • Review, 1940-11-07
                                      • The Manitoban, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Man.
                                        • 1940-11-01 p.2
                                        • 1940-11-08 p.3
                                        • 1940-11-12 p.3 (review)
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                                        Thursday
                                        ...PERSONNEL CHANGE
                                        Ray Nance, trumpet, joins the band. He played both trumpet and violin on his first known date with the group, in Fargo.
                                        In her liner notes to Storyville's double CD release The Duke at Fargo 1940: Special 60th Anniversary Edition, the late Annie Kuebler, then an archivist organizing the Smithsonian's Ellington collection, speculated that Ray Nance joined the band in Grand Forks before Winnipeg, rather than at Fargo.
                                        Stanley Dance about Nance:

                                        '... People like Johnny Hodges, Toby Hardwick and Freddie Jenkins had been in the habit of dropping in at breakfast dances when Nance had his own band in Chicago, so they all knew him. Now Duke Ellington sent Billy Strayhorn out to the club to see him.
                                          "One morning, I'm at home," Nance continued. "It's Strayhorn on the telephone. 'Duke wants to see you down at his hotel,' he says. I was so thrilled to think that I was even considered for the job, and that's when I joined, in November 1940. Just to be connected with Duke Ellington was the greatest thing that ever happened to me. I'd admired the band so long, and I used to skip school when it was at the Oriental Theatre. In fact, kids all over the South Side did. You couldn't find five kids in any class when that band was there." '

                                        Freddie Jenkins:

                                        'Everywhere we went some guy in the band knew some place to go. Like in Chicago we'd go out on the South Side to Joe Hughes' or somewhere. That's where we all got acquainted with Ray Nance when he was just starting out, about five years before he joined Duke.'

                                        Webmaster comment:
                                        Cambridge Companion has Ray replacing Cootie in October. While Ray Nance was undoubtedly scouted in October 1940 to replace Cootie, so far I've seen nothing to indicate he was hired that month. He wouldn't have replaced Cootie until Cootie left and Ray began playing in the band. Cootie played an Ellington recording session Nov. 2, and I think the earliest trace of Ray with the band is in Winnipeg the day before Fargo. The October 26 Chicago Defender reported ""Cootie" Williams, for twelve years a fixture in the brass section of Duke Ellington's band quits the latter organization next week to become a member of the famed Benny Goodman band..." I haven't seen the full article. The CD ran another story Nov. 2 headlined Ray Nance Gets Spot In Ellington's Band.
                                        • New Desor vol.2
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                                        • Stanley Dance, Ray Nance, The World of Duke Ellington, Da Capo Press, 1970 pp.137-138
                                        • Cambridge Companion, p. xv
                                        • Jenkins interviewed by Roger Ringo: Reminiscing in tempo with Freddie Jenkins, Storyville Magazine #46, April/May 1973 (Storyville No. 46), pp.124-133
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                                        1940 11 07
                                        Thursday
                                        .Fargo, N.D.Crystal Ballroom
                                        Second floor
                                        Fargo City Auditorium
                                        Corner of First Avenue South and Broadway
                                        Dance.
                                        According to the Fredericks article, the band travelled from Winnipeg to Fargo by Pullman coach. Jack Towers and Dick Burris were present with recording equipment. Between 600 and 800 people paid the $1.30 advance ticket price to see the show; they included North Dakota Agricultural College students. Burris had written to the William Morris Agency for permission to record the dance, and they okayed it if Ellington and the ballroom manager, Ralph Chinn, agreed. When Burris and Towers arrived, they saw the band members sitting around on stage playing cards, not yet in their uniforms. They found Ellington who gave them permission, but couldn't understand why they would want it, saying the trumpets were in "bad shape." During the dance, band members propped their sheet music on satchels because there weren't any music stands. Lights reflected from the two-foot diameter glass ball hanging from the ceiling.

                                        During intermissions Burris and Towers played back numbers for the band members. Ben Webster asked them to use a fresh disc for Star Dust he and Blanton had worked up. Later, Ellington requested a playback of "Whispering Grass." The recording was not to be used commercially, but after it was bootlegged in Europe, the recording was officially released in 1978 as a Book-of-the-Month Club selection, "Duke Ellington At Fargo, 1940 Live."

                                        Nine titles were broadcast on radio station KVOX. The broadcast began with Sepia Panorama and ended with Warm Valley. Listen to, or download, an audio file of this broadcast from http://www.radioechoes.com.

                                        See also archivist Annie Kuebler's liner notes for the CD The Duke at Fargo 1940: Special 60th Anniversary Edition (Storyville STCD 8317/17)
                                        Duke Ellington and His Orchestra
                                        W. Jones, Stewart, Nance, Brown, Nanton, Tizol, Bigard, Hodges, Hardwick, Webster, Carney, Ellington, Guy, Jimmy Blanton, Greer, Jeffries, I.Anderson
                                        Titles recorded (in alphabetical order):
                                        • Across The Track Blues
                                        • All This And Heaven Too
                                        • Bojangles
                                        • Boy Meets Horn
                                        • Call Of The Canyon
                                        • Caravan
                                        • Clarinet Lament
                                        • Chaser
                                        • Chatterbox
                                        • Chloe
                                        • Conga Brava
                                        • Cotton Tail
                                        • Never No Lament
                                        • Fanfare
                                        • Ferryboat Serenade
                                        • Five O'Clock Whistle
                                        • Flaming Sword
                                        • God Bless America
                                        • Harlem Air-Shaft
                                        • Honeysuckle Rose
                                        • It's Glory
                                        • Ko-Ko
                                        • Mood Indigo
                                        • Oh Babe, Maybe Someday
                                        • On The Air
                                        • Pussy Willow
                                        • Rockin' In Rhythm
                                        • Rose Of The Rio Grande
                                        • Rumpus In Richmond
                                        • St. Louis Blues
                                        • Sepia Panorama
                                        • Slap Happy
                                        • Sophisticated Lady
                                        • Stardust
                                        • The Mooche
                                        • The Sheik Of Araby
                                        • The Sidewalks Of New York
                                        • Stompy Jones
                                        • There Shall Be No Night
                                        • Warm Valley
                                        • Way Down Yonder In New Orleans
                                        • Wham!
                                        • Whispering Grass
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                                        • RIT photo
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                                        1940 11 08
                                        Friday
                                        21:00to 01:00
                                        .Duluth, Minn.Duluth Armory.Ad, Duluth Herald, 1940-11-08 p.10.DEMS
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                                        Saturday
                                        ...activities not documented
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                                        1940 11 10
                                        Sunday
                                        ...activities not documented
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                                        1940 11 11
                                        Monday
                                        .Chicago, Ill.RCA Studio A
                                        445 Lake Shore Drive
                                        Bluebird small group recording session
                                        11:30 - 2:30
                                        Day or night not determined
                                        Barney Bigard And His Orchestra
                                        Nance, Brown, Bigard, Webster, Ellington, Strayhorn, Blanton, Greer
                                        Titles recorded:
                                        • Charlie The Chulo
                                        • Lament For Javanette
                                        • A Lull At Dawn
                                        • Ready Eddy
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                                        Tuesday
                                        ...activities not documented
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                                        1940 11 13
                                        Wednesday
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                                        Thursday
                                        ...activities not documented
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                                        ...
                                        1940 11 15
                                        Friday
                                        1940 11 21Chicago, Ill.Regal Theatre.
                                        • San Antonio Register, San Antonio, Cal.
                                          1940-11-15 p.7
                                        • Photo, Vail I, p.190
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                                        1940 11 16
                                        Saturday
                                        .Chicago, Ill.Regal Theatre

                                        ' DUKE ELLINGTON TO PLAY BUD'S PARTY AT THE REGAL
                                        Noted Maestro Will Play Swing Tunes Party Scheduled For The Regal November 16
                                        Due Ellington, America's No. 1 band leader and favorite among music lovers throughout the world, will play as the headline attraction at the Regal theatre, 47th street and South Parkway, Saturday morning, November 16.'

                                        In context, this appears to be related to the Chicago Defender's Bud Billiken Club
                                        Chicago Defender, Chicago, Ill.,
                                        1940-11-02 p.19
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                                        Saturday
                                        .Chicago, Ill.Regal TheatreVaudeville - see 1940 11 15...
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                                        1940 11 17
                                        Sunday
                                        .Chicago, Ill.Regal TheatreVaudeville - see 1940 11 15...
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                                        1940 11 18
                                        Monday
                                        .Chicago, Ill.Regal TheatreVaudeville - see 1940 11 15...
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                                        1940 11 19
                                        Tuesday
                                        .Chicago, Ill.Regal TheatreVaudeville - see 1940 11 15...
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                                        1940 11 20
                                        Wednesday
                                        .Chicago, Ill.Regal TheatreVaudeville - see 1940 11 15...
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                                        1940 11 21
                                        Thursday
                                        .Chicago, Ill.Regal TheatreVaudeville - see 1940 11 15...
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                                        Friday
                                        ...activities not documented
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                                        1940 11 23
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                                        ...activities not documented
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                                        1940 11 25
                                        Monday
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                                        Tuesday
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                                        1940 11 28
                                        Thursday
                                        1940 12 04
                                        Wednesday
                                        Brooklyn, N.Y.Flatbush Theater

                                        'Duke Ellington Band At Flatbush Today
                                        Duke Ellington, Harlem's aristrocrat of "swing," brings his orchestra and revue to the stage of the Flatbush Theater for the week starting today.
                                          The Ellington revue includes Ivie Anderson, the dancing of Bill Bailey and the comedy antics of Stump and Stumpy. Ellington will sing and play some of his own compositions, including "Sophisticated Lady" and "Mood Indigo." '

                                        Ken Steiner, quoting Variety:

                                        'Flatbush, B'kln
                                        Stage show with Marie Bryant featured on I Like to Riff, comedians Stump and Stumpy, and dancer Bill Bailey. Show includes Cotton Tail, Whispering Grass, Boy Meets Horn; Ivie Anderson on Five O'Clock Whistle; Herb Jeffries on Call of the Canyon and Our Love Affair.'

                                        • Brooklyn Eagle, New York, N.Y.
                                          • 1940-11-25 p.4
                                          • 1940-11-28 p.5
                                          • with daily ads continuing until 1940-12-04 (per Ken Steiner in DEMS 04,2-22)
                                        • Variety
                                          • 1940-11-27 p.40
                                          • 1940-12-04 p.53
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                                        Friday
                                        .Brooklyn, N.Y.Flatbush TheaterVaudeville - see 1940 11 28....
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                                        Saturday
                                        .Brooklyn, N.Y.Flatbush TheaterVaudeville - see 1940 11 28....
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                                        1940 12 01
                                        Sunday
                                        .Brooklyn, N.Y.Flatbush TheaterVaudeville - see 1940 11 28....
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                                        Monday
                                        .Brooklyn, N.Y.Flatbush TheaterVaudeville - see 1940 11 28....
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                                        Tuesday
                                        .Brooklyn, N.Y.Flatbush TheaterVaudeville - see 1940 11 28....
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                                        Wednesday
                                        .Brooklyn, N.Y.Flatbush TheaterVaudeville - see 1940 11 28....
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                                        Thursday
                                        1940 12 11
                                        Wednesday
                                        New York, N.Y.Windsor Theatre

                                        'HARLEM'S ARISTOCRAT OF SWING
                                        DUKE ELLINGTON
                                        AND HIS ORCHESTRA
                                        STUMP & STUMPY
                                        IVIE ANDERSON
                                        BILL BAILEY - MARY BRYANT
                                        & HOT HARLEM REVUE'

                                        .
                                        • Ads, New York Post, New York, N.Y.
                                          1940-12-05 to 1940-12-11 (courtesy Ken Steiner in DEMS)
                                        • The New York Sun, New York, N.Y.
                                        • Variety
                                          • 1940-11-27 p.40
                                          • 1940-12-04 p.54
                                        .
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                                        Friday
                                        .The Bronx
                                        New York, N.Y.
                                        Windsor TheatreVaudeville - see 1940 12 06...
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                                        1940 12 06
                                        Friday
                                        .Brooklyn, N.Y.Brooklyn ApolloMidnight benefit show sponsored by the Amsterdam News.

                                        'Duke Ellington rendered several of his own compositions in a matter that rocked the house. Duke has always been a favorite with Brooklynites and was particularly gratifying on this occasion. The Duke also introduced the incomparable Stump and Stumpy who literally tore the house apart with their intricate antics. Bill Bailey sauntered on the screen and his rhythmic taps easily garnered the plaudits of onlookers. In our estimation, only the indomitable Bill Robinson tops the pleasant Mr. Bailey when it comes to beating a tune on the waxed floors. Another highlight of the Duke's portion of the program centered around the charming and delightful Marie Bryant who in her own unique fashion sang and danced to the delight of the enthusiastic onlookers. '


                                        The Columbia Spectator ran an ad showing Charlie Barnet Band & Revue ending Dec. 5 and Duke Ellington Band & Revue, Ivy Anderson - Bill Bailey "Beg. Tomorrow." This appears to be a matter of confusing the one-night late night benefit with a week's engagement: Ellington was at the Windsor for the week.
                                        • Amsterdam News, New York, N.Y.
                                          1940-12-14 p.10
                                        • Columbia Spectator, New York, N.Y.
                                          1940-12-05 p.2
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                                        Saturday
                                        .New York, N.Y.Windsor TheatreVaudeville - see 1940 12 06...
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                                        1940 12 08
                                        Sunday
                                        .New York, N.Y.Windsor TheatreVaudeville - see 1940 12 06...
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                                        1940 12 09
                                        Monday
                                        .New York, N.Y.Windsor TheatreVaudeville - see 1940 12 06...
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                                        1940 12 10
                                        Tuesday
                                        .New York, N.Y.Windsor TheatreVaudeville - see 1940 12 06...
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                                        1940 12 11
                                        Wednesday
                                        .New York, N.Y.Windsor TheatreVaudeville - see 1940 12 06...
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                                        1940 12 12
                                        Thursday
                                        .Hamilton, N.Y.Colgate Memorial Chapel
                                        Colgate University
                                        Concert
                                        Colgate scheduled Ellington's band for the second of its concert and lecture series programme, sponsored by Delta of Kappa Delta Rho. This was said to be the first time a major U.S. college included jazz in its official concert course.

                                        Kappa Delta Rho fraternity planned a post-concert reception for Ellington but whether or not it happened wasn't reported. The Nov. 26 announcement said word had not yet been received about how long Ellington could remain in Hamilton after the concert.
                                        The Billboard, quoted in The Colgate Maroon:

                                        'New York Oct. 26 - Duke Ellington was a surprised maestro when he received a booking on a college one-nighter and then learned that it was not a dance date but a concert.
                                          This didn't make the Duke sore at all, because it's right up his alley and will give him a chance to get some musical ideas off his chest. As a result, Colgate university... will have a two-hour Ellington concert in three parts: 1) the early days of jazz; 2) tracing the development of jazz, and 3) a session of Ellington's favorite compositions...'

                                        The Dansville Breeze announcement said

                                        'Colgate schedules jazz band for concert
                                          Because it believes that modern culture includes an understanding of the development of jazz music, Colgate University has scheduled Duke Ellington's Band for the second number of its concert and lecture series programm December 12.
                                          So far as known this will be the first time a big-time jazz orchestra has appeared on a concert lecture series of the quality sponsored by Colgate. The series opened with a recital by Paul Robeson...
                                          To fulfill the purpose for which his band was booked, Ellington's program will be divided into three parts, the first emphasizing music popular in the early days of jazz, the second tracing the development of jazz and the third offering a group of Ellington's favorite compositions.
                                          Dr. C. R. Wilson, chairman of Colgate's concert and lecture series, said that Ellington's band had been chosen because Percy Grainger, director of the department music at New York University, and Basil Cameron, conductor of the Seattle Symphony Orchestra, had proclaimed him has America's foremost exponent of jazz.'


                                        Daily Sentinel:

                                        'More than 1,500 persons heard a program of 22 selections...
                                          The band swung into action 30 minutes late, but so popular were its renditions that the audience soon forgot its tardiness. A new number, to be published this week, was played for the first time "I Never Felt This Way Before." Herbie Jeffrey [sic] gave the vocal interpretation.
                                          Miss Ivie Anderson, who appeared after intermission, pleased with several vocal selections, including 'Way Down in New Orleans'..."

                                        Other sidemen specifically named: Stewart, Hodges, Nance, Brown (called a trumpeter), Greer, and Bigard (said to play alto sax).
                                        The Colgate Maroon review:

                                        'Seen in Review       By Harry Thompson
                                        SWING IS DYING out but Colgate just doesn't realize it. Last night when Duke Ellington played before 1,500 people in the Colgate chapel every foot stomped and looked for a while as if the three and a half ton ceiling were [sic] going to give...
                                          The Duke started the session with "The Sergeant Was Shy" and from then on everything was free and easy.
                                          The sax background was beautiful and the solo work by the various band members was "out of this world." Johnny Hodges... took rides on "Warm Valley," "Only Forever," "Whispering Grass," and "St. Louis Blues" which left everybody limp. Lawrence Brown played a clear and clean trombone, reaching his peak on the "Black and Tan Fantasy."
                                          In the traditional Ellington manner, "Sophisticated Lady," "Caravan," "Sepia Panorama," and "Mood Indigo" had the whole audience rocking. Rex Stewart, trumpet man who has stepped into Cootie Williams shoes, showed remarkable range in the latter selection and in "Boy Meets Horn" used tones "not supposed to be made on the horn."
                                          Ivie Anderson had them lying in the aisle when she sang "Five O'clock Whistle" and "Way Down Yonder in New Orleans." She answered three calls for encores and did a novelty with Rex Stewart and his talking trumpet.
                                          Some of the more solid and "bounce" numbers, "Slap Happy," "Jack the Bear," and "Harlem Airshaft" gave the boys a real workout and the chapel, as a rule devotionally minded, worked along with him.
                                          This concert was unique for a big name band. As DOWNBEAT said " It marks a precedent in illuminating dancing from the ordinarily hyper-dance college campus.", Whenever it marks, we LIKE it.'

                                        The Colgate Maroon commentary:

                                        'The Duke in Retrospect
                                          We hope the skeptical were convinced last night of the wisdom of bringing Duke Ellington to the campus as a featured attraction in the Concert and Lectures Series. Certainly the enthusiastic student audience would vindicate the choice of the Concert committee.
                                          From all appearances, it might be an excellent policy for the committee to present a similar program of popular music every year. Some may argue that it has no place in such a series. However, it cannot be denied that the current vogue in music has swept Colgate just as it has pervaded the nation and that a program like Ellington's, presented in an intelligent manner, can add immeasurably to the students'musical knowledge.


                                        The Colgate Maroon later quoted a mid-December Time Magazine report:

                                        'Duke Ellington, with his 15-piece orchestra and two singers (Ivie Anderson and Herbie Jeffrey [sic]), played for two and a half hours in Colgate university's Memorial chapel... It was the first time that a major U.S. college had ever put a jazz band on its official concert course. Colgate made some pretense that the Duke's performance was–ah–cultural. But to the 1,450 students, faculty members and townspeople who crowded the chapel, no such excuse was necessary. The audience would have rocked the joint had not the Colgate MAROON warned before you and that the stamping might jar loose the three and one half ton ceiling of the chapel.'

                                        The Colgate Maroon, 1941-12-09

                                        'A Picture of Duke Ellington at the paino during his lasty year's Colgate concert appears in the DEcember issue of "Listen, the Guide to Good Music..." '

                                        • The Clinton Courier, Clinton, N.Y.
                                          1940-11-21 p.4
                                        • The Waterville Times, Waterville, N.Y.
                                          • 1940-11-21 p.8
                                          • 1940-12-05 p.8
                                        • Syracuse Herald-American, Syracuse, N.Y.
                                          1940-11-24 p.35
                                        • Dansville Breeze, Dansville, N.Y.,
                                          1940-11-25 p.1, quoting The Billboard 1940 (no specific date)
                                        • The Colgate Maroon, Colgate University, Hamilton, N.Y.
                                          • 1940-11-05 pp.1,4
                                          • 1940-11-26 p.1
                                          • 1940-12-13 pp.1,2,4
                                          • 1940-12-20 p.1
                                          • 1941-12-09 p.3
                                        • Oswego Palladium Times, Oswego, N.Y.
                                          1940-11-23
                                        • Daily Sentinel,Rome,N.Y. 1940-12-13 p.11
                                        • Variety 1940-12-04 p.47
                                        • The Pittsburgh Courier, Pittsburgh, Penn.,
                                          1940-12-14 p.21
                                        • Vail I 191 photo
                                        • Ulanov (ibid.) photo
                                        • Photo, Facebook, Blanton and Hodges
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                                        1940 12 13
                                        Friday
                                        1940 12 19New York, N.Y.Apollo Theater
                                        253 W. 125th St., Borough of Manhattan, Harlem district
                                        DUKE ELLINGTON BAND AND REVUE
                                        On the program: IVY ANDERSON - HERBIE JEFFRIES
                                        COVAN & COVAN - JERRY TAPS
                                        David & Whitty - Herman Reed - Apollo Chorus
                                        • Amsterdam News, New York, N.Y.
                                          1940-12-14 p.21
                                        • The New York Age, New York, N.Y.
                                          1940-12-14 p.4
                                        • Variety 1940-11-27 p.40
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                                        1940 12 14
                                        Saturday
                                        .New York, N.Y.Apollo Theater
                                        253 W. 125th St.
                                        Vaudeville, see 1940 12 13...
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                                        1940 12 15
                                        Sunday
                                        .New York, N.Y.Apollo Theater
                                        253 W. 125th St.
                                        Vaudeville, see 1940 12 13...
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                                        1940 12 15
                                        Sunday
                                        .New York, N.Y.. Peripheral event
                                        Stewart, Bigard, Webster and Billy Taylor played a Jack Teagarden recording session
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                                        1940 12 16
                                        Monday
                                        .New York, N.Y.Apollo Theater
                                        253 W. 125th St.
                                        Vaudeville, see 1940 12 13...
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                                        1940 12 17
                                        Tuesday
                                        .New York, N.Y.Apollo Theater
                                        253 W. 125th St.
                                        Vaudeville, see 1940 12 13...
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                                        1940 12 18
                                        Wednesday
                                        .New York, N.Y.Apollo Theater
                                        253 W. 125th St.
                                        Vaudeville, see 1940 12 13...
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                                        1940 12 19
                                        Thursday
                                        .New York, N.Y.Apollo Theater
                                        253 W. 125th St.
                                        Vaudeville, see 1940 12 13...
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                                        1940 12 20
                                        Friday
                                        1940 12 22Hartford, Conn.State Theatre...DEMS
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                                        1940 12 21
                                        Saturday
                                        .Hartford, Conn.State Theatresee 1940 12 20...
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                                        1940 12 22
                                        Sunday
                                        .Hartford, Conn.State Theatresee 1940 12 20...
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                                        1940 12 23
                                        Monday
                                        ...activities not documented
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                                        1940 12 24
                                        Tuesday
                                        .New York, N.Y.Savoy Ballroom...DEMS
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                                        1940 12 25
                                        Wednesday
                                        Christmas Day
                                        .Cleveland, OhioHotel ClevelandChristmas Prom of the Ching Tang clubGlenn C. Pullen, "Andy Hardys About Town Shoot as High as the Moon for Holiday 'Jive' Favorites," Cleveland Plain Dealer, 1940-12-20 p.18..
                                        .K.Steiner Dec 2012.
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                                        1940 12 26
                                        Thursday
                                        ...activities not documented
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                                        1940 12 27
                                        Friday
                                        ...activities not documented
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                                        1940 12 28
                                        Saturday
                                        .Chicago, Ill.RCA Studio A
                                        445 Lake Shore Drive
                                        Victor recording session
                                        13:30 - 17:15
                                        Duke Ellington and His Famous Orchestra
                                        W. Jones, Stewart, Nance, Brown, Nanton, Tizol, Bigard, Hodges, Hardwick, Webster, Carney, Ellington, Strayhorn,Guy, Blanton, Greer, Jeffries

                                        Titles recorded:
                                        • The Sidewalks Of New York
                                        • Flamingo
                                        • The Girl In My Dreams
                                        Lambert refers to this recording of Sidewalks as a masterpiece and compares this recording, chorus by chorus, with the one at Fargo.
                                      • Girvan:   Ellingtonia.com
                                      • MacHare:   A Duke Ellington Panorama
                                      • Dooji Collection record labels
                                      • Timner
                                      • Benny Aasland:
                                        The Wax Works of Duke Ellington, 1954
                                      • Benny Aasland, The Wax Works of Duke Ellington - the 6 March 1940-30 July 1942 RCA Victor Period
                                      • S. Lasker, album notes, The Duke Ellington Centennial Edition, RCA Victor CD box set 09026-63386-2 p.55
                                      • E. Lambert:
                                        Duke Ellington, A Listener's Guide
                                        , pp.99-100
                                      • Jorgen Grunnet Jepsen, Discography of Duke Ellington, Vol. 2 1937-47
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                                        1940 12 28
                                        Saturday
                                        .Chicago, Ill.Savoy BallroomDance

                                        Championship Jitterbug Contest sponsored by the Chicago Defender Goodfellows Club

                                        The show included Ellington and his orchestra, Ivy [sic] Anderson, Bill Bailey, Herb Jeffries, Miriam Ali and Carlos and Velios.
                                        Miss Bronze America, Miriam Ali, and Joe Louis presented Ellington with a trophy for winning the Chicago Defender's Number 1 band contest.

                                        '3000 Cheer As Duke Gets Defender Trophy
                                        CROWD CHEERS AS ELLINGTON GETS TROPHY But He Loses Jitterbug Contest To 'Brown Bomber' Louis NEW KING CROWNED
                                        Joe Louis, world's heavyweight boxing champion, added new laurels to his already long string Saturday night at the Savoy ballroom when he defeated Duke Ellington, Harlem's aristocrat of swing in a championship jitterbug contest.'

                                        Chicago Defender, Chicago, Ill.
                                        • Ad, 1940-12-14 p.25
                                        • David W. Kellum, "Crowd Cheers as Ellington Gets Trophy,"
                                          1941-01-04, p.1
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                                        Sunday
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                                        1940 12 30
                                        Monday
                                        .El Paso, Tex.Liberty HallSouthwestern Sun Carnival Coronation Ball

                                        As part of the annual Sun Carnival (with parade and Sun Bowl football game), Duke Ellington and His Orchestra played for Coronation Ball at 10:00 p.m. A local broadcast was carried over KROD at 11:00 p.m. (radio listing, El Paso Herald Post, 30Dec40, p8).
                                          El Paso Herald-Post
                                        • 1940-12-12, p.5
                                        • 1940-12-24, p.7
                                        • 1940-12-28, p.7
                                        • 1940-12-30, p.1
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                                        Tuesday
                                        .Albuquerque, N.M.Carlisle Gym
                                        University of New Mexico
                                        New Year's Eve dance, 9 pm to 4 a.m. for the benefit of the Albuquerque National Greek Relief Fund. Admission $1.75 per couple.
                                        News-Journal:

                                        'Mr. and Mrs. G.A.Campbell, Mr. and Mrs.Dale Campbell and Mr. and Mrs. Dick Dickinson left today for Sante Fe, Madrid and Albuquerque. They will hear Duke Ellington's band tonight, at the University of New Mexico gymnasium.'

                                        • Albuquerque Journal, Albuquerque, N.M.
                                          1940-12-31 pp.7,8
                                        • Clovis, New Mexico, News-Journal, 1940-12-31, p.3
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                                        1941 00 00...PERSONNEL CHANGE
                                        Ellington hired Tom Whaley in 1941 to replace Juan Tizol as copyist. Whaley, born in 1892, first met Ellington at Robinson's Restaurant in New York, where Whaley was the pianist. Whaley was the Lafayette Theatre music director for one or two years before assuming that position with the Harlem Opera House in 1934. In 1935 he became Music Director of the Apollo Theatre,remaining until 1940. Whaley left the Ellington band briefly in 1950 but returned in 1951, and retired in 1971.

                                        In the 1960s, Whaley was the choirmaster for Ellington's sacred concerts, and he led the band in 1969 at the White House for Ellington's 70th birthday celebration.
                                        Whaley biographer Catherine Goode, email correspondence, 2013-08-19 et subs...
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                                        1941 01 01
                                        Wednesday
                                        1941 10 29Nationwide. Peripheral event
                                        ASCAP boycott
                                        American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers (ASCAP) collects licensing fees from broadcasters of music created and published by its members, and distributes the fees as royalties to its members.

                                        Between 1931 and 1939, ASCAP increased the fees charged broadcasters some 448%. Then, when ASCAP sought to double its license fees when existing contracts expired at the end of 1940, broadcasters resisted by
                                        • boycotting music composed or published by ASCAP members, beginning January 1, 1941, and
                                        • creating a competing royalty agency, Broadcast Music Incorporated (BMI).
                                        The Mutual network reached an agreement with ASCAP in May 1941 for a 3.5% royalty, but CBS and NBC did not settle until the end of October.

                                        During this ten months, none of the 1,250,000 songs written by ASCAP members was broadcast on NBC or CBS.

                                        The looming boycott left Ellington in a pickle: as a member of ASCAP since 1935, he would be unable to play his own music on the air, but the upcoming Casa Mañana residency had a radio feed, and would require new music.

                                        Strayhorn:

                                        'We had to play non-ASCAP material. Duke was in ASCAP but I wasn't, so we had to write a new library.'

                                        Mercer Ellington:

                                        'Overnight literally we got a chance to write a whole new book for the band. It could have taken us twenty years to get the old man to make room for that much of our music, but all of a sudden we had this freak opportunity. He needed us to write music, and it had to be in our names.'



                                        Brian Priestley writes that, anticipating the end of the boycott, Ellington began to use his own music again in mid-1941. Steven Lasker clarifies this:
                                        • "When recording for Standard transcriptions, Ellington avoided ASCAP material because it couldn't be broadcast, and radio transcriptions were by definition made for radio broadcast. When making commercial records for RCA Victor, Ellington was free to record his ASCAP material, but evidently preferred to record non-ASCAP material which could be played on the air.
                                        • While Ellington didn't broadcast ASCAP songs during the ban, he performed ASCAP material in concert. To illustrate, the following is quoted from the printed program to Ellington's Vancouver concert of 1941 03 11:

                                          'Duke Ellington Selections.
                                          The element of surprise and generous response to requests have made "The Duke" a popular entertainer wherever he appears with his band of acrobatic instrumentalists. His programs are mostly impromptu or request numbers. Therefore a list of numbers for his performances is all but impossible. Duke Ellington's most popular compositions are his "Mood Indigo" and "Black and Tan Fantasy" - but critics are enthusiastic about his "Creole Love Call," a more serious effort, "Creole Rhapsody" and "Sophisticated Lady." The program tonight will probably feature many numbers included in the following Ellington Popular Selections, all of which have been recorded by Victor.'

                                        • This is followed by a list of 36 titles, which correspond to the contents of 18 Victor 78s, numbers 22486, 24755, 24861, 26310 and 26536 through 27235 (these last are 14 Ellington 78s, as listed in "The Directory of Duke Ellington's Recordings" by Jerry Valburn, also RCA Victor catalogs). All 36 titles are ASCAP tunes."
                                        Mr. Lasker draws our attention to the 1940 and 1941 events outlined by Elijah Wald in his Timeline of Labor Issues in the U.S. Music Industry (used with Mr. Wald's kind permission; the full timeline can be accessed with the link to the right):
                                        • 1940: ASCAP announced that when current broadcast licenses expired on Dec. 31, 1940, they would demand a higher payment: 7 1/2% of network's gross time sales. The National Association of Broadcasters began looking at alternatives. (Gould, Jack "Radio Music Dispute Raises Complex Issues," New York Times, 9 Feb 1941.)
                                        • 1940 04 01: BMI officially becomes competition for ASCAP, with agreements from nearly 250 radio stations to pay annual fees amounting to 40 percent of total fees paid to ASCAP in 1937. (DeLong, Thomas A. The Mighty Music Box, p.230) Before year's end, BMI signs long-term contracts with Ralph Peer and Edward B. Marks, who were dissatisfied with the deal they'd been getting from ASCAP. Peer has Latin-American music tied up; Marks has a huge catalogue of Tin Pan Alley standards.(Sanjek, Russell. American Popular Music and Its Business, vol. III, p180)
                                        • 1940 10: NBC and CBS order orchestras on sustaining shows must play at least three non-ASCAP compositions per broadcast. By October, ASCAP music has been reduced from 80% on sustaining programs and 76% on commercial broadcasts to 25 and 31% respectively.(Sanjek, Russell. American Popular Music and Its Business, vol. III, p. 181)
                                        • 1940 11 15 NBC ceases all ASCAP performances. (DeLong, Thomas A. The Mighty Music Box, p.230)
                                        • 1940 12 31 midnight EST: The old ASCAP contracts run out, and most broadcasters do not renew. The radio networks, affiliates, and most independents ceased to play any ASCAP music, with fines of $250 to be paid for copyright violation if they goofed. Sequilae included soundproof booths for sportscasters to avoid accidental broadcast of ASCAP tunes by college bands, and cancellation of broadcast of parades. Glenn Miller, Sammy Kaye and others quit making sustaining programs after being asked to sign indemnification forms making them responsible for ASCAP infringements, though they continued making commercial broadcasts. (DeLong, Thomas A. The Mighty Music Box, p.230-1)
                                        • 1941 01: A Variety poll in the middle of January in Philadelphia showed less than one third of respondents were even aware of the ASCAP ban.(DeLong, Thomas A. The Mighty Music Box, p.233)
                                        • 1941 05: Mutual Broadcasting System abandons other networks and signs with ASCAP for 3 to 3« percent fee for all network and single station commercial programs. (Sanjek, Russell. American Popular Music and Its Business, vol. III, p.258)
                                        • 1941 10: NBC, CBS, and most affiliates sign contracts with ASCAP, ending the music war. ASCAP would be paid at the network source rather than by affiliates, getting 2.25-2.75% of net receipts from sponsors. Within four weeks, ASCAP publishers were responsible for all but one of the 24 most-played numbers over a seven-day period. ("ASCAP Music Back on 2 Networks," New York Times, 30 Oct 1941, and Sanjek, Russell, American Popular Music and Its Business, vol. III, p.262-3)
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                                        Wednesday
                                        ...activities not documented
                                        - Likely a travel day

                                        An entry in DEMS 90/2 erroneously places the band in Winnipeg on this date. It played New Year's Eve in New Mexico and opened in Culver City on Jan. 2 (or 3) so an appeaance in Winnipeg was not possible.
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                                        Thursday
                                        .Los Angeles, Cal..Arrival in Los Angeles
                                        It appears some sidemen brought their wives to California: a California Eagle gossip column reported Dorothy Carney and Cue Hodges were drinking in the Dunbar Hotel lounge one night.
                                        California Eagle, Los Angeles, Cal.,
                                        1941-02-13 p.6-B
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                                        Thursday
                                        ...The San Antonio Express has Ellington on the air at 5:15 pm CST on KMAC. The Illinois State Journal has Ellington on the air at 11 p.m CST on WMAQ.

                                        There's no information about where the broadcasts originated.
                                        Radio logs:
                                        • Illinois State Journal, Springfield, Ill. 1941-01-02 p.4
                                        • San Antonio Express, San Antonio, Tex., 1941-01-02 p.8A
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                                        1941 01 03.Los Angeles, Cal..Ellington made a guest appearance on the KHJ radio show "Lamplighter" from 16:45 to 17:00Stratemann p.166 citing L.A. Daily News 1941-01-03..
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                                        1941 01 03
                                        Friday
                                        .Culver City, Cal.Casa Mañana
                                        8781 Washington Blvd.
                                        Ballroom/restaurant residency - see 1941 01 02

                                        Stratemann has the opening on January 3, but other sources say January 2.
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                                        1941 01 03
                                        Friday
                                        1941 02 20Culver City, Cal.Casa Mañana
                                        (site of the old Sebastian's Cotton Club)
                                        8781 Washington Blvd
                                        Ballroom/restaurant residency with KHJ radio feed on the MBS network.

                                        Stratemann and Vail I show the opening date as Jan. 3 but Jan. 2 is given in Variety (1940-11-27), The California Eagle (1940-12-05) and the San Antonio Register (1941-01-03). California Eagle (1941-01-09) reported the band opened Friday, which was Jan. 3.
                                        Variety lists the performers as
                                        • Ivy Anderson
                                        • Ford Jones
                                        • Mitchell Sis
                                        • Herbie Jeffries
                                        • Kokomo
                                        • Duke Ellington Orc

                                        The SaMoJac reported

                                        'Duke Ellington, now at our Casa Manana, has made another addition to his crew by putting Mercer Ellington, his son, in as arranger and his own right hand man.'


                                        Stratemann says the band broadcast frequently and Teachout quotes Strayhorn as saying "When we opened ... we had air time every night."

                                        California Eagle 1941-01-09, p.5:

                                        'ASCAP-BMI War Forces Gold Hour Off Air

                                        Hit also by the music war was the Duke Ellington band, which Friday opened an engagement at the Casa Manana, with expectation of securing air time. Ellington, a member of ASCAP, told EAGLE reporters that he was greatly disappointed by the failure of broadcasting companies and ASCAP to come to terms. Locations are profitless, he pointed out, unless air time, for publicity purposes, is secured.'


                                        Cover charges were 40 cents for ladies, 50 cents for men, and $1.10 included admission and dinner. Attendance was modest.
                                        Forrest "Chico" Hamilton subbed for Greer during part of this run, Greer being sick. Steven Lasker in DEMS 07/2-26:

                                        'California Eagle of 23Jan41:
                                        "High School Lad in Duke's Band.
                                        Because of the sudden illness of Duke Ellington's drummer, Sonny Greer, Forrest Hamilton, student at Jefferson High School, was selected to fill his position. Forrest is a former member of Al Adams' band, a local favorite.
                                            School activities recently forced him to decline an offer from Lionel Hampton. He graduates with the class of this semester on Jan. 29." '


                                        Aasland's discography for March 1940 to July 1942 lists MBS broadcasts from Casa Mañana on Feb. 9, 11, 13, 14, 15, 16, 18, 19, and 20, with titles Feb. 16 only. Later discographies expand on that, with New Desor listing titles broadcast Feb. 13, 16 and 20 and Timner V listing Feb. 13, 15, 16 and 20. Online, as of 2015-01-28 (the time of writing) MacHare lists titles for Feb. 16 and 20, and Girvan for Feb. 13, 15, 16 and 20. The titles listed by Girvan are shown here in the entries for those specific dates.

                                        Collectors Claude Carrière and Jean Portier have identified other titles as well:
                                        For years we have had in our collections some items (obviously broadcast cuts) that must come from Duke's stay at CASA MANANA during February 1941
                                        • a first group of three titles we believe to originate from the 9feb41 bc (Aasland's WWoDE 41-4):
                                          • Clementine 2:34
                                          • Madame Will Drop Her Shawl 1:54
                                          • Jumpin' Punkins 3:03
                                        • a second group of four is certainly from different broadcasts during Feb41:
                                          • Unknown title 2:34
                                          • Blue Serge 3:42
                                          • Are You Sticking? 3:37 into Take the "A" Train 0:09
                                          • A Flower Is a Lovesome Thing 3:06
                                        All this is of quite good audio quality, despite some surface noises, and worth listening to. It is certainly different from what we know of as described in the New Desor. Comparing you will find f or instance a very different coda for Jumpin' Punkins, a piano intro to Blue Serge and the presence of Otto Hardwicke during A Flower Is a Lovesome Thing (...2o16RN,8OH,8BAND;...)'

                                        These titles are listed as session DE9060 in New Desor Correction Sheet 1080 and are in both online discographies. Hoefsmit questioned why Messrs. Carrière and Portier specified Feb. 9 for the first group.

                                        Ken Steiner:
                                        'Although radio broadcasts over KHJ were not listed in the Los Angeles daily papers until February, the California Eagle reported the broadcasts possibly would began as early as 17Jan41: "Ellington crew gets a wire from Casa Mañana beginning Friday night" (Bill Smallwood, "On the Beam," California Eagle, 16Jan 41)
                                        • Sunday, 9Feb at 10:00 p.m.
                                        • Tuesday, 11Feb at 11:00 p.m.
                                        • Thursday, 13Feb at 11:00 p.m.
                                        • Friday, 14Feb at 11:00 p.m.
                                        • Saturday, 15Feb at 11:30 p.m.
                                        • Sunday, 16Feb at 10:00 p.m.
                                        • Tuesday, 18Feb at 11:00 p.m.
                                        • Wednesday, 19Feb at 9:30 p.m.
                                        • Thursday, 20Feb at 11:00 p.m.
                                        (radio listings, Los Angeles Daily News, Los Angeles Times, 3Jan - 20Feb41)
                                        The Eagle (a weekly paper) indicated that Chico Hamilton's stint with the band ended sometime before 13Feb. "Sonny Greer, our favorite drummer, is still with Duke's band and too hot to handle." (Jay Gould, "Globe Gossip and News," California Eagle, 13Feb41)'
                                        • Variety 1940-11-27
                                        • The California Eagle, Los Angeles, Cal.
                                          1940-12-05 p.3-B
                                        • San Antonio Register, San Antonio, Tex.
                                          1941-01-03 p.7
                                        • Stratemann p.166 citing California Eagle 1941-01-23
                                        • Variety 1941-02-05 p.56
                                        • The Samojac, Santa Monica Junior College, Santa Monica, Cal., 1941-02-10 p.2
                                        • Terry Teachout, Duke, A Life of Duke Ellington, Gotham Books, 2013, p.221
                                        • California Eagle, 1941 01 09, p.5
                                        • Los Angeles Times radio logs, 1941-01-03 to 1941-02-20
                                        • Benny Aasland, The Wax Works of Duke Ellington - the 6 March 1940-30 July 1942 RCA Victor Period
                                        • Timner V
                                        • New Desor Correction Sheet 1080
                                        • MacHare:   A Duke Ellington Panorama
                                        • Girvan:   Ellingtonia.com
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                                        Saturday
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                                        8781 Washington Blvd.
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                                        Sunday
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                                        8781 Washington Blvd.
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                                        Monday
                                        .Los Angeles, Cal.Dunbar HotelEllington was interviewed in his suite by California Eagle reporter Almena Davis.California Eagle, Los Angeles, Cal.
                                        1941-01-09 p.3-A
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                                        Monday
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                                        8781 Washington Blvd.
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                                        Tuesday
                                        .Los Angeles, Cal..In reporting her interview with Duke, California Eagle reporter Almena Davis said Mercer Ellington age 20, joined his father Tuesday and that Ruth Ellington was opening a music publishing business in New York specifically to publish Mercer's work.

                                        Ms Davis also interviewed Mercer on "Monday" (Jan. 27).
                                        California Eagle
                                        • 1941-01-09 p.3A
                                        • 1941-01-30 p.1B
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                                        Tuesday
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                                        8781 Washington Blvd.
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                                        1941 01 08
                                        Wednesday
                                        .Culver City, Cal.Casa Mañana
                                        8781 Washington Blvd.
                                        Ballroom/restaurant residency - see 1941 01 03...
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                                        1941 01 09
                                        Thursday
                                        .Culver City, Cal.Casa Mañana
                                        8781 Washington Blvd.
                                        Ballroom/restaurant residency - see 1941 01 03

                                        Broadast, 23:00 CST, WMAQ
                                        Radio log, Illinois State Journal, Springfield, Ill...
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                                        1941 01 10
                                        Friday
                                        .Culver City, Cal.Casa Mañana
                                        8781 Washington Blvd.
                                        Ballroom/restaurant residency - see 1941 01 03...
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                                        1941 01 11
                                        Saturday
                                        .Culver City, Cal.Casa Mañana
                                        8781 Washington Blvd.
                                        Ballroom/restaurant residency - see 1941 01 03...
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                                        1941 01 12
                                        Sunday
                                        .Culver City, Cal.Casa Mañana
                                        8781 Washington Blvd.
                                        Ballroom/restaurant residency - see 1941 01 03...
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                                        1941 01 13
                                        Monday
                                        .Culver City, Cal.Casa Mañana
                                        8781 Washington Blvd.
                                        Ballroom/restaurant residency - see 1941 01 03...
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                                        1941 01 14
                                        Tuesday
                                        .Culver City, Cal.Casa Mañana
                                        8781 Washington Blvd.
                                        Ballroom/restaurant residency - see 1941 01 03

                                        15 minute broadcast on KFWB at 20:15 per Santa Ana Register radio schedule
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                                        1941 01 15
                                        Wednesday
                                        .Hollywood, Cal.RCA Victor studioStandard Broadcasting recording session

                                        Duke Ellington and His Orchestra
                                        W. Jones, Stewart, Nance, Brown, Nanton, Tizol, Bigard, Hodges, Hardwick, Webster, Carney, Ellington, Guy, Blanton, Greer, Jeffries

                                        Titles recorded:
                                        Program P-132, 33 1/3 rpm outside start disc, recorded both sides:
                                        • Mx PMS55250:
                                          • Take The "A" Train
                                          • I Hear A Rhapsody
                                          • Bounce
                                          • It's Sad But True
                                          • Madame Will Drop Her Shawl
                                        • Mx PMS55251:
                                          • Frenesi
                                          • Until Tonight
                                          • West Indian Stomp
                                          • Love And I
                                          • John Hardy's Wife
                                        Lambert:

                                        'Only two of the titles made were ever done on commercial recording dates and the session is a mine of little-known Ellington music...[Take the "A" Train] is Strayhorn's first instrumental composition for the full orchestra... Take The "A Train was quickly adopted by Ellington as the band's signature tune...'

                                        Lasker in DEMS 02,1-5:

                                        '...Take the "A" Train ... used chord progressions from a song written by Ellington years before...

                                        The Ellington in question is Duke, not his son Mercer, ...[who] is the song's sole credited composer in ... Standard Program Library P-132 ... copies of the company's catalogs credit "Mercer Ellington" in one edition ... and "Ellington" in a later one. However, according to Mercer (David Hajdu, Lush Life, p84), "A" Train was written by Strayhorn and Mercer's own not inconsequential contribution to the song's birth was to rescue the manuscript from "out of the garbage".

                                        Writers and musicians have long noted "A" Train's similarity to the standard Exactly Like You, which was credited to Dorothy Fields and Jimmy McHugh...

                                        Not disclosed in print until now is the debt Exactly Like You would seem to owe to the chord changes in the main theme of a slightly earlier song, Oklahoma Stomp...Provisionally titled as "Oklahoma Stuff," Oklahoma Stomp was recorded on 29oct29 by "The Six Jolly Jesters," who consisted of eight Ellingtonians plus two of the four members of the Washboard Serenaders, who were also on the bill at the Cotton Club that season...'

                                        (This summary does not do justice to Mr. Lasker's DEMS article. It is worth reading in its entirety.)
                                        These transcriptions hit the market quickly, being announced in the Feb. 3 and 17 editions of the trade magazine Broadcasting.
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                                        Wednesday
                                        .Culver City, Cal.Casa Mañana
                                        8781 Washington Blvd.
                                        Ballroom/restaurant residency - see 1941 01 03...
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                                        1941 01 16
                                        Thursday
                                        .Los Angeles, Cal.NBC studios
                                        Sunset Blvd. & Vine St.
                                        NBC broadcast
                                        18:00-19:00 PST "Kraft Music Hall"

                                        Ellington and Blanton played Jive Rhapsody and Jumpin' Punkins, accompanied by the house orchestra led by John Scott Trotter.

                                        The show is listed as Crosby Music Hall at 6 p.m. in the Los Angeles Times.
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                                        1941 01 16
                                        Thursday
                                        .Culver City, Cal.Casa Mañana
                                        8781 Washington Blvd.
                                        Ballroom/restaurant residency - see 1941 01 03

                                        Broadast, WMAQ 23:00 CST
                                        Daily Illinois State Journal, Springfield, Ill., radio log 1941-01-16 p.7..
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                                        1941 01 17
                                        Friday
                                        .Culver City, Cal.Casa Mañana
                                        8781 Washington Blvd.
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                                        1941 01 18
                                        Saturday
                                        .Culver City, Cal.Casa Mañana
                                        8781 Washington Blvd.
                                        Ballroom/restaurant residency - see 1941 01 03...
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                                        1941 01 19
                                        Sunday
                                        .Culver City, Cal.Casa Mañana
                                        8781 Washington Blvd.
                                        Ballroom/restaurant residency - see 1941 01 03...
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                                        1941 01 20
                                        Monday
                                        .Culver City, Cal.Casa Mañana
                                        8781 Washington Blvd.
                                        Ballroom/restaurant residency - see 1941 01 03...
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                                        1941 01 21
                                        Tuesday
                                        .Culver City, Cal.Casa Mañana
                                        8781 Washington Blvd.
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                                        1941 01 22
                                        Wednesday
                                        .Culver City, Cal.Casa Mañana
                                        8781 Washington Blvd.
                                        Ballroom/restaurant residency - see 1941 01 03...
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                                        1941 01 23
                                        Thursday
                                        .Culver City, Cal.Casa Mañana
                                        8781 Washington Blvd.
                                        Ballroom/restaurant residency - see 1941 01 03

                                        Broadast, WMAQ 23:00 CST
                                        Daily Illinois State Journal, Springfield, Ill., radio log 1941-01-23 p.20..
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                                        2015-01-24
                                        1941 01 24
                                        Friday
                                        .Culver City, Cal.Casa Mañana
                                        8781 Washington Blvd.
                                        Ballroom/restaurant residency - see 1941 01 03...
                                        ..2011
                                        1941 01 25
                                        Saturday
                                        .Culver City, Cal.Casa Mañana
                                        8781 Washington Blvd.
                                        Ballroom/restaurant residency - see 1941 01 03...
                                        ..2011
                                        1941 01 26
                                        Sunday
                                        .Culver City, Cal.Casa Mañana
                                        8781 Washington Blvd.
                                        Ballroom/restaurant residency - see 1941 01 03...
                                        ..2011
                                        1941 01 27
                                        Monday
                                        .Culver City, Cal.Casa Mañana
                                        8781 Washington Blvd.
                                        Ballroom/restaurant residency - see 1941 01 03...
                                        ..2011
                                        1941 01 28
                                        Tuesday
                                        .Culver City, Cal.Casa Mañana
                                        8781 Washington Blvd.
                                        Ballroom/restaurant residency - see 1941 01 03

                                        Ellington was interviewed by Doug Hatton for a transcription broadcast for the Western Division of Radio Newsreel. The interview took place backstage while the band was playing - it can be heard faintly in the background, and near the end Duke says he's due back on stage.

                                        The full interview is an audio track on the DVD noted to the right.
                                        Bluebird 82876-60090-2 CD/DVD set The Centennial Collection Duke EllingtonNew Desor
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                                        1941 01 29
                                        Wednesday
                                        .Culver City, Cal.Casa Mañana
                                        8781 Washington Blvd.
                                        Ballroom/restaurant residency - see 1941 01 03...
                                        ..2011
                                        1941 01 30
                                        Thursday
                                        .Culver City, Cal.Casa Mañana
                                        8781 Washington Blvd.
                                        Ballroom/restaurant residency - see 1941 01 03...
                                        ..2011
                                        1941 01 31
                                        Friday
                                        .Culver City, Cal.Casa Mañana
                                        8781 Washington Blvd.
                                        Ballroom/restaurant residency - see 1941 01 03...
                                        ..2011

                                        February 1941

                                        1941 02 01
                                        Saturday
                                        .Culver City, Cal.Casa Mañana
                                        8781 Washington Blvd.
                                        Ballroom/restaurant residency - see 1941 01 03..DEMS
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                                        1941 02 02
                                        Sunday
                                        .Culver City, Cal.Casa Mañana
                                        8781 Washington Blvd.
                                        Ballroom/restaurant residency - see 1941 01 03...
                                        ..2011
                                        1941 02 03
                                        Monday
                                        .Culver City, Cal.Casa Mañana
                                        8781 Washington Blvd.
                                        Ballroom/restaurant residency - see 1941 01 03...
                                        ..2011
                                        1941 02 04
                                        Tuesday
                                        .Culver City, Cal.Casa Mañana
                                        8781 Washington Blvd.
                                        Ballroom/restaurant residency - see 1941 01 03...
                                        ..2011
                                        1941 02 05
                                        Wednesday
                                        .Culver City, Cal.Casa Mañana
                                        8781 Washington Blvd.
                                        Ballroom/restaurant residency - see 1941 01 03...
                                        ..2011
                                        1941 02 06
                                        Thursday
                                        .Culver City, Cal.Casa Mañana
                                        8781 Washington Blvd.
                                        Ballroom/restaurant residency - see 1941 01 03...
                                        ..2011
                                        1941 02 07
                                        Friday
                                        ... Peripheral event
                                        The Kansas City Plaindealer;

                                        'Los Angeles, Cal. - (ANP) - The recent article in Down Beat, the musicians' publication,which has caused repercussions in the Negro press, did not quote him accurately, Duke Ellington, famous orchestra leader and composer told the Associated Negro Press this week...Replying to charges published in the Negro press since then that he was developing a white complex, Duke said:
                                        "I am a Negro and I brag about it every day. My band and I are exponents of Negro music. ... As for that series of articles by R. J. Larkin in Down Beat, I read them with disgust...My band and I are, as always, profoundly grateful and will always be indebted to our friends of the Negro press for the support and honor [sic] given us, and more so for the greater cause."'


                                        Webmaster comment: I wonder if Duke's Feb. 9 speech was a public relations reaction to this controversy?
                                        The Plaindealer, Kansas City, Kans., 1941-02-07 p.3..
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                                        1941 02 07
                                        Friday
                                        .Culver City, Cal.Casa Mañana
                                        8781 Washington Blvd.
                                        Ballroom/restaurant residency - see 1941 01 03...
                                        ..2011
                                        1941 02 08
                                        Saturday
                                        .Culver City, Cal.Casa Mañana
                                        8781 Washington Blvd.
                                        Ballroom/restaurant residency - see 1941 01 03...
                                        ..2011
                                        1941 02 09
                                        Sunday
                                        .Pasadena, Cal.Scott Methodist ChurchEllington made a civil rights speech "We Too Sing America" during The Deep River Vesper Hour as part of the church's Annual Lincoln Sunday Interracial Conference. A copy of the speech was printed in the California Eagle and is reprinted in the Duke Ellington Reader. The Feb. 6 California Eagle announced Ellington's speech would be broadcast at 5 p.m. on KMPC, and the next day listing in the Feb.8 Bakersfield Californian shows a program from 5 to 5:45 p.m. called American Forum of the Air.

                                        Tucker:

                                        'In a talk given before black church-goers in Los Angeles for their Annual Lincoln Day Services (falling near) Lincoln's birthday on 12 February 1941, Ellington expounded on contributions made by blacks to American culture... '

                                        • California Eagle, 1941-02-13 p.eight-A and four-B
                                        • Bakersfield Californian, 1941-02-08 p.17
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                                        2015-01-27
                                        1941 02 09
                                        Sunday
                                        .Culver City, Cal.Casa Mañana
                                        8781 Washington Blvd.
                                        Ballroom/restaurant residency - see 1941 01 03

                                        KALE, KGB, KOL, MBS broadcast, 22:00 - 22:30 PST
                                        Portland Oregonian, Seattle Times and San Diego Union radio logsNew Desor
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                                        1941 02 10
                                        Monday
                                        .Culver City, Cal.Casa Mañana
                                        8781 Washington Blvd.
                                        Ballroom/restaurant residency - see 1941 01 03...
                                        ..2011
                                        1941 02 11
                                        Tuesday
                                        .Culver City, Cal.Casa Mañana
                                        8781 Washington Blvd.
                                        Ballroom/restaurant residency - see 1941 01 03

                                        MBS Broadcast, KHJ, KPMC, KOL, KALE 23:00-23:30 PST
                                        WAAB 01:05-01:30 EST (i.e.1941-02-12)

                                        The Seattle listing specifically says "(New Tunes)"
                                        Los Angeles Times, Seattle Times, Bakersfield Californian, Portland Oregonian and Boston Traveler radio logs.DEMS
                                        .djp2011
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                                        1941 02 12
                                        Wednesday
                                        .Culver City, Cal.Casa Mañana
                                        8781 Washington Blvd.
                                        Ballroom/restaurant residency - see 1941 01 03...
                                        ..2011
                                        1941 02 13
                                        Thursday
                                        .Culver City, Cal.Casa Mañana
                                        8781 Washington Blvd.
                                        Ballroom/restaurant residency - see 1941 01 03
                                        MBS broadcast, KHJ, KGB and KPMC, 23:00-23:30
                                        WAAB 01:05-01:30 EST (i.e.1941-02-14)

                                        Duke Ellington and His Orchestra
                                        W. Jones, Stewart, Nance, Brown, Nanton, Tizol, Bigard ; Hodges, Hardwick, Webster, Carney, Ellington, Guy, Blanton, Greer, Jeffries

                                        Titles recorded from broadcast:
                                        • John Hardy's Wife
                                        • The Girl In My Dreams
                                        • Clementine
                                        • A Flower Is A Lovesome Thing
                                        • Los Angeles Times, Santa Ana Register, San Diego Union, Boston Traveler, Boston Herald and Bakersfield Californian radio logs
                                        • Girvan:   Ellingtonia.com
                                        • Timner
                                        New Desor
                                        DE4104
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                                        1941 02 14
                                        Friday
                                        Valentine's Day
                                        .Culver City, Cal.Casa Mañana
                                        8781 Washington Blvd.
                                        Ballroom/restaurant residency - see 1941 01 03

                                        Broadcast, KHJ and KPMC, 23:00-23:30
                                        Los Angeles Times, Santa Ana Register and Bakersfield Californian radio logs.DEMS
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                                        updated
                                        2015-01-24
                                        1941 02 15
                                        Saturday
                                        .Hollywood, Cal..Victor recording session
                                        14:00-18:00
                                        Duke Ellington and His Famous Orchestra
                                        W. Jones, Stewart, Nance, Brown, Nanton, Tizol, Bigard, Hodges, Hardwick, Webster, Carney, Ellington, Strayhorn, Guy, Blanton, Greer
                                        Titles recorded:
                                        • Take The "A" Train
                                        • Jumpin' Punkins
                                        • John Hardy's Wife
                                        • Blue Serge
                                        • After All
                                        Due to the radio boycott of ASCAP members, this session recorded only material stated to be Strayhorn and Duke's son, Mercer's compositions.
                                        New Desor
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                                        1941 02 15
                                        Saturday
                                        .Culver City, Cal.Casa Mañana
                                        8781 Washington Blvd.
                                        Ballroom/restaurant residency - see 1941 01 03

                                        Broadcast, KHJ, 21:15-21:30 and 23:30-24:00
                                        Broadcast KPMC 22:00-22:30
                                        Broadcast KPMC and KFRC 23:30-24:00,
                                        Los Angeles Times, Santa Ana Register, Bakersfield Californian and Sacramento Bee radio logs..
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                                        2015-01-24
                                        1941 02 16
                                        Sunday
                                        .Culver City, Cal.Casa Mañana
                                        8781 Washington Blvd.
                                        Ballroom/restaurant residency - see 1941 01 03

                                        MBS Broadcast, 22:00 KFRC and KALE
                                        WAAB 01:05-01:30 EST (i.e.1941-02-17)

                                        Duke Ellington and His Orchestra
                                        W. Jones, Stewart, Nance, Brown, Nanton, Tizol, Bigard ; Hodges, Hardwick, Webster, Carney, Ellington, Guy, Blanton, Greer, Jeffries, I. Anderson

                                        Titles recorded from broadcast:
                                        • Take The "A" Train
                                        • Jumpin' Punkins
                                        • Flamingo
                                        • Jive Rhapsody
                                        • After All
                                        • Chelsea Bridge
                                        • Love Like This Can't Last
                                        • Blue Serge
                                        • Girvan:   Ellingtonia.com
                                        • Timner
                                        • Radio logs, Santa Cruz Sentinel, Portland Oregonian, Boston Herald
                                        New Desor
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                                        2015-01-26
                                        1941 02 17
                                        Monday
                                        .Culver City, Cal.Casa MañanaBallroom/restaurant residency - see 1941 01 03

                                        MBS broadcast, KOL 23:00-23:30 PST
                                        Seattle Times radio log..
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                                        2015-01-24
                                        1941 02 18
                                        Tuesday
                                        .Culver City, Cal.Casa Mañana
                                        8781 Washington Blvd.
                                        Ballroom/restaurant residency - see 1941 01 03

                                        MBS Broadcast:
                                        KMPC, KHJ, KOL 23:00-23:30 PST
                                        WOR 01:00-01:30 and WAAB 01:15-01:30 EST (i.e. 1941 02 19)
                                        Bakersfield Californian, Santa Ana Register, Seattle Times, Boston Traveler, Boston Herald and Trenton Evening Times radio logs..
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                                        2015-01-24
                                        1941 02 19
                                        Wednesday
                                        ...Broadcast, KOWH, 17:15 CST, listed under Dance Bandwagon in the Omaha "Wednesday's Highlights" section. Given the time of day, this is likely the Standard Transcription record made Jan.15, which were advertised in "Broadcasting - The Weekly Newmagazine of Radio" on Feb.3 and 17.Omaha World Herald radio log

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                                        1941 02 19
                                        Wednesday
                                        .Culver City, Cal.Casa Mañana
                                        8781 Washington Blvd.
                                        Ballroom/restaurant residency - see 1941 01 03

                                        Broadcast KPMC, 21:30-21:45
                                        Broadcast 20:45-23:15 KEVC
                                        Radio logs
                                        • Bakersfield Californian
                                        • San Luis Obispo Daily Telegram
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                                        1941 02 20
                                        Thursday
                                        .Culver City, Cal.Casa Mañana
                                        8781 Washington Blvd.
                                        Ballroom/restaurant residency - see 1941 01 03

                                        Broadcast, KHJ, KGB, KPMC, KEVC: 23:00-23:30 PST
                                        Broadcast,WAAB 01:05-01:30 EST (i.e. 1941 02 21)

                                        Duke Ellington and His Orchestra
                                        W. Jones, Stewart, Nance, Brown, Nanton, Tizol, Bigard ; Hodges, Hardwick, Webster, Carney, Ellington, Guy, Blanton, Greer, I. Anderson

                                        Titles recorded from broadcast:
                                        • Blue Serge
                                        • Are You Sticking?
                                        • Chelsea Bridge
                                        • Love Like This Can't Last
                                        • Moon Mist
                                        • Radio logs
                                          • Los Angeles Times
                                          • San Diego Union
                                          • Bakersfield Californian
                                          • Boston Traveller
                                          • Boston Herald
                                        • Thursday radio log, San Luis Obispo Daily Telegram 1941-02-19
                                        • Girvan:   Ellingtonia.com
                                        • Timner
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                                        1941 02 21
                                        Friday
                                        ...Broadcast on KVEC 22:45-23:15

                                        This could be a live feed from the Mission Beach Ballroom, but it seems more likely to be the Standard Transcription program.
                                        Radio log, San Luis Obispo, California Telegram-Tribune, 1941-02-21 p.6..
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                                        1941 02 21
                                        Friday
                                        .San Diego, Cal.Mission Beach BallroomAdmission 75 cents plus tax; Loges 25 cents.Ads, The San Diego Union
                                      • 1941-02-16 p.4-C
                                      • 1941-02-17 p.5-A
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                                        1941 02 22
                                        Saturday
                                        ...Broadcast 11:30-12:00 KROY
                                        Broadcasts on KVEC at 21:15 and 23:30.
                                        The morning broadcast is likely the Standard Transcription recorded Jan.15, which was advertised in "Broadcasting - The Weekly Newmagazine of Radio" on Feb.3 and 17. The later broadcasts could be feeds from San Jose, but may instead be transcription broadcasts.
                                        Radio logs,
                                      • Sacramento Bee 1941-02-21
                                      • San Luis Obispo, California Telegram-Tribune, 1941-02-22 p.5
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                                        1941 02 22
                                        Saturday
                                        .San Jose, CalCivic Auditorium"8:30 P.M." Ad, San Jose Mercury Herald, 1941-02-22 p.5..
                                        .K.Steiner Dec 2012New
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                                        1941 02 23
                                        Sunday
                                        1941 02 24
                                        Monday
                                        Oakland, Cal.Sweet's BallroomDance for whites, advertised in the Oakland Tribune for Sunday; there was a second, unadvertised dance the next day for Afro-Americans in accordance with Sweet's policy. According to Variety, there were 1,593 terpers [terpsichordians = dancers] the first night and 1,893 the second night, grossing $2,600, "considered strong for this spot."
                                        • Oakland Tribune
                                          • Ad, 1941-02-15 p.2D
                                          • Ads and plugs
                                            • 1941-02-20, p.24C
                                            • 1941-02-21 p.B-7
                                            • 1941-02-23 p.B-13
                                        • Variety 1941-03-05 p.45
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                                        1941 02 24
                                        Monday
                                        .Oakland, Cal.Sweet's BallroomDance for blacks - see 1941 02 03 - 1,893 patrons this night...
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                                        2015-01-27
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                                        1941 02 25
                                        Tuesday
                                        .Reno, Nev.El Patio Ballroom...DEMS
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                                        1941 02 26
                                        Wednesday
                                        ...Broadcast 17:15-17:30 KOWH (NBC Blue network)
                                        Given the time of day, this is likely the Standard Transcription record made Jan.15, which were advertised in "Broadcasting - The Weekly Newmagazine of Radio" on Feb.3 and 17.
                                        Radio log for Wednesday, Evening World-Herald, Omaha, Neb., 1941-02-25, p.17.DEMS
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                                        1941 02 26
                                        Wednesday
                                        .Stockton, Cal.Cocoanut Grove...DEMS
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                                        1941 02 27
                                        Thursday
                                        ...activities not documented
                                        ...
                                        ...
                                        1941 02 28
                                        Friday
                                        .Napa, Cal.Napa Pavilion....
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                                        March 1941

                                        1941 03 01
                                        Saturday
                                        .Sacramento, Cal.Sweet's Ballroom....
                                        ..Added
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                                        1941 03 02
                                        Sunday
                                        ...activities not documented
                                        ...
                                        ...
                                        1941 03 03
                                        Monday
                                        .Klamath Falls, Ore.Klamath armoryDance, 9:00 pm - 1 am
                                        The March 3 plug said Ellington and his band were to arrive in the afternoon by special bus from Eureka, Cal.
                                        The Evening Herald, Klamath Falls, Ore.
                                        • 1940-02-25 p.5
                                        • 1941-02-27 pp.2 & 11
                                        • 1940-03-03, pp.1 & 2
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                                        1941 03 04
                                        Tuesday
                                        1941 03 05Portland, Ore.Uptown Ballroom
                                        21st & W.Burnside
                                        Variety's band bookings showed the dates as March 3 to 5, but the ads, plugs and estimated revenue reports only say March 4 and 5. Variety reported estimated revenue of $2,000:

                                        'Duke Ellington (Uptown B., Portland, Ore., March 4-5). Two midweek nights gave Ellington 2,500 admissions at 85c a head. Gross, good $2,000'

                                        is for March 4 and 5, specifically says two midweek nights, and says there were 2,500 admissions at 85 cents a head, gross $2,000 was

                                        The Ellington orchestra did a remote broadcast Tuesday from the club from 22:00-22:30 on NBC Blue station KEX
                                        • Stratemann p.166, citing Variety 1941-02-26 p.42
                                        • Ads, The Oregon Statesman, Salem, Ore.
                                          • 1941-02-28 p.12
                                          • 1941-03-04 p.3
                                        • The Sunday Oregonian, Portland, Ore.,1941-03-02,p.2
                                        • Ads and plugs, The Oregonian
                                          • 1941-02-22 p.4
                                          • 1941-03-01 p.3
                                          • 1941-03-04 p.9
                                        • Variety 1941 03 12 p.38
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                                        1941 03 05
                                        Wednesday
                                        .Portland, Ore.Uptown BallroomSee 1941 03 04....
                                        ..2011
                                        1941 03 06
                                        Thursday
                                        ...activities not documented
                                        ...
                                        ...
                                        1941 03 07
                                        Friday
                                        .Yakima, Wash.Fairmont BallroomNorthwest Enterprise:

                                        'Duke Ellington made a sensational hit here last Friday evening at the Fairmont ballroom. The house was packed and the music was really on the mellow side. '

                                        • Ad, Yakima Morning Herald, 1941-03-07
                                        • Northwest Enterprise, 1941-03-14, p.3
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                                        1941 03 08
                                        Saturday
                                        .Seattle, Wash.New ArmoryUniversity of Washington Junior Prom.

                                        Seattle Times:

                                        'The new Field Artillery Armory, currently being used for the drilling of recruits in the National Guard, will be converted into a giant night club Saturday night, March 8, for the annual University of Washington Junior Prom,....
                                          Use of the army [sic] was granted after two weeks negotiation between city officials and Army executives...the armory was sought because a large crowd is expected...'

                                        UW Daily:

                                        "Another campus attendance record was thoroughly and definitely shattered Saturday night when more than 1,125 couples headed Armory way for the 1941 junior prom. It was the biggest crowd ever lured to an all-University dance."

                                        • Seattle Times 1941-02-18, p.15
                                        • University of Washington Daily 1941-04-11 p.1
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                                        1941 03 09
                                        Sunday
                                        .Olympia, Wash.Evergreen Ballroom
                                        Old Olympia-Tacoma Highway
                                        $1.15 per person (this contrasts with a dance played by another group on March 1, where gents were 50 cents and ladies were 20 cents).Ads
                                      • The Daily Olympian 1941-02-28 p.10
                                      • Tacoma News Tribune, 1941-03-09, p.8A
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                                        1941 03 10
                                        Monday
                                        .Victoria, B.C.York TheatreVaudeville show

                                        'TOMORROW! One Day Only
                                        NO OVERCROWING! THOUSANDS OF SEATS!
                                        PLENTY OF ROOM FOR ALL VICTORIA THEATREGOERS!
                                        IN PERSON! Continuous Performances!
                                        COME ANY TIME AND SEE A COMPLETE STAGE AND SCREEN SHOW!
                                        DUKE ELLINGTON
                                        AND HIS Famous ORCHESTRA
                                        AND ALL HIS ENTERTAINERS!
                                        ON OUR STAGE!
                                        THE TOP-FLIGHT RADIO-NETWORK AND RECORDING BAND!
                                        Greatest Musical
                                        Stage Show To Play Victoria In Years!...5 COMPLETE STAGE AND SCREEN SHOWS
                                        Doors Open At 12 Noon
                                        'Ellington' At 1:50, 3:45, 5:40, 7:35, 9:40... '

                                        Ads, The Daily Colonist, Victoria, B.C.
                                        • 1941-03-04
                                        • 1941-03-05
                                        • 1941-03-09.
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                                        Tuesday
                                        .Vancouver, B.C.Denman AuditoriumDance
                                        Vancouver Sun, Tuesday:

                                        'Plays in Vancouver Tonight
                                         Breakfast was first thing on the schedule of "Duke" Ellington, who arrived from Victoria at 7 a.m. today, bringing with him his famous orchestra and all his entertainers, who will play at the Auditorium for dancing tonight, from 9 to 1 a.m. Tickets will be sold at the Auditorium door for the great "swing" orchestra's appearance here. Several of the "Duke's own compositions" will be featured on the program, which will include the torrid singing of Ivie Anderson.
                                         
                                        Ellington Defends Swing As 'Just Music of Today'
                                         Duke Ellington thinks Stravinsky plays as good a boogie-woogie movement as he has ever heard.
                                         The internationally-famous Negro dance band leader, with his group of 17 entertainers, arrived by boat from Victoria today to play an engagement at the Auditorium tonight under management of Hilker Attractions Ltd.
                                         He got to talking about Stravinsky when he was asked about his own music and modern music in general. "Swing is just the music of today," he said. "Its rhythyms are descriptive of what is actually going on. Trying to tell dancers anything else would be as incongruous as setting up a quaint old garden around a penthouse. The new music will be a combination of serious music and jazz. Each has already influenced the other."
                                         Ellington will play mostly request music tonight.
                                         He played five shows at the York Theatre in Victoria, Monday, and crowds tied up traffic seeking admittance.'


                                        Vancouver Sun, Wednesday:

                                        'Ellington Swingfest;
                                        'Duke' Delights Jive Students
                                        Attracts 2500 Fans

                                         A ranking member of the royal family of dancebandom and his musical courtiers held sway over 2500 devoted subjects of the realm of jive when Duke Ellington, his orchestra and songstress, Ivie Anderson, performed Tuesday night at the Auditorium.
                                         As usual when "name bands" visit Vancouver the crowd was divided into three groups.
                                         There were those conventional dancers who attended more or less out of curiosity. Then there were those who came for sheer dancing enjoyment - the "jitterbugs."
                                         And last, and by no means in the minority, were those who sat all evening in the gallery and studied the orchestra and the sounds it made.
                                         Eddie Davis, 1614 Cardero Street, and Marie Smith, 4282 Princess Street, who used the orchestra to advantage for jitterbugging were enthusiastic (several illegible words)Goodman.
                                         Kenneth Roberts, 474 West Twenty-first, an ex-U.B.C. student, gives Ellington an A-class rating.
                                         Byron Straight, keen student of swing, who possesses one of the most complete recorded libraries in Vancovuer, figures that Ellington has better musicians than any other orchestra. He points to Jim Blanten,[sic] bass player; Tricky Sam Manton,[sic] hot trombonist; and Herb Jeffries, vocalist, as particularly outstanding.
                                         Len Gibson, 337 Prior Street, and Dorothy King, 1018 Odlum Drive, just two of many representatives of Vancouver's Negro population there, state that the Duke is "tops."
                                         Mary Joan Macdonald, daughter of Professor W. I. Macdonald of the U.B.C. English department, was enthusiasitic about the entire aggegation, and particularly Ivie Anderson.
                                         Jack Bensted, Berkley Apartments, saxophonist in a local dance orchestra, is another keen Ellington supporter.
                                         "The Duke's lost none of the punch he exhibited here last year," said Don McKim, CKWX announcer.
                                         Ellington was again presented by Hilker Attractions.'

                                        .
                                        • Ads, The Daily Province, Vancouver, B.C.
                                          • 1941-03-08
                                          • 1941-03-10
                                          • 1941-03-11
                                        • The Vancouver Sun, Vancouver, B.C.:
                                          • Ads,
                                            • 1941-03-05
                                            • 1941-03-08
                                            • 1941-03-10
                                            • 1941-03-11
                                          • Interview, 1941-03-11
                                          • Review, 1941-03-12
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                                        1941 03 12
                                        Wednesday
                                        .Seattle, Wash.Trianon BallroomDancing 9 till 1 a.m.
                                        Ladies 75 cents, Gentlemen $1.00 incl.tax.
                                        Seattle Times
                                        • 1941-02-18, p.15
                                        • 1941-02-22 p.5
                                        • 1941-03-06 p.23
                                        • 1941-03-09 p.2
                                        • 1941-03-10 p.15
                                        • 1941-03-11 p.12
                                        • 1941-03-12 pp.18, 19
                                        .
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                                        1941 03 13
                                        Thursday
                                        .Tacoma, Wash.Century Ballroom

                                        'Under the sponsorship of Tacoma's Colored Citizenry with the general public invited to participate. '


                                        The dance probably ended at 1 a.m. because eight patrons were hurt at 1:30 a.m. in a 7 car pileup on the Seattle-Tacoma Highway, 12 miles south of Seattle near Bow Lake. The cars were travelling in a convoy when someone turned onto the highway from a side road, hitting the first car. Seriously injured were Mrs. Lorraine Britton, 27 (concussion), and Woodrow Richardson, 23 (pinned under the overturned car). Also suffering concussions were Miss Harriet Booker, 18, Miss Regina Twalte, 19, and Eddie Green, 21. Cuts and bruises were incurred by Miss Melba Brown, 24, Miss Thelma Brown, 32 and Edward Moon, 18.
                                      • Tacoma News Tribune, 1941-03-13, p.7
                                      • Seattle Times 1941-03-14 p.2
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                                        Friday
                                        ...activities not documented
                                        ...
                                        ...
                                        1941 03 15
                                        Saturday
                                        .Seaside, Ore.The Bungalow

                                        'DANCE
                                        This Week End at
                                        The Clatsop Beaches
                                        To the Music of
                                        Duke Ellington
                                        and orchestra
                                        ...'

                                        • Ads, Seaside Signal, Seaside, Ore.
                                          • 1941-03-13
                                          • 1941-03-14
                                        • The Oregonian, Portland, Ore. 1941-03-14, p.2
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                                        1941 03 16
                                        Sunday
                                        .Longview, Wash.Columbia TheaterVaudeville
                                        • Ad and plug, The Kelsonian-Tribune, Kelso,Wash., 1941-03-14 p.2 courtesy of Bill Watson, Collections Curator, Cowlitz County Historical Museum,Kelso, Wash. 2017-08-29
                                        • Stratemann p.166 citing Band bookings, Variety 1941-03-12 p.38
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                                        1941 03 17
                                        Monday
                                        ...activities not documented
                                        ...
                                        ...
                                        1941 03 18
                                        Tuesday
                                        .Boise, IdahoMiramar BallroomDance

                                        'Band Leader's Ambition High
                                        Boiseans might have been in Harlem Tuesday night - that is, the hundreds who danced to the smooth syncopated melodies of the colored jive king, Duke Ellington and his 15 band members...
                                          ...Faces of hundreds of Boise Valley dancers wore wrapt expressions while the Duke and his band beat out the haunting notes of one of his best-known and best-liked compostions, "Mood Indigo." Numerous requests for his "Sophisticated Lady" were gratified - eloquently...
                                          Ellington and his orchestra have been touring America since Christmas morning. From Boise they will go to Salt Lake for an engagement, after which they will return to Los Angeles for a week and then head East again.'


                                        'BOISEANS must have a yen for swing...they turned out enthusiastically to hear Duke Ellington...The Duke held a "jam" session until early the next morning at one of the Boise clubs. Seen at the Duke's dance were Barbara Jones and John Hearne...minus the crutches...also Art McIlveen and Margaret Rice...the Yoders from Nampa and the Jim Lykes from Caldwell. [...]
                                         IN SPITE of term exams, collegians turned out in full glory for Duke Ellington's dance...seen were Bette Spencer and Jack Wheeler, Margaret Guthman and Maury Lundy...Pretty red-haired Ruth Funkner and Don Jacobs were there, too...'

                                        Variety:

                                        '...One of the best turnouts here in years; 2,100 laid down 55c and 85c for Ellington's stuff.'

                                        • The Idaho Daily Statesman
                                          • Ad, 1941-02-22 p.5
                                          • Publicity photo 1941-03-18 p.6
                                          • "Band Leader's Ambition High," 1941-03-19 p.1
                                        • "About Town," The Idaho Sunday Statesman 1941-03-23 p.12
                                        • Variety
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                                        Tuesday
                                        .Boise, IdahoUnidentified clubJam session

                                        '...The Duke held a "jam" session until early the next morning at one of the Boise clubs.'

                                        • Ad, The Idaho Daily Statesman 1941-02-22 p.5
                                        • "About Town," The Idaho Sunday Statesman 1941-03-23 p.12
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                                        1941 03 19
                                        Wednesday
                                        ...activities not documented
                                        ...
                                        ...
                                        1941 03 20
                                        Thursday
                                        ...activities not documented
                                        ...
                                        ...
                                        1941 03 21
                                        Friday
                                        1941 03 25Salt Lake City, Ut.New Lake Theatre.Band bookings, Variety 1941-03-12 p.38..
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                                        1941 03 22
                                        Saturday
                                        .Salt Lake City, Ut.New Lake Theatresee 1941 03 21....
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                                        1941 03 23
                                        Sunday
                                        .Salt Lake City, Ut.New Lake Theatresee 1941 03 21....
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                                        1941 03 24
                                        Monday
                                        .Salt Lake City, Ut.New Lake Theatresee 1941 03 21....
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                                        1941 03 25
                                        Tuesday
                                        .Salt Lake City, Ut.New Lake Theatresee 1941 03 21...
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                                        1941 03 26
                                        Wednesday
                                        1941 03 27Ogden, UtahEgyptian TheatreStage show, possibly without the vaudeville acts.

                                        The featured film, "Who Killed Aunt Maggie," played at 1:00, 3:55, 6:40, 9:30 and Ellington was on at 2:25, 5:00, 7:50, and 10:40
                                        The ads and publicity do not mention the usual vaudeville acts, other than "Hear the California Songbird Ivie Anderson."

                                        'Orchestra players, musicians of all types - there's still as much opportunity in that field today as there ever was.
                                          Take Duke Ellington's word for it...He and his orchestra breezed into town today for a two-day engagement at the Egyptian.
                                         ...
                                         The Duke does not believe that stage shows will ever come back to their former status as the motion pictures have fronzen them out, and made it unable for the majority to maintain a high standard essential for success.
                                         Ted Kirkmeyer, theatre manager, announces that another feature during the band's engagement will be the use of Kleig spotlights outside the theatre during the evening performances The lights are of the same type as those used for Hollywood premiers.
                                         Following their engagement here the band will leave for Los Angeles, where they will be featured on the stage of the Paramount theatre there, and also are contemplating a show there.'

                                        .
                                        • Band bookings, Variety 1941-03-12 p.38
                                        • Ogden Standard-Examiner
                                          • Plugs,
                                            • 1941-03-09 p.15A
                                            • 1941-03-23 p.14
                                            • "Famous Band At Egyptian," 1941-03-23 p.14A
                                          • Ad 1941-03-23 p.15A
                                          • "Orchestras Still In Demand Over Nation, Declares 'Duke'," 1941-03-26 p.2
                                          • "Love-Tingling Transfer At Egyptian," publicity photo and ad, 1941-03-26,p.12
                                          • Ad and story DUKE AND BAND PLEASES CROWD, 1941-03-27 p.4-B
                                          • Photo, 1941-03-28 p.8B
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                                        Thursday
                                        .Ogden, UtahEgyptian TheatreStage show - see 1941 03 26...
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                                        Friday
                                        ...activities inadequately documented
                                        While this was most likely a travel date, there is a possiblity the band was held over in Ogden for one more day. The ad on Mar.26 said "today and tomorrow" but the Mar. 27 ad was contradictory, saying both "Ends Today!" and "Starts Tomorrow." On the same page Mar. 27:

                                        'DUKE AND BAND PLEASES CROWD
                                        Famous Negro Orchestra Plays Again Tonight And Friday
                                        Duke Ellington and his orchestra on the Egyptian stage, won considerable applause Wednesday, and will be featured again tonight and Friday...'

                                        The Egyptian held a "frolic" for Greek relief on the Saturday night; the Mar. 28 edition has a photo of Duke buying tickets to it.
                                        Probably the only way to determine if the band stayed over is to review travel expenses, although the band was travelling by bus according to the Klamath Falls newspaper (see Mar.3). The Smithsonian's Ellington collection includes a folder labelled January 1941 expenses, but there doesn't appear to be any for the rest of the year.
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                                        Saturday
                                        ...activities not documented
                                        ...
                                        ...
                                        1941 03 30
                                        Sunday
                                        .Los Angeles, Cal.KNX/CBS Studios
                                        6121 Sunset Blvd.
                                        Hollywood
                                        Charleston Daily Mail:

                                        '...Marian Anderson, Ethel Waters, Joe Louis, Duke Ellington, Ella Fitzgerald, Louis Armstrong, John Kirby, Bill Robinson, Kenneth Spencer, The Golden Gate Quartet and Anne Wiggins Brown are among the Negro artists and athletes to take part in a program from 5 to 6 p.m. under auspices of the National Urban League. The league is campaigning to focus the country's attention on the unemployment problem of Negroes and to establish means of creating adequate work opportunities for the entire race in the United States...'


                                        New York Age:

                                        'Congrats to the National Urban League, and the star studded program over the nationwide hookup on the CBS Sunday.... This was the first full hour, all-colored radio program, with the most outstanding Negro stars of the country participating, and should long be remembered.
                                          Every race-loving person should about face and write a letter to the Columbia Broadcasting System ... this will mean much to the National Urban League, as well as show CBS that the race as a whole commends not only the spirit of thankfulness for such a worthy cause for which it was given.
                                          Orchids to the stars who contributed their talents .... Louie (Satchmo) Armstrong, John Kirby, Ethel Waters, Duke Ellington, Eddie (Rochester) Anderson, Canada Lee, Eddie Green, Jimmy Baskette, Eddie South, Bill (Bojangles) Robinson, Edward Matthews, Joe Louis, Marian Anderson, Troy Gorhum ....to Edward Lawson, director, and speakers: Elmer Carter, Hubert Delany, John P. Dancey, Charles Poletti, Eugene K. Jones and those responsible for the success of the program...'

                                        During the broadcast, Ellington and his orchestra performed Take the "A" Train and Flamingo. Anthony Barnett:

                                        'Take the "A" Train is on disc Part 4 on its own and Flamingo is the second item on disc Part 5 (there is a comedy sketch between).'

                                        The records are in the Library of Congress CBS collection (LC ref. LWO 6736 R13B4-14A7).
                                        • Stratemann p.166
                                        • Vail I, p.196
                                        • Charleston Daily Mail, Charleston, W.Va., 1941-03-30, p.9
                                        • William Moyes, "Behind the Mike," The Sunday Oregonian, Portland, Ore., 1941-03-30 p.4
                                        • Floyd G. Snelson, Harlem, New York Age 1941-04-05 p.10
                                        • Lasker, quoting Snelson's column and citing Anthony Barnett, Black Gypsy: The Recordings of Eddie South, p.53
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                                        1941 03 31
                                        Monday
                                        ...activities not documented
                                        ...
                                        ...

                                        April 1941

                                        1941 04 01
                                        Tuesday
                                        ...activities not documented
                                        ...
                                        ...
                                        1941 04 02
                                        Wednesday
                                        ...activities not documented
                                        ...
                                        ...
                                        1941 04 03
                                        Thursday
                                        1941 04 09
                                        Wednesday
                                        Los Angeles, Cal.Paramount TheatreVaudeville fronting the movie "Las Vegas Nights which featured the Tommy Dorsey orchestra.
                                        The house grossed $19,000 this week ($20,000 per Variety 1941 04 16 p.23 and $17,000 per Motion Picture Daily, 1941 04 14 p.6), for a 9 day run.
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                                        Friday
                                        .Los Angeles, Cal.Paramount TheatreVaudeville - see 1941 04 03...
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                                        Saturday
                                        .Los Angeles, Cal.Paramount TheatreVaudeville - see 1941 04 03...
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                                        1941 04 06
                                        Sunday
                                        .Los Angeles, Cal.Paramount TheatreVaudeville - see 1941 04 03...
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                                        1941 04 07
                                        Monday
                                        .Los Angeles, Cal.Paramount TheatreVaudeville - see 1941 04 03...
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                                        Tuesday
                                        .Los Angeles, Cal.Paramount TheatreVaudeville - see 1941 04 03...
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                                        Wednesday
                                        .Los Angeles, Cal.Paramount TheatreVaudeville - see 1941 04 03...
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                                        Thursday
                                        ...activities not documented
                                        ...
                                        ...
                                        1941 04 11
                                        Friday
                                        ...activities not documented
                                        ...
                                        ...
                                        1941 04 12
                                        Saturday
                                        ...activities not documented
                                        ...
                                        ...
                                        1941 04 13
                                        Sunday
                                        .Dallas, Tex.Skylon Ballroom
                                        Automobile Building
                                        Dance, 1,575 patrons at $1 a head.Stratemann p.167 citing Variety 1941-04-16 p.41..
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                                        Monday
                                        .Shreveport, La.Palace Park.Stratemann p.167 citing Variety 1941-04-16 p.41..
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                                        1941 04 15
                                        Tuesday
                                        .Alexandria, Va.Murphy's Skating Rink.Stratemann p.167 citing Variety 1941-04-16 p.41..
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                                        1941 04 16
                                        Wednesday
                                        .Houston, Tex.Pilgrim Auditorium

                                        'A fair crowd of 850 greeted Ellington, 200 of whom were white listeners.'

                                        .
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                                        1941 04 17
                                        Thursday
                                        ...activities not documented
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                                        1941 04 18
                                        Friday
                                        ...activities not documented
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                                        1941 04 19
                                        Saturday
                                        ...activities not documented
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                                        1941 04 20
                                        Sunday
                                        ...activities not documented
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                                        1941 04 21
                                        Monday
                                        ...activities not documented
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                                        1941 04 22
                                        Tuesday
                                        ...activities not documented
                                        ...
                                        ...
                                        1941 04 23
                                        Wednesday
                                        ...activities not documented
                                        ...
                                        ...
                                        1941 04 24
                                        Thursday
                                        ...activities not documented
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                                        1941 04 25
                                        Friday
                                        ...activities not documented
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                                        1941 04 26
                                        Saturday
                                        ...activities not documented
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                                        ...
                                        1941 04 27
                                        Sunday
                                        .Oklahoma City, Okla.Trianon Ballroom

                                        '"Ivie Anderson, singing star with Ellington, is an Oklahoma product. Her grandmother still lives in Chickasha, just a stones throw from Oklahoma city.'

                                        Jimmy Says:

                                        'Duke Ellington pulled them in 1,200 strong. Still the peer in his field, Ellington gave a great program '

                                        Black Dispatch
                                        • Harlem's Aristocrat of Jazz to Play Dance at Trianon, 1941-04-19 p.8
                                        • Jimmy Stewart, Jimmy Says, 1941-05-03 p.8
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                                        Monday
                                        .Kansas City, Mo.Municipal Auditorium.Stratemann p.167 citing Bill Board 1941-04-12 p.21..
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                                        1941 04 29
                                        Ellington's birthday
                                        .Pine Bluff, Ark.Masonic TempleConcert and dance.Ad, Pine Bluff Commercial, Pine Bluff, Ark. 1941-04-28 p.2.DEMS
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                                        1941 04 30
                                        Wednesday
                                        .Greenville, Miss..Cottonpickers CarnivalStratemann p. 167 citing Chicago Defender 1941-04-26 p.12.DEMS
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                                        May 1941

                                        1941 05 01
                                        Thursday
                                        ...activities not documented...
                                        ...
                                        1941 05 02
                                        Friday
                                        8 pm
                                        1941 05 03
                                        Saturday
                                        St. Louis, Mo.Opera House Municipal Auditorium First of two concerts in aid of the 'Y' Camp Benefit Circus
                                        The Jeter-Pillars Club Plantation Orchestra shared the stage

                                        "The Y Circus was really a show, but we called it a circus because that's how it started - from scratch, in a gym at the Pine Street Y around 1924... The main purpose of the Y Circus was to benefit Camp River Cliff. That's the way we got the money to pay for the kids to go to camp. The kids didn't have any money; their parents didn't have any money - maybe we got five dollars for two weeks - so the Y Circus subsidized the rest."  -George Elliott, Jr.
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                                        Saturday
                                        8 pm
                                        .St. Louis, Mo.Municipal AuditoriumSecond concert - see 1941 05 02...
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                                        Sunday
                                        .Peoria, Ill.Palace Theatre...DEMS
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                                        1941 05 05
                                        Monday
                                        .Chicago, IL.Layover in Chicago: "Duke Ellington's troupe will spend a few hours in Chicago Monday. And believe it or not, they are due to jump back to the coast within a few weeks."Al Monroe, "Swingin' the News," Chicago Defender, nat. ed., 1941-05-03, p.13..
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                                        1941 05 06
                                        Tuesday
                                        .Sheboygan, Wisc.Sheboygan Theater.Sheboygan Press
                                        • Mention, 1941-04-17, p.31
                                        • Ad 1941-05-02 p.17
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                                        Wednesday
                                        .Appleton, Wisc.RKO Theatre....
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                                        Thursday
                                        .Kenosha, Wisc.Kenosha Theatre....
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                                        1941 05 09
                                        Friday
                                        .Oshkosh, Wisc.Oshkosh Theatre....
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                                        1941 05 10
                                        Saturday
                                        ...activities not documented...
                                        ...
                                        1941 05 11
                                        Sunday
                                        1941 05 16
                                        Friday
                                        Chicago, IL.Layover in Chicago

                                        'Duke Ellington, who spent Monday [5May] in Chicago, returns Sunday for a five-day stay.'

                                        During these five days, Ellington traveled to New York to record piano solos of Dear Old South and Solitude for Victor.
                                        Al Monroe, "Swingin' the News," Chicago Defender, nat. ed., 1941-05-10, p.11..
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                                        Monday
                                        ...activities not documented
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                                        Tuesday
                                        ...activities not documented
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                                        Wednesday
                                        .New York, N.Y.RCA Victor studio 2
                                        145 E.234th St.
                                        RCA Victor recording session
                                        18:00-19:30
                                        Duke Ellington (solo piano)

                                        Titles recorded:
                                        • Dear Old Southland
                                        • Solitude
                                        On the sleeve of RCA EPA-5002, Solitude is incorrectly said to have been recorded May 15.
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                                        Thursday
                                        ...activities not documented
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                                        ...
                                        ...
                                        1941 05 16
                                        Friday
                                        .Oberlin, OhioWarner Gym
                                        Oberlin College
                                        Junior prom, 8 p.m. to midnight.
                                        Columnist Al Dudley:

                                        'Well, it's happened again. Just two weeks from Friday the Junior Prom is scheduled and up till yesterday no band had been signed...
                                          Al Kavalin was the first band to be considered, but student opinion forced the social committee to send back the unsigned contract. Because a "mediator" was needed, Ad was called and he promptly got in touch with the main booking agencies of New York, Chicago and Cleveland; they in turn submitted every available band. Mal Hallet, Enoch Light, Vincent Lopez and Ina Ray Hutton were all possibilities.
                                          Last Friday, it was found that there was a possibility of getting Duke Ellington. In order to use a colored band on Oberlin's campus, President Wilkins appointed a faculty committee consisting of Dean Woodworth, Dean Love and Prof. Dann to consider the issue. After much discussion, Duke Ellington and his famous band were approved. Our hope now is that Ellington doesn't break his contract...'

                                        Jean Mills May 6:

                                        'Bids went on sale this morning for a Junior Prom which will bring Duke Ellington to the campus...
                                          With the Duke will be Ivy [sic]Andrews [sic], lovely singer, who, according to local authorities, is "all right." Sonny Greer at the drums, Barney Bigard, clarinet and Johnny Hodges, alto sax, are big attractions in the band. Cootie Williams, star trumpet player, made the headlines a few months ago when he left the Duke to play in Benny Goodman's band. With this exception the original Ellington Band is intact.
                                          Ellington's appearance here will be the first since 1937 when he played for the Senior Prom... '

                                        In her May 9 announcement, Ms Mills names Ivie Anderson, Sonny Greer, Freddy Jenkins, William [sic] Braud. An editorial on the next page said the juniors did not yet have a contract with Duke Ellington's signature. They had the signatures of Duke's business manager (not named), the booking agency's and even their own, but not Duke's.

                                        On the day of the dance, Ms Brown's column names Duke Ellington, Sonny Greer, Freddy Jenkins, Bill [sic] Brand [sic], Barney Bigard, Johnny Hodges, and Ivy [sic] Anderson.

                                        All 225 "bids" were sold. The Junior Social Chairmen Ellie Baines and Wink Day were in charge of the dance, assisted by Sid Merrill, Barbara Zeller, Stanley Bennett and Jean Mills.

                                        The review mentions some of the titles played: Mood Indigo; Sophisticated Lady, Flamingo, Boy Meets Horn and Night and Day.
                                        The Oberlin Review, Oberlin, Ohio
                                        • 1941-05-06 pp.1,2
                                        • 1941-05-09 pp.1.2
                                        • 1941-05-16 p.1
                                        • 1941-05-20 p.4
                                        • 1941-06-10 p.4
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                                        Saturday
                                        .Crawfordsville, Ind.Wabash College.The dance must have ended around 1:00 a.m. or a litle later. Some band members were back in Chicago by 5 a.m., travelling the 150 miles by car. ...
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                                        1941 05 18
                                        Sunday
                                        07:00
                                        .Chicago, Ill..Departure from Chicago by train to the west coast.

                                        'Duke Ellington's engagement at Wabash college in Indiana was a wow. Your 'Swinging' made the trip by motor with Cutie [sic] Williams. On the way back we were accompanied by Harry Carney, Ben Webster, Young and Rex Stewart. We reached Chicago on the return trip Sunday morning at 5. Two hours later the band was en route to California where a show is to be staged featuring his music.'

                                        Stratemann p.167 citing Chicago Defender 1941-05-24 p.13...
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                                        1941 05 19
                                        Monday
                                        ..TrainLikely a travel day...
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                                        1941 05 20
                                        Tuesday
                                        .Los Angeles, Cal.Arrival....
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                                        1941 05 21
                                        Wednesday
                                        ...activities not documented...
                                        ...
                                        1941 05 22
                                        Thursday
                                        ... Unexpected day off - activities not known.

                                        Stratemann says this scheduled club date at Topsy's Roost in Southgate was booked for May 22 but was postponed by a week.

                                        When it opened, Topsy's or Topsy's Roost had been renamed and was the Trianon Ballroom Cafe
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                                        Friday
                                        ...activities not documented...
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                                        1941 05 24
                                        Saturday
                                        ...activities not documented...
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                                        1941 05 25
                                        Sunday
                                        1941 06 18
                                        Wednesday
                                        Southgate, Cal.Trianon Ballroom-Cafe

                                        2800 Firestone

                                        (The ad in the Independent gave the address as 2800 E. Firestone)
                                        Nightclub engagement with floor shows at 22:00 and 00:15 and a remote radio station hookup.
                                        Appearing with Ellington and his orchestra were Ivie Anderson and Herb Jeffries, dancer Peter Ray and the Four Kit Kats dance team (The Billboard says Four Tic Tocs).

                                        While Stratemann has this engagement delayed until May 29, the band's performance of 25 May 1941 was reviewed in "The California Eagle" on May 29, indicating the residency began by 25 May at the latest. The closing date is based on a June 13 ad saying the last night will definitely be the 18th.
                                        Stratemann says during the Trianon residency, Ellington worked on music for Jump for Joy, the musical he would put on later in the year in Los Angeles.

                                        The location used to be Topsy's, opened in 1932 and famous for its food. The Billboard says club owner Jimmy Contratto, in the construction business, renovated the club and reopened in May as the Trianon Ballroom with the Ellington orchestra and the floorshow. Amenities included parking, coat check, gardenia concessions in the men's and women's washrooms and a photography concession.
                                        • The California Eagle 1941-05-29
                                        • Ad, Long Beach Independent 1951-06-13, p.28
                                        • Stratemann p.167
                                        • 'From a Night Club to Ballroom,' The Billboard 1942-01-10, p.11
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                                        Monday
                                        .Southgate, Cal.Trianon Ballroom-CafeNightclub floor show - see 1941 05 25...
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                                        Tuesday
                                        .Southgate, Cal.Trianon Ballroom-CafeNightclub floor show - see 1941 05 25...
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                                        Wednesday
                                        .Southgate, Cal.Trianon Ballroom-CafeNightclub floor show - see 1941 05 25...
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                                        Thursday
                                        5-6 pm
                                        .Los Angeles, Cal.NBC studios
                                        Sunset Blvd. & Vine St.
                                        Ellington and Blanton appeared on Bing Crosby's "Kraft Music Hall" NBC broadcast. They performed Stomp Caprice as a duet, and Frankie and Johnny with the John Scott Trotter orchestra and a female close harmony singing quartet or quintet, "The Music Maids."
                                      • Email, M. Heyman-Palmquist 2014-10-12
                                      • Email, Lasker-Palmquist 2017-01-24
                                      • Girvan:   Ellingtonia.com
                                      • New Desor
                                        DE4109
                                        DEMS
                                        .djp2011
                                        updated
                                        2014-10-12
                                        2015-02-03
                                        2017-01-27
                                        1941 05 29
                                        Thursday
                                        .Southgate, Cal.Trianon Ballroom-CafeNightclub floor show - see 1941 05 25...
                                        ..2011
                                        1941 05 30
                                        Friday
                                        .Southgate, Cal.Trianon Ballroom-CafeNightclub floor show - see 1941 05 25...
                                        ..2011
                                        1941 05 31
                                        Saturday
                                        .Southgate, Cal.Trianon Ballroom-CafeNightclub floor show - see 1941 05 25...
                                        ..2011

                                        June 1941

                                        1941 06 00
                                        .Southgate, Cal.Trianon Ballroom-CafeUndated June MBS broadcast from the Trianon - Timner has it as May/June, which seems to make sense since it's undated.
                                        Duke Ellington and His Orchestra
                                        W. Jones, Stewart, Nance, Brown, Nanton, Tizol, Bigard, Hodges, Hardwick, Webster, Carney, Ellington, Guy, Blanton, Greer, I.Anderson
                                        Titles recorded:
                                        • Take The "A" Train (theme)
                                        • Sepia Panorama
                                        • It's Square But It Rocks
                                        • Day Dream
                                        • In A Mellow Tone
                                        • The Second Portrait Of The Lion/Raincheck
                                        Timner lists the same titles but omits The Second Portrait.
                                      • Girvan:   Ellingtonia.com
                                      • Timner V
                                      • New Desor
                                        DE4112
                                        DEMS
                                        .djp2011
                                        updated
                                        2015-02-03
                                        1941 06 01
                                        Sunday
                                        .Southgate, Cal.Trianon Ballroom-CafeNightclub floor show - see 1941 05 25...
                                        ..2011
                                        1941 06 02
                                        Monday
                                        ...Date of 3 year contract between Ellington and the William Morris Agency - the contract is reproduced in DEMS 89/1-3 and sets out the variation in fees to be paid WMA based on the length of the engagement and the remuneration paid to Ellington and his orchestra...DEMS
                                        .djp2011
                                        updated
                                        2012-09-21
                                        1941 06 02
                                        Monday
                                        .Southgate, Cal.Trianon Ballroom-CafeNightclub floor show - see 1941 05 25...
                                        ..2011
                                        1941 06 03
                                        Tuesday
                                        .Southgate, Cal.Trianon Ballroom-CafeNightclub floor show - see 1941 05 25...
                                        ..2011
                                        1941 06 04
                                        Wednesday
                                        .Southgate, Cal.Trianon Ballroom-CafeNightclub floor show - see 1941 05 25...
                                        ..2011
                                        1941 06 05
                                        Thursday
                                        .Hollywood, Cal.RCA StudioVictor Recording Session
                                        14:00-17:00
                                        Duke Ellington and His Famous Orchestra
                                        W. Jones, Stewart, Nance, Brown, Nanton, Tizol, Bigard, Hodges, Hardwick, Webster, Carney, Ellington, Guy, Blanton, Greer

                                        Titles recorded:
                                        • Bakiff
                                        • Are You Sticking?
                                        • Just A-Sittin' And A-Rockin'
                                        • The Giddy-Bug Gallop
                                      • Girvan:   Ellingtonia.com
                                      • MacHare:   A Duke Ellington Panorama
                                      • Dooji Collection record labels
                                      • Timner
                                      • Benny Aasland:
                                        The Wax Works of Duke Ellington, 1954
                                      • Benny Aasland, The Wax Works of Duke Ellington - the 6 March 1940-30 July 1942 RCA Victor Period
                                      • S. Lasker/O. Keepnews, The Duke Ellington Centennial Edition, RCA Victor CD box set 09026-63386-2
                                      • E. Lambert:
                                        Duke Ellington, A Listener's Guide
                                        , p.101
                                      • Jorgen Grunnet Jepsen, Discography of Duke Ellington, Vol. 2 1937-47
                                      • Ole J. Nielsen, Jazz Records 1942-80, A discography: Vol. Six, Duke Ellington
                                      • New Desor
                                        DE4110
                                        DEMS
                                        .djp2011
                                        updated
                                        2015-02-03
                                        1941 06 05
                                        Thursday
                                        .Southgate, Cal.Trianon Ballroom-CafeNightclub floor show - see 1941 05 25...
                                        ..2011
                                        1941 06 06
                                        Friday
                                        .Southgate, Cal.Trianon Ballroom-CafeNightclub floor show - see 1941 05 25...
                                        ..2011
                                        1941 06 07
                                        Saturday
                                        .Southgate, Cal.Trianon Ballroom-CafeNightclub floor show - see 1941 05 25...
                                        ..2011
                                        1941 06 08
                                        Sunday
                                        .Southgate, Cal.Trianon Ballroom-CafeNightclub floor show - see 1941 05 25...
                                        ..2011
                                        1941 06 09
                                        Monday
                                        .Los Angeles, Cal.MBS studio
                                        or possibly radio station KHJ - see Lasker's comments
                                        MBS broadcast, 18:30-19:00 PDT, "Salute to Canada Lee"

                                        Stratemann and Vail say the show was an hour, but the database shows half an hour; half an hour is shown in three radio logs I located.
                                        The Herald-Statesman:

                                        'Paul Robeson, Bill Robinson, Jack Benny's "Rochester,: Hattie McDaniel, screen comedienne, and other Negro figures of the entertainment world will join tonight at 9:30 [EDT] in a salute to Canada Lee, stage star of the play, "Native Son," on WOR.'

                                        "radioGOLDindex" database:

                                        '1474. Salute To Canada Lee. June 9, 1941. Mutual net. Sustaining. The program originates from New York and Hollywood. Canada Lee is called, "the newest American star of our race." He is appearing in, "Native Son." Alvin Josephy (preparer), Roger Bower (producer), Erskine Butterfield, Hattie McDaniel, Bill Bojangles Robinson, Duke Ellington, Herb Jeffries, Ivie Anderson (vocal), Paul Robeson (host), Eddie Anderson, W.C.Handy, Richard Wright, Canada Lee. 28:54.'

                                        In this half-hour show, Ellington did a comedy routine with Eddie "Rochester" Anderson, accompanied Herb Jeffries on "Brown-Skin Gal," and playedChocolate Shake as a piano solo.

                                        The radioGoldindex database has Ivie Anderson singing, but what she sang in this broadcast is undocumented. She sang Chocolate Shake in the studio recording a few days later, but New Desor's analysis of the recording from the broadcast doesn't have a vocal.
                                        Steven Lasker:
                                        'The west coast portion of this half-hour broadcast originated from Hollywood, probably from the radio station which transmitted it locally, KHJ, 5515 Melrose Avenue, Hollywood, flagship station of the Don Lee network and a Mutual Broadcasting System affiliate.
                                          The program opens with Paul Robeson announcing the artists present in New York and California. Ivie Anderson is among those named at the beginning and end of the broadcast, yet she isn't heard at all. The show is turned over to "a studio on the west coast" ("Hello, Hollywood!") where Hattie McDaniel and Eddie "Rochester" Anderson perform a comedy sketch.
                                          Rochester and Duke Ellington banter some, then we hear Duke and Herb Jeffries, piano and vocal, perform The Brown-Skin Gal in the Calico Gown followed by more banter with Rochester, Chocolate Shake (piano solo) and then the show returns to New York. Bill Robinson sings and taps Let the Punishment Fit the Crime from The Hot Mikado (a take-off on Gilbert and Sullivan's "The Mikado"), then Paul Robeson sings Jim Crow accompanied by Lawrence Brown,* his regular pianist. Playwright Richard Wright speaks of actor Canada Lee and Native Son. Canada Lee performs a dramatic scene from his star-making role as Bigger Thomas in "Native Son" (written by Richard Wright and directed on Broadway by Orson Welles with scenic design by Perry Watkins). W.C. Handy, trumpet, and Erskine Butterfield, piano, play St. Louis Blues. Paul Robeson reads a scripted tribute to Canada Lee as the recipient gushes in suitably modest fashion. Robeson reads a complimentary telegram from Joe Louis, with whom Canada Lee sparred when he was a boxer. The broadcast ends with Erskine Butterfield playing St. Louis Blues and a closing announcement that you have heard a presentation of the Mutual Special Features Division prepared by Alvin Josephy and produced by Roger Bower.

                                          The radio listing in the 1941-06-09 L.A. Daily News (page 31) lists a half-hour "Canada Lee" program on station KHJ from 11:30 to midnight.
                                        As it was broadcast at an earlier hour in other time zones, we must presume either the performers in New York and Hollywood stuck around to repeat their performances for different time zones (which would result in alternate "takes" of the entire program), or else the show was recorded onto disks which were played back for later broadcasts.'

                                           * Not to be confused with Ellington's trombonist of the same name.

                                        Indianapolis Sunday Star:

                                        'THE NEGRO AMUSEMENT field honored its newest star, Canada Lee, on a gala coast-to-coast radio program last week...Duke Ellington, also in Hollywood, introduced several numbers from his forthcoming musical "Jump for Joy," never before heard on the air. His soloists were Ivy Anderson and Herb Jeffries... '


                                        Further research might confirm if the broadcast was live or prerecorded. While the Indianapolis Sunday Star report was published after the event, it may be that it was written based upon press releases, rather than by a reviewer who actually heard the show. If Ivie actually did sing, her voice is not on the two 15-minute acetates It was broadcast to a full hour would require half an hour of additional material. All the artists announced by Robeson (who, being in New York, couldn't see the line-up of talent in L.A. so reading from his script which named Ivie) performed on the broadcast except for Ivie. She wasn't going to supply 30 minutes on her own. I suppose she just missed the gig, and so was unable to sing on "Chocolate Shake" which was her vocal feature, which DE played as a solo. Why did she miss the show? Was she sick? Was Ivie preoccupied with readying her Chicken Shack for its grand opening three days after the Salute to Canada Lee broadcast? I don't hear any obvious edits on my lacquer discs (two 33-rpm, 14-inch lacquer disks dubbed professionally from an original line transcription disk). It all sounds "of a piece." My conclusion is that a one-hour version is devoutly to be wished, but it would be a stretch.

                                        The following newspapers listed the show on the half hour, with another program starting on the hour, indicating a 30 minute broadcast:
                                        • Mount Carmel Item, Mount Carmel, Penn. 9:30 p.m (half hour)
                                        • The News Journal, Wilmington, Del. 9:00 p.m. EDST (half hour)
                                        • Poughkeepsie Eagle-News, Poughkeepsie, N.Y. 9:30 p.m. (half hour)
                                        • Evening News, Harrisburg, Penn., 9:30 p.m. (half hour)
                                        • Philadelphia Inquirer, Philadelphia, Penn. , 9:30 p.m. (half hour)
                                        • The Morning News, Wilmington, Del. 9:30 p.m. (half hour)
                                        • Rockford Register-Republic, Rockford, Ill. 7:30 p.m. (half hour)
                                        These papers did not list another show on the next half hour time slot, indicating the broadcast could have been longer (perhaps 45 minutes or 1 hour):
                                        • Record-Argus, Greenville, Penn. 8:30 p.m. (duration not given) The St. Cloud Daily Times, St. Cloud, Minn. 7:30 p.m. CST (next listing is 8:30)
                                        • The Republic, Columbus, Ind. 7:30 p.m. CST (possibly one hour)
                                        • Cumberland Evening Times, Cumberland, Maryland, 8:30 p.m. (possibly one hour)
                                        • The Daily Mail, Hagerstown, Maryland, 8:30 p.m. (possibly one hour)
                                        • Argus-Leader, Sioux Falls, S.D. 7:30 p.m. (possibly one hour)
                                        • Jersey Journal, Jersey City, N.J. 9:30 p.m.(10:15 was the next program listing)
                                        • Springfield Republican, Springfield, Mass. 9:30 p.m. (10:15 was the next program listing)
                                        Reports that Ivie Anderson sang contrast with the statement she is not heard on the broadcast suggest there may have been more than one version of the show, a half hour used by most stations, and maybe a longer version used by some.
                                        New Desor
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                                        2015-02-03
                                        1941 06 09
                                        Monday
                                        .Southgate, Cal.Trianon Ballroom-CafeNightclub floor show - see 1941 05 25...
                                        ..2011
                                        1941 06 10
                                        Tuesday
                                        .Southgate, Cal.Trianon Ballroom-CafeNightclub floor show - see 1941 05 25...
                                        ..2011
                                        1941 06 11
                                        Wednesday
                                        .Southgate, Cal.Trianon Ballroom-CafeNightclub floor show - see 1941 05 25...
                                        ..2011
                                        1941 06 12
                                        Thursday
                                        .Southgate, Cal.Trianon Ballroom-CafeNightclub floor show - see 1941 05 25
                                        Remote MBS broadcast
                                        Duke Ellington and His Orchestra
                                        W. Jones, Stewart, Nance, Brown, Nanton, Tizol, Bigard, Hodges, Hardwick, Webster, Carney, Ellington, Guy, Blanton, Greer, Jeffries.
                                        Titles recorded:
                                        • The Second Portrait Of The Lion /Raincheck
                                        • Flamingo
                                        • Just A-Sittin' And A-Rockin'
                                        • The Giddy-Bug Gallop
                                      • Girvan:   Ellingtonia.com
                                      • MacHare:   A Duke Ellington Panorama (incomplete)
                                      • Timner
                                      • New Desor
                                        DE4113
                                        DEMS
                                        .djp2011
                                        updated
                                        2015-02-04
                                        1941 06 13
                                        Friday
                                        .Los Angeles, Cal.11051/2 E. Vernon Ave. Peripheral event
                                        Ivie Anderson's soon-to-become second husband opened Ivie's Chicken Shack, just east of Central Ave., within easy walking distance of the Dunbar Hotel. They sold it in late 1944.
                                        Ivie Anderson web page
                                        ( http://tdwaw.ellingtonweb.ca/IvieAnderson.html )
                                        ..
                                        .SLNew
                                        added
                                        2015-02-09
                                        updated
                                        2017-09-27
                                        1941 06 13
                                        Friday
                                        .Southgate, Cal.Trianon Ballroom-CafeNightclub floor show - see 1941 05 25...
                                        ..2011
                                        1941 06 14
                                        Saturday
                                        .Southgate, Cal.Trianon Ballroom-CafeNightclub floor show - see 1941 05 25...
                                        ..2011
                                        1941 06 15
                                        Sunday
                                        .Southgate, Cal.Trianon Ballroom-CafeNightclub floor show - see 1941 05 25 ..DEMS
                                        ..Added
                                        2011
                                        1941 06 16
                                        Monday
                                        .Southgate, Cal.Trianon Ballroom-CafeNightclub floor show - see 1941 05 25
                                        Remote MBS broadcast
                                        Duke Ellington and His Orchestra
                                        W. Jones, Stewart, Nance, Brown, Nanton, Tizol, Bigard, Hodges, Hardwick, Webster, Carney, Ellington, Guy, Blanton, Greer, I. Anderson
                                        Titles recorded:
                                        • Solid Old Man
                                        • John Hardy's Wife
                                        • It's Square But It Rocks
                                      • Girvan:   Ellingtonia.com
                                      • Timner
                                      • New Desor
                                        DE4114
                                        DEMS
                                        .djp2011
                                        updated
                                        2015-02-04
                                        1941 06 17
                                        Tuesday
                                        .Southgate, Cal.Trianon Ballroom-CafeNightclub floor show - see 1941 05 25...
                                        ..2011
                                        1941 06 18
                                        Wednesday
                                        .Southgate, Cal.Trianon Ballroom-CafeNightclub floor show - see 1941 05 25

                                        Final night
                                        ...
                                        ..2011
                                        1941 06 18
                                        Wednesday
                                        .Los Angeles, Cal.CapriThis may have been a gig, but more likely it was a jam session at the Capri after the band closed at the Trianon.

                                        "The Capri jumped last Wednesday night after hours. Every musician of note in town was there. Lunceford and Duke men had a chance to cut each other and knock everyone else out. Nellie Lucher, piano; Slam Stewart, bass; George Reed, drums; Joe Lewis, guitar; and Jackie Porter, trumpet; got the session going with Lady Be Good.

                                        " Late [sic] Ben Webster, Joe Thomas, Lester Young and Bumps Myers, all tenor saxes, battled for a while... Webster, as always, went six stories below the basement, to dish up his particular brand of dirty tone. ...

                                        "Rex Stewart ranked Gabriel with his expressive cornet choruses and Doutsie Williams wasn't far behind. Proving his master touch Jimmie Blanton plucked bass on Body and Soul while Al Norris riffed a bit of gutter guitar.

                                        Lee Young deserves a big pat on the back ...for getting together such a fine group of musicians.

                                        .
                                        "Jam Session," California Eagle, 1941-06-26 p.Two-B.DEMS
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                                        2013-10-16
                                        1941 06 19
                                        Thursday
                                        ...activities not documented...
                                        ...
                                        1941 06 20
                                        Friday
                                        .Hollywood, Cal.Victor Studios....
                                        ..Added
                                        2011
                                        1941 06 20
                                        Friday
                                        .Fresno, CalNew Memorial Auditorium"9:00 P.M. - 1:00 A.M."ad, Fresno Bee, 19Jun41, p.17..
                                        .K.Steiner Dec 2012.
                                        Added 2013-11-24
                                        1941 06 21
                                        Saturday
                                        9 P.M.
                                        .Capitola, Cal.Capitola BallroomDuke Ellington
                                        One Big Night
                                        Admission 99 cents including tax
                                        .
                                        Ad, Santa Cruz Sentinel, 1941-06-20..
                                        .SteinerNew
                                        added 2013-11-24
                                        1941 06 22
                                        Sunday
                                        ...activities not documented...
                                        ...
                                        1941 06 23
                                        Monday
                                        ...activities not documented...
                                        ...
                                        1941 06 24
                                        Tuesday
                                        ...activities not documented...
                                        ...
                                        1941 06 25
                                        Wednesday
                                        ...activities not documented...
                                        ...
                                        1941 06 26
                                        Thursday
                                        .Hollywood, Cal.Victor StudiosVictor recording session
                                        14:00 - 18:00
                                        Duke Ellington and His Famous Orchestra
                                        W. Jones, Stewart, Nance, Brown, Nanton, Tizol, Bigard, Hodges, Hardwick, Webster, Carney, Duke Ellington(p,cs); Guy, Blanton, Greer, I. Anderson
                                        Titles recorded:
                                        • Chocolate Shake
                                        • I Got It Bad and That Ain't Good

                                        These songs were in Jump for Joy.
                                        Ellington playes the celeste on IGIBATAG
                                        New Desor
                                        DE4115
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                                        .djp2011
                                        updated
                                        2015-02-04
                                        1941 06 27
                                        Friday
                                        ...activities not documented...
                                        ...
                                        1941 06 28
                                        Saturday
                                        ...activities not documented...
                                        ...
                                        1941 06 29
                                        Sunday
                                        .Hollywood, Cal.Hollywood BowlKNX+CBS: USO broadcast
                                        Steven Lasker in DEMS 02/2

                                        ' USO Benefit. "The Mammoth Hollywood Bowl Show for USO," as it was advertised, started at 7:30 p.m., and was broadcast locally on KNX and KFWB from 7:30 to 8:30, and on station KGFJ from 8 to 9. DESOR DE4207a Amapola is from this broadcast. Bob Altshuler sold the original acetate aircheck to Jerry Valburn; it is likely at the LoC. Jerry sent me a photocopy of the acetate's sleeve and label, on which it is noted that the aircheck was taken off WABC, a New York station, which broadcast the event beginning at 11:30 p.m. on the east coast. Amapola is, according to sleeve and label, performed by an all-star orchestra of west coast bandleaders "directed" by Jackie Cooper: John Scott Trotter, Lud Gluskin, Duke Ellington, Meredith Willson, Freddie Martin, etc. Ellington may also have appeared on this broadcast with his orchestra; according to the "California Eagle" (26Jun41), "Duke Ellington and his internationally famous orchestra will supply a specialty." '

                                        .New Desor
                                        DE4207
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                                        2015-02-05
                                        1941 06 30
                                        Monday
                                        ...activities not documented...
                                        ...

                                        July 1941

                                        1941 07 01
                                        Tuesday
                                        ...activities not documented...
                                        ...
                                        1941 07 02
                                        Wednesday
                                        ... Peripheral event
                                        Tickets for the forthcoming Jump for Joy musical went on sale
                                        John Bloom, Michael Nevin Willard, editors, Sports Matters: Race, Recreation, and Culture, New York University Press, 2002, p.61djpNew
                                        added 2013-10-16
                                        1941 07 02
                                        Wednesday
                                        .Hollywood, Cal.Victor StudiosVictor recording session
                                        13:30 - 20:00
                                        Duke Ellington and His Famous Orchestra
                                        W. Jones, Stewart, Nance, Brown, Nanton, Tizol, Bigard, Hodges, Hardwick, Webster, Carney, Ellington, Guy, Blanton, Greer, Jeffries, I. Anderson

                                        Titles recorded:
                                        • Clementine
                                        • Brown-Skin Gal
                                        • Jump For Joy (one take with male vocal, another take with female vocal)
                                        • Moon Over Cuba
                                      • Girvan:   Ellingtonia.com
                                      • MacHare:   A Duke Ellington Panorama
                                      • Dooji Collection record labels
                                      • Timner
                                      • Benny Aasland:
                                        The Wax Works of Duke Ellington, 1954
                                      • Benny Aasland, The Wax Works of Duke Ellington - the 6 March 1940-30 July 1942 RCA Victor Period
                                      • S. Lasker/O. Keepnews, The Duke Ellington Centennial Edition, RCA Victor CD box set 09026-63386-2, p.56
                                      • E. Lambert:
                                        Duke Ellington, A Listener's Guide
                                        , p.102
                                      • Jorgen Grunnet Jepsen, Discography of Duke Ellington, Vol. 2 1937-47
                                      • New Desor
                                        DE4116
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                                        updated
                                        2015-02-05
                                        1941 07 03
                                        Thursday
                                        .Hollywood, Cal.Victor StudiosBluebird label small group recording session
                                        11:00-16:30
                                        Rex Stewart and His Orchestra
                                        Stewart, Brown, Webster, Carney,Ellington, Blanton, Greer
                                        Titles recorded:
                                      • Girvan:   Ellingtonia.com
                                      • MacHare:   A Duke Ellington Panorama
                                      • Dooji Collection record labels
                                      • Timner
                                      • Benny Aasland:
                                        The Wax Works of Duke Ellington, 1954
                                      • Benny Aasland, The Wax Works of Duke Ellington - the 6 March 1940-30 July 1942 RCA Victor Period
                                      • S. Lasker/O. Keepnews, album notes, The Duke Ellington Centennial Edition, RCA Victor CD box set 09026-63386-2 p.56
                                      • E. Lambert:
                                        Duke Ellington, A Listener's Guide
                                        , p.102
                                      • Jorgen Grunnet Jepsen, Discography of Duke Ellington, Vol. 2 1937-47
                                      • New Desor
                                        DE4117
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                                        DEMS
                                        ..2011
                                        updated
                                        2015-02-05
                                        1941 07 03
                                        Thursday
                                        .Hollywood, Cal.Victor StudiosBluebird label small group recording session
                                        16:30 - 18:30
                                        Johnny Hodges and His Orchestra
                                        Nance, Brown, Bigard, Hodges, Carney, Ellington, Guy, Blanton, Greer
                                        Titles recorded:
                                        • Squaty Roo
                                        • Passion Flower
                                        • Things Ain't What They Used To Be
                                        • Goin' Out The Back Way
                                        See references for preceding session (Rex Stewart and His Orchestra)New Desor
                                        DE4117
                                        NDCS1004
                                        DEMS
                                        • See above
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                                        2015-02-05
                                        1941 07 04
                                        Friday
                                        .Los Angeles, Cal.KHJ studio?Ellington and Jump for Joy actress Dorothy Dandridge made a guest appearance on the KHJ radio show "The Lamplighter" from 16:45 - 17:00

                                        The 18 year old female lead of Jump for Joy was replaced sometime in the first month by Wynelda Carter. (Fayard Nicholson's assessment of Ivie Anderson's attitude toward Dorothy may not be objective; his brother married Miss Dandridge.)
                                        Stratemann p.167 citing Los Angeles Daily News 1941 07 04 p.27.DEMS
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                                        2015-02-05
                                        1941 07 04
                                        Saturday
                                        1941 07 09Los Angeles, Cal..Jump for Joy rehearsal attended by Ellington, Blanton, Greer, Stewart, Nance, Nanton, and possibly Webster (his name is struck out of the union document).E-mail M.Heyman-Palmquist 2014-09-11, citing "union claim sheet" held by S. Lasker.DEMS
                                        ..Added 2014-10-11
                                        1941 07 05
                                        Saturday
                                        1941 07 09Los Angeles, Cal..Jump for Joy rehearsals
                                        - see 1941 07 04
                                        ...
                                        ..Added
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                                        1941 07 06
                                        Sunday
                                        .Los Angeles, Cal..Jump for Joy rehearsals
                                        - see 1941 07 04
                                        ...
                                        ..2011
                                        1941 07 07
                                        Monday
                                        .Los Angeles, Cal..Jump for Joy rehearsals
                                        - see 1941 07 04
                                        ...
                                        ..2011
                                        1941 07 08
                                        Tuesday
                                        .Los Angeles, Cal..Jump for Joy rehearsals
                                        - see 1941 07 04
                                        ...
                                        ..2011
                                        1941 07 09
                                        Wednesday
                                        .Los Angeles, Cal..Jump for Joy rehearsals
                                        - see 1941 07 04
                                        ...
                                        ..2011
                                        1941 07 10
                                        Thursday
                                        1941 09 27Los Angeles, Cal.Mayan Theatre
                                        11th and Hill
                                        Ellington's full-length musical theatre show "Jump for Joy" opened at 9:10 p.m. in the Mayan Theatre and would run for 101 performances.
                                        It opened to mixed reviews, but in August The California Eagle's critic* wrote:

                                        "...Saw Jump for Joy again, and it was much improved since the first week's performance. Dorothy Dandridge is out and Wynelda Carter is in. ...

                                        However Ivie Anderson and Marie Bryant are still the life of the show. There's never a dull moment when either of these gals are on deck. Ivie can sing a song so that the audience get every word, and at the same time make cracks at Sonny Greer, tease Duke and wink at the boys in the front row. Wednesday night she went into a dance routine that would have slayed you.

                                        Marie has enough pep for ten people. She and Paul White make a fine comedy team.

                                        The most killing thing in the play is Clarence Landry's superb acting (complete with hankie) as a pansie. He's really marvellous.

                                        Now let us get to the subject of Joe Turner. Such blues shouting as that man can do!

                                        I was very surprised to note that he doesn't go in for jivin' the audiences a la Wynonie Harris. He just stands there, sort of looks over the gals on the front row with an "Oh, nuts!" expression and shouts the meanest verses since Simon Legree. And do the babes love it?

                                        He doesn't tone down his words either. Wednesday he did Cherry Red, Rocks in My Bed, Wee Baby and some others that I thought were restricted to down home consumption. But Turner shouts 'em at the Mayan and makes the folks like it.

                                        Rex Steward [sic] does some mighty fine answering after each line Joe shouts. It's wonderful the amount of talking Rex can get out of a horn - and if you can get your mind in a certain groove, Peace, It's Wonderful!..."


                                        The show was staged by Nick Castle, the music was written by Ellington, with assistance from his son Mercer, Hal Borne and Billy Strayhorn. Lyrics were by Paul Webster and Sid Kuller. Stratemann credits Langston Hughes, Otis René, Mickey Rooney, and Charles Leonard with contributing music or lyrics, and says sketches were by Kuller and Hal Fimburg.

                                        Songs written for and used in the show included
                                        • Jump for Joy
                                        • I Got It Bad And That Ain't Good (sung by Ivie Anderson)
                                        • Rocks in My Bed (sung by Joe Turner)
                                        • Subtle Slough (later, with lyrics added, 'Just Squeeze Me')
                                        • The Brown-Skin Gal With The Calico Gown (sung by Herb Jeffries)
                                        • Bli-Blip (duet by Marie Bryant and Paul White
                                        • Bugle Breaks
                                        • Chocolate Shake
                                        • Stomp Caprice
                                        • Flame Indigo (sung by Herb Jeffries)
                                        • Shhh! He's on the Beat
                                        • Sharp Easter
                                        • Old-Fashioned Waltz
                                        • Concerto for Clinkers (Rex Stewart feature)
                                        Ellington: Working with those writers was a very interesting experience for me. The show was never the same, because every night after the final curtain we had a meeting up in the office. All fifteen writers would be present whenever possible, and we would discuss, debate, and make decisions as to what should come out of the show the next night...

                                        With the exception of Rex Stewart who was in a skit with Duke, the orchestra played in the pit and did not appear on stage. Stratemann attributes this to a union rule requiring extra pay if an orchestra appeared both in the pit and on stage.
                                        Don George:

                                        '...the band played for about an hour after each performance, from a platform that rose up until it was practically in the audience. The vocalist came face to face with whoever was seated in the first row.
                                          Every night [Herb] Jeffries sang his big hit, "Flamingo." The band played a dynamic, exciting intro as the platform rose, and Jeffries really opened up...
                                          One night the platform rose and he found himself looking into the beautiful face of Hedy Lamarr. He froze completely. The band played the intro, and nothing happened. The whole audience was waiting, and Duke was looking at this lovely lady. Duke started the intro again, Jeffries was still frozen. He couldn't make a sound. Duke tried once more, starting the intro for the third time. Nothing. Duke looked at Jeffries standing there glued to the stage like a tongue-tied schoolboy, finally turned to the band, gave the cue and they blasted out their theme, "Take the "A" Train."'

                                        (The photo in Vail I, p.141 confirms how near the band and Jeffries were to the audience.)
                                        • Duke Ellington, MIMM pp.175-180, shows the programme with details of creators, cast, production crew, scenes, songs, etc. Note the names in the programme are not all the same as in Stratemann.
                                        • *Wilma Cockrell, Jam Session California Eagle 1941-08-14 p.2B
                                        • Stratemann, pp.169-171, citing
                                          • Mayan Theatre "The Playgoer" 1941-08-25
                                          • Hollywood Reporter
                                            • 1941-07-11
                                            • 1941-07-22
                                          • Variety
                                            • 1941-07-16 p.25
                                            • 1941-07-23 p.60
                                            • 1941-07-30, p.45
                                            • 1941-08-06 p.56
                                            • 1941-08-13 p.58
                                            • 1941-09-03 p.59
                                            • 1941-10-01 p.91
                                          • Metronome 1941-10-00, p.20
                                          • The Billboard (date not stated)
                                          • Down Beat
                                            • date not stated
                                            • 1941-09-01
                                          • Duke Ellington, MIMM p.155
                                          • Patricia Willard's notes for the Smithsonian long-playing album R 073
                                          • Silent movie filmed in theatre by Mary and Andy MacKay
                                          • Harry Carney's home movies
                                          • John Edward Hasse: Beyond Category, The Life and Genius of Duke Ellington pp.246-248
                                        • Don George, Sweet Man, The Real Duke Ellington, G.P. Putmans and Sons, New York, p. 49
                                        • Photo, Vail I, p.199
                                        • Additional documentation is likely to be found in SI-NMAH DEC301, Series 2: Performances and Programs, 1933-1974, box 10, folder 3 Jump For Joy, American Review Theatre, Los Angeles, California, July 10-September 27, 1941
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                                        Friday
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                                        Saturday
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                                        1941 07 13
                                        Sunday
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                                        1941 07 14
                                        Monday
                                        .Los Angeles, Cal.Mayan TheaterJump for Joy - see 1941 07 10...
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                                        1941 07 15
                                        Tuesday
                                        8:30
                                        .Los Angeles, Cal.Mayan TheatreJump for Joy - see 1941 07 10

                                        The Screen Cartoon Guild, then on strike against Disney, held a dinner and show at the Mayan. A mimeographed handbill was distributed to union members, reading

                                        'ATTEND THE THEATER PARTY FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE
                                        SCREEN CARTOON GUILD
                                        DUKE ELLINGTON
                                        in
                                        "JUMP FOR JOY"
                                        a revusical with a cast of 80. '

                                        Tickets were priced at .55, .83, $1.00 and $1.65 including tax.
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                                        Wednesday
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                                        1941 07 17
                                        Thursday
                                        .Los Angeles, Cal.Mayan TheaterJump for Joy - see 1941 07 10...
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                                        1941 07 18
                                        Friday
                                        .Los Angeles, Cal.Mayan TheaterJump for Joy - see 1941 07 10...
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                                        1941 07 19
                                        Saturday
                                        .Los Angeles, Cal.Mayan TheaterJump for Joy - see 1941 07 10...
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                                        1941 07 20
                                        Sunday
                                        .Los Angeles, Cal.Mayan TheaterJump for Joy - see 1941 07 10...
                                        ..2011
                                        1941 07 21
                                        Monday
                                        .Los Angeles, Cal.Mayan TheaterJump for Joy - see 1941 07 10...
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                                        1941 07 22
                                        Tuesday
                                        .Los Angeles, Cal.Mayan TheaterJump for Joy - see 1941 07 10...
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                                        1941 07 23
                                        Wednesday
                                        .Los Angeles, Cal.Mayan TheaterJump for Joy - see 1941 07 10...
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                                        1941 07 24
                                        Thursday
                                        .Los Angeles, Cal.Mayan TheaterJump for Joy - see 1941 07 10...
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                                        1941 07 25
                                        Friday
                                        .Los Angeles, Cal.Mayan TheaterJump for Joy - see 1941 07 10...
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                                        1941 07 26
                                        Saturday
                                        ...FBI report:

                                        'The "West Coast Volunteer" for June and July 1941, a monthly newsletter published by the Henry Eaton Post of the Abraham Lincoln Brigade ... reflected that the Hollywood Chapter of the veterans of the Abraham Lincoln Brigade on July 26, 1941, gave a barn dance to raise funds. The publication related that Duke Ellington had appeared at the dance with a portion of his band... '

                                        FBI file no. 100-43443, p.8..
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                                        1941 07 27
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                                        .Los Angeles, Cal.Mayan TheaterJump for Joy - see 1941 07 10...
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                                        Tuesday
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                                        1941 07 31
                                        Thursday
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                                        August 1941

                                        1941 08 01
                                        Friday
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                                        1941 08 02
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                                        1941 08 03
                                        Sunday
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                                        1941 08 04
                                        Monday
                                        .Los Angeles, Cal.Mayan TheaterJump for Joy - see 1941 07 10...
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                                        1941 08 05
                                        Tuesday
                                        .Los Angeles, Cal.Mayan TheaterJump for Joy - see 1941 07 10...
                                        ..2011
                                        1941 08 06
                                        Wednesday
                                        .Los Angeles, Cal.Mayan TheaterJump for Joy - see 1941 07 10...
                                        ..2011
                                        1941 08 07
                                        Thursday
                                        .Los Angeles, Cal.Mayan TheaterJump for Joy - see 1941 07 10...
                                        ..2011
                                        1941 08 08
                                        Friday
                                        .Los Angeles, Cal.Mayan TheaterJump for Joy - see 1941 07 10...
                                        ..2011
                                        1941 08 09
                                        Saturday
                                        .Los Angeles, Cal.Mayan TheaterJump for Joy - see 1941 07 10...
                                        ..2011
                                        1941 08 10
                                        Sunday
                                        .Los Angeles, Cal.Mayan TheaterJump for Joy - see 1941 07 10...
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                                        1941 08 11
                                        Monday
                                        .Los Angeles, Cal.Mayan TheaterJump for Joy - see 1941 07 10...
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                                        1941 08 12
                                        Tuesday
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                                        1941 08 13
                                        Wednesday
                                        .Los Angeles, Cal.Mayan TheaterJump for Joy - see 1941 07 10...
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                                        1941 08 14
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                                        1941 08 16
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                                        1941 08 17
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                                        1941 08 18
                                        Monday
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                                        1941 08 19
                                        Tuesday
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                                        1941 08 20
                                        Wednesday
                                        .Los Angeles, Cal.Mayan TheaterJump for Joy - see 1941 07 10...
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                                        1941 08 20
                                        Wednesday
                                        .Culver City, Cal.Casa Mañana
                                        8781 Washington Blvd.
                                        Stratemann reports a Battle of Music with the band of Charlie Barnet who was playing here. The next day, Barnet threw a party for Ellington and his men. Note this may conflict with Jump for Joy unless the show was dark or if it was after hours....
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                                        Thursday
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                                        1941 08 21
                                        Thursday
                                        ...Stratemann reports Charlie Barnet threw a party for Ellington and his men but gives no details of location or time. Note this may conflict with Jump for Joy unless the show was dark or if it was after hours.Stratemann p.171..
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                                        1941 08 24
                                        Sunday
                                        5:00 pm
                                        .Pasadena, Cal.Pasadena Gold Shell
                                        Memorial Park
                                        Old Town
                                        Starlight Fiesta of Negro Music

                                        Starlight Fiesta presents
                                        The greatest musical event of the season featuring one of America's greatest composers.
                                        Playing symphonic arrangements of his own compositions as well as classics in the popular field.
                                        Duke Ellington In His First American Concert Appearance"
                                        Admission: Reserved $1.10, General 55¢, Bleachers 25¢


                                        The concert programme lists these titles:
                                                           PART I

                                        SYMPHONETTE Duke Ellington
                                        KO-KO Duke Ellington
                                        PORTRAIT OF BERT WILLIAMS Duke Ellington
                                        BOJANGLES (Portrait of Bill Robinson) Duke Ellington
                                        BLUE BELLES OF HARLEM Duke Ellington
                                        JIVE RHAPSODY Mercer Ellington
                                        JUMPIN PUNKINS Mercer Ellington
                                        BLUE SERGE Mercer Ellington
                                        LUNA DE CUBA Juan Tizol and Duke Ellington
                                        FLAMING SWORD Duke Ellington
                                        BAKIFF Juan Tizol
                                        (3 Concertos)
                                        CONCERTO FOR COOTIE Duke Ellington
                                        CLARINET LAMENT Duke Ellington
                                        TRUMPET IN SPADES Duke Ellington
                                        MOOD INDIGO Duke Ellington
                                        INTERMISSION
                                        PART II
                                        CHELSEA BRIDGE Billy Strayhorn
                                        PASSION FLOWER Billy Strayhorn
                                        TAKE THE A TRAIN Billy Strayhorn
                                        SOPHISTICATED LADY Duke Ellington
                                        IN MY SOLITUDE Duke Ellington
                                        SEPIA PANORAMA Duke Ellington
                                        GIDDY-BUG GALLOP Duke Ellington
                                        CONCERTO FOR CLINKERS Duke Ellington

                                        The Pittsburgh Courier:

                                        'Duke's 'Symphonic' A Classical Jazz
                                        by ALEMENA [sic] DAVIS

                                        PASADENA, Sept. 4–Duke Ellington was presented here Sunday in what was described as his first American concert...
                                          Erroneously publicized as a "symphonic concert," the program included no symphonies. As a matter of fact, the Duke has written no symphonies. However, it did includ in the 23 numbers played, some lovely tone poems and music as graphic and pictorial as any "symphonic concert" ever presented.
                                          ...The Duke's band has rarely been in better form. Special solo roles were taken by Jimmy [sic] Blanton, brilliant young bass player; 'Sonny' Greer, veteran drummer, who was admirably sedate on this occasion; Ray Nance, whose feats on trumpet and violin more than fill Cootie Williams' niche; Rex Steward, ingenious cornetist and suave clarinetist Barney Bigard. Ivy [sic] Anderson, chic in black, and Herb Jeffries, the debutante's delight, sang.
                                          ... Ellington ... told the crowd of 1,500, almost filling the Gold Shell amphitheater, that it is his No. 1 ambition to establish a definite form of Negro music which is not jazz or swing...'

                                        • The California Eagle, Los Angeles, Cal.
                                          • 1941-08-14 pp.2-B and 3B
                                          • 41941-08-21 p.3-B
                                        • Concert programme, SI-NMAH DEC301, Series 2: Performances and Programs, 1933-1974, box 10, folder 4 First Annual Starlight Fiesta of Negro Music, Pasadena, California, August 24, 1941
                                        • The Pittsburgh Courier, Pittsburgh, Penn.
                                          1941-09-06 p.20
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                                        Sunday
                                        .Los Angeles, Cal.Mayan TheaterJump for Joy - see 1941 07 10...
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                                        1941 08 25
                                        Monday
                                        .Los Angeles, Cal.CBS/ KNX Radio studio
                                        6121 Sunset Blvd.
                                        Hollywood
                                        Prerecording date for the CBS Forecast series, season 2, episode 12 "Jubilee" radio program - see 1941 09 01
                                        Duke Ellington and His Orchestra
                                        W. Jones, Stewart, Nance, Brown, Nanton, Tizol, Bigard, Hodges, Hardwick, Webster, Carney, Ellington, Guy, Blanton, Greer, Jeffries
                                        Titles recorded:
                                        • Take The "A" Train
                                        • Flamingo
                                        • Jumpin' Punkins

                                        Jerry Valburn, Directory of Duke Ellington Records, s.2:

                                        'COLUMBIA; CBS FORECAST NUMBER 12: PART 3; "JUBILEE" all star variety program with Ethel Waters, Duke Ellington, Hall Johnson Choir, Hamtree Harrington, Flournoy Miller, Juanita Hall Choir; August 25 1941: Take the "A" Train / Flamingo / Jumpin' Punkins/'


                                        CBS Forecast was a CBS 1940 and 1941 eight week summer radio network series of new shows. The purpose was to gauge audience support and find sponsors for programs that could then become part of its regular schedule.

                                        Some weeks had two back-to-back half hour shows and other weeks had a single one-hour show. Ellington was in the last show, Forecast #12, a one-hour all-Black show titled Jubilee. It had two segments, a half-hour from New York and a half-hour from Hollywood. Charles Vanda directed the west coast segment, which opened with Ethel Waters announcing herself and singing a medley. The Ellington orchestra was next, followed by actor/comedian Wonderful Smith with a Jump for Joy skit, then Ellington again, followed by the Hall Johnson Choir.

                                        Harrisburg Telegraph:

                                        'Duke Ellington-Ethel Waters Head Final "Forecast" Monday
                                         "Jubilee," a full-hour variety show with an all-star cast headed by Ethel Waters and Duke Ellington, is the CBS "Forecast" bill for Monday over WHP from 9 to 10 P.M. It will be the twelfth and last program of Columbia's 1941 "Forecast" series.
                                         The initial half-hour of "Jubilee" comes from New York, where the Juanita Hall Choir, Hamtree Harrington, Flourney Miller and a number of other stars perform a dramatized history of the Negro's contribution to the American entertainment world. Harrington, who has been in several Broadway successes, and Miller, of the famed vaudeville team of Miller and Lyles, are heard as minstrel men.
                                          Ethel Waters and Duke Ellington and his orchestra are heard in the second half-hour, which originates in Hollywood. Supported by several screen players, they present a variety program.
                                         The "Forecast" series, launched a year ago to showcase new program ideas and famous stars in especially designed vehicles, opened its current run July 14...'


                                        There has been some confusion over the session date:
                                        • The Igo itinerary query sheet dates Jubilee Sept. 5.
                                        • Aasland's 1940-1942 Wax Works shows it as session 41-26, Sept. 6 1941.
                                        • DEMS 85/3-4 shows Sept. 5 1941 as episode 13 (there was no episode 13. Episode 12 was the last, and it was broadcast Sept.1)
                                        • DEMS 85/4-4 corrects the session date to Aug. 29 1941 citing Variety 1941-09-03 p.38
                                        • DEMS 86/3-1 provides info about the same show, dating it Aug. 25, 1941
                                        • DEMS 90/2-5 is an uncredited Ellington chronology which dates the broadcast or recording Aug. 29 1941
                                        • DEMS 90/3-2 corrects the date to Aug. 25, citing the label of the transcription.
                                        • New Desor, DEPanorama and Ellingtonia.com date the recording session Aug.25
                                      • Steven Lasker confirms the Aug.25 date, based on the printed label of the 16-inch ET transcription
                                        • see 1941 09 01
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                                        Monday
                                        .Los Angeles, Cal.Mayan TheaterJump for Joy - see 1941 07 10...
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                                        1941 08 26
                                        Tuesday
                                        .Los Angeles, Cal.Mayan TheaterJump for Joy - see 1941 07 10...
                                        ..2011
                                        1941 08 27
                                        Wednesday
                                        .Los Angeles, Cal.Mayan TheaterJump for Joy - see 1941 07 10...
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                                        1941 08 28
                                        Thursday
                                        .Los Angeles, Cal.Mayan TheaterJump for Joy - see 1941 07 10...
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                                        1941 08 29
                                        Friday
                                        .Los Angeles, Cal.Incorrect prerecording session date reported for CBS Forecast season 2 episode 12 "Jubilee" radio program - see 1941 09 01...
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                                        Friday
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                                        Saturday
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                                        September 1941

                                        1941 09 00.Los Angeles, Cal..Meeting Orson WellesStratemann p.193..
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                                        1941 09 01
                                        Monday
                                        Labour Day
                                        .Los Angeles, Cal.KFI radio studioKFI (NBC Red Network) studio broadcast "Salute To Labor"
                                        9:00 am to 10:00 am PDT
                                        The Fresno Bee, Aug.31:

                                        'President Roosevelt, Prime Minister Churchill of England, and other notables in government and labor will be heard over KMJ between 9 and 10 A.M. tomorrow during a special Labor Day broadcast scheduled as the Office of Emergency Management's Salute to Labor.
                                          Ernest Bevin, Britain's minister of Labor, Ambassador John G. Winant, William Green, president of the American Federation of Labor, James Carey, secretary of the CIO; Sidney Hillman, associate direcotr of the Office of Production Managewment will speak briefly.
                                          James Cagney and Edward Arnold will be presented from Hollywood in an original radio drama, the Golden Gate Quartet will sing and Duke Ellington's Orchestra will provide instrumental music.'


                                        Buffalo Courier Express, Sept. 1:

                                        '... Music will be supplied by Duke Ellington and others from Hollywood and the Golden Gate Quartet from New York.'


                                        Winnipeg Evening Tribune:

                                        '...Music will be supplied by Duke Ellington, the Jump for Joy chorus from Hollywood and the Golden Gate quartet, New York... '

                                        The broadcast was recorded. Ellington speaks with Melvyn Douglas, and then performs a medley from Jump for Joy with Herb Jeffries, Ivie Anderson and Joe Turner), accompanied by a choir. The medley included
                                        • Brown Skin Gal
                                        • Jump For Joy
                                        • I Got It Bad and That Ain't Good
                                        • Rocks In My Bed
                                        Some stations carried only the last 15 minutes of the broadcast, as that is when Roosevelt was to speak.
                                        • Winnipeg Evening Tribune, Winnipeg, Man.
                                          1941-08-30
                                        • The Fresno Bee, Fresno, Cal. 1941-08-31 p.2-B
                                        • Buffalo Courier-Express, Buffalo, N.Y.
                                          1941-09-01 p.53
                                        • Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles, Cal.
                                          1941-09-01 p.1 and radio schedule
                                        • Girvan:   Ellingtonia.com
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                                        Monday
                                        .Hollywood, Cal.CBS Radio
                                        6121 Sunset Blvd.
                                        Peripheral Event
                                        Broadcast
                                        CBS Forecast series, episode 12, "Jubilee"
                                        Ellington's contribution was pre-recorded - see 1941 08 25 above.
                                        Buffalo Courier-Express:

                                        'Final offering in Columbia's Forecast series tonight is Jubilee, a full-hour show which again finds Duke Ellington in the spotlight, also Ethel Waters. These personalities fill the last 30 minutes of the broadcast from Hollywood, while the first portion comes from New York with the Juanita Hall Choir, Hamtree Harrignton, Flounay Miller and other Negro artists.'

                                        Lincoln Star:

                                        'Forecast, final program of series whcih previews projected fall programs; tonight's production an all-Negro show called, "Jubilee" with Ethel Waters, Duke Ellington, Canada Lee and others.'

                                        A survey of radio logs in J.J.'s Radio Logs and in the Newspapers.com archive gives varying broadcast times, confirming the show was prerecorded, not broadcast live.
                                        • Eastern time zone:
                                          • 7 p.m. EDT
                                            • Kokomo Tribune, Kokomo, Ind. p.2
                                          • 8 p.m. EDT
                                            • Washington Post
                                            • Pittston Gazette, Pittsdon, Penn. p.6
                                          • 9 p.m. EDT
                                            • New York Times
                                            • Pottstown Mercury, Pottstown, Penn.
                                            • Altoona Tribune, Altoona, Penn. p.7
                                            • Brooklyn Daily Eagle, New York, N.Y. p.6
                                        • Central time zone:
                                          • 7 p.m. (= 8 p.m. EDT)
                                            • Corpus Christi Times, Corpus Christi, Tex. p.12
                                            • Amarillo Daily News, Amarillo, Tex. p.6
                                            • Waco News-Tribune, Waco, Tex., p.5
                                            • Lincoln Evening Journal, Lincoln, Neb. p.10
                                          • 8 p.m. (= 9 p.m. EDT)
                                            • Monroe News Star, Monroe, La., p.4
                                            • Chicago Daily Tribune
                                        • Pacific time zone
                                          • 5 p.m. PDT (= 8 p.m. EDT)
                                            • Los Angeles Times
                                            • San Bernardino County Sun, San Bernardino, Cal. p.5
                                        Note daylight savings time was optional in 1941, but is not apparently a factor, since both New York and Washington D.C. were on daylight savings time until Sept. 28.
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                                        Monday
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                                        Tuesday
                                        .Los Angeles, Cal.Mayan TheaterJump for Joy - see 1941 07 10...
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                                        .Los Angeles, Cal.Mayan TheaterJump for Joy - see 1941 07 10...
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                                        .Los Angeles, Cal.Mayan TheaterJump for Joy - see 1941 07 10...
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                                        Friday
                                        .Los Angeles, Cal.CBS StudiosJubilee session..DEMS
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                                        1941 09 06
                                        Saturday
                                        .Los Angeles, Cal.Mayan TheaterJump for Joy - see 1941 07 10...
                                        ..2011
                                        1941 09 07
                                        Sunday
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                                        1941 09 08
                                        Monday
                                        .Los Angeles, Cal.Mayan TheaterJump for Joy - see 1941 07 10...
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                                        1941 09 09
                                        Tuesday
                                        .Los Angeles, Cal.Mayan TheaterJump for Joy - see 1941 07 10...
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                                        1941 09 10
                                        Wednesday
                                        .Los Angeles, Cal.Mayan TheaterJump for Joy - see 1941 07 10...
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                                        1941 09 11
                                        Thursday
                                        .Los Angeles, Cal.Mayan TheaterJump for Joy - see 1941 07 10...
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                                        1941 09 12
                                        Friday
                                        .Los Angeles, Cal.Mayan TheaterJump for Joy - see 1941 07 10...
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                                        1941 09 13
                                        Saturday
                                        .Los Angeles, Cal.Mayan TheaterJump for Joy - see 1941 07 10...
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                                        1941 09 14
                                        Sunday
                                        .Los Angeles, Cal.Mayan TheaterJump for Joy - see 1941 07 10...
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                                        Monday
                                        .Los Angeles, Cal.Mayan TheaterJump for Joy - see 1941 07 10...
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                                        Tuesday
                                        .Los Angeles, Cal.Mayan TheaterJump for Joy - see 1941 07 10...
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                                        1941 09 17
                                        Wednesday
                                        .Hollywood, Cal.RCA-Victor StudioStandard Radio Transcription recording session
                                        Duke Ellington and His Orchestra
                                        W. Jones, Stewart, Nance, Brown, Nanton, Tizol, Bigard, Hodges, Hardwick, Webster, Carney, Ellington, Guy, Blanton, Greer, Jeffries, I. Anderson
                                        Titles recorded:
                                        Standard Program Library
                                        Disc P-169
                                        Matrix PMS 061661
                                        • Clementine
                                        • Chelsea Bridge
                                        • Love Like This Can't Last
                                        • After All
                                        • The Girl In My Dreams
                                        Standard Program Library
                                        Disc P-169
                                        Matrix PMS 061662
                                        • Jumpin' Punkins
                                        • Frankie And Johnny
                                        • Flamingo
                                        • Bakiff

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                                      • Girvan:   Ellingtonia.com
                                      • MacHare:   A Duke Ellington Panorama
                                      • Dooji Collection record labels
                                      • Timner
                                      • E. Lambert:
                                        Duke Ellington, A Listener's Guide
                                        , p.102
                                      • New Desor
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                                        1941 09 17
                                        Wednesday
                                        .Los Angeles, Cal.Mayan TheaterJump for Joy - see 1941 07 10...
                                        ..2011
                                        1941 09 18
                                        Thursday
                                        .Los Angeles, Cal.Mayan TheaterJump for Joy - see 1941 07 10...
                                        ..2011
                                        1941 09 19
                                        Friday
                                        .Los Angeles, Cal.Mayan TheaterJump for Joy - see 1941 07 10...
                                        ..2011
                                        1941 09 20
                                        Saturday
                                        .Los Angeles, Cal.Mayan TheaterJump for Joy - see 1941 07 10...
                                        ..2011
                                        1941 09 21
                                        Sunday
                                        .Los Angeles, Cal.Mayan TheaterJump for Joy - see 1941 07 10...
                                        ..2011
                                        1941 09 22
                                        Monday
                                        .Los Angeles, Cal.Mayan TheaterJump for Joy - see 1941 07 10...
                                        ..2011
                                        1941 09 23
                                        Tuesday
                                        .Los Angeles, Cal.Mayan TheaterJump for Joy - see 1941 07 10...
                                        ..2011
                                        1941 09 24
                                        Wednesday
                                        .Los Angeles, Cal.Mayan TheaterJump for Joy - see 1941 07 10...
                                        ..2011
                                        1941 09 25
                                        Thursday
                                        .Los Angeles, Cal.Mayan TheaterJump for Joy - see 1941 07 10...
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                                        1941 09 26
                                        Friday
                                        .Hollywood, Cal.RCA Victor StudioVictor recording session
                                        14:00-17:50
                                        Duke Ellington and His Famous Orchestra
                                        W. Jones, Stewart, Nance, Brown, Nanton, Tizol, Bigard, Hodges, Hardwick, Webster, Carney, Ellington, Strayhorn, Guy, Blanton, Greer, I. Anderson
                                        Titles recorded:
                                        • Five O'Clock Drag
                                        • Rocks In My Bed
                                        • Bli-Blip
                                        • Chelsea Bridge
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                                        Friday
                                        .Los Angeles, Cal.Mayan TheaterJump for Joy - see 1941 07 10...
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                                        1941 09 27
                                        Saturday
                                        .Los Angeles, Cal.Mayan TheaterClosing night, Jump for Joy - see 1941 07 10...
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                                        Sunday
                                        ...activities not documented
                                        ...
                                        ...
                                        1941 09 29
                                        Monday
                                        .Hollywood, Cal.RCA Victor studioBluebird recording session
                                        10:30-13:00
                                        Barney Bigard and His Orchestra
                                        Nance, Tizol, Bigard, Carney, Strayhorn, Ellington, Blanton, Greer

                                        Titles recorded:Lambert describes the three Strayhorn pieces as:

                                        '...soft, sentimental, and of little substance, aspects only partially disguised by his fastidious craftmanship. This softer side of Strayhorn's musical personality is illustrated in the writing he did for the last Bigard Bluebird session - Brown Suede, Noir Bleu and June. These rather empty exercises in faintly decadent modishness are quite different in essence from Ellington's own much more strongly sinewed tone poems. Not all Strayhorn's mood pieces are in this vein; in After All, for example, the resigned melancholy is kept firmly under control. But there is a tendency for Strayhorn's music to dissolve into a rather vapid kind of formlessness, a kind of soft-centered romanticism...'

                                      • Girvan:   Ellingtonia.com
                                      • MacHare:   A Duke Ellington Panorama
                                      • Dooji Collection record labels
                                      • Timner
                                      • Benny Aasland:
                                        The Wax Works of Duke Ellington, 1954
                                      • S. Lasker/O. Keepnews, The Duke Ellington Centennial Edition, RCA Victor CD box set 09026-63386-2
                                      • E. Lambert:
                                        Duke Ellington, A Listener's Guide
                                        , pp. 103, 108
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                                        Tuesday
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                                        October 1941

                                        1941 10 01
                                        Wednesday
                                        ...activities not documented...
                                        ...
                                        1941 10 02
                                        Thursday
                                        ...activities not documented...
                                        ...
                                        1941 10 03
                                        Friday
                                        ...activities not documented...
                                        ...
                                        1941 10 04
                                        Saturday
                                        ...activities not documented...
                                        ...
                                        1941 10 05
                                        Sunday
                                        .Los Angeles, Cal.Elks AuditoriumDance

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                                        1941 10 07
                                        Tuesday
                                        ...activities not documented...
                                        ...
                                        1941 10 08
                                        Wednesday
                                        ...activities not documented...
                                        ...
                                        1941 10 09
                                        Thursday
                                        .Los Angeles, Cal.NBC studio
                                        Sunset and Vine
                                        Hollywood
                                        "Kraft Music Hall" NBC-broadcast 6-7pm
                                        This was Blanton's last recorded performance. The house orchestra was led by John Scott Trotter and the choir was The Music Maids
                                        Duke Ellington and Blanton with John Scott Trotter Orchestra
                                        Titles recorded:
                                        • Take The "A" Train
                                        • Flamingo
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                                        Friday
                                        ...activities not documented...
                                        ...
                                        1941 10 11
                                        Saturday
                                        .Sacramento, Cal.Sweet's Ballroom...DEMS
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                                        Sunday
                                        .Oakland, Cal.Oakland Ball Park"Duke Ellington, composer, pianist and conductor of one of America's famous dance bands who will appear at Sweet's Ballroom Sunday night, will attend the championship game between the California Eagles and Ben's Golden Glow today at the Oakland Ball Park. Ellington, who made an appearance in Sacramento, talked with Paul (Spier?) publicity director, over the phone from there, and promised definitely he would bring his band to the game. Ellington will march with Colonel Young's Drum and Bugle Corps, American Legion Post 229, which band will be in attendance at the game, and will supply music to the contest."Announcement, Oakland Tribune 1941-10-12 p.D12.
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                                        Sunday
                                        3 pm
                                        .San Francisco, Cal.Curran Theater(Unconfirmed)

                                        The Oakland Tribune reported Duke Ellington, Orson Wells and Ethel Waters would be guests of honour at a performance by Katherine Dunham and her Dunham Dancers, a troupe of 20 West Indian dancers accompanied by percussionists Gaucho Vanderhanz from Dutch Guinea and Ivan Lopez from Brazil.
                                        Oakland Tribune 1941-10-12 p.11..
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                                        Sunday
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                                        Monday
                                        .Oakland, Cal.Sweet's Ballroomsee 1941 10 12..DEMS
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                                        1941 10 14
                                        Tuesday
                                        ...activities not documented...
                                        ...
                                        1941 10 15
                                        Wednesday
                                        ...activities not documented...
                                        ...
                                        1941 10 16
                                        Thursday
                                        ...activities not documented...
                                        ...
                                        1941 10 17
                                        Friday
                                        ...Band activities not documented

                                        "Ellington was expected to attend an October 17 Los Angeles performance of 'Cabin in the Sky' by the Katherine Dunham Dancers."
                                        Stratemann p. 171, citing California Eagle 1941-10-09..
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                                        Saturday
                                        ...activities not documented...
                                        ...
                                        1941 10 19
                                        Sunday
                                        ...activities not documented...
                                        ...
                                        1941 10 20
                                        Monday
                                        ...activities not documented...
                                        ...
                                        1941 10 21
                                        Tuesday
                                        ...activities not documented...
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                                        1941 10 22
                                        Wednesday
                                        ...activities not documented...
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                                        1941 10 23
                                        Thursday
                                        ...activities not documented...
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                                        1941 10 24
                                        Friday
                                        ...activities not documented...
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                                        1941 10 25
                                        Saturday
                                        ...activities not documented...
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                                        1941 10 26
                                        Sunday
                                        ...activities not documented...
                                        ...
                                        1941 10 27
                                        Monday
                                        ...activities not documented...
                                        ...
                                        1941 10 28
                                        Tuesday
                                        ...activities not documented...
                                        ...
                                        1941 10 29
                                        Wednesday
                                        ...activities not documented...
                                        ...
                                        1941 10 30
                                        Thursday
                                        ...activities not documented...
                                        ...
                                        1941 10 31
                                        Friday
                                        Halloween
                                        ...activities not documented...
                                        ...

                                        November 1941

                                        1941 11 00...PERSONNEL CHANGE
                                        Jimmie Blanton left the band sometime in November when he was hospitalized with tubercolosis. Alvin "Junior" Raglin replaced him, and there were times during the transition when they both played.

                                        See our Blanton-Raglin webpage for further information.
                                        • Stratemann p.171-172
                                        • Ulanov (ibid.), pp.233-235
                                        • Barney Bigard, edited by Barry Martyn: With Louis and the Duke, Oxford University Press 1986, pp.74-75
                                        • Duke Ellington, MIMM pp. 164-166
                                        • Jeroen de Valk, Ben Webster: His Life and Music, Berkeley Hills Books, 2001, p. 60
                                        • Frank Buchmann-Moller, Someone to Watch Over Me: The Life and Music of Ben Webster, University of Michigan Press, 2006, pp.62-67
                                        • Jimmy Fidler, "Hollywood Roundup,"Long Island Press 1942-01-19 p.20 (The same column appears as Hollywood Roundup in The Evening Standard, Uniontown, Penn. 1942-01-18 p.13 and as Today in Hollywood, The North Adams Transcript, 1942-01-13 p.4
                                        • Pittsburgh Courier 1942-08-15 p.21
                                        • Peter Townsend, Pearl Harbour Jazz: Changes in Popular Music in the Early 1940s, The University Press of Mississippi, 2007, p.115
                                        • Emails, Sept/Oct 2014, Heyman/Lasker/Steiner/Palmquist
                                        • Email Steven Lasker 2014-10-07
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                                          1941 11 01
                                          Saturday
                                          1941 11 02
                                          Sunday
                                          Los Angeles, Cal.Mayan TheatreEllington and his orchestra returned to the Mayan to play concerts on November 1 and 2 (additional info at 1941 11 02).
                                          MAYAN THEATRE
                                          SATURDAY and SUNDAY EVENINGS, NOVEMBER 1 AND 2
                                          DUKE ELLINGTON
                                          AND HIS WORLD FAMOUS ORCHESTRA
                                          with
                                          IVIE ANDERSON and HERB JEFFERIES
                                          EXCLUSIVE MANAGEMENT -- WM. MORRIS AGENCY, INC.

                                          PROGRAM

                                          1. SymphonetteDuke Ellington



                                          2. KokoDuke Ellington
                                          3. Portraits Bert WilliamsDuke Ellington
                                          4. Bojangles (Portrait of Bill Robinson)Duke Ellington



                                          5. Blue Bells of HarlemDuke Ellington



                                          6. Jumpin' PunkinsMercer Ellington
                                          7. Blue SergeMercer Ellington



                                          8. Cotton TailDuke Ellington



                                          9. HERB JEFFRIES
                                             Brown Skinned Girl in the Calico GownDuke Ellington
                                             Jump for JoyDuke Ellington
                                          10. FlamingoTed Grouya



                                          11. BakiffJuan Tizol
                                          12. Bli BlipDuke Ellington
                                          13. Clarinet LamentDuke Ellington
                                          14. Trumpet in SpadesDuke Ellington
                                          15. Mood IndigoDuke Ellington

                                          INTERMISSION


                                          1. Chelsea BridgeBilly Strayhorn
                                          2. Take the "A" TrainBilly Strayhorn



                                          3. Warm ValleyDuke Ellington

                                          4. IVIE ANDERSON
                                             Love Like this Can't LastBilly Strayhorn
                                             Nothin'Hal Borne and Sid Kuller
                                             I Got It Bad and That Ain't GoodPaul Webster and Duke Ellington



                                          5. Jack the BearDuke Ellington
                                          6. Boy Meets HornRex Stewart and Duke Ellington



                                          7. Giddy Bug GallopDuke Ellington
                                          8. Concerto for KlinkersDuke Ellington


                                          For Mr. Ellington: Chas. (Jack) Boyd, Manager
                                          • California Eagle 1941-11-06 p.4-B
                                          • Emails, S.Lasker-Palmquist
                                            • 2014-10-05 (contents_
                                            • 2014-10-05 (layout)
                                            • Note the programme misspelled Jeffries name at the top.
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                                          Sunday
                                          .Los Angeles, Cal.Mayan TheatreSecond concert

                                          Band members present included Jeffries, I.Anderson, Ellington, Webster, Tizol, Nance, Bonny [sic] Bigard, Steward [sic] and Strayhorn. Titles played included Cotton Tail, Jumpin' Punkins, Blue Serge, Brown Skin Girl in the Calico Gown, Jump for Joy, Flamingo, Bakiff, Clarinet Lament, Trumpet in Spades, Take the "A" Train, Chelsea Bridge, Solitude, I Got It Bad And That Ain't Good, a telephone conversation between Ivie and Rex on trumpet, Concerto for Klinkers and St. Louis Blues. Buck and Bubbles were photographed with Duke at the piano.
                                          California Eagle 1941-11-06 p.4-B..
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                                          Monday
                                          ...activities not documented
                                          ...
                                          ...
                                          1941 11 04
                                          Tuesday
                                          ...activities not documented
                                          ...
                                          ...
                                          1941 11 05
                                          Wednesday
                                          1941 11 11San Francisco, Cal.Golden Gate Theater
                                          Market at Golden Gate Ave.
                                          Vaudeville

                                          ON the STAGE
                                          In Person
                                          CREATOR OF
                                          A NEW VOGUE
                                          IN AMERICAN
                                          DANCE MUSIC!
                                          Duke
                                          ELLINGTON
                                          WITH HIS FAMOUS ORCHESTRA
                                          Featuring the stars of ...
                                          "JUMP FOR JOY"
                                          IVIE ANDERSON
                                          The California Songbird
                                          HERB JEFFRIES
                                          The Bronze Buckaroo
                                          ...

                                          Also on the bill, "A Brilliant RKO Vaudeville Revue, including comic Cass Daley, The Olympic Boys acrobatics, Peggy O'Neill's Beauties and Charles Kaley's new music. The screen show was "Father Takes A Wife" and what appears to be a documentary or newsreel, "Sailors With Wings."
                                          The poster reproduced in Startemann says "STARTS TODAY AT 11 A.M."
                                          Steiner in DEMS, citing San Francisco Examiner:

                                          'Blanton was mentioned in a review of the opening day performance'


                                          Motion Picture Daily reported the theatre grossed @22,300 for the "week ending Nov. 11-14," compared to the average, $15,000
                                          • Stratemann p.172 citing
                                            • Variety 1941-12-11 p.52
                                            • The Billboard 1941-11-22 p.24
                                          • Kevin Wallace, "Duke Ellington's Band Hailed at Golden Gate," San Francisco Examiner, 1941-11-06 p.24
                                          • Motion Picture Daily, 1941-11-21 p.7
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                                          Wednesday
                                          1941 11 11San Francisco, Cal..Jim Crow reared its ugly head during the Ellington orchestra's week in the Bay area.

                                          Downbeat:

                                          'Duke Ellington's recent visit to the Bay region to play a week at the Golden Gate Theatre found the usual number of so-called "Good Americans" who run restaurants and hotels doing their best to make the Duke and his party feel out of place. Just about the silliest deal of all happened at one of the downtown eateries across the bay. The arrival of Duke and his party caused some confusion among the waiters, etc., who finally allowed the Duke to sit out in the open but seated the other members of his party at another table and placed a screen in front of them.'

                                          This incident was reported in the New York Times as well.
                                          • Down Beat,1941-12-15 p.24, as quoted by Peter Townsend in Pearl Harbor Jazz: Change in Popular Music in the Early 1940s, University Press of Mississippi, 2007, p.72
                                          • New York Times, New York, N.Y.
                                            1941-12-27 p.8
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                                          Thursday
                                          .San Francisco, Cal.Golden Gate TheaterVaudeville - see 1941 11 05....2011
                                          1941 11 07
                                          Friday
                                          .San Francisco, Cal.Golden Gate TheaterVaudeville - see 1941 11 05....2011
                                          1941 11 08
                                          Saturday
                                          ...Date of contract between R.C.M. Productions and Duke Ellington, c/o William Morris Agency, under which Ellington was to furnish 17 musicians to record four complete musical arrangements to be used in Soundies films.

                                          The arrangements were to be selected by R.C.M. and furnished by Duke.

                                          There was to be one recording session, not exceeding 3 hours, in the week of Nov. 24, to be followed the next day with a filming session, not to exceed 8 consecutive hours.

                                          See additional details at 1941 11 24 below.
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                                          Saturday
                                          .San Francisco, Cal.Golden Gate TheaterVaudeville - see 1941 11 05....2011
                                          1941 11 09
                                          Sunday
                                          .San Francisco, Cal.Golden Gate TheaterVaudeville - see 1941 11 05....2011
                                          1941 11 10
                                          Monday
                                          .San Francisco, Cal.Golden Gate TheaterVaudeville - see 1941 11 05....2011
                                          1941 11 11
                                          Tuesday
                                          .San Francisco, Cal.Golden Gate TheaterVaudeville - see 1941 11 05....2011
                                          1941 11 12
                                          Wednesday
                                          ...activities not documented
                                          ...
                                          ...
                                          1941 11 13
                                          Thursday
                                          ...activities not documented
                                          ...
                                          ...
                                          1941 11 14
                                          Friday
                                          .Palo Alto, Cal.Stanford University...DEMS
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                                          Saturday
                                          Doors, 8 PM
                                          .Salinas, Cal.Salinas Armory

                                          Dance to this great band! See the Show of Shows.
                                          Dance to the sween music of this famous maestro. Come early and stay late. Admission, Gents, $1.101 $1.002, Ladies, 75 cents,2 Ladies or Service Men in Uniform, 75 cents1 tax included.

                                          Ads, Salinas Morning Post
                                          • 1. 1941-11-11
                                          • 1941-11-15
                                          ..
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                                          1941 11 16
                                          Sunday
                                          1941 11 17Oakland, Cal.Sweets Ballroom"Last California ballroom engagement of the year." Oakland Tribune, Oakland, Cal.:
                                          • Two plugs 1941-11-13 p.C31
                                          • Photo 1941-11-14
                                          • Ad 1941-11-15 p.2D
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                                          1941 11 17
                                          Monday
                                          ..Sweets BallroomUndocumented
                                          This appearance is not documented in the local press, but it seems likely Ellington played a second night at Sweets in accordance with the Mr. Sweets' policy of holding unadvertised dances for Afro-americans the day after the dances for whites.
                                          Ken Steiner:

                                          'The Tribune advertised Sunday [16] night only; Sweet's customarily held Monday [17] night dances for the African American community.'

                                          Journalist Thomas C. Fleming:

                                          ' ...Bill Sweet, owner and operator of the ballroom, decided he would have a two-night session for black entertainers who came to Oakland. The first night would be allocated for whites only, and the second night for blacks. That went on until after World War II. The policy was only for black bands; I don't think any blacks wanted to hear the white bands because they didn't play hot enough.
                                           Bill Sweet used John Burton, a black man who was a one-man publicity hound, to encourage blacks to come out... Burton was one of the most colorful persons in Oakland, and was good with his technique: he got the news out whenever some big entertainer came to town.
                                           Sweet's was the mecca for jazz devotees in Oakland. It was the only place where the famous big bands played, such as Ellington, Armstrong, Lunceford, Andy Kirk, Earl Hines and some white bands. Fats Waller came once alone, and used a local drummer and a few others to accompany him. Sweet's wasn't a nightclub. It just had dances -- no floor shows. When these bands played worked the clubs in Los Angeles, they stayed anywhere from a week to maybe four weeks.
                                            Ellington came back to Oakland every year for about a decade, then not quite so often during World War II. After the war, he never played another Oakland engagement, but always in San Francisco...'

                                          "Duke Ellington", Thomas C. Fleming and Max Millard: Thomas Fleming's 20th Century: In The Black World (hosted webpage on http://ellingtonweb.ca).DEMS
                                          .ks/djp2014-10-08
                                          1941 11 18
                                          Tuesday
                                          8:30 p.m. to 1:00 a.m.
                                          .San Jose, Cal.Civic Auditorium.Ad, San Jose Mercury Herald, 1941-11-18 p.18.DEMS
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                                          1941 11 19
                                          Wednesday
                                          1941 11 25Los Angeles, Cal.Orpheum TheatreVaudeville - seven shows a day
                                          Stratemann:

                                          'For a reunion of sorts, Ellington reassembled the principal acts of "Jump for Joy" who had since been employed at various Los Angeles clubs...'

                                          California Eagle:

                                          'There are extra shows scheduled this week at the Orpheum theatre for all the holiday show-goers to see Duke Ellington and his famous orchestra in person on the stage heading one of the greatest musical revues ever and featuring the hit stars of "Jump for Joy," Ivie Anderson, Herb Jeffries, Pot, Pan and Skillet, Joe Turner, Al Guster and many more.
                                           Some of the musical highlights of the show will include the hit tunes from the famous stage play that the Duke himself wrote. Among them are "I Got It Bad And That Ain't Good," "Chocolate Shake," "Jump for Joy" and many others.
                                           Screen entertainment on the show has the first Los Angeles showing of "Mercy Island"... '

                                          Stratemann also names Marie Bryant and Paul White.
                                          • Stratemann p.172
                                          • California Eagle 1941-11-20 p.3-A
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                                          Thursday
                                          .Los Angeles, Cal.Orpheum TheatreVaudeville - 7 shows - see 1941 11 19...
                                          ...
                                          1941 11 21
                                          Friday
                                          .Los Angeles, Cal.Orpheum TheatreVaudeville - 7 shows - see 1941 11 19...
                                          ...
                                          1941 11 22
                                          Saturday
                                          .Los Angeles, Cal.Orpheum TheatreVaudeville - 7 shows - see 1941 11 19...
                                          ...
                                          1941 11 23
                                          Sunday
                                          .Los Angeles, Cal.Orpheum TheatreVaudeville - 7 shows - see 1941 11 19...
                                          ...
                                          ca.
                                          1941 11 24
                                          Monday
                                          ca.
                                          1941 11 28
                                          Friday
                                          Hollywood. Cal.Fine Arts Studios
                                          and/or
                                          Radio Recorders
                                          7324 Santa Monica Blvd.
                                          Soundies recording session (not more than 3 hours) and film session (not more than 8 consecutive hours) the day after the recording session.
                                          In late November or possibly early December, 1941, Ellington and his orchestra made five short films, called Soundies, which were for viewing in coin-operated arcade-type film booths. These were produced by R.C.M. Productions, Inc. with copyrights registered to Soundies Distributing Corporation of America, Inc. in February.
                                          • The songs recorded, each in its own film, were:
                                            • Hot Chocolate (Cottontail)
                                            • I Got It Bad And That Ain't Good
                                            • Flamingo
                                            • Bli Blip
                                            • Jam Session (C-Jam Blues)
                                          • While the contract was for 17 musicians, the Soundies employed 15 instrumentalists and 4 singers: W. Jones, Stewart, Nance, Brown, Nanton, Tizol, Bigard, Hodges, Hardwick, Webster, Carney, Ellington, Guy, Raglin, Greer, Jeffries, I.Anderson, Paul White and Marie Bryant.
                                          • Whitey's Lindy Hoppers danced in Hot Chocolate
                                          • Mercer Ellington and Rex Stewart were among the dancers in I Got It Bad
                                          • In Flamingo, the dancers were Talley Beatty and Janet Collins
                                          • Bryant and White danced and sang Bli-Blip

                                          Stratemann suggests work on the Soundies may have started after the Orpheum run and, given that the contract dated November 8 (see above) called for four films but five were made, suggests the first four were not completed in the allotted time, so another session was held in December to finish, with a fifth film added to fill up the available time.

                                          Steven Lasker:

                                          'The Soundies were DEFINITELY made (look at the contract excerpt in Stratemann, p188) the week of November 24th, and POSSIBLY also in early December. This is established by the opening shot, in one of the Soundies, of the Orpheum Theatre's signage, which advertises Duke Ellington and his orchestra and the stars of Jump for Joy. This could only have been filmed on 1941 11 24 or 11 25.'

                                          A letter from R.C.M. Productions, Inc. to Mr. Gordon Mills, Soundies Distributing Corporation of America, Inc., dated 1941-11-28, says RCM was shooting four Ellington titles "this week:"
                                          • I Got It Bad and That Ain't Good
                                          • Flamingo
                                          • Jam Session
                                          • Hot Chocolate

                                          In 2015, Steven Lasker acquired three ten-inch 78 rpm lacquer disks from 1941 that were Sam Coslow's personal producer's refs (reference disks) of three Ellington Soundies:
                                          • Master 1 take 6: "HOT CHOCOLATE"
                                          • Master 2 take 5: "I GOT IT BAD"
                                          • Master 3 take 2: "FLAMINGO"
                                          He writes:

                                          '...These are believed to have been dubbed from now-lost 16-inch first-generation 331/3 rpm master disks which contained all false starts, breakdowns and complete takes.
                                            Big surprise: "Hot Chocolate" contains a 4 bar piano introduction missing from the film. All three disks bear a label printed with "Property of R.C.M Productions, Inc PLEASE RETURN" which is pasted over another label with the following printed legend: "RADIO RECORDERS INC. 932 N. Western Avenue Hollywood, California." Underneath this label, "RADITE HOLLYWOOD" is screened directly onto the disk. Each disk contains the same selection (and take) on each side.
                                            I thus infer that Ellington's prerecordings for R.C.M. were cut at Radio Recorders, an active independent recording studio which would soon move (certainly by 1943) to 7000 Santa Monica Blvd., where many years later Ellington would record for Columbia Records.'

                                          S. Lasker 2015-08-12:
                                          • Per September 1941 L.A. white pages:
                                            Coslow Music, 7324 Santa Monica Bl. Tel GL 4150
                                            (I didn't check for Coslow in the 1942 directory)
                                          • Per September 1941 L.A. Classifieds under "Motion Picture Studios":
                                            • Fine Arts Studios 7324 Santa Monica Bl. Tel HI 8111
                                            • Minoco Productions, Inc. 7324 Santa Monica Bl. Tel GL 4158
                                            • (no listing for R.C.M. Productions, Inc.)
                                          • Per June 1942 L.A. Classifieds under "Motion Picture Studios":
                                            • Fine Arts Studios 7324 Santa Monica Bl. Tel HI 8111
                                            • R.C.M. Productions, Inc. 7324 Santa Monica Bl. Tel GL 4158
                                            • (Note that Minoco is no longer shown, and that R.C.M. has taken over its phone number)
                                          So now we know the address where Duke's SOUNDIES were made. Looking at "street view" on Google maps, the building at 7324 was recently demolished to make way for new construction.
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                                          Monday
                                          .Los Angeles, Cal.Orpheum TheatreVaudeville - 7 shows - see 1941 11 19...
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                                          1941 11 25
                                          Tuesday
                                          .Los Angeles, Cal.Orpheum TheatreVaudeville - 7 shows - see 1941 11 19...
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                                          1941 11 26
                                          Wednesday
                                          ...activities not documented
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                                          1941 11 27
                                          Thursday
                                          ...activities not documented
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                                          ...
                                          1941 11 28
                                          Friday
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                                          Saturday
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                                          Sunday
                                          ...activities not documented
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                                          December 1941

                                          1941 12 01
                                          Monday
                                          .Los Angeles, Cal.Trianon Ballroomopening night..
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                                          Tuesday
                                          .Hollywood, Cal.Victor StudioVictor recording session
                                          14:30-18:30
                                          Duke Ellington and His Famous Orchestra
                                          W. Jones, Stewart, Nance, Brown, Nanton, Tizol, Bigard, Hodges, Hardwick, Webster, Carney, Strayhorn,Guy, Raglin, Greer, Jeffries

                                          Titles recorded:
                                          • Raincheck
                                          • What Good Would It Do?
                                          • I Don't Know What Kind Of Blues I've Got
                                          • Chelsea Bridge
                                          Vail II has a photo of Bigard, Hodges, Hardwick and Ellington in this session, with someone identified as Strayhorn partly hidden behind Ellington's hand, and the silhouette of someone else in the background.
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                                          Wednesday
                                          .Los Angeles, Cal.Victor StudioStandard Program Library recording session (Standard Transcription)
                                          Duke Ellington and His Orchestra
                                          W. Jones, Stewart, Nance, Brown, Nanton, Tizol, Bigard, Hodges, Hardwick, Webster, Carney, Ellington, Guy, Raglin, Greer, Jeffries

                                          Titles recorded:
                                          First side
                                          • Stomp Caprice
                                          • Bugle Breaks
                                          • You and I
                                          • Have You Changed
                                          • Raincheck
                                          Second side
                                          • Blue Serge
                                          • Moon Mist
                                          • I Don't Want To Set The World On Fire
                                          • Easy Street
                                          • Perdido
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                                          Thursday
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                                          1941 12 05
                                          Friday
                                          ...California Eagle

                                          'Duke Ellington and his band left the city Friday evening for Seattle, Wash., to fill an engagement in that vicinity. Duke and the band will return here Christmas Eve and will open at the Trocadero in Hollywood Dec. 26.'


                                          The departure is dated Dec. 6 in DEMS
                                          Freddy Doyle, Swingtime in H'Wood, California Eagle, 1941-12-11 p.3-B..DEMS
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                                          Saturday
                                          ...activities not documented
                                          Dec. 6 is shown in DEMS as the departure date from Los Angeles. In 2015 Amtrak shows Los Angeles to Eugene by rail takes 26 hours, assuming no stopovers, so, assuming this trip was by train rather than bus, and that train times were similar in 1941, this would presumably a travel day.
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                                          1941 12 07
                                          Sunday
                                          .Oahu, Hawaii. Peripheral event
                                          Japan bombed the American naval base and fleet at Pearl Harbor, bringing the United States into the second world war. The war affected the country, Ellington and the music business in profound ways.

                                          In January 1943, Variety discussed some of the 1942 effects:
                                          • Conscription (American conscription came into effect in 1940, requiring all men between 21 and 35 to register. After Pearl Harbor, all men 18 to 64 had to register, with 20 to 44 year-olds liable to be called up on a lottery basis. The draft expanded in late 1942 to include 18 and 19 year-olds, but the upper age limit was reduced. Any of Ellington's sidemen born after 1904 could have been called up. Wallace Jones and Harold Baker were drafted in February and April 1944, respectively.
                                          • Enlistments (Band leaders such as Glenn Miller enlisted, resulting in losses of significant commissions by booking agencies. Some musicians were in demand by more than one military unit and may have had their choice of bands.)
                                          • Gas and rubber rationing forced a changeover in travel from cars and buses to trains but train travel was difficult. (New York Age complained of Jim Crow railroad policies south of the Mason-Dixon line; Negro bands were given permission in 1942 to use special buses but permission was rescinded in January 1943, forcing the Lionel Hampton and Tiny Bradshaw bands to switch to trains.)
                                          • Expensive band leaders stopped accepting one-nighters in late 1942 due to travel difficulties.
                                          • Food rationing was introduced throughout the United States from 1942 to 1947
                                          • One-nighters, when they could get bands, did better at the box office. Theatres drew record-breaking crowds and locations overall found increased business.
                                          • Hollywood began signing name bands "in bunches."
                                          • Recording income went down, which Variety attributed more to a lack of materials, particularly shellac, than to the AF of M recording ban.
                                          • Band profits went down because of a gross earnings cap but higher operating expenses. Variety predicted some bands would have to lay off for some weeks in 1943 when they reached the personal gross earnings limit.
                                          • Music was used for propaganda (In July 1942 Ellington recorded Hayfoot, Strawfoot and A Slip of the Lip)
                                          In addition:
                                          • Prices of commercial records became controlled by the Office of Price Administration. See Wikipedia
                                          • V-Discs and War Department/Armed Forces Radio Service disks become widespread.
                                          • To promote the sale of war bonds, the U.S. Treasury Department sponsored "A Date with the Duke," a series of weekly, one-hour broadcasts by ABC featuring Ellington, his band and music (see discussion under 1945 04 07)
                                          • Ellington's first Carnegie Hall Concert (1943 01 23) was a benefit for Russian War Relief. At this event, Ellington debuted "Black, Brown and Beige," considered by some to be his magnum opus.
                                          • The follow-up concert in Boston was to benefit the Soldiers and Sailors fund.
                                          • Ballroom taxes were imposed in 1944, causing financial problems for some nightclubs.
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                                          • Stratemann p.257
                                          • New York Age, New York, N.Y. 1943-01-23 p.10
                                          • Variety 1943-01-06 p.189
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                                          1941 12 07
                                          Sunday
                                          .Eugene, Ore.ArmoryKen Steiner in DEMS:

                                          "Eugene Armory, Eugene, Oregon. Venue identified. "3:30 to 6 p.m. and 8 to 11 p.m." (Eugene Register-Guard, 7Dec41, ad) I have been unable to verify if this gig went on as scheduled following the attack on Pearl Harbor that morning. More research is needed. Ken Steiner"

                                          Eugene Register-Guard:

                                          '...The Duke, as we recall, had been signed for Willamette Park, a dance hall south of Glenwood... Armistice Day of that year, 1941, Willamette Park burned. The only other place that could accommodate the proposed dance was the Eugene Armory. And Eugene had a law that said there could be no public dances on Sunday, the date Duke had been signed for.
                                            A delegation of students swooped down on the city council and talked the councilmen into setting the law aside just this once. So the Duke came to Eugene. He and his boys were setting up shop in the Armory that Sunday morning, Dec. 7, when the world heard that the Japanese had attacked Pearl Harbor.
                                            The band played on that afternoon. The crowd, as we recall, was large. Most of the people dancing were doing their best to enjoy themselves. They knew that such pleasures as dancing to Duke Ellington's band soon would be put aside. And they were.'

                                          • The Register-Guard, Eugene,Ore,
                                            • 1941-12-03 p.9
                                            • 1941-12-04 p.15
                                            • 1941-12-05 pp.7, 10
                                            • 1941-12-06 p.6
                                            • 1941-12-07 p.17
                                          • Albany Democrat Herald, Albany, Ore.,
                                            1941-12-05 p.2
                                          • Roseburg News-Review, Roseburg, Ore.,
                                            1941-12-06 p.6
                                          • Story, Eugene Register-Guard, Eugene, Ore., 1955-11-15 p.8A
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                                          1941 12 08
                                          Monday
                                          1941 12 14Portland, Ore.Mayfair Theatre
                                          Broadway at Taylor
                                          Stage show.
                                          Show times 1:30, 3:20, 6:55, 9:20
                                          Ivie Anderson, Herb Jeffries, tap dancer Al Guster, Ben Webster and Rex Stewart were named in the Oregonian.
                                          • Stratemann p.172 citing
                                            • Variety 1941-12-03 p.48
                                            • Down Beat 1941-12-15 p.15
                                          • The Oregonian, Portland,
                                            • 1941-12-05 p.2
                                            • 1941-12-08 p.9
                                            • 1941-12-09 p.3
                                            • 1941-12-10 p.3
                                            • 1941-12-13 p.3
                                            • Sunday Amusement Guide
                                              1941-12-14 p.2
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                                          Tuesday
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                                          Wednesday
                                          .Portland, Ore.Mayfair TheatreStage show - see 1941 12 08...
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                                          Thursday
                                          .Portland, Ore.. Peripheral event
                                          The Uptown, Lonesome Club, Cotillion and McElroy's ballrooms advertised "OWING TO THE EMERGENCY BLACKOUTS THE UNDERSIGNED BALLROOMS WILL START THEIR DANCING 4 HOURS BEFORE ANY OFFICIALLY ANNOUNCED BLACKOUT"
                                          The Oregonian, Portland 1941-12-11 p.3..
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                                          Friday
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                                          Friday
                                          .Portland, Ore.Portland Air BaseFree concert for air base personnel.
                                          A.F.of M. Local 99, Portland, objected to musicians playing for the military for free.

                                          'Duke Ellington, having agreed to put on a one-hour show for the soldiers, was said to have denied the right of the local union to interfere. Ellington's band entertained a packed house at the base Friday night, December 12. '


                                          The air base appears to be close enough to the city to allow the concert to have been played during the band's 4 pm to 6:55 pm break between sets at the theatre, or it could have been after the band finished at the theatre, shortly ater 10 pm. The earlier time seems more likely, because the base executive officer is quoted as saying the base postponed supper to hear Ellington.
                                          The Oregonian, Portland, Ore., 1941-12-20..
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                                          1941 12 13
                                          Saturday
                                          .Portland, Ore.J.K Gillis Department StoreRecord signing
                                          The Sunday Oregonian:

                                          'The newly enlarged record department of the J. K. Gill store was officially dedicated Saturday by Duke Ellington, nationally-known dance band leader, during the course of his appearance here.
                                            Several hundred devotees of swing music attended the ceremony. The band leader autographed scores of his records for admirers whose numbers included many high school students. His band appeared at the Mayfair theatre.'

                                          • The Sunday Oregonian, Portland, 1941-12-14 p.7
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                                          Saturday
                                          .Portland, Ore.Mayfair TheatreStage show - see 1941 12 08
                                          Ellington show times advertised Dec. 13 (which may have been for Sunday) were 1:00, 3:20, 6:55 and 9:20
                                          The Oregonian, Portland, Ore.
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                                          Sunday
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                                          1941 12 15
                                          Monday
                                          1941 12 21
                                          Sunday
                                          Seattle, Wash.Palomar TheatreTheatre - no vaudeville - just the Ellington orchestra and singers Jeffries and Anderson.

                                          The Billboard reported the theatre grossed $8,000 during its Ellington week, only surpassed by a circus the preceding July. The show played opposite a lavish 60-member production at the Orpheum, George White's Scandals Cavalcade of 1941. The Billboard suggested this is why neither theatre did as well as expected.
                                          Ellington shows advertised Tuesday were 12:50, 4:15, 7:30 and 9:45
                                          Seattle Times
                                          • Dec.12:

                                            'Duke Ellington and his band...are far different from most bands, for they often do not use music when playing a number on the stage, at a dance, or for a recording. The Ellington band features the man behind the horn rather than the music.
                                              One of the special numbers when the band takes over The Palomar will be "Concerto for Klinkers." In this number, the Duke has written a tune that calls for the various instruments to play notes that they are not supposed to play according to all scholars of music. The piece is a true Ellington classic that will go donwn in the pages of musical history.'

                                          • Dec.13

                                            'When one listens to Duke Ellington and his band... one is listening to four bands within a band. This is made possible by Duke's policy of letting hismusicians join together in little groups and form bands of their own to do recording work under their own names. At present there are four of these units in the band...
                                              Because of the liberty given the players, they really stick with Ellington and the band. At present, four of the original five [sic] that started with Duke back in 1921 [sic] are still in the band, the fifth having died.
                                              The band will come to The Palomar complete with all its featured stars, including Ivy Anderson, Herb Jeffries, Ran Nancy [sic], Barney Bigard, Rex Stewart, Johnny Hodges and Sonny Greer...'

                                          • Dec.16

                                            'ELLINGTON BAND PACKS PALOMAR
                                            By M.A.A.
                                              Soldiers and sailors went A.W.O.L.; shoppers forgot their buying duties; prep and college students skipped classes, businessmen canceled their board meetings and concert-goers went jitterbug to greet Duke Ellington and his orchestra yesterday at the Palomar Theatre ...
                                              The theatre was alive with Ellington fans who bounced their feet in rhythm. And that includes the lady and her two children in the front frow of the balcony who brought several balloons and ice cream bars to make a full afternoon of it...
                                              But The Duke should remember that he has won his rating with such numbers of [sic] "Mood Indigo," "Sophisticated Lady," "Solitude," "I Let a Song Go Out fo My Heart," "It Don't Mean a Thing if it Ain't Got that Swing" and "Caravan." Of these he gives only a small touch of each as a sort of medley introduction.
                                              Of course, the band played such goodies as "Take the 'A' Train," which is Duke's theme song, and Ivie Anderson, the California Songbird, probably topped the show with "Give Me a Man Like That," in which the entire orchestra joined in for some clever banter, and "I've Got It Bad, and That Ain't Good."
                                              Herb Jeffries, the Bronze Buckaroo, won great favor with "Flamingo." He also scored with "The Brown Skin Gal in the Calico Gown," which is from "Jump for Joy," the Ellington musical that played twelve weeks in Los Angeles.
                                            Seattle Boy
                                            Seattle's Alvin Raglin won great applause with his work on the bass fiddle in "Jack the Bear."
                                              We're not saying that such Ellington specialties as "Cotton Tail," "Concerto for Klinkers" and "Love Like This Can't Last" aren't good. But there's no reason why they should be featured and the dandies which made the Duke famous should be brushed over lightly.
                                              One more thing. The Duke doesn't feature himself enough on the piano, which he plays while standing up. It's quite distracting to hear one of the greatest pianists play while standing up. It's comparable to hearing Heifitz play his violin while swinging on a trapeze... '

                                          • Variety:

                                            'Seattle, Dec. 17.
                                            ...Stage show ... restricted to Duke Ellington's band running about 45 mintues. Customers began applauding before the curtain came up and gave every turn a big hand...
                                              Band plays as curtain rises, going into a medley of Ellington tunes behind a transparent scrim.... [details not reproduced] ... About one-third of the big biz house – high schoolers and collegians – up and out as soon as the band was through. '

                                          • The spellings of "Junior Ragland" and "Jack the Bat" in Variety and The Pittsburgh Courier suggest one reviewer may have borrowed from the other.
                                          • Stratemann p.172 citing Variety 1941-12-24
                                          • "Duke's One Band Show At Palomar," Pittsburgh Courier, Pittsburgh, Penn.
                                            1942-01-03 p.19
                                          • The Seattle Times, Seattle, Wash.
                                            • 1941-12-12 p.26
                                            • 1941-12-13 p.4
                                            • 1941-12-14 p.24
                                            • 1941-12-16 p.14
                                            • 1941-12-17 pp.20, 21
                                            • 1941-12-18 p.24
                                            • 1941-12-21 p.18
                                          • Variety 1941-12-24 p.46
                                          • The Billboard, 1942-01-03 p.27
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                                          Tuesday
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                                          Wednesday
                                          .Seattle, Wash.Palomar TheatreTheatre - no vaudeville - see 1941 12 15...
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                                          Thursday
                                          .Seattle, Wash.Palomar TheatreTheatre - no vaudeville - see 1941 12 15...
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                                          1941 12 18
                                          Thursday
                                          .Seattle, Wash.Owls' Club
                                          likely
                                          8510 Eight Ave. South
                                          Ken Steiner in DEMS:

                                          ' "The beautiful rooms of the Owls' club were the scene of a gay pre-Christmas dinner party, honoring the members of Duke Ellington's band Thursday evening." (Northwest Enterprise, 26Dec41, p4) I have been unable to determine the location of the Owls' Club. More research is needed.'

                                          Amanda Zahler, Anna Marti, Gary Thomsen, Images of America, Seattle's South Park, Arcadia Publishing, 2006, p.82.DEMS
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                                          Friday
                                          .Seattle, Wash.Palomar TheatreTheatre - no vaudeville - see 1941 12 15...
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                                          1941 12 20
                                          Saturday
                                          .Seattle, Wash.Palomar TheatreTheatre - no vaudeville - see 1941 12 15...
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                                          Sunday
                                          .Seattle, Wash.Palomar TheatreTheatre - no vaudeville - see 1941 12 15...
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                                          Monday
                                          ...activities not documented...
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                                          1941 12 23
                                          Tuesday
                                          ...activities not documented...
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                                          1941 12 24
                                          Wednesday
                                          ...activities not documented
                                          The California Eagle reported the band would return to Hollywood Dec. 24. Stratemann:

                                          'The band returned to Los Angeles for a few days, only to leave it again on December 29, 1941. They left five completed short films behind them.'

                                          This conflicts with Vail I, which has the orchestra at the Paradise from Dec. 24 to 31.

                                          Ellington did not play the Paradise until the week of January 30 to February, 5 1942. The Detroit Free Press announced

                                          'Paradise Opens Next Friday
                                            Louis "Satchmo" Armstrong, famous "Trumpet King" with his recording swing orchestra, is the first of a dazzling array of noted sepia stars who will head the mammoth weekly stage show at the New Paradise Theater (formerly Orchestra Hall)... which opens at 1:00 PM Friday, December 26,... '

                                          • The California Eagle, Los Angeles, Cal. 1941-12-11 p.Three-B
                                          • Vail I
                                          • Stratemann p.172
                                          • Detroit Free Press, Detroit, Mich.
                                            • 1941-12-22 p.21
                                            • 1941-12-25 p.4
                                            • 1941-12-26 p.19
                                            • 1941-12-27 p.5
                                            • 1941-12-28 p.7
                                            • 1941-12-31 p.5
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                                          Thursday
                                          Christmas Day
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                                          1941 12 26
                                          Friday
                                          Boxing Day
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                                          1941 12 26
                                          Friday
                                          .Hollywood, Cal.TrocaderoNon-event
                                          The California Eagle reported the band would open at the Trocadero on Dec. 26 but it didn't happen.
                                          Stratemann:

                                          'Around this time, Ellington and his men were to have been the top act in ... a show written by Harold Arlen and Ted Koehler ... for a re-opening of the Trocadero...The originally envisaged November 1 debut kept being postponed ... until it finally became clear that due to wartime restriction on the use of building materials Young would not be able to redecorate the club as planned. He decided to operate on a smaller scale, in a club he chose to call the 'Little Troc.' But when this opened, Ellington had already left the West Coast on a cross-country tour of one-nighters and theatre engagements, so that Lena Horne became the top attraction at the Little Troc instead...'

                                        • California Eagle 1941-12-11 p.Three-B
                                        • Stratemann p.172 citing Down Beat
                                          • 1941-12-01 p.13
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                                          ...Steven Lasker:

                                          'Per the L.A. Times, Jan. 14, 1990, section E page 8:

                                          “He [Thurgood Marshall] argued the case that ended the all-white primary system in Texas. (He had already garnered such a reputation among blacks that, during the Texas case, Duke Ellington stopped his tour for a week in sit in the courtroom to watch him in action.)'

                                          Thurgood Marshall, later an Associate Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court, headed the NAACP's legal department and founded its Legal Defense Fund, serving as its first Director-Counsel in 1940.

                                          The case in question is Smith vs. Allwright, in which the petitioner, having been denied a ballot to vote in the Democratic primary election in Texas on 1940 07 27, sued for a declaration of his right to vote and for damages sustained by reason of denying him the privilege of voting. He was represented by Marshall.

                                          According to Marshall's description, Smith lost in the District Court of the United States for the Southern District of Texas, in Houston, apparently in 1942. He appealed to the Circuit Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit in Fort Worth, where the hearing appears to have been held 1942 11 30. Losing at that level, Marshall argued before the U.S. Supreme Court, presumably in Washington, on 1943 11 10 , 1943 11 14 and 1944 01 12.

                                          Webmaster comment:
                                          It isn't clear from this brief report which trial Ellington attended. He was in the midwest in January 1944, in New York and Maine during the November 1943 hearings, and is not known to have been in Texas in 1942 or 1943. Further research is required.
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                                          January 1942

                                          1942 01 01
                                          Thursday
                                          1942 01 05
                                          Monday
                                          Kansas City, Mo.Mainstreet Theater
                                          1400 Main St.
                                          Stage show
                                          Kansas City Star:

                                          ELLINGTON SHOW A DRAW
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                                          Much Entertainment in Big Producton at Mainstreet.
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                                            Duke Ellington and his big show are drawing good crowds at the Mainstreet theater.
                                            There is nothing but entertainment in the current presentation of one of the country's best-known orchestra leaders and his crew. The Duke plays many of his favorite airs, and there are several sterling performers in his organizaton.
                                            Herb Jeffries and Ivie Anderson, singers: Marie Bryant and Al Guster, dancers; Ray Nance, trumpet player; Ben Webster, tenor saxophonist, and others stand out. '


                                          The booking was for a week, but ended on the fifth day when the theatre was closed despite grossing $5,000 during Ellington's first four days. Lawrence Brown was away for two days during this gig to attend his mother's funeral.
                                          • The Billboard,1942-01-10 p.14
                                          • Kansas City Star, Kansas City, Mo.
                                            • 1941-12-28 p.3D
                                            • 1941-12-31 p.7
                                            • 1942-01-04, p.6C
                                          • The Kansas City Times, Kansas City, Mo.
                                            1942-01-05 p.11
                                          • Stratemann p.197 ciiting
                                            • Variety 1942-01-15 pp.40,43
                                            • Down Beat 1942-01-15 p.4
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                                          Harlem.
                                          Peripheral Event
                                          Ellington, Count Basie, Willey Bryant, Paul Robeson, Bill Robinson, Eddie (Rochester) Anderson and Ethel Waters were among the sponsors listed in an ad for a "Salute to Negro Troops" revue/pageant/dance, approved by United Service Organations (USO) with proceeds to the "James Europe Memorial Fund (cultural activities for Negro Service Men) and Fight for Freedom."

                                          Other sponsors included .
                                          Amsterdam News, New York, N.Y.,
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                                          Monday
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                                          Gig unexpectedly ended early - the theatre closed in the early afternoon after the first showing of the film.
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                                          Tuesday
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                                          Thursday
                                          1942 01 09
                                          Friday
                                          Junction City, Kans.Junction City Municipal Auditorium
                                          duke

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                                          AND HIS
                                          Famous
                                          ORCHESTRA
                                          Municipal Auditorium
                                          JUNCTION CITY
                                          THURS.
                                          JAN.
                                          8
                                          Playing
                                          Colored Dance Only
                                          FRIDAY, JAN. 9

                                          The Jan. 9 dance was only advertised on Jan. 1 in the listed newspapers. This society item in the January 10 Mercury suggests Thursday was a dance as opposed to a concert:

                                          'Miss Alta Hugos attended the dance in Junction City Thursday night.'

                                          • The Manhattan (Kan) Mercury, Manhattan, Kans.
                                            • 1942-01-01 p.3
                                            • 1942-01-03 p.3
                                            • 1942-01-05 p.3
                                            • 1942-01-10 p.6
                                          • Council Grove, Kansas, Republican, Council Grove, Kans.
                                            1942-01-07 p.2
                                          • The Morning Chronicle, Manhattan, Kans.
                                            • 1942-01-01 p.3
                                            • 1942-01-04 p.3
                                            • 1942-01-07 p.3
                                            • 1942-01-08 p.3
                                            • 1942-01-09 p.3
                                            • 1942-01-11 p.1
                                          • The Advocate-Democrat, Marysville, Kans. 1942-01-08 p.10
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                                          Saturday
                                          ... Peripheral event
                                          In a story datelined Chicago Jan.10, The Billboard reported that rationing of gasoline and rubber was making band booking agencies reluctant to accept gigs that required travelling long distances by car. Cress Courtney of the William Morris Agency said that Ted Lewis and Duke Ellington had not yet encountered problems. Some bands were switching from cars to buses!
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                                          Saturday
                                          ...activities not documented

                                          Stratemann suggests the band used Chicago as a base of operations during its one-nighters in the midwest.
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                                          Sunday
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                                          Monday
                                          .Omaha, Neb.Dreamland Ballroom
                                          24th and Grant Streets

                                          'DUKE ELLINGTON And His Famous Orchestra
                                          with
                                          Ivy Anderson and Herb Jeffries
                                          Advance tickets on sale at Johnson Drug, H & H Bar, Tuxedo Billiards
                                          Advance Sale 90c; At Door $1.10
                                          Above prices include tax '


                                          Dance Spot News:

                                          'Duke Ellington and his band will appear at Dreamland ballroom Monday night, highighting J. C. Jewell's season of outstanding Negro bands at the North Side ballroom. The Duke's stop here is the only one in this territory on his current tour. Jewell reports a heavy advance sale.'

                                          • Morning World-Herald, Omaha, Neb., ads
                                            • 1942-01-09 p.12
                                            • 1942-01-12 p.11
                                          • Evening World-Herald, Omaha, Neb.,
                                            • ad, 1942-01-09 p.8
                                            • Dance Spot News, 1942-01-10 p.11
                                            • Ad, 1942-01-12 p.11
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                                          Monday
                                          .Omaha, Neb.Dreamland Ballroom
                                          24th and Grant Streets
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                                          'Fight At Dance Hall;
                                          Two Men Given Fines

                                            Two men were fined and one received a suspended sentence Tuesday in police court as a result of a fight Monday night at Dreamland hall, Twenty-fourth and Grant streets, where Duke Ellington's orchestra played.
                                            Fined $15 each were Grant West, Fort Riley, Kans., a soldier, and his brother, Carl West, 21, of 2904 R. street. James Prather, 18, of 2811 R. street, got a suspended fine but did not take part in the fight.'

                                          Evening World-Herald, Omaha, Neb.
                                          1942-01-14 p.8
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                                          Friday
                                          .Madison, Wisc.Capitol TheaterShow - Duke Ellington and His Famous Orchestra featuring noted entertainers from the stage success Jump for Foy, with Ivie Anderson
                                          Stage shows at 2:30, 5:00, 7:30, 9:45
                                          The show was panned by critic Gordon A. Sabine in the WSJ.
                                          • The Capital Times, Madison, Wisc.
                                            • 1942-01-13 pp.7, 12
                                            • 1942-01-16 p.9
                                          • Wisconsin State Journal, Madison, Wisc.
                                          • 1942-01-13 p.10
                                          • 1942-01-16 p.14
                                          • 1942-01-17 p.5 s.2
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                                          .Waukegan, Ill.Rink Ballroom.Peter Hammond's Pearl Harbour Jazz, pages 72 -74..
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                                          Sunday
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                                          Monday
                                          ...activities not documented

                                          It is pure speculation, but with Elkhart known as "Band Instrument Capital of the World", it seems possible some band members may have visited one or more of their factories.
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                                          Tuesday
                                          .Chicago, Ill.. Down Beat

                                          'DUKE RECORDS FOUR ORIGINALS

                                          Chicago - Duke Ellington's band recorded a series of sides for Victor here Jan. 20. Among the tunes put on wax were Otto Hardwick's original, 'I'm Too Hip To Be Happy'; Rex Stewart's 'Grasshoppers', and two untitled compositions by Barney Bigard and Johnny Hodges.'

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                                          Tuesday
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                                          The United States implemented year-round daylight savings time, calling it War Time, with three time zones, Eastern (EWT), Central (CWT) and Pacific (PWT). The zones were relabeled "Peace Time" after Japan surrendered.
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                                          Wednesday
                                          .Chicago, Ill.RCA Studio A
                                          445 Lake Shore Drive
                                          RCA Victor recording session

                                          Date called at 1:30
                                          Session time: 10:15 to 1:15
                                          Duke Ellington and His Famous Orchestra
                                          W. Jones, Stewart, Nance, Brown, Nanton, Tizol, Bigard, Hodges, Hardwick, Webster, Carney, Ellington, Guy, Raglin, Greer

                                          Titles recorded:
                                          • Perdido
                                          • C-Jam Blues
                                          • Moon Mist
                                          • Email, Lasker-Palmquist
                                            2017-02-28
                                            2017-06-21
                                            2017-07-09
                                          • Girvan:   Ellingtonia.com
                                          • Timner
                                          • Benny Aasland:
                                            The Wax Works of Duke Ellington, 1954
                                          • Benny Aasland, The Wax Works of Duke Ellington - the 6 March 1940-30 July 1942 RCA Victor Period
                                          • S. Lasker/O. Keepnews, The Duke Ellington Centennial Edition, RCA Victor CD box set 09026-63386-2, p.57
                                          • E. Lambert:
                                            Duke Ellington, A Listener's Guide
                                            , pp.104-105
                                          • Jorgen Grunnet Jepsen, Discography of Duke Ellington, Vol. 2 1937-47
                                          • Ole J. Nielsen, Jazz Records 1942-80, A discography: Vol. Six, Duke Ellington, p.1
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                                          Thursday
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                                          Friday
                                          1942 01 29
                                          Thursday
                                          Chicago, Ill.Oriental Theater
                                          Randolph near State
                                          Vaudeville
                                          Sharing the bill were Marie Bryant, Al Guster, and Pot, Pan and Skillet.

                                          Ellington grossed $22,000 for the week.
                                          Stratemann p.197 citing
                                          • Variety
                                            • 1942-01-10 p.12
                                            • 1942-01-18 p.31
                                          • The Billboard 1942-01-31 p.22
                                          • ad, Chicago Defender 1942-01-24 p.10
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                                          Saturday
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                                          Sunday
                                          .Chicago, Ill.Oriental TheaterVaudeville - see 1942 01 23...
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                                          Monday
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                                          Tuesday
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                                          Wednesday
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                                          Thursday
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                                          Friday
                                          ...Ellington and his orchestra played for the President's Birthday Ball in Detroit, part of which was broadcast nationally on NBC. Vail includes an unidentified clipping that says Ellington refused to play "I've Got It Bad And That Ain't Good" due to the nature of the broadcast.
                                          • The Detroit Free Press, Detroit, Mich.
                                            1942-01-31 pp.1,14
                                          • Stratemann p.197
                                          • Vail I
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                                          Friday
                                          1942 02 05Detroit, Mich.Paradise Theater
                                          3711 Woodward at Parsons
                                          (formerly Orchestra Hall)
                                          Vaudeville
                                          Admission
                                          Matinees $0.36
                                          Evening and Sunday $0.50
                                          plus tax

                                          The number of performances each day aren't stated in the ads, but they do say "continuous from 1 p.m."
                                          The Detroit Free Press
                                          • 1942-01-28:

                                            '...the great Duke Ellington and his musicians, who open a week's engagemetns Friday. Among the performers are Ivie Anderson and Herb Jeffries, Marie Bryant, Al Guster and comedians Pot, Pan and Skillet. The film will be "A Date With the Falcon"...'

                                          • 1942-01-31:

                                            'Duke Ellington's Detroit fans will have a chance now to hear many of the tunes from the musical revue, "Jump for Joy," for the Duke, his musicians and his singing and comedy aides, are giving a number of excerpts from this revue on the Paradise Theater stage...
                                              Variety in color and rhythm marks this show, which opens with Duke's playing at a potpourri of his better-known tunes, aided by Ivie Anderson and Herb Jeffries, vocalists. Each of the numbers is effectively presented with different colored lights, an innovation of Ellington's.
                                              Among the tunes from "Jump for Joy" which are included in the program are "Bugle Breaks," danced by Marie Bryant; "Brown Skin Gal in the Calico Gown," sung by Jeffries; "Stomp Caprice," danced by Al Guster, and "Concerto for Klinkers," played by Ellington and his boys. In addition, the comedy trio, Pot, Pan and Skillet contribute a sketch from the revue and the program closes with Ivie Anderson's rendition of "I've Got It Bad and That Ain't Good," also from the revue, in which Johnny Hodges assists on the alto saxaphone [sic]...'

                                          The ads and announcements refer to "Duke Ellington and His Famous Orchestra" and "Duke Ellington and His Recording Orchestra."
                                          • The Detroit Free Press, Detroit, Mich.
                                            • 1942-01-28 p.11
                                            • 1942-01-30 p.17
                                            • 1942-01-31 p.14
                                            • 1942-02-01 Pt.3 p.17
                                            • 1942-02-02 p.15
                                            • 1942-02-03 p.11
                                            • 1942-02-04 p.11
                                            • 1942-02-05 p.8
                                          • The Chicago Defender, Chicago, Ill., 1942-01-31
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                                          Saturday
                                          Detroit, Mich.Paradise Theatersee 1942 01 30

                                          An extra "gala midnight show" was advertised.
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                                          Sunday
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                                          Tuesday
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                                          Wednesday
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                                          Friday
                                          1942 02 09Canton, OhioPalace TheatreVaudeville - One hour shows at 3:20, 7:00, 9:35 p.m. and 12:10 a.m.
                                          Matinee 40 cents, Evenings 60 cents, Children 20 cents, matinee only.

                                          Dennis R. Smith (c.1888-1953)

                                          'Hot Rhythm Rocks Palace Stage
                                            DUKE ELLINGTON, whose genius made hot swing music an important part of the world's modern musical literature, brings his band and his company of entertainers to the Palace in a program to please those who like this barbaric kind of playing, so typical of the feverish pace of this present day world.
                                            Ellington's mastery of hot music is unquestioned and there is no director on the road who plays a program that is so completely his own. He wrote practically all the music and his band plays it like nobody else. Not everybody agrees that it is music but none will deny its originality nor question the skill with which it is presented.
                                            Most of the tunes and special numbers used in his current show were written for "Jump With [sic] Joy", the musical comedy which Ellington wrote for production on the west coast and which he hopes to bring east when his picture commitments will permit. A few of the old favorites from his busy pen are used, mostly in medley form.
                                            He has an orchestra of soloists and nearly all of them get a chance to show their individual skill during the hour performance. In each of these bits each of the soloists is "on his own". The rest of the music is written carefully down to the last note but when it comes to a solo part, the player is his own improvisor and even Ellington does not know just what is coming.
                                            Ellington is one of the most self effacing leaders on the road. Part of the time he is directing his band from a litle spinet piano at which he stands, never using a piano stool, but it is only in the opening number that he uses the spotlight of himself. The rest of the time it is given to the members of his company. He announces the numbers modestly and without trying to steal the show.
                                            A number of entertainers, highly capable in their particular lines, make up his cast. Ivie Anderson, featured vocalist, puts a vivid personality into her work and a number in which she is heckled by the rest of the band is a comedy highlight of the show. Herb Jeffries, starred in several Negro western pictures, displays a fine voice and the dancers are Marie Bryant in loose and low-down stepping and Al Guster whose Stomp Caprice" is a rhythmic classic.
                                            Comedy feature presents a trio known as "Pot, Pan And Skillet" in a tailor shop scene from "Jump With Joy" that embodies the Negro talent for pantomime and absurdity...'

                                          • Canton Repository, Canton, Ohio
                                            • 1942-01-18 p.27
                                            • 1942-02-01 pp.28, 29
                                            • 1942-02-02 p.9
                                            • 1942-02-06 p.30
                                            • Hot Rhythm Rocks Palace Stage, 1942-02-07 p.2
                                            • 1942-02-09 p.9
                                          • "Vaude Back in Canton," The Billboard 1942-01-31 p.21
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                                          Saturday
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                                          A story in the Repository with an accompanying photo suggests Ellington was writing music requested by Orson Welles for a movie about Louis Armstrong, using a piano in the home of local resident Phillis Wheatley.
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                                          Sunday
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                                          Monday
                                          .Canton, OhioPalace TheatreVaudeville - see 1942 02 06 (no midnight show this day)...
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                                          Tuesday
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                                          Wednesday
                                          .Uniontown, Penn.State Theatre

                                          'WEDNESDAY, ON THE STAGE IN PERSON
                                          DUKE ELLINGTON
                                          AND HIS Famous ORCHESTRA
                                          With Stars of
                                          "JUMP FOR JOY"
                                          The Duke's Los Angeles Stage Musical Success
                                          FEATURING
                                          IVIE ANDERSON
                                          HERB JEFFRIES
                                          AND OTHERS.

                                          DUKE ELLINGTON AT 2:00 - 4:30 - 7:00 - 9:30
                                          On the screen:
                                          NO HANDS on the CLOCK
                                          *CHESTER MORRIS * JEAN PARKER
                                          DONALD DUCK CARTOON -- NEWS '

                                          The Morning Herald, Uniontown, Penn.
                                          1942-02-10 p.9.
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                                          Thursday
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                                          Wednesday
                                          Boston, Mass.RKO Boston TheatreVaudeville - Ellington and his orchestra and troupe shared equal billing with Ethel Waters, both receiving prominent equal billings in advertisements.

                                          Helen Eager (d.1952):

                                          'Fine Show at RKO Boston
                                           The combination of Duke Ellington and his orchestra, and Ethel Waters on the stage of the RKO Boston adds up to one of the best shows of the season as well as the best all-colored vaudeville programs we've ever seen.
                                           The Duke's program is a refreshing relief from recent band shows inasmuch as it isn't filled with hit parade tunes which have been played beyond the satiation point. All but three or four of the numbers were composed by Ellington. Which means that you hear such grand melodies as "solitude [sic]," "Sophisticated Lady," "Mood Indigo," "I Let a Song Go Out of My Heart," "Concerto for Klinkers, "Brown Kin [sic] Gal in the Calico Gown," "Jump for Joy," "Bli-Blip," and "It Don't Mean a thihg if It Ain't Got That Swing." And of course he includes his latest hit, "It [sic] Got It Bad and That Ain't Good."
                                           Miss Waters' program is exceptionally fine. It includes comical numbers such as "Ain't Gonna Sin," "Throw Dirt," and "Frankie and Johnny," as well as "Bread and Gravy," a spiritual and "St. Louis Blues" ... No program of hers would be complete without "Stormy Weather," and once again she sings it as only she can. She is joined in several of her numbers by a trio of girls whose voices harmonize beautifully with hers. The audience loved every minute of it.
                                           With the exception of Miss Waters, everyone in the show is from Ellington's colored revue, "Jump For Joy,"... Ivie Anderson, of course, is on hand to wow the customers with her singing. There's a cute , wiggling trick named Marie Bryant, who went over equally big, whether dancing or singing. The intriguingly named Pot, Pan and Skillet have a swell comedy dance routine and deliver a new type of double-talk. Herb Jeffries' [sic] fine voice lends new significance to "Blues in the Night." Ray Nance is one of the most versatile members of the talented orchestra, offering violin and trumpet solos and joining Miss Bryant in a comedy song and dance.
                                           Mr. Ellington leads his orchestra in a novel fashion, standing up playing the piano... '

                                          Variety's review of the Feb. 13 matinee or second show, says the band opened with the medley, then Ivie sang "Give Me a Man Like That," "Rocks in My Bed" and "1-A in the Army."** It describes Al Guster as a slick tapper, and Pot, Pan and Skillet as featured dancers. Marie Bryant, "torso-twister," had a solo and, with Ray Nance, a duo. Ray is described as a trumpeter and snake-hips dancer. Herb Jeffries had two numbers "with fair results, being a better radio than stage personality."

                                          (Webmaster's note:
                                          "1-A in the Army" is likely the late 1941 Redd Evans song "He's 1-A in the Army, and He's A-1 In My Heart.")
                                          • Boston Traveler, Boston, Mass.
                                            • 1942-02-12 p. 10
                                            • 1942-02-13 p. 23
                                            • "Fine Show at RKO Boston," 1942-02-14 p. 5
                                          • Boston Herald, Boston, Mass.
                                            • 1942-02-14 p.13
                                            • 1942-02-17 p. 14
                                            • 1942-02-19 p. 19
                                          • Harvard Crimson 1942-02-17
                                          • Variety, 1942-02-18 p.38
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                                          Friday
                                          .Boston, Mass.RKO Boston TheatreVaudeville - see 1942 02 12...
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                                          Saturday
                                          Valentine's Day
                                          .Boston, Mass.RKO Boston TheatreVaudeville - see 1942 02 12...
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                                          Sunday
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                                          Monday
                                          .Boston, Mass.RKO Boston TheatreVaudeville - see 1942 02 12

                                          Ellington had an interview with a reporter for the Harvard Crimson. The report just says the same thing as an earlier wirestory report about Ellington saying in Vancouver that classical music and jazz were being influenced by each other. The location of the interview isn't given, so I assume it was backstage at the RKO Boston.
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                                          Tuesday
                                          .Boston, Mass.RKO Boston TheatreVaudeville - see 1942 02 12...
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                                          Wednesday
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                                          Thursday
                                          ...activities not documented
                                          The Idaho Daily Statesman of this date carried an ad saying

                                          'Come out to the Miramar Cafe for lunch and dinner and See and Hear Duke Ellington on the New Program.'

                                          Presumably this was a film.
                                          The Idaho Daily Statesman, Boise, Idaho,
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                                          Friday
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                                          Saturday
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                                          Sunday
                                          .Worcester, MaineMunicipal Auditorium....
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                                          Monday
                                          .Boston, Mass.Symphony Hall

                                          'THE ESQUIRE CLUB
                                          Presents
                                          Duke
                                          Ellington
                                          and His
                                          FAMOUS ORCHESTRA
                                          at
                                          Symphony Hall,
                                          MON., FEB. 23, 1942
                                          Dancing - 8 P.M. to 2 A.M.
                                          Admission . . $1.00'

                                          • Baltimore Afro-American, Baltimore, Md.
                                            • 1942-01-31 p.19
                                            • 1942-02-14 p.19
                                          • The Boston Herald, Boston, Mass.
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                                          Tuesday
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                                          Wednesday
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                                          Thursday
                                          .New York, N.Y.Victor Studio 1RCA-Victor recording session12:30 to 4:30
                                          Duke Ellington and His Famous Orchestra
                                          W. Jones, Stewart, Nance, Brown, Nanton, Tizol, Bigard, Hodges, Hardwick, Webster, Carney, Ellington, Guy, Raglin, Greer, I. Anderson,

                                          Titles recorded:
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                                          • I Don't Mind
                                          • Someone
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                                          Thursday
                                          Washington, D.C.Howard Theatre
                                          620 T St.
                                          Vaudeville
                                          Included in the ad: Duke Ellington and his famous orchestra, Jump for Joy personnel, Ivie Anderson, Herb Jeffries, Pot, Pan and Skillet, Marie Bryant, Al Guster
                                          • Unsourced ad reproduced in Vail I
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                                          Friday
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                                          Saturday
                                          Washington, D.C..(Unconfirmed)
                                          Hasse and Vail reproduce a photo credited to Addison Shurlock showing Duke shaking hands with an unidentified man outside an unnamed record shop in Washington. The window display advertises both Ellington records for sale and his appearance at the Howard. The caption in Hasse says it was taken in February 1942.

                                          It is possible Ellington was at the shop for a record signing date.
                                          • John Edward Hasse: Beyond Category, The Life and Genius of Duke Ellington, photo p.281
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                                          Saturday
                                          .Washington, D.C.Howard Theatre
                                          620 T St.
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                                          1942 03 01
                                          Sunday
                                          .Washington, D.C.Howard Theatre
                                          620 T St.
                                          Vaudeville - see 1942 02 27..
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                                          1942 03 02
                                          Monday
                                          .Washington, D.C.Howard Theatre
                                          620 T St.
                                          Vaudeville - see 1942 02 27..
                                          .2011
                                          1942 03 03
                                          Tuesday
                                          .Washington, D.C.Howard Theatre
                                          620 T St.
                                          Vaudeville - see 1942 02 27..
                                          .2011
                                          1942 03 04
                                          Wednesday
                                          .Washington, D.C.Howard Theatre
                                          620 T St.
                                          Vaudeville - see 1942 02 27..
                                          .2011
                                          1942 03 05
                                          Thursday
                                          .Washington, D.C.Howard Theatre
                                          620 T St.
                                          Vaudeville - see 1942 02 27..
                                          .2011
                                          1942 03 06
                                          Friday
                                          1942 03 12
                                          Thursday
                                          Baltimore, Md.Royal TheatreVaudeville
                                          Baltimore Afro-American:

                                          'Duke Ellington and his famous orchestra, featuring a star-studded revue from his "Jump for Joy" musical, opens today (Friday) at the Royal Theatre for an engagement of one week.
                                            ...In presenting his "Jump for Joy" stars from the show which was a tremendous success in Hollywood, and which is scheduled to be filmed in the near future with Orson Welles directing, Duke offers Ivie Anderson, vocalist; Al Custer, dancer, Marie Bryant, hot jive dancer, Pot, Pan and Skillet comedy team, plus the singing bronze buckaroo ... Herb Jeffries.... '

                                          • The Baltimore Afro-American, Baltimore, Md.
                                            1942-03-07 p.11
                                          • Stratemann p.197 citing Variety
                                            1942-03-11 p.38
                                          • Vail I
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                                          1942 03 07
                                          Saturday
                                          Baltimore, Md.Royal TheatreVaudeville - see 1942 03 06...
                                          ..2011
                                          1942 03 08
                                          Sunday
                                          Baltimore, Md.Royal TheatreVaudeville - see 1942 03 06...
                                          ..2011
                                          1942 03 09
                                          Monday
                                          Baltimore, Md.Royal TheatreVaudeville - see 1942 03 06...
                                          ..2011
                                          1942 03 10
                                          Tuesday
                                          Baltimore, Md.Royal TheatreVaudeville - see 1942 03 06...
                                          ..2011
                                          1942 03 11
                                          Wednesday
                                          Baltimore, Md.Royal TheatreVaudeville - see 1942 03 06...
                                          ..2011
                                          1942 03 11
                                          Wednesday
                                          .Baltimore, Md..Ben Webster married Eudora Williams,

                                          ' a statistician in a government office in Washington. Bigard was the best man, and "Duke and all the boys, of course, were on hand to give the newlyweds a proper sendoff. '

                                          Unattributed clipping reproduced in Vail I...
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                                          1942 03 12
                                          Thursday
                                          Baltimore, Md.Royal TheatreVaudeville - see 1942 03 06...
                                          ..2011
                                          1942 03 13
                                          Friday
                                          1942 03 19
                                          Thursday
                                          Philadelphia, Penn.Earle Theater
                                          11th and Market

                                          Theatre information:
                                          Vaudeville - Ellington and orchestra, Ethel Waters, Peg Leg Bates. A lukewarm review of the late afternoon Friday show in The Billboard, named Ivie Anderson, Ray Nance, Junior Raglin, Herb Jeffries and Marie Bryant.
                                          Motion Picture Herald:

                                          'Warnermen Promote Louis For Personal Appearance
                                            Joe Louis' personal appearance backstage at the Earle Theatre, in Piladelphia, where he went to visit Duke Ellington and Ethel Waters appearing on the same bill, resulted in a flock of newspaper stories and art. District manager Maurice Gable, Manager Hal Seidenberg and the Warner publicity department are credited with the stunt which brought the world's heavyweight champion from nearby Fort Dix together with other army officers.

                                          ...In connection with the vaudeville shows at the Earle Theatre, GAble scored a "beat" in bringing Joe Louis backstage at the theatre to meet Duke Ellington, whose orchestra haeadlined an all-Negro show that week. The stunt broke into every sports column, newsphoto pages and even picked up by the wire services. It made for exploitation at no extra cost. The heavyweight champ also obliged by makeing a personal appearance on the Earle stage.'

                                          ..
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                                          1942 03 14
                                          Saturday
                                          .Philadelphia, Penn.Earle TheaterVaudeville - see 1942 03 13...
                                          ..2011
                                          1942 03 15
                                          Sunday
                                          Philadelphia, Penn.Earle TheaterVaudeville - see 1942 03 13...
                                          ..2011
                                          1942 03 16
                                          Monday
                                          Philadelphia, Penn.Earle TheaterVaudeville - see 1942 03 13...
                                          ..2011
                                          1942 03 17
                                          Tuesday
                                          Philadelphia, Penn.Earle TheaterVaudeville - see 1942 03 13...
                                          ..2011
                                          1942 03 18
                                          Wednesday
                                          Philadelphia, Penn.Earle TheaterVaudeville - see 1942 03 13...
                                          ..2011
                                          1942 03 19
                                          Thursday
                                          Philadelphia, Penn.Earle TheaterVaudeville - see 1942 03 13...
                                          ..2011
                                          1942 03 20
                                          Friday
                                          1942 03 26
                                          Thursday
                                          Pittsburgh, Penn.Stanley Theater
                                          237 7th St.
                                          ....
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                                          1942 03 21
                                          Saturday
                                          Pittsburgh, Penn.Stanley TheaterVaudeville - see 1942 03 20...
                                          ..2011
                                          1942 03 22
                                          Sunday
                                          Pittsburgh, Penn.Stanley TheaterVaudeville - see 1942 03 20...
                                          ..2011
                                          1942 03 23
                                          Monday
                                          Pittsburgh, Penn.Stanley TheaterVaudeville - see 1942 03 20...
                                          ..2011
                                          1942 03 24
                                          Tuesday
                                          Pittsburgh, Penn.Stanley TheaterVaudeville - see 1942 03 20...
                                          ..2011
                                          1942 03 25
                                          Wednesday
                                          Pittsburgh, Penn.Stanley TheaterVaudeville - see 1942 03 20...
                                          ..2011
                                          1942 03 26
                                          Thursday
                                          Pittsburgh, Penn.Stanley TheaterVaudeville - see 1942 03 20...
                                          ..2011
                                          1942 03 27
                                          Friday
                                          1942 03 29
                                          Sunday
                                          Moline, Ill.Tri-State TheatreVaudeville - see 1942 03 27Stratemann p.198 citing Variety 1942-03-25 p.41...
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                                          1942 03 28
                                          Saturday
                                          Moline, Ill.Tri-State TheatreVaudeville - see 1942 03 27...
                                          ..Added
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                                          1942 03 29
                                          Sunday
                                          Moline, Ill.Tri-State TheatreVaudeville - see 1942 03 27...
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                                          1942 03 30
                                          Monday
                                          ...Travel to California
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                                          ...
                                          1942 03 31
                                          Tuesday
                                          ...Travel to California
                                          ...
                                          ...

                                          April 1942

                                          1942 04 01
                                          Wednesday
                                          ...Travel to California
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                                          1942 04 02
                                          Thursday
                                          1942 05 12
                                          10:30 pm
                                          South Gate, Cal.Trianon BallroomSix week 50-minute floorshow averaging 7,000 patrons a week. Ellington's was the first band to play twice at the Trianon, and it set attendance records on opening night and the first Saturday, when 2,150 customers came.

                                          Stratemann reported Ellington was the master of ceremonies and the first week, it appeared just Ellington and his rhythm team with Rex Stewart accompanied the floorshow. The floor show in the first week was
                                          • Sleepy Williams and Georgia (song and dance)
                                          • Marie Bryant
                                          • Leon Cepoas (tap)
                                          • Ivie Anderson
                                          • Closing duet by Marie Bryant and Ray Nance

                                          For the second and later weeks, the show featured Herb Jeffries, Marie Bryant, Ivie Anderson and Ray Nance, plus The Three Rockets, dancers from Jump for Joy.

                                          Consistently, The Billboard reported that in the first week, three acts were used and the show was not built around the band but in the second week two acts were used, with the band worked in for a good part of the show.

                                          Stratemann reports frequent broadcasts on station KHJ and the MBS network. Radio schedules in The Bakersfield Californian, Long Beach Independent and Oakland Tribune during the run of the Trianon engagement shows late evening Ellington orchestra broadcasts on the following dates:
                                          1942 04 02
                                          1942 04 03
                                          1942 04 04
                                          1942 04 05
                                          1942 04 06
                                          1942 04 07
                                          1942 04 08
                                          1942 04 10
                                          1942 04 11
                                          1942 04 13
                                          1942 04 17
                                          1942 04 18
                                          1942 04 19
                                          1942 04 20
                                          1942 04 23
                                          1942 04 25
                                          1942 04 26
                                          1942 04 27
                                          1942 04 28
                                          1942 04 29
                                          1942 04 30
                                          1942 05 01
                                          1942 05 02
                                          1942 05 04
                                          1942 05 07
                                          1942 05 08
                                          1942 05 09
                                          Webmaster's note:
                                          The radio schedules vary from paper to paper so these dates are not given in all three papers and I have not attempted to search for listings for the "empty" dates in other papers.Recordings of some of the broadcasts exist, including these undated ones as listed in New Desor - other discographies differ:
                                          • April / May 1942:
                                            W. Jones, Stewart, Nance, Brown, Nanton, Tizol, Bigard, Hodges, Hardwick, Webster, Carney, Ellington, Guy, Raglin, Greer
                                            • What Am I Here For?
                                            • Barzallai Lou
                                          • May 1942 MBS broadcast:
                                            W. Jones, Stewart, Nance, Brown, Nanton, Tizol, Bigard, Hodges, Hardwick, Webster, Carney, Ellington, Guy, Raglin, Greer, I. Anderson, Jeffries
                                            • The One I Love Belongs To Somebody Else
                                            • Body And Soul
                                            • Take The 'A' Train (theme)
                                          • Night Club Follow Up Reviews, The Billboard, 1942-05-09 p.16
                                          • Stratemann p.198 citing
                                            • Variety 1942-02-18 p.45
                                            • Down Beat 1942-05-15 p43
                                            • Variety
                                              1942-04-15 to 1942-05-13
                                            • The Billboard 1942-04-17 pp.17 & 19
                                            • The Billboard 1942-05-19 p.16
                                            • Metronome 1942-06
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                                          1942 04 03
                                          Friday
                                          .South Gate, Cal.Trianon BallroomFloorshow - see 1942 04 02...
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                                          1942 04 04
                                          Saturday
                                          .South Gate, Cal.Trianon BallroomFloorshow - see 1942 04 02
                                          Remote broadcast
                                          ...
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                                          1942 04 05
                                          Sunday
                                          .South Gate, Cal.Trianon BallroomFloorshow - see 1942 04 02
                                          Remote broadcast
                                          ...
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                                          1942 04 06
                                          Monday
                                          .South Gate, Cal.Trianon BallroomFloorshow - see 1942 04 02
                                          Remote broadcast
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                                          1942 04 07
                                          Tuesday
                                          .South Gate, Cal.Trianon BallroomFloorshow - see 1942 04 02
                                          Remote broadcast
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                                          1942 04 08
                                          Wednesday
                                          .South Gate, Cal.Trianon BallroomFloorshow - see 1942 04 02
                                          Remote broadcast
                                          ...
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                                          1942 04 09
                                          Thursday
                                          .South Gate, Cal.Trianon BallroomFloorshow - see 1942 04 02...
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                                          1942 04 10
                                          Friday
                                          .South Gate, Cal.Trianon BallroomFloorshow - see 1942 04 02
                                          Remote broadcast
                                          ...
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                                          1942 04 11
                                          Saturday
                                          .South Gate, Cal.Trianon BallroomFloorshow - see 1942 04 02
                                          Remote broadcast
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                                          1942 04 12
                                          Sunday
                                          .South Gate, Cal.Trianon BallroomFloorshow - see 1942 04 02...
                                          ..2011
                                          1942 04 13
                                          Monday
                                          .South Gate, Cal.Trianon BallroomFloorshow - see 1942 04 02
                                          Remote broadcast
                                          ...
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                                          1942 04 14
                                          Tuesday
                                          .South Gate, Cal.Trianon BallroomFloorshow - see 1942 04 02...
                                          ..2011
                                          1942 04 15
                                          Wednesday
                                          .South Gate, Cal.Trianon BallroomFloorshow - see 1942 04 02...
                                          ..2011
                                          1942 04 16
                                          Thursday
                                          .South Gate, Cal.Trianon BallroomFloorshow - see 1942 04 02...
                                          ..2011
                                          1942 04 17
                                          Friday
                                          .South Gate, Cal.Trianon BallroomFloorshow - see 1942 04 02
                                          Remote broadcast
                                          ...
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                                          1942 04 18
                                          Saturday
                                          .South Gate, Cal.Trianon BallroomFloorshow - see 1942 04 02
                                          Remote broadcast
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                                          1942 04 19
                                          Sunday
                                          .South Gate, Cal.Trianon BallroomFloorshow - see 1942 04 02
                                          Remote broadcast
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                                          1942 04 20
                                          Monday
                                          .South Gate, Cal.Trianon BallroomFloorshow - see 1942 04 02
                                          Remote broadcast
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                                          1942 04 21
                                          Tuesday
                                          .South Gate, Cal.Trianon BallroomFloorshow - see 1942 04 02...
                                          ..2011
                                          1942 04 22
                                          Wednesday
                                          .South Gate, Cal.Trianon BallroomFloorshow - see 1942 04 02...
                                          ..2011
                                          1942 04 23
                                          Thursday
                                          .South Gate, Cal.Trianon BallroomFloorshow - see 1942 04 02
                                          Remote broadcast
                                          ...
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                                          1942 04 24
                                          Friday
                                          .South Gate, Cal.Trianon BallroomFloorshow - see 1942 04 02...
                                          ..2011
                                          1942 04 25
                                          Saturday
                                          .South Gate, Cal.Trianon BallroomFloorshow - see 1942 04 02
                                          Remote broadcast
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                                          1942 04 26
                                          Sunday
                                          .South Gate, Cal.Trianon BallroomFloorshow - see 1942 04 02
                                          Remote broadcast
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                                          1942 04 27
                                          Monday
                                          .South Gate, Cal.Trianon BallroomFloorshow - see 1942 04 02
                                          Remote broadcast
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                                          1942 04 28
                                          Tuesday
                                          .South Gate, Cal.Trianon BallroomFloorshow - see 1942 04 02
                                          Remote broadcast
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                                          1942 04 29
                                          Wednesday
                                          Ellington's birthday
                                          .South Gate, Cal.Trianon BallroomFloorshow - see 1942 04 02
                                          Remote broadcast
                                          ...
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                                          1942 04 30
                                          Thursday
                                          .South Gate, Cal.Trianon BallroomFloorshow - see 1942 04 02
                                          Remote broadcast
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                                          May 1942

                                          1942 05 01
                                          Friday
                                          .South Gate, Cal.Trianon BallroomFloorshow - see 1942 04 02
                                          Remote broadcast
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                                          1942 05 02
                                          Saturday
                                          .South Gate, Cal.Trianon BallroomFloorshow - see 1942 04 02
                                          Radio remote
                                          Duke Ellington and His Orchestra
                                          W. Jones, Stewart, Nance, Brown, Nanton, Tizol, Bigard, Hodges, Hardwick, Webster, Carney, Ellington, Guy, Raglin, Greer.
                                          Titles aired:
                                          • Take The "A" Train
                                          • Swing Shifters Swing
                                          • Main Stem
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                                          1942 05 03
                                          Sunday
                                          .Los Angeles, Cal.Home of Mrs. Evelyn JoletAdditional research is needed to pin down the date, which could be the preceding Sunday, depending on the weekly newspaper's editorial deadline.
                                          Pittsburgh Courier:

                                          'A triple celebration was held in Los Angeles Sunday afternoon at the lovely stucco home of Mrs. Evelyn Jolet when a reception was given for her niece and nephew, Mr. and Mrs. Herman Giles, who were secredtly wed several months ago. Co-celebrants were: Mr. and Mrs. Duke Ellington, left, and Mr. and Mrs. Ben Webster, right. Duke is celebrating 20 years in show business and his birthday and the Websters, their recent marriage. Mrs. Webster is the former Eudora Williams of Washington, D.C.'

                                          Pittsburgh Courier 1942-05-09, p.10..
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                                          Sunday
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                                          1942 05 04
                                          Monday
                                          .South Gate, Cal.Trianon BallroomFloorshow - see 1942 04 02
                                          Remote broadcast
                                          ...
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                                          1942 05 05
                                          Tuesday
                                          .South Gate, Cal.Trianon BallroomFloorshow - see 1942 04 02...
                                          ..2011
                                          1942 05 06
                                          Wednesday
                                          .South Gate, Cal.Trianon BallroomFloorshow - see 1942 04 02...
                                          ..2011
                                          1942 05 07
                                          Thursday
                                          .South Gate, Cal.Trianon BallroomFloorshow - see 1942 04 02
                                          Recorded MBS radio remote broadcast:
                                          Duke Ellington and His Orchestra
                                          W. Jones, Stewart, Nance, Brown, Nanton, Tizol, Bigard, Hodges, Hardwick, Webster, Carney, Ellington, Guy, Raglin, Greer, I. Anderson.Titles heard in the recorded broadcast:
                                          • Take The "A" Train
                                          • The Strollers
                                          • I Don't Want To Walk Without You
                                          • Just Fiddlin' Around
                                          • I Don't Mind
                                          • John Hardy's Wife
                                          • Someone (aka Blue Again)
                                          • Body And Soul
                                          DEMS entries noted to the right discuss the accuracy of this song list - see .
                                        • Girvan:   Ellingtonia.com
                                        • Timner
                                        • Ole J. Nielsen, Jazz Records 1942-80, A discography: Vol. Six, Duke Ellington, p.2
                                        • New Desor
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                                          1942 05 08
                                          Friday
                                          .South Gate, Cal.Trianon BallroomFloorshow - see 1942 04 02
                                          Remote broadcast
                                          ...
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                                          1942 05 09
                                          Saturday
                                          .South Gate, Cal.Trianon BallroomFloorshow - see 1942 04 02
                                          Remote broadcast
                                          ...
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                                          1942 05 10
                                          Sunday
                                          .South Gate, Cal.Trianon BallroomFloorshow - see 1942 04 02...
                                          ..2011
                                          1942 05 11
                                          Monday
                                          .South Gate, Cal.Trianon BallroomFloorshow - see 1942 04 02...
                                          ..2011
                                          1942 05 12
                                          Tuesday
                                          .South Gate, Cal.Trianon BallroomFloorshow - see 1942 04 02...
                                          ..2011
                                          1942 05 13
                                          Wednesday
                                          1942 05 19San Diego, Cal.Orpheum TheaterVaudeville show
                                          Don Short's review in the San Diego Union:

                                          '... almost overflow attendance yesterday... Eleven numbers were rendered on a straight program with several encores...many numbers from "Jump for Joy"...program included a vaudeville bill that tops all colored revues...'

                                          Performers mentioned by Mr. Short:
                                          Ray Nance, Marie Bryant, Herb Jeffries, the Three Rockets, Ivie Anderson.

                                          Song titles included:
                                          • Take the "A" Train
                                          • Bugle Breaks
                                          • He's A-1 in the Army and A-1 in My Heart
                                            (Webmaster's note:
                                            This is likely the late 1941 Redd Evans song "He's 1-A in the Army, and He's A-1 In My Heart.")
                                          San Diego Union
                                          • 1942-05-07 p.7-A
                                          • 1942-05-08 p.4-A
                                          • 1942-05-09 p.7-A
                                          • 1942-05-10 p.5-C
                                          • 1942-05-11 p.5-A
                                          • 1942-05-13 p.7-A
                                          • 1942-05-16 p.7-A
                                          • 1942-05-17 p.5-C
                                          • 1942-05-18 p.5-A
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                                          1942 05 14
                                          Thursday
                                          .San Diego, Cal.Thearle Music Co.
                                          640 Broadway

                                          'Duke Ellington and his celebrated orchestra are now appearing at The Orpheum Theater in a gala stage show. During his visit to our music store Thursday at 3:15 p.m. he will autograph without charge any of his Victor Records for customers.'

                                          Ad, The San Diego Union, morning of 1942-05-14, p.6-A..
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                                          Thursday
                                          .San Diego, Cal.Orpheum TheaterVaudeville show - see 1942 05 13...
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                                          1942 05 15
                                          Friday
                                          .San Diego, Cal.Orpheum TheaterVaudeville show - see 1942 05 13...
                                          ..2011
                                          1942 05 16
                                          Saturday
                                          .San Diego, Cal.Orpheum TheaterVaudeville show - see 1942 05 13

                                          5 shows today - 1:30, 3:45, 6:15, 8:30, 11 p.m.
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                                          1942 05 17
                                          Sunday
                                          .San Diego, Cal.Orpheum TheaterVaudeville show - see 1942 05 13

                                          5 shows today - 12:30, 2:45, 5:15, 7:30, 10 p.m.
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                                          1942 05 18
                                          Monday
                                          ... Peripheral event
                                          NBC Broadcast "Fashions in Jazz"

                                          Ellington was apparently broadcast, but Sjef Hoefsmit believed this was a disc jockey program, using commercially released recordings.
                                          ..DEMS
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                                          1942 05 18
                                          Monday
                                          .San Diego, Cal.Orpheum TheaterVaudeville show - see 1942 05 13...
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                                          1942 05 19
                                          Tuesday
                                          .San Diego, Cal.Orpheum TheaterVaudeville show - see 1942 05 13...
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                                          1942 05 20
                                          Wednesday
                                          1942 05 26San Francisco, Cal.Golden Gate TheaterVaudeville
                                          Billing: Duke Ellington and his famous Orchestra featuring Ivie Anderson, Herb Jeffries, Marie Bryant, the Three Rockets, Ruth Wyatt, Rex Stewart, Sonny Greer, Ray Nance, Johnny Hodges. Joe Turner is not in the ads but is mentioned in the review.
                                          4 shows daily (1:00, 3:45; 6:30; 9:15) and 5 on Saturday
                                          • Stratemann p.198
                                          • San Francisco Chronicle
                                            • 1942-05-20 p.6
                                            • 1942-05-21 p.6
                                            • 1942-05-22 p.8
                                            • 1942-05-25 p.6
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                                          1942 05 21
                                          Thursday
                                          .San Francisco, Cal.Golden Gate TheaterVaudeville - see 1942 05 20...
                                          ..2011
                                          1942 05 22
                                          Friday
                                          .San Francisco, Cal.Golden Gate TheaterVaudeville - see 1942 05 20...
                                          ..2011
                                          1942 05 23
                                          Saturday
                                          .San Francisco, Cal.Golden Gate TheaterVaudeville - see 1942 05 20...
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                                          1942 05 24
                                          Sunday
                                          .San Francisco, Cal.Golden Gate TheaterVaudeville - see 1942 05 20...
                                          ..2011
                                          1942 05 25
                                          Monday
                                          .San Francisco, Cal.Golden Gate TheaterVaudeville - see 1942 05 20...
                                          ..2011
                                          1942 05 26
                                          Tuesday
                                          .San Francisco, Cal.Golden Gate TheaterVaudeville - see 1942 05 20...
                                          ..2011
                                          1942 05 27
                                          Wednesday
                                          ...activities not documented
                                          ...
                                          ...
                                          1942 05 28
                                          Thursday
                                          1942 05 29Stockton, Cal.Fox Colonial TheaterVaudeville showStratemann p.198 citing DESB..
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                                          Friday
                                          .Stockton, Cal. Fox Colonial TheaterSee 1942 05 28...
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                                          1942 05 30
                                          Saturday
                                          1942 05 31Sacramento, Cal.Fox Hippodrome TheatreVaudeville - Duke Ellington and his Jump for Joy stage revue
                                          • Stratemann p.198 citing DESB
                                          • The Sacramento Bee
                                            • 1942-05-27 p.18
                                            • 1942-05-28 p.6
                                          ..
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                                          Sunday
                                          .Sacramento, Cal.Fox Hippodrome TheatreVaudeville - see 1942 05 30...
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                                          June 1942

                                          1942 06 01
                                          Monday
                                          ...activities not documented
                                          ...
                                          ...
                                          1942 06 02
                                          Tuesday
                                          .Portland, Ore..Ellington arrived from Sacramento at 7:50 Tuesday morning with Beatrice. He was interviewed in his hotel suite by Oregonian staff writer Laurie Johnston. Present were Beatrice (Bea Ellis), his manager and a Portland friend.

                                          sidemen's activities not documented
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                                          Wednesday
                                          .Portland, Ore.Victory Center
                                          Sixth & Morrison

                                          'Duke Ellington, his band, soloist Ivie Anderson, Organist Al Chenvert, will meet you at Victory Center Wednesday noon in a great war savings bonds program.'

                                          Ellington and several stars of his show, including Anderson, Jeffries, Greer and Webster were to appear, courtesy of the Portland Musicians Union and Uptown ballroom manager Roy Adams. Monte Ballou from the Clover Club was to be m.c., and Chenevert was to play a Hammond organ loaned by Mr. and Mrs. Phil Carlin.
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                                          .Portland, Ore.Meier & Frank Co. Record Shop
                                          Sixth Floor
                                          Record signing

                                          ' "Duke" Ellington, Famed Band Leader, Will Autograph His Records in Meier & Frank's 6th Floor Record Shop Today, 4 to 5 P.M. '

                                          Records listed at 53 cents each:
                                          • "C" Jam Blues/Moon Mist 27856
                                          • Sophisticated Lady/Stormy Weather 35556
                                          • Clementine/Five o'Clock Drag 27700
                                          • Take the "A Train/The Sidewalks of New York 27380
                                          • Flamingo/The Girl in My Dreams Tries to Look Like You 27326
                                          • Mood Indigo/Solitude 35427
                                          • Bakiff/The Giddybug Gallop 27502
                                          • Blue Serge/Jumpin' Punkins 27356
                                          Also a 4 disc album, "The Duke" (8 great Ellington hits) C-38, $2.67

                                          3 cents turn-in allowance advertised for old records.
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                                          .Portland, Ore.Uptown Ballroom
                                          21st and Burnside
                                          This appears to be a dance, with no vaudeville mentioned in the ads.The Oregonian
                                          • 1942-05-30 p.3
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                                          • 1942-06-02 p.3
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                                          .Portland, Ore.
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                                          Vancouver, B.C.Beacon Theatre
                                          (later renamed Odeon Theatre)
                                          20 West Hastings St.
                                          (not to be confused with the Odeon Theatre at 851 Granville St., which opened in 1964)
                                          Vaudeville - it isn't clear from the Province ads and publicity if Ellington brought a troupe with him or just used his own personnel. The ads mention Ivie Anderson, Herb Jeffries, Marie Bryant, Rex Stewart, Sonny Greer, Ray Nance and Johnny Hodges and one ad says "and entertainers." No specific vaudeville acts were named. The stage shows were at 12:45, 3:45, 6:40 and 10:40
                                          Province writer Lloyd Turner:

                                          'Duke Ellington doesn't know very much about popular songs, at least so he says.
                                            After his Friday night stage show at the Beacon we asked him what he thought was the song hit of the day. "Don't rightly know, son," he replied, "You know we never have a great deal to do with the popular stuff, we play mostly our own arrangements [illegible]"
                                           "Well, then, among the hundreds of pieces you have composed, what is your favourite?"
                                            "Any number we have finished isn't a favourite anymore. Our really popular numbers are the ones we are working on now," he said.
                                            "Take our new number, 'Oh Miss Jaxson, You Sure Have Got Some Fine Barbecue." It has the makings of a hit."
                                            At this point the Duke...lost all interest in song and hurried from his downstairs dressing room in time to catch the main picture at the theatre. He likes practically any pictures, he said.
                                            This Ellington program is the best he has ever presented in Vancouver. It has some fine arrangements, beautiful instrumental solos and excellent songs. Rex Stewart with his trumpet is terrific. His solo of 'Deep in The Heart of Texas' has so many out of this world notes that it doesn't seem possible.'

                                          • Vancouver Daily Province
                                            • 1942-06-03
                                            • 1942-06-04
                                            • 1942-06-05 p.12
                                            • 1942-06-06
                                            • 1942-06-08 p.9
                                            • 1942-06-09
                                            • 1942-06-10
                                            • 1942-06-11 p.8
                                          • Stratemann p.198
                                          • The British Columbia and Yukon Directory, 1942, pp.493 & 1278
                                          • Additional documentation is likely to be found in SI-NMAH Archives Center, DEC301, Series 2: Performances and Programs, 1933-1974, box 1, folder 7 West Coast and British Columbia, June 5-11, 1942
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                                          .Vancouver, B.C.Kelly's Record Store
                                          Seymour St.
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                                          .Seattle, Wash.Victory SquareEllington was to appear as solo pianist to help sell war bonds in a program sponsored by King County citizens of Italian descent . Other musicians to appear were Jules Buffano and his dance band, Frank Iacolucci, accorion, and Miss Eva Gonnelli, singing patriotic songs.Seattle Times 1942-06-11 p.2..
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                                          .Seattle, Wash.Civic Auditorium8:30 p.m. (Stratemann shows 9 p.m.)

                                          'Duke Ellington, a favorite with dancing America, both on records and in person, will be presented by Ellis Coder tonight at the Civic Auditorium...'

                                          Admission $1.00 plus tax.
                                          Seattle Times
                                          • 1942-06-09 p.24
                                          • 1942-06-10 p.15
                                          • 1942-06-11 p.26
                                          • 1942-06-12 p.26
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                                          .Tacoma, Wash.Exposition HallStratemann reports Ellington grossed $2,300 at $1.15/ticket.Stratemann p.198 citing Variety 1942-06-17 p.42...
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                                          Monday
                                          .Salem, Ore.ArmoryOne-nighter
                                          Stratemann notes Variety had the band at Sweet's Ballroom Oakland on this date, however, Variety lists plans in advance, and it is clear from local papers that Ellington was expected in Salem as late as June 13. Further research is warranted since both locations are north of the next gig, King City.
                                          • The Oregon Statesman, Salem, Ore., 1942-06-08 p.8
                                          • Corvallis Gazette-Times, Corvallis, Ore., 1942-06-13 p.5
                                          • The Capital Journal, Salem, Ore.
                                            • 1942-06-12 p.12
                                            • 1942-06-13 p.3
                                          • Stratemann p.198 citing Variety 1942-06-03 p.42
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                                          .Vallejo, Cal.Casa De Vallejo.
                                          • Stratemann p.198 citing Variety 1942-06-03 p.40 & DESB
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                                          Saturday
                                          .San Jose, Cal.AuditoriumDance 20:30-01:00

                                          Stratemann notes another DESB clipping had the band at the Civic Auditorium in San Francisco this night. Both cities are in the San Francisco Bay area.
                                          Stratemann p.198 citing Variety 1942-06-03 p.40..
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                                          Sunday
                                          .Los Angeles, Cal.Shrine Auditorium3,000 fansStratemann p.198 citing
                                          • Variety 1942-06-03 P.4
                                          • Downbeat 1942-07-01 P.6
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                                          Friday
                                          .Hollywood, Cal.Victor StudioVictor recording session
                                          15:15 - 18:10
                                          Duke Ellington and His Famous Orchestra
                                          Jones, Nance, Stewart, Nanton, Brown, Tizol, Bigard, Hodges, Hardwick, Webster, Carney, Ellington,* Strayhorn, Guy, Raglin, Greer, Jeffries
                                          Titles recorded:
                                          • My Little Brown Book
                                          • Main Stem (working titles were Swing Shifters Swing and Altitude, the former fitting in nicely with the gig that would be played that night)
                                          • Johnny Come Lately
                                          * Discographers disagree as to whether or not Ellington played Main Stem. Timner V and Lasker say he might have, and David Berger's transcription of the recording includes a sparse piano part. In any event, he would have been present in the studio.

                                          This was Bigard's last recording session with the band, and Ivie and Herb were to leave the band as well, the following month.

                                          Ken Rattenbury's transcription of the Hodges Main Stem solo is in DEMS 89,1

                                          David Berger's transcription of the Main Stem recording is available through the Jazz at Lincoln Center's Essentially Ellington program.
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                                          Friday
                                          .Los Angeles, Cal.Masonic HallBenefit for Atlanta University-Morehouse and Spelman Colleges which are in Georgia.
                                          Ellington appeared without his orchestra. Choir leader Hall Johnson and singer Alma Hightower also appeared.
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                                          Friday
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                                          Saturday
                                          Ocean Park, Cal.Casino Gardens"Swing Shift Dance" 01:00-06:00
                                          The Billboard 1942-07-11 p.21

                                          'LOS ANGELES, July 4- ...designed for the recreation of 140,000 defense workers of the 4 p.m. to midnight shifts. Each Saturday and Sunday nearly 20,000 of these people...patronize dances that run from 1 a.m. to 6 a.m... Dances... afford fun to workers who otherwise could not attend dances at local ballrooms or night clubs...Duke Ellington, who played Casino Gardens last Saturday and Sunday, drew the biggest crowds of any of the bands yet booked...  Seeing the possibilities of having a ballroom open from 1 a.m. to 6 a.m., [promoter Harry] Schooler bargained for the Municipal Auditorium in Long Beach and Casino Gardens, near the Ocean Park pier. He has put bands into these spots each week-end and the spots have been crowded. Admission ... is 75 cents for men and 50 cents for women... The 7,500 capacity at Casino Gardens has made it necessary to urge some patrons to take a walk on the pier, where attractions and concessions have been remaining open all night to take care of this business.
                                          ... [no fights, no liquor sold]
                                          ...The dances are advertised for Friday and Saturday nights, but they are in reality Saturday and Sunday mornings... '

                                          The Billboard 1942-07-18 p.21

                                          'DUKE ELLINGTON rolled up new figures for the Swing Shift dances, the 1 a.m. to 6 a.m. affairs on the West Coast for defense workers...'

                                          • The Billboard 1942-07-11 p.21
                                          • Stratemann p.199 citing The Billboard 1942-07-18 p.21
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                                          July 1942

                                          1942 07 00...PERSONNEL CHANGES
                                          • Barney Bigard leaves the band, staying in Los Angeles when the band left for Salt Lake City. He was recorded with Ellington in small group performances in 1945, 1961 and 1972. 1945 was a broadcast, 1961 was with Duke and Louis Armstrong, and the 1972 recording was an unissued Carnegie Hall concert. He did not play with the full orchestra on these occasions. He was replaced by Chauncey Haughton when the band reached Denver, and later, by Jimmy Hamilton.
                                          • Singer Herb Jeffries left the band as well around this time. He would live to be 100, dying in May, 2014.
                                          • New Desor vol.2
                                          • Emails, S.Lasker-Palmquist
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                                          • Barney Bigard: With Louis and the Duke: the Autobiography of a Jazz Clarinetist, London: Macmillan, 1985.
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                                          Monday
                                          ...PERSONNEL CHANGE (Doubtful)
                                          DEMS 80,4

                                          'Concerning 'Skippy' Williams ...Eddie Lambert reports of a card received from John Chilton ... and he confirms the correct name to be ELBERT. He met Elbert who says that Ben recommended him for the job with Duke and he had his first tryout on July 6th 1942. Stayed for 'some months' but thereafter did many 'subs' in the band* the last occasion being February '65!'

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                                          Wednesday
                                          .Salt Lake City, UtahCoconut Grove BallroomDance
                                          Admission (tax included)
                                          • Until 8:30: Ladies 60 cents, Men 80 cents
                                          • Therafter: Ladies 80 cents, Men $1.00
                                          Salt Lake Tribune, Salt Lake City, Utah:
                                          • 1942-07-05 p.3
                                          • 1942-07-08 p.8
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                                          Friday
                                          ...PERSONNEL CHANGE
                                          Chauncey Haughton, clarinet and tenor sax, joins the band in Denver. He will stay until being drafted in 1943.
                                          The next day, The Pittsburgh Courier published an unattributed report datelined New York, July 9, saying Lester Young was signed up and would join Ellington when he returns east (this did not happen.)
                                          • New Desor vol.2
                                          • Stratemann p.199
                                          • The Pittsburgh Courier, Pittsburgh, Penn.
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                                          1942 07 15Lakeside, Col.
                                          (Denver suburb)
                                          El Patio Ballroom
                                          Lakeside Amusement Park
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                                          .Lakeside, Col.El Patio BallroomDance hall residency with radio remote - see 1942 07 10

                                          Duke Ellington and His Orchestra
                                          W. Jones, Stewart, Nance, Brown, Nanton, Tizol, Haughton, Hodges, Hardwick, Webster, Carney, Ellington, Guy, Raglin, Greer, Ivie Anderson.

                                          Titles broadcast and recorded:
                                          • Things Ain't What They Used To Be
                                          • Ko-Ko
                                          • Take The "A" Train (theme)
                                          • Girvan:   Ellingtonia.com
                                          • Timner
                                          • Ole J. Nielsen, Jazz Records 1942-80, A discography: Vol. Six, Duke Ellington
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                                          Listen to, or download, an audio file of this broadcast from http://www.radioechoes.com - while it is wrongly dated July 6 on this website the file has just over 17 minutes of the July 15 and July 14 broadcasts. These broadcast dates are established by the announcements just before Rocks in My Bed that it is the last night for Ellington, and at the end, the announcer says it is Tuesday and there's one more night for Ellington. The closing announcement says the broadcast was a half-hour. If that is true, then most of these broadcasts is missing from the file.
                                          Duke Ellington and His Orchestra
                                          W. Jones, Stewart, Nance, Brown, Nanton, Tizol, Haughton, Hodges, Hardwick, Webster, Carney, Ellington, Guy, Raglin, Greer, Ivie Anderson.

                                          Titles broadcast and recorded:
                                          • Take The "A" Train (theme)
                                          • The Strollers
                                          • Rocks In My Bed
                                          • John Hardy's Wife
                                          • Girvan:   Ellingtonia.com
                                          • Timner
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                                          1942 07 171942 08 13Chicago, Ill.Panther Room or Bamboo Room
                                          Hotel Sherman
                                          Hotel residency
                                          Daily broadcasts over the NBC-Blue network except Mondays

                                          3 radio remote broadcasts this evening: WJZ WENR WENR
                                          New Desor lists two undated broadcasts from the Sherman Hotel as being either July or August, and one additional (one title only) as August. It should be possible to identify them by reconciling the known broadcasts with the local newspaper radio listings.
                                          • Benny Aasland, The Wax Works of Duke Ellington - the 6 March 1940-30 July 1942 RCA Victor Period, session 42-30
                                            • Large ads, 1942-07-22:
                                              • The Capital Times, Madison, Wisc., p.7
                                              • The Kokomo Tribune, Kokomo, Ind., p.7
                                              • The Vidette-Messenger, Valparaiso, Ind., p.5
                                              • Mason City Globe-Gazette, Mason City, Iowa, p.14
                                              • The Canton Repository, Canton, Ohio, p.20
                                            • Smaller and undated ads reproduced in the Mule Walk and Jazz Talk blog
                                          • plug, Boston Herald 1942-06-02 p.10
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                                          Sunday
                                          .Chicago, Ill.Panther Room or Bamboo Room
                                          Hotel Sherman
                                          Hotel residency - see 1942 07 17

                                          2 broadcasts: WJZ WMAL
                                          It isn't clear which broadcast was recorded. Nielsen says it was on WMAQ (NBC Red network):
                                          Duke Ellington and His OrchestraW. Jones, Stewart, Nance, Brown, Nanton, Tizol, Haughton, Hodges, Hardwick, Webster, Carney, Ellington, Guy, Raglin, Greer
                                          Titles broadcast:
                                          • Bli-Blip
                                          • All I Need Is You
                                          • Perdido
                                        • Girvan:   Ellingtonia.com
                                        • Timner
                                        • Ole J. Nielsen, Jazz Records 1942-80, A discography: Vol. Six, Duke Ellington, p.3
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                                          Tuesday
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                                          Hotel Sherman
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                                          Thursday
                                          .Chicago, Ill.Panther Room or Bamboo Room
                                          Hotel Sherman
                                          Hotel residency - see 1942 07 17

                                          4 broadcasts: WJZ WMAL WENR WENR
                                          Metronome:

                                          'Bigard, Jeffries Leave Duke But It's Still Duke
                                          For several months now, rumors have been floating around New York about changes in the Ellington band. Barney Bigard, Ben Webster, Rex Stewart and Johnny Hodges were supposed to have left, Barney and Ben to form a band together, Rex to take a number of proffered parts in Hollywood movies and Johnny to join the new Raymond Scott band at CBS. Duke's opening night broadcast from the Panther Room of the Hotel Sherman on July 23 established just how much was true about these rumors and how much false.
                                            Barney Bigard has left. No doubt about that. He's coming east to do just what Johnny Hodges was supposedly all set for, joining Raymond Scott at CBS. Ben Webster seems to have remained with Duke. He didn't play any solos on the opening night broadcast. But on the second night, Benny's blasting style cut through Perdido for some superb tenor sax moments. Ben's teammate, Johnny Hodges, is very much still with Duke. He played magnificently through I've Got It Bad and Perdido and the concluding Blues. And Rex Stewart is certainly there. The announcer said so. His horn said so. Singer Herb Jeffries isn't there. He stayed in Hollywood to take a number of proffered parts in Hollywood movies, those designed for colored audiences with colored stars.
                                            The loss of Barney Bigard and Herb Jeffries will be felt with varying poignancy by Ellington fans. But Ellington fans don't need to really despair. Duke is still the great man and his band still the great band. Catch one of those broadcasts from the Sherman and hear for yourself.'

                                          Webmaster comment:
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                                          Friday
                                          .Chicago, Ill.Panther Room or Bamboo Room
                                          Hotel Sherman
                                          Hotel residency - see 1942 07 17

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                                          Saturday
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                                          Sunday
                                          .Chicago, Ill.Panther Room or Bamboo Room
                                          Hotel Sherman
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                                          3 broadcasts: WJZ WMAL WENR

                                          Dick Carter's review panned the 11:15-11:30 broadcast:

                                          '...Only one of the five tunes played was familiar to any but confirmed Ellingtonites; there were intricate, dissonant jumpers completely lacking in appear to the average, benighted dial-twister, and the fifth was a typical Ellington torcher, sung with characteristic grace and understanding by Ivy Anderson. Needless to say, all the numbers were played wonderfully, but they were pretty heavy stuff for the kind of person whose main interest is in popular songs. If the Duke cares to attract the interest of this large group – and maybe he doesn't – he'll have to devote a bigger slice of his air time to songs the people know.'

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                                          1942 07 27
                                          Monday
                                          .Chicago, Ill.Hotel ShermanWMAQ broadcast

                                          This date is odd. Monday was supposed to be a Hotel Sherman day off, yet some newspapers across the country show Ellington broadcasts this evening.
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                                          1942 07 28
                                          Tuesday
                                          .Chicago, Ill.RCA Studio A
                                          445 Lake Shore Drive
                                          Victor recording session 1:00 to 4:00
                                          Duke Ellington and His Famous Orchestra
                                          W. Jones, Stewart, Nance, Brown, Nanton, Tizol, Haughton Hodges, Hardwick, Webster, Carney, Ellington, Guy, Raglin, Greer, Ivie Anderson

                                          Titles recorded:
                                          • Hayfoot, Strawfoot
                                          • I Didn't Know About You (Sentimental Lady)
                                          • A Slip Of The Lip
                                          • Sherman Shuffle
                                          This was Ellington's last commercial recording session before the AF of M recording ban (see 1942 08 01) and Ivie's last recorded vocal with the band.
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                                          Tuesday
                                          .Chicago, Ill..11:45 a.m. - Duke Ellington and Ivie Anderson were guests on the WCFL "Treasury Corner" broadcast. Stratemann p.199New Desor
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                                          1942 07 28
                                          Tuesday
                                          .Chicago, Ill.Panther Room or Bamboo Room
                                          Hotel Sherman
                                          Hotel residency - see 1942 07 17

                                          Remote broadcast: WENR
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                                          1942 07 29
                                          Wednesday
                                          .Chicago, Ill.Naval Aviation Training School
                                          Navy Pier
                                          Ellington and his orchestras played a one-hour concert for the officers and men. It seems possible that they played in the concert hall at the end of the pier.
                                          • Stratemann p.199
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                                          1942 07 29
                                          Wednesday
                                          .Chicago, Ill.Panther Room or Bamboo Room
                                          Hotel Sherman
                                          Hotel residency - see 1942 07 17

                                          Broadcast: WENR
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                                          1942 07 30
                                          Thursday
                                          .Duarte, Cal.Outdoor Life and Health Institute or AssociationEarly morning death of Jimmie Blanton

                                          See our Blanton-Raglin webpage for further information.
                                          Leonard Feather:

                                          "One evening, after the last set" [at the Hotel Sherman], "as the men were walking off the stand, I saw Ben Webster burst into tears. He had just learned of the death at twenty-three, hours earlier in California, of Jimmy Blanton, who had been closer to him that to anyone else in the orchestra."

                                          Townsend, in his chapter The Road, devotes several pages to Blanton's illness and passing.
                                          • The Final Curtain, The Billboard 1942-08-08, p.25
                                          • THE GRIM REAPER CLAIMS ANOTHER STAR MUSICIAN, The Pittsburgh Courier 1942-08-15 p.21
                                          • Leonard Feather, The Jazz Years: Earwitness to an Era, p.63
                                          • Frank Buchmann-Moller, Someone to Watch Over Me: The Life and Music of Ben Webster, University of Michigan Press, 2006, pp.62-67
                                          • Peter Townsend in Pearl Harbor Jazz: Change in Popular Music in the Early 1940s, University Press of Mississippi, 2007, pp.112-116
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                                          1942 07 30
                                          Thursday
                                          .Chicago, Ill.Panther Room or Bamboo Room
                                          Hotel Sherman
                                          Hotel residency - see 1942 07 17

                                          3 broadcasts: WJZ, WMAL, & WENR
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                                          1942 07 31
                                          Friday
                                          .Chicago, Ill.Panther Room or Bamboo Room
                                          Hotel Sherman
                                          Hotel residency - see 1942 07 17

                                          4 broadcasts: WJZ, WMAL, WENR and WENR again
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                                          August 1942

                                          1942 08 01
                                          Saturday
                                          ... Peripheral event
                                          First day of the recording ban imposed by the American Federation of Musicians led by James C. Petrillo.
                                          DeVeaux:

                                          'Bolstered by votes from the national AFM convention in 1941 and 1942 authorizing him to take action against unrestricted use of recordings, Petrillo notified the recording companies on 26 June 1942 that their licenses with the union, requiring them to hire only union musicians, would not be renewed. The ban on recording officially went into effect with the expiration of those licenses on 1 August 1942...'


                                          Down Beat:

                                          'ALL RECORDING STOPS TODAY
                                          DISC FIRMS SIT BACK
                                          ...
                                          by Mike Levin
                                            New York - From today on there will be no recording of music, classical or jazz, in this country by union musicians. Prexy Petrillo has not backed down by his claim that recording was ruining the jobs of 60% of the AFM membership and that he meant to do something about it. As a result only Soundies and Hollywood are exempted from the "no mechanical reproduction of any kind" order.
                                            Petrillo has shifted his position as to the sale of records. he had previously told the companies that they could record for home and Army use, but when it was pointed out to him that the companies would be violating the law if they tried to regulate who bought their records, Petrillo made the edict a complete stoppage... '


                                          Morgenstern:

                                          'The recording ban ... meant that fom July 28 1942 to December 1, 1944, the band made no new records for commercial release.'

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                                          1942 08 01
                                          Saturday
                                          .Chicago, Ill.Panther Room or Bamboo Room
                                          Hotel Sherman
                                          Hotel residency - see 1942 07 17

                                          4 broadcasts: WJZ WMAL WCFL WENR
                                          ...
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                                          1942 08 02
                                          Sunday
                                          .Chicago, Ill.Panther Room or Bamboo Room
                                          Hotel Sherman
                                          Hotel residency - see 1942 07 17

                                          3 broadcasts: WJZ WMAL WENR
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                                          1942 08 03
                                          Monday
                                          ...activities not documented
                                          (Hotel Sherman day off)
                                          ...
                                          ...
                                          1942 08 04
                                          Tuesday
                                          .Chicago, Ill.Panther Room or Bamboo Room
                                          Hotel Sherman
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                                          1942 08 05
                                          Wednesday
                                          .Chicago, Ill.Panther Room or Bamboo Room
                                          Hotel Sherman
                                          Hotel residency - see 1942 07 17...
                                          ..Added
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                                          1942 08 06
                                          Thursday
                                          .Chicago, Ill.Panther Room or Bamboo Room
                                          Hotel Sherman
                                          Hotel residency - see 1942 07 17...
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                                          1942 08 07
                                          Friday
                                          .Chicago, Ill.Panther Room or Bamboo Room
                                          Hotel Sherman
                                          Hotel residency - see 1942 07 17

                                          Broadcast
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                                          Saturday
                                          .Chicago, Ill.Panther Room or Bamboo Room
                                          Hotel Sherman
                                          Hotel residency - see 1942 07 17

                                          Broadcast
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                                          1942 08 09
                                          Sunday
                                          .Chicago, Ill.Panther Room or Bamboo Room
                                          Hotel Sherman
                                          Hotel residency - see 1942 07 17...
                                          ..2014-06-02
                                          1942 08 10
                                          Monday
                                          ...activities not documented
                                          Hotel Sherman day off
                                          ...
                                          ...
                                          1942 08 11
                                          Tuesday
                                          .Chicago, Ill.Panther Room or Bamboo Room
                                          Hotel Sherman
                                          Hotel residency - see 1942 07 17

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                                          1942 08 11
                                          Tuesday
                                          .Chicago, Ill.Panther Room or Bamboo Room
                                          Hotel Sherman
                                          Hotel residency - see 1942 07 17...
                                          ..2014-06-02
                                          1942 08 12
                                          Wednesday
                                          .Chicago, Ill.Panther Room or Bamboo Room
                                          Hotel Sherman
                                          Hotel residency - see 1942 07 17...
                                          ..2014-06-02
                                          1942 08 13
                                          Thursday
                                          .Chicago, Ill.Panther Room or Bamboo Room
                                          Hotel Sherman
                                          Last night of hotel residency - see 1942 07 17

                                          broadcast
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                                          1942 08 13
                                          Thursday
                                          ...PERSONNEL CHANGE
                                          After the Sherman Hotel residency, Ivie Anderson, Duke's star singer and entertainer, left the band and was replaced by a girl trio, Phyllis Smiley, Joya Sherrill and Betty Roché.

                                          Miss Smiley left during the upcoming theatre tour and Miss Sherrill went back to school at the end of the summer.

                                          New Desor dates Betty's arrival as Sept. 1.

                                          Both Joya and Ivie sang during the Aug. 13 Sherman Hotel broadcast, and an ANP wirestory suggests Joya sang in other Hotel Sherman broadcasts:

                                          'Joya Sherrill has been heard recently on broadcasts of the Duke Ellington unit from the Panther room of the Sherman hotel in Chicago's loop. She is a fair songstress.'


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                                          1942 08 14
                                          Friday
                                          1942 08 20Milwaukee, Wisc.Riverside TheatreVaudeville
                                          Hustiford News:

                                          'Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Jascheck and Mr. and Mrs. Walter Buro spent one evening of the week at Milwaukee where they went to see Duke Ellington's orchestra at the Riverside.'

                                          • Stratemann p.200 citing
                                            • Down Beat 1942-08-15
                                            • Chicago Defender 1942-08-22, p.12
                                            • DESB
                                          • The Hustisford News, Hustiford, Wisc., 1942-09-04 p.4
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                                          1942 08 15
                                          Saturday
                                          .Milwaukee, Wisc.Riverside TheatreVaudeville - see 1942 08 14...
                                          ..2011
                                          1942 08 16
                                          Sunday
                                          .Milwaukee, Wisc.Riverside TheatreVaudeville - see 1942 08 14...
                                          ..2011
                                          1942 08 17
                                          Monday
                                          .Milwaukee, Wisc.Riverside TheatreVaudeville - see 1942 08 14...
                                          ..2011
                                          1942 08 18
                                          Tuesday
                                          .Milwaukee, Wisc.Riverside TheatreVaudeville - see 1942 08 14...
                                          ..2011
                                          1942 08 19
                                          Wednesday
                                          .Milwaukee, Wisc.Riverside TheatreVaudeville - see 1942 08 14...
                                          ..2011
                                          1942 08 20
                                          Thursday
                                          .Milwaukee, Wisc.Riverside TheatreVaudeville - see 1942 08 14...
                                          ..2011
                                          1942 08 21
                                          Friday
                                          1942 08 27
                                          Thursday
                                          Chicago, Ill.Oriental TheaterVaudeville:


                                          DUKE
                                          ELLINGTON
                                          AND HIS FAMOUS
                                          ORCHESTRA
                                          & HIS ALL NEW
                                          HOT HARLEM
                                          REVUE

                                          STARRING
                                          JIGSAW JACKSON
                                          BABY LAWRENCE
                                          DUSTY FLETCHER
                                          BETTY ROCHE

                                          STARRING
                                          JOYA SHERRILL
                                          PHYLLIS SMILEY
                                          ADDED ATTRACTION
                                          POPS AND
                                          LOUIE

                                          • Stratemann p.200 citing The Billboard
                                            • 1942-08-29 p.16
                                            • 1942-09-05, p.14
                                          • Ad, Chicago Defender, 1942-08-22 p.11
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                                          1942 08 22
                                          Saturday
                                          .Chicago, Ill.Oriental TheaterVaudeville - see 1942 08 21...
                                          ..2011
                                          1942 08 23
                                          Sunday
                                          .Chicago, Ill.Oriental TheaterVaudeville - see 1942 08 21...
                                          ..2011
                                          1942 08 24
                                          Monday
                                          .Chicago, Ill.Oriental TheaterVaudeville - see 1942 08 21...
                                          ..2011
                                          1942 08 25
                                          Tuesday
                                          .Chicago, Ill.Oriental TheaterVaudeville - see 1942 08 21...
                                          ..2011
                                          1942 08 26
                                          Wednesday
                                          .Chicago, Ill.Oriental TheaterVaudeville - see 1942 08 21...
                                          ..2011
                                          1942 08 27
                                          Thursday
                                          .Chicago, Ill.Oriental TheaterVaudeville - see 1942 08 21...
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                                          1942 08 28
                                          Friday
                                          1942 09 03
                                          Thursday
                                          Cleveland, OhioPalace TheatreVaudeville - 4 and 5 shows daily.
                                          W. Ward Marsh:

                                          '...What has become of that once-trim figure the almost portly Duke Ellington now exhibits in a double breasted on the RKO-Palace stage?'

                                          Same page:

                                          'THERE ARE MANY TIMES WHEN Duke Ellington carries a lazy man's load of music on the Palace's stage.
                                            When his solo dancers are performing, Duke flicks an occasional finger in the general direction of the ivories of the studio piano he has set, center stage.
                                            And while shoe leather rains of the stage from the sepia tappers, Duke, instead of whaling it out eight-to-the-bar, clicks it out at eight-to-the-page.
                                            It's effective, too, permitting the spectator to devote his attention to the dancing of Baby Lawrence or that contortionist, Jig Saw Jackson, the most completely disjointed entertainer I have ever seen.'

                                          Cleveland Plain Dealer, Cleveland, Ohio,
                                          • 1942-08-23 p.16-B
                                          • 1942-08-24 p.8
                                          • 1942-08-30 p.15-B
                                          • 1942-08-31 p.18
                                          • 1942-09-02 p.17
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                                          1942 08 29
                                          Saturday
                                          .Cleveland, OhioPalace TheatreVaudeville - see 1942 08 28

                                          NBC remote broadcast of
                                          • Tangerine
                                          • Who Wouldn't Love You?
                                          • unidentified
                                          • I Wouldn't Want To Walk Without You
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                                          Saturday
                                          .Cleveland, Ohio

                                          'Radio's Marathon Sale of War Bonds Brings in $40,025
                                           With $40,025 in War Bonds sold early this morning and still going strong, Greater Cleveland was responding mightily to the all-night radio bond selling broadcast from Station WHK as part of the Blue Network's marathon War Bond Program.
                                           Starting at 9 last night, WHK carried the two-hour show "I Pledge American" ...
                                           From 11:15 last night to 4 this morning, the all-night program featured the music of 21 of the nation's foremost "name" bands, including that of Duke Ellington, now at the Palace Theater here...'

                                          Cleveland Plain Dealer, 1942-08-30 p.1..
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                                          Sunday
                                          .Cleveland, OhioPalace TheatreVaudeville - see 1942 08 28

                                          Advertised performances: 12:18; 14:51; 17:24; 19:57; 22:39
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                                          1942 08 31
                                          Monday
                                          .Cleveland, OhioPalace TheatreVaudeville - see 1942 08 28

                                          Advertised performances: 13:01; 15:49; 18:47; 21:45
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                                          September 1942

                                          1942 09 01
                                          Tuesday
                                          .Cleveland, OhioPalace TheatreVaudeville - see 1942 08 28...
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                                          Wednesday
                                          .Cleveland, OhioPalace TheatreVaudeville - see 1942 08 28

                                          Advertised performances: 13:01; 15:49; 18:47; 21:45
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                                          Thursday
                                          .Cleveland, OhioPalace TheatreVaudeville - see 1942 08 28...
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                                          1942 09 04
                                          Friday
                                          1942 09 10
                                          Thursday
                                          Dayton, OhioColonial TheatreVaudeville
                                          Gross for this week $11,700 compared to the normal average of house of $8,000/week.
                                          Stratemann p.200 citing
                                          • Down Beat 1942 -09-01
                                          • The Billboard 1942-09-19 p.19
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                                          1942 09 05
                                          Saturday
                                          .Dayton, OhioColonial TheatreVaudeville - see 1942 09 04...
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                                          1942 09 06
                                          Sunday
                                          .Dayton, OhioColonial TheatreVaudeville - see 1942 09 04...
                                          ..2011
                                          1942 09 07
                                          Monday
                                          .Dayton, OhioColonial TheatreVaudeville - see 1942 09 04...
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                                          1942 09 08
                                          Tuesday
                                          .Dayton, OhioColonial TheatreVaudeville - see 1942 09 04...
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                                          1942 09 09
                                          Wednesday
                                          .Dayton, OhioColonial TheatreVaudeville - see 1942 09 04...
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                                          1942 09 10
                                          Thursday
                                          .Dayton, OhioColonial TheatreVaudeville - see 1942 09 04...
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                                          1942 09 11
                                          Friday
                                          1942 09 13
                                          Sunday
                                          Fort Wayne, Ind.Palace Theatre.Stratemann p.200 citing Down Beat 1942-09-01...
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                                          1942 09 12
                                          Saturday
                                          1942 09 13Fort Wayne, Ind.Palace Theatresee 1942 09 11...
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                                          1942 09 13
                                          Sunday
                                          1942 09 13Fort Wayne, Ind.Palace Theatresee 1942 09 11...
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                                          1942 09 14
                                          Monday
                                          ...PERSONNEL CHANGE
                                          Harold "Shorty" Baker, trumpet, joins the band. He and bandleader/arranger Mary Lou Williams had worked together before Ellington stole him from her small band. They married in Baltimore sometime after he joined after which she travelled with the band "so it was only natural she would try her hand at some arranging for it."1

                                          "Since her marriage to Harold Baker...she's been with the band on the road."2

                                          Baker would stay until April 1944, when he was inducted into the armed forces and would return to the band in 1946, staying until 1951, coming back for 2 years in 1957 and again for a short time in 1961/62.
                                          • New Desor vol.2 p.1442
                                          • (1)Amsterdam News 1943-02-20 p.15
                                          • (2)The Billboard 1943-02-27, p.23
                                          • Stratemann p.257
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                                          Monday
                                          8:30 pm
                                          .Chicago, Ill.White City Ballroom
                                          63rd and South Park
                                          Dance Classic of the Season
                                          featuring THE ARISTROCRAT OF RHYTHM DUKE ELLINGTON AND HIS ORCHESTRA.

                                          Special talent audition from 9:00 to 10:30 pm conducted by Duke Ellington.

                                          Sponsored by the National Negro Progress Association

                                          Special Balcony seat reservations 25 cents; general admission
                                          • advance 85 cents
                                          • door $1.00
                                          Ad, Stratemann p.200..
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                                          Tuesday
                                          .St. Louis, Mo...Stratemann p.200...
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                                          Wednesday
                                          .Moberly, Mo..Monitor-Index and Democrat:
                                            Sept.12
                                          • 'Duke Ellington and Band to Play For Dance Here
                                              Duke Ellington, world-famous jazz pianist, composer and band leader, will bring his celebrated dance band here next Wednesday night for a "gala fall dance" for Negroes here and throughout this part of the state. The dance, under the managership of Helbert Brown, will be held at the Municipal Auditorium.
                                              Dancing will begin at 9:30 o'clock. Because of the importance of the musical attraction, special admission rates will apply to spectators wishing to attend....'

                                          • Sept.15

                                            '  ...The dance is the first of the season planned by Negro promoters who staged several successful dances at the Auditorium last winter...
                                              ... The balcony ... will be reserved for spectators... '

                                          • Sept.18

                                            'More than a thousand persons attended the dance given Wednesday night by negroes at the Municipal Auditorium, when music was by Duke Ellington's band. More than 450 spectator tickets were sold at 85 cents each, for seats in the balcony, and more than 600 tickets went to dancers at $1.35 each.
                                              The balcony was packed to capacity throughout the evening with both white and negro spectators. Negros only were on the dance floor. Ellington went from here to Kansas City, where last night he played in the Municipal auditorium.'

                                          • Stratemann p.200
                                          • Monitor-Index and Democrat, Moberly, Mo.
                                            • 1942-09-12 p.8
                                            • 1942-09-15 p.2
                                            • 1942-09-18 p.2
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                                          Thursday
                                          .Kansas City, Mo.Municipal Auditorium
                                          (main arena)
                                          Plaindealer

                                          'FOLKS MAKE IT A DATE
                                          DUKE
                                          ELLINGTON
                                          IS COMING STRAIGHT FROM
                                          CHICAGO'S PANTHER ROOM
                                          MUNICIPAL AUDITORIUM
                                          THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 17 '

                                          Plaindealer

                                          'Coming straight from a record-breaking stay at Chicago's Panther Room and Oriental Theatre, for one night only, will be...
                                          DUKE
                                          ELLINGTON
                                          and his orchestra...with Ray Nance, Betty Roche, Joya Sherrill, Phyllis Smiley...and of course Johnny Hodges with his sax...and the Rex Stewart trumpet.
                                          THURSDAY, SEPT. 17
                                          In The Air Conditioned Arena Of The
                                          MUNICIPAL AUDITORIUM
                                          Adm.: In Advance 75c At the Door 90c
                                          TICKETS ON SALE AT:
                                          Crown Drug Stores...Monarch Taxi
                                          Musician's Local
                                          Home Drug...KCK and Drews Pharmacy...

                                          Webmaster comment:
                                          Stratemann only had the Sept. 18 date. The Kansas City Star was a "mainstream" newspaper and the Kansas City Plaindealer served the African-american market. It may be that the Sept. 17 and 18 events were segregated, with each paper reporting the event catering to its own client base. Note the ads are for different dates, and while for the one venue, advance tickets were sold at differing locations.
                                          Plaindealer, Kansas City, Kans.,
                                          • Ad, 1942-09-04 p.6
                                          • Ad and publicity, 1942-09-11 p.3
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                                          Friday
                                          .Kansas City, Mo.Municipal Auditorium
                                          DUKE
                                          ELLINGTON
                                          Harlem's Aristocrat of Jazz
                                          FRI., SEPT. 18 – 9 'TIL 1
                                          MUNICIPAL AUDITORIUM
                                          Advance Sale Tickets 75c
                                          Goldman's, Harmony House
                                          John Watkins, Sheppards, K.C.K.
                                          The same ad appeared in the Sept. 17 edition, with the date replaced by "TOMORROW NIGHT."
                                          • Stratemann p.200
                                          • The Kansas City Star, Kansas City, Mo.
                                            • 1942-09-16 p.15
                                            • 1942-09-17 p.10
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                                          Saturday
                                          1942 09 20Topeka, Kan...Stratemann p.200..
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                                          Sunday
                                          1942 09 20Topeka, Kan..see 1942 09 19...
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                                          1942 09 21
                                          Monday
                                          ...activities not documented
                                          likely in transit to the coast.
                                          ...
                                          ...
                                          1942 09 22
                                          Tuesday
                                          ...activities not documented
                                          likely in transit to the coast.
                                          ...
                                          ...
                                          1942 09 23
                                          Wednesday
                                          ...activities not documented
                                          likely in transit to the coast.
                                          ...
                                          ...
                                          1942 09 24
                                          Thursday
                                          10:25 - 10:30 pm
                                          .Los Angeles, Cal.KPAS Studios"Lamplighter Show"
                                          Brief guest appearance by Ellington
                                          Stratemann p.200 citing Los Angeles Daily News 1942-09-24 p.9..
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                                          Friday
                                          ...activities not documented...
                                          ...
                                          1942 09 26
                                          Saturday
                                          8:30 pm to 1:00 am
                                          .Long Beach, Cal.Long Beach AuditoriumDance 20:30-01:00 with KFOX remote broadcasts from 21:00 to 21:15 and 22:00 to 22:30

                                          The Los Angeles Daily News said this was to be the band's only local appaearnce while doing Cabin in the Sky.
                                          Stratemann p.200 citing Los Angeles Daily News
                                          • 1942-09-23 p.21
                                          • 1942-09-24 p.9
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                                          1942 09 27
                                          Sunday
                                          1942 10 07Culver City, Cal.M-G-M Studios(Unconfirmed)

                                          "Cabin In The Sky"

                                          Stratemann: "Upon arrival on the M-G-M lot, around September 27, Ellington and his men immediately went into rehearsal ..."

                                          Vail I places this on Monday instead - see 1942 09 28:

                                          "Cabin In The Sky" was only the third major all-black motion picture made for general audiences.

                                          In Stratemann's Louis Armstrong on the Screen, at p.140 he writes

                                          "Duke Ellington and his men were cast as the resident orchestra at Jim Henry's 'Paradise Café' and appeared on screen throughout the sequences enacted under its roof. On the soundtrack, however, they did just four numbers, faking during the remainder when the musical backings were actually played by the M-G-M studio orchestra. The 'Paradise' sequence opens with a street shot of blacks who walk and dance towards the dance hall entrance while the Ellington orchestra is heard in an abbreviated version of Things Ain't What They Used To Be, off-screen. The camera follows the couples as they enter the dance hall and finally comes to rest on the opposite end of the room, where the band segues into a number titled "Goin' Up," with the crowd clapping merrily along, shouting encouragement and jitterbugging during its uptempo segment. This, incidentally, is the only genuinely undisturbed Ellington performance in the film...



                                          Ellington's orchestra was hired the first week of August, replacing Cab Calloway's band.
                                          Stratemann pp. 200 -221 (includes photos).DEMS
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                                          Monday
                                          7:30 pm
                                          .Culver City, Cal.Stage No. 1
                                          M-G-M Studios
                                          10202 Washington Blvd.
                                          Rehearsals, then pre-recording for "Cabin In The Sky" - see 1942-09 27

                                          Vail I:

                                          "Duke Ellington and his Orchestra report to the M-G-M lot and immediately start rehearsals...At 7:15 pm the Ellington Orchestra pre-records two numbers for the film."


                                          The recording schedule says the music was to arrive at 7:15 and the orchestra was to begin at 7:30

                                          Titles recorded:
                                          • Things Ain't What They Used To Be
                                          • Going Up
                                          • Stratemann, p.205: M-G-M recording schedule
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                                          Tuesday
                                          appr. 4 pm
                                          .Culver City, Cal.Stage No. 1
                                          M-G-M Studios
                                          10202 Washington Blvd.
                                          Pre-recording for "Cabin in the Sky" - see 1942-09 27

                                          Title recorded:
                                          Shine

                                          • Ellington band
                                          • string section
                                          • vocals by Buck and Bubbles
                                          • Hall Johnson Choir

                                          Vail I, without citing sources, says "The rest of the week is spent filming the ballroom sequence for 'Cabin in the Sky' in which the orchestra is heavily featured."
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                                          Wednesday
                                          ...Activities not documented - the band may have been involved in filming the ballroom sequence of Cabin in the Sky - see 1942-09-29.

                                          October 1942

                                          1942 10 01
                                          Thursday
                                          ...Activities not documented - the band may have been involved in filming the ballroom sequence of Cabin in the Sky - see 1942-09-29...
                                          ...
                                          1942 10 02
                                          Friday
                                          ...Activities not documented - the band may have been involved in filming the ballroom sequence of Cabin in the Sky - see 1942-09-29...
                                          ...
                                          1942 10 03
                                          Saturday
                                          .Culver City, Cal.Stage No. 1
                                          M-G-M Studios
                                          10202 Washington Blvd.
                                          (Unconfirmed)

                                          Possibly filming 'Cabin in the Sky' - see 1942-09-29
                                          ...
                                          ...
                                          1942 10 03
                                          Saturday
                                          .Hollywood, Cal.Hollywood Canteen
                                          1451 Cahuenga Blvd.
                                          Opening of new servicemen's club. Participating stars and entertainers:
                                          • Eddy Cantor, master of ceremonies
                                          • Bette Davis, president and founder
                                          • Rudy Vallee and his Coast Guard Band
                                          • Abbott and Costello, comedians
                                          • Betty Hutton, singer
                                          • Ginny Sims, singer
                                          • Dinah Shore, singer
                                          • Eleanor Powell, tapper
                                          • Kay Kyser and his band, floor show
                                          • Ellington and his orchestra for dancing
                                          • Stratemann p.237
                                          • Vail I
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                                          Sunday
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                                          1942 10 05
                                          Monday
                                          ...activity not documented...
                                          ...
                                          1942 10 06
                                          Tuesday
                                          ...activities not documented -possible date of recording for Jubilee No. 1 - see 1942 10 09...
                                          ...
                                          1942 10 07
                                          Wednesday
                                          ...activities not documented -possible date of recording for Jubilee No. 1 - see 1942 10 09...
                                          ...
                                          1942 10 08
                                          Thursday
                                          10:00-16:00
                                          .Hollywood, Cal.Columbia studios
                                          Columbia Pictures
                                          1438 N. Gower Street
                                          Hollywood
                                          Prerecording and filming to playback of Take the "A" Train for the film "Reveille With Beverly"

                                          Ellington's was but one of several bands and singers in this film. Others were
                                          • The Mills Brothers
                                          • Count Basie AHO
                                          • Bob Crosby AHO
                                          • Frank Sinatra
                                          • Freddie Slack AHO
                                          • Stratemann pp 227-236 with photos
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                                          Thursday
                                          ...Activities are not documented for this day but see the peripheral event next....
                                          ...
                                          1942 10 09
                                          Friday
                                          .Los Angeles, Cal.Possibly NBC studio Peripheral event
                                          Carl A. Hällström:

                                          'THE AFRS JUBILEE TRANSCRIPTION SERIES
                                          Jubilee was a unique series of radio entertainment designed for the guys and gals in the American Armed Forces during World War II. None of the broadcasts were heard over the regular networks in the USA.

                                          Jubilee was produced in Hollywood by the Armed Forces Radio Service (AFRS) and the programs were transcribed on 16" vinylite discs (speed: 33 1/3 rpm) and distributed to various radio stations all over the world.'

                                          Ellington and his orchestra were in 18 (or possibly 19) Jubilee programs, including the first, which was "assembled" 1942 10 09 The recording date is not documented but Steven Lasker believes it was the same day based on data found in DEMS 99/4-8/1.

                                          From October 1942 through 1949 and again during the Korean War (1952-1953), the United States War Department Special Service Division (SSD), which became the Armed Forces Radio Service (AFRS) in 1943, produced 437 long playing "Jubilee" 16 inch electrical program transcription records for weekly radio broadcasts to troops around the world. Many programs have music and entertainment by more than one group, with Jubilee, produced in Hollywood, initially intended to showcase Afro-Americans. The somewhat parallel "Command Performance" series first produced in New York, started by showcasing white performers. After Command Performance moved to the west coast, both programs began featuring entertainers of both races.

                                          The American Music Research Center Glenn Miller Archive (GMA) at the University of Colorado, Boulder, maintains an AFRS Jubilee catalogue which describes the program and each record. GMA numbers the programs from 1 to 433 plus four unnumbered Christmas shows. This brief overview uses the GMA catalogue numbers.

                                          "EELIBUJ" THE JUBILEE STORY," Dennis Spragg's comprehensive history of the programme and its technical aspects, and comprehensive GMA discographies of the shows are downloadable as PDF files, using the links to the right.

                                          Mr. Spragg explains that initially, Jubilee programs were nominally one-hour recorded performances in front of live audiences, often running a few minutes longer, and would be "assembled" into two half-hour shows. The programs included studio sessions with dubbed applause, announcements (announcer and M.C.) made in the studio, and material from other AFRS and SSD programs was frequently duplicated.

                                          The live audience performances at the NBC and Blue Network studios were transmitted ("streamed" in today's terminology) to NBC's studios to be recorded. In 1947, Radio Recorders took over the recording, with other studios assisting.

                                          Once the producer decided what to use from each master, they were played back on several playback machines, feeding the content into a Scully lathe disc recorder. Tracks were added by switching from one playback machine to another, and edits were made by stopping the disc recorder when unwanted segments were playing into it.

                                          Mr. Spragg explains each half-hour program consisted of two 15 minute sides, which, after the first program and until May 1943, were issued on separate discs. The reverse sides held the 15 minute segments of a second program. Using two records allowed each broadcast to be uninterrupted if they were mounted on two turntables, but if one record was damaged or lost, two programs were ruined instead of one. This lesson appears to have been learned quickly, for both sides of a single disc were used for each program from May 1943 to the end of the war.

                                          Spragg explains programs were sometimes assembled the day the material was recorded, but usually the shows were assembled later, often using material from various dates and locations. The catalogue shows Creole Love Call, for instance, recorded in concert 1948 11 13, appears partly on program 314 and partly on program 315.
                                          Ellington and his orchestra appeared in these Jubilee programs (program numbers from the GMA AFRS Jubilee catalogue):
                                          • Jubilee program 1, assembled 1943 10 09 (recorded Oct. 6, 7 or 9)
                                            Duke Ellington and His Orchestra
                                            Titles used in AFRS Jubilee program #1:
                                            • Hayfoot Strawfoot (erroneously announced as The Duke Steps Out)
                                            • Going Up
                                            Ellington personnel:
                                            Jones, Stewart, Baker, Nance, Nanton, Tizol, Brown, Haughton, Hodges, Hardwick, Webster, Carney, Ellington, Guy, Raglin, Greer, Roché
                                          • Jubilee program 49, assembled 1943 11 02, an anniversary edition, reuses Hayfoot Strawfoot from Jubilee #1
                                          • Jubilee program 58, assembled 1943 12 27, includes Rose Room featuring Barney Bigard. The catalogue speculates as to whether or not the Ellington orchestra is backing him. It seems doubtful, considering Bigard left Ellington in 1942 and considering the suggestion in the notes to the next Jubilee program that says it may have been recorded by the Phil Moore orchestra.
                                          • Jubilee program 69 dubbed 1944 03 11:
                                            • The Canteen Bounce and Hayfoot, Strawfoot, both from Band Wagon 31, World Studios, 1943 05 30
                                            • Sentimental Lady and Hop, Skip & Jump, World transcriptions recorded 1943 11 08
                                            • I Don't Want Anybody At All, World transcription 1943 11 09
                                            • A Slip Of The Lip, from Spotlight Bands 217, edited version, from the 1943 11 27 Coca Cola Victory Parade of Spotlight Bands national broadcast from Trico Products Factory, Buffalo, N/Y.
                                          • Jubilee program 117 assembled 1945 01 18 with these titles recorded that month:
                                            • Take the "A" Train
                                            • Suddenly It Jumped
                                            • Iïm Beginning To See The Light
                                            • It Donït Mean A Thing
                                            • I Didnït Know About You (with Lena Horne)
                                            • I Get A Kick Out Of You (with Lena Horne)
                                            • Midriff
                                            • Trumpets No End (Blue Skies)
                                            Ellington personnel:
                                            Hemphill, Stewart, C.Anderson, Jordan, Nance, Nanton, C.Jones, Brown, Hamilton, Hodges, Hardwick, Sears, Carney, Ellington, Guy, Raglin, Greer, Sherrill
                                          • Jubilee program 336, re-released in Jubilee program 352 - assembly date unknown; recorded 1949 02 10, Hollywood Empire, Hollywood:
                                            Duke Ellington and his Orchestra:
                                            Hemphill, F.Williams, Baker, Killian, Nance, Brown, Jackson, Glenn, Hamilton, Procope, Hodges, Webster, Carney, Ellington, Guy, Marshall, Greer
                                            • Solid Old Man
                                            • Singing In The Rain
                                            • Three Cent Stomp
                                            • Tulip Or Turnip
                                            • Take The "A" Train
                                          • Jubilee program 349 - assembly date unknown; recorded 1949 02 10, Hollywood Empire, Hollywood:
                                            Duke Ellington and his Orchestra:
                                            Hemphill, F.Williams, Baker, Killian, Nance, Brown, Jackson, Glenn, Hamilton, Procope, Hodges, Webster, Carney, Ellington, Guy, Marshall, Greer, Davis
                                            • Hy'a Sue
                                            • He Makes Me Believe
                                            • Stomp, Look And Listen
                                            • Brown Betty
                                            • St. Louis Blues
                                            • Humoresque
                                          • Jubilee program 352 - reissue of Jubilee program 336
                                          • Jubilee program 356 - assembly date unknown; recorded Feb. 1949, The Hollywood Empire, Hollywood:
                                            Duke Ellington and his Orchestra
                                            Hemphill, F.Williams, Baker, Killian, Nance, Brown, Jackson, Glenn, Hamilton, Procope, Hodges, Webster, Carney, Ellington, Guy, Marshall, Greer, Davis, Hibbler
                                            Titles:
                                            • Take The "A" Train (Ellington, Marshall, Greer only)
                                            • The Tattooed Bride
                                            • 03
                                            • Just Squeeze Me
                                            • Body And Soul (Ellington, Marshall, Greer, Davis only)
                                            • Do Nothing Till You Hear From Me
                                            • Rockin' In Rhythm
                                          • Jubilee program 361 - assembly date unknown; recorded Feb. 1949, The Hollywood Empire, Hollywood:
                                            Duke Ellington and his Orchestra

                                            Hemphill, F.Williams, Baker, Killian, Nance, Brown, Jackson, Glenn, Hamilton, Procope, Hodges, Webster, Carney, Ellington, Guy, Marshall, Greer, Hibbler
                                            Titles:
                                            • Unbooted Character
                                            • Paradise
                                            • How You Sound
                                            • It's Monday Every Day
                                            • Caravan
                                            • Cottontail
                                          • Jubilee Christmas 1947 program (AFRS-922) used Ellington recordings from
                                            • 1946 03 28
                                            • 1946 06 11
                                            • 1946 07 06
                                            • 1947 08 31
                                        • Parts of the Carnegie Hall concert 1948 11 13 were used in Jubilee programs 314, 315, 317, 320, 323 (reissue of Jubilee program 314), 323, 342 and 360
                                        • Stratemann:

                                          'In early October, 1942 the War Department Special Services Division (aka Armed forces Radio Service-AFRS) assembled the first disc in a series of 30-minute transcription programs titled "Jubilee." The transcription disc shows October 9 as the assembly date in its run-off area. The earlier assumption that the material ... was recorded in live performance on that date at the El Capitan Theatre... must be discarded...'

                                          Stratemann explains why the material must have been produced after Ellington worked on Cabin in the Sky, then continues

                                          'In addition to Ellington and his band, the first ... featured the principals from "Cabin In The Sky," Ethel Waters, Eddie "Rochester" Anderson, Mantan Moreland, the Hall Johnson Choir and Rex Ingram as M.C. A notable exception is Lena Horne [she is in Programme 2, dubbed in November and recorded in October]. Her absence, it is believed, can be attributed to the accident she suffered ... October 6...
                                          Similar to this show, all early "Jubilee" programs were to feature black artists exclusively,...In later years white performers and emcees were used as well.'

                                          Steven Lasker:

                                          'I was the first to suggest the date 1942 10 06 (see Stratemann, p.237), but changed my mind, and now believe Jubilee 1 was recorded on 1942 10 09; see DEMS 98/1-17'

                                          Additional discussion:
                                          • DEMS 99/1 p.8 - Jerry Valburn's comments
                                          • DEMS 99/3 p.20 - Sjef Hoefsmit suggests Ellington recorded for a second program in October as well, assembled on Jubilee #69, assembled in 1944. He lists the Ellington content of Jubilee 1 and 69, as well as Coca Cola Spotlight Bands 59 and Fitch Bandwagon. [The GMA shows this dubbed program as made with Ellington material recorded on four 1943 dates.]
                                          • DEMS 99/4 p.8 - Carl A. Hällström quotes from the AFRS research of Theodore Stuart Delay, Jr.
                                          • DEMS 00/1 p.14 - Christian Dangleteroe describes available copies of the Ellington Jubilee programs issed on cassette and CD by Crabapple Sound, and Sjef Hoesfmit surveys the musical content of the programs.
                                          • Crabapple closed shop in 2010, but as of the date of writing, maintains an online database of old time radio shows.
                                          • Some Jubilee programs can be listened to or downloaded from the Internet Archive. The audio playlist program numbers differ from program numbers described herein, so you have to scroll to find the Ellington shows.
                                          • While Stratemann and Nielsen say the date is written in the run-off area of the transcription disc, Mr. Lasker's copy does not have a date in the run-off, nor, from GMA's catalogue description of what is written in the wax, that its copy shows the date there either.
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                                          Sunday
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                                          Tuesday
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                                          Wednesday
                                          ...activities not documented
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                                          Thursday
                                          ...activities not documented
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                                          1942 10 16
                                          Friday
                                          .Salt Lake City, UtahCoconut GrovePreview...
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                                          Monday
                                          .Omaha, Neb.Dreamland BallroomVariety reported this dance had about 1,000 patrons.
                                        • Stratemann p.237 citing Variety 1942-11-04 p.40
                                        • Sunday World-Herald Magazine 1942-10-25 p.24C
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                                          Tuesday
                                          .Storm Lake, Iowa.....
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                                          Wednesday
                                          .Fort Dodge, Iowa.....
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                                          ...activities not documented
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                                          1942 10 30
                                          Friday
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                                          Saturday
                                          Halloween
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                                          1942 11 01
                                          Sunday
                                          1942 11 02Madison, Wisc.Capitol TheaterVaudeville, 5 shows Sunday, 4 shows Monday

                                          DUKE ELLINGTON
                                          And His Famous Orchestra
                                          In a Sweet and Swingy Stage Revue

                                          4 shows
                                          Ad, Wisconsin State Journal, Madison, Wisc,
                                          • 1942-11-01 pp.13, 28
                                          • 1942-11-02 p.10
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                                          .Madison, Wisc.Capitol TheaterVaudeville, 4 shows - see 1942 11 01..
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                                          Wednesday
                                          ...activities not documented
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                                          1942 11 05
                                          Thursday
                                          ...activities not documented
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                                          1942 11 06
                                          Friday
                                          ...PERSONNEL CHANGE
                                          Singer Jimmy Britton joins the band to replace Herb Jeffries. Betty Roché was the only girl singer in the band by this time.
                                          • New Desor vol.2
                                          • Stratemann p.237 citing Down Beat
                                            • 1942-11-15 p.19
                                            • 1942-12-01 p.4
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                                          Friday
                                          1942 11 12Chicago, Ill.Regal Theatre
                                          47th and South Parkway
                                          Vaudeville

                                          DUKE
                                          ELLINGTON
                                          AND
                                          HIS Famous ORCHESTRA
                                          WITH A ROARING
                                          JAZZ-MAD
                                          CARNIVAL
                                          REVUE
                                          -- featuring --
                                          Pot, Pan and Skillet
                                          Baby Lawrence
                                          Jig-Saw Jackson
                                          Lillian Fitzgerald
                                          Featuring
                                          The singing of
                                          BETTY ROCHÉ
                                          and
                                          JIMMY BRITTON'

                                          Unattributed clipping reproduced in Vail I:

                                          'Chicago - Addition of Harold Baker as a fourth trumpet gave Duke Ellington a brass section of seven as he broke records last week at the Regal theater here [set by by Jimmy Lunceford's band and the International Sweethearts of Rhythm]. Vocal department totals three, with Betty Roche retained from the original group and Jimmy Britton, 22-year-old St. Louis boy, and Lillian Fitzgerald, comedienne, added.
                                            Ellington is booked solidly in theaters, with an occasional one-night engagement, until February. '

                                          • Stratemann p.237 citing
                                            • Variety 1942-11-04 p.45
                                            • Down Beat 1942-12-01 p.4
                                          • Vail I with undated Regal ad and clipping.
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                                          Tuesday
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                                          Thursday
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                                          Friday
                                          .Toledo, Ohio.....
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                                          Saturday
                                          .Cincinnati, OhioCastle Farms....
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                                          Sunday
                                          .Youngstown, Ohio.....
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                                          Monday
                                          .Toronto, Ont.Royal York Hotel....
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                                          Tuesday
                                          .Kitchener, Ont.Auditorium....
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                                          Wednesday
                                          .Buffalo, N.Y.Memorial Auditorium....
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                                          Wednesday
                                          ...According to Jerry Haendiges Vintage Radio Logs, Ellington played a 15 minute broadcast for the "Victory Parade of Spotlight Bands," episode 51, on the NBC Blue network 1942 11 18. This was probably a remote from the Memorial Auditorium (above), but the location is not documented.
                                          From 1941 11 03 to 1942 05 03, Coca Cola sponsored a new nightly big band series of Mutual Broadcasting System network radio shows, the Coca Cola Spotlight Bands. The first series did not apparently include Ellington.

                                          In 1942, Coca Cola took the show to the Blue Network, renaming it The Victory Parade of Spotlight Bands, now focused on service personnel and war workers with live remotes from military bases and war plants. This 26 week series ran 26 weeks beginning 1942 09 21. Weeknight programs became 25 minutes airing at 21:30 were extended from fifteen minutes to twenty five minutes, airing at 9:30-9:55 p.m. Eastern War Time. The show continued on Blue until mid-1945, when it returned to Mutual and ran until late 1946. Why Ellington's broadcast on Nov. 18 shows as only 15 minutes has not been confirmed. One of Ellington's episodes appears to have been rebroadcast by the Armed Forces Radio Service.

                                          According to Haendiges's listings, Ellington and his orchestra appeared on these episodes:
                                          Network
                                          episode no.
                                          SSD/AFRS no.DateDuration
                                          51.1942 11 18 15 mins.
                                          520521942 11 19 25 mins.
                                          372.1943 11 27 25 mins.
                                          381.1942 12 08 25 mins.
                                          564.1944 07 08 25 mins.
                                          863AFRS 7081945 06 27 15 mins.
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                                          .Fort Dix, N.J.Concert

                                          The announcement in the Illinois State Journal said there were two field hospitals at Camp [sic] Dix and Ellington and the band were scheduled to play before the patients, who were to be assembled in one of the large wards.
                                          • The Lexington Herald, Lexington, Ky., 1942-11-16 p.11
                                          • Twists and Turns, Radio and Movieland page, Illinois State Journal 1942-11-19 p.8
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                                          9:30 pm EWT
                                          .Fort Dix, N.J.

                                          The noted discographries show the broadcast as originating from Fort Dix at Trenton, but Fort Dix is 16 miles away.

                                          Theatre #5
                                          Recorded Blue Network Coca-Cola's Victory Parade of Spotlight Bands broadcast, episode 52, 25 minutes, at 21:30 EWT, on WFL.

                                          Later released on AFRS 16 inch transcription 052

                                          Ulanov's review said

                                          "...Ellington's first commercial air appearance in years, his first broadast over eastern radio in months. The expectancy was enormous. The delivery was even greater.

                                          Fortunately, Duke had the benefit of superb production from the agency that handles the show. Coke plugs were few and far between. The announcer somehow caught the spirit of the Ellington music and his few introductory lines for each number jumped. The soldiers, as always, screamed, howled, broke their hands with tumultuous applause. And the music built beautifully right along with the boys in khaki."


                                          Ulanov then describes some of the titles performed.
                                          The announcement in the Illinois State Journal said Ellington would be heard over WCBS and the Blue Network. It said there were two field hospitals at Camp [sic] Dix and Ellington and the band were scheduled to play before the patients, who were to be assembled in one of the large wards. In Lexington, the show was on WLAP.

                                          Steven Lasker's notes have the show (as "Victory Parade of Spotlight Bands Broadcast #1") aired from Theatre #5.
                                          Duke Ellington and His Orchestra
                                          Jones, Stewart, Baker, Nance, Brown, Nanton, Tizol, Haughton, Hodges, Hardwick, Webster, Carney, Ellington, Guy, Raglin, Greer, Roché, Britton,

                                          Titles recorded:
                                          • Coca Cola Theme
                                          • Perdido
                                          • Just As I Thought You Were Here
                                          • Hayfoot, Strawfoot
                                          • Don't Get Around Much Anymore
                                          • Going Up
                                          • Things Ain't What They Used to Be
                                          • Take The "A" Train (theme)
                                        • Girvan:   Ellingtonia.com
                                        • MacHare:   A Duke Ellington Panorama
                                        • Timner
                                        • Ole J. Nielsen, Jazz Records 1942-80, A discography: Vol. Six, Duke Ellington, p.6
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                                          Friday
                                          1942 11 26Philadelphia, Penn.Earle Theater
                                          11th and Market

                                          Theatre information:
                                          Vaudeville, sharing the bill with Jigsaw Jackson, Patterson & Jackson and Lillian Fitzgerald.Stratemann p.238 citing Variety 1942-11-25 p.32...
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                                          .Philadelphia, Penn.Earle TheaterVaudeville - see 1942 11 20...
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                                          Monday
                                          .Philadelphia, Penn.Earle TheaterVaudeville - see 1942 11 20...
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                                          Tuesday
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                                          1329 Pennsylvania Ave.
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                                          1942 12 01
                                          Tuesday
                                          .Baltimore, Md.Royal TheatreVaudeville - see 1942 11 27...
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                                          Wednesday
                                          .Baltimore, Md.Royal TheatreVaudeville - see 1942 11 27...
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                                          .Baltimore, Md.Royal TheatreVaudeville - see 1942 11 27...
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                                          Friday
                                          1942 12 10Washington, D.C.Howard Theatre
                                          620 T St.
                                          .
                                          At some time this week, Ellington was interviewed by, or chatted with, critic Floyd G. Snelson. During this meeting, Ellington mentioned the upcoming Carnegie Hall concert in which he would perform his Symphony of Jazz.
                                          Floyd G. Snelson, The Plaindealer, Kansas City, Kans., 1942-12-25 p.6...
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                                          .Washington, D.C.Howard TheatreVaudeville - see 1942 12 04...
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                                          Tuesday
                                          .Washington, D.C.Howard TheatreVaudeville - see 1942 12 04...
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                                          Wednesday
                                          .Washington, D.C.Howard TheatreVaudeville - see 1942 12 04...
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                                          .Washington, D.C.Howard TheatreVaudeville - see 1942 12 04...
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                                          1942 12 13Hartford, Conn.State TheaterVaudeville..
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                                          .Hartford, Conn.State TheaterVaudeville - see 1942 12 11..
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                                          1942 12 16
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                                          Thursday
                                          .Providence, R.I.Biltmore Hotel
                                          11 Dorrance St
                                          Rhode Island State College junior prom.

                                          Remote broadcast on CBS (listen to, or download, an audio file of this broadcast from http://www.radioechoes.com)
                                          Duke Ellington and His Famous Orchestra
                                          W. Jones, Stewart, Baker, Nance, Brown, Nanton, Tizol, CH, Hodges, Hardwick, Webster, Carney, Ellington, Guy, Raglin, Greer, Roche, Britton
                                          Titles recorded:
                                          • What Am I Here For?
                                          • Dearly Beloved
                                          • Perdido
                                          • A Slip Of The Lip
                                          • Mr. Five By Five
                                          • Girvan:   Ellingtonia.com
                                          • Timner
                                          • Ole J. Nielsen, Jazz Records 1942-80, A discography: Vol. Six, Duke Ellington
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                                          1942 12 22
                                          Tuesday
                                          1942 12 24Columbus, OhioPalace TheatreVaudeville, Ellington and his orchestra, with Betty Roché and Jimmy Britton, singers. The vaudeville troupe included Al Guster, Lillian Fitzgerald, Jigsaw Jackson, and Patterson & Jackson.Stratemann p.238 citing Variety 1942-12-23 p.28..
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                                          Friday
                                          Christmas Day
                                          .Detroit, Mich.. Peripheral event
                                          Nielsen says the Ellington band played on "Uncle Sam's Christmas Tree of Spotlight Bands" from "some Army camp" near Detroit, but shows only one tune, without identifying its title.

                                          The show was a 12 hour dance music marathon network radio broadcast on 142 NBC Blue (Stratemann) or ABC Blue (Hällström) stations, sponsored by Coca Cola. Stratemann says Ellington was scheduled to perform from "some service installation." While 43 bands performing 3 hour concerts at 43 military bases were broadcast for 15 minutes each from noon to midnight, Hällström tells us only 4 black bands performed, and Ellington's was not among them.
                                          • Stratemann p.238
                                          • Ole J. Nielsen, Jazz Records 1942-80, A discography: Vol. Six, Duke Ellington, p.6
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                                          1942 12 31Detroit, Mich.Paradise TheaterVaudevilleThe Billboard, 1943-01-23 p.15.DEMS
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                                          Boxing Day
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                                          January 1943

                                          1943 00 00 ...

                                          'Duke on the Loose
                                          Duke Ellington is now not assigned to any publisher. His contract with Robbins expired recently and he is freelancing for the present.
                                            Tempo Music controls a number o[f] originals recorded by the Ellington band, but they are mostly the work of his assistants, Billy Strayhorn and Mercer Ellington. Latter is Duke's son.'


                                          Consistent with this is an ad in the Amsterdam News, for "Things Ain't What They Used To Be," "Take the A Train," "Moon Mist," "Bakiff" and "Hayfoot-Strawfoot"
                                          "Sheet Music, Orchestrations, Records
                                          NOW ON SALE AT ALL MUSIC STORES
                                          Tempo Music, Inc.
                                          1775 Broadway, New York, N.Y.
                                          • Variety 1943-01-06 p.189
                                          • Amsterdam News, New York, N.Y.
                                            1943-03-20 p.21
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                                          Big band issues

                                          Variety reported
                                          • Band leaders were complaining about the way an entertainment tax was calculated (5% of gross pay for the engagement less band salaries) was unfair because the calculation did not take into accont other expenses the leader had to cover, such as transportation, commission, manager's salary, arrangers, exploitation, etc.
                                          • Since travel by car was virtually eliminated and movement by bus was out entirely, USO would begin to pay full railroad rates to bands on tour which made side jumps to military bases.
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                                          Friday
                                          .Hamilton, Ont.Royal Connaught Hotel.Stratemann,p.239..
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                                          Saturday
                                          .Toronto, Ont.Royal York Hotel
                                          199 Queen St. W.
                                          .Stratemann,p.239..
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                                          1943 01 04
                                          Monday
                                          Monday
                                          .Ottawa, Ont.AuditoriumDancing, 9 to 1.
                                          The Ottawa Journal:

                                          'Duke Ellington Pleases Addicts of Hot Music

                                          Estimate 3,000 Cavort to Strains Of 'Aristocrat of Jazz'


                                            The hottest thing to hit Ottawa since the torrid mid-July heat wave, "Duke" Ellington . . . and his famous 16-man orchestra really beat it out for nearly 3,000 'hep-cats' at the Auditorium Monday night.
                                            Without a doubt it was one of the greatest swing bands to play this city, so swingy in fact that it took four numbers for the dancers to catch the beat and glide.
                                            The bandsmen were walking advertisements for any clothing magazine. They wore soft, white flannel coats, brown trousers, tan shoes, white shirts and white pocket handkerchiefs. The "Duke" was clad in a brown and white-flecked sport coat with purple checks, white flannel trousers, white shirt and a purple and white spotted tie with pocket handkerchief to match.
                                            Betty Roche [sic], husky-throated songstress, caught the crowd's fancy with "Mr. Five by Five" and "I Got It Bad and That Ain't Good."
                                            Although most of the tunes were not recognized by the merry-makers, they were able to make out "Brown Basket" and "Body and Soul," served up in typical, enticing Ellington style.
                                            "Sonny" Greene [sic], the bouncing drummer, and Ray Mance [sic], who played the violin, and other instruments, won the plaudits of the gathering. Rex Stuart [sic] and Johnny Hodgins [sic] were also featured.
                                            The "Duke" a musician of remarkable talent, was at the piano. The band also played one of his own compositions, "I Don't Get Around Much Any More", [sic], one of hte leading tunes of the hit parade. It was originally introduced about two years ago under the name "Never No Lament."
                                            All members of the band complained about Ottawa's cold and all arrived at the Auditorium heavily bundled in wollen scarves and mittens of every imaginable color.[sic]'

                                          • The Ottawa Journal, Ottawa, Ont.
                                            • 1943-01-02 p.11
                                            • 1943-01-04 p.3
                                            • 1943-01-05 p.7
                                          • Stratemann,p.239
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                                          .Montréal, P.Q.ForumDance 8:30 p.m. "to closing"

                                          While this was a dance, spectators were admitted as well, with no seating restrictions. All tickets were the same price, $1.25 including tax.
                                          Montreal Gazette, Montréal, P.Q.
                                          • 1943-01-02, p.7
                                          • 1943-01-05 p.3
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                                          1943 01 10Rochester, N.Y.RKO Temple TheatreVaudeville
                                          • Show times:
                                            Friday: 1:20 4:10 6:55 9:30
                                            Saturday: 1:20 4:10 6:55 9:30 11:45
                                            Sunday: 1:20 4:10 6:55 9:30
                                          • Stratemann has the engagement ending Jan. 11 citing Variety, consistent with The Billboard's advance bookings list.
                                          • The Rochester Daily Record and The Rochester Democrat and Chronicle ads and announcements all show Jan. 10 as the last day.
                                          • Pepper Adams' blog:

                                            "1943 ...Rochester NY: [Pepper] Adams skips school for a week and attends Duke Ellington's entire run at a local theater. By the third day, Adams meets Rex Stewart, who brings Adams backstage and introduces him to Harry Carney and other members of the band. Soon thereafter, Adams takes lessons with Skippy Williams, the tenor saxophonist in Duke Ellington's band who first replaced Ben Webster."

                                          • Rochester Daily Record

                                            "Duke Ellington and His Orchestra is appearing on the stage of the RKO Temple Theater in a three-day engagement ending tomorrow. The stage show also includes the "Hot Harlem Revue", with Betty Roche, Jimmy Britton, Johnny Hodges, Rex Stuart,[sic] Ray Nance, Lillian Fitzgerald, Patterson & Jackson and Jig Saw Jackson. On the screen is "Destination Unknown,"...A complete midnight stage and screen show will start at 11:15 o'clock tonight"

                                          • Rochester Democrat and Chronicle:

                                            'Duke Ellington and Entertainers Skillful, Amusing At Temple

                                              The Duke is in town.
                                              Perhaps the high school set doesn't know the Dune [sic] is at the Temple for two more days; perhaps the jitterbugs are unacquainted with the Duke.
                                              ... The Duke is no long-hair. His show at the Temple will prove that, and leave you gasping at his music. The Duke, perhaps, was the first to organize an orchestra as an ensemble. Yes, he, one of the trumpeters, one of the sax players and the doghouse boy will take a chorus, but most of the time it is the full Ellington orchestra playing music as only Ellington can play it.
                                              He's got some pretty fair entertainers with him, too, including Patterson and Jackson, a couple of "Mr. Five-by-Five's" in the flesh. One of them does the Four Ink Spots to perfection in an imitation. Then there's Jig-Saw Jackson, who adds a new word to contortionism, "jitterbugging." You won't believe it, but he does it.
                                              Add Betty Roche and Lillian Fitzgerald, Jimmy Britton, Johnny Hodges, Rex Stuart [sic] and Ray Nance. It's strictly rhythm.
                                              The Duke does most of his piano playing standing up at a spinet, which is quite a trick in itself. But he sits down at [a] baby grand to play his own compositions, "Mood Indigo," "Solitude" and other Ellington favorites that strike him at the moment...'

                                          • The Billboard, 1943-01-09 p.30
                                          • Stratemann p.239 citing Variety 1943-01-23 p.43
                                          • Rochester Daily Record, Rochester, N.Y.
                                            • 1943-01-08 p.3
                                            • 1943-01-09 p.2
                                          • Rochester Democrat and Chronicle, Rochester, N.Y.
                                            • 1943-01-07 p.6
                                            • 1943-01-08 p.8
                                            • 1943-01-09 p.7
                                            • 1943-01-10 p.10D
                                          • pepperadams.com
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                                          Saturday
                                          Rochester, N.Y.RKO Temple Theatre

                                          Vaudeville - see 1943 01 08
                                          Showtimes: 1:20 4:10 6:55 9:30 11:45

                                          Rochester Democrat and Chronicle, Rochester, N.Y. 1943-01-08 p.3..
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                                          'Ellington Anniversary
                                          Orson Welles has accepted the chairmanship of th eDuke Ellington 20th Anniversary Committee wich is presenting and all-Ellington concert in Carnegie Hall, Saturday evening, Jan. 23, it was announced today by the committee...Nickets [sic] for the concert may be obtained at the offices of Russian War Relief, 11 E. 35th St., New York City.'

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                                          Showtimes: 1:20 4:10 6:55 9:30

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                                          1943 01 14Utica, N.Y.Stanley TheatreVaudeville
                                          Acts included comedienne Lillian Fitzgerald, contortionist Jig Saw Jackson, and Patterson and Jackson, 600 punds of comedy and dancing.
                                          Stratemann shows this as 2 days starting the 13th, citing Variety 1943-01-13, with a footnote saying The Billboard shows 3 days. The announcement in the Utica Daily Press says 3 days, starting Tuesday.
                                          • Stratemann p.239
                                          • The Billboard
                                            • 1943-01-09 p.30
                                            • 1943-01-16 p.26
                                          • Utica Daily Press
                                            • Announcement and ad 1943-01-11 p.4,6
                                            • Ad 1943-01-12 p.6
                                            • 1943-01-13 p.6
                                          • Utica Observer-Dispatch,
                                            • 1943-01-11 p.8
                                            • 1943-01-12 p.4A
                                            • 1943-01-13 p.4A
                                            • 1943-01-14 p.8
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                                          1943 01 23New York, N.Y.Nola Studios
                                          Hollywood Theatre building

                                          National Duke Ellington Week

                                          Stratemann:

                                          'The week of January 17 to 23, was declared "National Duke Ellington Week" by the William Morris agency in an effort to create publicity for Ellington's first Carnegie Hall concert and a subsequent series of repeat events. The build-up campaign included full-page ads in Down Beat (15.12.42p.13) and other trade papers, and a flood of articles on Ellington's career and exploits as well (Var:20.4.43p43; DB:15.1.43p13;a.o.). There were radio broadcasts in tribute to Ellington that the Morris agency had arranged for, and the subject of all this publicity was given room to express the opinion of "Ellington On Negro Music" in Variety (9.12.42 p.37)...'


                                          The daily activities of Ellington and his sidemen this week are not documented, but Ulanov would seem to suggest a good part of the week was spent rehearsing for the upcoming Carnegie Hall concert, with most time spent on Black, Brown and Beige:

                                          'January 17 to 23, 1943, Ellington Week was proclaimed in the music business and among Negroes. It was the anniversary, roughly, of Duke's New York debut, twenty years earlier, and the week before his first Carnegie concert. All up and down New York, jazzmen were discussing a coming event. It was to be a benefit for Russian War Relief and the committee in charge of the affair had done a good job in getting word around that Duke was going to do a concert for them. Musicians to whom Duke was an idol were excited. They came in large number to hear rehearsals for the concert at Nola Studios, where all bands in New York rehearse, in the Hollywood Theatre building on Broadway between 51st and 52nd Streets. There was talk about a forty-five-minute work, something symphonic in conception and dimension.
                                            Rehearsals were devoted almost entirely to this forty-five-minute work, called Black, Brown and Beige. Duke stood before the band with the great score before him, rehearsing it piecemeal, section by section, sometimes in sequence, more often out of it. The hangers-on, who came from every part of the music business, "sidemen" (members of bands), bandboys, young fans, music publishers, friends of those in the band, critics, were disappointed... '


                                          On the day of the Carnegie Hall concert, Alfred Duckett's column in The New York Age said Ellington had cabled the Duke of Windsor in Nassau "yesterday" and asked him to attend. The story was that the Duke of Windsor, then Prince of Wales, had missed an Ellington concert in England, but promised to attend the next concert Duke played. Duckett quotes Ellington as saying think he'll come this time.

                                          Duckett also reported

                                          'The week preceding the concert was dedicated as Ellington Week with broadcasts and record programs emphasizing Ellington's compositions and the songs and arrangements he has made in salute to his Carnegie Hall presentation.'

                                          A widespread publicity campaign is evidenced by the première being mentioned or announced in many newspapers. Examples from one newspaper archive service alone include:
                                          • The Voice of Broadway:
                                            • The Cincinnati Enquirer, Cincinnati, Ohio, 1943-01-16 p.2
                                            • Star-Gazette,Elmira, N.Y. 1943-01-09 p.4
                                            • (nationally syndicated column)
                                          • Tampa Morning Tribune, Tampa, Fla., 1943-01-04 p.4
                                          • Ottawa Journal, Ottawa, Ont., 1943-01-09 p.14
                                          • Brooklyn Eagle, Brooklyn,N.Y., 1943-01-10 p.8 B
                                          • Minnesota Section, Minneapolis Sunday Tribune,
                                            Minneapolis, Minn. 1943-01-10 p.21
                                          • The Minneapolis Star-Journal, Minneapolis, Minn. 1943-01-12 p.17
                                          • The Escanaba Daily Press, Escanaba, Mich., 1943-01-13 p.7
                                          • The Evening News, Harrisburg, Penn., 1943-01-16 p.6
                                          • The Sun, Baltimore, Md., 1943-01-17, s.1 p.5
                                          • Honolulu Star-Bulletin, Honolulu, Hi., 1943-01-20 p.5
                                          • The Binghamton Press, Binghamton, N.Y., 1943-01-21 p.25
                                          • Bradford Evening Star and Record,Bradford,Penn.,1943-01-22 p.3
                                          • The Hartford Daily Courant, Hartford, Conn. 1943-01-22 p.7
                                          • St. Petersburg Times, St. Petersburg, Fla. 1943-01-23 p.15
                                          • Valley Evening Monitor, McAllen, Tex. 1943-01-24 p.4
                                          • Clarion Ledger, Jackson, Miss. 1943-01-27 p.6
                                          Several of these articles mention the Rye concert as well.
                                          • Stratemann p.239
                                          • Ulanov 1946, p.251
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                                          OVERVIEW
                                          BLACK, BROWN AND BEIGE
                                          "A Tone Parallel to the History of the Negro in America"


                                          Disclaimer:
                                          Ellington's Black, Brown and Beige has been studied, analyzed, written about and transcribed by many experts over the years. This overview is just that; for a proper grasp of the subject matter, one should read the sources noted and use a search engine to find internet-based information that may not have been available at the time of writing.
                                          • The structure of the suite is analyzed by/in
                                            • Eddie Lambert, Duke Ellington: A Listener's Guide, pp. 111-116
                                            • Mark Tucker, A Duke Ellington Reader, Chapter 46 (pp.185-204): Brian Priestley and Alan Cohen: "Black, Brown & Beige" (1974-1975) (described by Tucker as "a densely detailed, section by section discussion")
                                            • David Schiff, The Ellington Century, Chapter 6,. pp.200-247: Black, Brown and Beige: History (a detailed musicological and historical analysis)
                                            • Harvey S. Cohen,
                                            • Duke Ellington's America
                                            • , Chapter 6 (pp. 202-243)
                                          • The Carnegie Hall concert program included nearly 100 lines explaining Black, Brown and Beige in the context of Negro history.
                                          • In addition, Ellington intended to publish the story of Black, Brown and Beige, apparently as a poem modelled on his never completed opera, Boola. It was never published.
                                          • Baron Timme Rosenkrantz, as translated by Fradley Garner (see DEMS 06/2-55):

                                            'For a whole year, Inez Cavanaugh was Duke's secretary and also took care of his publicity, and during that period he was often in our home. It was, incidentally, Inez who wrote the original words for Duke's first epic composition, "Black, Brown and Beige." A tone poem, he called it, and Inez wrote the text in blank verse. Almost a hundred pages long, it was a gripping account of the history of black people in America, to complement the music. The original idea was that the book be published along with Ellington's own recording of the work. For various commercial reasons, it never was.'

                                          • Richard Bambach:

                                            'The poem is described in both Schiff The Ellington Century and in Cohen Duke Ellington's America.'

                                            Professor Bambach explains
                                            • Cohen says the manuscript is in SI-NMAH DEC301 Series 4 Box 3 and notes that it is copyrighted and cannot be reproduced without permission from the estate.
                                            • He advises there is more in the Ruth Ellington collection (SI-NMAH Collection 415, Series 6, Folder 7)
                                            A review of the contents of the Ruth Ellington collection shows
                                            Series 1.1: Music Manuscripts
                                            • Box 4, folders 1 - 5
                                            • Box 72 Folder 1
                                            • Box 73 Folders 1, 2 and 3
                                            • Box 49 Folders 1 and 2
                                          • Cohen:

                                            'Ellington voiced his intentions to write a musical panorama celebrating black history since the early 1930s...In interviews from 1932 and 1933, he described the project-in-progress...
                                              By 1939, the "negro opera" had not reached completion, but Ellington still tinkered with it and talked about it... By 1941, Ellington told a journalist that he had completed a libretto and the music,...During a 1942 interview ... Ellington once again brought up his five-part "opera," now titled Boola.'

                                          • Cohen:

                                            '...Black, Brown and Beige is not an immediately penetrable work, either musicially or in its attempt to document black history. Numerous listenings are required for its ideas to instill their intended effect. Part of the reasons for this is its strictly programmatic nature...Ellington commonly wrote in that kind of style, but for Black, Brown and Beige, he also wrote a scenario that rendered in both rhyming and free verse, the images he captured through music...
                                              The Black, Brown and Beige script is a fascinating document, polished and surprisingly poetic,...'

                                          • Ellington in 1964:

                                            'After Jump for Joy we came back East, we were out there a couple of years in California, ... and we got back East and we didn't have much promotion when we went back there, and we had a hard time getting proper money going into the Apollo, so I didn't take it, so William Morris says to me, 'What you need is a Carnegie Hall Concert.' So I started whipping up material for a Carnegie Hall concert. And we planned it for - there was a big Russian War Relief, and we played it on 23 January 1943. I think I started writing Black, Brown and Beige on the 19 December. We were playing the theatre in Hartford and Frank Sinatra was the extra added attraction, he was that weekend [webmaster's note: Ellington and Sinatra played Harford from 1942 12 12 to 14], when I started and I wrote it, was writing all the way down from Hartford down to Bridgeport, Detroit and all these other places, I was always writing in the hotel, backstage at the theatre, Columbus, Ohio, and we got back to New York and introduced Black, Brown and Beige.'

                                          • Only four complete (or substantially complete) performances are known:
                                            • Rye High School, Rye, N.Y. (1943 01 22) - This was a try-out and included a "pretentious" lyric sung by Jimmy Britton that was dropped from the following performances
                                            • Carnegie Hall, New York, N.Y. (1943 01 23) - recorded
                                            • Symphony Hall, Boston, Mass., (1943 01 28) - recorded - New Desor shows the same Black, Brown and Beige titles as for the Carnegie performance
                                            • Public Hall, Cleveland, Ohio, (1943 02 20) - billed as a repeat of the Carnegie Hall concert (not recorded)
                                          • The entire suite was broadcast from recordings on local New York radio station WNYC at 7:45 p.m. on 1943 02 15 according to the New York Times radio schedule. There is a gap in the Carnegie recording when the engineer changed discs, so the broadcast may have used recordings from either or both of the recorded concerts.

                                          Were the January and February 1943 performances complete?

                                          • Lambert analyzes the structure of the suite.
                                          • The first known performance was the tryout at Rye High School. The performance in Carnegie Hall is said to have an almost complete performance, perhaps to be considered the final version of a finally finished suite. We have no way to know whether the Boston and Cleveland performances were intact.
                                          • Teachout says contemporary newspaper reviews indicate Ellington repeated the entire Carnegie Hall concert.
                                          • In 1993, then associate professor of music Andrew Homzy traced the performance and recording history of "Black, Brown and Beige" in his Black Music Research Journal article "Black, Brown and Beige" in Duke Ellington's Repertoire, 1943-1973 (see below). His article says the first three concerts were complete, but in a footnote about the Cleveland concert, he wrote:

                                            'Unfortunately, it is not clear if Ellington played excerpts from Black, Brown and Beige or the complete work.'

                                            This ambiguity arose from the Cleveland Call and Post's review by Ardelia Bradley:

                                            '...Then came the superb "Black, Brown, and Beige" from Duke's Negro Opera, "Boola." The maestro explained that the three parts of his composition represented the progress made by the Negro in America, embodying the contributions he has made to American culture. The Black excerpt told of the dark days of slavery, the work theme predominating with only stolen moments of gaiety .... The Brown passage covered the period of the three wars-Revolutionary, Civil and Spanish American-with the well known blues form being born after the latter conflict .... Beige is a portrayal of the World War period when the "black, brown, and beige were in there fighting for the red, white, and blue." ... If the rest of "Boola" is written on a comparable plane to these excerpts, it should be one of the greatest contributions to American music made in recent years... '
                                            (emphasis added)

                                          • Steven Lasker believes the entire suite was played in Cleveland:

                                            '...I guested on a radio program in Washington devoted to Duke on the occasion of his Centenary on 1999-04-29. A lady called in to say she attended the Cleveland concert and recalled that B, B & B was played in its entirety. I had a printed program (one-sheet, pulp paper) for the event which clearly showed B, B & B was played in its entirety. Finally, the concert was reviewed.
                                              Thus, there were four complete performances, not three, but the first was the longest because it had the patriotic interlude which Duke dropped. Ellington's handwritten lead sheet and lyrics for this song were offered at auction on eBay a while back...'

                                          • In Music is My Mistress, Ellington said the suite was 57 minutes long. In an interview quoted in Nicholson, p.249, he said the suite was originally 47 minutes long. Ulanov 1946 says 45 minutes, Hasse, p.261 says 44, and Cohen, p.203, says 45 minutes.
                                          • Contemporary reviews do not help:
                                            • The Oberlin Review of the Cleveland concert said it was "some 45 minutes in length"
                                            • The Cleveland Call and Post review quoted in a footnote to Homzy's 1993 Black Music Research Journal article "Black, Brown and Beige" in Duke Ellington's Repertoire, 1943-1973 suggests the Cleveland performance may not have been complete:
                                              'An advertisement in the Cleveland News of Friday, February 19, 1943, reads: "Tomorrow Eve. Public Auditorium. Duke Ellington and his Famous Orchestra-Concert Program as Performed at Carnegie Hall, N.Y." Unfortunately, it is not clear if Ellington played the complete work or just excerpts. According to reviewer Ardelia Bradley (1943):
                                              Then came the superb "Black, Brown, and Beige" from Duke's Negro Opera, "Boola." The maestro explained that the three parts of his composition represented the progress made by the Negro in America, embodying the contributions he has made to American culture. The Black excerpt told of the dark days of slavery, the work theme predominating with only stolen moments of gaiety .... The Brown passage covered the period of the three wars-Revolutionary, Civil and Spanish American-with the well known blues form being born after the latter conflict .... Beige is a portrayal of the World War period when the "black, brown, and beige were in there fighting for the red, white, and blue." ... If the rest of "Boola" is written on a comparable plane to these excerpts, it should be one of the greatest contributions to American music made in recent years.
                                              '
                                              (emphasis added)

                                          Subsequent Performances

                                          Professor Andrew Homzy:

                                          '... Ellington kept returning to Black, Brown and Beige - paring it down and performing excerpts, reorchestrating and retitling individual sections, and featuring the work in varied contexts, from nightclub appearances to record dates and Sacred Concerts. While Black and Brown figured prominently in these developments, Beige would be altogether neglected until 1965, when Ellington resurrected most of the movement for a privately produced recording session.'

                                          Sjef Hoefsmit and Prof. Homzy compiled a list of the known additional performances of parts of the suite over the next 30 years:
                                          • Broadcasts and Telecasts:
                                            • 1943 08 29: "Emancipation Celebration"
                                            • 1943 09 07: "Emancipation Celebration"
                                            • 1943 09 11: "West Indian Dance"
                                            • 1945 04 14: "Come Sunday"
                                            • 1945 04 21: "West Indian Dance," "The Blues," "Emancipation Celebration," "Sugar Hill Penthouse"
                                            • 1945 04 26: "West Indian Dance"
                                            • 1945 04 28: "Work Song," "Come Sunday," "Carnegie Blues"
                                            • 1945 05 05: "Carnegie Blues"
                                            • 1945 05 12: "Carnegie Blues"
                                            • 1945 05 19: "Emancipation Celebration"
                                            • 1945 05 26: "Sugar Hill Penthouse"
                                            • 1945 06 02: "Come Sunday," "Light," "Carnegie Blues"
                                            • 1945 06 30: "Carnegie Blues"
                                            • 1945 07 07: "Carnegie Blues"
                                            • 1945 07 14: "West Indian Dance"
                                            • 1945 07 21: "Emancipation Celebration"
                                            • 1945 08 11: "Emancipation Celebration"
                                            • 1945 08 18: "Work Song," "The Blues," "West Indian Dance," "Come Sunday," "Light"
                                            • 1945 09 01: "Sugar Hill Penthouse"
                                            • 1945 09 08: "Carnegie Blues"
                                            • 1945 09 15: "Emancipation Celebration"
                                            • 1945 09 24: "Emancipation Celebration"
                                            • 1945 10 00 : "West Indian Dance"
                                            • 1945 10 06: "Carnegie Blues"
                                            • 1945 10 10: "West Indian Dance"
                                            • 1945 10 18: "West Indian Dance"
                                            • 1945 11 03: "Emancipation Celebration"
                                            • 1945 11 10: "Come Sunday," "Light"
                                            • 1945 11 18: "Emancipation Celebration"
                                            • 1946 04 20: "The Blues"
                                            • 1946 04 27: "Come Sunday," "Light"
                                            • 1946 06 08: "Come Sunday," "Light," "Sugar Hill Penthouse"
                                            • 1946 07 06: "The Blues"
                                            • 1947 10 04: "Emancipation Celebration"
                                            • 1955 07 26: "Come Sunday"
                                            • 1955 08 28: "The Blues"
                                            • 1963 02 07: "The Blues," "Come Sunday"
                                            • 1963 02 21: "The Blues"
                                            • 1965 01 29: "Work Song," "Come Sunday"
                                            • 1965 01 31: "Work Song," "Come Sunday," "Montage"
                                            • 1965 02 18: "Work Song," "Come Sunday," "Montage"
                                            • 1965 09 00: Documentary, "Sugar Hill Penthouse"
                                            • 1965 09 16: "Overture to Black, Brown and Beige," "Come Sunday," "Montage," "David Danced Before The Lord With All His Might"
                                            • 1966 02 21: "Come Sunday," "Montage"
                                            • 1966 10 23: "David Danced Before The Lord With All His Might"
                                            • 1966 11 25: "Come Sunday"
                                            • 1967 08 10: "Come Sunday"
                                            • 1968 06 13: "The Blues" (Tony Watkins, vocal)
                                            • 1970 07 02: "Come Sunday"
                                          • Recordings:
                                            • 1943 10 00: "Sugar Hill Penthouse"
                                              possibly unissued V-Disc session
                                            • 1944 12 11: "Work Song," "Come Sunday" (Victor session)
                                            • 1944 12 12: "The Blues," "West Indian Dance," "Emancipation Celebration," "Sugar Hill Penthouse" (Victor session)
                                            • 1945 01 04: "Carnegie Blues"
                                            • 1956 03 17:"Carnegie Blues"
                                            • 1957 03 07:"West Indian Dance"
                                            • 1958 02 00: "Come Sunday," "Work Song," "Light"
                                            • 1962 03 16: "The Blues"
                                            • 1963 03 01: "Come Sunday"
                                            • 1963 08 20:"Come Sunday," "David Danced Before The Lord With All His Might," "Montage," "The Blues"
                                            • 1964 09 03 (to be telecast 1965 03 03): "David Danced Before The Lord With All His Might,", "The Blues"
                                            • 1965 03 04: Black: "Come Sunday," "Work Song," "Montage"
                                            • 1965 03 31: Brown: "West Indian Dance," "Emancipation Celebration"
                                            • 1965 05 18: Beige: including "Jazz Waltz"(or "Interlude"), "Sugar Hill Penthouse"
                                            • 1971 05 06: "Symphonette" (same as "Sugar Hill Penthouse")
                                            • 1971 05 06: "The Blues"
                                            • 1972 08 25: "The Blues," "Come Sunday"
                                            • 1973 01 08: "Carnegie Blues"
                                          • Concerts and Live Performances;
                                            • 1943 12 11: "West Indian Dance," "Emancipation Celebration"
                                            • 1943 12 19: "West Indian Dance," "Emancipation Celebration," "The Blues"
                                            • 1944 12 19: "Work Song," "The Blues", "West Indian Dance," "Sugar Hill Penthouse," "Emancipation Celebration," "Come Sunday," "Light"
                                            • 1945 01 17: "Work Song," "The Blues,""West Indian Dance," "Sugar Hill Penthouse," "Emancipation Celebration," "Come Sunday," "Light"
                                            • 1945 03 25 (recorded): "Work Song," "Come Sunday," "Light," "The Blues," "West Indian Dance," "Sugar Hill Penthouse," "Emancipation Celebration"
                                            • 1946 01 04: "Come Sunday," "Work Song," "The Blues"
                                            • 1946 01 20
                                              "Come Sunday," "Work Song," "The Blues"
                                            • 1947 04 19: "The Blues"
                                            • 1947 08 31: "Come Sunday," "The Blues," "Emancipation Celebration"
                                            • 1955 06 11: "Emancipation Celebration"
                                            • 1958 07 03: "Come Sunday"
                                            • 1962 06 02: "The Blues"
                                            • 1962 11 19: "The Blues"
                                            • 1963 01 19: "The Blues"
                                            • 1963 02 01: "The Blues"
                                            • 1963 02 02: "The Blues"
                                            • 1963 02 05: "The Blues"
                                            • 1963 02 08: "The Blues"
                                            • 1963 02 09: "The Blues"
                                            • 1963 02 10 or 11: "The Blues"
                                            • 1963 02 12: "The Blues"
                                            • 1963 02 19: "The Blues"
                                            • 1963 02 23: "The Blues"
                                            • 1963 08 25: "Come Sunday," "David Danced Before The Lord With All His Might," "Montage," "The Blues"
                                            • 1965 01 30: "Work Song," "Come Sunday," "Montage"
                                            • 1965 02 00: "Work Song," "Come Sunday," "Montage"
                                            • 1965 02 02: "Work Song," "Come Sunday," "Montage"
                                            • 1965 02 09: "Work Song," "Come Sunday," "Montage"
                                            • 1965 02 11: "Work Song," "Come Sunday," "Montage"
                                            • 1965 02 13: "Work Song," "Come Sunday," "Montage"
                                            • 1965 02 14: "Work Song," "Come Sunday," "Montage"
                                            • 1965 02 28: "Work Song," "Come Sunday," "Montage"
                                            • 1965 06 14: "Work Song," "Come Sunday," "Montage"
                                            • 1965 09 18: "Come Sunday," "David Danced Before The Lord With All His Might"
                                            • 1965 12 26: "Come Sunday," "David Danced Before The Lord With All His Might"
                                            • 1966 02 17: "Come Sunday," "Montage"
                                            • 1966 09 18: "David Danced Before The Lord With All His Might"
                                            • 1966 09 24: "David Danced Before The Lord With All His Might"
                                            • 1966 10 28: "David Danced Before The Lord With All His Might"
                                            • 1966 12 05: "Come Sunday," "Montage," "David Danced Before The Lord With All His Might"
                                            • 1967 03 02: "Come Sunday"
                                            • 1967 09 16: "Come Sunday," "Montage"
                                            • 1969 04 03: "The Blues"
                                            • 1969 05 16: "The Blues"
                                            • 1969 08 31: "Come Sunday"
                                            • 1969 10 31: "The Blues"
                                            • 1969 11 02: "Come Sunday"
                                            • 1969 11 09: "The Blues"
                                            • 1969 11 12: "The Blues"
                                            • 1969 11 13: "The Blues"
                                            • 1969 11 15: "Come Sunday," "The Blues"
                                            • 1969 11 26: "The Blues"
                                            • 1969 11 29: "The Blues"
                                            • 1969 11 30: "The Blues"
                                            • 1970 07 21: "David Danced Before The Lord With All His Might"
                                            • 1970 07 26: "David Danced Before The Lord With All His Might," "Come Sunday"
                                            • 1971 04 24: "The Blues"
                                            • 1971 10 09[?]: "The Blues"
                                            • 1972 02 11: "The Blues"
                                            • 1972 07 17: "Bitches' Ball" from Beige
                                            • 1972 07 21: "Come Sunday"
                                            • 1973 11 02: "Come Sunday"
                                          Homzy:

                                          'What does a study of Black, Brown and Beige's history after the premiere reveal? Perhaps most striking is the fact that Ellington did not view the piece as an inviolable, finished masterpiece in the Western European art-music tradition. Rather, he displayed a practical attitude toward the work, adapting and transforming it as the situation warranted-whether this meant cutting its length, focusing on different sections, using portions to highlight soloists, or incorporating material in other works (My People, the Sacred Concerts). In this way Black, Brown and Beige resembled a "tune or jazz standard, providing raw material for reworking and revisiting on different occasions" (Tucker 1993). More-over, it reflected Ellington's ever-resourceful approach to his compositions, as he continually found fresh ways to draw upon his older repertoire.'

                                          • 1940 manuscript, Maurice Peress'symphonic orchestration of Black, Brown and Beige
                                          • 2015 score, Jeff Tyzik's orchestral adaptation of Black, Brown and Beige
                                          • Concert programme, Box 10, Folder 5, SI-NMAH DEC301 Series 2 (reproduced in Tucker, The Duke Ellington Reader, pp. 161-164)
                                          • Harvey G. Cohen, Duke Ellington's America, University of Chicago Press, 2010 , chapter six, at p.204 and p.210
                                          • Stuart Nicholson, Reminiscing in Tempo, A Portrait of Duke Ellington, ibid., p.242, quoting Ellington in Carter Harman Interview 8, SI-NMAH Box 1 Tape AC0422-0T009
                                          • Black Music Research Journal, Vol. 13, No. 2 (Autumn, 1993), Center for Black Music Research - Columbia College Chicago and University of Illinois Press, pp. 87-110,:
                                            • Sjef Hoefsmit (edited by Andrew Homzy), "Chronology Of Ellington's Recordings and Performances of Black, Brown And Beige, 1943-1973"
                                            • Andrew Homzy, "Black, Brown and Beige" in Duke Ellington's Repertoire, 1943-1973
                                          • Radio log, New York Times, New York, N.Y. 1943-02-15
                                          • MIMM p.181
                                          • E. Lambert:
                                            Duke Ellington, A Listener's Guide
                                            ,
                                            chapter 16
                                          • The New York Age, New York, N.Y.
                                            1943-01-23 p.10
                                          • Email, Lasker-Palmquist, 2017-10-28
                                          • Ardelia Bradley, "7000 Hear the Duke in Brilliant Concert," Cleveland Call and Post, Cleveland, Ohio, 1943-02-27."
                                          • Teachout, p.387 (source notes), citing
                                            • "SM"
                                            • Record 7,200 Turn Out for Ellington Rhythm,
                                              Cleveland Plain Dealer, 1943-02-21
                                            • Ardelia Bradley (ibid.)
                                          • Other sources cited in Wikipedia at the time of writing:
                                            • Knauer, Wolfram: "Simulated improvisation in Duke Ellington's Black, Brown and Beige." The black perspective in music, 18 (1990): pp. 20-38
                                            • Burrows, George "Black, Brown and Beige and the politics of Signifyin(g): Towards a critical understanding of Duke Ellington." Jazz research journal, 1 (May 2007): pp. 45-71 ISSN 1753-8637
                                            • Gaines, Kevin. "Duke Ellington, Black, Brown, and Beige, and the cultural politics of race" in Radano, Ronald Michael ed., Music and the racial imagination (Chicago,IL,USA : University of Chicago Press, 2000), pp. 585-602
                                            • Tucker, Mark, ed. Duke Ellington's Black, Brown and Beige, a complete commemorative 50th-anniversary issue of Black music research journal 13/2 (Fall, 1993) ISSN 0276-3605, with articles by:
                                              • Mark Tucker, "The genesis of Black, Brown and Beige"
                                              • Andrew Homzy, "Black, Brown and Beige in Duke Ellington's repertoire, 1943-1973"
                                              • Kurt Dietrich, "The role of trombones in Black, Brown and Beige"
                                              • Scott DeVeaux, "Black, Brown and Beige and the critics"
                                              • Maurice Peress, "My Life With Black, Brown and Beige"
                                            • Tucker, Mark, ed. The Duke Ellington Reader (New York: Oxford Univ. Press, 1993), pp. 153-204 reprints original 1943 journalistic coverage as well as later analytical articles. ISBN 0-19-505410-5:
                                              • Helen M. Oakley. "Ellington to Offer 'Tone Parallel'" repr. from Down Beat (15 January 1943), p. 13. Preview of the concert.
                                              • Howard Taubman. "The 'Duke' Invades Carnegie Hall." repr. from New York Times Magazine (17 January 1943), pp. 10, 30. Preview of the concert.
                                              • Program for the first Carnegie Hall Concert repr. from the Duke Ellington Collection, Smithsonian.
                                              • Paul Bowles. "Duke Ellington in Recital for Russian War Relief" repr. from New York Herald-Tribune (25 January 1943). Review of the concert.
                                              • Mike Levin. "Duke Fuses Classical and Jazz!" reprinted from Down Beat (15 February 1943), pp.12-13. Review of the concert
                                              • John Hammond. "Is the Duke Deserting Jazz?" reprinted from Jazz 1/8 (May 1943), p.15, accompanied by Leonard Feather's rebuttal in the same issue, pp. 14 & 20. Bob Thiele continued this discussion with "The Case of Jazz Music" in Jazz 1/9 (July 1943), 19-20
                                              • Kurt List, review of abridged 1944 Victor recording in Listen 7/6 (April 1946), p. 13
                                              • Robert D. Crowley. "Black, Brown and Beige after 16 Years" Jazz 2 (1959), pp. 98-104
                                              • Brian Priestley and Alan Cohen. "Black, Brown & Beige." Composer 51 (Spring 1974), 33-37; 52 (Summer 1974), 29-32; 53 (Winter 1974-75), 29-32
                                            • Teachout pp.2-10, 236-246 etc.
                                            • Email, Brian Koller-Palmquist
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                                          Friday
                                          ...ORCHESTRA ROSTER RECAPITULATION
                                          Personnel when Black, Brown and Beige premièred:
                                          Trumpets
                                          • Wallace Jones
                                          • Harold Baker
                                          • Rex Stewart
                                              (cornet)
                                          • Ray Nance (doubling
                                              violin and vocal)

                                          Trombones
                                          • Lawrence Brown
                                          • Tricky Sam Nanton
                                          • Juan Tizol
                                              (valve trombone)
                                          Reeds
                                          • Otto Hardwick
                                              (alto sax, clarinet)
                                          • Johnny Hodges
                                              (alto sax)
                                          • Ben Webster
                                              (tenor sax)
                                          • Chauncey Haughton
                                              (clarinet, tenor sax)
                                          • Harry Carney
                                              (baritone and alto
                                              saxes, clarinet,
                                              bass clarinet)
                                          Rhythm
                                          • Duke Ellington
                                              (piano)
                                          • Fred Guy
                                              (guitar)
                                          • Alvin Raglin (bass)
                                          • Sonny Greer
                                              (drums)
                                          • Billy Strayhorn
                                              (deputy pianist)
                                          Vocals
                                          • Betty Roché
                                          • Jimmy Britton

                                          The instrumentalists:

                                          (click to enlarge)

                                          Left to right:
                                          Greer, Baker, Webster, Brown, Haughton, Stewart, Hodges, Nanton, Guy, Hardwick, Jones, Tizol, Carney, Nance, Ellington and Raglin.

                                          • Lambert [ibid.], p.112
                                          • Cabin in the Sky publicity still:
                                            • Baltimore Afro-American, Boston, Mass. 1943-01-23 p.8
                                            • Stratemann p.219
                                            • Vail I, p.222
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                                          Friday
                                          .Rye, N.Y.Rye High SchoolConcert and Dance:
                                          Concert: 8 to 10 p.m.
                                          Orchestra World has a photo of Duke dining with a student before the concert. With him is Betty Roché, behind them are Leonard Feather and Dr. Mize, head of the Rye High School music department.
                                          • Preview (run-through) of the upcoming Carnegie Hall concert. Variety reported an audience of 1,000 at $3.00 each.
                                          • Quentin Bryar:

                                            BB&B was indeed performed first at Rye High School, where according to Leonard Feather's notes to the Prestige LP issue of the Carnegie Hall concert, the head of music was one of those then very rare musicologists to appreciate DE's significance.

                                          • Feather, who was there, says the Rye performance included some

                                            'flag-waving lyrics in Beige* which Ellington was persuaded to drop, so the piece ran a couple of minutes shorter at Carnegie Hall the next night. So strictly speaking, the premiere was at Rye, but that was clearly a dress rehearsal for the 'press night' at Carnegie Hall. '



                                          • Feather reports the dropped lyric was

                                            '...pompously delivered by Jimmy Britton, declaring that: "We're black, brown and beige, but we're red, white and blue."'


                                          Dance: 10 p.m. to 1 a.m.
                                          The Rye Chronicle:

                                          'Duke Ellington and his orchestra are coming to Rye tonight for a two-hour public concert followed by three hours of dance music for high school students at the High School.
                                            Rated as America's top-ranking band leader, the famous Negro musician will be greeted by a large audience. Over 400 tickets have been sold by the students, Principal A. V. MacCullough reported to the Board of Education, Tuesday night.
                                            Celebrating their 20th anniversary, Saturday night, at Carnegie Hall, New York, the famous band leader will present identically the same concert in Rye. The public is invited to the concert in the school auditorium from 8 to 10 p.m. and the band will play for dancing in the gymnasium from 10:00 p.m. to 1:00 a.m.
                                            ... Ellington will bring his entire 19-piece orchestra to Rye. Arrangements for his appearance here were made by Dr. J.T.H.Mize, high school music instructor.'

                                          • Richmond Times-Dispatch, Richmond, Va.
                                            1943-01-22 p.11
                                          • The Rye Chronicle, Rye, N.Y.,
                                            • 1943-01-22 p.3
                                            • 1943-02-05 p.15
                                          • Article, Dr. Mize, The Orchestra World, March 1943.
                                          • Email Bryar to Duke-LYM, 2013-04-23
                                          • Stratemann,p.239, citing
                                            Variety 1943-01-27 p.30
                                          • L.Feather, The Jazz Years: Earwitness to an Era, p.64
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                                          Saturday
                                          .New York, N.Y.Carnegie Hall
                                          (Main Hall)
                                          Twentieth Anniversary Concert, 8:45 p.m., including the premiere of Black, Brown and Beige

                                          The concert reportedly took three hours.The Billboard announced Ellington would present the manuscript of BB&B to Yale University for its collection of Negro Arts and Letters.
                                          The concert was recorded, although not all the music was used in the releases (see Towers' comments below):
                                          Duke Ellington and His Orchestra
                                          W. Jones, Stewart, Baker, Nance, Brown, Nanton, Tizol, Haughton, Hodges, Hardwicke (sic), Webster, Carney, Ellington, Guy, Raglin, Greer, Roché
                                          Titles recorded:
                                          • Star Spangled Banner
                                          • Black And Tan Fantasy
                                          • Rockin' In Rhythm
                                          • Moon Mist
                                          • Jumpin' Punkins
                                          • A Portrait of Bert Williams
                                          • A Portrait of Bill Robinson (Bojangles)
                                          • A Portrait Of Florence Mills (Black Beauty)
                                          • Black, Brown and Beige
                                          • Ko-Ko
                                          • Dirge
                                          • Johnny Come Lately (Stomp)
                                          • Are You Sticking?
                                          • Bakiff
                                          • Jack The Bear
                                          • Blue Bells of Harlem
                                          • Cotton Tail
                                          • Day Dream
                                          • Boy Meets Horn
                                          • Rose Of The Rio Grande
                                          • Don't Get Around Much Anymore
                                          • Goin' Up
                                          • Mood Indigo
                                          Black, Brown and Beige was in three movements:
                                          Black:
                                          • Worksong
                                          • Come Sunday
                                          • Light (Montage)
                                          Brown:
                                          • West Indian Dance (West Indian Celebration)
                                          • Emancipation Celebration (The Lighter Attitude)
                                          • The Blues (Mauve)
                                          Beige:
                                          • A View From Central Park
                                          • Cy Runs Rock Waltz
                                          • Interlude - Cy Runs Rock Waltz
                                          • Sugar Hill Penthouse
                                          • Finale
                                          (alternate titles per Lambert)


                                          The concert programme includes a one-page writeup on Ellington by Irving Kolodin and is titled Duke Ellington and His Orchestra, Twentieth Anniversary Concert. The recorded titles differ from the titles listed in the programme:
                                          • Black And Tan Fantasy
                                          • Rockin' In Rhythm
                                          • Blue Serge
                                          • Jumpin' Punkins
                                          • Portrait of Bert Williams
                                          • Portrait of Bojangles
                                          • Portrait Of Florence Mills
                                          • Black, Brown and Beige
                                          • Intermission
                                          • The Flaming Sword
                                          • Dirge
                                          • Nocturne
                                          • Stomp
                                          • Are You Sticking?
                                          • Bakiff
                                          • Jack The Bear
                                          • Blue Bells of Harlem
                                          • Cotton Tail
                                          • Day Dream
                                          • Rose Of The Rio Grande
                                          • Trumpet in Spades
                                          • Don't Get Around Much Anymore
                                          • Goin' Up
                                          • Mood Indigo
                                          The programme has a paragraph by Kolodin introducing each song, including who is featured in each, and there is an extensive explanation of Black, Brown and Beige.

                                          The folder includes the two page list of song titles again, on loose sheets of paper. Blue Serge, The Flaming Sword and Nocturne are crossed off, and "MiMist," "Coco Congo Square" and "Moe," respectively, hand-written beside them. This page of the programme has the hand-written notation "C16-2100" at the top. An autographed copy of this page, signed by all members of the orchestra except Miss Roché, can be viewed in DEC 386
                                          Variety:
                                          • Ellington was impeccably dressed but the sidemen wore ordinary band uniforms, not tuxedos.
                                          • The house was sold out (3,000) and 200 were seated on the stage, as shown in a photograph in Click
                                          • During intermission, actor Dennis Morgan presented Ellington with a plaque bearing salutes from 32 "topflight musicians," including Leopold Stokowski, Walter Damrosch, Edward Johnson, John Charles Thomas, William Grant Still, Deems Taylor, Earl (Fatha) Hines, Marian Anderson, Paul Robeson, Lawrence Tibbet, Marjorie Lawrence, Arur [sic] Rodzinski (Dr. Artur Rodzinski was conductor of the Cleveland Orchestra), Roy Harris, Count Basie, Albert Coates, Fritz Reiner, Eugene Ormandy, Morton Gould, Kurt Weill, Aaron Copeland, Paul Whiteman, Benny Goodman, Jerome Kern, Cab Calloway, Artie Shaw, Max Steiner, Dean Dixon, Allen Wardwell, L.E. Behymer.
                                          • The William Morris agency did a particularly notable buildup in recent weeks, with a national Ellington week, radio broadcasts in tribute, etc.
                                          • 'No popular band concert ... has stirred up so much comment. Pre-concert discussion, heightened by an excellent publicity campaign, was as nothing, however, in comparison to the hurricane of talk, argument and diverse opinions which followed the affair.
                                              Among band business people Monday (25) there was no other subject of conversation. No matter where one butted into a huddle the subject was the concert, the b.o. success it was, and the performance of Ellington and his men. It was generally agreed that the band did its work admirably, but opinions were far apart on the material the leader used.
                                              ...the majority of discussions centered around Ellington's debut of "Black, Brown, and Beige." The piece was picked apart repeatedly, its highlights and low points cited and measured. Among daily newspaper reviewers there appeared similar differences of opinion. No two of these reactions were alike on the affair as a whole, but most expressed disappointment in "BBB." All however, granted that Ellington's orchestra, individually and collectively, was quite a combination.
                                              For a different reaction to the performance of the band and its soloists, it was interesting to watch the faces of noted musicians (virtually all of whom were there with, it seemed, the entire roster of big and little executives, and people from all walks of shows [sic] business. As Johnny Hodges, Rex Stewart, Lawrence Brown, Juan Tizol, Ben Webster and other outstanding instrumentalists took solos, the auditors' feelings were plainly evident.
                                              Whether or not the concert was an artistic success, it is agreed that the comment it created was invaluable to Ellington's future. William Morris agency, which books Ellington, was so impressed by the attention it got and by the sellout of admissions days before it is mulling the idea of playing a return engagement at Carnegie in a few months.
                                              Ellington did a preview of the affair Friday night (22) at Rye, N.Y. high school, playing to about 1,000 admissions at $3 per.'

                                          Alfred A. Duckett's 3-column review in The New York Age describes the audience reaction as "spectacular acclaim." He described the men's attire as pearl-gray jackets, trousers of almost midnight blue and magenta cummerbunds.

                                          In addition to a movement by movement description of BBB, Duckett names or describes the music played during the first half:
                                          Black and Tan Fantasy; Rockin' in Rhythm; two pieces by Mercer; Moon Mist; brilliant drum work by Greer and a bass performance by Raglin; and a group of Portraits. After the intermission, Dirge; Stomp; the concertos; Are You Sticking?; Bakiff; Jack the Bear; Blue Belles of Harlem; Cotton Tail; Day Dream; Rose of the Rio Grande; Boy Meets Horn; Don't Get Around Much Any More; Goin' Up; Mood Indigo.

                                          He remarked:

                                          'It was a great night for Ellington, all agreed. That was the opinion in the press box in the smoking rooms and on the Dress Circle during intermission.'

                                          He goes on to praise BBB, name the musicians who signed the plaque, and then to name the box-holders who paid $2,500 to aid Russian War Relief (punctuation as printed):
                                          Marian Anderson, Count Basie, Eric Barnay, Music Room; Saul Bornstein, Irving Berlin Inc.; Mrs. James Cromwell, Max Dreyfuss, Chappell Music Company; Moe Gale, Mr. and Mrs. Benny Goodman, John Hammond, Daniel James, Tempo Music Co.; Leonard Joy, RCA-Victor Records; Jack and David Kapp, Decca Records, Inc.; Jimmie Lunceford, Jack Mills, Mills Music, Inc.; Edward H. Morris, Morris Music, Inc.; William Morris, Richard F. Murray, Paramount Music Corp.; Harold Oxley, Lawrence Richmond, Music Dealers Service; Jack Robbins, Robbins Music Crop.; Bob Russell and Herman Starr, Music Publishers Holding Corp. Among the celebrities present he named Langston Hughes, Judge Hubert Delaney, Dr. Alain Locke and Walter White.
                                          Elsa Maxwell's Party Line New York Post column, published in late February, is a more general discussion of the suite rather than a review of one particular concert. She led off by referring to the plaque and briefly touched upon the reaction of critics to the première so she was probably writing about that concert.
                                          Jack Towers, re Prestige LP record album P-34004 The Duke Ellington Carnegie Hall Concert #1

                                          "...For the 1943 concert we used the "Hall of Fame" bootlegs for nearly all of the issue. The BB&B that Jerry had, and my friend Granville had, proved to be from the Boston concert 5 days later. The Hall of Fame picked up "Black" at the end of Hodges "Come Sunday". We added the best all-round version of Black we could put together...plus "Black Beauty" from Boston. Jerry later discovered a poor quality Black and Tan and Rockin' in Rhythm from the Carnegie concert to fill out the numbers. The Hall of fame [sic] discs though were fast, so I tuned the numbers to the Victor issues, assuming they had the same charts on the stand for the concert. Anyway, it made Duke's voice sound right.

                                          "I really enjoyed putting all this together and tuning the excerpts to fit in. So I'd say it would be better to get the Prestige rather than the Hall Fame [sic] discs...which are marred by very bad edits where so much tape was taken out of quiet passages that the tempos go wild. It happened that some of the most flagrant instances were on numbers like Bakiff that we got from the Star Dust disc. But in BB&B I pretty well restored the tempo by making a dub...then marking the beats on the tape...and where the tempo was off, I clipped the required amount from the dub at that point and put it in the original. This pretty well solved the problem. But if you are listening carefully, you can tell where the trouble was..."

                                          • The Billboard 1943-01-23 p.23
                                          • Variety
                                            • 1943-01-20 p.43
                                            • 1943-01-27 p.30
                                          • Albert A. Ducket, The New York Age, New York, N.Y.
                                            1943-01-30 p.10
                                          • Elsa Maxwell's Party Line, New York Post, New York, N.Y. 1943-02-26 p.12
                                          • Cleveland Plain Dealer, Cleveland, Ohio, 1943-02-18 p.16
                                          • Click, The National Picture Monthly, 1943-06 p.40
                                          • Letter, Jack Towers to Carl Hällström, 1977-12-10
                                          • Copy of autographed program, SI-NMAH Collection 386 (Duke Ellington Ephemera...)
                                          • Stratemann,p.239
                                          • Girvan:   Ellingtonia.com
                                          • MacHare:   A Duke Ellington Panorama
                                          • Jorgen Grunnet Jepsen, Discography of Duke Ellington, Vol. 2 1937-47
                                          • Timner
                                          • S. Lasker/O. Keepnews, booklet to The Duke Ellington Centennial Edition, RCA Victor CD box set 09026-63386-2, p.62
                                          • E. Lambert:
                                            Duke Ellington, A Listener's Guide
                                            , pp.111-116
                                          • Jorgen Grunnet Jepsen, Discography of Duke Ellington, Vol. 2 1937-47
                                          • Ole J. Nielsen, Jazz Records 1942-80, A discography: Vol. Six, Duke Ellington, p.6
                                          • Concert programme, Box 10, Folder 5, SI-NMAH DEC301 Series 2 (reproduced in Tucker, The Duke Ellington Reader, pp. 161-164)
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                                          Leonard Feather:

                                          "Soon after the concert, my next assignment was the ghost-writing...with Billy Strayhorn, of a booklet that appeared under Duke's byline, Duke Ellington Piano Method for Blues. Only forty-four pages long, selling for $1.50, it included a succinct history of the origins of the blues, technical analyses of its form, harmonic and rhythmic structure, examples of rhythmic figures, of boogie-woogie, and finally a series of piano solos, most of which we had to extract directly from Duke's records.

                                          Strayhorn transcribed all the more difficult solos...

                                          ...During the couple of months it took us to finish the job, Swee'Pea became an enthusiastic and regular volunteer panelist on 'Platterbrains,' sometimes along with Duke."

                                          • Leonard Feather: The Jazz Years: Earwitness to an Era, p.65
                                          • David Hajdu, Lush Life, A Biography of Billy Strayhorn, North Point Press, New York, 1996. p.120
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                                          Wednesday
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                                          Thursday
                                          .Boston, Mass.Symphony HallRecorded concert
                                          • Billed as a repeat of the Carnegie Hall program (including Black, Brown and Beige), but this is demonstrably false. The Boston programme lists 8 fewer titles, and the New Desor discography for Boston shows 10 fewer titles than Carnegie.
                                          • Capacity audience of 3,000
                                          • 1,200 turned away
                                          • $5,500 box office take
                                          • The souvenir programme cover said

                                            'net proceeds to Soldiers & Sailors Fund'

                                          • The souvenir programme contained over 40 small third party advertisements, and the back cover was a full page ad for Ellington's Victor records.

                                          Titles listed in the souvenir programme were:

                                          – Program –
                                          PART I

                                          Opening Group:
                                            Black And Tan Fantasy:
                                               ROCKIN' IN RHYTHM

                                          Mercer Ellington Group:
                                          BLUE SERGE
                                          JUMPIN' PUNKINS

                                          Portrait Group:
                                          Portrait of Bert Williams; Bojangles;
                                          Black Beauty, dedicated to Florence Mills


                                          BLACK, BROWN and BEIGE
                                          ( A Tone Parallel)


                                          Vocals by:
                                          Betty Roche and Jimmy Britton

                                          INTERMISSION
                                          – Program –
                                          PART II

                                          Opening Group:
                                          THE FLAMING SWORD
                                          by Duke Ellington

                                          Three Original Compositions
                                          by Billy Strayhorn:
                                          DIRGE — NOCTURNE — STOMP


                                          Solo Pieces:
                                          Are You Sticking (featuring Chauncey Haughton,
                                          Clarinet)

                                          Bakiff (featuring Juan Tizol, trombone; Ray
                                          Nance, violin)

                                          Jack The Bear (featuring Junior Raglin, bass)
                                          Bluebelles of Harlem (featuring Duke Ellington)
                                          Cotton Tail (featuring Ben Webster. tenor sax)
                                          Day Dream (featuring Johnny Hodges)
                                          Rose of the Rio Grande (featuring Lawrence
                                            Brown, trombone)

                                          Trumpet in Spaces (featuring Rex Stewart,
                                            cornet)


                                          Closing Group:
                                          Don't Get Around Much Anymore
                                          Giddybug Gallop
                                          Mood Indigo

                                          The Pittsburgh Courier said

                                          "  Duplicating their N.Y. success of a week earlier, Duke Ellington and his aggregation packed Symphony Hall here January 28, for another swing concert. Encouraged by critics' reports on the Carnegie Hall affair, 3,000 Hub-towners braved the season's heaviest blizzard to see what the shouting was about.
                                            The program was almost a carbon copy of the earlier concert and achieved a sensational success with the audience. Proceeds of the performance are scheduled for (a) Soldiers and Sailors fund set up by the Younger People's Co-ordinating Committee, a colored association of Roxbury..."

                                          Harvard Crimson:

                                          '...a distinct success. The band was rather nervous, the audience applauded the soloists too often, the ushers kept seating people during numbers, and the feature selection, "Black, Brown and Beige," was as episodic and spotty as reported. Yet, confronted with over two solid...hours...I can only report that Duke lived up to and confirmed all but the very highest expectations...
                                            ...The tremendous turn-out in spite of the weather shows that his popularity is not restricted to jazz esoterics and a few classicists who've lost their grip.
                                            The high point of the program, for me, was the duo compositions by... Strayhorn, "Dirge" and "Stomp." They are considerably far ahead of anything this young man has done so far, and come close to overshadowing much of Duke's work, on this program at least. The third composition, "Nocturne," was omitted...
                                            The remainder of the previously unheard compositions...consisted of "Going Up"...and a group of recorded but as yet unreleased numbers.
                                            Most of the well-known compositions were grouped so as to feature the soloists...But as Duke was so careful to avoid having two people playing the same style on the same instrument, there was no real opportunity to appraise Ray Nance's or newcomer Harold Baker's hot trumpet work. Rex Stewart stopped the show with his famous solo on "Boy Meets Horn."...Nance played the violin instead, on "Bakiff," and came very close to persuading me that a violin can play jazz. With Nance and Juan Tizol's trombone, "Bakiff" was infinitely more successful than on records. ...
                                            ...mark the week starting February 25...Duke is returning to the Keith Boston then.'

                                          Variety:

                                          '...capacity audience in excess of 3,000...notwithstanding the season's heaviest blizzard which had, by concert time, piled up a foot of snow outside the hall.
                                            Ellington repeated almost verbatim the program of his N.Y. Carnegie Hall debut the previous week, and although he drew mixed reviews from the music critics who covered, achieved a sensational success with the audience.
                                            The concert, although originally announced as some sort of a Soldiers and Sailors benefit by the Younger Peoples Co-ordinating Committee, a colored association of Roxbury, was not listed as a benefit in the program, and further financial particulars have not been made available.'

                                          Notwithstanding Variety's assertion, the cover of the souvenir program clearly says net proceeds to Soldiers & Sailors Fund and the Sponsors section on page 3 begins The Younger Citizens Coordinating Committee wishes to thank all of you for your attendance... The proceeds will be helpful in furnishing, among other things, recreation for our boys in khaki and in blue...
                                          The recordings listed in Lambert differ a little from the programme:

                                          Duke Ellington and His Orchestra
                                          Jones, Stewart, Baker, Nance, Brown, Nanton, Tizol, Haughton, Hodges, Hardwick, Webster, Carney, Ellington, Guy, Raglin, Greer, Roché

                                          Titles:
                                          • Star Spangled Banner
                                          • What Am I Here For?
                                          • On Becoming a Square (Main Stem)
                                          • Day Dream
                                          • BLACK, BROWN AND BEIGE
                                            • BLACK
                                              • Worksong
                                              • Come Sunday
                                              • Light
                                            • BROWN
                                              • West Indian Dance
                                              • Emancipation Celebration
                                              • The Blues
                                            • BEIGE
                                              • A View From Central Park
                                              • Cy Runs Rock Waltz
                                              • Interlude - Cy Runs Rock Waltz
                                              • Sugar Hill Penthouse
                                              • Finale
                                          • Jumpin' Punkins
                                          • Dirge
                                          • A Little Light Psalf (Johnny Come Lately or Stomp in New Desor)
                                          • Black Beauty
                                          • Bakiff
                                          • Black And Tan Fantasy
                                          • Blue Bells Of Harlem
                                          • Boy Meets Horn
                                          • Rose of the Rio Grande
                                          • Concert programme, SI-NMAH DEC301, Series 2: Performances and Programs, 1933-1974, box 10, folder 6 Symphony Hall, Boston, Massachusetts, January 28, 1943
                                          • Pittsburgh Courier 1943-02-13 p.20 (story datelined Boston, Feb.11)
                                          • Stratemann, p.241, citing
                                            • Variety 1943-02-03 p.35
                                            • Down Beat 1943-02-15 p.12
                                          • Eugene Byas, Swing, The Harvard Crimson
                                            • Announcement 1943-01-27
                                            • Review 1943-02-03
                                          • Girvan:   Ellingtonia.com
                                          • MacHare:   A Duke Ellington Panorama
                                          • Timner
                                          • Ole J. Nielsen, Jazz Records 1942-80, A discography: Vol. Six, Duke Ellington
                                          • E. Lambert:
                                            Duke Ellington, A Listener's Guide
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                                          Thursday
                                          .Boston, Mass.The Tic Toc Theatre Club
                                          245 Tremont St.
                                          "At the end of the concert a testimonial was tendered Ellington and his men at the local Tic Toc Club."

                                          This was open to the public; it was announced in the concert programme:

                                          'AFTER THE CONCERT ....
                                          A ROYAL RECEPTION in honor of American's new "KING OF SWING"
                                          DUKE ELLINGTON and His Orchestra
                                          – at –
                                          THE TIC TOC THEATRE CLUB
                                          245 Tremont St. (opp. Met. Theatre) '

                                          • Stratemann, p.241, citing
                                            The Billboard, 1943-02-13 p.20
                                          • Concert programme, SI-NMAH DEC301, Series 2: Performances and Programs, 1933-1974, box 10, folder 6 Symphony Hall, Boston, Massachusetts, January 28, 1943
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                                          Sunday
                                          Providence, R.I.Metropolitan TheatreVaudeville with Jigsaw Jackson, Patterson & Jackson, and Lillian Fitzgerald. Stratemann reports the band "made a strong $9,900."
                                          • The Billboard, 1943-01-09 p.30 Advance Bookings
                                          • Stratemann p.241 citing Variety 1943-02-03 p.43
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                                          1943 02 03Worcester, Mass.Plymouth TheaterStage show
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                                          1943 02 07Passaic, N.J.Central Theatre Stage show

                                          Lionel Hampton subbed for Sonny Greer, who was ill, for two days of this engagement. The Baltimore Afro-American and Vail show a picture of the Ellington and Hampton on the theatre stage.

                                          A shortage of fuel oil for heating forced the theatre to close three days a week. The manager told Variety that it had renegotiated the one-week bookings of the Ray Kinney, Vincent Lopez, Vaughn Monroe and Duke Ellington bands to four day engagements.
                                          • The Baltimore Afro-American, Baltimore, Md.,
                                            1943-02-20 p.17
                                          • The Philadelphia Inquirer, Philadelphia, Penn.
                                            1943-02-19 p.30
                                          • Stratemann, p.241
                                            citing Variety 1943-01-10, p.33
                                          • Variety 1943-01-13, p.47
                                          • Vail I p.231
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                                          Saturday
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                                          Thursday
                                          .Wilmington, Del.Armory
                                          10th & Dupont
                                          • Band of the Month Dance, 8:30 to 12:30
                                          • For white persons only
                                          • Be patriotic - walk or ride the bus to this great attraction.
                                            BUSES RUNNING 'TILL 12:50
                                          • Admission $1.10 tax included
                                          • Journal-Every Evening, Wilmington, Del.
                                            • 1943-01-27 p.15
                                            • 1943-02-02 p.18
                                            • 1943-02-05 p.21
                                            • 1943-02-06 p.8
                                            • 1943-02-08 p.10
                                            • 1943-02-09 p.22
                                            • 1943-02-10 p.15
                                            • 1943-02-11 p.17
                                          • Wilmington Morning News, Wilmington, Del.
                                            • 1943-01-28 p.17
                                            • 1943-02-09 p.23
                                            • 1943-02-10 p.15
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                                          Philadelphia, Penn.Fay's TheaterVaudeville
                                          Duke Ellington and his Famous Orchestras Plus His All New Stage Revue. The Sunday ad said doors open at 9:30, with continuous shows until 2 a.m., the last complete stage and screen show starting at midnight.

                                          The Thursday ad, for the last day, had five showtimes starting at 1:10 p.m.

                                          The Billboard reported the theatre's gross, with a seating capacity of 2,200 ("house average $6,000"), went "way over $10,000" for the week.
                                          • The Philadelphia Inquirer, Philadelphia, Penn.
                                            • 1943-02-14 p.15
                                            • 1943-02-18 p.14
                                          • Variety 1943-01-20 p.43
                                          • Stratemann p.241 citing
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                                          Sunday
                                          Valentine's Day
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                                          Monday
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                                          Tuesday
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                                          Wednesday
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                                          Thursday
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                                          .Buffalo, N.Y.Ballroom
                                          Hotel Statler
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                                          .Cleveland, OhioPublic AuditoriumConcert 8:45 p.m., performed for an audience of 7,200. Ticket prices were $0.75, $1.10 and $1.65 and Variety estimated gross ticket sales at $9,400.

                                          This is the last known public performance of the complete (or substantially complete) "Black, Brown and Beige" suite. Previous performances were in Rye (1943 01 22), New York (1943 01 23) and Boston (1943 01 28).

                                          These reviews confirm the entire suite was played here:
                                          • Glenn C. Pullen, Cleveland Plain Dealer, 1943-02-07:

                                            'In every bistro where the legions of Ellington disciples, "hep cats" and more conservative musicians meet, they are still arguing about it [the Carnegie Hall concert]. The most heated debates center around the relative merits of "Black, Brown and Beige." This ... was the piece de resistance of his tony three-hour concert...
                                              Cleveland's jive-and-jitter addicts will have a chance to judge it themselves when the celebrated bandmaster and his orchestra repeat the entire program at Public Hall Feb.20... '

                                            Pullen carries on to recap some of the critical comment about B.B.C.
                                          • Fred Trezise, The Oberlin Review:

                                            'Duke Ellington's Public Hall concert in Cleveland was all that an Ellington affair should have been: thrilling in every way. "Black, Brown, and Beige," the Duke's most ambitious work to date, caused the most talk among the members of the audience. Some 45 minutes in length, this "tone parallel to the history of the American Negro" delved deeply into the resources of the Ellington personnel – starring in particular Joe Nanton. The more novel aspects of the opus were a section in waltz time, another devoted to a lyrical conception of "The Blues" as sung by Betty Roche, and such solos as Johnny Hodges'"Come Sunday," and Rex Stewart's "The Lighter Side."
                                              The Duke, a resplendent site in white tie and tails, proved the most modest of all soloists, but his concerto "Blue Belles of Harlem" shown once again his extraordinarily inventive imagination as a pianist-composer. And then there were the Ellington classics "Black and Tan Fantasy," "Rockin'in Rhythm," and "Mood Indigo." Cleveland's long-haired concert-goers were treated to a performance on the classical level, forceful, technically astonishing, and emotionally a overpowering.'

                                          Jazzed in Cleveland tells us two members of the band - George Early (trombone) and Francis Williams were Clevelanders. Early, a trombone player, subbed for Nanton in 1937-1938 and may have been subbing again.
                                          • Cleveland Plain Dealer, Cleveland, Ohio
                                            • 1943-02-07 p.18-B (Pullen column)
                                            • 1943-02-14 p.13-B
                                            • 1943-02-18 p.16
                                            • 1943-02-19 p.8
                                            • 1943-02-20 p.8
                                          • The Plaindealer, Kansas City, Kansas
                                            1943-02-19 p.3
                                          • Stratemann p.241 citing
                                            Variety 1943-02-24 p.31 [recte p. 32]
                                          • The Oberlin Review, Oberlin Ohio
                                            1943-03-02 p.2
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                                          Tuesday
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                                          Wednesday
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                                          Thursday
                                          1943 03 03Boston, Mass.Keith's RKO TheatreVaudeville
                                          Named in the ads and publicity were Ellington, Betty Roche, Jimmy Britton, Johnny Hodges, Rex Stuart [sic], Ray Nance "and other big acts."

                                          Boston Traveler reported the house was crowded, Ellington led the band from an upright piano but played a solo medley from a grand piano. The reviewer named vocalists Jimmy Britton and Betty Rochye [sic], but the only instrumentalist she mentioned was Johnny Hodge [sic]. Titles mentoned: "Sophisticated Lady," "Mood Indigo," "Solitude," "Sweet Georgia Brown," "C Jam Blues," "Goin' Up," "Don't Get Around Much Any More," "There'll Never Be Another You," "Moonlight Becomes You," "I Left My Sugar in Salt Lake City," "The Loving Lover Blues," and "Things Ain't What They Used to Be. Vaudevillians named: Patterson and Jackson, Jig Saw Jackson, and Al Guster (tap). The film feature was "Life Begins at 8:30" with Ida Lupino and Monty Woolley.

                                          Boston College review, Joe Cunningham:

                                          "The Sepia Sultan of Swing, Duke Ellington, has maintained his Boston reputation for fine appearances by combining sweet and swing in proper proportions. The high spot of the show was Duke's solo medley, and the maestro tickled the ivories in his own distinctive style in rendering 'Sophisticated Lady,' 'Mood Indigo,' and 'Solitude.' Also on the program was the special Ellington treatment of 'Sweet Georgia Brown,' along with 'Hayfoot Strawfoot,' mentioned in this column a few weeks back. His brilliant composer, arranger and leader, and the boys, likewise gave an exceptional rendition of Duke's latest work 'Don't Get Around Much Anymore,' featuring saxophonist extraordinary, Johnny Hodge [sic]."

                                          Boston College review, Ed Coen:

                                          "Duke Ellington was disappointing last week . . . He managed to play a couple of his good numbers, but he managed to play too much stuff that was just plain noise . . . His girl vocalist, replacing Ivy Anderson, proved more than capable . . . During the show one of the performers gives an imitation of the Ink Spots which is something you see just once in a lifetime ... It was that good . . . The screen fare was just average . . . "

                                          The Harvard Crimson:

                                          'You can include the Duke among those who were disappointed with the Ellington engagement at the RKO Boston last week. That plushy platform which served as a bandstand might have looked dandy from out front, but it played hob with the section work. Dividing the brasses up with the trumpets on one side and the trombones on the other, putting the saxes in between, and splitting the rhythm section north, east, south, and west, all may have been artistically perfect, but it was acoustically lousy.
                                            Most theatres have the bandstand mounted on rollers, so that it can come forward between the vaudeville acts. But not the RKO Boston. That jumble you heard was the music getting its feet tangled in the scenery. It's a pity, because the band sounded wonderful backstage. They ought to scrap the from part of the theatre and put the seats behind the band.
                                            Over the Crimson Network last Monday, Duke explained why the program, at the Boston theatre was so disappointing, but he didn't have time to express himself, too clearly. Boiled down, it all comes to this: regardless of the success which Ellington has had playing his own choices, the theatre managers have to have their own way, or else Ellington just doesn't play return engagements. It isn't a matter of what the public likes, you have to please the managers...'

                                          • The Boston Herald, Boston, Mass.
                                            • 1943-02-22 p.20
                                            • 1943-02-26 p.34
                                          • Boston Traveler, Boston, Mass.
                                            • 1943-02-24 p.10
                                            • 1943-02-26 p.30
                                          • Boston College Heights, student newspaper,
                                            1943-03-05, p.3
                                          • Eugene Benyas, SWING, The Harvard Crimson, Harvard University, Cambridge, Mass. 1943-03-08
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                                          Saturday
                                          .Boston, Mass.Keith's RKO TheatreStage show - see 1943 02 25...
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                                          Sunday
                                          .Boston, Mass.Keith's RKO TheatreStage show - see 1943 02 25...
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                                          Sunday
                                          ...Peripheral event

                                          '...Victor has prepared a discography of Ellington's recordings which will be sent gratis to any serious collector. The discography is a complete listing of every record the Duke and his boys ever made and gives all the facts demanded by collectors such as date and place of recording, band personnel at the time, and so on. Write Stephan Sholes, Record Sales Department, R.C.A. Victor Division, Camden, N.J.'

                                          Cleveland Plain Dealer, Cleveland, Ohio
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                                          Monday
                                          .Cambridge, Mass.Harvard UniversityThe Harvard Crimson:

                                          'Duke Ellington, genius of American jazz, comes to Harvard again tonight when he appears in a Crimson Network interview at 11 o'clock. The great Negro pianist will answer questions put by Mac Passano '46, with Eugene C. Benyas '43, CRIMSON Swing columnist, also taking part.
                                            Part of the Network's "Jazz Man" series, the program will involve discussion of that field of music and especially Duke's own work. Ellington was at Harvard once before, when he was interviewed on the Network last spring.'

                                          The Harvard Crimson report quoted at 1943 02 25 above confirms Ellington appeared.
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                                          Thursday
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                                          Friday
                                          .Washington, D.C.Howard UniversityDance
                                          "Saturday March 20 1943
                                          Duke Receives Howard Trophy
                                          Washington (ANP) - At a benefit affair given by the student council of Howard University last Friday, Duke Ellington was the recipient of the first Student Council Achievement trophy. This trophy will be given annually to some out-standing Negro who has contributed something beneficial to the uplifting of the Negro race. It was presented to Mr. Ellington in recognition of 20 years of achievement in the field of music."
                                          • The Afro-American, Baltimore, Md.
                                            1943-03-13, p.4
                                          • ANP wirestory datelined Washington:
                                            • San Antonio Register, San Antonio,Tex.
                                              1943-03-19 p.7
                                            • Unidentified newspaper,
                                              1943-03-20
                                          • Stratemann p. 241 citing
                                            Variety 1943-03-03 p.34
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                                          Saturday
                                          .New York, N.Y.Columbia Broadcasting System
                                          52nd Street

                                          The Ellington orchestra was to play a CBS broadcast for the National Negro Publisher's Association at 2:30 pm.

                                          The Afro-American reported only Duke played:

                                          'Duke's Band Misses Press Broadcast
                                          By Ralph Matthews

                                          NEW YORK. –It was easier for the Columbia Broadcasting System to pick up a talk by Ollie Stewart, AFRO war correspondent in North Africa, than it was for Duke Ellington to get his instruments from Pennsylvania Station to the studio at 52nd Street on Saturday.
                                            This was one of the ironies of the Negro Newspaper Week broadcast heard over a nation-wide hookup ...

                                          Men Early Sans Tools
                                            Mr. Ellington and members of the band rushed into the studio a half hour before the program was to go on the air direct from the train which brought them from Washington where they had played the previous night at Howard University.
                                            But, as the fingers of the clock crept toward 2:30, the trucks dispatched to pick up the instruments were either stalled somewhere in traffic or the bandsmen's trunks did not arrive on the same train.
                                            This is why when America listened in on this historic broadcast Duke played a piano solo as his salute to the colored press. His bandsmen looked on dejectedly.

                                          No Other Hitches
                                            The remainder of the hour-long program went on without mishap and although New York was engulfed in one of the season's worst combination rain, snow and slush storms, the voices of Randy...'

                                          • The Afro-American, Baltimore, Md.,
                                            1943-03-13 p.5
                                          • Stratemann, p. 241 citing
                                            Metronome 1943-03, p.7
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                                          Saturday
                                          .New York, N.Y.Royal Windsor Ballroom
                                          SENSATIONAL DANCE TONITE (SAT.) 8:30 P.M.!
                                          DICK GILBERTWHN TROUBADOUR
                                          PRESENTS
                                          FIRST AND ONLY DANCE APPEARANCE IN TWO YEARS!
                                          DUKE ELLINGTON AND HIS FAMOUS
                                          ORCHESTRA
                                          Positively In Person, The Entire Evening

                                          FEATURING
                                          Johnny Hodges, Rex Stewart, Lawrence Brown, Sonny Greer,
                                          Ray Nance, Ben Webster, Betty Roche and Jimmy Britton

                                          EXTRA
                                          HAZEL SCOTT

                                          PIANO - VOCAL STAR
                                          OF CAFE SOCIETY
                                          PLUS
                                          CHARLEY BARNET - HAL McINTYRE
                                          To Extend Greetings to Due and His Band
                                          $1.00 ROYAL WINDSOR $1.00
                                          69 West 66 St., near Broadway, N.Y.C.

                                          Dane - "rained out" - audience only 1550, about 2,000 fewer than expected.

                                          Bandleaders Hal McIntyre and Charlie Barnett attended.

                                          Helen Ward (McIntyre's singer) sang "Don't Get Around Much Anymore" with the band

                                          Barnett subbed for late-arriving Hardwick in the first set.
                                          • New York Post, New York, N.Y., 1943-03-06 p.15
                                          • Stratemann p.241 citing
                                            • Amsterdam News, New York, N.Y.
                                              1943-03-06 p.16
                                            • Variety 1943-03-10 p.43
                                            • Metronome 1943-04, p.8
                                            • Down Beat 1943-04-01 p.8
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                                          Sunday
                                          .Washington, D.C.Turner's Arena
                                          14th & W Streets, NW
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                                          Monday
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                                          Tuesday
                                          .New York, N.Y.Savoy Ballroom
                                          148th St. and Lenox Ave.
                                          "One Night Only celebrating Savoy's 17th Anniversary Week with a Gala Birthday Party...featuring Duke Ellington and His Orchestra"Ad, Amsterdam News, 1943-03-06, p.16..
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                                          Wednesday
                                          .Hartford, Conn.State TheaterVaudeville:
                                          While Stratemann (citing Down Beat), and thus Vail I, report this was a concert, it was advertised as Duke Ellington and his Famous Band plus his own 20th Anniversary Stage Show, with show times at 1:30, 5:40, 9:25 and midnight. The vaudevilians were not named.
                                          • The Hartford Daily Courant, Hartford, Conn.
                                            • 1943-03-09 pp.10, 11
                                            • 1943-03-10 p.7
                                          • Stratemann p.241 citing
                                            Down Beat 1943-04-01 p.12
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                                          Thursday
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                                          Friday
                                          .Boston, Mass.Roseland State Ballroom
                                          Massachusetts Avenue
                                          Stratemann and Vail I describe this engagement as being a week-long engagement but Roger Boyes' research shows other dates that week. An unattributed advertisement dated 1943-03-06 only refers to one night, Friday: The Esquire Club presents Duke Ellington and his Famous Orchestra featuring Jimmy Britton and Betty Rochye [sic] at Roseland State Ballroom Friday Eve. March 12th. Dancing (illegible) p.m. to 2 a.m."

                                          The appearance is mentioned in The Harvard Crimson as well, and the wording of its announcements and report only speak of a single night:

                                          'Ellington's date at the Roseland broke all records for the place, with nearly 2000 people. The sax section was in very poor shape owing to the absence of Otto Hardwick... '

                                          • The Afro-American, Baltimore, Md., 1943-03-06 p.17 (per Rainer jazz clippings)
                                          • Eugene Benyas, Swing, The Harvard Crimson
                                            • 1943-03-08
                                            • 1943-03-12
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                                          Monday
                                          .Holyoke, Mass......
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                                          Tuesday
                                          .Cumberland, Md.Maryland TheatreDuke Ellington and His Famous Orchestra, featuring Betty Roché, Jimmy Britton, Johnny Hodges, Rex Stewart and Ray Nance.

                                          Four performances, 1:40, 4:10, 7:15, 9:30 pm

                                          The film is Laugh Your Blues Away

                                          Since the ads don't mention vaudevillians, this may have been just the band.
                                          Ads and plug, The Sunday Times and the Evening Times, Cumberland, Md.
                                          • 1943-03-14, p.15
                                          • 1943-03-15, p.7
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                                          Wednesday
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                                          Thursday
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                                          237 7th St.
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                                          Saturday
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                                          Sunday
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                                          Monday
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                                          Tuesday
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                                          Sunday
                                          .New Haven, Conn.Shubert TheaterSUNDAY ONLY
                                          DUKE ELLINGTON
                                          AND
                                          HIS FAMOUS BAND
                                          ALL-STAR SURPRISE VARIETY SHOW
                                          PLUS
                                          BIG NOVELTY SCREEN SHOW.
                                          The Yale Daily News
                                          • 1943-03-26 p.4
                                          • 1943-03-27 p.2
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                                          Tuesday
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                                          Wednesday
                                          ...PERSONNEL CHANGE
                                          Otto Hardwick leaves the band
                                          • New Desor vol.2
                                          • The Billboard, 1943-06-19 p.21
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                                          Thursday
                                          1943 09 23New York, N.Y.Hurricane Restaurant
                                          Second floor
                                          Brill Building
                                          49th & Broadway
                                          (Ellington had offices in this building)
                                          Dancing 7 pm to 4 am with 2 nightly performances of the floor show 'Mood Indigo.'
                                          • The Billboard's announcement said the acts were white.
                                          • Earl Wilson, New York Post said the show would include the June Taylor Dancers; Bob Bromley and his Marionettes; Ross Wyse, Jr.and June Mann; Harris, Claire and Shannon, the dance trio; vocalists Bette [sic] Roche [sic] and Jimmy Britton.
                                          • His April 2 review of opening night:

                                            '...The sight of Duke being lowered from the ceiling on a stage that seemed to come right out of the roof was one of the most striking that Saloon Society witnessed last night. The Duke, sitting up there with his fingers on the keyboard of a piano, might have been coming down from Heaven,...His coattail fell down over the back of his piano bench and as the stage lowered, he sat there playing "Sophisticated Lady," "Mood Indigo," "My Solitude" and other of his own compostions. His band was on the same descending stage, but behind a curtain, and unseen.
                                              Ina Ray Hutton, the pretty band leader... was behind me and I heard her say, "I love this!" All over the joint, band leaders, musicians and arrangers were tapping their feet, keeping time or humming the familiar tunes.'

                                            Use the 1943-04-02 p.31 hyperlink to the right to read the rest of this review in the FultonHistory.com free archive. Note that a photograph by Gordon Parks shows only Ellington descending from the ceiling; the band is at the back of the stage, at stage level.
                                          • 10:45pm WOR-MBS broadcast
                                          • The Afro-American 1943-05-15 edition announced Ellington had signed a contract with the Hurricane that would keep him there until Sept.15, and that he would compose the music for new shows every six weeks.
                                          • Stratemann reports the contract was unique in that it was for six weeks, renewable only at Duke's option for two more six week periods.
                                          • Stratemann reports the band played for dancing, alternating with the Dave Dennis orchestra, from 7 pm to 4 am, and for shows at 8 pm and 12:30 am.
                                          • Ellington's contracts were for a percentage of the door receipts, initially with a guarantee of $2,000/week, increased in July to $2,500, however Ellington's weekly share was always at or above $3,000.
                                          • The engagement continued until Sept. 23. Its success inspired club owner David Volper to book other bands and to pre-book Ellington for twenty 1944 weeks.
                                          • Stratemann says the band had Mondays off, and at least during the first term of the contract, was to be broadcast for 15 minutes six nights a week by radio station WOR on the MBS network. Radio logs show fewer broadcasts.
                                          • The weekly 7 pm Sunday broadcast was called "Pastel Period."
                                            The Pittsburgh Courier, in a story datelined New York, June 10, reported Pastel Perod as soft, relaxed, intimate performances of typical Ellington compositions. On June 26, it said the program was being set up for sale and might become commercial [i.e., sponsored].
                                          • Many photographs by Gordon Parks, of Ellington, the band, the audience, dancers and the club personnel can be seen on the Library of Congress website

                                          Anecdotal information:
                                          • The Billboard, 1943-08-07, in a story datelined July 31:
                                            • Ellington's "socko" showing at the Hurricane influenced the Broadway niteries to use bands again.
                                            • Ellington's success had nearly doubled what he would charge for theatres.
                                            • Ellington was averaging 10 air shots a week; 8 on WHN and 2 on WHN. The cafe paid about $50 tax on each broadcast, but Wolper was happy to pay $500 a week and gave Cress Courtney of William Morris Agency the green light to secure more time on WABC.
                                          • Ellington:

                                            'We stayed six months. We deliberately did it and used to lose about $500 a week to do that, but when we came out after being on the radio practically every night we were so hot we could go out and demand a tremendous amount of money. In a very short while we wiped out our deficit.'

                                          • George:
                                            • Ellington had an office on the sixth floor of the Brill Building.
                                          • Gordon:
                                            • Band members would take an employee staircase down to a street level Greek restaurant in the Brill Building during their intermissions.
                                            • Ellington hired a young Claire Gordon (then Miss Phillips) as band secretary when he encountered her in this restaurant one evening. They already knew each other from Los Angeles.
                                            • Duke sent her to see auditor Bill Mittler to do the necessary paperwork to be hired. She was to be paid $25/week.
                                            • The man in charge of Tempo Music's sheet music was Ted Persons.
                                            • Miss Phillips was hired to answer fan mail. Ellington had her have a rubber stamp with his signature made, so she could stamp his autograph on the photos she sent to fans.
                                            • Sheet music and lyrics received in the mail were returned to the senders.
                                            • Duke's dressing room at the Hurricane was a two-room suite. Bea Ellis would sit all evening in the outer, reception, room.
                                            • Miss Phillips and Mr. Persons would sometimes buy armloads of the magazines that published band polls so they could fill in ballots to make Ellington's the most popular band.
                                            • When members of the band went out to the street during long breaks, Miss Phillips would sometimes accompany them with Juan Tizol as her escort, at Duke's direction.
                                          • Earl Wilson:
                                            There was no cover charge, but there was a $2.00 minimum all evening Mondays to Thursdays, $2.00 minimum for dinner hour weekends and Sundays, and $3.00 minimum weekends and Sundays after 10 p.m.
                                          • The April 16 New York Post Service Men's Guide III confirms much of this information, with minor changes:
                                            • Dinner from $1.50
                                            • Minimum weekdays dinner $1.50, supper $2, supper weekend dinner $2.00, Sundays $3.00, Holiday eves $3. Drinks from 75 cents.
                                            • Shows weekdays at 8:30 and 12:30; Saturdays, 8, 10 and 1
                                          • Dorothy Kilgallen, On Broadway:

                                            'Dave Wolper, owner of the Hurricane, will present Duke Ellington with a diamond-studded wristwatch for breaking all records at that cafe. Last week's gross was over $35,000.'

                                          • Dolores Calvin, The Apple..Notes on New York

                                            '...As a going-away present, his manager at the Hurricane, Dave Wolper, gave the Duke a diamond and ruby wristwatch,' tis reported, at a party in his honor..'


                                          • Stratemann, pp.241-242 citing
                                            • Variety
                                              • 1943-07-14 p.81
                                              • 1943-05-26 p.48
                                              • 1943-07-07 p.48
                                            • The Billboard
                                              • 1943-04-17 p.20
                                              • 1943-07-10 p.16
                                            • Metronome 1943-05 p.18
                                            • Down Beat
                                              • 1943-06-04 p.1
                                              • 1943-07-01 p.3
                                              • 1943-07-15 pp.3, 16
                                              • 1943-10-15 p.1
                                          • Ted Watson, Midnightman in Chicago (ANP wirestory) datelined Chicago
                                            • The Plaindealer, Kansas City, Kansas
                                              1943-03-19 p.3
                                            • The Carolina Times, Durham, N.C., 1943-03-20 p.6
                                          • Ruth G. Davis, Going Places, Brooklyn Eagle, Brooklyn, N.Y.
                                            1943-04-23 p.8
                                          • New York Post, New York, N.Y.
                                          • The Billboard
                                            • 1943-03-27 p.11
                                            • 1943-08-07 p.13
                                          • The Pittsburgh Courier, Pittsburgh, Penn.
                                            • 1943-06-12 p.20
                                            • 1943-06-26 p.20
                                          • Stuart Nicholson, Reminiscing in Tempo, A Portrait of Duke Ellington, p.253, ibid., quoting Ellington from SI-NMAH's Carter Harman Interview Collection: 1964 #4
                                          • Don George, Sweet Man, The Real Duke Ellington, G.P.Putnam's Sons, New York, 1981, p.29
                                          • Claire P. Gordon,My Unforgettable Jazz Friends, Duke, Benny, Nat, Rex..., Phase V Press, Arroyo Grande, Cal., 2004, pp.231-233
                                          • Dorothy Kilgallen, On Broadway, Mansfield News-Journal, Mansfield, Ohio
                                            1943-09-14 p.3
                                          • Dolores Calvin, The Apple..Notes on New York, Los Angeles Tribune, Los Angeles, Cal.
                                            1943-10-11 p.19
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                                          Friday
                                          7 pm - 4 am
                                          .New York, N.Y.Hurricane RestaurantSee 1943 04 01

                                          Dancing, with floor show 'Mood Indigo' at 8 pm and 12:30 am

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                                          Saturday
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                                          .New York, N.Y.Hurricane RestaurantSee 1943 04 01

                                          Dancing, with floor show 'Mood Indigo' at 8 pm and 12:30 am

                                          WOR-MBS broadcast at midnight
                                          Duke Ellington and His Orchestra
                                          Jones, Stewart, Baker, Nance, Brown, Nanton, Tizol, Haughton, Mallard, Hodges, Webster, Carney, Ellington, Guy, Raglin, Greer, Roché, Britton

                                          Titles recorded:
                                          • Take The "A" Train (theme)
                                          • Hayfoot, Strawfoot
                                          • It Can't Be Wrong
                                          • What Am I Here For?
                                          • Main Stem
                                          • Could It Be You?
                                          • Going Up
                                          • Don't Get Around Much Anymore
                                          • Nevada
                                          • Things Ain't What They Used To Be
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                                          Saturday
                                          .New York, N.Y.Grand Ballroom
                                          Hotel Capitol
                                          51st St. and 8th Ave.

                                          'The United Young Folks League of Greater New York tonight sponsor a gala dance and entertainment in the grand ballroom of the Hotel Capitol, 51st St. and 8th Ave. Personal appearances will be made by Jack Eigen and Duke Ellington. Cass Carr and his orchestra, featuring Vivian Morgan, Rudy Malone and Danny Logan, will play for dancing.'

                                          The accompanying advertisement shows:
                                          • The full name of the sponsor is shown as "United Young Folks League of Greater N.Y. Inc."
                                          • Photo of Jack Eigen captioned "A feature on WOR and WMCA"
                                          • The ad says "Jack Eigen Presents In Person Duke Ellington (Courtesy Hurricane Restaurant) ... to pick [the] winner of Dance Contest
                                          • The orchestra was billed "Cass Carr and his Savoy Ballroom Orch."
                                          • Admission 59 cents
                                          New York Post, New York, N.Y.
                                          1943-04-03 p.16
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                                          Sunday
                                          7 pm - 4 am
                                          .New York, N.Y.Hurricane RestaurantSee 1943 04 01

                                          Dancing, with floor show 'Mood Indigo' at 8 pm and 12:30 am

                                          WOR-MBS broadcast at 10:45
                                          Duke Ellington and His Orchestra
                                          W. Jones, Stewart, Baker, Nance, Brown, Nanton, Tizol, Haughton, Mallard, Hodges, Webster, Carney, Ellington, Guy, Raglin, Greer, Roché,
                                          • Take The "A" Train (theme)
                                          • Don't Get Around Much Anymore
                                          • Main Stem
                                          • I Don't Want Nobody At All
                                          • Johnny Come Lately
                                          • Things Ain't What They Used To Be
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                                          Monday
                                          8:30 pm
                                          .New York, N.Y.Madison Square Garden Red Cross benefit concert by a galaxy of stars

                                          "Madison Square Garden was packed to the rafters last night by a crowd that had paid from $2.20 to $5,000 for the privilege of witnessing an extraordinary galaxy of stage, screen and radio stars in a benefit performance for the 1943 Red Cross War Fund."(1)
                                          Stratemann reports this as Apr. 6 (2) but the N.Y. Times and the Brooklyn Daily Eagle (3)say Apr. 5.

                                          Monday seems to be right since Ellington worked at the Hurricane on Tuesdays.

                                          Stratemann says Ellington's band appeared in combination with the Tommy Dorsey orchestra to back Ethel Waters, but the Daily Eagle (3) names the Jimmy Dorsey orchestra.
                                          • (1) New York Times 1943-04-06
                                          • (2)Stratemann, p.242 citing Variety 1943-04-07 p.43
                                          • (3) Brooklyn Daily Eagle 1943-04-03 p.14
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                                          1943 04 05
                                          Monday
                                          8:30 pm
                                          .Cambridge, Mass.Sanders Theatre
                                          Harvard University
                                          Cancelled concert.
                                          Eugene Benyas:

                                          'If all had gone well, tonight was to have been the wonderful night. At 8:30 ... the Music Department was to present Duke Ellington and his orchestra in a program of important Ellington compositions...
                                          The concert would have been notable for many reasons. It would be first time a jazz band played a serious concert at Harvard, the first time Negroes have performed here. The program would have differed from the Carnegie Hall and Symphony Hall concerts, in that the emphasis was to be on music, not exhibitionism. Ellington was playing here because the Music Department felt that his music had someith to say, and because Ellington wanted an audience he didn't have to play down to.

                                          All this has passed from the going-to-be into the was-to-have-been. Everything on this end was all set up. Four days before the news was to be released, the agency asked us to postpone the concert. We'd already postponed it once; we couldn't postpone it again...

                                          The gist of the matter is that the agency was more interested in previous commitments, chiefly Duke's opening April 1st at the Hurricane in New York, and they had no idea of the urgency of affairs...

                                          ...The little consolation the men of Harvard will have from this affair is that Duke broadcasts from the Hurricane nearly every night at 10:45, WNAC, which should be carrying it, does not, only WOR, 700 kilocycles. "Dat ole debbil, he knows way."'

                                          Eugene Benyas, Swing, Harvard Crimson 1943 04 05..
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                                          1943 04 00.New York, N.Y.Hurricane RestaurantUndated broadcasts

                                          New Desor lists 3 recorded April remote broadcasts from the Hurricane without precise dates, showing the same personnel as April 3 to 7. If the personnel lists are correct, this would seem to indicate they were aired between April 4 and 6. but Girvan, MacHare and Timner date one April 25. The other two are:

                                          Duke Ellington and His Orchestra
                                          Jones, Stewart, Baker, Nance, Brown, Nanton, Tizol, Haughton, Mallard, Hodges, Webster, Carney, Ellington, Guy, Raglin, Greer, Roché, Britton

                                          Titles recorded:
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                                            Jones, Stewart, Baker, Nance, Brown, Nanton, Tizol, Haughton, Mallard, Hodges, Webster, Carney, Ellington, Guy, Raglin, Greer, Roché
                                            • What's The Good Word Mr. Bluebird?
                                            • It Can't Be Wrong
                                            • Harlem Air Shaft
                                            • Don't Get Around Much Anymore
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                                            Duke Ellington and His Orchestra
                                            Jones, Stewart, Baker, Nance, Brown, Nanton, Tizol, Haughton, Mallard, Hodges, Webster, Carney, Ellington, Guy, Raglin, Greer, Britton
                                            • Take The "A" Train (theme)
                                            • What Am I Here For?
                                            • Barzallai Lou
                                            • Ring Around The Moon
                                            • Cotton Tail
                                            • Don't Get Around Much Anymore
                                        • Girvan:   Ellingtonia.com
                                        • MacHare:   A Duke Ellington Panorama
                                        • Timner
                                        • New Desor
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                                          Tuesday
                                          7 pm - 4 am
                                          .New York, N.Y.Hurricane RestaurantSee 1943 04 01

                                          Dancing, with floor show 'Mood Indigo' at 8 pm and 12:30 am

                                          The New York Times did not list a broadcast this day.
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                                          1943 04 07
                                          Wednesday
                                          7 pm - 4 am
                                          .New York, N.Y.Hurricane RestaurantSee 1943 04 01

                                          Dancing, with floor show 'Mood Indigo' at 8 pm and 12:30 am

                                          10:45 pm MBS broadcast over WOR
                                          Duke Ellington and His Orchestra
                                          W. Jones, Stewart, Baker, Nance, Brown, Nanton, Tizol, Haughton, Mallard, Hodges, Webster, Carney, Ellington, Guy, Raglin, Greer, Roché
                                          Titles recorded:
                                          • My Gal Sal
                                          • You'll Never Know
                                          • Way Low
                                          • Hayfoot, Strawfoot
                                          • Don't Get Around Much Anymore
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                                          1943 04 08
                                          Thursday
                                          7 pm - 4 am
                                          .New York, N.Y.Hurricane RestaurantSee 1943 04 01

                                          Dancing, with floor show 'Mood Indigo' at 8 pm and 12:30 am

                                          10:45 pm MBS broadcast over WOR
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                                          1943 04 09
                                          Friday
                                          7 pm - 4 am
                                          .New York, N.Y.Hurricane RestaurantSee 1943 04 01

                                          Dancing, with floor show 'Mood Indigo' at 8 pm and 12:30 am

                                          8:15 pm MBS broadcast over WOR
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                                          1943 04 10
                                          Saturday
                                          ...PERSONNEL CHANGE
                                          Chauncey Haughton leaves the band - the Afro-American reported he reported for induction this date. Billy Rowe, in the Pittsburgh Courier, wrote about his departure, and said both Ben Webster and Junior Raglin were "Army booked for May." He continues:

                                          '...no permanent replacement has been made and a situation is fast developing which has every maestro in the business losing sleep and pulling thinning hair. In sort, many of the baton spinners are up in arms and wondering why the government has failed to clarify the musicians' status as a part of the fight at home and abroad. In the present face of things, many of the leaders and band agencies are wondering just how long they will be able to continue. In some cases bands have lost upwards to 25 men at a clip. Many of them have been men whose talents made them as irreplaceable as Ben Webster.
                                            In several European countries musicians are deferred as essential to the morale of the public...'

                                          (While neither Webster nor Raglin were drafted in 1943, Webster would leave that band that summer. Raglin stayed until 1945 and was back a couple of times afterwards.)
                                          • New Desor vol.2
                                          • Baltimore Afro-American, Baltimore, Md.
                                            1943-04-24 p. 8
                                          • Pittsburgh Courier, Pittsburgh, Penn.
                                            1943-04-21 p.20
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                                          Saturday
                                          .New York, N.Y.Mecca Temple
                                          138 W.55th St.
                                          SAT.
                                          8:30
                                          TONIGHT
                                          YOUNG MEN'S LEAGUE OF NEW YORK
                                          DUKE ELLINGTON
                                          Courtesy of DAVE WOLPER
                                          HURRICANE RESTAURANT
                                          DANCING UNTIL 2 A.M.ADM.
                                          68c
                                          [illegible]
                                          MECCA TEMPLE
                                          138 W. 55th St., just off 7th Ave.

                                          'The Young Men's League of New York sponsor a dance tonight at Mecca Temple. Duke Ellington will make a guest appearance.'

                                          New York Post, New York, N.Y.
                                          1943-03-10 p.19
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                                          1943 04 10
                                          Saturday
                                          7 pm - 4 am
                                          .New York, N.Y.Hurricane RestaurantSee 1943 04 01

                                          Dancing, with floor show 'Mood Indigo' at 8 pm and 12:30 am

                                          Midnight MBS broadcast over WOR
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                                          1943 04 11
                                          Sunday
                                          7 pm - 4 am
                                          .New York, N.Y.Hurricane RestaurantSee 1943 04 01

                                          Dancing, with floor show 'Mood Indigo' at 8 pm and 12:30 am

                                          The New York Times did not list a broadcast this day.
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                                          Monday
                                          ..activities not documented...
                                          ...
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                                          Tuesday
                                          7 pm - 4 am
                                          .New York, N.Y.Hurricane RestaurantSee 1943 04 01

                                          Dancing, with floor show 'Mood Indigo' at 8 pm and 12:30 am

                                          The New York Times did not list a broadcast this day.
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                                          1943 04 14
                                          Wednesday
                                          7 pm - 4 am
                                          .New York, N.Y.Hurricane RestaurantSee 1943 04 01

                                          Dancing, with floor show 'Mood Indigo' at 8 pm and 12:30 am

                                          10:45 pm MBS broadcast over WOR, reviewed by The Billboard
                                          "On the Air," The Billboard, 1943-04-24 p.21..
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                                          Thursday
                                          7 pm - 4 am
                                          .New York, N.Y.Hurricane RestaurantSee 1943 04 01

                                          Dancing, with floor show 'Mood Indigo' at 8 pm and 12:30 am

                                          10:45 pm MBS broadcast over WOR
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                                          Friday
                                          7 pm - 4 am
                                          .New York, N.Y.Hurricane RestaurantSee 1943 04 01

                                          Dancing, with floor show 'Mood Indigo' at 8 pm and 12:30 am

                                          10 pm MBS broadcast over WOR
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                                          Saturday
                                          7 pm - 4 am
                                          .New York, N.Y.Hurricane RestaurantSee 1943 04 01

                                          Dancing, with floor show 'Mood Indigo' at 8 pm and 12:30 am

                                          Midnight MBS broadcast over WOR
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                                          Saturday
                                          .New York, N.Y.Town Hall
                                          123 West 43rd St.
                                          Fundraiser - "Part proceeds to N.Y. Labor War Chest for Allied War Relief.:

                                          ' NEW YORK, April 23–...Coupled with Hazel Scott, the piano darling of the Uptown Cafe society, Ellington was presented in Town Hall Saturday night. Shown off in a musical portrayal of the home front fight under the supervision of the Social Services Employees; union, Local 19, United Office and Professional Workers of America. The star duet were seen in "Battlefont U.S.A." Patricia Peardon and Morris Carnovsky were also presented.'

                                          • Ad, New York Post, New York, N.Y.
                                            1943-04-17 p.11
                                          • Report, Pittsburgh Courier, Pittsburgh, Penn.,
                                            1943-04-24 p.20
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                                          Sunday
                                          7 pm - 4 am
                                          .New York, N.Y.Hurricane RestaurantSee 1943 04 01

                                          Dancing, with floor show 'Mood Indigo' at 8 pm and 12:30 am

                                          The New York Times did not list a broadcast this day.
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                                          1943 04 19
                                          Monday
                                          ..activities not documented...
                                          ...
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                                          Tuesday
                                          7 pm - 4 am
                                          .New York, N.Y.Hurricane RestaurantSee 1943 04 01

                                          Dancing, with floor show 'Mood Indigo' at 8 pm and 12:30 am

                                          The New York Times did not list a broadcast this day.
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                                          Wednesday
                                          ..CBS studio10:30 p.m. EWT broadcast "Cresta Blanca Carnival" broadcast

                                          Baker, Nance, Brown, Nanton, Mallard, Carney, Ellington, Raglin, and Morton Gould's 50-piece CBS house band. Vivienne della Chiesa was also in this broadcast.

                                          Titles performed:
                                          • Mood Indigo/Sophisticated Lady
                                          • It Don't Mean a Thing
                                          • PM, New York, N.Y.
                                            1943-04-21 p.24
                                          • The Oregonian, Portland, Ore.,
                                            1943-04-21 p.4
                                          • The Pittsburgh Courier, Pittsburgh, Penn.
                                            1943-05-01 p.20 (datelined 1943-04-29)
                                          • Brooklyn Eagle, New York, N.Y.
                                            1943-04-21 p.24
                                          New Desor
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                                          1943 04 21
                                          Wednesday
                                          7 pm - 4 am
                                          .New York, N.Y.Hurricane RestaurantSee 1943 04 01

                                          Dancing, with floor show 'Mood Indigo' at 8 pm and 12:30 am

                                          The New York Times did not list a broadcast on WOR this day, but has a variety show on WABC with Ellington on piano at 10:30 pm.
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                                          Thursday
                                          7 pm - 4 am
                                          .New York, N.Y.Hurricane RestaurantSee 1943 04 01

                                          Dancing, with floor show 'Mood Indigo' at 8 pm and 12:30 am

                                          10:45 pm MBS broadcast over WOR
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                                          Friday
                                          7 pm - 4 am
                                          .New York, N.Y.Hurricane RestaurantSee 1943 04 01

                                          Dancing, with floor show 'Mood Indigo' at 8 pm and 12:30 am

                                          The New York Times radio schedule does not list an Ellington broadcast on WOR but the Brooklyn Eagle has the Ellington Orchestra on WMCA at 6 p.m.
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                                          Saturday
                                          7 pm - 4 am
                                          .New York, N.Y.Hurricane RestaurantSee 1943 04 01

                                          Dancing, with floor show 'Mood Indigo' at 8 pm and 12:30 am

                                          Midnight MBS broadcast over WOR
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                                          Sunday
                                          7 pm - 4 am
                                          .New York, N.Y.Hurricane RestaurantSee 1943 04 01

                                          Dancing, with floor show 'Mood Indigo' at 8 pm and 12:30 am

                                          The New York Times radio schedule does not list an Ellington broadcast on WOR.

                                          The Amsterdam News reported:

                                          "Duke Sponsors Charity Drive
                                          Duke Ellington, now appearing with his famous orchestra at New York's Hurricane, is vitally interested in the Colored Orphan Asylum at Riverdale, N.Y. and made a public appeal for aid for the Institution. The Asylum has a budget of $370,000 for this year and Mr. Ellington, in his appeal, reminded listeners that we have to meet this challenge to give these Negro children an opportunity for good citizenship in the world of tomorrow. Over 100 boys from the institution are now serving in the armed forces - protecting democracy."

                                          Amsterdam News 1943-09-25 p.98New Desor
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                                          Monday
                                          .New York, N.Y.Little Theater
                                          New York University
                                          Day off for the band.

                                          The James Weldon Johnson Society presented Ellington with its annual honorary music award.
                                          • Brooklyn Eagle, New York, N.Y.,
                                            1943-04-16 p.20
                                          • The Pittsburgh Courier, Pittsburgh, Penn.
                                            1943-04-17 p.20
                                          • Stratemann p.242 citing
                                            Variety 1943-04-28 p.48
                                          .
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                                          Tuesday
                                          7 pm - 4 am
                                          .New York, N.Y.Hurricane RestaurantSee 1943 04 01

                                          Dancing, with floor show 'Mood Indigo' at 8 pm and 12:30 am

                                          The New York Times radio schedule does not list an Ellington broadcast on WOR.
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                                          Wednesday
                                          7 pm - 4 am
                                          .New York, N.Y.Hurricane RestaurantSee 1943 04 01

                                          Dancing, with floor show 'Mood Indigo' at 8 pm and 12:30 am

                                          10:15 pm MBS broadcast over WOR
                                          Billy Rowe:

                                          '...Duke Ellington will do a special request broadcast to Brazil Wednesday from the Hurricane on the Stem, where he is setting new recrds and gaining added fame...'

                                          • Billy Rowe's Notebook, Pittsburgh Courier, Pittsburgh Penn.
                                            1943-04-24 p.20
                                          • William Juengst, Radio Dialog, Brooklyn Eagle, Brooklyn, N.Y.
                                            1943-04-28 p.20
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                                          Thursday
                                          Ellington's birthday
                                          7 pm - 4 am
                                          .New York, N.Y.Hurricane RestaurantSee 1943 04 01

                                          Dancing, with floor show 'Mood Indigo' at 8 pm and 12:30 am

                                          The New York Times radio schedule does not list an Ellington broadcast on WOR.
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                                          Friday
                                          .New York, N.Y.Hotel AstorEllington received the New York Newspaper Guild Page One award for Great American Musician of the People. Others received awards too, and the event was to be broadcast coast-to-coast over WOR.were given as well, and the event The ev
                                          • Stratemann p.242 citing
                                            • Amsterdam News 1943-04-24
                                            • Variety 1943-04-28
                                          • Portsmouth N.H. Herald 1943-04-30 radio listings
                                          • The Afro American 1943-05-08
                                          • PM, New York, N.Y. 1943-04-29 p.23
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                                          Friday
                                          7 pm - 4 am
                                          .New York, N.Y.Hurricane RestaurantSee 1943 04 01

                                          Dancing, with floor show 'Mood Indigo' at 8 pm and 12:30 am

                                          The New York Times radio schedule does not list an Ellington broadcast on WOR but the Brooklyn Eagle said Friday will have a special program of his pieces in honor of his 44th birthday.. The Brooklyn Eagle radio schedule has Ellington on WMCA at 6 p.m.
                                          William Juengst, Radio Dialog, Brooklyn Eagle, Brooklyn, N.Y.
                                          • 1943-04-28 p.20
                                          • 1943-04-30 p.15
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                                          Friday
                                          .New York, N.Y.Golden Gate Ballroom
                                          142nd St. & Lenox Ave.
                                          Ellington was scheduled to appear at a gala dance held to benefit the Riverdale Club Division Colored Orphan Asylum with other personalities such as Canada Lee, Hazel Scott, the Berry Brothers and the Erskine Hawkins orchestra.

                                          The Amsterdam News, 1943-03-27:

                                          "The world's greatest orchestra led by the world's greatest jazz composer and conductor –Duke Ellington, will furnish the music for the Clubs of Harlem the night of April 30 when they sponsor 'Harlem on Parade for Riverdale' at the Golden Gate Ballroom. This unique event in which one of the city's best known and needed charitable institutions will benefit promised to be the season's most outstanding affair. The opportunity to help the colored Orphanage at Riverdale is striking a ready response throughout Harlem and the commendable action of the community's topnotch clubs and organizations in banding themselves together to put over the event is catching on.
                                          ...Lillian Sharpe Hunter, chairman of the dance, is asking all clubs who have not yet secured tickets to sell to come to the offices of the Amsterdam Star-News at once.
                                          Mrs. Bessie Buchanan is chairman of the entertainment committee and said all the community's uniformed organizations would be on hand ...for the affair."

                                          Admission $1.00

                                          Tickets could be purchased at Amsterdam News, Peoples Voice and the Colored Orphan Asylum (106 Lenox Ave).
                                          • Stratemann, p.242
                                          • Amsterdam News
                                            • Publicity, 1943-03-27
                                            • Ad, 1943-04-24 p.15
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                                          Friday
                                          .New York, N.Y.Abbey Theater

                                          'Duke Ellington on Abbey Theater Stage

                                            Duke Ellington will be interviewed by Joe O'Brien of WMCA on the stage of the Abbey Theater tonight at 10 o'clock, in connection with the showing of "Reveille With Beverly," in which the great band leader plays a featured part.
                                            Duke Ellington's band is one of four of the nation's great musical aggregations in "Reveille With Beverly," the others being Bob Crosby and his band, Count Basie and his band, and Freddie Slack and his band. Ann Miller plays the title role.'

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                                          May 1943

                                          1943 05 00...PERSONNEL CHANGES
                                          • Scotty Scott left the band
                                          • Jimmy Britton left the band
                                          • Nat Jones, alto sax and clarinet, joined.
                                          • Clarinetist and tenor player Jimmy Hamilton joined the band in late May and stayed 25 years - see biographical notes at 1917 05 25 above. Thomas Reed's doctoral thesis includes a biography of Jimmy as well as a study of his clarinet technique and his role in the Ellington orchestra.
                                          • Rex Stewart left the band in late May but came back in late September and stayed until December 1945.
                                          • In late May, Sax Mallard left the band
                                          • Taft Jordan, trumpet and vocal, joined the band in late May.
                                          • Al Hibbler, blind baritone singer, joined the band during the Hurricane residency. New Desor dates his arrival as June 27, based on his first dated broadcast with the band, but Nicholson has him joining in May. Further research is needed.
                                          • New Desor vol.2
                                          • Thomas T. Reed, JIMMY HAMILTON AND RUSSELL PROCOPE: THE CLARINET SOLOISTS OF THE DUKE ELLINGTON ORCHESTRA, 1943-1974, doctoral thesis, Ohio State University 1995
                                          • C.A.Moore, Keeping Posted, San Antonio Register, San Antonio, Tex.,
                                            1943-05-21 p.7
                                          • Many changes in Big Sepian Orks, The Billboard, 1943-06-19 p.21
                                          • San Antonio Register, San Antonio, Tex.,
                                            1943-07-16 p.7 (re Hibbler)
                                          • New York Age, New York, N.Y.,
                                            1943-07-24 p.11 (re Hibbler)
                                          • The Pittsburgh Courier, Pittsburgh, Penn.,
                                            1943-07-24 p.20 (re Hibbler)
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                                          1943 05 01
                                          Saturday
                                          2 pm to 5 pm
                                          .New York, N.Y.Radio City NBC Studio 6BWar Bond Rally
                                          The Ellington Orchestra's performance was broadcast by WEAF on the NBC network.

                                          Titles were
                                          • Take the "A" Train
                                          • Hayfoot, Strawfoot
                                          • Don't Get Around Much Anymore
                                          • A Slip of the Lip


                                          New Desor and Stratemann show the broadcast venue as the Central Park Mall, but New Desor Small Corrections in DEMS bulletin 2000-3 p.26 and Timner's Ellingtonia, 4th Edition say the recordings were made at Radio City. The NDSC suggestion is attributed to record producer Jerry Valburn and DEMS bulletins provide no other support. Valburn's discography for CD 1 of Duke Ellington, The Treasury Shows, Vol.1 (DETS 903 9001) places the recording at Radio City too.

                                          Listening to the broadcast, it seems the audience noise is added - the only applause is only at the beginning and after the end of each tune, and the final verbal track has Duke giving a phone number for bond buyers to call him. It seems very likely this is a studio session, not an outdoor rally. Listen to, or download, an audio file of this broadcast from http://www.radioechoes.com
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                                          Saturday
                                          7:03 pm
                                          .New York, N.Y.WMCA studioEllington was to appear on Leonard Feather's Platterbrains quiz show half-hour broadcast
                                          • William Juengst Radio Dialogue column, Brooklyn Eagle 1943-04-30, p.15
                                          • The Pittsburgh Courier, Pittsburgh, Penn.
                                            1943-05-01 p.20 (datelined 1943-04-29)
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                                          Saturday
                                          7 pm - 4 am
                                          .New York, N.Y.Hurricane RestaurantSee 1943 04 01

                                          Dancing, with floor show 'Mood Indigo' at 8 pm and 12:30 am

                                          Midnight MBS broadcast over WOR
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                                          Sunday
                                          .New York, N.Y.WJZ StudioNBC broadcast
                                          Ellington guested with the Paul Lavallee band on the "Chamber Music Society of Lower Basin Street" programme.

                                          The announcement said he would play "Don't Get Around Much Anymore" and "It Don't Mean a Thing if You Ain't Got that Swing."

                                          The Chicago Sunday Tribune said the broadcast was at 8:15, making it 9:15 EWT, and had it on WENR Blue [network].
                                          • William Juengst Radio Dialogue column, Brooklyn Eagle 1943-04-30, p.15
                                          • Chicago Sunday Tribune, Chicago, Ill.,
                                            1943-05-02 Pt. 3 p.4
                                          ..
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                                          1943 05 02
                                          Sunday
                                          7 pm - 4 am
                                          .New York, N.Y.Hurricane RestaurantSee 1943 04 01

                                          Dancing, with floor show 'Mood Indigo' at 8 pm and 12:30 am

                                          The New York Times radio schedule does not list an Ellington broadcast on WOR.
                                          ...
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                                          1943 05 03
                                          Monday
                                          ..activities not documented...
                                          ...
                                          1943 05 04
                                          Tuesday
                                          7 pm - 4 am
                                          .New York, N.Y.Hurricane RestaurantSee 1943 04 01

                                          Dancing, with floor show 'Mood Indigo' at 8 pm and 12:30 am

                                          The New York Times radio schedule does not list an Ellington broadcast on WOR.
                                          ...
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                                          1943 05 05
                                          Wednesday
                                          7 pm - 4 am
                                          .New York, N.Y.Hurricane RestaurantSee 1943 04 01

                                          Dancing, with floor show 'Mood Indigo' at 8 pm and 12:30 am

                                          10:15 pm MBS broadcast over WOR
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                                          1943 05 06
                                          Thursday
                                          7 pm - 4 am
                                          .New York, N.Y.Hurricane RestaurantSee 1943 04 01

                                          Dancing, with floor show 'Mood Indigo' at 8 pm and 12:30 am

                                          The New York Times radio schedule does not list an Ellington broadcast on WOR.
                                          ...
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                                          updated
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                                          1943 05 07
                                          Friday
                                          7 pm - 4 am
                                          .New York, N.Y.Hurricane RestaurantSee 1943 04 01

                                          Dancing, with floor show 'Mood Indigo' at 8 pm and 12:30 am

                                          The New York Times radio schedule does not list an Ellington broadcast on WOR
                                          ...
                                          ..2011
                                          updated
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                                          1943 05 08
                                          Saturday
                                          7 pm - 4 am
                                          .New York, N.Y.Hurricane RestaurantSee 1943 04 01

                                          Dancing, with floor show 'Mood Indigo' at 8 pm and 12:30 am

                                          The New York Times radio schedule does not list an Ellington broadcast on WOR.
                                          ...
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                                          updated
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                                          1943 05 09
                                          Sunday
                                          7 pm - 4 am
                                          .New York, N.Y.Hurricane RestaurantSee 1943 04 01

                                          Dancing, with floor show 'Mood Indigo' at 8 pm and 12:30 am

                                          4:30 pm and 10:45 pm MBS broadcasts over WOR
                                          ...
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                                          1943 05 10
                                          Monday
                                          ..activities not documented...
                                          ...
                                          1943 05 11
                                          Tuesday
                                          7 pm - 4 am
                                          .New York, N.Y.Hurricane RestaurantSee 1943 04 01

                                          Dancing, with floor show 'Mood Indigo' at 8 pm and 12:30 am

                                          10:15 pm MBS broadcast over WOR
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                                          1943 05 12
                                          Wednesday
                                          7 pm - 4 am
                                          .New York, N.Y.Hurricane RestaurantSee 1943 04 01

                                          Dancing, with floor show 'Mood Indigo' at 8 pm and 12:30 am

                                          The New York Times radio schedule does not list an Ellington broadcast on WOR.
                                          ...
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                                          1943 05 13
                                          Thursday
                                          7 pm - 4 am
                                          .New York, N.Y.Hurricane RestaurantSee 1943 04 01

                                          Dancing, with floor show 'Mood Indigo' at 8 pm and 12:30 am

                                          The New York Times radio schedule does not list an Ellington broadcast on WOR
                                          ...
                                          ..2011
                                          updated
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                                          1943 05 14
                                          Friday
                                          7 pm - 4 am
                                          .New York, N.Y.Hurricane RestaurantSee 1943 04 01

                                          Dancing, with floor show 'Mood Indigo' at 8 pm and 12:30 am

                                          10:15 pm MBS broadcast over WOR
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                                          1943 05 15... Peripheral event
                                          The Afro-American, May 15 1943, reported 'Ellington is to be honored in a new volume entitled "Men of Popular Music," to be published early in 1944 by David Ewen. He will devote a full chapter to Duke and his work.' When it was published, Ellington was the subject of Chapter 6. The book can be read on, or downloaded from, the Internet Archive.
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                                          1943 05 15
                                          Saturday
                                          7 pm - 4 am
                                          .New York, N.Y.Hurricane RestaurantSee 1943 04 01

                                          Dancing, with floor show 'Mood Indigo' at 8 pm and 12:30 am

                                          The New York Times radio schedule does not list an Ellington broadcast on WOR
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                                          1943 05 16
                                          Sunday
                                          7 pm - 4 am
                                          .New York, N.Y.Hurricane RestaurantSee 1943 04 01

                                          Dancing, with floor show 'Mood Indigo' at 8 pm and 12:30 am

                                          7 pm MBS broadcast over WOR
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                                          Monday
                                          ..activities not documented...
                                          ...
                                          1943 05 17
                                          Monday
                                          ..Peripheral event
                                          The Brooklyn Eagle Radio Dialog column:

                                          'Resolved to try to get to the Wolper wigwam next week when Sidney Bechet is to be Duke Ellington's guest jammer.'

                                          Brooklyn Eagle, New York, N.Y.
                                          1943-05-17 p.11
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                                          Tuesday
                                          .New York, N.Y.Madison Square GardenBenefit for Greek War Relief
                                          Ellington appeared with Ethel Waters and other performers.
                                          Stratemann p.242 citing Variety 1943-05-19 p.4...
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                                          1943 05 18
                                          Tuesday
                                          7 pm - 4 am
                                          .New York, N.Y.Hurricane RestaurantSee 1943 04 01

                                          Dancing, with floor show 'Mood Indigo' at 8 pm and 12:30 am

                                          10:15 pm MBS broadcast over WOR
                                          ...
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                                          updated
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                                          1943 05 19
                                          Wednesday
                                          7 pm - 4 am
                                          .New York, N.Y.Hurricane RestaurantSee 1943 04 01

                                          Dancing, with floor show 'Mood Indigo' at 8 pm and 12:30 am

                                          10:15 pm MBS broadcast over WOR
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                                          1943 05 20
                                          Thursday
                                          .New York, N.Y.Jimmy Ryan's
                                          53 W.52nd St
                                          Surprise birthday party for Milt Gabler. According to "The Jazz Record" (1Jun43p2): "Highlight of the evening was the appearance of Duke Ellington and several members of his band, who jammed a birthday greeting that said more than words ever could..."
                                          S. Lasker in DEMS 04,1-9.DEMS
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                                          1943 05 20
                                          Thursday
                                          7 pm - 4 am
                                          .New York, N.Y.Hurricane RestaurantSee 1943 04 01

                                          Dancing, with floor show 'Mood Indigo' at 8 pm and 12:30 am

                                          While the weekly radio schedule in the New York Times shows an Ellington broadcast at 10:15 pm, the daily schedule shows this time slot as fight night interviews.
                                          ...
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                                          1943 05 21
                                          Friday
                                          7 pm - 4 am
                                          .New York, N.Y.Hurricane RestaurantSee 1943 04 01

                                          Dancing, with floor show 'Mood Indigo' at 8 pm and 12:30 am

                                          The New York Times radio schedule does not list an Ellington broadcast on WOR
                                          ...
                                          ..2011
                                          updated
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                                          1943 05 22
                                          Saturday
                                          7 pm - 4 am
                                          .New York, N.Y.Hurricane RestaurantSee 1943 04 01

                                          Dancing, with floor show 'Mood Indigo' at 8 pm and 12:30 am

                                          The New York Times radio schedule does not list an Ellington broadcast on WOR
                                          ...
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                                          updated
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                                          1943 05 23
                                          Sunday
                                          7 pm - 4 am
                                          .New York, N.Y.Hurricane RestaurantSee 1943 04 01

                                          Dancing, with floor show 'Mood Indigo' at 8 pm and 12:30 am

                                          7 pm MBS broadcast over WOR
                                          .New Desor
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                                          Monday
                                          ..activities not documented...
                                          ...
                                          1943 05 25
                                          Tuesday
                                          7 pm - 4 am
                                          .New York, N.Y.Hurricane RestaurantSee 1943 04 01

                                          Dancing, with new floor show 'Strange Feeling' at 8 pm and 12:30 am
                                          10:15 pm MBS broadcast over WOR

                                          It is possible that Sidney Bechet was a guest this week - see peripheral event at 1943 05 17 above.
                                          With the introduction of the new show, the evening's programme was revised, with Dave Dennis' group playing show music in the first half while Ellington emceed for the dancers. Ellington's band session began with a special stage holding Ellington and an upright piano being lowered from the ceiling as seen in this Gordon Parks photo. Brightening it shows the band members behind the descending stage.
                                          the New York Post said the new acts included Leticia, of "Star and Garter;" Sammy Birch, pantomimists; the Calgary Brothers, comedy pair; Jerry and Jane Brandow, tapsters; and the June Taylor dancers.
                                          The Billboard's Paul Denis reviewed this new show:
                                          • Show ran about an hour
                                          • June Taylor Girls open the show with a golf routine, and appear again in the middle and at the end of the show.
                                          • Brandows next.
                                          • Birch pantomimes to three tunes on the phonograph.
                                          • Calgary Brothers comedy was next.
                                          • Ellington follows by descending from the ceiling playing "Mood Indigo," followed by "Lady Be Good" backed by the orchestra, which is hidden.
                                          • Singer Beverly White does "I Heard That Song Before" and "St. Louis Blues."
                                          • Next is "Strange Feeling," featuring Leticia, wiggler, sexy but not dirty.
                                          • Wraps up with Take the A Train featuring Roche and Nance.
                                          • Dave Dennis' band accompanies much of the show; the Ellington orchestra plays for dancing and does the finale of the floorshow.
                                          • Ellington's band plays five Mutual broadcasts a week.
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                                          1943 05 26
                                          Wednesday
                                          7 pm - 4 am
                                          .New York, N.Y.Hurricane RestaurantSee 1943-04-01 & 1943-05-25

                                          Dancing, with floor show 'Strange Feeling' at 8 pm and 12:30 am

                                          10:15 pm MBS broadcast over WOR
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                                          1943 05 27
                                          Thursday
                                          .New York, N.Y.Martin's
                                          West 57th St.

                                          'New York, May 27 (AP) -a hep-cat's dream of heaven turn into reality today. Gathered under one roof ... were 12 of the nation's leaders of jazz and swing and the father of blues whose name is synonymous with jazz - W. C. Handy.
                                            A jitterbug could spot, crowded around a huge tiered cake to mark the anniversary, Bobby Sherwood, Duke Ellington, Mildred Bailey, Red Norvo, Don Redmond [sic], Frankie Newton, Phil Britto [sic], Van Alexander, Joe Ricardel, Tommy Purcel and Gene Cedric... '

                                          Buffalo Evening News, Buffalo, N.Y.,
                                          1943-05-27 p.17
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                                          1943 05 27
                                          Thursday
                                          7 pm - 4 am
                                          .New York, N.Y.Hurricane RestaurantSee 1943-04-01 & 1943-05-25

                                          Dancing, with floor show 'Strange Feeling' at 8 pm and 12:30 am

                                          10:15 pm MBS broadcast over WOR
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                                          1943 05 28
                                          Friday
                                          7 pm - 4 am
                                          .New York, N.Y.Hurricane RestaurantSee 1943-04-01 & 1943-05-25

                                          Dancing, with the floor show 'Strange Feeling' at 8 pm and 12:30 am
                                          10:15 pm MBS broadcast over WOR
                                          The New Desor mistake came about from information given at the 1987 Ellington conference. The history of the error is thoroughly explained in DEMS 12/1-31.
                                          Duke Ellington and his Orchestra
                                          W. Jones, Baker, Jordan, Nance, Brown, Nanton, Tizol, Hamilton, Hodges, Nat Jones, Webster, Carney, Ellington, Guy, Raglin, Greer, Britton

                                          Titles recorded:
                                          • Way Low
                                          • Around My Heart
                                          • Perdido
                                          • Ogeechee River Lullaby
                                          Listen to, or download, an audio file of this broadcast at http://www.radioechoes.com
                                          New Desor
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                                          1943 05 29.UnknownUnknownKathy Craven interview
                                          W.E.Timner, citing radio and television logs compiled by Jerry Valburn..DEMS
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                                          1943 05 29
                                          Saturday
                                          7 pm - 4 am
                                          .New York, N.Y.Hurricane RestaurantSee 1943-04-01 & 1943-05-25

                                          Dancing, with floor show 'Strange Feeling' at 8 pm and 12:30 am

                                          The New York Times radio schedule does not list an Ellington broadcast on WOR
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                                          1943 05 30
                                          Sunday
                                          7:30 pm EWT
                                          .New York, N.Y.Radio CityLive NBC broadcast: "Fitch Bandwagon"

                                          Sponsored by F.W. Fitch Co. for its Fitch Shampoo and other personal care products, this Sunday night radio ran from 1938 to 1946 and featured a different famous American dance orchestra each week, with "incidents from the bandleader's life." In Ellington's case, this was done using a scripted four-part interview of Duke by emcee Tobe Reed, interspersed with music. The typed script is dated two days before the broadcast.

                                          Stratemann writes this was one of the few occasions that the full Ellington band appeared outside the Hurricane during its extended residency there, but some sources suggest the recordings were airchecks from earlier broadcasts from the club and/or from Fort Dix.

                                          CD 2 of the Storyville Duke Ellington Treasury Shows, Vol. 16 (DETS 903 9016) includes music from this broadcast, but seems to be from a later AFRS transcription as discussed herein rather than the original recording. The CD booklet says the broadcast was only just over 20 minutes, but that Stratemann and Vail said it was 30 minutes. Sjef Hoefsmit's tape had 4 additional titles and a commercial.
                                          Duke Ellington and his orchestra
                                          W. Jones, Baker, Jordan, Nance, Brown, Nanton, Tizol, Hamilton, Hodges, Nat Jones, Webster, Carney, Ellington, Guy, Raglin, Greer, Roch‚

                                          Titles recorded per NDCS 1011:
                                          • Take The "A" Train
                                          • Canteen Bounce
                                          • Perdido
                                          • Hayfoot, Strawfoot (Get Hep)
                                          • Don't Get Around Much Anymore
                                          • A Slip of the Lip
                                          • Ring Dem Bells
                                          • Things Ain't What They Used To Be
                                          The broadcast was recorded, possibly by the Armed Forces Radio Service, but the original recording apparently no longer exists. It appears to have been used by AFRS to make an Electrical Transcription acetate record ("the AFRS transcription") for later rebroadcast to American and allied military personnel. Two titles were also used in the Jubilee series program 69 transcription made by AFRS.

                                          The AFRS transcription is or was included in the Jerry Valburn collection at the Library of Congress. It is important to realize it is an edited version of the original broadcast. It
                                          • includes an introduction and a wrap up addressed to the men and women of the United Nations armed forces
                                          • omits the commercial messages in the Fitch broadcast
                                          • includes Ellington music recorded at other times
                                          Various audio tapes (and possibly the Fitch Bandwagon tracks on the DETS Treasure Shows CD DETS16) were dubbed from the AFRS transcription and vary in content.

                                          As a result of some tracks being identified as having been recorded on other occasions, some discographers reported Ellington's show was prerecorded.

                                          This does not appear to be so.

                                          See a full discussion on our Fitch Bandwagon webpage, which summarizes the discussions between collectors and includes a table reconciling the scripted programme with the various existing dubs.
                                          NDCS 1011
                                          DE 4231
                                          DE4318
                                          DE4319
                                          DE4320
                                          DEMS
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                                          1943 05 30
                                          Sunday
                                          7 pm - 4 am
                                          .New York, N.Y.Hurricane RestaurantSee 1943-04-01 & 1943-05-25

                                          Dancing, with floor show 'Strange Feeling' at 8 pm and 12:30 am

                                          The New York Times did not list an Ellington Orchestra broadcast on WOR this day.
                                          ...
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                                          1943 05 31
                                          Monday
                                          ..activities not documented...
                                          ...
                                          1943 05 --.New York, N.Y.Hurricane RestaurantUndated broadcast

                                          Titles recorded:
                                          • Cabin in the Sky
                                          • In a Mellow Tone
                                          • I Don't Want Anybody At All
                                          • Barzallai Lou
                                          • Don't Get Around Much Anymore

                                          .New Desor
                                          DE4315
                                          .
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                                          1943 05 --.New York, N.Y.Hurricane RestaurantUndated broadcast

                                          Titles recorded:
                                          • Take the "A" Train
                                          • Java Jive
                                          • Day Dream
                                          • Way Low
                                          • Perdido
                                          • Don't Get Around Much Anymore

                                          .New Desor
                                          DE4317
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                                          June 1943

                                          1943 06 00...Peripheral event
                                          Click ran a two-page illustrated Ellington feature, including a photo of the band on the Carnegie Hall stage, with audience members seated to the side.
                                          Click, The National Picture Monthly, 1943-06 p.40...djpNew
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                                          1943 06 00...PERSONNEL CHANGE
                                          Sandy Williams, trumpet, born in 1906, joins the band in early June
                                          • New Desor vol.2
                                          • The Billboard, 1943-06-19 p.21
                                          ..
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                                          1943 06 01
                                          Tuesday
                                          7 pm - 4 am
                                          .New York, N.Y.Hurricane RestaurantSee 1943-04-01 & 1943-05-25

                                          Dancing, with floor show 'Strange Feeling' at 8 pm and 12:30 am

                                          Hurricane advertisement:

                                          'DAVE WOLPER presents HIS NEWEST REVUE
                                          "STRANGE FEELING"
                                          starring
                                          DUKE
                                          ELLINGTON
                                          AND AN ARRAY OF STAGE AND SCREEN STARS
                                          SHOWS 8 & 12
                                          TONIGHT, TUESDAY
                                          DUKE ELLINGTON'S "CAVALCADE OF JAZZ"
                                          GUEST BAND
                                          COOTIE WILLIAMS
                                          HIS TRUMPET AND HIS ORCHESTRA
                                          PLUS
                                          OUR COMPLETE REVUE
                                          DINNERS from $1.50
                                          res: 'Albert'
                                          CO 5-1995 HURRICANE B'WAY AT 49th ST.
                                          '

                                          The New York Times radio schedule does not list an Ellington broadcast on WOR
                                          New York Post, New York, N.Y.
                                          1943-06-01 p.25
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                                          1943 06 02
                                          Wednesday
                                          7 pm - 4 am
                                          .New York, N.Y.Hurricane RestaurantSee 1943-04-01 & 1943-05-25

                                          Dancing, with floor show 'Strange Feeling' at 8 pm and 12:30 am

                                          10:15 pm MBS broadcast over WOR
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                                          1943 06 03
                                          Thursday
                                          7 pm - 4 am
                                          .New York, N.Y.Hurricane RestaurantSee 1943-04-01 & 1943-05-25

                                          Dancing, with floor show 'Strange Feeling' at 8 pm and 12:30 am

                                          The New York Times radio schedule does not list an Ellington broadcast on WOR
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                                          1943 06 04
                                          Friday
                                          8 pm
                                          .Brooklyn, N.Y.Academy of Music
                                          Lafayette Ave & St. Felix St.
                                          Benefit show for the 3rd Separate Battalion of the New York Guards
                                          In person: Duke Ellington, Canada Lee, Berry Bros., Reid Sisters, Billy Banks, Al & Freddy and other top headliners.
                                          Stratemann p.242 citing Amsterdam News 1943-05-15 p.19..
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                                          1943 06 04
                                          Friday
                                          7 pm - 4 am
                                          .New York, N.Y.Hurricane RestaurantSee 1943-04-01 & 1943-05-25

                                          Dancing, with floor show 'Strange Feeling' at 8 pm and 12:30 am

                                          The New York Times radio schedule does not list an Ellington broadcast on WOR
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                                          1943 06 05...Peripheral event

                                          'NEW YORK. June 10—One of the nastiest messes to hit Broadway brought to a head this week the strange reasoning which has prompted management of the Hurricane...to feature the music of the great Negro music-maker, Duke Ellington, and simultaneously bar would-be Negro patrons.
                                            The straw that broke the camel's back was the announcement that Roger Kay, white music reviewer for the entertainment publication Orchestra World, has been blacklisted by the Broadway spot and invited never to return simply because he had the "guts" to attack the club's anti-Negro policy in his magazine...
                                            Outspoken Roger Kay, ...writing in Orchestra World's May issue, panned the club soundly for "its brazen Jim Crow policy." According to Orchestra World's June issue, the Hurricane's press agent advised Duke Ellington's press agent to tell Kay he couldn't get into the Hurricane at any time and denied an anti-Negro policy.

                                          MAGAZINE BACKS KAY
                                            In an editorial captioned "On Jim Crowism," Orchestra World backs the crusading Kay to the hilt. The editorial says in part: "Ork World holds no brief for advocates of a Jim Crow policy, The music business, more than any other business in public life, has given the Negro musician an opportunity to reach his true goal. Full recognition of his talents has been given him countless times by leaders in the music world. "The present instance where Roger Kay of Ork World and oth er writers have seen barred from the Hurricane and the recurrent Instances which have been reported since Duke Ellington started his engagement at that location. are to be deplored. A global war victory would lose its very roun dation if we lost sight of the very things we were fighting for." '


                                          Ellington:

                                          'We broke the colour barrier at the Hurricane by threatening to walk out; this was a six-month engagement. I did have the boss's backing, though; the head waiter had to be threatened to be fired, he really didn't want us.'

                                          'Dave Wolper was the owner of the place and I found that I had to go to him one day and say, "Dave, you know some of my friends have been coming here and the head waiter has told them that the place is sold out and there's no reservations, and if this continues I can't stay here, because I'm embarrassed before my neighbours." And so with that, Dave went to the door and raised hell with the head waiter, and the head waiter says, "Oh, I certainly did not," and he swore what had happened two or three times [had not) until we actually caught him doing it, and this was the beginning of the Broadway opening up as far as night clubs on Broadway was concerned, this was the absolute beginning of it.'

                                          • Alfred A. Duckett, "Hurricane' Target For Welter Of Criticism; Its Bias Is Scored, The Pittsburgh Courier, Pittsburgh, Penn. 1943-06-12 p.21
                                          • Ellington, as quoted in Nicholson, Stuart: Reminiscing in Tempo: A Portrait of Duke Ellington, Northeastern University Press, 1999, p.252, citing
                                            • Library of Congress Voice of America Recordings. Press conference 1962-04-29
                                            • Carter Harman Interview Collection 1964 #3, courtesy Archives Center, SI- NMAH
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                                          1943 06 05
                                          Saturday
                                          7 pm - 4 am
                                          .New York, N.Y.Hurricane RestaurantSee 1943-04-01 & 1943-05-25

                                          Dancing, with floor show 'Strange Feeling' at 8 pm and 12:30 am

                                          The New York Times radio schedule does not list an Ellington broadcast on WOR
                                          ...
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                                          1943 06 06
                                          Sunday
                                          7 pm - 4 am
                                          .New York, N.Y.Hurricane RestaurantSee 1943-04-01 & 1943-05-25

                                          Dancing, with floor show 'Strange Feeling' at 8 pm and 12:30 am

                                          7 pm MBS broadcast over WOR
                                          .New Desor
                                          DE4321
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                                          1943 06 07
                                          Monday
                                          .New York, N.Y.Madison Square GardenEllington appeared at Negro Freedom Rally attended by 20,000 to 25,000 people which was to start at 7:30 pm.

                                          The New York Age:

                                          '...Following the speeches, a pageant was presented, entitled "For This We Fight," a dramatic spectacle of hte Negro's progress on the American scene, starring Paul Robeson, Canada Lee, Duke Ellington, Kenneth Spencer, Pearl Primus and a cast of two hundred, under direction of Dick Campbell and written by Langston Hughes.'

                                          • Stratemann p.242 citing
                                            Amsterdam News 1943-05-15 p.19
                                          • The New York Age, New York, N.Y.
                                            1943-06-12 p.1
                                          .
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                                          1943 06 07
                                          Monday
                                          .New York, N.Y.Hurricane Restaurant(Unconfirmed)

                                          New Desor DE4322 lists a broadcast from the Hurricane on Monday June 7, 1943, as do DEMS 1985-3, p.4 and Timner's Ellingtonia.

                                          This is doubtful because:
                                          • (1) there is no listing in the New York Times radio logs;
                                          • (2)if Stratemann is correct, the Ellington orchestra had Mondays off; and
                                          • (3)Ellington appeared at the Negro Freedom Rally that evening.
                                          .New Desor
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                                          1943 06 08
                                          Tuesday
                                          7 pm - 4 am
                                          .New York, N.Y.Hurricane RestaurantSee 1943-04-01 & 1943-05-25

                                          Dancing, with floor show 'Strange Feeling' at 8 pm and 12:30 am

                                          The New York Times radio schedule does not list an Ellington broadcast on WOR
                                          ...
                                          ..2011
                                          updated
                                          2012-10-09
                                          1943 06 09
                                          Wednesday
                                          7 pm - 4 am
                                          .New York, N.Y.Hurricane RestaurantSee 1943-04-01 & 1943-05-25

                                          Dancing, with floor show 'Strange Feeling' at 8 pm and 12:30 am

                                          10:15 pm MBS broadcast over WOR
                                          ...
                                          ..2011
                                          updated
                                          2012-10-09
                                          1943 06 10
                                          Thursday
                                          7 pm - 4 am
                                          .New York, N.Y.Hurricane RestaurantSee 1943-04-01 & 1943-05-25

                                          Dancing, with floor show 'Strange Feeling' at 8 pm and 12:30 am

                                          The New York Times radio schedule does not list an Ellington broadcast on WOR
                                          ...
                                          ..2011
                                          updated
                                          2012-10-09
                                          1943 06 11
                                          Friday
                                          7 pm - 4 am
                                          .New York, N.Y.Hurricane RestaurantSee 1943-04-01 & 1943-05-25

                                          Dancing, with floor show 'Strange Feeling' at 8 pm and 12:30 am

                                          The New York Times radio schedule does not list an Ellington broadcast on WOR
                                          ...
                                          ..2011
                                          updated
                                          2012-10-09
                                          1943 06 12
                                          Saturday
                                          7 pm - 4 am
                                          .New York, N.Y.Hurricane RestaurantSee 1943-04-01 & 1943-05-25

                                          Dancing, with floor show 'Strange Feeling' at 8 pm and 12:30 am

                                          7 pm MBS broadcast over WOR
                                          ...
                                          ..2011
                                          updated
                                          2012-10-09
                                          1943 06 13
                                          Sunday
                                          7 pm - 4 am
                                          .New York, N.Y.Hurricane RestaurantSee 1943-04-01 & 1943-05-25

                                          Dancing, with floor show 'Strange Feeling' at 8 pm and 12:30 am

                                          7 pm MBS broadcast over WOR
                                          ...
                                          ..2011
                                          updated
                                          2012-10-09
                                          1943 06 14
                                          Monday
                                          ..day off - activities not documented...
                                          ..
                                          1943 06 15
                                          Tuesday
                                          7 pm - 4 am
                                          .New York, N.Y.Hurricane RestaurantSee 1943-04-01 & 1943-05-25

                                          Dancing, with floor show 'Strange Feeling' at 8 pm and 12:30 am

                                          10:15 pm MBS broadcast over WOR
                                          ...
                                          ..2011
                                          updated
                                          2012-10-09
                                          1943 06 16
                                          Wednesday
                                          7 pm - 4 am
                                          .New York, N.Y.Hurricane RestaurantSee 1943-04-01 & 1943-05-25

                                          Dancing, with floor show 'Strange Feeling' at 8 pm and 12:30 am

                                          10:15 pm MBS broadcast over WOR
                                          ...
                                          ..2011
                                          updated
                                          2012-10-09
                                          1943 06 17
                                          Thursday
                                          1943 06 19New York, N.Y.Pathé News Inc. studioPre-recording session for the soundtrack to the RKO Radio Pictures short "Duke Ellington and His Orchestra," subtitled "Jamboree."

                                          Filming was at the Movietone Studios in Manhattan but where the music was recorded isn't given in Stratemann or New Desor.

                                          The recording session was postponed from June 15 to 17 because Ellington didn't have the music ready.Only 1 of the 4 numbers was ready to record on the 17th, and it took 4 hours compared to the expected 3 hours booked for all 4 numbers. The other 3 numbers were recorded in 3 hours on the 19th.

                                          While the sidemen were paid immediately according to the contract, the studio withheld Ellington's fee because it wanted him to cover the extra $600 his lack of preparation cost. Ultimately Ellington's full $2,000 fee was paid on August 3.
                                          • The Afro-American, Baltimore, Md.
                                            1943-07-03 p.10
                                          • Stratemann pp.245-247
                                          .
                                          New Desor
                                          DE4324
                                          DEMS
                                          • Strat245
                                          06,1-5
                                          07,2-5
                                        • 05,2-38
                                        • djp2011
                                          updated
                                          2012-10-08
                                          2017-11-11
                                          1943 06 17
                                          Thursday
                                          7 pm - 4 am
                                          .New York, N.Y.Hurricane RestaurantSee 1943-04-01 & 1943-05-25

                                          Dancing, with floor show 'Strange Feeling' at 8 pm and 12:30 am

                                          8:30 pm MBS broadcast over WOR
                                          ...
                                          ..2011
                                          updated
                                          2012-10-09
                                          circa
                                          1943 06 17
                                          Thursday
                                          .New York, N.Y.Strand TheaterThe Carolina Times:

                                          '...A lover [of] sentimental ceremonies, {Cab] Calloway staged a birthday party onstage at the Strand for his "best girl", Minnie the Moocher, who, on June 17, celebrated her 12th birthday...The cake was carried down the theatre aisle by two attendants and as it neared the stage, the audience joined in with the orchestra in singing "Happy Birthday." ... The stage ceremonies were highlighted when Cab's Cotton Club twin, Duke Ellington, walked out on stage to assist with the lighting of the birthday candles.'

                                          The Carolina Times, Durham, N.C.
                                          1943-07-24 p.6
                                          ..djpNew
                                          added
                                          2017-11-12
                                          1943 06 18
                                          Friday
                                          7 pm - 4 am
                                          .New York, N.Y.Hurricane RestaurantSee 1943-04-01 & 1943-05-25

                                          Dancing, with floor show 'Strange Feeling' at 8 pm and 12:30 am

                                          10:15 pm MBS broadcast over WOR
                                          .New Desor
                                          DE4325
                                          DEMS
                                          ..Added
                                          2011
                                          1943 06 19
                                          Saturday
                                          .New York, N.Y.Pathé News Inc. studioFinal pre-recording session for the RKO short "Duke Ellington and His Orchestra" - see 1943 06 17
                                          .New Desor
                                          DE4324
                                          DEMS
                                          • Strat245
                                          06,1-5
                                          07,2-5
                                        • 05,2-38
                                        • djp2011
                                          updated
                                          2012-10-08
                                          1943 06 19
                                          Saturday
                                          .New York, N.Y.NBC "Million Dollar Band" broadcast featuring Ellington as the bandleader soloist of the week. The show was broadcast in Chicago at 9 pm CWT and in Los Angeles at 7 pm PWT, indicating the broadcast was made at 10 pm EWT in New York; however it is not shown in the New York Times radio schedule for this date.
                                          • Everyday Magazine, St. Louis Post-Dispatch, St. Louis, Mo., 1943-06-13 p.8H
                                          • Stratemann p.242 citing Variety 1943-06-16 p.30
                                          New Desor
                                          DE4326
                                          DEMS
                                          ..2011
                                          updated
                                          2012-10-08
                                          1943 06 19
                                          Saturday
                                          7 pm - 4 am
                                          .New York, N.Y.Hurricane RestaurantSee 1943-04-01 & 1943-05-25

                                          Dancing, with floor show 'Strange Feeling' at 8 pm and 12:30 am

                                          7 pm MBS broadcast over WOR
                                          ...
                                          ..2011
                                          updated
                                          2012-10-09
                                          1943 06 20
                                          Sunday
                                          7 pm - 4 am
                                          .New York, N.Y.Hurricane RestaurantSee 1943-04-01 & 1943-05-25

                                          Dancing, with floor show 'Strange Feeling' at 8 pm and 12:30 am

                                          7 pm MBS broadcast over WOR
                                          .New Desor
                                          DE4327
                                          DEMS
                                          ..Added
                                          2011
                                          1943 06 21
                                          Monday
                                          ..activities not documented...
                                          ...
                                          1943 06 22
                                          Tuesday
                                          1943 06 27New York, N.Y..Filming of RKO short Duke Ellington and His Orchestra"

                                          The filming date is not know, but Stratemann places it in the week of June 22 on the basis of indirect evidence.
                                          ..DEMS
                                          • Strat245 Stratemann p. 248photos
                                          YouTubephotos+.2011
                                          updated
                                          2012-10-08
                                          1943 06 22
                                          Tuesday
                                          7 pm - 4 am
                                          .New York, N.Y.Hurricane RestaurantSee 1943-04-01 & 1943-05-25

                                          Dancing, with floor show 'Strange Feeling' at 8 pm and 12:30 am

                                          10:15 pm MBS broadcast over WOR
                                          ...
                                          ..2011
                                          updated
                                          2012-10-09
                                          1943 06 23
                                          Wednesday
                                          7 pm - 4 am
                                          .New York, N.Y.Hurricane RestaurantSee 1943-04-01 & 1943-05-25

                                          Dancing, with floor show 'Strange Feeling' at 8 pm and 12:30 am

                                          10:15 pm MBS broadcast over WOR
                                          ...
                                          ..2011
                                          updated
                                          2012-10-09
                                          1943 06 24
                                          Thursday
                                          7 pm - 4 am
                                          .New York, N.Y.Hurricane RestaurantSee 1943-04-01 & 1943-05-25

                                          Dancing, with floor show 'Strange Feeling' at 8 pm and 12:30 am

                                          10:15 pm MBS broadcast over WOR
                                          ...
                                          ..2011
                                          updated
                                          2012-10-09
                                          1943 06 25
                                          Friday
                                          11:30 pm
                                          .New York, N.Y.CBS Playhouse #3CBS broadcast "Broadway Bandbox"
                                          Originally thought to have been recorded July 19, M. Götting's suggestion this was June 25 has been accepted by the authors of New Desor.

                                          Ellington was a guest on Frank Sinatra's show, performing Solitude as a solo and Don't Get Around Much Anymore, accompanied by Raymond Scott and his orchestra.
                                          .New Desor
                                          DE4335

                                          DEMS
                                          Timner corrections -4/33.2011
                                          updated
                                          2012-10-09
                                          1943 06 25
                                          Friday
                                          7 pm - 4 am
                                          .New York, N.Y.Hurricane RestaurantSee 1943-04-01 & 1943-05-25

                                          Dancing, with floor show 'Strange Feeling' at 8 pm and 12:30 am

                                          10:15 pm MBS broadcast over WOR
                                          ...
                                          ..2011
                                          updated
                                          2012-10-09
                                          1943 06 26
                                          Saturday
                                          ... Peripheral event
                                          Article in New Journal and Guide:
                                          "Duke's Sunday Program Regular, Hit With Million Dollar Band"

                                          "Duke Ellington's 'Pastel Period' has now become a regular WOR-mutual feature every Sunday from 7 to 7:30 p.m. EWT, broadcast from the Hurricane on Broadway, where Duke and his orchestra have been held over until Labor Day.

                                          Tried out recently as a departure from his regular broadcasts, the 'Pastel Period' is a program of soft, relaxed intimate performances of typical Ellington compositions. To quote Ellington's own description of the idea, it is an attempt to make his music into a sort of whispering, swing or mood music, 'without sacrificing force of the emotion, the impact of the rhythm or the luster of the melody'..."
                                          ...
                                          .Nick Fernandes 2012-10-06New
                                          added 2012-10-08
                                          1943 06 26
                                          Saturday
                                          7 pm - 4 am
                                          .New York, N.Y.Hurricane RestaurantSee 1943-04-01 & 1943-05-25

                                          Dancing, with floor show 'Strange Feeling' at 8 pm and 12:30 am

                                          7 pm MBS broadcast over WOR
                                          ...
                                          ..2011
                                          updated
                                          2012-10-09
                                          1943 06 27
                                          Sunday
                                          4:30 pm
                                          .New York, N.Y.Renaissance CasinoTribute to Negro Servicemen
                                          FBI report: "The June 23, 1943 issue of the 'Daily Worker' contained an article ...[that] related that Duke Ellington among others was to appear at a program to be held on June 27, 1943, designated as a "Tribute to Negro Servicemen."
                                          ..
                                          ..2011
                                          updated
                                          2012-10-08
                                          1943 06 27
                                          Sunday
                                          7 pm - 4 am
                                          .New York, N.Y.Hurricane RestaurantSee 1943-04-01 & 1943-05-25

                                          Dancing, with floor show 'Strange Feeling' at 8 pm and 12:30 am

                                          7 pm MBS broadcast over WOR
                                          .New Desor
                                          DE4328
                                          DEMS
                                          ..2011
                                          updated
                                          2012-10-09
                                          1943 06 28
                                          Monday
                                          ..activities not documented...
                                          ...
                                          1943 06 29
                                          Tuesday
                                          7 pm - 4 am
                                          .New York, N.Y.Hurricane RestaurantSee 1943-04-01 & 1943-05-25

                                          Dancing, with floor show 'Strange Feeling' at 8 pm and 12:30 am

                                          10:15 pm MBS broadcast over WOR
                                          ...
                                          ..2011
                                          updated
                                          2012-10-09
                                          1943 06 30
                                          Wednesday
                                          7 pm - 4 am
                                          .New York, N.Y.Hurricane RestaurantSee 1943-04-01

                                          Dancing

                                          New floor show "Rockin' In Rhythm'" at 8 pm and 12:30 am

                                          The new show included
                                          • The Radio Aces, comedians
                                          • the Callahan Sisters, tappers
                                          • former world table tennis champion Coleman Clark, who was to play against his partner Allen Thomas, junior U.S. champion and would take on any challenger, with prizeds for any who beat him - Clark's act also had him playing music with a ping pong ball and an assortment of different sized frying pans.
                                          • Lou Perry, announcer
                                          • Letitia
                                          • The June Taylor Girls (a larger group) whose routine was "Rockin' to Cotton Stockin' Can-Can"


                                          10:15 pm MBS broadcast over WOR

                                          The New York Sun's July 20 review provided details of the acts.
                                          • New York Post, New York, N.Y. 1943-06-26 p.15
                                          • New York Sun, New York, N.Y.
                                            • 1943-06-29 p.15
                                            • 1943-07-20 p.17
                                          • The Billboard, 1943-07-10 p.16
                                          .DEMS
                                          .djp2011
                                          updated
                                          2012-10-09
                                          2017-11-11
                                          2017-11-12
                                          1943 06 00.New York, N.Y.Hurricane Restaurant.
                                          .New Desor
                                          DE4329
                                          DE4323
                                          DEMS
                                          ..Added
                                          2011
                                          1943 summer.New York, N.Y.Hurricane RestaurantUndated broadcast, summer of 1943
                                          .NDCS 1034

                                          DE9022

                                          Timner corrections -4/33.Added
                                          2011

                                          July 1943

                                          1943 07 00...PERSONNEL CHANGE
                                          Sandy Williams leaves the band in mid-July
                                          New Desor vol.2..
                                          .djpNew
                                          added 2012-10-25
                                          1943 07 01
                                          Thursday
                                          7 pm - 4 am
                                          .New York, N.Y.Hurricane RestaurantSee 1943 04 01 & 06 30

                                          Dancing, with floor show 'Rockin' In Rhythm' at 8 pm and 12:30 am

                                          The New York Times radio schedule does not list an Ellington broadcast on WOR
                                          ...
                                          ..2011
                                          updated
                                          2012-10-09
                                          1943 07 02
                                          Friday
                                          7 pm - 4 am
                                          .New York, N.Y.Hurricane RestaurantSee 1943 04 01 & 06 30

                                          Dancing, with floor show 'Rockin' In Rhythm' at 8 pm and 12:30 am

                                          10:15 pm MBS broadcast over WOR
                                          ...
                                          ..2011
                                          updated
                                          2012-10-09
                                          1943 07 03
                                          Saturday
                                          7 pm - 4 am
                                          .New York, N.Y.Hurricane RestaurantSee 1943 04 01 & 06 30

                                          Dancing, with floor show 'Rockin' In Rhythm' at 8 pm and 12:30 am

                                          7 pm MBS broadcast over WOR
                                          ...
                                          ..2011
                                          updated
                                          2012-10-09
                                          1943 07 04
                                          Sunday
                                          7 pm - 4 am
                                          .New York, N.Y.Hurricane RestaurantSee 1943 04 01 & 06 30

                                          Dancing, with floor show 'Rockin' In Rhythm' at 8 pm and 12:30 am

                                          7 pm MBS broadcast over WOR
                                          ...
                                          ..2011
                                          updated
                                          2012-10-09
                                          1943 07 05
                                          Monday
                                          7 pm - 4 am
                                          .New York, N.Y.Hurricane Restaurant(Unconfirmed)

                                          Dancing and floor show 'Rockin' In Rhythm' - see 1943 04 01 & 06 30
                                          10:15 pm MBS broadcast over WOR

                                          Although the radio log shows this broadcast, this evening's appearance at the Hurricane cannot be confirmed until the club contract is seen. Strateman, p. 242, says Mondays were off, but there may have been a change to the contract when the new show was introduced in late June.
                                          ...
                                          .djp2012-10-08
                                          1943 07 06.New York, N.Y..WMCA broadcast "Jumpin' Jive"

                                          There is some uncertainty as to when this show was recorded. The Mary Lou Williams arrangement of "Sweet Georgia Brown" is mentioned in Metronome, March 1943 edition, p.8
                                          .New Desor
                                          DE4334
                                          DEMS
                                          ..2011
                                          updated
                                          2012-10-09
                                          2017-11-18
                                          1943 07 06
                                          Tuesday
                                          7 pm - 4 am
                                          .New York, N.Y.Hurricane RestaurantSee 1943 04 01 & 06 30

                                          Dancing, with floor show 'Rockin' In Rhythm' at 8 pm and 12:30 am

                                          The New York Times radio schedule does not list an Ellington broadcast on WOR
                                          ...
                                          ..2011
                                          updated
                                          2012-10-09
                                          1943 07 07
                                          Wednesday
                                          7 pm - 4 am
                                          .New York, N.Y.Hurricane RestaurantSee 1943 04 01 & 06 30

                                          Dancing, with floor show 'Rockin' In Rhythm' at 8 pm and 12:30 am

                                          10:15 pm MBS broadcast over WOR
                                          ...
                                          ..2011
                                          updated
                                          2012-10-09
                                          1943 07 08
                                          Thursday
                                          7 pm - 4 am
                                          .New York, N.Y.Hurricane RestaurantSee 1943 04 01 & 06 30

                                          Dancing, with floor show 'Rockin' In Rhythm' at 8 pm and 12:30 am

                                          10:15 pm MBS broadcast over WOR
                                          .New Desor
                                          DE4330
                                          .
                                          ..2011
                                          updated
                                          2012-10-09
                                          1943 07 09
                                          Friday
                                          7 pm - 4 am
                                          .New York, N.Y.Hurricane RestaurantSee 1943 04 01 & 06 30

                                          Dancing, with floor show 'Rockin' In Rhythm' at 8 pm and 12:30 am

                                          10:15 pm MBS broadcast over WOR
                                          ...
                                          ..2011
                                          updated
                                          2012-10-09
                                          1943 07 10
                                          Saturday
                                          7 pm - 4 am
                                          .New York, N.Y.Hurricane RestaurantSee 1943 04 01 & 06 30

                                          Dancing, with floor show 'Rockin' In Rhythm' at 8 pm and 12:30 am

                                          7 pm MBS broadcast over WOR
                                          ...
                                          ..2011
                                          updated
                                          2012-10-09
                                          1943 07 11
                                          Sunday
                                          .New York, N.Y.Hurricane RestaurantEllington was interviewed by Alistaire Cooke for shortwave BBC broadcast
                                          .New Desor
                                          DE4331
                                          DEMS
                                          ..Added
                                          2011
                                          1943 07 11
                                          Sunday
                                          7 pm - 4 am
                                          .New York, N.Y.Hurricane RestaurantSee 1943 04 01 & 06 30

                                          Dancing, with floor show 'Rockin' In Rhythm' at 8 pm and 12:30 am

                                          7 pm MBS broadcast over WOR
                                          .New Desor
                                          DE4332
                                          .
                                          ..2011
                                          updated
                                          2012-10-09
                                          1943 07 12
                                          Monday
                                          ..activities not documented...
                                          ...
                                          1943 07 13
                                          Tuesday
                                          7 pm - 4 am
                                          .New York, N.Y.Hurricane RestaurantSee 1943 04 01 & 06 30

                                          Dancing, with floor show 'Rockin' In Rhythm' at 8 pm and 12:30 am

                                          10:15 pm MBS broadcast over WOR
                                          ...
                                          ..2011
                                          updated
                                          2012-10-09
                                          1943 07 14
                                          Wednesday
                                          7 pm - 4 am
                                          .New York, N.Y.Hurricane RestaurantSee 1943 04 01 & 06 30

                                          Dancing, with floor show 'Rockin' In Rhythm' at 8 pm and 12:30 am

                                          10:15 pm MBS broadcast over WOR
                                          .New Desor
                                          DE4333
                                          .
                                          ..Added
                                          2011
                                          1943 07 15
                                          Thursday
                                          7 pm - 4 am
                                          .New York, N.Y.Hurricane RestaurantSee 1943 04 01 & 06 30

                                          Dancing, with floor show 'Rockin' In Rhythm' at 8 pm and 12:30 am

                                          10:15 pm MBS broadcast over WOR
                                          ...
                                          ..2011
                                          updated
                                          2012-10-09
                                          1943 07 16
                                          Friday
                                          .New York, N.Y.Museum of Science and Industry
                                          Rockefeller Center
                                          Brooklyn Eagle, July 15:

                                          'Mme. Maxim Litvinov, wife of the Soviet Ambassador, will attend the Tribute by American Artists to the Army of the U.S.S.R. Friday evening at the American-Soviet War Exhibit, Museum of Science and Industry, in Rockefeller Center.
                                            Among those who will appear are Benny Goodman, Jimmy Durante, Cab Calloway, Duke Ellington, Benay Venuta, Lucille Manners, Nadine Connor, Andrews Sisters, Igor Gorin, Wynn Murray, Sara Ann McCabe, Morton Gould, George Sebastien, Golden Gate Quartet, Ella Siegmeister and Tamara Gava. Recordings will be made and sent to the Russian Army.'

                                          The Pittsburgh Courier, July 24:

                                          'NEW YORK, July 22–With the special permission of James C. Petrillo, AFM president, Cab Calloway, Duke Ellington, Benny Goodman, Morton Gould and a few other band leaders made a series of recordings last week to be sent to the Russian Army.
                                            Under the auspices of the National Council of American-Soviet friendship, the session was held in the American-Soviet War Exhibit in Rockefeller Center. The albums made will be distributed to the Red Army on the Eastern front. Idea behind it all is to entertain the Russian soldiers, besides presenting examples of our musical culture.
                                            Other performers who participated were The Golden Gate Quartet, Jimmy Durante and the Andrews Sisters. The program was held in an NBC studio before an invited audience of 300.'

                                          • Brooklyn Eagle, New York, N.Y. 1943-07-15 p.8
                                          • The Pittsburgh Courier, Pittsburgh, Penn. 1943-07-24 p.20
                                          ..djpNew
                                          added
                                          2017-11-11
                                          1943 07 16
                                          Friday
                                          7 pm - 4 am
                                          .New York, N.Y.Hurricane RestaurantSee 1943 04 01 & 06 30

                                          Dancing, with floor show 'Rockin' In Rhythm' at 8 pm and 12:30 am

                                          10:15 pm MBS broadcast over WOR
                                          ...
                                          ..2011
                                          updated
                                          2012-10-09
                                          1943 07 17
                                          Saturday
                                          7 pm - 4 am
                                          .New York, N.Y.Hurricane RestaurantSee 1943 04 01 & 06 30

                                          Dancing, with floor show 'Rockin' In Rhythm' at 8 pm and 12:30 am

                                          The New York Times radio schedule does not list an Ellington broadcast on WOR
                                          ...
                                          ..2011
                                          updated
                                          2012-10-09
                                          1943 07 18
                                          Sunday
                                          7 pm - 4 am
                                          .New York, N.Y.Hurricane RestaurantSee 1943 04 01 & 06 30

                                          Dancing, with floor show 'Rockin' In Rhythm' at 8 pm and 12:30 am

                                          7 pm MBS broadcast over WOR
                                          ...
                                          ..2011
                                          updated
                                          2012-10-09
                                          1943 07 19
                                          Monday
                                          ..day off - activities not documented...
                                          ..
                                          1943 07 20
                                          Tuesday
                                          7 pm - 4 am
                                          .New York, N.Y.Hurricane RestaurantSee 1943 04 01 & 06 30

                                          Dancing, with floor show 'Rockin' In Rhythm' at 8 pm and 12:30 am

                                          The weekly NYT schedule shows Ellington at 10:15 pm in an MBS broadcast over WOR
                                          but this is not in the daily schedule this date
                                          ...
                                          ..2011
                                          updated
                                          2012-10-09
                                          1943 07 21
                                          Wednesday
                                          7 pm - 4 am
                                          .New York, N.Y.Hurricane RestaurantSee 1943 04 01 & 06 30

                                          Dancing, with floor show 'Rockin' In Rhythm' at 8 pm and 12:30 am

                                          The weekly NYT schedule shows Ellington at 10:15 pm in an MBS broadcast over WOR
                                          but this is not in the daily schedule this date
                                          ...
                                          ..2011
                                          updated
                                          2012-10-09
                                          1943 07 22
                                          Thursday
                                          7 pm - 4 am
                                          .New York, N.Y.Hurricane RestaurantSee 1943 04 01 & 06 30

                                          Dancing, with floor show 'Rockin' In Rhythm' at 8 pm and 12:30 am

                                          The weekly NYT schedule shows Ellington at 10:15 pm in an MBS broadcast over WOR
                                          but this is not in the daily schedule this date
                                          ...
                                          ..2011
                                          updated
                                          2012-10-09
                                          1943 07 23
                                          Friday
                                          7 pm - 4 am
                                          .New York, N.Y.Hurricane RestaurantSee 1943 04 01 & 06 30

                                          Dancing, with floor show 'Rockin' In Rhythm' at 8 pm and 12:30 am

                                          The New York Times radio schedule does not list an Ellington broadcast on WOR
                                          ...
                                          ..2011
                                          updated
                                          2012-10-09
                                          1943 07 24
                                          Saturday
                                          .New York, N.Y..(Unconfirmed)

                                          The New York Times radio schedule has Ellington appearing on a radio show called Treasury Star Parade on WEVD from 3:00 to 3:15 pm and on WBNX at 10 pm. It also shows him appearing on a quiz show "Platterbrains," at 7:03 pm on WMCA.

                                          It is possible the Treasury Star broadcasts were transcriptions known as Treasury Star Parade 231, 232 and 233, recorded in June 1943.
                                          ..DEMS
                                          ..New
                                          added 2012-10-08
                                          1943 07 24
                                          Saturday
                                          7 pm - 4 am
                                          .New York, N.Y.Hurricane RestaurantSee 1943 04 01 & 06 30

                                          Dancing, with floor show 'Rockin' In Rhythm' at 8 pm and 12:30 am

                                          The New York Times radio schedule does not list an Ellington broadcast on WOR
                                          ...
                                          ..2011
                                          updated
                                          2012-10-09
                                          1943 07 25
                                          Sunday
                                          7 pm - 4 am
                                          .New York, N.Y.Hurricane RestaurantSee 1943 04 01 & 06 30

                                          Dancing, with floor show 'Rockin' In Rhythm' at 8 pm and 12:30 am

                                          7 pm MBS broadcast over WOR
                                          ...
                                          ..2011
                                          updated
                                          2012-10-09
                                          1943 07 26
                                          Monday
                                          .New York, N.Y..(Unconfirmed)

                                          The New York Times radio schedule has Ellington appearing on the Treasury Star Parade radio show on WMCA at 11:45 pm

                                          see 1943 07 24
                                          ...
                                          ..New
                                          added 2012-10-08
                                          1943 07 27
                                          Tuesday
                                          .New York, N.Y..(Unconfirmed)

                                          The New York Times radio schedule has Ellington appearing on the Treasury Star Parade radio show on WBYN from 10:30 to 10:45, but doesn't say if that's morning or evening.

                                          see 1943 07 24
                                          ...
                                          ..New
                                          added 2012-10-08
                                          1943 07 27
                                          Tuesday
                                          7 pm - 4 am
                                          .New York, N.Y.Hurricane RestaurantSee 1943 04 01 & 06 30

                                          Dancing, with floor show 'Rockin' In Rhythm' at 8 pm and 12:30 am

                                          7:15 pm MBS broadcast over WOR
                                          ...
                                          ..2011
                                          updated
                                          2012-10-09
                                          1943 07 28
                                          Saturday
                                          .New York, N.Y..(Unconfirmed)

                                          The New York Times radio schedule has Ellington appearing on the Treasury Star Parade radio show on WWRL 9:15 to 9:30 am and on WBYN from 10:30 to 10:45 am.
                                          - see 1943 07 24
                                          ...
                                          ..New
                                          added 2012-10-08
                                          1943 07 28
                                          Wednesday
                                          7 pm - 4 am
                                          .New York, N.Y.Hurricane RestaurantSee 1943 04 01 & 06 30

                                          Dancing, with floor show 'Rockin' In Rhythm' at 8 pm and 12:30 am

                                          The New York Times radio schedule does not list an Ellington broadcast on WOR
                                          ...
                                          ..2011
                                          updated
                                          2012-10-09
                                          1943 07 29
                                          Thursday
                                          .New York, N.Y..(Unconfirmed)

                                          The New York Times radio schedule has the Duke Ellington Orchestra appearing on the Treasury Star Parade radio show on WEVD from 10:30-10:45; on WOV and WMCA from 11:45 to 12; and on WEIN from 1:30-1:45 am
                                          - see 1943 07 24
                                          ...
                                          ..New
                                          added 2012-10-08
                                          1943 07 29
                                          Thursday
                                          7 pm - 4 am
                                          .New York, N.Y.Hurricane RestaurantSee 1943 04 01 & 06 30

                                          Dancing, with floor show 'Rockin' In Rhythm' at 8 pm and 12:30 am

                                          The New York Times radio schedule does not list an Ellington broadcast on WOR
                                          ...
                                          ..2011
                                          updated
                                          2012-10-09
                                          1943 07 30
                                          Friday
                                          .New York, N.Y..(Unconfirmed)

                                          The New York Times radio schedule has the Duke Ellington Orchestra appearing on the Treasury Star Parade radio show on WWRL (9:15-9:30 am), WBYN (10:30-10:45) and WMCA (11:45-12:00 pm).
                                          - see 1943 07 24
                                          ...
                                          ..New
                                          added 2012-10-08
                                          1943 07 30
                                          Friday
                                          7 pm - 4 am
                                          .New York, N.Y.Hurricane RestaurantSee 1943 04 01 & 06 30

                                          Dancing, with floor show 'Rockin' In Rhythm' at 8 pm and 12:30 am

                                          The New York Times radio schedule does not list an Ellington broadcast on WOR
                                          ...
                                          ..2011
                                          updated
                                          2012-10-09
                                          1943 07 31
                                          Saturday
                                          .New York, N.Y..(Unconfirmed)

                                          The New York Times radio schedule has the Duke Ellington Orchestra appearing on the Treasury Star Parade radio show on WEVD, 3-3:15; WNEW, 9:46-10:00; and WHN, 1:30-1:45 A. M.
                                          - see 1943 07 24
                                          ...
                                          ..New
                                          added 2012-10-08
                                          1943 07 31
                                          Saturday
                                          7 pm - 4 am
                                          .New York, N.Y.Hurricane RestaurantSee 1943 04 01 & 06 30

                                          Dancing, with floor show 'Rockin' In Rhythm' at 8 pm and 12:30 am

                                          Midnight MBS broadcast over WOR
                                          ...
                                          ..2011
                                          updated
                                          2012-10-09

                                          August 1943

                                          1943 08 01
                                          Sunday
                                          7 pm - 4 am
                                          .New York, N.Y.Hurricane RestaurantSee 1943 04 01 & 06 30

                                          Dancing, with floor show 'Rockin' In Rhythm' at 8 pm and 12:30 am

                                          7 pm MBS broadcast over WOR
                                          ...
                                          ..2011
                                          updated
                                          2012-10-09
                                          1943 08 01
                                          Sunday
                                          .New York, N.Y.Leon & Eddie'sEarl Wilson:

                                          'The Celebrity Party which Leon & Eddie's gave last night for Frank Coniff, saloon editor of a certain unmentionable paper, naturally did not attract as large a throng as came out for my party some weeks ago, but did wonderful, considering the celebrity. A very big moment came when Duke Ellington, the band leader at the Hurricane, played the piano, and Bobby Sherwood, also a maestro, played the trumpet. George Kelly and Charley Adler, the Yacht Club Boys, just back from seven months in the North African desert for the USO, also appeared... '

                                          The New York Post, New York, N.Y.
                                          1943-08-02 p.21
                                          ..djpNew
                                          added
                                          2017-11-13
                                          1943 08 02
                                          Monday
                                          .New York, N.Y..(Unconfirmed)


                                          The New York Times radio schedule has the Duke Ellington Orchestra appearing on the Treasury Star Parade radio show on WWRL, 9:15-9:30 am, WBYN, 10:30 pm and VVMCA, 11:45 pm
                                          - see 1943 07 24
                                          ....New
                                          added 2012-10-09
                                          1943 08 03
                                          Tuesday
                                          7 pm - 4 am
                                          .New York, N.Y.Hurricane RestaurantSee 1943 04 01 & 06 30

                                          Dancing, with floor show 'Rockin' In Rhythm' at 8 pm and 12:30 am

                                          7:15 pm MBS broadcast over WOR
                                          .New Desor
                                          DE4336
                                          DEMS
                                          ..2011
                                          updated
                                          2012-10-09
                                          1943 08 04
                                          Wednesday
                                          7 pm - 4 am
                                          .New York, N.Y.Hurricane RestaurantSee 1943 04 01 & 06 30

                                          Dancing, with floor show 'Rockin' In Rhythm' at 8 pm and 12:30 am

                                          The New York Times radio schedule does not list an Ellington broadcast on WOR
                                          ...
                                          ..2011
                                          updated
                                          2012-10-09
                                          1943 08 05
                                          Thursday
                                          7 pm - 4 am
                                          .New York, N.Y.Hurricane RestaurantSee 1943 04 01 & 06 30

                                          Dancing, with floor show 'Rockin' In Rhythm' at 8 pm and 12:30 am

                                          8 pm MBS broadcast over WOR
                                          ...
                                          ..2011
                                          updated
                                          2012-10-09
                                          1943 08 06
                                          Friday
                                          .New York, N.Y.P.S. 164Evelyn Seeley, PM

                                          'Duke Ellington 'Gives' for Negro Kids At Start of 'Hot-Shot-a-Day' Program
                                          200 Children Surprised When Nobody Preaches to Them
                                          By EVELYN SEELEY
                                            Duke Ellington was an hour late, but he got there, and for an hour - with Negro kids crowded deep around him - he "gave."
                                            Nobody preached or tried to reform anybody when about 200 Negro youngsters came to PS 164 Friday in response to posters ("Dig Me, Kid") distributed in the neighborhood by Negro Patrolman Jones and Irish Patrolman Cagney.
                                            This was the first of a month's program by the CDVO (Civilian Defense Volunteer Office) and Youth Builders to try to get the gangs of Harlem to gang up on Hitler, instead of one another, and give them useful things to do instead of loafing around streets or parentless homes.
                                            "Dig me" means "come and find out." The kids came, looking skeptical. They bet the Duke wouldn't come, and that the adults told them that chance to get them there. They bet the missionary work would begin any bid. But the Duke came and there was no moralizing. They elected a council, sang songs, watched a girl tap dance, listened to a dramatic recitation by a boy, waited for the Duke.

                                          Plans Discussed
                                            When the Duke got away from the mob of admirers, eight boys from the Arrows, Crusaders, Red Skulls and Corsicans stayed behind to talk over plans with ...'

                                          The report goes on to discuss other celebrities who would be coming each day, including a war hero, a movie star and Mrs. Roosevelt. The story includes a photo of Ellington at a pinao surrounded by girls and boys.
                                          PM, New York, N.Y. 1943-08-08 p.13...djpNew
                                          added
                                          2017-11-13
                                          1943 08 06
                                          Friday
                                          7 pm - 4 am
                                          .New York, N.Y.Hurricane RestaurantSee 1943 04 01 & 06 30

                                          Dancing, with floor show 'Rockin' In Rhythm' at 8 pm and 12:30 am

                                          The New York Times radio schedule does not list an Ellington broadcast on WOR
                                          ...
                                          ..2011
                                          updated
                                          2012-10-09
                                          1943 08 07
                                          Saturday
                                          ...Peripheral event
                                          The Saturday Evening Post ran an illustrated four-page feature on Ellington by Maurice Zolotow titled The Duke of Hot. The colour photos include a rehearsal with Ellington and others mugging for the camera, a portrait of Duke looking up from a piano, Duke with two childen, and one of Jack Robbins with Duke. There is no indication as to when the author met Ellington or when the photos were taken, and much of it seems to be drawn from standard Ellington publicity. Zolotow expanded upon the article for his 1944 book Never Whistle in a Dressing Room, and it is mentioned in various Ellington biographies.

                                          The article was summarized by C.A. Moore in his Keeping Posted column in the San Antonio Register.
                                          • The Saturday Evening Post, New York, N.Y. 1943-08-07 pp.24, 25, 57,59
                                          • San Antonio Register, San Antonio, Tex., 1943-08-13 p.7
                                          ...djpNew
                                          added
                                          2017-11-13
                                          1943 08 07
                                          Saturday
                                          7 pm - 4 am
                                          .New York, N.Y.Hurricane RestaurantSee 1943 04 01 & 06 30

                                          Dancing, with floor show 'Rockin' In Rhythm' at 8 pm and 12:30 am

                                          Midnight MBS broadcast over WOR
                                          ...
                                          ..2011
                                          updated
                                          2012-10-09
                                          1943 08 08
                                          Sunday
                                          .New York, N.Y..PERSONNEL CHANGE
                                          Ben Webster's last day with the band. He opened at The Three Deuces with his own quartet 1943 08 10.

                                          Note New Desor and Stratemann dated his departure Aug. 13.
                                        • H. Baumeister in DEMS, citing Down Beat
                                        • New Desor Vol.2
                                        • Stratemann p.253
                                        • .DEMS
                                          .djpNew
                                          added 2012-10-10
                                          1943 08 08
                                          Sunday
                                          7 pm - 4 am
                                          .New York, N.Y.Hurricane RestaurantSee 1943 04 01 & 06 30

                                          Dancing, with floor show 'Rockin' In Rhythm' at 8 pm and 12:30 am

                                          7 pm MBS broadcast over WOR
                                          ...
                                          ..2011
                                          updated
                                          2012-10-09
                                          1943 08 09
                                          Monday
                                          ..activities not documented...
                                          ...
                                          1943 08 10
                                          Tuesday
                                          7 pm - 4 am
                                          .New York, N.Y.Hurricane RestaurantSee 1943 04 01 & 06 30

                                          Dancing, with floor show 'Rockin' In Rhythm' at 8 pm and 12:30 am

                                          7:15 pm MBS broadcast over WOR

                                          8:00 to 8:30 pm broadcast on WHN
                                          ...
                                          ..2011
                                          updated
                                          2012-10-09
                                          1943 08 11
                                          Wednesday
                                          7 pm - 4 am
                                          .New York, N.Y.Hurricane RestaurantSee 1943 04 01 & 06 30

                                          Dancing, with floor show 'Rockin' In Rhythm' at 8 pm and 12:30 am

                                          The New York Times radio schedule does not list an Ellington broadcast on WOR
                                          ...
                                          ..2011
                                          updated
                                          2012-10-09
                                          1943 08 12
                                          Thursday
                                          7 pm - 4 am
                                          .New York, N.Y.Hurricane RestaurantSee 1943 04 01 & 06 30

                                          Dancing, with floor show 'Rockin' In Rhythm' at 8 pm and 12:30 am

                                          8:00 to 8:30 pm broadcast on WHN
                                          ...
                                          ..2011
                                          updated
                                          2012-10-09
                                          1943 08 13
                                          Friday
                                          7 pm - 4 am
                                          .New York, N.Y.Hurricane RestaurantSee 1943 04 01 & 06 30

                                          Dancing, with floor show 'Rockin' In Rhythm' at 8 pm and 12:30 am

                                          10:30 pm MBS broadcast over WOR

                                          The PM radio schedule also has Ellington broadcasting from the Hurricane at 8 p.m. over WHM.
                                          PM, New York, N.Y. 1943-08-12 p.24..
                                          .djp2011
                                          updated
                                          2012-10-09
                                          2017-11-13
                                          1943 08 14
                                          Friday
                                          ...PERSONNEL CHANGE
                                          Elbert 'Skippy' Williams, tenor sax, born in 1916, replaces Ben Wester.
                                          • New Desor vol.2
                                          • Stratemann p.253
                                          ..
                                          .djpNew
                                          added 2012-10-25
                                          1943 08 14
                                          Friday
                                          ... Peripheral event
                                          In a story datelined New York, The Afro-American reported

                                          Duke Adds to New Musical; Cab Held-Over

                                          "Duke Ellington is hard at work creating additional material for his proposed musical, 'Aesop's Fables.'

                                          The Duke was intrigued by 'Fable Americana' and is writing music to such things as the sage [sic] of Paul Bunyan and Johnny Appleseed.

                                          Crowds swarm the Hurricane Restaurant, each Saturday night, to hear his rehearsals, done during the regular sessions, for his Sunday broadcast, 'Pastel Period.'

                                          Closes in September

                                          He will remain at the Hurricane until mid-September, rounding out a six-month engagement..."

                                          The Afro-American, 1943-08-14 p.10
                                            ..
                                            .djpNew
                                            added 2013-12-22
                                            1943 08 14
                                            Saturday
                                            7 pm - 4 am
                                            .New York, N.Y.Hurricane RestaurantSee 1943 04 01 & 06 30

                                            Dancing, with floor show 'Rockin' In Rhythm' at 8 pm and 12:30 am

                                            7:30-8:00 pm broadcast on WABC
                                            Midnight MBS broadcast over WOR
                                            .New Desor
                                            DE4338
                                            DEMS
                                            ..2011
                                            updated
                                            2012-10-09
                                            1943 08 15
                                            Sunday
                                            7 pm - 4 am
                                            .New York, N.Y.Hurricane RestaurantSee 1943 04 01 & 06 30

                                            Dancing, with floor show 'Rockin' In Rhythm' at 8 pm and 12:30 am

                                            7 pm MBS broadcast over WOR
                                            ...
                                            ..2011
                                            updated
                                            2012-10-09
                                            1943 08 16
                                            Monday
                                            ..activities not documented...
                                            ...
                                            1943 08 16...PERSONNEL CHANGE
                                            Juan Tizol takes a leave from the band. Bernard Archer subs for him
                                            • New Desor vol.2
                                            • Stratemann p.253 citing Metronome 1943-09, p7
                                            ..
                                            .djpNew
                                            added 2012-10-25
                                            1943 08 17
                                            Tuesday
                                            7 pm - 4 am
                                            .New York, N.Y.Hurricane RestaurantSee 1943 04 01 & 06 30

                                            Dancing, with floor show 'Rockin' In Rhythm' at 8 pm and 12:30 am

                                            8:00-8:30 pm broadcast on WHN
                                            The New York Times radio schedule does not list an Ellington broadcast on WOR
                                            ...
                                            ..2011
                                            updated
                                            2012-10-09
                                            1943 08 18
                                            Wednesday
                                            7 pm - 4 am
                                            .New York, N.Y.Hurricane RestaurantSee 1943 04 01 & 06 30

                                            Dancing, with floor show 'Rockin' In Rhythm' at 8 pm and 12:30 am

                                            The New York Times radio schedule does not list an Ellington broadcast on WOR
                                            ...
                                            ..2011
                                            updated
                                            2012-10-09
                                            1943 08 19
                                            Thursday
                                            7 pm - 4 am
                                            .New York, N.Y.Hurricane RestaurantSee 1943 04 01 & 06 30

                                            Dancing, with floor show 'Rockin' In Rhythm' at 8 pm and 12:30 am

                                            10:30 pm MBS broadcast over WOR
                                            ...
                                            ..2011
                                            updated
                                            2012-10-09
                                            1943 08 20
                                            Friday
                                            7 pm - 4 am
                                            .New York, N.Y.Hurricane RestaurantSee 1943 04 01 & 06 30

                                            Dancing 7 p.m. to 4 a.m., with floor show 'Rockin' In Rhythm' at 8 pm and 12:30 am

                                            10:30 pm MBS broadcast over WOR
                                            Ad and plug, Brooklyn Eagle, New York, N.Y. 1943-08-20 p.6..
                                            .djp2011
                                            updated
                                            2012-10-09
                                            2017-11-13
                                            1943 08 21
                                            Saturday
                                            7 pm - 4 am
                                            .New York, N.Y.Hurricane RestaurantSee 1943 04 01 & 06 30

                                            Dancing, with floor show 'Rockin' In Rhythm' at 8 pm and 12:30 am

                                            Midnight MBS broadcast over WOR
                                            .New Desor
                                            DE4339
                                            DEMS
                                            ..2011
                                            updated
                                            2012-10-09
                                            1943 08 22
                                            Sunday
                                            7 pm - 4 am
                                            .New York, N.Y.Hurricane RestaurantSee 1943 04 01 & 06 30

                                            Dancing, with floor show 'Rockin' In Rhythm' at 8 pm and 12:30 am

                                            7 pm MBS broadcast over WOR
                                            ...
                                            ..2011
                                            updated
                                            2012-10-09
                                            1943 08 23
                                            Monday
                                            .New York, N.Y.Gjon Mili Studio
                                            6 E.23rd St
                                            Band's night off from the Hurricane.

                                            Jam session with Duke Ellington, Eddie Condon, Billie Holiday and others

                                            "Fine and Mellow"
                                            ..
                                            Vail I 240 photo
                                            Life Web photos
                                            .2011
                                            updated
                                            2013-03-09
                                            1943 08 24
                                            Tuesday
                                            7 pm - 4 am
                                            .New York, N.Y.Hurricane RestaurantSee 1943 04 01 & 06 30

                                            Dancing, with floor show 'Rockin' In Rhythm' at 8 pm and 12:30 am

                                            8:00-8:30 pm broadcast on WHN
                                            Midnight-12:30 am broadcast over WABC after the news


                                            Broadcast acetates may exist
                                            ..DEMS
                                            .djp2011
                                            updated
                                            2012-10-09
                                            1943 08 25
                                            Wednesday
                                            7 pm - 4 am
                                            .New York, N.Y.Hurricane RestaurantSee 1943 04 01 & 06 30

                                            Dancing, with floor show 'Rockin' In Rhythm' at 8 pm and 12:30 am

                                            The New York Times radio schedule does not list an Ellington broadcast on WOR
                                            ...
                                            ..2011
                                            updated
                                            2012-10-09
                                            1943 08 26
                                            Thursday
                                            7 pm - 4 am
                                            .New York, N.Y.Hurricane RestaurantSee 1943 04 01 & 06 30

                                            Dancing, with floor show 'Rockin' In Rhythm' at 8 pm and 12:30 am

                                            10:30 -11:00 pm broadcast over WHN

                                            In a story datelined New York, Aug. 26, The Pittsburgh Courier said Ellington's Hurricane engagement would run until Sept. 23 instead of closing Sept. 15, and the band would be off until opening at the Capitol theatre, unless they were held over at the Hurricane again.
                                            The Pittsburgh Courier, Pittsburgh, Penn. 1943-08-28 p.21.New Desor
                                            DE4340
                                            DEMS
                                            .djp2011
                                            updated
                                            2012-10-10
                                            2017-11-13
                                            1943 08 27
                                            Friday
                                            7 pm - 4 am
                                            .New York, N.Y.Hurricane RestaurantSee 1943 04 01 & 06 30

                                            Dancing, with floor show 'Rockin' In Rhythm' at 8 pm and 12:30 am

                                            The New York Times radio schedule does not list an Ellington broadcast on WOR
                                            ...
                                            ..2011
                                            updated
                                            2012-10-09
                                            1943 08 28
                                            Saturday
                                            7 pm - 4 am
                                            .New York, N.Y.Hurricane RestaurantSee 1943 04 01 & 06 30

                                            Dancing, with floor show 'Rockin' In Rhythm' at 8 pm and 12:30 am

                                            Midnight-12:30 am broadcast over WABC after the news
                                            .New Desor
                                            DE4341
                                            DEMS
                                            Timner corrections -4/33.2011
                                            updated
                                            2012-10-10
                                            1943 08 29
                                            Sunday
                                            7 pm - 4 am
                                            .New York, N.Y.Hurricane RestaurantSee 1943 04 01 & 06 30

                                            Dancing, with floor show 'Rockin' In Rhythm' at 8 pm and 12:30 am

                                            7 pm MBS broadcast over WOR
                                            .New Desor
                                            DE4342
                                            .
                                            ..2011
                                            updated
                                            2012-10-10
                                            1943 08 30
                                            Monday
                                            ..activities not documented...
                                            ...
                                            1943 08 31
                                            Tuesday
                                            7 pm - 4 am
                                            .New York, N.Y.Hurricane RestaurantSee 1943 04 01 & 06 30

                                            Dancing, with floor show 'Rockin' In Rhythm' at 8 pm and 12:30 am

                                            7:15 pm MBS broadcast over WOR

                                            8:00-8:30 pm broadcast on WHN
                                            Midnight-12:30 am broadcast over WABC after the news
                                            .New Desor
                                            DE4343
                                            .
                                            ..2011
                                            updated
                                            2012-10-09

                                            September 1943

                                            1943 09 01
                                            Wednesday
                                            7 pm - 4 am
                                            .New York, N.Y.Hurricane RestaurantSee 1943 04 01 & 06 30

                                            Dancing, with floor show 'Rockin' In Rhythm' at 8 pm and 12:30 am

                                            Midnight MBS broadcast over WOR
                                            .New Desor
                                            DE4344
                                            .
                                            ..2011
                                            updated
                                            2012-10-10
                                            1943 09 02
                                            Thursday
                                            7 pm - 4 am
                                            .New York, N.Y.Hurricane RestaurantSee 1943 04 01 & 06 30

                                            Dancing, with floor show 'Rockin' In Rhythm' at 8 pm and 12:30 am

                                            8:00-8:30 pm broadcast on WHN
                                            ...
                                            ..2011
                                            updated
                                            2012-10-09
                                            1943 09 03
                                            Friday
                                            7 pm - 4 am
                                            .New York, N.Y.Hurricane RestaurantSee 1943 04 01 & 06 30

                                            Dancing, with floor show 'Rockin' In Rhythm' at 8 pm and 12:30 am

                                            10:30-11:00 pm broadcast on WHN
                                            .New Desor
                                            DE4345
                                            .
                                            ..2011
                                            updated
                                            2012-10-10
                                            1943 09 04
                                            Saturday
                                            7 pm - 4 am
                                            .New York, N.Y.Hurricane RestaurantSee 1943 04 01 & 06 30

                                            Dancing, with floor show 'Rockin' In Rhythm' at 8 pm and 12:30 am

                                            Midnight-12:30 am broadcast over WABC after the news

                                            (DEMS 98,3-20 says Rosenkratz acetate 2-3-A + B was recorded Sept.11, not Sept.4 - see 1943 09 11)
                                            ..DEMS
                                            .djp2011
                                            updated
                                            2012-10-10
                                            1943 09 05
                                            Sunday
                                            9:l5 pm
                                            .New York, N.Y..(Unconfirmed)

                                            WJZ broadcast
                                            (1) Basin Street Chamber Music: Jan Kiepura & Duke Ellington, Guests

                                            (2)The show's full title is "Chamber Music Society of Lower Basin Street." Ellington played one piece, accompanied by the Paul Lavallee studio orchestra.
                                            (1)New York Times weekly radio schedule 1943-09-05

                                            (2)Stratemann p.243
                                            ..
                                            .djp2011
                                            updated
                                            2012-10-10
                                            1943 09 05
                                            Sunday
                                            7 pm - 4 am
                                            .New York, N.Y.Hurricane RestaurantSee 1943 04 01 & 06 30

                                            Dancing, with floor show 'Rockin' In Rhythm' at 8 pm and 12:30 am

                                            7 pm "Pastel Period" MBS broadcast over WOR
                                            Brooklyn Eagle:

                                            'A new feature at the Hurricane to be known as "The Ellington Cavalcade" will be held every Sunday at 2 p.m. beginning this week.'

                                            • DETS 16
                                            • Brooklyn Eagle, New York, N.Y.
                                              1943-09-03 p.9
                                            New Desor
                                            DE4346
                                            DE4347
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                                            Timnerdjp2011
                                            updated
                                            2012-10-10
                                            2017-11-13
                                            1943 09 06
                                            Monday
                                            ...activities not documented...
                                            ...
                                            1943 09 07
                                            Tuesday
                                            7 pm - 4 am
                                            .New York, N.Y.Hurricane RestaurantSee 1943 04 01 & 06 30

                                            Dancing, with floor show 'Rockin' In Rhythm' at 8 pm and 12:30 am

                                            8:00-8:30 pm broadcast on WHN
                                            Midnight-12:30 am broadcast over WABC after the news
                                            .
                                            • DE4348
                                            • DE4349
                                            DEMS
                                            Timner.2011
                                            updated
                                            2012-10-09
                                            1943 09 08
                                            Wednesday
                                            7 pm - 4 am
                                            .New York, N.Y.Hurricane RestaurantSee 1943 04 01 & 06 30

                                            Dancing, with floor show 'Rockin' In Rhythm' at 8 pm and 12:30 am

                                            Baron Timme Rosenkrantz recorded his sides 2-2-A + 2-2-B

                                            The New York Times radio schedule does not list an Ellington broadcast.
                                            .
                                            • DE9084
                                            • DE9085
                                            DEMS
                                            NDCS 1098.2011
                                            updated
                                            2012-10-09
                                            1943 09 09
                                            Thursday
                                            .New York, N.Y.5th floor
                                            Gimbel Bros. department store
                                            Ellington, Fats Waller, Johnny Long, Joe Marsala, and other notable musicians were to appear on a 5:30 broadcast kicking off the Treasury Department's new war bond drive.The New York Sun, New York, N.Y. 1943-09-08 p.6..
                                            .djpNew
                                            added
                                            2017-11-13
                                            1943 09 09
                                            Thursday
                                            7 pm - 4 am
                                            .New York, N.Y.Hurricane RestaurantSee 1943 04 01 & 06 30

                                            Dancing, with floor show 'Rockin' In Rhythm' at 8 pm and 12:30 am

                                            10:30-10:55 pm broadcast on WHN
                                            .New Desor
                                            DE4350
                                            DEMS
                                            ..2011
                                            updated
                                            2012-10-09
                                            1943 09 10
                                            Friday
                                            4:30 pm
                                            .New York , N.Y..Ellington appeared on WOR's variety show "Full Speed Ahead," with Romo Vincent and Morton Downey
                                            New York Times radio schedule 1943-09-10.
                                            .djpNew
                                            added 2012-10-09
                                            1943 09 10
                                            Friday
                                            7 pm - 4 am
                                            .New York, N.Y.Hurricane RestaurantSee 1943 04 01 & 06 30

                                            Dancing, with floor show 'Rockin' In Rhythm' at 8 pm and 12:30 am

                                            T.Rosenkrantz recorded his sides 2-1-A + B

                                            10:30-10:55 pm broadcast on WHN
                                            .
                                            • DE4351
                                            • DE9086
                                            • DE9087
                                            DEMS
                                            NDCS 1098.2011
                                            updated
                                            2012-10-09
                                            1943 09 11
                                            Saturday
                                            1:30 - 4 pm
                                            .New York, N.Y.."Battle Of New York" broadcast
                                            Six bands, including Ellington's orchestra, as well as other performers took part in a broadcast to raise funds for the Third War Loan Drive.

                                            Eight national War Loan Drives were held in the U.S. from 1942 to 1945 to raise funds for the war effort. Each town was assigned a quota to promote competition. On Sept.11, WEAF, the flagship station for the NBC Red network, devoted 30 minutes to each of the five New York boroughs. It isn't clear where the Ellington orchestra broadcast from; the New York Times radio log merely says "Third War Loan Drive Show: "The Battle of New York," Pickups from all Five Boroughs - WEAF 1:30-4."
                                            ..
                                            ..2011
                                            updated
                                            2013-03-10
                                            1943 09 11
                                            Saturday
                                            7 pm - 4 am
                                            .New York, N.Y.Hurricane RestaurantSee 1943 04 01 & 06 30

                                            Dancing, with floor show 'Rockin' In Rhythm' at 8 pm and 12:30 am

                                            11:15 pm broadcast on WOR

                                            Midnight-12:30 am broadcast over WABC after the news

                                            DEMS 98,3-20 says Rosenkratz acetates 2-3-A and 2-3-B were recorded Sept.11 (rather than Sept. 4). The recordings were
                                            • 4352e Cotton Tail
                                            • 4352f On the Sands of Time
                                            • 4352g A Slip of the Lip
                                            • 4352h Don't Get Around Much Anymore
                                            and 2-3-B
                                            • In a Mellow Tone
                                            • Rockin' in Rhythm
                                            • Tonight I Shall Sleep
                                            • Stormy Weather
                                            .
                                            • DE4352
                                            • DE9083
                                            • NDCS 1098
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                                            1943 09 12
                                            Sunday
                                            7 pm - 4 am
                                            .New York, N.Y.Hurricane RestaurantSee 1943 04 01 & 06 30

                                            Dancing, with floor show 'Rockin' In Rhythm' at 8 pm and 12:30 am

                                            New Desor reports 2 broadcasts this date, on WOR and on MBS. (WOR appears to have been a large station in the MBS network).

                                            The New York Times radio schedule only shows one Ellington broadcast, at 7 pm. There is no apparent Ellington broadcast listed in the Los Angeles Times, The Chicago Tribune or the Washington Post for this date.
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                                            1943 09 13
                                            Monday
                                            ..activities not documented...
                                            ...
                                            1943 09 14
                                            Tuesday
                                            7 pm - 4 am
                                            .New York, N.Y.Hurricane RestaurantSee 1943 04 01 & 06 30

                                            Dancing, with floor show 'Rockin' In Rhythm' at 8 pm and 12:30 am

                                            7:15 pm MBS broadcast over WOR

                                            Dorothy Kilgallen's syndicated column said

                                            "Dave Wolper, owner of the Hurricane, will present Duke Ellington with a diamond-studded wristwatch for breaking all records at the cafe. Last week's gross was over $35,000."

                                            On Broadway, by Dorothy Kilgallen, Mansfield News-Journal, 1943-09-14, p.3..
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                                            1943 09 15
                                            Wednesday
                                            7 pm - 4 am
                                            .New York, N.Y.Hurricane RestaurantSee 1943 04 01 & 06 30

                                            Dancing, with floor show 'Rockin' In Rhythm' at 8 pm and 12:30 am

                                            11:30 pm MBS broadcast over WOR
                                            ...
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                                            1943 09 16
                                            Thursday
                                            7 pm - 4 am
                                            .New York, N.Y.Hurricane RestaurantSee 1943 04 01 & 06 30

                                            Dancing, with floor show 'Rockin' In Rhythm' at 8 pm and 12:30 am

                                            8:00-8:30 pm broadcast on WHN
                                            ...
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                                            1943 09 17...(Unconfirmed)

                                            Recording for "Liberty Party" #21
                                            The Library of Congress holds an audio tape of an Office of War Information recording labelled Sept. 17, 1943, featuring The King Sisters, Duke Ellington, and Benny Goodman, which appears to have been a broadcast. The LOC site notes it's a dub and describes it as "radio recording, not necessarily broadcast." The date could be the original broadcast date or the recording date.
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                                            1943 09 17
                                            Friday
                                            7 pm - 4 am
                                            .New York, N.Y.Hurricane RestaurantSee 1943 04 01 & 06 30

                                            Dancing, with floor show 'Rockin' In Rhythm' at 8 pm and 12:30 am

                                            10:30 -11:00 MBS broadcast on WHN
                                            ...
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                                            1943 09 18
                                            Saturday
                                            7 pm - 4 am
                                            .New York, N.Y.Hurricane RestaurantSee 1943 04 01 & 06 30

                                            Dancing, with floor show 'Rockin' In Rhythm' at 8 pm and 12:30 am

                                            11:15 -11:45 pm MBS broadcast over WOR
                                            after news
                                            Midnight-12:30 am broadcast over WABC after the news
                                            ...
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                                            1943 09 19
                                            Sunday
                                            7 pm - 4 am
                                            .New York, N.Y.Hurricane RestaurantSee 1943 04 01 & 06 30

                                            Dancing, with floor show 'Rockin' In Rhythm' at 8 pm and 12:30 am

                                            7 pm MBS broadcast over WOR
                                            ...
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                                            1943 09 20
                                            Monday
                                            ..activities not documented...
                                            ...
                                            1943 09 21
                                            Tuesday
                                            7 pm - 4 am
                                            .New York, N.Y.Hurricane RestaurantSee 1943 04 01 & 06 30

                                            Dancing, with floor show 'Rockin' In Rhythm' at 8 pm and 12:30 am

                                            7:15 pm MBS broadcast over WOR
                                            8:00-8:30 pm broadcast on WHN
                                            Midnight-12:30 am broadcast over WABC after the news
                                            ...
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                                            1943 09 22
                                            Wednesday
                                            7 pm - 4 am
                                            .New York, N.Y.Hurricane RestaurantSee 1943 04 01 & 06 30

                                            Dancing, with floor show 'Rockin' In Rhythm' at 8 pm and 12:30 am

                                            11:30 pm MBS broadcast over WOR
                                            ...
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                                            1943 09 22
                                            Wednesday
                                            .New York, N.Y.Treasury Bond Tent, Roxy Theater.The Billboard carried a story datelined New York Sept.25 on pages 3 and 27 which said, in part:

                                            'There was plenty of activity at the Treasury Bond Tent behind the Roxy Theater. Tuesday night was newspaper night, and appropriately enough, the cast of Early to Bed entertained. Wednesday the tent featured an inter-racial bond rally, with Bill Robinson, Duke Ellington, Etta (Porgy and Bess) Moten, Jerry Bergen, Conrad Nagel and Lucky Millinder featured.'

                                            The New York Age and The Pittsburgh Courier reported 2,500 attended, and

                                            '...Duke Ellington and his band put on a solid jam session that had the hep-cats in the audience jitterbugging in the aisles.
                                              The complete floor show from the Hurricane Club and the Latin Quarter and principals from the cast of Early to Bed also appeared... '

                                            • The Billboard 1943-10-02, pp.3 and 27
                                            • The New York Age, New York, N.Y.
                                              1943-10-02 p.2
                                            • The Pittsburgh Courier, Pittsburgh, Penn.
                                              1943-10-02 p.19
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                                            1943 09 23
                                            Thursday
                                            7 pm - 4 am
                                            .New York, N.Y.Hurricane RestaurantSee 1943 04 01 & 06 30

                                            Dancing, with floor show 'Rockin' In Rhythm' at 8 pm and 12:30 am

                                            8:00-8:30 pm broadcast on WHN

                                            End of Hurricane Club run

                                            Stratemann reports Ellington's asking price was almost doubled by William Morris Agency as a result of the band's success at the Hurricane.
                                            Stratemann p.253New Desor
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                                            1943 09 00.New York, N.Y..Undated broadcasts
                                            New Desor lists 3 recorded September broadcasts from the Hurricane without precise dates.

                                            The New York Times lists the following "Ellington orchestra" broadcasts that are not identified in New Desor:
                                            • 1943-09-02 Thursday 8:00 WHN
                                            • 1943-09-04 Saturday 12:00 WABC (after news)
                                            • 1943-09-14 Tuesday 7:15 WOR
                                            • 1943-09-15 Wednesday 11:30 WOR
                                            • 1943-09-16 Thursday 8:00 WHN
                                            • 1943-09-17 Friday 10:30 WHN
                                            • 1943-09-18 Saturday 11:15 WOR (after news)
                                            • 1943-09-18 Saturday 12:00 WABC (after news)
                                            • 1943-09-19 Sunday 7:00 WOR
                                            • 1943-09-21 Tuesday 7:15 WOR
                                            • 1943-09-21 Tuesday 8:00 WHN
                                            • 1943-09-21 Tuesday 12:00 WABC (after news)
                                            • 1943-09-22 Wednesday 11:30 WOL "Duke Ellington" (this is a Washington radio listing)
                                            • 1943-09-24 Friday 10:30 WHN
                                            It seems likely the three undated broadcasts in New Desor are from this list, and it seems likely the September 24 listing is in error, since the Hurricane residency ended the previous day.
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                                            1943 09 24
                                            Friday
                                            .Rochester, N.Y.Sports Arena
                                            Edgerton Park
                                            Dancing
                                            Duke Ellington, His Famous Orchestra and bette [sic] Roche, Al Hibbler, Johnny Hodges, Ray Nance
                                            Tickets:
                                            advance $1.10
                                            at door, $1.25
                                            tax included
                                            • "Orchestra Notes", The Billboard 1943-09-04, p.26
                                            • Rochester Democrat and Chronicle, Rochester, N.Y.
                                              • 1943-09-19 p.8D
                                              • 1943-09-23 p.10
                                            • Stratemann p.253 citing The Billboard 1943-09-25 p.26
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                                            1943 09 25
                                            Saturday
                                            .London, Ont.Arena.
                                            • "Orchestra Notes",
                                              The Billboard 1943-09-04, p.26
                                            • Stratemann p.253 citing The Billboard 1943-09-25 p.26
                                            • Additional documentation is likely to be found in SI-NMAH Archives Center, DEC301, Series 2: Performances and Programs, 1933-1974, box 1, folder 8 USA and Canada, September and November, 1943, June,1944, December, 1945, January, 1946
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                                            1943 09 26
                                            Sunday
                                            .Buffalo, N.Y.Memorial AuditoriumIt isn't clear if this is a dance or a concert or both. The Sept. 19 Courier-Express plug said Ellington and his orchestra would play from 9 to 1. The Sept. 25 and 26 edition What's Doing? columns just said "9 p.m. Duke Ellington, Buddy Club, Memorial Auditorium," but the plug on Sept. 25 said

                                            ' ...Duke Ellington and his orchestra play in Memorial Auditorium tomorrow night at 9 o'clock...Featured in tomorrow's concert will be Betty Roche, Al Hibler [sic], Johnny Hodges and Ray Nance. '

                                            The ad said the event was from 9 p.m. to 1 a.m., admission $1.60 including tax, advance tickets $1.35.
                                            • "Orchestra Notes",
                                              The Billboard 1943-09-04, p.26
                                            • Buffalo Courier-Express, Buffalo, N.Y.
                                              • 1943-09-19 p.9-D
                                              • 1943-09-25 p.8
                                              • 1943-09-25 Daily Pictorial page
                                              • 1943-06-26 p.4-B
                                            • Stratemann p.253 citing The Billboard 1943-09-25 p.26
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                                            Monday
                                            .Toronto, Ont.Mutual Street ArenaIt isn't clear whether this was a concert or dance of combination thereof. Barry Townley, writing in The Varsity summarized his Monday interview with Ellington rather than review the performance.
                                            • "Orchestra Notes",
                                              The Billboard 1943-09-04, p.26
                                            • Stratemann p.253 citing The Billboard 1943-09-25 p.26
                                            • The Varsity, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ont. 1943-10-01 p.4
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                                            1943 09 28
                                            Tuesday
                                            .Niagara Falls, Ont.Arena.
                                            • "Orchestra Notes",
                                              The Billboard 1943-09-04, p.26
                                            • Stratemann p.253 citing The Billboard 1943-09-25 p.26
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                                            1943 09 29
                                            Wednesday
                                            .Wilmington, Del.Arena.
                                            Stratemann p.253 citing The Billboard 1943-09-25 p.26..
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                                            1943 09 30
                                            Thursday
                                            .New York, N.Y.. Peripheral event
                                            In a story datelined New York Oct. 2, The Billboard reported the Musicians' Union and Decca had signed an agreement on Thursday (Sept. 30), thus ending the recording ban for Decca and its affiliates, including World Broadcasting.
                                            The Billboard, 1943-10-09 pp.13 & 62..
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                                            1943 09 30
                                            Thursday
                                            ...PERSONNEL CHANGES
                                            In a story datelined New York Sept.25, The Billboard reported Rex Stewart, who had been leading his own band, was expected to rejoin Duke in time for the Sept.30 concert. It also said Juan Tizol was due back from vacation on the coast, and Ben Webster was being propositioned to play for Duke again.
                                            Rex Stewart and Juan Tizol rejoined the band, Rex bringing the trumpet section up to 5 horns. Stratemann reports Tizol had been away sick for some weeks, contradicting the earlier report he took leave to go to the West Coast.
                                            • The Billboard 1943-10-02 p.17
                                            • New Desor vol.2
                                            • Stratemann p.253 citing
                                              • Variety 1943-10-06 p.41
                                              • Amsterdam News, New York, N.Y. 1943-10-16 p.7-B
                                              • Down Beat 1943-11-01 p.1
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                                            1943 09 30
                                            Thursday
                                            .Philadelphia, Penn.Academy of Music
                                            Broadway and Locust Sts.
                                            Duke Ellington and his Orchestra
                                            Swing Concert
                                            Concert for the benefit of the N.A.A.C.P. presented by Reese DuPree.
                                            Titles listed in the printed programme were:

                                            • National Anthem
                                            • Creole Love Call (Wallace Jones, trumpet; Harry Carney, clarinet)
                                            • Three Cent Stomp
                                            • Bakiff (Ray Nance, violin; Juan Tizol, val [sic] trombone)
                                            • Variations on Honey Suckle Rose (Jimmy Hamilton, clarinet)
                                            • C Jam Blues (Ray Nance, Violin; Harold Baker, trumpet; Skippy Williams, tenor sax; Joe Manton [sic], trombone; Nat Jones, clarinet)
                                            • Excerpts from Black, Brown and Beige (Betty Roche, vocalist)
                                            • Take the A Train (Ray Nance, trumpet)
                                            • Black and Tan Fantasy (Wallace Jones, trumpet; Joe Manton [sic], trombone)
                                            • Don't Get Around Much Any More (Johnny Hodges; Ray Nance, Trumpet; Lawrence Brown, trombone)
                                            • Intermission
                                            • Ring Dem Bells (Sonny Greer, chimes and percussion)
                                            • Prize-Winning Compositions (Duke Ellington)
                                            • Jack the Bear (Alvin Raglan, bass violin)
                                            • Do Nothing 'Til You Hear From Me (Lawrence Brown, trombone; Albert Hibbler, vocal)
                                            • Cotton Tail (Skippy Williams, tenor sax)
                                            • The Man I Love (Lawrence Brown, trombone)
                                            • Rockin' in Rhythm (Joseph Manton [sic], trombone)
                                            • Sentimental Lady (Johnny Hodges, alto sax)
                                            • Trumpet in Spades (Rex Stewart, trumpet [sic])
                                            • Things Ain't What They Used to Be

                                            The Billboard:

                                            "...the staid old walls of the Academy resounded rhythmically to a whirlwind of righteous swing music...

                                            ... under the auspices of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, the swing recital tallied as big at the box office as it did on the musical and artistic side of the ledger. The 3,600-seat concert hall enjoyed an overflowing capacity that crowded the boxes and wings of the stage with 4,000 serious and swing-minded music fans. It was the biggest crowd in more than a decade for the Academy. Establishing a new attendance record, and with ducats scaled from $1.14 to $3.28, total take was $6,177.25. Dipping into his percentage for the date Ellington took out $2,700 as his share for this unprecedented and history-making evening.

                                            The concert was made up primarily of the Duke's own compositions... Save for three well-received excerpts from his Black, Brown and Beige Opus the selections were all along the popular lines
                                            ..."

                                            Stratemann reports the gross box office was $5,147 with Ellington netting $2,708 and says Ellington's concert was the first played here by any black band and says the only previous pop concert had been by Paul Whiteman. Stratemann begins with 1929 so Dr. Stratemann may have been unaware of the 1927 11 24 appearance by the Fletcher Henderson and Duke Ellington orchestras.
                                            • The Philadelphia Inquirer, Philadelphia, Penn.,
                                              1943-09-26 p.12
                                            • The Billboard
                                            • Amsterdam News, New York, N.Y. 1943-10-16 p.7-B
                                            • Printed programme, SI-NMAH DEC301, Series 2: Performances and Programs, 1933-1974, box 10, folder 7 Academy of Music, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, September 30,1943
                                            • Stratemann p.253 citing
                                              Variety 1943-10-06 p.41
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                                            October 1943

                                            1943 10 00... Peripheral event
                                            Metronome published Duke Ellington on Arrangers, a full page article by Ellington that compliments Will Vodery, Don Redman, Fletcher Henderson, Sy Oliver, Benny Carter, Billy Strayhorn, Kostelanetz, Morton Gould and David Rose.
                                            Metronome, Oct 1943...
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                                            1943 10 --.New York, N.Y.Gjon Mili StudiosEllington, Dizzy Gillespie, Mezzrow, etc
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                                            Friday
                                            .Wilmington, Del.Armory(Unconfirmed)

                                            Dance
                                            • Stratemann, p.253 citing The Billboard 1943-08-28 p.13
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                                            Saturday
                                            ...activities not documented...
                                            ...
                                            1943 10 02
                                            Saturday
                                            ...Peripheral event
                                            Ellington was featured on the cover of The Billboard, together with a four-paragraph column about him.
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                                            1943 10 03
                                            Sunday
                                            .Springfield, Mass.Municipal Auditorium.
                                            • The Billboard 1943-10-02 p.28
                                            • Stratemann, p.253
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                                            Monday
                                            .Cranston, R.I.Rhodes-On-The-PawtuxetDanceVail I.
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                                            1943 10 05
                                            Tuesday
                                            .Harrisburg, Penn.Chestnut Street Hall.
                                            • The Billboard 1943-10-02 p.28
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                                            Wednesday
                                            1943-10-07Washington, D.C.Uline's ArenaConcert
                                            over 6,000 fans despite rain.

                                            This date was listed as Akron in The Billboard Advance Bookings, 1943-10-02 p.28 had Ellington in Akron instead of Washington on this date.
                                            • Stratemann p.253 citing The Billboard 1943-12-18 p.23 (actually p.17)
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                                            1943 10 07
                                            Thursday
                                            .
                                            Friday
                                            Akron, OhioArmory.
                                            The Billboard Advance Bookings, 1943-10-02 p.28..
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                                            1943 10 08
                                            Friday
                                            .Dayton, OhioFairgrounds.
                                            The Billboard Advance Bookings, 1943-10-02 p.28..
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                                            1943 10 09
                                            Saturday
                                            1943 10 10Cincinnati, OhioCastle Farms.
                                            ...
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                                            Sunday
                                            1943 10 10Cincinnati, OhioCastle FarmsSee 1943 10 09...
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                                            Monday
                                            .Detroit, Mich.Graystone Ballroom.
                                            The Billboard Advance Bookings, 1943-10-02 p.28..
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                                            1943 10 12
                                            Tuesday
                                            ...activities not documented...
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                                            Wednesday
                                            ...activities not documented...
                                            ...
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                                            Thursday
                                            1943 11 10New York, N.Y.Capitol TheatreStage show for the film "Phantom of the Opera," which starred Nelson Eddy, Susanna Foster, Claude Rains and Edgar Barrier.
                                            • The vaudeville show included Duke Ellington and his Famous Orchestra, as well as The Deep River Boys, Peg Leg Bates, Patterson and Jackson, and Lena Horne. Betty Roche, Johnny Hodges and Ray Nance were also named in the New York Sun ad.
                                            • The June 26 Pittsburgh Courier said Ellington would become the first colored band to be taken into the big orchestra fold of the Capitol. This is inaccurate - Ellington had engagements in this theatre in 1932, 1933 and 1934.
                                            • AF of M Local 802 union rules required a full standby orchestra to be hired for a travelling band's full engagement. Since a band with even one member who was not in the local would deem it to be a travelling band, Shorty Baker, Nat Jones, and Junior Raglin were replaced by Taft Jordan, Dizzie Gillespie and John Simmons respectively.
                                            • Nance was billed as a singing and dancing single working with the band.
                                            • Hardwick rejoined the band for this engagement only, and both Tizol and Stewart were back.
                                            • The Amsterdam News said Duke was to be here for at least 3 weeks and was getting more than $8,000 a week.
                                            • The Afro-American described the engagement as a triumphal return to Broadway with more than 1,000 people gathered to gain admittance to the opening performance early on the opening day. Dozens of policemen were called in to keep the crowd in order. Stratemann and the Afro-American reported the show broke a 12 week attendance record grossing $85,000 the first week and $60,000 the last week.
                                            • Bill Treadwell's syndicated column in 10 New York newspapers said

                                              "Duke Ellington Takes Broadway

                                              ...in New York little expected the scenes of riotous enthusiasm that took place when 'The Duke' opened at the Capitol Theatre on Broadway. If Harry James 'jive-bombed' the city, not so long ago, Duke blitzed the town. At 7 A.M. over 1,000 music lovers stormed the doors of the Capitol, and by the time the doors opened for admissions at 10 A.M., many additional calls had been sent for police to handle the thousands who milled around the theatre area..."

                                            • The Courier reported the second week gross was $75,000 and

                                              "...a touching tribute was paid while at the theatre to Betty Roche, Duke's talented young vocalist, when a group of youngsters representing the entire membership of the High School of Commerce presented her with a petition signed by more than 200 children reading as follows:

                                              This petition is signed by many of the boys and girls who want recordings of Betty Roche. We feel that such talent should not be kept to the limits of Duke's audiences but that it should be recorded for the many thousands of her devoted fans."

                                            • "...Duke Ellington's Orchestra came to town to do a month-long season at the Capitol Theatre.
                                              ... After leaving Ellington when the Capitol show closed on November 10, a new opportunity opened up for Dizzy....."
                                            • Claire Gordon tells us:
                                              • Each day the first show was in the late morning and it was played every few hours for the rest of each day.
                                              • Most days there was a card game of Tonk backstage. Most of the players were women, including herself, Bea Ellis, Mrs. Jack Boyd and Johnny Hodges' lady, Cue, who would later become Mrs. Hodges.
                                            • PM's Movie Guide showed the admission was 99 cents, and the stage show was at 9:30, 12:08 2:48, 5:28, 8:08, 10:48 and 12:23.
                                            • The Los Angeles Tribune:

                                              'New York Feelling that a share of his record breaking stand at the Capitol theatre in New York was due to youthful followers of his band, Duke Ellington granted a mass interview to more than 50 high school newspaper reporters last week. Piled [sic] with surprisingly apt questions, Duke emerged from the conference weary and grinning. "They're hep, those kids,: was his pleased comment.'

                                              The event was not dated. It seems likely to have been during the third week.
                                            • Ad and short publicity note, New York Sun, New York, N.Y.
                                              1943-10-12 p.25
                                            • Brooklyn Eagle, New York, N.Y.
                                              1943-10-15 p.11
                                            • Amsterdam News,New York, N.Y.
                                              1943-10-16,p.7-B
                                            • PM, New York, N.Y., 1943-10-19 p.21
                                            • "802 Stand-By Rule Changes Ellington Band for Capitol," The Billboard, 1943-10-23
                                            • Stratemann p.253 citing
                                              • Variety
                                                • 1943-10-20 p.24
                                                • 1943-11-10 p.27
                                                • 1943-11-23 p.42
                                              • Metronome 1943-11, pp.7 & 27
                                              • The Billboard 1943-10-23, pp. 17 & 20
                                            • Vail I
                                            • Pittsburgh Courier
                                              • 1943-06-26 p.20
                                              • 1943-11-20, p.19
                                            • Baltimore Afro-American
                                              • 1943-10-23 p.8
                                              • 1943-11-20
                                            • New York Age, New York, N.Y.
                                              1943-10-30 p.10
                                            • Los Angeles Tribune, Los Angeles, Cal.
                                              1943-11-15 p.16
                                            • Leonard Feather Scrapbook 1943-1946 p.82 (Treadwell column - see White Plains News, 1943-11-09)
                                            .
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                                            1943 10 15
                                            Friday
                                            .New York, N.Y.Capitol TheatreStage show - see 1943 10 14...
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                                            Saturday
                                            .New York, N.Y.Capitol TheatreStage show - see 1943 10 14...
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                                            Sunday
                                            .New York, N.Y.Capitol TheatreStage show - see 1943 10 14...
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                                            Monday
                                            .New York, N.Y.Capitol TheatreStage show - see 1943 10 14...
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                                            Tuesday
                                            .New York, N.Y.Capitol TheatreStage show - see 1943 10 14...
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                                            Wednesday
                                            ... Peripheral event
                                            Stratemann reports the C.P. McGregor, Standard Radio and Lang-Worth Feature Programs transcription companies signed contracts with the musicians' union, removing them from the recording ban which remained outstanding against RCA Victor, Columbia Recording and NBC Recording.
                                            Stratemann p.255 citing Variety 1943-10-27 p.37..
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                                            .New York, N.Y.Capitol TheatreStage show - see 1943 10 14...
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                                            Thursday
                                            .New York, N.Y.Capitol TheatreStage show - see 1943 10 14...
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                                            Friday
                                            .New York, N.Y.Capitol TheatreStage show - see 1943 10 14...
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                                            .New York, N.Y.Capitol TheatreStage show - see 1943 10 14...
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                                            Sunday
                                            .New York, N.Y.Capitol TheatreStage show - see 1943 10 14...
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                                            Sunday
                                            .New York, N.Y.Golden Gate Ballroom(Unconfirmed)

                                            The FBI report on Ellington said he, among others, was to appear in a "Davis Victory Show" to pay tribute to a Communist candidate for the New York city council.
                                            FBI file no. 100-43443, p.4, citing Daily Worker 1943-10-07..
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                                            Tuesday
                                            .New York, N.Y.Capitol TheatreStage show - see 1943 10 14...
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                                            • Stratemann p.253 citing Variety 1943-10-27 p.4
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                                            .New York, N.Y.Capitol TheatreStage show - see 1943 10 14...
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                                            Thursday
                                            .New York, N.Y.Capitol TheatreStage show - see 1943 10 14...
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                                            1943 10 28.New York, N.Y.Famous Door
                                            52nd Street
                                            Ellington, Benny Goodman, Gene Krupa, Tommy Dorsey, Louis Armstrong, Red Norvo, Tony Pastor, Coleman Hawkins, Charlie Barnet, Teddy McRae, Jeni LeGon, Phil Moore, Martin Block and Jack Robbins attended Lionel Hampton's opening at the Famous Door, Hampton's first New York location job in a year.

                                            Vail says Duke attended after the Capitol gig that day, but provides nothing to support that.
                                            • The Pittsburgh Courier, Pittsburgh, Penn.
                                              1943-11-06 p.19
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                                            1943 10 00.New York, N.Y.Harlem HospitalThe Baltimore Afro-American carried a photo of Duke visiting W.C.Handy in hospital. Handy, 70 years old, fractured his skull when he fell off a subway platform on Oct. 28. The caption says doctors reported Handy was recovering rapidly since Duke's visit. The caption did not date the visit, but it will have been between Oct. 28 and mid-November.Baltimore Afro-American 1943-11-20 p.8..
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                                            Sunday
                                            Halloween
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                                            1943 11 01
                                            Monday
                                            .New York, N.Y.Capitol TheatreStage show - see 1943 10 14...
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                                            Tuesday
                                            .New York, N.Y.Capitol TheatreStage show - see 1943 10 14...
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                                            Wednesday
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                                            Friday
                                            .New York, N.Y.Golden Gate Ballroom
                                            143rd St. & Lenox Ave.
                                            Gala Dance sponsored by the Harlem Riverside Committee of the National War Fund
                                            Guest Artists: Ralph Cooper, Ink Spots, Duke Ellington, Bill Robinson, Lena Horne, Valaida Snow

                                            War Demonstrations at 8 p.m. sharp by the 15 Regt. N.Y.G.
                                            Dancing follows
                                            Music by 5 GREAT BANDS
                                            Admission including tax $1.10
                                            Ad, _New York Age, 1943-11-06, p5..
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                                            New Desor shows John Simmons leaving the band on Nov.7, but it is more likely to have been after the Capitol engagement ended on Nov.10, since he was used in the band because he was a member of Local 402.
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                                            Monday
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                                            Monday
                                            (All night)1, 2
                                            .New York, N.Y.World Studios
                                            711 Fifth Ave.
                                            World Broadcasting System recording session
                                            Duke Ellington and His Famous Orchestra
                                            W.Jones, Stewart, Gillespie, Jordan, Brown, Nanton, Tizol, Hamilton, Hodges, Hardwick, Skippy Williams, Carney, Ellington, Guy, Wilson Myers, Greer, Hibbler

                                            Titles recorded:
                                            • Rockin' In Rhythm
                                            • Blue Skies
                                            • Boy Meets Horn
                                            • Do Nothin' Till You Hear From Me
                                            • Summertime
                                            • I Didn't Know About You
                                            • Tea For Two
                                            • C-Jam Blues
                                            • Rockabye River (Hop-Skip-Jump)
                                            • Blue Skies
                                            • Mood Indigo

                                            '...the band put in two all-night sessions at the World recording studios, making transcriptions of twenty-five numbers popularized during the band's New York broadcasts. These transcriptions will be heard on radio stations all over the country, but cannot be sold for use in private phonographs since the Petrillo ban on recording is still in effect against the Victor Company.'1

                                            Stratemann reports Ellington obtained a release from his contract with Standard Radio in early November so he could record for World.3
                                            • 1."Duke Draws 85Gs...", Baltimore Afro-American 1943-11-20
                                            • Vail I
                                            • 3. Stratemann p.255 citing Variety 1943-11-10 p.60
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                                            Tuesday
                                            ...PERSONNEL CHANGE
                                            Dizzie Gillespie leaves the band
                                            Shorty Baker and Junior Raglin rejoin
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                                            Tuesday
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                                            .New York, N.Y.World Studios
                                            711 Fifth Ave.
                                            World Broadcasting System recording session
                                            Duke Ellington and His Famous Orchestra
                                            W. Jones, Stewart, Jordan, Nance, Brown, Nanton, Tizol, Hamilton, Hodges, Hardwick, Skippy Williams, Carney, Ellington, Guy, Raglin, Greer, Hibbler, Roche

                                            Titles recorded:
                                            • Main stem
                                            • A Slip Of The Lip
                                            • Three Cent Stomp
                                            • I Wonder Why
                                            • Go Away Blues
                                            • I Don't Want Anybody At All
                                            • Ain't Misbehavin'
                                            • Things Ain't What They Used To Be
                                            • Baby, Please Stop And Think About Me
                                            • Caravan
                                            • 1."Duke Draws 85Gs...", Baltimore Afro-American 1943-11-20
                                            • Vail I
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                                            Thursday
                                            .Taunton, Mass.Roseland BallroomBaron Grace presents Duke Ellington and His Famous Orchestra in an Armistice Day Dance at Roseland Ballroom
                                            • Ad, Baltimore Afro-American
                                              • 1943-10-23 p.17
                                              • 1943-11-06 p.17
                                            • 'Advance Bookings' column, The Billboard 1943-10-30 p.27
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                                            .Portland, MaineCity Hall.
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                                            Saturday
                                            .Worcester, Mass.Municipal Auditorium.
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                                            1943 11 15.Montréal, P.Q.Forum.
                                            • Unidentified ad + review located by Agustěn Perez Gasco aug11 (not seen by webmaster)
                                            • 'Advance Bookings' column, The Billboard 1943-10-30 p.27
                                            • Additional documentation is likely to be found in SI-NMAH Archives Center, DEC301, Series 2: Performances and Programs, 1933-1974, box 1, folder 8 USA and Canada, September and November, 1943, June,1944, December, 1945, January, 1946
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                                            .Montréal, P.Q.Chez Maurice Danceland.
                                            • Ibid.
                                            • Additional documentation is likely to be found in SI-NMAH Archives Center, DEC301, Series 2: Performances and Programs, 1933-1974, box 1, folder 8 USA and Canada, September and November, 1943, June,1944, December, 1945, January, 1946
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                                            Tuesday
                                            .Ottawa, Ont.Union StationThe Evening Citizen reported Ellington was in Union Station's lobby this morning. This suggests the orchestra travelled from Montréal to Ottawa Tuesday morning, since the cities are only about 200 k.m. apart. As of 2017, the train trip takes about two hours.The Evening Citizen, Ottawa, Ont., 1943-11-16 p.17..
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                                            Tuesday
                                            .Ottawa, Ont.Uplands Air Force BaseThe Evening Citizen, Tuesday:

                                            '...Mr. Ellington this afternoon went to Uplands to play for the staff personnel there.'

                                            The Evening Citizen, Wednesday:

                                            '...The dark-skinned maestro, who entertained an audience at Uplands air station with his nimble-fingered piano playing shortly before the show at the Auditorium,...'

                                            Professor Chambers describes this performance as Ellington's first piano concert. It is impossible to evaluate this claim without more information about the event. Was it a formal concert with a programme, etc.? Did Ellington bring his rhythm section along, as he would in later years? Certainly it is not the first time Ellington performed without his orchestra - see for instance
                                            • 1934 10 21 Earle Theatre
                                            • 1936 11 00 Tillotson College
                                            • 1938 10 19 Tennesee A&I State College
                                            • The Evening Citizen, Ottawa, Ont.
                                              • 1943-11-16 p. 17
                                              • 1943-11-17 p.14
                                            • Jack Chambers, Panther Patter, Duke Ellington at the Piano, Blue Light, Vol.24 Number 2, Summer 2017, pp.6-15 at p.10
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                                            Tuesday
                                            .Ottawa, Ont.AuditoriumDance, 9 p.m.-1 a.m. The advertised price of the first 2,000 tickets was $1.00, after that, $1.25.

                                            The Evening Citizen:

                                            ' Duke Ellington's Band Plays for Huge Crowd

                                              Upwards of 3,000 crowded the Auditorium last evening to hear America's genius of jazz, Duke Ellington and his 16-men ensemble, in a program of strictly "jive" tunes, with the occasional smoother melody, not heard here in many a moon.
                                              The dark-skinned maestro... left nothing to be desired in his interpretation of such hits as Don't Get Around Much Any More.
                                              Betty Roche, the featured female vocalist, gave musical warmth to many a melody during the evening while the band's combined efforts in this rendition of the Sheik of Araby and many others gave the town's hep and jive cats plenty of exercise.'

                                            The Billboard:

                                            'Ellington's Ottawa Gross Best Yankee Figure in 2 Years

                                              OTTAWA, Nov. 27.– Duke Ellington topped the record of any American band for the past two years and came close to equaling the draw of Mart Kenney, when he played the Auditorium here on November 16.
                                              Ellington drew a crowd of 3,585 at $1.00 for the first 2,000 tickets and $1.25 for the balance. Kenney's average audience numbers over 4,000, which no American band has hit yet.
                                              Cab Calloway plays the Auditorium Tuesday (30) and Count BAsie comes in the night of January 4.'

                                            • The Evening Citizen, Ottawa, Ont.
                                              • 1943-11-10 p.18
                                              • 1943-11-15 p.18
                                              • 1943-11-16 pp.13, 17
                                              • 1943-11-17 p.14
                                            • Stratemann p.255 citing
                                              • Variety 1943-10-20 p.43 (Band Bookings)
                                              • 'Advance Bookings' column, The Billboard 1943-10-30 p.27
                                              • The Billboard 1943-12-04 p.13
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                                            Wednesday
                                            .Kingston, Ont.Armory.
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                                            Thursday
                                            1943 11 24Toronto, Ont.Kingsway Club.
                                            • 'Advance Bookings' column, The Billboard 1943-10-30 p.27
                                            • Additional documentation is likely to be found in SI-NMAH Archives Center, DEC301, Series 2: Performances and Programs, 1933-1974, box 1, folder 8 USA and Canada, September and November, 1943, June,1944, December, 1945, January, 1946
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                                            Friday
                                            .Toronto, Ont.Kingsway ClubSee 1943 11 18...
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                                            Saturday
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                                            Sunday
                                            .Toronto, Ont.Kingsway ClubSee 1943 11 18...
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                                            Monday
                                            .Toronto, Ont.Kingsway ClubSee 1943 11 18...
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                                            Tuesday
                                            .Toronto, Ont.Kingsway ClubSee 1943 11 18...
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                                            Wednesday
                                            .Toronto, Ont.Kingsway ClubSee 1943 11 18...
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                                            Thursday
                                            .London, Ont.Arena.
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                                            Friday
                                            .Kitchener, Ont.Auditorium.
                                            Additional documentation is likely to be found in SI-NMAH Archives Center, DEC301, Series 2: Performances and Programs, 1933-1974, box 1, folder 8 USA and Canada, September and November, 1943, June,1944, December, 1945, January, 1946..
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                                            Saturday
                                            .Buffalo, N.Y.Assembly Room
                                            Memorial Auditorium
                                            Broadcast concert for Trico Products workers.

                                            The Niagara Falls Gazette:

                                            'Duke Ellington to Honor Trico
                                              Duke Ellington and his famous orchestra will be sent to Buffalo as a "Spotlight Bands" attraction to entertain the personnel of the Trico Products corporation, according to an announcement by Harry Volibracht, of the Buffalo Coca-Cola Bottling corporation, sponsor of the affair.
                                              In addition to regular show, there will be a 25-minute coast-to-coast broadcast over 166 Blue network stations, focusing attention on the corporation personnel.
                                              The Victory Parade of Spotlight Bands is heard six nights a week from army, navy, marine, coast guard and merchant marine bases and from war production plants... '

                                            Buffalo Evening News:

                                            'Spotlight Band Salutes Trico
                                              Duke Ellington brings his whole band to Buffalo tonight to play during the Victory Parade of Spotlight Bands. The occasion is to honor the Trico Company and its employes [sic]. The program is to be broadcast over the entire Blue network, via WEBR at 9:30, from the Assembly Room of Memorial Auditorium.
                                              The personnel of the Trico Corporation is 100% actively engaged in war work, in purchase of War Bonds etc. 1800 employes [sic] and their families will be present at the broadcast and party, to follow.'

                                            Buffalo Courier-Express:

                                            ' Duke Goes 'All Out' for Crowd At Auditorium Victory Parade
                                              Coca Cola's Victory of spotlight bands stopped off at Buffalo's Memorial Auditorium last night...
                                              Trico employees who came to see the Duke weren't disappointed. He gave them all he had - even in the warm-up session just before the broadcast, when Trumpeter Rex Stewart treated the audience to a sizzling Boy Meets Horn.
                                              ... The Trico firm, and factors of windshield wipers and other accessories for peacetime vehicles, now produces wipers for tanks, jeeps, another military equipment, in addition to many types of inspection instruments.'


                                            Part of the performance was broadcast locally on WEBR and nationally on the Blue Network's Coca-Cola Victory Parade of Spotlight Bands. It was later released on AFRS 16-inch transcription 372 AFRS#217
                                          • The history of the Spotlight Bands series is discussed in DEMS 03,3-11. Valburn:

                                            '... Ellington appeared a total of five times. The first appearance on 19Nov42 is strictly a Coca-Cola program (no AFRS participation then). His subsequent appearances (2 in 1943) (1 in 1944) and (1 in 1945) were all transcribed by AFRS and issued. Later in 1947 there are 5 transcriptions in the AFRS series of his appearances.'


                                          • Recordings
                                            The Duke Ellington Spotlight Band
                                            Personnel:
                                            Jones, Stewart, Jordan, Nance, Brown, Nanton, Tizol, Hamilton, Hodges, Hardwick, Skippy Williams; Carney, Ellington, Guy, Raglin, Greer, Hibbler, Roché

                                            Titles broadcast and recorded:
                                            • Unnamed opening theme with announcement
                                            • Blue Skies
                                            • Do Nothin' Till You Hear From Me
                                            • A Slip Of The Lip
                                            • I Didn't Know About You (announced as Sentimental Lady, its alternate title)
                                            • I Wonder Why
                                            • Rockin' In Rhythm
                                            • Things Ain't What They Used To Be (partial)
                                            • Unnamed closing theme and voice-over

                                            Listen to, or download, an audio file of this broadcast at http://www.radioechoes.com - the lack of audience noise during each performance suggests this is the AFRS transcription, with dubbed applause between numbers.
                                            • Buffalo Evening News, Buffalo, N.Y.
                                              1943-11-27 p.7
                                            • The Niagara Falls Gazette, Niagara Falls, N.Y.
                                              1943-11-27 p.7
                                            • Buffalo Courier-Express, Buffalo, N.Y.
                                              • 1943-11-21 p.6-D
                                              • 1943-11-27 p.22
                                              • 1943-11-28 p.5-D
                                          • Stratemann p.255
                                          • Girvan:   Ellingtonia.com
                                          • Timner
                                          • Ole J. Nielsen, Jazz Records 1942-80, A discography: Vol. Six, Duke Ellington
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                                            Sunday
                                            .Buffalo, N.Y.Memorial Auditorium.
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                                            Monday
                                            .Cleveland, OhioPublic Hall

                                            DANCE!   DANCE!   DANCE!

                                            E   D U K E
                                            L L I N G T O N
                                              and His FAMOUS BAND
                                            MONDAY EVE. NOV. 29, 9 P.M.-1 A.M.
                                            PUBLIC AUDITORIUM * MAIN BALLROOM
                                            ADVANCE SALE TICKETS
                                            NOW AT TAYLOR'S, $1 Plus Tax

                                            DOOR PRICE, $1.50

                                            'Duke Ellington and his famous band will beat out primitive rhythms and typical Ellington melodies for dancing at thePublic Hall Monday Evening, Nov. 29...
                                              One of the nation's most prolific tune writers, Ellington will introduce some of his new song hits here, as well as playing old favorites, in his four hours' jamboree. '


                                            'Ellington Due Nov. 29
                                            Duke Ellington and his orchestra will make their first local dance appearance in more than three years at the Public Hall Monday evening, Nov. 29. Recently, the Duke's appearances have been confined to legitimate shows, ... concert dates and vaudeville trouping. This time he will beat out heated notes for rug-cutters.
                                              With Ellington comes Betty Reche, [sic] his feminine songbird; Johnny Hodges, alto saxophone ace, Ray Nance, Rex Stewart, Ben Webster, Juan Tizol, Lawrence Brown, Sonny Greer, Otto Hardwicke [sic] and Freddie Guy. '


                                            (The Pittsburgh Courier erroneously announced the event as a concert.)
                                            • The Pittsburgh Courier, Pittsburgh, Penn.,
                                              1943-11-27 p.19
                                            • Joe Mosbrook: "Jazzed in Cleveland"
                                            • Cleveland Plain Dealer, Cleveland, Ohio
                                              • 1943-11-14 p.17
                                              • 1943-11-21 p.18-B
                                              • 1943-11-28 p.14-B
                                              • 1943-11-29 p.10
                                              • 1943-11-26 p.10
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                                            Tuesday
                                            .Pittsburgh, Penn.Carnegie Music HallConcert sponsored by the Loendi Club. Packed house, apparently including soldiers seated on the stage.

                                            Pieces named in the Pittsburgh Press review:
                                            • Black, Brown and Beige excerpts
                                            • C Jam Blues
                                            • Moon Mist
                                            . Band members mentioned:
                                          • Betty Roche
                                          • Hodges
                                          • Brown
                                          • Tizol
                                          • Hamilton
                                          • Baker
                                          • Skippy Williams
                                          • Nanton
                                          • Wallace Jones
                                          • Greer
                                          • Raglan
                                            • The Pittsburgh Press, Pittsburgh, Penn., 1943-12-01 p.29
                                            • Additional documentation is likely to be found in SI-NMAH DEC301, Series 2: Performances and Programs, 1933-1974, box 10, folder 8 Carnegie Hall, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, November 30, 1943
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                                            December 1943

                                            1943 12 01
                                            Wednesday
                                            .New York, N.Y.1619 BroadwayA new business office was opened by Duke Ellington and Cab Calloway for the joint management of their bands and other individual interests. It will function under the supervision of William H. Mittler, auditor, who has handled business details for both attractions for many years...staff will include Sam Berk, theatrical agent,...and Sara Abrams, formerly private secretary to Irving Mills. The William Morris Agency will continue to book Ellington...Down Beat, 1943-12-01, p.1..
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                                            .New York, N.Y.Compton Agency OffAudition Show
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                                            .Baltimore, Md.Lord B.Hotel.
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                                            Monday
                                            8:45 pm
                                            .Washington, D.C.Uline Arena
                                            Third and M Streets
                                            Concert, attended by 6,000, by Duke Ellington and His Famous Orchestra, sponsored by Howard Park Civic Association for the benefit of child care units for the children of working mothers, presented by Fred A. Krisch.

                                            Ticket prices were $1.35 $2.20 and $3.30

                                            Ray Nance opened with Moon Mist on violin, and the program ended with Things Ain't What They Used To Be. Mentioned in the review or shown in photos were Nance, Roché, Hodges, Stewart, Wallace Jones, Brown and Hibbler. Hibbler was "uproariously applauded" for Do Nothin' Till You Hear from Me and Summertime.
                                            • Baltimore Afro-American
                                              • Ad, 1943-11-20 p.1_
                                              • Publicity and ad, 1943-12-04, p.20
                                              • Photo and review, 1943-12-11 pp.19-20
                                            • The Billboard, 1943-12-18 p.17
                                            • Stratemann p.255 citing Variety 1943-11-03 p.34
                                            • Vail I with an unattributed copy of an ad
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                                            .Baltimore, Md.Alcazar.
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                                            .Langley, Va.Langley Air Force BaseConcert
                                            Victory Night Radio Broadcast Broadcast on WFL and nationally on Coca-Cola's Victory Parade of Spotlight Bands

                                            Later released on AFRS 16 inch transcription 381 AFRS226
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                                            Thursday
                                            .Norfolk, Va.Palomar BallroomThe Billboard:

                                            'NORFOLK, Va., Dec. 25.–Duke Ellington comfortably filled the Palomar, and Benny Goodman broke the house record for the present operator, Jack Kane, in one-night stands...
                                              Ellington grossed $2,707.00 (1,250 paid admissions at $2.20)...'

                                            .
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                                            .New York, N.Y.Carnegie Hall
                                            (Main Hall)
                                            Concert 8:45 p.m.
                                            Reviewed by "Simon" in PM:
                                            • Sold-out house with 100 more on the stage
                                            • Two hours
                                            • '...Like Gershwin, Ellington makes music that, I think, has enduring qualities and serious importance beyond serving as dance music–but in a small way.
                                                In "a small way" because with few exceptions the numbers are based on either the 12-bar blues pattern or the 32-bar popular-song pattern and built up over the insistent jazz rhythm of the drums and other "rhythm" instruments. After the National Anthem was played, there wasn't a bar–certainly not a sustained passage–in triple time. After a half hour of this, I got the feeling of a remarkably able and sensitive poet trying to say everything in limerics. It limited not only his technical resources but also the seriousness and depth of what he might otherwise have had to say musically... '

                                            • Pieces named:
                                              • New World A-Coming
                                              • Portions of Brown from Black, Brown and Beige
                                            • "16 assistant instrumental virtuosi" of which Simon only names Hodges and Nance.
                                            Metronome, January 1944 p.10 reported the house was sold out a week in advance, also reported latercomers were seated on the stage, and Ellington took out $4,200 of the gross of $5,300.
                                            • The Afro-American, Baltimore, Md. 1943-11-13
                                            • Amsterdam News, New York, N.Y. 1943-12-11 p.7B
                                            • PM, New York, N.Y. 1943-12-13 p.20
                                            • The Pittsubrgh Courier, Pittsburgh, Penn., 1943-11-27 p.19
                                            • Detailed review by Barry Ulanov in Metronome, 1944 01 00, reproduced in Tucker, The Duke Ellington Reader, pp. 209-212
                                            • Additional documentation is likely to be found in SI-NMAH DEC301, Series 2: Performances and Programs, 1933-1974, box 10, folder 9 Carnegie Hall, New York City, December 11, 1943
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                                            .Boston, Mass.Symphony HallPre-Christmas concert, 8 p.m.

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                                            .Westport, Mass.Lincoln Park BallroomDancing, 8 p.m. to 1 a.m. sponsored by the Lion's Club.
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                                            Sunday
                                            .Chicago, Ill.Civic Opera HouseClaudia Cassidy:

                                            '...Duke Ellington and his orchestra appeared in concert. Mr. Ellington started half an hour late, minus a sick trombone player, but with the swelling approval of a capacity audience.
                                              It was mostly Ellington music, of course –the tall maestro's and ihs son, Pvt. Mercer Ellington's, with a tribute to the late Fats Waller in variations on "Honeysuckle Rose." Particularly interesting in the first half was the brief glimpse Mr. Ellington gave Chicago of his "Black, Brown and Beige," once destined to be an opera called "Boola." He played three excerpts from the middle section, a West Indies dance, a oldishly gay theme on emancipation, with an undercurrent of sorrow from the old people who had nowhere to go, and a haunting birth of blues sung by Bette [sic] Roche.
                                              Considerably less effective was the Ellington musing on Roi Ottley's "New World A'Coming," devoted largely to piano, nd emerging as something rather tired than joyous. Fortunately for contrast, this led into "Floor Show," an exhibition piece for the Ellington brasses.

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                                            .Cedar Rapids, IowaDanceland BallroomAdvance publicity names Roche, Hibbler, Hodges and Nance as the big-name attractions.
                                            The Cedar Rapids Gazette, Cedar Rapids, Iowa, 1943-12-22 p.11..
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                                            .Kansas City, Mo.Municipal AuditoriumA carelessly printed ad in the Plaindealer shows "nday, Dec. 27" and "Municiple Aud torium".
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                                            1944 01 26
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                                            Chicago, Ill.Boulevard Room
                                            Hotel Stevens
                                            Michigan Boulevard
                                            Dancing all evening and at 9:15 and 12:15, a "musical show featuring some of its most beautiful arrangements and all of its wonderful musicians."

                                            Stratemann and Vail I show a closing date of Jan. 27, 1944. This is based on a single sentence in Variety: ...four weeks, Stevens hotel, Chicago.

                                            Duke Ellington, Inc.'s financial statement for the first quarter of 1944 have its last week as the five days ending Jan. 26. While Stratemann cites Variety, all Variety say is the engagement is four weeks.

                                            The Billboard published a glowing review by Carl Cons saying the house was packed on opening night, with some tables on the dance floor, and many walk-ins were standees. There were no outside acts.

                                            Stratemann reports the engagement did turn-away business for the first three nights.

                                            Los Angeles Tribune:

                                            'Ellington in Stevens hotel
                                              NEW YORK — Duke Ellington opened the new Boulevard Room of the Stevens Hotel in Chicago on New Years Eve and started a four week engagement. The hotel was just recently taken out of its G.I. uniform after over two years of Army occupancy. The Boulevard Room was the army's indoor drill field.'

                                            Pittsburgh Courier

                                            'Duke Ellington and his orchestra, first to play the newly opened Stevens hotel here in a four-week booking, have been drawing consistently good business without the aid of any floor show or added attractions.
                                              The crowd... is on the whole strictly society, with few college youngsters, and the Ellingtonians have keyed their music to the room and the patrons by playing in a soft style characterized by Duke's "Pastel Period" broadcasts.
                                              Billy Strayhorn... has been playing piano during intermissions...'

                                            • On The Stand, The Billboard, 1944-01-22, p.18
                                            • Stratemann p.256, citing Variety 1943-12-22 (p.43)
                                            • Los Angeles Tribune 1944-01-10 p.18
                                            • The Pittsburgh Courier, Pittsburgh, Penn., 1944-01-22 p.15
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                                            1943 12 00.New York, N.Y.Possibly Ellington's apartmentTime Inc.'s "March of Time" documentary series. Vol.10 No. 5, "Up Beat In Music," reported about entertainment provided to American troops by American musicians and has about 20 seconds with Ellington, possibly filmed in his living room in a robe, seated at a piano writing on music paper and playing Dancers in Love. The music lasts 10 seconds. The film shows Ellington was working on the Perfume Suite a full year before its Carnegie Hall premiere in December 1944.Stratemann pp. 251-252New Desor
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                                            January 1944

                                            1944 01 011944 03 31.
                                            DUKE ELLINGTON, INC.
                                            STATEMENT OF OPERATIONS FOR THE PERIOD
                                            JANUARY 1 TO MARCH 31, 1944
                                            INCOME FROM SERVICES:                            $ 93,717.13
                                            EXPENSES AND DEDUCTIONS:
                                            Payroll - Band $26,955.83
                                            " - Acts 5,757.42
                                            " - Vocalists 2,419.33
                                            " - Staff 8,135.00
                                            Salary - Duke Ellington 6,500.00
                                            Expenses - " " 1,300.00
                                            Entertaining 1,875.46
                                            Advertising & Publicity 4,390.87
                                            Rehearsal Expense 19.00
                                            Fares, Baggage Transfers, Tips, etc. 10,412.77
                                            Arranging 4,525.35
                                            Union Tax 172.50
                                            Telephone and Telegraph 537.76
                                            Commissions 11,082.59
                                            Photos 247.17
                                            Uniforms 126.82
                                            Accounting & Executive Expense 450.00
                                            Insurance 369.40
                                            Rent 300.00
                                            Stationary & Supplies 94.50
                                            Miscellaneous Expensese 165.90
                                            Social Security Tax 236.53
                                            Unemployment Insurance Taxes 709.59
                                            Total Expenses and Deductions 86,783.79
                                            NET PROFIT $ 6,933.34
                                            The statement includes a statement of cash receipts and disbursements, showing the revenue, expenses and profit or loss for each engagement. Here are the (rounded) revenue receipts for the quarter:
                                             Stevens Hotel, Chicago    week ending Jan.6   $4,500
                                            Stevens Hotel, Chicago w/e Jan.13 4,500
                                            Stevens Hotel, Chicago w/e Jan.20 4,500
                                            Stevens Hotel, Chicago 5 days ending Jan.26 3,750
                                            Fox Theatre, St. Louis, Mo. w/e Feb. 3 9,000
                                            Dance, Evansville Feb. 4 1,753
                                            Dance, Indianapolis Feb. 5 1,203
                                            Dance, Chicago Feb. 6 1,779
                                            Paradise Theatre, Detroit w/e Feb.17 9,500
                                            Palace Theatre, Akron Feb. 19, 20 and 21 5,608
                                            Palace Theatre, Youngston Feb. 22, 23, 24 3,315
                                            Dance, Lansing Feb. 25 1,750
                                            Dance, Flint Feb. 26 1,746
                                            Dance, Flint Feb. 27 3,156
                                            Dance, Dayton Feb. 28 1,250
                                            Palace Theatre, Columbus Feb. 29-Mar. 2 5,297
                                            Temple Theatre, Rochester Mar. 3-5 3,241
                                            Stanley Theatre, Utica Mar. 6-8 1,713
                                            R. K. O. Boston Theatre, Boston w/e Mar. 15 8,291
                                            Dance, Worcester Mar. 16 1,000
                                            State Theatre, Harfford Mar. 17-19 4,596
                                            Dance, Reading Mar. 20 2,000
                                            Dance, Washington Mar. 21 1,701
                                            Dance New York Mar 22 1,106
                                            Adams Theatre, Newark w/e Mar. 29 7,500
                                            The statements include a list of disbursements by date, and a reconciliation of amounts due to William Morris Agency.

                                            Disbursements included:
                                            • $35 weekly to Edna Ellington
                                            • Payments to Leonard Feather for publicity
                                            • Several payments to or for Mercer Ellington
                                            • $425 and $263 "Exchange" to Mrs. Dan James (Ruth Ellington)
                                            • $500 for "Special Entertaining - 5 weeks
                                            • Shelton Hemphill's transportation Feb. 10, New York to Detroit
                                            • Fare, Wini Johnson, Feb. 15, New York to Detroit
                                            • Recurring payments were made to
                                              • Mercer Ellington
                                              • Willie Manning
                                              • Evelyn Harrison
                                              • Inez Cavanaugh
                                              • Cress Courtney
                                              • Leonard Feather (publicity)
                                              • Claire Phillips (petty cash)
                                              • John Carter (publicity)
                                              • Cab Calloway, Inc. - rent and telephone


                                            Webmaster comments:

                                            Reconciling the income shown in the Statement of Cash Receipts and Disbursements ("SCR") to the engagements shown in Stratemann and Vail reveals quite a few differences:
                                            • The SCR shows a dance in Indianapolis on Feb. 5, 1944. I searched the Indianapolis papers and found no ads or announcements.
                                            • The Duke Ellington, Inc. cash disbursements schedule (part of the same f/s book) shows a payment on March 15: "Nola Studios - Recording 2/16 $19.00" The location of the studio (New York?), who was in the session and what they recorded are not shown. This seems likely to have been a payment to rent the studio, since it’s not enough to be a payment to a musician working at scale.
                                            • Stratemann and Vail have our heroes at The Palace in Akron Feb. 18 to 21. The SCR shows only Feb. 19 to 21 for Akron. Ads in the Akron Beacon Journal from Feb. 17 to Feb. 21 confirm the engagement was Feb. 18 to 21.
                                            • The SCR shows revenue of $1,745 in Flint, Mich. on Feb. 26 and $3,156 on Feb. 27. Stratemann has nothing on these dates, but Vail shows Ellington and his orchestra playing the Palace Theater in Dayton from Feb. 26 to Feb. 28. There is nothing in the SCR to show why the second day revenue is so much higher. It may be that Ellington took a percentage of the gate that day, or maybe they played twice that day, perhaps a concert and then a dance in a different venue. Gordon Young, in Teardown: Memoir of a Vanishing City, University of California Press, 2013, p.75, says Flint had the IMA Auditorium and at least one black club; he quotes his mother as telling him the IMA would hold white dances in the evening, followed by black dances after midnight.
                                            • Stratemann says Ellington was a guest at a black dance in Dayton on Feb. 28, but the SCR shows he took in $1,250 from a dance in Dayton that day, so it must have been a gig for the whole band.
                                            • Stratemann then has Ellington rejoining his band at the Palace in Columbus for a four-day run beginning Feb. 28. Vail has the band closing in Dayton on this date, and starting Columbus on Feb. 29. An ad in the Feb. 22 edition of the Columbus Dispatch says Coming Tuesday, which was the 29th. Daily ads in the same paper from Feb. 27 to Mar. 1 confirm the Palace in Columbus started Feb. 29 and was for three days ending March 2, agreeing with the SCR.
                                            • The next concern is March 16. Stratemann and Vail have one-nighters in Fall River, Mass., but the SCR shows $1,000 earned for a dance in Worcester, Mass., about 70 miles north, on that date.
                                            • SCR then has a dance at an unnamed venue in Reading (Pennsylvania?) on March 20 which generated $2,000. This is not shown in Stratemann or Vail.
                                            • SCR has a dance in Washington on March 21, which again is missing from Stratemann and Vail. Income booked was $1,701.
                                            • Most of the entries in Vail are taken from Stratemann. In fairness to Dr. Stratemann, his entries were largely based on schedules posted in advance in Variety and The Billboard, but as he noted, an expected run at the Great Northern Theatre in Chicago beginning Jan. 28 didn't pan out. This would have caused Ellington's booking agent to scramble for new gigs.
                                            • I have asked SI-NMAH to check certain DEC301 records to see if some of the differences can be sorted out.
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                                            1944 01 10.. Peripheral event
                                            The Los Angeles Tribune Hollywood at Sunset column reported

                                            'Duke Ellington and Don George have written a complete musical score for a picture which they have offered to Stanley Bergeman for submission to studios.'

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                                            .Hollywood, Cal.NBC Studios Peripheral event
                                            Ivie Anderson recording session in front of a studio audience, backed by the Cee Pee Johnson Orchestra.

                                            No Ellington involvement
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                                            .Chicago, Ill.Auditorium Servicemen's Center Peripheral event
                                            The Billboard reported Johnny Long played for 2,500 servicemen on 10 minutes notice, to replace Ellington, who had not been told he was scheduled to perform.
                                            • Daily Northwestern, Northwestern University, Evanston, Ill. 1944-01-12 p.1
                                            • The Billboard 1944-01-22, p.18
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                                            While Stratemann and Vail I show Jan. 27 as the closing date, the quarterly financial statement shows the last earnings here were for five days ended Jan. 26. This is consistent with an announcement

                                            'The Stevens brought in Bernie Cummin's band and Gracie Barrie, as a singing single, to replace Duke Ellington on Thursday (a last minute change from the previously announced Friday opening.'

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                                            ...Activities not documented

                                            Cash disbursements this date showed "Cash - N.Y.C.R.R. - Fares - Chicago to N.Y. $34.63"

                                            Given that it cost $17.85 each to bring Shelton Hemphill and Wini Johnson from New York to Detroit in February, it seems likely the $34.63 was for one-way tickets for two unknown passengers.

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                                            .Chicago, Ill.Great Northern TheaterCancelled revue

                                            Stratemann, p.256, says Ellington had reserved the theatre for a revue, but plans for the show were dropped and the band went out on the road instead. The Los Angeles Tribune had announced, in a story datelined Chicago, that Ellington had reserved the theatre, but had made no casting announcements. It said it was learned he may use the "Jump for Joy" title.
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                                            St. Louis, Mo.Fox TheaterThe Billboard:

                                            'DUKE TO REOPEN BAND POLICY AT FOX, ST. LOUIS
                                            New York, Jan. 8.–The Duke will toodle-oo into St. Louis January 28 to break a long band drought at the Fox Theater there. Shortage of music at the house was due to union difficulties, now straightened out. From St. Louis, Ellington goes to Detroit, Akron, Youngstown, O., Columbus O., and Boston. He is slated to return to the Hurricane, New York, some time in the spring.'

                                            This appears to be a vaudeville run. Duke Ellington, Inc. was paid $9,000 for the week ended Feb. 3 and expenses included payrolls for the band, vocalists, acts and staff and transportation costs of $832.

                                            According to the theatre timetable in the St. Louis Star-Times, Ellington's shows were at 1:00, 3:50; 6:33 and 9:16 p.m. The last showing of the film was at 10:14 p.m.

                                            Variety's House Review of one of the opening day shows includes:
                                            • 5,000 set theatre, almost a full house
                                            • 65 minute show:
                                              • Blue Skies (to open)
                                              • Slip of the Lip (Ray Nance)
                                              • Shoo Shoo Baby and a novelty number ((Betty Roché)
                                              • Don't Get Around Much Anymore
                                              • tapping by Al Guster
                                              • C Jam Blues (band) - it isn't clear if this is during Guster's dance or after
                                              • Boy Meets Horn (Rex Stewart)
                                              • Cook and Brown eccentric dancing
                                              • an Ellington medley
                                              • Do Nothing Until You Hear From Me (Al Hibbler)
                                              • Apus and Estralita, patter and dance team
                                              • Things Ain't What They Used to Be (band) - closed the show
                                            • The Billboard, 1944-01-15 p.20
                                            • St. Louis Star-Times, St. Louis, Mo.
                                              • 1944-01-26 p.8
                                              • 1944-01-28 pp.6,7
                                              • 1944-01-31 p.8
                                              • 1944-02-01 p.8
                                              • 1944-02-02 pp.6,7
                                              • 1944-02-03 p.6
                                            • St. Louis Post-Dispatch, St. Louis, Mo. 1944-01-23 p.6-I
                                            • Variety, 1944-02-02 p.21
                                            • Frendel, Brown & Co.:
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                                            • Stratemann p.256, citing Variety 1944-01-19 p.33
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                                            .St. Louis, Mo.Fox Theatersee 1944 01 28

                                            According to the theatre timetable in the St. Louis Star-Times, Ellington's shows were at 12:47, 3:32; 6:17 and 9:02 p.m. The last showing of the film was at 10:15 p.m.
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                                            .St. Louis, Mo.Kiel Auditorium Convention HallSt. Louis Post-Dispatch:
                                            • 1944-01-23 p.6-I

                                              'Duke Ellington and his band will furnish the music at the President's birthday ball to be held at Kiel Auditorium, Saturday evening, Jan. 29, it has been announced by the St. Louis-St. Louis County Infantile Paralysis Campaign Oommittee...Errol Flynn will make a personal appearance at the ball... '

                                            • 1944-01-30 p.12A

                                              'About 6000 persons attended the eleventh annual President's birthday ball, to raise funds for the Infantile Paralysis Campaign, in Keil Auditorium Convention Hall last night. Orchestras of Benny Rader and Duke Ellington furnished music, and a floor show was provided. Many people danced, including some eccentric jitterbugs, while others viewed the scene from the seating space...'

                                              The article said the $7,000 raised in this ball would probably bring St. Louis' contributions over the previous year's $75,000.
                                            No revenue for this benefit is shown in the quarterly financial statements of Duke Ellington, Inc., so presumably Ellington did not charge to play.
                                            • St. Louis Post-Dispatch, St. Louis, Mo.
                                              • 1944-01-23 p.6-I
                                              • 1944-01-30 p.12A
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                                            Sunday
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                                            1944 02 00...PERSONNEL CHANGE
                                            On February 14, Wilma Cockrell's Notes a 'Pealin' column in the Los Angeles Tribune reported Ellington now had five trumpets steadily for the first time, and names them as Rex Stewart, Wally Jones, Taft Jordan, Harold Baker and Ray Nance.

                                            Wallace Jones, however, was drafted in February and and left the band, although he would play a session in January 1947. According to Gordon, he never returned to music.

                                            Trumpeter Shelton Hemphill joined the band in Detroit on February 10.
                                            • New Desor vol.2
                                            • Claire P. Gordon, My Unforgettable Jazz Friends, ibid., p.241
                                            • Wilma Cockrell, Notes a 'Pealin', Los Angeles Tribune 1944-02-14 p.19
                                            • Frendel, Brown & Co.: Duke Ellington, Inc., Statements at March 31, 1944, SI-NMAH DEC301 Series 3G, Box 112, Folder 9
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                                            Tuesday
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                                            Wednesday
                                            .New York, N.Y.Nola Recording Studios
                                            113 West 57th St.
                                            STEINWAY HALL
                                            Room 404
                                            The first quarter cash disbursements schedule of Duke Ellington, Inc. shows a payment Feb. 2: "Nola Studios - Recordings $18.00"

                                            The date of the session, who participated in the session or any other details are not shown. This seems most likely to be for studio rental, since union scale for phonograph recording was, at this time, $30 per musician for a three-hour session (not more than four 10-inch master records to be made).

                                            The schedule also shows a payment of $3.50 on Feb. 10 as "Nola Studios - Recordings - Balance Dec. 1943," again without details.

                                            These two payments suggest at least two recording sessions on or before Feb. 2 that are not known to discographers.

                                            See also 1944 02 16 below.
                                            Frendel, Brown & Co.:
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                                            Thursday
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                                            Friday
                                            .Evansville, Ind.Coliseum
                                            350 Court St.,
                                            Sunday Courier and Press:

                                            'Duke Ellington and his 22 piece orchestra which has just completed a record breaking engagement at the Stevens Hotel in Chicago will be featured at the Coliseum Friday in a concert and stage show at 8:15 p.m. followed by a dance for colored persons.'

                                            The Evansville Courier:

                                            '
                                            FRI. FEB. 4TH
                                            DUKE
                                            ELLINGTON
                                            And His Orchestra CONCERT—
                                            STAGE SHOW 8:15 P.M. All
                                            Seats Reserved —85c - $1.15 - On
                                            Sale Silver's Record Shop, 125
                                            Vine
                                            DANCE FOR COLORED AT
                                            10 PM,. TICKETS ON SALE AT DR. BAYLORS. '

                                            Ads,
                                            • Sunday Courier and Press, Evansville, Ind. 1944-01-20, p.14-A
                                            • The Evansville Courier, Evansville, Ind.
                                              • 1944-01-28 p.20
                                              • 1944-01-29 p.7
                                              • 1944-01-31 p.3
                                              • 1944-02-04 p.21
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                                            .Indianapolis, Ind..The first quarter financial statements of Duke Ellington, Inc. include $1,203 for a dance at an unnamed location in Indianapolis on this date.Frendel, Brown & Co.:
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                                            Friday
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                                            The "keeping posted with c.a. moore" column reported

                                            'Duke Ellington's ork is off on a series of theatre dates, with Herb Jeffries back to share the vocals with Betty Roche.'

                                            The Pittsburgh Courier also reported Jeffries was back with the band. It said he had recently been inducted into the army but given a medical discharge.

                                            Webmaster's note:
                                            As of the date of writing, I have seen nothing that would confirm Herb was with the band again. It may be that Duke planned to use him for a revival of Jump for Joy at the Great Northern Theater, Chicago (see 1944 01 28) which was cancelled.
                                            • San Antonio Register, San Antonio, Tex., 1944-02-01 p.7
                                            • Pittsburgh Courier, Pittsburgh, Penn. 1944-02-19 p.15
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                                            Friday
                                            1944 02 15
                                            Tuesday
                                            Detroit, Mich.Paradise TheaterPERSONNEL CHANGE
                                            Singer Winnie ("Wini") Johnson joined the band at its Paradise engagement. Several sources have her joining February 11 but Duke Ellington, Inc.'s disbursements showed it paid her train fare on February 15.

                                            She was likely hired in late January or early February, since DEI's financial statements show these disbursements:
                                              Feb. 4:  Cress Courtney - Wini Johnson - Loan   $125.00
                                            2/15/44: N.Y. to Detroit - Wini Johnson 17.85
                                            Mar.6: D. Friedman - Costume for Wini Johnson 72.00
                                            • Early Ellington biographer Barry Ulanov mistakenly has her joining the band in 1943.
                                            • There were no reviews of the Detroit opening day performances in The Billboard, Variety nor The Detroit Free Press, so Wini's presence prior to February 15 has not been confirmed.
                                            • Ellington's Music is My Mistress gives Wini's name as Wini Brown and says:

                                              '...in 1944, when we were playing in the Hurricane, she was in a Broadway show called Early to Bed. One night the entire cast came to the Hurricane ... and Wini ... took her turn singing. ... when I went over to congratulate her and gave her good wishes, I invited her to join the band. ...
                                                ... she opened with us our first night out of town at the Downtown Theatre ...in Chicago...'

                                              . Ellington, or more likely his ghost writer Stanley Dance, was very careless with the facts. Not only did they get the singer's name wrong, she joined the band several weeks before its 1944 Hurricane residency, and the Downtown was far from the first out of town engagement after the Hurricane run.
                                            • Singer Wini Brown was about ten years younger than Wini Johnson and her career started after Johnson's ended. See our Wini Johnson web page for details of Miss Johnson's life and career, as well as photographs that confirm they were different people.
                                            • The Pittsburgh Courier reported Wini joined the band as an addition to, but not a replacement for, Betty Roché.
                                            • Wini left Ellington around the end of September. She is named in the ads, publicity and review in Louisville's The Courier-Journal from 1944-09-21 to 1944-09-23 and in Variety's 1944-09-27 review of the Louisville show.
                                            • She is also named in the Downtown ads in The Chicago Daily Tribune from 1944-09-29 to 1944-10-11. The Billboard's 1944-10-14 review of the Oct. 7 afternoon performance doesn't mention Wini, but does name singers Rosita David and Marie.
                                            • Ms Johnson is not mentioned in The Billboard's review of the Oct. 7 afternoon show at the Downtown in Chicago, nor in The Milwaukee Journal's review of the Riverside, but both comment on new vocalist Rosita David's performances instead.
                                            • Billy Rowe's Note Book, in The Pittsburgh Courier, 1944-09-30 p.13, announced "Wini Johnson has moved out of the female vocalist spot with Duke Ellington's aggregation, and Marie Ellington has gone out to Detroit to take it over..."
                                            • Wini is named in Minneapolis Morning Tribune ads 1944-10-12 and 1944-10-13 for the RKO Orpheum in Minneapolis, but not in subsequents ads. The subsequent ads were smaller, however, and don't mention the other acts in Ellington's show either. Wini is not mentioned in the review in The Milwaukee Journal 1944-10-21.
                                            • Leonard Feather's column in The Melody Maker and Rhythm, 1944-11-25 p.2, reported "Winnie Johnson has been ill, and Duke now has three other girls with the band! They are Joya Sherrill, ... Marie Ellington ... and Rosita Davis.
                                            • Doris Calvin's gossip column in The Cleveland Gazette 1944-12-02 p.2, s.2 says "Duke Ellington, whose Carnegie Hall concert, the third is December 19th, plays the Apollo first...As vocalist, Wini Johnson will take over..." but the statement is ambiguous and, at the time of writing, no evidence has been found to support any December appearance by Wini.
                                            • Frendl, Brown & Co.: Duke Ellington, Inc., Statements at March 31, 1944, SI-NMAH DEC301 Series 3G, Box 112, Folder 9
                                            • Ulanov (ibid.), pp.271-272
                                            • MIMM p.224
                                            • Pittsburgh Courier, Pittsburgh, Penn. 1944-02-19 p.15
                                            • Stratemann p.256
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                                            Friday
                                            1944 02 17
                                            Thursday
                                            Detroit, Mich.Paradise Theater
                                            3711 Woodward at Parsons
                                            Vaudeville show

                                            ' In Person Duke
                                            ELLINGTON
                                            And HIS Great ORCHESTRA
                                            ALL
                                            STAR Stage
                                            REVUE
                                            with
                                            Betty Roche
                                            Apus & Estrillita
                                            Johnny Hodges
                                            Winnie Johnson '

                                            • The Detroit Free Press
                                              • 1946-02-10 p.8
                                              • 1946-02-11 p.16
                                              • 1944-02-12 p.9
                                              • 1946-02-13 pt.3 p.8
                                              • 1946-02-14 p.11
                                              • 1946-02-15 p.7
                                              • 1946-02-16 p.8
                                              • 1946-02-17 p.10
                                            • Frendel, Brown & Co.:
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                                            Wednesday
                                            .New York, N.Y.Nola Recording Studios
                                            113 West 57th St.
                                            Steinway Hall
                                            Room 404.
                                            The Duke Ellington, Inc. first quarter cash disbursements schedule shows a payment on March 15: "Nola Studios - Recording 2/16 $19.00"
                                            Ellington was out of town, so who was recorded and other details are not shown.
                                            The studio appears to have been across the street and down the block from Carnegie Hall.

                                            Steven Lasker:

                                            '...in the 1980s or 1990s, Benny Aaslund sent out an edition of DEMS with extra pages of photos and ephemera. On page 14 of this special supplement are reproduced two labels of an aircheck of Duke's 6/6/43 WOR broadcast from the Hurricane. The labels show

                                            NOLA RECORDING STUDIOS
                                            TRANSCRIBING AND BROADCAST
                                            113 WEST 57th ST.
                                            STEINWAY HALL
                                            NEW YORK, N.Y.
                                            CIRCLE 7-4785-6
                                            ROOM NO. 404.'

                                            • Frendel, Brown & Co.:
                                              Duke Ellington, Inc., Statements at March 31, 1944 (ibid.)
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                                            Friday
                                            1944 02 21
                                            Monday
                                            Akron, OhioPalace TheatreVaudeville show

                                            The quarterly financial statement has this engagement running only Feb. 19, 20 and 21, but local ads show it started Feb. 18.
                                            The ads show
                                            PALACE
                                            ON the STAGE
                                            DUKE ELLINGTON
                                            AMERICA'S GENIUS OF JAZZ
                                            AND
                                            His Famous Orchestra
                                            FEATURING
                                            BETTE ROCHE AL HIBBLER
                                            JOHNNY HODGES RAY NANCE

                                            Plus
                                            AFUS & ESTRELITA
                                            COOK & BROWN
                                            WINNIE
                                            JOHNSON

                                            '
                                            ON WITH THE SHOW
                                            Ellington Program Tops In Jazz
                                            Maestro's Compositions Highlights
                                            Of Palace Program

                                            By BETTY FRENCH
                                            Beacon Journal Theater Editor
                                            DUKE ELLINGTON, the "musician's musician" who many believe is assuming the position once held by Paul Whiteman in American jazz, presents a fast-moving program on the Palace stage with plenty of appeal for the general public as well as the jazz expert.
                                                The show is highlighted by many of the distinguished Ellington compositions, played by the Duke himself on a gold-skirted piano or by some of his superlative musicians, or sung by his vocalists.
                                                Johnny Hodges, saxophonist with a tone like honey - he was voted No.1 in Downbeat's poll this year - plays this season's most popular Ellington tune, "Don't Get Around Much Any More." Lawrence Brown, trombonist, plays another, "Do Nothing 'Til You Hear From Me," with Al Hibbler doing a vocal and also that of Gershwin's "Summertime."
                                                "Solitude," "Mood Indigo" and "I Let a Song Go Out of My Heart" are beautifully presented in a medley with Ellington at the piano assisted by several wind instrumentalists.
                                                In addition to his own compositions, Ellington presents some vibrant jive, including "Blue Skies," the opener,[sic] "Take the A Train," and "Things Ain't What They Used to Be."
                                                Featured with the band are the very vigorous comic Ray Nance, who seems, with spirited gestures. "The Slip of a Lip Might Sink a Ship." Betty Roche, doing "Shoo-shoo Baby" and something about "send that ladg's [sic] husband back to me"; and Rex Stewart, ace trumpeter who plays " Boy Meets Horn," a number especially written for him which "incorporates all the notes not supposed to be played on the trumpet."
                                                The added acts are good - especially the team of Cook and Brown, a couple of inspired dancers who practically burn up the stage with their lightning-paced maneuvers. The small member of the team is a wonderful comic. He puts on a baby bonnet and they do a number, "Buy a Bond for Baby."
                                                Apus and Estrelita are memorable mostly for their colorful costumes although their routine, consisting of a lot of talk in unison, some jokes and songs, is good enough. Apus wears a zoot suit to end all zoot suits and Estrelita is a dusky beauty dressed in flashy Spanish style.
                                                On the Palace screen is a pleasant romantic comedy with Allan Jones and some songs... '
                                            • Akron Beacon Journal, Akron,Ohio
                                              • 1944-02-17, p.4
                                              • 1944-02-18, p.8
                                              • 1944-02-19 p.7
                                              • 1944-02-20, p.5-C
                                              • 1944-02-21 p.18
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                                            Tuesday
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                                            Thursday
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                                            Friday
                                            .East Lansing, Mich.Auditorium
                                            Michigan State College
                                            Dance, 8:30 to 12:30, sponsored by the Exchange Club of Lansing, celebrating Civil Air Partol Aviation Cadet Day.

                                            Everybody's welcome, admission - Public, each, $1.65; Servicemen, 77 cents.

                                            Some of the co-eds and their dates who attended were:
                                            • Betty Thoman, Cadet Andy Nelson
                                            • Shirley Hamlink, Pvt. Tom Porter
                                            • Elizabeth Corry, Cadet Frank Lubien
                                            • Marilyn Hill, Cadet Bob Heath
                                            • The Lansing State Journal, Lansing, Mich.,
                                              • 1944-02-13 p.2
                                              • 1944-02-16 p.16
                                              • 1944-02-23 p.10
                                              • 1944-02-24 p.16
                                              • 1944-02-25 p.16
                                              • 1944-02-27 pp.10,11
                                            • Frendel, Brown & Co.:
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                                            Saturday
                                            .Flint, Mich..The quarterly financial statements show $1,746 received for a dance here on this date but don't name the venue.

                                            Vail I mistakenly has the band opening today at the Palace Theatre in Dayton, Ohio, without naming an information source.
                                            • Frendel, Brown & Co.:
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                                            .New York, N.Y.Radio WMCAPeripheral event
                                            The Pittsburgh Courier reported WMCA would broadcast the first of a series of programs to reflect the true character and contributions of the Negro race. The 26 week series was to be based on Roi Ottley's book, New World a-Coming, and the first movement of Ellington's New World a-Coming would be its theme song.
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                                            .Flint, Mich..The quarterly financial statements show $3,156 received for a dance here on this date without naming the venue. Thus it seems our heroes played two days in a row in Flint, and there is no obvious reason why the second day drew more revenue. It may be that they played two engagements this day, or it may be Duke Ellington, Inc. contracted for a percentage of the gate.
                                            • Frendel, Brown & Co.:
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                                            ,..Ellington may have appeared on this special national broadcast, but it isn't certain. He is not mentioned in one other announcement I came across.

                                            'Overseas radio pickups featuring soldiers and war correspondents have been arranged through the war department as a high light of Negro Newpaper week Feb. 27 to March 4. The broadcasts will cover several of the major theatres of operations in conjunction with other special radio programs planned for that occasion.
                                              Two other radio programs have been planned in observance of Negro Newpaper week, featuring some of the country's outstanding artists and entertainers...
                                              On Monday, February 28, a program will be heard over the Columbia Broadcasting system between 10:30 and 11 (Texas) in the morning. This program will include Duke Ellington's orchestras, Paul Robeson, the Wings Over Jordan choir and four colored war correspondents, direct from the European and Pacific battle fronts... '

                                            An AP wire story schedules the broadcast at 10:30 PM instead, in Iowa.
                                            • Associated Negro Press wire story, San Antonio Register, 1944-02-25 p.5
                                            • AP wirestory, The Des Moines Sunday Register, 1944-02-27 p.8-G
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                                            .Dayton, OhioColiseumAccording to Stratemann, Ellington was a guest at a dance for Afro-Americans here before rejoining the band at the Palace in Columbus.

                                            Since the quarterly financial statement shows $1,250 revenue for a dance in Dayton this date, it seems more likely the full band performed.

                                            Vail I mistakenly has the band closing at the Palace in Dayton this date.
                                            • Frendel, Brown & Co.:
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                                            ,Columbus, OhioPalace TheatreStratemann shows the Palace Theatre in Columbus this day.

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                                            NOW thru THURS RKO PALACE
                                            ON STAGE!
                                            TORRID-TERRIFIC
                                            SEPIA ENTERAINMENT
                                            IN PERSON
                                            DUKE
                                            ELLINGTON
                                            (himself)
                                            and HIS FAMOUS Orchestra
                                            FEATURING
                                            BETTE ROCHE
                                            AL HIBBLER JOHNNY
                                            HODGES RAY NANCE
                                            PLUS THESE
                                            ENTERTAINERS
                                            AFUS & ESTRELITA
                                            WINI JOHNSON
                                            COOK and BROWN
                                            The RKO Palace ad in the Feb. 22 edition of The Columbus Dispatch says "coming Tuesday," and this is repeated in the Feb. 24 and 27 announcements; "Starts Tomorrow 3 DAYS Tues. Wed. Thurs." and "three-day engagement beginning Tuesday" are in the ad and plug in the Feb. 28 edition.
                                            Richard A. Mohr in The Columbus Dispatch:

                                            'Ellington Artistry Reigns at Palace

                                            THERE'S no need your wondering if Duke Ellington and his band have changed since their last Columbus appearance. They haven't one bit. It's still the same old crowd doing the same rush business at the same old stand, with just a few modern improvements added to keep pace with the times.
                                              Like all Ellington shows, the present one ranges from very good to mediocre. The entire hour is filled tight with every brand of known entertainment, from run of the mill singers and dancers to the eccentric dance, the mugging singer and so on.
                                              Focal point of the show is naturally Ellington's piano medley of old favorites, such as "Sentimental Lady," "Mood Indigo," "In My Solitude" and "Caravan." Ray Nance proves himself a clever dancer and singer, as do the team of Apus and Estrellita, while Wini Johnson, like the majority of Ellington's vocalists, is easier to look at than to listen to.
                                              Albert Hibbler, blind singer, does exceptionally well by "Do Nothin' Till You Hear From Me" and "Summertime," although the Gershwin excerpt is heavily overstylized. Disappointing audiences slightly was the fact that the Tuesday afternoon show completely ignored Ellington's new "Black, Brown and Beige" fantasy which was promised as a feature of his local appearance.
                                              Band numbers include "Blue Skies," "C Jam Blue," [sic] "Perdido and "Don't Get Around Much Anymore." Cooke and Brown, another dance team, live up to the show's generally high standards.
                                              On the screen is... '

                                            • The Columbus Dispatch
                                              • 1944-02-22 p.B-5
                                              • 1944-02-24 p.10-A
                                              • 1944-02-27 p.3-F
                                              • 1944-02-28 p.6-A
                                              • 1944-02-29 p.B-5
                                              • 1944-03-01 p.B-5
                                              • 1944-03-02 p.8-A
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                                            1944 03 01
                                            Wednesday
                                            .Columbus, OhioPalace TheatreVaudeville - see 1944 02 28

                                            'Mrs. Aileen Prather, Mrs. Mary Meyer, Miss Helen Petty and Miss Ruth Skinner were in Columbus, for dinner and to hear Duke Ellington's band, Wednesday evening.'

                                            The Union County Journal, Marysville, Ohio,
                                            1944-03-02
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                                            Thursday
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                                            Friday
                                            1944 03 05Rochester, N.Y.RKO Temple TheaterVaudeville
                                            "Passport to Adventure" was the film feature

                                            Rochester Times-Union 1944-03-04:

                                            'Ellington Entertains At Temple

                                            THERE is something very informal about the Duke Ellington Orchestra presentation at RKO Temple. The first performance, yesterday afternoon, seemed very like a glorified jam session, with Ellington sometimes at the piano, sometimes conducting the orchestra, and sometimes off the stage altogether, leaving his musicians to their own devices.

                                              The rhythm is torrid and the tone brazen in the orchestra numbers which include a medley of old favorites by Ellington including "Mood Indigo," "Sophisticated Lady," and "In a Sentimental Mood." Ellington's work at the piano is, as usual, one of the highlights of the program.

                                              Apus and Estrellita, comedy team and clever dancers, and Cooke and Johnson with their eccentric hoofing won applause and several recalls. Wini Johnson, blues songstress, sang "People will say we're in Love" and a topical ditty, "I'll Be Happy When the Nylons Bloom Again" which got a big hand from the feminine portion of the audience. Betty Roche, soloist with the orchestra, won an encore with "Shoo Shoo Baby" and responded with a fast number in which she talks the rather torrid verses to a background of brass tones.

                                              Cooke and Brown's "Buy a Bond for Baby" with comedy pantomime put the audience in a good humor and their extraordinary dance steps cemented their popularity. Al Hibbler, Johnny Hodges and Ray Nance were featured in solo numbers that pleased the audience.
                                              Ellington and his Orchestra will be at the Temple through Sunday... '

                                            • Rochester Democrat and Chronicle, Rochester,N.Y.
                                              • 1944-02-27 p.7D
                                              • 1944-02-29 p.8
                                              • 1944-03-01 p.6
                                              • 1944-03-02 p.11
                                              • 1944-03-03 p.25
                                              • 1944-03-05 p.7D
                                            • Rochester Times-Union, Rochester,N.Y.
                                              • 1944-02-28 p.8
                                              • 1944-03-01 p.10
                                              • 1944-03-02 p.20
                                              • 1944-03-03 p.16-A
                                              • 1944-03-04 p.5
                                            • Rochester Daily Record, 1944-03-04 p.2
                                            • Frendel, Brown & Co.:
                                              Duke Ellington, Inc., Statements at March 31, 1944 (ibid.)
                                            • Stratemann p.256 citing Variety 1944-01-19 p.33
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                                            Friday
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                                            Saturday
                                            Rochester, N.Y.Cortland Street Inn.Peripheral event

                                            '...Duke Ellington's boys staged a hot jam session at Milo Tomanovitch's Cortland Street Inn after the Temple show the other night. They pronounced the inn's baby grand pianist, Victor Bartullia, a nonpareil on the blacks and whites. Big regret of jammers and listeners was that the ailing Duke had to be languishing in his hotel room and couldn't join the jam.'

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                                            Saturday
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                                            Sunday
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                                            1944 03 06
                                            Monday
                                            1944 03 08Utica, N.Y.Stanley Theatre

                                            '...Featured with Ellington's and are Johnny Hodges, saxophone star; Apus and Estrelita, an outstanding comedy team; Wini Johnson, recently featured in "Early to Bed;" Cook and Brown, dancers; and Betty Roche, songstress...'

                                            .
                                            • Utica Observer-Dispatch, Utica,N.Y.
                                              • 1944-03-06 p.4-A
                                              • 1944-03-07 p.7
                                              • 1944-03-08 p.6
                                              • 1944-03-05 p.6-B
                                              • 1944-03-05 p.7-D
                                            • Frendel, Brown & Co.:
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                                            Tuesday
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                                            Wednesday
                                            .Utica, N.Y.Stanley TheatreVaudeville - see 1944 03 03...
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                                            Thursday
                                            1944 03 15
                                            Wednesday
                                            Boston, Mass.R.K.O. TheatreVaudeville
                                            Sharing the bill, Cook & Brown and Apus & Estrellita
                                            The Billboard reported the RKO had 3,200 seats, prices were 44 to 99 cents, and the gross for Ellington's run was just under $30,000 ("good but not sensational"). Ellington's revenue for this engagement was $8,291

                                            Ellington's showtimes were 1:40, 3:08, 5:12, 7:10 and 9:34

                                            Variety House Review, March 9:

                                            'It's usually possible to say the Duke's show remains the same from year to year (which is consistently good and consistently potent at the b.o.), but this time a reservation is necessary: atmosphere is sticky with hauteur. The outfit, in short, unmistakable conveys the idea that it thins it is pretty good. It is, of course, about the best around, but rubbing it in hardly seems proper.
                                              Show lists the usual mixture of jive, sweet and hep sutff. Band does "Blue Skies," "Don't Get Around," "C Jam Blues," and "Do Nothing," the Duke slaying one and all with a piano medley of his best tunes. Ray Nance destroys himself doing "A Slip of the Lip"; Wini Johnson sings "People Will Say" and "When the Nylons Bloom" for a moderate recepsh, and Betty Roche [sic] blues it up on "Shoo Shoo" and "The Blues" so much that melodic line is lost in her renditions.
                                              Specialties Cook and Brown and Apus and Estrelita's comedy achieves beg-offs, and show finishes with an all out attack on Perdido.
                                              House bulging with biz at opener. '

                                            • The Boston Herald, Boston, Mass., 1944-03-12 p.41 (ad and Wini Johnson photo)
                                            • Frendel, Brown & Co.:
                                              Duke Ellington, Inc., Statements at March 31, 1944 (ibid.)
                                            • Stratemann p.256 citing Variety House Review in 1944-03-15 p.44
                                            • The Billboard 1944-03-25 p.28
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                                            Friday
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                                            Saturday
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                                            Saturday
                                            .Los Angeles, Cal.. Peripheral event
                                            AFRS "Jubilee 69" transcription assembly date
                                            No apparent Ellington involvement
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                                            Sunday
                                            .Boston, Mass.RKO TheatreVaudeville - see 1944 03 09...
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                                            1944 03 13
                                            Monday
                                            5:00 p.m.
                                            .Cambridge, Mass.Paine Hall, Harvard UniversityHarvard Crimson:

                                            'Duke Ellington, orchestra leader and jazz pianist of the Harlem school, will lecture on "Negro Music in American" in the Music Building's Paine Hall Monday at 5 o'clock. Ellington will illustrate his lecture, which is being held under the auspices of the Music Department, with passages on the piano.

                                            Squeezing in time between shows at Boston's RKO, the Duke will be here for only three-quarters of an hour, during which the lecture is open to the public without charge... '

                                            Harvard University Gazette

                                            'MONDAY MARCH 13
                                            ...LECTURE (under the auspices of the Music Department). Negro Music in America. Duke Ellington, orchestra leader. Paine Hall, Music Building, 5 P.M.'

                                            Harvard's Hollis database has two photographs of Ellington on stage at a piano, which it dates March 13.
                                            Stratemann dates this March 14 in error.
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                                            Tuesday
                                            .Boston, Mass.College of Music
                                            Boston College
                                            Stratemann and Vail I incorrectly report the Harvard lecture on March 14. It was March 13 (see above) and the lecture on March 14 was a Boston College. Variety reported the lectures were free, and both events were full. Variety, 1944-03-15 p.53...djpNew
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                                            Tuesday
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                                            Wednesday
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                                            1944 03 16
                                            Thursday
                                            .Fall River, Mass.RKO TheatreVaudeville

                                            Stratemann and Vail have one-nighters in Fall River, Mass., but the SCR shows $1,000 earned for a dance in Worcester, Mass., about 70 miles north, on that date
                                            Frendel, Brown & Co.:
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                                            Thursday
                                            .Worcester, Mass..Stratemann and Vail have one-nighters in Fall River, Mass., but the SCR shows $1,000 earned for a dance in Worcester, Mass., about 70 miles north, on that dateFrendel, Brown & Co.:
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                                            Friday
                                            1944 03 19
                                            Sunday
                                            Hartford, Conn.State TheatreVaudeville

                                            Named in publicity were were Apus and Estrelita, Cook and Brown, Wini Johnson, Johnny Hodges, Betty Roche, Rex Stewart.
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                                            Saturday
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                                            Saturday
                                            .New York, N.Y.Stratemann reports Ellington had a sore throat and returned home after Hartford. Another source said his ailment was laryngitis.

                                            Earl Hines subbed for him through the Adams Theatre engagement. Ellington rejoined the band for the opening at the Hurricane.
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                                            ...PERSONNEL CHANGES
                                            Betty Roché
                                            Although The Melody Maker and Rhythm 1944-03-18 reported Miss Roché would stay after Wini Johnson was hired, she left the band on or before its opening at the Hurricane on March 30. The California Eagle said she was not with the outfit at the Hurricane opening, that she left because she didn't like her pay, and was working temporarily with Earl Hines at Loewe's State {theatre].
                                            Wallace Jones, lead trumpet, is out, replaced by Scad Hemphill.
                                            Harry Carney was to report for induction "any week now."
                                            • Leonard Feather 1943-1946 scrapbook, University of Idaho, p.101
                                            • Ted Yates: I've Been Around, Plaindealer, Kansas City, 1944-03-03 p.6
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                                            Sunday
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                                            Earl Hines subbing for Ellington
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                                            Monday
                                            .Reading, Penn..The financial statements show $2,000 received for a dance in Reading this date. It is not shown in Stratemann or Vail

                                            Earl Hines would have subbed for Duke since the latter was still at home due to illness.
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                                            Tuesday
                                            .Washington, D.C..The financial statements show $1,701 received for a dance in Washington on this date. This is not reflected in Stratemann or Vail.

                                            Ellington was likely still at home with Hines filling in for him on piano.
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                                            Wednesday
                                            .New York, N.Y.Golden Gate Ballroom
                                            Jess McMahon
                                            Presents
                                            DUKE
                                            ELLINGTON
                                            AND HIS Famous ORCHESTRA

                                            ONE
                                            NITE ONLY
                                            DANCE
                                            Duke Ellington
                                            And His Entire Band
                                            Will Appear All Night
                                            Golden Gate
                                            Ballroom
                                            142nd St. & Lenox Ave.
                                            ADM. $1.25 Tax Incl.
                                            9 Till 3 A.M.

                                            Part of proceeds will be donated to the Sam Langford Fund.
                                            (Ellington was still off; Earl Hines subbed for him)
                                            • Stratemann p.256 citing Metronome 1944-04 p.12
                                            • Amsterdam News, New York, N.Y., 1944-03-18 p.11A
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                                            Thursday
                                            1944 03 29
                                            Wednesday
                                            Newark, N.J.Adams TheatreVaudeville

                                            Earl Hines subbed for the ailing Ellington.
                                            • Variety 1944-03-29 p.39
                                            • Stratemann p.256
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                                            Friday
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                                            Saturday
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                                            Sunday
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                                            Monday
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                                            Tuesday
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                                            Wednesday
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                                            1944 03 30
                                            Thursday
                                            .Bayonne, N.J...Ellington may have performed a benefit in Bayonne before he arrived for his opening at the Hurricane Restaurant. This is not confirmed. The source is:

                                            'It Happened Last Night
                                            Duke Back at the Hurricane With Old-Time Popularity
                                            By Earl Wilson

                                              I hopped over to the Hurricane last night to see the great Duke Ellington return to Broadway. The Duke was just off his deathbed; at least he'd been very, very ill with an infected tonsil, with temperature of 105. His physician, Dr. Arthur Logan, had finally pulled him out of it, and commanded him to lead a normal life. Meaning the Duke, a great non-sleeper, should get some sleep every three or four days, whether he felt tired or not.
                                              "And," insisted the doctor, " don't waste your energy playing any more benefits."
                                              Last night Dr. Logan waited for the big band leader. He was a little late and the doctor mentioned it.
                                              "I just came from Bayonne," said the Duke.
                                              "What were you doing over there?" asked the doctor.
                                              "Playing a benefit," said Duke.'


                                            Bayonne is south of Jersey City and across the Hudson River from Brooklyn, within commuting distance of New York City.
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                                            Thursday
                                            1944 06 07New York, N.Y.Hurricane Restaurant

                                            Overview of Ellington's 1944 Hurricane Restaurant engagement


                                            Ellington's successful twenty-five week 1943 appearance at the Hurricane Restaurant (see 1943 04 01), inspired club owner David Wolper to prebook Ellington for 20 weeks in 1944.1

                                            • After his illness, Ellington was back at work on opening day.
                                            • The Billboard said Ellington was booked for the whole summer but the engagement ended early because there was not enough business. The Billboard (and Stratemann) attributed this to a 30% entertainment tax.
                                            • Duke Ellington, Inc.'s Statement of Cash Receipts and Disbursements, April 1, 1944 to June 7, 1944, shows
                                              • $2,850 received each week for the weeks ended May 3 through June 7
                                              • On paper, Ellington lost between $1,038 and $2,146 each week but these losses weren't necessarily cash losses; for instance, Duke drew $350 each week but the disbursements show $500 for his salary and $100 for his expenses. Nevertheless, the extra $250 charged each week was a little shy of the amounts charged against his shareholder loan account during the period.
                                              • During this period, royalties of $31,898 more than offset the operating losses.
                                              • Payrolls charged against the Hurricane revenue during these ten weeks were:
                                                • Band $19,500 (between $1,900 and $2,000 weekly, a little higher or lower a couple of weeks)
                                                • Vocalists $1,498 (9 weeks @$160, 1 week at $143)
                                                • Staff $5,800
                                            • It seems likely Hurricane owner Dave Wolper gave Ellington notice at least two weeks in advance. In any event, a story datelined May 27 in The Billboard June 3 edition announced Ellington "who goes out of the Hurricane next week," would do a theatre tour.
                                            • Webmaster speculation:
                                              I wonder if low attendance might also have been caused by a lack of air conditioning as the weather warmed. In late 1943, the War Production Board restricted the supply of freon, necessary for air conditioning, to the armed services.
                                            • Wolper announced plans to instal a skating rink, which never came to be. The club was closed most of the summer, then sold to the owners of the Zanzibar on August 30. That club (The Zanzibar) was then moved to the Hurricane premises -see 1944 08 30 below.
                                            • During this engagement, the band worked from 7 p.m. to 4 a.m. Tuesdays to Sundays, with floor shows at 8:30 and 12:30 emceed by Ellington. Duke also worked Mondays to emcee the shows.
                                            • Floor shows were initially accompanied by an eight-piece house orchestra led by Al Wayne and later by the Marty Gold Orchestra. The house orchestra played during the Ellington orchestra's breaks.
                                            • As in 1943, Ellington would make his entrance descending with a piano from the ceiling.
                                            • The Billboard 1944-04-15:

                                              'NEW YORK, April 8–The Hurricane will change its show Thursday (13) with the exception of Duke Ellington, who stays over. Policy of the spot usually keeps a bill intact for many weeks with only an occasional replacement. '

                                            • The first floor show included Burton's Birdies (an act using a dozen trained birds), tappers Jane and Jerry Brandow, a comedy dance act by The Albins and a comedy song routine by The Crosby Sisters duo. This show concluded with singing by Wini Johnson, Ellington playing Frankie and Johnny and Dancers in Love as solos, then the act segued to full band numbers featuring various soloists.
                                            • The show that began April 13 was not reviewed in The Billboard.
                                            • The next, scheduled for May 11, was announced as including Chuck and Chuckles, dance team Harbor and Dale, comedian Bobby Dexter and the Kretlaw Girls. The review of this show on May 16 spells Bobby's surname Baxter, mentioned a singer Michael Raymond, and a six girl chorus line, which was likely the Kretlaw Girls.
                                            • Ellington and his orchestra made remote broadcasts over the WOR and the MBS network several times a week, many of which were recorded. Those broadcasts that are dated in the discographies and can be reconciled to radio schedules in the Brooklyn Eagle and the Wilkes-Barre Record are shown by date, together with the titles believed to have been played over the air that day. Several other recordings have not been precisely dated; these are listed here by New Desor number primarily to familiarize the reader with the Hurricane residency repertoire. No attempt has been made to reconcile the scheduled broadcasts to other stations in the network because it seems impractical. Some scheduled Ellington broadcasts in other time zones are not consistent with Ellington's workday at the Hurricane, leading to the possibility some of those broadcasts were delayed or prerecorded.
                                            • Undated Hurricane broadcasts:
                                              • New Desor "session" 9088, attributed to April:
                                                • Concerto For Cootie
                                                • Three Cent Stomp
                                                • No Love,No Nothing
                                                • Main Stem
                                              • New Desor "session" 9089, attributed to April:
                                                • Chloe
                                                • Johnny Come Lately
                                                • Do Nothin' Till You Hear From Me
                                                • It Don't Mean A Thing
                                                • Things Ain't What They Used To Be
                                              • New Desor "session" 9090, attributed to April:
                                                • Rockabye River (Hop.Skip.Jump)
                                                • Main Stem
                                                • I Didn't Know About You (Sentimental Lady)
                                                • On The Alamo
                                                • My Heart Tells Me
                                              • New Desor "session" 9091, attributed to April:
                                                • Way Low
                                                • San Fernando Valley
                                                • Concerto For Cootie
                                                • Suddenly It Jumped
                                                • Things Ain't What They Used To Be
                                              • New Desor "session" 9092, attributed to April:
                                                • Don't Get Around Much Anymore
                                                • Rockin' In Rhythm
                                                • I'll Get By
                                                • Perdido
                                              • New Desor "session" 9093, attributed to May:
                                                • San Fernando Valley
                                                • And So Little Time
                                                • Jumping Frog Jump
                                                • Do Nothin' Till You Hear From Me
                                                • Clementine
                                              • New Desor "session" 9094, attributed to May:
                                                • Rockin' In Rhythm
                                                • Mood To Be Wooed
                                                • My Honey's Lovin' Arms
                                                • Do Nothin' Till You Hear From Me
                                              • New Desor "session" 9095, attributed to May:
                                                • On The Alamo
                                                • Main Stem
                                                • My Little Brown Book
                                                • Rockabye River (Hop.Skip,Jump)
                                            • The Pittsburgh Courier's April 8 report mentioned Ellington performed 'a cute little number, "Dancers in Love." '
                                            • 1 The Billboard 1943-08-07 p.13
                                            • 2 Earl Wilson, New York Post, New York, N.Y., 1944-03-31 p.30
                                            • Stratemann pp.256-257 citing The Billboard 1944-04-15 [recte 1944-03-15] p.24
                                            • Variety 1944-04-05 p.34
                                            • The Billboard:
                                              • Review, 1944-04-15 p.24
                                              • 1944-04-15 p.25
                                              • 1944-05-06 p.24
                                              • 1944-05-06 p.24
                                              • Review, 1944-05-27 p.22
                                              • Announcement 1944-06-03
                                            • New York Evening Post, 1944-03-25 p.13
                                            • The New York Sun, 1944-03-27 p.19
                                            • New York Post,
                                              • 1944-03-31 p.30
                                              • 1944-05-17 p.21
                                            • Pittsburgh Courier
                                              • 1944-04-01 p.13
                                              • 1944-04-08 p.13
                                            • Frendel, Brown & Co.: Duke Ellington, Inc., Statements at June 7, 1944, SI-NMAH DEC301 Series 3G, Box 112, Folder 9
                                            • Girvan:   Ellingtonia.com
                                            • MacHare:   A Duke Ellington Panorama
                                            • Ole J. Nielsen, Jazz Records 1942-80, A discography: Vol. Six, Duke Ellington
                                            • Timner V
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                                            1944 03 30
                                            Thursday
                                            1944 06 07New York, N.Y.Hurricane RestaurantExtended nightclub residency.


                                            WOR/MBS remote broadcast at midnight:*

                                            Duke Ellington and His Orchestra
                                            Hemphill, Stewart, Jordan, Nance, Brown, Nanton, Tizol, Hamilton, Hardwick, Hodges, Skippy Williams(ts); Carney, Ellington, Guy, Raglin, Greer, Hibbler, Wini Johnson

                                            Titles recorded:
                                            • Take The "A"Train (theme)
                                            • Concerto For Cootie
                                            • Johnny Come Lately
                                            • My Heart Tells Me
                                            • Blue Skies
                                            • Things Ain't What They Used To Be
                                            * The WOR broadcast is listed at midnight in the Naugatuck Daily News and the Wilkes-Barr Record, but at 1 a.m. in the North Adams Transcript. An Ellington broadcast is listed in the Santa Rosa, Cal. Press-Democrat at 2:15 in the afternoon, too early in the day to be live from the Hurricane.

                                            On opening night, Duke arrived a little late. His physician, Arthur Logan was present, as was columnist Earl Wilson, who reported celebrities The Andrews Sisters, Xavier Cugat, Jerry Wald, Georgie Auld and Hazel Scott were present.
                                            • Brooklyn Eagle, New York, N.Y. 1944-03-24 p.17
                                            • Stratemann pp.256-257 citing The Billboard 1944-04-15 [recte 1944-03-15] p.24
                                            • The Billboard:
                                              • Review, 1944-04-15 p.24
                                              • 1944-04-15 p.25
                                              • 1944-05-06 p.24
                                              • 1944-05-06 p.24
                                              • Review, 1944-05-27 p.22
                                              • Announcement 1944-06-03
                                            • New York Evening Post, 1944-03-25 p.13
                                            • The New York Sun, 1944-03-27 p.19
                                            • New York Post,
                                              • 1944-03-31 p.30
                                              • 1944-05-17 p.21
                                            • Pittsburgh Courier, 1944-04-01 p.13
                                            • Frendel, Brown & Co.:
                                              Duke Ellington, Inc., Statements at June 7, 1944 (ibid.)
                                            • Girvan:   Ellingtonia.com
                                            • MacHare:   A Duke Ellington Panorama
                                            • MacHare:   A Duke Ellington Panorama
                                            • Ole J. Nielsen, Jazz Records 1942-80, A discography: Vol. Six, Duke Ellington
                                            • Timner V
                                            • Amsterdam Evening Recorder and Daily Democrat, Amsteram, N.Y. 1944-04-15p.4
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                                            1944 04 01
                                            Saturday
                                            .New York, N.Y.Hurricane RestaurantNight club residency - see 1944 03 30
                                            Radio remote:
                                            DUKE ELLINGTON AND HIS ORCHESTRA
                                            Hemphill, Stewart, Jordan, Nance, Brown, Nanton, Tizol, Hamilton, Hardwick, Hodges, Williams, Carney, Ellington, Guy, Raglin, Greer, Hibbler, Wini Johnson
                                            • Take The "A"Train (theme)
                                            • Concerto For Cootie
                                            • Johnny Come Lately
                                            • My Heart Tells Me
                                            • Blue Skies
                                            • Things Ain't What They Used To Be
                                            Listen to, or download, an audio file of this broadcast at http://www.radioechoes.com. Miss Johnson is not heard, and there are several snippets of music at the end that are not apparently from this broadcast and are undated.
                                            • Girvan:   Ellingtonia.com
                                            • Timner
                                            • Ole J. Nielsen, Jazz Records 1942-80, A discography: Vol. Six, Duke Ellington
                                            New Desor
                                            DE4401
                                            DEMS
                                            TimnerdjpAdded
                                            2011
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                                            2017-10-28
                                            1944 04 02
                                            Sunday
                                            .New York, N.Y..Salute to Fats Waller
                                            Tribute to the recently deceased pianist/composer.
                                            Ellington played solos of Sophisticated Lady and Dancers in Love.
                                            Stratemann p.257, citing Spotlight, May 1944.DE4402.FBI file 100-43-4443djp2011
                                            updated
                                            2012-11-13
                                            2017-05-07
                                            1944 04 02
                                            Sunday
                                            .New York, N.Y.Hurricane RestaurantNight club residency - see 1944 03 30

                                            MBS/WOR remote broadcast from the Hurricane Restaurant:
                                            Duke Ellington and His Orchestra
                                            Hemphill, Stewart, Jordan, Nance, Brown, Nanton, Tizol, Hamilton, Hardwick, Hodges, Skippy Williams(ts); Carney, Ellington, Guy, Raglin, Greer, Hibbler, Wini Johnson
                                            Titles recorded:
                                            • Take The "A"Train (theme)
                                            • Johnny Come Lately
                                            • I Didn't Know About You
                                            • Solid Old Man
                                            • My Ideal
                                            • Five O'Clock Drag
                                            • Honeysuckle Rose
                                            • No Love, No Nothing
                                            • Boy Meets Horn
                                            • Things Ain't What They Used To Be
                                            The WOR broadcast is listed at 11:30 p.m. in the Wilkes-Barre Record.
                                            New Desor
                                            DE4402
                                            DE4403
                                            DEMS
                                            .djpAdded
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                                            2017-05-08
                                            1944 04 03
                                            Monday
                                            .New York, N.Y.Hurricane RestaurantClub residency - see 1944 03 30

                                            The sidemen had the night off, but Ellington worked as master of ceremonies.
                                            ...
                                            ..2011
                                            1944 04 04
                                            Tuesday
                                            .New York, N.Y.Hurricane RestaurantClub residency - see 1944 03 30...
                                            ..2011
                                            1944 04 05
                                            Wednesday
                                            .New York, N.Y.Hurricane RestaurantClub residency - see 1944 03 30...
                                            ..2011
                                            1944 04 06
                                            Thursday
                                            .New York, N.Y.Hurricane RestaurantClub residency - see 1944 03 30

                                            The WOR broadcast is listed at 12:00 p.m. in the Wilkes-Barre Record.
                                            ...
                                            ..2011
                                            1944 04 07
                                            Friday
                                            .New York, N.Y.Hurricane RestaurantClub residency - see 1944 03 30

                                            MBS remote broadcast from the Hurricane Restaurant:
                                            Duke Ellington and His Orchestra
                                            Hemphill, Stewart, Jordan, Nance, Brown, Nanton, Tizol, Hamilton, Hardwick, Hodges, Skippy Williams(ts); Carney, Ellington, Guy, Raglin, Greer, Hibbler, Wini Johnson
                                            Titles recorded:
                                            • Take The "A"Train (theme)
                                            • Johnny Come Lately
                                            • I Didn't Know About You
                                            • Just Squeeze Me
                                            • Ring Dem Bells
                                            • My Heart Tells Me
                                            • My Gal Sal
                                            • Concerto For Cootie
                                            • Honeysuckle Rose
                                            • Sweet Georgia Brown
                                            Note the date of the broadcast is suspect. There is no WOR listing for Ellington in the radio schedule of the Wilkes-Barre Record or the Brooklyn Daily Eagle this date.
                                            • Girvan:   Ellingtonia.com
                                            • Ole J. Nielsen, Jazz Records 1942-80, A discography: Vol. Six, Duke Ellington
                                            • Timner V
                                            New Desor
                                            DE4404
                                            .
                                            .djpAdded
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                                            updated
                                            2017-05-08
                                            1944 04 08
                                            Saturday
                                            .New York, N.Y.Hurricane RestaurantClub residency - see 1944 03 30

                                            MBS remote broadcast from the Hurricane Restaurant:
                                            Duke Ellington and His Orchestra
                                            Hemphill, Stewart, Jordan, Nance, Brown, Nanton, Tizol, Hamilton, Hardwick, Hodges, Skippy Williams(ts); Carney, Ellington, Guy, Raglin, Greer, Hibbler, Wini Johnson
                                            Titles recorded:
                                            • Three Cent Stomp
                                            • Main Stem
                                            • I Didn't Know About You (Sentimental Lady)
                                            The WOR broadcast is listed at 11:30 p.m. in the Wilkes-Barre Record.
                                            • Wilkes-Barre Record, Wilkes-Barre, Penn. 1944-04-08
                                            • Girvan:   Ellingtonia.com
                                            • Timner V
                                            .
                                            New Desor
                                            DE4405
                                            DEMS
                                            ..Added
                                            2011
                                            updated
                                            2017-05-08
                                            1944 04 09
                                            Sunday
                                            .New York, N.Y.Hurricane RestaurantClub residency - see 1944 03 30

                                            MBS remote broadcast from the Hurricane Restaurant:
                                            Duke Ellington and His Orchestra
                                            Hemphill, Stewart, Jordan, Nance, Brown, Nanton, Tizol, Hamilton, Hardwick, Hodges, Skippy Williams(ts); Carney, Ellington, Guy, Raglin, Greer, Hibbler, Wini Johnson
                                            Titles recorded:
                                            • Take The "A"Train (theme)
                                            • Do Nothin' Till You Hear From Me
                                            • It Don't Mean A Thing
                                            • Things Ain't What They Used To Be
                                            The WOR broadcast is listed at 11:30 p.m. in the Brooklyn Eagle
                                            .New Desor
                                            DE4406
                                            DEMS
                                            .djpAdded
                                            2011
                                            updated
                                            2017-05-08
                                            1944 04 10
                                            Monday
                                            .New York, N.Y.Hurricane RestaurantClub residency - see 1944 03 30

                                            Sidemen's day off from the Hurricane; Duke is supposed to have been the master of ceremonies for the 8:30 and 12:30 shows.

                                            Did he miss the second show in favour of the jam session noted below?
                                            ...
                                            ..2011
                                            updated
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                                            1944 04 10
                                            Monday
                                            .New York, N.Y.Café Society DowntownEllington and others participated in a jam session/photo shoot for Esquire:

                                            "New York - 'Cafe Society Downtown' was open Monday evening, April 10, open for participants and guests of ESQUIRE'S Jam Session...this jam session was not open to the public but was staged by ESQUIRE'S Editorial Department to catch jazz men on Kodachrome for a Christmas issue pictorial feature. Only musicians and their friends were admitted, and those members of the editorial staff who could convince Bernard Geis there were there 'working.' An Army Special Services crew recorded the session and discs will be sent to men overseas...Leonard Feather, who is in a class with Frank Buck when it comes to bringing back alive famous swingmen, was the invitation committee of one. Among the prize collection of hot and solid jivesters he assembled were Duke Ellington, Count Basie, Billie Holiday, Eddie Haywood, Sidney Catlett, Oscar Pettiford and other musical elite of 52nd Street swing shops... The session got under way soon after eleven and flash bulbs were still popping at 4 a.m. As soon as one musician stepped aside, another took his place. Some of the greatest jazz every heard in the famous New York hot spot blared out that night. Guests couldn't be kept at the tables and soon stood six deep around the players in true jam session style... "

                                            Other information in the clipping:
                                            • the party cost nothing except for drinks
                                            • the club was normally closed Mondays, but management provided it free of charge for the session
                                            • Two Esquire photographers were used - Anton Bruehl and Sydney Ravitz
                                            • audience was told the event was for pictures and they would be moved out of the way if they were in the way of a shot
                                            • the musicians came for the publicity and because they liked to sit in with other musicians
                                            Undated, unsourced clipping at page 116 of Leonard G. Feather's January 1943 to March 1946 scrapbook..
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                                            1944 04 11
                                            Tuesday
                                            .New York, N.Y.Hurricane RestaurantClub residency - see 1944 03 30...
                                            ..2011
                                            1944 04 12
                                            Wednesday
                                            .New York, N.Y.Hurricane RestaurantClub residency - see 1944 03 30...
                                            ..2011
                                            1944 04 13
                                            Thursday
                                            .New York, N.Y.Hurricane RestaurantClub residency - see 1944 03 30

                                            MBS remote broadcast from the Hurricane Restaurant:
                                            Duke Ellington and His Orchestra
                                            Hemphill, Stewart, Jordan, Nance, Brown, Nanton, Tizol, Hamilton, Hardwick, Hodges, Skippy Williams, Carney, Ellington, Guy, Raglin, Greer, Hibbler, Wini Johnson
                                            Titles recorded:
                                            • Take The "A" Train (theme)
                                            • Fickle Fling
                                            • I'll Get By
                                            • Tea For Two
                                            • Day Dream
                                            • Three Cent Stomp
                                            • Do Nothin' Till You Hear From Me
                                            • San Fernando Valley
                                            • Solid Old Man
                                            • Things Ain't What They Used To Be
                                            The WOR broadcast is listed at 12:00 midnight in the Wilkes-Barre Record and the Brooklyn Eagle.
                                            • Wilkes-Barre Record, Wilkes-Barre, Penn. 1944-04-13
                                            • Brooklyn Eagle, New York, N.Y. 1944-04-13 p.19
                                            • Girvan:   Ellingtonia.com
                                            • MacHare:   A Duke Ellington Panorama
                                            • Ole J. Nielsen, Jazz Records 1942-80, A discography: Vol. Six, Duke Ellington
                                            • Timner V
                                            New Desor
                                            DE4407
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                                            ..Added
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                                            1944 04 14
                                            Friday
                                            .New York, N.Y.Hurricane RestaurantClub residency - see 1944 03 30.New Desor
                                            DE9090
                                            DE9091
                                            DEMS
                                            T.Rosenkrantz 35-8-A + B
                                            NDCS 1099
                                            .Added
                                            2011
                                            1944 04 15
                                            Saturday
                                            .New York, N.Y.Hurricane RestaurantClub residency - see 1944 03 30

                                            The WOR broadcast is listed at 11:30 p.m. in the Wilkes-Barre Record.
                                            ...
                                            ..2011
                                            1944 04 16
                                            Sunday
                                            18:00-19:00
                                            .New York, N.Y..Philco's "Hall Of Fame" radio show on WJZ and the NBC Blue network

                                            Ellington soloed Solitude, and played Dont' Get Around Much Anymore and Sophisticated Lady accompanied by a house orchestra led by Paul Whiteman and by a chorus. The description in New Desor is:

                                            '...Solitude belongs to a Medley, performed by BAND & CHO only. Between Dont' Get Around Much Anymore and Sophisticated Lady are performed I Got It Bad and It Don't Mean A Thing without Ellington.'

                                            • Girvan:   Ellingtonia.com
                                            • Ole J. Nielsen, Jazz Records 1942-80, A discography: Vol. Six, Duke Ellington
                                            • Timner V
                                            New Desor
                                            DE4408

                                            Timner corrections .Added
                                            2011
                                            updated
                                            2017-05-08
                                            1944 04 16
                                            Sunday
                                            .New York, N.Y.17th Regiment ArmoryWhile The New York Age and others announced Ellington and his orchestra would appear at a 46th birthday party for Paul Robeson, sponsored by The Committee for African Affairs, of which Robeson was the president, Ellington appeared briefly without his band.

                                            Pollock:

                                            '...Jose Ferrer ...was master of ceremonies for a while, ...Zero Mostel, Teddy Wilson and his band from Uptown Cafe Society. And Mildred Bailey from the same night spot, and ...Ben Davis of the City Council, the tremendous Jimmy Durante, who creates pandemonium; Josh White, singing and playing his guitar, while Pearl Primus, a rare dancer, danced. Mary Lou Williams beat out marvelous boogie-woogie, the glee club of the 372d Infantry sang, Count Basie brought his jump band and the 8,000 present jumped, some better than others, and Duke Ellington came and made a little speech, but couldn't stay, and said, anyhow, he would be an anticlimax after Basie and the wonderful Mary Lou...'

                                            While the event was scheduled to start at 7:30, Duke was likely there later in the evening, after (or perhaps during) the Williams and Basie performances.
                                            • New York Age 1944-04-08 pp.4, 5, 8
                                            • Stratemann p.257 citing Amsterdam News 1944-04-15 p.11A
                                            • Arthur Pollock, The Brooklyn Eagle, 1944-04-17 p.7
                                            ..
                                            ..2011
                                            updated
                                            2014-11-26
                                            1944 04 16
                                            Sunday
                                            .New York, N.Y.Hurricane RestaurantClub residency - see 1944 03 30...
                                            ..2011
                                            1944 04 17
                                            Monday
                                            .New York, N.Y.Hurricane RestaurantClub residency - see 1944 03 30
                                            Ellington's people had the night off, but Ellington worked since he was the m.c.
                                            ...
                                            ..2011
                                            updated
                                            2014-11-27
                                            1944 04 18
                                            Tuesday
                                            .New York, N.Y.Hurricane RestaurantClub residency - see 1944 03 30.New Desor
                                            DE9088
                                            DEMS
                                            T.Rosenkrantz 35-2-B
                                            NDCS 1099
                                            .Added
                                            2011
                                            1944 04 19
                                            Wednesday
                                            .New York, N.Y.Hurricane RestaurantClub residency - see 1944 03 30.New Desor
                                            DE9089
                                            DEMS
                                            T.Rosenkrantz 35-2-A
                                            NDCS 1099
                                            .Added
                                            2011
                                            1944 04 20
                                            Thursday
                                            ...PERSONNEL CHANGE
                                            Valve trombonist/composer Juan Tizol left the band and was replaced by trombonist Claude B. Jones.

                                            Variety reported Tizol was to join Woody Herman's band April 21, and he and Johnny Hodges had recorded with Herman's band the previous week.
                                            • Variety 1944-04-12 p.21
                                            • New Desor vol.2
                                            ..
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                                            1944 04 20
                                            Thursday
                                            .New York, N.Y.Hurricane RestaurantClub residency - see 1944 03 30

                                            MBS remote broadcast from the Hurricane Restaurant:
                                            Duke Ellington and His Orchestra
                                            Hemphill, Stewart, Jordan, Nance, Brown, Nanton, Jones, Hamilton, Hardwick, Hodges, Skippy Williams(ts); Carney, Ellington, Guy, Raglin, Greer, Hibbler, Wini Johnson
                                            Titles recorded:
                                            • Take The "A"Train (theme)
                                            • San Fernando Valley
                                            • Way Low
                                            • Suddenly It Jumped
                                            • Summertime
                                            • On The Alamo
                                            • Things Ain't What They Used To Be
                                            The WOR broadcast is listed at 12:00 midnight in the Wilkes-Barre Record.
                                            • Wilkes=Barre Record, Wilkes-Barre, Penn. 1944-04-20
                                            • Girvan:   Ellingtonia.com
                                            • Timner V
                                            New Desor
                                            DE4409
                                            .
                                            .djpAdded
                                            2011
                                            updated
                                            2017-05-08
                                            1944 04 21
                                            Friday
                                            .New York, N.Y.Hurricane RestaurantClub residency - see 1944 03 30

                                            MBS remote broadcast from the Hurricane Restaurant:
                                            Duke Ellington and His Orchestra
                                            Hemphill, Stewart, Jordan, Nance, Brown, Nanton, Jones, Hamilton, Hardwick, Hodges, Skippy Williams(ts); Carney, Ellington, Guy, Raglin, Greer, Hibbler, Wini Johnson
                                            Titles recorded:
                                            • Boy Meets Horn
                                            • Jump For Joy
                                            • Three Cent Stomp
                                            .New Desor
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                                            ..Added
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                                            updated
                                            2017-05-08
                                            1944 04 22
                                            Saturday
                                            .New York, N.Y.Hurricane RestaurantClub residency - see 1944 03 30

                                            MBS remote broadcast from the Hurricane Restaurant:
                                            Duke Ellington and His Orchestra
                                            Hemphill, Stewart, Jordan, Nance, Brown, Nanton, Jones, Hamilton, Hardwick, Hodges, Skippy Williams, Carney, Ellington, Guy, Raglin, Greer, Hibbler, Wini Johnson
                                            Titles recorded:
                                            • Take The “A” Train (theme)
                                            • Now I Know
                                            • Perdido
                                            • Do Nothin' Till You Hear From Me
                                            • Suddenly It Jumped
                                            The Wilkes-Barre Record shows the Ellington broadcast at 11:30 p.m. on WBAX and WOR
                                            • Wilkes-Barre Record, Wilkes-Barre, Penn. 1944-04-22
                                            • Girvan:   Ellingtonia.com
                                            • Timner V
                                            New Desor
                                            DE4411
                                            .
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                                            1944 04 23
                                            Sunday
                                            .New York, N.Y.Hurricane RestaurantClub residency - see 1944 03 30...
                                            ..2011
                                            1944 04 24
                                            Monday
                                            .New York, N.Y.Hurricane RestaurantClub residency - see 1944 03 30
                                            Ellington's people had the night off, but Ellington worked since he was the m.c.
                                            ...
                                            ..2011
                                            updated
                                            2014-11-27
                                            1944 04 25
                                            Tuesday
                                            .New York, N.Y.Hurricane RestaurantClub residency - see 1944 03 30...
                                            ..2011
                                            1944 04 26
                                            Wednesday
                                            .New York, N.Y.Hurricane RestaurantClub residency - see 1944 03 30...
                                            ..2011
                                            1944 04 27
                                            Thursday
                                            .New York, N.Y.Hurricane RestaurantClub residency - see 1944 03 30

                                            MBS remote broadcast from the Hurricane Restaurant:
                                            Duke Ellington and His Orchestra
                                            Hemphill, Stewart, Jordan, Nance, Brown, Nanton, Claude Jones, Hamilton, Hardwick, Hodges, Skippy Williams, Carney, Ellington, Guy, Raglin, Greer, Hibbler, Wini Johnson
                                            Titles recorded:
                                            • Solid Old Man
                                            • How Blue The Night
                                            • Ring Dem Bells
                                            The WOR broadcast is listed at 12:00 midnight in the Wilkes-Barre Record.
                                            • Wilkes-Barre Record, Wilkes-Barre, Penn. 1944-04-27
                                            • Girvan:   Ellingtonia.com
                                            • Timner V
                                            New Desor
                                            DE4412
                                            .
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                                            updated
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                                            1944 04 28
                                            Friday
                                            .New York, N.Y.Hurricane RestaurantClub residency - see 1944 03 30

                                            11:30p.m. MBS/WOR remote broadcast from the Hurricane Restaurant:
                                            Duke Ellington and His Orchestra
                                            Hemphill, Stewart, Jordan, Nance, Brown, Nanton, Jones, Hamilton, Hardwick, Hodges, Skippy Williams, Carney, Ellington, Guy, Raglin, Greer, Hibbler, Wini Johnson
                                            Titles recorded:
                                            • Rockabye River
                                            • Jumping Frog Jump
                                            • Do Nothin' Till You Hear From Me
                                            • Johnny Come Lately
                                            • Poinciana
                                            • On The Alamo
                                            • Three Cent Stomp
                                            • I Didn't Know About You (Sentimental Lady)
                                            • Radio logs 1944-04-28:
                                              • New York Times, 1944-04-28 (per J.J.'s Radio Logs)
                                              • Springfield Daily Republican
                                              • Trenton Evening Times
                                              • Wilkes-Barre Record, Wilkes-Barre, Penn.
                                            • Girvan:   Ellingtonia.com
                                            • MacHare:   A Duke Ellington Panorama
                                            • Ole J. Nielsen, Jazz Records 1942-80, A discography: Vol. Six, Duke Ellington
                                            • Timner V
                                            New Desor
                                            DE4413
                                            NDCS 1100
                                            DE9092
                                            DE9093
                                            DEMS
                                            T.Rosenkrantz 35-5-A
                                            35-10-A + B
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                                            1944 04 28
                                            Friday
                                            .New York City, N.Y.
                                            Ballroom
                                            Golden Gate Casino
                                            142nd St. and Lenox Ave.
                                            Victory Ball for Riverdale - 10 p.m.

                                            Tickets $1.00 in advance and $1.25 at the door.
                                            The New York Age announced "The Duke himself" would be the guest of honour for the second annual dance of the Riverdale Children's Association, with Tiny Bradshaw and his orchestra providing the evening's music at the Golden Gate Casion [sic]. Stratemann announces it as a done deal, as does Vail, and Vail reproduces a print ad from an unidentified source.

                                            Note the potential conflict with the broadcast from the Hurricane, reported in DEMS 09,3-2 to have been made at 11:30 p.m.
                                            • Stratemann p.257
                                            • The New York Age, New York, N.Y. 1944-04-29 p.4
                                            .
                                            ..
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                                            1944 04 29
                                            Saturday
                                            Ellington's birthday
                                            .New York, N.Y.Hurricane RestaurantClub residency - see 1944 03 30

                                            Ellington broadcasts are listed by the Wilkes-Barre Record at 11:30 on WBAX and WOR.
                                            ...
                                            ..2011
                                            1944 04 30
                                            Sunday
                                            .New York, N.Y.Hurricane RestaurantClub residency - see 1944 03 30...
                                            ..2011

                                            May 1944

                                            1944 05 01
                                            Monday
                                            .New York, N.Y.Hurricane RestaurantClub residency - see 1944 03 30
                                            Ellington's people had the night off, but Ellington worked since he was the m.c.
                                            ...
                                            ..2011
                                            updated
                                            2014-11-27
                                            1944 05 02
                                            Tuesday
                                            ... Peripheral event
                                            Ray Nance recording session
                                            ..DEMS
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                                            1944 05 02
                                            Tuesday
                                            .New York, N.Y.Carnegie Hall
                                            (Main Hall)
                                            8:30 p.m. Duke Ellington, courtesy of Dave Wolper's Hurricane, Mary Lou Williams, Earl Hines, and various others provided the entertainment at an awards ceremony in which A. Philip Randolph, president of the Brotherhood of Sleeping Car Porters, received the 3rd annual Clendenin Award for distinguished service to labour's rights. The New York Age reported Ellington, Hines, Williams et al volunteered their services for the event.
                                            • Amsterdam News 1944-04-22 p.11A
                                            • New York Age,
                                              • 1944-04-15 p.10
                                              • 1944-04-22 p.4
                                              • 1944-05-13, p.7
                                            • Vail I
                                            • Carnegie Hall database
                                            ..
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                                            1944 05 02
                                            Tuesday
                                            .New York, N.Y.Hurricane RestaurantClub residency - see 1944 03 30...
                                            ..2011
                                            1944 05 03
                                            Wednesday
                                            .New York, N.Y.Hurricane RestaurantClub residency - see 1944 03 30...
                                            ..2011
                                            1944 05 04
                                            Thursday
                                            .New York, N.Y.Hurricane RestaurantClub residency - see 1944 03 30

                                            The WOR broadcast is listed at 12:00 midnight in the Wilkes-Barre Record.
                                            ...
                                            ..2011
                                            1944 05 05
                                            Friday
                                            ... Peripheral event
                                            Duke Ellington, Inc.'s Statement of Cash Receipts and Disbursements for the period April 1 to June 7, 1944, shows DEI lent $3,000 to bandleader Boyd Raeburn on May 5.
                                            Frendel, Brown & Co.: Duke Ellington, Inc., Statements at June 7, SI-NMAH DEC301 Series 3G, Box 112, Folder 9.DEMS
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                                            1944 05 05
                                            Friday
                                            .New York, N.Y.Armory"Duke Ellington and Hurricane Stars," with the Andrews Sisters were among the acts performing at the first annual military ball and dance held by the 15th Regiment of the New York State Guard to raise funds to buy athletic equipment and to afford other means of building the morale of the men.

                                            "The present State Guard has been created to take the place of regiments which are now in the Armed Forces..." (The 15th Regiment replaced the 369th Field Artillery which was sent to Hawaii.)

                                            Ten thousand guests were reported to have attended.

                                            Ralph Cooper was to introduce various celebrities, including "Duke Ellington and Hurricane Stars," Clark Monroe and Kelly's Stable Revue, Count Basie, Lucky Millinder, Don Redmond, "Hot Lips" Paige, Cozy Coles, Smalls Paradise Revue, Elk's Rendezvous Revue, etc., etc.

                                            The time is not shown; presumably Ellington would have worked around his Hurricane commitment for this evening. While Basie was announced ahead of t8ime, he is not mentioned in the subsequent report.
                                              New York Age
                                              • 1944-04-29 p.4
                                              • 1944-05-06 p.4
                                              • 1944-05-13 p.4
                                            ..
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                                            1944 05 05
                                            Friday
                                            .New York, N.Y.Hurricane RestaurantClub residency - see 1944 03 30

                                            MBS remote broadcast from the Hurricane Restaurant:
                                            Duke Ellington and His Orchestra
                                            Hemphill, Stewart, Jordan, Nance, Brown, Nanton, Jones, Hamilton, Hardwick, Hodges, Williams, Carney, Ellington, Guy, Raglin, Greer, Hibbler, Johnson
                                            Titles recorded:
                                            • Back Home Again In Indiana
                                            • How Blue The Night
                                            • Stomp, Look And Listen
                                            • Jumping Frog Jump
                                            • Perdido
                                            • Concerto For Cootie
                                            • Blue Skies
                                            The WOR broadcast is listed at 11:30 p.m. in the Wilkes-Barre Record.
                                            • Wilkes-Barre Record, Wilkes-Barre, Penn.
                                            • Girvan:   Ellingtonia.com
                                            • Ole J. Nielsen, Jazz Records 1942-80, A discography: Vol. Six, Duke Ellington
                                            • Timner V
                                            New Desor
                                            DE4414
                                            .
                                            ..Added
                                            2011
                                            updated
                                            2017-05-08
                                            1944 05 06
                                            Saturday
                                            .New York, N.Y.Hurricane RestaurantClub residency - see 1944 03 30

                                            MBS remote broadcast from the Hurricane Restaurant:
                                            Duke Ellington and His Orchestra
                                            Hemphill, Stewart, Jordan, Nance, Brown, Nanton, Jones, Hamilton, Hardwick, Hodges, Williams, Carney, Ellington, Guy, Raglin, Greer, Hibbler, Johnson
                                            Titles recorded:
                                            • Take The “A” Train (theme)
                                            • Now I Know
                                            • Perdido
                                            • Do Nothin' Till You Hear From Me
                                            • My Gal Sal
                                            • I Didn't Know About You (Sentimental Lady)
                                            The Wilkes-Barre Record lists Ellington's broadcast on KBAX and WOR at 11:30 p.m..
                                            New Desor
                                            DE4415
                                            DEMS
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                                            1944 05 07
                                            Sunday
                                            .New York, N.Y.Home of Mrs. Dorothy S. Norman
                                            124 East 70th Street
                                            This day marked the opening of the Riverdale Children's Association Theatre and Arts Division. The New York Age and the Kansas City Plaindealer announced Ellington would make an award to singer Marian Anderson at a reception in her honour. Miss Katherine Cornell, "1st lady of the theatre," and Duke Ellington were co-chairmen of the sponsoring committee.

                                            The New York Age later reported:

                                            '...Following the informal reception at five o'clock, a very deligthful program chairmaned by Jose Ferrer ... featured such personalities as Josh White and his guitar; Libby Holman, blues singer; Elsa Mazwell, Alan Corelli, Roi Ottely, and Judge Hubert T. Delany.
                                              Duke Ellington, co-chairman of the Sponsoring Committee, presented the honoree with an original manuscript by Handel...'

                                            Its report lists the names of those present.

                                            • ANP wirestory datelined New York, April 28, in the Plaindealer, Kansas City, Kans., 1944-04-28 p.5
                                            • New York Age
                                              • 1944-04-29 p.4
                                              • 1944-05-13 p.4
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                                            1944 05 07
                                            Sunday
                                            .New York, N.Y.Hurricane RestaurantClub residency - see 1944 03 30

                                            MBS remote broadcast from the Hurricane Restaurant:
                                            Duke Ellington and His Orchestra
                                            Hemphill, Stewart, Jordan, Nance, Brown, Nanton, Jones, Hamilton, Hardwick, Hodges, Williams, Carney, Ellington, Guy, Raglin, Greer, Hibbler, Johnson
                                            Titles recorded:
                                            • Jumpin' Punkins
                                            • Poinciana
                                            • It Don't Mean A Thing
                                            • Do Nothin' Till You Hear From Me
                                            • Perdido
                                            The Wilkes-Barre Record lists a half hour Ellington broadcast at 7 p.m. on WOR and a 15-minute Ellington broadcast at 11:30 p.m. on WOR and WBAX.
                                            New Desor
                                            DE4416
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                                            1944 05 08
                                            Monday
                                            .New York, N.Y.Hurricane RestaurantClub residency - see 1944 03 30
                                            Ellington's people had the night off, but Ellington worked since he was the m.c.
                                            ...
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                                            1944 05 09
                                            Tuesday
                                            .New York, N.Y.Hurricane RestaurantClub residency - see 1944 03 30...
                                            ..2011
                                            1944 05 10
                                            Wednesday
                                            .New York, N.Y.Hurricane RestaurantClub residency - see 1944 03 30...
                                            ..2011
                                            1944 05 11
                                            Thursday
                                            .New York, N.Y.Hurricane RestaurantClub residency - see 1944 03 30...
                                            ..2011
                                            1944 05 12
                                            Friday
                                            .New York, N.Y.Hurricane RestaurantClub residency - see 1944 03 30

                                            MBS remote broadcast from the Hurricane Restaurant:
                                            Duke Ellington and His Orchestra
                                            Hemphill, Stewart, Jordan, Nance, Brown, Nanton, Jones, Hamilton, Hardwick, Hodges, Williams, Carney, Ellington, Guy, Raglin, Greer, Hibbler, Johnson
                                            Titles recorded:
                                            • Time Alone Will Tell
                                            • San Fernando Valley
                                            • Stomp, Look And Listen
                                            • Concerto For Cootie
                                            New Desor
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                                            circa
                                            1944 05 13
                                            ...PERSONNEL CHANGE
                                            At some time between May 13 and 19, Elbert "Skippy" Williams, tenor sax, left the band and was replaced by Al Sears, born 1910.
                                            New Desor vol.2..
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                                            Saturday
                                            .New York, N.Y.Hurricane RestaurantClub residency - see 1944 03 30...
                                            ..2011
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                                            Sunday
                                            .New York, N.Y.Main Hall
                                            Carnegie Hall
                                            FBI report: "...a concert was held at Carnegie Hall, New York City, under the sponsorship of the Joint Anti-Fascist Refugee Committee. Duke Ellington was said to have volunteered his professional services for this concert which was reportedly attended by 2,000 persons..."

                                            The FBI report says the Committee had been cited by the Attorney General as Communist.

                                            The concert was announced in the New York Age. Also to appear were were tap dancer Paul Draper, pianist Arthur Ferrante, and mime Jimmy Savo.

                                            The Carnegie Hall database shows Ellington performed Don't Get Around Much Anymore with Jimmy, Savo, Vocalist [sic].
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                                            1944 05 14
                                            Sunday
                                            .New York, N.Y.Hurricane RestaurantClub residency - see 1944 03 30...
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                                            1944 05 15
                                            Monday
                                            .New York, N.Y.Hurricane RestaurantClub residency - see 1944 03 30
                                            Ellington's people had the night off, but Ellington worked since he was the m.c.
                                            ...
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                                            1944 05 16
                                            Tuesday
                                            .New York, N.Y.Hurricane RestaurantClub residency - see 1944 03 30...
                                            ..2011
                                            1944 05 17
                                            Wednesday
                                            .New York, N.Y.Hurricane RestaurantClub residency - see 1944 03 30...
                                            ..2011
                                            1944 05 18
                                            Thursday
                                            .New York, N.Y.Hurricane RestaurantClub residency - see 1944 03 30...
                                            ..2011
                                            1944 05 19
                                            Friday
                                            .New York, N.Y.Hurricane RestaurantClub residency - see 1944 03 30

                                            MBS remote broadcast from the Hurricane Restaurant:
                                            Duke Ellington and His Orchestra
                                            Hemphill, Stewart, Jordan, Nance, Brown, Nanton, Claude Jones, Hamilton, Hardwick, Hodges, Al Sears, Carney, Ellington, Guy, Raglin, Greer, Hibbler, Wini Johnson
                                            Titles recorded:
                                            • Long Ago And Far Away
                                            • Someone
                                            • Suddenly It Jumped
                                            • Things Ain't What They Used to Be
                                            New Desor
                                            DE4418
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                                            1944 05 20
                                            Saturday
                                            .New York, N.Y.Hurricane RestaurantClub residency - see 1944 03 30

                                            MBS remote broadcast from the Hurricane Restaurant:
                                            Duke Ellington and His Orchestra
                                            Hemphill, Stewart, Jordan, Nance, Brown, Nanton, Jones, Hamilton, Hardwick, Hodges, Sears, Carney, Ellington, Guy, Raglin, Greer, Hibbler, Johnson
                                            Titles recorded:
                                            • Take The “A” Train (theme)
                                            • Someone
                                            • Goin' My Way
                                            • Perdido
                                            • Since You Went Away
                                            • How Blue The Night
                                            • Do Nothin' Till You Hear From Me
                                            The Wilkes-Barre Record has an Ellington broadcast at 7 p.m. on WOR, then at 11:30 p.m., a broadcast on WBAX and WOR.
                                            New Desor
                                            DE4419
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                                            1944 05 21
                                            Sunday
                                            .New York, N.Y.Hurricane RestaurantClub residency - see 1944 03 30

                                            MBS remote broadcast from the Hurricane Restaurant:
                                            Duke Ellington and His Orchestra
                                            Hemphill, Stewart, Jordan, Nance, Brown, Nanton, Jones, Hamilton, Hardwick, Hodges, Sears, Carney, Ellington, Guy, Raglin, Greer, Hibbler, Johnson
                                            Titles recorded:
                                            • Five O'Clock Drag
                                            • C-Jam Blues
                                            • How Blue The Night
                                            • My Honey's Lovin' Arms
                                            • I'll Get By
                                            • Stomp, Look And Listen
                                            • Now I Know
                                            • Pitter Panther Patter
                                            • Blue Skies
                                            • Do Nothin' Till You Hear From Me
                                            New Desor
                                            DE4420
                                            DEMS
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                                            1944 05 22
                                            Monday
                                            .New York, N.Y.Hurricane RestaurantClub residency - see 1944 03 30
                                            Ellington's people had the night off
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                                            1944 05 22
                                            Monday
                                            .New York, N.Y.Downbeat ClubPeripheral event:
                                            Nance, Stewart, Hodges, Jones, Greer and Hamilton played in "Coleman Hawkins second celebrity party jam session." Other musicians participating: Raymond Scott, Georgie Auld, Boyd Raeburn, Ben Webster, Charley Shavers, Cliff Leemans, Dizzy Gillespie, Buster Bailey, Geroge Johnson, Ram Ramirrez, Johnny Bothwell, Tommy Pederson and Earl Swope.
                                            The New York Age 1944-05-27 p.10..
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                                            Tuesday
                                            .New York, N.Y.Hurricane RestaurantClub residency - see 1944 03 30...
                                            ..2011
                                            1944 05 24
                                            Wednesday
                                            .New York, N.Y.Hurricane RestaurantClub residency - see 1944 03 30

                                            MBS remote broadcast from the Hurricane Restaurant:

                                            Duke Ellington and His Orchestra
                                            Hemphill, Stewart, Jordan, Nance, Brown, Nanton, Jones, Hamilton, Hardwick, Hodges, Sears, Carney, Ellington, Guy, Raglin, Greer, Hibbler, Johnson

                                            Titles recorded:
                                            • Someday I'll Meet You Again
                                            • And So Little Time
                                            • Clementine
                                            • Someone
                                            • Perdido
                                            • Do Nothin' Till You Hear From Me
                                            The WOR broadcast is listed at 12:00 midnight in The Wilkes-Barre Record.
                                            New Desor
                                            DE4421
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                                            1944 05 25
                                            Thursday
                                            .New York, N.Y.Hurricane RestaurantClub residency - see 1944 03 30

                                            CBS remote broadcast from the Hurricane Restaurant:
                                            (Irwin Darlington, announcer)

                                            Duke Ellington and His Orchestra
                                            Hemphill, Stewart, Jordan, Nance, Brown, Nanton, Jones, Hamilton, Hardwick, Hodges, Sears, Carney, Ellington, Guy, Raglin, Greer, Hibbler, Johnson

                                            Titles recorded:
                                            • Take The “A” Train (theme)
                                            • Someone
                                            • G.I. Jive
                                            • Three Cent Stomp
                                            • My Little Brown Book
                                            • Johnny Come Lately
                                            • Blue Skies
                                            • I Didn't Know About You (Sentimental Lady)
                                            • Stomp, Look And Listen
                                            • Do Nothin' Till You Hear From Me
                                            New Desor
                                            DE4422
                                            DEMS
                                            04,2-44
                                            00,1-24
                                            94,1-7
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                                            1944 05 26
                                            Friday
                                            .New York, N.Y.Hurricane RestaurantClub residency - see 1944 03 30

                                            MBS remote broadcast from the Hurricane Restaurant:
                                            Duke Ellington and His Orchestra
                                            Hemphill, Stewart, Jordan, Nance, Brown, Nanton, Claude Jones, Hamilton, Hardwick, Hodges, Sears, Carney, Ellington, Guy, Raglin, Greer, Hibbler, Johnson
                                            Title recorded:
                                            • Mood To Be Wooed
                                            A WBAX broadcast is listed at 11:30 p.m. in The Wilkes-Barre Record. It does not list one on WOR.
                                            New Desor
                                            DE4423
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                                            1944 05 27
                                            Saturday
                                            ... Peripheral event
                                            Duke Ellington, Inc.'s Statement of Cash Receipts and Disbursements for the period April 1 to June 7, 1944, shows DEI lent an additional $2,000 to bandleader Boyd Raeburn on May 27.
                                            Frendel, Brown & Co.: Duke Ellington, Inc., Statements at June 7, SI-NMAH DEC301 Series 3G, Box 112, Folder 9.DEMS
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                                            1944 05 27
                                            Saturday
                                            .New York, N.Y.Hurricane RestaurantClub residency - see 1944 03 30

                                            MBS remote broadcast from the Hurricane Restaurant:
                                            Duke Ellington and His Orchestra
                                            Hemphill, Stewart, Jordan, Nance, Brown, Nanton, Jones, Hamilton, Hardwick, Hodges, Sears, Carney, Ellington, Guy, Raglin, Greer, Hibbler, Johnson
                                            Titles recorded:
                                            • Someone
                                            • G.I. Jive
                                            • Three Cent Stomp
                                            • My Little Brown Book
                                            • Johnny Come Lately
                                            • Blue Skies
                                            • I Didn't Know About You (Sentimental Lady)
                                            • Stomp, Look And Listen
                                            • Do Nothin' Till You Hear From Me
                                            Ellington broadcasts are listed in The Wilkes-Barre Record at 11:30 p.m. on KBAX and midnight on WOR.
                                            New Desor
                                            DE4424
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                                            1944 05 28
                                            Sunday
                                            .New York, N.Y.Hurricane RestaurantClub residency - see 1944 03 30

                                            MBS remote broadcasts from the Hurricane Restaurant

                                            Ellington's WOR broadcasts are listed at 7 p.m. and midnight in the Wilkes-Barre Record and the Brooklyn Eagle.

                                            Timner shows:
                                            Duke Ellington & His Orchestra
                                            Hemphill, Stewart, Jordan, Nance, Brown, Nanton, Jones, Hamilton, Hardwick, Hodges, Sears, Carney, Ellington, Guy, Raglin, Greer, Hibbler, Johnson and Maria Ellington
                                            Titles recorded:
                                            • Everything But You
                                            • Rockin' in Rhythm
                                            • Suddenly It Jumped
                                            • The Mood To Be Wooed
                                            and has Wini Johnson and Maria Ellington singing the first title. This deserves further research, since New Desor doesn't have Maria [aka Marie] joining the band until October, by which time the Hurricane no longer existed. Ellington did not return to the Hurricane although he played the Zanzibar at that location in late 1945. Duke Ellington, Inc.'s vocalists payroll remained at $160/week for the weeks ended April 5 through May 31, with one exception when it dipped to $143, and for the last Hurricane week it dipped as well, to $74. If Marie did sing with the band, she was not likely paid from the regular payroll.

                                            Two Timme Rosenkrantz collection acetates (33-5-A and 33-5-B) of broadcasts are dated May 1944 in New Desor correction sheet 1100 (New Desor sessions DE9094 and DE9095) but in DEMS 09,3-2 are tentatively dated May 28.
                                            The personnel are shown by New Desor as Hemphill, Stewart, Jordan, Nance, Brown, Nanton, Jones, Hamilton, Hardwick, Hodges, Sears, Carney, Ellington, Guy, Raglin, Greer and Hibbler.
                                            The titles are:
                                            • Rockin' In Rhythm
                                            • Mood To Be Wooed
                                            • My Honey's Lovin' Arms
                                            • Do Nothin' Till You Hear From Me
                                            • On The Alamo
                                            • Main Stem
                                            • My Little Brown Book
                                            • Rockabye River (Hop, Skip, Jump)
                                            Brooklyn Eagle, New York, N.Y. 1944-05-28 p.20New Desor
                                            NDCS 1100
                                            DE9094
                                            DE9095
                                            DEMS
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                                            1944 05 29
                                            Monday
                                            .New York, N.Y..WNEW Broadcast "News..."
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                                            .New York, N.Y.Hurricane RestaurantClub residency - see 1944 03 30
                                            Ellington's people had the night off, but Ellington worked since he was the m.c.
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                                            1944 05 30
                                            Tuesday
                                            .New York, N.Y.Hurricane RestaurantClub residency - see 1944 03 30...
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                                            1944 05 31
                                            Wednesday
                                            .New York, N.Y.Hurricane RestaurantClub residency - see 1944 03 30

                                            The WOR broadcast is listed at midnight in the Wilkes-Barre Record.
                                            MBS remote broadcast from the Hurricane Restaurant:
                                            Duke Ellington and His Orchestra
                                            Hemphill, Stewart, Jordan, Nance, Brown, Nanton, Jones, Hamilton, Hardwick, Hodges, Sears, Carney, Ellington, Guy, Raglin, Greer, Hibbler, Johnson
                                            Titles recorded:
                                            • Take the "A" Train (theme)
                                            • This I Love Above All
                                            • Midriff
                                            • My Little Brown Book
                                            • Suddenly It Jumped
                                            • Girvan:   Ellingtonia.com
                                            • Ole J. Nielsen, Jazz Records 1942-80, A discography: Vol. Six, Duke Ellington
                                            • Timner V
                                            New Desor
                                            DE4425
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                                            1944 05 001944 06 00New York, N.Y.Hurricane Restaurantundated broadcast from the Hurricane.New Desor
                                            DE4426
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                                            June 1944

                                            1944 06 01
                                            Thursday
                                            .New York, N.Y.Hurricane RestaurantClub residency - see 1944 03 30
                                            Remote broadcast from the Hurricane Restaurant:
                                            Duke Ellington and His Orchestra
                                            Hemphill, Stewart, Jordan, Nance, Brown, Nanton, Jones, Hamilton, Hardwick, Hodges, Sears, Carney, Ellington, Guy, Raglin, Greer, Hibbler, Johnson
                                            Titles recorded:
                                            • San Fernando valley
                                            • Perdido
                                            • My Little Brown Book
                                            • Rockabye River (Hop, Skip, Jump)
                                            • Ring Dem Bells
                                            • Now I Know
                                            • Mood To Be Wooed
                                          • Girvan:   Ellingtonia.com
                                          • MacHare:   A Duke Ellington Panorama
                                          • Timner V
                                          • New Desor
                                            DE9026
                                            NDCS 1035
                                            DEMS
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                                            1944 06 02
                                            Friday
                                            .New York, N.Y.Hurricane RestaurantClub residency - see 1944 03 30
                                            CBS remote broadcast from the Hurricane Restaurant:
                                            Duke Ellington and His Orchestra
                                            Hemphill, Stewart, Jordan, Nance, Brown, Nanton, Jones, Hamilton, Hardwick, Hodges, Sears, Carney, Ellington, Guy, Raglin, Greer, Hibbler, Johnson
                                            Titles recorded:
                                            • Take The "A" Train (theme)
                                            • Dancing In The Dark
                                            • Main Stem
                                            • My Little Brown Book
                                            • Rockabye River (Hop, Skip, Jump)
                                            • Ring Dem Bells
                                            • Mood To Be Wooed
                                            • A Slip of the Lip
                                            • Harlem Air-Shaft
                                            .New Desor
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                                            1944 06 03
                                            Saturday
                                            .New York, N.Y..Naugatuck Daily News:

                                            'Duke Ellington will make a personal appearance on "The Music America Loves Best" radio show via the Blue Network June 3. Duke will play three of his latest hits as recorded on Victor, "C Jam Blues," "Main Stem" and "Do Nothing' Till You Hear From Me." Marian Hutton, former vocalist with Glenn Miller, will sing the latter tune with Duke's unique background arrangement.'

                                            The Canton Repository:

                                            'Richard Crooks, Metropolitan tenor, Duke Ellington, pianist and band conductor, and Marian Hutton, songstress will be the guests on "Music America Loves Best" Saturday night at 7:30 over the Blue Network.'

                                            DEI recorded revenue for this date:
                                            R. C. A. Broadcast - 6/3               1,000.00
                                            Less: Commission - Wm Morris Agency 100.00 900.00
                                            • Naugatuck Daily News, Naugatuck, Conn. 1944-05-20 p.2
                                            • Springfield Sunday Union and Republican, Springfield, Mass., 1944-05-28 p.6C
                                            • The Canton Repository, Canton, Ohio, 1944-06-02 p.20
                                            • Frendel, Brown & Co.: Duke Ellington, Inc., Statements at August 1, 1944, SI-NMAH DEC301 Series 3G, Box 112, Folder 9
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                                            1944 06 03
                                            Saturday
                                            .New York, N.Y..Delete this session, see 17dec44
                                            .New Desor
                                            DE4428
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                                            1944 06 03
                                            Saturday
                                            .New York, N.Y.Hurricane RestaurantClub residency - see 1944 03 30

                                            The WOR broadcast is listed at midnight in the Wilkes-Barre Record.
                                            MBS remote broadcast from the Hurricane Restaurant:
                                            Duke Ellington and His Orchestra
                                            Hemphill, Stewart, Jordan, Nance, Brown, Nanton, Jones, Hamilton, Hardwick, Hodges, Sears, Carney, Ellington, Guy, Raglin, Greer, Hibbler, Johnson
                                            Titles recorded:
                                            • Perdido
                                            • Irresistable You
                                            • How Blue The Night
                                            • Things Ain't What They Used To Be
                                            New Desor
                                            DE4429
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                                            1944 06 04
                                            Sunday
                                            .New York, N.Y.Hurricane RestaurantClub residency - see 1944 03 30

                                            The WOR broadcast is listed at 7 p.m. in the Wilkes-Barre Record.
                                            MBS remote broadcast from the Hurricane Restaurant:
                                            Duke Ellington and His Orchestra
                                            Hemphill, Stewart, Jordan, Nance, Brown, Nanton, Jones, Hamilton, Hardwick, Hodges, Sears, Carney, Ellington, Guy, Raglin, Greer, Hibbler, Johnson
                                            Titles recorded:
                                            • Too Much In Love
                                            • It Don't Mean A Thing
                                            • Mood To Be Wooed
                                            • Things Ain't What They Used To Be
                                            .New Desor
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                                            1944 06 05
                                            Monday
                                            .New York, N.Y.Downbeat ClubColeman Hawkins gave Ellington and his orchestra a farewell party. He had written "Duke at the Downbeat," which he introduced during the party.
                                            Ellington, Hodges, Stewart, Nance, Brown, Sears, Carney, Jones and Raglin attended, as did Tizol who was now in the Harry James band.
                                            Hawkins' band included Don Byas, Benny Harris, Thelonious Monk, Eddie Robinson and Denzil Best.
                                            Byas, Dizzy Gillespie and Nance did a set together on the bandstand.
                                            New York Age 1944-06-10 p.11...
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                                            1944 06 05
                                            Monday
                                            .New York, N.Y.Hurricane RestaurantClub residency - see 1944 03 30
                                            Ellington's people had the night off, but Ellington may have worked since he was the m.c., even though the residency was nearing a premature ending.
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                                            1944 06 06
                                            Tuesday
                                            .New York, N.Y.Hurricane RestaurantClub residency - see 1944 03 30
                                            MBS remote broadcast from the Hurricane Restaurant:
                                            Duke Ellington and His Orchestra
                                            Hemphill, Stewart, Jordan, Nance, Brown, Nanton, Jones, Hamilton, Hardwick, Hodges, Sears, Carney, Ellington, Guy, Raglin, Greer, Hibbler, Johnson
                                            Titles recorded:
                                            • The Wonder of You
                                            • Suddenly It Jumped
                                            • Mood To Be Wooed
                                            • Do Nothin' Till You Hear From Me
                                            • Brooklyn Eagle 1944-06-04 p.25
                                            • Girvan:   Ellingtonia.com
                                            • Ole J. Nielsen, Jazz Records 1942-80, A discography: Vol. Six, Duke Ellington
                                            • Timner V
                                            New Desor
                                            DE4431
                                            DEMS
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                                            1944 06 07
                                            Wednesday
                                            .New York, N.Y.Hurricane RestaurantPremature end to the Hurricane engagement - the restaurant was finding it difficult to pay Ellington's guarantee.

                                            The WOR broadcast is listed at 12 midnight in the Wilkes-Barre Record.
                                            Stratemann p.257 citing Variety 1944-05-24, p.33..
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                                            1944 06 07
                                            .New York, N.Y..PERSONNEL CHANGE
                                            Al Celley joined the Ellington organization as road manager in early June 1944 and would stay until March 1964. He was probably interviewed during the Hurricane engagement and hired toward the end of the engagement when Ellington knew they were hitting the road on June 8.

                                            Duke Ellington, Inc. records $250 "Cash on Tour" paid to Celley on June 7.
                                            At the time of writing, the biographical note on page 2 of the Smithsonian's Guide to the Al Celley Collection of Duke Ellington Materials incorrectly reports Celley was Ellington's road manager from 1942 to 1964 and Celley's son's website erroneously says 1943 - 1964.
                                            The Billboard reported Al Celley was leaving Bob Chester to become road manager for Duke Ellington. Celley replaced Charles "Jack" Boyd.

                                            Hasse has Celley replacing Boyd in 1944. Ulanov, writing in 1945, dates his arrival as 1944 and writes about the Toronto incident. These sources are consistent with The Billboard item.
                                            June 1944 is confirmed by Celley's own testimony. After leaving Ellington in 1964, Celley sued Duke Ellington, Inc. for amounts he believed were owed to him. In his Examination Before Trial, he testified he was hired by Duke Ellington Inc. in June 1944 as road manager. He said he went to Commerce High School in New York, and then spent 13 months at Brooklyn Tech, studying electricity at both schools. He quit school to go to work, and was the engineer at the Hotel Victoria in New York. He joined the Ina Ray Hutton band as band boy and electrician, worked in that capacity for 4 years and then spent 4 years as her road manager. After that, he was the road manager for the Bob Chester band for 2 years.

                                            Q. When did you meet Duke Ellington?
                                            A. June of 1944.
                                            Q. How did you meet him?
                                            A. I was called in to go to work for him.
                                            Q. Whom were you called in by?
                                            A. By his office, by Bill Mittler.
                                            Q. Who is Bill Mittler?
                                            A. He is the treasurer and auditor of Duke Ellington, Inc. at that time.
                                            Q. How did you meet Bill Mittler?
                                            A. Well, my name must have been -- well, Bill, I've known Bill for many years...
                                            Q. Where did you meet him?
                                            A. Well, he was always with Irving Mills and Irving Mills had Duke Ellington and also had -that was it, Duke Ellington early days, I mean he was always with Ellington, Irving Mills. He was with Mills for many years and my name was given to him and he called me up.
                                            Q. By whom was your name given to him?
                                            A. I think probably by Kennitt Taylor.
                                            Q. By who? Would you spell that, please.
                                            A. It is an odd name, on 49th and Broadway, 49th and Seventh Avenue.
                                            Q. Mr. Celley, I notice that in looking for the name, Kennitt Taylor, you were looking in the inside vest pocket of your suit... Is the name of Kennitt Taylor imprinted on your suit?
                                            A. There is a label sometimes, most of them - I can't see it. It usually has a big label. It is usually on the outside.
                                            Q. Is Kennitt Taylor a clothing store?
                                            A. That's right, he makes uniforms for the different orchestras.
                                            Q. You were a friend of whom and Kennitt Taylor? Is that one name for two names?
                                            A. One name, Kennitt.
                                            Q. Mr. Kennitt?
                                            A. Right.
                                            Q. Is that a friend of yours?
                                            A. Not a friend, I know him from the band business, you know, when you are making uniforms for everybody, all the bands, they know everyone. So that's how he happened to know me.
                                            Q. Does that mean that one of your jobs prior to going with the Ellington organization was ordering uniforms for the band?
                                            A. Well, as a manager to, you know, you would have uniforms made up for bands, so that's what it would be.
                                            Q. Did you go to Mr. Kennitt to have uniforms made up?
                                            A. Well, Duke Ellington went there. Bob Chester went there.
                                            Q. Prior to the time you met Mr. Mittler had you gone to Mr. Kennitt to make a uniforms? Is that how you came to meet Mr. Mittler?
                                            A. No, I have known Mittler from the Irving Mills days, way back, Irving Mills.
                                            Q. Would you describe your association to me with Mittler prior to June, 1944.
                                            A. Well, when you're on Broadway you know practically all the people that's on Broadway in the musical business, so you know Mittler, you know who he is, you know who he works for so -
                                            Q. Had you had any business dealings with Mittler prior to June, 1944?
                                            A. No.
                                            Q. Had you ever lent Mr. Mittler any money prior to June 1944?
                                            A. I never lent Mittler any money.
                                            ...
                                            Q. And Taylor was not the name of a person but the name of the tailoring outfit?
                                            A. That's right, tailoring outfit, right.
                                            Q. What did Kennitt Tailoring Company have to do with recommending you to Mr. Mittler?
                                            A. He heard there was a job opening, as I learned later on a few years back, maybe everybody wants to take the credit for putting you to work, I don't know. I was reached on the telephone at the Earl Theatre in Philadelphia by Bill Mittler.
                                            Q. What did he say to you?
                                            A. "Come on in," that Ellington would like to interview you for the job.
                                            Q. Did he say that Mr. Konnitt, or the Konnit Tailoring Company recommended you?
                                            A. No, he did not.
                                            Q. What did Konnitt have to do with this?
                                            A. Later on, a year or so later on, I was ordering some uniforms because they all have the uniforms ordered there, Cab, Ellington, all the bands, and he was saying that he told Bill Mittler, he gave my name as reference to Bill Mittler. That's how I was reached for the job for Duke Ellington.
                                            Q. Had you been in charge of ordering uniforms for Mr. Konnitt before that time?
                                            A. No, what would happen in that case, Konnitt would come and visit Ellington, and Ellington would tell Mr. Konnitt that he wants some uniforms, and picked the patterns out, and have them made...
                                            ...
                                            Q. Let's get back to the time of year employment with the Ellington organization. You testified that you were to get how much a week?
                                            A. When I first started it was $125 a week.
                                            Q. What were your duties?
                                            A. Road manager, collecting receipts on the road, transportation, payroll, paying the man off, making the statements out and sending them back to Mittler.
                                            Q. Prior to that time had to any training in accounting?
                                            A. No
                                            Q. Have you any training in bookkeeping?
                                            A. No.
                                            Q. What did you tell Ellington your qualifications for this position where?
                                            A. My qualifications with Ellington must have met the agreement because he hired me and I was with him for twenty years, that's the qualifications. If I didn't qualify -...
                                            Q. Would you like to answer the question, please.
                                            A. Well, the duties of a road manager. I had the qualifications as a road manager or I think Ellington wouldn't hire me if I didn't.
                                            Q. That's not the question I asked. I asked you what did you tell Ellington your qualifications for this position were. Would you please answer the question.
                                            A. The question was answered, that I had the experience and I took Ellington out. The first I recall, the questioning in the office, and I said to Duke "I've never worked for Negro bands and I don't know how they will accept me and what will be the case, and I'll try it out for two weeks." That was a question right then in the office...

                                            • Frendel Brown & Co., Certified Public Accountants, Duke Ellington, Inc. Statements at June 7, 1944, SI-NMAH DEC301 Series 3G Box 112, Folder 9
                                            • Music Grapevine, The Billboard 1944-06-17 p.13
                                            • Down Beat, 1944-07-01 p.5
                                            • Ulanov (ibid.), p.263
                                            • Email, R.Boyes -Palmquist, 2017-05-10
                                            • Hasse, p.264
                                            • Guide, Al Celley Collection of Duke Ellington Materials, Archives Center, SI-NMAH
                                            • Transcript:
                                              United States District Court
                                              Southern District of New York
                                              Albert J. Celley, plaintiff, against Duke Ellington, Inc., Defendant
                                              Examination before trial of the Plaintiff, Albert J. Celley... at the offices of Pryor, Braun & Cashman, 640 Fifth Avenue, New York, N.Y., March 8 1966, 2 p.m., Archives Center SI-NMAH, DEC301, Series 3 Business Records, Subseries 3G: Box 113 Folder 06 Celley v. Ellington.
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                                            Thursday
                                            .Boston, Mass.Mechanics BuildingDance - DEI reported $1,421 revenue
                                            • Frendel, Brown & Co.: Duke Ellington, Inc., Statements at August 1, 1944 (ibid.)
                                            • Stratemann p.257 citing DESB
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                                            Friday
                                            .Manchester, N.H.Bedford Gardens BallroomDance

                                            DEI's statements show revenue of $1,250 for this dance.
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                                            Saturday
                                            .Lewiston, MaineArmoryDEI's statements show revenue of $1,250 for this dance.
                                            • Frendel, Brown & Co.: Duke Ellington, Inc., Statements at August 1, 1944 (ibid.)
                                            • Stratemann p.257 citing DESB
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                                            Sunday
                                            .New London, Conn.Danceland
                                            Ocean Beach Park
                                            Dance, 8:30 p.m. to 12:30 a.m.

                                            DEI's statements show revenue of $1,250 for this dance.
                                            Stratemann reports the 1,948 attendance beat a record set by Charlie Spivak in 1942.
                                            • Frendel, Brown & Co.: Duke Ellington, Inc., Statements at August 1, 1944 (ibid.)
                                            • Stratemann p.257 citing DESB
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                                            Monday
                                            .Taunton, Mass.Roseland BallroomDEI's statements show revenue of $1,250 for this dance, misspelling the city as Launton.
                                            • Frendel, Brown & Co.: Duke Ellington, Inc., Statements at August 1, 1944 (ibid.)
                                            • Stratemann p.257 citing DESB
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                                            Tuesday
                                            .Springfield, Mass.Riverside Ballroom
                                            Riverside Park
                                            9 to 1 a.m.

                                            BIGGEST EVENT OF DANCE SEASON!
                                            DUKE ELLINGTON
                                            America's Genius of Jazz
                                            and HIS FAMOUS ORCHESTRA
                                            featuring
                                            WINI JOHNSON     AL HIBBLER
                                            JOHNNY HODGES     RAY NANCE
                                            ADM. $1.20 (E.P. $1 Tax 20c)

                                            DEI's statements show revenue of $1,250 for this dance.
                                            • The Springfield Daily Republican, Springfield, Mass.,
                                              • 1944-06-12 p.7
                                              • 1944-06-13 p.8
                                            • Frendel, Brown & Co.: Duke Ellington, Inc., Statements at August 1, 1944 (ibid.)
                                            • Stratemann p.257 citing DESB
                                            • Vail I
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                                            Wednesday
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                                            Thursday
                                            1944 06 30
                                            Friday
                                            .The Jersey Journal:

                                            ' Duke Ellington now on a Canadian tour with his orchestra, finds the officials there much more finnicky [sic] about draft registration cards, etc. than they are in the states. In every town they've played so far, the men have had to " pass muster" by showing proof of U.S. citizenship, selective service cards and their draft board classifications...Making up for their lack of uniforms, the Duke and his band have tried to do a fair share of their patriotic duty by jumping at every chance to make V-disk recordings for shipment to the men overseas, by appearing at USO entertainments, army service centers, War Bond rallies and by playing at countless special radio broadcasts on behalf of the war effort.'

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                                            Thursday
                                            1944 06 24Toronto, Ont.Queensway Ballroom
                                            on Lake Ontario west of the mouth of the Humber River
                                            Club residency, six days a week, Sundays off.
                                            DEI's financial statements show revenue of $5,164 for the week ended June 21 and $2,000 for the three days June 22 to 24. This averages less than $800/night for the nine contracted nights, while other Canadian one-nighters on this tour paid Ellington $1,100 or $1,250. This might reflect lower pricing for longer engagements (the band wouldn't incur travel expenses), but also might reflect a reduction in the contract price for performances missed when the instruments were stolen (see 1944 06 21)
                                            • Frendel, Brown & Co.: Duke Ellington, Inc., Statements at August 1, 1944 (ibid.)
                                            • Advance Bookings, The Billboard, 1944-06-17 p.16
                                            • Stratemann p.257 citing
                                              • Variety 1944-07-05 p.30
                                              • Metronome 1944-07 p.9
                                            • Additional documentation is likely to be found in SI-NMAH Archives Center, DEC301, Series 2: Performances and Programs, 1933-1974, box 1, folder 8, USA and Canada, September and November, 1943, June,1944, December, 1945, January, 1946
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                                            Variety reported Ellington had to cancel two performances, the orchestra had to play others with borrowed instruments, and the instruments were returned on the final night of the engagement.

                                            Canadian Press wire story:

                                            'Thieves Silence Duke Ellington's Band
                                            TORONTO, June 22 (CP) Thieves silenced Duke Ellington's band last night - but not for long. The band was about to mount the platform at a suburban ballroom when it was discovered that five saxophones, five clarinets and a trumpet worth $2,000 were missing. Bert Niosi's Toronto band filled in for a time and then the Duke's men borrowed the Niosi instruments to carry on.'

                                            Variety 1944-07-05

                                            'DUKE'S HORNS SWIPED, RETURNED IN TORONTO
                                            Toronto, July 4.
                                              Duke Ellington's orchestra lost five saxes, five clarinets and a trumpet here recently, when thieves broke into the locker room of the Club Queensway [sic], but they were mysteriously returned later, apparently by the thief. At the time the horns were stolen, Ellington was forced to cancel two performances and play others with borrowed instruments.
                                              On [the] final night of the run Ellington's manager, Al Calley [sic], got telephone call telling him the stolen horns would be found outside the club's door. They were.'

                                            Ulanov:

                                            '...A good share of the band's instruments was stolen, and after one performance upon borrowed horns it became obvious that the musicians' own trumpets and saxes would have to be found and returned to them. Al, well trained by previous band-managing experience in the wiles and lairs of the underworld, tracked down the gang which had stolen the instruments...He caught three of the men and got them together in his hotel room.
                                             "Now look, guys," he said, "either you produce those instruments or I'm gonna hang one or all of you out of this window by your thumbs until you tell me." He looked and talked as if he would; the mild Celley, with glasses so thick one can barely make out his eyes behind them, could sometimes sound and act menacing. After a few routine denials of any complicity in the crime and a few more horrifying suggestions of punishment from Al in return, the criminals took Celley to where they had placed the instruments.'

                                            Hasse:

                                            'Celley... said in a 1989 Smithsonian interview that he packed a 45-caliber pistol because of all the money he was carrying around.
                                              In June 1944, when the band's instruments were stolen from a Toronto nightclub, Celley said, he brandished the gun and forced their return.'

                                            • Canadian Press wire story:
                                              • Ottawa Journal, Ottawa, Ont. 1944-06-22 p.3
                                              • Lethbridge Herald, Lethbridge, Alta. 1944-06-22, p.5
                                            • Ulanov (ibid.), pp.263-264
                                            • Stratemann p.257 citing
                                              • Variety 1944-07-05 p.30
                                              • Metronome 1944-07 p.9
                                            • John Edward Hasse: Beyond Category, The Life and Genius of Duke Ellington, p.274
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                                            The first part of Richard O. Boyer's profile of Ellington, The Hot Bach, is published in The New Yorker

                                            The link to the right is to The New Yorker's webpage. The articles were reprinted in The Duke Ellington Reader.
                                            • The Hot Bach - I
                                            • Mark Tucker, The Duke Ellington Reader, Osford University Press, 1993, pp. 214-258
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                                            .Toronto, Ont.Queensway BallroomClub residency - see 1944 06 15
                                            According to Stratemann, the stolen instruments were returned when road manager Celley received a phone call saying they were waiting outside the club door. A more contemporaneous report by Ulanov is more colourful - see 1944 06 21
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                                            Monday
                                            .Cornwall, Ont.Cornwall Community Arena

                                            CORNWALL COMMUNITY ARENA
                                            Presents
                                            DUKE
                                            ELLINGTON
                                            America's
                                            Genius
                                            Of Jazz.
                                            Music
                                            No Other
                                            Band
                                            Can Play
                                            .Primitive
                                            Rhythms,
                                            Weird
                                            Melodies,
                                            Amazing
                                            Syncopation
                                            AND HIS SIXTEEN PIECE
                                            ORCHESTRA
                                            Featuring
                                            Miss Wini Johnson As Vocalist
                                            Monday, June 26th
                                            ADMISSION $1.50 PER PERSON
                                            MEMBERS OF HIS MAJESTY'S FORCES IN UNIFORM - $1.00

                                            'Duke Ellington Band Attracts Record Throng
                                              More than 1,000 people danced and listened to Duke Ellington and his orchestra at Cornwall Community Arena last night. The Duke has the highest rating of any band that has ever visited the city...
                                              Crowded around the band stand from the time the music started at 9 p.m. the jive followers held their places until the program ended at 1 a.m. Requests for the Duke's own numbers were numerous...
                                              The band mixed the fast with the slow. Contrast was provided in the final numbers when the very slow "Stardust" was followed with "Sweet Georgia Brown" played at top speed.
                                              ... Featured with the orchestra were the ace alto saxaphone [sic] man, Johnny Hodges who thrilled the crowd with his rendition of "Warm Valley" and one of the United States' leading trumpet players, Rex Stewars [sic] who played in the upper ranges throughout the evening.'


                                            This dance was shown as a line item in the Statement of Cash Receipts and Disbursements, but dated June 20 in error. DEI reports revenue of $1,080.
                                            • Cornwall Standard-Freeholder, Cornwall, Ont., courtesy of Tiffany Montroy, Information Services Clerk, Cornwall Public Library
                                              • 1944-06-17
                                              • 1944-06-27
                                            • Frendel, Brown & Co.:
                                              Duke Ellington, Inc., Statements at August 1, 1944, SI-NMAH DEC301 Series 3G, Box 112, Folder 9
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                                            Monday
                                            .New York, N.Y.Madison Square GardensPeripheral event
                                            Ellington did not appear at the 1944 Negro Freedom Rally despite being named in advertisements for the event. He was in Canada at the time.
                                            Stratemann and Vail I incorrectly report he attended as a guest, based on the ads, one of which Vail reproduced.

                                            New York Age and Pueblos Hispanos carried ads as well showing Ellington's name and "a colorful pageant, New World A-coming.".
                                            Despite the advertising, Duke is not among the celebrities named in PM's June 26 and New York Age's June 24 announcements related to the benefit nor is he mentioned in post-event reports in PM.
                                            • Stratemann p.258 citing DESB
                                            • Vail I
                                            • New York Age
                                              • 1944-06-03 p.4
                                              • 1944-06-10 p.3
                                              • 1944-06-24
                                            • Pueblos Hispanos, New York, N.Y. 1944-06-17 p.3
                                            • PM, New York, N.Y.
                                              • 1944-06 26
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                                            Tuesday
                                            .Mountain View, Ont.Mountain View Air Force BaseThis Royal Canadian Air Force training centre is on a peninsula on the north shore of Lake Ontario about 10 miles south of Belleville.

                                            The DEI Statement of cash receipts and disbursements shows this as a dance in Belleville. DEI reports revenue of $1,100.
                                            • Frendel, Brown & Co.:
                                              Duke Ellington, Inc., Statements at August 1, 1944, SI-NMAH DEC301 Series 3G, Box 112, Folder 9
                                            • Stratemann p.258 citing DESB
                                            • Vail I
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                                            Wednesday
                                            .Niagara Falls, Ont.ArenaDEI reports a dance at Niagara Falls, Ont. with revenue of $1,100.
                                            • Frendel, Brown & Co.:
                                              Duke Ellington, Inc., Statements at August 1, 1944, SI-NMAH DEC301 Series 3G, Box 112, Folder 9
                                            • Stratemann p.258 citing DESB
                                            • Vail I
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                                            Thursday
                                            .Hamilton, Ont.Pier BallroomDEI reports a dance at Hamilton with revenue of $1,250.
                                            • Frendel, Brown & Co.:
                                              Duke Ellington, Inc., Statements at August 1, 1944, SI-NMAH DEC301 Series 3G, Box 112, Folder 9
                                            • Stratemann p.258 citing DESB
                                            • Vail I
                                            • Stratemann p.258 citing DESB
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                                            Friday
                                            .Kitchener, Ont.Auditorium Dance GardensDance, 9 p.m. to 1 a.m.
                                            Admission $1.25, Uniformed Service $1.00

                                            This event was found because DEI reported a dance at Kitchener with revenue of $1,100.
                                            Ms Ball-Pyatt:

                                            'The Kitchener Rink and Auditorium was located at 77 Queen Street South, Kitchener. In summer, it was known as the Dance Auditorium Gardens '

                                            . The ad named Ellington, Wini Johnson, Al Hibbler, Johnny Hodges and Ray Nance.
                                            • Kitchener Daily Record, Kitchener, Ont., courtesy Karen Ball-Pyatt, Librarian, Grace Schmidt Room, Kitchener Public Library
                                              • 1944-06-23 p.15
                                              • 1944-06-24 p.13
                                            • Frendel, Brown & Co.:
                                              Duke Ellington, Inc., Statements at August 1, 1944, SI-NMAH DEC301 Series 3G, Box 112, Folder 9
                                            • Stratemann p.258 citing DESB
                                            • Additional documentation might be found in SI-NMAH DEC301 Series 2: Performances and Programs, 1933-1974, box 1, folder 8 USA and Canada, September and November, 1943, June,1944, December, 1945, January, 1946
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                                            Saturday
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                                            The second part of Richard O. Boyer's profile of Ellington, The Hot Bach, is published in The New Yorker

                                            The link to the right is to The New Yorker's webpage. The articles were reprinted in The Duke Ellington Reader.
                                            • The Hot Bach - II
                                            • Mark Tucker, The Duke Ellington Reader, Osford University Press, 1993, pp. 214-258
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                                            Saturday
                                            .Rochester, N.Y.Sports Arena
                                            Edgerton Park
                                            Dance

                                            'DUKE ELLINGTON AND HIS ORCHESTRA with Wini Johnson, Al Hibbler, Johnny Hodges & Ray Nance.

                                            Advance $1.40, at door, $1.60, tax paid. Plenty of seats for non-dancers. '

                                            DEI reported a dance in Rochester with revenue of $1,250.
                                            • Rochester Times-Union, Rochester, N.Y., 1944-06-24 p.7
                                            • Rochester Democrat and Chronicle, Rochester, N.Y.
                                              • 1944-06-28 p.6
                                              • 1944-06-29 p.8
                                              • 1944-06-30 p.4
                                              • 1944-07-01 p.5
                                            • Frendel, Brown & Co.:
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                                            • Stratemann p.258 citing DESB
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                                            Sunday
                                            .Buffalo, N.Y.Memorial AuditoriumDEI reported a dance in Buffalo with revenue of $1,250.
                                            • Frendel, Brown & Co.:
                                              Duke Ellington, Inc., Statements at August 1, 1944, SI-NMAH DEC301 Series 3G, Box 112, Folder 9
                                            • Stratemann p.258
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                                            Monday
                                            .Camden, N.J.Convention HallDance
                                            The Billboard:

                                            '[Promoter Reese Dupree] barely broke even ... because of band hitting into a transportation snag...While the boys showed up in time at 9 p.m., it wasn't until 11:10 p.m. that they could get their instruments warmed up. Ellington came in from Buffalo and instruments were tied up when the baggage had to be shifted to another train in New York. Considering, Dupree refunded the dancers who wouldn't wait, the promoter considered himself lucky with 1,500 hanging around when the band did start up. At $1.25 each, made for a gate of $1,875.'

                                            DEI reports $1,000 revenue from this dance.
                                            • Frendel, Brown & Co.:
                                              Duke Ellington, Inc., Statements at August 1, 1944, SI-NMAH DEC301 Series 3G, Box 112, Folder 9
                                            • Stratemann p.258 citing The Billboard 1944-07-15 p.18
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                                            Tuesday
                                            .New York, N.Y.Lewisohn StadiumPeripheral event
                                            Ellington, Cab Calloway, Paul Robeson, Count Basie, Jose Ferrer and Fredi Washington were among those who were announced as expected to perform at a war bond show, "The Stars Salute," this evening. It doesn't seem likely Ellington appeared, since he had a gig gig in Philadelphia or Baltimore.
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                                            Tuesday
                                            .Baltimore, Md..DEI reports $1,000 revenue from a dance July 4 in Baltimore. Note this conflicts with reports in Stratemann and Vail of a job in Philadelphia. Stratemann and Vail do not name their sources.

                                            Further research is needed.
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                                            Tuesday
                                            .Philadelphia, Penn.Town HallStratemann and Vail report an event here, without naming a source of their information. This conflicts with DEI's accounting record which shows a dance in Baltimore on this date.

                                            Further research is needed.
                                            • Stratemann p.258
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                                            Wednesday
                                            .Indiantown Gap
                                            Harrisburg, Penn.
                                            .DEI reports $1,250 revenue from a dance at "Indiantown Gap, Harrisburg, Pa. - 7/5". Indiantown Gap appears to be a military base about 23 miles east of Harrisburg.
                                            • Frendel, Brown & Co.:
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                                            Thursday
                                            .Bainbridge, Md.Naval Training CenterK. Götting's 2011 itinerary, the basis of this webpage, showed two appearances in Bainbridge this week, the first attributed to C. Hällström. There was only the one appearance, on Saturday. DEI's accounting records which show a dance in Hagerstown, about 200 miles west, on Thursday....
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                                            Thursday
                                            .Hagerstown, Md..DEI reports $1,250 revenue for "Dance - Hagerstown, Md., - 7/6"Frendel, Brown & Co.:
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                                            Friday
                                            ... Peripheral event
                                            Duke Ellington, Inc.'s Statement of Cash Receipts and Disbursements for the period June 8 to August 1, 1944, shows DEI lent another $2,000 to bandleader Boyd Raeburn on July 7.
                                            Frendel, Brown & Co.: Duke Ellington, Inc., Statements at June 7, SI-NMAH DEC301 Series 3G, Box 112, Folder 9.DEMS
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                                            Friday
                                            .Wilmington, Del..DEI reported $1,250 revenue for "Dance - Wilmington, Delaware - 7/7"Frendel, Brown & Co.:
                                            Duke Ellington, Inc., Statements at August 1, 1944 (ibid.)
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                                            1944 07 08
                                            Saturday
                                            ... Peripheral event
                                            The third and last part of Richard O. Boyer's profile of Ellington, The Hot Bach, is published in The New Yorker

                                            The link to the right is to The New Yorker's webpage. The articles were reprinted in The Duke Ellington Reader.
                                            • The Hot Bach - III
                                            • Mark Tucker, The Duke Ellington Reader, Osford University Press, 1993, pp. 214-258
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                                            Saturday
                                            .Bainbridge, Md.Naval Training CenterConcert, including a 25 minute broadcast at 9:30 p.m. EWT (8:30 CWT) on Coca-Cola's Victory Parade of Spotlight Bands, later released on AFRS 16 inch transcription 564 AFRS409
                                            -Announced as "Your Saturday Date With The Duke" and shown in New Desor as "Coca Cola Spotlight Bands No 564'
                                            -See the background of this network radio show at 1942 11 18 above.
                                            DEI reported $1,200 revenue for "Coca Cola - Broadcast - 7/8"
                                            Duke Ellington and his Orchestra
                                            Hemphill, Stewart, Jordan, Nance, Brown, Nanton, C.Jones, Hamilton, Hardwick, Hodges, Sears, Carney, Ellington, Guy, Raglin, Greer. Titles recorded for AFRS:
                                            • G.I. Jive
                                            • Amor
                                            • My Little Brown Book
                                            • Frankie and Johnny
                                            • I Didn't Know About You (Sentimental Lady)
                                            • It Don't Mean A Thing
                                            • Take The "A" Train (theme)
                                            • Girvan:   Ellingtonia.com
                                            • MacHare:   A Duke Ellington Panorama
                                            • Radio schedules
                                              • The Morning Call, Allentown, Penn., 1944-07-08 p.10
                                              • The News-Palladium, Benton Harbor, Mich. 1944-07-08 p.9
                                            • Frendel, Brown & Co.:
                                              Duke Ellington, Inc., Statements at August 1, 1944 (ibid.)
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                                            Saturday
                                            .Newark, N.J.Laurel Gardens
                                            437 Springfield Ave.
                                            Vail, vol.I, reported:

                                            'Later in the evening, Duke Ellington and his Orchestra play a dance at the Laurel Gardens [sic] in Newark, New Jersey.'

                                            supported by an advertisement for "Duke Ellington and His Famous Orchestra Recognized King of Swing" for "Saturday Night, July 8th."

                                            Vail does not identify the source of the advertisement.

                                            Newark, N.J. is about 140 miles from Bainbridge, Md., too far for this engagement to have taken place on this date. While Newark, Del. is only a few miles from Bainbridge, the address in the ad is that of the New Jersey venue.
                                            Ad reproduced in Vail, Vol.1..
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                                            Sunday
                                            .Washington, D.C..DEI recorded $1,317.31 for a dance in Washington on this date. Frendel, Brown & Co.:
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                                            Monday
                                            ...activities not documented...
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                                            Tuesday
                                            ...activities not documented...
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                                            Wednesday
                                            1944 08 01
                                            Tuesday
                                            New York, N.Y.Roxy TheaterVaudeville
                                            DUKE ELLINGTON AND HIS FAMOUS ORCHESTRA Featuring WINI JOHNSON, AL HIBBLER, JOHNNY HODGES, RAY NANCE, NADINE GAE, ELLA LOGAN, RAY SAX, BEN YOST SINGERS and GAE FOSTER ROXYETTES, Extra Added Attraction JERRY LESTER
                                            The film, Take It or Leave It, by 20th Century Fox, was panned in PM.

                                            While Stratemann (and thus Vail I) show this engagement ending July 31, Ellington was paid for a half day on August 1 as well. DEI records revenues of
                                            - W/E 7/18               $9,000.00
                                            - W/E 7/25 $9,000.00
                                            - W/E 8/1 - 6 1/2 days $7,428.58
                                            This appears to be because the Roxy premiered a new Darryl F. Zanuck film, "Wilson," the evening of Tuesday, August 1, in a gala event attended by luminaries such as Mr. and Mrs. Zannuck, Gene Tierney, Carmen Miranda, George Jessel and many others, named in the Brooklyn Eagle, July 31, p.4.
                                            The band payrolls were $2,195.75, $2,243.39 and $2,207.51 for these weeks, respectively, and the vocalists payrolls were $250 each week. The Morris agency earned 10% of the gross, and expenses were incurred each week for uniforms, laundry, arranging, automobile, staff payroll, entertaining, etc.
                                            On opening night, Ellington was injured when the backstage elevator fell. Down Beat reported the incident as:

                                            New York - A falling elevator came dangerously close to ending the career of one of modern music's true greats, Duke Ellington, just before his opening at the Roxy here. The lift, in which the Duke was a passenger, got out of control and plummeted two stories down before it came to a jarring stop. The crash broke a light fixture in the ceiling. Falling glass cut Ellington's hand so severely that three stitches were required to close the wound. Despite the painful injury, the pianist-leader went on with the show. Fortunately, the cut was not expected to offer any permanent impairment to his piano plunking."

                                            While Ellington returned to work, Vail reports Strayhorn covered the piano. Ellington's absence nor his injury are mentioned in Variety's review:

                                            '... the presentation ran approximately 75 minutes, which is a bit too long. Built around Duke Ellington's crack combo, the layout hits the bull's eye, however.
                                              As a unit, Ellington's four trumpet, four trombone, five sax, four rhythm grouping doesn't get too many opportunities. It is so studded with individual musicians capable of contributing entertaining bits to a stage show that they get more attention in the routining than the band itself. Intelligently handled this makes for a more rounded, better paced presentation. However, there are several places where the show could be cut to shorten its running time and also to give Ellington more time.
                                              Ellington is introduced as "one of the nation's leading composers." He's at a keyboard surrounded by the RoxyCites [sic] while the band is behind drop, [sic] accompanying him on a medley of his melodies. From this ingenious and colorful beginning the band close on to "Take the 'A' Train," followed by a succession of individuals from the band. Johnny Hodges, crack alto saxist, does a solo job on "Sentimental Lady;" Wini Johnson, cute and capable Negress, solidly sings "I'll Be Happy When the Nylons Bloom Again." Next is Rex Stewart and a clever trumpet solo of "Amor," mixed up with a talking trumpet idea, long standard with Ellington. Then Lawrence Brown, trombone, and Albert Himmler, [sic] blind singer, with "Do Nothing Till You Hear From Me," and Ray Nance and other soloists abetting his singing, dancing and violining of "It Don't Mean a Thing." In this way the band's unusual and commercial talent is fully utilized...' [the review continues with descriptions of the acts on the bill.]

                                            .
                                            • Down Beat
                                              • 1944-07-01 p.44
                                              • 1944-08-01 p.1
                                            • PM, New York, N.Y.
                                              • 1944-07-12 p.20
                                              • 1944-07-13,p.20
                                            • Brooklyn Eagle
                                              • 1944-07-13,p.16
                                              • 1944-07-18 p.5
                                              • 1944-07-25 p.5
                                            • New York Sun, New York, N.Y.
                                              • 1944-07-13 p.20
                                              • 1944-07-19 p.18
                                            • New York Post, New York, N.Y.
                                              • 1944-07-11 p.5
                                            • Variety
                                              • 1944-07-19 p.2
                                              • 1944-07-19 p.22
                                            • Frendel, Brown & Co.:
                                              Duke Ellington, Inc., Statements at August 1, 1944 (ibid.)
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                                            Wednesday
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                                            Thursday
                                            .New York, N.Y.Roxy TheaterStage show - see 1944 07 12...
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                                            Friday
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                                            Saturday
                                            .New York, N.Y.Roxy TheaterStage show - see 1944 07 12...
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                                            Sunday
                                            .New York, N.Y.Roxy TheaterStage show - see 1944 07 12...
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                                            Monday
                                            .New York, N.Y.Roxy TheaterStage show - see 1944 07 12...
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                                            Tuesday
                                            .New York, N.Y.Roxy TheaterStage show - see 1944 07 12...
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                                            Wednesday
                                            .New York, N.Y.Roxy TheaterStage show - see 1944 07 12...
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                                            Thursday
                                            .New York, N.Y.Roxy TheaterStage show - see 1944 07 12...
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                                            Friday
                                            .New York, N.Y.Roxy TheaterStage show - see 1944 07 12...
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                                            Saturday
                                            .New York, N.Y.Roxy TheaterStage show - see 1944 07 12...
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                                            Sunday
                                            .New York, N.Y.Roxy TheaterStage show - see 1944 07 12...
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                                            Monday
                                            .New York, N.Y.Roxy TheaterStage show - see 1944 07 12...
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                                            Tuesday
                                            ... Peripheral event
                                            Duke Ellington, Inc.'s Statement of Cash Receipts and Disbursements for the period June 8 to August 1, 1944, shows DEI lent an $3,000 more to bandleader Boyd Raeburn on July 25. DEI's July 25 balance sheet includes $10,000 loan receivable from Boyd Raeburn.
                                            Frendel, Brown & Co.: Duke Ellington, Inc., Statements at August 1, 1944 (ibid.).DEMS
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                                            Tuesday
                                            ...Peripheral event
                                            Ellington wrote a guest column published in Dorothy Kilgallen's nationally syndicated The Voice of Broadway column, published this date. Most of the column is about playing old music, but the last paragraph says

                                            'We won't want to forget this war too soon after it is over. Forgetting a war, and all the horror, misery, loneliness and discomfort it brought is a dangerous thing. That's been proven to us by now. We forgot the last World War much too soon.'

                                            Trenton Evening Times, Trenton, N.J., 1944-07-25 p.6.DEMS
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                                            Tuesday
                                            .Rochester, Minn.Mayo General Hospital
                                            "Reconditioning Section"
                                            Duke Ellington and Ray Nance were photographed with a group of injured soldiers.
                                            The date on this photograph is questionable.
                                            Photograph on the Mule Walk and Jazz Talk webpage..
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                                            Tuesday
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                                            Wednesday
                                            .New York, N.Y.Roxy TheaterStage show - see 1944 07 12...
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                                            Thursday
                                            .New York, N.Y.Roxy TheaterStage show - see 1944 07 12...
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                                            Friday
                                            .New York, N.Y.Roxy TheaterStage show - see 1944 07 12...
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                                            Saturday
                                            .New York, N.Y.Roxy TheaterStage show - see 1944 07 12...
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                                            Sunday
                                            .New York, N.Y.Roxy TheaterStage show - see 1944 07 12...
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                                            Monday
                                            .New York, N.Y.Roxy TheaterStage show - see 1944 07 12...
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                                            Ellington's second grandchild was born this month.
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                                            Tuesday
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                                            Ellington's orchestra was paid for a half day this day. It seems likely Ellington was unable to play in the evening because the Darryl F. Zanuck film Wilson opened at the Roxy in a gala premiere at 8 p.m. attended by various celebrities, including the Zanucks.
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                                            Tuesday
                                            1944 08 12..Vail I reports the band was given a 12 day vacation, during which Hodges and Carney recorded with Billy Taylor and his Orchestra.

                                            Down Beat said Ellington was taking a two week vacation after the Roxy, before resuming one-nighters and theatres, and that his hand was mending nicely.
                                            • Vail I
                                            • Down Beat 1944-08-15 p.5
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                                            Wednesday
                                            .New York, N.Y.CBS Playhouse #3 .Sidemen on vacation

                                            Ellington was a guest on the Mildred Bailey Show CBS network radio show, otherwise known as Mildred Bailey and Company, whicy was broadcast at 9:30 p.m.

                                            He played Dancers In Love [as Stomp For Beginners].

                                            Stratemann reports he was backed by a 32-piece studio orchestra led by Paul Baron, but the Knickerbocker News announcement which said Baron would lead an all-star sextette in backgound music.
                                            • The Knickerbocker News, Albany, N.Y. 1944-08-02 p.A-11
                                            • Brooklyn Eagle, New York, N.Y. 1944-08-02 p.17
                                            • Buffalo Courier-Express, Buffalo, N.Y. 1944-08-02 p.13
                                            • Stratemann, p.258
                                            • Girvan:   Ellingtonia.com
                                            • MacHare:   A Duke Ellington Panorama
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                                            Thursday
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                                            Friday
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                                            Sunday
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                                            Monday
                                            ...Vacation, activities not documented
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                                            Monday
                                            ... Peripheral event
                                            FBI file 100 43-4443 says Ellington was reported to be a member of the Executive Board of the Hollywood Democratic Committee, citing an article in the August 7, 1944 edition of "Daily Worker."
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                                            Tuesday
                                            ...Vacation, activities not documented
                                            The DEI disbursements include what looks to be a single train fare, $36.09, from New York to Chicago on this date.
                                            Frendel, Brown & Co.: Duke Ellington, Inc., Statements at November 30, 1944, SI-NMAH DEC301 Series 3G, Box 112, Folder 9..
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                                            Wednesday
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                                            Friday
                                            ... Peripheral event
                                            Duke Ellington, Inc.'s Statement of Cash Receipts and Disbursements for the period August 3 to November 30, 1944 shows shows DEI lent $1,000 to bandleader Boyd Raeburn on August 11. DEI's December 31 balance sheet shows the accumulated $11,000 loan receivable from Boyd Raeburn was not repaid during 1944.
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                                            Saturday
                                            .Chicago, Ill.Washington Park"Bud Billiken's Picnic and Bond Rally"

                                            'In 1944, over a half million people attended the "Bud Billiken Buy a Bond for Victory Parade," where the City of Chicago reached its goal of selling nearly 2,000,000 war bonds during the parade. The African-American community was overjoyed with the appearance of famous guests who were regarded as "race heroes." These guests included ... Lena Horne, ... Duke Ellington, and Illinois U.S. Congressmen [sic] William Levi Dawson.
                                              In line with custom, the parade flowed into Washington Park where a picnic was held; children played games...
                                              While in the park, the community also enjoyed live entertainment that included the singing of Lena Horne, performances by Duke Ellington, the complete floor show of...'

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                                            Sunday
                                            .Topeka, Kans.Meadow Acres Ballroom.
                                            • Stratemann p.258 citing The Billboard 1944-08-12 p.20
                                            • Frendel, Brown & Co.: Duke Ellington, Inc., Statements at November 30, 1944 (ibid.)
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                                            Monday
                                            .Detroit, Mich.Graystone BallroomDance
                                            DEI booked $3,757 revenue for this dance.
                                            • Frendel, Brown & Co.: Duke Ellington, Inc., Statements at November 30, 1944 (ibid.)
                                            • Stratemann p.258 citing The Billboard 1944-08-12 p.20
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                                            Tuesday
                                            .Lafayette, Ind.Columbian Park Recreational Center
                                            or
                                            Columbian Park Stadium
                                            ("Stadium" is used in the ads, "Recreational Center" is in the publicity and review.)

                                            'Duke Ellington, genius of jazz, and his orchestra, will appear in the closing program of the Columbian park summer series next Tuesday in Lafayette, Ind., for the students and service men at Purdue university.'

                                            The Lafayette Journal and Courier reported nearly 4,500 attended the concert. It named Ellington, Hodges, Stewart, Webster, Tizol, Brown and Greer. The vocalist was referred to only as "a young colored woman of decided charm and ability." During intermission, Victory Belles sold war stamps and raced to the platform with the collections. The M.C., Albert P. Stewart, presented the first three girls to sell their quota with Ellington records, donated by O. L. Foster and autographed by Ellington.

                                            The social page later said

                                            'Donny and June Adams were guests of their sister, Miss Margaret Adams at Lafayette, Tuesday, and attended the concert by Duke Ellington's Band.'


                                            DEI booked $1,250 revenue for this, calling it a dance.
                                            • Stratemann p.258 citing The Billboard 1944-08-12 p.20
                                            • Marty Swain, Looking at Other Campuses, The Daily Illini, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, Ill., 1944-08-12 p.1
                                            • Lafayette Journal and Courier
                                              • 1944-08-10 p.8
                                              • 1944-08-14 pp.3, 14
                                              • 1944-08-16 p.16
                                              • 1944-08-17 p.8
                                            • Frendel, Brown & Co.: Duke Ellington, Inc., Statements at November 30, 1944 (ibid.)
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                                            Wednesday
                                            .Joliet, Ill..DEI reported $1,240.23 revenue for "Theatre".Frendel, Brown & Co.: Duke Ellington, Inc., Statements at November 30, 1944 (ibid.)..
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                                            Thursday
                                            9 to 1
                                            .Davenport, IowaDanceland Ballroom
                                            Eagles Building
                                            Dance, 9 p.m. to 1 a.m., admission $1 plus tax.

                                            DEI reported $1,000 revenue.
                                            • Muscatine Journal and News-Tribune, Muscatine, Iowa
                                              • 1944-08-14, p.2
                                              • 1944-08-16 p.2
                                            • Frendel, Brown & Co.: Duke Ellington, Inc., Statements at November 30, 1944 (ibid.)
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                                            Friday
                                            .Peoria, Ill.ColiseumDance
                                            DEI booked $1,250 revenue for this dance.
                                            • Frendel, Brown & Co.: Duke Ellington, Inc., Statements at November 30, 1944 (ibid.)
                                            • Stratemann p.258 citing The Billboard 1944-08-12 p.20
                                            • The Billboard 1944-08-12 p.18
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                                            Saturday
                                            .St. Louis, Mo.Kiel AuditoriumDance
                                            DEI booked $2,042.31 revenue for this dance.
                                            • Advance Bookings, The Billboard 1944-08-19 p.20
                                            • Frendel, Brown & Co.: Duke Ellington, Inc., Statements at November 30, 1944 (ibid.)
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                                            Sunday
                                            .Kansas City, Mo.Municipal AuditoriumDance
                                            DEI booked $1,294.42 revenue for this dance.
                                            • Stratemann p.258 citing The Billboard 1944-08-12 p.20
                                            • The Kansas City Star,
                                              • 1944-08-15 p.7
                                              • 1944-08-20 p.3-D
                                            • Advance Bookings, The Billboard 1944-08-19 p.20
                                            • Frendel, Brown & Co.: Duke Ellington, Inc., Statements at November 30, 1944 (ibid.)
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                                            Monday
                                            .Kansas City, Mo..DEI's Statement of Cash Receipts and Disbursements shows $1,515.46 revenue for a dance this second night in Kansas City. No details are shown.

                                            It was probably a dance for the Afro-American community.

                                            Further research is needed.

                                            Frendel, Brown & Co.: Duke Ellington, Inc., Statements at November 30, 1944 (ibid.)..
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                                            Tuesday
                                            .Ottumwa, IowaOttumwa ColiseumDance. DEI booked $1,251.50 revenue.
                                            Banner ads:
                                            WORLD'S GREATEST BAND – DUKE ELLINGTON
                                            TICKET SALE
                                            LIMITED
                                            GET YOUR ADVANCE
                                            TICKETS EARLY
                                            Ottumwa Coliseum, Tuesday, August 22
                                            $1.41 PER PERSON
                                            TICKETS AT
                                            RED & RUTH'S
                                            PLUS FED TAX

                                            Advance Bookings, The Billboard:

                                            DUKE ELLINGTON: Kiel Auditorium, St.
                                            Louis, Aug.19; Auditorium, Kansas City, Mo.,
                                            20; Coliseum, Ottumwa, Iowa, 22; Arkota Ballroom, Sioux Falls, S.D., 24

                                            The Billboard entry is quite small, and Dr. Stratemann appears to have skipped a line, showing Auditorium as the venue by mistake. Vail is likely copied from Stratemann.

                                            • Banner ads
                                              • Courier, Ottumwa, Iowa
                                                • 1944-08-16 p.13
                                                • 1944-08-17 p.16
                                                • 1944-08-18 p.13
                                                • 1944-08-18 p.5
                                                • 1944-08-21 p.6
                                              • The Fairfield (Ia.) Daily Ledger, Fairfield, Iowa
                                                • 1944-08-18 p.5
                                                • 1944-08-21 p.6
                                            • Frendel, Brown & Co.: Duke Ellington, Inc., Statements at November 30, 1944 (ibid.)
                                            • Stratemann p.258 citing The Billboard 1944-08-19 p.22
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                                            Wednesday
                                            .Omaha, Nebr.Dreamland Ballroom
                                            24th and Grant
                                            Dance, 10:30 p.m. to 2:30 a.m
                                            Admission: $2.00 tax included, or in advance, $1.80
                                            DEI booked $1,000 revenue for this dance.
                                            • Evening World-Herald, Omaha, Nebr. 1944-08-21 p.16
                                            • Frendel, Brown & Co.: Duke Ellington, Inc., Statements at November 30, 1944 (ibid.)
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                                            Thursday
                                            1944 08 25
                                            Friday
                                            Sioux Falls. S.D.District Theater
                                            Sioux Falls Army Air Field
                                            First of two concerts on the base. DEI's Statement of Cash Receipts and Disbursements shows no revenue, indicating DEI did not charge for these concerts.

                                            'AAF Training Command News and Features...
                                            Duke Ellington Draws Record Crowd At Sioux Falls Army Airfield
                                            Thousands Hear Famed Orchestra In Post Theatre
                                            Plays Two Shows; Trumpet Player Meets Brother In Section F

                                              Smashing all previous attendance records, Duke Ellington and his famous orchestra packed the District theatre for performances Thursday night and Friday morning, bringing their special brand of music to thousands of enthusiastic soldier listeners.
                                              Inside and outside the theatre, clustered about PBS loud speakers, nearly 3,000 GI's gathered to hear the celebrated Ellington band, despite the fact that rain blanketed the field for Friday's performance.

                                            Hundreds Turned Away

                                              One hour of Ellington tunes, played as only the " Duke" and his boys can play them, were presented to the audience. Ellington fans by the hundreds were turned away from the theatre doors as the auditorium filled long before the show was scheduled to start.
                                              Sandwiching in the two performances on the Post while fulfilling a dance engagement in town, the "Duke" donated freely of his time and music as he presented his all-star aggregation of top-flight musicians in a concert long to be remembered here.
                                              An overpowering array of fast jump tunes, spiced with the slow "jungle" type of music that is the "Duke's" trademark, kept the crowd entranced. Nationally acclaimed instrumentalists like Johnny Hodges, Lawrence Brown and Taft Jordan were spotlighted on the program.

                                            Brothers Meet

                                              An interesting side-light on the visit of the "Duke" and his rhythm-makers is the fact that torrid-lipped Ray Nance, spectacular trumpet man, is the brother of Pvt. Jeddie Nance, of Section F. On tour with Ellington, Ray had no idea his brother was stationed here until the band arrived. A happy reunion was effected after many months of separation between the two. Nance, who plays a hot violin as well as a trumpet, also sang several novelty songs with the band.'

                                            An accompanying photo by the AAF Training Command shows the two brothers with Ellington and Col. O. I. Rogers, Commanding Officer. The caption says the brothers were meeting for the first time in more than a year.

                                            Stratemann quotes a DESB clipping as saying the band played for the servicemen the night of August 24, but it was more likely in the afternoon or early evening, since the Arkota Ballroom dance went past midnight.
                                            • The Sunday Argus-Leader, Sioux Falls, S.D., 1944-08-27 p.11
                                            • Stratemann p.258 footnote 3 citing DESB
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                                            Thursday
                                            .Sioux Falls, S.D.Arkota Ballroom
                                            13th St. & Phillips Ave.
                                            Dance, admission 98 cents plus tax (more than double the admission for another orchestra at the Arkota the previous day)
                                            DEI reports $1,250 revenue for a dance at Sioux Falls, Missouri. This is clearly an error: the Arkota Ballroom was in Sioux Falls, S.D.
                                            Bob Jones, The Daily Argus-Leader:

                                            ' In this space today, I had intended bringing you a few intimate details relative to the life and aspirations of the great Duke Ellington, composer, pianist and jazz band leader extraordinary.
                                              Circumstances, however, primarily several hundred worshiping autograph seekers and fatigue on the part of the Duke, prevented the scheduled interview at the Arkota. But I did have an opportunity to hear plenty of the hottest music now being created, and it's an experience to remember.
                                              Along toward midnight the band really got warmed up. The music, pounding and primitive, filled the dance hall in waves. Perspiring jitterbugs threatened the structural supports of the floor. The Duke's arrangements generally call for a rhythmic, sensuous solo by one of the band's artists, with the trumpets screaming wildly in the background, the bass fiddle pounding like a giant pulse, the drummer jouncing on his stool as if riding some weird, winged horse.
                                              And through it all, the suave, debonair, coffee-colored Ellington sits hunched over the piano, his face screwed into an intent scowl, his entire being given over to the mad, pulsing rhythms of his race.
                                              Yes, indeed, a night with Duke Ellington and his band is something to be remembered.'

                                            • Advance Bookings, The Billboard 1944-08-19 p.20
                                            • The Daily Argus-Leader and The Sunday Argus-Leader, Sioux Falls, S.D.
                                              • 1944-08-20 p.8
                                              • 1944-08-21 p.
                                              • 1944-08-23 p.10
                                              • 1944-08-25 p.2
                                              • 1944-08-23 p.10
                                              • 1944-08-25 p.2
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                                            Friday
                                            .Sioux City, IowaSkylon BallroomDEI reports no revenue for this date.

                                            Sratemann misdated the August 26 engagement announced in The Billboard's Advance Bookings column as August 25. Vail I simply repeats the mistake.
                                            • Stratemann p.258 citing Advance Bookings, The Billboard 1944-08-26 p.20
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                                            Saturday
                                            .Sioux City, IowaSkylon BallroomDance
                                            DEI reports $1,250 revenue for a dance at Sioux City, Missouri this date. Sioux City, Iowa, is in northwest Iowa, at the navigational head of the Missouri River. Missouri is the next state downriver, south of Iowa, and there does not appear to be a Sioux City in that state.

                                            Sioux City, Iowa, is supported by The Billboard's Advance Bookings column, as noted in the previous entry.
                                            • Advance Bookings, The Billboard 1944-08-26 p.20
                                            • Frendel, Brown & Co.: Duke Ellington, Inc., Statements at November 30, 1944 (ibid.)
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                                            Sunday
                                            .Des Moines, IowaVal Air BallroomVal Air's Farewell Dance of the Season.
                                            Admission 90 cents plus taxes.
                                            DUKE ELLINGTON AND HIS FAMOUS ORCHESTRA DIRECT FROM CARNEGIE HALL WITH A HOST OF MUSICAL STARS.
                                            DEI reports $1,250 revenue for a dance in Des Moines, Iowa this date.
                                            • Des Moines Register, Des Moines, Iowa
                                              • 1944-08-23 p.14
                                              • 1944-08-27 p.6-G
                                            • Advance Bookings, The Billboard 1944-08-26 p.20
                                            • Frendel, Brown & Co.: Duke Ellington, Inc., Statements at November 30, 1944 (ibid.)
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                                            Monday
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                                            Tuesday
                                            .Indianapolis, Ind..DEI recorded $1,000 revenue this date for a dance in this city. The venue is not named.activities not documented
                                          • Frendel, Brown & Co.: Duke Ellington, Inc., Statements at November 30, 1944 (ibid.)
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                                            Wednesday
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                                            In a story datelined New York, Sept. 2, The Billboard announced Hurricane restaurant owner Dave Wolper finalized the sale of the Hurricane to Joe Howard and Carl Erbe, operators of the Zanzibar across the street. The new owners were to relocate the Zanzibar to the new premises after spending about $35,000 to redecorate it. The old Zanibar location would be shuttered until a decision was made about what to do with it.
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                                            Wednesday
                                            .Youngstown, OhioNew Elm BallroomDEI recorded $1,000 revenue this date for a dance in this city.
                                            • Advance Bookings, The Billboard 1944-08-26 p.20
                                            • Frendel, Brown & Co.: Duke Ellington, Inc., Statements at November 30, 1944 (ibid.)
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                                            September 1944

                                            1944 09 00...PERSONNEL CHANGE
                                            Sonny Greer, in from the beginning, leaves the band but will return in December.
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                                            Friday
                                            1944 09 07
                                            Thursday
                                            Philadelphia, Penn.Earle Theater
                                            11th and Market

                                            Theatre information:
                                            Vaudeville
                                            Included on the bill were Duke Ellington, America's genius of jazz and His Famous Orchestra, "Victor" recording artists, featuring Johnny Hodges, Ray Nance, Al Hibbler, Rex Stewart, Lawrence Brown, Warren Evans, plus Cook and Brown, Wini Johnson, Dusty Fletcher. Ellington's show times Friday were 12:30, 3:30, 6:30 and 9:30 p.m. with the movie at 11:05 a.m. and 2:05, 5:05, 8"05 and 10:30 p.m.
                                            This was Cat Anderson's first day with the band. He was called Bill Anderson at the time.
                                            DEI reported $11,934.93 for the week ended Sept. 7. Its expenditures this week included the band payroll of $2,617.22, vocalists payroll of $250.00, payroll for acts, $920.00 and $1,008.46 for fares, baggage transfers, tips, etc. $100 was shown as Bea Ellis expenses, and $117.10 was recorded for arranging and copying.
                                            Margaret Kaye in The Philadelphia Inquirer:

                                            '...The Duke, who is pretty much a class by himself as a musician, has learned that brasses can do much more than make noise - that they are capable of an infinite variety of expression from a sweet and tender to the hot and heavy...
                                              Also is instrumentalists are aware of the capacities of their own special instruments and use them to the full...
                                              Many favorite Ellington specialties, with the Maestro at the piano; a highly refreshing treatment of the buy-now-soupy "Amor" featuring Rex Stuart [sic] and his trumpet, which talked as well as played; Wini Johnson, vocalist, strikingly good-looking from top to toe, in three popular but not worn numbers; Al Hibbler, blind singer, and good, and various numbers by the band members, all brought high appreciation and enthusiasm from the listeners.
                                              Cook and Brown, dancing comedians, did some incredible foot and body work, and Chuck and Chuckles offered a highly amusing comedy act which also included some very original dancing...'

                                            • Advance Bookings, The Billboard 1944-08-26 p.20
                                            • The Philadelphia Inquirer, Philadelphia, Penn.
                                              • 1944-09-01 p.20
                                              • 1944-09-02 p.12
                                            • Stratemann p.258 citing a review in Metronome 1944-10 p.30
                                            • Frendel, Brown & Co.: Duke Ellington, Inc., Statements at November 30, 1944 (ibid.)
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                                            Saturday
                                            .Philadelphia, Penn.Earle TheaterVaudeville - see 1944 09 01

                                            Ellington's show times were 12:30, 3:30, 6:30 and 9:30 p.m.
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                                            Friday
                                            1944 09 10Canton, OhioPalace TheaterVaudeville – Duke Ellington and His Orchestra Heading a Big Revue Featuring 4 Acts of Vod-Vil.

                                            Publicity said Black Brown & Beige would highlight the program on this tour, and said the band was 16 members.

                                            The bill included Duke Ellington and his Famous Orchestra, with Wini Johnson, Al Hibbler, Ray Nance, Johnny Hodges, and his Review featuring Cook & Brown, 2 Ambassadors from Harlem, Dusty Fletcher, A Man with a Laugh, and Warren Evans, Romantic Tenor.

                                            Admission:
                                            Mat., 40 cents, Eve., 85 cents, Kiddies 30 cents.
                                            The Canton Repository reported

                                            'Vocalist Wini Johnson was to rejoin the show after a mixup in train connections caused her to be absent Friday.'


                                            DEI recorded $3,621.50 revenue for the three days here.
                                            • Advance Bookings, The Billboard 1944-08-26 p.20
                                            • Stratemann p.258 citing The Billboard 1944-08-26 p.20
                                            • Canton Repository, Canton, Ohio,
                                              • 1944-09-03, p.20
                                              • 1944-09-07 p.14
                                              • 1944-09-08 p.16
                                              • 1944-09-09 p.p10
                                            • Frendel, Brown & Co.: Duke Ellington, Inc., Statements at November 30, 1944 (ibid.)
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                                            Saturday
                                            .Canton, OhioPalace TheaterVaudeville - see 1944 09 08

                                            In addition to the normal show times, there was a midnight stage show on Saturday.
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                                            Sunday
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                                            Monday
                                            .Cambridge, OhioFletcher General HospitalPerformance for patients in an army hospital.

                                            "DUKE ELLINGTON SHOW TO PLAY AT FLETCHER

                                            "Duke Ellington and his orchestra will entertain the boys at Fletcher General hospital at Cambridge on Sept.11

                                            George A. Delis, district manager of the Constant theaters and manager of the Palace theater here, said he has made arrangements for the Ellington show to visit the hospital after it completes its three-day visit to the Palace stage starting Friday."

                                            The 1945-01-05 Zanesville Signal said Vaughn Monro entertained the troops at Fletcher General Hospital the night before, and this was the fourth of such affairs at the hospital, previous entertainment having been furnished by Duke Ellington, Freddie Slack and Jackie Heller.
                                            • Announcement, Canton Repository, Canton, Ohio, 1944-09-03, p.20
                                            • Zanesville Signal, Zanesville, Ohio, 1945-01-05
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                                            Tuesday
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                                            Thursday
                                            Columbus, OhioPalace Theater

                                            'Duke Ellington, known as America's Genius of Jazz, will bring his celebrated orchestra to the Palace next Tuesday to begin a three-day stage engagement. Featured on the bill, along with a number of top Sepian stage acts, will be Wini Johnson, blues songstress...'

                                            .
                                            Band members named in the Sept.11 ad were Hodges, Nance, Stewart, Brown, Hibbler and Warren Evans.
                                            Tod Raper's review in The Columbus Dispatch:
                                            • Ellington played a medley for 5 minutes and 20 seconds on a white piano, while the audience was silent except for the tapping of their feet and "sharp, indrawn breaths as each tune floated from the stage."
                                            • "teen-age crowd"
                                            • Dusty Fletcher is described as a comedian who lies on the floor and mumbles.
                                            • Hibbler highly praised
                                            • Wini Johnson sang "Nylons" and "Take a Train" [sic} - neither song big enough to get excited about.
                                            • Cook and Brown were a dance team. The little one has a funny individual show-stopping style.
                                            • The band's show opens with Ellington playing behind a curtain and ends with "Blue Skies."
                                            • "You'll probably like "Amor" with Rex Stewart singing, and the Ellington pudgy trumpeter putting on his conversation act."

                                            DEI recorded $4,738.72 revenue for these three days.
                                            • The Columbus Dispatch, Columbus, Ohio
                                              • 1944-09-07 p.B-3
                                              • 1944-09-10 p.3-F
                                              • 1944-09-11 p.14
                                              • 1944-09-12 A-11
                                              • 1944-09-13 p.B-3
                                              • 1944-09-14 p.B-3
                                            • Frendel, Brown & Co.: Duke Ellington, Inc., Statements at November 30, 1944 (ibid.)
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                                            Wednesday
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                                            Friday
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                                            Thursday
                                            Detroit, Mich.Paradise Theater
                                            3711 Woodward at Parsons
                                            Duke Ellington And His Great Orchestra....ALL STAR Stage REVUE Dusty Fletcher, Cook & Brown, Wini Johnson, Johnny Hodges


                                            DEI booked $11,244.63 revenue for this engagement.
                                            • The Billboard 1944-07-15 p.16
                                            • Detroit Free Press, Detroit, Mich.
                                              • 1944-09-10 pt.1 p.9
                                              • 1944-09-14 p.4
                                              • 1944-09-20 p.14
                                            • Advance Bookings, The Billboard 1944-08-26 p.20
                                            • Frendel, Brown & Co.: Duke Ellington, Inc., Statements at November 30, 1944 (ibid.)
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                                            Thursday.
                                            ..Peripheral event
                                            The Ellington orchestra is shown as going into the Palace Theater in Cleveland from Sept. 22 to 28, but plans seem to have changed. This conflicts with the Louisville week.
                                          • Advance Bookings, The Billboard 1944-08-26 p.20
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                                            Friday
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                                            Thursday
                                            Louisville, Ky.National TheatreVaudeville

                                            DEI booked $6,786.45 revenue for this engagement, describing it as "National Theatre - Towsville, Kentucky - w/e 9/28".

                                            National Theatre
                                            Today
                                            STAGE
                                            "AMERICA'S GENIUS OF JAZZ"
                                            In Person
                                            DUKE ELLINGTON his FAMOUS ORCHESTRA
                                            and Great REVUE
                                            featuring DUSTY FLETCHER, WINI JOHNSON, RAY NANCE, WARREN EVANS, AL HIBBLER, COOK & BROWN


                                            Ellington's showtimes Friday were 1:42, 4:19, 6:36 and 9:33 p.m.
                                            Courier-Journal:

                                            'A stage orchestra is something to hear not to see ordinarily but Duke Ellington, who gives the stage show at the National this week, makes almost every number a picture painted with lights and changes in pose or stance.
                                              As far as the music goes one has to be "sold" on jazz, not the jazz of Whiteman but the jazz of the jitterbug variety, to appreciate fully the brand of music which "The Duke" distributes. Judging by the reception given him yesterday [Friday] afternoon, the music purveyed is just what Ellington fans enjoy. We don't; we never have...
                                              For theater patrons The Duke has some excellent entertainers, the most enjoyable one being Dusty Fletcher...the inimitable Fletcher has a brand of humor that is good and wholesome because it stems from the sould of the Negro in his most philosophical mood and he does a drunk with all the ludicrous aspects pronounced and none of offense. Fletcher also is something of a dancer and his falls have a quality of acrobatics so beautifully times as to seem spontaneous...'

                                            Martin goes on to describe performances by Cook and Brown, Wini Johnson and the orchestra.
                                            • The Courier-Journal, Louisville, Ky.
                                              • 1944-09-17 p.11 s.3
                                              • 1944-09-21 p.2 s.2
                                              • 1944-09-22 p.8 s.2
                                              • 1944-09-23 p.7 s.2
                                              • 1944-09-24 p.9 s.2
                                              • 1944-09-25 s.2 p.11
                                              • 1944-09-26 s.1 p.8
                                              • 1944-09-27 s.1 p.12
                                              • 1944-09-28 p.2 s.2
                                            • House Reviews, Variety 1944-09-27 p.40
                                          • Frendel, Brown & Co.: Duke Ellington, Inc., Statements at November 30, 1944 (ibid.)
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                                            Saturday
                                            .Louisville, Ky.National TheatreVaudeville - see 1944 09 22

                                            The ad says to come as late as 10:40 for a complete stage-screen show. Ellington's show times were 1:34, 3:43, 6:02, 8:21 and 10:40 p.m.
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                                            .Louisville, Ky.National TheatreVaudeville - see 1944 09 22

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                                            .Louisville, Ky.National TheatreVaudeville - see 1944 09 22

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                                            .Louisville, Ky.National TheatreVaudeville - see 1944 09 22

                                            Ellington's showtimes Tuesday were 1:42, 4:19, 6:56 and 9:33 p.m.
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                                            Wednesday
                                            .Louisville, Ky.National TheatreVaudeville - see 1944 09 22

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                                            Friday
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                                            Thursday
                                            Chicago, Ill.Down Town Theatre
                                            State and Van Buren
                                            Vaudeville
                                            Ellington's show times were advertised as 12:00, 2:00, 4:00, 6:00, 8:00 and 10:00 p.m.

                                            The Billboard reviewed one of the shows – see 1944 10 07 below.
                                            In a report dated Oct. 7, The Billboard reported:

                                            'Vaude-pic houses here showed a nice increase in receipts last week with all the spots doing a better-than-average biz. Surprise in the rising grosses was the strong take garnered by Duke Ellington at the Downtown Theater. Leader played to standout crowds daily, hitting 45 performances for the week, an all-time record for any performer appearing in the Windy City's theaters. Seating only 1,800, the house took in over $32,000, which was $15,000 more than the previous week. Show, held over for the second week, started off good and spot should hit a neat high for the week.'


                                            DEI booked $12,068.64 revenue the first week and $8,767.35 the second week.
                                            • Chicago Daily Tribune, Chicago, Ill.
                                              • 1944-09-29 p.26
                                              • 1944-09-30 p.14
                                              • 1944-10-02 p.18
                                              • 1944-10-04 p.20
                                              • 1944-10-05 p.22
                                              • 1944-10-06 p.23
                                              • 1944-10-07 p.14
                                              • 1944-10-08 p.6
                                              • 1944-10-09 p.18
                                              • 1944-10-10 p.18
                                              • 1944-10-11 p.28
                                              • 1944-10-12
                                            • Frendel, Brown & Co.: Duke Ellington, Inc., Statements at November 30, 1944 (ibid.)
                                            • Band-Vaude Grosses, The Billboard, 1944-10-14 pp.25, 27, 28
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                                            Saturday
                                            ...PERSONNEL CHANGES
                                            Pittsburgh Courier:

                                            'Wini Johnson has moved out of the female vocalist spot with Duke Ellington's aggregation, and Marie Ellington has gone out to Detroit to take it over. There's a possiblity that her last name will have to be changed for stage purposes, however, in order to avoid confusion... '

                                            New Desor has Wini Johnson leaving in the summer of 1944 but she was named in a Louisville opening night review.
                                            Marie's arrival date is uncertain (Marie was not related to Duke. Born Maria Hawkins in 1922, she married an airman, Spurgeon Ellington. To avoid confusion, she was usually introduced to audiences simply as "Marie.")
                                            From this, one can conclude Wini played Columbus and Detroit, and left either at the beginning of, or during, the Louisville week. It may be that Marie joined the band in Detroit, but she is not mentioned in the ads or reviews in Detroit or Louisville.
                                            A review of DEI's vocalist payroll costs August through November shows:
                                                  Week     Cost    Working Average
                                            Ended Days per day
                                            Aug. 17 $100.22 4 $25 one-nighters
                                            Aug. 24 100.00 7 14 one-nighters
                                            Aug. 31 82.12 4 20 one-nighters
                                            Sept. 7 250.00 7 35 Earle, Philadelphia
                                            Sept.14 193.36 6 32 Palace, Canton / Columbus
                                            Sept.21 250.00 7 35 Paradise, Detroit
                                            Sept.28 357.13 7 51 National, Louisville
                                            Oct. 5 235.00 7 33 Down Town, Chicago
                                            Oct. 12 300.00 7 43 Down Town, Chicago
                                            Oct. 19 300.00 7 43 Orpheum, Minneapolis
                                            Oct. 26 325.00 7 46 Riverside, Milwaukee
                                            Nov. 2 325.00 7 46 one-nighters
                                            Nov. 9 325.00 7 46 Palace, Cleveland
                                            Nov. 16 178.80 5 35 one-nighters
                                            Nov. 23 400.00 7 57 Royal, Baltimore
                                            Nov. 30 500.00 7 71 Apollo, New York
                                            This seems to indicate only one singer was taken to the August one-nighters; that was likely Wini - the only review located mentions a female, so it wasn't Al Hibbler.

                                            The payroll for singers jumps for the theatre residencies - Johnson and Hibbler are named in a review of Philadelphia, and another singer, Warren Evans, is shown in the ad there. All three were advertised for Canton and Columbus, and Hibbler is named in the Canton review. Wini is named as well but she missed opening night due to a train mixup. Wini and Al are mentioned in the Columbus review as well. The Louisville ads name all three, and all three are named in Variety's review of that gig. All three are advertised Oct. 1 and 2 for Chicago, but only Wini and Al are mentioned in the ads for the rest of that run. The Billboard's review of the Oct. 7 performance mentions Rosita Davis and Marie, rather than Johnson, so it is clear she was gone by then. Johnson and Hibbler are advertised for Minneapolis and Milwaukee as late as Oct. 22, but the Variety review names Hibbler, and instead of Wini, Rosina [sic] Davis and Marie. The Milwaukee Journal review names Al, Rosita and Marie as well. The review in Cleveland mentions "two gal singers" backed by a male quintet.
                                            Leonard Feather's column in the Nov. 25 1944 edition of The Melody Maker and Rhythm, p.2, reported

                                            'Winnie [sic] Johnson has been ill, and Duke now has three other girls with the band! They are Joya Sherrill, who worked with him briefly in 1942; Marie Ellington (no relation), formerly with Benny Carter; and Rosita Davis. Cat Anderson is now a permanent member of Duke's brass section."


                                            Overall conclusion: Wini was expected to play Chicago and later, but left the band sometime in late September or early October, clearly before October 7.
                                            • New Desor vol.2
                                            • The Canton Repository, Canton, Ohio,
                                              • 1944-09-07 p.14
                                              • 1944-09-09 p.10
                                            • House Reviews, The Billboard 1944-09-27 p.40
                                            • Billy Rowe's Note Book, The Pittsburgh Courier, Pittsburgh, Penn. 1944-09-30 p.13
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                                            Saturday
                                            .Chicago, Ill.Down Town Theatre
                                            State and Van Buren
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                                            Ellington's show times were advertised as 12:00, 2:00, 4:00, 6:00, 8:00 and 10:00 p.m. The ad says Midnite Show but unlike Oct. 7, it shows the same starting time and doesn't delete the first show of the day.
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                                            1944 10 01.Chicago, Ill.Down Town Theatre
                                            State and Van Buren
                                            Vaudeville - see 1944 09 29

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                                            Sunday
                                            .Chicago, Ill.Down Town Theatre
                                            State and Van Buren
                                            Vaudeville - see 1944 09 29

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                                            Monday
                                            .Chicago, Ill.Down Town Theatre
                                            State and Van Buren
                                            Vaudeville - see 1944 09 29

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                                            Tuesday
                                            .Chicago, Ill.Down Town Theatre
                                            State and Van Buren
                                            Vaudeville - see 1944 09 29

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                                            Wednesday
                                            .Chicago, Ill.Down Town Theatre
                                            State and Van Buren
                                            Vaudeville - see 1944 09 29

                                            Ellington's show times were 12:00, 2:00, 4:00, 6:00, 8:00 and 10:00 p.m.
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                                            Thursday
                                            .Chicago, Ill.Down Town Theatre
                                            State and Van Buren
                                            Vaudeville - see 1944 09 29

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                                            Tuesday


                                            1944 10 06
                                            Friday
                                            .Chicago, Ill..
                                            • Stratemann and thus Vail show that Ellington was interviewed by Bill Stern for the Los Angeles radio station show "Sports Newsreel" on October 10 in error.
                                            • DEI recorded $125 revenue for this broadcast Oct.6.
                                            • Cedar Rapids Gazette announced Ellington's appearance on this show as well, but on Oct.6:

                                              'Duke Ellington will be guest on Bill Stern's "Sports News" at 9:30 over NBC and WMAQ'

                                            • The St. Louis Post-Dispatch and Arkansas Gazette radio schedules also show Ellington on the October 6 episode.

                                            Colgate Sports Newsreel was a 15-minute network show sponsored by Colgate which broadcast Friday nights at 10:30 p.m. EWT. A west coast broadcast on a Tuesday would have to have been a delayed broadcast.

                                            If the show aired live on Friday, Ellington would have had to be on it between his 8 and 10 p.m. shows at the Down Town Theatre.
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                                            Ellington's show times were advertised as 12:00, 2:00, 4:00, 6:00, 8:00 and 10:00 p.m.
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                                            Saturday
                                            .Chicago, Ill.Down Town Theatre
                                            State and Van Buren
                                            Vaudeville - see 1944 09 29

                                            Ellington's show times were advertised as 12:30, 3:30, 6:00, 8:00 and 10:00 p.m. and midnight
                                            Jack Baker's review of Oct. 7:

                                            '...one of the best bills the leader has ever presented here. ...60 minutes of sock entertainment. Curtain rises with the ork playing a torrid jump tune that starts the audience off with snapping their fingers and stamping their feet. Thrush Rosita David enters. This beautiful songstress, who is a newcomer to the band, gives a fine tonalling of What Are You Doing? and Take the A-Train. She has a fine voice, knows how to sell, and makes a stunning appearance behind the footlights. Cook and Brown, comedy dance team, provide plenty of laughs with their eccentric dancing and knock-about fun. Marie, second fem vocalist also comes in for a neat share of warbling. Does Rocks in My Bed and Dontcha Know I Can? [rected Care]. Al Hibbler, blind baritone, show stops with Do Nothing 'Till You Hear From Me, Long Ago and the Duke's newest melody, The Little Brown Book. Dusty Fletcher, a philosophical drunk, carries the laugh department. Act is well received and the comic had to take three curtains.
                                              Ellington's sidemen also take a good share of the spotlight with their hot playing and novelty numbers. Boys are not only fine musicians but are showman as well. Top man is John Hodges, who dishes out a mean sax solo of Warm Weather. Rex Stewart also displays his talents on the trumpet by blowing out a sharp, comical verson of Amor. High spot of the musical numbers, however, is the keyboard work of Ellington. His masterful playing of Frankie and Johnnie, backed by the fiddling of Ray Nance and the wow-wow work of Joseph Nance [sic] brought down the house. Audience demanded more of the ivories and Duke came back with a medley of his own pop favorites. Bill closed with the crowd whistling and mitting [sic] long after the pic, the last ride, started.'

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                                            Sunday
                                            .Chicago, Ill.Down Town Theatre
                                            State and Van Buren
                                            Vaudeville - see 1944 09 29

                                            Ellington's show times were advertised as 12:00, 2:00, 4:00, 6:00, 8:00 and 10:00 p.m.

                                            Note DEMS 09,1-15 reports a dance in Syracuse on this date, but the contributor advises it was misdated - See 1944 12 08
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                                            Monday
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                                            State and Van Buren
                                            Vaudeville - see 1944 09 29

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                                            Tuesday
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                                            State and Van Buren
                                            Vaudeville - see 1944 09 29

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                                            Wednesday
                                            .Chicago, Ill.Down Town Theatre
                                            State and Van Buren
                                            Vaudeville - see 1944 09 29

                                            Ellington's show times were advertised as 12:30, 3:30, 6:30 and 9:30 p.m.
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                                            Thursday
                                            .Chicago, Ill.Down Town Theatre
                                            State and Van Buren
                                            Vaudeville - see 1944 09 29

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                                            Friday
                                            1944 10 19Minneapolis, Minn.RKO Orpheum TheaterVaudeville, advertised Oct. 12 as

                                            'Duke Ellington, His Orchestra and Revue featuring Dusty Fletcher, Cook and Brown, Wini Johnson '

                                            and advertised Oct. 13 as

                                            'ON Stage IN PERSON DUKE Ellington with his famous ORCHESTRA & REVUE with JOHNNY HODGES, RAY NANCE, LAWRENCE BROWN, WARREN EVANS, REX STEWART, AL HISSLER [sic], COOK AND BROWN, DUSTY FLETCHER, WINI JOHNSON'

                                            DEI booked $9,714.07 revenue for the week. The vocalist payroll was $300, the same as the previous (second) week in Chicago.
                                            R.E.Murphy, Minneapolis Sunday Tribune

                                            'Perhaps the main criticism of the Duke Ellington bill might be that there is not quite enough of Ellington...
                                              The accompanying revue includes a male dance team, a good comedy drunk act, male and girl vocal soloists and other specialties, all of nice stature. But those who fancy Ellington's stuff may find themselves paying more attention to his accompaniments that to the performers themselves.
                                              Particularly effective is the appearance of Johnny Hodges, a band member, in special alto sax numbers. The band work for some of them, particularly when a baritone saxophone is worked in, is typical of Ellington at his best.
                                              He uses a new device in a small piano set upon a movable stand so that he can play it in a standing position. Pedal work, of course is out when this is going on, but it makes no appreciable difference.
                                              Ellington is a smooth MC and he takes part briefly in one comedy turn. For most of us, however, the expert handling of his music - most of the tunes are his own - make the show.
                                              His is one of the few bands which could put on as good an entertainment without other acts as with them. Perhaps even better.'

                                            Variety

                                            'Minneapolis, Oct. 17
                                            Duke Ellington orch (18) with Rosina Davis, Marie, Leonard Sears, Cook & Brown, Dusty Fletcher; "This Is the Life" (U)
                                              Duke Ellington and his band keep strictly in the groove with hot jive. It's performed in the flawless Ellington manner. Thanks to the Duke's key tickling embellishments, even boogie-woogie attains melodic proportions. Supplementing the music is some first-rate vocalizing, nifty eccentric dancing and a smattering of comedy. Ellington's emceeing and piano solo are assets to the pleasing show.
                                              Comprising eight brass, five saxes, four rhythm and Ellington at the piano, the band jams up proceedings with plenty of volume. It's off to a torrid start with "Blue Skies." Rosina Davis, classy vocalist, has inning with "Take the 'A' Train."
                                              Johnny Hodges clicks with a sax solo, "Don't Get Around Much." A boy who makes his trumpet "talk" has a funny interlude with Ellington. Then Cook & Brown, cyclonic eccentric dancers, tie things up with their remarkable and frequently laugh-provoking routines.
                                              Hodges again demonstrates his instrumental skill with Ellington's assistance for the pleasing performance of "Don't You Know?" Marie, another vocalist, handles "You Don't Know I Care," with proficiency, Hodges again entering the picture. The keyboard session by Ellington, doing his own numbers, is all too brief.
                                              A blind singer, Al Hibbler, stops the show and has to beg off. His rich baritone socko on "Do Nothing Till You Hear From Me," "I Got It Bad" and "Long Ago and Far Away." The drunk impression of clever Dusty Fletcher is funny, but seems too long drawn out. A strong closer for show is band's " Things Ain't What They Used to Be." House completely filled as last show opening day. Rees.'


                                            The Billboard:

                                            'Ellington a Smash 22G in Minneapolis
                                             Minneapolis, Oct. 21 - In the first stageshow to hit Minneapolis in months, Duke Ellington and ork crushed thru to a hefty $22,000 for week ended October 19 at Mort H. Singer Orpheum Theater (2,800 seats, house average, $18,000)
                                             Ellington show attracted large queues of show-goers who had been hungry for flesh for months. William Sears, house manager, said he has hopes of bringing in another show in December. Sears blames inability to get attractions to the fact there are few productions willing to come this far out in view of the transportation and man-power difficulties.'

                                            'Twin Cities: The appearance at the Orpheum Theater here of Duke Ellington resulted in many of the music machine operators installing Duke's Decca recordings into their machines where they have long been favorites.'

                                            • Minneapolis Sunday Tribune and Minneapolis Morning Tribune, Minneapolis, Minn.
                                              • 1944-10-08 p.10
                                              • 1944-10-11 p.6
                                              • 1944-10-12 p.7
                                              • 1944-10-13 p.15
                                              • 1944-10-14 p.6
                                              • 1944-10-15 pp.10, 11
                                              • 1944-10-16 p.8
                                              • 1944-10-17 p.4 (review)
                                              • 1944-10-17 p.10 (ad)
                                              • 1944-10-18 p.4
                                              • 1944-10-19 p.10
                                            • Minneapolis Star Journal, Minneapolis, Minn.
                                              • 1944-10-12 p.18
                                              • 1944-10-16 p.11
                                              • 1944-10-19 p.18
                                            • Stratemann p.259 citing
                                              • Variety 1944-10-18 p.26
                                              • The Billboard
                                                  1944-10-28, p.23
                                                • Coin Machines section, 1944-10-28, p.59
                                              • Frendel, Brown & Co.: Duke Ellington, Inc., Statements at November 30, 1944 (ibid.)
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                                            Saturday
                                            .Minneapolis, Minn.RKO Orpheum TheaterVaudeville - see 1944 10 13
                                            Ellington's show played at 12:35 3:05 5:40 8:10 and 10:45 p.m.
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                                            Ellington's show was on at 12:25, 2:45, 5:00, 7:20 and 9:35.
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                                            Monday
                                            .Minneapolis, Minn.RKO Orpheum TheaterVaudeville - see 1944 10 13
                                            Ellington's show played at 1:15 4:00 6:45 and 9:30 p.m.
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                                            Tuesday
                                            .Minneapolis, Minn.. Peripheral event
                                            In a story dated 1945-02-20, Variety reported Thomas L. Whaley filed suit against two local business concerns, seeking damages of $2,830 for injuries alleged to have been sustained October 17 when he fell into an open manhole near the Orpheum theatre. His reported injuries were "a violent concussion, lacerated scalp, abrased left knee and permanent disability in bone structure of hip and pelvis." His claim included $800 for loss of a month's wages, $530 for past and future medical expenses, and $1,500 for accident damages.
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                                            Tuesday
                                            .Minneapolis, Minn.RKO Orpheum TheaterVaudeville - see 1944 10 13
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                                            Wednesday
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                                            Friday
                                            1944 10 26
                                            Thursday
                                            Milwaukee, Wisc.Riverside TheaterVaudeville
                                            DEI booked $7,298.71 revenue for the week. The vocalist payroll increased to $325.
                                            Huston-Baldwin Piano Store ad:

                                            'See and Hear DUKE ELLINGTON and His Famous Band at the Riverside Theatre this week! Hear Duke Ellington play the popular, spinet styled MIRRAPIANO. These factory rebuild period model pianos can be had in Baldwin, Steinway, Gulbransen and many other famous makes.'

                                            The Milwaukee Journal:

                                            'At the Riverside - Duke Ellington, that dusky genius of jive, and his incomparable band are rocking the Riverside with a terrific stage show. The infectious informality of this outfit goes well with its masterful musical improvisation. There's no stool in front of the piano... and the boys casually drift in and out of the spotlight to pick up the melody and toss it back. Their solid treatment of "Take the 'A' Train," with well architectured Rosita Davis chirping the vocal, is enough to make a hepcat blow his top. Their classy version of "Frankie and Johnny" has that touch of greatness which makes even the longhairs raise their bushy eyebrows.'
                                              There are some great instrumental stars, such as Lawrence Brown and his mellow trombone; Swing Violinist Ray Nance and Bass Slapper Junior Raglin. But greatest of all is Johnny Hodges, whose saxophone melts such melodies as Duke's latest composition, "Do You Know I Care, or Do You Care to Know?" Statuesque Marie helps sell this number with her vocalizeing, Then there's blind Al Hibbler, a sweet ballad singer who makes Sinatra look like a bum. (A mere man's opinion, that.)
                                              Able vaudeville support is furnished by Cook and Brown, a pair of dancing fools, and Dusty Fletcher, whose pantomime of an inebriate would give a bluenose the hiccoughs.'

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                                            • Stratemann p.259 citing The Billboard 1944-10-14 p.17
                                            • Milwaukee Journal, Milwaukee, Wisc.:
                                              • 1944-10-15 p.10
                                              • 1944-10-19, p.13
                                              • 1944-10-20, p.11
                                              • 1944-10-21, pp.3, 6
                                              • 1944-10-22, pp.18, 22
                                              • 1944-10-23, p.5
                                              • 1944-10-24, p.15
                                              • 1944-10-25, p.5
                                              • 1944-10-26, p.9
                                              • 1944-10-27 p.2
                                            • Frendel, Brown & Co.: Duke Ellington, Inc., Statements at November 30, 1944 (ibid.)
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                                            Saturday
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                                            Sunday
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                                            Wednesday
                                            Milwaukee, Wisc."Art Dawson's place"
                                            8th and Galena Str.
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                                            Art Dawson's place...came to life last Tuesday night with one of the longest, continuous jam sessions held here in several years. A number of musicians from the Duke Ellington and Mary Lou Williams bands got together with about 8 or 10 Milwaukee musicians, kicked off a little after midnight and played until shortly before noon Wednesday.
                                            • The Milwaukee Journal, Milwaukee, Wisc. 1944-10-29 p.1
                                            • The Billboard, 1944-11-18 p.14
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                                            Richard K. Bellamy's column describes a visit to Ellington's dressing room, where Duke was sprawled on a couch eating a sandwich and spoke about his eating habits. Bellamy said he looked healthy, six feet tall and over 200 pounds.

                                            '...he has a bit of a tummy but hardly more than enough to uphold his dignity...When he is not working he stretches out and half closes his eyes till he looks like a big, sleepy cat. (At times this relaxation becomes almost a coma, and the Duke as a result may miss an engagement - such as his date at the WTMJ "Rumpus Room" Monday night.
                                              Affably Duke acknowledged that his present band of 16 players is as good a group as he ever had. New stars, like Trumpeter Taft Jordan and Tenor Saxophonist Al Sears, have come along to replace men who drifted away or were take by the armed services. The Ellington music is still phenomenally interesting stuff. When the band plays an accompaniment to the singing of an average pop tune like "I'll Walk Alone," what comes out is so advanced and so different that many hearers forget all about the singer, be she ever so pretty, and Duke's singers are pretty...[discusses December concert tour]
                                              But perhaps an even better measure of his stature is the fact that Ellington is one of the few Negro entertainers privileged to stay in one of Milwaukee's gilded downtown hotels. That barrier of race prejudice does not fall before one who is merely another topflight jazz band leader.'

                                            Riding the Airwaves with Richard K. Bellamy, The Milwaukee Journal, Milwaukee, Wisc., 1944-10-27 p.2...
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                                            .Detroit, Mich.Graystone Ballroom
                                            Woodward at Canfield

                                            'ONE NIGHT ONLY!
                                            FRIDAY, OCTOBER 27th
                                            ANNIVERSARY PARTY
                                            DANCING 9 to 1
                                            America's Genius of Jazz
                                            Duke ELLINGTON and his GREAT ORCHESTRA'

                                            • DEI booked $1,500 revenue this date for a dance in Detroit
                                            • Stratemann incorrectly placed the Graystone Ballroom in Fort Wayne, Ind. with a footnote saying a DESB clipping suggested it may have been in Detroit. Stratemann's The Billboard reference is wrong; that edition does not mention the Graystone.
                                            • The Oct. 7 The Billboard shows the location as Detroit, the city shown in Vail.
                                            • This Graystone dance was announced and advertised in the Detroit Free Press.
                                            • "Advance Bookings," The Billboard
                                              • 1944-10-07 p.16
                                              • 1944-10-28 p.18
                                            • Detroit Free Press, Detroit, Mich. 1944-10-22 pt.1 p.9
                                            • Frendel, Brown & Co.: Duke Ellington, Inc., Statements at November 30, 1944 (ibid.)
                                            • Stratemann p.259 citing The Billboard 1944-11-04 p.18 in error
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                                            Saturday
                                            .Reading, Ohio
                                            (north of Cincinnati)
                                            Castle FarmDance. DEI booked $1,500 revenue for this dance.

                                            The ads are for "Castle Farm Dine-Dance-Show"

                                            The building was large - capacity 5,000 - and the club was padlocked in 1931 under prohibition. Admission was $1.25 plus tax, reservations not necessary.
                                            • Hamilton Journal, Hamilton, Ohio:
                                              • 1944-10-27 p.18
                                              • 1944-10-28 p.6
                                            • The Cincinnati Enquirer, Cincinnati, Ohio
                                              • 1944-10-14 p.16
                                              • 1944-10-28 p.12
                                              • Similar ads ran daily between these dates.
                                            • Frendel, Brown & Co.: Duke Ellington, Inc., Statements at November 30, 1944 (ibid.)
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                                            Sunday
                                            .Evansville, Ind.Roller Rink
                                            Hwy.41

                                            'TONIGHT
                                            ROLLER
                                            RINK
                                            Highway
                                            41
                                            duke
                                            Ellington
                                            And His Orchestra
                                            CONCERT – DANCE
                                            AT 8:30 P.M.
                                            TICKETS ON SALE
                                            DR. BAYLOR'S
                                            WHITE SPECTATORS INVITED.'

                                            DEI booked $1,250 revenue from this dance.
                                            • The Evansville Press and The Sunday Courier and Press, Evansville, Ind.,1944-10-29 p.15 (courtesy Harold Morgan)
                                            • Frendel, Brown & Co.: Duke Ellington, Inc., Statements at November 30, 1944 (ibid.)
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                                            Monday
                                            .Indianapolis, Ind.Tomlinson Hall

                                            'DUKE ELLINGTON
                                            AND HIS FAMOUS ORCHESTRA
                                            Colored Dance Sponsored by Tillman Harpole Post No. 249 for Benefit of American Legion Service Center.
                                            TONIGHT - 8:30 P.M TO 1 A.M.
                                            TOMLINSON HALL
                                            Tickets at Box Office Day of Dance - $1.25 Until 7 P.M.
                                            $1.50 After 7. Spectators Welcome. Tables Reserved.
                                            America's Genius of Jazz '

                                            DEI booked $1,250 revenue from this dance.
                                            • The Indianapolis Star, Indianapolis, Ind.
                                              • 1944-10-28 p.10
                                              • 1944-10-29 p.22
                                              • 1944-10-30 p.10
                                            • Frendel, Brown & Co.: Duke Ellington, Inc., Statements at November 30, 1944 (ibid.)
                                            • Stratemann p.259 citing DESB
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                                            Tuesday
                                            Halloween
                                            .Dayton, OhioColiseumDance. DEI booked $1,250 revenue for this dance.
                                            • Frendel, Brown & Co.: Duke Ellington, Inc., Statements at November 30, 1944 (ibid.)
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                                            1944 11 01
                                            Wednesday
                                            .Cincinnati, OhioEzzard Charles ColiseumDance
                                            DEI recorded $1,250 revenue.
                                            • Frendel, Brown & Co.: Duke Ellington, Inc., Statements at November 30, 1944 (ibid.)
                                            • Stratemann p.259 citing The Billboard 1944-11-38 p.20
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                                            Thursday
                                            .Toledo, Ohio.DEI recorded $1,507.18 for a dance at an unnamed venue here.
                                            • Frendel, Brown & Co.: Duke Ellington, Inc., Statements at November 30, 1944 (ibid.)
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                                            Friday
                                            1944 11 09Cleveland, OhioPalace TheaterVaudeville
                                            DEI reported $7,500 revenue for this week.
                                            Duke ELLINGTON AND HIS ORCHESTRA plus a Big Stage Show!
                                            (Harlem revue)
                                            Stage show
                                            (Saturday - five shows: 12:50; 15:25; 18:00; 20:27; 22:54)
                                            (Sunday - five shows: 12:32; 14:49; 17:06; 19:23; 21:40)
                                            Review by W. Ward Marsh, Cleveland Plain Dealer

                                            'Duke Ellington Brings Fast Show to the Palace; 'Crime by Night' is Good '

                                              ...
                                              Duke has two gal singers with him who turn in the torrid walls on such refrains as "Hit Me a Hot Note" and "A Train." Sometimes they sing alone and sometimes there's a male quintet to give their background tonal color. Hot or cold, it's diggity.
                                              He also has a couple of eccentric, acrobatic dancers–Cook and Brown by name–who practically tear themselves apart to entertain.
                                              Rex Stuart [sic] plays the hottest and highest trumpet I have heard in years. Trombonist Lawrence Brown and Singer Al Hibbler give a half dozen songs what it takes to put them over.
                                              Dusty Fletcher, drunk-comic, has a patter line which stretches from the midriff to the crazy-bone and is taut and convulsive most of the time.
                                              Here's a good show...'

                                            • Cleveland Plain Dealer, Cleveland, Ohio
                                              • 1944-11-04 p.14
                                              • 1944-11-05 p.12B
                                            • Frendel, Brown & Co.: Duke Ellington, Inc., Statements at November 30, 1944 (ibid.)
                                            • Stratemann p.258
                                            • Vail I
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                                            .Cleveland, OhioPalace TheaterVaudeville - see 1944 11 03...
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                                            Sunday
                                            .Cleveland, OhioPalace TheaterVaudeville - see 1944 11 03...
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                                            Monday
                                            .Cleveland, OhioPalace TheaterVaudeville - see 1944 11 03...
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                                            Tuesday
                                            .Cleveland, OhioPalace TheaterVaudeville - see 1944 11 03...
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                                            Wednesday
                                            .Cleveland, OhioPalace TheaterVaudeville - see 1944 11 03...
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                                            Thursday
                                            .Cleveland, OhioPalace TheaterVaudeville - see 1944 11 03...
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                                            Friday
                                            1944 11 12Chicago, Ill.ColiseumDance - Battle of Music
                                            DEI showed $4,500 revenue for the 3 days
                                            Stratemann:

                                            'Also featured in these dance dates - combined with a jitterbug contest - were The Dukes of Swing; Walter Dyett and Dr. Jive Cadillac with their groups. The units played to more than 35,000 persons over the three days.'

                                            Vail shows an ad which names the groups:
                                            • DUKE ELLINGTON
                                              America's Genius of Jazz and His Famous Orchestra
                                            • DUKES OF SWING ORCESTRA
                                            • WALTER DYETT ORCHESTRA
                                              Dr. "Jive" Cadillac
                                              And His Championship
                                              JITTERBUG CONTEST
                                            General admission $2.00 plus tax
                                            Doors opened Friday and Saturday at 7 p.m., Sunday 8 p.m.
                                            (Vail's ad is from Franz Hoffman's jazz clippings file "18-JazzAd-9-DukeEllington-pp120 1919-1967.pdf"and appears to be from the Chicago Defender, 1944-11-11 p.10 or the Amsterdam News 1944-10-27 p.12)
                                            • Stratemann p.259 citing Chicago Defender
                                              • 1944-10-21 p.44
                                              • 1944-11-11 p.10
                                            • DESB
                                          • Frendel, Brown & Co.:
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                                            Statements at November 30, 1944,
                                            SI-NMAH DEC301 Series 3G, Box 112, Folder 9
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                                            Sunday
                                            .Chicago, Ill.ColiseumDance - battle of music and jitterbug contest - see 1944 11 10...
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                                            Monday
                                            .Louisville, Ky.ArmoryDance
                                            DEI recorded $1,500 revenue here.
                                            • Frendel, Brown & Co.: Duke Ellington, Inc., Statements at November 30, 1944 (ibid.)
                                            • Stratemann p.259
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                                            Tuesday
                                            ...activities not documented
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                                            Wednesday
                                            .Akron, OhioArmoryDance
                                            DEI recorded $1,250 revenue.
                                            • Frendel, Brown & Co.: Duke Ellington, Inc., Statements at November 30, 1944 (ibid.)
                                            • Stratemann p.259
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                                            Thursday
                                            ...activities not documented
                                            ...
                                            ...
                                            1944 11 00...PERSONNEL CHANGE
                                            Vocalist Kay Davis joins the band and Joya Sherrill returned on a permanent basis, having finished school, replacing Rosita Davis.

                                            Stratemann has Kay joining during the Royal Theater run.
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                                            Friday
                                            1944 11 23
                                            Thursday
                                            Baltimore, Md.Royal TheatreVaudeville
                                            DEI recorded $7,000 revenue for the week. The vocalist payroll was $400
                                            • Frendel, Brown & Co.: Duke Ellington, Inc., Statements at November 30, 1944 (ibid.)
                                            • Stratemann p.259
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                                            Saturday
                                            .Baltimore, Md.Royal TheatreVaudeville -see 1944 11 17...
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                                            Sunday
                                            .Baltimore, Md.Royal TheatreVaudeville - see 1944 11 17...
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                                            Monday
                                            .Baltimore, Md.Royal TheatreVaudeville - see 1944 11 17...
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                                            Tuesday
                                            .Baltimore, Md.Royal TheatreVaudeville - see 1944 11 17...
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                                            Wednesday
                                            .Baltimore, Md.Royal TheatreVaudeville - see 1944 11 17...
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                                            Thursday
                                            .Baltimore, Md.Royal TheatreVaudeville - see 1944 11 17...
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                                            Friday
                                            1944 11 30
                                            Thursday
                                            New York, N.Y.Apollo Theater
                                            253 W. 125th St., Borough of Manhattan, Harlem district
                                            Vaudeville - the show included Cook and Brown, Dusty Fletcher and Tip Tap and Toe.
                                            Amateur night was to be Wednesday, and a midnight show was to be on Saturday.

                                            DEI booked $8,968.59 revenue for the week here and shows another $2,468.90 as "Apollo Theatre - Balance W/E 11/30".

                                            Curiously, the ad in the Nov. 22 edition of the Columbia Spectator says "now playing."
                                            • Columbia Spectator, New York, N.Y.
                                              • 1944-11-22 p.4
                                              • 1944-11-28 p.4
                                            • New York Age, New York, N.Y.1944-11-25, p.10
                                            • Amsterdam News, New York, N.Y. 1944-11-25, p.10
                                            • Frendel, Brown & Co.: Duke Ellington, Inc., Statements at November 30, 1944 (ibid.)
                                            • Stratemann p.259
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                                            Saturday
                                            .New York, N.Y.Apollo Theater
                                            253 W. 125th St.
                                            Harlem
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                                            Sunday
                                            .New York, N.Y.Apollo Theater
                                            253 W. 125th St.
                                            Harlem
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                                            Monday
                                            .New York, N.Y.Apollo Theater
                                            253 W. 125th St.
                                            Harlem
                                            Vaudeville - see 1944 11 24
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                                            1944 11 28
                                            Tuesday
                                            .New York, N.Y.Apollo Theater
                                            253 W. 125th St.
                                            Harlem
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                                            Wednesday
                                            .New York, N.Y.Apollo Theater
                                            253 W. 125th St.
                                            Harlem
                                            Vaudeville - see 1944 11 24
                                            Remote WMCA broadcast:
                                            Duke Ellington and His Orchestra
                                            Hemphill, Stewart, Jordan, Anderson, Nance, Brown, Nanton, C.Jones, Hamilton, Hardwick, Hodges, Sears, Carney, Ellington, Guy, Raglin, Hillard Brown, Roché
                                            Titles recorded:
                                            • Things Ain't What They Used To Be
                                            • Suddenly It Jumped
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                                            .New York, N.Y.Apollo Theater
                                            253 W. 125th St.
                                            Harlem
                                            Vaudeville - see 1944 11 24
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                                            1944 12 01
                                            Friday
                                            ...PERSONNEL CHANGE
                                            Sonny Greer rejoins the band
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                                            Friday
                                            13:30-21:00
                                            .New York, N.Y.RCA Victor studio 2
                                            145 E.234th St.
                                            RCA Victor recording session
                                            Duke Ellington and His Famous Orchestra
                                            Hemphill, Jordan, C. Anderson, Nance, Brown, Nanton, C.Jones, Hamilton, Hardwick, Hodges, Sears, Carney, Ellington, Guy, Raglin, Greer, Hibbler, Sherrill, K.Davis

                                            Titles recorded:
                                            • I Ain't Got Nothin' But The Blues
                                            • I'm Beginning To See The Light
                                            • Don't You Know I Care
                                            • Don't You Know I Care
                                            • I Didn't Know About You
                                            These were the initial recordings under Ellington's contract to make 30 sides for RCA Victor.
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                                            1944 12 01
                                            Friday
                                            .Newark, N.J.Graham HallDance
                                            DEI booked $1,500 revenue
                                            • Frendel, Brown & Co.:
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                                            1944 12 02
                                            Saturday
                                            .Wilmington, Del.State Armoryactivities not documented

                                            A concert scheduled for 8:30 p.m was cancelled

                                            DEI shows no revenue for this date.
                                            • Wilmington Morning News, Wilmington, Del.
                                              • 1944-11-23 p.8
                                              • 1944-11-29
                                              • 1944-11-30
                                              • 1944-12-01 p.32
                                            • Journal-Every Evening, Wilmington, Del. 1944-11-24 p.24
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                                            Sunday
                                            .Washington, D.C.Turner's ArenaDance
                                            DEI booked $1,500 revenue
                                            • Frendel, Brown & Co.:
                                              Duke Ellington, Inc., Statements at December 31, 1944 (ibid.)
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                                            Monday
                                            .Hagerstown, Md. Franklin Court AuditoriumDance
                                            DEI shows $1,250 revenue
                                            • Frendel, Brown & Co.:
                                              Duke Ellington, Inc., Statements at December 31, 1944 (ibid.)
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                                            Tuesday
                                            .Richmond, Va.Mosque Auditorium
                                            or
                                            Mosque Theater
                                            6 N. Laurel St.
                                            Concert 8:30 p.m.
                                            Tickets - $1.20, $1.80, $2,40, $3.00 including tax.

                                            'The same concert that Duke Ellington will play at New York's Carnegie hall in mid-December will be brought to the Mosque Tuesday at 8:30.
                                              Featured on the program is his most recent symphonic composition, "New World A-Coming,"... Selections from his "Black, Brown and Beige"...also will be included in the program here... '


                                            'Armed with the instruments they make talk, Duke Ellington and his band will pull into Richmond today...Arrangements have been made by Fred A. Kirsch, presenter, to have as guests for the concert a group of convalescent soldiers from surrounding army hospitals....
                                              ...program has been divided into two parts, featuring swing music in the first and classical compositions in the latter group. Highlighting the preintermission group will be six of the Duke's compositions, including "Bluetopia," "Creole Love Call," featuring Harry Carney at the clarinet and Ray Nance on the trumpet; "What Am I Here For," spotlighting, besides Stewart, Al Sears on the tenor sax; "Suddenly It Jumped," with Taft Jorndan's trumpet, and the Ellington classic, "It Don't Mean a Thing if You Ain't Got that Swing," with violin by Ray Nance, trombone by Joe Nanton, and Jordan and Sears on the trumpet and sax. A composition by Mercer Ellington, son of the band leader now in the service, "Things Ain't What They Used to Be," also will be heard.
                                              A current popular song medley with the orchestra and singers includes "Don't You Know I Care?," "I Didn't Know About You," "I'm Beginning to See the Light" and "Ain't Got Nothing But the Blues."
                                              The remainder of the concert will include "The Perfume Suite," "Excerpts from Black, Brown and Beige," "A Frantic Fantasy and "Frankie and Johnny." '

                                            DEI recorded $2,260.50 revenue for this concert but shows it as a dance.
                                            • Richmond Times-Dispatch, Richmond, Va.
                                              • 1944-11-28 pp.8-D, D-9
                                              • 1944-11-29 p.7
                                              • 1944-12-03 p.D-8
                                              • 1944-12-05 p.7
                                            • Frendel, Brown & Co.:
                                              Duke Ellington, Inc., Statements at December 31, 1944 (ibid.)
                                            • Stratemann, p.259 citing The Billboard
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                                            Wednesday
                                            .Wilmington, Del.Odd Fellows TempleDance

                                            DEI shows $1,250 revenue
                                            • Frendel, Brown & Co.:
                                              Duke Ellington, Inc., Statements at December 31, 1944 (ibid.)
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                                            Thursday
                                            .Philadelphia, Penn.Mercantile HallDance

                                            DEI shows $1,250 revenue
                                            • Frendel, Brown & Co.:
                                              Duke Ellington, Inc., Statements at December 31, 1944 (ibid.)
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                                            Friday
                                            .Syracuse, N.Y.State ArmoryDance, Kappa Alpha Tau Fraternity
                                            Roger Boyes

                                            'I found a programme in the Smithsonian Archive ... for a performance in Syracuse NY ... It has Wini Johnson as a named singer so it was obviously printed some time before the event. The programme itself carries Joya Sherrill's autograph.

                                            The Kapp Alpha Tau fraternity of the Nottingham High School organized this concert, but the venue appears to have been not the school itself but the NY State Armory on West Jefferson Street.'

                                            Mr. Boyes advises the date should be 1944 12 08 rather than 1944 10 08 printed in DEMS.

                                            DEI shows $1,500 revenue
                                            • Frendel, Brown & Co.:
                                              Duke Ellington, Inc., Statements at December 31, 1944 (ibid.)
                                            • Emails, Boyes/Palmquist 2014-09-22, 2014-10-06
                                            • Additional documentation is likely to be found in SI-NMAH DEC301, Series 2: Performances and Programs, 1933-1974, box 10, folder 10 Kappa Alpha Tau Fraternity, Syracuse, New York, December 8, 1944
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                                            1944 12 09
                                            Saturday
                                            .Rochester, N.Y.Sports Arena
                                            Edgerton Park
                                            Dance
                                            DEI shows $1,250 revenue
                                            • Frendel, Brown & Co.:
                                              Duke Ellington, Inc., Statements at December 31, 1944 (ibid.)
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                                            Sunday
                                            .Buffalo, N.Y.Kleinhans Music HallDEI lists this as a dance but publicity announced it as Buffalo's first jazz concert.

                                            DEI shows $2,000 revenue
                                            • Buffalo Evening News, Buffalo, N.Y.
                                              • 1944-11-04
                                              • 1944-12-09 p.6
                                            • Buffalo Courier-Express, Buffalo, N.Y.
                                              • 1944-11-30 p.14A
                                              • 1944-12-02 p.3
                                              • 1944-12-03 p.13-A
                                            • Frendel, Brown & Co.:
                                              Duke Ellington, Inc., Statements at December 31, 1944 (ibid.)
                                            • The Billboard 1944-12-09 p.19
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                                            Monday
                                            1944 12 12
                                            Tuesday
                                            New York, N.Y.RCA Studio 2RCA Victor 2 day recording session resulting in a two disc album of 12" records. The date was called for 09:30 and the recording times were
                                            • 10:00-13:15
                                            • 14:00-18:15

                                            Duke Ellington and His Famous Orchestra
                                            Hemphill, Jordan, Anderson, Nance, Brown, Nanton, C.Jones, Hamilton, Hardwick, Hodges, Sears, Carney, Ellington, Guy, Raglin, Greer, Sherrill

                                            Titles recorded over the two days.:
                                            • Black, Brown and Beige suite:
                                              • Worksong
                                              • Come Sunday
                                              • The Blues
                                              • Three Dances
                                                • West Indian Dance
                                                • Emancipation Celebration
                                                • Sugar Hill Penthouse
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                                            Tuesday
                                            .New York, N.Y.RCA Victor studio 2
                                            145 E.234th St.
                                            Conclusion of 2 day RCA Victor recording session - see 1944 12 11
                                            • Date called: 09:30
                                            • Recording time: 10:00-13:00
                                            • Stratemann p.259
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                                            Wednesday
                                            .Boston, Mass.Symphony HallConcert, 8:30 p.m.
                                            DEI records $1,250 revenue for this concert.
                                            The Boston Herald review identifies Hodges, Stewart and Nanton. Pieces named:
                                            • Blutopia
                                            • Sentimental Lady
                                            • I Didn't Know About You
                                            • Suddenly It Jumped
                                            • Honeysuckle Rose
                                            • Blue Cellophane
                                            • It Don't Mean A Thing If You Ain't Got That Swing
                                            • Things Ain't What They Used To Be
                                            • The Perfume Suite
                                            • Selections from Black, Brown, and Beige
                                            • Someone
                                            • The Boston Herald, Boston, Mass.
                                              • 1944-12-03 p.6
                                              • 1944-12-14 p.27
                                            • The Billboard 1944-12-09 p.19
                                            • Frendel, Brown & Co.:
                                              Duke Ellington, Inc., Statements at December 31, 1944 (ibid.)
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                                            Thursday
                                            .Taunton, Mass.Roseland BallroomDance
                                            DEI records $1,250 revenue
                                            • Frendel, Brown & Co.:
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                                            Friday
                                            .Lewiston, Maine.Dance.
                                            DEI records $1,250 revenue
                                            • Frendel, Brown & Co.:
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                                            Saturday
                                            .Worcester, Mass..Dance. This is misdated as the evening of Dec.17 in Stratemann and Vail.

                                            DEI recorded $1,000 revenue for this city Dec. 16 and not for Dec. 17..
                                            • Frendel, Brown & Co.:
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                                            • The Billboard 1944-12-09 p.19
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                                            Saturday
                                            ... Peripheral event
                                            The Chicago Defender carried a story saying three pianists had insured their hands for a total of $1.1 million in the past two months. It said Ellington's hands were insured for $500,000.
                                            Chicago Defender, 1944-12-16 ,p.23..
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                                            Sunday
                                            .New York, N.Y.NBC Studios4:30 pm EWT broadcast on WEAF

                                            Transcribed for AFRS MALB-68 Music America Loves Best

                                            Duke Ellington with the Jay Blackton Orchestra and possibly singer Gertrude Niesen
                                            Titles broadcast:
                                            • Medley:-Sophisticated Lady, Solitude, Caravan, Mood Indigo, It Don't Mean A Thing
                                            • Main Stem
                                            • Do Nothin' Till You Hear From Me
                                            • Somebody Loves Me
                                            Gertrude Niesen may not have been present, since MALB records only show her in the series on 1944-09-10 and 1945-05-27. DEMS seems to have concluded the last two titles were edited into the AFRS transcription disc later.

                                            I suggest following the entire discussion in chronological order in the noted DEMS bulletins.

                                            DEI recorded $1,000 for "R.C.A. - Guest Shot"

                                            • New York Times radio log
                                            • Frendel, Brown & Co.:
                                              Duke Ellington, Inc., Statements at December 31, 1944 (ibid.)
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                                            Monday
                                            .Trenton, N.J.Memorial HallDance
                                            DEI recorded $1,250 revenue.
                                            • Frendel, Brown & Co.:
                                              Duke Ellington, Inc., Statements at December 31, 1944 (ibid.)
                                            • Additional documentation is likely to be found in SI-NMAH DEC301, Series 2: Performances and Programs, 1933-1974, box 10, folder 11 War Memorial Theatre, Trenton, New Jersey, December 18, 1944
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                                            Tuesday
                                            .New York, N.Y.Carnegie Hall
                                            (Main Hall)
                                            Recorded three hour concert, starting at 8 p.m.
                                            Tickets: $1, $1.50, $2, $2.50, $3, $4 plus tax.
                                            Duke Ellington and His Orchestra
                                            Personnel: Stewart, Hemphill, Jordan, Anderson, Nance, Brown, Nanton, C.Jones, Hamilton, Hardwick, Hodges, Sears, Carney, Ellington, Guy, Raglin, Hillard Brown (drums), Hibbler, Sherrill, K.Davis, Marie Ellington.

                                            The programme consisted of
                                            • Star Spangled Banner
                                            • Blutopia
                                            • Midriff
                                            • Creole Love Call
                                            • Suddenly It Jumped
                                            • Frustration
                                            • It Don't Mean A Thing
                                            • I Didn't Know About You
                                            • Don't You Know I Care
                                            • I Ain't Got Nothin' But The Blues (vocal duet)
                                            • I'm Beginning To See The Light
                                            • Pitter Panther Patter
                                            • Perfume Suite
                                              1. Balcony Serenade (Love)
                                              2.Strange Feeling (Violence)
                                              3. Dancers In Love (Naivete)
                                              4. Coloratura (Sophistication)
                                            • Things Ain't What They Used To Be
                                            • Black, Brown and Beige
                                              1. Worksong
                                              6. The Blues
                                              4. West Indian Dance
                                              10. Sugar Hill Penthouse
                                              05. Emancipation Celebration
                                              02. Come Sunday
                                              03. Light
                                            • Medley: In A Sentimental Mood / Mood Indigo / Sophisticated Lady / Caravan / Solitude / I Let A Song Go Out Of My Heart
                                            • Mood To Be Wooed
                                            • Blue Cellophane
                                            • Air Conditioned Jungle
                                            • Frantic Fantasy
                                            • Blue Skies
                                            • Frankie And Johnny / Metronome All Out
                                            Harriett Johnson's New York Post review said described the audience as sold-out, stage[packed and attentive.
                                            • The New York Age, New York, N.Y., 1944-10-28 p.10
                                            • The Billboard 1944-12-09 p.19
                                            • Amsterdam News, New York, N.Y., 1944-12-16 p.10B
                                            • The New York Sun, New York, N.Y. 1944-12-16 p.11
                                            • Review, Harriett Johnson, New York Post, 1944-12-20
                                            • Review, Frank Stacy, Down Beat 1945-01-15, pp.7 & 12
                                            • Leonard Feather, Melody Maker, 1945-01-27, p.2
                                            • Additional documentation is likely to be found in SI-NMAH DEC301, Series 2: Performances and Programs, 1933-1974, box 10, folder 12 Carnegie Hall, New York, New York, December 19, 1944
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                                            1944 12 20
                                            Wednesday
                                            1944 12 31
                                            Sunday
                                            Providence, R.I.Biltmore Hotel
                                            11 Dorrance St
                                            Down Beat's "Where the Bands Are Playing" has the engagement starting on the 19th but opening night appears to have been postponed due to Carnegie Hall.

                                            Stratemann says Ellington was paid $6,500 weekly, considered an all-time high for this type of job, especially since he only played 10 days during the engagement.

                                            DEI reports $6,500 revenue for the week ended Dec. 26 and $6,500 for the week ended Dec. 31, which would only be 5 days, less if there was a day off.

                                            The price might have been increased to account for a choir: in addition to the vocalist payrolls of $325 and $445 for the two weeks, respectively, there is $1,200 for Chorus Expenses.

                                            Variety reported:

                                            'Last year [1944] the spot paid Duke Ellington's orchestra $13,000 for 10 days work, excluding Christmas because Ellington wanted to spend that day at home.'

                                            • The Billboard 1944-12-09 p.19
                                            • Down Beat, 1944-12-15, p.14
                                            • Frendel, Brown & Co.:
                                              Duke Ellington, Inc., Statements at December 31, 1944 (ibid.)
                                            • Variety, 1945-11-14 p.40
                                            • Stratemann p.260 citing Variety
                                              1944-11-14 p.40
                                              1944-11-15, p.38
                                            • Vail I
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                                            Thursday
                                            .Providence, R.I.Biltmore Hotelsee 1944 12 20...
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                                            Friday
                                            .Providence, R.I.Biltmore Hotelsee 1944 12 20...
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                                            1944 12 23
                                            Saturday
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                                            Sunday
                                            ...Day off
                                            ...
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                                            Monday
                                            Christmas day
                                            ...Days Off
                                            ...
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                                            Tuesday
                                            1944 12 31Providence, R.I.Biltmore Hotel.
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                                            Wednesday
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                                            1945 01 01... Peripheral event
                                            Down Beat announced Ellington won the Swing Band voting in Down Beat's eighth annual band poll, beating Woody Herman 1673:1606. Ellington also came in fifth in the Sweet Band category.

                                            Hodges came in fifth in Favorite Soloist, and topped Alto Sax with 3,596 votes, compared to his nearest rival who had 557. Willie Smith ranked third at 414. Ben Webster placed third in Tenor Sax. Carney ranked first in Baritone Sax, Dave Tough and Sonny Greer ranked third and eighth, respectively in Drums. Rex Stewart ranked fourth in Trumpet and Lawrence Brown made third in Trombone. Junior Raglin was seventh in Bass, Strayhorn was second in Arrangers, Hibbler placed eleventh in Male Singers With Band, Betty Roche was twelfth in Girl Singer With Band. Down Beat's 1944 Mythical Swing Band included Brown, Hodges and Carney.
                                            Down Beat, 1945-01-01 pp.1, 13..
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                                            1945 01 01
                                            Monday
                                            1945 01 15
                                            Monday
                                            New York, N.Y..(Unconfirmed)

                                            Possible first of three recording sessions for AFRS Jubilee transcription J-117.
                                            Duke Ellington and His Orchestra
                                            Hemphill, Stewart, Anderson, Jordan, Nance, Brown, Nanton, C.Jones, Hamilton, Hardwick, Hodges, Sears, Carney, Ellington, Guy, Raglin, Greer, Hibbler, Sherrill

                                            Lena Horne sang two of the songs, which seem to have been recorded in the third session.
                                            Titles transcribed for broadcast:
                                            • Take The "A" Train
                                            • Suddenly It Jumped
                                            • I'm Beginning To See The Light
                                            • It Don't Mean A Thing
                                            • I Didn't Know About You
                                            • I Get A Kick Out Of You
                                            • Midriff
                                            • Blue Skies

                                            The World War II Jubilee transcriptions were 33 1/3 rpm 16" vinylite records produced in Hollywood by AFRS for broadcast to American military personnel. The series, sent to radio stations all over the world, was not broadcast on U.S. domestic networks.

                                            Sjef Hoefsmit reported the recordings were made on Mondays January 1, 8 and 15, with the recordings assembled into the transcription on January 18 and broadcast May 26, 1945.

                                            New Desor and Timner IV combine the recordings into one January session, DE4506, placed in Los Angeles, without the exact date.

                                            If Herr Hoefsmit is correct, the first session would have been in New York, the second in Detroit, and the third would have been immediately after arrival in Los Angeles at the end of a three day train trip.
                                            Herr Hoefsmit noted this was the only time Lena Horne performed with the Ellington band. While they worked together at other times and she sang accompanied by Strayhorn in December 1965, she never performed with the band apart from this Jubilee Show. Miss Horne appears to have been on the west coast - the Harrisburg Telegraph Jan 9 1945 places her in a show at the Hollywood Canteen for a New Years show.
                                            New Desor
                                            DE4506
                                            DEMS
                                            Timner IV, p.66djp2011
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                                            2013-08-07
                                            1945 01 02
                                            Tuesday
                                            .New York, N.Y.Decca studioWorld Broadcasting System recording session
                                            Duke Ellington and His Famous Orchestra
                                            Hemphill, Stewart, Jordan, Anderson, Nance, Brown, Nanton, C.Jones, Hamilton, Hardwick, Hodges, Sears, Carney, Ellington, Guy, Raglin, Greer, Sherrill, and possibly Davis, Marie Ellington and Hibbler. New Desor includes all 4 singers in the session, but the only name it attributes to vocals is Sherrill.

                                            Titles recorded:
                                            • Midriff
                                            • I Didn't Know About You
                                            • I'm Beginning To See The Light (instrumental and vocal versions)
                                            • Mood To Be Woed
                                            • Blue Cellophane
                                            New Desor
                                            DE4501
                                            DEMS
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                                            2013-08-06
                                            1945 01 03
                                            Wednesday
                                            .New York, N.Y.Decca StudioWorld Broadcasting System recording session
                                            Duke Ellington and His Famous Orchestra
                                            Hemphill, Stewart, Jordan, Anderson, Nance, Brown, Nanton, C.Jones, Hamilton, Hardwick, Hodges, Sears, Carney, Ellington, Strayhorn, Guy, Raglin, Greer, Sherrill, Davis, Marie Ellington and Hibbler. No vocal featuring Marie is shown in New Desor
                                            Titles recorded:
                                            • Just Squeeze Me (Subtle Slough)
                                            • Hit Me With A Hot Note
                                            • Air Conditioned Jungle
                                            • Pitter Panther Patter
                                            • Frantic Fantasy
                                            • Don't You Know I Care
                                            • I Ain't Got Nothin' But The Blues
                                            • Blutopia
                                            • Let The Zoomers Drool
                                            • You Never Know The Things You Miss
                                            New Desor
                                            DE4502
                                            DEMS
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                                            1945 01 04
                                            Thursday
                                            .New York, N.Y.RCA Victor studio 2
                                            145 E.234th St.
                                            RCA Victor recording session
                                            • Date called: 9:30
                                            • Recording time: 11:15 to 4:00

                                            Duke Ellington and His Famous Orchestra
                                            Hemphill, Stewart, Jordan, Anderson, Nance, Brown, Nanton, C.Jones, Hamilton, Hardwick, Hodges, Sears, Carney, Ellington, Guy, Raglin, Greer, Sherrill

                                            Timner IV has Hillard Brown on drums instead of Greer, but Timner V shows Greer.

                                            Orrin Keepnews, re the Dec.1, 11 and 12, 1944 and Jan. 4 1945 sessions:

                                            'Several recent discographies and other accounts assert that Hillard Brown, who unquestionably did replace an ailing Greer on several engagements during this time period, is the drummer... It is a debatable point, but Greer's name appears on the official RCA Victor recording and payroll sheets...'


                                            Titles recorded:
                                            • Carnegie Blues
                                            • Blue Cellophane
                                            • Mood To Be Wooed
                                            • My Heart Sings
                                            New Desor
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                                            1945 01 05
                                            Friday
                                            1945 01 11
                                            Thursday
                                            Detroit, Mich.Hughes Downtown TheaterStage show
                                            with Dusty Fletcher and Cook & Brown.
                                            Vail says singer Rosita Davis was temporarily replacing Kay Davis
                                            • The Billboard 1944-12-09 p.19
                                            • Vail I
                                            • "Band Routes," Down Beat, 1945-01-01 p.14
                                            • Stratemann p.260 citing The Billboard 1945-01-27 p.22
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                                            1945 01 06
                                            Saturday
                                            .Detroit, Mich.Hughes Downtown TheaterStage show - see 1945 01 05...
                                            ..2011
                                            1945 01 07
                                            Sunday
                                            .Detroit, Mich.Hughes Downtown TheaterStage show - see 1945 01 05...
                                            ..2011
                                            1945 01 08
                                            Monday
                                            ...(Unconfirmed)

                                            Second of three reported recording sessions for Jubilee broadcast transcription J-117 - see 1945 01 01
                                            ...
                                            ..2011
                                            1945 01 08
                                            Monday
                                            .Detroit, Mich.Hughes Downtown TheaterStage show - see 1945 01 05...
                                            ..2011
                                            1945 01 09
                                            Tuesday
                                            .Detroit, Mich.Hughes Downtown TheaterStage show - see 1945 01 05...
                                            ..2011
                                            1945 01 10
                                            Wednesday
                                            .Detroit, Mich.Hughes Downtown TheaterStage show - see 1945 01 05...
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                                            1945 01 11
                                            Thursday
                                            .Detroit, Mich.Hughes Downtown TheaterStage show - see 1945 01 05...
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                                            1945 01 12
                                            Friday
                                            .Jackson, Mich.Jackson County Auditorium.
                                            • The Billboard 1944-12-09 p.19
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                                            1945 01 13
                                            Saturday
                                            .Kansas City, Mo.Municipal Auditorium(Unconfirmed)

                                            Dance

                                            (Stratemann has a footnote saying another DESB clipping suggests an appearance at the Midshipmen's School at Notre Dame University at South Bend, Indiana.
                                            Stratemann p.260 citing DESB..
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                                            1945 01 14
                                            Sunday
                                            1945 01 17..Travel
                                            Stratemann p.260 says "Upon arrival on the West Coast after three days of travel, the Ellington band participated in a heavily publicized concert evening..."
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                                            1945 01 15
                                            Monday
                                            1945 01 17..In transit - see 1945 01 14...
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                                            1945 01 15
                                            Monday
                                            .Los Angeles, Cal.
                                            or Hollywood
                                            .activity not documented
                                            (Unconfirmed)

                                            Last of three reported recording sessions for Jubilee broadcast transcription J-117 - see 1945 01 01
                                            ...
                                            ..2011
                                            1945 01 16
                                            Tuesday
                                            1945 01 17..In transit - see 1945 01 14...
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                                            1945 01 16
                                            Tuesday
                                            ...activities not documented...
                                            ...
                                            1945 01 17
                                            Wednesday
                                            .Los Angeles, Cal.Philharmonic Hall"Esquire Concert"
                                            The Ellington orchestra appeared with other artists, Art Tatum, Willie Smith, Anita O'Day, Billie Holiday, Al Casey, Sid Catlett.

                                            Ellington numbers named in an AP wirestory included Blutopia, Frustration, Blue Cellophane, Midriff and Frantic Fantasy.

                                            Down Beat:

                                            ...the affair was a memorable occasion, other than musically, with a packed house and such luminaries as Danny Kaye, Judy Garland, Jerome Kern, Lionel Barrymore and Lena Horne.

                                            Fans, hoping for good jazz, found a program over-weighted with Ellington's not unmeritorious attempts at serious composition, which, if they belong in the true jazz category at all, are a type of jazz that Ellington's firmest admirers like to take in smaller doses.

                                            There were a few good moments during the evening. Al Sears, Duke's tenor man, broke loose on one of the few jump numbers. The rest of the boys seemed not to have time enough to fall into the right groove...

                                            • The Billboard 1944-12-09 p.19
                                            • Charles Emge, "Coast Esquire Bash Misses On Jazz; Too Heavy," Down Beat 1945-02-01 p.6
                                            • Hattiesburg (Miss.) American, 1945-01-18 p.4: AP wirestory "Swing Session"
                                            • Lowell Sun, 1945-01-18, p.1: AP wirestory "Barrelhouse, Boogie, Blues In Staid Haven Of Bach, Beethoven, Brahms"
                                            • Additional documentation is likely to be found in SI-NMAH DEC301, Series 2: Performances and Programs, 1933-1974, box 10, folder 13 Esquire All-American Jazz Concert, January 17, 1945
                                            • Photos:
                                              • Ulanov (ibid.)
                                              • Vail I p.265
                                              • Frank Driggs webphoto
                                            New Desor
                                            DE4504
                                            DEMS
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                                            2013-02-02
                                            2016-01-13
                                            2018-08-24
                                            1945 01 18
                                            Thursday
                                            .Los Angeles, Cal.."Kraft Music Hall"
                                            Ellington appears with announcer Ken Carpenter, Bing Crosby, The Charioteers, Eugenie Baird and the John Scott Trotter Orchestra and Chorus. Duke comes on for almost 5 minutes with Bing for a chat (from 08.38 to 10:58), plays Frankie and Johnny with the John Scott Trotter Orchestra (from 10:58 to 13:30). This half hour radio show can be heard at https://soundcloud.com/hlcproperties/kraft-musichall1-18-45?in=hlcproperties/sets/kraft-music-hall
                                            .New Desor
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                                            1945 01 18
                                            Thursday
                                            .Los Angeles, Cal..AFRS Jubilee 117 assembly date
                                            (possibly no Ellington involvement)
                                            .New Desor
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                                            1945 01 19
                                            Friday
                                            .Fresno, Cal.Fresno Memorial AuditoriumDuke Ellington and His Famous Orchestra presenting his great Carnegie Hall concert - Starts at 8:30 Seats on Main Flr and Balcony - Dancing 10 to 1.
                                            Tickets $1.50 including tax.
                                            ...
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                                            1945 01 20
                                            Saturday
                                            .Oakland, Cal.Auditorium.Additional documentation might to be found in the Smithsonian Institution's Ellington collection, Series 2: Performances and Programs, 1933-1974, box 10, folder 14 Down Beat Readers' Poll Awards Ceremony, January 20, 1945..
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                                            1945 01 21
                                            Sunday
                                            ...activities not documented...
                                            ...
                                            1945 01 22
                                            Monday
                                            ...activities not documented...
                                            ...
                                            1945 01 23
                                            Tuesday
                                            1945 01 29Los Angeles, Cal.Orpheum TheatreStage show
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                                            1945 01 24
                                            Wednesday
                                            .Los Angeles, Cal.Orpheum TheatreStage show - see 1945 01 23...
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                                            1945 01 25
                                            Thursday
                                            .Los Angeles, Cal.Orpheum TheatreStage show - see 1945 01 23...
                                            ..2011
                                            1945 01 26
                                            Friday
                                            .Los Angeles, Cal.Orpheum TheatreStage show - see 1945 01 23...
                                            ..2011
                                            1945 01 27
                                            Saturday
                                            .Los Angeles, Cal.Orpheum TheatreStage show - see 1945 01 23...
                                            ..2011
                                            1945 01 28
                                            Sunday
                                            .Los Angeles, Cal.Orpheum TheatreStage show - see 1945 01 23...
                                            ..2011
                                            1945 01 29
                                            Monday
                                            .Los Angeles, Cal.Orpheum TheatreStage show - see 1945 01 23...
                                            ..2011
                                            1945 01 30
                                            Tuesday
                                            .Watsonville, Cal.Civic Auditorium.
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                                            1945 01 31
                                            Wednesday
                                            1945 02 06San Francisco, Cal.Golden Gate TheaterVaudeville

                                            The Billboard reported Ellington's week grossed $31,000, partly due to playing 6 shows on Saturday and Sunday, and 5 shows during the week, instead of the customary 5 and 4.

                                            The theatre seated 2,850, its average gross was $27,000, with tickets priced from 45 to 90 cents.
                                            Band Routes, Down Beat
                                            1945-01-15 p.14
                                            1945-02-01 p.14
                                            The Billboard 1944-12-09 p.19
                                            Advance Bookings, The Billboard
                                            1945-01-13, p.19
                                            1945-01-20. p.22
                                            Grosses-Routes, The Billboard
                                            1945-02-17 p.29
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                                            2017-06-19

                                            February 1945

                                            1945 02 01
                                            Thursday
                                            .San Francisco, Cal.Golden Gate Theatersee 1945 01 31...
                                            ..2011
                                            1945 02 02
                                            Friday
                                            .San Francisco, Cal.Golden Gate Theatersee 1945 01 31...
                                            ..2011
                                            1945 02 03
                                            Saturday
                                            .San Francisco, Cal.Golden Gate Theatersee 1945 01 31...
                                            ..2011
                                            1945 02 04
                                            Sunday
                                            .San Francisco, Cal.Golden Gate Theatersee 1945 01 31...
                                            ..2011
                                            1945 02 05
                                            Monday
                                            .San Francisco, Cal.Golden Gate Theatersee 1945 01 31...
                                            ..2011
                                            1945 02 06
                                            Tuesday
                                            .San Francisco, Cal.Golden Gate Theatersee 1945 01 31...
                                            ..2011
                                            1945 02 07
                                            Wednesday
                                            .Vallejo, Cal.Dream Bowl.
                                            ...
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                                            1945 02 08
                                            Thursday
                                            1945 02 14Oakland, Cal.Orpheum TheatreStage show
                                            Duke Ellington America's Genius of Jazz and His Orchestra and Entertainers
                                            Stage show 2:00, 6:00, 9:45
                                            The films were Brazil and Boogie Woogie Dreams, the latter a vehicle for Lena Horne.
                                            Clifford Gessler's review of the opening day performance criticized the sound system, and mentioned the clever trick dancing of Dusty Fletcher and the team of Cook and Brown. He went on to write

                                            'The music made by Ellington and his band was intricate and interesting. Their portamento was something wicked, and their combination of con sordino and fortissimo nothing less than a caution, though on sober reflection it seems they use a lot of time making instruments do things those instruments were never intended to do.
                                              There were sweet numbers as well as hot, and a great deal of fine solo work by nearly all the members of a company.'

                                            The Billboard reported Dusty Fletcher was doubling with Lucky Millinder's show at Club Plantation.
                                            • Band Routes, Down Beat 1945-02-01 p.14
                                            • Oakland Tribune
                                              • Ad 1945-02-07 p.C7
                                              • Ad 1945-02-08 p.20
                                              • Ad 1945-02-09 p.11
                                              • review, 1945-02-09, p.11
                                              • Ad 1945-02-12 p.4
                                              • Ad 1945-02-13 p.C9
                                              • The Billboard, 1945-02-10 p.23
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                                            1945 02 09
                                            Friday
                                            .Oakland, Cal.Orpheum Theatre
                                            See 1945 02 08
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                                            1945 02 10
                                            Saturday
                                            3:15 to 4:00 PM
                                            .Oakland, Cal.Sherman, Clay store
                                            Broadway at Hobart
                                            Duke was advertised to appear in Sherman, Clay's record department to autograph his new Victor records and albumsOakland Tribune ad, 1945-02-09, p.d3..
                                            ..New
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                                            1945 02 10
                                            Saturday
                                            .Oakland, Cal.Orpheum TheatreSee 1945 02 08..
                                            ..2011
                                            1945 02 11
                                            Sunday
                                            .Oakland, Cal.Orpheum TheatreSee 1945 02 08..
                                            ..2011
                                            1945 02 12
                                            Monday
                                            .Oakland, Cal.Orpheum TheatreSee 1945 02 08..
                                            ..2011
                                            1945 02 13
                                            Tuesday
                                            .Oakland, Cal.Orpheum TheatreSee 1945 02 08..
                                            ..2011
                                            1945 02 13... Peripheral event
                                            Under the headline "More $$ for Negro Musickers," subheaded "1944 Grosses Hit New High," The Billboard quoted William Mittler, personal manager for Cab Calloway and Duke Ellington, as saying the two bands between them grossed well over $1,125,000. "Calloway's gross figure last year was close to $750,000 to which few if any ofay bands can come close. Ellington's gross, according to Mittler, was over $600,000."

                                            An accompanying story reported black bands were doing well, attributing this largely to black music lovers now having more disposable income.
                                            The Billboard 1945-02-03, p.13..
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                                            1945 02 14
                                            Wednesday
                                            Valentine's Day
                                            .Oakland, Cal.Orpheum TheatreSee 1945 02 08..
                                            ..2011
                                            1945 02 15
                                            Thursday
                                            ...activities not documented...
                                            ...
                                            1945 02 16
                                            Friday
                                            1945 02 28
                                            Wednesday
                                            (Stratemann)
                                            or
                                            1945 02 27
                                            Tuesday
                                            (Vail)
                                            Los Angeles, Cal.Ciro's
                                            Sunset Boulevard
                                            Nightclub date, with The Ivan Scott Orchestra and the Casaciro Rhumba Band as relief.

                                            The Ellington orchestra was the first name black band had been hired at this "swank" nightclub.

                                            Ellington played to capacity audiences the whole two weeks.
                                            Variety 1925-02-21 carried a review datelined Hollywood, Feb. 17. It reported the Ellington orchestra was 16 members with Hibbler, Joya Sherrill and Marie, and Ivan Scott and Casaciro rhumba Band number 22. Cover was $1.50 weekdays, $2.00 weekends. It reported a capacity audience filled Ciro's for the opening and turnover gave the house about twice as many customers as usual. Ellingtonians specifically mentioned were Hibbler, Brown, Hamilton and Sherrill.
                                            • The Billboard 1945-02-03. p.13
                                            • Los Angeles Band Briefs, Down Beat 1945-02-15 p.6
                                            • Stratemann p.261 citing
                                              • Variety 1945-02-21 p.46
                                              • Down Beat 1945-03-01
                                            • Vail I
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                                            1945 02 17
                                            Saturday
                                            .Los Angeles, Cal.Ciro'sClub date, see 1945 02 16...
                                            ..2011
                                            1945 02 18
                                            Sunday
                                            .Los Angeles, Cal.Ciro'sClub date, see 1945 02 16...
                                            ..2011
                                            1945 02 19
                                            Monday
                                            .Los Angeles, Cal.Ciro'sClub date, see 1945 02 16...
                                            ..2011
                                            1945 02 20
                                            Tuesday
                                            .Los Angeles, Cal.Ciro'sClub date, see 1945 02 16...
                                            ..2011
                                            1945 02 21
                                            Wednesday
                                            .Los Angeles, Cal.Ciro'sClub date, see 1945 02 16...
                                            ..2011
                                            1945 02 22
                                            Thursday
                                            .Los Angeles, Cal.Ciro'sClub date, see 1945 02 16...
                                            ..2011
                                            1945 02 23
                                            Friday
                                            .Los Angeles, Cal.Ciro'sClub date, see 1945 02 16...
                                            ..2011
                                            1945 02 24
                                            Saturday
                                            ...Sonny Greer recording session
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                                            1945 02 24
                                            Saturday
                                            .Los Angeles, Cal.Ciro'sClub date, see 1945 02 16...
                                            ..2011
                                            1945 02 25
                                            Sunday
                                            .Los Angeles, Cal.Ciro'sClub date, see 1945 02 16...
                                            ..2011
                                            1945 02 26
                                            Monday
                                            .Los Angeles, Cal.Ciro'sClub date, see 1945 02 16...
                                            ..2011
                                            1945 02 27
                                            Tuesday
                                            .Los Angeles, Cal.Ciro'sClub date, see 1945 02 16
                                            This seems likely to be the end of the Ciro's run, which was for 2 weeks and began Wednesday, 1945 02 16, thus it should have ended on the Tuesday.
                                            ...
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                                            1945 02 28
                                            Wednesday
                                            .San Diego, Cal.Russ AuditoriumConcert, 8 p.m.
                                            The concert was sold out, with ticket prices ranging from $1.21 to $3.61.

                                            The initial announcement said Ellington would play a diversified program including Black, Brown and Beige and his more recent Perfume Suite. The accompanying ad announced it as his "Famous Carnegie Hall Concert."
                                            A programme can be found in Folder 15, Box 10 of the Smithsonian Institution Ellington collection, Series 2: Performances and Programs, 1933-1974.
                                            • Stratemann p.261
                                            • Vail I
                                            • San Diego Union, San Diego, Cal.
                                              • 1945-02-18 p.2-C
                                              • 1945-02-23 p.5-A
                                              • 1945-02-27 p.5-A
                                              • 1945-02-28 p.5A
                                            • Email, C. Windheuser (Smithsonian Reference Services volunteer) to Palmquist, Feb./Mar. 2016
                                            ..
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                                            1945 02 28
                                            Wednesday
                                            .San Diego, Cal.Ciro'sClub date, see 1945 02 16
                                            While Stratemann has this as the band's last night at Ciro's, it suggests the night's first show would have had to be postponed. Vail I has the orchestra closing at Ciro's the day before.

                                            Webmaster's comments:
                                            Further research is needed. It seems unlikely Duke would have played at Ciro's after the San Diego concert, but it is not impossible:
                                            • The distance between the auditorium and the club is about 135 miles and would have taken at least 2 hours.
                                            • The band's equipment would have to have been torn down at the auditorium, taken back to the club and set up again, all this after a lengthy concert that didn't begin until 8 p.m.
                                            • Assuming the concert ran until 10:30 p.m., the band might have been able to return to the club in time for a 2 a.m. set, but drum and lighting tear-down and setup time need to be considered and the nature of the road needs to be considered as well.
                                            • Ciro's was a two week residency. Beginning on Wednesday, it should have ended Tuesday, rather than on a 15th night, Wednesday.
                                            • Further research is warranted to determine what times Ellington's sets were, and why he would have played a 15th night.
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                                            1945 03 --.Los Angeles, Cal.."Which Is Which" Radio Show
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                                            Friday
                                            .Culver City, Cal.Casa Mañana
                                            8781 Washington Blvd.
                                            (Unconfirmed)
                                            Vail I has Ellington playing the Casa Mañana on March 2, 3, and 4 and opening a weekend engagement on the 16th, closing on the 18th. As usual, Vail provides no references.

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                                            Saturday
                                            .Culver City, Cal.Casa Mañana
                                            8781 Washington Blvd.
                                            Nightclub date and recorded AFRS broadcast.
                                            Duke Ellington and His Orchestra
                                            Hemphill, Stewart, Anderson, Jordan, Nance, Brown, Nanton, C.Jones, Hamilton, Hardwick, Hodges, Sears, Carney, Ellington, Guy, Raglin, Greer, Hibbler, Sherrill, Davis
                                            Titles broadcast and recorded:
                                            • Take The "A" Train (theme)
                                            • I'm Beginning To See The Light
                                            • I Ain't Got Nothin' But The Blues
                                            • Blue Skies
                                            Stratemann says print media showed Ellington was booked into the Casa Mañana from March 3 to 20, and was to share the bandstand with Charlie Barnet's orchestra and the Red Callendar trio. The club, formerly Sebastian's Cotton Club, had a weekends only, three night a week policy. Stratemann says Ellington only appears to have played the club three times in March, occasionally just one weekend night or doubling from the Casa Mañana, with other engagements in between. He listed March 3 "(two days?)", March 7 (with a question mark) and March 15 with a note "(final appearance March 20?)"
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                                            8781 Washington Blvd.
                                            (Unconfirmed)

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                                            Monday
                                            .Los Angeles, Cal.Philharmonic AuditoriumConcert

                                            Duke Ellington's second concert appearance in Los Angeles, sponsored by Norman Granz, was sold out, with tickets ranging from $1.25 to $3.00 plus tax.

                                            Down Beat gave a favourable review, saying this affair was superior to the Esquire magazine concert in form, presentation and performance, although many numbers from the Esquire program were used plus some more popular numbers, with the audience favouring Ellington medley played as a piano solo. The audience was more subdued than usual for a Granz presentation, taking the music more serioulsy, with less shouting and cheering.
                                            Down Beat 1945-04-01 p.1..
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                                            Tuesday
                                            .Santa Barbara, Cal.Fox Arlington Theater.
                                            • Stratemann p.261
                                            • Additional documentation is likely to be found in SI-NMAH DEC301, Series 2: Performances and Programs, 1933-1974, box 10, folder 17 Santa Barbara, California, 1945
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                                            Wednesday
                                            .Culver City, Cal.Casa Mañana
                                            8781 Washington Blvd.
                                            Unconfirmed
                                            -see 1945 03 02

                                            Stratemann has a question mark beside this entry.

                                            It seems unlikely the band played here this day because it was booked into Fresno.
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                                            Wednesday
                                            .Fresno, Cal.Fresno Memorial AuditoriumConcert, 8 to 9 pm, dancing from 9 pm to midnight
                                            Admission: $1.50/person, tax included.

                                            Curiously, the Valley Amusement Association took out an ad on the 5th announcing it was in no way connected with or responsible for the coming engagement of Duke Ellington and His Orchestra in Fresno. There must be a story there!
                                            Ads, The Fresno Bee The Republican
                                            • 1945-03-01 p.3-B
                                            • 1945-03-02 p.20
                                            • 1945-03-03, p.20
                                            • 1945-03-04, pp 6-A, 12
                                            • 1945-03-05, p13
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                                            Tuesday
                                            Oakland, Cal.Orpheum TheaterStratemann lists the Orpheum from March 8 through 13 without showing a source. Vail is more explicit, also with no source information:

                                            'Duke Ellington and his Orchestra open a one-week return engagement at the Orpheum Theatre in Oakland, California. Dusty Fletcher and Cook & Brown are also on the bill.'


                                            Webmaster's conclusion:
                                            Ellington and his orchestra did not appear at the Orpheum on these dates:
                                            1. An opening night of March 8 would conflict with the appearance in Sacramento.
                                            2. The appearance at Sweet's on March 9 conflicts with this run as well.
                                            3. Daily ads for the Orpheum in the Oakland Tribune from March 8 to 13 inclusive do not mention Ellington, unlike the daily ads for the same venue the previous month.
                                            4. The daily What's Doing on Screen and Stage columns in the Oakland Tribune for these dates also do not mention Ellington.
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                                            Thursday
                                            .Sacramento, Cal.Sacramento AuditoriumFolder 16 of Box 10 in the Smithsonian Institution Ellington collection #301, Series 2: Performances and Programs, 1933-1974, contains a programme for this event. It is not shown in Igo, Stratemann or Vail.Email,C. Windheuser, Smithsonian Reference Services volunteer to Palmquist Feb./Mar.2016..
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                                            Friday
                                            .Oakland, Cal.Sweet's BallroomDuke Ellington, His Band & Road ShowAds, Oakland Tribune
                                            • 1945-03-03, p.5
                                            • 1945-03-09, p.12C

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                                            Saturday
                                            .Los Angeles, Cal.Hollywood Casino BallroomThe Billboard reported a group of bandleaders, later identified as Charlie Barnet, Duke Ellington, Benny Goodman and another, had purchased the Hollywood Casino from the Zucca brothers, owners of Casa Mañana. The spot was being remodelled to accommodate 2,000 people, and would have both white and black bands, playing Friday, Saturday, Sunday and Monday nights.

                                            The deal later fell through when the owners couldn't agree on whether it would include dining.
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                                            Sunday
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                                            Tuesday
                                            .Bakersfield, Cal.Fox TheaterConcert
                                            Critic Mae Saunders:

                                            Jazz King Duke Ellington Wins Applause Here at Fox
                                            by MAE SAUNDERS


                                              Duke Ellington, jazz maestro, and his ensemble of educated saxophonists, clarinetists, trumpeters and vocalists pleased a large crowd of boogie woogie and swing devotees at the Fox theater Tuesday night.
                                            Soloists Score
                                              Kay Davis, Marie [Ellington], Albert Hibbler, Joya Sherrill as the singers were easily the most popular on the program apart from Ellington's own ivory delivery of such popular works as Deep Purple, Blue Indigo, Solitude and others.
                                              Harry Carney on the clarinet, Johnny Hodges, alto sax; Lawrence Brown, trombone; Jimmy Hamilton, clarinet, and William Anderson, trumpet, were among the instrumentalists who starred in solos.
                                              Those looking for musical innovation in the excerpts from Ellington's best known work, Black, Brown and Beige, were disappointed. Instrumentation was original and there were powerful phrases and clever harmonies, but the general impression was that the work did not surpass the realm of average jazz works.
                                            Needs Sweetening
                                              Mr. Ellington, a past master in intricacies of rhythm and instrumental combinations, would improve his ensemble by tuning out heavier brasses in crescendos and sweetening up the organization with a few more strings.

                                            Bakersfield Californian:
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                                              • 1945-03-06 p.10
                                              • 1945-03-10, p.6
                                              • 1945-03-12
                                              • 1945-03-13 p.10
                                            • Announcement
                                              1945-03-13 p.11
                                            • Review 1945-03-14, p.8

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                                            Wednesday
                                            .San Bernandino, Cal.Municipal Auditorium.
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                                            Thursday
                                            1945 03 20Culver City, Cal.Casa Mañana
                                            8781 Washington Blvd.
                                            (Unconfirmed)

                                            See 1945 03 02
                                            Stratemann (p.261) says the club was only open three days a week, on weekends. If so, this Thursday appearance seems unlikely. Stratemann's entry is unclear:

                                            "March 15 Casa Mañana, Culver City, Cal. (final appearance on March 20?)"

                                            On the same page he writes the band probably only played here 3 times in March.

                                            Also note the band was booked into the Long Beach Municipal Auditorium this date.
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                                            .Long Beach, Cal.Long Beach Municipal Auditorium"A NIGHT OF ELLINGTONIA"
                                            Duke Ellington and His Famous Orchestra In a 2 1/2 Hour Jazz-Jive Concert. Ticket prices ranged from $3.00 or $4.00 (shown in 1 ad only) down to $1.20 tax included.
                                            Long Beach Independent
                                            • 194503-08 p.12
                                            • 1945-03-09 p.22
                                            • 1945-03-12 p.8
                                            • 1945-03-13 p.16
                                            • 1945-03-14 p.10
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                                            Saturday
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                                            Sunday
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                                            Monday
                                            .Los Angeles, Cal.Billy Berg's"Lamplighter" broadcast
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                                            The New York Age, 1945-03-31, p.10, reported the Ellington crew departed from the Coast on March 19th and "right now they're doing one-nighters and will sandwich in an Ellington concert at the Los Angeles Philharmonic Auditorium."
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                                            Sunday
                                            .Chicago, Ill.Civic Opera House
                                            20 North Wacker Drive
                                            Concert, just the Ellington band, no guest artists.
                                            Down Beat says Ellington was selected as the first attraction in its series of jazz and swing concerts because he won the swing band division Down Beat poll and three of his sidemen were selected for the mythical all-star band.

                                            Brian Koller has kindly provided this recording of the men receiving the Down Beat awards from Down Beat managing editor Ned E. Williams..

                                            The Chicago Tribune's review by Will Davidson was very favourable. He described Black, Brown and Beige as one of the most controversial of mondern compositions, Work Song he described as almost dirgelike. The Blues was sung "effectively" by Marie [Ellington]. He wrote that the selections were played with Ellington's impeccable unity and cohesion. Creole Love Call had a clarinet trio and Ray Nance on trumpet. Hibbler sang Strange Feeling and he judged Joya Sherrill's medley "I Didn't Know About You" and "All of a Sudden My Heart Sings" to be "definitely of concert caliber.
                                          • Announcement, Down Beat 1945-02-15 p.1
                                          • Ad, Chicago Defender 1945-03-10 p.10
                                          • Will Davidson: Duke Ellington and Band Swing It at Opera House, Chicago Tribune 1945-03-26
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                                            Wednesday
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                                            Thursday
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                                            Good Friday
                                            ...activities not documented...
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                                            Saturday
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                                            April 1945

                                            1945 04 01
                                            Easter Sunday
                                            4:00 and 8:30 pm
                                            .Cleveland, OhioMusic Hall
                                            Public Hall
                                            E.6th & St. Clair.
                                            Two concerts in Music Hall, the smaller theatre in Public Hall

                                            "...brought his orchestra to Public Music Hall yesterday for two recitals that did not quite catch the joyful Easter Sunday spirit.
                                             ...less than 4,500 of his loyal followers turned out for his two appearances. One possible reason for the small attendance might have been due to the Duke's too frequent vaudeville appearances, although his band displayed far more virtuosity, color and musical depth than it did in the variety halls.
                                             Benny Goodman and Artie Shaw, who also have invaded New York's sedate Carnegie Hall, seem rather anemic in comparison to Ellington. Making no pretentions to strike a highbrow note, his 16 dusky musicians quite often delighted the audience's ears with their technically brilliant passage work, smooth legato and even quality of tone.
                                             Even in his unforgettable Tin Pan Alley song his - and he has confected scores of them - Duke captured the earthy, rich flavor of Negro folk-rhythms that are part of America's heritage. This glowing vitality was expressed in his finely done "Work Song," "Come Sunday" and in excerpts from his tone poem "Black, Brown and Beige," one of his most imaginative creations.
                                             Strange to say, among the first-nighters were a number of symphony musicians who applauded loud and long whenever Joseph Nanton offered a trombone solo or Taft Jordan blew his trumpet. Both are such excellent technicaians that they would be an asset to any symphonic organization.
                                             While Ellington's own compositions played over two hours had a certain monotonous effect, individually they covered all moods. At times his band's golden horns sizzled when they heated up the jungle airs of "Midriff" or "Frantic Fantasy;" in such numbers as the enduring "Blue Skies," "Mood To Be Wooed" and "Perfume Suite," the rhythms rippled as quietly as a stream.
                                             Several competent soloists kept the tempo from lagging. Kay Davis exhibited a stylicized but lively voice. Ray Nance presented an all-too-brief violin number and Johnny Hodges, alto saxophonist, was repeatedly cheered by those well versed in this highly specialized form. Ellington himself gave an exhilarating performance on the piano keys, but it was all more of a vaudeville show than a concert."


                                            Andrew Homzy:

                                            'Cleveland's Public Hall is one of a small handful of unique venues that are fondly known in the business as a "double-headed monster." The stage for the main auditorium and the Music Hall was the same one - the two seating halls opened up on opposite faces of the stage. The stage had, in effect, two "main curtains" - one facing north and one facing south. It was a little disorienting to work in! '

                                              Cleveland Plain Dealer
                                            • Glenn C. Pullen column, 1945-03-09 p.14
                                            • Ad, 1945-03-29 p.8
                                            • Ad, 1945-03-31 p.12
                                            • Pullen: Ellington Bandsmen Charm Jive Fans and Classicists, 1945-04-02, p.13
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                                            Monday
                                            .Akron, OhioArmory.
                                            Stratemann p.261 citing The Billboard 1945-03-17 p.18..
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                                            New York, N.Y.400 ClubDown Beat reported Ellington would follow Dorsey into the 400 Club on Apr.3, but Stratemann and Vail have the band beginning here on Apr.4.

                                            New York Age:

                                            "Duke Ellington and his band moved into the 400 Club on Wednesday evening, marking the first time the noted musician has appeared in New York in nearly a year. His vocalists are Albert Hibbler, Joya Sherrill and Marie."

                                            Barry Ulanov in Metronome:

                                            The Duke returned to New York last month with a band in great shape. That the Ellington musicians should have been at all impressive was remarkable in the face of their experiences for five days before their opening at the 400 Club. They played five gruelling days of one-nighters, their last the night before the opening in Pittsburgh. This got them into New York the morning of the opening, knocked out, dragged, sleep-eyed and misty-headed. But from the first set at the 400, the band jumped, the solos were typically rich in ideas, smooth in execution.

                                            I joined the Ellington band in Chicago and accompanied them into New York...

                                            Ellington's contract was for a $3,500 weekly guarantee, with the first $2,500 in cover charges kept by the restaurant but the excess split 50/50 between Ellington and the club.

                                            In addition to the Treasury Department broadcasts, Stratemann reports the band broadcast coast-to-coast from the club almost nightly. The broadcssts listed in New Desor or http://ellingtonia.com are shown.
                                            • Down Beat 1945-04-01 p2
                                            • New York Age 1945-04-07 p.11
                                            • Stratemann p.261
                                            • Metronome, May 1945 p.12
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                                            Friday
                                            .New York, N.Y.400 ClubSee 1945 04 04

                                            MBS and CBS broadcasts
                                            Duke Ellington and His Orchestra
                                            Personnel: Hemphill, Stewart, Anderson, Jordan, Nance, Brown, Nanton, Jones, Hamilton, Hardwick, Hodges, Sears, Carney, Ellington, Guy, Raglin, Greer, Hibbler, Sherrill, Davis, Marie Ellington

                                            Titles recorded:
                                            • MBS:
                                              • Frustration
                                              • Blue Cellophane
                                              • I'm Beginning To See The Light
                                              • I Didn't Know About You
                                            • CBS:
                                              • Rockabye River (Hop Skip Jump)
                                              • I Miss Your Kiss
                                              • I Ain't Got Nothin' But The Blues
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                                            Saturday
                                            .New York, N.Y.400 RestaurantABC network "Date With the Duke" or "Your Saturday Date With the Duke" broadcast

                                            This was a concert-like broadcast from the club from 5 to 6 pm, before the normal playing for restaurant patrons.
                                            Duke Ellington and His Orchestra
                                            Personnel: Hemphill, Stewart, Anderson, Jordan, Nance, Brown, Nanton, Jones, Hamilton, Hardwick, Hodges, Sears, Carney, Ellington, Guy, Raglin, Greer, Hibbler, Sherrill, Davis

                                            Titles recorded:
                                            • Take The "A" Train (theme)
                                            • Blutopia
                                            • Midriff
                                            • Creole Love Call
                                            • Suddenly It Jumped
                                            • Frustration
                                            • I'm Beginning To See The Light
                                            • Perfume Suite
                                              1. Balcony Serenade (Love)
                                              2. Strange feeling (Violence)
                                              3. Dancer In Love (Naiveté)
                                              4. Coloratura (Sophistication)
                                            • Air Conditioned Jungle
                                            • I Ain't Got Nothin' But The Blues
                                            • Just Squeeze Me
                                            • Passion Flower

                                            The broadcast was the first of a series of weekly one-hour broadcasts on ABC called A Date With The Duke or Your Saturday Date With the Duke, broadcast live on location wherever Ellington was playing, although some New York broadcasts were made from a Radio City studio.

                                            Sponsored by the U.S. Treasury Department, these 'sustaining broadcasts' had no commercial sponsor but Ellington plugs war bonds in each broadcast (I left these out of the song lists below).

                                            AFRS recorded the broadcasts, editing them into half-hour transcriptions for broadcast by short-wave radio to forces overseas.

                                            Lambert:

                                            "These 'Date with the Duke' transcriptions are miracles of editing considering that tape technology had not yet become available."

                                            Not all the music appears on the AFRS transcriptions, and some pieces are used on more than one transcription record to make them exactly 30 minutes. Several also appear on V-Disc.

                                            The first series of 33 weekly broadcasts ran April 7 to November 24 1945, interrupted by Ellington's half-hour tribute broadcast to President Roosevelt on April 14. The series resumed April 13, 1946, with 17 broadcasts ending August 31 that year."

                                            The Billboard:

                                            "New York April 9: Duke Ellington is getting a sensash break from Blue Network, being given an hour every Saturday from 5 to 6 p.m. while at the 400 Club here for concert of jazz and serious music. According to Bud Barry, Blue exec., Ellington will probably be given the same time after he finishes at the spot, with the net following him wherever he goes. That's the first time a net has ever followed a band. However, some time ago, the Blue carried an hour's show every Saturday afternoon from Frank Dailey's Meadowbrook, titled Matinee At Meadowbrook.

                                            After finishing his concert for radio, Ellington goes into dance tempos for 400's customers. First Saturday show came off last week, with repeats skedded from now on. Duke finishes at the spot around May 1.

                                            Ellington has given many concerts thruout the country, but never broadcast any of them. He's hit Carnegie Hall three times, but the fact that Blue net has taken interest in this, opens a new vista for bands now going into concert field for lucrative dough."


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                                            MBS broadcast
                                            Duke Ellington and His Orchestra
                                            Hemphill, Stewart, Anderson, Jordan, Nance, Brown, Nanton, Jones, Hamilton, Hardwick, Hodges, Sears, Carney, Ellington, Guy, Raglin, Greer, Hibbler
                                            Titles recorded:
                                            • Take The "A" Train (theme)
                                            • Someone
                                            • Main Stem
                                            • Don't You Know I Care
                                            • Sentimental Journey
                                            • I Didn't Know About You
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                                            Thursday
                                            Afternoon
                                            .New York, N.Y..President Franklin D. Roosevelt died suddenly of a cerebral hemmorhage in the early afternoon.

                                            (1) The day after President Kennedy was murdered, John Fox wrote an introspective column which included

                                            "The afternoon that FDR died was a shock...A Yankee team ...had beaten the Dodgers that afternoon, in a Red Cross benefit involving comics Olson and Johnson and Duke Ellington,..."

                                            (2) The appearance by Ellington, with his band, is confirmed in an review of the game in the New York Times. The Dodgers beat the Yanks 3 to 1.

                                            "The occasion was the interleague Red Cross game, which attracted 12,200 spectators, every one of them, even to the players and umpires, a cash customer. Early returns...placed the amount realized at $22,390..."

                                            (1)Binghamton Press, 1963-11-24
                                            (2)New York Times, 1945-04-13
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                                            Saturday
                                            .New York, N.Y.400 Clubsee 1945 04 04

                                            ABC broadcast from the club: "A Tribute to F.D.R. by The American Negro"
                                            Duke Ellington and His Orchestra
                                            Hemphill, Stewart, Anderson, Jordan, Nance, Brown, Nanton, C.Jones, Hamilton, Hardwick, Hodges, Sears, Carney, Ellington, Guy, Raglin, Greer, Hibbler, K.Davis
                                            Titles recorded:
                                            • Moon Mist
                                            • New World A-Comin'
                                            • Nobody Knows The Trouble I've Seen
                                            • Mood Indigo
                                            • Chant For F.D. Roosevelt
                                            • Come Sunday
                                            • A City Called Heaven
                                            • Creole Love Call
                                            • Moon Mist
                                            Instead of the scheduled Your Saturday Date With The Duke, Ellington broadcast a special in tribute to the deceased president. This program was the only one aired by a dance or jazz orchestra following Roosevelt's death.
                                            • Stratemann p.262 citing
                                              • Variety 1945-04-18 p.34
                                              • Down Beat 1945-05-01 p.2
                                            • Vail I
                                            • Eddy Lambert: Duke Ellington, A Listener's Guide, pp 122-123
                                            • Girvan: Ellingtonia.com
                                            • MacHare:
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                                            .New York, N.Y.Radio City30 minute WJZ/ABC broadcast "Tune In Tonight"
                                            Duke Ellington, Martha Tilton, an unnamed choir and Jeff Alexander's orchestra
                                            Titles recorded:
                                            • Sophisticated Lady & Solitude (together)
                                            • Nobody Knows The Trouble I've Seen
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                                            1945 04 16
                                            Monday
                                            .New York, N.Y.400 Clubsee 1945 04 04
                                            ...
                                            ..2011
                                            1945 04 17
                                            Tuesday
                                            .New York, N.Y.400 Clubsee 1945 04 04
                                            ...
                                            ..2011
                                            1945 04 18
                                            Wednesday
                                            .New York, N.Y.400 Clubsee 1945 04 04
                                            ...
                                            ..2011
                                            1945 04 19
                                            Thursday
                                            .New York, N.Y.400 Clubsee 1945 04 04
                                            ...
                                            ..2011
                                            1945 04 20
                                            Friday
                                            .New York, N.Y.400 Clubsee 1945 04 04
                                            ...
                                            ..2011
                                            1945 04 21
                                            Saturday
                                            .New York, N.Y.400 Clubsee 1945 04 07
                                            Recorded ABC network "Date With the Duke" or "Your Saturday Date With the Duke" broadcast from the club
                                            Duke Ellington and His Orchestra
                                            Hemphill, Stewart, Anderson, Jordan, Nance, Brown, Nanton, C.Jones, Hamilton, Hardwick, Hodges, Sears, Carney, Ellington, Guy, Raglin, Greer, K.Davis, Marie Ellington

                                            Titles broadcast:
                                          • Take The "A" Train (theme)
                                          • Mood To Be Wooed
                                          • If You Are But A Dream
                                          • (Otto, Make That) Riff Staccato
                                          • I'm Beginning To See The Light
                                          • West Indian Dance
                                            The Blues
                                            Emancipation Celebration
                                            Sugar Hill Penthouse
                                          • I Didn't Know About You
                                          • Stomp, Look and Listen
                                          • Frantic Fantasy
                                          • It Don't Mean A Thing
                                          • I Didn't Know About You
                                          • New Desor
                                            DE4515
                                            DEMS
                                            .djp2011
                                            updated
                                            2013-08-05
                                            1945 04 22
                                            Sunday
                                            .New York, N.Y.WOR studioMBS broadcast: Ellington, interviewed by Dick Brown for The Dick Brown Show.New Desor
                                            DE4516
                                            .
                                            .djp2011
                                            updated
                                            2013-08-05
                                            1945 04 22
                                            Sunday
                                            .New York, N.Y.400 Clubsee 1945 04 04
                                            CBS broadcast from the club
                                            Duke Ellington and His Orchestra
                                            Hemphill, Stewart, Jordan, Anderson, Nance, Brown, Nanton, C.Jones, Hamilton, Hardwick, Hodges, Sears, Carney, Ellington, Guy, Raglin, Greer, Hibbler, K.Davis
                                            Titles recorded:
                                            • Take The "A" Train (theme)
                                            • After A While
                                            • I Ain't Got Nothin' But The Blues
                                            • (Otto, Make That) Riff Staccato
                                            • I Didn't Know About You
                                            • Main Stem
                                            New Desor
                                            DE4517
                                            .
                                            .djp2011
                                            updated
                                            2013-08-05
                                            1945 04 23
                                            Monday
                                            .New York, N.Y.400 Clubsee 1945 04 04
                                            ...
                                            ..2011
                                            1945 04 24
                                            Tuesday
                                            .New York, N.Y.400 Clubsee 1945 04 04
                                            Recorded MBS remote broadcast
                                            Duke Ellington and His Orchestra
                                            Hemphill, Stewart, Jordan, Anderson, Nance, Brown, Nanton, C.Jones, Hamilton, Hardwick, Hodges, Sears, Carney, Ellington, Guy, Raglin, Greer

                                            Titles recorded:
                                            • All At Once
                                            • Candy
                                            New Desor
                                            DE4518
                                            .
                                            .djp2011
                                            updated
                                            2013-08-05
                                            1945 04 25
                                            Wednesday
                                            .New York, N.Y.400 Clubsee 1945 04 04
                                            ...
                                            ..2011
                                            1945 04 26
                                            Thursday
                                            .New York, N.Y.RCA Victor studio 2
                                            145 E.234th St.
                                            RCA Victor recording session
                                            Duke Ellington and His Famous Orchestra
                                            Hemphill, Stewart, Jordan, Anderson, Nance, Brown, Nanton, C.Jones, Hamilton, Hardwick, Hodges, Sears, Carney, Ellington, Guy, Raglin, Greer, Sherrill

                                            Title recorded:
                                            Kissing Bug
                                            New Desor
                                            DE4519
                                            .
                                            .djp2011
                                            updated
                                            2013-08-05
                                            2017-01-27
                                            1945 04 26
                                            Thursday
                                            .New York, N.Y.400 ClubSee 1945 04 04
                                            MBS remote broadcast from the club
                                            Duke Ellington and His Orchestra
                                            Hemphill, Stewart, Jordan, Anderson, Nance, Brown, Nanton, C.Jones, Hamilton, Hardwick, Hodges, Sears, Carney, Ellington, Guy, Raglin, Greer, Davis
                                            Titles recorded:
                                            • If You Are But A Dream
                                            • West Indian Dance
                                            New Desor
                                            DE4520
                                            .
                                            .djp2011
                                            updated
                                            2013-08-05
                                            1945 04 27
                                            Friday
                                            .New York, N.Y.400 Clubsee 1945 04 04
                                            ...
                                            ..2011
                                            1945 04 28
                                            Saturday
                                            .New York, N.Y.400 Clubsee 1945 04 04
                                            ABC network "Date With the Duke" broadcast - see 1945 04 07
                                            • Studio time: 1:00 to 5:30
                                            • Recording time: 2:15 to 5:15

                                            Duke Ellington and His Orchestra
                                            Hemphill, Stewart, Jordan, Anderson, Nance, Brown, Nanton, C.Jones, Hamilton, Hardwick, Hodges, Sears, Carney, Ellington, Guy, Raglin, Greer, Hibbler, Sherrill
                                            Titles recorded:
                                            • Take The "A" Train (theme)
                                            • Midriff
                                            • Carnegie Blues
                                            • Someone
                                            • My Little Brown Book
                                            • Kissing Bug
                                            • Ring Dem Bells
                                            • I'm Beginning To See The Light
                                            • Worksong
                                            • Come Sunday
                                            • Candy
                                            • Teardrops In The Rain
                                            • Accentuate The Positive
                                            • Way Low

                                            This was the last Date with the Duke broadcast from the club. Stratemann says:

                                            To continue the series...from ...theatres...a special permit had to be obtained from the Musicians Union:  The Treasury broadcasts [advertised War Bonds], and ... were looked upon as commercials requiring extra pay to the musicians. Because Ellington's tie-up was with the Treasury Department and the war effort, however, he was granted [a] blanket permit by ... Petrillo to continue the series from the road. Petrillo and the AFM were dutifully given credit on all subsequent broadcasts.

                                            (There is a downloadable recording of DWTD-6 which the website identifies the episode date as 1945-04-28. It is actually a combination of tunes broadcast on 4 dates, including May 5.)
                                            New Desor
                                            DE4521
                                            DEMS
                                            ..2011
                                            updated
                                            2013-08-08
                                            2014-10-14
                                            1945 04 29
                                            Sunday
                                            Ellington's birthday
                                            4:30 p.m.
                                            .New York, N.Y.NBC StudiosNew Desor and Stratemann have Ellington appearing on an NBC Blue network broadcast of The Tommy Dorsey Show
                                            Ellington, as a guest, played two numbers with Dorsey and the Jay Blackton Orchestra and soloed with a rhythm section on a third.
                                              Titles broadcast:
                                            • I Didn't Know About You
                                            • I'm Beginning To See The Light
                                            • Dancers In Love

                                            The Dorsey book names the show Music America Loves Best hosted by Tommy Dorsey, and the orchestra is The Jay Blackton Orchestra. Stockdale says the broadcast was from 9 to 9:30 p.m. but radio schedules indicate it was 4:30 EWT, and list it variously as "Music America Loves," "Blackton Orch" and "Best Loved Music."

                                            Ellington appeared as a guest on this show three times while Dorsey was host - see 1945 09 23 and 1945 11 25
                                            • Radio logs 1945-04-29:
                                              • New York Times (4:30,WEAF)
                                              • Chicago Daily Tribune (3:30, WMAQ)
                                              • Washington Post (4:30 WRC)
                                              • Brooklyn Daily Eagle (4:30,WEAF)
                                            • Robert Stockdale, The Dorsey Brothers: That's It!, Lulu.com 2008, p.266
                                            • Girvan: Ellingtonia.com
                                            • Vail I
                                            New Desor
                                            DE4522
                                            DEMS
                                            ..2011
                                            updated
                                            2013-08-05
                                            2014-09-21
                                            1945 04 29
                                            Sunday
                                            Ellington's birthday
                                            .New York, N.Y.400 Clubsee 1945 04 04
                                            CBS remote broadcast from the club
                                            Duke Ellington and His Orchestra
                                            Hemphill, Stewart, Jordan, Anderson, Nance, Brown, Nanton, C.Jones, Hamilton, Hardwick, Hodges, Sears, Carney, Ellington, Guy, Raglin, Greer, Sherrill
                                            Titles recorded:
                                            • Hit Me With A Hot Note
                                            • I Should Care
                                            • Clementine
                                            • I'm Beginning To See The Light
                                            • Things Ain't What They Used To Be
                                            New Desor
                                            DE4523
                                            .
                                            .djp2011
                                            updated
                                            2013-08-05
                                            1945 04 30
                                            Monday
                                            .New York, N.Y.400 Clubsee 1945 04 04
                                            Last night of the engagement.
                                            ...
                                            ..2011
                                            1945 04 00.New York, N.Y.400 ClubUndated remote CBS broadcast from the club
                                            Duke Ellington and His Orchestra
                                            Hemphill, Stewart, Jordan, Anderson, Nance, Brown, Nanton, C.Jones, Hamilton, Hardwick, Hodges, Sears, Carney, Ellington, Guy, Raglin, Greer
                                            Titles recorded:
                                            • Suddenly It Jumped
                                            • Things Ain't What They Used To Be
                                            Ellingtonia.comNew Desor
                                            DE4524
                                            .
                                            .djp2011
                                            updated
                                            2013-08-05

                                            May 1945

                                            1945 05 01
                                            Tuesday
                                            .New York, N.Y.RCA Victor studio 2
                                            145 E.234th St.
                                            RCA Victor recording session
                                            Studio time: 13:30 to 17:15
                                            Duke Ellington and His Famous Orchestra
                                            Hemphill, Stewart, Jordan, Anderson, Nance, Brown, Nanton, C.Jones, Hamilton, Hardwick, Hodges, Sears, Carney, Ellington, Guy, Raglin, Greer, Sherrill
                                            Titles recorded:
                                            • Everything But You
                                            • (Otto Make That) Riff Staccato
                                            New Desor
                                            DE4525
                                            .
                                            .djp2011
                                            updated
                                            2013-08-09
                                            2014-10-14
                                            2017-01-27
                                            1945 05 01
                                            Tuesday
                                            .New York, N.Y.400 RestaurantLast performance at the 400 Club - see 1945 04 04.

                                            MBS remote broadcast from the club
                                            Duke Ellington and His Orchestra
                                            Hemphill, Stewart, Jordan, Anderson, Nance, Brown, Nanton, C.Jones, Hamilton, Hardwick, Hodges, Sears, Carney, Ellington, Guy, Raglin, Greer, Sherrill, Nance, Hibbler and Davis
                                            announced by Jack Scanlon
                                            Titles broadcast and recorded:
                                            • Take The "A" Train
                                            • I Miss Your Kiss
                                            • He's Home For A Little While
                                            • Riff Staccato
                                            • I Ain't Got Nothin' But The Blues
                                            • I'm Beginning To See The Light

                                            This broadcast is included in disc 2 of DETS 2 CD set "Duke Ellington Treasury Shows, Vol. 10," DETS (D) 903 9010, tracks 20 to 25, whose liner notes say it was a CBS broadcast on May 4 from the 400 Club.

                                            Scanlon's sign-off identifies the network:

                                            "This is the Mutual Broadcasting System."

                                            This broadcast cannot have been a live broadcast on May 4, because Ellington was in Newark and Benny Goodman was then playing at the 400 Club.

                                            Since there are no identifiable Ellington broadcasts in the radio logs for May 1 or 4 in the Chicago Daily Tribune, the Los Angeles Times, the New York Times or the Washington Post, it may be that the broadcast was made earlier.

                                            DEPANORAMA.NET:

                                            Listed on 1may45 in the New Desor, but corrected in DEMS 04/2-42

                                            Collector Richard Ehrenzeller in DEMS 04/2-42:

                                            Jerry Valburn has told me that he has evidence that the 400 Restaurant broadcast that is included in DETS Vol.10 is really from 4May45 and not from 1May45 as mentioned in the Ellington discographies."

                                            DETS CD 9039010 liner notes by Valburn:

                                            We continue with a broadcast from the 400 Restaurant on closing night, May 4, 1945. Many of the Ellington discographies show the broadcast date as May 1. We transferred this broadcast from acetates, the label shows "May 4, 1945."

                                            New Desor small corrections sheet 6000, page 5:

                                            97 -Session 4526, 1May45. The correct date is: May 4, 1945.
                                            (04/2-42)
                                            Session 4526 is issued on DETS CD 9039010
                                            Correction-sheet 3020. (04/2-42)
                                            Delete: MBS; add: CBS. (liner-notes DETS 10)

                                            New Desor Small Corrections are proposed updates and corrections that have not yet been agreed to by New Desor discographers Massagli and Volonté. As of August 2013, they have not issued an official correction sheet.
                                              Stratemann:
                                            • the 400 Restaurant engagement ended May 1
                                            • the band played two 75 minute shows daily at the Adams Theatre May 3 to May 9
                                              Variety
                                            • full page May 2 ad saying Benny Goodman is currently at the 400 Club
                                            • review of Goodman's May 2 opening at the 400
                                              The Billboard
                                            • review of Goodman at the 400 on May 3
                                              Down Beat
                                            • Ellington, D. (Adams) Newark, N.J., 5/3-9, t
                                              DEMS 05/3-45
                                            • "Variety of 9May45 (ie after the event!) reviewed the engagement at the Adams Theatre in Newark NJ from 3 until 9May45"
                                            DEMS
                                            .djp2011
                                            updated
                                            2013-08-09
                                            1945 05 02
                                            Wednesday
                                            ...activities not documented...
                                            ...
                                            1945 05 03
                                            Thursday
                                            1945 05 09
                                            Wednesday
                                            Newark, N.J.Adams Theatre
                                            28 Branford Place
                                            Two 75-minute shows a day, with Bill Bailey (dancer) and Conway & Parks (comedy).
                                            Where the Bands are Playing, Down Beat, 1945-05-01,p.14.DEMS
                                            .djpAdded
                                            2011
                                            1945 05 04
                                            Friday
                                            .Newark, N.J.Adams Theatre2 shows daily - see 1945 03 03
                                            ...
                                            ..2011
                                            1945 05 05
                                            Saturday
                                            ... Peripheral event
                                            On May 5, German forces in north-west Europe surrendered, bringing the war in Europe to an end.
                                            ..New
                                            added 2013-08-09
                                            1945 05 05
                                            Saturday
                                            .Newark, N.J.Adams Theatre2 shows daily - see 1945 03 03

                                            ABC network "Date With the Duke" broadcast from the stage
                                            Duke Ellington and His Orchestra
                                            Hemphill, Stewart, Jordan, Anderson, Nance, Brown, Nanton, C.Jones, Hamilton, Hardwick, Hodges, Sears, Carney, Ellington, Guy, Raglin, Greer, Hibbler, Sherrill
                                            Titles recorded:
                                            • Take The "A" Train (theme)
                                            • Blutopia
                                            • Clementine
                                            • My Heart Sings
                                            • Sentimental Journey
                                            • I Got It Bad and That Ain't Good
                                            • Three Cent Stomp
                                            • Black And Tan Fantasy
                                            • Blue Skies
                                            • Passion Flower
                                            • Air Conditioned Jungle
                                            • Frantic Fantasy
                                            • I'm Beginning To See The Light with D.E. Bond Promo
                                            • Main Stem
                                            • Everything But You
                                            • Carnegie Blues
                                            • Jump for Joy
                                            • Things Ain't What They Used To Be
                                            New Desor
                                            DE4527
                                            DEMS
                                            .djp.2011
                                            updated
                                            2013-08-09
                                            1945 05 06
                                            Sunday
                                            .Newark, N.J.Adams Theatre2 shows daily - see 1945 03 03
                                            ...
                                            ..2011
                                            1945 05 07
                                            Monday
                                            .Newark, N.J.Adams Theatre2 shows daily - see 1945 03 03
                                            ...
                                            ..2011
                                            1945 05 08
                                            Tuesday
                                            .Newark, N.J.Adams Theatre2 shows daily - see 1945 03 03
                                            ...
                                            ..2011
                                            1945 05 09
                                            Wednesday
                                            .Newark, N.J.Adams Theatre2 shows daily - see 1945 03 03
                                            ...
                                            ..2011
                                            1945 05 10
                                            Thursday
                                            .New York, N.Y.RCA Victor studio 2
                                            145 E.234th St.
                                            RCA Victor recording session

                                            Time: 13:00 to 18:00 (1 o'clock call - started 2:00)
                                            Duke Ellington and His Famous Orchestra
                                            Hemphill, Stewart, Jordan, Anderson, Nance, Brown, Nanton, C.Jones, Hamilton, Hardwick, Hodges, Sears, Carney, Ellington, Guy, Raglin, Greer
                                            Title recorded:
                                            Prelude To A Kiss
                                            New Desor
                                            DE4528
                                            .
                                            .djp2011
                                            updated
                                            2013-08-09
                                            2017-01-27
                                            1945 05 11
                                            Friday
                                            .New York, N.Y.RCA Victor studio 2
                                            145 E.234th St.
                                            RCA Victor recording session

                                            Time: 11:15-17:15.
                                            Duke Ellington and His Famous Orchestra
                                            Hemphill,Stewart, Jordan, Anderson, Nance, Brown, Nanton, C.Jones, Hamilton, Hardwick, Hodges, Sears, Carney, Ellington, Guy, Raglin, Greer, K.Davis
                                            Titles recorded:
                                            • Caravan
                                            • Black And Tan Fantasy
                                            • Caravan
                                            • Mood Indigo
                                            New Desor
                                            DE4529
                                            DEMS
                                            ..2011
                                            updated
                                            2013-08-10
                                            2017-01-27
                                            1945 05 12
                                            Saturday
                                            .New York, N.Y.Radio City Studio 6BABC network "Date With the Duke" broadcast from Radio City (- see 1945 04 07)
                                            Duke Ellington and His Orchestra
                                            Hemphill, Stewart, Jordan, Anderson, Nance, Brown, Nanton, C.Jones, Hamilton, Hardwick, Hodges, Sears, Carney, Ellington, Guy, Bob Haggart (bass), Greer, Hibbler, Sherrill, Davis, Marie Ellington

                                              Titles broadcast and recorded:
                                            • Take The "A" Train (theme)
                                            • Carnegie Blues
                                            • Riff Staccato
                                            • several D.E. Bond Promos
                                            • All At Once
                                            • Yesterdays
                                            • I Miss Your Kiss
                                            • Accentuate The Positive
                                            • Blue Cellophane
                                            • Prelude To A Kiss
                                            • Caravan
                                            • Sophisticated Lady
                                            • I Ain't Got Nothin' But The Blues
                                            • I'm Beginning To See The Light
                                            • In A Mellow Tone
                                            • Harlem Airshaft
                                            • I Don't Mind
                                            • Jeep Is Jumpin'
                                            New Desor
                                            DE4530
                                            DEMS
                                            .(credit G.Collombé as all 09,3-13 entries)+djp2011
                                            updated
                                            2013-08-10
                                            1945 05 13
                                            Sunday
                                            ...activities not documented...
                                            ...
                                            1945 05 14
                                            Monday
                                            .New York, N.Y.Lotos Club Studio
                                            57th St.110 W.57th St.
                                            RCA Victor recording session
                                            Time: 11:25 to 14:25
                                            Duke Ellington with Tommy Dorsey and his orchestra
                                            Ellington, Charlie Shavers, Tommy Dorsey, Buddy Rich and the Tommy Dorsey orchestra
                                            Ellington recorded The Minor Goes Muggin'

                                            Dorsey and Ellington were both under contract to RCA, were both recording this day and each appeared as a soloist with the other's band that day. Since the Ellington orchestra session started at 1 P>M., one must assume Duke played for Dorsey's session earlier, rather than later.
                                            New Desor
                                            DE4532
                                            DEMS
                                            ..2011
                                            updated
                                            2013-08-10
                                            2014-10-14
                                            2014-11-03
                                            1945 05 14
                                            Monday
                                            .New York, N.Y.Victor Studio 2
                                            155 E.24th St.
                                            RCA Victor recording session
                                            Time: 13:00 to 19:20
                                            Willis Ray Nance Dismissed 19:00
                                            Duke Ellington and His Famous Orchestra
                                            Hemphill, Stewart, Jordan, Anderson, Nance, Brown, Nanton, C.Jones, Hamilton, Hardwick, Hodges, Sears, Carney, Ellington, Guy, Haggart, Greer, Sherrill, Davis, Marie Ellington, Tommy Dorsey

                                            Titles recorded:
                                            • In A Sentimental Mood
                                            • It Don't Mean A Thing
                                            • Sophisticated Lady
                                            • Tonight I Shall Sleep (With A Smile On My Face)
                                            Dorsey and Ellington were both under contract to RCA, were both recording this day and each appeared as a soloist with the other's band that day.

                                            Timner places this session after the session with the Dorsey band. Steven Lasker's research confirms this session stated later than Dorsey's, but there is an overlap. One must assume Ellington played in the early part of the Dorsey session and returned to RCA for his own.
                                            New Desor
                                            DE4531
                                            .
                                            .djp2011
                                            updated
                                            2013-08-10
                                            2014-10-14
                                            1945 05 15
                                            Tuesday
                                            .New York, N.Y.RCA Victor studio 2
                                            145 E.234th St.
                                            RCA Victor recording session
                                            Time: 13:30 to 17:15

                                            Duke Ellington and His Famous Orchestra
                                            Hemphill, Stewart, Jordan, Anderson, Nance, Brown, Nanton, C.Jones, Hamilton, Hardwick, Hodges, Sears, Carney, Ellington, Guy, Raglin, Greer, Sherrill
                                            Titles recorded:
                                            • I Let A Song Go Out Of My Heart
                                            • Solitude
                                            New Desor
                                            DE4533
                                            .
                                            .djp2011
                                            updated
                                            2013-08-10
                                            2014-10-14
                                            2017-01-27
                                            1945 05 16
                                            Wednesday
                                            .New York, N.Y.RCA Victor studio 2
                                            145 E.234th St.
                                            RCA Victor recording session
                                            Duke Ellington and His Rhythm (11:30-13:00)
                                            Duke Ellington and His Famous Orchestra(13:10-17:10)
                                            Hemphill, Stewart, Jordan, Anderson, Nance, Brown, Nanton, C.Jones, Hamilton, Hardwick, Hodges, Sears, Carney, Ellington, Raglin, Guy, Greer. Hibbler

                                            Titles recorded:
                                            • Frankie And Johnny
                                            • Jumping Room Only
                                            • Black Beauty
                                            • Ev'ry Hour On The Hour
                                            New Desor
                                            DE4534
                                            DEMS
                                            .djp2011
                                            updated
                                            2013-08-10
                                            2014-10-14
                                            2017-01-27
                                            1945 05 17
                                            Thursday
                                            ...activities not documented, likely a travel day...
                                            ...
                                            1945 05 18
                                            Friday
                                            1945 05 24
                                            Thursday
                                            Detroit, Mich.Paradise TheaterStage show
                                            • Where the Bands are Playing, Down Beat, 1945-05-15,p14
                                            • Stratemann p.262
                                            • Vail I
                                            ..
                                            ..2011
                                            updated
                                            2013-08-16
                                            1945 05 19
                                            Saturday
                                            .Detroit, Mich.Paradise TheaterStage show - see 1945 05 18

                                            ABC network "Date With the Duke" broadcast - see 1945 04 07
                                            Duke Ellington and His Orchestra
                                            Hemphill, Stewart, Jordan, Anderson, Nance, Brown, Nanton, C.Jones, Hamilton, Hardwick, Hodges, Sears, Carney, Ellington, Guy, Raglin, Greer, Sherrill, Davis
                                            Titles recorded:
                                            • Take The "A" Train (theme)
                                            • Teardrops In The Rain
                                            • Everything But You
                                            • Perdido
                                            • If You Are But A Dream
                                            • Pitter Panther Patter
                                            • Emancipation Celebration
                                            • I Should Care
                                            • Medley: In A Sentimental Mood, It Don't Mean A Thing, Solitude
                                            • I'm Beginning To See The Light
                                            • Just Squeeze Me
                                            • C-Jam Blues
                                            • Don't You Know I Care
                                            • Stomp Look And Listen
                                            • Things Ain't What They Used To Be
                                            .New Desor
                                            DE4535
                                            DEMS
                                            ..2011
                                            updated
                                            2013-08-11
                                            1945 05 20
                                            Sunday
                                            .Detroit, Mich.Paradise TheaterStage show - see 1945 05 18
                                            ...
                                            ..2011
                                            1945 05 21
                                            Monday
                                            .Detroit, Mich.Paradise TheaterStage show - see 1945 05 18
                                            ...
                                            ..2011
                                            1945 05 22
                                            Tuesday
                                            .Detroit, Mich.Paradise TheaterStage show - see 1945 05 18
                                            ...
                                            ..2011
                                            1945 05 23
                                            Wednesday
                                            .Detroit, Mich.Paradise TheaterStage show - see 1945 05 18
                                            ...
                                            ..2011
                                            1945 05 24
                                            Thursday
                                            .Detroit, Mich.Paradise TheaterStage show - see 1945 05 18
                                            ...
                                            ..2011
                                            1945 05 25
                                            Friday
                                            1945 06 01
                                            Friday
                                            Chicago, Ill.Regal TheatreStage show with Jesse & James and Conway & Parks
                                            • Ad, Chicago Defender 1945-05-26
                                            • Stratemann p.262
                                            • Vail I
                                            .
                                            TDESoct08.2011
                                            updated
                                            2013-08-16
                                            1945 05 26
                                            Saturday
                                            .Chicago, Ill.Regal TheatreStage show - see 1945 05 25
                                            ABC network "Date With the Duke" broadcast - see 1945 04 07
                                            Duke Ellington and His Orchestra
                                            Hemphill, Stewart, Jordan, Anderson, Nance, Brown, Nanton, Jones, Hamilton, Hardwick, Hodges, Sears, Carney, Ellington, Guy, Raglin, Greer, Hibbler, Sherrill, Davis
                                              Titles broadcast and recorded:
                                            • Take the "A" Train (theme)
                                            • Sugar Hill Penthouse
                                            • Suddenly It Jumped
                                            • Candy
                                            • A Friend Of Yours
                                            • Kissing Bug
                                            • Hollywood Hangover
                                            • Laura
                                            • In The Shade Of The Old Apple Tree
                                            • Frankie and Johnny, Metronome All Out
                                            • I'm Beginning to See The Light
                                            • Midriff
                                            • I Ain't Got Nothin' But The Blues
                                            • My Honey's Lovin' Arms
                                            • Rockin' In Rhythm
                                            New Desor
                                            DE4536
                                            DEMS
                                            Timner corrections .Added
                                            2011
                                            updated
                                            2013-08-11
                                            1945 05 27
                                            Sunday
                                            .Chicago, Ill.Regal TheatreStage show - see 1945 05 25
                                            ...
                                            ..2011
                                            1945 05 27...Peripheral note
                                            Singer Gertrude Niesen, shown in discographies as singing in the 1944-12-17 Music America Loves Best AFRS broadcast, is only documented in the series on 1944-09-10 and 1945-05-27.
                                            DEMS 02,2-13..
                                            .djp2011
                                            updated
                                            2013-06-06
                                            1945 05 28
                                            Monday
                                            .Chicago, Ill.Regal TheatreStage show - see 1945 05 25
                                            ...
                                            ..2011
                                            1945 05 29
                                            Tuesday
                                            .Chicago, Ill.Regal TheatreStage show - see 1945 05 25
                                            ...
                                            ..2011
                                            1945 05 30
                                            Wednesday
                                            .Chicago, Ill.Regal TheatreStage show - see 1945 05 25
                                            ...
                                            ..2011
                                            1945 05 31
                                            Thursday
                                            .Chicago, Ill.Regal TheatreStage show - see 1945 05 25
                                            ...
                                            ..2011

                                            June 1945

                                            1945 06 01
                                            Friday
                                            .Chicago, Ill.Regal TheatreStage show - see 1945 05 25
                                            ...
                                            ..2011
                                            1945 06 02
                                            Saturday
                                            .Battle Creek, MichiganPercy Jones Army HospitalConcert with ABC network "Date With the Duke" broadcast (see 1945 04 07)
                                            Duke Ellington and His Orchestra
                                            Hemphill, Stewart, Jordan, Anderson, Nance, Brown, Nanton, C.Jones, Hamilton, Hardwick, Hodges, Sears, Carney, Ellington, Guy, Raglin, Greer, Hibbler, K.Davis
                                              Titles broadcast and recorded:
                                            • Take The "A" Train (theme)
                                            • Mood To Be Wooed
                                            • Jack The Bear
                                            • The More I See You
                                            • Way Low
                                            • Blues On The Double
                                            • Summertime
                                            • Come Sunday
                                            • Light
                                            • I'm Beginning To See The Light
                                            • On The Alamo
                                            • Carnegie Blues
                                            • Riff Staccato
                                            • Blue Skies
                                            • Things Ain't What They Used to Be
                                            The Marshall, Mich., paper reported the announcer would be Bruce O'Leary from Marshall, that the program would be broadcast from 4 to 5 o'clock Saturday afternoon, and would be re-broadcast to foreign countries Saturday evening.

                                            Originally the Seventh Day Adventists' Battle Creek Sanitarium hospital, Percy Jones Army Hospital was sold to the U.S. Army in 1942 and by 1945 was the largest U.S. army hospital. A picture of the massive building can be seen here.
                                            New Desor
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                                            1945 06 02
                                            Saturday
                                            .Kalamazoo, Mich.Kalamazoo ArmoryDance

                                            "Miss Lois Drumm is visiting her sister Betty...Tonight she is attending the dance at the Armory, where Duke Ellington and his band are playing."
                                            • Stratemann p.262
                                            • Evening Chronicle, Marshall, Mich.,1945-06-02, p.2
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                                            1945 06 03
                                            Sunday
                                            ...activities not documented...
                                            ...
                                            1945 06 04
                                            Monday
                                            ...activities not documented...
                                            ...
                                            1945 06 05
                                            Tuesday
                                            1945 06 07
                                            Thursday
                                            Columbus, OhioPalace Theater.
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                                            Wednesday
                                            .Columbus, OhioPalace TheaterStage show - see 1945 06 05
                                            ...
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                                            1945 06 07
                                            Thursday
                                            .Columbus, OhioPalace TheaterStage show - see 1945 06 05
                                            ...
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                                            1945 06 08
                                            Friday
                                            1945 06 10
                                            Sunday
                                            Toledo, OhioParamount Theater.
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                                            1945 06 09
                                            Saturday
                                            .Toledo, Ohio Paramount TheatreStage show - see 1945 06 09
                                            ABC network "Date With the Duke" broadcast (see 1945 04 07)
                                            Duke Ellington and His Orchestra
                                            Hemphill, Stewart, Jordan, Anderson, Nance, Brown, Nanton, C.Jones, Hamilton, Hardwick, Hodges, Sears, Carney, Ellington, Guy, Raglin, Greer, Hibbler, Sherrill, Marie Ellington

                                            Titles broadcast and recorded:
                                            • Take The "A" Train (theme)
                                            • Blue Is The Night
                                            • Can't You Read Between The Lines?
                                            • Rockabye River (Hop, Skip, Jump)
                                            • Kissing Bug
                                            • Solid Old Man
                                            • One O'Clock Jump
                                            • I Miss Your Kiss
                                            • Things Ain't What They Used to Be
                                            • Blues Cluster (Diminuendo In Blue, Rocks In My Bed and Crescendo In Blue)
                                            • I'm Beginning To See The Light
                                            • Teardrops In The Rain
                                            • My Little Brown Book
                                            • Accentuate The Positive
                                            • C-Jam Blues
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                                            Sunday
                                            .Toledo, OhioParamount TheaterStage show - see 1945 06 09.
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                                            1945 06 11
                                            Monday
                                            ...activities not documented...
                                            ...
                                            1945 06 12
                                            Tuesday
                                            1945 06 17
                                            Sunday
                                            Evansville, Ind.Franklin Gardens
                                            1801 W.Franklin
                                            Dance

                                            A newly converted bowling alley, Franklin Lanes, reopened as a ballroom with a Jitterbug Night on June 6, featuring two local bands, Betty McGuire and Her All-Girl Orchestra and George Fountain and His Orchestra, dancing from 9 pm to 2:30 am, admission $1.00. The Grand Opening was "A Gala Nite - Fun Galore" on June 8, with the same 2 bands, admission $1.50 plus tax.

                                            Ellington, the first name band to play in this converted ballroom, began on Tuesday, June 12, and was paid $8,500 for six days. Fountain, the house band was paid $1,500.

                                            "Continuous music by two orchestras. .. some tripping we'd say."

                                            The June 12 ad shows admission Tuesday to Thursday was $2.10 including tax, and Friday to Sunday, $2.40. Friday night was "colored only."

                                            Stratemann and Vail erroneously show the engagement was from June 11 to June 16 and the Joe Igo itinerary seems to have it as "10 thru 16- DEO received $6,500 for a six day run."

                                            Stratemann refers to the venue as "Franklin Lane Ballroom (Franklin Gardens)"

                                            Variety said Franklin Lane Ballroom "got notice among band agencies several weeks ago due to the high prices it was offering for name bands, closed last week. Spot, formerly a bowling alley, began its run by paying Duke Ellington for a six-day run and subsequently had Johnny Long and others. In the space of a few weeks the spot dropped $20,000 it's claimed, and ... made preparations to return to its original status as a bowling alley operation."

                                            David King, the current owner of Franklin Lanes, wrote "I have heard for many years that some big name bands played at Franklin Lanes during the summers of 1940's. The legend is the lanes were covered with a dance floor and big name bands played during summer." and "Our records show no games bowled June-July-Aug 1945, the lanes would have been covered easily with plywood and removed at end of summer for bowling."
                                            Thanks are due to Mr. King and to Ms Renny McBride, Local History Librarian, Evansville Vanderburgh Public Library for their help with my research on this engagement.
                                            • Evansville Press:
                                              • Ad, 1945-06-06,p.6
                                              • Ad, 1945-06-08,p.10a
                                              • Ad, 1945-06-12, p.8
                                              • Announcement, Ed Klinger in Aisle Seat, 1945-06-08 p.10
                                              • Ad, 1945-06-15, p.8 (Colored Dance)
                                              • Comment, 1945-06-07, p.17
                                            • Stratemann, p.262, citing Variety 1945-07-25 p.42
                                            • Vail I
                                            • Emails, King/Palmquist, August 2013
                                            • Emails, McBride/Palmquist, August 2013
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                                            Wednesday
                                            .Evansville, Ind.Franklin GardensDance - see 1945 06 11
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                                            1945 06 14
                                            Thursday
                                            .Evansville, Ind.Franklin GardensDance - see 1945 06 11
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                                            1945 06 15
                                            Friday
                                            .Evansville, Ind.Franklin GardensDance - Colored Only - see 1945 06 11
                                            ...
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                                            1945 06 16
                                            Saturday
                                            .Evansville, Ind.Unnamed army camp at Evansville(Unconfirmed)

                                            Concert

                                            Since the nearest army base was Camp Breckinridge, Kentucky, some 35 miles away, the Evansville librarian thinks it's possible the band might have played in the USO canteen. USO's were segregated in Evansville as elsewhere, and the USO for white servicemen was an abandoned and renovated train station with a large dance floor. Further research is required.
                                            Stratemann p.263..
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                                            Saturday
                                            .Evansville, Ind.Franklin GardensDance - see 1945 06 12- with recorded ABC network "Date With the Duke" broadcast

                                            New Desor and Stratemann have this broadcast originating from the army camp at Evansville, but Timner IV, depanorama.net, Vail I, DEMS 81/5-4 and DEMS 87/2-9 say it was from Franklin Gardens. This is supported by the Evansville Press

                                            "Ellington donates the use of his band for a weekly broadcast for the Treasury Department to plug War Bond sales. One of these will be at Franklin Gardens June 16. It's a Blue Network broadcast from 4 to 5 p.m. The Blue is sending its own technicians and announcers to Evansville to handle the broadcast. It'll be announced locally by Fred Rollison of Evansville-On-the-Air, Inc."


                                            Duke Ellington and His Orchestra
                                            Hemphill, Stewart, Jordan, Anderson, Nance, Brown, Nanton, C.Jones, Hamilton, Hardwick, Hodges, Sears, Carney, Ellington, Guy, Raglin, Greer, Sherrill, K.Davis
                                              Titles broadcast:
                                            • Take The "A" Train (theme)
                                            • Back Home Again In Indiana
                                            • Blue Serge
                                            • The Wish That I Wish Tonight
                                            • Jumpin' Punkins
                                            • On The Sunnyside Of The Street
                                            • Cotton Tail
                                            • New World a-Comin'
                                            • I'm Beginning To See The Light
                                            • Johnny Come Lately
                                            • Yesterdays
                                            • Let The Zoomers Drool
                                            • Boy Meets Horn
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                                            Sunday
                                            .Evansville, Ind.USO canteen for whitesUnder the heading "Duke Ellington to Play at USO Center" the Press reported

                                            "...A tea dance will be held Sunday afternoon with music by Herbie Hutchinson and his band. In the late afternoon, a concert by the Chicago Staff Band of the Salvation Army will be presented.
                                            Also scheduled is a Father and Son banquet with the American War Dads acting as fathers by proxy. Colonel A. E. Chesham, chief secretary for the Salvation Army in the 11 Central States, will speak. Special piano music will be furnished by Duke Ellington, who is in Evansville this week with his orchestra."

                                            Evansville Press, 1945-06-14, p.15..
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                                            Sunday
                                            .Evansville, Ind.Franklin GardensDance - see 1945 06 11
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                                            1945 06 17
                                            Sunday
                                            ...PERSONNEL CHANGE
                                            Around this time, bassist Al Lucas was hired by Ellington.
                                            Stratemann p.263 citing Metronome 1945-08,p.10.New
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                                            1945 06 18
                                            Monday
                                            ...activities not documented...
                                            ...
                                            1945 06 19
                                            Tuesday
                                            1945 06 21
                                            Thursday
                                            Youngstown, OhioPalace Theaterstage show
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                                            1945 06 20
                                            Wednesday
                                            .Youngstown, OhioPalace Theaterstage show - see 1945 06 19
                                            ...
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                                            1945 06 21
                                            Thursday
                                            .Youngstown, OhioPalace Theaterstage show - see 1945 06 19
                                            ...
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                                            1945 06 22
                                            Friday
                                            1945 06 25
                                            Monday
                                            Akron, OhioPalace TheatreStage show
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                                            1945 06 23
                                            Saturday
                                            .Akron, OhioABC network "Date With the Duke" broadcast from an Army camp - see 1945 04 07
                                            Duke Ellington and His Orchestra
                                            Personnel:
                                            Hemphill, Stewart, Jordan, Anderson, Nance, Brown, Nanton, C.Jones, Hamilton, Hardwick, Hodges, Sears, Carney, Ellington, Strayhorn,Guy, Raglin, Greer, Sherrill, K.Davis

                                            Titles recorded:
                                            • Take The "A" Train (theme)
                                            • Jump for Joy
                                            • All At Once
                                            • Ko-Ko
                                            • I Should Care
                                            • Go Away Blues
                                            • Tootin' Through The Roof
                                            • Ev'ry Hour On The Hour
                                            • I'm Beginning To See The Light
                                            • Blue Bells Of Harlem
                                            • Body And Soul
                                            • The More I See You
                                            • What Am I Here For?
                                            • Warm Valley
                                            • Stompy Jones
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                                            1945 06 23
                                            Saturday
                                            .Akron, OhioPalace TheatreStage show - see 1945 06 22
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                                            1945 06 24
                                            Sunday
                                            .Akron, OhioPalace TheatreStage show - see 1945 06 22
                                            ...
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                                            1945 06 25
                                            Monday
                                            .Akron, OhioPalace TheatreStage show - see 1945 06 22
                                            ...
                                            ..2011
                                            1945 06 26
                                            Tuesday
                                            ...activities not documented...
                                            ...
                                            1945 06 27
                                            Wednesday
                                            .Atlantic City, N.J.U.S. Coast Guard Training CenterConcert
                                            Your Saturday Date With the Duke (Victory Night Radio Broadcast)

                                            Broadcast on WFL and nationally on Coca-Cola's Victory Parade of Spotlight Bands

                                            Later released on AFRS 16 inch transcription 863 AFRS708
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                                            Thursday
                                            ...activities not documented...
                                            ...
                                            1945 06 29
                                            Friday
                                            .New York, N.Y.Apollo Theater
                                            253 W. 125th St., Borough of Manhattan, Harlem district
                                            One week vaudeville engagement.
                                            Duke Ellington and his band and revue
                                            Johnny Hodges - Rex Stewart
                                            Ray Nance - Al Hibbler
                                            Cook and Brown
                                            Bert Howell and Bowser Buddy.
                                            Wed, Amateur Broadcast
                                            Sat. Midnight show
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                                            Saturday
                                            .New York, N.Y.Apollo Theater
                                            253 W. 125th St., Borough of Manhattan, Harlem district
                                            .
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                                            July 1945

                                            1945 07 01
                                            Sunday
                                            New York, N.Y.Apollo Theater
                                            253 W. 125th St., Borough of Manhattan, Harlem district
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                                            253 W. 125th St., Borough of Manhattan, Harlem district
                                            .
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                                            1945 07 02
                                            Monday
                                            New York, N.Y.Apollo Theater
                                            253 W. 125th St., Borough of Manhattan, Harlem district
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                                            1945 07 03
                                            Tuesday
                                            New York, N.Y.Apollo Theater
                                            253 W. 125th St., Borough of Manhattan, Harlem district
                                            .
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                                            1945 07 04
                                            Wednesday
                                            New York, N.Y.Apollo Theater
                                            253 W. 125th St., Borough of Manhattan, Harlem district
                                            .
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                                            1945 07 05
                                            Thursday
                                            New York, N.Y.Apollo Theater
                                            253 W. 125th St., Borough of Manhattan, Harlem district
                                            .
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                                            1945 07 05
                                            Thursday
                                            ...Sidemen recording session
                                            ..DEMS
                                            ..Added
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                                            1945 07 06
                                            Friday
                                            1945 07 08Hartford, Conn.State Theatre.
                                            ...
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                                            1945 07 07
                                            Saturday
                                            .New York, N.Y.Radio City Studio 6B.
                                            ...
                                            ..Added
                                            2011
                                            1945 07 07
                                            Saturday
                                            .Hartford, Conn.State Theatre.
                                            ...
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                                            2011
                                            1945 07 07
                                            Saturday
                                            .New York, N.Y.Timme Rosenkrantz residenceBirthday party, Timme Rosenkrantz
                                            .New Desor
                                            DE4544 DE4545
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                                            1945 07 08
                                            Sunday
                                            .Hartford, Conn.State Theatre.
                                            ...
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                                            1945 07 09
                                            Monday
                                            ...activities not documented
                                            ...
                                            ...
                                            1945 07 10
                                            Tuesday
                                            .Cranston, R.I.Rhodes-On-The-Pawtuxet.
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                                            1945 07 11
                                            Wednesday
                                            ...activities not documented
                                            ...
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                                            1945 07 12
                                            Thursday
                                            ...activities not documented
                                            ...
                                            ...
                                            1945 07 13
                                            Friday
                                            1945 07 18Boston, Mass.RKO Theatre.
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                                            1945 07 14
                                            Saturday
                                            .Boston, Mass.RKO Theatre.
                                            .New Desor
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                                            1945 07 15
                                            Sunday
                                            Boston, Mass.RKO Theatre.
                                            ...
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                                            1945 07 16
                                            Monday
                                            Boston, Mass.RKO Theatre.
                                            ...
                                            ..Added
                                            2011
                                            1945 07 17
                                            Tuesday
                                            Boston, Mass.RKO Theatre.
                                            ...
                                            ..Added
                                            2011
                                            1945 07 18
                                            Wednesday
                                            Boston, Mass.RKO Theatre.
                                            ...
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                                            2011
                                            1945 07 19
                                            Thursday
                                            .Boston, Mass.Revere Beach.
                                            ...
                                            ..Added
                                            2011
                                            1945 07 20
                                            Friday
                                            .Burlington (Vt)..
                                            ...
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                                            1945 07 21
                                            Saturday
                                            .Marshfield, Mass.Fieldston Ballroom.
                                            .New Desor
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                                            1945 07 22
                                            Sunday
                                            .New London, Conn.Danceland.
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                                            1945 07 23
                                            Monday
                                            ...activities not documented
                                            ...
                                            ...
                                            1945 07 24
                                            Tuesday
                                            .New York, N.Y.Victor Studio 2Recording session at
                                            • 10:00 to 13:00
                                            • & 13:30 to 16:30

                                            • Email Lasker-Palmquist 2014-10-14 re session time
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                                            1945 07 25
                                            Wednesday
                                            .Lowell, Mass.
                                            New York, N.Y.
                                            Commodore BallroomLowell Sun:

                                            COMMODORE
                                            WED., JULY 25
                                            Duke Ellington

                                            and His
                                            Sensational Orchestra

                                            Adm. $1.25 ..... Plus Tax

                                            The same ad appeared the following day and in the Lowell Sunday Telegram.
                                            eBay listing:
                                            '12 Autographs - DUKE ELLINGTON BAND - 7/25/45 - Inc Duke Ellington, Harry Carney
                                            - For sale is autograph book containing autographs collected by a jazz fan on July 25, 1945 at the Commodore Hotel, New York.
                                            -These autographs included various members of the Duke Ellington Band in addition to various members of the John Kirby Band.
                                            - The original autographs of the Duke Ellington Band include the following:
                                            • Duke Ellington - Piano
                                            • Al Sears - Tenor Saxophone
                                            • Otto Hardwicke [sic] - Alto Saxophone/clarinet
                                            • Harry Carney - Baritone Saxophone
                                            • Jimmy Hamilton - Clarinet/tenor saxophone
                                            • Sonny Greer - Drums
                                            • Claude Jones - Valve Trombone
                                            • Rex Stewart - Cornet
                                            • Al Lucas - Bass
                                            • Shelton Hemphill - Trumpet
                                            • Fred Guy - Guitar
                                            • Alvin (Junior) Raglin - Bass
                                            • - The original autographs of the John Kirby Band include the following:
                                              • John Kirby - Bass
                                              • Buster Bailey - Clarinet
                                              • Russell Procope - Alto Saxophone
                                              • Billy Kyle - Piano
                                              • Bill Beason - Drums
                                            • The eBay listing showed only the Ellington band pages of the autograph book. All pages but one have just one signature; Marie (Ellington) signed on Otto Hardwick's page (he signed his name Otto Hardwicke).
                                            • The newspaper ads simply said Commodore. While a previous chronicler located the event at New York's Commodore Hotel (which had an office in Boston and advertised in the Springfield, Mass., newspapers), Walter V. Hickey of the Lowell Historical Society confirmed the venue was the Commodore Ballroom in Lowell.
                                            • The Commodore Ballroom business records include a page for this evening which shows
                                                 1945                  COMMODORE                  1945
                                              Let hall to Play - Ray Amusement Corp.
                                              Wed. July 25 - Clear - Fine, but very hot
                                              Duke Ellington's Orch. 1200@1.50
                                              Opposition:-Lakeview-Joe O'Leary's Irish Minstrels Adm 12c

                                              Received for rent of hall 75.00

                                              Use of P.A. System 5.00
                                              --------
                                              $80.00
                                              Help 36.00
                                              Adv. 23.00
                                              --------
                                              $139.00
                                              Help
                                              2 cops -- 14.00
                                              1 matron -- 3.00
                                              1 floor-man -- 4.00
                                              1 check-room cashier -- 3.00
                                              3 in check-room -- 9.00
                                              --------
                                              $36.00 Galvin received
                                              checking $23.50
                                              Adv.. 21/2 inches in
                                              Lowell Sunday Telegram 5.00
                                              Radio - WLLH - 12.00
                                              " WLAW - 6.00
                                              --------
                                              $23.00
                                              1945
                                            • The Kirby autographs were not collected at the same time/place as the Ellington autographs. The Commodore Ballroom accounting record makes no mention of Kirby's band; the July 21 Baltimore Afro-American announced Kirby was replacing another band at Cafe Society Downtown, New York, and an AP wirestory dated July 28 said Kirby was playing at Cafe Society downtown.

                                            • Lowell Sun, Lowell, Mass.
                                              • 1945-07-19 p.18
                                              • 1945-07-20 p.12
                                            • Lowell Sunday Telegram , Lowell, Mass.
                                              1945-07-22 p.15, courtesy W. Hickey, Lowell Historical Society
                                            • eBay listing, courtesy Steven Bowie,
                                              email 2017-11-27
                                            • Commodore Ballroom business records,
                                              courtesy Janine Whitcomb,
                                              Center for Lowell History,
                                              University of Massachusetts
                                              Lowell Libraries
                                            • Baltimore Afro-American, Baltimore, Md.
                                              1945-07-21 p.14
                                            • AP wirestory, datelined 1945-07-28 New York, Oakland Tribune, Oakland, Cal., 1945-07-29 p.3C
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                                            Thursday
                                            ...activities not documented
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                                            ...
                                            1945 07 27
                                            Friday
                                            1945 07 29Hartford, Conn.State Theatre.
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                                            1945 07 28
                                            Saturday
                                            .Hartford, Conn.State Theatre.
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                                            1945 07 29
                                            Sunday
                                            ...activities not documented
                                            ...
                                            ...
                                            1945 07 30
                                            Monday
                                            .New York, N.Y.Victor Studio 2 14:00 to 17:00 & 17:30 to 19:30.
                                            • Email Lasker-Palmquist 2014-10-14 re session time
                                            New Desor
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                                            1945 07 31
                                            Tuesday
                                            .New York, N.Y..World Transcript
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                                            August 1945

                                            1945 08 00... Peripheral event
                                            The August 1945 edition of _______ carried a sidebar column by Leonard Feather saying "Not long ago the Blue Network announced that it would pick up the band from wherever it happened to be each Saturday and give it a solid hour on the air from five to six p.m. EWT.
                                            ..New
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                                            1945 08 00...Stratemann describes August as a time when Ellington's band was comparatively inactive.

                                            The Zanesville Signal reported the cancellation of an August 9 date at Buckeye Lake, saying Duke had suffered a heart attack.

                                            The Billboard reported 11 one-nighters in the Midwest were cancelled, at a loss of $16,000 in guarantees. It says ballroom operators were forced to run notices of cancellation, and that Vearl Sissel of the Coliseum Ballroom in Oelwien, Iowa, used radio, newspapers and a mailing list to inform his patrons, and explained in black type "Doctor's Orders - Duke Ellington will Play No One-Nighters."
                                            • Zanesville Signal, 1945-08-07, p.11
                                            • Stratemann, p.263
                                            • The Billboard 1945-08-25, p.19
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                                            1945 08 01
                                            Wednesday
                                            ...activities not documented...
                                            ...
                                            1945 08 02
                                            Thursday
                                            ...activities not documented...
                                            ...
                                            1945 08 03
                                            Friday
                                            .New York, N.Y.Radio CityBroadcast "Sittin'In With The Duke - Rehearsal Program No. 1"
                                            .New Desor
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                                            1945 08 04
                                            Saturday
                                            .New York, N.Y.ABC Studio 6B
                                            Radio City
                                            ABC Blue Network broadcast "Your Saturday Date With The Duke"
                                            U.S. Treasury broadcast #17
                                            .New Desor
                                            DE4553
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                                            1945 08 05
                                            Sunday
                                            ... Peripheral event
                                            Broadcast "Canta Bing Crosby"

                                            Sjef Hoesfmit's opinion is that this seems to be an edited version of the 1945-01-18 broadcast listed in New DESOR DE4505
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                                            1945 08 06
                                            Monday
                                            ...activities not documented...
                                            ...
                                            1945 08 07
                                            Tuesday
                                            ...activities not documented...
                                            ...
                                            1945 08 07
                                            Tuesday
                                            .New York, N.Y.Decca studiosWorld Broadcasting System recording session
                                            Duke Ellington and His Famous Orchestra
                                            Hemphill, Stewart, Jordan, Anderson, Nance, Brown, Nanton, Jones, Hamilton, Hodges, Hardwick, Sears, Carney, Ellington, Strayhorn, Guy, Raglin, Greer, Hibbler, Sherrill

                                            Titles recorded:
                                            • Everything But You
                                            • Frustration
                                            • Hollywood Hangover
                                            • Blues On The Double
                                            • Kissing Bug
                                            • Ev'ry Hour On The Hour
                                            • Passion Flower
                                            • In A Jam
                                            • In The Shade Of The Old Apple Tree


                                            These titles were released on various World transcriptions - see The Dooji Collection Transcriptions page
                                            .New Desor
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                                            Wednesday
                                            ...activities not documented...
                                            ...
                                            1945 08 09
                                            Thursday
                                            ...activities not documented...
                                            ...
                                            1945 08 10
                                            Friday
                                            ...activities not documented...
                                            ...
                                            1945 08 11
                                            Saturday
                                            .New York, N.Y.Radio CityABC Blue Network broadcast "Your Saturday Date With The Duke"
                                            U.S. Treasury broadcast #18
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                                            1945 08 12
                                            Sunday
                                            ...activities not documented...
                                            ...
                                            1945 08 13
                                            Monday
                                            ...activities not documented...
                                            ...
                                            1945 08 14
                                            Tuesday
                                            ...activities not documented...
                                            ...
                                            1945 08 15
                                            Wednesday
                                            ...activities not documented...
                                            ...
                                            1945 08 16
                                            Thursday
                                            ...activities not documented...
                                            ...
                                            1945 08 17
                                            Friday
                                            ...activities not documented...
                                            ...
                                            1945 08 18
                                            Saturday
                                            .New York, N.Y.Radio CityABC Blue Network broadcast "Your Saturday Date With The Duke"
                                            U.S. Treasury broadcast #19
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                                            1945 08 19
                                            Sunday
                                            ...activities not documented...
                                            ...
                                            1945 08 20
                                            Monday
                                            .New York, N.Y..Ellington participated in a recording session for the Ben Webster All Stars

                                            The location is not established but Vail has a picture of Ben and Duke in the Onyx Club, across the street from the Spotlite, where Webster was playing. The picture does not appear to be taken at a recording session.
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                                            1945 08 21
                                            Tuesday
                                            ...activities not documented...
                                            ...
                                            1945 08 22
                                            Wednesday
                                            ...activities not documented...
                                            ...
                                            1945 08 22
                                            Wednesday
                                            ... Peripheral event
                                            The activities of Ellington and most of the band this day are not documented, however Harry Carney and Otto Hardwick were in a recording session by "Timmie Rosenkrantz and His Barons"
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                                            1945 08 23
                                            Thursday
                                            .New York, N.Y.BBC StudiosActivites not known
                                            Three acetates in the Danish Radio Archives dated August 23, 1945 appear not to be related to any Ellington activity on this date.

                                            Carl A. Hällström believes these were recorded 1945-08-03 for BBC, dubbed by BBC later, and dubbed again on Aug. 23. Mr.Hällström writes

                                            "BBC hired a "hall" at World and had them record a program with the Duke on August 3, 1945. At later dates, the BBC made copies of the program, maybe two sets went to London where the program was broadcast on BBC at XXX date/s/. Timme, who had long fingers and was around at the time, "obtained" one set of dubs of the program, which had been dubbed on August 23, 1945. Other sets of the program were probably dubbed at other dates, none of these dubbing dates is of any special significance..."
                                            Personal emails - Hällström/Palmquist/Götting and others, 2013-01-07..DEMS
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                                            1945 08 24
                                            Friday
                                            ...activities not documented...
                                            ...
                                            1945 08 25
                                            Saturday
                                            .Marshfield, Mass. Fieldston BallroomABC Blue Network broadcast "Your Saturday Date With The Duke"
                                            U.S. Treasury broadcast #18 from 5 to 6 pm EWT

                                            followed by a dance
                                            Due to the importance of the Treasury broadcasts, arrangements were made to continue the broadcasts when Ellington's band was on the road.
                                            • Vail I
                                            • DETS 11
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                                            1945 08 26
                                            Sunday
                                            .New London, Conn.DancelandDance
                                            ...
                                            ..Added
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                                            Monday
                                            ...activities not documented...
                                            ...
                                            1945 08 28
                                            Tuesday
                                            ...activities not documented...
                                            ...
                                            1945 08 29
                                            Wednesday
                                            ...activities not documented...
                                            ...
                                            1945 08 30
                                            Thursday
                                            ...activities not documented...
                                            ...
                                            1945 08 31
                                            Friday
                                            1945 09 06Philadelphia, Penn.Earle Theater
                                            11th and Market

                                            Theatre information:
                                            Stage show
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                                            September 1945

                                            1945 09 00... Peripheral event
                                            Ellington's third grandchild was born this month.
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                                            1945 09 00...PERSONNEL CHANGE
                                            Singer Marie Ellington appears to have left the band in September.
                                            • New Desor has her in the band until mid-September (presumably based on her last Date With the Duke broadcast on Sept. 8 and her absence from later broadcasts).
                                            • Stratemann, citing Metronome, 1945-11-00 p.47, mentions her departure when he reports Rex Stewart's departure the week of Dec. 17 but doesn't give the date she left, and says she left to try a solo career.
                                            • Downbeat, 1945 11 01, p. 12:

                                              'Nance, Marie Leave Ellington

                                              New York--Story making the rounds is that Duke Ellington tied the can to a couple of his standbys, thumbing out Ray Nance and Marie (no kin) Ellington.
                                                The Duke, however, said that there was no truth to the report beyond that Ray and Marie had severed connections with him. But the idea that they had been sacked was strictly bushwah.
                                                More than that, Duke will sponsor Nance, who plays trumpet and violin and sings, as a single. He has not been replaced in the band.
                                                Marie is also scheduled to try her luck as a single, is being considered by Ruban Bleu. [sic] '

                                            • New Desor vol.2
                                            • Stratemann p.264 citing Metronome 1945-11,p.45
                                            • Email Lasker-Palmquist 2017-04-04, citing Downbeat
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                                            Saturday
                                            .Philadelphia, Penn.Earle Theater
                                            11th and Market

                                            Theatre information:
                                            Stage show - see 1945 08 31
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                                            Sunday
                                            .Philadelphia, Penn.Earle TheaterStage show - see 1945 08 31
                                            ...
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                                            Monday
                                            .Philadelphia, Penn.Earle TheaterStage show - see 1945 08 31
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                                            Tuesday
                                            .Philadelphia, Penn.Earle TheaterStage show - see 1945 08 31
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                                            Wednesday
                                            .Philadelphia, Penn.Earle TheaterStage show - see 1945 08 31
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                                            Thursday
                                            .Philadelphia, Penn.Earle TheaterStage show - see 1945 08 31
                                            ...
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                                            Thursday
                                            .New York, N.Y.400 RestaurantEllington attended Tommy Dorsey's opening. Toward the end of the evening, Dorsey had a jam session for nearly an hour with Ellington, Woody Herman, Randy Brooks, Charlie Barnet, Charlie Shavers and Buddy Rich. Stratemann, p.263, citing Variety 1945-09-12, p.47..
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                                            Friday
                                            ...activities not documented...
                                            ...
                                            1945 09 08
                                            Saturday
                                            .New York, N.Y.Radio City Studio 6BTreasury show #22
                                            Your Saturday Date With The Duke broadcast, ABC network and WJZ- see 1945 04 07
                                            Duke Ellington and His Orchestra
                                            Hemphill, Stewart, Jordan, Anderson, Nance, Brown, Nanton, C.Jones, Hardwick, Hamilton, Hodges, Sears, Carney, Ellington, Strayhorn, Guy, Raglin, Greer, Hibbler, Sherrill, K.Davis, Marie Ellington
                                            Titles recorded:
                                              • Take The "A" Train (theme)
                                              • Carnegie Blues
                                              • I Can't Believe That You're In Love with Me
                                              • Mood To Be Wooed
                                              • Kissing Bug
                                              • Chelsea Bridge
                                              • D.E. Bond Promo
                                              • Something To Live For
                                              • Clementine
                                              • Way Low
                                              • Solid Old Man
                                              • Summertime
                                              • Old King Dooji
                                              • If I Loved You
                                              • Unbooted Character
                                              • Just A-Sittin' And A-Rockin'
                                              • Hollywood Hangover
                                              • several Duke Ellington bond promotions
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                                            Saturday
                                            9 p.m.
                                            1945 09 09
                                            Sunday
                                            3 a.m.
                                            New York, N.Y.Lincoln Square CenterPeripheral event
                                            "Saturday Night Jam Session and Dance"

                                            This session was originally dated Aug. 20 in New Desor, corrected to Sept. 8. Sept. 8 is questionable if the date is based on the New York Amsterdam News of the same date.
                                            Stratemann reports that several of Ellington's men participated in the late night session. Heinz Baumeister in DEMS:

                                            'The date is wrong, it should read 8Sept45 "Saturday Night Jam Session and Dance" at Lincoln Center NYC. Buster Bailey, Herbie Fields cl, Ben Webster, Don Byas ts, Stuff Smith v, Duke Ellington p, unknown g, Al Lucas b, Eddie Nicholson dr, on The Romp.

                                            Same as above (including Ellington!) + Dexter Gordon ts, Herbie Fields only on ts, omit Buster Bailey on Honeysuckle Rose.

                                            Sources: NY Amsterdam News 8Sept45 + Anthony Barnett: Desert Sands p.131 + supplement p.60.'

                                            New York Age, 1945-09-01

                                            'Another one of those gala jam sessions and dances will take place Saturday evening, September 8, when Charlie LaSister and Jimmy Butts present a Saturday night jam session and dance featuring celebrated musicians at The Square, 66th street and Broadway.
                                              Among the artists to put in their appearance are Ben Webster, Dizzy Gillespie, Stuff Smith, Don Byas, Errol Garner, members from Duke Ellington, and Billy Eckstine's orchestras, and Dextor Gordon, Benny Harris, Paul Bascomb, Joe Steel and Ernie Washington. '


                                            Barnett:

                                            'If I remember correctly, there is no pianist at all on Honeysuckle Rose (contrary to some discos)...
                                            There is an ad for Charlie La Sister and Jimmy Butts' Saturday Night Jam Session and Dance, September 8th, Lincoln Square Center. Listed are: Ben Webster, Dizzy, Don Byas, Garner, Charlie Parker, Stuff Smith, Eddie Barefield, Dexter Gordon, unnamed Members of Ellington and Eckstine Orchestras, John Kirby Band, Guest Stars. This is where the suggestion of Garner came from. The pianist is not Kyle from Kirby. The pianist with Eckstine at the time appears to have been Richard Ellington, about whom I know nothing else. So we are probably back to one of the unnamed guest stars, most likely so far Kersey. (Marlowe Morris is a pianist who appears in similar ads on other dates but he is not our pianist.)'

                                            'The clarinetist, as stated in the first posting, is Herbie Fields. Definitely not Barefield. Nor is it certain that the recording(s) come(s) from this event. There were similar events and an August 20th date has also been given in the past.'

                                            Heinz Baumeister in DEMS, citing
                                            • Amsterdam News 1945-09-08
                                            • Anthony Barnett: Desert Sands the recordings & performances of Stuff Smith: an annotated discography & bibliographical source book p.131 and supplement, p.60
                                            • Stratemann p.263 citing Amsterdam News 1945-09-08 p.9
                                            • By Way of Mention, New York Age, 1945-09-01 p.5.
                                            • Anthony Barnett, jazz research internet chat group discussion, Sept. 2017
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                                            Sunday
                                            ...activities not documented...
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                                            1945 09 10
                                            Monday
                                            ...activities not documented

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                                            1945 09 11
                                            Tuesday
                                            ...activities not documented

                                            Stratemann and Vail I say Ellington opened at Cafe Zanzibar this date. This appears to be based on outdated information.
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                                            1945 09 12
                                            Wednesday
                                            1945 12 04
                                            Tuesday
                                            New York, N.Y.Cafe Zanzibar
                                            2nd floor
                                            Brill Building
                                            Broadway at 49th

                                            (Many sources refer to New Zanzibar, Club Zanzibar, Zanzibar Club, Zanzibar Restaurant or just Zanzibar, but its programme, advertisements and signage said Cafe Zanzibar. The location was previously the Hurricane - see 1944 08 30)

                                            Overview of Ellington's 1945 Cafe Zanzibar engagement


                                          • From September 12 to December 4, 1945 Ellington and his orchestra played three shows a night at Cafe Zanzibar with up to 60 performers. The one-hour-plus shows were at 8 p.m., midnight and 2 a.m.. The New York Sun mentions

                                            'Musicians like to attend the impromptu jam sessions staged nightly by Duke Ellington and Louis Jordan at Cafe Zanzibar at the 2 o'clock show.'

                                          • Dorothy Kilgallen's syndicated Voice of Broadway column said the opening night would be filmed by Joe Howard.
                                          • The front page of the club's printed programme had space to write an address, below which was a drawing of a semi-nude seated dancer wearing pasties, an elaborate head dress and a flowing striped skirt. The second and third pages were bordered with mirror drawings of a similarly dressed dancer standing in front of stage curtains. The second page reads:

                                            JOE HOWARD presents
                                            The Fall Edition of "ZANZIBARABIAN NIGHTS"
                                            Program
                                            (IN ORDER OF APPEARANCE)
                                            Your Host – Pee Wee Marquette

                                            OVERTURE:
                                            a medley of
                                            "ZANZIBARABIAN NIGHTS"
                                            Song Hits
                                            "TAKE A PLANE – TAKE A TRAIN
                                            TAKE A CAR – TO THE ZANZIBAR"featuring

                                            The Golden Gate Quartette
                                            and The ZANZIBEAUTS
                                            Words and Music by
                                            DUKE ELLINGOTN, IRVING TAYLOR & TED MURRY

                                            JESSE & JAMES
                                            "The Two Dancing Waiters"

                                            GLORIA SHELTON
                                            "What A Gal – What A Song"

                                            "Musical Album"
                                            with
                                            DUKE ELLINGTON & ORCHESTRA
                                            and The ZANZIBEAUTS
                                            featuring the "Duke's" Album of Song Hits*
                                            "Sophisticated Lady;" "Don't Get Around Much Anymore"
                                            "Mood Indigo;;" "I'm Beginning To See The Light;" "Caravan"
                                            *a few of his own hit compositions

                                            The third page:

                                            CARTER & MORELAND
                                            "Comedy Stars of the Bob Burns Radio Program"

                                            GOLDEN GATE QUARTETTE
                                            "Rhythm Is Their Business"

                                            LOUIS JORDAN
                                            "Here Comes Mr. G. I. Jive"

                                            Finale

                                            "CALEDONIA"
                                            featuring LOUIS JORDAN and the
                                            ENTIRE COMPANY

                                            FOR DANCING
                                            DUKE ELLINGTON CLAUDE HOPKINS
                                            & his orchestra & his orchestra


                                            Music for "Zanzibarabian Nights" written by
                                            DUKE ELLINGTON, IRVING TAYLOR & TED MURRY.
                                            Special Arrangements by "CHAPPIE" WILLET.

                                            THE STAFF
                                            Talent Supervisor - WILLIAM KENT
                                            Production Direction of CLARENCE ROBINSON
                                            Musical Director - DUKE ELLINGTON
                                            Costumes by MADAME BERTHE Shoes by LA RAY
                                            IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO HAVE THIS PROGRAM
                                            MAILED TO A FRIEND, ADDRESS AND GIVE TO
                                            YOUR WAITER - WE WILL PAY THE POSTAGE

                                            The fourth page (back cover):

                                            Cafe History

                                              In the short space of two years, The Zanzibar has grown from an inspiration to an institution. Those unfamiliar with the previous generation of cafes might not appreciate fully the phenomenon of a nightclub becoming an accepted business institution ... so to such newcomers to the pleasures of a big Broadway night club we direct this brief saga of Cafedom!

                                              Cafe history in New York can be divided into three eras...
                                              Since 1934, New York night life has undergone a radical change. Today, cafe business is big business... with a creed predicated on the theory that the customer is always right. Night clubs on the present Broadway scene give the customer a dollar's worth of value for every dollar they take in. At The Zanzibar, the customer is heir to all the pleasures and atmosphere that have been created by a $250,000 investment... plus entertainment furnished by such great names of show business as ETHEL WATERS...CAB CALLOWAY...MILLS BROTHERS...THE INK SPOTS...BERRY BROTHERS...NICHOLAS BROTHERS... MAURICE ROCCO...LOUIS ARMSTRONG...BILL ROBINSON...LIONEL HAMPTON...DUKE ELLINGTON and LOUIS JORDAN...plus a delicious full-course dinner (served from 6:00 to 9:30)...plus dancing to some of the world's greatest orchestras...all for as little as $2.00.

                                              We venture to say that no other night club can offer such a bargain for your money as The Zanzibar.

                                              We are looking forward to the future with anticipation... as we look back upon the past with satisfaction; we propose to continue to give our customers the biggest entertainment value for their dollars on the Great White Way... by continuing to serve good food... to bring you great dance music...and to present the continuous galaxy of great entertainers who have made The Zanzibar truly The Home Of The Stars!

                                            The Management
                                            CAFE ZANZIBAR
                                            BROADWAY AT 49th STREET
                                            NEW YORK

                                            Decor By
                                            FRANKLYN HUGHES

                                          • Jordan was hired before Ellington and his contract required billing and airtime equal to that of any other band. When Ellington was hired, his contract required top billing. The Billboard explained:

                                            'Jordan, Ellington, Who Gets Airtime?
                                              NEW YORK, Aug.27.–Dispute over the airtime at Cafe Zanzibar between Louis Jordan and Duke Ellington, may force Berle Adams to cancel out Jordan at the place (he's skedded to open September 12). Deal, which was set sometime [sic] ago, had Jordan going in as headline attraction, with the understanding that he was to get majority of airtime, no matter what other band was set. Since then, Ellington has been set into the place and Adams, Jordan's manager, discovered that Jordan was going to get little if any precious ozone.
                                              He's notified Zanzibar that he wants it definite as to time Jordan gets, or no go. Deal is four week with two four-week options...'

                                          • Metronome printed an open letter from Jordan to Ellington:

                                            'Dear Duke:

                                            You probably know that old saying: Heaven protect me from my friends ... my enemies I can take care of myself.

                                            Ain't it the truth? Imagine my surprise when I got in from Chicago last week, just in time to open at the Zanzibar with you ... and found out I was feuding with you about our respective Billings... or so they told me. Now, I'm a guy who likes to know about such things... especially when I am in the middle of it. I always like to know how I'm doin' in any fracas I'm in. And why don't somebody tell me these things!

                                            I want to take this opportunity to tell you and everybody concerned, including a lot of folks who really shouldn't have been so concerned, that I am proud to be in the Zanzibar show with you; to me, as to millions of other music lovers, you are The Duke – the master of modern music - and I'm still young enough to play second fiddle to The Duke. I don't mind admitting that your accomplishments as a musician and composer have always been an inspiration to me in my own bid for success...

                                            Leave us face it: our job is to provide the folks who come to the Zanzibar with solid musical entertainment. That's what the public pays off on. That's what you've always been givi' them, and that's what I'm staking my chances on.

                                            You understand, Duke... I'm not claiming I'm a shrinking violet. I can't help feeling a bit set-up at the way the public was taken to my Timpamy Five.

                                            That's the ticket. You keep caressing the ivories and I'll keep tootin' my horn ... and with the help of all the other great performers in the Zanzibar's New Revue, we'll keep giving the customers the greatest show on the main stem.

                                            You dig me, Duke? -Louis Jordan'

                                          • In August, Variety announced Ellington would open at the Cafe Zanzibar on Sept. l1.
                                          • The New York Sun, Sept. 10:

                                            'Another week of breath-taking activity on the night-club circuit is set for cafe society's participation, with heavy emphasis on Wednesday night [emphasis added]. Four openings take place then, with the Cafe Zanzibar's premiere of the largest of the new spectacles pulling for first place.
                                              The Zanzibar cast ran to sixty the last time we heard from Carl Erbe, and the stars are Duke Ellington and Louis Jordan and their orchestras...'

                                          • There was little advance advertising because of the billing problem. Creative print advertising named neither group, and word of mouth and radio spots that did name them resulted in a full house on opening night. By the third day the issue was resolved with Jordan agreeing to being billed as 'Extra Added Attraction.' Ads with names started Sept. 16.
                                          • Zanibar advertisement, The New York Sun, Sept. 11:

                                            'NOTICE!
                                            This space was reserved to announce
                                            the CAST of the NEW SHOW open-
                                            ing at CAFE ZANZIBAR.
                                            TOMORROW

                                            ...
                                            SHOWS AT 8-12-2 DINNER SERVED TIL 9:30 '

                                          • Variety Sept. 12

                                            'Five band openings in three nights in the N.Y. area is giving the usual attendees at such events of the usual bunching of fall openings which will occur next month. Stan Kenton bowed in Monday (10) at the Pennsylvania hotel..., Louis Prima, at Meadowbrook, Lloyd La Brie at Glen Island Casino, and Art Mooney debuted last night (Tuesday) and tonight (Wed.) Duke Ellington opens along with a new show at the Zanzibar, Broadway nitery.' [emphasis added]

                                          • Stratemann says Ellington opened September 11, without providing references to support that date. Dr. Stratemann probably relied on the date initially announced.
                                          • Vail I:

                                            'Duke Ellington and his Orchestra open a long engagement at the Zanzibar... The show also features Louis Jordan's Tympany Five (due to open the following evening), Mantan Moreland, Gloria Shelton and the Golden Gate Quartet.'

                                            [Emphasis added] Vail probably took Ellington's date from Stratemann but does not provide a reference for Ellington opening that date nor for Jordan opening the next.
                                          • Ellington's band broadcast regularly from the club, and AFRS transcribed several programs in its 'One Night Stand' and 'Magic Carpet' series. The New York Post radio schedule for Oct. 6 had Jordan's orchestra on WOR in 15-minute slots at 5:00, 5:15 and 5:30 p.m. and Ellington in 15-minute slots on WJZ at 5:15 and 5:30. Its schedule Oct. 20 showed Ellington in 15 minute WJZ slots at 5 and 5:15 and Jordan on WOR at 5:15 and 5:30. Given the overlap and the fact these were in the late afternoon, it seems unlikely these were live broadcasts.
                                          • It seems likely the show played seven-day weeks. Throughout 1945, Variety and Billboard mention the entertainment industry unions seeking a six-day week, but there is nothing to indicate this affected Ellington's Zanzibar residency.
                                          • The New York Sun, Sept. 5:

                                            'Cafe Life in New York

                                            Preparations Made for Cafe Zanzibar Show Soon to Make Its Bow on Broadway.
                                            By VIRGINIA FORBES.

                                            News continues to pour in, heralding the activities of the fall season. The roster of entertainment for the Cafe Zanzibar show, soon to flash its pageantry on Broadwayites is nothing short of astounding. Three bands are named, performers number into the dozens - in short, post-war figures have set in at the Zanzibar.
                                              It wouldn't be cricket to tell you how such came into hands, but we herewith pass along excerpts from a memorandum sent by the club's genial owner, Joe Howard, to the various members of his personnel. It seems there is a certain Mr. Walter, backstage, and the first of Howard's adjurations is beamed directly at him. "This show is entirely new," it says, "and no act has ever played here before...See that the dressing rooms are assigned properly....Chorus girls are also new....There will be twenty-five musicians with Duke Ellington, six with Louis Jordan and ten with Claude Hopkins...That's a total of forty-one, so please watch your dressing room space."
                                              "Mr. Walter," the memo goes on to say, "be sure that Ellington and Jordan have the same size stars on the dressing room doors, and have smaller stars for Carter and Moreland and the Golden Gate Quartet....Incidentally, I am having three extra dressing rooms built to accommodate the other performers–they now number sixty!–so kindly add more chairs in the recreation room."

                                            OTHER ASSIGNMENT NOTES.
                                              Other sections of the memorandum were addressed to various members of the Zanzibar staff-Clarence Robinson, director, Carl Erbe, press agent, Mr. Mack, banquet manager, and the popular Rickie, head waiter. Random bits follow: "Rehearsals will be called at 2 P. M. each afternoon...This will be the first Zanzibar show with a set of scenery....It will be used in Ellington's number 'Musical Album'....And please assign an extra waiter and bus boy to the show.
                                              "The printing matter must be watched for proper billing....Each act is a star in its own right, and sizes of type, position, is of most importance for harmony....The new.score, written by Irving Taylor and Ted Murray [sic], will necessitate longer rehearsals with the girls.... Please bear with us...Duke claims that 'Low Down Guy-High Class Girl" and "Take a Plane, Take a Train, Take a Car to the Zanzibar," are among his best numbers....If you have friends coming for the premiere September 12, kindly get their reservations in at once.
                                              "Light men: Please watch the changing shades for Duke's medley of songs....The movable set will rotate and the lights should hit dead on.
                                              "Girls: Costume try-ons September 10 for dress rehearsal, shoe try-ons, the 8th....Please learn the finale song. This will be featured by Jordan, and the entire company will pick it up at the finale.
                                              "Light men, again: Be sure you modulate the mike on finale...Otherwise it will sound like V-E and V-J thrown into one....This is our greatest effort to date. . . . Trust you will all put forth your utmost in maintaining Zanzibar standards....Thank you." '

                                            [emphasis added]
                                            • New York Post New York, N.Y.
                                              • 1945-08-01 (announces Jordan hired)
                                              • 1945-09-08 p.11? (Sept. 12 opening)
                                              • 1945-09-11 p.27 ("no name" ad for opening "tomorrow")
                                              • 1945-10-02 p.16
                                              • 1945-10-08
                                              • 1945-10-15 p.24
                                              • 1945-10-18 p.38
                                              • 1945-10-20 p.14
                                              • 1945-10-22 p.27
                                              • 1945-10-25
                                            • The New York Sun, New York, N.Y.
                                              • 1945-09-06 p.14 (Howard memo)
                                              • 1945-09-10 p.21 (Sept. 12 opening)
                                              • 1945-09-11 p.19 ("no name" ad for opening "tomorrow")
                                              • 1945-09-27 p.26 (jam session and an ad naming Ellington and Jordan)
                                              • 1945-10-09 p.26
                                              • 1945-12-03 (announces the next show starting Dec. 5 - Ink Spots, Ella Fitzgerald, Cootie Williams, etc.)
                                            • ANP wirestory, Pittsburgh Courier, Pittsburgh, Penn.
                                              • 1945-08-18 p.13 (announces Sept. 11 opening)
                                              • 1945-10-20 p.13
                                            • Metronome 1945-11-00 p.41
                                            • The Billboard,
                                              • 1945-09-01 p.14 (says Jordan to open Sept. 12)
                                              • 1945-09-22 p.34 (review; confirms Sept. 12 opening)
                                              • 1945-10-06 p.22 (review of only Jordan's segment)
                                            • Variety
                                              • 1945-09-12 p.47 (Sept. 12 opening)
                                              • 1945-09-19 p.47 (billing battle over; Sept. 12 opening)
                                              • 1945-09-19 p.48 (review of show)
                                            • Stratemann, p.263, citing
                                              • The Billboard 1945-09-22 p.34
                                              • Variety 1945-09-19 pp.47-48
                                              • Down Beat 1945-10-01 p.1
                                            • Dorothy Kilgallen, Olean Times Herald, Olean, N.Y. 1945-09-14 p.17
                                            • L.L.Stevenson plugs
                                              • The Detroit News, Detroit, Mich. 1945-09-28 p.36
                                              • Evening Recorder, Amsterdam, N.Y. 1945-10-04 p.6
                                            • Undated cafe programme - doesn't mention The Nightingales dance team who opened the show the night Variety reviewed it but were dropped by the time Variety printed its review.
                                            .
                                            .2011
                                            updated
                                            2017-06-24
                                            2017-06-27
                                            1945 09 12
                                            Wednesday
                                            1945 12 04New York, N.Y.Cafe Zanzibar
                                            Broadway at 49th
                                            Three performances of the first night of Cafe Zanzibar's fall show - see Overview above

                                            ...
                                            .djp2011
                                            updated
                                            2013-05-02
                                            2017-06-24
                                            circa
                                            1945 09 12
                                            ...PERSONNEL CHANGES
                                            Ray Nance leaves the band to form his own group during the week of September 12.

                                            One of two bassists, Al Lucas temporarily leaves the band as well, and is not replaced.
                                            Francis (Franc) Williams in Storyville 70:

                                            'When I joined Duke he had been playing for about six months at the Zanzibar in New York, doing three shows a night, and during that time Ray Nance hadn't played twenty shows. He'd taken his violin and trumpet under his arm and been out jamming on Fifty-Second Street. When Duke came out of the Zanzibar he told Nance that he was going to leave him on Fifty-Second Street to play as much as he wanted. So Ray Nance formed a four-piece combo and went down to Washington and then came up to New York. He was told that there was a spot he could go into but that it would be two weeks before they could take him in as the other group had to be given notice. Nance had a very good group of two guitars, bass, and himself on trumpet and violin. Then some technical difficulties occurred and the club couldn't take the combo when expected, so the two guitars quit to greener fields. No sooner had the two guitars quit than Nance was told the club could take him that night. Nance complained that he hadn't got a band but was told he had to open that night or no job. So Ray Nance saw the writing on the wall and after his brief period as combo leader came back to Duke. I don't know how true it is but I heard that Duke said it was okay for Nance to come back but that he would have to start off at less money than he had been getting before!'

                                            ..
                                            .djpNew
                                            added 2012-10-23
                                            updated
                                            2014-03-14
                                            2014-09-19
                                            1945 09 13
                                            Thursday
                                            .New York, N.Y.Cafe ZanzibarNightclub residency - see 1945 09 12 (3 shows nightly)...
                                            ..2011
                                            1945 09 14
                                            Friday
                                            .New York, N.Y.Cafe ZanzibarNightclub residency - see 1945 09 12 (3 shows nightly)...
                                            ..2011
                                            1945 09 15
                                            Saturday
                                            .New York, N.Y.Radio City,
                                            possibly Studio 6B
                                            U.S. Treasury Dept. broadcast on ABC: "Your Saturday Date With The Duke"
                                            Duke Ellington and His Orchestra
                                            Hemphill, Stewart, Jordan, Anderson, Nance, Brown, Nanton, C.Jones,Hardwick, Hodges, Sears, Carney, Ellington, Guy, Raglin, Greer, Hibbler, Sherrill, K.Davis

                                            Titles broadcast:
                                            • Take The "A" Train (theme)
                                            • Just Squeeze Me
                                            • C-Jam Blues
                                            • Ev'ry Hour On The Hour
                                            • Jeep Is Jumpin'
                                            • Take The "A" Train (theme)
                                            • Creole Love Call
                                            • Frankie And Johnny / Metronome All Out
                                            • Everything But You
                                            • Emancipation Celebration
                                            • Warm Valley
                                            • Take The "A" Train (theme)
                                            DETS 12New Desor
                                            DE4561
                                            DEMS
                                            ..2011
                                            updated
                                            2013-05-03
                                            1945 09 15
                                            Saturday
                                            .New York, N.Y.Cafe ZanzibarNightclub residency - see 1945 09 12 (3 shows nightly)...
                                            ..2011
                                            1945 09 16
                                            Sunday
                                            .New York, N.Y.Cafe ZanzibarNightclub residency - see 1945 09 12 (3 shows nightly)
                                            MBS broadcast from the club:

                                            Duke Ellington and His Orchestra
                                            Hemphill, Stewart, Jordan, Anderson, Nance, Brown, Nanton, C.Jones, Hamilton, Hardwick, Hodges, Sears, Carney, Ellington, Guy, Raglin, Greer, Sherrill (not confirmed), Hibbler, Davis

                                            Titles broadcast:
                                            • There's No You
                                            • Ko-Ko
                                            • Flamingo
                                            • Rockin' In Rhythm
                                            • Take The "A" Train (theme)


                                            I cannot find this broadcast in the New York Times, Washington Post, Chicago Daily Tribune or Los Angeles Times radio logs for this date.
                                            .New Desor
                                            DE4562

                                            Timner correctionsdjp2011
                                            updated
                                            2013-05-03
                                            1945 09 17
                                            Monday
                                            .New York, N.Y.Cafe ZanzibarNightclub residency - see 1945 09 12 (3 shows nightly)

                                            11:30 pm NBC broadcast from the club over New York radio station WEAF:

                                            Duke Ellington and His Orchestra
                                            Hemphill, Jordan, Anderson, Nance, Brown, Nanton, C.Jones, Hamilton, Hardwick, Hodges, Sears, Carney, Ellington, Guy, Raglin, Greer, Hibbler, Sherrill

                                            Titles broadcast:
                                            • Midriff
                                            • Carnegie Blues
                                            • Everything But You
                                            • Teardrops In The Rain
                                            • Mood To Be Wooed
                                            • C-Jam Blues
                                            • I Got It Bad and That Ain't Good
                                            • Pitter Panther Patter
                                            • Hollywood Hangover


                                            While this is apparently a network broadcast, I cannot find it in the Washington Post, Chicago Daily Tribune or Los Angeles Times radio logs for this date.
                                            .New Desor
                                            DE4563
                                            DEMS
                                            Timner corrections .2011
                                            updated
                                            2013-05-03
                                            1945 09 18
                                            Tuesday
                                            .New York, N.Y.Cafe ZanzibarNightclub residency - see 1945 09 12 (3 shows nightly)

                                            MBS broadcast "One Night Stand #800"

                                            Duke Ellington and His Orchestra
                                            Hemphill, Stewart, Anderson, Jordan, Brown, De Paris, C.Jones, Hamilton, Hardwick, Hodges, Sears, Carney, Ellington, Guy, Pettiford, Greer, Hibbler, Sherrill

                                            Broadcst titles recorded:
                                            • Take The "A" Train (theme)
                                            • As Long As I Live
                                            • 9:20 Special
                                            • The Wonder Of You
                                            • Walkin' With My Honey
                                            • Three Cent Stomp
                                            • Don't Take Your Love From Me
                                            • Court Session

                                            Four AFRS 'One Night Stand' transcriptions were made in 1945 from Ellington's Zanzibar broadcasts. Discographers mistook the dates etched in the wax as the broadcast date, but those were the dates the AFRS masters, the transcriptions, were produced from the recordings made during the broadcasts. One Night Stand #800, recorded 1945 09 18, was processed 1945 11 18.
                                            Jerry Valburn in DEMS 02/2-6/2, citing Harry Mackenzie & Lothar Polomski's One Night Stand Series 1-1001, Greenwood Press.New Desor
                                            DE4591
                                            DEMS
                                            .djp2011
                                            updated
                                            2013-05-03
                                            1945 09 19
                                            Wednesday
                                            .New York, N.Y.Cafe ZanzibarNightclub residency - see 1945 09 12 (3 shows nightly)...
                                            ..2011
                                            1945 09 20
                                            Thursday
                                            .New York, N.Y.Cafe ZanzibarNightclub residency - see 1945 09 12 (3 shows nightly)

                                            with MBS broadcast: Duke Ellington and His Orchestra
                                            Hemphill, Stewart, Jordan, Anderson, Nance, Brown, Nanton, C.Jones, Hamilton, Hardwick, Hodges, Sears, Carney, Ellington, Guy, Raglin, Greer, Hibbler, Sherrill

                                            Titles broadcast:
                                            • Take The "A" Train (theme)
                                            • Caravan
                                            • Teardrops In The Rain
                                            • My Heart Sings
                                            • 9:20 Special
                                            • Frustration
                                            • Johnny Come Lately
                                            • Tonight I Shall Sleep
                                            • Harlem Air Shaft
                                            • Take The "A" Train (theme)
                                            .New Desor
                                            DE4564
                                            DEMS
                                            ..2011
                                            updated
                                            2013-05-03
                                            1945 09 21
                                            Friday
                                            .New York, N.Y.Cafe ZanzibarNightclub residency - see 1945 09 12 (3 shows nightly)

                                            MBS broadcast/AFRS "One Night Stand" transcription:
                                            Duke Ellington and His Orchestra
                                            Hemphill, Stewart, Anderson, Jordan, Brown, Nanton, C.Jones, Hamilton, Hardwick, Hodges, Sears, Carney, Ellington, Guy, Raglin, Greer, Hibbler
                                            Titles broadcast:
                                            • Take The "A" Train (theme)
                                            • Midriff
                                            • A Door Will Open
                                            • My Little Brown Book
                                            • Stomp, Look And Listen
                                            • Waiting For The Train To Come In
                                            • Diminuendo In Blue /-Rocks In My Bed / Crescendo In Blue / Everything But You
                                            Four AFRS'One Night Stand' transcriptions were made in 1945 from Ellington's Zanzibar broadcasts. Discographers mistook the dates etched in the wax as the broadcast date, but those were the dates the AFRS masters, the transcriptions, were produced from the recordings made during the broadcasts. One Night Stand #763, recorded 21Sep45, was processed 21oct45.
                                            Jerry Valburn in DEMS 02/2-6/2, citing Harry Mackenzie & Lothar Polomski's One Night Stand Series 1-1001, Greenwood Press.New Desor
                                            DE4582
                                            DEMS
                                            Timner corrections -4/20djp2011
                                            updated
                                            2013-05-03
                                            1945 09 22.New York, N.Y.Radio City Studio 6BABC network broadcast
                                            Duke Ellington and His Orchestra
                                            Hemphill, Stewart, Jordan, Anderson, Nance, Brown, Nanton, C.Jones, Hamilton, Hardwick, Hodges, Sears, Carney, Ellington, Strayhorn, Guy, Raglin, Greer, Hibbler, Sherrill, K.Davis

                                            Titles broadcast:
                                            • Someone
                                            • Riff Staccato
                                            • Homesick, That's All
                                            • Kissing Bug
                                            • Take The "A" Train (theme)
                                            • Take The "A" Train (theme)
                                            • Things Ain't What They Used To Be
                                            • Three Cent Stomp
                                            • There's No You
                                            • Fancy Dan
                                            • Everything But You
                                            • Fickle Fling
                                            • Blue Serge
                                            DETS 13New Desor
                                            DE4565
                                            DEMS
                                            .djp2011
                                            updated
                                            2013-05-03
                                            1945 09 22
                                            Saturday
                                            .New York, N.Y.Cafe ZanzibarNightclub residency - see 1945 09 12 (3 shows nightly)...
                                            ..2011
                                            1945 09 23
                                            Sunday
                                            4:30 P.M. EWT
                                            .New York, N.Y.NBC StudioNBC Blue network broadcast on New York station WEAF:
                                            "Music America Loves Best"
                                            The titles Ellington played in the broadcast were
                                            • Solitude
                                            • The Minor Goes Muggin'
                                            Ellington appeared as a guest on this show three times while Dorsey was host - see 1945 04 29 and 1945 11 25
                                            New Desor shows Duke Ellington, Tommy Dorsey and the Lou Bring Orchestra but Stockdale names the Jay Blackton Orchestra. New Desor's source for the Lou Bring Orchestra appears to be H-U Hill's message in DEMS 80-3, reporting details of an audio tape of the broadcast.

                                            Jerry Valburn confirms the band in DEMS 00,2-3, naming the broadcast as Music America Loves Best AFRS No 68.
                                            Stockdale has the broadcast from 9:00 to 9:30 p.m. but The Brooklyn Daily Eagle has T. Dorsey Show on WEAF at 4:30 pm, and the New York Times lists it at 4:30 EWT on WEAF as Tommy Dorsey, Blackton Orchestra: Jan Peerce. Tenor: Duke Ellington. The Washington Post log is inconclusive, showing Tommy Dorsey at 8:30 P.M. EWT on WRC and at 11:15 on WOL. The Chicago Daily Tribune shows Tommy Dorsey as a NBC network show on WMAQ at 3:30 CWT, consistent with the New York papers.
                                            • Robert Stockdale, The Dorsey Brothers: That's It!, pp.272-273
                                            New Desor
                                            DE4566
                                            DEMS
                                            .djp2011
                                            updated
                                            2013-05-03
                                            2014-09-21
                                            1945 09 23
                                            Sunday
                                            .New York, N.Y.Cafe ZanzibarNightclub residency - see 1945 09 12 (3 shows nightly) - with MBS broadcast
                                            Duke Ellington and His Orchestra
                                            Hemphill, Stewart, Jordan, Anderson, Nance, Brown, Nanton, C.Jones, Hamilton, Hardwick, Hodges, Sears, Carney, Ellington, Guy, Raglin, Greer

                                            Titles broadcast:
                                            • Take The "A" Train (theme)
                                            • Just Squeeze me
                                            • I'd Do It All Over Again
                                            • Three Cent Stomp
                                            • Love Letters
                                            • Take The "A" Train
                                            • Riff Staccato
                                            • I'll Buy That Dream
                                            • Cotton Tail
                                            • Way Low
                                            • (possibly A Train again)
                                            .New Desor
                                            DE4567
                                            NDCS 1102
                                            DEMS
                                            .djp2011
                                            updated
                                            2013-05-03
                                            1945 09 24
                                            Monday
                                            .New York, N.Y.Cafe ZanzibarNightclub residency - see 1945 09 12 (3 shows nightly)

                                            NBC broadcast
                                            Duke Ellington and His Orchestra
                                            Hemphill, Stewart, Anderson, Ray Nance, Brown, Nanton, C.Jones, Hamilton, Hardwick, Hodges, Sears, Carney, Ellington, Guy, Raglin, Greer, Hibbler, Sherrill, K.Davis

                                            Titles broadcast:
                                            • Take The "A" Train (theme)
                                            • Stompy Jones
                                            • Walkin' With My Honey
                                            • Lily Belle
                                            • Everything But You
                                            • In A Mellow Tone
                                            • Solid Old Man
                                            • I Ain't Got Nothin' But The Blues
                                            • Blue Skies
                                            • Suddenly It Jumped
                                            • Take The "A" Train (theme)
                                            DETS 13New Desor
                                            DE4568
                                            DEMS
                                            .(credit Sjef Hoefsmit re 06,1-9 entries); djp2011
                                            updated
                                            2013-05-03
                                            1945 09 25
                                            Tuesday
                                            .New York, N.Y.Cafe ZanzibarNightclub residency - see 1945 09 12 (3 shows nightly)...
                                            ..2011
                                            1945 09 26
                                            Wednesday
                                            .New York, N.Y.Cafe ZanzibarNightclub residency - see 1945 09 12 (3 shows nightly)

                                            MBS Broadcast:
                                            Duke Ellington and His Orchestra
                                            Hemphill, Stewart, Jordan, Anderson, Nance, Brown, Nanton, C.Jones, Hamilton, Hardwick, Hodges, Sears, Carney, Ellington, Guy, Raglin, Greer, Sherrill

                                            Titles broadcast:
                                            • Take The "A" Train (theme)
                                            • Suddenly It Jumped
                                            • Laura
                                            • Kissing Bug
                                            • Stompy Jones
                                            • Solid Old Man
                                            • Carnegie Blues
                                            • In A Mellow Tone
                                            • Fancy Dan
                                            • Things Ain't What They Used To Be
                                            .New Desor
                                            DE4569
                                            DEMS
                                            ..2011
                                            updated
                                            2013-05-03
                                            1945 09 27
                                            Thursday
                                            .New York, N.Y.Cafe ZanzibarNightclub residency - see 1945 09 12 (3 shows nightly)...
                                            ..2011
                                            1945 09 28
                                            Friday
                                            .New York, N.Y.Cafe ZanzibarNightclub residency - see 1945 09 12 (3 shows nightly)

                                            MBS Broadcast:

                                            Duke Ellington and His Orchestra
                                            Hemphill, Stewart, Jordan, Anderson, Nance, Brown, Nanton, C.Jones, Hamilton, Hardwick, Hodges, Sears, Carney, Ellington, Guy, Raglin, Greer, Sherrill

                                            Titles broadcast:
                                            • Take The "A" Train (theme)
                                            • Walkin' With My Honey
                                            • Lily Belle
                                            • Everything But You
                                            • I Can't Believe That You're In Love with Me
                                            DETS 10New Desor
                                            DE4570
                                            DEMS
                                            Timner corrections djp2011
                                            updated
                                            2013-05-03
                                            1945 09 29
                                            Saturday
                                            .New York, N.Y.Cafe ZanzibarNightclub residency - see 1945 09 12 (3 shows nightly)...
                                            ..2011
                                            1945 09 30
                                            Sunday
                                            .New York, N.Y.Cafe ZanzibarNightclub residency - see 1945 09 12 (3 shows nightly)...
                                            ..2011

                                            October 1945

                                            1945 10 01
                                            Monday
                                            .New York, N.Y.Cafe ZanzibarNightclub residency - see 1945 09 12 (3 shows nightly)

                                            NBC / WEAF remote broadcast, 11:30 p.m.

                                            Duke Ellington and His Orchestra
                                            Hemphill, Stewart, Jordan, Anderson, Nance, Brown, Nanton, C.Jones, Hamilton, Hardwick, Hodges, Sears, Carney, Ellington, Guy, Raglin, Greer, Sherrill, K.Davis

                                            Titles broadcast:
                                            • Take The "A" Train (theme)
                                            • Caravan
                                            • Three Cent Stomp
                                            • Yesterdays
                                            • Things Ain't What They Used To Be (Time's A-Wastin')
                                            • Blues On The Double
                                            • Kissing Bug
                                            • Riff Staccato
                                            • Cotton Tail
                                          • DETS 12
                                          • Radio log, Brooklyn Daily Eagle 1945-10-01
                                          • New Desor
                                            DE4571
                                            NDCS 1017
                                            DEMS
                                            .djp2011
                                            updated
                                            2013-05-03
                                            1945 10 02
                                            Tuesday
                                            .New York, N.Y.Cafe ZanzibarNightclub residency - see 1945 09 12 (3 shows nightly)...
                                            ..2011
                                            1945 10 03
                                            Wednesday
                                            .New York, N.Y.Cafe ZanzibarNightclub residency - see 1945 09 12 (3 shows nightly)...
                                            ..2011
                                            1945 10 04
                                            Thursday
                                            .New York, N.Y.Cafe ZanzibarNightclub residency - see 1945 09 12 (3 shows nightly)

                                            Remote MBS/WOR broadcast, 11:30 p.m.
                                            Duke Ellington and His Orchestra
                                            Hemphill, Stewart, Anderson, Jordan, Brown, Nanton, C.Jones, Hamilton, Hardwick, Hodges, Sears, Carney, Ellington, Guy, Raglin, Greer,

                                            Titles broadcast:
                                            • Take The "A" Train (theme)
                                            • I'd Do It All Over Again
                                            • Homesick, That's All
                                            • Go Away Blues
                                            • It Don't Mean A Thing
                                            Radio log, Brooklyn Daily Eagle 1945-10-04New Desor
                                            DE4572
                                            .
                                            ..2011
                                            updated 2013-05-03
                                            2014-09-20
                                            1945 10 05
                                            Friday
                                            .New York, N.Y.Cafe ZanzibarNightclub residency - see 1945 09 12 (3 shows nightly)...
                                            ..2011
                                            1945 10 06
                                            Saturday
                                            .New York, N.Y.Radio City 6BABC network and WJZ "Your Saturday Date With the Duke" U.S.Treasury broadcast - see 1945 04 07
                                            from 5:15-5:45 pm
                                            Duke Ellington and His Orchestra
                                            Hemphill, Stewart, Jordan, Anderson, Brown, Nanton, C.Jones, Hamilton, Hardwick, Hodges, Sears, Carney, Ellington, Guy, Raglin, Greer, Hibbler, Sherrill, K.Davis
                                            Titles broadcast:
                                            • Take The "A" Train (theme)
                                            • Main Stem
                                            • Carnegie Blues
                                            • I Can't Believe That You're In Love with Me
                                            • What Am I Here For?
                                            • Lilly Belle
                                            • Homesick, That's All
                                            • Go Away Blues
                                            • Frantic Fantasy
                                            • If You Are But A Dream
                                            • Jack The Bear
                                            • Ev'ry Hour On The Hour
                                            • Cotton Tail
                                            • Way Low (Lament In A Minor Mood)
                                            • Teardrops In The Rain
                                            • I Ain't Got Nothin' But The Blues
                                            • Things Ain't What They Used To Be
                                              (as Time's a-Wastin'?)
                                            Radio log, Brooklyn Daily Eagle 1945-10-04New Desor
                                            DE4573
                                            DEMS
                                            .djp2011
                                            updated
                                            2013-05-03
                                            2014-09-20
                                            1945 10 06
                                            Saturday
                                            .New York, N.Y.Cafe ZanzibarNightclub residency - see 1945 09 12 (3 shows nightly)...
                                            ..2011
                                            1945 10 07
                                            Sunday
                                            .New York, N.Y.Cafe ZanzibarNightclub residency - see 1945 09 12 (3 shows nightly)

                                            MBS Broadcast from the café, recorded by AFRS for its One Night Stand #764 transcription.
                                            Duke Ellington and His Orchestra
                                            Hemphill, Stewart, Jordan, Anderson, Brown, Nanton, C.Jones, Hamilton, Hardwick, Hodges, Sears, Carney, Ellington, Guy, Raglin, Greer, Hibbler, Sherrill
                                            Titles broadcast:
                                            • Take The "A" Train (theme)
                                            • Love Letters
                                            • Main Stem
                                            • Fishing For The Moon
                                            • Riff 'n' Drill
                                            • Kissing Bug
                                            • Suddenly It Jumped
                                            • Ev'ry Hour On The Hour
                                            • Cotton Tail
                                            • Everything But You
                                            Four AFRS 'One Night Stand' transcriptions were made in 1945 from Ellington's Zanzibar broadcasts. Discographers mistook the dates etched in the wax as the broadcast date, but those were the dates the AFRS masters, the transcriptions, were produced from the recordings made during the broadcasts. One Night Stand #764, recorded 7oct45, was processed 24oct45
                                            • Jerry Valburn in DEMS 02/2-6/2, citing Harry Mackenzie & Lothar Polomski's One Night Stand Series 1-1001, Greenwood Press
                                            • DETS 11
                                            • DETS 2
                                            New Desor
                                            DE4574
                                            DE4583
                                            DEMS
                                            .djp2011
                                            updated
                                            2013-05-03
                                            1945 10 08
                                            Monday
                                            .New York, N.Y.RCA Victor studio 2
                                            145 E.234th St.
                                            RCA Victor recording session
                                            • Studio time called for 13:30
                                            • .
                                            • Recording started 13:45 to 16:15

                                            Duke Ellington and His Famous Orchestra
                                            Hemphill, Stewart, Jordan, Ray Nance, Anderson, Brown, Nanton, C.Jones, Hamilton, Hardwick, Hodges, Sears, Carney, Ellington, Guy, Raglin, Catlett, Sherrill

                                            Titles recorded:
                                            • Tell Ya What I'm Gonna Do
                                            • Come To Baby, Do!
                                            Email Lasker-Palmquist
                                            • 2014-10-14 (session time)
                                            • 2017-01-24 (address)
                                            New Desor
                                            DE4575
                                            DEMS
                                            .djp2011
                                            updated
                                            2013-05-04
                                            2014-10-2017-01-2714
                                            1945 10 08
                                            Monday
                                            .New York, N.Y.Cafe ZanzibarNightclub residency - see 1945 09 12 (3 shows nightly)

                                            Sid Catlett subbed for Sonny Greer
                                            ...
                                            ..2011
                                            1945 10 09
                                            Tuesday
                                            .New York, N.Y.Cafe ZanzibarNightclub residency - see 1945 09 12 (3 shows nightly)

                                            Sid Catlett subbed for Sonny Greer
                                            ...
                                            ..2011
                                            1945 10 10
                                            Wednesday
                                            .New York, N.Y.Cafe ZanzibarNightclub residency - see 1945 09 12 (3 shows nightly)

                                            MBS Broadcast from the café
                                            Duke Ellington and His Orchestra
                                            Personnel: Hemphill, Stewart, Anderson, Jordan, Brown, Nanton, C.Jones, Hamilton, Hardwick, Hodges, Sears, Carney, Ellington, Guy, Raglin, Sid Catlett, Sherrill

                                            Titles recorded from the broadcast
                                            • In The Shade Of The Old Apple Tree
                                            • 9:20 Special
                                            • Tell Ya What I'm Gonna Do
                                            • West Indian Dance
                                            • A Door Will Open
                                            • In A Mellow Tone
                                            • Everything But You
                                            • Solid Old Man
                                            • Things Ain't What They Used To Be
                                            Stratemann p.264New Desor
                                            DE4576
                                            DEMS
                                            .djp2011
                                            updated
                                            2013-05-11
                                            1945 10 11
                                            Thursday
                                            .New York, N.Y.Cafe ZanzibarNightclub residency - see 1945 09 12 (3 shows nightly)

                                            MBS Broadcast from the café
                                            Duke Ellington and His Orchestra
                                            Personnel: Hemphill, Stewart, Anderson, Jordan, Brown, Nanton, C.Jones, Hamilton, Hardwick, Hodges, Sears, Carney, Ellington, Guy, Raglin, Greer, Sherrill

                                            Titles recorded from the broadcast
                                            • Take The "A" Train
                                            • Clementine
                                            • I'll Buy That Dream
                                            • Come To Baby, Do!
                                            • Harlem Air Shaft
                                            • Everything But You
                                            .New Desor
                                            DE4577
                                            DEMS
                                            Timner corrections djp2011
                                            updated
                                            2013-05-11
                                            1945 10 12
                                            Friday
                                            .New York, N.Y.Cafe ZanzibarNightclub residency - see 1945 09 12 (3 shows nightly)...
                                            ..2011
                                            1945 10 13
                                            Saturday
                                            4:30 pm
                                            .New York, N.Y.Radio City Studio 6BABC network and WJZ "Your Saturday Date With the Duke" U.S.Treasury broadcast - see 1945 04 07
                                            Your Saturday Date With The Duke
                                            Duke Ellington and His Orchestra
                                            Hemphill, Stewart, Anderson, Jordan, Brown, Nanton, C.Jones, Hamilton, Hardwick, Hodges, Sears, Carney, Ellington, Guy, Raglin, Greer, Hibbler, Sherrill

                                            Titles broadcast:
                                            • Take The "A" Train (theme)
                                            • Things Ain't What They Used To Be
                                            • Ev'ry Hour On The Hour
                                            • Hollywood Hangover
                                            • Take The "A" Train (theme)
                                            • Autumn Serenade
                                            • Rockabye River
                                            • Ridin' On A Blue Note
                                            • I'll Buy That Dream
                                            • Riff 'n' Drill
                                            • Tell Ya What I'm Gonna Do
                                            • How Deep Is The Ocean
                                            • Mood Indigo
                                            • Take The "A" Train
                                            • Three Tunes in a Blue Mood
                                              (Diminuendo In Blue, I Got It Bad and That Ain't Good, and Crescendo In Blue)
                                            • Everything But You
                                            • Everything But You and D.E. Bond Promo
                                            • Between The Devil And The Deep Blue Sea
                                            • After All
                                            • Out Of This World
                                            • C-Jam Blues
                                            • Take The "A" Train (theme)

                                            Radio logs:
                                            • KJZ (New York), 4:30 pm EWT
                                              as Ellington Orchestra - the next scheduled program is at 5:30, indicating Ellington was on for an hour.
                                            • WMAL (Washington) 5:00 pm EWT
                                              as Ellington Orchestra
                                            • Possibly WBBM Chicago 4:30 pm CWT: Treasury Bandstand
                                            • Possibly KMTR Los Angeles 5:45 pm PWT
                                              as Treas.Salute
                                            • Possibly WGYN (FM) 7:30 pm EWT
                                              as Treasury Salute
                                            1945-10-13 radio logs:
                                            • New York Times
                                            • Brooklyn Daily Eagle
                                            • Washington Post
                                            • Chicago Daily Tribune
                                            • Los Angeles Times
                                            New Desor
                                            DE4578
                                            DEMS
                                            .djp2011
                                            updated 2013-05-17
                                            2014-09-20
                                            1945 10 13
                                            Saturday
                                            .New York, N.Y.Cafe ZanzibarNightclub residency - see 1945 09 12 (3 shows nightly)...
                                            ..2011
                                            1945 10 14
                                            Sunday
                                            .New York, N.Y.Cafe ZanzibarNightclub residency - see 1945 09 12 (3 shows nightly)...
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                                            1945 10 15
                                            Monday
                                            .New York, N.Y.Cafe ZanzibarNightclub residency - see 1945 09 12 (3 shows nightly)

                                            Half-hour MBS Broadcast from the café 11:30 P.M.
                                            Duke Ellington and His Orchestra
                                            Hemphill, Stewart, Anderson, Jordan, Brown, Nanton, C.Jones, Hamilton, Hardwick, Hodges, Sears, Carney, Ellington, Guy, Raglin, Greer, Sherrill

                                            Titles recorded:
                                            • I'll Buy That Dream
                                            • Fickle Fling
                                            • Autumn Serenade
                                            • How Deep Is The Ocean
                                            The broadcast is listed on WEAF in the New York Times at 11:30 pm EWT but not in the Washington Post, Chicago Daily Tribune or Los Angeles Times
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                                            Tuesday
                                            .New York, N.Y.Cafe ZanzibarNightclub residency - see 1945 09 12 (3 shows nightly)...
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                                            1945 10 17
                                            Wednesday
                                            .New York, N.Y.Cafe ZanzibarNightclub residency - see 1945 09 12 (3 shows nightly)...
                                            ..2011
                                            1945 10 18
                                            Thursday
                                            .New York, N.Y.Cafe ZanzibarNightclub residency - see 1945 09 12 (3 shows nightly)

                                            MBS / WOR broadcast from the café, 11:45 p.m.
                                            Duke Ellington and His Orchestra
                                            Hemphill, Stewart, Anderson, Jordan, Brown, Nanton, C.Jones, Hamilton, Hardwick, Hodges, Sears, Carney, Ellington, Guy, Raglin, Greer (no singers in this broadcast)
                                            • Take The "A" Train (theme)
                                            • A Door Will Open
                                            • Lily Belle
                                            • West Indian Dance
                                            • Waiting For The Train To Come In
                                            • Blues On The Double
                                          • DETS 11
                                          • Radio log, Brooklyn Daily Ealgle 1945-10-18
                                          • New Desor
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                                            1945 10 19
                                            Friday
                                            .New York, N.Y.Cafe ZanzibarNightclub residency - see 1945 09 12 (3 shows nightly)...
                                            ..2011
                                            1945 10 20
                                            Saturday
                                            .New York, N.Y.Radio City Studio 6BABC network "Your Saturday Date With the Duke" U.S.Treasury broadcast - see 1945 04 07
                                            Duke Ellington and His Orchestra
                                            Hemphill, Stewart, Anderson, Jordan, Brown, Nanton, C.Jones, Hamilton, Hardwick, Procope (two numbers only), Hodges, Sears, Carney, Ellington, Strayhorn, Guy, Raglin, Greer, K.Davis, Sherrill, Hibbler
                                            Titles broadcast:
                                            • Take The "A" Train (theme)
                                            • Ultra Blue (How Blue Can You Get #)
                                            • Teardrops In The Rain
                                            • Time On My Hands
                                            • Riff Staccato
                                            • Ko-Ko
                                            • If I Loved You
                                            • Just Squeeze Me
                                            • Honeysuckle Rose
                                            • Perdido
                                            • Air Conditioned Jungle
                                            • Waiting For The Train To Come In
                                            • I'd Do It All Over Again
                                            • Fancy Dan
                                            • Homesick That's All
                                            • Blues On The Double
                                            • Ev'ry Hour On The Hour
                                            • Caravan
                                            • Riff 'n' Drill
                                            • Things Ain't What They Used To Be
                                            The show is listed at 5 pm in the weekly radio schedule posted in the New York Times Oct. 13, 1945 but from 4:30 pm to 5:30 in the Brooklyn Daily Eagle.
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                                            Saturday
                                            .New York, N.Y.Cafe ZanzibarNightclub residency - see 1945 09 12 (3 shows nightly)...
                                            ..2011
                                            1945 10 21
                                            Sunday
                                            .New York, N.Y.Cafe ZanzibarNightclub residency - see 1945 09 12 (3 shows nightly)

                                            MBS Broadcast from the café
                                            Duke Ellington and His Orchestra
                                            Hemphill, Stewart, Anderson, Jordan, Brown, Nanton, C.Jones, Hamilton, Hardwick, Hodges, Sears, Carney, Ellington, Guy, Raglin, Greer, Hibbler
                                            Titles broadcast:
                                            • Take The "A" Train (theme)
                                            • Midriff
                                            • A Door Will Open
                                            • My Little Brown Book
                                            • Stomp, Look And Listen
                                            • Waiting For The Train To Come In
                                            • Diminuendo In Blue / Rocks In My Bed / Crescendo In Blue
                                            • Everything But You
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                                            Monday
                                            .New York, N.Y.Cafe ZanzibarNightclub residency - see 1945 09 12 (3 shows nightly)...
                                            ..2011
                                            1945 10 23
                                            Tuesday
                                            .New York, N.Y.Cafe ZanzibarNightclub residency - see 1945 09 12 (3 shows nightly)...
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                                            1945 10 23
                                            Tuesday
                                            .New York, N.Y.. Ellington was a guest on the NBC Red Network show "Johnny Presents" or "Johnny Presents Variety" variety show at 8 p.m. It isn't clear if he appeared alone, but it seems likely.
                                            The Johnny Presents show was a commercial NBC Red network radio show which Radio Mirror (1937-05-00 p.96) described as new in 1937. It always opened with Johnny Roventini, as a bellhop paging "Call for Philip Morris," reportedly always at B-flat pitch. His career lasted until the American government banned on-air tobacco advertising.

                                            The show seems to have orinated in Hollywood in 1945 until hostess Ginny Sims left.

                                            The show appears to have been a variety show with skits. One newspaper reported a minor incident where a man came on stage and approached Ginny Sims before being removed by security. That story said there were necessarily many people on stage during the show. This makes it unlikely that Ellington's broadcast was a remote.

                                            In September, Broadcasting reported Philip Morris & Co. would sponsor a new Johnny Presents series on Tuesdays from 8 to 8:30.

                                            Ellington's appearance predates the show's policy change reported in Variety in November:

                                            'FDGOJ Tags Guest Leaders on Radio Show
                                              Another opportunity for radio guesting by name bandleaders opens up next week when the Philip Morris "Johnny Presents" show (NBC) switches to that policy next week (27). Lately, there have been an unusually large number of commercials using name maestros consistently as guests and leaders bringing their bands in N.Y. for theatre and location bookings have reaped a neat harvest of guest coin.
                                              Morris show starts off with Benny Goodman's sextet and follows the next week with Woody Herman. That portion of the show will operate under the title "Fraternity of Distinguished Gentlemen of the Jukebox.

                                            The question remains, did Ellington appear by himself or with some sidemen?
                                            • Broadcasting 1945-09-03 p.52
                                            • Variety 1945-11-21 p.48
                                            • John Dunning, On the Air: The Encyclopedia of Old-Time Radio,Oxford University Press, 1998, p.374
                                            • Email, Hällström, 2015-12-29
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                                            1945 10 24.New York, N.Y. Peripheral event
                                            AFRS One Night Stand transcription #764 was processed -see 1945 10 07
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                                            1945 10 24
                                            Wednesday
                                            .New York, N.Y.Cafe ZanzibarNightclub residency - see 1945 09 12 (3 shows nightly)

                                            MBS Broadcast from the café
                                            Duke Ellington and His Orchestra
                                            Hemphill, Stewart, Anderson, Jordan, Brown, Nanton, C.Jones, Hamilton, Hardwick, Hodges, Sears, Carney, Ellington, Guy, Raglin, Greer, Sherrill

                                            Titles broadcast:
                                            • Take The "A" Train (theme)
                                            • How Deep Is The Ocean
                                            • Walkin' With my Honey
                                            • Go Away Blues
                                            • Homesick, That's All
                                            • I'd Do It All Over Again
                                            • Take The "A" Train
                                            • Fancy Dan
                                            • Ev'ry Hour On The Hour
                                            • Emancipation Celebration
                                            • Let The Zoomers Drool
                                            ...
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                                            Thursday
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                                            ..2011
                                            1945 10 26
                                            Friday
                                            .New York, N.Y.Cafe ZanzibarNightclub residency - see 1945 09 12 (3 shows nightly)...
                                            ..2011
                                            1945 10 27
                                            Saturday
                                            .New York, N.Y.Radio City Studio 6BABC network "Your Saturday Date With the Duke" U.S.Treasury broadcast - see 1945 04 07

                                            Duke Ellington and His Orchestra
                                            Hemphill, Stewart, Anderson, Jordan, Brown, Nanton, C.Jones, Hamilton, Hardwick, Hodges, Sears, Carney, Ellington, Strayhorn, Guy, Raglin, Greer, Hibbler, Sherrill, K.Davis, Golden Gate Quartet
                                            Titles recorded:
                                            • Take The "A" Train (theme)
                                            • Johnny Come Lately
                                            • I Can't Believe That You're In Love With Me
                                            • I'll Buy That Dream
                                            • Stomp, Look And Listen
                                            • Take The "A" Train (theme)
                                            • The Wonder Of You
                                            • D.E. Bond Promo
                                            • Joshua Fit The Battle Of Jericho
                                            • The General Jumped At Dawn
                                            • Mood To Be Wooed
                                            • Three Cent Stomp
                                            • Yesterdays
                                            • D.E. Bond Promo
                                            • Do Nothin' Till You Hear From Me
                                            • Stompy Jones
                                            • Things Ain't What They Used To Be (other title: Time's A-Wastin')
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                                            Saturday
                                            .New York, N.Y.Cafe ZanzibarNightclub residency - see 1945 09 12 (3 shows nightly)...
                                            ..2011
                                            1945 10 28
                                            Sunday
                                            3 p.m.
                                            .New York, N.Y.Golden Gate Ballroom"All Star Victory Show," sponsored by an Artists Committee chaired by Paul Robeson. Scheduled to appear, in addition to Ellington, were Art Tatum, Josh White, Louis Jordan, Katherine Dunham and Joe Louis.

                                            The nature of this Artists Committee is unknown to the webmaster. At the time, Robeson was active in the civil rights movement, had recently been awarded the NAACP Springarn Medal, and was actively promoting U.S./U.S.S.R. friendship. This event is not mentioned, however, in the F.B.I. file on Ellington.
                                            Stratemann p.264 citing New York Age 1945-10-27 p.12..
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                                            1945 10 28
                                            Sunday
                                            8 p.m.
                                            .New York, N.Y.Stage Door CanteenClosing night - the show included the Russ Morgan band and the cast from the musical Carousel, plus the entire Zanzibar revue including Ellington's orchestra. The show ran more than 5 hours, ending at 1 a.m.
                                            Note the conflict with the band's residency at the Zanzibar, unless the band and revue only attended for a short while.
                                            This was a temporary location, the Stage Door Canteen originally opened in 1942 at 244 West 44th Street and moved to temporary quarters at the Hotel Diplomat, 106 West 43rd St., at the end of July 1945. The AP wirestory covering the closure don't mention the show, just a speech by a soldier and the jukebox playing a record at the end of the evening. The UP wirestory mentioned "the most played tune of the night, requested many times of several orchestras, was I Lost My Heart at the Stage Door Canteen," thus confirming bands did play that night. One of the stories closes with the record being stolen by a serviceman. The Brooklyn Daily Eagle's announcement of closing night, refers to ... a gala week featuring entertainment by all the stars in New York...
                                            • Daily Argus, Mount Vernon, N.Y., 1945-07-30
                                            • Evening Times, Cumberland, Md., 1945-11-05 p.14
                                            • Oelwein Daily Register, Oelwein, N.Y., 1945-10-29
                                            • Brooklyn Daily Eagle 1945-10-28 p.15
                                            .
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                                            1945 10 28
                                            Sunday
                                            .New York, N.Y.Cafe ZanzibarNightclub residency - see 1945 09 12 (3 shows nightly)
                                            Remote MBS network broadcast at 11:30 pm on WOR
                                            Duke Ellington and His Orchestra
                                            Hemphill, Stewart, Anderson, Jordan, Brown, Nanton, C.Jones, Hamilton, Hardwick, Hodges, Sears, Carney, Ellington, Guy, Raglin, Greer, Hibbler, Sherrill
                                            Titles recorded:
                                            • Things Ain't What They Used To Be
                                            • In A Mellow Tone
                                            • The Wonder Of You
                                            • Riff 'n' Drill
                                            • The Last Time I Saw You
                                            • How Deep Is The Ocean
                                            • Riff Staccato
                                            • Ev'ry Hour On The Hour
                                            • Harlem Air-Shaft
                                            Four 'One Night Stand' transcriptions were made in 1945 from Ellington's Zanzibar broadcasts. Discographers mistook the dates etched in the wax as the broadcast date, but those were the dates the AFRS masters, the transcriptions, were produced from the recordings made during the broadcasts. One Night Stand #786, recorded 1945 10 28, was processed the same date.
                                            • Jerry Valburn in DEMS 02/2-6/2, citing Harry Mackenzie & Lothar Polomski's One Night Stand Series 1-1001, Greenwood Press
                                            • Radio log, Brooklyn Daily Eagle 1945-10-28 p.28
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                                            1945 10 29
                                            Monday
                                            .New York, N.Y.Cafe ZanzibarNightclub residency - see 1945 09 12 (3 shows nightly)

                                            Remote NBC and WEAF broadcast, 11:30 pm
                                            Duke Ellington and His Orchestra
                                            Hemphill, Stewart, Anderson, Jordan, Brown, Nanton, C.Jones, Hamilton, Hardwick, Hodges, Sears, Carney, Ellington, Guy, Raglin, Greer, Jordan

                                            Titles in the recorded broadcast:
                                            • Take The "A" Train (theme)
                                            • Stompy Jones
                                            • I'd Do It All Over Again
                                            • A Door Will Open
                                            • It Don't Mean A Thing
                                            • Frantic Fantasy
                                            • Blue Skies
                                            • Everything But You
                                            Radio log, Brooklyn Daily Eagle 1945-10-29 p.17New Desor
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                                            Tuesday
                                            .New York, N.Y.Cafe ZanzibarNightclub residency - see 1945 09 12 (3 shows nightly)...
                                            ..2011
                                            1945 10 31
                                            Wednesday
                                            Halloween
                                            .New York, N.Y.Cafe ZanzibarNightclub residency - see 1945 09 12 (3 shows nightly)...
                                            ..2011
                                            1945 10 001945 11 00New York, N.Y.Cafe ZanzibarUndated remote broadcast issued on AFRS MC-172
                                            Duke Ellington and His Orchestra
                                            Hemphill, Stewart, Jordan, Anderson, Brown, Nanton, C.Jones, Hamilton, Hardwick, Hodges, Sears, Carney, Ellington, Guy, Raglin, Greer, Hibbler, K.Davis
                                            Titles recorded:
                                            • Take The "A" Train (theme)
                                            • Jumpin' Punkins
                                            • A Door Will Open
                                            • West Indian Dance
                                            • I Ain't Got Nothin' But The Blues - vAH, KD
                                            • Jack The Bear
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                                            November 1945

                                            1945 11 00...PERSONNEL CHANGES
                                            Joe "Tricky Sam" Nanton, trombone, leaves the band and Wilbur de Paris, trombone, joins in mid-November.

                                            Junior Raglin, bass, leaves the band and is replaced temporarily by Lloyd Trotman, bass, who is part of the band for two weeks in November.
                                            New Desor vol.2..
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                                            .New York, N.Y.Cafe ZanzibarNightclub residency - see 1945 09 12 (3 shows nightly)...
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                                            1945 11 02
                                            Friday
                                            .New York, N.Y.Cafe ZanzibarNightclub residency - see 1945 09 12 (3 shows nightly)...
                                            ..2011
                                            1945 11 03
                                            Saturday
                                            4:30 pm
                                            .New York, N.Y.Radio City Studio 6BABC network "Your Saturday Date With the Duke" U.S.Treasury broadcast - see 1945 04 07
                                            Duke Ellington and His Orchestra
                                            Hemphill, Stewart, Anderson, Jordan, Brown, Nanton, C.Jones, Hamilton, Hardwick, Hodges, Sears, Carney, Ellington, Strayhorn, Guy, Raglin, Greer, Hibbler, Sherrill, K.Davis, The Mellotones
                                            Titles recorded:
                                            • Take The "A" Train (theme)
                                            • Clementine
                                            • Jeep Is Jumpin'
                                            • Don't Take Your Love From Me
                                            • It Don't Mean A Thing
                                            • D.E. Bond Promos
                                            • If You Are But A Dream
                                            • Emancipation Celebration
                                            • Caldonia
                                            • Ring Dem Bells
                                            • A Door Will Open
                                            • Court Session
                                            • That's For Me
                                            • On The Atcheson, Topeka And Santa Fe
                                            • Ev'ry Hour On The Hour
                                            • How Deep Is The Ocean
                                            • Victory Drive
                                            • Autumn Serenade
                                            • Girvan: Ellingtonia.com
                                            • Timner IV
                                            • Stratemann p.263
                                            • Vail I
                                            • New York Time radio log "WJZ-Duke Ellington Orchestra"
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                                            Saturday
                                            .New York, N.Y.Cafe ZanzibarNightclub residency - see 1945 09 12 (3 shows nightly)...
                                            ..2011
                                            1945 11 04
                                            Sunday
                                            .New York, N.Y.Cafe ZanzibarNightclub residency - see 1945 09 12 (3 shows nightly)...
                                            ..2011
                                            1945 11 05
                                            Monday
                                            .New York, N.Y.Cafe ZanzibarNightclub residency - see 1945 09 12 (3 shows nightly)...
                                            ..2011
                                            1945 11 06
                                            Tuesday
                                            .New York, N.Y.Cafe ZanzibarNightclub residency - see 1945 09 12 (3 shows nightly)...
                                            ..2011
                                            1945 11 07
                                            Wednesday
                                            .New York, N.Y.Cafe ZanzibarNightclub residency - see 1945 09 12 (3 shows nightly)...
                                            ..2011
                                            1945 11 08
                                            Thursday
                                            .New York, N.Y.WOV studio

                                            'WOV'S '1280 CLUB'
                                            Wishes to Thank Those Who Appeared in Person
                                            FRANK BURKE, ROY ELDREDGE, DUKE ELLINGTON
                                            and the following thoughtful celebrities who sent congratulatory wires to FRED ROBBINS, Professor of Thermodaynamics, on the occasion of his inaugural "1280 Club" broadcast, November 8, 1945'

                                            In the Variety ad, Roy Eldridge's name was spelled as shown.

                                            Robbins was a jazz disc jockey with an early evening show on local radio station WOV.

                                            Steven Lasker:

                                            'Eldridge, not Eldredge.
                                               Billy Strayhorn's Snibor was named after Fred Robbins. (Snibor being Robins backwards. Should've been Snibbor!)'

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                                            1945 11 09
                                            Friday
                                            .New York, N.Y.Cafe ZanzibarNightclub residency - see 1945 09 12 (3 shows nightly)...
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                                            1945 11 10
                                            Saturday
                                            .New York, N.Y.Radio CityABC network "Your Saturday Date With the Duke" U.S.Treasury broadcast - see 1945 04 07
                                            Duke Ellington and His Orchestra
                                            Hemphill, Stewart, Jordan, Anderson, Brown, Nanton, C.Jones, Hamilton, Hardwick, Hodges, Sears, Carney, Ellington, Strayhorn, Guy, Raglin, Greer, Hibbler, Sherrill, K.Davis with The Mellotones

                                            Titles recorded:
                                            • Bond commercials
                                            • Take The "A" Train (theme)
                                            • Just A-Sittin' And A-Rockin'
                                            • 9:20 Special
                                            • Frustration
                                            • Jennie
                                            • Dancing In The Dark
                                            • Crosstown
                                            • Passion Flower
                                            • Victory Drive
                                            • Get On Board Little Children
                                            • Come Sunday
                                            • Light
                                            • 11:60 p.m.
                                            • Tell It To A Star
                                            • I Ain't Got Nothin' But The Blues
                                            • Cotton Tail
                                            • Waiting For The Train To Come In
                                            • Star Spangled Banner
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                                            Saturday
                                            .New York, N.Y.Cafe ZanzibarNightclub residency - see 1945 09 12 (3 shows nightly)...
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                                            1945 11 11
                                            Sunday
                                            .New York, N.Y.Alvin TheatreUnconfirmed
                                            Negro Actors Guild benefit, chaired by Bill Robinson and Joe Louis.
                                            The Ellington and Louis Jordan orchestras were scheduled to appear.
                                            Stratemann p.264 citing Variety 1945-10-10 p.47..
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                                            Sunday
                                            .New York, N.Y.Cafe ZanzibarNightclub residency - see 1945 09 12 (3 shows nightly)...
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                                            1945 11 12
                                            Monday
                                            .New York, N.Y.Cafe ZanzibarNightclub residency - see 1945 09 12 (3 shows nightly)...
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                                            1945 11 13
                                            Tuesday
                                            .New York, N.Y.Cafe ZanzibarNightclub residency - see 1945 09 12 (3 shows nightly)...
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                                            1945 11 14
                                            Wednesday
                                            .New York, N.Y.Cafe ZanzibarNightclub residency - see 1945 09 12 (3 shows nightly)...
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                                            1945 11 15
                                            Thursday
                                            .New York, N.Y.Cafe ZanzibarNightclub residency - see 1945 09 12 (3 shows nightly)...
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                                            1945 11 16
                                            Friday
                                            .New York, N.Y.Cafe ZanzibarNightclub residency - see 1945 09 12 (3 shows nightly)...
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                                            1945 11 17
                                            Saturday
                                            .New York, N.Y.Radio City Studio 6BABC network "Your Saturday Date With the Duke" U.S.Treasury broadcast - see 1945 04 07
                                            Duke Ellington and His Orchestra
                                            Hemphill, Stewart, Anderson, Jordan, Brown, De Paris, C.Jones, Hamilton, Hardwick, Hodges, Sears, Carney, Ellington, Guy, Pettiford, Greer, Hibbler, Sherrill, K.Davis, The Mellotones

                                            Titles recorded:
                                            • Spoken bond commercials by Duke
                                            • Take The "A" Train (theme)
                                            • Walkin' With My Honey
                                            • Jack The Bear
                                            • Autumn Serenade
                                            • Tell It To A Star
                                            • The Cat And The Fiddle
                                            • I Can't Begin To Tell You
                                            • How Deep Is The Ocean
                                            • The Wonder Of You
                                            • Victory Drive
                                            • As Long As I Live
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                                            Saturday
                                            .New York, N.Y.Main Hall
                                            Carnegie Hall
                                            Benefit concert, 8:45 p.m.
                                            Common Council for American Unity
                                            Duke Ellington, Piano, is listed as one of about 30 performers at this concert. Frank Sinatra was the speaker.
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                                            Saturday
                                            .New York, N.Y.Cafe ZanzibarNightclub residency - see 1945 09 12 (3 shows nightly)...
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                                            1945 11 18
                                            Sunday
                                            .New York, N.Y.Cafe ZanzibarNightclub residency - see 1945 09 12 (3 shows nightly)

                                            Four AFRS 'One Night Stand' transcriptions were made in 1945 from Ellington's Zanzibar broadcasts. Discographers mistook the dates etched in the wax as the broadcast date, but those were the dates the AFRS masters, the transcriptions, were produced from the recordings made during the broadcasts. One Night Stand #800, recorded 1945 09 18, was processed 1945 11 18, the date shown in New Desor for session DE4591
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                                            1945 11 19
                                            Monday
                                            .New York, N.Y..PERSONNEL CHANGES
                                            Lloyd Trotman, bass, is replaced by bassist and cellist Oscar Pettiford.

                                            Down Beat reported Pettiford arrived in New York from the west coast in November, and joined Ellington at the Zanzibar on the 19th, replacing Junior Raglin.
                                            • New Desor vol.2
                                            • Pettiford Joins Duke, Down Beat 1945-12-01 p.5
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                                            Monday
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                                            1945 11 20
                                            Tuesday
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                                            1945 11 21
                                            Wednesday
                                            .New York, N.Y.Cafe ZanzibarNightclub residency - see 1945 09 12 (3 shows nightly)...
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                                            1945 11 22
                                            Thursday
                                            .New York, N.Y.Cafe ZanzibarNightclub residency - see 1945 09 12 (3 shows nightly)...
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                                            1945 11 23
                                            Friday
                                            10 pm EWT
                                            .New York, N.Y.WOR studioEllington appeared on a music quiz radio network show:
                                            Ironwood Times

                                            'Duke Ellington, notable jazz pianist and composer; Annamary Dickey, Metropolitan soprano; and Jane Cowl, MBS actress and commentator; are among the celebrities who will take part in the quiz program "So You Think You Know Music," Friday night at 9:00...'

                                            Radio Today:

                                            '10-10:30—Musical Quiz: "So You Think You Know Music," Duke Ellington, William Primrose, Annamary Dickey, Jane Cowl, Guests—WOR '

                                            • Ironwood Times, Ironwood, Mich. 1945-11-21
                                            • Radio Today, New York Times, 1945-11-23
                                            • Today's Radio Programs, Washington Post, 1945-11-23
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                                            1945 11 23
                                            Friday
                                            .New York, N.Y.Cafe ZanzibarNightclub residency - see 1945 09 12 (3 shows nightly)...
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                                            1945 11 24
                                            Saturday
                                            .New York, N.Y.Radio City Studio 6BABC network "Your Saturday Date With the Duke" U.S.Treasury broadcast - see 1945 04 07
                                            Duke Ellington and His Orchestra
                                            Hemphill, Stewart, Anderson, Jordan, Brown, De Paris, C.Jones, Hamilton, Hardwick, Hodges, Sears, Carney, Ellington, Strayhorn, Guy, Pettiford, Greer, Hibbler, Sherrill, K.Davis, The Mellotones

                                            Titles broadcast and recorded:
                                            • Several bond commercials spoken by Duke
                                            • Take The "A" Train (theme)
                                            • Way Low
                                            • C-Jam Blues
                                            • Kissing Bug
                                            • Just A-Sittin' And A-Rockin'
                                            • Caldonia
                                            • Fancy Dan
                                            • I'm Just A Lucky So And So
                                            • The Last Time I Saw you
                                            • On The Atcheson, Topeka And Santa Fe
                                            • If I Loved You
                                            • I Can't Begin To Tell You
                                            • The Wonder Of You
                                            • Riff 'n' Drill
                                            .New Desor
                                            DE4593
                                            .
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                                            1945 11 24
                                            Saturday
                                            .New York, N.Y.Cafe ZanzibarNightclub residency - see 1945 09 12 (3 shows nightly)...
                                            ..2011
                                            1945 11 25
                                            Sunday
                                            19:30
                                            .New York, N.Y.NBC studioUnconfirmed * * *
                                            Stratemann has Ellington, Tommy Dorsey and Johnny Desmond as guests on this episode of the NBC Blue network radio show Music America Loves Best but according to Jerry Valburn in DEMS, Dorsey was the master of ceremonies and announcer.
                                            Stockdale shows Dorsey hosted this Armed Forces Radio Service show from April 29 to Nov.25, 1945, and Ellington was a guest three times during that time - see also 1945-04-29 and 1945-09-23.
                                            In this episode, New Desor has Ellington playing Take the "A" Train and Dancers in Love alone before being joined by The Jay Blackton Orchestra for a medley of Sophisticated Lady, Solitude, Caravan, Mood Indigo and It Don't Mean A Thing. Stockdale omits A Train but Valburn explains Ellington chorded it during Dorsey's [spoken] introduction.
                                            * * *  Was this a live or pre-recorded broadcast?

                                            Klaus Götting and Sjef Hoefsmit suggested repetitions of Dancers in Love prove the broadcast was pre-recorded and this is supported in an e-mail in 2000 from Ed Polic to Jerry Valburn saying
                                            • it is a composite program with two completely different orchestras (one announced as Jay Blackton and the other as Lou Bring [sic] with the sound quite different between the two "house" orchestras)
                                            • The Ellington segments appear to be from yet a third recording session.
                                            • The only common denominator between each of the segments on the program is Tommy Dorsey.
                                            • Johnny Desmond and Ellington are not at the same recording sessions for this material; the Desmond portions were done after 1945-11-23 (i.e., after his discharge date).
                                            Stockdale reports the broadcast was from 9 to 9:30 PM, but radio logs show WEAF scheduled "Tommy Dorsey.Blackton Orchestra" or "T.Dorsey Show" at 4:30 PM EWT.
                                            • Stratemann p.264
                                            • Robert Stockdale, The Dorsey Brothers: That's It!, Lulu.com 2008, pp.275-276
                                            • Radio logs 1945-11-25:
                                              • New York Times
                                              • Brooklyn Daily Eagle
                                            New Desor
                                            DE4594
                                            DEMS
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                                            1945 11 25
                                            Sunday
                                            .New York, N.Y.Cafe ZanzibarNightclub residency - see 1945 09 12 (3 shows nightly)...
                                            ..2011
                                            1945 11 26
                                            Monday
                                            .New York, N.Y.RCA 24th St. StudioVictor recording session
                                            Time: 14:00 to 18:00
                                            Duke Ellington and His Famous Orchestra
                                            Hemphill, Stewart, Jordan, Anderson, Brown, De Paris, Jones, Hamilton, Hardwick, Hodges, Sears, Carney, Ellington, Strayhorn, Guy, Pettiford, Greer, Hibbler, Sherrill
                                            Titles recorded:
                                            • I'm Just A Lucky So And So
                                            • Long Strong And Consecutive
                                            • The Wonder Of You
                                            New Desor
                                            DE4595
                                            .
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                                            1945 11 26
                                            Monday
                                            .New York, N.Y.Cafe ZanzibarNightclub residency - see 1945 09 12 (3 shows nightly)...
                                            ..2011
                                            1945 11 27
                                            Tuesday
                                            .New York, N.Y.Cafe ZanzibarNightclub residency - see 1945 09 12 (3 shows nightly)...
                                            ..2011
                                            1945 11 28
                                            Wednesday
                                            .New York, N.Y.Cafe ZanzibarNightclub residency - see 1945 09 12 (3 shows nightly)

                                            Recorded MBS remote broadcast
                                            Duke Ellington and His Orchestra
                                            Hemphill, Stewart, Jordan, Anderson, Brown, De Paris, C.Jones, Hamilton, Hardwick, Hodges, Sears, Carney, Ellington, Guy, Pettiford, Greer, Sherrill
                                            Titles recorded:
                                            • Crosstown
                                            • The Wonder Of You
                                            • Cotton Tail
                                            • I'm Just A Lucky So And So
                                            • Things Ain't What They Used To Be
                                            • Three Cent Stomp
                                            • Long Strong And Consecutive
                                            • Blue Skies
                                            • Everything But You
                                            Note this broadcast is not confirmed. Ellington is not mentioned in the radio logs of the Washington Post, Brooklyn Daily Eagle, Chicago Daily Tribune, or Los Angeles Times.
                                            New Desor
                                            DE4596
                                            DEMS
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                                            1945 11 29
                                            Thursday
                                            .New York, N.Y.Cafe ZanzibarNightclub residency - see 1945 09 12 (3 shows nightly)...
                                            ..2011
                                            1945 11 30
                                            Friday
                                            .New York, N.Y.Cafe ZanzibarNightclub residency - see 1945 09 12 (3 shows nightly)...
                                            ..2011
                                            1945 11 001945 12 04New York, N.Y.Cafe ZanzibarTwo more remote broadcasts from the Zanzibar survive, but are undated:
                                            • New Desor session DE4592:
                                              Duke Ellington and His Orchestra
                                              Hemphill, Stewart, C. Anderson, Jordan, Brown, De Paris, C.Jones, Hamilton, Hardwick, Hodges, Sears, Carney, Ellington, Guy, Pettiford, Greer, Sherrill, Hibbler
                                              Titles recorded:
                                              • Take The "A" Train (theme)
                                              • Just A-Sittin' And A-Rockin'
                                              • Clementine
                                              • The Wonder Of You
                                              • I'll Buy That Dream
                                              • Come To Baby, Do!
                                            • New Desor session DE4597:
                                              Duke Ellington and His Orchestra

                                              Hemphill, Stewart, C. Anderson, Jordan, Brown, De Paris, C.Jones, Hamilton, Hardwick, Hodges, Sears, Carney, Ellington, Guy, Pettiford, Greer
                                              • Take The "A" Train (theme)
                                              • I'll Buy That Dream
                                              • Tell It To A Star
                                              • Stomp, Look and Listen
                                              • Autumn Serenade
                                            .New Desor
                                            DE4592
                                            DE4597
                                            DEMS
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                                            December 1945

                                            1945 12 00... Peripheral event
                                            Syndicated columnist Jack O'Brien wrote that Ellington had asked Lena Horne to star in his projected Broadway musical tentatively titled the Beggar's Opera, which he is writing with John LaTouche.

                                            Music scholar Dan Caine advises his research into Beggar's Holiday shows Latouche "was hired and began the libretto for BH in late autumn, 1945, nearly a year ahead of rehearsals and tryouts."
                                            • "Broadway," Evening Times, Cumberland Md., 1945-12-26, p.11
                                            • Email 2013-03-16, Caine to Palmquist, cc Duke-LYM
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                                            1945 12 01
                                            Saturday
                                            .New York, N.Y.Cafe ZanzibarNightclub residency - see 1945 09 12 (3 shows nightly)...
                                            ..2011
                                            1945 12 02
                                            Sunday
                                            .New York, N.Y.Cafe ZanzibarNightclub residency - see 1945 09 12 (3 shows nightly)...
                                            ..2011
                                            1945 12 03
                                            Monday
                                            .New York, N.Y.Cafe ZanzibarNightclub residency - see 1945 09 12 (3 shows nightly).New Desor
                                            DE4598
                                            .
                                            ..2011
                                            1945 12 04
                                            Tuesday
                                            .New York, N.Y.Cafe ZanzibarNightclub residency ends - see 1945 09 11

                                            This was the last night. Cootie Williams and his orchstra opened at the Café Zanzibar the next day.
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                                            Wednesday
                                            ...activities not documented...
                                            ...
                                            1945 12 06
                                            Thursday
                                            .New York, N.Y.Madison Square Garden8 p.m. Newspaper Guild of New York Page One Ball of 1945.

                                            The Ellington, Eddie Condon, Hal McIntyre and Woody Herman bands were "set to appear".

                                            tickets, $1.25, $2.50, $3.50 tax included. The event may have been broadcast at 11:30 pm on WABC, but the broadcast is not listed in the New York Times radio log for this date.
                                            Amsterdam News, New York, N.Y., 1945-12-01 p.27..
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                                            Friday
                                            ...activities not documented...
                                            ...
                                            1945 12 08
                                            Saturday
                                            ...activities not documented...
                                            ...
                                            1945 12 09
                                            Sunday
                                            .Chicago, Ill.Savoy Ballroom
                                            South Park at 47th St.
                                            Dance
                                            Sratemann p.264 citing Chicago Defender 1945-12-08 p.23..
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                                            Monday
                                            ...activities not documented...
                                            ...
                                            1945 12 11
                                            Tuesday
                                            ...activities not documented...
                                            ...
                                            1945 12 12
                                            Wednesday
                                            ...activities not documented...
                                            ...
                                            1945 12 13
                                            Thursday
                                            ...activities not documented...
                                            ...
                                            1945 12 14
                                            Friday
                                            ...activities not documented...
                                            ...
                                            1945 12 15
                                            Saturday
                                            ... Peripheral event
                                            "If the Zanzibar drops its name band policy after the current engagement of Cootie Williams, the chatter is that Duke Ellington, Count Basie, Jimmie Lunceford and Billy Eckstine, all William Morris bands, will jointly sponsor a new Broadway night club as a showcase for their orks."
                                            Down Beat, 1945-12-15 p.1..
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                                            Saturday
                                            .South Bend, Ind.Palais Royale Ballroom(Unconfirmed)

                                            Dance to Duke Ellington, His Orchestra and Show
                                            Ads:
                                            • The News-Palladium,
                                              Benton Harbor, Mich.:
                                              • 1945-11-15, p.2
                                              • 1945-12-08, p.3
                                              • 1945-12-14, p.3
                                            • The Herald-Press,
                                              St. Joseph, Mich.:
                                              • 1945-12-08 p2
                                              • 1945-12-14 p2
                                            • The Vidette-Messenger,
                                              Valparaiso, Ind.:
                                              • 1945-11-30, p.7
                                              • 1945-12-12,p.3
                                              • 1945-12-14, p.12
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                                            1945 12 16
                                            Sunday
                                            ...activities not documented...
                                            ...
                                            circa
                                            1945 12 17
                                            ...PERSONNEL CHANGES
                                            Stratemann reports vocalist Marie Ellington left to try a solo career. It seems more likely Marie left in September - see 1945 09 00.
                                            Downbeat, 1945 11 01, p. 12:

                                            'Nance, Marie Leave Ellington

                                            New York--Story making the rounds is that Duke Ellington tied the can to a couple of his standbys, thumbing out Ray Nance and Marie (no kin) Ellington.
                                              The Duke, however, said that there was no truth to the report beyond that Ray and Marie had severed connections with him. But the idea that they had been sacked was strictly bushwah.
                                              More than that, Duke will sponsor Nance, who plays trumpet and violin and sings, as a single. He has not been replaced in the band.
                                              Marie is also scheduled to try her luck as a single, is being considered by Ruban Bleu. [sic] '

                                            • New Desor vol.2
                                            • Stratemann p.264 citing Metronome 1945-11-00 45
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                                            circa
                                            1945 12 17
                                            ...PERSONNEL CHANGES
                                            Cornetist Rex Stewart left the week of Dec. 17 to play in a sextet and was replaced in mid-December by trumpeter Francis ("Franc") Williams.
                                            Williams was born 1910 09 20 in Pennsylvania and raised in Toledo, Ohio. He stayed with the band until Duke went to England without his band in 1948. Due to his wife's health, he did not return to the band until 1951, and would be replaced that year by Clark Terry.

                                            Overall, Williams was in the band 5 1/2 years, describing himself as a swing man, playing other trumpeters' parts when they didn't show up.

                                            Williams recalled, in Storyville:

                                            'In 1947, I think it was, we went to the Regal Theatre in Chicago and the first show was at three o'clock. We had six trumpets in the band, Scad Hemphill, Taft Jordan, Ray Nance, Harold Baker, Cat Anderson, and myself. We opened with two trumpets and the other one with me was hanging like a dog with a hangover so bad that every time he stopped playing he'd groan. So I had all the first parts to play, but by the end of that show a third trumpet had come. Cat Anderson came for the last show on Friday night and on Saturday we had the same four trumpets. We opened Sunday still with four but we didn't have a fifth until Monday when Ray Nance came in and we didn't get our sixth trumpet until the day before our week's show was over, when Shorty Baker showed up!'

                                            (Note Williams may have misremembered either the venue or the personnel, since that trumpet lineup did not play at the Regal. The Regal gig began December 27 by which time Baker was already gone.)
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                                            1945 12 17
                                            Monday
                                            ...activities not documented...
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                                            1945 12 18
                                            Tuesday
                                            ...activities not documented...
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                                            1945 12 19
                                            Wednesday
                                            ...activities not documented...
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                                            1945 12 20
                                            Thursday
                                            ...activities not documented...
                                            ...
                                            1945 12 21
                                            Friday
                                            1945 12 23Canton, OhioPalace TheatreTheatre show'Where the Bands are Playing' Down Beat 1945-12-15 p.18...
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                                            1945 12 22
                                            Saturday
                                            .Canton, OhioPalace TheatreTheatre show - see 1945 12 21'Where the Bands are Playing' Down Beat 1945-12-15 p.18...
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                                            1945 12 23
                                            Sunday
                                            .Canton, OhioPalace TheatreTheatre show - see 1945 12 21'Where the Bands are Playing' Down Beat 1945-12-15 p.18...
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                                            1945 12 24
                                            Monday
                                            ...activities not documented...
                                            ...
                                            1945 12 25
                                            Tuesday
                                            Christmas Day
                                            ...activities not documented

                                            The band was booked into the Mecca Temple in Scranton Penn., but didn't show. The William Morris Agency refunded the promoter's deposit without explanation. The Afro-American reported a dispute between promoter Max Kearson and the Agency, because Mr. Kearson also wanted to be reimbursed for his advertising and promotion costs.
                                              Variety 1946-01-16 p.47
                                            • The Baltimore Afro-American, 1946-01-26,p.11
                                            • Stratemann p.264
                                            • Vail I
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                                            1945 12 26
                                            Wednesday
                                            Boxing Day
                                            .Johnson City, N.Y.Geo. F. Pavilion

                                            Gala Holiday DANCE
                                            FEATURING
                                            DUKE ELLINGTON
                                            America's Foremost Modern Composer
                                            And His World-Famous Orchestra
                                            Starring
                                            Kay DavisLawrence Brown
                                            Joya ShirrillAl Hibbler
                                            Johnny HodgesOscar Pettiford
                                            And Other Well Known Entertainers
                                            Wednesday Night, Dec. 26
                                            GEO. F. PAVILION
                                            Admission $1.00 plus 20c tax Dancing 9 Until 1


                                            Letter to the editor, The Binghamton Press:

                                            'Wonders About Hotel
                                            Binghamton, N.Y.
                                            Dec. 28, 1945
                                            To the Editor of the Binghamton Press

                                            I heard something today that shocked me greatly - that when Duke Ellington and his orchestra played at the Pavilion Wednesday night, they were refused accommodations at one of our hotels because of their race. If I have been misinformed, my apologies will be offered to this hotel.

                                            But if I have correct information, all I wish to say is that I am thoroughly ashamed of our community. We live in the northern section of the United States, the same section which fought to abolish slavery and discrimination in the Civil War. This action does not speak well for the victors of that war.

                                            Many people have colored maids and cooks, swear by them, and would not exchange them for white servants any day of the week. Is there any difference in having them sleep under the same roof in your own home and eat the very same food you do, than in sleeping and eating in the same hotel? I see none.

                                            More than this, the Duke is an extremely well-loved and respected gentelman. He is the same man who has given concerts in the largest halls in America - Carnegie Hall in New York, Symphony Hall in Boston, the Academy of Music in Philadelphia and the Los Angeles Philharmonic Auditorium, to name a few. Would any other great artist who has performed in any of these places be refused a room at a hotel in this city? I doubt it.

                                            When people are crying for a lasting peace, it should be pointed out to them that it is this sort of discrimination, along with religious and social, that results in war. Ask any high school student who takes history. To secure the peace we want, we shall have to do away with this sort of discrimination.

                                            This would have been a good place to start. The hotel I refer to is well enough established and prosperous enough to put up a group of colored people like the Duke's orchestra and say to their white customers, "Either take it and like it, or go to some other hotel." I believe, too, with all my heart, that very few of their white guests would leave.

                                            We all want a better world, so let us all work for it. Remember, the easiest and most effective way to start improving our world is to start at home, in our own community.


                                            A BELIEVER IN DEMOCRACY'

                                            The Binghamton Press:
                                            • Ad 1945-12-24, p.15
                                            • Ad 1945-12-26, p.17
                                            • Letter to the editor, 1946-01-04 p.6
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                                            1945 12 27
                                            Thursday
                                            8:30 pm
                                            .Toronto, Ont.Massey HallConcert
                                            Tickets: $1.20, $1.80, $2.40, $3.00
                                            Personnel listed in the programme:
                                            • Otto Hardwick
                                            • Johnny Hodges
                                            • Al Sears
                                            • Jimmy Hamilton
                                            • Harry Carney
                                            • Lawrence Brown
                                            • Claude Jones
                                            • Wilbur de Paris
                                            • Taft Jordon [sic]
                                            • William Anderson
                                            • Shelton Hemphill
                                            • Francis Williams
                                            • Oscar Pettiford
                                            • Fred Guy
                                            • Sonny Greer
                                            • Duke Ellington


                                            Selections to be drawn from were
                                            • Caravan
                                            • In a Mellow Tone
                                            • Solid, Old Man
                                            • Sono
                                            • Rugged Romeo
                                            • Cerce
                                            • Air Conditioned Jungle
                                            • Excerpts from Black, Brown and Beige and Perfume Suite
                                            • Bugle Break Extended
                                            • Take the "A" Train
                                            • The Tonal Group
                                              • Fugue
                                              • Rhapsaditti
                                              • Concerto for Jam Band
                                            • Bassist and Me
                                            • Group
                                              • Diminuendo in Blue
                                              • Transblucency
                                              • Crescendo In Blue
                                            • Magenta Haze
                                            • Hometown
                                            • Suburbanite
                                            • Songs featuring Albert Hibbler, vocalist
                                            • Riffin' Drill


                                            The concert was to end with God Save the King.
                                            • Toronto Daily Star, Toronto, Ont.
                                              • 1945-12-22, p.10
                                              • 1945-12-26 p.9
                                              • 1945-12-27 p.11
                                            • Concert programme from National Jazz Archives
                                            • Additional documentation might be found in SI-NMAH Archives Center, DEC301, Series 2: Performances and Programs, 1933-1974, box 1, folder 8 USA and Canada, September and November, 1943, June,1944, December, 1945, January, 1946
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                                            1945 12 28
                                            Friday
                                            .Toronto, Ont.Arcadian Court
                                            8th floor
                                            Simpson's department store
                                            Queen Street
                                            Record signing
                                            Additional documentation might be found in the Smithsonian's Ellington collection, Series 2: Performances and Programs, 1933-1974, box 1, folder 8 USA and Canada, September and November, 1943, June,1944, December, 1945, January, 1946.DEMS
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                                            1945 12 28
                                            Friday
                                            .St. Catherine's, Ont..Evening concert cancelled
                                            • Vail II
                                            • Additional documentation is likely to be found in SI-NMAH Archives Center, DEC301, Series 2: Performances and Programs, 1933-1974, box 1, folder 8 USA and Canada, September and November, 1943, June,1944, December, 1945, January, 1946
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                                            1945 12 29
                                            Saturday
                                            10:15 - 11:15 AM
                                            .Toronto, Ont.Arcadian Court
                                            8th floor
                                            Simpson's department store
                                            Queen Street
                                            Advertisement: The Hi Crowd is invited to hear Duke Ellington and his 17-piece band in Simpson's Arcadian Court - one full hour of 'solid' music for the Hi Crowd.
                                            Doors open 9:30 AM - better come early!
                                            No admission charge
                                            Broadcast over CFRB at 10:45 AM

                                            Review:

                                            The Duke Prefers Canada Fans
                                            'Much More Musically Mature'

                                            Duke Ellington prefers Canadian to U.S. audiences. "They're much more musically mature," he told 2,000 cheering, jiving, and whistling "junior jitterbugs" who heard "the Duke" today - for free.
                                            "The Duke" was late, but no one seemed to mind. The management kept the audience on its toes with a repertoire of his "extra hot" numbers. An announcer was cheered madly, when apologizing for the delay, he assured them "the Duke" was worth waiting for. So was a Negro porter who appeared on the stage shortly after; loaded down with musical instrument and mistaken for the first of the tardy band.
                                            From the balcony, not a bald pate could be spotted amid the sea of bandann-d and shining heads. Zoot-suits, ski-suits, slacks, fur coats and bobby-socks were most in evidence among the "standees," cheering, tapping and swaying to the "jive" from tops of tables, radiators, window-sills, and each other's shoulders.
                                            "Cheer all you like, folks - bring the joint down. It doesn't belong to us," the announcer encouraged. The crowd did its best, obtaining its greatest volume after the last shrill squeals of "Streamlined Trumpet," or similar title, died down.
                                            In spite of the previous "no autographs" warning, a swarm of hopefuls headed for the stage after the half-hour show. They were finally discouraged by gentle but firm ushers.

                                            • Toronto Star
                                              • Ad, 1945-12-28 p.14
                                              • Review, 1945-12-29, p.2
                                            • Additional documentation is likely to be found in SI-NMAH Archives Center, DEC301, Series 2: Performances and Programs, 1933-1974, box 1, folder 8 USA and Canada, September and November, 1943, June,1944, December, 1945, January, 1946
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                                            1945 12 29
                                            Saturday
                                            2:30 pm
                                            .Toronto, Ont.Massey Hall"BY SPECIAL REQUEST DUKE ELLINGTON AND HIS ORCHESTRA will give a MATINEE CONCERT AT MASSEY HALL SATURDAY 2.30 Popular prices $1.00 $1.50 plus tax"
                                            • Ad, Toronto Daily Star 1945-12-28 p.8
                                            • Additional documentation is likely to be found in SI-NMAH Archives Center, DEC301, Series 2: Performances and Programs, 1933-1974, box 1, folder 8 USA and Canada, September and November, 1943, June,1944, December, 1945, January, 1946
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                                            1945 12 29
                                            Saturday
                                            .Toronto, Ont.Queensway Club
                                            Lakeshore Rd. at Humber Bay Park Rd.
                                            Evening dance and CBC broadcast. Tickets were $1.00 until Dec. 23, $1.25 in advance after Dec. 23, and $1.50 at the door.
                                            • Ads, Toronto Daily Star
                                              • 1945-12-22, p.10
                                              • 1945-12-26 p.9
                                              • 1945-12-28 p.9
                                            • Additional documentation is likely to be found in SI-NMAH DEC301, Series 2: Performances and Programs, 1933-1974, box 1, folder 8 USA and Canada, September and November, 1943, June,1944, December, 1945, January, 1946
                                            New Desor
                                            DE4599
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                                            1945 12 30
                                            Sunday
                                            ...activities not documented...
                                            ...
                                            1945 12 31
                                            Monday
                                            ...activity not documented
                                            Ellington and his orchestra seem likely to still have been in Ontario, given the title of the Smithsonian's, folder 8.

                                            A New Years Eve Dancing Party was broadcast from 11 pm to midnight, but it was prerecorded.

                                            Harry Mackenzie:

                                            H-9-24, 60 minutes - NEW YEAR'S EVE DANCING PARTY
                                            Linking announcer: Don Wilson.
                                            Designed for broadcasting during the last hour of 1945, the transcriptions were assembled in the autumn, and released in December 1945. The selections used were drawn from other transcriptions and studio recordings. AFRS staff and radio announcers introduced each item from the studio in Los Angeles, but gave the impression the announcements came from various parts of the country. Special voice tracks of some leaders were also used.

                                            (Then follows a listing of the complete content of the program, two 16" transcriptions, 4 sides used, around 15 minutes each. Next to last title of the entire "broadcast" is Let The Zoomers Drool, with the Duke, dubbed from his June 16 1945 broadcast from Fletcher Gardens Ballroom. The entire program, except the Henry King title, has been released on CD by the Italian Suisa label.
                                            • Harry Mackenzie, COMMAND PERFORMANCE, USA!, Greenwood Press, 1996, "Discographies, Number 64," pp. 245 and 246
                                            • Additional documentation is likely to be found in SI-NMAH Archives Center, DEC301, Series 2: Performances and Programs, 1933-1974, box 1, folder 8 USA and Canada, September and November, 1943, June,1944, December, 1945, January, 1946
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                                            January 1946

                                            1946 01 00...PERSONNEL CHANGE
                                            1. Singer Joya Sherrill leaves the band but will record with it several times in the 1950s and 1960s.
                                            2. Bernard Flood, trumpet, joins the band
                                            3. Lambert reports that, at the beginning of 1946, the band consisted of:
                                            Trumpets:
                                            Sheldon Hemphill
                                            Taft Jordan
                                            Cat Anderson
                                            Francis Williams
                                            Bernard Flood
                                            Trombones:
                                            Lawrence Brown
                                            Wilbur De Paris
                                            Claude Jones (valve trombone)
                                            Reeds:
                                            Otto Hardwick
                                            Al Sears
                                            Johnny Hodges
                                            Jimmy Hamilton
                                            Harry Carney
                                            Rhythm:
                                            Duke Ellington
                                            Fred Guy
                                            Oscar Pettiford
                                            Sonny Greer
                                            Billy Strayhorn (deputy pianist)
                                            Vocal:
                                            Kay Davis
                                            Al Hibbler
                                            • 1.,2.: New Desor vol.2
                                            • 3. Eddy Lambert: Duke Ellington, A Listener's Guide, p.128
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                                            Tuesday
                                            .Philadelphia, Penn.Academy of MusicConcert

                                            Greer, Guy and Hardwick celebrated their 22nd anniversary with the band during the concert.
                                            • Philadelphia Inquirer, Philadelphia, Penn.
                                              • 1945-12-16 p.18-D
                                              • 1945-12-23 p.11
                                              • 1945-12-30 p.11
                                            • Stratemann, p.264 citing Down Beat, 1946-01-15
                                            • Additional documentation is likely to be found in SI-NMAH DEC301, Series 2, box 10, folder 19
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                                            Wednesday
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                                            Thursday
                                            ...activities not documented...
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                                            1946 01 04
                                            Friday
                                            .New York, N.Y.Carnegie Hall
                                            (Main Hall)
                                            Concert 8:30 p.m.
                                            According to Stratemann the concert was panned by Barry Ulanov in Metonome and Down Beat.
                                            Personnel:
                                            • Hemphill
                                            • Jordan
                                            • Anderson
                                            • F. Williams
                                            • Brown
                                            • de Paris
                                            • Jones
                                            • Hamilton
                                            • Hardwick
                                            • Hodges
                                            • Sears
                                            • Carney
                                            • Ellington
                                            • Guy
                                            • Pettiford
                                            • Al Lucas
                                            • Greer
                                            • Hibbler
                                            • Sherrill
                                            • Davis
                                            • PM, New York, N.Y., 1946-01-04 p.20
                                            • Stratemann p.264 citing
                                              • Metronome 1946-02-00
                                              • Down Beat 1946-01-28
                                            • Photo, Vail I, p.284
                                            • Additional documentation is likely to be found in SI-NMAH DEC301, Series 2, box 10, folder 20
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                                            Saturday
                                            ...activities not documented

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                                            1946 01 06
                                            Sunday
                                            ...activities not documented...
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                                            1946 01 07
                                            Monday
                                            ...activities not documented...
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                                            1946 01 08
                                            Tuesday
                                            .Richmond, Va.Mosque Theater
                                            6 N.Laurel St.
                                            8:45 p.m. segregated concert, Duke Ellington and his Famous Orchestra, sponsored by Samis Grotto.
                                            Tickets: $3.00, $2.10, $1,80
                                            Special Section Reserved for Colored Patrons

                                            Tickets went on sale previous week.

                                            'Duke Ellington Here Tonight For Concert
                                               Duke Ellington, who has just been awarded the Esquire prize for both the best arranger and the top band of the year, will be in Richmond tonight for a concert at the Mosque at 8:45 o'clock.
                                               Playing an all-Ellington program, he will feature excerpts from his famous "Black, Brown and Beige" and "Perfume" suites. He will also do a tonal group including fugue, rhapsaditti, and concerto for jam band, and a group of blues studies, including Diminuendo in Blue, Transbluecency [sic], and Crescendo in Blue.
                                               Other numbers will be "Caravan;" "In a Mellow [sic] Tone;" "Solid, Old Man;" "Sono;" "Rugged Romeo;" "Circe;" "Air Conditioned Jungle;" "Bugle Break Extended;" "Take the A Train;" "Bassist and Me;" "Magenta Haze;" "Hometown;" "Suburbanite;" and "Riffin' Drill."
                                               Appearing with the Duke will be Taft Jordan, trumpeter; Harry Carney, baritone sax; Lawrence Brown, trombone; Jimmy Hamilton, clarinet; Oscar Pettiford, string bass; Johnny Hodges, alto sax; Al Sears, tenor sax, and Albert Hibbler, vocalist. The Duke himself will be at the piano.'

                                            The review by Chauncey Durden commented on:
                                            • Large appreciative audience
                                            • Two hours of the finest jazz or swing being played today
                                            • Titles mentioned by the reviewer:
                                              • New arrangement of Caravan (opened with Caravan)
                                              • Ended with Blue Skies
                                              • Excerpts from Black, Brown and Beige
                                              • Perfume Suite
                                              • Magenta Haze
                                              • My Little Brown Book
                                              • I Ain't Got Nothing But the Blues
                                            • Personnel named:
                                              Bill Anderson, Brown, Jordan, Hamilton, Pettiford, Sears, Johnny [sic] Carney, Hibbler (who had 2 encores)
                                            Richmond Times-Dispatch, Richmond, Va.
                                            • 1946-01-06 p.D-8
                                            • 1946-01-08 p.7
                                            • 1946-01-09 p.9
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                                            Wednesday
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                                            Thursday
                                            .New York, N.Y.RCA Victor studio 2
                                            145 E.234th St.
                                            Victor recording session,
                                            Starting 11:00 or 11:10, ending 12:00
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                                            Friday
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                                            Saturday
                                            .Hampton, Va.Ogden HallConcert

                                            May have been the previous Saturday
                                            Additional documentation is likely to be found in SI-NMAH DEC301, Series 2: Performances and Programs, 1933-1974, box 10, folder 21 United Negro College Fund, Hampton Institute, Hampton, Virginia, January 5, 1946..
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                                            Saturday
                                            .Hampton, Va..After the concert, Ellington and his orchestra were honoured at a formal dinner under the auspices of the Omicron Social Club, the undergraduates' men's club at Hampton. Duke was made an honorary member of the club and was given a Scroll of Membership by club president Clarence Cooper.

                                            May have been the previous Saturday
                                            New York Age 1946-01-19, p.7..
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                                            1946 01 13
                                            Sunday
                                            .Boston, Mass.Symphony Hall.
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                                            Monday
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                                            Tuesday
                                            ... Peripheral event
                                            Ellington's first biography, Duke Ellington by Barry Ulanov, was released.

                                            In October, the Madison Free Library listed it as a new book, and it was one of seven musical biographies shown in Libary Notes in the Nashua Telegraph.

                                            References:
                                            • Twisting Dials column, Zanesville (Ohio) News, 1946-01-20, p.7
                                            • Wisconsin State Journal, 1946-10-15 p.20
                                            • Nashua Telegraph, 1946-12-19, p.13
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                                            Tuesday
                                            .New York, N.Y..RCA Victor Metronome recording session
                                            Metronome All-Star Band
                                            Ellington conducted and Carney and Hodges played in this all-star band. Other members of Ellington's band do not appear to have been involved.

                                            Title recorded:
                                            • Metronome All Out
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                                            Wednesday
                                            .New York, N.Y.Ritz TheatreThird Annual Esquire All American Jazz Concert

                                            An hour of the show was broadcast nationally by NBC - in Madison Wisc. it was on WGN and WENR at 8 pm (local time).

                                            The Ellington and Woody Herman bands were featured, and there were to be 12 soloists selected from the 1946 Esquire Gold award winners
                                            • Metronome, 1946-01-00
                                            • Stratemann, p.265
                                            • Radio log, Wisconsin State Journal, 1946-01-16, p.15
                                            • Coe College Cosmos, 1946-01-09, p.3
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                                            Thursday
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                                            Thursday
                                            ... Peripheral event
                                            Beginning of "National Duke Ellington Week" publicity.
                                            "Twisting Dials," Zanesville (Ohio) News, 1946-01-20, p.7..
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                                            Saturday
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                                            1946 01 20
                                            Sunday
                                            .Chicago, Ill.Civic Opera HouseTwo concerts, at 3:00 and 8:30 p.m.
                                            • The Oelwein Daily Register says crowds were turned away as "Symphony Hall" was crowded to the doors.
                                            • Stratemann reports the concerts were sponsored by Down Beat to present Ellington, Hodges, Carney and Brown with awards from its ninth annual musicians poll.
                                            • Stratemann reports Ellington got $10,000 of the $19,800 ticket sales.
                                            • The house seating capacity was 3,000, and 100 more seats were placed in the orchestra pit, yet 3,000 people were still turned away.
                                            • AFRS used part of the programs on Date With The Duke #33 transcription but not in its Treasury series.
                                            • Exactly what was performed in each concert will likely never be known. The program, printed in advance, might not have been followed exactly, and the discographies are inaccurate and contradictory.

                                              Steven Lasker:

                                              '1946 01 20. [The] Concert program corresponds to Chicago Civic Opera House concert as listed in the New Desor except after Circe (composer Ellington) we have Excerpts from Perfume Suite; Bugle Break Extended (Mercer Ellington, Strayhorn and Duke Ellington);

                                              INTERMISSION; Take the "A" Train and so on until Pitter Panther Patter, listed in the program as "Bassist and Me" (Ellington); Suburbanite, Al Sears, tenor sax (Ellington); Songs featuring Albert Hibbler; Riffin' Drill, Lawrence Brown, trombone (Ellington). Orange cover, 1940s b& w photo of Duke at piano, same photo as found on programs three, four and five, which all have a blue cover.'


                                              Duke Ellington and His Orchestra
                                              Hemphill, Jordan, Anderson, F.Williams, Bernard Flood, Brown, De Paris, C.Jones, Hamilton, Hardwick, Hodges, Sears, Carney, Ellington, Guy, Pettiford, Greer, K.Davis, Hibbler (Timner V omits him in the second concert, which seems unlikely).
                                              We can assume the same programme was used for both concerts, and that it listed:
                                              • Star Spangled Banner (1)(2)(7)
                                              • Caravan (1)(2)(7)
                                              • In A Mellow Tone (1)(2)(7)
                                              • Solid Old Man (1)(2)(7)
                                              • Come Sunday [Black, Brown and Beige](1)
                                              • Light [Black, Brown and Beige] (1)
                                              • Rugged Romeo (1)(2)(7)
                                              • Sono (1)(2)(7)
                                              • Air Conditioned Jungle (1)(2)(7)
                                              • Circe (1)(2)(7)
                                              • Dancers In Love [Perfume Suite](2)(7)
                                              • Coloratura [Perfume Suite](2)(7)
                                              • [Bugle Break Extended]
                                              • Frankie and Johnny / Metronome All Out (1)(4)
                                              • [INTERMISSION]
                                              • Take The "A" Train (1) (5) (6)(7)
                                              • A TONAL GROUP Rhapsoditti (Mellow Ditty) / Fugueaditti / Jam-A-Ditty (1)(2) (5 and 6 - Jam-A-Ditty only)(7)
                                              • Magenta Haze (1)(2) (5) (6)(7)
                                              • Diminuendo In Blue / Transblucency / Crescendo In Blue [these likely were played with a segue from one tune to the next](1)(2)(5) (6)(7)
                                              • Pitter Panther Patter ["Bassist and Me"] (1)(2)(5) (6)(7)
                                              • Suburbanite (1)(2)(6)(7)
                                              • ["Songs featuring Albert Hibbler"]
                                                • My Little Brown Book(2)(7)
                                                • Every Hour on the Hour(2)(7)
                                                • I Ain't Got Nothin' But The Blues(2)(7)
                                                • Fat and Forty(2)(7)
                                              • Blue Skies(2)(7)
                                              • Riffin' Drill

                                              Notes:
                                              • (1) Listed in New Desor and, at the time of writing, Girvan in the afternoon programme recordings.
                                              • (2) Listed in Nielsen
                                              • (3) Nielsen and Timner list Black, Brown and Beige as Spritual Theme, Work Song and The Blues.
                                              • (4) Nielsen and Timner list Frankie and Johnny but not Metronome All Out
                                              • (5) Also listed in New Desor and, at the time of writing, Girvan in the evening programme recordings
                                              • (6) Also listed in Nielsen in the evening programme recordings
                                              • (7) Listed in Timner V
                                              The discographies differ in varying the names of the songs to what was actually recorded. Some differences were explained by Sjef Hoefsmit:

                                              'The titles and sequence of the afternoon concert are from John Steiner, who recorded the first concert with a mike suspended from a line he dangled from the attic above the stage. His friend stayed for the second concert and only recorded those titles marked with an asterisk. Part of the second concert was broadcast ... through WENR. The recording of this broadcast has been used for the AFRS in Europe AFRS "DWD" 38. It seems that "Take the 'A' Train" on DETS 33 is taken from a different source to open the broadcast.'

                                              For a fuller understanding of how the discographies came up with their lists, read the DEMS bulletins listed to the right.
                                            • Oelwein Daily Register, 1946-01-28, p.3
                                            • Girvan:   Ellingtonia.com
                                            • MacHare:   A Duke Ellington Panorama
                                            • Timner
                                            • Timner corrections
                                            • Ole J. Nielsen, Jazz Records 1942-80, A discography: Vol. Six, Duke Ellington
                                            • Stratemann, p.265 citing Down Beat 1946-05-15 and Variety 1946-01-23, p.34
                                            • Email, Lasker-Palmquist 2016 04 05
                                            • Additional documentation is likely to be found in SI-NMAH DEC301, Series 2, box 10, folder 22 Down Beat Concert, Civic Opera House, Chicago, Illinois, January 20, 1946
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                                            Monday
                                            .Chicago, Ill.Millionaire's Club.
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                                            Tuesday
                                            .Rochester, Minn.Mayo Civic AuditoriumPublic dance
                                            The Jan. 16 announcement said Ellington orchestra was 26 musicians, including 3 girl vocalists.
                                            Albert Lea Evening Tribune
                                            • 1946-01-16 p.5
                                            • 1946-01-18,p.5
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                                            Wednesday
                                            .Minneapolis, Minn.Minneapolis AuditioriumConcert
                                            • Mention in plug, Albert Lea Evening Tribune,1946-01-18,p.5
                                            • Additional documentation is likely to be found in SI-NMAH DEC301, Series 2, box 10, folder 23 Minneapolis Auditiorium, Minneapolis, Minnesota, January 23, 1946
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                                            Thursday
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                                            Friday
                                            .Topeka, Kan...
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                                            Saturday
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                                            Sunday
                                            .Kansas City, Mo.Municipal Auditorium

                                            'A POSITIVE DEMAND DANCE AND CONCERT
                                            DUKE
                                            ELLINGTON
                                            AND HIS Famous ORCHESTRA
                                            WITH JOHNNY HODGES, LAURENCE [sic] BROWN, DIL [sic] HIBBLER, JOY [sic] SHERRILL, KAY DAVIS
                                            TONIGHT     MUNICIPAL AUDITORIUM... '

                                            Webmaster's note:
                                            Given the times and the location, this was probably a whites-only event. The ad and plug make no mention of seating for blacks, and they were in the white press. A second event at the same location the next evening was advertised in the black press.
                                            • The Kansas City Star, Kansas City, Mo.,
                                              1946-01-27 p.3D
                                            • Stratemann p.265
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                                            Monday
                                            .Kansas City, Mo.Municipal AuditoriumDance, advance admission $1.25

                                            'HUGE CROWD HEAR
                                            DUKE ELLINGTON
                                               A crowd estimated between seven and eight thousand turned out Monday night to hear the top ranking band leader, the famous Duke Ellington. . . . Bands may come and bands may go, but the Duke holds his own from year to year. It was one of the largest crowds to appear at the beautiful Municipal Auditorium since the Ink Spots played there three years ago.
                                               The Duke and his boys entertained those present with their unique style of dishing out hot swing.'



                                            It isn't clear if this was a dance or a concert. In either event, it was probably a performance for Afro-Americans - it was advertised and reported by The Plaindealer, whose masthead described it as "THE OLDEST NEGRO NEWSPAPER IN THE SOUTHWEST."
                                            The Plaindealer, Kansas City, Kans.
                                            • 1946-01-25 p.4
                                            • 1946-02-01 p.4
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                                            Tuesday
                                            .Oelwein, IowaColiseum BallroomDance
                                            • Oelwein Daily Register, Oelwein, Iowa, 1946-01-28, p.3
                                            • Des Moines Sunday Register, Des Moines, Iowa, 1946-01-06 p.1
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                                            Wednesday
                                            1946 01 31Covington, Ken.Lookout House
                                            Dixie Highway
                                            Two shows daily, 8:30 and 10:00 p.m.
                                            Stratemann p.265, citing The Billboard 1946-02-23 p.26..
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                                            Thursday
                                            .Covington, Ken.Lookout House..
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                                            1946 02 01
                                            Friday
                                            .Covington, Ken.Lookout House..
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                                            Saturday
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                                            Sunday
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                                            Monday
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                                            Tuesday
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                                            Wednesday
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                                            Thursday
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                                            Sunday
                                            .New York, N.Y. Alvin Theater(Unconfirmed)

                                            FBI report: "According to a reliable source Duke Ellington was e1ected to the Board of Directors of the Independent Citizens Committee of the Arts, Sciences and Professions, Incorportated, at the annual membership meeting of that organization..."
                                            (It seems unlikely Ellington was present, since the band wasd on tour, in Kentucky)
                                            FBI file 100-43-4443, p.6..
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                                            or earlier
                                            ... (Unconfirmed)

                                            Stratemann, p.280, citing DownBeat, 1946-02-11, says John LaTouche brought Ellington the libretto for Beggar's Holiday in early February 1946, and joined him for a number of days on his Eastern tour to work on the project. Note Ellington was in the midwest from mid-January until March 6, with the Eastern tour beginning March 8 in Baltimore.
                                            Stratemann, pp. 280 - 284..
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                                            Monday
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                                            Tuesday
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                                            Wednesday
                                            ...activities not documented...
                                            ...
                                            1946 02 14
                                            Thursday
                                            Valentine's Day
                                            ...activities not documented...
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                                            1946 02 15
                                            Friday
                                            1946 02 21Detroit, Mich.Paradise Theater.
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                                            Saturday
                                            .Detroit, Mich.Paradise Theater - see 1946 02 15.
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                                            Sunday
                                            .Detroit, Mich.Paradise Theater - see 1946 02 15.
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                                            Monday
                                            .Detroit, Mich.Paradise Theater - see 1946 02 15.
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                                            Tuesday
                                            .Detroit, Mich.Paradise Theater - see 1946 02 15.
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                                            Wednesday
                                            .Detroit, Mich.Paradise Theater - see 1946 02 15.
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                                            Thursday
                                            .Detroit, Mich.Paradise Theater - see 1946 02 15.
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                                            Friday
                                            1946 02 28Chicago, Ill.Regal Theatre.
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                                            Saturday
                                            .Chicago, Ill.Regal TheatreSee 1946 02 22
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                                            Sunday
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                                            Monday
                                            .Chicago, Ill.Regal TheatreSee 1946 02 22
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                                            Tuesday
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                                            Wednesday
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                                            Thursday
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                                            Floyd Snelson's column reported Marva Louis held a cocktail party to bid adieu to Duke after the Regal stay. In attendance were Duke and Bea, Mr. and Mrs. Freddy Guy, Strayhorn, Cook & Brown, Tom Whaley and several others.
                                            California Eagle 1946-03-07 p.20...
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                                            .Gary, Ind.Memorial Auditorium.
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                                            Tuesday
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                                            Wednesday
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                                            Thursday
                                            .Harrisburg, Penn.The ForumConcert
                                              Vail II (unsourced)
                                            • Harrisburg Telegraph, Harrisburg, Penn. 1946-03-05 p.6
                                            • The Evening News, Harrisburg, Penn.
                                              • 1946-03-05 p.17
                                              • 1946-03-07 p.26
                                            • Additional documentation is likely to be found in SI-NMAH DEC301, Series 2: Performances and Programs, 1933-1974, box 10, folder 24 The Forum, Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, March 7, 1946
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                                            ...PERSONNEL CHANGE
                                            Bassist Ernest Wilson "Serious" Myers (1906 - joined Ellington from Rex Stewart's band in Baltimore, but he only stayed two months before returning to Stewart. New Desor has him recording with Ellington on 1943 11 08 as well.
                                            • John Chilton, Who's Who in Jazz, p.240
                                            • New Desor Vol.II
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                                            Thursday
                                            Baltimore, Md.Royal Theatre.
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                                            Saturday
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                                            Sunday
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                                            Monday
                                            .Baltimore, Md.Royal Theatresee 1946 03 08
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                                            Tuesday
                                            .Baltimore, Md.Royal Theatresee 1946 03 08
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                                            Wednesday
                                            .Baltimore, Md.Royal Theatresee 1946 03 08
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                                            Thursday
                                            .Baltimore, Md.Royal Theatresee 1946 03 08
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                                            Friday
                                            .Philadelphia, Penn.Mercantile.
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                                            Saturday
                                            .New York, N.Y.."Teentimers 17"
                                            .New Desor
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                                            Sunday
                                            .Washington, D.C..Turner's A
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                                            Monday
                                            ...Broadcast: Carnation Hour
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                                            Tuesday
                                            ...activities not documented...
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                                            Wednesday
                                            ...activities not documented...
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                                            Thursday
                                            1946 03 27
                                            Wednesday
                                            Newark, N.J.Adams Theatre.
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                                            Friday
                                            .Newark, N.J.Adams Theatresee 1946 03 21
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                                            Saturday
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                                            Sunday
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                                            Monday
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                                            Tuesday
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                                            Wednesday
                                            .Newark, N.J.Adams Theatresee 1946 03 21
                                            ...
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                                            1946 03 28
                                            Thursday
                                            ...PERSONNEL CHANGE
                                            Joe "Tricky Sam" Nanton, trombone, rejoins the band
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                                            Thursday
                                            .New York, N.Y.WMCA StudiosFirst of seven Capitol Transcriptions recording sessions.


                                            Capitol Records was first associated with the MacGregor transcription company but started its own CAPITOL TRANSCRIPTIONS PROGRAM SERVICE FROM HOLLYWOOD in 1945. Its 16 inch 33 1/3 rpm outside start records were intended just for radio airplay, and were leased to subscribing radio stations. Initially these records were to be destroyed after a specific play date, but after the war, they became part of the permanent music libaries of participating stations.

                                            Lambert:

                                            ' ...some duplication of numbers made for commercial release. It is always interesting to hear different performances of the same number ... where variations of interpretation in ensemble passages are almost as common as in solos. As with the earlier Standard and World Transcriptions, neither the striving for perfection nor the time limitations of the commercial recordings is to be found in these Capitol Trancriptions. As a consequence, the duration of the numbers varies greatly, but there are no second or third takes. The sessions also contain a number of compositions and arrangements never recorded commercially.'

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                                            Friday
                                            1946 04 04New York, N.Y.Apollo Theater
                                            253 W. 125th St., Borough of Manhattan, Harlem district
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                                            Saturday
                                            .New York, N.Y.Apollo Theater
                                            253 W. 125th St.
                                            Harlem
                                            see 1946 03 29
                                            ...
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                                            Sunday
                                            .New York, N.Y.Apollo Theater
                                            253 W. 125th St.
                                            Harlem
                                            see 1946 03 29
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                                            1946 04 00...PERSONNEL CHANGES
                                            1. Trumpeter Bernard Flood leaves
                                            2. Trumpeter Reunald Jones joins the band
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                                            Monday
                                            .New York, N.Y.Apollo Theater
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                                            Harlem
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                                            Tuesday
                                            .New York, N.Y.Apollo Theater
                                            253 W. 125th St.
                                            Harlem
                                            see 1946 03 29
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                                            Wednesday
                                            .New York, N.Y.Apollo Theater
                                            253 W. 125th St.
                                            Harlem
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                                            Thursday
                                            .New York, N.Y.Apollo Theater
                                            253 W. 125th St.
                                            Harlem
                                            see 1946 03 29
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                                            Friday
                                            ...PERSONNEL CHANGE
                                            Ray Nance rejoins the band
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                                            Friday
                                            .Cincinnati, OhioTaft Auditorium.
                                            Additional documentation is likely to be found in SI-NMAH DEC301, Series 2: Performances and Programs, 1933-1974, box 10, folder 25 Taft Theatre, Cincinnati, Ohio, April 5,1946..
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                                            Saturday
                                            .Fort Wayne, Ind...
                                            • Stratemann p.266
                                            • Additional documentation is likely to be found in SI-NMAH DEC301, Series 2: Performances and Programs, 1933-1974, box 10, folder 26 Quimby Auditorium, Fort Wayne, Indiana, April 6, 1947
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                                            Sunday
                                            1946 04 08
                                            Monday
                                            St. Louis, Mo.Kiel Auditorium.
                                            • Stratemann p.266 citing The Billboard 1946-04-13 p.42
                                            • Vail I
                                            • Additional documentation is likely to be found in SI-NMAH DEC301, Series 2: Performances and Programs, 1933-1974, box 10, folder 27 Kiel Auditorium, St. Louis, Missouri, April 7, 1946
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                                            Monday
                                            .St. Louis, Mo.Kiel Auditoriumsee 1946 04 07
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                                            Tuesday
                                            .Dallas, Tex.Fair Park Auditorium8:15 p.m. concert "under the auspices of Samuel Huston College."

                                            Stratemann and Vail report a scheduled concert at Rice University in Houston, but plans seem to have changed. The April 10 review in the Dallas Morning News of an Ellington concert at Fair Park the previous night establishes the concert was there, rather than in Houston.
                                            • Stratemann p.266
                                            • Vail I
                                            • Dallas Morning News:
                                              • Ad, 1946-04-07 p.Two-IV
                                              • Review, 1946-04-10 p.Thirteen-I
                                            • Additional documentation is likely to be found in SI-NMAH DEC301, Series 2: Performances and Programs, 1933-1974, box 10, folder 28 Samuel Huston [sic] College, Austin, Texas, April 9, 1946
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                                            Wednesday
                                            .Waco, Tex.Waco Hall
                                            Baylor University
                                            Concert, co-sponsored by Samuel Huston College - see 1946 04 09

                                            The concert was announced in the Lariat.

                                            Baylor's archived copy of the program lists the titles to be played and the featured soloists:
                                            • National Anthem
                                            • Caravan
                                            • In A Mellow Tone, William Anderson, Trumpet
                                            • Solid Old Man
                                            • Excerpts From Black, Brown And Beige
                                            • Rugged Romeo, Taft Jordan, Trumpet
                                            • Sono, Harry Carney, Baritone Sax
                                            • Air Conditioned Jungle, Jimmy Hamilton, Clarinet
                                            • Circe, Lawrence Brown, Trombone
                                            • Excerpts from Perfume Suite
                                            • Intermission
                                            • Take the "A" Train, Duke Ellington, Piano
                                            • A Tonal Group
                                              • a.Fugue
                                              • b.Rhapsodittii
                                              • c.Concerto for Jam Band
                                              featuring Lawrence Brown, Trombone; Taft Jordan, Trumpet; Jimmy Hamilton, Clarinet; Harry Carney, Baritone Sax
                                            • Magenta Haze, Johnny Hodges, Alto Sax
                                            • Group
                                              • a.Diminuendo in Blue
                                              • b.Transblucency
                                              • c.Crescendo In Blue
                                            • Bassist And Me, Oscar Pettiford, String Bass, Duke Ellington, Piano
                                            • Suburbanite, Al Sears, Tenor Sax
                                            • Songs Featuring Albert Hibbler, Vocalist
                                            • Riffin' Drill, Lawrence Brown, Trombone
                                            The program concluded with
                                            • Duke Ellington's Orchestra is under the exclusive management of the William Morris Agency,Inc.
                                            • Program may be changed according to request numbers received.
                                            • Stratemann p.266
                                            • Vail I
                                            • The Baylor Lariat, Baylor University, Waco, Tex., 1946-04-09 p.1, courtesy of A. Keys Norman, MA, MSIS, CA, Archivist, The Texas Collection, Baylor University
                                            • Concert programme, courtesy Ms Keys Norman
                                            • Additional documentation is likely to be found in SI-NMAH DEC301, Series 2: Performances and Programs, 1933-1974, box 10, folder 29 Waco Hall, Waco, Texas, April 10, 1946
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                                            Thursday
                                            8:15 pm
                                            .Galveston, Tex.City AuditoriumStratemann and Vail reported a scheduled concert at A & M University Prairie View on this date, but plans seem to have changed. (Query to A & M 2016-01-18 to see when and if a concert was played there).

                                            Instead, a concert sponsored by Alpha Kappa Alpha sorority, was announced in seven editions of the Galveston News, including a same day announcement.

                                            The Galveston News 1946-03-24:

                                            'Duke Ellington and his orchestra will be presented in city auditorium April 11 for a concert under the auspices of the Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority. Proceeds from the concert will be used to send an outstanding Central High School graduate to college...'

                                            The April 8 announcement used different wording: "Proceeds from the concert will go to a scholarship fund for Central High School."

                                            Note Stratemann and Vail show a scheduled appearance at Texas A & M University in Prairie View, Tex., but plans seem to have changed. The Galveston concert is documented by a 'same day' announcement.

                                            The Galveston News announcements do not mention Samuel Huston College's 1946 Artist Series and the SHC announcement in the Pittsburgh Courier does not mention Galveston.
                                            • Announcements, The Galveston News:
                                              • 1946-03-24
                                              • 1946-03-31
                                              • 1946-04-08 p.2
                                              • 1946-04-09 p.2
                                              • 1946-04-10 p.8
                                              • 1946-04-11 p.5
                                            • Additional documentation is likely to be found in SI-NMAH DEC301, Series 2: Performances and Programs, 1933-1974, box 10, folder 30 Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Galveston, Texas, April 11, 1946
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                                            1946 04 12
                                            Friday
                                            8 pm
                                            .San Antonio, Tex.Sunken Garden
                                            Stratemann and Vail I show a concert at Breckenridge [sic] Park, San Antonio.

                                            This appears to be correct.

                                            The Sunken Garden is an amphitheatre adjacent to Brackenridge Park.

                                            Summary of announcements and advertisements:
                                            • San Antonio Register:
                                              • 1946-03-01 announcements in the Jo's Jottings column and on page 5 discuss the series, both saying it closes April 14 with a Duke Ellington concert.
                                              • 1946-03-08 advertises the Samuel Huston College Artist Series, showing Ellington and his Orchestra in Concert April 14.
                                              • 1946-03-15
                                                • p.4 advertises the Samuel Huston College Artist Series, showing Ellington and his Orchestra in Concert April 14.
                                                • p.7 The Keeping Posted column announces Ellington will play a concert locally on April 14 and concludes by saying he will tour several colleges in Texas "next month."
                                              • 1946-03-22 p.4 advertises the Samuel Huston College Artist Series, showing two dates for three events, with April 12 appearing above "Duke Ellington And His Orchestra in Concert" at the Sunken Garden.
                                              • 1946-03-29 p.4 advertises the Samuel Huston College Artist Series, showing "Duke Ellington And His Orchestra in Concert" at the Sunken Garden on April 12.
                                              • 1946-04-05
                                                • Jo's Jottings column announces
                                                  '...The series will come to a climatic close next Friday evening when America's foremost composer of modern music, the great Duke Ellington, will be presented in concert at beautiful Sunken Garden... '
                                                • page 4 has a large ad for the concert, Friday April 12 at 8 p.m.
                                                • Page 6 carries an 8 paragraph announcement about this concert, including:
                                                  'Featured vocalist with the Ellington orchestra is Al Hibbler, blind San Antonio boy, former vocalist with Boots and his Buddies, who moved directly from San Antonio to a place in the Ellington aggregation. Hibbler, one of the most popular vocalists to ever appear in San Antonio, has been a sensational success with Ellington, with his singing having literally "stopped the show" again and again.'
                                              • 1946-04-12 p.2 carries a large announcement with a photo of Ellington, as the final attraction of the 1946 Samuel Huston college artists series. It gives the expected programme, and says that in case of rain, two concerts would be held at the Library auditorium, one at 8, one at 10:30.
                                              • 1946-04-19 p.5 is a review of the concert
                                            • The San Antonio Light:
                                              • 1946-04-05, page 6-D advertises Samuel Huston College Artist Series presents Duke Ellington And His Orchestra at Sunken Garden Theatre, Brackenridge Park, Friday, April 12, 8:00 PM.
                                              • 1946-04-07 pp.14-A and 15-A carry an announcement and an ad, repectively, for the April 12 concert.
                                                "Duke Ellington and his band will be the final of the Samuel Huston College artist series to be presented in San Antonio this spring. The concert is on April 12 at 8 o'clock in the Sunken Garden theater."
                                              • 1946-04-09 p.8-A advertises the April 12 concert.
                                              • 1946-04-12 p.12-A advertises the April 12 concert.
                                            Tickets were advertised for $4.00, $3.50, $2.40, and $1.80
                                            • Stratemann p.266
                                            • Vail I
                                            • San Antonio Register:
                                              • 1946-03-01
                                              • 1946-03-08
                                              • 1946-03-15 pp.4, 7
                                              • 1946-03-22 p.4
                                              • 1946-03-29 p.4
                                              • 1946-04-05
                                                • Jo's Jottings column
                                                • also pp.4,6
                                              • 1946-04-12 p.2
                                              • 1946-04-19 p.5
                                            • The San Antonio Light:
                                              • 1946-04-05, page 6-D
                                              • 1946-04-07 pp.14-A, 15-A
                                              • 1946-04-09 p.8-A
                                              • 1946-04-12 p.12
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                                            Friday
                                            .San Antonio, Tex.Don's KeyholeAfter-party.

                                            C.A.Moore:

                                            'I was rather amazed, but pleased, at the ease and modesty of the great artists in the orchestra. I chatted briefly with Oscar Pettiford, Johnny Hodges, Sonny Greer, Otto Hardwick and vocalovely Kay Davis during the after-party at Cohen's Keyhole. Arranger Billy "Swee'pea" Strayhorn, urged on by the band, reluctantly played one of Duke's tunes for the customers... '

                                            C. A. Moore, "Keeping Posted," San Antonio Register, San Antonio, Tex., 1946-04-19 p.7..
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                                            Saturday
                                            .San Antonio, Tex.San Pedro PlayhouseBroadcast, "Your Saturday Date With the Duke."

                                            Stratemann:

                                            'It was on this day that Ellington resumed the Treasury broadcast series, out of the studios of KABC, the local ABC affiliate. The resumption was quite unannounced, and only parts of it recorded by ABC (DETS #34). The AFRS as well failed to pick up this program for its "Date With The Duke" transcriptions. In fact it did not start to record Ellington's ABC broadcasts until three programs later, on May 4, 1946. '


                                            New Desor shows a broadcast from Fort Sam Houston, but columnist C.A.Moore reported attending the session at San Pedro Playhouse. Both locations are in San Antonio but about 6 miles apart.

                                            Assuming there was only one Ellington broadcast, it was from the San Pedro Playhouse, according to Moore:

                                            'Last Saturday at 3:00, I sat in on the Ellington broadcast from the San Pedro playhouse which went out over KABC to stations of the American broadcasting company. The broadcast was open only to members of the local school bands. Unfortunately, because of the acoustics in the playhouse, we were unable to hear Kay Davis' vocals. She sings very softly. The background 88ing while Duke was talking over the mike was Billy Strayhorn who also sat in on one of the numbers with the band while Duke directed. If anyone who attended the broadcast is wondering why Duke placed his fingers to his ears during the warm-up prior to going on the air, it is his method of checking the balance of the band.'

                                            Radio logs show an Ellington broadcast (in local times) at:
                                            • Orange, Texas, 3:30 p.m.
                                            • Chicago, 3:00 p.m.
                                            • Los Angeles, Cal. 1:00 p.m.Washington D.C. 4:15 p.m.
                                            • C. A. Moore, "Keeping Posted," San Antonio Register, San Antonio, Tex., 1946-04-19 p.7
                                            • Radio logs:
                                              • Orange Leader, Orange, Tex., 1946-04-12 p.7
                                              • Los Angeles Times 1946-04-13
                                              • Chicago Daily Tribune 1946-04-13
                                              • Washington Post 1946-04-13
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                                            Saturday
                                            .San Antonio, Tex.Gregory Gym
                                            University of Texas
                                            Stratemann and Vail I report a concert from the Sam Huston College series at Fort Sam Houston in San Antonio.

                                            This appears to have been rescheduled, since the Daily Texan announced the band was at Gregory Gym at the University of Texas in Austin that evening:

                                            The Daily Texan
                                            • 1946-03-10:
                                              'Duke Ellington...will bring his orchestra to Austin for an all-University concert April 13, announced Mrs. Loyce Spratt, Texas Union director. Sponsored by the Union's dance committee, Ellington will play in Gregory Gym for a concert only...'
                                            • 1946-03-14:
                                              '...will make an appearance at Gregory Gym Saturday night, April 13, at 8:15 o'clock, under the auspices of the Texas Union, the Cultural Entertainment Committee and the Samuel Huston College Austin Series...
                                                Prices for the Ellington concert will be $1.20, $1.80, $2.40, and $3.00, with a special section of seats reserved for colored listeners. As the program is not purely a University function, and is being partially sponsored by outside organizations, there will be no blanket tax reduction...'
                                            • 1946-03-31 p.8 advertisement for April 13
                                            • 1946-04-14 pp.1,3 report by Bob Cole:
                                              'The Duke: Dancers Stop, Listen As American Jazz Grows Up

                                                Duke Ellington is a great guy – he shook my hand.
                                                Playing before an approximated 3,000 Negro and white audience, the impresario of the piano and his eighteen-piece orchestra thrilled a serious-minded, music loving University and Austin public.
                                                Making excellent artistic use of light, color, and climactic sound and light changes, the technicians enhanced the beauty and rhythmical action with which the Ellington orchestra played...
                                              ...
                                                For the second time in two years at the University, Negroes sat on the main floor of the Gregory Gymnasium auditorium. It may be remembered that Marian Anderson, soprano, came to the University last Spring with the stipulation in her contract that seats of equal proximity be provided to members of her race. A similar clause in the contract of Duke Ellington provided that one half of the seats be reserved for Negroes.
                                                We talked about some of the piano players Duke knew...'
                                            • Variety 1946-03-27 p.53
                                            • Baltimore Afro-American 1946-04-02 p.9
                                            • The Afro-American, Baltimore, Md. 1946-04-06 p.8
                                            • The Daily Texan:
                                              • 1946-03-10 p.8
                                              • 1946-03-14 p.1
                                              • 1946-03-31 p.8
                                              • 1946-04-05 p.11
                                              • 1946-04-07 p.9
                                              • 1946-04-10 p.3
                                              • 1946-04-11 p.3
                                              • 1946-04-12 p.6
                                              • 1946-04-14 p.1
                                            • Additional documentation is likely to be found in SI-NMAH DEC301, Series 2: Performances and Programs, 1933-1974, box 10, folder 31 Gregory Gymnasium, Austin, Texas, April 13, 1946
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                                            Sunday
                                            .Houston, Tex..Stratemann reports April 14, Houston, as part of the scheduled Sam Huston College series, with no further details. Vail I just reports a one nighter in this city.

                                            The San Antonio Register initially carried ads for an April 14 Ellington at the Library Auditorium, but later ads and the review placed it on April 12 at the Sunken Garden.
                                            Since the only mention of Ellington in the Rice Institute's college newspaper The Thresher said:

                                            'Many Riceites were seen at the Duke Ellington concert Sunday.'

                                            it seems possible the April 14 concert was at Rice Institute. Query outstanding.
                                            San Antonio Register:
                                            • 1946-03-08 p.4
                                            • 1946-03-15 pp.4, 7
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                                            Monday
                                            .Fort Worth, Tex.Auditorium
                                            or
                                            Will Rogers Coliseum
                                            Stratemann reports a scheduled concert in the Samuel Huston College series in the auditorium.

                                            According to Wikipedia, in 1948 Forth Worth had three colleges or universities: Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary, Texas Christian University, Texas Wesleyan University. Which one may have held the concert is not yet determined (email query 2016-01-22 outstanding).At the time of writing, it has not been confirmed.

                                            The Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary archives contain no record of an Ellington appearance there during this period.
                                            • Email 2016-01-25 to Palmquist from J. Runnels, Ph.D., Assistant Music Librarian, Bowld Music Library, Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary
                                            • Additional documentation is likely to be found in SI-NMAH DEC301, Series 2: Performances and Programs, 1933-1974, box 10, folder 32 Will Rogers Colliseum, Fort Worth, Texas, April 15, 1946
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                                            Tuesday
                                            .Beaumont, Tex.Auditorium or City AuditoriumStratemann reports a scheduled concert in the Samuel Huston College series here. At the time of writing, it has not been confirmed, but is consistent with Variety, 1946-03-27 p.53 which said the series would end here on April 16.

                                            The only university in Beaumont in 1946 appears to have been Lamar College. (email enquiry 2016-01-22 outstanding)
                                            Additional documentation is likely to be found in SI-NMAH DEC301, Series 2: Performances and Programs, 1933-1974, box 10, folder 33 City Auditorium, Beaumont, Texas, April 16, 1946..
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                                            Wednesday
                                            .New Orleans, La.Xavier University.
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                                            Thursday
                                            .New Orleans, La...
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                                            Friday
                                            1946 04 25Washington, D.C.Howard Theatre
                                            620 T St.
                                            .
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                                            ...PERSONNEL CHANGE
                                            Otto "Toby" Hardwick leaves the band for the last time during the Howard Theatre engagement. Procope:

                                            'Hardwick had walked off the stage at the Howard Theater in Washington. Nobody knew if he was coming back. He never did.'

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                                            Saturday
                                            .Washington, D.C.Howard Theatre
                                            620 T St.
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                                            Sunday
                                            .Washington, D.C.Howard Theatre
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                                            Monday
                                            .Washington, D.C.Howard Theatre
                                            620 T St.
                                            see 1946 04 19
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                                            Tuesday
                                            .Washington, D.C.Howard Theatre
                                            620 T St.
                                            see 1946 04 19
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                                            Wednesday
                                            .Washington, D.C.Howard Theatre
                                            620 T St.
                                            see 1946 04 19
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                                            Thursday
                                            .Washington, D.C.Howard Theatre
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                                            Friday
                                            ...PERSONNEL CHANGE
                                            Reed player Russell Procope joins the band and will stay, except for a brief period in 1971, until the end. He previously played two numbers with the band, in Your Saturday Date With the Duke, 1945 10 20.

                                            Procope, as quoted in the IAJRC Journal:

                                            'Duke started trying me out in the fall of 1945, right after I got out of the service. Toby Hardwick would not show up from time to time. For me, it was like being a baseball player getting a tryout with the Yankees. In my eyes, Duke Ellington was the very top of the world of music. I felt that way then, and still feel that way. But, I didn't get hired right away. In April of 1946, I finally got the call. I was told to meet the band on its way from Washington, D.C. to Springfield, Massachusetts. Hardwick had walked off the stage at the Howard Theater in Washington. Nobody knew if he was coming back. He never did.
                                              My job was to play first alto. Duke had a good clarinet soloist in Jimmy Hamilton, and of course a great alto soloist win Johnny Hodges. But gradually, Duke started giving me solos on clarinet because my sound on clarinet was so different from Jimmy's. And my whole approach to the clarinet was different from his. He was a great technician who had a sound almost like a symphony man. My playing was more gutbucket. I never did play many alto solos because Johnny took care of that, and when he wasn't there for a while, there was Willie Smith and Hilton Jefferson, both of whom were excellent soloists.'

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                                            Friday
                                            .Springfield, Mass.Municipal Auditorium.
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                                            Saturday
                                            .Worchester, Mass.Municipal Auditorium.
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                                            Sunday
                                            .New Haven, Conn.Armory.
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                                            Monday
                                            Ellington's birthday
                                            .Philadelphia, Penn.Town Hall.
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                                            Tuesday
                                            8 pm
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                                            Wednesday
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                                            Thursday
                                            .Cranston, R.I.Rhodes-On-The-Pawtuxet.
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                                            Friday
                                            .Manchester, N.H...
                                            ...
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                                            Saturday
                                            .Hanover, N.H.Dartmouth College.
                                            Remote broadcast, AFRS.
                                            Stratemann:

                                            'This was the first broadcast in the Treasury series to be picked up by the AFRS since the series had been discontinued in November of 1945.'

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                                            Sunday
                                            .Atlantic City, N.J.Steel Pier.
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                                            Monday
                                            ...activities not documented
                                            ...
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                                            1946 05 00
                                            (second week of May)
                                            ...New recording contract
                                            • Ellington was unhappy with the way Record Corporation of America handled him and with the titles it wanted him to record. In December 1945 Ellington asked RCA to release him from his contract. RCA maintained the contract was effective until March 1947, but Ellington's representative, the William Morris Agency, maintained the contract would be over in November 1946.
                                            • In the second week of May, 1946, Ellington signed a three-year contract with Jefferson-Travis Corporation, which controlled Musicraft Records Inc. .
                                            • Stratemann:

                                              'His contract was for three years, with a guaranteed return of $75,000 for 34 sides, plus a separate arrangement for the production of a minimum of two albums annually. From these albums he was to draw a separate royalty at the rate of 6% of the purchase price... '

                                            • The Billboard reported the three-year contract was effective November 11, and Musicraft guaranteed 34 sides (17 records) plus two albums the first year. Ellington was to have the right to determine exclusively the tunes he would record on 10 sides; the remainder were to be selected on a mutually agreeable basis.
                                            • Ellington's last RCA sides were recorded 1946 09 03 and his first Musicraft session was 1946 10 23.
                                            • He would record only 15 Musicraft sides, the last in December that year.
                                            • Musicraft experienced financial difficulties soon after signing, leading to the premature termination of the contract.
                                            • In May 1947 The Billboard reported on Musicraft's refinancing and quoted its spokesman as saying a mutual agreement would probabably be worked out to release the Ellington orchestra from its contract, a rumour the William Morris agency denied. In any event, having received $45,000 so far, Ellington settled for $25,000.
                                            • /ul>
                                            • E. Lambert:
                                              Duke Ellington, A Listener's Guide
                                              , pp.141-142
                                            • Stratemann pp.277, 286, citing
                                              • Variety
                                                • 1945-12-19 p.37
                                                • 1946-05-22 pp.46, 47
                                                • 1946-06-05 p.58
                                              • The Billboard
                                                • "Musicraft Gets the Duke; 3 Yr. Paper Calls for 34 Sides, 2 Albums First Yr." 1946-05-25 p.23
                                                • "MUSICRAFT GETS UP THE MOOLA - Refinancing Deal Reported Set, At Last," 1947-05-31 p.20
                                                • "Col. Records Talent Mounts," 1947-07-19, p.20
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                                            Wednesday
                                            1946 06 01New York, N.Y.Paramount Theatre
                                            Times Square
                                            Vaudeville
                                            Three and a half week theatre engagement, sharing the bill with Stump and Stumpy, The Clark Brothers and The Mills Brothers.

                                            There appears to have been from 4 to 6 stage shows daily according to the Brooklyn Eagle show times columns:
                                            • 1946 05 11: 10:43 1:26 4:09 6:52 9:35 12:18
                                            • 1946 05 13: 12:26 3:43 7:00 10:07
                                            • 1946 06 01: 11:51 2:42 5:54 8:56 11:58

                                            Click to enlarge
                                            During this run, William A. Gottlieb took this photo of Duke reflected in his dressing room mirror.

                                            Note the piano, the publicity photos tucked into the mirror frame, the extensive wardrobe, the gaudy neckties, one of which was cropped in the edited photo, the Johnsons Baby Powder, and the shoes on the counter.

                                            Click to enlarge

                                            The show was panned by Metronome critic Barbara Hodgkins in an undated review reproduced in Vail I but praised by The Billboard (see 1946 05 09 below).
                                            • Brooklyn Eagle, Brooklyn, N.Y.
                                              • 1946-05-28 p.13
                                              • 1946-06-01 p.12
                                            • The New York Sun, New York, N.Y. 1946-05-29 p.10
                                            • Variety 1946-05-29 p.15
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                                            Thursday
                                            .New York, N.Y.Paramount Theatre
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                                            Vaudeville - see 1946 05 08

                                            The Billboard's review:

                                            'Paramount, New York
                                            (Thursday Afternoon, May 9)
                                            With Duke Ellington and his ork on the stand and the Mills Brothers before the mike, this week's bill is a topper in pop music. It's well paced, varied and peppy and the Duke gets off a number of ducal moments at the keys, while his boys swing out with everything from boogie to blues.
                                              Opener, Take the A-Train, seques into Blue Skies which the boys kick around a piece before introing Ray Nance, a fast double-talk chirper, who offers Riff Staccato at breakneck speed and gets a good hand. Then it's time for blues as the Duke sells 'em and this time Johnny Hodges at the tenor [sic] sax gives out with a nifty arrangement of Laughin [sic] on the Outside.
                                              The Clark Brothers, tappers, beat out the rhythms with their pedals. They have a slick series of routines, sell them well and cull heavy palms.
                                              Transbluecency [sic], one of Ellington's excursions into concert-type crewcut, it [sic] a beaut, with Kay Davis vocalizing as an instrument aided by two muted trombones and a clarinet.
                                              Stump and Stumpy, a couple of fast-moving, fast-mugging comics, go bit with the pew sitters who brought them back twice and sent them off with socko hands.
                                              Ork gets into a medley of familiar Ellington ditties, including Sentimental Mood, Mood Indigo, I'm Beginning to See the Light, Sophisticated Lady, Caravan, Solitude and I Let a Song Get [sic] Out of My Heart, played by the Duke against the band's Don't Get Around Much Any More.
                                              In contrast, the band goes all out on Metronome All Out, a bounce number which singles out different members of the band for fast riffs and hot playing. They come thru flying.
                                              Introed by the Duke, the Mills Brothers open with Cielito Lindo, followed by ... The quartet, tho still smooth, seems to have lost something of its old slickness. But the four sold to the full pews and could have kept on with recalls for some time.
                                              Ellington closed with Time's A-Wastin'.
                                              Film, The Blue Dahlia. Biz fine.'

                                            The Billboard 1946-05-18 p.55..
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                                            Friday
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                                            Times Square
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                                            Saturday
                                            .New York, N.Y.Paramount Theatre
                                            Times Square
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                                            Six shows, from mid-morning to early morning: 10:43 1:26 4:09 6:52 9:35 12:18
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                                            Four performances: 12:26 3:43 7:00 10:07
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                                            Tuesday
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                                            Times Square
                                            Vaudeville - see 1946 05 08...
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                                            Wednesday
                                            .New York, N.Y.Paramount Theatre
                                            Times Square
                                            Vaudeville - see 1946 05 08...
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                                            Times Square
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                                            Friday
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                                            Times Square
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                                            Saturday
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                                            Times Square
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                                            Dorothy Kilgallen column:

                                            'Duke Ellington and Bill Robinson are in Broadway's biggest feud.'

                                            Walter Winchell column includes a comment

                                            'Bill Robinson and Duke Ellington are acting like idiots'

                                          • Pottsdown Mercury, Pottsdown, N.Y., 1946-05-28 p.4
                                          • Kingsport News, Kingsport, Tenn. 1946-05-31 p.4
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                                            1946 06 01
                                            Saturday
                                            .New York, N.Y.Paramount Theatre
                                            Times Square
                                            Vaudeville - see 1946 05 08

                                            Six performances: 11:51 2:42 5:54 8:56 11:58

                                            Broadcast, 16:00-16:30

                                            Stratemann:

                                            '...on the day of its exit from the Paramount, the Duke Ellington orchestra did broadcast #39 in the Treasury series from the theatre's rehearsal hall.'

                                            The broadcast is expected to be on the forthcoming Storyville DETS CD no. 20.
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                                            Sunday
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                                            Monday
                                            Possibly
                                            1946 06 05
                                            New York, N.Y.Likely
                                            Carnegie Chamber Music Hall
                                            or possibly Carnegie Hall's Main Hall
                                            Sidemen's activities not documented
                                            Steven Lasker purchased 15 acetates (records) which seem to indicate Ellington, John Latouche, Kay Davis, Marian Cox and Bill Dillard recorded songs from the forthcoming Street Music (working title for Beggar's Holiday) musical at Carnegie Hall on June 3 and possibly June 4 and/or June 5. He describes these as:
                                            '...a group of 15 original acetates on the Carnegie Hall Recording Co. label from Street Music--music by Duke Ellington, lyrics by John Latouche.
                                              One label is dated 6/3/46... Some are 10", some are 12"..all play at 78 rpm...
                                            • 10" acetates Street Music

                                              • "Loose Living"
                                                vocal by Bill Dillard
                                              • "Inbetween"
                                                vocal by Kay Davis
                                              • "Lullaby For Junior"
                                                vocal by Marian Cox
                                              • "Ore From a Gold Mine"
                                                vocal by Kay Davis
                                              • "Oh Polly"
                                                vocal by Kay Davis
                                              • "Tooth & Claw"
                                                vocal by John Latouche
                                            • 12" acetates Street Music

                                              • "Sweet Lucy" and "Jail House Lament"
                                                vocal by Bill Dillard
                                              • "Inbetween"
                                                vocal by Kay Davis
                                              • "Brown Penny"
                                                vocal by Kay Davis
                                              • "Lullaby For Junior"
                                                vocal by Marian Cox
                                              • "Prisoner's Song"-
                                                vocal by Bill Dillard
                                              • "No One But You"
                                                vocal by Kay Davis
                                              • "Rooster and the Hen" (cut #2)
                                                vocal by Kay Davis
                                                (The disc that bears the date 6-3-46 has two takes of "Rooster and the Hen"; cut #1 is a breakdown, cut #2 is a complete take.
                                              • "Wrong Side of the Railroad Track" (cut #2)
                                                vocal by Marian Cox
                                              • "Lullaby For Junior"
                                                vocal by Marian Cox
                                              • "Tooth & Claw"
                                                vocal by John Latouche
                                            Note that 6/3/46, 6/4/46 and 6/5/46 are all open days in the Ellington itinerary. I suppose the above were recorded on those dates at Carnegie Hall.'
                                            and
                                            • 'Some discs are originals, some are dubs. I've been comparing and find an incomplete alternate take to Rooster and the Hen plus complete alternate takes of Wrong Side of the Railroad Track and No One But You. All other duplicate titles are the same takes.
                                            • LaTouche supplies spoken introductions to all titles.
                                            • The printing on each label, (originals and dubs):
                                              CARNEGIE HALL RECORDING CO. CARNEGIE HALL NEW YORK 19, N.Y.
                                            • Most labels are stamped THE BEGGARS OPERA COMPANY in red ink.
                                            • I believe Ellington is the pianist on all sides with the possible exception of Tooth and Claw, where the piano playing is slyly nondescript.
                                            • Piano Red [Ellington] isn't selling the pianist -- he's selling the songs. This is Broadway-demo playing from Ellington. Not something we've heard from him very often if ever -- don't ask me to cite any other recorded examples!
                                            and
                                          • The recordings are indeed piano and vocal, introduced by LaTouche.
                                          • The sonics suggest a medium-sized room that's pretty bare, i.e., without significant wall padding for damping. That points to the Chamber Music Hall; had the performances been played in the hall itself, the acoustics of a large, lively hall would be heard in the resultant recordings.
                                          • The Carnegie Hall Recording Co. labels look just like the examples in the little article you sent me.

                                          • Rob Hudson, Manager, Archives, Carnegie Hall
                                            • ...the blog post you cited tells you most of everything we know about Len Frank and his operation, and I'm sorry to say that we do not have any documentation specific to the day-to-day activities of the Carnegie Hall Recording Co.
                                            • As best we can tell, Frank had kind of a "handshake" agreement with John Totten (manager of Carnegie Hall at that time), and he ran his operation very much as his own business - which ranged from radio transcription discs, to "vanity" recordings for artists, to commercial recordings (CH Recording Co. was one of the original sources for the 1938 Benny Goodman live concert recording, for example). He also did outside "contract" work for other labels and studios, e.g. editing/production work for budget label assemblages of classical music, etc.
                                            • Whatever business documentation existed for the company has vanished. After Frank died, his estate was in litigation for years, and what wasn't thrown away was stored in a warehouse in Elizabeth, NJ (under horrible conditions). We had some contact, through an intermediary, with lawyers for the estate, and we ended up taking possession of about a dozen boxes of recordings five or six years ago. A great deal of it is the kind of production work I mentioned above, and thus not incredibly valuable or interesting. We'd hoped to find some treasures (like maybe some Ellington recordings!), but there wasn't much.
                                            • The one thing I can tell you is that other than the small engineering studio (305-6) on the third floor - which still exists, by the way, albeit in a modernized/renovated form - there was no separate studio or recording room in the building; there was simply no room. The hall didn't even have adequate dressing rooms for the same reason (that has changed through some later additions). Ensemble recordings were made with the band/orchestra either set up on the main Carnegie Hall stage, or in our small recital hall (today called Weill Recital Hall, but in 1946 it was known as Carnegie Chamber Music Hall... In the main auditorium, either the ensemble would be recorded in performance (e.g. Goodman, or the well-known Ellington at CH recordings), or they would also occasionally use the hall as a recording studio.
                                            • Sadly, our collection of Carnegie Hall booking ledgers - which not only contain information about concert bookings, but also rehearsals, recordings, etc. - only dates to 1955; we're missing anything prior to that time. So, I can't tell you if Ellington had booked the hall to rehearse/record in June of 1946.
                                            • In the mid-1940s, there was a series called "Carnegie Pop Concerts" - a kind of precursor to the New York Pops, with seats removed in the auditorium for cocktail tables - and all of the evenings during that first week of June, 1946 were booked for those events. However, that doesn't mean that Ellington might not have rehearsed/recorded earlier in the day, or - perhaps even more likely - after the Pop concert, beginning at 11:30 or midnight (or later); this was not unheard of.
                                            • The onstage microphones were essentially the CBS radio mikes, and could be accessed from offsite - for example, for the January 16, 1938 Goodman concert, Len Frank was recording his own set of discs at the same time as the CBS studio was doing the same thing remotely. But that was a live performance, so the circumstance makes sense; in this case, since Ellington wasn't performing but simply recording, if he were elsewhere, not only would Len Frank not have had access to the audio feed, but it wouldn't have been necessary (since Ellington would have been set up in a studio). So, my guess is that Ellington's band was either in the main CH auditorium late at night (or possibly in the afternoon), or that they were in the Chamber Music Hall...
                                            • The only other possibility I can think of, and I'm not sure how likely this is: Len Frank may just have done mastering for recordings that were made elsewhere, along the lines of the contract work I mentioned above...
                                            • As far as the CH Recording Company materials are concerned: we would have gladly taken ANYTHING that remained - business documents included. But none of that was left - and there's nothing left in the warehouse; this was it...'
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                                            Thursday
                                            .Washington, D.C.Junior Police and Citizens Corps headquarters
                                            8th and Barry Pl. N.W.
                                            Fundraiser concert

                                            '...Duke Ellington and ace trumpeter Ray Nance, officially opened the Junior Police and Citizens Corps outdoor arena ... last week,with a jam session at the corps headquarters...  Duke thrilled the teen-age audience with his own inimitable styling ... while Nance gave with hot licks on the violin which brought resounding applause... '

                                            Vail I, p.296 reproducing
                                            • photo of Ray and Duke
                                            • an undated, unattributed clipping
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                                            Thursday
                                            .Washington, D.C.Watergate AmphitheatreOutdoor concert, 8:30 p.m.
                                            Tickets: Reserved $2.40, $3.60 tax included; General admission $1,20, Patrons $4.80
                                            According to Stratemann, this was Ellington's first concert in his home town. His take was $10,000, the audience was the largest to date at this venue, and 3,000 people had to be turned away.

                                            An unattributed report in Vail I, headlined "Ellington Concert Lures 11,000 Fans to Watergate," says there was a sellout audience of 8,000 with 3,000 kibitzers.

                                            The Evening Star reported:

                                            '9,000 Hear Duke Ellington's Jazz Concert at Water Gate

                                              An audience of approximately 9,000 last night swayed to the rhythmic beat of music played at the opening Watergate program of the season led by Duke Ellington - the boy who came into the world within a stone's throw of the Washington ball park, jerked soda at the Poodle Dog Cafe and graduated from the school of hard knocks into the international big time of music.
                                              The program, sponsored by the Baker's Dozen, Inc., originally 13, now 20, young Washington women, was arranged to raise money for a permanent home for the group's canteen, which aims to provide a social-recreational program for Washington 'teen-agers.
                                              The program was a sell-out, with 7,000 individuals paying as high as $12 for seats and roughly 2,000 kibitzers lolling in boats and canoes and lining the rails of Arlington Memorial Bridge and Riverside Drive to hear the Duke's hand-picked musicians give out with the last work in blues, jumps, jams, swing, "rhapsoditties," "fugueditties," "magenta hazes," diminuendos, crescendos and "transblucencies."
                                              The crowd was orderly. As far as could be learned, there were no untoward incidents. There was no raucous applause, no dancing in the aisles. Enthusiastic applause was kept strictly on the polite side.
                                              The Duke started his program with "Caravan" and ended it with "Blue Skies". In between he ran the gamut of jazz. There was "In a Mellow Tone," "Solid, Old Man," "Black, Brown and Beige" - the Duke's composition which, in the words of a biographer, "parallels the history of the American negro - "Rugged Romeo," "Air Conditioned Jungle," Take the "A" Train," "Bassist and Me," "Riffin' Drill," Metronome All Out," "Frankie and Johnny" (to a jump beat) and a dozen others.
                                              During the intermission only a relative [sic] few autograph seekers managed to elude guards on the concert barge and get the Duke's signature. Park Police stood by to keep others from pressing onto the barge after the performance, but the crowd as a whole strolled off in good order and silence again closed on the Lincoln Memorial.'

                                            .
                                            • Stratemann p.267 citing
                                              • Down Beat 1946-06-15 p.14
                                              • Metronome 1946-07 p.43
                                            • Vail I, p.296
                                            • Terrence M. Ripmaster: Willis Conover: Broadcasting Jazz to the World, iUniverse
                                            • The Evening Star,Washington D.C., 1946-06-07 p.B-9
                                            • Additional documentation is likely to be found in SI-NMAH DEC301, Series 2: Performances and Programs, 1933-1974, box 10, folder 34 The Watergate, Washington, D.C., June 6, 1946
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                                            Monday
                                            .Charleston, W.Va.Municipal AuditoriumConcert, 8:30 p.m.
                                            The Charleston Gazette
                                            • Plug, 1946-06-09 p.20
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                                            1946 06 19Chicago, Ill.Oriental TheatreVaudeville - others on the bill were Stump & Stumpy and Cook & Brown. Marion Cox sang Ghost of a Chance. Sidemen named by Variety were Nance, Davis, Hamilton, Lawrence Brown, Pettiford, Hibbler. Variety commented on microphone problems, poor lighting and audience impatience caused by a late start resulting from a late train.Stratemann p.267 citing
                                            • The Billboard 1946-06-22
                                            • Variety 1946-06-19 p.50
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                                            Friday
                                            .Chicago, Ill.Oriental TheatreVaudeville - see 1946 06 13...
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                                            Saturday
                                            .Chicago, Ill.Oriental TheatreVaudeville - see 1946 06 13...
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                                            Sunday
                                            .Chicago, Ill.Oriental TheatreVaudeville - see 1946 06 13...
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                                            Monday
                                            .Chicago, Ill.Oriental TheatreVaudeville - see 1946 06 13...
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                                            1946 06 18
                                            Tuesday
                                            .Chicago, Ill.Oriental TheatreVaudeville - see 1946 06 13...
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                                            1946 06 19
                                            Wednesday
                                            .Chicago, Ill.Oriental TheatreVaudeville - see 1946 06 13...
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                                            Thursday
                                            .Duluth, Minn.WDSM studioDaryl Knutsen ("The Milkman") interviewed Ellington and Strayhorn at WDSM's Duluth studio in the afternoon. The interview was broadcast over WDSM at 5:30 p.m. in the Duluth time zone and 4:30 p.m. in the Superior time zone, and again at midnight, after the remote feed from the Armory - see below

                                            It seems likely the interview was broadcast live.
                                            Recorded interview (transcription record),
                                            courtesy Joe Medjuck
                                            New Desor
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                                            Thursday
                                            .Duluth, Minn.Duluth ArmoryDance - 9 p.m. to 1 a.m. (Duluth time)
                                            • NBC remote broadcast introduced as Duke Is On the Air
                                            • Announcer says 2,500 people attended.
                                            • Part of the dance was broadcast over NBC and WDSM. The recorded titles noted by Brian Koller are:
                                              • Take The "A" Train (theme)
                                              • Take The "A" Train
                                              • Transblucency (Kay Davis vocal)
                                              • C-Jam Blues
                                              • I'm Just A Lucky So And So (Al Hibbler vocal)
                                              • Riff Staccato (incomplete)
                                              • Come Rain Or Shine (Kay Davis vocal)
                                              • Blue Skies
                                              • Things Ain't What They Used To Be
                                            • At the time of writing, transcriptions of the broadcast can be heard and downloaded at the links to the right.
                                            .
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                                            Friday
                                            .Port Arthur, Ont.Arena.
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                                            1946 06 22
                                            Saturday
                                            .Winnipeg, Man.Amphitheatre.
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                                            Sunday
                                            ...activities not documented
                                            ...
                                            ...
                                            1946 06 24
                                            Monday
                                            .Saskatoon, Sask.Arena.
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                                            Tuesday
                                            .Edmonton, Alta.Arena.
                                            ...
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                                            1946 06 26
                                            Wednesday
                                            .Calgary, Alta.Metawa Armories.
                                            ...
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                                            Thursday
                                            ...activities not documented
                                            ...
                                            ...
                                            1946 06 28
                                            Friday
                                            .Seattle, Wash...
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                                            Saturday
                                            .Oakland, Cal.Sweet's Ballroom.
                                            ...
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                                            1946 06 30
                                            Sunday
                                            ...activities not documented
                                            ...
                                            ...

                                            July 1946

                                            1946 07 01
                                            Monday
                                            ...activities not documented
                                            ...
                                            ...
                                            1946 07 02
                                            Tuesday
                                            1946 07 08Los Angeles, Cal.Million Dollar TheaterVaudeville with The Businessmen of Rhythm and Patterson & Jackson.
                                            Ellington had been booked into the Orpheum, but theatre owner Sherrill Corwin sold the theatre in mid-May. Corwin wanted to move Ellington into his Million Dollar Theater, 9 blocks away.

                                            Ellington balked until the contract was renegotiated. Instead of a $10,000 guarantee and a split of revenues exceeding $30,000 for the Orpheum, the contract for the Million Dollar Theater was $15,000 guarantee and a split of revenues exceeding $38,000. The programme was almost identical to the Oriental in Chicago in June.

                                            The unit performed 36 times this week, six over that permitted by the theatre's contract with the American Guild of Variety Artists, so Ellington was asked to pay extra salaries to the variety acts he had hired to round off the show.

                                            Pittsburgh Courier:

                                            'Duke Scores At $1,000,000

                                              LOS ANGELES–Playing a medley of old and new hits, Duke Ellington's popular orchestra and entertainers scored a smashing triumph at Million Dollar Theatre...
                                              Kay Davis, Marion Cox and Al Hibbler were effective as vocalists. Sidement including Al Sears, Johnny Hodges, Ray nance, Taft Jordan and Jimmy Hamilton, were standouts.
                                              The Duke is set for a theatre tour of the Southland, will do som movie and recording work in Hollywood, and will appear on the Westview Hospital's benefit jamboree at Hollywood Bowl.'

                                            • Stratemann p.267 citing
                                              • The Billboard 1946-07-13 p.42
                                              • Variety 1946-07-17 p.45
                                            • Pittsburgh Courier 1946-07-13 p.18
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                                            Wednesday
                                            .Los Angeles, Cal.Million Dollar TheaterVaudeville - see 1946 07 02
                                            ...
                                            ...
                                            1946 07 04
                                            Thursday
                                            .Los Angeles, Cal.Million Dollar TheaterVaudeville - see 1946 07 02
                                            ...
                                            ...
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                                            Friday
                                            .Los Angeles, Cal.Million Dollar TheaterVaudeville - see 1946 07 02
                                            ...
                                            ...
                                            1946 07 06
                                            Saturday
                                            .Los Angeles, Cal.Million Dollar TheaterVaudeville - see 1946 07 02

                                            Your Saturday Date With the Duke ABC network Treasury Show #41 broadcast from the theatre
                                            Duke Ellington and His Orchestra
                                            Hemphill, Jordan, Anderson, F.Williams, Baker (Nielsen) or Reunald Jones (New Desor, Timner, and Girvan), Nance, Brown, Nanton, W. De Paris, C.Jones, Hamilton, Procope, Hodges, Sears, Carney, Ellington, Strayhorn, Guy, Pettiford, Greer, Hibbler, K.Davis
                                            Titles recorded:
                                            • Take The "A” Train
                                            • Caravan
                                            • Sonno
                                            • D.E. Bond Promos
                                            • Laughing On The Outside
                                            • The Blues
                                            • Teardrops In The Rain
                                            • I'm Just A Lucky So And So
                                            • Metronome All Out
                                            • Just A-Sittin' And A-Rockin'
                                            • One O'Clock Jump
                                            • Girvan:   Ellingtonia.com
                                            • Timner
                                            • Ole J. Nielsen, Jazz Records 1942-80, A discography: Vol. Six, Duke Ellington p.73
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                                            Sunday
                                            .Los Angeles, Cal.Million Dollar TheaterVaudeville - see 1946 07 02
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                                            1946 07 08
                                            Monday
                                            .Los Angeles, Cal.Million Dollar TheaterVaudeville - see 1946 07 02
                                            ...
                                            ...
                                            circa
                                            1946 07 09
                                            Tuesday
                                            .Los Angeles, Cal..PERSONNEL CHANGE
                                            Harold "Shorty" Baker, trumpet, rejoins the band, replacing Reunald Jones. Jones was in the band again for a few days in November 1961.

                                            Nielsen has Baker playing the 1946 07 06 broadcast, but New Desor, Timner V and Girvan have Reunald playing it instead.
                                            • New Desor vol.2
                                            • New Desor session DE4618 by reference to DE4611
                                            • Girvan:   Ellingtonia.com
                                            • Timner
                                            • Ole J. Nielsen, Jazz Records 1942-80, A discography: Vol. Six, Duke Ellington p.73
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                                            Tuesday
                                            .Los Angeles, Cal..Victor recording session,
                                            Time: 12:00 - 16:00
                                            RCA Victor recording session
                                            Duke Ellington and His Orchestra
                                            Hemphill, Jordan, Anderson, F.Williams, Baker, Nance, Brown, Nanton, De Paris, C.Jones, Hamilton, Procope, Hodges, Sears, Carney, Ellington, Guy, Pettiford, Greer, K.Davis.

                                            Titles recorded:
                                            • Rockabye River [as Hop, Skip, Jump according to MacHare]
                                            • Suddenly It Jumped
                                            • Transblucency (A Blue Fog That You Can Almost See Through)
                                            • Just Squeeze Me (But Don't Tease Me)
                                          • Girvan:   Ellingtonia.com
                                          • MacHare:   A Duke Ellington Panorama
                                          • Dooji Collection record labels
                                          • Timner
                                          • Benny Aasland:
                                            The Wax Works of Duke Ellington, 1954
                                          • S. Lasker/O. Keepnews, The Duke Ellington Centennial Edition, RCA Victor CD box set 09026-63386-2 (disc 16)
                                          • E. Lambert:
                                            Duke Ellington, A Listener's Guide< /A>, pp.129-130
                                          • Jorgen Grunnet Jepsen, Discography of Duke Ellington, Vol. 2 1937-47
                                          • Ole J. Nielsen, Jazz Records 1942-80, A discography: Vol. Six, Duke Ellington p.73
                                          • Email Lasker-Palmquist 2014-10-14 re session time
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                                            Wednesday
                                            .Los Angeles, Cal..Victor recording session,
                                            Times:
                                            • 19:00 - 22:00
                                            • &
                                            • 22:25 - 24:00

                                            Duke Ellington and His Orchestra
                                            Hemphill, Jordan, Anderson, F.Williams, Baker, Nance, Brown, Nanton, De Paris, C.Jones, Hamilton, Procope, Hodges, Sears, Carney, Ellington, Guy, Pettiford, Greer, Hibbler

                                            Titles recorded:
                                            • A Gatherin' In A Clearin'
                                            • You Don't Love Me No More
                                            • Pretty Woman
                                            • Hey Baby
                                          • Girvan:   Ellingtonia.com
                                          • MacHare:   A Duke Ellington Panorama
                                          • Timner
                                          • Benny Aasland:
                                            The Wax Works of Duke Ellington, 1954
                                          • S. Lasker/O. Keepnews, The Duke Ellington Centennial Edition, RCA Victor CD box set 09026-63386-2
                                          • E. Lambert:
                                            Duke Ellington, A Listener's Guide
                                            , p.130
                                          • Jorgen Grunnet Jepsen, Discography of Duke Ellington, Vol. 2 1937-47
                                          • Ole J. Nielsen, Jazz Records 1942-80, A discography: Vol. Six, Duke Ellington, p.74
                                          • Email Lasker-Palmquist 2014-10-14 re session time
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                                            Thursday
                                            .Los Angeles, Cal.Capitol Radio studio, HollywoodCapitol Transcription recording session
                                            (transcriptions explained at 1946 03 28 above)
                                            Duke Ellington and His Orchestra
                                            Hemphill, Jordan, Anderson, F.Williams, Baker, Nance, Brown, Nanton, De Paris, C.Jones, Hamilton, Procope, Hodges, Sears, Carney, Ellington, Guy, Pettiford, Greer, Hibbler

                                            Titles recorded:
                                            • Rockabye River
                                            • A-Gatherin' In A Clearin' (spelling shown on the lable)
                                            • You Don't Love Me No More
                                            • Pretty Woman
                                            • Just Squeeze Me
                                            • Hey Baby
                                            • Suddenly It Jumped
                                            • Come Rain Or Come Shine
                                          • Girvan:   Ellingtonia.com
                                          • MacHare:   A Duke Ellington Panorama
                                          • Dooji Collection record labels
                                          • Timner
                                          • Benny Aasland:
                                            The Wax Works of Duke Ellington, 1954
                                          • E. Lambert:
                                            Duke Ellington, A Listener's Guide
                                            , pp. 130-131
                                          • Ole J. Nielsen, Jazz Records 1942-80, A discography: Vol. Six, Duke Ellington, p.74
                                          • New Desor
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                                            Friday
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                                            1946 07 13
                                            Saturday
                                            .Sacramento, Cal...
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                                            Sunday
                                            .Oakland, Cal...
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                                            Monday
                                            1946 07 18Fresno, Cal...
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                                            Tuesday
                                            .Los Angeles, Cal.Capitol Radio studio, HollywoodCapitol Transcriptions recording session

                                            Duke Ellington and His Orchestra
                                            Hemphill, Jordan, Anderson, F.Williams, Baker, Nance, Brown, Nanton, De Paris, C.Jones, Hamilton, Procope, Hodges, Sears, Carney, Ellington, Guy, Pettiford, Greer, Marion Cox
                                            Titles recorded:
                                              • Fickle Fling
                                              • 9:20 Special (notwithstanding Lambert, there seems to have been several takes)
                                              • One O'Clock Jump
                                              • Back Home Again In Indiana
                                              • A Ghost Of A Chance
                                              • Lover Man
                                              • Unbooted Character
                                              • Suburbanite
                                          • Girvan:   Ellingtonia.com
                                          • MacHare:   A Duke Ellington Panorama
                                          • Dooji Collection record labels
                                          • Timner
                                          • E. Lambert:
                                            Duke Ellington, A Listener's Guide
                                            , p. 131
                                          • Ole J. Nielsen, Jazz Records 1942-80, A discography: Vol. Six, Duke Ellington p.74
                                          • New Desor
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                                            Wednesday
                                            .Los Angeles, Cal.Capitol Radio Hollywood studiosCapitol Radio Transcription recording session
                                            Duke Ellington and His Orchestra
                                            Hemphill, Jordan, C. Anderson, F.Williams, Baker, Nance, Brown, Nanton, De Paris, C.Jones, Hamilton, Procope, Hodges, Sears, Carney, Ellington, Strayhorn, Guy, Pettiford, Greer

                                            Titles recorded:
                                            • Moon Mist
                                            • In A Jam
                                            • On The Alamo
                                            • I Can't Believe That You're In Love With Me
                                            • Just You, Just Me
                                            • Someone
                                            • Tea For Two
                                            • Double Ruff
                                            • A Flower Is A Lovesome Thing
                                            • The Mooche
                                          • Girvan:   Ellingtonia.com
                                          • MacHare:   A Duke Ellington Panorama
                                          • Timner
                                          • E. Lambert:
                                            Duke Ellington, A Listener's Guide
                                            , p.131
                                          • Ole J. Nielsen, Jazz Records 1942-80, A discography: Vol. Six, Duke Ellington, p.75
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                                            Thursday
                                            ...activities not documented
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                                            Friday
                                            ...sidemen's activities not documented
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                                            1946 07 19
                                            Friday
                                            .Los Angeles, Cal.Club Alabam(Unconfirmed)

                                            The California Eagle announced Ellington was among the guests expected to attend the Celebrity Cabaret Party given by the Southwest Business Men's Association at Club Alabam.

                                            The Association members represented "the leading cocktail lounges, night clubs, cafes, drug stores, malt shops and liquor dealers in all parts of the city."

                                            Celebrities who said they were coming were Ellington, Ida Mae James, the Ink Spots, and Earl Hines.

                                            The event was open to the public, tickets $1.10 advance, $1.25 at the door. Doors at 8 pm, floor shows by the new Alabam floor show and an in-house orchestra were scheduled for 10 pm and 1 am, and apparently there was to be dancing as well.
                                            California Eagle, 1946-07-18 p.14...
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                                            Saturday
                                            ...sidemen's activities not documented
                                            The Scraggs Hotel in San Francisco was the band's base while in the region.
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                                            or
                                            1946 07 21 (morning)
                                            ...PERSONNEL CHANGE
                                            Joe "Tricky Sam" Nanton, trombone, was found dead in his bed at the Scraggs Hotel in San Francisco after he didn't show up for the band bus the morning of July 21. Stratemann tells us he died the night before; an obituary by Barry Ulanov says he died on the 21st.

                                            Pittsburgh Courier:

                                            'NANTON'S DEATH STUNS ELLINGTON ORCHESTRA
                                            LOS ANGELES– ... When the band takes the podium there will be one highly revered member missing in the person of Joseph "Tricky Sam" Nanton, trombone ace and long time member of the group. Nanton passed following a sudden heart attack in his hotel room in San Francisco on Saturday, July 20. The body was shipped to his widow in Chicago for burial...'

                                            Nanton returned to the Ellington band a few months earlier after being away due to illness from November 1945 to March 26, 1946; he had been paralyzed on his left side.

                                            Ulanov:

                                            'All of this, the illness, the return to the band, without full control of his lips, and the approach of death, [he] took with the extraordinary calm which characterized everything he did, from blowing the greatest growl trombone jazz has ever known, to downing enormous quantities of liquor, to arguments about life, liberty and the pursuit of facts in the World Almanac and the news magazines, which he read devotedy and memorized avidly.

                                            [Tricky Sam replaced Charlie Irvis under protest in June 1926.] "He didn't want to take Irvis' place; he didn't think he was good enough, and besides, Charlie was a good friend. Duke had to take him by the arm forcibly, to get him in his band.

                                            When Toby Hardwick had gotten to know Joe Nanton well, when he saw the struggle the little man went through to avoid difficult or complicated work, and the fight he put up to handle his horn with the least possible exertion, and the tricks he invented to accomplish these ends, he gave him a name: "Tricky Sam." ... nobody ever called Joe Nanton "Joe;" from late in 1926 on he was Tricky Sam. ... a little man of completely winning charm, of softness and sweetness and great good sense... '

                                            • New Desor vol.2
                                            • Pittsburgh Courier 1946-08-03 p.19
                                            • Barry Ulanov, Tricky Sam is Dead, Metronome, 1946-09
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                                            Sunday
                                            .Vallejo, Cal...
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                                            Monday
                                            ...activities not documented
                                            ...
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                                            1946 07 23
                                            Tuesday
                                            1946 07 29
                                            Monday
                                            San Diego, Cal.Orpheum TheaterVaudeville.
                                            Duke Ellington and his World Famous Orchestra and Entertainers featuring Johnny Hodges, Harry Carney, Lawrence Brown, Oscar Pettiford, Ray Nance, and on vocals, Al Hibbler, Joya Sherrill, Kay Davis. Patterson and Jackson and Jesse and James were in the show and the featured movie was Queen of Burlesque, a murder mystery.

                                            Doors opened at 11 a.m. and Ellington's show played at 12:35, 2:55, 5.15, 7:30 and 9:55. Admission was $0.75 until 1 p.m., $0.85 until 4 p.m. and $1.10 in the evenings.

                                            The San Diego Union:

                                            'DUKE ELLINGTON,BAND ENTERTAIN IN 'JIVE' STYLE.
                                              ...returned to the Orpheum yesterday after a four-year absence with a typical Ellington band and entertainers, and was greeted enthusiastically by "jive" fans.
                                              Duke introduced his ensemble with a modern "jivey" version of "Blue Skies"...Then came "Sophisticated Lady," "Mood Indigo" and other Ellington compositions.
                                              ...Duke winds up his musical program with a medley of old-time tunes. The Ellington engagement at the Orpheum lasts a week...'

                                            • Stratemann p.268
                                            • The San Diego Union
                                              • 1946-07-19 p.9-A
                                              • 1946-07-22 p.7-A
                                              • 1946-07-23 p.7-A
                                              • 1946-07-24 p.5-A
                                              • 1946-07-25 p.9-A
                                              • 1946-07-28 p.3-C
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                                            Wednesday
                                            .San Diego, Cal.Orpheum TheaterVaudeville - see 1946 07 23
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                                            Thursday
                                            .San Diego, Cal.Orpheum TheaterVaudeville - see 1946 07 23
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                                            Friday
                                            .San Diego, Cal.Orpheum TheaterVaudeville - see 1946 07 23
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                                            1946 07 27.San Diego, Cal.Orpheum TheaterVaudeville - see 1946 07 23 - with ABC radio's remote Your Saturday Date With the Duke AFRS broadcast, Treasury Show #42

                                            Recorded broadcast
                                            Duke Ellington and His Orchestra
                                            Hemphill, Jordan, Anderson, F.Williams, Baker, Nance, Brown, De Paris, C. Jones, Hamilton, Procope, Hodges, Sears, Carney, Ellington, Guy, Pettiford, Greer, Hibbler, K.Davis
                                            Titles broadcast and recorded:
                                            • Take The "A” Train (theme)
                                            • Jump For Joy
                                            • A-Gatherin' In A Clearin'
                                            • Come Rain Or Come Shine
                                            • Suddenly It Jumped
                                            • Medley:-
                                              • Black And Tan Fantasy
                                              • In A Sentimental Mood
                                              • Mood Indigo
                                              • I'm Beginning To See The Light
                                              • Sophisticated Lady
                                              • Caravan
                                              • I Let A Song Go Out Of My Heart & Don't Get Around Much Anymore
                                            • Passion Flower
                                            • Just You, Just Me
                                            • You Don't Love Me No More
                                            • Unbooted Character
                                            • Cotton Tail
                                            In addition, Duke spoke a couple of bond promos and, according to Stratemann, spoke about Joe Nanton during Black and Tan Fantasy.
                                            • Girvan:   Ellingtonia.com
                                            • Timner
                                            • Ole J. Nielsen, Jazz Records 1942-80, A discography: Vol. Six, Duke Ellington, pp.75-76
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                                            Sunday
                                            .San Diego, Cal.Orpheum TheaterVaudeville - see 1946 07 23
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                                            Monday
                                            .San Diego, Cal.Orpheum TheaterVaudeville - see 1946 07 23
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                                            Tuesday
                                            ...activities not documented
                                            ...
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                                            1946 07 31
                                            Wednesday
                                            1946 08 06
                                            Tuesday
                                            San Francisco, Cal.Golden Gate Theater.
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                                            1946 08 01
                                            Thursday
                                            .San Francisco, Cal.Golden Gate TheaterVaudeville - see 1946 07 31
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                                            Friday
                                            .San Francisco, Cal.Golden Gate TheaterVaudeville - see 1946 07 31
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                                            Saturday
                                            .San Francisco, Cal.Golden Gate TheaterVaudeville - see 1946 07 31

                                            Remote ABC network Your Saturday Date With The Duke broadcast
                                            Duke Ellington and His Orchestra
                                            Hemphill, Jordan, Anderson, F.Williams, Baker, Nance, Brown, De Paris, C.Jones, Hamilton, Procope, Hodges, Sears, Carney, Ellington, Strayhorn, Guy, Pettiford, Greer, Hibbler, K.Davis
                                            Titles recorded:
                                            • Spoken bond plugs
                                            • A Flower Is A Lovesome Thing
                                            • Blue Is The Night
                                            • Eighth Veil
                                            • Hollywood Hangover
                                            • I Got It Bad and That Ain't Good
                                            • Jeep Is Jumpin'
                                            • Just Squeeze Me
                                            • Lover Man
                                            • "Suite" or medley
                                              • Diminuendo In Blue
                                              • Transblucency
                                              • Crescendo In Blue
                                            • Take The "A” Train
                                            • Things Ain't What They Used To Be
                                          • Girvan:   Ellingtonia.com
                                          • Timner
                                          • Ole J. Nielsen, Jazz Records 1942-80, A discography: Vol. Six, Duke Ellington, p.76
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                                            Sunday
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                                            Monday
                                            .San Francisco, Cal.Golden Gate TheaterVaudeville - see 1946 07 31
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                                            Tuesday
                                            .San Francisco, Cal.Golden Gate TheaterVaudeville - see 1946 07 31
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                                            Tuesday
                                            .Los Angeles, Cal..Personnel change
                                            Band boy and Ellington valet Jonesy (Richard B. Jones) died from "a complication of illnesses."

                                            Lawrence says he died after a long illness.

                                            Further research is necessary to determine when he left the band and if he was replaced.
                                            Down Beat 1946-08-26..
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                                            Wednesday
                                            .Los Angeles, Cal.Shrine Civic Auditorim

                                            'Duke Ellington and his classic orchestra will be presented in concert under the sponsorhip of Downbeat Magazine at Shrine Civic Auditorim on Wednesday evening Aug.7...
                                              the program will consist of old and new favorites and will be similar to the one which the maestro presented in Chicago last year.
                                              Another change in personnel affects the bass spot where Oscar Pettiford and Serious Myers have replaced Junior Raglin.'

                                            Nanton's Death Stuns Ellington Orchestra, Pittsburgh Courier 1946-08-03 p.19..
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                                            1946 08 08
                                            Thursday
                                            1946 08 25
                                            Sunday
                                            Culver City, Cal.Meadowbrook Gardens Café
                                            probably
                                            8781 W. Washington Blvd.
                                            Night club residency. Stratemann reports the club had only 3,000 customers the first 4 days of Ellington's run and the last 4 days drew only 2,300. According to a story in the Pittsburgh Courier, the club was open 4 nights a week. Vail I, without showing sources, has the band there Thursdays through Sundays each week, consistent with the story but conflicting with the Monday Arpil 19 broadcast listed in New Desor session DE4632. Further research is warranted, in the meantime, this webpage will show the band only working the club Thursday to Sunday.
                                            New Desor lists 10 Ellington broadcasts from the cafe, one undated and the rest distributed over 7 specific dates shown below. In addition to the dated broadcasts in New Desor, a search of newspaper radio schedules in J.J.'s radio logs and newspapers.com finds Ellington broadcasts nationally every day except Aug. 21. The MBS broadcasts were in the evenings, but the ABC network Your Saturday Date With The Duke broadcasts would have had to be made in the early afternoon, unusual for playing from the stage of a nightclub.
                                            The club, previously Frank Sebastian's Cotton Club and Casa Mañana, was put up for sale in September. It may relate to poor business due to racial tensions described in The Pittsburgh Courier:

                                            'Denies Bias At Dancery
                                            LOS ANGELES – Charges of racial bias in forcing Negro and Mexican patrons to sit in segregated sections of the Meadowbrook Club in nearby Culver City were denied last week by Harold Lewin, manager of the huge nitery at a conference with The Courier's Coast Bureau.
                                              The majority of complaints arose during the recent engagement of Duke Ellington's orchestra at the club. Both Mexican and Negro couples claimed they were either refused admission because of some flimsy pretext, or if admitted were seated in the far corner near the bandstand.
                                              The Courier learned further that numbers of youthful white couples resented the asserted jim-crow treatment and remained away from the place in droves with the resultant effect that patronage fell far below the management's expectations during the band's stay.
                                              Sonny Greer, ace drummer, was among others who allegedly voiced bitter criticism of the managements un-American policy.
                                              Lewin acted as spokesman for Joe Zucca, one of the onwers of the club who was out of the city.
                                              He said the Meadowbrook was always open to everyone who confirmed [sic] with the house polciy of no stags, proper dress and behaviour.
                                              He denied that Negroes and Mexicans were always ushered to the particular section in question. He said that on numerous occasions he had observed them seated in various parts of the house. He pointed out further that there were only approximately 300 reserved seats and these were nearly always reserved and taken early in the evening.
                                              Lewin was questioned regarding the fallacy of this argument inasmuch as there were nights during Ellington's stay when attendance was only average.
                                              ... The Meadowbrook is the home of big name bands and is operated four nights a week. More than a decade ago it gained internatonal fame as Frank Sebastian's Cotton Club.'


                                            The Your Saturday Date With The Duke ABC network broadcasts would have had to go on the air by early in the afternoon, casting doubt upon them being made live from the stage of the club. The MBS network broadcasts were later in the evening and were likely live. The dated broadcasts per New Desor are shown in their respective date slots below, and the one undated broadcast was transcribed by AFRS and released on AFRS MC-435 and MC-457 - this may or may not have been a single broadcast since AFRS mixed recordings for their electronic transription records to produce program-length discs. (MC appears to mean Magic Carpet, a series of 15 minute AFRS ET broadcasts.)

                                            Broadcast details:
                                            Duke Ellington and His Orchestra
                                            Hemphill, Jordan, Anderson, F.Williams, Baker, Nance, Brown, De Paris, C.Jones, Hamilton, Procope, Hodges, Sears, Carney, Ellington, Guy, Pettiford, Greer
                                            Titles recorded:
                                            • Take The "A” Train (theme)
                                            • Passion Flower
                                            • Teardrops In The Rain
                                            • Just Squeeze Me
                                            • Hollywood Hangover
                                          • Girvan:   Ellingtonia.com
                                          • Timner V
                                          • The Billboard 1946-10-05 p.13
                                          • Pittsburgh Courier 1946-09-07, p.18
                                          • New Desor
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                                            Friday
                                            .Los Angeles, Cal.R.C.A. Studio
                                            1016 N. Sycamore Ave.
                                            1 P.M. to 4:30 P.M.
                                            Soundtrack pre-recording session for Paramount's animated George Pal Puppetoon film, Date With Duke - Presenting Duke Ellington Playing His Perfume Suite
                                            Duke Ellington and His Orchestra
                                            The Studio Orchestra Manager's Daily Report shows the session was at R.C.A. Studio, and the producing company was Geo.Pal. The report lists personnel (with these spellings), pay, instrument and start and finish times:
                                            Duke Ellington      93.10 Conductor   1 P.M. to 4:30 P.M.
                                            Chas. Tatspaugh 46.55 Contractor 1 P.M. to 4:30 P.M.
                                            Taft Jordan 46.55 Trumpet 1 P.M. to 4:30 P.M.
                                            Ray Nance 46.55 Trumpet 1 P.M. to 4:30 P.M.
                                            Francic Williams 46.55 " 1 P.M. to 4:30 P.M.
                                            Shelton Hemphill 46.55 " 1 P.M. to 4:30 P.M.
                                            William Anderson 46.55 " 1 P.M. to 4:30 P.M.
                                            Hal Baker 46.55 " 1 P.M. to 4:30 P.M.
                                            Floyd Jones 46.55 Trombone 1 P.M. to 4:30 P.M.
                                            Lawrence Brown 46.55 " 1 P.M. to 4:30 P.M.
                                            Wilbur deParis 46.55 " 1 P.M. to 4:30 P.M.
                                            Russell Procope 46.55 Sax. 1 P.M. to 4:30 P.M.
                                            Al Sears 46.55 " 1 P.M. to 4:30 P.M.
                                            Harry Carney 46.55 " 1 P.M. to 4:30 P.M.
                                            James Hamilton 46.55 " 1 P.M. to 4:30 P.M.
                                            Johnny Hodge 46.55 " 1 P.M. to 4:30 P.M.
                                            Fred Guy 46.55 Guitar 1 P.M. to 4:30 P.M.
                                            Oscar Pettiford 46.55 Bass 1 P.M. to 4:30 P.M.
                                            Sonney [sic] Greer 69.82 Drum, Tymp 1 P.M. to 4:30 P.M.
                                            Music recorded was Duke Ellington's own set
                                            numbers

                                            Titles recorded:
                                            PERFUME SUITE
                                            • Balcony Serenade (Strayhorn's "Sonata," representing love)
                                            • Strange Feeling (representing violence)
                                            • Dancers In Love (representing naivete)
                                            This charmingly silly one-reeler film short was the first time Ellington was filmed in Technicolor.

                                            Ellington appears by himself, playing piano for and speaking with five puppets that pop out of perfume bottles - for a full description see Stratemann.

                                            In September, Film Daily reported Pal sat in on drums in a jam session with Ellington while Ellington was appearing in Date With The Duke but doesn't say when this was or who else played.
                                            George Pal's Puppetoons used animated hand-carved wood puppets. In May Showmen's Trade Review announced Pal was seeking a suitable story with music as a vehicle to introduce the innovative combining of live action with his puppets, having overcome technical problems. Film Daily reported in May that Pal wanted Duke for a Puppetoon, and in June that he was negotiating with Ellington.
                                            Given the studio orchestra manager's report above, those sources that show the prerecording date appear to be in error. Nielsen says Aug. 13, New Desor, Girvan, Stratemann (p.271) and Vail I say Aug. 14 and Stratemann also says Aug. 16 (p.274). Dr. Stratemann wasn't sure when Duke was filmed, but suggested it was either the day of the pre-recording or before Ellington left the west coast "at the end of the month." It seems likely to have been within that time period, since Showmen's Trade Review reported in October, in the past tense,

                                            'Duke Ellington and his orchestra were featured in the first of the combination shorts, "Date With Duke," in which his Perfume Suite was performed. Pal hopes to have this film released in time for the 1946 Academy Awards.'

                                            It seems unlikely Duke would have been filmed on Aug. 9 because he had to play a club date that evening.

                                            Vail incorrectly places the pre-recording session at Paramount Studios. While it was a Paramount film short, Mr. Cantor's document clearly shows the location as R.C.A.'s studio.
                                            New Desor
                                            DE4627
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                                            Friday
                                            .Culver City, Cal.Meadowbrook Gardens CaféNight club residency - see 1946 08 08
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                                            1946 08 10
                                            Saturday
                                            .Culver City, Cal.Meadowbrook Gardens CaféNight club residency - see 1946 08 08
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                                            1946 08 11
                                            Sunday
                                            .Culver City, Cal.Meadowbrook Gardens CaféNight club residency - see 1946 08 08
                                            ...
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                                            1946 08 12
                                            Monday
                                            ...Probably a day off from Meadowbrook Gardens Café - see 1946 08 08 above
                                            ...
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                                            1946 08 13
                                            Tuesday
                                            .Culver City, Cal..Probably a day off from Meadowbrook Gardens Café - see 1946 08 08 above
                                            ...
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                                            1946 08 14
                                            Wednesday
                                            .Culver City, Cal..Probably a day off from Meadowbrook Gardens Café - see 1946 08 08 above
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                                            1946 08 15
                                            Thursday
                                            .Culver City, Cal.Meadowbrook Gardens CaféNight club residency - see 1946 08 08
                                            ...
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                                            1946 08 16
                                            Friday
                                            .Culver City, Cal.Meadowbrook Gardens CaféNight club residency - see 1946 08 08

                                            Remote broadcast, confirmed in the Chicago Daily Tribune radio log for this date, and transcribed by AFRS:
                                            Duke Ellington and His Orchestra
                                            Hemphill, Jordan, Anderson, F.Williams, Baker, Nance, Brown, De Paris, C.Jones, Hamilton, Procope, Hodges, Sears, Carney, Ellington, Strayhorn, Guy, Pettiford, Greer, Hibbler

                                            Titles recorded:
                                            • Take The "A” Train (theme)
                                            • 9:20 Special
                                            • Day Dream
                                            • You Don't Love Me No More
                                            • Metronome All Out
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                                            Saturday
                                            .Culver City, Cal.Meadowbrook Gardens CaféNight club residency - see 1946 08 08

                                            2 remote broadcasts, confirmed in the Chicago Daily Tribune radio log for this date, and transcribed by AFRS:
                                            The first broadcast is Your Saturday Date With the Duke.Duke Ellington and His Orchestra
                                            Hemphill, Jordan, Anderson, F.Williams, Baker, Nance, Brown, De Paris, C.Jones, Hamilton, Procope, Hodges, Sears, Carney, Ellington, Guy, Pettiford, Greer, K.Davis
                                            Titles recorded:
                                            • Take The "A” Train (theme)
                                            • 9:20 Special
                                            • Day Dream
                                            • Metronome All Out
                                            • D.E. Bond Promos
                                            • A TONAL GROUP
                                              • Rhapsoditti (Mellow Ditty)
                                              • Fugueaditti
                                              • Jam-A-Ditty
                                              • Harlem Air Shaft
                                              • Just Squeeze Me
                                              • Jumpin' Punkins
                                              • Teardrops In The Rain
                                              • Riff 'n' Drill
                                              • Things Ain't What They Used To Be
                                            • Just Squeeze Me
                                            • One O'Clock Jump
                                            • Cynthia's In Love
                                            • Girvan:   Ellingtonia.com
                                            • Timner
                                            • J.J.'s radio logs: Washington Post, New York Times
                                            New Desor
                                            DE4629
                                            DE4630

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                                            1946 08 18
                                            Sunday
                                            .Culver City, Cal.Meadowbrook Gardens CaféNight club residency - see 1946 08 08
                                            Remote radio broadcast.
                                            Duke Ellington and His Orchestra
                                            Hemphill, Jordan, Anderson, F.Williams, Baker, Nance, Brown, De Paris, C. Jones, Hamilton, Procope, Hodges, Sears, Carney, Ellington, Guy, Pettiford, Greer
                                            Titles recorded:
                                            • Blue Is The Night
                                            • Rockabye River
                                            • Solid Old Man
                                            • Jack The Bear
                                            • Suburbanite
                                            • Blue Skies
                                            • Things Ain't What They Used To Be
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                                            Monday
                                            .Culver City, Cal.Meadowbrook Gardens CaféProbably a day off from Meadowbrook Gardens Café - see 1946 08 08 above - but for the remote radio broadcast.
                                            Duke Ellington and His Orchestra
                                            Hemphill, Jordan, Anderson, F.Williams, Baker, Nance, Brown, De Paris, C. Jones, Hamilton, Procope, Hodges, Sears, Carney, Ellington, Guy, Pettiford, Greer
                                            Titles recorded:
                                            • 9:20 Special
                                            • Just Squeeze Me
                                            New Desor
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                                            Tuesday
                                            .Culver City, Cal..Probably a day off from Meadowbrook Gardens Café - see 1946 08 08 above
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                                            1946 08 21
                                            Wednesday
                                            .Culver City, Cal..Probably a day off from Meadowbrook Gardens Café - see 1946 08 08 above
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                                            1946 08 22
                                            Thursday
                                            .Culver City, Cal.Meadowbrook Gardens CaféNight club residency - see 1946 08 08
                                            Remote MBS radio broadcast.
                                            Duke Ellington and His Orchestra
                                            Hemphill, Jordan, Anderson, F.Williams, Baker, Nance, Brown, De Paris, C. Jones, Hamilton, Procope, Hodges, Sears, Carney, Ellington, Guy, Pettiford, Greer
                                            Titles recorded:
                                            • Back Home Again In Indiana
                                            • My Honey's Lovin' Arms
                                            • Just You, Just Me
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                                            Friday
                                            .Culver City, Cal.Meadowbrook Gardens CaféNight club residency - see 1946 08 08
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                                            1946 08 24
                                            Saturday
                                            .Culver City, Cal.Meadowbrook Gardens CaféNight club residency - see 1946 08 08

                                            2 remote broadcasts, the earlier being "Your Saturday Date With The Duke" on ABC
                                            Duke Ellington
                                            and
                                            Duke Ellington and His Orchestra
                                            Hemphill, Jordan, Anderson, F.Williams, Baker, Nance, Brown, De Paris, C.Jones, Hamilton, Procope, Hodges, Sears, Carney, Ellington, Guy, Pettiford, Greer, K.Davis
                                            Titles recorded, in addition to Ellington's spoken commercials for bonds:
                                            • A Gatherin' In A Clearin'
                                            • C-Jam Blues
                                            • Cynthia's In Love
                                            • Don't Get Around Much Anymore
                                            • Hollywood Hangover
                                            • Jack The Bear
                                            • Magenta Haze
                                            • Mood Indigo
                                            • Sophisticated Lady
                                            • Solitude
                                            • Moon Mist
                                            • Rugged Romeo
                                            • Take The "A” Train (theme)
                                            • Things Ain't What They Used To Be
                                            • Solid Old Man
                                            • Stomp, Look And Listen
                                            • Suburbanite
                                            • You Don't Love Me No More
                                            • Girvan:   Ellingtonia.com
                                            • Timner
                                            • J.J.'s Radio Logs New York Times
                                            • Chicago Tribune
                                            New Desor
                                            DE4634
                                            DE4635
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                                            1946 08 25
                                            Sunday
                                            4:30-5:00 PM PST
                                            .Culver City or Los Angeles, Cal.NBC Hollywood StudiosTommy Dorsey Show or Dorsey's Tender Leaf Tea Show, broadcast on local station KFI and the NBC network
                                            Ellington and Dorsey speak a little, then Duke plays Solitude with a choir backing him up, and Take the "A" Train with Tommy Dorsey and His Orchestra
                                            The recording was reissued as a 16" transcription, the AFRS TOMMY DORSEY SHOW No. 57
                                            • C. Hällström, personal email, 2013-01-05
                                            • Girvan:   Ellingtonia.com
                                            • Timner
                                            • Radio log, Chicago Tribune
                                            New Desor
                                            DE4636
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                                            1946 08 25
                                            Sunday
                                            .Culver City, Cal.Meadowbrook Gardens CaféNight club residency - see 1946 08 08
                                            Final night.

                                            Remote broadcast
                                            Duke Ellington and His Orchestra
                                            Hemphill, Jordan, Anderson, F.Williams, Baker, Nance, Brown, De Paris, C. Jones, Hamilton, Procope, Hodges, Sears, Carney, Ellington, Guy, Pettiford, Greer
                                            Titles recorded:
                                            • Magenta Haze
                                            • Take The "A" Train
                                            • Rugged Romeo
                                            • Solid Old Man
                                            • Hollywood Hangover
                                            • Things Ain't What They Used To Be
                                            • Girvan:   Ellingtonia.com
                                            • Timner
                                            • Radio logs, Chicago Tribune and Washington Post
                                            New Desor
                                            DE4637
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                                            Monday
                                            .Los Angeles, Cal..RCA Victor recording session
                                            20:00 - 24:00
                                            Duke Ellington and His Orchestra
                                            Hemphill, Jordan, Anderson, F.Williams, Baker, Nance, Brown, De Paris, C.Jones, Hamilton, Procope, Hodges, Sears, Carney, Ellington, Strayhorn, Guy, Pettiford, Greer, Hibbler, K.Davis, Marion Cox
                                            Titles recorded:
                                            • Back Home Again In Indiana
                                            • Blue Is The Night
                                            • Lover Man
                                            • Just You, Just Me
                                            • Beale Street Blues
                                            New Desor
                                            DE4638
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                                            1946 08 27
                                            Tuesday
                                            1946 09 02Los Angeles, Cal.Lincoln Theater
                                            2300 Central Ave.
                                            Vaudeville

                                            Now Playing — In Person
                                            DUKE ELLINGTON
                                            AND HIS FAMOUS ORCHESTRA
                                            Three Chefs – Danny Beck

                                            • Stratemann p.277
                                            • California Eagle
                                              • Plug, 1946-08-22 p.14
                                              • Ad, 1946-08-29 p.13
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                                            Wednesday
                                            .Los Angeles, Cal.Lincoln TheaterVaudeville - see 1946 08 27
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                                            1946 08 28
                                            Wednesday
                                            .Los Angeles, Cal.Ciro's
                                            8433 Sunset Blvd.
                                            Ellington was a guest in a party at Ciro's.

                                            Harrison Carroll's syndicated column reported that on French singer Charles Trenet's opening night at Ciro's,

                                            '...Bandleader Duke Ellington, guest in a large party, wound up at a table out on the floor in front of all the stars.'

                                            . Dorothy Manners syndicated column established the date to be Aug. 28
                                            • Dorothy Manners, News of the Movies, San Antonio Light, 1946-08-5, p.16
                                            • Harrison Carroll, "Behind the Scenes in HOLLYWOOD," The Evening Independent, Massillon, Ohio, 1946-09-14, p.4
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                                            Thursday
                                            .Los Angeles, Cal.Lincoln TheaterVaudeville - see 1946 08 27
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                                            1946 08 30
                                            Friday
                                            .Los Angeles, Cal.Lincoln TheaterVaudeville - see 1946 08 27
                                            ..DEMS
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                                            1946 08 31
                                            Saturday
                                            .Los Angeles, Cal.Lincoln TheaterVaudeville - see 1946 08 27
                                            Your Saturday Date With The Duke ABC radio remote broadcast ( - see 1945 04 07)
                                            Duke Ellington and His Orchestra
                                            Hemphill, Jordan, Anderson, F.Williams, Baker, Nance, Brown, De Paris, C.Jones, Hamilton, Procope, Hodges, Sears, Carney, Ellington, Guy, Pettiford, Greer, Hibbler, K.Davis, Marion Cox

                                            Titles recorded:
                                            • Bond commercials spoken by Duke
                                            • Beale Street Blues
                                            • Blues On The Double
                                            • Come Rain Or Come Shine
                                            • Jumpin' Punkins
                                            • Just Squeeze Me
                                            • Memphis Blues
                                            • Moon Mist
                                            • My Honey's Lovin' Arms
                                            • Pretty Woman
                                            • St. Louis Blues
                                            • Swamp Fire
                                            • Take The "A” Train
                                            • Things Ain't What They Used To Be
                                            • Three Cent Stomp
                                            • Warm Valley
                                            • Stratemann p.277
                                            • Girvan:   Ellingtonia.com
                                            • Timner
                                            • Ole J. Nielsen, Jazz Records 1942-80, A discography: Vol. Six, Duke Ellington, p.79
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                                            September 1946

                                            1946 09 01
                                            Sunday
                                            .Los Angeles, Cal.Lincoln TheaterVaudeville - see 1946 08 27
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                                            Monday
                                            .Los Angeles, Cal.Lincoln TheaterVaudeville - see 1946 08 27
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                                            1946 09 03
                                            Tuesday
                                            .Los Angeles, Cal.RCA Hollywood StudioRCA recording session
                                            Times:
                                            • Mxs D6-VB-2126 & 2127: 10:30- 13:15
                                            • Mxs 2128 through 2131: 14:30 to 18:00
                                            • Mxs 2132 & 2133: 17:15 to 18:00
                                            RCA Victor's session sheet bears notation "Charge talent cost to French Gramophone Account" against these two masters.
                                            Mr. Lasker explains

                                            'There are two sheets for the sessions of 1946 09 03. The first sheet covers msx 2126 & 2127. The second sheet shows the session time 2:30 to 6:00 under mx. 2131, indicating that 2128 through 2131 were recorded during that time. This appears to be a mistake, as under 2133 appears the notation "Time: 5:15 PM to 6:00 PM"; the notation "CHARGE TALENT COST TO FRENCH GRAMMOPHONE ACCOUNT" appears under both 2132-2133. My interpretation is that 2128 through 2131 were recorded from 2:30 to 5:15, while 2132 and 2133 were recorded from 5:15 to 6:00.'


                                            Duke Ellington and His Orchestra
                                            Anderson, Baker, Hemphill, Jordan, Nance, Francis Williams, Brown, DeParis, Jones, Hamilton, Hodges, Procope,Sears, Carney, Ellington, Guy, Pettiford, Greer, Cox

                                            Titles recorded:
                                            • My Honey's Lovin' Arms
                                            • Memphis Blues
                                            • I Don't Stand A Ghost Of A Chance With You
                                            • St Louis Blues
                                            • Swamp Fire
                                            • Royal Garden Blues
                                            • Esquire Swank
                                            • Midriff
                                            This was the last Ellington session for his RCA contract - see discussion of the switch to Musicraft above (1946 05 00)

                                            Leonard Feather:

                                            '...Ellington made a record date I went to. He had thirteen sides to do to finish up his Victor contract, and I've seldom seen him work so hard. He usually takes a day to get one or two sides finished, but the session I went to he made eight sides in one day.'

                                            • Emails Lasker-Palmquist 2014-10-14 & 2014-11-03 re session time
                                            • Stratemann, p.277 citing
                                              • Variety 1945-12-19 p37 and 1946-5-22 p47
                                              • The Billboard 1946-05-25, p23
                                            • Leaonard Feather, Sweet and Hot, Modern Screen, 1946-12-00 p.88
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                                            1946 09 04
                                            Wednesday
                                            ...activities not documented
                                            Stratemann reports that, returning to the East, the band was to play one-nighters and concerts in Texas and other southern states, but Ellington asked the Morris agency to cancel these and return the deposits, due to racial disturbances, including four murders in Georgia.

                                            Corroborating this, San Antonio Light announced the cancellations.
                                            • Stratemann p.277
                                            • San Antonio Light, 1946 08 26, section B
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                                            Thursday
                                            ...activities not documented...
                                            ...
                                            1946 09 06
                                            Friday
                                            ...activities not documented...
                                            ...
                                            1946 09 07
                                            Saturday
                                            ...activities not documented...
                                            ...
                                            1946 09 08
                                            Sunday
                                            ...activities not documented...
                                            ...
                                            1946 09 09
                                            Monday
                                            ...activities not documented...
                                            ...
                                            1946 09 10
                                            Tuesday
                                            ...activities not documented...
                                            ...
                                            1946 09 11
                                            Wednesday
                                            ...activities not documented...
                                            ...
                                            1946 09 12
                                            Thursday
                                            ...activities not documented...
                                            ...
                                            1946 09 13
                                            Friday
                                            1946 09 18Wichita, KansasRKO Theatre(Unconfirmed)

                                            .
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                                            Saturday
                                            .Wichita, KansasRKO Theatre(Unconfirmed)

                                            See 1946 09 13
                                            ..
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                                            1946 09 15
                                            Sunday
                                            .Wichita, KansasRKO Theatre(Unconfirmed)

                                            See 1946 09 13
                                            ..
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                                            1946 09 16
                                            Monday
                                            .Wichita, KansasRKO Theatre(Unconfirmed)

                                            See 1946 09 13


                                            Note a concert in Amarillo originally booked for this date was cancelled by Ellington due to race issues.
                                            ..
                                            • Stratemann p.277
                                            • Amarillo Daily News, 1946-08-31, p.2
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                                            Tuesday
                                            .Wichita, KansasRKO Theatre(Unconfirmed)

                                            See 1946 09 13
                                            ..
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                                            1946 09 18
                                            Wednesday
                                            .Wichita, KansasRKO Theatre(Unconfirmed)

                                            See 1946 09 13
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                                            1946 09 19
                                            Thursday
                                            1946 09 21
                                            Saturday
                                            Davenport, Iowa.(Unconfirmed)

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                                            Friday
                                            .Davenport, Iowa.(Unconfirmed)

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                                            1946 09 21
                                            Saturday
                                            .Davenport, Iowa.(Unconfirmed)

                                            See 1946 09 19
                                            ..
                                            Stratemann p.277.2011
                                            1946 09 22
                                            Sunday
                                            ...activities not documented...
                                            ...
                                            1946 09 22
                                            Sunday
                                            .New York, N.Y..(Unconfirmed)

                                            In late September, 1946, Ellington announced the completion of the score and that he was ready to deliver the manuscripts in New York; the first practice sessions were scheduled on or about October 1.
                                            Email 2013-03-16, Caine to Palmquist, cc Duke-LYM..
                                            ..New
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                                            1946 09 23
                                            Monday
                                            .Louisville Ky..(Unconfirmed)
                                            ..
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                                            1946 09 24
                                            Tuesday
                                            .St. Louis, Mo.Kiel Auditorium (Opera House).
                                            ..
                                            Stratemann p.277.Added
                                            2011
                                            1946 09 25
                                            Wednesday
                                            .Joliet, Ill...
                                            ..
                                            Stratemann p.277.Added
                                            2011
                                            1946 09 26
                                            Thursday
                                            ...activities not documented...
                                            ...
                                            1946 09 27
                                            Friday
                                            1946 09 29
                                            Sunday
                                            Hartford, Conn.State Theatre.
                                            ..
                                            Stratemann p.277.Added
                                            2011
                                            1946 09 28
                                            Saturday
                                            .Hartford, Conn.State Theatresee 1946 09 27
                                            ..
                                            Stratemann p.277.2011
                                            1946 09 29
                                            Sunday
                                            .Hartford, Conn.State Theatresee 1946 09 27
                                            ..
                                            Stratemann p.277.2011
                                            1946 09 30
                                            Monday
                                            ...activities not documented...
                                            ...

                                            October 1946

                                            1946 10 01
                                            Tuesday
                                            ...activities not documented...
                                            ...
                                            1946 10 02
                                            Wednesday
                                            ...activities not documented...
                                            ...
                                            1946 10 03
                                            Thursday
                                            1946 10 30New York, N.Y.Aquarium Restaurant
                                            701 7th Avenue
                                            $5,000/week engagement begins

                                            Variety reported the venue was offering Harry James $12,500 a week and Louis Prima was said to be drawing $6,500.
                                            MBS broadcast with disc jockey Barry Gray on WOR
                                            Regular MBS broadcast as well
                                            While this engagement is often denigrated by Ellington scholars, Stratemann says one reason Ellington took the engagement was to be "close at hand for the start of rehearsals of "Beggar's Holiday..."

                                            Variety reported the Aquarium Restaurant would close Monday evenings and would drop its $1.00 cover charge every night except Saturday and Sunday.
                                            Peripheral opening night event:
                                            Variety reported Barry Gray's "Celebrity Night" broadcast on Ellington's opening night was held up by the American Guild of Variety Artists as violating the union's stance agains Celebrity Nights. The union wouldn't allow Gray to chat with other performers attending the opening or have them on mic since this would constitute public performances. This was resolved hfter the Aquarium's operator, Ben Harriman, agreed to make a donation the the union's Welfare Fund.
                                            Stratemann p.277New Desor
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                                            • Variety 1946-10-09 pp.66, 69
                                            • Vail I 303 photo
                                            • WEB photos
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                                            1946 10 04
                                            Friday
                                            .New York, N.Y.Aquarium RestaurantSee 1946 10 03
                                            ...
                                            ..2011
                                            1946 10 05
                                            Saturday
                                            .New York, N.Y.Aquarium RestaurantSee 1946 10 03
                                            ABC broadcast US Treasury series "Your Saturday Date With the Duke" (last of DETS programs)
                                            .New Desor
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                                            1946 10 06
                                            Sunday
                                            .New York, N.Y.Aquarium RestaurantSee 1946 10 03
                                            ...
                                            ..2011
                                            1946 10 07
                                            Monday
                                            .New York, N.Y..NBC broadcast
                                            "Carnation Contented Hour"
                                            Ellington (piano) with Percy Faith's orchestra and chorus

                                            Preview of the Deep South Suite movement "There Was Nobody Looking," to be premiered that fall.
                                            Stratemann p.277New Desor
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                                            1946 10 07
                                            Monday
                                            .New York, N.Y.Aquarium RestaurantSee 1946 10 03

                                            Sjef Hoefsmit, writing in DEMS 06-1-9, suggests there were two broadcasts this date: "Magic Carpet" #131 (AFRS) and "One Night Stand" #764, but these may not have been live. See his extensive discussion in that bulletin.
                                            ...
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                                            1946 10 08
                                            Tuesday
                                            .New York, N.Y.Aquarium RestaurantSee 1946 10 03
                                            ...
                                            ..2011
                                            1946 10 09
                                            Wednesday
                                            ...Peripheral event
                                            Variety reported Ellington was writing the four-part Deep South Suite for presentation Nov.21 and 22 at Carnegie Hall, and that A & N Presentations booked the Ellington and the Woody Herman bands for concerts at the Music Hall in Kansas City in November. While Ellington played dances in KC that month, a concert is not yet identified.

                                            Variety describes the Deep South movements:

                                            ' the first will tell the story of the "gallant South," the second will contain the ugly rumors and facts, the third will be a piano piece embodying Ellington's own reflections on the matter, and the last section will be a blues patterned after the train whistle tunes lplayed by Negro firemen on Southern railway lines.'

                                            Variety 1946-10-09 p.66...djpNew
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                                            1946 10 09
                                            Wednesday
                                            .New York, N.Y.Aquarium RestaurantSee 1946 10 03
                                            ...
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                                            1946 10 10
                                            Thursday
                                            .New York, N.Y.Aquarium RestaurantSee 1946 10 03
                                            ...
                                            ..2011
                                            1946 10 11
                                            Friday
                                            .New York, N.Y.Aquarium RestaurantSee 1946 10 03

                                            "Guest in the Nest" broadcast
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                                            1946 10 12
                                            Saturday
                                            11:00 am
                                            .New York, N.Y.Radio City Half-hour NBC national broadcast from WEAF
                                            "Teentimers Club" #47"
                                            The New Desor DE4648 entry was corrected based on research by Carl Hällström and Ted Hudson - see DEMS 003-4/26
                                            .New Desor
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                                            1946 10 12
                                            Saturday
                                            .New York, N.Y.Aquarium RestaurantSee 1946 10 03
                                            ...
                                            ..2011
                                            1946 10 13
                                            Sunday
                                            11 am
                                            .New York, N.Y.."The Teentimers Club #47" NBC broadcast, transcribed for AFRS
                                            New Desor and Stratemann dated this broadcast as Nov. 16, 1948, and Stratemann says both Chicago and Omaha have been suggested as the location.

                                            Ted Hudson and Carl Hällström's research has documented the program was performed Oct. 13, 1946, 11:00 am, in New York (see pages 4 to 6 of DEMS 2000-3)
                                            Stratemann p.278New Desor
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                                            1946 10 13
                                            Sunday
                                            .New York, N.Y.Aquarium RestaurantSee 1946 10 03
                                            ...
                                            ..2011
                                            1946 10 14
                                            Monday
                                            .New York, N.Y.Aquarium RestaurantSee 1946 10 03
                                            ...
                                            ..2011
                                            1946 10 15
                                            Tuesday
                                            .New York, N.Y.Aquarium RestaurantSee 1946 10 03
                                            ...
                                            ..2011
                                            1946 10 16
                                            Wednesday
                                            .New York, N.Y.Aquarium RestaurantSee 1946 10 03
                                            ...
                                            ..2011
                                            1946 10 17
                                            Thursday
                                            .New York, N.Y.Aquarium RestaurantSee 1946 10 03
                                            ...
                                            ..2011
                                            1946 10 18
                                            Friday
                                            .New York, N.Y.Aquarium RestaurantSee 1946 10 03
                                            ...
                                            ..2011
                                            1946 10 19
                                            Saturday
                                            .New York, N.Y.Aquarium RestaurantSee 1946 10 03
                                            ...
                                            ..2011
                                            1946 10 20...Peripheral event
                                            New recording session "scale" for musicians per International Musician, 1946 11 00:
                                            For three (3) hours of recording, not
                                            more than four (4) 10-inch master records,
                                            each record containing not more than
                                            3 1/2 minutes of recorded music
                                            ........................old scale $30.00 new scale $41.25

                                            Overtime directly following a basic
                                            recording session of three (3) hours,
                                            for each one-half hour or fraction thereof
                                            ........................old scale $10.00 new scale $13.75

                                            During each half hour or fraction of
                                            overtime only one (1) 10-or 12-inch side
                                            of a recording may be completed or made, as
                                            the case may be.

                                            Contractor to receive double price.

                                            Amount for recording each 15-minute electrical
                                            transcription side
                                            ........................old scale $18.00 new scale $27.00.

                                            Leader, double price.

                                            Steven Lasker:

                                            'Recording wages wouldn't rise until 1959, much to the dissatisfaction of union members, some of whom brought suit against the union for reasons outlined in a superb essay by Robert A. Groman, The Recording Musician and Union Power: A Case Study of the American Federation of Musicians (free PDF). Inasmuch as the case study was written by a distinguished law professor based on a study he prepared at the request of the U.S. copyright office, it's an objectively authoritative study and highly informative. It touches on a range of interesting topics including the recording bans of 1942-44 and 1948, the music performance trust funds and the role played by union president James Caesar Petrillo.'

                                            see Steven Lasker's report at 1938 09 15 above...SLNew
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                                            1946 10 20
                                            Sunday
                                            .New York, N.Y.Hotel AstorThe Billboard carried a story datelined New York, Oct 12 1946, saying that in the New York election, the Independent Citizens' Committee of Arts, Sciences and Professions tied together an entertainment package in support of Senator James M. Mead and former Governor Herbert Lehman. The story named a dozen entertainers who would perform at the dinner at the Hotel Astor including Ellington.

                                            The New York Times carried a story after the event confirming dancer Paul Draper, Duke Ellington and his orchestra and entertainers, including Judy Holliday and Lew Parker contributed to the rally, "Broadway for Mead."
                                            • The Billboard 1946-10-19 pp.3-4
                                            • New York Times 1946-10-21 p.3
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                                            1946 10 20
                                            Sunday
                                            .New York, N.Y.Aquarium RestaurantSee 1946 10 03
                                            ...
                                            ..2011
                                            1946 10 21
                                            Monday
                                            .New York, N.Y..Rehearsals begin for "Beggar's Holiday", initially called "Twilight Alley."
                                            • Stratemann, p.280
                                            • Broadway After Dark, New York Sun, 1946-10-26, p.24
                                            ..
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                                            1946 10 21
                                            Monday
                                            .New York, N.Y.Aquarium RestaurantSee 1946 10 03
                                            ...
                                            ..2011
                                            1946 10 22
                                            Tuesday
                                            .New York, N.Y.Aquarium RestaurantSee 1946 10 03
                                            ...
                                            ..2011
                                            1946 10 23
                                            Wednesday
                                            .New York, N.Y.WOR Studio #3First of five Musicraft recording sessions
                                            Duke Ellington and His Orchestra
                                            Baker, Hemphill, Jordan, F. Williams, Nance, Brown, DeParis, Jones, Hamilton, Hodges, Procope, Sears, Carney, Ellington, Guy, Pettiford, Greer

                                            Titles recorded:
                                            • Diminuendo In Blue
                                            • Magenta Haze
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                                            Note this session is dated 1946 10 26 in DEMS 84-5 p.1
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                                            1946 10 23
                                            Wednesday
                                            .New York, N.Y.Aquarium RestaurantSee 1946 10 03
                                            ...
                                            ..2011
                                            1946 10 24
                                            Thursday
                                            .New York, N.Y.Aquarium RestaurantSee 1946 10 03
                                            ...
                                            ..2011
                                            1946 10 25
                                            Friday
                                            .New York, N.Y.Aquarium RestaurantSee 1946 10 03

                                            CBS broadcast
                                            • A Garden In The Rain
                                            • The Whole World Is Singing My Song
                                            • Jennie
                                            • The Things We Did Last Summer
                                            • Rugged Romeo
                                            • C-Jam Blues
                                            • Things Ain't What They Used To Be
                                            .New Desor
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                                            Saturday
                                            .New York, N.Y.WOR Studio No.3This entry, from DEMS 84,5, appears to be in error. WOR was the Mutual Broadcasting System flagship station.

                                            DEMS is about Diminuendo in Blue and Magenta Haze; New Desor shows these were recorded on 1946 10 23.
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                                            Saturday
                                            .NBC Network."Duke Ellington features his new tune "Just Squeeze Me" when he and comedian Bert Lahr are guests on the Vaughn Monroe Show at 6:30..."

                                            The Vaughn Monroe Show national NBC radio show was sponsored by Camel Cigarettes in 1946 and may also have been known as Camel Caravan.
                                            Mason City Globe-Gazette, 1946-10-26, p.2.
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                                            Saturday
                                            .New York, N.Y.Aquarium RestaurantSee 1946 10 03
                                            ...
                                            ..2011
                                            1946 10 27
                                            Sunday
                                            .New York, N.Y.Aquarium RestaurantSee 1946 10 03
                                            ...
                                            ..2011
                                            1946 10 28
                                            Monday
                                            .New York, N.Y.Aquarium RestaurantSee 1946 10 03
                                            ...
                                            ..2011
                                            1946 10 29
                                            Tuesday
                                            .New York, N.Y.Aquarium RestaurantSee 1946 10 03
                                            ...
                                            ..2011
                                            1946 10 30
                                            Wednesday
                                            .New York, N.Y.Aquarium RestaurantSee 1946 10 03
                                            ...
                                            ..2011
                                            1946 10 30
                                            Wednesday
                                            .New York, N.Y.."Django Rhinehardt [sic], French guitarist, feted at welcoming cocktail party given by Duke Ellington and William Morris Agency Wednesday (30) after his arrival in the United States by plane from France."

                                            The Billboard doesn't say where the party was, nor whether it was before or after the regular Aquarium show.
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                                            Thursday
                                            Halloween
                                            .Atlantic City, N.J...
                                            ...
                                            ..Added
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                                            November 1946

                                            1946 11 01
                                            Friday
                                            .Harrisburg, Penn.Chestnut Street HallDance
                                            Stratemann p.277..
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                                            1946 11 02
                                            Saturday
                                            ...activities not documented...
                                            ...
                                            1946 11 03
                                            Sunday
                                            .Buffalo, N.Y.Memorial AuditoriumConcert
                                            Stratemann p.277..
                                            ..2011
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                                            1946 11 03
                                            Sunday
                                            ...(Unconfirmed)

                                            Joe Mosbrook's Jazzed in Cleveland reports Reinhardt shared a two-berth compartment with Ellington, while the other band members were in a sleeping car. If true, then Ellington and his entourage left Buffalo at night instead of the next morning.
                                            Jazzed in Cleveland..
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                                            1946 11 04
                                            Monday
                                            .Cleveland, OhioHotel Statler
                                            East 12th and Euclid
                                            (Unconfirmed)

                                            Django and Duke shared a suite at the Hotel Statler at East 12th and Euclid. Cleveland Press columnist Milt Widder reported that before they left for the concert, they had dinner in the suite. Django was amazed when Ellington ate his dessert first, but Duke was quoted as saying, "I always eat my desert first."
                                            Jazzed in Cleveland http:/www.cleveland.oh.us/wmv_news/jazz23.htm/, quoting Reinhardt's biographer Charles Delauney..
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                                            Monday
                                            .Cleveland, OhioMusic Hall
                                            in Public Hall
                                            East 6th & St. Clair
                                            1,800 people attended the concert marking Django Reinhardt's American debut. The Cleveland Press headline said "French guitarist steals Duke's concert."
                                            Time reported "Django was so certain that he was famous in the U.S. that he left his guitar in France: U.S. guitar manufacturers would give him guitars and pay him for playing them. Last week, before he could go on stage in Cleveland's Public Music Hall, he had to go out and borrow a guitar. The concert manager, for one, had never heard of Django Reinhardt, so..."
                                            • Joe Mosbrook: "Jazzed in Cleveland"
                                            • Additional documentation is likely to be found in SI-NMAH DEC301, Series 2: Performances and Programs, 1933-1974, box 10, folder 37 Music Hall, Cleveland, Ohio, 1946
                                            .
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                                            Tuesday
                                            .Kitchener, Ont.Auditorium.
                                            ...
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                                            1946 11 06
                                            Wednesday
                                            .Toronto, Ont.Mutual Arena.
                                            ...
                                            ..Added
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                                            1946 11 07
                                            Thursday
                                            .Toledo, OhioAuditorium.
                                            ...
                                            ..Added
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                                            1946 11 08
                                            Friday
                                            .Cincinnati, Ohio..
                                            ...
                                            ..Added
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                                            1946 11 09
                                            Saturday
                                            .Indianapolis, Ind.Murat Theatre.
                                            ...
                                            ..Added
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                                            1946 11 10
                                            Sunday
                                            3 pm and 8:30 pm
                                            .Chicago, Ill.Civic Opera HouseTwo concerts
                                            • First known public performance of Deep South Suite
                                            • Reinhardt is featured in four selections in the middle of the concerts.
                                            • Ellington financed the concerts, and grossed $18,200.
                                            • These concerts, and particularly Air Conditioned Jungle and The Deep South Suite are the focal point of Andrew Berish's A Locomotive Laboratory of Place: Duke Ellington and His Orchestra, an analysis of Ellington's music as influenced by his sidemen, their travels and their diverse origins (17 musicans, 17 different places of birth). Berish introduces this chapter by saying he will

                                              '...show how the music and the "extramusical" (titles, programs, context) worked together to create new kinds of American places. ... These works also suggest important links with other black artists working in visual arts and literarture who also were preoccupied with representing the black experience of travel, migration and urbanization.'

                                          • Steven Lasker:

                                            'We ... have [John] Steiner to thank for recording the concert ... Those lacquers, cut by Steiner, are today housed at the [Library of Congress]. To my recollection they came from a source other than Valburn, I would suppose either Steiner himself or someone Steiner sold the discs to...
                                              When I was doing a project at the Library of Congress in 1994 or 1995, the lacquers for the concert were already there, and I recall an engineer ... told me he'd recently transferred the lacquers for a CD issue, but had a rough time with one of Django's solo choruses on "Ride Red Ride," so he simply excised it.'

                                            • Stratemann p.278 citing Variety 1946-11-20 p.58
                                            • Andrew S. Berish, in Lonesome Roads and Streets of Dreams: Place, Mobility, and Race in Jazz of the 1930s and '40s, University of Chicago Press, Chicago, 2012, chapter three
                                            • Email, Lasker-Palmquist 2016-09-15
                                            New Desor
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                                            Timner corrections
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                                            1946 11 11
                                            Monday
                                            ...activities not documented...
                                            ...
                                            1946 11 12
                                            Tuesday
                                            .Rochester, Minn.Auditorium.
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                                            1946 11 13
                                            Wednesday
                                            .Minneapolis, Minn.Minneapolis Arena (Minneapolis Auditorium)Django Reinhardt played the Minneapolis Auditorium on November 13 1946 with Duke Ellington's orchestra. This was his only U.S. tour.

                                            Mr. Chester's website has an unattributed quote from an anonymous source:

                                            'In 1946 Duke Ellington came to Minneapolis/St. Paul and played the Minneapolis Auditorium. KSTP radio had its studios on the top of the Hotel St. Paul. He was invited to do an interview there, and he and I and my wife-to-be, a performing artist, drove him to the Hotel St. Paul. We walked into the lobby, and we were going to sit and wait for him and then take him to his hotel afterwards, but we were asked to take the freight elevator. Needless to say, we never made that interview. We drove that night and talked for a long time on the way back to the hotel in Minneapolis. He just brushed that off. '

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                                            1946 11 14
                                            Thursday
                                            .Des Moines, IowaKRNT Radio TheaterConcert
                                            1,571 attended, grossing $3,160. The Billboard called this a rental deal handled by A & N Presentations of Kansas City, Mo. and said there was no radio advertising. The Billboard speculated that lower revenues for the Ellington and Herman orchestras compared to Tommy Dorsey and Xavier Cugat's bands may have been hep fans getting too much of the same thing, or to the lack of radio promotion.
                                            Stratemann, p.278, citing The Billboard 1946-11-30 p.36..
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                                            1946 11 15
                                            Friday
                                            .Lincoln, Neb...
                                            ...
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                                            1946 11 16
                                            Saturday
                                            .Omaha, Neb.Auditorium.
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                                            1946 11 16
                                            Saturday
                                            ...False date for "Teentimers" broadcast - see 1946 10 12...
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                                            1946 11 17
                                            Sunday
                                            .Kansas City. Mo.Municipal AuditoriumDance
                                            • "What to see in Kansas City," Maryville Daily Forum 1946-11-14, p.8
                                            • Stratemann p.278
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                                            1946 11 18
                                            Monday
                                            .Kansas City, Mo.."Race dance"Stratemann, p.278, citing The Billboard 1946-11-09 p.16..
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                                            1946 11 19
                                            Tuesday
                                            8:30 pm
                                            1946 11 20Cedar Rapids, IowaColiseum"Duke Ellington and his Famous Orchestra with Django Reinhardt, Famous French Guitarist in a 2 1/2 Hour Concert Tonight"
                                            • Ad, Olwein Daily Register, 1946-11-19 p.6
                                            • Brief society column mention, Journal-Tribune and Williamsburg Shopper Consolidated, 1946-11-28 p.8
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                                            1946 11 20
                                            Wednesday
                                            .Cedar Rapids, Iowa.(Unconfirmed)

                                            Stratemann reports Ellington was in Cedar Rapids for two days, but provides no information about the second day.
                                            Stratemann p.278..
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                                            1946 11 21
                                            Thursday

                                            1946 11 23
                                            Saturday
                                            New Haven, Conn.Shubert TheaterPeripheral event
                                            First 4 tryouts of Beggar's Holiday under the name "Twilight Alley."
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                                            Thursday
                                            ...activities not documented

                                            While the band was not involved in Beggar's Holiday, it seems quite likely that Ellington, who wrote the music, and Strayhorn, who orchestrated it, would have been present for at least some of the rehearsals and initial tryouts.
                                            .
                                            1946 11 22
                                            Friday
                                            ...activities not documented...
                                            ...
                                            1946 11 23
                                            Saturday
                                            .New York, N.Y.Carnegie Hall
                                            (Main Hall)
                                            8:45 p.m., first of two concerts played to a sold-out theatre that seated 2,800.

                                            Deep South Suite was performed.

                                            Django Reinhardt was on the bill.

                                            Stratemann reports on various negative reviews of the concert and comments on the poor P.A. system.
                                              Stratemann, p.278, citing
                                              • Variety 1946-11-22 p41
                                              • Down Beat 1946-12-16 p.2
                                              • Metronome 1947-01. p.47
                                            • Detailed review by Harriett Johnson writing in PM, 1946-11-25, p.17
                                            • Review, Variety 1946-11-27
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                                            1946 11 24
                                            Sunday
                                            .New York, N.Y.Carnegie Hall
                                            (Main Hall)
                                            8:45 p.m., second concert of a 2 night "Festival"
                                            Additional documentation is likely to be found in SI-NMAH DEC301, Series 2: Performances and Programs, 1933-1974, box 10, folder 35 Carnegie Hall, New York, New York, November 24, 1946.
                                            • TDES Nov 2010
                                            • TDES Jun 2011
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                                            1946 11 25
                                            Monday
                                            .New York, N.Y.WOR Longacre TheatreMusicraft recording session
                                            Duke Ellington and His Orchestra
                                            Hemphill, Jordan, Anderson, Francis Williams, Baker, Nance, Brown, de Paris, Jones, Hamilton, Procope, Hodges, Sears, Carney, Ellington, Guy, Pettiford, Greer
                                            Titles recorded:
                                            • Sultry Sunset
                                            • Happy Go Lucky Local - Part 2
                                            • Blue Skies
                                            • Happy Go Lucky Local - Part 1
                                            Stratemann p.278New Desor
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                                            1946 11 25
                                            Monday
                                            .Hartford, Conn.. Peripheral event
                                            Beggar's Holiday tryouts continue. Stratemann says plans to continue tryouts at Newark's Opera House and in Philadelphia appear to have been changed in favour of a week in Hartford.
                                            Stratemann, p.280 citng The Billboard 1947-01-11 p44..
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                                            1946 11 26
                                            Tuesday
                                            .Baltimore, Md...
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                                            1946 11 27
                                            Wednesday
                                            .Lynchburg, Va...
                                            ...
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                                            1946 11 28
                                            Thursday
                                            .Petersburg, Va...
                                            ...
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                                            1946 11 29
                                            Friday
                                            .Philadelphia, Penn. Academy of Music.
                                            ..
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                                            1946 11 30
                                            Saturday
                                            .Syracuse, N.Y.Lincoln Auditorium
                                            Syracuse Central High School
                                            Concert
                                            • Announcement, Syracuse Herald-American, 1946-9-15, p23
                                            • Additional documentation is likely to be found in SI-NMAH DEC301, Series 2: Performances and Programs, 1933-1974, box 10, folder 36 Lincoln Auditorium, Syracuse, New York, November 30, 1946
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                                            December 1946

                                            1946 12 01
                                            Sunday
                                            .Boston, Mass...
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                                            Monday
                                            .Cranston, R.I.Rhodes-On-The-PawtuxetProbably a dance since the venue is a ballroom.
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                                            Tuesday
                                            1946 12 17?Boston, Mass.Opera House Peripheral event
                                            The final two weeks of Beggar's Holiday tryouts begin in Boston. After the show returned to New York for restaging, star Libby Holman left the cast and was replaced by Bernice Parks 3 days before the New York opening.
                                            Stratemann, p.280 citing The Billboard 1947-01-11 p44..
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                                            Tuesday
                                            ...activities not documented...
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                                            1946 12 04
                                            Wednesday
                                            ...activities not documented...
                                            ...
                                            1946 12 05
                                            Thursday
                                            .New York, N.Y.WOR Longacre TheatreMusicraft recording session
                                            Duke Ellington and His Orchestra
                                            Hemphill, Jordan, Francis Williams, Baker, Nance, Brown, de Paris, Jones, Hamilton, Procope, Hodges, Sears, Carney, Ellington, Guy, Pettiford, Greer, Davis
                                            Titles recorded:
                                            • The Beautiful Indians 2. Hiawatha
                                            • Flippant Flurry
                                            • Golden Feather
                                            • The Beautiful Indians 1. Minnehaha
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                                            Friday
                                            ...activities not documented...
                                            ...
                                            1946 12 07
                                            Saturday
                                            .Detroit, Mich.Masonic Temple Auditorium2 hour concert

                                            5,000 fans (Stratemann quotes The Billboard as saying "near-capacity house of 4,400 people," grossing $9,546., or

                                            The band, starting 45 minutes late, included Hodges, Carney, Nance, Brown, Hibbler, Kay Davis, Pettiford, and Greer.

                                            Pieces played by the band included
                                            • Deep South Suite (feature)
                                            • The Golden Cress
                                            • Transblucency
                                            • "A medley"
                                            Django Reinhart (with 2 encores) played
                                            • Honeysuckle Rose
                                            • Just Me, Just You
                                            • Improvisations No.7

                                            The printed program reads:
                                            MASONIC TEMPLE

                                            IRVING TEICHER
                                            presents
                                            The DUKE ELLINGTON Show

                                            SATURDAY EVENING, DECEMBER 7th, 1946 -- 8:30 P.M.

                                            PROGRAM

                                            THE NATIONAL ANTHEM

                                            1. Overture to a Jam Session at the Aquarium

                                            Billy Strayhorn
                                            2. The Mooche

                                            Duke Ellington
                                            3. Jumpin PunkinsMercer Ellington
                                            • Rhythm Section

                                            4. Mr. Handy's Medley (Big Three)

                                            • Memphis Blues
                                            • Beale Street Blues
                                            • St. Louis Blues
                                              Vocal by Marion Cox

                                            W.C. Handy
                                            5. The Eighth VeilStrayhorn-Ellington
                                            • Trumpet – – Harold Baker

                                            6. The Golden FeatherEllington
                                            • Baritone Sax – – Harry Carney

                                            7. Flippant FlurryStrayhorn
                                            • Clarinet – – Jimmy Hamilton

                                            8. The Golden CressBrown-Ellington
                                            • Trombone – – Lawrence Brown

                                            9. A Very Unbooted CharacterEllington
                                              Trumpets – – Harold Baker and Ray Nance

                                            10. Sultry SunsetEllington
                                              Alto Sax – – Johnny Hodges

                                            11. The Deep South Suite
                                            • (a) Magnolias Just Dripping with Molasses
                                            • (b) "Heresay"
                                            • (c) There Was Nobody Looking
                                            • (d) Happy Go Lucky Local

                                            Strayhorn-Ellington
                                            INTERMISSION

                                            12. An Ellington Band Theme [-]

                                            13. The Beautiful Indians
                                            • (a) Minnehaha--Vocal by Kay Davis
                                            • (b) Hiawatha
                                                 Tenor Sax--Al Sears Trumpet--Taft Jordan

                                            Ellington
                                            14. Al Hibbler--In Songs
                                            • (a) You Don't Love Me No More
                                            • (b) Pretty Woman

                                            Ellington
                                            15. Django Reinhardt

                                            16. Duke Ellington at the Piano

                                            PROGRAM SUBJECT TO CHANGE
                                            Lasker:

                                            'The single page printed program for this concert is stuck inside a 20-page program. The songs listed on the single page are also found in the longer program, except Heresay is shown as Hearsay. It's possible (seems likely) that this same concert program was played on multiple occasions, especially since the same set lists appears in program number four [1947 May-June]. Personnel list corresponds to sometime between 1946 07 20 and February 1947.'

                                            • Review, Windsor Daily Star, 1946-12-09
                                            • Stratemann p.278 citing The Billboard 1946-12-21 p.46
                                            • Email, S. Lasker-Palmquist, 2016-04-05 with program details
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                                            Sunday
                                            ...activities not documented...
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                                            1946 12 09
                                            Monday
                                            ...activities not documented...
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                                            1946 12 10
                                            Tuesday
                                            ...activities not documented...
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                                            1946 12 11
                                            Wednesday
                                            .New York, N.Y.WOR Longacre TheatreMusicraft recording session
                                            Duke Ellington and His Orchestra
                                            Hemphill, Jordan, Francis Williams, Baker, Nance, Brown, de Paris, Jones, Hamilton, Procope, Hodges, Sears, Carney, Ellington, Guy, Pettiford, Greer, Davis
                                            Titles recorded:
                                            • Overture to a Jam Session I
                                            • Overture to a Jam Session II
                                            • Jam-a-Ditty
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                                            Thursday
                                            ...activities not documented...
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                                            1946 12 13
                                            Friday
                                            ...activities not documented...
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                                            1946 12 14
                                            Saturday
                                            ...activities not documented...
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                                            1946 12 15
                                            Sunday
                                            ...activities not documented...
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                                            1946 12 16
                                            Monday
                                            ...activities not documented...
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                                            1946 12 17
                                            Tuesday
                                            ...activities not documented...
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                                            1946 12 17
                                            Tuesday
                                            .New York, N.Y.. Peripheral event
                                            Hodges, Carney and Brown participated in a Columbia Records "Metronome All Stars" recording session
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                                            1946 12 18
                                            Wednesday
                                            ...Musicraft recording session
                                            Duke Ellington and His Orchestra
                                            Hemphill, Jordan, Francis Williams, Baker, Nance, Brown, de Paris, Jones, Hamilton, Procope, Hodges, Sears, Carney, Ellington, Guy, Pettiford, Greer, Davis
                                            Titles recorded:
                                            • Tulip or Turnip
                                            • It Shouldn't Happen to a Dream
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                                            ...activities not documented...
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                                            1946 12 20
                                            Friday
                                            ...activities not documented...
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                                            1946 12 21
                                            Saturday
                                            ...activities not documented...
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                                            1946 12 22
                                            Sunday
                                            ...activities not documented...
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                                            1946 12 23
                                            Monday
                                            ...activities not documented...
                                            ...
                                            1946 12 24
                                            Tuesday
                                            .New York, N.Y.Broadway Theatreactivities not documented

                                            Beggar's Holiday: false date?

                                            Ellington researcher/collector Benny Aasland wrote in DEMS Bulletin 1992/3 that Beggar's Holiday opened Dec. 24, but it actually opened on Dec. 26, with a preview on Dec. 25. See below.
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                                            1946 12 25
                                            Wednesday
                                            Christmas
                                            ...activities not documented...
                                            ...
                                            1946 12 25
                                            Wednesday
                                            Christmas
                                            .New York, N.Y.Broadway Theatre
                                            Broadway at 53 St.
                                            Peripheral event
                                            Preview performance of Beggar's Holiday to benefit Paul Robeson's Council on African [sic] Affairs
                                            Stratemann, p.280..
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                                            ...activities not documented...
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                                            1946 12 27
                                            Friday
                                            1947 01 02Chicago, Ill.Regal TheatreVaudeville
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                                            Saturday
                                            .Chicago, Ill.Regal TheatreVaudeville - see 1946 12 27...
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                                            Sunday
                                            .Chicago, Ill.Regal TheatreVaudeville - see 1946 12 27...
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                                            Monday
                                            .Chicago, Ill.Regal TheatreVaudeville - see 1946 12 27...
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                                            Tuesday
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                                            1946 - 1947.New York, N.Y.."Carnation Contented Hour"
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                                            1950 00 00.U.S.A.(Unconfirmed)
                                            In the 2013-01-29 New York Times, Grace Elizabeth Hale, a professor of history and American studies at the University of Virginia, wrote: "By the late 1940s, black sales representatives worked the Southern Black Belt and Northern black urban areas, black fashion models appeared in Pepsi ads in black publications, and special point-of-purchase displays appeared in stores patronized by African-Americans. The company hired Duke Ellington as a spokesman."(1)

                                            The New York Times obituary for Pepsi-Cola marketing executive Edward F. Boyd says "His program also included having celebrities like Duke Ellington and Lionel Hampton give "shout-outs" for Pepsi from the stage."(2)

                                            "After World War II, seeking a competitive advantage over market leader Coca-Cola, Pepsi's staunchly liberal CEO Walter Mack decided to radically expand his company's marketing efforts in the underserved black community. He hired a team of black sales reps and marketers to blanket the rural Black Belt of the South and the urban enclaves of the North. This team was responsible for hiring some of the first black fashion models used by a major brand. They created the first in-store, point-of-purchase displays targeting black shoppers and hired Duke Ellington to endorse Pepsi from the stage during his shows."(3)
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                                            January 1947

                                            1947 01 00...PERSONNEL CHANGE
                                            Cat Anderson, trumpet, leaves the band. He will return in November, 1950.
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                                            1947 01 01
                                            Wednesday
                                            .Chicago, Ill.Regal TheatreVaudeville - see 1946 12 27...
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                                            1947 01 02
                                            Thursday
                                            .Chicago, Ill.Regal TheatreVaudeville - see 1946 12 27...
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                                            1947 01 03
                                            Friday
                                            ...activities not documented...
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                                            1947 01 04.Springfield, Ohio..
                                            Stratemann, p.285..
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                                            Sunday
                                            ...activities not documented...
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                                            1947 01 06
                                            Monday
                                            ...activities not documented...
                                            ...
                                            1947 01 07
                                            Tuesday
                                            .New York, N.Y.Pathé StudiosCapitol Radio Transcription recording session
                                            Duke Ellington and His Orchestra
                                            Hemphill, Jordan, F. Williams, W. Jones, Nance, Brown, De Paris, C. Jones, Hamilton, Procope, Sears, Carney, Ellington, Guy, Pettiford, Greer

                                            Titles recorded:
                                            • Golden Feather
                                            • Golden Cress
                                            • Flippant Flurry
                                            • Jam-A-Ditty
                                            • Fugueaditti
                                            • Happy Go Lucky Local - Parts 1 & 2
                                            • Overture To A Jam Session
                                            • Sultry Sunset
                                            Stratemann, p.285New Desor
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                                            1947 01 08
                                            Wednesday
                                            ...activities not documented...
                                            ...
                                            1947 01 09
                                            Thursday
                                            1947 01 15Boston, Mass.Keith's RKO Theatre
                                            (Stratemann)
                                            or

                                            RKO-Boston
                                            (Billboard 19470118)
                                            Stage show
                                            Band plus
                                            • Peck and Peck ("unusual impressionistic dances)
                                            • Howell and Bouser ("old-fashioned type song-and-patter team",
                                              and
                                            • Fred Douglas ("better at dancing than comedy or magic but he draws laughs")
                                            The Billboard describes the show as "a model of musical interest, expertness and taste."
                                            Also:
                                            • "Marian Cox is a tall, striking gal who sings odd variations on St. Louis Blues
                                            • "Kay Davis' Minehaha displays a lovely voice and melody."
                                            • Ray Nance has fun with Just Squeeze Me."
                                            • "Al Hibbler...as a band singer...has a lot to offer audiences who are tired of crooners and groaners."


                                            On Jan. 18 The Billboard carried a story datelined Jan. 11 saying the Boston Theater's stage show for the week ending Jan. 8 was by Professor Lamberti, Tommy Dix and Sybil Bowman, and "Nocturne held the screen."..."Current show at the Boston is headed by Duke Ellington and sidemen. On screen is Boston Blackie and the Law."

                                            (From what I can make out in "Built in Boston, City and Suburb 1800-2000," by Douglass Shand-Tucci, there was a Boston Theatre and an RKO Keith Theatre side by side, and across the street, the B.F.Keith Memorial Theatre. "Vaudeville Old & New, An Encyclopedia of Variety Performers in America, Vol I" lists 14 Keith-Albee theatres in Boston on page 603, none named "Keith's RKO Theatre" so it is not clear which one Ellington appeared in.)
                                            • The Billboard 1947-01-18 p.35
                                            • Stratemann p.285 citing
                                              • Variety 1947-01-15 p.23
                                              • The Billboard:
                                                • 1947-01-11 p.35
                                                • 1947-01-25 p.38
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                                            1947 01 10
                                            Friday
                                            .Boston, Mass.Keith's RKO TheatreStage show - see 1947 01 09

                                            During one of the performances Boston Pops conductor Arthur Fiedler presented Ellington with his third Esquire 'Gold Award'. This award was for the 'top popular music composer and arranger' of 1946.

                                            Stratemann places this on Jan. 10 but The Billboard's review of the show, datelined Thursday afternoon, Jan. 9, announced "This week in Boston, Duke Ellington received from Arthur Fiedler..."
                                            The Billboard 1947-01-18 p.35..
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                                            Saturday
                                            .Boston, Mass.Keith's RKO TheatreStage show - see 1947 01 09...
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                                            1947 01 12
                                            Sunday
                                            .Boston, Mass.Keith's RKO TheatreStage show - see 1947 01 09...
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                                            1947 01 13
                                            Monday
                                            .Boston, Mass.Keith's RKO TheatreStage show - see 1947 01 09...
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                                            1947 01 14
                                            Tuesday
                                            .Boston, Mass.Keith's RKO TheatreStage show - see 1947 01 09...
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                                            1947 01 15
                                            Wednesday
                                            .Boston, Mass.Keith's RKO TheatreStage show - see 1947 01 09...
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                                            1947 01 16
                                            Thursday
                                            1947 01 22
                                            Wednesday
                                            Baltimore, Md.Royal TheatreTheatre show.VARphoto.
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                                            1947 01 17
                                            Friday
                                            .Baltimore, Md.Royal TheatreTheatre show - see 1947 01 16...
                                            ..2011
                                            1947 01 18
                                            Saturday
                                            .Baltimore, Md.Royal TheatreTheatre show - see 1947 01 16...
                                            ..2011
                                            1947 01 19
                                            Sunday
                                            .Baltimore, Md.Royal TheatreTheatre show - see 1947 01 16...
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                                            1947 01 20
                                            Monday
                                            .Baltimore, Md.Royal TheatreTheatre show - see 1947 01 16...
                                            ..2011
                                            1947 01 21
                                            Tuesday
                                            .Baltimore, Md.Royal TheatreTheatre show - see 1947 01 16...
                                            ..2011
                                            1947 01 22
                                            Wednesday
                                            .Baltimore, Md.Royal TheatreTheatre show - see 1947 01 16...
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                                            1947 01 23
                                            Thursday
                                            ...activities not documented...
                                            ...
                                            1947 01 24
                                            Friday
                                            1947 01 30
                                            Thursday
                                            Detroit, Mich.Paradise TheaterTheatre showStratemann, p.285..
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                                            1947 01 25
                                            Saturday
                                            .Detroit, Mich.Paradise TheaterTheatre show - see 1947 01 24...
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                                            1947 01 26
                                            Sunday
                                            .Detroit, Mich.Paradise TheaterTheatre show - see 1947 01 24...
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                                            1947 01 27
                                            Monday
                                            .Detroit, Mich.Paradise TheaterTheatre show - see 1947 01 24...
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                                            1947 01 28
                                            Tuesday
                                            .Detroit, Mich.Paradise TheaterTheatre show - see 1947 01 24...
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                                            1947 01 29
                                            Wednesday
                                            .Detroit, Mich.Paradise TheaterTheatre show - see 1947 01 24...
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                                            1947 01 30
                                            Thursday
                                            .Detroit, Mich.Paradise TheaterTheatre show - see 1947 01 24...
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                                            1947 01 31
                                            Friday
                                            ...activities not documented...
                                            ...

                                            February 1947

                                            1947 02 01
                                            Saturday
                                            .Gary, Ind...
                                            Stratemann, p.285..
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                                            "Dud" Bascomb, trumpet, joins the band
                                            New Desor vol.2..
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                                            1947 02 02
                                            Sunday
                                            .Chicago, Ill.Civic Opera HouseRecorded concert
                                            Personnel: Hemphill, Jordan, Bascomb, F. Williams, Baker, Nance, Brown, De Paris, C.Jones, Hamilton, Procope, Hodges, Sears, Carney, Ellington, Strayhorn, Guy, Pettiford, Greer, Hibbler Kay Davis, M.Cox

                                            Songs recorded:
                                            • Happy Go Lucky Local
                                            • Beggar's Holiday Medley:
                                              • 1. Take Love Easy
                                              • 2. When I Walk With You
                                              • 3. Tomorrow Mountain
                                              • 4. Brown Penny
                                            • Triple Play
                                            • Near Mess
                                            • THE BEAUTIFUL INDIANS:
                                              • 1. Minnehaha
                                              • 2. Hiawatha
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                                            1947 02 031947 02 05Columbus, OhioPalace Theatre.
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                                            1947 02 03
                                            Monday
                                            .Columbus, OhioPalace TheatreTheatre engagement - see 1947 02 03...
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                                            1947 02 04
                                            Tuesday
                                            .Columbus, OhioPalace TheatreTheatre engagement - see 1947 02 03...
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                                            1947 02 05
                                            Wednesday
                                            .Columbus, OhioPalace TheatreTheatre engagement - see 1947 02 03...
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                                            1947 02 06
                                            Thursday
                                            .Pittsburgh, Penn.Savoy Ballroom.
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                                            1947 02 07
                                            Friday
                                            1947 02 13
                                            Thursday
                                            Philadelphia, Penn.Earle Theater
                                            11th and Market

                                            Theatre information:
                                            Theatre engagement

                                            Sometime during this engagement, Ellington was interviewed by an unnamed interviewer for a broadcast on a show named "Hot Corner." No details are known, but it was apparently during this interview that Ellington said Carney played a mezzo clarinet in Saddest Tale.
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                                            1947 02 08
                                            Saturday
                                            .Philadelphia, Penn.Earle TheaterTheatre engagement - see 1947 02 07...
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                                            1947 02 09
                                            Sunday
                                            .Philadelphia, Penn.Earle TheaterTheatre engagement - see 1947 02 07...
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                                            1947 02 10
                                            Monday
                                            .Philadelphia, Penn.Earle TheaterTheatre engagement - see 1947 02 07...
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                                            1947 02 11
                                            Tuesday
                                            .Philadelphia, Penn.Earle TheaterTheatre engagement - see 1947 02 07...
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                                            1947 02 12
                                            Wednesday
                                            .Philadelphia, Penn.Earle TheaterTheatre engagement - see 1947 02 07...
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                                            1947 02 13
                                            Thursday
                                            .Philadelphia, Penn.Earle TheaterTheatre engagement - see 1947 02 07...
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                                            1947 02 14
                                            Friday
                                            Valentine's Day
                                            1947 02 20New York, N.Y.Apollo Theater
                                            253 W. 125th St., Borough of Manhattan, Harlem district
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                                            1947 02 15
                                            Saturday
                                            .New York, N.Y.Apollo Theater
                                            253 W. 125th St.
                                            Harlem
                                            Theatre engagement - see 1947 02 14...
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                                            1947 02 16
                                            Sunday
                                            .New York, N.Y.Apollo Theater
                                            253 W. 125th St.
                                            Harlem
                                            Theatre engagement - see 1947 02 14...
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                                            1947 02 17
                                            Monday
                                            .New York, N.Y.Apollo Theater
                                            253 W. 125th St.
                                            Harlem
                                            Theatre engagement - see 1947 02 14...
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                                            1947 02 18
                                            Tuesday
                                            .New York, N.Y.Apollo Theater
                                            253 W. 125th St.
                                            Harlem
                                            Theatre engagement - see 1947 02 14...
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                                            1947 02 19
                                            Wednesday
                                            .New York, N.Y.Apollo Theater
                                            253 W. 125th St.
                                            Harlem
                                            Theatre engagement - see 1947 02 14...
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                                            1947 02 20
                                            Thursday
                                            .New York, N.Y.Apollo Theater
                                            253 W. 125th St.
                                            Harlem
                                            Theatre engagement - see 1947 02 14...
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                                            1947 02 21
                                            Friday
                                            1947 02 27Washington, D.C.Howard Theatre
                                            620 T St.
                                            Theatre show

                                            Ellington is interviewed from the theatre, for radio, by Emerson Parker
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                                            1947 02 22
                                            Saturday
                                            .Washington, D.C.Howard Theatre
                                            620 T St.
                                            Theatre show
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                                            1947 02 23
                                            Sunday
                                            .Washington, D.C.Howard Theatre
                                            620 T St.
                                            Theatre show - see 1947 02 21..
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                                            1947 02 24
                                            Monday
                                            .Washington, D.C.Howard Theatre
                                            620 T St.
                                            Theatre show - see 1947 02 21..
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                                            1947 02 25
                                            Tuesday
                                            .Washington, D.C.Howard Theatre
                                            620 T St.
                                            Theatre show - see 1947 02 21..
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                                            1947 02 26
                                            Wednesday
                                            .Washington, D.C.Howard Theatre
                                            620 T St.
                                            Theatre show - see 1947 02 21..
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                                            1947 02 27
                                            Thursday
                                            .Washington, D.C.Howard Theatre
                                            620 T St.
                                            Theatre show - see 1947 02 21..
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                                            1947 02 28
                                            Friday
                                            .Baltimore, Md..Shown in Stratemann, with no details.
                                            Stratemann, p.285..
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                                            March 1947

                                            1947 03 01
                                            Saturday
                                            .Lancaster, Penn...
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                                            Sunday
                                            circa
                                            1947-04-22
                                            ..
                                            Stratemann:

                                            'When an anticipated engagement at the Compoamor Hotel, Havana, Cuba fell through, the Ellington band went on a two month tour of the South and Midwest instead.'

                                            The Variety story said the deal was to have paid $10,000 weekly plus transportation both ways from Miami, and was to open March 22. While the hotel originally wanted Ellington for two weeks, since Cuba was Catholic Ellington would have been closed Easter Sunday.
                                            Stratemann p.285 citing Variety 1947-02-26 p.43..
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                                            1947 03 02
                                            Sunday
                                            .Richmond, Va...
                                            Stratemann, p.285..
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                                            1947 03 03
                                            Monday
                                            ...activities not documented...
                                            ...
                                            1947 03 04
                                            Tuesday
                                            .Norfolk, Va...
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                                            1947 03 05
                                            Wednesday
                                            .Danville, Va.
                                            • Stratemann doesn't name a venue
                                            • Vail says Armory Drillroom
                                            • Götting has "North Thea" citing CAHmail
                                            I have been unable to find any mention of this engagement in the Danville Bee. The "North Thea" venue is wrong - the theatre did not open until August 25, 1947.
                                            • Stratemann, p.285
                                            • Vail I
                                            • The Bee, Danville 1947-08-26. p.2
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                                            1947 03 06
                                            Thursday
                                            .Raleigh, N.C...
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                                            1947 03 07
                                            Friday
                                            .Columbia S.C.
                                            or
                                            Columbus, Ga.
                                            ..
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                                            1947 03 08
                                            Saturday
                                            .Macon, Ga...
                                            Stratemann, p.285..
                                            ..Added
                                            2011
                                            1947 03 09
                                            Sunday
                                            .Atlanta, Ga...
                                            Stratemann, p.285..
                                            ..Added
                                            2011
                                            1947 03 10
                                            Monday
                                            .Chattanooga, Tenn.AuditoriumConcert & Dance "for colored"
                                            Stratemann, p.285..
                                            ..Added
                                            2011
                                            1947 03 11
                                            Tuesday
                                            .Knoxville, Tenn.Chilhowie Park.
                                            Stratemann, p.285..
                                            ..Added
                                            2011
                                            1947 03 12
                                            Wednesday
                                            .Charlotte, N.C...
                                            Stratemann, p.285..
                                            ..Added
                                            2011
                                            1947 03 13
                                            Thursday
                                            .Durham, N.C...
                                            Stratemann, p.285..
                                            ..Added
                                            2011
                                            1947 03 14
                                            Friday
                                            .Kinston, N.C...
                                            Stratemann, p.285..
                                            ..Added
                                            2011
                                            1947 03 15
                                            Saturday
                                            .Greensboro, N.C.Harrison Auditorium
                                            A and T College
                                            .
                                            • Stratemann, p.285
                                            • Additional documentation is likely to be found in SI-NMAH DEC301, Series 2: Performances and Programs, 1933-1974, box 10, folder 39 Harrison Auditorium, A and T College, Greensboro, North Carolina, March 15, 1947
                                            ..
                                            .djpAdded
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                                            1947 03 16
                                            Sunday
                                            .Atlanta, Ga...
                                            Stratemann, p.285..
                                            ..Added
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                                            1947 03 17
                                            Monday
                                            .Charleston, S.C...
                                            Stratemann, p.285..
                                            ..Added
                                            2011
                                            1947 03 18
                                            Tuesday
                                            ...activities not documented...
                                            ...
                                            1947 03 19
                                            Wednesday
                                            .Wilmington, N.C...
                                            Stratemann, p.285..
                                            ..Added
                                            2011
                                            1947 03 20
                                            Thursday
                                            .Maxton, N.C...
                                            Stratemann, p.285..
                                            ..Added
                                            2011
                                            1947 03 21
                                            Friday
                                            .Greenville, S.C...
                                            Stratemann, p.285..
                                            ..Added
                                            2011
                                            1947 03 22
                                            Saturday
                                            .Tuskegee, Ala...
                                            Stratemann, p.285..
                                            ..Added
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                                            1947 03 23
                                            Sunday
                                            ...activities not documented...
                                            ...
                                            1947 03 24
                                            Monday
                                            .Lakeland, Fla...
                                            Stratemann, p.285..
                                            ..Added
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                                            1947 03 25
                                            Tuesday
                                            .Orlando, Fla...
                                            Stratemann, p.285..
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                                            1947 03 26
                                            Wednesday
                                            .Palatka, Fla..Down Beat reported Ellington told them about the dance at Palatka.

                                            Hibbler was singing Don't Take Your Love From Me when something sounding like a couple of shots were heard. The band kept playing and Hibbler kept singing, until more shots rang out. The audience scattered and the band fled to the dressing rooms, abandoning the blind Hibbler, who kept singing. The article concludes by saying a dancer was killed and a second was paralyzed for life.
                                            • Stratemann, p.285
                                            • "Even Bullets Can't Keep Hibbler From Singing,"
                                              Down Beat 1947 06 04
                                            ..
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                                            1947 03 27
                                            Thursday
                                            .St Petersburg, Fla.Joylandpreview
                                            Stratemann, p.285..
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                                            1947 03 28
                                            Friday
                                            .West Palm Beach, Fla...
                                            Stratemann, p.285..
                                            ..Added
                                            2011
                                            1947 03 29
                                            Saturday
                                            .Orlando, Fla...
                                            Stratemann, p.285..
                                            ..Added
                                            2011
                                            1947 03 30
                                            Sunday
                                            .Miami, Fla...
                                            Stratemann, p.285..
                                            ..Added
                                            2011
                                            1947 03 31
                                            Monday
                                            .Tampa, Fla...
                                            Stratemann, p.285..
                                            ..Added
                                            2011

                                            April 1947

                                            1947 04 01
                                            Tuesday
                                            .Fort Myers, Fla...
                                            Stratemann, p.285..
                                            ..Added
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                                            1947 04 02
                                            Wednesday
                                            .Tampa, Fla...
                                            Stratemann, p.285..
                                            ..Added
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                                            1947 04 03
                                            Thursday
                                            .Jacksonville, Fla...
                                            Stratemann, p.285..
                                            ..Added
                                            2011
                                            1947 04 04
                                            Friday
                                            .Savannah, Ga...
                                            Stratemann, p.286..
                                            ..Added
                                            2011
                                            1947 04 05
                                            Saturday
                                            .Kingsport, Tenn...
                                            Stratemann, p.286..
                                            ..Added
                                            2011
                                            1947 04 06
                                            Sunday
                                            .Nashville, Fla...
                                            Stratemann, p.286..
                                            ..Added
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                                            1947 04 07?
                                            Monday
                                            .St. Louis, Mo...
                                            Stratemann, p.286..
                                            ..Added
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                                            1947 04 08
                                            Tuesday
                                            ...activities not documented...
                                            ...
                                            1947 04 09
                                            Wednesday
                                            .Des Moines, IowaTromar Ballroom.
                                            Stratemann, p.286..
                                            ..Added
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                                            1947 04 10
                                            Thursday
                                            .Minneapolis, Minn...
                                            Stratemann, p.286..
                                            ..Added
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                                            1947 04 11
                                            Friday
                                            .Chicago, Ill...
                                            Stratemann, p.286..
                                            ..Added
                                            2011
                                            1947 04 12
                                            Saturday
                                            .Anderson, Ind...
                                            Stratemann, p.286..
                                            ..Added
                                            2011
                                            1947 04 13
                                            Sunday
                                            .Chicago, Ill...
                                            Stratemann, p.286..
                                            ..Added
                                            2011
                                            1947 04 14
                                            Monday
                                            .Detroit, Mich...
                                            Stratemann, p.286..
                                            ..Added
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                                            1947 04 15
                                            Tuesday
                                            ...activities not documented...
                                            ...
                                            1947 04 16
                                            Wednesday
                                            ...activities not documented...
                                            ...
                                            1947 04 17
                                            Thursday
                                            ...activities not documented...
                                            ...
                                            1947 04 18
                                            Friday
                                            .Louisburg, Penn...
                                            Stratemann, p.286..
                                            ..Added
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                                            1947 04 19
                                            Saturday
                                            ...PERSONNEL CHANGE
                                            Sonny Greer hospitalized, drummer Ed McConney subs
                                            Stratemann p.286 citing Down Beat, 1947-05-07djpNew
                                            added 2012-11-14
                                            1947 04 19
                                            Saturday
                                            .Ithaca, N.Y.Bailey Hall
                                            Cornell University
                                            Concert for the Cornell Rhythm Club.
                                            Stratemann, p.286New Desor
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                                            Timner corrections -4/21.2011
                                            updated
                                            2012-11-14
                                            1947 04 20
                                            Sunday
                                            .Buffalo, N.Y.Memorial Auditorium.
                                            Stratemann, p.286..
                                            ..Added
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                                            1947 04 21
                                            Monday
                                            ...activities not documented...
                                            ...
                                            1947 04 22
                                            Tuesday
                                            .Newburgh, N.Y...
                                            Stratemann, p.286..
                                            ..Added
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                                            1947 04 00...PERSONNEL CHANGE
                                            Al Hibbler leaves the band before or during the upcoming Paramount run, but will return in August

                                            Singer Chester Crumper joins the band
                                            • New Desor vol.2
                                            • Stratemann p.286 citing Variety 1947-04-30 p.56
                                            djpNew
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                                            1947 04 23
                                            Wednesday
                                            1947 05 19New York, N.Y.Paramount TheatreStage show - six shows daily
                                            Ellington's male vocalist during this engagement was Chester Crumpler.

                                            Ed McConney subbed for Greer, who was in Chicago suffering from pneumonia.

                                            Supporting acts:
                                            • Buck & Bubbles
                                            • Coke & Poke
                                            • Golden Gate Quartet
                                            • Calcutta

                                            Stratemann reports the show took in $315,000 (First week, $100,000; second, $85,000; third $70,000; final week, $60,000).
                                            • The Billboard 1947-03-10, p.44
                                            • Stratemann, p.286 citing The Billboard 1947-05-31 p.30
                                            • Pittsburgh Courier 1947-03-19,p.15
                                            ..
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                                            1947 04 24
                                            Thursday
                                            .New York, N.Y.Paramount Theatresee 1947-04-23...
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                                            1947 04 25
                                            Friday
                                            .New York, N.Y.Paramount Theatresee 1947-04-23...
                                            ..2011
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                                            1947 04 26
                                            Saturday
                                            .New York, N.Y.Paramount Theatresee 1947-04-23...
                                            ..2011
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                                            1947 04 27
                                            Sunday
                                            .New York, N.Y.Paramount Theatresee 1947-04-23...
                                            ..2011
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                                            1947 04 28
                                            Monday
                                            .New York, N.Y.Paramount Theatresee 1947-04-23...
                                            ..2011
                                            updated 2012-11-14
                                            1947 04 29
                                            Tuesday
                                            Ellington's birthday
                                            .New York, N.Y.Paramount Theatresee 1947-04-23...
                                            ..2011
                                            updated 2012-11-14
                                            1947 04 30
                                            Wednesday
                                            .New York, N.Y.Paramount Theatresee 1947-04-23...
                                            ..2011
                                            updated 2012-11-14

                                            May 1947

                                            1947 05 00...PERSONNEL CHANGE
                                            Marion Cox leaves the band , although she will record with the band in 1950 and 1955
                                            New Desor vol.2..
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                                            1947 05 00...PERSONNEL CHANGE
                                            Trombonist Tyree Glenn, born 1912, joins the band
                                            New Desor vol.2..
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                                            1947 05 01
                                            Thursday
                                            .New York, N.Y.Paramount Theatresee 1947-04-23...
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                                            1947 05 02
                                            Friday
                                            .New York, N.Y.Paramount Theatresee 1947-04-23...
                                            ..2011
                                            updated 2012-11-14
                                            1947 05 03
                                            Saturday
                                            .New York, N.Y.Paramount Theatresee 1947-04-23...
                                            ..2011
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                                            1947 05 04
                                            Sunday
                                            .New York, N.Y.City Center Casion
                                            133 W.55th St.
                                            A four-day "carnival-bazar" sponsored by the National Council of American Soviet Friendship ...opened with a variety concert starring Anita Alvarez, John Buckmaster and Duke Ellington. The concert was followed by an auction sale and the official opening of merchandise booths,exhibits and an art show..."..
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                                            1947 05 04
                                            Sunday
                                            .New York, N.Y.Paramount Theatresee 1947-04-23...
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                                            1947 05 05
                                            Monday
                                            .New York, N.Y.Paramount Theatresee 1947-04-23...
                                            ..2011
                                            updated 2012-11-14
                                            1947 05 06
                                            Tuesday
                                            .New York, N.Y.Paramount Theatresee 1947-04-23...
                                            ..2011
                                            updated 2012-11-14
                                            1947 05 07
                                            Wednesday
                                            .New York, N.Y.Paramount Theatresee 1947-04-23...
                                            ..2011
                                            updated 2012-11-14
                                            1947 05 08
                                            Thursday
                                            .New York, N.Y.Paramount Theatresee 1947-04-23...
                                            ..2011
                                            updated 2012-11-14
                                            1947 05 09
                                            Friday
                                            .New York, N.Y.Paramount Theatresee 1947-04-23...
                                            ..2011
                                            updated 2012-11-14
                                            1947 05 09
                                            Friday
                                            .New York, N.Y.Golden Gate Ballroom
                                            142nd Street & Lenox Avenue
                                            (Unconfirmed)

                                            FEPC benefit dance "N.Y. Council for a Permanent FEPC presents FEPC Benefit Dance

                                            Erskine Hawkins and His Band were to provide the music, with entertainment provided by Duke Ellington, Ralph Cooper, Dave Finian's Rainbow" Wayne, Willie Bryant, Al Jones, Jimmy Daniels, John Mason, and Larry "Call Me Mister" Winters.
                                            New York Age
                                            • Announcement 1947-10-03, p.4
                                            • Announcement and ad, 1947-05-10 p.4
                                            ..
                                            .djpNew
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                                            1947 05 10
                                            Saturday
                                            .New York, N.Y.Paramount Theatresee 1947-04-23...
                                            ..2011
                                            updated 2012-11-14
                                            1947 05 10
                                            Saturday
                                            8:35–9:30 pm
                                            .New York, N.Y..WNEW broadcast "Saturday Night Swing Show"
                                            "Twentieth Anniversary Salute to Duke Ellington"
                                            Ellington appeared with Taft Jordan, Ray Nance, Lawrence Brown, Johnny Hodges, Al Sears, Harry Carney, Oscar Pettiford and Sonny Greer.

                                            Their broadcast, described as "Swing Session, observing Duke Ellington's Twentieth Anniversary in Show Business," included Jack Teagarden, Skitch Henderson, Billy Strayhorn and possibly Buddy Rich as guest artists.

                                            Vail reports "WNEW presents an all day tribute to Duke Ellington," but does not cite a source. This is not shown in the WNEW listings in the New York Times radio log.

                                            S. Lasker in DEMS 09/3-24:

                                            " ...host Art Ford asked [Bill 'Bojangles'] Robinson and Ellington, who were both present, "I understand you two made a record years ago. Is that right?"

                                            Ellington's reply -- "Well, oh, yes!"-- was nearly drowned by Robinson's: "Well I'd like to say one thing. I'm very proud to be with Duke, I'll tell you why. The first tap dancing record that was ever made in America ... was made by Duke Ellington and Bill Robinson and I'm proud to say that I made the first dancing record with the master."

                                            "Thank you very much," responded Ellington."

                                            (see 1929 09 13)
                                            Four titles were used for the All Services V-Disc transcriptions 795A and 795B
                                            New Desor
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                                            1947 05 11
                                            Sunday
                                            .New York, N.Y.Paramount Theatresee 1947-04-23...
                                            ..2011
                                            updated 2012-11-14
                                            1947 05 12
                                            Monday
                                            .New York, N.Y.Paramount Theatresee 1947-04-23...
                                            ..2011
                                            updated 2012-11-14
                                            1947 05 12
                                            Monday
                                            .New York, N.Y.Main Hall
                                            Carnegie Hall
                                            Peripheral Event
                                            8:30 p.m. Carnegie Pop Concert: Jazz at the Philharmonic
                                            presented by Norman Granz Carnegie "Pop concerts"
                                            Billy Strayhorn, Oscar Pettiford and Harry Carney were named in an ad for this concert and are listed in the Carnegie Hall database. Under Selections not listed and Selections not included in program, the database shows duke Ellington and C-Jam Blues. There is nothing to indicate Ellington participated.
                                            ...djp New
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                                            1947 05 13
                                            Tuesday
                                            .New York, N.Y.Paramount Theatresee 1947-04-23...
                                            ..2011
                                            updated 2012-11-14
                                            1947 05 14
                                            Wednesday
                                            .New York, N.Y.Paramount Theatresee 1947-04-23...
                                            ..2011
                                            updated 2012-11-14
                                            1947 05 15
                                            Thursday
                                            .New York, N.Y.Paramount Theatresee 1947-04-23...
                                            ..2011
                                            updated 2012-11-14
                                            1947 05 16
                                            Friday
                                            .New York, N.Y.Paramount Theatresee 1947-04-23...
                                            ..2011
                                            updated 2012-11-14
                                            1947 05 17
                                            Saturday
                                            .New York, N.Y.Paramount Theatresee 1947-04-23...
                                            ..2011
                                            updated 2012-11-14
                                            1947 05 18
                                            Sunday
                                            .New York, N.Y.Paramount Theatresee 1947-04-23...
                                            ..2011
                                            updated 2012-11-14
                                            1947 05 19
                                            Monday
                                            .New York, N.Y.Paramount Theatresee 1947-04-23...
                                            ..2011
                                            updated 2012-11-14
                                            1947 05 19
                                            Monday
                                            .New York, N.Y.."Carnation Hour"
                                            .New Desor
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                                            1947 05 19
                                            Monday
                                            ...activities not documented...
                                            ...
                                            1947 05 20
                                            Tuesday
                                            ...activities not documented...
                                            ...
                                            1947 05 21
                                            Wednesday
                                            ...activities not documented...
                                            ...
                                            1947 05 22
                                            Thursday
                                            .Worcester, Mass...
                                            ...
                                            ..Added
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                                            1947 05 23
                                            Friday
                                            .Boston, Mass. (Ma)South State ArmoryBenefit dance, United Negro College Fund

                                            Admission $1.80 including tax, or $1.50 in advance
                                            ...
                                            ..2011
                                            updated
                                            2013-06-01
                                            1947 05 24
                                            Saturday
                                            .Salem, Mass...
                                            ...
                                            ..Added
                                            2011
                                            1947 05 25
                                            Sunday
                                            .Shrewsbury, Mass...
                                            ...
                                            ..Added
                                            2011
                                            1947 05 26
                                            Monday
                                            ...activities not documented...
                                            ...
                                            1947 05 27
                                            Tuesday
                                            ...activities not documented...
                                            ...
                                            1947 05 28
                                            Wednesday
                                            ...activities not documented...
                                            ...
                                            1947 05 29
                                            Thursday
                                            ...activities not documented...
                                            ...
                                            1947 05 30
                                            Friday
                                            .Providence, R.I...
                                            ...
                                            ..Added
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                                            1947 05 31
                                            Saturday
                                            Saturday
                                            .Lewiston, Ma.Dancetime
                                            Maine State Fair Grounds
                                            Duke Ellington and his World Famous Orchestra

                                            Admission $1.50
                                            Ad, Portland (Maine) Press Herald, 1947-05-31, p.6..
                                            ..2011
                                            updated
                                            2013-03-18

                                            June 1947

                                            1947 06 00...PERSONNEL CHANGES
                                            Wilbur de Paris, trombone, and Taft Jordan, trumpet, leave the band
                                            New Desor vol.2..
                                            .djpNew
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                                            1947 06 01
                                            Sunday
                                            .New London, Conn.Danceland.
                                            ...
                                            ..Added
                                            2011
                                            1947 06 02
                                            Monday
                                            .Fitchburg, Mass...
                                            ...
                                            ..Added
                                            2011
                                            1947 06 03
                                            Tuesday
                                            .Manchester, N.H..Dance
                                            .New Desor
                                            DE9023
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                                            1947 06 04
                                            Wednesday
                                            ...activities not documented
                                            ...
                                            ...
                                            1947 06 05
                                            Thursday
                                            .Baltimore, Md...
                                            ...
                                            ..Added
                                            2011
                                            1947 06 06
                                            Friday
                                            .Rochester, N.Y...
                                            ...
                                            ..Added
                                            2011
                                            1947 06 07
                                            Saturday
                                            .Sampson, N.Y.Sampson CollegeDance

                                            "Mr. and Mrs. Lawrence Shafer and Mr. and Mrs. Fay Lunkenheimer attended the dance at Sampson College last Saturday night, at which Duke Ellington's band played."
                                            The Red Creek Herald, Red Creek, N.Y., 1947-06-12, p.5..
                                            ..2011
                                            updated
                                            2013-04-16
                                            1947 06 08
                                            Sunday
                                            ...activities not documented
                                            ...
                                            ...
                                            1947 06 09
                                            Monday
                                            .New York, N.Y..Capitol recording session,
                                            .New Desor
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                                            1947 06 10
                                            Tuesday
                                            .New York, N.Y..Capitol recording session,
                                            .New Desor
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                                            ..Added
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                                            1947 06 11
                                            Wednesday
                                            ...activities not documented
                                            ...
                                            ...
                                            1947 06 12
                                            Thursday
                                            ...activities not documented
                                            ...
                                            ...
                                            1947 06 13
                                            Friday
                                            .Washington, D.C.Watergate.
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                                            ..Added
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                                            1947 06 14
                                            Saturday
                                            .Pittsburgh, Penn.Syria MosqueConcert
                                            Pittsburgh Press music critic Ralph Lewando's glowing review gave some of the song titles:
                                            • Diminuendo in Blue
                                            • Crescendo in Blue
                                            • Bluetopia
                                            • Moon Mist
                                            • Black, Brown and Beige
                                            • Rockin' in Rhythm
                                            • Chaucogagaug Maushaugagog Chaubunagungamaug
                                            • Flippant Flurry
                                            Mr.Lewando said the variety, climaxes and taperings off of tonal volume in Diminuendo in Blue and Crescendo in Blue sent the audience into spasms of delight.

                                            Soloists mentioned: Hodges, Jordan, Brown, Carney, Hamilton

                                            Singers mentioned: Nance, Davis, Chester Crumpler

                                            Billy Strayhorn may have been present. His teacher, Max Adkins attended the concert.

                                            Ticket prices: $3.60 $3.00, $2.40 $1.80 $1.60
                                            • The Pittsburgh Press
                                              • Preview, 1947-06-08 p.52
                                              • Ads, 1947-06-08, p.46, 1947-06-10 p.16 & 1947-06-13 p.30
                                              • Review "Duke adds Jet Power to Jazz," 1947-06-16, p.14
                                            • Vail I
                                            .
                                            .
                                            Stratemann p.287djp2011
                                            updated
                                            2013-06-14
                                            1947 06 15
                                            Sunday
                                            .Indianapolis, Ind...
                                            ...
                                            ..Added
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                                            1947 06 16
                                            Monday
                                            ...activities not documented
                                            ...
                                            ...
                                            1947 06 17
                                            Tuesday
                                            .Springfield, Ill...
                                            ...
                                            ..Added
                                            2011
                                            1947 06 18
                                            Wednesday
                                            .Joliet, Ill...
                                            ...
                                            ..Added
                                            2011
                                            1947 06 19
                                            Thursday
                                            .South Bend, Ind...
                                            ...
                                            ..Added
                                            2011
                                            1947 06 20
                                            Friday
                                            ...activities not documented
                                            ...
                                            ...
                                            1947 06 21
                                            Saturday
                                            ...activities not documented
                                            ...
                                            ...
                                            1947 06 21.Edelweiss, Ind...
                                            ...
                                            ..Added
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                                            1947 06 22
                                            Sunday
                                            .St. Louis, Mo...
                                            ...
                                            ..Added
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                                            1947 06 23
                                            Monday
                                            ...activities not documented
                                            ...
                                            ...
                                            1947 06 24
                                            Tuesday
                                            1947 06 25Oklahoma City, Okla...
                                            ...
                                            ..Added
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                                            1947 06 25
                                            Wednesday
                                            .Oklahoma City, Okla...
                                            ...
                                            ..Added
                                            2011
                                            1947 06 26
                                            Thursday
                                            ...activities not documented
                                            ...
                                            ...
                                            1947 06 27
                                            Friday
                                            1947 07 10
                                            Thursday
                                            Denver, Col.El Patio Ballroom
                                            Lakeside Park
                                            Stratemann has this engagement ending July 10 but Vail says there was a broadcast on closing night, July 11. The latest recorded broadcast in New Desor is July 9.Stratemann, p.287
                                            Vail I
                                            ..
                                            .djp2011
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                                            1947 06 28
                                            Saturday
                                            .Denver, Col.El Patio Ballroom
                                            Lakeside Park
                                            see 1947 06 27...
                                            ..2011
                                            1947 06 29
                                            Sunday
                                            .Denver, Col.El Patio Ballroom
                                            Lakeside Park
                                            see 1947 06 27...
                                            ..2011
                                            1947 06 30
                                            Monday
                                            .Denver, Col.El Patio Ballroom
                                            Lakeside Park
                                            see 1947 06 27...
                                            ..2011

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                                            1947 07 01
                                            Tuesday
                                            .Denver, Col.El Patio Ballroom
                                            Lakeside Park
                                            see 1947 06 27
                                            radio broadcast recorded
                                            .New Desor
                                            DE4710
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                                            ..2011
                                            1947 07 02
                                            Wednesday
                                            .Denver, Col.El Patio Ballroom
                                            Lakeside Park
                                            see 1947 06 27...
                                            ..2011
                                            1947 07 03
                                            Thursday
                                            .Denver, Col.El Patio Ballroom
                                            Lakeside Park
                                            see 1947 06 27...
                                            ..2011
                                            1947 07 04
                                            Friday
                                            .Denver, Col.El Patio Ballroom
                                            Lakeside Park
                                            see 1947 06 27
                                            Broadcast recorded
                                            .New Desor
                                            DE4711
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                                            ..2011
                                            1947 07 05
                                            Saturday
                                            .Denver, Col.El Patio Ballroom
                                            Lakeside Park
                                            see 1947 06 27...
                                            ..2011
                                            1947 07 06
                                            Sunday
                                            .Denver, Col.El Patio Ballroom
                                            Lakeside Park
                                            see 1947 06 27...
                                            ..2011
                                            1947 07 07
                                            Monday
                                            .Denver, Col.El Patio Ballroom
                                            Lakeside Park
                                            see 1947 06 27...
                                            ..2011
                                            1947 07 08
                                            Tuesday
                                            .Denver, Col.El Patio Ballroom
                                            Lakeside Park
                                            see 1947 06 27
                                            Broadcast recorded
                                            .New Desor
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                                            1947 07 09
                                            Wednesday
                                            .Denver, Col.El Patio Ballroom
                                            Lakeside Park
                                            see 1947 06 27
                                            Broadcast recorded
                                            .New Desor
                                            DE4713
                                            DEMS
                                            ..2011
                                            1947 07 10
                                            Thursday
                                            ... Peripheral event
                                            The California Eagle announced the current edition of Look Magazine ran a lengthy review of Ellington's life and accomplishments.
                                            California Eagle 1947-07-10 p.18..
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                                            Thursday
                                            .Denver, Col.El Patio Ballroom
                                            Lakeside Park
                                            see 1947 06 27...
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                                            Friday
                                            .Denver, Col.El Patio Ballroom
                                            Lakeside Park
                                            (Unconfirmed)

                                            see 1947 06 27

                                            Vail shows a closing night broadcast July 11 but Stratemann has the date running only to July 10. The latest recorded broadcast shown in New Desor is July 9.
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                                            1947 07 12
                                            Saturday
                                            1947 07 19Salt Lake City, Ut.Rainbow Rendezvous.
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                                            Sunday
                                            .Salt Lake City, Ut.Rainbow Rendezvoussee 1947 07 12...
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                                            Monday
                                            .Salt Lake City, Ut.Rainbow Rendezvoussee 1947 07 12...
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                                            Tuesday
                                            .Salt Lake City, Ut.Rainbow Rendezvoussee 1947 07 12...
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                                            1947 07 16
                                            Wednesday
                                            .Salt Lake City, Ut.Rainbow Rendezvoussee 1947 07 12...
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                                            Thursday
                                            .Salt Lake City, Ut.Rainbow Rendezvoussee 1947 07 12...
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                                            Friday
                                            .Salt Lake City, Ut.Rainbow Rendezvoussee 1947 07 12...
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                                            Saturday
                                            .Salt Lake City, Ut.Rainbow Rendezvoussee 1947 07 12...
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                                            Sunday
                                            ...activities not documented
                                            ...
                                            ...
                                            1947 07 21
                                            Monday
                                            .San Francisco, Cal.Opera House.
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                                            Tuesday
                                            .San Francisco, Cal.War Memorial Opera HouseThis entry is based solely on a file folder label listed in the Smithsonian finding aid shown to the right and should not be taken as confirmed as yet.Additional documentation is likely to be found in SI-NMAH DEC301, Series 2: Performances and Programs, 1933-1974, box 10, folder 40 War Memorial Opera House, San Francisco, California, July 22, 1947..
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                                            Wednesday
                                            ...activities not documented
                                            ...
                                            ...
                                            1947 07 24
                                            Thursday
                                            ...activities not documented
                                            ...
                                            ...
                                            1947 07 25
                                            Friday
                                            1947 08 07
                                            Thursday
                                            Hollywood, Cal.Ciro's
                                            8433 Sunset Blvd.
                                            Two week club date on Sunset Strip, with "numerous broadcasts"
                                            The July 25 broadcast was transcribed for the AFRS series Spotlight Bands no. 1044/47

                                            It appears Ellington's orchestra appeared along with a house band, the Don Alfredo Rhumba Band.
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                                            Saturday
                                            .Hollywood, Cal.Ciro'sClub date - see 1947 07 25
                                            ...
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                                            .1947 07 27
                                            Sunday
                                            .Hollywood, Cal.Ciro'sClub date - see 1947 07 25
                                            ...
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                                            .1947 07 28
                                            Monday
                                            .Hollywood, Cal.Ciro'sClub date - see 1947 07 25
                                            ...
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                                            .1947 07 29
                                            Tuesday
                                            .Hollywood, Cal.Ciro'sClub date - see 1947 07 25
                                            ...
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                                            1947 07 30
                                            Wednesday
                                            ...Date of Duke Ellington's Columbia Records recording contract. Steven Lasker:

                                            'The file sheet for Columbia mx. HCO-2531 (Ellington's "Hy'a Sue," recorded 8/14/47) bears the notation "Contract dated July 30, 1947."'


                                            Webmaster comment:
                                            Cambridge Companion says Ellington signed with Columbia in June. Lasker believes CC's information came from Lawrence:

                                            'Per A.H. Lawrence, "Duke Ellington and His World," page 417 ("Chronology"): June 1947: [Ellington] Leaves Musicraft; signs with Columbia in the fall after John Hammond leaves the label."
                                            (The real story: Hammond was, according to his autobiography, discharged from the Army on 1/20/46, and immediately returned to his home and his duties at Columbia Records in New York. In June 1946, he joined the board of Keynote Records, which infuriated his supervisor at Columbia, Ted Wallerstein. Hammond relates he had no choice but to resign from Columbia. Ellington, meanwhile, had signed with Musicraft the second week of May 1946.)'

                                            Until I see an executed copy of the contract, I believe Lasker's information is to be preferred, since his research is based on actual business records of the record company, whereas the Cambridge Companion chronology relies on Lawrence.
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                                            Wednesday
                                            .Hollywood, Cal.Ciro'sClub date - see 1947 07 25
                                            The July 30 broadcast was transcribed for the AFRS series Spotlight Bands no. 1083
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                                            Thursday
                                            .Hollywood, Cal.Ciro'sClub date - see 1947 07 25
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                                            August 1947

                                            1947 08 00...PERSONNEL CHANGES
                                            Chester Crumper leaves the band
                                            Al Hibbler rejoins the band
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                                            Friday
                                            .Hollywood, Cal.Ciro'sClub date - see 1947 07 25
                                            A remote broadcast was transcribed for AFRS Spotlight Bands no. 1077 & 1080
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                                            Saturday
                                            .Hollywood, Cal.Ciro'sClub date - see 1947 07 25
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                                            Sunday
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                                            Monday
                                            .Hollywood, Cal.Ciro'sClub date - see 1947 07 25
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                                            Tuesday
                                            .Hollywood, Cal.Ciro'sClub date - see 1947 07 25
                                            Remote broadcast
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                                            Wednesday
                                            .Hollywood, Cal.Ciro'sClub date - see 1947 07 25
                                            Remote broadcast
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                                            Thursday
                                            .Hollywood, Cal.Ciro'sClub date - see 1947 07 25
                                            Remote broadcast
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                                            Friday
                                            .San Diego, Cal.Pacific Square BallroomDance for whites. Due to racial conflicts in San Diego, this was the first time in eight years that a black band was hired to play for white dancers. The contract was to pay Ellington 60% of the gate, with a $2,000 guarantee....
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                                            1947 08 09
                                            Saturday
                                            ...activities not documented
                                            It is possible that Ellington and his orchestra would have played a dance for African-Americans, as they often did the day after a dance for whites, but August 9 is mere speculation. I am not aware of any evidence of such a dance on this date.
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                                            Sunday
                                            ...activities not documented
                                            ...
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                                            Monday
                                            ...activities not documented
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                                            ...
                                            1947 08 12
                                            Tuesday
                                            ...activities not documented
                                            ...
                                            ...
                                            1947 08 13
                                            Wednesday
                                            ...activities not documented
                                            ...
                                            ...
                                            1947 08 14
                                            Thursday
                                            .Los Angeles, Cal.Columbia studio, HollywoodColumbia recording session,
                                            20:25 to 23:50
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                                            Friday
                                            ...activities not documented
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                                            1947 08 16
                                            Saturday
                                            ...activities not documented
                                            ...
                                            ...
                                            1947 08 17
                                            Sunday
                                            ...activities not documented
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                                            ...
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                                            Monday
                                            ...activities not documented
                                            ...
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                                            Tuesday
                                            .Eugene, Ore...
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                                            Wednesday
                                            .Albany, Ore...
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                                            Thursday
                                            .Tacoma, Wash...
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                                            Friday
                                            .Douglas, B.C.
                                            (now Surrey, B.C.)
                                            Peace Arch border crossing.CBC commentator Susan Fletcher, learning Ellington would not have time in Vancouver to be interviewed for her Flicks and Flashes national radio programme, drove to Peace Arch and "pushed a microphone in front of him as he went through the Customs. The interview was conducted with a background of car horns and assorted crowd sounds, all of which made the assignment just a bit tough!"


                                            Upon entering Canada, Ellington and his orchestra filed a manifest for members of theatrical organizaions, shows, etc. (form IMM 60). It shows the port of entry and exit was Blaine, Washington, they were arriving from Seattle and were staying until the next day. Personnel listed were:
                                            NAME P.O. ADDRESS
                                            IN FULL
                                            BIRTHPLACENEXT OF KIN, RELATIONSHIP
                                            DUKE
                                            ELLINGTON
                                            935 St. Nicholas Ave.,
                                            New York
                                            Washington D.C. -
                                            RAYMOND
                                            NANCE
                                            270 Convent Ave.,
                                            New York
                                            Florence, S.C. Mrs. Richard Kennedy, wife
                                            FRANCIS
                                            WILLIAMS
                                            312 West 112th St.,
                                            New York
                                            Pittsburgh, Pa.Mrs. Francis Williams, wife
                                            SHELTON
                                            HEMPHILL
                                            289 Lenox Ave.,
                                            New York
                                            Birmingham, Ala.Mrs. Shelton Hemphill, wife
                                            CLAUDE
                                            JONES
                                            535 Convent Ave.,
                                            New York
                                            Wheeling, W.Va.Mrs. Claude Jones, wife
                                            LAWRENCE
                                            BROWN
                                            270 St. Nicolas Ave.,
                                            New York
                                            Lawrence, Kans.Mrs. Lawrence Brown, wife
                                            RUSSEL
                                            PROCOPE
                                            870 St. Nicolas Ave.,
                                            New York
                                            N.Y.C.Mrs. Russell Procope, wife
                                            HARRY
                                            CARNEY
                                            450 West 147 St.,
                                            New York
                                            Boston, Mass.Mrs. Harry Carney, wife
                                            ALBERT
                                            SEARS
                                            441 West 151 St.,
                                            New York
                                            Macomb, Ill.Mrs. Albert Sears, wife
                                            JAMES
                                            HAMILTON
                                            565 West 150 St.,
                                            New York
                                            Hamer, S.Car.Mrs. James Hamilton, wife
                                            JOHN
                                            HODGE
                                            1893 7 Ave.,
                                            New York
                                            Cambridge, Mass.Mrs. John Hodge, wife
                                            WILLIAM
                                            GREER
                                            601 East 164 St.,
                                            New York
                                            Long Branch, N.J.Mrs. Wm Greer, wife
                                            FRED
                                            GUY
                                            940 St. Nicolas Ave.,
                                            New York
                                            Burenville, Va.Mrs. Fred Guy, wife
                                            FORD
                                            PETTIFORD
                                            65 Tiemann Place,
                                            New York
                                            Burenville, Va.Mrs. Oscar Pettiford, wife
                                            K.
                                            DAVIS
                                            Palace Hotel,
                                            New York
                                            New York, N.Y.Dr. S. E. Mac Donald, father
                                            ALBERT
                                            HIBBLER
                                            2040 E 7th Ave.,
                                            New York
                                            Chicago, Ill.Mrs. Lowry, mother
                                            WILLIAM
                                            STRAYHORN
                                            545 Eddington Ave.,
                                            New York
                                            Dayton OhioMrs. Wm. Strayhorn, wife
                                            THOMAS
                                            WHALEY
                                            356 West 116 St.,
                                            New York
                                            Boston, Mass.Mrs. Thomas Whaley, wife
                                            JOHN
                                            CELLEY
                                            248 West 71st St.,
                                            New York
                                            New York, N.Y.Mr. C. Chapman, uncle
                                            HAROLD
                                            BAKER
                                            1619 Broadway,
                                            New York
                                            St. Louis, Mo.Mrs. Harold Baker, wife
                                            DUD
                                            BASCOMB
                                            1619 Broadway,
                                            New York
                                            New York City, N.Y.Mrs. Dud Bascomb, wife
                                            MURRAY
                                            ROSENBAUM
                                            3713 74th St.,
                                            New York
                                            Jackson Heights, N.Y. Mrs.M.Rosenbaum, wife
                                            TYREE
                                            GLENN
                                            1190 Linton Ave.,
                                            New York
                                            New York, N.Y.Mrs. T.Glenn, wife

                                            Imported instruments:
                                                                    Duke Ellington Orchestra
                                            List of personnel's instruments
                                            INSTRUMENT MAKE NUMBER
                                            R NANCE Trumpet Olds 1159
                                            Violin
                                            F WILLIAMS Trumpet Bach 4629
                                            S HEMPHILL Trumpet Conn 371601
                                            D BASCOMB Trumpet Buescher 238299
                                            H BAKER Trumpet King (Liberty Model) 226731
                                            C JONES Trombone King, Bach 405 Bell
                                            481 Slide
                                            L BROWN Trombone King 2-B Liberty Model 241362
                                            T GLENN Valve Trombone Reynolds 906
                                            Slide Trombone King 208400
                                            Vibraharps consisting
                                            of 4 pieces
                                            R PROCOPE Clarinet Selmer K7 469
                                            Alto Sax Buescher 283640
                                            H CARNEY Baritone Sax - Bass Clarinet Selmer - Conn KT114 279566
                                            Clarinet Selmer B255646-L
                                            A SEARS Tenor Sax Conn M-246310
                                            Clarinet Conn No Number
                                            J HAMILTON Tenor Sax Selmer M275746
                                            Clarinet Buffet 22299
                                            J HODGE Alto Sax Conn 300409
                                            Clarinet Selmer 4309
                                            F GUY Guitar Stromberg 499
                                            O PETTIFORD Bass Violin
                                            S GREER Drums Consisting, of
                                            6 pieces

                                            2 cases consisting of music stands
                                            15 music books
                                            1 case of mutes
                                            1 case of irons
                                            Steven Lasker:
                                            'A separate sheet lists additional personnel and their instruments; it isn't dated but the personnel corresponds to the period from 1947 12 19 (when Killian joins) to mid-Jan 49 (when Sears leaves):
                                            Hemphill - trumpet - King #276654
                                            Killian -- trumpet - Calicchio 1174
                                            cornet - Buescher 316883
                                            Sears -- tenor sax - Buescher - 319775 - B11
                                            Jones -- trombone - Conn 343328 slide
                                            -- " [illegible]
                                            '
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                                            Friday
                                            .Lower Mainland, B.C.en routeThe Province newspaper's Frank Mulcahy interviewed Ellington on the chartered bus as it travelled from Peace Arch to Malkin Bowl in Stanley Park. The paper printed his account of the interview and concert the next day. The interview concerned Ellington's feelings about racial prejuduce and about music. According to the intro, the discussion carried on right up to the arrival at Malkin Bowl."Racial Prejudice Everywhere, Says Ellington"   Vancouver Daily Province 1947-08-23 p.9..
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                                            1947 08 22
                                            Friday
                                            8:30 pm
                                            .Vancouver, B.C.Malkin Bowl,
                                            Stanley Park
                                            Three hour outdoor concert in the Malkin Bowl amphitheatre. Arrangements were made to move the concert indoors if the weather was bad. The concert was advertised in the Daily Province as "Exactly as presented recently in Carnegie Hall, New York" and as "Exactly the same program as the orchestra will present next week in Hollywood Bowl."
                                            Tickets:
                                            • "special chairs" $2.50
                                            • all other seats $2.00


                                            Stratemann says Down Beat showed Ellington in Seattle on Aug. 22
                                            • Announcement, Vancouver Daily Province 1947-08-21 p.6
                                            • Advertisements, Vancouver Daily Province
                                              • 1947-08-21 p.8
                                              • 1947-08-22 p.8
                                            • Review, Vancouver Daily Province 1947-08-23
                                            .
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                                            Saturday
                                            .Portland, Ore...
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                                            Sunday
                                            .Portland, Ore...
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                                            Monday
                                            ..Meadowbrook Gardensactivities not documented
                                            Vail, Vol.I reported Duke was a guest on Tommy Dorsey's Tender Leaf Tea radio show at the Meadowbrook Gardens in Culver City.
                                            This appears to be in error - see 1946 08 25
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                                            1947 08 26
                                            Tuesday
                                            2 to 3 pm
                                            .Victoria, B.C.Fletcher's record store
                                            1130 Douglas St.
                                            Duke made a personal appearance to sign records for buyers.Ad, Victoria Daily Colonist 1947-08-26, p.19.
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                                            Tuesday
                                            9 pm to 1 am
                                            .Victoria, B.C.Bay Street ArmouryConcert and dance
                                            Special amplifying system
                                            Seating arrangement on balcony

                                            Tickets -
                                            advance, $1.75;
                                            at the door, $2.10

                                            An unidentified reporter tried to interview Ellington before the performance, but didn't get very far. His report concludes "a reporter shuffled out at this point with no interview."
                                            .
                                            • Ads, Victoria Daily Colonist
                                              • 1947-08-16 p.18
                                              • 1947-08-23 p.18
                                              • 1947-08-26 p.18
                                            • An anonymous report, Victoria Daily Colonist 1947-08-27, p.3
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                                            Wednesday
                                            .Seattle, Wash...
                                            Stratemann p.287 citing Variety 1947-08-13, p.40.
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                                            Thursday
                                            ...activities not documented
                                            ...
                                            ...
                                            1947 08 29
                                            Friday
                                            ...activities not documented
                                            ...
                                            ...
                                            1947 08 30
                                            Saturday
                                            ...activities not documented
                                            ...
                                            ...
                                            1947 08 31
                                            Sunday
                                            .Los Angeles, Cal.Hollywood Bowl.
                                            Additional documentation is likely to be found in SI-NMAH DEC301, Series 2: Performances and Programs, 1933-1974, box 10, folder 41 Hollywood Bowl, Hollywood, California, August 31, 1947New Desor
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                                            September 1947

                                            1947 09 00...PERSONNEL CHANGE
                                            Singer Dolores Parker (born 1919 or 1920, died 2018-12-17 at 99 years of age) joins the band.

                                            While obituaries suggest she was with Ellington until 1956, she only worked with Ellington for a few months, her last documented appearance being February 1948.
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                                            Monday
                                            .Los Angeles, Cal..Columbia recording session,
                                            20:30 to 23:30
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                                            Tuesday
                                            ...activities not documented...
                                            ...
                                            1947 09 03
                                            Wednesday
                                            8:30 pm
                                            .Tucson, Ariz.Tucson High School StadiumConcert sponsored by R. Paul Willett
                                            Chester Crumpler was announced as the male vocalist in the advance publicity, but the review says Al Hibbler sang.

                                            Ellington did not play the piano, saying the atmospheric conditions made the piano so out of tune it was impossible to "get the horns and piano together." A piano tuner had been hired but didn't show.Personnel named:
                                            • Hibbler
                                            • Nance
                                            • Davis
                                            • Glenn
                                            • Hodges
                                            • Greer
                                            • Baker
                                            • Brown
                                            • Sears
                                            The review named these titles:
                                            • Take the A Train
                                            • Summertime
                                            • I've Got It Bad and That Ain't Good
                                            • I Guess I'm Just a Lucky So-and-So
                                            • It's Monday Every Day
                                            • The Blues from BB&B
                                            • The Mooch
                                            • W.C. Handy Big Three:
                                              • Beale Street Blues
                                              • Memphis Blues
                                              • St. Louis Blues
                                            • Air Conditioned Jungle
                                            • The Beautiful Indians
                                            • Tucson Daily Citizen
                                              • Publicity, 1947-08-23 p.5
                                              • Publicity 1947-08-28 p.13
                                              • Notes to Junior Optimists wishing to attend
                                                • 1947-09-02 p.2
                                                • 1947-09-03
                                              • Review 1947-09-04 p.4
                                            • Additional documentation is likely to be found in SI-NMAH DEC301 Series 2: Performances and Programs, 1933-1974, box 10, folder 42, Tucson Senior High School, September 3, 1947
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                                            Thursday
                                            .Tucson, Ariz.West Congress StreetDance: "The Ellington outfit will appear at a dance on West Congress Street this evening under a different sponsorship"Tucson Daily Citizen 1947-09-04 p.4..
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                                            Friday
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                                            Saturday
                                            .Phoenix, Ariz.Isaac Men's Park
                                            35th Ave. and Christy Rd.
                                            (Christy Rd. is now McDowell Road)
                                            Concert, 8:30 p.m. presented by Exclusive Enterprises. Admission $2.25 and $2.75; reserved seats $3.30, tax included on all prices.
                                            (Isaac Park is now the location Isaac Middle School)
                                            • The Arizona Republic, Phoenix, Ariz. 1947-08-29 p.21
                                            • Location researched by R. Bambach (email Bambach-Palmquist 2017-01-05)
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                                            Sunday
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                                            Monday
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                                            ...
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                                            Tuesday
                                            1947 09 15Los Angeles, Cal.Million Dollar Theater
                                            -capacity 2,400
                                            Variety show - Duke Ellington and his orchestra, Mantan Moreland with Haywood Jones and Martina D'Arcy, and Jessye Scott (song and dance)

                                            Picture: Too Many Winners.

                                            Prices 55 to 98 cents
                                            Four shows daily
                                            Review of Sept.10 show in The Billboard, 1947-09-20 p.52..
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                                            Wednesday
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                                            Thursday
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                                            Friday
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                                            Saturday
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                                            Sunday
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                                            Monday
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                                            Wednesday
                                            ...activities not documented...
                                            ...
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                                            Thursday
                                            ...activities not documented...
                                            ...
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                                            Friday
                                            ...activities not documented...
                                            ...
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                                            Saturday
                                            ...activities not documented...
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                                            Sunday
                                            ...activities not documented...
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                                            Monday
                                            ...activities not documented...
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                                            Tuesday
                                            ...activities not documented...
                                            ...
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                                            Wednesday
                                            ...activities not documented...
                                            ...
                                            1947 09 18
                                            Thursday
                                            ...activities not documented...
                                            ...
                                            1947 09 19
                                            Friday
                                            1947 09 21Culver City, Cal.Meadowbrook Gardens Café
                                            8781 W.Washington Blvd.
                                            First of 3 three-day weekend spots.

                                            Guarantee $2,500/weekend or 70% of all admissions over $3,000.

                                            "Ellington and his orchestra will play at the Meadowbrook every Friday, Saturday and Sunday, with a Sunday concert from 8:30 tp 9:30 preceding the regular dancing."

                                            Tickets were $1.00 plus tax.
                                            • Stratemann p.288 citing Variety 1937-08-20, p.45
                                            • Plug: "Duke Ellington Will Open Fri. Nite at Meadowbrook," California Eagle, 1947-09-18
                                              • Ads, California Eagle 1947-09-27 p.18
                                              • 1947-10-02 p.22
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                                            Saturday
                                            .Culver City, Cal.Meadowbrook Gardens Cafésee 1947 09 19...
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                                            Sunday
                                            .Culver City, Cal.Meadowbrook Gardens Cafésee 1947 09 19...
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                                            Monday
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                                            Tuesday
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                                            Wednesday
                                            ...activities not documented...
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                                            Thursday
                                            ...activities not documented...
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                                            Friday
                                            .Culver City, Cal.Meadowbrook Gardens CaféSecond three-day weekend gig - see 1947 09 19...
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                                            Saturday
                                            .Vancouver, B.C.. Peripheral event
                                            Ivie Anderson interview by Bill Hill on Vancouver radio station CKMO
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                                            Saturday
                                            .Culver City, Cal.Meadowbrook Gardens Cafésee 1947 09 19
                                            The California Eagle ad announces Ellington and his Famous Orchestra every Fri., Sat., & Sun. with an added attraction, Hal Schaffer's Trio, and a concert and dance every Sunday Night.
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                                            Sunday
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                                            Monday
                                            .Los Angeles, Cal..Columbia recording session,
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                                            Tuesday
                                            .Los Angeles, Cal..Columbia recording session,
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                                            Wednesday
                                            .Los Angeles, Cal..Columbia recording session,
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                                            .Los Angeles, Cal..Columbia recording session,
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                                            Friday
                                            .Culver City, Cal.Meadowbrook Gardens CaféThird 3 day weekend gig - According to Stratemann, the contract was for three 3-day weekends, but it only shows the band playing at the Meadowbrook on Oct. 4 and 5 on this third appearance. Publicity and ads in the California Eagle, however, say Friday, Saturday and Sunday.
                                            The California Eagle ad 1947-10-02 says this is the final weekend, and shows all three days.
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                                            Monday
                                            .Los Angeles, Cal..Columbia recording session,
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                                            Wednesday
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                                            Thursday
                                            .El Paso, Tex.El Paso ColiseumDance 8:30 - 12:30
                                            "Duke Ellington will bring his band to El Paso Thursday for a dance at the Coliseum from 8:30 p.m.to 12:30. Special bus service will be provided from San Jacinto Plaza. A large audience of spectators is expected. A special section will be set aside for Negroes..."
                                            Ad and announcement, El Paso Herald-Post, El Paso, Tex., 1947-10-04, p.6...
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                                            Friday
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                                            Saturday
                                            1947 10 12
                                            Sunday
                                            Fort Worth, Tex.Texas Christian UniversityCollege prom
                                            Stratemann:

                                            'the Ellington band created a precedent as the first black orchestra to play for the white crowd at this location. '

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                                            Sunday
                                            .Fort Worth, Tex.Texas Christian Universitysee 1947 10 11
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                                            Monday
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                                            Wednesday
                                            .Joplin, Mo.Ozark Music Company

                                            'ELLINGTON'S RECORDS GIVEN JOPLIN WOMAN
                                            An album of phonograph records which may become a collector's item was presented by Duke Ellington, the famous Negro band leader, to Mrs. Mary Virginia Ebersole, 325 North Gray avenue, as the No. 1 prize in a contest Wednesday night.
                                              Mrs. Ebersole won the album by naming the "mystery record" played over the Joplin Musicale system, which furnishes many local restaurants with phonograph music over leased wires.
                                              Because the record she named, "St. Louis Blues," was played by Ellington, Jack Pierson, manager of the Ozark Music Company, arranged for Ellington to appear in person to present the award to Mrs. Ebersole.'

                                            Joplin Globe, Joplin, Mo., 1947-10-19 p.B 5..
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                                            9 PM-1 AM
                                            .Joplin, Mo.Holiday InnOne hour concert followed by 3 hours of dancing. Publicity says the band travels in its own railcars, and it was through the cooperation of the Frisco railroad that the Duke was routed through Joplin.
                                            • Joplin Globe, Joplin, Mo.
                                              • Identical ads:
                                                • 1947-09-30 p.9
                                                • 1947-10-01 p.6
                                                • 1947-10-02
                                                • 1947-10-04
                                                • 1947-10-10 9.B9
                                                • 1947-10-11 p.7
                                              • Publicity 1947-10-12, pC-5
                                            • Joplin News-Herald, Joplin, Mo. 1947-10-10 p.4B
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                                            Thursday
                                            .St Joseph, Mo.City auditorium

                                            'Edward Kennedy Ellington, better known as the Duke, a genius of modern American music, will bring his famous orchestra to St. Joseph's city auditorium Thursday night. The duke has been around the music, theater and show business for a long, long time.'

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                                            Friday
                                            .Kansas City, Kan.Memorial HallDuke Ellington and his Famous Orchestra
                                            "Don't Miss the Seasan's [sic] Music Treat"
                                            Admission, Advance $1.25 (Feb. and State Taxes Inc.)
                                            The Plaindealer, Kansas City, Kans.,
                                          • 1947-10-
                                          • 1947-10-17 p.5
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                                            Saturday
                                            ... Peripheral event
                                            American Federation of Musicians president James C. Petrillo announced a recording ban effective December 31, spurring record companies to lay down as many records as possible before the ban. Columbia ran virtually around the clock, with 2 or 3 sessions a day.
                                            Stratemann, p.288..
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                                            Sunday
                                            .St. Louis, Mo.Kiel Auditorium
                                            • Concert, 8:15 p.m.
                                            • 3,200 attended.
                                            • The reviewer complained that much of the program was repeated from 18 months earlier.
                                            • Titles named:
                                              • The Mooch
                                              • Memphis Blues
                                              • Happy-Go-Lucky Local
                                              • Diminuendo in Blue-Transblucency-Crescendo in Blue
                                              • Suddenly It Jumped
                                              • Golden Feather
                                              • Golden Cress
                                              • Air Conditioned Jungle
                                              • Frankie and Johnny
                                              • Dancers in Love
                                              • Solitude
                                              • Sophisticated Lady
                                              • I Let a Song Go Out of My Heart
                                              • Don't Get Around Much Anymore
                                              • Summertime
                                            • Musicians named in the review:
                                              • Ellington
                                              • Tyree Glenn
                                              • Kay Davis
                                              • Harold Baker
                                              • Harry Carney
                                              • Lawrence Brown
                                              • Jimmy Hamilton
                                              • Al Hibbler
                                            • St. Louis Post-Dispatch, St. Louis, Mo.
                                              • 1947-10-14 p.5D
                                              • 1947-10-15 p.5D
                                              • 1947-10-16 p.7D
                                              • 1947-10-20 p.3B
                                            • Additional documentation is likely to be found in SI-NMAH DEC301 Series 2: Performances and Programs, 1933-1974, box 10, folder 43 Kiel Auditorium, St. Louis, Missouri, October 19, 1947
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                                            Monday
                                            .Davenport, IowaSt. Ambrose CollegeActivities of the sidemen are not documented, and Ellington's event is not confirmed.
                                            • Stratemann, citing Down Beat 1947-11-19:

                                              'On this occasion, Ellington had his first academic degree bestowed upon him, an Honorary Doctorate of Music.'

                                            • Dr. Wolfram Knauer of Jazzinstitut Darmstadt found no mention of this in Down Beat's 1947-11-19 edition, but found a brief report in the 1947-10-22 edition:

                                              'Duke Is Doctor
                                                Davenport, Iowa—Duke Ellington received a doctorate of music two days ago at St. Ambrose college. The presentation was made by Monseignor Burke.'

                                            • The 1947-10-31 edition of the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette reported:

                                              'Duke Ellington received the honorary degree of doctor of music at St. Ambrose College, Davenport, Ia., recently, in honor of his contributions to American music.'

                                            • Chronicler Art Pilkington listed Ellington's honorary degrees in DEMS Bulletin 1994/2, commenting:

                                              '1947 20 Oct St. Ambrose College, Davenport, IA - Day by Day, page 286 lists this award as the first such degree, but the College has no record of the event per letter to A. Pilkington, dated 6 January, 1993.'

                                            • Vail I does not mention the honour, but without naming a source, places Ellington at the college the next morning:

                                              'Tuesday 21 October 1947
                                              In the morning, Duke Ellington gives a lecture at St. Ambrose College in Davenport, Iowa. In the evening, Duke Ellington and his Orchestra play a one-nighter at the Rock Island Armory in Rock Island, Illinois.'

                                            • Ellington did not list a degree from St. Ambrose at pages 476 and 478 of his autobiography, Music is My Mistress, which has 15 other honorary degrees that had been bestowed upon him by 1973.
                                            • The Smithsonian Institution's DUKE ELLINGTON COLLECTION, 1927-1988, #301 Container List Series 13: Awards, 1939-1982 does not mention a degree from St. Ambrose.
                                            • In reply to a 2016 request to recheck official College records, archived student newspapers and the 1947-1948 yearbook to see if they mention Ellington, Ms Onnica Marquez, Archivist, St. Ambrose University, wrote:

                                              'I do not have commencement programs for 1947. It looks like John J. Donovan received an honorary degree that year.
                                                Commencement would have occurred in the Spring in the 40s. During this time, there were no winter or fall ceremonies. I do not have any evidence indicating that Duke Ellington received an honorary degree from the university.
                                               I went through the student newspapers. Count Bassie [sic] performed for homecoming. There is an article about that. There is no mention of Duke Ellington in the newspaper the weeks before the given dates or after.
                                                St. Ambrose students frequently attended event at the Coliseum, so I am sure Duke Ellington had fans here on campus. I think if he had received an honorary degree, given a lecture or anything else, it would have been well known... I'm not saying he didn't, but I am saying I do not have proof available.'

                                            Webmaster comment:
                                            Further research is needed. This is a problematic entry - we have two contemporary reports saying Ellington received the degree, and there must have been some reason for that.
                                            • Stratemann p.288 incorrectly citing Down Beat 1947-11-19Down Beat 1947-10-22 p.4, courtesy Dr. W. Knauer, Jazzinstitut Darmstadt (email 2016-04-05)
                                            • Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, Pittsburgh, Penn., Oct. 31, 1947 p.13
                                            • MIMM pp. 476-478
                                            • The Smithsonian Institution's DUKE ELLINGTON COLLECTION, 1927-1988, #301 Container List Series 13: Awards, 1939-1982
                                            • Email, Ms Onnica Marquez, Archivist, St. Ambrose University, 2016-04-04
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                                            Tuesday
                                            .Davenport, IowaLeClaire Gymnasium
                                            St. Ambrose College
                                            Ellington gave a short lecture and piano recital in the morning (stories make no mention of a degree being bestowed upon him). The Ambrosian News and the Democrat Leader reported the gymnasium was crowded and implied the entire student body attended. Ellington spoke for a few minutes then played, apparently without accompaniment. Titles reported were
                                            • Perfume Suite
                                            • Mood Indigo
                                            • Sophisticated Lady
                                            • Solitude
                                            • Body and Soul
                                            • Take the "A" Train
                                            The Ambrosian News reported Ellington was rushed from the Moline Airport with Monsignor Burke and the Mayor of Davenport amid the screams of police sirens. Cheers greeted the Duke as he strode across the gym, wearing a gray pinstripe suit, red and white polka dot tie, and a likable smile. When he finished playing, the audience shouted for more, and he played some encores. Eventually he raised a hand and said:This is the end.
                                            • Vail I
                                            • The Democrat and Leader, Davenport, Iowa, 1947-10-21, p.9
                                            • The Daily Times, Davenport, Iowa, 1947-10-21, p.8
                                            • The Ambrosian News, St. Ambrose College, Davenport, Iowa 1947-10-24 p.4
                                            • The clippings were provided by
                                              • O. Marquez, Library Archivist, St. Ambrose University Library
                                              • K. Reinhardt, Special Collections Librarian, Richardson-Sloane Special Collections Center, Davenport Public Library
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                                            Tuesday
                                            .Rock Island, Ill.Rock Island Armory

                                            'Tuesday
                                            Oct. 21
                                            The Musical Scoop of 1947
                                            Direct from Hollywood
                                            Winner "Downbeat" polls "Sweet" and "Hot"
                                            DUKE
                                            ELLINGTON
                                            and his famous ORCHESTRA
                                            DANCE
                                            The Easy Way With "The Duke"
                                            Sound engineers installing special RCA Sound Equipment
                                            ROCK ISLAND ARMORY
                                            $1.25 PER PERSON - plus tax'



                                            Rock Island, Illinois, is in the Mississippi River between Davenport, Iowa and Moline, Illinois, part of the Quad Cities metropolitan area.
                                            • Stratemann p.288
                                            • Vail I
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                                            Detroit, Mich.Paradise Theater
                                            3711 Woodward Ave.
                                            Vaudeville - Duke Ellington's all-star band, feturing Johnny Hodges, Al Hibler [sic], Delores [sic] Parker. Also Butter Beans, Susie, Bodbby and Foster Johnson.

                                            The Free Press music critic J. Dorsey Callaghan, wrote about Duke being interviewed by three young men from the staff of the Highland Park High School newspaper in his dressing room. His story didn't review the show nor does he say night this was.
                                            Detroit Free Press, Detroit, Mich.
                                            • 1947-10-23 p.18
                                            • 1947-10-26 s,B p.6
                                            • 1947-10-30 p.16
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                                            Halloween
                                            .Ottawa, Ont.AuditoriumCivil Service Association of Ottawa 40th Anniversary Party

                                            Dancing to
                                            DUKE ELLINGTON and His Band
                                            plus
                                            5 Vaudeville Acts
                                            Direct from New York
                                            Public Sale
                                            Tickets 75c per person at Lindsay's, Sparks St.

                                            The Ottawa Journal, Ottawa, Ont.,
                                            • 1947-10-23 p.11
                                            • 1947-10-28 p.21
                                            • 1947-10-31 p.25
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                                            Saturday
                                            .Montréal, P.Q.ColiseumConcert/dance
                                            The Montréal Gazette's favourable review describes an extremely relaxed atmosphere, with people wandering on and off the bandstand in this very large barn-like structure with the acoustics of a boiler factory.
                                            Montréal Gazette, Montréal,. P.Q...
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                                            Sunday
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                                            Friday
                                            .West Lafayette, Ind.Union Ballroom
                                            Purdue University
                                            Military Ball

                                            Ellington's orchestra played the military ball in the ballroom(s?), and Henry Busse's orchestra played in the Faculty Lounge.

                                            Ellington was interviewed for the Purdue Exponent by Rick Reikowsky:

                                            'The great Duke was shivering as he walked into the North Ballroom, just before the Military Ball last night. He was dressed meticulously, as he usually is, and was wearing a tan camel's hair coat, a light felt hat, and he brilliant blue and white silk scarf.
                                              The Duke his famous for many things and I asked him about these. He is as easy to talk to as a good friend. Very modestly he attributed his success to the fact that his band has been playing together for so long, that it is imbued with his type of music; almost second nature... '

                                            • The Purdue Exponent, Purdue University, courtesy D. T. Burrows, Graduate Assistant, Archives and Special Collections, Department of History, Purdue University (2016-07-14):
                                              • 1947-11-06 p.2
                                              • 1947-11-07 p.1
                                              • 1947-11-08 p.1
                                            • Stratemann p.288
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                                            Tuesday
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                                            In a story datelined New York, Nov. 15, The Billboard reported radio station WMCA was hiring name band leaders such as Tommy Dorsey and Ellington as disc jockeys, and had signed Ellington.

                                            Rather than trying to invest in developing new names jockeys, the station used recognized band leaders, planning to recover its $200,000 annual costs with commercials and syndication. The article says the contracts were mostly for five years with Ellington reportedly being paid $1,500/week plus a quarter interest in the gross syndication proceeds.

                                            Ellington's first show, due to be broadcast Dec. 29, was already sold. WMCA would write, produce and package the program, selling it to other stations for a station's one-time national evening or daytime gross hourly rate, depending on whether the show was aired during the evening or the day.
                                            The Billboard 1947-11-22 pp.10-11..
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                                            Friday
                                            .Newark, N.J.Terrace Ballroom
                                            Mosque Theatre Bldg.
                                            1620 Broad St.
                                            Dancing, 9 p.m. to 2 a.m., sponsored by The 14 Pals Social Club.

                                            Tickets - tables paid in advance $2.00 tax included, $2,50 at door. It isn't clear what the rest of the pricing is, but it seems to be $4.00 for a table for four and $7.00 for a table for eight.
                                            New York Amsterdam News, New York, N.Y. 1947-11-15 p.25..
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                                            ... Peripheral event
                                            In a story datelined New York Nov. 22, The Billboard said MGM Records reported signing Billy Strayhorn to a recording contract under which he would be conductor, writer and pianist. It isn't clear if he was to work with Buddy Rich, who the story also reported was signed by MGM.
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                                            .Buffalo, N.Y.Memorial AuditoriumDancing from ten to two
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                                            Sunday
                                            Covington, Ky.Lookout House
                                            • Night club residency, advertised as two weeks only
                                            • Two floor shows nightly, 8:30 p.m. and 1 a.m.
                                            • Dancers the Rimmer Sisters and comedians Myers and Walker were part of the show.
                                            • While Stratemann has the residency ending Dec. 7, Ellington was 400 miles away that night.
                                            • Covington is a suburb of Cincinnati.
                                            • The Nov.25 publicity says the entire dining room has been booked for several nights during Ellington's visit tothe Lookout House
                                            • Ellington was reported to be cutting some records to be used in his disc-jockey show.
                                            • Personnel named in the Nov. 25 plug: Parker, Nance, Davis, Hodges, Hibbler
                                            • The Cincinnati Enquirer, Cincinnati, Ohio
                                              • 1947-11-22 p.11-A
                                              • 1947-11-23 p.46
                                              • 1947-11-25 p.6-C
                                              • 1947-11-30 p.6 s.3
                                              • 1947-12-04 p.5-B
                                              • 1947-12-07 p.58
                                            • Stratemann, p.289, citing Down Beat 1947-11-19

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                                            Tuesday
                                            .Covington, Ky.Lookout Housesee 1947 11 24...
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                                            1947 11 26
                                            Wednesday
                                            .Covington, Ky.Lookout Housesee 1947 11 24...
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                                            Thursday
                                            .Covington, Ky.Lookout Housesee 1947 11 24...
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                                            Friday
                                            .Covington, Ky.Lookout Housesee 1947 11 24...
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                                            1947 11 29
                                            Saturday
                                            .Covington, Ky.Lookout Housesee 1947 11 24...
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                                            Sunday
                                            .Covington, Ky.Lookout Housesee 1947 11 24...
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                                            December 1947

                                            1947 12 00... Peripheral event
                                            In a story datelined New York, Nov. 22, The Billboard, Nov. 29 1947, p.38, reported Mercer Ellington's orchestra would play for dancing and back up the show at the new Club Ebony when it opened in December. The tunes were reportedly written by Ellington and Buster Harding.
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                                            ...PERSONNEL CHANGE
                                            Junior Raglin, bass, rejoins the band, likely in time for the band for their Columbia recording session of 1947 12 22.
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                                            Monday
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                                            Tuesday
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                                            Wednesday
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                                            Thursday
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                                            Friday
                                            .Covington, Ky.Lookout Housesee 1947 11 24...
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                                            1947 12 06
                                            Saturday
                                            .Covington, Ky.Lookout Housesee 1947 11 24-note this conflicts with the Danville engagement below....
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                                            Saturday
                                            .Cincinnati, Ohio.Broadcast - "King Cole Trio Time"
                                            This does not conflict with the Lookhouse since Covington is a suburb of Cincinnati, just across the Ohio River.
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                                            Saturday
                                            .Danville, Va.North Theater
                                            and/or
                                            City Armory
                                            False date.
                                            Webmaster comment:
                                            Götting shows an appearance here at the "North Thea" citing "CAH mail," but I have been unable to find any mention of it in the Danville Bee. The Dec. 6 edition, however, does carry an ad for Ellington appearing Dec. 16 - see below. Since a Dec. 6 appearance conflicts with the Covington job and Danville is hundreds of miles away, it appears the Dec. 6 entry was a mistake.
                                            • Stratemann, p.285
                                            • Vail I
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                                            Sunday
                                            .Covington, Ky.Lookout Housesee 1947 11 24...
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                                            1947 12 08
                                            Monday
                                            .Nashville, Tenn.Agricultural and Industrial State College.

                                            'Duke Ellington and his famous orchestra will present a program Monday, Dec. 8 at 8:15 p.m. at Ryman auditorium sponsored by the Lyceum committee of State college. Only 700 seats are being off[ered] for sale to the public since [omitted] faculty members and students of [omitted] college. '

                                            Additional documentation is likely to be found in SI-NMAH DEC301, Series 2: Performances and Programs, 1933-1974, box 10, folder 44 Tennessee A and I State College, December 8, 1947
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                                            1947 12 09
                                            Tuesday
                                            .Knoxville, Tenn...
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                                            Wednesday
                                            ...activities not documented
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                                            Thursday
                                            .Columbia, S.C..Concerts 3:00 and 8:30pm
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                                            Friday
                                            .Augusta, Ga...
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                                            Saturday
                                            .Birmingham, Ala...
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                                            1947 12 14
                                            Sunday
                                            .Atlanta, Ga.City AuditoriumConcert

                                            Pittsburgh Courier photo captions

                                            'DUKE'S CANARIES – When Duke Ellington gave a concert in Atlanta, Ga., recently, his audience was electrified with the talents of Delores Packer singing "St. Louis Blues" and Kay Davis' ethereal voice blending with the orchestra on "Transblucency." Again, Duke proves his infallibility in selecting artists who fit his musical format.

                                            GATE CITY ACCLAIMS DUKE – When Duke Ellington and his incomparable orchestra played a concert at Atlanta's City Auditorium, a crowd of 3,000 Negro and white music lovers gave him a might ovation. The welcoming group includes, left to right: Duke Ellington, Mrs. E.M.Groves, choir director, J. Neal Montgomery, promoter, and Mrs. Lucille McAllister Scott of the Atlanta Daily World.'


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                                            1947 12 15
                                            Monday
                                            .Raleigh, N.C...
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                                            1947 12 16
                                            Tuesday
                                            .Danville, Va.City Armory Drill HallDancing, limited to 500 tickets; advertised 9 'til 1, admissions $2.00, Advance $1.75, white spectators $1.50 tax included.
                                            The Bee, Danville, Va.
                                            • 1947-11-17 p.8
                                            • 1947-12-06 p.10
                                            • 1947-12-15 p.7
                                            • 1947-12-06 p.10
                                            • 1947-12-16 p.2
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                                            Wednesday
                                            .Asheville, N.C...
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                                            Thursday
                                            ...PERSONNEL CHANGE
                                            "Dud" Bascomb leaves the band
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                                            Thursday
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                                            Friday
                                            ...PERSONNEL CHANGE
                                            Trumpeter Al Killian, born 1916, joins the band, taking Cat Anderson's role as a high note man.
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                                            ...activities not documented
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                                            1947 12 21
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                                            ...activities not documented
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                                            1947 12 22
                                            Monday
                                            ...PERSONNEL CHANGE
                                            Junior Raglin, bass, rejoins the band, likely in time for the band for their Columbia recording session of 1947 12 22.
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                                            1947 12 22
                                            Monday
                                            .New York, N.Y.Liederkranz Hall,
                                            111 East 58th Street
                                            Columbia recording session
                                            14:30 to 17:30
                                            According to http://depanorama.net/47.htm at the time of writing, this session was in Liederkranz Hall. Other discographies I have consulted do not show the studio.

                                            Steven Lasker:

                                            'Columbia's recording ledger doesn't tell us this session was recorded in Liederkranz Hall (which is very likely; 799 Seventh Ave. is the other possibility).'


                                            Duke Ellington and His Orchestra
                                            Hemphill, Killian, F.Williams, Baker, Nance, Brown, Jones, Glenn, Hamilton, Procope, Hodges, Sears, Carney, Ellington, Guy, Pettiford, Raglin, Greer, Parker, K.Davis. New Desor shows Hibbler was present too, but since he didn't do these vocals, it isn't clear why he would have been, and he is known to have been away from New York only two days later (see 1947 12 24).
                                            Titles recorded:
                                            • I Could Get A Man
                                            • On A Turquoise Cloud
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                                            Tuesday
                                            ...activities not documented
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                                            Wednesday
                                            .New York, N.Y.Liederkranz Hall,
                                            111 East 58th Street
                                            Columbia recording session
                                            14:00-18:00
                                            According to http://depanorama.net/47.htm at the time of writing, this session was in Liederkranz Hall. Other discographies I have consulted do not show the studio.

                                            Steven Lasker:

                                            'Columbia's recording ledger doesn't tell us this session was recorded in Liederkranz Hall (which is very likely; 799 Seventh Ave. is the other possibility).'


                                            Duke Ellington and His Orchestra
                                            Hemphill, Al Killian, F.Williams, Baker, Nance, Brown, C.Jones, Tyree Glenn(tb,vib); Hamilton, Procope, Hodges, Sears, Carney, Ellington, Guy, Pettiford, Raglin, Greer, Elayne Jones(tympani), possibly Davis. New Desor p.153 says the personnel are the same as the Dec. 22 session, with tympanist Elayne Jones added, but she is excluded from New Desor Correction Sheet 1069, the 1954 Wax Works, Nielsen and MacHare. Lambert says Greer played tympani here.

                                            It isn't clear if Kay Davis was present. By saying the personnel is the same as Dec. 22, NDCS 1069 indicates she was as does Jepsen, but there's no apparent reason for her to have been present. Nielsen, Wax Works and Jepsen have Hibbler but not Davis. Timner V has neither and says Hibbler's vocal was dubbed later.

                                            Hibbler was not present because he was on the west coast, so his I Like the Sunrise vocal was dubbed later - see Stratemann p.289.
                                            Steven Lasker advises the ledger sheet (not card) lists instrumentation but not personnel....18 men: 5 trumpets; 3 trombones; 5 saxophones; piano; two basses; guitar; drums; with tympani added on XCO 40789.
                                            Titles recorded:

                                            LIBERIAN SUITE
                                            • I Like The Sunrise
                                            • Dance No. 1
                                            • Dance No. 2
                                            • Dance No. 3
                                            • Dance No. 4
                                            • Dance No. 5
                                            Liberian Suite was commissioned by the government of Liberia to celebrate the country's centennial.
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                                            Thursday
                                            Christmas
                                            ...activities not documented
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                                            1947 12 26
                                            Friday
                                            ... Peripheral event
                                            A winter storm paralyzed New York and New England this day, leaving 26 inches of snow on the ground by afternoon.
                                            • Stratemann p.289
                                            • Weather coverage, Brooklyn Daily Eagle
                                              • 1947-12-26 p.1
                                              • 1947-12-27 p.3
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                                            Friday
                                            .New York, N.Y.Savoy Plaza HotelThe National Committee for the Celebration of the 100th Anniversary of Liberia gave a luncheon honouring Ellington.Stratemann p.289 citing Variety 1947-12-24 p.40...
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                                            Friday
                                            .New York, N.Y.Nola studiosRehearsal for the evening concert.Stratemann p.289..
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                                            1947 12 26
                                            Friday
                                            .New York, N.Y.Carnegie Hall
                                            (Main Hall)
                                            Concert, 8:15 p.m., including the première performance of The Liberian Suite, commissioned by the Liberian government to celebrate that country's centennial.
                                            Due to the snow, the sidemen's luggage didn't arrive, so they played in street clothes. The instruments had to be carried by hand from the rehearsal hall. The concert started an hour late, at 9:05, and was played to a half empty house. Since most of the tickets were sold in advance, Ellington did not suffer a financial loss. Variety estimated he grossed between $8,500 and $10,000 over the two nights.
                                            The concert included a performance by Warren Norword (flute), Elaine Jones (F Horn) and Paul Rudolf (piano), the first three students to complete an advanced course at Juilliard on scholarships provided by Ellington. This segment was called "Entrance of Youth" by PM and they played Strayhorn's All Heart, accompanied by the band without Duke.
                                            The concert was recorded:
                                            Duke Ellington and His Orchestra
                                            Hemphill, Killian, F.Williams, Baker, Nance, Brown, Jones, Glenn, Hamilton, Procope, Hodges, Sears, Carney, Ellington, Guy, Pettiford, Raglin, Greer, Hibbler, Parker, K.Davis, guests Norword, E.Jones and Rudolf.
                                            Titles recorded:
                                            • Star Spangled Banner
                                            • Snibor (The New Look)
                                            • Blue Serge
                                            • Midriff
                                            • Triple Play
                                            • He Makes Me Believe He's Mine
                                            • Harlem Air-Shaft
                                            • Mella Brava
                                            • Kickapoo Joy Juice
                                            • On A Turquoise Cloud
                                            • Medley:
                                              • Wanderlust
                                              • Junior Hop
                                              • Jeep's Blues
                                              • Dooji Wooji
                                              • Jeep Is Jumpin'
                                              • Mood To Be Wooed
                                            • Juke Bop Boogie (Basso Profundo or Boogie Bop Blue?)
                                            • New York City Blues
                                            • The Clothed Woman
                                            • All Heart
                                            • LIBERIAN SUITE
                                              • I Like The Sunrise
                                              • Dance No. 1
                                              • Dance No. 2
                                              • Dance No. 3
                                              • Dance No. 4
                                              • Dance No. 5
                                            • Medley:
                                              • East St. Louis Toodle-O
                                              • Echoes Of Harlem
                                              • Things Ain't What They Used To Be
                                            • Stomp, Look And Listen
                                            • Bakiff
                                            • Rockin' In Rhythm
                                            • On The Sunny Side Of The Street
                                            • It's Monday Every Day
                                            • Lover Come Back To Me
                                            • Don't Take Your Love From Me
                                            • It Don't Mean A Thing (If It Ain't Got That Swing)
                                            • Medley
                                              • Do Nothin' Till You Hear From Me
                                              • In A Sentimental Mood
                                              • Mood Indigo
                                              • I'm Beginning To See The Light
                                              • Sophisticated Lady
                                              • Caravan
                                              • Solitude
                                              • I Let A Song Go Out of My Heart / Don't Get Around Much Anymore
                                            Steven Lasker reports the set list in the printed program varies slightly from what's listed in DESOR.
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                                            1947 12 27
                                            Saturday
                                            .New York, N.Y.Carnegie Hall
                                            (Main Hall)
                                            Concert, 8:15 p.m.
                                            This 3 hour recorded concert included the trio from Julliard again.
                                            Duke Ellington and His Orchestra
                                            Hemphill, Killian, F.Williams, Baker, Nance, Brown, Jones, Glenn, Hamilton, Procope, Hodges, Sears, Carney, Ellington, Guy, Pettiford, Raglin, Greer, Hibbler, Parker, K.Davis, guests Norword, E.Jones and Rudolf.
                                            Titles recorded:
                                            • Star Spangled Banner
                                            • Snibor (The New Look)
                                            • Blue Serge
                                            • Midriff
                                            • Triple Play
                                            • He Makes Me Believe He's Mine
                                            • Harlem Air-Shaft
                                            • Mella Brava
                                            • Kickapoo Joy Juice
                                            • On A Turquoise Cloud
                                            • Medley:
                                              • Wanderlust
                                              • Junior Hop
                                              • Jeep's Blues
                                              • Squaty Roo
                                              • Jeep Is Jumpin'
                                              • Mood To Be Wooed
                                            • Juke Bop Boogie
                                            • New York City Blues
                                            • The Clothed Woman
                                            • All Heart
                                            • LIBERIAN SUITE
                                              • I Like The Sunrise
                                              • Dance No. 1
                                              • Dance No. 2
                                              • Dance No. 3
                                              • Dance No. 5
                                              • Dance No. 5
                                            • Medley:
                                              • East St. Louis Toodle-O
                                              • Echoes Of Harlem
                                              • Things Ain't What They Used To Be
                                            • Stomp, Look And Listen
                                            • Bakiff
                                            • Rockin' In Rhythm
                                            • On The Sunny Side Of The Street
                                            • Cotton Tail
                                            • It's Monday Every Day
                                            • Lover Come Back To Me
                                            • Don't Take Your Love From Me
                                            • It Don't Mean A Thing (If It Ain't Got That Swing)
                                            • Medley:
                                              • Do Nothin' Till You Hear From Me
                                              • In A Sentimental Mood
                                              • Mood Indigo
                                              • I'm Beginning To See The Light
                                              • Sophisticated Lady
                                              • Caravan
                                              • Solitude
                                              • I Let A Song Go Out of My Heart / Don't Get Around Much Anymore
                                            • Tulip Or Turnip
                                            • Blue Skies (Trumpets No End)
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                                            1947 12 28
                                            Sunday
                                            ...activities not documented
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                                            1947 12 29
                                            Monday
                                            Midnight
                                            .New York, N.Y.WMCA StudiosWMCA broadcast

                                            Duke and 8 sidemen appeared on the radio at midnight for the Paradise Wine "Dial The Duke" show
                                            In a story datelined New York, Nov. 22, The Billboard reported WMCA's new transcribed Duke Ellington disk jockey show would kick off December 29 and play from 9 to 10 am Monday to Friday and from midnight to 1 a.m. seven days a week. The entire nighttime version was already bought by Paradise Wine Corporation, and three sponsors each had purchased 15 minutes of the morning show. Bob Bach, formerly with The Billboard, was to take over writing and disc selection duties.

                                            The Pittsburgh Courier reported the contract was for five years. It said the Dec. 29 midnight broadcast would be a one hour live show, to be repeated later. The other programs would be by transcription so as not to interrupt Duke's personal appearances.
                                            Duke Ellington Group
                                            Killian, Nance, Brown, Glenn, Hamilton, Hodges, Carney, Ellington, Guy, Raglin, Greer, Buddy Rich, K.Davis.

                                            Titles recorded:
                                            • Take The "A" Train (theme)
                                            • C-Jam Blues
                                            • Things Ain't What They Used To Be
                                            • Transblucency
                                            • On The Sunny Side Of The Street
                                            • The Billboard, Nov. 29 1947, p.7
                                            • Pittsburgh Courier 1947-11-22, p.17
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                                            1947 12 30
                                            Tuesday
                                            .New York, N.Y..Columbia recording session,
                                            14:20 - 17:00
                                            Duke Ellington and His Orchestra
                                            Killian, Baker, Brown, Glenn, Hamilton, Hodges, Sears, Carney, Ellington, Raglin, Greer, Parker
                                            Titles recorded:
                                            • A Woman And A Man
                                            • The Clothed Woman
                                            • New York City Blues
                                            • Let's Go Blues
                                          • Email Lasker-Palmquist 2014-10-14 re session time
                                          • Girvan:   Ellingtonia.com
                                          • MacHare:   A Duke Ellington Panorama
                                          • Dooji Collection record labels
                                          • Timner
                                          • Benny Aasland:
                                            The Wax Works of Duke Ellington, 1954
                                          • E. Lambert:
                                            Duke Ellington, A Listener's Guide
                                            , p.147
                                          • Jorgen Grunnet Jepsen, Discography of Duke Ellington, Vol.3 1947-59
                                          • Ole J. Nielsen, Jazz Records 1942-80, A discography: Vol. Six, Duke Ellington
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                                            1947 12 30
                                            Tuesday
                                            .Philadelphia, Penn.Academy of MusicEvening concert.
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                                            1947 12 31
                                            Wednesday
                                            .Boston, Mass.Symphony HallConcert
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                                            January 1948

                                            1948 01 00...PERSONNEL CHANGES
                                            Bassist Junior Raglin leaves the band.
                                            Except The Billboard said:

                                            'Bassist Oscar Pettiford out of Duke's ork, with Junior Raglin returning to the crew as replacement.'

                                            • New Desor vol.2
                                            • The Billboard 1948-01-17 p.18
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                                            Saturday
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                                            Sunday
                                            ...activities not documented...
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                                            Monday
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                                            Wednesday
                                            ...activities not documented...
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                                            Thursday
                                            ...activities not documented...
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                                            1948 01 09
                                            Friday
                                            8:30 pm
                                            .Cincinnati, OhioTaft AuditoriumConcert
                                            "Big Music Festival
                                            25 Musicians and Entertainers
                                            ...featuring Liberian Suite Commissioned by the Government of Liberia for its Centennial, plus Many of the Favorite Numbers"

                                            Ticket prices $3.60, $3.00, $2,40, $1.80, $1.20
                                            The Cincinnati Enquirer review titled ELLINGTONIA confirmed the following titles were played:
                                            • Blue Serge
                                            • Harlem Airshaft
                                            • I Like the Sunrise
                                            • Jeep's Blues
                                            • Liberian Suite
                                            • Mella Brava
                                            • Mood to be Wooed
                                            • New Look
                                            • Midriff
                                            • New York City Blues
                                            • On A Turquoise Cloud
                                            • The Clothed Woman
                                            • The Jeep Is Jumpin'
                                            • Triple Play
                                            • Wanderlust
                                            Personnel mentioned in the review
                                            • Kay Davis
                                            • Al Hibbler
                                            • Dolores Parker
                                            • Johnny Hodges
                                            • Lawrence Brown
                                            • Harold Baker
                                            • Strayhorn and Mercer Ellington were mentioned as writers, but it isn't clear if they performed
                                            • Hamilton (Ohio) Journal
                                            • Ads,
                                              • 1948-01-02, p.8
                                              • 1948-01-05, p.4
                                              • 1948-01-09, p.8
                                            • The Cincinnati Enquirer, Cincinnati, Ohio
                                              • Ads and plugs
                                                • 1947-12-07 p.4
                                                • 1948-01-04 pp.45,46
                                                • 1948-01-07 p.4-B
                                                • 1948-01-08 p.5-B
                                                • 1948-01-09 p.5-B
                                              • Review, 1948-01-10 p.12-B
                                            • Additional documentation is likely to be found in the SI-NMAH DEC301 Series 2: Performances and Programs, 1933-1974, box 14, folder 39 Taft Theatre, Cincinnati, Ohio, January 9
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                                            Saturday
                                            .Detroit, Mich.Masonic Auditorium.
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                                            Sunday
                                            .Chicago, Ill.Civic Opera HouseTwo concerts, 3pm and 8:30 pm
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                                            Monday
                                            1948 01 14Columbus, OhioPalace Theatre.
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                                            Tuesday
                                            .Columbus, OhioPalace TheatreSee 1948 01 12
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                                            Wednesday
                                            .Columbus, OhioPalace TheatreSee 1948 01 12
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                                            1948 01 15
                                            Thursday
                                            .Fort Wayne, Ind.Quimby AuditoriumConcert
                                            Program details, courtesy S. Lasker:
                                            4-page printed program, back cover is blank
                                            Front cover:
                                            DAN HARBAECKER

                                            PRESENTS

                                            Duke Ellington

                                            QUIMBY AUDITORIUM
                                            Fort Wayne,
                                            Indiana

                                            THURSDAY, JANUARY 15

                                            Unnumbered page 2:
                                            DUKE ELLINGTON CONCERT
                                            PROGRAM
                                            1948

                                            THE NATIONAL ANTHEM

                                            Part I
                                            1. Opening Selection
                                            a. The New Look
                                            b. Blue Serge
                                            c. Midriff
                                            Strayhorn, Mercer Ellington
                                            2. Triple PlayStrayhorn
                                            3. Introducing Delores Parker Duke Ellington, John Latouche
                                            4. Harlem AirshaftEllington
                                            5. Mella BravaEllington
                                            6. Kikapoo JoysEllington
                                            7. On a Turquoise CloudLawrence Brown, Ellington
                                            8. Johnny Hodges Medley.
                                            9. Basso Mo ThundoEllington
                                            10. New York City BluesEllington
                                            11. The Clothed WomanEllington
                                            12. Liberian SuiteEllington
                                            INTERMISSION

                                            Unnumbered page 3:
                                            Part II
                                            13. An Ellington ThemeEllington
                                            14. Stomp, Look and Glisten [sic]Ellington
                                            14. [sic] BakiffJuan Tizol, Ellington
                                            15. Rocking in Rhythm [sic]Harry Carney, Ellington
                                            16. On the Sunny Side of The StreetJimmy McHugh,
                                            Dorothy Fields
                                            17. Songs by Al Hibbler.
                                            18. Duke Ellington at the Piano.

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                                            1948 01 16
                                            Friday
                                            .Indianapolis, Ind.English Auditorium.
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                                            1948 01 17
                                            Saturday
                                            ...activities not documented...
                                            ...
                                            1948 01 18
                                            Sunday
                                            8:30 pm
                                            .Burlington, IowaMemorial AuditoriumConcert "exactly as presented in Carnegie Hall, New York"
                                            Announcement and ad, Burlington, Iowa, Hawk-Eye Gazette 1948-01-17,p.3.
                                            Vail IA.Neegard oct092011
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                                            1948 01 19
                                            Monday
                                            8 pm
                                            .Lawrence, Ks.Hoch Auditorium
                                            University of Kansas
                                            (Unconfirmed)

                                            "Carnegie Hall Concert"
                                            Ad, Lawrence Daily Journal-World, 1948-01-07, p.3..
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                                            1948 01 20
                                            Tuesday
                                            .Ames, IowaMemorial Union Hall.
                                            Special to the Nonpareil, Council Bluffs, Iowa, Nonpareil, 1948-01-16, p.19.
                                            Vail I.2011
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                                            1948 01 21
                                            Wednesday
                                            ...activities not documented...
                                            ...
                                            1948 01 22
                                            Thursday
                                            .Madison, Wisc.Orpheum Theatre.
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                                            1948 01 23
                                            Friday
                                            .Urbana-Champaign, Ill.Illini Union Faculty Lounge
                                            University of Illinois
                                            Peripheral event
                                            Marshall Stearns, described as the former editor of Down Beat, gave a lecture "Ellington and Development of Jazz" at 4 p.m. as part of the university's Star Course.
                                            • The Daily Illini, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, Ill.,
                                              • 1948-01-21 p.2
                                              • 1948-01-23
                                            • Vail I
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                                            1948 01 23
                                            Friday
                                            1948 01 24Urbana, Ill.Auditorium
                                            University of Illinois
                                            8 p.m. concert, admission $1.80

                                            First of two Ellington concerts on campus this weekend, rescheduled from Jan. 15.
                                            Alan Zachary in Daily Illini:

                                            'Ray Nance..."waltzed " away with the honors at last night's excellent Star Course performance by the Duke and his brilliant instrumentalists.
                                              ...the concert provided three hours of the best popular entertainment presented in the Twin Cities this year.
                                              Nance's ability on the violin and as a "scat" singer was vividly illustrated by what were probably the most unique performances of the evening.
                                              In ..."Liberian Suite" Nance displayed virtuosity and tone equal to that of many famous violinists. The impressionistic "Bakiff" by Juan Tizol and Ellington was also interpreted with feeling.
                                              Nance's vocal on "What Am I To You" was the reward Ellington gave the audience when the orchestra was called back for final encore.
                                              As master of ceremonies, Ellington was extraordinarily talented. He said during intermission that "it was a sensitive audience" and that he was "pleased with the response."
                                              ...Kay Davis, using her voice as one of a group of instruments, introduced one of Ellington's musical experiments... '

                                            Mr. Zachary goes on to discuss performances by Hibbler, Hodges, Brown and Greer, and named Liberian Suite, Bakiff, What Am I to You, Indian Love Call, Monday Every Day, Lover Come Back To Me, Summertime, Basso Mo Thundo, On the Sunny Side of the Street, Sophisticated Lady, Do Nothin' Till You Hear from Me, I'm Beginning to See the Light, Mood Indigo.

                                            Shorty Baker and Tyree Glenn were also present since they were photographed for the Illini.
                                            Marshall Stearns' Down Beat review:

                                            'After a three-week shakedown on the road, the new Ellington concert program has crescendoed into a thing of beauty...For two nights in a row the concert sold out to frantically enthusiastic audiences...
                                              Changes in the program...have been slight but important. A few numbers have come and gone, but the big switch consists of cuts here and there where the going was dull and above all, individual modifications by the soloists and sections to fit their own styles and tastes...
                                              ... the first part of the concert program consists of new stuff, arranged in order of maximum contrast and featuring Duke's Liberian Suite ...
                                              The second part of the concert contains better-known material with a flag-waver towards the end which turns the audience into the aisles...Starting mildly enough with a vocal by Al Hibbler on It Don't Mean A Thing, the band gradually works up a momentum which rocks the countryside. Even the squarest get hep. For it's the band at its best, erupting with that fundamental, unchanging ingredient of all great jazz. The stuff has been there for nearly twenty years, and it's still mellow!'

                                            The venue is the University of Illinois rather than the University of Chicago as reported in Stratemann. While the former had a satellite campus for first and second year courses at the Navy Pier in Chicago, there was no University of Chicago at the time.
                                            • Stratemann, p.292, citing Marshall Stearns in Down Beat, 1948-02-25
                                            • Brief mention, Waterloo Daily Courier, 1948-01-28, p.3
                                            • Vail I, with a copy of the Down Beat review by Stearns
                                            • The Daily Illini, University of Illinois, Champaign-Urbana
                                              • Ads and publicity,
                                                • 1947-11-21 p.1
                                                • 1948-01-13 p.4
                                                • 1948-01-15 p.1
                                                • 1948-01-21 p.2
                                                • 1948-01-23 pp.1,2,4
                                              • Alan Zachary review, 1948-01-24 pp.1,2
                                              • Photo 1948-01-27 p.1
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                                            1948 01 24
                                            Sunday
                                            .Urbana, Ill.Auditorium
                                            University of Illinois
                                            Second concert on campus, 9:30 p.m., scheduled late to avoid conflicting with a basketball game. Admission $1.80 See review at 1948 01 22 above.
                                            See 1948 01 23...
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                                            1948 01 25
                                            Sunday
                                            .Chicago, Ill.New Savoy BallroomDance
                                            Stratemann, p.292 citing Chicago Defender 1948-01-21 p.27...
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                                            1948 01 26
                                            Monday
                                            ...activities not documented...
                                            ...
                                            1948 01 27
                                            Tuesday
                                            8:15 pm
                                            .Cedar Rapids, IowaColiseum
                                            (Likely Veteran's Memorial Coliseum)
                                            .
                                            Brief mention, Waterloo Daily Courier, 1948-01-28, p.3

                                            • Ad, unspecified source, from A.Neegard's research Oct.2009
                                            • Ad, Iowa City Press-Citizen 1948-01-20, p8 & 1948-01-24, p.10
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                                            1948 01 28
                                            Wednesday
                                            .Freeport, Ill.Consistory Auditorium
                                            Shrine Temple
                                            activities not documented
                                            The Journal-Standard 1948-01-12 announced the band would play the Consistory on January 28, but it appears the event was cancelled. The paper's 1949-09-15 edition announces two concerts on Oct. 4 at this venue, saying it will be the first local appearance of the popular musician and his organization...
                                            Announcements, The Journal-Standard, Freeport, Ill.
                                            • 1948-01-12 p.2
                                            • 1948-09-15 p.2
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                                            1948 01 29
                                            Thursday
                                            .Cedar Falls, IowaIowa State Teachers College(Unconfirmed)

                                            Concert

                                            Sonny Greer absent, Oliver Coleman of Chicago subbed.
                                            • Announcement, Waterloo Daily Courier 1948-01-16 p9
                                            • Brief mention, Waterloo Daily Courier, 1948-01-28, p.3
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                                            Friday
                                            ...activities not documented...
                                            ...
                                            1948 01 31
                                            Saturday
                                            ...activities not documented...
                                            ...

                                            February 1948

                                            1948 02 01
                                            Sunday
                                            ...activities not documented
                                            ...
                                            ...
                                            1948 02 02
                                            Monday
                                            ...activities not documented
                                            ...
                                            ...
                                            1948 02 03
                                            Tuesday
                                            ...activities not documented
                                            ...
                                            ...
                                            1948 02 04
                                            Wednesday
                                            ...activities not documented
                                            ...
                                            ...
                                            1948 02 05
                                            Thursday
                                            ...activities not documented
                                            ...
                                            ...
                                            1948 02 06
                                            Friday
                                            1948 02 11Louisville, Ky.National TheatreStage show
                                            Appearance with impersonator George Kirby and dancers Peck & Peck.
                                            Stratemann p.292 citing Variety 1948-11-02 p.48...
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                                            1948 02 07
                                            Saturday
                                            .Louisville, Ky.National Theatresee 1948 02 06...
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                                            1948 02 08
                                            Sunday
                                            .Louisville, Ky.National Theatresee 1948 02 06...
                                            ..2011
                                            1948 02 09
                                            Monday
                                            .Louisville, Ky.National Theatresee 1948 02 06...
                                            ..2011
                                            1948 02 10
                                            Tuesday
                                            .Louisville, Ky.National Theatresee 1948 02 06...
                                            ..2011
                                            1948 02 11
                                            Wednesday
                                            .Louisville, Ky.National Theatresee 1948 02 06...
                                            ..2011
                                            1948 02 11
                                            Wednesday
                                            .Akron, OhioArmory(Unconfirmed)

                                            Presumably a dance.

                                            Note this conflicts with the Louisville show.
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                                            Thursday
                                            1948 02 18
                                            Wednesday
                                            Cleveland, OhioPalace TheaterStage show
                                            ...
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                                            1948 02 13
                                            Friday
                                            .Cleveland, OhioPalace Theatersee 1948 02 12
                                            ...
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                                            1948 02 14
                                            Saturday
                                            Valentine's Day
                                            .Cleveland, OhioPalace Theatersee 1948 02 12
                                            ...
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                                            1948 02 15
                                            Sunday
                                            .Cleveland, OhioPalace Theatersee 1948 02 12
                                            ...
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                                            1948 02 16
                                            Monday
                                            .Cleveland, OhioPalace Theatersee 1948 02 12
                                            ...
                                            ..2011
                                            1948 02 17
                                            Tuesday
                                            .Cleveland, OhioPalace Theatersee 1948 02 12
                                            ...
                                            ..2011
                                            1948 02 18
                                            Wednesday
                                            .Cleveland, OhioPalace Theatersee 1948 02 12
                                            ...
                                            ..2011
                                            1948 02 19
                                            Thursday
                                            ...activities not documented
                                            ...
                                            ...
                                            1948 02 00...PERSONNEL CHANGES
                                            Singer Dolores Parker leaves the band.
                                            While she is named in the ad for the Regal Theatre appearance, she may have gone earlier, since these ads are usually based on publicity material sent some time before an engagement.
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                                            1948 02 20
                                            Friday
                                            1948 02 26
                                            Thursday
                                            Chicago, Ill.Regal Theatre
                                            47th at South Parkway
                                            Vaudeville

                                            'IN PERSON
                                            ON STAGE
                                            America's
                                            Genius
                                            of Jazz
                                            DUKE ELLINGTON
                                            and his famous ORCHESTRA
                                            Featuring
                                            Johnny Hodges
                                            RAY NANCE - Harry Carney, Lawrence Brown,
                                            Junior Raglin
                                            AL HIBBLER - KAY DAVIS - DOLORES PARKER
                                            Extra Added Attraction!
                                            MANTON MORELAND & HEYWOOD JONES
                                            PECK and PECK - GEORGE KIRBY
                                            Plus Action Thriller On Screen...'

                                            • Ad, Chicago Defender 1948-02-21 p.26
                                            • Stratemann p.292
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                                            1948 02 21
                                            Saturday
                                            .Chicago, Ill.Regal TheatreVaudeville - see 1948 02 26...
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                                            1948 02 22
                                            Sunday
                                            .Chicago, Ill.Regal TheatreVaudeville - see 1948 02 26...
                                            ..2011
                                            1948 02 23
                                            Monday
                                            .Chicago, Ill.Regal TheatreVaudeville - see 1948 02 26...
                                            ..2011
                                            1948 02 24
                                            Tuesday
                                            .Chicago, Ill.Regal TheatreVaudeville - see 1948 02 26...
                                            ..2011
                                            1948 02 25
                                            Wednesday
                                            .Chicago, Ill.Regal TheatreVaudeville - see 1948 02 26...
                                            ..2011
                                            1948 02 26
                                            Thursday
                                            .Chicago, Ill.Regal TheatreVaudeville - see 1948 02 26...
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                                            1948 02 27
                                            Friday
                                            1948 03 04
                                            Thursday
                                            Milwaukee, Wisc.Riverside Theater.
                                            ...
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                                            1948 02 28
                                            Saturday
                                            .Milwaukee, Wisc.Riverside TheaterSee 1948 02 27
                                            ...
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                                            1948 02 29
                                            Sunday
                                            .Milwaukee, Wisc.Riverside TheaterSee 1948 02 27
                                            ...
                                            ..2011

                                            March 1948

                                            1948 03 01
                                            Monday
                                            .Milwaukee, Wisc.Riverside TheaterSee 1948 02 27
                                            ...
                                            ..2011
                                            1948 03 02
                                            Tuesday
                                            .Milwaukee, Wisc.Riverside TheaterSee 1948 02 27
                                            ...
                                            ..2011
                                            1948 03 03
                                            Wednesday
                                            .Milwaukee, Wisc.Riverside TheaterSee 1948 02 27
                                            ...
                                            ..2011
                                            1948 03 04
                                            Thursday
                                            .Milwaukee, Wisc.Riverside TheaterSee 1948 02 27
                                            ...
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                                            1948 03 05
                                            Friday
                                            ...activities not documented...
                                            ...
                                            1948 03 06
                                            Saturday
                                            .Gary, Ind.Miramar Ballroom.
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                                            1948 03 07
                                            Sunday
                                            2:30 pm
                                            .Bunker Hill Air Base, Ind.Show PalaceConcert
                                            Sponsored by Logansport Beta Sigma Phi sorority, profits to benefit its charity fund.

                                            The publicity says "The Duke Ellington concert is considered one of the nation's great musical attractions. The same concert broke all records at Carnegie Hall in New York and the Chicago Civic Opera House."

                                            "Mr. and Mrs. James Hall and Beulah attended the Duke Ellington show at the Bunker Hill Air Base Show Palace Sunday afternoon."
                                            Bunker Hill Air Base is now Grissom Reserve Air Force Base on Hwy 31 between Peru and Kokomo.
                                            Logansport Pharos-Tribune
                                            Ads
                                            1948-01-26,p.3
                                            1948-03-01
                                            1948-03-28,p.8
                                            Publicity
                                            1948-02-26,p.14
                                            1948-03-05,p.6
                                            Society note
                                            1948-03-09,p.7
                                            Kokomo Tribune
                                            Ads
                                            1948-03-03, p.10
                                            1948-03-05,p.7
                                            Publicity
                                            1948-03-04,p.16
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                                            1948 03 08
                                            Monday
                                            1948 03 14
                                            Sunday
                                            Buffalo, N.Y.Town CasinoVaudeville.
                                            3 shows nightly, 7:30, 10:30 and 1:30, no admission, cover or entertainment charges except Saturday
                                            Full course dinners $1.50 up.
                                            Monday was advertised as "Ladies Night - Spend only what you like."
                                            Buffalo Courier Express, 1948-03-07 p.5-D:

                                            '...The famous maestro is beginning his 1948 tour of principal American cities which will take him to Hollywood for picture work.
                                              "We are extremely fortunate in having been successful in securing the Duke, his orchestra and revue featuring a variety of top ranking vaudeville acts..." said Harry Altman, Casino show producer, and Harry Wallens, co-owner.
                                              ...This weeks program also will feature Mary Allen and her Three Gentlemen of Syncopation, Lenny Page, master-of-ceremonies, Jack Fairchild and John Arnt, piano and organ duo, and other acts.'

                                            The Thursday and Saturday ads said "Packing Crowds In."
                                            Webmaster's comment:
                                            While I did not find a webpage devoted to the venue, several describe it, including one with a vintage postcard describing it as "America's Most Beautiful RESTAURANT-THEATRE." Opened in 1945 across from Shea's Buffalo theatre, the main floor was for dining, with a stage at one end, and gambling was in the basement. It was equipped for radio remote broadcasts.
                                          • Stratemann, p.292
                                          • Buffalo Courier-Express:
                                            • Publicity, 1948-03-07, p.5-D
                                            • Ads
                                              • 1948-02-15, p.7
                                              • 1948-03-02, p.16
                                              • 1948-03-03, p.18
                                              • 1948-03-05, p.8
                                              • 1948-03-06, p.8
                                              • 1948-03-07, p.5-B
                                              • 1948-03-08, pp.1, 16
                                              • 1948-03-09, p.6
                                              • 1948-03-10, p.6
                                              • 1948-03-11, pp.1, 10
                                              • 1948-03-13, p.20
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                                            Tuesday
                                            .Buffalo, N.Y.Town CasinoVaudeville - see 1948 03 08
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                                            1948 03 10
                                            Wednesday
                                            .Buffalo, N.Y.Town CasinoVaudeville - see 1948 03 08
                                            ...
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                                            1948 03 11
                                            Thursday
                                            .Buffalo, N.Y.Town CasinoVaudeville - see 1948 03 08
                                            ...
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                                            1948 03 12
                                            Friday
                                            .Buffalo, N.Y.Town CasinoVaudeville - see 1948 03 08
                                            ...
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                                            1948 03 13
                                            Saturday
                                            .Buffalo, N.Y.Town CasinoVaudeville - see 1948 03 08
                                            ...
                                            ..2011
                                            1948 03 14
                                            Sunday
                                            .Buffalo, N.Y.Town CasinoVaudeville - see 1948 03 08
                                            ...
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                                            1948 03 15
                                            Monday
                                            1948 03 17
                                            Wednesday
                                            Youngstown, OhioPalace TheaterTheatre show
                                            Stratemann, p.292...
                                            ..Added
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                                            1948 03 16
                                            Tuesday
                                            .Youngstown, OhioPalace Theatersee 1948 03 15
                                            ...
                                            ..2011
                                            1948 03 17
                                            Wednesday
                                            .Youngstown, OhioPalace Theatersee 1948 03 15
                                            ...
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                                            1948 03 18
                                            Thursday
                                            ...activities not documented...
                                            ...
                                            1948 03 19
                                            Friday
                                            1948 03 21
                                            Sunday
                                            Hartford, Conn.State Theater.
                                            ...
                                            ..Added
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                                            1948 03 20
                                            Saturday
                                            .Hartford, Conn.State Theater.
                                            ...
                                            ..2011
                                            1948 03 21
                                            Sunday
                                            .Hartford, Conn.State Theater.
                                            ...
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                                            1948 03 22
                                            Monday
                                            ...activities not documented...
                                            ...
                                            1948 03 23
                                            Tuesday
                                            ...activities not documented...
                                            ...
                                            1948 03 24
                                            Wednesday
                                            ...activities not documented...
                                            ...
                                            1948 03 25
                                            Thursday
                                            ...activities not documented...
                                            ...
                                            1948 03 26
                                            Friday
                                            1948 04 01
                                            Thursday
                                            Washington, D.C.Howard Theatre
                                            620 T St.
                                            Stage show...
                                            ..Added
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                                            1948 03 27
                                            Saturday
                                            .Washington, D.C.Howard Theatre
                                            620 T St.
                                            Stage show - see 1948 03 26...
                                            ..2011
                                            1948 03 28
                                            Sunday
                                            .Washington, D.C.Howard Theatre
                                            620 T St.
                                            Stage show - see 1948 03 26...
                                            ..2011
                                            1948 03 29
                                            Monday
                                            .Washington, D.C.Howard Theatre
                                            620 T St.
                                            Stage show - see 1948 03 26...
                                            ..2011
                                            1948 03 30
                                            Tuesday
                                            .Washington, D.C.Howard Theatre
                                            620 T St.
                                            Stage show - see 1948 03 26...
                                            ..2011
                                            1948 03 31
                                            Wednesday
                                            .Washington, D.C.Howard Theatre
                                            620 T St.
                                            Stage show - see 1948 03 26...
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                                            1948 00 00...PERSONNEL CHANGE
                                            Oscar Pettiford leaves the band in the spring of 1948
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                                            April 1948

                                            1948 04 01
                                            Thursday
                                            .Washington, D.C.Howard Theatre
                                            620 T St.
                                            Stage show - see 1948 03 26...
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                                            1948 04 02
                                            Friday
                                            .En routeTrainEllington collapsed on the train between Washington and New York and was taken to hospital on arrival in New York.Stratemann, p.292..
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                                            1948 04 02
                                            Friday
                                            1948 04 08
                                            Thursday
                                            New York, N.Y.Apollo Theater
                                            253 W. 125th St., Borough of Manhattan, Harlem district
                                            Guest conductor used, and Stratemann says Strayhorn subbed on piano.

                                            Variety 1948-04-07 named the piano sub as Una Mae Carlisle and the 1948-04-10 The Billboard said the opening day subs were Teddy Wilson and Mary Lou Williams
                                            Stratemann, p.292, citing
                                            • Down Beat, 1948-04-24
                                            • Down Beat, 1948-05-05
                                            • Variety 1948-04-07 p.51
                                            • Variety 1948-04-10 p.41
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                                            1948 04 03
                                            Saturday
                                            .New York, N.Y.Apollo Theater
                                            253 W. 125th St.
                                            Harlem
                                            see 1948 04 02
                                            Guest conductor used, Strayhorn subbed on piano
                                            Stratemann, p.292..
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                                            1948 04 03
                                            Saturday
                                            .New York, N.Y.Carnegie Hall
                                            (Main Hall)
                                            Peripheral event

                                            Concert, 11:30 P.M.
                                            The Pittsburgh Courier Charities Fund, Inc. presented its annual Midnite Jazz Concert, featuring winners of The Courier's Popularity Poll. A portion of the concert was broadcast on the MBS network, with an estimated audience of 19,000,000. Named in the New York Age ad:
                                            • Duke Ellington and His Orchestra
                                            • Count Basie
                                            • Billy Eckstine
                                            • Billy [sic] Holliday
                                            • Mary Lou Williams
                                            • Johnny Hodges
                                            • Fred Robbins
                                            • Dan Burley
                                            • Lucky Millender and Band
                                            • Illinois Jacquet
                                            • Sarah Vaughn
                                            • The Charioteers
                                            • Oscar Moore
                                            • Leo Parker
                                            • Bull Moose Jackson
                                            • Ed Sullivan
                                            • Wilberforce Collegians
                                            • "and other selected artists"

                                            Ellington's orchestra placed first in the Pittsburgh Courier's annual poll and opened the concert. It led off its set with C-Jam Blues. Ellington was still in hospital, and Strayhorn led the band in his stead. Hodges, also a winner, performed a medley.

                                            Ticket prices, tax included, were $5.00, $3.60, $2.40 and $1.80, with tickets sold at the Carnegie Hall box office and the offices of the Amsterdam News on Eighth Avenue and in Brooklyn and at the New York Courier office.

                                            Poll results
                                            • Top band - Duke Ellington and his famous orchestra
                                            • Top band leader - Ellington
                                            • top arranger - Ellington
                                            • top alto sax - Johnny Hodges
                                            • member of all-star band - Lawrence Brown
                                            • Harry Carney placed second for baritone saxophone
                                            Carnegie Hall's performance history database shows 2,000 attended the concert.
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                                            1948 04 04
                                            Sunday
                                            .New York, N.Y.Apollo Theater
                                            253 W. 125th St.
                                            Harlem
                                            see 1948 04 02
                                            Strayhorn subbed as conductor and Mary Lou Williams subbed on piano
                                            Stratemann, p.292..
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                                            1948 04 05
                                            Monday
                                            .New York, N.Y.Harkness Pavilion
                                            Columbia Presbyterian Medical Center
                                            Duke has an operation on his kidney to remove a cyst..
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                                            1948 04 05
                                            Monday
                                            .New York, N.Y.Apollo Theater
                                            253 W. 125th St.
                                            Harlem
                                            see 1948 04 02 and 1948 04 04
                                            Strayhorn subbed as conductor and Mary Lou Williams subbed on piano
                                            ...
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                                            1948 04 06
                                            Tuesday
                                            .New York, N.Y.Apollo Theater
                                            253 W. 125th St.
                                            Harlem
                                            see 1948 04 02 and 1948 04 04
                                            Strayhorn subbed as conductor and Mary Lou Williams subbed on piano
                                            ...
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                                            1948 04 07
                                            Wednesday
                                            .New York, N.Y.Apollo Theater
                                            253 W. 125th St.
                                            Harlem
                                            see 1948 04 02 and 1948 04 04
                                            Strayhorn subbed as conductor and Mary Lou Williams subbed on piano
                                            ...
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                                            1948 04 08
                                            Thursday
                                            .New York, N.Y.Apollo Theater
                                            253 W. 125th St.
                                            Harlem
                                            see 1948 04 02 and 1948 04 04
                                            Strayhorn subbed as conductor and Mary Lou Williams subbed on piano
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                                            1948 04 09
                                            Friday
                                            ...activities not documented...
                                            ...
                                            1948 04 10
                                            Saturday
                                            .Syracuse, N.Y.Civic Theater
                                            572 S.Salina St.
                                            Activities not documented

                                            A scheduled concert in Syracuse was "cancelled on account of serious illness of Duke Ellington."

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                                            1948 04 11
                                            Sunday
                                            .Buffalo, N.Y.Memorial AuditoriumConcert without Duke
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                                            1948 04 12
                                            Monday
                                            .Pittsburgh, Penn.
                                            Savoy Ballroom
                                            (Unconfirmed)

                                            Stratemann, p.292, suggests this was cancelled. Götting's TDWAW, citing Vail, says "no Duke"
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                                            1948 04 13
                                            Tuesday
                                            .New York, N.Y.Carnegie Hall
                                            (Main Hall)
                                            Benefit concert for the Booker T. Washington Memorial Fund, 8:30 p.m.

                                            Stratemann, p.292, suggests this was cancelled, but this is incorrect.

                                            John Howland, Ellington Uptown, University of Michigan Press, 2009, p. 253, relied on the concert program in mistakenly saying Duke was the MC and the Ellington band played one number.

                                            This is consistent with Vail,which says the orchestra,led by Strayhorn, played without Ellington.

                                            In a column headed Two Swell Joes In A Soft Shoe Number, Zanesville Times-Recorder columnist Earl Wilson reviews the concert and says Arthur Godfrey emceed it and introduced Ellington's band.
                                              Zanesville Times Recorder
                                              • Announcement, 1948-04-06, p.4
                                              • Review 1948-04-19, p.4
                                            • Vail I
                                            • Ellington Uptown p.253
                                            • NMAH Duke Ellington Collection, 1927-1988, #301, Container List Series 2: Performances and Programs, 1933-1974, Domestic Tours, 1937-1974, Box 11, Folder 1
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                                            Wednesday
                                            ...activities not documented...
                                            ...
                                            1948 04 15
                                            Thursday
                                            ...activities not documented...
                                            ...
                                            1948 04 16
                                            Friday
                                            .Sandusky, OhioJunior High School(Unconfirmed)

                                            SA concert at the junior high school seems likely to have been cancelled. Stratemann, p. 292, says further bookings for the band were cancelled, and the band did not resume its schedule until the Paramount engagement
                                            • The Sandusky Register-Star-News 1948-03-06, p.10
                                            • Stratemann p.292
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                                            Saturday
                                            ...activities not documented...
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                                            1948 04 18
                                            Sunday
                                            ...activities not documented...
                                            ...
                                            1948 04 19
                                            Monday
                                            ...activities not documented...
                                            ...
                                            1948 04 20
                                            Tuesday
                                            ...activities not documented...
                                            ...
                                            1948 04 21
                                            Wednesday
                                            1948 05 18New York, N.Y.Paramount Theatre4 stage shows daily and 5 on weekends.
                                            With a show limited to 35 minutes that included Ella Fitzgerald (acc. by Hank Jones), the Four Step Brothers dance act and impersonator George Kirby, Ellington could only perform three numbers each time. The theatre grossed $381,000 over the four week run of this show.
                                            Stratemann, p.292 citing
                                            • Variety 1948-04-28 p.54
                                            • The Billboard 1948-05-01, p.42
                                            • Down Beat 1948-05-19
                                            • The Billboard 1948-06-05 p.37
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                                            Thursday
                                            .New York, N.Y.Paramount Theatresee 1948 04 21...
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                                            1948 04 23
                                            Friday
                                            .New York, N.Y.Paramount Theatresee 1948 04 21...
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                                            1948 04 24
                                            Saturday
                                            .New York, N.Y.Paramount Theatresee 1948 04 21...
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                                            1948 04 25
                                            Sunday
                                            .New York, N.Y.Paramount Theatresee 1948 04 21...
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                                            1948 04 25
                                            Sunday
                                            .New York, N.Y.Birdland
                                            or
                                            Ebony Club
                                            Stratemann, p.306 has a photo showing a smiling Ellington sitting at a cocktail lounge table gazing at singer Ella Fitzgerald, with clarinet players Stan Hasselgard and Benny Goodman sitting at another table in the background. Stratemann's caption says the date is probably April 25 and he identifies the venue as Birdland, the occasion being Ella's birthday.

                                            Vail has the same photo on his April 1948 page, but says it is at the Ebony Club..
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                                            Monday
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                                            Tuesday
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                                            Wednesday
                                            .New York, N.Y.Paramount Theatresee 1948 04 21...
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                                            1948 04 29
                                            Thursday
                                            Ellington's birthday
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                                            Friday
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                                            1948 05 01
                                            Saturday
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                                            Sunday
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                                            Sunday
                                            .New York, N.Y.Rainbow RoomDuke attended Bing Crosby's birthday party
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                                            Monday
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                                            Tuesday
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                                            Wednesday
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                                            Thursday
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                                            Friday
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                                            Saturday
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                                            Sunday
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                                            Monday
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                                            1948 05 11
                                            Tuesday
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                                            1948 05 12
                                            Wednesday
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                                            1948 05 13
                                            Thursday
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                                            1948 05 14
                                            Friday
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                                            1948 05 15
                                            Saturday
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                                            1948 05 16
                                            Sunday
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                                            1948 05 17
                                            Monday
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                                            Tuesday
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                                            1948 05 19
                                            Wednesday
                                            ...activities not documented...
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                                            1948 05 20
                                            Thursday
                                            ...activities not documented...
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                                            1948 05 21
                                            Friday
                                            ...activities not documented...
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                                            1948 05 22
                                            Saturday
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                                            1948 05 23
                                            Sunday
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                                            1948 05 24
                                            Monday
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                                            1948 05 25
                                            Tuesday
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                                            1948 05 26
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                                            1948 05 30
                                            Sunday
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                                            1948 05 31
                                            Monday
                                            ...activities not documented...
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                                            June 1948

                                            1948 06 01
                                            Tuesday
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                                            Wednesday
                                            ...activities not documented...
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                                            Thursday
                                            ...activities not documented...
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                                            1948 06 04
                                            Friday
                                            .New York, N.Y.Pine Room
                                            Warwick Hotel
                                            Ellington hosted a cocktail party for the English pressStratemann p.292 citing The Billboard 1948-06-05 p.20..
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                                            Saturday
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                                            Sunday
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                                            1948 06 07
                                            Monday
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                                            Tuesday
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                                            Wednesday
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                                            Thursday
                                            ...activities not documented...
                                            ...
                                            1948 06 00... Peripheral event
                                            While Ellington was overseas, Harry Carney had his only extended vacation in his first 25 years with Ellington (1927-1962), holidaying with his family at Old Orchard Beach, Maine.

                                            Stratemann (p.293) reports the rest of the band was either on paid vacation or had had short paying gigs.
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                                            Friday
                                            1948 06 18New York, N.Y.R.M.S. MediaEllington, with manager Al Celley, barber Fernandez, and music publisher Jack Robbins, embarked on the Cunard White Star passenger liner R.M.S. Media for a tour of Great Britain as a cabaret act.

                                            Newbrook:

                                            "...The more I look into it, the more I read into it, I become quite convinced in my mind that Duke really regarded this visit as a holiday, a paid holiday, and very nice too. And that's reinforced by some notes I found. I actually did find in the archive the two copies of Down Beat which relate to his Paris trip which was the well-known 68 Hours Without Sleep by Ernest Bornemann. He actually asked Duke outright, did he like being over here with this small unit better than the big band. And Duke said, 'No, I was sick. They took a cyst out of my kidney and I wanted to take a rest.'"


                                            Peter Newbrook to Kay Davis: ...And I'd like to ask Kay if she has any memories of the actual opening of the show at the Palladium.

                                            Ms Davis:I don't really have any strong memories of anything. It was 50 years ago, right. But, I remember Pearl on the plane going over. We flew. Duke went on the ship, but we flew over. I think Ray flew, too.

                                            Newbrook: Ray did too, yes.

                                            Gloria Nance questions this.

                                            Ellington seems to contradict this in MIMM:

                                            "Jack and I used to play gin rummy all night, and at five o'clock every morning they would put on a crew of five to serve us breakfast, just Jack and me. After we had had our breakfast, I would go into the salon to sit at the piano and warm up my left hand,...I had to have my exercise. I would play and play until one by one the other passengers came in. We had a ball all the way over. Besides Kay Davis and Ray Nance, I had Hermandez, my barber, with me."

                                            Mrs. Nance said Ellington used this trip to entice Ray back into the band.

                                            Other passengers on the ship included Rev. and Mrs. Arthur Gregson (returning to England for a holiday) and Dr. Emory Ross, secretary of the Africa Committee of the Foreign Missions Conference.
                                            • Panel discussion, Peter Newbrook, Kay Davis, Gloria Nance, Jack Fallon, Malcolm Mitchell and Tony Crombie, "The British Tour, 1948," Blue Light 15/1 (Spring 2008)
                                            • Personals, Portville, N.Y. Review, 1948-05-27, p.5
                                            • New York Age, 1948-06-19
                                            • Down Beat 1948 08 25 p.6
                                            • Duke Ellington, MIMM p.188
                                            • Photograph, Duke on gangway of the R.M.S.Media at Pier 54
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                                            .Atlantic OceanRMS MediaAt sea, bound for England
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                                            Sunday
                                            .Atlantic OceanRMS MediaAt sea, bound for England
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                                            Monday
                                            .Atlantic OceanRMS MediaAt sea, bound for England
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                                            Tuesday
                                            .Atlantic OceanRMS MediaAt sea, bound for England
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                                            Wednesday
                                            .Atlantic OceanRMS MediaAt sea, bound for England
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                                            Thursday
                                            .Atlantic OceanRMS MediaAt sea, bound for England
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                                            Friday
                                            .Atlantic OceanRMS MediaAt sea, bound for England
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                                            Saturday
                                            .Liverpool and London, England.Disembarking in Liverpool, Ellington travelled the same day to London, where a very tired and "browned off" Duke arrived late on the Saturday.
                                            • Stratemann p.292
                                            • Down Beat 1948-07-28 p. 2
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                                            1948 06 001948 07 00Braintree, Essex, UKDance home(Unconfirmed)

                                            At some time during his time in England, Ellington visited the home of Stanley Dance's parents. (Stanley Dance was born in Braintree.)

                                            Photos show Ellington with Stanley Dance, by himself and with Helen Dance.
                                            • Three photos credited to Stanley Dance in Peter Gammond, Duke Ellington - His Life And Music, 1959, p.128
                                            • Vail I carries one of the photos
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                                            Sunday
                                            .London, UK Palladium(Unconfirmed)

                                            This day's activities are not documented but the wording in Down Beat seems to suggest this day was spent rehearsing "the rest of the big supporting bill."
                                            Down Beat 1948-07-28 p. 2..
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                                            Monday
                                            1948 07 03London, EnglandPalladiumConcert - show in 2 parts - Ellington, Nance and Davis appeared in the second half, backed by the local "Skyrockets Orchestra."

                                            Stratemann p.292 says the Nicholas Brothers appeared near the end of the first half, and that Pearl Bailey was also in the show.

                                            Stratemann says Ellington was paid $10,000/week for the Palladium engagement.

                                            Opening night was panned by the critics.
                                            • Stratemann p.292
                                            • Stuart S. Allen: "London Largo. A Weary Duke Errs By Not Rehearsing with Ork," Down Beat 1948-07-28 p.2
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                                            Wednesday
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                                            Friday
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                                            Saturday
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                                            Sunday
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                                            Monday
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                                            Wednesday
                                            .London, EnglandPalladiumsee 1948 06 21...
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                                            1948 00 00...PERSONNEL CHANGE
                                            Hal Singer, tenor sax, joins the band in the summer of 1948 and leaves in the fall.
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                                            Thursday
                                            .London, England. Peripheral event
                                            Ray Nance played in a Ray Ellington Quartet recording session (Ray Ellington was a pseudonym for English musician Reggie Pitts.)
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                                            Friday
                                            .London, EnglandPalladiumsee 1948 06 21...
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                                            Saturday
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                                            Sunday
                                            .Southampton, EnglandGuildhallConcert tour
                                            After leaving the Palladium, Ellington, Nance and Davis toured Britain with a two hour show, accompanied by a British trio: Malcolm Mitchell, guitar; Jack Fallon, bass; Tony Crombie, drums.

                                            They travelled by coach (bus). Mitchell said Ellington wrote out Take the "A" Train for him on the coach from London to Southampton. Crombie said there were about 40 people in the entourage, and Nance travelled with a big box of records weighing about 200 pounds, a record player, two instruments and a wardrobe.
                                            • Stratemann p.292
                                            • Panel discussion - see 1948 06 11
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                                            Monday
                                            1948 07 09Bournemouth, England Winter GardenConcert, see 1948 07 04Stratemann p.292..
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                                            1948 07 06
                                            Tuesday
                                            .Bournemouth, England Winter GardenConcert, see 1948 07 04...
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                                            Wednesday
                                            .Bournemouth, England Winter GardenConcert, see 1948 07 04...
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                                            Thursday
                                            .Bournemouth, England Winter GardenConcert, see 1948 07 04...
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                                            Friday
                                            .Bournemouth, England Winter GardenConcert, see 1948 07 04...
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                                            Saturday
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                                            1948 07 11
                                            Sunday
                                            .Blackpool, EnglandNew Opera HouseConcert, see 1948 07 04Stratemann p.292..
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                                            Monday
                                            .Edinburgh, Scotland Usher HallConcert, see 1948 07 04

                                            After the show, Ellington, Mitchell, Fallon and Crombie attended a private party; host's name not documented.
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                                            Tuesday
                                            .Glasgow, ScotlandSt. Andrew's HallConcert, see 1948 07 04Stratemann p.292..
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                                            Wednesday
                                            .Newcastle-on-Tyne, EnglandCity HallConcert, see 1948 07 04Stratemann p.292..
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                                            Thursday
                                            .Leicester, EnglandDeMontfort HallConcert, see 1948 07 04Stratemann p.292..
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                                            1948 07 16
                                            Friday
                                            .Nottingham, EnglandAlbert Hall Methodist MissionUnscheduled day off
                                            A concert planned for this "temperance hall" was cancelled when the minister refused to allow it.
                                            Rev. Frank T. Copplestone...said: "We felt it seemed hardly the standard of concert we like to have in the hall – which, after all, is our church...We aim to let the hall be used for civic and social functions and high-class concerts.'

                                            The group therefor had the day off.
                                            • David Bradbury Duke Ellington Life & Times, Haus Publishing, 2005, p.73
                                            • Stratemann p.292
                                            • Vail I
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                                            Saturday
                                            .Sheffield, EnglandCity HallConcert, see 1948 07 04Stratemann p.292..
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                                            Sunday
                                            .Buxton, England.Matinée, see 1948 07 04R. Boyes..
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                                            Sunday
                                            .Manchester, EnglandKing's Hall
                                            Belle Vue Zoological Gardens
                                            Concert, see 1948 07 04Stratemann p.292..
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                                            Monday
                                            .
                                            • London, England
                                            • Paris, France
                                            • Victoria Station
                                            • The Golden Arrow boat train
                                            • Unnamed ferry
                                            • La Flèche d'Or boat train
                                            • La Gare du Nord
                                            • Claridge's hotel
                                            • Moune's club
                                            • Club Saint Germain-de-Près
                                            • Club Lido
                                            • Claridge's
                                            Stratemann and Vail report Ellington and his five companions (Davis, Nance, Mitchell, Fallon and Crombie) journeyed from England to France.

                                            The Baltimore Afro-American printed photos of Ellington being kissed by fan as he stepped off Golden Arrow boat train at Gare du Nord and posing with a snare drum, surrounded by musicians playing soprano sax, cornet or trumpet, trombone and string bass, with a crowd behind him.

                                            Assuming the schedule did not change significantly between 1948 and 1949, the train would have left Victoria Station, London at 10:30 a.m. GMT. The party would have taken a special ferry to Calais, transferred to the service's French train, La Flèche d'Or, and arrived in Paris at Gare du Nord at 5:30 p.m. GMT+1 or 4:30 p.m. GMT, a six hour trip.

                                            Ellington's Associated Press guest column describes his arrival:

                                            '...During the Channel crossing to France, Kay Davis, Ray Nance and I voiced our fears that nothing could equal our reception in Britain. When we stepped from the train at the Gare du Nord in Paris those fears were swept away at once. Two bands, one jazz and one be-bop ... were on hand to spark the welcome by a cheering, clamoring throng that filled the streets as far as the eye could reach. Never have I been kissed so much in so short a time.'

                                            Although Ellington's description of their arrival says they played at the Salle Pleyel "that night," that first concert was the next night.

                                            Ernest Borneman described Duke's arrival in Down Beat. He says the MGM newsreel truck, the Radio Diffusion recording van and photographers from practically every paper in the city were present. The people waiting for Duke included "Strayhorn's pal" Aaron Bridges and singer Honey Johnson.

                                            Arriving with Duke were Kay, Ray and the English trio, publisher Jack Robbins, songwriter Kermit Gould, manager Al Celley, barber Hernandez and half a dozen hangers-on. Leaving the station, they were met by Claude Bolling's seven-piece band, "a fanfare of New Orleans jazz," He reports Duke sat down and played snare drum with Bolling's band (as shown in the Baltimore Afro-American photos). Promoter Jules Borking organized their transfer in a cavalcade of honking cars and taxis to Claridge's hotel on the Champs-Elysées.

                                            The hotel suite, on the first floor of the hotel facing the street would be too noisy For Ellington to sleep during the day, it only had four rooms, and Duke thought the bathtub was too small. A connecting suite was taken, "just in time to welcome the first influx of visitors, musicians, musicians' wives, pressmen, photographers, autograph hounds and curiosity seekers."

                                            Rex Stewart's wife and a friend came; Stewart was then touring Germany. Borneman's interview with Ellington was interrupted by Al Celley who told Duke to go to bed for an hour, before having dinner and going to a party.

                                            Duke slept some two hours, and they left the hotel at 11 p.m., stopping first at a club in the Latin Quarter run by someone named Moune who Bridges wanted to meet.

                                            Promoter Borkin, irate, arrived with staff from Club Saint Germain-de-Près to take Duke to the party. Borkin's car stalled, so they were about two hours late at Club Saint Germain. The club had hired forty policemen to keep order, and is was too noisy for Boris Vian's orchestra to be heard. Among the people there named by Borneman were Timme Rosenkrantz, Inez Cavanaugh, composer Georges Auric, and actress Simone Signoret ... Returning to Duke's hotel before daybreak, the group stopped Club Lido, where Jack Robbins and Kay Davis danced. The morning edition of Combat was brought in, already describing the Club Saint Germain party. Someone from the Paris Herald Tribune took Ellington pff to the bar, and somebody else bought drinks for everyone.

                                            After the Lido closed, the group returned to Claridge's for sandwiches and coffee. Although Ellington was ready to sleep, Borneman had to work.
                                            • Stratemann p.293
                                            • Vail I
                                            • Baltimore Afro-American 1948-07-31 p.6 courtesy Franz Hoffman clippings files at RainerJazz, the Jazz Archive Site
                                            • Duke Ellington, Broadway column, Associated Press 1948-08-26
                                            • Ernest Borneman, The Duke in Paris–Part I, Diary—68 Hours Without Sleep, Down Beat 1948-08-25 pp.6-7
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                                            Tuesday
                                            .Paris, FranceClaridge'sBy the time Borneman finished work at 5:30, Ellington had been up for a few hours to make Swiss and Belgian radio broadcasts promoting his concerts in Zurich and Brussels. Inez Cavanaugh had assumed the role of secretary, and the phone rang often, while reporters and photographers kept moving things around. Visiting French musicians sat in awe.

                                            The concert was to start at 9 o'clock, but Duke was still in the hotel at 8:50 p.m.
                                            Ernest Borneman, Diary—68 Hours Without Sleep, The Duke in Paris–Part II, Down Beat 1948-09-08 p.6..
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                                            Tuesday
                                            1948 07 21Paris, FranceSalle PleyelConcert - scheduled to start 9 p.m.; actual curtain 9:25.
                                            Ellington:

                                            'That night [recte the next night], at the Salle Pleyel, following the regular two hour concert by the six in our troup [sic] we were forced (very happily) to do almost 40 minutes of encores.'

                                            Borneman says Al Celley controlled the lighting, that the audience, expecting the full band, was at first disappointed to see just the trio of Fallon, Mitchell and Crumbie but Duke captured the audience within 20 minutes. The trio played better during their first three numbers than with Duke. Borneman names some of the titles played, including [truncated] -long to You, Things Ain't What They Used to Be, Dancers in Love, a medley (I Let A Song Go Out of My Heart, Sophisticated Lady, Solitude, etc.), Squeeze Me but Don't Tease Me, Just A-Settin' and a-Rockin', then Duke played Take the A-Train and left the stage, returning quickly for a series of encores - Mood Indigo, C-Jam Blues, Body and Soul, Turnip or Tulip [sic] and Honeysuckle Rose.

                                            Songs listed in the concert program included Caravan, The Clothed Woman, Moon Mist, Ragtime in A Major, Creole Love Call, The Blues from Black, Brown and Beige, Transblucency, Frankie and Johnny, Jump with the Trio, Black and Tan Fantasy, Things Ain't What They Used To Be, Dancers in Love, Piano Medley, Just Sqeenze Me But Please Don't Tease Me/Just a-Settin' [sic] and a-Rockin', Take the "A" Train.
                                            • Stratemann p.293
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                                            • Duke Ellington, Broadway column, Associated Press 1948-08-26
                                            • Ernest Borneman, Diary—68 Hours Without Sleep, The Duke in Paris–Part II, Down Beat 1948-09-08 p.6
                                            • Concert Programme, DEC301, Series 2: Performances and Programs, 1933-1974, box 1, folder 9 Salle Pleyel, Paris, France, July 20-21, 1948, Archive Center, Smithsonian Institution National Museum of American History
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                                            Tuesday
                                            .Paris, FranceClub Saint Germain-de-PrèsBorneman reported that after the concert, everybody returned to Club Saint Germain-de-Près to listen to Vian's orchestra, drink, and talk about everything except music.

                                            Ellington:

                                            'One of our dressing room visitors after the concert was Django Rheinhardt... Django insisted that we attend a party in our honor at the famed Club St. Germaine, haunt of the Existentialists. That was certainly one of my most unique parties. Food could not be had even for the asking, but only the champagne flowed more rapidly than the extremely animated conversation...'

                                            Expatriate American writer Richard Wright's chronicle:

                                            Wright attends a reception honoring Duke Ellington at the Club St. Germain des Prés , where Wright is seated at the head table and Ellington and others squeeze in to see Wright.'

                                            Borneman left at 4 a.m. to walk home and write his report on the first two nights.
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                                            • Ernest Borneman, Diary—68 Hours Without Sleep, The Duke in Paris–Part II, Down Beat 1948-09-08 p.6
                                            • Duke Ellington, Broadway column, Associated Press 1948-08-26
                                            • Toru Kiuchi, Yoshinobu Hakutani, Richard Wright: A Documented Chronology, 1908-1960, McFarland & Company, Inc., Jefferson, North Carolina, 2013, p.246, citing newspaper and other sources found in other books
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                                            Wednesday
                                            .Paris, FranceSalons Gallimard
                                            5, rue Sebastien Bottin
                                            Borneman received an invitation early in the day to a cocktail party in Ellington's honour held by the Présence Africaine magazine at 5:30 precisely which "turns out to be 7:15 p.m. vaguely." Duke, welcomed by African drummers and dancers, played a bit while Honey Johnson sang.

                                            Richard Wright, a Présence Africaine board member, attended to welcome Louis Armstrong and Ellington.

                                            Ellington left at 8:15 to return to his hotel for a snack before the evening concert.
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                                            • Richard Wright: A Documented Chronology, 1908-1960 (ibid.), p.246
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                                            Wednesday
                                            .Paris, FranceSalle PleyelConcert

                                            The programme was changed, so Kay Davis opened with Creole Love Call sung off-stage. Other than saying the programme built from there and was "even better" than the night before, Borneman gives no details.

                                            By midnight everybody was back at Claridges.
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                                            .Paris, France
                                            • Claridge's hotel
                                            • Carrèrés
                                            • Florence
                                            • Cloche d'Or
                                            • Claridge's
                                            Ellington missed a news conference scheduled for 11 p.m. at his hotel. By the time he and his group arrived, the reporters were gone. Some people remained - Jack Robbins, Timme Rosenkrantz, and Inez Cavanaugh - and musicians and their friends began to arrive. By 1:30 a.m. the "house is so full that everybody decides to move out again."

                                            The group went to Carrèrés where, after an hour or so, a lady asked Duke to play Transblucency. He obliged even though Kay Davis wasn't there.

                                            About 3 in the morning, Duke decided to go to a place called Florence to meet trumpeter Arthur Briggs. There, when French trumpeter Jackie Vermont asked Duke what he thought of bebop, Duke replied,

                                            'I don't think I want to consider it as a technique. All I can say its that it's part of the emancipation of the American Negro.'

                                            An unnamed expatriate American entertainer with an interest in some Paris nightclubs insulted Duke, saying he liked to be surrounded by white people. This was followed by dead silence, and Duke left.

                                            On his way out the cloakroom girl asked for his autograph; since he didn't have a piece of paper, he signed a thousand franc note for her.

                                            The Ellington party then had onion soup at Cloche d'Or between 5 and 6 a.m. and chatted until Ellington returned to his hotel to pack.
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                                            .Paris to BrusselsTrainEllington and his party left Paris for Brussels by train at 9:30 a.m.

                                            Borneman wrote Ellington was to play one night in Brussels, then a night in Antwerp, another in Brussels, one in Zurich and one in Geneva, before returning home via Paris.
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                                            Thursday
                                            .Bruxelles, La Belgique
                                            aka
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                                            Hotel MétropoleEllington and Kay Davis attended an afternoon press reception opened by a Jacques Loar, who is unknown to M Debroe. (This may be the Belgian actor and film director listed in IMDB.)

                                            During the press conference, Ellington answered questions about Existentialism and be-bop.
                                            • De Nieuwe Gids, Amsterdam, 1948-07-23, courtesy Véronique Wese, Koninklijke Bibliotheek van België by email 2015-07-17
                                            • Email, Debroe-Palmquist 2015-07-18
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                                            .Bruxelles, La Belgique
                                            aka
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                                            Palais des Beaux-Arts,
                                            aka
                                            Paleis voor Schone Kunsten
                                            8:15 p.m.
                                            First of two Brussels concerts

                                            Tickets were sold at La Maison Bleu, a record store at 34, Zuidestraat.

                                            Webmaster's comments:
                                            • Belgian researcher Georges Debroe provided the times and dates of these concerts, and said the French papers also advertised another Paris concert for August 1. It clearly didn't take place date since Ellington and party embarked from Cherbourg on July 30.
                                            • Playlist written by a fan at one of the Brussels concerts, in order (courtesy M Debroe):
                                              • Rockin' in Rhythm
                                              • Caravan
                                              • The Clothed Woman
                                              • Black and Tan Fantasy
                                              • ?
                                              • Creole Love Call
                                              • Transblucency
                                              • ?
                                              • Frankie & Johnnie – Intermission – Jumping with The Trio
                                              • Ragtime in A Major
                                              • Blues
                                              • ?
                                              • Things Ain't What They Used To Be
                                              • Dancers In Love
                                              • Medley:I Let A Song Go Out Of My Heart-Sophisticated Lady-?-Don't Get Around Much Anymore-Solitude
                                              • Just A-Settin and A-Rockin'
                                              • Take the "A" Train
                                              • Mood Indigo
                                              • C Jam Blues
                                              • Body And Soul
                                              • ?
                                            • Stratemann p.293
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                                            .Antwerp, BelgiumZoologieConcert, 8:15 p.m.
                                            • Stratemann p.293
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                                            • Additional documentation is likely to be found in SI-NMAH Archives Center, DEC301, Series 2: Performances and Programs, 1933-1974, box 1, folder 10 Paris, France, July 23, 1948
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                                            .Bruxelles, La Belgique
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                                            Palais des Beaux-Arts8:15 p.m.
                                            Second of two Brussels concerts
                                            • Stratemann p.293
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                                            .Zurich, SwitzerlandUrban (Bellevueplatz)Afternoon concert, 17:30
                                            • Stratemann p.293
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                                            • Email from Y.Maag-Palmquist 2015-07-16 citing Tagblatt der Stadt Zürich 1948-07-26
                                              Webmaster's note: The Swiss regulate training in information and documentation - see www.ausbildung-id.ch/ - Y. Maag holds the designation Fachmann I+D in Ausbildung, and is based in Zentralbibliothek Zürich
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                                            .Geneva, SwitzerlandVictoria Hall
                                            Sautier-Jaeger
                                            Fusterie 12
                                            Concert .
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                                            Friday
                                            1948 08 04Cherbourg. France
                                            at sea, Atlantic Ocean
                                            R.M.S. Queen ElizabethEllington (age 49) and Al Celley (age 39) embarked for New York, travelling in first class. Willis R. Nance, 5845 Indiana, Chicago, age 34, Kathryn Davis, age 27, 666 St. Nicholas Ave., New York, and Gerado [sic} Hermandez [sic} , age 47, 874 Kelly St., Bronx, New York, travelled cabin class. Presumably the latter was the man described as Ellington's barber, Hernandez.

                                            (The ship carried 2,240 passengers.)
                                            U.S. Treasury Department Form I-416, List of In-Bound Passengers (United States Citizens and Nationals), departing Cherbourg 30th July 1948...
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                                            .New York, N.Y.Apollo CaféHodges, Hamilton, Glenn, Strayhorn, Raglin and Greer played one week here during Ellington's absence, had a week off, then played here another 2 weeks. On August 10 they gave Ellington a welcome home party at the café.
                                            Stratemann, p.293 citing
                                            • New York Age 1948-08-07 p.25
                                            • The Billboard 1948-07-10 p.18
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                                            The Billboard 1948-08-21 p.21 reported the band would leave for a three week tour of Canada and the eastern US this date
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                                            September 1948

                                            1948 09 00.New York, N.Y..PERSONNEL CHANGE
                                            Wendell Marshall (1920-2002), bass, joined the band sometime in September.
                                            Matthias Heyman:

                                            'On August 12, 1942, Wendell Marshall, Jimmie Blanton's first cousin (on his mother's side), received a letter with an offer from Lionel Hampton to join his band, although he had hardly been playing professionally for a few months (in his home town, St. Louis). He joined Hampton in Los Angeles shortly before the band opened at the Casa Mañana on August 20.

                                            His Aunt Gertrude, Jimmie Blanton's mother, was still in Los Angeles to make final arrangements for Jimmie's remains to be sent home, and offered his bass to Marshall.

                                            Marshall stayed with Hampton only for a few months before his military service,* but kept Blanton's bass as his personal instrument for the remainder of his professional career. When he joined Ellington in September 1948 (after playing briefly with Mercer's band) he not only brought a bit of Blanton back into the band through kinship, but also with Jimmie's instrument.

                                            P.S.: No interview of Marshall has a more concrete date than September, although he did say that he joined the band at a time when Raglin was still with them, but was ill. He doesn't say they played alongside each other (like Blanton and Raglin did), but it is likely that he observed Raglin a bit 'to get a feel of the band,' as happened before with Blanton and Raglin (although Blanton and Raglin did play side by side).'

                                          • In 1955 he told Nat Hentoff he went to Lincoln University, after leaving Hampton, and was inducted into the army in 1943. After 37 months in the army, he worked with Stuff Smith and formed his own group. In New York in 1947, he joined Mercer Ellington's band in New York. During a layoff, Mercer put him into Duke's orchestra, where he stayed until January 1955.

                                          • Webmaster's comments:
                                            • New Desor has Marshall in the band from Sept.1948 to January 1955, with a month out of the band in early 1953.
                                            • Stratemann has him replacing Raglin in New York, which would have to be by Sept. 8 or in early November - he was recorded in Schenectady on Nov.6.
                                            • New Desor has Raglin leaving the band in January 1948, and Pettiford leaving in the spring of 1948, so I'm not sure which one Wendell Marshall replaced.
                                            • Stratemann also has Ben Webster rejoining on Nov. 11, writing that Marshall and Butter Jackson simultaneously replaced Raglin and Claude Jones.
                                            • New Desor vol.2
                                            • Email, M.Heymann-Palmquist 2014-11-11, citing:
                                              • Metronome, Oct. 1942, p.7 "Blanton's Bass with Hampton"
                                              • "Down Beat 1942-09-01 p.2 "New Hamp Bass is First Cousin of Blanton"
                                              • Down Beat 1955-03-23 p.6, Nat Hentoff, "Marshall, Bass On Own After 6 Years With Duke"
                                              • Radio interview Phil Schaap - Caroline Blanton 1993-10-05 (Blanton's 75th Birthday Special)
                                              • Radio interview Phil Schaap - Wendell Marshall 2000-10-24 (Marshall's 80th Birthday Special)
                                            • Obituary, The Independent (by Steve Voce)
                                            • Jazz Times obituary
                                            • The Telegraph obituary
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                                            Wednesday
                                            .Cumberland, Md.Maryland Theater(Unconfirmed)

                                            "Duke Ellington, genius of modern American music, brings his world famous orchestra to the stage of the Maryland Theatre, for one day only, Wednesday, Sept.15. Featured with the Ellington band of 16 will be Ray Nance, Al Hibbler, Kay Davis,vocal; Johnny Hodge [sic], Harry Carney, Junior Raglin,and Lawrence Brown,novelties."
                                            Stage show 1:40, 4:05, 7:05 and 9:30

                                            Adults 12 to 5 All Seats 60 cents Inc.Tax 5 to Close 80 cents Inc.Tax Children Under 12 Yrs. 20 cents Inc.Tax

                                            Gallery open 11:45 a.m. to 9:30 p.m. COLORED ONLY
                                            Gallery seats - 12 to 5 50 cents - 5 to Close 60 cents - Children 20 cents
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                                            Monday
                                            .Mexico, N.Y.Oswego Theater

                                            'ONE DAY ONLY
                                            IN PERSON
                                            ON OUR STAGE
                                            DUKE ELLINGTON &
                                            HIS ORCHESTRA'



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                                            .UniontownMelody Rink.
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                                            Sunday
                                            .Indianapolis, Ind.Murat Theater.
                                          • NMAH Duke Ellington Collection, 1927-1988, #301, Container List Series 2: Performances and Programs, 1933-1974, Domestic Tours, 1937-1974, Box 11, Folder 1
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                                            1948 10 00...PERSONNEL CHANGE
                                            Trombonist Claude B. Jones leaves the band
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                                            .Freeport, Ill.Consistory Auditorium
                                            Shrine Temple
                                            (Unconfirmed)

                                            Journal-Standard 1948-09-15 p.2:

                                            "Duke Ellington's Band Here For 2 Shows Oct. 4, Consistory Auditorium

                                            Duke Ellington's orchestra and company of entertainers will present two shows in Consistory auditorium on Monday evening, Oct. 4, beginning at 7:15 and 9:15.
                                             It will be the first local appearance of the popular musician and his organization of 30 persons, many of whom have been with him for years. The reserved seat sale at Collier's music store will begin next week."

                                            The ads on Sept. 29 and Oct. 1 were for concerts at 7:00 and 9:15, and announced a price correction. The Oct. 4 ad was for one concert at 8:15 pm. No followup reviews were found, but the archive had missing editions and missing pages.
                                            Journal-Standard, Freeport, Ill.
                                            • Announcements:
                                              • 1948-09-15 p.2
                                              • 1948-09-21 p.7
                                              • 1948-09-27 p.7
                                            • Ads
                                              • 1948-09-29,p.2
                                              • 1948-10-01, p.12
                                              • 1948-10-04 p.12
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                                            .Spring Green, Wisc.Rainbow Gardens
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                                            Wednesday
                                            .Winona, Minn.ArmoryDance sponsored by the Junior Chamber of Commerce
                                            (Unconfirmed)
                                            ad, LaCrosse (Wisc.) Tribune, 1948-10-03,p.14..
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                                            Thursday
                                            ...activities not documented...
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                                            Friday
                                            1948 10 09
                                            Saturday
                                            Aberdeen, S.D..

                                            Overview


                                            Ellington and his orchestra played a concert Friday night and a dance Saturday night for the Northern State Teachers College Gypsy Days homecoming weekend. They seem to have had a very good experience here (see the following events).

                                            In January, the campus paper published a Gypsy Day Report, showing the concert took in $1,320.39 at a cost of $2,524.77, but the dance took in $3,462.12 at a cost of $2,784.66
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                                            • 'I am wondering why the middle (slow) section of The Tattooed Bride is called Aberdeen. A most odd title for Duke to have used, relating to a famous old city on the East Coast of Scotland. And if this section is titled, do the other two fast sections one on each side of Aberdeen also have their own titles?'
                                              --Frank Dutton
                                            • 'I think I can answer the question of the city Duke referred to as Aberdeen when he called for the number from The Tattooed Bride. It was Aberdeen, South Dakota.
                                                In late October, l948 Duke had a 5 or 6 day event in Aberdeen,1 when he likely could have been preparing numbers for his Carnegie Hall concert, set for November 13, 1948. Duke and the band came to Washington, DC on November 12 for a 10-day gig. I had a chat with Sonny Greer, and he told about the fine time they had in Aberdeen, the hometown of my wife Rhoda. Sonny told me about the big mansion they stayed in, and the fine piano they had in the building. The band left Washington on the morning of November 11,3 and 2 days later played at Carnegie Hall where the band did its first public performance of The Tattooed Bride.'
                                              --Jack Towers
                                            • 'The Tattooed Bride has 3 movements: Kitchen Stove, Omaha and Aberdeen.'
                                              --Annie Kuebler
                                            ' Notes:
                                            1. Only 2 days are documented in Aberdeen. With undocumented days before and after the college events, Ellington may have been here for up to four days. Towers dated this as the last part of October, but this only the beginning of the second week of the month. The campus newspaper covered Ellington's activities on the Gypsy Days weekend, but does not make any mention of Ellington in Aberdeen later in the month.
                                            2. Ellington opened in Washington Oct. 22.
                                            3. When Ellington and his orchestra left Washington is not yet documented, but it is reported to have made a broadcast from Schenectady on Nov.5
                                            • The Exponent, Northern State Teachers College, Aberdeen, S.C.
                                              • 1948-10-08 p.1
                                              • 1948-10-22 p.4
                                              • 1949-01-14 p.2
                                            • Huronite & Daily Plainsman:
                                              • Publicity, 1948-10-03
                                              • Ad 1948-10-07
                                            • Stratemann p.293 citing DownBeat 1948-07-28
                                            • Vail I
                                            • Emails, R. Bambach-Palmquist Sept.2016
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                                            Friday
                                            .Aberdeen, S.D.Banquet room
                                            Sherman Hotel

                                            'A dinner was held in honor of Duke Ellington and his orchestra in the Sherman Hotel banquet room, before the Ellington concert on Friday evening... Dr. N. E. Steele, NSTC president, and Howard Bassingwaite, representing the Aberdeen Chamber of Commerce, gave Mr. Ellington informal welcomes to Aberdeen. Approximately fifteen guests were present.

                                              Mr. Ellington, in a talk before the group, discussed his present tour itinerary, his own compositions, and his orchestra. He disclosed that he was to go directly to Harvard University following Gypsy Day after which he would give a concert at Carnegie Hall... '

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                                            Friday
                                            1948 10 09
                                            Saturday
                                            Aberdeen, S.D.Aberdeen Civic ArenaConcert 9:30 p.m.
                                            Ticket prices including tax: $2.04 and $1.74


                                            • '...The ... high school football game ... Friday night will precede the Ellington concert, presented by Duke Ellington and his famous orchestra at the Aberdeen Civic Arena. After the concert cheerleaders from the college will beat in a pop fest ... A special feature of the pop fest will be Duke Ellington's arrangement of the college songs, "Our Gypsy Queen" and "Alma Mater"...
                                                On Saturday morning the Gypsy Queen will be introduced and entertained at coronation ceremonies... and the annual Gypsy parade is scheduled to leave the campus at 11:00 a.m...

                                                The Gypsy Queen will be honored at a luncheon ..., after which the homecoming football game will begin at Simmons Field at 2:15... Following the football game, students, alumni and friends of the college will attend the barbecued elk dinner at the Lincoln dining hall.
                                                Concluding the events of the day, Duke Ellington and his orchestra will play for the homecoming dance at the Civic Arena, Saturday night, October 9.'
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                                            Saturday
                                            .Aberdeen, S.D.Parade route
                                            Stadium
                                            Lincoln dining hall
                                            Daytime activities
                                            • 11 a.m. Parade (possibly only Ellington)
                                            • 2:15 p.m. Football game (whole band)
                                            • 5:30 p.m. Barbecue (whole band)

                                            'The entire Ellington orchestra attended the Gypsy Day football game and the elk barbecue which followed. Duke rode in an open convertible in the homecoming parade, Saturday morning...'

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                                            Saturday
                                            9 pm
                                            .Aberdeen, S.D.Aberdeen Civic ArenaNorthern State Teachers College "Gypsy Dance"
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                                            Saturday
                                            .Aberdeen, S.D.Banquet room
                                            Sherman Hotel

                                            'After the dance that evening, he [Ellington] played the piano in the Sherman banquet room for all those who wanted to listen until after four o'clock the next morning.'

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                                            Sunday
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                                            1948 10 11.Omaha, Neb.Dreamland.
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                                            Tuesday
                                            ...activities not documented...
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                                            Wednesday
                                            ...activities not documented...
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                                            Thursday
                                            ...activities not documented...
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                                            Friday
                                            1948 10 21
                                            Thursday
                                            Detroit, Mich.Paradise Theatre.
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                                            Saturday
                                            .Detroit, Mich.Paradise TheatreStage show - see 1948 10 15
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                                            Sunday
                                            .Detroit, Mich.Paradise TheatreStage show - see 1948 10 15
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                                            Monday
                                            .Detroit, Mich.Paradise TheatreStage show - see 1948 10 15
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                                            Tuesday
                                            .Detroit, Mich.Paradise TheatreStage show - see 1948 10 15
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                                            Wednesday
                                            .Detroit, Mich.Paradise TheatreStage show - see 1948 10 15
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                                            Thursday
                                            .Detroit, Mich.Paradise TheatreStage show - see 1948 10 15
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                                            Friday
                                            ...PERSONNEL CHANGES
                                            • Trombonist Quentin "Butter" Jackson joins the band
                                            • Ben Webster, tenor sax, effectively rejoined the band when it opened at Duke Ellington's Club. While New Desor dates his return as Nov. 11, Grimmer's narrative puts him with the band every night during that residency, and has him leaving with the band.

                                              Frank Büchmann-Møller tells us Webster was supposed to join a sextet in the midwest in early October, but instead joined another group in Washington for more money. After meeting Duke there, he "sat in a few nights," and "went back in the band," which paid better than he was getting with his own group. "Ben started immediately and was already in the saxophone group at the orchestra's next booking ... in Schenectady..."
                                            • New Desor vol.2
                                            • Mac Grimmer: "Club Ellington," Ellingtonia, Newsletter of The Duke Ellington Society, June 2004. citing Bill Crow, "From Birdland to Broadway: Scenes from a Jazz Life"
                                            • Frank Büchmann-Møller, Someone to Watch Over Me, The Life and Music of Ben Webster, University of Michigan Press, 2006, pp.129-130
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                                            Friday
                                            Circa
                                            1948 10 31
                                            Sunday
                                            Washington, D.C.Duke Ellington's Club
                                            (Club Ellington per Stratemann and Grimmer)
                                            Ninth and V Streets N.W.
                                            Ten day night club residency in the new Duke Ellington's Club.
                                            • Ellingtonia (June 2004) reported the opening night was Nov. 1, a Monday. An ad in Vail says the club was closed Mondays. Variety's review reports Oct. 22, a Friday, and the Afro-American refers to "last Friday night. Variety reported opening night drew a good though not capacity crowd and said Ellington would be at the club for 10 days.1,3,4
                                            • The club was managed by Charles Nelson and co-owners were Benjamin Bass, Herb Sachs and Ellington. Ed Sullivan reported Duke was half-owner.3,6,7
                                            • Duke reportedly announced the club would be the band's base in Washington.1. It was a large hall, with balcony seating for those who didn't want to order at the tables on the main floor.4
                                            • A wide burgundy carpet ran from the entry to the bandstand, across the bandstand and up the wall to the ceiling.
                                            • Kay Davis sang from a balcony on the side above the piano. Greer had his usual elaborate percussion setup.1
                                            • The hall was near the Howard Theatre and Griffiths Stadium.1 Variety referred to the district as Harlem Place and commented that the venue catered to a mixed clientele.4
                                            • Variety reported the loudspeakers were not working well on opening night so Davis' music was partly lost to those sitting away from the band.4 This may be because she sang without a microphone.1
                                            • Admission was $1.80
                                            • There was to be a radio feed several times during this engagement.4,6
                                            • The club did not have a liquor licence but the media reported "set-ups" and food were reasonably priced.6
                                            • The club closed at 2 a.m. Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday, 3 a.m. Saturday and 4 a.m. Sunday.3
                                            • Ellingtonia (June 2004) reported the club folded after New Years Day but it was already reported to be closed by Dec.15.1,5
                                            • Stratemann says Ellington's engagement ended Nov. 2,2 but Billy Eckstine and Hal Singer were to open that night.3. Since the club was dark on Monday, it is more likely Ellington's last night was October 31.
                                            • Variety reported the band numbered 18 on opening night with 2 vocalists.4. Personnel identified in the media and advertisements:3
                                              • Hodges
                                              • Sears
                                              • Carney
                                              • Jordan (Taft left the band in 1947, yet his name is in an ad3)
                                              • Greer
                                              • Nance
                                              • Brown
                                              • Pettiford
                                              • Hibbler
                                              • Davis
                                            • Ben Webster lived nearby and sat in every night, using Al Sears' tenor the first night. He would rejoin the band when it left Washington. Jack Towers was also present every night.1


                                            • Webmaster comment:
                                              I am grateful for Richard Bambach's research and discussion related to this engagement.
                                            • 1.Mac Grimmer: "Club Ellington," Ellingtonia, Newsletter of The Duke Ellington Society, June 2004. citing Bill Crow, "From Birdland to Broadway: Scenes from a Jazz Life"
                                            • 2.Stratemann, p.293
                                            • 3.Vail I with reproduced, unidentified ads and review
                                            • 4.Variety 1948-10-27 p.44 (courtesy Richard Bambach)
                                            • 5.Danton Walker, Gossip of the Nation, The Philadelphia Inquirer, Philadelphia, Penn. 1948-12-15 p.45
                                            • 6.Baltimore Afro-American 1948-10-30, p.B10 (national edition)
                                            • 7.Ed Sullivan, Gossip of the Nation, The Philadelphia Inquirer, 1948-11-06 p.11
                                            • 8.Nick Fernandez email 2012-01-18
                                            • Emails, R.Bambach-Palmquist, Sept. 2016
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                                            Saturday
                                            .Washington, D.C.Duke Ellington's Clubsee 1948 10 22...
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                                            Sunday
                                            .Washington, D.C.Duke Ellington's Clubsee 1948 10 22...
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                                            Monday
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                                            Tuesday
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                                            Wednesday
                                            .Washington, D.C.Duke Ellington's Clubsee 1948 10 22...
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                                            Thursday
                                            .Washington, D.C.Duke Ellington's Clubsee 1948 10 22...
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                                            Friday
                                            .Washington, D.C.Duke Ellington's Clubsee 1948 10 22...
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                                            Saturday
                                            .Washington, D.C.Duke Ellington's Clubsee 1948 10 22...
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                                            Sunday
                                            Halloween
                                            .Washington, D.C.Duke Ellington's Clubsee 1948 10 22...
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                                            November 1948

                                            1948 11 01
                                            Monday
                                            ...activities not documented...
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                                            1948 11 02
                                            Tuesday
                                            ...activities not documented...
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                                            1948 11 03
                                            Wednesday
                                            ...activities not documented...
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                                            1948 11 04
                                            Thursday
                                            ...activities not documented

                                            Dorothy Kilgallen's Nov. 1 column reported Ellington was to enter Medical Center this day for a complete going-over.

                                            The Nov.18 Oregonian reported he was taking time out in Johns-Hopkins with a recurrance [sic] of a stomach complaint.
                                            • Dorothy Kilgallen in The Lowell Sun, Lowell, Mass., 1948-11-01 p.25
                                            • The Oregonian, Portland, Ore., 1948-11-18 p.7
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                                            Friday
                                            .Schenectady, N.Y..activities not documented

                                            Carl Hällström in DEMS 03,3-25:

                                            'The NBC Artist card index for Duke Ellington shows a broadcast from Schenectady on 5Nov48. Ole Nielsen p99 and Klaus Stratemann p293 show a Union College dance & NBC broadcast in the same city at 6Nov. So who's right?'

                                            A short survey of radio schedules for Nov. 5 shows Ellington as follows (an asterisk shows the broadcasts explicitly marked as network broadcasts):
                                              * The Times-Picayune, New Orleans  WSMB-FM 11:30 pm - midnight
                                            Council Bluffs (Iowa) Non-Pareil WOW 11:30 pm - midnight
                                            * Morning Advocate, Baton Rouge WJBO 11:00 pm - 11:30 pm
                                            Chester (PA) Times WFIL 11:15 pm - midnight
                                            ("Duke Ellington Show")
                                            Washington Post WWDC 8:00 pm - 8:30 pm
                                            New York Times WMCA 9:00 am - 10:00 am
                                            (after news)
                                            The variation in broadcast times within one time-zone seems to indicate these were part of a series of pre-recorded transcriptions. In 1947 Ellington signed a five-year contract to produce five transcription radio shows a week. Radio stations had to broadcast a new transcription each day. The Billboard announced in August 1948 that WMCA would carry it at least until the end of the year. The show did not necessarily use Ellington recordings; The Billboard announced Ellington used other artists: while in England, he arranged to use British artists' recordings and had recorded Peggy Lee, with Billie Holiday, Count Basie and Dick Haymes "lined up" for future dates.
                                            The Billboard
                                            • 1947-11-22 pp.10-11
                                            • 1947-12-27 p.9
                                            • 1948-08-21 p.8
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                                            Saturday
                                            .Schenectady, N.Y.Union CollegeNBC broadcast
                                            Sound file: Duke Ellington Remote from Union CollegeNew Desor
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                                            Monday
                                            ...activities not documented...
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                                            Tuesday
                                            ...activities not documented...
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                                            Wednesday
                                            ...activities not documented...
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                                            1948 11 11
                                            Thursday
                                            ...activities not documented...
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                                            1948 11 12
                                            Friday
                                            ...activities not documented...
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                                            1948 11 13
                                            Saturday
                                            .New York, N.Y.Carnegie Hall
                                            (Main Hall)
                                            Concert, 8:30 p.m.
                                            The Carnegie Hall history database shows
                                            • Presenter : William Morris Agency, Inc.
                                            • Duke Ellington and His Orchestra
                                            • John Stafford Smith (1750-1836) The Star Spangled Banner
                                            • Duke Ellington, Three Cent Stomp
                                            • Duke Ellington, Lady Of The Lavender Mists
                                            • Duke Ellington, Suddenly It Jumped
                                            • Duke Ellington, Reminiscing In Tempo (1935)
                                            • Mercer Ellington, She Wouldn't Be Moved:
                                              Wendell Marshall, Double Bass
                                            • Billy Strayhorn, Symphomaniac (1948; Arr. Ellington, Duke):
                                              • Symphonic Or Bust
                                              • How You Sound
                                            • Duke Ellington, My Friend:
                                              Al Sears, Tenor Saxophone
                                            • Duke Ellington, Tootin' Through The Roof:
                                              Al Killian, Trumpet; Ray Nance, Trumpet; Shelton Hemphill, Trumpet; Harold Baker, Trumpet; Francis Williams, Trumpet
                                            • Duke Ellington, Creole Love Call (1927; Arr. Miley, Bubber (Co-Composer)):
                                              Ray Nance, Trumpet; Kay Davis, Vocalist
                                            • Jimmy McHugh, Don't Blame Me:
                                              Ray Nance, Trumpet; Kay Davis, Vocalist; Duke Ellington, Piano
                                            • Billy Strayhorn,Paradise (1948):
                                              Harry Carney, Baritone Saxophone
                                            • Duke Ellington, The Tattoed Bride
                                            • Billy Strayhorn, Manhattan Murals (As Seen From Strayhorn's "Take the "A" Train")
                                            • Billy Strayhorn, Lush Life:
                                              Kay Davis, Vocalist; Billy Strayhorn, Piano
                                            • Duke Ellington, Hi Ya Sue
                                            • Duke Ellington, Fantazm:
                                              Harry Carney, Bass Clarinet; Lawrence Brown, Trombone
                                            • Duke Ellington, Y' Oughta:
                                              Al Killian, Trumpet
                                            • Billy Strayhorn, Brown Betty (1948):
                                              Johnny Hodges, Alto Saxophone
                                            • Antonin Dvorak (1841-1904), Humoresque:
                                              Ray Nance, Violin; Harold Baker, Trumpet; Jimmy Hamilton, Clarinet; Harry Carney, Baritone Saxophone; Al Killian, Trumpet
                                            • Morgan Lewis, How High The Moon (1940):
                                              Ben Webster, Tenor Saxophone
                                            • Duke Ellington, Cottontail (1940):
                                              Ben Webster, Tenor Saxophone; Ray Nance, Trumpet; Harry Carney, Baritone Saxophone; Duke Ellington, Piano
                                            • Peggy Lee, Don't Be So Mean To Baby:
                                              Al Hibbler, Vocalist
                                            • Sigmund Romberg, The New Moon: Lover, Come Back To Me (1928):
                                              Al Hibbler, Vocalist; Al Killian, Trumpet
                                            • Oscar Rasbach, Trees (1922):
                                              Al Hibbler, Vocalist; Ray Nance, Violin
                                            • Sydney Robin, It's Monday Every Day:
                                              Al Hibbler, Vocalist; Lawrence Brown, Trombone
                                            • Duke Ellington, Selection
                                            • Peter Braham,Limehouse Blues (1922):
                                              Tyree Glenn, Vibraphone
                                            • Duke Ellington, Just A-Sittin' And A-Rockin'
                                            • Mary Lou Williams, Trumpets No End
                                            • Mercer Ellington, Things Ain't What They Used To Be
                                            • Soloists not assigned to specific works:
                                              • Tyree Glenn, Trombone
                                              • Quentin Jackson, Trombone
                                              • Sonny Greer, Drums
                                              • Fred Guy, Guitar
                                            • NMAH Duke Ellington Collection, 1927-1988, #301, Container List, Series 2: Performances and Programs, 1933-1974, Domestic Tours, 1937-1974, Box 11, Folder 1
                                            • Additional documentation is likely to be found in SI-NMAH DEC301, Series 2: Performances and Programs, 1933-1974, box 11, folder 3 Carnegie Hall, New York, New York, November 13, 1948
                                            • Carnegie Hall history database
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                                            • F. Billard, Duke Ellington, Seuil, 1994, p.149
                                            • Vail I p.340
                                            • Harvey G. Cohen, Duke Ellington's America, University of Chicago Press, 2010
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                                            Sunday
                                            .Camden, N.J.Armory.
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                                            Monday
                                            ...Date of contract B2534 between Blue Note Cafe by Frank Holzfeind, Duke Ellington Inc. and William Morris Agency to provide 15 musicians and 2 vocalists led by Duke Ellington to perform six days weekly, not to exceed 38 hours per week, for 2 weeks beginning March 14, 1949, with Tuesdays off.
                                            Blue Note Memories by Dan Caine is a wonderful history of the Blue Note, its founder Frank Holzfeind and key employee Betty Smith.
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                                            Tuesday
                                            .Philadelphia, Penn.Broadwood HotelDescribed as a fiasco by The Billboard in an article titled "Philly Concert Season Flop," the band played to only 900 in the 4,000 capacity ballroom.
                                            The Billboard, 1948-12-04, p.18...
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                                            Wednesday
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                                            Friday
                                            .Newark, N.J.Terrace Ballroom.
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                                            Saturday
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                                            Sunday
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                                            Monday
                                            1948 11 27Philadelphia, Penn.The Click.
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                                            Tuesday
                                            .Philadelphia, Penn.The Clicksee 1948 11 22
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                                            Wednesday
                                            .Philadelphia, Penn.The Clicksee 1948 11 22
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                                            .Philadelphia, Penn.The Clicksee 1948 11 22
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                                            .Philadelphia, Penn.The Clicksee 1948 11 22
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                                            .Philadelphia, Penn.The Click.
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                                            Sunday
                                            8:30 p.m.
                                            .White Plains, N.Y.Westchester County CenterDance.
                                            This venue is listed as Westchester County Center in Stratemann and Vail I, but as George Washington Carver Community Center, Westchester County in the Smithsonian Duke Ellington collection business records file listing.
                                            • Stratemann p.293 citing Amsterdam News 1948-11-20 p.4
                                            • NMAH Duke Ellington Collection, 1927-1988, #301, Container List, Series 2: Performances and Programs, 1933-1974, Domestic Tours, 1937-1974, Box 11, Folder 1
                                            • Additional documentation is likely to be found in SI-NMAH DEC301, Series 2: Performances and Programs, 1933-1974, box 11, folder 4 George Washington Carver Community Center, Westchester County, New York, November 28, 1948
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                                            Monday
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                                            Tuesday
                                            .Oil City, Penn. Hasson Heights Recreation Center(Unconfirmed)

                                            Dance, sponsored by Friendship League of America, Inc.

                                            Ticket prices -
                                            advance $1.85
                                            door $2.20
                                            • Friendship League ad, Oil City Derrick, 1948-11-24
                                            • Ad, The Blizzard 1948-11-23, p.4
                                            • Friendship League ad, Titusville Herald, 1948-11-25
                                            • Swanson's store ad, Titusville Herald, 1948-11-27
                                            • Swanson's store ad, Titusville Herald, 1948-11-30
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                                            1948 12 00.Philadelphia, Penn. .Undated AFRS Radio Transcription recording session for 16 inch AFRS record "Here's to Veterans" (never issued)

                                            Duke Ellington and His Orchestra
                                            Hemphill, Killian, Francis Williams, Baker, Nance, Brown, Jackson, Glenn, Hamilton, Procope, Hodges, Sears, Webster, Carney, Ellington, Guy, Marshall, Greer, Hibbler, Davis

                                            Titles recorded:
                                            • Take The "A" Train
                                            • C-Jam Blues
                                            • Brown Betty
                                            • Blue Skies
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                                            Wednesday
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                                            Thursday
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                                            Friday
                                            .Wilberforce, OhioJones Auditorium
                                            Wilberforce University
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                                            Saturday
                                            .Cleveland, OhioMusic Hall.
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                                            Sunday
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                                            Monday
                                            ..Peripheral Event
                                            Columbia CL 6024, "Mood Ellington" is released. This was the first release of an Ellington recording on 331/3 rpm microgroove.
                                            Edward Wallerstein, The Development Of The LP, courtesy S.Lasker 2018-10-08..
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                                            Monday
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                                            Tuesday/td>
                                            .Pittsburgh, Penn.Syria Mosque.
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                                            Wednesday
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                                            Thursday
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                                            Friday
                                            .Ithaca, N.Y.Cornell University.
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                                            Friday
                                            1948 12 30New York, N.Y.Apollo Theater
                                            253 W. 125th St., Borough of Manhattan, Harlem district
                                            ONE WEEK ONLY BEGINNING FRIDAY, DEC.24TH
                                            AMERICA'S FOREMOST MODERN COMPOSER
                                            DUKE
                                            ELLINGTON
                                            his BAND and REVIEW
                                            "THE HOT SOPHISTICATE"
                                            TIMMIE ROGERS
                                            AL HIBBLER      HAROLD and LOLA

                                            Jesse Cornell & Lawrence-Kay Davis
                                            Wed. Nite AMATEURS Sat. MIDNITE SHOW
                                            and wishes you A Merry Xmas and A happy New Year
                                            (Rogers was a comedian, Harriett and Lola were snake dancers, and Jesse, Cornell and Lawerence were a dance team)
                                            New York Age, New York, N.Y. 1948-12-25 p.16..
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                                            Saturday
                                            Christmas
                                            .New York, N.Y.Apollo Theater
                                            253 W. 125th St.
                                            Harlem
                                            see 1948 12 24
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                                            Sunday
                                            .New York, N.Y.Apollo Theater
                                            253 W. 125th St.
                                            Harlem
                                            see 1948 12 24
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                                            ..2011
                                            1948 12 27
                                            Monday
                                            .New York, N.Y.Apollo Theater
                                            253 W. 125th St.
                                            Harlem
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                                            Tuesday
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                                            253 W. 125th St.
                                            Harlem
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                                            1948 12 29
                                            Wednesday
                                            .New York, N.Y.Apollo Theater
                                            253 W. 125th St.
                                            Harlem
                                            See 1948 12 24

                                            WMCA broadcst (Cotton Tail and Dancers in Love)
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                                            Thursday
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                                            Harlem
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                                            1949 00 00
                                            ...Harry Carney and Duke Ellington began travelling together by car after Harry bought one sometime in 1949.

                                            Carney in 1961:

                                            'After riding on the bus for so long, and having to stop and go when someone gave the word, I decided if I had a car I might have a little more freedom. I was tired of being cooped up in a bus... I've always been car crazy, so in 1949 I got a car.
                                              At first, it was my intention to make short hops in and around New York, and in the Eastern area. Then I found I was enjoying it so much, and Duke was riding with me almost every day. That was how it started, until I found I was jumping all over the country... if the weather was bad or if there was a big snow, I'd leave the car here rather than risk being unable to make a night.
                                              On most hops, I manage to get into a hotel around noon. We leave after the job and we like to go two hundred miles at least without stopping. Duke always says "Let's get some miles under our belt before we stop... he has a wonderful knowledge of route and road numbers. He remembers them...
                                              [in] the Mid-West, the average hop is about four hundred miles. Sometimes we may go two hundred and fifty, at other times five or six hundred. Duke sleeps occasionally , but not as a rule...He sits in the front and he does a lot of thinking. He'll pull out a piece of paper and make notes. We do very little talking, but if he thinks I'm getting weary he'll make conversation so that I don't fall asleep.
                                              The thing we enjoy most, after leaving a job, is breakfast... We may both be hungry, but still it's necessary to put this first two hundred miles under our belt. When we go in for breakfast, we look forward to a good meal. It gives me energy. We know most of the good eating spots that are open that time of morning...
                                              When we check into a hotel, I go to bed until about 6:30. Most of the jobs run from 9 to 1 A.M...I hate to finish a job and go straight to bed. I usually stay out to two or three in the morning. It's curious how when we play more than a week in one place a kind of boredom sets in. That's one thing about traveling [sic], it always gives you something to look forward to, even if it's no more than going to another town to see the people there you know...'

                                            Harry Carney as quoted by Stanley Dance, The World of Duke Ellington, Da Capo Press, 1970. pp.79-80..
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                                            January 1949

                                            1949 01 00...PERSONNEL CHANGE
                                            Fred Guy, guitar, left the band in mid January. Ellington did not replace him.
                                            New Desor vol.2..
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                                            1949 01 01
                                            Saturday
                                            .Scranton, Penn.Masonic Temple"There will be a four-hour dance and show commencing at 8 p.m."Times-Leader, The Evening News, Wilkes-Barre, Penn.
                                            1948-12-31 pp.11,15
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                                            Sunday
                                            ...activities not documented...
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                                            1949 01 03
                                            Monday
                                            1949 01 09Buffalo, N.Y.Town CasinoVaudeville, advertised as
                                            • DUKE ELLINGTON And Entire Sepia Revue
                                            • DUKE ELLINGTON His Band & Big Show
                                            • DUKE ELLINGTON His 1949 Band! and Big Revue Featuring Stump & Stumpy, Harold & Lake, The 3 Rockets, Enid Williams...
                                            • DUKE ELLINGTON WITH HIS BIG ORCHESTRA And ALL STAR Revue
                                            • DUKE ELLINGTON HIS ENTIRE ORCHESTRA And Big All-Star Show!
                                            3 shows nightly, 7:30, 10:30 and 1:30. The Dec.26 ad said no admission, cover or entertainment charges except Saturday and holidays, the other ads don't mention these charges.
                                            • Ads, Buffalo Courier-Express:
                                              • 1948-12-26, p.6-C
                                              • 1948-12-30, p.6
                                              • 1949-01-01, p.4
                                              • 1949-01-01, p.18
                                              • 1949-01-04, p.6
                                              • 1949-01-05, p.6
                                              • 1949-01-06, p.8
                                              • 1949-01-07, p.6
                                              • 1949-01-08, p.6
                                            • Stratemann p.294
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                                            Tuesday
                                            .Buffalo, N.Y.Town CasinoVaudeville - 3 shows - see 1949 01 03...
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                                            1949 01 05
                                            Wednesday
                                            .Buffalo, N.Y.Town CasinoVaudeville - 3 shows - see 1949 01 03...
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                                            1949 01 06
                                            Thursday
                                            .Buffalo, N.Y.Town CasinoVaudeville - 3 shows - see 1949 01 03...
                                            ..2011
                                            1949 01 07
                                            Friday
                                            .Buffalo, N.Y.Town CasinoVaudeville - 3 shows - see 1949 01 03...
                                            ..2011
                                            1949 01 08
                                            Saturday
                                            .Buffalo, N.Y.Town CasinoVaudeville - 3 shows - see 1949 01 03...
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                                            1949 01 09
                                            Sunday
                                            .Buffalo, N.Y.Town CasinoVaudeville - 3 shows - see 1949 01 03...
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                                            1949 01 10
                                            Monday
                                            .Detroit, Mich.Graystone Ballroom.
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                                            Tuesday
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                                            Wednesday
                                            ...activities not documented...
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                                            Thursday
                                            ...activities not documented...
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                                            1949 01 14
                                            Friday
                                            .West Lafayette, Ind.Union Ballrooms [sic]
                                            Purdue University.
                                            Cary Club Formal dance
                                            Programme: Page 1

                                            The Men of Cary Club
                                            present their
                                            ANNUAL
                                            DINNER-DANCE
                                            January Fourteenth
                                            Nineteen Hundred Forty-Nine
                                            Cary Club
                                            UNION BALLROOMS 6:30 P.M. to 12:00 P.M.

                                            Programme: Page 3

                                            PRESENTING
                                            THE MUSIC OF
                                            DUKE ELLINGTON


                                            • Autographed programme, courtesy of Ian Bradley
                                              Email, Bradley-Palmquist 2019-01-22
                                            • Photo of Ellington signing his autograph for students, The 1949 Debris, yearbook, Purdue University, West Lafayette.
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                                            1949 01 15
                                            Saturday
                                            .Peoria, Ill.Labor Temple Ballroom.
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                                            Sunday
                                            .Chicago, Ill.Civic Opera House.
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                                            1949 01 00...PERSONNEL CHANGE
                                            Al Sears, tenor sax, leaves the band in mid-January
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                                            1949 01 17
                                            Monday
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                                            Tuesday
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                                            Wednesday
                                            ...activities not documented...
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                                            1949 01 20
                                            Thursday
                                            ...activities not documented...
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                                            Friday
                                            ...activities not documented...
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                                            1949 01 22
                                            Saturday
                                            .Boulder, Col.University of Colorado.
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                                            Sunday
                                            .Bridgeport, Conn.. Peripheral event
                                            Singer Al Hibbler married Jeanette McAden. According to the New York Age, "Duke Ellington, playing an engagement in Denver, Colo. phoned his regrets on being unable to attend..."
                                            • New York Age
                                              • 1949-01-29 p.11
                                              • 1949-01-22 p.5
                                              • 1949-02-05, p.10
                                            • Amsterdam News, New York, 1949-01-29. p.25
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                                            Sunday
                                            ...activities not documented possibly in Denver (see 'peripheral event' for this day).
                                            1949 01 24
                                            Monday
                                            ...activities not documented...
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                                            Tuesday
                                            ...activities not documented...
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                                            1949 01 26
                                            Wednesday
                                            ...activities not documented...
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                                            1949 01 27
                                            Thursday
                                            .Los Angeles, Cal.Shrine AuditoriumConcert
                                            "DUKE ELLINGTON will have his world famed 20 piece band tonight at the Shrine Auditorium for a concert of the composer's own works. Featured artists will include Johnny Hodges, Harry Carney, Lawrence Brown, Ray Nance, Jimmy Hamilton, and Kay Davis."

                                            GETTIN' THE NEWS FROM G. G.!
                                            There'll be a flock on hand to see the greatest of all "Duke Ellington" and his 20-piece band at the Shrine tonight, when Gene Norman presented his "Just Jazz""
                                            • California Eagle, 1949-01-27, p.16
                                            • Stratemann, p.294 citing Variety 1949-02-02, p.37
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                                            Thursday
                                            ... Peripheral event

                                            DUKE ELLINGTON ONLY SEPIA ARTIST ON MICROGROOVES
                                            NEW YORK (CNS)-Duke Ellington is the sole Negro artist on Columbia's new microgroove records, better known as LPs (long playing) for an entire symphony which can be played from one side with only a special attachment to your phonograph. This Ellington number is called "Mood Ellington" and is complete on two sides with many of the Duke's more famous melodies.

                                            California Eagle, 1949-01-27, p.16..
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                                            Friday
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                                            1949 01 29
                                            Saturday
                                            .Long Beach, Cal.Municipal Auditorium2 1/2 hour concert
                                            Tickets priced from $1.20 to $3.60
                                            Herb Smith review:

                                            '...a program lasting two and one-half hours.
                                              Some of the soloists were Ray Nance, Kay Davis, Al Hibler [sic], Ben Webster, Jimmy Hamilton, Lawrence Brown, Johnny Hodges, Junior Raglin and Harry Carney.
                                              The medley of famous Ellington compostions with their originator at the pinao was very impressive and took us back some 10 or 12 years. "Creole Love Call" and "Reminiscing in Tempo," along with "Tattooed Bride" and "Manhattan Mural" were unusually well received. The last named featured a musical ride on the "A" train through Manhattan, seen through the eyes of a mellow tenor saxohone solo by Webster, and ending with a disappearance into the tunnel as described by Hamilton [sic] on the baritone sax.'

                                            Ads, publicity and review, Long Beach Press Telegram
                                            • 1949-01-12, p.B-7
                                            • 1949-01-25
                                            • 1949-01-27
                                            • 1949-01-29
                                            • 1949-01-30
                                            • 1949-01-31
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                                            1949 01 31
                                            Monday
                                            4:30 pm
                                            .Oakland, Cal.Capwell's Record Shop
                                            4th Floor
                                            Ellington made a personal appearance at Capwell's "to sign your Columbia platters".Ad, Oakland Tribune, 1949-01-30..
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                                            1949 01 30
                                            Sunday
                                            .San Francisco, Cal.Opera House.
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                                            Monday
                                            .Oakland, Cal.Auditorium"Duke Ellington attracted 5,500 people to an Auditorium dance."
                                            Oakland Tribune, 1949-02-06, p.27..
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                                            February 1949

                                            1949 02 01
                                            Tuesday
                                            1949 02 20
                                            Sunday
                                            Los Angeles, Cal.Hollywood Empire
                                            Vine St. above Sunset Blvd.
                                            Nightclub residency
                                            • Ellington was paid $3,500/week plus a percentage of the cover charge and bar sales.
                                            • There were regular ABC network remote broadcasts over KABC Hollywood, and "a great many" of the broadcasts were transcribed (recorded) by AFRS for the Jubilee and Just Jazz records.
                                            • Lena Horne and Lennie Hayton attended the opening.

                                            California Eagle:

                                            "Edward Kennedy Ellington, the Duke, who has nearly 2,000 compositions during his musical career, is playing his most famous works to crowds of enthusiastic patrons nightly at the Hollywood Empire, Vine Street above Sunset Boulevard. Johnny Hodges, Harry Carney, Al Killian, Jimmy Hamilton, Tyree Glenn, Hal Baker, Ray Nance, Wendell Marshall, and Sonny Greer, who are rated top instrumentalists in the nation, are featured in the Ellngtonia for dancing and listening.
                                              Beautiful, curvaceous Kay Davis turns soprano for "Creole Love Call" and "On An Azure [sic] Cloud," an amazing transition from her smooth contralto. Al Hibller [sic] includes his great "Trees," "Lover Come Back to Me," "Little Brown Book," and "Don't Be So Mean to Baby" in every show.
                                              Billy Strayhorn. whose "Take the "A" Train" and more recent "Lush Life" are Ellington standards, takes over the piano once each evening.
                                              Duke and his boys are on hand Sundays 4 to 7 p.m. for jam sessions. The Empire is closed Mondays"

                                            Pittsburgh Courier:

                                            'The Duke Still Packs 'Em In
                                              LOS ANGELES - Duke Ellington... and his world-famous Orchestra are now drawing crowds lightly, except Mondays, to Hollywood Empire...
                                              Johnny Hodges, Harry Carney, Al Killian, Jimmy Hamilton, Tyree Glenn, Hal Baker, Ray Nance, Wendell Marshall, and Sonny Greer, are instrumental evidence why the Duke's orchestra is establishing the Empire as Hollywood's most popular spot.

                                            KAY DAVIS GREAT
                                              Luscious Kay Davis and Al Hibler [sic] share vocal honors. Miss Davis' most spectacular numbers being "Creole Love Call" and "On an Azure Cloud." [sic] In these, her voice replaces a clarinet solo. Hibler [sic] includes his great number [sic] "Trees," "Lover Come Back to Me" and "Don't Be So Mean to Baby," in every show.
                                              Billy Strayhorn whose composition, "Take the A Train," and his recent "Lush Life," takes over the piano once each evening for the entertainment of dancing and listening patrons. Jam sessions are held from 4 to 7 P.M. every Sunday. '

                                            • "It's a Good Deal at the Empire With Duke's Crew," California Eagle 1949-02-10 p.16
                                            • The Pittsburgh Courier, Pittsburgh, Penn. 1949-02-12 p.20
                                            • Stratemann p.294
                                            • The Bakersfield Californian, Bakersfield, Cal. 1949-02-05 p.12
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                                            1949 02 00.Los Angeles, Cal.Hollywood EmpireUndated network remote broadcast over ABC/KABC Hollywood, transcribed (recorded) by AFRS for the Jubilee or Just Jazz records

                                            Notice to reader - since the dates are unknown, the undated sessions are simply listed in the order they appear in New Desor. The dated sessions appear in chronological order.
                                            Duke Ellington and His Orchestra
                                            Hemphill, Killian, F.Williams, Baker, Nance, Brown, Jackson, Glenn, Hamilton, Procope, Hodges, Sears, Webster, Carney, Ellington,Marshall, Greer, Davis, Hibbler
                                            Titles recorded:
                                            • Caravan
                                            • Brown Betty
                                            • Main Stem
                                            • Y'oughta
                                            • Solitude
                                            • Stomp, Look And Listen
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                                            Duke Ellington and His Orchestra
                                            Hemphill, Killian, F.Williams, Baker, Brown, Jackson, Glenn, Hamilton, Procope, Hodges, Sears, Webster, Carney, Ellington,Marshall, Greer, Davis, Hibbler
                                            Titles recorded:
                                            • H'ya Sue
                                            • C-Jam Blues
                                            • Passion Flower
                                            • Clementine
                                            • Just a-Sittin' and a-Rockin'
                                            • One O'Clock Jump
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                                            1949 02 00.Los Angeles, Cal.Hollywood EmpireUndated network remote broadcast over ABC/KABC Hollywood, transcribed (recorded) by AFRS for the Jubilee or Just Jazz records
                                            Duke Ellington and His Orchestra
                                            Hemphill, Killian, F.Williams, Baker, Nance, Brown, Jackson, Glenn, Hamilton, Procope, Hodges, Sears, Webster, Carney, Ellington, Marshall, Greer, Davis, Hibbler
                                            Titles recorded:
                                            • H'ya Sue
                                            • He Makes Me Believe He's Mine
                                            • Stomp, Look And Listen
                                            • Brown Betty
                                            • St. Louis Blues
                                            • Humoresque
                                            Ellingtonia.comNew Desor
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                                            1949 02 00.Los Angeles, Cal.Hollywood Empire.Undated ABC network remote broadcast over KABC Hollywood, transcribed (recorded) by AFRS for the Jubilee or Just Jazz records
                                            Duke Ellington and His Orchestra
                                            Hemphill, Killian, F.Williams, Baker, Nance, Brown, Jackson, Glenn, Hamilton, Procope, Hodges, Sears, Webster, Carney, Ellington, Marshall, Greer, Hibbler, Davis
                                            Titles recorded:
                                            • The Tattooed Bride
                                            • Just Squeeze Me
                                            • Body And Soul
                                            • Do Nothin' Till You Hear From Me
                                            • Rockin' In Rhythm
                                            Ellingtonia.comNew Desor
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                                            2014-04-07
                                            1949 02 00.Los Angeles, Cal.Hollywood EmpireUndated network remote broadcast over ABC/KABC Hollywood, transcribed (recorded) by AFRS for the Jubilee or Just Jazz records
                                            Duke Ellington and His Orchestra
                                            Hemphill, Killian, F.Williams, Baker, Nance, Brown, Jackson, Glenn, Hamilton, Procope, Hodges, Al Sears, Webster, Carney, Ellington, Wendell Marshall, Greer, Hibbler
                                            Titles recorded:
                                            • Unbooted Character
                                            • Paradise
                                            • How You Sound
                                            • It's Monday Every Day
                                            • Caravan
                                            • Cotton Tail
                                            New Desor
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                                            1949 02 00.Los Angeles, Cal.Hollywood EmpireUndated network remote broadcast over ABC/KABC Hollywood, transcribed (recorded) by AFRS for the Jubilee or Just Jazz records
                                            Duke Ellington and His Orchestra
                                            Hemphill, Killian, F.Williams, Baker, Nance, Brown, Jackson, Glenn, Hamilton, Procope, Hodges, Sears, Webster, Carney, Ellington, Marshall, Greer
                                            Titles recorded:
                                            • Beale Street Blues
                                            • Tootin' Through The Roof
                                            • Harlem Air-Shaft
                                            • Blue Lou
                                            • Three Cent Stomp
                                            • C-Jam Blues
                                            • On The Sunny Side Of The Street
                                            • Cotton Tail
                                            • Things Ain't What They Used To Be
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                                            Wednesday
                                            .Los Angeles, Cal.Hollywood EmpireNightclub residency - see 1949 02 01...
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                                            1949 02 03
                                            Thursday
                                            .Los Angeles, Cal.Hollywood EmpireNightclub residency - see 1949 02 01...
                                            ..2011
                                            1949 02 04
                                            Friday
                                            .Los Angeles, Cal.Hollywood EmpireNightclub residency - see 1949 02 01...
                                            ..2011
                                            1949 02 05
                                            Saturday
                                            .Los Angeles, Cal.Hollywood EmpireNightclub residency - see 1949 02 01...
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                                            1949 02 06
                                            Sunday
                                            .Los Angeles, Cal.Hollywood EmpireNightclub residency - see 1949 02 01

                                            Afternoon jam session
                                            Evening performance
                                            ABC network radio remote over KABC (Hollywood) and recorded by AFRS.
                                            Duke Ellington and His Orchestra
                                            Hemphill, Killian, F.Williams, Baker, Nance, Brown, Jackson, Glenn, Hamilton, Procope, Hodges, Sears, Webster, Carney, Ellington,Marshall, Greer, Davis, Hibbler
                                            Titles recorded:
                                            • How High the Moon
                                            • Lover Man
                                            • Rockin' in Rhythm
                                            • Just Squeeze Me
                                            • How You Sound
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                                            Monday
                                            .Los Angeles, Cal.Hollywood Empireactivities not documented - day off
                                            The club was closed on Mondays
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                                            Tuesday
                                            .Los Angeles, Cal.Hollywood EmpireNightclub residency - see 1949 02 01...
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                                            1949 02 09
                                            Wednesday
                                            .Los Angeles, Cal.Hollywood EmpireNightclub residency - see 1949 02 01

                                            ABC network/KABC Hollywood remote broadcast recorded by AFRS
                                            Duke Ellington and His Famous Orchestra
                                            Hemphill, Killian, F.Williams, Baker, Nance, Brown, Jackson, Glenn, Hamilton, Procope, Hodges, Sears, Webster, Carney, Ellington, Marshall, Greer, Davis, Hibbler
                                            Titles recorded:
                                            • Take The "A" Train (theme)
                                            • The Tattooed Bride
                                            • Rockin' In Rhythm
                                            • Do Nothin' Till You Hear From Me
                                            • How You Sound
                                            The AFRS record opens with audience noise and an announcer named Leo introducing the show as

                                            'another half-hour in Just Jazz, a concert in musical rhythm known as jazz... '

                                            He introduces Just Jazz announcer Gene Norman, who does another introduction. Norman says they're broadcasting from the Empire but says

                                            '...We've arranged to have the Duke and his men start the show as they would an original broadcast...'

                                            Norman introduces a third announcer, Lode Cook [phonetic spelling] who also says the show is from the Hollywood Empire. After the Take the A Train opening, Cook asks Ellington to describe the first programmed number, The Tattooed Bride. Duke describes it as an extended work of the season that "we've played all along the line in our concerts" and talks about the four notes arising from the letter W which "we" attempt to rhapsodize for 10 minutes (this recording is 11 minutes, 12 seconds). When it ends, an announcer (Norman?) says that accounts for Part 1. Norman (?) then introduces

                                            '...a change of pace and tempo with, well, a guy [sic] you all know, if you like jazz, we're happy to present Lady Day, Miss Billie Holiday...'

                                            Holiday sings Miss Brown to You and Lover Man, Oh Where Can You Be? backed by an unnamed rhythm section. Lou Cook next introduces the Ellington orchestra again. Norman's voice-over series promotional announcements are heard during the first part of the "How You Sound," which is faded out before it ends.

                                            The front and back record labels on YouTube show
                                            • "SERIES. END-83"
                                            • "PROGRAM No." (blank)
                                            • "Prog. Time 29:15"
                                            Side 2 has handwritten notations "444" and "2/1/50"suggesting the broadcast was prepared/aired several months after the Empire performance. According to Mackenzie, END was the letter code for

                                            'ENtertainment, using Domestic Network broadcast material, in whole or in part...
                                              Generally speaking, series in the old H listing would become EN, but it hasn't always worked out this way. The Just Jazz series, H-83 was considered an AFRS-produced series, although network material was used and edited. Under the new system, it would have been reasonable to assume that the new code allocation would be EN-83, but it seems that because network material was used, it was changed to END-83...'

                                            This seems to suggest Holiday's songs were not recorded from the same show Ellington played at the Hollywood Empire on Feb. 9, and that her recordings and Norman's announcements were added during the AFRS editing process. A sampling of newspaper radio logs from various cities schedule Ellington for 15 minutes, starting on the quarter hour or half hour. Since Tattooed Bride and its related announcements take nearly 15 minutes, it seems possible the network broadcast 30 minutes of Ellington, with stations picking up the first or last half of the show as they wished.
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                                            1949 02 10
                                            Thursday
                                            .Los Angeles, Cal.Hollywood EmpireNightclub residency - see 1949 02 01

                                            ABC network/KABC Hollywood remote broadcast recorded by AFRS
                                            Duke Ellington and His Orchestra
                                            Hemphill, Killian, F.Williams, Baker, Nance, Brown, Jackson, Glenn, Hamilton, Procope, Hodges, Sears, Webster, Carney, Ellington,Marshall, Greer, Davis, Hibbler
                                            Titles recorded:
                                            • Solid Old Man
                                            • Singin' In The Rain
                                            • Three Cent Stomp
                                            • Tulip Or Turnip
                                            • Take The "A" Train
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                                            Friday
                                            .Los Angeles, Cal.Hollywood EmpireNightclub residency - see 1949 02 01...
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                                            1949 02 12
                                            Saturday
                                            .Los Angeles, Cal.Hollywood EmpireNightclub residency - see 1949 02 01...
                                            ..2011
                                            1949 02 13
                                            Sunday
                                            .Los Angeles, Cal.Hollywood EmpireNightclub residency - see 1949 02 01

                                            Afternoon jam session and evening performance
                                            ...
                                            ..2011
                                            1949 02 14
                                            Monday
                                            Valentine's Day
                                            .Los Angeles, Cal.Hollywood Empireactivities not documented - day off
                                            The club was closed on Mondays
                                            ...
                                            ..2011
                                            1949 02 15
                                            Tuesday
                                            .Los Angeles, Cal.Hollywood EmpireNightclub residency - see 1949 02 01...
                                            ..2011
                                            1949 02 16
                                            Wednesday
                                            1:00 to ~5:00 P.M.
                                            .Hollywood, Cal.Stage #10, Universal Studios, Universal City.Music recorded for the Universal Pictures film short "Symphony In Swing"
                                            Duke Ellington and His Orchestra
                                            Killian, Baker, F.Williams, Hemphill, Nance, Brown, Glenn, Jackson, Hamilton, Hodges, Procope, Webster, Carney, Ellington, Marshall, Greer, Davis.
                                            Titles recorded:
                                            • Take the "A" Train
                                            • Suddenly It Jumped
                                            • Turquoise Cloud
                                            • Y'oughta
                                            • Dancers In Love
                                            • Knock Me A Kiss
                                            • Frankie and Johnny
                                            • Metronome All Out
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                                            Wednesday
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                                            1949 02 17
                                            Thursday
                                            .Los Angeles, Cal.Hollywood EmpireNightclub residency - see 1949 02 01...
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                                            1949 02 18
                                            Friday
                                            8:45 A.M. - 7:00 P.M.
                                            .Los Angeles, Cal..Filming of "Symphony In Swing"
                                            The studio shooting call sheet has Ellington, the orchestra and Ray Nance as vocalist on set at 7:30 A.M. for a shooting call at 8:00 A.M.
                                            Kay Davis was to be in Hairdressing at 8:00 and in Makeup at 8:30 to arrive on set at 9:00. The Edward Sisters were to be in Hairdressing and Makeup at 11:00 and 11:30 respectively, and to be on set at 1:00 P.M.

                                            A stand-in for Duke Ellington was admitted through the gate at 7:15 A.M..

                                            Ten band members finished at 5:20 P.M., the rest were needed to film the Edwards Sister segment.

                                            The film was released April 28, 1949
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                                            Friday
                                            .Los Angeles, Cal.Hollywood EmpireNightclub residency - see 1949 02 01...
                                            ..2011
                                            1949 02 19
                                            Saturday
                                            .Los Angeles, Cal.Hollywood EmpireNightclub residency - see 1949 02 01...
                                            ..2011
                                            1949 02 20
                                            Sunday
                                            .Los Angeles, Cal.Hollywood EmpireNightclub residency - see 1949 02 01

                                            Afternoon jam session and evening performance
                                            ...
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                                            1949 02 21
                                            Monday
                                            .Long Beach, Cal.Auditorium.
                                            Stratemann p.303..
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                                            1949 02 22
                                            Tuesday
                                            1949 02 28Los Angeles, Cal.Million Dollar Theater.
                                            Stratemann p.303..
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                                            1949 02 23
                                            Wednesday
                                            ...activities not documented...
                                            ...
                                            1949 02 24
                                            Thursday
                                            ...activities not documented...
                                            ...
                                            1949 02 25
                                            Friday
                                            ...activities not documented...
                                            ...
                                            1949 02 26
                                            Saturday
                                            ...activities not documented...
                                            ...
                                            1949 02 27
                                            Sunday
                                            ...activities not documented...
                                            ...
                                            1949 02 28
                                            Monday
                                            ...activities not documented...
                                            ...

                                            March 1949

                                            1949 03 01
                                            Tuesday
                                            ...activities not documented
                                            Likely a travel day
                                            ...
                                            ...
                                            1949 03 02
                                            Wednesday
                                            .Albuquerque, N.M..(Unconfirmed)

                                            Likely a dance; a "day of" preview in the March 4 Amarillo Daily News puts the band in Albuquerque the evening of March 2.
                                            Amarillo Daily News, 1949-03-04..
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                                            Thursday
                                            1949 03 04
                                            Friday
                                            Amarillo, Tex..Arrival March 3 from Albuquerque (where the band performed Wednesday night)...Amarillo Daily News, Preview, 1949-03-04..
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                                            Friday
                                            9 pm
                                            .Amarillo, Tex.The Natatorium
                                            ("The Nat")
                                            Concert
                                            "THE DUKE A HIT
                                            ELLINGTON'S MAGIC MUSIC KEEPS FANS BUNCHED AT THE STAND
                                            The Ellington appearance at the dance last night took on something of the atmosphere of a concert.

                                            Couples would start dancing and somehow before the number was half over they drifted up to the bandstand until only a half dozen or so were left dancing.

                                            Then the orchestra would start a fast-rhythm number and the audience would start dancing again. But the interest in technique always won out, and eventually the crowd would be at the bandstand again.

                                            The lower floor of the Nat was filled to capacity and the upstairs was comfortably filled...(clothing described)...

                                            Music for the evening included everything from Danny Boy to the hottest boogie-woogie, all performed in the inimitable Ellington Style. With Ellington astuteness, solos were cleverly fitted to the particular numbers. Junior Raglin, conspicuously placed, was an eye-and-ear full with his brass (sic) fiddle..."
                                            Amarillo Daily News,
                                            • 1949-02-27
                                            • 1949-03-04
                                            • 1949-02-25,p.21
                                            • Review, 1949-03-05
                                            • Preview, 1949-02-18, p.21
                                            • Amarillo Sunday News-Globe, 1949-02-27, p.23
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                                            Saturday
                                            .Los Alamos, N.M.Community HallConcert?Santa Fe New Mexican, 1949-03-06, referring to a concert last night...
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                                            Sunday
                                            .Oklahoma City, Okla.Zebra Room(Unconfirmed)

                                            "Dominic Vietta and Wayne Tolen, who attend East Central State college, spent the weekend in Oklahoma City where they attended a performance given by Duke Ellington and his orchestra."

                                            Vail I dates this as March 5, but Saturday is unlikely given that we have confirmed an appearance in Los Alamos that day.
                                            Ada (Oklahoma) Evening News, 1949-03-10.p.3..
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                                            Monday
                                            ...activities not documented...
                                            ...
                                            1949 03 08
                                            Tuesday
                                            ...activities not documented...
                                            ...
                                            1949 03 09
                                            Wednesday
                                            ...activities not documented...
                                            ...
                                            1949 03 10
                                            Thursday
                                            9PM - 1AM
                                            .Moberly, Mo.Municipal AuditoriumLions Club Dance

                                            "Duke Ellington, Here With His Band Thursday, Tops All Polls
                                            ...Ellington's appearance here is for a dance being sponsored by the Lions Club with tickets available at the Payne, Burton and Mears Drug stores or from any Lions member.
                                            ...
                                            All-Out Campaign
                                              Publicity Chairman W. C. McCluskery and other members of the Lions Club committee have gone all out in the campaign to advertise the Ellington appearance.
                                              Newspapers, radio stations, window cards, bumper signs and street banners have been used to herald Ellington's performance here.
                                              Tickets and posters have been distributed throughout a 70-mile radius of Moberly. Advance sales have been good, it is indicated."


                                            "Band Makes a Big Hit Here
                                            ...The Duke...and his star-studded 20 -piece band left little to be desired.
                                              Here for a Lions Club dance at the Municipal Auditorium, the Ellington combination, including Kay Davis and blin Al Hibbler, vocalists, drew only praise from hundreds of dancers and listeners who came from miles around.
                                              Ellington ran the gamut of musical entertainment - from the Missouri waltz and currently popular ballads to be-bop rhythms that pleased the teen-agers.
                                              Noteworthy were the vocal renditions of Hibbler whose vocal range and peculiar quality described as 'tonal drama' won the evening's most liberal ovations."

                                            Moberly Monitor-Index and Moberly Evening Democrat, Moberly, Mo.
                                            • Publicity:
                                              • 1949-02-28 p.6
                                              • 1949-03-08 p.3
                                            • Ads:
                                              • 1949-02-28 p.6
                                              • 1949-03-08 p.3
                                              • 1949-03-09 p.8
                                              • 1949-03-10 p.4
                                            • Review: "Band Makes a Big Hit Here,"
                                              1949-03-11, p.2
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                                            Friday
                                            .Los Angeles, Cal.Shrine AuditoriumStratemann lists a possible concert with Billie Holiday, but notes it as unconfirmed. Whether or not Ellington was booked here is not known, but the Shrine board changed its policy in January to no longer allow jazz concerts making an exception for Ellington's January 27 concert which had already been booked.Stratemann p.294,citing Variety 1949-02-02 p.37, and p.303..
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                                            Friday
                                            .Iowa City, IowaThe Saturday edition of The Daily Iowan ran a photo of Kay Davis and Duke Ellington in the lobby of the Hotel Jefferson. The accompanying story said they arrived at Iowa City Rock Island station at 4:15 p.m. They were met by fans, the press and local band leader Nat Williams who invited Ellington to a midnight party in his honour at the Amvets club.The Daily Iowan, University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa
                                            1949-03-12 p.8
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                                            Friday
                                            .Iowa City, IowaIowa Union
                                            Southern University of Iowa
                                            Two concerts, 7:30 and 10 p.m.
                                            Tickets were $1.20 including tax, and for the first five days were for sale to students. On March 7 sales to the public began. According to the publicity, were sold first to students, who had purchased almost the entire allotment before tickets were offered to the public.
                                            The Saturday edition of The Daily Iowan ran a photo of Ray Nance soloing on trumpet with plunger mute during one of the concerts. While two concerts were announced/advertised, the review and photo caption refer only to concert (singular).
                                            Donald Key in The Daily Iowan:

                                            'The spontaneous music of Duke Ellington and his band thrilled, bounced and sent waves of rhythm throughout a capacity audience in the Iowa Union last night.
                                              Jazz, swing, be-bop and mondern moods were all represented, and the audience gave enthusiastic approval to all of them.
                                              Especially well liked was the arrangement of an old 1927 tune, "Creole Love Call." If featured the versatile and charming voice of Kay Davis and the rocking trumpet of Ray Nance.
                                              Take-offs on tunes old and new were effectively done by Ben Webster and Frank Williams on the sax, and five trumpet men led by Al Killian.
                                              Killian is trumpet man with phenomenal range. He picks up a small horn (a baby trumpet called a cornet) and plays notes that are usually produced only on a flute.
                                              A favorite of the audience was the male vocalist Al Hubler, [sic] who can make his voice respond like a saxophone with a haunting tone.
                                              Nance, the little trumpeter who supplies comedy to the program, put down his horn and changed to violinist for one novelty number.
                                              Another outstanding solo was taken by Johnnie [sic] Hodges on his whining alto sax, and of course the Duke and his piano sounded a solid background for the vocals aswell as the band.
                                              The last number of the much too short concert was a medley of old favorites including "Don't Get Around Much Any More," "Do Nothing Till You Hear From Me," "Mood Indigo," "Caravan" and "In My Solitude."'

                                            The Daily Iowan, University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa
                                            • 1949-03-01 p.4
                                            • 1949-03-06 p.2
                                            • 1949-03-06 p.5
                                            • 1949-03-12 p.8
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                                            Saturday
                                            .Iowa City, IowaMain lounge
                                            Iowa Union.
                                            Pan-Hellenic formal dance, 9 p.m.-midnightThe Daily Iowan, University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa
                                            1949-03-09 p.3
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                                            Sunday
                                            .Decatur, Ill..Concert
                                            'Mrs. Irene McCormick, son, Jack, and Bob Beall attended the Duke Ellington concert in Decatur Sunday evening.'
                                            The Daily Journal Gazette and Commercial Star, Mattoon, Ill, 1949-03-14 p.6..
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                                            Monday
                                            1949 03 27
                                            Sunday
                                            Chicago, Ill.Blue Note Cafe
                                            56 W. Madison St.
                                            Two week engagement, with 15 musicians and 2 vocalists led by Duke Ellington to perform 6 days weekly according to club policy, not to exceed 38 hours per week, with Tuesdays off; $5,000/week
                                            • Contract B2534, Stratemann files, courtesy Monika Stratemann
                                            • Stratemann p.303
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                                            1949 03 15
                                            Tuesday
                                            .Chicago, Ill..day off...
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                                            1949 03 16
                                            Wednesday
                                            .Chicago, Ill.Blue Note Cafesee 1949 03 14...
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                                            1949 03 17
                                            Thursday
                                            .Chicago, Ill.Blue Note Cafesee 1949 03 14...
                                            ..updated 2012-10-31
                                            1949 03 18
                                            Friday
                                            .Chicago, Ill.Blue Note Cafesee 1949 03 14...
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                                            1949 03 19
                                            Saturday
                                            .Chicago, Ill.Blue Note Cafesee 1949 03 14...
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                                            1949 03 20
                                            Sunday
                                            .Chicago, Ill.Blue Note Cafesee 1949 03 14...
                                            ..updated 2012-10-31
                                            1949 03 21
                                            Monday
                                            .Chicago, Ill.Blue Note Cafesee 1949 03 14...
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                                            1949 03 22
                                            Tuesday
                                            .Chicago, Ill..day off...
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                                            1949 03 23
                                            Wednesday
                                            .Chicago, Ill.Blue Note Cafesee 1949 03 14...
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                                            1949 03 24
                                            Thursday
                                            .Chicago, Ill.Blue Note Cafesee 1949 03 14...
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                                            1949 03 25
                                            Friday
                                            .Chicago, Ill.Blue Note Cafesee 1949 03 14...
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                                            1949 03 26
                                            Saturday
                                            .Chicago, Ill.Blue Note Cafesee 1949 03 14...
                                            ..updated 2012-10-31
                                            1949 03 27
                                            Sunday
                                            .Chicago, Ill.Blue Note Cafesee 1949 03 14...
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                                            1949 03 28
                                            Monday
                                            ...activities not documented...
                                            ...
                                            1949 03 00.Chicago, Ill.Two Ton Baker's homeEllington played piano and spoke or sang on tape at a private party
                                            Titles recorded:
                                            • I'm Afraid
                                            • Lover Man
                                            • Fantazam
                                            • Harlem
                                            • Piano Interlude
                                            • Unidentified
                                            • Creole Rhapsody
                                            • Uno, Due, Tre
                                            • Rockin' In Rhythm
                                            • Piano Interlude
                                            • Sentimental Journey
                                            • The Mystery Song
                                            • B-Sharp Boston
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                                            Tuesday
                                            ...activities not documented...
                                            ...
                                            1949 03 30
                                            Wednesday
                                            .Evansivlle, Ind.American Legion auditoriumConcert, 8:30 p.m., 21/2 hrs,
                                            A record store ad titled the concert "Carnegie Concert of Jazz"
                                            Prices: $3.00, $2.40, $1.80 (tax included)
                                            Named in the publicity: Al Sears, Oscar Pettiford, Al Hibbler, Jimmy Hamilton, Kay Davis.
                                            Review by D.S.R. in the Courier:

                                            'Duke Ellington, Band Give Out With Jazz in Concert
                                              Duke Ellington and his orchestra last night presented a concert of jazz music in the American Legion auditorium that would have satisfied the most critical fan.
                                              Playing to a small but appreciative audience, Mr. Ellington presented melodies that were masterpieces of rhythm. Orchestra members, each a recognized as a leader on his instrument, soloed throughout.
                                              One of the most entertaining numbers on the program was "Symphomaniac," a tale of the history of jazz. In two parts, it first satirizes the early days of jazz, when attempts were made to have the music sound symphonic, then goes into a present-day jam session.
                                              Ben Webster, who plays one of the sweetest tenor saxophones in the business, was heard in "How High the Moon." Ray Nance played a hot trumpet in a strictly-jive tune, "Suddenly It Jumped."
                                              A new version of the 20-year-old "Creole Love Call" was presented, with Kay Davis vocalizing in the background. Miss Davis also effectively sang "Don't Blame Me."
                                              "Don't Be So Mean to Baby," "Lover, Come Back to Me," and "Trees" all were sung well by Albert Hibbler.
                                              The program also included "She Wouldn't Be Moved," with Wendell Marshall on the bass and Sonny Graham on the trumpet: "Lady of the Lavender Mists," "Yours" with Al Killian on the trumpet; "Dancers in Love," and "The Tattooed Bride,": one of Mr. Ellington's newest numbers.
                                              Other outstanding players were Ray Nance and Hal Baker, trumpet; Lawrence Brown, trombone; Harry Carney, baritone sax; Jimmy Hamilton, clarinet, and Johnny Hodges alto sax.
                                              Final number on the program was a medley of popular compositions, with the orchestra leader at the piano. A fine encore was "Trumpets No End," which showed up the fine trumpet section in a take-off on "Blue Skies." The orchestra was presented by Jack Racine.'

                                            • The Sunday Courier and Press, Evansville, Ind.
                                              • 1949-03-06 p.24-A
                                              • 1949-03-13 p.6-C
                                              • 1949-03-20 p.24-F
                                              • 1949-03-27 p.26-A
                                            • The Evansville Courier, Evansville, Ind.
                                              • 1949-03-10 p.22
                                              • 1949-03-11 p.41
                                              • 1949-03-17 p.22
                                              • 1949-03-18 p.20
                                              • 1949-03-25 pp.22, 27, 38
                                              • 1949-03-30 p.22
                                              • 1949-03-31 p.7
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                                            Thursday
                                            .Indianapolis, Ind.Armory...
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                                            1949 04 00
                                            ...

                                            'Duke Ellington "officially" denied printed reports that his band soon would break up, in last month's Cap News, but time will tell if he was merely stalling until a more opportune time.
                                              For at least four men in his band continue to insist that the notice has been posted and that -- within the next 60 days -- the mighty Duke will disband his organization and concentrate on composing. Johnny Hodges, for one, approached Gene Norman of the Hollywood Empire for a possible summer booking with the Rabbit fronting a small combo. Norman, moreover, assured him that he would "buy" the band when....and if.
                                              But Duke says it won't happen.'


                                            .
                                            Email, Lasker-Palmquist 2015-09-21 quoting Capitol[Records] News, April 1949 [vol. 7 no. 4]..
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                                            Friday
                                            ...activities not documented
                                            ...
                                            ...
                                            1949 04 02
                                            Saturday
                                            .West Lafayette, Ind.Hall of Music
                                            Purdue University
                                            Vaudeville, 2 shows, 7 and 9:30 p.m.
                                            The Kokomo Tribune reported "Mr.and Mrs.Roy Donica, Mr.and Mrs.Charles Helvig and Mr.and Mrs.Willard W.Clayton will go to Lafayette Saturday night to attend the Duke Ellington orchestra program at Purdue university."

                                            The Purdue Exponent:

                                            'There are still some tickets available for the Victory Varieties show to be held tonight in the Hall of Music at 7 and 9: 30. The revue stars Duke Ellington and his orchestra. Flanking Ellington are Hazel Scott, notable piano stylist, and the Golden Gate Quartet, a team which specializes in Negro spirituals. The Four Step-Brothers, a comedy team, will complete the select colored revue...
                                              Some members of the orchestra are Johnny Hodges., Ray Nance...,Harry Carney,..., Lawrence Brown..., Junior Raglin... Al Hibbler and Kay Davis...
                                              And all seats for both shows are reserved and are priced at $1.20 each. '

                                            • Kokomo (Ind.)Tribune 1949-04-02 p.7
                                            • The Purdue Exponent, Purdue University, 1949-04-02 p.1, courtesy D. T. Burrows, Graduate Assistant, Archives and Special Collections, Department of History, Purdue University (2016-07-14)
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                                            Sunday
                                            ...activities not documented
                                            ...
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                                            1949 04 04
                                            Monday
                                            ...activities not documented
                                            ...
                                            ...
                                            1949 04 05
                                            Tuesday
                                            ...activities not documented
                                            ...
                                            ...
                                            1949 04 06
                                            Wednesday
                                            ...activities not documented
                                            ...
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                                            Thursday
                                            ...activities not documented
                                            ...
                                            ...
                                            1949 04 08
                                            Friday
                                            1949 04 14Cincinnati, OhioState Theatre....
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                                            Saturday
                                            1949 04 14Cincinnati, OhioState TheatreStage show - see 1949 04 08...
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                                            Sunday
                                            1949 04 14Cincinnati, OhioState TheatreStage show - see 1949 04 08...
                                            ...
                                            1949 04 11
                                            Monday
                                            1949 04 14Cincinnati, OhioState TheatreStage show - see 1949 04 08...
                                            ...
                                            1949 04 12
                                            Tuesday
                                            1949 04 14Cincinnati, OhioState TheatreStage show - see 1949 04 08...
                                            ...
                                            1949 04 13
                                            Wednesday
                                            1949 04 14Cincinnati, OhioState TheatreStage show - see 1949 04 08...
                                            ...
                                            1949 04 14
                                            Thursday
                                            1949 04 14Cincinnati, OhioState TheatreStage show - see 1949 04 08...
                                            ...
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                                            Friday
                                            ...activities not documented
                                            ...
                                            ...
                                            1949 04 16
                                            Saturday
                                            .Detroit, Mich.Masonic Temple....
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                                            Sunday
                                            .Buffalo, N.Y.Memorial Auditorium....
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                                            Monday
                                            ...activities not documented
                                            ...
                                            ...
                                            1949 04 19
                                            Tuesday
                                            ...activities not documented
                                            ...
                                            ...
                                            1949 04 20
                                            Wednesday
                                            1949 05 10New York, N.Y.Paramount Theater
                                            Times Square
                                            Vaudeville - 6 performances a day - shared bill with Billy Eckstine. Others in the show were Peck & Peck and Howell & Bowser. The film was Undercover Man.

                                            California Eagle:

                                            'Duke and his band, along with the croon-swooner Billy Eckstein, just completed engagement at N. York's Paramount Theater.'(3)

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                                            Thursday
                                            .New York, N.Y.Paramount Theater
                                            Times Square
                                            Vaudeville show - see 1949-04-20 - six shows a day...
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                                            1949 04 22
                                            Friday
                                            .New York, N.Y.National Guard Armory
                                            Fifth Ave. & 142nd St.
                                            "Duke Ellington to Play For Scholarship Dance"
                                            "...will be playing his first Harlem dance engagement in recent years, and in aid of education, when he appears under the auspices of the A.C.Powell Sr. Fund, Inc., at the National Guard Armory, ...on Friday evening April 22.
                                            New York Age,1949-04-23, pp. 4,7..
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                                            Friday
                                            .New York, N.Y.Paramount Theater
                                            Times Square
                                            Vaudeville show - see 1949-04-20 - six shows a day...
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                                            Saturday
                                            .New York, N.Y.Paramount Theater
                                            Times Square
                                            Vaudeville show - see 1949-04-20 - six shows a day...
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                                            Sunday
                                            .New York, N.Y.Paramount Theater
                                            Times Square
                                            Vaudeville show - see 1949-04-20 - six shows a day...
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                                            Monday
                                            .New York, N.Y.Paramount Theater
                                            Times Square
                                            Vaudeville show - see 1949-04-20 - six shows a day...
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                                            2012-11-03
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                                            Tuesday
                                            .New York, N.Y.Paramount Theater
                                            Times Square
                                            Vaudeville show - see 1949-04-20 - six shows a day...
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                                            Wednesday
                                            .New York, N.Y.Paramount Theater
                                            Times Square
                                            Vaudeville show - see 1949-04-20 - six shows a day...
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                                            1949 04 28...Date of contract between Jack Holzstein, Duke Ellington, Inc. and William Morris Agency to provide 17 musicians and 2 vocalists led by Duke Ellington, not to exceed 38 hours per week, to the Blue Note Cafe for 3 weeks beginning October 17, 1949 at $5,000/week.Contract B-1 1452, Stratemann files, courtesy Monika Stratemann..
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                                            Thursday
                                            .New York, N.Y.Paramount Theater
                                            Times Square
                                            Vaudeville show - see 1949-04-20 - six shows a day...
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                                            2012-11-03
                                            1949 04 29
                                            Friday
                                            Ellington's birthday
                                            .New York, N.Y.Paramount Theater
                                            Times Square
                                            Vaudeville show - see 1949-04-20 - six shows a day
                                            Barry Ulanov reported Duke spent his 50th birthday doing six shows at the Paramount. Ulanov's article implies he spent some time talking with Duke in Duke's dressing room:
                                            • He mentions Duke spoke about how relaxed he'd been during the Hollywood Empire and Blue Note runs.
                                            • Duke appeared to be happy about The Tatooed Bride.
                                            • Quotes Ellington:

                                              'I never did get to hear the Liberian Suite. You know we recorded it for Columbia before the ban. Why didn't they release it? Oh yes, of couse. We never did get Hibbler up to record the vocal part. We must do that. As I remember, there's some interesting music in the Liberian Suite.'

                                            • Ulanov goes on to describe their discussion of bop, jazz, Fugaditti, relaxed recording sessions for Capitol Transcriptions, the use of counterpoint, the vagaries of Strayhorn's coming and going, and routining.
                                            • Duke:
                                              'The secret of any dramatic art is routining. When the first show doesn't go over you haven't got a week in New Haven and two in Philadelphia to straighten it out. You've got four or five more to do that day and six more tough days to go and you get it straight by the second or the third show or you're a bust. That is routining and the same procedure has to be followed on every stage, on every record, in anything that even suggests the dramatic. You can dust off a very slight old thing, a tune with nothing, give it a bright trumpet here, a flashy saxophone there, and you've got a pretty young thing. Routining!'
                                            • Ben Webster entered the dressing room to ask about wearing a "pair of very sharp brown and white shoes. Duke gives him short shrift:
                                              • Duke:
                                                'Ben, Barry has been eulogizing you: you've never heard such praise. Don't you think you should leave so he can continue without the embarrassment of your presence?'
                                              • Ben:
                                                'We make a good act, don't you think? You know why I stay in this band? To give Duke an act. [Duke laughs and points to the door] Can I wear these?'
                                              • Duke:
                                                'No, you cannot. I have enough trouble with Eckstine on the same stage without having to compete with the boys in the band. [Webster leaves] You see, I always look at things from the perspective of a bandleader.'
                                            Barry Ulanov, Metronome, 1949-06-00 pp. 12, 23..
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                                            Friday
                                            Ellington's birthday
                                            .New York, N.Y.."Adventures In Jazz"
                                            8:00 - 8:30 p.m.
                                            First television appearance by Ellington and his orchestra. Stratemann's description has Ellington playing Sophisticated Lady, C-Jam Blues and On A Turquoise Cloud, but New Desor has additional titles. The program host was WOV disc jockey Fred Robbins.
                                            Stratemann p.303New Desor
                                            DE4912
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                                            Saturday
                                            .New York, N.Y.Paramount Theater
                                            Times Square
                                            Vaudeville show - see 1949-04-20 - six shows a day...
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                                            May 1949

                                            1949 05 00...PERSONNEL CHANGE
                                            Charlie Rouse, tenor sax, born 1924, joins the band
                                            New Desor vol.2..
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                                            1949 05 01
                                            Sunday
                                            .New York, N.Y.Paramount Theater
                                            Times Square
                                            Vaudeville show - see 1949-04-20 - six shows a day..
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                                            Monday
                                            .New York, N.Y..17:45-18:00 Duke appeared on CBS radio on the "Herb Shriner Show," playing a medley with the house orchestra led by Raymond Scott.Stratemann p.303 .New Desor
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                                            Monday
                                            .New York, N.Y.Paramount Theater
                                            Times Square
                                            Vaudeville show - see 1949-04-20 - six shows a day...
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                                            Tuesday
                                            .New York, N.Y.Paramount Theater
                                            Times Square
                                            Vaudeville show - see 1949-04-20 - six shows a day...
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                                            Wednesday
                                            .New York, N.Y.Paramount Theater
                                            Times Square
                                            Vaudeville show - see 1949-04-20 - six shows a day...
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                                            Thursday
                                            .New York, N.Y.Paramount Theater
                                            Times Square
                                            Vaudeville show - see 1949-04-20 - six shows a day...
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                                            Friday
                                            .New York, N.Y.Paramount Theater
                                            Times Square
                                            Vaudeville show - see 1949-04-20 - six shows a day...
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                                            Saturday
                                            .New York, N.Y.Paramount Theater
                                            Times Square
                                            Vaudeville show - see 1949-04-20 - six shows a day...
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                                            Sunday
                                            .New York, N.Y.Paramount Theater
                                            Times Square
                                            Vaudeville show - see 1949-04-20 - six shows a day...
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                                            Monday
                                            .New York, N.Y.Paramount Theater
                                            Times Square
                                            Vaudeville show - see 1949-04-20 - six shows a day...
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                                            Tuesday
                                            .New York, N.Y.Paramount Theater
                                            Times Square
                                            Vaudeville show - see 1949-04-20 - six shows a day...
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                                            Wednesday
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                                            Thursday
                                            ...activities not documented
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                                            ...
                                            1949 05 13
                                            Friday
                                            .Gettysburg, Penn.Eddie Plank Memorial Gymnasium
                                            Gettysburg College
                                            "All school" formal dance, 21:00-01:00

                                            Ellington replaced Charlie Spivak's orchestra, which had double booked and was in Texas.
                                            • Plug, The Evening Sun, Hanover, Penn., 1949-04-29 p.8
                                            • Review, 1949-05-14 p.2
                                            • Plug, The Gettysburg Times, 1949 -04-29 p.1
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                                            Saturday
                                            .New Castle, Penn.Cathedral Hall....
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                                            Sunday
                                            .Clairton, Penn.Downbeat Club....
                                            ..Added
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                                            1949 05 16
                                            Monday
                                            .Morgantown, Penn.Metropolitain Theatre....
                                            ..Added
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                                            1949 05 17
                                            Tuesday
                                            ...PERSONNEL CHANGE
                                            Ben Webster left the band.
                                            Sjef Hoefsmit in DEMS 04,3-31.DEMS
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                                            Tuesday
                                            ...activities not documented
                                            ...
                                            ...
                                            1949 05 18
                                            Wednesday
                                            .Chester, Penn.Warner Bros. Stanley TheatreStage shows 2:30, 7:30 & 9:30 p.m.
                                            On screen: The Strange Mrs. Crane
                                            Ads, Delaware County Daily Times, Chester, Penn.
                                            • 1949-05-13 p.23
                                            • 1949-05-18 p.21
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                                            Thursday
                                            .Trenton, N.J.Arena....
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                                            1949 05 20
                                            Friday
                                            ...PERSONNEL CHANGE
                                            Jimmy Forrest, tenor sax, joins the band. He is later credited with composing "Night Train," which is based on one of Ellington's "Happy-Go-Lucky Local" themes.
                                            New Desor vol.2
                                            .DEMS
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                                            Friday
                                            .Philadelphia, Penn.Temple University.....Added
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                                            Saturday
                                            .New York, N.Y.13th Regiment Armory
                                            Sumner & Jefferson Aves.
                                            Dance, 9 p.m., sharing the bill with Al Hibbler and with the band of Chubby Jackson.
                                            Band members named in the ad: Hodges, Nance, Webster, Greer, Kay Davis
                                            • Stratemann, p.303 citing Amsterdam News 1949-05-21 p.19
                                            • Brooklyn Eagle, 1949-05-20 p.10
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                                            Sunday
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                                            Monday
                                            .Belleville, Ont.Arena....
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                                            Tuesday
                                            .Hamilton, Ont.Hamilton Armouries....
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                                            Wednesday
                                            .Toronto, Ont.Massey Hall....
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                                            Thursday
                                            .Sudbury, Ont.Capitol Theatre....
                                            ..Added
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                                            1949 05 27
                                            Friday
                                            .Sault Ste Marie, Ont. Memorial Gardens....
                                            ..Added
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                                            Saturday
                                            .North Bay, Ont. Memorial Gardens....
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                                            1949 05 29
                                            Sunday
                                            .Noranda, P.Q.Arena....
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                                            2011
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                                            Monday
                                            .Schumacher, Ont.
                                            (now Timmins)
                                            McIntyre Arena....
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                                            Tuesday
                                            ...activities not documented
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                                            June 1949

                                            1949 06 00...PERSONNEL CHANGES
                                            Francis Williams leaves the band, although he will record with the band three times in the 1950s.

                                            Trumpeter Nelson "Cadillac" Williams, born 1917, joins the band.
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                                            Wednesday
                                            ...activities not documented
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                                            ...
                                            1949 06 02
                                            Thursday
                                            .London, Ont.Grand Theatre....
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                                            Friday
                                            .Guelph, Ont.Memorial Gardens....
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                                            Saturday
                                            .Peterborough, Ont.Club Aragon ....
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                                            Sunday
                                            ...activities not documented
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                                            Monday
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                                            Tuesday
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                                            Wednesday
                                            ...activities not documented
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                                            1949 06 09
                                            Thursday
                                            .Wilberforce, OhioWilberforce UniversityAP wire story:

                                            'Wilberforce university yesterday awarded an Honorary doctor of music degree to bandleader Duke Ellington during commencement exercises. Two citations were awarded "in absentia" to Jackie Robinson, Brooklyn Dodgers first baseman and Dr. Ralph Bunche, United Nations mediator for Palestine.'

                                            This was Ellington's second honorary Doctorate of Music.
                                            The band's activity is not documented.
                                            -Email query sent 2015-04-10 to the Wilberforce libary to see if the band performed there around this time.
                                            • Stratemann p.304 citing Variety 1949-06-15 p.39
                                            • AP wirestory announcement:
                                              • Lima News, Lima, Ohio 1949-06-07 p.9
                                              • The Sandusky Register-Star-News, Sandusky, Ohio 1949-06-07 p.13
                                              • The Oregonian, Portland, Ore., 1949-06-07 p.1
                                            • AP wirestory report:
                                              • The Evening Independent, Massillon, Ohio 1949-06-10 p.13
                                              • The Evening Tribune, Marysville, Ohio, 1949-06-10 p.1
                                              • The Record-Herald, Washington C.H., Ohio 1949-06-08 p.8
                                              • Salem News, Salem, Ohio,1949-06-11 p.2
                                              • Canton Repository, Canton, Ohio, 1949-06-10 p.22
                                            • Oakland Tribune 1949-07-03 p.10-C
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                                            Friday
                                            .Indianapolis, Ind.Sunset TerraceConcert and danceVail I without citing a source..
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                                            Saturday
                                            .Toledo, OhioNaval Armory...
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                                            Sunday
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                                            Monday
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                                            Tuesday
                                            ...activities not documented
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                                            1949 06 15
                                            Wednesday
                                            9 pm - 1 am
                                            .Windsor, Ont.Windsor ArenaDancing Tonight, 9 to 1 DST
                                            Tickets $1.50
                                            Duke Ellington And His 17-Piece Orchestra
                                            Ad, Windsor Daily Star, 1949-06-15 p.2.
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                                            Thursday
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                                            Friday
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                                            1949 06 18
                                            Saturday
                                            .South Bendm, Ind.....
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                                            Sunday
                                            .Peoria, Ill.Ing Ballroom...
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                                            Monday
                                            ...activities not documented
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                                            1949 06 21
                                            Tuesday
                                            .Madison, Wisc.Orpheum TheatreVail reports a one-nighter at the Orpheum, and as usual, provides no references. His entry appears to be an error, because the Wisconsin State Journal the previous day carried an ad for a one day appearance at the Capitol in Madison.Vail I with no citation..
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                                            Tuesday
                                            .Madison, Wisc.Warner Bros. Capitol TheaterTheatre appearance, one day ony. Band members named in the ad: Johnny Hodges, Ray Nance, Bill (!) Carney, Lawrence Brown, Al Hibbler, Kay Davis. The film was Joe Palooka in the Big Fight.Wisconsin State Journal, Madison, Wisc., 1949-06-20 p.3..
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                                            1949 06 22
                                            Wednesday
                                            .Racine, Wisc.Warner Bros. Venetian Theater
                                            505 Main St.
                                            (Unconfirmed)

                                            Stage show - 3 performances, 3:30, 6:35 and 9:40
                                            "ONE DAY ONLY! ON the STAGE
                                            DUKE ELLINGTON AND HIS ORCHESTRA
                                            In Person!

                                            Tickets were "our regular prices" of 50 cents until 2 pm and 65 cents after, children all day were 14 cents."
                                            Band members named in the ads: Hodges, Carney, Hibbler, Nance, Brown and Kay Davis
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                                            Wednesday
                                            .Racine, Wisc.DUKE ELLINGTON will be a guest of Radio 'Station WRJN and WRJN-FM on the program, Requestfully Yours, from 5 to 6 p.m. Wednesday in conjunction with his appearance on the stage of the Venetian Theater the same day.Racine Journal-Times, 1949-06-20 p.4..
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                                            Thursday
                                            1949 06 29Milwaukee, Wisc.Riverside Theater....
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                                            1949 06 23
                                            Thursday
                                            circa
                                            1949 06 29
                                            Milwaukee, Wisc..(Unconfirmed)
                                            Stratemann:

                                            'Possibly during this engagement, Ellington was also on radio, at WKOW, Madison, Wisc., in a program hosted by Pat Hernon.'

                                            Stratemann
                                            p.304, citing The Billboard, 1949-08-13 p.38
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                                            Friday
                                            .Milwaukee, Wisc.Riverside Theater....
                                            ..Added
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                                            Saturday
                                            .Milwaukee, Wisc.Riverside Theater....
                                            ..Added
                                            2011
                                            1949 06 26
                                            Sunday
                                            .Milwaukee, Wisc.Riverside Theater....
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                                            1949 06 27
                                            Monday
                                            .Milwaukee, Wisc.Riverside Theater....
                                            ..Added
                                            2011
                                            1949 06 28
                                            Tuesday
                                            .Milwaukee, Wisc.Riverside Theater....
                                            ..Added
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                                            Wednesday
                                            .Milwaukee, Wisc.Riverside Theater....
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                                            1949 06 30
                                            Thursday
                                            ...activities not documented
                                            ...
                                            ...

                                            July 1949

                                            1949 07 00...PERSONNEL CHANGE
                                            Shelton Hemphill leaves the band
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                                            1949 07 011949 07 07Chicago, Ill.Regal TheatreVaudeville -Duke Ellington and His Famous Ochestra and Stars, Johnny Hodges, Ray Nance, Al Hibbler, Kay Davis, Harry Carney, Lawrence Brown. Also Peck & Peck and The Londons. Plus, on screeen..."Streets of Laredo"...Stratemann p.304 citing Chicago Defender 1949-07-02 p.29..
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                                            Saturday
                                            .Chicago, Ill.Regal TheatreVaudeville - see 1949 07 01...
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                                            Sunday
                                            .Chicago, Ill.Regal TheatreVaudeville - see 1949 07 01...
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                                            Monday
                                            .Chicago, Ill.Regal TheatreVaudeville - see 1949 07 01...
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                                            Tuesday
                                            .Chicago, Ill.Regal TheatreVaudeville - see 1949 07 01...
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                                            Wednesday
                                            .Chicago, Ill.Regal TheatreVaudeville - see 1949 07 01...
                                            ..2011
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                                            Thursday
                                            .Chicago, Ill.Regal TheatreVaudeville - see 1949 07 01...
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                                            Friday
                                            ...activities not documented
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                                            1949 07 09
                                            Saturday
                                            ...activities not documented
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                                            1949 07 10
                                            Sunday
                                            .Chicago, Ill..Ellington's second television appearance was as a guest on NBC's "Garroway At Large" variety show at 10 p.m. CDT.

                                            Stratemann:

                                            'Ellington, in his appearance, was "visible but silent" - a fate he shared with other famous guests on the program. He merely got on screen occasionally as Garroway wandered through the set, but ignored the pianist.'

                                            The sidemen's activities are not documented
                                            Stratemann p.304..
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                                            Monday
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                                            1949 07 12
                                            Tuesday
                                            .Evansville, Ind. Coliseum9 p.m. Concert open to all, followed by a colored dance, white spectators allowed in the balcony.

                                            The publicity says "featured with the Duke's troupe will be 25 entertainers including Jonny [sic] Hodgen [sic], Ray Nance, Lawrence Brown, Kay Davis and Al Hibbler.

                                            The pricing information is ambiguous: Concert 9 P.M followed by Colored DANCE Tickets $2 ... Balcony Open to White Spectators Adm. $1.00

                                            Does this mean the concert was $2 and the dance was another $2, or was the dance at no additional charge (in which case, why the $1 for white spectators?
                                            • Plugs:
                                              • The Evansville Courier 1949-07-06 p.11
                                              • The Sunday Courier and Press, Evansville, 1949-07-10 p.12-B
                                            • Ads:
                                              • The Sunday Courier and Press, Evansville, 1949-07-10 p.13-B
                                              • The Evansville Courier
                                                • 1949-07-11 p.5
                                                • 1949-07-12 p.16.
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                                            Wednesday
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                                            Thursday
                                            ...activities not documented
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                                            1949 07 15
                                            Friday
                                            .Cincinnati, Ohio. Peripheral event
                                            Ivory Joe Hunter recording session with Ellingtonians Baker, Glenn, Procope, Hodges, Marshall, Greer and singer/pianist Ivory Joe Hunter.
                                            Steven Lasker advises the record label shows Ivory Joe Hunter, not Hodges, as leader.

                                            (This event does not appear to conflict with the Charleston engagement; the two cities are less than 200 miles apart.
                                            Timner V, p.541.DEMS
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                                            Friday
                                            .Charleston, W.Va.Casa Loma BallroomDance, 9 p.m. to 1 a.m.
                                            Personnel named in the publicity were Hodges, Nance, Carney, Brown, Hibbler and Davis
                                            Admission -advance $2.00, door $2.50, reservations accepted until 10 p.m.
                                            Several ads read

                                            'DID 'JA 'NO?
                                            THAT DUKE ELLINGTON WILL PLAY AT THE CASA LOMA FRIDAY, JULY 15 (9 to 1),
                                            THAT tickets are now on sale at the usual places... '

                                            • The Charleston Gazette
                                              • Publicity 1949-07-03 p.2
                                              • Ads
                                                • 1949-06-29 p.11
                                                • 1949-07-06 p.16
                                            • Ads, Charleston Daily Mail
                                              • 1949-06-30 p.28
                                              • 1949-07-01 p.13
                                              • 1949-07-08 p.12
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                                            Saturday
                                            ...activities not documented
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                                            ...
                                            1949 07 17
                                            Sunday
                                            .Ephrata, Penn.Legion Park7 p.m. Duke Ellington and his orchestra, rain or shine, Admission (plus tax) Adults, $1.00, children $0.50
                                            Ads,
                                            • Lebanon Daily News, Lebanon, Penn. 1949-07-15 p.17
                                            • Reading Eagle, Reading, Penn., 1949-07-15 p.19
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                                            Monday
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                                            Tuesday
                                            ...activities not documented
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                                            Wednesday
                                            ...activities not documented
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                                            Thursday
                                            ...activities not documented
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                                            Friday
                                            ...activities not documented
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                                            Saturday
                                            ...activities not documented
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                                            Sunday
                                            ...activities not documented
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                                            Monday
                                            ...activities not documented
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                                            1949 07 25.Philadelphia, Penn.Robin Hood Dell
                                            Fairmount Park
                                            Joint outdoor concert with the Philadelphia Orchestra and Sarah Vaughan, in which Ellington introduced his first hybrid arrangements for band and symphony with Grand Slam Jam (later renamed Non-Violent Integration).

                                            Ellington and his orchestra and Miss Vaughan played the first half. After the intermission, the Robin Hood Dell and Ellington orchestras teamed up for New World A-Comin' with Duke soloing on piano. After the usual medley, Russ Case conducted the remainder of the concert.

                                            The New York Age:

                                            'Sarah Vaughan... scored the most illustrious triumph of her meteoric career as she captivated a crowd of more than 15,000 persons in an epic concert in historic Robin Hood Dell with the combined backing of the 100-piece Philadelphia Symphony Orchestra and Duke Ellington's band...With 118 musicians, the combined forces of the Philadelphia Symphony and the Ellington band, setting the musical background for her, Miss Vaughan electrified the 15,000 spectators as she rendered popular favorites... '

                                            The Philadelphia Inquirer:

                                            '13,000 at Dell for Duke Ellington Program
                                            by Edwin H. Schloss
                                              A large and demonstrative audience was on hand in Robin Hood Dell last night for one of liveliest novelties of the season - a concert by Edward Kennedy (Duke) Ellington and his band.
                                              The crowd, estimated at 13,000, included a heavy representation of this city's devotees of jazz, bebop, rebop and tempo di gut bucket, as well as many regular symphony subscribers.
                                              The Duke,...put on a high, wide handsome and blue program in which he was featured as composer, pianist and conductor.
                                              The first half of the evening found men of the Robin Hood Dell Orchestra on the sidelines.
                                              At that stage the Duke and his band of 17 hand-picked virtuosos as well as a number of soloists took over an all-Ellington bill and put it across, literally with a bang.
                                              The fun really started with "Suddenly It Jumped Quietly." (sic)This number about set the tempo and volume for the eveing, which was pungent, loud and jivey. Indeed, louder playing has seldom been heard in this vicinity...
                                              Volume, however, is only one phase of the Duke's art...The Ellington ensemble includes some very remarkable performers.'

                                            Mr. Schloss names Killian, Baker, Hodges, Marshall, Greer, Glenn, Davis, as well as Sarah Vaughan, who he says stole the show.
                                            • New York Age, 1949-08-06, p.19
                                            • The Philadelphia Inquirer 1949-07-26 p.25
                                            • Billy Rowe's Notebook, Pittsburgh Courier 1949-08-06, p.18
                                            • Additional documentation is likely to be found in SI-NMAH DEC301, Series 2: Performances and Programs, 1933-1974, box 11, folder 5 Robin Hood Dell, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, July 25, 1949
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                                            Tuesday
                                            ...activities not documented
                                            ...
                                            ...
                                            1949 07 27
                                            Wednesday
                                            ...activities not documented
                                            ...
                                            ...
                                            1949 07 28
                                            Thursday
                                            .Sylvan Beach, N.Y.Russell's DancelandDance
                                            Admission $1.35 tax included.
                                            Syracuse Herald-Journal (author unknown):

                                            'SYLVAN BEACH – The colored picnic for Central New Yorkers attracted more than 10,000 visitors yesterday, state police estimated....the weather was hot and humid...
                                              Duke Ellington and his orchestra played at the largest dance hall. Police estimated more than 2,000 colored people flocked here, with 8,000 whites coming as spectators...'

                                            • Ads, Daily Sentinel, Rome, N.Y. 1949-07-26 p.3
                                            • 1949-07-27 p.3 1949-07-28 p.2
                                            • Report, Syracuse Herald-Journal 1949-07-29 p.2
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                                            Friday
                                            .Providence, R.I.Rhode Island Arcadia.Vail I
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                                            Saturday
                                            .Shrewsbury, MaSun Valley.Vail I
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                                            Sunday
                                            ...activities not documented
                                            ...
                                            ...

                                            August 1949

                                            1949 08 00...PERSONNEL CHANGE
                                            Vocalist Lu Elliott joins the band
                                            • New Desor vol.2
                                            • California Eagle, 1949-01-27, p.16
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                                            Monday
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                                            Tuesday
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                                            Wednesday
                                            ...activities not documented
                                            ...
                                            ...
                                            1949 08 04
                                            Thursday
                                            .Old Orchard Beach, MainePier CasinoIt seems likely this summer dancehall one-nighter was at the Pier Casino - see 1926 08 12.
                                            The July 31 plug announced the gig as "next Friday evening" but the ads on Aug.2 and 4 have it August 4.
                                            • Portland Sunday Telegram and Sunday Press Herald, Portland, Maine 1949-07-31 s.B p.6
                                            • Portland Press Herald
                                              • 1949-08-02
                                              • 1949-08-04
                                            • Vail I
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                                            Friday
                                            ...activities not documented
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                                            1949 08 06
                                            Saturday
                                            ...activities not documented
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                                            ...
                                            1949 08 07
                                            Sunday
                                            .Annapolis, MarylandSparrow's BeachAdmission, 85 cents including tax...
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                                            Monday
                                            ...activities not documented
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                                            1949 08 09
                                            Tuesday
                                            ...activities not documented
                                            ...
                                            ...
                                            1949 08 10
                                            Wednesday
                                            ...activities not documented
                                            ...
                                            ...
                                            1949 08 11
                                            Thursday
                                            ...activities not documented
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                                            ...
                                            1949 08 12
                                            Friday
                                            1949 08 18
                                            Thursday
                                            Somer's Point, N.J.Gateway Casino
                                            (Vail I says Gateway Roadhouse)
                                            .Stratemann p.304 citing The Billboard 1949-07-02 p.44..
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                                            Saturday
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                                            1949 08 14
                                            Sunday
                                            ...Casino engagement - see 1949 08 12
                                            ...
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                                            1949 08 15
                                            Monday
                                            ...Casino engagement - see 1949 08 12
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                                            1949 08 16
                                            Tuesday
                                            .Cincinnati, Ohio. Peripheral event
                                            Ivory Joe Hunter recording session with Ellingtonians Baker, Glenn, Procope, Hodges, Marshall, Greer and singer/pianist Ivory Joe Hunter.

                                            Note the apparent conflict with the New Jersey casino job. The two cities are 634 miles apart. Using the interstate system, which did not exist in 1949, Google calculates driving one way would take nearly 10 hours. It's not impossible, if the band had Monday off, for them to go to Cincinnati that day, do the session in the early morning hours, and then return to the casino for Tuesday evening, but is it likely?
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                                            Tuesday
                                            ...Casino engagement - see 1949 08 12
                                            Note conflict with the Ivory Joe Hunter recording session.
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                                            Wednesday
                                            ...Casino engagement - see 1949 08 12
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                                            1949 08 18
                                            Thursday
                                            ...Casino engagement - see 1949 08 12
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                                            1949 08 19
                                            Friday
                                            1949 08 25
                                            Thursday
                                            Washington, D.C.Howard Theatre
                                            620 T St.
                                            Vaudeville
                                            Duke Ellington and his World Famous Orchestra featuring Hodges, Carney, Nance, Brown, Hibbler and Davis, plus Howell & Bowser, Peck & Peck and Lucy Elliott. The Afro-American names the comedy team Cook and Brown as well.

                                            Midniught show on Saturday as usual.

                                            Vail reports
                                            • Dave Burns and Nelson Williams replaced Shelton Hemphill and Francis Williams for this run
                                            • Charlie Rouse and Jimmy Forrest replaced Ben Webster
                                            • Lu Elliott is added to the band.
                                            • Vail I (unattributed undated ad
                                            • Show Bill, Washington Afro-American 1949-08-16 p.9
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                                            Saturday
                                            .Washington D.C.Howard Theatre
                                            620 T St.
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                                            1949 08 21
                                            Sunday
                                            .Washington D.C.Howard Theatre
                                            620 T St.
                                            Vaudeville - see 1949 08 19
                                            ...
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                                            1949 08 22
                                            Monday
                                            .Washington D.C.Howard Theatre
                                            620 T St.
                                            Vaudeville - see 1949 08 19
                                            ...
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                                            1949 08 23
                                            Tuesday
                                            .Washington D.C.Howard Theatre
                                            620 T St.
                                            Vaudeville - see 1949 08 19
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                                            1949 08 24
                                            Wednesday
                                            .Washington D.C.Howard Theatre
                                            620 T St.
                                            Vaudeville - see 1949 08 19
                                            ...
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                                            1949 08 25
                                            Thursday
                                            .Washington D.C.Howard Theatre
                                            620 T St.
                                            Vaudeville - see 1949 08 19
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                                            1949 08 26
                                            Friday
                                            1949 09 03Philadelphia, Penn.The ClickRestaurant residency...
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                                            Saturday
                                            .Philadelphia, Penn.The ClickRestaurant residency - see 1949 08 26
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                                            1949 08 28
                                            Sunday
                                            .Philadelphia, Penn.The ClickRestaurant residency - see 1949 08 26
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                                            1949 08 29
                                            Monday
                                            .Philadelphia, Penn.The ClickRestaurant residency - see 1949 08 26
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                                            1949 08 30
                                            Tuesday
                                            .Philadelphia, Penn.The ClickRestaurant residency - see 1949 08 26
                                            ...
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                                            1949 08 31
                                            Wednesday
                                            .Philadelphia, Penn.The ClickRestaurant residency - see 1949 08 26
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                                            September 1949

                                            1949 09 00...Change of agents

                                            The Billboard:

                                            ' New York, Sept. 3—The William Morris Agency (WM) this week closed down its band department after an 11-month "curtailment" campaign. The agency granted a release from management to orkster Duke Ellington, whose pact had about six weeks to run. Cress Courtney, head of the ork wing and last of the band salesmen with the agency, left the Morris office yesterday (2) after better than half a dozen years with the agency. Ellington was the last of the important bands on the WM list...
                                             Ellington, at press time, remained a free agent following his Morris release...'

                                            Stratemann reports Ellington would then be represented by Cress Courtney, first operating on his own and then with the Moe Gale agency. This would continue until early 1951, when Ellington and Irving Mills apparently considered working together again, although Ellington would instead sign up with Joe Glaser's Associated Booking Corporation.

                                            • The Billboard, 1949-09-10 p.22
                                            • Stratemann, p.304
                                            • California Eagle, 1949-01-27, p.16
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                                            Thursday
                                            .New York, N.Y..Columbia recording session,
                                            12:40 - 16:05
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                                            Thursday
                                            .Philadelphia, Penn.The ClickRestaurant residency - see 1949 08 26
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                                            1949 09 02
                                            Friday
                                            .Philadelphia, Penn.The ClickRestaurant residency - see 1949 08 26
                                            .New Desor
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                                            Saturday
                                            .Philadelphia, Penn.The ClickRestaurant residency - see 1949 08 26
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                                            Sunday
                                            .Buffalo, N.Y.Memorial Auditorium....
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                                            1949 09 05
                                            Monday
                                            1949 09 07Toronto, Ont.Canadian National Exposition.
                                            • The Billboard 1949-09-03 p.43
                                            • Additional documentation is likely to be found in SI-NMAH Archives Center, DEC301, Series 2: Performances and Programs, 1933-1974, box 1, folder 11 USA and Canada, September 5-7, 1949
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                                            Tuesday
                                            .Toronto, Ont.Canadian National Expositionsee 1949 09 05...
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                                            1949 09 07
                                            Wednesday
                                            .Toronto, Ont.Canadian National Expositionsee 1949 09 05...
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                                            1949 09 08
                                            Thursday
                                            .Sudbury, Ont.Danceland....
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                                            1949 09 09
                                            Friday
                                            ...activities not documented...
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                                            1949 09 10
                                            Saturday
                                            ...activities not documented...
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                                            1949 09 11
                                            Sunday
                                            ...activities not documented...
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                                            1949 09 12
                                            Monday
                                            ...activities not documented...
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                                            1949 09 13
                                            Tuesday
                                            ...activities not documented...
                                            ...
                                            1949 09 14
                                            Wednesday
                                            8 pm to 4 am
                                            1949 10 10New York, N.Y.Bop CityClub residency, Mondays off (Bop City closed on Mondays).

                                            The Ellington orchestra shared the residency with singer Savannah Churchill and with the Red Norvo Sextet.
                                            Bop City was the site of the old Paradise, Hurricane, Zanibar, Vanity Fair, and Harem clubs. The location became the Paradise again in 1950, but closed soon after.

                                            Newcomers to the band were tenorist Jimmy Forrest and vocalist Lu Elliott who joined the band in August.

                                            Admission was 98 cents including tax.
                                            • Stratemann, p. 305
                                            • Unsourced advertisement reproduced in Vail, Vol.I, Sept 1949
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                                            Thursday
                                            8 pm - 4 am
                                            .New York, N.Y.Bop Citysee 1949 09 14...
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                                            1949 09 16
                                            Friday
                                            8 pm - 4 am
                                            .New York, N.Y.Bop Citysee 1949 09 14...
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                                            1949 09 17
                                            Saturday
                                            8 pm - 4 am
                                            .New York, N.Y.Bop Citysee 1949 09 14...
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                                            1949 09 18
                                            Sunday
                                            8 pm - 4 am
                                            .New York, N.Y.Bop Citysee 1949 09 14...
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                                            1949 09 19
                                            Monday
                                            .New York, N.Y..Day off from Bop City
                                            activities not documented
                                            ...
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                                            1949 09 20
                                            Tuesday
                                            8 pm
                                            .New York, N.Y..NBC television network's Texaco Star Theater program "The Milton Berle Show,"
                                            Personal appearance by Duke, who played his medley, "customarily referred to in the contemporary press as 'And then I wrote...'"
                                            Stratemann, p.305, citing Variety 1949-09-28 p 29New Desor
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                                            Tuesday
                                            8 pm - 4 am
                                            .New York, N.Y.Bop Citysee 1949 09 14...
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                                            1949 09 21
                                            Wednesday
                                            8 pm - 4 am
                                            .New York, N.Y.Bop Citysee 1949 09 14...
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                                            1949 09 22
                                            Thursday
                                            8 pm - 4 am
                                            .New York, N.Y.Bop Citysee 1949 09 14...
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                                            1949 09 23
                                            Friday
                                            8 pm - 4 am
                                            .New York, N.Y.Bop Citysee 1949 09 14...
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                                            1949 09 24
                                            Saturday
                                            8 pm - 4 am
                                            .New York, N.Y.Bop Citysee 1949 09 14...
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                                            1949 09 25
                                            Sunday
                                            8 pm - 4 am
                                            .New York, N.Y.Bop Citysee 1949 09 14...
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                                            1949 09 26
                                            Monday
                                            .New York, N.Y..Day off from Bop City
                                            activities not documented
                                            ...
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                                            1949 09 27
                                            Tuesday
                                            8 pm - 4 am
                                            .New York, N.Y.Bop Citysee 1949 09 14...
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                                            1949 09 28
                                            Wednesday
                                            8 pm - 4 am
                                            .New York, N.Y.Bop Citysee 1949 09 14...
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                                            1949 09 29
                                            Thursday
                                            8 pm - 4 am
                                            .New York, N.Y.Bop Citysee 1949 09 14...
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                                            1949 09 30
                                            Friday
                                            8 pm - 4 am
                                            .New York, N.Y.Bop Citysee 1949 09 14...
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                                            October 1949

                                            1949 10 01
                                            Saturday
                                            8 pm - 4 am
                                            .New York, N.Y.Bop Citysee 1949 09 14...
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                                            1949 10 02
                                            Sunday
                                            7:30 pm
                                            .New York, N.Y..CBS television show "This Is Show Business"
                                            Ellington made a personal appearance, performing "a specialty with the show's Henry Sylvern orchestra." Other guests were a singer and her husband/bandleader and a comedian and the guests were to present a special "problem" to an expert panel.

                                            Ellington's problem concerned bad night club business and high band salaries. Stratemann's description suggests he just got a sarcastic response from a panelist.
                                            Stratemann, p.305, citing Variety 1949-10-05 p.49..
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                                            1949 10 02
                                            Sunday
                                            8 pm - 4 am
                                            .New York, N.Y.Bop Citysee 1949 09 14...
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                                            1949 10 03
                                            Monday
                                            .New York, N.Y..Day off from Bop City
                                            activities not documented
                                            ...
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                                            1949 10 04
                                            Tuesday
                                            8 pm - 4 am
                                            .New York, N.Y.Bop Citysee 1949 09 14...
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                                            1949 10 05
                                            Wednesday
                                            8 pm - 4 am
                                            .New York, N.Y.Bop Citysee 1949 09 14...
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                                            1949 10 06
                                            Thursday
                                            8 pm - 4 am
                                            .New York, N.Y.Bop Citysee 1949 09 14...
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                                            1949 10 07
                                            Friday
                                            8 pm - 4 am
                                            .New York, N.Y.Bop Citysee 1949 09 14...
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                                            1949 10 08
                                            Saturday
                                            8 pm - 4 am
                                            .New York, N.Y.Bop Citysee 1949 09 14...
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                                            1949 10 09
                                            Sunday
                                            8 pm - 4 am
                                            .New York, N.Y.Bop CityLast night of residency - see 1949 09 14...
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                                            1949 10 10
                                            Monday
                                            ...Day off from Bop City
                                            activities not documented
                                            ...
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                                            1949 10 11
                                            Tuesday
                                            ...activities not documented...
                                            ...
                                            1949 10 12
                                            Wednesday
                                            ...activities not documented...
                                            ...
                                            1949 10 13
                                            Thursday
                                            ...activities not documented...
                                            ...
                                            1949 10 14
                                            Friday
                                            ...activities not documented...
                                            ...
                                            1949 10 15
                                            Saturday
                                            ...activities not documented...
                                            ...
                                            1949 10 16
                                            Sunday
                                            ...activities not documented...
                                            ...
                                            1949 10 171949 11 06Chicago, Ill.Blue Note Cafe
                                            56 W. Madison St.
                                            Night club residency: Contracted for $5,000/week for six nights a week, not more than 38 hours, with Tuesdays off.

                                            'Duke Ellington Band Returns to Blue Note
                                            by Will Davidson
                                              The Duke steps out again tomorrow night, at the Blue Note, and it will be a welcome event. The last time Ellington and his orchestra played there they provided some of the finest music Dnke ever has played   a relaxed, humorous, progressive sort of music that had none of the concert hall formality about it but all of the quality. It is the same big band Ellington has had for years, and if you've only heard Duke on the stage or records, you will get quite a lift out of his more intimate performances...'

                                            • Stratemann p.305
                                            • Chicago Sunday Tribune, 1949-10-16 Pt.7, S.2 P.4
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                                            Monday
                                            .Chicago, Ill.Blue Note Cafe
                                            56 W. Madison St.
                                            Night club residency - see 1949 10 17...
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                                            1949 10 18
                                            Tuesday
                                            .Chicago, Ill..activities not documented
                                            Blue Note night off - see 1949 10 17
                                            ...
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                                            1949 10 19
                                            Wednesday
                                            .Chicago, Ill.Blue Note Cafe
                                            56 W. Madison St.
                                            Night club residency - see 1949 10 17...
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                                            1949 10 20
                                            Thursday
                                            .Chicago, Ill.Blue Note Cafe
                                            56 W. Madison St.
                                            Night club residency - see 1949 10 17...
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                                            1949 10 21
                                            Friday
                                            .Chicago, Ill.Blue Note Cafe
                                            56 W. Madison St.
                                            Night club residency - see 1949 10 17...
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                                            1949 10 22
                                            Saturday
                                            .Chicago, Ill.Blue Note Cafe
                                            56 W. Madison St.
                                            Night club residency - see 1949 10 17...
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                                            1949 10 23
                                            Sunday
                                            .Chicago, Ill.Blue Note Cafe
                                            56 W. Madison St.
                                            Night club residency - see 1949 10 17...
                                            ..2011
                                            1949 10 24
                                            Monday
                                            .Chicago, Ill.Blue Note Cafe
                                            56 W. Madison St.
                                            Night club residency - see 1949 10 17...
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                                            1949 10 25
                                            Tuesday
                                            .Chicago, Ill..activities not documented
                                            Blue Note night off - see 1949 10 17
                                            ...
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                                            1949 10 26
                                            Wednesday
                                            .Chicago, Ill.Blue Note Cafe
                                            56 W. Madison St.
                                            Night club residency - see 1949 10 17...
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                                            1949 10 27
                                            Thursday
                                            .Chicago, Ill.Blue Note Cafe
                                            56 W. Madison St.
                                            Night club residency - see 1949 10 17...
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                                            1949 10 28
                                            Friday
                                            .Chicago, Ill.Blue Note Cafe
                                            56 W. Madison St.
                                            Night club residency - see 1949 10 17...
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                                            1949 10 29
                                            Saturday
                                            .Chicago, Ill.Blue Note Cafe
                                            56 W. Madison St.
                                            Night club residency - see 1949 10 17...
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                                            1949 10 30
                                            Sunday
                                            .Chicago, Ill.Blue Note Cafe
                                            56 W. Madison St.
                                            Night club residency - see 1949 10 17...
                                            ..2011
                                            1949 10 31
                                            Monday
                                            Halloween
                                            .Chicago, Ill.Blue Note Cafe
                                            56 W. Madison St.
                                            Night club residency - see 1949 10 17...
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                                            November 1949

                                            1949 11 01
                                            Tuesday
                                            .Chicago, Ill..activities not documented
                                            Blue Note night off - see 1949 10 17
                                            ...
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                                            1949 11 02
                                            Wednesday
                                            .Chicago, Ill.Blue Note Cafe
                                            56 W. Madison St.
                                            Night club residency - see 1949 10 17...
                                            ..2011
                                            1949 11 03
                                            Thursday
                                            .Chicago, Ill.Blue Note Cafe
                                            56 W. Madison St.
                                            Night club residency - see 1949 10 17...
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                                            1949 11 04
                                            Friday
                                            .Chicago, Ill.Blue Note Cafe
                                            56 W. Madison St.
                                            Night club residency - see 1949 10 17...
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                                            circa
                                            1949 11 04
                                            Friday
                                            .New York, N.Y.. Peripheral event
                                            The Billboard story datelined New York, Nov. 5:

                                            'Suit has been brought against...Tempo Music, Inc., asking for rescission of the copyright for the song Flamingo. Ruth Ellington...is president of Tempo. Suit was filed in New York Federal Court ... for Theodore Grouya, one of the writers of Flamingo. The suit also asks for $12,000 in royalties.
                                              Edmund Anderson, co-author... was included as a party ... without his consent. The complaint alleges that Tempo had agreed to publish and exploit Flamingo and publish a semi-annual report on royalties. The complaint charges that altho [sic] Tempo did file royalty reports from time to time and did pay the writers $4,000, the reports were false and incorrect and at least another $12,000 is due the writers.
                                              The complaint also charges that since September, 1947, Tempo, by failing to exploit and promote the tune, has violated part of its agreement with the writers.
                                              ...'

                                            The next edition of The Billboard carried a rebuttal datelined November 12:

                                            'Ben Starr, attorney for Tempo Music, this week denied that the pubbery was in arrears for royalties to Theodore Grouya and Edmund Anderson... According to Starr, an accountant representing Grouya checked Tempo's books recently and found that the proper payments had been made as provided for in the contract between the writers and the pubber...
                                              Starr also said that he would show in his answer that Anderson could not be named as a party plaintiff without his comment [sic] in this type of action.'

                                            The Billboard
                                            • 1949-11-12 p.17
                                            • 1949-11-19, p.20
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                                            Saturday
                                            .Chicago, Ill.Blue Note Cafe
                                            56 W. Madison St.
                                            Night club residency - see 1949 10 17...
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                                            1949 11 06
                                            Sunday
                                            .Chicago, Ill.Blue Note Cafe
                                            56 W. Madison St.
                                            Night club residency - see 1949 10 17...
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                                            1949 11 07
                                            Monday
                                            1949 11 09Youngstown, OhioPalace TheaterPresumably vaudeville, given the show on the 18th was.Stratemann p.305 citing The Billboard 1949-11-12 p.22..
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                                            1949 11 08
                                            Tuesday
                                            .Youngstown, OhioPalace TheaterTheatre run - see 1949 11 07...
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                                            1949 11 09
                                            Wednesday
                                            .Youngstown, OhioPalace TheaterTheatre run - see 1949 11 07...
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                                            1949 11 10
                                            Thursday
                                            1949 11 13Toledo, OhioParamount TheatrePresumably vaudeville, given the show on the 18th was.Stratemann p.305 citing The Billboard 1949-11-12 p.22..
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                                            Friday
                                            .Toledo, OhioParamount TheatreTheatre run - see 1949 11 10...
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                                            1949 11 12
                                            Saturday
                                            .Toledo, OhioParamount TheatreTheatre run - see 1949 11 10...
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                                            1949 11 13
                                            Sunday
                                            .Toledo, OhioParamount TheatreTheatre run - see 1949 11 10...
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                                            1949 11 14
                                            Monday
                                            ...activities not documented
                                            ...
                                            ...
                                            1949 11 15
                                            Tuesday
                                            1949 11 17Schenectady, N.Y.Proctor's
                                            A Fabian Theater
                                            Starts today, 3 days only
                                            ON THE STAGE - IN PERSON
                                            AMERICA'S FOREMOST MODERN COMPOSER WITH HIS FAMOUS ORCHESTRA AND A HOST OF SOLOISTS AND SPECIALTY ACTS.
                                            MUSIC! SONGS! COMEDY!

                                            The Duke and his group will present 3 shows each day.
                                            Schenectady Gazette,
                                            • 1949-11-03 p.28
                                            • 1949-11-15, p.11
                                            • Stratemann p.305 citing
                                              • Variety 1949-11-23 p.61
                                              • The Billboard 1949-11-12 p.22
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                                            Wednesday
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                                            Thursday
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                                            Friday
                                            1949 11 24
                                            Wednesday
                                            Philadelphia, Penn.Earle Theater
                                            11th and Market

                                            Theatre information:
                                            Vaudeville
                                            In addition to Ellington and his orchestra were Wynonie Harris, the Orioles (vocal group), and Dusty Fletcher (comedian).
                                            Ellingtonians named by Stratemann were vocalists Davis, Hibbler, and Elliott. Shorty Baker and Jimmy Forrest were named soloists as well.Ellington wrapped up the band segment with Strayhorn's version of Frankie and Johnny.
                                            Songs performed: I Can Dream, Can't I?, Creole Love Call, Lover Come Back To Me, Do Nothin' Till You Hear From Me, Trees, & My Man Sends Me.
                                            • The Billboard 1949-11-12 p.22
                                            • Stratemann p.305 citing Variety 1949-11-23 p.61
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                                            Sunday
                                            .Philadelphia, Penn.Earle TheaterVaudeville - see 1949 11 18...
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                                            Monday
                                            .Philadelphia, Penn.Earle TheaterVaudeville - see 1949 11 18...
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                                            Tuesday
                                            .Philadelphia, Penn.Earle TheaterVaudeville - see 1949 11 18...
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                                            1949 11 251949 12 01New York, N.Y.Apollo Theater
                                            253 W. 125th St., Borough of Manhattan, Harlem district
                                            Vaudeville, similar to Earle Theater show, but with Patterson & Jackson and Peck & Peck comedy and dance teams, and a "white girl dancer" Joan Barry replacing Lu Elliott.
                                            • The Billboard 1949-11-12 p.22
                                            • Stratemann p.305 citing Variety 1949-11-30 p.48
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                                            December 1949

                                            1949 12 01
                                            Thursday
                                            .New York, N.Y.Apollo TheaterVaudeville - see 1949 11 25
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                                            Friday
                                            .Amherst, Mass.University of Massachusetts.Stratemann p.305 citing The Billboard 1949-11-12 p.22..
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                                            Saturday
                                            .Newark, N.J.Terrace Garden.Stratemann p.305 citing The Billboard 1949-11-12 p.22..
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                                            Monday
                                            .Jamestown, OhioPalace Theater.Stratemann p.305 citing Variety 1949-11-30 p.47..
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                                            Tuesday
                                            1949 12 08Utica, N.Y.Stanley TheatreVaudeville, show times 1:50, 4:15, 6:35, 9:00. In addition to Ellington and his orchestra, only Peck and Peck were included in the ads.
                                            The Billboard puts the gig at the Stanley in Hartford. A local ad in Utica places it there.
                                            • Stratemann p.305 citing Variety 1949-11-30 p.47
                                            • The Billboard 1949-11-12 p.22
                                            • Vail I
                                            • Utica Observer-Dispatch, Utica, N.Y.,1949-12-04, p.7-B
                                            • Utica Daily Press, Utica, N.Y.
                                              • 1949-12-05 p.18
                                              • 1949-12-07 p.13
                                              • 1949-12-08 p.6
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                                            Thursday
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                                            ...activities not documented

                                            Stratemann has Ellington and his orchestra at the Town Casino in Buffalo from 1949 12 16 to 1949 12 25, probably based on an itinerary dated Nov. 5 1949 in The Billboard Nov. 12, 1949 and titled "Ellington Booked Till '50." Vail I does not show this engagement.
                                            It didn't take place. Town Casino ads published daily in the Buffalo Courier-Express from 1949-12-04 to 1949-12-23 confirm Xavier Cugat began a week on Dec. 12, and was held over "by special arrangement" for another week, which would cover the full "Ellington" week.

                                            It seems likely that The Billboard's report was correct at the time it was written but that plans changed, perhaps as late as mid-December, since Cugat was held over "by special arrangement."
                                          • Stratemann p.305
                                          • The Billboard 1949-11-12 p.22
                                          • Daily ads, Buffalo Courier-Express, 1949-12-04 – 1949-12-23
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                                            1949 12 22
                                            Thursday
                                            .New York, N.Y..Columbia label recording session
                                            14:45 - 18:30
                                            Duke Ellington and His Orchestra
                                            Nance, Glenn, Hamilton, Hodges, Forrest, Carney, Strayhorn, Marshall, Greer, Hibbler, Elliott, K. Davis
                                            Titles recorded:
                                            • The World Is Waiting For The Sunrise
                                            • Joog Joog
                                            • Good Woman Blues
                                            • On The Sunny Side Of The Street
                                            • B-Sharp Boston
                                          • Girvan:   Ellingtonia.com
                                          • MacHare:   A Duke Ellington Panorama
                                          • Dooji Collection record labels
                                          • Timner
                                          • Benny Aasland:
                                            The Wax Works of Duke Ellington, 1954
                                          • E. Lambert:
                                            Duke Ellington, A Listener's Guide
                                            , p.152
                                          • Jorgen Grunnet Jepsen, Discography of Duke Ellington, Vol.3 1947-59
                                          • Ole J. Nielsen, Jazz Records 1942-80, A discography: Vol. Six, Duke Ellington
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                                            Saturday
                                            ...activities not documented
                                            -see 1949 12 19 re Buffalo
                                            -Note also that Frank Dutton wrote in DEMS 98,4 that he had a transcription that the seller claimed was recorded this date at Carnegie Hall. There is no evidence this was so; DEMS's reply said there were no Ellington concerts at Carnegie Hall in 1949 and suggests the program was labelled Jazz Club U.S.A. and likely was recorded in 1951.
                                            Webmaster's note: I checked Carnegie Hall's history page; there is no performance of any kind listed for Dec. 24. Ellington is not one of the groups that performed on Dec. 23 or 25.
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                                            Monday
                                            1949 12 28Reading, Penn.Rajah TheatreThis is likely the typical vaudeville show between screenings of the film. (I have been unable to locate local newspapers for this month to confirm what the ads say.)Stratemann p.305 citing Variety 1949-12-21 p.43...
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                                            Wednesday
                                            .Los Angeles, Cal.. Peripheral event
                                            Ivie Anderson (1904 07 10 - 1949 12 28) died at age 44 at her home in the Nealander Apartments in Los Angeles, California.
                                            Ivie Anderson web page
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                                            .Reading, Penn.Rajah Theatre- see 1949 12 26
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                                            Saturday
                                            11 pm to 6 am
                                            .New York, N.Y.Rockland Palace
                                            280 W. 55th St.
                                            New Years Eve Breakfast Dance, 11 p.m. to 6 a.m.
                                            Duke Ellington's Famous Orchestra with Vocalists Kay Davis and Al Hibbler
                                            Others on the bill were
                                            • Artie Suggs and his Orchestra, and
                                            • Audrey Armstong, the exotic dancer
                                            Admission: $2.50 at door, $2.00 in advance. Tables $5.00 and boxes $10 and $12
                                            • The Billboard 1949-11-12 p.22
                                            • Stratemann, p.305 with reproduced clipping, Amsterdam News, New York, N.Y., 1949-12-24 p.17
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                                            .Allentown, Penn.Lyric Theatre
                                            (now
                                            Miller Symphony Hall)
                                            Concert, 9 p.m.
                                            Duke Ellington in Person and His Great New Stage Show Featuring Stars of Screen, Radio and Television.
                                            Prices: Orch. $2.25, $1.90, $1.60; Balc. $1.60, $1.95; 2nd Balc. (Not res.) 85¢. All taxes included.
                                            The plugs refer to a band of 18 but name only Johnny Hodges, Lawrence Brown, Harry Carney, Oscar Pettiford, Ray Nance, Al Sears, Al Hibbler, Jimmy Hamilton, Kay Davis, and Billy Strayhorn. Vocalist Lou Elliot was named in the report.
                                            Two concerts, 7 and 9 p.m., were advertised, but theatre management cancelled the earlier show due to low ticket sales.

                                            Ellington:

                                            'The show was cancelled by the time we got here at 5 o'clock.'


                                            The report of the show described the audience as enthuiastic. It only mentioned a satire on early jazz and a medley consisting of Mood Indigo, Sophisticated Lady, Soliture and Don't Get Around Much Any More.
                                            • The Morning Call, Allentown, Penn.
                                              • 1949-12-29 p.25
                                              • 1950-01-03 p. 19
                                              • 1950-01-04 p. 37
                                              • 1950-01-05 p.31
                                              • 1950-01-06 p.7
                                            • Sunday Call-Chronicle, Allentown, Penn.
                                              • 1950-01-01 pp.24, 25
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                                            1950 01 09
                                            Monday
                                            8:30 pm
                                            .Richmond, Va.WRVA Theater
                                            9th and Broad
                                            "Stage show - concert"

                                            Tickets: Orchestra $3.15 & $2.50; Balcony $2.50; Gallery $1.90. "Tickets for all sections of the theatre for white and colored patrons."

                                            The Jan.7 Richmond Times-Dispatch said there would only be one show because the Ellington concert and variety show was too long to allow for more than one performance. The Jan. 9 edition named some of the musicians - Al Sears, Oscar Pettiford, Al Hibbler, Jimmy Hamilton, Kay Davis and Billy Strayhorn. Edith Lindeman's glowing review says
                                            • the theatre was almost full
                                            • the fans went home begging for more
                                            • The performance was 2 hours.
                                            • The concert ran the gamut from intellectual jazz to 'those lilting, singing melodies which Ellington has composed for popular consumption.'
                                            • Showtopper [sic] Nancy Raye, "yelled a few notes of 'St. Louis blues' and then went into an acrobatic pantomime that is at wide variance with the music which America's leading jazz composer has been turning out."
                                            • Other musicians named were Johnny Hodges with his satin-smooth alto-sax, Junior Raglan and his thumping pass [sic], Harry Baker, whose trombone talks, cries and swears through a chorus of 'Frankie and Johnnie,' and others. Vocalist Al Hibbler turned 'Trees' into something of a caricature, but his range and phrasing was noteworthy. Kay Davis sang 'Creole Love Call' and 'Body and Soul, and Lou Elliott sang 'Hucklebuck.'
                                            Richmond Times-Dispatch, Richmond, Va.
                                            • 1950-01-01 p.8-B
                                            • 1950-01-07, p.11
                                            • 1950-01-08, p.D-13
                                            • 1950-01-09, pp.11, 15
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                                            Tuesday
                                            .Blacksburg, Va.Burruss Hall
                                            Virginia Polytechnic Institute
                                            Concert, 8:30 p.m.
                                            The Virginia Tech Jan.6:

                                            'Duke Ellington, America's foremost Composer and his World Famous Orchestra will preent a special concert on the stage of Burruss Hall Tuesday, January 10. The two-hour concert will begin at 8:30, immediately following the Tech-George Washington basketball game....'

                                            Beckley Post-Herald, Jan. 11:

                                            'BLACKSBURG, Va., Jan.10–
                                            After running up one of the highest scores seen on the home court against Roanoke College last Friday, the basketeers return to the conference wars against George Washington at home in a game which has been scheduled at 6:45 Wednesday, instead of the usual starting time of 7 o'clock, in order to give the students time to attend the Duke Ellington concert...'

                                            • The Post-Herald's reference to Wednesday appears to be in error. The game was scheduled for Tuesday, Jan. 10 and results were published nation-wide by UP on Wednesday January 11 (Virginia Tech beat George Washington 71-59).
                                            • The Schine Paramount engagement noted in DEMS for this week didn't begin until Jan. 14.
                                            • The Virginia Tech, V.P.I., Blacksburg, Va.
                                              1950-01-06 pp.1,5
                                            • Beckley, W.Va. Post-Herald, Beckley, W.Va.
                                              1950-01-11, p.6
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                                            1950 01 11
                                            Wednesday
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                                            1950 01 12
                                            Thursday
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                                            Friday
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                                            1950 01 14
                                            Saturday
                                            1950 01 16
                                            Monday
                                            Syracuse, N.Y.Schine Paramount Theater
                                            426 S.Salina St.
                                            Theatre, 5 shows daily,
                                            with Howell and Bowser, great comedy team, and Peck & Peck, sensational dancers. Ellington's show times: 12:20, 2:50, 5:20, 7:50 and 10:20 p.m.

                                            This engagement is incorrectly dated January 10 to 13 in DEMS 08,3-9.
                                            • The Sunday 1950-01-08 edition of the Syracuse Post-Standard, p.17, announced a four day engagement on one page and on p.22, a three day run at the Schine Paramount beginning Saturday, which is 1950-01-14
                                            • the 1950-01-13 edition carried an ad saying 3 days only starting "tomorrow"
                                            • the 1950-01-15 edition carried a review of the Saturday show
                                            • the 1950-01-16 edition carried an ad saying Last Times Today and an article just above the ad refers to the engagement as three days. This edition also announced a John Wayne film would start Tuesday "after Duke Ellington leaves."
                                            • The Syracuse Herald-American announced a three-day run.

                                            (Schine, at one time the largest independent U.S. theatre chain with 148 theatres in 6 states in 1942, was the subject of an anti-trust action.)
                                            • Syracuse Post-Standard, Syracuse, N.Y.:
                                              • 1950-01-08, pp.17, 22
                                              • 1950-01-13 p.21
                                              • 1950-01-15 pp.16, 22
                                              • 1950-01-16 p.8
                                            • Syracuse Herald-American, Syracuse, N.Y. 1950-01-08 p.24
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                                            Wednesday
                                            .Columbus, OhioMemorial HallDance, 9 p.m.
                                            The Orioles, a quintet, appeared with Ellington and his orchestra
                                            The Columbus Dispatch, 1950-01-12 p.B-7...
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                                            Windsor, Ont..Steven Lasker:

                                            'A different "Manifest; Members of Theatrical Organizations, Shows, Etc." shows [Ellington and his orchestra] travelling by [illegible] from Detroit to Toronto, their port of entry and exit was Windsor, Ontario, date of entry 1950 01 19, date of departure 1950 01 20. There is no list of instruments. '

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                                            Thursday
                                            Detroit, Mich.Paradise Theatre
                                            3711 Woodward at Parsons
                                            Theatre appearance (vaudeville)
                                            Ellington personnel mentioned in the ads: Hodges, Nance, Davis, Hibbler. Also on the bill: Peck and Peck, the Orioles
                                            • Detroit Free Press, Detroit, Mich.
                                              • 1950-01-19 p.21
                                              • 1950-01-21 p.12
                                              • 1950-01-22 s.A p.11
                                              • 1950-01-25 pp.14,15
                                              • 1950-01-26 pp.18, 22
                                            • The Detroit Times, Detroit, Mich.
                                              • 1950-01-18 p.30-C
                                              • 1950-01-21 s.C pp.10,11
                                              • 1950-01-24 p.10-C
                                              • 1950-01-21-p10-C
                                            • Detroit Tribune, Detroit, Mich.
                                              • 1950-01-21 p.7
                                              • 1950-01-28 p.1
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                                            Saturday
                                            .Detroit, Mich.Art InstitutePersonal appearance

                                            Detroit Free Press
                                            • 1950-01-21:

                                              'Duke Ellington to Be Guest on Quizdown
                                                  Band Leader Duke Ellington will be the featured guest and judge on the Free Press-WXYZ Quizdown at the Art Institute at 10:30 a.m. Saturday...'

                                            • 1950-01-22:

                                              'King Meets the Duke
                                              Quizdown Winner, 9, Has Day of Thrills

                                                  Nine-year-old Richard Jankowski, St. John Immanuel Lutheran School fourth grader, "hit a triple" Saturday.
                                                  He won the Free Press-WXYZ weekly Quizdown crown at the Art Institute...
                                                  Then, as an extra honor, Richard met Duke Ellington, famous orchestra leader, and Joe Short, midget clown...
                                                  Ellington... todl the Quizdowners how he made a career in music after "a slow start as a young portrait artist."...'

                                            • The report is accompanied by a photo of Richard sitting on Ellington's lap while Duke guides his hand on the keys, with Short leaning over the piano to watch.
                                            • Quizdown was a Saturday morning radio show aired on radio station WXYZ. According to the Detroit Free Press radio log, it was scheduled to air at 11 a.m. January 21 rather than 10:30.
                                            Detroit Free Press, Detroit, Mich.
                                            • 1950-01-21 p.12
                                            • 1950-01-22 s.A p.11
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                                            .Detroit, Mich.Paradise TheatreVaudeville - see 1950-01-20

                                            • Performances this day included a midnight show and a broadcast of a special March of Dimes concert at 4 p.m. in addition to the regular shows for the day.


                                            • Recorded broadcast:
                                              Duke Ellington and his Famous Orchestra
                                              N.Williams, Killian, Dave Burns, Baker, Nance, Brown, Jackson, Glenn, Hamilton, Procope, Hodges, Rouse, Forrest; Carney, Ellington, Marshall, Greer, Hibbler, Elliott, Davis,
                                              Titles recorded:
                                              • Take The "A" Train (theme)
                                              • B-Sharp Boston
                                              • How High The Moon
                                              • Ellington spot re polio
                                              • Creole Love Call
                                              • On The Sunny Side Of The Street
                                              • You Of All People
                                              • Ellington spot re March of Dimes
                                              • Suddenly It Jumped
                                              • Take The "A" Train (theme)

                                            • The broadcast was recorded and released in 1980 on Up-to-Date album UTD-2001 "The Undocumented Ellington Vol.1." The L.P. insert incorrectly dates the broadcast as January 1949.
                                            • The album insert and hard copy discographies New Desor and Nielsen date the broadcast as late January 1950 and have the broadcast on WJR, but Detroit radio logs and a subsequent report show it was on WWJ:
                                              • The Detroit Tribune advertised a Duke Ellington broadcast direct from the stage Saturday January 21 at 4:00 p.m. on WWJ.
                                              • The caption to Duke's publicity photo in the Tribune said:

                                                'Duke Ellington will present his famous Carnegie Hall concert at the Paradise theatre Saturday Jan. 1 [sic] at 4 p.m. via station WWJ, coming direct from the stage at the Paradise theatre. '

                                              • The accompanying ad said

                                                'Extra! Sat. Jan. 21
                                                DUKE ELLINGTON
                                                BROADCAST
                                                Direct from Stage
                                                At 4:00 p.m. – Station WWJ
                                                Screen "BARBARY PIRATE"
                                                Saturday MIDNIGHT SHOW
                                                Saturday'

                                              • The Jan. 21 Detroit Times radio log has the March of Dimes broadcast on WWJ from 4 to 5;30 p.m.
                                              • The Detroit Tribune 1950-01-28 reported

                                                'Duke Ellington and his orchestra broadcast Saturday from the stage of the Paradise Theatre last Saturday for the [illegible] of the march of Dimes over Station WWJ. '

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                                            Sunday
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                                            Monday
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                                            Tuesday
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                                            Wednesday
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                                            Thursday
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                                            Friday
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                                            Ellington was recorded singing and playing I'm Afraid and Joog Joog.
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                                            Saturday
                                            .Cleveland, OhioMasonic Auditorium

                                            'MASONIC AUDITORIUM
                                            East 36th & Euclid
                                            THE TOPHATTERS CLUB PRESENTS
                                            DUKE ELLINGTON
                                            King Of Jazz
                                            And his World Famous Orchestra
                                            In A Musical Concert
                                            Sat., Jan 28& –-8:15 P.M. Curtain
                                            Tickets Masonic Temple Or Burrows
                                            408 Euclid
                                            $1.80 - $2.40 - $3.60 Tax Inc.'

                                            This gig was initially identified by Joe Mosbrook by an advertisement. The concert poster has Cow Cow Davenport as an added attraction.
                                            Cleveland Plain Dealer

                                            'A fine, high-spirited audience was on hand to welcome Duke Ellington...
                                              Although the show was 40 minutes late in beginning, once the 16-piece band got started it had plenty of blasting power...
                                              Spruce in a light gray suit [Ellington] presided with casual grace over a group of hard-working expert musicians playing trumpets, trombones, a whole choir of saxophones, a virtuoso double bass and a drum while he waved his beat with one hand and played the piano with the other.
                                              After the national anthem, the soft, weird music of "Lady in Lavender Mist" and "Suddenly It Jumped Quietly" turned into a double bass solo, "She Wouldn't Be Moved," and wound up with hair-raising, ear-splitting blasts of the satire "Symphomaniac." Most of the pieces were short, but they had a slippery sense of style.
                                              Charming Kay Davis, soprano, in brilliant orange sang "Creole Love Call," "I Can Dream, Can't I?" Assisting artists included Al Hiber [sic], baritone, and Johnny Hodges, alto sax...
                                              During intermission, graying Charles Davenport, Cleveland jazz composer, played his latest pieces, drawing ASCAP royalties, the well known "Cow-Cow Boogie," "Cow-Cow Blues," "He Don't Mean No [illegible - Harm?]" and "Mama Don't Allow No Music Played in Here." '

                                            • Concert poster
                                            • Cleveland Plain Dealer, Cleveland, Ohio,
                                              • 1950-01-22 p.20-D
                                              • 1950-01-28 p.8
                                              • 1950-01-29 p.28-A
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                                            Tuesday
                                            .Wilberforce, OhioJones auditorium
                                            Wilberforce University
                                            Dayton Daily News, January 29, 1950:

                                            'WILBERFORCE Jan.28.–Duke Ellington and his orchestra will return to Wilberforce university [sic] Tuesday for a kick-off jazz concert tour of 50 leading colleges and universities...'

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                                            1950 02 00...PERSONNEL CHANGES
                                            • Singer Lu Elliott leaves - the May 1 Wisconsin State Journal reported she left "last month" to perform as a single and had a three-year contract with Apollo Records but the columnist may have meant either April or March.
                                            • Singer Odessa "Chubby" Kemp joins the band, having been hired by Ellington during the Detroit engagement at the Paradise Theatre.
                                            • Tenor sax player Jimmy Forrest leaves the band. He will record again with the band on Oct. 23, 1972
                                            • Tenor sax Alva "Beau" McCain joins the band
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                                            • Wisconsin StateJournal, Madison, Wisc, 1950-05-01 p.6 s.1
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                                            Thursday
                                            7 and 9:30 pm
                                            .Madison, Wisc.Parkway TheatreOrchestra and entertainers, two "variety concerts", also billed as "Concert Variety"

                                            Tickets $1.20, $1.80 and $2.40
                                            Theatre manager John Scharnberg announced the Ellington program as:
                                            I.
                                              • Jazz Accelerando
                                              • Bojangles
                                              • Creole Love Call
                                              • You Name It
                                              • Liberian Suite
                                            II.
                                            • Resume
                                            • Songs (Lu Eliot)
                                            • Violet Blue
                                            • The History of Jazz in Three Minutes
                                            • Songs (Albert Hibbler)
                                            • Piano (Duke Ellington)

                                            Frank Custer's Capital Times review:
                                            • both performances played to fair sized crowds
                                            • constant shift of lighting and changes from the program bothered some
                                            • personnel named: Nelson "Cootie" Williams [sic!!!]; Johnny Hodges, Jimmy Hamilton, Ray Nance, Al Hibbler, Kay Davis, Luy Eliot, Lawrence Brown
                                            • Song titles mentioned: Mood Indigo, It Don't Mean A Thing, I Got It Band and That Ain't Good, Creole Love Song [sic], St. Louis Blues, Symphomaniac, Liberian Suite, Do Nothing Till You Hear From Me, Bojangles.

                                            Bill Doudna's State Journal review:
                                            • two small Parkway audiences
                                            • personnel named: Johnny Hodges, Sonny Greer, Lawrence Brown, Nelson Williams, Albert Hibbler, Al Killian, Wendell Marshall, Lu Eliot, Kay Davis, Ray Nance.
                                            • ghostly off-stage taps added reality to his musical portrait of the late "Bojangles" Bill Robinson [this was probably Nance dancing back stage]
                                            • The Capital Times, Madison, Wisc.
                                              • 1950-01-14 p.5
                                              • 1950-01-28, p4
                                              • 1950-02-01, p.15
                                              • 1950-02-03,p.5
                                            • Wisconsin State Journal,
                                              • 1950-01-19 p.21
                                              • 1950-01-20 p.27
                                              • 1950-01-22
                                                • s.1 p.17
                                                • s.2 p.10
                                              • 1950-01-29 s.2 p.11
                                              • 1950-01-31 p.13
                                              • 1950-02-01, s.2,p.3
                                              • 1950-02-02, s.1,p.9
                                              • 1950-02-03 s.1 p.9
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                                            Friday
                                            .St. Louis, Mo.Kiel Auditorium Opera HouseConcert, 8:30 p.m., Duke Ellington and His Famous Orchestra and The Orioles quintet.
                                            Review by Charles Menees in the Post-Dispatch and V.T. in the Star-Times:
                                            • 3,000 attendance
                                            • Ellington's share of the concert was part jazz concert, part theater-type show, with comedy, Ray Nance's dancing, tricky use of spotlights, medleys
                                            • Named music:
                                              • excerpts from Liberian Suite
                                              • Bojangles
                                              • Slow Boat to China
                                              • She Wouldn't Be Moved
                                              • Frankie and Johnnie
                                              • Creole Love Call
                                              • I Can Dream, Can't I?
                                            • Personnel named by Menees and V.T. in the Star-Times:
                                              • Lawrence Brown
                                              • Hal Baker
                                              • Wendell Marshall
                                              • Al Hibbler
                                              • Kay Davis
                                              • Johnny Hodges
                                              • Sonny Greer
                                              • V.T. mentioned the band had four vocalists, but only Hibbler and Davis were named in the two reviews
                                            • Menees: 'Completely sold out was the supply of 1948 souvenir programs which naturally didn't correctly list last evening's program and was full of innaccuracies about the band's present personnel.'
                                            • St. Louis Star-Times, St. Louis, Mo.,
                                              • 1950-01-23 p.20
                                              • 1950-01-24 p.18
                                              • 1950-01-28 p.6
                                              • 1950-01-31 p.8
                                              • 1950-02-01 p.15
                                              • 1950-02-03 p.12
                                              • 1950-02-04 p.4
                                            • St. Charles (Daily) Cosmos-Monitor, St. Charles, Mo. 1950-01-24 p.3
                                            • St. Louis Post-Dispatch, St.Louis, Mo.
                                              • 1950-01-22 p.5G
                                              • 1950-01-29 p.4G
                                              • 1950-02-03 p.3C
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                                            Saturday
                                            .Cincinnati, OhioCincinnati Garden"Concert show" 8:30 p.m.

                                            News-Journal, 1950-01-26

                                            '...The Ellington concert show will appear at the Garden for one night only. The house has been scaled to bring this concert show to Cincinnati at the lowest concert prices in the history of the city. The management of the Garden announced that 8,000 seats will be priced at $1."

                                            A plug in the Cincinnati Enquirer 1950 02 05 described the group as Duke Ellington, his orchestra and entertainers, saying the show would be more than two hours. The ad on the same page announced Duke Ellington and his famous orchestra and the Orioles. 8118 general admission tickets were $1, reserved seats were $1.50, $2.00 and $2.50.
                                            • The Daily News-Journal, Wilmington, Ohio
                                              • 1950-01-14 p.10
                                              • 1950-01-26 p.16
                                            • Cincinnati Enquirer, Cincinnati, Ohio,
                                              • 1950-01-15 s.3 p.7
                                              • 1950-01-22 s.3 p.5
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                                            Sunday
                                            .Chicago, Ill.Opera HouseTwo concerts, afternoon and night, by the band and a vocal quintet, The Orioles, presented by Down Beat.
                                            Chuck Moore, Notes on the Beat, San Antonio Register:

                                            'The music mag, "Down Beat," will present it's [sic] annual concert at the civic opera house in Chicago on Sunday with Duke Ellington and his ork in the spotlight. The Ellington band placed second in the "Beat's" poll but inasmuch as the first place winner, Woody Herman, has disbanded, the Duke has been delegated to take over. Of the Ellington musicrew Johnny Hodges will receive an award as the top saxman and Al Hibbler, former San Antonian, most popular band vocalist. With the exception of the Orioles (and heaven only knows why their nasal toning got in on the deal) the program will be strictly Ellington. There will of course be the "Creole Love Call," with vocal by Kay Davis; the Liberian Suite; songs by Al Hibbler; songs by Lu Elliot [sic]; "Violet Blue," written by Billy Strayhorn and played by Johnny Hodges; a medley of Ellington hits and a stint by the Orioles.'

                                            • The Capital Times, Madison, Wisc., 1950-01-28, p4
                                            • San Antonio Register, San Antonio, Tex, 1950-02-03 p.5
                                            • Chicago Sunday Tribune, Chicago, Ill.,
                                              • 1950-01-15 pt.7 p.4 s.B
                                              • 1950-02-05 pt.7 p.4
                                            • Stratemann p.310 citing Chicago Defender 1950-02-04 p.26
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                                            Monday
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                                            Tuesday
                                            .Lansing, Mich. Prudden Auditorium

                                            DUKE
                                            Ellington
                                            and his famous
                                            ORCHESTRA
                                            AND SHOW
                                            TUESDAY
                                            FEB. 7th 8:30 P.M.

                                            Also advertised as

                                            IN
                                            PERSON
                                            Duke ELLINGTON
                                            Composer - Conductor
                                            AND HIS FAMOUS
                                            ORCHESTRA
                                            Concert Varieties

                                            Prices: $2.40, $1.80, $1.20 Tax Inc.

                                            Sponsored by the Junior Chamber of Commerce
                                            The publicity in Lansing State Journal is interesting - each announcement was several paragraphs long, each one discussed something different about Ellington, his life and music and his orchestra. Examples:

                                            'Ellington and his band will appear at Prudden auditorium Tuesday, Feb. 7, at 8:30 p.m...Duke's current itinerary calls for 80 concerts a year.'

                                            and

                                            '... few people know that he [Ellington] is the donor of three annual musical scholarships to famed Juilliard shcool in New York City...
                                              ...First students to graduate were three teen-agers: Elaine Jones, pianist; Paul Rudoff, French horn player, and Warren Norwood, flutist, after a series of competitive auditings conducted amonth students of the New York city high schools. In their honor, Ellington wrote a work called "Entrance of Youth" and featured the three hopefuls as soloists at his 1947 concert festival at Carnegie Hall...'


                                            H. R. Palmer's review of the two-hour concert used some of the publicity material, and named some band members:
                                            • Harold Bawer [sic]
                                            • Ray Nash [sic]
                                            • Wendell Marshall
                                            • Lawrence Brown
                                            • Johnny Hodges
                                            • Sonny Greer
                                            • Albert Hibbler
                                            • Kay Davis
                                            • Lu Eliot [sic]
                                            and some of the titles played:
                                            • Liberian Suite
                                            • Bojangles
                                            • Creole Love Call
                                            • Mood Indigo
                                            • A History of Jazz in Three Minutes
                                            • Cotton Tail
                                            • Perdido
                                            • My Little Brown Book
                                            • Transblucency
                                            • Things Ain't What They Used to Be
                                            Concert poster, Gotta Have Rock And Roll website
                                            Lansing State Journal, Lansing, Mich.
                                            • 1950-01-13 p.16
                                            • 1950-01-21 p.7
                                            • 1950-01-23 p.16
                                            • 1950-01-24 p.8
                                            • 1950-01-25 p.6
                                            • 1950-01-26 p.18
                                            • 1950-01-27 p.14
                                            • 1950-01-30 p.14
                                            • 1950-01-31 p.14
                                            • 1950-02-01 p.11
                                            • 1950-02-02 p.16
                                            • 1950-02-03 p.20
                                            • 1950-02-04 p.7
                                            • 1950-02-06 p.9
                                            • 1950-02-07 p.10
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                                            .Detroit, Mich.Gotham Hotel.The California Eagle reported a Mr. and Mrs. Andre Vaughn left Los Angeles on Feb. 3, stopped in Chicago and Lansing, and made their way back to Detroit, where they met Ellington at the fashionable Gotham Hotel. Ellington, Hibbler and Sara [sic] Vaughn [sic],gave a party for them in their room.

                                            If the story is reliable, it places Duke in Detroit around this time.
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                                            Thursday
                                            .Saginaw, Mich.Saginaw Auditorium
                                            Northwest corner
                                            South Washington and Janes
                                            Concert, 8:30 p.m.
                                            The Saginaw News advance publicity said there would be 18 men, naming Hodges, Brown, Carney and Pettiford. Its review:

                                            'Concert jazz as played by the great Duke Ellington and his orchestra rocked the Auditorium Thursday night to the delight of some 1,000 spectators.
                                              Sparkling arrangements in stage show style were combined with lovely lighting effects in-a thrilling display of glamorized jazz. Those who like their music strictly hot would have called some of the showpieces quite commercial.
                                              The Duke and his 15 terrific musicians gave out with some solid stuff in the second half of the program, featuring the boogie-woogie vocalizing of Chubbie Kent [recte Chubby Kemp] and the mad antics of trumpetman Ray Nance. A five-by-five female, Chubbie drove the audience frantic. She and Nance, who gave a knocked-out vocal-dance version of W. C. Handy's "St. Louis Blues," came close to stealing the show.
                                              Other numbers showcased the brilliant alto saxophone improvisations of Johnny Hodges, the sophisticated blues warbling of lovely Kay Davis, and the smooth vocalizing of that extraordinary bass-baritone, Albert Hibbler.'

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                                            Friday
                                            1950 02 11Ann Arbor, Mich.University of MichiganUniversity of Michigan Junior Class J-Hop (Junior Hop) dance - two nights
                                            The Ellington and Louis Prima bands shared the bill, playing alternately on both nights to allow continuous dancing.

                                            This annual event was the University's only strictly formal dance, with, this year, a "Deep in the Blues" theme. The decorations created an underwater illusion and a cosmetic company distributed a new cologne, J-Hop 51 as favours.

                                            Attending from Traverse City:
                                            • Miss Ann Maurer, with Parker Pennington
                                            • Miss Betty Badgero with William Fonce
                                            • Miss June Stromberg with Louis Culman
                                            From Benton Harbor were:
                                            • Miss Helen Kreider and Robert Gardner
                                            • Miss Patricia Rohring, escorted by Douglas Gelb of Rochester
                                            • Miss Dorothy DeWolf, with Liberato D'Addona of New York City
                                            • Miss Mary Stathopoulos and Milton Karnfills of Flint
                                            • Miss Roberta Piggott with Rodney Sonnenbert
                                            • John Ackenhusen escorting Miss Anne Goodyear of Hastings
                                            • Miss Violet Johnson and Richard Noll
                                            • William Rohring escorting Miss Ann Fester of Lansing


                                            From Battle Creek:
                                            • Miss Dorothy Aitken, guest of Raymond B. Roof, Jr.
                                            • Miss Janet Mae Taylor, attending with Robert Jones
                                            • Miss Nancy Weiss hosted by Clifford Voice
                                            • Miss Barbara Banghard, guest of John Norman
                                            • Miss Joyce Holzberger, with Russell Smith
                                            • The Columbus Dispatch, Columbus, Ohio,
                                              1950-02-09 p.B-5
                                            • Record-Eagle, Traverse City, Mich.
                                              • 1950-02-09, p.3
                                              • 1950-02-11, p.6
                                            • The Enquirer and News, Battle Creek, Mich.,
                                              1950-02-12 p.4
                                            • Detroit Free Press, Detroit, Mich.,
                                              1950-02-11 p.11
                                            • The News-Palladium, Benton Harbor, Mich.
                                              1950-02-13 p.4
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                                            Saturday
                                            .Detroit, Mich.UnknownKennedy Records recording session.

                                            Steven Lasker's Mercer Records discography:

                                            Chubby Kemp with Billy Strayhorn - Johnny Hodges Sextet
                                            Hodges, Hamilton, Carney, Strayhorn, Marshall, Greer

                                            Titles recorded:
                                            • Hello Little Boy
                                            • The Greatest There Is!
                                            This session is not shown in New Desor nor Nielsen, but Timner V has it on p.541, with two more titles in square brackets but no record release information:
                                            • [Don't You Know I Care]
                                            • [I Got It Bad]
                                            The Billboard this date reported Duke Ellington took out a recording licence with AFM for his new disc venture, Kennedy Records. This is not yet documented, but press deadlines would mean this took place before The Billboard's publication date.

                                            Kennedy Records became the Mercer Records partnership - see 1950 08 08
                                            The first recording session was Feb.11. Lasker shows it as a Mercer session, but Mercer Records does not appear to have been formed until August. A Kennedy Records session would be consistent with the Local 802 A.F. of M. contract of 1950 09 13 being marked Session 1 and with Leonard Feather's description of that session as the first, but it's rather a moot point, give that the two titles were released on the Mercer Records label M1950A and M21951B

                                            The location of the recording studio and whether or not Duke was present in the session need to be determined. Mercer Ellington's own band was playing in New York this week, but Ellington's orchestra was in Michigan.

                                            Letter, 1950-08-04, L. Feather-C.Hoefer:

                                            'Dear Coleen,

                                              Enclosed is a set of dubs of four sides that were recorded in Detroit by Chubby Kemp, Duke's blues singer who will be with him at the Regal the week of August 17.
                                              These sides are cleared through the union, and will probably be released on a new label, Kennedy records. The accompaniment is by Johnny Hodges, Harry Carney, Jimmy Hamilton, Billy Strayhorn, Sonny Greer, and Wendell Marshall.
                                              "Hello Little Boy" and "The Greatest There Is" are credited to Ellington and Kemp, and are both published by Tempo Music. You can consider this letter an authorization of clearance on the two tunes if necessary.

                                              Please let me know if I can help in any way to supply material or information prior to Duke's visit.
                                            Kindest regards,

                                            Sincerely yours,

                                            LEONARD FEATHER '

                                            I have not located an AF of M contract for this session.

                                            • Mercer Records discography, courtesy S. Lasker 2017-02-08
                                            • Stratemann p.310 citing The Billboard 1950-02-11 p.54
                                            • MacHare:   A Duke Ellington Panorama
                                            • Timner V (p.541 "Ellingtonians")
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                                            Sunday
                                            .Milwaukee, Wisc.Pabst TheatreConcert at either 2:30 or 3 p.m.

                                            Tickets: $3.60, $3.00, $2.40, $1.80, $1.20

                                            D.K.G. in the Milwaukee Journal:

                                            'A disappointingly small house turned out for Duke Ellington and his orchestra Sunday afternoon at the Pabst theater. Those who went heard one of the finest jazz concerts that have come this way in several years.
                                              The feature was two movements and a song, "I Like the Sunrise" sung by Albert Hibbler, from Ellington's "Liberian Suite." Commissioned by the republic of Liberia, this is superb modern music by any standard. It is great jazz. Sunday afternoon it was an unforgettable thrilling experience.
                                              For years this has been the finest jazz orchestra in the country. The present group of 17 men play with the discipline and precision of a symphony and with individual brilliance.
                                              Johnny Hodges played a great alto solo on "Sunny Side of the Street." Tyree Glenn on trombone, Jimmy Hamilton's clarinet, Sonny Greer's drums and the songs of Kay Davis were particularly outstanding.
                                              The absence of any bop on the program might be significant.'

                                            • Wisconsin State Journal, Madison, Wisc.
                                              • 1950-02-05, p.16 re Feb 12
                                              • 1950-02-12, s.2 p.10 re Feb 12
                                            • The Milwaukee Journal, Milwaukee, Wisc.
                                              • 1950-01-15 p.9
                                              • 1950-01-29 p.4
                                              • 1950-02-03 green sheet, p.1
                                              • 1950-02-09 p.9
                                              • 1950-02-10 p.19
                                              • 1950-02-12 pt II p.15
                                              • 1950-02-13 p.7
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                                            Monday
                                            .Stillwater, Okla.Field House
                                            or
                                            Gallagher hall
                                            Oklahoma A&M College
                                            Two concerts, 7:30 and 9:30 p.m., tickets $1.00, both performances nearly sold out
                                            Personnel named in advance publicity include Hodges, Marshall, Nance, Baker, Hebbler [sic], Davis, Eliot.
                                            Bruce Johnson in The Daily O'Collegian:

                                            'Duke Ellington was performing in Gallagher hall Monday night, and two near capacity audiences were glad. He brought jazz with him.
                                              The Duke played the blues for listening Aggies; he also pounded out some crashing boogie. The 14-piece band behind him was loudly brittle, then softly muted, but always clearly blended.
                                              Jazz of the classic sort was on the program, entitled the "Liberian Suite." There was also a chubby blues singer who sang loud and stayed not long enough. The score was varied and all good.
                                              Every individual in the group of artists soloed, and with reason. Particularly outstanding was the alto saxophone played by Johnny Hodges, while close competition came from Jimmy Hamilton on a clarinet. Naturally there was a piano and Duke Ellington.
                                              A clowning Sonny Greer played the drums as his forefathers would have liked.
                                              There were also five men carrying trumpets, which they played solidly as befits the backbone of a jazz band. When called upon, however, there were five men each playing a different bit of individualism. The horns looked the same, and the quality of excellence was equally there, but each man had a style personally owned and operated.
                                              Al Hibbler, vocalist, is blind, and can't read a word of music. Naturally. That's how he sings – naturally. He has a talented voice, and didn't get to sing enough. For listening pleasure Al Hibbler is recommended.
                                              Duke Ellington is the high spot of Allied Arts so far, and this writer hopefully recommends that those officials in charge bring him back again – at least for his two remaining years in college.'

                                            • The Daily Collegian, Stillwater, Okla.
                                              • 1950-02-09 p.1
                                              • 1950-02-11 p.1
                                              • 1950-02-14 p.3
                                            • The Daily Oklahoman, Oklahoma City, Okla. 1950-02-12 p.21
                                            • Photo of Chubby Kemp and Duke Ellington, with sidemen in the background, The 1950 Redskin, Oklahoma A&M College yearbook p.592.
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                                            Tuesday
                                            Valentine's Day
                                            .Enid, Okla.Convention HallConcert, 8:30 p.m.
                                            • Sponsored by the local Exchange Club
                                            • "Reserved Section For Colored People"
                                            • Tickets: $2.44, $1.83 and $1.22 including tax

                                            The front and back covers of an eight-page programme offered for sale on eBay calls the event "Concert Varieties," the same title used in other locations on this tour. On the back cover the names of the rhythm section and vocalists are shown - Ellington, Greer, Marshall, Hibbler, Davis and Eliot. Chubby Kemp will have been present too, since she joined the band a few days earlier and was identified by the reviewer of the previous day's concerts in Stillwater. Her name was probably omitted because Ellington's booking agent would have sent out publicity material before she was hired.
                                            Ads and publicity for the concert say Ellington's either 18- or 14-piece orchestra would perform 11 numbers, naming named:
                                            • The History of Jazz in Three Minutes
                                            • Liberian Suite
                                            • Jazz Accelerando
                                            • Bojangles
                                            • Creole Love Call
                                            • Violet Blue
                                            • Resume [sic]
                                            The Sunday Feb. 5 edition of The Enid Morning News said the concert would be Friday night, which would have been Feb. 10. The concert programme and the Feb. 9, 12 and 14 editions of The Enid Morning News all say Feb. 14.
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                                            .Cincinnati, OhioCotton ClubEllington was among the celebrities who purchased tickets for a benefit ball but it is unlikely he attended given the Tulsa engagement this night.The Cincinnati Enquirer, Cincinnati, Ohio, 1950-02-13 p.3..VaildjpNew
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                                            .Minneapolis, Minn.Northrop Memorial Auditorium
                                            105 Northrop Auditorium
                                            University of Minnesota
                                            8:30 p.m. - Concert sponsored by all-University congress.

                                            Tickets: $1.50, $2.00, $2.50, $3.00 tax included

                                            The pages of the concert programme displayed on eBay in 2015 showed Jazz Accelerando, Bojangles, Creole Love Call, You Name It (Mercer Ellington and Luther Henderson), and Liberian Suite. Other titles shown in pre-concert publicity were Resume, The History of Jazz in Three Minutes, and Violet Blue. The publicity also named singers Lu Eliot and Albert Hibbler.
                                            Tribune critic Norman Houk named the personnel as: TRUMPETS: Al Killian; Ray Nance; Harold Baker; Nelson Williams; David Burns, TROMBONES Lawrence Brown; Tyree Glenn; Quentin Jackson, REEDS: Johnny Hodges; Harry Conney [sic]; Jimmy Hamilton; Russell Procope, RHYTHM: Duke Ellington; Sonny Greer; Wendell Marshall. Selected comments:

                                            '...It was a "request performance," for the All-University congress chose the Ellington crew when it rated tops in a campus survey...

                                            At this concert there was more sparing use of terrific all-out brass display that was the outstanding characteristic the last time he visied Minneapolis, although there were plenty of times when the decibel pressure boosted your pulse rate. There were more subtle and simple effects–but arrived at complexly.

                                            ..."Creole Love Call" appeared in a new arrangement, with Kay Davis doing the wordless vocal.

                                            ...Hibbler did a lot of singing...

                                            A small spotlight from inside the piano shown [sic] on the Duke's face and vertical spots at each edge of the stage picked up a succession of soloists...

                                            ...Chubby Kemp made her first appearance. She gives forth with about as exuberantly-uninhibited vocal noises as there are on the current market and has such a wonderful time doing it that so do you...'

                                            Star critic John K. Sherman also wrote a glowing review but provided less detail. Selected comments:

                                            '...richest, headiest blast of jazz... Crewcut boys and their dates were out in full force in the audience, and the response to the electrifying stuff on the stage was eager and appreciative...The band numbered 15...Sonny Greer, whose sadistic precision is something to behold; ... The vocal team was made of of Albert Hibbler, Kay Davis and Chubby Kemp....'

                                            • Minneapolis Sunday Tribune and Minneapolis Morning Tribune, Minneapolis, Minn.
                                              • 1950-01-29 p.F 5
                                              • 1950-02-05 p.F 5
                                              • 1950-02-10 p.31
                                              • 1950-02-12 p.F 5
                                              • 1950-02-13 p.12
                                              • 1950-02-14 p.12
                                              • 1950-02-16 p.8
                                              • 1950-02-17 p.5
                                            • The Minneapolis Star, Minneapolis, Minn.
                                              • 1950-02-10 p.20
                                              • 1950-02-13 p.18
                                              • 1950-02-15 p.28
                                              • 1950-02-16 p.18
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                                            .San Francisco, Cal.Oakland Auditorium"Concert Varieties" programme - cancelled
                                            While the Oakland Tribune carried an ad for this concert on Feb. 19, it was postponed to Feb. 26 and was to change to dance music.

                                            Strangely, the San Diego Union ads didn't name the venue.
                                              The San Diego Union, San Diego, Cal.
                                              • 1950-02-14 p.a-8
                                              • 1950-02-15 p.a-28
                                              • 1950-02-16 p.1-11
                                              • 1950-02-17 p.A-11
                                              • 1950-02-18 p.a-9
                                            • Oakland Tribune
                                              • Ad, 1950-02-19, p.1-C ("Concert Varieties")
                                              • Announcement 1950-02-26, p.C-7 (change of dates and programme)
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                                            .San Diego, Cal.Dressing room
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                                            Ellington was interviewed by The San Diego Union's Winthrop Cady while getting dressed for the matinee. Cady describes how he dresses and grooms in some detail, describes a photographer taking 2 pictures, and quotes Ellington:

                                            'We use special material for the concerts - lighter this time than before. We use a little more variety now and it gets loose. In fact, in the second half you can say it gets theatrical. The audiences seem to like it a little looser. We kid it a little and have some fun and the audiences have fun, too. We try... Speedy, who washed these socks?

                                            That's Speedy Brooks. Sgt. Speedy Brooks, we call him, because he finds the worst laundries in the world. Only a laundry hand-picked by Sgt. Speedy Brooks could shrink socks so small. I'd rather wash them myself.

                                            Where were we? Having fun? Oh, yes. Well, we try to have a little fun and we try hard not to take ourselves too seriously. We try real hard not to take... well, American jazz music wasn't born on a very high level, and we try to keep it where it belongs.

                                            Sgt. Speedy Brooks, I'll bet you went to every laundry in Minneapolis to find which one has the cheapest soap before you sent out the socks.

                                            We try to keep the stuff loose and on its own level. You don't get any place trying to put it on a higher level.

                                            Sgt. Speedy Brooks, you're 100% today You've got these cuff links in backwards.

                                            This is a record jump for us. We went from Tulsa to Minneapolis, and that's jump enough. And then we came all the way from Minneapolis to San Diego. That's a long one. We've got eight concerts in California but we may stay around a while before we go back. I'm tired of riding trains.'

                                            The San Diego Union, San Diego, Cal. 1950-02-20, p.a-5..
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                                            .San Diego, Cal.Russ AuditoriumMatinee:

                                            GENE NORMAN PRESENTS                           DUKE ELLINGTON
                                            In concert and his famous orchestra
                                            featuring
                                            AL HIBBLER KAY DAVIS
                                            Johnny Hodges Lawrence Brown Ray Nance Harry Carney
                                            Sunday Afternoon, Feb. 19, 2:15 Russ Aud. Tickets from $1.25...


                                            • The review named sidemen Al Killian, Ray Nance, Harold Baker, Nelson Williams, David Burns, trumpets; Lawrence Brown, Tyree Glenn and Quentin Jackson, trombones; Johnny Hodges, Harry Carney, Jimmy Hamilton, Russell Procope, reeds; Sonny Greer, drums; Wendell Marshall and vocalists Albert Hibbler, Kay Davis, Lu Eliot and Chubby Kent [sic].
                                            • Music mentioned by the reviewer: Jazz Accelerando; Bojangles; excerpts from the Liberian Suite; a new version of Frankie and Johnny; You Name It; Violet Blue; and The History of Jazz in Three Minutes.
                                            • 'Other singers were Lu Eliot and Chubby Kent [sic], who was introduced as a "lovely and well balanced girl and a leading exponent of the blues." Be that as it may, Miss Kent has a sizzling style and terrific vocal volume. What she was singing about was anyone's guess.'
                                            • 'Greer and Marshall got lots of attention. Marshall's finger work on string bass was only equalled by his fast foot-work. He must have run up a tremendous mileage on his right foot alone.'
                                            • The San Diego Union, San Diego, Cal.
                                              • 1950-02-12 p.d-4
                                              • 1950-02-14 p.a-9
                                              • 1950-02-15
                                              • 1950-02-16
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                                            .Los Angeles, Cal.Shrine Auditorium"Concert Varieties" concert, 8:30 p.m.
                                            The Eagle announcement named the vocalists as "Albert Hibbler, Kay Davis and Lu Eliot" and the rest of the band as well: Al Killian, Ray Nance, Harold Baker, Nelson Williams, David Burns, Lawrence Brown, Tyree Glenn, Quentin Jackson, Johnny Hodges, Harry Conney [sic], Jimmy Hamilton, Russell Procope, Jimmy Forrest, Sonny Greer, Wendell Marshall and Ellington. Tickets were available at all Mutual Agencies in Southern California. Prices $1.20 $1.80 $2.40 and $3.60, tax included

                                            Los Angeles Times review by H.L.C.:
                                            • large audience
                                            • blithe disregard of starting time and the program as printed, but both audience and band seemed to enjoy it.
                                            • Opened with "hopped-up" version of the National Anthem
                                            • Titles mentioned: Jazz Accelerando; She Wouldn't Be Moved; Liberian Suite; Creole Love Call; a blues from Black, Brown and Beige; I Can Dream, Can't I; Frankie and Johnnie ("Herein a trombonist with an outsize mute explored the sound possibilities of his instrument, with results that must have surprised even the trombone"); Bojangles (featured an interesting ghost tap effect produced apparently by soft shoe dancing and percussions off stage)
                                            • Van Nuys News, Van Nuys, Cal. 1950-02-13 pt.1 p.8
                                            • California Eagle 1950-02-16
                                            • Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles, Cal.
                                              • 1950-02-02 Pt.III p.11
                                              • 1950-02-15 pt.1 p.26
                                              • 1950-02-19 pt. IV p.2
                                              • 1950-02-20 Pt.II p.7
                                              • 1950-02-22 pt. III p.10
                                            • Stratemann, p.310
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                                            .Sacramento, Cal.Memorial Auditorium8:30 p.m., concert of modern music, with about 500 in attendance
                                            Reviewer William Glackin said it was a fine band and a good show, but with the Ellington band you expect more. Music named in the review: Violet Blue, Lady of the Lavender Mist (which opened the show), dance from the Liberian Suite, blues from Black, Brown and Beige, Creole Love Call, and a medley. Personnel mentioned: Hodges, Kay Davis, Nance, Baker, Brown. The reviewer commented attendance was low for Alec Templeton [band?] and Stan Kenton's concert [Feb. 18] drew three times as many.
                                            Sacramento Bee, Sacramento, Cal.
                                            • 1950-01-28 p.23
                                            • 1950-02-21 p.3
                                            • 1950-02-22 p.4
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                                            Friday
                                            .San Francisco, Cal.AuditoriumProgram of "Concert Varieties"
                                            Bob McCary (Feb,25):

                                            'Ellington's Band at the Audiorium
                                              There is a school of thought which says Edward Kennedy Ellington is the greatest thing that ever happened to music.
                                              There is another school which says NO!
                                              Somewhere between them you could have found Duke Ellington last night. He and his orchestra played a concert at the Civic Auditorium.
                                              The band played some of the things which have made it famous&–"Take the A train," The Liberian Suite" and others.
                                              (It also played some things which, from a standing start, would never have made it famous. Among these were "Jazz Accelerando," "Bojangles" and "You Name It.")
                                              One of the things that made the affair sound good was a young lady named Kay Davis. She did "Creole Love Call," not singing it , but using her voice as an instrument. This technique is all the rage with the bop men this year, but inasmuch as this was first recorded in the 1920's, Ellington deserves a large amount of credit for it.
                                              (She also sang "I Can Dream, Can't I?" She can, also she can sing.)
                                              During part of the concert, Ellington conducted the orchestra. (One rude fellow in the audience said, "If he's a conductor, I want a transfer." In this he was expressing what seemed to be a widely held opinion among his listeners–Duke Ellington is much better when he plays the piano and lets the band ad lib.)
                                              Or to sum it up quickly, Duke Ellington did not sound like Duke Ellington. He sounded like a fellow who is going around the country making appearances and money.'

                                            • San Francisco Chronicle, San Francisco, Cal.
                                              • 1950-02-13 p.3
                                              • 1950-02-03 Pt.2 p.15
                                              • 1950-02-23 p.16
                                              • 1950-02-24 p.19
                                              • 1950-02-25 p.11
                                            • Oakland Tribune
                                              • 1950-02-19 p.1-C
                                              • 1950-02-23, p.29
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                                            Saturday
                                            .San Jose, Cal.Municipal AuditoriumProgram of "Concert Varieties"
                                            • San Francisco Chronicle, San Francisco, Cal.
                                              • 1950-02-13 p.3
                                              • 1950-02-23 p.16
                                              • 1950-02-24 p.19
                                            • Oakland Tribune
                                              • 1950-02-19 p.1-C
                                              • 1950-02-22 p.32
                                              • 1950-02-23, p.29
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                                            .Oakland, Cal.Oakland AuditoriumInitially announced as a program of "Concert Varieties," the Oakland Tribune annoujnced on Feb. 26 that it would be dance music instead. The event was sponsored by Gene Norman, a Pacific Coast disc jockey.
                                            Personnel named:
                                          • Hibbler
                                          • Lu Eliot
                                          • Kay Davis
                                          • Killian
                                          • Nance
                                          • Baker
                                          • N.Williams
                                          • David Burns, trp
                                          • Brown
                                          • Glenn
                                          • Jackson
                                          • Hodges
                                          • Harry Conney [sic]
                                          • Hamilton
                                          • Procope
                                          • Forrest
                                          • Greer
                                          • Marshall
                                          • Ellington
                                            • San Francisco Chronicle, San Francisco, Cal.
                                              • 1950-02-13 p.3
                                              • 1950-02-23 p.16
                                              • 1950-02-24 p.19
                                            • Oakland Tribune
                                              • 1950-02-19, pp.1-C, 8-C, 10-C
                                              • 1950-02-20, p.15
                                              • 1950-02-22 p.32
                                              • 1950-02-23, p.29
                                              • 1950-02-23 Kay Davis photo and caption
                                              • 1950-02-24, p.30D
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                                            1950 03 00...PERSONNEL CHANGES
                                            Charlie Rouse, tenor sax, and Tyree Glenn, trombone, leave the band this month.

                                            New Desor has Al Hibbler leaving in March as well, to return in September. He was with the band at Texas A&M College on March 18,
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                                            • The East Texan, Commerce, Tex. 1950-03-24 p.2
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                                            1950 03 07Los Angeles, Cal.Million Dollar TheaterProbably a vaudeville show. Ellington paid the costs and took 50% of the revenues.
                                            • Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles, Cal.
                                              • 1950-03-01 Pt.II p.6
                                              • 1950-03-02 Pt.II p.10
                                              • 1950-03-06 Pt.III p.10
                                              • 1950-03-07 Pt.II p.6
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                                              • The Billboard Mar.11, 1950 p.55
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                                            .Omaha, Neb.OrpheumVarious editions of The World-Herald announced Ellington and his orchestra would open here March 3 for a week. This conflicts with the concurrent theatre engagement in Los Angeles and likely did not take place.
                                            • Evening World-Herald, Omaha, Neb.
                                              • 1950-01-17 p.23F
                                              • Sunday World-Herald, Omaha, Neb.
                                                • 1950-01-22 p.9-F
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                                            .Los Angeles, Cal.Universal Studios Stage 10Pre-recording for the film "Salute To Duke Ellington," Ellington's second and last Universal short film, and his last short by a major Hollywood studio.

                                            Although the call time was 8 am, recording started at 8:40 and ended at 12:25.

                                            Band members included Kay Davis, Al Hibbler, Odessa (Chubby) Kemp, Duke Ellington, Al Killian, Shorty Baker, Ray Nance, Dave Burns, Nelson Williams, Johnny Hodges, Russell Procope, Charlie Rouse, Alva (Bo) McCain, Lawrence Brown, Quentin Jackson, Tyree Glenn, Harry Carney, Wendell Marshall and Sonny Greer.
                                            Titles recorded:
                                            • Things Ain't What They Used To Be
                                            • Hello, Little Boy
                                            • The History of Jazz
                                            • She Wouldn't Be Moved
                                            • Violet Blue
                                            • Take the "A" Train
                                            • You of All People
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                                            .Los Angeles, Cal.Universal Studios Filming "Salute to Duke Ellington" - see 1950 03 06..DEMS
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                                            1950 03 15San Francisco, Cal.Fox Theatre.
                                            • Stratemann p.321 citing Variety 1950-03-15 p.10
                                            • Ads, Oakland Tribune
                                              • 1950-03-11 p.6
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                                            .College Station, Tex.Sbisa Hall
                                            Texas A&M University
                                            6:30 p.m. Concert followed by a military ball.
                                            • (1)Guests of honour included a congressman, four generals and a colonel.
                                            • Society columns reported (2)Pat Hurt, Jacky Chapman, (3)Wanda Nelson, Diana Reed and (4)Pat Cox attended. The latter two were reported to have had a wonderful time.
                                            • The Baytown Sun announcement

                                              'High-ranking military officers and a congressman will be honor guests at the military ball March 18 at Texas A. and M. College.
                                                The ball will be preceded by a formal corps review of the cadets in the afternoon and a concert by Duke Ellington's orchestra in Guion hall at night. Ellington's orchestra will furnish music for the ball.'

                                            • The review by Cadet Lt. Colonel Ellison said the ball was attended by over two thousand persons; among the guests were Brigadier General La Boisse, Military Attache of the French Embassy, Colonel DeMartino, Military Attache, the Honorable Olin E. Teague, congressman, Lt. Gen. LeRoy Lotes, Maj. Alden R. Crawfore, Maj. Gen. H. H. Johnson. He wrote that the ball itself was held in Sbisa Hall, named Al Hibbler as one of the vocalists and said the concert was at 6:30 p.m.
                                            • Announcements
                                              • The Baytown Sun, Baytown, Tex. 1950-03-13 p.5
                                              • Pampa (Texas) News, 1950-03-12 p.17
                                            • Society news items:
                                              • (2)Brownsville Herald, 1950-03-19
                                              • (3)Brookshire Times, 1950-03-24
                                              • (4)Lubbock Evening Journal, 1950-03-17 p.4
                                              • Kadet Kutups, The East Texan, Commerce, Tex. 1950-03-24 p.2
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                                            .Rocky Mount, N.C.Cameo TheatreFalse date
                                            This appears to be a film short accompanying the movie Blanche Fury
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                                            .Wichita, Kans.Forum(Unconfirmed)

                                            Mr. Ray Overton brings Duke Ellington to the Forum, March 21. Ellington is one of the country's favorite musicians.
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                                            .Carbondale, Ill.Shryock Auditorium
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                                            Southern Illinois University
                                            8 p.m. concert and 9:30 p.m. dance sponsored by the Student Council. The admission to each was $1.00
                                            The Southern Illinoisian printed a lengthy letter to the editor from W. Edward Woods, which opened:

                                            'I am a daily reader of the Free Press and Southern Illinoisan and I have looked in vain for some recognition by you or some member of your staff of the famous Duke Ellington and his celebrated orchstra who appeared in concert at the Shryock auditorium and played for the dance in the Mens' gymnasium, last Friday, March 24, at Southern Illinois university...'

                                            His letter says the concert opened with the Star-Spangled Banner and ran an hour and 33 minutes and specifically mentions Al Hibbler "his present vocalist."
                                            • Duke Ellington to Play at SIU, The Register-News, Mt. Vernon, Ill., 1950-03-14 p.2
                                            • Southern Illinoisan, Carbondale, Ill.,
                                              • 1950-03-23, p.15
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                                            .Chicago, Ill.Civic Opera House

                                            'Duke Ellington's one-nighter at the Civic Opera House next Sunday [sic] is in the nature of an encore for his soloists and for Duke's own symphonette, "Jazz Accelerando."'

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                                            • Chicago Daily Tribune and Chicago Sunday Tribune, Chicago, Ill.
                                              • 1950-03-15 Pt.1, P.15
                                              • 1950-03-19 Pt.7 P.4, S.2
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                                            The Billboard published the first part of its two-part Ellington section: 1950 Music Popularity Charts, The Honor Roll of Popular Songwriters by Jack Burton, No. 53, Duke Ellington.
                                            The first part begins with a short biography - including his record score to date: 1,200 compositions and 12,000 records, with 20,000,000 copies sold. This count seems to include recordings of Ellington compositions by other artists, since Aasland's 1954 Wax Works only lists 997 Ellington recordings.

                                            The article then begins the first of four lists of Ellington's most significant recordings by year, recorded by Duke and by others, showing which were then still available. The first list is popular songs (i.e., with lyrics), the second is instrumentals, then come the stage musicals, and lastly, the albums.
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                                            .Institute, W.Va.West Virginia State Collegeactivities not documented

                                            A concert advertised for this venue was cancelled due to conditions beyond our control.
                                            • The Charleston Gazette, Charleston, W.Va., 1950-03-12 p.14
                                            • 1950-03-25 p.2
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                                            Wednesday
                                            1950 06 30
                                            Friday
                                            European tour.On March 29, Ellington and his orchestra embarked on its first tour of continental Europe and Scandinavia since the beginning of the second world war, arriving home on June 30. Mr. Götting identified many International Duke Ellington Society DEMS Bulletins which concern this tour, but I found it a challenge to jump back and forth. I therefore made these working notes, which are not comprehensive, but may still assist the reader when working through the daily entries in the chronology.
                                            • 88,2-1 Says that on 1950 05 31 Jimmy Hamilton, Don Byas and Duke Ellington participated in a jam session at Sct. Thomas restaurant. It was recorded and broadcast. I Can't Get Started, Body and Soul, a blues, Laura, In a Sentimental Mood.
                                            • 88,3-1 Reports the special record made the night of June 6/7.
                                            • 88,4-3 More about the above special record.
                                            • 89/1 Nothing apparent regarding the 1950 tour of Europe.
                                            • 96,2-12 Identifies a CD with four tracks from Paris and Copenhagen recorded during this tour.
                                            • 97,2-22 Question re June 20 concert conflicting with (incorrect) embarkation date. Now resolved.
                                            • 97,3-18 Early chronology of part of the tour - May 27 to June 13 only. - superceded.
                                            • 98,2-21
                                            • 98,2-22 Description of June 20 concert.
                                            • 98,3-13 Clarification of previous description of June 20 concert
                                            • 99,4-25 Description of a Coleman Hawkins CD with several tracks recorded with Ellingtonians during this tour.
                                            • 01,1-11 Discussion of the date of the Hamburg concert, with several references to other concerts in the tour. Description of BFN (British Forces Network) broadcasts and its facility. Revised preliminary partial itinerary for May 27 - June 13, superceding DEMS 97,3-18, and in turn superceded in DEMS 01,2-21
                                            • 01,1-13 Incorrect reference. I think it should be 01,1-11
                                            • 01,2-21 Dating the Göteberg concert, plus a revised preliminary itinerary for May 27 - June 13
                                            • 01,2-28/6 Just a reference to a non-Ellington recording by Hibbler, nothing to do with the tour.
                                            • 01,3-10 Details of the Hamburg concerts and mention of the NWDR and BFN broadcasts
                                            • 01,3-18 Hodges recordings in Copenhagen June 1.
                                            • 01,3-22 Timner correction regarding one recording.
                                            • 02,1-5 Absence of trombonist Ted Kelly.
                                            • 02,3-15 identifying a photo taken in Copenhagen
                                            • 02,3-23 Some Hodges recordings in Europe during this tour
                                            • 03,2-28Trumpet player in Mood Indigo in the June 10 concert
                                            • 04,1-5 Identifying an interview in Paris April 7
                                            • 04,1-21 New chronology covering Apr. 5 to June 20, with some questions answered. This would seem to supercede the earlier DEMS chronologies.
                                            • 04,2-28 Personnel in Sweden leg of tour.
                                            • 04,2-51 New Desor correction to add the April 7 interview.
                                            • 05,1-20 Information about Ted Kelly
                                            • 06,1-33 More about Ted Kelly
                                            • 07,3-10 Discussion of newly issued CD of the Zurich performance May 2.
                                            • 07,3-32 Story about loss of Kay Davis and a guest appearance in Belgium by a European singer and a possible offer of using her for the next six weeks.
                                            • 07,3-44 New Desor small correction to add the Zurich concert
                                            • 08,1-15 Jazz Journal article about a post-concert party in Zurich
                                            • 08,1-16 More about Zurich and about Ted Kelly.
                                            • 08,1-19 Hamburg and Zurich CD contents - nothing of consequence.
                                            • 10,3-16 Identifying performance June 14, seeking info for missing dates.
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                                            Wednesday
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                                            New York, N.Y.S.S. Île De FranceDuke Ellington and his orchestra embarked by sea for a 2-1/2 month tour of Europe (plus sea-time). This was its first European tour since before the second world war.


                                            Band members travelling by sea:
                                            S.S. Ile De France
                                            Outward-bound passengers
                                            sailing from New York
                                            March 29, 1950, bound for
                                            Le Havre, France
                                            Homeward-bound passenger
                                            list
                                            Baker, Harold
                                            1619 Broadway St., NYCy. 35
                                            (Cabin class)
                                            Harold Baker,
                                            age 36, single,
                                            1619 Broadway, New York
                                            George Ballard,
                                            age 32, single,
                                            4130 Paul St, Philadelphia
                                            Brown, Lawrence 1619 Broadway St., NYCy. 42
                                            (Cabin class)
                                            Lawrence Brown,
                                            age 43, single,
                                            1619 Broadway, New York
                                            Carney, Harry
                                            450 W. 147th St. NYCy. 40
                                            (Tourist class)
                                            Harry Carney,
                                            age 40, married,
                                            450 W. 147th St.
                                            Davis, Kathryn
                                            1829 Ashlard Ave., Evanston, Ill. 29
                                            (Cabin class)
                                            Kathryn Davis,
                                            age 30, single,
                                            1619 Broadway, New York
                                            Courtney, Cress 2 Sutton Place, NYCy., 36
                                            (First class)
                                            -
                                            Ellington, Edward
                                            935 St. Nicholas St., NYCy. 50
                                            (First class)
                                            Duke Ellington
                                            Greer, William
                                            1619 Broadway St., NYCy. 48
                                            (Cabin class)
                                            William Greer,
                                            age 48, married,
                                            601 E. 64th St., Bronx
                                            Hamilton, James
                                            563 W. 150th St., NYCy 32
                                            (Cabin class)
                                            James Hamilton,
                                            age 33, single,
                                            1619 Broadway, New York
                                            Hodges, John
                                            555 Edgecombe Ave. NYCy 42
                                            (Tourist class)
                                            Cornelius Hodges,
                                            age 43, married,
                                            555 Edgecomb Ave., New York
                                            Jackson, Quentin
                                            1435 Highland Ave., Chicago, Ill. 41
                                            (Cabin class)
                                            Quentin Jackson,
                                            age 41, married,
                                            3301 Michigan Bd, Chicago
                                            Killian, Albert
                                            9115 S. Vincessnes Ave. Chicago, Ill. 33
                                            (Cabin class)
                                            Albert Killian,
                                            age 34, single, cabin class ,
                                            4112 Vincenzes, Chicago
                                            Marshall, Wendell 4411 St. Ferdinand Ave., St. Louis, Mo., 29
                                            (Cabin class)
                                            Wendell Marshall,
                                            age 30, married,
                                            4411 Ferdinand Ave, St. Louis, Mo.
                                            McCain, Alva
                                            555 W. 15th St., NYCy. 30
                                            (Tourist class)
                                            Alva McCain,
                                            age 31, single,
                                            555 W. 151 St., New York
                                            Procope, Russell
                                            870 E. Michigan Ave., NYCy 41
                                            (Cabin class)
                                            Ruseel [sic] Procope,
                                            age 42,
                                            850 Michlas Ave, New York
                                            Ernest Royal,
                                            age 29, married,
                                            154-47th St., Los Angeles, Cal.
                                            Strayhorn, William 315 Convent Av. NYCy. 34
                                            (First class)
                                            William Strayhorn,
                                            age 35, single,
                                            1619 Broadway, New York
                                            Williams, Nelson
                                            60 W. 11th St., NYCy 32
                                            (Tourist class)
                                            Nelson Williams,
                                            age 33, single,
                                            1619 Broadway, New York
                                            Odessa Reid,
                                            age 27,
                                            1619 Broadway, NYC
                                            Kelly, Th‚odore
                                            247 W. 65th St., NYCy 28
                                            (Tourist class)
                                            .
                                            Ballard, George
                                            4130 Paul St., Phila. Pa. 32
                                            (Tourist class)
                                            .

                                            The following associates sailed with the band as well:
                                            Outward-boundHomeward-bound
                                            Carney, Dorthy
                                            450 W. 147th St. NYCy. 43
                                            (Tourist class)
                                            Dorothy Carney
                                            age 42
                                            (Harry's wife)
                                            Celley, Albert
                                            2059 Hightower Dr., Hollywood, Cal. 40 (or 41)
                                            (First class)
                                            Albert Celley, age 41 (road manager)
                                            .Eve Celley, age 41
                                            (Al's wife)
                                            Celley, John
                                            2059 Hightower Dr., Hollywood, Cal. 48
                                            (Cabin class)
                                            John Celley, age 49
                                            (Al's brother)
                                            Eve Ellington, age 35
                                            (Duke's common-law wife)
                                            Hodges, Edith
                                            555 Edgecombe Ave. NYCy 35
                                            (Tourist class)
                                            Edith Hodges
                                            (Johnny's wife)
                                            It seems likely Ellington would have travelled with his barber and a band boy/valet as well.
                                            .Notes:
                                            • George "Butch" Ballard, drums, was the backup for Sonny Greer, who was not always reliable. In Switzerland, Greer praised Marshall and asked a fan if he thought it was easy to play bass with a band that has two drums. This would seem to suggest Ellington had two drum sets on the go, but that is speculation only.
                                            • Lawrence Brown was hospitalized for nine days in Milan.
                                            • Dave Burns had replaced Shelton Hemphill
                                            • Nelson "Cadillac" Williams replaced Francis Williams
                                            • The reed section grew to six men when Ben Webster left the band for good. Ellington replaced him with two men, Charlie Rouse and Jimmy Forrest, who was himself replaced by Alva "Bo" McCain.
                                            • Ernie Royal joined the trumpets
                                            • Tyree Glenn was unable to go to Europe, and was replaced by Theodore Kelly for part of the tour. Kelly returned to the United States the day after the Palais de Chaillot concerts. DEMS notes Kelly was absent from some of the concerts played there.
                                            • Per Downbeat, 1950 05 05, p. 1:

                                              'Only member of the Ellington crew to stay behind was singer Al Hibbler, who is trying out as a single. He's currently on his first date at the Baby Grand in Harlem.'

                                              The New York Age:

                                              'For the first time in years, Duke ELLINGTON is off on a major trek without AL HIBBLER. Al stayed behind Wednesday when the Duke set sail for Europe. Also missing the boat ... was AL SEARS, former Ellington sideman, who is launching a career as a front man with a Baby Grand engagement with Hib in top billing as a single.'

                                            • Charlie Rouse was replaced by Alva McCain
                                            • Charles Brooks, vocals, was announced in advertising and early concert programs, but apparently did not perform with the band. It may be that he didn't make the journey at all.
                                            • The New York Age, 1950-04-01 p.21
                                            • New Desor vol.2
                                            • Stratemann, pp.320-321
                                            • Additional documentation is likely to be found in SI-NMAH DEC301 Series 2: Performances and Programs, 1933-1974, box 1, folders:
                                              • 12 European Tour, April 4-June 10, 1950
                                              • 13 Milan, Italy, April 5, 1950
                                              • 14 Paris, France, April 12, 1950 (April 12-15, 1950)
                                              • 15 Amsterdam, Netherlands, April 30, 1950
                                              • 16 Sweden, June 2-4, 1950
                                              • 17 Stockholm, Sweden, June 6, 1950
                                            • Transcontinental-Western Air, Inc. Air Passenger Manifest 1950-04-17, line 22

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                                            .New York, N.Y.
                                            to Paris, France
                                            New York Int'l AirportRay Nance (as Willis Nance), passport no. 226919 departed April 2, 1950 from New York for Paris on Air France flight 008/81. The aircraft (registration F BAZH) was this Lockheed Constellation.Ancestry.com: Air France passenger list ...djpNew
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                                            .Le Havre, France.Arrival in EuropeDocumentation is likely to be found in the Smithsonian's Ellington collection, Series 2: Performances and Programs, 1933-1974, box 1, folder 12 European Tour, April 4-June 10, 1950..
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                                            .Paris, France.Inedit interview
                                            Georges Debroe wrote, in DEMS 04,1-5:

                                            "...interesting radio broadcasts with the French bandleader Boris Vian,... an interview with Ellington ...in his hotel-room on the Avenue des Champs Elysées ... by an unknown radio man with Boris Vian and Maurice Culaz, the interpreter. They talked about the forthcoming stay in Paris with the band at the Palais de Chaillot starting 12Apr50 with 8 concerts, including 3 matinees... The band was supposed to include 20 people including 3 vocalists. The interview took 4:50 and was cut short by Duke's manicurist."
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                                            Monday
                                            Knokke, BelgiumCasino CommunalConcerts
                                            The venue's name is unclear: Stratemann says Knokke-Le Zoute, Belgium; Casino Communal, Albert Plage.
                                            DEMS 04,1 just says Knokke-Le Zoute, Belgium; Casino Communal.

                                            Matthias Heyman advises 'Albert Plage' is the beach (plage in French) in front of the casino in Knokke, probably named for King Albert I. While there is now a hotel named Albert Plage, he thinks it is more likely Ellington played the casino of Knokke.
                                            • Stratemann, p.322
                                            • Email, Heyman-Palmquist 2014-07-05
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                                            Sunday
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                                            Monday
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                                            Tuesday
                                            .Lille, FranceL'OpéraTwo concerts..DEMS
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                                            Stratemann writes that Ellington encountered Orson Welles at the tour's first Paris stop, and Welles asked Ellington to write the music for one of his plays, "Le Temps Court" (Time Runs); he writes that Duke spent what spare time there was during the tour writing the music.
                                            Photos:
                                            • Gammond
                                            • Vail II, pp.359, 367,367
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                                            1950 04 16Paris, FrancePalais de ChaillotConcert

                                            The programme lists
                                            • Lady of the Lavender mists
                                            • Suddenly It Jumped (Quietly)
                                              Hal Baker, Trompette
                                            • She Wouldn't be Moved
                                              Wendell Marschall, [sic] Contrebasse
                                            • Etraits de The Liberian Suite
                                              Jimmy Hamilton, Clarinette
                                              Ray Nance, Violon
                                              Harry Carney, Sax Baryton
                                              Al Killian, Trompette
                                            • Créole Love Call
                                              Nelson Williams, Trompette
                                              Kay Davis, chante
                                            • Frankie et Johnnie
                                            • ENTR'ACTE
                                            • Entre Act Jam
                                              Ernie Royal, Trompette
                                              Charles Rouse, Tenor Sax
                                              Jimmy Hamilton, Clarinette
                                              Ted Kelly, Trombone
                                            • Résumé Théatrical.
                                            • Chubby Kemp chante le Blues.
                                            • Violet Blue
                                              Johnny Hodges, Alto Sax
                                            • History of Jazz in 3 minutes
                                              Russel [sic} Procope, Clarinette
                                              Hal Baker, Trompette
                                              Ray Nance, Pantomime
                                            • Duke Ellington au piano
                                            In addition to those named above, the programme's personnel list showed:
                                            • Quentin Jackson
                                            • Lawrence Brown
                                            • Alva McCain Jr.
                                              LI>Sonny Greer
                                            • George Ballard
                                            • Charles Brooks
                                            • Odessa Reid
                                            • Billy Strayhorn

                                            The first concert was poorly received - Der Spiegel wrote that the audience nearly booed the band off the stage.
                                            Letter, Jules Borkon to Duke Ellington, 1950-04-13 [as written], on the letterhead of Les Productions Parisiennes Arts et Spectacles, Directeur Géneral - Jules Borkon:
                                            Dear Mr. Ellington,
                                            I am very sorry that I must write this letter
                                            to you but I have to do it because of yesterday's perfor-
                                            mance and I think you yourself are aware that the success
                                            was not such as we expected it to be.
                                            Unfortunately, the programme did not make ap-
                                            peal to the public although from the artistic point of
                                            view it was very satisfactory.
                                            The real error was caused by the lights –the
                                            audience could not see much of what was being passed on
                                            the scene and although I insisted on putting more light
                                            Mr. CELLEY refused to follow my and the Chief Electrician's
                                            advice and kept to his own idea.
                                            This experience is going to cost me too much.
                                            On the other hand it was a psychological mis-
                                            take not to cut short KAY DAVIS' song when the public showed
                                            its dissatisfaction.
                                            We should never allow ourselves to go against
                                            the public's whishes as it is the thing of greatest impor-
                                            tance.
                                            The audience was dissatisfied as well because
                                            the programme was too short.
                                            Because of this unfortunate evening of yester-
                                            daywhich started in this way our tour in Paris I cannot
                                            foresee what consequences it may have for the future.
                                            Therefore, we must see what we can do about
                                            it all and what decissions to make to our best understan-
                                            ding and mutual profit.
                                                  In consequence I would like you to change
                                            a little the programme and the end of the first and the
                                            second part and add two "morceaux" of "ENCORE" which would
                                            be showy and please to the audience. It was we expect from
                                            the Jazz Orchestra.
                                            Therefore four very showy "morceaux" should be added
                                            ( two at the end of the first part and two at the end of the
                                            second part) -
                                            Stress should be put on the effects of lights and the
                                            audience should not be kept in the dark most of the time.
                                            KAY DAVIS is to sing one song in the "coulisses" and
                                            an another song after a while.
                                            I insist that all this is done immediately to avoid
                                            bitter and grave consequences.
                                            Do not forget, please, that from my part, I have pre-
                                            pared your reception in EUROPE and PARIS well and fulfilled my
                                            duties in 100 per cent.
                                            The unfortunate evening of yesterday was not my fault
                                            at all.
                                            Hoping for your best collaboration and relying on your
                                            loyalty.
                                            I am very sincerely yours.
                                            P/J. Borkon

                                            Stratemann reports Ellington changed the programme by the time the band appeared in Switzerland.
                                            • Stratemann, p.322, citing Der Spiegel 1950-05-11 p.40
                                            • Photos, Vail II p. 360
                                            • Archive Center, SI-NMAH, DEC301, Series 2: Performances and Programs, 1933-1974, box 1, folder 14, Paris, France, April 12, 1950 (April 12-15, 1950)
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                                            .Paris, FranceChaplain restaurantAfter the concert, Ellington went to a restaurant.
                                            Ollie Stewart, Report from Europe:

                                            'Honey Johnson (the beautiful) and her husband-manager, Herbert Gentry, invited Duke to their Chaplain restaurant for a midnight snack after his Thursday night performance. I dropped in near one o'clock, and the place was packed. Waiting for the Duke.
                                              Somebody said to me: "Did you know that the French booed Kay Davis last night? They certainly did. Her stuff was too high-class for them. They expected Dixieland or barrel-house yelling from her.
                                              Most of Duke's program was over their heads. If you're colored, they expect you to be loud and [illegible.]
                                              Finally, Duke came in with his [illegible]. He did have bags under the eyes. He looked tired.
                                              Since arriving, he and the band had played in Belgium and a flock of one-horse towns in northern France. '

                                            [The rest of the article is illegible.]
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                                            .Paris, France.Peripheral Event
                                            A Brisbane newspaper published an unattributed wirephoto of Ellington, captioned:

                                            'Duke Ellington, American coloured pinaist and band leader, with his hand set in pl;aster, making a cast of his hands for a French sculptor in Paris, last week.'

                                            The Courier-Mail, Brisbane, Australia,1950-04-15 p.6..
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                                            .Paris, France to New York, N.Y.TWA 969/17.Trombonist Theodore (Ted) Kelly flew from Paris to New York via Shannon, Ireland.Transcontinental-Western Air, Inc. Air Passenger Manifest 1950-04-17, line 22.DEMS
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                                            ...PERSONNEL CHANGE
                                            Don Byas, tenor sax, then living in Paris, joins the band for the tour.
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                                            .Den Haag, The NetherlandsGebouw voor K.& W..NMAH (Smithsonian) DE Collection Box 14, folder 18 "Duke Ellington en zijn Orkest, presented by Julius Barkan" (Amsterdam and Den Haag, The Netherlands) [Program], April 28 and 30, 1950..DEMS
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                                            .Amsterdam, The NetherlandsConcertgebouw PERSONNEL listed in the Amsterdam April 30 concert programme:
                                            • Harold Baker
                                            • Georges Ballard
                                            • Charles Brooks
                                              May not have embarked with the band
                                            • Lawrence Brown
                                            • Harry Carney
                                            • Kay Davis
                                            • Duke Ellington
                                            • Sonny Greer
                                            • Jimmy Hamilton
                                            • Johnny Hodges
                                            • Quentin Jackson
                                            • Theodore Kelly
                                              (flew home April 17)
                                            • Al Killian
                                            • Wendell Marshall
                                            • Alva McCain Jr.
                                            • Ray Nance
                                            • Russel Procope
                                            • Charlie Rouse
                                            • Ernie Royal
                                            • Billy Strayhorn
                                            • Nelson William [sic]
                                            • Odessa Reid [= Chubby Kemp]
                                            The programme would have been printed ahead of time, so personnel changes during the tour were not shown.
                                            • NMAH (Smithsonian) DE Collection Box 14, folder 18 "Duke Ellington en zijn Orkest, presented by Julius Barkan" (Amsterdam and Den Haag, The Netherlands) [Program], April 28 and 30, 1950
                                            • Additional documentation is likely to be found in SI-NMAH Archives Center, DEC301, Series 2: Performances and Programs, 1933-1974, box 1, folder 15 Amsterdam, Netherlands, April 30, 1950
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                                            .Zurich, SwitzerlandKongresshausConcert
                                            From an article in Jazz Journal, July 1950 written by Arthur Goepfert (see DEMS 08/1-15), one learns:
                                            • The band seems to have arrived by train.
                                            • "First surprising thing I learned was that although the boys were quite happy about the money, they earned, they were not so happy about working with the Duke."
                                            • Don Byas was accompanied by his wife and baby; Duke wanted Byas to return to the U.S.
                                            • Greer was drunk before the matinee
                                            • After the concert, about 150 people went to a dance hall and the fans each paid 8 francs so the musicians could drink free of charge. Procope, Hamilton and Ernie Royal jammed for hours.
                                            • Duke spent only about half the concert at the piano
                                            • Greer was perched high up above the band, and played fill-ins
                                            • Al Killian had lip trouble and a stomach ache. He was fed up with the music business and swore he would get out of the mess as soon as he was back in the States.


                                            For many years, it was thought only one concert recording from the 1950 tour survived, taped in Hamburg. In 2007, the TCB label released a recording on CD of the entire Zurich concert except the medley.
                                            .New Desor
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                                            Wednesday
                                            .Geneva, SwitzerlandVictoria Hall...DEMS
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                                            Thursday
                                            .Geneva, Switzerland.Pre-RSR-Broadcast.New Desor
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                                            Thursday
                                            .Lausanne, SwitzerlandThéatre de Beaulieu...DEMS
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                                            Friday
                                            1950 05 09
                                            Tuesday
                                            Milan, ItalyTeatro OdeonConcert

                                            Sometime during the stay in Milan, Lawrence Brown became ill and was hospitalized in Milan for 9 days. Sjef Hoefsmit noted this in DEMS 04,1-21, writing that he did not know whether he was replaced, and if so, by whom.
                                            Documentation is likely to be found in the SI NMAH DEC301 Series 2: Performances and Programs, 1933-1974, box 1, folder 13 Milan, Italy, April 5, 1950 [note apparent dating error].DEMS
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                                            Saturday
                                            .Milan, ItalyTeatro Odeonsee 1905 05 05...
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                                            Sunday
                                            .Milan, ItalyTeatro Odeonsee 1905 05 05...
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                                            Monday
                                            .Milan, ItalyTeatro Odeonsee 1905 05 05...
                                            ..2011
                                            1950 05 09
                                            Tuesday
                                            .Milan, ItalyTeatro Odeonsee 1905 05 05...
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                                            Wednesday
                                            ...activities not documented...
                                            ...
                                            1950 05 11
                                            Thursday
                                            ...activities not documented...
                                            ...
                                            1950 05 12
                                            Friday
                                            1950 05 16
                                            Tuesday
                                            Rome, ItalyTeatro Quirino...DEMS
                                            04,1-21
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                                            1950 05 13
                                            Saturday
                                            .Rome, ItalyTeatro Quirinosee 1950 05 12...
                                            ..2011
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                                            Sunday
                                            .Rome, ItalyTeatro Quirinosee 1950 05 12...
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                                            Monday
                                            .Rome, ItalyTeatro Quirinosee 1950 05 12...
                                            ..2011
                                            1950 05 16
                                            Tuesday
                                            .Rome, ItalyTeatro Quirinosee 1950 05 12...
                                            ..2011
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                                            Wednesday
                                            ...activities not documented...
                                            ...
                                            1950 05 18
                                            Thursday
                                            ...activities not documented...
                                            ...
                                            1950 05 19
                                            Friday
                                            ...activities not documented...
                                            ...
                                            1950 05 20
                                            Saturday
                                            .Genova, ItalyTeatro Augustus(Unconfirmed)

                                            Concert

                                            This date in Genoa is not shown in either Stratemann or DEMS 04,1-21
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                                            Sunday
                                            .Genova, ItalyTeatro AugustusConcert

                                            (note DEMS 04,1-21 says the venue was "Teatro Gusgustus" but this is likely a typing mistake.
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                                            Monday
                                            1950 05 23
                                            Tuesday
                                            Torino, ItalyTeatro Alfieri...DEMS
                                            04,1-21
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                                            1950 05 23
                                            Tuesday
                                            .Torino, ItalyTeatro Alfierisee 1950 05 22....
                                            ..2011
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                                            Wednesday
                                            ...activities not documented...
                                            ...
                                            1950 05 25
                                            Thursday
                                            .Como, ItalyTeatro Politeama...DEMS
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                                            1950 05 26
                                            Friday
                                            .Baden Baden, GermanyCasino(Unconfirmed)

                                            Concert

                                            This appearance is not shown in either Stratemann or DEMS 04,1-21
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                                            1950 05 27
                                            Saturday
                                            .Frankfurt, GermanyFRANZ ALTHOFF - BAU IM ZOOConcert
                                            Concert programme:
                                            FRANZ ALTHOFF - BAU IM ZOO
                                            Cpl. Calloway und Cpl. McCarthy, GYA NCO'S
                                            reigt
                                            DUKE ELLINGTON
                                            UND SEIN ORCHESTER

                                            Mai 1950
                                            ZU GUNSTEN DER DEUTSCHEN JUGEND

                                            Set lists shown in an autographed programme, "ANDERUNGEN VOHREHALTEN" (subject to change):
                                                                     1. Teil

                                            Lady of the Lavender mists D. Ellington

                                            Suddenly it Jumped "

                                            She Wouldn't be Moved M. Ellington

                                            Wendell Marschall, Contrabass L. Henderson

                                            Auszüge aus The Liberian Suite D. Ellington
                                            Jimmy Hamilton, Clarinette
                                            Ray Nance, Schlagbaff
                                            Harry Carney, Sax. Bariton
                                            Al Killian, Trompete

                                            Creole Love Call "
                                            Nelson Williams, Tromete
                                            Kay Davis Gesang

                                            Frankie und Johnnie Arr. D. Ellington

                                            2. Teil

                                            Entre Act Jam M. Ellington
                                            Ernie Royal, Trompete
                                            Charles Rouse, Tenor Sax
                                            Jimmy Hamilton, Clarinette
                                            Ted Kelly, Posaune

                                            Résumé Théatrical

                                            Chubby Kemp singt "The Blues"

                                            Violet Blue B. Strayhorn
                                            Johnny Hodges Alt Sax

                                            History of Jazz in 3 minutes Strayhorn und Ellington
                                            Russel Procope, Clarinette
                                            Hal Baker, Trompete
                                            Ray Nance, Pantomime

                                            Duke Ellington am Flügel
                                            • Source provided in DEMS 1997-3: Variety 1950-05-17 p.67
                                            • Concert programme
                                            .DEMS
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                                            Saturday
                                            .New York, N.Y.. Peripheral event
                                            The May 27, 1950 edition of The Daily Worker reported that Ellington had signed a communist-inspired Stockholm peace petition. The allegation was also printed in its August 25 and 27 editions. Ellington denied this, and threatened to sue. Several news reports in late October say the Daily Worker apologized to Duke to avoid the lawsuit.
                                            Blacklisting - Two Key Documents by Merle Miller and John Cogley..
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                                            Sunday
                                            .Hannover, GermanyNiedersachsenhalle...DEMS
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                                            1950 05 29
                                            Monday
                                            .Hamburg, GermanyMusikhalleAfternoon concert NWDR-broadcast on 26jun50
                                            BFN-broadcast later
                                            Source provided in DEMS 1997-3:
                                            Letter, Olaf Syman-DEMS 1992-05-15
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                                            Monday
                                            .Hamburg, GermanyMusikhalleEvening concert...
                                            ..Added
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                                            Monday
                                            .Hamburg, GermanyBoccaccio ClubParty, Anglo-German Swing Club.New Desor
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                                            1950 05 30
                                            Tuesday
                                            ...Activities not documented - possibly a travel day?..DEMS
                                            ..Added
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                                            1950 05 31
                                            Wednesday
                                            .Kobenhavn, DenmarkTrain stationEllington was greeted by a local costumed wedding bandPhoto in Stratemann, p.321..
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                                            Wednesday
                                            .Kobenhavn, DenmarkKobenhavn HallenTwo concertsPERSONNEL listed in the
                                            Denmark concert programme: 17)
                                            • Harold Baker
                                            • Georges Ballard
                                            • Lawrence Brown
                                            • Harry Carney
                                            • Kay Davis
                                            • Duke Ellington
                                            • Sonny Greer
                                            • Jimmy Hamilton
                                            • Johnny Hodges
                                            • Quentin Jackson
                                            • Theodore Kelly
                                              (flew home April 17)
                                            • Al Killian
                                            • Wendell Marshall
                                            • Alva McCain Jr.
                                            • Ray Nance
                                            • Russel Procope
                                            • Don Byas
                                              (Byas lived in France)
                                            • Ernie Royal
                                            • Billy Strayhorn
                                            • Nelson Williams
                                            • Chubby Kemp
                                            Source provided in DEMS 1997-3: Erik Wiedemann, Musik & Forskning 87/88 #13..
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                                            1950 05 31
                                            Wednesday
                                            .Kobenhavn, DenmarkSt Thomas Restaurant.Photo, Stratemann p.321
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                                            June 1950

                                            1950 06 01
                                            Thursday
                                            .Kobenhavn, DenmarkKobenhavn HallenTwo concertsSource provided in DEMS 1997-3: Erik Wiedemann, Musik & Forskning 87/88 #13.DEMS
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                                            1950 06 02
                                            Friday
                                            .Malmö, SwedenStadsteaternConcert

                                            (According to Rolf Dahlgren, in DESS Bulletin 4, Nov. 2012, the Swedish concerts played to half-full houses due to very hot weather.)
                                            Documentation is likely to be found in SI NMAH DEC301, Series 2 Box 1, Folder 16 Sweden, June 2-4, 1950.DEMS
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                                            Saturday
                                            .Stockholm, SwedenKonserthuset.Documentation is likely to be found in SI NMAH DEC301, Series 2 Box 1, Folder 16 Sweden, June 2-4, 1950.DEMS
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                                            1950 06 04
                                            Sunday
                                            .Stockholm, SwedenTennishallen...DEMS
                                            ..Added
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                                            1950 06 05
                                            Monday
                                            .Göteborg, SwedenCircus...DEMS
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                                            1950 06 06
                                            Tuesday
                                            .Aarhus, DenmarkAarhus-HallenTwo concerts
                                            Frits Schjøtt:

                                            'My parents were not sure that I was old enough to attend a jazzkoncert - and with NEGROES! But I held my stand and with money honestly earned by sundry con-tricks (+ garden work, house cleaning etc) I managed with my two best friends at the time to go by train (one hour) from Viborg to Aarhus, where the concert was given.

                                            Duke played two concerts that day, but we could only afford one, the first.

                                            In the interval between concerts we pushed our hearts high up and sneaked behind the curtain. Billy S. was doodling at the piano with Wendell Marshall accompanying him - we timidly asked for autographs and very kindly were obliged and even helped to send the programme backstage for further signatures.

                                            In the meantime SweePea played on, and we were in the eighth heaven. Finally the programme came back - with a lot of more signatures, although not EVERYone. Were we happy? - we flew out without touching the floor and spent the rest of our scarce money on a soft drink in the nearby restaurant, where, by chance, SVEND ASMUSSEN and his quintet were playing! THAT was the best day of my life until then. And I was 15 years and 91 days old, exactly. '

                                            Frits' copy of the programme is signed by H. Baker, Duke Ellington, Johnny Hodges, Wendell Marshall, C. Kemp (thus confirming her presence on the tour), Billy Strayhorn, Ernie Royal, Harry Carney and Al Killian.

                                            The programme shows Ellington played on a Hornung & Møller piano made by the prestige Danish piano maker Hornung & Møller.
                                            I. BLICHER-HANSEN
                                            i samarbiede med Jules Borkon, Paris
                                            præsenterer:
                                            DUKE ELLINGTON
                                            PROGRAM:

                                            THE MOOCHE Ellington
                                            Clar. Russel Procope
                                            Tromb. Quentin Jackson
                                            SUDDENLY IT JUMPED Ellington
                                            Trpt. Harold Baker
                                            PARADISE Strayhorn
                                            Bar.Sax. Harry Carney
                                            Y'OUGHTA Ellington
                                            Trpt. Al Killian
                                            AIR CONDITIONED JUNGLE Strayhorn-Hamilton
                                            Clar. Jimmy Hamilton
                                            Bass. Wendell Marshall
                                            COTTONTAIL Ellington
                                            Sax. Don Byas
                                            CREOLE LOVE CALL Ellington
                                            Voice Kay Davis
                                            Trpt. Nelson Williams
                                            FRANKIE AND JOHNNY
                                            ROCKIN IN RHYTHM Ellington
                                            VIOLET BLUE Stayhorn
                                            Alto. Sax. Johnny Hodges
                                            HELLO LITTLE BOY Kemp-Ellington
                                            Vocalist Chubby Kemp
                                            ELLINGTON AT THE PIANO
                                            Ret til ændringer i programmet forbeholden
                                            Duke Ellington har bl. a. komponeret:
                                            Mood Indigo . Solitude Beginning to see the light
                                            Sophisticated Lady Black and tan fantasy
                                            Don't Get Around Any More I let a song go out of my heart
                                            Caravan . I got it bad In a sentimental mood

                                            Flygel: Hornung & Møller
                                            • Email, Schjøtt-Palmquist, with concert programme
                                            • Stratemann pp.320-322
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                                            1950 06 06
                                            Tuesday
                                            (late night)
                                            .Aarhus, DenmarkHammerschmidts Optagelses-Studie
                                            (radio and photo shop)
                                            Recording session for Rundskue Kommite
                                            Duke Ellington and vocalist Ingvar Blicher-Hansen
                                            Titles recorded:
                                            • Sophisticated Lady (piano solo)
                                            • Mood Indigo (piano solo)
                                            • I'm Afraid (Ellington piano and vocal)
                                            • I Met A Little Miss (with vocal)
                                            The first two titles were made for a special recording, with only 10 copies made, autographed by Duke, for a lottery to be conducted for a benefit, Aarhus Rundskuedag.

                                            The third title has Ellington singing! and the fourth features Herr Blicher-Hansen
                                            • Stratemann pp.320-322
                                            • Vail I
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                                            1950 06 07
                                            Wednesday
                                            ..Travel ?...DEMS
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                                            1950 06 08
                                            Thursday
                                            .Frankfurt, GermanyAlthoff Bau...DEMS
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                                            1950 06 09
                                            Friday
                                            ...activities not documented ..DEMS
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                                            1950 06 10
                                            Saturday
                                            ...PERSONNEL CHANGE
                                            DEMS shows Al Killian left the band to return to the U.S. sometime between the June 8 and 10 concerts. This has not been confirmed; he travelled with the band on the S.S. De Grasse, departing France on June 21.
                                            ..DEMS 04,1-21.
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                                            Saturday
                                            ...PERSONNEL CHANGE
                                            Don Byas had been hired for the tour, so he left the band when it ended. He would record with it twice in later life.
                                            New Desor vol.2..
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                                            1950 06 10
                                            Saturday
                                            .Hamburg, GermanyAlu-PalastTwo concerts
                                            Stratemann shows the venue as Ernst Mercke Halle which did not exist in 1950.
                                            Source provided in DEMS 1997-3:
                                            Letter, Olaf Syman-DEMS 1992-05-15
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                                            1950 06 11
                                            Sunday
                                            .Hamburg, GermanyAlu-Palast2 Concerts - see 1950 06 10Source provided in DEMS 1997-3:
                                            Letter, Olaf Syman-DEMS 1992-05-15
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                                            1950 06 12
                                            Monday
                                            .Dortmund, GermanyCapitol...DEMS
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                                            1950 06 13
                                            Tuesday
                                            .Dusseldorf, GermanyApolloThis UP wirestory was published in many newspapers over the next few months:

                                            'Nazis' War on Jazz Failed, Duke Finds
                                              DUESSELDORF, Germany (UP) - " The best audience I ever played to," grinned the Duke. " Hitler's theories about jazz certainly didn't take with the Germans."
                                              That was Duke Ellington's reaction to a theater full of 6,000 stamping, yelling bobby soxers, all German and all raised under the Nazi law that jazz was verboten.
                                              The Duke, touring Germany for the first time since the war with his band, said it was the same every place.
                                              "While American swing was banned in Nazi Germany, I found that most of the young people I talked to listened secretly," he said. "They know my oldest records. Two told me that they had served concentration sentences for playing my jazz records.
                                              "Others said they used to take a gramophone out in a canoe in the lake for 'sneaking sessions.' There is nothing amateurish about their taste in popular music. They know as much about it as any American youngster."
                                              The youths who filled the Appolo [sic], Western Germany's only deluxe movie-variety theater, were poorly dressed and the four marks (about one dollar) they paid four admission was almost a fortune to most of them.
                                              Outside the theater some 2,000 without the price of admission, jitterbugged on the streets as the strains of "St. Louis Blues" filtered through the open doors.
                                              A newspaperman noticed a Communist youth who had helped break up a political rally the night before. He obviously was frightened and embarrassed at being caught listening to jazz, now as verboten to the Communists as it was to the Nazis.
                                              "I was over-curious," he said wistfully and melted into the crowd.'

                                            • Source cited in DEMS 1997-3:
                                              "Dusseldorf, Apollo Th. Programme 13Jun50"
                                            • UP Wirestory:
                                              • The Daily Dispatch, Moline, Ill., 1950-07-05 p. 18
                                              • Tampa Sunday Tribune, Tampa Fla., 1950-07-09 p. 15-D
                                              • Lubbock Evening Journal, Lubbock, Tex, 1950-07-10 p. 3
                                              • The Waco News-Tribune, Waco, Tex, 1950-07-05 p. 7
                                              • Honolulu Star-Bulletin, Honolulu, Ha. 1950-07-12 p. 13
                                              • The Evening Republican, Columbus, Ind. 1950-07-13 p. 11
                                              • Shamokin News-Dispatch, Shamokin, Penn. 1950-07-14 p. 9
                                              • The Daily Republican, Mononghela, Penn. 1950-07-14 p. 2
                                              • The Austin Statesman, Austin, Tex. 1950-07-20 p. 7-B
                                              • Miami Daily News, Miami, Fla. 1950-07-31 p. 8-A
                                              • Mansfield (Ohio) News-Journal, Mansfield, Ohio 1950-08-02 p. 3-D
                                              • The Coshocton, Ohio Tribune, Coshocton, Ohio 1950-08-13 p. 12
                                              • The Canyon News, Canyon, Tex., 1915-08-14 p. 5
                                              • The Bernardsville News, Bernardville, N.J. 1950-08-17 p. 15
                                              • Lansing State Journal, Lansing, Mich. 1950-08-17 p. 16
                                              • The Terre Haute Tribune-Star, Terra Haute, Ind. 1915-08-27 p. 39
                                              • The Anniston Star, Aniston, Ala. 1950-09-07 s.2 p. 9
                                              • Battle Creek Enquirer, Battle Creek, Mich. 1950-09-10 p. 2
                                              • Corvallis Gazette-Times, Corvallis, Ore. 1950-10-05 p. 11
                                              • The Milford Dispatch, Milford, Penn. 1950-11-09 p. 4
                                            .DEMS
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                                            1950 06 14
                                            Wednesday
                                            .Heidelberg, GermanyStadthalle2 concerts: 6:30 and 9 p.m.Concert poster, SI-NAMH DE301 .DEMS
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                                            1950 06 15
                                            Thursday
                                            .Munich, GermanyDeutsches Theater im Deutschen MuseumFrank Grieshaber:

                                            'Duke Ellington and his Orchestra played on Thursday, June 15, 1950 at the "Deutsches Theater im Deutschen Museum" in Mnchen, Deutschland '

                                            Email, Grieshaber-Palqmuist 2018-03-14..
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                                            1950 06 16
                                            Friday
                                            .Basel, SwitzerlandStadt-Casino(Unconfirmed)
                                            ..DEMS
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                                            1950 06 17
                                            Saturday
                                            ...activities not documented...
                                            ...
                                            1950 06 18
                                            Sunday
                                            ...activities not documented...
                                            ...
                                            1950 06 19
                                            Monday
                                            .Paris, France.Sidemen's activities not documented
                                            An AP wirestory datelined Paris, June 19, said Ellington attended the Orson Welles play "The Unthinking Lobster" at King Edouard VII Theater
                                            AP wirestory, The Terre Haute Star, Terre Haute, Ind., 1950-06-20 p.2..
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                                            1950 06 20
                                            Tuesday
                                            .Paris, FranceSalle WagramConcert
                                            Ellington and his orchestra played two one-hour sets, with another group performing in between. Ellington accepted requests, and the audience insisting on rarer new numbers (DEMS 1998/2-22).
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                                            Wednesday
                                            1950 06 30Cherbourg, FranceS.S. De GrasseThe Ellington entourage embarked for New York aboard the S.S. De Grasse, arriving in New York on June 30.

                                            The passenger lists included:
                                              First class:
                                              • Edward Ellington, age 52, married, first class, residence 935 S. Nicholas Av. New York.
                                              • Eve Ellington, age 35, married, first class, same address
                                            • Cabin class:
                                              • Harold Baker, age 36, single, 1619 Broadway, New York
                                              • Albert Killian, age 34, single, cabin class , 4112 Vincenzes, Chicago
                                              • Ernest Royal, age 29, married, 154-47th St., Los Angeles, Cal.
                                              • Nelson Williams, age 33, single, 1619 Broadway, New York
                                              • Lawrence Brown, age 43, single, 1619 Broadway, New York
                                              • Quentin Jackson, age 41, married, 3301 Michigan Bd, Chicago
                                              • Harry Carney, age 40, married, 450 W. 147th St.
                                              • Dorothy Carney, age 42, married, 450 W. 147th St.
                                              • James Hamilton, age 33, single, 1619 Broadway, New York
                                              • Cornelius Hodges, age 43, married, 555 Edgecomb Ave., New York
                                              • Edith Hodges, age 37, married, same address
                                              • Alva McCain, age 31, single, 555 W. 151 St., New York
                                              • Ruseel [sic] Procope, age 42, 850 Michlas Ave, New York
                                              • Wendell Marshall, age 30, married, 4411 Ferdinand Ave, St. Louis, Mo.
                                              • William Greer, age 48, married, 601 E. 64th St., Bronx.
                                              • George Ballard, age 32, single, 4130 Paul St, Philadelphia
                                              • Kathryn Davis, age 30, single, 1619 Broadway, New York
                                              • William Strayhorn, age 35, single, 1619 Broadway, New York
                                              • Albert Celley, age 41, married, 1619 Broadway, New York
                                              • Eve Celley, age 41, married, 1619 Broadway, New York
                                              • John Celley, age 49, single, 1619 Broadway, New York
                                            Flights:
                                            • Ray Nance flew home, departing Paris Orly airport for New York on June 21, Air France flight 009/176, the Lockheed Constellation registered as F-BAZO pictured here. The flight cleared U.S. Customs and Immigration at Gander, Newfoundand on June 22 before continuing on to New York. The manifest shows Time of Arrival 6:10 a.m. but it isn't clear if that's the time it arrived in Gander or New York. The journey would have taken about 20 hours.
                                            • Ted Kelly flew home on April 17. The Transcontinental and Western Air, Inc. (TWA) air passenger manifest for flight 969/17 that date, Paris-Shannon-New York, lists Theodore Kelly, 247 W.63rd St., New York. He flew without baggage.
                                            I was unable to find Ellington's assistant/valet Charles Brooks in any 1950 passenger lists, nor Chubby Kemp, who Stratemann has singing with Kay Davis.

                                            Trivia:
                                            • The ship carried 622 passengers and a crew of 441 on this voyage.
                                            • Launched in 1924, S.S. De Grasse had a chequered past, having been scuttled by the Germans in 1940, raised by them and in 1941 used for troop accommodation and as a U-boat depot ship.In 1942 France's Vichy government used her as a seamen's training ship but the Germans sunk her again in 1944. Refloated after the war, she spent 2 years being reconditioned, and in 1947 she was the first French liner to resume Atlantic service. Sold to Canadian Pacific in 1953, she was renamed Empress of Australia but she was resold in 1956, becoming the S.S. Venezuela. Her Italian owner gave her a new bow. She was stranded in 1962, towed back to Italy, and scrapped.
                                            • Nance's flight carried only 5 passengers but had 10 crew members - captain, co-pilot, navigator, 2 radio officers, 2 flight engineers, 1 hostess and 2 stewards
                                            • Passenger lists and manifests:
                                              • S.S. De Grasse, Southampton, Cherbourg, New York, June 21-30 1950
                                              • Air France flight 009/176 departing Orly 1951 04 21
                                              • TWA flight 969/17 1950 04 17
                                            • Stratemann, p.322
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                                            1950 06 22
                                            Thursday
                                            ..S.S. De GrasseEllington and most of the band were at sea - see 1950 06 21

                                            Ray Nance arrived in New York by air - his activities are undocumented during the time the band was at sea.
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                                            1950 06 23
                                            Friday
                                            ..S.S. De GrasseEllington and most of the band were at sea - see 1950 06 21...
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                                            1950 06 24
                                            Saturday
                                            ..S.S. De GrasseEllington and most of the band were at sea - see 1950 06 21...
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                                            1950 06 25
                                            Sunday
                                            ..S.S. De GrasseEllington and most of the band were at sea - see 1950 06 21...
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                                            1950 06 26
                                            Monday
                                            .Bern, SwitzerlandCasinoIn DEMS 04,1-21 Horst Bergmeier wrote

                                            'I have info that the orchestra played at the Stadttheater in Basel on 16Jun and at the Casino in Berne [sic] on 26Jun.'

                                            Since the band was at sea, this engagement could not have taken place on this date.
                                            ..DEMS
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                                            1950 06 26
                                            Monday
                                            ..S.S. De GrasseEllington and most of the band were at sea - see 1950 06 21...
                                            ..2015-06-26
                                            1950 06 27
                                            Tuesday
                                            ..S.S. De GrasseEllington and most of the band were at sea - see 1950 06 21...
                                            ..2015-06-26
                                            1950 06 28
                                            Wednesday
                                            ..S.S. De GrasseEllington and most of the band were at sea - see 1950 06 21...
                                            ..2015-06-26
                                            1950 06 29
                                            Thursday
                                            ..S.S. De GrasseEllington and most of the band were at sea - see 1950 06 21...
                                            ..2015-06-26
                                            1950 06 30
                                            Friday
                                            .New York, N.Y.Pier 88Our intrepid voyageurs arrived in New York in mid-afternoon according to the times various pages of the passenger list were signed off...DEMS
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                                            Friday
                                            ...PERSONNEL CHANGE
                                            Singer Kay Davis left the band on its return to the U.S.A. - see details at 1920 12 05 above.

                                            George "Butch" Ballard, drums, was the temporary backup for Greer for the duration of the tour, and left when it returned to the States, He would rejoin in 1953.
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                                            July 1950

                                            1950 07 00...PERSONNEL CHANGES
                                            • Singer June Norton joins the band, but will leave in August
                                            • Trumpeter Ernie Royal leaves the band
                                            • Trumpeter Andrew "Fats" Ford (aka Andres Marenguito), joins the band
                                            • New Desor says trumpeter Al Killian left the band sometime in July, but a source tells me he didn't quit, instead he took a vacation after the European tour. (DEMS has him returning home between June 8 and 10.) Killian was murdered in September and so he never returned to the band.
                                            • Patricia Willard reported in DEMS 05/3-4 that singer Barbara Winfield (1932-2005) joined Ellington's orchestra in Boston in July 1950. The band had 3 female singers at the time, June Norton, Chubby Kemp and Marian Cox. When they left, Ms. Winfield sang with Ellington until January, 1952, alternating occasionally with Yvonne (Lanauze). Note, as of 2017-10-08, TDWAW does not have Ellington in the Boston area in this month.
                                            New Desor vol.2.DEMS
                                            DEMS 05/3-4
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                                            1950 07 01
                                            Saturday
                                            ...activities not documented - believed to be time off...
                                            ...
                                            1950 07 02
                                            Sunday
                                            ...activities not documented - believed to be time off...
                                            ...
                                            1950 07 03
                                            Monday
                                            ...activities not documented - believed to be time off...
                                            ...
                                            1950 07 04
                                            Tuesday
                                            ...activities not documented - believed to be time off...
                                            ...
                                            1950 07 05
                                            Wednesday
                                            ...activities not documented - believed to be time off...
                                            ...
                                            1950 07 06
                                            Thursday
                                            ...activities not documented - believed to be time off...
                                            ...
                                            1950 07 07
                                            Friday
                                            ...activities not documented - believed to be time off...
                                            ...
                                            1950 07 08
                                            Saturday
                                            ...activities not documented - believed to be time off...
                                            ...
                                            1950 07 09
                                            Sunday
                                            ...activities not documented - believed to be time off...
                                            ...
                                            1950 07 10
                                            Monday
                                            ...activities not documented - believed to be time off...
                                            ...
                                            1950 07 11
                                            Tuesday
                                            ...activities not documented - believed to be time off...
                                            ...
                                            1950 07 12
                                            Wednesday
                                            ...activities not documented - believed to be time off...
                                            ...
                                            1950 07 13
                                            Thursday
                                            ...activities not documented - believed to be time off...
                                            ...
                                            1950 07 14
                                            Friday
                                            ...activities not documented

                                            Variety reported the band was out on the road on July 14.
                                            ...
                                            ...
                                            1950 07 15
                                            Saturday
                                            ...activities not documented...
                                            ...
                                            1950 07 16
                                            Sunday
                                            ...activities not documented...
                                            ...
                                            1950 07 17
                                            Monday
                                            ...activities not documented...
                                            ...
                                            1950 07 18
                                            Tuesday
                                            .New York, N.Y..Dumont network "Cavalcade of Bands" telecast, 9 p.m.
                                            • "Cavalcade of Bands" featured a different band each week.
                                            • In this broadcast, Marion Cox eplaced Kay Davis who left to marry, and June Norton was added.
                                            • Also appearing in this episode were Bobby ("Tables") Davis, Timmie Rogers, and Howell & Bowser according to the Brooklyn Eagle television schedule.
                                            • Stratemann shows Son & Sonny (Bunny Briggs and Honi Coles) as well.
                                            • IMBD lists Ted Steele as host, tappers the Clark Brothers, , singing quartet The Mello-Larks and Marsha [sic] Van Dyke. The latter seems likely to have been violinist Marcia Van Dyke

                                            Duke Ellington and His Orchestra
                                            N. Williams, Merenguito (Fats Ford), Royal, Baker, Nance, Brown, Jackson, Hamilton, Procope, Hodges, McCain, Carney, Ellington, Marshall, Greer, Ballard, Kemp, Norton, Cox, possibly one vocal by Timmie Rogers

                                            Titles recorded:
                                            • Take The "A" Train (theme)
                                            • Rockin' In Rhythm
                                            • Everybody's Doin' It
                                            • Take The "A" Train
                                            • Hello, Little Boy
                                            • Caravan
                                            • Medley: Creole Love Call, Jeep Is Jumpin,'Creole Love Call
                                            • On A Turquoise Cloud
                                            • Stomp, Look And Listen
                                            • Brooklyn Eagle t.v. listing, 1950-07-18 p.19
                                            • Stratemann p.323
                                            • Girvan:   Ellingtonia.com
                                            • Timner
                                            • Ole J. Nielsen, Jazz Records 1942-80, A discography: Vol. Six, Duke Ellington, p.108
                                            New Desor
                                            DE5008
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                                            1950 07 19
                                            Wednesday
                                            ...activities not documented...
                                            ...
                                            1950 07 20
                                            Thursday
                                            .Old Orchard Beach, MainePier CasinoThis was initially recorded as at Portland, Maine, but it seems likely this summer dancehall one-nighter was at the Pier Casino at Old Orchard Beach, about 15 miles to the south - see 1926 08 12. Further confirmation is needed.Stratemann p.323.DEMS
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                                            1950 07 21
                                            Friday
                                            ...activities not documented...
                                            ...
                                            1950 07 22
                                            Saturday
                                            ...activities not documented...
                                            ...
                                            1950 07 23
                                            Sunday
                                            .Narragansett, R.I.Casino Pier.Stratemann p.323..
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                                            Monday
                                            ...activities not documented...
                                            ...
                                            1950 07 25
                                            Tuesday
                                            ...activities not documented...
                                            ...
                                            1950 07 26
                                            Wednesday
                                            ...activities not documented...
                                            ...
                                            1950 07 27
                                            Thursday
                                            .Mahoney City, Penn.Lakewood ParkDance

                                            Evening Herald, July 28:

                                            'Duke Ellington Positively Yummy
                                              The solid syncopated sending of the matchless Duke Ellington and his musicians at Lakewood Park last evening won the unstinted applause, set after set, of a large assortment of Hep Cats, Bebop addicts, Dixieland fans and even a scattering of Squares.
                                              As the Younger Set would express it, the Duke was really "cooking with gas,"...
                                              His own piano playing in Teen Age Argot, was positively yummy!...
                                              [mentions absence of Johnny Hodges who was sick]...The ... music ... time and again stopped virtually all movement on the dance floor. They massed around the bandstand, faces showing different degrees of ecstasy, and feet stomping to the musical output.
                                              ...the brasses were vigorous, the reed section in harmony at all times and the percussion, under Sonny Greer, the artiste, was continuously perfect. The remainder of the Bass section was top-flight and that includes divine ivory tickling by the Maestro, Ellington.
                                            Chubby Kemp Sock-o
                                              Vocals by Al Hibbler... were pleasing and Chubby Kemp...handled the blues songs with rare artistry.
                                              ...During a Press interview, the Duke disclosed as a piece of information to platter fans, that his next release is "Cowboy Rhumba," with Woody Herman doing the vocals.
                                              The Duke said he was glad to play Lakewood again and was pleased to meet up with old friends. Speaking of his European tour, he said there is a real fight raging in Paris between the Dixieland and Bebop Schools of Jazz...
                                            –JIM HAAS'

                                            • Evening Herald, Shenandoah, Penn.
                                              • 1950-07-19 p.9
                                              • 1950-07-28 p.3
                                              • 1950-08-04 p.2
                                            • Pottsville Republican, Pottsville, Penn.,
                                              1950-07-19 p.8
                                            • Standard-Sentinel, Hazelton, Penn,
                                              1950-07-19 p.22
                                            • The Plain Speaker, Hazleton, Penn,
                                              1950-07-19 p.18
                                            • Shamokin News-Dispatch, Shamokin, Penn.
                                              1950-07-25 p.16
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                                            Friday
                                            .Geneva, N.Y.Civic CenterPersonal appearance at a teen dance arranged by Club 86 owner Jimmy Legott. Ellington, Carney and singer Chubby Dean [sic]appeared at a dance featuring a young sextet, the Moonlighters. The bandleader accompanied half a dozen saxophone solos and songs, and complimented the teen-aged musicians. The dance was to have been on the high school tennis courts, but was moved indoors due to rain.Geneva Daily Times, Geneva, N.Y.
                                            1950-07-29, p.9
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                                            Friday
                                            1950 07 30
                                            Sunday
                                            Geneva, N.Y.Club 86Restaurant engagement
                                            "THE GREATEST SHOW EVER AT CLUB 86"
                                            "DUKE"
                                            "ELLINGTON"

                                               HIS WORLD'S FAMOUS ORCHESTRA
                                            WITH A COMPANY OF 25 PEOPLE
                                            FEATURING
                                            Johnny Hodges, Ray Nance, Harry Carney
                                            Lawerence Brown, Marion Cox, Chubby Kemp
                                            Three Days Only . . . July 28-29-30
                                            GIGANTIC DINNER SHOW AT 8:30 P.M.:Special Sunday Afternoon Show and Concert
                                            Beginning at 2:30 until 5:30
                                            DON'T FAIL TO SEE THIS GREAT ATTRACTION
                                            For Reservations Phone Geneva 6280
                                            GENEVA'S "CLUB 86"
                                            COMPLETELY AIR CONDITIONED THROUGHOUT
                                            • The Evening Leader, Corning,N.Y.
                                              • 1950-07-27 p.6
                                              • 1950-07-28 p.6
                                            • The Daily Messenger, Canadaigua, N.Y.
                                              • 1950-07-26 p.3
                                              • 1950-07-27 p.3
                                              • 1950-07-28 p.3
                                            • The Ithaca Journal, Ithaca, N.Y.
                                              1950-07-27 p.9
                                            • Chronicle-Express, PennYan, N.Y.
                                              1950-07-27 p.3
                                            • Rochester Democrat and Chronicle, Rochester, N.Y.
                                              • 1950-07-27 p.14
                                              • 1950-07-29 p.7
                                            • Elmira Star-Gazette, Elmira, N.Y.
                                              1950-07-27 p.31
                                            • The Citizen-Advertiser, Auburn, N.Y.
                                              1950-07-27 p.2
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                                            Saturday
                                            .Geneva, N.Y.Club 86Restaurant engagement - see 1950 07 28...
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                                            Sunday
                                            .Geneva, N.Y.Club 86Restaurant engagement - see 1950 07 28...
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                                            1950 07 31
                                            Monday
                                            1950 08 05Hull, P.Q.Standishall Hotel
                                            Standish Hall
                                            or
                                            The new Standish Hall Hotel
                                            When Ellington returned in Sepember 1950, it was "The New Standishall"
                                            Main Street
                                            Dinner dance, 6 to 8 p.m. and Rainbow Dance from 9:30 p.m. to 1 a.m.
                                            The Ottawa Journal report of the opening night was primarily a regurgitation of publicity material, with glowing commentary on Ellington and his sidemen and no review of the show. The only information specifically related to the performance was:
                                            • Opening night played a capacity crowd
                                            • Ellington wore a navy suit with no lapels, light blue shirt and tie, dark blue buckled suede shoes.
                                            • personnel named:
                                              • Hodges
                                              • Strayhorn
                                              • Greer
                                              • Carney
                                              • Nance
                                              • Brown
                                            • The Ottawa Journal, Ottawa, Ont.
                                              • 1950-07-28 p.23
                                              • 1950-08-01 p.3
                                              • 1950-08-02 p.25
                                              • 1950-08-03 p.25
                                              • 1950-08-05 pp.3, 16
                                            • The Evening Citizen, Ottawa, Ont
                                              • 1950-07-28 p.31
                                              • 1950-08-01 pp. 9, 19
                                              • 1950-08-02 p.23
                                              • 1950-08-03 p. 25
                                              • 1950-08-04 p.25
                                              • 1950-08-05 p.20
                                            • Stratemann p.323
                                            • Vail II
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                                            August 1950

                                            1950 08 00...PERSONNEL CHANGE
                                            Alva "Bo" McCain leaves the band

                                            Paul Gonsalves, tenor sax giant, joined the band in August 1950 according to New Desor, in September according to Wallèn, or "by November" according to Cambridge Companion. The story of a jam session the night of August 4 names him, so it is likely that he joined by the beginning of the Hull gig, at the end of July.
                                            • New Desor vol.2
                                            • Göran Wallèn: Paul Gonsalves Complete Discography, 2013-09-24
                                            • Cambridge Companion, p.xvii
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                                            Tuesday
                                            .Hull, P.Q.Standishall Hotelsee 1950 07 31...
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                                            Wednesday
                                            .Hull, P.Q.Standishall Hotelsee 1950 07 31...
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                                            Thursday
                                            .Hull, P.Q.Standishall Hotelsee 1950 07 31...
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                                            1950 08 04
                                            Friday
                                            .Gatineau Hills, P.Q..The Ottawa Journal carried the story of an early morning jazz session at a cottage in the Gatineau Hills that ran into the morning.

                                            Ellington men named were Hodges, Greer, Carney, Strayhorn, Gonsalves, Ford, Baker, Hibbler, and Ellington.

                                            Local musicians participated, as well as Oscar Peterson, who was performing at the Gatineau Club.
                                            The Ottawa Journal, Ottawa, Ont.
                                              1950-08-05 p.3
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                                            Friday
                                            .Hull, P.Q.Standishall Hotelsee 1950 07 31...
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                                            Saturday
                                            .Hull, P.Q.Standishall Hotelsee 1950 07 31...
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                                            Sunday
                                            ...activities not documented...
                                            ...
                                            1950 08 07
                                            Monday
                                            ...activities not documented...
                                            ...
                                            1950 08 08
                                            Tuesday
                                            ...activities not documented...
                                            ...
                                            1950 08 08...

                                            Reactivation of Tempo Music
                                            Formation of Mercer Records

                                            The Billboard, Aug.12:

                                            'Ellington's Tempo Music Reactivated
                                              NEW YORK, Aug. 5.– Tempo Music, Duke Ellington's own publishing house, is being reactivated following several years of virtual inactivity. The offices are under the management of Mildred Dixon. Duke's sister, Ruth Ellington James, and his son, Mercer, will take an active part in the operations. The Tempo catalog includes such standards as Flamingo, Take the A Train and Perdido. The last named, with a new set of lyrics by Harry Lenk and Ervin Drake, will be the first plug.
                                              Tempo is affiliated with the American Society of Composers, Aughors and Publishers (ASCAP).'

                                            The Pittsburgh Courier ran a similar story, concluding

                                            'Officials [sic] have been established in the General Motors Building.'

                                            The New York Age gives the address as Room 431, General Moteors Builidng 1775 Broadway, at 57th St.
                                            On Aug. 8, Leonard Feather and Mercer Ellington executed a partnership agreement forming Mercer Records. The business began as Kennedy Records, for Mercer Ellington, Professional Manager, wrote to the Music Performance Trust Fund on Sept. 7, 1950 to advise it of the change from Kennedy Records to Mercer Records.

                                            Cohen describes the revival of Tempo Music in the summer of 1950 and the formation of the partnership as an attempt at vertical integration. Later, Mercer Records would be incorporated, with Duke Ellington, Billy Strayhorn, Feather and Mercer Ellington holding 30, 20, 25 and 25 shares respectively.

                                            The Mercer label was not a commercial success; only one record sold 12,000 copies, most sold 1,000 or less. The label folded in 1952.

                                            Feather:

                                            '...the [McPhail] masters, along with everything else we made for Mercer, were destroyed in a fire, though fortunately most survived because spare copies of the tapes had been sent overseas.
                                              It was not the fire that put a coda to Mercer Records, but rather our distribution through Prestige Records, which invariably gave precedence to the selling of its own product; aside from this, we were caught in the cracks between the demise of 78s and the onset of LPs. Some of our sessions did come out on ten-inch albums, but despite some great reviews the records simply did not recoup Duke's investment. Reluctantly I pulled out, and Mercer soon afterwards brought the short and happy life of our company to a close.'

                                            Feather sold his shares in Mercer Records Inc. to Mercer Ellington on May 28, 1957 for $100 plus 25% of the sales proceeds of certain recordings by Mercer Records Inc. to Coral Records Inc., net $300, and an earn-out of 25% of any additional money received from Coral Records in respect of those recordings.
                                            Cohen:

                                            'Both Tempo and Mercer were also probably designed to provide income for Ellington's family and closest associates, a chief concern and pattern throughout Ellington's career. Trade papers reported Mildred Dixon, Ellington's romantic partner during most of the Mills era, named as Tempo's manager, while Ruth Ellington James, Ellington's sister, remained president of the company despite her lack of expertise. While Ruth manned the Tempo office for decades, Dixon's name or contributions cannot be found*** in the Ellington business records housed at the Smithsonian. It is highly likely that Dixon and, to some degree, Ruth were employed on the books largely for tax purposes, to justify to the government the money paid them... '


                                              *** Cohen is mistaken about an absence of Dixon's name in the business records. Her name is on several documents in SI-NMAH DEC301 Series 3F Box 107:
                                            • Folder 4:
                                              Telegrams dated 1948 in which she solicits and accepts a booking,
                                            • Folder 6:
                                              Some 1950 letters in Folder 6 which she typed, as evidenced by the initals ME/md and LF/md in the bottom left corners
                                            • Folder 16:
                                              a 1951 letter in folder 16 she wrote and signed as secretary
                                            • Folder 12
                                              • a handwritten note she wrote on an incoming 1951 letter
                                              • a 1951 letter she typed for Feather (LF/md)
                                            • Folder 31:
                                              a 1956 letter addressed to her attention in 1956.
                                            Her signature is found as witness to a 1946 contract in box 101, folder 3 and the absence of additional evidence of her activity could be due to the fire mentioned by Feather.
                                            • SI-NMAH DEC301 boxes 101 and 107 as noted.
                                            • Stratemann pp 323-324, citing
                                              • The Billboard 1950-08-12 p.20
                                              • Metronome 1950-11, p.8
                                              • Variety
                                                • 1950-08-09
                                                • 1950-08-16 p.42
                                            • The Pittsburgh Courier, Pittsburgh, Penn.
                                              • 1950-08-12 p.21
                                              • 1950-08-19 p.18
                                            • The New York Age, New York, N.Y,
                                              1950-08-19 p.19
                                            • Leonard Feather, The Jazz Years: Earwitness to an Era, Da Capo Press 1987, pp.67-68
                                            • S. Lasker, Mercer Records discography
                                            • Harvey G. Cohen, Duke Ellington's America, University of Chicago Press, 2010 pp. 296-298
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                                            1950 08 09
                                            Wednesday
                                            ...activities not documented...
                                            ...
                                            1950 08 10
                                            Thursday
                                            1950 08 16Indianapolis, Ind.Circle TheaterVaudeville

                                            'Duke Ellington and his orchestra with a full stage bill will appear beginning August 10 for a week.'

                                            The Aug. 10 ad named Hodges, Nance, Carney, Brown, Raglin, Davis, and Kemp. Other acts were Howell & Bowser, Bobby "Tables" Davis and The Co-Ops. Stage shows were at 1:00, 4:00, 6:45 and 9:25 p.m.
                                            • Stratemann p.323 citing
                                              • Variety 1950-09-08 p.41
                                              • The Billboard, 1950-08-26, p.11
                                            • The Indianapolis News,Indianapolis, Ind.
                                              • 1950-07-28 p.24
                                              • 1950-08-10 p.20
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                                            1950 08 11
                                            Friday
                                            .Indianapolis, Ind.Circle TheaterVaudeville -see 1950 08 10...
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                                            1950 08 12
                                            Saturday
                                            .Indianapolis, Ind.Circle TheaterVaudeville -see 1950 08 10...
                                            ..2011
                                            1950 08 13
                                            Sunday
                                            .Indianapolis, Ind.Circle TheaterVaudeville -see 1950 08 10...
                                            ..2011
                                            1950 08 14
                                            Monday
                                            .Indianapolis, Ind.Circle TheaterVaudeville -see 1950 08 10...
                                            ..2011
                                            1950 08 15
                                            Tuesday
                                            .Indianapolis, Ind.Circle TheaterVaudeville -see 1950 08 10
                                            Backstage, Ellington was photograhed exchanging sheet music for his composition Cream, written for the upcoming 1950 International Dairy Exposition, with Lou Zekail, the exposition's publicity man, in exchange for a small bottle of cream.
                                            The Indianapolis News, Indianapolis, Ind.
                                            1950-08-16 p.26
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                                            1950 08 16
                                            Wednesday
                                            .Indianapolis, Ind.Circle TheaterVaudeville -see 1950 08 10
                                            The Indianpolis News reported boxer Joe Louis, his trainer Freddy Wilson, Indianapolis hotelier George Ferguson visited Ellington and half a dozen sidemen in Duke's dressing room.
                                            The Indianapolis News, Indianapolis, Ind.
                                            1950-08-17 p,27
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                                            Thursday
                                            ...activities not documented...
                                            ...
                                            1950 08 18
                                            Friday
                                            1950 08 24
                                            Thursday
                                            Chicago, Ill.Regal TheatreStage show, including Howell & Bowser, Bobby 'Tables' Davis and the Three Co-Ops.
                                            • Chicago Daily Tribune, Chicago, Ill.
                                              • 1950-08-17 pt.3 p.12
                                              • 1950-08-18 pt.1 p.15
                                              • 1950-08-19 pt.1 p.15
                                              • 1950-08-21 pt.3 p.5
                                              • 1950-08-22 pt.1, p.23
                                              • 1950-08-23 pt.2, p.6
                                              • 1950-08-24 pt.3,p.5
                                            • Chicago Sunday Tribune, Chicago, Ill.
                                              1950-08-20 pt.7, p.3 s.2
                                            • Stratemann p.323 citing Chicago Defender 1950-02-09 p.26
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                                            Saturday
                                            .Chicago, Ill.Regal TheatreStage show -see 1950 08 18...
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                                            1950 08 20
                                            Sunday
                                            .Chicago, Ill.Regal TheatreStage show -see 1950 08 18...
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                                            1950 08 21
                                            Monday
                                            .Chicago, Ill.Regal TheatreStage show -see 1950 08 18...
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                                            1950 08 22
                                            Tuesday
                                            .Chicago, Ill.Regal TheatreStage show -see 1950 08 18...
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                                            1950 08 23
                                            Wednesday
                                            .Chicago, Ill.Regal TheatreStage show -see 1950 08 18...
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                                            1950 08 24
                                            Thursday
                                            .Chicago, Ill.Regal TheatreStage show -see 1950 08 18...
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                                            1950 08 24
                                            Thursday
                                            .Chicago, Ill.Blue Heaven CaféEllington and Strayhorn with Mr. and Mrs. Billy Eckstine visited a local bandleader, George Dixon at his job at the Blue HeavenStratemann p.323 citing Chicago Defender p1950-09-02 p.26..
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                                            Friday
                                            ...activities not documented...
                                            ...
                                            1950 08 26
                                            Saturday
                                            1950 08 29
                                            Tuesday
                                            Buffalo, N.Y.Paramount TheaterStage show - Duke Ellington & famous Orchestra, Co-ops (dance team), Howell & Bowser and Bobby "Tables" Davis (dancer). Added extra attraction, Ella Fitzgerald, and the movie was the Republic crime melodrama Trial Without Jury

                                            5 shows Saturday: 12:50, 3:42, 6:34, 9:26, and 12:18
                                            • Buffalo Courier-Express, Buffalo, N.Y.
                                              • 1950-08-23 p.8
                                              • 1950-08-25 pp.6,7
                                              • 1950-08-26 p,5
                                              • 1950-08-27 pp.11-C,19-A
                                              • 1950-08-29 p.19
                                            • Stratemann p.323
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                                            1950 08 27
                                            Sunday
                                            .Buffalo, N.Y.Paramount TheaterStage show - see 1950 08 26...
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                                            1950 08 28
                                            Monday
                                            .Buffalo, N.Y.Paramount TheaterStage show - see 1950 08 26...
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                                            1950 08 29.Buffalo, N.Y.Paramount TheaterStage show - see 1950 08 26

                                            4 shows 1:05, 3:57, 6:49, 9:40,
                                            Buffalo Courier Express, Buffalo, N.Y.,
                                            1950-08-29 p.19
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                                            Wednesday
                                            ...activities not documented...
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                                            1950 08 31
                                            Thursday
                                            ...activities not documented...
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                                            September 1950

                                            1950 09 00...PERSONNEL CHANGES
                                            Al Hibbler rejoins the band and Chubby Kemp leaves
                                            New Desor vol.2..
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                                            Friday
                                            1950 09 03Detroit,, Mich.UnknownUnknownStratemann p.323 citing Variety 1950-08-09 p.41...
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                                            1950 09 02
                                            Saturday
                                            .Detroit,, Mich..Unknown - see 1950 09 01...
                                            ..2011
                                            1950 09 03
                                            Sunday
                                            .Detroit,, Mich..Unknown - see 1950 09 01...
                                            ..2011
                                            1950 09 04
                                            Monday
                                            1950 09 06
                                            Wednesday
                                            Toronto, Ont.Dance Pavilion
                                            Canadian National Exposition
                                            Presumably dances, since the venue was a tent-ballroom.Stratemann p.323 citing Variety 1950-09-20 p43..
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                                            1950 09 05
                                            Tuesday
                                            .Toronto, Ont.Dance Pavilion
                                            Canadian National Exposition
                                            Concert - see 1950 09 04....
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                                            1950 09 05
                                            Tuesday
                                            .Los Angeles, Calif.. Peripheral event
                                            Trumpeter Al Killian and his friend Vivian White are shot to death. The Afro-American reported he was killed by janitor Roy Parker, in an argument about a small debt Parker claimed Killian owed him.
                                            Baltimore Afro-American, 1950-09-23.djpNew
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                                            1950 09 06
                                            Wednesday
                                            .Toronto, Ont.Dance Pavilion
                                            Canadian National Exposition
                                            Concert - see 1950 09 04....
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                                            2011
                                            1950 09 07
                                            Thursday
                                            1950 09 09.Hull, P.Q.The New Standishall
                                            (Ottawa Journal ads)
                                            a.k.a.
                                            The New Standish Hall
                                            (Evening Citizen ads)
                                            Return engagement:
                                            Dinner dance, 7 to 9 p.m. and Rainbow Dance from 9:30 p.m. to 1 a.m.
                                            • The Ottawa Journal, Ottawa, Ont.
                                              • 1950-09-05 p.20
                                              • 1950-09-06 p.25
                                              • 1950-09-07 p.32
                                              • 1950-09-09 p.20
                                            • The Evening Citizen, Ottawa, Ont.
                                              • 1950-09-07 p.28
                                              • 1950-09-08 p.26
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                                            1950 09 08
                                            Friday
                                            .Hull, P.Q.The New Standishall
                                            (Ottawa Journal ads)
                                            a.k.a.
                                            The New Standish Hall
                                            (Evening Citizen ads)
                                            Dinner dance, 7 to 9 p.m. and Rainbow Dance from 9:30 p.m. to 1 a.m...
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                                            1950 09 09
                                            Saturday
                                            .Hull, P.Q.The New Standishall
                                            (Ottawa Journal ads)
                                            a.k.a.
                                            The New Standish Hall
                                            (Evening Citizen ads)
                                            Dinner dance, 7 to 9 p.m. and Rainbow Dance from 9:30 p.m. to 1 a.m...
                                            ..New
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                                            1950 09 10
                                            Sunday
                                            ...activities not documented...
                                            ...
                                            1950 09 11
                                            Monday
                                            ...activities not documented...
                                            ...
                                            1950 09 12
                                            Tuesday
                                            ...activities not documented...
                                            ...
                                            1950 09 13
                                            Wednesday
                                            .New York, N.Y.Apex Studio
                                            119 W. 57 St.
                                            Mercer recording session no. 1
                                            Oscar Pettiford, His Cello and Quartet
                                            Pettiford, Duke Ellington, Lloyd Trotman, Jo Jones, Strayhorn

                                            Titles recorded according to New Desor:
                                            • Perdido
                                            • Take the "A" Train
                                            • Oscalypso
                                            • Blues for Blanton
                                            • Twelve O'clock Jump
                                            • Blues No. 3 Untitled Blues
                                            Steven Lasker:

                                            ' [the title] "Blues No. 3" is copied from New Desor. ... The New Desor team, tasked with differentiating 22 different recordings by Ellington of untitled blues pieces, decided to number them from 1 to 22. Thus the title "Blues No. 3" originated not with Mercer Records, but with the New Desor team.'

                                              Twelve O'clock Jumpis unissued.
                                            • The AFM Local 802 contract is dated the day of the session and the contract has Session No. 1 written at the top of the front and back. It calls for four musicians led by Pettiford, from 4:30 to 7:30 p.m.
                                            • Feather signed the contract on behalf of Mercer Records, and Pettiford signed as leader.
                                            • The men were to be paid Union scale, and it was to be paid in advance to the union. Pettiford received $82.50 gross, Ellington, Jones and Trotman were each paid $41.25
                                            • Strayhorn is not listed on the payment schedule but played celeste on two numbers.
                                            • Jones and Trotman were each paid an additional $2 for cartage of the drums and bass.
                                            • In his autobiography, Leonard Feather wrote:

                                              'The Mercer sessions generally involved members or alumni of the orchestra. We got off to a fine start when Oscar Pettiford, who had been practicing jazz cello, taped our first session... Throughout the session Duke played piano and even acted at times like a sideman.'

                                            • Lambert:

                                              '... an untitled blues was recorded. Its existence would probably never have been known if one copy of Oscalypso had not been found on which this item was pressed in error. The indefatigable Jerry Valburn issued this recording on Up-To-Date; it contains some of Pettiuford's best solo work and a fine Ellington chorus.'

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                                            1950 09 14
                                            Thursday
                                            1950 09 20
                                            Wednesday
                                            New York, N.Y.Apollo Theater
                                            253 W. 125th St., Borough of Manhattan, Harlem district
                                            Vaudeville

                                            Appearing with the Ellington orchestra:
                                            • The Three Co-Ops dance team
                                            • Bobby 'Tables' Davis whose schtick was picking up tables and chairs with his teeth
                                            • Chubby Kemp
                                            • Barbara Windfield (new singer in the band)
                                            • Dusty Fletcher, comedian
                                            • Al Hibbler
                                            Amateur night Wednesday, midnight show Saturday.
                                            • The New York Age, New York, N.Y.,
                                              1950-09-16
                                            • Stratemann, p.323
                                            .
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                                            Friday
                                            .New York, N.Y.Apollo Theater
                                            253 W. 125th St.
                                            Harlem
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                                            1950 09 16
                                            Saturday
                                            .New York, N.Y.Apollo Theater
                                            253 W. 125th St.
                                            Harlem
                                            Vaudeville - see 1950 09 14...
                                            ..2011
                                            1950 09 17
                                            Sunday
                                            .New York, N.Y.Apollo Theater
                                            253 W. 125th St.
                                            Harlem
                                            Vaudeville - see 1950 09 14...
                                            ..2011
                                            1950 09 18
                                            Monday
                                            .New York, N.Y.Apollo Theater
                                            253 W. 125th St.
                                            Harlem
                                            Vaudeville - see 1950 09 14...
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                                            1950 09 18
                                            Monday
                                            .New York, N.Y..An agreement between Tempo Music Inc., publisher, and Duke Ellington and Chubby Kemp, writers was executed, transferring all copyrights in the title, words and music of "Hello Little Boy" to Tempo. Ruth E. James signed on behalf of Tempo, and Mildred Dixon witnessed Ellington's and Kemp's signatures. Kemp signed her name "Chubby" (in quotation marks). The contract makes no mention of consideration. Guernsey's Auction House "Forever Ellington" online , auction, May 18 2016....djpNew
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                                            1950 09 19
                                            Tuesday
                                            .New York, N.Y.Apollo Theater
                                            253 W. 125th St.
                                            Harlem
                                            Vaudeville - see 1950 09 14...
                                            ..2011
                                            1950 09 20
                                            Wednesday
                                            .New York, N.Y.Apollo Theater
                                            253 W. 125th St.
                                            Harlem
                                            Vaudeville - see 1950 09 14...
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                                            1950 09 21
                                            Thursday
                                            .New York, N.Y.Apex Studios
                                            119 West 57th St.
                                            Mercer recording session 8 to 11 p.m.
                                            Session details per Steven Lasker's Mercer Records discography (this webpage does not show other details - composer/arranger credits, label numbers and matrices):
                                            • The Ellingtonians with Al Hibbler
                                              Sara Forde with Mercer Ellington & His Orch.
                                            • The Ellingtonians with Chubby Kemp
                                            • Chubby Kemp & Her All Stars
                                            • The Ellingtonians: Duke Ellington at the Mandolin Piano
                                            • Sara Forde with Billy Strayhorn
                                            Collective personnel:
                                            • Red Rodney, t
                                            • Hodges
                                            • Carney
                                            • Ellington (as "Edward Duke" on labels of M-1971)
                                            • Strayhorn
                                            • Pettiford
                                            • Marshall
                                            • Max Roach
                                            • Hibbler
                                            • Kemp
                                            • Forde
                                            Titles recorded
                                            • Mean Old Choo Choo
                                            • White Christmas
                                            • Nobody Knows the Trouble I've Seen
                                            • Me and My Wig
                                            • How Blue Can You Get
                                            • Juke Bop Boogie
                                            • Set 'Em Up (Rack 'Em Back)
                                            • The New Piano Roll Blues
                                            • The Man I Love
                                            Lasker:

                                            'The Mercer Records discography says the AF of M contract for this date includes "A Slip of the Lip" but omits "White Christmas" and "Nobody Knows the Trouble I've Seen." '

                                            These contract details are not in the Smithsonian folder referred to here.

                                            Neither discography shows Mercer Ellington, despite one mixture of these musicians being called Mercer Ellington and His Orchestra. New Desor omits Hibbler and Strayhorn, who recorded the two missing titles.
                                            There are two AFM contracts for this date, marked Session No. 2 and Session No. 3 but other than the colour of the paper, they are almost identical. The contract terms are:
                                            • Seven musicians under the leadership of Duke Ellington from 8 to 11 p.m.
                                            • Payment at Union scale, payable in advance to the union, with overtime at AF of M rates
                                            • Ellington's name is handwritten over another erased, illegible name on the face and back of both contracts. The list of musicians on the back of the each contract shows Wendell Marshall (typed), Sonny Greer (typed and crossed out) with Johnny Hodges handwritten above, and Max Roach, Harry Carney, Oscar Pettiford and Robert Chadwick, all handwritten. Rodney, Kemp, Forde, Hibbler and Mercer Ellington are not shown.
                                            • The pay schedule is $82.50 for Ellington, $41.25 for each of the others and $2.00 each extra for bass and drum cartage.
                                            • Employer:
                                              Mercer Records, 1775 Broadway, New York 19, N.Y., phone Circle 6-3530
                                            • Signed by
                                              Leonard Feather for the employer,
                                              Duke Ellington as orchestra leader, and
                                              an illegible signature of an employee representative.
                                            Lambert:

                                            'The eighth title ... is the only piece of musical substance from the session. There is no vocalist, and Duke is featured throughout on a "mandoline" piano. This was an instrument with hammers so treated as to give the sound of an old, tinny, honky-tonk piano; such instruments had a bried vogue at the time and continue to be used whenever an old-time, good-time atmosphere is required in popular music. The overall effect is of a second-rate player piano. Duke calls his improvisation The New Piano Roll Blues and characteristically uses the old-time piano as vehicle for one of his most modern performances of the period. This is a percussive, probing solo with jagges lines and unsettled harmonies...Rodney has a brief spot here, but little use is made of the soloists on this session.'


                                            Feather:

                                            'A week later we were back in the studio with three singers: Chubby Kemp,... Sarah Ford, who sang Mercer's "Set ;em Up', and Al Hibbler in a typically sonorous 'White Christmas;. All three vocalists were backed by the Ellingtonians: Duke or Strayhorn, Johnny Hodges, Harry Carney, Wendell Marshall, Pettiford on cells, and two unlikely modernists, Red Rodney and Max Roach.
                                              The arrangements for occasions like this were usually by Swee'Pea and invariably were brought in at the last minute or even finished in the studio...'

                                            • S. Lasker, Mercer Records discography
                                            • Associated Musicians of Greater New York, Local 802 AF of M contracts dated 1950 09 21, marked as sessions 2 and 3, SI-NMAH Archives Center, DEC301, Series III, Subseries F, Box 106, Folder 26
                                            • Stratemann p.323
                                            • Timner corrections 4/29
                                            • Leonard Feather, The Jazz Years: Earwitness to an Era, Da Capo Press 1987, p. 67
                                            • S. Lasker, Mercer Records discography
                                            • Email, Lasker-Palmquist 2017-02-09
                                            • Benny Aasland:
                                              The Wax Works of Duke Ellington, 1954
                                            • Girvan:   Ellingtonia.com
                                            • MacHare:   A Duke Ellington Panorama
                                            • Dooji Collection record labels
                                            • Timner
                                            • E. Lambert:
                                              Duke Ellington, A Listener's Guide
                                              , pp. 152-153
                                            • Ole J. Nielsen, Jazz Records 1942-80, A discography: Vol. Six, Duke Ellington
                                            • Ole J. Nielsen, Jazz Records 1942-80, A discography: Vol. Six, Duke Ellington
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                                            1950 09 22
                                            Friday
                                            1950 09 28
                                            Thursday
                                            Washington, D.C.Howard Theatre
                                            620 T St.
                                            .Stratemann, citing Variety 1950-08-09 p.41..
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                                            Saturday
                                            .Washington, D.C.Howard Theatre
                                            620 T St.
                                            see 1950 09 22...
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                                            1950 09 24
                                            Sunday
                                            .Washington, D.C.Howard Theatre
                                            620 T St.
                                            see 1950 09 22...
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                                            1950 09 25
                                            Monday
                                            .Washington, D.C.Howard Theatre
                                            620 T St.
                                            see 1950 09 22...
                                            ..2011
                                            1950 09 26
                                            Tuesday
                                            .Washington, D.C.Howard Theatre
                                            620 T St.
                                            see 1950 09 22...
                                            ..2011
                                            1950 09 27
                                            Wednesday
                                            .Washington, D.C.Howard Theatre
                                            620 T St.
                                            see 1950 09 22...
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                                            1950 09 28
                                            Thursday
                                            .Washington, D.C.Howard Theatre
                                            620 T St.
                                            see 1950 09 22...
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                                            1950 09 29
                                            Friday
                                            .Washington, D.C.White House(1)(2)Meeting with U.S. President Truman
                                            (3)After Duke Ellington visited the President, he played piano for reporters at the National Press Club dinner for an hour

                                            The Stars and Stripes carried a photo captioned

                                            'Duke Ellington (right) and President Truman compare musical notes at the White House. The famed jazz musician gave the President the original score of parts of the "Portrait of New York Suite," which he worte under commision from Arturo Toscanini'

                                            (1)Stratemann, p.323
                                            (2)Photo, European Stars and Stripes, Oct.4, 1950, p.6
                                            (3)Earl Wilson, "It Happened Last Night," Uniontown, Penn. Morning Herald, 1950-10-30
                                            .
                                            Photos:
                                            • John Edward Hasse: Beyond Category, The Life and Genius of Duke Ellington p.296
                                            • Rul p. 25
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                                            Saturday
                                            ...activities not documented - Stratemann p.323 says Variety 1950-08-19 p.41 stated a four-day stand in Albany would be filled in before the Paramount run. No confirmation has been found....
                                            ...

                                            October 1950

                                            1950 10 00...PERSONNEL CHANGE
                                            Singer Yvonne Lanauze joins the band
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                                            Sunday
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                                            ...
                                            ...
                                            1950 10 02
                                            Monday
                                            ...activities not documented
                                            see 1950 09 30
                                            ...
                                            ...
                                            1950 10 03
                                            Tuesday
                                            .New York, N.Y.RCA Victor
                                            156 E.24 St.
                                            Mercer Records recording session(s)
                                            2:30 to 5:30 p.m.
                                            Steven Lasker's Mercer Records discography shows:
                                            • Billy Strayhorn Trio
                                            • Duke Ellington & Billy Strayhorn on two pianos
                                            • Ellington, Strayhorn, Marshall
                                            • Titles recorded:
                                              • Cotton Tail
                                              • C Jam Blues
                                              • Flamingo
                                              • Bang-Up Blues
                                            New Desor shows
                                            • Jimmy McPhail with the Billy Strayhorn Trio
                                              Jimmy McPhail with Ellington, Strayhorn, Marshall and an unidentified clarinetist
                                            • Billy Strayhorn Trio
                                              Ellington, Strayhorn and Marshall.
                                            • Wax Works and New Desor show four titles sung by McPhail that were not issued:
                                              • I Wonder Why
                                              • I'll Remember April
                                              • No Smoking
                                              • Brown Suede
                                            • The AFM contract is marked Session No. 4 and lists only Ellington, Strayhorn and Marshall. There is no contract in the DEC301 folder for McPhail with the Strayhorn trio (the contract marked Session No. 5 is for 1950 10 21)
                                            • Feather:

                                              '...Duke insisted that we begin the first date by using the pianos to back ... Jimmy McPhail, in four songs. They were never released; the masters, along with everything else we made for Mercer, were destroyed in a fire, though fortunately most survived because spare copies of the tapes had been sent overseas.'

                                            • S. Lasker, Mercer Records discography
                                            • Associated Musicians of Greater New York, Local 802 AF of M contract dated 1950 10 03, marked as Session No. 4, SI-NMAH Archives Center, DEC301, Series III, Subseries F, Box 106, Folder 26
                                            • Timner corrections 4/29
                                            • Leonard Feather, The Jazz Years: Earwitness to an Era, Da Capo Press 1987, p. 67
                                            • Benny Aasland:
                                              The Wax Works of Duke Ellington, 1954
                                            • Girvan:   Ellingtonia.com
                                            • MacHare:   A Duke Ellington Panorama
                                            • Timner
                                            • Ole J. Nielsen, Jazz Records 1942-80, A discography: Vol. Six, Duke Ellington
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                                            Wednesday
                                            1950 10 16
                                            Monday
                                            New York, N.Y.Paramount Theatre60 minute stage show
                                            DEO, tap dancer Teddy Hale, comedian Timmie Rogers, and Sarah Vaughan.
                                            Mercer Ellington played with the band during this engagement, on E-flat horn (a picture shows it to be a mellophone).
                                            At some time during this engagement, Ellington and Vaughan were the subject of a publicity photo backstage for NAACP's Christmas Seal campaign; the caption says they were the first purchasers in the 1950 drive. The photo was widely reproduced as early as November 10, and a high resolution copy is in NAACP;s 1977 publication
                                            • NAACP photo:
                                              • NAACP: Celebrating a Century, 100 years in Pictures, p.165
                                              • The Plaindealer,Kansas City,Kansas
                                                1950-11-10 p.5
                                              • The Carolina Times, Durham, N.C.
                                                1950-11-11 p.6
                                              • The New Ttribune, Detroit,Mich,
                                                1950-11-11 p.16
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                                            Thursday
                                            .New York, N.Y.Paramount TheatreStage show - see 1950 10 04...
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                                            1950 10 06
                                            Friday
                                            .New York, N.Y.Paramount TheatreStage show - see 1950 10 04...
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                                            Saturday
                                            .New York, N.Y.Paramount TheatreStage show - see 1950 10 04...
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                                            1950 10 08
                                            Sunday
                                            .New York, N.Y.Paramount TheatreStage show - see 1950 10 04...
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                                            1950 10 09
                                            Monday
                                            .New York, N.Y.Paramount TheatreStage show - see 1950 10 04...
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                                            1950 10 10
                                            Tuesday
                                            .New York, N.Y.Paramount TheatreStage show - see 1950 10 04...
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                                            Wednesday
                                            .New York, N.Y.Paramount TheatreStage show - see 1950 10 04...
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                                            1950 10 12
                                            Thursday
                                            .New York, N.Y.Paramount TheatreStage show - see 1950 10 04...
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                                            1950 10 13
                                            Friday
                                            .New York, N.Y.Paramount TheatreStage show - see 1950 10 04...
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                                            1950 10 14
                                            Saturday
                                            .New York, N.Y.Paramount TheatreStage show - see 1950 10 04...
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                                            1950 10 15
                                            Sunday
                                            .New York, N.Y.Paramount TheatreStage show - see 1950 10 04...
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                                            1950 10 16
                                            Monday
                                            .New York, N.Y.Paramount TheatreStage show - see 1950 10 04...
                                            ..2011
                                            1950 10 17
                                            Tuesday
                                            ...activities not documented...
                                            ...
                                            1950 10 18
                                            Wednesday
                                            ...activities not documented...
                                            ...
                                            1950 10 19
                                            Thursday
                                            ...activities not documented...
                                            ...
                                            1950 10 20
                                            Friday
                                            1950 10 21
                                            Saturday
                                            Englewood Cliffs, N.J.Rustic Cabin
                                            Rt. 9-W, 2 miles north of George Washington Bridge
                                            Duke Ellington and his Orchestra plus Arthur Godfrey talent winners "The Sensation [sic] Rhythm Rascals."The Jersey Journal, Jersey City, N.J.
                                            • 1950-10-19 p.31
                                            • 1950-10-20 p.20
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                                            1950 10 21
                                            Saturday
                                            .New York, N.Y.Apex Recording Studios
                                            119 W. 57th St.
                                            Mercer Records recording session
                                            2 to 5 p.m.
                                            The Ellingtonians with Al Hibbler
                                            M. Ellington, Benny Carter, Carney, Strayhorn, Dave Barbour (guitar), Marshall, Charlie Smith (drums), Hibbler, Duke Ellington

                                            Titles recorded:
                                            • Stormy Weather
                                            • Cherry
                                            • Stardust
                                            • Honeysuckle Rose

                                            The AF of M contract, marked Session No. 5, was for seven musicians led by Duke Ellington, omitting Strayhorn and Hibbler. Both Ellingtons, Carter, Carney, Marshall, Smith and Barbour were paid for the session at scale - $82.50 for the leader and $41.25 for the sidemen.

                                            There is a question of the instrument Mercer used:
                                            • New Desor and at the time of writing, Girvan, say flugelhorn;
                                            • Wax Works and Lasker say E-flat horn
                                            • Nielsen says trumpet
                                            • The Mercer Ellington discography published in the DESS Bulletin has him on mellophone for this session (it also incorrectly places this session in Los Angeles)
                                            • Feather says

                                              'On one date Mercer himself, who had been working in his father's brass section for a few months, played mellophone behind Hibbler.'

                                            • Webmaster comment: A flugelhorn resembles a cornet in appearance but has a longer bore so the lower tube is further from the upper tube. It is a B-flat instrument, not E-flat. The instrument known to me as E-flat horn is also known as an alto horn and resembles a tiny tuba or euphonium. It is played in an upright position. Feather tells us Mercer played a mellophone in this session. The older model mellophone resembles a French horn with less tubing and piston valves rather than butterfly valves. The bell is tucked under the left arm of the musician. The mellophone is an E-flat instrument. At least one photograph of the Ellington band from behind the bandstand shows Mercer playing this type of mellophone and it is the instrument identified in the DESS Mercer Ellington discography

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                                            Saturday
                                            .Englewood Cliffs, N.J.Rustic CabinDuke Ellington and his Orchestra and "The Sensation [sic] Rhythm Rascals." - see 1950 10 20...
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                                            1950 10 21
                                            Saturday
                                            ... Peripheral event

                                            'Jazz maestro Duke Ellington has become a ballet student. The idea is to lose weight through pirouetting. '

                                            Dorothy Kilgallen syndicated column - see
                                            • Greenville Record-Argus 1950-10-21
                                            • The Charleston, Va. Gazette 1950-10-21 p.4
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                                            Sunday
                                            .Holyoke, Mass.Holyoke's Valley Arena GardensVaudeville
                                            • 3 shows 2:30, 7 and 9
                                            • Matinee 60¢ evening 85¢

                                            Springfield Union, Oct. 21:

                                            ' DUKE ELLINGTON AND SARAH VAUGHN; ARENA
                                              Two star attractions will be offered at the Valley Arena Gardens tomorrow in Duke Ellington, occupying the bandstand with his world famous orchestra, and Sarah Vaughan [sic], recording artist and star of radio and television. The variety bill featurs Teddy Hale, protege of the late Bill Robinson, tap dancer. Other acts include Joe Chisholm, Dolly Pembrook, action acro-artist, and Earl Howell and Buddy Bowser, comedians.'

                                            The Springfield Union, Springfield, Mass.
                                            • 1950-10-21 p.24
                                            • 1950-10-22 p.9C
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                                            Monday
                                            ...activities not documented...
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                                            1950 10 24
                                            Tuesday
                                            1950 10 26
                                            Thursday
                                            Schenectady, N.Y.Proctor's TheatreTheatre appearance with Sarah Vaughan, comedy dance team Conway and Parks, and Dusty Fletcher
                                            Stage show 3 times daily, 3, 6 and 9 PM
                                            • Ad, Amsterdam ,N.Y. Evening Recorder,1950-10-20, p.6O
                                            • Schenectady Gazette,
                                              • 1950-10-21 p.14
                                              • 1950-10-23, p.9
                                              • Review by Phyllis W. Williams, Ellington Style Unchanged, Well Received at Proctors, 1950-10-25, p.18
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                                            Wednesday
                                            .Schenectady, N.Y.Proctor's TheatreStage show - see 1950 10 24...
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                                            1950 10 26
                                            Thursday
                                            .Schenectady, N.Y.Proctor's TheatreStage show - see 1950 10 24...
                                            ..added 2012-08-19
                                            1950 10 27
                                            Friday
                                            1950 10 29Three Rivers, N.Y.
                                            6 miles northeast of Liverpool, N.Y., north of Baldwinsville.
                                            Three Rivers Inn

                                            '3 days only
                                            Duke Ellington with his famous orchestra and new show

                                            Extra added attraction, Dusty Fletcher, comedian, composer of 'Open the Door, Richard'

                                            Friday and Sunday, no cover, no minimum, spend what you like
                                            Saturday $2.00 minimum '

                                            The Post-Standard, Syracuse, N.Y..DEMS
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                                            Saturday
                                            .Three Rivers, N.Y.Three Rivers InnStage show...
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                                            Sunday
                                            .Three Rivers, N.Y.Three Rivers InnStage show...
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                                            Monday
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                                            1950 10 31
                                            Tuesday
                                            Halloween
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                                            1950 10 00.New York, N.Y..Mercer recording session
                                            Wild Bill Davis and His Real Gone Organ
                                            Davis, Duke Ellington, John Collins, guitar, Jo Jones, drums

                                            Title recorded:

                                            Things Ain't What They Used To Be

                                            (The group also recorded Make No Mistake without Duke)
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                                            1950 11 00...PERSONNEL CHANGE
                                            Cat Anderson, high note trumpet specialist, rejoins the band
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                                            Wednesday
                                            .New York, N.Y.RCA Victor
                                            155 E. 24th St.
                                            Mercer Records recording session no. 6
                                            Billy Strayhorn Trio
                                            Strayhorn, Ellington, Joe Shulman

                                            Titles recorded:
                                            • Tonk
                                            • Johnny Come Lately
                                            • In A Blue Summer Garden
                                            • Great Times
                                            This session has been undated in the discographies, just shown as November 1950. The Local 802 contract shows the session was November 1, 1950, from 7:30 to 10:30 p.m., the men were paid union scale - Strayhorn as leader, $82.50; Ellington and Shulman, $41.25 each. Wendell Marshall's name was on the personnel list but crossed out; Joe Shulman's name was handwritten. Mercer Records was the Employer, and Feather signed as employer; Strayhorn signed as leader.

                                            Sidemen's activities are not documented
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                                            Thursday
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                                            Friday
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                                            Saturday
                                            ...activities not documented...
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                                            Sunday
                                            ...activities not documented...
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                                            1950 11 05
                                            Sunday
                                            .Near Baltimore, Md.Route 40 Peripheral event
                                            Three of The Orioles were in a car accident 3 miles north of Baltimore that killed guitarist Tommy Gaither and injured Johnny Reed and George Nelson. Sonny Til and Alexander Sharp, did not learn of the accident until they arrived home. For a short time, only Til and Sharp performed as the Orioles, but the Nov. 18 Courier reported the group opened at the Earle Theatre in Philadelphia "this week" with two new members. Nelson returned in a few days, and Reed a few weeks later.
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                                            Sunday
                                            .Philadelphia, Penn.. Peripheral event
                                            Philadelphia Inquirer ran a three column article about Ellington, in which author David Appel describes Ellington at 3:30 p.m. breakfast, date unknown, but after the Paramount Theater and before the Earle Theater. Ellington said he wanted to do a "slam-bang" Broadway, describing an elaborate opening, and described visiting President Truman at the White House "recently."
                                            The Philadelphia Inquirer Magazine, Philadephia, Penn. 1950-11-05 p.51..
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                                            Tuesday
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                                            Wednesday
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                                            Thursday
                                            1950 11 15
                                            Wednesday
                                            Philadelphia, Penn.Earle Theater
                                            11th and Market

                                            Theatre information:
                                            Vaudeville
                                            Stage showtimes the last night: 12:10, 3:00. 5:20, 7:40, 10:00

                                            Included in the bill: The Orioles; Dusty Fletcher; and Joe Chisholm.
                                            While the Nov. 18 Courier reported The Orioles opened "this week" with 2 new members, further research might confirm whether or not they were there during the early part of the engagement, and whether or not George Nelson returned to the group in time to play here.-see 1950 11 05.
                                            Marion Kelley's Nov. 11 review:
                                            • Large house on hand (Nov. 10)
                                            • Acts, Duke Ellington and his orchestra, the Orioles, Dusty Fletcher and others
                                            • Stage show opened with a medley; dark background and flashes of light.
                                            • Solos by Carney, Brown, Hodges, and Nance
                                            • Named songs: Sunny Side of the Street, Blue Skies
                                            • '...There was Al Hibbler vocalizing along with Chubby Kemp, both of whom won deserved applause...'
                                            The Philadelphia Inquirer, Philadelphia, Penn.
                                            1950-11-11 p.15
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                                            Friday
                                            .Philadelphia, Penn.Earle TheaterStage show - see 150 11 09...
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                                            Saturday
                                            .Philadelphia, Penn.Earle TheaterStage show - see 150 11 09...
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                                            Sunday
                                            .Philadelphia, Penn.Earle TheaterStage show - see 150 11 09...
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                                            Monday
                                            .Philadelphia, Penn.Earle TheaterStage show - see 150 11 09...
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                                            Tuesday
                                            .Philadelphia, Penn.Earle TheaterStage show - see 150 11 09...
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                                            Wednesday
                                            .Philadelphia, Penn.Earle TheaterStage show - see 150 11 09...
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                                            1950 11 18
                                            Saturday
                                            .Newark, N.J.Terrace Ballroom
                                            Mosque Theater building
                                            Dance, 9 pm - 2 am.Stratemann p.324 citing
                                            Amsterdam News 1950-11-11 p.23
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                                            Sunday
                                            .New York, N.Y..ABC television appearance, "Show Time USA"

                                            The band was on for 13 minutes

                                            While Stratemann says it played a medley and two of its own titles, New Desor's titles differ.
                                            Duke Ellington And His Orchestra
                                            N. Williams, Merenguito, Anderson, Baker, Nance, Brown, Jackson, Hamilton, Procope, Hodges, Gonsalves, Carney, Ellington, Marshall, Greer, Ballard, Bobby Davis

                                            Titles recorded:
                                            • The World Is Waiting For The Sunrise
                                            • Oh! Lady Be Good
                                            • St. Louis Blues
                                            • Blue Skies
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                                            Monday
                                            .New York, N.Y..Columbia recording session
                                            Times unknown - sheets missing from ledger
                                            Duke Ellington and His Orchestra
                                            N. Williams, Merenguito, Anderson, Baker, Nance, Brown, Jackson, Hamilton, Procope, Hodges, Gonsalves, Carney, Ellington, Marshall, Greer, Ballard, Hibbler, Lanauze

                                            Titles recorded:
                                            • Build That Railroad
                                            • Love You Madly
                                            • Great Times
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                                            Tuesday
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                                            1950 11 22
                                            Wednesday
                                            1950 11 28Boston, Mass.Scollay Square TheaterVaudeville, with Howell & Bowser, Joe Chisholm and Tip, Tap and Toe.
                                            Four shows daily (12:00, 2:45, 5:35, 8:30) except Sunday, when there were three (2:45, 5:40, 8:30).
                                            The show was reviewed in three newspapers. Given the difference in the two opening day reviews, it is possible the critics attended different showings.

                                            • J.W.R., The Boston Daily Globe, Nov. 23:

                                              'STAGE SHOW
                                              Duke Ellington and His Band on Scollay Square Theatre Stage

                                                ...By tomorrow, no doubt, the Duke and his boys will be presenting a whizz-bang show, the kind for which they are famous. But yesterday's opening performance was the kind of occasion everybody would probably prefer to forget. The curtain was a half hour late, the lighting effects went awry, some of the variety acts seemed at a loss for things to do.
                                                The opening was unconventional, except for the uncertain lighting effects, with a medley of tunes featuring Ellington and the band. Joe Chisholm offered some ingenious patter and highly skillful baton twirling. Chubby Kemp sang a couple of blues numbers. Johnny Hodges and Lawrence Brown played choruses of "The Sunny Side of the Street" and once again proved that they are among today's great sax and trombone players, respectively.
                                                The Duke then called upon his trumpet section of five stalward lungs for some fast and loud choruses of "Blue Skies." Tip and Toe (of the team of Tip, Tap, and Toe) did some very snappy dancing – real dancing, not leg breaking exercises. Ray Nance clowned musically. The Duke gave us a couple of turns at the piano. Howell and Bowser played around with some nice old fashioned comedy and a brace of pleasant songs. Albert Hibbler sang and the show came to a close with the whole company in attendance...'

                                            • E.S.T, The Boston Herald, Nov.23:

                                              'SCOLLAY
                                              Duke Ellington
                                              Spotlights stabbed the gloom of the stage changing from one color to another. Dim figures edged into the glare accompanied by dissonant lietmotivs as they were introduced. Suddenly out of the shadows came the piano poisning a crescendo of blue notes in authoritative manner against the frantic orchestrasl canvas. In such a way, Duke Ellington served notice yesterday that he had reclaimed his Boston swing duchy at the Scollay Theater.
                                                Tehre is enough in the show, which will continue for the holiday week, to satisfy the most avid follower of popular music. For the "mouldy fygge," the classicist of jazz, there are such famous Ellington arrangements as "I'll Take a Train,: and for the real gone devotees of bebop there are many atonal effects. The band plays fortissimo with enough power to turn over turbines at faraway Grand Coulee while the elegant touch of the Duke's key board style provides a still, small voice in the middle of the whirlwind.
                                                Tap-dancers, vocalists, and a baton twirler round out the show, but the appeal of the performance will be most easily understood by the Duke's fans. His orchestra plays with a great deal of drive graced by a gutty trombone in the person of Lawrence Brown, and Johnny Hodge's plangent [sic] sax work. The main attraction fo rothers will be the distinguished, slightly satirical M.C. style of Mr. Ellington.'

                                            • Alta Maloney, Boston Traveler, Nov.24

                                              'Duke and Band At Scollay
                                                It's a good thing the Duke Ellington is playing his favorites, because that's what his fans are shouting at him to do as he prgresses from "Take the A Train" to "Sunny Side of the Street" to "Blue Skies" to "Do Nothing Till You Hear From Me" at the Scollay Theater.
                                                The Duke may be a litle more portly than his more elderly admirers remember, but his music has the same intricate dissonance and relentless rhythm that makes them rock back and forth in involuntary accompaniment.
                                                With him are featured the finest musicians in his orchestra. There are solos by Lawrence Brown on the trombone and Johnny on the alto sax. Albert Hibbler sings. The blues are represented by Chubby Kemp with "Hello Little Boy."
                                                And of course, there is a solo number by Duke Ellington, leaning out of the spotlight into the shadows and playing with the casual ease that makes him interesting to watch as well as to hear.
                                                Also on the hour-long show are Joe Chisholm, ... Tip and Toe ... and Howell and Bowser... One of the biggest attractions is Cat Anderson, who can play a trumpet note highter than the human ear can stand... '

                                            • Stratemann p.324 citing
                                              Variety 1950-11-29 p.18
                                            • The Boston Daily Globe, Boston, Mass.
                                              • 1950-11-15 p.19
                                              • 1950-11-23 p.58
                                              • 1950-11-26 p.A-41
                                            • Boston Traveler, Boston,Mass.
                                              1950-11-24 p.18
                                            • The Boston Herald, Boston,Mass.
                                              1950-11-24 p.65
                                            • Showtimes:
                                              Boston Daily Globe
                                              • 1950-11-22 p.19
                                              • 1950-11-23 p.59
                                              • 1950-11-24 p.47
                                              • 1950-11-25 p.16
                                              • 1950-11-26 p.A-39
                                              • 1950-11-27 p.20
                                              • 1950-11-28 p.51
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                                            Thursday
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                                            Friday
                                            .Boston, Mass.Scollay Square TheaterStage show - see 1950 11 22...
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                                            Saturday
                                            .Boston, Mass.Scollay Square TheaterStage show - see 1950 11 22...
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                                            Sunday
                                            .Boston, Mass.Scollay Square TheaterStage show - see 1950 11 22...
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                                            Monday
                                            .Boston, Mass.Scollay Square TheaterStage show - see 1950 11 22...
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                                            Tuesday
                                            .Boston, Mass.Scollay Square TheaterStage show - see 1950 11 22...
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                                            Wednesday
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                                            1950 11 30
                                            Thursday
                                            1950 12 06
                                            Wednesday
                                            Detroit, Mich.Broadway Capitol TheaterVaudeville
                                            • Ellington showtimes:
                                              • Saturday 12:54 3:48 6:22 8:56 11:27
                                              • Tuesday 1:14 4:28 7:22 9:56
                                            • Appearing in the show:
                                              • Duke Ellington and His Band
                                              • The Orioles
                                              • Moke and Poke
                                              • Hammond's Birds
                                            • The film was The Killer That Stalked New York

                                            H.C.B. in Detroit Free Press

                                            'Ellington
                                            Show Sends
                                            Sweetly

                                                Good showman that he is, Duke Ellington employs lighting dramatically for the opening of his stage show at the Broadway Capitol Theater.
                                                The Duke still stands up at the little piano. Later he solos with "Happy Go Lucky."
                                                Johnny Hodges and Lawrence Brown are called out for sax solos. Chubby Kemp sings about her man. The blind baritone, Al Hibbler, has three numbers.
                                                Hammond's birds are cleverly trained cockatoos. One is a delightful "ham."
                                                FOR SWING the soloist is Ray Nance. A band quintet breaks out with "Blue Skies."
                                                Saved for the finale are the Orioles, sweet-singing quartet with their guitarist.
                                                Ellington's music is for those who like their tunes on the sweet side...'


                                            J. Theisen in Detroit Times

                                            'Duke Ellington Show
                                            At Capitol Impressive

                                            By JACK THEISEN
                                                THE DUKE ELLINGTON stage show which opened Thursday at teh Broadway Capitol Theater is another of the type aimed at the devotees of ultra-modern tempos and blues style music.
                                                ...The Maestro...is a rather affable showman as well. His instrumentations are highlighted by his standing performance at a small piano in the center of the stage.
                                              The opening numbers on the show are particularly impressive – principally because of a unique lighting arrangement used. While Ellington's band plays a medley ... a single overhead spotlight on an otherwise dark stage singles out each member of the band as he takes a solo "break."
                                              Midway in the program, Ellingtn demonstrates his ability as a pianist with an original compostion, "Happy Go Lucky." It's a high spot in the show, as are the solo performances of saxophonist Johnny Hodges and trombonist Lawrence Brown, both of them "name" musicians.
                                            VOCAL OFFERINGS
                                                To those who appreciate the modern blues style of singing, the vocal offerings of Chubby Kemp and Al Hibbler probably rank amont the best. This reviewers's personal taste is not for the sliding and frequently off0key tones produced in this type of singing.
                                                Hibbler gives voice to "Do Nuthin' [sic] Till You Hear From Me," "Lovr Come Back to Me" and "Danny Boy." Miss Kemp sings "Hey Little Boy" and "The Greatest There Is," which she recently recorded.
                                                The featured supporting members of the show are the Orioles, a singing group that has recently risen to popularity. While their opeing offerings were acceptable, the rendition of "The Lord's Prayer" was out of place in that kind of a show and consequently in bad taste. It might have been better, however, had not the lead tenor been flat in several instances.
                                            DANCE TEAM

                                                Comedy-making is provided by the slap-happy gag and dance team of Moke and Poke. Their routine has been scrubbed up considerably since their last Detroit appearance but still tends to go overboard.
                                                The stage presentation is rounded out by Hammond's Birds, an act that is sure to delight the younger members of the audience. Hammond has his feathered creatures do everything but talk. There's even a comedian in the group...'

                                            • Stratemann p.324 citing
                                              Variety 1950-12-06 p.55
                                            • Detroit Free Press, Detroit, Mich.
                                              • 1950-11-27 p.27
                                              • 1950-11-28 p.21
                                              • 1950-12-02 p.15
                                              • 1950-12-03 s.E p.3
                                              • 1950-12-05 p.17
                                            • Detroit Times, Detroit, Mich.
                                              • 1950-11-27 p.20-C
                                              • 1950-12-02 p.18-C
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                                            1950 12 00...PERSONNEL CHANGE
                                            Tyree Glenn rejoins the band temporarily, leaving again the same month.
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                                            • California Eagle, 1949-01-27, p.16
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                                            Saturday
                                            .Detroit, Mich.Art InstitutePersonal appearance
                                            Ellington appeared again (see 1950 01 21) as guest judge on the Free Press-WXYZ Quizdown television show at 11 a.m.

                                            A publicity photo showed Duke, sitting at a piano, cigarette and book in hand. The caption says:

                                            'IT'S TIME OFF from music for Duke Ellington, orchestra leader, as he crams for guest appearance on Free Press-WXYZ Quizdown at Art Institute at 11 a.m. Saturday.'

                                            The Dec.3 paper carried a report of the show, as well as a picture of Ellington handing a radio to 12-year-old winner Arthur Battle, Jr.
                                            Detroit Free Press, Detroit, Mich.
                                            • 1950-12-02 p.12
                                            • 1950-12-03 s.A p.2
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                                            Sunday
                                            .Detroit, Mich.Broadway Capitol TheaterStage show - see 1950 11 30...
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                                            Monday
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                                            Tuesday
                                            .Detroit, Mich.Broadway Capitol TheaterStage show - see 1950 11 30...
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                                            Wednesday
                                            .Detroit, Mich.Broadway Capitol TheaterStage show - see 1950 11 30...
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                                            Thursday
                                            .Battle Creek, Mich.W. K. Kellogg auditoriumThe Enquirer and News:

                                            'Duke Ellington Band Is Coming On December 7
                                              Duke Ellington is coming to town next week.
                                              Bob Montgomery, promoter..., said "the Duke" would play a two-hour concert at the W. K. Kellogg auditorium Thursday night, December 7.
                                              With the great jazz music figure will come Roy [sic] Nance, jazz violinist; Chubby Kemp, female vocalist; Al Hibbler, the great blind vocalist; Johnny Hodges, regarded by many as the greatest living saxophone artist; and the rest of the Ellington troupe.
                                              The concert will be under the auspices of the B.J.Bryant Elks lodge. '


                                            Review (missed quotation marks as in original):

                                            Even Without Bass Fiddler
                                            Duke Ellington Is Terrific

                                              Duke Ellington should have spent the evening playing Little Jack Frost, Get Lost."
                                              It was a shame that the cold, snow, and bad roads brought only half a house to the W. K. Kellogg auditorium, because the Duke, as ever, was great and put on a two-hour show to the enthusiastic response of the 1,200 or so persons who were assembled.

                                            Bass Gets Lost

                                              And Duke really worked hard. He was without a bass. Wendell Marshall, the fine, young bass fiddle player, stepped back on the train after his instrument and that was the last the boys in the band saw of him. They sent a search party to the station–which explains the half hour delay in starting the show–but no hide nor hair.
                                              So the show went on, with Duke working extra hard with his left hand and pounding the floor with his feet. Man, I played with both hands and both feet tonight," was the way Duke put it. And I was so worried about Wendell. He doesn't drink or smoke,: said Duke Cryptically [sic], probably meaning he hated to see such a young, unspoiled fellow lost in strange Michigan. Everybody figured he would stay right oh the train and go to Chicago, however.
                                              The band played everything – plain hot, Dixie, rhumbas, sentimental blues, all with Duke's brilliant arranging showing throughout. But when Duke sat down to play a medley, including Sophisticated Lady" and Solitude," of his own composition – that turned out to be one of the fine moments of the evening. Everyone knows that Duke would always be thought of as a great jazz pianist if people weren't so busy thinking of him as a great composer and orchestra leader. But it's great to hear him play.

                                            Other Highlights

                                              Other highlights included "Sonny Side of the Street" with Johnny Hodges coaxing the most from his alto sax; Harry Carney "doing everything on the saxophone but inventing it," as Duke said, in two baritone sax numbers, including "Paradise." William (Cat) Anderson's difficult trumpet rendition of "Coloratura;" Ray Nance's trumpet and added violin playing, singing and comedy capers; and "Mood Indigo" as played by Harry Carney, baritone, baritone, and Lawrence Brown and Clinton [sic] Jackson, trombones.
                                              Al Hibbler, the blind vocalist who can "see" a lot more in number than the vast majority of sighted singers, was called back time and again. His throaty singing of "Danny Boy" and "Trees" brought tears to the eyes of many.
                                              Chubby Kemp, Duke's bouncing chick soloist, also squeezed all the juice out of "Hello Little Boy, " "The Greatest There Is" and "Boogie Woogie."

                                            Dedicates Number

                                              Promoter Bob Montgomery asked Duke to dedicate a number to Miss Virginia (Gina) Bates and Danny Daniels. "Jinnah" heads the record department at Grinnell Bros. music store, and Danny, of course, is the "proprietor" of WELL's "Musical Reveille" heard daily except Sundays from 6 to 8 a.m.
                                              Mr. and Mrs. Bill Cavette of 86 Wilkes entertained Duke and some of the boys at a party after the show. Early this morning the band left for Chicago where they were scheduled to open with a stage show at the Chicago Theater at 10. After a week, the band will head for New York City by way of Toledo, Cleveland and Buffalo.
                                              Chubby Kemp headed the other way, for an engagement at Detroit's "The Flame." Sarah Vaughan will sing with the band in Chicago.

                                            J.F.S. '

                                            The Enquirer and News, Battle Creek, Mich.
                                            • 1950-11-29 p.6
                                            • 1950-12-03 pp.5,6
                                            • 1950-12-08 p.12
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                                            1950 12 14
                                            Thursday
                                            Chicago, Ill.Chicago Theatre
                                            State near Randolph
                                            Vaudeville, with movie The Killer That Stalked New York
                                            Stage
                                            In Person!
                                            DUKE ELLINGTON
                                            and his ORCHESTRA

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                                            R
                                            A

                                            SARAH
                                            VAUGHAN


                                            Joe CHISHOLM
                                            HOWELL &
                                            BOWSER

                                            '...first co-appearance at the Chicago of the Duke and Sarah.
                                              Interrupting a concert tour for the date, the Duke will bring with him his orchestra and his popular entertainers, including Johnny Hodges, Ray Nance, Harry Carney, Lawrence Brown, Al Hibbler, and Chubby Kemp. And he will feature the acts of Howell and Bowser, and dancer Joe Chisholm.
                                              Sarah has ascended to the top ranks of the nation's vocalists in two short years. In that time she's turned out dozens of records, played the leading theaters, and made a movie short, the first of several for which she is signed.'

                                            • Chicago Daily Tribune and Chicago Sunday Tribune, Chicago, Ill.
                                                1950-12-11 pt.5 p.8
                                              • 1950-12-12 pt.2 p.5
                                              • 1950-12-13 pt.5 p.7
                                              • 1950-12-03 pt.2 p.5
                                              • 1950-12-03 pt.7 p.3 s.3
                                              • 1950-12-10 pt.7 p.17
                                            • Stratemann p.324 citing
                                              Variety 1950-12-13 p.32
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                                            Saturday
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                                            Sunday
                                            .Chicago, Ill.Chicago TheatreStage show - see 1950 12 08...
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                                            Monday
                                            .Chicago, Ill.Chicago TheatreStage show - see 1950 12 08...
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                                            Tuesday
                                            .Chicago, Ill.Chicago TheatreStage show - see 1950 12 08...
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                                            Wednesday
                                            .Chicago, Ill.Chicago TheatreStage show - see 1950 12 08...
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                                            Thursday
                                            .Chicago, Ill.Chicago TheatreStage show - see 1950 12 08...
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                                            Friday
                                            ...activities not documented...
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                                            1950 12 16
                                            Saturday
                                            ...activities not documented...
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                                            Sunday
                                            ...activities not documented...
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                                            Monday
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                                            Tuesday
                                            1950 12 19New York, N.Y.Columbia StudioColumbia recording session. This session is dated Dec. 18 in New Desor. The session times is unknown (sheets missing from ledger). Mr. Lasker:

                                            'The date "December 19, 1950" was found on the AFM report which I did find in the files, also Columbia's artist's card for Ellington, also the back cover of the original issue, Columbia Masterworks ML 4188.'


                                            Duke Ellington and His Orchestra
                                            N. Williams, Merenguito, Anderson, Baker, Nance, M. Ellington, Brown, Jackson, Hamilton, Procope, Hodges, Gonsalves, Carney, Ellington, Strayhorn, Marshall, Greer, Ballard, Lanauze
                                            Titles recorded:
                                            • The Tattooed Bride
                                            • Mood Indigo
                                            • Sophisticated Lady
                                            • Solitude
                                            Notes:
                                            • This session recorded record Ellington's first long playing record, The Columbia LP "Masterpieces by Ellington in uncut concert arrangements"
                                            • In Mood Indigo, Ellington uses two muted trombones with Carney on bass clarinet.
                                            • Lambert writes that this recording began Procope's emergence as a clarinet soloist, where he takes the solo formerly belonging to Bigard. He also notes this is the last recording session before Hodges, Brown and Greer left.
                                            • This is the first commercial recording of Tattooed Bride, and it presents three Ellington standards in extended arrangements as might be performed in concert.
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                                            .New York, N.Y.Dumont Studio?Dumont television network broadcast on WABD
                                            "Cavalcade Of Bands"

                                            Duke Ellington and Orchestra
                                            N. Williams, Merenguito, Anderson, Baker, Nance, M. Ellington, Brown, Jackson, Glenn, Hamilton, Procope, Hodges, Gonsalves, Carney, Ellington, Strayhorn, Marshall, Greer, Ballard, Lanauze

                                            Guest acts were
                                            • Three Poms or Three Palms
                                            • Tables Davis
                                            • Harris and Radcliffe
                                            • Harold King

                                            Titles recorded:
                                            • Take The "A" Train (theme)
                                            • Ko-Ko
                                            • Unidentified title (Ellington may have announced it as Co-Percussional Intricacies)
                                            • On The Alamo
                                            • The World Is Waiting For The Sunrise
                                            • Tea For Two and I Know That You Know
                                            • Coloratura
                                            • Perdido
                                            • Love You Madly
                                            • Great Times
                                            • Don't Get Around Much Anymore
                                            • Mood Indigo
                                            • Oh! Lady Be Good and Stompy Jones
                                            While New Desor and Stratemann show this was an NBC broadcast, the Brooklyn Eagle television listing shows the broadcast on WABD, Channel 5, the Dumont network flagship station. It isn't clear if the studio was located at the Dumont Building on Madison Ave. in 1950 or if the station had already moved to its next location.
                                            The Courier:

                                            'From all sides, Duke Ellington was this week still receiving commendations onthe appearance of his band on the TV show "Cavalcade of Bands" on WABD. A one-hour show, it featured the famous maestro and his group of renowned soloists in many of the numbers that have made them a household word in American jazz...'

                                            • Brooklyn Eagle, 1950-12-26 p.19
                                            • The Courier, Pittsburgh, Penn., 1951-01-06 p.11
                                            • Stratemann, p. 324
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                                            .New York, N.Y.Clifford homeSidemen's activities not documented

                                            Lucile Cromer column:

                                            'Grace Clifford's surprise party on New Year's Even in honor of Jay's 60th birthday replete with eggnog and other delicacies was really one of the most glamorous of the holiday season. Jay was truly surprised at this gathering of old friends in their beautifully appointed apartment... Helping him to celebrate were Mr. and Mrs. Lester Granger, Duke Ellington, Fanny Berryman, Ruth and Dan James, Lloyd Thomas, Jean Clifford...'

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                                            1951 00 00
                                            .New York, N.Y..Ellington was on the board of directors of the National Association of Performing Artists. Fred Waring was the president, the vice-presidents were Bing Crosby, Meyer Davis and Paul Whiteman, treasurer Don Voorhees and general counsel Alfred Rice. Other board members were Fred Allen, Connie Boswell, Noel Coward, Richard Crooks, Mary Gordon, Benny Goodman, Jascha Heifetz, Lewis Jones, Andre Koselanetz, Arthur W. Levy, Guy Lombardo, Ray Noble, Walter O'Keefe, Ima Fatima [??], Dick Powell, Fritz Reiner, Fabian Sevitsky, Nathaniel Shildret, Lawrence Tibbett, Rudy Vallee, Victor Young, and Efrem Zimbalist. The stated purpose of the association was to protect the interpretive artist from exploitation of his recordings and transcriptions.Radio Annual Television Year Book, 1951..djpNew
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                                            .New Orleans, La.Coliseum Arena
                                            401 N. Roman

                                            'DUKE ELLINGTON TO
                                            PLAY HERE TONIGHT
                                              Duke Ellington and his famous orchestra will play for a concert and dance at 9 p.m. Sunday at the Collsum [sic] Arena, 401 N. Roman. A special section will be preserved for white patrons.
                                              Ellington is the celebrated Negro pianist and composer of such outstanding modern songs as "Sophisticated Lady," "Mood Indigo," "Caravan," "Black and Tan Fantasy" and many others. '

                                            The Times-Picayune, New Orleans States,
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                                            .Pensacola, Fla.Washington High School

                                            'Duke Ellington Will Play Here
                                              A performance by Duke Ellington and his orchestra is scheduled for 6 p.m. Frdiay at Washington high school.
                                              Duke is on his first southern tour in several years. The last time he was i Pensacola he played at Sanders Beach.'

                                            The Pensacola Journal, Pensacola, Fla.
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                                            .Tallahassee, Fla.Florida A & M College

                                            WM. J. GUNN MEDICAL AUXILIARY
                                            FLORIDA A & M COLLEGE
                                            Presents
                                            DUKE ELLINGTON
                                            AND HIS
                                            Famous Orchestra
                                            IN CONCERT
                                            Saturday Evening
                                            Jan. 13, 8 p.m.

                                            Admission –$1.75 (main floor)
                                            (Tax Incl.) ... $1.25 (balcony)
                                            Tickets Available at Jenkins Music Shop and Johnson's Barber Shop,
                                            Macomb St., Western Union Office, Lee Hall, A&M Campus

                                            The Tallahassee Democrat, Tallahassee, Fla.
                                            • 1951-01-08 p.2
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                                            Philadelphia, Penn.The Click RestaurantOne week club residency

                                            Jimmy Hamilton claimed to write the music for Pretty and the Wolf while here, and it was premiered at upcoming Met. concert.
                                            The Philadelphia Inquirer (elipses as printed):

                                            'Duke Ellington, who has been a No. 1 man in modern American music for many years, has brought his excellent band to Click and is staging three shows each night, featuring his outstanding instrumentalists (Johnny Hodges, Lawrence Brown, etc.), vocalists Al Hibbler and Yvonne, and a dance trio called the Co-Ops...The trio's conception of "The Blues" is unusual and distinctive....And the same goes for all of the Duke's music...It is strikingly arranged and effectively presented...Highlight of the current stand is his new "Controversial Suite," in which the band members wage a running battle between Dixieland-jazz and the more progressive music... '

                                            • The Philadelphia Inquirer, Philadelphia, Penn.
                                              1951-01-22 p.15
                                            • Stratemann p.324, citing Variety
                                              • 1951-01-24
                                              • 1951-01-51 p.54
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                                            .New York, N.Y.Metropolitan Opera HouseBenefit concert for NAACP, broadcast and recorded by Voice of America.
                                            Premières of Harlem, Controversial Suite and Monologue (aka Pretty and The Wolf)
                                            This swank occasion, the first jazz concert at the Met since 1944, had a full house of 3,600 including the mayor, the head of the NAACP, boxer Joe Louis, show biz personalities such as Ethel Waters, W.C. Handy, Lena Horne, and other celebrities.

                                            The advertised ticket prices, tax included, were $7.50,$7.00,$6.00,$4.50,$4.00,$3.50,$3.00,$2.25 and $1.50. The New York Age (Lucille Cromer's column) mentions box office seats were $200.00. The Courier announcement said the entire proceeds would be donated to the NAACP.
                                            Duke Ellington and His Orchestra
                                            N. Williams, F.Williams, C. Anderson, Baker, Nance, Brown, Jackson, Hamilton, Procope, Hodges, Gonsalves, Carney, Ellington, Marshall, Benjamin, Greer, B. Clark, Lanauze, Hibbler

                                            The discographies show only one vocalist and two trombones, but Hibbler sang and the printed programme has a third trombone, Claude Jones, as well as Hibbler. It isn't clear why New Desor reports Jones returned to the band briefly on Jan. 23.

                                            Cromer's column reports Duke's brother-in-law Danny James was the master of ceremonies.
                                            Titles recorded:
                                            • The Mooche*
                                            • Ring Dem Bells*
                                            • Frustration*
                                            • Coloratura*
                                            • Rose Of The Rio Grande*
                                            • Love You Madly*
                                            • Take The "A" Train*
                                            • Harlem*
                                            • Controversial Suite*
                                              • Later*
                                              • Before My Time*
                                            • Violet Blue*
                                            • Monologue*
                                            • Duet*
                                            • "Threesome" (medley of V.I.P Boogie & Jam With Sam)*
                                          • Medley:
                                            • Don't Get Around Much Anymore
                                            • In A Sentimental Mood
                                            • Mood Indigo
                                            • I'm Beginning To See The Light
                                            • Sophisticated Lady
                                            • Caravan
                                            • Solitude
                                            • I Let A Song Go Out of My Heart & Don't Get Around Much Any More
                                          • St. Louis Blues
                                          • Blue Skies
                                          • Titles marked with an asterisk were included in the printed programme, although in slightly different order.
                                            The programme also has Al Hibbler singing Build That Railroad (Sing That Song) (Lambert has him contributing a selection of popular songs)

                                            Klaus Götting, in DEMS 98,3-20, points out that Leonard Feather's review in Jazz Hot reported Violet Blue, Jeep is Jumpin' and St. Louis Blues. Sjef Hoefsmit replied the discographies list only the portion which was broadcast. In DEMS 98,4, the late Luciano Massagli, co-author of New Desor, wrote, :

                                            'In June 1951 I listened to the Italian Radio (R.A.I.) to hear the programme recorded by the Voice of America. The 1st part was broadcast on 26 and the 2nd part on 29 June. I include a copy of the programmes published by the "Radiocorriere" of the week 24-30 June 1951. As you can see there are 2 pieces (Violet Blue and Jeep Is Jumpin') never issued on records by V.o.A. although they were recorded and broadcast by the R.A.I. The parts of the concert omitted from the broadcasts were Build That Railroad, Lover Come Back To Me, Danny Boy, S'posin' and Trees, all done by Albert Hibbler and located between Threesome and Medley. Between Medley and Blue Skies was St. Louis Blues, done by Ray Nance.
                                              The selections, not included on the V.O.A. records 11/12, 13/14 and 15 ... are most probably lost and, in my opinion, a discography may include only the pieces that certainly exist So Giovanni and I prefer to include in our work only the pieces issued on the V.o.A. records. '


                                            Although Cambridge Companion reports the NBC orchestra played Harlem with Ellington's band in this concert, only the jazz orchestra version "Harlem" was performed here. The version with the jazz and symphony orchestras was not performed until June.

                                            Ellington quashed rumours circulating prior to this concert that he would use strings when he said nothing could be done by strings that hadn't been done for hundreds of years, but new sounds could be achieved with the various instrumental combinations available in his orchestra.
                                            Harlem was commissioned by Arturo Toscanini to be played with the NBC symphony in November 1950. Stratemann explains two scores were prepared, one for the Ellington orchestra to perform and one for performance by the NBC symphony. The composition was to be part of a larger suite of works, Portrait of New York in which several composers wrote movements about different New York neighbourhoods. Toscanini, at odds with the symphony organization, failed to conduct the early concerts of the season, so the performance of the suite was postponed, with Ellington refusing to let anyone else conduct it. When NBC insisted on a performance under any circumstances, Ellington presented it with 65 strings as well as his own orchestra in June 1951 at Lewisohn Stadium. Bottom line: Harlem was not performed by the combined orchestras at this Metropolitan Opera House concert.

                                            Comprehensive discussions of Harlem can be found in Stanley Slome's Blue Light articles, available online, and in Lambert's Listener's Guide.

                                            The programme says
                                            • Frustration was recorded by Carney with a small group that included five strings, then re-orchestrated by Ellington for the band.
                                            • Take the A Train at present is used as a feature number for Gonsalves!
                                            • Monolog and Threesome were both written by Ellington and Strayhorn.
                                            • As noted above, the programme includes trombonist Claude Jones Further research is warranted.
                                            The New York Times review:

                                            '...Mayor Impellitteri introduced the event.
                                              ...The curtains parted the [sic] reveal the band seated behind its pink plastic musiv-racks [sic] and before a tapestry backdrop. Besides the usual ensemble there was an extra string bass and an extra set of drums. The amplification system was properly subdued, and changing lights reflected the mood of the music... '

                                            New York Age:

                                            '...Days before the concert was due, all tickets were sold out in all sections of the Metropolitan Opera House, and on Sunday a mad scramble developed at the Box Office for standing room... The great success is due... but also to the outstanding work of the Manhattan Committee for the N.A.A.C.P. under the chairmanship of Mrs. Ruth Ellington James ... At the intermission a number of credits were accorded to those making the presentation possible, most particularly Mrs. Ruth Rhode, to whom a bouquet was presented by Miss Mildred Dixon and Mrs. Vicky Bourne-Vanneck on behalf of the committee and sponsors...'

                                            In what appears to be a nationally syndicated column, Irving Kolodin's review was more an evaluation of Ellington than a review of the concert.
                                            • The Courier, Pittsburgh, Penn.
                                              • 1951-01-06 p.11
                                              • 1951-02-03 p.7
                                            • New York Age, New York, N.Y.
                                              • 1951-01-13 p.6
                                              • 1951-01-20 p.7
                                              • 1951-01-27 pp. 3,5, 10
                                              • 1951-02-03 p.3
                                            • New York Post, New York, N.Y.
                                              • 1951-01-17, p.54
                                              • 1951-01-18, p.41
                                            • New York Times, New York, N.Y. 1951-01-22,p.13 (SI-NMAH DEC301 Sec. 2, Box 11, Folder 7)
                                            • Brief mention by James L. Hicks, "Big Town," Baltimore Afro-American, 1951-01-16, p.4
                                            • Concert programme, NAACP Benefit, Metropolitan Opera House, New York, New York, January 21, 1951, SI-NMAH DEC301 Series 2, box 11, folder 7
                                            • Leonard Feather Scrapbook, July 1949 - May 1951:
                                              • p.161, Announcement, Down Beat 1951-01-26 p.1
                                              • p.158, Review (English), The Melody Maker and Rhythm 1951-02-17 p.3
                                              • p.171, Review (French),Jazz-Hot Magazine
                                              • p.163, Review (Swedish),Estrad 1951-03 p.7
                                            • Irving Kolodin, The Musical Digest, The Dallas Morning News, Dallas, Tex., 1951-020-2 Pt.II p.5
                                            • Girvan:   Ellingtonia.com
                                            • Timner V
                                            • Ole J. Nielsen, Jazz Records 1942-80, A discography: Vol. Six, Duke Ellington
                                            • Anthony Brown, "Duke in the 1950s: renaissance man," Cambridge Companion, p.137
                                            • Stanley Slome, HARLEM: DUKE AND THE CLASSICAL CONNECTION, Blue Light, DESUK, March and June 1997
                                            • E. Lambert:
                                              Duke Ellington, A Listener's Guide
                                              , pp. 161, 165-168.
                                            • Stratemann, p.324
                                            • Vail II with several clippings, including the Down Beat review by Michael Levin.
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                                            .New York, N.Y.James residence
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                                            New York Age:

                                            'Following the concert a reception was held for the artists and distinguished patrons at Mr. and Mrs. James residence...Reading like a Who's Who of New York social life...guests included Mr. & Mrs. Walter White (executive sec. of the NAACP), Mr. & Mrs. Ralph Bunche, Prof. Harold Taylor (Dean of Sarah Lawrence College), Miss Lena Horne, Mr. & Mrs. Esmond Van Raalte, Mr. & Mrs. Ted Poston, Mr. & Mrs. Henry Lee Moon, Mrs. Josuah [sic] DeCourcy Cooper, Mr. & Mrs. Edmund O'Connor and a host of other socialites.'

                                            The review carries on by saying there was a supper buffet and champagne toasts, then it mentions other celebrities, although it isn't clear if they were present or being honored in absentia.
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                                            .New York, N.Y.."Frank Brookhouser Show"
                                            Ellington performed on local television station WFIL-TV. The show featured visiting and local musicians. In this episode, the history of jazz piano was demonstrated by "Ragtime Smitty" (earlier styles) and Ellington (modern style).

                                            While New Desor dates this telecast as Jan. 23, Stratemann says that is consistent with a collector's tape, but also that The Billboard reported reviewing it on Feb 6, suggesting it may have been recorded then instead.
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                                            .Philadelphia, Penn.Academy of MusicConcert

                                            The Afro-American carried a photo of Duke receiving a Pyramid Club certificate after the concert, so presumably it was sponsored by that club. Included in the picture were Dr. Voight Jones, head of the club, and Dr. Wilbur Strickland, club member and "life-time friend of the Duke."
                                            • The Afro-American, Baltimore, Md., 1951-02-10 p.7
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                                            .Richmond, Va..Cancelled concert
                                            The Feb. 1 1951 edition of the Barrier Miner, Broken Hill, Australia, carried a story "Boycott Hurts Negro Band" datelined New York, January 31.

                                            "Negro band leader, Duke Ellington, cancelled a concert at Richmond (Virginia) because of a segregation boycott asked by the local chapter of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People. Promoter Leon Fields said Ellington called off the show because the boycott "hurt his feelings" as well at hurting all members of his orchestra."


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                                            .Miami, Fla.Dinnerkey Municipal AuditoriumConcert (not confirmed)

                                            'Negro Community News
                                            By BETTY DeLOACH WILLIAMS
                                            AFFAIR PLANNED
                                              The King of Clubs is planning one of the biggest affairs of the season in Miami, Jan. 29 at the Dinnerkey municipal auditorium. A fashion show will be one of the main attractions...After the contest, a concert will be presented by Duke Ellington. Dr. J. L. Bass and George W. Benton, local businessmen, are members of the club. Judge Thomas is the chairman.'

                                            Ft. Lauderdale Daily News, Ft. Lauderdale, Fla.
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                                            1951 02 00...PERSONNEL CHANGES
                                            • Yvonne Lanauze leaves the band
                                            • Charlie Smith, drums, joins the band in early February
                                            • Trombonist Claude B. Jones leaves the band in the middle of February
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                                            .Akron, OhioArmoryConcert 10 p.m. and dance 11 p.m.
                                            Advance tickets: $1.50, tax included

                                            'Duke Ellington will bring his band here for a concert and dance next Friday night at the Armory. The concert will begin at 10 and dancing at 11.
                                              The orchestra features Johnny Hodges on the alto sax, Ray Nance on the violin and trumpet. Vocals are by Nance, Al Hibbler and Kay Davis...'

                                            The Beacon Journal makes no further mention of this event between Jan. 27 and Feb. 4, so further research is warranted to confirm it went ahead.

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                                            .Detroit, Mich.Music HallMidnight concert:

                                            'IN CONCERT
                                            DUKE ELLINGTON
                                            and his Orchestra
                                            AL HIBBLER – YVONNE – JOHNNY HODGES
                                            RAY NANCE – HARRY CARNEY – LAWRENCE BROWN
                                            Music Hall SATURDAY, FEB. 3rd Midnight
                                            TICKETS ON SALE AT GRINNELL's '

                                            Detroit Free Press, Detroit, Mich.
                                            • 1951-01-24 p.19
                                            • 1951-01-29 p.14
                                            • 1951-02-01 p.24
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                                            3 pm & 8:30 pm
                                            .Chicago, Ill.Civic Opera HouseTwo concerts

                                            The Oak Parker:

                                            'Duke Ellington and His Orchestra in Concert at Opera House Sunday, February 4
                                              DUKE ELLINGTON,... and his world famous orchestra will appear at the Opera House in concert for two performances only on Sunday afternoon at 3:00 P.M. and evening at 8:30 P.M.
                                              ELLINGTON has played in ballrooms, tobacco warehouses, armories and all sorts of odd auditoriums all over the world where his product has been greeted with cries of "solid!" and "out of this world!" And, he has played concerts in Paris, at Carnegie Hall...
                                              ... Listen to DUKE ELLINGTON in a real full length concert where you can hear the full impact and versatility of his genius and where he does everything from his oldest compositions to the latest. All of his famous instrumentalists, many of them annual winners of national polls, will present their individual styles. Featured soloists and instrumentalists with ELLINGTON are Johnny Hodges, alto-sax; Ray Nance, violin, trumpet and vocal; Harry Carney, baritone sax; Lawrence Brown, trombone; Junior Raglan, bass; Al Hibbler and Kay Davis, vocal. Good seats on sale now at Box Office and by mail order. Prices: $3.71, 3.10, 2.50, 1.85, 1.25 (all tax included).'

                                            S. Raven, Chicago Daily Tribune:

                                            ' On one of those rare days when contemporary music fairly spilled over, the Art institute's Fullerton hall held a session of the International Society for Contemporary Music last night while the Civic Opera House offered matinee and evening concerts by Duke Ellington and his band. Let there be no nonsense about "Jazz vs. Serious Music," for the jazz band had its serious situations and the professorial conclave sang some blues and poked out some syncopations of its own. Each, moreover, could easily prove that the other has no monopoly on dull moments. In one respect Ellington's crew was the loser, insofar as larger considerations of musical form are still not well assimilated by the best of the jazz men. Evidence of this was "Harlem," which abounded in clever thematic ideas and instrumental colorings, but has all the structural integrity of a rope of sand. As the Duke's "large" package, it was of less consequence than the smaller bits, such as "The Mooche," "Ring Dem Bells" and "Rose of the Rio Grande." '

                                            • Chicago Sunday Tribune
                                              • 1951-01-21 pt.7 p.10
                                              • 1951-01-28 pt.7 p.2 s.2
                                              • 1951-02-04 pt.7 p.2 s.2
                                            • The Oak Parker, Oak Park, Ill., 1951-01-26 p.4
                                            • Chicago Daily Tribune
                                              • 1951-02-05 pt.2 p.6
                                            • Stratemann, p.324, citing
                                              • Chicago Defender 1951-01-20 p.8
                                              • Down Beat 1951-02-09
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                                            1951 02 05
                                            Monday
                                            .Chicago, Ill.Parkway Ballroom"A Night At The Mardi Gras"
                                            Charity event emceed by disc jockey Daddio Dailey
                                            Others invited to perform: Louis Jordan Tympani Five, The Ink Spots, dancer Teddy Hale, with dance music by the Walter Dyett orchestra.
                                            Stratemann, p.324, citing Chicago Defender 1951-02-03 p.32..
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                                            1951 02 06
                                            Tuesday
                                            ...activities not documented
                                            Probably en route to Los Angeles if using ground transportation
                                            ...
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                                            1951 02 07
                                            Wednesday
                                            ...activities not documented
                                            Probably en route to Los Angeles if using ground transportation.
                                            ...
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                                            1951 02 08
                                            Thursday
                                            ...Sidemen's activities not documented
                                            Probable arrival in Los Angeles

                                            Ellington appeared on disc jockey Peter Potter's television show at 11:05 p.m. on station KTSL, Channel 2.
                                            Television listing, The Independent, Long Beach, Cal. 1951-02-08 p.32-A..
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                                            1951 02 09
                                            Friday
                                            .Los Angeles, Cal.Shrine AuditoriumRecorded concert
                                            DUKE ELLINGTON AND HIS ORCHESTRA
                                            Personnel according to New Desor session 9059:
                                            Nelson Williams, Meringuito, Anderson, Baker, Nance, Brown, Jackson, Hamilton, Procope, Hodges, Gonsalves, Carney, Ellington, Marshall, Benjamin, Smith; Barbara Winfield

                                            Note The Plaindealer says singers Yvonne Lanauze and Al Hibbler performed.
                                            Titles recorded:
                                            • Star Spangled Banner
                                            • The Mooche
                                            • Ring Dem Bells
                                            • Frustration
                                            • Coloratura
                                            • Rose Of The Rio Grande
                                            • Love You Madly
                                            • Take The "A" Train
                                            • HARLEM
                                            • CONTROVERSIAL SUITE
                                              • Later
                                              • Before My Time
                                            • Violet Blue
                                            • Jeep Is Jumpin'
                                            • Monologue

                                            The Plaindealer:

                                            'Members of the movie colony are still raving about the great concert given at the mammoth Shrine auditorium by Duke Ellington, Duke's lovely new feminine vocalist, Yvonne, and Ray Nance, Johnny Hodges, and Harry Carney, and Al Hibbler shook the house for the most applause.'

                                            New Desor
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                                            1951 02 10
                                            Thursday
                                            Circa
                                            1951 02 27
                                            Tuesday
                                            ..PERSONNEL CHANGE
                                            • Johnny Hodges, Lawrence Brown and Sonny Greer left Ellington's orchestra after between February 9 and February 28, 1951. Further research is needed to fix the exact date they left; the most reliable source might be payroll records if they still exist and can be located.
                                            • New Desor has Johnny Hodges leaving Ellington January 22 to form his own band, taking Lawrence Brown and Sonny Greer with him. New Desor's date is the day after the last pre-departure recording listed by the discographer-authors at the time tje discography was published, the January 21 NAACP benefit.
                                            • Hodges, Brown and Greer were, however, in the February 9 Shrine Auditorium recorded concert and Britt Woodman, who joined in time for the February 12 concert, said Brown didn't leave for a few days after he joined.
                                            • Variety's review of the February 15 Thunderbird opening mentions Lawrence Brown on drums [sic] but does not mention Hodges or Greer.
                                            • Variety's "Chatter" page said

                                              'Johnny Hodges with Duie Ellington for 22 years will leave after current Ellington stand at Thunderbird to form own combo.'

                                            • Stratemann has Hodges and his new band recording for Norman Granz's labels February 28 and and March 3. The ANP wire service said they would record for Granz February 26.
                                            • "Johnny Hodges and His All-Stars" opened at the Blue Note in Chicago on March 9 and Stratemann reports they played in Newark, N.J. the preceding weekend.
                                            • The split appears to have been amicable: the Hodges group had already recorded with Mercer Records (per Courier 1951-02-10)and Billy Rowe's Notebook, April 21, 1951, said

                                              'Billy Strayhorn ... has completed his chores with Johnny Hodges' new crew and is back to penways for Duke Ellington.'

                                            • The March 17 Courier reported Hodges would continue to record under the Mercer Record label and an ad in the Detroit Free Press for Johnny Hodges and His Award Winning All-Stars said "Direct from Duke Ellington's Band" in bold letter twice as large as "Johnny Hodges" and "All-Stars." (This March 23 ad named the sidemen as Al Sears, Sonny Greer, Leroy Lovett, Lawrenc Brown, Emmet Berry and Joe Benjamin.)
                                            • Hodges returned to Ellington in 1955, and Brown came back in 1960, both staying until 1970, when Hodges died and Brown retired.

                                            In a lengthy article reprinted in the Courier, Dave Dexter Jr. wrote

                                            'Most Ellington fans regard Duke's 1940 group as the finest edition of all Ellington ensembles... '

                                            He named that band as consisting of
                                            1940 band
                                            • Bigard
                                            • Blanton
                                            • Brown
                                            • Carney
                                            • Ellington
                                            • Greer
                                            • Guy
                                            • Hardwick
                                            • Hodges
                                            • Jones
                                            • Nanton
                                            • Stewart
                                            • Tizol
                                            • Webster
                                            • C. Williams
                                            (Ray Nance replaced Cootie in November 1940 and the 1940 band also included singers Ivie Anderson and Herb Jeffries.)

                                            Dexter wrote that Harry Carney was the only member of the 1940 band still remaining in the orchestra. This was almost true; Carney, Nance and Tizol can be consisered holdovers (although Tizol did quit in 1944 and returned in 1951).

                                            Ellington's personnel recorded in concert May 2 1951 were:
                                            1951 band
                                            • (Cat) Anderson
                                            • Baker
                                            • Carney
                                            • Ellington
                                            • Bellson
                                            • Carpenter
                                            • Gonsalves
                                            • Hamilton
                                            • Jackson
                                            • Long
                                            • Marshall
                                            • Meringuito
                                            • Nance
                                            • Procope
                                            • Smith
                                            • Tizol
                                            • (N.) Williams
                                            • Woodman
                                            • New Desor vol.2
                                            • Courier, Pittsburgh, Penn.
                                              • 1951-02-10 p.17
                                              • 1951-03-17 p.17
                                              • 1951-04-14, p.17
                                              • Billy Rowe's Notebook, 1951-04-21 p.17
                                            • ANP wirestory, Indianapolis Recorder, Indiana, Ind., 1951-02-24 p.12
                                            • Chicago Daily Tribune, Chicago, Ill.
                                              • 1951-03-08 HR Pt.2 p.3/H Pt. 4 p.5
                                              • 1951-03-09 H Pt.3 p.10
                                              • 1951-03-10 F Pt.2 p.4
                                              • "Chatter," Variety, 1951-02-21 p.62
                                            • Detroit Free Press, Detroit, Mich., 1951-03-23 p.27
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                                            Saturday
                                            .Oakland, Cal.Auditorium....
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                                            Sunday
                                            .Sacramento, Cal......
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                                            Monday
                                            .San Francisco, Cal.Opera HousePERSONNEL CHANGES
                                            • Trombonist Britt Woodman, born 1920, joined the band in time for the February 12 concert which was cancelled.
                                            • Lawrence Brown didn't leave for a few days.
                                            • D. Miller in DEMS:

                                              'Britt told me there was actually a period of several days after he joined before Brown left. He remembers this well because he was looking forward to playing with Lawrence Brown and was disappointed that he was able to do so for only a few days. He said he joined the band in San Francisco in 1951, but the promoters did not come up with the advance money so the concert was cancelled and they went to the Thunderbird in Las Vegas.'

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                                            Monday
                                            .San Francisco, Cal.Opera HouseThe AFM interceded because the promoter had not paid the required advance money. 40 minutes after the concert was to start, Ellington told the 1,500 member audience it was cancelled.

                                            The Oakland Tribune quoted Al Celley as saying a bank had attached $1500 in box office receipts to cover money owed it by Joe Reed, promoter of three Northern California Ellington concerts.
                                            • Sacramento Bee, Sacramento, Cal. 1951-02-13 p.2
                                            • Oakland Tribune, Oakland, Cal. 1951-02-13 p.25
                                            • Stratemann, p.325 citing
                                              • Down Beat 1951-03-23
                                              • Variety 1951-02-21 p.45
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                                            1951 02 13
                                            Tuesday
                                            ...activities not documented...
                                            ...
                                            1951 02 14
                                            Wednesday
                                            Valentine's Day
                                            ...activities not documented...
                                            ...
                                            1951 02 15
                                            Thursday
                                            1951 03 01
                                            Thursday
                                            Las Vegas, Nev.Thunderbird Hotel80 minute floor show
                                            First all-black show to play Las Vegas.
                                            No cover charge and no minimum.
                                            • 18 piece Ellington orchestra
                                            • Timmie Rogers
                                            • The Three Co-Ops
                                            • Sammy Montgomery
                                            • Kathryn Duffy Dansations with Barney Rawlings
                                            Variety reviewed the show in some detail:
                                            • First all-sepia unit to perform in Las Vegas niteries "scores top returns with the Thunderbird racking in heavy grosses".
                                            • Two things stood out:- "the novelty of watching one of the topmost bandleader-composers deftly guide his coterie of virtuosi through solid scorings" and the "sock showmanship of the entire package."
                                            • Ellington opened with Duet (Hamilton's clarinet with Marshall's bass)
                                            • The chorus line (KDD) came on next, with "sexy Sherry Scott's bumps and grinds to Ellington's Black and Tan Fantasy."
                                            Dance music was performed by the reduced 7 piece house orchestra, led by Al Jahns.
                                            • Variety
                                              • 1951-02-07 p.46
                                              • 1951-02-14 p.47
                                              • 1951-02-28 p.54
                                            • Stratemann, p.325, citing Variety 1951-02-21 p.54
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                                            Friday
                                            .Las Vegas, Nev.Thunderbird HotelFloor show - see 1951 02 15...
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                                            1951 02 17
                                            Saturday
                                            .Las Vegas, Nev.Thunderbird HotelFloor show - see 1951 02 15...
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                                            1951 02 18
                                            Sunday
                                            .Las Vegas, Nev.Thunderbird HotelFloor show - see 1951 02 15...
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                                            1951 02 19
                                            Monday
                                            .Las Vegas, Nev.Thunderbird HotelFloor show - see 1951 02 15...
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                                            1951 02 20
                                            Tuesday
                                            .Las Vegas, Nev.Thunderbird HotelFloor show - see 1951 02 15...
                                            ..2011
                                            1951 02 21
                                            Wednesday
                                            .Las Vegas, Nev.Thunderbird HotelFloor show - see 1951 02 15...
                                            ..2011
                                            1951 02 22
                                            Thursday
                                            .Las Vegas, Nev.Thunderbird HotelFloor show - see 1951 02 15...
                                            ..2011
                                            1951 02 23
                                            Friday
                                            .Las Vegas, Nev.Thunderbird HotelFloor show - see 1951 02 15...
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                                            Circa
                                            1951 02 24
                                            Saturday
                                            ... Peripheral event
                                            Variety announced that Irving Mills, vice president of Mills Music, was wrapping up a deal to again become Ellington's personal manager. Factors to be dealt with included the renewal of copyrights for Ellington tunes which were soon to expire, and the possibility of Mills acquiring rights to Ellington's recent compositions published by Ellington's Tempo Music.

                                            The Billboard:

                                            'Hollywood, Feb. 24– Duke Ellington has set a personal management deal with Irving Mills, Mills Music topper, thus returning to the man who built the Ellington band. Ellington split with Mills in 1939. Mills leaves Monday (26) for New York to work out details with the orkster's attorneys. Ellington this week broke with Cress Courtney, who previously was the batoner's p.m.
                                              Prior to the Ellington-Mills break-up 12 years ago, Mills handled everything for Ellington, including the pubbings of the Duke's numerous cleffings.
                                              There has been no actual signing between the music pubber and orkster and no monetary terms were revealed. Associated Booking Corporation has booked Ellington and his 21-piece concert ensemble into the Oasis here for two weeks at $5,000 plus a hefty percentage. Ellington is not being exclusively booked. This is Mill's first p.m. property since his voluntary retirement 12 years ago, at which time he liquidated his entire stable.'

                                            • The Billboard 1951-03-03 p.3
                                            • Variety, 1951-02-28, p.43
                                            • California Eagle, 1949-01-27, p.16
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                                            Saturday
                                            .Las Vegas, Nev.Thunderbird HotelFloor show - see 1951 02 15...
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                                            Sunday
                                            .Las Vegas, Nev.Thunderbird HotelFloor show - see 1951 02 15...
                                            ..2011
                                            1951 02 26
                                            Monday
                                            .Las Vegas, Nev.Thunderbird HotelFloor show - see 1951 02 15...
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                                            1951 02 27
                                            Tuesday
                                            .Las Vegas, Nev.Thunderbird HotelFloor show - see 1951 02 15...
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                                            1951 02 28
                                            Wednesday
                                            .Las Vegas, Nev.Thunderbird HotelFloor show - see 1951 02 15...
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                                            March 1951

                                            1951 03 07... Peripheral event
                                            Variety announced

                                            "On the heels of Duke Ellington's switch in personal managers from Cress Courtney back to Irving Mills, the Ellington band has been hit with the exit of several of its top sidemen, who have formed a new combo under Johnny Hodges. Going with Hodges are Lawrence Brown, Al Sears and Sonny Greer, all of whom have been with Ellington for over 10 years. Hodges was with Ellington 23 years.

                                            Hodges opens with his new band at the Blue Note, Chicago, March 9. He will continue to record under the Mercer Record label, which is operated by Duke Ellington's son Mercer. Initial releases will comprise 16 sides cut by Hodges on his European tour last year."
                                            Variety, 1951-03-07, p.43...
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                                            Thursday
                                            .Las Vegas, Nev.Thunderbird HotelFloor show - see 1951 02 15...
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                                            Tommy Douglas, alto sax, joins the band
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                                            1951 03 02
                                            Friday
                                            1951 03 16
                                            Friday

                                            1951 03 15
                                            Thursday
                                            Hollywood
                                            Los Angeles,
                                            Cal.
                                            Club Oasis
                                            3801 S. Western Ave.
                                            Contract for 7 nights a week for a guaranteed $5,000/week, the highest guarantee the club had ever given, and a 50-50 share of anything over $7,500.

                                            Seating only between 350 and 400, the club hiked its cover charge to $1.50 for this show

                                            The Billboard says this was the first time Ellington had taken his entire 21 piece "concert company" into a club; it included the band with its singer Barbara Winfield and a dance trio, Peter Green, Julian Swain and Ann Henry.
                                            • Bassist Red Callender may have subbed for Wendell Marshall during this gig.
                                            • Stratemann and Vail have the engagement ending March 16, but Ellington was booked at San Diego that evening. If the Oasis was a two-week engagement, ending Thursday is consistent with opening Friday.

                                            Stratemann placed the club in Hollywood, while Vail says Los Angeles. Patricia Willard clarifies this:

                                            '...the Oasis, at 3801 S. Western Avenue in Los Angeles was (a good?) five miles from what was and is considered Hollywood. The Oasis was located in a predominantly black community, just beginning to cautiously integrate. At that time, it was often referred to as "the westside," now it is identified as "South Central Los Angeles.'

                                            Stratemann took his information from The Billboard, whose articles about the club this month were datelined Hollywood and did not give its address.

                                            The city can be confirmed by searching 1950 and 1951 archives of the Los Angeles Times and the Pittsburgh Courier where some advertisements for other performers say Los Angeles.
                                            • The Plaindealer, Kansas City, Kans., 1951-03-16 p.5
                                            • Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles, Cal., 1951-02-28 pt.1 p.20
                                            • Stratemann, p.325 citing The Billboard 1951-03-03 p.37
                                            • The Billboard 1951-03-03 pp.7, 36-37
                                            • Vail II with unidentified clipping
                                            • Email, Patricia Willard - Palmquist 2017-01-30
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                                            Saturday
                                            .Los Angeles, Cal.Club OasisClub residency - see 1951 03 02..
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                                            Saturday
                                            .Los Angeles, Cal.Club OasisClub residency - see 1951 03 02..
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                                            Sunday
                                            .Los Angeles, Cal.Club OasisClub residency - see 1951 03 02..
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                                            Monday
                                            .Los Angeles, Cal.Club OasisClub residency - see 1951 03 02..
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                                            Tuesday
                                            .Los Angeles, Cal.Club OasisClub residency - see 1951 03 02..
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                                            Wednesday
                                            .Los Angeles, Cal.Club OasisClub residency - see 1951 03 02..
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                                            Thursday
                                            .Los Angeles, Cal.Club OasisClub residency - see 1951 03 02..
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                                            Friday
                                            .Los Angeles, Cal.Club OasisClub residency - see 1951 03 02..
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                                            1951 03 10
                                            Saturday
                                            .Los Angeles, Cal.Club OasisClub residency - see 1951 03 02..
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                                            Sunday
                                            .Los Angeles, Cal.Club OasisClub residency - see 1951 03 02..
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                                            Monday
                                            .Los Angeles, Cal.Club OasisClub residency - see 1951 03 02..
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                                            Tuesday
                                            .Los Angeles, Cal.Club OasisClub residency - see 1951 03 02..
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                                            Wednesday
                                            .Los Angeles, Cal.Club OasisClub residency - see 1951 03 02..
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                                            Thursday
                                            .Los Angeles, Cal.Club OasisClub residency - see 1951 03 02..
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                                            Friday
                                            .San Diego, Cal.Mission Beach Ballroom
                                            (Mission Beach)
                                            Concert, 9 to 10 p.m.
                                            Dance
                                            Admission $1.75 including tax.

                                            San Diego Union:

                                            'DUKE ELLINGTON
                                            DUE TOMORROW
                                            AT BALLROOM
                                              Duke Ellington and his 21-member show will come to Mission Beach Ballroom tomorrow night for a concert and dance. The concert is being promoted by Al Ramsay, of San Diego.
                                              Members of the troupe include Ray Nance, trumpet; Harry Carney, sax; Al Hibbler, vocalist; Peter Green, Ann Henry and Julian Swain, dance team and Ellington, who will do many of the numbers he has helped make famous over a period of years.'

                                            San Diego Union, San Diego, Cal., 1951-03-15 pp.a-10, a-11..
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                                            1951 03 17
                                            Saturday
                                            .Balboa, Cal.Rendezvous Ballroom(Unconfirmed)

                                            Poster:

                                            RENDEZVOUS BALLROOM
                                            BALBOA
                                            ------------
                                            ST. PATRICKS DAY
                                            ONE NIGHT ONLY
                                            SAT. MARCH 17
                                            DUKE
                                            ELLINGTON
                                            ------------
                                            EASTER WEEK
                                            WED. - THUR. - FRI., - SAT.
                                            MARCH
                                            21 - 22 - 23 - 24
                                            FRANKIE LAINE
                                            WITH
                                            DICK PIERCE

                                            A poster advertised on eBay is the only documentation found so far for an Ellington appearance at this ballroom on a March 17 that was a Saturday. The year is 1951, determined from the fact Laine and Pierce were to appear during Easter weekend, so Friday March 23 was Good Friday.

                                            Frankie Laine didn't exist until Frank Lovecchio changed his name in 1938. In 1940 Good Friday was March 22 and in 1945, it was March 30. Good Friday 1951 was March 23, agreeing with the poster. The next year with March 17 on Saturday is 1956, but Good Friday was March 30 that year. March 17 is next on Saturday in 1962 and 1973 and in both those years, Good Friday was March 20.

                                            So the year is determined, if the poster is genuine. The event cannot be confirmed, however, without some newspaper coverage or other documentary evidence.
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                                            1951 03 17
                                            Saturday
                                            ...Vail II reports road manager Al Celley was hit by a car driven by a drunk, in Los Angeles, breaking two ribs. ...
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                                            1951 03 18
                                            Sunday
                                            .Oakland, Cal.Auditorium....
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                                            Monday
                                            .Vallejo, Cal.El Camino GardensDance...
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                                            Tuesday
                                            ...activities not documented...
                                            ...
                                            1951 03 21
                                            Wednesday
                                            ...activities not documented...
                                            ...
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                                            Thursday
                                            ...activities not documented...
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                                            1951 03 23
                                            Friday
                                            1951 03 29
                                            Thursday
                                            Omaha, Neb.Orpheum TheatreSunday World-Herald:

                                            'Ellington Coming
                                            The old Maestro, Duke Ellington, and his band revue will come to the Orpheum Friday for a week's stand.'

                                            Various editions of the World-Herald announced Ellington's booking as early as the beginning of March. The Nonpareil listed Ellington's showtimes as 1:35, 4:10, 5:50 and 9:25 and the film as "Target Unknown."

                                            The March 29 ad announced that was the last day.
                                            • Stratemann, p.325, citing Down Beat 1951-04-20 p.1
                                            • Morning World-Herald, Omaha, Neb. 1951-03-29 p.16
                                            • Evening World-Herald, Omaha, Neb. 1951-03-24 p.11
                                            • Sunday World-Herald, Omaha, Neb. 1951-03-25 p.5-F
                                            • Council Bluffs (Iowa) Nonpareil, Council Bluffs, Iowa
                                              • 1951-03-23 p.7
                                              • 1951-03-24 p.8
                                              • 1951-03-27 p.6
                                              • 1951-03-28 p.6
                                              • 1951-03-29 p.10
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                                            Tommy Douglas leaves the band
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                                            1951 03 24
                                            Saturday
                                            .Omaha, Neb.Orpheum TheatreThe show times changed to 2:00 4:40 7:25 and 10:10 p.m.Evening World-Herald, Omaha, Neb. 1951-03-24 p.11..
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                                            Sunday
                                            .Omaha, Neb.Orpheum TheatreShow times: 2:00 4:40 7:25 and 10:10 p.m....
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                                            Monday
                                            .Omaha, Neb.Orpheum Theatre....
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                                            1951 03 27.Omaha, Neb..PERSONNEL CHANGE
                                            Juan Tizol, valve trombone, rejoined the band, bringing Willie Smith (alto) and Louis Bellson (born 1924 07 26) with him from Harry James' band in what became known as the Great James Robbery.

                                            Bellson had not been with James for long: On the Upbeat, Variety, 1951-02-14 p. 42, reported "Lou Bellson, former Tommy Dorsey drummer, joined Harry James band."


                                            Ellington would have kept drummer Charlie Smith except Tizol insisted on bringing Bellson.

                                            Mercer Ellington:

                                            'For about three weeks Pop had little Charlie Smith on drums. I'd met him in New Haven when he was playing with Dwike Mitchell and Willie Ruff. He had studied with one thought in mind: to be the drummer in the Duke Ellington band. He was doing well, but Pop needed Juan Tizol and Willie Smith very badly, and they refused to come unless they could bring Louis Bellson, too. So he had to let Charlie go, although he was potentially a great drummer. The decision really affected Charlie's whole life. He felt so completely frustrated and lost that he had nervous breakdowns...'

                                            • New Desor vol.2
                                            • Stratemann p.325
                                            • Andrew Homzy, liner notes to "Duke Ellington and His Orchestra at The Crystal Gardens, Salem, Oregon, 1952," HEP CD 92/93
                                            • M. Ellington, DEIP, p.106
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                                            Tuesday
                                            .Omaha, Neb.Orpheum TheatreShow times: 1:35, 4:20, 6:45, 9:25...
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                                            1951 03 28
                                            Wednesday
                                            .Omaha, Neb.Orpheum TheatreShow times: 1:35, 4:20, 6:45, 9:25...
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                                            Saturday
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                                            1951 04 00.New York, N.Y..Mercer recording session
                                            Oscar Pettiford his 'cello and Orkette
                                            No Ellington or his sidemen involved. Included only since it is possible Feather, Mercer Ellington or Strayhorn were present.
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                                            1951 04 00.Bloomington, Ind.Auditorium
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                                            Ellington and his orchestra may have played a concert in Bloomington in April. In describing the creative December 1951 dance, the 1951-12-12 edition of The Indiana Daily Student mentions:

                                            'When the Duke and his musical crew were here last April for an Auditorium concert, everything was normal... '


                                            Further research may turn this up.
                                            The Indiana Daily Student, Indiana University, Bloomington, Ind., 1951-12-12 p.1, courtesy C.Lynn and E.M.Peters, Office of University Archives and Records Management, Herman B. Wells Library, Indiana University, Bloomington, Ind. (2015-11-18)..
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                                            Sunday
                                            .Cedar Rapids, IowaArmar BallroomDancing

                                            Adm. Just $1.22 plus tax.
                                            Letter 1951-04-03 on The Cedar Rapids Gazette letterhead to Leonard Feather at Mercer Records from Les Zacheis (emphasis added):

                                            'Dear Mr. Feather:
                                              The writer is responsible for the popular record review column appearing in the Sunday issues of the CEDAR RAPIDS GAZETTE. Last Sun. Duke Ellington appeared at a local ballroom. It is my practice to make an effort to tie in with worth-while bands when they put in their all to frequent appearances around here. There was no current Columbia Ellington release available that I had not already covered so I borrowed a copy of the Mercer label Pettiford "A Train" from the radio stations for review... I do not receive this label for review but I would certainly like to as all Ellington and jazz in general sells pretty well in this town, the best by far in the state at least.
                                              Al Selley [sic]suggested that I communicate directly with you as you are in charge and would be in a position to have my name added to the mailing list for review copies. My wife is manager of the biggest record shop in town so would you also kindly advise the name of the nearest Mercer jobber...
                                              ...Incidently [sic], the Duke sold out like mad and the addition of Smith, Tizol & Bellson is a real lift.'

                                            • The Cedar Rapids Gazette, Cedar Rapids, Iowa
                                              • 1951-03-25
                                              • 1951-04-01 p.9
                                            • Letter, 1951 04 03, SI-NMAH Archives Center, DEC301, Series III Box 107, Folder 10
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                                            Monday
                                            .Clinton, IowaModernistic Ball Room

                                            'THE DANCE
                                            OF THE SEASON
                                            --------
                                            Hear and Dance to
                                            Duke Ellington
                                            and his famous
                                            ORCHESTRA
                                            --------
                                            AMERICAN LEGION
                                            Modernistic
                                            Ball Room
                                            CLINTON, IOWA
                                            Monday, April 2
                                            Dancing – 9:00 to 1:00
                                            --------
                                            Admission $1.50 per person
                                            at door, tax included
                                            Advance sale, $1.25
                                            ...'

                                            Sterling Daily Gazette, Sterling-Rock Falls, Ill., 1951-03-23 p.3...
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                                            .Champaign, Ill.Champaign Junior High SchoolConcert for the benefit of Burnham City Hospital, sponsored by the Junior Chamber of Commerce.

                                            '...
                                              Last night the Duke proved to a small crowd of about 1,400 in Champaign junior high school auditorium why he is included among the royalty of jazz...As usual, both the ensemble and the solo work were standouts...'

                                            The review singled out Carney, Hamilton, Procope, Nance, Smith (misidentified as Willie (The Lion) Smith), Quentin Jackson anhd Louie Bellson for praise.
                                            The Daily Illini, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, Ill.
                                          • Ad, 1951-03-30 p.7
                                          • Publicity
                                            • 1951-03-30 pp.1
                                            • 1951-04-03 p.1
                                          • Review, 1951-04-04 p.1
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                                              .Champaign, Ill.Restaurant, 67 Main St.Two hours after the concert, Harry Carney and Britt Woodman were arrested for bringing beer into a restaurant. They were released on $25 bond.The Daily Illini, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, Ill. 1951-04-04 p.1
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                                                .Washington, D.C.Hotel AstorPeripheral event:
                                                Newspaper Guild's Page One Ball
                                                Walter Winchell: "Duke Ellington...will be among those entertaining the President at the Guild's Page One ball (in Washington) April 3."

                                                The Brooklyn Eagle, 1951-04-06 p.8 names Eli Danzig as the one who organizes music for most of the balls in Washington; it mentions the Page One Ball at the Astor.
                                                Since the band performed in Illinois this evening, it could not have played in Washington.
                                                • Walter Winchell's syndicated column
                                                  • The Glen Falls N.Y. Post-Star, 1951-03-30, p.11
                                                  • Nevada State Journal, Reno, Nev. 1951-04-05 [sic] p.4
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                                                Thursday
                                                .Jefferson City, Mo.Lincoln University Gymnasium
                                                Lincoln University

                                                'DUKE ELLINGTON
                                                America's Foremost Modern
                                                Composer
                                                and
                                                HIS FAMOUS ORCHESTRA
                                                –featuring Al Hibbler
                                                in Dance and Concert–
                                                400 Good Balcony Seats and Dance
                                                Space for 1,000 Persons
                                                Thurs. April 5th
                                                8 to 12 P.M.'

                                                The Sunday News and Tribune
                                                and/or Jefferson City Post-Tribune,
                                                Jefferson City, Mo.
                                                • 1951-04-01 p.1
                                                • 1951-04-05 p.6
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                                                Friday
                                                .Iowa City, IowaIowa Memorial Union
                                                State Univerity of Iowa
                                                Two concerts, 7:30 and 10 p.m.

                                                Tickets: $1.25

                                                While tickets were still available for sale the day of the concerts, the caption to the photo published the next day says both houses were packed.
                                                A story about an exchange student said she met Ellington backstage after the concert, and hoped to take some of his records home. (Editorial comment: A dose of reality and a sense of history for those of us who live in modern Western countries: The story opens by saying she was surprised by the brightly lit homes in Iowa City, because it was necessary in Germany to conserve electricity since the power was only on for certain hours.)
                                                The Daily Iowan, Iowa City, Iowa
                                                • 1951-03-16 p.1
                                                • 1951-03-18 p.3
                                                • 1951-03-29 p.4
                                                • 1951-04-03 p.1
                                                • 1951-04-05 pp.2 (University Calendar), 8 (plug)
                                                • 1951-04-06 p.1
                                                • 1951-04-07 p.1 (captioned photo only)
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                                                Saturday
                                                .Austin, Iowa Minn.Terp Ballroom

                                                'TERP Ballroom, Austin: ... Duke Ellington and his great orchestra. Adm. $1.80 Inc. Tax... '


                                                Apr. 14:

                                                'THERE HAS been no dearth in name bands at the Terp. Tommy Dorsey, Duke Ellington and tonight, Frankie Carle, all within less than a month.'

                                                Austin Daily Herald, Austin, Minn.
                                                • 1951-03-31 p.12
                                                • 1951-04-04 p.18
                                                • 1951-04-05 pp.22, 24
                                                • 1951-04-06 p.12
                                                • 1951-04-07 p.14
                                                • 1951-04-14 p.2
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                                                Sunday
                                                .Clear Lake, IowaSurf Ballroom
                                                North Shore

                                                'SUN., APRIL 8, In Person
                                                Duke Ellington
                                                & His "St. Louis Blues"
                                                Adm. $1.47 plus tax'

                                                • Mason City Globe-Gazette, Mason City, Iowa
                                                  • 1951-03-21 p.2
                                                  • 1951-04-04 p.22
                                                  • 1951-04-07 p.3
                                                • Kossuth County Advance, Algona, Iowa, 1951-03-27 p.5
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                                                Monday
                                                .Ames, IowaGreat Hall
                                                Memorial Union
                                                Concert, 7 p.m.
                                                Tickets were $1.00/person.
                                                The ISU Daily publicity describes this as part of an east to west concert tour that began with the Metropolitan Opera House in New York in January. It says Ellington will feature Nance, Carney and Hibbler, and says the band now featured five brass which begs the question of who was in the brass section at the time the publicity was received by the campus paper.

                                                Professor E. A. Goedeken, History Subject Specialist, ISU Library, advises there was no review or report of the concert in the ISU Daily afterwards, nor could he find anything about it in the Des Moines Register.
                                                • Iowa State University Daily, Iowa State University, Ames, Iowa
                                                  • 1951-04-04
                                                  • 1951-04-06
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                                                • Ames Daily Tribune, Ames, Iowa,
                                                  1951-04-07 p.4
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                                                Wednesday
                                                .Lincoln, Neb.University of Nebraska Coliseum.

                                                University of Nebraska
                                                Student Union

                                                Presents
                                                DUKE ELLINGTON
                                                in an
                                                ALL MUSIC CONCERT
                                                Wed., April 11–8 P.M.
                                                University of
                                                Nebraska Coliseum

                                                A New and Different Seating
                                                Arrangement Being Used

                                                Tickets on Sale at the Door
                                                Prices: .85 Students
                                                1.20 Reserved Section
                                                (Prices Include Fed. Tax)

                                                Other ads name Harry Carney and Al Hibbler.
                                                • Sunday World-Herald, Omaha, Neb. 1951-04-08 p.7-F
                                                • Lincoln Sunday Journal and Star, Lincoln, Neb. 1951-03-25 p.6-D
                                                • Lincoln Evening Journal and Nebraska State Journal, Lincoln, Neb.
                                                  • 1951-04-06 p.7
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                                                Friday
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                                                Saturday
                                                Detroit, Mich.Agricultural Building
                                                Adjacent to Michigan State Fairgrounds Coliseum
                                                First of two dances, third annual University of Detroit Spring Carnival, 8:30 p.m.
                                                Columnist Ed Sullivan was in town and agreed to emcee a 20 minute variety show. The Apr. 17 edition of Varsity News carried a photo of Sullivan crowning the Queen of the Spring Carnival at 9:30 p.m., with Ellington looking on.

                                                The Apr. 24 edition carried a letter to the editor signed by six male sophomores, complaining Ellington did not play enough dance music. The editor inserted a note:

                                                'You may recall unfortunate circumstances cancelled arrangements that had been made. By that time there was little choice left for a dance band.'


                                                Photos from this engagement are included in the 1952 yearbook Tower even though the dances were in the 1951 academic year.
                                                • Detroit Free Press, Detroit, Mich.1951-03-28 p.14
                                                • The Varsity News, University of Detroit, Detroit, Mich.
                                                  • 1951-04-13 pp.1,2,4
                                                  • 1951-04-17 pp.1,2
                                                  • 1951-04-24 p.4
                                                • The Detroit Times, Detroit, Mich.
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                                                Saturday
                                                .Detroit, Mich.Agricultural Building
                                                Adjacent to Michigan State Fairgrounds Coliseum
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                                                Tuesday
                                                ...Peripheral event
                                                A Nashville store advertisement included a line saying Tune in WKDA Monday through Saturday at 5:15 for the music of Duke Ellington
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                                                Tuesday
                                                .Detroit, Mich..Mercer Records recording session in Detroit.
                                                The Coronets
                                                Smith, Gonsalves, Anderson, Tizol, Ellington or Strayhorn, Marshall, Bellson

                                                Titles recorded:
                                                • Night Walk
                                                • Moonlight Fiesta
                                                • She
                                                • The Happening

                                                Lambert:

                                                'Although Gonsalves had been heard in solo on previous records by Basie and Ellington, The Happening served notice on the jazz community that a major new voice had arrived. The writers and the public seemed little impressed, but musicians were soon talking about the inventive and swinging solos of Duke's new tenor player.'


                                                Instead of She, the Vail clipping noted below uses the title Sensuous, which New Desor Vol.II says is the alternate title. The article says Senuous was a Bellson-Tizol original, but New Desor names Duke as the composer, as does the ASCAP "Record of the Works of Edward Kennedy Ellington." The ASCAP document which shows She was copyrighted with that title in 1955, with Ellington as composer and author and Tempo Music Inc. as publisher.

                                                In Blue Light, Roger Boyes tells us
                                                • She is a showcase for Tizol's skills at theme-statement;
                                                • it is included on a CD with the composer credit Ellington;
                                                • MIMM says Ellington copyrighted it in 1955;
                                                • Hajdu attributes it to Tizol;
                                                • Gammond credits it to Ellington and Anderson; and
                                                • Lambert refers to it as Bellson's.
                                                Steven Lasker:

                                                'The label of the original 78, Mercer M1967B, credits "Tizol-Bellson."'


                                                The pianist:
                                                • According to Wax Works, Lambert, and (in relation to The Happening) DEMS 2000/2 p.19 and DEMS 2000/3 p.26, the pianist is Ellington.
                                                • According to New Desor, Timner V, Nielsen, and Boyes, the pianist is Strayhorn.
                                                • In DEMS 2000/2 p.19 Jean Portier says

                                                  'After the int4PG, the description must read: 4DE rather than 4BAND.'

                                                  but Roger Boyes' detailed report on this session (Blue Light 6-4 p.19) attributes those four bars to the rhythm section, which would make it Duke.
                                                • Steven Lasker:

                                                  'You show the pianist on this session as Billy Strayhorn or Duke Ellington. I hear only Strayhorn.'


                                                The Coronets:

                                                This was a small group within the Ellington band whose personnel changed from recording session to recording session. Whether or not Ellington was present, Timner justifies including the Coronet sessions in an Ellington discography because "the Coronets can be considered a genuine Ellington group."

                                                There were four Coronets sessions - April 17, May 18, June 1 and June 19.
                                                Location:
                                                • New Desor, Timner V and, at the time of writing, MacHare and Girvan, show this session in New York, although Timner marks the location with a question mark.
                                                • Stratemann doesn't show the session.
                                                • Dr. Richard Bambach noted an article reproduced in Vail:

                                                  'Mercer Waxes
                                                  New Duke Stars
                                                    New York – Duke Ellington's new stars cut their first small-band record session in Detroit recently when a group of Ellingtonians waxed four originals for the Mercer label.
                                                    Horns on the date were Cat Anderson, Juan Tizol, Willie Smith and Paul Gonsalves. With the rhythm section, including Lou Bellson, they cut The Happening, featuring Gonsalves; Night Walk, featuring Cat, Sensuous, a Bellson-Tizol original, and a new version of Tizol's Moonlight Fiesta.'

                                                • The Vail article is unidentified and undated, but Richard notes its format resembles a clipping from a trade journal.
                                                • While it is datelined New York, it specifically locates the session in Detroit.
                                                • Vail II, p.16 (courtesy R. Bambach)
                                                • Lambert pp.164
                                                • Roger Boyes, Blue Light
                                                  • Vol.6 No.4 Oct-Dec 1999 pp.17-21
                                                  • Vol.7 No.1 Jan-Mar 2000 pp.12-15
                                                  • citing
                                                    • Duke Ellington (ed. Peter Gammond) 1958, p.109
                                                    • Prestige CD PCD 24103-2
                                                • The Billboard 23 Jun 1951 p.33
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                                                Thursday
                                                .Muncie, Ind.Field House
                                                Ball State College
                                                8 p.m. concert sponsored by the Student Executive Council and the Phi Sigma Epsilon fraternity of Ball State College. Half the proceeds were to go to the Damon Runyon Cancer Fund and most of the remainder was to be contributed to the Student Center. The concert was reviewed by Catherine Maxwell in the Muncie Star:

                                                'Ellington Demonstrates
                                                Jazz Can Be Great Music

                                                  Duke Ellington and his band demonstrated here last night that jazz can really be great music.
                                                  No symphony orchestra employs musicians more brilliant than the members of the Ellington band. They are as much superior to the average popular performers as the Duke's compositions are to the average swing dance tune. They have rhythm in every line of their bodies and virtuoso perfection of the highest order by any standards.
                                                  The music that they play is living music - alive with fast experiments in harmony, beat, pace, volume, tone, mood, and melodic changes.
                                                  ... his work and the work of those in his band is not mere "entertainment." These performers are producing music of stature and emotional power whether they know it themselves or not...
                                                  Whether it is crash and clatter or sweet and low, this music has meaning today. It is creative and original.
                                                  There wasn't a very large audience last night, but those who were in the field house seemed to enjoy everything they heard...'

                                                Her review goes on to mention Harlem, Skin Deep, Ole Man River, Danny Boy, Lover Come Back to Me, and the medley which included Mood Indigo, Beginnin' to See the Light, It Don't Mean a Thing and Solitude. Personnel named were Louis Bellson, Al Hibbler and Ray Nance.

                                                Ruth Mauzy's column in the Muncie Evening Press:

                                                'At last night's Duke Ellington concert the audience was given a bit of a bad turn as Al Hibbler, the Duke's blind vocalist, stumbled when he left the stage. Ellington fans knew Hibbler was blind, but it was still an astonishing sensation to see a man stand in unpenetrable darkness and sing. It seemed actually weird that he could not see the faces of the spellbound audience. At the end of each selection he smiled vaguely and modestly as the fans wildly applauded him.'

                                                • Muncie Star, Muncie, Ind.
                                                  • 1951-04-18 p.10
                                                  • 1951-04-19 p.3
                                                  • 1951-04-20 p.26
                                                • Muncie Evening Press, Muncie, Ind.
                                                  • 1951-04-19 pp.8, 33
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                                                .Owensboro, Ky.SportscenterConcert, 8:30 p.m. followed by segregated dance

                                                'Duke Ellington and his orchestra will play a concert followed by a colored dance at the Sportscenter at Owensboro, Ky., Friday night, April 20, from 8:30 p.m. to 1 a.m., it was announced today. ... Featured with his orchestra are Ray Nance, violin, trumpet, and vocal; Harry Carney, baritone and sax; and Al Hibbler, vocal.
                                                  Ellington will present the same type of concert that he gives when appearing at Carnegie Hall in New York City.
                                                  ...The advance admission price is $2 per person, including tax. Prices will be higher at the door the night of the concert and dance. '

                                                Evansville Courier:

                                                '...Coming to the Kentucky town directly from the Chicago Opera House, and scheduled to play Indianapolis Murat Theater Saturday, followed by an engagement at the Memorial auditorium in Nashville, Tenn,., this Sunday, the Duke and his boys are taking the famous "Duke's Mixture" on an extended tour. (Too bad Evansville couldnt' be on the list.)...
                                                  THE CONCERT, WHICH will befollowed by a dance for Negroes, will be the same kind which the Duke has given in Carnegie Hall... '

                                                • The Daily Register, Harrisburg, Ill.,1951-03-30, p.2
                                                • Evansville Courier, Evansville, Ind.,
                                                  • 1951-04-14 p.5
                                                  • 1951-04-15 p.11-D
                                                  • 1951-04-17 p.14
                                                  • 1951-04-18 p.23
                                                  • 1951-04-19 p.26
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                                                .Louisville, Ky.Jefferson County ArmoryDuke Ellington and his famous ORCHESTRA
                                                CONCERT and DANCE, 10 to 2, featuring Al Hibbler, Ray Nance, Willie Smith, Harry Carney.
                                                Admission $1.50 tax included
                                                The Courier Journal, Louisville, Ky.
                                                • 1951-04-15 s.5 p.3
                                                • 1951-04-20 s.2 p.6
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                                                .Nashville, Tenn.War Memorial Auditorium.Two concerts, 3 p.m. and 8:15 p.m.:
                                              • Announcement, 1951-04-08:

                                                'Duke Ellington, one of the nation's best known jazz performers, will appear in Nashville April 22 with his 22 entertainers.
                                                  The troupe will appear in War Memorial Auditorium at 3 p.m. and at 8:15 p.m. Special sections will be provided for both white people and Negroes.'

                                                • The April 15 plug said the 25-piece [sic] orchestra featured Harry Carney, saxophonist, Ray Nance, violinist, Willis Smith [sic], trombonist[!] and Al Hibbler, vocalist.
                                                • The Apr. 18 ad was for two 2-hour stage shows, prices $1.50 advance, $1.80 at door, and said "Special Section for WHITE."
                                                • The Apr. 20 announcement named Hibbler, Carney, Nance and Louis Belson [sic], drummer.
                                                • The announcement in the Sunday morning edition the day of the concert only mentions one concert, 8:30 p.m. It names Quentin Jackson and Nance.
                                                • Further research seems necessary to determine if the matinee concert was performed or cancelled.
                                              • The Nashville Tennessean
                                                • 1951-04-08 p.9-B
                                                • 1951-04-15 p.9-D
                                                • 1951-04-18 p.20
                                                • 1951-04-20 p.14
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                                                Tuesday
                                                .Indianapolis, Ind.Murat Theater
                                                Murat Temple
                                                Concert, 8:30 p.m.
                                                • The Indianapolis Star, Indianapolis, Ind.
                                                  • 1951-04-22 s.1 p.5
                                                  • 1951-04-24 p.20
                                                • The Evansville Courier, Evansville, Ind. 1951-04-20 p.28
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                                                .Chicago, Ill.Pershing BallroomConcert, reviewed in Down Beat. The date is not given, but Down Beat says it was a couple of weeks after a Woody Herman played Chicago.
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                                                .New York, N.Y..ABC network telecast: "Kreisler Bandstand" episode 7
                                                Duke Ellington and His Orchestra
                                                N. Williams, Meringuito, Anderson, Baker, Nance, Woodman, Jackson, Tizol, Hamilton, Procope, Smith, Gonsalves, Carney, Ellington, Marshall, Bellson, vocalists Thelma Carpenter and Avon Long
                                                Titles recorded:
                                                • Take The "A" Train
                                                • Take The "A" Train
                                                • Something To Live For
                                                • Caravan
                                                • I Got It Bad
                                                • Do Nothin' Till You Year From Me
                                                • V.I.P Boogie
                                                • Jam With Sam

                                                Kreisler Bandstand was a half-hour American Broadcasting Corporation network television show featuring big bands, sponsored by Jacques Kreisler Mfg. Co., maker of wrist watch bands. It was telecast on the east coast at 8:30 p.m. Wednesdays from March 23 to June 6, 1951. The Ellington episode was telecast May 2 at that time on the east coast and two weeks later on the west coast.
                                                  Date and time
                                                • Stratemann pp. 327 and 677 mistakenly says the program was broadcast May 3, a Thursday, although p.327 says it was a Wednesday show.
                                                • Stratemann says the show ran in the 8 to 9:30 pm time slot, but the show was only half an hour, airing at 8:30 p.m. EST. The show was filmed or otherwise recorded, since this episode aired two weeks later on the west coast.
                                                • Vail II correctly shows May 2.
                                                • May 2 is the date given in DEMS 80,3-4 and DEMS 84,4-8, identifying several tracks on the Festival 228 LP, and in DEMS 85,1-11, where Eddie Lambert says his files show the tracks in question were May 2, 1951
                                                • Newspaper television listings on both coasts confirm the telecast was May 2 at 8:30 on the east coast and May 16 on the west coast and appear to confirm it was a half hour show.
                                                • DEMS originally showed the date of the telecast as May 2 (DEMS 80,3-4 and DEMS 84,4-8, and DEMS 85,1-11), but in DEMS 97,2-17 it says:

                                                  ' "This telecast has long been considered to be recorded on 2May51 until Klaus Stratemann (page 327) corrected that date into 3May51." '

                                                  Editor Hoefsmit did not say why he accepted Herr Stratemann's date nor what steps he took to verify it.
                                                • The New Desor: An updated edition of Duke Ellington's Story on Records, 1924-1974 incorrectly dates the show May 3 and says incorrectly identifies it as an MBS telecast. At the time of writing, Duke Ellington Panorama repeats this.
                                                • Timner IV and V show May 3, the latter saying it was on ABC.
                                                • Nielsen shows May 3 but correctly says ABC
                                                • Unless the show was live, I suspect it was pre-recorded and filmed some days before the telecast. This is sort of supported by the review of another episode in Broadcasting Televising, May 21 1951 p.26, where the critic says the host asked the performers what they were "going to play for next week's show."
                                                • The IMDB database shows Duke in the Season 1, Episode 7, on May 2, 1951
                                                • The Wednesday May 2 1951 daily television listing in the Chester Pennsylvania Times for shows "8:30 PM - WFIL-TV Kreisler Bandstand Musical Variety with Duke Ellington and His Orchestra." This is confirmed in daily television listings for this date in the Columbus Dispatch, the Cleveland Plain Dealer and in the weekly listing in the Washington Evening Star of Apr.29
                                                • The west coast airing is confirmed in The San Mateo Times, 1951-05-15 p.21 and the Long Beach Independent May 16.
                                                • The Billboard, 1950-06-30, p.7 says "...The Kreisler Corporation, which recently dropped the Kreisler Bandstand Show and the 8:30 pm Wednesday time along with it, has ..."
                                                • The UCLA Film and Television Archive says:
                                                  "This is a list of 1951 ABC shows that exist at the UCLA Film and Television Archive...Kreisler Bandstand (1951-03-21, 1951-04-04, 1951-04-18, 1951-05-02) (music series with guests like Benny Goodman, Peggy Lee, Mel Torme, Thelma Carpenter and Duke Ellington.
                                                • DEMS first showed May 3 in DEMS 97,2-17, saying "This telecast has long been considered to be recorded on 2May51 until Klaus Stratemann (page 327) corrected that date into 3May51." Editor Hoefsmit did not say why he accepted Herr Stratemann's date or what steps he took to verify it.

                                                  Location
                                                • New Desor and at the time of writing) MacHare say the show was broadcast from Birdland. Since the band opened at Birdland May 3, the telecast is unlikely to have been filmed at the club.
                                                • Timner IV incorrectly says it was from New York on May 3, and Timner V repeats this, but has it emanating from ABC studios.
                                                Network or station
                                                Stratemann, p. 327, says the show was on ABC-TV but on p.677, says MBS.

                                                New Desor session DE5105 shows it as a MBS telecast from Birdland.

                                                Timner shows it as an ABC-TV recording.

                                                MacHare, at the time of writing, says MBS.

                                                The Billboard describes Kreisler Bandstand as an ABC network show:
                                                • 10 Mar 1951 - Page 9: "Perry Lafferty will stage and direct the new Kreisler "Bandstand Show" over ABC- TV. . ."
                                                • Mar 17, 1951 page 12: "ABC Boosts Bands on TV , New York, March 10. - Name bands, at this point still an inconsequential source of video talent, will get a new crack at the medium via a new American Broadcasting Company-TV show, the Chrysler Bandstand. The show kicks off March 21 for an initial 13-week run. The first band to play the half-hour TV show will be one led by Benny Goodman. Talent for the weekly seg will be bought thru the General Artists Corporation and the package is owned by George Foley and Dick Gordon. Chrysler Motors will sponsor."
                                                • 24 Mar 1951 - Page 6: "The new American Broadcasting Company-TV weekly name band show will be sponsored by the Jacques Kreisler (wrist-watch bands) company and will be known as the Kreisler Bandstand. It was incorrectly reported in these columns last week that Chrylser Motors was scheduled to pick up the tab..."
                                                The UCLA Library Television and Film Archive has a copy of the show; its index confirms the show was broadcast on May 2.
                                                As stated in the writeup..DEMS
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                                                1951 05 03
                                                Thursday
                                                1951 05 09New York, N.Y.BirdlandOne week night club residency, replacing Count Basie.

                                                • Stratemann mistakenly shows this as a three week residency, citing Billboard which said

                                                  'Birdland nitery in New York last week bought Duke Ellington and his ork for a week's engagement, beginning May 3, to follow Count Basie's group into the spot...'

                                                • Vail II says the engagement was one week and supports that with an unidentified newspaper clipping.
                                                • The 'Cabaret Bills' listing in Variety 1951-05-02, p.66 shows Count Basie at Birdland on May 2.
                                                • The same Variety, probably page 56 says "Ella Fitzgerald into Birdland, N.Y., May 10 for two weeks."
                                                • Variety Cabaret Bills 1951-05-09 p.54, 1951-05-16 p.51 and 1951-05-23 p.55 show Ella at Birdland, the latter two editions with Slim Gaillard.
                                                • DEMS 08/3-9 (Neegaard) places the Ellington band in Salem on May 11 and Stratemann has it in Connecticut May 13 and Boston May 18.
                                                • Billy Rowe's May 12 review reported the unveiling of Duke Ellington's almost new band at Birdland "last Thursday night", which would be May 3.
                                                • Rowe's enthusiastic review names Willie Smith, Juan Tizol, Louis Bellson, Harry Carney, Cat Anderson, Quentin Jackson, Wendell Marshall, Ray Nance, Paul Gonsalves, Russell Procope andAl Hibbler.
                                                • The New York Age, Sat. May 12:

                                                  '...ELLA FITZGERALD into BIRDLAND tonight (Thurs.).'


                                                Conclusion re the Birdland engagement - Ellington's run was from May 3 to May 9, 7 days inclusive, consistent with the week actually stated in The Billboard 1951-05-05 p.34.
                                                • The Brooklyn Eagle, Brooklyn, N.Y.
                                                  1951-04-25 p.15
                                                • Daily News, New York, N.Y., 1951-05-04 p.69
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                                                1951 05 03
                                                Thursday
                                                .New York, N.Y.."Kreisler Bandstand"

                                                False date - see 1951-05-02 above
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                                                1951 05 04
                                                Friday
                                                .New York, N.Y.BirdlandClub residency - see 1951 05 03

                                                In DEMS 00,2, Hoesfsmit suggests there was a WMCA broadcast on May 4 that is dated June 1951 in New Desor and may be listed on May 5 and sometime in June in Timner 4th edition. See pages 19 and 29-30 of DEMS 00,2
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                                                Saturday
                                                ... Peripheral event
                                                The Billboard reported Ellington was one of the new officers of Negro Actors Guild. Other officers named were Noble Sissle, Leigh Whippe4, Georgette Harvey, Miriam Anderson, Louis Armstrong, Todd Duncan, Katherine Dunham J. Rosamond Johnson, Edna Thomas, Lester Walton, Ethel Waters, Dooley Williams and W. C. Handy.
                                                The Billboard 1951-05-05 p.44..
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                                                Saturday
                                                .New York, N.Y.BirdlandClub residency - see 1951 05 03

                                                Possibly a broadcast on WMCA from the club - see entry for 1951 05 04
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                                                Sunday
                                                .New York, N.Y.BirdlandClub residency - see 1951 05 03...
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                                                1951 05 07
                                                Monday
                                                .New York, N.Y.BirdlandClub residency - see 1951 05 03...
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                                                Tuesday
                                                .New York, N.Y.BirdlandClub residency - see 1951 05 03...
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                                                1951 05 09
                                                Wednesday
                                                .New York, N.Y.BirdlandClub residency - see 1951 05 03.Vail II.
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                                                1951 05 10
                                                Thursday
                                                .New York, N.Y..Columbia recording session
                                                14:00 start
                                                Duke Ellington and His Orchestra
                                                N.Williams, Merenquito, Cat Anderson, Baker, Nance, Woodman, Jackson, Tizol, Hamilton, Smith, Procope, Gonsalves, Carney, Ellington, Marshall, Bellsen, Hibbler

                                                Titles recorded:
                                                • Fancy Dan
                                                • The Hawk Talks
                                                • V.I.P. Boogie
                                                • Jam With Sam
                                                • Monologue
                                                This was the first recording session by the reorganized band and includes the first commercial recording of The Hawk Talks.
                                                • Email Lasker-Palmquist 2014-10-14 re session time
                                                • Stratemann p.327
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                                                Friday
                                                8:30-midnight
                                                .Salem, N.H.Canobie Lake Park BallroomDance
                                                Admission $1.25 plus tax.
                                                The Lowell Sun, Lowell, Mass.
                                                • 1951-05-09 p.22
                                                • 1951-05-10 p.42
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                                                The May 12 Billy Rowe's Notebook column said:

                                                'Prejudice took a major TV role last week and denied Duke Ellington the right to figure in the scheduled four weeks stint of orchestras on the "Cavalcade of Bands" summer series. Should there be somebody desiring to deny this please direct same to Duke who made the statemnt. At his Birdland openng the "Dook" also made it clear that he was cancelled out of Indianapolis, Ind. for official reasons. Somehow or other we got our cities mixed and Minneapolis fitting in where it shouldn't have.'

                                                (The latter relates to a short entry in Rowe's April 14 column.
                                                The Courier, Pittsburgh, Penn. 1951-05-12 p.17..
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                                                Saturday
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                                                Sunday
                                                .New London, Conn.Ocean Beach....
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                                                Monday
                                                ...activities not documented...
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                                                1951 05 15
                                                Tuesday
                                                ...activities not documented...
                                                ...
                                                1951 05 16
                                                Wednesday
                                                ...activities not documented...
                                                ...
                                                1951 05 17
                                                Thursday
                                                ...activities not documented...
                                                ...
                                                1951 05 18
                                                Friday
                                                .Boston, Mass..Mercer recording session
                                                The Coronets
                                                Woodman, Jackson, Tizol, Smith, Ellington, Marshall, Bellsen

                                                Titles recorded:
                                                • Swamp Drum
                                                • Sultry Serenade
                                                • Indian Summer
                                                • Britt-And-Butter Blues
                                                Roger Boyes wrote at length about the 1951 'Coronets' sessions in 'Blue Light' 6/4 and 7/1 (1999-2000)
                                                Stratemann p.327New Desor
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                                                Saturday
                                                .New York, N.Y.."Ken Murray Show"
                                                Ellington appeared for about 20 minutes. He played a medley and "I Like the Wild Open Spaces," accompanied by the house orchestra under David Brockman. Ken Murray and an unnamed choir sang parts of the medley and "I Like the Wild Open Spaces."
                                                Stratemann p.327New Desor
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                                                Sunday
                                                ...activities not documented...
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                                                1951 05 21
                                                Monday
                                                ...activities not documented...
                                                ...
                                                1951 05 22
                                                Tuesday
                                                ...activities not documented...
                                                ...
                                                1951 05 23
                                                Wednesday
                                                ...activities not documented...
                                                ...
                                                1951 05 24
                                                Thursday
                                                .New York, N.Y..Columbia recording session

                                                Duke Ellington and His Orchestra
                                                Williams, Meringuito, Anderson, Baker, Nance, Woodman, Jackson, Tizol, Hamilton, Procope, Smith, Gonsalves, Carney, Ellington, Marshall, Bellson

                                                Titles recorded:
                                                • Ting-A-Ling
                                                • Eighth Veil
                                                • Brown Betty
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                                                Friday
                                                .New York, N.Y..An agreement between Tempo Music Inc., publisher, and Louie Bellson was signed by Bellson this date, transferring all copyrights in the title, words and music of "The Hawk Talks" to Tempo. Bellson was to receive 100% of the royalties. The auctioned copy of this agreement is signed only by Bellson, in the space where someone would normally sign on behalf of Tempo.Guernsey's Auction House "Forever Ellington" online , auction, May 18 2016....djpNew
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                                                Friday
                                                1951 05 31
                                                Thursday
                                                New York, N.Y.Apollo TheatreVariety show
                                                The Ellington troupe included Joya Sherrill , Al Hibbler, Roll & Tap, Howell & Bowser, and tightrope walker Ala Ming.

                                                Opening night was a full house.

                                                Variety gave the first night a very favourable review.

                                                Joya Sherrill performed Love You Madly and St. Louis Blues and Al Hibbler "socks across" Ol' Man River and Trees for solid impact.

                                                Roll & Tap "scored" in their version of Apple Jack.

                                                Ali Ming's tightrope work, and her dancing, juggling, splits and somersaults drew a heavy mitt. Howell & Bowser win easily with sharp delivery. Their blending of songs and comedies are above par for this house.
                                                • Daily News, New York, N.Y.
                                                  1951-05-24 p.77
                                                • Stratemann p.327 citing
                                                  • New York Age 1951-05-26 pp.17, 18
                                                  • Variety 1951-05-30 p.53
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                                                Saturday
                                                .New York, N.Y.Apollo TheatreVariety show - see 1951 05 25...
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                                                Sunday
                                                .New York, N.Y.Apollo TheatreVariety show - see 1951 05 25...
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                                                Monday
                                                .New York, N.Y.Apollo TheatreVariety show - see 1951 05 25...
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                                                Tuesday
                                                ...activities not documented...
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                                                1951 05 30
                                                Wednesday
                                                .New York, N.Y.Apollo TheatreVariety show - see 1951 05 25...
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                                                Thursday
                                                .New York, N.Y.Apollo TheatreVariety show - see 1951 05 25...
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                                                June 1951

                                                1951 06 00...PERSONNEL CHANGE
                                                Singer Norma Oldham joins the band, leaving again the next month.
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                                                Friday
                                                .New York, N.Y..Mercer recording session
                                                The Coronets
                                                Tizol, Smith, Ellington, Strayhorn, Marshall, Bellson, Oldham

                                                Titles recorded:
                                                • The Nearness Of You
                                                • More Than You Know
                                                • Caravan
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                                                Saturday
                                                .Washington, D.C.S. S. Bear Mountain
                                                Potomac River
                                                Seventh St. dock
                                                The date of this boat cruise is a guess based on June 2 being the most recent unaccounted-for Saturday before the following story was published in a weekly newspaper.
                                                The Afro-American

                                                'WASHINGTON

                                                  As much a part of the District's summer scene as the irritating torrid humidity, are the annual mid-year stories of discrimination practiced by the operators of the Potomac river boat cruises.
                                                  The first story of such discrimination for 1951 comes from Roy Ward,..., a mail clerk in the U.S.Navy Dept.
                                                Relates Story
                                                  Mr. Ward related to the AFRO last week how he was denied passage on the S.S.Bear Mountain last Saturday night to a river outing that featured the music of Duke Ellington's orchestra.
                                                  Mr. Ward say [sic] that he is an avid Ellington fan, so when he heard that Duke's famed organization was to play for an outing last Saturday, he called the Potomac River lines to ascertain the racial policy for the event.
                                                Promised Reservations
                                                  According to Mr. Ward, he was assured via phone that "all persons were welcomed" to the cruise and that there would be absolutely no discrimination.
                                                  With this assurance he went to the Seventh Street dock on Saturday and sought to purchase a ticket. He noted that he was the only colored person in line and as he was about to reach the ticket window, a special policeman asked him out of the line.
                                                  The policeman told him, Mr. said,[sic] that colored persons were not permitted to attend the ride, but suggested that he talk to the manager.
                                                Refused Ticket
                                                  Mr. Ward, however, ignored the officer's advice and attempted to purchase a ticket, but the seller refused to sell him one of [sic] the same grounds, also suggesting that he speak with the manager.
                                                  The manager, Steven Ray, informed Mr. Ward, he reports that Saturday's ride was for whites only and that later in the summer the company was going to sponsor a boat ride "for colored."
                                                  Mr. Ward was able to chat with Mr. Ellington, who was about to go aboard the steamer for the evening's engagement.
                                                Duke "Regrets"
                                                  "Duke" told him that he did not know for whom he was to play until about 5:15 that evening and regretted the incident.
                                                  Mr. Ellington further told Mr. Ward that he had refused at a considerable loss to himself, to play several public segregated engagements in the past.
                                                Cancelled Virginia Date
                                                  The band leader cancelled a scheduled concert at the Mosque, Richmond, Va., on June 28, in face of an NAACP boycott.
                                                  However, Mr. Ward reported, the famed jazz composer told him that he had moved from Wasinton [sic] to escape the same sort in [sic] racial injustices and suggested that he should do the same.'

                                                [The missing word and the spelling and punctuation errors are as published, and the cancelled concert was January 28.]
                                                The Afro-American, Baltimore, Md., 1951-06-16 p.8..
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                                                Monday
                                                ...activities not documented...
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                                                1951 06 05
                                                Tuesday
                                                1951 06 11
                                                Monday
                                                Cedar Grove, N.J.Meadowbrook BallroomOne week club date with a MBS remote broadcast. New Desor lists eight broadcasts (one undated) from this seven night gig.

                                                Some broadcasts were recorded by VOA for its transcriptions to be used in its Program of Dance Music and Jazz Club USA series.
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                                                Wednesday
                                                .Cedar Grove, N.J.Meadowbrook BallroomClub date with MBS broadcast - see 1951 06 05.New Desor
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                                                Thursday
                                                .Cedar Grove, N.J.Meadowbrook BallroomClub date with MBS broadcast - see 1951 06 05.New Desor
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                                                Friday
                                                .Cedar Grove, N.J.Meadowbrook BallroomClub date with MBS broadcast - see 1951 06 05Audio file of broadcastNew Desor
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                                                Saturday
                                                .Cedar Grove, N.J.Meadowbrook BallroomClub date with MBS broadcast - see 1951 06 05.New Desor
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                                                1951 06 10
                                                Sunday
                                                .New York, N.Y.Radio City Studio 6-B, .Ellington appeared briefly (a walk-on appearance) on Milton Berle's NBC-TV Damon Runyon Cancer Fund Telethon

                                                The telethon began Saturday afternoon and ended Sunday morning. Exactly when Ellington appeared is not known.
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                                                Sunday
                                                .New York, N.Y..This may have been the first Sunday in which Ellington subbed for Benny Goodman in the latter's afternoon record spinning show - see 1951 06 17 below....
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                                                Monday
                                                .Cedar Grove, N.J.Meadowbrook BallroomClub date with MBS broadcast - see 1951 06 05.New Desor
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                                                1951 06 12
                                                Tuesday
                                                ...activities not documented...
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                                                1951 06 13
                                                Wednesday
                                                ...activities not documented...
                                                ...
                                                1951 06 14
                                                Thursday
                                                ...activities not documented...
                                                ...
                                                1951 06 15
                                                Friday
                                                .Philadelphia, Penn.Southeast stage
                                                Municipal Stadium
                                                Seventh annuual Philadelphia Music Festival presented by The Philadelphia Inquirer Charities, Inc.
                                                Over 88,000 attended the festival the first day. Admission was $1., $2 and $3, tax included. A photo taken from high in the endzone shows a crowded football stadium, and apparently performances took place on stages at either end and on the field itself, depending on the nature of the performance.

                                                From the lengthy description, it seems the mayor and the m.c. (actor Walter Pidgeon) entered the stadium leading a Parade of Stars. Numerous music ensembles performed, including Twin Kent State University Bands, Washington Redskins Band, some Mummers, a symphony orchestra, the Suburban High School Chorus, Meredith Willson's orchestra, the Sexton Band, two young singers.

                                                Ellington is mentioned a few times, and apparently played an Indian ceremonial dance. Its set opened with St. Louis Blues:

                                                'It was Ellington at his best. The audience went for The Duke's "mood music all evening but you'd have to say W.C.Handy's classic was their favorite.'

                                                The initial announcement included Ellington, the 52 member Meredith Wilson, Perry Como, and Benny Goodman with his sextette and soloing with the Festival Symphony Orchestra.

                                                'Two Hazleton girls, showing typical teen-age ingenuity, came home with autographs of several famous personalities at last night's Philadelphia Music Festival...
                                                  The girls just missed getting Duke Ellington's autograph. He was surrounded by a score of fans and finally called a halt before the girls reached him.'

                                                • The Philadelphia Inquirer, Philadelphia,Penn.
                                                  • 1951-04-15, pp.1,26
                                                  • 1951-04-26 p.25
                                                  • 1951-05-10 p.29
                                                  • 1951-06-15 pp.1,32
                                                  • 1951-06-16 pp.1,2, 24
                                                • The Plain Speaker, Hazleton, Penn. 1951-06-16 s.2 p.9
                                                • Additional documentation might be found in SI-NMAH DEC301 Series 2: Performances and Programs, 1933-1974, box 11, folder 8, "Seventh Annual Philadelphia Music Festival, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, June 15, 1951"
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                                                Saturday
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                                                1951 06 17
                                                Sunday
                                                3 to 4 pm
                                                .New York, N.Y.WNEW Studios
                                                501 Madison Ave.
                                                Ellington subs for Benny Goodman as disc jockey host of a Sunday broadcast - see 1951-06-10New York Times radio log for this day..
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                                                Sunday
                                                3 to 4 pm
                                                1951 09 02
                                                Sunday
                                                New York, N.Y.WNEW Studios
                                                501 Madison Ave.
                                                During the summer of 1951, Ellington subbed for Benny Goodman as disc jockey on Goodman's Sunday afternoon classical music broadcasts. The show was produced by Dick Pack and the writers were Ellington and Bill Haland. Some sources have this beginning Sunday June 10, others suggest June 17.
                                                • Stratemann, p.327 and Vail II, with a clipping from an unidentified source, say June 10 was the first broadcast.
                                                • Variety's June 20 review indicates Ellington's first appearance was June 17.
                                                • The New York Times and Brooklyn Eagle radio logs for June 10 show Goodman.
                                                • The New York Times June 17 to September 2 Sunday radio logs show Duke as commentator.
                                                • Variety"

                                                  'Orch leader Duke Ellington has taken over in fine style the longhair disk jockey spot held by Benny Goodman. The program scheduled to run through the summer, is devoted to spinning symphonic works interspersed with Ellington's commentary. If preem stanza (17) is any indication, show shapes up as top Sunday afternoon listening.
                                                    Although Ellington's chatter is bright and lucid, he holds it to a minimum, preferring to spotlight the disks. Here too, Ellington displays clear showmanship values. His selections run the gamut from Rodgers to Beethoven and are aimed specifically at summer afternoon listening. Ellington displays plenty of charm in his brief narrations and although he chooses to be 'long on music and short on chatter,' he introduces the players with enough background info to satisfy the dialer. Script, which is sparked with wit and intelligence, hypos overall effect.'

                                                • Bridgeport Post June 14:

                                                  ' Replacing the first hour of Benny Goodman's symphonic program on WNEW Sunday at 3 p.m. will be Duke Ellington presenting a weekly "Pops Concert," featuring a variety of numbers ranging from his own "American Lullabye" to Leroy Anderson's "Classical Jukebox" and a condensed version of Beethoven's "Piano Concerto No. 3 in C Minor." '

                                                • Daily News, New York, N.Y. 1951-06-16 p.35 :

                                                  'Duke Ellington joins WNEW as commentator of a new Summer series of symphonic pops concerts tomorrow afternoon at 3... '

                                                • The New York Age, 1951-06-23 p.14:

                                                  'Duke Ellington joined Station WNEW last Sunday for the summer as commentator for a new series of symphonic pop works, to be knows as "WNEW Pops Concert." '

                                                • The Bridgeport Post, Bridgeport, Conn.
                                                  951-06-14 p.32
                                                • Variety 1951-06-20 p.34
                                                • Stratemann p.327, citing
                                                  • Down Beat 1951-07-13
                                                  • Variety 1951-05-30 p.36
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                                                1951 06 18
                                                Monday
                                                ...activities not documented...
                                                ...
                                                1951 06 19
                                                Tuesday
                                                .New York, N.Y..Mercer recording session,.New Desor
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                                                1951 06 20
                                                Wednesday
                                                .New York, N.Y.Lewisohn StadiumEllington and his orchestra played a benefit for the Damon Runyon Cancer Fund. Variety reported the stadium was sold out but Stratemann reports the crowd of 9,000, the most to have ever attended an Ellington concert, only filled half the stadium. He notes Variety reported a sell-out.

                                                Variety reported some of the titles played, incliuding New World A-Comin' and Harlem in the second half. Stratemann places New World A-Comin' in the first half. The NBC Symphony performed with Ellington's orchestra as well.

                                                Stratemann reports all the performers were unpaid, thanks to a special dispensation from American Federation of Musicians, Local 802, and Earl Wilson, in his syndicated column, reported

                                                'Duke Ellignton shelled out $2,000 of his own dough for copyists to work on his June 20 concert at Lewisohn Stadium for the Cancer Fund.'

                                                .
                                                • The Leader-Observer, Forest Parkway, N.Y., 1951-06-07 p.8
                                                • Earl Wilson, It Happened Last Night - The Midnight Earl, Delta Democrat-Times, Greenville, Miss. 1951-06-18
                                                • Stratemann p.327 citing
                                                  • 1964 film "Jazz 625"
                                                  • Der Spiegel 1951-08-29 p.27
                                                  • Variety 1951-06-27 p.45
                                                  • Down Beat 1951-06-29
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                                                1951 06 21
                                                Thursday
                                                ...Al Hibbler recording session..DEMS
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                                                1951 06 21
                                                Thursday
                                                1951 06 30
                                                Saturday
                                                New York, N.Y.BirdlandTen day club residency, sharing the bill with Slim Gaillard. It seems likely the gig would be restricted to five days a week due to union rules, but until the contract is seen, I haven't shown days off.
                                                • The Brooklyn Eagle, New York, N.Y.
                                                  • 1951-05-19 "Brooklyn and Broadway Night" Life column.
                                                  • 1951-05-20 p.31
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                                                Friday
                                                .New York, N.Y.Birdlandsee 1951 06 21...
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                                                1951 06 23
                                                Saturday
                                                .New York, N.Y.Birdlandsee 1951 06 21

                                                WMCA broadcast from the club
                                                The Bridgeport Post:

                                                'Duke Ellington will be shopping for a new singer for his Birdland engagement when he appears on Robert Q. Lewis' CBS-TV program "The Show Goes On," Saturday night at 9:30.'

                                                The Philadelphia Inquirer described the program as a professional talent sales program.
                                                The
                                                • Bridgeport Post, Bridgeport, Conn. 1951-06-19 p.18
                                                • The Philadelphia Inquirer, Philadelphia, Penn., 1951-06-23 p.12
                                                New Desor
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                                                1951 06 24
                                                Sunday
                                                3 to 4 pm
                                                .New York, N.Y.WNEW Studios
                                                501 Madison Ave.
                                                Ellington subs for Benny Goodman as host of a Sunday broadcast - see 1951-06-10New York Times radio log for this day..
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                                                Sunday
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                                                1951 06 25
                                                Monday
                                                .New York, N.Y.Birdlandsee 1951 06 21...
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                                                1951 06 26
                                                Tuesday
                                                .New York, N.Y.Birdlandsee 1951 06 21...
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                                                1951 06 27
                                                Wednesday
                                                ...Al Hibbler recording session..DEMS
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                                                1951 06 27
                                                Wednesday
                                                .New York, N.Y.Birdlandsee 1951 06 21...
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                                                1951 06 28
                                                Thursday
                                                ..Gotham Recording Corporation
                                                Presumably
                                                Gotham Studio W1
                                                2 West 46th Street
                                                (per Gotham's Holiday Greetings album record label)
                                                Stars on Parade recording session

                                                (New Desor originally showed this as a U.S. Army and Air Force Recruiting Service session on August 19)
                                                Duke Ellington and His Orchestra
                                                Anderson, Baker, Nance, Nelson Williams, Jackson, Woodman, Tizol, Hamilton, Smith, Procope, Gonsalves, Carney, Ellington, Marshall, Bellson, Strayhorn

                                                Titles recorded:
                                                • Take the "A" Train
                                                • Fancy Dan
                                                • The Hawk Talks
                                                • Ol' Man River
                                                • C-Jam Blues
                                                • Caravan
                                                • Mood Indigo
                                                • Blues No. 04
                                                • Tea For Two
                                                • Monologue
                                                • Duet
                                                • Threesome (V.I.P. Boogie/Jam With Sam)
                                                From what I can make of the various DEMS entries, this was a U.S. Army and Air Force Recruiting Service recording session for a future Stars on Parade broadcast. The recording session appears to have been at Gotham Studios on June 28, and aired August 19 or the week of August 19. According to Down Beat, the USAAFRS recorded about 12 shows featuring Ellington's, Goodman's and Herbie Fields' bands and released them as Stars on Parade, which aired over about 2,000 radio stations. See the caption to the Down Beat photo of the Ellington session in DEMS 02,3-12 for a clearer description.
                                                Gotham Recording Corporation issued a red vinyl LP album titled Holiday Greetings from Gotham Recording Corporation which included two tracks from this session. Side A, Cut 1 is Duet - Duke Ellington and Side A, Cut 2 is Threesome - Duke Ellington. According to NDCS, Threesome is made up with VIP Boogie and Jam With Sam. The album insert says they were narrated by Freddie Robbins and Duke Ellington and performed with Duke Ellington's new 23-piece orchestra. The Down Beat photo of the session only shows the 15-piece band listed above (Strayhorn is not in the photo) and NDCS does not mention a narration by Robbins.
                                                Steven Lasker:

                                                'There were two Gotham Xmas LPs with Ellington tracks. The 1951 edition had the etched numbers "121251" on each side. The other bears no date except the insert notes that two tracks were recorded on different dates in 1953, so it probably dates to 1953. Both LPs show Gotham Recording Corporation at 2 West 46th Street – an address located on the corner of 46th and Broadway. The insert refers to the company's "Broadway studios" so should we perhaps infer that 2 West 46th St. was the studio's address?'

                                                • Stratemann p.328 citing Down Beat
                                                  1951-10-05 p.3
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                                                Thursday
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                                                Friday
                                                .New York, N.Y.Birdlandsee 1951 06 21...
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                                                1951 06 30
                                                Saturday
                                                10 pm
                                                .New York, N.Y.."Songs For Sale" television and radio simulcast
                                                Duke appeared with Mitch Miller and composer Jules Styne on a show, hosted by Steve Allen, to judge tunes submitted by aspiring songwriters. Peggy Lee (subbing for Rosemary Clooney) and Johnny Desmond (who replaced Tony Bennett) would sing them so they could be judged by the panel. Winners received a cash prize of $100 and the winning tune would be published by BMI.
                                                • The Bridgeport Post, Bridgeport, Conn.,
                                                  1951-06-30 p.5
                                                • Wisconsin State Journal, Madison, Wisc.
                                                  1951-06-30 s.1 p.6
                                                • Stratemann p.328 (with photo)
                                                New Desor
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                                                Saturday
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                                                July 1951

                                                Circa
                                                1951 07 00
                                                ...Sometime in July, Ellington signed with Joe Glaser's Associated Booking Corporation. August 1 was the effective date of the contract. ABC remained Ellington's booking agent for the rest of Duke's career, although the relationship was acrimonious.
                                                • Stratemann p.330, citing
                                                  • Variety
                                                    • 1951-02-28 p.43
                                                    • 1951-07-25 p.37
                                                  • Down Beat, 1951-08-24
                                                • Harvey G. Cohen, Duke Ellington's America, University of Chicago Press, 2010, pp.362-364
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                                                Sunday
                                                3 to 4 pm
                                                .New York, N.Y.WNEW Studios
                                                501 Madison Ave.
                                                Ellington subs for Benny Goodman as host of a Sunday broadcast - see 1951-06-10
                                                Sidemen's activities not documented
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                                                Monday
                                                ...activities not documented...
                                                ...
                                                1951 07 03
                                                Tuesday
                                                ...activities not documented...
                                                ...
                                                1951 07 04
                                                Wednesday
                                                ...activities not documented...
                                                ...
                                                1951 07 05
                                                Thursday
                                                ...activities not documented...
                                                ...
                                                1951 07 06
                                                Friday
                                                1951 07 12
                                                Thursday
                                                Washington, D.C.Howard Theatre
                                                620 T St.
                                                Stage show
                                                Variety lists the bill as (names only) Duke Ellington Orc., John Mason Co., Teddy Hale, Ama Ming Al Hibler [sic] and Joya Sherrill. Hale was a tap dancer and Ming was a tightrope walker.
                                                • Variety 1951-06-06 p.47
                                                • Stratemann p.328 citing Variety 1951-07-04 p.54
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                                                Saturday
                                                .Washington, D.C.Howard Theatre
                                                620 T St.
                                                see 1951 07 06...
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                                                1951 07 08
                                                Sunday
                                                3 to 4 pm
                                                .New York, N.Y.WNEW Studios
                                                501 Madison Ave.
                                                Ellington subs for Benny Goodman as host of a Sunday broadcast - see 1951-06-10

                                                How this was done when Ellington was out of town needs to be determined. Did Duke return to New York for the day, did he pre-record the show, or did he appear live from a remote location?
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                                                Sunday
                                                .Washington, D.C.Howard Theatre
                                                620 T St.
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                                                1951 07 09
                                                Monday
                                                .Washington, D.C.Howard Theatre
                                                620 T St.
                                                see 1951 07 06...
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                                                1951 07 10
                                                Tuesday
                                                .Washington, D.C.Howard Theatre
                                                620 T St.
                                                see 1951 07 06...
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                                                1951 07 11...Date of contract between Triple Ell Corporation, Duke Ellington and Associated Booking Corporation (Joe Glaser, President) to provide 15 musicians led by Duke Ellington, for two 5-day weeks, not to exceed 32 hours per week at the Blue Note Cafe beginning August 24, 1951, for $5,000/week.

                                                The contract says "It is specifically understood and agreed that unless otherwise specified herein, no part of the performance of the Orchestra shall be broadcast or reproduced by radio or other means."

                                                Stratemann, p.329, suggests the shorter, 5 day, 32 hour duration was due to a change in Musicians Union rules, and that days off were likely Mondays and Tuesdays.
                                                Contract, Stratemann files, courtesy Monika Stratemann..
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                                                Wednesday
                                                .Washington, D.C.Howard Theatre
                                                620 T St.
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                                                1951 07 12
                                                Thursday
                                                .Washington, D.C.Howard Theatre
                                                620 T St.
                                                see 1951 07 06...
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                                                Friday
                                                ...activities not documented...
                                                ...
                                                1951 07 14
                                                Saturday
                                                ...activities not documented...
                                                ...
                                                1951 07 15
                                                Sunday
                                                3 to 4 pm
                                                .New York, N.Y.WNEW Studios
                                                501 Madison Ave.
                                                Ellington subs for Benny Goodman as host of a Sunday broadcast - see 1951-06-10New York Times radio log for this day..
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                                                Monday
                                                ...activities not documented...
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                                                1951 07 17
                                                Tuesday
                                                ...activities not documented...
                                                ...
                                                1951 07 18
                                                Wednesday
                                                1951 07 31
                                                Tuesday
                                                New York, N.Y.Paramount Theatre
                                                1501 Broadway at 43rd St.
                                                (Times Square)
                                                Paramount Marquee
                                                Stage show

                                                'It's another Great Paramount 2 for 1 Show!
                                                Peking Express...
                                                in Person
                                                Duke Ellington and His World Famous Orchestra
                                                plus Peg Leg Bates,
                                                Howell & Bowser,
                                                Extra added attraction Toni Harper.
                                                Midnight feature every night '


                                                Variety devotes 6 paragraphs to reviewing this show. Stratemann says the show grossed $100,000 in its two weeks. The film was Peking Express.

                                                • Ellington orchestra with no vocalist: 5 reeds, 8 brass, 2 rhythm and Ellington, concentrates on jump tunes
                                                • Show includes comedy team Howell and Bowser, dancer Peg Leg Bates, and very young singer Toni Harper.
                                                • Band opens with Hawk Talks, then sidemen play various solos, then comes the monologue. Bellson closes with Skin Deep.
                                                • Ellington is master of ceremonies.
                                                • Tap dancer Peg Leg Bates' wooden leg is painted blue-grey to match his suit.
                                                • Singer Toni Harper, in her early teens, sings When You're Smilin' Rock-a-Bye Baby, Baby Blues and Lady Be Good.
                                                • The comedy team of Howell and Bowser wind up the show, with patter and gags, using an offstage voice, a violin and an ukelele as props.
                                                • Ads, New York Post, New York, N.Y.
                                                  • 1951-07-17 p.27
                                                  • 1951-07-29 p.13
                                                • New York Age, New York, N.Y.
                                                  • 1951-07-21 p.7
                                                  • Announcement "Stars Remain at Paramount, 'Peking Express' on Screen", 1951-07-28, p.13, referring to the second week starting July 25
                                                  • Ad, 1951-07-28, p.13
                                                • Brooklyn Eagle, New York, N.Y.
                                                  • 1951-07-27
                                                  • 1951-07-28 p.14
                                                  • 1951-07-30 p.4
                                                  • 1951-07-31 p.5
                                                • The Daily Argus, Mount Vernon, N.Y., 1951-07-24
                                                • "House Reviews column, Variety 1951-07-25 p.46
                                                • Stratemann, p.328, citing the above Variety entry
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                                                Thursday
                                                .New York, N.Y.Paramount Theatre

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                                                Friday
                                                .New York, N.Y.Paramount Theatre

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                                                1951 07 21
                                                Saturday
                                                .New York, N.Y.Paramount Theatre

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                                                1951 07 22
                                                Sunday
                                                3 to 4 pm
                                                .New York, N.Y.WNEW Studios
                                                501 Madison Ave.
                                                Ellington subs for Benny Goodman as host of a Sunday broadcast
                                                - see 1951-06-10
                                                New York Times radio log for this day..
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                                                Sunday
                                                .New York, N.Y.Paramount Theatre

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                                                1951 07 23
                                                Monday
                                                .New York, N.Y.Paramount Theatre

                                                Stage show - see 1951 07 18...
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                                                1951 07 24
                                                Tuesday
                                                .New York, N.Y.Paramount Theatre

                                                Stage show - see 1951 07 18...
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                                                1951 07 25
                                                Wednesday
                                                .New York, N.Y.Paramount Theatre

                                                Stage show - see 1951 07 18...
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                                                1951 07 26
                                                Thursday
                                                .New York, N.Y.Paramount Theatre

                                                Stage show - see 1951 07 18...
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                                                1951 07 27
                                                Friday
                                                .New York, N.Y.Paramount Theatre

                                                Stage show - see 1951 07 18...
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                                                1951 07 28
                                                Saturday
                                                .New York, N.Y.Paramount Theatre

                                                Stage show - see 1951 07 18...
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                                                1951 07 29
                                                Sunday
                                                3 to 4 pm
                                                .New York, N.Y.WNEW Studios
                                                501 Madison Ave.
                                                Ellington subs for Benny Goodman as host of a Sunday broadcast - see 1951-06-10New York Times radio log for this day..
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                                                Sunday
                                                .New York, N.Y.Paramount Theatre

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                                                1951 07 30
                                                Monday
                                                .New York, N.Y.Paramount Theatre

                                                Stage show - see 1951 07 18...
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                                                1951 07 31
                                                Tuesday
                                                .New York, N.Y.Paramount Theatre

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                                                August 1951

                                                1951 08 01
                                                Wednesday
                                                ...activities not documented...
                                                ...
                                                1951 08 02
                                                Thursday
                                                ...activities not documented...
                                                ...
                                                1951 08 03
                                                Friday
                                                ...activities not documented...
                                                ...
                                                1951 08 04
                                                Saturday
                                                ...activities not documented...
                                                ...
                                                1951 08 05
                                                Sunday
                                                3 to 4 pm
                                                .New York, N.Y.WNEW Studios
                                                501 Madison Ave.
                                                Ellington subs for Benny Goodman as host of a Sunday broadcast - see 1951-06-10New York Times and Brooklyn Eagle radio logs for this date..
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                                                1951 08 06
                                                Monday
                                                ...activities not documented...
                                                ...
                                                1951 08 07
                                                Tuesday
                                                .New York, N.Y.Columbia StudioColumbia recording session, 14:45-17:45
                                                Duke Ellington and His Orchestra
                                                Anderson, Baker, Nance, Nelson Williams, Jackson, Woodman, Tizol, Hamilton, Smith, Procope, Gonsalves, Carney, Ellington, Marshall, Bellson, Strayhorn

                                                Titles recorded:
                                                • Deep Night
                                                • Please Be Kind
                                                • Smada
                                                • Rock Skippin' At The Blue Note
                                                • Don't Take My Love
                                                New Desor
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                                                Wednesday
                                                .New York, N.Y.Columbia StudioActivities not documented.
                                                Columbia recording session

                                                Stratemann reports a recording session at Columbia this day, without providing a reference, which may have been Nielsen.

                                                There is no Ellington session this date in Columbia's recording ledger, in Timner 4, Timner 5, New Desor, The Wax Works of Duke Ellington, nor even Vail II.

                                                All the takes listed this date in Nielsen are dated August 7 in New Desor correction sheet 1104. If it took place, it would have likely been a continuation of the previous day's session, but it probably didn't take place.

                                                Steven Lasker:

                                                'There's only one authoritative source for answering this question, and it's not a published discography, it's the relevant Columbia Records recording ledger, which shows Ellington and his orchestra recorded five titles on 1951 08 07 from 2:45 to 5:45 p.m. There is no mention of an Ellington session on 1951 08 08.'

                                                • Stratemann p.328
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                                                Thursday
                                                ...activities not documented...
                                                ...
                                                1951 08 10
                                                Friday
                                                1951 08 16Detroit, Mich.Fox TheatreVaudeville
                                                  The New Tribune:

                                                  'Edward McKinley [sic] Ellington, better known as Duke Ellington, brings his world famous orchestra to the Fox Theatre for one solid week beginning Friday.
                                                    Co-starring with the Ellington aggregation will be ... Ella Fitzgerald...
                                                    Also starring will be trumpet-tooting, violinist, comedian, Ray Nance, Al (Danny Boy) Hibbler, popular baritone, Harry Carney, saxophone and Howell and Bowser, No. 1 comedy team, and Bobby Ephriam...'

                                                  On the same page:

                                                  'Duke Ellington ... will arrive in Detroit this week to ascend the floating stage of the beautiful Fox Theatre comes [sic] Friday for a full week of entertainment... '

                                                • From the Detroit Free Press review:
                                                  • Instrumentation - 4 trumpets, 4 trombones, 5 reeds, piano, bass, drums
                                                  • Nance named, doing "Sitting and Rocking" [sic]
                                                  • Louis [sic] Bellson described as the show-stopper in the band.
                                                  • Hibbler back, the reviewer menitoned his rendition of "Old Man River"
                                                  • Ella Fitzgerald an added attraction, the reviewer sais she sang "Love You Madly," "Smooth Sailing" and "Come On-A My House."
                                                  • Howell & Bowser - Howell is described as the straight man, using violin and ukelele, and Bowser as "the earnest deadpan."
                                                  • Bobby Ephriam, tapper
                                                • Stage show times Aug 11 were 1:20, 3:50, 6:10, 8:50 and 11:20
                                                • The theatre grossed $42,000 for the week.
                                                • Ad and two plugs, The New Tribune, Detroit, Mich. 1951-08-11 p.11
                                                • Review and ads, Detroit Free Press, Detroit, Mich.
                                                  • 1951-08-11 p.12
                                                  • 1951-08-12 p.12
                                                  • 1951-08-13 p.15
                                                  • 1951-08-14 p.4
                                                  • 1951-08-15 p.5
                                                  • 1951-08-16 p.23
                                                • Stratemann p.328 citing Variety
                                                  • 1951-08-18 p.51
                                                  • 1951-08-22 p.13
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                                                Saturday
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                                                1951 08 12
                                                Sunday
                                                3 to 4 pm
                                                .New York, N.Y.WNEW Studios
                                                501 Madison Ave.
                                                Ellington subs for Benny Goodman as host of a Sunday broadcast - see 1951-06-10

                                                How this was done when Ellington was out of town needs to be determined. Did Duke return to New York for the day, did he pre-record the show, or did he appear live from a remote location?
                                                New York Times radio log for this day..
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                                                Monday
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                                                1951 08 14
                                                Tuesday
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                                                1951 08 15
                                                Wednesday
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                                                Thursday
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                                                1951 08 17
                                                Friday
                                                .Lexington, Ky.Joyland Casino
                                                Joyland Park

                                                'Duke Ellington and his orchestra will play Friday night at Joyland casino...
                                                  Featured with Ellington will be Juan Tizol, Willie Smith and Louie Bellson, all new additions to the aggregation.'

                                                Tickets - advance $2.00; at door, $2.50
                                                • The Lexington Herald, Lexington, Ky.,
                                                  1951-08-09 p.15
                                                • Sunday Herald-Leader, Lexington, Ky.,
                                                  1951-08-12 p.38
                                                • Google Books: Peter Brackney, Lost Lexington, Kentucky, The History Press, Charleston, S.C., 2014. Page number not shown.
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                                                Saturday
                                                ...activities not documented...
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                                                1951 08 19
                                                Sunday
                                                3 to 4 pm
                                                .New York, N.Y.WNEW Studios
                                                501 Madison Ave.
                                                Ellington subs for Benny Goodman as host of a Sunday broadcast - see 1951-06-10New York Times radio log for this day..
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                                                1951 08 19
                                                Sunday
                                                ...activities not documented
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                                                1951 08 20
                                                Monday
                                                ...activities not documented...
                                                ...
                                                1951 08 21
                                                Tuesday
                                                .Bright's Grove, Ont.Kenwick on the Lake

                                                'IN PERSON
                                                Duke Ellington
                                                and his Famous Orchestra
                                                Tuesday, Aug. 21st
                                                Kenwick
                                                on the
                                                Lake
                                                10 MILES NORTH OF SARNIA
                                                No Advance Sale       Admission Only $1.50
                                                '

                                                The Port Huron Times Herald, Port Huron, Ont.
                                                • 1951-08-14 p.7
                                                • 1951-08-15 p.4
                                                • 1951-08-17 p.4
                                                • 1951-08-19 s.2 p.14
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                                                .Haslett, Mich.The Dells ballroom
                                                Lake Lansing
                                                Dancing, 9 p.m. - 1 a.m., sponsored by Loyal Order of Moose, Lodge No. 288. The paper reported several hundred persons gathered at the Dells ballroom at Lake Lansing.The Lansing State Journal, Lansing, Mich.
                                                • 1951-08-20 p.3
                                                • 1951-08-23, p.24
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                                                Thursday
                                                ...activities not documented...
                                                ...
                                                1951 08 24
                                                Friday
                                                1951 09 06Chicago, Ill.Blue Note Cafe
                                                56 W. Madison St.
                                                Club residency
                                                15 musicians led by Duke Ellington, for two 5-day weeks, not to exceed 32 hours per week, for $5,000/week.

                                                Variety:

                                                "Duke to Chi Blue Note
                                                  Duke Ellington has been signed for the Blue Note club, Chicago, Aug. 24 for two weeks. He'll follow with a series of one-nighters and concert dates through the west and midwest.
                                                  Ellington, recently signed by Joe Glaser's Associated Booking Corp., has also been set for a tour of arenas and auditoriums with 'The Biggest Show of 1951' an all-Negro unit packaged for the Arena Managers Assn."

                                                • The Baltimore Afro-American, Baltimore, Md.
                                                  1951-08-25 p.17
                                                • Contract, Stratemann files, courtesy Monika Stratemann
                                                • Variety 1951-08-15 p.42
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                                                Saturday
                                                .Chicago, Ill.Blue Note Cafesee 1951 08 24...
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                                                1951 08 26
                                                Sunday
                                                3 to 4 pm
                                                .New York, N.Y.WNEW Studios
                                                501 Madison Ave.
                                                Ellington subs for Benny Goodman as host of a Sunday broadcast - see 1951-06-10

                                                How this was done when Ellington was out of town needs to be determined. Did Duke return to New York for the day, did he pre-record the show, or did he appear live from a remote location?
                                                New York Times radio log for this day..
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                                                Sunday
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                                                Monday
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                                                1951 08 28
                                                Tuesday
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                                                Wednesday
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                                                Thursday
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                                                Friday
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                                                1951 09 01
                                                Saturday
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                                                1951 09 02
                                                Sunday
                                                3 to 4 pm
                                                .New York, N.Y.WNEW Studios
                                                501 Madison Ave.
                                                Ellington subs for Benny Goodman as host of a Sunday broadcast - see 1951-06-10

                                                This appears to be Duke's last day on the job.

                                                How this was done when Ellington was out of town needs to be determined. Did Duke return to New York for the day, did he pre-record the show, or did he appear live from a remote location?
                                                New York Times radio log for this day..
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                                                Sunday
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                                                Monday
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                                                Tuesday
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                                                Wednesday
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                                                Thursday
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                                                1951 09 07
                                                Friday
                                                7:45 pm
                                                .Milwaukee, Wisc.Wisconsin Avenue between N.Water and N.Broadway"Public street dance. Music by Duke Ellington and his Orchestra"
                                                Others named in the ad are Marilyn Maxwell and Johnny Desmond.

                                                Outdoor performance during a "Free Fun Festival" street party sponsored by The Downtown Association celebrating the opening of Milwaukee's Magnificent Mile. Crowds at the various entertainments were estimated to be 200,000 to 250,000.
                                                Stratemann:

                                                '... Ellington was to open Milwaukee's Wisconsin Street Club (or Theatre) with singer Marilyn Maxwell, according to Variety...but unless it was just a brief stand, the booking would have collided with... [the Sept 10 date]'

                                                Milwaukee Journal's review of Ellington's concert described a crowded street, with a shoulder to shoulder audience unable to move sideways, but instead bouncing up and down for 90 minutes. The weather was cool enough that the sidement wore coats and could see their breath. Soloists and songs named were:
                                                • Bellson:
                                                  The Hawk Talks and later, Skin Deep (8 minutes, 2 bass drums, 3 snare drums and 5 cymbals)
                                                • Tizol:
                                                  Caravan
                                                • Ray Nance:
                                                  solo not identified, but at the end he tossed his horn into the air and caught it.
                                                • Harry Carney on bass clarinet:
                                                  Sophisticated Lady
                                                • Bellson rolled up his pants legs and the band took off.
                                                • Half the bandstand lights went out because there was too much vibration.
                                                • Hibbler:
                                                  Do Nothing Till You Hear From Me, Lover Come Back To Me and Trees
                                                • Full band:
                                                  How High the Moon, Mood Indigo and 14 minutes jamming on One O'clock Jump
                                                The performance ended 10 mintues after the scheduled 9:30 quitting time.
                                              • Stratemann p.329 citing Variety 1951-08-29 p.52
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                                                Saturday
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                                                1951 09 09
                                                Sunday
                                                ...activities not documented...
                                                ...
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                                                Monday
                                                1951 09 16Philadelphia, Penn.African Room
                                                Club Harlem
                                                .Baltimore Afro-American, Baltimore, Md. 1951-09-08 p.16..
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                                                .Philadelphia, Penn.Shibe Park arenaA sports column reporting the outcome of a boxing match between Gil Turner and Ike Williams said "Even The Duke of Ellington" was attracted by the magnetic pairing of the ex-champ versus the brilliant prospect.Bob Finucane, "Bob Tales," Chester Penn., Times, 1951-11-12, p.16..
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                                                Tuesday
                                                .Philadelphia, Penn.African Room
                                                Club Harlem
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                                                Wednesday
                                                .Philadelphia, Penn.African Room
                                                Club Harlem
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                                                Thursday
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                                                Club Harlem
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                                                Friday
                                                .Philadelphia, Penn.African Room
                                                Club Harlem
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                                                Saturday
                                                .Philadelphia, Penn.African Room
                                                Club Harlem
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                                                Sunday
                                                .Philadelphia, Penn.African Room
                                                Club Harlem
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                                                Monday
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                                                Monday
                                                .Toronto, Ont.Rollie Merner's rooming house
                                                103 Pembrooke St.
                                                (Unconfirmed)
                                                Bob Green, writing in the Cambridge Reporter, recalled Ellington and his band played in the home of Rollie and Doris Merner in Toronto during a heat wave in the summer of 1951. Ellington is not known to have been in Toronto that summer until Sept. 17 and since he was only there for a day, this may not have occurred in September or perhaps not in this year. However, historical weather reports for Toronto show that 1951 was an extraordinarily hot summer.

                                                Mr. Green wrote that Merner was passionate about jazz, Ellington and civil rights. His rooming house was a hangout for the artistic and intellectual elite, as well as taxi drivers and prostitutes, and it was also the home of bassist Don McFadyen. Green:

                                                '...Duke Ellington was playing the grand piano.... his whole band was there. Johnny Hodges, Lawrence Brown, Ray Nance . . . 17 of them, like a dream.

                                                On a couch right beside the Duke, hypnotized by the keyboard, sat a member of the Ontario Supreme Court, Judge Unger and his wife... he and his wife had arranged the session ... when they learned the band was coming to town. They also arranged for catered food and drink in abundance.

                                                McFadyen, nicknamed "Junior" years earlier in honour of Ellington's bass player, Junior Raglin, sat spellbound on the floor and watched his namesake play. Raglin then asked Don to take over for awhile, which he did with tears on his cheeks.

                                                He had always said that the greatest musical thrill he could imagine would be to play with Duke Ellington. And so it happened. Cal Jackson got to play piano too.

                                                So there we were jammed together in the swelter and dim light, taking musical communion with this great jazz band,...'

                                                Bob Green, Top Musicians Mingle with Judges, Hookers; Duke Ellington and His Entire Band Was There, Just Like A Dream, Eavesdroppings, The Cambridge Reporter, 2002-12-27, p.A7 as reproduced in the online Canadian Reference Centre, available through the Fraser Valley Regional Library's website...
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                                                1951 09 18
                                                Tuesday
                                                ...Date of contract between Triple Ell Corporation, Duke Ellington and Associated Booking Corporation to provide 15 musicians "under the leadership of Duke Ellington, Inc. presents Duke Ellington" for two 5-day weeks, not to exceed 32 hours per week at the Blue Note Cafe beginning December 21, 1951, for $5,000/week.

                                                The contract says "It is specifically understood and agreed that unless otherwise specified herein, no part of the performance of the Orchestra shall be broadcast or reproduced by radio or other means."
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                                                Tuesday
                                                ... Peripheral event
                                                Willie Manning, Duke's 19-year secretary/driver was arrested and Ellington's car was seized by New York police because Manning dealt drugs and used the car to do so. Ellington was not implicated and the car was returned after $700 in storage fees were paid. Manning pled guilty and on June 23, 1952 was sentenced to four years in prison for conspiracy to violate the marijuana laws. Testimony at the trial indicated he made 19 marijuana sales from 1950 to 1951 as a member of a gang.
                                                • Stratemann, citing Variety 1951-10-036 p49
                                                • California Eagle 1952-07-24 p.1
                                                • New York Age, 1952-07-26, p.9
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                                                Tuesday
                                                .Quebec City, P.Q., CanadaLa Tour....
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                                                Wednesday
                                                .Ste Rose, P.Q., CanadaDomaine Ideal....
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                                                Thursday
                                                ...activities not documented...
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                                                1951 09 20...PERSONNEL CHANGE
                                                Al Hibbler leaves the band
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                                                Friday
                                                1951 09 23Boston, Mass.Boston GardenVariety show "Biggest Show of 1951"
                                                First of three nights here
                                                Beginning of the "Biggest Show of 1951" tour. Headliners were Ellington and his orchestra, Sarah Vaughan and Nat King Cole's trio.

                                                Others were
                                                • Marie Bryant and her dance troupe
                                                • Stump and Stumpy
                                                • Patterson & Jackson
                                                • Peg Leg Bates
                                                • Timmie Rogers
                                                The Billboard carried a story dated Oct. 6 1951 saying the show, costing $24,000 a week, was initially set for three weeks with additional dates pencilled in that were subject to cancellation. The Oct. 6 story said, however, it was now a go-ahead to run until the end of November, and that it would probably run through the South and part of the Midwest, but not west of the Rockies.

                                                In contrast, Variety Oct. 3 said the unit was "booked solid until Dec. 5 when it will close in the Mid-West."

                                                Homzy's liner notes quote Bellson:

                                                After I was in the band for a couple of months, Duke said, "We're going to make a tour down South to do a show with Sarah Vaughan and the Nat 'King' Cole Trio."

                                                I said, "OK," and he said, "Do you know what that means?"

                                                I was puzzled, so Duke said, "I can't find another drummer who can do what you do, so I'm going to make you a Hiatian."

                                                And I said, "I'm ready to play music, no matter what." So I became a fair-skinned Haitian, and I stayed with the band wherever we went.

                                                The Billboard says the show was being sold for $4,000 to $5,000 a day, depending on house capacity and day of the week. This suggests the risk of profit or loss is to the venue owner, who would be entitled to the entire ticket revenue.

                                                The Billboard reports the Boston Garden revenue after tax was $18,000 over the three days.

                                                Nat King Cole commented on playing in arenas in The Billboard, 1951-12-22, p.44
                                                Stratemann, p.329, citing .DEMS
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                                                Saturday
                                                .Boston, Mass.Boston GardenBiggest Show Of 1951
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                                                Sunday
                                                .Boston, Mass.Boston GardenBiggest Show Of 1951
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                                                1951 09 24
                                                Monday
                                                .Worcester, Mass.Memorial AuditoriumBiggest Show Of 1951
                                                - see 1951 09 21 - played to audience of 4,200, ticket sales $8,460
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                                                1951 09 25
                                                Tuesday
                                                .Providence, R.I.Rhode Island AuditoriumBiggest Show Of 1951
                                                - see 1951 09 21 - 6,100 in audience, ticket sales $10,450
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                                                1951 09 26
                                                Wednesday
                                                .Troy, N.Y.Troy ArmoryBiggest Show Of 1951
                                                - see 1951 09 21 - 4,400 in audience, ticket sales $5,400

                                                Local promoter Ted Bayly had the drill shed set to hold 5,800 but Variety understood he made a profit anyway.

                                                Ticket prices per Variety were $1.75 to $2.75.

                                                Sarah Vaughan's car broke down so she didn't perform this night
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                                                1951 09 27
                                                Thursday
                                                8:30 pm
                                                .Newark, N.J.Mosque Theatre
                                                1020 Broad St.
                                                Biggest Show Of 1951
                                                - see 1951 09 21

                                                Gate $8,620, Tickets: $1.50, $1.80, $2.40, $3.00, $3.60, $4.20
                                                • Stratemann p.329 citing The Billboard 1951-10-13 p.51
                                                • The Billboard 1951-10-13 p.1
                                                • Announcement and ad, Westfield, N.J., Leader, 1951-09-20p.23
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                                                1951 09 28
                                                Friday
                                                .New York, N.Y.Carnegie Hall
                                                (Main Hall)
                                                7:45 and 11:00 p.m.Two sold-out performances of the Biggest Show Of 1951
                                                - see 1951 09 21
                                                The fire department authorized 100 standees; the ticket price was $4.80, ticket revenue was $17,000 for the two shows

                                                Stratemann provides a short summary of the 8 paragraph favourable review by Variety.

                                                The Oct. 1 New York Times review reprinted in The Charleston Gazette says the band opened the festivities at about 7:45 and then became backdrop and accompaniment for The Marie Bryant Dancers, Patterson and Jackson, Peg Leg Bates, Nat King Cole and his trio, Stump and Stumpy and Timmie Rogers and Sarah Vaughan. The first show was over about 3 hours after it started; the lobby was already crowded with those waiting for the second show; while usherettes were clearing the house, the band was practicing a new finale and runners were out getting food for the performers. "At 11 P.M. the day's work was only half done."
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                                                Saturday
                                                .Norfolk, Va. Municipal AuditoriumTwo performances of the Biggest Show Of 1951
                                                - see 1951 09 21

                                                Ticket sales $14,348
                                                Stratemann p.329 citing The Billboard 1951-10-13 p.1..
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                                                1951 09 30
                                                Sunday
                                                .Richmond, Va. Mosque AuditoriumTwo sold-out performances of the Biggest Show Of 1951
                                                - see 1951 09 21

                                                Ticket sales $13,009 for the two shows
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                                                October 1951

                                                1951 10 01
                                                Monday
                                                .Baltimore, Md.ColosseumBiggest Show Of 1951
                                                - see 1951 09 21

                                                Ticket sales $8,500

                                                The Oct.6 Baltimore Afro-American carried a picture of Ellington, Cole, local disc jockey Chuck Richards and NAACP membership campaign officials Gertrude Gorman and John Flamer, saying Ellington and Cole endorse the current membership campaign.
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                                                Tuesday
                                                1951 10 03Philadelphia, Penn.ArenaBiggest Show Of 1951
                                                - see 1951 09 21 - first of two nights
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                                                1951 10 03
                                                Wednesday
                                                .Philadelphia, Penn.ArenaBiggest Show Of 1951
                                                - see 1951 09 21 - second night

                                                Ticket sales for the two nights, $18,341
                                                The Billboard 1951-10-13 p.1..
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                                                1951 10 04
                                                Thursday
                                                8:30 pm
                                                .New Haven, Conn.New Haven ArenaBiggest Show Of 1951
                                                - see 1951 09 21

                                                Ticket sales $7,000
                                                Prices: $1.00 general admission
                                                $2.00 & $3.00, reserved
                                                • Stratemann p.329 citing The Billboard 1951-10-13 p.1
                                                • Ads:
                                                  • Naugatuck (Conn.) News:
                                                    • 1951-09-25, p.9
                                                    • 1951-10-03 p.4
                                                  • The Bridgeport (Conn.) Sunday Post:
                                                    • 1951-09-23, p.B-8
                                                    • 1951-09-30, p.B-9
                                                • The Bridgeport Telegram
                                                  • 1951-09-23
                                                  • 1951-09-30
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                                                1951 10 05
                                                Friday
                                                .White Plains, N.Y.Westchester County CenterBiggest Show Of 1951
                                                - see 1951 09 21

                                                Ticket sales $9,000
                                                Stratemann p.329 citing The Billboard 1951-11-03 p.24..
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                                                1951 10 06
                                                Saturday
                                                .Springfield, Mass.Municipal AuditoriumBiggest Show Of 1951
                                                - see 1951 09 21

                                                Ticket sales $8,600
                                                Stratemann p.329 citing The Billboard 1951-11-03 p.24..
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                                                1951 10 07
                                                Sunday
                                                2:45 and 8:45 pm
                                                .Montréal, P.Q.Montreal ForumTwo performances in the 15,000 seat Forum
                                                The Biggest Show of '51
                                                Ellington's orchestra with the Nat King Cole Trio, Sarah Vaughan and a "collection of assorted comics and dancers" — Marie Bryant leading the dancers, vaudevillian Peg Leg Bates, comedian Timmie Rogers, comedians Stump and Stumpy and comedians Patterson and Jackson.

                                                Ticket sales $25,000
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                                                1951 10 08
                                                Monday
                                                .Ottawa, Ont. AuditoriumBiggest Show Of 1951
                                                - see 1951 09 21

                                                Ticket sales $4,200 here.
                                                • Stratemann p.329 citing Variety 1951-10-10 p.62
                                                • The Billboard 1951-11-03 p.24
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                                                1951 10 09
                                                Tuesday
                                                .Kingston, Ont. Community AuditoriumBiggest Show Of 1951
                                                - see 1951 09 21

                                                Ticket sales $7,500
                                                Stratemann p.329 citing The Billboard 1951-11-03 p.24..
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                                                1951 10 10
                                                Wednesday
                                                .Toronto, Ont.Maple Leaf GardensBiggest Show Of 1951
                                                - see 1951 09 21

                                                Ticket sales $13,000
                                                Stratemann p.329 citing The Billboard 1951-11-03 p.24..
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                                                1951 10 11
                                                Thursday
                                                .Kitchener, Ont.Memorial AuditoriumBiggest Show Of 1951
                                                - see 1951 09 21

                                                Ticket sales $9,800
                                                Stratemann p.329 citing The Billboard 1951-11-03 p.24..
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                                                1951 10 12
                                                Friday
                                                .London, Ont. London ArenaBiggest Show Of 1951
                                                - see 1951 09 21

                                                Ticket sales $7,800
                                                Stratemann p.329 citing The Billboard 1951-11-03 p.24..
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                                                1951 10 13
                                                Saturday
                                                .Buffalo, N.Y.Memorial AuditoriumBiggest Show Of 1951
                                                - see 1951 09 21

                                                Ticket sales $13,500
                                                Stratemann p.329 citing The Billboard 1951-11-03 p.24..
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                                                1951 10 14
                                                Sunday
                                                8:30 pm
                                                .Syracuse, N.Y.Onondaga County War MemorialBiggest Show Of 1951
                                                - see 1951 09 21

                                                Presented by "Syracuse Nats"

                                                Ticket sales $12,500

                                                Prices $1.00, $1.50, $2.00, $2.50

                                                The War Memorial building was newly built, opening the previous month.
                                                • Announcements:
                                                  • Syracuse Post-Standard, 1951-09-30, p.17
                                                  • Syracuse Herald-American, 1951-11-14, p.29
                                                • Ads:
                                                  • Syracuse Herald-American, 1951-09-30, p.33
                                                  • Syracuse Post-Standard:
                                                    • 1951-09-23, p.18
                                                    • 1951-10-07, 9p.20, 28
                                                    • 1951-10-09 p.16
                                                    • 1951-09-30, p.16
                                                • "Dis and Dat" review, Marcellus N.Y. Observer 1951-10-19 p4
                                                • Stratemann p.329 citing The Billboard 1951-11-03 p.24
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                                                Monday
                                                .Rochester, N.Y.Edgerton ParkBiggest Show Of 1951
                                                - see 1951 09 21

                                                Ticket sales $9,000
                                                Stratemann p.329 citing The Billboard 1951-11-03 p.24..
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                                                1951 10 16
                                                Tuesday
                                                .Cleveland, OhioMain ArenaBiggest Show Of 1951
                                                - see 1951 09 21

                                                Ticket sales $15,000

                                                (Variety announced the package show was booked at the Public Auditorium.)
                                                • Variety 1951-09-05, p.59
                                                • Stratemann p.329 citing The Billboard 1951-11-03 p.24
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                                                Wednesday
                                                .Cincinnati, OhioThe GardensBiggest Show Of 1951
                                                - see 1951 09 21

                                                Ticket sales $14,811 for an audience of 8,849
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                                                1951 10 18
                                                Thursday
                                                8:30 pm
                                                .Charleston, W.Va.Municipal AuditoriumBiggest Show Of 1951
                                                - see 1951 09 21

                                                Ticket sales $7,500

                                                Prices: Balcony: $2.50
                                                Mezzanine: $4.00
                                                Main floor: $3.00 $3.50 $4.00

                                                (The Gorby Music Shop ad shows Ellington and Vaughan's names and lists their records it carries, but does not mention Cole.)
                                                • Charleston Gazette ads:
                                                  • 1951-09-23 p.22
                                                  • 1951-09-26 p.7
                                                  • 1951-09-30, p.37
                                                  • 1951-10-12 p.5
                                                  • 1951-10-16, p.7
                                                  • 1951-10-17, p.7 (Galperin Music)
                                                  • 1951-10-17 p.16 (Gorby's Music Shop)
                                                • Announcement, Charleston Gazette, 1951-10-18, p.19
                                                • Review, Emotional Jazz,Vaudeville Touch Delight Ellington, Cole Devotees, Charleston Gazette, 1951-10-19 p.15
                                                • Stratemann p.329 citing The Billboard 1951-11-03 p.24
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                                                1951 10 19
                                                Friday
                                                .Pittsburgh, Penn.ArenaBiggest Show Of 1951
                                                - see 1951 09 21

                                                Ticket sales $16,000
                                                Stratemann p.329 citing The Billboard 1951-11-03 p.24..
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                                                1951 10 20
                                                Saturday
                                                8:30 PM
                                                .Scranton, Penn.Sports ArenaBiggest Show Of 1951
                                                - see 1951 09 21
                                                CYC (Scranton) Sat. nite
                                                The Greatest Show Ever

                                                Duke Ellington
                                                Nat King Cole
                                                Sarah Vaughan
                                                with 52 famous stars
                                                Prices: $1.80, $2.50, $3.50

                                                Ticket sales $6,000
                                                • Ad, Binghamton Press, 1951-10-18, p.26
                                                • Stratemann p.329 citing The Billboard 1951-11-03 p.24
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                                                1951 10 21
                                                Sunday
                                                .Washington, D.C.National Guard ArmoryTwo performances
                                                Biggest Show Of 1951
                                                - see 1951 09 21
                                                "Net take" about $25,000
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                                                1951 10 22
                                                Monday
                                                .Roanoke, Va.Municipal AuditoriumBiggest Show Of 1951
                                                - see 1951 09 21

                                                Ticket sales $7,000
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                                                1951 10 23
                                                Tuesday
                                                8:30 pm
                                                .Richmond, Va.Mosque AuditoriumBiggest Show Of 1951
                                                - see 1951 09 21

                                                Return engagement

                                                Ticket sales $6,000

                                                "RICHMOND, Va.-(ANP)-Nat King Cole and his trio, Duke Ellington and his orchestra, songstress Sarah Vaughan and other top performers in the musical world comprising the cast of the Biggest Show of '51" will appear in a return engagement at the Mosqu[illegible] Tuesday night, October 23. So popular was the group, on [illegible] original appearance here, September 30 for two shows-that the demand for tickets was greater than available seats in the large theatre. Thousands were tuned away. Only one show will be given Oct.23 a full three hours of entertainment, to begin at 8:30 P. M. All seats will be reserved."
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                                                1951 10 24
                                                Wednesday
                                                .Raleigh, N.C..Biggest Show Of 1951
                                                - see 1951 09 21

                                                Ticket sales $12,000
                                                • Stratemann p.329 citing The Billboard 1951-11-03 p.24
                                                • Short Notes, The Rocky Mount Sunday Telegram, Rocky Mount, N.C., 1951-10-28, p.3A
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                                                1951 10 25
                                                Thursday
                                                .Columbia, S.C.Municipal AuditoriumBiggest Show Of 1951
                                                - see 1951 09 21

                                                Ticket sales $8,000
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                                                1951 10 26
                                                Friday
                                                .Atlanta, Ga.City AuditoriumBiggest Show Of 1951
                                                - see 1951 09 21
                                                Jim Crow reared his ugly head here.

                                                The Auditorium management enforced a long-unobserved state law requiring racially separated entrances for public meeting places, and police told "colored" people the had to use the back door. The Afro-American reported that about 1,000 patrons tore up their tickets in protest. The A-A reports "more than 4,000 crowded in to see and hear Duke Ellington, Sarah Vaughan and Nat (King) Cole" and "there were 1,500 white record fans with a great big section all to themselves."

                                                The local promoter is quoted as saying he had no advance knowledge of the door arrangements, which was new to Atlanta. The arena manager "readily admitted that he made the arrangement, but he was acting on the orders of the City Council Auditorium Committee."

                                                The article goes on to say the white members with Ellington and Cole were allowed to perform, contrasting with Birmingham, where the Police Commissioner told white musicians they could not play on a stage with colored musicians.
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                                                Monday
                                                8:30 pm
                                                .New Orleans, La.Municipal AuditoriumBiggest Show Of 1951
                                                - see 1951 09 21
                                                Segregated - tickets advertised as Choice Orchestra Seats for White Patrons ... $3.50, $2.75 including tax.

                                                The review describes the show fairly well, and mentions that Ellington changed clothes between almost every number.
                                                  Times-Picayune, New Orleans:
                                                • Ad, 1951-10-23, p.12
                                                • Ad and publicity, 1951-10-25, p.30
                                                • Ad, 1951-10-28, p.10
                                                • Publicity, 1951-10-29 p.12
                                                • Ad, 1951-10-29 p.34
                                                • Review, 1951-10-30, p.10
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                                                Tuesday
                                                .Houston, Tex..Biggest Show Of 1951
                                                - see 1951 09 21

                                                'In Houston on Oct. 3, both will play the same night, so the box office figures should be something to watch on this date. '

                                                • Stratemann p.329 citing Down Beat 1951-11-02
                                                • Fairfax Nisbet, 'Chatterbox,' Dallas Morning News, 1951-10-13, p.6, pt.II
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                                                Wednesday
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                                                Thursday
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                                                Saturday
                                                8 pm and 11 pm
                                                .Dallas, Tex.State Fair AuditoriumBiggest Show of 1951
                                                - see 1951 09 21
                                                Two performances
                                                Initally planned to be two segregated concerts, whites first and then blacks, plans changed to allow separate seating in the white concert for blacks, and vice versa in the black concert.

                                                Prices - Lower Floor $3.60, $3.00; Balcony, $3.00, $2.40, $1.20, including tax. Box office to open at 9 a.m.
                                                Dallas Morning News
                                                • Chatterbox column by Fairfax Nisbet, 1951-10-13, p.6, pt.II
                                                • Ad and mention, 1951-10-26, Pt. I, p.17
                                                • Publicity - article and photos, 1951-10-28, Pt.IV, front page
                                                • Events of the Week, 1951-10-28, Pt.IV,p.2
                                                • Publicity, 1951-11-03, Pt.II, p.4
                                                • Review, 1951-11-04, Pt.I p.10
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                                                Monday
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                                                Tuesday
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                                                Wednesday
                                                8:30 pm
                                                .Little Rock, Ark.Robinson Memorial Auditorium(Unconfirmed)

                                                Biggest Show of 1951
                                                - see 1951 09 21
                                                Arkansas State Press, Little Rock, Ark.
                                                • 1951-11-02 p 8
                                                • Observatory Comments by Earl Lee Davy, 1951-11-16, p.4
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                                                1951 11 10
                                                Saturday
                                                .St. Louis, Mo.Convention HallBiggest Show Of 1951
                                                - see 1951 09 21

                                                Ellington was interviewed by a reporter for the Baltimore Afro-American. The published account of the interview created a public relations nightmare for Ellington.
                                                Stratemann, p.330 citing DESB..
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                                                Nelson "Cadillac" Williams leaves the band
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                                                1951 11 11...PERSONNEL CHANGE
                                                Clark Terry, trumpet and fluegelhorn, born 1920, joins the band. In this Youtube video, he talks about how he was recruited.
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                                                Sunday
                                                .Kansas City, Mo.Municipal AuditoriumBiggest Show Of 1951
                                                - see 1951 09 21
                                                Clark Terry's autobiography describes his first night as a permanent band member, which he places in Kiel Auditorium, the new name for the St. Louis Municipal Auditorium, on Remembrance Day. While his book tells us Ellington recruited him from Basie, and paid him to wait in St. Louis until the band arrived on Nov.11, the Maryville Daily Forum has the band playing in Kansas City on November 11, and the St. Louis date seems pretty certain to have been Nov.10. Terry describes playing this night, describing the routines performed by the other acts. Terry's date seems to be wrong.
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                                                1951 11 12
                                                Monday
                                                8:30 pm
                                                .Des Moines, IowaKRNT Theatre(Unconfirmed)

                                                Biggest Show Of 1951 - see 1951 09 21
                                                Anouncements:
                                                • The Jefferson Herald, Jefferson, Iowa, 1951-10-25 p.6
                                                • The Jefferson Bee, 1951-10-30, p.2
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                                                Tuesday
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                                                Wednesday
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                                                1951 11 15
                                                Thursday
                                                ...PERSONNEL CHANGE
                                                Willie Cook, trumpet, joins the band
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                                                Thursday
                                                .Ann Arbor, Mich.University of MichiganBiggest Show Of 1951
                                                - see 1951 09 21

                                                Part of this concert appears to have been recorded - three titles are listed in Timner - Love You Madly is on YouTube
                                                • Timner4, p.124
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                                                1951 11 16
                                                Friday
                                                .Troy, OhioHobart Arena
                                                255 Adams St.
                                                (Unconfirmed)

                                                Biggest Show Of 1951
                                                - see 1951 09 21

                                                Tickets: $1.50, $2.00, $3.00
                                                The Lima News, Lima, Ohio
                                                • Announcement, 1951-11-06, p.12
                                                • Ad, 1951-11-13, p.16
                                                • Ad, 1951-11-14, p.20
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                                                1951 11 17
                                                Saturday
                                                7 pm and 9 pm
                                                .West Lafayette, Ind.Hall of Music
                                                Purdue University
                                                Biggest Show Of 1951
                                                - see 1951 09 21

                                                Two performances in this 6,005 seat theatre
                                                • Announcement, Kokomo Tribune, 1951-11-12, p.9
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                                                Sunday
                                                .Chicago, Ill.Civic Opera HouseBiggest Show Of 1951
                                                - see 1951 09 21

                                                Two performances

                                                Opera House manager Herb Carlin announced a package of four concerts, Stan Kenton on Nov. 10 and 11, Billy Eckstine and George Shearing on Nov. 13, and this show on the 18th. Tickets were to be sold as a package or as singles. Ticket price $3.00 "tops" except this show, $3.50. The sales pitch would be aimed at "the juves" who find it too expensive to go to the niteries.

                                                Variety reported the show racked up $21,000 for these performances, sold out several days in advance. House manager Herb Carlin had to sell pit seats for the overflow.
                                                • Poster or ad reproduced in Vail II.
                                                • Variety
                                                  • 1951-09-12 p.46
                                                  • 1951-11-21 p.40
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                                                1951 11 19
                                                Monday
                                                .Davenport, IowaMasonic Auditorium(Unconfirmed)

                                                Biggest Show Of 1951
                                                - see 1951 09 21
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                                                Monday
                                                ... Peripheral event
                                                Variety announced Mercer Records had signed Billy Strayhorn to a recording contract as a bandleader. The first release would be an LP, with a group of Ellington sidemen.
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                                                1951 11 20
                                                Tuesday
                                                8:30 pm
                                                .Rochester, Minn.Mayo Civic Auditorium(Unconfirmed)

                                                Biggest Show Of 1951
                                                - see 1951 09 21

                                                Tickets: $1.80, $2.40, $3.00, $3.60
                                                Ads,
                                                • The LaCrosse Tribune, LaCrosse, Wisc.:
                                                  • 1951-11-16, p.7
                                                  • 1951-11-18, p.21
                                                • The Winona Republican-Herald, Winona, Minn.:
                                                  • 1951-11-16, p.13
                                                  • 1951-11-19, p.9
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                                                1951 11 21
                                                Wednesday
                                                .Minneapolis, Minn.Municipal AuditoriumBiggest Show Of 1951
                                                - see 1951 09 21
                                                • Vail II
                                                • Variety 1951-10-31 p.41
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                                                1951 11 22
                                                Thursday
                                                .Milwaukee, Wisc.Milwaukee Arena(Unconfirmed)

                                                Biggest Show Of 1951
                                                - see 1951 09 21

                                                This was American Thanksgiving Day, and the streets were icy. Attendance was only about 4,500. Ellington delayed the start for half an hour to allow the seats to fill; when that didn't happen, he invited the audience to move closer.
                                                • Short announcement, Milwaukee Sentinel, 1951-10-23
                                                • Ad, Milwaukee Journal, 1951-11-22, p.5
                                                • Review, Milwaukee Journal, 1951-11-23 p.25
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                                                Friday
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                                                Sunday
                                                .Detroit, Mich.Olympia StadiumBiggest Show Of 1951
                                                - see 1951 09 21

                                                11,000 admissions, gross $26,490
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                                                1951 11 26
                                                Monday
                                                8:30 pm
                                                .Canton, OhioCanton Memorial AuditoriumBiggest Show Of 1951
                                                - see 1951 09 21
                                                4,000 in attendance
                                                Tickets, $1.80, $2.40, $3.00 and $3.60 including tax
                                                • Announcement, The Evening Independent, Massillon, Ohio, 1951-11-23 p.17
                                                • The Canton Repository, Canton, Ohio
                                                  • Subdued ad, 1951-11-26, p.14
                                                  • Several brief mentions in the week before the show
                                                  • Review, 1951-11-27,p.26
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                                                1951 11 27
                                                Tuesday
                                                8:30 pm
                                                .Toledo, OhioToledo Sports Arena
                                                One Main St.
                                                Biggest Show Of 1951
                                                - see 1951 09 21

                                                The Billboard reports "turned 'em away," indicating a sold out house

                                                Variety reported an audience of 4,900 and revenue of $9,800
                                                • The Billboard 1952-01-12, p.50
                                                • Ads,
                                                  • Toledo Blade, 1951-11-24
                                                  • The Lima News, 1951-11-26 p.22
                                                • Variety 1951-12-05 p.53
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                                                1951 11 28
                                                Wednesday
                                                7:30 & 10 PM
                                                .Columbus, OhioMemorial HallTwo performances
                                                Biggest Show Of 1951
                                                - see 1951 09 21

                                                In a report from Columbus dated Dec. 4, Variety said this was the second last show of the tour, and reported $8,500 for the double show with top tickets priced at $3.80. An ad in the Zanesville paper shows ticket prices, including tax, were $2.00, $2.50, $3.10 and $3.60
                                                • The Billboard 1951-11-17, p.50
                                                • Ad, The Marion Star, Marion, Ohio, 1951-11-20, p.17
                                                • Ad, Times-Recorder, Zanesville, Ohio 1951-11-21 p.11
                                                • Variety 1951-12-05 p.53
                                                • Plug, The Newark (O.) Advocate and American Tribune, 1951-11-21 p.7
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                                                1951 11 29
                                                Thursday
                                                .Johnstown, Penn.Cambria County War Memorial Arena
                                                326 Napoleon St.
                                                (Unconfirmed)

                                                Biggest Show Of 1951
                                                - see 1951 09 21

                                                The Indiana Evening Gazette reported the War Memorial had been trying to book the show, but the troupe had such an heavy performance schedule that it was "only last week" they learned November 29 was available.
                                                • Announcements
                                                  • Bedford Gazette 1951-11-26 p.6
                                                  • Indiana Evening Gazette 1951-11-26 p.9
                                                • Ad, Bedford (Mass.) Gazette, 1951-11-28
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                                                December 1951

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                                                Saturday
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                                                Sunday
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                                                Monday
                                                ...activities not documented...
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                                                Tuesday
                                                ... Peripheral event
                                                The Baltimore Afro-American carried a story in which Ellington defended his comments about racial political action reported by reporter Otis Thompson, who interviewed him backstage when The Biggest Show of 1951 played in St. Louis on November 10. Ellington was subsequently attacked by a columnist, and there was controversy in the black press.
                                                Baltimore Afro-American 1951-12-04..
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                                                Wednesday
                                                .New York, N.Y..On this date, Louie Bellson assigned his composition Skin Deep to Tempo Music. The cotnract is signed by Ruth James and Louie Bellson.Document auctioned May 18 2016 by Guernsey's Auction House, May 18, 2016..
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                                                Thursday
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                                                1951 12 07
                                                Friday
                                                .New York, N.Y..Columbia recording session
                                                Steven Lasker:

                                                'Harlem was recorded between 14:00 and 20:00.
                                                Bensonality was recorded between 20:00 and 23:30 '


                                                Duke Ellington and His Orchestra
                                                Cook, Baker, Terry, F.Williams, Nance, Vance, Woodman, Jackson, Tizol, Hamilton, Procope, Smith, Gonsalves, Carney, Ellington, Marshall, Bellson

                                                Titles recorded:
                                                • Harlem
                                                • Bensonality
                                                • Emails Lasker-Palmquist re session time:
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                                                Saturday
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                                                Tuesday
                                                .New York, N.Y.Columbia StudioColumbia recording session
                                                Duke Ellington and His Orchestra

                                                Cook, Baker, Terry, Nance, Woodman, Jackson, Tizol, Hamilton, Procope, Smith, Gonsalves, Carney, Ellington, Strayhorn, Marshall, Bellson, Lloyd Oldham
                                                Titles recorded:
                                                • Blues At Sundown
                                                • Duet
                                                • Controversial Suite 1. Before My Time
                                                • Controversial Suite 2. Later
                                                • Azalea
                                                • Vagabonds
                                                • Something To Live For
                                                • Vagabonds
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                                                Thursday
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                                                Friday
                                                .Bloomington, Ind.Men's Quad Dining Hall
                                                Indiana University
                                                Dames Ball

                                                1951-12-12:

                                                '"Timply Serrific" Say Mixed-up Dames As Universal Reveral Draws Near

                                                  ... the theme of the Dames Ball is the "Universal Reversal," – "timply serrific" it is.
                                                  The one-evening reversal of the campus social structure will be Friday evening, from 9 pm. until 1 a.m., in the Men's Quad Dining Hall.
                                                  Duke Ellington and his band will play while the ladies treat the gentlemen to an evening of entertainment. When the Duke and his musical crew were here last April for an Auditorium concert, everything was normal; but Friday he will see the women paying and escorting.
                                                  Since everything will be turned around that evening, a king, rather than a queen, will be elected to reign over the ball.
                                                  Mortar Board members selected Ken Shidler, Cole La Master and Dale Monroe, seniors; Ernie Olson, junior, and Bill Chambers, sophomore, to compete for the title of King of the Dames Ball.'


                                                "THE DUKE"
                                                (Ellington)
                                                will be there . . !
                                                WILL YOU??

                                                The
                                                DAMES BALL

                                                Sponsored by
                                                Mortar Board

                                                Friday, Dec. 14
                                                9-1 p.m.

                                                Men's Quad Dining Hall

                                                Tickets $3.90
                                                at I.U. Ticket Office


                                                1951-12-14:

                                                'EDS TO STRUT IN REVERSE TONIGHT
                                                mrofreP ot ekuD gniK kciP semaD sA

                                                  !Ereh si "lasreveR lasrevinU" ehT!
                                                  Or, to translate from Dames Ball language, which is naturally backwards - the "Universal Reversal" is here!
                                                  Tonight's the night when each campus doll treats her guy to an evening's entertainment. Tonight's the night when fantastically-corsaged gentlemen will dance at their dates' expense to the music of Duke Ellington and his orchestra.
                                                  The Duke will perform this evening in the Men's Quad Dining Hall from 9 until 1 o'clock in front of a backdrop which was inspired by his own music. His blue and sparkling music suggested a motif of blue musical notes, sparkling with silver glitter, to the Mortar Board artists who planned and produced the decorations...'


                                                1951-12-15:

                                                'Ernie Olson King Royal At Dames Ball...

                                                  The Mortar Board-sponsored "Universal Reversal" took over the Men's Quad Dining Hall last evening under the ruling scepter of Ernie Olson, junior, who was crowned King of the Dames Ball by Jan Nicely, senior and chairman of the dance...
                                                The Court Reigns
                                                  The other four candidates, Dale Monroe, Ken Shidler, Coleman LaMasters, all seniors, and Bill Chambers, sophomore, formed a princely court for the new king.
                                                  Duke Ellington and his band gave the dancers the good old Ellington music that they were expecting. The decorations added much to the spirit, since they were inspired by the Duke's musical style.
                                                  Blue musical notes, glittering with silver, formed a backdrop for the Duke's band, well-known for its sparkling, blue music. The Bames Dall, the universal reversal of the Dames Ball, was emblazoned on the backdrop.
                                                  Walking decorations in the form of typically fantastic Dames Ball "corsages," provided much of the interior decoration for the huge dance hall...'

                                                • Stratemann p.331 citing Variety 1951-10-17 p.48
                                                • The Indiana Daily Student, Indiana University, Bloomington, Ind.
                                                  • 1951-12-12 p.1
                                                  • 1951-12-14 p.1
                                                  • 1951-12-15 p.1
                                                  -courtesy C.Lynn and E.M.Peters, Office of University Archives and Records Management, Herman B. Wells Library, Indiana University, Bloomington, Ind. (2015-11-18)
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                                                Saturday
                                                .Herrin, Ill.White City Park.Ads:
                                                • Daily Register, Harrisburg, Ill. 1951-12-11, p.3,s.3
                                                • The Register News, Mount Vernon, Ill. 1951-12-14 p.12
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                                                Sunday
                                                .Spring Valley, Ill.Les Buzz Ballroom(Unconfirmed)

                                                LES BUZZ Spring Valley
                                                Brings You In Person
                                                DUKE
                                                ELLINGTON
                                                and His Famous Orchesta
                                                SUNDAY, DECEMBER 16th
                                                DANCING 9 TILL 1
                                                Adv.2.00 - Door 2.25 tax. incl.
                                                No other Illinois date except Chicago
                                                America's Finest Artist
                                                Featuring the World's 3rd
                                                Greatest White Drummer
                                                "LOUIE BELLSON""'

                                                Dance
                                                • The Peoria Journal, Peoria, Ill. 1951-12-14, p.C-13
                                                • Vail II
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                                                Wednesday
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                                                Thursday
                                                .Bloomington, Ind.Indiana UniversityDance, announced by Variety:

                                                "Duke Ellington set for Dec. 14 date at University of Indiana, Bloomington, then jumps back for an RCA Victor dance there, Dec. 20"

                                                The university archivist advises the campus was already closed for the winter break by the 20th, so this event is doubtful - maybe it was somewhere else in the city. Further research is needed.
                                                • Variety 1951-10-17, p. 48
                                                • Email, Schwier-Palmquist 2015-11-18
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                                                1951 12 21
                                                Friday
                                                ...PERSONNEL CHANGE
                                                Singer Betty Roché rejoins the band. Stratemann says she

                                                'was back in the band during this engagement, but just for the duration, it appears. After the January 3, 1952 exit from the Blue Note, there's no trace of her with Ellington for the next two months. '

                                                Stratemann shows her next with the band for its tour that began March 21, 1952.
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                                                1952 01 03Chicago, Ill.Blue Note Cafe
                                                56 W. Madison St.
                                                Night club residency: 15 musicians "under the leadership of Duke Ellington, Inc. presents Duke Ellington" for two 5-day weeks, not to exceed 32 hours per week at the Blue Note Cafe beginning December 21, 1951, for $5,000/week. Unlike later contracts with the Blue Note, this one did not require a vocalist, so it is interesting Betty Roché rejoined at this time.

                                                The engagement was announced in Variety 1951-09-26 p.133
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                                                1952 01 01
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                                                .Chicago, Ill.Blue Note CafeLast night of club residency - see 1951-12-21

                                                Vail reports some of the band members attended the wedding of Mr. and Mrs. Tony Papa. Mr. Papa was a friend of Ellington's road manager Al Celley, and the couple was at the club this evening.
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                                                Friday
                                                .Sauk City, Wisc.Riverview Ballroom.
                                                The Capital Times, Madison, Wisc.
                                                Ad 1951-12-14
                                                Ad 1952-01-02
                                                Ad 1952-01-03,p.8
                                                Wisconsin State Journal
                                                Ad, 1951-12-14 s.2 p.12
                                                Ad, 1951-12-23
                                                Ad, 1951-12-30 s.1 p.8
                                                Ad, 1952-01-03 s.2 p.5
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                                                1952 01 05
                                                Saturday
                                                11 a.m., 8:30 pm
                                                .New York, N.Y.Metropolitan OperaTwo concerts
                                                Location and date are questionable. I don't believe
                                                1. the Ellington orchestra played Sauk City, Wisconsin the evening of January 4, 1952
                                                  Sources:
                                                  -Additions to Duke's Itinerary by Arne Neegaard in DEMS 08/3-9
                                                  -Several ads in the Capital Times and the Wisconsin State Journal up to and including January 4
                                                  THEN
                                                2. played two concerts the next day, January 5, in New York, at 11 a.m. and 8:30 p.m. (One concert was recorded. Vail reports only one concert, doesn't say what time it was and says it was an NAACP benefit.)
                                                  Sources:
                                                  -Stratemann, p.331
                                                  Vail II
                                                  New Desor 5201 and New Desor correction sheet 1030
                                                  Timner 4th edition p.125
                                                  Jazz Records 1942-80, Nielsen, Vol. 6
                                                  http://ellingtonia.com
                                                  THEN
                                                3. returned to the midwest to play at the Labor Temple in Minneapolis on January 6.
                                                  Sources:
                                                  Stratemann p.331
                                                  Vail II
                                                  New Desor 5202
                                                  Timner 4th edition p.125
                                                  Jazz Records 1942-80, Nielsen, Vol. 6
                                                  http://ellingtonia.com


                                                Discussion:
                                                Fast trains such as the Twentieth Century Limited and the Broadway Limited could make it from Chicago to New York in about 16 hours once lighter rail cars were introduced in the late 1930s but it's still 130 or so miles from Sauk City to Chicago. To make New York in time to play an 11 a.m. concert means the band would have had to catch a train eastbound from Chicago well before suppertime on the 4th which would not be possible if they played the Friday dance in Sauk City.

                                                It is possible the band could have flown from the midwest to NYC and back, but I don't think there's any evidence the band travelled by air until perhaps the late 1950s.

                                                I've been unable to find anything about the Metropolitan Opera House performances in Dr. Stratemann's files.

                                                Duke did play an NAACP benefit at this venue nearly a year earlier.

                                                I've been unable to find anything online about an NAACP benefit concert in New York in January 1952. Ellington did play at one on January 21, 1951, but the first 1952 NAACP benefit concert I found was later in the year, and the list of those performing did not include Ellington.

                                                The late Art Pilkington may have had a similar difficulty, and the late Dr. Stratemann's wording suggests he wasn't really buying January 5 in New York either.

                                                DEMS 1999/1, www.depanorama.net/dems/1999-1.pdf , p.26, topic 125, discusses this very matter.

                                                5Jan1952
                                                Pilkington: Although tapes are apparently in existence this date is questionable. The New York Times 30Dec51, page8- X listing, titled "Concerts and Opera programs of the week," details the following:
                                                Carnegie Hall - Saturday, 5Jan52
                                                11:00 a.m.Philharmonic Symphony - Young Peoples Concert conducted by Igor Buketoff.
                                                8:30 p.m. U.S.Military Academy Band and the West Point Glee Club.
                                                Duke Ellington is not mentioned at this venue on this date.
                                                Metropolitan Opera House - Saturday, 5Jan52
                                                1:30 p.m. Gotterdammerung
                                                8:30 p.m.LaBoheme
                                                Obviously no mention of Duke Ellington.
                                                I have been unable to substantiate this alleged NAACP Benefit Concert with the Schomberg Centre in NYC.

                                                Timner: Jerry Valbum has a poster announcing this concert and confirms that it has taken place; tape exists.

                                                Hoefsmit: The location was the Metropolitan Opera House because the Carnegie Hall was too small, as Phil Schaap explained in his presentation for "Ellington'86" at Rutgers University.
                                                Mr. Hoefsmit may have misunderstood Mr. Schaap, or Mr. Schaap may have been mistaken. Mr. Schaap's comment appears to relate to the January 21, 1951 concert, since The Billboard says:

                                                'Duke Ellington will give his annual local concert January 21 at the Metropolitan Opera House. Duke's last six annual dates here have been at Carnegie Hall, which has a smaller capacity. Event is being presented under the auspices of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People.'

                                                The CD "Duke Ellington & His Orchestra, Rare 'live' recordings 1952-3, on the Acrobat label ACTRCD9033 includes 15 tracks ostensibly from this concert. Its liner notes say, in part:

                                                'This release comes from the archives of the San Francisco Traditional Jazz Federation ... The archive comprises a collection of jazz recordings amassed during the 1950s and 1960s by broadcaster Ken Ackerman, and widely known as the Ackerman Tapes....

                                                The exact provenance of these recordings has been established with reasonable certainty, primarily through reference to the excellent and generally definitive Lords Discography...

                                                The information that came with the Ackerman recordings from the archive indicated that the tracks on CD 1 and the first two tracks on CD 2 were from a show in Portland Oregon, with a pencil note that read "Metropolitan OH Jan. 5th 1952." A reference to Lords confirmed that the orchestra indeed performed at New York's Metropolitan Opera House on that date, and the track sequence with a couple of minor inconsistencies, lines up between the two... '


                                                Preliminary conclusions:

                                                I imagine any of the following scenarios are possible:
                                                a/ The Sauk City gig was cancelled at the last minute, despite being advertised on January 4.
                                                b/ The 11 a.m. concert was later in the day, perhaps 11 p.m.
                                                c/ The Metropolitan event was misdated or never took place and the discographies are wrong.
                                                d/ Instead of being at Metropolitan Opera House in New York, the concerts were in one of the midwest states.

                                                There is or was a Metropolitan Opera House in Grand Forks, ND, Iowa Falls, Iowa, Minneapolis, Minn., and Saint Paul, Minn.

                                                Given Ellington played in Minneapolis on January 6, I'd almost be willing to bet January 5 was in one of the nearby Metropolitan Opera Houses. Unfortunately the archives I subscribe to don't carry newspapers for either city for 1951 or 1952.
                                                Next steps:
                                                I'm stymied, but maybe someone out there in LYM-land would be kind enough to check into this a bit further, please? Possible avenues might be to:

                                                1. Review any notes made at the 1986 conference, or talk to Mr. Schaap directly.
                                                2. Review Sjef's recordings (audio or visual) of Mr. Schaap's presentation.
                                                3. Check December 15, 1951 to say January 10 Minnesota, Iowa and North Dakota newspapers for advertisements for an Ellington appearance on January 5, 1952, particularly if the venue is called Metropolitan Opera House. Concerts were often advertised up to a couple of weeks in advance, and reviews would normally be found in the next edition of a paper after the gig, or the next paper after that.
                                                4. If anyone has the unissued January 5, 1952 recording, listen to it and see if the emcee says where it takes place.
                                                5. Check Mr. Valburn's papers and recordings and report exactly what the poster and tape box or label say.
                                              • Stratemann, p.331
                                              • The Billboard 1950-12-09 p.16
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                                                Wednesday
                                                .Caledonia, Minn.Caledonia City AuditoriumDance sponsored by the Houston County VFW Chapter. Admission $1.75 in advance, $2 at door.

                                                The event was advertised for the Auditorium, the Caledonia Auditorium and the Union Hall, and the review named it Caledonia City Auditorium.

                                                The Winona Republican-Herald:

                                                'CALEDONIA, Minn. (Special)–
                                                ... More than 1,000 persons jammed the Caledonia City Auditorium Wednesday night when Duke Ellington's internationally-famous orchestra played here.
                                                  It was the second "dance experiment" the V. W.F. Post has tried in recent months and it proved so successful that an entire series is being booked.
                                                  Last fall Claude Thornhill's name band was brought to Caledonia and more than 600 persons turned out. Attendance jumped with the appearance of Ellington this week... '

                                                LaCrosse Tribune:

                                                'CALEDONIA, Minn. (Special)–
                                                Jubilant over the success of the turnout for Duke Ellington, the Caledonia VFW post has announced...
                                                  [Miles] Duxbury reports that more than 1,000 persons heard Duke Ellington's famous orchestra Jan. 9 in a sparkling program of dance music...'

                                                • The La Crosse Tribune, La Crosse, Wisc.
                                                  • 1951-12-28 p.9
                                                  • Announcement 1952-01-03 p.13
                                                  • 1952-01-04 p.11
                                                  • Report 1952-01-13 p.12
                                                • The Winona Republican-Herald
                                                  • 1952-01-02 p.12
                                                  • 1952-01-03 s.2 (p.13)
                                                  • 1952-01-11 p.3
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                                                .Waterloo, IowaElks ClubDance for Elk members and their ladies only.

                                                'Duke Ellington, the great Negro band leader, did a fine turn for the polio drive at the Elks dance the other night. The Duke announce that every request played would cost a dollar, to go to the fund, and said he would match the dollar in case someone requested a tune he couldn't play. The Duke was stumped only once during the night, and the fund benefited by $123. '

                                                Waterloo Sunday Courier, Waterloo, Iowa
                                                • 1952-01-06 p.25 (or 22?)
                                                • 1952-01-13 s.2 p.1
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                                                .Iowa City, IowaState University of Iowa

                                                'Iowa City–Miss Mary Susan Manbeck, Des Moines, was crowned Inter-Fraternity queen before more than 800 couples attending the inter-fraternity of the State University of Iowa Friday...
                                                  Music for the inter-fraternity ball, traditional winter formal, was provided by Duke Ellington and his orchestra.'

                                                • Stratemann, p.331 citing Variety 1951-10-31 p.44
                                                • Iowa City Press-Citizen, Iowa City, Iowa, 1952-01-12
                                                • Waterloo Sunday Courier, Waterloo, Iowa, 1952-01-13 p.24
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                                                1952 01 19St. Louis, Mo.Club RivieraSt. Louis Post-Dispatch, Jan. 13:

                                                Jordan W. Chambers
                                                Club Riviera
                                                4460 Delmar Blvd.–JE.8888
                                                Now Thru Sat., Jan. 19
                                                DUKE
                                                ELLINGTON

                                                His Music–His Piano–
                                                His Orchestra
                                                ALL-STAR FLOOR SHOW
                                                WHERE ALL ARE WELCOME

                                                and:

                                                'CLUB RIVIERA–Duke Ellington's Band, plus Olivette Miller, harpist, and the Co-ops, dance team.'


                                                Variety, cited by Stratemann, has the engagement starting Jan. 12:
                                                • 1951-10-31 p.44:

                                                  'Duke Ellington plays date at U. of Iowa Jan. 11, then moves into Riviera, St. Louis, for eight days.'

                                                • 1951-12-05 p.57:

                                                  'Duke Ellington, along wit6h the Co-ops and Olivette Miller, pacted for Riviera, St. Louis, Jan. 12. '

                                                . The opening date needs to be confirmed. The earliest mention in the St. Louis Post-Dispatch is January 13.
                                                Jet Magazine:

                                                "One evening recently, unknown Thompson slipped backstage at St. Louis' Kiel Auditorium, caught maestro Duke Ellington on the run from dressing room to stage, came out to rush into print with a story destined to go the rounds of the nation. Ellington, Thompson wrote, had termed the fight against race bias 'silly' and observed acidly that Negroes 'ain't ready.'
                                                Overnight Thompson became a celebrity when his story was reprinted in Negro newspapers around the country.
                                                Undaunted by the fact that Ellington called a New York press conference to say that Thompson had written rather less than the truth, the St. Louis newsman basked in unaccustomed spotlight.
                                                St. Louis citizens this week were making plans to remember Thompson. They have scheduled a testimonial to take place January 12 at St. Louis' Riviera night club. The payoff: the testimonial would occur on the opening night at the Riviera of the engagement of a world-famed musician - Duke Ellington." [emphasis added]

                                                • Stratemann, p.331 citing Variety
                                                    1951-10-31 p.44
                                                  • 1951-12-05 p.57
                                                • Jet Magazine, 1952-01-10, p.26
                                                • St. Louis Post-Dispatch, St. Louis, Mo.
                                                  • 1951-01-13 p.8G
                                                  • 1951-01-16 p.5D
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                                                .Omaha, Nebr.Dreamland Ballroom
                                                24th and Grant Streets
                                                DanceEvening World-Herald and Sunday World-Herald, Omaha, Nebr.
                                                • 1952-01-18 p.33
                                                • 1952-01-19 p.6
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                                                .Minneapolis, Minn.Minneapolis Labor Temple
                                                Central & 4th St. S.E.
                                                The Minnesota Daily:

                                                DANCE
                                                TO
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                                                ELLINGTON
                                                and his 16-piece
                                                Columbia Recording Orch.
                                                Wed., Jan. 23, 8:30 p.m.
                                                Mpls. Labor Temple
                                                Central & 4th St. S.E.
                                                BALCONY SEATS
                                                RESERVED FOR SPECTATORS
                                                Adv. Tickets $1.80 at Door $2.40
                                                inc. tax
                                                Melodee Record Shop, Mpls.
                                                Field-Schlick, St. Paul

                                                Minneapolis Sunday Tribune, 1952-01-20:

                                                'Duke Ellington and his orchestra will play a Minneapolis date at 8:30 p.m. Wednesday in Minneapolis Labor temple, responding to complaints that in his appearance here with a variety show last November the band was not heard in sufficient numbers.
                                                  Featured with the Ellington band is drummer Louie Bellson, recruited from the Harry James band along with Juan Tizol, valve trombonist, and Willie Smith, saxophonist, when Ellington rebuild the band some time ago...'

                                                • The Minneapolis Morning Tribune, and the Minneapolis Sunday Tribune, Minneapolis,Minn.
                                                  • 1952-01-16, p.27
                                                  • 1952-01-20, p.3
                                                  • 1952-01-22, p.3
                                                • The Minnesota Daily, University of Minnesota
                                                  • 1952-01-18, p.8
                                                  • 1952-01-22, p.4
                                                  • 1952-01-23, p.4
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                                                1952 01 31Chicago, Ill.Regal Theatre
                                                4719 So. Parkway
                                                Stage show

                                                'Duke Ellington and His Big New 17-Man Orchestra featuring Louis Bellson - Juan Tizol - Harry Carney - Ray Nance - Willie Smith - Britt Woodman...Also the 3 Harlem Mania Rhythm Kings! Jesse, James & Cornell
                                                Extra added attraction! The Famous Recording Quintet! Smash Hit Songsters! "The Orioles" '

                                                Stratemann has the show ending Jan. 30 but the Jan. 31 edition of the Tribune advertised it, announcing that was the last day.
                                                • Chicago Defender, Chicago, Ill., 1952-01-26 p.14
                                                • Chicago Daily Tribune and Chicago Sunday Tribune, Chicago,Ill.
                                                  • 1952-01-26 pt.2 p.4
                                                  • 1952-01-27 pt.7 s.2 pp. 2,3
                                                  • 1952-01-28 pt.3 p.6 & pt. 2 p.11
                                                  • 1952-01-29 pt.2 p.5
                                                  • 1952-01-30 Pt.2 p.5
                                                  • 1952-01-31 Pt.2 pp.7,9
                                                • Stratemann p.332
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                                                'It was a real surprise to Duke Ellington when he was presented last night [Jan.30] with a silver cigaret case engraved with the names of donors: Joe Louis, Jackie Robinson, Lena Horne, Cab Calloway, Nat Cole, Mahalia Jackson, Sarah Vaugha, Louis Jordan and ...'


                                                The Washington Afro-American carried a photo of Duke accepting a silver cigarette case from three Chicago disc jockeys, awarded to him by top theatrical and sports personalities for "outstanding contribution to world culture" and "significant worth to his race." The award was given at a press party honouring Duke when he set a box office mark at the Regal Theatre, although it is not certain that was the reason for the party. It does not show the date of the press party, but Will Leonard's column in the Chicago Defender makes it January 30.
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                                                .Chicago, Ill.Regal TheatrePERSONNEL CHANGE
                                                Stratemann:

                                                'The last night at the Regal Ellington tried another singer, Debbie Andrews, who was taken a long on the subsequent dates, but who appears to have been dropped from the band before long.'

                                                Vail II reprints an unidentified clipping, possibly from Down Beat:

                                                '"Best Since Ivie" Says Ellington Of New Singer
                                                  Chicago -Duke Ellington has hired a new girl singer who, he says, "has the type of voice I've been searching for since Ivie Anderson retired from show business."
                                                  She's Debbie Andrews, who has a release due shortly on Mercury and has been singing in Indianapolis and Detroit recently.
                                                  Duke gave her a tryout the last day of his weeklong stay at the Regal here and she completely brought down the house and she sang, in order, an up-tempo Lover, Come Back To Me, I've Got It Bad and a blues.'

                                                It seems likely Ellington hired Andrews only temporarily. Miss Andrews, also known as Lucille Clay, was managed by Detroiter Tony Vance, whose letter to the Courier printed 1952-02-02, announced he was promoting her in a Courier subscription campaign. The Courier said she would join Ellington at the Regal Theatre and then tour the country with him. While The Statesman Journal and the Albany Democrat announced she and Jimmy Grissom would appear with the orchestra in Salem March 22, she is not on the recordings of that dance. The March 29 Courier announced she had to leave the band in Los Angeles to return home to care for her seriously ill youngster. Since she also is not in the Snader transcriptions, she likely left before March 14. Betty Roché was with the band for the Pacific Northwest tour which began March 20. Debbie does not seem to have returned to the band after Los Angeles. She recorded with the Mercury label before and after her sojourn with Ellington.
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                                                1952 02 01
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                                                Stratemann shows a week at the Paradise Theatre in Detroit, based on Variety, 1951-11-21 p. 44, which says only "Paradise Theatre, Detroit, is plugging band shows and has Lionel Hampton for Dec. 28 week and Duke Ellington Feb. 1."

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                                                .Biloxi, Miss.Theater Two
                                                Keesler Air Force Base
                                                Three concerts
                                                1. "Duke Ellington, famed maestro and composer, will bring his orchestra to Keesler Air Force Base Tuesday for their initial appearance there. Three performances are scheduled..."

                                                2. "The Duke Ellington aggregation made its first appearance at Keesler before large and enthusiastic audiences. The three scheduled performances took place in Theater Two..."

                                                3. "Twenty-six members of the VA Center made a trip to Keesler AFB Tuesday afternoon to hear Duke Ellington's Orchestra. Mrs. C.J.Nichols, Red Cross Gray Lady, made the trip with the men."

                                                4. "Two of the top bands of the musical world played at Keesler Field recently and the Gulf Park girls were among the first to arrive for the performance. "His Basin Street Blues was marvelous" "Oh, no, Sophisticated Lady was best!" These comments were among those made by the girls after hearing Duke Ellington on February 5. About eighty-five girls attended the program and enjoyed every minute of the jazz and blues. On February 10..."


                                                • "Name Bands Set 1952 Music Pace," The Daily Herald,, Gulfport and Biloxi, Mississippi Coast, 1952-01-14 p.6
                                                • 1. "Duke Ellington at Keesler Tonight,"
                                                  Daily Herald, Biloxi, Miss., Tues. afternoon 1952-02-05, p.1

                                                • 2. "Ellington Features Five Top Musicians In Keesler Program"
                                                  Daily Herald, Biloxi, Miss. 1952-02-06, p.4

                                                • 3. "Hear Duke Ellington" Daily Herald, Biloxi, Miss. 1952-02-06, p.10

                                                • 4. "Trips To Keesler"
                                                  Gulf Park College Tammy Howl, 1952-04, p.14
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                                                .Ville Platte, La.Evangeline ClubDance

                                                (No followup ads or reports were found)
                                                Alexandria Daily Town Talk, Alexandria, La.,
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                                                .Lake Worth, Tex.New Casino on Beautiful Lake Worth

                                                One nite only, Sat. Feb. 9
                                                Duke ELLINGTON
                                                nd HIS WORLD
                                                FAMOUS ORCHESTRA
                                                featuring
                                                LOUIS BELLSON
                                                JUAN TIZOL
                                                $1.50 per person plus 30¢ tax
                                                Tickets Now on Sale
                                                Central Ticket Office
                                                Lobby Hotel Texas


                                                'DUKE ELLINGTON, on the band stand of the Lake Worth ballroom Saturday night, was greeted by a big crowd and obliged with an evening of Harlem hillbilly. '

                                                Fort Worth Star-Telegram, Fort Worth, Tex.
                                                • 1952-02-01 p.8
                                                • 1952-02-03 s.2 p.12
                                                • 1952-02-07 p.15
                                                • 1952-02-08 p.8
                                                • 1952-02-12 p.13
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                                                Monday
                                                .Dallas, Tex.Bob Wills Ranch House
                                                Industrial and Corinth.

                                                DUKE ELLINGTON
                                                —— IN PERSON ——

                                                And His New Internationally
                                                Famous Orchestra

                                                MONDAY NIGHT (Feb.11)

                                                Advance Tickets
                                                Bond Clothes, 1520 Main
                                                Bob Wills
                                                Ranch House

                                                Industrial and Corinth


                                                'DUKE ELLINGTON and his orchestra will be back in Dallas Monday a fairly quick return for the Duke, who last November appeared here in a big jazz stage show at the State Fair Auditorium. But this time Duke and his sidemen will be back on the bandstand, playing dance music, and the big event will take place at Bob Wills Ranch House, starting at 9 p. m.
                                                  Of course, there will be sessions during the evening, in which Duke and his men will pause to put on one of the show interludes for which he is justly famous.
                                                  But music for dancing will be the main course on the menu and Ellington followers will get plenty of it.
                                                  There will be sections for both white and Negro patrons, and tickets are on sale at Bond's Clothing Store, though they can be obtained at the door.'

                                                Dallas Morning News, Dallas, Tex.
                                                • 1952-01-17 p.11 s.II
                                                • 1952-02-09 p.5, s.II
                                                • 1952-02-10 p.2,S.VI
                                                • 1952-02-11 p.5
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                                                Wednesday
                                                .San Antonio, Tex.Sevenoaks Club
                                                1400 Austin Hwy.
                                                "Ellington and his band played a one-night stand Wednesday night at the exclusive Sevenoaks Club here"

                                                This event is incorrectly dated Feb. 14 in Stratemann and Vail II.
                                                • Ad, San Antonio Express
                                                  • 1952-02-12 p.6A
                                                  • 1952-02-13, p.11
                                                • Stratemann p.331 (misdated)
                                                • Vail II (misdated)
                                                • UP wirestory "Bandleader Duke Ellington, Manager of Globetrotters Jailed in San Antonio," Lubbock, Tx., Evening Journal, 1952-02-14, p.3
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                                                Valentine's Day
                                                3:15 am
                                                .San Antonio, Tex.Silver Slipper ClubA UP wirestory datelined San Antonio Feb. 14 reported Ellington, Harry Carney (described as his manager) and W.S.Welch, manager of the Harlem Globetrotters, were among 15 people arrested for violating state drinking laws, after police broke in the back door of the club at 3:15 am.

                                                Stratemann p.332 and Vail both report the arrests as taking place after the Sevenoaks club date, which they incorrectly place on Feb. 14.

                                                In CORPUS CHRISTI'S GALVAN BALLROOM: MUSIC AND MULTICULTURALISM IN THE 1950s in South Texas Historical Association's Spring 2007 edition of the Journal of South Texas, author David Louzon discusses a dance played by Ellington on "Valentine's eve" 1952. He mentions Ellington's brush with the law "in the early morning of the 14th."
                                                UP wirestory "Bandleader Duke Ellington, Manager of Globetrotters Jailed in San Antonio,"
                                                • Lubbock, Tx., Evening Journal, 1952-02-14, p.3
                                                • Mexia Daily News, 1952-02-14
                                                • Corpus Christi Caller, Corpus Christi, Tex. 1952-02-15 p.15C
                                                • La Prensa, Diario Popular Independiente, San Antonio, TEx.,
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                                                Valentine's Day
                                                .Corpus Christi, Tex.Galvan BallroomDance
                                                Advertisements: *

                                                In person!!! Duke Ellington and His World Famous Orchestra
                                                Louzon: **
                                                • Ellington played to a 650 people, filling the house.
                                                • About 80% were white and the rest were Mexican-Americans.
                                                • The club owner recalled Ellington roomed in San Antonio because Corpus Christi lacked accommodations for blacks"


                                                Weaver ***
                                                • Ralph Galvan Jr. booked the band for $1,500 through Music Corporation of America
                                                • Tickets were $3.00 each
                                                • The house was sold out, with many turned away.
                                                • The band arrived by bus
                                                • Duke used a baby grand
                                                • The Galvan brothers described the tune-up routine - one started, another joined on the same chord, then another. The bass would join in, then the drummer followed by the guitarist. When everyone was tuned, Ellington walked on, and the band segued into Take the "A" Train.
                                                • The band did not use sheet music.
                                                • Many fans stood and watched the band.
                                                • The band was professional, no drinking on the stand, and precise 15 minute breaks
                                                • Galvan Jr. and Sr. visited with Ellington during breaks, found him to be professional and friendly.
                                                • Duke and some band members posed for photos after.
                                                • The band left for San Antonio where they were to play the next night (unconfirmed, likely in error).
                                                '
                                                • * Ads
                                                  • Corpus Christi Times,1952-02-07, p.5B
                                                  • Corpus Christi Caller-Times
                                                    • 1952-01-27 p.8B
                                                    • 1952-02-03, b.14C
                                                    • 1952-02-13 p.7B

                                                • **David Louzon, Corpus Christi's Galvan Ballroom: Music and Multiculturalism in the 1950s, Journal of South Texas, Spring 2007
                                                • ***Jan Weaver, "The Day Duke Ellington Came to Town," South Texas Informer & Business Journal, August 1999
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                                                Sunday
                                                .Amarillo, Tex.Club AviatrixNight club engagement, 8 p.m. to midnight, admission $2.00 advance, $2.50 doorThe Amarillo Globe-Times, Amarillo, Tex.,
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                                                Wednesday
                                                .El Paso, Tex.Palladium Ballroom

                                                '...Duke Ellington, one of the greatest names in jazz, will bring his band here on Feb. 20. Dancing hours ... will be from 9 p.m. to 1 a.m. '

                                                .
                                                The El Paso Times, El Paso, Tex.,
                                                1952-02-10 p.39
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                                                .Oakland, Cal..Stratemann and Vail II report an appearance in Oakland but don't identify the place or the information source. This is implausible given the distance from El Paso to Oakland, and the detour Oakland represents on a trip that otherwise would be directly from El Paso to San Diego. This may be simply the wrong Oakland (several states have places named Oakland) or it could be a dating error....
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                                                Friday
                                                .San Diego, Cal.Trianon Ballroom
                                                1106 Broadway
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                                                Saturday
                                                8:30 pm
                                                .Pomona, Cal.Bridges Auditorium (or Big Bridge Auditorium)
                                                Pomona College Campus
                                                Claremont College
                                                Concert to benefit Claremont's Men's College student union building fund

                                                A gossip column confirms the concert was performed by naming people who attended.
                                                • San Marino Tribune and San Marino News, San Marino, Cal. 1952-01-31 p.5
                                                • Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles, Cal.,
                                                  1952-01-31 Part III, p.1
                                                • The San Diego Union, San Diego, Cal.
                                                  1952-01-31 p.a-11
                                                • Covina Argus-Citizen
                                                  • 1952-02-15
                                                  • 1952-02-29, p.13
                                                • Stratemann p.332
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                                                Sunday
                                                ..Peripheral Event
                                                The San Francisco Chronicle carried an ad this date for Columbia Records, saying
                                                'Duke Ellington
                                                Appearing locally in person with his famous Orchestra
                                                HEAR A COMPLETE PANORAMA OF ELLINGTONIA
                                                ON
                                                COLUMBIA RECORDS
                                                Available at
                                                COLUMBIA MUSIC CO.
                                                ALBUMS78
                                                rpm
                                                45
                                                rpm
                                                33
                                                rpm
                                                Masterpieces by Ellington
                                                (Concert arrangements of Mood Indigo, Sophisticated Lady, Solitude, The Tattooed Bride)
                                                $8.45
                                                Mood Ellington (On A Turquoise Cloud, New York City Blues, Golden Cress, Three Cent Stomp, Hi Ya Sue, Lady of the Lavender Mist, The Clothed Women, Progressive Gavotte)$ 4.35$ 3.91$3.00
                                                Librarian [sic] Suite3.00
                                                The Ellington Special (T.T. on Toast, I Don't Know Why I Love You So, Tough Truckin', Indigo Echoes, Blue Mood, Delta Bound, Clouds in My Heart, Slippery Horn)4.35
                                                The Duke (Lazy Rhapsody, Blue Ramble, Baby, When You Ain't There, Lighnin', Best Wishes, Bundle of Blues, Drop Me Off at Harlem, Merry-Go-Round)4.35

                                                SINGLE RECORDS
                                                78
                                                rpm
                                                45
                                                rpm
                                                Solitude * Mood Indigo.89
                                                Stormy Weather * Sophisticated Lady
                                                The Gal From Joe's * I Let a Song Go Out of My Heart.89
                                                Showboat Shuffle * In a Sentimental Mood
                                                PIANO SOLO
                                                –Mood Indigo * Solitude * Sophisticated Lady * In a Sentimental Mood
                                                .89
                                                Air Conditioned Jungle * It's Monday Every Day.89
                                                It's Mad, Mad, Mad * Don't Be So Mean to Baby.89
                                                Sultry Serenade * Do Nothing Till You Hear From Me.89
                                                Singing in the Rain * Don't Get Around Much Anymore.89
                                                Creole Love Call * You of All People.89
                                                On the Sunny Side of the Street * Good Woman Blues.89
                                                The World Is Waiting for the Sunrise * Joog Joog.89
                                                Fancy Dan * The Hawk Talks.89.89
                                                Monologue * The Eighth Veil.89.89
                                                Deep Night * Please Be Kind.89.89
                                                Creole Love Song * St. Louis Blues – 12"
                                                (Bing Crosby Vocal)
                                                1.15
                                                Jeeps Blues * Rendezvous With Rythm.89
                                                On A Turquoise Cloud * Hya Sue.89.89
                                                Lady of the Lavender Mist * N.Y. City Blues.89.89
                                                The Clothed Woman * Golden Cross [sic].89
                                                Progressive Gavotte * Three Cent Stomp
                                                Love You Madly * Build That Railroad (Hibbler).89
                                                It's too new to have a number, but we're expecting it any minute–
                                                V.I.P.'S BOOGIE * JAM WITH SAM
                                                .89.89
                                                The San Francisco Chronicle, San Francisco, Cal.
                                                1952-02-24 p.11
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                                                1952 02 25San Diego, Cal.Naval Operating Base.Undated photo
                                                Rocky Mountain Evening Telegram, Rocky Mountain N.C.
                                                1952-03-19.
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                                                OVERVIEW


                                                Undated, unattributed clipping printed in Vail II (emphasis added):

                                                'The Duke Ellington concert dates in the Bay area for the end of February in the beginning of March, off to a great start completely snafued. Promoter Ben Watkins, who was sold Duke has an exclusive in the bay area by ABC's Bobby Phillips, was all set to begin its advertising for the March 2 Sunday afternoon date at the Berkeley High school auditorium when he discovered Phillips had sold Duke to San Francisco promoter and hotel operator John Sullivan for a Feb. 27 appearance at the Frisco Opera house! The date had never been offered Watkins, he says.
                                                  Watkins had taken the band for three dates: Berkeley, Richmond (evening of March 2), and Sweet's (March 3) with the understanding that there would be no Frisco concert. Duke's last appearance at the opera house there was canceled the night of the date because the promoter, Joe Reed, failed to come up with the loot and some 2,000 people were left facing an empty stage.
                                                  Ready For War
                                                  At presstime, both Watkins and Sullivan were girding for a promotional war with a different ticket scale for each house to further complicate matters, although both halls are approximately the same capacity. In addition, Duke is booked for a Standard Oil radio show the afternoon of Feb. 27 and doesn't even need the concert to keep working.'

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                                                Wednesday
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                                                .San Francisco, Cal.Standard Oil BroadcastUndated and unattributed clipping printed in Vail II...
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                                                .San Francisco, Cal.War Memorial Opera HouseEvening concert - see overview above
                                                8:45 p.m.
                                                Tickets $1.50 to $3.60
                                                The programme doesn't list the tunes to be played, but includes a lengthy narrative outlining Ellington's career and the changes in the band since Hodges, Brown and Greer left.
                                                Ralph J. Gleason:

                                                'Duke Ellington brought what is possibly his best band in years,...It is too bad so few people were there to enjoy it... As an ensemble unit, this orchestra is far superior to anything Duke has had in recent years. It is sparked and driven by the drummer, Louie Bellson... He is more than ably assisted by Wendell Marshall on bass. There are three soloists of outstanding talents; Britt Woddman, a lyric trombonist; Jimmy Hamilton, whose clarinet playing is a joy to hear, and Harry Carney, who will probably never be equaled on the baritone saxophone...Two new Ellington vocalists, Debbie Andrews and Jimmy Grissom, were introduced and featured on several songs.'

                                                Gleason names the following titles from the concert:
                                                • The Tattooed Bride
                                                • Harlem
                                                • The Hawk Talks
                                                • Skin Deep
                                                • Medley
                                                • Monologue
                                                • The San Francisco Chronicle, San Francisco, Cal.
                                                  • 1952-02-19 p.10
                                                  • 1952-02-24 p.17
                                                  • 1952-02-26 pp.10,11
                                                  • 1952-02-29
                                                • Programme, SI-NMAH DEC301, Series 2: Performances and Programs, 1933-1974, box 11, folder 9, "War Memorial Opera House, San Francisco, California, February 27, 1952"
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                                                Thursday
                                                .Fresno, Cal.Rainbow BallroomConcert/dance.
                                                The evening was recorded by a Bert Porter using Ampex equipment.
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                                                Thursday
                                                .Fresno, Cal.Home of Emil "Dutch" LeonardDinner party for Ellington and his musicians.

                                                Bert Porter played the evening's recordings, during which Ellington decided to record Skin Deep the next day.
                                                P.Willard, book to Columbia Legacy CD CK 87066, Duke Ellington, Ellington Uptown, p.7.
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                                                Friday
                                                .Fresno, Cal.Believed to be the Rainbow BallroomMercer Records recording session

                                                Duke Ellington and his Orchestra
                                                C.Anderson, Cook, Terry, Nance, Jackson, Woodman, Tizol, W. Smith, Procope, Hamilton, Gonsalves, Carney, Ellington, Marshall, Bellson, with recording engineer Bert Porter.

                                                Title recorded: Skin Deep.
                                                On Dec. 8, Columbia Records bought the recording and assigned its next available master number, leading discographers to assume it was recorded later in the year. Columbia's files incorrectly show it was recorded 1952 10 08. Mr. Lasker:

                                                'The Columbia files show: Purchased master. Date recorded -- 10/8/52 [sic]. Dec 8, 1952 is the agreement date. Patricia's research established the date as 1952 02 29; her write-up is found in her liner notes to the Columbia Legacy CD, to which I direct you. 1952 12 08 is the agreement date, contrary to the ledger sheet for this master, which incorrectly shows it as recorded on 1952 10 08.'

                                                • P.Willard, book to Columbia Legacy CD CK 87066, Duke Ellington, Ellington Uptown, p.
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                                                Friday
                                                .Los Angeles, Cal.Shrine AuditoriumConcert

                                                The California Eagle carried a small ad for "Duke Ellington and his Famous Orch." for "Fri. Night - Feb. 29 -Shrine Aud." It also carried a photo of Duke with a caption saying

                                                'AT THE SHRINE – Duke Ellington will bring his entire troupe to the Shrine Auditorium for a concert Friday night.'

                                                This event is unconfirmed, but Patricia Willard who researched the Fresno recording session and lived in California advises it was not impossible to get to the session to the venue in time for the concert.
                                              • The California Eagle 1952-02-28 p.9
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                                                .Berkeley, Cal.Berkeley Community Theater
                                                Berkeley High School Campus Auditorium
                                                The New and Exciting Orchestra of Duke Ellington
                                                Special Matinee Concert
                                                2:30 p.m.

                                                'Duke Ellington will introduce new compositions of Louis Bellson, his new drummer, in his matinee concert at Berkeley Community Theater.'


                                                The Oakland Tribune announced this as "today" in its concert calendar, 1952-02-24 p.C-3 but further down the page, the caption to a photo of Ellington says "next Sunday afternoon" and a further announcement says March 2.
                                                Clifford Gessler's review (a couple of lines appear to have been lost by the printer):

                                                'Duke Ellington's band, playing yesterday afternnon in Berke- [sic] Community Theater, sounded louder and jazzier than in past years. To put it another way, there was more contrast for some of the dreamy, luscious music we used to associate with Ellington was played, too, notably in the blue-lighted clarinet solo part of "The Tattooed Bride" and the slow movement of "Harlem."
                                                  Ellington has a superlative group of musicians this season. No use singling them out; everybody soloed and did exciting things with their instruments, and there were two new vocalists, Jimmy Grissom and Debbie Andrews. The ensembles were full of fascinating blends of tone color and inciting [sic] rhythms.'

                                                • San Francisco Chronicle, San Francisco, Cal.
                                                  • 1952-01-20 p.21
                                                  • 1952-02-10 p.24
                                                  • 1952-02-24 p.
                                                  • 1952-02-26 p.11
                                                  • 1952-03-01 p.5
                                                • Oakland Tribune, Oakland, Cal.
                                                  • 1952-02-17, p. 2-B
                                                  • 1952-03-02 p.2-B
                                                  • 1952-02-24, p.C3
                                                  • 1952-02-28, p.D49
                                                  • Review, 1952-03-03, p.31D
                                                • Stratemann p.332
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                                                Sunday
                                                .Berkeley, Cal.Richmond Auditorium.San Francisco Chronicle, San Francisco, Cal.
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                                                Monday
                                                .Oakland, Cal.Sweet's BallroomDance 8 p.m.
                                                • San Francisco Chronicle, San Francisco, Cal.
                                                  1952-01-20 p.21
                                                • Oakland Tribune, Oakland, Cal.
                                                  • 1952-02-17, p. 2-B
                                                  • 1952-03-02 p.2-B
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                                                Tuesday
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                                                Thursday
                                                .Bakersfield, Cal.Harvey AuditoriumConcertBakersfield Californian, Bakersfield, Cal.
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                                                Friday
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                                                Thursday
                                                Los Angeles, Cal.Club Oasis
                                                39th and Western
                                                Stratemann shows Ellington playing at Club Oasis from March 7 to 20 (two weeks, Friday to Thursday). Vail II adopts these dates. Variety 1952-02-13 p.54 suggests four weeks. It isn't clear if Ellington completed the whole two weeks. The club only advertised it until March 15, another act started Monday (March 17), and Ellington played other engagements on March 17, 18 and 19. The Los Angeles Times carried no ads for the club on March 16 through 18, and the March 19 and 20 ads are only for the act.
                                                According to Stratemann and Vail II, Ellington's orchestra was booked for two weeks beginning March 7 (although Variety 1952-02-13 says four weeks).

                                                In any event, the Stan Kenton orchestra had been booked for two weeks ending March 9, so there was a three day overlap in bookings.

                                                An unattributed, undated clipping reproduced in Vail II says:

                                                'The club managers planned to have Kenton play in Long Beach on the day Ellington opened (Friday), use Kenton Saturday while Ellington played elsewhere, then have a battle of the bandstand Sunday from 2 p.m. to midnight.'

                                                Vail II probably relied on this clipping when showing Ellington playing at an unnamed location in Long Beach rather than Club Oasis on March 8. There is no mention of Ellington in the Long Beach Press-Telegram in February or March until March 11, when the March 17 concert was advertised and announced. Similarly, the Long Beach Independent doesn't mention Ellington in this period until March 16, when it too announced the March 17 concert.

                                                Webmaster's comment: Despite exhaustive searches of the newspaper archive services available to me, as at 2017-08-21 I've found no evidence of Ellington playing in Long Beach on March 8.
                                                Stratemann:

                                                'The "Battle Of Bands" anticipated by Down Beat failed to materialize, however, because the management had Ellington play in the afternoon and Kenton at night.'


                                                Los Angeles Times ads
                                                • March 5 announced Last 2 Days for Kenton and Opening March 7 for Ellington.
                                                • The March 7 ad has Ellington OPENING TONIGHT! This ad is reproduced in Vail II.
                                                • March 8 shows
                                                                  FIRST TIME ANYWHERE!
                                                  STAN DUKE
                                                  KENTON ELLINGTON

                                                  Gigantic Jam Session & Battle Of Music

                                                  ALL SUNDAY AFTERNOON & EVENING - OPEN 2 P.M. TO 2 A.M.
                                                  This ad is also reprinted in Vail II.
                                                • March 9 again carries both names and announces the Gigantic Jam Session and Battle of Music (which never took place).
                                                • The March 10, 11, 12,13 and 14 ads only mention Ellington.
                                                • The March 15 ad has Ellington and OPENING MONDAY! 4 BITS OF RHYTHM & BABY DAVIS
                                                • No ads for Club Oasis appear from March 16 to 19. The March 20 ad only shows 4 BITS OF RHYTHM featuring Baby Davis.

                                                Variety:

                                                'Inside Orchestras – Music
                                                 ... Stan Kenton has refused to be drawn into the booking mixup at the Oasis, Southside Los Angeles nitery, where he's scheduled to start two-weeker Feb. 25. Operator Jerry Orne asked the batoneer to play only the initial seven nights, deferring the remaining week until a later date so Duke Ellington can open March 4 [sic] for four weeks [sic]. Understood Ellington already has a firm contract for that time. Kenton, who'll get a flat $6,000 weekly, contends the same pitch was made when he played the Oasis last year, at $5,000 per frame, and his compliance caused considerable inconvenience in juggled bookings.'

                                                • Los Angeles Times,Los Angeles,Cal.:
                                                  • 1952-03-05 pt.I p.12
                                                  • 1952-03-07 pt.I p.24
                                                  • 1952-03-08 pt.I p.6
                                                  • 1952-03-09 pt.I p.26
                                                  • 1952-03-10 pt.I p.6
                                                  • 1952-03-11 pt.IV p.2
                                                  • 1952-03-13 pt.IV p.2
                                                  • 1952-03-14 pt.I p.12
                                                  • 1952-03-15 pt.I p.5
                                                  • 1952-03-16 pt.II p.2
                                                • Stratemann p.332 citing Variety 1952-02-13 p.54
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                                                .Los Angeles, Cal.Club OasisIt isn't clear if Ellington played at the Club Oasis this evening or if it played an alternate booking somewhere in Long Beach - see discussion at 1952 03 07 above....
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                                                Sunday
                                                .Los Angeles, Cal.Club Oasissee 1952 03 07

                                                This was the Kenton band closing night. Stratemann reports Ellington played in the afternoon and Kenton at night, and there was no battle of the bands as planned by club management. Vail II has Kenton in the afternoon and Ellington in the evening, based on an undated, unidentified clipping:

                                                'It seems Oasis operators Jerry Horn and Les Shear thought Duke Ellington was only bluffing when Duke said he would positively have no part of a " Battle of Bands" there with Stan Kenton. Despite advance advertising placed in local papers, Duke stuck to his guns. So Kenton finished his Oasis stand with the Sunday afternoon session and Duke appeared as usual, but only if the evening. Said Duke: " I had no objection to a " Battle of Bands" with Kenton, but I felt it should have been staged, if at all, in a large auditorium."'

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                                                Tuesday
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                                                Wednesday
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                                                Thursday
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                                                Thursday
                                                .Los Angeles, Cal. .PERSONNEL CHANGE
                                                Departure of Debbie Andrews. While The Statesman Journal and the Albany Democrat announced she and Jimmy Grissom would appear with the orchestra in Salem March 22, the March 29 Courier announced she left the band in Los Angeles to return to Indianapolis to care for her child. She would appear in the Courier Carnegie Hall concert later this spring, but does not seem to have returned to Ellington.

                                                Betty Roché went with on the Pacific Northwest tour with the band.
                                                • Courier, Pittsburgh, Penn. 1952-03-29 p.16
                                                  • The Statesman,Salem, Ore, 1952-03-11 p.7
                                                • Stratemann pp.331-345
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                                                Friday
                                                12:30–7:30 pm
                                                .Balboa Beach (Stratemann) or Hollywood (New Desor), Cal.The location in the contract is "California Studios for Snader Telescriptions Corp."
                                                This may have been General Service Studios
                                                Snader Telescription recording session
                                                The telescriptons were short films for television, approximately three and a half minutes each

                                                Duke Ellington and His Orchestra
                                                Cook, Anderson, Terry, Nance, Woodman, Jackson, Tizol, Hamilton, Procope, Smith, Gonsalves, Carney, Ellington, Marshall, Bellson, Grissom

                                                Seven films were recorded:
                                                • Caravan
                                                • V.I.P Boogie (with Jam With Sam)
                                                • Sophisticated Lady
                                                • Mood Indigo
                                                • The Hawk Talks
                                                • The Mooche
                                                • Solitude
                                                The engagement paid Ellington $1,000 and the sidemen received scale.
                                                Variety:

                                                'Snader revealed that his Telescriptions production hit a new high on the Coast last Friday (14), when the Ralph Flanagan and Duke Ellington orchs were working simultaneously. Seven numbers were lensed around each, Snader said, for a total production budget on the day's work of the vote $48,000. According to the Telescriptions producer, stations in 58 of the 63 markets bell operating are using the musical shorts.'

                                                • Stratemann pp.333-344 (with photos)
                                                • American Federation of Musicians Local 47 contract, 1952-03-14, between Snader Telescriptions Corp. 177 So. Beverly Dr., Beverly Hills, Calif. and Duke Ellington, orchestra leader
                                                • Variety 1952-03-19 p.38
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                                                This is the date of the last Los Angeles Times advertisement for Ellington at Club Oasis.
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                                                Sunday
                                                .Los Angeles, Cal.Club OasisUnconfirmed but see 1952 03 07
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                                                Monday
                                                St. Patrick's Day
                                                .Los Angeles, Cal.Greater Los Angeles Press Club

                                                'St. Patrick's Day Observance Planned Here

                                                Fete at Press Club
                                                  The Greater Los Angeles Press Club will celebrate St. Patrick's Day with an entertainment program and a buffet supper to be given by American, TWA, United, Pan-American and Western Air Lines.
                                                  The program will include Stan Kenton and his orchestra, Vocalist Jerri Winters, Fox and White, comedians, and Duke Ellington and some of the members of his band.'



                                                If Ellington did appear with some sidemen, it would have had to be earlier in the evening in order to allow him to get to the Long Beach concert.
                                                Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles, Cal. 1952-03-16 Pt.II p.2..
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                                                .Long Beach, Cal.Municipal AuditoriumConcert
                                                The starting time was not given in the ad or announcement, but the review says it was in the evening.
                                                "The Duke will bring his orchestra, featuring Louis Bellson on drums, Juan Tizol, trombone and Harry Carney, baritone sax."

                                                Long Beach Press-Telegram reviewer George Weeks described the audience as scant and the performance as smooth, rather than exciting.
                                                • Stratemann, p.332
                                                • Announcment and ad, Long Beach Press-Telegram, 1952-03-12 p.B-7
                                                • Announcment, Long Beach Independent, 1952-03-16, p.35-A
                                                • Review, Long Beach Press-Telegram 1952-03-18 p.B-5
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                                                Tuesday
                                                8:30 pm
                                                .San Bernardino, Cal.California TheatreConcert, 8:30 p.m.

                                                Duke Ellington and his famous orchestra will be presented tonight in the California Theatre, San Bernardino, as a King-Wiggett attraction.

                                                Prices: $3.63, $3.03, $2.42, $1.82 and $1.21 including taxes.
                                                • Stratemann p.332
                                                • Redlands Daily Facts, Redlands, Cal.
                                                  • Announcements
                                                    • 1952 03 07 p.3
                                                    • 1952-03-11 p.4
                                                    • 1952-03-14 p.4
                                                    • 1952-03-17, p.4
                                                    • 1952-03-18, pp.3, 4
                                              • Riverside Daily Press, Riverside, Cal.
                                                • 1952-03-12 p.7
                                                • 1952-03-17 p.14
                                                • 1952-03-18 p.15
                                              • Riverside Enterprise, Riverside, Cal.
                                                • 1952-03-16 p.7
                                                • 1952-03-17 p.4
                                                • 1952-03-18 p.14
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                                                Wednesday
                                                .Pismo Beach, Cal.Rose Garden BallroomDuke Ellington and His Famous Orchestra
                                                admission $1.47 plus tax.
                                                • Telegram-Tribune,San Luis Obispo County,Cal., 1952-03-17 p.10
                                                • Stratemann p.332
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                                                The 1952 Marathon

                                                The Ellington orchestra made a marathon jaunt through the northwestern states and southern British Columbia from March 21 to June 10.

                                                DEMS says there were 18 consecutive one-night stands up to the arrival in Trail, B.C., a week in Vancouver, and then 35 more one-nighters, ending in Chicago on June 10.
                                                Debbie Andrews left the band before the tour began, and was replaced by Betty Roché. She may have missed the first couple of days - she isn't on the Salem recordings, but she sang in the Seattle concert March 25.
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                                                Friday
                                                .Eureka, Cal.Ivan Hickman's Sportsman's ClubEllington and the band stopped "for a bite" on its way to Coquille. Since Eureka and Coquille are coastal towns, this suggests the band travelled up the coast instead of inland."Mr. Gadabout" column, Humboldt Standard, Eugene, Ore., 1952-03-22..
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                                                Saturday
                                                .Salem, Ore.Crystal Gardens

                                                (Crystal Inn in New Desor and Stratemann.)
                                                Concert-Dance 9 p.m. to 1 a.m.

                                                Part of the performance was recorded and is on CD.
                                                Albany Democrat-Herald:

                                                'Ellington at Salem
                                                  SALEM, March 22–Appearance of Duke Ellington is scheduled for tonight from 9 p.m. to 1 a.m. at the Crystal Garden ballrom [sic] in Salem. Ellington will play at a concert dance featuring not only himself but Louie Bellson on the drums; Harry Carney and Willie Smith on saxophones; Ray Nance and Clark Terry, trumpeters and Jual [sic] Ticol [sic] on the trombone, with Debbie Andrews and Jimmy Grissom doing the vocals.'


                                                The Statesman:

                                                'Duke Ellington Draws Crowd
                                                  A capacity crowd turned out at Crystal Gardens Saturday night to hear a concert-dance put on by famed bandleader Duke Ellington.
                                                  In a combination program, Ellington played dance music during part of the evening, and then treated his audience the concert which featured many of his own works, including " Stormy Weather." '


                                                Duke Ellington and His Famous Orchestra
                                                Cook, Anderson, Terry, Nance, Woodman, Jackson, Tizol, Hamilton, Procope, Smith, Gonsalves, Carney, Ellington, Marshall, Bellson, Grissom.
                                                Titles recorded:
                                                • Solitude
                                                • Blues At Sundown
                                                • Do Nothin' Till You Hear From Me
                                                • It Don't Mean A Thing
                                                • Fancy Dan
                                                • The Hawk Talks
                                                • Tenderly
                                                • Frustration
                                                • Tea For Two
                                                • Deep Purple
                                                • Caravan
                                                • Warm Valley
                                                • Medley: I Let A Song Go Out Of My Heart/Don't Get Around Much Anymore
                                                • Take The "A" Train
                                                • Sophisticated Lady
                                                • Don't Worry 'Bout Me
                                                • Perdido
                                                • Jeep Is Jumpin'
                                                • Mood Indigo
                                                • How High The Moon
                                                • Monologue
                                                • Duet
                                                • Skin Deep
                                                • Black Beauty
                                                • Dancers In Love
                                                • The Tattoooed Bride
                                                • Flamingo
                                                • Blue Skies
                                                • Gazette-Times, Corvallis, Ore.:
                                                  • 1952-03-10 p.3
                                                  • 1952-03-12 p.6
                                                  • 1952-03-15 p.8-
                                                  • 1952-03-19 p.8
                                                  • 1952-03-21 p.8
                                                • The Statesman, Salem, Ore.:
                                                  • 1952-03-11, p.7
                                                  • 1952-03-12, p.2
                                                  • 1952-03-16, pp.5, 14
                                                  • 1952-03-17, p.2
                                                  • 1952-03-20 p.5
                                                  • 1952-03-21, p.6
                                                  • 1952-03-23 p.2
                                                • Capital Journal, Salem,Ore.:
                                                  • 1952-03-13 p.3
                                                  • 1952-03-18 pp. 2, 14
                                                  • 1952-03-21 pp.2, 3
                                                  • 1952-03-24 p.5
                                                • Albany Democrat-Herald, Albany, Ore., 1952-03-22 p.12
                                                • "10 Years Ago," The Oregon Statesman, Salem, Ore. 1962-03-12 p.4
                                                • Stratemann, p.345
                                                • Vail II with copies of two ads.
                                                • Girvan:   Ellingtonia.com
                                                • Timner and Timner Corrections:
                                                  • 4/22
                                                  • 4/30
                                                  • 4/34
                                                • Ole J. Nielsen, Jazz Records 1942-80, A discography: Vol. Six, Duke Ellington, p.164
                                                • Compact disc:
                                                  DUKE ELLINGTON CRYSTAL GARDEN SALEM
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                                                Sunday
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                                                1952 03 24
                                                Monday
                                                .Portland, Ore.Civic AuditoriumConcert, 8:30 p.m.

                                                Tickets: $1.50 $2.00 $2.50 $3.00 $3.75 tax included
                                                The Oregonian's review:

                                                'Fans Pleased By Ellington
                                                BY JAMES STUART
                                                Staff Writer, The Oregonian
                                                  Duke Ellington, revered in the foot-stomping circles as the dean of modern American music, brought his crew of all-star instrumentalists into the auditorium Monday night for what his press book says to call a concert – "NOT a jazz concert."
                                                  Okeh -it was a concert, the music was jazz, circa March 24, 1952.
                                                  Duke and the boys are at their best on an imaginative three-part turn known somewhat informally as "The Tattooed Bride." Here we had expounded musically the romance of a young lady who forgot to tell her intended of her tattoo decorations.
                                                 Oldtimers Win Favor
                                                  As the Duke explained it, the third movement was to be interpreted thusly:
                                                  "This is the scene where the tattooed bride is discovered to be tattooed on the occasion of her honeymoon in Aberdeen, S.D."
                                                  With that provocative thought adrift, the ducal crew moved on to such finer oldtimers as "Caravan" and "Sophisticated Lady," both written by Ellington.
                                                  Harry Carney, saxophone player par excellence, displayed his versatility and the technique that is made him famous on "Frustoration [sic]."
                                                  The whole crew got into the act on "VIPs Boogie," with Jimmy Hamilton shining on clarinet.
                                                Jimmy Grissom Vocalist
                                                  On a long programmer called "Harlem," the individuality was lost in a sea of harsh, portentous meanderings. This selection, Ellington explained, was written for the NBC symphony orchestra, and was meant as sort of a montage of life, love and sadness on the few square miles of Manhattan island that is Harlem.
                                                  If the Duke meant this seriously, I will cast a negative vote.
                                                  Featured on the vocals was Jimmy Grissom, who got off to a topper with "Blues at Sundown" and went on to a solid "Do Nothin' Till You Hear From Me."
                                                  Other stars sharing the platform with the Duke were Louis [sic] Bellson, drums; Willie Smith, also [sic] saxophone; Juan Tizol, trombone, and Cat Anderson, trumpet.'


                                                A derogatory review in Down Beat by critic Ted Hallock created controversy, with many letters written to the magazine in Ellington's defence.
                                                • The Oregonian, Portland, Ore.
                                                  • 1952-03-12 p. 16
                                                  • 1952-03-18 pp. 8,14
                                                  • 1952-03-20 p. 7
                                                  • 1952-03-23 p. 26
                                                  • 1952-03-24 p. 10
                                                  • 1952-03-25 p. 13
                                                • Stratemann, p.345, citing Down Beat 1952-05-21 and 1952-06-18
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                                                Tuesday
                                                .Seattle, Wash.Civic AuditoriumConcert 8:30 p.m.

                                                The Seattle Times advertisements were for both this concert and the dance the next night at the the Trianon.
                                                The concert was recorded by Jack Lewis, but only part has been issued:
                                                Duke Ellington and His Famous Orchestra
                                                Cook, Anderson, Terry, Nance, Woodman, Jackson, Tizol, Hamilton, Procope, Smith, Gonsalves, Carney, Ellington, Marshall, Bellson, Betty Roché
                                                Titles recorded:
                                                • Caravan
                                                • The Mooche
                                                • Medley
                                                • HARLEM
                                                • Take The "A" Train
                                                • THE TATTOOOED BRIDE
                                                • Sophisticated Lady
                                                • Frustration
                                                • Sultry Serenade
                                                • How High The Moon
                                                • Perdido
                                                • I Got It Bad and That Ain't Good
                                                • The Hawk Talks
                                                • Blue Skies
                                                • Skin Deep
                                                • Jam With Sam
                                                The medley consisted of:
                                                • Don't Get Around Much Anymore
                                                • In A Sentimental Mood
                                                • Mood Indigo
                                                • I'm Beginning To See The Light
                                                • Prelude To A Kiss
                                                • It Don't Mean A Thing
                                                • Solitude
                                                • I Let A Song & Don't Get Around Much Anymore
                                                Lambert:

                                                '... an RCA record of part of a concert given in Seattle in March 1952. Harlem... and a performance of the Medley of Popular Hits take up a good deal of the LP. For the rest, a rather commonplace selection from the current band repertoire is heard–Skin Deep and The Hawk Talks are not cases of which alternative versions provide the listener with many new pleasures, although Ellington's oral and pianistic introduction to the latter is diverting. There is a pleasant version of Sultry Serenade featuring Woodman, Smith is heard in Sophisticated Lady, and Terry goes through his Perdido routine. Tizol, Hamilton, and Nance (on violin) are soloists in the standard arrangement of Caravan, which has some effective Anderson trumpet in the ensembles. Anderson also closes Jam With Sam with an exciting foray into his highest register. The music is played with great spirit, and the LP is considerably more pleasure than its repertoire might suggest. Even so, it is unfortunate that the selection was not a little more imaginative.'


                                                The Seattle Times:

                                                '1,000 Faithful Applaud 'Duke' At Concert
                                                By PAT DUNBAR

                                                  Ellington, the musician who is so debonair they call him "The Duke," took his band to the Civic Auditorium last night. It's been so long since the "Duke's" last Seattle appearance that only a handful of the faithful turned out to greet him.
                                                  The less than 1,000 persons who heard the concert applauded like 5,000. There was little question that they, as the Duke says, "loved him madly."
                                                  Memory of the swank, sophisticated Ellington may have dimmed for some people, but the Negro bandleader's music is as great and as vital as ever. As presented at the concert, his new composition, "Harlem," is one of the most dynamic and meaningful in the modern jazz field.
                                                  Ellington didn't seem a bit perturbed by the lack of a large audience. At intermission he changed from a tuxedo, light blue shirt and black string tie to a tan suit, white shirt and pink string tie." The way I look at it," said Ellington, " I don't care if there are only two people in the audience - as long as they like music."
                                                  "Some bands might be real down," admitted Louis [sic] Bellson, drummer, "but not this one. These boys don't care who listens. They just like to play."
                                                  Play they did. Ellington's "new" band, which he reorganized a year ago, put a special quality of discipline in the music that had been absent for some time. Soloists that made a special mark were Jimmy Hamilton, Cat Anderson, Ray Nance and Willie Smith.
                                                  The band plays a dance engagement from 9 until 2 tonight at The Trianon.
                                                  The size of the audience was unfortunate in more ways than one. Western Amusements, Inc., which booked Ellington, now has serious doubts about continuing plans to bring more " popular" groups to Seattle.
                                                  "If Seattle wants this kind of music," said Terry Garner, representative of the company, "They've got to turn out for it. We're ready to bring it, but not if the demand is really as low as this." '

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                                                Wednesday
                                                .Seattle, Wash.Trianon BallroomDance - see details at 1952 03 25.
                                                • Seattle Daily Times, Seattle, Wash.
                                                  • 1952-02-20 p.12
                                                  • 1952-03-16 p. 51
                                                  • 1952-03-21 p. 32
                                                  • 1952-03-23 p. 50
                                                  • 1952-03-25 p. 23
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                                                Duke Ellington and His Orchestra
                                                Cook, Anderson, Terry, Nance, Woodman, Jackson, Tizol, Hamilton, Procope, Smith, Gonsalves, Carney, Ellington, Marshall, Bellson, Roché

                                                One title recorded:
                                                I Love My Lovin' Lover (vocal Roché)
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                                                Friday
                                                .Tacoma, Wash.Century Ballroom.
                                                • The Tacoma News-Tribune, Tacoma, Wash., 1952-03-21 p.C-11
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                                                Monday
                                                .Walla Walla, Wash.Walla Walla National Guard Armory

                                                When Walla Walla, Washington, Went Wild

                                                Duke Ellington Day
                                                Dance and concert
                                                8 'Til 12
                                                Duke Ellington and his famous Orchestra
                                                Tickets $1.50 tax included.

                                                'Ellington Dance Draws Big Crowd At State Armory

                                                  The largest crowd to attend a Walla Walla dance in a good many years, more than 1,300 paid admissions, jammed the Armory Monday evening to hear Duke Ellington and his orchestra in a top-flight exhibition of modern jazz.
                                                  ...Comments by long-time followers of the band indicated a general belief that Ellington at present has the finest group he has ever assembled. The performance was clean, spirited and superbly executed, with a precision of ensemble work that has seldom been matched by any dance orchestra appearing here.

                                                Original compositions

                                                  Particularly outstanding were the original compositions which dominated the program, written by Ellington himself, Billy Strayhorn, the bands arranger, and by Louie Bellson, the spectacular young drummer.
                                                  Many of the Duke's old favorites were played, including "Mood Indigo" and other tunes that have become standbys in the popular music field. A new composition, "The Tattooed Bride" was performed in its full concert version and proved to be an exciting work replete with ultra-modern harmonies and interesting rhythmical ideas.
                                                  Bellson, whose original work "The Hawk Talks" was another highlight of the evening, was starred in one selection and put on a dazzling exhibition of percussive pyrotechnics which left the audience damp and gasping at the intricate effects produced by the operation of both hands and both feet simultaneously–and apparently in different directions, but always in beautiful coordination.

                                                Duke In Fine Form

                                                  Ellington himself was in excellent form at the keyboard, and added greatly to the enjoyment of the listeners with his subtle and sophisticated introductions and comments.
                                                  Among the faithful listeners, many of whom did no dancing but spent the evening congregated around the bandstand, were hundreds from nearby communities.
                                                  The armory was tastefully decorated in a spring motif by members of the sponsoring Beta Sigma Phi organization, who transformed the barn-like building into an orchard of small trees and flowery bowers.
                                                  And to get back to the music: Well, it was terrific. Simply terrific. -R.M.'


                                                  It's easy to assume the orchestra would hit town, play a concert or dance as a matter of routine, hop back on the bus and move on, not realizing how much its performance meant to the communities in which it performed.
                                                  One such community is Walla Walla, a small city in eastern Washington, near its border with Oregon.
                                                  The Chamber of Commerce and the local Beta Sigma Phi sorority collaborated to make Ellington's night a huge event.
                                                  Duke Ellington Day was the end of the city's Swing into Spring campaign, which began March 12 with a parade.

                                                  The community was so into Ellington's concert and dance that the city postponed a public hearing scheduled for this evening, and city commission relaxed its rule against teenagers being allowed to attend public dances.

                                                  The Walla Walla Union-Bulletin carried more than 25 plugs, ads, announcements and third party advertisements from March 2 to March 31, as well as its review April 1.
                                                  On March 2, the Union-Bulletin reported a Mrs. Margaret Chadek was appointed project chairman to direct the Beta Sigma Phi participation in the program, and a Mr. Howard Michels would handle the Chamber of Commerce Retailer's part with the assistance of Elizabeth Koch, W.G. Brown and Melva Eskelsen.
                                                  The March 12 edition carried news of the Chamber of Commerce's Earlybird breakfast at the Red Apple Cafe. There, they planned a St. Patrick's Day special sales event, called Green Tag Day, and under the chairmanship of L. G. Pederson, made plans "for activities in connection with Duke Ellington Day." These plans included special window displays on the day of the dance and the weekend preceding it. The article said Green Tag Day and Duke Ellington Day were part of the city's Salute to Spring program.
                                                  On March 16, the paper ran a column announcing

                                                'Walla Walla area people will have an opportunity to decide what has kept the Duke popular for the past 30-odd years when he visits the city Duke Ellington Day March 31. He's scheduled to present dance music and a concert at the Easter Parade in the Armory.
                                                  His appearance is part of Salute to Spring acitivites and is under the directon of Beta Sigma Phi, non-academic sorority. '

                                                 The March 23 publicity focused on Louie Bellson, and quoted him as saying he and Strayhorn were working on something special:

                                                'The saxophone players are going to hold rosewood plates in their left hands and hit them with bamboo sticks.'

                                                  Another page reports there was a meeting of the Xi Eta chapter of Beta Sigma Phi where new officers elected.

                                                'Mrs. Chadek, general chairman of the Duke Ellington dance in the Armory March 31, reported on the progress of the dance plans. The affair is being sponsored jointly by retail merchants of the city and Lambda and Xi Eta chapters of the sorority...Following business, the evening was spent making decorations for the dance....'

                                                 At last, on March 26, the paper ran an ad that says

                                                'Meet The Duke - Hear The Band In Person... '

                                                and

                                                'Featuring Louis Bellson, drums, Wilie Smith, alto, Harry Carney, barition sax, Ray Nance and Cat Anderson, trumpets, Juan Tizol, trombone, and the award-winning compositon of THE LEADER! '

                                                  On page 7, this edition reported the chairman of the Chamber of Commerce praised the Salute to Spring program, and on page 10 we learn Sweet Music for Shoppers, the Song of Spring contest, and Duke Ellington Day were discussed at the Chamber of Commerce Early Bird Retailers breakfst meeting at the Red Apple.

                                                'Sweet Music for Shoppers is a special sale to be held Saturday and Monday in connection with Duke Ellington Day. On the Saturday, Sunday and Monday, 25 to 30 firms will feature a decorated window in their establishments with a popular song as the theme for the Song of Spring contest. Shoppers will be given entry blanks and will compete for $50 cash and $500 in giveaway merchandise by listing the song titles portrayed in the various window displays. '


                                                  The winner was announced Monday at the Ellington dance/concert. Peggy James won first prize. She was one of ten who had all the answers right, but she won the tie-breaker, guessing a number closest to the number drawn by Ellington. Since the Ellington events conflicted with a public hearing about relocating a highway, the public hearing was postponed.
                                                • Walla Walla Union-Bulletin, Walla Walla, Wash.
                                                  • 1952-02-27 p.1
                                                  • 1952-03-02 p.3
                                                  • 1952-03-05 p.6
                                                  • 1952-03-12 p.5
                                                  • 1952-03-16 p.25
                                                  • 1952-03-18 p.5
                                                  • 1952-03-19 pp.1,5
                                                  • 1952-03-23 pp.6, 22
                                                  • 1952-03-26 pp.5, 7, 10
                                                  • 1952-03-27 pp.1,5
                                                  • 1952-03-28 pp.1, 5, 6, 7, 13
                                                  • 1952-03-30 p.1, 3, 5, 20, 23
                                                  • 1952-03-31,p.5
                                                  • 1952-04-01 p.5
                                                • Stratemann, p.345
                                                • Vail II
                                                • The free souvenir programme can be found in SI-NMAH DEC301, Series 2: Performances and Programs, 1933-1974, box 11, folder 10 Salute To Spring, Armory, Walla Walla, Washington, March 31, 1952
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                                                1952 04 01
                                                Tuesday
                                                ...PERSONNEL CHANGE
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                                                .Spokane, Wash.161st Infantry ArmoryDance for a capacity crowd.

                                                Acoustics were bad - a reviewer quotes an Ellingtonia lover as saying "Hearing the Duke's music in here is like drinking champagne out of a tin cup."
                                                • Stratemann, p.345
                                                • Spokane Daily Chronicle, 1951-04-02
                                                • The Spokesman Review, 1951-04-02
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                                                Wednesday
                                                .Spokane, Wash.Spokane HotelDaily Chronicle reporter Bob Emahiser interviewed Ellington in his hotel room before noon. The topic of conversation appears to be travel. The report mentions a trip coming up from the coast to Missoula and back, quoting Duke as saying "It requires a bit of backtracking, but it happens every season." It should be noted the tour did some backtracking over the next few days, but not as described. Spokane Daily Chronicle, 1951-04-02..
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                                                .Kalispell, Mont..There is no mention of this appearance in the Kalispell Inter Lake from March 25 to April 4, although the April 4 edition announces the Missoula concert/dance.Stratemann, p.345..
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                                                Thursday
                                                .Spokane, Wash.Elk's Club or Elk's TempleDance

                                                While it seems odd the band would trek from Spokane to Kalispell and then backtrack, the second visit to Spokane is confirmed in Spokane newspaper reports from 1952-04-02.
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                                                Friday
                                                .Missoula, Mont.Student Union Building
                                                Montana State University
                                                Concert and dance

                                                'Ellington Orchestra To Play Friday At State University

                                                MISSOULA – Duke Ellington and his 16-piece orchestra are coming to the Montana State university campus Friday night. The four-hour program consists of a two-hour concert in the Student Union auditorium and two hours of dancing...
                                                  Ray Hoffman, Helena, main contact man, states that "Ellington finds his favor not only in lovers of le jazz hot, but is popular to the general public, ranging from bobby-soxers to middle-aged folks." Hoffman is a music major and has his own small dance ensemble.'



                                                (a Miss Mary Jane Kurth attended)
                                                • Great Falls Tribune, Great Falls, Mont. 1952-03-30 p.15
                                                • Daily Inter Lake, Kalispell, Mont.
                                                  • Announcement 1952-04-04 p.3
                                                  • Society note 1952-04-11, p.7
                                                • Stratemann, p.345
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                                                Saturday
                                                .Bozeman, Mont.Montana State College

                                                'Jim Hoiness, Billings, president of the Associated Students of Montana State college, has announced that Duke Ellington and his orchestra will be in Bozeman April 5. He will present a concert and dance in the college gym. MSC students who are serving on a committee for promotion of this concert and dance are Dave Parker, chairman, Don Elwell, Jack Griffith, Janis Kampscror, Sana Green, Naida Korslund, Bob Gaines, and Jim Hoiness.'

                                                The Montana State University 1952 yearbook has a photo of Duke at the piano
                                                • Great Falls Tribune, Great Falls, Mont. 1952-03-16 p.12
                                                • Montana State University 1952 yearbook, p.34
                                                • Stratemann, p.345
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                                                Sunday
                                                .Havre, Mont.Elk's Ballroom.Stratemann, p.345..
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                                                Monday
                                                .Williston, N.DStateline.Stratemann, p.345..
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                                                Tuesday
                                                8:15 pm
                                                .Billings, Mont.Shrine AuditoriumConcert and dance. 8:15 p.m., attended by approximately 2,500

                                                The ads are interesting. Ticket prices advertised March 23 were $2.60, $1.80, $1.50 (main floor), $1.80 and $1.50 for side seats and $1.50 for rear seats and "dancing privilege at no additional cost." Dance tickets alone were $1.20. On Apr. 3, there were two ticket prices, $1.80 and $1.50 but on Apr. 6 there were three $2.40, $1.80 and $1.50, with the first two crossed out, suggesting the higher priced seats were sold out, but that ad says "more than 1,000 good reserved seats still available. The Apr. 6 ad also offered tickets for the dance only at $1.20.

                                                An ad by Lindamood Music Co. on Mar.30 announced Duke would be featured on a Baldwin Concert Grand Piano.
                                                March 16 plug:

                                                'Duke Ellington and his orchestra will present a concert and dance April 8 in the Billings Shrine auditorium, it was announced Saturday.
                                                  The presentation, which will be sponsored by the uniformed bodies of Al Bedoo Shrine temple, will mark the first appearance of the composer and band leader in this city.
                                                  A form [sic] concert from the auditorium stage will open the program with the dance following immediately...'

                                                The Billings Gazette, Billings, Mont.:
                                                • 1952-03-16, p.8
                                                • 1952-03-23, p.14
                                                • 1952-03-30, p.8
                                                • 1952-04-03,p.9
                                                • 1952-04-06 pp. 19, 21
                                                • Report, 1952-04-09, p.6
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                                                Wednesday
                                                .Mountain Home, IdahoMountain Home Air Force BaseA review of a Gene Krupa, Charlie Ventura and Teddy Napolean concert at Mountain Home Air Froce base theater said Ellington was scheduled to appear April 9.
                                                • The Idaho Daily Statesman, Boise, Idaho,1952-04-04 p.7
                                                • Stratemann, p.345
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                                                Thursday
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                                                Friday
                                                1952 04 19Vancouver, B.C.Palomar Club
                                                Burrard and Alberni St.
                                                Night club date

                                                Members of the band stayed in the Devonshire Hotel, and Ellington stayed in the Hotel Georgia next door. Both hotels were first rate, and they were about 2 blocks east of the club, facing the Vancouver courthouse.
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                                                Saturday
                                                ...Peripheral event
                                                The Billboard announced:

                                                'Duke Ellington has penned an original composition for Sam Evans, WGN, Chicago to uses his theme. New tune is tagged "Jam With Sam" name of Evans'deejay show.'

                                                This must be taken with a grain of salt:
                                                • Lambert says "Jam With Sam" is part of Threesome, divided into "V.I.P.'s Boogie" and "Jam With Sam."
                                                • Aasland in DEMS:

                                                  '...And for THREESOME we can add some light: This number, consisting of two parts, was, as far as we know, for the first time featured at the famous Metropolitan Opera House concert, January 21, 1951. The purpose was to provide background for a dancer group. The dancers were two men and a girl and the subject of their dance was, as Duke put it, "the old triangle, danced by a threesome". Later, when recorded for Columbia the first part was named VIP'S BOOGIE and the second JAM WITH SAM. From then on they were variously refered to as THREESOME and/or VIP'S BOOGIE and JAM WITH SAM.'

                                                • Note also the recordings listed above establish it was written well over a year before The Billboard's announcement:
                                                  • 1951 01 21
                                                  • 1951 05 02
                                                  • 1951 05 10
                                                  • 1951 06 28
                                                  • 1952 03 14
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                                                Sunday
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                                                Monday
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                                                Tuesday
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                                                Wednesday
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                                                Thursday
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                                                Friday
                                                .Vancouver, B.C.Palomar Supper ClubClub date - see 1952 04 11...
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                                                Saturday
                                                .Vancouver, B.C.Palomar Supper ClubClub date - see 1952 04 11...
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                                                Sunday
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                                                Monday
                                                .Portland, Ore.McElroy's Ballroom
                                                S.W. 4th & Main
                                                Club date

                                                'JOHNNY TANAKA
                                                Presents
                                                DUKE ELLINGTON
                                                AND HIS ORCHESTRA
                                                MANDAY, APRIL 21, 9-1
                                                McELROY'S BALLROOM
                                                W. 4TH & MAIN AT 5780'


                                                Variety:

                                                'Duke Ellington orch did only fair in one-nighter at McElroy's.'

                                                • The Oregonian, Portland, Ore.
                                                  • 1952-04-19 p.4
                                                  • 1952-04-21 p.13
                                                • Variety 1952-05-07 p.62
                                                • Stratemann, p.345
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                                                Tuesday
                                                .San Francisco, Cal..This event needs to be confirmed. It is quite a distance from the Pacific Northwest.Stratemann, p.345..
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                                                Wednesday
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                                                Thursday
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                                                Friday
                                                .Bellingham, Wash.ArmoryDancing from 9:00 to 1:00
                                                Admission $1.60 plus tax
                                                • The Bellingham Herald, Bellingham, Wash.
                                                  • 1952-04-18 p.10
                                                  • 1952-04-20 p.16
                                                  • 1925-04-25 p.10
                                                • Stratemann, p.345
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                                                Saturday
                                                .Everett, Wash.Armory.Stratemann, p.345..
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                                                Sunday
                                                .Longview, Wash.Auditorium
                                                • This event is shown in Stratemann and Vail II but neither names a source.
                                                • It conflicts with the advertised night club date in Portland.
                                                • Bill Watson, Collections Curator, Cowlitz County Historical Museum in Kelso wrote:

                                                  'I have found no evidence in the newspapers (either Longview Daily News or Kelsonian Tribune) for a Duke Ellington concert in Longview in April (or March) of 1952. I looked through most of the April papers, and checked March, too (I looked online, as you likely did, and saw he played some dates in Salem, OR in mid-March that year). If he did have a concert here that spring, it was not advertised or remarked upon in the local press...'

                                                Conclusion: This event may have been planned, but if so, it was most likely cancelled, with the band playing in Portland instead. Since Ellington played both in Longview and Portland on the same day in 1954, we cannot rule out the possibility of an afternoon performance in Longview, but Mr. Watson's research suggests otherwise.,
                                                • Bill Watson, Cowlitz County Historical Museum, as noted.
                                                • Stratemann, p.345
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                                                Sunday
                                                .Portland, Ore.Spot-Lite Club
                                                1402 S.W. 2nd Ave.
                                                (cor.Columbia)
                                                Last Chance
                                                to See
                                                DUKE
                                                ELLINGTON
                                                and His Orchestra
                                                TONIGHT
                                                (Sun., April 27)
                                                9 P.M. - 2 A.M.
                                                SPOT-LITE
                                                CLUB
                                                1402 S.W. 2nd Ave.
                                                (cor.Columbia)
                                                The Oregonian, Portland, Ore.:
                                                • 1952-04-26 p.4
                                                • 1952-04-27 p.12
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                                                Monday
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                                                Tuesday
                                                Ellington's birthday
                                                .Yakima, Wash.Armory.Stratemann, p.345New Desor
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                                                Wednesday
                                                .Victoria, B.C.Memorial ArenaThis date needs to be checked. It represents a significant detour from the route the band seems to have been taking.Stratemann, p.345..
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                                                May 1952

                                                1952 05 01
                                                Thursday
                                                ...Date of contract between Triple Ell Corporation, Duke Ellington Inc. and Associated Booking Corporation to provide 15 musicians "under the leadership of Duke Ellington, Inc., presents Duke Ellington" for three 5-day weeks, not to exceed 32 hours per week at the Blue Note Cafe beginning July 25, 1952, for $5,000/week.

                                                This contract specifies the weekly fee is $5,000, less 10% to Associated Booking Corp.

                                                The contract says "It is specifically understood and agreed that unless otherwise specified herein, no part of the performance of the Orchestra shall be broadcast or reproduced by radio or other means."
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                                                Thursday
                                                .Boise, Idaho.Miramar Ballroomone nighter
                                                • The Idaho Daily Statesman and The Idaho Daily Sunday Statesman
                                                  • 1952-04-25 p.20
                                                  • 1952-04-26 p.7
                                                  • 1952-04-27 p.10
                                                  • 1952-05-01 p.23
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                                                Friday
                                                .Salt Lake City, UtahRainbowOther than this brief note in The Daily Utah Chronicle, I have been unable to locate any mention of this appearance in the Salt Lake City papers availabe to me:

                                                'Duke Ellington will be in Salt Lake on May 2nd.'


                                                The Jackson's Hole Courier:

                                                'H. L. Jensen, Lew Clark and Houston Simson went to Salt Lake Saturday [sic] to hear Duke Ellington and his band. They returned Sunday.'

                                                • The Daily Utah Chronicle, University of Utah, 1952-04-15 p.2
                                                • Jackson's Hole Courier, Jackson, Wyoming, 1952-05-08 p.2
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                                                Saturday
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                                                Sunday
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                                                Monday
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                                                Tuesday
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                                                Wednesday
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                                                Thursday
                                                1952 05 09Manitou Springs, Col.Hiawatha Gardens
                                                10 Old Man's Trail
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                                                Friday
                                                .Manitou Springs, Col.Hiawatha GardensSee 1952 05 08...
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                                                Sunday
                                                .Cheyenne, Wy.Warren Air Force Base.Stratemann, p.345..
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                                                Monday
                                                .Denver, Col.Rainbow Ballroom.Stratemann, p.345..
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                                                Tuesday
                                                .Kearney, Neb.Nebraska State Teachers College
                                                later known as Kearney State College and in 1991, University of Nebraska at Kearney
                                                (Unconfirmed)
                                                Stratemann names the venue without sources, and does not say if it was a concert or a dance. This may be the same gig shown by Vail or it may conflict with the one shown by Vail.
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                                                Tuesday
                                                .Kearney, Neb.1733 Ballroom
                                                Hwy 30
                                                (Unconfirmed)
                                                Prom for the University of Nebraska
                                                This entry is Vail II, with no source shown.
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                                                Thursday
                                                7:30 pm - concert
                                                9:00 pm - dance
                                                1952 05 17
                                                Saturday
                                                Ames, IowaIowa State College of Agriculture and Mechanic Arts
                                                ("Iowa State College")
                                                • Concert:
                                                  Clyde Williams Field
                                                • Dance:
                                                  Memorial Union building
                                                Open air concert and the first of three dances performed for the college's annual "Vaishea" weekend.

                                                Governor William Beardsley and film maker Cecil B. deMille presided over the opening ceremonies, followed by horse shows at 2:30 and 7:30.

                                                Program details, courtesy Iowa State University archives:
                                                • May 15:
                                                  •  -7:30 concert at Clyde Williams Field
                                                     -9:00 dance at Memorial Union
                                                  • May 16: 9:00 dance at Memorial Union
                                                  • May 17:8:30 dance at Memorial Union

                                                • The program pages for Ellington include a photo of him, and one of a dance in the Great Hall of the Memorial Union.

                                                • Concert:
                                                  The Duke himself – the man with the warm smile and the warm music. This year's concert Thursday at 7:30 p.m. in Clyde Williams Field will feature Duke Ellington and his orchestra.

                                                  The program will be composed of a group of yesterday and today's classes [sic]. Ellington is well known for his compositionsð"Mood Indigo," "In my Solitude," and "Caravan." These and many others in the famed Duke's repertoire will be on the program.

                                                  Following the concert, the silvery flames and the bright smoke of the annual fireworks display will fill the sky...a fitting close to one of the best VEISHEA concerts in recent years.

                                                • Dances
                                                  "The combined ballrooms of the Memorial Union will again ring with the music of a good orchestra and reflect the images of dancing couples as Duke Ellington plays for the Veishea dances of 1952.

                                                  A specializer in everything from the smoothest dancing rhythm to the hottest jump tune, Ellington is one of the best known of the modern orchestra leaders.

                                                  The dramatic backdrop will portray a gold, three-dimensional Veishea torch against a black background.

                                                  The dances will be held on Thursday, Friday and Saturday evenings of Veishea. The Veishea Queen of Queens will be presented during intermission. Saturday night, the trophies for Veishea open house and the parade winners will also be awarded.

                                                'Mr. and Mrs. O. J. Murphy were guests Thursday and a reception and luncheon for Cecil Demille [sic]...
                                                  Mr. and Mrs. Murphy's son, Stanley, as a member of the committee and chairman of vaudeville. In the evening Stanley had his parents as guests at Duke Ellington's concert '

                                                • Ames Daily Tribune, Ames, Iowa 1952-05-07 p.1
                                                • Cedar Rapids Gazette, Cedar Rapids, 1952-05-14, p.12
                                                • Morning World-Herald, Omaha, Neb. 1952-05-15 p.10
                                                • Daily Times Herald, Carroll, Iowa, 1952-05-17 p.8
                                                • Photos, The 1953 Bomb yearbook, Iowa State University, Ames, Iowa, p.22
                                                • Stratemann p.346
                                                • Vail II
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                                                Friday
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                                                Sunday
                                                . Fairmont, Minn.Interlaken BallroomDance

                                                Duke Ellington's 16 Piece Recording Orchestra
                                                • Estherville Daily News, Estherville, Iowa, 1952-05-14 p.6
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                                                Monday
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                                                Tuesday
                                                .Fargo, N.D.Bentson-Bunker Field House
                                                North Dakota Agricultural College
                                                Junior-Senior Prom

                                                Stratemann didn't identify the campus but NDSU confirms it was Fargo.
                                                • Stratemann p.346
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                                                Wednesday
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                                                Thursday
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                                                Friday
                                                .Duluth, Minn.National Guard ArmoryUniversity of Minnesota prom, 9 tp 1

                                                'Duke Ellington to Play at UMD Prom Tonight
                                                'Tropicana' Theme Provides Exotic Setting Four World Famous Sixteen-piece Orchestra
                                                  Duke Ellington, guest artist, and his sixteen-piece world famous orchestra will begin playing their mellow music for your dancing pleasure at 9 p. m. tonight at the National Guard armory, dancing will continue to 1 a.m.
                                                  The armory will be transformed into a riot of color to carry out the "Tropicana" theme. A false ceiling of blue tissue paper will waft overhead and the wall will glisten with basketwoven mats of many hues, with large life-like three dimensional flowers attached.
                                                  The "Duke,"... will bring such notables as Louis [sic] Bellson, Juan Tizol, Harry Carney, Ray Nance, Willie Smith and Britt Woodman, with him... '

                                                • UMD Statesman, University of Minnesota, Duluth Campus
                                                  • 1952-05-02 p.3
                                                  • 1952-05-23 p.1
                                                  courtesy of Aimee Brown, Archivist & Curator of Special Collections, Kathryn A. Martin Library, University of Minnesota Duluth
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                                                Saturday
                                                .Appleton, Wisc.Hotel AppletonPeripheral Event

                                                'Collectors of Jazz Records Convening
                                                  The first jazz record collectors convention ever to be held will take place at the Hotel Appleton in Appleton Sunday.
                                                  Purpose of the meet is to "meet fellow collectors, talk records, buy, sell, auction and trade records," according to Al Starck, co-chairman of the event with Les Lerche.
                                                  Duke Ellington and his orchestra will be the guest speaker at the 6:30 dinner Sunday evening and will provide music for a dance at the Nightingale [sic] later in the evening. Master of ceremonies will be Tom Mercein, of the "Music With Mercein" WTMJ program.
                                                  Collectors are urged to bring along their five favorite records and display them at the meeting. A public show will be held Sunday afternoon.
                                                  A $1 registration fee is being charged, with banquet reservations priced at $2. The general registration fee also will serve as admission to the Sunday evening dance.'

                                                • Green Bay Press-Gazette, Green Bay, Wisc., 1952-05-24 p.5
                                                • The Milwaukee Journal, Milwaukee, Wisc.
                                                  1952-05-22 p.11
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                                                Saturday
                                                .Sauk City, Wisc.Riverview BallroomDance
                                                Admission $2,00 including tax
                                                • Wisconsin State Journal
                                                  • Announcement 1952-02-28 s.2 p.5
                                                  • Ads
                                                    • 1952-05-16 S.2 p.3
                                                    • 1952-05-18 s.2 p.5
                                                    • 1952-05-24 s,1 p.5
                                                • The Capital Times, Madison, Wisc.
                                                  • 1952-05-15 p.4
                                                  • 1952-05-16 p.4
                                                  • 1952-05-24
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                                                Sunday
                                                .Appleton, Wisc.Hotel AppletonEllington was to speak at the dinner for record collectors - see 1952 05 24
                                                This does not conflict with the Kaukana engagement - the cities are about 9 miles apart.
                                                  Green Bay Press-Gazette, Green Bay, Wisc., 1952-05-24 p.5
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                                                Sunday
                                                .Kaukauna, Wisc.Nitingale
                                                ("Nightingale Ballroom" per Stratemann)
                                                U.S. Highway 41, north of Kaukauna
                                                .
                                                • Green Bay Press-Gazette, Green Bay, Wisc.
                                                  • 1952-05-02 p.11
                                                  • 1952-05-09 p.16
                                                • Stratemann p.346
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                                                Monday
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                                                1952 05 27
                                                Tuesday
                                                .Escanaba, Mich.The Terrace
                                                "Michigan's Wonder Nite Spot"
                                                Between Escanaba and Gladstone on US 2-41
                                                Dine and dance? Admission was $1.50 per person plus tax, but the venue advertised dining. The next-day report of the event quoted Ellington in what he usually told the press but didn't say anything about the event itself.Escanaba Daily Press, Escanaba, Mich.
                                                • 1952-04-18 p.12
                                                • 1952-05-06 p.2
                                                • 1952-05-09 p.2
                                                • 1952-05-16 p.2
                                                • 1952-05-23 p.16
                                                • 1952-05-26 p.6
                                                • 1952-05-28 p.3
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                                                Wednesday
                                                .Milwaukee, Wisc.Milwaukee AuditoriumThe Biggest May Ball and Music Battle of the 20th Century!

                                                Five - bands - Five

                                                ...Jazz music versus Old-Time music

                                                A 5 hour continous bombardment of polkas, schottisches, laendlers, two steps and plenty of jazz.

                                                ...5 bands
                                                • Duke Ellington the Jazz King
                                                • Frank Yankovic, Nation's Polka King
                                                • Bernie Roberts
                                                • Romy Gosz, trumpet
                                                • Sammy Madden Milwaukee's No.1


                                                Promoted as Pop versus Bop, Ellington lost the battle of bands to the Yankovic polka band.
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                                                Thursday
                                                .Glencoe, Ill.Lake Shore Country Club.Stratemann p.346..
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                                                Friday
                                                .Ft. Wayne, Ind.Terrace Ballroom.Stratemann p.346..
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                                                1952 05 31
                                                Saturday
                                                .Cincinnati, OhioCastle Farms
                                                Summit & Reading Rds.
                                                Dance

                                                Admission $1.50 tax included
                                                • The Cincinnati Enquirer, Cincinnati, Ohio,
                                                  • 1952-05-18 s.3 p.13
                                                  • 1952-05-30 p.6
                                                  • 1952-05-31 p.22
                                                • The Hamilton Journal The Daily News, Hamilton, Ohio
                                                  • 1952-05-23 p.22
                                                  • 1952-05-30 p.14
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                                                1952 06 01
                                                Sunday
                                                .Cincinnati, OhioCotton Club....
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                                                Tuesday
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                                                Friday
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                                                Saturday
                                                .Evansville, Ind.Coliseum"Concert and Colored Dance"
                                                The Courier, May 30:

                                                ' Duke Ellington Band To Play for Dance.
                                                  Duke Ellington and his orchestra will play a concert and dance Saturday, June 7, at the Coliseum, Promoter Lorin Kiely announced yesterday [May 29].
                                                  The dance will be for Negroes only, but white spectators will be admitted to the balcony.
                                                  Tickets are on sale at 415 Lincoln avenue and will be sold at the Coliseum the day of the dance.'

                                                The ads showed a starting time of 9:30 but the plugs said 9 p.m.. The dance was to end at 2 a.m.

                                                The Evansville Press said the concert would be at 9 p.m., that white spectators of the dance would be allowed in the balcony for half fare.
                                                Emmy S. in The Evansville Press:

                                                'Duke Ellington Show
                                                Points Many Moods
                                                At Local Concert

                                                  The Duke Ellington Concert Saturday night in the Coliseum can be described in one word- Wow!
                                                  It was a concert. Not the stage show where the band goes through the latest pop tunes. It was good music.
                                                  It was an expression of moods. Almost every number featured many variations and tempos.
                                                  Some of the songs played were "Blues at Sundown," "Do Nothin' Tell [sic] You Hear From Me," Part IV of the "Perfume Suite," and "Blue Theme."
                                                  "Please Send That Lady's Husband Back to Me, a novelty tune, was sung by Betty Roche. Jimmie Grisham [sic] was the other singer.
                                                  "Caravan" was another of the highly styled numbers. Jimmie Hamilton and his clarinet really gave this the works. Duke did his famous monologue "Pretty and the Wolf."
                                                  The concluding number was Duke's composition and arrangement of "Harlem." You have to hear it with all its moods and undercurrents to appreciate it.
                                                  Louie Bellson, the drummer, is a Gene Krupa Junior.
                                                  The balcony was filled with only about two-hundred spectators. But they were music lovers and they got what they came for. Duke is a great showman and artist. His concert could have been the latest tunes on the jukebox, but he chose real honest-to-goodness music. And it was well received. The audience was enthused by every number.'

                                                • The Evansville Courier and The Sunday Courier and Press, Evansville, Ind.
                                                  • 1952-05-30 p.25
                                                  • 1952-06-01 p.14-B
                                                  • 1952-06-03 p.14
                                                  • 1952-06-05 p.24
                                                  • 1952-06-06 p.46
                                                  • 1952-06-07 p.8
                                                  • 1952-06-07 p.11 (courtesy Harry Morgan)
                                                • The Evansville Press, Evansville, Ind.
                                                  • 1952-06-02 p.16
                                                  • 1952-06-04 p.20
                                                  • 1952-06-07 p.8
                                                  • 1952-06-09 p.17
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                                                Sunday
                                                .Indianapolis, Ind.Murat Theater

                                                'ROSS CHRISTENA Presents
                                                DUKE
                                                ELLINGTON
                                                and His World-Famous Orch.
                                                IN CONCERT
                                                SUN., JUNE 8
                                                8:30 P.M.
                                                MURAT THEATER
                                                Tickets Now at Ross and Bab-
                                                cock Travel Bureau,
                                                Claypool Hotel Lobby.
                                                $3.60,$3, 2.40, 1.80 tax incl. '

                                                Review by Charlie Davis

                                                '  The heat of yesterday plus the appearance of the Brooklyn baseball team in Cincinnati ganged up on the promoters of the Duke Ellington band concert at Murat Theater last night and nicked them for $800.
                                                  It's too bad that not more than the 700 Ellington fans attended the concert, because it was one of the finest the Duke has presented here. Realizing that Indianapolis music lovers go for the Ellington music, Duke and the boys cooked up a neat show. It featured everything from the jazz of today down to a bit of Dixieland offered by Ray Nance and his "Tail Gate Seven."
                                                  Those who missed it would have appreciated the old Ellington style on such numbers as "The Mooch," "Tattooed Bride" and "Harlem." It was enjoyable to hear the blues theme from "Black, Brown and Beige" as sung by Betty Roshay [sic] and a couple of blues numbers by the up and coming young singer, Jimmy Grissom.
                                                30 YEARS HASN'T DIMMED DUKE'S STYLE
                                                  The Duke's keen eye for the unusual in jazz music has not been dimmed by his more than 30 years in the show business...
                                                JAZZ GIANTS ARE ON PARADE
                                                  Ellington presented a parade of jazz giants in the show last night. Featured were such greats as Harry Carney, sax; Brit [sic] Whitman [sic], trombone; Jimmy Hamilton, clarinet; Juan Tito [sic], trombone; Ray Nance, violin, specialty and singer, and finally Louie Bellton [sic] on drums. Using duplicate basses and snares, Bellton gave off with a solo with a double beat and it was something to hear... '

                                                • The Indianapolis Star,Indianapolis, Ind.
                                                  • 1952-05-25 s.6 p.3
                                                  • 1952-05-26 p.10
                                                  • 1952-06-01 s.6 pp.14, 15
                                                  • 1952-06-04 p.12
                                                  • 1952-06-06 p.14
                                                  • 1952-06-07 p.10
                                                  • 1952-06-08 s.6 pp.16, 17 s.6
                                                • The Indianapolis News,,Indianapolis, Ind.
                                                  • 1952-05-26 p.10
                                                  • 1952-06-05 p.25
                                                  • 1952-06-06 p.28
                                                  • 1952-06-07 p.20
                                                  • 1952-06-09 p.10
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                                                Sunday
                                                .Indianapolis, Ind.3300 block of North Capitol

                                                'Upcoming edition of the Fun Dial, Indianapolis amusement magazine, will have pictures of a recent jam session that began at midnight Sunday and ended at 5 1.m. Monday, when neighbors in the 2300 block of North Capitol complained. Participants were Duke Ellington, his band members and Indianapolis musicians.

                                                The Indianapolis News,Indianapolis, Ind. 1952-06-18 p.21..
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                                                Monday
                                                .Fort Wayne, Ind.Prom TerraceTri-State College Senior Prom, 9 to 1.

                                                300 tickets were made available to the public, priced at $3 per couple. There were to be no tickets sold at the door and no complimentary tickets.
                                                A long same-day announcement in the Tri-Angle primarily focused on Louie Bellson.
                                                • The Angola Herald, Angola, Ind.
                                                  • 1952-05-21 pt.2 p.1
                                                  • 1952-06-04 pp.1,4
                                                • Steuben Republican, Angola, Ind., 1952-06-04 p.4
                                                • The Tri-Angle, Tri-State College, Angola, Ind. 1952-06-09 p.1
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                                                Tuesday
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                                                Thursday
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                                                Friday
                                                .Salem, N.H.Canobie Lake Park BallroomAd in The Lowell Sun, 1952-06-20:
                                                Canobie
                                                Lake Park
                                                Ballroom
                                                Salem, N.H.
                                                *   *   *
                                                TONITE
                                                Duke Ellington
                                                *   *   *
                                                June 21
                                                FREDDIE SATERIALE
                                                *   *   *
                                                June 27
                                                MEL TORME and
                                                Duke Ellington
                                                *   *   *
                                                July 4
                                                STAN KENTON
                                                *   *   *
                                                July 9
                                                BILLY MAY
                                                *   *   *
                                                July 11
                                                Woody Herman
                                                *   *   *
                                                July 19
                                                Guy Lombardo* * *Aug 8
                                                PATTI PAGE '
                                                The Lowell Sun, Lowell, Mass. 1952-06-20 p.20..
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                                                Saturday
                                                .New London, Conn.Ocean Beach Park.The Springfield Union

                                                'SUNDAY ONLY
                                                IN PERSON
                                                DUKE ELLINGTON
                                                and his CELEBRATED ORCHESTRA '

                                                • The Springfield Union, Springfield, Mass.
                                                  1952-06-18 p.27
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                                                Monday
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                                                Tuesday
                                                .Providence, R.I.Palladium Ballroom
                                                Rocky Point Park
                                                TUESDAY
                                                JUNE 24
                                                Palladium
                                                Ballroom

                                                Rocky Point Park
                                                with these stars: LOU BELLSON
                                                Juan Tizol, Harry Carney, Cat
                                                Anderson, Ray Nance, Paul Gon-
                                                salves, Terry Clark
                                                   ADVANCE
                                                TICKETS
                                                $1.25 at
                                                Central
                                                Radio Store
                                                Weybusset St.
                                                Musical
                                                Thrill of
                                                A Lifetime
                                                DUKE
                                                ELLINGTON
                                                AND HIS WORLD FAMOUS ORCHESTRA
                                                The Providence Sunday Journal, Providence, R.I.
                                                1952-06-22 p.2
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                                                Friday
                                                .Salem, N.H.Canobie Lake Park BallroomAdvertised appearance with Mel Torme. Atypically for Ellington, Torme has top billing in the ad.

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                                                Saturday
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                                                Sunday
                                                .New London, Conn.Ocean Beach....
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                                                Monday
                                                .New York, N.Y.Columbia StudioRecording session
                                                14:30 - 17:30
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                                                1952 07 01
                                                Tuesday
                                                .New York, N.Y.Columbia StudioRecording session
                                                14:30 - 17:30
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                                                Wednesday
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                                                Thursday
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                                                Friday
                                                1952 07 10New York, N.Y.Apollo Theater
                                                253 W. 125th St., Borough of Manhattan, Harlem district
                                                70-minute stage show
                                                Supporting acts:
                                                • tappers Roll & Tap
                                                • comedienne 'Moms' Mabley
                                                • acrobatic dancers Estelle and Alphonse
                                                • comedian Pigmeat Markham
                                                Review by Gros in Variety:

                                                ' Duke Ellington Orch (15) with Betty Roche, Jimmy Grissom; Roll & Tapp, Pigmeat & Co. (3), Estelle & Alphonso, Jackie Mabley; "The Nevadan" (Col).

                                                  With Duke Ellington heading up the bill at the Apollo this sesh, house has a slick revue format that's excellently pegged for the holiday trade. Ellington hits this Harlem flagship about once a year and in each trip purveys his class showmanship and expert musicianship for clicko results. Although the orch dominates the proceedings, the supporting acts get plenty of opportunity to show their wares for a well-rounded vaude display.
                                                  Ellington wins the house from the opening number, a driving instrumental tagged "The Hawk Talks," and holds solidly throughout the 70-minute layout. As usual, Ellington gives his sidemen ample solo show casing and each belts out his assignment for top reaction. Best are a hard-hitting drum solo by Louie Bellson titled "Skin Deep" and Ray Nance's excellent fiddling on "Bakiff," an exotic Spanish-flavored number. On "VIP's Boogie" and "Jam Sam," [sic] saxman Harry Carney, clarinetist Jimmy Hamilton and trumpeter Cat Anderson get some top solo licks across. Only flaw in the instrumental offerings is the minimum of keyboarding supplied by the maestro.
                                                  Band's recently acquired male vocalist, Jimmy Grissom acquits himself adequately on a moody ballad, "Come On Home." Thrush Betty Roche offers a bluesy "Please Send That Lady's Husband Back To Me" and a scat item for a big mitt.
                                                  Tapsters Roll & Trapp score easily in the teeoff slot. Duo work with precision and speed, getting top response for their "Bebop in Taps" and applejack routines. Pigmeat follows with his guy and gal aides in a lengthy sketch sparsely filled with yocks. Latino-styled acroterp team, Estelle & Alphonso, are reviewed in New Acts.
                                                  Comedian Jackie Mabley nabs yocks in a monolog stint. She appeals to the clientele in a pseudo-campaign speech that centers on most of the Harlem foibles. Class delivery helps the average material.
                                                  Ellington emcees the show with finesse and the orch supplies a top backing job.'

                                                • New York Post, New York, N.Y.1952-07-02 p.36
                                                • New York Age, New York, N.Y. 1952-07-05, pp.21, 26
                                                • Stratemann, p.346, citing Variety 1952-07-09 pp.48-49
                                                • Vail II
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                                                Saturday
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                                                253 W. 125th St.
                                                Harlem
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                                                Sunday
                                                .New York, N.Y.Apollo Theater
                                                253 W. 125th St.
                                                Harlem
                                                Stage show - see 1952 07 04...
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                                                Monday
                                                .New York, N.Y.Apollo Theater
                                                253 W. 125th St.
                                                Harlem
                                                Stage show - see 1952 07 04...
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                                                Tuesday
                                                .New York, N.Y.Apollo Theater
                                                253 W. 125th St.
                                                Harlem
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                                                Wednesday
                                                .New York, N.Y.Apollo Theater
                                                253 W. 125th St.
                                                Harlem
                                                Stage show - see 1952 07 04...
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                                                Thursday
                                                .New York, N.Y.Apollo Theater
                                                253 W. 125th St.
                                                Harlem
                                                Stage show - see 1952 07 04...
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                                                1952 07 11
                                                Friday
                                                .Revere Beach, Mass.Roll Away (aka Rollerdrome)Ellington orchestra "pitted against" the Stan Kenton orchestra.

                                                "A whiz-bang battle of music..."
                                                • Boston Evening American, Boston, Mass.
                                                  1952-07-11 p.14
                                                • Stratemann p.346, citing The Billboard
                                                  1952-07-19 p.20
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                                                Saturday
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                                                Sunday
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                                                Monday
                                                .Moncton, N.B.High School....
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                                                Monday
                                                .Moncton, N.B.Memorial Hall....
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                                                1952 07 15
                                                Tuesday
                                                .St John, N.B.Forum....
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                                                1952 07 16
                                                Wednesday
                                                .Halifax, N.S.ForumRCAF Station Greenwood dance...
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                                                Thursday
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                                                Friday
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                                                Sunday
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                                                Monday
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                                                Tuesday
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                                                Wednesday
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                                                Thursday
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                                                Friday
                                                .Chicago, Ill.Universal Recording Corporation studiosAt the 1998 Duke Ellington International Study Group Conference, it was suggested this may be the earliest of Ellington's "stockpile" recording sessions.
                                                (Note Universal Recording was started in 1947 by Bill Putnam; his studio should not be confused with the film company Universal Studios.)
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                                                Friday
                                                1952 08 14Chicago, Ill.Blue Note Cafe
                                                56 W. Madison St.
                                                Club date - see the booking details in the entry for 1952 05 01
                                                Will Leonard, The Chicago Sunday Tribune:

                                                '...The Duke crowds the little stage of the Blue Note with what looks like a mighty horde of instrumentalists. He wheels in a band that looks big enough to play for a college prom, rather than like something assembled for the fabrication of jazz. His orchestrations and careful arrangements have seemingly little to do with the the jazz man's pride and joy -improvisation.
                                                  But Ellington's orchestra, as it has since the 20s, speaks a clear, clean language of its own. They talk about music being an international language. Here is one of the very few bands touring America today which can gain and hold the ere of the sofomore [sic] and the symphonygoer alike.'

                                                The August 14 ad names the venue "The Blue Note" and says "Sundays from 5 p.m."
                                                • Chicago Sunday Tribune, Chicago, Ill., 1952-08-03 pt.7 p.14
                                                • Chicago Daily Tribune, Chicago, Ill., 1952-08-14 pt.3 p.6
                                                • Stratemann, p.346 citing
                                                  • The Billboard 1952-06-17 p.20
                                                  • Down Beat 1952-06-18
                                                • Bluenote contract - see 1952 05 01 above
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                                                Saturday
                                                .Chicago, Ill.Blue Note CafeClub date - see 1952 07 25..
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                                                Sunday
                                                .Chicago, Ill.Blue Note CafeClub date - see 1952 07 25..
                                                ..2011
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                                                Monday
                                                .Chicago, Ill.Blue Note CafeClub date - see 1952 07 25..
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                                                Tuesday
                                                .Chicago, Ill.Blue Note CafeClub date - see 1952 07 25..
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                                                Wednesday
                                                .Chicago, Ill.Blue Note CafeClub date - see 1952 07 25
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                                                Thursday
                                                .Chicago, Ill.Blue Note CafeClub date - see 1952 07 25..
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                                                56 W. Madison St.
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                                                1952 08 01
                                                Friday
                                                .Chicago, Ill.Blue Note CafeClub date - see 1952 07 25.
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                                                Saturday
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                                                Sunday
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                                                Monday
                                                .Chicago, Ill.Blue Note CafeClub date - see 1952 07 25..
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                                                Tuesday
                                                .Chicago, Ill.Blue Note CafeClub date - see 1952 07 25..
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                                                Saturday
                                                .Chicago, Ill.Blue Note CafeClub date - see 1952 07 25..
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                                                Sunday
                                                .Chicago, Ill.Blue Note CafeClub date - see 1952 07 25..
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                                                Tuesday
                                                .Chicago, Ill.Blue Note CafeClub date - see 1952 07 25..
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                                                Wednesday
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                                                Thursday
                                                .Chicago, Ill.Blue Note CafeClub date - see 1952 07 25..
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                                                Friday
                                                .St. Louis, Mo.Kiel Auditorium Opera HouseConcert: Duke Ellington: Amigos Sports Club, sponsors; Kiel Auditorium Opera House, 8:30 p.m.St. Louis Post-Dispatch, St. Louis, Mo.
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                                                Saturday
                                                .Rochester, Ind.Colonial Hotel
                                                Lake Manitou
                                                Dance
                                                Admission: $2 before 9 p.m., $2.40 thereafter1
                                                Press release 2

                                                'The Indiana League of Home Dailies. annual summer meeting at the Colonial Hotel on Lake Manitou in Rochester this Friday and Saturday, Aug. 15 and 16...
                                                  Saturday night the newspaper folks will be guests of the hotel management, Dave Shafer and Mory Coplen, at the dance that will feature Duke Ellington and his famous orchestra.'

                                                Society item:3

                                                'Ms. Carroll Mitchell and Bob Mitchell entertained the following in the Mitchell home last week: Mr. and Mrs. Ronald Duncan and Barbara Kreiger of Marion; Jay Collins, Bloomington; Don Goelever, Indianapolis, and Libby McClure, North Manchester. They attended the Duke Ellington dance at the Colonial Hotel Saturday evening...'

                                                • The Logansport Press, Logansport, Ind.
                                                  • 1952-08-06 p.5
                                                  • 11952-08-13 p.8
                                                • 2The Commercial Mail, Columbia City, Ind., 1952-08-11 p.3
                                                • 2The Elwood Call-Leader, Elwood Ind. 1952-08-02 p.1
                                                • 3Pharos-Tribune, Logansport, Ind. 1952-08-19 p.8
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                                                .Celina, OhioEdgewater ParkDancing 9 until 1. Admission $1.67 plus tax.Delphos Herald, Delphos, Ohio, 1952-08-15 p.4...
                                                ...
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                                                Monday
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                                                Wednesday
                                                ...activities not documented...
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                                                Thursday
                                                ...Non-event
                                                Variety:

                                                'Duke Ellington does a theatre stand at the Seville, Montreal, Aug. 21 and follows with another one at the Casino, Toronto.'

                                                This appears to have been rescheduled to follow the Casino run - see 1952-09-04. August 21 conflicts with the Bala, Ont. gig and there are no Seville ads or Ellington plugs in the Montreal Gazette 1952-08-18, 1952-08-19 or 1952-08-21.
                                              • Variety 1952-07-02 p.46
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                                                Thursday
                                                .Bala, Ont.Dunn's Pavilion
                                                GERRY DUNN Presents

                                                THE GREATEST MUSICAL ATTRACTION EVER
                                                TO COME TO MUSKOKA

                                                DUKE ELLINGTONAND HIS NEW WORLD
                                                FAMOUS ORCHESTRA

                                                THURSDAY, AUGUST 21st

                                                Featuring these famous artists:
                                                LOUIS BELLSON, JUAN TIZOL, HARRY CARNEY
                                                RAY NANCE, PORTER KILBERT, BRITT WOOD-
                                                MAN, JIMMY GRISSON, BETTY ROCHE, AND A
                                                HOST OF OTHERS.

                                                Admission $2.50 each

                                                America's Genius of Modern Music brings his world-
                                                famous Orchestra to the Beautiful Bala Pavilion for
                                                one night only . Plan an evening of dancing to Music
                                                No Other Band Can Play.

                                                Dunn's Pavilion   —   Bala
                                                WHERE ALL MUSKOKA DANCES
                                                The Bracebridge Gazette:

                                                'Duke Ellington and his lively orchestra were at Dunns Pavillion on Thursday evening... It was a grand night of music and dancing. A large crowd attended and all report a wonderful evening.'

                                                • The Huntsville Forester, Huntsville, Ont.,
                                                • The Bracebridge Gazette, Bracebridge, Ont.
                                                  • 1952-08-14 p.2
                                                  • 1952-08-28 p.6
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                                                Friday
                                                .Port Stanley, Ont.Stork Club....
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                                                Saturday
                                                .Dundas, Ont. ArenaConcert

                                                '...Duke Ellington also played the Dundas Arena. [Promoter Harold] Kudlets says he couldn't find a decent piano for the jazz great. He could only dig up an old upright with "at least half the keys missing." Ellington never said a word about it and put on a great show. '

                                                .
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                                                Tuesday
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                                                1952 09 03Toronto, Ont.Casino TheatreVaudeville show
                                                Five shows a day

                                                Other acts: Howell & Bowser, Roll & Tap. Dance music by Archie Stone's house orchestra.1
                                                Don Brown writes:

                                                  'I remember chatting with Wendell Marshall in August of 1952 when Duke's band played the Casino Theatre here in Toronto. I happened to mention that I'd read somewhere that he was Jimmie Blanton's cousin. He confirmed that he was and that it was Blanton's bass he was playing. Someone in Blanton's immediate family, I think it was his mother, gave Marshall the instrument when he became a professional bass player.
                                                  The Casino Theatre featured live shows and movies. The live show was the main attraction and the films were mostly second-rate B pictures. The live policy varied at the whim of the owners. The theatre's staple had long been burlesque: strippers with pretty bad comics. But every once in a while the management would drop the strippers and hire singers and/or bands. They had everyone from Frankie Laine to Johnny Ray, Eartha Kitt, and Art Tatum. I remember seeing Woody Herman, Tommy Dorsey, Ellington, Louis, and Pearl Bailey (backed by Louie Bellson). The bands and singers would be part of a stage show with jugglers, comics, impersonators, tap dancers and, yes, even dancing dogs.
                                                  As a twenty-year old at the time, and an annoying jazz purist, I was appalled by the idea of these great musicians having to share the stage with vaudeville performers. Little did I know that this was the norm for them back in the States. And thinking back, some of those performers were really good. I saw Peg Leg Bates, the one-legged tap dancer, several times, including once with Ellington. Needless to say Duke backed Bates' routine with I'm Tapping Seventh Avenue With the Sole of My Shoe.'

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                                                • (1) Stratemann p.346, citing Variety 1952 09 03,p.16
                                                • (2) Don Brown, Duke-LYM emails, 2012-10-26
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                                                Friday
                                                .Toronto, Ont.Casino TheatreVaudeville - see 1952 08 28
                                                Variety:

                                                'Casino, Toronto
                                                Toronto, Aug.28
                                                  Duke Ellington Orch (16), Howell & Bowser, Betty Roche, Roll & Tap, Louie Bellson, Jim Grissom; Archie Stone's House Orch; "Cuban Fireball" (Rep.)
                                                  Duke Ellington and his band are packing the customers into the Casino for a five-a-day sked rich in diversity. There's lots of earsplitting brass for the jazz cats' eardrums, but the Duke himself at the piano is what the more adult patrons are waiting for; his sultry, slow-tempo styling of "Mood Indigo," with a muted and tricky orchestral background, plus "Solitude," complete with keyboard meanderings in the trebles; and a smash finale of "Caravan," with Ellington still at the 88.
                                                  Throughout the lusty show, Ellington is generous to his cohorts; Cat Anderson on the high trumpet; Harry Carney on teh [sic] baritone sax (with Ellington for 25 years); and Juan Tizoll [sic] on the valve trombone (he wrote "Caravan" with Ellington); Louie Bellson, drummer; Ray Nance and a neat stage tribute to Billy Staryhorn [sic], arranger.
                                                  Apart from the triple-tiered band and its smasho coordination and solo stepouts in "St. Louis Blues" and "Skin Deep," it's still the Duke at the keyboard for his trademark slow piano breaks the customers want. For surrounding bill, he has Howell & Bowser for patter, plus Calypso singing a bit lewd but good; Betty Roche as vocalist and over well; Roll & Tap for their nonchalant eccentric dancing; and Jim Grissom in his songs, notably "Once There Lived a Fool." Neat packet warrants that five-a-day sked, with the customers getting their money's worth from Ellington and his very talented henchmen. McStay '

                                                Variety 1952-09-03 p.16..
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                                                1952 09 01
                                                Monday
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                                                Wednesday
                                                ...Date of contract between Triple Ell Corporation, Duke Ellington Inc. and Associated Booking Corporation to provide 15 musicians "under the leadership of Duke Ellington, Inc., presents Duke Ellington" for two 5-day weeks, not to exceed 32 hours per week at the Blue Note Cafe beginning December 19, 1952, for $5,000/week.

                                                This contract says the contract price is to cover a six-day week in the event the AFM rescinds the five-day week.

                                                This contract again says the weekly fee is $5,000, less 10% to Associated Booking Corp.

                                                The contract says "It is specifically understood and agreed that unless otherwise specified herein, no part of the performance of the Orchestra shall be broadcast or reproduced by radio or other means."
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                                                Thursday
                                                1952 09 10Montréal, P.Q.Seville TheatreDuke Ellington and his World Famous Orchestra and Revue
                                                Also on the bill:
                                                • Film "Roaring City
                                                • Howell and Bowser
                                                • Roll and Tapp
                                                • Chester Calhoun
                                                • Stratemann p.346
                                                • Ads (barely legible): Montreal Gazette
                                                  • 1952-09-03 p.9
                                                  • 1952-09-05
                                                  • 1952-09-06
                                                  • 1952-09-08
                                                  • 1952-09-09
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                                                Wednesday
                                                .Montréal, P.Q.Seville TheatreVaudeville - see 1952 09 04...
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                                                Thursday
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                                                Friday
                                                1952 09 18Cleveland, OhioCocoanut Grove
                                                Towne Casino
                                                10613 Euclid Ave.
                                                Night club residency

                                                Cleveland Plain Dealer 1952-09-07 plug:

                                                'Instead of going on a jazz concert tour this winter, Duke Ellington is taking a swing up the circuit of dine-and-dance clubs. His 20-piece orchestra will arrive at the East Side's Towne Casino Friday... '

                                                The accompanying ad says

                                                OPENS FRIDAY - 7 BIG DAYS
                                                MATINEE SUN., SEPT. 14 — 2:30 P.M.
                                                DUKE ELLINGTON
                                                & HIS BIG NEW 20 PIECE ORCHESTRA
                                                A WORLD-FAMOUS ORCHESTRA
                                                20 OF THE WORLD'S TOP MUSICIANS
                                                THE EVENT OF THE YEAR!
                                                IN OUR BEAUTIFUL COCOANUT GROVE

                                                On the Sunday:

                                                MATINEE TODAY–3:30 P.M.
                                                HEAR DUKE ELLINGTON & HIS ENTIRE ORCH.
                                                NOW 5 MORE DAYS!!
                                                DUKE ELLINGTON
                                                & HIS BIG NEW 20 PIECE ORCHESTRA
                                                IN OUR BEAUTIFUL COCOANUT GROVE

                                                On the same page:

                                                'Duke Ellington and his troupe are threatening to break the Towne Casino's attendance records with their high geared musical frolics this week.'


                                                Stratemann dated this as Sept. 19 to 25 based on an ambiguous statement in Variety 1952-09-17. Vail II just adopted the dates in Stratemann

                                                Variety was all over the map with this:
                                                • 1952-08-20 announced this was scheduled for Sept. 21
                                                • 1952-08-27 announced it would begin Sept.12
                                                • 1952-09-17 edition:

                                                  'Duke Ellington orch currently teeing off fall season for Towne Casino on a one-weeker. '

                                                • Cleveland Plain Dealer:
                                                  • 1952-09-07 p.45-D
                                                  • 1952-09-14 p.51-D
                                                • Stratemann p.346 citing
                                                  Variety 1952-09-17 p.74
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                                                .Cleveland, OhioCocoanut Grove
                                                Towne Casino
                                                10613 Euclid Ave.
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                                                Sunday
                                                .Cleveland, OhioCocoanut Grove
                                                Towne Casino
                                                10613 Euclid Ave.
                                                Night club residency - see 1952 09 12...
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                                                Monday
                                                .Cleveland, OhioCocoanut Grove
                                                Towne Casino
                                                10613 Euclid Ave.
                                                Night club residency - see 1952 09 12...
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                                                1952 09 16
                                                Tuesday
                                                .Cleveland, OhioProscenium Theater
                                                Karamu Theater
                                                2355 E.89th St.
                                                Cleveland Plain Dealer
                                                • Sept.14:

                                                  'Lysistrata, one of the funniest comedies of all times, opens the Karamu Theater seasson with a special preview Tuesday in Proscenium Theater.'

                                                • Sept.18:

                                                  'KARAMU KWICKIES
                                                  ...Duke Ellington, a guest at the preview opening Tuesday, was amazed and delighted at the extent and scope of Karamu House. Never saw anything like it in his travels around the world...'

                                                The Proscenium was one of three theaters in the Karamu Theater site.
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                                                Tuesday
                                                .Cleveland, OhioCocoanut Grove
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                                                1952 09 17
                                                Wednesday
                                                .Cleveland, OhioCocoanut Grove
                                                Towne Casino
                                                10613 Euclid Ave.
                                                Night club residency - see 1952 09 12
                                                The Library of Congress holds a 25 minute digital sound cassette catalogued as RGA 2393 and described as

                                                'Duplicated from an NBC radio program broadcast of Sept. 17, 1952; time unknown.

                                                'Summary
                                                Duke Ellington orchestra live fron Cleveland. Duke and the Orchestra play Mood Indigo, Caravan and Ellington favorites.'

                                                At the time of writing, the broadcast can be heard on the Past Daily website. It is introduced as "The Duke Is On The Air," and the announcer is Joe Mulvihill.

                                                Although Towne Casino ads said the band would be twenty pieces, during the broadcast only 13 instumentalists and 2 vocalists were named as they soloed:
                                                • Ellington
                                                • Grissom
                                                • Roché
                                                • Anderson
                                                • Cook
                                                • Nance
                                                • Terry
                                                • Jackson
                                                • Woodman
                                                • Carney
                                                • Gonsalves
                                                • Hamilton
                                                • Procope
                                                • Marshall
                                                • Bellson

                                                Dated Sept. 17 by NBC, the broadcast date may have been either the Tuesday or Wednesday night depending on NBC's dating policy for post-midnight shows from other time zones:
                                                • The Sept. 16 Cleveland Plain Dealer, p. 26, lists Duke Ellington at 12 midnight ("News-Duke Ellington") and 12:15 ("Duke Ellington") and at 12:30 it lists Joe Mulvihill
                                                • Ellington is not mentioned in the Cleveland Plain Dealer Sept. 17 radio listing, but it shows "Joe Mulvihill" at 11:15, 11:30 and 11:45 p.m. on WBEM, an NBC station.
                                                • The Washington D.C., Evening Star Sept. 17 shows "Duke Ellington" at 11:30 p.m. on WOL 1450. It shows no Sept. 16 listing but cuts off at midnight.
                                                • The New York Times shows ambiguous listings both nights: "12:00 WNBC News; Symphonic Music" followed by "News; Dance Music" on the next line.
                                                • The Washington Post's Sept. 17 midnight listing for WRC (NBC) says "News: Cocoanut Grove Orchestra." There's no discernable Ellington or Coacoanut Grove listing in its Sept. 16 log.

                                                The broadcast began with the Take the "A" Train theme under the announcement, segueing to KoKo, Do Nothin' Til You Hear From Me, Just a Settin' and a Rockin', Mood Indigo, All of Me, VIP Boogie, Jam With Sam and closed with Caravan under a short announcement.

                                                While New Desor has no listing dated Sept. 17, it does list four titles, KoKo, Mood Indigo, VIP Boogie and Jam With Sam in session DE5217 which were issued by the Voice of America on its 16-inch 33 rpm mono record YDP-77. Anders Asplund writes:

                                                'I have compared the broadcast in question with DE5217 VOA session and have found the four tunes on the latter to be different. So I believe we have a totally "fresh" find.'


                                                In DEMS 01/2, DEMS editor Sjef Hoefsmit said the Library of Congress catalog entry date of Sept. 17 could not be right, since Ellington was not in Cleveland that week, but he was relying on Stratemann, who was out by a week.
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                                                Thursday
                                                .Cleveland, OhioCocoanut Grove
                                                Towne Casino
                                                10613 Euclid Ave.
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                                                Friday
                                                ...Activities not documented - this was incorrectly reported by Stratemann and Vail to be the beginning of a week at the Towne Casino in Cleveland - see 1952 09 12
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                                                Sunday
                                                .Stamford, Conn.Ritz Ballroom.Duke Ellington and his World Famous OrchestraStamford Advocate, Stamford, Conn.
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                                                Monday
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                                                Tuesday
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                                                .Los Angeles, Cal..Sidemen's activities not documented

                                                Ellington was a guest on Patti Page's Music Hall CBS television show on WHEN and WNET.

                                                This episode appears to have been recorded since it appears to have been rebroadcast on the west coast on Sept. 30.
                                                • Syracuse Herald-Journal, Syracuse, N.Y.,
                                                  1952-09-23 p.29
                                                • Plainfield Couier-News, Plainfield, N.J.
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                                                Friday
                                                1952 10 02Philadelphia, Penn.Earle Theater
                                                11th and Market

                                                Theatre information:
                                                Vaudeville show - four performances Monday, Tuesday, Thursday; the number of shows the other days isn't yet documented. The theatre was closed Sunday and on Monday, Ellington was to play a special afternoon programme for 250 underprivileged children.
                                                This was Ellington's last appearance at the Earle, which would be demolished in 1953.
                                                On the bill with Ellington and his band were Moreland & Harris, comedians, Roll & Tap, dancers, local singer Marian Caruso.
                                                Barbara L. Wilson review:

                                                '... Duke Ellington and his "new world-famous orchestra" opened the new stage show season at the Earle yesterday while the building rocked with blaring trumpets, beating drums and dissonant notes.
                                                  The new Ellington band is a far cry from the smooth orchestra of 10 years ago which formerly offered such haunting melodies as "Mood Indigo," "Solitude" and "Sophisticated Lady." The Duke of today is more of an emcee than a top pianist whose talented fingers coaxed mood music from the ivories.

                                                TAP-DANCING TEAM
                                                  After the opening number, "Hawk Talks" which screeched as much as the bird cries, Roll and Tapp, a dance duo, came on stage and to the accompaniment of "How High's the Moon" showed how two men can get the maximum number of taps out of the minimum number of movements.
                                                  Ellington introduced Betty Roche, who sang "All of Me." Then employing the bop-like scat singing which sounds more like a foreign language but seemed to be understood by most of the audience, Miss Roche gave her rendition of the Duke's theme song, "Take the A Train."

                                                ORCHESTRA TAKES OVER
                                                  The orchestra broke forth with a combination of "Jam With Sam" and "Of Thee I Sing Boogie" which gave the clarinets, trumpets, saxophones and trombones an opportunity to grow their brains out.
                                                  Ray Nance, the most versatile and one of the oldest members of the Ellington combine, put aside his trumpet and picked up his violin to play "Bach-iff [sic]." Then he sang and acted out "St. Louis Blues."
                                                  With a trio of background clarinet music, Ellington narrated a story called "Pretty and the Wolf," a take-off on the Little Red Riding Hood theme, but in this case the wolf was very human.
                                                  Comedy was provided by Mantan Moreland and Bud Harris,...
                                                  Jimmy Grissom, male vocalist with Ellington, sang "Once There Lived A Fool," "Come On Home" and "She Moved."

                                                MARION CARUSO SINGS
                                                  Philadelphia's own Marion Caruso offered "This Can't Be Love" and the ballad she has made famous and vice-versa, "My Favorite Song."
                                                  The finale was a percussion pounding number, "Skin Deep," featuring Louis [sic] Bellsom [sic] on the drums...'

                                                • The Philadelphia Inquirer, Philadelphia, Penn.:
                                                  • 1952-09-14 p.29
                                                  • 1952-09-26 p.15
                                                  • 1952-09-27 p.18 (Wilson review)
                                                  • 1952-09-28 pp.17,18
                                                  • 1952-09-29 p.10
                                                  • 1952-09-30 p.20
                                                  • 1952-10-01 p.42
                                                  • 1952-10-02 p.10
                                                • Baltimore Afro-American, Baltimore, Md., 1952-10-04 p.7
                                                • Stratemann, p.346 citing Variety 1952-10-01 p.25 and 1953-02-25 ,p.49
                                                • Announcement, The Billboard 1952-09-27 pp.40-41
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                                                Saturday
                                                ... Peripheral event
                                                The Billboard:

                                                'NEW YORK, Sept. 27 – Mills Music is scheduling a Silver Jubilee celebration for Duke Ellington during the two weeks starting Oct. 24. It is just about 25 years since Ellington opened at the Cotton Club in New York. Kiskeries are co-operating. The career of the great maestro and composer has been closely associated with Mills Music. The publishing firm holds the great Ellington copyrights...
                                                  Sidney Mills, publishing exec, is now lining up a flock of Ellington programs over the network and local stations...Mills has already set special programs to be aired on the Skitch Henderson show on the National Broadcasting Company; Bobby Sherwood, American Broadcasting Company, and the Dave Garroway show, NBC. Special Ellington programs will also be carried by Irving Fields on WOR, New York; Marion [recte Marian] McParland, WOR; Art Ford, WNEW, New York; Art Ford, WNEW, New York; Phil Napoleon, WOR, etc.

                                                Only beginning
                                                 This is only the beginning. Mills is now on a trek to key cities including Chicago, Cleveland, St. Louis, Pittsburgh, Detroit, Philadelphia, Baltimore and Washington. Programs will be set in all cities.
                                                  Diskery promotion to deejays and personal appearances are part of the bally. Six hundred Decca LP's, including Brunswick label Volumes 1 and 2 recorded by Ellington and "Woolf Philips' Plays Ellington," will be given to jockeys. Columbia is sending out 300 Ellington LP "Masterpieces by Ellington," Victor is sending out 300 LP's of Ellington music recorded by Charley Ventura, and 300 LP's recorded by Ellington.
                                                  Tying in with the Mills-Ellington bally will be a bevy of personal appearances, including television, now being set by the Joe Glaser office. Ellington goes into the New York Paramount the last week in October.'

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                                                Saturday
                                                8:30 pm
                                                .New York, N.Y..ABC telecast
                                                "Chance of a Lifetime"

                                                According to Stratemann, Ellington, Carney, Marshall and a drummer, presumably Bellson, made a quick trip to New York to appear on this half-hour show, in which Ellington played Mood Indigo and a medley, joined by the show's house band led by Bernie Leighton. Stratemann does not say if they returned to Philadelphia that night or not. It's less than 100 miles. The appearance was announced in the television schedules of too many newspapers to begin listing.
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                                                Saturday
                                                .Philadelphia, Penn.Earle TheaterVaudeville - see 1952 09 30 - presumably Ellington, Marshall and Bellson played some of the sessions either before or after their trip to New York....
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                                                Sunday
                                                .Camden, N.J.Stanley
                                                Broadway & Market

                                                SUNDAY ONLY
                                                * ON STAGE * IN PERSON *
                                                DUKE ELLINGTON
                                                AND HIS WORLD FAMOUS ORCHESTRA
                                                AND HIS 1953 MUSICAL REVUE


                                                Although Ellington was in the middle of the Earle Theater run, the Earle was closed this Sunday, according to its ad in the Philadelphia Inquirer of same date.
                                                Courier-Post, Camden, N.J.
                                                • 1952-09-26 p.18
                                                • 1952-09-27 p.5
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                                                Monday
                                                .Philadelphia, Penn.Earle TheaterVaudeville - see 1952 09 30
                                                The Philadelphia Inquirer:

                                                'Charlie Kushner, of the Crime Prevention Association, had an idea. Bandleader and composer Duke Ellington liked it. Result: The Duke and his band will play host to 250 underprivileged children at the Earle Monday afternoon under sponsorship of the Board of Education and Juvenile Aid Bureau.'

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                                                Tuesday
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                                                Tuesday
                                                6:45 local time
                                                .Los Angeles, Cal..Ellington was to guest on Patti Page's Music Hall CBS television show on KNXT and KPIX. This was likely a West Coast rebroadcast of the episode played in the east on 1952 09 23.
                                                • Long Beach Press-Telegram, 1952-09-30 p.A-6
                                                • San Mateo Times, 1952-09-30, p.15
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                                                October 1952

                                                1952 10 01
                                                Wednesday
                                                .Philadelphia, Penn.Earle TheaterVaudeville - see 1952 09 30...
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                                                1952 10 02
                                                Thursday
                                                .Philadelphia, Penn.Earle TheaterVaudeville - see 1952 09 30...
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                                                1952 10 03
                                                Friday
                                                1952 10 09Washington, D.C.Howard Theatre
                                                620 T St.
                                                Stage show...
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                                                1952 10 04
                                                Saturday
                                                .Washington, D.C.Howard Theatre
                                                620 T St.
                                                ....
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                                                1952 10 05
                                                Sunday
                                                .Washington, D.C.Howard Theatre
                                                620 T St.
                                                Stage show - see 1952 10 03...
                                                ..2011
                                                1952 10 06
                                                Monday
                                                .Washington, D.C.Howard Theatre
                                                620 T St.
                                                Stage show - see 1952 10 03...
                                                ..2011
                                                1952 10 07
                                                Tuesday
                                                .Washington, D.C.Howard Theatre
                                                620 T St.
                                                Stage show - see 1952 10 03...
                                                ..2011
                                                1952 10 08
                                                Wednesday
                                                .Washington, D.C.Howard Theatre
                                                620 T St.
                                                Stage show - see 1952 10 03...
                                                ..2011
                                                1952 10 09
                                                Thursday
                                                ...(Unconfirmed)

                                                The Long Beach Independent reported Ellington would appear on the Chance of a Lifetime television show.
                                                Long Beach Independent 1952-10-09, p.20..
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                                                Thursday
                                                .Washington, D.C.Howard Theatre
                                                620 T St.
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                                                Friday
                                                ...activities not documented...
                                                ...
                                                1952 10 11
                                                Saturday
                                                .Woonsocket, R.I.Joyland Ballroom

                                                "JOYLAND Presents"
                                                SATURDAY NITE
                                                DUKE ELLINGTON and his WORLD FAMOUS ORCHESTRA
                                                with LOUIS [sic] BELLSON, Jimmy Grisson [sic], Betty Roche and others
                                                JOYLAND BALLROOM
                                                WOONSOCKET, R.I.

                                                The Providence Journal, Providence, R.I.
                                                • 1952-10-03 p.15
                                                • 1952-10-09 p.7
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                                                Sunday
                                                ...activities not documented...
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                                                Monday
                                                ...activities not documented...
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                                                Tuesday
                                                ...activities not documented...
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                                                Wednesday
                                                ...activities not documented...
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                                                Thursday
                                                ...activities not documented...
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                                                Friday
                                                ...activities not documented...
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                                                1952 10 18
                                                Saturday
                                                ...activities not documented...
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                                                1952 10 19
                                                Sunday
                                                ...activities not documented...
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                                                Monday
                                                ...activities not documented...
                                                ...
                                                1952 10 21
                                                Tuesday
                                                ...activities not documented...
                                                ...
                                                1952 10 22
                                                Wednesday
                                                1952 11 04New York, N.Y.Paramount TheaterVaudeville

                                                Ellington and orchestra, Howell & Bates, The Ravens, film Springfield Rifle. Grossed $67,000 for the first week with Ellington; compared to the October weekly average of $64,000
                                                Amsterdam News:

                                                '...The creator of the sensuous jazz style that has had America rhythmically toe tapping and romantically mooning for a quarter of a century literally has them dancing for joy in the aisles down at the Paramount on Broadway where he's headlining a corking two-in-one show.
                                                  Apparently the management at the Parry feels the Duke plus the smart show around him is solid box office since it wasn't felt necessary to put in one of those super duper flicks to attract the people. Naturally, Gary Cooper... does a creditable job in "Springfield Rifle"... But the combination of the hilarities of Howell and Bowser; the dancing artistry of little Bunny Briggs; the harmonies of the Ravens gives the customers a jolt that sends 'em merrily out into the crisp autumn air whistling and humming to themselves satisfied they've had a rare treat. And throughout it all there runs the smooth, cohesive, staple of the Ellington music...'

                                                Brooklyn Eagle:

                                                'DUKE ELLINGTON IS CELEBRATING HIS 25TH YEAR AS TOP COMPOSER
                                                  The New York Paramount Theater is currently the scene of special festivities as Duke Ellington celebrates the 25th anniversary of his designation as one of American's foremost composers of modern music.
                                                  Ellington, long popular with the patrons of the Paramount, heads the current stage show with his world-famous orchestra. For his silver jubilee appearance Ellington himself plays a medley of his most popular compositions, songs which have been accepted by the public as "standard."
                                                  In addition, the Paramount's in person show includes the Ravens, a new outstanding fine male harmony quartet; Howell and Bowser, and Bunny Briggs.'

                                                Variety:

                                                'The Paramount Theatre, which books all-Negro bills from time to time, again has such a layout for its current session. Headed by Duke Ellington, the one-hour the show adds up to tasty entertainment seasoned with ample song, comedy and hoofing.
                                                  Ellington's combo, comprising three rhythm, six Brass and five reed [sic], gets things away to a lively start with a hot instrumental. Songstress Betty Roche follows with a plaintive "All of Me." But the vet batoner-composer, who's observing his 25th year in show biz, really moves into the groove with a sock medley of his hits of yesteryear.
                                                  Group of Ellington's standards includes such numbers as "Mood Indigo," "Sophisticated Lady," "Caravan" and "Solitude." Arrangements are sharp and serve to blend the medley into a pleasant and melodic theme. Various sidemen are also worked in for individual solos. Perhaps as a change of pace, drummer Louie Bellson later contribs a noisy though expert bit on his gear tagged "Skin Deep."
                                                  The Ravens, a male harmony quartet... do five tunes to score handily with an enthusiastic audience...
                                                  Howell & Bowser hold up well in the comedy slot despite reliance on old material...
                                                  Bill is rounded out by hoofer Bunny Briggs... An extra fillip is the piano accomp by Ellington himself.
                                                                                                      Gilb.'

                                                • Amsterdam News, New York, N.Y.
                                                  • 1952-10-25 p.26
                                                  • 1952-11-01 p.32
                                                • Brooklyn Eagle, New York, N.Y.
                                                  • 1952-10-25 p.14
                                                  • 1952-11-03 p.12
                                                • Variety 1952-10-29 p.60
                                                • The Billboard, 1952-11-08 p.16
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                                                Thursday
                                                .New York, N.Y.Paramount TheaterVaudeville - see 1952 10 22...
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                                                Friday
                                                ... Peripheral event
                                                Beginning of Ellington Silver Jubilee celebrations - see 1952 09 27
                                                The Billboard, 1952-10-04 p.23..
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                                                Friday
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                                                Saturday
                                                .New York, N.Y.Paramount TheaterVaudeville - see 1952 10 22...
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                                                Sunday
                                                .New York, N.Y.Paramount TheaterVaudeville - see 1952 10 22...
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                                                1952 10 27
                                                Monday
                                                .New York, N.Y.."Recording session" broadcast...
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                                                1952 10 27
                                                Monday
                                                .New York, N.Y.Paramount TheaterVaudeville - see 1952 10 22...
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                                                1952 10 28
                                                Tuesday
                                                .New York, N.Y.Paramount TheaterVaudeville - see 1952 10 22...
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                                                1952 10 29
                                                Wednesday
                                                .New York, N.Y.Paramount TheaterVaudeville - see 1952 10 22...
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                                                1952 10 30
                                                Thursday
                                                .New York, N.Y.Paramount TheaterVaudeville - see 1952 10 22...
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                                                Friday
                                                Halloween
                                                .New York, N.Y.Paramount TheaterVaudeville - see 1952 10 22...
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                                                November 1952

                                                1952 fall.BridgeportRitz Ballroom..New Desor
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                                                .New York, N.Y.Paramount TheaterVaudeville - see 1952 10 22...
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                                                Sunday
                                                .New York, N.Y.Paramount TheaterVaudeville - see 1952 10 22...
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                                                1952 11 03
                                                Monday
                                                .New York, N.Y.Paramount TheaterVaudeville - see 1952 10 22...
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                                                1952 11 04
                                                Tuesday
                                                .New York, N.Y.Paramount TheaterVaudeville - see 1952 10 22...
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                                                Wednesday
                                                ...activities not documented...
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                                                Thursday
                                                ...activities not documented...
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                                                Friday
                                                ...activities not documented...
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                                                1952 11 08
                                                Saturday
                                                1952 11 09Hartford, Conn.State Theatre
                                                LATE STAGE SHOW SAT & SUN 9 pm
                                                STATE
                                                HARTFORD
                                                The Year's BIG SHOW!
                                                IN PERSON
                                                America's Foremost Modern Composer
                                                the
                                                ONE AND
                                                ONLY
                                                DUKE
                                                ELLINGTON
                                                AND HIS WORLD FAMOUS BAND
                                                AND HIS Great ANNIVERSARY SHOW
                                                EXTRA!
                                                RECORDING STARS OF THE SMASH HIT
                                                "ROCK ME ALL NIGHT LONG"
                                                THE RAVENS
                                                RAY NANCE - BETTY ROCHE - LOUIS [SIC] BELLSON
                                                Harry Carney - Jimmy Gissen [xic] - Others
                                                HOWELL & BOWSER and BIG ANNIVERSARY BILL
                                                • The Springfield Union,
                                                  Springfield, Mass.
                                                  1952-11-07 p.22
                                                • The Springfield Sunday Republican,
                                                  Springfield, Mass.
                                                  1952-11-09 p.6C
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                                                Saturday
                                                .New York, N.Y..Mercer recording session,.New Desor
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                                                Saturday
                                                .New York, N.Y..Variety:

                                                'Duke Ellington gabs on his 25 years in show biz on WWRL Saturday (8) at 10:30 p.m.'

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                                                Sunday
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                                                1952 11 10
                                                Monday
                                                ...activities not documented...
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                                                Tuesday
                                                ...activities not documented...
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                                                Wednesday
                                                ...activities not documented...
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                                                1952 11 13
                                                Thursday
                                                .New York, N.Y..Sidemen's activities not documented
                                                Ellington was a guest on a CBS sustaining network broadcast, the Mindy Carson Show.

                                                Variety:

                                                'Mindy Carson...is sparking a crackerjack song session on the CBS net in a twice-weekly spot...Miss Carson's show has a straightforward format, featuring her vocals and also showcasing guest artists. On last Thursday's show (13), Duke Ellington appeared on the occasion of his 25th anniversary as a top bandleader and dished up a tasteful medley of his hit compositions... '

                                                Singer/recording artist Mindy Carson would begin her own television show in December, but in November she replaced Peggy Lee on network radio.
                                                Variety
                                                • 1952-10-15 p.22 re the start of Mindy's show
                                                • 1952-11-19 p.31 re Ellington
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                                                Friday
                                                8:15 and 11:45 PM
                                                .New York, N.Y.Carnegie Hall
                                                (Main Hall)
                                                8:30 p.m. and midnight, two concerts
                                                Patricia Music presents A Concert to Celebrate The 25th Anniversary of Duke Ellington in Show Business featuring Duke Ellington and Orchestra, Billie Holiday, Charlie Parker and Strings, Dizzy Gillespie, Stan Getz and the Ahmad Jamal trio.
                                                2 performances...Tickets: $4.80 $3.60 $2.40 tax included
                                                The two concerts were co-sponsored by Birdland. Stratemann reports Gillespie, booked into the Apollo, sat in for one number, but the Carnegie Hall history database shows him playing three. Variety reported the Ellington band was in top form but Holiday was called the most impressive performer of the night.

                                                The Billboard reported the first concert nearly sold out and the second concert had the Standing Room Only sign out early.

                                                One concert was broadcast nationally on NBC.

                                                See the summary of The Billboard's report at 1952 11 27
                                                • Stratemann p.347 citing
                                                  • Variety 1952-11-19 p.45
                                                  • The Billboard 1952-11-22 p.44
                                                • Ad, Amsterdam News, 1952-11-01, p.33
                                                • Concert poster, Carnegie Hall website
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                                                Saturday
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                                                Sunday
                                                ...activities not documented...
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                                                Sunday
                                                .London, England. Peripheral event
                                                The Amsterdam, N.Y., Evening Recorder, 1952-11-17, p. 11, carried an AP wirestory datelined London, announcing 29 year old drummer Louis Bellson Jr., flew in from New York the previous day and would marry Pearl Bailey "tomorrow or the day after, despite his father's objections to the mixed match."

                                                The Cedar Rapids Gazette 1952-11-16 and The Salina Journal 1952-11-16 carried an AP wirestory datelined New York about the father's opposition to the marriage, that he had phoned the son several times to ask him to call it off and saying he would have nothing to do with his son if he married Miss Bailey. He had even cabled Miss Bailey in London to ask her to call the marriage off.

                                                The story said BOAC disclosed that a young man whose passport listed him as Louis Bellasoni Bellson, Jr. age 28, was a passenger on a plane leaving Idlewild at 5.10 pm EST, due in London Sunday morning, 10 am.

                                                The story also said the drummer had booked five engagements in England.

                                                The Chicago Defender reported Bellson would join Ellington at the Blue Note in Chicago on December 19, and after that engagement, the couple would go to California for a brief honeymoon with Juan Tizol and his wife.
                                                • AP wirestory:
                                                  • Cedar Rapids Gazette 1952-11-16
                                                  • The Salina Journal 1952-11-16
                                                • Captioned AP wirephoto, Pacific Stars & Stripes 1952-11-26 p.5
                                                • Chicago Defender 1952-12-06 p.16
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                                                Monday
                                                .Cranston, R.I.Rhodes-On-The-Pawtuxet

                                                'DUKE ELLINGTON, who is about to celebrate 25 years in the front rank of the world's jazzmen, will play a concert at Rhodes-On-The-Pawtuxet tomorrow night at 8:30 o'clock.
                                                  On the program with him will be the great jazz pianist George Shearing, Count Basie and his orchestra, and Billy Eckstine, leading vocalist.
                                                  The program is being presented by Ray Belaire, who has added Ellington and his orchestra to the "package show" as part of the Duke's current silver-jubilee celebration...
                                                  ...the Duke hit the big time when he moved into the Cotton Club, and since that event marked the actual beginning of his tremendous reputation as an orchestra leader and composer, it has been chosen as the date for commemoration.
                                                  For the local concert, the personnel of the Ellington orchestra will be Cat Anderson, Clark Terry, Willie Cook and Ray Nance, trumpets; Juan Tizol, Quentin Jackson and Britt Woodman, trombones; Hilton Jefferson and Russell Procope, alto saxophones; Paul Gonsalves, tenor sax; Jimmy Hamilton, tenor sax and clarinet; Harry Carney (who has been with the band since jUne, 1927), baritone sax; Wendell Marshall, bass; Louie Bellson, drums; Jimmy Grissom and Betty Roach [sic], vocalists; and Billy Strayhorn, arranger.
                                                  Shearing will have his quintet with him for the Providence concert. '

                                                • The Providence Sunday Journal, Providence, R.I.
                                                  1952-11-16 p.4
                                                • Boston Evening American, Boston, Mass.,
                                                  1952-11-14 p.48
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                                                Tuesday
                                                .Stamford, Conn.Ritz Ballroom

                                                'Ritz Ballroom
                                                TOMORROW NITE
                                                The BIGGEST Attraction
                                                of the Year
                                                NEVER BEFORE!
                                                NEVER AGAIN!
                                                Billy ECKSTINE
                                                George SHEARING
                                                DUKE ELLINGTON
                                                COUNT BASIE

                                                8:30 to 1
                                                MAMMOTH CONCERT AND DANCE '

                                                Stamford Advocate, Stamford, Conn.
                                                • 1952-11-07 p.16
                                                • 1952-11-17 p.16
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                                                Wednesday
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                                                Thursday
                                                1952 11 26New York, N.Y.Birdland
                                                "The Jazz Corner of the World"
                                                Broadway at 52nd St.
                                                Night club residency

                                                Broadcasts on NBC during this engagement were called "Silver Jubilee Program, in honour of Ellington's silver jubilee.

                                                Ellington's New York Silver Jubilee Celebrations.

                                                A banner ad in the Amsterdam News read "One Week Only, Nov. 20th to 26th, celebrating his 25th anniversary
                                                Duke Ellington and his 17-piece band, Slim Galliard and his All-Stars"

                                                The show was broadcast as "Stars in Jazz" and "Silver Jubilee Show" from 12:05 to 12:55 AM

                                                Film star Marlon Brando caused a sensation when he attended Ellington's opening night.
                                                At some time during this residency, Ellington was photographed by the New York Age, standing in front of a March of Dimes poster. David Rose, March of Dimes archivist, confirms the child in the poster is Randy Donoho of Detroit, Mich. who was a national poster child for the March of Dimes in 1953, and that the picture on the poster was taken in 1952. This confirms The New York Age photo of Duke was taken during the 1952 Birdland run, rather than being a stock photo from his residencies there in 1951.
                                                • Recording
                                                • Stratemann p.347
                                                • ad, Amsterdam News, 1952-11-15, p.25
                                                • Dorothy Kilgallen, The Voice of Broadway, Pottstown Mercury, 1952-11-25
                                                • Photo with caption, New York Age 1953-01-10 p.8
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                                                Friday
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                                                Saturday
                                                .New York, N.Y.BirdlandNight club residency - see 1952 11 20
                                                "Stars in Jazz" and "Silver Jubilee Show" broadcast, 23:30-24:00
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                                                Monday
                                                .New York, N.Y.BirdlandNight club residency - see 1952 11 20
                                                "Stars in Jazz" and "Silver Jubilee Show" broadcast, 12:30-12:55 AM
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                                                Tuesday
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                                                Wednesday
                                                .New York, N.Y.BirdlandLast night of night club residency - see 1952 11 20

                                                The Kingston, N.Y. Daily Freeman, Nov. 21 and Nov. 25 advertised "Sixteenth Annual Stage Show and Ball..." at Kingston Municipal Auditorium on Thanksgiving Eve, November 26, 1952. One of the acts was "No. 5 is Sepian Dancers The Tapateers with Duke Ellington Band, Astor, Waldorf-Astoria, Palace."

                                                While this suggests Ellington provided the music for the act, the engagement at Birdland precludes this. As well, the Nov. 28 review in the same paper mentioned the Tapateers but not Ellington. It seems most likely that the reference in the ads was to show the trio's credentials rather than to suggest the Ellington orchestra would be providing their music.
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                                                Thursday
                                                Evening and late night
                                                .Pittsburgh, Penn..(Unconfirmed)

                                                Two concerts

                                                Both Stratemann and Vail II report these concerts to have been in Philadelphia, but Vail's source is likely Stratemann, and Stratemann refers to The Billboard, 1952-11-22 p.44. The Billboard says Pittsburgh..

                                                In a story datelined New York, Nov. 15., The Billboard reported The Duke Ellington Jazz Concert at Carnegie on Nov. 14, sponsored by Patricia Music, grossed $21,000 for the evening and midnight shows, with the first show almost sold out and standing room only for the late show. Ellington, Billie Holiday, Stan Getz, Charlie Parker and Ahwad Jamal were on the bill.
                                                The Billboard went on to say Patricia Music had set two 'Duke Ellington Jazz Concerts' in Pittsburgh Nov. 27, with Ellington, Getz, Parker, Dizzy Gillespie and others. This would gauge whether or not Patricia Music would send the group out nationally as 'Jazz at the Birdland.' I have been unable to find any evidence to date that these two concerts were performed.
                                                Stratemann p.347 citing The Billboard 1952-11-22 p.44..
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                                                Friday
                                                1952 11 29Burlington, Ont.Brant Inn....
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                                                Saturday
                                                .Burlington, Ont.Brant Innsee 1952 11 28...
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                                                Sunday
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                                                December 1952

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                                                .Lima, OhioMemorial HallConcert, 8:30 p.m.
                                                Ad:

                                                'Duke Ellington and his Famous Orchestra in 3 hour Carnegie Hall concert. Featured with Duke will be Louie Bellson...Admission $2.00 tax included, no reservations. '



                                                The Lima News:

                                                "Bright in Lima
                                                Among the Duke Ellington concert-goers here Tuesday [recte Monday] night was Johnny Bright..."

                                                • Ad, The Republican-Courier, Findlay, Ohio
                                                  • 1952 11 22 p.11
                                                  • 1952-11-29 p.8
                                                • The Lima News, Lima, Ohio, 1952-12-04 p.21
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                                                Thursday
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                                                1952 12 05
                                                Friday
                                                .Iowa City, IowaIowa Memorial Union
                                                State University of Iowa
                                                All-university "Winter Fantasy" semi-formal dance.

                                                'Duke Ellington will be presented with a cake commemorating the 25th anniversary of the formation of his first band, during the intermission of the "Winter Fantasy" dance Friday.
                                                  "Winter Fantasy,"... is SUI's big semi-formal winter affair.
                                                  The dance will last from 9 p.m. to 1 a.m. and will carry an automatic late leave for co-eds. Tickets are $3,60 per couple and can be purchased at the Union. A corsage is not necessary.
                                                  The Central Party committee, which is sponsoring the dance, will present the cake to Ellington.
                                                  In charge of the arrangements is John Robertson, A3, Waterloo. Pat Caldwell, A2, Iowa City, will assist.'


                                                620 couples attended, and the presentation of the cake was made during a half hour broadcast over WSUI. Four social fraternities presented a Christmas skit during intermission.
                                                The Daily Iowan, State University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa..
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                                                Monday
                                                ...Date Of Purchase Skin Deep (recorded 1952 02 29
                                                Good Woman Blues and Body and Soul are shown as purchased masters from Mercer Records, 1775 Broadway, per letter of agreement dated 1952 12 08. No recording date is shown.
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                                                Tuesday
                                                .Wichita, Kan..Mambo Club....
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                                                Wednesday
                                                ...activities not documented...
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                                                Thursday
                                                ...activities not documented...
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                                                1952 12 12
                                                Friday
                                                .New York, N.Y.Apollo Theater
                                                253 W. 125th St., Borough of Manhattan, Harlem district
                                                Amsterdam News Fifteenth Annual Midnight Benefit Show.

                                                Ellington and 19 other named acts, including Milton Berle and the George Shearing Quintet, were listed in a same-day ad for this benefit show, and the ad also refers to 75 other performers.
                                                • Publicity, Amsterdam News 1952-11-27, p.23
                                                • Ad, Amsterdam News 1952-12-13, p.7
                                                • Stratemann p.347 citing The Billboard, 1952-12-13 p.52
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                                                Saturday
                                                ...activities not documented...
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                                                Sunday
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                                                1952 12 15
                                                Monday
                                                ...activities not documented...
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                                                1952 12 16
                                                Tuesday
                                                .Chillicothe, Mo.Airlane Ballroom(Unconfirmed)

                                                Dance sponsored by the Chillicothe Lions Club, price $2.50 per person
                                                Chillicothe Constitution-Tribune
                                                • 1952-12-10, p.3
                                                • 1952-12-13 p.3
                                                • 1952-12-15 p.3
                                                • 1952-12-16 p.1
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                                                Wednesday
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                                                Thursday
                                                ...activities not documented...
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                                                1952 12 19
                                                Friday
                                                1953 01 01Chicago, Ill.Blue Note Cafe
                                                56 W. Madison St.
                                                Beginning of two week, 5 day a week engagement not to exceed 32 hours a week.

                                                Bellson was supposed to be back for this date.
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                                                Saturday
                                                .Chicago, Ill.Blue Note CafeNight club date - see 1952 12 19...
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                                                Sunday
                                                .Chicago, Ill.Blue Note CafeNight club date - see 1952 12 19...
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                                                1952 12 22.Chicago, Ill..Columbia recording session,
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                                                Monday
                                                .Chicago, Ill.Blue Note CafeNight club date - see 1952 12 19...
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                                                Tuesday
                                                .Chicago, Ill.Blue Note CafeNight off from Blue Note according to StratemannStratemann p.347..
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                                                Tuesday
                                                .Chicago, Ill.Paris ClubJubilee party for Duke...
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                                                Wednesday
                                                .Chicago, Ill.Blue Note CafeNight off from Blue Note per Stratemann p.347...
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                                                1952 12 24
                                                Wednesday
                                                .Chicago, Ill.Johnson Publishing Co.The publishers of Jet, Ebony and Tan magazines hosted a luncheon for Duke in celebration of his Silver Jubilee and presented him with 25 year subscriptions to each magazine.

                                                The December 25 edition of Jet summarized the Ellington history of fourteen girl singers, with photos of several. Named were Ivie Anderson, Wini Johnson, Joya Sherrill, Betty Roché, Kay Davis, Marie Ellington, Rosita Davis, Jean Eldridge, Dolores Parker, Lu Eliot, Bobby Caston, Marion Cox, Debbie Andrews and Chubby Kemp. Yvonne Lanauze is not mentioned.
                                                Jet, 1952-12-25 pp.57-61...
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                                                1952 12 25
                                                Thursday
                                                Christmas day
                                                .Chicago, Ill.Blue Note CafeNight club date - see 1952 12 19...
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                                                Friday
                                                .Chicago, Ill.Blue Note CafeNight club date - see 1952 12 19...
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                                                1952 12 27
                                                Saturday
                                                .Chicago, Ill.Blue Note CafeNight club date - see 1952 12 19...
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                                                1952 12 28
                                                Sunday
                                                .Chicago, Ill.Blue Note CafeNight club date - see 1952 12 19...
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                                                1952 12 29
                                                Monday
                                                .Winnetka, Ill.Louis LaRue residencePrivate party "Laurel Canyon Extravaganza"
                                                Ellington small group
                                                New Desor shows personnel as Nance, Hamilton, Carney, Ellington, Marshall, Grissom (vocal and drums). Note Timner 4 and Nielsen 6 show Bellson as the possible drummer. Timner omits Grissom and Nielsen omits Marshall and Grissom.
                                                Titles recorded:
                                                  • How High The Moon
                                                  • Do Nothin' Till You Hear From Me
                                                  • Follow Me
                                                  • Solitude
                                                  • Monologue
                                                  • Basin Street Blues
                                                  • Pitter Panther Patter
                                                  • New York City Blues\Sophisticated Lady
                                                  • Sophisticated Lady
                                                  • Tangerine
                                                  • Tea For Two
                                                  • Tenderly
                                                  • Without You
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                                                Monday
                                                .Chicago, Ill.Blue Note CafeNight club date - see 1952 12 19...
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                                                Tuesday
                                                .Chicago, Ill.Blue Note CafeNight club date - see 1952 12 19...
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                                                1952 12 31
                                                Wednesday
                                                .Chicago, Ill.Riccardo's Club(Unconfirmed)

                                                Stratemann reports a jubilee party for Ellington was planned, in which the National University of Music would award him a scroll of merit.
                                                Stratemann citing Down Beat, 1953-01-14...
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                                                Wednesday
                                                .Chicago, Ill.Blue Note CafeNight club date - see 1952 12 19
                                                Duke Ellington and His Orchestra
                                                Cook, Anderson, Terry, Nance, Woodman, Jackson, Tizol, Hamilton, Procope, Jefferson, Gonsalves, Carney, Ellington, Marshall, Louis Bellson
                                                  Titles broadcast and recorded
                                                • Take The "A" Train (theme)
                                                • I Let A Song Go Out Of My Heart and Don't Get Around Much Anymore
                                                • Rock Skippin' At The Blue Note
                                                • Things Ain't What They Used To Be
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                                                1953 00 00.Washington, D.C.. Peripheral event
                                                Formation of the Duke Ellington Jazz Society, which eventually became The Duke Ellington Society, Inc.
                                                The Duke Ellington Society, Inc. website..
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                                                1953 Autumn.Madison, Wisc.Fraternity HouseNew Desor reports piano recordings made by Ellington "prob. Fall 1953" at a private party, and says Strayhorn played as well.
                                                Titles recorded:
                                                • Deep Purple
                                                • Deep Purple - Falling Like A Raindrop
                                                • Sophisticated Lady
                                                • Mood Indigo
                                                • Falling Like A Raindrop
                                                • Janet
                                                • The Clothed Woman
                                                • What More Can I Say?
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                                                1953 Autumn.Talahassee, Fla.Sauls-Bridges American Legion Post 13Recorded concert, date uncertain
                                                Duke Ellington and His Orchestra
                                                Cook, Anderson, Terry, Nance, Woodman, Jackson,Tizol, Hamilton, Procope, Henderson, Gonsalves, Carney, Ellington, Marshall, Black, Grissom
                                                Titles recorded:
                                                  • Star Spangled Banner
                                                  • The Mooche
                                                  • How High The Moon
                                                  • Satin Doll
                                                  • The Tattooed Bride
                                                  • Frustration
                                                  • Theme For Trambean
                                                  • Monologue
                                                  • Blue Jean Beguine
                                                  • Take The "A" Train
                                                  • V.I.P. Boogie
                                                  • Jam With Sam
                                                  • Take The "A" Train
                                                  • Flamingo
                                                  • Teach Me Tonight
                                                  • Do Nothin' Till You Hear From Me
                                                  • Blue Moon
                                                  • Gonna Tan Your Hide
                                                    • Medley:
                                                    • 1. Don't Get Around Much Anymore
                                                    • 2. In A Sentimental Mood
                                                    • 3. Mood Indigo
                                                    • 4. I'm Beginning To See The Light
                                                    • 5. Caravan
                                                    • 6. It Don't Mean A Thing
                                                    • 7. Solitude
                                                    • 8. C-Jam Blues
                                                    • 9. I Let A Song & Don't Get Around Much
                                                    Just Squeeze Me
                                                  • Twelfth Street Rag
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                                                January 1953

                                                1953 01 01
                                                Thursday
                                                .Chicago, Ill.Blue Note CafeNight club date - see 1952 12 19
                                                Broadcast:
                                                Duke Ellington and His Orchestra
                                                Cook, Anderson, Terry, Nance, Woodman, Jackson, Tizol, Hamilton, Procope, Hilton Jefferson, Gonsalves, Carney, Ellington, Marshall, Bellson, Betty Roché, Grissom
                                                Titles recorded:
                                                  • Take The "A" Train
                                                  • Fancy Dan
                                                  • My Little Brown Book
                                                  • Bensonality
                                                  • The Hawk Talks
                                                  • Creole Love Call
                                                  • All Of Me
                                                  • Smada
                                                  • How High The Moon
                                                Ellingtonia.comNew Desor
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                                                Friday
                                                ...activities not documented
                                                (Stratemann says "series of one-nighters in the Midwest")
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                                                1953 01 03
                                                Saturday
                                                ...activities not documented
                                                (Stratemann says "series of one-nighters in the Midwest")
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                                                1953 01 04
                                                Sunday
                                                ...activities not documented
                                                (Stratemann says "series of one-nighters in the Midwest")
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                                                1953 01 05
                                                Monday
                                                ...activities not documented
                                                (Stratemann says "series of one-nighters in the Midwest")
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                                                1953 01 06
                                                Tuesday
                                                .Indianapolis, Ind.Butler Fieldhouse
                                                Butler University
                                                510 West 49th St.
                                                (Unconfirmed)

                                                The Indianapolis Olympians basketball team hired Ellington to play at its league game against "the Philadelphia NBL entry" (Philadelphia Warriors). Ellington's orchestra played a 30 minute concert at 8 pm, played again at half-time, and performed a 45 minute concert after the game.

                                                Bob Stranahan in The Indianapolis Star:

                                                'Duke Ellington probably played the most expensive Star Spangled Banner on record last night at the Butler Fieldhouse as the Philadelphia Warriors grabbed a 76-71 National Basketball Association verdict from the Olympians.
                                                  Icy streets and roads cut attendance to a mere 2,743 of basketball (and music) lovers, so the $1,100 chunk the management paid the Duke and his boys really was a dear one. They'd hoped - Andy served - better...'

                                                • The Indianapolis News, Indianapolis, Ind.1952-12-24 p.8
                                                • The Franklin (Indiana) Evening-Star, Franklin, Ind. 1952-12-30 p.5
                                                • Anderson Daily Bulletin, Anderson, Ind. 1953-01-05. p.12
                                                • The Indianapolis Star, Indianapolis, Ind.
                                                  • 1953-01-06 p.22
                                                  • 1953-01-01 p.20
                                                  • 1953-01-07 p.20
                                                • www.basketball-reference.com1951-52 season
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                                                1953 01 07
                                                Wednesday
                                                ...activities not documented
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                                                1953 01 08
                                                Thursday
                                                ...activities not documented
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                                                1953 01 09
                                                Friday
                                                1953 01 15Chicago, Ill.Regal TheatreTheatre show...
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                                                1953 01 10
                                                Saturday
                                                .Chicago, Ill.Regal TheatreTheatre show - see 1953 01 09...
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                                                1953 01 11
                                                Sunday
                                                .Chicago, Ill.Regal TheatreTheatre show - see 1953 01 09...
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                                                1953 01 12
                                                Monday
                                                ...activities not documented...
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                                                1953 01 13
                                                Tuesday
                                                .Chicago, Ill.Club DeLisaCourier:*

                                                'Chi Salutes Red Saunders
                                                CHICAGO–One thousand Chicago well-wishers saluted Red (Hambone) Saunders last Tuesday at Club DeLisa, where Red celebrated his fifteenth year as drummer and orchestra leader.
                                                  Headlining the long list of celebrities who attended the affair were Duke Ellington, Bill Bailey, Jimmy Grissom, Debbie Andrews, Al Benson, Daddie-O Dallie, Sid McCoy and Vivian Carter, Dan Burley, Joe Williams and Freddie Gordon.
                                                  Duke Ellington, who was honorary chairman of the affair, presented Saunders with an award which was followed up by a $1,000 check from club owner Mike DeLisa, ...
                                                  Red received 200 telegrams from friends and fans, one of which was sent by newlyweds Pearl Bailey and Louis Bellson. From Musicians Union, Local 208, came a huge basket of flowers.'



                                                * (Note - While the paper was dated Jan. 31, Afro-American weeklies often carried national content received the week before the week of publication. Ellington and his orchestra were in Chicago Tuesday Jan. 13 but not on the other Tuesdays in January.
                                                The Courier, Pittsburgh, Penn., 1953-01-31 p.N17..
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                                                1953 01 14
                                                Wednesday
                                                .Chicago, Ill.Regal TheatreTheatre show - see 1953 01 09...
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                                                1953 01 15
                                                Thursday
                                                .Detroit, Mich..Jimmy Hamilton recording session..DEMS
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                                                1953 01 15
                                                Thursday
                                                .Chicago, Ill.Regal TheatreTheatre show - see 1953 01 09...
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                                                1953 01 16
                                                Friday
                                                .Milwaukee, Wisc.Ron-De-Voo BallroomLikely dancingThe Milwaukee Journal, Milwaukee, Wisc. 1952-12-19 p.7..
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                                                Saturday
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                                                Sunday
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                                                1953 01 19
                                                Monday
                                                1953 01 25Boston, Mass.StoryvilleClub date...
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                                                1953 01 20
                                                Tuesday
                                                .Boston, Mass.StoryvilleClub date - see 1953 01 19...
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                                                1953 01 21
                                                Wednesday
                                                .Boston, Mass.StoryvilleClub date - see 1953 01 19
                                                Frank Sinatra was at Storyville between shows to see Ellington and Bellson "and the DUke's magnificent new orchestra."
                                                Boston Daily Record, Boston, Mass. 1953-01-22 p.2..
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                                                1953 01 22
                                                Thursday
                                                .Boston, Mass.StoryvilleClub date - see 1953 01 19...
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                                                1953 01 23
                                                Friday
                                                .Boston, Mass.StoryvilleClub date - see 1953 01 19...
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                                                1953 01 24
                                                Saturday
                                                .Boston, Mass.StoryvilleClub date - see 1953 01 19...
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                                                1953 01 25
                                                Sunday
                                                .Boston, Mass.StoryvilleClub date - see 1953 01 19...
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                                                1953 01 26
                                                Monday
                                                .Boston, Mass..Sidemen's activities are not documented

                                                Ellington was interviewed by Down Beat's "Boston and environs" correspondent Nat Hentoff for the Le Jazz Hot show on FM radio station WLAW. The label of a possibly dubbed acetate recording of the interview, now owned by Steven Lasker, shows Ellington Interview 1-26-52, hand-written.
                                                Ellington was not in Boston 1952 01 26 but did play Storyville 1953 01 19-25. Since Hentoff remarked to Ellington that he had just finished an engagement at Storyville the day before, the interview can be dated 1953 01 26. Both refer to something Duke previously said, so it seems reasonable to infer they spoke off the air some time earlier, leading to the radio interview.
                                                  Ellington talks around Hentoff's question about what changes had taken place in jazz in the past 25 years, and speaks about Fletcher Henderson and Louis Armstrong.
                                                Hentoff:

                                                '...I don't know a modern bass player any bassist including...and Charlie Mingus who's with you now, who hasn't expressed tremendous admiration for the late Jimmie Blanton... '

                                                Duke's mention of

                                                'Wendell Marshall, who is away from us right now, temporarily, is Jimmie's cousin and still plays Jimmie's bass... '

                                                establishes Mingus was with the band earlier than previously known and that Marshall was away.
                                                  Ellington also speaks about Louie Bellson's abilities, and of writing for individuals, using Brown, Nanton and Tizol as an example; while they all played trombone, their personalities are very different so you'd write differently for each of them. He mentioned Nanton could play the full range of his horn but when he had a plunger and mute inside, there were only five or six notes that could be used. In speaking about working with Rex Stewart to compose Boy Meets Horn, the cocked valve on the trumpet E gave a certain sound, and it was fun to write for the note, since none of the other notes have the same timbre.
                                                  He also said when he had a six piece band, he went almost every day to the big movie houses on Broadway where they had symphony orchestras to listen to the lush music, and then go back to his six piece orchestra and try to make them sound like that.
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                                                Wednesday
                                                ...activities not documented...
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                                                1953 01 29
                                                Thursday
                                                ...PERSONNEL CHANGE
                                                Wendell Marshall, bass, is replaced by Charles Mingus.
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                                                1953 01 30
                                                Friday
                                                1953 02 15
                                                Sunday
                                                New York, N.Y.Bill Levine's
                                                Band Box
                                                Broadway,
                                                between 52 & 53 St.
                                                The Ellington band appeared with the Art Tatum trio, bringing "solid business." Others on the bill: Charlie Shavers, Joe Loco Quintet

                                                Remote broadcast over radio station WMGM
                                                Stratemann describes the Band Box as an "oversized 1,100 seater" and says the dance music was provided by the Joe Loco mambo orchestra.

                                                "Almost daily" broadcasts on WMGM from the Bandbox included Mingus until Feb. 2, then Pettiford.
                                                • Amsterdam News, New York, 1953-01-31 p.26
                                                • Yale Daily News, New Haven, Conn.,
                                                  • 1953-02-06, p.5
                                                  • 1953-02-13, p.5
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                                                1953 01 31
                                                Saturday
                                                .New York, N.Y.Band Box See 1953 01 30...
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                                                February 1953

                                                1953 02 01
                                                Sunday
                                                .New York, N.Y.BandboxEllington, Carney, Hamilton and Procope were telecast, resulting in an audio tape including Take the "A" Train, Monologue and Mood Indigo..New Desor
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                                                1953 02 01
                                                Sunday
                                                .New York, N.Y.Band Box See 1953 01 30...
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                                                1953 02 02
                                                Monday
                                                .New York, N.Y.Band Boxsee 1953 01 30

                                                WMGM "Jazz Caravan" broadcast
                                                PERSONNEL CHANGE
                                                Ellington fired bassist Charles Mingus at the end of the night.
                                                An altercation between Mingus and Juan Tizol about whether or not Mingus would play Tizol's music as written or play it up an octave started in the dressing rooms and carried on up to the stage just before the curtain went up.

                                                Tizol's and Mingus' versions of the event are described in Basilio Serrano's Juan Tizol: His talents, his collaborators, his legacy, CENTRO Journal Volume XVIII Number II, fall 2006

                                                Mingus was temporarily replaced by bassist Oscar Pettiford.

                                                Stratemann and New Desor have Mingus on the Feb.2 broadcast, and New Desor has Pettiford on the broadcast of Feb. 4, indicating Mingus was fired either February 2 or 3. Stratemann says Mingus placed the event in the Apollo (see Feb 20) but says Marshall was already back on bass by then.
                                                • Stratemann p.348
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                                                1953 02 03
                                                Tuesday
                                                .New York, N.Y.Band Box See 1953 01 30

                                                PERSONNEL CHANGE
                                                Paul Gonsalves leaves the band, replaced the next night by Tony Scott. Gonsalves left to play in the Tommy Dorsey Orchestra, where he stayed for two weeks. New Desor has him returning March 1, Wallèn has him leaving in March. Wendy Lawrence, in a paper captioned Norwich Jazz Club, has him leaving in September and returning in October.
                                                • New Desor vol. II
                                                • Göran Wallèn: Paul Gonsalves Complete Discography, 2013-09-24
                                                • Wendy Lawrence, 'Mex' - A Tribute To Paul Gonsalves, Norwich Jazz Record Club paper 1997-09-11 (heading), or 2002-10-20 (signature)
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                                                1953 02 04
                                                Wednesday
                                                .New York, N.Y.Band Box See 1953 01 30

                                                WMGM broadcast
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                                                Thursday
                                                .New York, N.Y.Band Boxsee 1953 01 30

                                                WMGM "Jazz Caravan" broadcast
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                                                1953 02 06
                                                Friday
                                                .New York, N.Y.Band Boxsee 1953 01 30...
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                                                Saturday
                                                .New York, N.Y.Band Boxsee 1953 01 30...
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                                                1953 02 08
                                                Sunday
                                                .New York, N.Y.Band Boxsee 1953 01 30.New Desor
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                                                Monday
                                                .New York, N.Y.Band Boxsee 1953 01 30

                                                WMGM "Jazz Caravan" broadcast
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                                                1953 02 10
                                                Tuesday
                                                .New York, N.Y.Band Box See 1953 01 30...
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                                                1953 02 11
                                                Wednesday
                                                .New York, N.Y.Band Box See 1953 01 30...
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                                                1953 02 12
                                                Thursday
                                                .New York, N.Y.Band Box See 1953 01 30...
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                                                1953 02 13
                                                Friday
                                                .New York, N.Y.Band Box See 1953 01 30...
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                                                1953 02 14
                                                Saturday
                                                Valentine's Day
                                                .New York, N.Y.Band Box See 1953 01 30...
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                                                1953 02 15
                                                Sunday
                                                .New York, N.Y.Band Box See 1953 01 30...
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                                                1953 02 15
                                                Sunday
                                                .New York, N.Y.NBC TV studioEllington appeared in a telecast, the "Scott Music Hall", also known as "The Patti Page Show."

                                                Duke played a medley backed by the studio orchestra led by Carl Hoff, then accompanied Miss Page for one song.
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                                                Monday
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                                                Tuesday
                                                ...activities not documented...
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                                                Wednesday
                                                ...activities not documented...
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                                                Thursday
                                                ...activities not documented...
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                                                1953 02 20
                                                Friday
                                                ...PERSONNEL CHANGES
                                                Wendell Marshall, bass, rejoins the band. New Desor Vol.2 shows this as March, but Stratemann has him back in the band by the Apollo gig. New Desor's entry is based on his presence on recordings, but there were no band recordings from Feb 10 to 24 inclusive.
                                                John Sanders, valve trombone, subbed for Juan Tizol for several months, having worked in Mercer's band:

                                                'One night Duke needed a substitute trombonist and Mercer recommended me. It was like a dream come true. I always thought he was beyond my reach and never met him until I went backstage at the Apollo. He loaned me a jacket, handed me some music and told me I'd be OK. They were closing that night with Pearl Bailey. I played the second show. Duke suggested I come out on the road with them for a few nights. He didn't say where we were going or for how long. We went to the South and out through Texas. Four months went by. We wound up in San Diego and I didn't get home until April.'

                                                • New Desor vol.2
                                                • "Band Member Turned In Trombone for Pulpit", 1990-01-14 Associated Press article by Hugh A. Mulligan, Los Angeles Times archives.
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                                                Friday
                                                1953 02 26New York, N.Y.Apollo Theater
                                                253 W. 125th St., Borough of Manhattan, Harlem district
                                                Theatre engagement (stage show - 40 performances)
                                                Pearl Bailey and her brother Bill were on the bill. Strateman says Bellson's farewell week with the band provided the biggest week in the Apollo's history, grossing $37,000.
                                                Stratemann p.348, citing
                                                • Variety 1953-03-04 p.55
                                                • Variety 1953-03-18 p.42
                                                • New York Age 1953--02-21 p.20
                                                • Down Beat 1953-04-08
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                                                1953 02 21
                                                Saturday
                                                .New York, N.Y.Apollo Theater
                                                253 W. 125th St.
                                                Harlem
                                                Theatre show - see 1953 02 20...
                                                ..2011
                                                1953 02 22
                                                Sunday
                                                .New York, N.Y.Apollo Theater
                                                253 W. 125th St.
                                                Harlem
                                                Theatre show - see 1953 02 20...
                                                ..2011
                                                1953 02 23
                                                Monday
                                                .New York, N.Y.Apollo Theater
                                                253 W. 125th St.
                                                Harlem
                                                Theatre show - see 1953 02 20...
                                                ..2011
                                                1953 02 24...Date of contract between Triple Ell Corporation, Duke Ellington Inc. and Associated Booking Corporation to provide 15 musicians "under the leadership of Duke Ellington, Inc., presents Duke Ellington" for three 5-day weeks, not to exceed 32 hours per week at the Blue Note Cafe beginning June 12, 1953, for $5,000/week.

                                                The contract price is again to cover a six-day week if the AFM rescinds the five-day week.

                                                This contract again specifies the weekly fee is $5,000, less 10% to Associated Booking Corp.

                                                It says "It is specifically understood and agreed that unless otherwise specified herein, no part of the performance of the Orchestra shall be broadcast or reproduced by radio or other means."
                                                Contract, Stratemann files, courtesy Monika Stratemann..
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                                                1953 02 24
                                                Tuesday
                                                .New York, N.Y.Apollo Theater
                                                253 W. 125th St.
                                                Harlem
                                                Theatre show - see 1953 02 20...
                                                ..2011
                                                1953 02 25
                                                Wednesday
                                                .New York, N.Y.Apollo Theater
                                                253 W. 125th St.
                                                Harlem
                                                Theatre show - see 1953 02 20...
                                                ..2011
                                                1953 02 26
                                                Thursday
                                                .New York, N.Y.Apollo Theater
                                                253 W. 125th St.
                                                Harlem
                                                Theatre show - see 1953 02 20...
                                                ..2011
                                                1953 02 26...PERSONNEL CHANGE
                                                Louie Bellson, drums, leaves the band

                                                Hilton Jefferson, alto sax, leaves the band
                                                New Desor vol.2..
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                                                1953 02 27
                                                Friday
                                                .Morgantown, W.Va.Mountainlair Student Union building
                                                West Virginia University
                                                Moonlight Prom, sponsored by Mountainlair and the Newman Club, a Catholic student organization. Raleigh Register, Beckley, W.Va., 1953-03-02, p.6..
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                                                1953 02 28
                                                Saturday
                                                ...activities not documented...
                                                ...

                                                March 1953

                                                1953 03 01
                                                Sunday
                                                ...activities not documented...
                                                ...
                                                1953 03 01
                                                Sunday
                                                ...PERSONNEL CHANGES
                                                George "Butch" Ballard, drums, rejoins the band, replacing Louie Bellson
                                                New Desor vol.2

                                                Stratemann, p.348
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                                                1953 03 02
                                                Monday
                                                1953 03 08Hillside, Pa. Hilltop Restaurant....
                                                ..Added
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                                                1953 03 03
                                                Tuesday
                                                .Hillside, Pa. Hilltop RestaurantSee 1953 03 02...
                                                ..2011
                                                1953 03 04
                                                Wednesday
                                                .Hillside, Pa. Hilltop RestaurantSee 1953 03 02...
                                                ..2011
                                                1953 03 05
                                                Thursday
                                                .Hillside, Pa. Hilltop RestaurantSee 1953 03 02...
                                                ..2011
                                                1953 03 06
                                                Friday
                                                .Hillside, Pa. Hilltop RestaurantSee 1953 03 02...
                                                ..2011
                                                1953 03 07
                                                Saturday
                                                .Hillside, Pa. Hilltop RestaurantSee 1953 03 02...
                                                ..2011
                                                1953 03 08
                                                Sunday
                                                .Hillside, Pa. Hilltop RestaurantSee 1953 03 02...
                                                ..2011
                                                1953 03 00...PERSONNEL CHANGES
                                                • Rick Henderson, alto sax, replaces Hilton Jefferson
                                                • Paul Gonsalves, rejoins the band, replacing Tony Scott
                                                Stratemann dates these changes mid-March, before the trip west. He doesn't say why Gonsalves was out of the band or if Scott was just subbing for Paul.
                                                New Desor vol.2

                                                Stratemann, p.348
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                                                Monday
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                                                1953 03 10
                                                Tuesday
                                                ...activities not documented...
                                                ...
                                                1953 03 11
                                                Wednesday
                                                ...activities not documented...
                                                ...
                                                1953 03 12
                                                Thursday
                                                ...activities not documented...
                                                ...
                                                1953 03 13
                                                Friday
                                                ...activities not documented...
                                                ...
                                                1953 03 14
                                                Saturday
                                                ...activities not documented...
                                                ...
                                                1953 03 15
                                                Sunday
                                                ...activities not documented...
                                                ...
                                                1953 03 15
                                                Sunday
                                                ...PERSONNEL CHANGE
                                                Singer Betty Roché leaves the band
                                                New Desor vol.2..
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                                                Monday
                                                ...activities not documented...
                                                ...
                                                1953 03 17
                                                Tuesday
                                                ...activities not documented...
                                                ...
                                                1953 03 18
                                                Wednesday
                                                ...activities not documented...
                                                ...
                                                1953 03 19
                                                Thursday
                                                .Hobbs, N.M.VFW Hall.Stratemann, p.348..
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                                                1953 03 20
                                                Friday
                                                ...activities not documented...
                                                ...
                                                1953 03 22
                                                Sunday
                                                .Albuquerque, N.M..Dance dateStratemann, p.348New Desor
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                                                Monday
                                                ...activities not documented...
                                                ...
                                                1953 03 24
                                                Tuesday
                                                ...activities not documented...
                                                ...
                                                1953 03 25
                                                Wednesday
                                                .Tucson, Ariz.El Casino Ballroom.
                                                • Stratemann, p.348
                                                • Vail II
                                                • Tucson Daily Citizen, 1953-03-25 p.30
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                                                ..2011
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                                                1953 03 26
                                                Thursday
                                                .Phoenix, Ariz...Stratemann, p.348..
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                                                2011
                                                1953 03 27
                                                Friday
                                                .Pomona, Cal...Stratemann, p.348..
                                                ..Added
                                                2011
                                                1953 03 28
                                                Saturday
                                                1953 03 29San Diego, Cal.Trianon Ballroom
                                                1106 Broadway
                                                The March 25 edition, p.a-10 of the San Diego Union carried an ad for the Downtown Trianon, Broadway at 11th, announcing "Sat.-Duke Ellington"
                                                The Saturday was March 28, thus filling in one of the missing Stratemann.Stratemann, p.348 merely says "San Diego, Cal." for this date. Vail II says "Duke Ellington and his Orchestra play the first of a two-nioht engagement in San Diego, California."
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                                                1953 03 29
                                                Sunday
                                                3:30 to 6:30 pm
                                                .San Diego, Cal.Commissioned Officer's Mess
                                                North Island
                                                The January 31 edition of the Union announced Ellington would play a late afternoon dance on March 29 and "any service juniors home that Sunday are invited to the Duke Ellington dance." The March 25 edition confirmed this date, saying it was a dance and concert at the North Island Officer's Club on Sunday from 3:30 to 6:30 pm.
                                                  San Diego Union
                                                • 1953-01-31, p.a-11
                                                • 1953-03-25, p.b-1
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                                                1953 03 30
                                                Monday
                                                .Pasadena, Cal.Civic AuditoriumSharing the bill with Ellington and his orchestra were the Herman McCoy Swing Choir and the Gerry Mulligan quartet. Oscar Pettiford sat in for one Ellington number.Stratemann, p.348New Desor
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                                                1953 03 31
                                                Tuesday
                                                .San Diego, Cal.Marine Recruit Depot.
                                                • Stratemann, p.348
                                                • Vail II
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                                                April 1953

                                                1953 04 01
                                                Wednesday
                                                ... Peripheral event
                                                Date of amalgamation of Los Angeles American Federation of Musicians locals 47 (white) and 767 (black)
                                                Email Lasker-Palmquist 2014-10-14..
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                                                1953 04 01
                                                Wednesday
                                                1953 04 04
                                                Saturday
                                                Balboa Beach, Cal.Rendezvous....
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                                                1953 04 02
                                                Thursday
                                                .Balboa Beach, Cal.Rendezvoussee 1953 04 01...
                                                ..2011
                                                1953 04 03
                                                Friday
                                                .Balboa Beach, Cal.Rendezvoussee 1953 04 01...
                                                ..2011
                                                1953 04 04
                                                Saturday
                                                .Balboa Beach, Cal.Rendezvoussee 1953 04 01...
                                                ..2011
                                                1953 04 05
                                                Sunday
                                                .San Diego, Cal......
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                                                1953 04 06
                                                Monday
                                                .Los Angeles, Cal.Capitol Studios
                                                5515 Melrose Ave.
                                                Hollywood 28, Cal.
                                                Capitol recording session for the album "Premiered by Ellington," Capitol H-440
                                                • 14:00 - 17:00
                                                • 17:00 - 17:55
                                                (All of Duke's Capitol sessions in L.A. were held here.)
                                                Duke Ellington and His Famous Orchestra
                                                Cook, Anderson, Terry, Nance, Woodman, Jackson,Tizol, Hamilton, Procope, Henderson, Gonsalves, Carney, Ellington, Wendell Marshall, Ballard, Grissom
                                                Titles recorded:
                                                • Satin Doll
                                                • Without A Song
                                                • Cocktails For Two
                                                New Desor
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                                                1953 04 07
                                                Tuesday
                                                .Los Angeles, Cal.Capitol Studios
                                                5515 Melrose Ave.
                                                Hollywood 28, Cal.
                                                Capitol recording session for the album "Premiered by Ellington," Capitol H-440
                                                • 14:00 to 17:00
                                                • 17:00 to 17:25
                                                • 20:20 to 23:20

                                                Duke Ellington and His Famous Orchestra
                                                Cook, Anderson, Terry, Nance, Woodman, Jackson,Tizol, Hamilton, Procope, Henderson, Gonsalves, Carney, Ellington, Wendell Marshall, Ballard, Grissom
                                                Titles recorded:
                                                • My Old Flame
                                                • I Can't Give You Anything But Love
                                                • Nothin', Nothin', Baby
                                                • Stormy Weather
                                                • Stardust
                                                • Three Little Words
                                                • Orson
                                                New Desor
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                                                2014-02-17
                                                1953 04 08
                                                Wednesday
                                                ...activities not documented...
                                                ...
                                                1953 04 09
                                                Thursday
                                                .Los Angeles, Cal.Capitol Studios
                                                5515 Melrose Ave.
                                                Hollywood 28, Cal.
                                                Capitol recording session
                                                • 7:10 to 10:40
                                                • 11:00 to 2:00
                                                • Mr. Lasker: You couldn't possibly get DE to a place of work at 7:10 am unless you kept him up all night. 19:10 to 02:00 hrs. strikes me as most likely in this instance.

                                                Duke Ellington and His Famous Orchestra
                                                Cook, Anderson, Terry, Nance, Woodman, Jackson, Tizol, Hamilton, Procope, Henderson, Gonsalves, Carney, Strayhorn, Ellington, Marshall, Ballard, Grissom
                                                Titles recorded:
                                                • Boo-Dah
                                                • Blossom
                                                • Ballin' The Blues
                                                • Warm Valley
                                                • Flamingo
                                                • Blue Jean Beguine
                                                • Liza
                                                New Desor
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                                                updated
                                                2014-02-17
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                                                1953 04 10
                                                Friday
                                                1953 04 21Los Angeles, Cal.Paramount Theatre....
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                                                1953 04 11
                                                Saturday
                                                .Los Angeles, Cal.Paramount Theatresee 1953 04 10...
                                                ..2011
                                                1953 04 12
                                                Sunday
                                                .Los Angeles, Cal.Paramount Theatresee 1953 04 10...
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                                                1953 04 12
                                                Sunday
                                                .San Diego, Cal.Russ AuditoriumThe San Diego Union, Jan. 7 1953, page b-3:

                                                Janssen to Conduct
                                                Glad tidings of the San Diego Philharmonic are that Werner Janssen, internationally known conductor, will direct the orchestra in its third season opening Jan. 25, and that Duke Ellington will be here to play in the world premiere of his new "Concerto for Modern Dance and Symphony Orchestra" in the San Diego Philharmonic's fourth concert, April 12, in Russ Auditorium. The premiere of the Ellington concerto will be big news all over the world. Ellington will of course be at the piano, and his band will join the musicians of the local orchestra in the performance of this important new work, commissioned by the San Diego Philharmonic's enterprising board.

                                                The Union carried further such announcements in its January 11, January 18 and January 25, 1953 (pp c-6 and c-8) editions, available at http://genealogybank.com.

                                                It seems this did not pan out, for the April 5 edition describes the Philharmonic's next three concerts, Friday night, Saturday morning and Sunday evening (April 10, 11 and 12 respectively), without any mention of Ellington. The two-week run at the Paramount Theatre in Los Angeles that began April 10 would also seem to rule out April 12 in San Diego.
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                                                1953 04 13
                                                Monday
                                                .Los Angeles, Cal.Paramount Theatresee 1953 04 10...
                                                ..2011
                                                1953 04 13
                                                Monday
                                                .Los Angeles, Cal.Capitol Studios
                                                5515 Melrose Ave.
                                                Hollywood 28, Cal.
                                                The Capitol recording session shown on this date in New Desor, Timner, Nielsen, Jepsen and Vail II seems more likely to have been part of an extended session early the next morning - see Steven Lasker's discussion in the entry for 1953 04 14New Desor
                                                DE5316
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                                                1953 04 14
                                                Tuesday
                                                .Los Angeles, Cal.Capitol studio
                                                5515 Melrose Ave.
                                                Hollywood 28, Cal.
                                                Capitol recording session for the album "The Duke Plays Ellington"
                                                (Capitol LPs T-477 (12-inch, 12 titles), H-477 (10-inch, 8 titles) and 45 rpm extended play discs EAP 1-477 and 2-477 (7-inch with 4 titles/side), same liner notes on all.
                                                Steven Lasker:

                                                ': H-477 is a 10-inch LP with eight tracks. T-477 is a 12-inch LP with twelve tracks. The four bonus tracks: Melancholia, All too Soon, Dancers in Love and Retrospection.'


                                                Session times:
                                                • 12:30 - 3:30
                                                • 4:00 - 7:00
                                                • 7:30 to 10:30
                                                • see discussion

                                                Duke Ellington, Wendell Marshall and Butch Ballard
                                                Titles recorded:
                                                • Who Knows?(1)
                                                • Retrospection(1)
                                                • B-Sharp Blues(1)
                                                • Passion Flower(1)
                                                • Dancers In Love(1)
                                                • Reflections In D(1)
                                                • Melancholia(1)
                                                • Prelude To A Kiss(1)
                                                • In A Sentimental Mood
                                                • Things Ain't What They Used To Be
                                                • All Too Soon
                                                • Janet
                                                Note (1):Vail II and the discographies noted above show these titles were recorded the previous day, but if the sessions were Monday afternoon and evening, they would have conflicted with the theatre job.
                                                Lasker:
                                                'Now that I review the original contract and other paperwork filed with local 47 relating to this session, I see that the twelve trio titles were recorded as Capitol Recording sessions no. 3009, 3010 and 3011. In documents prepared by Capitol's Supervisor of Artists and Publishers Payable Group, the first two sessions are shown as recorded on 4-13, and the last session on 4-14. The three sessions were covered under a single AF of M contract, which shows session times of 12:30 to 3:30; 4:00 to 7:00; 7:30 to 10:30 but just a single date: 4/14.

                                                According to the album notes of The Duke Plays Ellington,

                                                'These [selections] were recorded long after midnight at Capitol's Melrose Avenue Studio in Hollywood without any sort of rehearsal or plan. They just happened.'

                                                and

                                                'Reflections in D, Who Knows?, B Sharp Blues, and Janet are spontaneous ad libbed compositions by Ellington, created in the privacy of the dimly lighted studio at the time this album was recorded.'

                                                From this I gather that the twelve titles were recorded between 0:30 hrs and 10:30 hrs on 4-14, and that no titles were actually recorded on the 13th.'
                                                Webmaster's comment:
                                                Mr. Lasker's conclusion is consistent with the Capitol supervisor showing the first two sessions on the 13th, as in the night of the 13th. An all-night recording session starting after midnight would not conflict with the theatre job, fits Duke's habit, and seems more reasonable than having the sidemen come to the studio two days in a row.
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                                                1953 04 14
                                                Tuesday
                                                .Los Angeles, Cal.Paramount Theatresee 1953 04 10...
                                                ..2011
                                                1953 04 15
                                                Wednesday
                                                .Los Angeles, Cal.Paramount Theatresee 1953 04 10...
                                                ..2011
                                                1953 04 16
                                                Thursday
                                                .Los Angeles, Cal.Paramount Theatresee 1953 04 10...
                                                ..2011
                                                1953 04 17
                                                Friday
                                                .Los Angeles, Cal.Paramount Theatresee 1953 04 10...
                                                ..2011
                                                1953 04 18
                                                Saturday
                                                .Los Angeles, Cal.Paramount Theatresee 1953 04 10...
                                                ..2011
                                                1953 04 19
                                                Sunday
                                                .Los Angeles, Cal.Paramount Theatresee 1953 04 10...
                                                ..2011
                                                1953 04 20
                                                Monday
                                                .Los Angeles, Cal.Paramount Theatresee 1953 04 10...
                                                ..2011
                                                1953 04 21
                                                Tuesday
                                                .Los Angeles, Cal.Paramount Theatresee 1953 04 10...
                                                ..2011
                                                1953 04 22
                                                Wednesday
                                                ...activities not documented...
                                                ...
                                                1953 04 23
                                                Thursday
                                                ...activities not documented...
                                                ...
                                                1953 04 24
                                                Friday
                                                .Stockton, Cal.Civic Auditorium....
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                                                1953 04 25
                                                Saturday
                                                .Sacramento, Cal.Auditorium..
                                                Saturday
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                                                1953 04 26
                                                Sunday
                                                .San Jose, Cal.Auditorium....
                                                ..Added
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                                                1953 04 27
                                                Monday
                                                .Sacramento, Cal.Governor's H....
                                                ..Added
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                                                1953 04 28
                                                Tuesday
                                                .Klamath Falls, Ore.Armory....
                                                ..Added
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                                                1953 04 29
                                                Wednesday
                                                Ellington's birthday
                                                .Portland, Ore.VFW Hall...DEMS
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                                                1953 04 30
                                                Thursday
                                                .Portland, Ore.McElroy's BallroomClub date

                                                The event was recorded and is on the Laserlight 5 CD set "Happy Birthday Duke"
                                                Duke Ellington and His Orchestra
                                                Cook, Anderson, Terry, Nance, Woodman, Jackson,Tizol, Hamilton,Procope, Henderson, Gonsalves, Carney, Ellington, Marshall, Ballard, Grissom
                                                Titles recorded:
                                                • Primping At The Prom
                                                • Smada
                                                • Maybe I Should Change My Ways
                                                • All Day Long
                                                • Don't Worry 'Bout Me
                                                • Lullabye Of Birdland
                                                • Time On My Hands
                                                • Take The "A" Train
                                                • Liza
                                                • Creole Love Call
                                                • Boo-Dah
                                                • Stomp, Look And Listen
                                                • Happy Go Lucky Local
                                                • Summertime
                                                • Warm Valley
                                                • Sultry Serenade
                                                • Hi'ya Sue
                                                • Sophisticated Lady
                                                • Medley: I Let A Song Go Out Of My Heart / Don't Get Around Much Anymore
                                                • Just Squeeze Me
                                                • Caravan
                                                • Perdido
                                                • Without A Song
                                                • Do Nothin' Till You Hear From Me
                                                • Come On Home
                                                • Vagabonds
                                                • Things Ain't What They Used to Be
                                                • The Hawk Talks
                                                • C-Jam Blues
                                                • Tenderly
                                                • All The Things You Are
                                                • V.I.P. Boogie
                                                • Jam With Sam
                                                • Once There Lived A Fool
                                                • Flamingo
                                                • Solitude
                                                • I'm Just A Lucky So And So
                                                • Without A Song
                                                • Ballin' The Blues
                                                • Please Be Kind
                                                • Happy Birthday To You
                                                • Mood Indigo
                                                • Blue Skies
                                                New Desor
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                                                May 1953

                                                1953 05 01
                                                Friday
                                                .Olympia, Wash.Evergreen Ballroom....
                                                ..Added
                                                2011
                                                1953 05 02
                                                Saturday
                                                .Seattle, Wash.Trianon Ballroom....
                                                ..Added
                                                2011
                                                1953 05 03
                                                Sunday
                                                .Spokane, Wash.Fairchild Air Force Base....
                                                ..Added
                                                2011
                                                1953 05 04
                                                Monday
                                                ...activities not documented...
                                                ...
                                                1953 05 05
                                                Tuesday
                                                .Moscow, Idaho......
                                                ..Added
                                                2011
                                                1953 05 06
                                                Wednesday
                                                .Boise, Idaho.Miramar Ballroom....
                                                ..Added
                                                2011
                                                1953 05 07
                                                Thursday
                                                .BurleyIdyll Ballroom....
                                                ..Added
                                                2011
                                                1953 05 08
                                                Friday
                                                1953 05 09Salt Lake City, UtahRainbow....
                                                ..Added
                                                2011
                                                1953 05 09
                                                Saturday
                                                .Salt Lake City, UtahRainbowsee 1953 05 08...
                                                ..2011
                                                1953 05 10
                                                Sunday
                                                ...activities not documented...
                                                ...
                                                1953 05 11
                                                Monday
                                                .Denver, Col.Rainbow Ballroom....
                                                ..Added
                                                2011
                                                1953 05 12
                                                Tuesday
                                                .Holdredge, Nebr.Auditorium....
                                                ..Added
                                                2011
                                                1953 05 13
                                                Wednesday
                                                ...activities not documented...
                                                ...
                                                1953 05 14
                                                Thursday
                                                .Burlington, Iowa.The band arrived in Burlington early Thursday, en route to the dance in West Point, Iowa, about 25 miles west.

                                                The band would return to Burlington for the night, leaving for Normal the next morning.
                                                Burlington, Iowa Hawk-Eye Gazette, 1952-05-14, p.19..
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                                                Thursday
                                                .West Point, IowaLegion Ballroom....
                                                ..Added
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                                                1953 05 15
                                                Friday
                                                .Normal, IowaMcCormick Gymnasium
                                                Illinois State Normal University.
                                                Dance
                                                Helen Rorobach:

                                                '[Ellington] captivated a large crowd at McCormick Gym Friday night...
                                                 Calling the affair at ISNU a dance is a misnomer. Not that the Duke didn't play danceable music but the dancers were lost in a fog of complete admiration for the performance. The bandstand was circled with listening couples and a fringe of jitterbuggers frolicked in the background.
                                                  Ellingtonia was played throughout the evening. As one young being complimented the 54 year old bandleader "You didn't play one piece of corn." From Mood Indigo to Satin Doll the Duke's original music was played with only two brief intermissions. The whole band seemed reluctant to leave the bandstand and wandered back one by one to take up their instruments and join the Duke as he ad libbed at the piano.
                                                  ... The tall be-mustached band leader has Billy Strayhorn as his arranger. After the last fan had gone home and the Duke had changed his clothes he and Straynor [sic] worked out on the piano in the large silent gym. The Duke hummed, Strayhorn corded [sic] and the night watchman looked disgusted.
                                                  Strayhorn played Satin Doll while the Duke proceeded to improvise words – it was recorded without a vocal...
                                                  It was 1:30 a.m. when the bus driver leaned on the horn again for the Duke to board the bus for St. Louis, Missouri. The band appeared at the Masonic Temple in Benld, Ill., Saturday night... '

                                                • Helen Rorobach, The Duke Makes a Hit at ISNU, The Pantagraph, Bloomington, Ill., 1953-05-18 p.7
                                                • Stratemann p.349
                                                • Vail II
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                                                1953 05 16
                                                Saturday
                                                .Benid, Ill.Coliseum Ballroom....
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                                                1953 05 17
                                                Sunday
                                                .St. Louis, Mo.Masonic Hall....
                                                ..Added
                                                2011
                                                1953 05 18
                                                Monday
                                                ...activities not documented...
                                                ...
                                                1953 05 19
                                                Tuesday
                                                .CarrollStarline Ballroom....
                                                ..Added
                                                2011
                                                1953 05 20
                                                Wednesday
                                                .New UlmNew Ulm Ballroom....
                                                ..Added
                                                2011
                                                1953 05 21
                                                Thursday
                                                ...activities not documented...
                                                ...
                                                1953 05 22
                                                Friday
                                                ...activities not documented...
                                                ...
                                                1953 05 23
                                                Saturday
                                                .MadisonFraternity Hall..New Desor
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                                                Sunday>
                                                .WaupacaIndian Crossing....
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                                                1953 05 25
                                                Monday
                                                ...activities not documented...
                                                ...
                                                1953 05 26
                                                Tuesday
                                                .La CrosseAvalon Ballroom....
                                                ..Added
                                                2011
                                                1953 05 27
                                                Wednesday
                                                ...activities not documented...
                                                ...
                                                1953 05 28
                                                Thursday
                                                ...activities not documented...
                                                ...
                                                1953 05 29
                                                Friday
                                                .GlencoeCountry Club....
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                                                1953 05 30
                                                Saturday
                                                .Gary, Ind.Armory....
                                                ..Added
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                                                1953 05 31
                                                Sunday
                                                .Chicago, Ill.Parkway Ballroom....
                                                ..Added
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                                                June 1953

                                                1953 06 --a.Chicago, Ill.Blue Note
                                                Night Club
                                                "All Star Parade" Re-broadcast 17jul.New Desor
                                                DE5320
                                                .
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                                                1953 06 --b.Chicago, Ill.Blue Note
                                                Night Club
                                                "All Star Parade" Re-broadcast 24jul.New Desor
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                                                1953 06 --c.Chicago, Ill.Blue Note
                                                Night Club
                                                "All Star Parade" Re-broadcast 01aug.New Desor
                                                DE5322
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                                                1953 06 --d.Chicago, Ill.Blue Note
                                                Night Club
                                                ...DEMS
                                                ..Added
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                                                1953 06 01
                                                Monday
                                                ...activities not documented...
                                                ...
                                                1953 06 02
                                                Tuesday
                                                ...activities not documented...
                                                ...
                                                1953 06 03
                                                Wednesday
                                                1953 06 04
                                                Thursday
                                                McClure, Ind.Colony Club....
                                                ..Added
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                                                1953 06 04
                                                Thursday
                                                .McClure, Ind.Colony ClubSee 1953 06 03...
                                                ..Added
                                                2011
                                                1953 06 05
                                                Friday
                                                ...activities not documented...
                                                ...
                                                1953 06 06
                                                Saturday
                                                ...activities not documented...
                                                ...
                                                1953 06 07
                                                Sunday
                                                ...activities not documented...
                                                ...
                                                1953 06 08
                                                Monday
                                                ...activities not documented...
                                                ...
                                                1953 06 09
                                                Tuesday
                                                ...activities not documented...
                                                ...
                                                1953 06 10
                                                Wednesday
                                                ...activities not documented...
                                                ...
                                                1953 06 11
                                                Thursday
                                                ...activities not documented...
                                                ...
                                                1953 06 12
                                                Friday
                                                1953 07 02Chicago, Ill.Blue Note Cafe
                                                56 W. Madison St.
                                                Club date with NBC network feed
                                                3 Five night weeks

                                                Some NBC broadcasts from here were issued on the AFRS "One Night Stand" transcription series and released on LP.

                                                Later in the year, the club shut down, but owner Frank Holzfeind reopened nearby in 1954.
                                                Stratemann p.349 New Desor
                                                DE5319
                                                DEMS
                                                ..2011
                                                updated
                                                2012-11-20
                                                1953 06 13
                                                Saturday
                                                .Chicago, Ill.Blue Note CafeClub date - see 1953 06 12...
                                                ..2011
                                                updated 2012-11-20
                                                1953 06 14
                                                Sunday
                                                .Chicago, Ill.Blue Note CafeClub date - see 1953 06 12...
                                                ..2011
                                                updated 2012-11-20
                                                1953 06 15
                                                Monday
                                                .Chicago, Ill.Blue Note CafeDay off from club date? - see 1953 06 12...
                                                ..2011
                                                updated 2012-11-20
                                                1953 06 16
                                                Tuesday
                                                .Chicago, Ill.Blue Note CafeDay off from club date? - see 1953 06 12...
                                                ..2011
                                                updated 2012-11-20
                                                1953 06 17
                                                Wednesday
                                                .Chicago, Ill.Blue Note CafeClub date - see 1953 06 12...
                                                ..2011
                                                updated 2012-11-20
                                                1953 06 18
                                                Thursday
                                                .Chicago, Ill.Blue Note CafeClub date - see 1953 06 12...
                                                ..2011
                                                updated 2012-11-20
                                                1953 06 19
                                                Friday
                                                ... Peripheral event
                                                The copyright for Satin Doll was registered with the United States Copyright Office with a handwritten lead sheet of the melody only. This was given copyright registration number Eu320603 on June 19, 1953. Around the same time, a version with harmony and a revised melody was released on Capitol's record 2458. A derivative work, a handwritten piano-vocal score was registered for copyright under No. Eu 549089 on November 4, 1958. A fourth version, a piano-vocal score with an introduction, harmony, the revised melody and lyrics has copyright registration NO. Ep 144736, May 20, 1960. Litigation arose between the heirs of Strayhorn and Ellington, long after they died, over who was entitled to royalties from the song, and from which version.
                                                Columbia Law School / USC Gould School of Law Music Copyright Infringement Resource summarizing the case, with links to images of the first handwritten sheet music and the published piano-vocal score...
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                                                added 2014-11-27
                                                1953 06 19
                                                Friday
                                                .Chicago, Ill.Blue Note CafeClub date - see 1953 06 12...
                                                ..2011
                                                updated 2012-11-20
                                                1953 06 20
                                                Saturday
                                                .Chicago, Ill.Blue Note CafeClub date - see 1953 06 12...
                                                ..2011
                                                updated 2012-11-20
                                                1953 06 21
                                                Sunday
                                                .Chicago, Ill.Blue Note CafeClub date - see 1953 06 12...
                                                ..2011
                                                updated 2012-11-20
                                                1953 06 22
                                                Monday
                                                .Chicago, Ill.Blue Note CafeDay off from club date? - see 1953 06 12...
                                                ..2011
                                                updated 2012-11-20
                                                1953 06 23
                                                Tuesday
                                                .Chicago, Ill.Blue Note CafeDay off from club date?- see 1953 06 12...
                                                ..2011
                                                updated 2012-11-20
                                                1953 06 24
                                                Wednesday
                                                .Chicago, Ill.Blue Note CafeClub date - see 1953 06 12.New Desor
                                                DE5323
                                                DEMS
                                                ..2011
                                                updated 2012-11-20
                                                1953 06 25
                                                Thursday
                                                .Chicago, Ill.Blue Note CafeClub date - see 1953 06 12...
                                                ..2011
                                                updated 2012-11-20
                                                1953 06 26
                                                Friday
                                                .Chicago, Ill.Blue Note CaféClub date - see 1953 06 12

                                                "Music For Moderns"
                                                ..DEMS
                                                ..2011
                                                updated 2012-11-20
                                                1953 06 27
                                                Saturday
                                                .Chicago, Ill.Blue Note CafeClub date - see 1953 06 12.New Desor
                                                DE5324
                                                DEMS
                                                ..2011
                                                updated 2012-11-20
                                                1953 06 28
                                                Sunday
                                                .Chicago, Ill.Blue Note CafeClub date - see 1953 06 12...
                                                ..2011
                                                updated 2012-11-20
                                                1953 06 29
                                                Monday
                                                .Chicago, Ill.Blue Note CafeDay off from club date? - see 1953 06 12...
                                                ..2011
                                                updated 2012-11-20
                                                1953 06 30
                                                Tuesday
                                                .Chicago, Ill.Blue Note CafeDay off from club date? - see 1953 06 12...
                                                ..2011
                                                updated 2012-11-20
                                                1953 06 30.Chicago, Ill.Universal Studio..New Desor
                                                DE5325
                                                DEMS
                                                ..Added
                                                2011

                                                July 1953

                                                1953 07 01
                                                Wednesday
                                                .Chicago, Ill.Blue Note`Club date - see 1953 06 12.New Desor
                                                DE5326
                                                DE5327
                                                DEMS
                                                ..2011
                                                updated 2012-11-20
                                                1953 07 02
                                                Thursday
                                                .Chicago, Ill.Blue Note
                                                Night Club
                                                Club date - see 1953 06 12...
                                                ..2Added
                                                2011
                                                updated 2012-11-20
                                                1953 07 03
                                                Friday
                                                ...activities not documented...
                                                ...
                                                1953 07 04
                                                Saturday
                                                ...activities not documented...
                                                ...
                                                1953 07 05
                                                Sunday
                                                ...activities not documented...
                                                ...
                                                1953 07 06
                                                Monday
                                                ...activities not documented...
                                                ...
                                                1953 07 07
                                                Tuesday
                                                1953 07 19New York, N.Y.Band BoxThe Ellington and Basie bands played opposite each other. Mondays off...DEMS
                                                ..Added
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                                                1953 07 08
                                                Wednesday
                                                .New York, N.Y.Band BoxSee 1953 07 07...
                                                ..2011
                                                1953 07 09
                                                Thursday
                                                .New York, N.Y.Band BoxSee 1953 07 07...
                                                ..2011
                                                1953 07 10
                                                Friday
                                                .New York, N.Y.Band BoxSee 1953 07 07...
                                                ..2011
                                                1953 07 11
                                                Saturday
                                                .New York, N.Y.Band BoxSee 1953 07 07...
                                                ..2011
                                                1953 07 12
                                                Sunday
                                                20:30-21:00
                                                .New York, N.Y..Ellington appeared as a mystery guest on episode 163 of the late evening "What's My Line" TV show, hosted by John Charles Daly with panelists Dorothy Kilgallen, Arlene Francis, Bennett Cerf and Steve Allen. Miss Kilgallen was a syndicated gossip columnist who occasionally wrote about Ellington. The show was sponsored by the makers of Stopette deodorant.YouTube video..
                                                .M.Palmer in DukeLYM/djp2011
                                                updated
                                                2014-10-28
                                                1953 07 12
                                                Sunday
                                                .Revere Beach, Mass.Roll Away BallroomThis date is shown in the Götting itinerary in error...DEMS
                                                .djp2011
                                                updated
                                                2014-10-28
                                                1953 07 12
                                                Sunday
                                                .New York, N.Y.Band BoxSee 1953 07 07...
                                                ..2011
                                                1953 07 13
                                                Monday
                                                .New York, N.Y..Acitivities not documented (day off from Band Box)...
                                                ..2011
                                                1953 07 14
                                                Tuesday
                                                .New York, N.Y.Band BoxSee 1953 07 07...
                                                ..2011
                                                1953 07 15
                                                Wednesday
                                                .New York, N.Y.Band BoxSee 1953 07 07...
                                                ..2011
                                                1953 07 16
                                                Thursday
                                                .New York, N.Y.Band BoxSee 1953 07 07...
                                                ..2011
                                                1953 07 17
                                                Friday
                                                .New York, N.Y.Band BoxSee 1953 07 07...
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                                                1953 07 17
                                                Friday
                                                .New York, N.Y..An AP wirestory said Ellington would sub for George Frazier on the Platterbrains ABC show. Unless further evidence comes to light, this entry is quite doubtful.Clearfield Progress,1953-07-10 p.5..
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                                                added 2013-06-28
                                                1953 07 17.Chicago, Ill.Blue Note
                                                Night Club
                                                "All Star Parade" broadcast


                                                Hoefsmit:

                                                I suspect that the "All Star Parade of Bands" broadcast of 25Jul53 is the same as the Jun53 broadcast with the same title as 5320 in DESOR and issued on DETS LP # 48. This broadcast was earlier claimed to be from 17Jul53. See Jerry Valburn's article in DEMS 93/4-6

                                                .New Desor
                                                DE5320
                                                DEMS
                                                corrTimner-4/23.Added
                                                2011
                                                1953 07 18
                                                Saturday
                                                .New York, N.Y.Band BoxSee 1953 07 07...
                                                ..2011
                                                1953 07 19
                                                Sunday
                                                .New York, N.Y.Band BoxSee 1953 07 07...
                                                ..2011
                                                1953 07 20
                                                Monday
                                                ...activities not documented...
                                                ...
                                                1953 07 21
                                                Tuesday
                                                ...activities not documented...
                                                ...
                                                1953 07 22
                                                Wednesday
                                                ...activities not documented...
                                                ...
                                                1953 07 23
                                                Thursday
                                                .TauntonRoseland...DEMS
                                                ..Added
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                                                1953 07 24
                                                Friday
                                                ...See Bluenote Jun53..DEMS
                                                corrTimner-4/23.Added
                                                2011
                                                1953 07 25
                                                Saturday
                                                .Chicago, Ill.Blue Note
                                                Night Club
                                                "All Star Parade" broadcast.New Desor
                                                DE5320 ?
                                                DEMS
                                                ..Added
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                                                1953 07 25
                                                Saturday
                                                ...activities not documented...
                                                ...
                                                1953 07 26
                                                Sunday
                                                ...activities not documented...
                                                ...
                                                1953 07 27
                                                Monday
                                                ...activities not documented...
                                                ...
                                                1953 07 28
                                                Tuesday
                                                ...activities not documented...
                                                ...
                                                1953 07 29
                                                Wednesday
                                                ...activities not documented...
                                                ...
                                                1953 07 30
                                                Thursday
                                                ...activities not documented...
                                                ...
                                                1953 07 31
                                                Friday
                                                .Pittsburgh, Penn.Vogue Terrace....
                                                ..Added
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                                                August 1953

                                                1953 08 01
                                                Saturday
                                                ... Peripheral event
                                                In a story dated August 1, The Billboard reported an agreement reached between Columbia and RCA Victor concerning who had the right to issue records of non-studio recordings, under which Columbia ceded the March 25, 1952 concert rights to RCA Victor. The matter arose from the successful Benny Goodman albums Columbia released in 1950 (Carnegie Hall concert) and 1952 (1937-38 recordings).

                                                The agreement granted RCA Victor the right to produce the recording made of Ellington's March 25, 1952 concert in Seattle.

                                                At least one musician had complained to the AFM, and Columbia reportedly paid them scale for each 3 minutes, disbursing about $10,000 through the union.

                                                The Billboard summarized the agreement as strengthening the principle that recorded non-studio performances would be issued by the company that had the musician under contract at the time the tapes were made.
                                                The Billboard ..
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                                                1953 08 01
                                                Saturday
                                                .Pittsburgh, Penn.Vogue Terracesee 1953 07 31....
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                                                1953 08 02
                                                Sunday
                                                .Pittsburgh, Penn.Vogue Terracesee 1953 07 31...
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                                                1953 08 03
                                                Monday
                                                ...activities not documented...
                                                ...
                                                1953 08 04
                                                Tuesday
                                                ...activities not documented...
                                                ...
                                                1953 08 05
                                                Wednesday
                                                ...activities not documented...
                                                ...
                                                1953 08 06
                                                Thursday
                                                ...activities not documented...
                                                ...
                                                1953 08 07
                                                Friday
                                                ...activities not documented...
                                                ...
                                                1953 08 08
                                                Saturday
                                                ...activities not documented...
                                                ...
                                                1953 08 09
                                                Sunday
                                                ...activities not documented...
                                                ...
                                                1953 08 10
                                                Monday
                                                ...activities not documented...
                                                ...
                                                1953 08 11
                                                Tuesday
                                                ...activities not documented...
                                                ...
                                                1953 08 12
                                                Wednesday
                                                ...activities not documented...
                                                ...
                                                1953 08 13
                                                Thursday
                                                ...activities not documented...
                                                ...
                                                1953 08 14
                                                Friday
                                                1953 08 20New York, N.Y.Apollo Theater
                                                253 W. 125th St., Borough of Manhattan, Harlem district
                                                Vaudeville show - Ellington and Billie Holiday were the headline acts; others included impressionist Margie McGlory and comedy team Moke and Poke.
                                                • Stratemann p.350 citing Variety 1953-08-19 p.53
                                                • Fine and Mellow p.138
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                                                1953 08 15
                                                Saturday
                                                ,New York, N.Y.Apollo Theater
                                                253 W. 125th St.
                                                Harlem
                                                Vaudeville show - see 1953 08 14...
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                                                1953 08 16
                                                Sunday
                                                ,New York, N.Y.Apollo Theater
                                                253 W. 125th St.
                                                Harlem
                                                Vaudeville show - see 1953 08 14...
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                                                1953 08 17
                                                Monday
                                                ,New York, N.Y.Apollo Theater
                                                253 W. 125th St.
                                                Harlem
                                                Vaudeville show - see 1953 08 14...
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                                                1953 08 18
                                                Tuesday
                                                ,New York, N.Y.Apollo Theater
                                                253 W. 125th St.
                                                Harlem
                                                Vaudeville show - see 1953 08 14...
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                                                1953 08 19
                                                Wednesday
                                                ,New York, N.Y.Apollo Theater
                                                253 W. 125th St.
                                                Harlem
                                                Vaudeville show - see 1953 08 14.New Desor
                                                DE5328
                                                .
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                                                1953 08 20
                                                Thursday
                                                ,New York, N.Y.Apollo Theater
                                                253 W. 125th St.
                                                Harlem
                                                Vaudeville show - see 1953 08 14...
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                                                1953 08 21
                                                Friday
                                                ...activities not documented...
                                                ...
                                                1953 08 22
                                                Saturday
                                                .Farrell, Penn.Twin City Elks(Unconfirmed)

                                                Dance - open to the public, everyone welcome
                                                New Castle News, 1953-08-19 p16..
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                                                1953 08 23
                                                Sunday
                                                7 pm
                                                .Reading, Penn.Ephrata Legion ParkLikely an outdoor danceAd, Chester, Pa., Times, 1953-08-18New Desor
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                                                1953 08 24
                                                Monday
                                                1 PM
                                                1953 08 25
                                                Tuesday
                                                Sampson Air Force Base, N.Y.Allen Auditorium(Unconfirmed)

                                                Concert
                                                Geneva Daily Times, Aug. 20, 1953...
                                                .Agustin Perez GascoNew
                                                added 2012-05-04
                                                1953 08 24
                                                Monday
                                                8:30 PM
                                                .Sampson Air Force Base, N.Y.Non-commissioned Officers Mess(Unconfirmed)
                                                Dance
                                                Geneva Daily Times, Aug. 20, 1953...
                                                .Agustin Perez GascoNew
                                                added 2012-05-04
                                                1953 08 25
                                                Tuesday
                                                1 PM
                                                .Sampson Air Force Base, N.Y.Allen Auditorium(Unconfirmed)

                                                Concert 1 pm
                                                Geneva Daily Times, Aug. 20, 1953...
                                                .Agustin Perez GascoNew
                                                added 2012-05-04
                                                1953 08 25
                                                Tuesday
                                                8:30 PM
                                                .Sampson Air Force Base, N.Y.Officers Mess(Unconfirmed)
                                                Dance
                                                Geneva Daily Times, Aug. 20, 1953...
                                                .Agustin Perez GascoNew
                                                added 2012-05-04
                                                1953 08 26.Montréal, P.Q.Show Mart....
                                                ..Added
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                                                1953 08 27.Quebec City, P.Q.Colisee....
                                                ..Added
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                                                1953 08 28
                                                Friday
                                                ...activities not documented...
                                                ...
                                                1953 08 29.Sherbrooke, P.Q.A
                                                Sherbrooke Arena
                                                .
                                                • Stratemann p.350
                                                • Additional documentation is likely to be found in SI-NMAH Archives Center, DEC301, Series 2: Performances and Programs, 1933-1974, box 1, folder 18 USA and Canada, September, 1953, April-May, 1954
                                                .
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                                                1953 08 30
                                                Sunday
                                                ...activities not documented...
                                                ...
                                                1953 08 31.Hamilton, Ont.Palace Theatre.Stratemann p.350..
                                                ..Added
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                                                September 1953

                                                1953 09 01
                                                Tuesday
                                                .Hamilton, Ont.Palace Theatresee 1953 08 31...
                                                ..2011
                                                1953 09 02
                                                Wednesday
                                                .Hamilton, Ont.Palace Theatresee 1953 08 31...
                                                ..2011
                                                1953 09 03
                                                Thursday
                                                ...activities not documented...
                                                ...
                                                1953 09 04
                                                Friday
                                                .Syracuse, N.Y.War Memorial Building....
                                                ..Added
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                                                1953 09 05
                                                Saturday
                                                ...activities not documented...
                                                ...
                                                1953 09 06
                                                Sunday
                                                ...activities not documented...
                                                ...
                                                1953 09 07
                                                Monday
                                                1953 09 12Toronto, Ont.Colonial Tavern....
                                                ..Added
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                                                1953 09 08
                                                Tuesday
                                                .Toronto, Ont.Colonial Tavernsee 1953 09 07...
                                                ..2011
                                                1953 09 09
                                                Wednesday
                                                .Toronto, Ont.Colonial Tavernsee 1953 09 07...
                                                ..2011
                                                1953 09 10
                                                Thursday
                                                .Toronto, Ont.Colonial Tavernsee 1953 09 07...
                                                ..2011
                                                1953 09 11
                                                Friday
                                                .Toronto, Ont.Colonial Tavernsee 1953 09 07...
                                                ..2011
                                                1953 09 12
                                                Saturday
                                                .Toronto, Ont.Colonial Tavernsee 1953 09 07...
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                                                1953 09 13
                                                Sunday
                                                ...activities not documented...
                                                ...
                                                1953 09 14
                                                Monday
                                                ...activities not documented...
                                                ...
                                                1953 09 15
                                                Tuesday
                                                ...activities not documented...
                                                ...
                                                1953 09 16
                                                Wednesday
                                                ...activities not documented...
                                                ...
                                                1953 09 17
                                                Thursday
                                                .Cedar Falls, IowaIowa State Teachers College....
                                                ..Added
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                                                1953 09 18
                                                Friday
                                                .Buffalo, N.Y.Kleinhans Music Hall....
                                                ..Added
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                                                1953 09 19
                                                Saturday
                                                ...activities not documented...
                                                ...
                                                1953 09 20
                                                Sunday
                                                1953 09 26Mitchell, S.D.Cotton Corn Carnival....
                                                ..Added
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                                                1953 09 21
                                                Monday
                                                .Mitchell, S.D.Cotton Corn Carnivalsee 1953 09 20...
                                                ..2011
                                                1953 09 22
                                                Tuesday
                                                .Mitchell, S.D.Cotton Corn Carnivalsee 1953 09 20...
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                                                1953 09 23
                                                Wednesday
                                                .Mitchell, S.D.Cotton Corn Carnivalsee 1953 09 20...
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                                                1953 09 24
                                                Thursday
                                                .Mitchell, S.D.Cotton Corn Carnivalsee 1953 09 20...
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                                                1953 09 25
                                                Friday
                                                .Mitchell, S.D.Cotton Corn Carnivalsee 1953 09 20...
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                                                1953 09 26
                                                Saturday
                                                .Mitchell, S.D.Cotton Corn Carnivalsee 1953 09 20...
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                                                1953 09 27
                                                Sunday
                                                ...activities not documented...
                                                ...
                                                1953 09 28
                                                Monday
                                                ...activities not documented...
                                                ...
                                                1953 09 29
                                                Tuesday
                                                ...activities not documented...
                                                ...
                                                1953 09 30
                                                Wednesday
                                                ...activities not documented...
                                                ...

                                                October 1953

                                                1953 (fall)...PERSONNEL CHANGE
                                                George "Butch" Ballard leaves the band, to be replaced by Dave Black.
                                                New Desor vol.2..
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                                                1953 10 01
                                                Thursday
                                                ...activities not documented...
                                                ...
                                                1953 10 02
                                                Friday
                                                ...activities not documented...
                                                ...
                                                1953 10 03
                                                Saturday
                                                ...activities not documented...
                                                ...
                                                1953 10 04
                                                Sunday
                                                .Coeur D'Alene, IdahoNIJC AuditoriumThis appears to be the beginning of a tour with accompanying acts The Gaylords, a male vocal trio, and The Harmonicats, a harmonica trio. Stratemann says The Billboard reported The Gaylords were contracted to play 30 one-nighters with Ellington.Stratemann p.350 citing The Billboard 1953-10-10,p.50New Desor
                                                DE5330
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                                                2013-10-22
                                                1953 10 05
                                                Monday
                                                .Calgary, Alta.Stampede Corral....
                                                ..Added
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                                                1953 10 06
                                                Tuesday
                                                .Medicine Hat, Alta.Arena GardensGross was only $1,600, the lowest of the tour.
                                                Medicine Hat News:

                                                'HARMONICATS 'STEAL' SHOW FROM DUKE IN HIGH CALIBER MUSIC TREAT VIRTUALLY LOST ON MAD HATTERS
                                                by "Chuck" Hogal
                                                  Duke Ellington and his famous 16 piece orchestra played to two very receptive Medicine Hat audiences at Arena Gardens last night; gave them a musical"hep" treat of outstanding merit, despite poor attendances.
                                                  "I guess we'll have to stick to hillbilly music after this, commented a disappointed Bill Hunter, arena manager...
                                                  Jerry Murad and his Harmonicats really stole the show from the Duke for local music lovers, with their rendition of Sabre Dance Boogie, Ruby and Harmonica Boogie. For encores they played the tune [sic] that "made" them five years ago, Peg O' My Heart and 12th Street Rag. The latter number featured Al Foire and the wold's largest harmonica.
                                                  The Gaylords were favorites with the crowd too, giving out with Side by Side, Ramona, Momma and Poppa Polka...
                                                  Duke opened the show with ... VIP's Boogie, featuring Harry Carney...
                                                  Cat anderson and his screeching trumpet ... Jam With Sam. Along with Anderson were horn men Ray Nance and Juan Tizol.
                                                  Juan Tiol [sic] too the solo spotlight next with Carvan [sic], complete with Latin American background which Butch Ballard backed up very nicely on the tubs.
                                                  Jimmy Hamilton, Harry Carney and Britt Woodman did some nice back up music for th eDuke's only vocal of the evening, Pretty as a Rose. Wendell Marshall, bass deluxe and Jimmy Hamilton on bass clarinet [!!??!!] worked very nicely on a number called Duet.
                                                  Duke's featured male vocal, Jimmy Grissom, did a few numbers for the crowd, donering {sic] such favorites as Give Me the Right, and Without a Song. The crowd wanted Grissom back for some more, but the Duke wouldn't have anything to do with it. Stealing too much applause I guess.
                                                  Scat man Ray Nance ... did song and dance of St. Louis Blues, that brought the house down. REal solid.
                                                  A medley of old favorites followed with the band doing up Don't Get Around Much Anymore, Mood Indigo, I'm Beginning to See the Light, Sophisticated Lady and There Are Such Things. Nice memory joggers for the adult audience. Very effective spotlights on this production.
                                                  Butch Ballard took over on the drums fro a so-called solo after the intermission on a tune called The Hawk Talks. Teens will remember this tune was written by...Bellson. Maybe Ballard was trying to con the people, but we weren't conned. Should have left that song out, Duke!
                                                  We liked the way the Duke introduced the boys in the band, letting each of them take a solo effect. But the maestro should have stuck to his piano, instead of trying so hard as Emcee.
                                                  Those in attendance, around 200 to 250 for each of the two performances, were more than pleased with the show. It was an outstanding attraction, but a word of warning for those who failed to turn up. Don't ask "Red" Hunter to bring another event of this high calibre to Medicine Hat again! It won't wash!'

                                                • Stratemann p.350
                                                • Lethbridge Herald 1953-09-25 p.7
                                                • Medicine Hat News 1953-10-07 p.3
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                                                1953 10 07
                                                Wednesday
                                                .Regina, Sask.Exhibition Stadium....
                                                ..Added
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                                                1953 10 08
                                                Thursday
                                                7 pm
                                                9:30 pm
                                                .Winnipeg, Man.Winnipeg AuditoriumTwo performances, sharing the bill with The Gaylords and The Harmonicats. The Winnipeg Free Press gave a ho-hum review, estimating attendance for the two shows at 4,000Winnipeg Free Press
                                                • Ad 1953-09-14,p.5
                                                • Review 1953-10-09.p.6
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                                                1953 10 09
                                                Friday
                                                .Brandon, Man.Wheat City Arena....
                                                ..Added
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                                                1953 10 10
                                                Saturday
                                                .Fort Frances, Ont.Community Memorial Arena....
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                                                1953 10 11
                                                Sunday
                                                ...activities not documented...
                                                ...
                                                1953 10 12
                                                Monday
                                                .Port Arthur, Ont.ArenaPort Arthur is now Thunder Bay, on the western shore of Lake Superior near the U.S. border. The tour may have continued north, around the lake, playing smaller towns in Northern Ontario and perhaps ending up in Toronto, or it might have headed south into Minnesota.....
                                                ..Added
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                                                1953 10 13
                                                Tuesday
                                                ...activities not documented...
                                                ...
                                                1953 10 14
                                                Wednesday
                                                ...activities not documented...
                                                ...
                                                1953 10 15
                                                Thursday
                                                ...activities not documented...
                                                ...
                                                1953 10 16
                                                Friday
                                                ...activities not documented...
                                                ...
                                                1953 10 17
                                                Saturday
                                                ...activities not documented...
                                                ...
                                                1953 10 18
                                                Sunday
                                                ...activities not documented...
                                                ...
                                                1953 10 19
                                                Monday
                                                ...activities not documented...
                                                ...
                                                1953 10 20
                                                Tuesday
                                                ...activities not documented...
                                                ...
                                                1953 10 21
                                                Wednesday
                                                1953 11 03New York, N.Y.Paramount TheatreTwo week engagement:
                                                Four sixty minute shows daily

                                                Sharing the bill with Ellington's orchestra were
                                                • Stuffy Bryant, dancer
                                                • Stump and Stumpy, comedians
                                                • Golden Gate Quartet
                                                'Duke Ellington and his concert orchestra headline the stage show at the N.Y. Paramount. 'So Big' is on the screen.'
                                                • Stratemann p.350 citing
                                                  • Variety 1953-10-28,p.55
                                                  • The Billboard 1953-10-31 p.12
                                                • New York Age, 1953-10-24 p.7
                                                .
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                                                1953 10 22
                                                Thursday
                                                .New York, N.Y.Paramount TheatreFour variety shows daily - see 1953 10 21...
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                                                1953 10 23
                                                Friday
                                                .New York, N.Y.Paramount TheatreFour variety shows daily - see 1953 10 21...
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                                                1953 10 24
                                                Saturday
                                                .New York, N.Y.Paramount TheatreFour variety shows daily - see 1953 10 21...
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                                                1953 10 25
                                                Sunday
                                                .New York, N.Y.Paramount TheatreFour variety shows daily - see 1953 10 21...
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                                                1953 10 26
                                                Monday
                                                .New York, N.Y.Paramount TheatreFour variety shows daily - see 1953 10 21...
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                                                1953 10 27
                                                Tuesday
                                                .New York, N.Y.Paramount TheatreFour variety shows daily - see 1953 10 21...
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                                                1953 10 28
                                                Wednesday
                                                .New York, N.Y.Paramount TheatreFour variety shows daily - see 1953 10 21...
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                                                1953 10 29
                                                Thursday
                                                .New York, N.Y.Paramount TheatreFour variety shows daily - see 1953 10 21...
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                                                1953 10 30
                                                Friday
                                                .New York, N.Y.Paramount TheatreFour variety shows daily - see 1953 10 21...
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                                                1953 10 31
                                                Saturday
                                                Halloween
                                                .New York, N.Y.Paramount TheatreFour variety shows daily - see 1953 10 21...
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                                                November 1953

                                                1953 11 01
                                                Sunday
                                                .New York, N.Y.Paramount TheatreFour variety shows daily - see 1953 10 21...
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                                                Monday
                                                .New York, N.Y.Paramount TheatreFour variety shows daily - see 1953 10 21...
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                                                1953 11 03
                                                Tuesday
                                                .New York, N.Y.Paramount TheatreFour variety shows daily - see 1953 10 21...
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                                                1953 11 04
                                                Wednesday
                                                ...activities not documented...
                                                ...
                                                1953 11 05
                                                Thursday
                                                ...activities not documented...
                                                ...
                                                1953 11 06
                                                Friday
                                                ...activities not documented...
                                                ...
                                                1953 11 07
                                                Saturday
                                                ...activities not documented...
                                                ...
                                                1953 11 08
                                                Sunday
                                                ...activities not documented...
                                                ...
                                                1953 11 09
                                                Monday
                                                ...activities not documented...
                                                ...
                                                1953 11 10
                                                Tuesday
                                                ...activities not documented...
                                                ...
                                                1953 11 11
                                                Wednesday
                                                ...activities not documented...
                                                ...
                                                1953 11 12
                                                Thursday
                                                ...activities not documented...
                                                ...
                                                1953 11 13
                                                Friday
                                                ...activities not documented...
                                                ...
                                                1953 11 14
                                                Saturday
                                                ...activities not documented...
                                                ...
                                                1953 11 15
                                                Sunday
                                                .Naugatuck, Conn.Ritz BallroomDancePlug, Naugatuck News, Naugatuck, Conn., 1953-11-13 p.6..
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                                                Monday
                                                ...activities not documented...
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                                                1953 11 17
                                                Tuesday
                                                ...activities not documented...
                                                ...
                                                1953 11 18
                                                Wednesday
                                                ...activities not documented...
                                                ...
                                                1953 11 19
                                                Thursday
                                                ...activities not documented...
                                                ...
                                                1953 11 20
                                                Friday
                                                1953 11 28Boston, Mass.StoryvilleNight club engagementStratemann p.350..
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                                                1953 11 21
                                                Saturday
                                                .Boston, Mass.StoryvilleNight club engagement - see 1953 11 20...
                                                ..2011
                                                1953 11 22
                                                Sunday
                                                .Boston, Mass.StoryvilleNight club engagement - see 1953 11 20...
                                                ..2011
                                                1953 11 23
                                                Monday
                                                .Boston, Mass.StoryvilleNight club engagement - see 1953 11 20...
                                                ..2011
                                                1953 11 24
                                                Tuesday
                                                .Boston, Mass.StoryvilleNight club engagement - see 1953 11 20...
                                                ..2011
                                                1953 11 25
                                                Wednesday
                                                .Boston, Mass.StoryvilleNight club engagement - see 1953 11 20...
                                                ..2011
                                                1953 11 26
                                                Thursday
                                                .Boston, Mass.StoryvilleNight club engagement - see 1953 11 20...
                                                ..2011
                                                1953 11 27
                                                Friday
                                                .Boston, Mass.StoryvilleNight club engagement - see 1953 11 20...
                                                ..2011
                                                1953 11 28
                                                Saturday
                                                .Boston, Mass.StoryvilleNight club engagement - see 1953 11 20...
                                                ..2011
                                                1953 11 29
                                                Sunday
                                                ...activities not documented...
                                                ...
                                                1953 11 30
                                                Monday
                                                ...activities not documented...
                                                ...
                                                1953 11 00 ...PERSONNEL CHANGE
                                                According to Stratemann, Juan Tizol left the band when it returned to New York, returning to the west coast to rejoin Harry James' orchestra. He was replaced by trombonist George Jean, who would stay until early 1954.
                                                Despite Stratemann and New Desor, Tizol appears to have returned to the band, perhaps temporarily, in early 1954. He is shown in the New York Age ad for the Apollo Theatre job in February and is named as one of the band members in the publicity for the Miami University job in March, 1954.

                                                Jean did not play the session of 1953 12 21. On that occasion Alfred Cobbs sat in. Dietrich could not say if he played with the band at any other time.
                                                • New Desor vol.2
                                                • Stratemann p.350
                                                • Kurt Dietrich, Duke's 'Bones, Ellington's Great Trombonists, p.215
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                                                December 1953

                                                1953 12 01
                                                Tuesday
                                                ...activities not documented...
                                                ...
                                                1953 12 02
                                                Wednesday
                                                ...activities not documented...
                                                ...
                                                1953 12 03
                                                Thursday
                                                .New York, N.Y.Capitol Studios
                                                5515 Melrose Ave.
                                                Hollywood 28, Cal.
                                                Capitol recording session
                                                Duke Ellington and His Rhythm
                                                Ellington, Marshall, Black, Grissom and Ralph Collier (conga)
                                                Titles recorded:
                                                • Kinda Dukish
                                                • Montevideo
                                                • December Blue
                                                • I'm Just A Lucky So And So
                                                • It Shouldn't Happen To A Dream
                                                New Desor
                                                DE5333
                                                DEMS
                                                ..2011
                                                updated
                                                2013-10-22
                                                1953 12 04
                                                Friday
                                                .New York, N.Y.Capitol Studios
                                                5515 Melrose Ave.
                                                Hollywood 28, Cal.
                                                Stratemann p.350 and Nielsen 6 show a recording session this date, but it is the same session shown in New Desor DE5334, Timner p.138 and the liner notes for Definitive Records CD spine no. DRCD11361 as being on Dec. 5. If the session was on the 5th, the band's activities on the 4th are undocumented. ...
                                                ..2011
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                                                2013-10-22
                                                1953 12 05
                                                Saturday
                                                .New York, N.Y.Capitol Studios
                                                5515 Melrose Ave.
                                                Hollywood 28, Cal.
                                                Capitol recording session

                                                (some sources date this session one day earlier- see 1953 12 04 - if that is correct, the band's actities for the 5th are undocumented.)
                                                Duke Ellington and His Famous Orchestra
                                                Cook, Anderson, Terry, Nance, Woodman, Jackson, Jean, Hamilton, Procope, Henderson, Gonsalves, Carney, Ellington, Strayhorn, Marshall, Black, Grissom
                                                Titles recorded:
                                                • What More Can I Say
                                                • Rockin' In Rhythm
                                                • Ultra De Luxe
                                                • Flying Home
                                                New Desor
                                                DE5334
                                                DEMS
                                                Timner corrections 4.2011
                                                updated
                                                2013-10-22
                                                1953 12 06
                                                Sunday
                                                .Hartford, Conn.State Theatre....
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                                                1953 12 07
                                                Monday
                                                ...activities not documented...
                                                ...
                                                1953 12 08
                                                Tuesday
                                                ...activities not documented...
                                                ...
                                                1953 12 09
                                                Wednesday
                                                ...activities not documented...
                                                ...
                                                1953 12 10
                                                Thursday
                                                1953 12 23New York, N.Y.BirdlandNight club residency along with the Bud Powell Trio. Since Betty Roché was not mentioned in the Variety review, Stratemann suggests she may not have been on the date. She did not sing in the broadcast from the club, but Jimmy Grissom did, so this may be correct. .
                                                • Stratemann p.351 citing Variety
                                                  • 1953-12-09,p.51
                                                  • 1953-12-16 p.53
                                                • Ad, New York Amsterdam News, 1953-12-19. p.27
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                                                1953 12 00.New York, N.Y.BirdlandRecorded broadcast.New Desor
                                                DE5335
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                                                1953 12 11
                                                Friday
                                                .New York, N.Y..Dumont telecast
                                                "Life Begins at Eighty"
                                                .New Desor
                                                DE5336
                                                DEMS
                                                corrTimner-4/23.Added
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                                                1953 12 11
                                                Friday
                                                .New York, N.Y.BirdlandNight club residency - see 1953 12 10...
                                                ..2011
                                                1953 12 12
                                                Saturday
                                                .New York, N.Y.BirdlandNight club residency - see 1953 12 10...
                                                ..2011
                                                1953 12 13
                                                Sunday
                                                .New York, N.Y.."Jerry Lester Show".New Desor
                                                DE5337
                                                .
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                                                1953 12 13
                                                Sunday
                                                .New York, N.Y.BirdlandNight club residency - see 1953 12 10...
                                                ..2011
                                                1953 12 14
                                                Monday
                                                .New York, N.Y.BirdlandNight club residency - see 1953 12 10...
                                                ..2011
                                                1953 12 15
                                                Tuesday
                                                .New York, N.Y.Capitol Studios
                                                5515 Melrose Ave.
                                                Hollywood 28, Cal.
                                                ..New Desor
                                                DE5338
                                                DEMS
                                                ..Added
                                                2011
                                                1953 12 15
                                                Tuesday
                                                .New York, N.Y.BirdlandNight club residency - see 1953 12 10...
                                                ..2011
                                                1953 12 16
                                                Wednesday
                                                .New York, N.Y.."Steve Allen Show".New Desor
                                                DE5339
                                                .
                                                ..Added
                                                2011
                                                1953 12 16
                                                Wednesday
                                                .New York, N.Y.BirdlandNight club residency - see 1953 12 10...
                                                ..2011
                                                1953 12 17
                                                Thursday
                                                .New York, N.Y.BirdlandNight club residency - see 1953 12 10...
                                                ..2011
                                                1953 12 18
                                                Friday
                                                .New York, N.Y.BirdlandNight club residency - see 1953 12 10...
                                                ..2011
                                                1953 12 19
                                                Saturday
                                                .New York, N.Y.BirdlandNight club residency - see 1953 12 10...
                                                ..2011
                                                1953 12 20
                                                Sunday
                                                .New York, N.Y.BirdlandNight club residency - see 1953 12 10...
                                                ..2011
                                                1953 12 21
                                                Monday
                                                .New York, N.Y.Capitol Studios
                                                5515 Melrose Ave.
                                                Hollywood 28, Cal.
                                                ..New Desor
                                                DE5340
                                                DEMS
                                                corrTimner-4.Added
                                                2011
                                                1953 12 21
                                                Monday
                                                .New York, N.Y.BirdlandNight club residency - see 1953 12 10...
                                                ..2011
                                                1953 12 22
                                                Tuesday
                                                .New York, N.Y.BirdlandNight club residency - see 1953 12 10...
                                                ..2011
                                                1953 12 23
                                                Wednesday
                                                New York, N.Y.BirdlandNight club residency - see 1953 12 10...
                                                ..2011
                                                1953 12 24
                                                Thursday
                                                ...activities not documented...
                                                ...
                                                1953 12 25
                                                Friday
                                                1953 12 31Chicago, Ill.Regal TheatreVaudeville show with film actors Huntz Hall and Gabe Dell, vocal group The 5 Flamingos, and local singer Patty Ann.Stratemann p.351 citing Chicago Defender 1953-12-26 p.12...
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                                                1953 12 26
                                                Saturday
                                                .Chicago, Ill.Regal TheatreVaudeville show - see 1953 12 25...
                                                ..2011
                                                1953 12 27
                                                Sunday
                                                .Chicago, Ill.Regal TheatreVaudeville show - see 1953 12 25...
                                                ..2011
                                                1953 12 28.Chicago, Ill.Universal Studios..New Desor
                                                DE5341
                                                DEMS
                                                ..Added
                                                2011
                                                1953 12 28
                                                Monday
                                                .Chicago, Ill.Regal TheatreVaudeville show - see 1953 12 25...
                                                ..2011
                                                1953 12 29.Chicago, Ill.Universal Recording Corporation studios..New Desor
                                                DE5342
                                                DEMS
                                                ..Added
                                                2011
                                                1953 12 29
                                                Tuesday
                                                .Chicago, Ill.Regal TheatreVaudeville show - see 1953 12 25...
                                                ..2011
                                                1953 12 30
                                                Wednesday
                                                .Chicago, Ill.Regal TheatreVaudeville show - see 1953 12 25...
                                                ..2011
                                                1953 12 31
                                                Thursday
                                                .Chicago, Ill.Regal TheatreVaudeville show - see 1953 12 25...
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                                                January 1954

                                                1954 01 01
                                                Friday
                                                .Chicago, Ill.Universal StudioDuke Ellington and His Famous Orchestra
                                                Cook, Anderson, Terry, Nance, Woodman, Jackson, Jean, Hamilton, Procope, Rick Henderson, Gonsalves, Carney, Ellington, Black
                                                Titles recorded:
                                                • Frivolous Banta
                                                • In The Mood
                                                New Desor
                                                DE5401
                                                DEMS
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                                                1954 01 02
                                                Saturday
                                                .Chicago, Ill.Universal StudioCapitol recording session
                                                Duke Ellington and His Famous Orchestra
                                                Cook, Anderson, Terry, Nance, Woodman, Jackson, Jean, Hamilton, Procope, Henderson, Gonsalves, Carney, Ellington, Marshall, Black
                                                Titles recorded:
                                                • One O'Clock Jump
                                                • Things Ain't What They Used To Be
                                                New Desor
                                                DE5402
                                                DEMS
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                                                1954 01 03
                                                Sunday
                                                ...activities not documented...
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                                                1954 01 04
                                                Monday
                                                ...activities not documented...
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                                                1954 01 05
                                                Tuesday
                                                ...activities not documented...
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                                                1954 01 06
                                                Wednesday
                                                ...activities not documented...
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                                                1954 01 07
                                                Thursday
                                                ...activities not documented...
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                                                1954 01 08
                                                Friday
                                                ...activities not documented...
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                                                1954 01 09
                                                Saturday
                                                ...activities not documented...
                                                ...
                                                1954 01 10
                                                Sunday
                                                ...activities not documented...
                                                ...
                                                1954 01 11
                                                Monday
                                                .Des Moines, IowaHotel Fort Des MoinesDance for the 50th annual convention of the Iowa Retail Clothiers Association.
                                                • The Sheldon Mail, Sheldon, Iowa 1954-01-06 s.3 p.1
                                                • Des Moines Sunday Register, Des MOines, Iowa 1954-01-410 p.6-M
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                                                1954 01 12
                                                Tuesday
                                                .St. Paul, Minn.Auditorium....
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                                                1954 01 13
                                                Wednesday
                                                .Mankato, Minn.TC main gym
                                                Mankato State Teachers College
                                                • ELLINGTON TO REPLACE MORGAN
                                                    Duke Ellington will replace Russ Morgan as the ACA attraction for their dance on Wednesday, January 13, 1954.
                                                    Late word from Morgan finds him sick in bed and the Morganmen disbanded for four months.
                                                    John Gruenfelder, who is in charge of arrangements, announces that dancing will be from 8:30 till 12:30 at a site not yet arranged...'
                                                • JAZZ WILL REIGN AS KING; DUKE ELLINGTON HERE WED.
                                                  by Mary Clare Hogan
                                                    Duke Ellington and his world famous orchestra will appear in TC's main gym on Wednesday, Jan. 13 from 8:30 till 12:30...
                                                    The social affairs committee invites every student and staff member to attend whether stag or in couples. The Ellington band puts on a good floor show in addition to providing good dance music.
                                                    Ellington is the first name band to appear at MSTC since Ross Morgan appeared several years ago...
                                                    The band comes to Mankato straight from a four hour concert at the Minneapolis auditorium...
                                                • Ellington Thrills College Crowd
                                                    TC students had a real thrill Wednesday night, Jan.13, when they danced to the music of Duke Ellington.
                                                    Although the Duke's individual styling proved very danceable, his floor show attracted as much attention. Students were amazed by the trumpet of "Cat" Anderson, whose playing explained the origin of his nickname. Vocalist Jimmy Grissom wore everyone out with his song and dance routines. Also excellent were the drum and baritone saxophone solos.
                                                    It was a dance long to be remembered by the large numbers that attended. ACA can be proud of their fine efforts to make it such a success.
                                                • Ellington was interviewed during an intermission by a columnist for the college newspaper.
                                                The College Reporter, Mankato State Teachers College, Mankato, Minn.:
                                                • 1953-12-17 p.1
                                                • 1954-01-07 pp.1,2
                                                • 1954-01-21 pp.1,4
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                                                1954 01 13
                                                Wednesday
                                                1954 01 23
                                                Saturday
                                                Philadelphia, Penn.Locust Theatre Peripheral event
                                                Scheduled opening night of "Mardi Gras," a Norman Rosten play with background music by Ellington.

                                                Franceschina reports that in late 1953 Broadway producer Anthony Parella asked Ellington to provide a background score for the play, which was to begin its pre-Broadway run in January. Ellington wrote 7 "cues" for the play for flute, clarinet, cello, trombone and bass and two movements begin in 3-4 time and end in 4-4.

                                                The Brooklyn Eagle reported the play permanently closed January 23.
                                                • John Franceschina, Duke Ellington's Music for the Theatre, pp.124-127, with illustrations from the scores.
                                                • News of the Theater, Brooklyn Eagle 1954-01-26 p.5
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                                                1954 01 14
                                                Thursday
                                                ...activities not documented...
                                                ...
                                                1954 01 15
                                                Friday
                                                ...activities not documented...
                                                ...
                                                1954 01 16
                                                Saturday
                                                9 PM to midnight
                                                .Chicago, Ill.Rainbo
                                                Clark at Lawrence

                                                DUKE ELLINGTON
                                                And His Great Band
                                                Plus Another Exciting
                                                Jam Session


                                                Admission: $1.25 and $2.50 including tax, all seats reserved.
                                                • Stratemann p.351 citing
                                                  • The Billboard 1954-02-06 p.18
                                                  • Chicago Defender 1954-01-16 p,14
                                                • The Daily Herald, Chicago, Ill.,
                                                  1954-01-14 p.7
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                                                1954 01 17
                                                Sunday
                                                .Chicago, Ill.Universal StudioCapitol recording session
                                                Duke Ellington and His Famous Orchestra
                                                Cook, Anderson, Terry, Nance, Woodman, Jackson, Jean, Hamilton, Procope, Henderson, Gonsalves, Carney, Ellington, Marshall, Black
                                                Titles recorded:
                                                • Happy Go Lucky Local
                                                • Rockin' In Rhythm
                                                • Falling Like A Raindrop
                                                Lambert says
                                                • Happy-Go-Lucky Local was brought back into the repertoire because of the success of Jimmy Forrest's Night Train, which is one of its themes with an interlude.
                                                • 'When the 1954 band set the old engine in motion again it had become even more rickety, and it protests vigorously at the slightly faster ride it is given here. The brakes are more rusty, and Anderson's trumpet shrieks a loud protest as the train draws to a halt. This is fine, rugged blues music, and the band plays with uninhibited verve and obvious enjoyment.'
                                                • this is the first time since 1931 that Rockin' In Rhythm was recorded for public release, although it had always been performed. He describes the transformation from the 1931 version and the impact on the listener.
                                                • While Timner notes RIR was a remake, Lambert says:
                                                  'The version... selected for issue ... was a rehearsal run-through, considered more exciting than the final, more carefully played take.
                                                The two DEMS bulletins to the right have discographer Benny Aasland's complete list of Ellington's Capitol recordings.
                                                New Desor
                                                DE5403
                                                DEMS
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                                                1954 01 18
                                                Monday
                                                ..activities not documented...
                                                ...
                                                1954 01 19
                                                Tuesday
                                                ...activities not documented...
                                                ...
                                                1954 01 20
                                                Wednesday
                                                ...activities not documented...
                                                ...
                                                1954 01 21
                                                Thursday
                                                ...activities not documented...
                                                ...
                                                1954 01 22
                                                Friday
                                                .Pittsburgh, Penn.Syria MosqueConcert
                                                Ellington and his orchestra, plus Louis Armstron, Billie Holiday and Billy Eckstine..
                                                Stratemann p.351 citing Variety 1953-12-09 p.60..
                                                ..2011
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                                                1954 01 23
                                                Saturday
                                                ...activities not documented...
                                                ...
                                                1954 01 24
                                                Sunday
                                                ...activities not documented...
                                                ...
                                                1954 01 25
                                                Monday
                                                ...activities not documented...
                                                ...
                                                1954 01 26
                                                Tuesday
                                                ...activities not documented...
                                                ...
                                                1954 01 27
                                                Wednesday
                                                .New York, N.Y.Savoy Ballroom
                                                Stratemann:

                                                In a brief return to New York, Ellington and his band were schedueld to particiapte in a week-long 'festival' of broadcast specials and live events held by WLIB, a station catering especially to New York's black population, on the occason of the start of its new transmitter in Astoria, N.Y. A subsequent review of the week's events fails to menton any specific performers for the night in question, the finale, but it is assumed that all scheduled acts were present


                                                The Ellington band particpated in a three and a quarter hour 'jam session' with the Lionel Hampton orcestra and Ella Fitzgerald.
                                                Stratemann pp.351-352..
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                                                1954 01 28
                                                Thursday
                                                ...activities not documented...
                                                ...
                                                1954 01 29
                                                Friday
                                                ...activities not documented...
                                                ...
                                                1954 01 30
                                                Saturday
                                                ...activities not documented...
                                                ...
                                                1954 01 31
                                                Sunday
                                                ...activities not documented...
                                                ...

                                                February 1954

                                                Circa
                                                1954 02 00
                                                .Toronto, Ont.PERSONNEL CHANGE
                                                Sometime in the last part of January trombonist George Jean, who had been temporarily filling the Tizol chair, left the band.

                                                John Sanders, trombone, born 1925, joined as a permanent member the first week of February, in Toronto, having subbed for Tizol from February to June/July the previous year.
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                                                1954 02 01
                                                Monday
                                                1954 02 06Toronto, Ont.Colonial Tavern.Stratemann, p.352..
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                                                1954 02 02
                                                Tuesday
                                                .Toronto, Ont.Colonial Tavernsee 1954 02 01...
                                                ..2011
                                                1954 02 03
                                                Wednesday
                                                .Toronto, Ont.Colonial Tavernsee 1954 02 01...
                                                ..2011
                                                1954 02 04
                                                Thursday
                                                .Toronto, Ont.Colonial Tavernsee 1954 02 01...
                                                ..2011
                                                1954 02 05
                                                Friday
                                                .Toronto, Ont.Colonial Tavernsee 1954 02 01...
                                                ..2011
                                                1954 02 06
                                                Saturday
                                                .Toronto, Ont.Colonial Tavernsee 1954 02 01...
                                                ..2011
                                                1954 02 07
                                                Sunday
                                                ...activities not documented...
                                                ...
                                                1954 02 08
                                                Monday
                                                .Hamilton, Ont.The ForumRecorded concert
                                                Duke Ellington and His Orchestra
                                                Cook, Cat Anderson, Terry, Nance, Woodman, Jackson, Sanders, Hamilton, Procope, Henderson, Gonsalves, Carney, Ellington, Marshall, Black
                                                Titles recorded:
                                                • Take The "A" Train (theme)
                                                • The Mooche
                                                • How High The Moon
                                                • Serious Serenade
                                                • Theme For Trambeam
                                                • Skin Deep
                                                • Tenderly
                                                • Perdido
                                                • Monologue (Pretty And The Wolf)
                                                • Medley
                                                • Things Ain't What They Used To Be
                                                • Satin Doll
                                                • Stompin' At The Savoy
                                                • Medley
                                                • Caravan
                                                • Bunny Hop Mambo
                                                • Isle Of Capri
                                                • The Hawk Talks
                                                • All The Things You Are
                                                • Duet
                                                • Blue Jean Beguine
                                                • Warm Valley
                                                • Jam With Sam
                                                • God Save The Queen

                                                First medley:
                                                • Don't Get Around Much Anymore
                                                • In A Sentimental Mood
                                                • Mood Indigo
                                                • I'm Beginning To See The Light
                                                • Sophisticated Lady
                                                • Caravan
                                                • It Don't Mean A Thing
                                                • Solitude
                                                • C-Jam Blues
                                                • I Let A Song Go Out of My Heart & Don't Get Around Much Anymore
                                                Second medley:
                                                • I Let A Song Go Out Of My Heart
                                                • Don't Get Around Much Anymore
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                                                Tuesday
                                                .Warren, Penn.Library Theatre"A Concert in Jazz" 8:30 p.m., sponsored by Warren Junior Chamber of Commerce.

                                                The Observer reported the band played to a nearly full house.
                                                The Jaycees did not expect to make money, they hoped enough people would attend to cover the tab.
                                                The Observer, Warren, Penn.
                                                • 1954-01-21 p.10
                                                • 1954-01-28 p.9
                                                • 1954-02-11 p.2
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                                                Wednesday
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                                                Thursday
                                                ...activities not documented...
                                                ...
                                                1954 02 12
                                                Friday
                                                1954 02 18Washington, D.C.Howard Theatre
                                                620 T St.
                                                Vaudeville showStratemann p.352 ..
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                                                Saturday
                                                .Washington, D.C.Howard Theatre
                                                620 T St.
                                                Vaudeville show - see 1954 02 12...
                                                ..2011
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                                                Sunday
                                                Valentine's Day
                                                .Washington, D.C.Howard Theatre
                                                620 T St.
                                                Vaudeville show - see 1954 02 12...
                                                ..2011
                                                1954 02 15
                                                Monday
                                                .Washington, D.C.Howard Theatre
                                                620 T St.
                                                Vaudeville show - see 1954 02 12...
                                                ..2011
                                                1954 02 16
                                                Tuesday
                                                .Washington, D.C.Howard Theatre
                                                620 T St.
                                                Vaudeville show - see 1954 02 12...
                                                ..2011
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                                                Wednesday
                                                .Washington, D.C.Howard Theatre
                                                620 T St.
                                                Vaudeville show - see 1954 02 12...
                                                ..2011
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                                                Thursday
                                                .Washington, D.C.Howard Theatre
                                                620 T St.
                                                Vaudeville show - see 1954 02 12...
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                                                Friday
                                                1954 02 25New York, N.Y.Apollo Theater
                                                253 W. 125th St., Borough of Manhattan, Harlem district

                                                HOLIDAY WEEK BEG. FRI. Feb. 19th
                                                AMERICA'S MUSICAL MAESTRO
                                                DUKE
                                                ELLINGTON
                                                all star band and revue
                                                RAY NANCE - "CAT" ANDERSON - JIMMY GRISSOM
                                                JUAN TIZOL - HARRY CARNEY
                                                THE FLAMINGOS     DUSTY FLETCHER
                                                COLAN FARLEY
                                                WED.NITE AMATEURS     SAT. MIDNITE SHOW

                                                Stratemann p.352 citing ad,
                                                New York Age, 1954-02-20 p.9
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                                                Saturday
                                                .New York, N.Y.Apollo Theater
                                                253 W. 125th St.
                                                Harlem
                                                Vaudeville show - see 1954 02 19...
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                                                Sunday
                                                .New York, N.Y.Apollo Theater
                                                253 W. 125th St.
                                                Harlem
                                                Vaudeville show - see 1954 02 19...
                                                ..2011
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                                                Monday
                                                .New York, N.Y.Apollo Theater
                                                253 W. 125th St.
                                                Harlem
                                                Vaudeville show - see 1954 02 19...
                                                ..2011
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                                                Tuesday
                                                .New York, N.Y.Apollo Theater
                                                253 W. 125th St.
                                                Harlem
                                                Vaudeville show - see 1954 02 19...
                                                ..2011
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                                                Wednesday
                                                .New York, N.Y.Apollo Theater
                                                253 W. 125th St.
                                                Harlem
                                                Vaudeville show - see 1954 02 19...
                                                ..2011
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                                                Thursday
                                                .New York, N.Y.Apollo Theater
                                                253 W. 125th St.
                                                Harlem
                                                Vaudeville show - see 1954 02 19...
                                                ..2011
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                                                Friday
                                                ...activities not documented...
                                                ...
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                                                Saturday
                                                ...activities not documented...
                                                ...
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                                                Sunday
                                                ...activities not documented...
                                                ...

                                                March 1954

                                                1954 03 01
                                                Monday
                                                ...activities not documented...
                                                ...
                                                1954 03 02
                                                Tuesday
                                                ...activities not documented...
                                                ...
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                                                Wednesday
                                                ...activities not documented...
                                                ...
                                                1954 03 04
                                                Thursday
                                                .Madison, Wisc.University Stock Pavilion
                                                University of Wisconsin

                                                TICKETS NOW! AT THE UNION BOX OFFICE
                                                $2, $1.50, $1.25* $1.00*
                                                *STUDENTS
                                                The Wisconsin Union Music Committee
                                                presents
                                                DUKE ELLINGTON
                                                AND HIS ORCHESTRA
                                                with the
                                                DAVE BRUBECK
                                                INSTRUMENTAL QUARTET

                                                March 4 — 7:30 P.M.
                                                UNIVERSITY PAVILION

                                                Wisconsin State Journal, Madison, Wisc.,
                                                • 1954-02-28 s.2 p.15
                                                • 1954-03-04 s.3 p.3
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                                                Friday
                                                ...activities not documented...
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                                                1954 03 06
                                                Saturday
                                                ...activities not documented...
                                                ...
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                                                Sunday
                                                ...activities not documented...
                                                ...
                                                1954 03 08
                                                Monday
                                                ...activities not documented...
                                                ...
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                                                Tuesday
                                                ...activities not documented...
                                                ...
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                                                Wednesday
                                                .New Castle, Ind.New Castle ArmoryPoliceman's Ball 9 p.m. to 1 a.m.
                                                $4.80 per couple including tax, Dress Optional.
                                                In DEMS 08/3-9 Arne Neegaard reported Dorothy Kilgallen's nationally syndicated column, printed by various newspapers between March 17 and 22:

                                                "Ellington, the Gourmet, had been travelling all around the world and eaten at the best restaurants but never had tasted a really good ice cream. This prompted M.K. Davis, president of North Star Ice Cream Co., Muncie, Ind., to drive the 15 miles to Newcastle [sic] and present Duke and his men with 5 gallons of fresh pear ice cream."

                                                The Reference Librarian at New Castle-Henry County Public Library located an ad, publicity and the report in the local newspaper:

                                                'Duke Ellington Plays Tonight At Policeman's Ball
                                                  Duke Ellington and his orchestra will arrive in New Castle this evening at 8:00 o'clock to play one of the outstanding dance events of the year.
                                                  The dance, a St. Patrick's affair, is being sponsored by the Fraternal Order of Police [and] will be held at the New Castle Armory with dancing from 9:00 o'clock until 2:00 o'clock.
                                                  Special guests will be Don Smith of Gary, state president of the Fraternal Order of Police, Mayor and Mrs. Paul McCormack, Mr. and Mrs.Robert S. Hunter Jr., Mr. and Mrs. Charles Hayes, and Mr. and Mrs. Herman List.
                                                  The ticket sales has [sic] been excellent and only 100 more tickets are available, since the Police have limited the number to be sold, in order that everyone may see and hear the marvelous music of Duke Ellington.
                                                  St. Patrick's decorations have transformed the armory into a large ballroom and the stage has been arranged for the orchestra. Tables have been set cabaret style around the dance floor.
                                                  Dress is optional. No stags will be admitted to the dance.'

                                                The ice cream story was reported locally as:

                                                'Duke Ellington Is Presented With Ice Cream
                                                  The Duke likes icecream [sic] and he carried ten gallons of delicious pair icecream away from New Castle after the Policeman's ball on Wednesday evening.
                                                  A Mr. Davis of the North Star Drivein at Muncie read in Dorothy Kilgallen's column that Duke Ellington has the hobby of tasting different kinds of icecream. Mr. Davis makes a unique pear delicacy and he brought enough for everyone at the dance. It proved extremely popular with the dancers as well as the musician, who made traveling room for ten gallons packed in dry ice.'

                                                • Dorothy Kilgallen's column,
                                                  • Greensboro Record, 1954-03-17
                                                  • The Daily Reporter, Dover, Ohio, 1954-03-18 p.4
                                                  • many other newspapers
                                                  .
                                                • The Courier-Times, New Castle, Ind.:
                                                  • 1954-03-06 p.7
                                                  • 1954-03-10 p.4
                                                  • 1954-03-12 p.4
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                                                Thursday
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                                                1954 03 12
                                                Friday
                                                .Indianapolis, Ind.Indiana Roof Ballroom
                                                140 W. Washington St.
                                                Butler University Junior Prom
                                                The Drift:

                                                'Diddy Keeling and Duke Ellington provided most of the thrills and excitement of the Junior Prom. Diddy was crowned Queen of the Prom by Chairman Stan Voltz, while Bev Brantner, Marge McDowell, Nancy Roberts, Carolyn Aldrich, Joan Leslie, and Peggy Cox formed her court.
                                                  Duke Ellington banged out strictly "listening" music on his piano as well as conducting smooth waltzes and jivey jazz for the pleasure of those who came to dance. The comfortably crowded Indiana Roof proved once more that the Juniors have the know-how to stage a dance successfully.'

                                                According to a current YouTube publicity video, the ballroom is 8,700 square feet and has a 40-foot high domed ceiling.
                                                • Captioned photo, The Indianapolis Star, Indianapolis, Ind., 1954-03-10 p.19
                                                • The Drift, Butler University 1954 yearbook, p.27, courtesy of J.Lloyd of Information Commons, Academic Technology, Research and Library Assistance, Butler University, 2016-04-27
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                                                ..Vail II and DEMS 08/3-9 reported Duke attended Louis Armstrong's opening night at Basin Street in New York. Neither named a source and they were mistaken. Ellington and his orchestra played the Butler University junior prom this evening - see the preceding entry.
                                                • Vail printed an unattributed photograph of Duke with Armstrong on its page for March 1954, but it looks remarkably like the photo printed in Jet magazine when it reported Armstrong's 1961 opening at Basin Street East.
                                                • Ricky Riccardi, Director of Research Collections, Louis Armstrong House Museum, commented:
                                                  'the two photos are definitely from the same event and I have that as Basin Street East, 1961, so any attribution of that first photo to 1954 is incorrect. (Louis was much heavier in '54 for one thing.) And in addition to the articles you mentioned, we have multiple articles on Louis's March 1954 run at Basin Street and none of them mention Duke being present at the open[ing].
                                                    ...we have an unpublished manuscript Louis wrote about celebrating his 55th birthday at Basin Street on July 4, 1955 and he mentions Ellington being there and joining him on stage for that one'
                                                • Dorothy Kilgallen's review of Armstrong's opening night mentioned ringsiders Gene Krupa and Cozy Cole but not Ellington.
                                                • The Pittsburgh Courier ran a photo of Armstrong and two others at a microphone. Its caption named 13 celebrities who were present, but does not mention Ellington.
                                                • Since the date of the New Castle event was not known until 2016, there was nothing to trigger a question when Vail and the DEMS Bulletin were written.
                                                • Armstrong researcher Hĺkan Forsberg wrote:
                                                  '...I have gathered information on the whereabouts of Louis Armstrong through the years. Carl A. H„llstr”m asked me if I could assist you with information regarding Ellington at Armstrong's opening at Basin Street in 1954. I'm sorry I haven't found anything about such a meeting.
                                                    ...Armstrong opened at Basin Street twice in 1954. He was there March 13 to April 9 and also August 10 to September 5...The two Swedish jazz magazines OJ and Estrad both had reports from Armstrong's engagement at Basin Street. In Estrad Leonard Feather reported from the premiere and here is an excerpt from his article:
                                                    "...Premiere night was a big event for all concerned. For Satchmo it was the first engagement in a New York night club in many years. For the club it was a premiere after many weeks of "lull" during which period the destiny of the club had been more than uncertain. However, with an Armstrong contract in the pocket, owner Ralph Watkins felt certain enough to beat out the walls that had separated the main hall from the smaller club in the back. His optimism proved to be fully justified: at eleven premiere night the combined space was packed with the kind of celebrities that among jazz artists only Louis can attract. Well-known names from radio and television as e.g. Steve Allen, Skitch Henderson and Dave Garroway were there in thousands along with representatives for popular music, classical music, the Broadway scene and Hollywood."
                                                    Feather also mentions Allan Morison from Ebony magazine and disc jockey Al "Jazzbo" Collins as visitors in Louis dressing room after the show.
                                                    So Duke isn't mentioned which he ought to have been if he had been there. But Gene Krupa and Cozy Cole are not mentioned either which is somewhat strange if they sat in for a number or perhaps two?
                                                    OJ also covered the event but I believe their reporter Claes Dahlgren didn't attend the premiere. Anyway, he gives no names in attendance at Basin Street.
                                                    Regarding the photo in Jet ... Louis performed at Basin Street May 22 to June 3, 1961 so Duke and Louis may have met at that club in that period and maybe the Jet photo was taken there and then? Anyway, I believe the picture was taken much later than 1954..."
                                                It seems fairly certain Duke did not attend this March opening.
                                                • Photos,
                                                  • Vail II p.68
                                                  • Jet, 1961-06-15 p.58
                                                  • Pittsburgh Courier, 1954-04-03 p.18
                                                • Dorothy Kilgallen, "On Broadway:"
                                                  • Shamokin News-Dispatch, Shamokin, Penn., 1954-03-19 p.4
                                                  • Pittsburgh Post-Gazette Daily Magazine, Pittsburgh, Penn., 1954-03-19 p.1
                                                • Emails, Palmquist-Neegaard and replies, March 2016.
                                                • Email, Riccardi - Palmquist 2016-04-05
                                                • Emails, Forsberg - Palmquist , March 2016
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                                                Saturday
                                                .Oxford, OhioWithrow Court
                                                Miami University
                                                Military Ball, 9 p.m. to 1 a.m., sponsored annually by the Navy and Air Force ROTC units. The theme of the dance was "Four Winds and The Seven Seas. Admission was by uniform only, and women attending the ball would "be given 1:30 late permission."
                                                Band members named in the March 9 announcement were Carney, Anderson, Nance, Terry, Cook, Tizol, Jacson [sic], Woodman, Jefferson, Procope, Gonsalves, Hailton [sic}, Marshall, Bellson, Grisson [sic] and Roché and Ellington.
                                                Beverly Vinez and Nancy Anderson, the Navy and Air Force Queens, respectively, were to reign over the Ball and be escorted to the bandstand by an honour guard at the 11 p.m. intermission. Organizers were:
                                                • General chairman Robert Cottrell, assisted by Barry Erickson.
                                                • Committee chairmen and their assistants
                                                  • Donald McCarthy, Theodore Hardy, decorations
                                                  • Thomas Pagna, Lawrence Day, band selection
                                                  • John Bentley, Ronald Helman, programs
                                                  • Marquis Witt, Lowell Greenwood, invitations
                                                  • David Williams, Don Bauman, publicity
                                                  • David Welday, Ted Jordan, clean-up
                                                  • William Yates, John Kelley, hospitality
                                                  • Robert Rice, Howard Merriman, finance
                                                  • David Ellis, Theodore Schurman, intermission
                                                  • Arthur Bailey, William Shardelow, bandstand
                                                  • Richard Christman, James Poth, general affairs
                                                  • Carl Boyer, historian
                                                • Hamilton Journal the Daily News, Hamilton, Ohio, 1954-03-09 p.10
                                                • The Miami Student, Miami University, Oxford, Ohio:
                                                  • 1954-02-23 p.1
                                                  • 1954-03-02 p.1
                                                  • 1954-03-05 p.1
                                                  • 1954-03-09 p.1
                                                  • 1954-03-12 p.1
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                                                Sunday
                                                .Celina, OhioEdgewater ParkDance 9 to 1. Admission $1.67 plus tax.
                                                • Ad, Times-Bulletin,Van Wert,Oh., 1954-03-12,p.2
                                                • Ad, The Delphos Herald,
                                                  • 1954-03-09 p.4
                                                  • 1954-03-12
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                                                Monday
                                                .Detroit, Mich.Graystone Ballroom

                                                GRAYSTONE BALLROOM, MON., MAR. 15, 8:30 UNTIL 1:00 A.M. * 2 BANDS
                                                DUKE ELLINGTON
                                                *CHARLIE (Yardbird) PARKER*

                                                Adv. Tickets at Grinnell's and the Graystone, Adv., $2.00 Door $2.50

                                                Ads, Detroit Free Press
                                                • 1954-03-10 p.18
                                                • 1954-03-15 p.30
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                                                Tuesday
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                                                1954 03 17
                                                Wednesday
                                                .Rochester, N.Y.The Auditorium
                                                875 Main St. E.
                                                THE
                                                AUDITORIUM

                                                875 Main St. E. Rochester
                                                IN PERSON

                                                One
                                                Performance
                                                Only
                                                WED.
                                                March
                                                17th
                                                8:30 P.M.

                                                DUKE
                                                ELLINGTON
                                                CONCERT

                                                DUKE ELLINGTON AND
                                                HIS NEW WORLD FAMOUS

                                                ORCHESTRA

                                                ...featuring Ray Nance, Jimmy Grissom, Cat Anderson, Britt Woodman, Paul Gonsalves and many other great artists.

                                                All Seats Reserved — One Performance Only. Price (Incl. tax) $1.20, $1.80, $2.50

                                                TICKETS ON SALE AT
                                                COLUMBIA MUSIC & APPLIANCE
                                                77 Clinton Ave. S. Rochester, N.Y.

                                                MAIL ORDERS; Send check or money
                                                order and stamped self-addressed en-
                                                velope to Columbia Music & Appliance

                                                'Fans Frantic over Blues In Ellington Session

                                                Some said it was a night for the wearing of the green, but the accent was all on the blues last night at the Auditorium, where piano-playing Duke Ellington and his band whipped up a good number of jazz fans into a state of frenzy.
                                                  It was a young crowd, and a "hep" crowd and Duke delivered what they went to hear in such numbers has "Mood Indigo," "Take the "A" Train," "Sentimental Lady," I Let a Song Go Out of My Heart," of you more of the Ellington fans' favorites. Those he played in his old blues style, and then later on a more modern touch for his new numbers, "VIP Bogey " and "Jam With Sam."
                                                  Dave Black, drummer, fairly tore off the roof with his number,"Skin Deep." As a matter of fact, Duke's sidemen took a good share of the bows, with Jimmy Hamilton on the clarinet; Cat Anderson on the trumpet, Willie Cook on the trumpet and Harry Carney on the baritone sax. There were 13 players in the aggregation.'

                                                Democrat and Chronicle, Rochester, N.Y.
                                                • 1954-03-07 p.3F
                                                • 1954-03-17 p.10
                                                • 1954-03-18 p.18
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                                                Thursday
                                                3:45 pm
                                                7 pm
                                                and 9:15 pm
                                                .State College, Penn.State TheaterThree performances,sponsored by the State College JayCees to raise funds for a youth centre, but the venture lost $600, a record that stood at least until 2003.

                                                The Women's Student Government Association of Pennsylvania State College granted permission to women students to attend the 9:15 performance of Duke Ellington tonight if they return directly to the dormitories and present their ticket stubs to their hostesses...

                                                Correspondent Bob Roberts recalls attending one of the concerts, and thinks the ticket price was $1.
                                                • The Daily Collegian, State College, Penn., Thurs, 1954-03-18, p.1
                                                • "History of the Local Chapter," Newsletter, Jaycees State College Area, Oct.-Dec.2003, p.4
                                                • Email 2013-10-21, Roberts-Palmquist
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                                                Friday
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                                                Saturday
                                                ...activities not documented...
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                                                1954 03 21
                                                Sunday
                                                ...activities not documented...
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                                                Monday
                                                ...activities not documented...
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                                                Tuesday
                                                ...activities not documented...
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                                                Wednesday
                                                ...activities not documented...
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                                                Thursday
                                                ...activities not documented...
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                                                Friday
                                                .Baton Rouge, La.Southern UniversityThis entry is based solely on a file folder label listed in the Smithsonian finding aid shown to the right and should not be taken as confirmed as yet.Documentation is likely to be found in the Smithsonian Institution's Ellington collection, Series 2: Performances and Programs, 1933-1974, box 11, folder 11 Southern University, Baton Rouge, Louisiana, March 26, 1954..
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                                                Saturday
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                                                Sunday
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                                                Monday
                                                ...activities not documented...
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                                                Tuesday
                                                ...activities not documented...
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                                                Wednesday
                                                ...activities not documented...
                                                ...

                                                April 1954

                                                circa
                                                1954 04 00
                                                .Houston, Tex..Stratemann reports Ellington played two concerts at the City Auditorium, Houston, during a swing through Texas on the way to the west coast. No details are given.
                                                .
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                                                .San Antonio, Tex.Municipal AuditoriumStratemann reports Ellington made an appearance here during a swing through Texas on the way to the west coast. No details are given.
                                                .
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                                                Thursday
                                                ...activities not documented...
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                                                Friday
                                                ...activities not documented...
                                                ...
                                                1954 04 03
                                                Saturday
                                                .Galveston, Tex.City auditoriumGalveston News, 1954-03-12:

                                                'Use of the city auditorium was granted as follows: ... Norman Clark, April 3 for dance and show by Duke Ellington '

                                                The Beachcomber column:

                                                'We are going to be on hand at the city auditorium next Saturday night to hear some of the greatest jazz music in the land and to watch a great deal of fancy jitterbugging, B-Bop and swing ... Duke Ellington and his orchestra will play for a dance and a reserved section has been set aside for whites.'

                                                The Galveston News, Galveston, Tex.
                                                • Contract; Park Bids Taken, 1954-03-12, p.3
                                                • Christi Mitchell, The Beachcomber, 1954-03-28 p.22
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                                                Sunday
                                                .Waco, Tex.Scenic WonderlandGala Dance 9 p.m.
                                                Presale 2.00  At Door 2,40
                                                (Reserved Section for White)
                                                • Waco Tribune-Herald,Waco,Tex.
                                                  • 1954-03-28 p.12,s.III
                                                  • 1954-04-04 s.III,p.17
                                                • Waco News-Tribune,Waco,Tex.
                                                  • 1954-03-31 p.11
                                                  • 1954-04-03 p.15
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                                                Monday
                                                .Dallas, Tex.PlantationNightclub appearance
                                                Specifically named by the reviewer were Duke, Henderson, Woodman, Black, Anderson, Carney.
                                                Dallas Morning News, Dallas, Tex.:
                                                • William Taylor, At the Night Spots, 1954-04-04 pt.VII, p.3
                                                • William Taylor, Night Spots, 1954-04-06 Pt.I, p.18
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                                                Tuesday
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                                                Wednesday
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                                                1954 04 08
                                                Thursday
                                                .Roswell, N.M...Stratemann p.352..
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                                                Friday
                                                .Ft. Worth, Tex.Carswell Air Force Base.Stratemann p.352..
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                                                Saturday
                                                .El Paso, Tex.Biggs Air Force Base.Stratemann p.352..
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                                                Sunday
                                                .Phoenix, Ariz.Riverside Park Ballroom
                                                1975 S. Central
                                                It isn't clear from the review if this evening appearance was a concert or a dance.The Arizona Republic, Phoenix, Ariz.
                                                • Announcement, 1954-04-09 p.26
                                                • Review, 1954-04-18 p.6, s.2
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                                                Monday
                                                .Long Beach, Cal.Convention Hall,
                                                Long Beach Municipal Auditorium
                                                Duke Ellington and His Famous Orchestra in concert plus THE ORIOLES, 8:30 p.m.
                                                Independent Press-Telegram:

                                                'First Calif. Appearance This Year
                                                DUKE
                                                ELLINGTON
                                                and His Famous Orchestra in
                                                Concert Plus THE ORIOLES
                                                MUNICIPAL AUDITORIUM
                                                Tomorrow, Mon., 8:30 p.m.
                                                Advance tickets on sale at Humphreys
                                                130 Pine Ave. ($1.20, $1.80, $2.40) '

                                                Long Beach Independent:

                                                'Better than ever, even though late in starting, Duke Ellington and his rhythmic retinue received a royal welcome from the enthused audience in Convention Hall, Long Beach Municipal Auditorium Monday night.'

                                                • Stratemann p.352
                                                • Independent Press-Telegram, Long Beach, Cal.
                                                  • 1954-03-28 pp.A-22, A-23
                                                  • 1954-04-04 p.A-23
                                                  • 1954-04-11 p.B-3
                                                • Long Beach Independent, Long Beach, Cal.
                                                  • 1954-03-28 p.A-23
                                                  • 1954-04-13, p.4
                                                  • 1954-04-12 p.24
                                                • Press-Telegram, Long Beach, Cal.
                                                  • 1954-04-07 p.B-9
                                                  • 1954-04-09 p.B-7
                                                • California Eagle, 1954-04-08 p.12
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                                                .Long Beach, Cal..

                                                "27TH ANNIVERSARIES OF ELLINGTON, WELK...
                                                Veteran maestros Duke Ellington and Lawrence Welk celebrate their 27th anniversaries in the music business Monday (12) at a gathering of musical greats following Ellington's concert at Long Beach Municipal Auditorium. Guests at the fete will include David Rose, Harry James, Spike Jones, Peggy Lee, Kay Starr, Phil Harris, Stan Kenton, Earl (Fatha) Hines, Jack Teagarden, Jess Stacey, Ben Pollack, Red Nichols and Donald O'Connor."

                                                The caption of a photo of Lawrence Welk with Ellington reads

                                                'In big time 27 years
                                                  Duke Ellington, who Monday observes his 27th anniversary in big-time show business by presenting a concert in Long Beach, receives a bottle of champagne from Lawrence Welk. The bottle is a tiny one on the pencil. Disk jockeys throughout the Southland will feature Duke Ellington music all Monday. Long Beach concert will be in the auditorium and there still are many tickets available. Welk and other top orchestra leaders are expected to attend.'

                                                • Stratemann p.352 citing The Billboard 1954-04-17 p.16
                                                • Long Beach Independent, Long Beach, Cal. 1954-04-11 p.B-2
                                                • California Eagle, 1954-04-15 p.9
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                                                Tuesday
                                                .Los Angeles, Cal.Embassy Auditorium
                                                Ninth and Grand
                                                Recorded concert
                                                Duke Ellington and his orchestra
                                                Cook, Anderson, Terry, Nance, Woodman, Jackson, Sanders, Hamilton, Procope, Rick Henderson, Gonsalves, Carney, Ellington, Marshall, Black
                                                Titles recorded:
                                                • Smada
                                                • Black And Tan Fantasy
                                                • How High The Moon
                                                • Serious Serenade
                                                • Theme For Trambeam
                                                • Skin Deep
                                                • Mood Indigo
                                                • Blue Jean Beguine
                                                • Take The "A" Train
                                                • Satin Doll
                                                • Stompin' At The Savoy

                                                'Gene Norman Presents...

                                                -IN CONCERT-
                                                DUKE ELLINGTON
                                                and His Crew
                                                Tues., Night April 13, 8:00 P.M.
                                                -featuring-
                                                Ray Nance Jimmy Grissom Cat Anderson
                                                EMBASSY AUDITORIUM, Ninth & Grand
                                                ADMISSION $2.00 AND $2.50'

                                                Jet printed a photo of Ellington standing beside a seated Doris Duke, heiress. The photo location appears to be a dressing room or cloakroom, since there is a clothes hanger hanging from an otherwise empty rod behind them. Duke appears to be playing a violin for her.
                                                • Ad, the California Eagle, 1954-04-08 p.12
                                                • Jet, 1954-08-12 p.17
                                                • Girvan:   Ellingtonia.com
                                                • MacHare:   A Duke Ellington Panorama
                                                • Timner
                                                • Ole J. Nielsen, Jazz Records 1942-80, A discography: Vol. Six, Duke Ellington, pp.142-143
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                                                Wednesday
                                                1954 04 26
                                                Monday
                                                San Francisco, Cal.Downbeat ClubNight club engagement
                                                • Stratemann dates the engagement as April 13 to 27, citing Variety.
                                                • Vail has it from April 14 to 27
                                                • The Oakland Tribune ads before the opening say April 14 and Wednesday.
                                                • The Oakland Tribune ad in the Saturday, April 24 edition says "HURRY! CLOSES MONDAY NIGHT!"
                                                • Stratemann p.352 citing Variety 1954-03-17, p.46
                                                • Vail II
                                                • Oakland Tribune, Oakland, Cal.
                                                  • 1954-04-03 p.6
                                                  • 1954-04-10 p.8
                                                  • 1954-04-14 p.39
                                                  • 1954-04-17 p.9
                                                  • 1954-04-24 p.8
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                                                Thursday
                                                .San Francisco, Cal.Downbeat ClubNight club residency - see 1954 04 14...
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                                                Friday
                                                .San Francisco, Cal.Downbeat ClubNight club residency - see 1954 04 14...
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                                                Saturday
                                                .San Francisco, Cal.Downbeat ClubNight club residency - see 1954 04 14...
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                                                Sunday
                                                .San Francisco, Cal.Downbeat ClubNight club residency - see 1954 04 14...
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                                                Monday
                                                .San Francisco, Cal.Downbeat ClubNight club residency - see 1954 04 14...
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                                                Tuesday
                                                .San Francisco, Cal.Downbeat ClubNight club residency - see 1954 04 14...
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                                                Wednesday
                                                .Berkeley, Cal.Wheeler Hall
                                                University of California
                                                Ellington and U.C. student and local band leader Charlie Stern were to emcee a 4 p.m. benefit concert by the Dave Brubeck Jazz Quartet and a college group led by Cal Tjader. The concert was to raise money for the World University Student Fund.Oakland Tribune, 1954-04-20 p.32 E..
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                                                .San Francisco, Cal.Downbeat Club
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                                                Thursday
                                                .San Francisco, Cal.Downbeat ClubNight club residency - see 1954 04 14...
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                                                Friday
                                                .San Francisco, Cal.Downbeat ClubNight club residency - see 1954 04 14...
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                                                Saturday
                                                .San Francisco, Cal.Downbeat ClubNight club residency - see 1954 04 14...
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                                                Sunday
                                                .San Francisco, Cal.Downbeat ClubNight club residency - see 1954 04 14...
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                                                Monday
                                                .San Francisco, Cal.Capitol StudiosCapitol recording session
                                                Duke Ellington and His Famous Orchestra
                                                Cook, Anderson, Terry, Nance, Woodman, Jackson, Sanders, Hamilton, Procope, Rick Henderson, Gonsalves, Carney, Ellington, Marshall, Black, Ralph Collier, congas, Gerald Wilson, trumpet.
                                                Titles recorded:
                                                • All Day Long
                                                • Bunny Hop Mambo
                                                • Isle of Capri
                                                • C-Jam Blues
                                                • Band Call

                                                • Lambert says Bunny Hop Mambo and Isle of Capri were attempts at juke box hits.
                                                • The English Capitol label, bearing the name The Decca Record Co. Ltd. has upside down matrix numbers.
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                                                Wednesday
                                                .Albany, Ore.Elk's ClubDance, 9 to 1, in the lodge and banquet room on the second floor of the new Elks temple.
                                                • Stratemann p.352
                                                • Captioned photo, Albany Democrat-Herald, Albany, Ore. 1954-04-21 p.6
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                                                Thursday
                                                Ellington's 55th birthday
                                                .Portland, Ore.McElroy's BallroomClub date
                                                This is the second of two recorded dance dates issued on the Laserlight 5 CD box set Happy Birthday! Duke, although not all of the music recorded is included in that box.
                                                THE DUKE OF ELLINGTON AND HIS 17-PC. ORCHESTRA
                                                Cook, Anderson, Terry, Nance, Woodman, Jackson, Sanders, Hamilton, Procope, Henderson, Gonsalves, Carney, Ellington, Marshall, Black, Grissom (Note this is only 16 men; the ad said 17).
                                                Titles recorded:
                                                • Smada
                                                • Cobb's Tune
                                                • Coffee And Kisses
                                                • Easy To Love
                                                • Johnny Come Lately
                                                • Maybe I Should Change My Ways
                                                • Primping At The Prom
                                                • Stomp, Look And Listen
                                                • Cocktails For Two
                                                • Liza
                                                • Band Call
                                                • Stompin' At The Savoy
                                                • Take The "A" Train
                                                • Satin Doll
                                                • All The Things You Are
                                                • Blue Jean Beguine
                                                • Tulip Or Turnip
                                                • Honeysuckle Rose
                                                • Theme For Trambeam
                                                • Mood Indigo
                                                • Without A Song
                                                • Nothin', Nothin', Baby
                                                • Solitude
                                                • Blue Moon
                                                • V.I.P. Boogie
                                                • Jam With Sam
                                                • Things Ain't What They Used To Be
                                                • Caravan
                                                • Bunny Hop Mambo
                                                • Isle Of Capri
                                                • Sophisticated Lady
                                                • Take The "A" Train
                                                • Skin Deep
                                                • Moon Mist
                                                • C-Jam Blues
                                                • Medley: I Let A Song Go Out Of My Heart, Don't Get Around Much Anymore
                                                • Flamingo
                                                • Medley: I Got It Bad and That Ain't Good, I'm Just A Lucky So And So
                                                • Ballin The Blues
                                                • Satin Doll
                                                • Stratemann p.352
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                                                • Ads, The Oregonian, Portland, Ore.
                                                  • 1954-04-21 p.18
                                                  • 1954-04-25 pp.12,13
                                                  • 1954-04-27 p.10
                                                  • 1954-04-28 p.17
                                                  • 1954-04-29 p.12
                                              • Girvan:   Ellingtonia.com
                                              • MacHare:   A Duke Ellington Panorama
                                              • Timner
                                              • Ole J. Nielsen, Jazz Records 1942-80, A discography: Vol. Six, Duke Ellington, pp. 143-144
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                                                Friday
                                                .Victoria, B.C.Memorial Arena.
                                                • Stratemann p.352
                                                • Additional documentation is likely to be found in SI-NMAH Archives Center, DEC301, Series 2: Performances and Programs, 1933-1974, box 1, folder 18 USA and Canada, September, 1953, April-May, 1954
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                                                1954 05 01
                                                Saturday
                                                .Seattle, Wash. Trianon BallroomRecorded dance, 9 to 1.
                                                • Stratemann has the band either here or, with a question mark, at the Jantzen Beach Ballroom in Portland. This is apparently because the Nielsen discography has a playlist of the first 14 titles shown here as being at the Olympia Theatre on May 2, and the remaining titles at Jantzen Beach on May 1.
                                                • Vail shows Trianon.
                                                • The Seattle Times advertises Ellington and his orchestra at the Trianon on Saturday.

                                                Duke Ellington and his World Famous Orchestra featuring Jimmy Grissom
                                                Cook, Anderson, Terry, Nance, Woodman, Jackson, Sanders, Hamilton,Procope, Henderson, Gonsalves, Carney, Ellington, Marshall, Black, Grissom
                                                Titles recorded:
                                                • Smada
                                                • Cobb's Tune
                                                • Coffee And Kisses
                                                • My Own
                                                • Johnny Come Lately
                                                • Upper Manhattan Medical Group
                                                • In The Mood
                                                • Ultra De Luxe
                                                • All The Things You Are
                                                • Theme For Trambeam
                                                • Satin Doll
                                                • Serious Serenade
                                                • Honeysuckle Rose
                                                • Blue Jean Beguine
                                                • Take The "A" Train
                                                • One O'Clock Jump
                                                • Mood Indigo
                                                • Stompin' At The Savoy
                                                • Stardust
                                                • Jump For Joy
                                                • Without A Song
                                                • Give Me The Right
                                                • Nothin', Nothin', Baby
                                                • Do Nothin' Till You Hear From Me
                                                • Love You Madly
                                                • Solitude
                                                • Blue Moon
                                                • Skin Deep
                                                • Things Ain't What They Used To Be
                                                • Caravan
                                                • Bunny Hop Mambo
                                                • Isle Of Capri
                                                • Is It A Sin
                                                • What More Can I Say?
                                                • Jack The Bear
                                                • Sophisticated Lady
                                                • Perdido
                                                • The Mooche
                                                • I Got It Bad and That Ain't Good
                                                • I'm Just A Lucky So And So
                                                • Satin Doll
                                                • Stratemann p.352
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                                                • Seattle Times, Seattle, Wash.
                                                  • 1954-04-29 p.53
                                                  • 1954-04-30 p.22
                                                  • Girvan:   Ellingtonia.com
                                                  • Timner V. p.155
                                                  • Ole J. Nielsen, Jazz Records 1942-80, A discography: Vol. Six, Duke Ellington, p.144
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                                                Sunday
                                                .Possibly:
                                                Seattle
                                                or
                                                Olympia, Wash.
                                                Possibly:
                                                Olympia Theatre
                                                or
                                                Evergreen Ballroom.
                                                • Stratemann shows Olympia Theatre, Seattle, Wash. (or Evergreen Ballroom, Olympia, Wash.?)
                                                • Vail II shows a recorded dance at the Evergreen in Olympia, without naming a source. Vail lists the titles found in Nielsen for this date; those are the first 14 titles shown in New Desor for the previous day.
                                                • As noted above, the Nielsen discography shows 14 titles recorded at the Olympia Theatre, Seattle, which are the same as the beginning of the May 1 list in New Desor.
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                                                I am unable to find any trace of this engagement in three newspaper archives. It may be that Stratemann's and Vail's entries originate with an entry in the Nielsen discography. More research is required to confirm this gig.
                                                • Stratemann p.352
                                                • Vail II
                                                • Ole J. Nielsen, Jazz Records 1942-80, A discography: Vol. Six, Duke Ellington, p.144
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                                                Monday
                                                .Vancouver, B.C..Night life columnist Jack Wasserman, March 26 1954 wrote:

                                                'Duke Ellington finally found a gambler to book him into Vancouver. Date is May 3.'

                                                There was no subsequent mention of this in the Vancouver papers, and it has now been established Ellington played in Pullman, Washington on this date.
                                                • Jack Wasserman, Vancouver Sun 1954-03-26
                                                • Other documentation might be found in the Smithsonian's Ellington collection, Series 2: Performances and Programs, 1933-1974, box 1, folder 18 USA and Canada, September, 1953, April-May, 1954
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                                                Monday
                                                .Morton, Wash..

                                                'Ellington Out
                                                MORTON–A scheduled May 3 appearance here of Duke Ellington and his orchestra has been canceled due to financial differences between the jazz man's booking agent and the Cootie Tent of the Morton VFW, a VFW spokesman said Wednesday.'

                                                The Daily Chronicle, Centralia, Wash.
                                                • Announcement 1954-04-22 p.3
                                                • Cancellation 1954-04-30 p.11
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                                                Monday
                                                .Pullman, Wash.Bohler Gymnasium
                                                Washington State College
                                                Concert, 8 to 10 p.m., sponsored by the Junior Class. Tickets 75 cents. The first announcement said it would be a 17-piece band, and specifically named Black, Grissom, Anderson, Nance, Carney and Ellington.
                                                • The band was expected to arrive around noon by bus from Olympia and would stay in CUB [Compton Union Building].
                                                • Ellington was to be a dinner guest at Alpha Tau Omega Fraternity.
                                                • Alpha Tau Omega was in charge of publicity and entertainment for Ellington and his group
                                                • Pi Beta Phi was handling tickets and programs. Janet McNair was chairman of ticket sales and Barbara Berry was chairman of program arrangements.
                                                • Ellington was interviewed in his hotel room by Tom Heuterman, who commented that his room had a good view of Roger's field, so Duke had a vantage point for a football game, and quoted Duke as saying the trip over the Cascade mountains was beautiful, although he guessed he missed the "dryer" portions of the state.
                                                • A copy of the program is held by the Smithsonian Institution.
                                                • Vail II
                                                • WSC Daily Evergreen, Washington State College,Pullman,Wash.:
                                                  • 1954-04-28 p.1
                                                  • 1954-04-29
                                                  • 1954-04-30, p.1
                                                  • 1954-05-04 p.1
                                                • Chinook 1954, Washington State College yearbook, pp.130,211
                                                • Program, Smithsonian Institution DEC301, Series 2: Performances and Programs, 1933-1974, Box 11, Folder 12, identified by C. Windheuser, Smithsonian Reference Services volunteer Feb/Mar 2016
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                                                Wednesday
                                                .Spokane, Wash...
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                                                Thursday
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                                                .Helena, Mont.Helena Civic CenterCarroll College spring formal
                                                • "Students and alumni will enjoy dancing from 8pm to midnight. Dancers have been limited to students and alumni, but the general public is invited to hear a concert from 9 to 10 o'clock. Balcony seats will be available for anyone who wants to hear the 'Duke.'"
                                                • Miss Joan Panyon was crowned campus queen immediately after the special concert.
                                                • Announcement, The Prospect, Carroll College, March 1954 p.3
                                                • Announcement, Montana Standard, Butte, Mont., 1954-05-02 p.34
                                                • Advance publicity, The Independent Record, Helena, Mont.
                                                  • 1954-04-30
                                                  • 1954-05-02 p.3
                                                  • 1954-05-04
                                                  • 1954-05-05
                                                  • 1954-05-06
                                                • Campus Queen announcements,
                                                  • Montana Standard, Butte, Mont. 1954-05-07
                                                  • The Independent Record, 1954-05-09
                                                • The Prospector, Carroll College
                                                  • 1956-03-23
                                                  • 1956-04-00. p.3
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                                                Saturday
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                                                Sunday
                                                .Dickinson, N.D..(Unconfirmed)

                                                Two Oil Jubilee concerts

                                                'Performances at Dickinson by the famous Duke Ellington band at 4 and 7:30 pm Sunday will wind up the two day celebration.'


                                                Part of two days of festivities celebrating the opening of the new Queen City Oil Refinery.

                                                The announcement on Saturday was brief, and while the Tribune covered the festivities in its May 10 edition, there was no mention of Ellington.
                                                The Bismark Tribune, 1954 05 08 pp.1, 3, 6..
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                                                Tuesday
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                                                Wednesday
                                                1954 05 13Chanute Air Force Base, Ill..
                                                • Decatur Sunday Herald and Review:

                                                  'USO Visits Chanute
                                                    Decatur Girls Service Organization hostesses will attend a dance Wednesday at the Chanure Air Force Base. Duke Ellington and his orchestra will play for this dance...'

                                                • Daily Illini March 11:

                                                  'Ellington is also scheduled to play at Chanute Air Force Base May 12 and 13...'

                                                • Daily Illini May 13:

                                                  'Ellington is currently playing at Chanute Air Base.'

                                                Further confirmation is needed.
                                                • Decatur Sunday Herald and Review 1954-05-09 p.16
                                                • The Daily Illini, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, Ill.,
                                                  • 1954-03-11 p.5
                                                  • 1954-05-13 p.2
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                                                ...Peripheral event:
                                                Jet Magazine reported Ellington, fearing air travel, refused to accept fall bookings in Europe because they included flights between one-night stands. Jet attributed the information to London booking agent Harold Davison. Similar stories were printed in various contemporary newspapers.
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                                                Friday
                                                .Urbana-Champaign, Ill.Huff GymnasiumSenior Ball, open to all students, faculty and staff, price $3. Originally planned to be held at the Womens' Gym Tennis Courts, the dance was moved indoors due to weather.

                                                Dave Buswell reviewed the performance in the Illini:

                                                '...Crowds of students were constantly pushing against the bandstand seeking Ellington's autograph...
                                                  The first of Ellington's two dance sets consisted of standard dance numbers played in a suprisingly conservative manner. "Stardust" and "Stomping at the Savoy" were among the favorites.
                                                  The second set, titled "Notation Second to the Dance," took on the concert-type manner for which Ellington is so famous. Dancing was at a minimum and concentrated listening was evident among the audience. Ellington brought out some old favorites such as "Jam with Sam," an extended play version of his theme "Take the "A" Train" and a high powered number taken from a recent album titled "Skin Deep" featuring Dave Black on the drums.
                                                  Ellington expressed his admiration for college audiences. "College students are intelligent and sensitive," Ellington said.'

                                                .
                                                The Daily Illini, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, Ill.,
                                                • announcement 1954-03-11 p.5
                                                • announcement and ads 1954-04-27 pp.1,2,5
                                                • lengthy announcement 1954-05-13 p.2
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                                                Saturday
                                                .Effingham, Ill.Parish hall
                                                St. Anthony Catholic Church
                                                Centennial Ball or Coronation Ball
                                                Press announcements regarding Effingham's 3 day centennial celebration showed there were two dances held at 9 p.m., with Ellington's band playing one and Wayne King and His Orchestra performing the other one.
                                                • Souvenir program for Effingham Centennial, sold on eBay in 2008
                                                • Rockford Register-Republic,Rockford,Ill., 1954-05-05 p.4A
                                                • Announcement & ad, Register-News, Mount Vernon, Ill. 1954-05-06
                                                • The Daily Journal Gazette and Commercial Star, Mattoon, Ill., 1954-05-07 ,p.16
                                                • Ad, Register-News, Mount Vernon, Ill. 1954-05-11
                                                • Announcement, Edwardsville Intelligencer, 1954-05-11
                                                • The Terre Haute Tribune, Terra Haute, Ind. 1954-05-07 p.23
                                                • Report, Illinois State Journal-Register, Springfield, Ill., 1954-05-16 p.8
                                                • Decatur Sunday Herald and Review, Decatur, Ill.
                                                  • 1954-05-09 p.20
                                                  • 1954-05-16 p.10
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                                                Sunday
                                                .Cincinnati, OhioTaft Theatre
                                                5th and Sycamore
                                                Vaudeville

                                                'Duke Ellington brings his band and entertainment unit of 50 to the Taft tomorrow night for three shows at 4, 7 and 9:30 p.m.'

                                                'All Records Will Be Broken!
                                                THE GREAT DUKE ELLINGTON
                                                his internationally famous orchestra and BROADWAY SHOW
                                                50 - ARTISTS - 50
                                                Special Added: THE ORIOLES and Hampton Sisters
                                                TAFT THEATRE ONE DAY ONLY SUN., MAY 16
                                                3 - SHOWS -3
                                                4 - 7 - 9:30
                                                All tickets for the 4 o'clock matinee are $1.25
                                                All tickets for the 7 and 9:30 shows are $1.50'

                                                Later ads showed Monton Moreland of Charlie Chan Pictures and Bud Harris of the Beulah Show also were to perform. The last ad mentions features, presumably film showings, at 2, 4, 6, 8 and 10.
                                                • Stratemann p.352
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                                                • The Cincinnati Enquirer, Cincinnati, Ohio
                                                  • 1954-05-08 p.5
                                                  • 1954-05-09 s.3 p.7
                                                  • 1954-05-12 p.14
                                                  • 1954-05-11 p.22
                                                  • 1954-05-15 p.5
                                                  • 1954-05-16 s.3 p.16
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                                                Monday
                                                .Bloomington, Ill.Scottish Rite [sic] Temple"Closed concert" for State Farm Insurance Companies, associates and guests.
                                                • Organizers expected people employed at State Farm would easily fill the 1,400 seat house.
                                                • The lengthy review was accompanied by photos of happy patrons and it singled out Nance, Anderson and Black, who soloed for 15 minutes using 2 bass drums, playing three rhythms at one time. Anderson did Summertime, Nance did Basin Street Blues.
                                                • Other sidemen named: Grissom, Hamilton, Cook, Gonsalves (who spent most of the evening leaning on his tenor sax between cues).
                                                • [Ellington's] advice to musical teenagers "who swamped him backstage" was "Play what you feel. Be sincere with your emotions."
                                                • The band arrived late from Cincinnati, thinking Bloomington was on standard time. The rugged schedule carried them back to Columbus, Ohio, where they next play.
                                                • 'It took until midnight to get the "show on the road." It's almost a sure bet that the State Farm Employee's Activities group, sponsors for the evening, will bring Ellington and his jazz giants back next year.'
                                                  The Pantagraph, Bloomington, Ill.:
                                                  • Announcements,
                                                    • 1954-04-18 p.18
                                                    • 1954-04-26 p.10
                                                  • Review, 1954-05-18 p.7
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                                                Wednesday
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                                                Thursday
                                                .Delaware, OhioGray Chapel
                                                Ohio Wesleyan University
                                                Journal-Tribune:

                                                'Ellington At Delaware
                                                  DELAWARE . . Duke Ellington, the old pro of the musical world, will bring his world-famous orchestra to the Ohio Wesleyan University campus next Friday for a concert in Gray Chapel. The concert, which beings at 8:15 p.m., is being sponsored by the campus student radio station, WSLN. Proceeds will go to charity.'

                                                The Journal-Tribune had the date wrong. The three Ohio Wesleyan Transcript editions indicate the concert was Thursday, May 20

                                                Tickets for the 2-hour concert were $1.25.
                                                • Ohio Wesleyan Transcript, Delaware, Ohio
                                                  • 1954-04-14 p.1
                                                  • 1954-05-12 p.1
                                                  • 1954-05-19 p.1
                                                  • The Journal-Tribune, Marysville, Ohio, 1954-05-18 p.2
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                                                Friday
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                                                Saturday
                                                .Port Stanley, Ont.Stork Club.
                                                • Stratemann p.352
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                                                Monday
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                                                Tuesday
                                                .Toronto, Ont.Eaton Auditorium.
                                                • Stratemann p.352
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                                                Thursday
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                                                Friday
                                                .Sherbrooke, P.Q.Sherbrooke Arena.
                                                • Stratemann p.352
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                                                Saturday
                                                .Montréal, P.Q.Show Mart.
                                                • Stratemann p.352
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                                                Sunday
                                                .Taunton, Mass.Roseland Ballroom

                                                'ROSELAND - TAUNTON
                                                SUN., MAY 20 2 GREAT BANDS
                                                Direct from his Montreal Engagement
                                                The Great DUKE ELLINGTON
                                                in a sensational battle of music with
                                                RUSS MORGAN
                                                AND HIS "MUSIC IN THE MORGAN MANNER"
                                                Concert 11 to 12 - Dancing 12 to 4 A.M. '


                                                'On Monday,Russ Morgan keeps a date at Salem Willows, then joins with Duke Ellington at Taunton's Roseland for a holiday battle of music on the 30th. Either band is a stand-out. Together they make a MUST.'

                                                • Ad, Boston Evening American, 1954-05-29 p.14
                                                • Eddie Rugg, Let's Go Dancing, Boston Evening American, 1954-05-21 p.37
                                                • Eddie Rugg, Let's Go Dancing, Boston Daily Record, 1954-05-29 p.14
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                                                June 1954

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                                                Tuesday
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                                                Wednesday
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                                                Thursday
                                                1954 06 04
                                                Friday.
                                                Lexington, Va.Washington and Lee University
                                                1. Front campus
                                                2. Doremus Gymnasium
                                                3. Footbridge
                                                1. Ellington and his orchestra played a concert outdoors in front of the colonnade from 6:30- 8:15 p.m., facing Washington Hall in front of Lee Chapel, with spectators sitting on the lawn in "conventional dress."
                                                2. After the seniors attended a reception, Ellington and his orchestra played a ball for the seniors in Doremus Gymnasium from 11:30 p.m. to 4 a.m.
                                                  Formal dress was required until 1:30 a.m., after which men were encouraged to change into conventional attire (suits) for the last part of the dance.
                                                3. After the dance ended at 4 a.m., Ellington and his sidemen led a procession to the footbridge and played a concert.

                                                Brian Shanley, who led a Dixieland band on campus, wrote:

                                                '...I believe we heard the greatest orchestra in the country in the person of Duke Ellington. From the first note of "The Mooche" in front of Lee Chapel, to the last strains of "Mood Indigo" on the footbridge the Ellington orchestra represented the greatest combination of musical talent and arrangement that I've ever seen. That band proves beyond the shadow of a doubt to me what I have been saying for years -that a band can play modern and still swing.
                                                  Go back in your mind, if you will, to the evening of June 3. I remember sitting on the lawn in front of Lee Chapel waiting for the band to make its initial appearance of the evening? And remember what you saw when they set up and were ready to start the first number? ...it was a group of top drawer musicians, happy and enjoying their work. Sure they had just gotten off the bus which brought them nonstop from New York, but that did not prevent them from appearing on the bandstand in freshly pressed dinner jackets looking wide awake and ready to go to work.
                                                  They were professional musicians who had a job to do. True there were the old timers such as Russel [sic] Procope who handled the clarinet parts, Quentin Jackson and that wonderful trombone of his. Harry Carney grounding the sax section with his A-1 baritone, Ray Nance and his "Blue Moon" violin, and "The Duke"; but there were just as many younger men such as Paul Gonzales [sic]-tenor and that drummer Dave Black. All knew HOW to be musicians.
                                                  Contrast this with the men in the so-called "big name" bands ... Very punchy gents with wardrobes containing so many wrinkles they looked like a new bebop weave.
                                                  Getting back to Mr. Ellington, I think everyone will agree that this concert was the most exciting W&L has seen since Benny Goodman appeared on the campus... in 1939. The Duke's dance music was interesting for listening but unlike many dance bands of today, you could dance to it....'

                                                • Daily News-Record, Harrisonburg, Virginia, 1954-06-04 p.2
                                                • The Ring-tum Phi, Washington and Lee Semi-Weekly Newspaper, Lexington, Va.:
                                                  • 1954-05-07 p.1
                                                  • 1954-05-11 p.1
                                                  • 1954-05-18 p.1
                                                  • 1954-06-02 pp.1,4
                                                  • 1954-09-21 p.2 (Shanley review)
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                                                Saturday
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                                                Sunday
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                                                Monday
                                                ...activities not documented
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                                                Tuesday
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                                                Wednesday
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                                                1954 06 10
                                                Thursday
                                                1954 06 23
                                                Wednesday
                                                New York, N.Y.BirdlandNight club residency
                                                The Terry Gibbs quartet complemented the bill.
                                                .Stratemann p.352 citing Variety 1954-06-16 p.53.
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                                                1954 06 00.New York, N.Y.BirdlandAt some time during the Birdland week, Armed Forces Radio Service recorded an undated Ellington remote broadcast:

                                                Duke Ellington and His Orchestra
                                                Cook, Anderson, Terry, Nance, Woodman, Jackson, Sanders, Hamilton, Procope, Henderson, Gonsalves, Carney, Ellington, Marshall, Black
                                                Titles recorded:
                                                • Take The "A" Train (theme)
                                                • Three Little Words
                                                • Stompin' At The Savoy
                                                • Stardust
                                                • V.I.P. Boogie
                                                • Jam With Sam
                                                These recordings were released on U.S. Treasury Department's "All Star Parade of Bands #25.
                                                • Girvan:   Ellingtonia.com
                                                • Timner
                                                • Ole J. Nielsen, Jazz Records 1942-80, A discography: Vol. Six, Duke Ellington, p.145
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                                                Wednesday
                                                .New York, N.Y.BirdlandWhile at Birdland, Ellington met with an unidentified reporter from Down Beat. The magazine ran a story saying Ellington was working on plans for a pro- [illegible...] history of the Negro. The article quotes Ellington as saying, during his recent stay at Birdland,

                                                'The musical foundation will be Black, Brown and Beige. I've added, however, a chorus and dancers. The sound part of the work will be done in oratorio fashion wiht the troupe of dancers pantomiming and dancing the developement of the music...

                                                  I originally thought I would do it this fall, but since I'm doing the tour with Dave Brubeck and Gerry Mulligan, it'll have to be after that, and possibly that's when I'll be able to undertake it – right after the tour.

                                                  Actually, I am such an optimist, I keep my fingers going in so many things – call me Tentacles, for short.'


                                                Down Beat, 1954-07-28..
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                                                Saturday
                                                .New York, N.Y.BirdlandNight club residency - see 1954 06 10...
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                                                Sunday
                                                .New York, N.Y.BirdlandNight club residency - see 1954 06 10...
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                                                Monday
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                                                Tuesday
                                                .New York, N.Y.BirdlandNight club residency - see 1954 06 10
                                                Remote 10-minute local WNBT (NBC) telecast on the "Steve Allen Show"

                                                Duke Ellington and His Orchestra
                                                Cook, Anderson, Terry, Nance, Woodman, Jackson, Sanders, Hamilton, Procope, Henderson, Gonsalves, Carney, Ellington, Strayhorn, Marshall, Black

                                                Titles recorded:
                                                • Take the "A" Train (theme)
                                                • Blue Moon
                                                • C-Jam Blues
                                                • Isle Of Capri
                                                • Stratemann p.352
                                                • Girvan:   Ellingtonia.com
                                                • Timner
                                                • Ole J. Nielsen, Jazz Records 1942-80, A discography: Vol. Six, Duke Ellington, p.145
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                                                Wednesday
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                                                Thursday
                                                .New York, N.Y.Capitol StudiosCapitol recording session
                                                Duke Ellington and His Famous Orchestra
                                                Cook, Anderson, Terry, Nance, Woodman, Jackson, Sanders, Hamilton, Procope, Henderson, Gonsalves, Carney, Ellington, Marshall, Black
                                                Titles recorded:
                                                • Gonna Tan Your Hide
                                                • It Don't Mean A Thing
                                              • Stratemann p.352
                                              • Girvan:   Ellingtonia.com
                                              • MacHare:   A Duke Ellington Panorama
                                              • Timner
                                              • Jorgen Grunnet Jepsen, Discography of Duke Ellington, Vol.3 1947-59
                                              • Ole J. Nielsen, Jazz Records 1942-80, A discography: Vol. Six, Duke Ellington, p.145
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                                                Thursday
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                                                Friday
                                                .New York, N.Y.BirdlandNight club residency - see 1954 06 10...
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                                                1954 06 19
                                                Saturday
                                                .New York, N.Y.BirdlandNight club residency - see 1954 06 10...
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                                                1954 06 20
                                                Sunday
                                                .New York, N.Y.BirdlandNight club residency - see 1954 06 10...
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                                                1954 06 21
                                                Monday
                                                .New York, N.Y.BirdlandNight club residency - see 1954 06 10...
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                                                Tuesday
                                                .New York, N.Y.BirdlandNight club residency - see 1954 06 10...
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                                                Wednesday
                                                .New York, N.Y.BirdlandNight club residency - see 1954 06 10...
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                                                Thursday
                                                ...activities not documented
                                                Stratemann says the band was on a week of one-nighters in the midwest, including a one-nighter at the Lyceum in Minneapolis.
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                                                Friday
                                                ...activities not documented
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                                                Saturday
                                                ...activities not documented
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                                                Sunday
                                                ...activities not documented

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                                                1954 06 00.Mentor, Minn..Recorded dance
                                                Duke Ellignton and His Orchestra
                                                Cook, Anderson, Terry, Nance, Woodman, Jackson, Sanders, Hamilton, Procope, Henderson, Gonsalves, Carney, Ellington, Marshall, Black
                                                Titles recorded:
                                                • Easy To Love
                                                • Cobb's Tune
                                                • Coffee And Kisses
                                                • Chelsea Bridge
                                                • Take The "A" Train
                                                • Satin Doll
                                                • Cocktails For Two
                                                • Liza
                                                • In The Mood
                                                • Stormy Weather
                                                • Mood Indigo
                                                • All The Things You Are
                                                • Frivolous Banta
                                                • Stompin' At The Savoy
                                                • Stardust
                                                • Caravan
                                                • Girvan:   Ellingtonia.com
                                                • Timner
                                                • Ole J. Nielsen, Jazz Records 1942-80, A discography: Vol. Six, Duke Ellington, p.145
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                                                Monday
                                                .Winnipeg, Man.Roseland Dance Dine
                                                1. Matinee concert 4:30- 6:00 pm, $1.00 admission.
                                                2. Dancing, 9 p.m. to 1 a.m., Duke Ellington and his World Famous 16 pc. orchestra, $2.00/person.
                                                • Stratemann p.352
                                                • Winnipeg Free Press ads:
                                                  • 1954-06-19 p.5
                                                  • 1954-06-21 p.5
                                                  • 1954-06-23 p.4
                                                  • 1954-06-24 p.4
                                                  • 1954-06-25 p.12
                                                  • 1954-06-26 p.4
                                                  • 1964-06-28 p.5
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                                                Tuesday
                                                .Regina, Sask.Trianon.Stratemann p.352..
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                                                Wednesday
                                                .Calgary, Alta.Stampede CorralThis was not the Calgary Stampede ("Calgary Exhibition and Stampede") - it didn't start for another week. It seems likely to be this was the misdated fund-raiser for the Calgary Stampeders football team:

                                                'Manager Bob Robinett of Calgary's grid Cowboys is supposed to have booked Duke Ellington's band into the Foothills City, June 27, in a fund-raising venture for the Stamps...'

                                                • Stratemann p.352
                                                • 1954 Stampede poster
                                                • Don Pilling column, The Lethbridge Herald, Lethbridge, Alta., 1954-05-22 p.7
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                                                July 1954

                                                1954 07 00... Peripheral event
                                              • In early July, the Courier printed a one-liner saying Joe Glaser was setting up an Ellington - Mulligan - Brubeck package show.
                                              • The Billboard 1954-07-24 announced four, and possibly a fifth, one-nighter jazz tour packages were expected to tour that fall.
                                                • Granz's 1954 version of "Jazz at the Philharmonic" would start 1954 09 17 in Hartford and tour 6 weeks across the U.S., ending with 2 weeks in Japan in November. It included Buddy Rich, Louis Bellson, Dizzy Gillespie, Roy Eldridge, Bill Harris, Buddy De Franco, Flip Philips, the Oscar Peterson trio and Ella Fitzgerald.
                                                • Granz would also sponsor the Duke Ellington - Gerry Mulligan - Dave Brubeck unit which would be handled by Associated Booking Corporation. It was to start 1954 10 15 in Philadelphia. The Waterloo Daily Courier named this tour as "Modern Jazz Concert" and said it was to play 16 cities.
                                                • Stan Kenton's "Festival of Modern American Jazz", handled by Gale Agency, would begin 1954 09 17 in San Diego and work eastward for 10 weeks. It would include Kenton's orchestra, Art Tatum's trio, Shorty Rogers and His Giants (Shelley Manne, Charlie Ventura, Mary Ann McCall, Johnny Smith and Candido).
                                                • Details of the Eckstine package,which was expected to tour the South, were not given, other than it usually was booked by the Shaw Agency for the Morris Agency which handled Eckstine and in previous years had included Ruth Browan and Count Basie.
                                                • The fifth, a possibility only, was Gale Agency's "Biggest Show."
                                                • The Buffalo Courier Express reported Stan Getz might be added to the Ellington tour, either playing with Mulligan or soloing with Ellington.
                                                • In late October the Courier (Pittsburgh) announced few West Coast promoters could afford the price of the big jazz shows, so the Ellington - Mulligan - Brubeck package would break up into single acts. It was due back in Hollywood 1954 11 08, and then Ellington would play a one-nighter 1954 11 09 in Fresno to launch a long series of such engagements. Brubeck would play Pomona College, and Mulligan would play an extended stand at the Haig.
                                                • The Billboard, 1954-07-24 p.13
                                                • The Courier, Pittsburgh, Penn.
                                                  • 1954-07-03 p.12
                                                  • 1954-10-30 p.15
                                                • Buffalo Courier-Express, Buffalo, N.Y., 1954-09-19 p.42-C
                                                • Waterloo Courier, Waterloo, Iowa 1954-10-13 p.25
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                                                Friday
                                                .Saskatoon, Sask.R.C.A.F. Drill Hall.Stratemann p.352..
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                                                Saturday
                                                .Macdonald, Man.R.C.A.F. Station Macdonald

                                                'Saturday night, July 3 will be the night at the R.C.A.F. Station, Macdonald. Duke Ellington and his world famous band will be playing a one night stand there. To give an opportunity to the people who might otherwise not be able to afford to go anywhere else to hear this superb orchestra, the powers that be will open the word to civilians for the evening. For $1.00 a real evening is open to you. Admission by ticket only. Tickets are on sale at a local drugstore. The time - 8:30 to 12:30. Refreshments available.'

                                                • Stratemann p.352
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                                                • The MacGregor Herald, MacGregor, Man., 1954-06-24 p.1
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                                                Monday
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                                                Tuesday
                                                .Denver, Col.Civic AuditoriumConcert, with remote broadcast over KTLM
                                                Duke Ellington and His Orchestra
                                                Cook, Anderson, Terry, Nance, Woodman, Jackson, Sanders, Hamilton, Procope, Henderson, Gonsalves, Carney, Ellington, Marshall, Black
                                                Titles recorded:
                                                • The Mooche
                                                • How High The Moon
                                                • The Tattooed Bride
                                                • Frustration
                                                • Theme For Trambean
                                                • Happy Go Lucky Local
                                                • Summertime
                                                • Monologue
                                                • Take The "A" Train
                                                • Satin Doll
                                                • V.I.P. Boogie
                                                • Jam With Sam
                                                Nielsen says Gonsalves arrived late, in time for the last 2 numbers so Henderson took his solo on How High the Moon.
                                                • Stratemann p.352
                                                • Vail II
                                                • Girvan:   Ellingtonia.com
                                                • Timner
                                                • Ole J. Nielsen, Jazz Records 1942-80, A discography: Vol. Six, Duke Ellington, pp.145-146
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                                                Wednesday
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                                                ''D.E.Day' Observed
                                                 SAN FRANCISCO - The San Francisco Bay and Reno, Nev. areas saluted Duke Ellington with a fabulous DE day celebration on occassion [sic] of his opening at the State Line Club in Lake Tahoe last week.
                                                  Disk jockeys, civic figures and show business personalities joined in a variety of tributes to the great musician who is celebrating his twenty-seventh year in the business... '

                                                Courier, Pittsburgh, Penn., 1954-07-24 P.11 s.2..
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                                                Thursday
                                                Stateline, Nev. Stateline Country Club and Casino
                                                Highway 50
                                                South end of Lake Tahoe
                                                Casino residency

                                                Duke Ellington And His World Famous Orchestra and Nicholas Bros.
                                                Two shows nightly, at 9 and 12.
                                                Stratemann and Vail II incorrectly describe the venue as Harrah's Stateline Club, Lake Tahoe, Reno, Nev.

                                                Stateline, Nev. is about 60 miles southwest of Reno, at the south end of Lake Tahoe, right at the Nevada/California border.
                                                Bill Harrah had been involved with casinos in Reno for 17 or 18 years by 1954. He seems to have bought his first casino in Stateline in 1955 and to have bought the Stateline Casino the following year.
                                                • Stratemann p.352
                                                • Vail II
                                                • Nevada State Journal, Reno, Nev.
                                                  • 1954-07-17 p.2
                                                  • 1954-07-20 p.2
                                                  • 1954-07-22 p.2
                                                • Ad, Reno Evening Gazette, Reno, Nev.1954-07-21
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                                                Thursday
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                                                Friday
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                                                Lake Tahoe
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                                                Saturday
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                                                Lake Tahoe
                                                Casino residency - see 1954 07 07...
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                                                1954 07 11
                                                Sunday
                                                .Stateline, Nev. Harrah's Stateline Club
                                                Lake Tahoe
                                                Casino residency - see 1954 07 07...
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                                                1954 07 12
                                                Monday
                                                .Stateline, Nev. Harrah's Stateline Club
                                                Lake Tahoe
                                                Casino residency - see 1954 07 07...
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                                                1954 07 13
                                                Tuesday
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                                                Lake Tahoe
                                                Casino residency - see 1954 07 07...
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                                                1954 07 14
                                                Wednesday
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                                                Lake Tahoe
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                                                Thursday
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                                                Lake Tahoe
                                                Casino residency - see 1954 07 07...
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                                                1954 07 16
                                                Friday
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                                                Lake Tahoe
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                                                Saturday
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                                                Lake Tahoe
                                                Casino residency - see 1954 07 07...
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                                                1954 07 18
                                                Sunday
                                                .Stateline, Nev. Harrah's Stateline Club
                                                Lake Tahoe
                                                Casino residency - see 1954 07 07...
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                                                1954 07 19
                                                Monday
                                                .Stateline, Nev.Sage Room
                                                Wagon Wheel Saloon
                                                Ellington, his entire band and the Nicholas Brothers were among the guests at a wedding celebration for Herman Flintall, pianist and arranger for the Ink Spots, and his bride, night club singer Mildred Harrison. The Ink Spots were playing in Stateline. Reno Evening Gazette, Reno, Nev. 1954-07-24 p.2..
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                                                Monday
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                                                Tuesday
                                                .Stateline, Nev. Harrah's Stateline Club
                                                Lake Tahoe
                                                Casino residency - see 1954 07 07...
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                                                1954 07 21
                                                Wednesday
                                                .Stateline, Nev. Harrah's Stateline Club
                                                Lake Tahoe
                                                Casino residency - see 1954 07 07...
                                                ...
                                                1954 07 22
                                                Thursday
                                                .Stateline, Nev. Harrah's Stateline Club
                                                Lake Tahoe
                                                Casino residency - see 1954 07 07...
                                                ...
                                                1954 07 23
                                                Friday
                                                .San Bernardino, Cal.Orange Show CafeteriaDuke Ellington and His World Famous Orchestra
                                                Dance and Show - Orange Show Cafeteria

                                                'One of Tin Pan Alley's elite, Duke Ellington, will bring his band to the Orange Show Cafeteria Friday for a dance and show, beginning at 9 p.m.
                                                  ... Ellington will stage a four-hour show.
                                                  Ellington's appearance is sponsored by the Rialto Veterans of Foreign Wars...'

                                                The Daily Sun, San Bernardino, Cal.
                                                • 1954-07-17 p.5
                                                • 1954-07-20 p.4
                                                • 1954-07-22 p.4
                                                • 1954-07-23 p.17
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                                                Saturday
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                                                1954 07 25
                                                Sunday
                                                .San Diego, Cal.Mission Beach Ball Room
                                                A Pac. Square Attraction
                                                MISSION BEACH BALL ROOM
                                                A PAC. SQUARE attraction
                                                Direction Walter Stutz
                                                DANCE! 9 TO 1
                                                Sun.-July 25

                                                DUKE ELLINGTON
                                                HIS ORCHESTRA
                                                PLUS ARRAY OF DUKE'S ALL STARS
                                                • Stratemann, based on Variety, and Vail date this 1954 07 24 but it appears plans changed.
                                                • At the bottom of the July 9 ad for the Harry James orchestra at this location was an announcement that Ellington would make his only coast appearance [here] on Saturday, July 24th.
                                                • The July 21 and 22 ads specifically for Ellington's appearance say Sunday July 25.
                                                • The July 23 TV-Radio page plug for Ellington's July 25 appearance on the Art Linkletter show says:

                                                  'Duke Ellington, whose great band comes to San Diego Sunday, will guest with Art Linkletter the following day.'

                                                  (emphasis added)
                                                • Stratemann p.352 citing Variety 1954-06-23 p.49
                                                • Vail II
                                                • San Diego Union, San Diego, Cal.
                                                  • 1954-07-09 p.a-18
                                                  • 1954-07-21 p.a-8
                                                  • 1954-07-22 p.10
                                                  • 1954-07-23 p.a-10
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                                                Monday
                                                .Los Angeles, Cal..Duke appeared on Art Linkletter's House Party daytime television show, 11:30 a.m. local time, playing a medley accompanied by two members of the house band.
                                                The medley was
                                                • Take The "A" Train
                                                • Mood Indigo
                                                • Sophisticated Lady
                                                • Don't Get Around Much Anymore
                                                • Stratemann p.352
                                                • Televues, The Independent, Long Beach, Cal. p.16.
                                                • Girvan:   Ellingtonia.com
                                                • Timner
                                                • Ole J. Nielsen, Jazz Records 1942-80, A discography: Vol. Six, Duke Ellington, p.146
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                                                Monday
                                                .Los Angeles, Cal.Embassy AuditoriumTwo concerts?

                                                Jet Magazine's caption to a photo of Duke showing a violin to heiress Doris Duke said Duke displayed a brassy, new 'modern sound' in 'double concert.'
                                                Vail describes the event as "Jazz A La Carte," which also featured theDave Brubeck Quartet and Chet Baker's group.
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                                                Tuesday
                                                1954 08 09San Francisco, Cal.Downbeat Club
                                                90 Market St.
                                                Night club residency

                                                While working here, Duke was 'making the disc jockey route,' flogging his latest record, Ellington '55, to disc jockeys.
                                                • Stratemann p.353 citing a review in Variety 1954-08-04 p.53
                                                • Vail II with an unattributed clipping.
                                                • The Daily Review, Hayward, Cal., 1954-07-31 p.12
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                                                Wednesday
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                                                Thursday
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                                                1954 07 30
                                                Friday
                                                .San Francisco, Cal.Downbeat ClubNight club residency - see 1954 07 27...
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                                                1954 07 31
                                                Saturday
                                                .San Francisco, Cal.Downbeat ClubNight club residency- see 1954 07 27

                                                Stratemann reports Ellington drew 1,100 this night, setting a new Saturday night attendance record. Vail shows an unidentified clipping saying the same thing and saying that the second week began with a Tuesday night that took in $500 over the opening night.
                                                The July 31 ad in the Oakland Tribune curiously says:

                                                'DOWNBEAT
                                                90 MARKET ST.
                                                DUKE
                                                ELLINGTON
                                                TOMORROW NITE
                                                PEE-WEE HUNT
                                                TONITE
                                                DOWNBEAT
                                                SAN FRANCISCO '

                                                Stratemann p.353 citing
                                                • Downbeat 1954-09-04
                                                • Variety
                                                  • 1954-08-04 p.53
                                                  • 1954-08-11 p.54
                                                  • 1954-08-18 p.70
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                                                August 1954

                                                1954 08 01
                                                Sunday
                                                .San Leandro, Cal.(?)Pioneer Village
                                                1945 MacArthur Blvd.
                                                Ellington was expected to be a guest on a location radio broadcast around mid-day:

                                                The Starlighter:

                                                'The Duke is the invited guest for the Sunday morning show at Jo Johansen's Pioneer Village, which Jerry Morton and Joe Luke KLX your way 12 noon to 1 p.m.'

                                                The Oakland Tribune referred to the program as Keneral [sic] Joe Johanson's brunchcast.
                                                The location is unconfirmed but there was a General Joe Johansen's Pioneer Village in San Leandro, which is immediately south of Oakland, across the bay from San Francisco.

                                                Hayward, in turn, is immediately south of San Leandro.
                                                • The Starlighter by Lloyd Johnson, The Daily Review, Hayward, Cal. 1954-07-31 p.12
                                                • Going Places, Oakland Tribune, Oakland, Cal. 1954-07-31 p.E11
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                                                Monday
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                                                Tuesday
                                                .San Francisco, Cal.Downbeat ClubNight club residency - see 1954 07 27...
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                                                1954 08 04
                                                Wednesday
                                                .San Francisco, Cal.Downbeat ClubNight club residency - see 1954 07 27...
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                                                1954 08 05
                                                Thursday
                                                ...Date of contract between The Blue Note, Duke Ellington and Associated Booking Corporation to provide 15 musicians "under the leadership of Duke Ellington" for two 5-day 30-hour weeks, with Sunday matinee at the Blue Note Cafe, 3 North Clark St. beginning September 29, 1954 for $5,000/week.

                                                "Contract price $5,000 per week less 10% to ABC."

                                                It says "It is specifically understood and agreed that unless otherwise specified herein, no part of the performance of the Orchestra shall be broadcast or reproduced by radio or other means."
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                                                1954 08 06
                                                Friday
                                                .San Francisco, Cal.Downbeat ClubNight club residency - see 1954 07 27...
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                                                1954 08 07
                                                Saturday
                                                .San Francisco, Cal.Downbeat ClubUnconfirmed
                                                Night club residency
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                                                1954 08 07
                                                Saturday
                                                .La Jolla, Cal.Beach ClubUnconfirmed
                                                As Stratemann notes, a one-nighter here would require a night away from the Downbeat Club. This seems unlikely if the band drew a record crowd the previous Saturday; also, the Oakland Tribune ran an ad on this date for the Downbeat showing Ellington and his orchestra.
                                                • Stratemann p.353 citing The Billboard 1954-07-17 p.14
                                                • Oakland Tribune 1954-08-07 p.E 11
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                                                Sunday
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                                                1954 08 09
                                                Monday
                                                .San Francisco, Cal.Downbeat ClubNight club residency - see 1954 07 27...
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                                                1954 08 10
                                                Tuesday
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                                                Wednesday
                                                ...activities not documented
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                                                1954 08 12
                                                Thursday
                                                ...activities not documented
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                                                ...
                                                1954 08 13
                                                Friday
                                                1954 09 05Los Angeles, Cal.Crescendo
                                                8572 Sunset
                                                Night club residency, Duke Ellington and his World Famous Orchestra
                                                The Aug.26 California Eagle reported .

                                                ' Handsome Jimmie Grissom, 24-year-old vocalist with the great Duke Ellington, is currently wowing them at Hollywood's famous Crescendo on Sunset Strip. A jammed house every night is customary.
                                                  Smash business during the Duke's engagement has required the Crescendo to "put up the rope" and reservations for the last two weeks of Ellington's date have become a "must."'

                                                The Courier Aug.28:

                                                'Duke Ellington, rouinding out his three-week stay at the glamorous Crescendo Club here, has provent that his long-germ dates on the Far West Coast are too infrequent.
                                                  Following a celebrity-dotted opening night, Ellington fans have lined the fabled Sunset Strip to listen to the equally fabled Duke's music... '

                                                The Sept. 2 ad says "last 4 days, thus confirming the end of the run as Sept. 5.
                                                • Stratemann p.353 citing The Billboard 1954-08-21 p.22
                                                • California Eagle
                                                  • 1954-08-12 p.10
                                                  • 1954-08-19 p.10
                                                  • 1954-08-26 p.10
                                                  • 1954-09-02
                                                • Courier, Pittsburgh,Penn.
                                                  • 1954-08-21 p.5
                                                  • 1954-08-28 p.14
                                                • The Plaindealer, Kansas City, Kans. 1954-09-10 p.8
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                                                Saturday
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                                                Sunday
                                                .Los Angeles, Cal.CrescendoNight club residency - see 1954 08 13...
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                                                1954 08 16
                                                Monday
                                                .Hollywood, Cal.Tiffany ClubEllington, Anderson and Procope were guests at a surprise birthday party for Elihu McGee that began at 10:30 p.m.

                                                '...Duke Ellington was there and gave out with his favorite masterpieces...

                                                Those attending the affair included...Duke Ellington, Dinah Washington,... Mr. and Mrs. Russell Procope, Mr. and Mrs. "Cat" Anderson,... '

                                                The story includes a lengthy list of guests and is accompanied by photos, including a group photo including Miss Washington and Duke at the cake table.
                                                California Eagle 1954-08-19 p.7
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                                                  Tuesday
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                                                  Wednesday
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                                                  Thursday
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                                                  Friday
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                                                  Saturday
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                                                  1954 08 22
                                                  Sunday
                                                  .Los Angeles, Cal.Private residence
                                                  Virginia Road.
                                                  25th anniversary party for Mr. and Mrs. Leonard Ross.

                                                  '...Mrs.A.C.Bilbrew and Mrs. Ruby Barbee Wilson rendered musical selections and Mrs. Wilson was accompanied by the master of the keyboard, Duke Ellington... '

                                                  California Eagle 1954-08-26..
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                                                  Monday
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                                                  Tuesday
                                                  .Los Angeles, Cal.CrescendoNight club residency - see 1954 08 13...
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                                                  Wednesday
                                                  .Los Angeles, Cal.CrescendoNight club residency - see 1954 08 13...
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                                                  Thursday
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                                                  Friday
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                                                  1954 08 28
                                                  Saturday
                                                  .Los Angeles, Cal..Ellington was to make a guest appearance on Harry Kaplan's 2:30 p.m. KNX radio show "Meet the Music."Radio Highlights and radio log, San Diego Union, 1954-08-28 p.a-12...
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                                                  Saturday
                                                  .Los Angeles, Cal.KNXT Television StudioEllington was one of many celebrities named as expected to appear in a 17-hour Multiple Sclerosis Give-a-Thon television fundraising show that was to start Saturday at midnight. Whether he did in fact appear and if so, when, is not yet documented.
                                                  • Give-a-Thon ad, San Diego Union, San Diego, Cal. 1954-08-28 p.a-12
                                                  • The Bakersfield Californian, Bakersfield, Cal.,
                                                    • 1954-08-28 p.47
                                                    • 1954-08-29 p.21
                                                  • San Bernardino Sun-Telegram, San Bernardino, Cal, 1954-08-29 p.47
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                                                  Sunday
                                                  .Los Angeles, Cal..Ellington was to be one of several guests appearing on Larry Finley's "Strictly Informal" television show on Channel 2 at 10:30 p.m.
                                                  • San Bernardino Sun-Telegram, San Bernardino, Cal, 1954-08-29 p.47
                                                  • Independent-Press-Telegram, Long Beach, Cal. 1954-08-29 p.B-8
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                                                  1954 08 30
                                                  Monday
                                                  .San Diego, Cal.Russ AuditoriumNote this conflicts with the Crescendo job.

                                                  'GENE NORMAN &
                                                  DON HOWARD
                                                  Present
                                                  Duke Ellington
                                                  Orchestra
                                                  Gene Krupa
                                                  Jazz Trio
                                                  Zoot Sims
                                                  All Stars
                                                  with

                                                  Buddy RICH
                                                  Barney KESSELL
                                                  Art PEPPER
                                                  plus
                                                  MAX ROACH
                                                  RUSS
                                                  Auditorium
                                                  Mon. Aug. 30 - 8:30
                                                  Ticket Reservation
                                                  Ratner Electric
                                                  (8th & Bdw'y.)
                                                  $1.51 - $2.01 - $2.51 - $3.51'


                                                  'TONITE!
                                                  JAZZ AT THE RUSS!

                                                  Gene Norman and Don Howard present one of the greatest assembly of musicians in th ebusiness! Such names as: DUKE ELLINGTON'S orchestra, GENE KRUPA jazz trio, featuring EDDIE SHU, ZOOT SIMMS and the all-stars, a-n-d that's not all. There will be entertainers like: ART PEPPER, BUDDY RICH, BARNEY KESSELL, plus MAX ROACH. Do not miss this great show! RUSS Auditorium tonite, Aug. 30, 8:30 p.m. ticket reservation Ratner Electric (8th & Bdw'y.) $1.51, $2.01, $2.51, $3.51'

                                                  The San Diego Union
                                                  • 1954-08-20 p.a-20
                                                  • 1954-08-28 p.9
                                                  • 1954-08-29 p.22
                                                  • 1954-08-30 pp.19, b-3
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                                                  September 1954

                                                  1954 09 00...New Desor lists an undated broadcast of an interview of Duke by an unidentified male, and suggests it was from Los Angeles. No other details are provided..New Desor
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                                                  Wednesday
                                                  .Los Angeles, Cal.Capitol Studios
                                                  5515 Melrose Ave.
                                                  Hollywood 28, Cal.
                                                  Capitol Records recording session
                                                  • 14:30-17:30
                                                  • 17:45-20:00

                                                  Duke Ellington and His Famous Orchestra
                                                  Cook, Anderson, Gerald Wilson, Terry, Nance, Woodman, Jackson, Sanders, Hamilton, Procope, Henderson, Gonsalves, Carney, Ellington, Marshall, Black, and on congas, Bob Collier.
                                                  Titles recorded:
                                                  • Smile
                                                  • Echo Tango
                                                  • If I Give My Heart To You
                                                  • Chili Bowl
                                                  • Bakiff
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                                                  Thursday
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                                                  Friday
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                                                  Saturday
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                                                  Sunday
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                                                  Monday
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                                                  Tuesday
                                                  1954 09 10Sacramento, Cal.Outdoor Theatre
                                                  State fairgrounds
                                                  Stockton Blvd.
                                                  State Fair, 2:30 p.m., first of 4 free afternoon concerts

                                                  'Duke Ellington At State Fair
                                                    SACRAMENTO–The composer of "Mood Indigo," "Solitude," and a score of other top tunes, will appear in free concerts with his 13-piece band at the California State Fair and Exposition's Outdoor theatre, September 7-10 at 2:30 p.m.
                                                    Duke Ellington, a top popular composer, orchestra leader and musician since the late 1920s, will play at the Fair's Outdoor theatre... '

                                                  Note the Santa Cruz Sentinel-News says Ellington would play Sept. 8 to 10, but the other papers noted to the right say Sept. 7 to 10.
                                                  • Stratemann p.353
                                                  • San Mateo Times, San Mateo, Cal.
                                                    • 1954-08-05 p.22
                                                    • 1954-09-10
                                                  • Santa Cruz Sentinel-News, Santa Cruz,Cal., p8
                                                  • Daily Independent Journal, San Rafael, Cal., 1954-08-31 p.18
                                                  • Mountain Democrat, Placerville, Cal., p.8
                                                  • Oakland Tribune, Oakland, Cal., 1954-09-10 p.44 E
                                                  • Press-Telegram, Long Beach, Cal. 1954-05-10 p.A-3
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                                                  Wednesday
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                                                  State fairgrounds
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                                                  State fairgrounds
                                                  Concert, 2:30 p.m. - see 1954 09 07...
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                                                  Friday
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                                                  State fairgrounds
                                                  Concert, 2:30 p.m. - see 1954 09 07...
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                                                  1954 09 11
                                                  Saturday
                                                  1954 09 12Los Angeles, Cal.Five-Four Ballroom
                                                  Southwest corner
                                                  54th and Broadway
                                                  California Eagle:

                                                  Duke Ellington At The Five-Four
                                                    Determined to afford the lovers of fine music and ballroom entertainment at its very best, Billy Berg, popular proprietor of the Five-Four Ballroom, 54th and Broadway, is sparing no expense in presenting the one and only Duke Ellington Orchestra and Revue Saturday and Sunday evening September 11 and 12.
                                                  Internationally Famous  Fresh from a record-breaking engagement on the famed Sunstet Strip, Duke will be making his initial appearance of the season on Broadway. All of the great composer's works will be presented along with beautiful ballds by our own local favorite, Jimmy Grissom...'

                                                  The plug ends with a paragraph about Billy Berg's radio show, 2 hours nightly Tuesday to Saturday on KFOX but doesn't say if these were location or studio broadcasts. If the former, it is possible Ellington would have been aired if his contract allowed it.
                                                  • Stratemann p.353 citing Variety 1954-08-11 p.48
                                                  • California Eagle 1954-05-09 p.9
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                                                  Sunday
                                                  .Los Angeles, Cal.Five-Four Ballroom
                                                  54th and Broadway
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                                                  Monday
                                                  ...activities not documented
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                                                  Tuesday
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                                                  Wednesday
                                                  .San Diego, Cal.Officers Mess
                                                  Marine Corps Recruit Depot
                                                  Entertaining Civilian Group
                                                    Maj. Gen. John McQueen, USMC, and Mrs. McQueen have asked a party of 12 civilian friends to join them at cocktail hour in their quarters Sept. 15, preceding dinner at the Commissioned Officers Mess. Duke Ellington's all-star revue and band will be featured during dinner hour at the mess that night.

                                                  Webmaster's note:
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                                                  San Diego Union, San Diego, Cal., p.a-20..
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                                                  Saturday
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                                                  Sunday
                                                  .Clovis Air Force Base, N.M..Maintenance and Supply Hangar8 p.m. - benefit dance sponsored by the base's Special Services to raise funds for the Service Club. Tickets $1.50 for civilians, who were admitted to the base by showing their tickets at the Main Gate.

                                                  A 20-year-old lady was arrested by the Air Police and turned over to a deputy sheriff who locked her up in the county jail around 3:30 a.m.

                                                  The review said 1,100 attended and mentioned the names of three band members: James [sic] Black, Jimmy Grissom, and Cat Anderson.
                                                  Clovis News-Journal, Clovis, N.M.
                                                  • 1954-09-16 p.10
                                                  • 1954-09-17 p.7
                                                  • 1954-09-20 p.8
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                                                  Tuesday
                                                  .Shamrock, Tex.National Guard ArmoryDance sponsored by the Shamrock American Legion Post.

                                                  Admission: $2.00 for individuals, $3.50 for couples.
                                                  The Childress Index, Childress, Tex., 1954-09-19 p.8..
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                                                  Saturday
                                                  .Spring Valley, Ill.Les Buzz Ballroom
                                                  Rts. 6 and 89
                                                  Dancing, 8:30 to 1:30 DST
                                                  Admission: Adv. $1.75, Door $2.00 tax included.
                                                  • Rockford Register-Republic, Rockford, Ill.
                                                    1954-09-23 p.12-B
                                                  • The Daily Register Mail, Galesburg, Ill.,
                                                    1954-09-23 p.5
                                                  • The De Kalb Daily Chronicle, De Kalb, Ill.,
                                                    1954-09-23 p.2
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                                                  .Dubuque, IowaMelody Mill
                                                  ("Dubuqueland's Finest Ballroom"}

                                                  DUKE ELLINGTON
                                                  And His World Famous Orchestra
                                                  ALL THE STARS IN PERSON
                                                  MELODY MILL-SUN., SEPT. 26
                                                  Admission Only $1.50 per Person Tax Paid
                                                  Phone 2-9091 for Table Reservations
                                                  Note: Due to Time Change - This Dance Will Be Back on Standard
                                                  Time - Dancing 9 to 1 a.m.

                                                  The Telegraph-Herald, Dubuque, Iowa
                                                  • 1954-09-23 p.23
                                                  • 1954-09-26 p.24
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                                                  Wednesday
                                                  1954 10 10
                                                  Sunday
                                                  Chicago, Ill.Blue Note
                                                  Night Club
                                                  New premises
                                                  2nd flr, 3 North Clark St.
                                                  Club residency pursuant to contract signed Aug. 8, 1954

                                                  15 musicians "under the leadership of Duke Ellington" for two 5-day 30-hour weeks, including Sunday matinees, for $5,000/week, less 10% paid directly to ABC."

                                                  Variety reported Ellington's 2 hour set had 3 parts - first was plugging new arrangements featured on recent Capitol records, the second segment was Ellington soloing accompanied by the rhythm section, and finally the band played the more familiar repertoire. Note this description only accounts for 10 of the contracted 30 hours a week.
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                                                  Chicago, Ill.Mahalia Jackson's homeIn 1954, Mahalia Jackson switched from Apollo Records to Columbia and Columbia undertook a publicity campaign. In November Life magazine printed an undated photo of her serving dinner to Ellington and two unidentified men. The photo caption:

                                                  'GUEST OF HONOR for dinner at singer's was Duke Ellington, who later played some jazz piano. "I can't sing those things, Duke, Mahalia told him."'

                                                  This photo seems likely to have been taken while Ellington was playing the Blue Note in September and October rather than when Duke was next in town for a one-nighter later in October.
                                                  • Life, 1954-11-29 p.65
                                                  • Anthony Heilbut, The Gospel Sound: Good News and Bad Times, Hal Leonard Corporation, 1975, p.68
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                                                  1954 10 01
                                                  Friday
                                                  .Chicago, Ill.Blue NoteClub residency - see 1954 09 29...
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                                                  Saturday
                                                  .Chicago, Ill.Blue NoteClub residency - see 1954 09 29...
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                                                  Sunday
                                                  .Chicago, Ill.Blue NoteClub residency - see 1954 09 29

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                                                  Monday
                                                  .Chicago, Ill.Likely a day off from the Blue Note - see 1954 09 29 - Having Monday and Tuesday off allows for 2 five day work weeks during the contract, broken by two days off in the middle....
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                                                  Monday
                                                  .Rockford, Ill.. Peripheral event
                                                  Rockford Register-Republic:

                                                  'Ellington Jazz Program Set
                                                    Duke Ellington will be the featured artist on John Carden's popular Classics in Jazz tonight at 9:30 o'clock over WROK. Examples of Duke's later work will be heard on this evening's broadcast, including such numbers as "Stompin' At the Savoy" and "Black and Tan Fantasy."
                                                    Carden's guest tonight will be Merv Sorenson of Loves Park, well known jazz record collector, who will fill in details of Ellington's background, and tell about the newly-formed local collectors club.'


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                                                  Wednesday
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                                                  Thursday
                                                  .Chicago, Ill.Blue NoteClub residency - see 1954 09 29...
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                                                  Friday
                                                  ..Universal StudioCapitol recording session
                                                  Duke Ellington and His Famous Orchestra
                                                  Cook, Anderson, Terry, Nance, Woodman, Jackson, Sanders, Hamilton, Procope, Henderson, Gonsalves, Carney, Ellington, Pettiford (subbing for Wendell Marshall), Frank Rollo (bongos), Black, Grissom

                                                  Titles recorded:
                                                  • Twelfth Street Rag
                                                  • September Song
                                                  • Caravan
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                                                  • Girvan:   Ellingtonia.com
                                                  • MacHare:   A Duke Ellington Panorama
                                                  • Jorgen Grunnet Jepsen, Discography of Duke Ellington, Vol. 3 1934-59
                                                  • Ole J. Nielsen, Jazz Records 1942-80, A discography: Vol. Six, Duke Ellington, p.146
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                                                  Saturday
                                                  .Chicago, Ill.Blue NoteClub residency - see 1954 09 29...
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                                                  Sunday
                                                  .Chicago, Ill.Blue NoteResidency ends - see 1954 09 29

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                                                  Tuesday
                                                  ...activities not documented...
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                                                  Wednesday
                                                  .New York, N.Y.Hudson Theatre
                                                  139-141 West 44th Street
                                                  Ellington and his orchestra appeared on Steve Allen's "Tonight" national television talk show, which began at 11:15 p.m. (the first 15 minutes were carried by only a few stations, the last 90 minutes were carried by the full NBC network).Radio log, Brooklyn Eagle, New York, N.Y. 1954-10-13 p.20..
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                                                  Friday
                                                  .Philadelphia, Penn.Grand Opera
                                                  or
                                                  Civic Grand Opera
                                                  First concert of the Ellington-Mulligan-Brubeck three week coast-to-coast tour package organized by Norman Granz as the "Modern Jazz Concert" (see 1954 07 00 above).

                                                  The show included the Dave Brubeck quartet, the Stan Getz quintet, and the Gerry Mulligan quartet as well as the Ellington orchestra.

                                                  Stratemann tells us Ellington emceed the entire show, with the small units playing the first half and Ellington's orchestra having the second half to itself.

                                                  Stratemann advises the show did quite well, despite competition from the other shows touring at the same time. On the other hand, The Billboard quotes Granz as saying the show lost money, averaging $4,000 night against a 'nut' of $6,000.
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                                                  Saturday
                                                  ... Peripheral event
                                                  Hurricane Hazel caused widespread loss of life, flooding and destruction in South Carolina, North Carolina, Virginia, Maryland, Pennsylvania, New York, North Carolina, District of Columbia, Massachusetts, Connecticut, Delaware, New Jersey, and Canada.
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                                                  Saturday
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                                                  .Newark, N.J.Mosque TheatreModern Jazz Concert - see 1954 10 15
                                                  The concert here was at 8:30 p.m., after which the concert was played at Carnegie Hall at midnight.
                                                  • Stratemann p.353
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                                                  • New York Times, New York, N.Y., 1954-10-10 p.54
                                                  • New York Age, New York, N.Y., 1954-10-16 p.17
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                                                  Sunday
                                                  .Boston, Mass.Symphony Hall7 and 10 p.m. - two Modern Jazz Concerts - see 1954 10 15

                                                  Tickets $2.50, $3.50 and $4.50 including tax
                                                  Note Stratemann and Vail don't say there were two concerts.
                                                  • Stratemann p.353
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                                                  • Captioned publicity photo and ad, Boston Sunday Advertiser, Boston, Mass., 1954-10-10 p.25
                                                  • The Boston Herald, 1954-10-15 p.55
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                                                  .Detroit, Mich.Broadway-Capital Theater Jackie Gleason headed a list of stars who were to start off Detroit's 1954 Torch Drive. The entertainers were to meet City officials and drive workers at 8 p.m. in front of City Hall, where the City Hall torch would be lit by a 4-year-old Torch patient. The party then paraded to the Broadway-Capital Theater for a 2-hour stage show, during which Gleason, the Master of Ceremonies, introduced Miss America, Ellington and others. In the post-event report, Ellington is named as one of the entertainers who volunteered a few moments of entertainment and a friendly word of encouragement. The outdoor event was to be televised. Detroit Free Press
                                                  • 1954-10-14 p.15
                                                  • 1954-11-12 p.1
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                                                  Monday
                                                  .Detroit, Mich..Sidemen's activities are not documented
                                                  Stratemann shows an entry for Detroit this date, with no detail and Vail reports

                                                  'The Norman Granz package play [sic] in Detroit, Michigan.'

                                                  . They appear to be mistaken. The Modern Jazz Concert was 1954 10 23 at the Schubert. There are two ads for the Oct. 23 and none for Oct. 19 in the Detroit Free Press for the month of October.
                                                  • Stratemann p.353
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                                                  Tuesday
                                                  .Columbus, OhioMemorial Hall8:30 p.m. Modern Jazz Concert - see 1954 10 15 and 1954 07 00
                                                  Tickets: $2.50, $3 and $3.50
                                                  • Stratemann p.353
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                                                  • Wilmington Daily News-Journal, Wilmington, Ohio,1954-10-14 p.4
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                                                  Wednesday
                                                  .Cincinnati, OhioTaft TheatreModern Jazz Concert 8:30 p.m. - see 1954 10 15
                                                  Tickets: $2.50 $3.30 $3.80
                                                  • Stratemann p.353
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                                                  • The Cincinnati Enquirer, Cincinnati, Ohio
                                                    • 1954-10-17 s.3 p.9
                                                    • 1954-10-19 p.29
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                                                  .Pittsburgh, Penn.Syria MosqueModern Jazz Concert 8:30 p.m.
                                                  - see 1954 10 15 and 1954 07 00
                                                  Tickets $2.00 $2.50 $3.00 $3.50

                                                  (The Biggest Show of 1954 played in Pittsburgh the same night.)*
                                                    • Stratemann p.353
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                                                    • The Pittsburgh Press, Pittsburgh, Penn.
                                                      • 1954-10-20 p.29
                                                      • 1954-10-21 p.24
                                                      • The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, Pittsburgh, Penn.
                                                        • 1954-10-20 p.7
                                                        • 1954-10-21 p.15
                                                    • * The Billboard 1954-10-30, p.22
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                                                  Friday
                                                  .Cleveland, OhioPublic Music HallModern Jazz Concert - see 1954 10 15
                                                  Cleveland Plain Dealer 1954-08-08:

                                                  '[Dave] Dorn will also handle the Duke Ellington concert when it brings Dave Brubeck's trio and Jerry {sic} Mulligan's quartet to Music Hall Oct. 22.'

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                                                  • Cleveland Plain Dealer, Cleveland, Ohio
                                                    • 1954-08-08 p.45-D
                                                    • 1954-10-01 p.9
                                                    • 1954-10-17 p.65-D
                                                    • 1954-10-22 p.14
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                                                  .Detroit, Mich.Schubert TheatreTwo Modern Jazz Concerts, 8:00 p.m. and 11:00 p.m. - see 1954 10 15 and 1954 07 00Ads, Detroit Free Press
                                                  • 1954-10-20 p.26
                                                  • 1954-10-23 p.12
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                                                  .Chicago, Ill.Civic Opera HouseModern Jazz Concert - see 1954 10 15
                                                  Swinging the News:

                                                  'WHEN DUKE ELLINGTON appeared on concert stage in Chicago Sunday night few knew story behind his ill fitting (most unusual for the Duke) evening dress. WHAT HAPPENED his trunk was late arriving from Detroit, where the package played night before and the ONLY ALTERNATIVE was a rented one.'

                                                  • Stratemann, p.353 citing The Billboard 1954-10-30 p.24
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                                                  .Minneapolis, Minn.AuditoriumModern Jazz Concert - see 1954 10 15
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                                                  Wednesday
                                                  .Beloit, Wisc.Field House
                                                  Beloit College
                                                  Modern Jazz Concert - see 1954 07 00 and 1947-10-15
                                                  The Freeport Journal-Standard

                                                  'Beloit College has announced four field house attractions this year.
                                                    Tickets may be obtained by writing to the ticket office, Beloit College...Season ticket orders are honored before orders for individual events.
                                                    The Duke Ellington Show is booked for Wednesday, Oct. 27. Dave Brubeck will be with the show... '

                                                  The show played to a full house, 3,500 in the audience.
                                                  • Stratemann p.353 citing The Billboard 1954-11-06 p.46
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                                                  • The Freeport Journal Standard, Freeport, Ill., 1954-09-25 p.9
                                                  • The Crusader, Rockford, Ill.
                                                    • 1954-10-01 p.6
                                                    • 1954-10-22 p.3
                                                    • 1954-11-05 p.1 (review)
                                                  • Rockford Register-Republic, Rockford, Ill.
                                                    • 1954-10-11 p.B7
                                                    • 1954-11-25 p.2B
                                                    • 1954-10-28 p.D1 (review)
                                                  • Janesville Daily Gazette, Janesville, Wisc.
                                                    • 1954-10-12 p.5
                                                    • 1954-10-26 p.5
                                                    • 1954-10-28 p.21 (review)
                                                  • Rockford Morning Star, Rockford, Ill.
                                                    • 1954-10-10 p.05
                                                    • 1954-10-24 p.11C
                                                    • 1954-10-31 p.18A (2 reviews)
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                                                  Thursday
                                                  .Indianapolis, Ind.Murat Theatre
                                                  502 N. New Jersey St.
                                                  Modern Jazz Concert 8:30 p.m.
                                                  The Oct. 21 ad announced there would be one concert at 8:30 p.m. instead of two originally scheduled
                                                  - see 1954 07 00 and 1947-10-15

                                                  'Stan Getz, tenor sax man, and his quartet will be featured in the Modern Jazz Concert at the Murat Thursday night, along with Duke Ellington, Gerry Mulligan and Dave Brubeck.'


                                                  'Pianist Dave Brubeck and his quartet will be featured in the Duke Ellington Modern Jazz Concert tonight at the Murat at 8:30 o'clock. The Brubeck Quartet, with Paul Desmond on alto saxophone, will play compostions from their "Jazz Goes to College"record album.
                                                    In addition to Ellington's orchestra and Brubeck, the concert will star the quartets of Stan Getz and Gerry Mulligan.'

                                                  The Indianapolis Star, Indianapolis, Ind.
                                                  • 1954-10-21 p.38
                                                  • 1954-10-24 s.6 p.17
                                                  • 1954-10-25 p.12
                                                  • 1954-10-26 p.24
                                                  • 1954-10-27 p.24
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                                                  .St. Louis, Mo.Kiel Opera House8:30 p.m. Modern Jazz Concert - see 1954 07 00 and 1947-10-15

                                                  All seats reserved:
                                                  • Boxes, Mezzanine and Orchestra $3.50
                                                  • Lower Balcony $3.00
                                                  • Upper Balcony $2.50
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                                                  The Defender carried an ANP report that Norman Granz had announced he would bring his Jazz At The Philharmonic back to Carnegie hall Oct.30. It said the Duke Ellington-Dave Brubeck-Gerry Mulligan-Stan Getz unit would be a feature of the Carnegie show.

                                                  While no other Ellington activity is documented this night, it seems unlikely the Ellington package would or could have traveled halfway across the country for a one-nighter on the east coast, particularly when the Ellington package was not part of JATP package.

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                                                  .Kansas City, Mo.Music Hall
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                                                  8:30 p.m. Modern Jazz Concert
                                                  - see 1954-10-15 and 1954 07 00
                                                  All seats reserved, tickets $2.00 $2.75 $3.50
                                                  The "This Week in Kansas" column in the Kansas City Times had the Ellington concert in the Music Hall and the Biggest Show of '54, featuring Peggy Lee and Billly [sic] Eckstine at the Arena. The "What To See In Kansas City" column in the Atchison and Ft. Madison papers had the Eckstine/Lee concert in the Music Hall and the Ellington group in the Municipal Auditorium Arena.
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                                                  • "This Week in Kansas," The Kansas City Times, Kansas City, Kans. 1954-10-19 p.4
                                                  • "What To See In Kansas City", Atchison Daily Globe, Atchison, Kans. 1954-10-28 p.2
                                                  • "What To See In Kansas City", Ft. Madison, Ia., Democrat, Ft. Madison, Iowa, 1954-10-28 p.7
                                                  • Ads, The Kansas City Star, Kansas City, Kans.:
                                                    • 1954-10-25 p.15
                                                    • 1954-10-26 p.23
                                                  • Ads, The Kansas City Times, Kansas City, Mo.:
                                                    • 1954-10-27 p.18
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                                                  1954 11 00... Peripheral event
                                                  The New York Times News Service carried an article by Luther A. Huston saying the Supreme Court had rejected the American Federation of Musicians' appeal of a Federal Court of Appeals decision requiring it to remove Abe Stein, a Nashville agent, from its Unfair list. He had been placed on the list when he sued for damages after Ellington failed to appear for a performance Stein had booked.
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                                                  Wednesday
                                                  .Aurora, ColoradoKFG Studio
                                                  Fitzimons Army Hospital
                                                  (Unconfirmed)

                                                  The DefenseImagery.mil displays two photographs dated 11/3/1954 of Duke in the studio of the radio station at the hospital. The site gives no detail about the appearance; while it is possible Ellington came alone to the hospital, it is also possible the band played.

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                                                  .San Francisco, Cal.San Francisco Civic AuditoriumModern Jazz Concert - see 1954 10 15
                                                  • Stratemann p.353
                                                  • Vail II
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                                                    • Announcements and ads
                                                    • 1954-11-04, p.D25
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                                                  .Berkeley, Cal.Berkeley Community TheaterModern Jazz Concert - see 1954 10 15

                                                  "The chamber jazz of the Dave Brubeck, Gerry Mulligan and Stan Getz ensembles, plus the larger sonorities of Duke Ellington's band."
                                                  • Stratemann p.353
                                                  • Vail II
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                                                    • Announcements and ads
                                                      • 1954-10-31 p.14-S
                                                      • 1954-11-04, p.D25
                                                      • 1954-11-05, p.E39
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                                                  Monday
                                                  .Los Angeles, Cal.Shrine AuditoriumFinal performance of the Modern Jazz Concert series - see 1954 10 15 and 1954 07 00

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                                                  .Fresno, Cal...
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                                                  .Dunsmuir, Cal.Corral.
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                                                  Saturday
                                                  .Longview, Wash.
                                                  Olympia, Wash.
                                                  .The Daily Chronicle:

                                                  'Progressive dinner plans were completed at the Friday meeting of the Elizabeth Kenny Orthopedic...
                                                    The Longview Orthopedic is giving a Tea Dance Nov. 13 with music furnished by Duke Ellington and his band.'

                                                  Longview Daily News:

                                                  'More Than 300 Couples At Dance
                                                    Always one of the gayest affairs of the winter, this year's Holiday Dance sponsored by the Longview Orthopedic Guild was no exception. Approximately 300 couples attended the dance Saturday from 4 to 7 p. m. In the Crystal Ballroom of Hotel Monticello, to hear the music of Duke Ellington and his 15-piece orchestra...
                                                    An "Under the Sea" fantasy theme was carried out in decorations by Mrs. Ted Korten and other members of the decorating committee...
                                                    Proceeds from the annual dance will again go to the Children's Orthopedic Hospital in Seattle to aid sick and crippled children from all over the state. Last year 45 children from Cowlitz County were among those who received special care at the hospital.'

                                                  • A tea dance is an afternoon or early evening social, often preceded by a garden party.
                                                  • Sister Elizabeth Kenny was an Australian nurse who pioneered a treatment for polio victims. She spent some years in the U.S.A.
                                                  • Elizabeth Kenny Orthopedic is referred to in other editions of the Centralia paper as Elizabeth Kenny Orthopedic Auxiliary. It seems likely to have been associated in some way with Longview Orthopedic.
                                                  • Longview is about 40 miles north of Portland, so the tea dance, which ended at 7 o'clock would not have conflicted with the Jantzen Beach dance, which seems likely to have started at 9 or 9:30.
                                                  • A photograph of Ellington, Procope and an unidentified sideman on stage behind four dancing couples was printed in the Longview Daily News and in the Longview Orthopedic scrapbook. It also appears on page 109 of I'm Just Nuts About Longview Washington by Dennis P. Weber, Karen Dennis and Sue Maxey. It is captioned "One active philanthropy involved support for the Children's Orthopedic Hospital in Seattle. The Lake Guild sponsored annual dances, and in 1954, Duke Ellington was the band director."
                                                  • Bill Watson:

                                                    '...two pages from a Longview Orthopedic scrapbook, with newspaper clippings from the Longview Daily News about the dance Duke Ellington played at, and a photo from the event (the one used in the book) for the Nov. 13, 1954 event. The articles make it clear it was at the Hotel Monticello in Longview.'

                                                  • One page from the Longview Orthopedic scrapbook has a handwritten note below Ellington's publicity photo saying "Best Music We Ever Had!"
                                                  • Can it be coincidence that drummer Dave Black would be admitted to hospital in Portland with polio this weekend?
                                                  • The Daily Chronicle, Centralia, Wash., 1954-10-19 p.2
                                                  • Longview Orthopedic scrapbook pages, with two undated newspaper clippings from the Longview Daily News, courtesy of Bill Watson, Collections Curator, Cowlitz County Historical Museum,Kelso, Wash.
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                                                  Drummer Dave Black is hospitalized in Portland, Ore. According to his obituary, he was diagnosed with polio after a Portland date. New Desor has him leaving the band Nov. 12, probably because it has Fred Butler playing Nov. 13 at Jantzen Beach, but Stratemann and Vail say he left Nov. 13. Nielsen has Black playing Jantzen Beach.

                                                  Black returned to the band in January 1955.
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                                                  .Portland, Ore.Jantzen Beach Ballroom
                                                  Jantzen Beach Amusement Park
                                                  Hayden Island
                                                  Recorded dance date
                                                  The ads and publicity in The Oregonian do not show a starting time. Based on another dance advertised at this venue in October, it was likely 9:00 or 9:30 p.m., which would not conflict with the tea dance in Olympia if it ended in the very early evening.
                                                  Duke Ellington and His Orchestra
                                                  Cook, Anderson, Terry, Nance, Woodman, Jackson, Sanders, Hamilton, Procope, Henderson, Gonsalves, Carney, Ellington, Peck Morrison, bass, Fred Butler, drums, Grissom.
                                                  Titles recorded:
                                                  • Stompin' At The Savoy
                                                  • Maybe I Should Change My Ways
                                                  • Smile
                                                  • Cocktails For Two
                                                  • Time On My Hands
                                                  • Summertime
                                                  • Take The "A" Train
                                                  • Smada
                                                  • In The Mood
                                                  • If I Give My Heart To You
                                                  • Sophisticated Lady
                                                  • Serious Serenade
                                                  • Perdido
                                                  • Caravan
                                                  • Chili Bowl
                                                  • Just Squeeze Me
                                                  • Medley:
                                                    I Let A Song Go Out Of My Heart - Don't Get Around Much Anymore
                                                  • All The Things You Are
                                                  • Theme For Trambean
                                                  • Satin Doll
                                                  • Jam With Sam
                                                  • Medley:
                                                    Do Nothin' Till You Hear From Me - Prelude To A Kiss - Do Nothin' Till You Hear From Me
                                                  • Honeysuckle Rose
                                                  • Isle Of Capri
                                                  • Give Me The Right
                                                  • September Song
                                                  • Love You Madly
                                                  • Creole Love Call
                                                  • Monologue
                                                  • Mood Indigo
                                                  • Stratemann p.354 citing Variety 1954-11-17 p.78
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                                                  • The Oregonian, Portland, Ore.
                                                    • 1954-10-28
                                                    • 1954-10-29 p.12
                                                    • 1954-10-30 p.10
                                                    • 1954-10-31 p.13
                                                    • 1954-11-05 p.6
                                                    • 1954-11-07 p.15
                                                    • 1954-11-08 p.7
                                                    • 1954-11-10 p.18
                                                    • 1954-11-13 p.7
                                                  • Girvan:   Ellingtonia.com
                                                  • Timner
                                                  • Ole J. Nielsen, Jazz Records 1942-80, A discography: Vol. Six, Duke Ellington, p.147
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                                                  Wednesday
                                                  .Twin Falls, IdahoHigh school gymnasiumOne-hour floor show (8 p.m.) and dance (9 to 11 p.m.)

                                                  'Complete Collection of Duke Ellington Records Available
                                                    All the phonographs records ever made by Duke Ellington and his orchestra have been made available to publicize the local appearance of the orchestra here November 17, reports Howard Moffatt, manager of the Twin Falls Chamber of Commerce.
                                                    The records will be played over local radio stations to thoroughly aquaint valley residents with the quality of music produced by Ellington and his band.
                                                    Ray Crowell, Buhl, a personal friend of Ellington's, is making the records available to promote interest in the band's appearance here. Crowell and Ellington have been close friends for many years.
                                                    Duke Ellington and his orchestra will give an hour-long show beginning at 8 p.m. at the high school gymnasium. After the show, the gymnasium will be cleared and dance tickets sold for dancing from nine until 11 p.m. .. '

                                                  Roper's Twin Falls store offered a free ticket to the show for every $10 spent or paid on account, and a free ticket to the dance for every $20 spent or paid.
                                                  Times News, Twin Falls, Idaho:
                                                  • 1954-11-05
                                                  • 1954-11-07 p.2
                                                  • 1954-11-08
                                                  • 1954-11-09 p.1
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                                                  American Thanksgiving Day
                                                  .Chicago, Ill.Trianon BallroomSwinging the News

                                                  'The arrival of Count Basie at Chicago's Trianon ballroom to be followed by Duke Ellington (Thanksgiving night) means the Windy City is getting the pick of the dish, musically for its Turkey menu.—THE COUNT plays three — Ellington will be here for one engagement on Thursday the 25th... '

                                                  Al Monroe, Swinging the News, New York Age Defender, 1954-11-18 p.18..
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                                                  .Bridgeport, Conn.Ritz Ballroom BptDance
                                                  (Unconfirmed)
                                                  • Bridgeport Telegram, 1954-11-18, p.102
                                                  • Bridgeport Post / Bridgeport Sunday Post
                                                    • 1954-11-18 p.38
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                                                  Louie Bellson, drummer, begins 5 weeks of subbing for Dave Black.
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                                                  1955 01 02
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                                                  New York, N.Y.Basin Street
                                                  51st St. off Broadway
                                                  APPEARING NITELY EXCEPT MON. DUKE ELLINGTON HIS ORCH. and SHOW featuring LOUIS [sic] BELLSON.
                                                  5 weeks, Mondays off.
                                                  Also on the bill, pianist Alec Templeton and the Don Shirley Duo.
                                                  An ad in the Dec. 17 edition of Yale Daily News had Duke Ellington, his Orchestra & Show and Roy Hamilton The Newest.
                                                  Immediately above their names was:Residing at BASIN STREET beginning Dec. 21. Presumably this means Hamilton was added to the bill on that date. The accomanying story:

                                                  'Basin Street... is offering a rollicking holiday show starring the one and only Duke Ellington and his orchestra and featuring on the same bill the new singing sensation of the rhythm and blues field, Roy Hamilton, who is making his New York night club debut at Basin Street. Rounding out the show is the imaginative piano wizardry of Don Shirley and his duo.
                                                    ...The Duke aided by such talented sidemen as Ray Nance, Harry Carney, Oscar Pettiford and the incomparable master the drums, Louis [recte Louie] Bellson have the audiences crying for more...'

                                                  • Stratemann p.354
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                                                  • Courier, Pittsburgh, Penn., 1954-12-04 p.14
                                                  • Amsterdam News, New York, N.Y.
                                                    • 1954-10-11 p.22
                                                    • 1954-12-25 p.19
                                                  • "Metropolitan Weekend," Yale Daily News, 1954-12-17 p.5
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                                                  Wednesday
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                                                  Sunday
                                                  .New York, N.Y.Hunter College Auditorium
                                                  69th St. between Park & Lexington

                                                  DUKE ELLINGTON
                                                  And His World Famous Orchestra
                                                  FRANK SINATRA             JOHN RAITT
                                                  Radio, Hollywood, Records        'Pajama Game'
                                                  JUANITA HALL
                                                  'South Pacific'
                                                  TEX & JINX McCRARY
                                                  Radio & Television
                                                  STAR NIGHT BENEFIT
                                                  for the
                                                  MORNINGSIDE COMMUNITY CENTER
                                                  Mental Hygiene Service
                                                  Admission: $2.00 and $3.00 may be purchased at door
                                                  Or Telephone: MOnument 6-7190 - Circle 6-8716
                                                  MORNINGSIDE COMMUNITY CENTER
                                                  360 West 122nd Street     New York 27 N
                                                  Teen-Age Special - 200 Subsidized Tickets at $1.00

                                                  • N.Y. Age Defender, New York, N.Y.
                                                    1954-11-27 p.2
                                                  • New York Age, New York, N.Y.
                                                    1954-12-04 p.17
                                                  • Vail I
                                                  • Stratemann p.354
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                                                  Christmas
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                                                  Tuesday
                                                  .New York, N.Y.Probably
                                                  Hudson Theatre
                                                  139-141 West 44th St.
                                                  Live 18-minute appearance on the late night NBC network television show "Tonight!"
                                                  Duke Ellington with an unidentified rhythm section, Steve Allen, Skitch Henderson's house orchestra and either Doc Severinsen or Rex Stewart
                                                  Titles telecast:
                                                  • I'm Beginning To See The Light
                                                  • In A Sentimental Mood
                                                  • Don't Get Around Much Anymore
                                                  • Mood Indigo
                                                  • Caravan
                                                  • It Don't Mean A Thing
                                                  • I Let A Song Go Out Of My Heart
                                                  • Boy Meets Horn
                                                  • Medley: Sophisticated Lady - C-Jam Blues

                                                  • Ellington soloed with a rhythm section and played with Allen and the rhythm section, and played with the house band.
                                                  • New Desor, Vail II, Timnner V and Nielsen have Doc Severinson soloing in Boy Meets Horn; Stratemann says Rex Stewart joined the group as a special guest to play this number. Further research is needed to resolve the difference.
                                                  • New Desor gives the title of the show as "Tonight - Steve Allen Show." While Allen was the host, the proper title appears simply to have been "Tonight!"
                                                  • Stratemann p.354
                                                  • Vail II p.77
                                                  • Girvan:   Ellingtonia.com
                                                  • Timner
                                                  • Ole J. Nielsen, Jazz Records 1942-80, A discography: Vol. Six, Duke Ellington, p.147
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                                                  Friday
                                                  8:30 pm
                                                  .New York, N.Y.WRCA radioAppearance on, or guest-hosting of, broadcaster Dave Garroway's radio show "Friday with Garroway"
                                                  • Radio listing, Brooklyn Eagle, 1954-12-31
                                                  • Yonkers Herald-Statesman 1954-12-31, p.14
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                                                  .New York, N.Y.Basin Street EastClub date (continued)
                                                  New Years Eve NBC network radio(?) feed (1)

                                                  New Years Eve WCBS-TV broadcast "NEW YORK - ANP - Duke Ellington's orchestra will usher in the New Year here on the CBS New Year's Eve Dancing Pary. Duke's orchestra will be broadcast across the nation, as part of a program in which 20 name bands will participate in an around-the-clock presentation of the nation's leading musical aggregations."(2)
                                                  Duke Ellington and His Orchestra
                                                  Cook, Anderson, Terry, Nance, Woodman, Jackson, Sanders, Hamilton, Procope, Henderson, Gonsalves, Carney, Ellington, Marshall, Bellson, Grissom

                                                  Titles broadcast:
                                                  • Chili Bowl
                                                  • Twelfth Street Rag Mambo
                                                  • Coquette
                                                  • Mood Idigo
                                                  • Just Squeeze Me
                                                  • Lullaby of Birdland
                                                  • Satin Doll
                                                  • Take The "A" Train
                                                  (2)
                                                  • Yonkers Herald-Statesman 1954-12-31, p.14
                                                  • The Chicago Defender national edition 1955-01-01 p.7
                                                  • Girvan:   Ellingtonia.com
                                                  • Ole J. Nielsen Jazz Records Vol.6,p.148
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                                                  1955 00 00.U.S.A.Leonard Feather interview
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                                                  .New York, N.Y.."Stage Show"
                                                  CBS-TV broadcast featuring the Dorsey Brothers orchestra - Ellington performed with them without his band on this CBS television show broadcast nationally by WCBS-TV at 8 pm.
                                                  • Stratemann p.354 and pp.674-675
                                                  • Long Island Star-Journal, 1954-12-31, p.16
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                                                  1955 01 02
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                                                  ...PERSONNEL CHANGE
                                                  Wendell Marshall, bass, left the band after the Basin Street engagement and was replaced by Jimmy Woode, born 1916.
                                                  DownBeat 1955 03 09, p.26 reported "JAZZ: Junior Raglin has replaced Wendell Marshall as bassist with Duke Ellington. Junior was with the band before some years ago... but Woode is shown in the February 17 session in New Desor and Nielsen and is introduced by Ellington in the April Washington Armory concert. It may be that Raglin returned temporarily while Ellington was seeking a permanent replacement.
                                                  • New Desor vol.2
                                                  • Email, S.Lasker-Palmquist, quoting DownBeat 1955-03-23, p.6
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                                                  .Fulton, N.Y.State Theatre"3 hour concert of stellar musicians"

                                                  "For this top-notch musical attraction scarcely 250 tickets were sold..."
                                                  • Ad, Palladium Times, Oswego, N.Y., 1955-01-05 p.9
                                                  • Fulton Patriot
                                                    • Announcement 1954-12-16
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                                                  8:30 P.M.
                                                  .Ithaca, N.Y.Bailey Hall
                                                  Cornell University
                                                  Concert sponsored by the Junior Class Council.
                                                  Tickets were $1.80, the gross take was $3,413.21, expenses were $2.000 paid for the Ellington band and $404.45 for other things, leaving the Council with a profit of $1,000.76
                                                  The Syracuse paper reported "Cazenovians" who attended were Richard Ryan, Johnathon Thompson, Robert Wilkins and Philip Glassey
                                                  Forrest Sanders review, The Ithaca Journal:

                                                  'The house was packed and everybody had a good time...
                                                    ...Clark Terry was especially fine in "Perdido," and the classic "Take the 'A' Train" with Ray Nance as "romantic (yet) baritone" was great fun.
                                                    Like Smetana's famed "battered" bride, the "tattooed" one should reach new heights of fame after the program listing given her.
                                                    Dan [sic] Black was marvelously frantic in "Tan Your Hide," the drum solo being an innovation claimed by Ellington. If anyone can blow a trumpet, or anything else for that matter, higher than Cat Anderson does, he ought first to thoughtfully ponder the consequences.
                                                    Harry Carney, who has been with the band since the '20s, was excellent in "Serious Serenade," while Jimmy Grissom, Russel [sic] Procope, Paul Gonsalves, Britt Woodman, Rich [sic] Henderson and all the others were just real cool, in a red-hot sort of way.
                                                    The magic of the Duke himself ... was as sure and as refreshing as a blast of fresh air, "Mood Indigo," "In My Solitude," "Don't Get Around Much," their terrific "Basin Street and all.'

                                                  • The Post-Standard, Syracuse, N.Y. 1955-01-16 p.17
                                                  • The Cornell Daily Sun, Cornell University:
                                                    • Announcement, 1954-12-07, p.3
                                                    • Ad and announcement, 1955-01-07 pp.2-3
                                                    • Report, 1955-01-14 p.8
                                                  • The Ithaca Journal, Ithaca, N.Y.
                                                    1955-01-08 p.5
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                                                  .Baltimore, Md.Polytechnic Institute AuditoriumProgramme front:

                                                  EPSILON OMEGA CHAPTER
                                                  OF
                                                  ALPHA KAPPA ALPHA SORORITY

                                                  PRESENTS

                                                  DUKE ELLINGTON
                                                  and
                                                  His World Famous Orchestra

                                                  IN CONCERT

                                                  SATURDAY EVENING, JANUARY 8, 1955
                                                  EIGHT-FIFTEEN O'CLOCK
                                                  *
                                                  POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE AUDITORIUM
                                                  NORTH AND GUILFORD AVENUES
                                                  BALTIMORE, MARYLAND


                                                  Programme - left inside page:

                                                  DUKE ELLINGTON
                                                  and His World Famous Orchestra
                                                  Featuring
                                                  RAY NANCE and JIMMY GRISSOM
                                                  with
                                                  Cat Anderson
                                                  Harry Carney
                                                  Britt Woodman
                                                  Paul Gonsalves
                                                  Russell Procope
                                                  Quentin Jackson
                                                  Oscar Pettiford
                                                  *
                                                  James Hamilton
                                                  Clark Terry
                                                  Willie Cook
                                                  Rick Henderson
                                                  John Sanders
                                                  Dave Black
                                                  ---------------------
                                                  Exclusive Capitol Recording Artist


                                                  Programme - right inside page:

                                                         PROGRAM

                                                  1. Stompin' at the Savoy
                                                  2. Black and Tan Fantasy
                                                  3. Tatooed Bride
                                                  4. Honeysuckle Rose
                                                  5. Serious Serenade
                                                  6. Theme for Trombone
                                                  7. Summertime
                                                  8. Take the "A" Train
                                                  9. Monologue
                                                  10. V.I.P. Boogy
                                                  11. Check with Sam

                                                  - Intermission -

                                                  12. Hawk Talks
                                                  13. All the Things You Are
                                                  14. Period
                                                  15. Tan Your Hide
                                                  16. Ellington on Piano

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                                                  .Bridgeport, Conn.Ritz Ballroom.DanceBridgeport Telegram, Bridgeport:
                                                  • 1955-01-08 p.12
                                                  • 1955-01-09 p.B-11
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                                                  Reading, Penn. Rajah TheatreTwo day theatre bookingStratemann, p.354, citing Vairiety 1955-01-12 p58...
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                                                  Wednesday
                                                  1955 01 22
                                                  Saturday
                                                  Plainville, Conn.Wright's Steak House
                                                  Wright's Theater Restaurant
                                                  College Highway
                                                  New Policy * Star Attraction
                                                  Wed Thurs Fri Sat
                                                  Jan. 19 20 21 22
                                                  The Great
                                                  DUKE
                                                  ELLINGTON
                                                  AND HIS WORLD FAMOUS ORCHESTRA
                                                  2 shows nightly, 8 & 11 PM
                                                  Dancing 8 to 1 am.
                                                  Wed.Thurs.Fri.$1.25 plus tax
                                                  Sat. $1.50 plus tax
                                                  TEENAGER MATINEE
                                                  SAT dancing from at 3 to 6 p.m.
                                                  show at 4 p.m.
                                                  $1.00 cover.
                                                  Harfford Courant 1955-01-22:

                                                  'Joe Navickas who runs Wright's in Plainville, was delighted with the turn out for Duke Ellington. It was terrific.'


                                                  Stratemann relied on The Billboard, which only said Jan.19-20, for the dates. Vail II also without the 21st and 22nd, doesn't name its source.
                                                  • Hartford Courant, Hartford, Conn.
                                                    • 1955-01-17 p.11
                                                    • 1955-01-18 p.10
                                                    • 1955-01-19 p.8
                                                    • 1955-01-20 p.20
                                                    • 1955-01-22 p.10
                                                    • 1955-01-25 p.6
                                                    • 1955-01-30 Parade of Youth section, p.5
                                                  • Stratemann p.354 citing
                                                    The Billboard 1955-01-29 p.22
                                                  • Vail II
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                                                  Thursday
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                                                  College Highway
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                                                  Friday
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                                                  Friday
                                                  ... Ellington was scheduled to be one of three guest hosts on an evening network radio show, although if it wasn't prerecorded or if it required being in New York, Duke would have had to absent himself from the band that evening.
                                                  This announcement was carried in several newspapers in the east and the midwest. The show was to be at 8:30 p.m. in the east, 7:30 p.m. in the midwest and 6:30 p.m. in San Diego and 9 p.m. in San Francisco, meaning some rebroadcasting occurred.

                                                  'Faye Emerson, Duke Ellington and Jose Ferrer will take over for vacationing Dave Garroway on NBC radio's "Friday with Garrowy" program tonight at 8:30 o'clock. Garroway's friends will share emcee honors on the program, with Miss Emerson spotlighted on the first half hour, Ellington on the second, and Ferrer on the third. Guest stars for the "vacation hosts" will be Tony Curtis and Leonard Feather.'

                                                    The Miami Daily News Mianai, Fla.
                                                    1955-01-21 p.9-B
                                                  • The La Crosse Tribune, La Crosse, Wisc.
                                                    1955-01-21 p.8
                                                  • Minneapolis Morning Tribune, Minneapolis, Minn.
                                                    1955-01-21 p.33
                                                  • Detroit Free Press, Detroit, Mich.
                                                    1955-01-21 p.20
                                                  • Bridgeport Post, Bridgeport, Conn.
                                                    1955-01-21 p.8
                                                  • San Francisco Chronicle, San Francisco, Cal.
                                                    1955-01-21 p.18
                                                  • The San Diego Union, San Diego, Cal.
                                                    1955-01-21 p.a-12
                                                  • The Battle Creek Enquirer and News, Battle Creek, Mich.
                                                    1955-01-21 p.16
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                                                  ...PERSONNEL CHANGE
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                                                  .Plainville, Conn.Wright's Theater Restaurant
                                                  College Highway
                                                  See 1955 01 19
                                                  2 shows, 8 and 11 p.m.
                                                  admission $1.25 Weds.-Fri., Sat. $1.50
                                                  Dancing 8 till 1 a.m.
                                                  Teenager matinee, Sat/ at 4 p.m. with dancing at 3 p.m., $1.00 plus tax
                                                  Barbara Rackliffe

                                                  'Parade of Youth:

                                                  ': "Plainville High Band Entertains Mass. Group,"
                                                    Plainville High School recently entertained the band, orchestra and double quartet of Fairhaven High School, in Massachussetts.
                                                    A dance was held Friday evening, with the Fairhaven band as guests...On Saturday morning rehearsals were held, and then a dinner was given by the Band Mothers. In the afternoon, all the members of the bands and choruses went to Wright's Restaurant to hear Duke Ellington's orchestra. Everyone got a chance to talk to the famous band leader, and then Miss Grace Jersey, director of the Plainville High Band, interviewed him and asked questions pertaining to the training of the members of his orchestra...'

                                                  Hartford Courant, Hartford, Conn.
                                                  1955-01-30 Parade of Youth section, p.5
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                                                  1955 01 29
                                                  Saturday
                                                  Toronto, Ont.Colonial TavernVail II reports Ellington and his orchestra had a one-week engagement here, from Jan.24 to Jan.29, without providing references. Further research is needed.
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                                                  .New York, N.Y.Fine Sound Studio Peripheral event
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                                                  1955 02 01
                                                  Tuesday.
                                                  Detroit, Mich.Colonial Theater
                                                  Woodward at Adelaide
                                                  On Stage in person
                                                  Duke Ellington and his Gala Musical Revue
                                                  • Detroit Free Press, Detroit, Mich.
                                                    • 1955-01-28 pp.16, 17
                                                    • 1955-01-30 p.E-7
                                                    • 1955-01-31 p.27
                                                    • 1951-02-01 p.25
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                                                  1955 02 01
                                                  Tuesday
                                                  .Detroit, Mich.Colonial Theater
                                                  Woodward at Adelaide
                                                  Duke Ellington and his Gala Musical Revue
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                                                  Friday
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                                                  Saturday
                                                  McGuire Air Force Base, N.J.Air Freight Terminal buildingShow and dance, 9 to 1
                                                  Asbury Park Evening Press:

                                                  'Doors of the huge Air Freight Terminal building will swing open tomorrow [Friday]...beginning the two-day annual United Charity and Welfare Drive Mardi Gras...
                                                    Each night there will be a dance and show featuring the music of Duke Ellington and his orchestra...'

                                                  Courier-Post

                                                  '...Duke Ellington will play for dancing each night from 9 to 1 at the Air Freight Terminal Building...'

                                                  Paterson Evening News

                                                  '...To top off the two days of fun, there will be a dance and show, both nights from 9 p.m. until 1 a.m., featuring the music of Duke Ellington and his orchestra...
                                                    McGuire Air Force Base is located adjacent to Fort Dix and Wrightstown, New Jersey... '

                                                  • Courier-Post, Camden, N.J.
                                                    • 1955-02-03 p.30
                                                    • 1955-02-05 p.3
                                                  • Asbury Park Evening Press, Asbury Park, N.J.
                                                    • 1955-02-03 p.20
                                                  • Paterson Evening News, Paterson, N.J.
                                                    • 1955-02-03 p.3
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                                                  .Long Beach, N.Y..

                                                  "Duke Ellington's musicrew set to rock Long Beach Feb.6 for a charity shindig chairmanned by another famed maestro's frau, Mrs. Cab Calloway."

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                                                  Tuesday
                                                  1955 02 15Québec, P.Q.En Vedette · La Porte St.-JeanRestaurant/club engagement at … La Porte St.-JeanProgramme or menu cover
                                                  "En vedette a La Porte St.-Jean, Duke Ellington et son orchestre au complet du 8 au 15 Fevrier inclus,"
                                                  autographed by Ellington, the first Queen of Carnaval and two Carnaval duchesses.
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                                                  Thursday
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                                                  Monday
                                                  Valentine's Day
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                                                  Tuesday
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                                                  Friday
                                                  .London, Ont.Thomas Hall Gym
                                                  University of Western Ontario
                                                  The University College Ball.

                                                  'The A.S.C. [Arts and Science Council] receives a constitutional grant each year from the U.S.C. to carry out its projects. Some of these projects are as follows:...
                                                    Sponsoring each year the U.C.Ball, held this year on February 18, and featuring Duke Ellington and his orchestra. This is the major social event of the year undertaken by the A.S.C. for the students of University College. '

                                                  Occidentalia, University of Western Ontario 1955 yearbook,
                                                  • Captioned photo p.36
                                                  • Brief commentary, p.41
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                                                  Thursday
                                                  .Newport, R.I.Enlisted Men's Club
                                                  Navy Base
                                                  Concert and dance.
                                                  Stratemann, citing Down Beat 1955-03-05, had this single day engagement running from Feb. 24 to Mar.6. Vail II gave the same dates without citing a source.

                                                  The engagement was a concert and dance on Thursday night, and the band left for Boston that night:
                                                  The News, Newport, Feb.25 (emphasis added):

                                                  " 'Jazz is growing up,'...The famed pianist composer ... issued this pronouncement before mounting the podium at the Naval Station Enlisted Men's Club where his 15-piece and [sic] played for a concert and dance attended by more than 500 sailors and guests.

                                                  ...After last night's performance, he and the band boarded their bus for Boston, where he will hold forth for 10 days at Storyville the jazz center run by George Wein, Jazz Festival production director...

                                                  The Navy audience appeared to like the solid sound coming from the Duke's newest band, which has been ranked among the nation's best. It numbers such players as Paul Gonsalves of Pawtucket and Russell Procope on saxophones, Ray Nance on trumpet, Quinton [sic] Jackson on trombone and Dave Black at the drums.

                                                  Club Manager Frank Aspin said he expected to bring here some of the other artists who will later play at the Jazz Festival..."

                                                  • The News, Newport, R.I.,
                                                    • 1955-02-22 p.11
                                                    • 1955-02-25, p.4
                                                  • Stratemann p.354, citing
                                                    Down Beat 1955-03-09, p.26
                                                  • Vail II
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                                                  Friday
                                                  1955 03 06
                                                  Sunday
                                                  Boston, Mass.George Wein's Storyville
                                                  Copley Square Hotel
                                                  Night club residency - "Duke Ellington and His Entire Orchestra"
                                                  Every night plus Sunday afternoons at 3 P.M.
                                                  During at least part of this engagement, Johnny Hodges and his Award-Winning All-Stars were in Boston at the Hi Hat.
                                                  Webmaster's notes:
                                                  • Other than ads and plugs in the Feb. 28 to Mar.4 that say Ellington would be at Storyville "thru Sunday" and mention the Sunday matinee, the ending date of this Storyville is undocumented as yet.
                                                  • My search of the Amusements pages of the Boston newspapers in the archives I use turned up no Storyville ads on Mar. 5 or 6. I may have missed some, given they are small and often amid other club ads. Storyville used at least three different designs for its ads in 1955, using fancy and sloped fonts which are not reliably detected by the archive services' OCR-based search engines.
                                                  • While I believe the band played until the Sunday, Ellington was away in Washington D.C. on the Saturday.
                                                  • The unidentified ad reprinted on page 79 of Vail II supporting a purported appearance at Storyville from March 25 to 31 is unidentified as usual, but is identical to the ads appearing in The Boston Daily Globe March 3 and 4.
                                                  • Boston American and Boston Evening American, Boston, Mass.
                                                    • 1955-02-21, pp.18,19
                                                    • 1955-02-23, p.40
                                                    • 1955-02-25, p.18
                                                    • 1955-02-28, pp.42, 43
                                                  • Boston Traveler, Boston, Mass.
                                                    • 1955-02-28, p.22
                                                  • Boston Daily Record, Boston, Mass.
                                                    • 1955-02-25, p.47
                                                    • 1955-02-28, pp.35, 36
                                                    • 1955-03-02, p.25
                                                  • The Boston Herald, Boston, Mass.
                                                    • 1955-02-23 p.8
                                                  • The Boston Sunday Globe and The Boston Daily Globe, Boston, Mass.
                                                    • 1955-02-27 p.41
                                                    • 1955-02-28 p.16
                                                    • 1955-03-01 p.7
                                                    • 1955-03-03 p.9
                                                    • 1955-03-04 p.10
                                                  • Storyville ads for other entertainers:
                                                    • The Boston Daily Globe, Boston, Mass.
                                                      • 1955-03-08 p.24
                                                      • 1955-03-10 p.13
                                                      • 1955-03-18 p.24
                                                      • 1955-03-23 p.22
                                                      • 1955-03-24 p.30
                                                      • 1955-03-25 p.23
                                                    • Boston Traveler, Boston, Mass.
                                                      • 1955-03-30 p.40
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                                                  Sunday
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                                                  Monday
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                                                  March 1955

                                                  1955 03 01
                                                  Tuesday
                                                  noon
                                                  .Cambridge, Mass.Harvard Law School
                                                  Harkness Commons
                                                  (now Casperson Student Center)

                                                  "DUKE ELLINGTON GUEST AT HARVARD TUESDAY

                                                   Duke Ellington, composer and orchestra leader, will be guest of honor Tuesday noon at a luncheon tendered him by the Harvard Law School Coffee Hour in Harkness Commons.
                                                   An announcement of national interest concerning Ellington will be made at the luncheon, according to Ray King, chairman."

                                                • Boston Herald, Boston, Mass.
                                                  1955-02-27 p.50
                                                • The Boston Sunday Globe, Boston, Mass.
                                                  1955-02-27 p.41
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                                                  Wednesday
                                                  .Boston, Mass.George Wein's StoryvilleNight club residency - see 1955 02 25...
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                                                  Thursday
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                                                  Friday
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                                                  1955 03 05
                                                  Saturday
                                                  .Washington, D.C.Statler HotelEllington attended and played at the White House Correspondents dinner, with 900 journalists attending. President Eisenhower was the guest of honour; other guests included members of the Cabinet, Supreme Court justices, senators and representatives, and Dr. Milton Eisenhower, president of Pennsylvania State University.

                                                  Peter Lind Hayes was master of ceremonies for the after-dinner entertainment, which featured Ellington and other members of ASCAP: Jimmy McHugh, Darla Hood, Judy Collins, Peter Lind, Mary Healy, Tennessee Ernie Ford.
                                                  Izzy Rowe's Notebook:

                                                  "The White House Correspondents have selected Duke Ellington to supply the music for their March shindig."

                                                  UPI wirestory:

                                                  "Duke Ellington, the noted pianist and an entertainer at the White House Correspondents' dinner last Saturday for the President, arrived at the show rehearsal with no music. Some of the rehearsal personnel seemed surprised.

                                                  'What do I need with the music?' the Duke chuckled. 'I wrote it.' "

                                                  Alene (Peg) Phillips, "From Peg in Washington"

                                                  'Washington D.C. March 7
                                                    The annual dinner of the White House Correspondents association was an entertaining event which Secretary McKay enjoyed Saturday evening. President Eisenower was the honored guest ... with Duke Ellington providing the music... '

                                                  Ed Koterba, "A bit of Washington"

                                                  'WASHINGTON – The newsmen kept the president up two hours beyond his usual bedtime this past Saturday night.
                                                    He had dinner with us at the Statler Hotel...The affair was with the White House Correspondents association...
                                                    Well, 1,000 of us paid $12 a plate ($15 for guests) to eat fillet [sic] mignon bercy... We also got to watch Ike watching some first class entertainment like th eformer White House stableman's grandson playing Mood Inigo on the piano. The grandson was Duke Ellington...'

                                                  • Izzy Rowe's Notebook, Pittsburgh Courier, Pittsburgh, Penn.
                                                    1955-02-19 p.14 (national edition)
                                                  • Names in the News, Ogden Standard-Examiner, Ogden, Utah,
                                                    1955-03-10, p.1
                                                  • Duke Ellington, MIMM, pp.431-432
                                                  • Louella O. Parsons, "Louella's Movie-Go-Round,, Albuquerque Journal,
                                                    1955-03-01 p.19
                                                  • Alene (Peg) Phillips, "From Peg in Washington," The Capital Journal, Salem, Ore.
                                                    1955-03-12 p.4
                                                  • Ed Koterba, "A bit of Washington," The Valley Times-Star, Newsville, Penn.
                                                    1955-03-09 p.4
                                                  • UPI wire story, Rochester Democrat and Chronicle, Rochester, N.Y.
                                                    1955-03-06 p.2A
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                                                  Wednesday
                                                  .New York, N.Y.."Masquerade Party" television show
                                                  The California Eagle reported:

                                                  'Duke Ellington, disguised as the Sheik of Araby because of his "Caravan" composition, just about stymied the Masquearade Party panel quiz on Tee Vee last week. Someone asked if he were a famous golfer. He said no, but that he knew how to swing. And when another panelist inquired if he were someone pretty "hot" at the time, the Duke replied that he rather suspected that he was someone rather "cool." '

                                                  Soundrack with 'Chazz' Crawford,
                                                  The California Eagle, Los Angeles, Cal.
                                                  1955-03-31 p.9
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                                                  Sunday
                                                  .Bridgeport, Conn.Ritz BallroomDancing
                                                  Admission including tax and wardrobe, $1.75
                                                  A dance team, Ray DeFelice and Jean Fickett, grabbed the spotlight. Ellington asked them to dance another tango, and gave each an autographed photo of himself.
                                                  • Bridgeport Telegram, Bridgeport, Conn.
                                                    1955-03-12 p.23
                                                  • Bridgeport Post, Bridgeport, Conn.
                                                    • 1955-03-11 p.16
                                                    • 1955-03-13 p.B12
                                                  • Stamford Advocate, Stamford, Conn.,
                                                    • 1955-03-04 p.16
                                                    • 1955-03-17 p.7
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                                                  Wednesday
                                                  .New York, N.Y.Carnegie Hall
                                                  (Main Hall)
                                                  Recorded rehearsal
                                                  Duke Ellington and His Orchestra and the Symphony of the Air orchestra
                                                  Cook, Anderson, Terry, Nance, Woodman, Jackson, Sanders, Hamilton, Procope, Henderson, Gonsalves, Carney, Ellington, Don Shirley (piano), Woode, Black and the Symphony of the Air orchestra led by Don Gillis
                                                  Title recorded:
                                                  • New World A-Comin'
                                                  • Howland cites Shirley as tellin gof Ellington, Strayhorn and Luther Henderson maniacally sarching through all the orchestral parts, hunting for one wrong note heard in a rehearsal. They did not have a full score and were still "busily trying to correct, polish, and even write areas of the orchestration during rehearsals with the orchestra..."
                                                  • Announcement, Down Beat, 1955-03-23
                                                  • John Howland: Ellington Uptown: Duke Ellington, James P. Johnson, and the Birth of Concert Jazz, 2009, pp.177-178
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                                                  Wednesday
                                                  8:30 p.m.
                                                  .New York, N.Y.Carnegie Hall
                                                  (Main Hall)

                                                  The Symphony Foundation of America, Inc.
                                                  presents
                                                  THE
                                                  SYMPHONY
                                                  OF THE AIR
                                                  in
                                                  "EXCURSIONS IN JAZZ"
                                                  Featuring the Music of DUKE ELLINGTON and DON GILLIS
                                                  (including the world prmiere of "Night Creature"
                                                  Conducted by the Composers
                                                  DUKE ELLINGTON and his BAND, Guest Artists
                                                  DON SHIRLEY, Pianist


                                                  The printed programme lists:
                                                  • Bing Bang Bong (A Fantasy on a Trademark) - Gillis
                                                  • Boogie in Brass/Lullaby Tango/Bobby Sox - Gillis
                                                  • A Dance Symphony (No. 8) - Gillis
                                                    a.Jukebox Jive
                                                    b. Deep Blues
                                                    c.Waltz (of sorts)
                                                    d.Lowdown Hoedown
                                                  • intermission
                                                  • Harlem - Ellington
                                                  • New World a 'Comin' - Ellington
                                                    Don Shirley, soloist
                                                  • Night Creature (a tone parallel for piano, Jazz band, and symphony orchestra - Ellington
                                                  When Luther Henderson checked the programme and noticed he was not credited for his arrangments, he had inserts printed to correct the oversight.

                                                  The Daily News reported the hall was about half full and said after Shirley got a big hand he played an "artful piano improvisation" encore of "I Let a Song Go Out of My Heart" as the main theme, with "Don't Get Around Much Anymore" as a counter-melody, opening and closing with "an extremely effective usage of 'Jump for Joy'."Howland re New World A-Comin':

                                                  'Ellington conducted the symnphony with the concert pianist Don Shirley performing as the soloist. Thanks to Carnegie Hall's regular practice of recording performances, this event actually marks the first known recording of Ellington's growing symphonic repertory and of the Ellington orchestra performing with a symphony, though these recordings were commercially released only in 1984.'


                                                  The existence of the Carnegie Hall recording has not been reconciled with Down Beat, which said part of the concert was transcribed (recorded) for Voice of America and The Armed Forces Radio Service for future broadcast:
                                                  Duke Ellington and His Band with the
                                                  Symphony of the Air orchestra conducted by Don Gillis

                                                  Cook, Anderson, Terry, Nance, Woodman, Jackson, Sanders, Hamilton, Procope, Henderson, Gonsalves, Carney, Ellington (piano and conductor), Woode, Black, piano soloist Don Shirley, the Symphony of the Air Orchestra
                                                  Titles recorded:
                                                  • New World A-Comin'
                                                  • Night Creature
                                                    1. Blind Bug
                                                    2. Stalking Monster
                                                    3. Dazzling Creature
                                                  • Harlem

                                                  Webmaster's note:

                                                  'It does not appear the concert was aired live; I was unable to find it in a brief survey of contemporary radio logs.'


                                                  Carnegie Hall - Wed. Eve., March 16 at 8:30
                                                  SYMPHONY OF THE AIR
                                                  - presents -
                                                  'EXCURSIONS IN JAZZ'
                                                  featuring music of
                                                  DUKE ELLINGTON & DON GILLIS
                                                  with the Composers Conducting
                                                  DUKE ELLINGTON'S BAND
                                                  AND DON SHIRLEY
                                                  GREAT ARTISTS
                                                  Seats Now at Box Office: $6.00, $5.00, $4.00, $3.00


                                                  "Duke Ellington and Symphony of the Air will present a joint concert in Carnegie Hall on March 16. The Duke will play and conduct, introducing a work especially written for the occasion, 'Night Creature.' The work is sub-titled 'A Tone Parallel for Piano, Jazz-Band and Symphony.' Don Gillis will also lead the orchestra in several of his compositions...."

                                                  • Smithsonian Institution Ellington collection, Series 2: Performances and Programs, 1933-1974, Box 11, folder 16 (courtesy of C. Windheuser, Smithsonian Reference Services volunteer):
                                                    • Program from Carneige Hall " Symphony of the Air" - Duke and his band listed as guest artists
                                                    • ongratulatory telegram from a Dr. Kenneth Williams
                                                  • Stratemann p.355 with poster reprint and citing Variety 1955-03-23
                                                  • Henry S. Wootton Jr., "Music Notes," Greensboro Daily News, Greensboro, N.C., 1955-03-07 p.5
                                                  • Announcement, Down Beat, 1955-03-23
                                                  • Daily News, New York, N.Y.
                                                    • 1955-03-02 p.58
                                                    • 1955-03-15 p.61BL
                                                    • 1955-03-18 p.17C (review)
                                                  • The Indianapolis Star, Indianapolis, Ind., 1955-03-06 s.6 p.16
                                                  • New York Post, New York, N.Y.
                                                    • 1955-03-16 p.70
                                                    • 1955-3-17 p.38 (review)
                                                  • Girvan:
                                                    Ellingtonia.com
                                                  • MacHare:
                                                    A Duke Ellington Panorama
                                                  • Timner
                                                  • Nielsen 6, p.149
                                                  • Vail II
                                                  • John Howland: Ellington Uptown: Duke Ellington, James P. Johnson, and the Birth of Concert Jazz, University of Michigan Press, 2009; pp.255-256, 265-277, and two photos
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                                                  Friday
                                                  ..Peripheral Event
                                                  Harold Manson, "Music-Mania" column

                                                  'Another Ellington bandsman has left the old master to start an aggregation of his own. He is Harry Carney, one of the leading factors in the Ellington orchestra for many years. Carney plays baritone sax and bass clarinet.
                                                    Carney will have many familiar Ellington faces in his group in the person of Ray Nance, Jimmie Hamilton, Wendell Marshall and Louis Bellson. He has also added 11 strings to the group to help make their renditions of the favourite Ellington sides smooth and moody a la Carney.
                                                    They have already recorded TAKE THE A-TRAIN, IT HAD TO BE YOU and a few others... '


                                                  Webmaster's comment:
                                                  Carneydid not leave Ellington. The columnist may (just possibly, not certainly) have heard that the band would be reconfigured for the Aquacade gig in June, but that is pure speculation on my part. But if he'd heard of that, and then learned of the newly released Clef LP Harry Carney with Strings, he may have come to the wrong conclusion. The album is discussed in many newspapers. Examples (emphasis added):
                                                  • Indianapolis News:

                                                    'Harry Carney Swings on Sax
                                                      Although he has been a mainstay of the Duke Ellington band, Harry Carney just now is being featured on a record by himself.
                                                      Norman Granz got Carney together with a group of outstanding musicians, many of them from the Ellington band, too, for "Harry Carney with String," [sic] a Clef Record.
                                                      Carney's beautiful baritone sax never sounded better backed by a lush string section featuring Ray Nance.
                                                      Selections in the album include "I Don't Stand a Ghost of a Chance with You," "Take the A Train," We're in Love Again," "Moonlight on the Ganges," "It Had To Be You," "My Fantasy," "I've Got It Bad and That Ain't Good," and "Chalmeu."
                                                      This should open the door to recording fame for Carney – it's been closed too long already.'

                                                  • The Hammond Times:

                                                    'Norm Granz continues to send us from the coast fabulous discs of outstanding jazz recitals by the best artists in the field. Typical is a new Clef 12-incher called "Harry Carney with Strings," which marks the lp debut of the great baritone sax artist who was one of the stars of the Duke Ellington aggregation. He is also a crack composer – to witness his "Chalmeau" and the tricky-rhythmed "We're in Love Again" – and arranger, as his way with "Moonlight on the Ganges" and "My Fantasy" demonstrates irrefutably. Wonderful, lifelike sound, as on all Norm Granz lps!'

                                                  • Music-Mania, The Lincoln Clarion,
                                                    Lincoln University, Jefferson City, Mo.
                                                    1955-03-18 p.4
                                                  • The Indianapolis News, Indianapolis, Ind.
                                                    • 1955-09-11 p.17
                                                    • 1955-09-22 p.18
                                                  • The Hammond Times,
                                                    Hammond-East Chicago, Ill.,
                                                    1955-03-17 p.17
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                                                  1955 03 31Boston, Mass.George Wein's StoryvilleStratemann:

                                                  'March 25 Storyville, Boston, Mass. (one week: DB 23.3.55)'

                                                  Vail II:

                                                  'Friday 24 March 1955
                                                  Duke Ellington and his Orchestra open a one-week engagement at Storyville in Boston, Massachusetts.
                                                  Thursday 31 March 1955
                                                  Duke Ellington and his Orchestra close at Storyville in Boston, Massachusetts.'


                                                  Neither is correct; Count Basie and Erroll Garner played the club during that period.
                                                  • The unsourced Storyville ad on page 79 of Vail II is the same as the ones that appeared in The Boston Daily Globe on March 3 and 4. Not to flog a dead horse, those ads were for the February 25-March 6 residency.
                                                  • On March 18, Boston Globe columnist Jack Hamilton reported Count Basie and his orchestra were thrilling patrons at Storyville and would be there all the next week, with a special jazz matinee Sunday. This would seem to mean Basie's run at the club ended March 27.
                                                  • Storyville advertised "Count Basie and his entire orchestra" "Nightly & Sunday at 3 p.m." on March 23, 24 and 25.
                                                  • On March 30 it advertised the opening night for "Erroll Garner and his Trio."
                                                  • Ellington and his orchestra played a concert and dance at the Enlisted Men's Club at the Navy Base in Newport, R.I. on February 24, 1955.
                                                  • The News, Newport, R.I., February 25, reported Ellington and his orchestra left Newport "last night" for Boston, where they would play Storyville for 10 days.
                                                  • Storyville advertised Ellington "opening tonight" in the February 25, Boston Daily Record.
                                                  • While the 1955 02 25 to 1955 03 06 engagement was well publicized and advertised, nothing is to be found in the Boston Globe, Boston Traveler, Boston Daily Record, or the Boston American for a residency at the end of March.
                                                  • All Florida Magazine had Ellington playing in Daytona Beach, Florida on March 31.
                                                    • Stratemann p.355 citing Down Beat 1955-03-23
                                                    • Vail II, p.79
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                                                    Saturday
                                                    Clemson, S.C.Dining hall
                                                    Clemson College.
                                                    Formal dance (Military Ball)
                                                    First evening of a two day engagement
                                                    The Tiger printed a financial statement showing Ellington was paid $3,000. Ticket sales came to $3,035, with 212 block tickets (both nights), 122 Friday tickets and 231 Saturday tickets sold. Expenditures exceeded receipts, resulting in a loss of $127.
                                                    • The Greenville News, Greenville, S.C.
                                                      1955-02-27 p.6
                                                    • The Tiger, Clemson College, Clemson, S.C.
                                                      • 1955-03-10 p.6
                                                      • 1955-03-17 pp.1,2
                                                      • 1955-03-24 p.1
                                                      • 1955-04-21 p.1
                                                    • The State, Columbia, S.C.
                                                      1955-03-25 p.8-C
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                                                    Clemson College.
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                                                    Informal dance Saturday evening.
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                                                    .Boston, Mass.Daytona Beach, Fla.George Wein's StoryvillePeabody AuditoriumThe "All Florida Magazine," distributed as a Sunday supplement in Florida newspapers, listed this engagement (without details), in its "You should see" column. It is consistent with the appearance the next day in Tallahassee, about 250 miles northwest.All Florida Magazine, The Palm Beach Post, West Palm Beach, Fla.,1955-03-27 p.5...djpNew
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                                                    1955 04 01
                                                    Friday
                                                    4 P.M.
                                                    .Tallahassee, Fla.Westcott Auditorium
                                                    Florida State University
                                                    4-6 p.m. free afternoon concert including the IFC Beauty Queen contest - the winner was to be announced during the dance in the evening.
                                                    Pittsburgh Courier:

                                                    "There is some truth to the rumor that 'top brass' at Florida State University, all-white institution in Tallahassee, objected at first to students scheduling Duke Ellington's band for a campus appearance on April 1. Somebody bigger than the university's 'top brass' gave the students the OK sign."

                                                    Jerome Bernstein, The Florida Flambeau:

                                                    "Last Wednesday a precedent was established on the Florida State Campus when the administration gave its okay to the Inter-Fraternity Council hiring of Duke Ellington and his band for the forthcoming IFC dance.
                                                    ...The acquiring of Duke Ellington by the Inter-Fraternity Council came about because of the close cooperation given by IFC and AM in getting together and solving the dilemma of raising enough money to pay Ellington. The result was that a Graduate Fraternity at A&M and the IFC decided to split the cost on a two night stand. It was also arranged for the 'Duke' and his band to be housed on the A&M campus..."

                                                    David Dreis, The Florida Flambeau:

                                                    "...Ellington is the first negro orchestra leader to appear [at] the Florida state universities...The IFC...has opened the concert to all students...The dance is a closed affair for fraternity men and their dates..."

                                                    Jeri Bradfield, The Florida Flambeau:

                                                    "LOOK 'Men' Liven Ellington Concert"
                                                      During the IFC Capers this past weekend at FSU, the University was host to photographer Charlotte Brooks and feature writer George Leonard from LOOK magazine, who were here to cover the Duke Ellington appearances. Both were travelling with the Ellington Band in order to get a realistic outlook for a feature in their magazine.
                                                      The two have been traveling with the band for several days and pictures were taken at several appearances, including Jacksonville, Daytona Beach, Gainesville and Tallahassee.
                                                      ...An interesting sidelight of the bus trip is the fact that Duke Ellington has a ham radio set on the bus and by means of this, he keeps in constant contact with his New York office and agents. In this way messages can be relayed to the bus at any time.
                                                      Miss Brooks said that the Duke was completely thrilled with the student response which he received at FSU during his short stay here. The long and prolonged applaus which the students gave to the band at the afternoon concert and the formal dance was overwhelming, according to Duke.

                                                    In her second article, Ms Bradfield writes that Duke had financed six annual scholarships at Juilliard for 15 years, and describes briefly his meetings with President Truman in 1950 and President Eisenhower in 1955, a "pre-dinner reception" in the privacy of the Statler Hotel.
                                                    • Pittsburgh Courier, 1955-01-22, s.2,p.11
                                                    • The Florida Flambeau, Florida State University student newspaper, Talahassee, Fla.:
                                                      • Jerome Bernstein, "Better Relations," 1955-01-14 p.2
                                                      • David Dreis, "Duke Ellington Will Play Free Concert This Friday," 1955-03-29, p.1
                                                      • Jeri Bradfield, 2 articles under a banner headline, "Duke Ellington's Concert Arouses Student Interest," 1955-04-05, p.4
                                                    • Tallahassee Democrat, Tallahassee, Fla.
                                                      • 1955-04-01 p.9
                                                      • 1955-04-04 p.4
                                                    • The Tampa Daily Times, Tampa, Fla.
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                                                    Florida State University Inter-Fraternity Council formal dance - see 1955 04 01 4 P.M. for details

                                                    Miss Jean Hayden, the former Miss Jacksonville of 1954, was crowned IFC Queen of 1955 during the dance.
                                                    • Tallahassee Democrat, Tallahassee, Fla.
                                                      • 1955-03-27 p.8
                                                      • 1955-04-01 p.9
                                                      • 1955-04-04 p.4
                                                    • The Tampa Daily Times, Tampa, Fla.
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                                                    .Tallahassee, Fla.Lee Auditorium
                                                    Florida A. and M. University.
                                                    Two concerts, 4 and 8 p.m. sponsored by Chi Omega Chapter, Omega Psi Phi Fraternity Inc.
                                                    The afternoon concert was a special student matinee, admission $1.00
                                                    Admission to the evening concert was $1,75 advance or $2.00 at the door.
                                                    Pittsburgh Courier:

                                                    "Duke Ellington will be presented in a pair of concerts at Florida A. and M. University on April 2 under the auspices of Chi Omega Chapter of Omega Psi Phi Fraternity."

                                                    Tallahassee Democrat March 4:

                                                    'Tickets went on sale today for the Duke Ellington benefit scholarship concerts scheduled for April 2 at Florida A and M University...
                                                      The concerts are being sponsored by Chi Omega chapter of Omega Psi Phi fraternity for the benefit of the organization's scholarship fund.
                                                      The first concert, for students only , will be at 4 p.m. The second concert is scheduled for 8 p.m. Both will be held in Lee auditorium on the A and M campus.'

                                                    Tallahassee Democrat March 27:

                                                    'Look magazine is planning to send a writere and photographer here next weekend to cover the scheduled appearance of Duke Ellington and his orchestra at Florida A & M University... '

                                                    • Tallahassee Democrat, Tallahassee, Fla.
                                                      • 1955-03-04 p.3
                                                      • 1955-03-26 p.4
                                                      • 1955-03-27 s.2 p.1
                                                      • 1955-03-31 p.10
                                                      • 1955-04-01 p.9
                                                    • "College Roundup," The Pittsburgh Courier, Pittsburgh, Penn.
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                                                    .Tallahassee, Fla..Ellington reportedly was a guest at a cocktail party given by Mr. and Mrs. J. R. E. Lee Jr. on the eve of a Palm Sunday wedding reception for Dr. and Mrs. Martin R. Silas Sr. The column does not say whether or not he played during the party, the address of the host and hostess, nor does it say what time of day the party took place.Tallahassee Democrat, Tallahassee, Fla.
                                                    1955-04-16 p.4
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                                                    .St. Petersburg, Fla.St. Petersburg ColiseumDance, 9 to 1, admission $2.00
                                                    The ads in the St. Petersburg Times were unusual in that they spanned the full width of the page at the bottom,
                                                    St. Petersburg Times quoted Coliseum officials as saying there was a sell out crowd.

                                                    More than 40 students and graduates of Sarasota High School attended. Many of them were named by The News.
                                                    • St. Petersburg Times, St. Petersburg, Fla.
                                                      • 1955-03-27 p.12-C
                                                      • 1955-03-29 p.20
                                                      • 1955-03-30 p.15
                                                      • 1955-04-01 p.16
                                                      • 1955-04-03, s.D p.1
                                                      • 1955-04-05 p.23
                                                      • 1955-04-04 p.33
                                                      • 1955-04-06 pp.14, 15
                                                      • 1955-04-07 p.36
                                                      • 1955-04-08 p.27
                                                    • The News, Sarasota, Fla.
                                                      • 1955-04-08 p.9
                                                      • 1955-04-09 p.6
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                                                    Saturday
                                                    .Tampa, Fla..Loyal Knights Patio
                                                    Columbus Drive And 20th St.
                                                    Dancing
                                                    Ladies 75¢ Gentlemen $1.25

                                                    HEAR
                                                    DUKE ELLINGTON
                                                    ANDHIS ORCHESTRA
                                                    SATURDAY NITE, APRIL 9TH
                                                    ATTHELOYAL KNIGHTS PATIO
                                                    COLUMBUS DRIVE AND 20TH ST. – TAMPA
                                                    10:30 TO 2:30 A.M.
                                                    For Table Reservation Phone 44-5611 After 7 P.M.

                                                    The Tampa Daily Times, Tampa, Fla.
                                                    • 1955-04-02 p.10
                                                    • 1955-04-08 p.18
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                                                    Easter Sunday
                                                    .Fort Lauderdale, Fla.National Guard Armory
                                                    SW 24th St. and Fourth Ave.
                                                    Concert for Whites and Negroes, 3:30 p.m.
                                                    Fort Lauderdale Daily News and Sentinel:

                                                    'Despite efforts of church groups to bar Negro orchestra leader Duke Ellington from presenting a Pops Concert here on Easter Sunday, the show will be staged on that day at the National Guard Armory, it was announced today.
                                                      The concert had been booked for the War Memorial Auditorium on a verbal contract when the Ft. Lauderdale Ministerial Association protested. Voiding of the auditorium contract was approved by the City Commission last week with a recommendation that the promoter be reimbursed for expenses incurred in preparation for the stage show.
                                                      Ellington will have with him his entire 18-piece band, and will feature as soloist "Cat" Anderson, cornetist...'


                                                    • Personnel named in the publicity:
                                                      • Anderson
                                                      • Black
                                                      • Carney
                                                      • Cook
                                                      • Ellington
                                                      • Gonsalves
                                                      • Grissom
                                                      • Henderson
                                                      • Jackson
                                                      • Pettiford
                                                      • Procope
                                                      • Sanders
                                                      • Terry
                                                      • Woodman
                                                    • Carney, featured in one of the publicity articles, was identified as the only member remaining from Ellington's Cotton Club opening.

                                                    The Daily News review:
                                                    • Relatively small audience
                                                    • First half:
                                                      • Serious jazz including Harlem
                                                      • Soloists:
                                                        • Clark Perry [sic] of the shuddering tromnbone [sic]
                                                        • Harry Connie [sic] with his baritone sax
                                                        • Cat Anderson on the trumpet featured in the highly stylized version of Carmen
                                                      • Second half:
                                                        • Medley of Ellington's own popular songs
                                                        • Black played a new arrangement for drums
                                                    • Fort Lauderdale Daily News and Sentinel, Fort Lauderdale, Fla.
                                                      • 1955-03-21 pp.1, 2A
                                                      • 1955-03-24 p.14-A
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                                                      • 1955-02-27 p.12-E
                                                      • 1955-04-08 p.4-B
                                                      • 1955-04-10 p.10-E
                                                      • 1955-04-11 p.13-A
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                                                    Sunday
                                                    Easter Sunday
                                                    .Miami, Fla.Dance
                                                    Miami Negro policeman's ball.
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                                                    Friday
                                                    1955 04 16
                                                    Saturday
                                                    Blacksburg, Va.War Memorial Gymnasium
                                                    or
                                                    War Memorial Hall
                                                    Virginia Polytechnic Institute
                                                    Cotillion Club Spring Formals
                                                    The Roanoke Times:

                                                    'BLACKSBURG – Virginia Tech's two dance clubs this week were winding up preparations for their last dance sets of the 1954-55 academic year. The clubs will have their spring formals Friday and Saturday nights April 15-16.
                                                      Playing for the Cotillion Club at Memorial Hall the two nights will be Duke Ellington and his orchestra. Ellington will also play at an outdoor concert, weather permitting, in the Tech amphitheater.
                                                      Sponsors for the cotillion will be Miss Iva Helen Harter, Salem, with Carroll Keeter, Franklin and Mrs. David Chapman with David Chapman, Richmond...'


                                                    • Friday dance: 10 p.m. - 2:00 a.m.
                                                    • Saturday concert "down by the duck pond" 3 p.m. - 5 p.m.; in the gym if it rains
                                                    • Saturday dance: 8 p.m. to midnight
                                                      In case of rain, the concert was to be held in the gymnasium.
                                                    • The Virginia Tech, Virginia Polytechnic Institute, Blacksburg, Va.,
                                                      courtesy Special Collections, University Libraries, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University:
                                                      • 1955-03-11
                                                      • 1955-04-01
                                                      • 1955-04-08
                                                      • 1955-04-15
                                                      • 1955-04-22
                                                    • Roanoke Times, Roanoke, Va.
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                                                    .Blacksburg, Va."Down by the duck pond"
                                                    Amphitheater
                                                    Virginia Polytechnic Institute
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                                                    Saturday
                                                    .Blacksburg, Va.War Memorial Gymnasium
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                                                    Virginia Polytechnic Institute
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                                                    Sunday
                                                    .Richmond, Va.WRVA Theatre2 shows, 4 P.M. and 8:30 P.M.
                                                    Orchestra $2.95, Mezz. $2.30, Balc.$1.50, all seats reserved
                                                    Seats in all locations for colored and white patrons.

                                                    The April 17 plug mentions this is at the end of a 42 day tour of the south. While that may just be bumpf, it may also lead to discovering more engagments during this sparsely documented period.
                                                    Ads and plugs, Richmond Times-Dispatch
                                                    • 1955-04-03, p.L-2
                                                    • 1955-04-10 p.L-3
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                                                    Monday
                                                    .Roanoke, Va.American Legion Auditorium

                                                    DANCE
                                                    IN PERSON
                                                    The One – The Only
                                                    DUKE
                                                    ELLINGTON
                                                    and his world famous
                                                    ORCHESTRA
                                                    Featuring Ray Nance and Jimmy Grissom

                                                    American Legion Aud.
                                                    Mon. Nite April 18th
                                                    9:00 'til 1:00
                                                    Special advance
                                                    $1.50 Per Person
                                                    $2.00 At Door.
                                                    ...Entire Balcony Reserved for White Spectators $1.00


                                                    Webmaster's note:
                                                    I have assumed the auditorium is in Roanoke because the ads were in a Roanoke newspaper. Further research might show otherwise.
                                                    The Roanoke Times, Roanoke, Va.
                                                    • 1955-04-07 p.26
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                                                    Wednesday
                                                    .Washington, D.C.National Guard ArmoryBenefit concert
                                                    The United States National Guard held its first nationwide emergency mobilization exercise, Operation Minuteman, this afternoon and evening, reportedly mobilizing 320,000 men reportedly within two hours, as well as 1,000 Air National Guard aircraft. See the initial reports in The Evening Star for details.

                                                    The Evening Star reported:

                                                    'The ground troops actually didn't line up in the Armory. Duke Ellington and his orchestra had the floor with a full crowd of bepop addicts in the stands.'


                                                    The concert was recorded:
                                                    Duke Ellington and His Orchestra
                                                    Cook, Anderson, Terry, Nance, Woodman, Jackson, Sanders, Hamilton, Procope, Rick Henderson, Gonsalves, Carney, Ellington, Woode, Black(d), Grissom

                                                    Titles recorded:
                                                    • La Virgen De La Macarena
                                                    • Satin Doll
                                                    • Harlem
                                                    • Perdido
                                                    • All The Things You Are
                                                    • Monologue
                                                    • Take The A Train
                                                    • Flamingo
                                                    • Teach Me Tonight
                                                    • Gonna Tan Your Hide
                                                    • Happy Go Lucky Local
                                                    • Medley
                                                    • Just Squeeze Me
                                                    • Twelfth Street Rag
                                                    The medley consisted of
                                                      • Don't Get Around Much Anymore
                                                      • I Got It Bad and That Ain't Good
                                                      • In A Sentimental Mood
                                                      • Mood Indigo
                                                      • I'm Beginning To See The Light
                                                      • Sophisticated Lady
                                                      • Caravan
                                                      • It Don't Mean A Thing
                                                      • Solitude
                                                      • C-Jam Blues
                                                      • I Let A Song Go Out of My Heart & Don't Get Around Much Anymore
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                                                    Friday
                                                    1955 04 23
                                                    Saturday
                                                    Lexington, Va.Virginia Military InstituteDance
                                                    Announcement

                                                    'Duke Ellington and his World Famous Orchestra will play for Easter Hops Friday April 22 and Saturday the 23rd. On Saturday there will also be Duke Ellington concert at 3 o'clock...'

                                                    Report:

                                                    'Praise For A Master's Music
                                                      Duke Ellington played for Easters, and they all danced. He gave a Saturday afternoon concert; there was rapt listening, and then applause.
                                                      Having the Ellington band for a hop weekend was different for VMI. The leader was a Duke in the field of jazz, but jazz is not an ingredient of the usual cadet hop. Still, Ellington made musc [sic] and fun was had. This writer of "Jam with Sam" has also written "Mood Indigo," and therein lies the key to the weekend's success...
                                                      People who don't like swing music ordinarily, came to hear the concert, and they were happy they came. When "Cat" Anderson would start reaching for C above high C on his trumpet the audience began to realize that this band had instrumentalists unmatched by the others. The dance orchestra usually has a passive role, but for the first time here, people were wanting the names of the soloists...'

                                                    The V.M.I. Cadet,
                                                    Virginia Military Institute,
                                                    Lexington, Va.
                                                    • 1955-03-07 pp.1, 7, 8
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                                                    Tuesday
                                                    8:30 p.m.
                                                    .Greensboro, N.C.Charles Moore Gymnasium
                                                    A & T College
                                                    Concert
                                                    Admission $1.75 advance, $2.00 at door
                                                    • Greensboro Daily News, Greensboro,N.C.,
                                                      • Ad, 1955-04-22, Features section, p.8
                                                      • Announcement, 1955-04-23 s.1 p.9
                                                    • Ad, The Greensboro Record, Greensboro,N.C. 1955-04-23 p.A-13
                                                    • NMAH Duke Ellington Collection, 1927-1988, #301, Container List Series 2: Performances and Programs, 1933-1974, Domestic Tours, 1937-1974, Box 11, Folder 1
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                                                    .Bluefield, W.Va.Bluefield State CollegeFraternity dance
                                                    Pittsburgh Courier:

                                                    "When Duke Ellington reaches Bluefield, W.Va., to play for the Alphas formal (April 28) we'll bet he'll be greeted by two of the top-flight hostesses of that hospitable town...Gwendolyn Higginbotham and Bernice Martin and their mates, Dr. Higgie and Dr. Ernie."

                                                    Pittsburgh Courier:

                                                    "The great Duke Ellington was taken back abit when he raised his baton for his orchestra to play the "A Train" and the bandsmen blared away with "Happy Birthday to You." It was the maestro's birthday the night he played the Alpha's spring formal at Bluefield State College."

                                                    Washington Afro-American:

                                                    "This city was all agog with pleasurable excitement last Thursday when the area graduate chapter of Alpha Phi Alpha presented the highlighting social event of the last decade.

                                                    Alpha Zeta Lambda chapter brought to the Mountain City Duke Ellington and his famous band to entertain their 500 guests.

                                                    To make it a double barreled event, it was the Duke's birthday! Imagine the great band leader's surprise as he raised his baton for the band to swing into the 'A Train' - only to hear the strains of 'Happy Birthday to You.' Simultaneously, Dr. Ernie Martin rolled in a huge birthday cake with an array of lighted candles and Joseph Turner, secretary of Alpha Zeta Lambda, made the presentation to Maestro Ellington. There was enough cake for the entire band and many of the guests...
                                                    Cocktail parties galore were in evidence at the homes of many of the Alpha brethren and wives. Hosts and hostesses included the Ernie Martins, P.R.Higginbothams,... "

                                                    The article goes on to name several other cocktail parties, the organizers, and a long list of guests from out of town and out of state.
                                                    • Pittsburgh Courier
                                                      • 1955-04-23, p.10
                                                      • 1955-05-21, S2,p.13
                                                    • Bluefield Daily Telegraph, Bluefield, W.Va.,
                                                      1955-05-08 p.7
                                                    • Washington Afro-American, Washington, D.C.
                                                      1955-05-10 p.7
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                                                    Ellington's birthday
                                                    .Morgantown, W. Va.West Virginia University

                                                    "WVU Campus Highlights
                                                    Weekend Activity Features Miami Triad Dance, Concert.
                                                    By Mary Lee Grimmett
                                                    Duke Ellington, called one of the greats in the field of music for the last 20 years, played for the Miami Triad dance and concert on the West Virginia University campus Friday night. In honor of an alliance formed at Miami University several years ago, three fraternities - Sigma Chi, Phi Delta Theta and Beta Theta Pi - conduct the Triad each year. The fraternities entertained with dinners, picnics and parties to celebrate the weekend... "

                                                    The Charleston Gazette 1955-05-01 p.33..
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                                                    Saturday
                                                    .Durham, N.C.Men's Gymnasium
                                                    North Carolina College at Durham

                                                    'Duke Ellington To Give Concert At N.C. College
                                                      Durham, April 14- Duke Ellington, famed jazz musician, will play a scholarship benefit concert at North Carolina College in the Men's Gymnasium on Monday, April 30 at 8 p.m.
                                                    The Ellington concert is being sponsored by the North Carolina Law School Scholarship Committee for the benefit of its scholarship fund.'

                                                    • Announcement, Greensboro Daily News, Greensboro,N.C. 1955-04-15, Features section, p.5
                                                    • Stratemann p.363
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                                                    1955 05 01
                                                    Sunday
                                                    .Hampton, Va.Sports ArenaConcert, all seats reserved, admission $2.50
                                                    Daily Press, Apr.24:

                                                    'Duke Ellington and his orchestra will present a concert at 4 next Sunday afternoon, May 1, at the Sports Arena in Hampton. Ellington's Peninsula appearance is being sponsored by Zeta Lambda Chapter of Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity. The concert will benefit the fraternity's scholarship and citizenship fund.'

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                                                    Wednesday
                                                    .Columbia, S.C.Township AuditoriumThe Columbia Record, May 2:

                                                    'Duke Ellington and his orchestra will play a concert and Negro dance at Township auditorium on Wednesday.
                                                      The concert, to which white listeners have been invited, begins at 9 p.m., with the Negro dance following for three hours.
                                                      Tickets are on sale at Bradford's Record Shop and Wilson's Record Shop, and will be available at the door on Wednesday night at the auditorium... '

                                                    The announcement was followed by a 7-paragraph Ellington biography by Dorothy D. Wilson of Columbia.

                                                    The State, May 4:

                                                    'Duke Ellington and his 15-piece concert and dance orchestra will appear at the Columbia Township Auditorium tonight from 9 until 1 in a one-hour concert and a three-hour dance. The dance is for Negroes. White spectators will have the dress circle reserved for the concert and dance.'

                                                    • The Columbia Record, Columbia, S.C.
                                                      • 1955-05-02p.14-A
                                                      • 1955-05-03 p.6-A
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                                                    Friday
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                                                    Saturday
                                                    Atlanta, Ga.Gymnasium
                                                    Emory University
                                                    9 p.m. semi-formal dance for the annual Dooley's Frolics weekend.

                                                    This was the first of three dances Ellington's orchestra played here. Ticket prices were $3.50 for the evening dances and $2.00 for the afternoon performance. A book of tickets for all three was $7.00.
                                                    The Atlanta Constitution, Apr.28:

                                                    '"Goodrich C. Dooley, the uninhibited spirit of Emory University's annual spring frolics, will rise from his tomb Tuesday evening. The skeleton-clad figure will rule over Dooley's Frolics May 6 and 7 at Emory,...
                                                      Activities during the frolics will include competitive skits and decorations among fraternity houses, three dances, and the crowning of the frolics beauty queen.
                                                      Duke Ellington and his band will play for the dances.'

                                                    The Agnes Scott News, May 4:

                                                    '"The Emory Wheel" announces Dooley's Frolics next weekend! The theme is "Manhattan in Transition" with decorations ranging from Chinatown to jazz scenes. Duke Ellington will play for the dances.'

                                                    Page 196 of Emory University's 1996 yearbook "The 1956 Campus," titled Dooley's Frolics 1955, has a photograph of the band performing for a large standing audience and another of Duke at a piano surrounded by formally dressed students.
                                                    • The Emory Wheel, Emory University, Atlanta, Ga.
                                                      courtesy of K. Shoemaker, Reference Coordinator, Research Services, Stuart A. Rose Manuscript, Archives, & Rare Book Library, Emory University:
                                                      • 1955-01-06 p.1
                                                      • 1955-04-21 p.9
                                                      • 1955-05-05 p.1
                                                    • The Atlanta Constitution, Atlanta, Ga.
                                                      1955-04-28 p.19
                                                    • The Agnes Scott News,
                                                      Agnes Scott College, Atlanta, Ga.
                                                      1955-05-04 p.2
                                                    • Emory University 1956 yearbook
                                                      "The 1956 Campus," p.196
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                                                    Monday
                                                    .Clarksville, Tenn.National Guard Armory
                                                    HEAR --- SEE
                                                    The Duke's 5 Powerful Trumpets
                                                    Led by the Great Cat Andrews [sic]
                                                    DUKE ELLINGTON
                                                    And His Famous Orchestra
                                                    Monday Night, May 9 8:00 p.m.-12 p.m.
                                                    National Guard Armory
                                                    There Will Be A Large Out-of-Town Crowd
                                                    So Get Your Table Reservation NOW
                                                    PHONE 9863
                                                    Reserved Section for White Spectators
                                                    The Clarksville Leaf-Chronicle
                                                    Clarksville, Tenn.
                                                    • 1955-05-06 p.8
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                                                    .Nashville, Tenn.Ryman AuditoriumConcert, 8:30 p.m.
                                                    The May 8 ad billed this as "2 HR. STAGE SHOW," with advance admission priced at $1.10
                                                    The Nashville Tennessean, Nashville, Tenn.
                                                    • plug, 1955-04-24 p.3-E
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                                                    Friday
                                                    ...Duke Ellington rode in the Old Newsboys' Day parade which began at 11:15 a.m. Other celebrities in the parade were Mayor Harstfield, actress Yvonne DeCarlo, crooner Mel Torme and three Hollywood starlets. The parade, a fundraiser for the Cerebral Palsy School, was sponsored by The Atlanta Variety Club, The Atlanta Journal and The Atlanta Constitution. It raised an estimated $75,000 through sales of a special edition of the Atlanta Constitution.

                                                    While the May 10 announcement said Ellington was scheduled to play for a dance at Emory University, his orchestra played there the previous weekend - see 1955 05 05/06 above.
                                                    The Atlanta Constitution, Atlanta, Ga.
                                                    • 1955-05-10 p.7
                                                    • 1955-05-13 pp.1,7
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                                                    Saturday
                                                    Starkville, Miss.
                                                    Lee Hall Auditorium
                                                    State College, Miss.
                                                    Concert, 3 p.m. to 4:30 p.m.
                                                    The Clarion-Ledger
                                                    • May 13:

                                                      'STATE COLLEGE, Miss. (Special) – Duke Ellington and his orchestra will make their first appearance on the Mississippi State College campus Saturday when the final Student Association dance is presented...
                                                        Officially closing the social calendar on the State ampus for'54-'55, Ellington and his orchestra will present a concert Saturday afternoon in Lee Hall auditorium from 3 till 4:30, and the dance Saturday night in the cafeteria from eight till twelve...'

                                                    • May 24

                                                      'STATE COLLEGE – ...
                                                        Duke Ellington... lived up to his title Saturday afternoon and night as he introduced State sutdents to the new forms of progressive jazz. His shows went over great with the sutdents who had their ears open for something new but were a slight disappointment to those who expected an entire evening of the usual popular "Southern Style: of music.
                                                        As far as musicianship is concerned, his is the finest band to have played for a adance on the campus all year long. Most of the tunes were original with the "Duke" himself as were the arrangements, scoring, and styling, and the few tunes that he had borrowed from other composers had been rewritten to fit the styyle of his band.'

                                                    The newspaper stories cited are datelined STATE COLLEGE but I could not locate a city by that name. Wikipedia says Mississippi State University is located partially in Starkville and partially in an adjacent unincorporated area.
                                                    The Clarion-Ledger, Jackson, Miss.
                                                    • 1955-05-13 s.2 p.5
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                                                    .Starkville, Miss.
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                                                    State College, Miss.
                                                    Dance, 8 p.m. to midnight
                                                    -see previous entry
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                                                    Sunday
                                                    ...activities not documented...
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                                                    1955 05 16
                                                    Monday
                                                    .Louisville, Ky.Memorial Auditorium
                                                    Mississippi State College

                                                    'DUKE ELLINGTON and his orchestra will repeat the two-hour concert presented originally in March at New York's Carnegie Hall when the group appears in Louisville on May 16.
                                                      The concert will be at Memorial Auditorium and all profits will go into the scholarship fund of the Louisville Chapter of Frontiers of America, Inc., a service club for Negroes....the Louisville concert will begin at 8:30 p.m. '

                                                    The Courier-Journal, Louisville, Ky.
                                                    • 1955-05-08 s.5 p.3
                                                    • 1955-05-15 s.5 p.3
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                                                    1955 05 17
                                                    Tuesday
                                                    .Springfield, OhioMemorial Hall
                                                    The Dayton Daily News:

                                                    'DUKE COMING–Duke Ellington and his orchestra will play a concert at Springfield's Memorial hall Tuesday, May 17 at 8:30 p.m. Sidemen include Ray Nance, Harry Carney, Cat Anderson, Clark Terry, Britt Woodman and Russell Procope, with Jimmy Grissom on vocals.'


                                                    Webmaster's notes:
                                                    I am not convinced this concert took place:
                                                    • This is the only mention of it that I could find in intensive, repeated searches through several online newspaper archive services.
                                                    • I have assumed the Dayton announcement refers to Springfield, Ohio, about 25 miles northeast of Dayton. but it may be a different Springfield.
                                                    • Springfield, Ohio, is 300 or so miles from Chicago, calling the first date of the Universal Studio recording session into question.
                                                    • Springfield, Indiana, is 200 miles southwest of Chicago, but since Dayton is in Ohio, the Ohio Springfield seems the more likely candidate.
                                                    • It may be that the concert was booked and cancelled, or it may be that the Universal sessions were at odd hours.
                                                    • Further research is needed.
                                                    The Dayton Daily News, Dayton, Ohio,
                                                    1955-05-01 p.20
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                                                    1955 05 17
                                                    Tuesday
                                                    .Chicago, Ill.Universal StudioCapitol Recording Session
                                                    Duke Ellington and His Famous Orchestra
                                                    Cook, Anderson, Gerald Wilson, Terry, Nance, Woodman, Jackson, Sanders, Hamilton, Procope, Henderson, Gonsalves, Carney, Ellington, Woode, Black, Grissom

                                                    Titles recorded:
                                                    • La Virgen De La Macarena
                                                    • Harlem Air-Shaft
                                                    • Look What I've Got For You
                                                    • Commercial Time
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                                                    1955 05 18
                                                    Wednesday
                                                    .Chicago, Ill.Universal StudioCapitol Recording Session
                                                    Duke Ellington and His Famous Orchestra
                                                    Cook, Anderson, Terry, Nance, Woodman, Jackson, Sanders, Hamilton, Procope, Henderson, Gonsalves, Carney, Ellington, Woode, Black, Grissom

                                                    Titles recorded:
                                                    • Clarinet Melodrama
                                                    • Theme For Trambean
                                                    • Coquette
                                                    • Serious Serenade
                                                    • Body And Soul
                                                    Note the discographies differ as to what was recorded on this and the next day.
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                                                    1955 05 19
                                                    Thursday
                                                    .Chicago, Ill.Universal StudioCapitol Recording Session
                                                    Duke Ellington group
                                                    Nance, Jackson, Procope, Ellington, Woode, Black, Grissom.
                                                    Titles recorded:
                                                    • Discontented Blues
                                                    • Once In A Blue Mood
                                                    • Oh! Lady Be Good
                                                    • So Long
                                                    Note the discographies differ as to what was recorded on this and the previous day.
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                                                    Thursday
                                                    .LaCrosse, Wisc.Avalon BallroomThis was presumably a dance. LaCrosse is less than 300 road miles northwest of Chicago and is between Chicago and Minneapolis.
                                                    • Winona Daily News, Winona, Wisc.
                                                      1955-05-16 p.2
                                                    • The LaCrosse Tribune and The LaCross Sunday Tribune, LaCrosse, Wisc.
                                                      • 1955-05-13 p.13
                                                      • 1955-05-14 p.7
                                                      • 1955-05-15 pp.6,19
                                                      • 1955-05-16 p.11
                                                      • 1955-05-17 p.18
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                                                    Friday
                                                    .Minneapolis, Minn.Scott hall
                                                    University of Minnesota

                                                    '...[Dizzy] Gillespie will join Duke Ellington in a lecture on modern music at 2:30 p.m. today in Scott hall, University of Minnesota. He also will join the Duke's band for a couple of numbers during the Ellington concert at Northrop auditorium tonight. Dizzy and the Duke are old friends.'

                                                    Minneapolis Morning Tribune
                                                    Minneapolis, Minn.
                                                    1955-05-25 p.39
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                                                    Friday
                                                    .Minneapolis, Minn.Northrop Auditorium
                                                    University of Minnesota
                                                    Concert 8 p.m., admission $1.25
                                                    Duke Ellington and his concert orchestra will appear at Northrop auditorium May 20 at 8 p.m. in a benefit performance for the St. Paul campus student union building fund. Ellington will bring a host of jazz artists including drummer Dave Black and trumpeter-violiist Ray Nance. Vocalist is Jimmy Grissom.
                                                    Minneapolis Sunday Tribune
                                                    Minneapolis, Minn.
                                                    • 1955-05-08 p.4
                                                    • 1955-05-15 p.6
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                                                    1955 05 21
                                                    Saturday
                                                    .Minneapolis, Minn.Dayton's Record Shop
                                                    7th Floor
                                                    Dayton's department store

                                                    'at Dayton's
                                                    in person
                                                    DUKE ELLINGTON
                                                    Saturday, May 21st
                                                    2:30 to 3:30 p.m.
                                                    Dayton's Record Shop
                                                    Here's your chance to get "the Duke's" autograph on some of his newest albums and plenty of your old favorite recordings. And you'll want to hear his concert at Northrop Auditorium tonight at 8 p.m. It's a benefit for the University's St. Paul Campus Student Union Fund
                                                    DAYTON'S RECORD SHOP, 7TH FLOOR

                                                    • The Minneapolis Star, Minneapolis, Minn.
                                                      1952-05-20 p.24
                                                    • Minneapolis Morning Tribune
                                                      Minneapolis, Minn.
                                                      1955-05-21 p.3
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                                                    Saturday
                                                    .Minneapolis, Minn.Main Ballroom
                                                    Coffman Memorial Union
                                                    University of Minnesota
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                                                    1955 05 22
                                                    Sunday
                                                    ...activities not documented...
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                                                    1955 05 23
                                                    Monday
                                                    ...activities not documented...
                                                    ...
                                                    1955 05 24
                                                    Tuesday
                                                    ...activities not documented...
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                                                    1955 05 25
                                                    Wednesday
                                                    ...activities not documented...
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                                                    1955 05 26
                                                    Thursday
                                                    ...activities not documented...
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                                                    1955 05 27
                                                    Friday
                                                    1955 05 30Farmingtom, UtahPatio Gardens ballroom
                                                    New Lagoon amusement park
                                                    Dancing

                                                    The first night the dancing was sponsored by Utah Junior Chamber organization to raise funds to advertise Utah on a national level. The door prize was an autombile, a 1955 Chevrolet Bel Air Nomad.
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                                                    1955 05 28
                                                    Saturday
                                                    .Farmington, UtahPatio Gardens ballroom
                                                    New Lagoon amusement park
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                                                    Sunday
                                                    ...activities not documented...
                                                    ...
                                                    1955 05 30
                                                    Monday
                                                    .Farmington, UtahPatio Gardens ballroom
                                                    New Lagoon amusement park
                                                    see 1955 05 27...
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                                                    Tuesday
                                                    8:30 P.M.
                                                    .Idaho Falls, Idaho."Duke Ellington program" sponsored by the Idaho Falls Rotary Club.
                                                    • Idaho Sunday Journal
                                                      • 1955-05-08 p.3
                                                      • 1955-05-15, p.28
                                                    • Idaho State Journal 1955-05-12 p.3
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                                                    June 1955

                                                    1955 06 00...PERSONNEL CHANGE
                                                    Rick Henderson leaves the band in mid-June. He will record with Ellington a few times in 1956 and 1957.
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                                                    Wednesday
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                                                    Thursday
                                                    .Butte, Mont..Unconfirmed
                                                    "Ellington is including Kalispell on a tour which also calls for stops in Butte June 2 and Spokane June 5"
                                                    The Inter Lake, Kalispell, Mont., 1955-05-08 p.2...
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                                                    Friday
                                                    8:00 P.M.
                                                    .Kalispell, Mont.Flathead County High School GymTwo hour concert sponsored by the Flathead Shrine Club Oriental Band, followed by a jam session. The local reporter, Pat Owens, wrote:

                                                    "The Duke, whose Famous Orchestra performed in concert at Flathead County High School Friday night in the warmest jam session heard in these parts afterward, spent about 14 hours in Kalispell. We spent most of those 12 hour tracking the biggest name in modern music ever to penetrate to Flathead County.

                                                    He came to rest, finally, for just a few minutes, at the jam session between solos by members of his orchestra....
                                                    Then three members of the Famous Orchestra and Fred Normand, who plays piano in Kalispell, lit into the third round of that rip-roaring jam session and we all just sat back and listened."

                                                    The Inter Lake, Kalispell, Mont.:
                                                    • 1955-05-08 p.2
                                                    • 1955-05-22 p.12
                                                    • 1955-06-01
                                                    • 1955-06-03
                                                    • Photo and report by Pat Owens, "The Duke Cites Music Trends," 1955-06-05
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                                                    Saturday
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                                                    Sunday
                                                    .Spokane, Wash..Unconfirmed
                                                    "Ellington is including Kalispell on a tour which also calls for stops in Butte June 2 and Spokane June 5"
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                                                    Monday
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                                                    Tuesday
                                                    .Vancouver, B.C..Newspaper interview, probably at Ellington's hotel. Les Wedman:

                                                    'Duke Ellington dined on ice cream before he put his baggy eyes to bed today to rest up for tonight's four-hour dance session at Exhibition Gardens.
                                                      It was a meal that only a former art student and an ex-soda jerk could have created...[he] arranged the maple nut, chocolate and vanilla balls into an attractive peak...used two spoons to twirl and smooth the ice cream breakfast into an edible mass.
                                                      And between bites, the Duke, 32 years in jazz, talked about this and that...
                                                      ..."I've got at least eight guys with me who don't drink; six who don't smoke; others with the highest moral standards of anyone I've ever met." Then he chuckled. "Don't ask me if I'm included," he said...'

                                                    Les Wedman
                                                    Vancouver Province, Vancouver, B.C.
                                                    1955-06-07 p.21
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                                                    Tuesday
                                                    7:20 pm
                                                    .Vancouver, B.C.CBUT Television Studio
                                                    Georgia and Bute Streets
                                                    CBC interview on television show "Almanac"

                                                    Wasserman wrote that Ellington was in the shower when he was already supposed to be at CBUT.
                                                      Once outside the studio, he didn't want to do the TV show, protesting he wouldn't look good because he hadn't had enough sleep.
                                                      However, when an attractive female CBC staffer came to the door, he stampeded in.
                                                    Jack Wasserman column,
                                                    Vancouver Sun, Vancouver, B.C.
                                                    1955-06-08
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                                                    Tuesday
                                                    evening
                                                    .Vancouver, B.C.CJOR Radio Station
                                                    Basement
                                                    Grosvenor Hotel
                                                    840 Howe St.
                                                    Internationally broadcast CJOR radio interview on the "highbrow" "Town Hall in Canada".
                                                    The Morning Herald:

                                                    'The ABC radio program "America's Town Meeting of the Air" was broadcast from Vancouver B.C. recently. Both the radio audience and the real one in the Vancouver hotel were surprised with the audience appearance of Duke Ellington, who asked and argued several questions of the subject, "How Far Should Canada Go In Following U.S. Foreign Policy?

                                                    Duke did real good and was a hit - at the auditorium. He wasn't so successful at a Vancouver auditorium where his band and an Ellington concert had to go on without him. Seems Duke had dropped in to the hotel radio forum, got interested, and simply forgot about his own show.'

                                                    • Jack Wasserman column
                                                      Vancouver Sun, Vancouver, B.C.
                                                      1955-06-08
                                                    • Robert Sylvester column Dream Street
                                                      The Morning Herald, Uniontown, Pa.
                                                      1955-07-09 p.14
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                                                    1955 06 07
                                                    Tuesday
                                                    8:30 pm
                                                    .Vancouver, B.C.Exhibition Gardens
                                                    Renfrew St.
                                                    Four hour concert and dance sponsored by Kinsmen Club of Vancouver
                                                    • Tickets $2 at the door.
                                                    • Attendance over 2,300 (The Sun) or about 5,000 (The Province)
                                                    • The Kinsmen made $1,000 for their charity
                                                    • Panned by the Vancouver Sun critic.
                                                    • Vancouver Sun, Vancouver,B.C.
                                                      • 1955-06-06
                                                      • 1955-06-07
                                                      • 1955-06-08
                                                    • The Vancouver Province, Vancouver,B.C.
                                                      • 1955-06-07 p.21
                                                      • 1955-06-08 p.44
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                                                    Wednesday
                                                    .Salem, Ore.South Salem High School Gymnasium

                                                    IN PERSON
                                                    IN CONCERT

                                                    DUKE
                                                    ELLINGTON

                                                    And His

                                                    World Famous
                                                    ORCHESTRA
                                                    With Music No Other
                                                    Band Can Play!


                                                    S.Salem Hi Gym
                                                    WEDNESDAY
                                                    JUNE 8–8 p.m.

                                                    Tickets 1.00 and 1.50
                                                    available at Stevens &
                                                    Son and at Box Office

                                                    Sponsored by
                                                    Salem Jaycees

                                                    • Capital Journal, Salem, Ore., 1955-05-04 p.2 s.1
                                                    • The Oregon Statesman, Salem, Ore.
                                                      • Announcements
                                                        • 1955-05-11 p.4 s.1
                                                        • 1955-06-02 p.5
                                                      • Ads
                                                        • 1955-06-03 p.5
                                                        • 1955-06-04 p.2,s.1
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                                                    Saturday
                                                    .Portland, Ore.Jantzen Beach BallroomRecorded dance
                                                    Admission $1.82 plus tax
                                                    Publicity included photos of Cat Anderson and Jimmy Grissom, and the ads named Ray Nance, Anderson, Grissom and Dave Black.
                                                    • Stratemann p.355
                                                    • The Oregonian, Portland, Ore.
                                                      • 1955-06-05 p.13
                                                      • 1955-06-06 p.7
                                                      • 1955-06-08 p.4
                                                      • 1955-06-09 p.4
                                                      • 1955-06-10 p.19
                                                      • 1955-06-11 p.8
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                                                    Monday
                                                    ...activities not documented
                                                    Emil Marans dress shop advertised dance frocks, formal or prom dresses for appearances by Harry James (May 25th) and Duke Ellington (June 13) in Butte, Montana. Two days later, the Meaderville Volunteer Fire Department advertised that the Ellington appearance was cancelled.
                                                    Montana Standard, Butte, Mont.
                                                    • 1955-05-20 p.20
                                                    • 1955-05-22 p.12
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                                                    Monday
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                                                    1955 06 21
                                                    Tuesday
                                                    ...PERSONNEL CHANGE
                                                    Since they were not AF of M Local 802 members, Britt Woodman, Willie Cook, Rick Henderson, Paul Gonsalves and Dave Black were dropped from the band for the Aquashow engagement, and were replaced by Ward Silloway, Jimmy Spear, Virgil Davis, John Kulp and Jack Maisel for the engagement. The band was augmented by pianist Woody Kessler, whose role was also contractor, Genevieve Duffy and Betty Glamman, harps, John Richardson, Vic Liggoti, Sal (surname illegible), Bert Hirsch, George Brown and Pete Buon, violins, with Buon as assistant conductor.
                                                    • New Desor vol.2
                                                    • Stratemann p.355
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                                                    Tuesday
                                                    .New York, N.Y..Ellington, as well as "Garroway at Large, Connie Russell, Shirley MacLaine, Dick Van Dyke, and George DeWitt appeared in the "Frankie Laine Time" television show.

                                                    This was the first episode of this CBS network summer replacement show. Whether or not it was live or pretaped is not yet determined; if it was prerecorded,
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                                                    Tuesday
                                                    .Flushing, Long Island, N.Y.Flushing Meadows AmphitheatrePittsburgh Courier:

                                                    'NEW YORK–Culminating more than a year of negotiation, Joe Glaser came up last week with the prize booking, one of the most important to be set for a colored orhcestra in many years. Working the deal with Max Roth of the Bernard Burke Agency, Glaser signed Duke Ellington for Elliott Murphy's Aquashow, starting June 21 for the entire season.
                                                      The first time in the history of the Flushing Meadows Amphitheatre that a Negro crew has been signed to play the show, the move is being lauded in all section sof the city. Negro bands which once had a chance to play all the best spots and hotels around Broadway, Park and Fifth Avenues are looking to this new development as the wedge that might open the way for democracy in the music business.
                                                      ...This is just another in a series of fine spots that Glaser has opened to colored attractions on a democratic basis in the past season. Ellington will play for the super white water show at the Flushing Amphitheatre and do a special Ellington concert. The aquashow is an all-star water affair and an annual event.'

                                                    Douglas Watt, Daily News:

                                                    'Duke Ellington will be the musical director of the Aquashow at Flushing Meadows this summer, tentatively scheduled to open June 21. He'll arrange the music, star in a special scene, and lead his own band, augmented by about 10 white musicians, in a short concert every night.'

                                                    "The water and ice-skating show was supposed to open Tuesday night but got nowhere because rain fell shortly after it started. After three or four scenes of magnificent diving and swimming the show was called off until Wednesday."

                                                    • Pittsburgh Courier
                                                      • 1955-05-14 p.15N
                                                      • 1955-05-28 p.15
                                                    • Daily News, New York, N.Y.
                                                      1955-05-17 p.15c
                                                    • AP wirestory datelined New York June 25, carried in the Ottawa Journal, Ottawa, Ont., 1955-06-25, p.8
                                                    • Additional documentation is likely to be found in SI-NMAH DEC301, Series 2: Performances and Programs, 1933-1974, box 11, folder 18 Aquashow, Flushing Meadow Park, Long Island, New York, June 17, 1955
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                                                    1955 06 22
                                                    Wednesday
                                                    9 P.M.
                                                    1955 08 02Flushing, Long Island, N.Y.Flushing Meadows Amphitheatre
                                                    Flushing Meadow Park
                                                    Elliot Murphy's "Aqua-Show"
                                                    Nightly at 9 p.m. except Mondays.

                                                    Fireworks Tuesdays and Thursdays

                                                    Admission between 61 cents and $1.44 plus tax.

                                                    Free parking.

                                                    Stratemann refers to this engagement both as Aquacade Show (as did Down Beat) and as Aquashow. The ad reproduced at Stratemann p.355 says Aquashow, as does the programme. Jet Magazine says Ellington would write the arrangements, but the programme credits Billy Strayhorn with the orchestrations.

                                                    The New York Age describes the show as:

                                                    '...eleventh season...one of New York's bright outdoor summertime attractions...Duke Ellington will lead an augmented orchestra for the entire show, which will boast the talents of June Earing, the Aquazanies, an ice follies on the world's only revolving ice rink, a bicycle ballet and a full-scale Broadway revue.'


                                                    Many authors describe this engagement as the nadir of Ellington's career. On the other hand, it has been suggested Ellington found it convenient to be in New York during this time so he could work on his play, The Man With Four Sides (initially titled Mr. And Mrs. Lane). Downbeat:

                                                    "The string section is used (illegible) in a medley of Ellington songs [sic] hits that marks Duke's only participation in the show other than playing for the aquatic and skating acts."


                                                    Stratemann, p.355:

                                                    '...a show for the family; with ice skaters, a water fountain display, ballroom dancing exhibitions, divers, comedians and the lot. The Ellington band provided accompaniment to several of these acts, but Ellington himself was required to play nothing more than a medley of his own compositions, for which the band was augmented with a string section of six pieces and a harp. On the accompaniments for aquatic and skating acts ... Woody Kessler ... was at the piano in place of Ellington...'

                                                    • Jet Magazine 1955-06-02 p.62
                                                    • New York Age 1955-06-18 p.9
                                                    • AP wire story, The Ottawa Journal, Ottawa, Ont.
                                                      1955-06-25 p.8
                                                    • Democrat and Chronicle, Rochester, N.Y.
                                                      1955-06-26 s.F p.1
                                                    • Long Island Star-Jouranl, Long Island, N.Y.
                                                      1955-08-24 p.14
                                                    • Stratemann pp.355-356, 361 citing
                                                      • Variety 1955-06-29 p.55
                                                      • Down Beat
                                                        • 1955-07-27
                                                        • 1955-08-10
                                                        • 1955-09-21
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                                                    1955 06 23
                                                    Thursday
                                                    9 P.M.
                                                    .Flushing, Long Island,
                                                    New York, N.Y.
                                                    Flushing Meadows AmphitheatreAquashow - see 1955 06 22...
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                                                    Friday
                                                    1955 06 25
                                                    Saturday
                                                    Elmont, N.Y.Belmont Park Race Track
                                                    2150 Hempstead Turnpike
                                                    Peripheral Event
                                                    May 26:

                                                    'Lena Horne, Tony Martin, Bill (Davy Crockett) Hayes, Duke Ellington and Snooky Lanson ... are the first of a galaxy of top stars to sign up for the Long Island Industry fund's gigantic outdoor entertainment spectal, Hospital Star Nite, June 24 and 25 at Belmont Park race course...'

                                                    June 23:

                                                    '...Other headliners in the L.I. Industry fund's extravaganza...are: Tony Maring, Lena Horne, Bill (Davy Crockett) Hayes, Snooky Lanson, Jackie Long, Henny Youngman, George DeWitt, Fred Waring's Glee club, Borrah Minivitch's Harmonica Rascasls, The Rockets, Duke Ellington, Ropcky Graziano, Jinx Falkenburg, Ray Heatherton and circus acts. '

                                                    Webmaster;s note:
                                                    I could find no other reference to Ellington's participation, nor is he mentioned in the June 24 plug. I could find no post-event reports either to confirm whether or not he appeared. It is not impossible, though, since Belmont Park is only about 12 miles from Flushing Meadows. He may have made a personal appearance either night, or soloed with or without sidemen.
                                                    • The Advance, Patchogue, N.Y.
                                                      1955-05-26 pp.2,3
                                                      1955-06-23 s.3 p.1
                                                    • The Long Island News and The Owl,
                                                      Rockville Centre, N.Y.,
                                                      1965-06-24 p.2
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                                                    1955 06 24
                                                    Friday
                                                    9 P.M.
                                                    .Flushing, Long Island,
                                                    New York, N.Y.
                                                    Flushing Meadows AmphitheatreAquashow - see 1955 06 22...
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                                                    1955 06 25
                                                    Saturday
                                                    9 P.M.
                                                    .Flushing, Long Island,
                                                    New York, N.Y.
                                                    Flushing Meadows AmphitheatreAquashow - see 1955 06 22...
                                                    ..2011
                                                    1955 06 26
                                                    Sunday
                                                    9 P.M.
                                                    .Flushing, Long Island,
                                                    New York, N.Y.
                                                    Flushing Meadows AmphitheatreAquashow - see 1955 06 22...
                                                    ..2011
                                                    1955 06 27
                                                    Monday
                                                    ...activities not documented
                                                    Aquashow closed Mondays - see 1955 06 22
                                                    ...
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                                                    1955 06 28
                                                    Tuesday
                                                    .Maspeth, N.Y.
                                                    and
                                                    Glendale, N.Y.
                                                    Bohack Supermarkets
                                                    Fresh Pond Road
                                                    and
                                                    Myrtle Avenue
                                                    Personal appearances 10 a.m. and 11:15 a.m.

                                                    'Starting today, Bohack offers many wonderful big bargains during a week-long celebration of its 68th Anniversary.
                                                      Stars of Elliott Murphy's "AQUASHOW" will help us celebrate our week-long Birthday by visiting our stores this week. They'll pay a special visit to Maspeth on Tuesday, June 28.
                                                      Look for famous composer, pianist and band leader
                                                    Duke Ellington
                                                    and the beautiful "Aquadorables" when they visit
                                                    the BOHACK SUPERMARKET
                                                    Fresh Pond Road, Maspeth
                                                    Tuesday, June 28, at 10:00 a.m.'

                                                    The 162 Bohack stores served birthday cake at 2 p.m. Thursday June 23. Ellington and Aquashow performers including swimming star/bakket dancer June Earing and comedian Phil Foster, appeared at two stores the morning of Tuesday, June 28, giving out free tickets to the Aquashow, other prizes, cake and refreshments during their visits.
                                                    • Long Island Star-Journal, Long Island, N.Y.
                                                      1955-06-23 p.26
                                                    • Queens Ledger, Maspeth, N.Y,
                                                      1955-06-23 p.3
                                                    • Ridgewood Times, Ridgewood, N.Y.
                                                      1955-06-23 pp.9, 14, 15
                                                    • The Leader-Observer, Woodhaven, Queens, N.Y.,
                                                      1955-06-23 p.3
                                                    • The Wave, Rockaway Beach, N.Y.
                                                      1955-06-23 p.6 s.II
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                                                    Tuesday
                                                    9 P.M.
                                                    .Flushing, Long Island,
                                                    New York, N.Y.
                                                    Flushing Meadows AmphitheatreAquashow - see 1955 06 22...
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                                                    1955 06 29
                                                    Wednesday
                                                    9 P.M.
                                                    .Flushing, Long Island,
                                                    New York, N.Y.
                                                    Flushing Meadows AmphitheatreAquashow - see 1955 06 22...
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                                                    1955 06 30
                                                    Thursday
                                                    9 P.M.
                                                    .Flushing, Long Island,
                                                    New York, N.Y.
                                                    Flushing Meadows AmphitheatreAquashow - see 1955 06 22...
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                                                    July 1955

                                                    1955 07 01.Flushing, Long Island,
                                                    New York, N.Y.
                                                    Flushing Meadows AmphitheatreAquashow - see 1955 06 22...
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                                                    1955 07 02
                                                    Saturday
                                                    9 P.M.
                                                    .Flushing, Long Island,
                                                    New York, N.Y.
                                                    Flushing Meadows AmphitheatreAquashow - see 1955 06 22...
                                                    ..2011
                                                    1955 07 03
                                                    Sunday
                                                    9 P.M.
                                                    .Flushing, Long Island,
                                                    New York, N.Y.
                                                    Flushing Meadows AmphitheatreAquashow - see 1955 06 22...
                                                    ..2011
                                                    1955 07 04
                                                    Monday
                                                    .New York, N.Y.Basin StreetThe Aquashow was closed Mondays - see 1955 06 22 - and the sidemen's activities are not documented
                                                    S.Lasker:

                                                    'Per Downbeat, August 10, 1955, p. 5: "Louis Armstrong was feted at a big party celebrating his 55th birthday at Basin Street, with Duke Ellington, Gordon Jenkins, Jimmy Dorsey, and numerous B'way celebrities on hand for the cake-cutting."

                                                    Ricky Riccardi, Director of Research Collections, Louis Armstrong House Museum:

                                                    'Louis did indeed celebrate his 55th birthday on July 4 at Basin Street. There's a few photos that have survived with a whole crew on stage, including Duke, and Louis wrote an unpublished manuscript about it, I believe mentioning that Duke played "Happy Birthday."'

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                                                    1955 07 05
                                                    Tuesday
                                                    9 P.M.
                                                    .Flushing, Long Island,
                                                    New York, N.Y.
                                                    Flushing Meadows AmphitheatreAquashow - see 1955 06 22...
                                                    ..2011
                                                    1955 07 06
                                                    Wednesday
                                                    9 P.M.
                                                    .Flushing, Long Island,
                                                    New York, N.Y.
                                                    Flushing Meadows AmphitheatreAquashow - see 1955 06 22...
                                                    ..2011
                                                    1955 07 07
                                                    Thursday
                                                    9 P.M.
                                                    .Flushing, Long Island,
                                                    New York, N.Y.
                                                    Flushing Meadows AmphitheatreAquashow - see 1955 06 22...
                                                    ..2011
                                                    1955 07 08...PERSONNEL CHANGE
                                                    Jack Maisel leaves the band
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                                                    Friday
                                                    9 P.M.
                                                    .Flushing, Long Island,
                                                    New York, N.Y.
                                                    Flushing Meadows AmphitheatreAquashow - see 1955 06 22...
                                                    ..2011
                                                    1955 07 09...PERSONNEL CHANGE
                                                    Drummer Sam Woodyard, born 1925 01 07, joins the band and Johnny Hodges returns. Mercer:

                                                    'When Sam Woodyard came to rehearsal before the band went out on the road, he had been working with the organist Milt Buckner. He sat down and played as though he had been with us forever. He was not only an accomplished drummer, but he had been a fan of the Ellington band and knew pretty well what to do from having listened to recordings of the numbers we were playing. Paul Gonsalves was also in the band then, and they became very good friends.

                                                    ...Although Pop had had the best possible substitutes in Willie Smith and Hilton Jefferson, neither could really take the place of Johnny Hodges. So when Johnny came back in 1955, after four years of leading his own little group, it was very important to everyone. He came back the same day that Sam Woodyard joined.'

                                                    • New Desor vol.2
                                                    • M. Ellington, DEIP, pp. 108-109
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                                                    1955 07 09
                                                    Saturday
                                                    8- 9 pm
                                                    .New York, N.Y.."America's Greatest Bands" telecast hosted on CBS-TV by bandleader Paul Whiteman. The format of the show was to present different bands in 15 minute segments, using a rotating stage to bring them into view. Ellington and his Aquashow orchestra played 15 minutes of standards. This was the first time Sam Woodyard was recorded with the band.
                                                    Duke Ellington and His Orchestra
                                                    Spear, C. Anderson, Terry, Nance, Silloway, Jackson, Sanders, Hamilton, Procope, V. Davis, Kulp, Carney, Ellington, Woode, Woodyard
                                                    Titles recorded:
                                                    • Take The "A" Train (theme)
                                                    • Harlem Air-Shaft
                                                    • Medley:
                                                      • Sophisticated Lady
                                                      • I Let A Song Go Out Of My Heart
                                                    • Jump for Joy
                                                    • Jam With Sam
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                                                    Saturday
                                                    9 P.M.
                                                    .Flushing, Long Island,
                                                    New York, N.Y.
                                                    Flushing Meadows AmphitheatreAquashow - see 1955 06 22...
                                                    ..2011
                                                    1955 07 10
                                                    Sunday
                                                    9 P.M.
                                                    .Flushing, Long Island,
                                                    New York, N.Y.
                                                    Flushing Meadows AmphitheatreAquashow - see 1955 06 22...
                                                    ..2011
                                                    1955 07 11
                                                    Monday
                                                    ...activities not documented
                                                    Aquashow closed Mondays - see 1955 06 22
                                                    ...
                                                    ..2011
                                                    1955 07 12
                                                    Tuesday
                                                    9 P.M.
                                                    .Flushing, Long Island,
                                                    New York, N.Y.
                                                    Flushing Meadows AmphitheatreAquashow - see 1955 06 22...
                                                    ..2011
                                                    1955 07 13
                                                    Wednesday
                                                    9 P.M.
                                                    .Flushing, Long Island,
                                                    New York, N.Y.
                                                    Flushing Meadows AmphitheatreAquashow - see 1955 06 22...
                                                    ..2011
                                                    1955 07 14
                                                    Thursday
                                                    9 P.M.
                                                    .Flushing, Long Island,
                                                    New York, N.Y.
                                                    Flushing Meadows AmphitheatreAquashow - see 1955 06 22...
                                                    ..2011
                                                    1955 07 15
                                                    Friday
                                                    9 P.M.
                                                    .Flushing, Long Island,
                                                    New York, N.Y.
                                                    Flushing Meadows AmphitheatreAquashow - see 1955 06 22...
                                                    ..2011
                                                    1955 07 16
                                                    Saturday
                                                    9 P.M.
                                                    .Flushing, Long Island,
                                                    New York, N.Y.
                                                    Flushing Meadows AmphitheatreAquashow - see 1955 06 22...
                                                    ..2011
                                                    1955 07 17
                                                    Sunday
                                                    9 P.M.
                                                    .Flushing, Long Island,
                                                    New York, N.Y.
                                                    Flushing Meadows AmphitheatreAquashow - see 1955 06 22...
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                                                    1955 07 17
                                                    Sunday
                                                    .Newport, R.I.Freebody ParkNewport Jazz Festival
                                                    Duke was the master of ceremonies on the third day of the festival. His orchestra did not perform, despite Down Beat announcing

                                                    'Last year's omission of a large jazz band has been rectified by the signing of Duke Ellington, and Count Basie's band is also expected.


                                                    In June, the Newport News announced the lineup, saying

                                                    'The Sunday night concert will feature Duke Ellington as master of ceremonies. He will also appear at the piano during the evening.


                                                    Hasse:

                                                    'The festival had garnered considerable media attention, and Ellington had worked the 1955 edition but only as an M.C.


                                                    Ellington's introduction of Miles Davis and others in a jam session on the last day was recorded and is on the CD Miles Ahead and he was one of several well known musicians interviewed by the Voice of America. A copy of the interviews is on tape in the Library of Congress Voice of America Music Library Collection.
                                                    The concerts were recorded, but there is no mention of the recordings in New Desor or Lambert.
                                                    • http://trove.nla.gov.au/version/24629765
                                                    • "Newport Festival Signs Ellington," Down Beat 1955-04-06
                                                    • "Armstrong to Brubeck, They'll All Be At Festival," Newport Daily News, 1955-06-10 p.1
                                                    • Review of festival, The Billboard 1955-07-30, pp.15-16
                                                    • John Edward Hasse: Beyond Category, The Life and Genius of Duke Ellington p.319
                                                    • John Fass Morton, Backstory in Blue: Ellington at Newport '56, pp.89-95 and specifically pp. 91-92
                                                    • Additional documentation is likely to be found in SI-NMAH DEC301, Series 2: Performances and Programs, 1933-1974, box 11, folder 14 Newport Jazz Festival, Newport, Rhode Island, 1955
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                                                    Monday
                                                    ...activities not documented
                                                    Aquashow closed Mondays - see 1955 06 22
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                                                    1955 07 19
                                                    Tuesday
                                                    9 P.M.
                                                    .Flushing, Long Island,
                                                    New York, N.Y.
                                                    Flushing Meadows AmphitheatreAquashow - see 1955 06 22...
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                                                    1955 07 20
                                                    Wednesday
                                                    .New York, N.Y.."Frankie Laine Time"

                                                    TV variety show appearance with Connie Russell, George DeWitt and Shirley MacLaine. Stratemann tells us Ellington did 10 minutes at the end, accompanied by the house orchestra. The Long Island Star-Journal report said Ellington was lucky to get in a few bars of his wonderful music between interruptions.

                                                    Webmaster's note:
                                                    While the show was telecast on Wednesday, we don't know if it was live or filmed beforehand. If the latter, we don't know when that was.
                                                    Duke Ellington with the Jimmy Carroll Orchestra
                                                    Ellington, Connie Russell, Frankie Laine and the Jimmy Carroll Orchestra
                                                    Titles recorded:
                                                    • Take The "A" Train
                                                    • Caravan
                                                    • I Got It Bad and That Ain't Good
                                                    • Medley:
                                                      • Don't Get Around Much Anymore
                                                      • Solitude
                                                      • I'm Just A Lucky So And So
                                                    • Long Island Star-Journal, Long Island, N.Y.
                                                      1955-07-21 p.33
                                                    • Stratemann p.356 and Appendix C
                                                    • Vail II
                                                    • Girvan:
                                                        Ellingtonia.com
                                                    • Timner
                                                    • Ole J. Nielsen, Jazz Records 1942-80, A discography: Vol. Six, Duke Ellington, p.151
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                                                    1955 07 20
                                                    Wednesday
                                                    9 P.M.
                                                    .Flushing, Long Island,
                                                    New York, N.Y.
                                                    Flushing Meadows AmphitheatreAquashow - see 1955 06 22...
                                                    ..2011
                                                    1955 07 21
                                                    Thursday
                                                    9 P.M.
                                                    .Flushing, Long Island,
                                                    New York, N.Y.
                                                    Flushing Meadows AmphitheatreAquashow - see 1955 06 22...
                                                    ..2011
                                                    1955 07 22
                                                    Friday
                                                    9 P.M.
                                                    .Flushing, Long Island,
                                                    New York, N.Y.
                                                    Flushing Meadows AmphitheatreAquashow - see 1955 06 22...
                                                    ..2011
                                                    1955 07 23
                                                    Saturday
                                                    9 P.M.
                                                    .Flushing, Long Island,
                                                    New York, N.Y.
                                                    Flushing Meadows AmphitheatreAquashow - see 1955 06 22...
                                                    ..2011
                                                    1955 07 24
                                                    Sunday
                                                    9 P.M.
                                                    .Flushing, Long Island,
                                                    New York, N.Y.
                                                    Flushing Meadows AmphitheatreAquashow - see 1955 06 22...
                                                    ..2011
                                                    1955 07 25
                                                    Monday
                                                    ...activities not documented
                                                    Aquashow closed Mondays - see 1955 06 22
                                                    ...
                                                    ..2011
                                                    1955 07 26
                                                    Tuesday
                                                    ...Date of a contract between "Frank Holzfeind The Blue Note," Duke Ellington Inc. and Associated Booking Corporation to provide 15 musicians "under the leadership of Duke Ellington Inc., owner, agrees to present Duke Ellington" for two 5-day 30-hour weeks, with Sunday matinee, at the Blue Note Cafe commencing December 21, 1955 for $5,000/week.

                                                    "Contract price $5,000 per week less 10% to ABC."

                                                    This is a new version of the contract that says, "The performances to be rendered pursuant to this agreement are not to be recorded, reproduced, or transmitted from the place of performance, in any manner or by any means whatsoever, in the absence of a specific written agreement between the Employer and the Federation relating to and permitting such recording, reproduction or transmission."

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                                                    1955 07 26
                                                    Tuesday
                                                    .New York, N.Y."Music '55"
                                                    • Ellington appeared with Stan Kenton, Kenton's "television band" and violinist Yehudi Menuhin during the first eleven minutes of this half-hour CBS network summer replacement show hosted by Kenton.
                                                    • The graphics scrolling across the background during Monologue were by Andy Warhol.
                                                    • Kenton tells Ellington Duke will be on first because Stan knows he has to leave early for his Aquashow engagement, which Ellington quickly plugs.
                                                    • A rehearsal earlier in the day is indicated by
                                                      • a photograph of Kenton and Ellington at two pianos in different clothing than in the show - Stratemann reprinted a photo of them in rehearsal and in performance.
                                                      • during the telecast, Ellington asks Menuhin

                                                        '...would you do me a big favour, how'd you like to do that little thing we ran over [inaudible]... '

                                                      • Kenton tells Menuhin that he flew in from Chicago that day for the show.
                                                    • Kenton's "television band" included former Kenton sidemen because his own band was working in the Midwest and because Local 802 would not allow his working band perform on television. The sidemen in this show are named in Nielsen.

                                                    The music during the Ellington segment was:
                                                    • Artistry in Rhythm - Kenton and the house band
                                                    • Artistry in Rhythm - Ellington
                                                    • Take the A Train - two pianos - Ellington and Kenton, joined by the band in the coda
                                                    • Monologue "Pretty and the Wolf" - Ellington and Kenton's sidemen
                                                    • Come Sunday - violinist Yehudi Menuhin accompanied by Ellington
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                                                    1955 07 26
                                                    Tuesday
                                                    9 P.M.
                                                    .Flushing, Long Island,
                                                    New York, N.Y.
                                                    Flushing Meadows AmphitheatreAquashow - see 1955 06 22...
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                                                    1955 07 27
                                                    Wednesday
                                                    9 P.M.
                                                    .Flushing, Long Island,
                                                    New York, N.Y.
                                                    Flushing Meadows AmphitheatreAquashow - see 1955 06 22...
                                                    ..2011
                                                    1955 07 28
                                                    Thursday
                                                    9 P.M.
                                                    .Flushing, Long Island,
                                                    New York, N.Y.
                                                    Flushing Meadows AmphitheatreAquashow - see 1955 06 22...
                                                    ..2011
                                                    1955 07 29
                                                    Friday
                                                    9 P.M.
                                                    .Flushing, Long Island,
                                                    New York, N.Y.
                                                    Flushing Meadows AmphitheatreAquashow - see 1955 06 22...
                                                    ..2011
                                                    1955 07 30
                                                    Saturday
                                                    9 P.M.
                                                    .Flushing, Long Island,
                                                    New York, N.Y.
                                                    Flushing Meadows AmphitheatreAquashow - see 1955 06 22...
                                                    ..2011
                                                    1955 07 31
                                                    Sunday
                                                    9 P.M.
                                                    .Flushing, Long Island,
                                                    New York, N.Y.
                                                    Flushing Meadows AmphitheatreAquashow - see 1955 06 22...
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                                                    1955 08 00...PERSONNEL CHANGE
                                                    Paul Gonsalves, returns to the band in mid-August
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                                                    1955 08 01
                                                    Monday
                                                    9 P.M.
                                                    .Flushing, Long Island,
                                                    New York, N.Y.
                                                    Flushing Meadows AmphitheatreAquashow - see 1955 06 22...
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                                                    1955 08 02
                                                    Tuesday
                                                    Afternoon
                                                    .New York, N.Y.Corner of 138th St. & Seventh Ave Peripheral event
                                                    The August 20 editions of the Pittsburgh Courier and the New York Age reported Mercer Ellington was stabbed by Wallace (Brims) Gant, who had been a member of The Embers quartet. The story said Gant initially demanded $400,000 due him for the recording of Mercer's song "Paradise Hill," but reduced this to $4,000. Mercer required stitches to his hands and shoulders. The stories say "last Tuesday," but say Mercer was working at the Aquashow. Given the weekly papers were dated the end of the week they were circulated, I have tentatively dated the event as the last Tuesday of the Aquashow run, but it may have been another date. Gant was to appear in Felony Court on August 19.

                                                    Jet reported the assailant's name was Clarence Gant.

                                                    Mercer:

                                                    '...one of the singers came into a bar where I was chatting with friends, flashed a knife, stabbed me in the arm, and disappeared in one second flat. Dr. Logan stitched up the wound so that I could carry on as usual, which meant working during the day at Tempo Music... At night I'd go out to the Aquashow and function as Pop's valet,... '

                                                    • Jet Magazine 1955-08-18 p.58
                                                    • Pittsburgh Courier 1955-08-20 p.5
                                                    • The Afro-American, Baltimore , Md. 1955-08-20 p.22
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                                                    1955 08 02
                                                    Tuesday
                                                    9 P.M.
                                                    .Flushing, Long Island,
                                                    New York, N.Y.
                                                    Flushing Meadows AmphitheatreAquashow - see 1955 06 22
                                                    Last night of the engagement.
                                                    The Morning Herald reported

                                                    "Out at the Aquashow in Flushing, Duke Ellington reports the loss of Sweetie May. Sweetie May is the antiquated revolver which has travelled with the band for 30 years against potential holdups. The loss is purely sentimental as nobody in the band ever knew how to fire Sweetie but Duke wishes he could have it back since he considers it a luck charm."

                                                  • Morning Herald, - Uniontown, Pa. 1955-08-02, p14
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                                                    Virgil Davis, Ward Silloway and Jimmy Spear leave the band and Willie Cook, trumpet, and trombonist Britt Woodman rejoin after the Aquashow.

                                                    Johnny Hodges returns to the band after a five year absence during which he led his own band. He would stay until his sudden death in 1970.
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                                                    Wednesday
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                                                    Thursday
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                                                    Friday
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                                                    Sunday
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                                                    Monday
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                                                    Tuesday
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                                                    Wednesday
                                                    ...activities not documented
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                                                    Thursday
                                                    ...activities not documented
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                                                    1955 08 12
                                                    Friday
                                                    ...activities not documented
                                                    ...
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                                                    1955 08 13
                                                    Saturday
                                                    ...activities not documented
                                                    The Pittsburgh Courier this date announced Ellington had written a foreword for Leonard Feather's "The Encylopaedia of Jazz."
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                                                    Sunday
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                                                    Monday
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                                                    Wednesday
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                                                    Saturday
                                                    ...activities not documented
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                                                    1955 08 28
                                                    Sunday
                                                    .New York, N.Y..NBC broadcast - "Monitor"
                                                    Ellington narrated parts of his play "The Man With Four Sides," accompanied by Luther Henderson, piano, Jimmy Woode, bass, and Jimmy Grissom and Marion Cox, vocals.
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                                                    Monday
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                                                    1955 08 30
                                                    Tuesday
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                                                    1955 08 31
                                                    Wednesday
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                                                    September 1955

                                                    1955 09 01
                                                    Thursday
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                                                    1955 09 02
                                                    Friday
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                                                    1955 09 06
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                                                    1955 09 08
                                                    Thursday
                                                    ... Peripheral event

                                                    Norgran recording session by Johnny Hodges recording session
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                                                    Thursday
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                                                    1955 09 11
                                                    Sunday
                                                    .Rochester, N.Y.Golden Grill(Stratemann has this as Golden Grill Inn, Charlotte, N.Y. with the date uncertain, based on a Sept. 12 clipping in DESB)...
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                                                    Monday
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                                                    1955 09 13
                                                    Tuesday
                                                    ...band activities not documented
                                                    Ellington, Willie The Lion Smith and Willie Mays were among the honorary pallbearers at the Rodney Dade Funeral Home funeral of George Woods, part owner of the Red Rooster bistro.
                                                    New York Age, 1955-09-17 pp.1-2..
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                                                    Wednesday
                                                    .New York, N.Y.Fine Sound Studio Peripheral event
                                                    L.Brown recording session
                                                    No Ellington involvement.
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                                                    Thursday
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                                                    1955 09 16
                                                    Friday
                                                    1955 09 22Washington, D.C.Howard Theatre
                                                    620 T St.
                                                    Vaudeville show:
                                                    "Duke Ellington and the finest band he has ever assembled with - ...world's greatest harpist, Betty Glamann"
                                                    The poster named Hodges, Anderson, Nance and Grissom and included the Star-Brite Revue, featung Jackie "Moms" Mabely, The Cavaliers and Rose Hardaway,an exotic dancer. The wide screen film was Outlaw Stallion.
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                                                    1955 09 17
                                                    Saturday
                                                    .New York, N.Y.Fine Sound Studio Peripheral event
                                                    Lawrence Brown recording session
                                                    No Ellington involvement.
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                                                    Saturday
                                                    .Washington, D.C.Howard Theatre
                                                    620 T St.
                                                    Vaudeville show - see 1955 09 22...
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                                                    1955 09 18
                                                    Sunday
                                                    .Washington, D.C.Howard Theatre
                                                    620 T St.
                                                    Vaudeville show - see 1955 09 22...
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                                                    1955 09 19
                                                    Monday
                                                    .Washington, D.C.Howard Theatre
                                                    620 T St.
                                                    Vaudeville show - see 1955 09 22...
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                                                    1955 09 20
                                                    Tuesday
                                                    .Washington, D.C.Howard Theatre
                                                    620 T St.
                                                    Vaudeville show - see 1955 09 22...
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                                                    1955 09 21
                                                    Wednesday
                                                    .New York, N.Y. Peripheral event
                                                    Down Beat announced Duke Ellington's new play, The Man With Four Sides, would be produced by Lorella Val-Mery.
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                                                    Wednesday
                                                    .Washington, D.C.Howard Theatre
                                                    620 T St.
                                                    Vaudeville show - see 1955 09 22...
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                                                    Thursday
                                                    .Washington, D.C.Howard Theatre
                                                    620 T St.
                                                    Vaudeville show - see 1955 09 22
                                                    AP ran a wirestory datelined Washington, Sept. 22 about Ellington in his dressing room at the Howard Theater with someone named Jerry Rhea and the unnamed reporter.

                                                    "...A fellow stuck his head in the door. "Hey, Duke,' he said, 'The Voice of America man is here. Remember you got only an hour between shows."

                                                    This reminded Ellington of triumphs abroad.

                                                    'Ah, the Palladium in London, he said. 'Terrifying experience. That audience kept a steady applause for 10 minutes. Did you ever stand on a stage with nothing to do but this' - here he bowed and smiled and bowed and smiled - 'for 10 minutes?

                                                    'Terrible. Especially the way the British do things. First, they clap. Then they go "Wooooo!" Finally they stamp their feet. You don't know whether they like you or are trying to run you off the stage.

                                                    'Ruined the whole show. We all were shaking like a leaf...' "

                                                    This might be the VOA interview by Willis Conover shown in New Desor DE5514a and dated only as "Summer 1955"
                                                    AP wirestory in
                                                    • Kingsport News, Kingsport, Tenn.
                                                      1955-09-23 p.21
                                                    • The Cumberland News, Cumberland, Md.,
                                                      1955-09-23 p.9
                                                    • Daily Press, Newport News-Hamnpton-Warwick,Va.
                                                      1955-09-23 pp.1,24
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                                                    Friday
                                                    1955 09 29
                                                    Thursday
                                                    New York, N.Y.Apollo Theater
                                                    253 W. 125th St., Borough of Manhattan, Harlem district
                                                    Vaudeville show

                                                    Duke Ellington Band with Geofry Holder Dancers, The Cavaliers, Jackie Mabley and Rose Hardaway

                                                    Wednesday nite - Amateurs; Saturday, Midnight show.
                                                    Ellington had the closing spot, in which he performed "Rock and Roll Rhapsody," featuring a harpist.
                                                    Personnel named in the New York Age Defender's announcement:
                                                    Johnny Hodges, Johnny [sic] Grissom, Ray Nance, Cat Anderson, Juan Tizoal [sic], Harry Carney, an unnamed lady harpist from the Aquacade engagement, and an unnamed new drummer.

                                                    The announcemnmt also names Georffrey Holder and Carment Delavallde, dancers, and a singing group, The Cavaliers, comedian Jackie Mabley and Rose Hardaway (singing and exotic dancing).
                                                    • Stratemann p.361 with theatre poster
                                                    • New York Age (New York Age Defender), New York, N.Y.
                                                      1955-09-24 pp.7, 8
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                                                    Saturday
                                                    New York, N.Y.Apollo Theater
                                                    253 W. 125th St.
                                                    Harlem
                                                    Stage show - see 1955 09 23...
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                                                    Sunday
                                                    New York, N.Y.Apollo Theater
                                                    253 W. 125th St.
                                                    Harlem
                                                    Stage show - see 1955 09 23...
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                                                    Monday
                                                    New York, N.Y.Apollo Theater
                                                    253 W. 125th St.
                                                    Harlem
                                                    Stage show - see 1955 09 23...
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                                                    Tuesday
                                                    New York, N.Y.Apollo Theater
                                                    253 W. 125th St.
                                                    Harlem
                                                    Stage show - see 1955 09 23...
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                                                    1955 09 28
                                                    Wednesday
                                                    New York, N.Y.Apollo Theater
                                                    253 W. 125th St.
                                                    Harlem
                                                    Stage show - see 1955 09 23...
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                                                    Thursday
                                                    New York, N.Y.Apollo Theater
                                                    253 W. 125th St.
                                                    Harlem
                                                    Stage show - see 1955 09 23...
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                                                    Friday
                                                    .Hudson Falls, N.Y.Auditorium and Gym
                                                    Glens Falls High School
                                                    9 p.m. One-hour concert followed by three-hour dance, sponsored by the Hudson Falls Rotary Club.
                                                    • The Warrensburg News, Warrensburg, N.Y.
                                                      1955-09-29 pp.1, 4
                                                    • Stratemann p.361
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                                                    October 1955

                                                    1955 10 01
                                                    Saturday
                                                    9 p.m.-1:00 a.m.
                                                    .Endicott, N.Y.I.B.M. Country Club
                                                    Fieldhouse
                                                    "Concert-dance"
                                                    Stratemann says an (unidentified) Oct. 3 clipping in DESB said Ellington had one-nighters in Endicott and Bridgeton, both in New York state, after the Friday concert and before beginning a week in Quebec.
                                                    The Endicott engagement seems to be:

                                                    'Ellington Band Dance to Aid PAL

                                                    The International Business Machines Corp. Country Club Board of Governors will sponsor a benefit dance Oct. 1 featuring Duke Ellington and his orchestra.

                                                    Proceeds will be turned over the Binghamton Police Athletic League building fund.

                                                    the dance will be held in the Country Club from 9 p.m. to 1 a.m. Tickets will be available at ... '

                                                    Sunday Press Writer Jerry Handte:

                                                    'The bandstand was a quiet shuffle of sheet music and sliding of metal music racks into position, with a pinao player softly noodling around in a rambling fantasy when a big man with tired, mournful eyes turned to await an approaching photographer and reporter. He was Duke Ellington, setting up for a one-nighter last night at IBM field house, the lastest stop in 27 years of velvet and pepper music-making in jazz...'


                                                    Endicott is close to Binghamton.  John Pokoski, in IBM 1401 Memories from Endicott says major IBM facilities each had a Country Club which all employees automatically belonged to. Endicott's had two golf courses, a game room with pool and ping-pong tables and an auditorium. although IBM had country clubs for employees at other nearby locations as well.
                                                    • Stratemann p.361 citing DESB
                                                    • Binghamton Press
                                                      • Announcement, 1955-09-14 p.23
                                                      • Announcement, 1955-09-25 p.7C
                                                      • Photo and report of meeting Ellington before the dance - "Duke's Favorite: The Next One", 1955-10-02 section C
                                                    • Elmira Star-Gazette, Elmira, N.Y.
                                                      1955-09-28 p.33
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                                                    Sunday
                                                    .Bridgeton, N.Y..Unconfirmed - based on the aforesaid Oct. 3 clipping saying Ellington had one-nighters in Endicott and Bridgeton, N.Y. after the Friday concert, before beginning a week in Quebec.

                                                    - Note conflict with Bridgeport gig noted below.
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                                                    Sunday
                                                    9:30-12:30
                                                    .Bridgeport, Conn.Ritz Ballroom.Dancing, Duke Ellington and His World Famous Orchestra.
                                                    Admission $1.75 including tax and wardrobe
                                                    Ads,
                                                  • Bridgeport Telegram, Bridgeport, Conn.
                                                    • 1955-09-24 p.15
                                                    • 1955-10-01 p.14
                                                    • Bridgeport Post, Bridgeport, Conn.
                                                      • 1955-09-25 p.B-14
                                                      • 1955-09-30 p.21
                                                      • 1955-10-02, p.B-13
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                                                    Monday
                                                    1955 10 08Aylmer, P.Q.Gatineau Golf & Country ClubClub residency

                                                    (Aylmer is an easy drive across the river from Canada's capital city, Ottawa.)

                                                    While an ad is for Duke Ellington with his full orchestra of 16 famous artists, the "Floor Shows" review says he had fourteen top-notch artists. The review names personnel, but with a number of mistakes:
                                                    • Jimmy Woods [sic], bass
                                                    • Danny [sic] Hodges, mellow sax
                                                    • Sam Woodward [sic], drums
                                                    • Jimmy Hamilton, clarinet
                                                    • Paul Gonsales[sic]
                                                    • Britt Woodman
                                                    • John Sanders
                                                    • Quentin Jackson
                                                    • Cat Anderson
                                                    • Jimmy Grisson[sic]
                                                    • Ray Nance on trombone [sic]

                                                    The two Ottawa Citizen reviews named this music:
                                                    • Mood Indigo
                                                    • Harlem Air Shaft
                                                    • Cottontail
                                                    • Sophisticated Lady
                                                    • Warm Valley
                                                    • Perdido
                                                    • Never No Lament
                                                    • Happy-Go-Lucky Loco [sic]
                                                    • Rock and Roll Rhapsody
                                                    • Skindeep [sic]
                                                    • Clarinet Melodrama
                                                    • Pretty and the Wolf
                                                    • Day In, Day Out
                                                    • Without a Song

                                                    and said

                                                    'Harry Pozy and his band are on hand to play the dance numbers and as an added treat, Ellington provides quite a few orchestration for the mambo fans.'

                                                    The Ottawa Citizen, Ottawa, Ont.
                                                    • 1955-10-05 pp.21, 22
                                                    • 1955-10-08 p.15
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                                                    Tuesday
                                                    .Aylmer, P.Q.Gatineau Golf & Country ClubSee 1955 10 03...
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                                                    Wednesday
                                                    .Aylmer, P.Q.Gatineau Golf & Country ClubSee 1955 10 03...
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                                                    Thursday
                                                    .Aylmer, P.Q.Gatineau Golf & Country ClubSee 1955 10 03...
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                                                    Friday
                                                    .Aylmer, P.Q.Gatineau Golf & Country ClubSee 1955 10 03...
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                                                    Saturday
                                                    .Aylmer, P.Q.Gatineau Golf & Country ClubSee 1955 10 03...
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                                                    Sunday
                                                    ...activities not documented...
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                                                    Monday
                                                    .Lykens, Penn.Ballroom
                                                    West Borough Park
                                                    Concert and dance
                                                    Lykens Standard, Sept.16:

                                                    '...The unique arrangement thru which we were able to secure Les' [Brown] services was brought to the attention of his booking agent, Joe Glasser [sic], president of Associated Booking Corp. and arrangements were immediately started to secure Duke Ellington's Orchestra.
                                                      We, being a small community, are obliged to take an off date in Mr. Ellington's concert tour, but we do consider ourselves very fortunate in being able to have him appear personally in Lykens.
                                                      ...The fact that the Duke makes an annual appearance at Carnegie Hall and other halls of the key cities throughout the United States and Canada is 'nuff said.
                                                      We are very fortunate to have this engagement. Tickets are now on sale throughout Dauphin and Schuylkill Counties. There will be a concert at eight o'clock and a dance at nine thirty. Get the tickets of your choice early.
                                                      And by the way, the new Ballroom in Lykens West Borough Park is an inspiration to music lovers.'

                                                    West Schuylkill Herald Oct. 7:

                                                    'DUKE ELLINGTON TO PLAY AT LYKENS
                                                      Duke Elllington's [sic] orchestra will appear at Lykens borough park, October 10 for a concert and dance. It follows the appearance of Les Brown there some weeks ago.
                                                      Reason for these name bands is to raise funds for a new and more modern dance hall built in the park to replace one damaged by lightning. It was here where youth activities were centered. The fire company, the Legion and other civic organizations backed the move that brought about the new building.'


                                                    The Lykens Standard's "Report on Borough Park Ballroom" Nov. 4:

                                                    '...WE HOPE YOU HAVE NOT FORGOTTEN
                                                      Along with our memories we are deeply grateful and highly thankful.
                                                      Thankful that the first place of the work is completed. Thankful that you have received it and helped support it in such a splendid manner. Thankful that we have been able to bring to you such high type entertainment as provided by Les Brown and Duke Ellington, as well as weekly dancing... '

                                                    • Lykens Standard, Lykens, Penn.
                                                      • 1955-09-16 p.1
                                                      • 1955-09-30 p.1
                                                      • 1955-10-07 p.1
                                                      • 1955-11-04 p.1
                                                    • West Schuylkill Herald, Tower City, Penn.
                                                      • 1955-10-07 p.2
                                                    • Pottsville (Pa.) Republican, Pottsville, Penn.
                                                      • 1955-10-07 p.13
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                                                    Tuesday
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                                                    Tuesday
                                                    ... Peripheral event
                                                    Earl Wilson's syndicated column reported "Duke Ellington's wife undergoes surgery this week."

                                                    The column does not say if this was his wife by marriage, Edna, or the lady he lived with, Evie Ellis.
                                                    Earl Wilson column:
                                                    • Raleigh Register, Beckley, W.Va., 1955-11-11, p.4
                                                    • The Winona Daily News, Winona, Wisc. 1955-11-11, p.4
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                                                    Wednesday
                                                    Columbus Day
                                                    .Columbus, OhioRollerland
                                                    12th and Mound Sts.
                                                    Dance 9 p.m. to 1 a.m.
                                                    Tickets $1.85 advance, $2,25 at door, tax included.
                                                    • Columbus Dispatch, Columbus, Ohio
                                                      • 1955-10-05 p.14A
                                                      • 1955-10-07 p.22B
                                                      • 1955-10-11 p.27B
                                                      • 1955-10-12 p.9B
                                                    • Stratemann p.361 citing DESB
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                                                    Thursday
                                                    .Oberlin, OhioFinney Memorial Chapel
                                                    Oberlin College
                                                    Concert 8:45 p.m. sponsored by The Oberlin College Jazz Club
                                                    • Cleveland Plain Dealer, Cleveland, Ohio
                                                      1955-10-02 p.58-D
                                                    • Stratemann p.361 citing DESB
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                                                    Friday
                                                    .Champaign-Urbana, Ill.Auditorium
                                                    University of Illinois
                                                    Impromptu concert, sharing the bill with the tap dance team of The Clark Brothers, who didn't show up.

                                                    Warren Wolfson's review:

                                                    'Ah, the glory that is Ellington.
                                                      Warm and intelligent sounds were heard last night as a crowded Auditorium spent a couple of exciting hours with the genius of Duke Ellington.
                                                      Of course he had his big band with him. But for most of the evening, Duke Ellington was the only man on the stage, because everything was a part of him. The timing, the style, the intracacies [sic], all were his, as he molded the outstanding talents of his performances...
                                                      There was Mood Indigo, Caravan, Don't Get Around Much Any More, and others that have become standards. He played old and new, soft and not-so-soft...
                                                      The Clark brothers did not show up to do their dancing. No one seemed to care.
                                                      Necessary to mention are Sam Woodward's [sic] amazing drum solo ... Johnny Hodges' feather sweetness on the saxophone ... Jimmy Grissom's instrument-like voice ... and Ray Nance's vocal and musical sense of humor.
                                                      It was music to know.'

                                                    The omitted parts of the review are equally admiring.
                                                    The Daily Illini, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, Ill.
                                                    • Publicity and ad 1955-10-13 pp.4, 11
                                                    • Ads, 1955-10-14 pp.14, 16
                                                    • Warren Wolfson, "Ellington Shows Light Touch, 1955-10-15 p.4
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                                                    Sunday
                                                    .Kenosha, Wisc.Eagles BallroomDancing 8:30-12:30
                                                    Duke Ellington and his famous orchestra
                                                    Admission $1.75 Tax included
                                                    Racine Journal-Times, Racine, Wisc.
                                                    • 1955-10-08 p.8
                                                    • 1955-10-14 p.17
                                                    • 1955-10-15 p.8
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                                                    Wednesday
                                                    .Dell Rapids, S.D.Dells Park Ballroom

                                                    DANCE
                                                    Dells Park Ballroom
                                                    DELL RAPIDS
                                                    TO-NIGHT
                                                    DUKE ELLINGTON
                                                    AND HIS FAMOUS ORCH.
                                                    TICKETS, 1.65 Ea. incl. tax

                                                    Sioux Falls Argus-Leader, Sioux Falls, S.D.
                                                    • 1955-10-15 p.10
                                                    • 1955-10-17 p.8
                                                    • 1955-10-19 p.24
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                                                    Thursday
                                                    .Silver Lake, Minn.Pla-Mor Ballroom
                                                    on Hiway 7
                                                    .Minneapolis Sunday Tribune, Minneapolis, Minn.
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                                                    Sunday
                                                    .Breckenridge, Minn.American Legion Dance PavilionDanceAd, Fergus Falls (Minn.) Daily Journal, Fergus Falls, Minn.
                                                    1955-10-07, p.6
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                                                    Monday
                                                    .New York, N.Y..
                                                    • Stratemann reports a U.S. Treasury Department recording session on this date for Treasury's Guest Stars [sic] transcription series.
                                                    • New Desor describes this as USTD recording session.
                                                    • Nielsen describes this as a broadcast with music from Treasury's Guest Star programme #463
                                                    • A fifteen-minute broadcast titled Guest Star is found in various newspaper radio schdules for the evening of Oct. 24 and the morning of Oct. 25.
                                                    • While Ellington's episode (#463) is not found on the Old Time Radio Downloads website, programs 459 and 467 open with fanfares and introductions by host Harry von Zell, who describes Guest Star as a transcribed feature for savings bonds.
                                                    Given that the band was in the Midwest at this time, it seems unlikely the Guest Star program was recorded in New York on Oct. 24.
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                                                    Monday
                                                    .Gettysburg, S.D.City AuditoriumConcert and dance
                                                    Potter County News:

                                                    'Duke Ellington, Pace Setting Stylist Here on Oct. 24

                                                      Duke Ellington and his name band will play a concert and dance in the City Auditorium Monday evening Oct. 24, under sponsorship of the Gettysburg Fire Department.
                                                      It will not be the annual Fireman's Ball, which will occur near Thanksgiving.
                                                      Ellington's band concert will be from 9 to 10, with dancing until 2:00. Attendance will be $2 at the gate, $1.75 if bought in advance.
                                                      Ellington has played concerts in key cities to capacity houses. His current itinerary calls for 80 concerts a year.
                                                      The Duke has reigned as a pace setting stylist since 1927. He has contributed much to modern music, in originality, melodic material, and arrangement.
                                                      His quick silver rhythms subtly pits reeds against the brasses, and the piano against the orchestral. The songs he has composed include "Solitude," "Sophisticated Lady," "Mood Indigo," "Don't you Know I Care," and I'm Beginning to See the Light."
                                                      Ellington has been acclaimed as the creator of a new, rich and distinctly American musical idiom. George Gershwin was one of the first to recognize Ellington's creative genius.'

                                                    Rapid City, S.D., Daily Journal, page 3, Ellington and his orchestra arrived in Rapid City by bus at 7 a.m. October 25, after a one-nighter in Gettysburg.
                                                    • Potter County News, Gettysburg, S.D.
                                                      1955-10-13
                                                      courtesy Mary Carol Potts, Dakota Sunset Museum, Gettysburg, S.D.
                                                    • Rapid City, S.D., Daily Journal, Rapid City, S.D.,
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                                                    .Rapid City, S.D.Room 705
                                                    Alex Johnson Hotel
                                                    Ellington was interviewed in his hotel room by Journal Staff Reporter Ken Jumper. Points noted by the reporter:
                                                    • Ellington and his band have a three-night engagement; Tuesday evening at the city auditorium; Wednesday at the Officers Club at Ellsworth Air Force Base and Thursday at the Non-commissioned Officer's Club.
                                                    • The band arrived by bus about 7 a.m. Tuesday and checked in at the Alex Johnson, but had to wait because their rooms had not yet been vacated by the U.S. Navy Band which played here Monday night.
                                                    • The band came from a one-nighter in Gettysburg
                                                    • From Rapid City the band goes to University of Colorado, then to Montrose, Colo. and then to Salt Lake City.
                                                    • Ellington also spoke of race matters. His comments were reported in an Associated Press wirestory
                                                    • Rapid City, S.D., Daily Journal, Rapid City, S.D.,
                                                      1955-10-25 p.3
                                                    • AP wirestory, datelined Rapid City Oct. 26:
                                                      • Sioux Falls Argus-Leader, Sioux Falls, S.D. 1955-10-26 p.15
                                                      • The Bismarck Tribune, Bismark, N.D. 1955-10-26 p.7
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                                                    .Rapid City, S.D.City AuditoriumDance, 9 p.m.Daily ads, Rapid City Daily Journal:

                                                    Dance to
                                                    DUKE ELLINGTON
                                                    AND HIS ORCHESTRA
                                                    TUESDAY
                                                    OCTOBER 25, 1955
                                                    CITY AUDITORIUM
                                                    Tickets on Sale at Harlan's News, Schneider Music
                                                    Co., Torgerson's Music Center.
                                                    Sponsored by
                                                    Officers Open Mess – Non Commissioned Officers
                                                    Open Mess – Ellsworth Air Force Base

                                                    Rapid City, S.D. Daily Journal, Rapid City, S.D.
                                                    • 1955-10-20 p.28
                                                    • 1955-10-21 p.11
                                                    • 1955-10-22 p.12
                                                    • 1955-10-23 p.28
                                                    • 1955-10-24 p.16
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                                                    Possibly at the University of Colorado at Boulder - see 1955 10 25

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                                                    Sunday
                                                    .Montrose, Col.Arcadia Ballroomactivities not documented

                                                    The Daily Sentinel announced:

                                                    'Famed Bands to Play
                                                    MONTROSE – Two famous bands will appear in Montrose near the end of this month. Harry James will be at the Arcadia Ballroom Oct. 27 and Duke Ellington will play there Oct. 30.'

                                                    Webmaster's note: Montrose is about 265 miles southwest of Denver and about 60 miles southeast of Grand Junction. I am unable to find any further mention in the newspaper archives I use.
                                                    • The Daily Sentinel, Grand Junction, Col.
                                                      1955-10-18 p.4
                                                    • Rapid City, S.D., Daily Journal, Rapid City, S.D.,
                                                      1955-10-25 p.3
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                                                    Stratemann says Ellington was booked into the Moulin Rouge (West Las Vegas) from Nov. 1 to 27, but the club shut down shortly before they arrived. The band was 'forced out on a series of one-nighters across the country to the coast.'

                                                    The booking is supported by ads in The California Eagle.

                                                    The Moulin Rouge, the first Las Vegas fully integrated hotel and casino, opened in May and declared bankruptcy by December.
                                                    • The California Eagle, Los Angeles, Cal.
                                                      • 1955-09-29 p.9
                                                      • 1955-10-06 p.10
                                                    • Stratemann p.361
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                                                    .Boston, Mass.City Hospital Peripheral event
                                                    Death of "Junior" Raglin

                                                    The bassist was taken to hospital by ambulance on Nov.9 after being found in a coma by the landlady of his rooming house. The police blotter listed cause of death as alcoholism.
                                                    Down Beat 1956-01-11 p.9 (courtesy S. Lasker)..
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                                                    It is possible the band appeared in Spokane. The Victoria Daily Times said:

                                                    'The Chamber [of Commerce]'s auditorium committee is also planning to fly a group of city representatives to Spokane Coliseum on Friday, Nov. 11, to look over the building in the light of a recommendation ... that Victoria should build similar auditorium...
                                                      Date of the flight has been tentatively changed from Nov. 9 to Nov. 11 because the Duke Ellington show will be staged at the Coliseum that night and the Coliseum is expected to be crowded.
                                                      Nov. 11, Remembrance Day, is a holiday in Victoria but not in Spokane.'

                                                    Victoria Daily Times, Victoria, B.C.
                                                    1955-10-28 p.32
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                                                    .Seattle, Wash.Trianon BallroomDuke Ellington & his world famous orchestra featuring JOHNNY HODGES of Combo Fame
                                                    DANCING 9 to 1
                                                    Admission $1.74 plus tax
                                                    • The Seattle Times, Seattle, Wash.
                                                      1955-11-11 p.34
                                                    • Seattle Post-Intelligencer, Seattle, Wash.
                                                      • 1955-11-10 p.10
                                                      • 1955-11-11 p.16
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                                                    .Tacoma, Wash.Blue Note Ballroom
                                                    13th and Pacific

                                                    Eager Beaver Presents
                                                    at the
                                                    BLUE NOTE
                                                    BALLROOM

                                                    13th and Pacific
                                                    CONCERT
                                                    Sunday, Nov. 13th

                                                    8:30 P.M.
                                                    In Person
                                                    DUKE
                                                    Ellington
                                                    and his
                                                    FAMOUS ORCHESTRA

                                                    Featuring –       
                                                          Jimmy Grisson [sic] and
                                                    Johnny Hodges of Combo Fame.

                                                    The Tacoma News Tribune, Tacoma, Wash.
                                                    • 1955-11-09 p.B-4
                                                    • 1955-11-11 p.C-3
                                                    • 1955-11-12 p.3
                                                    The Tacoma Sunday News Tribune
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                                                    .Vancouver, B.C.Exhibition Gardens
                                                    Hastings Park
                                                    Renfrew St.
                                                    Dance
                                                    Advertised as Duke Ellington and His Famous Orchestra with Johnny Hodges of Combo Fame and Jimmy Grissom, Ray Nance, Cat Anderson.
                                                    • Local disc jockey Jack Cullen got in trouble with the police on Nov. 7 for posting signs downtown advertising the show.
                                                    • Province columnist Dan Ekman reported:

                                                      'Little publicized appearance of the Duke Ellington band Tuesday night at Ex-Gardens was no flaming financial success, a rough count showing only about 800 patrons on hand. But the return of alto-man Johnny Hodges after a five-year absence made the Duke's group more listenable than it has been for years; an artistic triumph.'

                                                    • Province writer Jim Carney played trumpet in the warm-up band led by Kenny Hole. His review notes the presence of Carney, Hodges, Gonsalves, Anderson, Terry, Cook and Nance and is accompanied by a photo of himself posing with a trumpet to his lips while Duke smiles and signals OK.
                                                    • Vancouver Sun, Vancouver, B.C.
                                                      • Wasserman column
                                                        1955-11-09, p.23
                                                      • 1955-11-15 p.20
                                                    • The Vancouver Province, Vancouver, B.C.
                                                      1955-11-16 pp.3, 42
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                                                    .Portland, Ore.McElroy'sNight club dateThe Oregonian, Portland, Ore.
                                                    • 1955-11-13, p.15
                                                    • 1955-11-15 p.17
                                                    • 1955-11-16 p.6
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                                                    .Eugene, Ore.McArthur Court
                                                    1601 University St.
                                                    University of Oregon
                                                    Homecoming dance, University of Oregon.

                                                    The Register-Guard:

                                                    'The big Homecoming weekend, which had alumni officials worried because of the unseasonal snows of Wednesday, survived rains and flooded streets to end with the dance at McArthur Court. The dance shot holes in a myth that has been going around the campus since World War II - that "you can't make money on a big name band."
                                                      Before the war big-name bands often appeared... But after the war the hiring of the nation's top dance bands was regarded as too risky. There was apprehension over the hiring of Duke Ellington's troupe which came to Eugene for a flat $1,750. However, 2,000 tickets were sold at $3 each. And we wonder how many would have been sold if ticket sellers had remained longer at the doors. Hundreds of couples showed up after 11 p.m. and just walked in - free.
                                                      Not everybody danced. With a crowd like that, it was difficult for dancers to move anything below the knees.
                                                      Probably more than half the crowd at the dance was made up of alumni and others not now in college. The alum, Class of '36, is getting fat of frame, bald of head, grey of hair and saggy of jowl. He'd feel out of place at a Sophomore Whiskerino. But at Homecoming he feels fine, living it up with other fat, bald, grey, saggy alums. Maybe the dance would have been a financial fizzle had it not been that this was Homecoming. Another factor is that the dance was in the big igloo, the place where dances used to be. Alumni feel more affection for that drafty and barn-like edifice than they do for the gleaming and antiseptically appointed Erb Memorial which the university has been dancing in more recently...'

                                                    • Register-Guard, Eugene, Ore.
                                                      • 1955-11-06 p.2c
                                                      • 1955-11-13 pp.6B, 7B
                                                      • 1955-11-15 p.8A
                                                      • 1955-11-22 p.10A
                                                    • The Capital Journal, Salem, Ore.
                                                      • 1955-11-17 p.2 s.8
                                                      • 1955-11-23 p.6 s.1
                                                    • The Oregonian, Portland, Ore.
                                                      1955-11-06 p.20
                                                    • The Oregon Statesman, Salem, Ore.
                                                      • 1955-11-10 s.1 p.3
                                                      • 1955-11-25 s.3 p.1
                                                    • 1956 University of Oregon yearbook, p.382
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                                                    .Roseburg, Ore.Terrace Ballroom
                                                    Elks Lodge
                                                    749 S.E. Jackson St.
                                                    Marcus Lindbloom, Adult Services Librarian, Douglas County Library:

                                                    '[Volunteer researcher] Janet also found an entry about Duke Ellington in a book in our reference collection: Bright Lights: A Chronology of 40 Years of Nightlife in Douglas County, Oregon from 1946-1986, compiled by Bob Sutherland and published by Down on Main Street Publications in Roseburg, March 2009. It mentions a performance he gave with his band on November 21, 1955, also at the Roseburg Elks Terrace Ballroom. The entry includes a scan of an article about the upcoming concert that ran in a newspaper, presumably the News-Review, on November 12. However, the scan is so dark as to be illegible.'

                                                    • Email, Lindbloom-Palmquist 2015-04-14
                                                    • The News-Review,Roseburg,Ore,
                                                      • 1955-11-12 p.3
                                                      • Calendar of Events, The News-Review, Roseburg, Ore., 1955-11-21 p.9
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                                                    1955 12 05Hollywood
                                                    Los Angeles, Cal.
                                                    Zardi's Jazzland
                                                    6315 Hollywood at Vine
                                                    Club date
                                                    It may be that Ellington took time off during this engagement to travel to San Antonio - see 1955 11 26 - but New Desor identifies two broadcasts from the club, Nov. 27 and Dec. 3, and, in December, gossip columnist Louella O. Parson reported:

                                                    'Snapshots of Hollywood Collected At Random
                                                      Mel Torme, with his new girl, Corky Hale... at Zardi's Jazzland to hear Duke Ellington. Seated close by were Rosemary Clooney and Joese Ferrer,. Zardi's is Hollywood's answer to New York's Birdland. '

                                                    It seems, therefor, that if Ellington did go to Texas, it was only for a brief time and that he returned to Zardi's.
                                                    • Stratemann p.361, citing Variety 1955-11-16, p.55
                                                    • The Billboard 1955-11-19 p.14
                                                    • Louella O. Parsons' syndicated column
                                                      Bergen Evening Record, Hackensack, N.J.
                                                      1955-12-08 p.57
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                                                    .Los Angeles, Cal.Television station KNXTEllington appeared on Hunter Hancock's 11 p.m. television show Rhythm and Bluesville. While Google brings up many brief references to this show, I was unable to determine if the show was live or pre-taped. Hancock is quoted as saying in 1999:

                                                    'In the fall of 1955, on Friday nights, I also had a television show on KCBS, Channel 2, called "Rhythm and Bluesville," that lasted seventeen weeks. My guests included Duke Ellington, Fats Domino, Little Richard, The Platters, Richard Berry, Gene & Eunice, and The Jaguars.'

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                                                    Los Angeles, Cal.
                                                    Zardi's JazzlandClub date - see 1955 11 23
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                                                    .San Antonio, TexasMajestic Theater
                                                    and
                                                    Keyhole Club
                                                    Various websites have a photograph taken at the Keyhole Club showing Ellington, the club owners and Mr. and Mrs. Nat King Cole. The University of Texas San Antonio archived copy caption says

                                                    'Photograph shows gathering at the nightclub following Cole and Ellington's midnight appearance at Majestic Theater for showing of movie "Rock N' Roll Revue" that they starred in. Nat King Cole and wife Maria Hawkins Ellington are seated on far left. Duke Ellington is standing third from right next to Don Albert, co-owner of the Keyhole. Standing on far right is other Keyhole co-owner Willie "Red" Winner.'

                                                    While the archive dates the photo Nov. 27 1955, the film played the Majestic only the night of Nov. 26.
                                                    Webmaster's comment:
                                                      As of the time of writing I am unable to reconcile this apparent appearance with Ellington's residency at Zardi's in Los Angeles.
                                                      There is no apparent business reason Ellington and Cole would be together in Texas - the film was a compilation from various films made for television, it was not a feature film and this was not the movie's première. Released in the United States in October, it played several locations in Texas earlier in the month. I have been unable to find any ads for live appearances in Texas by Cole or Ellington in the newspaper archives I use.
                                                      Having said that; it is not impossible for Ellington to have absented himself from the Zardi's gig to go to San Antonio for a day or two, but it would have had to have been by air, since the cities are nearly 1,400 miles apart. A flight would have been at least 3 hours each way. The first time Ellington flew is not documented, but the following summer (see 1956 06 08) Ellington spoke about being bored after the first hour in flight, which suggests he had flown previously.
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                                                    Los Angeles, Cal.
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                                                    .Albuquerque,N.M.Armory
                                                    5th and Gold SW
                                                    4 hours of dancing, 8 P.M. to 12
                                                    • Albuquerque Journal, Albuquerque,N.M.
                                                      • 1955-12-10 p.20
                                                      • 1955-12-09 p.48
                                                      • 1955-12-11 p.1
                                                    • Albuquerque Tribune, Albuquerque,N.M.
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                                                    .Dodge City, Kans.AuditoriumFlorence Lile's Teen Times column reports Ellington played at Dodge City, and that Carolyn Dunnan, Kenny Wicks, Jo Green, C.A. Bowser, Imogene Kuttler, Jack Calihan, Kathleen Regan, Larry Scheuzer, Myrna Archibald, Leroy Arnold, Kay Smith and Jay Crook travelled to Dodge City for the Ellington concert.
                                                    • Stratemann p.361
                                                    • Garden City Telegram, Garden City, Kansas, 1955-12-15 p.8
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                                                    ..Peripheral Event
                                                    The Pittsburgh Courier:

                                                    'NEW YORK–Duke Ellington is seeking ways and means to break his current recording contract with Capitol Records, according to information received this week.
                                                      It is understood that the famed maestro is dissatisfied because he wants some of his efforts to be reelased [sic] as single sides while the wax firm continues to present him in albums exclusively.
                                                      Ellington has been recording under the Capitol banner for the past two years. He previously worked for Columbia. No new record tieup has been set.'

                                                    According to Lambert:
                                                    • Ellington's last Columbia sessions before the Capitol contract were in December 1952
                                                    • Ellington did not make any other commercial recordings until inaugurating the Capitol contract on April 6, 1953.
                                                    • The last Capitol session was May 18, 1955.
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                                                    .Chillicothe, Mo.Airlane Ballroom
                                                    Northeast Chillicothe

                                                    "DUKE ELLINGTON HERE

                                                    The Duke Ellington dance band arrived today in Chillicothe in the band's own bus. Ellington is to play for a dance here tonight."

                                                    Admission, $2.00 advance, $2.25 at door.
                                                    The Constitution-Tribune, Chillicothe, Mo.,
                                                    • Ad, 1955-12-16 p.4
                                                    • Notice, 1955-12-17 p.1
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                                                    .Madison, Wisc.Maple Bluffs Country ClubPrivate dance, 9 p.m.
                                                    The Capital Times, Dec.2:

                                                    'Quislings, Faulkners Plan Formal Dance
                                                      One of the highlights of the "Santa Claus" season will be the formal dance Dr.and Mrs. Abraham A. Quisling ... and the Austin Faulkners ... will give Dec. 20 at the Maple Bluff Country Club. Dancing will begin at 9 p.m. for the 250 guests.'

                                                    Waukesha Daily Freeman, Dec.22:

                                                    'Mr. and Mrs. E. J. Connell...were among some 300 guests who attended a formal pre-Christmas dinner dance held at Maple Bluffs Country club, Madison.
                                                      Hosts and hostesses for the affair were Dr. and Mrs. Abe Quisling and Mr. and Mrs. Austin Faulkner, all of Madison. Mrs. Faulkner is the daughter of the Connells.
                                                      Music for dancing at the party was by Duke Ellington and his band.'

                                                    • The Capital Times, Madison, Wisc.
                                                      1955-12-02 p.12
                                                    • Waukesha Daily Freeman, Waukesha, Wisc.
                                                      1955-12-22 p.5
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                                                    1956 01 03Chicago, Ill.Blue Note nightclubNight club residency, pursuant to the contract made July 26 (see above).

                                                    Stratemann says the band had Mondays and Tuesdays off, as well as Christmas Day and New Years Day. This makes little sense because
                                                    1. Specific days off are not mentioned in the contract
                                                    2. The term of the contract was for two 30 hour weeks, five days a week, with matinees on Sundays. There were no other Sundays during the two week engagement.
                                                    3. Having 6 days off during the two week engagement leaves only 8 performance days, instead of the 10 called for in the contract.

                                                    Herb Lyon, Tower Ticker, Chicago Daily Tribune:

                                                    '...Duke Ellington will be welcomed to town (and the Blue Note) Wednesday night, when every name disk jockey will turn up to give him a special Downbeat award. He's still the duke-iest... '

                                                    Associated Press wirestory:

                                                    'Band leader Duke Ellington wound up with a tongue-in-cheek award from Downbeat magazine for "his contribution to intermission piano playing." The jazz music magazine used the occasion of the Duke's opening night at the Blue Note to present him with the award, which actually feted Ellington for his more than 25 years as a music maker.'

                                                    • Chicago Daily Tribune, Chicago, Ill.
                                                      1955-12-19 pt 3 p.20 F
                                                    • AP wirestory,
                                                      The Lethbridge Herald, Lethbridge, Alta.
                                                      1955-12-29 p.2
                                                    • Stratemann, p.361
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                                                    1955 12 22
                                                    Thursday
                                                    .Chicago, Ill.Blue Note nightclubNight club residency - see 1955 12 21...
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                                                    1955 12 23
                                                    Friday
                                                    .Chicago, Ill.Blue Note nightclubNight club residency - see 1955 12 21...
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                                                    1955 12 24
                                                    Saturday
                                                    .Chicago, Ill.Blue Note nightclubNight club residency - see 1955 12 21...
                                                    ..2011
                                                    1955 12 25
                                                    Sunday
                                                    Christmas Day
                                                    .Chicago, Ill..activities not documented - Blue Note day off - had this not been a holiday, there would have been an afternoon and an evening performance....
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                                                    1955 12 26
                                                    Monday
                                                    Boxing Day
                                                    .Chicago, Ill.activities not documented - Blue Note day off...
                                                    ..2011
                                                    1955 12 27
                                                    Tuesday
                                                    .Chicago, Ill.Blue Note nightclubactivities not documented - Blue Note day off...
                                                    ..2011
                                                    1955 12 28
                                                    Wednesday
                                                    .Chicago, Ill.Blue Note nightclubNight club residency - see 1955 12 21...
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                                                    1955 12 29
                                                    Thursday
                                                    .Chicago, Ill.Blue Note nightclubNight club residency - see 1955 12 21.New Desor
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                                                    1955 12 30
                                                    Friday
                                                    .Chicago, Ill.Blue Note nightclubNight club residency - see 1955 12 21...
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                                                    Saturday
                                                    .Chicago, Ill.Blue Note nightclubNight club residency - see 1955 12 21.New Desor
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                                                    January 1956

                                                    1956 01 01
                                                    Sunday
                                                    .Chicago, Ill..activities not documented - Blue Note day off- had this not been a holiday, there would have been an afternoon and an evening performance...DEMS
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                                                    Monday
                                                    .Chicago, Ill..activities not documented - Blue Note day off..DEMS
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                                                    1956 01 03
                                                    Tuesday
                                                    .Chicago, Ill..Blue Note day off and end of two week engagement...DEMS
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                                                    1956 01 03
                                                    Tuesday
                                                    .Chicago, Ill.Universal Recording Corporation studiosPrivate recording session ("stockpile")

                                                    Duke Ellington & His Orchestra
                                                    Cook, Anderson, Terry, Nance, Woodman, Jackson, Sanders, Hamilton, Procope, Hodges, Gonsalves, Carney, Ellington, Strayhorn, Woode, Woodyard

                                                    Titles recorded:
                                                    • Feetbone
                                                    • Blue Rose
                                                    • Bassment (Discontented)
                                                    • Carnegie Blues
                                                    • Blues Improvisation
                                                    • Just Scratchin' The Surface
                                                    • Le Sucrier Velour (Do Not Disturb)
                                                    • Tea For Two
                                                    • Long Time Blues
                                                    Subject to the comment at 1931 08 11 above, this seems to be Ellington's earliest private recording session that resulted in the recordings surviving in the enormous "stockpile" of privately made recordings his son Mercer donated in 1984 to the Danish Radio service, which produced 40 broadcasts of the material. (There was a private recording some 25 years earlier (see 1931 08 11) which apparently is lost.) The collection consisted of 781 audio tapes and 52 records. It is, in any event, the earliest date listed in DEMS 86/2 in a table of these broadcasts.

                                                    DEMS 86/2-3

                                                    'RADIO DENMARK'S SENSATIONAL SERIES
                                                    PRESENTING MERCER DONATED DE MATERIAL
                                                    A SPECIAL SURVEY
                                                    displaying new discoveries, new conclusions, new solutions, new surprises

                                                    Almost all the Mercer donated material consists of so called "Stockpile Recordings", In earlier days of this stockpile era everything was handled by the boys and gals of the Mercer Inc. [Documentation was] not taken too seriously. "Nothin' Is Like Having Your Own Record Company!" seemed to be the happy thing in those days.

                                                    Later the more experienced and trained recording personnel at the various recording studios were used - Columbia, RCA, National, A&R, a.o. Written documentation became more reliable. Nevertheless, according to circumstances, they sometimes lack correct details as to titles, personnel, etc.

                                                    The stockpile recordings are highly interesting. Completely new material is included, but also older things in quite new arrangements, and many hitherto completely unknown and most important works. The material at the recording sessions was often so fresh that titles were referred to only as "Number One", "Number Two", etc. Another system for reference was the use of four-letter combinations. Sometimes there were interimn titles used. To Duke the important thing at the sessions [was] to get the new ideas recorded.

                                                    In many cases the date of a recording session was afterwards forgotten, or the papers got lost. Reconstructions had to be done, The result often was mistakes as wrong months, days, sometimes years, personnel, and even titles.

                                                    Many major record companies, such as Reprise, Atlantic, Fantasy, Pablo, a.o., bought or leased material from the stockpile recordings, one of the latest being Doctor Jazz.

                                                    As all collectors know, album notes are often incorrect. This is mostly a result of the above described circumstances. Especially Pablo seems to have been terribly stricken in some cases.

                                                    Consequently it is not surprising to find out that the various Danish commentators responsible for the contents of the 40 (so far) broadcasts in the series, must have had considerable difficulties trying to sort out as correct as possible information concerning dates, personnel, titles, etc. Also in those cases where Mercer himself was asked to lend a helping hand, he too often came to a wrong conclusion.

                                                    Some of the Danish commentators have afterwards been able to find more correct information. Valuable observations have been handed over to DEMS, and we would like to thank all and everyone for their kind contributions. We would especially like to mention Erik Wiedemann for his extended researoh work carried out in the Radio Denmark archives. We have also contributions from outside Denmark, as for instance Klaus Stratemann, and there is of oourse the enthusiastic identification and research work as carried out by Sjef Hoefsmit. Everything has been assembled and handed over to Benny Aasland for expert discographical investigation together with the more contemporary documentations fortunately included and preserved in the DEMS files.

                                                    It is quite clear further research efforts are still needed in some cases... '

                                                    The bulletin then lists the contents of the 40 broadcasts, in chronological order, with suggested dates from 3 sources, titles, comments and place of origin. This list is followed by an alphabetical list of the song titles cross-indexed to its corresponding broadcast.

                                                    Ulf Lundin, Duke-LYM emails 2014-01-20
                                                    • The Azure CA-6 ends with a piece which Aaslund names Blues and gives 17 March 1956 as recording date. It is an 11 minutes long song with nice playing of Hodges, Hamilton and Carney but neither the title and the date is in NDESOR. There is a stockpile session on 18 March but the structure of the tune does not seem to fit the three tunes recorded on this date.Does anyone have information on this?
                                                    • It is amazing how the members of the list mobilize when there is a question to be answered. 24 hours after I posted it, I have got all the information (and more) as regards the last track on Azure CA-6. So the correct title is Long Time Blues and not Blues (as given by Aaslund) or Blues - Part 1 and 2 (in the first DESOR). Neither is the recording date 17 March 1956 (as in Aaslund's files - see DEMS 86/2 page 6) or 17 March 1957 (as in DESOR) but 3 Jan 1956. Furthermore, it is included in Private Collection Vol 1 CD but in a shorter version which leaves out the last four choruses on the Azure tape (see Hoefsmit's comment in DEMS 88/2 page 1)
                                                  • Girvan: Ellingtonia.com
                                                  • MacHare:
                                                    A Duke Ellington Panorama
                                                  • Timner IV
                                                  • The Private Collection on CD
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                                                    1956 01 04
                                                    Wednesday
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                                                    1956 01 05
                                                    Thursday
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                                                    1956 01 06
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                                                    1956 01 07
                                                    Saturday
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                                                    1956 01 08
                                                    Sunday
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                                                    1956 01 09
                                                    Monday
                                                    .Toledo, OhioMuseum Of Art Peristyle The Ellington orchestra opened the Jazz at the Peristyle three concert series instead of the Sauter-Finegan Orchestra, which cancelled its entire winter tour. The Lima announcement mentions the Ellington orchestra was to play in Philadelphia "next Saturday" before the Cafe Society Downtown engagement.
                                                    • Toledo Blade, Toledo, Ohio,
                                                      • Announcement, 1955-12-25 p.8
                                                      • Band photo, 1956-01-11
                                                    • The Lima News, Lima, Ohio, 1956-01-08 p.8-C
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                                                    1956 01 10
                                                    Tuesday
                                                    ...activities not documented
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                                                    1956 01 11
                                                    Wednesday
                                                    .New York, N.Y..Johnny Hodges recording session with a small group of EllingtoniansStratemann p.362.DEMS
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                                                    1956 01 12
                                                    Thursday
                                                    .New York, N.Y..Johnny Hodges recording session with a small group of Ellingtonians..DEMS
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                                                    1956 01 12
                                                    Thursday
                                                    1956 01 28New York, N.Y.Café Society or
                                                      Café Society Downtown
                                                    Club residency
                                                    • Stratemann p.362
                                                    • The Lima News, Lima, Ohio, 1956-01-08 p.8-C
                                                    • The Morning Herald, Uniontown, Penn., 1956-01-11 p.13
                                                    .DEMS
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                                                    1956 01 13
                                                    Friday
                                                    .New York, N.Y.Café Society or
                                                      Café Society Downtown
                                                    Club residency - see 1956 01 12...
                                                    ..2011
                                                    1956 01 14
                                                    Saturday
                                                    .New York, N.Y.Café Society or
                                                      Café Society Downtown
                                                    Club residency - see 1956 01 12...
                                                    ..2011
                                                    1956 01 15
                                                    Sunday
                                                    .New York, N.Y.Café Society or
                                                      Café Society Downtown
                                                    Club residency - see 1956 01 12...
                                                    ..2011
                                                    1956 01 16
                                                    Monday
                                                    .New York, N.Y.Café Society or
                                                      Café Society Downtown
                                                    Club residency - see 1956 01 12...
                                                    ..2011
                                                    1956 01 17
                                                    Tuesday
                                                    .New York, N.Y.Café Society or
                                                      Café Society Downtown
                                                    Club residency - see 1956 01 12...
                                                    ..2011
                                                    1956 01 18
                                                    Wednesday
                                                    .New York, N.Y.Café Society or
                                                      Café Society Downtown
                                                    Club residency - see 1956 01 12...
                                                    ..2011
                                                    1956 01 19
                                                    Thursday
                                                    .New York, N.Y.Café Society or
                                                      Café Society Downtown
                                                    Club residency - see 1956 01 12...
                                                    ..2011
                                                    1956 01 20
                                                    Friday
                                                    .New York, N.Y.Café Society or
                                                      Café Society Downtown
                                                    Club residency - see 1956 01 12...
                                                    ..2011
                                                    1956 01 21
                                                    Saturday
                                                    .New York, N.Y.Café Society or
                                                      Café Society Downtown
                                                    Club residency - see 1956 01 12...
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                                                    1956 01 22
                                                    Sunday
                                                    .New York, N.Y.Café Society or
                                                      Café Society Downtown
                                                    Club residency - see 1956 01 12
                                                    Recorded NBC remote broadcast:
                                                    Duke Ellington and His OrchestraCook, Anderson, Terry, Nance, Woodman, Jackson, Sanders, Hamilton, Procope, Hodges, Gonsalves, Carney, Ellington, Woode, Woodyard
                                                    Titles recorded:
                                                    • Take The "A" Train (theme)
                                                    • Satin Doll
                                                    • Feetbone
                                                    • Passion Flower
                                                    .New Desor
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                                                    1956 01 23
                                                    Monday
                                                    .New York, N.Y.30th St. StudiosColumbia recording session
                                                    • 15:00 - 18:00
                                                    • 20:00 - 23:00

                                                    Rosemary Clooney and Duke Ellington and His Orchestra
                                                    Cook, Cat Anderson, Terry, Nance, Woodman, Jackson, Sanders, Hamilton, Procope, Hodges, Gonsalves, Carney, Ellington, Strayhorn, Woode, Woodyard. (Miss Clooney was not present. Her vocals were dubbed at Radio Recorders, 1956-02-08 and 1956-02-11)
                                                    Titles recorded:
                                                    • Me And You
                                                    • Grievin'
                                                    • I'm Checking Out Goom Bye
                                                    • Blue Rose
                                                    • Sophisticated Lady
                                                    • Mood Indigo
                                                    • If You Were In My Place

                                                    Stuart Broomer, Editorial Review on Amazon.com:

                                                    '...the person most responsible for these unusual 1956 recordings was ... Billy Strayhorn. ... Clooney was in the midst of a difficult pregnancy and unable to leave Los Angeles. Strayhorn visited her to work on the arrangements, eventually moving in and becoming nurse as well as orchestrator, picking the material with Clooney and arranging familiar Ellington classics and some of his own songs ... to suit her voice. The situation ... required ... the band and vocal tracks be recorded separately, the first time the technique had been attempted by major artists...'


                                                    Lambert:

                                                    'The first three Ellington LPs recorded in 1956 were done on a freelance basis, one for Columbia and two for Bethlehem. The Columbia set, Blue Rose, is a collaboration with the popular singer Rosemary Clooney, the first of many such meetings with artists from outside the Ellington orbit which we find in the LP era...'

                                                    Stratemann: These were the first commercial recordings Ellington made after the Capitol contract expired.
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                                                    1956 01 23
                                                    Monday
                                                    .New York, N.Y.Café Society or
                                                      Café Society Downtown
                                                    Club residency - see 1956 01 12...
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                                                    1956 01 24
                                                    Tuesday
                                                    .New York, N.Y.Café Society or
                                                      Café Society Downtown
                                                    Club residency - see 1956 01 12...
                                                    ..2011
                                                    1956 01 25
                                                    Wednesday
                                                    .New York, N.Y.Café Society or
                                                      Café Society Downtown
                                                    Club residency - see 1956 01 12...
                                                    ..2011
                                                    1956 01 26
                                                    Thursday
                                                    .New York, N.Y.Café Society or
                                                      Café Society Downtown
                                                    Club residency - see 1956 01 12...
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                                                    1956 01 27
                                                    Friday
                                                    .New York, N.Y.30th St. StudiosColumbia recording session (see also commentary above re 1956 01 23)
                                                    15:00-18:15
                                                    Rosemary Clooney and Duke Ellington and His Orchestra
                                                    Cook, Cat Anderson, Terry, Nance, Woodman, Jackson, Sanders, Hamilton, Procope, Hodges, Gonsalves, Carney, Ellington, Woode, Woodyard
                                                    Again, Miss Clooney was not present. Her vocals were recorded at Radio Recorders in Los Angeles in February.

                                                    Titles recorded:
                                                    • I Let A Song Go Out Of My Heart
                                                    • It Don't Mean A Thing
                                                    • Just A-Sittin- And A-Rockin'
                                                    • I Got It Bad and That Ain't Good
                                                    • Passion Flower
                                                    • Hey Baby
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                                                    1956 01 27
                                                    Friday
                                                    .New York, N.Y.Café Society or
                                                      Café Society Downtown
                                                    Club residency - see 1956 01 12...
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                                                    Saturday
                                                    .New York, N.Y.Café Society or
                                                      Café Society Downtown
                                                    Club residency - see 1956 01 12
                                                    Recorded NBC remote broadcast:
                                                    Duke Ellington and His OrchestraCook, Anderson, Terry, Nance, Woodman, Jackson, Sanders, Hamilton, Procope, Hodges, Gonsalves, Carney, Ellington, Woode, Woodyard
                                                    Titles recorded:
                                                    • Take The "A" Train (theme)
                                                    • Bassment
                                                    • C-Jam Blues
                                                    • Stompin' At The Savoy
                                                  • Girvan:  Ellingtonia.com
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                                                    Sunday
                                                    ...activities not documented...
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                                                    1956 01 29
                                                    Sunday
                                                    ... Peripheral event
                                                    Despite the Cafe Society run ending Jan. 28 according to Stratemann and Vail, the Sunday Star showed Ellington playing on NBC Monitor at 11:30 p.m. from Cafe Society.
                                                    Sunday Star, Washington, D.C. 1956-01-29 p.E-8 (indexed by GenealogyBank.com as Evening Star p. 93)..
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                                                    Monday
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                                                    1956 01 31
                                                    Tuesday
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                                                    February 1956

                                                    1956 02 01
                                                    Wednesday
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                                                    1956 02 02
                                                    Thursday
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                                                    Friday
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                                                    1956 02 04
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                                                    1956 02 05
                                                    Sunday
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                                                    1956 02 06
                                                    Monday
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                                                    1956 02 07
                                                    Tuesday
                                                    1956 02 08
                                                    Wednesday
                                                    Chicago, Ill.Universal Recording Corporation studiosTwo day recording session for the Bethlehem label albums Historically Speaking and Duke Ellington Presents...

                                                    Ellington contracted with Bethlehem for only two LPs.
                                                    Duke Ellington and His Orchestra
                                                    Cook, Cat Anderson, Terry, Nance, Woodman, Jackson, Sanders, Hamilton, Procope, Hodges, Gonsalves, Carney, Ellington, Woode, Woodyard, Grissom
                                                    Titles recorded:
                                                    • East St. Louis Toodle-O
                                                    • Creole Love Call
                                                    • Stompy Jones
                                                    • Jeep Is Jumpin'
                                                    • Jack The Bear
                                                    • In A Mellow Tone
                                                    • Ko-Ko
                                                    • Midriff
                                                    • Stomp, Look And Listen
                                                    • Unbooted Character
                                                    • Lonesome Lullabye
                                                    • Upper Manhattan Medical Group
                                                    • Summertime
                                                    • Laura
                                                    • I Can't Get Started
                                                    • My Funny Valentine
                                                    • Everything But You
                                                    • Frustration
                                                    • Cotton Tail
                                                    • Day Dream
                                                    • Deep Purple
                                                    • Indian Summer
                                                    • Blues No.05
                                                    Lambert:

                                                    'These Bethlehem LPs gave a clear indication that the Ellington band was at one of its peaks'

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                                                    1956 02 08
                                                    Wednesday
                                                    .Chicago, Ill.Universal Recording Corporation studiosBethlehem recording session - see 1956 02 08.New Desor
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                                                    Wednesday
                                                    .Hollywood, Cal.Radio RecordersPeripheral event
                                                    First of two sessions in which Rosemary Clooney's vocals were dubbed onto the Jan. 23 and 27 recordings by the band. The session time is not known.
                                                    Email Lasker-Palmquist 2014-10-14 re session timeNew Desor
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                                                    Thursday
                                                    ...activities not documented
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                                                    1956 02 10
                                                    Friday
                                                    ...activities not documented
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                                                    1956 02 11
                                                    Saturday
                                                    ...activities not documented
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                                                    1956 02 11.Hollywood, Cal.Radio RecordersPeripheral event
                                                    Second of two sessions in which Rosemary Clooney's vocals were dubbed onto the Jan. 23 and 27 recordings by the band. The session time is not known.
                                                    Email Lasker-Palmquist 2014-10-14 re session timeNew Desor
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                                                    1956 02 12
                                                    Sunday
                                                    ...activities not documented
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                                                    1956 02 13
                                                    Monday
                                                    .Jackson, Miss.Jackson College

                                                    'Duke Ellington and his famous orchestra will make a Feb. 13 appearance at Jackson College, (Mississippi) under the sponsorship of the Jackson College Lyceum Association.'


                                                    The Clarion-Ledger:

                                                    '...Duke's great band will be pinch hitting for Lionel Hampton's "Flying Home" aggregation which had been scheduled ... October 24.
                                                      The Hampton band was unable to fill the engagement because of a wreck in which the "Vibes" King and 15 members of his orchestra were injured. Ellington's services had been requested last spring when the Lyceum Associaiton made plans for this season's series, but because of previous commitments, he was not available for a fall concert.'

                                                    • The Clarion-Ledger, Jackson, Miss.
                                                      1955-11-16 s.1 p.3
                                                    • Pittsburgh Courier, Pittsburgh, Penn.
                                                      1955-11-26, p.13
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                                                    1956 02 14
                                                    Tuesday
                                                    Valentine's Day
                                                    ...activities not documented
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                                                    1956 02 15
                                                    Wednesday
                                                    ...activities not documented
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                                                    1956 02 16
                                                    Thursday
                                                    New York City, N.Y...Band activities not documented
                                                    Ellington was interviewed for 5 minutes on the afternoon WNYC radio show Adventures in Jazz
                                                    WNYC was owned by the City of New York.
                                                    Stratemann p.362..
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                                                    1956 02 17
                                                    Friday
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                                                    1956 02 18
                                                    Saturday
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                                                    1956 02 19
                                                    Sunday
                                                    ...activities not documented
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                                                    1956 02 20
                                                    Monday
                                                    ...activities not documented
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                                                    1956 02 21
                                                    Tuesday
                                                    ...activities not documented
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                                                    1956 02 22
                                                    Wednesday
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                                                    1956 02 23
                                                    Thursday
                                                    ...activities not documented
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                                                    1956 02 24
                                                    Friday
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                                                    1956 02 25
                                                    Saturday
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                                                    1956 02 26
                                                    Sunday
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                                                    1956 02 27
                                                    Monday
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                                                    1956 02 28
                                                    Tuesday
                                                    .Daytona Beach, Fla.Bethune-Cookman College Moore Gymnasium...
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                                                    Wednesday
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                                                    March 1956

                                                    1956 03 01
                                                    Thursday
                                                    9 p.m. - 1 a.m.
                                                    .St. Petersburg, Fla.ColiseumDance
                                                    Admission $2 including tax
                                                    • Stratemann p.362 citing DESB
                                                    • St. Petersburg Times
                                                      • Announcement, 1956-02-28 p.20
                                                      • Banner ad, 1956-03-01 p.24
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                                                    1956 03 02
                                                    Friday
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                                                    1956 03 03
                                                    Saturday
                                                    ...activities not documented
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                                                    1956 03 04
                                                    Sunday
                                                    ...activities not documented
                                                    ...
                                                    ...
                                                    1956 03 05
                                                    Monday
                                                    ...activities not documented
                                                    ...
                                                    ...
                                                    1956 03 06
                                                    Tuesday
                                                    .Normal, Ala.Alabama A and M CollegeThis entry is based solely on a file folder label listed in the Smithsonian finding aid shown to the right and should not be taken as confirmed as yet.Additional documentation is likely to be found in SI-NMAH DEC301, Series 2: Performances and Programs, 1933-1974, box 11, folder 15 Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Alabama A and M College, Normal, Alabama, March 6, 1956..
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                                                    Wednesday
                                                    .Frankfort, Ky.Hume Hall
                                                    Kentucky College
                                                    ....
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                                                    1956 03 08
                                                    Thursday
                                                    ...activities not documented
                                                    ...
                                                    ...
                                                    1956 03 09
                                                    Friday
                                                    ...activities not documented
                                                    ...
                                                    ...
                                                    1956 03 10
                                                    Saturday
                                                    .Lawrence, Kans.Student Union
                                                    University of Kansas
                                                    Greek Week ball

                                                    'A sophomore from Pratt, Scott Dole, was crowned king of Greek Week and the annual Greek Week Ball March 10 - that's the dance for which Duke Ellington and his band performed.'

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                                                    1956 03 11
                                                    Sunday
                                                    ...activities not documented...
                                                    ...
                                                    1956 03 12
                                                    Monday
                                                    .Ardmore or Ada, Okla..

                                                    'Popular hits to longer, more serious works will be presented by Duke Ellington March 12 on Allied Arts series "B". Bob Austin, Sigma Phi Epsilon pledge has reserved seats right on the front row to hear Ellington, whose compositions have been classed with Walt Disney's cartoons as the only original art forms developed in American.'


                                                    "Allied Arts series B" seems to have been a program of Allied Arts section or division of the Tanti Study Club of Ada, Oklahoma, which in turn seems to be a member of the Oklahoma State Federation of Women's Clubs. Ardmore and Ada are about 60 miles apart, and it isn't clear which one hosted this concert.

                                                    Ardmore is one of the sites of Murray State Agricultural College, which may explain the headline "Aggies from Ardmore."

                                                    Any further information regarding this possible March 12 performance will be welcome.
                                                    Marilyn Baldwin, Aggies from Ardmore,The Daily Ardmoreite, Ardmore, Okla., 1956-03-11 p.2-B...
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                                                    1956 03 13
                                                    Tuesday
                                                    .Norman, Okla.Fieldhouse
                                                    University of Oklahoma
                                                    The Daily Ardmoreite:

                                                    'Shirley Rosser could hardly keep from dancing as she listened to the Duke Ellington jazz concert in the field house Tuesday, March 13 at 7:30 p.m.. Ellington is currently touring colleges throughout the United States.'

                                                    .
                                                    • Stratemann p.361 citing DESB
                                                    • The Daily Ardmoreite, Ardmore, Ok., 1956-03-18 p.4-B
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                                                    Wednesday
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                                                    ...
                                                    1956 03 15
                                                    Thursday
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                                                    Friday
                                                    .Davenport, IowaMasonic Auditorium"Modern Jazz '56" concert, Ellington orchestra and the Dave Brubeck Quartet
                                                    • Stratemann p.362
                                                    • Monmouth College, Monmouth, Ill., 1956-03-10 p.4
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                                                    1956 03 17
                                                    Saturday
                                                    .Chicago, Ill.Universal Recording Corporation studiosStratemann shows a recording session for this date which appears to be in error based on a listing of The Private Collection Volume 1 tracks in DEMS 1988-2 p.1. According to Benny Aasland in DEMS 1992/1, pp.2-3, the date was January 3, 1956..New Desor
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                                                    1956 03 17
                                                    Saturday
                                                    .La Salle, Ill.Valley Ballroom...DEMS
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                                                    1956 03 18
                                                    Sunday
                                                    .Chicago, Ill.Universal Recording Corporation studiosPrivate recording session (the "stockpile")
                                                    Duke Ellington and His Orchestra
                                                    Cook, Anderson, Terry, Nance, Woodman, Jackson, Sanders, Hamilton, Procope, Hodges, Gonsalves, Carney, Billy Strayhorn,; Woode, Woodyard

                                                    Titles recorded:
                                                    • Blue Rose
                                                    • Short Sheet Cluster
                                                    • Uncontrived
                                                    New Desor
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                                                    1956 03 18
                                                    Sunday
                                                    .Kenosha, Wisc.Eagles BallroomEllington and his orchestra were to play at the Eagles Ballroom in Kenosha on this date. This event does not necessarily conflict with the stockpile recording session since Kenosha is only 66 miles from the centre of Chicago.Kenosha Evening News, Kenosha, Wisc.,
                                                  • 1956-02-16 p.22
                                                  • 1956-03-02 p.15
                                                  • 1956-03-09 p.14
                                                  • 1956-03-16 p.15
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                                                    1956 03 19
                                                    Monday
                                                    .Chicago, Ill.Universal Recording Corporation studiosPrivate recording session (the "stockpile")
                                                    Duke Ellington and His Orchestra
                                                    Cook, Cat Anderson, Terry, Nance, Woodman, Jackson, Sanders, Hamilton, Procope, Hodges, Gonsalves, Carney, Billy Strayhorn,; Woode, Woodyard

                                                    Titles recorded:
                                                    • Miss Lucy
                                                    • Prelude To A Kiss
                                                    • E And D Blues
                                                    • Way Back Blues
                                                    • Where's The Music?
                                                    • Rubber Bottom
                                                    • Play The Blues And Go Home
                                                    .New Desor
                                                    DE5608
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                                                    1956 03 20
                                                    Tuesday
                                                    8:15 p.m.
                                                    .Palatine, Ill.Gymnasium
                                                    Palatine Township High School
                                                    2 hour concert sponsored by the student council. James Mitchell, student council president was in charge of the arrangements.

                                                    Reserved seats, $3 (first 7 rows on the gym floor; general admission $2 (main gym floor) and $1.50 (bleachers).
                                                    The Arlington Herald:

                                                    'This reporter believes that Palatine township high school senior council and all students and teachers are to be praised for th ewonderful job they did in bringing the Duke Ellington concert to this area. The high school gymn had a wonderful turnout Tuesday evening and Duke Ellington and his band put on a grand concert...'

                                                    • Arlington Heights Herald, Arlington Heights, Ill.
                                                      • 1956-02-16 p.4
                                                      • 1956-03-08 p.18
                                                      • 1956-03-15 p.77
                                                      • Marjory Platt, News Of Greater Palatine, 1956-03-22
                                                    • The Palatine Enterprise(indexed as The Daily Herald by Newspapers.com)
                                                      • 1956-02-16 p.1
                                                      • 1956-03-15 p.2
                                                    • Chicago Daily Tribune 1956-03-18, p.NW1
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                                                    1956 03 21
                                                    Wednesday
                                                    .Decatur, Ill.Kintner Gym
                                                    Decatur High School
                                                    400 block N.Franklin St.
                                                    .Stratemann p.362 citing DESB..
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                                                    1956 03 22
                                                    Thursday
                                                    ...activities not documented
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                                                    1956 03 23
                                                    Friday
                                                    ...activities not documented
                                                    ...
                                                    ...
                                                    1956 03 24
                                                    Saturday
                                                    ...activities not documented
                                                    ...
                                                    ...
                                                    1956 03 25
                                                    Sunday
                                                    .Boston, Mass.Hotel Sherry-Biltmore.Boston Section, National Council of Jewish Women Evening Group dinner dance
                                                    Duke Ellington and his orchestra will be featured and a revue "Vintage '56" will be the theme of the evening.
                                                    Boston Herald 1956-03-23 p.38A..
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                                                    1956 03 26
                                                    Monday
                                                    1956 04 01
                                                    Sunday
                                                    Boston, Mass.StoryvilleNight club engagement (1)

                                                    Sometime during this engagement, Ellington was made an honorary member of the national music fraternity Kappa Gamma Phi, by the New England Conservatory of Music Alpha Chapter.(2)
                                                    • (1) Stratemann p.362, citing Variety 1956-03-28, p74
                                                    • (2) Baltimore Afro-American, 1956-05-12, p7
                                                    • Ads
                                                      • Boston Traveler 1956-03-23 p.49
                                                      • Boston Herald
                                                        • 1956-03-22
                                                        • 1956-03-23
                                                      • Boston American
                                                        • 1956-03-22
                                                        • 1956-03-23
                                                      • Boston Evening American 1956-03-28 p.31
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                                                    1956 03 27
                                                    Tuesday
                                                    .Boston, Mass.Storyvillenight club residency - see 1956 03 26...
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                                                    1956 03 28
                                                    Wednesday
                                                    .Boston, Mass.Storyvillenight club residency - see 1956 03 26...
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                                                    1956 03 29
                                                    Thursday
                                                    .Boston, Mass.Storyvillenight club residency - see 1956 03 26...
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                                                    1956 03 30
                                                    Friday
                                                    ...Date of contract between "Frank Holzfeind The Blue Note," Duke Ellington Inc. and Associated Booking Corporation to provide 15 musicians and a vocalist led by Duke Ellington for two 5-day 32-hour weeks, with Sunday matinee at the Blue Note, 3 N. Clark St., commencing August 22, 1956 for $5,000/week less 10% to ABC.

                                                    This contract has the same provision re recording, reproduction or broadcast.
                                                    Contract, Stratemann files, courtesy Monika Stratemann..
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                                                    Friday
                                                    .Boston, Mass.Storyvillenight club residency - see 1956 03 26...
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                                                    1956 03 31
                                                    Saturday
                                                    .Boston, Mass.Storyvillenight club residency - see 1956 03 26...
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                                                    April 1956

                                                    1956 04 01
                                                    Sunday
                                                    .Boston, Mass.Storyvillenight club residency - see 1956 03 26...
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                                                    1956 04 02
                                                    Monday
                                                    1956 04 03Passaic, N.J.Central Theatre....
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                                                    1956 04 03
                                                    Tuesday
                                                    .Passaic, N.J.Central Theatre-see 1956 04 02....
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                                                    1956 04 04
                                                    Wednesday
                                                    ...activities not documented
                                                    ...
                                                    ...
                                                    1956 04 05
                                                    Thursday
                                                    ...activities not documented
                                                    ...
                                                    ...
                                                    1956 04 05
                                                    Thursday
                                                    ...TEMPORARY PERSONNEL CHANGES
                                                    New Desor volume 2 shows trumpeters Ray Nance and Willie Cook leaving the band in March and returning on April 25. New Desor also shows trumpeter Nelson 'Cadillac' Williams in the band from March to April 24, and trumpeter Jesse Drakes in the band from March to April 9, after which Phil Barboza replaced Drakes for six days. Band activities from April 17 to 22 are not documented, but New Desor has Edward 'Moon' Mullens replacing Barboza from April 22-24.
                                                    The substitutions likely resulted from the arrests of Nance and Cook:

                                                    Star-Journal:

                                                    'Willis (Ray) Nance, top-flight jazz trumpeter and husband of a Maspeth model, have [sic] pleaded guilty to dope charges in Manhattan General Sessions.
                                                      His wife, Mrs. Gloria Nance, 27, arrested with her husband in a Manhattan hotel, April 5, pleaded not guilty.
                                                      Mrs. Nance, who lives at 56-09 62nd avenue [sic], will be tried May 23. Her husband, a member of the Duke Ellington band, will be sentenced May 25.
                                                      John Cook, 32, another Ellington trumpeter, who was picked up in Nance's room, pleaded guilty and will be sentenced Thursday.'

                                                    Pittsburgh Courier:

                                                    'Ray Nance, who's out on bail on that dope business, will not be taken back by Duke Ellington.'

                                                    • New Desor Vol.2
                                                    • Long Island Star-Journal 1956-04-16 p.11
                                                    • Pittsburgh Courier 1956-04-21 p.24
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                                                    Friday
                                                    ...activities not documented
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                                                    1956 04 07
                                                    Saturday
                                                    .Elmira, N.Y.State Armory....
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                                                    1956 04 08
                                                    Sunday
                                                    .Rochester, N.Y.Golden Grill Inn
                                                    4775 Lake Ave.
                                                    Stratemann places this in Charlotte, N.Y.

                                                    There are at least two Charlotte place names in New York, one in Chautauqua County and one that is part of Rochester. A matchbook cover for sale on eBay for the Golden Grill Inn carries the address 4775 Lake Avenue, Rochester.
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                                                    1956 04 09
                                                    Monday
                                                    ...activities not documented
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                                                    1956 04 10
                                                    Tuesday
                                                    1956 04 15New York, N.Y.Basin Street East

                                                    'APPEARING
                                                    NITELY
                                                    DUKE ELLINGTON
                                                    And His
                                                    World Famous Orchestra
                                                    LOU STERN Trio
                                                    Extra Attaction...
                                                    the Lovely Voice of
                                                    MORGANA KING
                                                    Open 6 Nites a Week'


                                                    Danton Walker :

                                                    'Eddie Arcaro at the bongo drums was the sensation of the Duke Ellington opening at Basin St.'


                                                    PERSONNEL CHANGES
                                                    According to Stratemann, during the Basin Street engagement Johnny Hartmann replaced Jimmy Grissom as vocalist, and Jesse Drakes and Nelson Williams replaced Willie Cook and Ray Nance. According to New Desor and Sjef Hoefsmit, however, Phil Barboza played Basin Street instead of Drakes.

                                                    Sjef Hoefsmit (DEMS 02,1-25):

                                                    'The New DESOR has Jesse Drakes from March until 9Apr56 and starting with the Basin Street engagement until 21Apr56 Phil "Edmond" Barboza, see New DESOR sessions 5609 and 5610 and DEMS Bulletin 93/2-6.'

                                                    Luciano Massagli (DEMS 93/2-6):

                                                    'In 1984 I met Felix "Phil" Edmond Barboza...who played iwth Duke's band for six days, from 10-15Apr56. He told me that when RN left, in March, he was first replaced by Jesse Drakes (until April 9), then by him (until April 15) and successively by Eddie Mullens. During this same period Nelson Williams took the place of Willie Cook...'

                                                    • Stratemann p.363 citing Variety 1956-04-18 p.80
                                                    • Danton Walker, Broadway, Boston Traveler, 1956-04-13
                                                    • Ad, New York Amsterdam News, 1956-04-14 p.15
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                                                    Wednesday
                                                    .New York, N.Y.Basin Street EastNight club residency - see 1956 04 10...
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                                                    Thursday
                                                    .New York, N.Y.Basin Street EastNight club residency - see 1956 04 10...
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                                                    Friday
                                                    .New York, N.Y.Basin Street EastNight club residency - see 1956 04 10...
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                                                    Saturday
                                                    .New York, N.Y.Basin Street EastNight club residency - see 1956 04 10
                                                    Recorded remote CBS/AFRS and NBC "Monitor" broadcasts
                                                    Duke Ellington and His Orchestra
                                                    Cat Anderson, Terry, N. Williams, Barboza, Woodman, Jackson, Sanders, Hamilton, Procope, Hodges, Gonsalves, Carney, Ellington, Woode, Woodyard, Grissom (or Hartmann)
                                                    Titles recorded
                                                      - CBS/AFRS broadcast:
                                                    • Take The "A" Train (theme)
                                                    • Caravan
                                                    • Sophisticated Lady
                                                    • Kinda Dukish / Rockin' In Rhythm
                                                    • Do Nothin' Till You Hear From Me
                                                    • Stompin' At The Savoy
                                                    • Prelude To A Kiss
                                                    • Things Ain't What They Used To Be
                                                      - NBC Monitor broadcast
                                                    • Take The "A" Train (theme)
                                                    • E And D Blues
                                                    • The Mooche
                                                    • Take The "A" Train
                                                    Monitor was an all day weekend program for the NBC radio network. Affiliates could use it instead of other programming, but were not obliged to do so.
                                                  • Girvan:  Ellingtonia.com
                                                  • Timner
                                                  • Stratemann p.363
                                                  • New Desor
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                                                    1956 04 15
                                                    Sunday
                                                    .New York, N.Y.Basin Street EastNight club residency - see 1956 04 10
                                                    Final night
                                                    Yale Daily News 1956-04-13 p.4...
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                                                    Monday
                                                    .Doylestown, Pa.Central Bucks County Consolidated High School2 benefit shows, 7 pm and 9 pm, for the Underprivileged Children's Fund of the Doylestown Kiwanis Club.
                                                    • Stratemann p.363 citing DESB
                                                    • The Philadelphia Inquirer, Philadelphia, Penn., 1956-04-01 p.13
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                                                    Tuesday
                                                    ...activities not documented
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                                                    1956 04 18
                                                    Wednesday
                                                    .Washington, D.C.Lincoln Collonade
                                                    1217 You St. N.W.
                                                    Dance 10 p.m. to 2 a.m.
                                                    presented by The Vixens Club and The Focus Club, in cooperation with The National Shrine Corp.

                                                    Tickets $1.75 (advance), $2.00 (door)
                                                    Vail II, copy of ad, unnamed source...
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                                                    Wednesday
                                                    .New York, N.Y.BirdlandAn advertising handbill for a Birdland appearance from 1956 03 18 to 1956 03 26 by Count Basie appearance also says Oscar Pettiford and his 13 piece orchestra would appear 1956 03 28 to 1956 04 03 and Duke Ellington & His Orchestra 1956 04 18 (with no ending date). Since the Basie and Pettiford runs were from Wednesday to Monday and Tuesday respectively, if Ellington did play, it is likely to have been for one or two five or six day weeks. No other evidence of this gig has been found, and it conflicts with the gigs in Washington D.C. and Newport News. Further resesarch is needed, but it seems likely there was a tentative booking that was cancelled.Email, Götting-Palmquist 2015-08-29..
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                                                    1956 04 19
                                                    Thursday
                                                    ...activities not documented
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                                                    1956 04 20
                                                    Friday
                                                    ...activities not documented
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                                                    1956 04 21
                                                    Saturday
                                                    ...activities not documented
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                                                    1956 04 22
                                                    Sunday
                                                    .Boston, Mass..Band activities not documented

                                                    Given the panelists, this broadcast appears to have been from Boston, but there is no information to say whether or not it was live or pre-recorded.

                                                    'WBZ Program On Rock 'n' Roll
                                                      The latest teen-age fad, "Rock and Roll," will be the subject of an hour-long documentary today at 4:05 p.m. over WBZ-WBZA radio.
                                                      Featured on the program will be Msgr. John P. Carroll, director of the Catholic Youth Organization of the Archdiocese of Boston; Rev. Norman J. O'Connor, CSP, authority on jazz; Cecil Stein, record distributor; Duke Ellington, world-famous musician, and Anthony La Camera and William Buchanan, radio-TV editors of the Boston American-Sunday Advertiser and Record respectively, and Alan Dary, WBZ disc jockey with a panel of four teen-agers.'

                                                    Boston Record-American 1956-04-22..
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                                                    Monday
                                                    .Newport News, Va.Sports Arena.Stratemann p.363 citing DESB...
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                                                    1956 04 24
                                                    Tuesday
                                                    ...activities not documented
                                                    PERSONNEL CHANGE
                                                    Trumpeter Nelson "Cadillac" Williams leaves the band
                                                    New Desor Vol.2..
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                                                    Wednesday
                                                    ...PERSONNEL CHANGES
                                                    Willie Cook, trumpet, rejoins the band, as does trumpeter, vocalist, violinist Ray Nance
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                                                    1956 04 25
                                                    Wednesday
                                                    8:30 p.m.
                                                    .Richmond, Va.Mosque

                                                    'Duke Ellington will bring his band to the Mosque for a single performance at 8:30 p.m. It will be the first time in several years that Ellington has presented a complete concert here'

                                                    Richmond Times-Dispatch 1956-04-08 pp.L-3, 2-L..
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                                                    1956 04 26
                                                    Thursday
                                                    8:30 p.m.
                                                    .Greensboro, N.C.Charles Moore Gymnasium
                                                    A & T College

                                                    Duke Ellington's Band appearing A&T College
                                                    Thurs. April 26th, at 8:30 P.M.
                                                    ...Admission $1.75 advance, $2.00 at door.

                                                    Wootton:

                                                    'Duke Ellington will bring his band to A&T College for a single performance Thursday at 8 p.m. in the college gymnasium.'


                                                    The event was sponsored by the Beta Epsilon Chapter of the Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity
                                                    • Greensboro Daily News:
                                                      • Ad, 1956-04-22, feature section, p.8
                                                      • Henry S. Wootton, Jr., Music Notes, 1956-04-23 S.1 p.9
                                                    • Ad, Greensboro Record 1956-04-23 p.A-13
                                                    • Photo of Duke with the queen and 3 officials of the chapter, Baltimore Afro-American 1956-05-05
                                                    • Additional documentation is likely to be found in SI-NMAH DEC301, Series 2: Performances and Programs, 1933-1974, box 11, folder 17 Charles Moore Gymnasium, A and T College, April 26, 1956
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                                                    1956 04 27
                                                    Friday
                                                    8 p.m.
                                                    1956 04 28
                                                    Saturday
                                                    Chapel Hill, N.C.Woollen Gymnasium
                                                    South Road
                                                    University of North Carolina - Chapel Hill
                                                    Spring Germans dance ("Germans" appears to be a colloquialism for German cotillion, a 19th century form of dance. The expression grew to encompass the entire event rather than just one dance.)
                                                    • Daily Tar Heel
                                                      • 1956-04-20:

                                                        'Ellington will be the featured artist for the UNC Spring Germans weekend of April 27-28...
                                                          The dance...will be Friday April 27 from 8-12 p.m.
                                                          The concert will be Saturday April 28 from 2-4 p.m. '

                                                      • 1956-04-25 headline: Germans Will Feature Ellington; Dance Is Friday; Concert, Saturday
                                                      • 1956-04-26:

                                                        'Ellington's orchestra will play for the dance in Woollen Gym tomorrow night from 8 to 12 and for the concert in Kenan Stadium Saturday afternoon from 2 to 4. In case of bad weather the concert will be held in Memorial Hall.'

                                                  • Greensboro Daily News 1956-04-28:

                                                    'Margie Boren and three of her Salem College chums paused briefly to say howdy to Margie's parents...yesterday as they shuttled from Winston-Salem to Chapel Hill. The big exodus was for the spring German Club dance at Carolina for which Duke Ellington played last night...'

                                                    • Greensboro Daily News, Greensboro,N.C.
                                                      • Announcement 1956-04-15 p.5
                                                      • Anne White, Sounds and Sights column, 1956-04-28 s.1 p.7
                                                    • Daily Tar Heel
                                                      • 1956-04-20 p.1
                                                      • 1956-04-25 p.1
                                                      • 1956-04-26 p.5
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                                                    Saturday
                                                    2 - 4 p.m.
                                                    .Chapel Hill, N.C.Kenan Stadium
                                                    University of North Carolina - Chapel Hill
                                                    Concert, 2 to 4 p.m.Daily Tar Heel
                                                    • 1956-04-20 p.1
                                                    • 1956-04-25 p.1
                                                    • 1956-04-26 p.5
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                                                    Saturday
                                                    .Chapel Hill, N.C.Naval Armory
                                                    University of North Carolina - Chapel Hill
                                                    The Daily Tar Heel:

                                                    '...Pharmacy Weekend has been [illegible] and the Kappa Psis be-[illegible] festivities with a picnic at [illegible] yesterday afternoon and [illegible] at the house for all [pharm]acy students and their [illegible] . This afternoon they will [illegible] and a ban-[illegible] the Castle Club. Duke El-[illegible] will play for their dance [illegible] Naval Armory following [illegible] banquet.... '

                                                    Photo caption:

                                                    'Shown above are the sponsors for the Pharmacy School's annual formal dance, which will be held tonight from 8-12 in the Naval Armory. Duke Ellington will play for the dance... '

                                                  • Daily Tar Heel 1956-04-28 p.3 - story and captioned photo
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                                                    Saturday
                                                    .Norfolk, Va..Stratemann and Vail II just show Norfolk for this date, with no other information. It conflicts with the Naval Armory dance at UNC noted above and must be considered unconfirmed until further research reveals Stratemann's source.
                                                    • Stratemann p.363
                                                    • Vail II
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                                                    1956 04 29
                                                    Sunday
                                                    Ellington's birthday
                                                    ...activities not documented
                                                    ...
                                                    ...
                                                    1956 04 30
                                                    Monday
                                                    .Durham N.C.Men's Gym
                                                    North Carolina College
                                                    Scholarship benefit concert, 8 p.m., sponsored by the North Carolina Law School Scholarship Committee.
                                                    DEMS reports that band boy Bobby Boyd told Ewing that in the middle of this date, Ellington called for Diminuendo and Crescendo in Blue, which the band had not played for years. Gonsalves played 36 choruses, and the crowd went wild. D&CiB was only played one more time, in concert, before Newport.

                                                    John Sanders, as quoted by Morton:

                                                    'Some promoter had booked a one-nighter. It wasn't big, it wasn't anything fancy. It was a hot night, and it was crowded. A steaming hall, and I remember we took off our jackets. When we played "Diminuendo" it just took off. The guys were relaxed. The band was cooking. It was a dancehall beat that really caught on with the dancers.'

                                                    • Stratemann, p.363
                                                    • Greensboro Daily News, Greensboro, N.C., 1956-04-15 p.5
                                                    • The Daily Tar Heel, Chapel Hill, N.C., 1956-04-18 p.3
                                                    • Afro-American 1956-05-12, p.7
                                                    • John Fass Morton: Backstory in Blue: Ellington at Newport '56, Rutgers University Press, 2008
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                                                    May 1956

                                                    1956 05 01
                                                    Tuesday
                                                    ...activities not documented
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                                                    ...
                                                    1956 05 02
                                                    Wednesday
                                                    .Winston-SalemColiseum....
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                                                    Thursday
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                                                    ...
                                                    1956 05 04
                                                    Friday
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                                                    ...
                                                    1956 05 05
                                                    Saturday
                                                    ...activities not documented
                                                    ...
                                                    ...
                                                    1956 05 06
                                                    Sunday
                                                    ...activities not documented
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                                                    ...
                                                    1956 05 07
                                                    Monday
                                                    .Tulsa, Okla.Cimarron Ballroom....
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                                                    1956 05 08
                                                    Tuesday
                                                    1956 05 09
                                                    Wednesday
                                                    Queen City, Tex..Oil Jubilee...
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                                                    Wednesday
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                                                    Thursday
                                                    1956 06 06
                                                    Wednesday
                                                    Las Vegas, Nev.Flamingo HotelCasino residency

                                                    The Ellington orchestra played the first performance each night, and shared the billing with comedian Archie Robbins and pianist Hazel Scott, with Ellington as master of ceremonies. The finale was One O'Clock Jump performed by Ms Scott and the orchestra.

                                                    Ellington's orchestra backed the other acts including the dance line, the Flamingo Starlets.
                                                    • Stratemann, p.363, citing Down Beat 1956-06-13 and Variety 1956-05-23 p 80
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                                                    1956 05 00
                                                    (date uncertain)
                                                    .Las Vegas, Nev.Flamingo HotelRecorded live performance
                                                    Duke Ellington and His Orchestra
                                                    Cook, Cat Anderson, Terry, Nance, Woodman, Jackson, Sanders, Hamilton, Procope, Hodges, Gonsalves, Carney, Ellington, Woode, Woodyard, Grissom
                                                    Titles recorded:
                                                    • Take The "A" Train (theme)
                                                    • V.I.P. Boogie
                                                    • Jam With Sam
                                                    • I Got It Bad and That Ain't Good
                                                    • Flamingo
                                                    • Monologue
                                                    • Hey, Cherie
                                                    • Medley:
                                                      • Don't Get Around Much Anymore
                                                      • Do Nothin' Till You Hear From Me
                                                      • In A Sentimental Mood
                                                      • Mood Indigo
                                                      • I'm Beginning To See The Light
                                                      • Sophisticated Lady
                                                      • Caravan
                                                      • It Don't Mean A Thing
                                                      • Solitude
                                                      • C-Jam Blues
                                                      • I Let A Song & Don't Get Around Much
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                                                    Friday
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                                                    1956 05 12
                                                    Saturday
                                                    .Las Vegas, Nev.Flamingo HotelCasino residency - see 1956 05 10...
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                                                    1956 05 13
                                                    Sunday
                                                    .Las Vegas, Nev.Flamingo HotelCasino residency - see 1956 05 10...
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                                                    1956 05 14
                                                    Monday
                                                    .Las Vegas, Nev.Flamingo HotelCasino residency - see 1956 05 10...
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                                                    1956 05 15
                                                    Tuesday
                                                    .Las Vegas, Nev.Flamingo HotelCasino residency - see 1956 05 10...
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                                                    1956 05 16
                                                    Wednesday
                                                    .Las Vegas, Nev.Flamingo HotelCasino residency - see 1956 05 10...
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                                                    1956 05 17
                                                    Thursday
                                                    .Las Vegas, Nev.Flamingo HotelCasino residency - see 1956 05 10...
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                                                    1956 05 18
                                                    Friday
                                                    .Las Vegas, Nev.Flamingo HotelCasino residency - see 1956 05 10...
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                                                    1956 05 19
                                                    Saturday
                                                    .Las Vegas, Nev.Flamingo HotelCasino residency - see 1956 05 10...
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                                                    1956 05 20
                                                    Sunday
                                                    .Las Vegas, Nev.Flamingo HotelCasino residency - see 1956 05 10...
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                                                    1956 05 21
                                                    Monday
                                                    .Las Vegas, Nev.Flamingo HotelCasino residency - see 1956 05 10...
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                                                    1956 05 22
                                                    Tuesday
                                                    .Las Vegas, Nev.Flamingo HotelCasino residency - see 1956 05 10...
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                                                    1956 05 23
                                                    Wednesday
                                                    .Las Vegas, Nev.Flamingo HotelCasino residency - see 1956 05 10...
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                                                    1956 05 24
                                                    Thursday
                                                    .Las Vegas, Nev.Flamingo HotelCasino residency - see 1956 05 10...
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                                                    1956 05 25
                                                    Friday
                                                    .Las Vegas, Nev.Flamingo HotelCasino residency - see 1956 05 10...
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                                                    1956 05 26
                                                    Saturday
                                                    .Las Vegas, Nev.Flamingo HotelCasino residency - see 1956 05 10...
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                                                    1956 05 27
                                                    Sunday
                                                    .Las Vegas, Nev.Flamingo HotelCasino residency - see 1956 05 10...
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                                                    1956 05 28
                                                    Monday
                                                    .Las Vegas, Nev.Flamingo HotelCasino residency - see 1956 05 10...
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                                                    1956 05 29
                                                    Tuesday
                                                    .Las Vegas, Nev.Flamingo HotelCasino residency - see 1956 05 10...
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                                                    1956 05 30
                                                    Wednesday
                                                    .Las Vegas, Nev.Flamingo HotelCasino residency - see 1956 05 10...
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                                                    1956 05 31
                                                    Thursday
                                                    .Las Vegas, Nev.Flamingo HotelCasino residency - see 1956 05 10...
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                                                    June 1956

                                                    1956 06 01
                                                    Friday
                                                    .Las Vegas, Nev.Flamingo HotelCasino residency - see 1956 05 10...
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                                                    1956 06 02
                                                    Saturday
                                                    .Las Vegas, Nev.Flamingo HotelCasino residency - see 1956 05 10...
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                                                    Sunday
                                                    .Las Vegas, Nev.Flamingo HotelCasino residency - see 1956 05 10...
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                                                    1956 06 04
                                                    Monday
                                                    .Las Vegas, Nev.Flamingo HotelCasino residency - see 1956 05 10...
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                                                    1956 06 05
                                                    Tuesday
                                                    .Las Vegas, Nev.Flamingo HotelCasino residency - see 1956 05 10...
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                                                    1956 06 06
                                                    Wednesday
                                                    .Las Vegas, Nev.Flamingo HotelCasino residency - see 1956 05 10...
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                                                    1956 06 07
                                                    Thursday
                                                    ...activities not documented...
                                                    ...
                                                    1956 06 08
                                                    Friday
                                                    1956 06 17
                                                    Sunday
                                                    San Francisco, Cal.Macumba ClubThe Afro-American reported the San Francisco Macumba Club was jammed for Duke Ellington's opening.
                                                    At some time during this residency, Ellington was reported to have refused to fly to Texas for his Time portrait. Syndicated columnist Leonard Lyons:

                                                    'Time's cover story ... included a photo supposedly showing Ellington at the Cotton Club. The photo, however, was of Cab Calloway ... The Ellington cover was painted by Peter Hurd. The band leader-composer was asked to fly to Hurd's New Mexico home, to pose. He rfeused [sic] to fly, and Hurd met him in San Francisco to make the painting in one sitting. In explaining why he won't fly Ellington said: "It's too boring. I'm a one-hour passenger. I'd fly, if you could tell me what happens in the second hour on a plane that doesn't happen in the first." '

                                                    • Stratemann, p.363
                                                    • "Theatrical Whirl" column, Baltimore Afro-American,
                                                      • 1956-05-05
                                                      • 1956-07-03, p.17
                                                    • Leonard Lyons: The Lyons Den, The Morning Advocate, Baton Rouge, La., 1956-08-25
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                                                    Saturday
                                                    .San Francisco, Cal.Macumba ClubClub residency - see 1956 06 08....
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                                                    1956 06 10
                                                    Sunday
                                                    .San Francisco, Cal.Macumba ClubClub residency - see 1956 06 08....
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                                                    1956 06 11
                                                    Monday
                                                    .San Francisco, Cal.Macumba ClubClub residency - see 1956 06 08....
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                                                    1956 06 12
                                                    Tuesday
                                                    .San Francisco, Cal..Guest appearance on the "Don Sherwood Show"Stratemann, p.363, citing DESB..
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                                                    Tuesday
                                                    .San Francisco, Cal.Macumba ClubClub residency - see 1956 06 08....
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                                                    1956 06 13
                                                    Wednesday
                                                    7 pm
                                                    .San Francisco, Cal..Guest appearance on television on the "Bob Scobey Show" Stratemann 363 with photo..
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                                                    Wednesday
                                                    .San Francisco, Cal.Macumba ClubClub residency - see 1956 06 08....
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                                                    1956 06 14
                                                    Thursday
                                                    .San Francisco, Cal.Macumba ClubClub residency - see 1956 06 08....
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                                                    1956 06 15
                                                    Friday
                                                    .San Francisco, Cal.Macumba ClubClub residency - see 1956 06 08....
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                                                    1956 06 16
                                                    Saturday
                                                    .San Francisco, Cal.Macumba ClubClub residency - see 1956 06 08....
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                                                    1956 06 17
                                                    Sunday
                                                    .San Francisco, Cal.Macumba ClubClub residency - see 1956 06 08....
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                                                    1956 06 18
                                                    Monday
                                                    ...activities not documented...
                                                    ...
                                                    1956 06 19
                                                    Tuesday
                                                    ...activities not documented...
                                                    ...
                                                    1956 06 20
                                                    Wednesday
                                                    ...activities not documented...
                                                    ...
                                                    1956 06 21
                                                    Thursday
                                                    ...activities not documented...
                                                    ...
                                                    1956 06 22
                                                    Friday
                                                    1956 06 23
                                                    Saturday
                                                    Farmington, Ut.Patio Gardens Ballroom
                                                    Lagoon Amusement Park
                                                    Admission $1.50 person. Table reservations available.Ogden Standard-Examiner
                                                    • Announcement 1956-06-17 p.8B
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                                                    Saturday
                                                    .Farmington, Ut.Patio Gardens Ballroom
                                                    Lagoon Park
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                                                    Sunday
                                                    ...activities not documented...
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                                                    1956 06 25
                                                    Monday
                                                    ...activities not documented...
                                                    ...
                                                    1956 06 26
                                                    Tuesday
                                                    .Denver, Col.Denver University Stadium.Stratemann p.363 citing DESB..
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                                                    Wednesday
                                                    ...activities not documented...
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                                                    1956 06 28
                                                    Thursday
                                                    ...activities not documented...
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                                                    1956 06 29
                                                    Friday
                                                    .Madison, Wisc.Union Theatre....
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                                                    Saturday
                                                    .Chicago, Ill.Trianon Ballroom....
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                                                    July 1956

                                                    1956 07 01
                                                    Sunday
                                                    ...activities not documented...
                                                    ...
                                                    1956 07 02
                                                    Monday
                                                    8 p.m.
                                                    .Ann Arbor, Mich.Hill Auditorium
                                                    University of Michigan
                                                    Recorded concert
                                                    Admission -Main floor, $1.50; balcony $1.00
                                                    Duke Ellington and His OrchestraCook, C. Anderson, Terry, Nance, Woodman, Jackson, Sanders, Hamilton, Procope, Hodges, Gonsalves, Carney, Ellington, Woode, Woodyard, Grissom
                                                    Titles recorded:
                                                    • Black And Tan Fantasy
                                                    • Stompin' At The Savoy
                                                    • Clarinet Melodrama
                                                    • Harlem Air-Shaft
                                                    • Sophisticated Lady
                                                    • Theme For Trambean
                                                    • Satin Doll
                                                    • Take The "A" Train
                                                    • La Virgen De La Macarena
                                                    • Monologue
                                                    • V.I.P. Boogie
                                                    • Jam With Sam
                                                    • The Hawk Talks
                                                    • Prelude To A Kiss
                                                    • Things Ain't What They Used To Be
                                                    • Day In, Day Out
                                                    • Do Nothin' Till You Hear From Me
                                                    • Blue Moon
                                                    • Skin Deep
                                                    • Medley:
                                                      • Don't Get Around Much Anymore
                                                      • Do Nothin' Till You Hear From Me
                                                      • In A Sentimental Mood
                                                      • Mood Indigo
                                                      • I'm Beginning To See The Light
                                                      • Sophisticated Lady
                                                      • I Got It Bad and That Ain't Good
                                                      • Caravan
                                                      • It Don't Mean A Thing
                                                      • Solitude
                                                      • C-Jam Blues
                                                      • I Let A Song & Don't Get Around Much
                                                    • Dancers In Love
                                                    • Hey, Cherie
                                                    • Perdido
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                                                    Tuesday
                                                    ...activities not documented...
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                                                    Wednesday
                                                    .Detroit, Mich.State Fairgrounds....
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                                                    1956 07 05
                                                    Thursday
                                                    .New York, N.Y..Band activities not documented
                                                    Telephone call:

                                                    'While the festival was opened on Thursday night, Ellington was scheduled for Saturday night and remained in New York until that day. George Wein was at an after-concert party at the Lorillard's on late Thursday night when he was summoned to the phone for a call from Ellington.'

                                                    John Gennari, Hipsters, Bluebloods, Rebels, and Hooligans: The Cultural Politics of the Newport Jazz Festival, 1954-1960, Uptown Conversation: The New Jazz Studies, Robert O'Meally, Robert G. O'Meally, Brent Hayes Edwards, Farah Jasmine Griffin, editors, Columbia University Press, 2004 at p.134..
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                                                    Friday
                                                    ...Band activities not documented
                                                    Telephone call:
                                                    George Avakian, Director of Columbia Records' Popular Records Artists and Repertoire division, as quoted by Roger Boyes:

                                                    'As far as Duke was concerned, the Festival was looking for fresh repertoire as against the medley of familiar favourites. Hence the request for a Newport Jazz Festival Suite, to which Duke acquiesced. On Friday came an anxious phone call to George [Avakian] from Duke in Ohio or Pennsylvania...'

                                                    At Ellington's request, Avakian booked a recording studio for the Monday.
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                                                    Saturday
                                                    .Newport, R.I.Freebody ParkRecorded concert:
                                                    American Jazz Festival
                                                    a.k.a. Newport Jazz Festival
                                                    • This was the Ellington orchestra's first appearance at the Newport Jazz Festival, which was in its third year. This evening's performance is widely considered to be the rebirth of Ellington's career, often attributed to Paul Gonsalves' magnificent extended tenor sax solo in the interlude between Diminuendo in Blue and Crescendo in Blue.
                                                    • This was the third day of the festival, its first time in Freebody Park. There was seating for 10,000 (2,000 in bleachers, 8,000 on the ground, including 40 boxes).
                                                    • The weather had been poor the first two days, but on Saturday was good.
                                                    • Ellington played a short rehearsal and two sets this evening - see details below.
                                                    • Columbia Records recorded the performances of the Columbia artists. Although Ellington was freelancing, he had a special contract with Columbia.
                                                    • The MBS 120 minute "Bandstand, U.S.A." program opened with a studio performance by George Shearing, followed by Ellington's first set, the following Bud Shank Quartet and the Teddy Wilson Trio sets, ending with a Count Basie remote from Birdland.
                                                    • Over the three days, Voice of America taped 20 hours of concerts and 30 interviews by Willis Conover.
                                                    • The NBC network Monitor program broadcast live from the festival on Saturday.
                                                    • Backstory in Blue, p.105, describes the recording equipment setup and the Ellington band seating arrangements.
                                                    • The Ellington bus, with signage reading "Duke Ellington's Orch" and "Mr. Hi-Fi of '56" arrived mid-morning with the band and Billy Strayhorn. Ellington arrived in Carney's car.
                                                    • Ellington wanted to rehearse the Newport Jazz Festival Suite in the afternoon, but was unable to gain the stage until the panel discussions ended late, after 5 o'clock.
                                                    • The rehearsal did not go well; Nance, Terry, Hamilton and Woode 'goofed off and disappeared.' Three of them had solos in the new Suite.
                                                    • Each night's closing act was to play an initial set with the national anthem and another piece or two to warm up the audience, then leave the stage, to return later for the final set of the night.
                                                    • Ellington's first set opened shortly after 8:30 p.m., without the truant four. He used bassist Al Lucas, who was there to play with other groups that evening.
                                                      Personnel, first set:
                                                      Cook, C. Anderson, Woodman, Jackson, Sanders, Procope, Hodges, Gonsalves, Carney, Ellington, Lucas, Woodyard, Grissom.
                                                      Titles recorded:
                                                      • The Star Spangled Banner
                                                      • Black And Tan Fantasy
                                                      • Tea For Two
                                                    • The programme called for Saturday evening performances of four acts from 8:30 to midnight, but George Wein added three more, making it impossible to finish at midnight. This meant there were six acts and an intermission between the two Ellington sets.
                                                    • Ellington hadn't rehearsed the new suite and was worried about mistakes. Strayhorn was to listen with a score at hand so he could mark the parts that would need to be re-recorded on the Monday.
                                                    • Morton tells us that Ellington decided to programme Diminuendo and Crescendo in Blue while the band waited in the 'green room' tent. Gonsalves wasn't sure he knew which tunes they were, and it was in the tent that Ellington reminded him.
                                                    • While the band was in the tent, Avakian told them to play into the Columbia microphone, which was marked with white tape. Recording engineer Cal Lampey reminded them of this when they filed onstage for their second set
                                                    • Ellington's second set started at 23:45, a quarter hour before the scheduled midnight closing time. Gonsalves' solo during this set marked the rebirth of the Ellington orchestra, taking the audience by storm in the interval between Diminuendo in Blue and Crescendo in Blue. Morton gives a detailed description of the D&CiB performance in chapter 12 of Backstory in Blue.
                                                      Personnel, second set:
                                                      Cook, Herbie Jones, Anderson, Terry, Nance, Woodman, Jackson, Sanders, Hamilton, Procope, Hodges, Gonsalves, Carney, Ellington, Woode, Woodyard, Grissom
                                                      Titles recorded:
                                                      • Take The "A" Train
                                                      • Newport Jazz Festival Suite
                                                        • 1. Festival Junction
                                                        • 2. Blues To Be There
                                                        • 3. Newport Up
                                                      • Sophisticated Lady
                                                      • Day In, Day Out
                                                      • Medley
                                                        • Diminuendo In Blue
                                                        • Interlude (Gonsalves' extended tenor sax solo put the audience into a frenzy)
                                                        • Crescendo In Blue
                                                      • I Got It Bad and That Ain't Good
                                                      • Jeep's Blues
                                                      • Tulip Or Turnip
                                                      • Skin Deep
                                                      • Mood Indigo
                                                    • At the Ellington 2000 conference, Avakian said Gonsalves was high (on heroin) and played his monumental solo into the Voice of America mike instead of the marked Columbia microphone, and the Columbia recording didn't pick it up well. It wasn't until many years later that Avakian was able to arrange for the Voice of America recording to be released to American listeners.
                                                    • Backstory in Blue says Jimmy Hamilton also began his solo in the Newport Jazz Festival Suite at the wrong mike, but moved to the right one when he was corrected.
                                                    • The Ellington orchestra finished its second set about 12:50 a.m.
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                                                    Sunday
                                                    .New London, Conn.Danceland
                                                    Ocean Park
                                                    .
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                                                    • John Fass Morton: Backstory in Blue: Ellington at Newport '56, Rutgers University Press, 2008, p. 204
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                                                    Monday
                                                    Morning
                                                    .New York, N.Y.Columbia Studio D
                                                    799 Seventh Avenue
                                                    Columbia recording session
                                                    13:30-17:30
                                                    Duke Ellington and His Orchestra
                                                    Cook, Anderson, Terry, Nance, Woodman, Jackson, Sanders, Hamilton, Procope, Hodges, Gonsalves, Carney, Ellington, Woode, Woodyard, Grissom.

                                                    Titles recorded:
                                                    • Newport Jazz Festival Suite 1. Festival Junction
                                                    • Newport Jazz Festival Suite 2. Blues To Be There
                                                    • Newport Jazz Festival Suite 3. Newport Up
                                                    • Jeep's Blues
                                                    Consideration was given to patching up the recording of Paul's solo, but tape did not roll.
                                                    • Email Lasker-Palmquist 2014-10-14 re session time
                                                    • Stratemann pp. 363-364
                                                    • John Fass Morton: Backstory in Blue: Ellington at Newport '56, Rutgers University Press, 2008, p. 204
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                                                    Monday
                                                    .New York, N.Y.Overseas Press ClubStratemann:

                                                    'Eddie Condon, Willie "The Lion" Smith, Oscar Peterson, John Lewis and Chico Hamilton were also expected among the participants in this forum on jazz, which was to pay tribute to the American jazzmen doing "ambassadorial service" by means of their world tours. The event was one of the numerous build-ups devised by Sidney Gross for the "First Connecticut Jazz Festival", to be held at Fairfield on July 28.'

                                                    From this description, it appears this was a panel discussion, and if he participated, Ellington was by himself, i.e., without his band.
                                                    Stratemann p.364 citing Variety 1956-07-18 p.41..
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                                                    Monday
                                                    .New York, N.Y..Ellington was filmed talking about his hits and playing unaccompanied piano for a 4-minute Time-Life promotional film.
                                                    Titles recorded:
                                                    • Mood Indigo
                                                    • Caravan
                                                    • Sophisticated Lady
                                                    • Satin Doll
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                                                    Tuesday
                                                    .New Haven, Conn.Hincks Memorial Shell
                                                    (Yale Bowl?)
                                                    Bowl Pops outdoor concert managed by the New Haven Junior Chamber of Commerce, 8:15 p.m.
                                                    Duke Ellington and his orchestra with the New Haven Symphony Orchestra, Brieff conducting
                                                    New Desor indicates Ellington and his Orchestra performed New World A-Comin,' Night Creature and Harlem with the NHSO, with encores such as Take the "A" Train and Mood Indigo.

                                                    Ellington performed Monologue with Hamilton, Procope and Careny, and the band played the Medley. After the intermission, the New Haven Symphony was to perform compositions by Dvorak, Tucci and Enesco.
                                                    Ellington was the first jazz musician to appear here with his entire orchestra; Benny Goodman and Artie Shaw appeared in earlier years, but without their bands.

                                                    The concert was recorded:
                                                    Duke Ellington and His Orchestra with the New Haven Symphony Orchestra
                                                    Cook, Anderson, Terry, Nance, Woodman, Jackson, Sanders, Hamilton, Procope, Hodges, Gonsalves, Carney, Ellington, Woode, & Woodyard, with the New Haven Symphony Orchestra conducted by Frank Brieff
                                                    Titles recorded:
                                                    • New World A-Comin'
                                                    • Night Creature
                                                      • 1. Blind Bug
                                                      • 2. Stalking Monster
                                                      • 3. Dazzling Creature
                                                    • Harlem
                                                    • Monologue
                                                    • Medley:
                                                      • 1. Don't Get Around Much Anymore
                                                      • 2. In A Sentimental Mood
                                                      • 3. Mood Indigo
                                                      • 4. I'm Beginning To See The Light
                                                      • 5. Sophisticated Lady
                                                      • 6. Caravan
                                                      • 7. Just Squeeze Me
                                                      • 8. Do Nothin' Till You Hear From Me
                                                      • 9. I Got It Bad and That Ain't Good
                                                      • 10. Just Squeeze Me
                                                      • 11. It Don't Mean A Thing
                                                      • 12. Solitude
                                                      • 13. C-Jam Blues
                                                      • 14. I Let A Song & Don't Get Around Much Anymore
                                                    • V.I.P. Boogie
                                                    • Jam With Sam
                                                    • Star Spangled Banner

                                                    Five-year-old Brooks Kerr reportedly met Ellington at this concert. Kerr:

                                                    'Between sets, I walked over and began talking to him. He put his arm around me. I remember how warm he was. I was in awe of the other men in the band. I was shy. I didn't want to bother them. The only one I could get the courage to talk to was Johnny Hodges, the alto saxophonist. He was very good to me. He was like a father to me until he died. Whenever I walked into a room, he'd say, 'Hey, young man!' to let me know he was there.'

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                                                    Wednesday
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                                                    1956 07 12
                                                    Thursday
                                                    ...activities not documented...
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                                                    1956 07 13
                                                    Friday
                                                    ...activities not documented...
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                                                    1956 07 14
                                                    Saturday
                                                    .Gloucester, Mass.Gloucester High SchoolConcert sponsored by the Gloucester Sisterhood Hadassah.
                                                    • Photos with captions, Boston Traveler,
                                                      • 1956-06-25 p.B-23
                                                      • 1956-07-05 p.28c
                                                    • Announcement, Boston Daily Record 1956-07-14 p.17
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                                                    Sunday
                                                    .Lenox. Mass.Berkshire Music BarnRecorded concert, 8:40 p.m.
                                                    Tanglewood Music Festival     "Jazz Folk 56"

                                                    Duke Ellington and His Orchestra
                                                    Cook, Cat Anderson, Terry, Nance, Woodman, Jackson, Sanders, Hamilton, Procope, Hodges, Gonsalves, Carney, Ellington, Woode, Woodyard, Grissom:
                                                    Titles recorded:
                                                    • Take The "A" Train (theme)
                                                    • Black And Tan Fantasy
                                                    • Harlem Air-Shaft
                                                    • Clarinet Melodrama
                                                    • Theme For Trambean
                                                    • Sophisticated Lady
                                                    • Take The "A" Train
                                                    • La Virgen De La Macarena
                                                    • Monologue
                                                    • NEWPORT JAZZ FESTIVAL SUITE
                                                      • 1. Festival Junction
                                                      • 2. Blues To Be There
                                                      • 3. Newport Up
                                                    • The Hawk Talks
                                                    • Prelude To A Kiss
                                                    • Things Ain't What they Used To Be
                                                    • I Got It Bad and That Ain't Good
                                                    • Day In, Day Out
                                                    • Do Nothin' Till You Hear From Me
                                                    • Skin Deep
                                                    • Medley
                                                    • Hey Cherie
                                                    • Perdido
                                                    • Mood Indigo
                                                    The medley consisted of:
                                                    1. Don't Get Around Much Anymore
                                                    2. In A Sentimental Mood
                                                    3. Mood Indigo
                                                    4. I'm Beginning To See The Light
                                                    5. Sophisticated Lady
                                                    1. Caravan
                                                    2. It Don't Mean A Thing
                                                    3. Solitude
                                                    4. C-Jam Blues
                                                    5. I Let A Song & Don't Get Around Much Anymore
                                                    Part of this concert can be heard at and downloaded from the Internet Archive
                                                    • The Berkshire Eagle and The North Adams, Massachusetts Transcript:

                                                      'Duke Ellington and his orchestra will be the concert attraction at the Berkshire Music Barn this Sunday evening at 8:40...'

                                                    • The Springfield Sunday Republican:

                                                      'Lenox, July 14–Duke Ellington and his world-famous orchestra will be the attraction tomorrow night at 8.40 at the Berkshire Music Barn here... '

                                                    • Lambert notes the concert was recorded in stereo.:

                                                      'Eight days after the Newport Festival the Ellington Orchestra played a concert at the Berkshire Music Barn in Lenox, Massachusetts as part of a summer jazz festival which extended from July 1 to September 2, 1956. The first two-thirds of Ellington's concert have been issued on a couple of Queen Disc LPs...'

                                                    • Queen Disc (Italy) issued two LPs of this concert, Q-049 "Duke Ellington at Tanglewood, Volume 1" and Q-050 "Duke Ellington at Tanglewood, Volume 2," not to be confused with the July 1965 concert recording at Tanglewood or the Music Barn with Arthur Fiedler and The Boston Pops, which was released in 1966 on RCA's LP "The Duke at Tanglewood"

                                                    • Further research is required to associate the Berkshire Music Barn concerts with Tanglewood or the Berkshire Music Festival. Tanglewood is the permanent summer home of the Boston Symphony, which ran a music school and "legit" concert series from July 4 to August 12 in Tanglewood's Music Inn and or Music Shed.
                                                    • Stratemann describes Ellington's concert as

                                                      'July 15 Berkshire Music Barn, Lenox, Mass. Tanglewood Music Festival (LP:QUEEN (It) 049)'

                                                    • This is consistent with Russ Wilson's Oakland Tribune column:

                                                      'The Berkshire Music Barn, in Lenox, Mass. site of the annual Tanglewood Festival, currently is staging ITS first full jazz program, which will run into September. The Brubeck and Armstrong groups will play there along with the Duke and Count, Sarah, the M.J.Q. and Chris Connor.'

                                                    • The reference to the Tanglewood Festival seems to be in error.
                                                    • The Boston Symphony Orchestra held a six week educational and concert programme at Tanglewood that summer and its detailed, voluminous report makes no mention of jazz, the Berkshire Music Barn, Ellington or the other jazz artists who played the Music Barn that summer.
                                                    • Publicity for the concert in the July 12 Berkshire Eagle talks about the concert at the Berkshire Music Barn and does not mention Tanglewood, while the same page carries an ad for Berkshire Festival with the Boston Symphony Orchestra at Tanglewood.
                                                    • Berkshire Music Barn's 1956 summer program is titled "Jazz Folk 56" and does not mention Tanglewood.
                                                    • Ina Wickham's column in the Davenport paper says

                                                      'There is a Jazz festival which will continue until Sept. 2 in progress at the Berkshire Music Barn at Lenox, Mass.'

                                                    • Various publications include "Tanglewood" in its description of Ellington's concert:
                                                      • Vail II

                                                        'Duke Ellington and his Orchestra play a concert for the Tanglewood Music Festival at the Berkshire Music Barn in Lenox, Massachusetts. The concert is recorded and eventually released on Queen as Duke Ellington at Tanglewood. '

                                                      • New Desor:
                                                        DUKE ELLINGTON AND HIS ORCHESTRA July 15, 1966
                                                        Tanglewood              Lenox, MA
                                                        From the Berkshire Music Festival
                                                      • Nielsen:

                                                        'Berkshire Music Barn, Lenox, Mass. July 15, 1956
                                                        ...
                                                        Note: The above titles were recorded at the "Tanglewood Music Festival"'

                                                    • Tanglewood and Berkshire Music Barn appear to have been different venues, although they were not far apart. Tanglewood is on Route 183 between Stockbridge and Lenox, Berkshire Music Barn was southeast of Tanglewood between Routes 7 and 183. In 1955 the Berkshire Evening Eagle said:

                                                      '...a blue note will rise up from the old coach barn, once belonging to Mrs. Carlos M. de Heredia, to counterpoint the classical chords of the Boston Symphony originating a mile away in the Tanglewood Shed... '
                                                      (emphasis added)

                                                      .
                                                    • The Berkshire Eagle's July 7,ad for The Berkshire Music Barn said it was adacent to Music Inn.
                                                    • Springfield Republican:

                                                      'During the summer months the Berkshires are the Mecca of music lovers of the nation. And rightfuly so. For then, in Lenox, almost within hailing distance of each other, are the Berkshire Music Festival at Tanglewood, where the Boston Symphony Orchestra enraptures music lovers with the great music of the masters, and the Music Barn, where noted names in the world of jazz make weekly appearances... '

                                                    • Springfield Sunday Republican, Springfield, Mass. 1956-07-15 p.8B
                                                    • Springfield Republican, Springfield, Mass. 1956-08-12 Rotogravure Section
                                                    • The Berkshire Eagle or The Berkshire Evening Eagle, Pittsfield, Mass.
                                                      • 1955-04-27 s.2 p.1
                                                      • 1955-03-30 p.14
                                                      • 1956-06-30 p.A4
                                                      • 1956-07-07 p.9A
                                                      • 1956-07-12 p.12
                                                      • 1956-07-16 p.9 (review)
                                                    • The North Adams, Massachusetts, Transcript, North Adams, Mass., 1956-07-13 p.8
                                                    • Russ Wilson, World of Jazz column, Oakland Tribune, Oakland, Cal., 1956-07-15 p.4-M
                                                    • Sunday Democrat-Times, Davenport, Iowa, 1956-07-08 p.5
                                                    • Jazz Folk 56 programme, SI-NMAH DEC301, Series 2: Performances and Programs, 1933-1974, box 11, folder 20 "Jazz Folk 56"
                                                    • Stratemann p.364 citing Variety 1956-07-18 p.41
                                                    • Berkshire Music Center...Tanglewood-Lenox Massachusetts Report on the Fourteen Session July 2 to August 12, 1956
                                                    • Girvan:   Ellingtonia.com
                                                    • Timner
                                                    • Vail II
                                                    • Ole J. Nielsen, Jazz Records 1942-80, A discography: Vol. Six, Duke Ellington, pp. 160-161
                                                    • Lambert p.192
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                                                    1956 07 16
                                                    Monday
                                                    .Stratford, Ont.Festival TentBand activities not documented
                                                    Vail (no sources cited):

                                                    'Ellington attended an evening performance of The Rape of Lucretia in Stratford.'

                                                    This is not impossible - the Benjamin Britten opera The Rape of Lucretia, written for a cast of eight, was presented in the festival tent in 1956.

                                                    Stratford is about 450 miles west of Lenox and 192 miles southwest of Bala, so if the band travelled by the most direct road route, north of Lake Ontario, it seems unlikely it came here before Bala. On the other hand, if it travelled south of that lake, Stratford would have required a detour, adding nearly 190 miles to the journey from Lenox to Bala.

                                                    Either way, the ensemble had to sleep somewhere Monday night, and they may have decided on Stratford rather than the smaller resort town.
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                                                    Tuesday
                                                    .Bala, Ont.Dunn's PavilionOne nighter. Bala is a resort in "cottage country," about 190 miles northwest of Stratford.Stratemann p.364..
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                                                    Wednesday
                                                    .Stratford, Ont.Festival Concert HallFirst of two concerts
                                                    Canadian Adaptions of Shakespeare project:

                                                    'Ellington was, according to oral histories of people from that time in Stratford, often found in Festival rehearsal spaces, taking in rehearsals and mingling with theatre people generally.

                                                    Jack Chambers:

                                                    'In July 1956, Ellington was booked to play two concerts at the Shakespearean Festival... From 1956 until 1958, ...the Stratford Festival booked summer jazz and classical concerts as adjuncts to the dramatic offerings. Besides Ellington in 1956, Wilbur de Paris, Oscar Peterson, Dave Brubeck, and the Modern Jazz Quartet also played evening concerts... In the time-honoured tradition, the jazz musicians played their one- or two-night stands and then hit the road for the next one a day or two away ... Ellington was often sensitive to the places he played in spite of their profusion. He arrived in Stratford from a resort ballroom in Bala, about 150 miles to the north, played non-consecutive nights on Wednesday and Friday, the 18th and 20th, with concerts on the alternate Thursday and Saturday nights at the Brant Inn in Burlington, just 70 miles east...Tom Patterson, the ... newspaperman ... met Ellington and Harry Carney on their arrival, and was flattered when the Duke asked him to show him around. Ellington stayed in Stratford three days, commuting to the Brant Inn in the middle...

                                                    The Shakespeare Festival was (and is) a highbrow spectacle in the bourgeois heartland, and none if it was lost on Ellington... Ellington loved it, so much so that he began finagling to be part of it. He opened his Stratford concerts with a new piece he called "Hark the Duke's Trumpets." The Shakespearean resonance of the title is Ellingtonian licence; it is a fanfare played by trombones, not trumpets (later recorded as "Bassment"). More important, Ellington told everyone he met in Stratford and in the months that followed that he and Billy Strayhorn were preparing a jazz suite based on Shakespeare for a premiere at the Festival the next summer.'


                                                    Medicine Hat News:

                                                    'Fans of Duke Ellingto appeared ready to let him and his band starve to death at their instruments when they played to a capacity crowed at Stratford's Festival Concert Hall. He was called back again and again for more presentations but finally he and his players said they had not eaten for hours before their appearance and couldn't continue. But before he could escape he was surrounded by a group of autograph fans, among them Beverley Feick of Hamburg.'


                                                    The Wednesday concert was recorded:
                                                    Duke Ellington and His Orchestra
                                                    Cook, Cat Anderson, Terry, Nance, Woodman, Jackson, Sanders, Hamilton, Procope, Hodges, Gonsalves, Carney, Ellington, Woode, Woodyard, Grissom
                                                    Titles recorded:
                                                    • Bassment (as 'Hark, the Duke's Trumpets!')
                                                    • Harlem Air-Shaft
                                                    • Clarinet Melodrama
                                                    • Theme For Trambean
                                                    • Sophisticated Lady
                                                    • Take The "A" Train
                                                    • La Virgen De La Macarena
                                                    • Monologue
                                                    • I Got It Bad and That Ain't Good and That Ain't Good
                                                    • Harlem
                                                    • Newport Jazz Festival Suite
                                                      • 1. Festival Junction
                                                      • 2. Blues To Be There
                                                      • 3. Newport Up
                                                    • Things Ain't What they Used To Be
                                                    • Hey Cherie
                                                    • Perdido
                                                    • Day In, Day Out
                                                    • Do Nothin' Till You Hear From Me
                                                    • Blue Moon
                                                    • Medley:
                                                      • 1. Don't Get Around Much Anymore
                                                      • 2. In A Sentimental Mood
                                                      • 3. Mood Indigo
                                                      • 4. I'm Beginning To See The Light
                                                      • 5. Sophisticated Lady
                                                      • 6. Caravan
                                                      • 7. It Don't Mean A Thing
                                                      • 8. Solitude
                                                      • 9. C-Jam Blues
                                                      • 10. I Let A Song & Don't Get Around Much Anymore
                                                    • Stratemann p.364
                                                    • Vail II
                                                    • The Medicine Hat News, Medicine Hat, Alta., 1926-07-27 p.11
                                                    • Canadian Adaptations of Shakespeare Project
                                                    • Jack Chambers: Bardland: Shakespeare in Ellington's World Coda Magazine, as reprinted in DEMS 05/1-43
                                                    • Girvan:   Ellingtonia.com
                                                    • MacHare:
                                                      A Duke Ellington Panorama
                                                    • Timner
                                                    • Additional documentation is likely to be found in SI-NMAH Archives Center, DEC301, Series 2: Performances and Programs, 1933-1974, box 1, folder 20 Shakespearean Festival, Stratford, Ontario, July 18, 1956
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                                                    Thursday
                                                    .Burlington, Ont.Brant InnConcert
                                                    CBC Radio broadcast:
                                                    Duke Ellington and His Orchestra
                                                    Cook, Cat Anderson, Terry, Nance, Woodman, Jackson, Sanders, Hamilton, Procope, Hodges, Gonsalves, Carney, Ellington, Woode, Woodyard
                                                    Titles recorded:
                                                    • Newport Jazz Festival Suite
                                                      • 1. Festival Junction
                                                      • 2. Blues To Be There
                                                      • 3. Newport Up
                                                    • Prelude To A Kiss
                                                    • Mood Indigo
                                                    • Jack Chambers: Bardland: Shakespeare in Ellington's World, ibid.
                                                    • Stratemann p.364
                                                    • Vail II
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                                                    Friday
                                                    .Stratford, Ont.Festival Concert HallSecond concert - see 1956 07 18
                                                    • Stratemann p.364
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                                                    Saturday
                                                    .Burlington, Ont.Brant InnConcert
                                                    CBC Radio broadcast:
                                                    Duke Ellington and His Orchestra
                                                    Cook, Cat Anderson, Terry, Nance, Woodman, Jackson, Sanders, Hamilton, Procope, Hodges, Gonsalves, Carney, Ellington, Woode, Woodyard
                                                    Titles recorded:
                                                    • Take The "A" Train (theme)
                                                    • Caravan
                                                    • Sophisticated Lady
                                                    • Flamingo
                                                    • Jam With Sam
                                                    • I Got It Bad and That Ain't Good and That Ain't Good
                                                    • Tulip Or Turnip
                                                    • E And D Blues
                                                    • Jack Chambers: Bardland: Shakespeare in Ellington's World, ibid.
                                                    • Stratemann p.364
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                                                    Sunday
                                                    ...activities not documented...
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                                                    1956 07 23
                                                    Monday
                                                    ...activities not documented...
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                                                    1956 07 24
                                                    Tuesday
                                                    .Buffalo, N.Y.Kleinhans Music Hall....
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                                                    Wednesday
                                                    8:30 pm
                                                    .Cleveland, OhioPublic HallConcert
                                                    The Cleveland Plain Dealer ads, publicity and review site this in Public Hall, which is one of two venues within the Public Auditorium complex downtown.

                                                    New Desor and Timner IV place it in Severance Hall, about 5 miles east of Public Hall, but Stratemann and Vail II have it in Civic Auditorium, which may be Lakewood Civic Auditorium, 6 miles in the opposite direction. Cleveland Jazz History places the concert in Severance Hall at page 41 and at Public Hall on page 49.

                                                    The concert programme cover says:

                                                    '1956
                                                    Eighteenth Season
                                                    {p[s
                                                    Concerts
                                                    Cleveland Summer Orchestra
                                                    Louis Lane
                                                    Conductor
                                                    Public Auditorium'


                                                    Duke Ellington and His Orchestra with the Summer Orchestra (aka Cleveland Pops Orchestra) directed by Louis Lane
                                                    Cook, Cat Anderson, Terry, Nance, Woodman, Jackson, Sanders, Hamilton, Procope, Hodges, Gonsalves, Carney, Ellington, Woode, Woodyard, Grissom
                                                    Titles recorded (asterisks denote titles played by the combined orchestras):
                                                    • *New World A-Comin'
                                                    • *Night Creature
                                                      • 1. Blind Bug
                                                      • 2. Stalking Monster
                                                      • 3. Dazzling Creature
                                                    • Skin Deep
                                                    • *Medley:
                                                      • 1. Don't Get Around Much Anymore
                                                      • 2. Do Nothin' Till You Hear From Me
                                                      • 3. In A Sentimental Mood
                                                      • 4. Mood Indigo
                                                      • 5. I'm Beginning To See The Light
                                                      • 6. Sophisticated Lady
                                                      • 7. Caravan
                                                      • 8. I Got It Bad and That Ain't Good and That Ain't Good
                                                      • 9. Do Nothin' Till You Hear From Me
                                                      • 10. I Got It Bad and That Ain't Good and That Ain't Good
                                                      • 11. It Don't Mean A Thing
                                                      • 12. Solitude
                                                      • 13. C-Jam Blues
                                                      • 14. I Let A Song & Don't Get Around Much
                                                    • V.I.P. Boogie
                                                    • Jam With Sam

                                                    R. C. Holtkamp:

                                                    (1)'The Cleveland Summer Orchestra under the musical direction of Louis Lane will introduce Duke Ellington and his orchestra in their first appearance at the pop concerts in Public Hall on Wednesday evening...

                                                    Louis Lane will conduct "New World a'Coming" with Ellington as piano soloist, in a special arrangement by Luther Henderson, Jr. Ellington himself will conduct the three movements of "Night Creature."...

                                                    The Cleveland Summer Orchestra will open the evening with "Ride of the Valkyries" by Wagner, the Rossini Overture to "The Barber of Seville," Piene's "Entrance of the Little Fauns," and the Finale from "Scheherazade: by Rimsky-Korsakov. The last third of the evening will be devoted to Richard Rodgers' Waltzes, the Carmicheal-Gould arrangement of "Stardust" and selections from Porter's Can-Can." '



                                                    Holtkamp:

                                                    (2)'Duke Ellington and his Jazz Band, joining the Cleveland Summer Orchestra...stirred up an air-cooled audience of 4,500 into a breezy summer frenzy of swinging rhythm last night...

                                                    :"New World a-Coming," ... was also admirably directed by Lane...The music is a modern rhapsody highly colored with blues, powerfully orchestrated, often pierced with awesome sonrities and driven by compelling rhythms.

                                                    "Night Creature"... was even a greater showpiece for the combined groups of musicians in its stunning orchestration by Luther Henderson Jr.

                                                    Exciting as these new works were, they were only the prelude for Ellington's show which followed...'

                                                    Since this was a joint concert with both ensembles working with new-to-them conductors and repertoire, it seems likely there would have been at least one rehearsal. Given Ellington's travel, it may be that Luther Henderson, who arranged the Ellington music, rehearsed the pops orchestra, but this is all speculation on my part.
                                                    • Stratemann p.364
                                                    • Vail II
                                                    • Cleveland Plain Dealer and Sunday Plain Dealer, Cleveland, Ohio:
                                                      • Publicity caricature, 1956-07-01, section E
                                                      • Ad 1956-07-22 p.8E
                                                      • (1) Rena C. Holtkamp: Duke Ellington Plays at Pops Wednesday, 1956-07-22 p.11E
                                                      • 1956-07-25 p.2
                                                      • (2) Rena C. Holtkamp: 'Duke' and Band at Pops Stir 4,500 in Swing-Ding, 1956-07-26 p.24
                                                    • Joe Mosbrook, "Cleveland Jazz History, Second Edition " (2003), Northeast Ohio Jazz Society, Scholarship Collection, Book 135.
                                                    • Girvan:   Ellingtonia.com
                                                    • Timner
                                                    • Cover, concert program, SI-NMAH DEC301, Series 2: Performances and Programs, 1933-1974, box 11, folder 21 Cleveland Summer Orchestra, Cleveland, Ohio, July 25, 1956
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                                                    Thursday
                                                    .Erie, Penn.Waldemeer's Rainbow Gardens.Stratemann p.364 citing DESB..
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                                                    Friday
                                                    ...activities not documented...
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                                                    1956 07 28
                                                    Saturday
                                                    8:30 p.m.
                                                    .Fairfield, Conn.Stadium Bowl
                                                    (or Fairfield University Stadium)
                                                    Connecticut Jazz Festival under the stars

                                                    Duke Ellington prime billing, also Chico Hamilton Quintet, Willy "The Lion" Smith.

                                                    Tickets $5, $2.50, $1.50 (tax free)

                                                    The Daily Record announcement said this was a benefit for the Connecticut Symphony Orchestra.
                                                    Recorded concert:
                                                    Duke Ellington and His Orchestra
                                                    Cook, Cat Anderson, Terry, Nance, Woodman, Jackson, Sanders, Hamilton, Procope, Hodges, Gonsalves, Carney, Ellington, Woode, Woodyard, Grissom

                                                    Titles recorded:
                                                    • Star Spangled Banner
                                                    • Newport Jazz Festival Suite
                                                      • 1. Festival Junction
                                                      • 2. Blues To Be There
                                                      • 3. Newport Up
                                                    • The Hawk Talks
                                                    • Sophisticated Lady
                                                    • Diminuendo In Blue / Wailing Interval / Crescendo In Blue
                                                    • I Got It Bad and That Ain't Good and That Ain't Good
                                                    • Things Ain't What they Used To Be
                                                    • Day In, Day Out
                                                    • Do Nothin' Till You Hear From Me
                                                    • Hey Cherie
                                                    • Take The "A" Train
                                                    • Skin Deep
                                                    • Ballin' The Blues
                                                    • Mood Indigo
                                                    • Girvan:   Ellingtonia.com
                                                    • Timner
                                                    • Ad, Village Voice 1956-06-20 p.18
                                                    • Announcement, Boston Daily Record 1956-07-14 p.17
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                                                    Sunday
                                                    .New York, N.Y..Band activities not documented

                                                    Ellington appeared on the CBS radio show The Woolworth Hour - The Best In Music," playing a medley accompanied by the house band. The medley consisted of
                                                    • Don't Get Around Much Anymore
                                                    • Do Nothin' Till You Hear From Me
                                                    • In A Sentimental Mood
                                                    • Mood Indigo
                                                    • Sophisticated Lady
                                                    • It Don't Mean A Thing
                                                    • Solitude
                                                    New Desor
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                                                    1956 07 29......
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                                                    1956 07 30
                                                    Monday
                                                    ...activities not documented...
                                                    ...
                                                    1956 07 31
                                                    Tuesday
                                                    ...activities not documented...
                                                    ...

                                                    August 1956

                                                    1956 08 01
                                                    Wednesday
                                                    .New York, N.Y.CBS StudiosTelecast "Frankie Laine Time".New Desor
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                                                    1956 08 02
                                                    Thursday
                                                    .Ellenville, N.Y..Empire State Jazz Festival
                                                    Although Stratemann p.365 says Ellington played the sole jazz concert, the Daily Freeman announced "Jazz in the Catskills

                                                    Duke Ellington orchestra, Dave Brubeck quartet, Sarah Vaughan, George Shearing quintet, Erroll Garner trio, Bobby Hackett band, Coleman Hawkins and Buck Clayton will highlight the Jazz Festival at Ellenville, Aug.2 to 4, in the huge tent on the site of the Empire State Music Festival. The Jazz Festival, featuring outstanding artists, is the first concert program of this nature to be offered to residents and vacationists in the Catskill Mountainsarea. Produced by Kenneth Lee Karpe...the Jazz Festival at Ellenville will give performances on Thursday evening at 8:45; Friday evening at both 8:30 and 11:45 and Saturday at 9 p.m. The Duke Ellington concert will kick off the Jazz Festival Thursday night at 8:45."(1)
                                                    (1) Kingston Daily Freeman, 1956-07-28, p.5..
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                                                    1956 08 03
                                                    Friday
                                                    ...activities not documented
                                                    ...
                                                    ...
                                                    1956 08 04
                                                    Saturday
                                                    ...activities not documented
                                                    ...
                                                    ...
                                                    1956 08 05
                                                    Sunday
                                                    .New London, Conn.Danceland....
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                                                    1956 08 06
                                                    Monday
                                                    ...activities not documented
                                                    ...
                                                    ...
                                                    1956 08 07
                                                    Tuesday
                                                    .New York, N.Y.Columbia StudioRecording session
                                                    19:15-22:15
                                                    "Artist contract pending. Temporarily charge against I. Townsend's A&R budget.."
                                                    • Email Lasker-Palmquist 2014-10-14 re session time
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                                                    DE5625
                                                    DEMS
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                                                    1956 08 08
                                                    Wednesday
                                                    .Buffalo, N.Y.Memorial Auditorium

                                                    '...Next was the Musical Concert rendered by Brother Duke Ellington and his orchestra. He gave an hour long concert of his original numbers. With his pro-musical touch and suave showmanship he really "moved" the whole gathering. There is nothing like listening to the smooth music of Duke Ellington in the cool of the evening. Following his musical concert came the Fiftieth Anniversary dance with music by the Duke Ellington band. A Great Night Indeed !!! Brother Dowdal Davis was the narrator for the evening.'

                                                    In the same edition:

                                                    'In the cool of the evening Brother Duke Ellington gave a never to be forgotten concert for more than four thousand persons in the Municipal Auditorium. Later Rho Lambda Chapter held its Anniversary Dance with music furnished by Brother Ellington and his world famous band.'

                                                    The magazine has a picture of Brother Ellington receiving a plaque from Brothers Dowdal Davis and Tolly Harris. The caption says they are congratulating Ellington on his acceptance of Alpha Phi Alpha's plaque for meritorious services to humanity.
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                                                    1956 08 09
                                                    Thursday
                                                    ...activities not documented
                                                    ...
                                                    ...
                                                    1956 08 10
                                                    Friday
                                                    ...activities not documented
                                                    ...
                                                    ...
                                                    1956 08 11
                                                    Saturday
                                                    .Mahoney City, Penn.Lakewood Ballroom....
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                                                    1956 08 12
                                                    Sunday
                                                    ...activities not documented
                                                    ...
                                                    ...
                                                    1956 08 13
                                                    Monday
                                                    ...activities not documented
                                                    ...
                                                    ...
                                                    1956 08 14
                                                    Tuesday
                                                    1956 08 16Terre Haute, Ind..Wabash Valley FairStratemann p.365..
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                                                    1956 08 15
                                                    Wednesday
                                                    .Terre Haute, Ind..Wabash Valley Fair - see 1956 08 14...
                                                    ...
                                                    1956 08 16
                                                    Thursday
                                                    .Terre Haute, Ind..Wabash Valley Fair - see 1956 08 14...
                                                    ...
                                                    1956 08 17
                                                    Friday
                                                    .Lexington, Ky. Joyland Casino....
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                                                    1956 08 17
                                                    Friday
                                                    ..."Voice of America Jazz Hour" Ellington/Willis Conover interview for Conovers' Music USA, program Aug. 17, 1956.

                                                    Ellington talks about the influences on his career, his disbelief in labels, his belief that the musical instrument is not as important as the musician, his fans, his international tours, etc.
                                                    It would be interesting to learn if August 17 was the date of the broadcast or the date of the interview. Conover did 30 interviews during the Newport festival in July, a broadcast would require some editing, and Ripmaster shows Aug.17 interviews of Oscar Peterson and Billy Eckstine as well. Would Ellington, Conover, Peterson and Eckstine all be in Lexington on the same day?
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                                                    1956 08 18
                                                    Saturday
                                                    ...activities not documented
                                                    ...
                                                    ...
                                                    1956 08 19
                                                    Sunday
                                                    ...activities not documented
                                                    ...
                                                    ...
                                                    1956 08 20
                                                    Monday
                                                    ... Peripheral event
                                                    Date of the Time Magazine edition featuring Ellington. The timing appears to be serendipitous because the magazine had clearly planned this edition before Newport - the cover portrait was done in San Francisco in June.
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                                                    1956 08 20
                                                    Monday
                                                    ...activities not documented
                                                    ...
                                                    ...
                                                    1956 08 21
                                                    Tuesday
                                                    ...activities not documented
                                                    ...
                                                    ...
                                                    1956 08 22
                                                    Wednesday
                                                    1956 09 02Chicago, Ill.Blue Note nightclub
                                                    3 N. Clark St.
                                                    Beginning of a two five-day week residency, including Sunday matinees - see details at 1956 03 30
                                                    • Contract - see above
                                                    • Stratemann p.369 citing review in Variety 1956-08-29 p.48
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                                                    1956 08 23
                                                    Thursday
                                                    .Chicago, Ill.Blue Note nightclubNight club residency - see 1956 08 23...
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                                                    1956 08 24
                                                    Friday
                                                    .Chicago, Ill.Blue Note nightclubNight club residency - see 1956 08 23...
                                                    ..2011
                                                    1956 08 25
                                                    Saturday
                                                    .Chicago, Ill.Blue Note NightclubNight club residency - see 1956 08 23...
                                                    ..2011
                                                    1956 08 26
                                                    Sunday
                                                    .Chicago, Ill.Blue Note nightclubNight club residency - see 1956 08 23
                                                    Matinee Matinee 5 to 7 pm and likely an evening performance
                                                    Recorded remote NBC radio broadcast:
                                                    Duke Ellington and His Orchestra
                                                    Cook, Cat Anderson, Terry, Nance, Woodman, Jackson, Sanders, Hamilton, Procope, Hodges, Gonsalves, Carney, Ellington, Woode, Woodyard
                                                    Titles recorded:
                                                    • Dancers In Love
                                                    • Newport Up
                                                    • I Got It Bad and That Ain't Good
                                                    • Tulip Or Turnip
                                                    • Mood Indigo
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                                                    Monday
                                                    .Chicago, Ill..Believed to be a day off from the Blue Note - see 1956 08 23...
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                                                    1956 08 28
                                                    Tuesday
                                                    .Chicago, Ill..Believed to be a day off from the Blue Note - see 1956 08 23...
                                                    ..2011
                                                    1956 08 29
                                                    Wednesday
                                                    .Chicago, Ill.Blue Note nightclubNight club residency - see 1956 08 23...
                                                    ..2011
                                                    1956 08 30
                                                    Thursday
                                                    .Chicago, Ill.Blue Note nightclubNight club residency - see 1956 08 23...
                                                    ..2011
                                                    1956 08 31
                                                    Friday
                                                    .Chicago, Ill.Blue Note nightclubNight club residency - see 1956 08 23...
                                                    ..2011

                                                    September 1956

                                                    1956 09 01
                                                    Saturday
                                                    ..Universal StudiosJohnny Hodges recording session with Strayhorn and seven Ellington sidemen..00,3-19.
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                                                    1956 09 01
                                                    Saturday
                                                    .Chicago, Ill.Blue Note nightclubNight club residency - see 1956 08 23...
                                                    ..2011
                                                    1956 09 02
                                                    Sunday
                                                    .Chicago, Ill.Blue Note nightclubNight club residency - see 1956 08 23
                                                    Matinee 5 to 7 pm and possibly an evening performance
                                                    The Igo/Ewing/Pilkington itinerary shows "/Monitor" for this date, which indicates a remote broadcast on the NBC network, but further information is not provided by them.
                                                    .New Desor
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                                                    1956 09 03
                                                    Monday
                                                    Labour day
                                                    .Rochester, Ind.ColonialThe ads do not give more details of the function or any more complete venue name. Ellington is the last group mentioned under the description "6 Big Nights at Lake Manitou." The ads say Teen - Agers Admitted. Many nearby town papers ran similar ads in the last third of August, but I could find none for early September. Admission, $2.
                                                      Ads
                                                    • Anderson Herald, Anderson, Ind. 1956-08-21 p.6
                                                    • Vidette-Messenger, Valparaiso, Ind. 1956-08-27-p8
                                                    • Logansport Press, Logansport, Ind. 1956-08-26 p.3
                                                      • Kokomo Tribune, Kokomo, Ind.
                                                      • 1956-08-20 p.11
                                                      • 1956-08-27 p.11
                                                    • Logansport Pharos-Tribune 1956-08-27 p.12
                                                    .
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                                                    1956 09 04
                                                    Tuesday
                                                    ...activities not documented
                                                    ...
                                                    ...
                                                    1956 09 05
                                                    Wednesday
                                                    ...activities not documented
                                                    ...
                                                    ...
                                                    1956 09 06
                                                    Thursday
                                                    ...activities not documented
                                                    ...
                                                    ...
                                                    1956 09 07
                                                    Friday
                                                    ...activities not documented
                                                    ...
                                                    ...
                                                    1956 09 08
                                                    Saturday
                                                    ...activities not documented
                                                    ...
                                                    ...
                                                    1956 09 09
                                                    Sunday
                                                    ...activities not documented
                                                    Stratemann listed an appearance at the Town Casino in Buffalo on this date in error. New Desor shows a recorded broadcast from here on this date too, but New Desor small corrections show a change to 1956 09 16.

                                                    The Town Casino's Sept. 8 ad in the Buffalo Courier-Express said Ellington was coming Sunday Sept. 16.
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                                                    1956 09 10
                                                    Monday
                                                    1956 09 15Toronto, Ont.Colonial TavernNightclub residencyStratemann p.369..
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                                                    1956 09 11
                                                    Tuesday
                                                    .Toronto, Ont.Colonial TavernNightclub residency - see 1956 09 10...
                                                    ..2011
                                                    1956 09 12
                                                    Wednesday
                                                    .Toronto, Ont.Colonial TavernNightclub residency - see 1956 09 10...
                                                    ..2011
                                                    1956 09 13
                                                    Thursday
                                                    .Toronto, Ont.Colonial TavernNightclub residency - see 1956 09 10...
                                                    ..2011
                                                    1956 09 14
                                                    Friday
                                                    .Toronto, Ont.Colonial TavernNightclub residency - see 1956 09 10...
                                                    ..2011
                                                    1956 09 15
                                                    Saturday
                                                    .Toronto, Ont.Colonial TavernNightclub residency - see 1956 09 10...
                                                    ..2011
                                                    1956 09 16
                                                    Sunday
                                                    .Buffalo, N.Y.Town CasinoStratemann listed a Sept. 9 appearance at the Town Casino in Buffalo in error. New Desor shows a recorded broadcast from here on that date, but the New Desor small corrections change it to 1956 09 16.

                                                    The Town Casino's Sept. 8 ad in the Buffalo Courier-Express said Ellington was coming Sept. 16.
                                                      Ads, Buffalo Courier-Express:
                                                    • 1956-09-08 p.8
                                                    • 1956-09-14 p.4
                                                    • 1956-09-15 p.8
                                                    • 1956-09-16 p.25-D
                                                    New Desor
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                                                    1956 09 17
                                                    Monday
                                                    .New York, N.Y.207 E.30th St. StudioColumbia recording sessions for the album A Drum is A Woman
                                                    • 15:00-18:00
                                                    • 20:00-23:00
                                                    Artist contract date: 7/10/56 pending.
                                                    Irving Townsend:
                                                    • the album took most of three months to record and edit
                                                    • the idea was first suggested by Duke to Orson Welles in 1941
                                                    • Ellington thought of A Drum is a Woman as one of his supreme achievements
                                                    • Carney was the only sideman in place as the session time approached. Procope arrived during the next hour, Sanders passed out new music, and Woodyard "wandered idly through the studio looking for his drums"
                                                    • the sidemen arrived one at a time, with Hodges last.
                                                    • 'The group, now in place, began to complain loudly about wasting all night just sitting around. At that moment Ellington walked into the room, stopping to kiss his female visitors, chatting with everybody as he worked his way slowly toward the piano. Then, with a bow toward the control room, he asked, "Am I late? Oh, dear. What time is it anyway?"'

                                                    New Desor and Nielsen advise that the music was also used in the U.S. Steel Hour telecast the following May, and that voiceovers by Ellington and Sherrill and bongos by Candido Camero were dubbed 1956 10 22.
                                                    Duke Ellington and His Orchestra
                                                    Cook, Anderson, Terry, Nance, Woodman, Jackson, Sanders, Hamilton, Procope, Rick Henderson, Gonsalves, Carney, Ellington, Woode, Woodyard, Sherrill, Margaret Tynes
                                                    • 07. Congo Square (Matumbe)
                                                    • 06. Carribee Joe
                                                    • 01. A Drum Is A Woman
                                                    • 13. Rhumbop
                                                    According to Nielsen, two versions were issued on LP, one for Columbia and the other for Philips, but a 1973 Columbia release is identical to the Philips record. Nielsen more or less discusses all the sessions for this album together, along with the television show. It seems clear from Nielsen that there was a lot of mixing and editing, making it difficult to ascertain exactly which takes were used where.

                                                    Lambert describes the history of the record, the structure of the suite as an extended work, and the differences between the original release and identically packaged reissues.
                                                    New Desor
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                                                    1956 09 18
                                                    Tuesday
                                                    1956 09 24Pennsauken, N.J.
                                                    (suburb of Philadelphia, Penn.)
                                                    Red Hill InnNightclub residency...
                                                    ..Added
                                                    2011
                                                    1956 09 19
                                                    Wednesday
                                                    .Pennsauken, N.J.Red Hill InnNightclub residency - see 1956 09 18...
                                                    ..Added
                                                    2011
                                                    1956 09 20
                                                    Thursday
                                                    .Pennsauken, N.J.Red Hill InnNightclub residency - see 1956 09 18...
                                                    ..Added
                                                    2011
                                                    1956 09 21
                                                    Friday
                                                    .Pennsauken, N.J.Red Hill InnNightclub residency - see 1956 09 18...
                                                    ..Added
                                                    2011
                                                    1956 09 22
                                                    Saturday
                                                    .Pennsauken, N.J.Red Hill InnNightclub residency - see 1956 09 18

                                                    The various discographies report Ellington's orchestra played a remote MBS radio broadcast "Bandstand U.S.A." from this club on Sunday December 9. This appears to have been the wrong date since the show only aired Saturdays and since it ended by 10 p.m. it would not have aired in the wee hours of Sunday morning.
                                                    Klaus Götting:

                                                    'The question about a possible broadcast on Sunday 9dec1956 may finally be resolved by the following:
                                                      I have an unnumbered EMI LP with NO info on sleeve or cover. The label (as attached) claims the recording to be from Red Hill Inn 22sep56; a Saturday !! We know that Duke was in the area ...
                                                      I always believed that this was NewDesor 5640 from 9dec56 (as New Desor has no mention of a September broadcast) and the music fits perfectly the program and musical construction for this date of 9dec56...
                                                      Attentive listening today of this 22 min recording doesn't help - ''Bandstand U.S.A.'' is mentioned and Duke (as he often did) refers to the "recently released Newport '56 album."
                                                      Finally: NewDesor 5640 9dec56 may be wrong and should be re-dated 22sep56 unless further info can be found elsewhere.'


                                                    Remote Bandstand U.S.A. radio broadcast:
                                                    Duke Ellington and His Orchestra
                                                    Cook, Anderson, Terry, Nance, Woodman, Jackson, Sanders, Hamilton, Procope, Hodges, Gonsalves, Carney, Ellington, Woode, Woodyard, Grissom
                                                    Titles recorded:
                                                    • Take The "A" Train (theme)
                                                    • Caravan
                                                    • Do Nothin' Till You Hear From Me
                                                    • Newport Up
                                                    • Blues To Be There
                                                    • Tulip Or Turnip
                                                    This appears to be a part only of the 2 hour broadcast.
                                                    • Email Götting/Palmquist et al, 2015-09-25 with scan of label dated 22/9/56
                                                    • Girvan:   Ellingtonia.com
                                                    • Timner
                                                    • Ole J. Nielsen, Jazz Records 1942-80, A discography: Vol. Six, Duke Ellington, p.167
                                                    New Desor
                                                    DE5640
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                                                    1956 09 23
                                                    Sunday
                                                    .Pennsauken, N.J.Red Hill InnNightclub residency - see 1956 09 18...
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                                                    1956 09 24
                                                    Monday
                                                    .Pennsauken, N.J.Red Hill InnNightclub residency - see 1956 09 18

                                                    Last night of residency. This may not conflict with the recording session that started late this night, since Pennsauken is only 90 miles from Manhattan, and the New Jersey Turnpike would have made it a quick drive.
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                                                    1956 09 24
                                                    Monday
                                                    .New York, N.Y.207 E.30th St. StudioColumbia recording session for the album A Drum is A Woman
                                                    23:30-02:30 am.
                                                    If I understand Mr. Lasker's note Artist contract data as last correctly, this indicates Columbia sessions were being held with Ellington without a signed contract in place, and the costs were to be temporarily charged to I. Townsend's A&R budget.
                                                    This appears to be the beginning of an all-night session,the last part of which we show as Tuesday
                                                    Duke Ellington and His Orchestra
                                                    Cook, Anderson, Terry, Nance, Woodman, Jackson, Sanders, Hamilton, Procope, Hodges, Rick Henderson, Gonsalves, Carney, Ellington, Woode, Woodyard, Bailey, unnamed choir
                                                    Titles recorded:
                                                    • 02. Rhythm Pum Te Dum
                                                    • 14. Caribee Joe
                                                    • 02. Rhythm Pum Te Dum
                                                    • 14. Caribee Joe
                                                    • 03. What Else Can You Do With A Drum?
                                                    • 14. Caribee Joe
                                                    • 07. Congo Square
                                                    • Emails Lasker-Palmquist 2014-10-14 and 2014-11-02 re session time, contract.
                                                    • Other references listed above - see 1956 09 17
                                                    New Desor
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                                                    1956 09 25
                                                    Tuesday
                                                    .New York, N.Y.207 E.30th St. StudioColumbia recording session for the album A Drum is A Woman

                                                    03:00-06:00

                                                    This is a continuation of the session that started at 23:30 Monday. If I understand Mr. Lasker's note Artist contract data as last correctly, this indicates Columbia sessions were being held with Ellington without a signed contract in place, and the costs were to be temporarily charged to I. Townsend's A&R budget.
                                                    Duke Ellington and His Orchestra
                                                    Cook, Anderson, Terry, Nance, Woodman, Jackson, Sanders, Hamilton, Procope, Hodges, Henderson, Gonsalves, Carney, Ellington, Strayhorn, Woode, Woodyard, Sherrill, Tynes, unnamed choir.
                                                    Titles recorded:
                                                    • 08. A Drum Is A Woman
                                                    • 05. Hey Buddy Bolden
                                                    • 14. Caribee Joe
                                                    • 07. Congo Square (Matumbe)
                                                    • 10. Madam Zajj
                                                    • Emails Lasker-Palmquist 2014-10-14 and 2014-11-02 re session time, contract
                                                    • see also 1956 09 24
                                                    .
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                                                    1956 09 26
                                                    Wednesday
                                                    ...activities not documented...
                                                    ..
                                                    1956 09 27
                                                    Thursday
                                                    .Ft. Dix, N.J. Sports Arena....
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                                                    1956 09 28
                                                    Friday
                                                    .New York, N.Y.207 E.30th St. StudioColumbia recording session for the album A Drum is A Woman
                                                    21:00-24:00
                                                    If I understand Mr. Lasker's note Artist contract data as last correctly, this indicates Columbia sessions were still being held with Ellington without a signed contract in place, and the costs were to be temporarily charged to I. Townsend's A&R budget.
                                                    Duke Ellington and His Orchestra
                                                    Cook, Anderson, Terry, Nance, Woodman, Jackson, Sanders, Hamilton, Procope, Henderson, Gonsalves, Carney, Ellington, Woode, Tom Whaley, Marion Bruce, Tynes
                                                    Titles recorded:
                                                    • 04. New Orleans (Sunrise Act 1)
                                                    • 04. New Orleans (Sunrise Act 2)
                                                    • 13. Rhumbop
                                                    • 05. Hey Buddy Bolden
                                                    • 12. Zajj's Dream (Carribee Interlude)
                                                    • 04. New Orleans (Parade)
                                                    • The Greatest Thing There Is
                                                    • 12. Zajj's Dream (Carribee Interlude)
                                                    • 07. Congo Square
                                                    • 08. A Drum Is A Woman
                                                    • Trumpet Fugue
                                                    • Emails Lasker-Palmquist 2014-10-14 and 2014-11-02 re session time, contract.
                                                    New Desor
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                                                    • 08,1-24
                                                      04,3-14
                                                      03,2-18
                                                      02,2-16
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                                                    1956 09 29
                                                    Saturday
                                                    ...activities not documented
                                                    ...
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                                                    1956 09 30
                                                    Sunday
                                                    ...activities not documented
                                                    ...
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                                                    October 1956

                                                    1956 10 01
                                                    Monday
                                                    ...activities not documented
                                                    ...
                                                    ...
                                                    1956 10 02
                                                    Tuesday
                                                    ...activities not documented
                                                    ...
                                                    ...
                                                    1956 10 03
                                                    Wednesday
                                                    ...activities not documented
                                                    ...
                                                    ...
                                                    1956 10 04
                                                    Thursday
                                                    ...activities not documented
                                                    ...
                                                    ...
                                                    1956 10 05
                                                    Friday
                                                    .Tampa, Fla.Fort Homer Hestory Armory.Stratemann p.369 citing DESB..
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                                                    1956 10 06
                                                    Saturday
                                                    ...activities not documented
                                                    ...
                                                    ...
                                                    1956 10 07
                                                    Sunday
                                                    ...activities not documented
                                                    ...
                                                    ...
                                                    1956 10 08
                                                    Monday
                                                    ...activities not documented
                                                    ...
                                                    ...
                                                    1956 10 09
                                                    Tuesday
                                                    ...activities not documented
                                                    ...
                                                    ...
                                                    1956 10 10
                                                    Wednesday
                                                    ...activities not documented
                                                    ...
                                                    ...
                                                    1956 10 11
                                                    Thursday
                                                    .Charlotte, N.C.Ovens Auditorium.Stratemann p.369 citing DESB..
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                                                    1956 10 12
                                                    Friday
                                                    ...activities not documented
                                                    ...
                                                    ...
                                                    1956 10 13
                                                    Saturday
                                                    ...activities not documented
                                                    ...
                                                    ...
                                                    1956 10 14
                                                    Sunday
                                                    ...activities not documented
                                                    ...
                                                    ...
                                                    1956 10 15
                                                    Monday
                                                    ...Date of contract between "Frank Holzfeind The Blue Note," Duke Ellington Inc. and Associated Booking Corporation to provide 15 musicians and a vocalist led by "Duke Ellington Inc., presents Duke Ellington" to the Blue Note for "December 19, 1956 thru January 6th, 1957; 3 weeks", 32 hours per week, 5 day week, Sunday matinee.

                                                    This contract includes a new provision:
                                                    "It is understood and agreed that Duke Ellington is to receive headline billing in type equal to 100% on marquee and in any and all releases and paid advertising."

                                                    The fee is $5,000/week less 10% to ABC.

                                                    Same provision re recording, reproduction or broadcast.
                                                    Contract, Stratemann files, courtesy Monika Stratemann..
                                                    ..New
                                                    added 2012-11-03
                                                    1956 10 15
                                                    Monday
                                                    ...activities not documented
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                                                    ...
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                                                    Tuesday
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                                                    1956 10 17
                                                    Wednesday
                                                    .Oberlin, OhioFinney Chapel Auditorium
                                                    Oberlin College
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                                                    Thursday
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                                                    .Cambridge, Ohio.Cambridge Elks Ball...
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                                                    .Hanover, N.H.Webster Hall
                                                    Dartmouth College
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                                                    1956 10 22
                                                    Monday
                                                    .New York, N.Y.Columbia Studio A
                                                    799 Seventh Ave.
                                                    Columbia recording session for the album A Drum Is A Woman
                                                    14:30-17:30
                                                    Artist contract data as last
                                                    Bongo part, vocals and narrative recorded for dubbing.
                                                    Ellington, Camero, Sherrill
                                                    Titles recorded:
                                                    • 02. Rhythm Pum Te Dum (Carribee Sequence)
                                                    • 10. Madam Zajj (Carribee Sequence)
                                                    • Narration
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                                                    Tuesday
                                                    .New York, N.Y.30th St. StudioColumbia recording session for the album A Drum Is A Woman
                                                    20:00-23:00
                                                    Artist contract data as last
                                                    Duke Ellington and His Orchestra
                                                    Cook, Anderson, Terry, Nance, Woodman, Jackson, Sanders, Hamilton, Procope, Hodges, Henderson, Gonsalves, Carney, Ellington, Glamman, Woode, Woodyard, Bellson, Terry Snyder
                                                    Titles recorded:
                                                    • 11. Ballet Of The Flying Saucers
                                                    • 07. Congo Square
                                                    • 12. Zajj's Dream
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                                                    Wednesday
                                                    .Brooklyn, N.Y.Academy of Music8:30 p.m. concert
                                                    Ellington and his orchestra played the first of the "Jazz at Academy" seven concert series.
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                                                    Thursday
                                                    .Washington, D.C.Constitution Hall.Stratemann p.369..
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                                                    Friday
                                                    .Garden City, N.Y.Garden City HotelDance -"first Voters Ball" 1:00 p.m. to 2 a.m.

                                                    'GOP Recruits To Hold First Voter Ball October 26

                                                      The Nassau County Council of Republican Recruits will present its gala event of the season on Friday evening, October 26.
                                                      This affair is the annual "First Voters Ball" which will be held at the Garden City Hotel between the hours of 10:00 P.M. and 2:00 A.M. and will feature Duke Ellington and His Orch. Dress will be semi-formal.
                                                      With the Presidential Election just around the corner, this year's ball promises to be the largest ever staged in the 24 year history of the Recruits. Two orchestras will provide continuous music throughout the evening, and Chairman Philip Dennelly expects an attendance of over three thousand Republicans.
                                                      Every Rupublican First Voter in the County will receive a complimentary invitation for himself and one guest for this affair. For all others wishing to attend, the donation will be $1.50 a person.'

                                                    The Long Island News and The Owl, 1956-09-14 p.6..
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                                                    1956 10 28
                                                    Sunday
                                                    7:30 & 9:30 p.m.
                                                    .Boston, Mass.John Hancock HallTwo concerts

                                                    JAUNTS INTO JAZZDOM
                                                    Duke Ellington, ... will appear in a concert at John Hancock Hall on Sunday (Oct. 28) for two performances, 7:30 and 9:30. The presentation is under the aegis of Storyville entrepreneur, George Wein. The Ellington program will be a panorama of his early compositions which will add "Mood Indigo", "Sophisticated Lady", and "Caravan" to his current efforts for the Newport Jazz Festival.

                                                    • The Heights student newspaper, Boston College 1956-10-26
                                                    • Review, Boston Daily Record, Boston, Mass., 1956-10-30 p.27
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                                                    Tuesday
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                                                    Wednesday
                                                    Halloween
                                                    .New York, N.Y.Front of Hotel Theresa
                                                    125th St. & Seventh Ave.
                                                    (Unconfirmed)

                                                    Grand Rally New York State Citizens for Eisenhower-Nixon and New York County Republican Committee
                                                    Duke Ellington and His Band
                                                    Billie Holliday [sic] are shown after the list of main speakers
                                                    Ad in unidentified newspaper, 27-10-56, p.10 (possibly Amsterdam News)..
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                                                    1956 11 01
                                                    Thursday
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                                                    1956 11 03
                                                    Saturday
                                                    8 p.m. to midnight
                                                    .Raleigh, N.C.William Neal Reynolds Coliseum
                                                    North Carolina State College
                                                    Annual pledge dance of the Interfraternity Council of State College, Raleigh.Photo spread of the dance sponsors with caption, Greensboro Daily News, Greensboro, N.C., 1956-11-03 s.1 p.5..
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                                                    Thursday
                                                    1956 11 21New York, N.Y.Birdland
                                                    Broadway at 52nd St.
                                                    The opening night ad was for Duke Ellington and His World Famous Orchestra, and Eddie Bonnemere Trio had second billing.Amsterdam News, New York, 1956-11-17 p.13..
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                                                    Sunday
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                                                    CBS remote broadcast, 10:05-10:30 p.m.
                                                    • Stratemann p.369 citing Variety 1956-10-31 p.24
                                                    • The Crusader, Rockport, Ill., 1956-11-09 p.1
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                                                    Sunday
                                                    .New York, N.Y..Ellington and his orchestra appeared on the CBS national television show Armchair Theater at 3 p.m. PST in Portland, Ore. This must have been prerecorded since Ellington was emceeing Mahalia Jackson's Carnegie Hall concert when this show aired.The Oregonian, Portland, Ore., 1956-11-18 p.15

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                                                    Sunday
                                                    .New York, N.Y.Carnegie Hall
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                                                    Ellington was master of ceremonies for Mahalia Jackson's 6th annual Carnegie Hall concert, which started at 5:30 p.m. (5 p.m. according to the Carnegie Hall history database)..
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                                                    Sunday
                                                    .New York, N.Y.BirdlandEllington and possibly his orchestra appeared on a nationally broadcast Sunday evening NBC television variety show, The Steve Allen Show. If the orchestra performed in the telecast, it may have been from Birdland. Further research is required.
                                                    Stratemann

                                                    'Ellington did a medley of his compositions that was – in the words of Variety – "all too short," and was joined at the piano briefly by emcee Allen.'

                                                    Vail II (with photo):

                                                    'At 8:00 pm, Duke is in the NBC-TV studios for the 'Steve Allen Show' (8.00-9.00pm). Other guests are... and Bob Hope. Duke plays a brief medley of his own compositions with Steve Allen...'

                                                    Sessionographies show:
                                                    Duke Ellington and His Orchestra
                                                    Personnel per New Desor, Timner and Girvan: Cook, Anderson, Terry, Nance, Woodman, Jackson, Sanders, Hamilton, Procope, Hodges, Gonsalves, Carney, Ellington, Woode, Woodyard
                                                    Personnel per Nielsen: Henderson, Glamann, Snyder, Camero, Tynes, Sherrill
                                                    Titles broadcast and recorded:
                                                    • Take The "A" Train (theme)
                                                    • Medley
                                                      • Don't Get Around Much Anymore
                                                      • I Got It Bad and That Ain't Good and That Ain't Good
                                                      • I'm Beginning To See The Light
                                                      • Sophisticated Lady
                                                      • Caravan
                                                      • Mood Indigo
                                                    • It Don't Mean A Thing
                                                    with Steve Allen joining Duke at the piano for the last tune.
                                                    The television lineup printed in the Herald Statesmen says

                                                    '(4) Steve Allen Show. Bob Hope warms up for hls own show later on by dropping in on Steve. Noted with enthusiasm in [sic] musical nostalgia from Duke Ellington, featuring numbers the composer-pianist made famous... '

                                                    Observer-Dispatch:

                                                    'Steve Allen: Guests include Duke Ellington, Olsen and Johnson, dancer Gena Nelson...'

                                                    Philadelphia Inquirer:

                                                    'Steve Allen strikes back with Olsen & Johnson, Duke Ellington and Gene Nelson, same time, Channel 3.'

                                                    and

                                                    'The Steve Allen Show. The comedy team of Olson and Johnson, Duke Ellington and his band, dancer Gene Nelson, ...are guests.'

                                                    Guests were Ellington, Bob Hope (comedian), George Hamilton IV (singer), Betty Walker (comedienne), Olsen & Johnson (comedy team), Gene Nelson (dancer), Erin O'Brien (singer), and female boxers Joanne Hagen and Phyllis Kugler.
                                                    Webmaster's comment:
                                                    New Desor, Timner and the episode summary say the orchestra performed, and New Desor and Timner say they played at Birdland, in other words, they say this was a television remote telecast. I don't understand the logistics. The photo on page 100 of Vail II shows Duke leaning on a piano with Allen playing it. Behind them is a curtain that I would associate more with a theatre than a nightclub. If this was remote telecast from Birdland, and the Steve Allen Show was live, how did Allen interact with his other guests? Was Ellington at Birdland or at the NBC Studio during this live telecast? Further research is needed.
                                                    • Tim Brooks, Earle F. Marsh, The Complete Directory to Prime Time Network and Cable TV Shows, 1946-Present, p.1307
                                                    • Herald-Statemman, Yonkers, N.Y. 1956-11-17 p.8
                                                    • Observer-Dispatch, Utica, N.Y., 1956-11-17 p.6
                                                    • Philadelphia Inquirer television supplement, 1956-11-18 p.2
                                                    • Philadelphia Inquirer morning edition, 1958-11-18 p.35
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                                                    Sunday
                                                    .New York, N.Y.BirdlandNightclub residency - see 1956 11 08

                                                    CBS remote broadcast, 10:05-10:30 p.m.
                                                    Duke Ellington and His Orchestra
                                                    Personnel per New Desor, Timner and Girvan: Cook, Anderson, Terry, Nance, Woodman, Jackson, Sanders, Hamilton, Procope, Hodges, Gonsalves, Carney, Ellington, Woode, Woodyard
                                                    Personnel per Nielsen: Henderson, Glamann, Snyder, Camero, Tynes, Sherrill
                                                    Titles recorded:
                                                    • Take The "A" Train (theme)
                                                    • Newport Jazz Festival Suite 1. Festival Junction
                                                    • Prelude To A Kiss
                                                    • Tulip Or Turnip
                                                    • Newport Jazz Festival Suite 2. Blues To Be There
                                                    • Newport Jazz Festival Suite 3. Newport Up
                                                    • Stratemann p.369 citing Variety 1956-10-31 p.24
                                                    • The Crusader, Rockport, Ill., 1956-11-09 p.1
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                                                    Thursday
                                                    .New York, N.Y..Sidemen's activities not documented
                                                    Ellington appeared as guest soloist on the one-hour CBS television show the Longines-Wittnauer Thanksgiving Festival, broadcast at 5 p.m. He played a solo piano version of Black and Tan Fantasy. Whether or not this was a live performance needs to be determined. This was an elaborate production with 3 narrators, an act described as "the Longines Symphonette," and a "Corps de Ballet with 125." The November 15 Greensboro Record carried an undated photo of Duke, Will Rogers Jr. and dancers Gail Spear and Mara Lynn rehearsing, in costume. If it was pre-taped, Ellington need not have been in New York on this date.
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                                                    Friday
                                                    .Cleveland, Ohio.Stratemann:

                                                    'Ellington was also on local T.V. that week, as guest on a program hosted by Dorothy Fuldheim on WEWS'

                                                    Webmaster's comment:
                                                    I have not been able to find Ellington and Fuldheim mentioned together in the Cleveland news archives. She is listed in the Cleveland Plain Dealer t.v. listings on Fridays at 6:30 pm for 15 minutes, so this interview is presumed to have been either Nov. 23 or 30. She also had a show called the One O'Clock Club, but it did not start until 1957.
                                                    FULDHEIM, DOROTHY - The Encyclopedia of Cleveland History09,3-5.
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                                                    1956 12 02Cleveland, OhioCotton Club
                                                    East 4th and Huron
                                                    Night club residency. Stratemann advises the club had to rebuild its stage because it had never had such a large band before.
                                                    Plain Dealer ads and publicity near the end of the run confirm Ellington was to finish at the Cotton Club on Sunday, Dec. 2, and that day would include a matinee performance from 4 to 6 p.m. It in't clear in the plug if there would be an evening performance on that Sunday or if the matinee was the last performance.
                                                    • Stratemann p.369
                                                    • The Plain Dealer, Cleveland, Ohio:
                                                      • 1956-11-29 p.31
                                                      • 1956-12-01 pp.22, 23
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                                                    Sunday
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                                                    Monday
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                                                    Wednesday
                                                    .Cleveland, OhioCotton Club
                                                    Club residency - see 1956 11 23...
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                                                    Club residency - see 1956 11 23...
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                                                    .Cleveland, OhioCotton Club
                                                    Club residency - see 1956 11 23...
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                                                    1956 12 01
                                                    Saturday
                                                    .Cleveland, OhioCotton Club
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                                                    Sunday
                                                    .Cleveland, OhioCotton Club
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                                                    Wednesday
                                                    1956 12 07New York, N.Y..The Crystal Tree

                                                    Stratemann:

                                                    'That day, [Dec.5] it appears, Ellington was also engaged in the preliminaries for a musical ... with an all-black cast. The Crystal Tree... Ellington was variously reported as being in conference with Doris Julian, author and lyricist of the musical; and as attending auditions for the play, "for which he wrote the score," at the Broadway Theatre on December 6 and December 7. In later reports, Luther Henderson had replaced Ellington as composer (DESB).'

                                                    Cleveland Plain Dealer:

                                                    'Bandmaster Duke Ellington ... says he has composed a musical score for a new Broadway show which may open before spring. Titled Crystal Tree, it is being produced by Perry Tatkins, who also stanged ... "Beggars Holiday" in 1946.'

                                                    (Sidemen's activities not documented)
                                                    • Stratemann p.369
                                                    • The Plain Dealer, Cleveland, Ohio, 1956-12-01 p.23
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                                                    .New York, N.Y.Manhattan CenterStratemann:

                                                    'That night's event was titled "Salute To Montgomery" to mark the anniversary of the bus protest in Alabama. Ellington probably did a solo appearance (DESB).'

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                                                    Thursday
                                                    .New York, N.Y.30th St. StudioColumbia recording session
                                                    19:45-23:15
                                                    Duke Ellington and His Orchestra
                                                    Cook, Anderson, Terry, Nance, Woodman, Jackson, Sanders, Hamilton, Procope, Hodges, Gonsalves, Carney, Ellington, Woode, Woodyard, Margaret Tynes, Bailey

                                                    Titles recorded:
                                                    • A DRUM IS A WOMAN
                                                      • You Better Know It
                                                      • Finale
                                                    • Caf‚ Au Lait
                                                    • Star-Crossed Lovers (Pretty Girl
                                                    Lambert:

                                                    'A Drum Is A Woman is of particular interest as it is the only one of Ellington's dramatic works which exists in a complete recording under his direction. The Columbia version is complete with the exception of one number, Pomegranate, although this was recorded and can be found on some 45 EPM selections from the work...'

                                                    Artist Job Sheet:

                                                    'Artist contract data as last

                                                    Ellington should be paid for 12 sides less costs for DRUM album. On the above session, he should be paid $500 per side (Café au Lait and Pretty Girl) or $1,000 less « of the costs of this session, since these two selections are not in DRUM album. Artist contract date: 7/10/56.

                                                    This is the first contract date entry that omits the word "pending." All Artist Job Sheets through that of 1959 06 02 repeat this entry.
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                                                    Saturday
                                                    .New Brunswick, N.J.Fieldhouse
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                                                    Saturday
                                                    1956 12 16
                                                    Sunday
                                                    Pennsauken, N.J.Red Hill InnNightclub residency

                                                    Remote MBS radio broadcast "Bandstand U.S.A."
                                                    While the show broadcast from 8 to 10 p.m. on WOR, Ellington played only part of it. Other bands included in the broadcast were Dizzie Gillespie, Dave Brubeck and "other jazzmen."
                                                    Duke Ellington and His Orchestra
                                                    Cook, Anderson, Terry, Nance, Woodman, Jackson, Sanders, Hamilton, Procope, Hodges, Gonsalves, Carney, Ellington, Woode, Woodyard, Grissom
                                                    Titles recorded:
                                                    • Take The "A" Train
                                                    • Things Ain't What They Used To Be
                                                    • Newport Up
                                                    • Rock City Rock
                                                    • Blue Jean Beguine
                                                    • Sophisticated Lady
                                                    • Mood Indigo / Blues To Be There
                                                    • Ads, Philadelphia Inquirer
                                                      • 1956-12-07 p.44
                                                      • 1956-12-09 p.26
                                                      • 1956-12-12 p.55
                                                      • 1956-12-16 p.21
                                                    • Girvan:   Ellingtonia.com
                                                    • Timner
                                                    • Ole J. Nielsen, Jazz Records 1942-80, A discography: Vol. Six, Duke Ellington, p.167
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                                                    The various discographies report Ellington's orchestra played a remote MBS radio broadcast "Bandstand U.S.A." from this club on Saturday and Sunday. Since the show only aired Saturdays, a Sunday broadcast seems unlikely. It would not have been in the wee hours of Sunday since the show ended by 10 p.m. local time. The broadcast appears to have taken place September 22, 1956 - see the discussion under that date above.
                                                    • Girvan:   Ellingtonia.com
                                                    • Timner
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                                                    .Pennsauken, N.J.Red Hill InnNightclub residency - see 1956 12 08

                                                    Remote MBS radio broadcast "Bandstand U.S.A."
                                                    Duke Ellington and His Orchestra
                                                    Cook, Anderson, Terry, Nance, Woodman, Jackson, Sanders, Hamilton, Procope, Hodges, Gonsalves, Carney, Ellington, Woode, Woodyard
                                                    Titles recorded:
                                                    • Take The "A" Train (theme)
                                                    • La Virgen De La Macarena
                                                    • Sophisticated Lady
                                                    • Perdido
                                                    • Take The "A" Train
                                                    • Jeep's Blues
                                                    • Girvan:   Ellingtonia.com
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                                                    Tuesday
                                                    .Omaha, Neb.Civic Auditoriumactivities not documented

                                                    False report:
                                                    Stratemann reports Ellington and his band arrived in Omaha on the 18th, but does not provide a source for that information. It then says:

                                                    'Ellington and his band were picked up live by remote cameras as they went through a rehearsal for the "Congo Square" section to "A Drum Is A Woman," then played a medley of Ellington's hit tunes. A brief interview of Ellington by host Garroway revealed that the Columbia LP of "A Drum Is A Woman" was to come out on record in February.'

                                                    Vail says instead :

                                                    'Duke Ellington and his Orchestra are televised live by remote cameras, while rehearsing at the Civic Auditorium in Omaha, Nebraska. Duke is interviewed on the NBC-TV show "Wide, Wide World" by Dave Garroway in Chicago. The orchestra are [sic] then seen rehearsing the Congo Square section from "A Drum Is A Woman" and playing a medley of Ellington's hits...'

                                                    A search of newspaper archives shows no mention of Ellington in Omaha in December 1956, but the dance on January 20 was advertised several times in the weeks leading up to that date.

                                                    Conclusion: This event took place a month later, on January 20 1957.
                                                    • Stratemann, p.370
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                                                    1957 01 06Chicago, Ill.Blue Note3 week club residency, 32 hour 5 day week, Sunday matinees. See contract details at 1956 10 15 above.

                                                    Stratemann:

                                                    'NBC frequently had the Ellington band picked up at the Blue Note for remotes for its Monitor radio program.'

                                                    Five of Ellington's remote broadcasts from this Blue Note run are documented in New Desor, of which one is a CBS New Years Eve broadcast, three are just identified as NBC broadcasts, and one is explicitly called a Monitor broadcast.

                                                    "Monitor" was an all-weekend NBC network radio show playing from 8 a.m. to midnight on Saturdays and Sundays. From its twelve listings on WMAQ on 1956-12-23, it appears local stations used it as fillers between other programming.
                                                    Algona (Iowa) Advance reported two under-age lads from Algona going to Chicago. To gain admission to cabarets, they pretended to be medical interns. One called the manager of the Blue Note for a reservation, and was told to ask for him and he'd fix them up. When they arrived, they were escorted to a front row table, with a spotlight en route, and afer several numbers, Ellington came to their table. They chatted a few minutes and they had their picture taken with him.
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                                                    Sunday
                                                    .Chicago, Ill.Blue NoteClub date - see 1956 12 19

                                                    Sunday matinee as well as the evening performance.
                                                    10 p.m. CST radio network remote broadcast on NBC's Monitor:

                                                    Duke Ellington and His Orchestra
                                                    Cook, Anderson, Terry, Nance, Woodman, Jackson, Sanders, Hamilton, Procope, Hodges, Gonsalves, Carney, Ellington, Woode, Woodyard
                                                    Titles recorded:
                                                    • Take The "A" Train (theme)
                                                    • Medley: Diminuendo In Blue / Wailing Interval
                                                    • Nielsen reports Diminuendo and Crescendo in Blue and doesn't mention the Wailing Interval
                                                    • Stratemann, p.370
                                                    • Vail II
                                                    • Radio log, Chicago Daily Tribune 1956-12-23
                                                    • Girvan:   Ellingtonia.com
                                                    • Timner
                                                    • Ole J. Nielsen, Jazz Records 1942-80, A discography: Vol. Six, Duke Ellington p.167
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                                                    Christmas Day
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                                                    Wednesday
                                                    Boxing Day
                                                    ... Peripheral event
                                                    Ellington was elected to Down Beat's Music Hall of Fame, becoming its fifth member, after topping the Down Beat reader poll, with 1,025 votes, 239 more than the next band leader, Benny Goodman. Down Beat accompanied the announcement with a two spage story by Nat Hentoff with extensive quoting of Elliington.
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                                                    Sunday
                                                    .Chicago, Ill.Blue NoteClub date - see 1956 12 19
                                                    Sunday matinee as well as the evening performance.
                                                    10 p.m. local time, Radio network remote broadcast on NBC's Monitor:

                                                    Duke Ellington and His Orchestra
                                                    Cook, Anderson, Terry, Nance, Woodman, Jackson, Sanders, Hamilton, Procope, Hodges, Gonsalves, Carney, Ellington, Woode, Woodyard
                                                    Titles recorded:
                                                    • Take The "A" Train (theme)
                                                    • Newport Up
                                                    • Jeep's Blues
                                                    • Stratemann, p.370
                                                    • Vail II
                                                    • Radio log, Chicago Daily Tribune 1956-12-23
                                                    • Girvan:   Ellingtonia.com
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                                                    • Ole J. Nielsen, Jazz Records 1942-80, A discography: Vol. Six, Duke Ellington p.167
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                                                    Monday
                                                    New Year's Eve
                                                    .Chicago, Ill.Blue NoteClub date - see 1956 12 19 - The contract provided for a day off on Monday, but an exception seems to have been made for New Year's Eve, since remote CBS and NBC network New Years Eve broadcasts were made from the club.

                                                    The Ed Brooks column in the New Orleans Times-Picayune:

                                                    'CBS-WWL will present an all-night Dancing Party beginning 10:10 p.m. featuring the nation's top bands remote from all parts of the nation. Among the top music stars ... Count Basie, Jimmy Dorsey, Jan Garber, Eddie Howard, Duke Ellington... '

                                                    The NBC broadcast was at 12:05 a.m. CST. Since the NBC broadcast was after midnight, New Desor and Timner date it January 1, 1957.
                                                    Duke Ellington and His Orchestra
                                                    Cook, Anderson, Terry, Nance, Woodman, Jackson, Sanders, Hamilton, Procope, Hodges, Gonsalves, Carney, Ellington, Woode, Woodyard, Grissom

                                                    Titles recorded during the CBS broadcast:
                                                    • Take The "A" Train (theme)
                                                    • Blue Skies
                                                    • Sophisticated Lady
                                                    • Caravan
                                                    • Do Nothin' Till You Hear From Me
                                                    • Things Ain't What They Used To Be
                                                    • Mood Indigo

                                                    Titles recorded during the NBC broadcast:
                                                    • Take The "A" Train (theme)
                                                    • Diminuendo In Blue/Wailing Interval/Crescendo In Blue
                                                    • Jeep's Blues
                                                    • Just Squeeze Me
                                                    • Mood Indigo
                                                    • Girvan:   Ellingtonia.com
                                                    • Timner
                                                    • Ole J. Nielsen, Jazz Records 1942-80, A discography: Vol. Six, Duke Ellington, p.168
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                                                    1957 00 00... Peripheral event
                                                    Ellington's music was used in a German are film, "Jonas." Soundtrack composer Winfried Zillig synthesized modern European chamber music and electronic effects and incorporated parts of Ellington's Liberian Suite. The film won the German "Bambi" film award at the Berlin Film Festival in 1958, according to Jet magazine.
                                                    • Stratemann p.385
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                                                    1957 00 00.New York, N.Y..Sometime during 1957, Ellington accepted a commission to write the music for a "serious minded Broadway production," based on a novel "Mine Boy" by Peter Abraahams, to be produced by Christopher Manos with lyrics by Herbert Martin...
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                                                    .Chicago, Ill.Universal StudioPrivate recording session(s) for Ellington's stockpile

                                                    The date is undocumented. Timner, Nielsen and MacHare show one session in January and one in February, while New Desor and Girvan show just one session, in February.

                                                    Several of these recordings are in the CD box sets released on the WEA (Germany), WEA (Japan), Kaz (England), Saja (USA) and Unidisc (Canada), but the 10 CD box sets are not numbered the same.
                                                    Duke Ellington and His Orchestra and unidentified choir
                                                    Cook, Anderson, Terry, Nance, Woodman, Jackson, Sanders, Hamilton, Procope, Hodges, Gonsalves, Carney, Ellington, Woode, Woodyard
                                                    Titles recorded:
                                                    • full band and choir:
                                                      • Take The "A" Train
                                                      • Perdido
                                                    • quartet and choir:
                                                      • Dual Highway (aka Something Sexual or Something Saxual)
                                                    • septet and choir:
                                                      • Jump For Joy
                                                    • band:
                                                      • Jump For Joy (subtitled Clary, Box and Bass)
                                                      • Moon Mist
                                                      • Things Ain't What They Used To Be
                                                      • C-Jam Blues
                                                      • In A Sentimental Mood
                                                      • Satin Doll
                                                      • Love You Madly
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                                                    January 1957

                                                    1957 01 01
                                                    Tuesday
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                                                    Sunday
                                                    .Chicago, Ill.Blue NoteClub date - see 1956 12 19

                                                    Final day of the residency. Being a Sunday, there would also have been a matinee performance.

                                                    Remote broadcast, NBC network "Monitor"
                                                    Duke Ellington and His Orchestra
                                                    Cook, Anderson, Terry, Nance, Woodman, Jackson, Sanders, Hamilton, Procope, Hodges, Gonsalves, Carney, Ellington, Woode, Woodyard
                                                    Titles recorded:
                                                    • Take The "A" Train (theme)
                                                    • Medley:
                                                      • Sophisticated Lady
                                                      • Caravan
                                                      • I Got It Bad and That Ain't Good and That Ain't Good
                                                    • Medley:
                                                      • Mood Indigo
                                                      • Solitude
                                                    • Girvan:   Ellingtonia.com
                                                    • Timner
                                                    • Ole J. Nielsen, Jazz Records 1942-80, A discography: Vol. Six, Duke Ellington, p.168
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                                                    .Rochester, Minn.Mayo Civic AuditoriumDance, 8 p.m. to midnight

                                                    Tickets: $1.50/person in advance, $1.80 at door
                                                    Winona Daily News, Winona, Minn.
                                                    • 1957-01-02 p.4
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                                                    ...Date of contract between "Frank Holzfeind The Blue Note," Duke Ellington Inc. and Associated Booking Corporation to provide 15 musicians and 1 vocalist, led by "Duke Ellington Inc., presents Duke Ellington" to the Blue Note on July 10, 1957 for two weeks, 32 hours per week, 5 day week, Sunday Matinee.

                                                    This contract includes the same headline billing and recording/broadcasting provisions, and a new term prohibiting advertising of this engagement before July 5, 1957.

                                                    The fee continues to be $5,000/week less 10% to ABC.
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                                                    .Grinnell, IowaDarby Gym
                                                    Grinnell College
                                                    Recorded concert, 8 - 10:30 p.m.
                                                    • Scarlet and Black announcement 1956-12-14:

                                                      'Ellington Orchestra To Play At Darby Concert In January
                                                        Tom Rodhouse, social coordinator has arranged a concert by Duke Ellington and his orchestra at Grinnell on January 10. The two and one-half hour concert will begin at 8 p.m. in the Darby Gym.
                                                        Art Travers, Student Council president, is in charge of finances for the event, and Steve Payne, Gadabouts chairman, will make all other arrangements... '

                                                    • Ellington was interviewed and the interview was broadcast - see Scarlet and Black 1957-02-08:

                                                      'WOI Presents Programs In February Featuring Interview, Panel, Musicians
                                                        Four KGRW tape recordings will be broadcast over WOI, Ames, in February. The programs are on Tuesday afternoon at 4:15.
                                                        Feb. 5 the Duke Ellington interview by Edward Luck (speech) and Steve Levin will be broadcast... '

                                                    Duke Ellington and His Orchestra
                                                    Cook, Anderson, Terry, Nance, Woodman, Jackson, Sanders, Hamilton, Procope, Hodges, Gonsalves, Carney, Ellington, Woode, Woodyard

                                                    Titles recorded:
                                                    • *Stompin' At The Savoy
                                                    • *Black And Tan Fantasy
                                                    • *Newport Up
                                                    • *Clarinet Melodrama
                                                    • *Perdido
                                                    • Prelude To A Kiss
                                                    • All Of Me
                                                    • *Blue Skies
                                                    • *Skin Deep
                                                    • Medley
                                                    • Monologue
                                                    • The songs in the medley were:
                                                      • Don't Get Around Much Anymore
                                                      • Do Nothin' Till You Hear From Me
                                                      • In A Sentimental Mood
                                                      • Mood Indigo
                                                      • I'm Beginning To See The Light
                                                      • Sophisticated Lady
                                                      • Caravan
                                                      • It Don't Mean A Thing
                                                      • Solitude
                                                      • C-Jam Blues
                                                      • I Let A Song Go Out Of My Heart / Don't Get Around Much Anymore
                                                    • The above titles are from the Girvan, New Desor and Nielsen discographies. The song titles marked with an asterisk (*) were released on a Grinnell College long-playing record in 1957, together with tracks titled Johnny Hodges, Sophisticated Lady and Ellingtonia. New Desor Vol.II identifies which of these are mislabelled.
                                                    • Nielsen shows Monologue as the first title recorded.
                                                    • The interview, broadcast February 5, is not listed in the discographies.
                                                    • Scarlet and Black, Grinnell College, Grinnell, Iowa
                                                      • Announcement, 1956-11-02 p6
                                                      • Announcement, 1956-12-14
                                                      • Student letter, 1957-01-18 p.2
                                                      • Announcement, 1957-02-08 p.6
                                                      • Girvan:   Ellingtonia.com
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                                                      Friday
                                                      .Iowa City, IowaIowa Memorial Union
                                                      121 N. Madison St.
                                                      University of Iowa
                                                      Dance, 9 p.m. to midnight, with 4 variety acts by campus performers. Attendance was estimated to be 1,600 and Ellington was reported to have been swamped by autograph seekers all evening.
                                                      Announcement:

                                                      'Greek Dance Friday To Feature The Duke

                                                        Club Athena, the interfraternity Council-Panhellenic dance, is scheduled for Friday evening from 9:00 p.m. to midnight in the Iowa Memorial Union.
                                                        The famous Duke Ellington band will provide the music. The Duke had this message for all SUI fans when he was interviewed for radio by Bob Blitz... and George Kroloff...recently in the Windy City.
                                                        "The boys in the band love you madly. We have been playing concerts, not just dances, at SUI since 1943." The Duke said. "The SUI students are a very sophisticated and discriminating audience."
                                                       Because he is playing at the first Rose Bowl celebration dance on the SUI campus, Ellington said he is "going to open our big bag of goodies wide," for his SUI audience.
                                                        ... the Union will resemble a night club. There will be a marquee outside the Union and outside The Billboards announcing the Duke, entertainers and IFC Queen finalists.
                                                        To enter the dance, couples will walk through a Greek garden and over a bridge. The Union lounge will resemble a large night club. There will be a low ceiling and four columns with fire seemingly coming from the top. A large mural will cover two walls depicting the wanderings of a Greek god in a modern metropolis.
                                                        Behind the bandstand will characterizations of jazz stars based on a Greek theme. There will be 150 tables with chairs around the dance floor and partitioned from it.
                                                        Two bars will serve soft beverages. Genuine blown glass, may be obtained as souvenirs. The doorman, hatcheck boyes and cigarette girls will be in costumes.
                                                       A variety of entertainment is planned. There will be four production numbers starring Roberta Popinger... and Jack Laughery, Guthry Center and the Club Athena dancers. The Four Moderns will also appear.
                                                        ... The 15-piece band [Ellington] will bring to Iowa City is considered by many to be the best in the country...
                                                        Sue Rutledge.... and John Ballard...are co-chairmen of the dance.'

                                                      The Daily Iowan, Iowa City, Iowa
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                                                      .Davenport, IowaThe New ColiseumThis appears to be a dance hall featuring "MIDWESTS FINEST BANDS" on Saturdays. The Catholic Messenger's ads just say

                                                      COMING...
                                                      Jan. 10, PORTER WAGONER
                                                      Jan. 12, DUKE ELLINGTON.

                                                      More research is warranted.
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                                                      .Dubuque, IowaMelody MillDancing, 9 to 1, admission only $1.50 before 9 -$2.00 after 9
                                                      • Freeport Journal-Standard, Freeport, Ill.,
                                                        1957-01-11 p.13
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                                                      .Chicago, Ill.Blue NoteFalse entry: The radio log for January 13 in The Sunday Star reported Ellington and his orchestra would be on WRC's Monitor from the Blue Note at 11 p.m. This is clearly an error.
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                                                      .Springfield, Ill.ArmoryThe Duke Ellington and Griff Williams orchestras played from 8 p.m. to midnight for the inaugural ball for Governor William Stratton's second term in office. Part of the ball was to be televised. The Illinois State Journal reported 6,000 people attended, but the Rockford Register-Republic reported 10,000. The Register-News estimated 5,000 guests jammed the dance floor and hundreds more watched from the balcony. A third band played during the afternoon ceremonies and at a dance for young people in the rotunda at the State House.
                                                      • Edwardsville Intelligencer, Edwardsville,Ill, 1956-12-19 p.2
                                                      • Illinois State Journal, Springfield,Ill,
                                                        • 1956-12-19 p.28
                                                        • 1957-01-13 p.34
                                                        • 1957-01-15 p.9
                                                      • Rockford Register-Republic, Rockford, Ill., pp.1, 2-A
                                                      • Hammond Times, Hammond, Ind., 1957-01-13, courtesy A.Perez-Gasco
                                                      • Register-News, Mt. Vernon, Ill., 1957-01-15, courtesy A. Perez-Gasco
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                                                      .Rolla, Mo..Probably similar to the Jefferson City event below.Post-Tribune, Jefferson City, Mo., 1957-01-17 p.18..
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                                                      .Jefferson City, Mo.Lincoln Gymnasium
                                                      Lincoln University
                                                      8 p.m. concert and dance. During the concert, Ellington was

                                                      'honored [by] an Alpha citation of achievement by A.P.Marshall, Lincoln librarian.'

                                                      and

                                                      '...He was also presented with a hand carved lamp carrying the initials of Alpha by Melvin Sreator for the undergraduate chapter of Alpha, and with an honorary membership in the campus Student Christian Association by Mis Odessa Enner, a senior majoring in education.'

                                                      The Post-Tribune carries a photo of Ellington on stage, signing autographs for two little girls while the band plays.
                                                      Dave Snyder, Post-Tribune staff reporter:

                                                      'Plus One Non-Paying Visitor
                                                      More Than 800 Persons Hear Ellington's Concert Effort
                                                        More than 800 persons turned out to hear Duke Ellington yesterday as Lincoln University initiated its 1957 lecture-recital series.
                                                        The Ellington orchestra...packed the University City's seating facilities, forcing the overflow onto the floor of the basketball court. The program opened with a concert...
                                                        The Lincoln concert, followed by a dance, was attended by an unexpected guest who wandered around the floor, viewing the band and spectators critically. Unannounced and non-paying, the visitor was a boxer dog.'

                                                      Darrel Sifford (1931-1992), Post-Tribune city editor:

                                                      'Ancient Lincoln Gymnasium Rocks As Duke Ellington Beats Up Storm
                                                        ...there wasn't a toe that didn't tap out a lively beat as an overflow crowd of more than 800 persons ... packed the tiny gymnasium for a peek at amiable Duke Ellington and his band of white-jacketed musicians.
                                                        ...the loose-jointed Ellington blasted away with selections that ranged from a soft solo by Johnny Hodges... to a dazzling drum run by Sam Woodyard, a fast-fingered father of six children.
                                                        Currently roaming the country on one-night stands, Ellington played Tuesday in Rolla and is scheduled tonight in St. Joseph.
                                                        From there he'll play Leavenworth, Kan. and then journey to Omaha, Neb. Sunday from where he'll appear on the television production "Wide Wide World."
                                                        The Duke ... has another record date this winter when he returns to the coast.
                                                        However, one member – the dead-panned Hodges – is dubious there'll ever be sufficient time to cut even one side.
                                                        ...Hodges lamented during intermission that "We'll never have time to do any record work...Man the way we're traveling, we're never in one spot long enough to do anything except sleep, eat, play and pack our bags."
                                                        The sax man, who took his encore bows without emotion, said the Ellington band will "work eight days next week."
                                                        By way of explanation he offered: "That's because we do more than is possible in seven days."
                                                        Ellington, clad in an orange and tan jacket, grabbed a quick snack of fried shrimp and coffee during a break.
                                                        His pink shirt was soiled around the collar and his pink silk tie was draped loosely from the neck.
                                                        He polished off the shrimp, gulped down the last of the coffee and made small talk with his charter bus driver, who apparently oblivious to the blare of trumpets outside the dressing room, relaxed with a day-old newspaper.
                                                        ...Maybe because of the nightly repetition the Ellington crew becomes accustomed to going through the motions, but it wasn't obvious that a routine, hum-drum performance was unfolding last night.
                                                        And the musicians – all except Hodges, perhaps – seemed genuinely appreciative of the enthusiastic response they received.
                                                        During Woodyard's four-minute drum solo, which was spiced with liberal applause and roars of approval, one green-bloused girl on [sic] a front row became carried away with it all and failed to contain screams that would have done justice to Elvis Presley.
                                                        She calmed down sufficiently during the intermission to corner several of her favourites for autographs.
                                                        Ellington opened with an hour-long concert-type program and came back after the coffee break with two hours of music for dancing.
                                                        Many of the 800 took advantage of the slower tempo to elbow around the gymnasium floor.
                                                        But many others guarded preciously scarce seats, afraid to move lest a bystander sneak in unnoticed.
                                                        But dancing or sitting, the crowd had one thing in common. Nobody could keep his feet still.'

                                                      While the Post-Tribune ways this was the first lecture-recital of the series, the Jefferson City paper says it was to be the second.
                                                      • Announcement, News & Tribune, Jefferson City, Mo., 1957-01-13, courtesy A.Perez-Gasco
                                                      • Story datelined Jefferson City, Mo.–(ANP), Milwaukee Defender, Milwaukee, Wisc., 1957-01-31 p.3
                                                      • Washington Afro-American, 1957-01-29 courtesy A.Perez-Gasco
                                                      • Photograph and two reviews, Post-Tribune, Jefferson City, Mo., 1957-01-17 p.18
                                                      • The Shinx, Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity, Baltimore, Md., May 1957, pp.23,28
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                                                      Wednesday
                                                      .Chicago, Ill.Holiday Ballroom
                                                      4847 N. Milwaukee Ave.
                                                      False report
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                                                      Thursday
                                                      .St. Joseph, Mo..Unconfirmed one-nighter

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                                                      .Chicago, Ill.Universal StudioPrivate recording session - this date needs to be confirmed since it conflicts with a possible appearance in St. Joseph, Mo. (which at the time of writing is unconfirmed).
                                                      Duke Ellington small group
                                                      Nance, Terry, Cook, Gonsalves, Ellington, Woode, Woodyard
                                                      Titles recorded:
                                                      • Bluer
                                                      • The Riff
                                                      Duke Ellington small group
                                                      Gonsalves, Ellington, Woode, Woodyard
                                                      Titles recorded:
                                                      • I Cover The Waterfront
                                                      • Wailing Interval (as Wailing 'Bout)
                                                      Nielsen reports Bluer is based on the harmonies of Hey, Buddy Bolden and Wailing 'Bout is identical to Crescendo in Blue. The latter is doubtful, since Crescendo in Blue is a composition for full orchestra.
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                                                      Saturday
                                                      .Des Moines, IowaVal Air BallroomDance
                                                      Admission $1.55 plus tax
                                                      Des Moines Sunday Register and Des Moines Register, Des Moines, Iowa
                                                      • 1957-01-11 p.10-G
                                                      • 1957-01-13 p.10-G
                                                      • 1957-01-18 p.13
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                                                      Sunday
                                                      .Omaha, Neb.City Auditorium
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                                                      Omaha Auditorium
                                                      Live NBC 'Wide Wide World' afternoon telecast of a rehearsal, closed to the public. If this was truly a live telecast, it is incorrectly dated 1956 12 18 in Stratemann, Vail II, New Desor, Timner, Nielsen and, at the time of writing, Girvan.
                                                      Duke Ellington and His Orchestra
                                                      Cook, Anderson, Terry, Nance, Woodman, Jackson, Sanders, Hamilton, Procope, Hodges, Gonsalves, Carney, Ellington, Woode, Woodyard, Grissom

                                                      Titles recorded:
                                                      • Congo Square (Matumbe) (opens and closes the session)
                                                      • In between:
                                                        • Ellington is briefly interviewed from Chicago by host Dave Garroway
                                                        • Medley:
                                                          • Do Nothin' Till You Hear From Me
                                                          • In A Sentimental Mood
                                                          • I Got It Bad and That Ain't Good and That Ain't Good
                                                          • I'm Beginning To See The Light
                                                          • Sophisticated Lady
                                                          • Caravan
                                                          • It Don't Mean A Thing (If It Ain't Got That Swing)
                                                          • Solitude
                                                          • Don't Get Around Much Anymore
                                                          • Mood Indigo

                                                      • Stratemann:

                                                        'Ellington and his band were picked up live by remote cameras as they went through a rehearsal for the "Congo Square" section to "A Drum Is A Woman," then played a medley of Ellington's hit tunes. A brief interview of Ellington by host Garroway revealed that the Columbia LP of "A Drum Is A Woman" was to come out on record in February.'

                                                      • Vail:

                                                        'Duke Ellington and his Orchestra are televised live by remote cameras, while rehearsing at the Civic Auditorium in Omaha, Nebraska. Duke is interviewed on the NBC-TV show "Wide, Wide World" by Dave Garroway in Chicago. The orchestra are [sic] then seen rehearsing the Congo Square section from "A Drum Is A Woman" and playing a medley of Ellington's hits...'

                                                      • Sacramento Bee:

                                                        'Cameras Are On American Riches
                                                          For 90 minutes...Wide Wide World tomorrow will bring American Riches into the homes of United States and Canada. The show, which starts at 4 PM ... will tell the story of American riches by showing copper mining, agriculture, publishing, small business, our great cities and one of our great artists at work.
                                                          Five American cities will be visited by the live cameras of Wide Wide World: Milwaukee, New Orleans, Wichita, Oklahoma City and Ft. Worth.
                                                          From Kansas City will come a pick up of Thomas Hart Benton, one of our famous artists; and from Omaha, Neb., Duke Ellington and his orchestra.
                                                          Wide Wide World cameras will visit a large copper mine... and from Washington, DC live cameras will picture Morton Gould conducting a special preview of his composition written for the inaugural ceremony to be held Monday.'

                                                      • Cedar Rapids Gazette Television Tabloid:

                                                        '"Wide Wide World" – The cameras explore "American Riches". They visit Music Man Duke Ellington in Omaha, Artist Thomas Hart Benton in Kansas City, the St. Louis Post-Dispatch, President Eisenhower's boyhood friends in Abilene...'

                                                      • The Ellington segments were filmed January 20 1957 according the Library of Congress catalogue.
                                                      • The NBC Universal Archives episode guide describes the January 20 1957 episode:

                                                        'Wide Wide World: American Riches (Part 1 of 3)

                                                        Logos for GM divisions seen. Dave Garroway opens program from studio. Exterior of Dwight Eisenhower's boyhood home ...seen. Huge copper mine ...viewed. Agricultural experiment station ...seen. Exterior of St. Louis-Post Dispatch ... Inside, Joseph Pulitzer III sits at table with others. Duke Ellington seen at the piano as his band performs in Omaha, NEB.Spinning globe seen in elementary school classroom... spark plugs commercial. Dave Garroway in studio. (06:30 in)...'


                                                      • Discussion:
                                                        • Wide, Wide World was a 90 minute Sunday afternoon NBC network show, but it seems to have been time delayed when telecast from the west coast since Sacramento and San Mateo schedules have it broadcasting it at 4 p.m. PST (6 p,m. CST in Omaha) but San Antonio and Cedar Rapids had it at 3 p.m. CST
                                                        • Stratemann and Vail II do not identify the sources of their information.
                                                        • A search of newspaper archives shows no mention of Ellington in Omaha in December 1956, but the dance on January 20 was advertised frequently.
                                                        Conclusion: Both the telecast and the evening dance on January 20 were incorrectly dated December 18 1956 in Stratemann and Vail II.
                                                      • Stratemann, p.370
                                                      • Vail II
                                                      • The Sacramento Bee,Sacramento, Cal., 1957-01-19 p.C-24
                                                      • Times TV Schedule, San Mateo Times, San Mateo, Cal., 1957-01-19 p.3-A
                                                      • The Dover Reporter, Dover, Oh, 1957-01-19 p.15
                                                      • Kokomo Tribune, Kokomo, Ind., 1957-01-19
                                                      • San Antonio Light, San Antonio,Tex.,1957-01-20 p.2F
                                                      • Cedar Rapids Gazette Television Tabloid, Cedar Rapids Gazette, Cedar Rapids, Iowa, 1957-01-20
                                                      • The Sunday Star, Washington, D.C., 1957-01-20 p.7
                                                      • ANP wirestory, The Milwaukee Defender, Milwaukee, Wisc., 1957-01-21 p.3
                                                      • www.emmytvlegends.org
                                                      • Library of Congress database LC Online Catalog Wide wide world. American riches
                                                      • NBC Universal Archives Wide Wide World: American Riches (Part 1 of 3)
                                                      • The Radio Annual and Television Yearbook 1956, p.248
                                                      • Girvan:   Ellingtonia.com
                                                      • Timner
                                                      • Ole J. Nielsen, Jazz Records 1942-80, A discography: Vol. Six, Duke Ellington p.167
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                                                      .Omaha, Neb.City Auditorium
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                                                      Omaha Auditorium
                                                      Dance, 8 to 12
                                                      Tickets - advance $2, door $2.25

                                                      'On the Stage
                                                       ... City Auditorium – Tonight at 8 Duke Ellington and his orchestra play for a dance in the Arena.'

                                                      Vail II incorrectly dated this dance 1956 12 18
                                                      • Sunday World-Herald, Omaha, Neb.:
                                                        • 1957-01-06 p.5-F
                                                        • 1957-01-13 p.7-F
                                                        • 1957-01-20, pp.6-F, 7-F and 14-B
                                                      • World Herald, Omaha, Neb.
                                                        • 1957-01-16 p.17
                                                        • 1957-01-21 p.2
                                                      • Evening World-Herald, Omaha, Neb.:
                                                        • 1957-01-16 p.26
                                                        • 1957-01-19 p.5
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                                                      Wednesday
                                                      .Lincoln, Neb.Lincoln Public Schools Administration Building or Activities Building

                                                      'Another Keen-Timer Success
                                                      'Duke' Starts Year on High Note

                                                        "Sophisticated Lady" will be the theme song of Lincoln teen-agers this month.
                                                        Duke Ellington and his band are coming the the Capital City on Jan. 23 as part of the Keen-Time Club activities.
                                                        Duke Ellington and his crew will appear at the Lincoln Public Schools Activities Building from 7:30 to 11:30 p.m. on that Wednesday evening before between-semesters vacation for high schoolers begins...'


                                                      'What To Do In Lincoln
                                                      ...  Duke Ellington - plays at Keen Time dance, spectators admitted. ... 7:30 p.m.
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                                                      .Galesburg, Ill..An announcement in the Monmouth, Ill., college newspaper says:

                                                      'Tickets for the Duke Ellington Jazz Concert are now available in the Business Office. The price is $1.00 a ticket.
                                                        The concert is on Thursday, January 24, in Galesburg and has been approved by Dean Lindman and Dean Beveridge. Check the posters around the campus for more details. '

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                                                      The Oracle, Monmouth College, Monmouth, Ill. 1957-01-19 p.1..
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                                                      .Carbondale, Ill.Shyrock Auditorium
                                                      Southern Illinois University
                                                      Concert, 2 hours, beginning 7:30 p.m., preceding the ROTC ball below.
                                                      Tickets, $1.25 advance, $1.50 door
                                                      • Southern Illinoisan, Carbondale, Herrin and Murphysboro, Ill.
                                                        • 1957-01-08, p.14
                                                        • 1957-01-25 p.5
                                                        • 1957-01-28 p.14
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                                                      .Carbondale, Ill.National Guard ArmoryROTC Ball
                                                      Tickets, $3 per couple

                                                      'Anybody Thinks We Ain't Got Class Shoulda Seen That Military Ball
                                                      by Virginia Spiller...
                                                        Southern Illinois University's Air Force ROTC ... went all formal with its Military Ball this year...
                                                        ...It should be unnecessary to mention the obvious, but you just couldn't hardly get more "swank" orchestra-wise that with Duke Ellington and his band...'

                                                      • Photo, ROTC Queen Candidates, Register-News, Mount Vernon, Ill., 1957-01-15, p.7, courtesy A.Perez-Gasco
                                                      • Review, The Daily Register, Harrisburg, Ill., 1957-01-09 p.3
                                                      • >Southern Illinoisan, Carbondale, Herrin and Murphysboro, Ill.
                                                        • 1957-01-08 p.14
                                                        • 1957-01-08, p.14
                                                        • 1957-01-25 p.5
                                                        • 1957-01-28 p.14
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                                                      .Kenosha, Wisc.Eagles BallroomDancingRacine Journal-Times, Racine, Wisc. - ad, 1957-01-18, courtesy A. Perez-Gasco..
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                                                      .Madison, Wisc.Orpheum TheatreTwo concerts, 7 and 9:30 p.m.
                                                      Admission including tax: $2.50, $2.00, $1.75, $1.25
                                                      Bill Dondra's Spotlight:

                                                      'Suave, good-humored Duke Ellington gave his customary fine concerts at the Orpheum theater Monday night, presenting new tunes and old with much the same group of men he had last June at the Wisconsin Union theater.
                                                        Much of the delight in an Ellington concert comes from the fact that even the familiar tunes always seem fresh, the often-heard arrangements have a sense of spontaneity, and the band – especially Ellington – appears to be enjoying itself.
                                                        Again, just about everybody had a solo appearance, a good thing if only to accent the high quality of the individuals who make up the splendid ensemble. Even the Duke submerged his own piano talent for the sake of unity.
                                                        The audience at the first performance went practically wild over Sam Woodyard's drumming in "Skin Deep," a bagful of percussion tricks unpacked with jet-like speed and unbounded energy.
                                                        Quentin Jackson, Russell Procope, and Ray Nance set the show's pace in the opening number, "The Mooch," with Procope's clarinet as sweet as can be, Jackson's trombone running the gamut of effects, and Nance's trumpet playing happy jazz.
                                                        Cat Anderson's solo, "The Virgin," was often brassy and always an expression of his great talent; he is one of the few jazz trumpeters who hits the high ones cleanly and without screaming.
                                                        Johnny Hodges' versatility shone in his solo, with its tone moving easily from the sweet to the blaring. Nance had his usual fun with "Take the A Train" – vocally, facially, and manually – while Ellington and Paul Gonsalves spun decorations for the tune.
                                                        Other high points were Harry Carney's baritone sax in "Sophisticated Lady," the unusual combination of two muted trombones, bass clarinet, piano and rhythm in the closing Ellington medley, and the fast and flashy "Newport Up" featuring Jimmy Hamilton, Clark Terry and Gonsalves.'

                                                      Wisconsin State Journal, Madison, Wisc.
                                                      • 1957-01-28 s.3 p.3
                                                      • 1957-01-29 s.2 p.7
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                                                      .Chicago, Ill.Universal StudioSmall group recording session (stockpile recordings)
                                                      Duke Ellington and groups
                                                      • Quintet: Nance, Cook, Ellington, Woode, Woodyard
                                                      • Septet: Nance, Terry, Cook, Gonsalves, Ellington, Woode, Woodyard
                                                      • Quintet: Terry, Gonsalves, Ellington, Woode, Woodyard
                                                      • Sextet: Nance, Terry, Cook, Ellington, Woode, Woodyard
                                                      • Quartet: Gonsalves, Ellington, Woode, Woodyard
                                                      Titles recorded:
                                                      • Blues A La [Willie] Cook
                                                      • Slow Blues Ensemble
                                                      • Circle Of Fourths
                                                      • Perdido
                                                      • Spacemen [aka Three Trumps]
                                                      • Deep Blues
                                                    • Girvan:   Ellingtonia.com
                                                    • MacHare:   A Duke Ellington Panorama
                                                    • Timner
                                                    • Ole J. Nielsen, Jazz Records 1942-80, A discography: Vol. Six, Duke Ellington, p.169
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                                                      Tuesday
                                                      .Evanston, Ill.Cahn Auditorium
                                                      Northwestern University
                                                      Recorded concert, 8 p.m.

                                                      Daily Northwestern:

                                                      'Northwestern jazz fans will welcome Duke Ellington on Jan. 29 when he presents his 15-piece band at 8 p.m. in Cahn auditorum.
                                                        The program will be sponsored by Associated Women Students... '

                                                      Paddock Billboard:

                                                      'Jazzman Duke Ellington and his famous orchestra will present a concert on the Northwestern university Evanston campus Jan. 29 at 8 p.m. in Cahn auditorium, Sheridan rd. and Emerson st....The cost is $1.50 a person'


                                                      The concert was recorded:

                                                      Duke Ellington and His Orchestra
                                                      Cook, Anderson, Terry, Nance, Woodman, Jackson, Sanders, Hamilton, Procope, Hodges, Gonsalves, Carney, Ellington, Woode, Woodyard, Grissom

                                                      Titles recorded:
                                                      • Congo Square
                                                      • Stompin' At The Savoy
                                                      • The Mooche
                                                      • Perdido
                                                      • Clarinet Melodrama
                                                      • Theme For Trambean
                                                      • Sophisticated Lady
                                                      • Take The "A" Train
                                                      • La Virgen De La Macarena
                                                      • Monologue
                                                      • V.I.P. Boogie
                                                      • Jam With Sam
                                                      • The Hawk Talks
                                                      • Newport Up
                                                      • Jeep's Blues
                                                      • All Of Me
                                                      • Things Ain't What They Used To Be
                                                      • Prelude To A Kiss
                                                      • Skin Deep
                                                      • Medley
                                                      The medley consisted of:
                                                      • Don't Get Around Much Anymore
                                                      • Do Nothin' Till You Hear From Me
                                                      • I Let A Song Go Out Of My Heart
                                                      • Mood Indigo
                                                      • I'm Beginning To See The Light
                                                      • Sophisticated Lady
                                                      • Caravan
                                                      • I Got It Bad and That Ain't Good and That Ain't Good
                                                      • Just Squeeze Me
                                                      • It Don't Mean A Thing (If It Ain't Got That Swing)
                                                      • Solitude
                                                      • C-Jam Blues
                                                      • I Let A Song Go Out Of My Heart / Don't Get Around Much Anymore
                                                      • Daily Northwestern, Evanston, Ill.,
                                                        • 1957-01-16 p.4
                                                        • 1957-01-25 p.1
                                                        • 1957-01-29 pp.1, 5
                                                      • The Paddock Billboard, Daily Herald, Chicago, Ill. 1957-01-24
                                                      • Girvan:   Ellingtonia.com
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                                                      .Pottstown,Penn.Sunnybrook BallroomDancing
                                                      • Vail II without a named source
                                                      • Reading Eagle, Pottsdown, Penn., 1957-01-31 courtesy A. Perez-Gasco
                                                      • Ads, Philadelphia Inquirer
                                                        • 1957-01-24 p.13
                                                        • 1957-01-26 p.18
                                                        • 1957-01-31 p.11
                                                        • 1957-02-02 p.10
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                                                      Sunday
                                                      .Ellwood City, Penn.Elwood City Moose Lodge 93Dancing 9 to 1
                                                      This event can be considered to be confirmed, since the same venue advertised a return engagement in March.
                                                      Ads, New Castle, Pa., News,
                                                    • 1957-01-18 p.12
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                                                      .Ann Arbor, Mich.La Rue Basin
                                                      University of Michigan
                                                      Dance
                                                      Traverse City:

                                                      '  TO ATTEND J-HOP – Among those attending the annual Junior Hop in Ann Arbor this evening with the Duke Ellington and Buddy Morrow dance bands playing and singing "the blues" while University of Michigan students dance in "La Rue Basin," a New orleans setting, will be Philip Heln of this city and Marjorie Mortenson of Columbus, Ohio, and Neil Munro of Elk Lake road and Alisande Cutler of Plymouth. The J-Hop will be held on a Monday night for the first time in its 80 year history as Friday and Saturday nights conflicted with the U-M's final examination and registration schedule. The formal dance is annually held between semesters.'

                                                      'Twin City Students To Attend U.Of M.Dance
                                                        Among the twin city students at the University of Michigan who will be attending the J-Hop tonight bill be Ralph E. Canfield and his guest, Patricia E. Martheneke; Vance Fisher and Catherine Dick; Jack Glascock and Betty Ann Hill; Bill Hellegrave and Imogene Jividen. Ed Feary of Colomn will have Pat Kinnel as his guest; Mary Ellen Done will be the guest of Roberty Kennedy of Galien and Mary Shook of Niles will be the guest of John Nelson. Duke Ellington and Buddy Morrow are to play the "blues" theme for "La Rue Basin"'

                                                      Pearl River:

                                                      '  John T. Scovill, son of Mr. and Mrs. John R. Scovil of ... and a graduate of Pearl River High School, is a student at the University of Michigan...On Monday evening he attended the annual Junior Hop at the college and his date was Susan Hallet of Grosse Pointe, Mich. The Duke Ellington and Buddy Morrow dance bands played and sang the "blues" while the students danced in an atmosphere of "La Rue Basin"'

                                                      • Record-Eagle, Traverse City, Mich. 1957-02-14 p.3
                                                      • News-Palladium, Benton Harbor, Mich. 1957-02-04
                                                      • Orangetown Telegram, Pearl River, N.Y. 1957-02-07 p.15
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                                                      .Burlington, Ont.Brant InnThe Toronto Public Library's Answerline quick reference email service says:

                                                      '...I ... looked at January 26, 1957 [Toronto Star] and found an ad for an appearance by Duke Ellington (showing his photograph) for a 1 night only appearance on Thursday, February 7th at the Brant Inn in Burlington, Ontario. There is a notation at the bottom of the ad "Entire proceeds donated by the Brant Inn to the March of Dimes."'

                                                      Email, Toronto Public Library Answerline quick reference email service (Elaine) to Palmquist 2015-10-09 citing Toronto Star 1957-01-26..
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                                                      1957 02 16Toronto, Ont.Colonial Tavern
                                                      Yonge St.
                                                      While the Ottawa Citizen announced

                                                      'Duke Ellington will appear for one week at the Casino in Toronto, starting February 11th.'

                                                      Stratemann, relying on Variety, shows this as a week at the Colonial Tavern. The Toronto Public Library's Answerline quick reference email service says:

                                                      'We managed to find some information in the Toronto Star, although not much as it seems:
                                                        February 12, 1957: Within the column entitled Jack Karr's Showplace there is this mention: "A goodly representation of the jazz hounds out in full force last night to catch Duke Ellington's opening at the Colonial".
                                                        February 16, 1957: A jazz review mentions "Packing in big crowds at the Colonial this week is the always attractive Duke Ellington band, a perennial magnet. Comments a friend: "I haven't seen such a crowd here since the Platters were in town"'


                                                      Don Brown:

                                                      'The original [Colonial Tavern] building burnt down in the 1950s ( I can't remember the exact year). On the four occasions that big bands played the Colonial the original club was still in operation. It was quite different in design from the later place. The original Colonial had two distinct floors. On the street level there was a noisy bar that featured local groups of the non-jazz variety. The second floor had a nice dining room with a raised bandstand, large enough to accommodate a sextet or a septet, running along the north wall. When the Colonial got really adventurous and booked the full orchestras of Dizzy Gillespie, Count Basie, Duke Ellington, and, finally, Woody Herman, they'd cram the trumpet and trombone sections, the bassist and the drummer onto the bandstand, while the members of the reed section sat in folding chairs on the floor level, spread across the front of the bandstand, only a couple of feet from the patrons. The piano was on the floor to the left of bandstand right up against the tables. My friend and I got really lucky on the occasions when Basie and Ellington were there. I remember I could have reached over and touched the right hands of these jazz royals. What a great vantage point to watch a couple of superb orchestras in action. Sadly, the new Colonial that was built on the ashes of the original place, didn't lend itself to big bands. Instead of having two separate floors the new place was built mezzanine-style with the bandstand (which was much higher than the original one) on the street level. The dining area was where a second floor would have been, if not for the mezzanine style, and looked down onto the bandstand. The new place was restricted to smaller groups. Regular visitors included Erroll Garner, Buck Clayton, Thelonious Monk, Charles Mingus, Pee Wee Russell, Eddie Condon, Muggsy Spanier, Ornette Coleman, Muddy Waters, Dave Brubeck, and Earl Hines.'

                                                      • Stratemann p.371 citing Variety 1957-01-02 p.49
                                                      • Vail II
                                                      • Gord Atkinson, "Disk Jockey Data," Ottawa Citizen 1957-01-12
                                                      • Email, Toronto Public Library Answerline quick reference email service (Elaine) to Palmquist 2015-10-09 citing Toronto Star 1957-01-26
                                                      • Email, Don Brown to Duke-LYM 2015-10-09
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                                                      Tuesday
                                                      .Toronto, Ont.Colonial TavernSee 1957 02 11
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                                                      Wednesday
                                                      .Toronto, Ont.Colonial TavernSee 1957 02 11
                                                      ...
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                                                      1957 02 14
                                                      Thursday
                                                      Valentine's Day
                                                      .Toronto, Ont.Colonial TavernSee 1957 02 11
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                                                      1957 02 15
                                                      Friday
                                                      .Toronto, Ont.Colonial TavernSee 1957 02 11
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                                                      Saturday
                                                      .Toronto, Ont.Colonial TavernSee 1957 02 11
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                                                      Sunday
                                                      ...activities not documented
                                                      ...
                                                      ...
                                                      1957 02 18
                                                      Monday
                                                      1957 02 24Providence, R.I.Celebrity Club.Stratemann p.371 citing Down Beat 1957-02-06..
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                                                      Tuesday
                                                      .Providence, R.I.Celebrity Club-see 1957 02 18
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                                                      Wednesday
                                                      .Providence, R.I.Celebrity Club-see 1957 02 18
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                                                      Thursday
                                                      .Providence, R.I.Celebrity Club-see 1957 02 18
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                                                      Friday
                                                      .Providence, R.I.Celebrity Club-see 1957 02 18
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                                                      Saturday
                                                      .Providence, R.I.Celebrity Club-see 1957 02 18
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                                                      Sunday
                                                      .Providence, R.I.Celebrity Club-see 1957 02 18
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                                                      Monday
                                                      or
                                                      1957 02 26
                                                      Tuesday
                                                      .Boston, Mass.. Peripheral event
                                                      Ellington's entry into Down Beat's Hall as

                                                      ' ...And Toshiko, the Japanese piano star, was chosen to present the Downbeat plaque to Duke Ellington to be put up in the Berklee School's Hall of Fame. Tosh is studying the Duke's style during his engagement this week at Storyville because she will emulate him in the school's concert, which this year will be "A Salute to Duke Ellington."
                                                        The Ellington tunes will be played at the concert by the Herb Pomeroy student orchestra and the suke sat in with the boys during his visit to the school... '

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                                                      Monday
                                                      1957 03 03Boston, Mass.StoryvilleNight club residency
                                                      TONIGHT
                                                      thru Sunday
                                                      also at
                                                      Sunday Matinee
                                                      3:00-6:30
                                                      DUKE
                                                      ELLINGTON
                                                      and His ENTIRE ORCHESTRA
                                                      featuring
                                                      JOHNNY HODGES
                                                      GEORGE
                                                      WEINS'
                                                      STORYVILLE
                                                      COPLEY SQUARE HOTEL KE6-9000
                                                      NO COVER CHARGE AT ANY TIME!

                                                      • Boston Traveler, Boston, Mass.
                                                        1957-02-25 p.22A
                                                      • The Boston Daily Globe, Boston, Mass.
                                                        1957-02-25 p.14
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                                                      Monday
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                                                      Tuesday
                                                      .Boston, Mass.Boston UniversityAP wirephoto in The News:

                                                      'DUKE ELLINGTON AT BU – Edward Kennedy "Duke" Ellington, star of last year's Newport Jazz Festival, gives Boston University music appreciation class an intimate look into the history of jazz, abetted by the Rev. Norman O'Connor, left, Catholic chaplain at B.U. who was commentator for the closing night of the Newport festival. The Duke and his band are currently appearing at Storyville, the Boston jazz center run by George Wein, producer of the festival here.'

                                                      The caption to the same photo in the Nashua Telegraph:

                                                      'Band leader Duke Ellington, right, teamed up with music loving Rev. Norman O'Connor, Catholic chaplain at Boston University, to give students in the university's music appreciation class an intimate look into the history of jazz. The Duke enthralled the 20-student class playing some of his best compositions ranging from "Take the "A" Train" to "Sophisticated Lady." Father O'Connor conducted the class in the absence of its instructor and invited Ellington as an added attraction for the students."

                                                      The date can be determined by the report in the Feb. 27 Boston Herald, which says it took place "yesterday." The report has 10 paragraphs about it. The Boston Daily Globe tells us the lecturer O'Connor was covering for was George Wein of Storyville.
                                                      • AP wirephoto, Nashua Telegraph, Nashua, N.H., 1957-02-27
                                                      • AP wirephoto, Lowell Sun, Lowell, Mass. p.1
                                                      • AP wirephoto, Newport Daily News, Newport, R.I.,1957-03-01 p.7
                                                      • Photograph and review, The Boston Herald, Boston, Mass. 1957-02-27 p.C7
                                                      • Photograph, The Boston Daily Globe, Boston, Mass. 1957-02-27 p.7
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                                                      Tuesday
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                                                      Storyville
                                                      Copley Square Hotel
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                                                      Wednesday
                                                      .Boston, Mass.StoryvilleNightclub residency - see 1957 02 25
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                                                      Thursday
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                                                      1957 03 01
                                                      Friday
                                                      .Boston, Mass.StoryvilleNightclub residency -see 1957 02 25
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                                                      Saturday
                                                      .Boston, Mass.StoryvilleNightclub residency - see 1957 02 25
                                                      Remote MBS network radio broadcast - Bandstand U.S.A.
                                                      New Desor and Nielsen only date this broadcast as March 1957, but identifies it as being broadcast from Storyville. Since the show was Saturday nights only, it has to have been March 2 which is the date in Timner V.
                                                      Duke Ellington and His Orchestra
                                                      Cook, Anderson, Terry, Nance, Woodman, Jackson, Sanders, Hamilton, Procope, Hodges, Gonsalves, Carney, Ellington, Woode, Woodyard
                                                      Titles recorded:
                                                      • Take The "A" Train
                                                      • Sophisticated Lady
                                                      • Things Ain't What They Used To Be
                                                      • I Got It Bad and That Ain't Good and That Ain't Good
                                                      • Newport Up
                                                      • Congo Square (aka Matumba)
                                                      • Girvan:   Ellingtonia.com
                                                      • Timner
                                                      • Ole J. Nielsen, Jazz Records 1942-80, A discography: Vol. Six, Duke Ellington
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                                                      Sunday
                                                      .Boston, Mass.StoryvilleNightclub residency - see 1957 02 25
                                                      Sunday included a matinee from 2 to 6:30.
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                                                      Monday
                                                      ...activities not documented
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                                                      ...
                                                      1957 03 05
                                                      Tuesday
                                                      ...activities not documented
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                                                      1957 03 06
                                                      Wednesday
                                                      ...activities not documented
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                                                      ...
                                                      1957 03 07
                                                      Thursday
                                                      .New York, N.Y.Columbia 30th St. studioColumbia recording session
                                                      20:00-24:00
                                                      Duke Ellington and His Orchestra
                                                      Cook, Anderson, Terry, Nance, Woodman, Jackson, Sanders, Hamilton, Procope, Hodges, Gonsalves, Carney, Ellington, Arvell Shaw, Woodyard, Margaret Tynes, Ozzie Bailey

                                                      Titles recorded:
                                                      • West Indian Dance
                                                      • Pomegranate
                                                      • Your Love Has Faded
                                                    • Girvan:   Ellingtonia.com
                                                    • MacHare:   A Duke Ellington Panorama
                                                    • Timner
                                                    • Ole J. Nielsen, Jazz Records 1942-80, A discography: Vol. Six, Duke Ellington
                                                    • Email Lasker-Palmquist 2014-10-14 re session time
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                                                      Friday
                                                      .Bethlehem, Penn.Bethlehem High School Gymnasium

                                                      "Bethlehem Jaycees To Feature 'Duke'

                                                        Bethlehem Junior Chamber of Commerce is sponsoring a Duke Ellington benefit concert Friday at 8:30 p.m. in the Bethlehem High School Gymnasium.
                                                        Proceeds will be used by the Jaycees for their community projects.'


                                                      Announcement, -The Daily Record, Stroudsberg-East Stroudsberg, Penn,. 1957-03-06 p.14...
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                                                      Saturday
                                                      .Washington, D.C.Masonic HallWTTG's Bob McEwan interviewed with Ellington was scheduled for telecast for broadcast on its 6 p.m. Capital Caravan telecast. New Desor says the interview was at the Masonic Hall.

                                                      This broadcast is the subject of this unidentified ad, printed in Vail II, saying:

                                                      'This Saturday at 6 p.m. you'll see...
                                                      Duke Ellington on Bob McEwan's ......
                                                      Capital Caravan
                                                      WTTG-TV Channel 5...'

                                                      Webmaster comment: Seeing is believing. I doubt the show would have been advertised before the interview, and this ad is forward looking, so until someone properly documents the time and place of the interview, I will assume the interview took place before March 9.
                                                      Undated, unsourced ad, Vail II, p.103New Desor
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                                                      Saturday
                                                      .Washington, D.C.Masonic HallJust a "one-nighter" according to Vail.Vail IINew Desor
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                                                      Sunday
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                                                      1957 03 11
                                                      Monday
                                                      ...activities not documented
                                                      ...
                                                      ...
                                                      1957 03 12
                                                      Tuesday
                                                      ...activities not documented
                                                      ...
                                                      ...
                                                      1957 03 13
                                                      Wednesday
                                                      .New York, N.Y.Columbia 30th St. studioColumbia recording session
                                                      14:30-18:00
                                                      Duke Ellington and His Orchestra
                                                      Cook, Anderson, Terry, Nance, Woodman, Jackson, Sanders, Hamilton,Procope, Hodges, Gonsalves, Carney, Ellington, Woode, Woodyard, Grissom
                                                      Titles recorded:
                                                      • Cop-Out
                                                      • Rock City Rock
                                                      • Someone (The Sky Fell Down)
                                                      Studio files:

                                                      'Pay vocalist, Jimmy Grissom, AFTRA rate @2 hrs. ($50.00 per hr. - he's a non-roy. Artist) '

                                                      • Girvan:   Ellingtonia.com
                                                      • MacHare:   A Duke Ellington Panorama
                                                      • Timner
                                                      • Jorgen Grunnet Jepsen, Discography of Duke Ellington, Vol. 1 1925-37/Vol. 2 1937-47/Vol.3 1947-59
                                                      • Ole J. Nielsen, Jazz Records 1942-80, A discography: Vol. Six, Duke Ellington
                                                      • Email Lasker-Palmquist 2014-10-14 re session time and notes
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                                                      Thursday
                                                      ...activities not documented
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                                                      ...
                                                      1957 03 15
                                                      Friday
                                                      .New York, N.Y.Home of Ruth James
                                                      Riverside Dr. at 106th St.
                                                      Ellington was interviewed at his sister's apartment by Edward L. Murrow for the telecast "Person To Person" and played Satin Doll during the interview.
                                                      Ellington biographer Teachout's criticism of Ellington's public image is partly based on the mistaken impression the Evie Ellington should have been present in the interview:

                                                      'Ellington still pretended to have a home life for the benefit of prying reporters. In March of 1957 he appeared on Person to Personand his portion of the interview was shot in the elaborately decorated Upper West Side apartment that he shared with Evie. We see him exchanging idle chitchat with Murrow while seated at a white piano, showing off oil portraits of his parents, playing a snippet from A Drum Is A Woman on the phonograph in his music room, and introducing Mercer and Ruth to the viewers at home. But the impression of domestic stability created by their presence was deceptive, as much so as the fact that Ellington kept Evie out of sight throughout the program. The West End Avenue apartment was hers, not his...'

                                                      Ruth's son Steven James takes issue with this:

                                                      'In 1957, Edward R. Murrow's show Person-to-Person came to film Duke at the house where I lived with my mother on 106th Street and Riverside Drive in Manhattan. Teachout, with no sourcing, claims the Murrow show was filmed at the apartment of Duke's long-time mistress Evie Ellis(p.305). Evie never at any point resided at our Riverside Drive home...'


                                                      Webmaster's comment:
                                                      Teachout's criticism of Duke is fundamentally flawed in that he used Evie's absence from the documentary to support his theory. If her home was not where the documentary was taped, why would she be present? In fairness to him, however, he may have relied on several credible sources that reported the interview took place at Ellington's own apartment:
                                                      • DEMS:

                                                        'Duke Ellington Interview. Recorded at Duke's apartment in NYC on 15Mar57. Interviewer was Ed Murrow. The programme was titled "Person to Person".'

                                                      • Stratemann:

                                                        'CBS Studios & Ellington home'

                                                        and

                                                        'With his sister Ruth and son Mercer in attendance, Ellington is interviewed at his apartment on New York's West End Avenue. The questions of Edward R. Murrow, who is at the CBS studios, aim at the usual subjects...
                                                        'Ellington also mentions some of his awards, pointing out some of the trophies and plaques on display at his apartment...
                                                        'The interview closes with a few words about the Ellington band's next engagements, before Murrow signs off from the Ellington home at the program's half time to permit the composer to catch up with his band for that night's performance at Philadelphia...
                                                        '...Person to Person was a live show...TV equipment being rather bulky at that time, it had to be installed at the "victim's" apartment several days in advance of a telecast; movements had to be charted out carefully so as to avoid confusion and entanglements during the actual broacast. The subject's home was virtually taken over by the TV crew.
                                                        ...For Ellington cognoscenti, its major attractions are probably the rare chance of briefly looking at an Ellington painting, and the nostalgic and unique glimpse it offers of the composer's apartment as it overlooks the Hudson river.'

                                                      • Nielsen:

                                                        'Duke Ellington interview with Edward R. Murrow
                                                        Satin Doll (DE on el-piano)

                                                        NOTE: This material is from a CBS "Person To Person" telecast. Duke, Ruth and Mercer Ellington were facing cameras at Duke's apartment, while Ed Murrow, the interviewer, was located at the CBS studios.'

                                                      • Hasse
                                                      • Vail II
                                                      • DEMS analysis of PBS documentary "Billy Strayhorn, Lush Life"
                                                      • New Desor
                                                      • Timner V
                                                      • Episode guide: Person to Person - Season 4

                                                        'Edward R. Murrow visits jazz pianist Duke Ellington in his home in New York City... '

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                                                      Friday
                                                      .Philadelphia,Penn.Shriner's Ball....
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                                                      Saturday
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                                                      Sunday
                                                      .Bridgeport, Conn.Ritz BallroomSo This Is Our Town, by Taylor Glenn:

                                                      'DUKE ELLINGTON and his famous orchestra, featuring Johnny Hodges, Ray Nance and Jimmy Grissom, is tonight's dance attraction in the Ritz ballroom.'

                                                      Gossip of the Rialto, by Fred H. Russell:

                                                      'DUKE ELLINGTON and his famous orchestra, featuring Johnny Hodges, Ray Nance and Jimmy Grissom, will be on the Ritz ballroom bandstand tonigth. Duke has just been named to the Down Beat Hall of Fame and becomes its fifth member.'

                                                      • Ads
                                                        • The Bridgeport Telegram, Bridgeport, Conn., 1957-03-09 p.8
                                                        • The Bridgeport Post, Bridgeport, Conn., 1957-03-15 p.15
                                                      • Plugs, The Bridgeport Sunday Post, Bridgeport, Conn., 1957-03-17 pp.B-2, B-8
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                                                      Monday
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                                                      1957 03 19
                                                      Tuesday
                                                      ...activities not documented
                                                      ...
                                                      ...
                                                      1957 03 20
                                                      Wednesday
                                                      .New York, N.Y.Columbia 30th St. studioColumbia recording session
                                                      18:00-22:30
                                                      Duke Ellington and His Orchestra
                                                      Cook, Anderson, Terry, Nance, Woodman, Jackson, Sanders, Hamilton, Procope, Hodges, Gonsalves, Carney, Ellington, Woode, Woodyard, Bailey

                                                      Titles recorded:
                                                      • Your Love Has Faded
                                                      • Allah-Bye

                                                      Duke Ellington trio
                                                      Ellington, Woode, Woodyard
                                                      Titles recorded:
                                                      • Piano Improvisation No. 1
                                                      • Piano Improvisation No. 2
                                                      • Piano Improvisation No. 3

                                                      Duke Ellington duo
                                                      Ellington, Woodyard
                                                      Titles recorded:
                                                      • Piano Improvisation No. 4 (Bitches' Ball)
                                                      Studio files:

                                                      '3 men (Ellington, Woode, Woodyard) 1 1/2 hours overtime.'

                                                      • Girvan:   Ellingtonia.com
                                                      • MacHare:   A Duke Ellington Panorama
                                                      • Timner
                                                      • Ole J. Nielsen, Jazz Records 1942-80, A discography: Vol. Six, Duke Ellington, p.171
                                                      • Email Lasker-Palmquist 2014-10-14 re session time and notes
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                                                      Thursday
                                                      ...activities not documented
                                                      ...
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                                                      1957 03 22
                                                      Friday
                                                      .Bronx, N.Y.ASSEMBLY HALL, 68th St. & Park Ave.
                                                      Ellington Comm.,
                                                      Hunter College
                                                      Concert
                                                      BRONX COUNSEL HUNTER COLLEGE presents
                                                      DUKE ELLINGTON and HIS FAMOUS ORCHESTRA
                                                      FRIDAY, MARCH 22 - 8:30 P.M. &ASSEMBLY HALL, 68th St. & Park Ave.
                                                      $1.50, $2.50 and $3.00
                                                      • Columbia Daily Spectator, New York, N.Y.
                                                        1957-03-15 p.3
                                                      • New York Age Defender, 1957-03-23 p.30
                                                      • Stratemann p.375 citing
                                                        • Down Beat 1957-03-21 p.8
                                                        • Village Voice 1957-03-20 p.6
                                                      • Vail II, p.103, with copy of ad
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                                                      Saturday
                                                      ...activities not documented
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                                                      ...
                                                      1957 03 24
                                                      Sunday
                                                      .Ridley Township, Penn.El Rancho Club
                                                      17th & Bullens Lane
                                                      .Ads, Chester Times, Chester, Penn.,
                                                      • 1957-03-15
                                                      • 1957-03-20
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                                                      Monday
                                                      1957 03 30
                                                      Saturday
                                                      Philadelphia, Penn.Pep's
                                                      516 So. Broad
                                                      Night club engagement, with matinees Monday and Saturday from 4 to 7 P.M.

                                                      Over the years, Pep's varied its name a little, but appears to have been a well known jazz club.
                                                      Stratemann:

                                                      'Later that month Ellington went into Pep's, Philadelphia, Pa., for what was probably a one-week engagement (Variety 27.3.57p56)...'

                                                      Vail II

                                                      'Towards the end of the month, Duke Ellington and his Orchestra probably play a one-week engagement at Pep's in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.'

                                                      The Philadelphia Inquirer carried only two ads for Ellington at Pep's. They both say Duke Ellington 16-Piece Orchestra 1 week only, and announce matinees Monday and Saturday 4 to 7 P.M. Since the band was booked into Ellwood City over 300 miles west, on Sunday, this chronology assumes they played Pep's only until the Saturday.
                                                      Ads, Philadelphia Inquirer
                                                      • 1957-03-25 p.16
                                                      • 1957-03-29 p.41
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                                                      Tuesday
                                                      .Philadelphia, Penn.Pep'sNight club residency - see 1957 03 25
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                                                      Wednesday
                                                      .Philadelphia, Penn.Pep'sNight club residency - see 1957 03 25
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                                                      Thursday
                                                      .Philadelphia, Penn.Pep'sNight club residency - see 1957 03 25
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                                                      Friday
                                                      .Philadelphia, Penn.Pep'sNight club residency - see 1957 03 25
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                                                      1957 03 29
                                                      Friday
                                                      .New York, N.Y.Eden Roc Club Peripheral event

                                                      'Guests on the Louis Sobol show tonight at 9:30 p.m. on WNXT-ABC will be Duke Ellington and Leonard Feather.'

                                                      The Louis Sobol Show was a 25-minute ABC network television talk show that began in January 1957. It played Monday to Friday at 9:30 p.m. EST from the Eden Roc Club in Manhattan.
                                                      If Ellington was still playing Pep's in Philadelphia this evening, the episode would have to have been filmed/taped earlier. Philadelphia and Manhattan are a couple of hours apart, so it could have been recorded the same day, or a week earlier while Duke was playing New York. On the other hand, it could indicate the Pep's engagement ended before the Friday. Further research is warranted.
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                                                      Saturday
                                                      .Philadelphia, Penn.Pep'sNight club residency - see 1957 03 25
                                                      According to the ad, there would have been a matinee from 4 to 7 pm, probably in addition to the regular evening work.
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                                                      Sunday
                                                      .Ellwood City, Penn.Moose
                                                      (believed to be
                                                      Ellwood City Moose Lodge 93)

                                                      RETURN ENGAGEMENT
                                                      (BY POPULAR DEMAND)
                                                      ELLWOOD CITY
                                                      MOOSE

                                                      Presents In Person
                                                      Duke Ellington
                                                      and His Famous
                                                      15-Piece Orchestra
                                                      Sun. Mar.31
                                                      Dancing 9 to 1

                                                      Ads, New Castle News, New Castle, Penn.:
                                                      • 1957-03-15 p.17
                                                      • 1957-03-22 p.14
                                                      • 1957-03-29 p.15
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                                                      1957 04 01
                                                      Monday
                                                      .Philadelphia, Penn.Pep'sactivities not documented

                                                      It is possible, but seems extremely unlikely, that the band would have returned to finish out its week after going to Ellwood City on Sunday.
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                                                      Tuesday
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                                                      Wednesday
                                                      .Chicago, Ill.Medinah TempleRecorded concert

                                                      'Iturbi, Ellington On The Keyboards In Benefit Concert
                                                        Jose Iturbi, world-famous virtuoso, will combine talents with Duke Ellington and his band in a unique benefit concert April 3 at Medinah Temple.
                                                        Called "Panorama," the concert is sponsored by the Chicago chapter of the national multiple [sic] Sclerosis society [sic]. The concert will offer piano music from Mozart to modern jazz. Both Iturbi and Ellington will be featured at the keyboard.
                                                        Proceeds of the affair will go to support the work of the Chicago Chapter, which maintains a multiple sclerosis clinic at Presbyterian St. Luke hospital. Money raised will also help finance research into multiple sclerosis now being conducted by the University of Illinois Research Center...'

                                                      The Tribune reported the concert was sold out, Iturbi was late because his plane was delayed in Texas by a tornado, and Boris Goldovsky flew from Kansas, where his plane had been grounded by a blizzard.

                                                      The apron of the stage was decorated with a 60-foot wide piano keyboard, and overhead, a piano lid, giving the appearance of being inside a piano. Scrolls of music were placed at the wings, and colored spotlights played on a silver backdrop.

                                                      Both Itburbi and his sister, Amparo, played at two grand pianos. Goldovsky played the piano, conducted the orchestra and emceed the first half of the programme, and songwriter Johnny Mercier emceed the second half.

                                                      The concert ended with Ellington's orchestra, the Chicago Symphony Orchestra and five pianists on stage.
                                                      Duke Ellington and His Orchestra
                                                      Cook, Anderson, Terry, Nance, Woodman, Jackson, Sanders, Hamilton, Procope, Hodges, Gonsalves, Carney, Ellington, Woode, Woodyard, Grissom

                                                      Titles recorded:
                                                      • Medley:
                                                        East St. Louis Toodle-O
                                                        Rockin' In Rhythm
                                                      • Medley:
                                                        Mood Indigo
                                                        It Don't Mean A Thing
                                                        Sophisticated Lady
                                                        In A Sentimental Mood
                                                        Solitude
                                                      • Medley:
                                                        Caravan
                                                        I Let A Song Go Out Of My Heart
                                                      • Boy Meets Horn
                                                      • Medley:
                                                        Take The "A" Train
                                                        I Got It Bad and That Ain't Good
                                                        Perdido
                                                      • Medley:
                                                        Don't Get Around Much Anymore
                                                        Do Nothin' Till You Hear From Me
                                                        I'm Beginning To See The Light
                                                        Things Ain't What They Used To Be
                                                      • Oak Park Leaves, Oak Park, Ill. 1957-01-24 p.34
                                                      • Daily Herald, Chicago, Ill., 1957-01-31
                                                      • The Paddock Billboard, 1957-01-31
                                                      • Chicago Daily Tribune 1954-04-04 pt.4 p.13
                                                      • Girvan:   Ellingtonia.com
                                                      • Timner
                                                      • Jorgen Grunnet Jepsen, Discography of Duke Ellington, Vol. 1 1925-37/Vol. 2 1937-47/Vol.3 1947-59
                                                      • Ole J. Nielsen, Jazz Records 1942-80, A discography: Vol. Six, Duke Ellington p.171
                                                      • Additional documentation is likely to be found in SI-NMAH DEC301, Series 2: Performances and Programs, 1933-1974, box 11, folder 22 Chicago Chapter, National Multiple Sclerosis Society, Chicago, Illinois, April 3, 1957
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                                                      Saturday
                                                      .Coloma, Mich.Crystal Palace
                                                      Paw Paw Lake
                                                      "Dancing party," admission $1.75 per person, including tax.

                                                      Remote broadcast at 23:30 on WSJM 1400.

                                                      The Crystal Palace was on the west side of Paw Paw Lake, an unincorporated resort town split between Coloma Charter Township and Watervliet Township.
                                                      The News Palladium, Benton Harbor, Mich.
                                                      • 1957-04-03 p.8
                                                      • 1957-04-05 p.6
                                                      • 1957-06-06 p.6
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                                                      Sunday
                                                      .Saginaw, Mich.Saginaw Auditorium
                                                      northwest corner
                                                      South Washington and Janes
                                                      8 p.m. Concert and Dance

                                                      First appearance in Saginaw in 7 years. Named in the advance publicity were Grissom, Hodges, Carney, Nance, Cat Anderson. The publicity says Ellington was currently on a national tour, heading east, and would be at Ferris Institute Tuesday night. There was no review, but a short report said the audience numbered 800. .
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                                                      Tuesday
                                                      .Big Rapids, Mich.Ferris Institutesee 1957 04 07
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                                                      Friday
                                                      .Bloomington, Ind.Indiana UniversityJunior Prom dance
                                                            IT'S
                                                      THE
                                                      DUKE


                                                      D U K E E L L I N G T O N
                                                      AND HIS FAMOUS ORCHESTRA
                                                      playing for
                                                      T H E P I N K C A R O U S E L
                                                      FRIDAY, APRIL 12 MEN'S QUAD
                                                      10 p.m. - 2 a.m. $4.50 per couple
                                                      presented by Junior Class

                                                      'Duke to Bring Regal Air To Friday's Junior Prom

                                                        Duke Ellington and his famous orchestra will play at the Junior Prom Friday, April 12, from 10 p.m. to 2 a.m. in the Men's Quad dining room.
                                                        Closing hours will be 2:30 a.m. for all coeds except for those who attend the Prom breakfast from 2 to 3:30 a.m. in the Commons or Arbutus dining hall. Women students who attend the breakfast are to be in at 4 a.m. and must have a ticket stub from the breakfast to give to housemothers or dormitory counselors.
                                                        Tickets for the Commons meal will be sold by the social chairman of each housing unit, at the Commons from 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., Tuesday through Friday, and at the door at the prom. A representative will sell tickets at Mens' Residence Center, Men's Quad, and Trees Center Tuesday through Thursday at evening meals. Dormitory residents may buy Arbutus tickets from house managers...'


                                                      '"Pink Carousel" is the theme of the Prom tonight from 10 p.m. to 2 a.m. in the Men's Quad dining room. Duke Ellington will provide the music. '


                                                      'Kriss Johnson, Chi Omega, was crowned Junior Prom Queen last night at the annual dance...
                                                        Coeds in her court were Lou Ann Calkins, Pi Beta Phi; Anita Linn, Smithwood Wing I; Mary Jane Musgrave, Sigma Kappa; and Jane Ransel, Kappa Alpha Theta.
                                                        The dapper Duke Ellington walked onto the bandstand, smiled at the Prom goers, and the "Pink Carousel" began to revolve.
                                                        The "Pink Carousel" theme was carried out with clusters of pink and white balloons swinging from the ceiling. A monstrous pink elephant stood watch over the couples at one end of the dining room. Around, the walls, giant clowns also held balloon clusters.
                                                        One of the most popular of the Duke's selections was "Stardust." Some of the 700 couples danced, others listened to the singing of Jimmy Grissom ,to the background of the 14-piece band.
                                                        After the prom, many couples attended breakfasts until 3:30 a.m. ... '

                                                      The Indiana Daily Student, Indiana University, Bloomington, Ind., courtesy of C.Lynn and E.M.Peters, Office of University Archives and Records Management, Herman B. Wells Library, Indiana University, Bloomington, Ind. (2015-11-18):
                                                      • 1957-03-07
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                                                      Sunday
                                                      .Boston, Mass.. Peripheral event
                                                      The Boston Sunday Herald ran an AP Wirephoto of Ellington at a piano with Herb Pomeroy standing behind him, and with a band in the background. The caption reads

                                                      'Duke Ellington "sits in" with the Berklee School of Music student band directed by instructor Herb Pomeroy, shown standing, as the boys rehearse for "Salute to Ellington" concert Sunday afternoon, April 28, at John Hancock Hall. Proceeds will go to the Scholarship Fund.'

                                                      A different AP Wirephoto from the same rehearsal with a similar caption was published the following Saturday in the Boston Daily Record. The rehearsal may have been during Ellington's Storyville week ended March 3, but it seems odd the photos weren't published for several weeks. Further research is warranted.
                                                      AP Wirephotos:
                                                      • Boston Sunday Herald, 1957-04-14 p.17
                                                      • Boston Daily Record 1957-04-20 p.9
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                                                      .New York, N.Y.Columbia 30th St. studioColumbia recording session for the Such Sweet Thunder album (CL-1033)
                                                      00:00-03:00 (night of 1957 04 14)
                                                      Duke Ellington and His Orchestra
                                                      Cook, Anderson, Terry, Nance, Woodman, Jackson, Sanders, Hamilton, Procope, Hodges, Gonsalves, Carney, Ellington, Woode, Woodyard
                                                      Titles recorded:
                                                      • Such Sweet Thunder
                                                        • Sonnet For Caesar
                                                        • Sonnet In Search Of A Moor
                                                        • Madness In Great Ones
                                                        • Sonnet For Sister Kate
                                                      Studio files:

                                                      'Lil: This is part of an album, called "Such Sweet Thunder," being made now. Release date is indefinite, and since Tempo Music hasn't even seen any of this, and I don't known whether Billy Strayhorn had a hand in it, perhaps we better hold off on copyright until the other two sessions are completed.

                                                      P.S. from EM Lil: Tempo says to list composers Duke Ellington-Billy Strayhorn under name of album SUCH SWEET THUNDER. Not necessary to repeat for each selection. E. Martone 6/6/57'

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                                                      Tuesday
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                                                      1957 04 17
                                                      Wednesday
                                                      .New York, N.Y.Town Hall8 p.m. benefit concert:

                                                      'Duke Ellington and his orchestra, jazz expert Rev. Alvin L. Kershaw and the oldest established Permanent Floating Jazz Band will be presented in a jazz concert for the benefit of the Fresh Air Fund...
                                                        Proceeds from the concert will provide free summer vacations for the city's neediest children... '

                                                      Amsterdam News 1957-04-20 p.12..
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                                                      1957 05 01New York, N.Y.BirdlandThe Ellington orchestra shared the bill with the Joe Castro Trio

                                                      '  ...On Thursday Duke Ellington brought his band to Birdland and despite pouring rain, the lines went up the stairs and out into the sidewalk. The set I heard, Paul Gonsalves and those fells did that long "Blues Crescendo" hit during which Paul must blow for 8 straight minutes. The whole bandstand quivered. I don't know why, but Duke's band always sounds a little better than the time before.'

                                                      • Stratemann p.375 citing
                                                        • Down Beat 1957-02-57
                                                        • Amsterdam News
                                                          • 1957-04-20
                                                          • 1957-04-27 p.12
                                                      • Dream Street, The Morning Herald, Uniontown, Penn., 1957-04-24 p18
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                                                      Saturday
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                                                      Recorded remote MBS radio network broadcast, Bandstand U.S.A.:
                                                      Duke Ellington and His Orchestra
                                                      Cook, Anderson, Terry, Nance, Woodman, Jackson, Sanders, Hamilton, Procope, Hodges, Gonsalves, Carney, Ellington, Woode, Woodyard, Grissom
                                                      Titles recorded:
                                                      • Take The "A" Train (theme)
                                                      • Cop-Out
                                                      • I Got It Bad and That Ain't Good
                                                      • Rock City Rock
                                                      • Sophisticated Lady
                                                      • Caravan
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                                                      Sunday
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                                                      Recorded remote CBS radio network broadcast
                                                      Duke Ellington and His Orchestra
                                                      Cook, Anderson, Terry, Nance, Woodman, Jackson, Sanders, Hamilton, Procope, Hodges, Gonsalves, Carney, Ellington, Woode, Woodyard, Grissom, Bailey

                                                      Titles recorded:
                                                      • Take The "A" Train (theme)
                                                      • Things Ain't What They Used To Be
                                                      • Newport Up
                                                      • Mood Indigo
                                                      • Rock City Rock
                                                      • What Else Can You Do With A Drum?
                                                      • Cop-Out
                                                      • Mood Indigo
                                                      • Girvan:   Ellingtonia.com
                                                      • Timner
                                                      • Ole J. Nielsen, Jazz Records 1942-80, A discography: Vol. Six, Duke Ellington p.171
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                                                      Tuesday
                                                      .New York, N.Y.Hickory House
                                                      144 W. 52nd St.
                                                      Appearance on the NBC network's late night television show "Tonight! America After Dark."

                                                      Stratemann:

                                                      '...Leonard Feather, whose 1955 Encyclopedia Of Jazz had just been supplemented by an Encyclopedia Yearbook Of Jazz, had assembled a group of famous jazzmen ... at the Hickory House...Ellington and his sidemen Johnny Hodges(as) and Harry Carney(bar) were being supported by Oscar Pettiford(b) and drummer Max Roach...'

                                                      After the group played, Ellington was interviewed by host Ben Gross.

                                                      This was a late night news/talk show airing at 11:15 p.m. in New York. It may have been taped earlier in the day on location, since the Ellington trio would likely have been working at Birdland while the show was on the air, but Vail says after the interview, Ellington returned to Birdland, just around the corner.
                                                      Recorded broadcast

                                                      Small group
                                                      Ellington, Hodges, Carney, Pettiford, Roach
                                                      Titles recorded:
                                                      • Take The "A" Train
                                                      • Things Ain't What They Used To Be
                                                      • Perdido
                                                      • Girvan:   Ellingtonia.com
                                                      • Timner
                                                      • Ole J. Nielsen, Jazz Records 1942-80, A discography: Vol. Six, Duke Ellington, p.172
                                                      • Stratemann p. 375
                                                      • Vail II
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                                                      Wednesday
                                                      .New York, N.Y.Columbia 30th St. studioColumbia recording session for the LP album Such Sweet Thunder CL-1033
                                                      15:30-18:30
                                                      Duke Ellington and His Orchestra
                                                      Cook, Anderson, Terry, Nance, Woodman, Jackson, Sanders, Hamilton, Procope, Hodges, Gonsalves, Carney, Ellington, Woode, Woodyard
                                                      Titles recorded:
                                                      • Up And Down, Up And Down
                                                      • Such Sweet Thunder
                                                      • Lady Mac
                                                      MacHare:

                                                      'Columbia recording session at the 30th Street Studio. The wrong take of "Up And Down..." ended up on the CD Columbia CK- 65568. For the correct take, with Clark Terry's famous "Lord, what fools these mortals be," listen to the French CD (Columbia COL-4691402) or the original LP (Columbia CL-1033) of Such Sweet Thunder. '

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                                                      Friday
                                                      .New York, N.Y.Peacock Alley
                                                      Waldorf Astoria Hotel
                                                      Television appearance, WNBC-TV "Close-Up"

                                                      Stratemann:

                                                      'Ellington was interviewed by Jinx Falkenburg and her husband, Tex McCrary. He also drew a self portrait which he then illustrated musically at the piano: "Self-Portrait of Duke Ellington." The piece was later recorded under the title "Take It Slow" (July 25, 1962)...'

                                                      Vail says Jerry Valburne was also one of the interviewers.Ellington (solo piano)
                                                      • Self-Portrait of Duke Ellington (aka Take It Slow)
                                                      • What Else Can You Do With A Drum?
                                                      • Mood Indigo
                                                      • Lady Mac
                                                      A commercial recording of Take the "A" Train was used in the telecast.
                                                      • Stratemann p.375
                                                      • Vail II
                                                      • Girvan:   Ellingtonia.com
                                                      • Timner
                                                      • Ole J. Nielsen, Jazz Records 1942-80, A discography: Vol. Six, Duke Ellington p.172
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                                                      Friday
                                                      .New York, N.Y.BirdlandNight club residency - see 1957 04 18

                                                      Timner shows a remote radio broadcast from Birdland this date:
                                                      Duke Ellington and His OrchestraTerry, Cook, C.Anderson, Nance, Woodman, Jackson, Sanders, Hamilton, Hodges, Procope, Gonsalves, Carney, Ellington, Woods, Willard, Bailey
                                                      Titles listed:
                                                      • Take the "A" Train
                                                      • Cop Out
                                                      • Sophisticated Lady
                                                      • Things Ain't What They Used To Be
                                                      • Mood Indigo
                                                      • What Else Can You Do With A Drum
                                                      • Diminuendo in Blue and Wailing Interval
                                                      This broadcast is not shown in the other discographies. When questioned in DEMS, Timner exlained:

                                                      '... listed in the radio/tv log of Jerry Valburn, who - together with Jack Towers (of Fargo fame) - had compiled a record of Duke's broadcasts and telecasts, which over the time has proven to be very accurate. The most important of the broad-/telecasts listed in the log have surfaced over the years. The items in question listed in my book are from a time, when broadcasts were typically kept on acetates and later (1950's) on tape.'

                                                      No Ellington broadcast is shown in the radio logs for this date of:
                                                      • Chicago Daily Tribune
                                                      • Los Angeles Times
                                                      • New York Times
                                                      • Washington Post
                                                      • Times Record, Troy, N.Y.
                                                      • Oneonta Star, Oneonta, N.Y.
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                                                      .New York, N.Y..Ellington was a guest on Leonard Feather's ABC network radio record quiz show Platterbrains.
                                                      The Billboard:

                                                      'NEW YORK - "Platterbrains," the record quiz show conducted over ABC radio every week by music critic-author Leonard Feather, celebrated its fourth anniversary on the web Saturday (27) with an all-star panel of experts.
                                                        Feather's panel consisted of Duke Ellington, Gene Krupa, Steve Allen and Sammy Davis Jr.... '

                                                      Amsterdam News photo caption:

                                                      'OLDEST ON AIR - Leonard Feather's "Platterbrains"... recently celebrated its fourth anniversary on the ABC network which carries it to 160 stations. Seen here, l to r, are guest panellists Steve Allen and Gene Krupa, moderator Feather, and guests Sammy Davis Jr. and Duke Ellington.'

                                                      • The Billboard, 1957-04-29 p.22
                                                      • Amsterdam News 1957-05-11, New York, N.Y. p.11
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                                                      Remote MBS network broadcast "Bandstand U.S.A."
                                                      Duke Ellington and His Orchestra
                                                      Cook, Anderson, Terry, Nance, Woodman, Jackson, Sanders, Hamilton, Procope, Hodges, Gonsalves, Carney, Ellington, Woode, Woodyard, Grissom,
                                                      Titles recorded:
                                                      • Take The "A" Train (theme)
                                                      • Rock City Rock
                                                      • Sophisticated Lady
                                                      • Perdido
                                                      • Mood Indigo
                                                      • Solitude
                                                      • Jam With Sam
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                                                      .New York, N.Y..

                                                      'CELEBRATION: Gisele MacKinzie, Lois Hunt, Earl Wrightson, Duke Ellington and Vaughan Monroe will join Percy Faith and the Woolworth Orchestra and chorus in the celebration of the 100th consecutive broadcast Sunday (12 noon).'


                                                      .
                                                      • The Open Mike, TV Radio Highlights, Kokomo Tribune, Kokoma, Ind., 1957-04-27 p.7
                                                      • Decatur Sunday Herald and Review, Decaltur, Ill., 1957-04-28 p.58
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                                                      .New York, N.Y.Town Hall
                                                      113 W.43 St.
                                                      Music for Moderns recorded concert, 8:30 p.m.
                                                      This 4 concert series produced by Anahid Ajemian and George Avakian included 10 performing groups over the 4 concerts. The first concert had Dimitri Miropoulos, director of the New York Philharmonic lead a 15 piece chamber orcherstra, followed by Anahid Amjemian, violin solo, then Duke Ellington & Orchestra.
                                                      Ellington premiered Such Sweet Thunder in this concert. Stratemann quotes Variety describing it as "the Ellington opus that stole the show."

                                                      The final movement was not yet ready, so Ellington is reported to have played Cop Out instead.
                                                      Duke Ellington and His Orchestra
                                                      Cook, Anderson, Terry, Nance, Woodman, Jackson, Sanders, Hamilton, Procope, Hodges, Gonsalves, Carney, Ellington, Woode, Woodyard
                                                      Titles recorded:
                                                      • Sonnet For Caesar
                                                      • Sonnet To Hank Cinq
                                                      • The Telecasters
                                                      • Lady Mac
                                                      • Sonnet In Search Of A Moor
                                                      • Such Sweet Thunder
                                                      • Sonnet For Sister Kate
                                                      • Up And Down, Up And Down
                                                      • Star-Crossed Lovers
                                                      • Madness In Great Ones
                                                      • Half The Fun
                                                      DEMS 04-2-10 re the Stockholm 2004 Ellington conference:

                                                      'George [Avakian] talked about the concert at the NYC Town Hall as the first part in a series of four concerts called "Music for Moderns" [28Apr57]. Before the intermission Dimitri Metropolis was conducting the New York Philharmonic doing a very little known concerto by Kurt Weill in which George's wife was going to play the solo part. When Duke was invited to play after the intermission he suggested to use the new suite "Such Sweet Thunder". George called Louis Applebaum to ask permission, because the work had been commissioned by the Stratford Shakespearean Festival. Louis was happy with the publicity and he accepted the invitation to say a few words to introduce the new composition at its premiere performance. Duke introduced the pieces and when he came at the last piece, Circle of Fourths, he admitted that it was not yet ready. He replaced it with Cop-Out. 'Cop-out' means having an excuse which is usually not a very good one for something that you didn't do that you should have done. George could not prevent himself from laughing a long loud laugh which luckily was not picked up by the microphones because he was sitting well back in the hall. George was not prepared to say that Duke did normally not finish his commissioned work on time, but he was prepared to say that, no matter what happened, Duke always came up with a solution. '

                                                      See also Bardland: Shakespeare in Ellington's World by Jack Chambers in DEMS 05/1-43
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                                                      Monday
                                                      Ellington's birthday
                                                      .New York, N.Y..Ellington was interviewed for CBC Radio at an unknown location by Harry Rasky. The venue needs to be determined.
                                                      Sjef Hoefsmit in DEMS 04/2-15

                                                      ' The interview (5:48) was broadcast through the CBC on 15May57. It was mainly about the Shakespearean Suite. The broadcast announcer spoke of Duke's recent birthday. Harry Rasky said at the end of the interview: "Well, thank you very much Duke Ellington, on the occasion of your birthday for having us here.".
                                                        Duke told Harry that he finished writing the music of The Telecasters and Hank Cinq on the day of the performance, which was 28Apr57.
                                                        Rasky said: "I heard you in Birdland last night."
                                                        This brings the possible date to 29Apr or 1 or 2May. Birdland was closed on Monday 29Apr and Duke left after 1May. I believe that the date of the interview was 29Apr57.'

                                                      Ellington, as quoted by Jack Chambers in DEMS 05/1-43:

                                                      'The Stratford Festival are not repeating any of the jazz artists this year that they had last year. But I've already informed Mr. Patterson that there's one hazard in allowing us to do the Shakespearean suite, which is called Such Sweet Thunder, and that is that we are liable to get publicity on it which will sort of throw them into the position of having to be more or less graceful and inviting us back this year...We started recording some of them [movements] before we finished writing others," he told Rasky. "You know, the eleventh tune was finished the day of the performance...
                                                        We're very happy that we had a deadline, a short deadline on it, because. you could spend a whole lifetime preparing an unfinished work as far as trying to do something with Shakespeare. We had a deadline and we knew that we had to do little things and we had to do them quickly. So we spent two months talking about it and then we spent three weeks actually writing it.
                                                        We portrayed some of [Lady Macbeth] by using a jazz waltz, and in so doing we say that she was a lady of noble birth but we suspect that she had a little ragtime in her soul.
                                                        We feel that Shakespeare was not only sage, and has a tremendous appeal right now to the intellectual, but as the jive boys say, Shakespeare was down, which means that he is dug by the craziest of cats. We think that Shakespeare is just a little beyond chronology.
                                                        We sometimes lean a little bit toward caricature, but other people I think have gone about the business of actually changing Shakespeare, which I think is a much more hazardous thing than what we've done. All we did is just little thumbnail sketches, you know, of very short periods, never at any time trying to parallel an entire play or an entire act or an entire character throughout, but just some little short space of time during a character's performance.'

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                                                      1957 05 00
                                                      Saturday
                                                      ... Peripheral event
                                                      The Amsterdam News and the Baltimore Afro-American reported RCA Victor signed Cootie Williams to a long term recording contract that would guarantee him at least $100,000 a year for 10 years. He had just recorded his first two sides for RCA Victor, Rinky-Dink, dedicated the the Rinkeydinks, a New York social club of famous musicians' wives, and "Please Give Your Love to Me." The Amsterdam News said he was headlining at the Savoy Ballroom, and his female vocalist was Wini Brown.
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                                                      Friday
                                                      .New York, N.Y.Columbia StudiosFinal Columbia recording session for the Such Sweet Thunder album
                                                      11:00-14:00
                                                      Duke Ellington and His Orchestra
                                                      Cook, Anderson, Terry, Nance, Woodman, Jackson, Sanders, Hamilton, Procope, Hodges, Gonsalves, Carney, Ellington, Woode, Woodyard
                                                      Nielsen includes Grissom and Bailey but this seems to be in error; the titles recorded don't have vocals.
                                                      Titles recorded:
                                                      • Sonnet To Hank Cinq
                                                      • The Telecasters
                                                      • Madness In Great Ones
                                                      • Star-Crossed Lovers
                                                      • Circle of Fourths
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                                                      Saturday
                                                      .Rochester, N.Y.Ritter-Clark Gym
                                                      Rochester Institute of Techology
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                                                      Sunday
                                                      7:30 PM
                                                      .Wilton, Conn.Town HallBenefit concert for Parent-Teacher Association

                                                      'Although all seats within sight of the bandstand have been sold for the PTA's Duke Ellington Concert Sunday night at 7:30 at the town hall, a few seats within hearing range, in the town hall courtroom, are still available.
                                                        Duke Ellington, his piano and his orchestra will play at the benefit concert, for which auditorium seats have long since been sold out. The courtroom seats are selling for $2 each...
                                                        The Duke Ellington concert will be program jazz rather than the progressive jazz of last year's concert. The Ellington group is primarily a performing group rather than a group of individuals improvising on melodies.
                                                        The program will include "Flamingo," a number co-authored in 1941 by Edmund Anderson of Millstone Road. Ellington is still a headliner after a good many years in the forefont of popular music - giving the program Sunday evening an appeal to more than one musical generation.'

                                                      *1957-04-17:

                                                      'Duke Ellington will feature "Flamingo," written by Edmund Anderson of Millstone Road, when he brings his concert band to Wilton town hall for a Parent-Teacher Association benefit Sunday, May 5, according to an announcement by Mrs. Robert T. Cunningham, PTA concert chairman, this week.
                                                        Mr. Anderson ... recallsed that in 1941 he was introduced to Ted Grouya, just over from France, by Vernon Duke...Anderson and Grouya wrote "Flamingo" in a flash of inspiration lasting 20 minutes. They tood the song to Duke Ellington, whom Anderson already knew. The Duke said, "This is for me - and Herb Jeffries."
                                                        Jeffries was then a new singer under Duke's wing. He and the Duke recorded "Flamingo" for Victor and its immediate success established Jeffries as a top-flight performer...
                                                        Duke Ellington will do an hour-long fantasy of his own creation entitled "A Drum Is A Woman" in color on the United States Steel television program Wednesday, May 8. It will be the first show of its kind on TV.
                                                        But the Duke has announced that he will keep his Parent-Teacher Association benefit date in Wilton at the town hall on May 5, regardless of the rehearsal demands of the network show only three days later... '

                                                      The concert yielded the PTA a profit of $2,017.
                                                      • The Wilton Bulletin, Wilton Conn.
                                                        • 1957-03-13
                                                        • *1957-04-17 p.3
                                                        • 1957-05-01 p.1
                                                        • 1957-05-08
                                                        • 1957-05-28, p.2
                                                      • The Bridgeport Sunday Post, Bridgeport, Conn. 1957-03-03 s.B p.1
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                                                      The Daily Courier reported:

                                                      'Waverly - Illness has forced cancellation of the Jimmy Dorsey concert scheduled May 6, it was reported by student body officials. Duke Ellington and his orchestra, however, have been secured for a concert appearance.
                                                        Ellington will present a two-hour concert in Knight Gym Monday, May 20 at 8 p.m. Admission has been set at $1.50 reserved and $1.00 general admission.'

                                                      Webmaster's comment:
                                                      • I think this means the May 20 concert was instead of the Dorsey appearance, rather than Ellington playing both dates.
                                                      • Jimmy Dorsey died 1957 06 12
                                                      Daily Courier, Waterloo, Iowa 1957-04-11..
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                                                      Wednesday
                                                      .New York, N.Y..CBS television network broadcast, "U.S. Steel Hour A Drum Is A Woman"

                                                      Although this was advertised as a live telecast, Stratemann suggests some of the music was prerecorded. New Desor, at session DE5629, says:

                                                      'The music recorded in this session and the following ones was also used for the assembling of CBS "U.S.Steel Hour," telecasted [sic] on May 8, 1957, with the exception of Pomegranate only , recorded on March 7, 1957; new narrations by DE and JS and new parts by CCa [Candido Camero, bongos] were added for the occasion.'


                                                      U.S. Steel Hour series was an hour long weekly show telecast at 10 p.m. that ran from 1953 to 1963. This was its second musical drama. Production costs of approximately $80,000 and tombstone data are shown in the Broadcasting Telecasting review below.

                                                      Madame Zajj was played by Carmen DeLavallade but her songs were sung by Margaret Tynes and Joya Sherill, who were also in the show. Ozzie Bailey sang Carribee Joe's parts, who was played by Talley Beatty. Stratemann says Clark Terry's trumpet is heard instead of Ray Nance during Ray's Buddy Bolden renditions.

                                                      There was extensive advertising and publicity in the months leading up to the telecast, which was groundbreaking in that it was an all-black production on a prestigious national network television show. Stratemann says U.S. Steel, Columbia and the advertising agency Batton, Barton, Durstine & Osborne mailed out a special 45 rpm disk which had excerpts from the LP to more than 100 key radio stations and distributed it within the U.S. Steel organization , and sent a special 12" LP of recorded spots by Ellington with prepared scripts and a rundown of the show to TV station managers and program directors across the country.

                                                      The show received mixed reviews:

                                                      The title of the George F. Brown review in the Pittsburgh Courier says it all:

                                                      'Some Critics Didn't Dig It But, Did Aficionados? However, It Was Giant Step for Television'


                                                      Motion Picture Daily:

                                                      'Music, at Least, Was Good
                                                        ...The attempt to do something different was laudable, but U.S.Steel stockholders might rightly wonder if management hadn't flipped its cotton-picking lid. "Drum" was described as an "adaptation" of a long-playing Ellington record which, in Ellington terms, traces the history of jazz. The music was okay, but the so-called book and narration, delivered by the Duke himself, were out of Hungersville by way of Square Junction and Creep Corners.
                                                      Profoundly Titled
                                                        It concerned a lady...who comes out of the jungle to wander the earth inspiring men to play music by Ellington. The production numbers were colorful but the energetic dancing was an endless reprise of all those shaking pelvis-limp elbow gestures choreographers find so peculiarly meaningful...'

                                                      BROADCASTING TELECASTING:

                                                      'A DRUM IS A WOMAN
                                                      TWO current arguments-(1) that only pay tv can offer the most unusual forms of entertainment in the home and (2) that the tv industry is anti-Negro (see RCA stock-holders meeting story, this issue) - received adequate rebuttal last Wednesday night from CBS-TV and the U. S. Steel Corp. For viewers of the U. S. Steel Hour, Duke Ellington's "A Drum Is a Woman" was that tv rarity - an all-sepia musical fantasy performed with skill, wit and good taste.
                                                        ...Ellington has been around a long time and thus it would hardly seem fair to liken this score to such earlier Ellingtonia as "Black and Tan Fantasy" or "Liberian Suite," nor would it be right to say "Drum" was dramatically correct. But this is not the point. What is correct is that Mr. Ellington, his tremendous talent, his good-natured, almost-pixyish humor, his propensity to talk, act and think in the jazz idiom, is greatness personified, and it's hard to improve upon greatness.
                                                        In this corner we paid little attention to the structural makeup of the play, for we were just too fascinated and enthralled by the very idea that tv had embraced the Duke and his crowd.
                                                        The story was complicated and at times belabored...
                                                        The boys in the CBS-TV technical department must have had themselves a time. There were trick shots of Madame Zajj flying - and driving - through space; banks of artificial fog rolled over the soundstage, and voice dubbing triumphed by allowing the happy marriage of song (by Joya Sherrill) and dance (by Carmen De Lavallade). As to Miss De Lavallade... she was beguiling and enchanting in every way. And so were some of arranger Bill Strayhorn's numbers, particularly "You'd Better Know It."
                                                        So far as U. S. Steel goes, it ought to be commended for having brought a ray of tropical sunshine into an otherwise drab season. ...

                                                        Production costs: Approximately $80,000. Sponsored by U. S. Steel Corp. through BBDO, on CBS-TV (in color) May 8, 10-11 p.m. EDT. Written for tv by Will Loren, based upon the Columbia "LP" record album by Edward K. (Duke) Ellington and Billy Strayhorn. Produced for The Theatre Guild by Marshall Jamison. Director: Norman Felton; Assoc. Producer: John Haggott; Scenery: Willard Levitas; story editor: Dorothy Hechtlinger; technical director: Bob Dailey; choreographer: Paul Godkin. Cast: Duke Ellington (narrator), Carmen De Lavallade, Talley Beatty, Joya Sherrill, Margaret Tynes, Ozzie Bailey, Duke Ellington orchestra and dancers.'

                                                      (The show can be viewed in Los Angeles or New York at the Museum of Television and Radio as at August 2013 and two reels of film and an Ellington-autographed script are in the Smithsonian's Al Celley Collection.
                                                      • Stratemann pp.375-376 citing
                                                        • Variety 1957-04-24 p.43
                                                        • Down Beat 1957-06-27 p.18 (positive and negative reviews, respectively, by Leonard Feather and Barry Ulanov)
                                                        • Variety 1957-05-08 p.44
                                                        • Pittsburgh Courier 1957-05-18 p.23
                                                      • Wilson, Conn. Bulletin, 1957-03-13, p.3
                                                      • Amsterdam News, New York, N.Y.:
                                                        • 1957-04-27 p.14
                                                        • 1957-05-04 p.13 (ad and publicity photo)
                                                      • Review, Motion Picture Daily, 1957-05-14 p.4
                                                      • Review, BROADCASTING TELECASTING The Businessweekly Of Radio And Television 1957-05-13 p.15
                                                      • Reviews, Pittsburgh Courier (see Hoffman clippings)
                                                        • George F. Brown, 1957-05-25 p.22
                                                        • Izzy Brown, 1957-05-18 p.23
                                                        • Evelyn Cunningham, 1957-05-18 p.23
                                                      • Captioned photo, Pittsburgh Courier, 1957-05-18 p.22
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                                                      Harold "Shorty" Baker, trumpet, rejoins the band
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                                                      .Champaign-Urbana,Ill.Huff Gymnasium, University of IllinoisConcert 8 p.m. and dance 9 p.m. to midnight sponsored by the Parade Ground Units and Men's Residence Halls
                                                      Admission free to couples, 25 cents stag. The dance was campus wide.
                                                      The Daily Illini, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, Ill.
                                                      • 1957-05-03 p.5
                                                      • 1957-05-07 p.2
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                                                      .Rensselaer, Ind. Fieldhouse
                                                      Saint Joseph's College
                                                      Junior prom 9 pm to 1 am

                                                      The Logansport Press:

                                                      'John R. Wolf ... has been named co-chairman of the prom committee for the 1957 St. Joseph's College junior prom. Wolf, a junior at St. Joseph's, is a 1954 graduate of Logansport High School...Duke Ellington, one of the foremost names in American jazz, will play for the biggest social event of the Collegeville calendar." '

                                                      Stuff:

                                                      'The biggest social event of the school year will take place this weekend when Duke Ellington and his fine orchestra will play for an estimated 225 couples at the junior prom. Final preparations which are almost completed will turn the fieldhouse into a coliseum for a "Roman Holiday"'


                                                      • The Logansport Press, Logansport, Ind., 1957-04-07 p.16
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                                                      .Evansville, Ind.ColiseumShow and dance for Afro-Americans

                                                      In her review, Jeanne Suhrheinrich said the band was 15 men, including Duke. She says the audience was small, about 200 people, and she named two acts, Bill King (juggler and comedian), and Fred Lowery (see below). Ellington personnel specifically named: Gonsalves, Carney, Hodges, Bailey, Grissom,

                                                      SUN., MAY 12, 8:30 P.M.
                                                      COLISEUM
                                                      DUKE ELLINGTON
                                                      HIS ORCHESTRA & SHOW
                                                      Reserved Seats $3.00 - $2.50 - General Admission
                                                      $2.50 - Prices Higher Night of Show. Advance Ticket
                                                      Sales Now - Weeds, 4th St. Drug Store - Red
                                                      Rooster - George's Bar.
                                                      DANCE AFTER SHOW


                                                      'Called by many critics the world's greatest whistler, Fred Lowery, now living in Indianapolis, will appear as one of the acts with the Duke Ellington show at the Coliseum May 12. Lowery has the unique ability to whistle two distinct notes at once, in the useful harmony of thirds. John Rosenfield, famous amusements editor for the Dallas News, describes him: "He can trill, take scale passages and toss off high staccati like few contemporary coloraturas."
                                                        His recording of "Indian Love Call" has sold almost three million records. Also big sellers were "The High and Mighty" and "Unchained Melody" for MGM and the first named, "Moon Love" and theme from "The Proud Ones" for Decca.'


                                                    • The Evansville Courier, Evansville, Ind.
                                                      • 1957-04-25 p.36
                                                      • 1957-04-30 p.11
                                                      • 1957-05-08 p.28
                                                      • 1957-05-11 p.14
                                                      • Review, 1957-05-13 p.22
                                                    • The Sunday Look, The Sunday Courier and Press, Evansville, Ind.
                                                      • 1957-05-05 p.16
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                                                      .Notre Dame, Ind.O'Laughlin Auditorium
                                                      St. Mary's College.
                                                      Concert, 8 p.m., admission $1.65The Scholastic, Notre Dame University, Notre Dame, Ind. 1957-05-10 p.12..
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                                                      .Wausau, Wisc.Colonial Ballroom
                                                      5 miles east of Wausau on Highway 'N'
                                                      Dancing
                                                      • Stevens Point Daily, Stevens Point (courtesy Agustin Perez-Gasco)
                                                        • 1957-05-03
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                                                      • Wisconsin Rapids Daily Tribune, Wisconsin Rapids, Wisc.
                                                        • 1957-05-14 p.2
                                                        • 1957-05-10 p.2
                                                      • Wasau Daily Record-Herald, Wasau, Wisc.
                                                        • 1957-04-26 p.15
                                                        • 1957-05-03 p.20
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                                                      .Green Castle, Ind..DePauw UniversityJunior/Senor prom.

                                                      The Logansport Press:

                                                      'DELHPI [sic] - Martha Obear, of here, was co-chairman of the decorations committee for the annual junior-senior prom at DePauw university held last night. Duke Ellington's orchestra played.'

                                                      The Logansport Press, Logansport, Ind., 1957-05-19 p.4..
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                                                      .Chicago, Ill.Leon Mandel Hall
                                                      57th & University
                                                      University of Chicago
                                                      8:15 p.m. concert for the benefit of Co-operative Nusery [sic] School. Sponsored by the Inter-Club Council at the University of Chicago. Part of the proceeds were to be used for shcolarships [sic] for children who would otherwise by unable to attend the school, an integrated nursery for the 3 to 5 year old age group.
                                                      • Hyde Park Herald, Chicago ,Ill., 1957-05-15
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                                                      .Waverly, IowaKnights Gymnasium
                                                      Wartburg College
                                                      8 p.m. - Two hour popular concert sponsored by the student body.
                                                      The Daily Courier and Globe-Gazette reported:

                                                      'Waverly - Illness has forced cancellation of the Jimmy Dorsey concert scheduled May 6, it was reported by student body officials. Duke Ellington and his orchestra, however, have been secured for a concert appearance.
                                                        Ellington will present a two-hour concert in Knight Gym Monday, May 20 at 8 p.m. Admission has been set at $1.50 reserved and $1.00 general admission.'

                                                      (Jimmy Dorsey died 1957 06 12)
                                                      Olwein Daily Register 1957-05-21:

                                                      'Mrs. Virginia Baker and K. W. Robertson attended the Duke Ellington concert at the Knights Gymnasium in Waverly.'

                                                      Prof. Ernest Hagen's review is glowing, although he seems to mistake Procope for Hamilton and Nance for Anderson:

                                                      'WAVERLY - The most of the best was given by Duke Ellington and his famous band to over 2,000 happy fans Monday evening in the Knights Gym... For showmanship and artistry in its highest form in the jazz idiom, this was it.
                                                        The elements that go into making this band one of the great American ensembles are numerous, but a striking example is the caliber of the soloists...
                                                        ANOTHER FACET that makes this group outstanding is that these soloists with their highly individual style can blend into the ensemble with breath-taking balance and precision. This is a jazz innovation. It cannot be matched in the field of serious music...
                                                        ELLINGTON FAVORITES from "Black and Tan Fantasy" to "Mood Indigo" were performed during the two hour long concert. Outstanding as soloists were the Duke himself and his two vocalists, but the spotlight goes to the instrumentalists. Russell Procope, who plays one of hte sweetest tenor saxes ever heard, is equally amazing in his technique and beautiful symphonic clarinet tone. This was shown in "Clarinet Melodrama," one of the best numbers of the evening.
                                                        Ray Nance brought down the house with a triple octave A on the trumpet. Extreme ranges are characteristic of jazz performers and Quentin Jackson on the trombone was no exception. Sam Woodyard on the drums won waves of ovations throughout his solo which lasted so long that the rest of the band left him in his trance and went out for a 10 minute break.
                                                        "MOOD INDIGO" by the sax quartet was soft and lovely. One other number with tenor sax solo, with Russell Procope, and a quiet saxophone background was also very beautiful. One or two more of these quiet numbers would have helped the program balance. Paul Gonsalves, tenor sax, played an intense 10 minute chorus winning him ovations and calls.
                                                        A solid chordal dissonant background of brass and reeds with the deep growling pedal tones of the trombone and baritone sax was a strong point in this ensemble and stirring to hear...'

                                                      The Olwein Daily Register commented:

                                                      'Was disappointed in the Duke Ellington concert at Waverly Monday night. Wasn't quite what I expected. Several others have mentioned the same thing. Not enough from Ellington and too much "discordant jazz" for my liking.'

                                                      • Email, Brian Koller in Duke-LYM 2015-10-28
                                                      • Clippings courtesy Agustin Perez-Gasco:
                                                        • Greene Recorder 1957-05-15 p.7
                                                        • Olwein Daily Register, Olwein, Iowa
                                                          • 1957-05-15 p.7
                                                          • 1957-05-16
                                                          • 1957-05-21
                                                        • Waterloo Daily Courier, Waterloo, Iowa
                                                          • 1957-04-11
                                                          • 1957-05-17 p.9
                                                          • 1957-05-21
                                                        • Mason City Globe-Gazette 1957-04-11
                                                      • This Active Town - by E.E.E., Olwein Daily Register, Olwein, Iowa 1957-05-23 p.2
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                                                      .Spencer, IowaSpencer Golf and Country ClubElks second annual Charity Purple Ball, dancing 9 to 1.
                                                      400 tickets had been sold by the preceding Friday. The initial announcement said a limited number of tickets would be available for the public beginning March 1.
                                                      • Spencer Sunday Times, Spencer, Iowa, 1957-02-10
                                                      • Spencer Daily Reporter, Spencer, Iowa, 1957-05-17 courtesy A. Gasco-Perez
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                                                      .Twin Lakes, IowaAlhambra BallroomDance:

                                                      'BALLROOM OPENS MAY 24
                                                      The opening of the Alhambra Ballroom at Twin Lakes is set for Friday, May 24 with Duke Ellington and his world famous orchestra. Dances are scheduled for every Friday night,...
                                                        The Alhambra is operated by Darlowe Oleson, Bernie Storck and Maz Cisna.'

                                                      • Small ad, Carroll Daily Times-Herald, undated clipping (courtesy A.Perez-Gaxco)
                                                      • Pocahontas Record-Democrat, Pocahontas, Iowa, 1957-05-16 p.8
                                                      • The Jefferson Bee, Jefferson, Iowa, 1957-05-21 p.9
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                                                      .Des Moines, IowaVal Air BallroomDancing
                                                      Admission $1.55 plus tax.
                                                      Des Moines Register and
                                                      Des Moines Sunday Register, Des Moines,Iowa
                                                      • 1957-05-19 p.16
                                                      • 1957-05-23, p.6
                                                      • 1957-05-24, p.15
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                                                      .De Kalb, Ill.Men's Gym
                                                      Northern Illinois State College
                                                      Concert sponsored by the Alumni Association.
                                                      Northern Star 1957-03-15:

                                                      'New Gym To Open With Ellington Jazz
                                                        The Alumni Association will bring Duke Ellington and his orchestra to Northern for a 2-hour concert in the new Northern Field House at 8 p.m., May 28.
                                                        Co-chairmen for the concert are Dee Palmer, DeKalb music dealer, and Edward Jenkinson, alumni executive secretary. The proceeds will be used for scholarships and next year's alumni magazine '


                                                      Northern Star 1957-05-10:

                                                      'Tickets on Sale for Ellington Concert; No Reserved Seats, First Come Basis Tickets for the Duke Ellington Concert are now on sale in the Alumni Office, Barracks 17-A, and at Palmer's Music House.
                                                        ...all tickets will be sold on a firstcome, first-served basis. There will be no reserved seats.
                                                        Advance bleacher-seat tickets are $1.00 per person, and advance orchestra-floor seats are $1.25 per person. Tickets will also be sold at the door of the new Northern Field House the night of the concert, May 28. At the door, bleacher seats will be $1.25 and orchestra floor seats will be $1.50.'


                                                      Northern Star 1957-05-24:

                                                      'Ellington Concert Scheduled For Men's Gym Tuesday Night
                                                        The NI Alumni Association will bring Duke Ellington and his orchestra here for a 2-hour concert at 8 p.m., May 28, in the Men's Gym.
                                                        The concert was originally scheduled for the new Northern Field House, but due to construction problems, the building will not be completed until later in the summer.
                                                        Mr. Edward Jenkinson, director of the Alumni Association, stated, "Moving the concert to the Men's Gym cuts the seating capacity in half. We have sold 1,000 tickets at the present time and it is doubtful if there will be any tickets sold at the door."
                                                      Limited Seating
                                                        The seating capacity of the Men's Gym is 2,250...'


                                                      Assistant Professor Thompson found no reports in the college newspaper Northern Star after the event, but did find an announcement in the March 1957 Northern Alumnus alumni magazine and pictures of Sam Woodyard and Ellington on page 30 of the college's 1958 yearbook.
                                                      • The De Kalb Daily Chronicle, De Kalb, Ill.
                                                        • 1957-05-08 p.2
                                                        • 1957-05-16 p.1
                                                        • 1957-05-21 p.12
                                                        • 1957-05-22 p.5
                                                        • 1957-05-24 p.2
                                                        • 1957-05-25 p.2
                                                      • Rockford Register-Republic, Rockford,Ill. 1957-05-17 p.2-C
                                                      • Rockford Morning Star, Rockford,Ill. 1957-05-27 p.A3
                                                      • Archived records, courtesy of Assistant Professor Abbey Thompson, Music Librarian, Northern Illinois University:
                                                        • Northern Star, Northern Illinois State College,
                                                          • 1957-03-15
                                                          • 1957-05-10
                                                          • 1957-05-24
                                                        • Northern Alumnus, Northern Illinois State College, DeKalb,Ill,1957-03-00, p4
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                                                      June 1957

                                                      1957 06 00...PERSONNEL CHANGE
                                                      Wilson:

                                                      'Clark Terry has been given a six-week leave of absence ... to accept an engagement at New York's Radio City Music Hall. It is a notable event because it marks the first time a Negro musician has appeared as part of the stage show and the first time it has included jazz. Terry...plays a five-minute solo in each of the four daily shows.'

                                                      Stratemann:

                                                      'For some five weeks ... Harold "Shorty" Baker returned to sub for ...Terry... Terry also assembled a small group for an interesting series of recordings of Ellington compostiions. Initially titlesd "In A Mellotone" ... the tracks were later re-released ...[as] Duke With A Difference...'

                                                      Stratemann identifies the Radio City show as Musicana.
                                                      • Russ Wilson, World of Jazz, Oakland Tribune 1957-06-02 p.B-15
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                                                      .Chicago, Ill.Sheraton HotelResearch is needed to confirm Ellington played at the Sheraton in late May or early June in accordance with the report in the Milwaukee Defender "Forgive Us Our Press Passes" column:

                                                      'Dr. and Mrs. John Terry and Mr. and Mrs. Emile Obre have returned from a gay time in Chicago where they attended the fabulous party given by the Chicagoan Club and a dance at the Sheraton Hotel with the Duke Ellington Band. This is Chicago's most fabulous affair.'

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                                                      .Mason City, IowaMason City High School Auditorium7:45 p.m. concert. :

                                                      Prices $2.90 $2.25 $1.75 tax included

                                                      The front of a framed and autographed programme for sale on eBay shows:
                                                      MASON CITY
                                                      JAZZ INCORPORATED
                                                      ....PRESENTS
                                                      Duke
                                                      Ellington
                                                      AND HIS NEW FAMOUS
                                                      ORCHESTRA
                                                      IN CONCERT

                                                      FEATURING.....
                                                      JOHNNY HODGES
                                                      HARRY CARNEY
                                                      CAT ANDERSON
                                                      JIMMY HAMILTON
                                                      JIMMY GRISSOM, Vocalist
                                                      Autographs on the front of the programme are

                                                      • Harold Shorty Baker, Trpt
                                                      • Cat Anderson
                                                      • Quentin Jackson
                                                      • Duke Ellington
                                                      • Jimmy Woode
                                                        (bass)
                                                      • Cat Anderson
                                                      • Russell Procope
                                                      • Ray Nance
                                                      • Willie Cooke
                                                      • Jimmy Grissom
                                                      • Britt Woodman
                                                      • John Sanders
                                                        Trombone
                                                      Three accompanying photos appear to be from a concert at an unknown location sometime between 1969 and 1971.
                                                      Globe-Gazette review:

                                                      'Ellington
                                                      Favorably
                                                      Received

                                                        Duke Ellington and his famous orchestra was [sic] favorably received in Mason City Sunday...
                                                        He opened his concert with "Black and Tan Fantasy," featuring Russell Procope, Ray Nance and Quentin Jackson. This was followed by "Perdido," featuring Harold Baker, and "Clarinet Melodrama," featuring Jimmy Hamilton.
                                                        "Theme for Trombone" [sic] featured Britt Woodman. "Sophisticated Lady," featured Harry Carney. "Take the "A" Train," featured Ray Nance and Paul Gonsalves. Willie "Cat" Anderson made a hit with "La Virgin de la Macarena."
                                                        Ozzie Bailey sang "What Else Can You Do With a Drum," "You Better Know It," and "Pomegranate." Part One was closed with Ellington playing "V.I.P. Boogie" and "Jam With Sam."
                                                        "The Hawk Talks," opened Part Two. "Jeep's Blues," featured Johnny Hodges. Jimmy Grissom sang "Do Nothin' Till You Hear From Me," "Rock City, Rock," and "Flamingo." Sam Woodyard was the hit of the evening with his drum specialty, "Skin Deep."
                                                        Duke Ellington featured in a piano medley climaxed the evening and he was called back for two encores, "Diminuendo in Blue," and Crescendo in Blue."'

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                                                        • Albert Lea Tribune, Albert Lea, Minn. 1957-05-23 p.3
                                                        • Evening Tribune, Albert Lea, Minn. 1957-05-28 p.9
                                                        • *Austin (Minn.) Herald, Austin, Minn.,
                                                          • 1957-05-23 p.20
                                                          • *1957-05-27 p.24
                                                        • *Waterloo Daily Courier, Waterloo, Iowa 1957-05-23
                                                        • Globe-Gazette, Mason City, Iowa
                                                          • *1957-05-24 p.16
                                                          • *1957-05-28 p.10
                                                          • 1957-05-29 p.7 (with plug)
                                                          • 1957-05-31 p.13
                                                        • *Review, Globe-Gazette, Mason City, Iowa 1957-06-04 p.12
                                                        (* courtesy A.Gasco-Perez)
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                                                      .Mankato, Minn.Kato Ballroom

                                                      KATO BALLROOM
                                                      Presents
                                                      In Person
                                                      DUKE
                                                      Ellington
                                                      AND HIS FAMOUS
                                                      ORCHESTRA
                                                      -----------
                                                      Adm. - In Advance $1.50 Total
                                                      Night of Dance $1.75 Total
                                                      Booth Res. on Sale
                                                      Starting Mon. May 27


                                                      • Albert Lea Tribune, Albert Lea, Minn.
                                                        • 1957-05-24 p.2
                                                        • 1957-05-29 p.2
                                                        • 1957-06-03 p.2
                                                      • The Minneapolis Star, Minneapolis, Minn.
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                                                      .Arnolds Park, IowaRoof Garden
                                                      Arnolds Park Amusement Park
                                                      Roof Garden was located in Arnolds Park Amusement Park on the south shore of Smiths Bay, West Okoboji Lake and in the town named Arnolds Park. Arnolds Park is about 2 miles south of the town named Okoboji, which is on the east side of West Okoboji Lake. Arnolds Park lies on the strait connecting East and West Okoboji Lakes.
                                                      • Spirit Lake Beacon, Spirit Lake, Iowa 1957-05-29 p.8
                                                      • Milford Mail, Milford, Iowa, 1957-05-30*
                                                      • The Times, Graettinger, Iowa, 1957-05-30 p.7
                                                      • Emmetsburg Reporter, Emmetsburg, Iowa 1957-06-04, p.5*
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                                                      .Cedar Rapids, IowaElks PavilionElks Club opening summer dance, 9 p.m. to 1 a.m.
                                                      The Gazette ran photos of the event, reporting attendance of 700. The people in the photos generally appear to be middle-aged.
                                                      The Cedar Rapids Gazette, Cedar Rapids, Iowa,
                                                      • 1957-06-02 p.2
                                                      • 1957-06-09 p.4
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                                                      Tuesday
                                                      .Pontiac, Ill.Pontiac Country Club
                                                      (aka Elks Country Club
                                                      or
                                                      Pontiac Elks Country Club)
                                                      Duke Ellington dance 9p.m. to 1 a.m., co-chaired by Mr. and Mrs. George Murray and Mr. and Mrs. Zell Jones.

                                                      Couple tickets were limited to the first 200 members in good standing who made reservations, but the dance was attended by 700 people. A buffet preceded the dance.
                                                      The Pantagraph, Bloomington, Ill.
                                                      • 1957-05-02 p.13
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                                                      ...Date of contract between "Frank Holzfeind The Blue Note," Duke Ellington and Associated Booking Corporation to provide 15 musicians and 1 vocalist, led by "Duke Ellington Inc., presents Duke Ellington" to the Blue Note on August 21, 1957 for two weeks, 32 hours per week, 5 day week, Sunday Matinee.

                                                      This contract includes the headline billing and recording/broadcasting provisions.

                                                      The fee remains at $5,000/week less 10% to ABC.
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                                                      .Owensboro, Ken.SportscenterUnconfirmed
                                                      Suhrheinrich,

                                                      'DUKE AT SPORTSCENTER
                                                        Duke Ellington and his famous orchestra of 17 top flight instrumentalists, vocalists and entertainers will play for a concert Thursday at the Owensboro p.m.'


                                                      Jeanne Suhrheinrich, Front Row Center, The Evansville Courier, Evansville, Ind., 1957-06-08 p.5..
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                                                      .Celina, OhioEdgewater Park....
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                                                      .Clinton, N.Y.Clinton ArenaActivities not documented.

                                                      The Jazz Beat column in the Utica Daily Press 1957 05 27 p.18 announced a concert and dance in the Clinton Arena, which I believe was in Clinton, N.Y., for this date, but the column on 1957-06-13 announced it was cancelled. The columnist wrote that Ellington had Columbia recording sessions booked for the 18th, 19th and 20th of June.
                                                      Chuck Robie Booth, Jazz Beat, Daily Press, Utica, N.Y.
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                                                      Saturday
                                                      .Carrolltown, Penn.Sunset Ballroom
                                                      Route 219
                                                      Dance

                                                      Recordings from this dance were released on the Dr. Jazz LP label and have been released on CD as well.

                                                      New Desor, Nielsen, Stratemann, and, at the time of writing, Girvan, say the dance was June 1957 without an exact date.

                                                      Timner, MacHare and Vail II date it June 1, based on Igo/Ewing/Pilkington itinerary, which cites the Ebensburg Mountaineer-Herald 1988-08-10.

                                                      After Mr. Götting reported Mr. Perez-Gasco's research in DEMS10/3-22, the New Desor authors agreed to the correction.
                                                      Duke Ellington and His Famous Orchestra (per the ads)
                                                      Cook, Baker, Terry, Nance, Woodman, Jackson, Sanders, Hamilton, Procope, Hodges, Gonsalves, Carney, Ellington, Benjamin, Woodyard, Grissom
                                                      Titles recorded:
                                                      • Stompin' At The Savoy
                                                      • Sophisticated Lady
                                                      • Stardust
                                                      • Jeep's Blues
                                                      • All Of Me
                                                      • Perdido
                                                      • Mood Indigo
                                                      • Hank Cinq (per DEMS81/4-2)
                                                      • Bassment (not listed in DEMS81/4/2
                                                      • Flamingo (unissued)
                                                      • Do Nothin' Till You Hear From Me (unissued)
                                                      • Take The "A" Train
                                                      • Take The "A" Train
                                                      • Such Sweet Thunder
                                                      • There'll Be Some Changes Made
                                                      • Cop-Out
                                                      • Frustration
                                                      • Take The "A" Train (unissued)
                                                      • The Hawk Talks (unissued)
                                                      • Three Little Words
                                                      • As Time Goes By
                                                      • The Happy One (issued only on Koala LP AW-14165)
                                                      • Caravan Cha-Cha-Cha (unissued)
                                                      • Medley: Diminuendo in Blue, Wailing Interval, Crescendo in Blue (the Koala version may be from another date)
                                                      • Things Ain't What They Used To Be (unissued)
                                                      • I Got It Bad and That Ain't Good
                                                      • On The Sunny Side Of The Street
                                                      • Medley: I Let A Song Go Out Of My Heart, Don't Get Around Much Anymore (unissued)
                                                      Lambert in DEMS 04/3-56:

                                                      '...the first two ensemble choruses of Crescendo In Blue are missing. This is not because they are edited out, for other (unissued) versions exist with this same cut. All such performances that I have heard come from dances and it may be that the syncopated brass breaks in these choruses 'threw' the dancers and were therefore omitted when the piece was played at a dance.'

                                                      Webmaster's comments:
                                                      • This dance was on one of the first two Ellington CDs I bought, and in my opinion, Paul's solo in the middle of D&CIB is arguably the best version.
                                                      • Various labels released CDs calling the band the All-Star Road Band. The band never worked under that name, and ads in the Altoona Mirror and Indiana Evening Gazette show Duke Ellington and His Famous Orchestra.
                                                      • CD labelling is inconsistent. Some labels have All-Star Road Band Vol. II as the 1957 dance, others have the 1957 dance as Vol. I.
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                                                      Monday
                                                      .New York, N.Y.Fine Sound StudiosFirst Verve recording session involving Ellington and his orchestra for the Norman Granz/Ella Fitzgerald project Ella Fitzgerald Sings the Duke Ellington Songbook. Ella worked with studio musicians for other parts of this project; this chronicle only discusses the sessions involving Fitzgerald with Ellington or just Ellington.

                                                      The project yielded two double LP sets; each consisted of one record of Ella with a small group of studio musicians and one with the Ellingtonians. Most of one side of the second set is taken up by A Portrait of Ella Fitzgerald, a suite written by Ellington and Strayhorn that was commissioned by Granz and dedicated to Miss Fitzgerald, recorded in September.

                                                      As usual, Ellington winged it in these sessions, rather than having the music worked out carefully ahead of time, consequently Ella found the sessions difficult.
                                                      Ella Fitzgerald with Duke Ellington and His Orchestra
                                                      Cook, Anderson, Baker, Terry, Nance, Dizzie Gillespie, Woodman, Jackson, Sanders, Hamilton, Procope, Hodges, Gonsalves, Carney, Ellington, Strayhorn, Woode, Woodyard, Fitzgerald. (personnel are discussed in DEMS 00,1-9).

                                                      Titles recorded:
                                                      • Day Dream
                                                      • Take The "A" Train (this version used 6 trumpets)
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                                                      .New York, N.Y.Fine Sound StudiosSecond Verve recording session for the Ella Fitzgerald Sings the Duke Ellington Songbook project - see 1957 06 24.
                                                      Ella Fitzgerald with Duke Ellington and His Orchestra
                                                      Cook, Anderson, Baker, , Terry, Nance, Woodman, Jackson, Sanders, Hamilton, Procope, Hodges, Gonsalves, Carney, Ellington, Strayhorn, Woode, Woodyard, Fitzgerald

                                                      Titles recorded:
                                                      • Everything But You
                                                      • I Got It Bad and That Ain't Good
                                                      • Drop Me Off In Harlem
                                                      • Lost In Meditation
                                                      • I Ain't Got Nothin' But the Blues
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                                                      .New York, N.Y.Fine Sound StudiosThird Verve recording session for the Ella Fitzgerald Sings the Duke Ellington Songbook project - see 1957 06 24.
                                                      Ella Fitzgerald with Duke Ellington and His Orchestra
                                                      Cook, Anderson, Baker, Terry, Nance, Woodman, Jackson, Sanders, Hamilton, Procope, Hodges, Gonsalves, Carney, Ellington, Woode, Woodyard, Fitzgerald

                                                      Titles recorded:
                                                      • Clementine
                                                      • I'm Just A Lucky So And So
                                                      • I'm Beginning To See The Light
                                                      • I Didn't Know About You
                                                      • Rockin' In Rhythm

                                                      Two more Verve recording sessions were held this day. One was Johnny Hodges with 12 Ellington men, the other was a Dizzie Gillespie septet that included Gonsalves and Marshall. These are beynond the scope of this chronicle but are mentioned because they involved Ellingtonians. Details are in Timner V.
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                                                      .New York, N.Y.Fine Sound StudiosFourth Verve recording session for the Ella Fitzgerald Sings the Duke Ellington Songbook project - see 1957 06 24.
                                                      Ella Fitzgerald with Duke Ellington and His Orchestra
                                                      Cook, Anderson, Baker, , Terry, Nance, Woodman, Jackson, Sanders, Hamilton, Procope, Hodges, Gonsalves, Carney, Ellington, Sanders, Woode, Woodyard, Fitzgerald

                                                      Titles recorded:
                                                      • All Too Soon
                                                      • Caravan
                                                      • Bli-Blip
                                                      • Chelsea Bridge
                                                      • Perdido
                                                      • E And D Blues
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                                                      .Johnson City, N.Y.E. J. Recreation Center4 hour show and dance, 9 to 1.

                                                      The advertised ticket price was $2.00 including taxes.
                                                      James Canan reviewed the performance in his Saturday, "Like Coming Home," and about interviewing Duke in his Sunday column, "The Duke Plays Jazz 'So They'll Like It.'"

                                                      From his review, about 1,000 attended, the piano was a little flat, and the band numbered 14. Song titles mentioned were Mood Indigo, Crescendo in Blue with Gonsalves' solo, and Take the "A" Train. Interestingly, the trio in Mood Indigo is reported as 2 trombones and a soprano sax. In his Sunday column, Canan wrote:

                                                      '  A clue to the universal appeal of Duke Ellington's music can be found in the way the man himself can sit down and talk to total strangers as if he's known them all his life.
                                                        It was intermission time at the EJ Recreation Center in Johnson City Friday night and a Sunday Press reporter went backstage to interview the Duke.
                                                        "Sure I've got a minute," he said, and then proceeded to take the entire break time to tell the reporter and more than a dozen other Ellington fans about his philosophies on the subject of jazz and art in general.
                                                        He talks about his arrangements in a way that non-musicians can appreciate. His arrangements are that way, too.
                                                        "I don't think about whether they're going to understand it, or whether they're going to know what I'm trying to do with the music," he explained. "We play it so they'll like it."'

                                                      Both Canan articles can be read in full at http://fultonhistory.com, by searching for Duke Ellington 1957, choosing all the words, and then scrolling down to Binghamton NY Press Grayscale 1957 - 5758.pdf and Binghamton NY Press Grayscale 1957 - 5798.pdf respectively.
                                                      Binghamton Press, Binghamton, N.Y.:
                                                      • Publicity, 1957-06-16 p.9-C
                                                      • Ad, 1957-06-27 p.34
                                                      • Review "Like Coming Home", 1957-06-29, p.11
                                                      • Report The Duke Plays Jazz 'So They'll Like It, 1957-06-30 s.C p.1
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                                                      1957 07 00...PERSONNEL CHANGE
                                                      Singer Ozzie Bailey joins the band, having previously participated in 4 recording sessions in 1956 and 1957.
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                                                      Highland Park, Ill.Ravinia Park FestivalConcert, with CBS remote broadcast from radio station WCBS:
                                                      Duke Ellington and His OrchestraCook, Anderson, Baker, Terry, Nance, Woodman, Jackson, Sanders, Hamilton, Procope, Hodges, Gonsalves, Carney, Ellington, Woode, Woodyard
                                                      Bailey and Grissom also performed but were not in the broadcast.
                                                      Titles recorded:
                                                      • Such Sweet Thunder
                                                        • Such Sweet Thunder
                                                        • Sonnet For Sister Kate
                                                        • Up And Down, Up And Down, I Will Lead Them Up & Down.
                                                        • Star-Crossed Lovers
                                                        • Madness In Great Ones (Down Beat shows Madness and the Great Ones)
                                                        • Half The Fun
                                                        • Circle Of Fourths
                                                      • Jam With Sam
                                                      Other titles played according to Down Beat:
                                                      • Sonnet for Caesar
                                                      • Hank Cinq
                                                      • The Telecasters
                                                      • Lady Mac
                                                      • Sonnet for the Moor
                                                      • The Hawk Talks
                                                      • Selections from A Drum is a Woman
                                                      • Skin Deep
                                                      • Flamingo
                                                      • Do Nothin' TilL You Hear From Me
                                                      • Rock City Rock
                                                      • Medley:
                                                        • In A Sentimental Mood
                                                        • Mood Indigo
                                                        • Sophisticated Lady
                                                        • Caravan
                                                        • Solitude
                                                      • Diminuendo and Crescendo in Blue
                                                      Seymour Raven's review complained

                                                      '...But midway through the score [the Shakespearean Suite] a radio announcer came out to say that the rest of the suite would be bestowed on the airways...Turning the listeners into a studio audience with his instructions he broke up for me whatever continuity I had hoped to preserve in listening to new music...'

                                                      This seems likely to be the broadcast scheduled for 2:05 p.m. PDT Sunday July 7 on CBS affiliate KIRO, according to an ad in the Seattle Times.
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                                                      Wednesday
                                                      .Highland Park, Ill.Ravinia Park FestivalConcert
                                                      Stratemann shows this performance as July 4, a Thursday, but the July 1 broadcast ends by announcing the concert will be on Wednesday.

                                                      Vail repeats the error.

                                                      The July 3 date is supported by
                                                      • an advertisement by Abe Books, which says "program from the Ravinia Festival ... of July 1st and 3rd, 1957. Signed by Duke Ellington on the back page ..."
                                                      • Announcement, Austin News
                                                        'Duke Ellington and his orchestra will be presented to Ravinia audiences for the first time in jazz concerts on July 1 and 3.'
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                                                      Smithsonian Institution Ellington collection, Series 2: Performances and Programs, 1933-1974,Box 11, folder 23 holds a folder labelled Newport Jazz Festival, Newport, Rhode Island, July 4-7, 1957. C. Windheuser, Smithsonian Reference Services volunteer, advised the folder holds 2 copies of program for 4th festival 1957, the program does not include Ellington but uses his image for a record ad.
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                                                      Friday
                                                      .Glencoe, Ill.Lake Shore Country Club.Stratemann p.377..
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                                                      Saturday
                                                      .Spring Valley, Ill.Les Buzz BallroomDancing 9:30 till 1:30 (dst)
                                                      Adv.$2.00 Door $2.25
                                                      Ads:
                                                      • DeKalb Daily Chronicle. DeKalb, Ill., 1957-07-05 p.9
                                                      • The Daily Gazette, Sterling-Rock Falls, Ill., 1957-07-05 p.3
                                                      • The Morris (Ill.)Daily Herald, 1957-07-05 p.6
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                                                      Sunday
                                                      .Marinette, Wisc.Silver DomeLikely a dance.
                                                      (Escanaba and Marinette are about 55 miles apart, on the northwestern shore of Lake Michigan)
                                                      • Daily Press, Escanaba, Mich.
                                                        1957-07-03 p.2
                                                      • Green Bay Press-Gazette, Green Bay, Wisc.
                                                        1957-07-05 p.20
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                                                      Tuesday
                                                      .Delavan, Wisc.Dutch Mill Ballroom
                                                      Delavan Lake
                                                      (Delevan is less than an hour drive north-northeast of Belvidere. The ballroom was destroyed by fire the night of Saturday 1957 12 21)
                                                      • Belvidere Daily Republican, Belvidere, Ill.
                                                        1957-07-05 p.8
                                                      • Rockford Register-Republic, Rockford,Ill.
                                                        1957-07-05 p.B9
                                                      • Milwaukee Journal, Milwaukee, Wisc.,
                                                        1957-12-23 p.8
                                                      • Janesville Daily Gazette, Janesville, Wisc.
                                                        1957-06-22 p.42
                                                      • Racine Journal-Times, Racine, Wisc.
                                                        1957-07-05 p.19
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                                                      1957 07 21Chicago, Ill.Blue Note
                                                      nightclub
                                                      Beginning of the 2 five day week residency per the contract signed 1957 01 10
                                                      • 15 musicians and 1 vocalist
                                                      • led by "Duke Ellington Inc., presents Duke Ellington"
                                                      • to the Blue Note on August 21, 1957 for two weeks, 32 hours per week, 5 day week, Sunday Matinee.

                                                      During this residency, African drummer Guy Warren (aka Kofi Ghanaba) played in the band, either as a sub for Sam Woodyard or with both of them playing.
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                                                      Thursday
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                                                      1957 07 12
                                                      Friday
                                                      .Chicago, Ill.Blue Note
                                                      Night Club
                                                      Night club residency - see 1957 07 10
                                                      Remote NBC Monitor broadcast:
                                                      Duke Ellington and His Orchestra
                                                      Cook, Anderson, Baker, Terry, Nance, Woodman, Henderson Chambers, Sanders, Hamilton, Procope, Hodges, Gonsalves, Carney, Ellington, Woode, Guy Warren, Grissom, Bailey
                                                      Titles broadcast:
                                                      • Rock City Rock
                                                      • You Better Know It
                                                      • I Got It Bad and That Ain't Good
                                                      Note Timner V dates the recording July 12 but the broadcast July 13. This is consistent with the Monitor policy of feeding broadcasts to network stations on weekends.
                                                      • Girvan:   Ellingtonia.com
                                                      • Timner
                                                      • Ole J. Nielsen, Jazz Records 1942-80, A discography: Vol. Six, Duke Ellington
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                                                      Sunday
                                                      .Chicago, Ill.Blue NoteNight club residency - see 1957 07 10

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                                                      Monday
                                                      .Chicago, Ill..Activities not documented - Blue Note day off...
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                                                      Tuesday
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                                                      .Chicago, Ill.Blue NoteEnd of night club residency - see 1957 07 10

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                                                      Monday
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                                                      Tuesday
                                                      .Buffalo, N.Y.Kleinhans Music HallEllington Night at the Summer Pops at Kleinhans Music Hall
                                                      featuring Duke Ellington and His Rhythm Section
                                                      The concert was broadcast on WEBN and WBEN-FM:
                                                      Duke Ellington and His Rhythm with the Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra
                                                      Ellington, Woode, Woodyard and the Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra

                                                      Titles recorded:
                                                      • Night Creature
                                                      • New World A-Comin'
                                                      • Stalking Monster
                                                      • Take The "A" Train
                                                      • Portrait in Blues or Ad Lib Blues
                                                      • Mood Indigo
                                                      Kenneth Gill's review:

                                                      'Jazz's 'Duke' Shows Genius At Concert

                                                        There were few empty seats...
                                                        Offering his own symphonic creations, as well as his tuneful ballads and pop tunes, the envy of the musical sophisticats cast his performance spell over the large audience, drawing forth ever mounting applause and the insistence upon encores.
                                                        To the accompaniment of Conductor Willis Page and the orchestra the "Duke" served as piano solist [sic] for his own "New World A-Comin'" and the second segment of his cycle "Night Creature."
                                                        The first, a rhapsodic elaboration of generous proportions, asked much in orchestration and mood. There was some fudging of the intricate keyboard and instrumental figures but the overall impression was spectacular enough to satisfy the eager followers.
                                                        In the nocturnal poem, the writing fell better in the performers hands,...
                                                        For his second showing the exponent of "Caravan," "Sophisticated Lady," "I Got It Bad" and "Solitude" took these tunes in medley, added the rhythm of bassist James Goode [sic] and drummer Sam Woodyard and finally gave his listeners the moment they awaited.
                                                        Each of these returned interrupting applause and the demand for a quick supply of encores.'

                                                      • Buffalo Courier-Express, Buffalo, N.Y.,
                                                        • Loblaw's ad, 1957-07-18 p.10
                                                        • Radio-TV notes 1957-07-23 p.4
                                                        • Gill review, 1957-07-24 p.11
                                                      • Buffalo Criterion, Buffalo, N.Y. 1957-07-20 p.6
                                                      • Girvan:   Ellingtonia.com
                                                      • Ole J. Nielsen, Jazz Records 1942-80, A discography: Vol. Six, Duke Ellington, p.174
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                                                      .Erie, Penn.Rainbow Garden.The Derrick, Oil City-Frnaklin-Clarion, Penn., 1957-07-18 p.28..
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                                                      Saturday
                                                      .Stony Brook, N.Y.Dogwood Hollow (amphitheatre)Recorded concert, Stony Brook Music Festival, sponsored by the Security National Bank
                                                      Duke Ellington and His Orchestra
                                                      Cook, Anderson, Baker, , Terry, Woodman, Jackson, Sanders, Hamilton, Procope, Hodges, Gonsalves, Carney, Ellington, Woode, Woodyard, Grissom, Bailey
                                                      Titles recorded:
                                                      • Take The "A" Train (theme)
                                                      • Black And Tan Fantasy
                                                      • Newport Up
                                                      • Sophisticated Lady
                                                      • What Else Can You Do With A Drum
                                                      • You Better Know It
                                                      • Jeep's Blues
                                                      • All Of Me
                                                      • Rock City Rock
                                                      • La Virgen De La Macarena
                                                      • Skin Deep
                                                      • Medley
                                                      The medley consisted of:
                                                      • Don't Get Around Much Anymore
                                                      • Do Nothin' Till You Hear From Me
                                                      • In A Sentimental Mood
                                                      • Mood Indigo
                                                      • I'm Beginning To See The Light
                                                      • Sophisticated Lady
                                                      • Caravan
                                                      • I Got It Bad and That Ain't Good
                                                      • It Don't Mean A Thing
                                                      • Solitude
                                                      • C-Jam Blues
                                                      • I Let A Song & Don't Get Around Much Anymore

                                                      Stratemann:

                                                      'Under the theme 'symphony vs. jazz,' the Ellington band did the second half of the concert with the NBC-TV Wide Wide World Symphony Orchestra under David Broekman.'

                                                      The Advance:

                                                      'STONY BROOK–Duke Ellington and his orchestra will make their Long Island debut in Dogwood Hollow here July 27. Duke's appearance at the only major music festival on Long Island is an answer to the thousands of requests received by the festival committee for a jazz night to be added to the concert series.
                                                        David Broekman, conducting the NBC Wide Wide World Symphony Orchestra, has composed and arranged a novel and exciting program of music with a "Jazz Versus Classics" theme. For the first time since the music festival's inception, a community minded organization, the Security National Bank, will be sponsoring this evening of music.'

                                                      Warren Forbes of Patchogue, met Duke and showed him a mural he had on display in Dogwood Hollow depicting a fantasy-interpretation of some 30 Ellington compositions.
                                                      • Stratemann p.377
                                                      • Vail II p.124
                                                      • The Long Islander
                                                        • 1957-06-27 s.4, p.1
                                                        • 1957-07-04 s.2 p.8
                                                      • The Suffolk County News, Sayville, N.Y. 1957-06-28 p.14
                                                      • The Advance, Patchogue, N.Y.
                                                        • 1957-07-04, s.3, p.5
                                                        • 1957-08-01 p.1
                                                      • Girvan:   Ellingtonia.com
                                                      • Timner
                                                      • Ole J. Nielsen, Jazz Records 1942-80, A discography: Vol. Six, Duke Ellington, p.174
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                                                      Stratemann and Vail show a performance at the Music Barn in Lenox, Mass. without citing sources. While the band was booked there that night, its appearance was postponed to August 1, and Billie Holiday performed instead.
                                                      • Stratemann p.377
                                                      • Vail II
                                                      • The Berkshire Eagle, Pittsfield, Mass.
                                                        • 1957-06-11 p.8
                                                        • 1957-07-19 p.6
                                                      • The North Adams, Massachusetts, Transcript 1957-07-25 p.2
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                                                      Monday
                                                      .New York, N.Y.East River Park amphitheatreRecorded 90-minute concert with a remote WNBC/WHYNC radio broadcast. This was the eighth concert of a series sponsored by The Lower East Side Neighborhood Association called Evenings By The River.
                                                      Duke Ellington and His Orchestra
                                                      Cook, Anderson, Baker, Terry, Nance, Woodman, Jackson, Sanders, Hamilton, Procope, Hodges, Gonsalves, Carney, Ellington, Woode, Woodyard, Grissom, Bailey
                                                      Titles broadcast/recorded:
                                                      • Star Spangled Banner
                                                      • Black And Tan Fantasy
                                                      • Perdido
                                                      • Clarinet Melodrama
                                                      • Theme for Trambean
                                                      • Sophisticated Lady
                                                      • Congo Square
                                                      • Take The "A" Train
                                                      • Just Squeeze Me
                                                      • La Virgen De La Macarena
                                                      • What Else Can You Do With A Drum
                                                      • You Better Know It
                                                      • V.I.P. Boogie
                                                      • Jam With Sam
                                                      • The Hawk Talks
                                                      • Jeep's Blues
                                                      • All Of Me
                                                      • Flamingo
                                                      • Do Nothin' Till You Hear From Me
                                                      • Rock City Rock
                                                      • Skin Deep
                                                      • Medley
                                                      The medley consisted of
                                                      • Don't Get Around Much Anymore
                                                      • Do Nothin' Till You Hear From Me
                                                      • In A Sentimental Mood
                                                      • Mood Indigo
                                                      • I'm Beginning To See The Light
                                                      • Sophisticated Lady
                                                      • Caravan
                                                      • I Got It Bad and That Ain't Good
                                                      • It Don't Mean A Thing
                                                      • Solitude
                                                      • C-Jam Blues
                                                      • I Let A Song & Don't Get Around Much Anymore
                                                      • Stratemann p.377
                                                      • Vail II p.157
                                                      • New York Times radio log 1957-07-29
                                                      • Amsterdam News, New York, N.Y., 1957-07-27 p.14
                                                      • New York Age, New York, N.Y., 1957-07-27 p.16
                                                      • Girvan:   Ellingtonia.com
                                                      • Timner
                                                      • Ole J. Nielsen, Jazz Records 1942-80, A discography: Vol. Six, Duke Ellington p.174
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                                                      Stratemann shows a week-long appearance at the Cotton Club in Atlantic City based on Variety. Vail lists it as well, without showing a source. Since it conflicts with the Music Barn and Buckeye Lake performances, it seems likely the Cotton Club engagement was cancelled or shortened. Additional research is needed.
                                                    • Stratemann p.377 citing Variety 1957-07-31 p.109
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                                                      1957 08 01
                                                      Thursday
                                                      .Lenox, Mass.Music BarnConcert, 8.40 p.m.
                                                      (see 1957 07 28)
                                                      Milton Bass:

                                                      '...Ellington delighted and excited an over-capacity audience of 1,200...Right from the opening "Blues" last night one was aware that here was an orchestra that could blow sweet, loud or dirty, whichever the occasion demanded.
                                                        Most of the numbers...were Ellington originals, a great many from his latest compositions "Newport Suite" and "A Drum Is a Woman." There was a solo opportunity for nearly every one of the sidemen and with a band that boasts Johnny Hodges...Harry Carney...Ray Nance and "Cat" Anderson ... Sam Woodyard... and the Duke himself on piano, you can be sure that each solo was outstanding.
                                                        This is a well-balanced band with eight brass, five reeds, three rhythm and singers James Grissim [sic] and Ossie [sic] Bailey...
                                                        High Point of the evening was the medley at the end when some 13 Ellington compositions were played. These included such classics as "Caravan," "Mood Indigo," "In My Solitude," "Don't Get Around Much Anymore," "Do Nothing Till You Hear From Me" and the "C Jam Blues." There were some who probably regarded drummer Sam Woodyard's solo on "Skin Deep" as the climax, but who cares what people like that think. Woodyard is an excellent drummer, however, and performed his solo in bang-up fashion.
                                                        As an encore,the band performed "Crescendo" and "Diminuendo" from the Newport compostion and tenor man Paul Gonsalves took 4,987,654 choruses. He rides but he doesn't swing, and it was a piece of sound and fury with the usual meaning. Everybody had a good time, however, and that is the important thing they keep telling me every week.
                                                        It was wonderful to see the handsome, royal Duke, and it was great to hear a band that can make a sound like that. It's not at all like Lawrence Welk and that indeed is something to be thankful for.'

                                                      • The Berkshire Eagle, Pittsfield, Mass.
                                                        • 1957-07-19 p.6
                                                        • 1957-07-30 p.9
                                                        • 1957-08-02 p.7 (Bass review)
                                                      • The North Adams, Massachusetts, Transcript
                                                        • 1957-07-25 p.2
                                                        • 1957-07-30 p.5
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                                                      Sunday
                                                      .Columbus, OhioCrystal Ballroom
                                                      Buckeye Lake Park
                                                      .
                                                    • The Newark Advocate, Newark, Ohio, 1957-07-25 p.41
                                                    • The Zanesville (Ohio) Signal
                                                      • 1957-07-23 p.8
                                                      • 1957-07-25 p.41
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                                                      Monday
                                                      .Buckeye Lake, OhioSkateland
                                                      Buckeye Lake Park.
                                                      One-nighter
                                                      • The Times Recorder,
                                                        Zanesville, Ohio
                                                        • 1957-07-23 p.2
                                                        • 1957-07-24 p.8
                                                        • 1957-07-31 p.5
                                                      • The Newark Advocate,
                                                        Newark, Ohio
                                                        1957-08-01 p.33
                                                      • The Lancaster, (O), Eagle-Gazette,
                                                        Lancaster, Ohio
                                                        1957-08-02 p.15
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                                                      .Waterloo, IowaElectric Park Ballroom....
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                                                      Friday
                                                      La Crosse, Wisc.New fairground
                                                      Hwy. 16 at County Trunk M
                                                      Grandstand shows, 2 p.m. and 8 p.m., in front of the grandstand. Admission: Adults, 90 cents, children, 35 cents, tax included.

                                                      'On Thursday and Friday afternoon and evening the fair crowds will be entertained by Duke Ellington and his show. Each performance will be two hours long, Frisch said.'

                                                      • The La Crosse Sunday Tribune, La Crosse, Wisc.:
                                                        • 1957-06-23, p.6
                                                        • 1957-07-28 pp.13, 20
                                                      • Cavalcade of Fairs, The Billboard 1957-11-25, pp.163-164
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                                                      .La Crosse, Wisc.New fairground
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                                                      Saturday
                                                      .Marion, IowaArmar Ballroom
                                                      1st Avenue
                                                      COMING SATURDAY
                                                      I-N P-E-R-S-O-N

                                                      America's Genius of Modern
                                                      Music
                                                      DUKE
                                                      ELLINGTON

                                                      and his famous orchestra,

                                                      featuring a host of
                                                      recording artists
                                                      Admission Just $1.55 plus tax
                                                      Make Reservations Early!

                                                      The ballroom was on the Marion side of the border between Cedar Rapids and its suburb, Marion. It appears to have been, at one time, an airplane hangar.
                                                      • Ads, The Cedar Rapids Gazette:
                                                        • 1957-08-07 p.31
                                                        • 1957-08-08 p.16
                                                      • Location info:
                                                        • Dave Adkins, Ramblings: A Piece of My Mind, ISBN e-book 978-1-5035-6456-5, chapter 12
                                                        • John Behrens, America's Music Makers: Big Bands & Ballrooms 1912-2011, p.57
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                                                      Saturday
                                                      .Springfield, Ill.Illinois State Fair GroundsGrandstand show
                                                      state fair

                                                      Also on the bill: film star Rhonda Fleming, comedian Dick Shawn and actor James Arness (star of the TV series Gunsmoke)
                                                      • Stratemann p.377 citing Variety 1957-08-07 p.5
                                                      • Edwardsville Intelligencer,
                                                        Edwardsville, Ill, 1957-08-08 p.2
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                                                      Sunday
                                                      .St. Louis, Mo.Club Riviera
                                                      4460 Delmar

                                                      'Club Riviera
                                                      4460 Delmar
                                                      SUNDAY NITE, AUG.18
                                                      One Nite Only 6 'Til Midnight
                                                      DUKE ELLINGTON
                                                      and his Orchestra
                                                      in Concert and Dance
                                                      ... '

                                                      Stratemann (citing DESB) and Vail report ex-band member Jimmy Forrest sat in on tenor this date.
                                                      • St.Louis Post-Dispatch, St. Louis, Mo.
                                                        • 1957-08-09 p.6D
                                                        • 1957-08-11 p.7F
                                                      • Stratemann p.377 citing DESB
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                                                      1957 08 20
                                                      Tuesday
                                                      ... Peripheral event
                                                      Mike McManus:

                                                      'The current issue of Look magazine presents a good pictorial biography on the great Duke Ellington...'

                                                      According to the Library of Congress website, the bi-weekly American photo magazine Look 1957-08-20 edition ran a feature produced by David Zingg and titled Duke Ellington: a living legend swings on. The database shows photographer Charlotte Brooks placed 28 photos in Look's library on 1957 02 18, and 10 of these were used in the article.
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                                                      .Monticello, Ind.Indiana Beach Ballroom
                                                      Shafer Lake
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                                                      • Stratemann p.377 citing DESB
                                                      • Ads, The Logansport Press,
                                                        Logansport, Ind.,
                                                        1957-08-17 p.3 and p.8 (evening edition)
                                                      • The Indianpolis Star
                                                        Indianapolis, Ind.
                                                        • 1957-08-19 p.13
                                                        • 1957-08-20 p.26
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                                                      Wednesday
                                                      1957 09 04Chicago, Ill.Blue Note
                                                      Night Club
                                                      Night club residency per contract made 1957 06 11 with "Frank Holzfeind The Blue Note."

                                                      Ellington and Associated Booking Corporation to provide 15 musicians and 1 vocalist, led by "Duke Ellington Inc., presents Duke Ellington" for two weeks, 32 hours per week, 5 day week, Sunday Matinee. The fee was $5,000/week less 10% to Associated Booking.
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                                                      Thursday
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                                                      Friday
                                                      .Chicago, Ill.Blue NoteNight club residency - see 1957 08 21...
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                                                      Saturday
                                                      .Chicago, Ill.Blue NoteNight club residency - see 1957 08 21

                                                      Radio remote:
                                                      Duke Ellington and His Orchestras
                                                      Cook, Anderson, Baker, Terry, Nance, Woodman, Jackson, Sanders, Hamilton, Procope, Hodges, Gonsalves, Carney, Ellington, Woode, Woodyard, Grissom, Bailey

                                                      Titles recorded:
                                                      • What Else Can You Do With A Drum
                                                      • Newport Up
                                                      • Jeep's Blues
                                                      • Girvan:   Ellingtonia.com
                                                      • Timner
                                                      • Ole J. Nielsen, Jazz Records 1942-80, A discography: Vol. Six, Duke Ellington, p.176
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                                                      Monday
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                                                      Tuesday
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                                                      .Chicago, Ill.Blue NoteNight club residency - see 1957 08 21...
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                                                      .Chicago, Ill.Blue NoteNight club residency - see 1957 08 21...
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                                                      .Chicago, Ill.Blue NoteNight club residency - see 1957 08 21...
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                                                      Saturday
                                                      .Chicago, Ill.Blue NoteNight club residency - see 1957 08 21

                                                      Remote broadcast:
                                                      Duke Ellington and His Orchestra
                                                      Cook, Anderson, Baker, Terry, Nance, Woodman, Jackson, Sanders, Hamilton, Procope, Hodges, Gonsalves, Carney, Ellington, Woode, Woodyard, Sherrill, Bailey
                                                      Titles recorded:
                                                      • Take The "A" Train (theme)
                                                      • Rhumbop
                                                      • Pomegranate
                                                      • Such Sweet Thunder
                                                      • Girvan:   Ellingtonia.com
                                                      • Timner
                                                      • Ole J. Nielsen, Jazz Records 1942-80, A discography: Vol. Six, Duke Ellington, p.176
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                                                      1957 09 01
                                                      Sunday
                                                      .Chicago, Ill.Blue NoteNight club residency - see 1957 08 21

                                                      Matinee and evening performances

                                                      This would be the last working night of the two week engagement which began on Wednesday, 1957 08 21, because it is the 10th day of the contract, which provided for two five day weeks.
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                                                      Monday
                                                      .Chicago, Ill.Universal StudioFifth Verve recording session for the Ella Fitzgerald Sings the Duke Ellington Songbook project - see 1957 06 24
                                                      Duke Ellington & His Orchestra
                                                      • Personnel per New Desor and Girvan:
                                                        High brass:
                                                           Anderson, Baker, Cook, Nance, Terry
                                                        Low brass:
                                                           Woodman, Jackson, Sanders
                                                        Reeds:
                                                           Hamilton, Procope, Hodges, Gonsalves, Carney
                                                        Rhythm:
                                                           Ellington, Woode, Woodyard
                                                      • Personnel per MacHare:
                                                        High brass:
                                                           Anderson, Cook, Nance, Terry
                                                        Low brass:
                                                           Jackson, Woodman, Sanders
                                                        Reeds:
                                                           Hamilton, Procope, Hodges, Gonsalves, Frank Foster, Carney
                                                        Rhythm:
                                                           Ellington, Strayhorn, Woode, Woodyard
                                                      • Personnel per Timner V:
                                                        High brass:
                                                           Anderson, Baker, Cook,Terry
                                                        Low brass:
                                                           Jackson, Woodman, Sanders
                                                        Reeds:
                                                           Hamilton, Procope, Hodges, Gonsalves, Frank Foster, Carney
                                                        Rhythm:
                                                           Ellington, Strayhorn, Woode, Woodyard
                                                      • The Nielsen and Jepsen sessionographies do not show personnel specific to this session.
                                                      Titles recorded:
                                                      • Royal Ancestry
                                                      • All Heart
                                                      • Beyond Category
                                                      • Total Jazz
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                                                      .Chicago, Ill..Timner and Stratemann report a recording session for the Argo label by The Jimmy Woode All Stars, a septet which included Terry, Gonsalves, Woode and Woodyard, on this date. Six titles were recorded. Argo LP 630 was released in 1958 with the title The Colorful Strings of Jimmy Woode.
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                                                      Monday
                                                      .Le Roy, Ill..Dancing, 9 to 1 P.M.[sic] DST
                                                      Le Roy's 18th Annual Free Fall Festival

                                                      Although the festival was free, the evening dances were not. The price for Ellington was advertised as $1.82 plus tax and the venue is not named. Ellington's appearance appears to be the last evening of a six-day affair promoted by Gem City Shows.
                                                      Since this was Monday, Ellington and his orchestra had the day off from the Blue Note, however this appearance may conflict with the two Sept. 2 recording sessions noted above. Further research is needed to confirm the session times.
                                                      • The Billboard 1957-09-02 p.75
                                                      • The Pantagraph, Bloomington, Ill.,
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                                                        • 1957-09-02 p.2
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                                                      .Toronto, Ont.City HallAccording to Stratemann and Vail, Ellington was in Toronto briefly for a reception. Neither names a source, and the purpose of the reception is undocumented....
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                                                      Thursday
                                                      .Stratford, Ont.Festival TheatreAfternoon concert, Shakespearean Festival

                                                      Barb Latham's review:

                                                      '...Stratford... was invaded by 830 Duke Ellington fans who had come from many points to see and hear Mr. Ellington and his orchestra perform their latest musical spectacular, Such Sweet Thunder...[ here Ms Latham names several movements and soloists Hamilton, Gonsalves, and Hodges]
                                                        If the audience's reaction to the performance at Stratford is any indication, Such Sweet Thunder ought to make a lot of people sit up and take notice.
                                                        The second half of the program was comprised of excerpts from Duke's not-so-recent work, A Drum is A Woman. They should have left the music behind. It really suffered in comparison with the excellence of Such Sweet Thunder.
                                                        The vocals were handled by Margaret Tynes, Joya Sherrill and Ozzie Bailey. The girls seemed more interested in displaying their charms than in singing. Perhaps that was partly the fault of the band. Three-quarters of the time the accompaniment was so lout you couldn't hear the voices.
                                                        The only thing that saved the second part of the program from being a flop was the addition of several old Ellington Standards such as Mood Indigo, Do Nothing Till You Hear From Me and In My Solitude. This time the vocals by Ozzie Bailey, Jimmy Grissom and Ray Nance were superb.'

                                                      Jack Chambers in his comprehensive Coda magazine article reprinted in DEMS 05/1-43:

                                                      'When the Stratford program for 1957 was announced, Ellington was not included. He then had to persuade the program committee to bring him in as a late addition (see 1957 04 29 above).

                                                      Ellington would return to Stratford three more times:
                                                      • 1963 - to write incidental music for Timon of Athens
                                                      • May 1966, concert
                                                      • July 1968, Sacred Concert

                                                      At least part of the concert was recorded, despite Mr. Chambers' statement to the contrary:

                                                      Duke Ellington and His Orchestra
                                                      Cook, Anderson, Baker, Terry, Nance, Woodman, Jackson, Sanders, Hamilton, Procope, Hodges, Gonsalves, Carney, Ellington, Woode, Woodyard
                                                      Titles recorded:
                                                      Shakespearean Suite, Such Sweet Thunder:
                                                      • Sonnet For Caesar
                                                      • Sonnet To Hank Cinq
                                                      • The Telecasters
                                                      • Lady Mac
                                                      • Circle Of Fourths
                                                      • Sonnet In Search Of A Moor
                                                      • Such Sweet Thunder
                                                      • Sonnet For Sister Kate
                                                      • Up And Down, Up And Down
                                                      • Star-Crossed Lovers
                                                      • Madness In Great Ones
                                                      The above recordings are in the hands of collectors. It seems odd that only the first half of the concert would have been recorded, so whoever the source of these recordings is may also have the second half, as described by Ms Latham.

                                                      CAUTION:
                                                      At the time of writing, various on-line music vendors advertise Music and Arts CD 616 titled Duke Ellington Live at the 1957 Stratford Festival "made from an aircheck recorded on a set of lacquer discs, not on tape." The track listing for that CD shows it has only music recorded at Stratford in 1956 - see New Desor DE5618.
                                                      The suite, minus the last (unfinished) movement, premiered 1957 04 28 in a concert at Town Hall, New York City, and was also performed (and broadcast) at the Ravinia festival 1957 07 01. That broadcast is likely the version played on Seattle's KIRO Radio Sunday afternoon, 1957 07 07.

                                                      The five recording sessions for the long playing album were in August and December 1956 and April and early May, 1957. The album was issued September according to the Columbia album page at http://www.bsnpubs.com/columbia/columbia12/columbia1000.html. This month is somewhat corroborated by The New Orleans Times-Picayune which says in its July 7 edition that the album will be released in Canada in the near future, and by The Sept. 19 edition of The Boston Traveler which says Ellington has the new album (although the reviewer wrote that his copy had been stolen). Newspaper ads for the album first seem to appear in October.
                                                      The album received critical acclaim, and is discussed to some extent in many Ellington biographies. I have listed several sources shown as of the time of writing in Wikipedia but have not attempted to differentiate between those that discuss the record and those which describe this festival performance, nor have I attempted to place them in order of significance.
                                                      • Stratemann p.377
                                                      • Vail II
                                                      • Girvan:   Ellingtonia.com
                                                      • Timner
                                                      • Ole J. Nielsen, Jazz Records 1942-80, A discography: Vol. Six, Duke Ellington
                                                      • The Times-Picayune, New Orleans States, New Orleans, La. 1957-07-07 s.2 p.10
                                                      • Jack Chambers, Bardland: Shakespeare in Ellington's World, Coda magazine March/April 2005, reprinted in DEMS 05/1-43, citing
                                                        • Stanley Dance (1970) The World of Duke Ellington. London: Macmillan, p.28
                                                        • Don George (1981) Sweet Man: The Real Duke Ellington. New York: Putnam's Sons, pp. 136, 256
                                                        • Harry Rasky interview, ca. 1957-04-29
                                                        • Bob Smith interview, Georgian Towers Hotel, Vancouver. Broadcast on "Hot Air," CBC radio (Vancouver), 1 November 1962
                                                        • Irving Townsend (1960) "When Duke records." Reprinted in Mark Tucker, ed., The Duke Ellington Reader. New York: Oxford University Press, pp.320, 321
                                                        • Mark Tucker (1991). Ellington: The Early Years. Oxford: Bayou Press. p.25
                                                        • "Mood Indigo & Beyond." Time magazine 1956-08-20
                                                      • Barb Latham, Winnipeg Free Press, Winnipeg, Man., 1957-09-21 p.40
                                                      • Sources listed in Wikipedia:
                                                        • Bradbury, David. Duke Ellington. London: Haus, 2005. Esp. pp. 91
                                                        • Borrowers and Lenders: The Journal of Shakespeare and Appropriation Vol. 1, 2005
                                                        • Lanier, Douglas. To Be-Bop or Not to Be-Bop; Minstrelsy, Jazz, Rap: Shakespeare, African American Music, and Cultural Legitimation
                                                        • Buhler, Stephen M. Form and Character in Duke Ellington's and Billy Strayhorn's Such Sweet Thunder
                                                      • Nicholson, Stuart. Reminiscing in Tempo: A Portrait of Duke Ellington. Northeastern University Press, 1999
                                                      • Lambert, Eddie. Duke Ellington: A Listener's Guide. Lanham, Md.: Scarecrow Press, 1999. Esp. pp. 193-194.
                                                      • Kernfeld, Barry. New Grove Dictionary of Jazz. St. Martin's Press, 1994, p.331
                                                      • Tucker, Mark. The Duke Ellington Reader. New York: Oxford University Press, 1993:
                                                        • Harrison, Max. Max Harrison: Some Reflections on Ellington's Longer Works p.393
                                                        • Crouch, Stanley Stanley Crouch on Such Sweet Thunder, Suite Thursday, and Anatomy of a Murder
                                                      • Hasse, John. Beyond Category: The Life and Genius of Duke Ellington. New York: Simon & Schuster. 1993, pp. 331-333, 362
                                                      • Timmer
                                                      • Marsalis, Wynton, What Jazz is and Isn't, New York Times 1988-07-31
                                                      • DEIP, p. 117
                                                      • MIMM, p. 192
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                                                      Monday
                                                      .New York, N.Y.Columbia 30th St. studioColumbia recording session
                                                      10:30-13:30
                                                      Duke Ellington and His Orchestra
                                                      Cook, Anderson, Baker, Terry, Nance, Jackson, Sanders, Hamilton, Procope, Hodges, Henderson, Gonsalves, Carney, Ellington, Woode, Woodyard, Bailey
                                                      Titles recorded:
                                                      • Commercial Time
                                                      • Tenderly
                                                      • Autumn Leaves
                                                      • Mood Indigo
                                                      In DEMS 83/2 Jerry Valburn writes
                                                      ... One final interesting item on the use of "Sergeant Was Shy" on the Columbia "JAZZ MAKERS" record. At the time this record was being produced, Columbia could not find metal parts for this item. The record was borrowed (78 copy) from ... Boris Rose and it was transferred during an actual Ellington recording session at the Columbia Studios. It is from the New York session of 9Sep57 and this is exactly how the recording ledger reads!
                                                                         Job# 34715- September 9, 1957
                                                      CO 59716 COMMERCIAL TIME ,(B. Rose, use of
                                                      recordings, $60.00)
                                                      CO 59717 (SM41526) TENDERLY (Jimmy Grissom)
                                                      CO 59718 AUTUMN LEAVES (Ozzie Bailey) (Remade
                                                      October 1, 1957)
                                                      CO 59719 MOOD INDIGO
                                                      So not only was Rose's material transferred at this session, but the time and payment to Rose were charged to Ellington's session and even assigned a Master Number!
                                                      Aasland clarifies this in DEMS 85/1:

                                                      '...Mr. Valburm let us know how the Columbia ledger reads for this recording date leading us ... to believe that mx CO597l6 for "Commercial Time" should in fact stand for a remake fron a borrowed copy of "Sergeant Was Shy"(28Aug39). Well, it is not. It is a Duke Ellington-Rick Henderson composition which we now can listen to for the first time. The tune seens rather reminiscent of another one, however we have not yet detected which one... '

                                                      Sjef Hoefsmit discusses Autumn Leaves on DEMS 98/3-13.
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                                                      Tuesday
                                                      1957 09 15Pennsauken, N.J.Red Hill InnNight club residency, including matinee on Sunday
                                                      • Stratemann p.378 citing Variety 1957-08-28 p.46
                                                      • Philadelphia Inquirer, ads:
                                                        • 1957-09-06 p.30
                                                        • 1957-09-13 p.31
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                                                      .New York, N.Y.CBS Studios "Vic Damone Show"

                                                      Stratemann:

                                                      '"During this engagement, it is assumed, Ellington made a side-trip to New York for the following TV appearance:
                                                      Sept. 11 CBS-TV "The Vic Damone Show," New York.
                                                      According to trade publications, this was singer Damone's final Wednesday night musical variety program (8:00 to 9:00 p.m.) in a series that had been on TV for two seasons. Hence it must be assumed that the date of Oct. 11, 1957, found elsewhere, for the Ellington appearance is incorrect. The pianist played a guest role with the Show's Bert Farber orchestra and the Spellbinders vocal group, all of whom gave support to the host in a medley of Ellington compositions."'

                                                      The one hour show was telecast at 8 p.m. Wednesdays. It seems likely to have been pre-taped since a live telecast would have conflicted with the Red Hill Inn job. Further research is needed.
                                                      Ellington, Mr. Damone and the house orchestra led by Bert Farber played these titles:
                                                      • Take The "A" Train
                                                      • Medley:
                                                        • Don't Get Around Much Anymore
                                                        • Solitude*
                                                        • I'm Beginning To See The Light
                                                        • Do Nothin' Till You Hear From Me
                                                        • I Let A Song Go Out Of My Heart
                                                        • I Got It Bad and That Ain't Good*
                                                        • Caravan
                                                        * Damone sings
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                                                      ...Date of contract between "Frank Holzfeind The Blue Note," Duke Ellington Inc. and Associated Booking Corporation to provide 15 musicians and 1 vocalist, led by "Duke Ellington Inc., presents Duke Ellington" to the Blue Note from December 20, 1957 to January 2, 1958, for two weeks, 32 hours per week, 5 day week, Sunday Matinee, off days specified as December 23 & 24 and Jan. 1 & 2.

                                                      This contract includes the same headline billing and recording/broadcasting provisions.

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                                                      .Philadelphia, Penn.Club Hernanos ball
                                                      • Stratemann p.378 citing DESB
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                                                      Sunday
                                                      .Troy, N.Y.Troy Savings Bank Music HallConcert, 4 p.m.
                                                      (1,300 seat auditorium)
                                                      Review by R. Rudert:
                                                      • Started at 4:30, audience numbered about 300.
                                                      • Was not well advertised on the Rensselaer Polytechnic campus.
                                                      • Titles included Take the A Train, Perdido, Clarinet Melodrama, dance from Congo Square Theme, Take the A Train (full length), Skin Deep, Medley with Caravan, Don't Get Around Much Any More and Mood Indigo, Diminuendo and Crescenda in Blue.
                                                      • Sound system inadequate
                                                      • Stratemann p.378 citing Variety 1957-09-18 p.54
                                                      • Knickerbocker News, Albany, N.Y.,
                                                        • 1957-09-18 p.12B
                                                        • 1957-09-23 p.12B
                                                      • Times-Union, Albany,N.Y. 1957-09-22 p.B-8
                                                      • Richard Rudert, The Rensselaer Polytechnic, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, N.Y. 1957-09-25 p.2
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                                                      1957 09 29Boston, Mass.Storyville
                                                      Copley Square Hotel
                                                      Night club residency

                                                      No cover charge except the Sunday matinee, which was $2.00
                                                      Stratemann reports Ellington made a three-day trip to Los Angeles during this run, to attend a convention of the Duke Ellington Jazz Society. Ellington was interviewed there by a Frank Evans.
                                                      Webmaster's note:
                                                      I am seeking confirmation of Duke being absent, since the newspaper reports quoted herein make no mention. He was in Boston on opening day, and he was present on Friday as well, so he would have had to miss Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday. If that was so, why was in not mentioned by one of the columnists?
                                                      At some time this week, the band was broadcast over a Mutual Broadcasting System remote radio feed:

                                                      Duke Ellington and His Orchestra
                                                      Cook, Anderson, Baker, Terry, Nance, Woodman, Jackson, Sanders, Hamilton, Procope, Hodges, Gonsalves, Carney, Ellington, Woode, Woodyard

                                                      Titles broadcast/recorded:
                                                      • Take The "A" Train (theme)
                                                      • Jeep's Blues
                                                      • Newport Up
                                                      • La Virgen De La Macarena
                                                      • Just Squeeze Me
                                                      Klaus Götting advises

                                                      'Duke is clearly present, concluding A TRAIN saying; "This is Duke Ellington speaking to you from the Storyville in Boston..." and introducing the different numbers performed'


                                                      George Clarke, Around Boston:

                                                      'One amusing incident took place at Storyville at the premiere there of Duke Ellington and his band when patrons noticed that Jimmy Hamilton, the clarinetist, had what looked like a hearing aid in one ear. It wasn't. It was a tiny ear phone attached to a transistor set, and he was keeping the rest ofthe band informed on what was goin on - and playing clarinet at the same time!
                                                        George Wein flew in from New York for the opening, arriving around 4 o'clock Monday morning. When he reached the Copley Square hotel he found Duke Ellington alone in Storyville at the piano composing.
                                                        "What are you writing," asked George.
                                                        "A jazz suite for Teddy Wilson's tour," said the Duke.
                                                        "What do you call it??"
                                                        "I don't know yet." - And there he stayed until 6 in the morning....'

                                                      McLellan:

                                                      '  The Duke Ellington orchestra is the best jazz band in the country. And that means the world.
                                                        Listening to it each night this week at Storyville has been a wonderful musical experience...
                                                        To get that wealth of sound, you need a wealth of talent. Every man in the band is a soloist. And yet they blend and swing as one might unit.
                                                        The are all there - Johnny Hodges, Harry Carney, Quentin Jackson, Ray Nance and the others.
                                                        And smiling benignly over them all is ...-the Duke...
                                                        Duke could retire on the royalties alone from the songs he played in a 13-part medley during one set Monday night...
                                                        The Teenage Jazz Club opens its season tomorrow afternoon.
                                                        The first of the monthly meetings will be held at Storyville in the Copley Square Hotel. The time - 3:30 to 5:30 p.m.
                                                        ...At Friday's meeting, Herb Pomeroy will bring his big band over ...
                                                        Father Norman O'Connor will be there. He's the Boston University Newman Club chaplain...
                                                        One final item. Although the Duke wouldn't commit himself, it wouldn't be surprising if he and some of the band were at the meeting. His publicits [sic] Joe Morgan is bringa a Life magazine photographer up from New York to cover the afternoon...'

                                                      Emily Macy, "Talking Teen:"

                                                      '...Duke Ellington is expected to put in a stellar appearance at the intial meeting of the Teenage Jazz Club at Storyville today. And Herb Pomeroy and his band will officiate along with Father Norman O'Connor...'

                                                      McLellan:

                                                      'Marian McParland stopped off in Boston on her way back from England...
                                                        Marian also sat through Friday's Teenage Jazz Club meeting where she and Fr. O'Connor took turns requesting Duke Ellington to play their favorites... '

                                                      • Stratemann p.378 citing Variety 1957-09-04 p.60
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                                                      • Boston Traveler,
                                                        • 1957-09-19 p.B2 (column)
                                                        • 1957-09-23 p.16c (ad)
                                                        • McLellan columns
                                                          • 1957-09-26 p.D19
                                                          • 1957-10-03 p.A 13
                                                      • Boston Daily Record:
                                                        • Ad, 1957-09-23 p.29
                                                        • Sam Berenson column, 1957-09-23 p.33
                                                        • George Clarke column, 1957-09-25 p.31
                                                      • Ad and publicity photo, Boston Herald, 1957-09-23 p.6
                                                      • Macy column, Boston Evening American, 1957-09-27, p.42
                                                      • Broadcast info:
                                                        • Girvan:   Ellingtonia.com
                                                        • Timner
                                                        • Ole J. Nielsen, Jazz Records 1942-80, A discography: Vol. Six, Duke Ellington, p.177
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                                                      .Boston, Mass.StoryvilleNight club residency - see 1957 09 23
                                                      My Boston column:

                                                      '...Following the show at Blinstrub's [Tuesday], Myrna [Hansen] went to Storyville and was thrilled, with 300 others, by DUKE ELLINGTON's marvellous band... '

                                                      Alan Frazer, My Boston, Boston Evening Amerian, Boston, Mass., 1957-09-26 p.39..
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                                                      1957 10 01
                                                      Tuesday
                                                      .New York, N.Y.Columbia 30th St. studioColumbia recording session
                                                      19:45-22:45
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                                                      Cook, Anderson, Baker, Terry, Nance, Woodman, Jackson, Sanders, Hamilton, Henderson, Hodges, Gonsalves, Carney, Ellington, Woode, Woodyard, Bailey


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                                                      • Autumn Leaves
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                                                      .New York, N.Y.Fine Sound StudiosVerve recording session.
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                                                      .Manchester, N.H.The CarouselEddie Rugg's column:

                                                      '...And be reminded, too, of Duke Ellington's two big N.E. dates - tonight at the Carousel, tomorrow at Roseland-Taunton.'

                                                      Ad:
                                                      Attraction of the Year!
                                                      CONCERT DANCE
                                                      TONITE CAROUSEL
                                                      MANCHESTER N.H.
                                                      DUKE
                                                      ELLINGTON
                                                      and his Fabulous Band
                                                      Sat., Oct. 5, Roseland, Taunton
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                                                      Ad:
                                                      Attraction of the Year!
                                                      CONCERT DANCE
                                                      TONITE CAROUSEL
                                                      MANCHESTER N.H.
                                                      DUKE
                                                      ELLINGTON
                                                      and his Fabulous Band
                                                      Sat., Oct. 5, Roseland, Taunton
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                                                      .Bridgeport, Conn.Ritz BallroomDancing 9 p.m.to 1 a.m.ad, The Bridgeport Telegram 1957-10-05 p.17...
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                                                      .Portsmouth N.H.Senior High SchoolPortsmouth Police Relief Associaton Annual Police Ball featuring Duke Ellington and his famous orchestra, 9 p.m. - 1 a.m. in the new senior high school gymnasium.The Portsmouth Herald, Portsmouth, N.H.,
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                                                      .New York, N.Y.Columbia 30th St. studioColumbia recording session
                                                      23:30-02:30
                                                      Duke Ellington and His Orchestra
                                                      Duke Ellington and His Rhythm

                                                      Cook, Anderson, Baker, Terry, Nance, Woodman, Jackson, Sanders, Hamilton, Procope, Hodges, Gonsalves, Carney, Ellington, Woode, Woodyard

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                                                      • Where or When
                                                      • All The Things You Are
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                                                      ..Hudson Falls Central High School
                                                      80 E. LaBarge St.
                                                      Concert and Dance
                                                      HUDSON FALLS KIWANIS CLUB PRESENTS
                                                      'Duke' Ellington
                                                      IN
                                                      PERSON
                                                      and His Famous Orchestra
                                                      AT THE
                                                      HUDSON FALLS CENTRAL HIGH SCHOOL
                                                      FRIDAY , Oct. 11

                                                      CONCERT and DANCE
                                                      CONCERT 8:30 P.M. ---------- $2.50
                                                      DANCE 10:00 P.M. ------------ $3.00
                                                      COMBINATION TICKET ----- $5.00

                                                      • Stratemann p.378
                                                      • The Saratogian, Saratoga Springs, N.Y.
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                                                      .New York, N.Y..Standard Oil 75th Anniversary national telecast, NBC-TV. Broadcasting Telecasting magazine said the show ran from 9:00 to 10:30 p.m. EDT and was in colour.

                                                      While Stratemann reported the production cost $50,000, Broadcasting Telecasting reported $650,000; it was one of three specials broadcast nationally by networks that evening.

                                                      Given the complex and prestigious nature of the programme, it seems likely to have been prerecorded, so exactly when Ellington and his orchestra were recorded needs to be researched. The show was widely advertised in newspapers across the nation.

                                                      Videos of the show appear to be available for purchase; an internet search for "Standard Oil 75th Anniversary" at the time of writing turned up two sellers.
                                                      Duke Ellington and His Orchestra
                                                      Cook, Anderson, Baker, Terry, Nance, Woodman, Jackson, Sanders, Hamilton, Procope, Hodges, Gonsalves, Carney, Ellington, Woode, Woodyard
                                                      Titles telecast:
                                                      • Take The "A" Train (theme)
                                                      • Such Sweet Thunder
                                                      • The Telecasters
                                                      • Lady Mac
                                                      • Medley
                                                      The medley consisted of:
                                                      • Do Nothin' Till You Hear From Me
                                                      • I'm Beginning To See The Light
                                                      • Sophisticated Lady
                                                      • Caravan
                                                      • Mood Indigo
                                                      • Stratemann p.378 citing
                                                        • Variety 1957-10-16
                                                        • The Billboard 1957-10-21 p.17
                                                      • Broadcasting Telecasting The Business Weekly of Radio and Television, 1957-10-07 p.19
                                                      • Programme description: Paley Center for Media
                                                      • Girvan:   Ellingtonia.com
                                                      • Timner
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                                                      Duke Ellington and His Orchestra Cook, Anderson, Baker, Terry, Nance, Woodman, Jackson, Sanders, Hamilton, Procope, Hodges, Gonsalves, Carney, Ellington, Woode, Woodyard, Grissom
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                                                      • My Heart, My Mind, My Everything
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                                                      .Auburn, N.Y.Auburn InnDance from 9 p.m. to 1 a.m.sponsored by the Junior Chamber of Commerce to raise funds for its annual program.The Geneva Times, Geneva, N.Y. 1957-10-04 p.2..
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                                                      .New York, N.Y.Madison Square GardenFilm producer Mike Todd held a widely reportd televised party for 18,000 to celebrate the first anniversary of his film "Around the World in 80 Days." Celebrities, including Todd's wife, the actress Elizabeth Taylor, attended, and there was to be a giveaway of thousands of presents including an airplane, foreign cars, a yacht, motor scooters, home appliances, furs, sewing machines, cats. Things got out of hand when people started breaking into the boxes of presents.

                                                      Ellington and his orchestra were to play for dancing after the televising finished, but started playing shortly after 11:00 p.m. (Webmaster comment: The band may have started early as a way to quell the near riot described in the press.)

                                                      INS wirestory:

                                                      '...more of a parade than a party, more of a brawl than a ball.

                                                        ...started with the 18,000 invited guests sedately seated in their assigned places as a mob of thousands milled around outside.

                                                        Television cameras ground out the colorful costumed pageant around the arena while the audience watched and waited for the 1,800 cases of champagne that never arrived, although on hand. Some lucky people were served, some weren't, and a few sharp waiters peddled bottles of the bubbly for from $3 to $10.

                                                        The televised show closed with Elizabeth Taylor...cutting a 14-feet [sic] high cake that was 30-feet wide at its base and tinted pink for the benefit of the television cameras. Mrs. Todd climbed to the top via a staircase.

                                                        With the closing of the show, a mad dash to the floor of the arena slowed down to a one-step mob as the 18,000 guests surged onto the floor where 50 jeeps were lined up with food.

                                                        ...Dancing was scheduled but nobody had a chance to inch along, no less jump, to the sweet jive. The party didn't last until the late wee hours of the morning as advertised.

                                                        The mob was too much for New York's police and garden [sic] guards, and to save broken bones and ripped clothes, the lights blinked at midnight to announce the approaching end of the affair.
                                                        Within 20 minutes the Garden was closed...'

                                                      • UP wirestory datelined New York, Ogden Standard Examiner, Ogden, Utah, 1957-10-28 p.4A
                                                      • INS wirestory datelined New York, The Cedar Rapids Gazette, 1957-10-28 p.8
                                                      • The Philadelphia Inquirer, Philadelphia, Penn. 1957-10-18, pp.1,10
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                                                      Ruth Ellington's first "This is New York" social column appeared in the Pittsburgh Courier. The announcement in the Oct. 12 edition described her background, including
                                                      • "hobnobbed with all the greats in bistro life."
                                                      • mixing with the top echelon in Gotham's civic and social life
                                                      • graduate of Columbia University
                                                      • teaching
                                                      • columnist for the New York edition of the Courier
                                                      • president of a music firm
                                                      • radio announcer
                                                      • active in civic activities including
                                                        • NAACP
                                                        • USO
                                                        • League of Women's Voters
                                                        • Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority
                                                        • National Council of Negro Women
                                                        • Mother of two sons, Michael and Stephen
                                                      Webmaster's note: I don't yet know how long she wrote for the paper; I located only three of her columns, all in 1957, but the archive I used may not be complete.
                                                      Pittsburgh Courier
                                                      • Announcement, 1957-10-12 p.5
                                                      • Column:
                                                        • 1957-10-19 p.7
                                                        • 1957-10-26 p.5
                                                        • 1957-12-28 p.14
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                                                      This is the date of the contract between Tempo Music Inc., John C. Sanders and Duke Ellington in which the composers assigned "E and D Blues" (Ella and Duke Blues) to Tempo. Ruth James signed on behalf of Tempo.
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                                                      .Toledo, OhioSports ArenaLima News:

                                                      'Duke Ellington and his orchestra will appear in the Toledo sports arena this week.
                                                        Ladies night at the arena, Ellington will appear Wednesday Oct. 23.'

                                                      The ads in the Toledo paper announced a concert and dance, 8:30 to 12:30 A.M. Admissions: All ladies only 50 cents, Gentlemen $1.75
                                                      • Plug, The Lima News, 1957-10-20 p.D6
                                                      • Ads, Toledo Blade, Toledo, Ohio
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                                                      .Kent, OhioUnion cafeteria
                                                      Kent State University
                                                      Reception, 7:30 p.m.

                                                      'Meet The 'Duke'

                                                      Duke Ellington fans will have a chance to meet him tomorrow night before the dance begins, thanks to Kappa Alpha Psi. The fraternity is sponsoring a reception in the Duke's honor tomorrow in the Union cafeteria, 7:30 - 8:30 p.m. Free coffee and refreshments will be served. '

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                                                      .Kent, OhioMemorial Gymnasium
                                                      Kent State University
                                                      Homecoming dance
                                                      The Sphinx club ran a contest to identify an unnamed baritone sax player, offering a free Ellington album and a ticket to the homecoming dance to anyone who could name him. The Sphinx club's contest was in connection with its application to affiliate with the Alpha Phi Alpha national fraternity, of which Duke was a member. The winner was Kent State student Joe Brule, from Huntsburg, a senior majoring in music education and a member of the KSU marching band.

                                                      In order to make more room for dancing in the gym, a platform was built over the swimming pool for the stage. The campus paper reported 7,000 attended the dance.
                                                      Published student comments:
                                                      • Mike Corbissero - junior music major from Ashtabula:
                                                          "Terrific! I would like to see the dance split up next year with a big name dance band in the MPE building and a professional combo in Wills gym. Acoustics with the 'Duke' over the water were bad."
                                                      • Ann Louise Hutchison - sophomore art major from Ravenna:
                                                          "As a whole, the weekend was a good one. I didn't care for the band because the music was not danceable. The house decorations catchy and colorful."
                                                      • William Rlcks - freshman education major from Youngstown:
                                                          "Very nice. Most of the freshmen probably didn't care for the band because of its cabaret style. The idea of having the band over the water was good. Hats should be taken off to the social committee."
                                                      • Sanford Baumbardner, sophomore biology major from Andover-:
                                                          "Although some say KSU only has one formal dance this year, I think the Homecoming dance was nice because it was formal without having that type of dress. The weekend was very well planned and exceptionally enjoyable. (By the way, I got pinned this weekend.)"
                                                      • Joyce Towne - senior physical education major from Akron-
                                                          "House decorations by those who participated were very good on the whole. The main criticism I have is concerning the music by the band. It was the type for the small minority."
                                                      • Ron Perry - senior general business major from Gasport, N. Y.-
                                                          "We needed a dance band, not a listening band. This should hold true when social committee is planning dances in the future. ..."
                                                    • The Daily Kent Stater , Kent State University, Kent, Ohio
                                                      • 1957-10-09 p.1
                                                      • 1957-10-25 p.
                                                      • 1957-10-29 p.1
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                                                      .Dayton, OhioMemorial HallJoint concert sponsored by the Auxiliary of the Disabled American Veterans.
                                                      Ellington's orchestra shared on the bill with Woody Herman and his Third Herd, each playing an hour. While the promoter was quoted in the Journal Herald the day of the concert as reporting a near sellout, the review the next day said only 800 attended, blaming the lack of promotion. Herman played first, each band numbered 14, and it was not a battle of bands. The reviewer mentioned a calypso from "A Drum is a Woman," as well as "Black and Tan Fantasy."
                                                      • The Dayton Daily News,
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                                                      .Anderson, Ind.Anderson Country ClubMembers only dance, 9 p.m. to 1 a.m., chaired by Mr. and Mrs. Joe Stine, co-chaired by Mr and Mrs. Robert Kessler

                                                      Phone reservations were not accepted, reservations had to be made with club manager D. Bowden
                                                      • Anderson Herald, Anderson, Ind.,
                                                        • 1957-09-24 p.5
                                                        • Captioned photo 1957-10-31 p.5
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                                                      1957 11 01
                                                      Friday
                                                      .Des Moines, IowaVal Air Ballroom

                                                      (Note: Ellington performed here at other times this year.)
                                                      Drake University homecoming dance, 8:30 p.m.
                                                      • Des Moines Sunday Register and Des Moines Register, Des Moines, Iowa
                                                        • 1957-10-27 p.3-L
                                                        • 1957-11-01 p.14
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                                                      .Lincoln, Neb.Coliseum
                                                      University of Nebraska
                                                      Homecoming dance, 8 p.m.

                                                      An estimated 3,000 dancers attended.

                                                      'This week is homecoming in Lincoln.
                                                        Campus house displays Friday at 7 will follow a rally in which the Jayhawker will be hung in effigy.
                                                        Thirty floats will feature the parade down O Street Saturday at 10.
                                                        Alumni will gather at the Hotel Cornhusker for a Saturday noon social hour and luncheon.
                                                        Duke Ellington and his orchestra will play for the Saturday night homecoming dance.'

                                                      • Lincoln Sunday Journal and Star, Lincoln, Neb.
                                                        • 1957-10-27 pp.1C, 9C
                                                      • Omaha World-Herald, Omaha, Neb.
                                                        • 1957-10-29, p.21
                                                      • The Daily Nebraskan, Lincoln, Neb.
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                                                        • 1957-11-05 p.1
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                                                      .Fort Dodge, IowaLaramar BallroomThe ad doesn't describe the event. Presumably it was a dance.
                                                      Ads, Pocahontas Register-Journal, Pocahontas, Iowa
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                                                      .Northfield, Minn.Skinner Memorial Chapel
                                                      and
                                                      Radio station KARL, Carleton Student Union

                                                      Carleton College
                                                      Late afternoon rehearsal/sound check
                                                      Radio interview, approximately 5 p.m.
                                                      Concert 8:00 p.m.
                                                      Dr. Zimbrick, replying to a query from Palmquist:

                                                      'There was indeed a short late-afternoon rehearsal before the actual Ellington concert in the evening of November 5, 1957. I remember being the only student who dropped in to listen to it. The concert was in the Carleton chapel and the orchestra wanted to get a sense of the acoustics in that rather unusual venue. After the rehearsal, Duke saw me sitting alone in a pew near the front. I used the opportunity to approach him to have a conversation. I had a late afternoon radio show on the student station, KARL, and in the course of our conversation the possibility of an informal interview came up. KARL was located in the Carleton Student Union right across the street from the chapel, so it seemed easy for me to invite Duke to walk with me to the station for a chat. My show started at 5 pm, placing the interview at a few minutes after 5 following a musical opening for the show. We had a very nice informal interview on the air for about 15-20 minutes. There is no record of it anywhere because it was not a scheduled event for Duke and I was not able to get the Station's only Ampex reel-to-reel tape recorder to work properly so I could record it. In those days we had no "consent" forms or other papers I would have had to have him sign (in today's broadcast world) before an interview could take place. I have often thought how tragic it was that I lost those few moments in time with Duke who was one of my idols.'

                                                      Rick Pearse:

                                                      '...[Ellington] proved once again ...Tuesday night, that he is still one of the very best jazzmen around, with one of the very best bands.
                                                        ... from the time that the band opened the concert by lighting into a few measures of the hallowed theme, "Take the A-Train," it was obvious that he had the crowd with him, a crowd most of whose members were 10 years younger than that Duke's band career and the crowd to whom many of the older numbers were very were unfamiliar. But it was a crowd that was aware that it was listening to a musical institution and it behaved accordingly.
                                                        Ellington played little that he has not played often before on his other concert and dance dates with the exception of several impressive numbers ostensively having to do with Shakespeare and grouped under the title, "Such Sweet Thunder." Among other vintage items were Ray Nance's comedy vocal on "'A' Train," Sammy Woodyard's extended drum solo on "Skin Deep," and a raft of soloists on a medley consisting of old Ellington ballads.
                                                        This is not to say that the concert was consistently good from a strictly musical standpoint. Many of the more sensitive ears in the audience must have been somewhat repelled by Nance and Woodyard at their worst, to say nothing of the exhibitionism on "Diminuendo and Crescendo in Blue," wherein the boys and the band did their damned best to start a riot of a sort that has not threatened since Augie Garcia played here. Fortunately for the foundations of Skinner, they failed.
                                                        But, rough spots aside, most of the audience would agree that it was a throughly [sic] enjoyable concert. The Duke has been too good too long for us to quibble with him. It was good to have him here; he should come again.'

                                                      • The Carletonian, Carleton College, Northfield, Minn.
                                                        • 1957-11-02,p.1
                                                        • 1957-11-09, pp.1, 3 (Rick Pearse, reviewer)
                                                      • College News, The Oracle, Monmouth College, Monmouth, Ill. 1957-11-16, p.2
                                                      • Email, Dr. John D. Zimbrick, Professor Emeritus, Colorado State University and Adjunct Professor, Purdue University to Palmquist,
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                                                      .Minneapolis, Minn.Marigold Ballroom
                                                      1336 Nicollet Ave.
                                                      at Grant St
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                                                      • Minneapolis Morning Tribune,
                                                        Minneapolis, Minn.
                                                        • 1957-10-26 p.20
                                                        • 1957-11-01 p.11
                                                        • 1957-11-07 p.10
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                                                        Minneapolis, Minn.
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                                                      .Iowa City, IowaMain Lounge
                                                      Iowa Memorial Union
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                                                      Concert during SUI's 35th annual Dad's Day festivities.
                                                      • The Daily Iowan, Iowa City, Iowa
                                                        • 1957-10-29 p.1
                                                        • 1957-11-05 p.1
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                                                      .Chicago, Ill.Illinois Institute of Technology
                                                      S. R. Crown Hall
                                                      3360 (or 3410?) S. State St.
                                                      900 attended the annual semi-formal all-campus annual ball from 8:30 p.m. to 12:30 a.m., held by the Illinois Tech Student Association.
                                                      • According to IIT's University Archives and Special Collections Finding Aid, the annual ball was usually downtown, but the 1957 dance was to be in the year-old S. R. Crown Hall, designed by the head of IIT's architecture program, Ludwig Mies van der Rohe.
                                                      • The building is a single 120' x 220' (36.5 x 67 metres) room with an 18' (5.5 metres) ceiling and thin (1/4 inch or 0.635 c.m.) glass curtain walls which vibrated and echoed with the music.
                                                      • Since the dance was to be on campus instead of downtown, there was concern that the turnout might be small. Since they wouldn't be paying rent for a ballroom, the organizers decided to hire a name band, selecting Ellington at a cost of $5,000 (not confirmed).
                                                      • Ellington's orchestra used a ladder to reach the 8-foot-high stage (reinforced scaffolding) erected by students in the centre of the hall.
                                                      • 'The trumpeter was encouraged to play higher and higher even though there seemed to be some concern about whether the glass might crack. In the end, the glass held, Mies sat and smiled his approval, and, according to the 1958 school yearbook, "Crown Hall, the 'fishbowl'...became a ballroom to rival the best in the city.'
                                                      • Ellington is reported to have liked the acoustics and later to have written to the organizers saying he wanted to record a concert in Crown Hall but that never happened.

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                                                      .Chicago, Ill.Holiday Ballroom
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                                                      Recorded dance
                                                      Duke Ellington and His Orchestra
                                                      Cook, Anderson, Baker, Terry, Nance, Woodman, Jackson, Sanders, Hamilton, Procope, Hodges, Gonsalves, Carney, Ellington, Woode, Woodyard, Grissom, Bailey.
                                                      Titles recorded (in alphabetical order; some titles were played more than once and the discographies differ as to the order performed; see DEMS 84-1 p.4 for background information)
                                                      • All of Me
                                                      • Autumn Leaves
                                                      • Blue Jean Beguine
                                                      • Blue Moon
                                                      • Caravan
                                                      • Cop-Out
                                                      • Creole Love Call
                                                      • Medley: Diminuendo In Blue, Wailing Interval, and Crescendo In Blue
                                                    • Deep Purple
                                                    • Do Nothin' Till ou Hear From Me
                                                    • Flamingo
                                                    • Good Girl Blues
                                                    • In The Mood
                                                    • Jeep's Blues
                                                    • Just Squeeze Me
                                                    • Laura
                                                      • Love You Madly
                                                      • Madness In Great Ones
                                                      • Mambo Jambo
                                                      • My Funny Valentine
                                                      • Mood Indigo
                                                      • Passion Flower
                                                      • Perdido
                                                      • Skin Deep
                                                      • Sophisticated Lady
                                                      • Star-Crossed Lovers
                                                      • Such Sweet Thunder
                                                      • Take The "A" Train
                                                      • The Happy One
                                                      • What Am I Here For?
                                                      • What Else Can You Do With A Drum?
                                                      • You Better Know It
                                                      • Stratemann p.378
                                                      • Vail II
                                                      • Girvan:   Ellingtonia.com
                                                      • Timner
                                                      • Ole J. Nielsen, Jazz Records 1942-80, A discography: Vol. Six, Duke Ellington, p.178
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                                                      .Milwaukee, Wisc.Marquette High School AuditoriumDelta Sigma Gamma presents Duke Ellington; concert, 8 p.m.

                                                      The souvenir program says the concert will be selected from
                                                      SelectionComposerSoloist
                                                      Black and Tan FantasyEllingtonProcope, Nance, Jackson
                                                      Harlem Air ShaftEllingtonTerry
                                                      Sophisticated LadyEllingtonCarney
                                                      Theme for TrambeanHamiltonWoodman
                                                      Clarinet MelodramaHamiltonHamilton
                                                      Satin DollEllington
                                                      Take the "A" TrainStrayhornNance, Gonsalves
                                                      La Virgen de la Macarena.Anderson
                                                      MonologueEllington
                                                      V.I.P.'s BoogieEllington
                                                      Jam with SamEllington
                                                      Intermission
                                                      The Hawk TalksBellson
                                                      I Got It Bad and That Ain't GoodEllingtonHodges
                                                      Jimmy Grissom sings
                                                      Skin DeepBellsonWoodyard
                                                      Ellington plays the piano
                                                      Selections for "Shakespearean Suite"Ellington
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                                                      .Milwaukee, Wisc.Wonderland BallroomMilwaukee Defender:
                                                      • 1957-11-09:

                                                        'Duke Ellington, the nation's outstanding band leader for many years, will be in Milwaukee in a few days to help the Flame celebrate their anniversary.'

                                                      • 197-11-16:

                                                        'HIGH LITES ON YOUR NITE LIGHTS
                                                        by Miss R. Nash
                                                          Kerby and Loretta Thomas of the Flame Nite club celebrated their 10th anniversary of the Flame, at the Wonderland Ballroom. One of the highlights of the show rendered by the Flame aggregation was when "Satin Doll" danced to the tune "Satin Doll" (A Duke Ellington original) and Duke's band joined him, unexpectedly, and provided background with the Bobby Burdette Combo, with excerpts from the original composition.
                                                          The show was terrific, but I think we should have had a little more of Duke's band. Derby and Loretta were quite happy on this occasion. The attendance was good for a Tuesday night.'

                                                      • 1957-11-23:

                                                        'TWO BAND LEADERS MEET
                                                        Celebrating the tenth anniversary of the Flame Club here in Milwaukee was the famous Duke Ellington and his band. Shown on photo is Loretta White Thomas, local band leader, dancing with Duke Ellington at the Wonderland Ballroom.'

                                                      • The Milwaukee Defender:
                                                        • 1957-11-09 p.7
                                                        • 1957-11-16 p.7
                                                        • 1957-11-23 p.10
                                                      • Photo, p.20, Larry Widen: Milwaukee Rock and Roll, Arcadia Publishing, 2014. p.20
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                                                      .Normal, Ill.McCormick Gymnasium
                                                      Illinois State Normal University
                                                      "Dance to the Duke"

                                                      'Duke Ellington To Play at ISNU Dance Friday
                                                        Duke Ellington and his orchestra will be on the Illinois State Normal University campus Friday evening for the school's second Big Four dance of the season.
                                                        Sale of guest tickets to holders of season tickets will begin Thursday... Guests will be limited to one for each season ticket holder.
                                                        Dancing will begin at 830, last until 12:30 in the McCormick Gymnasium.
                                                        Co-chairmen of arrangements are Sharon Dean of Kewanee and Lowell Anderson of Cissna Park. '

                                                      'Duke Ellington's band kept Illinois State Normal University Big Four series ticket holders ogling the bandstand Friday evening for the show he and his musicians put on for McCormick Gymnasium crowd.'

                                                      Audience members photographed were Tom Low, Carol Moore, Theresa Lawless, Bob Roland, Doris Carmichael, Bob Murphy, Jim Waters and Janice Grafton.

                                                      The Vidette reported the Big Four committee rented a piano for the dance.
                                                      • Pantagraph, Bloomingon, Ill.
                                                        • 1957-11-10 p.21
                                                        • Photos 1957-11-17 p.24
                                                      • The Vidette, Illinois State Normal University, Normal, Ill.
                                                        • 1957-10-30 p.8
                                                        • 1957-11-06 p.8
                                                        • 1957-11-16 p.1
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                                                      .Des Moines, IowaVal Air Ballroom

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                                                      Des Moines Sunday Register, Des Moines, Iowa,
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                                                      .Carroll, IowaStarline Ballroom
                                                      East on Hiway 30
                                                      The ads do not describe the event, but is seems likely to have been a dance.

                                                      Duke Ellington and His Orchestra
                                                      Admission Only $1.50

                                                      Ads:
                                                      • The Jefferson Bee, Jefferson, Iowa, 1957-11-12 p.4
                                                      • The Bayard News, Bayard, Guthrie County, Iowa, 1957-11-14 p.2
                                                      • Harlan Tribune, Harlan, Iowa, 1957-11-15 p.2
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                                                      .New York, N.Y.Hotel RooseveltDuke Ellington and former Brooklyn Dodgers general manager Branch Rickey were honoured at a $100 per couple Freedom Fund fundraising dinner held by the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People. New York's Governor Averill Harriman praised them for their leadership in breaking down barriers of racial prejudice, particularly in the minds of young people.
                                                      Long Island Star-Journal

                                                      'Mrs. Ralph Bunche of Kew Gardens, Joseph Liff, Great Neck lawyer; and Suffolk Congressman Stuyvesant Wainwright head-up the L.I. contingent sparking the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People dinner salute to Duke Ellington and Branch Rickey Oct. [sic] 22 at the Hotel Roosevelt.'

                                                      Arkansas State Press

                                                      'The 1957 Freedom Fund dinner...got off to a strong start last week with the naming of 100 prominent figures - in the entertainment, business, labor, religious and judicial fields - to a sponsoring committee for the $100 per couple Ellington-Rickey testimonial dinner...
                                                        Concurrently, Robinson said that Steve Allen...had accepted the invitation of acting as toastmaster...
                                                        Each member of the committee, said Robinson, has been asked to raise $1,000 through the sale of tickets to the dinner. The Association hopes to raise $100,000 for the NAACP national budget. It is also hoped that the dinner will stimulate the participation and interest in life memberships in the NAACP. Credit will be offered to any ticket purchaser to the dinner as an initial payment on a $500 NAACP life membership...'

                                                      The Washington Afro-American

                                                      '1,300 pay $65,000 for 'rights
                                                        by Louis E. Lomax
                                                        NEW YORK– Some 1,300 Democratic Americans came to dinner Friday night, and in their coming paid upwards of $65,000 into the coffers of the NAACP Freedom Fund Drive.
                                                        The freedom loving diners saw special citation given to Branch Rickey and Duke Ellington and heard music from Billy Strayhorn, Duke Ellington and Margaret Tynes...
                                                        Said Duke Ellington:
                                                        "And the total picture is not a question of whether colored children are going to school with white children today. It is a matter of whether anyone is going to school tomorrow.
                                                        "What about tomorrow? Today, it is the colored man. Yesterday it was the Jew. The day before that, it was somebody else. There's always a minority. Who know, [sic], tomorrow, it may be you." '

                                                      Milwaukee Defender:

                                                      'Addressing the 1300 guests, Governor Averell [sic] Harriman joined Branch Rickey, Sr., Duke Ellington and Jackie Robinson in calling for increased support of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People in its efforts to eliminate racial discrimination and segregation.
                                                        The dinner... took in nearly $70,000 for the Association and added 400 persons to the list of NAACP life membership subscribers. Honored at the dinner were Mr. Ellington and Mr. Rickey, each of whom received a scroll...
                                                        Presentation of the scroll to Mr. Ellington was made by the association's president, Mr. Arthur Spingarn, who hailed the talented composer and orchestra leader not only for his musical achievements but also for his support of NAACP efforts "to rid our country of divisive racial discrimination and segregation."
                                                        In response, Mr. Ellington thanked the NAACP for the award and urged the dinner guests to "tell all the people you know that they should become members of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People."
                                                        ...Steve Allen, of television fame, served as master of ceremonies. Ms. Margaret Tynes, accompanied by Billy Strayhorn, sang a selection from Mr. Ellington's recent composition, "A Drum is a Woman."...'

                                                      Although Dorothy Kilgallen's nationally syndicated Voice of Broadway column suggested Ellington had pulled out of the event, Ellington's attendance is well-established by post-event reports.
                                                      • My Boston, Boston American, Boston Mass., 1957-09-30 p.26
                                                      • The Evansville Courier, Evansville, Ill., 1957-10-10 p.14
                                                      • Long Island Star-Journal, Long Island City, N.Y., 1957-10-15 p.7
                                                      • Arkansas State Press, Little Rock, Ark., 1957-10-18 p.8
                                                      • The Sacramento Bee, Sacramento, Cal., 1957-10-26 p.L-18
                                                      • The Columbus Daily Telegram, Columbus, Neb. 1957-11-23 p.6
                                                      • Dorothy Kilgallen, Voice of Broadway, Rockford Morning Star, 1957-11-24 s.G p.1
                                                      • Connellsville Daily Courier, Connellsville, Penn., 1957-11-25 p.7
                                                      • The Washington Afro-American, Washington, D.C. 1957-11-26 p.8 (lengthy report by Louis E. Lomax)
                                                      • Milwaukee Defender, Milwaukee, Wisc., 1957-12-07 pp.1-2
                                                      • Photo, Spingarn and Ellington, NAACP magazine "Crisis," 1958-01-00, p.37
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                                                      .Marion, IowaArmar BallroomDancingCedar Rapids Gazette, Cedar Rapids, Iowa
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                                                      .Dubuque, IowaMelody MillOne-nighter
                                                      Admission $1.50 before 9, $2.00 after 9.
                                                      The Telegraph-Herald, Dubuque, Iowa
                                                      • 1957-11-17 p.16
                                                      • 1957-11-19 p.20
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                                                      .St. Louis, Mo.RivieraWebmaster's note:
                                                      Research required. Stratemann and Vail give no details, and I am unable to locate this in the newspaper archives I use. Presumably it was the Club Riviera, where Ellington had a residency in 1951 and is also shown by Stratemann and Vail to have played in August 1957. Query outstanding.
                                                      • Stratemann, p.378
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                                                      .Chicago, Ill..WGN telecast "Hour of Music" sponsored by Chicago Title and Trust Company

                                                      While Stratemann shows WNGN-TV, and Vail shows WGNGN-TV, the Chicago Daily Tribune television listing just says WGN and Channel 9. Vail says the broadcast was from 9 to 10 p.m, but the Chicago Daily Tribune lists it for an hour at 8:30. It may be that Vail misread the listing, since the channel number, 9, appeared right after the time.
                                                      The Chicago Daily Tribune listed it three times on the same page
                                                        :
                                                      • "Special TV Event" at the top of the listings
                                                      • an unusually long and detailed white on black listing in the t.v. schedule proper
                                                      • and a multicolumn ad at the bottom of the page

                                                      '
                                                      Chicago Symphony to Head New WGN-TV Hour of Music Series

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                                                      BY LARRY WOLTERS

                                                        Seven hour-long "live" musical programs, including Chicago Symphony orchestra concerts and special jazz, folk song and "pops" concerts will brighten WGN-TV's program schedule this season. The series will be titled Hour of Music under sponsorship of the Chicago Title and Trust Company which has had the symphony orchestra on Channel 9 for 6 previous seasons...

                                                        Norman Ross will serve as narrator and host...

                                                        Duke Ellington, one of the nation's top jazz musicians, will present a concert featuring top instrumental and vocal soloists, at 8:30 p/m/ Monday, Nov.25... '
                                                      Timner V:

                                                      'Date of telecast: Probably taped at an earlier date since DE had a club date at the Riviera in St. Louis, Mo. on 25 Nov.

                                                      Titles in the telecast:
                                                      Duke Ellington and His Orchestra
                                                      Cook, Anderson, Baker, Marenguito, Terry, Nance, Woodman, Jackson, Sanders, Hamilton, Procope, Hodges, Rick Henderson, Gonsalves, Carney, Ellington, Woode, Woodyard, Grissom, Lurlean Hunter
                                                      Titles recorded:
                                                      • Take The "A" Train (theme)
                                                      • Jam With Sam
                                                      • Soda Fountain Rag
                                                      • Such Sweet Thunder
                                                      • The Telecasters
                                                      • Lady Mac
                                                      • Perfume Suite
                                                        1. Balcony Serenade
                                                        2. Strange Feeling
                                                        3. Coloratura
                                                        4. Dancers In Love
                                                      • I'm Beginning To See The Light
                                                      • Don't You Know I Care
                                                      • Medley
                                                      • Satin Doll
                                                      The medley consisted of:
                                                      • Don't Get Around Much Anymore
                                                      • Do Nothin' Till You Hear From Me
                                                      • In A Sentimental Mood
                                                      • Mood Indigo
                                                      • I'm Beginning To See The Light
                                                      • Sophisticated Lady
                                                      • Caravan
                                                      • I Got It Bad and That Ain't Good
                                                      • Just Squeeze Me
                                                      • It Don't Mean A Thing
                                                      • Solitude
                                                      • C-Jam Blues
                                                      • I Let A Song Go Out of My Heart & Don't Get Around Much Anymore
                                                      Lambert:

                                                      '... after a conversation with the announcer Duke plays half a chorus of Soda Fountain Rag and follows with excerpts from Such Sweet Thunder and surprising revival of the Perfume Suite. The selections from the Shakespearean Suite are the title piece, somewhat faster than on the LP and with Nance's solo played muted; The Telecasters, very close to the original; and Lady Mac, in a performance which brings out the power of climax and has solos by Duke and Terry that differ from those on Columbia. The Perfume Suite had been out of the repertoire for many years; the announcer tells us that Ellington had to consult old recordings prior to the performances as the original sheet music was lost. The band performs its collective memory act, and only the first two movements seem adversely affected...'


                                                      Smithsonian Institution Ellington collection, Series 2: Performances and Programs, 1933-1974, Box 11, folder 29 is labelled Televised Concert, November 25, 1958. C. Windheuser, Smithsonian Reference Services volunteer advises the folder is misdated and contains a copy of TV Guide for week of Nov 23-29 1957, which on pp. A 28-29 lists "Hour of Music Jazz Concert" with Duke Ellington "Live tonight" Monday Nov 25 [1957].
                                                      • E. Lambert:
                                                        Duke Ellington, A Listener's Guide
                                                        , p.198
                                                      • Chicago Daily Tribune
                                                        • 1957-09-10 Pt.3, p.7
                                                        • 1957-11-24 Part 3, TV p.1
                                                        • 1957-11-25 TV and Radio page
                                                      • Stratemann p.378 citing
                                                        • Downbeat 1957-11-14
                                                        • review, Chicago Defender 1957-12-07 p.15
                                                      • Vail II, reproducing an unattributed review
                                                      • Timner V p.188
                                                      • Girvan:   Ellingtonia.com
                                                      • Ole J. Nielsen, Jazz Records 1942-80, A discography: Vol. Six, Duke Ellington, p.179
                                                      • Duke Ellington Collection, Smithsonian Institution, box 12, series 4C, Broadcasts, folder 29
                                                      • Email, Windheuser-Palmquist, Feb/Mar 2016
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                                                      Chicago, Ill..Research is needed to find the date and the location of an Ellington concert reported in the Rockford Morning Star:

                                                      '26 MEN TOUR CHICAGO FIRM
                                                      Attend Concert
                                                        Twenty-six 26 Rockford attorneys, realtors and businessmen were guests of a Chicago firm for a business-entertainment tour this week.
                                                        The group visited the offices of the Chicago Title and Trust Company and attended a concert by Duke Ellington.
                                                        This was the second in a series of seven programs arranged by the Chicago company.
                                                        The group included:
                                                        Attorneys H. Emmett Folgate, Thomas D. Simmons, Stuart C. Hyer, Craig A. Ridings, Foster A. Smith and Harold Stern.
                                                        Others making the trip were Earl D. Palmgren, Robert T. Scott, Orville L. Varland, Jr., Tom M. Jones, Norris K. Levis, Jr., Joseph Carlson, Mel Sands, Phillip A. Pagani, Francis S. Keye, Maynard H. Hoffman, William H. Halsted, Harry Cameron Holmes, David L. Carson, Robert Dobler, W.T.Jenks, W.W.Parson, Clarence Sterkeson, F. Allan Nightingale, Jack D. Bliss and Roger B. Adelman.'


                                                      Rockford Morning Star, 1957-11-29 p.B 15..
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                                                      Wednesday
                                                      1957 11 28
                                                      Thursday
                                                      St. Louis, Mo.Club Riviera

                                                      TONIGHT & THURSDAY
                                                      REGAL SPORTS Inc.
                                                      Club RIVIERA
                                                      4460 DELMAR - EVERYBODY WELCOME
                                                      presents
                                                      DUKE ELLINGTON
                                                      and his
                                                      Famous Orchestra
                                                      Tonight (Wednesday) from 9 till 1
                                                      Tomorrow
                                                      (Thanksgiving)Twilight Dance
                                                      from 7 p.m. 'til 12
                                                      Tickets on Sale Now at Joe's 3 Music Shops
                                                      Advance Admission $1.75
                                                      For Res. Call JE 3-8888

                                                      St. Louis Post-Dispatch, St. Louis, Mo.,
                                                      • 1957-11-24 p.9-I
                                                      • 1957-11-27 p.4E
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                                                      Friday
                                                      .Princeton, Ind.Gymnasium
                                                      Princeton High School

                                                      'Ellington Orchestra At Princeton Friday
                                                        PRINCETON, Ind. (Special) –Duke Ellington, one of America's foremost composers and orchestra leaders, will play a concert at the Princeton High School gymnasium at 8:00 p.m. Friday.
                                                        The concert is sponsored by the music department of the school. Tickets are available through Joe Hary, director of the music department, or H.A.Woods Drug Store, 19 SE 4th St., Evansville. All seats are reserved and prices are $1.00, $2.00 and $3.00.'


                                                      • Princeton Clarion-Democrat, Princeton,Ind.
                                                        • 1957-11-18 p.1
                                                        • 1957-11-20 p.2
                                                        • 1957-11-21 p.5
                                                        • 1957-11-22 p.1
                                                        • 1957-11-26 p.3
                                                        • 1957-11-28 p.3
                                                      • The Evansville Courier, Evansville, Ind.
                                                        • 1957-11-27 p.7
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                                                      Saturday
                                                      .Ashland, Ky.ArmoryPoliceman's Ball
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                                                      December 1957

                                                      circa
                                                      1957 12 00
                                                      ... Peripheral event
                                                      Clippings from the Catskills:

                                                      'DEPOSIT–Duke Ellington stopped in town while returning to New York from a dance engagement at Colgate university. He was a dance.'

                                                      This tidbit of local news appears to be false. A search of the Colgate University's digital archives for late 1957, and particularly the Colgate Maroon and the yearbooks, do not reveal an Ellington performance. This may be a case of mistaken identity, since Teddy Wilson performed a concert there on Dec. 7, and former Ellington singer Joya Sherrill was in his group. It may be that the reporter recognized her and assumed the musicians travelling with her included Ellington.
                                                      • Clippings from the Catskills, Catskill Mountain News, Margaretville, N.Y., 1957-12-20 p.3
                                                      • Colgate Maroon, Colgate University, Hamilton, N.Y. 1957-12-04 pp.1,5
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                                                      Sunday
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                                                      Monday
                                                      .New York, N.Y.Columbia 30th St. studioColumbia recording session
                                                      19:30-22:30
                                                      Duke Ellington and His Orchestra
                                                      Anderson, Marenguito, Terry, Nance, Woodman, Jackson, Sanders, Hamilton, Procope, Hodges, Gonsalves, Carney, Ellington, Woode, Woodyard
                                                      Titles recorded:
                                                      • Rondolet (Slamar In D Flat)
                                                      • Perfume Suite
                                                        • 4. Coloratura
                                                        • 1. Balcony Serenade
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                                                      Tuesday
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                                                      Wednesday
                                                      ...activities not documented
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                                                      Thursday
                                                      .Ithaca, N.Y.Foster Hall Auditorium,
                                                      Ithaca College
                                                      The president of the student council wrote to the school newspaper to complain about the lack of student participation. She reported the student council lost about $500, that the hall was only half full, and only 75 Ithaca College students attended out of 1,200 enrolled.The Ithacan, Ithaca College, Ithaca, N.Y. 1958-01-15 p.2..
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                                                      Friday
                                                      9 p.m.-2 a.m.
                                                      .Alfred, N.Y.Men's Gym
                                                      Alfred University
                                                      1 Saxon Dr.
                                                      Interfraternity Ball
                                                      Morton:

                                                      '...Ellington played a dance engagement at Alfred. To prepare his way, Arlene [Avakian] played the record for two solid weeks in advance of the Maestro's coming. "'Listen,'" she recalled announcing to the unknowing. "'You have to understand who's coming. Let's understand who's coming. You don't understand, this is Duke Ellington. He is fabulous. You have to listen to this record.' Oh they thought I was a little crazy, but they listened to it."...'

                                                      The Wellsville Daily Reporter carried a picture of Miss Barbara Weick, chosen "Miss Fraternity," receiving a bouquet of white roses from Duke.
                                                      • Announcement, The Alfred Sun, Alfred, N.Y., 1957-12-05 p.7
                                                      • Fiat Lux, Alfred University, Alfred N.Y.:
                                                        • Announcement 1957-11-16, pp.1-2
                                                        • Announcement 1957-11-26 p.1
                                                        • Report 1957-12-10 p.3
                                                      • Wellsville Daily Reporter, Wellsville, N.Y.1957-12-11 p.5
                                                      • John Fass Morton, Backstory in Blue, Ellington at Newport '56, Rutgers University Press 2008, pp.209-210
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                                                      Saturday
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                                                      Sunday
                                                      ...activities not documented
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                                                      Monday
                                                      .New York, N.Y.Columbia 30th St. studioRecording session
                                                      24:00 - 02:30
                                                      Webmaster comment: It isn't clear if this session was the night of Dec.8/9 or the night of Dec. 9/10. Mr. Lasker thinks it was likely the latter but suggests checking the times for adjacent masters. Since the studio files (located in New York) are not available to me, I will assume it is the Monday night until shown otherwise.

                                                      Duke Ellington and His Orchestra
                                                      Personnel per Girvan at the time of writing:
                                                      Baker, Anderson, Marenguito, Terry, Nance, Woodman, Jackson, Sanders, Hamilton, Procope, Hodges, Gonsalves, Carney, Ellington, Woode, Woodyard, Grissom.

                                                      New Desor says the personnel is the same as in the July 28 1957 concert, with Willie Cook replaced by Andres Marenguito. This yields the same lineup as Girvan.

                                                      MacHare shows neither Cook or Marenguito.

                                                      Nielsen has Merenghito [sic] and drops Cook and Terry. Nielsen also has Pettiford instead of Woode on bass. This may be explained by a note in Timner V: Contrary to what is documented on the recording sheet, the liner notes for CBS/Co 26306 list OP instead of JW. - see also DEMS 02,1 and 02,2.

                                                      Mr. Lasker's research resolves the personnel question:

                                                      'Columbia's recording report to the AF of M shows Woode on bass, and four trumpets: Nance, Terry, Anderson and "Andrea Meren Quito Forda."'

                                                      The correct lineup is therefore:
                                                      • High brass: Nance, Terry, Anderson, Marenguito
                                                      • Low brass: Woodman, Jackson, Sanders
                                                      • Reeds: Hamilton, Procope, Hodges, Gonsalves, Carney
                                                      • Rhythm: Ellington, Woode, Woodyard
                                                      • Vocal: Grissom

                                                      Titles recorded:
                                                      • Rondolet (Slamar In D Flat)
                                                      • Together
                                                      • Perfume Suite:
                                                        • 2.Strange Feeling
                                                        • 3. Dancers In Love
                                                      • Emails Lasker-Palmquist 2014-10-14 and 2014-11-23 re session time and 2014-11-24 re personnel
                                                      • Girvan:   Ellingtonia.com
                                                      • MacHare:   A Duke Ellington Panorama
                                                      • Timner V
                                                      • Ole J. Nielsen, Jazz Records 1942-80, A discography: Vol. Six, Duke Ellington
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                                                      Tuesday
                                                      ...activities not documented
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                                                      1957 12 11
                                                      Wednesday
                                                      ...activities not documented
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                                                      Thursday
                                                      ...activities not documented
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                                                      Friday
                                                      ...activities not documented
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                                                      1957 12 14
                                                      Saturday
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                                                      .Chicago, Ill.Archway LoungeIn January 1958 Jet ran a photo of Ellington "embracing" hostess Mimi Roberts at the Archway Lounge (Webmaster's comment - it looks like they were dancing). The accompanying story said was about the reopening of the Archway Lounge, which had been closed for renovations. The date needs to be confirmed:
                                                      • In November, Jet announced the reopening would be December 15, a Sunday
                                                      • Tower Ticker reported

                                                        'The International Boxing club was able to get both Champ Carmen Basilio and Sugar Ray Robinson to agree to come to Windy Town next Wednesday night for personal reasons. Sugar will pop up at the debut of his manager Harold [Killer} Johnson's swank new Archway lounge...'

                                                      • The California Eagle 1957-12-19 reported a Tommy Tucker boarded a flight to Chicago to catch the opening last Monday.
                                                      Jet magazine
                                                      • 1957-11-21 p.61
                                                      • 1958-01-02 pp.60-61
                                                    • Tower Ticker, Chicago Sunday Tribune 1957-12-15 s.F Pt.1,p.41
                                                    • California Eagle, 1957-12-19 p.10
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                                                      Monday
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                                                      Wednesday
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                                                      Thursday
                                                      ...activities not documented
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                                                      1957 12 20
                                                      Friday
                                                      1957 01 02Chicago, Ill.Blue Note
                                                      Night Club
                                                      Night club residency
                                                      See details of the Blue Note contract above (1957 09 12)

                                                      Stratemann writes that singer Carmen McRae played the Blue Note during at least part of the Ellington engagement.

                                                      'THE DUKE IS KING
                                                      By William Leonard
                                                       Ellington isn't really the Duke; he's the king! It was just 30 years ago this month that he made jazz history when he brought his orchestra into the famed old Cotton Club in New York City. Next Thursday he will bring it into Chicago's storied Blue Note for the 16th time (far more often than any other band has played there), and when he arrives it will be as the biggest box office attraction the Loop jazz hall ever knew...
                                                        Harry Carney has been playing in the Ellington band uninterruptedly since the night the Duke opened at the old Cotton club on Harlem's Lenox avenue, and gave the nation a new approach to popular music.
                                                        Thirty years ago this month! It's a record no other musician ever is likely to equal in jazz, for there's only one Ellington. '

                                                      • Stratemann p.378 ciitng Chicago Defender 1958-01-04 p.58
                                                      • Chicago Sunday Tribune Magazine, 1957-12-15 p.18
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                                                      Saturday
                                                      .Chicago, Ill.Blue Note
                                                      Night Club
                                                      Night club residency - see 1957 12 20..
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                                                      Sunday
                                                      .Chicago, Ill.Blue Note
                                                      Night Club
                                                      Night club residency - see 1957 12 20..
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                                                      Monday
                                                      .Chicago, Ill..activities not documented
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                                                      Tuesday
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                                                      Wednesday
                                                      .Chicago, Ill.Blue Note
                                                      Night Club
                                                      Night club residency - see 1957 12 20..
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                                                      Thursday
                                                      .Chicago, Ill.Blue Note
                                                      Night Club
                                                      Night club residency - see 1957 12 20..
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                                                      Friday
                                                      .Chicago, Ill.Blue Note
                                                      Night Club
                                                      Night club residency - see 1957 12 20..
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                                                      Saturday
                                                      .Chicago, Ill.Blue Note
                                                      Night Club
                                                      Night club residency - see 1957 12 20..
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                                                      Sunday
                                                      .Chicago, Ill.Blue Note
                                                      Night Club
                                                      Night club residency - see 1957 12 20..
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                                                      Monday
                                                      .Chicago, Ill.Blue Note
                                                      Night Club
                                                      Night club residency - see 1957 12 20
                                                      Remote telecast: Timex Jazz Show #1:
                                                      Duke Ellington and His Orchestra
                                                      Cook, Anderson, Baker, Terry, Nance, Woodman, Jackson, Sanders, Hamilton, Procope, Hodges, Gonsalves, Carney, Ellington, Woode, Woodyard
                                                      Titles recorded:
                                                      • Ballet Of The Flying Saucers
                                                      • Such Sweet Thunder
                                                      Nielsen:

                                                      'The Ellington band was wired into this program from the Blue Note Chicago. So was Carmen McRae, who - contrary to some sources - was not accompanied by the Ellington band, but by her own trio.'

                                                      • Stratemann p.381
                                                      • Girvan:   Ellingtonia.com
                                                      • Timner
                                                      • Ole J. Nielsen, Jazz Records 1942-80, A discography: Vol. Six, Duke Ellington, p.180
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                                                      Tuesday
                                                      .Chicago, Ill.Blue Note
                                                      Night Club
                                                      Night club residency - see 1957 12 20
                                                      New Years Eve remote telecasts and a post-midnight remote broadcast:
                                                      • NBC All Star Parade of Bands or Timex All Star Jazz Show #1) national telecast (click to listen - start at 20:45):

                                                        Duke Ellington and His Orchestra
                                                        Cook, Anderson, Baker, Terry, Nance, Woodman, Jackson, Sanders, Hamilton, Procope, Hodges, Gonsalves, Carney, Ellington, Woode, Woodyard, Grissom, Bailey

                                                        Titles telecast:
                                                        • Auld Lang Syne (played before and after the theme
                                                        • Take The "A" Train (theme) played as background during the countdown to midnight)
                                                        • Newport Up
                                                        • Together
                                                        • La Virgen De La Macarena
                                                        • You Better Know It
                                                        • The Star-Crossed Lovers
                                                      • CBS New Years Eve national telecast:

                                                        Duke Ellington and His Orchestra
                                                        Cook, Anderson, Baker, Terry, Nance, Woodman, Jackson, Sanders, Hamilton, Procope, Hodges, Gonsalves, Carney, Ellington, Woode, Woodyard

                                                        Titles telecast:
                                                      • 12:45 a.m. remote broadcast on WBBM

                                                        New Desor has this as session DE9024 dated 1958 01 01, apparently based on Timner's statement in DEMS 03/2-21:Q13 "Blue Note (WBBM bc). I have an additional set of titles from this date (could be from the evening of 1Jan)". Ellington's contract for this Blue Note residency ran to Jan. 2 but explicitly gave his band Jan. 1 and 2 off. (This is probably because they normally would have taken Monday and Tuesday off at the Blue Note, but New Years Eve was Tuesday that year.) The radio log for WBBM shows remote broadcasts from other locations at 00:15 and 00:30, then from the Blue Note at 00:45.


                                                        Duke Ellington and His Orchestra
                                                        Anderson,Cook, Baker, Terry, Nance, Woodman, Jackson, Sanders, Hamilton, Procope, Hodges, Gonsalves, Carney, Ellington, Woode, Woodyard, Grissom, Bailey

                                                        Titles broadcast:
                                                        • Take The "A" Train (theme)
                                                        • The Telecasters
                                                        • Jump For Joy
                                                        • Passion Flower
                                                        • Newport Up
                                                        • C-Jam Blues (Duke's Place)
                                                        • My Heart, My Mind, My Everything
                                                      • Timner V identifies the telecasts as broadcasts, and the CBS telecast and the WBBM broadcast as one continuous broadcast.

                                                      Stratemann advises the NBC telecast was recorded on kinescope and the entire telecast was believed to still exist on 16mm film, although only fragments were, at the time of writing, in collectors' hands.

                                                      Stratemann and Nielsen name the NBC telecast as Timex All Star Jazz Show #1; it begins with the Teddy Wilson trio followed by the Eddy Heywood trio, both from New York.


                                                      This was the de facto end of this Blue Note engagement. The contract ran until Jan. 2 but the last two days were scheduled days off. It isn't certain when Ellington left the midwest.
                                                      • Stratemann, p.385
                                                      • Girvan:   Ellingtonia.com
                                                      • Timner V
                                                      • Ole J. Nielsen, Jazz Records 1942-80, A discography: Vol. Six, Duke Ellington, p.180
                                                      • Radio log, Dixon Evening Telegraph, Dixon, Ill. 1957-12-31 p.16
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                                                      1958 00 00
                                                      ...Ellington made a voice recording about a fictitious Madame Kokonol.

                                                      Nielsen:

                                                      ' This is an Ellington voice recording of a story about a fictive [sic] Madame Kokonol. According to an accepted version, Ellington told this tale while testing a tape recorder. The story is reminiscent of the mythical Madam Zajj in "A Drum Is A Woman." There are several different spellings for Madame Kokonol, such as "Krokonol", or "Croquignole".'

                                                      The recording was discussed by Bruce Kennan during his The Spoken Ellington presentation at the 1989 Duke Ellington International Study Group Conference
                                                    • Ole J. Nielsen, Jazz Records 1942-80, A discography: Vol. Six, Duke Ellington, p.
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                                                      January 1958

                                                      1958 01 01
                                                      Wednesday
                                                      .Chicago, Ill.Blue Note CaféWhile the band was still under contract to the Blue Note, this was a scheduled day off from the engagement.

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                                                      Thursday
                                                      .Chicago, Ill.Blue Note CaféThis was the last night of the Blue Note contract, but was scheduled as a day off.

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                                                      After the Blue Note, the band went to Florida and then westward to California. Stratemann reports Hodges stayed in Florida until March, working with Strayhorn, bass player Bill Pemberton, and with Grissom on drums.
                                                      Arrival:
                                                      • Bill Graham, reeds (alto and bari), born 1918, joins in early January
                                                      Graham travelled with Ellington on this tour, subbing for Hodges and for Woodyard when Sam was sick. Clark Terry also covered drums from time to time.

                                                      Both Graham and Hodges played the March 31 recording session. Bill seems then to have left the band, but did play a couple more 1958 sessions with Duke.
                                                      Departures:
                                                      • Jimmy Grissom, singer
                                                      • Willie Cook, reeds
                                                      • Johnny Hodges, reeds
                                                      • New Desor vol.2
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                                                      1958 01 03
                                                      Friday
                                                      1958 01 14
                                                      Saturday
                                                      Bal Harbour, Fla.Bal Masque Supper Club
                                                      Americana Hotel
                                                      Miami Beach
                                                      Club date with Tony Bennett
                                                      (Venue: Stratemann spells the ballroom Bal Masqué, but there is no visible accent on its matchbook covers or in the signage over its entrance. The street address is in Bal Harbour, which is a village at the northern tip of an area known as Miami Beach, the name of the city to the north.)
                                                      Contract:
                                                      • Dated 1957 08 20
                                                      • 15 musicians led by Duke Ellington Inc. Presents Duke Ellington & His Orchestra
                                                      • Commencing 1958 01 03 thru [sic] 1958 01 14 ("12 Consecutive Days")
                                                      • To appear as an act in the floor show only - two shows nightly, approx. 9 pm & 12 midnight
                                                      • Ellington to receive 100% equal billing with Tony Bennett. Bennett is to be on the left hand side and Duke Ellington on the right hand side in all advertising.
                                                      • Dressing room to be provided for Mr. Ellington
                                                      • Dressing room to be provided for the musicians in Mr. Ellington's band.
                                                      • Contract price $12,000 payable $7,000 cash by 1958 01 09 and $5,000 on 1958 01 14
                                                      • Rider dated 1957 08 22 confirms that Ellington's orchestra will accompany Bennett.
                                                      • Stratemann, p.385 citing DESB
                                                      • Vail II
                                                      • Associated Booking Corporation contract dated 1957 08 20 and rider dated 1957 08 22, SI-NMAH Archives Center, DEC301, Series III Subseries A, Box 1, Folder 2
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                                                      1958 01 03
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                                                      1958 01 14
                                                      Saturday
                                                      vicinity
                                                      Miami Beach, Fla.
                                                      .Hajdu writes that during his time at the Bal Masque, Ellington worked with Strayhorn on the music for a Broadway production about apartheid in South Africa, Mine Boy, later retitled Saturday Laughter.

                                                      Producer Christopher Manos was present. Hajdu quotes him as saying Ellington told him in New York, Well, the only way it'll get done is if you come with me on the road and goose me along.

                                                      Strayhorn and Ellington completed 22 songs for the show by the summer of 1958, without changing the lyrics, and with Strayhorn perhaps being the more involved of the two.

                                                      While Ellington and Strayhorn wene to Europe in the fall, the producers held readings and auditions, but were unable to raise the money necessary to produce the show. Franceschina suggests Ellington was somewhat indifferent to the project but Hajdu quotes Manos as saying Strayhorn wanted it to succeed.
                                                      • David Hajdu, Lush Life: A Biography of Billy Strayhorn, North Point Press, New York, 1996, pp.180-181
                                                      • John Franceschina, Duke Ellington's Music for the Theatre, pp. 97-102
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                                                      Saturday
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                                                      Americana Hotel
                                                      Miami Beach
                                                      Club residency - see 1958 01 03...
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                                                      1958 01 05
                                                      Sunday
                                                      .Bal Harbour, Fla.Bal Masque Supper Club
                                                      Americana Hotel
                                                      Miami Beach
                                                      Club residency - see 1958 01 03...
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                                                      1958 01 06
                                                      Monday
                                                      .Bal Harbour, Fla.Bal Masque Supper Club
                                                      Americana Hotel
                                                      Miami Beach
                                                      Club residency - see 1958 01 03...
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                                                      1958 01 07
                                                      Tuesday
                                                      .Bal Harbour, Fla.Bal Masque Supper Club
                                                      Americana Hotel
                                                      Miami Beach
                                                      Club residency - see 1958 01 03...
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                                                      1958 01 08
                                                      Wednesday
                                                      .Bal Harbour, Fla.Bal Masque Supper Club
                                                      Americana Hotel
                                                      Miami Beach
                                                      Club residency - see 1958 01 03...
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                                                      1958 01 09
                                                      Thursday
                                                      .Bal Harbour, Fla.Bal Masque Supper Club
                                                      Americana Hotel
                                                      Miami Beach
                                                      Club residency - see 1958 01 03...
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                                                      Friday
                                                      .Bal Harbour, Fla.Bal Masque Supper Club
                                                      Americana Hotel
                                                      Miami Beach
                                                      Club residency - see 1958 01 03...
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                                                      Saturday
                                                      .Bal Harbour, Fla.Bal Masque Supper Club
                                                      Americana Hotel
                                                      Miami Beach
                                                      Club residency - see 1958 01 03..
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                                                      1958 01 12
                                                      Sunday
                                                      .Bal Harbour, Fla.Bal Masque Supper Club
                                                      Americana Hotel
                                                      Miami Beach
                                                      Club residency - see 1958 01 03..
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                                                      Monday
                                                      .Bal Harbour, Fla.Bal Masque Supper Club
                                                      Americana Hotel
                                                      Miami Beach
                                                      Club residency - see 1958 01 03..
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                                                      Tuesday
                                                      .Bal Harbour, Fla.Bal Masque Supper Club
                                                      Americana Hotel
                                                      Miami Beach
                                                      Club residency - see 1958 01 03..
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                                                      Wednesday
                                                      .Fort Lauderdale, Fla.War Memorial AuditoriumConcert, 8:30 to 10:30 pm.
                                                      The contract was for 15 musicians, fee $1,250 with a guarantee privilage [sic] 50% gross receipts. $625 was to be paid on signing of the contract, the balance in cash at intermission the night of the engagement.
                                                      • Stratemann, p.385
                                                      • Associated Booking Corporation contract dated 1957 11 08, SI-NMAH Archives Center, DEC301, Series III Subseries A, Box 1, Folder 5
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                                                      Thursday
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                                                      1958 01 17
                                                      Friday
                                                      .Orlando, Fla.South Street CasinoContract terms:
                                                      • one vocal and fifteen musicians under the leadership of "DUKE ELLINGTON, INC. PRESENTS DUKE ELLINGTON & HIS ORCHESTRA"
                                                      • Name and Address of Place of Engagement
                                                        South Street Casino, Orlando, Florida
                                                      • Date(s) of employment
                                                        Friday, January 17th, 1958
                                                      • Hours of employment
                                                        10.oo pm to 2.oo am
                                                      • Type of engagement
                                                        SHOW and/or DANCE (FOR COLORED)
                                                      • DUKE ELLINGTON TO RECEIVE 100% top billing
                                                      • EMPLOYER AGREES TO FURNISH 2 MICROPHONES AND A PIANO IN GOOD WORKING ORDER TUNED TO 440 PITCH.
                                                      • Wage agreed upon: $1,000, privilege 60% gross admission receipts less admission taxes. Deposit $400 payable money order, cashier's or certified check on signing and balance of $600 plus percentage, if any, IN CASH to leader during intermission on night of engagement
                                                      • Employer:
                                                        Mrs. {illegible] Long, 3411 Vineland Road, Orlando, Florida
                                                      • Signed by
                                                        Mrs. {illegible] Long
                                                        (Webmaster's note: My copy of the contract is blurry and it was hard to make out Mrs. Long's first name. I think it's Athlene or Athone. If anyone knew her or has access to an Orlando phone book from 1958, please let me know the correct spelling.

                                                      Associated Booking Corporation contract dated 1957 12 26 and accompanying telegram, SI-NMAH Archives Center, DEC301, Series III, Subseries A, Box 1, Folder 6..
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                                                      Saturday
                                                      .West Palm Beach, Fla.Sunset Bar-Auditorium
                                                      609 Eighth Street
                                                      The type of engagement is not shown on the contract, but the hours suggest this was for dancing. Contract price, $1,750 guarantee, 60% privilege of the gross receipts, $875 to be paid on signing the contract, the balance in cash during intermission the night of the engagement. The contract, for the services of 15 musicians led by Duke Ellington Inc. presents Duke Ellington & His Orchestra, is signed by Dennis A. Starks Jr.Associated Booking Corporation contract dated 1957 09 06, SI-NMAH Archives Center, DEC301, Series III Subseries A, Box 1, Folder 3..
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                                                      Sunday
                                                      .McDill Air Force Base,
                                                      Tampa, Fla.
                                                      Officers Open Mess ClubDance
                                                      Contract terms:
                                                      • 15 musicians led by "Duke Ellington Inc. presents Duke Ellington"
                                                      • Date of employment January 19, 1958
                                                      • Hours of employment: 9 p.m. to 1 a.m.
                                                      • Type of engagement: Dance
                                                      • Standard top billing clause
                                                      • Wage agreed upon: $1,250 flat, deposit $625 payable on signing and balance in cash night of engagement
                                                      • Employer: Major Ralph Edwards, Officers Open Mess Club, McDill Air Force Base, Tampa, Fla.
                                                      • Signed by Ralph Edwards
                                                      This contract is dated November 7, 1958 for a dance to be held January 19, 1958. While it is not uncommon for a January event to be inadvertently dated the previous year, this does not appear to be the case. The contract shows when the deposit was received, and that date, handwritten, is clearly "Dec.4th, 1957," consistent with the performance being in January 1958 and with the contract date being wrong.
                                                      Associated Booking Corporation contract misdated 1958 11 07, SI-NMAH Archives Center, DEC301, Series III Subseries A, Box 1, Folder 17, courtesy Smithsonian research volunteer C. Windheuser, 2016-06-17..
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                                                      Monday
                                                      .Biloxi, Miss.Keesler Air Force BaseThis gig is wrongly dated in Stratemann, New Desor, and Timner V. Ellington was in Tallahassee this day, but played two concerts at Keesler on the 22nd..New Desor
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                                                      Monday
                                                      .Tallahassee, Fla.Florida A & M UniversityPittsburgh Courier:

                                                      'Duke Ellington appeared on the Jan. 20 artists and lyceum program at Florida A. and M. U. ...The Duke is currently on a concert tour...'

                                                      New York Age:

                                                      'FLA.A-M HONORS DUKE
                                                      Duke Ellington Given Honorary Band Membership
                                                      – Honorary membership in Florida A & M University's marching and symphonic bands was conferred on bandleader Duke Ellington at a concert attended by 2,000.
                                                        Dr. William P. Foster, director of the Fam-U Bands, presented the Duke with a certificate of membership, a green and orange lyre "F" and a gold key. The certificate reads "in recognition of creative genius and unique talent as composer and bandleader, the Department of Music of the Florida A & M University conferred on Edward Kennedy Ellington honorary membership in its Marching and Symphonic Bands."'

                                                      The News-Tribune carried a photo of co-ed Betty Hollifield pinning a "lyre F" on Duke's chest. The caption says

                                                      FAMU HONORS THE DUKE – World famous composer and bandleader Duke Ellington was made an honorary member of the nationally famous Florida A & M University marching and symphonic bands during a recent artists and lyceum concert appearance in Tallahassee.'


                                                      The contract was for 15 musicians for one concert, 8 to 10 p.m., at Florida A & M College [sic], Ellington to recieve headline billing in type equal to 100% on marquees and in any and all releases and paid advertising. The contract price was $1,200, with $600 payable on signing and the balance in cash during intermission. It was signed by M. G. Miles, Director of Student Activities.
                                                      • College Roundup, Pittsburgh Courier, 1958-01-25 p.21
                                                      • New York Age, 1958-02-01 p.17
                                                      • News-Tribune, Fort Pearce, Fla. 1958-02-02 p.14
                                                      • Associated Booking Corporation contract dated 1957 11 29, SI-NMAH Archives Center, DEC301, Series III Subseries A, Box 1, Folder 5
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                                                      Tuesday
                                                      .Pensacola, Fla..Ellington was interviewed by Ted Cassidy for WCOA-FM
                                                      • Stratemann, p.385
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                                                      Tuesday
                                                      .Pensacola, Fla.Municipal AuditoriumConcert

                                                      Contract terms:
                                                      • 15 musicians under the leadership of "DUKE ELLINGTON, INC. PRESENTS DUKE ELLINGTON"
                                                      • Name and Address of Place of Engagement
                                                        Municipal Auditorium, Pensacola, Florida
                                                      • Date(s) of employment
                                                        January 21st, 1958
                                                      • Hours of employment
                                                        One concert 8:30 PM to 10:30 PM
                                                      • Type of engagement
                                                        Concert
                                                      • Standard top billing clause
                                                      • Wage agreed upon: $1,000 guarantee, privilege 50% gross receipts. Ellington's maximum of 50% privilage [sic] not to exceed total of $1,250 for his end. Payment details crossed out.
                                                      • Employer:
                                                        Dr. Nathan Rubin, 1401 Palafox St., Pensacola, Fla.
                                                      • Signed by
                                                        Nathan S. Perkins
                                                      • Associated Booking Corporation contract dated 1957 12 05, SI-NMAH Archives Center, DEC301, Series III, Subseries A, Box 1, Folder 6
                                                      • Stratemann, p.385
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                                                      1958 01 22
                                                      Wednesday
                                                      .Biloxi, Miss.Andrew Theatre
                                                      Keesler Air Force Base
                                                      Two recorded concerts 6:30 and 8:00 p.m.
                                                      Duke Ellington and His Orchestra
                                                      Anderson, Baker, Terry, Nance, Woodman, Jackson, Sanders, Hamilton,Procope, Bill Graham, Gonsalves, Carney, Ellington, Woode, Woodyard, Bailey
                                                      Titles recorded:
                                                      First concert
                                                      • Take The "A" Train (theme)
                                                      • Stompin' At The Savoy
                                                      • What Else Can You Do With A Drum?
                                                      • Autumn Leaves
                                                      • La Virgen De La Macarena
                                                      • Skin Deep
                                                      • Medley:
                                                        • Don't Get Around Much Anymore
                                                        • Do Nothin' Till You Hear From Me
                                                        • In A Sentimental Mood
                                                        • Mood Indigo
                                                        • I'm Beginning To See The Light
                                                        • Sophisticated Lady
                                                        • Caravan
                                                        • I Got It Bad and That Ain't Good
                                                        • Just Squeeze Me
                                                        • It Don't Mean A Thing
                                                        • Solitude
                                                        • C-Jam Blues
                                                        • I Let A Song & Don't Get Around Much Anymore
                                                      • Diminuendo In Blue / Wailing Interval / Crescendo In Blue
                                                      Second concert
                                                      • Take The "A" Train (theme)
                                                      • Stompin' At The Savoy
                                                      • What Else Can You Do With A Drum?
                                                      • You Better Know It
                                                      • La Virgen De La Macarena
                                                      • Skin Deep
                                                      • Medley:
                                                        • Don't Get Around Much Anymore
                                                        • Do Nothin' Till You Hear From Me
                                                        • In A Sentimental Mood
                                                        • Mood Indigo
                                                        • I'm Beginning To See The Light
                                                        • Sophisticated Lady
                                                        • Caravan
                                                        • I Got It Bad and That Ain't Good
                                                        • Just Squeeze Me
                                                        • It Don't Mean A Thing
                                                        • Solitude
                                                        • C-Jam Blues
                                                        • Satin Doll
                                                        • I Let A Song & Don't Get Around Much Anymore
                                                      • Diminuendo In Blue / Wailing Interval / Crescendo In Blue

                                                      Contract terms:
                                                      • 15 musicians under the leadership of "DUKE ELLINGTON, INC. PRESENTS DUKE ELLINGTON AND HIS ORCHESTRA"
                                                      • Name and Address of Place of Engagement
                                                        Andrew Theatre [sic], Keesler Air Force Base, Biloxi, Miss.
                                                      • Date(s) of employment
                                                        January 22, 1958
                                                      • Hours of employment
                                                        Two one hour concerts 6:30 PM to 7:30 PM - 8:00 PM to 9:00 PM
                                                      • Standard top billing clause
                                                      • Wage agreed upon: $900 flat, deposit $450 payable on signing and balance in cash during intermission night of engagement
                                                      • Employer:
                                                        Lt. John B. Barnes, Personnel Services Office, Keesler Air Force Base, Biloxi, Miss.
                                                      • Signed by
                                                        John B. Barnes, Lt.
                                                      • Associated Booking Corporation contract dated 1957 12 27, SI-NMAH Archives Center, DEC301, Series III, Subseries A, Box 1, Folder 6
                                                      • The Daily Herald, Gulfport and Biloxi, Mississippi
                                                        • Announcement, 1958-01-10,p. 8
                                                        • Publicity 1958-01-22, p.9
                                                      • Stratemann p.385
                                                      • Girvan:   Ellingtonia.com
                                                      • Timner
                                                      • Ole J. Nielsen, Jazz Records 1942-80, A discography: Vol. Six, Duke Ellington
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                                                      Thursday
                                                      .New Orleans, La.Dillard UniversityConcert
                                                      Contract terms:
                                                      • 15 musicians under the leadership of "DUKE ELLINGTON, INC. PRESENTS DUKE ELLINGTON & HIS ORCHESTRA"
                                                      • Name and Address of Place of Engagement
                                                        Dillard University, New Orleans, La.
                                                      • Date(s) of employment
                                                        January 23, 1958
                                                      • Hours of employment
                                                        One Concert - 8:30 P.M. To 10:30 P.M.
                                                      • Standard top billing clause
                                                      • Wage agreed upon: $1,500 guarantee, privilege 50% of gross receipts, deposit $750 payable on signing and balance in cash during intermission night of engagement
                                                      • Employer:
                                                        Frank Painia, Chairman, Dillard University [illegible], 2835 Lasalle Street, New Orleans, La.
                                                      • Associated Booking Corporation contract dated 1957 12 04, SI-NMAH Archives Center, DEC301, Series III, Subseries A, Box 1, Folder 6
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                                                      Friday
                                                      .Victoria, Tex.Aloe GymnasiumSegregated dance, 9 to 1, admission $2.75

                                                      The Corpus Christi ads announce admission is $2.75 and don't suggest the dance is segregated. The Victoria ads show prices of $2.75 and $2.50 for advance and door tickets respectively, and say Special section reserved for white patrons.
                                                      Letter to the editor from C. R. Callis, Chairman, Victoria County Citizen Committee:

                                                      'Dear Editor:
                                                        SUBJECT: DISCRIMINATION AND SEGREGATION SHOULD BE OUTDATED BY NOW IN VICTORIA COUNTY AND ELSEWHERE
                                                        On Friday night, Jan. 24, there was a dance at Aloe gym in Victoria, Victoria county, Texas. The artist had performed at night was none other than Duke Ellington. I actually don't know who the real, or true sponsor was. I'm told that the Mr. Bess was the sponsor. But any way that does not matter to me. Before said dance I read an advertisement sign that said in part," There will be a reserved section for white people."
                                                        Now the thing that is worrying me or that baffles my mind, why reserve a section for white people? The Aloe gym is owned by Victoria county, and if my memory serves me right, I pay a pretty big part of the taxes that paid for Aloe gym...'


                                                      Contract terms:
                                                      • 15 musicians under the leadership of "DUKE ELLINGTON, INC. PRESENTS DUKE ELLINGTON & HIS ORCHESTRA"
                                                      • Name and Address of Place of Engagement
                                                        Victoria, Texas - Aloe Gymnasium
                                                      • Date(s) of employment
                                                        January 24, 1958
                                                      • Hours of employment
                                                        9:00 P.M. To 1:00 A.M.
                                                      • Standard top billing clause
                                                      • Wage agreed upon: $1,250 guarantee, privilege 65% gross receipts less state & federal taxes. Deposit $625 payable on signing and balance in cash during intermission on night of engagement
                                                      • Employer:
                                                        Jack Lewis, Pleasure Island, 650 W., Constitution, Victoria, Texas
                                                      • Signed by
                                                        Jack Lewis
                                                      • Associated Booking Corporation contract dated 1957 12 17, SI-NMAH Archives Center, DEC301, Series III, Subseries A, Box 1, Folder 6
                                                      • The Victoria Advocate, Victoria, Tex.
                                                        • 1958-01-22 p.2
                                                        • 1958-01-23 pp.2,18
                                                        • 1958-01-24 p.2
                                                      • Corpus Christi Times, Corpus Christi,Tex.
                                                        • 1958-01-23 p.19-B
                                                        • 1958-01-24 p.10-B
                                                      • C. R. Callis letter, San Antonio Register, San Antonio, Tex., 1958-01-31 p.4
                                                      • Stratemann p.385
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                                                      Saturday
                                                      .San Antonio, Tex..
                                                      "Duke Ellington and his band around town the past Saturday night following a dance engagement at Victoria."
                                                      Around the Plaza by Renwicke Gary San Antonio Light, 1958-01-28, p.41..
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                                                      Sunday
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                                                      Monday
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                                                      1958 01 28
                                                      Tuesday
                                                      .Fort Huachuca, Ariz.Post Theatre and Non-commissioned Officers' ClubConcert and dance

                                                      'Fort's Polio Ball Features Ellington
                                                      FORT HUACHUCA (SPECIAL) – Duke Ellington and his band will perform at the March of Dimes Ball at the non-commissioned officers' annex Jan.28. Admission will be dimes for the polio drive.'


                                                      Contract terms:
                                                      • 15 musicians under the leadership of "DUKE ELLINGTON, INC. PRESENTS DUKE ELLINGTON AND HIS ORCHESTRA"
                                                      • Name and Address of Place of Engagement
                                                        Ft. Huachuca, Arizona
                                                      • Date(s) of employment
                                                        January 28th {handwritten, the original typed date was January 29th]
                                                      • Hours of employment
                                                        7:00 8:00 pm - Post Theatre - concert
                                                        8:30 - 11:00 pm - Non-Commissioned Officers' Club - dance
                                                      • Standard top billing clause
                                                      • Wage agreed upon: $1,000 flat, deposit $500 payable on signing, balance of monies due will be paid during intermission
                                                      • Employer:
                                                        Major Rodney S. Kepley, Special Services Officer, Fort Huachuca, Arizona
                                                      • Signed by
                                                        Rodney S. Kepley
                                                      • Associated Booking Corporation contract dated 1957 12 04, SI-NMAH Archives Center, DEC301, Series III, Subseries A, Box 1, Folder 6
                                                      • The Arizona Republic, Phoenix, Ariz. 1958-01-14 p.12
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                                                      Wednesday
                                                      .San Diego, Cal.Station Theatre
                                                      U.S. Marine Corps Recruiting Depot
                                                      Two stage concerts, 6:30 and 8:00 p.m.
                                                      Contract terms:
                                                      • 15 musicians under the leadership of "DUKE ELLINGTON, INC.,OWNER, PRESENTS DUKE ELLINGTON AND HIS ORCHESTRA"
                                                      • Name and Address of Place of Engagement
                                                        Station Theatre, USMCRD, San Diego, California
                                                      • Date(s) of employment
                                                        January 29, 1958
                                                      • Hours of employment
                                                        Two stage concerts approximately 70 minutes each. Both concerts on same stage. Approximately 6:30 PM and 8:00 PM
                                                      • Type of engagement
                                                        Concert
                                                      • Standard top billing clause
                                                      • Wage agreed upon: $1,150 flat, deposit $575 on signing and balance during intermission
                                                      • Employer:
                                                        Mr. Bud Melchor, 2223 El Cajon Blvd., San Diego, California
                                                      • Signed by
                                                        Bud Melchor

                                                      • Associated Booking Corporation contract dated 1957 12 19, SI-NMAH Archives Center, DEC301, Series III, Subseries A, Box 1, Folder 6
                                                      • The Highroad, The San Diego Union, San Diego, Cal., 1958-01-28 p.1
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                                                      Thursday
                                                      .Los Angeles, Cal.Beverly HiltonFormal dance for the Pacific Town Club.

                                                      '...The Duke previewed his Peacock Lane ofering [sic] last night at the Beverly Hilton hotel where he played the invitational dance of the Pacific Town club...'

                                                      The president of the club was Harold Scott, Los Angeles City Health Department inspector, who was a candidate for Congress from the 15th district. Ellington, Scott, Mrs. Scott and their son are pictured in the Tribune's 1958-02-14 edition, and Ellington's photo with two ladies is in the Courier dated 1958-02-22.
                                                      Contract terms:
                                                      • 15 musicians under the leadership of "DUKE ELLINGTON, INC.,OWNER, PRESENTS DUKE ELLINGTON AND HIS ORCHESTRA"
                                                      • Name and Address of Place of Engagement
                                                        Pacific Town Club, Los Angeles Breakfast Club, Los Angeles, Calif.
                                                      • Date(s) of employment
                                                        January 30, 1958
                                                      • Hours of employment
                                                        10 P.M. TO 2 A.M.
                                                      • Standard top billing clause
                                                      • Wage agreed upon: $1,000 flat, deposit $500 payable on signing and balance during intermission
                                                      • Employer:
                                                        Dr. Robert Wood, Pacific Town Club, Los Angeles, California
                                                      • Signed by
                                                        Robert I. Wood
                                                      • Associated Booking Corporation contract dated 1957 12 12, SI-NMAH Archives Center, DEC301, Series III, Subseries A, Box 1, Folder 6
                                                      • Los Angeles Tribune, Los Angeles, Cal.:
                                                        • 1958-01-31 p.18
                                                        • 1958-02-14 p.3
                                                      • Pittsburgh Courier, Pittsburgh, Penn., 1958-02-22 p.22
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                                                      Friday
                                                      1958 02 13
                                                      Thursday
                                                      Los Angeles, Cal.Peacock Lane
                                                      Hollywood at Western
                                                      Night club engagement. Stratemann has it running until Feb. 13; Vail copies that. The contract is for three weeks and three days, taking it to Feb. 23, but it appears to have been cut short since our heroes began their Starlite Room residency in Palm Springs on Feb. 14.

                                                      'Ellington opening tonight, Peacock Lane

                                                      The famous Duke Ellington band, now in its 33rd year, opens a limited engagement tonight at Pete Fascios [sic] Peacock Lane in Hollywood...

                                                      There are several shows nightly, according to Fascio.'

                                                      When announcing the last week, Vescio [sic} said there were 4 shows nightly, and that he had a possible option for an extra week. The article said "Such Sweet Thunder" and "A Drum Is a Woman" were finding special favour with music lovers. Columnist Kerry Jackson wrote that Ellington was packing them in at Peacock Lane and that Carney told him Hodges was absent because he was playing a gig in Florida that Duke had helped set up.
                                                      The contract was for $6,000/week, pro-rated for the last 3 days, for three weeks and three days, 7 nights a week, 9 p.m. to 2 a.m. Fee payable at the end of each week.
                                                      • Stratemann p.385 citing Down Beat 1957-12-26
                                                      • Vail II
                                                      • Los Angeles Tribune, Los Angeles, Cal.
                                                        • Plug 1958-01-31 p.18
                                                        • Banner ad, 1958-01-31 p.19
                                                        • Plugs, 1958-02-07 pp.18, 19
                                                      • Associated Booking Corporation contract dated 1957 10 21, SI-NMAH Archives Center, DEC301, Series III Subseries A, Box 1, Folder 4
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                                                      Monday
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                                                      Tuesday
                                                      .Los Angeles, Cal.Radio Recorders
                                                      7000 Santa Monica Blvd.
                                                      Hollywood 28, Cal.
                                                      Believed to be
                                                      1441 North McCadden Place
                                                      Columbia recording session
                                                      14:30-17:30
                                                      Duke Ellington and His Orchestra
                                                      Baker, Anderson, Terry, Nance, Woodman, Jackson, Sanders, Hamilton, Bill Graham, Procope, Gonsalves, Carney, Ellington, Woode, Woodyard

                                                      Titles recorded:
                                                      • Track 360
                                                        (New Desor reports 17 takes, Nielsen reports 16, of which it says 7 were complete, 7 were incomplete, 1 had a false start and "an insert was recorded after take 1."
                                                      • Blues in Orbit
                                                      • Black, Brown And Beige suite:
                                                        • 01. Worksong
                                                        • 02. Come Sunday
                                                        • 03. Light
                                                      • Email Lasker-Palmquist 2014-10-14 re session time
                                                      • Girvan:   Ellingtonia.com
                                                      • MacHare:   A Duke Ellington Panorama
                                                      • Timner V pp.189-190
                                                      • Ole J. Nielsen, Jazz Records 1942-80, A discography: Vol. Six, Duke Ellington, p.181 (incomplete)
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                                                      1958 02 04
                                                      Tuesday
                                                      .Los Angeles, Cal..Peripheral Event
                                                      This may be when Mahalia Jackson arrived in Los Angeles to begin a week of rehearsals for her recordings for the Ellington Black Brown and Beige LP - see Irving Townsend's liner notes at 1958 02 11 below. They are unlikely to have rehearsed together this afternoon since Ellington was recording, but it is possible she came to the studio since he was recording parts of the suite that day.
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                                                      Wednesday
                                                      .Los Angeles, Cal.Watkins Hotel?Unconfirmed

                                                      Irving Townsend's liner notes to the 1958 Black, Brown and Beige LP say Mahalia Jackson and Ellington "met each afternoon at a piano to write and rehearse the beautiful Come Sunday." It may be that they did not meet to rehearse on the Wednesday, since Ellington had a recording session in mid-afternoon.

                                                      Patricia Willard, assigned by Ellington to be Miss Jackson's companion, places the rehearsals with the piano at their hotel:

                                                      'Mahalia rehearsing with Duke at the piano did not necessarily have to take place in a studio. They had suites across the hall from each other at the Watkins Hotel. Duke had a piano in his suite so that is probably where the rehearsals took place although I cannot recall knowing this for sure...'

                                                      It is not certain there would have been a rehearsal at the hotel this day, but it seems likely Miss Jackson would have at least observed the studio session which recorded the band playing Come Sunday.
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                                                      Wednesday
                                                      .Los Angeles, Cal.Radio Recorders
                                                      7000 Santa Monica Blvd.
                                                      Hollywood 28, Cal.
                                                      Believed to be
                                                      1441 North McCadden Place
                                                      Columbia recording session for the Black, Brown and Beige long-playing album.
                                                      14:00-17:00
                                                      Duke Ellington and His Orchestra
                                                      Baker, Anderson, Terry, Nance, Woodman, Jackson, Sanders, Hamilton, Bill Graham, Procope, Gonsalves, Carney, Ellington, Woode, Woodyard

                                                      Titles recorded:
                                                      Black, Brown And Beige suite:
                                                      • Work Song (BBB #1)
                                                      • Come Sunday (BBB #2)(new Strayhorn arrangement with lyrics by Ellington, Jackson and Hodges.)
                                                      Miss Jackson may have been present - see prior entry.
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                                                      Thursday
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                                                      Friday
                                                      .Los Angeles, Cal.Watkins Hotel?Afternoon rehearsal, Ellington and Mahalia Jackson- see Irving Townsend's liner notes at 1958 02 11 below and Ms Willard's comments at 1952 02 05 above...djpNew
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                                                      1958 02 07
                                                      Friday
                                                      .Los Angeles, Cal.Grand Ballroom
                                                      Beverly Hilton
                                                      Personal appearance?

                                                      'Stars lend sparkle to Urban League ball tonight

                                                        Actress Dorothy Dandridge and Glenn Ford will present the "American Teamwork Awards" of the Western Regional Urban League to this year's recipients at the Fourth Annual International Winter Ball of the Regional tonight in the Grand Ballroom of the Beverly Hilton hotel...
                                                        Sammy Davis, Jr. tops the list of stars to entertain at the ball...
                                                        Duke Ellington and Arthur Lee Simpkins are among the guest stars to appear, according to Mayme G. Lewis, public relations chairman.
                                                        A get-acquainted cocktail hour will be held from 7 to 8 o'clock and guests will adjourn to the ballroom for dinner and dancing until two o'clock... '


                                                      Webmaster's comment:
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                                                      Los Angeles Tribune 1958-02-07 p.10..
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                                                      Saturday
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                                                      Sunday
                                                      .Los Angeles, Cal.Peacock LaneNight club residency - see 1958 01 31

                                                      (It seems unlikely that Mahalia Jackson's religious beliefs would have allowed her to rehearse on Sunday.)
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                                                      Sunday
                                                      ...Broadcast:

                                                      '  A meeting of the Ku Klux Klan near Greensboro, N.C. and interviews with the group's Grand Wizard and his cohorts will be covered by NBC Radio's MONITOR Sunday.
                                                        The gathering of the white-robed and hooded Klansmen, the speeches of their leaders and a cross-burning ceremony will be reported. Grand Wizard James Cole will talk of the Klan's beliefs.
                                                        "Monitor" will salute the Boy Scouts of America on their 48th anniversary, interview Pvt. Matthew McKeon of the Marines, listen to a talk with a customer of a London marriage bureau, and travel to Mumbonbon, Swaziland, in the heart of Africa, for a visit at a native bazaar.
                                                        The guest list includes Debbie Reynolds, Ray Milland, Roy Rogers, Duke Ellington, Brian Donlevy and Noel Coward. Music will be broadcast from the Rendezvous Ballroom at Balboa Beach, Calif.'


                                                      Webmaster comments:
                                                      • The Boy Scouts of America was incorporated February 8, 1910 under the laws of the District of Columbia
                                                      • There is no indication Ellington or other guests on the show would have been aware the programme was also carrying the KKK material, and it seems likely the segments were recorded at different times and places. Still, it's a hellish juxtaposition but I adopt Ken Steiner's view:

                                                        'I recall the Monitor program, and I believe the story on the KKK would have been an exposé, along the lines of a story on "60 Minutes." It would certainly not have been an endorsement.'

                                                      • The music is likely not Ellington's; his band was working Peacock Lane at the time.
                                                      • The New York Age, 1958-02-08, p.16
                                                      • K. Steiner, email in Duke-LYM 2014-11-19
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                                                      1958 02 10
                                                      Monday
                                                      .Los Angeles, Cal.Watkins Hotel?Recorded rehearsal
                                                      Ellington, Mahalia Jackson

                                                      Recorded rehearsal:
                                                      • 23rd Psalm
                                                      • Come Sunday
                                                      Nielsen says the poor sound quality suggest these recordings were done with a portable recorder. New Desor and Nielsen don't precisely date the session, just saying February. Timner V dates it February 5 and describes it as a pre-recording rehearsal.

                                                      It seems likely to be February 10, since Irving Townsend's liner notes (see 1958 02 11 below) say

                                                      'on the last afternoon of rehearsal, Duke asked Mahalia to bring her Bible with her. He opened it to the Twenty-Third Psalm, played a chord, and asked her to sing.'

                                                      Webmaster's note: I've assumed the rehearsal was at the hotel, on the assumption a portable tape recorder was used. It may have been in the studio instead, but if so, I would think the recording would be higher quality.
                                                      • Girvan:   Ellingtonia.com
                                                      • Timner V p.190
                                                      • Ole J. Nielsen, Jazz Records 1942-80, A discography: Vol. Six, Duke Ellington, pp. 181-182
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                                                      Tuesday
                                                      .Los Angeles, Cal.Radio Recorders
                                                      7000 Santa Monica Blvd.
                                                      Hollywood 28, Cal.
                                                      Believed to be
                                                      1441 North McCadden Place
                                                      Columbia recording session for the LP Black, Brown and Beige with Mahalia Jackson
                                                      15:00-19:00
                                                      (- see 1958 02 05)
                                                      Duke Ellington and His Orchestra
                                                      Anderson, Baker, Terry, Nance, Woodman, Jackson, Sanders, Hamilton,Procope, Graham, Gonsalves, Carney, Ellington, Woode, and Woodyard, with Jackson

                                                      Titles recorded:Black, Brown and Beige
                                                      • Come Sunday
                                                      • 23rd Psalm
                                                      • Light
                                                      Irving Townsend:

                                                      'The decision to include Mahalia Jackson in Black, Brown and Beige was made two years before the actual event took place in Columbia's Hollywood studios. Duke...has long felt, like so many of us, the magnificence of her talent. Awed and inspired by her voice and her convictions, he hesitated over this collaboration as would any composer faced with writing music for the finest of all performers. Once the decision was made to give Mahalia the Come Sunday theme, he sent her the music, then without a lyric, and called her frequently from a dozen cities to persuade her to sing for the first time with a jazz orchestra... Mahalia Jackson arrived at Union Station in Los Angeles a week before the first recording session. During the intervening days, they met each afternoon at a piano to write and rehearse the beautiful Come Sunday. And on the last afternoon of rehearsal, Duke asked Mahalia to bring her Bible with her. He opened it to the Twenty-Third Psalm, played a chord, and asked her to sing. We had decided that the Black, Brown and Beige needed a finale by Mahalia and this was to be it....'

                                                      Patricia Willard:

                                                      '... The "Columbia Studios," to which Irving Townsend refers were/was ... Radio Recorders studio on McCadden Place in Hollywood, where this LP ... was recorded.'

                                                      Note Radio Recorders had more than one street address, but had at least two studio buildings on McCadden Place at Santa Monica Boulevard. Patricia Willard:

                                                      'The studio entrance was on east side of the street on McCadden, south of Santa Monica [recte Sunset] Blvd. I'm not sure what the official address was at the time the band was recording there. I also vaguely remember that there were several – or a cluster of – individual studios owned and operated by RR--not necessarily all under the same roof. Louie Bellson's recently mentioned first recording (at which I distinctly remember Duke and Billy being present) was in one of those single studios, located, I'm pretty sure, on the south side of Santa Monica Blvd. between McCadden & Highland. But the Mahalia session as well as the "Nutcracker..." and other sessions were in the same large studio with the McCadden entrance.'

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                                                      Tuesday
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                                                      Wednesday
                                                      .Los Angeles, Cal.Radio Recorders
                                                      7000 Santa Monica Blvd.
                                                      Hollywood 28, Cal.
                                                      Believed to be
                                                      1441 North McCadden Place
                                                      Columbia recording session for the LP Black, Brown and Beige with Mahalia Jackson
                                                      14:30 - 17:30
                                                      Duke Ellington and His Orchestra
                                                      Anderson, Baker, Terry, Nance, Woodman, Jackson, Sanders, Hamilton,Procope, Graham, Gonsalves, Carney, Ellington, Woode, and Woodyard. Timner reports Mahalia Jackson sang Come Sunday a capella

                                                      Titles recorded:
                                                      • Black, Brown and Beige
                                                        • Come Sunday
                                                        • 23rd Psalm
                                                        • Light
                                                      • Blues in Orbit
                                                      • Email Lasker-Palmquist 2014-10-14 re session time
                                                      • Stratemann p.385
                                                      • Girvan:   Ellingtonia.com
                                                      • MacHare:   A Duke Ellington Panorama
                                                      • Jorgen Grunnet Jepsen, Discography of Duke Ellington, Vol. 3 1934-59
                                                      • Timner V
                                                      • Ole J. Nielsen, Jazz Records 1942-80, A discography: Vol. Six, Duke Ellington, p.182
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                                                      Wednesday
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                                                      Thursday
                                                      .Los Angeles, Cal.Peacock LaneNight club residency - see 1958 01 31....
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                                                      1958 02 14
                                                      Friday
                                                      Valentine's Day
                                                      ...Date of contract between "Frank Holzfeind The Blue Note," Duke Ellington Inc. and Associated Booking Corporation to provide 15 musicians and 1 vocalist, led by "Duke Ellington Inc., presents Duke Ellington" to the Blue Note from June 4, 1958 for four weeks, 32 hours per week, 5 day week, Sunday Matinee.

                                                      This contract includes the same headline billing and recording/broadcasting provisions and the fee is still $5,000/week less 10% to ABC.
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                                                      Friday
                                                      Valentine's Day
                                                      1958 02 23
                                                      Sunday
                                                      Palm Springs, Cal.Chi Chi Club (The Famous Chi-Chi Starlite Room Theatre-Restaurant)10 day engagement, The Duke Ellington Show, 8:45 and 11:45
                                                      "DUKE ELLINGTON AND HIS FAMOUS ORCHESTRA of 15"
                                                      plus a matinee on the last Sunday.
                                                      • Stratemann and Vail have the engagement running 1958 02 14 to 1958 02 21, but newspaper ads and publicity have it ending 1958 02 23, as does the contract.
                                                      • The m.c. was Phil Harris and Bill Alexander's Orchestra played for dancing.
                                                      • According to Stratemann, the Ellington orchestra arrived a day early for a special Valentine's day event, and played from 12:30 to 2 a.m. Frank Sinatra, Bing Crosby accompanied by Jimmy van Heusen, Joe Bushkin and other acts played earlier in this first evening.
                                                      • Vail describes the first night as a St. Valentine's Day Benefit.
                                                      • This is supported by columnist Hildy Crawford:

                                                        'Late flash ... add Frank Sinatra to the list of stars appearing tonight at the Catholic benefit ... a Valentine dinner dance at the Chi Chi ... Phil Harris is emceeing the show which presents Duke Ellington and his band...and the show is sure to be a sell out ... with standingroom [sic} only... '
                                                        (ellipses in original)

                                                      • The club's ads do not refer to a benefit – for instance, the 1952-02-13 ad just says

                                                        'Opening Friday
                                                        The DUKE ELLINGTON Show
                                                        show times: 8:45 and 11:45.
                                                        ...'

                                                      • The Desert Sun 1958-02-19 reported old-time Ellington followers and newcomers to the Ellington fold were packing the Chi Chi.
                                                      • Note the last day (Sunday) conflicts with a possible concert in San Francisco.

                                                      Contract terms:
                                                      • 15 musicians led by "Duke Ellington Inc.,Owner, presents: Duke Ellington & His Orchestra"
                                                      • 2 stage shows nightly of at least 65 minutes each for 10 consecutive nights beginning Feb.14
                                                      • "Price: $7,500.00 Total, plus House for Duke Ellington and housing accommodations for the rest of his band."
                                                      • Fee to be paid at termination of the engagement
                                                      • Signed by David [illegible - Branvand?], contracted by Irwin Schuman, Chi Chi Club
                                                      • Stratemann p.385 citing Variety 1958-02-26
                                                      • Vail II
                                                      • Desert Sun, Palm Springs, Cal.
                                                        • ad, 1958-02-13 p.2
                                                        • Hildy Crawford, Around Town, 1958-02-14 p.1B
                                                        • plug and ad, 1958-02-14 p.2A
                                                        • ad 1958-02-15 p.2A
                                                        • captioned photo and ad, 1958-02-18 p.2
                                                        • plug and ad, 1958-02-19 p.2
                                                        • ad 1958-02-20 p.2
                                                        • captioned photo and and ad, 1958-02-21 p.2A
                                                        • caption and ad, 1958-02-22 p.2A
                                                      • The Daily Sun, San Bernardino, Cal.
                                                        • 1958-02-14 p.A-4
                                                        • 1958-02-20 p.B-10
                                                        • 1958-02-21 p.A-5
                                                        • Associated Booking Corporation contract dated 1958 01 23, SI-NMAH Archives Center, DEC301, Series III Subseries A, Box 1, Folder 7
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                                                      Saturday
                                                      ...PERSONNEL CHANGE
                                                      The Billboard reported that writer-composer Fran Kelly had joined the Ellington organization to collaborate on a series of special projects with Ellington and Strayhorn. It reported she was currently writing with "the maestro" during the band's engagement at Chi Chi, and that Strayhorn, Ellington and Kelly were expected to begin work in New York in April after Strayhorn finished a project in Florida.

                                                      The Billboard describes her as a "vet member" of the Ellington band of the early 1940s, and reports she was the former owner of the Fran-Tone Record Company and a jazz critic and correspondent for Metronome. She also had been a musical therapist at Kabat-Kaiser Institute and a jazz lecturer at UCLA.

                                                      The New York Age ran a similar story in March.
                                                    • The Billboard 1958-02-24, pp.4,42
                                                    • New York Age 1958-13-15 p.17
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                                                      Saturday
                                                      .Palm Springs, Cal.Knights of Columbus Hall

                                                      'Duke Ellington, internationally famous composer, arranger and band leader, now playing in Palm Springs, got a big hand when he appeared at the Knights of Columbus Hall Saturday to install officers of the NAACP Southern Area Conference. Also on hand, bearing greetings, were Mayor Sanborn and Sheriff Rice of Riverside County... '

                                                      Story and picture, The California Eagle 1952-02-20 p.2..
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                                                      Saturday
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                                                      Sunday
                                                      .Palm Springs, Cal.Chi Chi Club Starlite RoomNight club date - see 1958 02 14...
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                                                      Monday
                                                      .Palm Springs, Cal.Chi Chi Club Starlite RoomNight club date - see 1958 02 14....
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                                                      Tuesday
                                                      .Palm Springs, Cal.Chi Chi Club Starlite RoomNight club date - see 1958 02 14....
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                                                      Wednesday
                                                      .Palm Springs, Cal.Chi Chi Club Starlite RoomNight club date - see 1958 02 14....
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                                                      Thursday
                                                      .Palm Springs, Cal.Chi Chi Club Starlite RoomNight club date - see 1958 02 14....
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                                                      Friday
                                                      .Palm Springs, Cal.Chi Chi Club Starlite RoomNight club date - see 1958 02 14....
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                                                      Saturday
                                                      .Palm Springs, Cal.Chi Chi Club Starlite RoomNight club date - see 1958 02 14....
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                                                      Sunday
                                                      .Palm Springs, Cal.Chi Chi Club Starlite RoomNight club date - see 1958 02 14 and Sunday matinee 2:30 p.m. - "the Duke Ellington show and concert." - cover charge $1.Ad, Desert Sun, Palm Springs, Cal. 1958-02-19 p.2..
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                                                      Sunday
                                                      .San Francisco, Cal..Both Stratemann and Vail report a concert this date in San Francisco, but provide no information other than Stratemann citing Down Beat 1958 06 02. It may be the concert was scheduled, but it seems unlikely to have taken place considering the Palm Springs run ended this day.
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                                                      Monday
                                                      ...activities not documented...
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                                                      Tuesday
                                                      1958 03 02Phoenix, Ariz.Sombrero Playhouse
                                                      7th St. near Camelback
                                                      Musical variety show
                                                      Musical review
                                                      Duke Ellington
                                                      His Brilliant Music
                                                      His Orchestra
                                                      His Company of Entertainers

                                                      Two performances nightly:
                                                      In a Musical Review 8 and 10 PM

                                                      Singing by Ozzie Bailey; dancing by James Truitt
                                                      The contract, signed by Richard Carlton, Sombrero Playhouse, was for $6,000 guarantee with 25% privilege of net receipts over $8,000, to be paid at the end of the engagement, in cash. Ellington was to provide 15 musicians for 6 nights beginning Feb. 25., playing two stage shows nightly of at least 1 hour and 30 minutes.
                                                      • Stratemann p.385
                                                      • Vail II
                                                      • The Arizona Republic
                                                      • Associated Booking Corporation contract dated 1957 11 12, SI-NMAH Archives Center, DEC301, Series III Subseries A, Box 1, Folder 5
                                                      • Additional documentation is likely to be found in SI-NMAH DEC301, Series 2: Performances and Programs, 1933-1974, box 11, folder 24 Sombrero Playhouse, Phoenix, Arizona, February 25-March 2, 1958
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                                                      Thursday
                                                      .Phoenix, Ariz.Sombrero PlayhouseMusical variety show - 2 shows - see 1958 02 25...
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                                                      Friday
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                                                      Friday
                                                      ...Roy Wilkins, NAACP executive secretary, announced Ellington and Mrs. F. Marguite Belafonte would head the 1958 NAACP Freedom Fund campaign, with a goal of $1,000,000.
                                                      • San Antonio Register, San Antonio, Tex. 1958-02-28 p.1
                                                      • New York Age, New York, N.Y., 1958-03-01 p.20
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                                                      1958 03 01
                                                      Saturday
                                                      ... Peripheral event
                                                      The New York Age reported Mercer Ellington's new record company, Gaye Records, recorded Jimmy McPhail, a baritone who was a teacher in Washington "this week."
                                                      New York Age, 1958-03-01 p.17..
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                                                      Willie Cook, trumpet, rejoins the band in mid-March
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                                                      Sunday
                                                      .Phoenix, Ariz.Sombrero PlayhouseMusical variety show - 2 shows - see 1958 02 25...
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                                                      Monday
                                                      ...activities not documented
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                                                      Tuesday
                                                      ...PERSONNEL CHANGE
                                                      Stratemann reports Cat Anderson missed these dates for medical reasons. He was flown back to New York for treatment and was gone for an entire month.
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                                                      Tuesday
                                                      .Fairfield-Suisun, Cal.NCO Club
                                                      Travis Air Force Base
                                                      Dance (recorded), 9 pm to 1 am
                                                      Duke Ellington and His Orchestra
                                                      Baker, Terry, Nance, Woodman, Jackson, Sanders, Hamilton, Procope, Bill Graham, Gonsalves, Carney, Ellington, Woode, Woodyard
                                                      Titles recorded:
                                                      • Where Or When
                                                      • Smada
                                                      • Dancing In The Dark
                                                      • Main Stem
                                                      • Vivi
                                                      • Frivolous Banta
                                                      • Willow Weep For Me
                                                      • Just Scratchin' The Surface
                                                      • Time On My Hands
                                                      • Stompy Jones
                                                      • Blues In Orbit
                                                      • Bassment
                                                      • Stompin' At The Savoy
                                                      • Blues To Be There
                                                      • Juniflip
                                                      • Sophisticated Lady
                                                      • Satin Doll
                                                      • Honeysuckle Rose
                                                      • Beer Barrel Polka
                                                      • What Else Can You Do With A Drum?
                                                      • You Better Know It
                                                      • Do Nothin' Till You Hear From Me
                                                      • Caravan
                                                      • Take The "A" Train
                                                      • Mood Indigo
                                                      • All Heart
                                                      • Where Or When
                                                      • Just A-Sittin' And A-Rockin'
                                                      • My Heart, My Mind, My Everything
                                                      • Together
                                                      • One O'Clock Jump
                                                      • Wailing Interval
                                                      • The Mooche
                                                      • Autumn Leaves
                                                      • Perdido
                                                      • Oh! Lady Be Good
                                                      • Things Ain't What They Used To Be

                                                      Contract terms:
                                                      • 15 musicians led by "Duke Ellington, Inc., owner, presents Duke Ellington and His Orchestra"
                                                      • Standard top billing clause
                                                      • Contract price $750 flat, 50% payable on signing, balance in cash during intermission
                                                      • Signed by Jerry Perenchio, 343 S. Glenroy Ave., Los Angeles
                                                      • Stratemann p.385
                                                      • Girvan:   Ellingtonia.com
                                                      • MacHare:   A Duke Ellington Panorama
                                                      • Timner V
                                                      • Ole J. Nielsen, Jazz Records 1942-80, A discography: Vol. Six, Duke Ellington, pp. 182-183
                                                      • Associated Booking Corporation contract dated 1958 01 10, SI-NMAH Archives Center, DEC301, Series III Subseries A, Box 1, Folder 7
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                                                      Wednesday
                                                      .Sacramento, Cal.Officer's Club
                                                      Mather Air Force Base
                                                      Dance (recorded)
                                                      Duke Ellington and His Orchestra
                                                      Baker, Terry, Nance, Woodman, Jackson, Sanders, Hamilton, Procope, Graham, Gonsalves, Carney, Ellington, Strayhorn, Woode, Woodyard, Bailey
                                                      Titles recorded:
                                                      • Take The "A" Train
                                                      • Dancing In The Dark
                                                      • Where Or When
                                                      • Frivolous Banta
                                                      • Vivi
                                                      • Main Stem
                                                      • Time On My Hands
                                                      • Boo-Dah
                                                      • Commercial Time
                                                      • My Heart, My Mind, My Everything
                                                      • Do Nothin' Till You Hear From Me
                                                      • C-Jam Blues
                                                      • All Heart
                                                      • Medley
                                                      • Juniflip
                                                      • Tenderly
                                                      • Where or When
                                                      • Mood Indigo
                                                      • Stompin' At The Savoy
                                                      • Autumn Leaves
                                                      • Sophisticated Lady
                                                      • Suburban Beauty
                                                      • Caravan
                                                      • Perdido
                                                      • Just Squeeze Me
                                                      • Such Sweet Thunder
                                                      • Star-Crossed Lovers
                                                      • Together
                                                      • Solitude
                                                      • Day In, Day Out
                                                      • Blue Moon

                                                      • The medley was:
                                                        • I Let A Song Go Out Of My Heart
                                                        • Don't Get Around Much Anymore

                                                      Contract terms:
                                                      • 15 musicians led by "Duke Ellington, Inc., owner, presents Duke Ellington and His Orchestra"
                                                      • Standard top billing clause
                                                      • Contract price $750 flat, 50% payable on signing, balance in cash during intermission
                                                      • Signed by Jerry Perenchio, 343 S. Glenroy Ave., Los Angeles
                                                      • Stratemann p.386
                                                      • Girvan:   Ellingtonia.com
                                                      • MacHare:   A Duke Ellington Panorama
                                                      • Timner V
                                                      • Ole J. Nielsen, Jazz Records 1942-80, A discography: Vol. Six, Duke Ellington, p.183
                                                      • Discographies differ as to personnel
                                                      • Associated Booking Corporation contract dated 1958 01 10, SI-NMAH Archives Center, DEC301, Series III Subseries A, Box 1, Folder 7
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                                                      Thursday
                                                      ... Peripheral event
                                                      Stratemann reports Down Beat ran a review of Ellington's 45 rpm single "My Heart, My Mind, My Everything." The story included a review Ellington's career, estimating he had recorded over 1,250 sides for more than a score of labels and had 570 copyrights registered with ASCAP. (Note The Billboard 1958-01-20 p.30 ran a short similar story)
                                                      Stratemann p.386 citing
                                                      • Down Beat 1958-06-03
                                                      • The Billboard 1958-01-20 pp.30
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                                                      Thursday
                                                      .North of
                                                      San Rafael, Cal.
                                                      NCO Club
                                                      Hamilton Air Force Base
                                                      Dance, 9 pm to 1 am.
                                                      Contract terms:
                                                      • 15 musicians led by "Duke Ellington Inc., presents: Duke Ellington and His Orchestra"
                                                      • Standard top billing clause
                                                      • Wage agreed upon: $750, 50% payable on signing and balance in cash during intermission
                                                      • Signed by Jerry Perenchio, 343 S. Glenroy Ave., Los Angeles
                                                      • Stratemann p.386
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                                                      Friday
                                                      .Van Nuys, Cal.Valley Jr. College
                                                      13161 Burbank Blvd.
                                                      Concert - dance program. The Van Nuys (Calif) News reported there were 16 men in the orchestra, presumably including Ellington, since it names 15: Carney, Hodges, Nance, Grissom, Anderson, Woodman, Gonsalves, Procope, Jackson, Woody [recte Woode], Hamilton, Terry, Cook, Sanders and Woodyard.
                                                      The contract, signed by Walter Coultas, Director, Valley Jr. College, was for $1,500 for Ellington to provide 15 musicians from 9 pm to 1 am. A $750 deposit was to be paid on signing, which had to be by December 13, 1957 due to other commitments. The balance was to be paid during intermission..
                                                      • Stratemann p.386 citing The Billboard 1958-02-24 p.4
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                                                      • Van Nuys (Calif.) News, Van Nuys, Cal., 1958-03-06 p.3-C
                                                      • Associated Booking Corporation contract dated 1957 11 22, SI-NMAH Archives Center, DEC301, Series III Subseries A, Box 1, Folder 5
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                                                      Saturday
                                                      .
                                                      .Claremont, Cal.Bridges Auditorium
                                                      Claremont Men's College
                                                      8 pm to 11 pm. Concert, master of ceremonies Bill Setward [sic], 3 bands: Ellington, George Shearing's quintet and Bobby Troup's trio.
                                                      The contract, signed by Tom Robinson, Associated Students of Claremont Men's College, called for Ellington to provide 15 men and the event was to run from 8 pm to 11:30 pm, for $2,000, with $250 to be paid upon signing the contract, with the rest of the 50% deposit, $750, payable 3 weeks prior to the engagement. Ellington was to receive headline billing.
                                                      • Stratemann p.386 citing Down Beat 1958-02-06
                                                      • Vail II
                                                      • Star-News, Pasadena, Cal.
                                                        • 1958-02-22 p.6
                                                        • 1958-02-23 p.24
                                                        • 1958-03-01 p.6
                                                      • The Independent, Pasadena,Cal. 1958-03-01,p.6
                                                      • Daily Sun, San Bernardino, Cal.
                                                        • 1958-02-24 p.A-5
                                                        • 1958-02-28 p.A-4
                                                      • The Billboard 1958-02-24, pp.4,42
                                                      • Associated Booking Corporation contract dated 1957 10 31, SI-NMAH Archives Center, DEC301, Series III Subseries A, Box 1, Folder 4
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                                                      Sunday
                                                      .Los Angeles, Cal..Ellington may have appeared live on a KNOB Radio Show:

                                                      'The station changed frequency from 103.1 to 98.1 and increased power to 3500. They celebrated with a four hour program from 5-9 pm with Stan Kenton and Duke Ellington as emcees. It looks like it was a radio show not a live event. Unfortunately all of the articles are reporting the event as it was going to happen. I didn't find anything that reported after the fact.'

                                                      • K. Poston, quoted by Ed Bride in DEMS 03/1-5
                                                      • Stratemann p.386
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                                                      Sunday
                                                      .Pismo Beach, Cal.Rose Garden BallroomDance

                                                      The contract price was $1,000 for 15 musicians, to play from 9 pm to 1 am. Deposits were to be $150 on signing and $350 by February 20, with the balance to be paid during intermission in cash.
                                                    • Stratemann p.386
                                                    • Associated Booking Corporation contract dated 1957-01-17 [should be 1958-01-17], SI-NMAH Archives Center, DEC301, Series III Subseries A, Box 1, Folder 1
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                                                      Monday
                                                      .Carmel, Cal.Sunset AuditoriumConcert, 8:30 - 11 p.m.
                                                      Contract terms:
                                                      • 15 musicians and vocalist led by "Duke Ellington Inc., Owner, presents Duke Ellington & His Orchestra"
                                                      • Standard top billing clause
                                                      • Wage agreed upon: $1,000 guarantee with 50% privilege of net receipts, 50% deposit payable on signing and balance in cash night during intermission.
                                                      • Signed by Jimmy Lycks, Allied Media, Inc., 380 Cannery Row, Monterey, Cal.
                                                      • Stratemann p.386
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                                                      Tuesday
                                                      .San Francisco, Cal.Veteran's [sic] Memorial Hall
                                                      Van Nuys & McAllister
                                                      Concert, 8:30 to 11 p.m.
                                                      Contract terms:
                                                      • 15 musicians led by "Duke Ellington Inc., Owner, presents Duke Ellington and His Orchestra"
                                                      • Standard top billing clause
                                                      • Wage agreed upon: $900 with 50% privilege of net receipts, $450 payable on signing, balance in cash during intermission
                                                      • Signed by Ray [illegible-Gowen or Goren?], 767 Andover St., San Francisco
                                                      • Stratemann p.386
                                                      • Vail II
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                                                      Wednesday
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                                                      Thursday
                                                      .Provo, UtahEast Provo Stake House
                                                      or
                                                      L D S Provo Tabernacle
                                                      (The contract is for a concert at LDS Provo Tabernacle, but the local ads say it is at East Provo Stake House)

                                                      TONIGHT
                                                      In Person
                                                      DUKE Ellington
                                                      and his
                                                      FAMOUS ORCHESTRA
                                                      East Provo
                                                      Stake House
                                                      8 p.m.
                                                      TICKETS AT THE DOOR
                                                      SEATING AVAILABLE

                                                      Contract terms:
                                                      • 15 musicians led by "Duke Ellington Inc., Owner, presents: Duke Ellington and His Orchestra"
                                                      • Concert, 8 to 10 pm
                                                      • Standard top billing clause
                                                      • Wage agreed upon: $1,000, $500 payable on signing and the balance in cash during the intermission.
                                                      • Signed by Roger Victor & Frank Johansen
                                                      • Ads:
                                                        • Sunday Herald, Utah County,Utah(Provo)
                                                          • 1958-03-02, p.2
                                                        • Daily Herald, Utah County, Utah:
                                                          • 1958-03-07, p.13
                                                          • 1958-03-12, p.8
                                                          • 1958-03-13, p.15
                                                          • 1958-03-11, p.17
                                                      • Associated Booking Corporation contract dated 1958 02 10, SI-NMAH Archives Center, DEC301, Series III Subseries A, Box 1, Folder 7
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                                                      Friday
                                                      .Salt Lake City, UtahBallroom
                                                      Student Union
                                                      University of Utah
                                                      Frosh Dance, 9 p.m.
                                                      The Salt Lake Tribune reported

                                                      'Ticket sales indicate a near-record turnout for the Frosh Dance at the University of Utah Friday, Jim Rhead, class president, said Wednesday. The dance, featuring Duke Ellington, will begin at 9 p.m. in the Union Ballroom.'


                                                      Contract terms:
                                                      • 15 musicians led by "Duke Ellington Inc.,Owner, presents: Duke Ellington and His Orchestra" from 9 pm to midnight
                                                      • Standard top billing clause
                                                      • Wage agreed upon: $1,400 flat, $700 payable on signing and balance in cash during the intermission.
                                                      • Signed by Roger Victor & Frank Johansen
                                                      • Stratemann p.386
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                                                      • The Salt Lake Tribune 1958-03-14 p.B3
                                                      • Associated Booking Corporation contract dated 1958 02 10, SI-NMAH Archives Center, DEC301, Series III Subseries A, Box 1, Folder 7
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                                                      1958 03 15
                                                      Saturday
                                                      .Logan, UtahUnion Building Ballroom
                                                      Utah State Agricultural College
                                                      Junior Prom
                                                      The attendees named by the Salt Lake Tribune were:
                                                      Sid Fillmore, Don Crockett, Clyde Christensen, Judy Farr, Gay Simmons, Mary Ann Barrett, Jerry Davis, Orrice Murdock, Richard Sampson, LaRae Nate, Marcia Crawford, Ann Meyer, Betty Johnson, Ron Bergman, Ann Westenskow, Dick Despain, Connie Russell, Merlin Judkins, Wayne Berry, Alice Evans, Chloe Ann Frailey, Dick Thruston, Helen Clark, Robert Hodges, Patti Smith, Judy Cowley, Dave Fase, Mary Alee-Johnson, Bob Olson, Sharon Albiston, Judi Green, Reid Goldsberry, Maria Maydahle, Wendell Ogden, Sharon Secrist, Darrell South, Elizabeth Fell, Len Hohde, Kay Seamons, Vern Beck, Barbara Home, John Linford, Beverly Sharp,, Calvis Denison, Sue Ann Jasperson, Harry Gophart, Jan Baer, Jay Earl, Louis Thedl, Ruth Madson, Karen Peterson, Tom Yuill, Kathy Call, Verlin Miles, Joan Mthews, John Hall, Vard Swain, Diane Nelson, Faye Simper, Richard Miles, Laitas Kazlar, Ronalda Harper, Lorraine Weeks, Roy Reynols, Arlene Anderson, Gary Rosine, Edna Halstead, Allen Torsgren, Junior class officers Bill Hansen, Connie Ellison, and Annette Shoup, Prom chairman Glen Baugh, as well as Annette Maycock, Mike Wright, Roseanne Geary, Gene Albright, Dorothy Allen and Glen Pullen.

                                                      The Ogden Standard-Examiner named:
                                                      Faun Okerlund, Marilyn Mallett, Margene Isom, Barbara Slater (in charge of decorations), Reta and Ruby Morgan, Kenny Cloward, DAve Reynolds, Katherine Harvey, Don Dean, Lare Koziar, Ronaldo Harper, Judy Parker, Dan Schaughnessy, John Lonford, Barbara Bone, Joan Mathews, John Hall, Sylvia Palmer, Tom Thorpe, Tim Healy, Audry Simmons, Gary Kapp, and Janene Thomas.
                                                      While Stratemann calls the venue Utah State Agricultural College, the name changed to Utah State University in 1957, the name used in the Salt Lake Tribune review. The contract is in the name of the college.

                                                      One review says the dance was in the UB Ballroom, the other says Student Union, the contract just says Union Building.
                                                      Contract terms:
                                                      • 15 musicians led by "Duke Ellington Inc., Owner, presents: Duke Ellington and His Orchestra"
                                                      • Standard top billing clause
                                                      • Wage agreed upon: $2,250 flat, payable $!,125 on signing and balance in cash during the intermission.
                                                      • Employer guarantees to furnish a good P.A. system and to have the piano tuned to A=440.
                                                      • Signed by Evan Stevenson
                                                      • Stratemann p.386
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                                                      • The Salt Lake Tribune
                                                        • 1958-03-16 p.W7
                                                        • 1958-03-17 p.36
                                                      • The Ogden Standard-Examiner 1958-03-16 p.7B
                                                      • Associated Booking Corporation contract dated 1958 01 17, SI-NMAH Archives Center, DEC301, Series III Subseries A, Box 1, Folder 7
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                                                      Thursday
                                                      .New York, N.Y.Columbia 30th St. studioColumbia recording session for the album "At the Bal Masque"
                                                      14:30 - 17:30
                                                      Duke Ellington and His Orchestra
                                                      Anderson, Baker, Cook, Terry, Nance, Woodman, Jackson, Sanders, Hamilton, Procope, Bill Graham, Gonsalves, Carney, Ellington, Woode, Woodyard
                                                      Titles recorded:
                                                      • Got A Date With An Angel
                                                      • Laugh, Clown, Laugh
                                                      • Satan Takes a Holiday (aka Spooky Takes a Holiday)
                                                      • Stratemann p.386
                                                      • Email Lasker-Palmquist 2014-10-14 re session time
                                                      • Girvan:   Ellingtonia.com
                                                      • MacHare:   A Duke Ellington Panorama
                                                      • Timner V
                                                      • Ole J. Nielsen, Jazz Records 1942-80, A discography: Vol. Six, Duke Ellington, p.184
                                                      • Discographies differ as to personnel
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                                                      Saturday
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                                                      Monday
                                                      .New York, N.Y.Columbia 30th St. studiosColumbia recording session for the album "At the Bal Masque"
                                                      14:30-18:00
                                                      Duke Ellington and His Orchestra
                                                      Anderson, Baker, Cook, Terry, Nance, Woodman, Jackson, Sanders, Hamilton, Procope, Bill Graham, Gonsalves, Carney, Ellington, Woode, Woodyard
                                                      • Poor Butterfly
                                                      • The Peanut Vendor
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                                                      Tuesday
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                                                      Wednesday
                                                      .New York, N.Y.NBC StudiosEllington was a guest in the first episode ("What is Jazz") of a 13-week half-hour television series "The Subject Is Jazz" hosted by Gilbert Seldes and produced by George Norford.
                                                      The Pittsburgh Courier carried a photo of Ellington, producer Norford and guest Mrs. P. Lorrilard Jr. (Newport Jazz Festival) at a "recent party" at Birdland for the guests and press. The date of the party is not stated.
                                                      The series, produced by "NBC Educational Television Project in partnership with the Educational Television and Radio Center at Ann Arbor, Michigan" was telecast live on Wednesday at 18:00 EST, with delayed Kinescope telecasts on Saturdays. Ellington's appearance was a speaking role; a septet led by Billy Taylor and including Doc Severinson provided the music. Stratemann reports
                                                      • this was the first television series to be produced by an Afro-American
                                                      • this was the first jazz TV series to be sent out live to 29 of the country's educational TV stations over the regular NBC network cables
                                                      • eight regular NBC-TV affiliates carried the program on a delayed basis with Kinescope
                                                      • five network owned and operated NBC stations were used in key cities like New York, where no educational channel carried the series
                                                      Several episodes, but not Ellington's, can be viewed on YouTube. A copy of the 30-minute 16 mm film is held in the Libary of Congress Valburn/Ellington collection.
                                                      • Stratemann pp.387-388
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                                                      • Pittsburgh Courier, 1958-05-10 p.22
                                                      • New York Age, New York, N.Y., 1958-03-01 p.17
                                                      • Los Angeles Tribune, Los Angeles, Cal.,
                                                        • 1958-03-14 p.18
                                                        • 1958-05-02 p.21
                                                      • The Gazette and Daily, York, Penn. 1958-03-10 p.15
                                                      • The Oneonta Star, Oneonta, N.Y., 1958-03-13 p.8
                                                      • The Burlington (N.C.) Daily Times-News, 1958-03-17 p.7B
                                                      • GoogleBooks: Rebecca D. Clear, Jazz on Film and Video in the Library of Congress, Motion Picture, Broadcasting and Recorded Sound Division, August, 1993, p.128
                                                      • Girvan:   Ellingtonia.com
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                                                      Wednesday
                                                      .New York, N.Y.Columbia 30th St. studiosColumbia recording session for the album "At the Bal Masque"
                                                      14:30-17:30
                                                      Duke Ellington and His Orchestra
                                                      Anderson, Baker, Cook, Terry, Nance, Woodman, Jackson, Sanders, Hamilton, Procope, Bill Graham, Gonsalves, Carney, Ellington, Woode, Woodyard
                                                      Titles recorded:
                                                      • Indian Love Call
                                                      • Lady In Red
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                                                      Thursday
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                                                      Thursday
                                                      ... Peripheral event
                                                      "Cat" Anderson Cat assigned all his rights in "El Gato" to Tempo Music, Inc. The contract is signed by Ruth E. James and William "Cat" Anderson.
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                                                      Friday
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                                                      Sunday
                                                      Pennsauken, N.J.Red Hill Inn
                                                      Intersection of Rts. 130 & 73
                                                      Night club engagement
                                                      9 p.m. to 2 a.m. nightly
                                                      Sunday matinee, 4 to 7 p.m.
                                                      Contract terms:
                                                      • 15 musicians and vocalist led by "Duke Ellington Inc. presents Duke Ellington and His Orchestra"
                                                      • Standard top billing clause
                                                      • Wage agreed upon: $3,000 payable in cash at end of engagement
                                                      • Stratemann p.389 citing Variety 1658-03-26 p.65
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                                                      Saturday
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                                                      Monday
                                                      ...PERSONNEL CHANGE
                                                      Johnny Hodges returned to the band in time for the March 31 session.
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                                                      Monday
                                                      .New York, N.Y.Columbia 30th St. StudiosColumbia recording session for the album "At the Bal Masque"
                                                      14:30-17:30
                                                      Duke Ellington and His Orchestra
                                                      Anderson, Baker, Cook, Terry, Nance, Woodman, Jackson, Sanders, Hamilton, Procope, Hodges, Graham, Gonsalves, Carney, Ellington, Woode, Woodyard

                                                      Steven Lasker advises:

                                                      '...the AF of M Recording Report for the session,... shows six saxophones present: Procope, Carney, Gonsalves, Hamilton, Graham and Hodges.


                                                      According to New Desor and Timner, both were present in the March 31 session, but Nielsen doesn't include Graham but New Desor, Timner and DEMS 05/1-32 do. Steven Lasker advises:

                                                      'the AF of M Recording Report for the session, which shows six saxophones present: Procope, Carney, Gonsalves, Hamilton, Graham and Hodges.

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                                                      • Lady In Red
                                                      • Alice Blue Gown
                                                      • Satin Doll
                                                      • The Donkey Serenade
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                                                      ...PERSONNEL CHANGE
                                                      Bill Graham appears to have left the band after the March 31 session but would return to play in more 1958 sessions.
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                                                      1958 04 01
                                                      Tuesday
                                                      .New York, N.Y.Columbia 30th St. studiosColumbia recording session for the album "At the Bal Masque"
                                                      14:30-17:30
                                                      Duke Ellington and His Orchestra
                                                      Anderson, Baker, Cook, Terry, Nance, Woodman, Jackson, Sanders, Hamilton, Procope, Hodges, Gonsalves, Carney, Ellington, Woode, Woodyard, Bailey
                                                      Titles recorded:
                                                      • Who's Afraid Of The Big Bad Wolf?
                                                      • Gypsy Love Song (aka Gypsy Sweetheart)
                                                      • Hand Me Down Love
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                                                      Wednesday
                                                      .New York, N.Y.Columbia 30th St. studiosColumbia recording session for the album "The Cosmic Scene"
                                                      14:30-18:00
                                                      Duke Ellington's Spacemen
                                                      Terry, Woodman, Jackson, Sanders, Hamilton, Gonsalves, Ellington, Woode, Woodyard
                                                      Titles recorded:
                                                      • Midnight Sun
                                                      • Avalon
                                                      • Take The "A" Train
                                                      • Body And Soul
                                                      Note Nielsen combines the April 2 and 3 sessions into one dated April 2 and Jepsen combines them into one session, dated "April 2/3"
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                                                      Thursday
                                                      .New York, N.Y.Columbia 30th St. studiosColumbia recording session for the album "The Cosmic Scene."
                                                      19:00-23:00
                                                      Duke Ellington's Spacemen
                                                      Terry, Woodman, Jackson, Sanders, Hamilton, Gonsalves, Ellington, Woode, Woodyard
                                                      Titles recorded:
                                                      • St. Louis Blues
                                                      • Perdido
                                                      • Jones
                                                      • Easly Autumn
                                                      • Bassment (a.k.a. Discontented)
                                                      • Spacemen
                                                      • Email Lasker-Palmquist 2014-10-14 re session time
                                                      • Girvan:   Ellingtonia.com
                                                      • MacHare:   A Duke Ellington Panorama
                                                      • Jorgen Grunnet Jepsen, Discography of Duke Ellington, Vol. 3 1934-59 (misdated)
                                                      • Nielsen p.185 (misdated)
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                                                      Friday
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                                                      Saturday
                                                      ... Peripheral event
                                                      The activities of Ellington and most of the band are not documented
                                                      Hodges, Strayhorn, Woode, Woodyard and two non-Ellingtonians played a Verve recording session
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                                                      Sunday
                                                      .New York, N.Y.Carnegie Hall
                                                      (Main Hall)
                                                      8:30 p.m. concert, Duke Ellington and His Orchestra with Ella Fitzgerald, presented by Norman Granz. According to the Carnegie Hall performance history database, the program consisted of
                                                      • Black and Tan Fantasy
                                                      • Creole Love Call
                                                      • The Mooche
                                                      • Jeep's Blues
                                                      • Such Sweet Thunder: Selection
                                                      • Sophisticated Lady (with Ella Fitzgerald)
                                                      • Cotton Tail (with Ella Fitzgerald)
                                                      It appears the database is not complete, since The Billboard said Ella performed with the Ben Webster quartet as well. Rather than being recorded, the concert was, according to The Billboard, "a live version of the Verve album "Ella Fitzgerald Sings the Duke Ellington Songbook" but that album has 21 titles.
                                                      Contract terms:
                                                      • 15 musicians including the leader, under the leadership of "Duke Ellington Inc. presents Duke Ellington and His Orchestra"
                                                      • Type of engagement: concert
                                                      • Duke Ellington to receive equal star billing with Ella Fitzgerald
                                                      • Wage agreed upon: - union scale for engagement - additional wording "plus union scale covering rehearsal period" is crossed out.
                                                      • Employer: Norman Granz
                                                      • Signed by Norman Granz and Aldo Ricci, secretary
                                                      • The Billboard 1958-04-14 p.6
                                                      • Stratemann p.389, citing The Billboard 1958-04-14 p.7
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                                                      • Pittsburgh Courier 1958-03-29 p.22
                                                      • Associated Booking Corporation contract dated 1958 03 12, SI-NMAH Archives Center, DEC301, Series III Subseries A, Box 1, Folder 9
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                                                      Monday
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                                                      Tuesday
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                                                      Wednesday
                                                      .Manhattan, KansasKansas State College Union BuildingConcert, 7:30 to 9:30 p.m. with short intermission
                                                      Contract terms:
                                                      • 15 musicians and vocalist led by "Duke Ellington Inc. presents: Duke Ellington, in Person"
                                                      • Standard top billing clause
                                                      • Wage agreed upon: $1,000, 60% privilege, payable in cash to Al Celley, band manager, night of engagement
                                                      • "Name of Employer: Oliver R. White, Program Director, Kansas State College, K-State Union.
                                                      • Signed by [illegible - Loren V. Kottner?]
                                                      Associated Booking Corporation contract dated 1958 02 05, SI-NMAH Archives Center, DEC301, Series III Subseries A, Box 1, Folder 7..
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                                                      Thursday
                                                      .Sioux Falls, S.D.Arkota BallroomDance, 9 pm to 1 am.
                                                      Contract terms:
                                                      • 15 musicians and vocalist led by "Duke Ellington Inc., presents: Duke Ellington, in Person"
                                                      • Standard top billing clause
                                                      • Wage agreed upon: $800 guarantee, 60% privelege, payable in cash to Duke Ellington the night of the engagement
                                                      • Signed by Tom Archer

                                                      Associated Booking Corporation contract dated 1958 01 30, SI-NMAH Archives Center, DEC301, Series III Subseries A, Box 1, Folder 7..
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                                                      Friday
                                                      .Omaha, Neb.Peony Park BallroomCreighton University Junior-Senior Prom, with over 1,300 attendees. The student council reported it made a profit of $111.46 on revenue of $2,584.00. Disbursements included $1,500.00 for the band, hall rental $187.00 and programmes $127.07.
                                                      Contract terms:
                                                      • 15 musicians and vocalist led by "Duke Ellington Inc. presents Duke Ellington, in Person."
                                                      • Standard top billing clause
                                                      • Wage agreed upon: $1,500 flat. $750 payable on signing and balance in cash to Al Celley, road manager, night of engagement
                                                      • Signed by Mr. George Joseph, Social Chairman, Student Board of Governors.
                                                      • The Creightonian, Creighton University, Omaha, Neb.
                                                        • 1958-04-11 p.1
                                                        • 1958-05-02 p.4
                                                      • Omaha World-Herald, Omaha, Neb., 1958-04-12 p.2
                                                      • Evening World-Herald, Omaha, Neb., 1958-04-12 p.2
                                                      • Associated Booking Corporation contract dated [illegible} day of February, 1958, SI-NMAH Archives Center, DEC301, Series III Subseries A, Box 1, Folder 7
                                                      • Additional documentation is likely to be found in SI-NMAH DEC301, Series 2: Performances and Programs, 1933-1974, box 11, folder 25 "Creighton University, Omaha, Nebraska, April 11, 1958"
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                                                      Saturday
                                                      .Marion, IowaArmar BallroomDancing
                                                      Admission $1.55 plus tax, total $1.75
                                                      Contract terms:
                                                      • 15 musicians and vocalist led by "Duke Ellington Inc. presents: Duke Ellington * in Person"
                                                      • Dance
                                                      • Standard top billing clause
                                                      • Wage agreed upon: $1,000 guarantee, privilege 60%, to be paid in cash to Duke Ellington the night of the engagement
                                                      • Signed by Tom Archer, Des Moines, Iowa
                                                      • The Cedar Rapids Gazette, Cedar Rapids, Iowa
                                                        • 1958-04-06 p.12
                                                        • 1958-04-11 p.11
                                                        • 1958-04-12 p.5
                                                      • Associated Booking Corporation contract dated 1954 01 30, SI-NMAH Archives Center, DEC301, Series III Subseries A, Box 1, Folder 7
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                                                      Sunday
                                                      .Highland Park, Ill.Highland Park High School Auditorium
                                                      Vine Ave.
                                                      Two concerts 3 p.m. and 8 p.m., sponsored by the Deerfield Chamber of Commerce, to raise funds to equip the new community field house in Deerfield's Jewett Park.
                                                      Contract terms:
                                                      • 15 musicians and vocalist led by "Duke Ellington Inc., presents: Duke Ellington - in person:
                                                      • Two 2 1/2 hour concerts at 2:30 and 8 p.m.
                                                      • Standard top billing clause
                                                      • Employer guarantees to furnish a good P.A. system and to have the piano tuned to A=440.
                                                      • Contract price $5,000 flat, payable 33 1/3% on signing and balance payable in cash to Al Celley at 5 p.m. April 13
                                                      • "Any substitution of Ellington himself which this contract may authorize must be a person of like popularity and reputation."
                                                      • Signed by "Edward J. Walchli, not individually but as President of Deerfield Junior Chamber of Commerce"
                                                      • Daily Northwestern, Evanston, Ill.
                                                        • 1958-04-08 p.4
                                                        • 1958-04-11 p.4
                                                      • Paddock Billboard, Arlington Heights Herald, Arlington Heights, Ill., 1958-04-10 p.43
                                                      • Associated Booking Corporation contract dated 1958 01 17, SI-NMAH Archives Center, DEC301, Series III Subseries A, Box 1, Folder 7
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                                                      1958 04 14...PERSONNEL MATTERS
                                                      The union locals of the sidemen were listed on a slip of paper stapled to the Lewisohn Stadium contract dated April 14 (for the July 24 concert). Gonsalves is shown as Local 214, vocalist Bailey has no local listed, and Local 802 is shown for Anderson, Baker, Carney, Hamilton, Graham, Jackson, Nance, Procope, Sanders, Woodman, Woodyard, Woode and Terry
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                                                      Tuesday
                                                      .Carthage, Ill.Carthage College Auditorium (Stratemann)
                                                      or
                                                      Chapel Music Hall (contract)
                                                      Carthage College
                                                      Concert
                                                      Contract terms:
                                                      • 15 musicians and vocalist led by "Duke Ellington Inc. presents: Duke Ellington, in Person"
                                                      • Type of engagement: Concert 8 to 10 p.m. with short intermission
                                                      • Standard top billing clause
                                                      • Wage agreed upon: $1.250 guaranteed flat, 50% deposit payable to Associated Booking Corp. on signing, balance payable in cash to Al Celley, road manager, night of engagement at intermission time
                                                      • Employer: Mr. Ed Walline, Carthage College
                                                      • Signed Tau Sigma Chu by Ed Walline
                                                      • Stratemann p.389
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                                                      Wednesday
                                                      .Waterloo, IowaElectric Park Ballroom

                                                      GRAND OPENING
                                                      of the new
                                                      ELECTRIC PARK BALLROOM
                                                      Completely Remodelled,
                                                      Decorated and
                                                      Air-Conditioned for
                                                      Your Dancing Comfort
                                                      and Pleasure
                                                      Wednesday, April 16
                                                      Featuring One of America's
                                                      All Greats
                                                      DUKE
                                                      ELLINGTON
                                                      and His
                                                      Famous Orchestra
                                                      $1.55 Per Person
                                                      (plus tax)
                                                      PHONE AD 4-6859
                                                      for Reservations
                                                      FREE ROSE to
                                                      Every Lady Attending
                                                      Our Grand Opening


                                                      Contract terms:
                                                      • 15 musicians and vocalist led by "Duke Ellington Inc. presents: Duke Ellington in Person"
                                                      • Nature of engagement: Dance
                                                      • Standard top billing clause
                                                      • Wage agreed upon: $900 guarantee, privilege 60% payable in cash to Al Celley, road manager, night of engagement
                                                      • Employer: Bob Bender, Electric Park, Waterloo, Iowa
                                                      • Signed by Bob Bender

                                                      Waterloo Daily Courier, Waterloo, Iowa
                                                      • 1958-04-09-p.20
                                                      • 1958-04-11 p.16
                                                      • Associated Booking Corporation contract dated 1958 03 04, SI-NMAH Archives Center, DEC301, Series III Subseries A, Box 1, Folder 9
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                                                      Thursday
                                                      .Whitefish Bay, Wisc.Auditorium
                                                      Whitefish Bay High School
                                                      Concert, 8 p.m., featuring the Ellington orchestra and singer Lurlean Hunter of Chicago. (Whitefish Bay is about 7 miles north of Milwaukee.)
                                                      The concert was organized by the high school 50 member youth council. According to the Journal, the fee was $2,000; as of April 16, 1,000 tickets were sold, meaning the venture turned a profit to be used to improve the recreation centre. Ticket prices were $2, $2.50 and $2.75. James Jay, senior and 'mayor' of the council, persuaded the school board to front the $1,000 deposit; Jay and students John Ludden and Nancy With were to

                                                      '...meet the Ellington crew and see that they're made comfortable. Other youths will handle such matters as piano moving, lighting, ushering and all the other problems of putting on a concert.
                                                        It will be the first professional affair in the new auditorium and the first there under student sponsorship.'

                                                      The review by Don Dornbrook reported the band numbered 13. Specifically mentioned were Anderson, Hamilton, Nance, Hodges, Bailey, Woodyard and Lurlean Hunter. The reviewer described the concert in terms of a short course in music appreciation, with 1,000 attending. Ellington wore five sports jackets over the length of the concert. Pieces played included Black and Tan Fantasy, Creole Love Song [sic], The Mooch [sic], Autumn Leaves, "a lot of excerpts" from the Shakespearean suite, an 8 minute drum solo, Mood Indigo, Caravan, In a Sentimental Mood, I've Got It Bad and That Ain't Good, Diminuendo in Blue and Crescendo in Blue. Miss Hunter sang Show Me Love, I Can See You and Just One of Those Things.
                                                      The contract terms differ from the above:
                                                      • 15 musicians and vocalist led by "Duke Ellington Inc. presents Duke Ellington in Person"
                                                      • Place of engagement: Auditorium, White Fish Bay High School, 1200 E. Fairmount, Milwaukee, Wisconsin
                                                      • Concert: 8:30 to 10:30 p.m. with short intermission
                                                      • Standard top billing clause
                                                      • Duke Ellington Orchestra shall accompany Miss Lurlean Hunter
                                                      • Wage agreed upon: $1,500 guaranteed flat, $750 payable on signing and balance in cash night to Al Celley, road manager, night of engagement
                                                      • Signed by Richard L. Cooper, Director, Recreation & Administration, White Fish Bay High School, 1200 E. Fairmount, Milwaukee 17, Wisconsin
                                                      • Milwaukee Journal, Milwaukee, Wisc.
                                                        • 1958-04-16 pt.2 p.10
                                                        • 1958-04-18 pt. 2 p.3
                                                      • Associated Booking Corporation contract dated 1958 02 27, SI-NMAH Archives Center, DEC301, Series III Subseries A, Box 1, Folder 7
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                                                      Friday
                                                      .West Lafayette, Ind.Union Ballrooms
                                                      Purdue University
                                                      The Purdue Exponent

                                                      'Tonight is the Junior Prom, sponsored by the Class of 1959. Dancing will be in the Union Ballrooms from 10 p.m. to 2 a.m. to the Duke Ellington Orchestra. The Chico Hamilton quintet will be playing in the cafeteria for listening...'


                                                      Contract terms:
                                                      • 15 musicians and vocalist under the leadership of "DUKE ELLINGTON, INC. PRESENTS DUKE ELLINGTON IN PERSON"
                                                      • Name and Address of Place of Engagement
                                                        Union, Purdue University, Lafayette, Ind.
                                                      • Date(s) of employment
                                                        Friday, April 18, 1958
                                                      • Hours of employment
                                                        10 P.M. to 2 A.M.
                                                      • Type of engagement
                                                        Dance
                                                      • Duke Ellington to receive 100% top billing.
                                                      • Employer guarantees to furnish a good P.A. system and to have the piano tuned to A=440.
                                                      • Standard clause re extra musicians due to union rules.
                                                      • Wage agreed upon: $2,000 guaranteed flat payable in cash or by school check to Al Celley, band manager, end of engagement
                                                      • Employer:
                                                        Junior Prom, Class of '59, Purdue University, Lafayette, Indiana
                                                      • Associated Booking Corporation contract dated 1957 12 20, SI-NMAH Archives Center, DEC301, Series III, Subseries A, Box 1, Folder 6
                                                      • The Purdue Exponent, Purdue University, 1958-04-18 p.1, courtesy D. T. Burrows, Graduate Assistant, Archives and Special Collections, Department of History, Purdue University (2016-07-14)
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                                                      Saturday
                                                      .Coloma, Mich.Crystal Palace Ballroom
                                                      Paw Paw Lake
                                                      Dancing
                                                      9:15 p.m. to 1:15 a.m. Mountain Standard Time
                                                      Admission $1.75/person, tax included.
                                                      In March, the Jamestown N.Y. Post-Journal announced a Jamestown, N.Y. concert "Tuesday, April 19," It was a misprint; that event was Tuesday, April 29.
                                                      Contract terms:
                                                      • 15 musicians and vocalist led by "Duke Ellington Inc. presents: Duke Ellington, in Person"
                                                      • Standard top billing clause
                                                      • Wage agreed upon: $1,000 guarantee, privilege 60%, payable in cash to Al Celley, Road Manager, night of engagement
                                                      • Signed by Frank Biruby [?}, Crystal Palace Ballroom
                                                      • Associated Booking Corporation contract dated 1958 02 17, SI-NMAH Archives Center, DEC301, Series III Subseries A, Box 1, Folder 8
                                                      • The News-Palladium, Benton Harbor, Mich.
                                                        • 1958-04-11 p.6
                                                        • 1958-04-19 p.6
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                                                      Sunday
                                                      .Chicago, Ill.Holiday Club BallroomDance, 9 to 1
                                                      Contract terms:
                                                      • 15 musicians and vocalist under the leadership of "Duke Ellington Inc., presents DUKE ELLINGTON -in person"
                                                      • Name and Address of Place of Engagement
                                                        Holiday Club Ballroom, 4748 North Milwaukee, Chicago, Illinois
                                                      • Date(s) of employment
                                                        Sunday, April 20,1958
                                                      • Hours of employment
                                                        9 to 1
                                                      • Type of engagement
                                                        Dance
                                                      • Standard top billing clause
                                                      • Employer guarantees to furnish a good P.A. system and to have the piano tuned to A=440
                                                      • Standard clause re extra musicians due to union rules.
                                                      • Wage agreed upon: $1,000 guaranteed, privilege 60%.
                                                      • To be paid in cash to Al Celley, band manager, end of engagement
                                                      • Employer: Mr. Joe McElroy, Holiday Club Ballroom, 4748 North Milwaukee, Chicago, Illinois
                                                      • Signed by Joe McElroy
                                                      Associated Booking Corporation contract dated
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                                                      Tuesday
                                                      .Cleveland, OhioSeverance HallConcert, 8:30 - 10:30 pm

                                                      Sponsored by the Senate of Case Institute of Technology, which later merged with Western Reserve University to become Case Western Reserve University.

                                                      The April 18 announcement said

                                                      'This may be the last concert under Senate sponsorship if ticket sales are not increased. Tickets may be purchased from student representatives or at the Tomlinson Hall desk for $1,25 each. Block tickets are still available.'

                                                      The 'Senate Report' column reported 552 people attended, and that it was fairly certain that a loss was sustained. An agreement had been made with Severance Hall to restrict publicity to only college students, sharply limiting general advertisement of the event.
                                                      Contract terms were:
                                                      • 15 musicians led by "Duke Ellington Inc. presents Duke Ellington and His Orchestra"
                                                      • Standard top billing clause
                                                      • Wage agreed upon: $1,500 guarantee, privilege of 50% of gross receipts after taxes, $750 payable on signing and balance in cash during intermission the night of engagement
                                                      • Signed by Daniel T. McSweeney, "president Case Senate."

                                                      • Associated Booking Corporation contract dated 1958 02 05, SI-NMAH Archives Center, DEC301, Series III Subseries A, Box 1, Folder 7
                                                      • Case Tech, Student Publication of Case Institute of Technology, Cleveland, Ohio (courtesy J.Tatem, University Archivist, Case Western Reserve University by email 2016-06-09):
                                                        • Announcement, 1958-04-18 p.1
                                                        • Pete Gary, Senate Report, 1958-05-02 p.6
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                                                      Thursday
                                                      .New York, N.Y.Columbia 30th St. studiosColumbia recording session
                                                      19:00-22:00
                                                      Duke Ellington and His Orchestra
                                                      Anderson, Baker, Cook, Terry, Nance, Woodman, Jackson, Sanders, Hamilton, Procope, Hodges, Gonsalves, Carney, Ellington, Strayhorn, Pettiford, Woodyard, Bailey, Choir

                                                      Titles recorded:
                                                      • Hand Me Down Love
                                                      • C-Jam Blues (Duke's Place)
                                                      • Lullaby Of Birdland
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                                                      Friday
                                                      .Bethlehem, Penn.Grace Hall,
                                                      Lehigh University
                                                      Formal dance, Spring Houseparty weekend.

                                                      Ellington's orchestra was to play on one floor, while a sweet band led by Walt Simpson, was to play upstairs.
                                                      Ellington was to provide 15 musicians from 9 p.m. to 1 a.m. and to receive top billing, with advertising to be supplied by the agent. The contract, signed by Carl N. Schier III, president of the Class of 1959, was approved Dec. 17 by the Dean of Students. The contract price was $2,000, with $1,000 deposit to be paid on signing the contract, the balance by Lehigh University cheque the night of the engagement.
                                                      • Associated Booking Corporation contract dated 1957 11 18, SI-NMAH Archives Center, DEC301, Series III Subseries A, Box 1, Folder 5
                                                      • The Brown and White, Lehigh University, Bethlehem, Penn.
                                                        • 1958-03-04 p.6
                                                        • 1958-03-25 p.1
                                                        • 1958-04-19 p.1
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                                                      Saturday
                                                      .Teaneck, N.J.Teaneck Jewish Community Center
                                                      Sterling Place
                                                      Banquet
                                                      Contract terms:
                                                      • 15 musicians under the leadership of "DUKE ELLINGTON, INC. PRESENTS DUKE ELLINGTON"
                                                      • Name and Address of Place of Engagement
                                                        Teaneck Jewish Community Center, Sterling Place, Teaneck, N.J.
                                                      • Date(s) of employment
                                                        April 25, 1956
                                                      • Hours of employment
                                                        10:00 p.m. -2:00 a.m.
                                                      • Duke Ellington to receive 100% sole star billing in all advertising, and he will appear for the entire affair with his regular feature orchestra. Stated fee herein includes all expenses.
                                                      • Type of engagement
                                                        banquet
                                                      • Wage agreed upon: $2,000.
                                                      • To be paid 50% deposit to ABC on signing of contract; 
                                                        balance to artist in cash night of engage-
                                                        to be held in escrow until ment
                                                        night of engagement
                                                      • Employer:
                                                        Teaneck Jewish Comm. Center
                                                        Julius Schargel
                                                        c/o Julius Schargel, 493 Cedar Lane
                                                        Teaneck N.J.
                                                      • Signed by
                                                        Julius J. Schargel
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                                                      Sunday
                                                      .Ridley Township, Penn.El Rancho Club
                                                      17th & Bullens Lane
                                                      Dance
                                                      Contract terms:
                                                      • 15 musicians led by "Duke Ellington Inc. presents Duke Ellington and His Orchestra" 9 p.m to 2 a.m.
                                                      • Type of engagement: Dance Music
                                                      • Standard top billing clause
                                                      • Wage agreed upon: $1,000 payable in cash to artist, night of engagement
                                                      • "This completed contract must be returned to El Rancho Club by March 21, 1958 or it is null and void."
                                                      • Employer: El Rancho Club
                                                      • Signed by El Rancho Club, John Burke - Mgr.
                                                      • Chester Times, Chester, Penn.
                                                        • 1958-04-18 p.12
                                                        • 1958-04-23 pp.13, 18
                                                        • 1958-04-25, p.18
                                                      • Associated Booking Corporation contract dated 1958 03 06, SI-NMAH Archives Center, DEC301, Series III Subseries A, Box 1, Folder 9
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                                                      Tuesday
                                                      Ellington's birthday
                                                      .Jamestown, N.Y.Merton P. Corwin Auditorium
                                                      Jamestown High School
                                                      Concert, 8:30 to 10:30 p.m., sponsored by the Jamestown Boys' Club's Alumni Jazz Club to raise funds for the Jazz Club to help build a summer camp for the Boys' Club. The first announcement misprinted the date as Tuesday, April 19.

                                                      Times-Mirror:

                                                      ' Quite a large contingent from Warren area was in Jamestown last night to hear Duke Ellington and His Orchestra in a benefit concert staged in the high school auditorium by the Jamestown Boys' Club Alumni.'


                                                      Contract terms:
                                                      • 15 musicians led by "Duke Ellington Inc. presents Duke Ellington & His Orchestra"
                                                      • Engagement type: "concert (stage)"
                                                      • Standard top billing clause
                                                      • Wage agreed upon: $1,200 flat, $625 payable on signing and balance in cash during intermission the night of the engagement
                                                      • Signed by Jamestown Jazz Club, Matthew Passemonte, Chairman, 39 Cross Street, Jamestown.
                                                      Associated Booking Corporation contract dated 1958 02 05, SI-NMAH Archives Center, DEC301, Series III Subseries A, Box 1, Folder 7
                                                      • Jamestown (N.Y.) Post-Journal
                                                        • 1958-03-18 p.10
                                                        • 1958-04-26 p.18
                                                      • Times-Mirror, Warren, Penn., 1958-04-30 p.6
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                                                      .Clinton, N.Y.Clinton ArenaConcert 8:30 P.M.(90 minutes), and dance following, to continue until 12:30 A.M., under the auspices of the Rome Junior Chamber of Commerce, proceeds to be used for youth activities.

                                                      Tickets - door, $2.00, advance, $1.65

                                                      Co-chairs of the JC arrangements committee were John El Waller, Alan Cole and Don C. McLouglin
                                                      The standard contract form used by Associated Booking Corporation following the AFM model has been altered by many strike-throughs and typed amendments. Every reference to "employer" has been replaced "purchaser" and 14 lines of boilerplate have been struck out. In the number of musicians space, the number 15 has been overtyped by DUKE ELLINGTON, INC., the phrase PRICE AGREED UPON is changed to TERMS, and all references to "employee" or "employees" have been replaced with "musician," "musicians" and "orchestra" as the case may be.

                                                      Contract terms to the extent they are decipherable:
                                                      • 15 musicians [or maybe just Duke Ellington, Inc.] under the leadership of "DUKE ELLINGTON, INC. PRESENTS DUKE ELLINGTON & HIS ORCHESTRA
                                                      • Name and Address of Place of Engagement
                                                        Clinton Arena, Clinton, N.Y.
                                                      • Date
                                                        April 30, 1958
                                                      • Hours
                                                        Concert & Dance - originally 9:00 P.M. To 1:00 A.M.but struck out and replaced with 8:30 p.m. to 12:30 a.m.
                                                      • Type of engagement
                                                        Concert and dance
                                                      • Wage agreed upon: $1,000 guarantee privilege 50% of the gross receipts, to be paid during intermission night of engagement
                                                      • Employer:
                                                        Clinton Arena, Edward Stanley, Mgr., Clinton, Arena
                                                      • Signed by
                                                        E. W. Stanley, Mgr
                                                      • Associated Booking Corporation contract dated 1957 12 16, SI-NMAH Archives Center, DEC301, Series III, Subseries A, Box 1, Folder 6
                                                      • Madison County Times, Chittenango, Madison County, N.Y., 1958-04-25 p.5
                                                      • Stratemann, p.389
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                                                      1958 05 01
                                                      Thursday
                                                      .Toronto, Ont.Massey HallConcert
                                                      Contract terms:
                                                      • 15 musicians led by "Duke Ellington Inc. presents Duke Ellington"
                                                      • Type of engagement: Concert, 8:30 - 10:30 p.m.
                                                      • Standard top billing clause
                                                      • "It is agreed that neither duke ellington nor his band will appear within a radius of 100 miles of Toronto between April 1, 1958 and May 31, 1958
                                                      • Wage agreed upon: $1,500 guarantee, privilege 50% gross receipts, U.S. funds, deposit $750 payable by April 1, 1958, balance in cash night of engagement
                                                      • Employer: Walter Homburger, International Artists, 73 Adelaide St. W., Toronto, Ont.
                                                      • Signed by Walter Homburger
                                                      • Stratemann p.389
                                                      • Vail II
                                                      • Associated Booking Corporation contract dated 1958 03 04, SI-NMAH Archives Center, DEC301, Series III Subseries A, Box 1, Folder 9
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                                                      Friday
                                                      .Olean, N.Y.Olean State ArmoryJunior prom, St. Bonaventure University
                                                      Formal dance 10 p.m. to 2 a.m.
                                                      Contract terms:
                                                      • 15 musicians
                                                      • 10 pm to 2 am
                                                      • usual top billing clause
                                                      • $2,500 flat, $1,250 on signing, balance in cash during intermission the night of the engagement.
                                                      • Signed by (Prof.) Ausin L. Tinan and Daniel J. Gorman
                                                      • Wellsville Daily Reporter, Wellsville, N.Y. 1958-02-15 p.4
                                                      • The Bona Venture, St. Bonaventure University, Allegany, N.Y.
                                                        • 1958-02-14 pp.1,7
                                                        • 1958-05-02 pp.1,7
                                                        • Several mentions in later years
                                                      • Associated Booking Corporation contract dated 1957 11 06, SI-NMAH Archives Center, DEC301, Series III Subseries A, Box 1, Folder 5
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                                                      Saturday
                                                      .Hamilton, N.Y.Huntington Gymnasium
                                                      Colgate University
                                                      All-college Spring Dance, 9 p.m. to 1 a.m.
                                                      Spring Party Weekend
                                                      $6.00/couple
                                                      The Kappa Delta Rho fraternity appears to have had Ellington to dinner before the dance.
                                                      Contract terms:
                                                      • 15 musicians
                                                      • 9 pm to 1 am
                                                      • usual top billing clause
                                                      • $2,000 flat, payable in cash the night of the engagement.
                                                      • Signed by Lloyd Huntley, Director of Student Activities
                                                      • The Colgate Maroon, Colgate University, Hamilton, N.Y.
                                                        • 1958-03-05 p.1
                                                        • 1958-04-02 p.4
                                                        • 1958-04-30 pp.1,5
                                                      • Associated Booking Corporation contract dated 1957 11 06, SI-NMAH Archives Center, DEC301, Series III Subseries A, Box 1, Folder 5
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                                                      Sunday
                                                      .Cortland, N.Y.H.P.E.R. Building
                                                      Cortland State Teachers College
                                                      Concert, 2:30 - 4:30 p.m.
                                                      Contract terms:
                                                      • 15 musicians led by "Duke Ellington Incorporated presents Duke Ellington"
                                                      • Standard top billing clause
                                                      • Wage agreed upon: $1,750, $875 payable on signing and balance in cash night of engagement
                                                      • Signed by George J. Calley, Delta Kappa Fraternity, 50 Thomkins Street, Cortland
                                                      • Associated Booking Corporation contract dated 1958 02 11, SI-NMAH Archives Center, DEC301, Series III Subseries A, Box 1, Folder 7
                                                      • Syracuse Herald-American, Syracuse, N.Y., 1958-04-20 p.44
                                                      • Syracuse Herald-Journal, Syracuse, N.Y. 1958-05-02 p.2
                                                      • Cortland Standard, Cortland, N.Y., 1958-05-01 p.2
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                                                      Monday
                                                      .Ridgewood, N.J.High School AuditoriumThird Annual Ridgewood Jazz Concert
                                                      The contract price was $1,000 guarantee, privilege 60% of gross receipts less taxes, $500 deposit payable to Associated Booking Corporation no later than 30 days before the engagement, balance in cash the night of the engagement. Ellington was to provide 15 musicians from 8:30 to 10:30 pm including intermission, and was to receive top billing. The contract was signed by Bill Gardner for the Junior Chamber of Commerce of Ridgewood.
                                                      An autographed programme is signed by Procope, Jackson, Hamilton, Nance, Bailey, Ellington, Woodyard and Grissom and has a couple additional illegible signatures.
                                                      • Stratemann p.389
                                                      • Vail II
                                                      • Autographed concert program.
                                                      • Associated Booking Corporation contract dated 1957 11 25, SI-NMAH Archives Center, DEC301, Series III Subseries A, Box 1, Folder 5
                                                      • Additional documentation is likely to be found in SI-NMAH DEC301, Series 2: Performances and Programs, 1933-1974, box 11, folder 26 Third Annual Ridgewood Jazz Concert, Ridgewood, New Jersey, May 5, 1958
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                                                      Tuesday
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                                                      Wednesday
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                                                      Friday
                                                      .Pottstown, Penn.Sunnybrook ParkSpring Prom, Drexel Institute of Technology

                                                      Drexel Triangle:

                                                      '... The hall was filled with couples at the height of the evening, dancing and listening to the sounds of Duke Ellington and the phrasing of Carmen McRae.
                                                        Dancing began around 9:30 p.m. and continued through 1 a.m., when most of the couples left for further entertainment or food. Miss McRae came on about midnight, after an effective stalling period by the Duke, and held her listeners for over half an hour with a combination of jazz and her latest warblings.
                                                        The Duke played extremely danceable music –for his usual style – combining jazz, the classics, and some of his own compositions... It was exciting just to see the old master casually stroke the keys, bringing his wealth of musical background into focus for the youthful college crowd, few of whom have seen or heard his long-famous repertoire.'


                                                      Contract terms:
                                                      • 15 musicians under the leadership of "DUKE ELLINGTON, INC. PRESENTS DUKE ELLINGTON AND HIS ORCHESTRA"
                                                      • Name and Address of Place of Engagement
                                                        Sunnybrook Park, Pottstown, Pa.
                                                      • Date(s) of employment
                                                        May 9, 1958
                                                      • Hours of employment
                                                        9:00 P.M. To 1:00 A.M.
                                                      • Standard top billing clause
                                                      • Wage agreed upon: $2,000, deposit $1,000 on signing and balance in cash during intermission Night of Engagement
                                                      • Employer:
                                                        Drexel Institute of Philadelphia
                                                      • Signed by
                                                        Martin Weinberg
                                                      • Associated Booking Corporation contract dated 1957 12 27, SI-NMAH Archives Center, DEC301, Series III, Subseries A, Box 1, Folder 6
                                                      • The Drexel Triangle, Drexel Institute of Technology, Philadelphia, Penn.
                                                      • 1958-05-09, pp.1,4,5
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                                                      Saturday
                                                      .Philadelphia, Penn.Penn Sherwood Hotel
                                                      39th and Chestnut Sts.
                                                      Appears to be a dance for Philadelphia College of Pharmacy and Science


                                                      Contract terms:
                                                      • 15 musicians led by "Duke Ellington Inc. presents Duke Ellington and His Orchestra"
                                                      • 9 pm to 1 am
                                                      • Standard top billing clause
                                                      • Wage agreed upon: $1,750 flat, $875 payable on signing and balance in cash during the intermission on the night of engagement
                                                      • Signed by Antony P. Lawson, Philadelphia College Pharmacy & Science

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                                                      Tuesday
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                                                      Wednesday
                                                      .Pittsburgh, Penn.West View Park BallroomDuquesne University May Ball
                                                      Contract terms:
                                                      • 15 musicians led by "Duke Ellington Inc., presents: Duke Ellington"
                                                      • Dance
                                                      • Standard top billing clause
                                                      • Wage agreed upon: $2,000 payable $1,000 on signing and balance in cash night of engagement
                                                      • Contracted with Alpha Phi Delta, Duquesne University, signed by Richard Mellick and Ralph Martini
                                                      • Stratemann p.389
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                                                      • Associated Booking Corporation contract dated 1958 01 15, SI-NMAH Archives Center, DEC301, Series III Subseries A, Box 1, Folder 7
                                                      • Duke, Duquesne University, Pittsburgh, Penn.
                                                        • 1958-04-25 p.1
                                                        • 1958-05-02 p.1
                                                        • 1958-05-08 pp.1,7
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                                                      Thursday
                                                      .Allentown, Penn.Endicott Club
                                                      or
                                                      Embassy Club
                                                      Stratemann and Vail show the venue as the Endicott Club without providing sources or an address. The contract shows Embassy Club, which according to David Hill, was located at 18 North 6th Street in Allentown and was owned by William "Jazz" Max in 1958. He retired in 1962.

                                                      The contract has two scratched out, illegible, items.
                                                      Contract terms:
                                                      • 15 musicians led by "Duke Ellington Inc. presents Duke Ellington"
                                                      • Name and Address of Place of Engagement: Embassy Club - 18 North 6th St., Allentown, Pa.
                                                      • Type of engagement: illegible (scratched out)
                                                      • Standard top billing clause
                                                      • Wage agreed upon: $950, 50% payable by April 15 and the balance in cash night of engagement
                                                      • Name of Employer: Embassy Club, 18 North 6th Street, Allentown
                                                      • Signed by Helen B. May
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                                                      • Vail II
                                                      • Associated Booking Corporation contract dated 1958 02 11, SI-NMAH Archives Center, DEC301, Series III Subseries A, Box 1, Folder 7
                                                      • Email, David Hill to Duke-LYM 2016-06-07, citing a 2003 article in the Allentown Morning Call.
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                                                      Friday
                                                      .Philadelphia, Penn.Milton Hall
                                                      Temple University
                                                      Broad and Burke St.
                                                      9 pm to 1 am (likely the senior class May Ball)
                                                      Contract terms:
                                                      • 15 musicians led by "Duke Ellington Inc. presents Duke Ellington"
                                                      • Standard top billing clause
                                                      • Wage agreed upon: $1,900, $950 payable on signing and balance in cash night of engagement
                                                      • Signed by Senior Class of Temple University by Luellen D'Angelo, Pres.
                                                      • Stratemann p.389
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                                                      Saturday
                                                      .Trenton, N.J.Stacey-Trent HotelSenior class dance, Rider College
                                                      Contract terms:
                                                      • 15 musicians led by "Duke Ellington Inc. presents Duke Ellington & His Orchestra," 9 pm to 1 am
                                                      • Standard top billing clause
                                                      • Wage agreed upon: $1,750 flat, payable $875 on signing and balance in cash during intermission the night of engagement
                                                      • Signed by Ropbert McHenry and Ray J. Albanowski
                                                    • Stratemann p.389
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                                                    • Associated Booking Corporation contract dated 1958 01 31, SI-NMAH Archives Center, DEC301, Series III Subseries A, Box 1, Folder 7
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                                                      Sunday
                                                      .Baltimore, Md.Polytechnic AuditoriumConcert, 8:15-10:15 p.m. per contract

                                                      The ad reproduced in Vail shows:
                                                      Duke
                                                      "I Love You Madly"
                                                      Ellington
                                                      AND ORCHESTRA
                                                      SUNDAY, MAY 18
                                                      8 P.M.
                                                      Polytechnic Auditorium
                                                      Benefit Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity
                                                      Scholarship Fund

                                                      All Seats Reserved: Balcony $2.20
                                                      Orchestra $2.75 And $3.30
                                                      Tickets on Sale at Central Ticket Agency
                                                      206 N. Liberty and Druid Hill Ave. YMCA

                                                      Contract terms:
                                                      • 15 musicians led by "Duke Ellington Inc. presents Duke Ellington and His Orchestra"
                                                      • Standard top billing clause
                                                      • Wage agreed upon: $1,750, $875 payable on signing and balance in cash during intermission night of engagement
                                                      • Signed by Frank J. Ellis, President, Delta Lambda [Chapter], Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity
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                                                      Monday
                                                      .Richmond, Va.Belgian Building
                                                      Virginia Union University
                                                      Concert, 8:30 p.m.
                                                      Contract terms:
                                                      • 15 musicians led by "Duke Ellington Inc. presents: Duke Ellington"
                                                      • Type of engagement, hours: Concert, 9-11 p.m.
                                                      • Standard top billing clause
                                                      • Wage agreed upon: $1,500 , deposit $750 payable on signing and balance in cash night of engagement
                                                      • Employer: L.D.Smith, Business Mgr., Virginia Union University
                                                      • Signed by L.D.Smith

                                                      • Associated Booking Corporation contract dated 1958 04 01, SI-NMAH Archives Center, DEC301, Series III Subseries A, Box 1, Folder 10
                                                      • Richmond Times-Dispatch, Richmond, Va., 1958-05-11 pp.2-L, L-3
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                                                      Tuesday
                                                      .Martinsville, Va.CarrollwoodDance
                                                      Contract terms:
                                                      • 15 musicians led by "Duke Ellington Inc. presents Duke Ellington"
                                                      • Hours of employment: 9 p.m. to 1 a.m.
                                                      • Standard top billing clause
                                                      • Wage agreed upon: $1,000 guarantee, privilege 60% gross receipts, deposit $500 on signing of contract, balance in cash night of engagement
                                                      • Employer: Frank Taylor, Franks Food Fair
                                                      • Signed by Frank L Taylor
                                                      Associated Booking Corporation contract dated 1958 04 24, SI-NMAH Archives Center, DEC301, Series III Subseries A, Box 1, Folder 10..
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                                                      Thursday
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                                                      Friday
                                                      .Grosse Pointe Farms, Mich.Country Club of DetroitThis is shown as "Detroit Country Club, Detroit, Mi." in Stratemann and Vail.

                                                      Grosse Point Farms is a suburb of Detroit.
                                                      Contract terms:
                                                      • 15 musicians led by "Duke Ellington Inc., presents: Duke Ellington"
                                                      • 9:30 to 1:30
                                                      • Standard top billing clause
                                                      • Wage agreed upon: $1,500 payable $750 by April 1, balance in cash to artist night of engagement; no additional expenses.
                                                      • Signed by Donald E. Edie, Mgr.
                                                      • Stratemann p.389
                                                      • Vail II
                                                      • Associated Booking Corporation contract dated 1958 01 21, SI-NMAH Archives Center, DEC301, Series III Subseries A, Box 1, Folder 7
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                                                      Saturday
                                                      .Collegeville,Ind.St. Joseph's College.Junior prom
                                                        Anderson Daily Bulletin, Ind.
                                                      • Social column, 1958-04-18 p.2
                                                      • "OPn Prom Committee", 1958-04-15 p.2
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                                                      Sunday
                                                      .Angola, Ind.Buck Lake RanchContract terms:
                                                      • 16 musicians and vocalist led by "Duke Ellington, Inc. presents: Duke Ellington - In Person"
                                                      • Three 1-hour pop music concerts, 3, 6 and 9 p.m.
                                                      • Standard top billing clause
                                                      • Employer guarantees to furnish a good P.A. system and a piano tuned to A-440.
                                                      • Wage agreed upon: $2,000 guaranteed flat, payable in cash upon completion of engagement
                                                      • Signed by Harry Smythe, Buck Lake Ranch, Angola, Ind.
                                                      • Stratemann p.389
                                                      • Vail II
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                                                      Tuesday
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                                                      Friday
                                                      .Rochester, Ind.Colonial Terrace Ballroom
                                                      Colonial Hotel
                                                      Dance, 9 p.m. to 1 a.m.
                                                      Contract terms:
                                                      • 15 musicians and vocalist led by "Duke Ellington Inc.,Owner, presents: Duke Ellington, in Person"
                                                      • Standard top billing clause
                                                      • Wage agreed upon: $1,000, privilege 60%, payable in cash to Al Celley, Road Manager, night of engagement
                                                      • Signed by Ken Morris
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                                                      Saturday
                                                      .Fruitport, Mich.Fruitport PavilionDance
                                                      Contract terms:
                                                      • 15 musicians and vocalist led by "Duke Ellington Inc. presents: Duke Ellington, in person"
                                                      • Standard top billing clause
                                                      • Wage agreed upon: $1,000 guarantee, privilege 60%, payable in cash to Al Celley, road manager, night of engagement
                                                      • Signed by Frank Lockage, 2309 Jefferson St., Muskogon Hts., Michigan
                                                      • Stratemann p.389
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                                                      June 1958

                                                      1958 06 00...PERSONNEL CHANGE
                                                      In late June, Willie Cook left the band.
                                                      Singer Lil Greenwood, born in November 1923, joined. In the early 1960s she was billed as Lilli Gigi and/or Lillie Gigi. In 1960, San Francisco Examiner said she had been a Bay Area gospel singer, and quotes her:

                                                      'When Duke saw my act at the Purple Onion, he asked me to join him in Chicago for a tape session, with the idea of perhaps a later recroding date. When I got there, the band was appearing at th eBlue Ntoe. The session went so well that he said "care to sit in with the band?"
                                                        Then followed Duke on to New York and he asked me to come along from there to the Newport Jazz Festival. When wnet on at Newport, it was completely impromptu 7 we hadn't formally rehearsed. For that matter, I never really have been hired for the band.
                                                        Somewhere along the line Duke found out that Lillie was my real name.He murmured, "Hmmmm...Lillie... That's pretty... Lillie Gigi..." He introduced me that way one night and it was accepted immediately. Now, I guess I'm stuck with it.'
                                                      '

                                                      • New Desor vol.2
                                                      • San Francisco Examiner, San Francisco, Cal.
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                                                      Tuesday
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                                                      Wednesday
                                                      1958 06 29Chicago, Ill.Blue Note
                                                      Night Club
                                                      Contract between "Frank Holzfeind The Blue Note," Duke Ellington Inc. and Associated Booking Corporation to provide 15 musicians and 1 vocalist, led by "Duke Ellington Inc., presents Duke Ellington" to the Blue Note from June 4, 1958 for four weeks, 32 hours per week, 5 day week, Sunday Matinee. The contract includes the usual headline billing and recording/broadcasting provisions and the fee is still $5,000/week less 10% to ABC.....
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                                                      .Chicago, Ill.Blue Note
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                                                      Saturday
                                                      .Chicago, Ill.Blue Note
                                                      Night Club
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                                                      Sunday
                                                      .Chicago, Ill.Blue Note
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                                                      Monday
                                                      .Chicago, Ill.Blue Note
                                                      Night Club
                                                      This should be a night off from the Blue Note, but New Desor shows a recorded broadcast on CBS from the club. The Chicago Tribune radio listing for this date does not mention Ellington..New Desor
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                                                      Thursday
                                                      .Chicago, Ill.Blue Note
                                                      Night Club
                                                      Night club residency - see 1958 06 04
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                                                      Friday
                                                      .Chicago, Ill.Blue Note
                                                      Night Club
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                                                      Saturday
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                                                      Night Club
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                                                      Sunday
                                                      .Chicago, Ill.Blue Note
                                                      Night Club
                                                      Night club residency - see 1958 06 04
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                                                      Monday
                                                      ...activities not documented
                                                      Blue Note day off
                                                      ...
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                                                      1958 06 17
                                                      Tuesday
                                                      ...activities not documented
                                                      Blue Note day off
                                                      ...
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                                                      1958 06 18
                                                      Wednesday
                                                      .Chicago, Ill.Eighth Street TheaterGala celebrity fundraiser for the Catholic Interracial Council. Stars participating were Duke Ellington, Danny Thomas, Dick Shawn and m.c. Norman Ross.
                                                      • Stratemann p.389
                                                      • Vail II
                                                      • Suburban Economist, Chicago, Ill., 1958-06-11 p.20G
                                                      • Chicago Tribune, Chicago, Ill., 1958-06-19 p.26
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                                                      Wednesday
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                                                      Night Club
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                                                      Thursday
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                                                      Night Club
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                                                      Friday
                                                      .Chicago, Ill.Blue Note
                                                      Night Club
                                                      Night club residency - see 1958 06 04
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                                                      Saturday
                                                      .Chicago, Ill.Blue Note
                                                      Night Club
                                                      Night club residency - see 1958 06 04
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                                                      Sunday
                                                      .Chicago, Ill.Blue Note
                                                      Night Club
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                                                      Monday
                                                      ...activities not documented
                                                      Blue Note day off
                                                      ...
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                                                      1958 06 24
                                                      Tuesday
                                                      .Chicago, Ill.Universal Recording Corporation studiosPrivate recording session
                                                      Duke Ellington group
                                                      Gonsalves, Ellington, Woode, Woodyard

                                                      Titles recorded:
                                                      • In A Mellow Tone
                                                      • Happy Reunion
                                                      • Wailing Interval
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                                                      Wednesday
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                                                      Thursday
                                                      .Chicago, Ill.WGN-TV Studio 14
                                                      441 No. Michigan Ave.
                                                      Television appearance, Duke Ellington only, on "Midnight Ticker." The fee is $40 and the hours of employment are "11:00 - 12:45 PM"
                                                      The television schedule lists Midnite Ticker at 11:45 p.m. on Channel 9 (WGN-TV). If the show was live, Duke had to take time away from the Blue Note job.
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                                                      Friday
                                                      ...activities not documented
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                                                      Saturday
                                                      .Chicago, Ill.Universal Recording Corporation studios..New Desor
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                                                      Sunday
                                                      .Chicago, Ill.Blue Note
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                                                      Matinee and evening performances

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                                                      July 1958

                                                      1958 07 01
                                                      Tuesday
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                                                      Thursday
                                                      .Newport, R.I.Freebody Park Peripheral event
                                                      An octet called Rex Stewart & The Ellington Alumni All-Stars was the first group scheduled to perform Thursday evening at 8:30. The programme refers to their set as a Tribute to Duke Ellington. This set was broadcast nationally, hosted by Mitch Miller, with the program beginning at 8 p.m. local time. It isn't clear why the program started before the scheduled concert; perhaps there was to be some talking; Miller broadcast an hour each night. A list of the recorded titles, incorrectly dated July 4, is in Timner V, at p.554. It appears a tape exists in the Library of Congress with the recording date also showing July 4 by mistake. Personnel were Rex Stewart, Cootie Williams, Tyree Glenn, Hilton Jefferson, Ben Webster, Billy Strayhorn, Oscar Pettiford and Sonny Greer. DEMS 02/1-16 provides more information about the recordings.
                                                      While the show was scheduled to start at 8:30, an aerial photo of the venue shows relatively few people occupying the seats at that time.
                                                      Columnist Steve Voce:

                                                      'The Rex Stewart Newport set was recorded by the army radio service and eventually made available to the BBC on a 7 1/2 ips tape that runs for about 30 min.'

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                                                      Thursday
                                                      .Newport, R.I.Freebody ParkNewport Jazz Festival
                                                      Recorded concert
                                                      The concert programme and the programme schedule reported in the local paper the day before the festival have Ellington appearing as the main act on Thursday night. The Stewart group, Marian McPartland's trio with Gerry Mulligan, and Miles Davis' quintet with Cannonball Adderley appeared before intermission, which was followed by the Dave Brubeck quartet and then the Ellington orchestra. Mahalia Jackson is shown after Ellington on the programme, but she sang Come Sunday with the band. Altogether the programme ran 5 hours and ten minutes and all the groups except Miles Davis' played Ellington songs, according to the Village Voice.
                                                      James T. Kaull, Jr.:

                                                      'Thursday's opener drew 9,700 patrons for a concert that ran until nearly 1:30 a.m., with the Duke Ellington band and guest artist Mahalia Jackson leaving the crowd joyfully limp. The programmed "musical tribute" to the Duke was a relaxed, meaty bill of fare that opened with a group of Ellington alumni led by cornetist Rex Stewart.'


                                                      Titles recorded by the Ellington contingent:
                                                      Duke Ellington and His Orchestra
                                                      Anderson, Baker, F.Williams, Terry, Nance, Woodman, Jackson, Sanders, Hamilton, Procope, Hodges, Gonsalves, Carney, Ellington, Woode, Woodyard, Greenwood, Bailey, with guests Gerry Mulligan and Mahalia Jackson
                                                      Titles recorded:
                                                      • Princess Blue (note 1)
                                                      • Duke's Place (aka C-Jam Blues) (note 1)
                                                      • Just Scratchin' The Surface (notes 2,4)
                                                      • Happy Reunion
                                                      • Juniflip
                                                      • Mr. Gentle And Mr. Cool
                                                      • Jazz Festival Jazz
                                                      • Feetbone (note 4)
                                                      • Hi Fi Fo Fum
                                                      • I Got It Bad and That Ain't Good
                                                      • Bill Bailey
                                                      • Prima Para Dubla (with Mulligan) (notes 2,3,4)
                                                      • El Gato
                                                      • Multicolored Blue (aka Violet Blue)
                                                      • Come Sunday (played twice, once with Jackson)
                                                      • Take The "A" Train (theme) (notes 1,4)
                                                      • Jones
                                                      Notes:
                                                      • 1./ Nielsen shows these titles as an afternoon concert. Since the festival did not open until evening, if these were recorded in the afternoon, it would likely have been during a sound check or rehearsal.
                                                      • 2./ While Columbia taped the entire Ellington performance, Lambert and Stratemann tell us these two titles were the only ones used on the Columbia album Newport 1958. The other titles on that album were studio recordings made July 21 with dubbed applause.

                                                        A Mosaic plug in DEMS says:

                                                        '... After the performance, Ellington and ... Townsend decided to re-cut eight pieces under more ideal studio conditions ... and dub in applause to recreate the Newport event. The subsequent Newport 1958 album [LPs Co CL-1245 from 1958 or CBS S 65113 from 1972] contained the eight studio tracks with doctored audience and only two real Newport performances ... A 2-CD Live At Newport 1958 ... of all the real Ellington performances from the festival only served to prove that the original assessment by Ellington to re-cut a lot of the material was correct. That reissue also sentenced the musically-superior studio material to obscurity....[T]he Mosaic edition of Newport 1958, ...remixed the studio material [without dubbed applause] retained the two Newport tracks and added four more ... the concert, including a version of Feet Bone which was not remade in the studio... '

                                                      • 3./ Written by Ellington for two baris, Mulligan and Carney played this together.
                                                      • 4./ Ellington's start and end times are not documented. Steven Lasker:

                                                        'The recording report shows 9pm to 12 pm and just two titles recorded: "Just Scratchin' the Surface" and "Prima Bara Dubla." On the "Artist Job Sheet" for the session, "Take the "A" Train" is scratched out and shows the notation "not used." "Feet Bone" is also scratched out, again "not used," and bears the notation "replaced by (see below)"..."Prima Bara Dubla." Columbia Records recorded the entire concert, apparently paying the union only for those performances they intended to actually release...in 1958!'

                                                      • The concerts were broadcast nationally in stereo over CBS.

                                                      Contract terms:
                                                      • 15 musicians under the leadership of "DUKE ELLINGTON, INC. PRESENTS DUKE ELLINGTON & HIS ORCHESTRA"
                                                      • Name and Address of Place of Engagement
                                                        Newport Jazz Festival - Newport, R.I.
                                                      • Date(s) of employment
                                                        July 3, 1958
                                                      • Hours of employment
                                                        8.00 P.M. to 12:00 Midnight
                                                      • Standard top billing clause
                                                      • Wage agreed upon: $1,750, payable in cash on night of engagement
                                                      • Employer:
                                                        Newport Jazz Festival, Newport, R.I.
                                                      • Signed by
                                                        [illegible]
                                                      • Associated Booking Corporation contract dated 1957 12 24, SI-NMAH Archives Center, DEC301, Series III, Subseries A, Box 1, Folder 6
                                                      • Stratemann p.390 citing
                                                        • Village Voice 1958-07-23 p.71
                                                        • JM Sept. 1958
                                                        • Variety 1958-07-09 p.53
                                                        • Jazz Journal, Nov. 1958
                                                        • Down Beat
                                                          • 1958-08-07 p.14
                                                          • 1959-02-05
                                                      • 1958 Newport Jazz Festival programme
                                                      • Newport Daily News, Newport, R.I.
                                                        • 1958-07-02 pp.1,6
                                                        • 1958-07-03 pp.1,4
                                                        • 1958-07-05 p.5
                                                      • Girvan:   Ellingtonia.com
                                                      • MacHare:   A Duke Ellington Panorama
                                                      • Timner
                                                      • E. Lambert:
                                                        Duke Ellington, A Listener's Guide
                                                        , p.201
                                                      • Jorgen Grunnet Jepsen, Discography of Duke Ellington, Vol.3 1947-59
                                                      • Ole J. Nielsen, Jazz Records 1942-80, A discography: Vol. Six, Duke Ellington
                                                      • Emails Lasker-Palmquist 2014-10-14 and 2014-11-17 re recording times and title usage.
                                                      • William Morris, Words, Wit & Wisdom, The Morgantown Post, Morgantown, W.Va., 1958-07-14 p.6
                                                      • Additional documentation is likely to be found in SI-NMAH DEC301, Series 2: Performances and Programs, 1933-1974, box 11, folder 27 Newport Jazz Festival, Newport, Rhode Island, July 3-6, 1958
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                                                      1958 07 04
                                                      Friday
                                                      1958 07 05
                                                      Saturday
                                                      Ipswich, Mass.Castle HillCastle Hill Festival, "All tickets $3.50 tax exempt"

                                                      One announcement said the concerts would be held in the Sunken Gardens unless the crowds were too big.
                                                      (*Stratemann and Vail show the city as Salem, which is about 14 miles south by road.)
                                                      Contract terms:
                                                      • 15 musicians under the leadership of "DUKE ELLINGTON, INC. PRESENTS DUKE ELLINGTON AND HIS ORCHESTRA"
                                                      • Name and Address of Place of Engagement
                                                        Castle Hill Festival - Ipswich, Mass. or in case of inclement weather in an auditorium to be designated.
                                                      • Date(s) of employment
                                                        July 4, 1958 & July 5, 1958 (Two Days
                                                      • Type of engagement
                                                        To Appear In Concert - 8:00 P.M. to 12.00 midnight. The contract price is subject to the arrival of the orchestra in Ipswich not later than six p.m. July 4 to permit time for tests, adjustments and placement of amplification system and other acoustical aids and for other preparations necessary to insure that the concert start on time.
                                                      • Standard top billing clause
                                                      • Wage agreed upon: $3,500, deposit $$1,750 payable on signing and Balance In Cash At End Of Engagement.
                                                      • Employer:
                                                        Castle Hill Foundation, Ipswich, Mass.
                                                      • Signed by
                                                        [illegible]
                                                      • Associated Booking Corporation contract dated 1957 12 24, SI-NMAH Archives Center, DEC301, Series III, Subseries A, Box 1, Folder 6
                                                      • Boston Traveler, Boston, Mass.
                                                        • 1958-06-18 p.24
                                                        • 1958-07-03 p.5
                                                      • The Boston Sunday Herald or The Boston Herald, as the case may be, Boston, Mass.
                                                        • 1958-05-11 p.50
                                                        • 1958-06-22 s.1 p.14
                                                        • 1958-06-25 p.16
                                                      • The Lowell Sun, Lowell, Mass. 1958-06-24 p.5
                                                      • Boston Evening American, Boston,Mass.
                                                        • 1958-06-27 p.37
                                                        • 1958-07-02 p.42
                                                      • Stratemann p.390
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                                                      Sunday
                                                      .Lenox, Mass.Berkshire Music BarnTanglewood Festival
                                                      Contract terms:
                                                      • 15 musicians led by "Duke Ellington Inc. presents Duke Ellington and His Orchestra"
                                                      • Type of engagement: In Concert, 8:30 - 10:30 p.m.
                                                      • Standard top billing clause
                                                      • Wage agreed upon: $1,500 guarantee privilege 50% of gross receipts, payable in cash during intermission on night of engagement
                                                      • Employer: Stephanie Barber, Treasurer, Berkshire Music Barn
                                                      • Signed by Stephanie Barber, Treas., Berkshire Music Barn
                                                      The Berkshire Eagle reported Ellington played to a capacity audience of 1,000. It named some band members who played/sang: Hodges, Carney, Nance, Terry, Anderson, Woodyard, Greenwood, Bailey, and titles played:
                                                      • Ellington Indigoes [sic]
                                                      • Such Sweet Thunder
                                                      • A Drum is a Woman
                                                      • El Gato
                                                      • Hi Fi Fo Fum
                                                      • Walkin' and Singin' the Blues
                                                      • Associated Booking Corporation contract dated 1958 03 10, SI-NMAH Archives Center, DEC301, Series III Subseries A, Box 1, Folder 9
                                                      • The North Adams, Massachusetts Transcript, 1958-06-24 p.3
                                                      • The Berkshire Eagle, Pittsfield, Mass. 1958-07-07 p.5
                                                      • Stratemann p.390 citing Down Beat 1958-07-10
                                                      • Vail II
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                                                      Monday
                                                      1958 07 13Sea Isle City, N.J.Red Hill Casino
                                                    • Activities not documented


                                                    • Casino residency

                                                      Stratemann, citing Variety, and Vail, show a one-week engagement starting 1958 07 08.
                                                      Contract terms:
                                                      • 15 musicians led by "Duke Ellington Inc. presents Duke Ellington and His Orch."
                                                      • Date(s) of Employment - "July 7, 1958 for one week (7 days)"
                                                      • Hours of employment: 9 p.m. to 2:30 a.m., Sunday matinee 4 to 7 p.m.
                                                      • Standard top billing clause
                                                      • Wage agreed upon: $6,000 payable in cash to artist, end of engagement
                                                      • Employer: Red Hill Casino
                                                      • Signed by Joseph De Luca
                                                      Stratemann says when De Luca, who also owned the Red Hill Inn at Pennsauken, took over the former Sea Isle Casino, he implemented a jazz policy. The first band, Maynard Ferguson, appears to have done well. Ellington, no so much. As a result, De Luca cancelled upcoming bookings for the Hampton and Herman bands, putting them into Pennsauken instead.
                                                      • Associated Booking Corporation contract dated 1958 05 09, SI-NMAH Archives Center, DEC301, Series III Subseries A, Box 1, Folder 11
                                                      • The Philadelphia Inquirer, Philadelphia, Penn. 1958-07-11 p.15
                                                      • Stratemann p.360 citing Variety 1958-07-23 p.30
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                                                      Tuesday
                                                      1958 07 14Sea Isle City, N.J.Red Hill CasinoCasino residency

                                                      Stratemann, citing Variety, and Vail, show a one-week engagement starting 1958 07 08.
                                                      There were two contracts for this engagement. The first, dated May 9, covered 7 days from July 7, but appears to have been superseded by the second, dated May 28. The May 28 contract terms were:
                                                      • 15 musicians led by "Duke Ellington Inc. presents Duke Ellington and His Orch."
                                                      • Date(s) of Employment - "July 8, 1958 for six days"
                                                      • Hours of employment: 9 p.m. to 2:30 a.m., Sunday matinee 4 to 7 p.m.
                                                      • Standard top billing clause
                                                      • Wage agreed upon: $5,500, $2,000 payable on third day, additional $2,000 on fifth day, balance $1,500 end of engagement in cash to artist.
                                                      • Employer: Red Hill Casino
                                                      • Signed by Joseph De Luca
                                                      Stratemann says when De Luca, who also owned the Red Hill Inn at Pennsauken, took over the former Sea Isle Casino, he implemented a jazz policy. The first band, Maynard Ferguson, appears to have done well. Ellington, no so much. As a result, De Luca cancelled upcoming bookings for the Hampton and Herman bands, putting them into Pennsauken instead.
                                                      • Associated Booking Corporation contracts dated 1958 05 09 and 1958 05 28, SI-NMAH Archives Center, DEC301, Series III Subseries A, Box 1, Folder 11
                                                      • The Philadelphia Inquirer, Philadelphia, Penn. 1958-07-11 p.15
                                                      • Stratemann p.360 citing Variety 1958-07-23 p.30
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                                                      Thursday
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                                                      Friday
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                                                      Saturday
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                                                      Sunday
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                                                      Evening and matinee.
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                                                    • ...
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                                                      Tuesday
                                                      .Stamford, Conn.Boyle StadiumContract terms:
                                                      • 15 musicians led by "Duke Ellington Inc. presents Duke Ellington"
                                                      • Type of engagement: One concert 8:15-10:15 p.m.
                                                      • Standard top billing clause
                                                      • Wage agreed upon: $2,000, deposit $1,000 payable on signing and balance in cash night of engagement
                                                      • Employer: Lions Club of Stamford
                                                      • Signed by illegible [possibly Jerome H. Wallstin?]
                                                      • Associated Booking Corporation contract dated 1958 03 29, SI-NMAH Archives Center, DEC301, Series III Subseries A, Box 1, Folder 9
                                                      • Stratemann p.390
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                                                      Wednesday
                                                      .Bedford, Mass.Officers Open Mess Club
                                                      Hanscom Field
                                                      Dance, 9 p.m. to 1 a.m.
                                                      Contract terms:
                                                      • 15 musicians led by "Duke Ellington Inc. presents Duke Ellington"
                                                      • Standard top billing clause
                                                      • Wage agreed upon: $1,500 flat, deposit $750 payable on signing and balance in cash night of engagement
                                                      • Employer: D. B. Kimball, Officers Open Mess Club, Hanscom Field, Bedford, Mass.
                                                      • Signed by D. B. Kimball, Secty treas.
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                                                      ...activities not documented

                                                      A contract with Rev. R. A. Lowe, King William Grand Lodge of Masons, 652 High Street, Newark, for $2,000 flat shows a deposit of $1,000 was received June 3. The contract is marked "Cancelled Check NG" so the event was likely cancelled.
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                                                      1958 07 18
                                                      Friday
                                                      1958 07 20Stony Brook
                                                      Long Island, N.Y.
                                                      Dogwood Hollow AmphitheatreStony Brook Music Festival - first of three evening concerts, 8:30 p.m.
                                                      Titles recorded (reportedly with a single microphone through a hole in the floor):
                                                      • Take The "A" Train (theme)
                                                      • Medley
                                                      • The Mooche
                                                      • Newport Up
                                                      • Tenderly
                                                      • Perdido
                                                      • Such Sweet Thunder
                                                      • Sophisticated Lady
                                                      • Sonnet To Hank Cinq
                                                      • What Else Can You Do With A Drum?
                                                      • You Better Know It
                                                      • Autumn Leaves
                                                      • Take The "A" Train
                                                      • Such Sweet Thunder
                                                      • Violet Blue (Multicoloured Blue)
                                                      • All Of Me
                                                      • St. Louis Blues
                                                      • Bill Bailey
                                                      • Walkin' And Singin' The Blues
                                                      • Hi Fi Fo Fum
                                                      • Medley
                                                      The medleys were:
                                                      • Black And Tan Fantasy
                                                      • Creole Love Call
                                                      • Don't Get Around Much Anymore
                                                      • Do Nothin' Till You Hear From Me
                                                      • In A Sentimental Mood
                                                      • Mood Indigo
                                                      • I'm Beginning To See The Light
                                                      • Sophisticated Lady
                                                      • Caravan
                                                      • I Got It Bad and That Ain't Good
                                                      • Just Squeeze Me
                                                      • It Don't Mean A Thing

                                                      Personnel differs between the concert programme and the New Desor, Timner and http://ellingtonia.com discographies:
                                                      • These sources agree the trumpet section consisted of Anderson, Baker, Nance and Terry. The programme also shows Willie Cook, but New Desor shows he left the band in June.
                                                      • The reed section is the same in all four - Carney, Gonsalves, Hamilton, Hodges and Procope.
                                                      • All sources show Ellington on piano and Woodyard on drums
                                                      • The bass is Jimmy Woode on the programme but Oscar Pettiford in the discographies. The initial report of this recording (see DEMS 92/4) has Pettiford only replacing Woode in Autumn Leaves. In 1993, discographer Giovanni Volonté wrote

                                                        'A word about the 18Jul58 concert: we believe, as you do, that Oscar Pettiford is present during the whole concert;... '

                                                        and in 2008 Sjef Hoefsmit wrote:

                                                        '... the Stony Brook 18Jul58 concert ... was the last time Oscar played in the Ellington orchestra ... We agree with Giovanni Volonté and Luciano Massagli and consequently we do not agree with Willie Timner, who believes that Oscar only played in Autumn Leaves. The fact that this was acknowledged by Duke does not mean that Jimmy Woode played the remaining portion of the concert. It is obviously Oscar Pettiford all the way through.'

                                                        Webmaster comments:
                                                        • I don't have the tape, so I don't have an informed opinion, but it seems to me that if OP was introduced by DE for Autumn Leaves, Woode must have played until that song. It isn't clear if Sjef was saying it is obvious OP played throughout the concert, or only from Autumn Leaves to the end.
                                                        • It would be interesting to know if Woode or Pettiford played the second and third nights. DEMS comments seem to suggest the 18th was the last time he played with Ellington.
                                                      • The programme lists Jimmie Grissom as a featured band member, but the discographies leave him out, instead showing vocals by Ozzie Bailey, Lil Greenwood and Ray Nance. Patricia Willard was there, and writes:

                                                        'Re: Stony Brook, I took lots of photos with my little Brownie camera ... but I do remember clearly that Oscar Pettiford was the only bassist on the date and that Lil, Ozzie and Ray were the only singers. Grissom definitely was not there.'


                                                      Contract terms:
                                                      • 15 musicians led by "Duke Ellington Inc. presents Duke Ellington"
                                                      • One concert nightly 8:30 to 10:30 p.m., July 18, 19, 29,
                                                      • Standard top billing clause
                                                      • Wage agreed upon: $4,500 flat, $2,250 payable on signing and balance in cash night of engagement
                                                      • Signed by Arther Allen, 117 West 46 Street, New York City
                                                      • Stratemann p.390 citing Down Beat 1958-07-24
                                                      • Festival programme
                                                      • Girvan:   Ellingtonia.com
                                                      • Timner
                                                      • Email, P.Willard/Palmquist 2014-11-18
                                                      • Associated Booking Corporation contract dated 1958 02 12, SI-NMAH Archives Center, DEC301, Series III Subseries A, Box 1, Folder 8
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                                                      Monday
                                                      .New York, N.Y.Columbia 30th St. studioColumbia recording session
                                                      14:30 - 18:30
                                                      Since the band recorded 9 titles in the four hours they were in the studio, they were paid for 3 three-hour sessions in compliance with A.F. of M. rules. Those rules provided for payment for each three-hour session, with no more than four selections counting as a session.
                                                      Duke Ellington and His Orchestra
                                                      C. Anderson, Baker, Terry, Nance, Woodman, Jackson, Sanders, Hamilton, Procope, Hodges, Graham, Gonsalves, Carney, Ellington, Woode, Woodyard, Bailey
                                                      Titles recorded:
                                                      • Jazz Festival Jazz
                                                      • Princess Blue
                                                      • El Gato
                                                      • Violet Blue (Multicolored Blue)
                                                      • Hi Fi Fo Fum
                                                      • Mr. Gentle And Mr. Cool
                                                      • Juniflip
                                                      • Happy Reunion
                                                      • Take The "A" Train (theme)
                                                      • Emails Lasker-Palmquist 2014-10-14 and 2014-11-02 re session time
                                                      • Girvan:   Ellingtonia.com
                                                      • MacHare:   A Duke Ellington Panorama
                                                      • Jorgen Grunnet Jepsen, Discography of Duke Ellington, Vol.3 1947-59
                                                      • Ole J. Nielsen, Jazz Records 1942-80, A discography: Vol. Six, Duke Ellington
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                                                      Tuesday
                                                      1958 07 23West Hempstead, N.Y.Island Garden auditoriumIsland Garden Jazz Festival, first of two 8:30 p.m. concerts.
                                                      Contract terms:
                                                      • 15 musicians led by "Duke Ellington Inc., owner, presents: Duke Ellington & Orchestra"
                                                      • Date(s) of employment July 22-23 1958
                                                      • Hours of employment: 8:30 - 1-:30 P.M.
                                                      • Type of engagement: One concert nightly
                                                      • Wage agreed upon: $3,000 flat, deposit $1,500 payable on signing contracts [sic]
                                                      • Employer Walter Carlson, Island Garden, West Hempstead, L.I., N.Y.
                                                      • Signed by Walter Carlson
                                                      • Associated Booking Corporation contract dated 1958 06 20, SI-NMAH Archives Center, DEC301, Series III Subseries A, Box 1, Folder 12
                                                      • The Advance, Patchogue, N.Y.
                                                        • 1958-07-10 p.6
                                                        • 1958-07-17 s.3 p.1
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                                                      Thursday
                                                      .New York, N.Y.Lewisohn Stadium
                                                      City College
                                                      Amsterdam Avenue, 136-138th Sts.
                                                      Concert.

                                                      The tickets read

                                                      'The One and Only Duke Ellington and His World Famous Orchestra
                                                      Special added attraction, Gerry Mulligan '

                                                      . 8,000 chair seats for $1.20; other seats from 50 cents. Stratemann reports nearly 10,000 attended.
                                                      Bassist Bill Crow subbed for Jimmy Woode:

                                                         'I got to play with Duke's band one evening when Gerry Mulligan's quartet was scheduled to share a concert with them at Lewisohn Stadium, an outdoor amphitheater at 135th and Amsterdam in New York. Duke's bass player hadn't arrived and it was beginning to look like rain. Duke looked at his watch, inspected the sky and walked over to where I was standing with my bass.
                                                         "Come with me," he said, taking my arm and pulling me on stage. I followed him as if in a dream as he positioned me at the left end of his keyboard.
                                                         When I reached down to get the bass book that was lying under the music stand, Britt Woodman leaned over from the trombone section and said, "Don't do that. That's all been changed."
                                                         Meanwhile, Duke was out front announcing the first number. Britt said, "Just hang around in B-flat. We'll tell you when to change."
                                                         I'd been listening to Duke's music all my life, and just followed my ears. With the trombone players giving me helpful clues, everything went fine. Duke stayed in front of the band most of the time, but when he announced a ballad I didn't know, he came to the piano. While playing his own part and continuing to relate to the audience, he made sure I had the information I needed. He would point to the piano key that represented my note each time there was a chord coming up that I needed to know about. He never played my note for me. He just pointed to it half a beat before I needed it. I was able to play as if he'd written out a part for me.   I had such a good time playing with Duke that Gerry's nose got a little out of joint. As the quartet took the stage, he grumbled to Duke about "tiring out my bass player," and later said to me, "How come you don't have that much fun playing with me?"
                                                         I did, of course, but this was Duke's band! I was quite properly thrilled.
                                                         A few months later at a jazz festival at French Lick, Indiana, I was in the hotel lobby waiting for the elevator when the doors slid open and out walked Duke.
                                                         "Ah, Mister Crow," he intoned silkily, giving me a courtly bow, "I never had the opportunity to remunerate you for your splendid assistance at the concert in New York."
                                                         "Please be my guest," I said, returning his bow. "The pleasure was entirely mine."
                                                         He accepted with a smile and a nod and glided elegantly off to the dining room.'

                                                      On 2014-11-14 Mr. Crow wrote that Woode said he missed the concert because they forgot his wakeup call at his hotel.

                                                      Contract terms:
                                                      • 14 musicians led by "Duke Ellington Inc. presents Duke Ellington"
                                                      • Type of engagement: Concert 8:30-10:30 P.M.
                                                      • Standard top billing clause
                                                      • Wage agreed upon: $5,000 payable night of engagement
                                                      • In case of rain, concert to be held 7/25/58 and personnel will be paid in accordance with rules and regulations of Local 802 A. F. of M.
                                                      • Employer: Stadium Concerts Inc., 50 E. 57th St., N.Y.C.
                                                      • Rider:

                                                        'If by reason of the enactment (present or future) of any laws, rules, regulations, orders or directions of any authority, department or bureau thereof believed by Stadium Concerts, Inc. to affect it, or if by reason of difficulty in transportation, or of strikes or "blackouts", or because of difficulty in financing concerts or conditions beyond its control, the Stadium Concerts, Inc. in its absolute discretrion deems it wise to suspend concerts or to omit the concerts, or any one or more of them, or if the fulfillment of this contract threatens Stadium Concerts, Inc. with controversy with any Union, group or organization, Stadium Concerts, Inc. may cancel this contract without liability to either party. '

                                                      • Associated Booking Corporation contract dated 1958 04 14, SI-NMAH Archives Center, DEC301, Series III Subseries A, Box 1, Folder 10
                                                      • Stratemann p.390 citing The Billboard 1958-07-28 p.5
                                                      • Vail II
                                                      • Bill Crow,"From Birdland to Broadway, Scenes from a Jazz Life," Oxford University Press 1992, pp.138-143, quoted with permission
                                                      • BillCrowBass.com
                                                      • Concert ticket
                                                      • Village Voice, 1958-07-16 p.4
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                                                      Sunday
                                                      .Buffalo, N.Y.Kleinhans Music HallConcert according to Stratemann. Others appearing were the Modern Jazz Quartet and the Chico Hamilton Quintet.
                                                      Contract terms:
                                                      • 15 musicians led by "Duke Ellington Inc. presents Duke Ellington & Orchestra"
                                                      • Hours of employment: 8:30 to 11:30 P.M. "Duke Ellington Orchestra performance not to exceed 1 1/2 hours"
                                                      • Standard top billing clause
                                                      • Wage agreed upon: $1,250, deposit $625 payable on signing and balance in cash to artist at end of engagement
                                                      • Employer: Joe Rico, 450 Niagara St., Buffalo, N.Y.
                                                      • Signed by Joe Rico
                                                      • Associated Booking Corporation contract dated 1958 06 11, SI-NMAH Archives Center, DEC301, Series III Subseries A, Box 1, Folder 12
                                                      • Stratemann p.390
                                                      • Vail II
                                                      • Additional documentation is likely to be found in SI-NMAH DEC301, Series 2: Performances and Programs, 1933-1974, box 11, folder 28 Summer Jazz Festival, Buffalo, New York, July 27, 1958
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                                                      Monday
                                                      .Brights Grove, Ont.
                                                      near Sarnia
                                                      Kenwick On The LakeDance
                                                      Contract terms:
                                                      • 15 musicians and vocalist led by "Duke Ellington Inc.,Owner, presents: Duke Ellington and His Orchestra"
                                                      • Type of engagement: Dance 9 p.m. to 1 a.m.
                                                      • Standard top billing clause
                                                      • Wage agreed upon: $1,000 guarantee (currency not specified. The Canadian dollar was at a premium), privilege 50% gross receipts. Deposit $500 on or before 1958 07 15
                                                      • Employer: Bob Nicholson, Kenwick On The Lake
                                                      • Signed by Bob Nicholson
                                                      • Associated Booking Corporation contract dated 1958 04 24, SI-NMAH Archives Center, DEC301, Series III Subseries A, Box 1, Folder 10
                                                      • Stratemann p.390
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                                                      Tuesday
                                                      .Orillia, Ont.Orillia Community CentreContract terms:
                                                      • 15 musicians led by "Duke Ellington Inc. presents Duke Ellington"
                                                      • Hours of employment: 9 p.m. to 1 a.m.
                                                      • Type of engagement: Dance
                                                      • Standard top billing clause
                                                      • Wage agreed upon: (currency not specified) $1,150 guarantee, privilege 50% gross receipts, deposit $575 payable on signing and balance in cash night of engagement.
                                                      • Employer: R.H.Davies, Orillia Community Centre Board
                                                      • Signed by J.W.Clarke, W.C.French
                                                      A Canadian Press wire story dated 1958 07 30 said Duke played in Orillia the previous day.
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                                                      Wednesday
                                                      .Bala, Ont.Dunn's PavilionContract terms:
                                                      • 15 musicians led by "Duke Ellington Inc. presents: Duke Ellington and His Orchestra" 9 p.m. to 1 a.m.
                                                      • Type of engagement: Unstated
                                                      • Standard top billing clause
                                                      • Wage agreed upon: Guarantee $1,200 American funds, privilege 50% gross admission receipts less tax. Deposit $600 payable 30 days prior to engagement, balance night of engagement
                                                      • Employer: Gerry Dunn, Dunn's Pavilion, Bala, Ontario
                                                      • Signed by Gerry Dunn
                                                      • Dunn's Pavilion poster
                                                      • Stratemann p.390
                                                      • Vail II
                                                      • Associated Booking Corporation contract dated 1958 03 06, SI-NMAH Archives Center, DEC301, Series III Subseries A, Box 1, Folder 9
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                                                      Thursday
                                                      .Toronto, Ont.CBC television studiosTwo telecasts:
                                                      • Ellington was interviewed for nearly 9 minutes by Bill Walker at CBC for a BBC telecast, and he performed "Princess Blue" in honour of Princess Margaret who was expected at his concert in Stratford that evening.
                                                      • The Ellington quintet (Hodges, Carney, Ellington, Woode and Woodyard) was taped for the CBC-TV show, "Summertime '58," which was hosted by Mr. Walker and would air that evening at 8 p.m. Others appearing on this episode were Canadian composer Bobby Gimby, the Bert Ninsi Trio, and Jean Ramsey.

                                                        Titles recorded:
                                                        • I'm Beginning To See The Light
                                                        • Sophisticated Lady
                                                        • Caravan
                                                        • I Got It Bad and That Ain't Good
                                                        • I Let A Song & Don't Get Around Much Anymore
                                                      Stratemann:

                                                      'A "Duke Ellington Quintet" appeared on Canadian television, then drove by car to Stratford to rejoin the rest of the band for a concert.'


                                                      Contract terms:
                                                      • 5 musicians led by "Duke Ellington Inc., owners, presents, Duke Ellington"
                                                      • Name and Adress of Place of Engagement - Summertime '58 - CBC-TV - Toronto, Ontario
                                                      • Hours of employment:
                                                        Show 8:00 - 8:30 P.M.
                                                        Rehearsal: July 31st - 12:00 to 4:00 P.M.
                                                        Plus 1/2 hr. for Dress Dress - 6:30 to 7:00 P.M.
                                                        Show - 8:00 to 8:30 P.M.
                                                      • Standard top billing clause
                                                      • Wage agreed upon: $2,000, includes 15% travelling tax, to be paid to Associated Booking Corporation withing 10 days of engagement.
                                                      • Employer: Canadian Broadcasting Corp., 354 Jarvis St., Toronto, Ont.
                                                      • Associated Booking Corporation contract dated 1958 05 06, SI-NMAH Archives Center, DEC301, Series III Subseries A, Box 1, Folder 11
                                                      • Stratemann p.390, citing Variety 1958-06-04 p.56
                                                      • Vail II
                                                      • Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Summertime_'57/'58
                                                      • Programs and Highlights, Ottawa Journal, Ottawa, Ont. 1958-07-26 p.38
                                                      • Girvan:   Ellingtonia.com
                                                      • Timner
                                                      • Ole J. Nielsen, Jazz Records 1942-80, A discography: Vol. Six, Duke Ellington, p.187 (BBC segment only, incorrectly saying it was for Summertime '58.
                                                      • Additional documentation is likely to be found in SI-NMAH Archives Center, DEC301, Series 2: Performances and Programs, 1933-1974, box 1, folder 21 Shakespearean Festival, Stratford, Ontario, July 31, 1958 (April 12-August 16, 1958)
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                                                      Thursday
                                                      .Stratford, Ont.Stratford ArenaShakespearean Festival concert (to be confirmed)
                                                      Vail II:

                                                      'Duke Ellington and his Orchestra play a dance at the Festival Arena in Stratford, Ontario, Canada.'

                                                      Stratemann:

                                                      '... after the performance of Shakespeare's "A Winter's Tale," the Ellington orchestra played its concert, presenting a new piece titled "Princess Blue." It was dedicated to Princess Margaret of England who was attending the Shakespearean Festival. After the concert, on the invitation of Her Royal Highness, the Ellington band also played for some 600 specially invited guests at a ball in honor of the Princess.'

                                                      Ellington:

                                                      '... In mixing the sections in this new piece that we did which was prepared for the Stratford Shakespearean Festival, for Her Royal Highness Princess Margaret, we called this number Princess Blue and throughout that, with the exception of full-band embellishments and that sort of thing, the sections are not sax section, trumpet section and trombone section. Jimmy Hamilton, who plays clarinet, is taken out of the sax section and Clark Terry is put in instead, and it's an interesting colour.'


                                                      Webmaster's observations:
                                                      1. Vail doesn't mention a concert, although his book is largely based on Stratemann. Was there one and if so, was it in the theatre or in the Arena?
                                                      2. Stratemann implied the Princess attended a concert and a ball. She did not attend (see below).

                                                      • AP wire story 1958-04-10:
                                                        'Canada Announces Itinerary of Princess
                                                          Ottawa (AP)–Princess Margaret's month-long visit to Canada this summer will take her from coast to coast with stops in at least 12 cities, it was announced Friday.
                                                          Prime Minister John Diefenbaker's office said dates allotted for the major areas are:...
                                                          Duke Ellington, not originally scheduled to perform in the Stratford, Ont., musical festival this year, is being invited. Princess Margaret will attend a jazz concert by his ensemble.'
                                                      • CP wire story 1958-04-12:
                                                        'Margaret's Trip Schedule Is Set
                                                          OTTAWA (CP) ... Prime Minister Diefenbaker's office said in an announcement Friday night that, while program details still have to be worked out, Margaret has approved an outline itinerary...
                                                         "...Her Royal Highness also will attend the (Shakespearean) festival at Stratford, Ont. "...
                                                         ... It was reported from Stratford, Ont., Friday that in honor of her visit a command performance of Shakespeare's romantic drama The Winter's Tale will be scheduled.
                                                          It was also reported that orchestra leader-composer Duke Ellington, not previously scheduled to perform, was being invited to give a concert for the music-loving princess...'
                                                      • The Billboard, 1958-04-21 p.7:
                                                        'Princess Margaret visits the Stratford, Ontario, Festival July 31. Duke Ellington will play...'
                                                      • Identical CP and AP wirestories 1958-07-23:
                                                        'The Duke To Play For The Princess
                                                          STRATFORD, Ont.(CP)– An old favorite of Princess Margaret, Duke Ellington, will bring his 17-piece band to Stratford July 31 to play for her.
                                                          Shakespearean Festival officials said Tuesday the Duke and his jazz musicians will perform in the Stratford arena after the Princess sees "The Winter's Tale" in the evening.'
                                                      • CP wire story 1958-07-24:
                                                        'ROYAL CONCERT FOR ELLINGTON
                                                          STRATFORD, Ont. (CP)– An old favorite of Princess Margaret, Duke Ellington, will bring his 17-piece band to Stratford July 31 to play for her...
                                                          At the recent Newport, R.I., jazz festival Ellington performed his original tone poem, Princess Blue.'
                                                      • CP wirestory 1958-07-30:
                                                        'Ellington Composition For Princess
                                                          TORONTO, July 30–CP– Duke Ellington says he hopes Princess Margaret will accept the composition called "Princess Blue" written for her.
                                                          Ellington, whose jazz band played in Orillia last night, said in an interview: "I don't want to to be too flippant, but I'd like to dedicate it to Her Royal Highness if given the privilege and honor."
                                                          The jazz band leader will play at a special invitation ball at Stratford Arena after the performance of the festival play "A Winter's Tale." Princess Margaret has been invited to attend the dance.'
                                                      Post-event reports:
                                                      • CP wire story, 1958-08-01:
                                                        'Somber, Wan On Stratford Arrival
                                                        Princess Sparks Into Life In Backstage Theatre Visit
                                                          STRATFORD, Ont.(CP) –Ten crowded minutes backstage Thursday night "made" Princess Margaret's 6-1/2 hour day in Stratford.
                                                          The princess suddenly sparked to life behind the stage at the Shakespearean Festival Theatre as costumed members of the festival company filed before her for introductions.
                                                          WAN AND SOMBER
                                                          Earlier she had been withdrawn and almost wan. She frowned at photographers on her arrival by special train from Toronto at 5:50 p.m. EDT and was somber at the civic welcome.
                                                          She nodded through parts of the performance of The Winter's Tale in the Festival Theatre and occasionally used her program to shield a yawn...
                                                          As the princess recrossed the stage into the auditorium, a peal of applause broke from the audience and she paused there for a three-minute ovation.
                                                          .... The princess appeared subdued, perhaps due to a grueling half-day of activities earlier in Toronto, when she arrived at Stratford station.
                                                         After the evening's stage production the princess left the theater amid the thunder of a rocket salute and drove directly to the train parked on a siding. She passed up a concert-ball in the arena by Duke Ellington, one of her favorite jazz musicians, in favor of sleep... '
                                                      • AP wire story 1958-08-01:
                                                        'Margaret Dozes Through Shakespeare
                                                          STRATFORD, Ont. Aug.1–(AP)– Princess Margaret dozed through a Shakespearean drama of thwarted royal lovers last night but came to life again after the play for a charity backstage meeting with the actors...
                                                          ... She stood on the stage for 3 minutes, smiling and waving.
                                                          On the way back to the royal train nearby, the Princess passed the Stratford Arena, where Duke Ellington was playing at a ball. He had written a special jazz composition for her, "Princess Blue," and the crowd groaned with disappointment as the royal cavalcade swept by.
                                                          Margaret presumably was too tired to dance after a day that included a four-hour tour of Toronto...'
                                                      • The Washington Afro-American 1958-08-05, p.16
                                                        'Duke gets bid from Princess
                                                          STRATFORD, Ont.–Duke Ellington and his 17-piece jazz band supplied the music for a special ball in honour of Princess Margaret of Great Britain here Friday evening.
                                                          The invitation to perform at the ball, given in honor of the Princess, was extended to the Duke by Meg herself. She has long been a devotee of jazz and an admirer of Ellington.
                                                          The princess was in the city for a performance of "A Winter's Tale." On learning that she was to be guest of honor at a ball to which 600 special guests had been invited the Queen's sister requested that Ellington and his group supply the music.
                                                          In order to accept, Duke had to rush to Stratford from Toronto by car. Earlier in the evening, he and his quintet had appeared on a Canadian television program emanating from Toronto.
                                                          At the ball, Ellington played his tone poem, "The Princess Blues," written for and dedicated to Her Royal Highness.'
                                                      Preliminary conclusions:
                                                      1. Whether the concert took place or not is still to be determined.
                                                      2. Either way, while Ellington performed "Princess Blue," Princess Margaret did not attend either a concert or a ball that day.
                                                      • Stratemann p.390
                                                      • Announcement, The Billboard, 1959-04-21 p.6
                                                      • Newsreel footage of the Princess' arrival (Ellington not mentioned)
                                                      • A. H. Lawrence, Duke Ellington and His World: A Biography, p.346
                                                      • Ellington, interviewed by Charles Melville, Jazz Journal 1959 -03-00, reproduced in DEMS.
                                                      • CP wirestory, Chronicle-Telegraph, Quebec, P.Q. 1958-04-12 p.16
                                                      • AP Wirestories:
                                                        • Omaha World-Herald, Omaha, Neb. 1958-04-12, p.20
                                                        • The Oregonian, Portland, Ore, 1958-07-23 p.6M
                                                      • Additional documentation is likely to be found in SI-NMAH Archives Center, DEC301, Series 2: Performances and Programs, 1933-1974, box 1, folder 21 Shakespearean Festival, Stratford, Ontario, July 31, 1958 (April 12-August 16, 1958)
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                                                      Friday
                                                      .Port Stanley, Ont.Stork ClubDance, 9 p.m.-1 a.m., 1,200 guests reported

                                                      Contract terms:
                                                      • 15 musicians led by "Duke Ellington Inc. presents Duke Ellington"
                                                      • Standard top billing clause
                                                      • Wage agreed upon: $1,000, privilege 60% gross receipts, deposit $500 payable on signing and balance in cash night of engagement
                                                      • Employer: Lloyd Gurr, Stork Club
                                                      • Signed by Lloyd Gurr
                                                      Note the currency is not specified. The exchange rate between Canadian and American currencies fluctuates, but in 1958, $1.00 Canadian was worth, on average, about $1.03 U.S.
                                                      • Associated Booking Corporation contract dated 1958 04 16, SI-NMAH Archives Center, DEC301, Series III Subseries A, Box 1, Folder 10
                                                      • Stratemann p.390 citing DESB
                                                      • Vail II
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                                                      Saturday
                                                      7:30 & 9 p.m.
                                                      .Morris, N.Y.Grandstand
                                                      Fairgrounds
                                                      Two concerts, Otsego County Fair, admission $1.

                                                      'The stage at Otsego County Fair will rock tonight with the rhythms of Duke Ellington and his 15-piece band...'

                                                      Saturday fair attendance was only 2,000. The secretary of the Otsego County Fair Association noted that Saturday's attraction was Duke Ellington and his 15-piece band, but the lack of dancing facilities made some difference.
                                                      Contract terms:
                                                      • 15 musicians led by "Duke Ellington Inc. presents Duke Ellington"
                                                      • Type of engagement: Two 1 hour 15 minute concerts, 7:30 and 9:30 p.m.
                                                      • Standard top billing clause
                                                      • Wage agreed upon: $2,000 flat, payable in cash night of engagement
                                                      • Employer: Ward Beam Associates Inc., East Division St., Goshem, N.Y.
                                                      • Signed by Ward Beam, Pres.
                                                      • The Otsego Farmer and the Otsego Republican,Cooperstown, N.Y. 1958-07-10 p.1
                                                      • Binghamton Press, Binghamton N.Y.
                                                        • 1958-07-13 (The Sunday Press) s.C,p.1
                                                        • 1958-08-01,p.5
                                                        • 1958-08-02, pp.3,5
                                                        • 1958-08-04 p.5
                                                      • Oneonta Star, Oneonta, N.Y., 1958-07-28 p.10
                                                      • Associated Booking Corporation contract dated 1958 04 07, SI-NMAH Archives Center, DEC301, Series III Subseries A, Box 1, Folder 10
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                                                      Sunday
                                                      .Great River
                                                      Long Island, N.Y.
                                                      Timber Grove ClubRecorded concert, Great South Bay Jazz Festival
                                                      Others on the bill: Billie Holiday (Stratemann says she didn't show), Mose Allison Trio, Pepper Adams Quintet

                                                      Critic Nat Hentoff was the commentator and m.c.; the Dave Brubeck Quartet also was to perform on the final nights of this multi-weekend festival.

                                                      The Advance:

                                                      'EAST ISLIP - The directors of the Great South Bay Jazz festival announced recently that they have commissioned Duke Ellington, John Lewis, Charles Mingus and Rex Stewart to compose new works for the festival...
                                                        The new Ellington work will be performed by the Duke's orchestra during the final concert on August 3... '

                                                      The Ellington composition is described in the unattributed clipping in Vail as the four part Great South Bay Suite: Red Garter, Red Shoes, Red Carpet and Ready, Go. The suite is better known as Toot Suite.
                                                      Vail reports the concert was recorded, but the recordings aren't shown in New Desor, Timner, or Nielsen, nor, at the time of writing, MacHare or Girvan.

                                                      Vail lists the titles recorded as:
                                                      • Take the "A" Train
                                                      • Great South Bay Suite: Red Garter; Red Shoes; Red Carpet; Ready, Go
                                                      • Mr. Gentle and Mr. Cool
                                                      • El Gato
                                                      • Hand Me Down Love
                                                      • Duke's Place
                                                      • Multicolored Blue
                                                      • All Of Me
                                                      • St. Louis Blues
                                                      • Bill Bailey
                                                      • Walkin' and Singin' the Blues
                                                      • Hi Fi Fo Fum
                                                      • Medley: Don't Get Around Much Any More; Do Nothin' Till You Hear From Me; In a Sentimental Mood; Mood Indigo; I'm Beginning To See The Light; Sophisticated Lady; Caravan; I Got It Bad; Just Squeeze Me; It Don't Mean a Thing; Solitude; I Let a Song Go Out of My Heart–Don't Get Around Much Anymore;
                                                      • Diminuendo In Blue And Crescendo In Blue
                                                      • Jones
                                                      While he does not list the sidemen, he names vocalists Bailey, Greenwood and Nance. Sidemen were named in the programme published in the Village Voice in July, but may not be accurate: Nance, Anderson, Terry, Cook, Woodman, Jackson, Woody [sic], Hamilton, Carney, Hodges, Gonsalves, Procope, Woodyard and Sanders.
                                                      The concert series was to be in a "huge circus tent" erected on the Timber Grove Golf Club at Great River; tickets were available from various locations, including by writing to the Great South Bay Jazz festival in nearby East Islip.

                                                      According to the East Hampton Star, United Artists Motion Picture Company was to make its debut in the jazz recording field by recording the highlights of the Festival.
                                                      Contract terms:
                                                      • 15 musicians led by "Duke Ellington Inc. presents, Duke Ellington and Orchestra"
                                                      • Name and Address of Place of Engagement: Great South Bay Festival, Great South Bay, N.Y.
                                                      • Type of engagement: Concert 6:30 P.M. to 8:30 P.M.
                                                      • Standard top billing clause
                                                      • Wage agreed upon: $2,000; $1,000 payable on signing and balance in cash during concert
                                                      • Employer: Friends of American Jazz, Inc., Frank Thorne, Dir.
                                                      • Stratemann p.390 citing an ad in Village Voice 1958-07-16 p.4
                                                      • Vail II
                                                      • The Advance, Patchogue, N.Y.,
                                                        • 1958-06-19 p.3
                                                        • 1958-07-03 p.1
                                                        • 1958-07-10 p.6
                                                        • 1958-07-31 p.6
                                                      • The Suffolk County News, Sayville, L.I., N.Y.
                                                        • 1968-06-19
                                                        • 1958-07-31 pp. 1, 8
                                                      • 1958-08-07 p.16
                                                      • The Long-Islander, Huntingdon, N.Y., 1958-07-17 s.4 p.5
                                                      • Village Voice, New York, N.Y., 1958-07-23 pp.5, 7 (with full festival programme)
                                                      • The East Hampton Star, East Hampton, N.Y. 1958-07-24, s.II p.7
                                                      • Associated Booking Corporation contract dated 1958 06 06, SI-NMAH Archives Center, DEC301, Series III Subseries A, Box 1, Folder 12
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                                                      Monday
                                                      .New York, N.Y.Hudson RiverBoat ride dance, Hudson River, 9:30 p.m.-1:30 a.m.
                                                      Contract terms:
                                                      • 15 musicians led by "Duke Ellington Inc. presents Duke Ellington"
                                                      • Standard top billing clause
                                                      • Wage agreed upon: $1,500, deposit $750 payable on signing and balance in cash night of engagement
                                                      • Employer: Howard Gregory - Birdland Boys, 125th St. & Hudson River, Jamaica, N.Y.
                                                      • Signed by Howard Gregory
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                                                      Wednesday
                                                      .New York, N.Y.Columbia 30th St. studioColumbia recording session
                                                      19:00 to 22:00
                                                      Duke Ellington and His Orchestra
                                                      Personnel differs from discography to discography:
                                                      • New Desor:
                                                        Anderson, Baker, Terry, Nance, Woodman, Jackson, Sanders, Hamilton, Hodges, Procope, Gonsalves, Bill Graham, Ellington, Woode, Woodyard, Bailey, Greenwood.
                                                      • New Desor small corrections 5011 says add Carney and replace Terry with Taft Jordan. It does not mention Graham
                                                      • Timner V:
                                                        Jordan, Anderson, Baker, Nance, Woodman, Jackson, Sanders, Hamilton, Hodges, Procope, Gonsalves, Carney, Ellington, Woode, Woodyard, Bailey, Greenwood
                                                      • Lord:
                                                        Terry, Anderson, Baker, Nance, Jackson, Woodman, Sanders, Hamilton, Procope, Hodges, Gonsalves, Graham, Ellington, Woode, Woodyard, Bailey, Greenwood.
                                                      • Nielsen doesn't provide a full list of personnel, but says to add Taft Jordan, trumpet, and Bill Graham on alto sax and to omit Terry and Francis Williams.
                                                      • MacHare, Duke Ellington Panorama does not show the session
                                                      • Girvan: Ellingtonia.com:
                                                        Anderson, Baker, Terry, Nance, Woodman, Jackson, Sanders, Hamilton, Procope, Hodges, Gonsalves,Graham, Ellington, Woode, Woodyard, Greenwood, Bailey
                                                      • Steven Lasker:
                                                        'The recording report Columbia Records filed with the AF of M shows the following musicians employed on this date:
                                                        LEADER: Duke Ellington
                                                        TRUMPET: Raymond Nance, Taft Jordan, William Anderson, Harold Baker;
                                                        TROMBONE: Quentin Jackson, Britt Woodman, John Sanders
                                                        SAXOPHONE: Russell Procope, Harry Carney, James Hamilton, William Graham; DRUMS: Sam Woodyard; BASS: Jimmy Woode;
                                                        SAXOPHONE: Johnny Hodges.'
                                                        This would seem to resolve the matter, with the exception of the singers, who are identifiable on the recordings.
                                                      • Lord has Terry in the second day of a session with Charlie Barnett, which likely explains why he was not in the Ellington session.

                                                      Titles recorded:
                                                      • Red Carpet (third part)
                                                      • Hand Me Down Love
                                                      • Walkin' And Singin' The Blues
                                                      • I Can't Give You Anything But Love
                                                      HMDL and WASTB were issued on a 45 in 1959. WASTB was released on LP in France on Columbia 62993 "Primpin' at the Prom" in 1968, and HMDL, WASTB, and ICGYABLAll were released in France on Columbia's 1984 12" LP 26306 "Duke 56/62 Vol. III"
                                                      New Desor
                                                      DE5828
                                                      ND Small Corrections 5011
                                                      Vol.2 p.1321
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                                                      Clark Terry recording session
                                                      Note this is not listed in Lord's
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                                                      Monday
                                                      1958 08 14Milwaukee, Wisc.Brass Rail
                                                      3rd and Wells
                                                      (744 North Third Street)
                                                      Club date
                                                      The club is described as

                                                      '... controversial place ... owned by colorful Izzy Pogrob. The Rail began as a jazz club in the 1950s but became a strip club in 1959, about eight months before Pogrob disappeared and turned up dead a day later in a Mequon field, apparently a victim of a robbery.'

                                                      .Stratemann says Ellington set a house record one night with 800 paid admissions.

                                                      Vail incorrectly says the gig closed August 13.

                                                      The contract for August 11 to 13 calls for 15 musicians and one vocalist to perform three 50 minute shows nightly, at 9:30, 11:00 and 12:30 to be played "within schedule of four hours between 9:30 p.m. and 1:30 a.m." and "It is understood and agreed that Duke Ellington shall receive headline billing in type equal to100% on marquee and in any and all releases and paid advertising. Management will provide proper lighting and piano tuned and retained to 440 pitch." The contract price was $1000.00 per night against privilege 70% of door charges at rate of $2.00 per person to be computed nightly, and was to be paid nightly in cash. The employer is Mr. Isadore Pogrob, The Brass Rail, 744 North Third Street, Milwaukee.
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                                                      Tuesday
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                                                      Wednesday
                                                      .Milwaukee, Wisc.Brass RailClub date - see 1958 08 11...
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                                                      Thursday
                                                      .Milwaukee, Wisc.Brass Rail
                                                      3rd and Wells
                                                      (744 North Third Street)
                                                      Club date - held over:
                                                      A separate contract for August 14 for one day has the same terms as the earlier contract - 15 musicians and one vocalist, three 50 minute shows at 9:30, 11:00 and 12:30 to be played "within schedule of four hours between 9:30 p.m. and 1:30 a.m." The price was $1000.00 against privilege 70% of door charges at rate of $2.00 per person and was to be paid in cash at the end of the evening. It is signed by Mr. Pogrob.

                                                      Hodges may not have been present - he had a small group recording session in New York on this date.
                                                      Associated Booking Corporation contract dated 1958 08 13, SI-NMAH Archives Center, DEC301, Series III Subseries A, Box 1, Folder 1...
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                                                      .New York, N.Y.Nola Studios Peripheral event
                                                      Johnny Hodges small group recording session with Roy Eldridge, Lawrence Brown, Ben Webster, Billy Strayhorn, Wendell Marshall and Jo Jones
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                                                      Friday
                                                      .French Lick, Ind.Outdoor bandshell
                                                      French Lick Sheraton Hotel
                                                      French Lick Music Festival - this second weekend of the festival was its jazz weekend, described on the tickets as FIRST MID-WEST JAZZ FESTIVAL.
                                                      Ticket prices were:
                                                      • General admission $2.20
                                                      • Orchestra $3.60
                                                      • Reserved$4.80

                                                      'Duke Ellington and his 15-piece band will be featured Aug. 15, along with the Erroll Garner trio. The Aug. 16 program will include Gene Krupa and his quartet, the Gerry Mulligan quartet, [Eddie] Condon's six All-Stars and Miss [Chris] Connor...'



                                                      The Evansville Courier reported all 4,000 seats were filled and at least 500 more listeners stood around the perimeter. The weather was ideal.
                                                      See 1958 07 24 for Bill Crow's recollection of meeting Duke at the elevator.
                                                      Recordings: Duke Ellington and His Orchestra
                                                      Anderson, Baker, Terry, Nance, Woodman, Jackson, Sanders, Hamilton, Procope, Hodges, Gonsalves, Carney, Ellington, Woode, Woodyard, Greenwood, Bailey


                                                      Titles recorded:
                                                      • Take The "A" Train
                                                      • TOOT SUITE
                                                          Red Garter
                                                          Red Shoes
                                                          Red Carpet
                                                          Ready-Go
                                                    • Mr. Gentle And Mr. Cool
                                                    • El Gato
                                                    • Hand Me Down Love
                                                    • C-Jam Blues (Duke's Place)
                                                    • Violet Blue (Multicoloured Blue)
                                                      • All Of Me
                                                      • St. Louis Blues
                                                      • Bill Bailey
                                                      • Walkin' And Singin' The Blues
                                                      • Hi Fi Fo Fum
                                                      • Medley
                                                      • Diminuendo In Blue /
                                                        Wailing Interval /
                                                        Crescendo In Blue
                                                      • Jones
                                                      The medley consisted of:
                                                      • Don't Get Around Much Anymore
                                                      • Do Nothin' Till You Hear From Me
                                                      • In A Sentimental Mood
                                                      • Mood Indigo
                                                      • I'm Beginning To See The Light
                                                      • Sophisticated Lady
                                                      • Caravan
                                                      • I Got It Bad and That Ain't Good
                                                      • Just Squeeze Me
                                                      • It Don't Mean A Thing
                                                      • Solitude
                                                      • I Let A Song Go Out of My Heart & Don't Get Around Much Anymore

                                                      Contract terms:
                                                      • 15 musicians led by "Duke Ellington Inc. presents Duke Ellington and His Orchestra"
                                                      • To appear in concert, 8:30-10:30 P.M.
                                                      • Standard top billing clause
                                                      • Wage agreed upon: $2,500 payable in cash on night of engagement
                                                      • Employer: French Lick Jazz Festival, French Lick, Ind.
                                                      • Associated Booking Corporation contract dated 1958 05 15, SI-NMAH Archives Center, DEC301, Series III Subseries A, Box 1, Folder 11
                                                      • AP wirestory in:
                                                        • The Brazil Daily Times, Brazil, Ind., p.5
                                                        • The Vidette-Messenger, 1958-07-11 p.5
                                                        • Ads, The Daily Herald, Jasper, Ind.:
                                                          • 1958-08-13 p.2
                                                          • 1958-08-14 p.10
                                                        • 1958-08-15 p.2
                                                      • The Evansville Courier, Evansville, Ind.,
                                                        • 1958-08-16 p.9
                                                        • Heanne Suhrheinrich, "Front Row Center":1958-08-19 p.10
                                                      • The Indianapolis Star, Indianapolis, Ind. 1958-08-16 p.10
                                                      • Girvan:   Ellingtonia.com
                                                      • Ole J. Nielsen, Jazz Records 1942-80, A discography: Vol. Six, Duke Ellington
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                                                      Saturday
                                                      .Dayton, OhioWampler's Arena Ballroom
                                                      1000 Shiloh Road.
                                                      Dance, 10 p.m. to 2 a.m.
                                                      The Archive copy of the contract is third or fourth generation carbon copy and in places the typed words are faint and blurry. The ballroom name appears to begin with WAM, but the rest of the first word is illegible. The address is clear, so I wrote to the Dayton Public Library 2016-06-04, who confirms the venue was Wampler's Arena Ballroom.

                                                      The contract was for 15 musicians to play a dance from 10 p.m. to 2 a.m. for $1,250. A deposit of $625 was received 1958 08 07. The contract is with Vesto [illegible] and is signed by Herman L. Mol[illegible] on behalf of the Vesto Knights Club.
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                                                      Sunday
                                                      .Celina, OhioEdgewater ParkDance 9:00 p.m. - 1:00 a.m.
                                                      Contract terms:
                                                      • 15 musicians led by "Duke Ellington Inc. presents Duke Ellington"
                                                      • Type of engagement: Dance
                                                      • Standard top billing clause
                                                      • Wage agreed upon: $1,000 guarantee, privilege 60% gross receipts, deposit $500 payable by 1958 07 15, balance in cash night of engagement
                                                      • Employer: Ted Temple, Edgewater Park, Celina, Ohio
                                                      • Signed by Theo V. Temple
                                                      • Associated Booking Corporation contract dated 1958 04 07, SI-NMAH Archives Center, DEC301, Series III Subseries A, Box 1, Folder 10
                                                      • Stratemann p.391 citing DESB
                                                      • Vail II
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                                                      Tuesday
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                                                      Wednesday
                                                      20:30
                                                      .Freeport, Ill.

                                                      (Stratemann & Vail place this event in Lena, Ill., which is 16 miles northwest)
                                                      Fair Grounds

                                                      (Stephenson County Fairgrounds are located in Albertus Park in Freeport)
                                                      Stephenson County Fair
                                                      Aug.18:

                                                        'A string of the nation's top jazz artists will give one performance ... as part of the Stars on Parade show at the Stephenson County Fair. Besides Duke Ellington, fair fans will have an opportunity to hear Harry Carney, who started with the Ellington band in 1926. William "Cat" Anderson, who toured with the Carolina Cotton Pickers from 1932-36, and Johnny Hodges, who gained world renown [sic] with Benny Carter in the 1930s as "alto sax king."
                                                        Ellington's orchestra will provide music during the all-star stage variety show including, for the first time in America, the Four Christians, Danish acrobatic stars; and Gus & Greg, comedians; and Joe Lemke's college of chimps.
                                                        Carney, who plays a baritone saxophone, has made many records with Ellington and other all-time greats of jazz like Benny Goodman, Sonny Greer, Lionel Hampton, Harry James and Teddy Wilson.
                                                        Anderson first won prominence as a composer and soloist but later began touring with Hampton in the summer of 1942.
                                                        Johnny Hodges has twice won the Esquire Silver Award, is one-time winner of the Esquire Gold Award and winner of the Downbeat Poll for nine consecutive years and the Metronome Poll for three consecutive years. He will be featured on alto saxophone.'


                                                      Aug.22:

                                                        'The rain on Wednesday night did, to be sure, cut down attendance at the Duke Ellington show, which had been the principal attraction of this year's fair in the entertainment line. Even so, an estimated 1,200 sat it out in the grandstand.'


                                                      Contract terms:
                                                      • 15 musicians and vocalist led by "Duke Ellington Inc. presents: Duke Ellington, in Person"
                                                      • "Fair Grounds, Freeport, Illinois
                                                        Two night performances
                                                        5 p.m. rehearsal"
                                                      • Type of engagement: Stage show
                                                      • Standard top billing clause
                                                      • Employer guarantees to furnish a good P.A. system and to have the piano tuned to A=440.
                                                      • Wage agreed upon: $1,250 payable on completion of engagement
                                                      • Boyle Woolfolk Agency, Inc., 203 N. Wabash Ave., Chicago
                                                      • Signed by John H. [illegible]
                                                      • Stratemann p.391 citing DESB
                                                      • Vail II
                                                      • Freeport Journal-Standard, Freeport, Ill.:
                                                        • Ads
                                                          • 1958-08-11 p.2
                                                          • 1958-08-18 p.5
                                                        • Announcement 1958-08-18, p.2
                                                        • Publicity story with photo 1958-08-19 p.10
                                                        • Report: The County Fair Thrives, 1958-08-22
                                                      • Associated Booking Corporation contract dated 1958 03 10, SI-NMAH Archives Center, DEC301, Series III Subseries A, Box 1, Folder 9
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                                                      Thursday
                                                      1958 08 22Crown Point, Ind.Fair GroundsLake County Fair

                                                      Duke Ellington,
                                                      celebrated band leader and composer, his recording orchestra and big stage revue.
                                                      Thurs. and Fri.
                                                      Aug. 21 and 22
                                                      3 and 8 p.m.


                                                      Contract terms:
                                                      • 15 musicians and 1 vocalist led by "Duke Ellington Inc. presents: Duke Ellington, in Person"
                                                      • Type of engagement: Stage Show
                                                        August 21st and 22nd, 1958
                                                        Afternoon & Night daily
                                                        12 noon rehearsal
                                                      • Standard top billing clause
                                                      • Wage agreed upon: $3,000 on completion of engagement
                                                      • Employer guarantees to furnish a good P.A. system and to have the piano tuned to A=440.
                                                      • Employer: Boyle Woolfolk Agency, Inc., 203 N. Wabash Ave., Chicago
                                                      • Signed by John H. [illegible]
                                                      • Stratemann p.391 citing Jazz Podium 1958 09
                                                      • Ad, The Vidette-Messenger,Valparaiso, Ind. 1958-08-14 p.5
                                                      • Associated Booking Corporation contract dated 1958 03 10, SI-NMAH Archives Center, DEC301, Series III Subseries A, Box 1, Folder 9
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                                                      Saturday
                                                      .Caro, Mich.Tuscola County Fair GroundsTuscola County Fair
                                                      Contract terms:
                                                      • 15 musicians and vocalist led by "Duke Ellington Inc. presents: Duke Ellington in Person"
                                                      • Hours of employment: 3 p.m. rehearsal and two night stage shows
                                                      • Type of engagement: Stage shows
                                                      • Standard top billing clause
                                                      • Standard cluase re extra musicians due to union rules.
                                                      • Wage agreed upon: $1,650 guaranteed flat
                                                      • Rider: DUKE ELLINGTON, INC. agrees that this attraction will not appear in any other city within a 50-mile radius of Caro, Michigan, prior to this engagement.
                                                      • Employer guarantees to furnish a good P.A. system and to have the piano tuned to A=440.
                                                      • Employer: Barnes Carruthers Theatrical Enterprises, 159 N. Dearborn St., Chicago, Ill.
                                                      • Signed by [illegible]
                                                      • Associated Booking Corporation contract dated 1958 05 09, SI-NMAH Archives Center, DEC301, Series III Subseries A, Box 1, Folder 11
                                                      • Stratemann p.391 citing DESB
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                                                      Monday
                                                      .Fruitport, Mich.Fruitport PavilionDance, 9:30 to 1:30.

                                                      Contract terms: 15 musicians and vocalist, $800 guarantee, privilege 60%, to be paid in cash to Al Celley, road manager, night of engagement. Employer is Frank Lockage, Lockage Store for Men, 3761 Peck St., Muskogon Hts., Michigan
                                                      -Associated Booking Corporation contract dated 1958 08 19, SI-NMAH Archives Center, DEC301, Series III Subseries A, Box 1, Folder 14..
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                                                      Thursday
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                                                      Friday
                                                      Oshkosh, Wisc.Fair GroundsWinnebago County Fair
                                                      Noon rehearsal and 2 vaudeville shows (2 and 8 p.m.) each day. The contract doesn't say if the rehearsal was required the second day; it seems unlikely.
                                                      Oshkosh Daily Northwestern headlines:

                                                      'Foremost Composer Will Appear in City
                                                      Duke Ellington and His Famous Orchestra To Appear Two Days, Nights at County Fair.'

                                                      Appleton Post-Crescent
                                                      • Aug.21:

                                                        An Innovation in Stage Scenery to showcase the stage performances of Duke Ellington and company ... is the vinyl-nylon bandshell...

                                                        'Varied Program Set For Winnebago Fair
                                                        Duke Ellington Band to Perform on Two Days of Annual 4-Day Exposition

                                                        ...The grandstand show for Oshkosh day, next Thursday, and for Neenah-Menasha-Appleton day, Aug. 29 will be Duke Ellington in person with his famous orchestra. Stage acts are part of the show. Performances are booked for 2 o'clock and 4 o'clock...'

                                                      • Aug.23

                                                        'Ellington Band Tops County Fair Program
                                                        Unit to Appear in 4 Performances At Oshkosh Site

                                                        ...The Ellington appearance is scheduled for the middle two days with grandstand performances at 2 o'clock in the afternoon and 8 o'clock at night both Thursday and Friday.
                                                          Along with the band will be other outstanding acts. The show will be presented from a bandshell, especially constructed of steel framework with a plastic-coated nylon framework. It not only provides a tremendous improvement in acoustics but also protects the stage performances from ... weather. The fabric is of snowy white with scenic effects created by a spectacular lighting development known as music-color. Projecting a myriyad of colored lights in a rainbow effect across the bandshell, the lights are synchronized to dance in tempo with the music by a control switch on the lighting panel...'

                                                      • Aug.26

                                                        'Appearing with Duke Ellington ... will be a number of top acts, including Bob Ross and Maxine Stone, comedy team; Gus and Greg, harmonica artists, the Three Namedils, perch performers, and Lou Folds, magician-juggler...'

                                                      The Oshkosh Daily Northwestern review of Thursday evening's performance:
                                                      • Huge crowd on hand well before showtime
                                                      • Began with an up-tempo jazz number with solos by Hamilton ("clarinetist and assistant director"), Carney, Gonsalves and Procope.
                                                      • Hamilton directed the orchestra when it played background music for the Three Namedils, "a girl, a man and a 15-year old boy" who performed balancing stunts and a ladder trick
                                                      • Lou Folds, juggler who bounced balls on a snare drumhead
                                                      • Gus and Greg, harmonica virtuosos and comedians
                                                      • The Namedils returned
                                                      • The Ellington portion of the show included
                                                        • The Hawk Talks (Woodyard and Anderson named)
                                                        • Don't Get Around Much Anymore
                                                        • Do Nothin' Till You Hear From Me (Bailey named)
                                                        • Mood Indigo (Carney on bari, Jackson and Woodman named)
                                                        • I'm Beginning to See the Light
                                                        • Sophisticated Lady (Carney named)
                                                        • Caravan (Sanders and Hodges)
                                                        • Two Nance vocals, including It Don't Mean A Thing if it Ain't Got That Swing
                                                        • Solitude (Bailey)
                                                        • Satin Doll (Woode) - poorly miked so not well heard
                                                        • St. Louis Blues (Greenwood)
                                                        • Bill Bailey Won't You Please Come Home (Greenwood)
                                                        • Skin Deep (Woodyard)
                                                        • Jam With Sam (Baker, Anderson, Terry, Woodman, Gonsalves, Procope)

                                                        Contract terms:
                                                        • "15 & 1" musicians including leader under the leadership of "Duke Ellington Inc. presents: Duke Ellington in Person"
                                                        • Dates of employment: August 28th & 29th, 1958
                                                        • Hours of employment: Afternoon & Night daily, 12 noon rehearsal
                                                        • Standard top billing clause
                                                        • Employer guarantees to furnish a good P.A. system and to have the piano tuned to A-440.
                                                        • Type of engagement - Stage Show
                                                        • It is agreed and understood that as a part of this contract the employer assumes all responsibility for any and all additional musicians as set forth by the rulings of the local musicians union within which jurisdiction this engagement is played.
                                                        • Wage agreed upon: $2,750, to be paid upon completion of engagement.
                                                        • Employer: Boyle Woolfilk Agency, Inc., 203 N. Wabash Ave., Chicago, Ill.*
                                                        • Signed by John H. [illegible]
                                                      • Stratemann p.391, citing DESB
                                                      • Vail II
                                                      • Oshkosh Daily Northwestern, Oshkosh, Wisc.
                                                        • Announcements and publicity,
                                                          • 1958-08-18 p.4
                                                          • 1958-08-26 p.1
                                                        • Review 1958-08-29 p.4
                                                      • Announcements and publicity, Appleton Post-Crescent, Appleton, Wisc.
                                                        • 1958-08-21 p.B1
                                                        • 1958-08-23 pp.B-1, B-2
                                                      • Associated Booking Corporation contract dated 1958 03 10, SI-NMAH Archives Center, DEC301, Series III Subseries A, Box 1, Folder 9
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                                                      Friday
                                                      .Oshkosh, Wisc.FairWinnebago County Fair, two vaudeville performances, see 1958 08 28....
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                                                      Saturday
                                                      .Aurora, Ill.Aurora Country ClubDance, 9 p.m. to 1 a.m.

                                                      Contract terms:15 musicians and vocalist; Ellington to receive 100% top billing; venue guarantees to furnish a good p.a. system and a piano tuned to A-440, price $1,500 guaranteed flat, 50% to be paid to Associated Booking Corporation upon signing, balance payable in cash to Al Celley, road manager, night of engagement. Contract signed by Floyd Pentley, Entertainment Chairman. Deposit $750 received 1958 06 27.
                                                      Associated Booking Corporation contract dated 1958 06 24, SI-NMAH Archives Center, DEC301, Series III Subseries A, Box 1, Folder 12..
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                                                      Sunday
                                                      .St. Louis, Mo.Bath & Tennis Club
                                                      Highway 40
                                                      Log Cabin Lane.
                                                      Dance, 9 p.m. to 1 a.m.
                                                      Contract terms:
                                                      • 15 musicians and vocalist led by "Duke Ellington Inc. presents: Duke Ellington in Person"
                                                      • Standard top billing clause
                                                      • Employer guarantees to furnish a good P.A. system and to have the piano tuned to A=440.
                                                      • Standard clause re extra musicians due to union rules.
                                                      • Wage agreed upon: $1,700 guaranteed flat, 50% deposit payable by August 1, 1958 and balance in cash to Duke Ellington or Al Celley night of engagement
                                                      • Employer: Mr. Gordon Pilkington, Jr., Entertainment Chairman, Bath & Tennis Club...
                                                      • Signed by Gordon Pilkington, Jr.
                                                      Associated Booking Corporation contract dated 1958 05 14, SI-NMAH Archives Center, DEC301, Series III Subseries A, Box 1, Folder 11..
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                                                      1958 09 01
                                                      Monday
                                                      .Rochester, Ind.Colonial Terrace Ballroom
                                                      Colonial Hotel
                                                      Contract terms:
                                                      • 15 musicians and vocalist led by "Duke Ellington Inc. presents: Duke Ellington in person"
                                                      • Type of engagement: Dance, 9 p.m. to 1 a.m.
                                                      • Standard top billing clause
                                                      • Wage agreed upon: $1,000 guarantee, privilege 60%, payable in cash to Al Celley, road manager, night of engagement
                                                      • Employer guarantees to furnish a good P.A. system and to have the piano tuned to A=440
                                                      • Employer: K. R. Morris, Box 221, South Bend, Ind.
                                                      • Signed by K. R. Morris
                                                      • Vail II
                                                      • The Pharos Tribune and Logansport Press, Logansport, Ind., 1958-08-31 p.2
                                                      • Associated Booking Corporation contract dated 1958 03 17, SI-NMAH Archives Center, DEC301, Series III Subseries A, Box 1, Folder 9
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                                                      ...activities not documented...
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                                                      Saturday
                                                      1958 09 07
                                                      Sunday
                                                      Avon, Conn.Cherry ParkFirst of two 2-hour concerts, 8:30 pm each night. The contract was for Duke Ellington Inc. presents Duke Ellington, 15 musicians, and the price was $4,000. The contract was between DEI and Mr. Hermie Dressel, Music Centre, 54 West Main St., New Britain, Conn., referred to as the employer. A $2,000 deposit was received 1958 08 22 and the balance was due in cash at the end of the engagement.Associated Booking Corporation contract dated 12 August 1958, SI-NMAH Archives Center, DEC301, Series III Subseries, A Box 1, Folder 14...
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                                                      Monday
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                                                      Tuesday
                                                      .New York, N.Y.Plaza Hotel..New Desor
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                                                      Wednesday
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                                                      Wednesday
                                                      .New York, N.Y.Nola Studios Peripheral event
                                                      Recording session for Johnny Hodges, Billy Strayhorn for "Not So Dukish" (Verve label)
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                                                      Thursday
                                                      ...activities not documented...
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                                                      Friday
                                                      1958 09 18New York, N.Y.Apollo Theater
                                                      253 W. 125th St., Borough of Manhattan, Harlem district
                                                      Stage show - Duke Ellington and his orchestra with Slappy White (comedy), Leonard and Leonard (dance team), Lil Greenwood and Ozzie Bailey. Stratemann says Nance, Gonsalves, Carney and Hodges were given special billing.
                                                      The contract, signed by Frank Schiffman for Apollo Theatre, called for 14 musicians led by Duke Ellington, Inc., presenting Duke Ellington for one week, Sept. 12 - 18. Its terms provided that DEI would provide no less than three additional acts, subject to approval by both parties, and the contract price was $7,000 plus 50% over $14,500 of admissions, excluding tax, to be paid at the end of the week.
                                                      • Stratemann p.391 citing Variety's review
                                                        1958-09-17 p.72
                                                      • Associated Booking Corporation contract dated 13 August 1958, SI-NMAH Archives Center, DEC301, Series III Subseries A, Box 1, Folder 14.
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                                                      253 W. 125th St.
                                                      Harlem
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                                                      Sunday
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                                                      253 W. 125th St.
                                                      Harlem
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                                                      Monday
                                                      .New York, N.Y.Apollo Theater
                                                      253 W. 125th St.
                                                      Harlem
                                                      Stage show - see 1959 08 12...
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                                                      Monday
                                                      ...Date of contract between "Mr. Frank Holzfeind The Blue Note," Duke Ellington Incorporated, and Associated Booking Corporation to provide 15 musicians and 1 vocalist, led by "Duke Ellington Inc., presents Duke Ellington" to the Blue Note from December 17, 1958 thru January 4, 1959, the usual 32 hour, 5 day week with Sunday matinees.

                                                      This contract includes the same headline billing and recording/broadcasting provisions and the fee is $5,000/week.

                                                      This contract says "off days to be designated later."
                                                      • Contract, Stratemann files, courtesy Monika Stratemann
                                                      • Same: Associated Booking Corporation contract dated 1958 09 15, SI-NMAH Archives Center, DEC301, Series III Subseries A, Box 1, Folder 15
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                                                      Tuesday
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                                                      253 W. 125th St.
                                                      Harlem
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                                                      Wednesday
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                                                      253 W. 125th St.
                                                      Harlem
                                                      Stage show - see 1959 08 12...
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                                                      Thursday
                                                      .New York, N.Y.Apollo Theater
                                                      253 W. 125th St.
                                                      Harlem
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                                                      Friday
                                                      ...activities not documented...
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                                                      Saturday
                                                      .Newark, N.J.Terrace Ballroom
                                                      Mosque Theatre Bldg.
                                                      "The 14 Pals Dance"

                                                      The contract is for 14 musicians to play a dance from 10 p.m. to 2 a.m. in the Terrace Ballroom of the "Mosque Theatre Bldg. Newark, N.J." for $2,000. $1,000 was to be paid upon signing the contract not later that August 20, and the balance was to be in cash during intermission the night of the engagement. The contract is with The Fourteen Pals 792 S. 13th St., Newark and signed by Leonard Brazell, President, on behalf of The Fourteen Pals.

                                                      Stratemann locates this in New York, even though the ad he cites says New Jersey. Vail repeats his mistake.
                                                      • Stratemann p.391 citing Amsterdam News
                                                        1958-09-13 p.14
                                                      • Vail II
                                                      • Associated Booking Corporation contract dated 1958 08 13, SI-NMAH Archives Center, DEC301, Series III Subseries A, Box 1, Folder 14
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                                                      Tuesday
                                                      ...activities not documented...
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                                                      Wednesday
                                                      ...activities not documented...
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                                                      Thursday
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                                                      Friday
                                                      .New York, N.Y.Columbia 30th St. StudioColumbia recording session
                                                      23:30-03:00
                                                      Johnny Ray and Duke Ellington and His Orchestra
                                                      Anderson, Baker, Terry, Nance, Woodman, Jackson, Sanders, Hamilton, Procope, Hodges, Bill Graham, Gonsalves, Carney,Strayhorn,Woode, Woodyard, Johnny Ray

                                                      Titles recorded:
                                                      • To Know You Is To Love You
                                                      • The Lonely Ones
                                                      • Email Lasker-Palmquist 2014-10-14 re session time
                                                      • Stratemann p.391
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                                                      Lil Greenwood does not accompany the band to Europe, but rejoins it when it returns.
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                                                      Saturday
                                                      1958 10 03New York, N.Y. to Plymouth, U.K.S.S. Île de France
                                                      (A widely circulated AP wirestory datelined Le Havre Nov.18 announced the ship had made her last voyage and would be taken out of service. 800 officers and crew and 300 cooks, waiters and cabin stewards would be out of work. She was scrapped in 1959.)
                                                      Departure by sea to begin six weeks in Europe.
                                                      Personnel identified in the Île de France form P.M.2A list of alien passengers landed at Plymouth:
                                                      • Anderson, William (with wife Dorothy C.)
                                                      • Bailey, Ramsay K/A Ozzie
                                                      • Black William (Hair Stylist)
                                                      • Boyd, Robert H. (Valet)
                                                      • Carney, Harry
                                                      • Gonsalves, Paul
                                                      • Celley, Albert(with wife Margaret A.)
                                                      • Hamilton, James (with wife Vivian)
                                                      • Hodges, John (with wife Edith C.)
                                                      • Ellington, Edward K. (Duke)
                                                      • Sanders, John with C.
                                                      • Strayhorn, William
                                                      • Terry, Clark
                                                      • Woodman, Britt B. (with wife Clara B.)
                                                      • Woodyard, Samuel
                                                      These sidemen played Oct 25 but are not in this passenger list:
                                                      • Shorty Baker
                                                      • Ray Nance
                                                      • Quentin Jackson
                                                      • Russell Procope
                                                      • Jimmy Woode

                                                      • Stratemann doesn't show the departure date but has the band arriving at Plymouth, England on October 3.
                                                      • The Igo/Ewing/Pilkington itinerary shows September 27
                                                      • Vail II says September 29, without identifying a source
                                                      • French Line ads published in various newspapers show a scheduled departure date of September 27
                                                      • If desired, Association French Lines will look up the departure date for a fee.

                                                      Izzy Rowe:

                                                      'Duke Ellington played host for the "maddest morning champagne party" ever, last week in the cafe De Paris room of the Ile de France before embarking on his first European tour in over a decade. And neither the pouring rain nor the flowing champagne could dampen the high spirits of the early A.M. imbibers. The great Ellington has set, among other dates, for four concerts at the huge Palais de Chaillot in Paris late this month... '

                                                      Haijdu places the going away party on Pier 88. Members of the Copacetics, including Strayhorn's companion Francis Goldberg ("Goldie") were present. Haijdu quotes another Strayhorn friend as saying it was quite an elegant affair. Haijdu writes that Strayhorn remained in the festive spirit, quoting Britt Woodman as saying Billy was toasting every night. He says Strayhorn was supposed to be the guest of honour at the captain's final night ceremonial dinner, but didn't show up, and was found asleep in a corner of the ship's mess early the next morning, fully clothed.
                                                      Stratemann reports Norman Granz contracted Ellington to record with Ella Fitzgerald for the Verve label, which Granz controlled, in 1958. Continuing:

                                                      'In 1958 Ellington put himself under the impresario's wings for the organization of his foreign tours. He travelled abroad for the first time in eight years under Granz' tutelage in October to Great Britain and the European continent...During his business association with Granz, Ellington returned to Europe almost every year, first repeating his concert tour in 1959; then for work on the score to Paris Blues (1960); for further successful tours in 1962 to 1963, and so on through the decade...

                                                      Ella Fitzgerald was under contract to Granz as well...

                                                      Due to a misunderstanding between Ellington and Granz, the Juan-Les-Pins concerts resulted in a severe strain on the relationship between the two men, and their association deteriorated steadily thereafter. In February of 1967, Ellington would tour Europe under Granz' tutelage for the last time, to leave the Granz roster immediately thereafter.'

                                                      • Stratemann pp.391, 540-541
                                                      • Vail II
                                                      • French Line ads:
                                                        • The Philadelphia Inquirer, Philadelphia,Penn. 1958-08-19 p.8
                                                        • The Times-Picayune, New Orleans States, 1958-09-07 s.3 p.7
                                                        • The Oregonian, Portland, Ore. 1958-09-09 p.2
                                                        • The Seattle Times, Seattle, Wash. 1958-09-09 p.4
                                                      • Izzy Rowe's Notebook, The Pittsburgh Courier 1958-10-11 p.22
                                                      • Additional documentation is likely to be found in SI-NMAH Archives Center, DEC301, Series 2: Performances and Programs, 1933-1974, box 1, folder 23 European Tour, October-November, 1958
                                                      • David Hajdu, Lush Life: A Biography of Billy Strayhorn, North Point Press, New York, 1996, p.182
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                                                      Sunday
                                                      .At seaS.S. Île de FranceCrossing the Atlantic - see 1958-09-27...
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                                                      Monday
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                                                      1958 10 01
                                                      Wednesday
                                                      .At seaS.S. Île de FranceCrossing the Atlantic - see 1958-09-27...
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                                                      .At seaS.S. Île de FranceCrossing the Atlantic - see 1958-09-27

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                                                      Friday
                                                      .Plymouth, Devon, England.Arrival in Great Britain.

                                                      Ellington was photographed using a hula hoop shortly before disembarking.

                                                      This was the full Ellington orchestra's first appearance in Great Britain since 1933. The tour of Great Britain was organized by Harold Davison Ltd. (Dougie Tobutt, tour manager, and Jack Higgins, press & publicity), pursuant to a 1956 exchange agreement between the U.S.A. and Britain. The programme in Stratemann says Norman Granz in association with Harold Davison.. The programme credits Stanley Dance with contributions to the programme, and thanks Harry Francis, Assistant Secretary of the Musicians' Union for his help in negotiating the Anglo-American exchange details.

                                                      While the Ellington orchestra was in Britain, the Ted Heath orchestra was touring the U.S.A.

                                                      Blue Light:

                                                      'After a stormy crossing the Île de France reached Plymouth late on Friday 3 October, and Duke was safely in bed by 7 am in the Dorchester, Park Lane.'

                                                      Syndicated columnist Dorothy Kilgallen:

                                                      'Word out of London has it that Duke Ellington is the latest American star to suffer an unpleasant experience with the British press - to the point where he almost slugged an English newspaperman. Ella Fitzgerald's Dorchester press conference with the same bunch left her shaking.'

                                                      • Roger Boyes, "The Origin of The Queen's Suite," Blue Light 15/4, p.12 citing Yorkshire Post 1958-10-04, p.1
                                                      • Dorothy Kilgallen, Broadway, The Charleston Gazette, Charleston, S.C., 1958-11-20, p.32
                                                      • Stratemann pp.391-393
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                                                      Sunday
                                                      .London, EnglandRoyal Festival Hall2 concerts - 18:00 and 21:00Stratemann pp.391-393.
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                                                      Monday
                                                      .Nottingham, EnglandOdeon Theatre2 concerts - 18:25 and 20:40Stratemann pp.391-393..
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                                                      Tuesday
                                                      .London, EnglandDorchester HotelBand activities not documented
                                                      Ellington was interviewed for BBC-TV by Frank Henning for Monitor, aired Oct. 12. This was Ellington's first appearance on British television.
                                                      Stratemann p.391 citing Variety 1958-10-08 p.44.New Desor
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                                                      Wednesday
                                                      ...activities not documentedStratemann pp.391-393..
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                                                      Thursday
                                                      .Southampton, EnglandGaumont Theatre2 concerts - 18:30 and 20:40Stratemann pp.391-393..
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                                                      Friday
                                                      .Bristol, EnglandColston Hall2 concerts - 18:30 and 20:45Stratemann pp.391-393..
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                                                      Saturday
                                                      1958 10 12London, EnglandGaumont State
                                                      Kilburn
                                                      2 concerts - 18:00 and 20:45Stratemann pp.391-393..
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                                                      Saturday
                                                      .London, EnglandRenée Diamond's apartmentPrivate party.
                                                      Ellington was recorded playing Single Petal of a Rose, which seems to have been composed on the spot. He named it for a rose petal which fell on the piano from a vase of roses.

                                                      Steven Lasker (2016):

                                                      'Duke later requested a copy of the tape so he could record his improvisation at Columbia for his privately-produced "Queen's Suite," as the work is commonly known. One copy of the 1959 pressing was presented to Her Majesty; another copy, which surfaced in a garage sale in 2008 ... was shown to attendees of the 2008 Duke Ellington International Study Group Conference in London, England. It is now held by the Library of Congress.
                                                        Ellington withheld the work from public release during his lifetime, but after his death, [his son] sold the master to Norman Granz's Pablo Records, which issued it in 1976.'


                                                      Earl Okin played the original tape recording during his presentation at the 2008 Duke Ellington International Study Group Conference in London, England. In a 1999 message posted to the Duke-LYM email discussion list, he wrote

                                                      'Renée Diamond left [the original tape recording] to me. She certainly told me he'd composed it on the spot. A year later, he apparently sent to her for a copy because he's forgotten how it had gone and wanted to record what is now on Pablo. Again, if he'd already been playing it a few times, I think that he wouldn't have needed to have a copy sent to him. This and the fact that there are one or two real differences between this and the 'final' version make me believe it really was composed on the spot. After all, we know that he did compose like this relatively often.'

                                                      During a panel discussion at the conference, Peter Caswell, Roger Boyes and Jack Kinsey talked of their memories of the 1958 tour. When Roger spoke about the single record of "The Queen's Suite", pressed for the Queen, Steven Lasker produced a copy of the original album, to everyone's surprise.

                                                      Steven believes more than two copies were pressed. In about 1990, a record auctioneer in Sun Valley, Leon Leavitt, circulated an auction list which included a copy of the Columbia pressing which is labelled "A Suite Dedicated to Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II by Duke Ellington." (See DEMS 08/2-6 to view label scans.) The winning bid was from overseas and was US$10,000, but the consignor failed to deliver. Leavitt later told Steven the vendor claimed to have five copies of the album. The vendor has since passed away, but his identity was such that his claim was credible.
                                                      Earl Okin in Duke-LYM:
                                                      • 2016 08 08:
                                                        '[The tape recording] was left to me by the late Renée Diamond...who always recorded things with Duke...
                                                          She had just moved to a new flat. Duke decided to have [a] post-recording session party there without asking her permission and in so doing, gave her the little grand piano and all the food and drink...'
                                                      • 2016 08 09:
                                                        'Duke sent all pre-prepared food...lots of it...and cases of whisky and wine.
                                                          That's how Renée discovered that he was throwing a party in her flat.
                                                          Then some more men arrived with his house-warming present...a grand piano!'

                                                      • Earl Okin, Minutes, Duke Ellington International Study Group Conference, London, 2008 (see DEMS 08,2-6)
                                                      • Steven Lasker, email
                                                        • 2016-04-27
                                                        • 2016-04-28
                                                      • Earl Okin, Duke-LYM email
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                                                      Sunday
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                                                      Sunday
                                                      .London, EnglandGaumont State
                                                      Kilburn
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                                                      Monday
                                                      .Leeds, EnglandOdeon TheatreLeeds Festival

                                                      2 concerts 18:30 and 20:45
                                                      • Stratemann pp.391-393
                                                      • Duke Ellington, MIMM p.195 (with photo)
                                                      • John Edward Hasse: Beyond Category, The Life and Genius of Duke Ellington p.337 (with photo)
                                                      • Harvey G. Cohen, Duke Ellington's America, University of Chicago Press, 2010, pp.338-339
                                                      • If I recall correctly, the meeting with Her Majesty is mentioned in most Ellington biographies.
                                                      • Additional documentation is likely to be found in SI-NMAH Archives Center, DEC301, Series 2: Performances and Programs, 1933-1974, box 1, folder 22 Leeds Centenary Musical Festival, Leeds, England, October 13-18, 1958 (September 5-October 18, 1958)
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                                                      Tuesday
                                                      .Newcastle, EnglandOdeon Theatre2 concerts 18:40 and 20:40Stratemann pp.391-393..
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                                                      1958 10 15
                                                      Wednesday
                                                      1958 10 16Glasgow, ScotlandOdeon Theatre2 concerts 18:40 and 20:50
                                                      Variety reported "did good business."
                                                      Stratemann pp.391-393..
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                                                      2014-08-08
                                                      1958 10 16
                                                      Thursday
                                                      .Glasgow, ScotlandOdeon Theatre2 concerts 18:40 and 20:50Stratemann pp.391-393..
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                                                      2014-08-08
                                                      1958 10 17
                                                      Friday
                                                      .Liverpool, EnglandDockside, aboard R.M.S. Empress of BritainEllington, guitarist Malcolm Mitchell and bassist Russ Stableford played Take the "A" Train for Hughie Green's "Atlantic Showboat" television show aboard the ship. The television crew forgot to shoot Mitchell during his solo, and asked him to fake it while they shot extra footage. He couldn't do that, so they made him an acetate of his solo and sent him home to practice, filming him later. This seems to have been a hastily arranged show, since Ellington did not have his tuxedo. John Heyman, the producer of the show, lent his to Duke..New Desor
                                                      DE5836
                                                      DEMS
                                                      corrTimner-4/36.2011
                                                      updated
                                                      2014-08-08
                                                      1958 10 17
                                                      Friday
                                                      .Liverpool, EnglandOdeon Theatre2 concerts 18:40 and 20:55Stratemann pp.391-393..
                                                      .djp2011
                                                      updated
                                                      2014-08-08
                                                      1958 10 18
                                                      Saturday
                                                      .Leeds, EnglandOdeon Theatre2 concerts 14:30 and 19:30

                                                      His Royal Highness Prince Philip accompanied by composer Benjamin Britten attended the afternoon performance, arriving late and unannounced.
                                                      ..
                                                      ..2011
                                                      updated
                                                      2014-08-08
                                                      1958 10 18
                                                      Saturday
                                                      .Leeds, EnglandCivic HallEllington and other composers and performers at the festival were invited to a reception held by the Mayor at the Civic Hall, where Ellington was introduced to Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Phillip, leading him to write The Queen's Suite, discussed below. The Kickstarter blog entry provides a fair amount of detail, as well as two purported Ellington quotes, but without references, its reliability is undetermined. It is, however, consistent with the presentation at the 2008 Duke Ellington International Study Group Conference in London - see DEMS 08,2-6.Corine Dhondhee: Kickstarter.com blog.DEMS
                                                      Duke Ellington, MIMM p.161 photosdjp2011
                                                      updated
                                                      2014-08-08
                                                      1958 10 19
                                                      Sunday
                                                      .Croydon, EnglandDavis Theatre2 concerts 18:00 and 20:30Stratemann pp.391-393..
                                                      .djp2011
                                                      updated
                                                      2014-08-08
                                                      1958 10 20
                                                      Monday
                                                      .Cardiff, WalesCapitol Theatre2 concerts 18:30 and 20:40Stratemann pp.391-393..
                                                      .djp2011
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                                                      2014-08-08
                                                      1958 10 21
                                                      Tuesday
                                                      1958 10 22Birmingham, EnglandOdeon Theatre2 concerts 18:30 and 20:40Stratemann pp.391-393..
                                                      .djp2011
                                                      updated
                                                      2014-08-08
                                                      1958 10 22
                                                      Wednesday
                                                      .BirminghamOdeon Theatre2 concerts 18:30 and 20:40Stratemann pp.391-393..
                                                      .djp2011
                                                      updated
                                                      2014-08-08
                                                      1958 10 23
                                                      Thursday
                                                      .Manchester, England King's Hall, Belle VueOne concert, 7:30 p.m.

                                                      DEMS:...after the concert the band members gradually returned to the stage and they played exactly what they wanted. Later Duke himself joined the group.
                                                      Stratemann pp.391-393.DEMS
                                                      ..2011
                                                      updated
                                                      2014-08-08
                                                      1958 10 24
                                                      Friday
                                                      ...activities not documented...
                                                      ...
                                                      1958 10 25
                                                      Saturday
                                                      .London, EnglandGaumont State, Kilburn2 concerts 18:00 and 20:45Stratemann pp.391-393New Desor
                                                      DE5837
                                                      DE5838
                                                      DEMS
                                                      • 97,2-3
                                                        88,5-4
                                                      .djp2011
                                                      updated
                                                      2014-08-08
                                                      1958 10 26
                                                      Sunday
                                                      .London, EnglandGaumont State, Kilburn2 concerts 17:30 and 20:30Stratemann pp.391-393New Desor
                                                      DE5839

                                                      corrTimner-4/27djp2011
                                                      updated
                                                      2014-08-08
                                                      1958 10 27
                                                      Monday
                                                      ...activities not documented...
                                                      ...
                                                      1958 10 28
                                                      Tuesday
                                                      .Paris, FrancePalais De Chaillot..New Desor
                                                      DE5840
                                                      DE5841
                                                      DEMS
                                                      VARphoto
                                                      corrTimner-4
                                                      NDCS 1047
                                                      .Added
                                                      2011
                                                      1958 10 29
                                                      Wednesday
                                                      .Paris, FranceAlhambra..New Desor
                                                      DE5842
                                                      DE5843
                                                      DEMS
                                                      corrTimner-4/27
                                                      NDCS 1047
                                                      .Added
                                                      2011
                                                      1958 10 30
                                                      Thursday
                                                      Dortmund, GermanyWestfalenhalle.....
                                                      ..Added
                                                      2011
                                                      1958 10 30
                                                      Thursday
                                                      .Paris, France.Recording session Duke's Sidemen..DEMS
                                                      ..Added
                                                      2011
                                                      1958 10 31
                                                      Friday
                                                      Halloween
                                                      .Bruxelles, La BelgiqueBEAUX ARTS....
                                                      ..Added
                                                      2011

                                                      November 1958

                                                      1958 11 01
                                                      Saturday
                                                      .Den Haag, The NetherlandsHouttrusthallen....
                                                      ..Added
                                                      2011
                                                      1958 11 02
                                                      Sunday
                                                      .Amsterdam, The NetherlandsConcertgebouw..New Desor
                                                      DE9062
                                                      DE5844
                                                      DEMS
                                                      corrTimner-4
                                                      NDCS 1081
                                                      .Added
                                                      2011
                                                      1958 11 03
                                                      Monday
                                                      ...activities not documented
                                                      Most probably a travel day
                                                      ...
                                                      .djpNew
                                                      added 2014-08-05.
                                                      1958 11 04
                                                      Tuesday
                                                      .Stockholm, SwedenTennishallen..New Desor
                                                      DE5845
                                                      DEMS
                                                      .LambertphotoAdded
                                                      2011
                                                      1958 11 05
                                                      Wednesday
                                                      .Oslo, NorwayCentral StationInterview, Karin Borg Mansaker...
                                                      ..Added
                                                      2011
                                                      1958 11 05
                                                      Wednesday
                                                      .Oslo, NorwayNjardhallen..New Desor
                                                      DE5846
                                                      DEMS

                                                      corrTimner-4/32
                                                      ..Added
                                                      2011
                                                      1958 11 06
                                                      Thursday
                                                      .Göteborg, SwedenKonserthus..New Desor
                                                      DE5847
                                                      DE5848
                                                      DEMS
                                                      ..Added
                                                      2011
                                                      1958 11 07
                                                      Friday
                                                      .Copenhagen, DenmarkK.B.Hallen..New Desor
                                                      DE5849
                                                      DE5850
                                                      DEMS
                                                      ..Added
                                                      2011
                                                      1958 11 08
                                                      Saturday
                                                      .Berlin, GermanyDeutschlandhalle
                                                      .New Desor
                                                      DE5851
                                                      .
                                                      ..Added
                                                      2011
                                                      1958 11 09
                                                      Sunday
                                                      .Hamburg, GermanyErnst Merck Hall....
                                                      ..Added
                                                      2011
                                                      1958 11 10
                                                      Monday
                                                      .Essen, GermanyStadthalle....
                                                      ..Added
                                                      2011
                                                      1958 11 11
                                                      Tuesday
                                                      .Hannover, GermanyNiedersachsenhalle....
                                                      ..Added
                                                      2011
                                                      1958 11 12
                                                      Wednesday
                                                      .Frankfurt, GermanyKongresshalle....
                                                      ..Added
                                                      2011
                                                      1958 11 13
                                                      Thursday
                                                      .Nrnberg, GermanyMessehalle....
                                                      ..Added
                                                      2011
                                                      1958 11 14
                                                      Friday
                                                      .Munchen, Germany.Bayr Rundfunk-Broadcast...
                                                      ..Added
                                                      2011
                                                      1958 11 14
                                                      Friday
                                                      .Munchen, GermanyDeutsches Museum..New Desor
                                                      DE5852
                                                    • DE5853
                                                    • DEMS
                                                      corrTimner-4.Added
                                                      2011
                                                      1958 11 15
                                                      Saturday
                                                      .Munich, Germany.Recording Session Duke's Sidemen..DEMS
                                                      ..Added
                                                      2011
                                                      1958 11 15
                                                      Saturday
                                                      .Wien, AustriaStadthalleUPI reported a concert of over 2 hours for 7,000 jazz fans who went wild, applauded, stomped their feet and howled loudly after each rendition.UPI wirestory - see
                                                      • Middletown Daily Record, Middletown, N.Y., 1958-11-17 p.15
                                                      • The Stars and Stripes, 1958-11-18, p.3
                                                      ..
                                                      .djp2011
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                                                      2014-08-08
                                                      1958 11 16
                                                      Sunday
                                                      .Basel, Switzerland...New Desor
                                                      DE5854
                                                      DEMS
                                                      NDCS 1033.Added
                                                      2011
                                                      1958 11 17
                                                      Monday
                                                      .Milano, ItalyTeatro Dal Verme...DEMS
                                                      ..Added
                                                      2011
                                                      1958 11 18
                                                      Tuesday
                                                      .Torino, ItalyTeatro Alfieri..New Desor
                                                      DE5855
                                                      DEMS
                                                      ..Added
                                                      2011
                                                      1958 11 19
                                                      Wednesday
                                                      ...activities not documented
                                                      ...
                                                      ...
                                                      1958 11 00.Barcelona, SpainPalacio Deportes2 scheduled concerts were cancelled....
                                                      .Agustěn Perez Gasco 09Added
                                                      2011
                                                      1958 11 20
                                                      Thursday
                                                      .Paris, FranceSalle Pleyel..New Desor
                                                      DE5856
                                                      DEMS
                                                      JazzCorner-photos.Added
                                                      2011
                                                      1958 11 21
                                                      Friday
                                                      ...activities not documented
                                                      It may be that the band left the Le Havre on S.S. Statendam this day and she stayed overnight in Southampton. The ship's last foreign port of call was Southampton, which she left Nov. 22. Further research is required.
                                                      ...
                                                      ..New
                                                      added
                                                      2018-03-17
                                                      1958 11 22
                                                      Saturday
                                                      ...Apparent date of departure from Europe
                                                      The following band members and associates are found in the United States Customs Service Passenger List for carrier "Netherlands S.S. Statendam" arriving in New York Nov. 30, 1958. The arrival date has been altered from Nov. 29th. The last foreign port before arrival was Southampton, from whence she departed November 22. The passenger list pages show passengers from Rotterdam, Le Havre and Southampton, so the route seems likely to have been Rotterdam - Le Havre - Southampton - New York. These individuals are listed as Le Havre departures.
                                                      • Boyd, Robert H. Passport 1204147
                                                      • Carney, Harry H. Passport 1202703
                                                      • Celley, Albert Passport 1202492 (with wife Margaret Passport 1202999)
                                                      • Hamilton, James Passport 1203192 (with wife Susan H. Passport 1213369)
                                                      • Strayhorn, Billie Passport 1042965
                                                      • Terry, Clark Passport 120480
                                                      • Woodman, Britt B. Passport 1203212(with wife Clara B. Passport 1203213

                                                      These band members listed in the outbound passenger list are not in the S.S. Statendam passenger list:
                                                      • Gonsalves Flew home from Paris, AF041, arriving 1958 11 26 (Aircraft F BHBM)
                                                      • Sanders
                                                      • Woodyard (flew London-New York, BOAC flight BA549 arriving 1958 12 01)
                                                      • Woode (flew London-New York, BOAC flight BA549 arriving 1958 12 01)
                                                      • Ellington
                                                      • Anderson
                                                      • Bailey
                                                      • Black
                                                      These sidemen played the Alhambra, Paris, Oct. 29 and are not on the S.S. Statendam passenger list: Harold (Shorty) Baker arrived New York on BOAC BA549, Nov. 29 1958 (Aircraft G-AOVR) Ray Nance, Quentin Jackson, Britt Woodman, tb; John Sanders, vtb; Johnny Hodges, as; Russell Procope, as, cl; -->

                                                      Oakland Tribune reported

                                                      'Duke Wins Wings
                                                      A new landmark was set in an illustrious career a few days ago when Duke Ellington made his first airplane trip. The Duke and his band flew from Copenhagen to Berlin and hence to Hamburg. Acccording to word from the scene it was Norman Granz who finally succeeded in talking Ellington out of his lifelong refusal to travel by plane. The band boarded a Dutch liner yesterday for its return to the U.S. from a European tour that began in London early in October and continued through England, France, Belgium, Switzerland, Scandinavia, Germany and Italy.'

                                                      ..
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                                                      1958 11 23
                                                      Sunday
                                                      ...Believed to be at sea...
                                                      .djp.
                                                      1958 11 24
                                                      Monday
                                                      ...Believed to be at sea...
                                                      .djp.
                                                      1958 11 25
                                                      Tuesday
                                                      ...Believed to be at sea...
                                                      .djp.
                                                      1958 11 26
                                                      Wednesday
                                                      ...Several band members were at sea, en route to New York.
                                                      Paul Gonsalves arrived this day on Air France flight 041. The immigration card is handwritten and his place of departure is illegible, but the cards for other passengers on this flight show Orly, France. Quentin Jackson arrived the same day on AF 071 from Paris.
                                                      ...
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                                                      2018-03-18
                                                      1958 11 27
                                                      Thursday
                                                      ...activities not documented
                                                      ...
                                                      ...
                                                      1958 11 28
                                                      Friday
                                                      ...activities not documented
                                                      ...
                                                      ...
                                                      1958 11 29
                                                      Saturday
                                                      ...activities not documented
                                                      ...
                                                      ...
                                                      1958 11 30
                                                      Sunday
                                                      .New York, N.Y..The band disembarked from S. S. Statendam. The arrival date on all the passenger list pages viewed has "30" handwritten over a typed number which appears to be "29." All pages are stamped Admitted Nov. 30 1958 by the Imm. and Natz. Service,
                                                      ...
                                                      ...

                                                      December 1958

                                                      1958 12 00...PERSONNEL CHANGE
                                                      Lil Greenwood rejoins the band in early December
                                                      New Desor vol.2..
                                                      .djpNew
                                                      added 2012-10-12
                                                      1958 12 01
                                                      Monday
                                                      ...activities not documented
                                                      Woodyard and Woode arrived by air from London on BOAC flight BA549, departing London the previous night and arriving in New York at 6:40 a.m.
                                                      ...
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                                                      added
                                                      2018-03-19
                                                      1958 12 02
                                                      Tuesday
                                                      1958 12 07
                                                      Sunday
                                                      Baltimore, Md.Lucky Number Club
                                                      Rose Room
                                                      711 Poplar Grove Ave.
                                                      Night club residency
                                                      Contract terms:
                                                      • 15 musicians led by "Duke Ellington Inc. present [sic] Duke Ellington"
                                                      • Date(s) of employment * December 2, 1958 - one week - 6 days (Mon off)
                                                      • Hours of employment: 9 p.m. to 2 a.m. nightly, 5 to 7 p.m. Sunday matinee
                                                      • Standard top billing clause
                                                      • Wage agreed upon: $6,000, in cash to artist end of engagement
                                                      • Employer: Lucky Number Club, 711 Poplar Grove Ave., Baltimore
                                                      • Signed by Ben Zallonsky
                                                      • Associated Booking Corporation contract dated 1958 10 02, SI-NMAH Archives Center, DEC301, Series III Subseries A, Box 1, Folder 16
                                                      • Vail II with reproduced ads
                                                      ..
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                                                      2016-06-13
                                                      1958 12 03
                                                      Wednesday
                                                      .Baltimore, Md.Lucky Number Club
                                                      Rose Room
                                                      Night club residency - see 1958 12 02...
                                                      ..New
                                                      2016-06-13
                                                      1958 12 04
                                                      Thursday
                                                      .Baltimore, Md.Lucky Number Club
                                                      Rose Room
                                                      Night club residency - see 1958 12 02...
                                                      ..New
                                                      2016-06-13
                                                      1958 12 05
                                                      Friday
                                                      .Baltimore, Md.Lucky Number Club
                                                      Rose Room
                                                      Night club residency - see 1958 12 02...
                                                      ..New
                                                      2016-06-13
                                                      1958 12 06
                                                      Saturday
                                                      .Baltimore, Md.Lucky Number Club
                                                      Rose Room
                                                      Night club residency - see 1958 12 02...
                                                      ..New
                                                      2016-06-13
                                                      1958 12 07
                                                      Sunday
                                                      .Baltimore, Md.Lucky Number Club
                                                      Rose Room
                                                      Night club residency - see 1958 12 02

                                                      Matinee and evening performances

                                                      End of engagement.
                                                      ...
                                                      ..New
                                                      2016-06-13
                                                      1958 12 08
                                                      Monday
                                                      ...activities not documented
                                                      ...
                                                      ...
                                                      1958 12 09
                                                      Tuesday
                                                      ...activities not documented
                                                      ...
                                                      ...
                                                      1958 12 10
                                                      Wednesday
                                                      .Norwalk, Conn.Norwalk High School

                                                      'Duke Ellington and his orchestra are scheduled to play at the Norwalk High school on Dec. 10 under the sponsorship of the Norwalk Lions club.'


                                                      Contract terms:
                                                      • 15 musicians led by "Duke Ellington Inc. presents: Duke Ellington & His Orchestra"
                                                      • Name and Address of Place of Engagement: Empress Theatre - South Norwalk, Connecticut
                                                      • Date of employment December 10, 1958
                                                      • Hours of employment: 8:30 p.m.
                                                      • Type of engagement: Concert
                                                      • Standard top billing clause
                                                      • Wage agreed upon: $1,500, deposit $750 payable on signing and balance in cash to artist night of engagement
                                                      • Employer: Norwalk Lions Club (P.L.Alessi), 2 Havilland St., Norwalk, Conn.
                                                      • Signed by P.L.Alessi
                                                      • Associated Booking Corporation contract dated 1958 10 09, SI-NMAH Archives Center, DEC301, Series III Subseries A, Box 1, Folder 16
                                                      • Stratemann p.394 citing DESB
                                                      • Vail II
                                                      • The Bridgeport Post, Bridgeport, Conn., 1958-11-23 p.55
                                                      ..
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                                                      2014-08-08
                                                      2016-06-13
                                                      1958 12 11
                                                      Thursday
                                                      .Otis Air Force Base, Mass.N.C.O. Club Contract terms:
                                                      • 15 musicians led by "Duke Ellington, Inc. presents Duke Ellington"
                                                      • Date(s) of employment December 11, 1958
                                                      • Hours of employment: 9 p.m. to 1 a.m.
                                                      • Type of engagement: Dance
                                                      • Standard top billing clause
                                                      • Wage agreed upon: $1,000 flat, deposit $500 due upon signing, balance due night of engagement
                                                      • Employer: Sargeant [sic] E. O. Cote, N.C.O. Club, Otis Air Force Base (near Faulmouth), Massachusetts
                                                      • Signed by Edmond O. Cote
                                                      Associated Booking Corporation contract dated 1958 10 29, SI-NMAH Archives Center, DEC301, Series III Subseries A, Box 1, Folder 16..
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                                                      2016-06-13
                                                      1958 12 12
                                                      Friday
                                                      .Bridgeport, Conn.Ritz BallroomUniversity of Bridgeport dance, 9 p.m. to 1 a.m.
                                                      Contract terms:
                                                      • 15 musicians led by "Duke Ellington Inc. presents Duke Ellington"
                                                      • Standard top billing clause
                                                      • Wage agreed upon: $1,500 flat, $750 payable on signing and balance due night of engagement
                                                      • Employer: University of Bridgeport
                                                        Bridgeport, Conn.
                                                      • Signed by Manin J. Hotchkiss for University of Bridgeport
                                                      Associated Booking Corporation contract dated 1958 10 07, SI-NMAH Archives Center, DEC301, Series III Subseries A, Box 1, Folder 16..
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                                                      2016-06-13
                                                      1958 12 13
                                                      Saturday
                                                      .Newark, N.J.Terrace BallroomContract terms:
                                                      • 15 musicians led by "Duke Ellington Inc. presents Duke Ellington"
                                                      • Hours of employment: 9:45 p.m. until 1:45 a.m.
                                                      • Standard top billing clause
                                                      • Wage agreed upon: $2,000, deposit $1,000 payable to Associated Booking upon signing and balance in cash to artist night of engagement
                                                      • Employer: Oscar Little, Civic Social Club, 185 South Orange Ave., Newark, N.J.
                                                      • Signed by Oscar Little
                                                      Associated Booking Corporation contract dated 1958 10 17, SI-NMAH Archives Center, DEC301, Series III Subseries A, Box 1, Folder 16..
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                                                      2016-06-13
                                                      1958 12 14
                                                      Sunday
                                                      ...activities not documented
                                                      ...
                                                      ...
                                                      1958 12 15
                                                      Monday
                                                      .Indianapolis, Ind.Indiana Roof Ballroom Contract terms:
                                                      • 15 musicians and vocalist led by "Duke Ellington Inc. presents: Duke Ellington, in Person"
                                                      • Hours of employment: 8:30 p.m. to 12:30 a.m. with short intermission
                                                      • Type of engagement: Dance
                                                      • Standard top billing clause
                                                      • Standard clause re extra musicians due to union rules.
                                                      • Wage agreed upon: $1,250 flat, 50% deposit payable to Associated Booking Corp. on signing and balance in cash to Al Celley, road manager, at intermission time night of engagement
                                                      • Employer guarantees to furnish a good P.A. system and to have the piano tuned to A=440.
                                                      • Employer: House of Lords Social Club per Edward B. Jeff-- [illegible], President, c/o Indiana Roof Ballroom, Indianapolis
                                                      • Signed by Edward B. Jeff-- [illegible]
                                                      Associated Booking Corporation contract dated 1958 10 15, SI-NMAH Archives Center, DEC301, Series III Subseries A, Box 1, Folder 16..
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                                                      1958 12 16
                                                      Tuesday
                                                      ...activities not documented
                                                      ...
                                                      ...
                                                      1958 12 17
                                                      Wednesday
                                                      1959 01 04Chicago, Ill.Blue Note nightclubClub residency
                                                      Contracted for 15 musicians and 1 vocalist, led by "Duke Ellington Inc., presents Duke Ellington," 32 hour, 5 day week with Sunday matinees.
                                                      Associated Booking Corporation contract dated 1958 09 15, SI-NMAH Archives Center, DEC301, Series III Subseries A, Box 1, Folder 15..
                                                      .djp2011
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                                                      2016-06-13
                                                      1958 12 18
                                                      Thursday
                                                      .Chicago, Ill.Blue Note nightclubClub residency - see 1958 12 17...
                                                      ..2011
                                                      1958 12 19
                                                      Friday
                                                      .Chicago, Ill.Blue Note nightclubClub residency - see 1958 12 17...
                                                      ..2011
                                                      1958 12 20
                                                      Saturday
                                                      .Chicago, Ill.Blue Note nightclubClub residency - see 1958 12 17...
                                                      ..2011
                                                      1958 12 21
                                                      Sunday
                                                      .Chicago, Ill.Blue Note nightclubClub residency - see 1958 12 17
                                                      Matinee and evening performances
                                                      ...
                                                      ...
                                                      1958 12 22
                                                      Monday
                                                      .Chicago, Ill.activities not documented - likely Blue Note night off

                                                      Franceschina quotes the Chicago American 1958-12-28 as saying Ellington planned to fly to Miami to work on Jump for Joy during three days off from the Blue Note before Christmas. An airline strike forced the trip to be cancelled.
                                                      John Franceschina, Duke Ellington's Music for the Theatre, p.216, n.33...
                                                      .djp
                                                      2011
                                                      updated
                                                      2016-06-16
                                                      1958 12 23
                                                      Tuesday
                                                      .Chicago, Ill.activities not documented - likely Blue Note night off...
                                                      ...
                                                      1958 12 24
                                                      Wednesday
                                                      .Chicago, Ill.Blue Note nightclubClub residency - see 1958 12 17...
                                                      ..2011
                                                      1958 12 25
                                                      Thursday
                                                      .Chicago, Ill.Blue Note nightclubClub residency - see 1958 12 17...
                                                      ..2011
                                                      1958 12 26
                                                      Friday
                                                      .Chicago, Ill.Blue Note nightclubClub residency - see 1958 12 17...
                                                      ..2011
                                                      1958 12 26
                                                      Friday
                                                      .Chicago, Ill.Studio 1A
                                                      441 No. Michigan Ave.
                                                      Ellington made a personal appearance on television
                                                      Contract terms:
                                                      • Duke Ellington led by Self
                                                      • Name and Address of Place of Engagement
                                                        WGN-TV, Inc., "Midnight Ticker" Stud. 1A, 441 No. Michigan Ave., Chicago, Ill.
                                                      • Date of employment
                                                        Dec. 26, 1958
                                                      • Hours of employment: 11:00 - 12:30 PM [sic]
                                                      • Kind of engagement: Single
                                                      • Wage agreed upon: $41.19
                                                      • Employer: WGN-TV, 441 No. Michigan Ave.
                                                      • Signed by Robert Trendley, Duke Ellington
                                                      Chicago Federation of Musicians, Local No. 16, contract dated 1958 12 24, SI-NMAH Archives Center, DEC301, Series III, Subseries A, Box 1, Folder 18..
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                                                      1958 12 27
                                                      Saturday
                                                      .Chicago, Ill.Blue Note nightclubClub residency - see 1958 12 17...
                                                      ..2011
                                                      1958 12 28
                                                      Sunday
                                                      .Chicago, Ill.Blue Note nightclubClub residency - see 1958 12 17
                                                      Matinee and evening performances
                                                      ...
                                                      ...
                                                      1958 12 29
                                                      Monday
                                                      .Chicago, Ill.activities not documented - likely Blue Note night off...
                                                      ...
                                                      1958 12 30
                                                      Tuesday
                                                      .Chicago, Ill.activities not documented - likely Blue Note night off...
                                                      ...
                                                      1958 12 31
                                                      Wednesday
                                                      .Chicago, Ill.Blue Note nightclubClub residency - see 1958 12 17...
                                                      ..2011
                                                      1958 12 --.Chicago, Ill.."Madame Konol".New Desor
                                                      DE5858
                                                      DEMS
                                                      ..Added
                                                      2011
                                                      1958 12 21.Chicago, Ill.Blue Note nightclub..New Desor
                                                      DE5857
                                                      DEMS
                                                      ..Added
                                                      2011
                                                      1958 12 28.Chicago, Ill..Private Party...
                                                      ..Added
                                                      2011
                                                      1958 12 28.Chicago, Ill.Blue Note nightclub..New Desor
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                                                      1959 00 00.New York, N.Y.. Peripheral event
                                                      A New York chapter of the Duke Ellington Jazz Society was formed in 1959. Its website says

                                                      'Founded in 1959 as the Duke Ellington Jazz Society, and one of the first of many Ellington societies worldwide, TDES, Inc. devotes itself to promoting the appreciation of Ellington in every way--through its meetings at Saint Peter's Church ... frequent concerts, and a monthly newsletter. We've even got a discussion group on the Internet (duke-lym@concordia.ca). Ellington himself often attended our meetings and played in concerts that the society produced...TDES, Inc. was incorporated in 1992 in New York as a tax-exempt, non-profit organization.'

                                                      A Duke Ellington Jazz Society Newsletter dated May 1959 refers to the International Officers and Board of the Duke Ellington Jazz Society, but gives the address of DEJS Headquarters as Hollywood. The newsletter identifies the following chapters:
                                                      • Chapter 1, Hollywood
                                                      • Chapter 10, Vancouver B.C.
                                                      • Chapter 40, Toronto
                                                      • Chapter 50, Chicago
                                                      • Chapter 90, Washington D.C.
                                                      • Chapter 100, New York
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                                                      January 1959

                                                      1959 01 01
                                                      Thursday
                                                      ...Union Scale
                                                      New recording session "scale" for musicians and pension fund established

                                                      International Musician, February 1959, reported a new, five-year Phonograph Record Labor Agreement called for:

                                                      NON-SYMPHONIC RECORDINGS:
                                                      (i) Effective January 1, 1959
                                                      One Session $48.50 Unit of Overtime $16.17

                                                      'Pension set up for casually employed musicians:
                                                      In the case of instrumentalists, leaders and contractors not part of organized symphonic orchestras, pension contributions by employers commenced on January 1, 1959 at a rate of 5 1/2 per cent of scale.

                                                      With respect to those musicians [...] and to all arrangers, orchestrators and copyists, effective July 1, 1961, phonograph record companies are required to make a pension contribution at the rate of 8 per cent of scale. The contributions are to be made to the American Federation of Musicians' and Employers' Pension Welfare Fund.'


                                                      The above is based on the following section of Steven Lasker's comprehensive analysis of union rates from 1928 to the end of Ellington's life, reproduced here for convenience:
                                                      A new, five-year Phonograph Record Labor Agreement between the phonograph record industry and the Federation provided for (per International Musician, February 1959):
                                                      • NON-SYMPHONIC RECORDINGS:
                                                        • (i) Effective January 1, 1959 One Session $48.50 Unit of Overtime $16.17
                                                        • (ii) Effective April 1, 1960 One Session $51.50 Unit of Overtime $17.17
                                                        • (iii) Effective July 1, 1961 One Session $53.50 Unit of Overtime $17.83
                                                        • (iv) Effective October 1, 1962 One Session $56.00 Unit of Overtime $18.67
                                                      • "For the first time, a pension has been set up for musicians casually employed. In the case of instrumentalists, leaders and contractors other than those in organized symphonic orchestras, pension contributions by employers commenced on January 1, 1959 at a rate of 5 1/2 per cent of scale. With respect to those musicians [...] and to all arrangers, orchestrators and copyists, effective July 1, 1961, phonograph record companies are required to make a pension contribution at the rate of 8 per cent of scale. The contributions are to be made to the American Federation of Musicians' and Employers' Pension Welfare Fund."
                                                      • Another five-year agreement, ratified by the AFofM's membership in mid-January 1964 but retroactive to the first of the year provided for a wage increase to $65 and fringe benefits. Other benefits included premium payments for Sundays, holidays and after-midnight sessions; for "doubling" (more than a single instrument); for "tracking," "dubbing" and "sweetening" (subsequent re-recording procedures). The contract also provided for mandatory rest periods, for hiring of music contractors, cartage costs of transport of heavy instruments, and penalty payments in the event of tardy reimbursement. (Per International Musician, February 1964.)
                                                      • The previous agreement having expired on 1969 03 31 (so it was reported by International Musician, 1969 05 00), a new, three-year agreement, retroactive to 1969 04 01, was reached that raised session pay for non-symphonic musicians from $65 to $85 beginning 1969 04 01, and to $90 from 1970 10 01 (plus a $1 payment for each original service to a local health and welfare fund in New York and directly to musicians elsewhere). Other changes include increased allowances for cartage, premium time and overtime; rest period increases; and extra payment for doubling.
                                                      • The final agreement made during Ellington's lifetime was effective from 1973 08 01 to 1975 10 31. Scale wages for non-symphonic musicians: For a three-hour session, $95, going to $100 effective September 15, 1974. (The old rate was $90.) Special Session (1 1/2 hours): $63; rising to $66 on September 15, 1974. (Old rate was $60.) Special Canadian rate: $79; $83 in September of 1974. (Old rate, $75.)
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                                                      .Chicago, Ill.Blue Note nightclubClub residency - see 1958 12 17...
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                                                      Sunday
                                                      .Chicago, Ill.Blue Note nightclubLast night of club residency - see 1958 12 17
                                                      Matinee and evening performances.
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                                                      Monday
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                                                      Tuesday
                                                      1959 01 07
                                                      Wednesday
                                                      New York, N.Y.CBS StudiosUndocumented but contracted rehearsal day for the next day's live CBS telecastAssociated Booking Corporation contract dated 1958 11 12, SI-NMAH Archives Center, DEC301, Series III Subseries A, Box 1, Folder 17..
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                                                      Wednesday
                                                      .New York, N.Y.CBS Studios"Timex All-Star Jazz Show #4"
                                                      Live telecast with master of ceremonies Jackie Gleason, announcer John Cameron Swayze

                                                      Artists in order of appearance:
                                                      • Duke Ellington and His Orchestra
                                                      • Louis Armstrong and his All Stars
                                                      • The Dukes of Dixieland
                                                      • Dizzy Gillespie Quintet
                                                      • George Shearing Quintet
                                                      • The "All Stars"
                                                      Stratemann lists personnel of all the groups appearing, and for the Ellington orchestra shows Anderson, Baker, F.Williams, Terry, Nance, Woodman, Jackson, Sanders, Hamilton, Procope, Hodges, Gonsalves, Carney, Ellington, Woode, Gus Johnson. This numbers 16, although the contract was for 15. Timner and Nielsen do not include Williams and DEMS 06,2-51 says ...Scrupulously watching the video recording ... does not confirm the presence of Francis Williams...

                                                      Ellington performances in the telecast were:
                                                      • Satin Doll
                                                      • Take The "A" Train
                                                      • Rockin' In Rhythm
                                                      • Just Squeeze Me
                                                      • I Let A Song Go Out Of My Heart (backing a non-Ellington singer, Ruth Olay
                                                      • Sophisticated Lady
                                                      • Things Ain't What They Used To Be
                                                      • Perdido (with a group of all stars
                                                      These were incomplete, talked over and interspersed with other performances.

                                                      The show is discussed in detail in Stratemann and in summary in DEMS 86,1-2
                                                      Contract terms:
                                                      • 15 musicians led by "Duke Ellington Inc. presents Duke Ellington and His Orchestra"
                                                      • Name and Address of Place of Engagement: CBS TV Network - Timex All Star Jazz Show
                                                      • Date(s)/Hours of employment: January 7, 1959, 8-9 p.m. E.S.T.
                                                        Rehearsals to take place January 6 and 7, 1959 to have maximum of 12 hours rehearsal
                                                      • Type of engagement: TV Show
                                                      • Artists not to appear on any TV show 24 days prior to this telecast
                                                        Artists not to appear on any TV show 10 days after this telecast
                                                      • Wage agreed upon: $3,500 payable 14 days after telecast
                                                      • Employer: Associated Booking Corp.
                                                      • Associated Booking Corporation contract dated 1958 11 12, SI-NMAH Archives Center, DEC301, Series III Subseries A, Box 1, Folder 17
                                                      • Stratemann pp.394-397
                                                      • Vail II
                                                      • Girvan:   Ellingtonia.com
                                                      • Timner
                                                      • Nielsen
                                                      • Perdido on You-Tube
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                                                      1959 01 08
                                                      Thursday
                                                      .Milford, Mass.Crystal RoomDance 8:00 pm to 12:30 am (per Stratemann)
                                                      Contract terms:
                                                      • 15 musicians led by "Duke Ellington Inc. presents Duke Ellington"
                                                      • Name and Address of Place of Engagement: Crystal Room, Milford, Massachusetts
                                                      • Date(s) of employment January 8, 1959
                                                      • Hours of employment: 9 p.m. to 1 a.m.
                                                      • Type of engagement: Dance
                                                      • Standard top billing clause
                                                      • Wage agreed upon: $1,000, privilege 60% gross receipts. Deposit $500 payable on signing and balance in cash night of engagement
                                                      • Employer: Boots Mussuli, Crystal Room
                                                      • Signed by Boots Mussuli
                                                      • Associated Booking Corporation contract dated 1958 12 04, SI-NMAH Archives Center, DEC301, Series III Subseries A, Box 1, Folder 18
                                                      • Stratemann p.399
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                                                      1959 01 09
                                                      Friday
                                                      .Northampton, Mass.John M. Greene Hall
                                                      Smith College
                                                      Concert sponsored by Northshore Lodge of Elks (B.P.O. Elks 997)

                                                      2 hour show, 8:30 p.m.
                                                      Tickets $2.00 $2.60 $3.20 $3.80
                                                      Contract terms:
                                                      • 15 musicians led by "Duke Ellington Inc. presents Duke Ellington"
                                                      • Two hour concert starting at 8:30 p.m. to be held at John M. Greene hall on Smith College Campus.
                                                      • Standard top billing clause
                                                      • Wage agreed upon: $2,500 guarantee, privilege 50% of the gross receipts, deposit $1,250 payable on signing and balance in cash during intermission night of engagement
                                                      • Employer: Mr. John F. Murphy, Exalted Ruler, Northampton Lodge of Elks, Northampton, Mass.
                                                      • Signed by John F. Murphy
                                                      • Associated Booking Corporation contract dated 1958 11 10, SI-NMAH Archives Center, DEC301, Series III Subseries A, Box 1, Folder 17
                                                      • The Springfield Union, Springfield, Mass.
                                                        • 1959-01-02 p.14
                                                        • 1959-01-09 p.24
                                                      • The Springfield Sunday Republican, Springfield, Mass. 1959-01-04 p.9B
                                                      • The Massachusetts Collegian, University of Massachusetts
                                                        • 1959-01-07 p.1
                                                        • 1959-01-09 pp.3,4
                                                      • Stratemann p.399 citing DESB
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                                                      1959 01 10
                                                      Saturday
                                                      1959 01 11
                                                      Sunday
                                                      Pennsauken, N.J.Red Hill Inn
                                                      Inter. Rts. 130 & 73
                                                      Night club engagement.
                                                      Contract terms:
                                                      • 15 musicians led by "Duke Ellington Inc. presents Duke Ellington"
                                                      • Date(s) of employment 1959 01 10, 1959 01 11
                                                      • Hours of employment: p p/m to 2 a.m. nightly, Sunday matinee 4 to 7 p.m.
                                                      • Standard top billing clause
                                                      • Wage agreed upon: $2,250, $1,250 payable in cash to artist first day, $1,000 in cash to artist second day
                                                      • Employer: Joe DeLuca*
                                                      • Signed by Joseph DeLuca
                                                      • Associated Booking Corporation contract dated 1958 11 14, SI-NMAH Archives Center, DEC301, Series III Subseries A, Box 1, Folder 17
                                                      • Stratemann p.399
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                                                      Sunday
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                                                      Monday
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                                                      1959 01 13
                                                      Tuesday
                                                      1959 01 19Miami Beach, Fla.Presumably at Copa CityRehearsals begin for Jump for Joy revival
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                                                      Wednesday
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                                                      Thursday
                                                      .Miami Beach, Fla.Copa City (presumably)Contracted rehearsal day for Jump for Joy - see 1959 01 13
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                                                      Friday
                                                      .Miami Beach, Fla.Copa City (presumably)Contracted rehearsal day for Jump for Joy - see 1959 01 13
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                                                      .Miami Beach, Fla.Copa City (presumably)Contracted rehearsal day for Jump for Joy - see 1959 01 13
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                                                      Saturday
                                                      .Miami Beach, Fla..Cerebral Palsy telethon - Ellington and Barbara McNair were expected to appear in the telethon this evening "to give us a bit of it" [Jump for Joy]
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                                                      1959 01 19
                                                      Monday
                                                      .Miami Beach, Fla.Copa City (presumably)Contracted rehearsal day for Jump for Joy - see 1959 01 13

                                                      See McDill dance at 1958 01 19 above - a contract for a dance January 19, 1958 was dated November 7, 1958, leading one to assume the dance was misdated and was actually in 1959. However, the contract shows the deposit was received December 4, 1957, consistent with the contract date being wrong, and with the date of the event being 1958 01 19.
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                                                      1959 01 20
                                                      Tuesday
                                                      1959 02 08Miami Beach, Fla.Copa City
                                                      Theatre-Restaurant
                                                      Revival "Jump for Joy" stage musical
                                                      By the time Ellington and Strayhorn returned from Europe, the Mine Boy/Saturday Laughter project was abandoned and Joe Glaser had signed the Copa City Jump For Joy contract on behalf of Duke Ellington, Inc.

                                                      Since Dorothy Kilgallen commented on them in her December 19 column, rehearsals seem to have started in mid-December even though the show was yet to be rewritten.

                                                      Background per Hajdu:
                                                      • At Sid Kuller's urging and reportedly with the civil rights movement in mind, Ellington offered a revival of Jump For Joy. (This must have been during or before the Europe tour, since the contract was signed before Ellington returned to North America.)
                                                      • Strayhorn joined Kuller in Miami after Christmas to begin rewriting the show which was to begin in less than three weeks. By the time Ellington arrived the second week of January, they had written several new songs, including So The Good Book Says; If We Were Any More British, We Couldn't Talk At All, and Walk It Off. With Duke, they wrote nearly another dozen songs and they continued writing new songs for a week after the show opened.
                                                      • Nearly 30 dancers and singers were crammed onto Copa City's "modest" stage.
                                                      • Kuller produced the show and cut and added songs and skits nightly.
                                                      • The program showed the music was written by Ellington and Strayhorn is shown as the arranger.
                                                      • The copyright registrations for So The Good Book Says; If We Were Any More British, We Couldn't Talk At All, and Walk It Off were for Ellington and Strayhorn as co-composers.
                                                      Franceschina:
                                                      • 'Whatever the cause, Strayhorn made it clear that this was Duke's show, and that he was there simply to do a job and enjoy himself.'

                                                      Contract terms:
                                                      • 15 musicians led by "Duke Ellington Inc. presenting Duke Ellington"
                                                      • Name and Address of Place of Engagement: Copa City, Miami Beach, Florida
                                                      • Date(s) of employment: commencing January 20, 1959 for four weeks with two four-week options
                                                      • Hours of employment: two shows nightly, 7 days weekly, in Production "JUPM [sic] FOR JOY"
                                                        First option to be exercised by end of 2nd week of original term; second option to be exercised by end of fifth week. There shall be one week of rehearsals (commencing January 13, 1959) at minimum guarantee of $2,500 or Union Scale, whichever sum is the greater.
                                                      • Type of engagement: night club
                                                      • Standard top billing clause
                                                      • Wage agreed upon: $7,000 weekly to be paid at the end of each week.
                                                      • Employer: Copa City Inc. by Oscar Markovich, President, Copa City, Miami Beach, Fla.

                                                      Pittsburgh Courier:

                                                      '"Jump For Joy, the Duke Ellington musical which had its debut on the coast a few seasons ago, will get its first crack at the East when it opens the season at the Copa City in Miami Beach.
                                                        Under a deal set by Joe Glaser, the Sid Kuller show will star Duke Ellington for four weeks when it opens at the big nitery.
                                                        The Ellington booking assures the reopening of the Copa which was operated by Lou Walters as the Cafe De Paris last season... '


                                                      Tom Whaley:

                                                      'I went to Miami once with Strayhorn, and we stayed four days and three nights writing music for a different version of Jump for Joy....'

                                                      DEMS says the show was reviewed in the February 1959 newsletter of the Duke Ellington Jazz Society in Hollywood.

                                                      The show was recorded and an acetate reportedly exists. Timner and Franceschina say one complete show appears to have been recorded for Columbia but has not been released, and a tape is circulating among collectors.

                                                      DEMS and the noted discographies agree the instrumentalists on the record are Anderson, Baker, Terry, Nance, Woodman, Jackson, Sanders, Hamilton, Hodges, Procope, Gonsalves, Carney, Ellington, Woode, and Woodyard. They agree on singers Barbara McNair, Jimmy Randolph and Timmie Rogers, but differ on the others:
                                                      DEMSNew DesorGirvanTimnerNielsen
                                                      Norma MillerNorma MillerNorma MillerNorma Miller.
                                                      The WinnersThe WinnersThe Winners.The Winners
                                                      Unidentified
                                                      female choir.
                                                      Unidentified
                                                      choir.
                                                      ChoirChorusUnknown
                                                      choir
                                                      Bailey..Unknown male
                                                      GreenwoodGreenwoodGreenwood.
                                                      ...Othella Dallas
                                                      Miller Brothers
                                                      Harold Cromer
                                                      James Cross
                                                      Candy Caldwell
                                                      Bill Dodson
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                                                      The song titles on the record or tape per the various sources are:
                                                      • Comedy Act [Nielsen only]
                                                      • When I Trilly with My Filly
                                                      • Medley: Don't Get Around Much Anymore, Do Nothin' Till You Hear from Me, In a Sentimental Mood, Mood Indigo, I'm Beginning To See the Light, Sophisticated Lady, Just Squeeze Me, It Don't Mean a Thing, Solitude, Things Ain't What They Used To Be;
                                                      • Walk It Off
                                                      • Brown-Skin Gal [The Brown-Skin Gal in Nielsen]
                                                      • Cotton Tail [Nielsen reports a segue to Oh, Yeah!]
                                                      • Bad Woman (So the Good Book Says) [Nielsen shows Gimme Some Good Whiskey And A Bad Woman]
                                                      • Strictly for Tourists [not in Nielsen]
                                                      • The Gay Cowboy [only in Nielsen]
                                                      • Show 'Em You Got Class
                                                      • Three Shows Nightly

                                                      On Feb 2, Copa City gave notice it would not exercise its option. The show closed Feb 8, and Franceschina says the club remained closed for the rest of the season.
                                                      Library of Congress Performing Arts Encyclopedia:

                                                      'Jump For Joy (revival) / James "Stumpy" Cross [theatrical performance]
                                                      Published/Created 1959-01-20
                                                      Abstract: Through Feb 8.
                                                      Revival of Ellington's 1941 revue, "Jump for Joy" with a modification of the original score for a cast of 50-plus. Musical numbers staged by Nick Castle; music composed by Duke Ellington; produced, written and directed by Sid Kuller.
                                                      Cast: Duke Ellington, Barbara McNair, James (Stump) Cross and Harold (Stumpy) Cromer, Timmie Rogers, Jimmy Randolph, Norma Miller and her Jazz Men, Lil Greenwood, The Miller Brothers, Othella Dallas, Malley Tore, and 30 Gorgeous Beige Beauties. The musical numbers featuring James (Stump) Cross and Harold (Stumpy) Cromer, included "Walk It Off" introduced by Ellington, with Timmie Rogers, Norma Miller and dancers; and "Made to Order" with Timmie Rogers.

                                                      Syndicated columnist Dorothy Kilgallen:

                                                      'Those who have caught rehearsals of the Duke Ellington musical "Jump For Joy" (due to try out at Copa City in Miami, Fla.) report that Demita Jo, the feminine lead, is apt to steal all the notices when the show opens on Broadway next year.'

                                                      In her column published in various papers between 1959-01-02 and 1959-01-07, Kilgallen said the show had been called off due to money problems, but her 1959-01-10 column says:

                                                      'Burnett Roth, representing the management of Copa City in Miami, vows that despite the rumors, "Jump For Joy" will open there as scheduled.'

                                                      Syndicated columnist Jack Bell:

                                                      'Duke Ellington and Sid Kuller have written a musical, "Jump for Joy." Duke wrote the music, Sid the lyrics and script–through long months of writing and re-writing. It goes into Copa City Jan. 20. Barbara McNair, Columbia records singing star, will sing the feminine lead.
                                                        The show opens with a number called "Evolution of a Beat." It's Duke's music, starting with music of early savages and scenes to match and moving through to modern music.'

                                                      The Nightlife with George Bourke column in the Jan. 23 Miami Herald reviews the show describing some of the music briefly, but giving the show only lukewarm approval, calling it a polite and slick presentation.

                                                      Stratemann shows a reconstructed program, attributed to Patricia Willard, and devotes 5 paragraphs to discussing the revival.

                                                      Vail has a similarly reconstructed program, without headings or attribution, laid out in one column instead of Stratemann's two.

                                                      Franceschina lists the song titles in running order.

                                                      Teachout's single paragraph on the revival says the backers lost $100,000.
                                                      • Associated Booking Corporation contract dated 1958 11 22, SI-NMAH Archives Center, DEC301, Series III Subseries A, Box 1, Folder 17
                                                      • Pittsburgh Courier, Pittsburgh, Penn. 1958-12-06 p.24
                                                      • Dorothy Kilgallen, Voice of Broadway, The Arizona Republic, Phoenix, Ariz., 1958-12-19 p.19 (and many other newspapers)
                                                      • The Miami Herald, Miami, Fla.
                                                        • Jack Bell, The Town Crier
                                                          • 1959-01-09 s.B p.6
                                                          • 1959-01-30 p.3-A
                                                        • Nightlife with George Bourke,
                                                          1959-01-23 p.2-B
                                                        • Ad, 1959-02-01 p.34-E
                                                      • Tom Whaley interview, Stanley Dance, The World of Duke Ellington, Da Capo Press, 1970, softcover edition, pp.50-51
                                                      • Stratemann pp.398-399
                                                      • Vail II
                                                      • David Hajdu, Lush Life: A Biography of Billy Strayhorn, North Point Press, New York, 1996, pp. 185-188
                                                      • John Franceschina, Duke Ellington's Music for the Theatre, pp.102-104, 195
                                                      • Van de Leur, pp.136-137
                                                      • Teachout, p.230
                                                      • Library of Congress Performing Arts Encyclopedia
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                                                      1959 01 21
                                                      Wednesday
                                                      .Miami Beach, Fla.Copa City
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                                                      .Miami Beach, Fla.Copa City
                                                      Theatre-Restaurant
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                                                      1959 01 23
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                                                      "Jump for Joy" revival - see 1959 01 20 - two performances nightly...
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                                                      .Miami Beach, Fla.Copa City
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                                                      .Miami Beach, Fla.Copa City
                                                      Theatre-Restaurant
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                                                      .Miami Beach, Fla.Copa City
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                                                      "Jump for Joy" revival - see 1959 01 20 - two performances nightly...
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                                                      1959 01 27
                                                      Tuesday
                                                      .Miami Beach, Fla.Copa City
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                                                      "Jump for Joy" revival - see 1959 01 20 - two performances nightly...
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                                                      1959 01 28
                                                      Wednesday
                                                      .Miami Beach, Fla.Copa City
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                                                      "Jump for Joy" revival - see 1959 01 20 - two performances nightly...
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                                                      1959 01 29
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                                                      "Jump for Joy" revival - see 1959 01 20 - two performances nightly...
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                                                      1959 01 30
                                                      Friday
                                                      .Miami Beach, Fla.Copa City
                                                      Theatre-Restaurant
                                                      "Jump for Joy" revival - see 1959 01 20 - two performances nightly
                                                      A dance booked for Washington & Lee University this date was cancelled. This was the second time Ellington cancelled on W&L. The Ring-tum Phi reported Ellington accepted a six-week Florida engagement before signing the W&L contract, and it was trying to get Benny Goodman instead. It reported "a year ago" Ellington cancelled a tentative agreement in order to go on tour in Europe [n.b. there was no 1957 European tour], and was replaced by Louis Armstrong.
                                                      • Cancelled Associated Booking Corporation contract dated 1958 10 14, SI-NMAH Archives Center, DEC301, Series III Subseries A, Box 1, Folder 16
                                                      • Ring-tum Phi, Washington & Lee University, Lexington, Va., 1958-12-19 p.1
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                                                      Saturday
                                                      .Miami Beach, Fla.Copa City
                                                      Theatre-Restaurant
                                                      "Jump for Joy" revival - see 1959 01 20 - two performances nightly...
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                                                      February 1959

                                                      1959 02 01
                                                      Sunday
                                                      .Miami Beach, Fla.Copa City
                                                      Theatre-Restaurant
                                                      "Jump for Joy" revival - see 1959 01 20 - two performances nightly...
                                                      ..2011
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                                                      Monday
                                                      .Miami Beach, Fla.Copa City
                                                      Theatre-Restaurant
                                                      "Jump for Joy" revival - see 1959 01 20 - two performances nightly

                                                      Letter:

                                                      'February 2, 1959
                                                      To whom it may concern:
                                                        It is hereby undertood that Copa City, Inc. will not exercise the first option of Duke Ellington, Inc. presenting Duke Ellington and his Orchestra,for the "Jump for Joy" production currently appearing at Copa City, Inc. in Miami Beach, Florida.
                                                        COPA CITY, INC.
                                                        Oscar Markovich, President.'

                                                      Letter on Copa City letterhead, SI-NMAH Archives Center, DEC301, Series III Subseries A, Box 1, Folder 17..
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                                                      Tuesday
                                                      .Miami Beach, Fla.Copa City
                                                      Theatre-Restaurant
                                                      "Jump for Joy" revival - see 1959 01 20 - two performances nightly...
                                                      ..2011
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                                                      Wednesday
                                                      .Miami Beach, Fla.Copa City
                                                      Theatre-Restaurant
                                                      "Jump for Joy" revival - see 1959 01 20 - two performances nightly...
                                                      ..2011
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                                                      Thursday
                                                      .Miami Beach, Fla.Copa City
                                                      Theatre-Restaurant
                                                      "Jump for Joy" revival - see 1959 01 20 - two performances nightly...
                                                      ..2011
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                                                      Friday
                                                      .Miami Beach, Fla.Copa City
                                                      Theatre-Restaurant
                                                      "Jump for Joy" revival - see 1959 01 20 - two performances nightly...
                                                      ..2011
                                                      1959 02 07
                                                      Saturday
                                                      .Miami Beach, Fla.Copa City
                                                      Theatre-Restaurant
                                                      "Jump for Joy" revival - see 1959 01 20 - two performances nightly...
                                                      ..2011
                                                      1959 02 08
                                                      Sunday
                                                      .Miami Beach, Fla.Copa City
                                                      Theatre-Restaurant
                                                      Premature closing of "Jump for Joy" revival - see 1959 01 20 - two performances nightlyStratemann p.399.
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                                                      Monday
                                                      .Philadelphia, Penn.Concert "All Star Negro Revue".New Desor
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                                                      1959 02 09
                                                      Monday
                                                      .New York, N.Y..

                                                      WESTERN UNION

                                                      TELEGRAM


                                                      CTA025 XYA025
                                                      SY NNA059 PD NEW YORK NY 12 1242AME
                                                             MISS ELLA FITZGERALD
                                                      MR KELLYS CHGO
                                                      DEAR ELLA LAST NIGHT WAS SWEET FOR ME TONIGHT IS
                                                      SWEETER FOR THE KIDS AT KELLYS TOMORROW WILL BE THE
                                                      SWEETEST FOR AGAIN I SHALL EMBRACE YOU AND KISS YOU
                                                      AND ENJOY YOU IN SIGHT OF A MILLION ViEWERS EVERYBODY
                                                      LOVED YOU BUT NOBODY LOVED YOU AS MUCH AS I DID BECAUSE
                                                      I HAD THE BEST SEAT GOODLUCK LOVE YOU MADLY
                                                      DUKE ELLINGTON
                                                      The date stamp on this telegram is illegible. Since Ella and Duke were on televison Feb. 10 and her three weeks at Mr. Kelly's ended Feb. 27, the telegram seems likely to have been sent from New York the day before the telecast.
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                                                      Tuesday
                                                      .New York, N.Y.."Bell Telephone Hour - American Festival"
                                                      –NBC telecast, possibly colour TV?
                                                      Ellington and Ella Fitzgerald backed up by non-Ellington rhythm
                                                      Stratemann devotes 3 paragraphs to this show, saying Duke and Ella had 10 minutes in the second half, and quoting from a review.
                                                      Duke Ellington and Ella Fitzgerald with Jim Hall, Wilfred Middlebrooks, Gus Johnson and a studio orchestra

                                                      Medley recorded, consisting of:
                                                      • Satin Doll
                                                      • Don't Get Around Much Anymore
                                                      • Caravan
                                                      • Mood Indigo
                                                      • I'm Just A Lucky So And So
                                                      • Caravan
                                                      • Do Nothin Till You Hear From Me
                                                      • I'm Beginning To See The Light

                                                      Contract terms:
                                                      • "Duke Ellington Inc. presents Duke Ellington"
                                                      • Name and Address of Place of Engagement: "The Television program, ADVENTURES IN MUSIC, over the Facilities of NBC Television."
                                                      • Date(s) of employment, Hours of employment:
                                                        Feb. 10-1959, 8:00 to 9:00 P M CNYT
                                                        plus rehearsal on February 10-1959, prior to said broadcast.
                                                      • Type of engagement: Television engagement, tentatively entitled Adventures in music to be sponsored by American Telephone & Telegraph
                                                      • Wage agreed upon: $7,500 payable within 10 days after the broadcast, and made out to Duke Ellington Inc.
                                                      • Employer: Henry Jaffe Television Inc., 666 5th Ave., New York, N.Y.
                                                      • Signed by Dan [illegible - maybe Pounstory?)
                                                      The contract had a 20 paragraph, 6 page rider which covered many things, including mutual indemnification against infringements of intellectual property rights, an escape clause providing the fee wouldn't be paid if certain events prevented the broadcast, and a time period during which the employee could not do any other television appearances.

                                                      On 1958-12-11 Joe Glaser wrote to Bill Mittler to ask him to have the contract signed, saying he had been given permission by Oscar Markovich (Copa City) and Sid Kuller for Duke to be off the night of February 10 to allow him to do this engagement, provided Markovich was paid $1,000 for Duke's absence.
                                                      • SI-NMAH Archives Center, DEC301, Series III, Subseries A, Box 1, Folder 18
                                                        • Associated Booking Corporation contract dated 1958 12 08 with 6 page rider
                                                        • Letter, Glaser (ABC) to Mittler 1958-12-11
                                                      • The Brewster Standard, Brewster, N.Y. 1959-02-05, pp.3, 8
                                                      • Long Island Traveler, Mattituck Watchman 1959-02-05, p.9
                                                      • Stratemann p.399, quoting Variety 1959-02-15 p.22
                                                      • Vail II, p.157
                                                      • Girvan:   Ellingtonia.com
                                                      • Timner
                                                      • Ole J. Nielsen, Jazz Records 1942-80, A discography: Vol. Six, Duke Ellington, p.200
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                                                      Wednesday
                                                      ...activities not documented
                                                      ...
                                                      ...
                                                      1959 02 12
                                                      Thursday
                                                      ...activities not documented
                                                      ...
                                                      ...
                                                      1959 02 13
                                                      Friday
                                                      ...activities not documented
                                                      ...
                                                      ...
                                                      1959 02 14
                                                      Saturday
                                                      Valentine's Day
                                                      ...activities not documented
                                                      ...
                                                      ...
                                                      1959 02 15
                                                      Sunday
                                                      ...activities not documented
                                                      ...
                                                      ...
                                                      1959 02 16
                                                      Monday
                                                      ...activities not documented
                                                      ...
                                                      ...
                                                      1959 02 17
                                                      Tuesday
                                                      ...activities not documented
                                                      ...
                                                      ...
                                                      1959 02 18
                                                      Wednesday
                                                      ...activities not documented
                                                      ...
                                                      ...
                                                      1959 02 19
                                                      Thursday
                                                      .New York, N.Y.Columbia 30th St. StudioColumbia recording session for the LP Ellington Jazz Party
                                                      • 15:00-18:00
                                                        Equiv. to 3 « hrs.
                                                      • 19:30-22:30
                                                        Equiv. to 4 hrs.
                                                      • Cat Anderson and Andres Merenguito Ford played in only the evening session. All others played on both sessions.

                                                      Duke Ellington and His Orchestra
                                                      Anderson, Baker, Terry, Nance, Dizzie Gillespie, Ford, Woodman, Jackson, Sanders, Hamilton, Procope, Hodges, Gonsalves, Carney, Ellington, Woode, Woodyard, Jimmy Jones, Jimmy Rushing
                                                      Titles recorded:
                                                      • TOOT SUITE
                                                        • Red Garter
                                                        • Red Carpet
                                                        • Ready-Go
                                                      • Upper Manhattan Medical Group
                                                      • All Of Me
                                                      • TOOT SUITE
                                                        • Red Shoes
                                                      • Satin Doll
                                                      • When I Trilly With My Filly
                                                      • Hello, Little Boy (Hello, Little Girl)
                                                      • Emails Lasker-Palmquist 2014-10-14 and 2014-11-02 re session time
                                                      • Girvan:   Ellingtonia.com
                                                      • MacHare:   A Duke Ellington Panorama
                                                      • Timner
                                                      • Ole J. Nielsen, Jazz Records 1942-80, A discography: Vol. Six, Duke Ellington
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                                                      Friday
                                                      .New York, N.Y.Columbia StudioVerve recording session for Back to Back LP (Hodges, Ellington, Sweets Edison and a non-Ellington rhythm section).New Desor
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                                                      Saturday
                                                      ...activities not documented
                                                      ...
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                                                      1959 02 22
                                                      Sunday
                                                      ...activities not documented
                                                      ...
                                                      ...
                                                      1959 02 23
                                                      Monday
                                                      ...activities not documented
                                                      ...
                                                      ...
                                                      1959 02 24
                                                      Tuesday
                                                      ...activities not documented
                                                      ...
                                                      ...
                                                      1959 02 25
                                                      Wednesday
                                                      .New York, N.Y.30th St.Columbia Studio1. Columbia recording session – Ellington Jazz Party LP (continued);
                                                      23:30-03:00
                                                      Titles recorded:
                                                      • Tymperturbably Blue*
                                                      • Malletoba Spank*
                                                      • Villes Ville is the Place, Man
                                                      • *These titles employed the use of a large percussion section

                                                      2. Private recording session, same location: 3 movements of The Queen's Suite
                                                      Steven Lasker:

                                                      'The Queen's Suite was recorded at, but not for, Columbia Records. The recordings were made at Ellington's personal expense. Ellington did not allow their release in his lifetime. Shortly after his death, Mercer sold them to Norman Granz, who released them on his Pablo label, now owned by the Concord Music Group, not Sony (Columbia Records' corporate successor).'

                                                      • Email Lasker-Palmquist 2014-10-23 re Queen's Suite.
                                                      • Email Lasker-Palmquist 2014-10-14 re session time
                                                      • Roger Boyes, "The Origin of The Queen's Suite," Blue Light 15/4, p.12 citing Yorkshire Post 1958-10-04, p.1
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                                                      Thursday
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                                                      1959 02 27
                                                      Friday
                                                      1959 03 05New York, N.Y.Apollo Theater
                                                      253 W. 125th St., Borough of Manhattan, Harlem district
                                                      HARLEM'S HIGH SPOT
                                                          APOLLO   
                                                      ONE BIG WEEK beginning Friday, Feb. 27th
                                                      THE   
                                                      DUKE
                                                        ELLINGTON
                                                      JAZZ FESTIVAL
                                                      Featuring His World Famous Band
                                                      — and —
                                                      HARRY "SWEETS" EDISON - 5
                                                      MARY LOU WILLIAMS
                                                      JIMMIE RUSHING — LIL GREENWOOD
                                                      Extra Ernestine ANDERSON
                                                      WED NITE. AMATEURS SAT. MIDNITE SHOW

                                                      Contract terms:
                                                      • 15 musicians led by "Duke Ellington, Inc. presenting Duke Ellington"
                                                      • Date(s) of employment
                                                        February 27th, 1959 - One Week
                                                      • Hours of employment
                                                        House Policy
                                                      • Type of engagement
                                                        Dance* Concert*
                                                      • Standard top billing clause
                                                      • It is understood Duke Ellingotn Inc. presenting Duke Ellington, will provide the supporting show, consisting of Ernestine Anderson, who now has a contract to play the Apolo this week for $800, pluse two additional acts subject to approval of both parties.
                                                      • Wage agreed upon: $7,000 plus 50% over $14,500, excluding gov. tax for admissions, payable in cash to artist at conclusion of engagement
                                                      • Employer:
                                                        Frank Schiffman - Apollo Theatre, West 135th St., New York, N.Y.
                                                      • Signed by Frank Schiffman
                                                      • Associated Booking Corporation contract dated 1959 02 06, SI-NMAH Archives Center, DEC301, Series III, Subseries A, Box 1, Folder 20
                                                      • Stratemann p.400 citing
                                                        • Amsterdam News, New York, 1959-02-28 p.14
                                                        • Review, Variety 1959-03-04 p.52
                                                      • Vail II, with Amsterdam News clipping
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                                                      Saturday
                                                      .New York, N.Y.Apollo TheatreDuke Ellington Jazz Festival - see 1959 02 27

                                                      with midnight show
                                                      ...
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                                                      March 1959

                                                      1959 03 00.UnknownUnknownStage Show, Ellington (p) and Lil Greenwood (v) with a studio band; Walkin' and Singing the Blues was recorded at this time.N5910.
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                                                      Monday
                                                      .New York, N.Y.Apollo TheatreDuke Ellington Jazz Festival - see 1959 02 27...
                                                      ...
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                                                      Tuesday
                                                      .New York, N.Y..Tentatively scheduled rehearsal date for Patti Page show - see 1959 03 06

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                                                      Tuesday
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                                                      Wednesday
                                                      .New York, N.Y..Tentatively scheduled rehearsal date for Patti Page show - see 1959 03 06

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                                                      Wednesday
                                                      .New York, N.Y.Apollo TheatreDuke Ellington Jazz Festival - see 1959 02 27

                                                      with amateur night
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                                                      ...
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                                                      Thursday
                                                      .New York, N.Y.Apollo TheatreDuke Ellington Jazz Festival - see 1959 02 27...
                                                      ...
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                                                      Friday
                                                      .New York, N.Y.ABC Television StudiosTaping of Ellington's guest appearance on ABC-TV's "Patti Page Oldsmobile Show", which would be telecast March 9 at 9 p.m. According to the contract, the show was to be taped March 6 and telecast March 9.

                                                      The Timner, New Desor and Nielsen printed discographies and, at the time of writing, the on-line Girvan itinerary, show the telecast date instead of the taping session date, in error.

                                                      The contract provided for two days of rehearsals, but those are not yet documented.
                                                      Duke Ellington with Patti Page backed by Vic Schoen's Orchestra
                                                      Titles recorded:
                                                      • Caravan
                                                      • Don't Get Around Much Anymore
                                                      • Monologue
                                                      • * Sophisticated Lady
                                                      • * Mood Indigo
                                                      • * I Got It Bad and That Ain't Good.

                                                        (* titles performed by Page but not accompanied by Ellington.)

                                                      • Stratemann:

                                                        'Ellington was the guest soloist ... He backed host Patti Page in a number of his own compositions, with support by the show's Vic Schoen orchestra. The program may - or may not - have been pretaped.'

                                                      • DEMS 1981/1-3 discusses a recording of Pretty and the Wolf in the context of a Patti Page show of March 1951.
                                                      • In DEMS 1990/1-5 and 1990/2-6, Benny Aasland suggests March 9, 1959.
                                                      • In DEMS 1993/3-6 he says it was recorded on her show in March 1951, but corrects this again to 9Mar59 in DEMS 1993/4-9
                                                      • In DEMS 02/1-23 Sjef Hoefsmit opines

                                                        'If the Patti Page show was actually recorded in NYC, the date of 9Mar59 must be wrong. On 9 and 10Mar59 Duke was in Hollywood, negotiating with Otto Preminger his participation in the picture "Anatomy of a Murder". The band played in Boston's Storyville where Billy Strayhorn replaced Ellington at the piano and Harry Carney conducted the band during Duke's absence, which ran from 9Mar through the first set on 12Mar59. (Source: Duke Ellington Jazz Society Newsletter from Mar-Apr59, Hollywood, published in "In a Mellotone", the Newsletter of the Duke Ellington Society Southern California Vol. 6 No. 4, Winter 2001.)'


                                                      Contract terms:
                                                      • One musician "Duke Ellington, Inc., presents Duke Ellington"
                                                      • Name and Address of Place of Engagement
                                                        The Patti Page TV Show
                                                        ABC-TV, New York, New York
                                                      • Date(s) of employment
                                                        Show of March 9th, 1959 to be taped on March 6th, 1959
                                                      • Hours of employment
                                                        "Please insert exact hours: ___ "[this was not filled in on the file copy of the contract - since the Red Hill Inn price was adjusted to allow for Ellington's late arrival, it seems possible the taping was expected to last into the evening]
                                                        "Rehearsal: as required - will be on March 3rd and 4th, 1959 - will advise time and place
                                                        Program hereunder may be telecast in black and white and/or color without additional compensation to artist."
                                                      • Type of engagement
                                                        TV Show
                                                      • "This agreement, and any additional riders attached hereto and made part hereof, are subject to all by-laws, rules and regulations of the American Federation of Musicians and of any local thereof in whose jurisdiction services hereunder are provided."
                                                      • Standard top billing clause
                                                      • Standard clause re extra musicians due to union rules.
                                                      • Wage agreed upon: $4,500 [details illegible but appears to be payable to Associated Booking Corporation for Duke Ellington, Inc.] within 10 days of the date of the engagement.
                                                      • Employer: Page-Keel Productions, Inc., New York, New York
                                                      • Signatures are illegible.
                                                      • General Artists Corporation contract dated
                                                        1959 02 09 with 6 page rider, SI-NMAH Archives Center, DEC301, Series III, Subseries A, Box 1, Folder 20
                                                      • Stratemann p.400
                                                      • Girvan:   Ellingtonia.com
                                                      • Timner
                                                      • Ole J. Nielsen, Jazz Records 1942-80, A discography: Vol. Six, Duke Ellington, p.203
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                                                      Friday
                                                      1959 03 08
                                                      Sunday
                                                      Pennsauken, N.J.Red Hill InnNightclub engagement
                                                      Contract terms:
                                                      • 15 musicians led by "Duke Ellington, Inc. presents Duke Ellington"
                                                      • Name and Address of Place of Engagement
                                                        Red Hill Inn, Camden New Jersey
                                                      • Date(s) of employment
                                                        March 6th, 7th, 8th 1959 Three Days
                                                      • Hours of employment
                                                        9 P.M. to 2 A.M. Nightly
                                                        Sunday Matinee 4 P.M.- 7 P.M.
                                                      • Standard top billing clause
                                                      • Wage agreed upon: $3,000 payable $1,000 nightly in cash to artist
                                                      • Employer:Joe DeLuca Jr., Red Hill Inn, Intersection Rte. 130 & 73, Pennsauken, N.J.
                                                      • Signed by Joe DeLuca Jr.
                                                      Letter on Associated Booking Corp. letterhead, signed by Joseph DeLuca Jr. and someone on behalf of Duke Ellington Inc.:

                                                      'The following is understood and agreed between the Red Hill Inn, Pennsauken, New Jersey, and DUKE ELLINGTON INC., on the night of March 6 DUKE ELLINGTON will not appear in person until midnight, and the DUKE ELLINGTON Orchestra will perform in the absence of Mr. Ellington.
                                                      In consideration of the aforesaid, DUKE ELLINGTON will accept $2,500 for the three day engagement at the Red Hill Inn, commencing March 6th, in lieu of the $3,000 agreed to in the original contract.'



                                                      Another Associated Booking Corporation contract dated 1958 10 24 for this date at the Gym of Princeton University was cancelled.
                                                      • Associated Booking Corporation contract dated 1959 01 29 and letter dated 1959 02 27, SI-NMAH Archives Center, DEC301, Series III, Subseries A, Box 1, Folder 19
                                                      • SI-NMAH Archives Center, DEC301, Series III Subseries A, Box 1, Folder 16
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                                                      Saturday
                                                      .Pennsauken, N.J.Red Hill InnNight club engagement - see 1959 03 06

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                                                      Sunday
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                                                      Monday
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                                                      Monday
                                                      1959 03 15Boston, Mass.Storyville Club
                                                      Copley Square Hotel
                                                      48 Huntington Ave.
                                                      Club date in George Wein's establishment.
                                                      8 p.m. to 1 a.m.

                                                      Stratemann cites (1) the Duke Ellington Scrapbooks as saying that while the band was at Copley Plaza, the hotel housing Storyville, Ellington was on the west coast setting up movie contracts, and (2) Ellington's photo, taken at a meeting of the Duke Ellington Jazz Society in Brentwood, Calif., was in a March 19 newspaper.
                                                      Ellington appears to have been back in Boston by March 13.
                                                      Contract terms:
                                                      • 15 musicians led by "Duke Ellington Inc. presents Duke Ellington"
                                                      • Name and Address of Place of Engagement
                                                        Storyville, Boston, Mass.
                                                      • Date(s) of employment
                                                        March 9, 1959 * 1 week (7 days)
                                                      • Hours of employment
                                                        8 p.m. to 1 a.m. nightly
                                                        Saturday 8 p.m. to 12 p.m.
                                                        Sunday matinee
                                                      • Standard top billing clause
                                                      • Wage agreed upon: $5,250, in cash artist, end of engagement
                                                      • Employer:
                                                        George Wein - Storyville, Copley Square Hotel, 48 Huntington Ave., Boston, Mass.
                                                      • Signed by G. Wien
                                                      • Associated Booking Corporation contract dated 1959 01 19, SI-NMAH Archives Center, DEC301, Series III, Subseries A, Box 1, Folder 19
                                                      • Stratemann p.400
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                                                      Monday
                                                      circa
                                                      1959 03 16
                                                      Monday
                                                      Boston, Mass..At some time in March, likely during his appearance at Storyville, Ellington videotaped an appearance on John McLellan's local WHDS-TV show which was to be broadcast 1959 05 06 on the Dateline Boston TV show "Jazz Scene"

                                                      The 1959-03-31 Boston Record announced it was taped, saying Ellington had so much fun, he wound up playing a selection from a 12-part suite for Queen Elizabeth.

                                                      The May 3 announcement says Ellington plays Caravan, A-Train, Retrospection and part of the suite, and expresses himself on a number of subjects.
                                                      • Boston Traveler, Boston, Mass., 1959-03-31 p.50
                                                      • Boston Herald, Boston, Mass.
                                                        • 1959-04-01 p.10
                                                        • 1959-05-03 p.13
                                                      • Boston Sunday Advertiser, Boston, Mass., 1959-05-03 p.20
                                                      • Boston Daily Record, Boston, Mass., 1959-05-06 p.29
                                                      • Stratemann p.400
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                                                      .Los Angeles, Cal..Ellington was interviewed by Frank Evans at a Duke Ellington Jazz Society meeting, on KRHM broadcast.New Desor
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                                                      Tuesday
                                                      .Boston, Mass.Storyville ClubBand - night club residency - see 1959 03 09
                                                      8 p.m. to 1 a.m.

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                                                      Wednesday
                                                      .Boston, Mass.Storyville ClubBand - night club residency - see 1959 03 09
                                                      8 p.m. to 1 a.m.

                                                      Ellington on West Coast
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                                                      1959 03 12
                                                      Thursday
                                                      .Boston, Mass.Storyville ClubBand - night club residency - see 1959 03 09
                                                      8 p.m. to 1 a.m.

                                                      Ellington possibly on West Coast
                                                      ...
                                                      .. 2011
                                                      1959 03 13
                                                      Friday
                                                      . Boston, Mass. .WGBH-TV Interview, Ellington and Father Norman J. O'Connor. Unless it was pre-recorded, this interview suggests Ellington was back from the West CoastStratemann p.400..
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                                                      Friday
                                                      .Boston, Mass.Storyville ClubBand - night club residency - see 1959 03 09
                                                      8 p.m. to 1 a.m.
                                                      Boston Daily Record;

                                                      '...When Woodyard couldn't avoid the hex of last Friday, the 13th, and hurt his arm, Ellington called on Floogie Williams, regular [Mel] Dorfman drummer, to fill in for the night at Storyville...'

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                                                      1959 03 14.Providence, R.I.Marvel Gymnasium
                                                      Brown University
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                                                      Saturday
                                                      .Boston, Mass.Storyville ClubNight club residency - see 1959 03 09
                                                      8 p.m. to 12 p.m.
                                                      ...
                                                      .. 2011
                                                      1959 03 15
                                                      Sunday
                                                      .Boston, Mass.Storyville ClubLast night - night club residency - see 1959 03 09

                                                      Evening show 8 p.m. to 1 a.m. and matinee
                                                      ...
                                                      .. 2011
                                                      1959 03 16
                                                      Monday
                                                      ...activities not documented
                                                      ...
                                                      ...
                                                      1959 03 17
                                                      Tuesday
                                                      .Wrightstown, N.J.
                                                      or
                                                      Fort Dix, N.J.
                                                      (adjacent)
                                                      Sports ArenaDance
                                                      Contract terms:
                                                      • 15 musicians led by "Duke Ellington, Inc. presents Duke Ellington"
                                                      • Name and Address of Place of Engagement
                                                        Sports Arena, Fort Dix, New Jersey
                                                      • Date(s) of employment
                                                        March 17, 1959
                                                      • Hours of employment: 8 p.m. to 12 midnight.
                                                      • Type of engagement: Dance
                                                      • Standard top billing clause
                                                      • Wage agreed upon: $1,000 flat payable in full in cash night of engagement
                                                      • Employer: Elwyn Dearborn, Post Entertainment Director, Office of Special Services, Fort Dix, N.J.
                                                      • Signed by Elwyn Dearborn
                                                      • Associated Booking Corporation contract dated 1959 01 05, SI-NMAH Archives Center, DEC301, Series III, Subseries A, Box 1, Folder 19
                                                      • Stratemann p.400 citing DESB
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                                                      Wednesday
                                                      ...activities not documented
                                                      ...
                                                      ...
                                                      1959 03 19
                                                      Thursday
                                                      ...activities not documented
                                                      ...
                                                      ...
                                                      1959 03 20
                                                      Friday
                                                      ...activities not documented
                                                      ...
                                                      ...
                                                      1959 03 21
                                                      Saturday
                                                      ...PERSONNEL CHANGE
                                                      Sam Woodyard, drums, leaves the band briefly, briefly replaced by Jimmy Johnson. According to Stratemann, Johnson began sitting in on the 21st and became the sole drummer when Woodyard left on the 24th. DEJS:

                                                      'Philadelphia drummer Jimmy Johnson began sitting in with the Ellington orchestra, March 21, and, according to bandmembers, he's been "rocking" the band ever since.'

                                                      • New Desor vol.2
                                                      • Stratemann p.400, citing DEJS Newsletter May 1959
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                                                      Saturday
                                                      .Taunton, Mass.Roseland BallroomDance
                                                      Contract terms:
                                                      • 15 musicians led by "DUKE ELLINGTON, INC. PRESENTS DUKE ELLINGTON"
                                                      • Hours of employment
                                                        8:30 p.m. to 12:30 a.m.
                                                      • Type of engagement
                                                        Dance
                                                      • Standard top billing clause
                                                      • Wage agreed upon: $1,250 guaranteed, privilege 60% gross receipts, to be paid in full in cash night of engagement
                                                      • Employer: Roseland Ballroom, Taunton
                                                      • Signed by Charles Shribman
                                                      • Associated Booking Corporation contract dated 1959 03 02, SI-NMAH Archives Center, DEC301, Series III, Subseries A, Box 1, Folder 21
                                                      • Eddie Rugg, Let's Go Dancing, Boston Daily Record, Boston, Mass. 1959-03-21 p.18
                                                      • Stratemann p. 400 citing DEJS Newsletter May 1959
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                                                      Sunday
                                                      ...activities not documented
                                                      ...
                                                      ...
                                                      1959 03 23
                                                      Monday
                                                      ...activities not documented
                                                      ...
                                                      ...
                                                      1959 03 23
                                                      Monday
                                                      1959 05 16 (end of filming)
                                                      1959 06 03 or 1959 06 07 (end of recording)
                                                      Ishpeming, Mich..

                                                      Overview of the making of Anatomy of a Murder


                                                      • Ellington and Strayhorn wrote the music for the award-winning Otto Preminger film Anatomy of a Murder, based on a novel by John D. Voelker.
                                                      • An overview of Ellington's activity from the end of April through early June seems useful in assessing the validity of the documented Ellington orchestra engagements during that period.
                                                      • As of the time of writing, most of the contracts reviewed for this period were for 15 musicians under the leadership of "Duke Ellington, Inc. presents Duke Ellington." Some, however, are 15 or 16 musicians led by "DUKE ELLINGTON, INC. PRESENTS DUKE ELLINGTON ORCHESTRA UNDER THE LEADERSHIP OF JOHNNY HODGES"

                                                        It is also possible some engagements were cancelled due to Ellington's absence.

                                                        While the Smithsonian's DEC301, Series III A contains some cancelled contracts, there may be others that were cancelled without the file copies being so marked.

                                                        Until the booking correspondence in the collection is reviewed or contemporary news reports are located that say the engagements were completed, the gigs booked during this period must be considered to be unconfirmed.
                                                      • Stratemann says filming began 1959 03 23, having been delayed a week, and finished 1959 05 16. Film editing was done on location, enabling the release print of the film to be ready in record time, four weeks after final shooting. The film premiered 1959 07 01.
                                                      • Vail says when shooting finished, Ellington flew to the West Coast to work on the score. Hajdu reports Ellington and Strayhorn stayed in a four room suite in the Chateau Marmont in Los Angeles for several days of intensive arranging and recording. Since the suite had a kitchen, Strayhorn increased their efficiency by cooking their meals.
                                                      • Hajdu, quoting Hope Preminger:

                                                        'Otto was quite unusual because he insisted on having the composer on the set during the production. He felt that they got closer to the picture that way.'

                                                      • Hajdu:

                                                        'True to custom, Ellington had Strayhorn fill in for him as Anatomy of a Murder began production in the third week of March...The entire cast and crew of about 120 were put up at the one hotel in the area...where Strayhorn stayed while he watched rehearsals, jotting notes for the music by day and reading Voelker's novel...through the evening...Ellington arrived the first week of May, some two months after Strayhorn but early enough in the production to spend a couple of weeks living with the cast and crew; he so valued the commission he postponed his usual summer stint at the Blue Note... Less willing to sacrifice his usual Chicago steaks, he had beef shipped in from the Sutherland Hotel's butcher...'

                                                      • Van de Leur says Strayhorn arrived in March, probably after the private recording session with Lil Greenwood
                                                      • Ellington reported arriving early the morning of his birthday, although press reports said he was ill and had returned to New York to see his doctor.

                                                        Clyde Reid:

                                                        '...Birthday greetings to one of the finest Americans on the scene today Duke Ellington. The New York Chapter of the Duke Ellington Jazz Society will give a party for the bandsman on April 29th. On the same date Columbia is releasing a new Ellington LP>'

                                                        Syndicated columnist Leonard Lyons wrote

                                                        'Duke Ellington received permission from producer Otto Preminger to postpone his arrival in Ishpeming, Mich. for his scenes in "Anatomy of a Murder." Ellington stayed [in New York?] for his birthday party.'

                                                      • The soundtrack was recorded using the Ellington orchestra and trumpeter Gerald Wilson at the end of May and the beginning of June.
                                                      • Clyde Reid, New York Age, 1959-05-02 p.14
                                                      • Leonard Lyons, Lyons Den,
                                                        • San Mateo Times, San Mateo, Cal., 1959-05-05 p.22
                                                        • Amarillo Daily News, Amarillo, Tex., 1959-05-06 p.8
                                                      • Stratemann pp.401-412
                                                      • Vail II
                                                      • David Hajdu, Lush Life: A Biography of Billy Strayhorn, North Point Press, New York, 1996, p.188
                                                      • Walter van de Leur, Something to Live For, The Music of Billy Strayhorn, Oxford University Press, 2002, p.137
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                                                      Tuesday
                                                      .New York, N.Y..RCA recording session RCA.New Desor
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                                                      Wednesday
                                                      ...activities not documented
                                                      ...
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                                                      1959 03 26
                                                      Thursday
                                                      ...activities not documented
                                                      ...
                                                      ...
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                                                      Friday
                                                      .New York, N.Y..Sesac recording session .New Desor
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                                                      Saturday
                                                      ...activities not documented
                                                      ...
                                                      ...
                                                      1959 03 29
                                                      Sunday
                                                      Easter Sunday
                                                      ...activities not documented
                                                      ...
                                                      ...
                                                      1959 03 30
                                                      Monday
                                                      ...activities not documented
                                                      ...
                                                      ...
                                                      1959 03 30
                                                      Monday
                                                      ...Date of contract between The Blue Note, Inc., Duke Ellington, Inc. and Associated Booking Corporation to provide 15 musicians and 1 vocalist, led by "Duke Ellington Inc., presents Duke Ellington" to the Blue Note for four weeks beginning July 15th, 1959, the usual 32 hour, 5-day week with Sunday matinees, with Mondays and Tuesdays off.

                                                      This contract includes the same headline billing and recording/broadcasting provisions; the fee is $5,000 weekly.

                                                      The union local number shown is 802.


                                                      Stratemann:

                                                      'To enable Ellington to meet the various demands of [Anatomy of a Murder'] he was released from a three-week booking at ...Blue Note, set to begin May 6. It was rescheduled for mid-July...'

                                                      • Contract, Stratemann files, courtesy Monika Stratemann
                                                      • Stratemann p.402
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                                                      Tuesday
                                                      ...activities not documented
                                                      ...
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                                                      April 1959

                                                      1959 04 01
                                                      Wednesday
                                                      ...The "Artist's Job Sheet" for the soundtrack album of "Anatomy of a Murder" cites an artist's contract date of 4/1/59.
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                                                      Wednesday
                                                      .New York, N.Y.Columbia Records 30th St.StudioPrivate recording session
                                                      15:00-18:00
                                                      Duke Ellington and His Orchestra
                                                      Baker, Marenguito, Terry, Nance, Woodman, Jackson, Sanders, Hamilton, Procope, Hodges, Gonsalves, Carney, Ellington, Woode, Johnson. While some discographies and the personnel list in the CD show Cat Anderson, he was apparently absent due to illness.

                                                      Steven Lasker:

                                                      'The Queen's Suite was recorded at, but not for, Columbia Records. The recordings were made at Ellington's personal expense. Ellington did not allow their release in his lifetime. Shortly after his death, Mercer sold them to Norman Granz, who released them on his Pablo label, now owned by the Concord Music Group, not Sony (Columbia Records' corporate successor).'

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                                                      1959 04 02
                                                      Thursday
                                                      ...activities not documented

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                                                      Friday
                                                      8:30 p.m.
                                                      .Philadelphia, Penn.Academy of MusicStratemann and Vail report concerts at the Academy of Music in Philadelphia on April 2 and at the Academy of Music in Bryn Mawr on April 3.

                                                      The Igo/Ewing/Pilkington itinerary questions this:

                                                      '02- Query- Altho Variety 11 Mar 59 show DEO with George Shearing Quintet & Dizzy Gillespie band scheduled for Academy of Music Philadelphia their log book reports that the opera "Aida" was performed instead.'

                                                      Bryn Mawr is a suburb of Philadelphia, and a Google search 2014-08-01 failed to turn up any mention of an Academy of Music in Bryn Mawr. It seems unlikely there would be concerts at identically named venues within the same metropolitan area on successive days. It seems likely that
                                                      1. Dr. Stratemann relied on Variety and did not have access to the on-line newspaper archives that are now available nor to the contract copies now on file at the Smithsonian Institution.
                                                      2. Mr. Vail's source was Stratemann
                                                      3. the event was rescheduled if Variety's announcement was correct at the time of publication.

                                                      Evidence:
                                                      • Contract terms:
                                                        • 15 musicians led by "Duke Ellington, Inc. presents Duke Ellington"
                                                        • Name and Address of Place of Engagement
                                                          Academy of Music, Philadelphia, Pa.
                                                        • Date(s) of employment
                                                          April 3, 1959
                                                        • Hours of employment
                                                          to appear in a concert - one show 8:30 p.m.
                                                        • Standard top billing clause
                                                        • Wage agreed upon: $1,750, 50% deposit to Associated Booking Corporation on signing. Balance in cash to artist, night of engagement
                                                        • Employer
                                                          Deven [sic] Horse Show Committee, Jazz Show Benefit, Philadelphia, Pa.
                                                        • Signed by Lee Guber
                                                      • Variety 1959-03-15 p.64:

                                                        'Lee Guber and Frank Ford, operator of the Music Fairs are producing an all-star jazz festival at the Academy of Music, April 2 featuring Duke Ellington orch. George Shearing Quintet and Dizzy Gillespie band. Concert is sponsored by the Devon County Fair for Bryn Mawr Hospital benefit.'

                                                      • The Philadelphia Inquirer, 1959-03-15, p.6 has a brief announcement naming two ladies as chairmen of a Jazz Concert at the Academy of Music April 2, but a page with an illegible page number in section D of the same edition says

                                                        'Duke Ellington and his orchestra will headline the jazz concert at the Academy of Music April 3. It is being sponsored by the Devon Country Fair for the benefit of the Bryn Mawr Hospital and is being produced by Lee Guber and Frank Ford. Sharing the spotlight will be Dizzy Gillespie and his band and vocalist Billie Holliday.'

                                                      • The Philadelphia Inquirer, 1959-03-17 morning edition, p. 23 advertises Aida by the 'Phila. Grand Opera Co.' on April 2
                                                      • Philadelphia Inquirer 1959-03-22 p.4D carries adjacent ads for the opera on April 2 and the jazz concert April 3.
                                                      • The Daily Intelligencer 1959-03-24 s.2 p.1:

                                                        'Lee Guber and Frank Ford, Music Fair producers, will present a jazz concert on Friday April 3 at the Academy of music for one show only beginning at 8:30 pm. The concert is being sponsored by the Jazz Committee of the Devon Country Fair for the benefit of the Bryn Mawr Hospital.

                                                        Duke Ellington, America's genius of modern music, and his big band will headline the star bright concert but Dizzy Gillespie and his recording band and Billie Holliday are co-featured.'

                                                      • Philadelphia Inquirer 1959-03-29 p.2D

                                                        'Featured band members with Duke Ellington at the Academy of Music Friday evening will be Johnny Hodges, Harry Carney, Ray Nance, Lil Greenwood, Ozzie Bailey and Cat Anderson. The jazz concert, sponsored by the Jazz Committee of the Devon Country Fair for the benefit of the Bryn Mawr Hospital, also will star Dizzy Gillespie's orchestra and Billie Holliday, whose vocalizing will have Ellington's accompaniment. Producers of the show are Lee Guber and Frank Ford.'

                                                      • Trenton Evening Times 1959-04-07 p.18:

                                                        'Last Friday I was invited to attend a jazz concert in Philadelphia. This concert was given by Duke Ellington, Dizzy Gillespie and Billie Holiday. The Academy of Music was filled to the brim for this occasion...'

                                                      • Variety 1959-04-15 p.142:

                                                        'Although the Duke Ellington-Dizzy Gillespie concert failed to pack the Academy of Music, the benefit for the Devon Fair racked up a neat $5,000 profit according to producer Lee Guber.'


                                                      Conclusions:
                                                      1. There was only one concert, and it was April 3.
                                                      2. If a concert was originally planned for April 2, it was rescheduled and Billie Holliday replaced George Shearing.
                                                      3. Alternatively, the initial Philadelphia Inquirer and Variety announcements were simply wrong.
                                                      • Associated Booking Corporation contract dated 1959 02 02, SI-NMAH Archives Center, DEC301, Series III, Subseries A, Box 1, Folder 20
                                                      • Variety
                                                        • 1959-03-15 p.64
                                                        • 1959-04-15 p.142
                                                      • Philadelphia Inquirer
                                                        • 1959-03-15, p.6
                                                        • 1959-03-15 s.D (illegible page no.)
                                                        • 1935-03-22 p4D
                                                        • 1959-03-29 p.2D
                                                      • The Daily Intelligencer, Doylestown, Penn. 1959-03-24 s.2 p.1
                                                      • Review, Trenton Evening Times, Trenton, N.J. 1959-04-07, p.18
                                                      • Stratemann p.400, citing Variety 1959-04-15 p.142
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                                                      Saturday
                                                      .Springfield, Mass.Municipal Auditorium

                                                      SAT. APRIL 4, 1959
                                                      8:30 P.M.

                                                      FRED C. DOBBS
                                                      Presents
                                                      AN ALL-STAR
                                                      JAZZ SPECTACULAR

                                                      at Municipal Auditorium


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                                                      Gene
                                                      Krupa

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                                                      Duke
                                                      Ellington

                                                      And His Orch.

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                                                      Della
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                                                      Tickets At:
                                                      MUSIC CITY
                                                      ...[etc.]
                                                      ...[etc.]
                                                      ...[etc.]
                                                      ...[etc.]
                                                      ...[etc.]
                                                      PRICES   $1.95 - 2.90 - 4.40


                                                      Stratemann and Vail incorrectly place this in Springfield, Illinois.
                                                      Contract terms:
                                                      • 15 musicians and vocalist led by "DUKE ELLINGTON, INC. PRESENTS DUKE ELLINGTON"
                                                      • Name and Address of Place of Engagement
                                                        Municipal Auditorium, Springfield, Massachusetts
                                                      • Date(s) of employment
                                                        April 4th, 1959
                                                      • Hours of employment
                                                        8:30 to 10 p.m.
                                                      • Type of engagement
                                                        Concert
                                                      • Standard top billing clause
                                                      • Wage agreed upon: $2,000 flat, $750 deposit due on signing, balance in cash night of engagement
                                                      • Employer:
                                                        Fred C. Dobbs Associates, 121 Chestnut Street, Springfield, Mass.
                                                      • Signed by
                                                        [first name illegible] Kashmanian
                                                      Fred C. Dobbs Associates appears to have been the business name of a partnership of Aaron Kashmanian, Paul Bates, publicist William J. Conroy Jr. and Margos Kashmanian.
                                                      Peripheral event:
                                                      The Municipal Auditorium was rented for less than $50 whereas the usual fee for a commercial rental would have been as much as $400.

                                                      The Springfield Union 1959 04 10:

                                                      'LEGION ASKS PROBE OF JAZZ CONCERTS GIVEN AS BENEFITS
                                                      2 Posts Disclaim Sponsorship, Say They Got Nothing
                                                      Complaints Pose Mystery Over Circumstances of Minimum Fee Auditorium Rentals

                                                        Rental of Municipal Auditorium at the benefit fee for two recent jazz concerts was under fire Thursday night, with the commander of one of two American Legion posts named as sponsors in rental permits asking for a police investigation.
                                                        According to City Property Committee records, the Auditorium was rented at the minimum fee for both jazz concerts on the representation the sponsors were the two American Legion posts and proceeds would go to their building funds...'

                                                      The lengthy story continues on page 4, and is followed with another front page story the next day, headlined Pair Sought in Probe Of 'Benefit' Concerts, which was continued on page 28.

                                                      The 1959-04-11 story quotes the promoter's publicist saying "Fred C. Dobbs" was a nom de plume.

                                                      The 1959-04-12 Springfield Republican front page story includes a rebuttal by one of the promoters, an acknowledgement by officials of one of the Posts that Dobbs Associates was authorized to apply for the Auditorium rental on the agreement the post would receive 10 % of the net profit, but the concert lost money.

                                                      This story quoted the police detective who questioned the promoters as saying it looks like it was just a misunderstanding and the matter appeared to be settled.

                                                      The Springfield Republican 1959-04-19 edition reported the state American Legion executive committee had investigated and concluded the promoters had been telling the truth, and had simply used the name of one of the posts in error.
                                                      • Associated Booking Corporation contract dated "%th day of March 1959," SI-NMAH Archives Center, DEC301, Series III, Subseries A, Box 1, Folder 21
                                                      • The Springfield Union, Springfield, Mass.
                                                        • 1959-03-28 p.12
                                                        • 1959-04-01 p.19
                                                        • 1959-04-04 p.7
                                                        • 1959-04-10 pp. 1,4
                                                        • 1959-04-11 pp. 1,28
                                                      • The Springfield Republican, Springfield, Mass.
                                                        • 1959-03-22 p.2F
                                                        • 1959-04-12 pp.1,4
                                                        • 1959-04-19 pp.1,3
                                                      • The Massachusetts Collegian, University of Massacusetts, p.1
                                                      • Stratemann p.400
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                                                      Sunday
                                                      .Bridgeport, Conn.Ritz BallroomDance, 9 p.m. to 1 a.m.

                                                      There are two contracts for this venue for this month. The first, dated 1959 02 18 was for a dance to be held 1959 04 12 but is marked as cancelled. The second, dated 1959 03 03, is for a dance 1959 04 05. Other than the performance date, the terms are identical:
                                                      Contract terms:
                                                      • 15 musicians led by "DUKE ELLINGTON, INC. PRESENTS: DUKE ELLINGTON"
                                                      • Standard top billing clause
                                                      • Wage agreed upon: $850 guaranteed, privilege 60% of gross receipts less taxes and wardrobe, payable in full in cash night of engagement
                                                      • Employer: Joe Barry, Ritz Ballroom*
                                                      • Signed by Joe Barry
                                                      SI-NMAH Archives Center, DEC301, Series III, Subseries A, Box 1
                                                      • Folder 20: Cancelled Associated Booking Corporation contract dated 1959 04 12
                                                      • Folder 21: Associated Booking Corporation contract dated 1959 03 03
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                                                      Monday
                                                      8 p.m.
                                                      .Oneonta, N.Y.Fieldhouse
                                                      Hartwick College
                                                      2 hour concert, audience of 400, according to Stratemann.

                                                      The Gunny Sack:

                                                      'Student Senate of Hartwick College will sponsor a Duke Ellington Day on Monday morning April 6 and in the evening the famed entertainer will present a concert in the fieldhouse.

                                                      Ellington to Play at Hartwick:

                                                      'Duke Ellington...will appear at Hartwick College with his famous orchestra. ... Prior to the concert, Ellington and his orchestra will be the guests of the college and the student senate in the Commons. This concert will be open to the public...'

                                                      'Sudents from several schools will participate in a leadership workshop at Hartwick College in Oneonta. The workshop, opening with a tea at 3 p.m. Monday, is being sponsored by the Student Senate on Oyaron Hill. ... The visitors will be guests of the Student Seante during a dinner at Hartwick Commons at 6:30 p.m. Guests of honor will be Duke Ellington and his orcheatra which will present a concert in the Hartwick College fieldhouse at 8:30 p.m. Monday'

                                                      The Oneonta Star carried a review of the concert, a summary of an remarks Duke made this evening, and a photo of Ellinton with Hartwick freshmen Roger Fritts and Sophie Koken.
                                                      Contract terms:
                                                      • 15 musicians led by "DUKE ELLINGTON, INC. PRESENTS DUKE ELLINGTON"
                                                      • Name and Address of Place of Engagement
                                                        Hartwick College - Auditorium, Oneonta, New York
                                                      • Hours of employment
                                                        1 concert - 8:30 to 10:30 p.m.
                                                      • Standard top billing clause
                                                      • Wage agreed upon: $1,500 flat, deposit $750 payable on signing and balance in cash night of engagement
                                                      • Employer: G.E.Reese, Director of Student Activities, Hartwick College
                                                      • Associated Booking Corporation contract dated 1959 03 09, SI-NMAH Archives Center, DEC301, Series III, Subseries A, Box 1, Folder 21
                                                      • Oneonta Daily Star and the Oneonta Star
                                                        • Gerald "Gunny" Gunthrup, The Gunny Sack1959-03-14
                                                        • 1959-03-18 p.5
                                                        • 1959-04-07 p.5
                                                      • Binghamton Press, 1959-04-03 p.3
                                                      • Stratemann p.400 citing DESB
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                                                      1959 04 07
                                                      Tuesday
                                                      ...Ellington's own activity is not documented
                                                      ...
                                                      ...
                                                      1959 04 07
                                                      Tuesday
                                                      .New York, N.Y.Columbia Records Peripheral event
                                                      Verve recording session: Baker, Sanders, Jackson, Hamnilton, Hodges, Ben Webster, Jimmy Jones, Les Spann, Ray Brown and Jo Jones
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                                                      Wednesday
                                                      ...Ellington's own activity is not documented
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                                                      1959 04 08
                                                      Wednesday
                                                      .New York, N.Y.Columbia Records Peripheral event
                                                      Verve recording session: Baker, Sanders, Jackson, Hamnilton, Hodges, Ben Webster, Jimmy Jones, Les Spann, Ray Brown and Jo Jones
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                                                      Thursday
                                                      .Milford, Mass.Crystal Room
                                                      Main Street
                                                      "Concerts in Jazz" workshop - Stratemann reports this was a 4 hour event.
                                                      Contract terms:
                                                      • 15 musicians led by "DUKE ELLINGTON, INC. PRESENTS DUKE ELLINGTON"
                                                      • Name and Address of Place of Engagement
                                                        Crystal Room, Main Street, Milford, Massachusetts
                                                      • Date(s) of employment
                                                        April 9, 1959 (8:30 p.m. to 12:30 p.m.)
                                                      • BAND CAN ENJOY A GOOD ITALIAN DINNER IN THE CRYSTAL ROOM BY 6:30NITE OF ENGAGEMENT [hand-printed]
                                                      • Type of engagement
                                                        Club
                                                      • Standard top billing clause
                                                      • Wage agreed upon: $1,000, privilege 60% gross receipts after tax ded.[sic]. Deposit $500 due on signing and balance in cash night of engagement
                                                      • Employer:
                                                        Boots Mussulli, Crystal Room, Main Street, Milford, Mass.
                                                      • Signed by Boots Mussulli
                                                      Patricia Willard:

                                                      'Mr. Mussulli (1917-67) had kinda been there, done that, being an alto and baritone sax veteran of the bands of Teddy Powell, Stan Kenton, Vido Musso, Gene Krupa, Herb Pomeroy and Toshiko Akiyoshi.'

                                                      • Associated Booking Corporation contract dated 1959 03 02, SI-NMAH Archives Center, DEC301, Series III, Subseries A, Box 1, Folder 21
                                                      • Ads, Boston Evening American
                                                        • 1959-04-01 p.28
                                                        • 1959-04-09 p.45
                                                        • Ad, Boston Daily Record 1959-04-09 p.45
                                                      • Stratemann p.400 citing DESB
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                                                      1959 04 10
                                                      Friday
                                                      .Wrentham, Mass.The King Philip Ballroom
                                                      Lake Pearl
                                                      Providence College Junior Prom

                                                      'The crowning of Miss Helen Bauroth as Queen of the Prom highlighted the Class of 1960's Junior Promenade Friday evening. The affair was staged at the King Philip Ballroom in Wrentham, Mass.
                                                        Termed a great success, the Prom was attended by over 250 couples, who danced to the music of Duke Ellington and his 20 piece orchestra... '


                                                      Contract terms:
                                                      • 15 musicians led by "Duke Ellington, Inc. presents - Duke Ellington"
                                                      • Name and Address of Place of Engagement
                                                        The King Phillip [sic]- Wrentham, Mass.
                                                      • Date(s) of employment
                                                        April 10, 1959 - Dance
                                                      • Hours of employment
                                                        8:30 P.M.- 12:30 A.M.
                                                      • Standard top billing clause
                                                      • Wage agreed upon: $2,000, deposits $500 payable on signing, $500 by March 27, balance in cash to artist night of engagement
                                                      • Employer: Junior Class (1960), Providence College, Providence, R.I.
                                                      • Signed by William J. McLaughlin

                                                      • Associated Booking Corporation contract dated 1959 01 21, SI-NMAH Archives Center, DEC301, Series III, Subseries A, Box 1, Folder 19
                                                      • The Cowl, Providence College, Providence, R.I.
                                                        • 1959-03-04 p.2
                                                        • 1959-04-15 p.2
                                                      • Stratemann p. 400
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                                                      Saturday
                                                      .Jenkintown, Penn.Beaver CollegeConcert, 2 to 4 p.m.

                                                      Stratemann describes this as "regular evening concert or ball?" but the contract is for 2 hour concert beginning at 2 p.m.

                                                      Vail says it was an early evening concert.
                                                      Contract terms:
                                                      • 15 musicians led by "Duke Ellington, Inc. presents Duke Ellington"
                                                      • Name and Address of Place of Engagement
                                                        Beaver College, Jenkinstown [sic], Pennsylvania
                                                      • Date of employment
                                                        April 11, 1959*
                                                      • Hours of employment
                                                        1 concert - 2 p.m. to 4 p.m.
                                                      • Type of engagement
                                                        Concert
                                                      • Standard top billing clause
                                                      • Wage agreed upon: $1,500 flat, $750 payable on signing and balance due day of engagement in cash.
                                                      • Employer:
                                                        Class of 1960, Beaver College
                                                      • Signed by
                                                        Gordon Bratzenger, Janet Levine*
                                                      • Associated Booking Corporation contract dated 1959 01 13, SI-NMAH Archives Center, DEC301, Series III, Subseries A, Box 1, Folder 19
                                                      • Stratemann p.400
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                                                      1959 04 12
                                                      Sunday
                                                      1:00 - 5:00 a.m.
                                                      New York, N.Y.369th Regiment Armory
                                                      2366 Fifth Ave.
                                                      (Harlem)
                                                      Breakfast dance sponsored by The Birdland Boys, a group of Birdland waiters and ex-waiters. The event started at 10 pm Saturday with Machito's Cuban band, followed by the Lambert-Hendricks-Ross Singers from Birdland (their last number was accompanied by Ben Webster). Ellington and his orchestra played from 1 to 5 a.m. Sunday.
                                                      Contract terms:
                                                      • 15 musicians led by "Duke Ellington, Inc. presents Duke Ellington"
                                                      • Name and Address of Place of Engagement
                                                        369th Armory, 142nd St. & Fifth Ave.
                                                      • Date(s) of employment
                                                        April 11, 1959
                                                      • Hours of employment
                                                        11:55 P.M. - 4:55 A.M. April 12th
                                                      • Standard top billing clause
                                                      • Wage agreed upon: $2,500, deposit $1,250 payable on signing and balance in cash to artist night of engagement
                                                      • Employer:
                                                        Birdland Boy's Club c/o Gregory
                                                      • Signed by
                                                        Howard Gregory

                                                      Hoefer:

                                                      Rarely, probably under no other circumstances, is Duke's band heard in such an informal atmosphere. Just as rarely does the band stay on the stand for such a long stretch at a time. Somebody was always playing, sometimes Duke at the piano alone, or lightly accompanied by the rhythm section. Jimmy Johnson...was still too new to do much roamin'around. Besides, when the drum specialty Skin Deep comes up, it gives Duke and the boys a chance to get around and greet old friends...Duke kept catching Johnny as he wandered off the stand after each number. Harry Carney kept his seat faithfully throughout...

                                                      • Associated Booking Corporation contract dated 1959 01 13, SI-NMAH Archives Center, DEC301, Series III, Subseries A, Box 1, Folder 19
                                                      • George Hoefer: The Hot Box, Down Beat, 1959-06-11
                                                      • Stratemann p.400
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                                                      Sunday
                                                      .Wilton, Conn.High School gymParent Teachers Association Jazz Festival

                                                      Jimmy Rushing was also on the bill
                                                      Contract terms:
                                                      • 15 musicians led by "DUKE ELLINGTON, INC. PRESENTS DUKE ELLINGTON"
                                                      • Name and Address of Place of Engagement
                                                        Typed: Wilton Town Hall, Wilton, Connecticut
                                                        Handwritten: High School Gym
                                                      • Hours of employment
                                                        1 concert - 7:30 p.m.
                                                      • Standard top billing clause
                                                      • Wage agreed upon: $1,200 deposit $600 payable on signing, balance in cash night of engagement
                                                      • Employer: John T. Lawrence, Parent Teachers Association of Wilton, Wilton, Conn.
                                                      • Associated Booking Corporation contract dated 1959 03 02, SI-NMAH Archives Center, DEC301, Series III, Subseries A, Box 1, Folder 21
                                                      • Stratemann p.400 citing DESB
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                                                      Monday
                                                      .Bloomfield, N.J.Hanks Evergreen ClubContract terms:
                                                      • 15 musicians led by "DUKE ELLINGTON, INC. PRESENTS DUKE ELLINGTON AND HIS ORCHESTRA"
                                                      • Name and Address of Place of Engagement
                                                        Hanks Evergreen Club, 2 Montgomery St., Bloomfield, N.J.
                                                      • Date(s) of employment
                                                        April 13, 1959
                                                      • Hours of employment
                                                        9:15 p.m. to 1:45 a.m.
                                                      • Standard top billing clause
                                                      • Wage agreed upon: $1,000, 50% deposit payable on signing to Associated Booking Corporation and balance in cash to artist, night of engagement
                                                      • Employer:
                                                        Hank Omelczuk
                                                        Hanks Evergreen Club
                                                      • Signed by Hank Omelczuk per Rudy Viola wire

                                                      Associated Booking Corporation contract dated 1959 03 17, SI-NMAH Archives Center, DEC301, Series III, Subseries A, Box 1, Folder 21..
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                                                      Tuesday
                                                      ...Sidemen's activities not documented
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                                                      1959 04 14
                                                      Tuesday
                                                      .New York, N.Y.30th Street Columbia StudiosColumbia recording session
                                                      17:00-19:00
                                                      Duke Ellington and Jimmy Woode
                                                      Title recorded:

                                                      THE QUEENS SUITE movement 5. Single Petal Of A Rose
                                                      Vail II reminds us that only one copy of the Queen's Suite LP was pressed, to be presented to Her Majesty. This is not so. Collector Steven Lasker brought a copy to the 2008 Duke Ellington International Study Group Conference in London (see DEMS 08/2-6). He said Teo Macero had five copies, and he thought there could have been as many as ten pressed.
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                                                      Wednesday
                                                      ...activities not documented
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                                                      Thursday
                                                      ...activities not documented
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                                                      1959 04 17
                                                      Friday
                                                      .Lexington, Va.Gym
                                                      Washington and Lee University
                                                      Dance (first night of the Spring Dances). The weekend was to have a Nassau Vacation theme. Dance set president Frank Surface expressed the hope that, although Ellington's orchestra was not yet contracted (untrue), they will will play some "goombay" calypso, Nassau's traditional music.
                                                      Contract terms:
                                                      • 15 musicians led by "Duke Ellington Inc. presents Duke Ellington"
                                                      • Dance Board President Joe Craycroft:

                                                        'This is the band we've been trying to get above all other bands for the last three years. We almost had him for Fancy Dress, we have now finally succeeded.'

                                                      • Name and Address of Place of Engagement
                                                        Gym, Washington & Lee University
                                                      • Date(s) of employment
                                                        April 17, 1959
                                                      • Hours of employment:
                                                        9 p.m. to 1 a.m.
                                                      • Type of engagement: Dance
                                                      • Standard top billing clause
                                                      • Wage agreed upon: $2,000 flat, deposit $1,000 payable on signing and balance in cash night of engagement
                                                      • Employer: Washington & Lee Dance Board, Washington & Lee University, Lexington, Virginia
                                                      • Signed by Joseph L. Craycroft, Jr.
                                                      • Associated Booking Corporation contract dated 1958 12 10, SI-NMAH Archives Center, DEC301, Series III, Subseries A, Box 1, Folder 18
                                                      • The Ring-tum Phi, Washington and Lee University, Lexington, Va.
                                                        • 1959-03-06 p.1
                                                        • 1959-03-24 p.1
                                                      • The Post, Frederick, Maryland, 1959-04-25 p.12
                                                      • Stratemann p.400
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                                                      Saturday
                                                      .Greensboro, N.C.Sedgefield ManorSecond annual Piedmont Jazz Society Festival

                                                      'Jazzing Things Up
                                                        If you have a ticket then by all means go out to Sedgefield Manor Saturday for the second festival of the Piedmont Jazz Society.
                                                        If you haven't a ticket, don't bother. The house is completely sold out for afternoon and evening "concerts" for which Duke Ellington (no less) and his band is the chief attraction. For the 3-to-5 and 9-to-1 programs two combos will take part along with Duke & Co. These are the River Boat Five from Atlanta and the Jazz Journeymen from Durham.'


                                                      Contract terms:
                                                      • 15 musicians led by "Duke Ellington, Inc. presents Duke Ellington"
                                                      • Hours of employment
                                                        9 p.m to 1 a.m
                                                      • Standard top billing clause
                                                      • Wage agreed upon: $1,750, $875 payable to Associated Booking Corp. upon signing contract 60 days prior to engagement. Balance in cash to artist night of engagement
                                                      • Employer:Piedmont Jazz Society
                                                      • Associated Booking Corporation contract dated 1959 01 26, SI-NMAH Archives Center, DEC301, Series III, Subseries A, Box 1, Folder 19
                                                      • The Greensboro Record, Greensboro, N.C. 1959-02-26 p.B4
                                                      • Jazzing Things Up, Greensboro Daily News, Greensboro, N.C. 1959-04-15 p.A5
                                                      • Stratemann p.400 citing DESB
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                                                      Sunday
                                                      .Fort Bragg, N.J.Main Post N.C.O. ClubContract terms:
                                                      • 15 musicians led by "Duke Ellington, Inc. presents Duke Ellington"
                                                      • Name and Address of Place of Engagement
                                                        Main Post N.C.O. Club.Fort Bragg, N.J.
                                                      • Hours of employment
                                                        8 p.m. to 12 p.m.
                                                      • Type of engagement
                                                        Dance
                                                      • Standard top billing clause
                                                      • Wage agreed upon: $1,000 flat "at end of engagement" [hand=printed]
                                                      • Employer: M/Sgt. E. J. Seaver
                                                      • Signed by: E. J. Seaver
                                                      • Associated Booking Corporation contract dated 1959 02 16, SI-NMAH Archives Center, DEC301, Series III, Subseries A, Box 1, Folder 20
                                                      • Stratemann p.400
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                                                      Monday
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                                                      1959 04 21
                                                      Tuesday
                                                      .Fayetteville, N.C.Auditorium and
                                                      Lilly Gym
                                                      Fayetteville State Teachers College
                                                      Concert, 8 p.m.
                                                      Dance, 10 p.m.
                                                      Contract terms:
                                                      • 15 musicians and vocalist led by "DUKE ELLINGTON, INC. PRESENTS DUKE ELLINGTON"
                                                      • Name and Address of Place of Engagement
                                                        Gym - Fayetteville State Teachers College
                                                      • Hours of employment
                                                        Concert in Auditorium 8 p.m. to 9 p.m.
                                                        Dance in Gymnasium 10 p.m. to 1 a.m.
                                                      • Standard top billing clause
                                                      • Wage agreed upon: $1,250 guaranteed , privilege 50% gross receipts, deposit $625 due on signing, balance in cash night of engagement
                                                      • Employer:
                                                        A.J.Pindle, Business Manager, Fayetteville State Teacher's College
                                                      • Signed by A.J.Pindle
                                                      • Associated Booking Corporation contract dated 1959 02 19, SI-NMAH Archives Center, DEC301, Series III, Subseries A, Box 1, Folder 20
                                                      • Stratemann p.400 citing DESB
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                                                      Wednesday
                                                      .Bluefield, W.Va.Bluefield Auditorium

                                                      'BLUEFIELD - Alpha Phi Alpha fraternity will sponsor the appearance of Duke Ellington and his orchestra in a concert and dance at 8:30 p.m. April 22 in Bluefield Auditorium.
                                                        Proceeds ... will go into a scholarship fund...'

                                                      Reserved seats $2.50
                                                      Advance general admission $2.00
                                                      Contract terms:
                                                      • 15 musicians led by "Duke Ellington, Inc.,Owner, presents Duke Ellington"
                                                      • Name and Address of Place of Engagement
                                                        Bluefield Auditorium, Bluefield, W.Va.
                                                      • Date of employment
                                                        April 22, 1959
                                                      • Hours of employment:
                                                        Between 8:30 p.m. and 12:30 a.m.
                                                      • Type of engagement:
                                                        Concert & Dance
                                                      • Standard top billing clause
                                                      • Wage agreed upon: $1,500 flat, deposit $750 payable on signing and balance in cash night of engagement
                                                      • Employer:Dr. J.E.Martin, 725 Bland Street, Bluefield, W.Va.
                                                      • Signed by Dr. J.E.Martin for Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity.

                                                      The Pittsburgh Courier carried a photo of Duke seated at a piano and shaking hands with Dr. Martin, who is standing. The caption says

                                                      'The Duke and Friends–The Duke of Ellington and his men were guests in Bluefield, W. Va., when Alpha Phi Alpha men drew some 2500 music-mad folks (of all races) to their first pay affair. Headed by Dr. Ernest Martin, standing, long-time friend of the Duke, some sort of record was broken during the band's engagement. A pianist of no mean ability himself, Ernie Martin had a homecoming session with Johnny Hodges and Harry Carney, with whom he played years ago in Boston when he was going to school.'

                                                      The same photograph is printed in William R. Archer's "Bluefield," at page 106.
                                                      • Associated Booking Corporation contract dated 1959 02 13, SI-NMAH Archives Center, DEC301, Series III, Subseries A, Box 1, Folder 20
                                                      • Register and Post-Herald, Beckley, W.Va., 1959 04 11 p.2
                                                      • Bluefield Daily Telegraph, Bluefield, W.Va.
                                                        • 1959-02-22 p.8 s.2
                                                        • 1959-04-17 p.15
                                                        • 1959-04-19 p.9
                                                      • Autographed programme, 1959-04-22
                                                      • The Pittsburgh Courier, Pittsburgh, Penn., 1959-05-23 p.15
                                                      • Captioned photo, Ellington shaking hands with Dr. Martin, William R. Archer, "Bluefield," Arcadia Publishing, 2000, p.106
                                                      • Additional documentation is likely to be found in SI-NMAH DEC301, Series 2: Performances and Programs, 1933-1974, box 11, folder 30 Bluefield Auditorium, Bluefield, West Virginia, April 22, 1959
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                                                      1959 04 23
                                                      Thursday
                                                      .Durham, N.C.North Carolina College GymnasiumConcert, 8:30 p.m., sponsored by Alpha Kappa Chapter of Kappa Alpha Psi Fraternity.

                                                      Tickets:
                                                      Students: Advance, $1.25, Door, $1.50
                                                      General admission: Advance, $2.00, Door, $2.25
                                                      Contract terms:
                                                      • 15 musicians led by "Duke Ellington, Inc.,Owner, presents: Duke Ellington"
                                                      • Name and Address of Place of Engagement
                                                        North Carolina College at Durham, Durham, N.C.
                                                      • Date of employment
                                                        April 23, 1959
                                                      • Hours of employment
                                                        8:30 - 10:30 p.m.
                                                      • Type of engagement: Concert
                                                      • Standard top billing clause
                                                      • Wage agreed upon: $1,250 guaranteed, privilege 50% gross receipts, deposit $625 payable on signing and balance in cash night of engagement
                                                      • Employer
                                                        Alpha Kappa Chapter, Kappa Alpha Psi Fraternity, North Carolina College at Durham, Durham, N.C.
                                                      • Signed by Thomas C. Watson, Alpha Kappa Chapter KA4
                                                      • Associated Booking Corporation contract dated 1959 03 12, SI-NMAH Archives Center, DEC301, Series III, Subseries A, Box 1, Folder 21
                                                      • The Daily Tar Heel, Chapel Hill, N.C.
                                                        • 1959-04-14 p.3
                                                        • 1959-04-17 p.4
                                                        • 1959-01-21 p.4
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                                                      Friday
                                                      1959 04 25Davidson, N.C.Gym
                                                      Davidson College
                                                      2 day "Spring Frolics" weekend.

                                                      Semi-formal dance Friday
                                                      Contract terms:
                                                      • 15 musicians led by "Duke Ellington Inc. presents Duke Ellington"
                                                      • Name and Address of Place of Engagement
                                                        Gym - Davidson College, Davidson, N.C.
                                                      • Date(s) of employment
                                                        April 24th and 25th, 1959
                                                      • Hours of employment:
                                                        April 24th 9 p.m.-1 a.m. (dance)
                                                        April 25th:
                                                        • 4 - 5 p.m. (concert)
                                                        • 8 p.m. to 12 M. (dance)
                                                      • Standard top billing clause
                                                      • Wage agreed upon: $5,000 flat, deposit $2,500 due on signing and balance in cash at end of engagement
                                                      • Employer: Vernon Anderson - Prsident, Interfraternity Council, Davison College*
                                                      • Signed by Vernon Anderson, Jr.
                                                      • Associated Booking Corporation contract dated 1958 12 09, SI-NMAH Archives Center, DEC301, Series III, Subseries A, Box 1, Folder 18
                                                      • The Davidsonian, Davidson College, Davidson, N.C.
                                                        • 1959-04-10 p.1
                                                        • 1959-04-24 p.1
                                                      • Stratemann p.400
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                                                      Saturday
                                                      Davidson, N.C.Davidson CollegeSecond day of "Spring Frolics" - see 1959 04 24
                                                      • Afternoon concert at 2:30 (contract says 4 p.m.), on the campus lawn if technical arrangements could be made, otherwise, in the Chamber's Auditorium.
                                                      • "Bermuda night" informal evening dance from 8 p.m. to midnight.
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                                                      Sunday
                                                      .Atlanta, Ga.Magnolia BallroomTwo concerts, 6 and 10 p.m.
                                                      Contract terms:
                                                      • 15 musicians led by "DUKE ELLINGTON, INC. PRESENTS: DUKE ELLINGTON AND HIS ORCHESTRA"
                                                      • Hours of employment
                                                        Two- one hour concerts at approximately 6 P.M. & 10 P.M.
                                                      • Standard top billing clause
                                                      • Wage agreed upon: $1,750 & 50% over $3,500. deposit $750 payable on signing to Associated Booking Corporation and balance in cash to artist day of engagement
                                                      • Employer: B.B.Beamon
                                                      • Signed by B.B.Beamon
                                                      • Associated Booking Corporation contract dated 1959 02 17, SI-NMAH Archives Center, DEC301, Series III, Subseries A, Box 1, Folder 20
                                                      • Stratemann p.400 citing DESB
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                                                      Monday
                                                      .Charleston Air Force Base, S.C.Officer's ClubDance, 9 p.m. to 1 a.m.
                                                      Contract terms:
                                                      • 15 musicians led by "DUKE ELLINGTON, INC. PRESENTS DUKE ELLINGTON"
                                                      • Standard top billing clause
                                                      • Wage agreed upon: $1,000 flat, deposit $500 payable on signing, balance in cash night of engagement
                                                      • Employer
                                                        Capt. C. A. Stodghill
                                                        Officers' Open Mess Club
                                                        Charleston Air Force Base
                                                        Charleston, S.C.
                                                      • Signed by C. A. Stodghill, Sec., Capt. USAF
                                                      • Associated Booking Corporation contract dated 1959 03 03, SI-NMAH Archives Center, DEC301, Series III, Subseries A, Box 1, Folder 21
                                                      • Date Calendar Listings..., The News and Courier, Charleston,S.C., 1959-04-26 p.9-B
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                                                      Tuesday
                                                      .Los Angeles, Cal.Private club
                                                      3005 Vineyard Ave.
                                                      Peripheral event

                                                      'On the eve of Duke Ellington's birthday, ...Hollywood Chapter 1 of the Duke Ellington Jazz Society will be staging a duet celebration. There'll be the Ellington birthday festivities, and they'll be an inauguration of Chapter 1's permanent home. DEJS member Duane Vest and his parents, Wayne and Inez Vest, are generously donating the extensive facilities of their private club ... for the birthday party and for all the Society's regular semi-monthly meetings thereafter. The Vests' club is a gasser - with bar, cocktail tables, dance floor, bandstand and soft lights. Party doors open at 9 p.m. No admission charge. Live entertainment. Refreshments. Hear Duke's latest Columbia LP "Duke Ellington Jazz Festival". ... Everyone is welcome...'

                                                      DEJS newsletter May 1959..
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                                                      Wednesday
                                                      Ellington's birthday
                                                      .Knoxville, Tenn.Gordon's Town House
                                                      1702 West Cumberland
                                                      Concert 7 to 8 p.m., $1.50/person
                                                      Dance 9 to 12 p.m., $2.50/person

                                                      Stratemann says the orchestra played without Duke. He reports that according to various DESB clippings, Duke became ill and flew back to New York from Charleston, S.C. to see his doctor. See the next April 29 entry.

                                                      Vail:

                                                      'Duke Ellington is taken ill with chills and a fever and immediately flies back to New York to see his doctor Arthur Logan. The Orchestra plays its show at Gordon Town House... It is possible that the illness is a cover for the fact that Ellington has to be in Ishpeming, Michigan to work on the movie, Anatomy of a Murder.'


                                                      Contract terms:
                                                      • 15 musicians led by "DUKE ELLINGTON, INC. PRESENTS DUKE ELLINGTON"
                                                      • Name and Address of Place of Engagement
                                                        Town House, Knoxville, Tennessee
                                                      • Date(s) of employment
                                                        April 29th, 1959
                                                      • Hours of employment
                                                        Concert 7 p.m. to 8 p.m.
                                                        Dance 9 p.m. to 12 midnight
                                                      • Standard top billing clause
                                                      • Wage agreed upon: $1,000 flat, deposit $500 payable on signing and balance in cash night of engagement
                                                      • Employer: John Creech Jr., 1702 Cumberland Ave., Town House, Knoxville, Tenn.
                                                      • Signed by John W. Creech
                                                      • Associated Booking Corporation contract dated 1959 02 20, SI-NMAH Archives Center, DEC301, Series III, Subseries A, Box 1, Folder 20
                                                      • Advertising poster, courtesy Steven Lasker (email 2018-04-13)
                                                      • AP Wirestory, Arkansas Gazette, Little Rock, Ark. 1959-05-01 p.21
                                                      • Stratemann p.400 citing DESB
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                                                      1959 04 29
                                                      Wednesday
                                                      Duke's birthday
                                                      .Ishpeming, Minn..

                                                      .
                                                      Syndicated columnist Leonard Lyons reported in a story datelined New York

                                                      'Duke Ellington received permission from producer Otto Preminger to postpone his arrival in Ishpeming, Mich. for his scenes in "Anatomy of Murder." Ellington stayed [here] for his 60th birthday party.'

                                                      On the other hand, Duke-LYM correspondent Larry Crawford writes:

                                                      Joan G. Hansen wrote about Duke's involvement in the "Anatomy of a Murder" film in her book "Anatomy of 'Anatomy': The Making of a Movie" -- as an on-location witness and film participant...She reports that DE arrived in Big Bay, Michigan in the afternoon on April 29, during location shooting there for the movie. If so, DE probably flew directly from Tennesee to Michigan earlier on that day. DE met with Preminger and toured the film shooting remote location that day.
                                                      2) DE stayed and worked at the Mather Inn, located in Ishpeming Michigan (correction -- not Marquette), during his stay for several weeks into May. Hansen confirms this in her book, as an inn employee. Preminger and key members of the film production company stayed at the Mather.
                                                      3) DE band members were in MI for movie filming, and did rehearsals in the Mather Inn (no dates in Hansen's book).
                                                      4) DE band and entourage members stayed nearby at the Northland Inn in Marquette MI. Hansen confirms that Strayhorn was present in Michigan for a portion of the time, probably at the Northland, and she met him during his stay.'

                                                      Stratemann p.401:

                                                      'A May 2 entry among the DESB clippings states that Ellington "arrived in Ishpeming (MI) Wednesday" (April 29th) which is unlikely in view of the above reports, unless the illness had been invented by his agents, to hide the fact that he had chosen to leave the band because of a more important commitment.'

                                                      Ellington recorded a one-sided interview which is included on the Anatomy of a Murder CD, and has been transcribed in the accompanying booklet. The scripted questions are not heard, instead there are periods of silence during which local broadcast talent would ask the scripted question and play the indicated music stings. Ellington:

                                                      ' I arrived in Ishpeming on my birthday, it was 5 or 6 o'clock in the morning, and came to the hotel and Otto Preminger was in the dining room at six o'clock having his breakfast - he was getting ready to go to work - and I had a bit to eat with him and he went off to uh, to do his shooting and I forget what I did, but anyway that evening they had a birthday dinner for me over at the Roosevelt in Ishpeming, and party, candles on the cakes, and everything else, you know. It was wonderful. It's been a great experience...'

                                                      • San Mateo Times, San Mateo, Cal., 1959-05-05 p.22
                                                      • Leonard Lyons, Lyons Den, Amarillo Daily News, Amarillo, Tex., 1959-05-06 p.8
                                                      • Email Crawford-Palmquist, 2014-08-01
                                                      • One-sided interview, Columbia/Legacy CD CK65569m track 25
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                                                      1959 05 06.. Peripheral event

                                                      'By unanimous action of the International Officers and Board of the Duke Ellington Jazz Society, DEJS proclaims the seven days commencing with Duke Ellington's birthday, April 29,and extending to May 6, 1959, as DUKE ELLINGTON WEEK throughout the world. Celebrations are planned in London, Paris, Stockholm, New York City, Chicago, Hollywood, Washington, D.C., Vancouver, Toronto and many cities internationally whose reports are en route to Headquarters. Artists, disc jockeys, columnists, critics and record dealers everywhere are paying extra tribute to Duke Ellington and his World Famous Orchestra during this week, first of the annual April Duke Ellington Week observances, sponsored by DEJS and its global membership.'

                                                      Duke Ellington Jazz Society ("DEJS") newsletter May 1959..
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                                                      1959 05 06New York, N.Y.Home of Ruth James. Peripheral event

                                                      'DEJS Chapter 100 Duke Ellington Week Birthday Celebration will be at the home of Duke's sister, Mrs. Ruth James, April 29. Ellington band alumni, radio and music personalities and the press will be guests of honor. An exclusive 1958 Swedish recording of the Ellington band will be presented. For further details, contact Dr. Douglas Bray, [address and phone number redacted]...'

                                                      Ellington was not present according to the caption of a photo printed by The Amsterdam News. It shows Ruth speaking on the telephone, surrounded by Mercer, DEJS president Dr. Douglas Bray, Leonard Feather and Nat Hentoff. The caption says she is speaking with Duke.
                                                      • DEJS newsletter May 1959
                                                      • The Amsterdam News, New York, N.Y. 1959-05-09 p.13
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                                                      1959 05 06Chicago, Ill.Blue Note Peripheral event

                                                      'DEJS Chapter 50 Duke Ellington Week birthday celebrations: Frank Holzfeind's Blue Note, 3 North Clark Street, April 29, where DJS member George Shearing is appearing through May 3. Shearing will dedicate the evening of the 29th to Duke, playing primarily Ellington compositions...For further details, call the Blue Note, DE.2-2247...'

                                                      DEJS newsletter May 1959..
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                                                      Thursday
                                                      ...Ellington was likely on location in Michigan for the filming of Anatomy of a Murder....
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                                                      Thursday
                                                      .Blacksburg, VirginiaBurruss Hall
                                                      Virginia Polytechnic Institute.
                                                      Concert (probably performed without Duke - to be confirmed)
                                                      Contract terms:
                                                      • 15 musicians led by "Duke Ellington, Inc. presents Duke Ellington"
                                                      • Hours of employment: 1 concert - 8 p.m. to 10 p.m.*
                                                      • Type of engagement: Concert*
                                                      • Standard top billing clause
                                                      • Wage agreed upon: $2,000 flat, deposits $500 payable on signing and $500 by March 30, balance in cash night of engagement
                                                      • Employer: Curtis Cowell, V.F.I. Jazz Club
                                                        Box B-5, Virginia Tech Station, Blacksburg, Virginia
                                                      • Signed by Curtis L. Cowell
                                                      Associated Booking Corporation contract dated 1959 01 13, SI-NMAH Archives Center, DEC301, Series III, Subseries A, Box 1, Folder 19..
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                                                      1959 05 01
                                                      Friday
                                                      .Washington, D.C.. Peripheral event

                                                      'DEJS Chapter 90 Duke Ellington Week birthday celebration will be May 1. For time and place, contact Maurice A. Lawrence,...' [address and phone number redacted]


                                                      DEJS newsletter May 1959..
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                                                      ...
                                                      1959 05 02.Durham, N.C.Main quadrangle and Indoor Stadium
                                                      Duke University
                                                      Lawn concert, 1:30- 3:30 p.m.
                                                      Formal dance, 8 p.m.- 12 M

                                                      Assuming the concert and dance were performed, and there is no reason to doubt it, the orchestra performed without Ellington, who was in Marquette, Michigan this evening (see next entry).
                                                      Contract terms:
                                                      • 15 musicians led by "Duke Ellington, Inc. presents Duke Ellington"
                                                      • Standard top billing clause
                                                      • Wage agreed upon: $2,500 flat, deposit $1,250 payable on signing and balance in cash night of engagement
                                                      • Employer: William Griffith, Director of Student Affairs, Duke University
                                                      • Signed by W. Griffith and Rolf Towe, Pres., Shoe 'n' Slipper Club
                                                      • Associated Booking Corporation contract dated 1958 12 11, SI-NMAH Archives Center, DEC301, Series III, Subseries A, Box 1, Folder 18
                                                      • The Duke Chronicle, Duke University, Durham, N.C.:
                                                        • 1959-02-13 pp.1,5
                                                        • 1959-04-08 p.1
                                                        • 1959-04-17 p.7
                                                        • 1959-05-01 pp.1,4
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                                                      .Marquette, Mich.Mather InnEllington played Take the "A" Train with the Cab Whitmore Quartet, which was playing for the spring dinner-dance of the Delta Sigma Nu Sorority of Northern Michigan College.

                                                      He would stay at the Mather Inn for the duration of his work on Anatomy of a Murder.
                                                      • Stratemann p.401 citing DESB
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                                                      • Stratemann pp.401-412
                                                      • Additional photos:

                                                        • Photo, Mercer Ellington and Stanley Dance, Duke Ellington In Person, An Intimate Memoir, Houghton, 1978 and London: Hutchinson's, 1978

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                                                      Sunday
                                                      .Fort Bragg, N.C.Officers' Open Mess ClubDance

                                                      This event will have been performed without Ellington.
                                                      Contract terms:
                                                      • 15 musicians led by "Duke Ellington, Inc. presents Duke Ellington"
                                                      • Name and Address of Place of Engagement
                                                        Officers' Open Mess Club, Fort Bragg, N.C.
                                                      • Date of employment
                                                        May 3, 1959
                                                      • Hours of employment: 8 p.m. to 12 a.m. WJS
                                                      • Type of engagement: Dance
                                                      • Standard top billing clause
                                                      • Wage agreed upon: $1,500 flat, payable in cash on night of engagement
                                                      • Employer:
                                                        Lt. Col. James L. Walker, Officers' Open Mess Club, Fort Bragg, N.C.
                                                      • Signed by James L. Walker
                                                      Associated Booking Corporation contract dated 1958 12 18, SI-NMAH Archives Center, DEC301, Series III, Subseries A, Box 1, Folder 18..
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                                                      Monday
                                                      .Toronto, Ont.. Peripheral event
                                                      The Toronto Chapter of the Duke Ellington Society was founded.
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                                                      1959 05 05
                                                      Tuesday
                                                      1959 05 06Chicago, Ill.Private residence Peripheral event

                                                      'DEJS Chapter 50 Duke Ellington Week birthday celebrations: ...Chapter party follows May 5 at the home of Harold and Elsie Holmberg, [address redacted]. For further details, call ... the Holmbergs,...'

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                                                      1959 05 05
                                                      Tuesday
                                                      ...Peripheral event?

                                                      This is the date of a contract between Tempo Music, Inc. (Publisher) Edward Kennedy (Duke) Ellignton and Lisl Greenwood (writers) transferring all rights in Walkin' and Singin' the Blues to Tempo Music. The contract is signed by Ruth Ellington, Duke Ellington and Lil Greenwood.
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                                                      Stratemann says Ellington and his orchestra were to start a 3 week run at the Blue Note on May 6, but it was postponed until mid-July so Duke could meet his "Anatomy Of A Murder" film commitments.
                                                      DEJS:

                                                      'ROCK SKIPPING AT THE BLUE NOTE
                                                      DEJS member Frank Holzfeind, who kindly but sadly released the Ellington band from its May commitment at his Chicago Blue Note, is happy again. Frank relinquished his claim to enable Duke to meet the shooting and recording schedule of Otto Preminger's Columbia picture "Anatomy of A Murder", which Duke is scoring and conducting. Mr. Holzfeind has booked the band for a gala opening, July 15 at the Blue Note and he's keeping them there through August 7.'


                                                      • Cancelled Associated Booking Corporation contract dated 1959 03 04, SI-NMAH Archives Center, DEC301, Series III, Subseries A, Box 1, Folder 21
                                                      • Stratemann p.402
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                                                      .Vancouver, B.C.CBC Radio
                                                      701 Hornby St.
                                                      (Hotel Vancouver)
                                                      Peripheral event

                                                      'DEJS Chapter 10 Duke Ellington Week birthday celebration will be at CBC Radio, 701 Hornby, at 8 p.m., May 6. Details from Bob Smith, 633 West Eighth Ave. Phone: DL. 7838 or CE. 1758'

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                                                      Friday
                                                      ...Activities not documented

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                                                      Saturday
                                                      .Ogdensburg, N.Y.
                                                      or
                                                      Canton, N.Y.

                                                      (these cities are about 19 miles apart)
                                                      Appleton Arena or
                                                      Men's Residence
                                                      St. Lawrence University
                                                      Intra-Fraternity Ball

                                                      Stratemann reports a 10 p.m. ball at Appleton Arena in Ogdensburg, but the contract says St. Lawrence U[niversity], Canton, N.Y.

                                                      • Hill News:
                                                        • 1959-04-15:

                                                          'The famous Duke Ellington Orchestra, playing in Appleton Arena on Saturday, May 9, from 10 p.m. to 2 a.m. will highlight the Interfraternity Council Weekend...'

                                                        • 1959-05-06:

                                                          'Moving-Up Day Traditions to Highlight Gala IFC Weekend.
                                                            IFC Weekend this year gives promise of being the best one yet. The committee, under the leadership of Chairman Jim Kuhns has worked hard to make this weekend a success...
                                                          Saturday
                                                           The day will begin with ...
                                                            ...The Inter-Fraternity Ball will be held from 10:00 p.m. to 2:00 a.m. in Men's Residence with the music of the Duke Ellington Orchestra...

                                                      • Courier-Gazette 1959-04-23:

                                                        'Paul Russell...is in charge of the songfest for the St. Lawrence University interfraternity council weekend May 8-10 which features Duke Ellington's band. Russell is a junior at St. Lawrence.'

                                                      • Ogdensburg Journal:
                                                        • May 6:

                                                          'Ellington Band To Play At SLU
                                                            Canton— The Duke Ellington orchestra, featuring such figures as saxophonist Johnny Hodges and cornetist [sic] "Cat" Anderson, will provide the music for St. Lawrence University's Interfraternity Council Ball Satruday evening, May 9. The ball... is scheduled for Appleton Arena at 10:00 p.m. Saturday.
                                                            Also featured with the Ellington group will be drummer [sic] Paul Gonsalves of the orchestra, vocalist Lil Greenwood, and other popular members... '

                                                        • May 7:

                                                          'Canton–St. Lawrence University will observe its 50th annual Moving-Up Weekend Friday through Sunday, May 8-10.
                                                            The annual spring observance has been held on the St. Lawrence campus each year since 1910...
                                                            At noon on Saturday a luncheon for parents will be held in the Men's Residence and Dean-Eaton Hall dining rooms...
                                                            ...That evening the Mummers will repeat their performance of "The Rose Tattoo" ... in Laurentian Hall. The day's events will be rounded out with the sixth annual interfraternity council ball featuring the Duke Ellington orchestra. The ball is scheduled for 10 p.m. in Appleton Arena... '


                                                      Contract terms:
                                                      • 15 musicians and vocalist led by "DUKE ELLINGTON, INC. PRESENTS DUKE ELLINGTON ORCH. UNDER THE LEADERSHIP OF JOHNNY HODGES"
                                                      • Name and Address of Place of Engagement
                                                        St. Lawrence, U., Canton, N.Y.
                                                      • Date(s) of employment
                                                        May 9th, 1959
                                                      • Hours of employment
                                                        9 P.M. to 1.00 A.M.
                                                      • Wage agreed upon: $1,650, deposit $750 payable on signing to ABC and balance in cash to artist night of engagement
                                                      • Employer:
                                                        James Kuhns, St. Lawrence U., Canton, New York
                                                      • Signed by James Kuhns
                                                      • Associated Booking Corporation contract dated 1959 04 13, SI-NMAH Archives Center, DEC301, Series III, Subseries A, Box 1, Folder 22
                                                      • Hill News, St. Lawrence University, Canton, N.Y. 1959-05-06 pp.1,8
                                                      • Newark, N.Y. Courier-Gazette 1959-04-23 p.B-7
                                                      • Ogdensburg Journal, Ogdensburg, N.Y.
                                                        • 1959-05-06 p.6
                                                        • 1959-05-07 p.11
                                                      • Courier Freeman, Potsdam, N.Y., 1959-05-07 p.9
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                                                      1959 05 11
                                                      Monday
                                                      .Negaunee, Mich.Negaunee High School gymSidemen's activities not documented

                                                      Ellington, Jimmy Stewart, Eve Arden and Lee Remick were among 600 people at an informal dinner honouring Anatomy of a Murder author Voelker and kicking off Michigan Week a week before it was to start. The principal speaker was Dr. John A. Hannah, president of Michigan State University.
                                                      • The Milwaukee Journal, Milwaukee, Wisc. 1959-05-12 pt.2 p.11
                                                      • AP wirestory:
                                                        • The News-Palladium, Benton Harbor, Mich. 1959-05-12 p.8
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                                                      Wednesday
                                                      ...Activities not documented

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                                                      Thursday
                                                      ...Activities not documented

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                                                      Friday
                                                      ...The Ellington business records contain a contract for a 2 week and 3 day engagement at the Crescendo, Hollywood, beginning May 15, signed by Gene Norman. Geven the other documented events during that period, it seems likely to have been cancelled or postponed.
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                                                        Friday
                                                        .Middletown, Conn.The Cage
                                                        Wesleyan University
                                                        Concert
                                                        Contract terms:
                                                        • 16 plus 1 musicians led by "DUKE ELLINGTON, INC. PRESENTS DUKE ELLINGTON ORCH UNDER THE LEADERSHIP OF JOHNNY HODGES"
                                                        • Name and Address of Place of Engagement
                                                          The Cage
                                                          Wesleyan University, Middletown, Conn.
                                                        • Date(s) of employment
                                                          May 15, 1959 - once concert at approximately
                                                        • Hours of employment
                                                          8:00 P.M.
                                                        • Wage agreed upon: $1,250, deposit $500 payable on signing to ABC and balance to artist at conclusion of engagement
                                                        • Employer:
                                                          Bob Kilpatrick
                                                          Wesleyan University
                                                          Middletown, Conn.
                                                        • Signed by
                                                          Bob Kilpatrick
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                                                        Saturday
                                                        ...Stratemann and Vail report shooting of Anatomy of a Murder finished and suggest Ellington flew to the West Coast.
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                                                        Saturday
                                                        .Jamestown, N.Y.Jamestown ArmoryDance, 9 p.m. to 1 a.m.

                                                        The Evening Observer:

                                                        'The most active week-end on the social calendar at Fredonia Teachers college comes next week...Students and alumni will dance to the music of the Duke Ellington orchestra in a "Royal Finale" at the Jamestown armory at 9 p.m. Sautrday.'

                                                        The Marcellus Observer:

                                                        'Dr. & Mrs. George Kopp...spent the weekend at Fredonia, N.Y. for the alumni weekend. They attended the dance Saturday eve, the music of Duke Ellington.'


                                                        Contract terms:
                                                        • 15 musicians led by "DUKE ELLINGTON, INC. PRESENTS DUKE ELLINGTON AND HIS ORCHESTRA UNDER DIRECTION OF JOHNNY HODGES"
                                                        • Wage agreed upon: $1,750 flat, deposit $875 payable on signing and balance in cash night of engagement
                                                        • Note the standard top billing cluse is omitted
                                                        • Employer:
                                                          Miss Nancy Eberlee
                                                          Social Life Comm. State Univ. Teachers College
                                                          Fredonia, New York
                                                        • Signed by
                                                          Nancy Eberlee
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                                                        • The Evening Observer, Dunkirk-Fredonia, N.Y., 1959-05-08 p.9
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                                                        Monday
                                                        ...Activities not documented

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                                                        Tuesday
                                                        ...Activities not documented

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                                                        Wednesday
                                                        ...Activities not documented

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                                                        Thursday
                                                        ...Activities not documented

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                                                        A cancelled contract for a concert at Ripon College, Ripon, Wisc. is contained in the Ellington collection.
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                                                        Saturday
                                                        .Minneapolis, Minn.University of MinnesotaDance - Beaux Arts Ball, 9 to 1.
                                                        In its Feb. 3, 1959 meeting, The University of Minnesota Union Board of Governers received a report showing the cost of 8 bands and chose Ellington, with Sauter-Finegan were the second choice.
                                                        Contract terms:
                                                        • 15 musicians and vocalist led by "Duke Ellington, Inc. presents: Duke Ellington, in person"
                                                        • Name and Address of Place of Engagement
                                                          University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minn.
                                                        • Date(s) of employment
                                                          May 23, 1959
                                                        • Hours of employment
                                                          9 p.m. to 1 a.m.
                                                        • Type of engagement
                                                          Dance
                                                        • Standard top billing clause
                                                        • Standard clause re extra musicians due to union rules.
                                                        • Employer guarantees to furnish a good P.A. system and to have the piano tuned to A=440.
                                                        • Wage agreed upon: $2,250 guaranteed flat, payable in cash to Duke Ellington or Al Celley, Road Manager night of engagement
                                                        • Employer:
                                                          Coffman Memorial Union, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minn.
                                                        • Signed by [illegible initials] Middlebrook
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                                                        Monday
                                                        .Detroit, Mich.Ford AuditoriumJoint concert with the Stan Kenton orchestra and Sarah Vaughan
                                                        Contract terms:
                                                        • 15 musicians and vocalist led by "DUKE ELLINGTON, INC. PRESENTS DUKE ELLINGTON ORCHESTRA UNDER THE LEADERSHIP OF JOHNNY HODGES"*
                                                        • Name and Address of Place of Engagement
                                                          Ford Auditorium, Detroit, Michigan
                                                        • Date(s) of employment
                                                          May 25, 1959
                                                        • Hours of employment
                                                          to appear in a concert - 2 shows 8 pm to 10 pm and 11 pm to 1 am
                                                          To play for signers.
                                                        • Duke Ellington orchestra will not play Detroit before May 25
                                                        • Wage agreed upon: $2,650, deposit $1,000 payable to on signing to Associated Booking and balance in cash to artist night of engagement
                                                        • Employer:
                                                          Frank Brown
                                                          1954 Calvert
                                                          Detroit, Mich.
                                                        • Signed by
                                                          Frank Brown
                                                        • Associated Booking Corporation contract dated 1959 04 09, SI-NMAH Archives Center, DEC301, Series III, Subseries A, Box 1, Folder 22
                                                        • Stratemann p.402
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                                                        Tuesday
                                                        ...Activities not documented

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                                                        Wednesday
                                                        ...Activities not documented

                                                        Orchestra laid off? - see 1959 05 03
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                                                        1959 05 28
                                                        Thursday
                                                        ...activities not documented
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                                                        1959 05 29
                                                        Friday
                                                        .Los Angeles, Cal.Radio Recorders Annex
                                                        7000 Santa Monica Blvd.
                                                        Hollywood
                                                        "Anatomy of a Murder" soundtrack recording session
                                                        14:30-17:30
                                                        Masters all bad from this session - scrapped.
                                                        [The "Artist's Job Sheet" for the soundtrack album of "Anatomy of a Murder" cites an artist's contract date of 4/1/59.]
                                                      • Email Lasker-Palmquist 2014-10-14
                                                        • Stratemann p.403
                                                        • Email Lasker-Palmquist 2014-10-14 re session time
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                                                        June 1959

                                                        1959 06 01
                                                        Monday
                                                        .Los Angeles, Cal.Radio Recorders Annex
                                                        7000 Santa Monica Blvd.
                                                        Hollywood
                                                        "Anatomy of a Murder" soundtrack recording session
                                                        15:00-19:00
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                                                        Tuesday
                                                        .Los Angeles, Cal.Radio Recorders Annex
                                                        7000 Santa Monica Blvd.
                                                        Hollywood
                                                        "Anatomy Of A Murder" soundtrack recording session
                                                        14:00-17:30
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                                                        7000 Santa Monica Blvd.
                                                        Hollywood
                                                        "Anatomy of a Murder" soundtrack recording session.New Desor
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                                                        Wednesday
                                                        ...Stratemann says the band returned to the East immediately after finishing the Anatomy of a Murder recording sessions, but Ellington stayed longer, rejoining the band in time for its June 9 engagement in Clayton, N.Y.
                                                        A cancelled contract for a dance this date at Latin Quarters, Detroit is contained in the Ellington collection.
                                                        Ellington was interviewed by AP reporter Bob Thomas on his last day in Hollywood, but didn't report the date. He quoted Ellington:

                                                        'It's a real thrill to explore another facet of a career. I had never done anything like this. I read the script in January and ideas started coming to me. Then I visited the company in Michigan for three weeks and that's when I began to get the feel of it. I even acted the role of a roadhouse operator and jazz man, and James Stewart and I played a duet on the piano.

                                                        The score runs the gamut from Dixieland on up the scale, yes, even some progressive.

                                                        I used only my band for the recording. That's my instrument of expression, and I was lucky they were all available to come here. It's much easier to write a C for a sax player and know that he is going to hit it just the way you want him to.

                                                        I pay rent on an apartment in New York, but I seldom see it. We're working 52 weeks a year. I like it that way.

                                                        Supposing I only worked six months [a] year. Then I'd have to reorganize the band. I'd have new players and wouldn't know their capabilities. The way it is now, I know what each man can do...

                                                        If I didn't keep working all the time, I'd miss some great experiences. Like having Iowa farmers drive 200 miles to hear you in January. Or going back to England and having people in every town show you programs from 1933, when you last played there. That sort of thing you can't buy. It's what keeps you working and keeps you young.'

                                                        • Bob Thomas, AP wirestory
                                                          • Famous Band Plays Scores For Movie, Galesburg Register-Mail, Galesburg, Ill. 1959-06-15 p.11
                                                          • Duke Writes New Type of Movie Score, Corpus Christi Times, Corpus Christi, Tex., 1959-06-17 p.7-C
                                                        • Stratemann p.413
                                                        • Cancelled Associated Booking Corporation contract dated 1959 03 12, SI-NMAH Archives Center, DEC301, Series III, Subseries A, Box 1, Folder 21
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                                                        Saturday
                                                        ...activities not documented

                                                        A contract written for a dance at the Stork Club in Port Stanley, Ontario for this date is marked cancelled.
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                                                        Monday
                                                        1959 06 14
                                                        Sunday
                                                        Clay, N.Y.Three Rivers Inn
                                                        a.k.a.
                                                        3 Rivers Inn
                                                        Route 57, minutes north of Exit 38 on Thruway
                                                        Theatre-restaurant residency, 2 shows nightly, 9 pm and midnight, 3 shows Saturday.

                                                        There were two contracts for June at this venue. The first was booked for two weeks starting June 1, but was replaced by one for one week starting June 8.

                                                        Ads in the Syracuse Post-Standard show "The Duke Ellington Orchestra" until June 11, and "Duke Ellington and His World Famous Orchestra" in the June 12, 13 and 14 editions.

                                                        Contract terms:
                                                        • 15 musicians under the leadership of "DUKE ELLINGTON, INC. PRESENTS DUKE ELLINGTON ORCH. UNDER THE DIRECTION OF JOHNNY HODGES"
                                                        • Name and Address of Place of Engagement
                                                          Three Rivers Inn, R.D.Clay, N.Y.
                                                        • Date(s) of employment
                                                          June 8, 1959 - one week (7 days)
                                                        • Hours of employment
                                                          ["9 p.m. to 3 a.m. nightly" on first contract]
                                                          2 shows nightly - 3 shows Saturday
                                                          "IT IS UNDERSTOOD AND AGREED THAT DUKE ELLINGTON WILL APPEAR IN PERSON ON THIS ENGAGEMENT ON JUNE 12, 13 and 14, 1959."
                                                        • Wage agreed upon: $3,750 for engagement, payable in cash to Al Celley, Company Manager, during engagement until paid in full.
                                                        • Employer:
                                                          Don Bruno - Three Rivers Inn, Clay, N.Y.
                                                        • Signed by
                                                          Domenic Bruno

                                                        (The Smithsonian's archives also hold a cancelled contract for a six day engagement at the Edison Hotel in Toronto.)
                                                        • Associated Booking Corporation contracts dated 1959 04 23 and 1959 05 14, SI-NMAH Archives Center, DEC301, Series III, Subseries A, Box 1, Folders 22 and 23 respectively
                                                        • Cancelled Associated Booking Corporation contract dated 1959 01 12, SI-NMAH Archives Center, DEC301, Series III, Subseries A, Box 1, Folder 19
                                                        • Post-Standard, Syracuse, N.Y.
                                                          • 1959-06-05 p.19
                                                          • 1959-06-06 p.2
                                                          • 1959-06-08 p.12
                                                          • 1959-06-09 p.8
                                                          • 1959-06-10 p.18
                                                          • 1959-06-11 p.30
                                                          • 1959-06-12 p.8
                                                          • 1959-06-13 p.2
                                                          • 1959-06-14 p.18
                                                        • Stratemann p.413
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                                                        Tuesday
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                                                        Friday
                                                        .Manhasset, N.Y.Whitney Polo FieldEllington and Mitch Miller were joint masters of ceremony for a concert sponsored by the North Shore Junior Service League for the benefit of its Community Trust Fund.

                                                        Performers included Ellington, Bob Gordon Three, the Tyree Glenn Quartet, singer Jimmy Rushing, the Derek Smith Trio and the Lawson-Haggart Dixieland Band. The reviewer reported the event was sold out, but described the audience as "one of the most discourteous and disinterested the writer has ever had the displeasure of being part of." His review criticized the opening act badly, as well as Miller, who introduced Tyree's group. He commented favourably on Glenn, Rushing (accompanied by Glenn's group), and Smith, but doesn't comment on Ellington's playing.

                                                        The event was supposed to start at 9 p.m.; Ellington would have had to leave early if he was to make it to his date at the Three Rivers Inn, about 300 miles, where he was contractually committed to appear in person.
                                                        • Long Island Star-Journal May 14, 1959:

                                                          'Things'll be mighty jazz-y at the Whitney Polo Field, Manhasset when Duke Ellington's band and a slew of Dixieland stars [illegible] a jazz jamboree to aid the [illegible] Family Service Association... '

                                                        • Stratemann:
                                                          The band had an outside booking as well:
                                                          June 12 Whitney Polo Field, Manhasset, N.Y.
                                                          This event was emceed by Ellington and Mitch Miller, who presented - in addition to Ellington's outfit - the Lawson-Haggart band, the trio of pianist Derek Smith, and Tyree Glenn and his trio, who had Jimmy Rushing with him as a surprise guest.
                                                        • Vail:

                                                          'Duke Ellington and his Orchestra double at a concert at the Whitney Polo Field in Manhasset, New York. The Lawson-Haggart Band, the Derek Smith Trio and the Tyree Glenn Trio with Jimmy Rushing are also on the bill.'

                                                        • Igo/Ewing/Pilkington itinerary:
                                                          12- DE joins the band after acting as mc for an event at the Whitney Polo Fields in Manhasset N.Y.
                                                        Stratemann's unnamed source is likely the Duke Ellington Scrap Books; Vail probably just paraphrased what he found in Stratemann, and the Igo entry suggests Ellington was in Manhasset without his band.

                                                        Stratemann and Vail seem to be incorrect in saying the band was there too, since it was playing that evening in Clay.
                                                        • The Manhasset Mail, Manhasset, N.Y.
                                                          • 1959-05-07 p.7
                                                          • Dick Levy, Audience a Flop..., 1959-07-08, pp.1 & 17, courtesy C. Windheuser (Smithsonian Reference Services volunteer) 2016-06-30
                                                        • Walter Kaner, "Long Island," Long Island Star-Journal, Long Island City, N.Y. 1959-05-14 p.15
                                                        • Stratemann p.413
                                                        • Vail II
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                                                        Friday
                                                        .Clay, N.Y.Three Rivers InnTheatre-restaurant residency, 2 shows nightly, 9 pm and midnight
                                                        - see 1959 06 08

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                                                        Saturday
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                                                        Sunday
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                                                        Monday
                                                        ...activities not documented
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                                                        Tuesday
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                                                        Wednesday
                                                        ...activities not documented
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                                                        Thursday
                                                        ...activities not documented
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                                                        Friday
                                                        .Boston, Mass.Bradford HotelDance

                                                        Advance tickets, $1.80
                                                        Contract terms:
                                                        • 15 musicians under the leadership of "DUKE ELLINGTON, INC. PRESENTS DUKE ELLINGTON"
                                                        • Name and Address of Place of Engagement
                                                          Bradford Hotel, Boston, Massachusetts
                                                        • Date(s) of employment
                                                          June 19th 1959
                                                        • Hours of employment
                                                          8:45 PM to 12:45
                                                        • Type of engagement
                                                          Dance
                                                        • Standard top billing clause
                                                        • Wage agreed upon: $1,000 guaranteed, privilege 50% gross receipts payable in full in cash night of engagement
                                                        • Employer:
                                                          Charles Shribman, Box 287, Taunton, Massachusetts
                                                        • Signed by
                                                          Charles Shribman
                                                        • Associated Booking Corporation contract dated 1959 06 01, SI-NMAH Archives Center, DEC301
                                                            , Series III, Subseries A, Box 1, Folder 24
                                                          • Boston Eve. American, Boston, Mass., 1959-06-12
                                                          • Boston Daily Record, Boston, Mass.
                                                            • 1959-06-13 p.15
                                                            • 1959-06-18 p.49
                                                          • Stratemann p.413
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                                                          Saturday
                                                          .Taunton, Mass.Roseland BallroomContract terms:
                                                          • 15 musicians under the leadership of "DUKE ELLINGTON, INC. PRESENTS DUKE ELLINGTON"
                                                          • Name and Address of Place of Engagement
                                                            Roseland Ballroom, Taunton, Massachusetts
                                                          • Date(s) of employment
                                                            June 20th, 1959
                                                          • Hours of employment
                                                            8 to 12 midnight
                                                          • Type of engagement
                                                            Dance
                                                          • Standard top billing clause
                                                          • Wage agreed upon: $1,000, privilege 60% gross receipts payable in full in cash night of engagement
                                                          • Employer:
                                                            Charles Shribman, Box 287, Taunton, Massachusetts
                                                          • Signed by
                                                            Charles Shribman
                                                          .
                                                          • Associated Booking Corporation contract dated 1959 06 01, SI-NMAH Archives Center, DEC301, Series III, Subseries A, Box 1, Folder 24
                                                          • Boston Daily Record, Boston, Mass.
                                                            • 1959-06-06 p.15
                                                            • 1959-06-13 p.15
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                                                          Sunday
                                                          .Wallingford, Conn.Oakdale Musical TheatreRecorded concert, 8 p.m.
                                                          Duke Ellington and his orchestra
                                                          Personnel
                                                          • Per New Desor and Girvan: Anderson, Baker, Marenguito, Terry, Nance, Woodman, Jackson, Sanders, Hamilton, Procope, Hodges, Gonsalves, Carney, Ellington, Woode, Johnson, Greenwood, Bailey, with Jimmy Rushing
                                                          • Vail, Nielsen and Timner omit Marenguito. Nielsen also omits Greenwood and Bailey.

                                                          Titles recorded:
                                                          • On The Sunny Side Of The Street
                                                          • Goin' To Chicago
                                                          • Hello, Little Boy (Hello, Little Girl)
                                                          • Skin Deep
                                                          • Medley:
                                                            • Don't Get Around Much Anymore
                                                            • Do Nothin Till You Hear From Me
                                                            • In A Sentimental Mood
                                                            • Mood Indigo
                                                            • I'm Beginning To See The Light
                                                            • Sophisticated Lady
                                                            • Caravan
                                                            • Just Squeeze Me
                                                            • It Don't Mean A Thing
                                                            • Solitude
                                                            • Things Ain't What They Used To Be
                                                          • I Got It Bad and That Ain't Good
                                                          • Walkin' And Singin' The Blues
                                                          • Medley:
                                                            • Diminuendo In Blue
                                                            • Wailing Interval
                                                            • Crescendo In Blue

                                                          Contract terms:
                                                          • 15 musicians under the leadership of "DUKE ELLINGTON, INC. PRESENTS DUKE ELLINGTON"
                                                          • Name and Address of Place of Engagement
                                                            Oakdale Musical Theatre, Wallingford, Connecticut
                                                          • Date(s) of employment
                                                            June 21, 1959
                                                          • Hours of employment
                                                            8 p.m.
                                                          • Type of engagement
                                                            Concert
                                                          • Standard top billing clause
                                                          • Wage agreed upon: $2,000 flat, deposit $1,000 payable on signing and balance in cash night of engagement
                                                          • Employer:
                                                            Oakdale Musical Theatre, Wallingford, Connecticut
                                                          • Signed by
                                                            Robert [illegible]
                                                          • Associated Booking Corporation contract dated 1959 05 22, SI-NMAH Archives Center, DEC301
                                                              , Series III, Subseries A, Box 1, Folder 23
                                                            • Stratemann p.413
                                                            • Vail II
                                                            • Girvan:   Ellingtonia.com
                                                            • Timner
                                                            • Ole J. Nielsen, Jazz Records 1942-80, A discography: Vol. Six, Duke Ellington, p.205
                                                            • Additional documentation is likely to be found in SI-NMAH DEC301, Series 2: Performances and Programs, 1933-1974, box 11, folder 31 Oakdale Musical Theatre, Wallingford, Connecticut, June 21, 1959
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                                                            Monday
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                                                            Tuesday
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                                                            Wednesday
                                                            .New York, N.Y.Warner TheaterSidemen's activities are not documented

                                                            In October, the Pittsburgh Courier ran a photo of Mrs. Samuel Goldwyn, Mary Martin and Duke Ellington at the New York premiere of the Samuel Goldwyn film Porgy and Bess, which was June 24 at the Warner Theater.
                                                            • Photo, Pittsburgh Courier, 1959-10-31 p.23
                                                            • Trenton Evening Times, Trenton, N.J.
                                                              • Samuel Goldwyn guest column, Voice of Broadway,1959-06-11 p.8
                                                              • 1959-06-25 p.3
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                                                            Thursday
                                                            1959 06 27
                                                            Saturday
                                                            Tamiment-In-The-Poconos, Penn.PlayhouseDuke Ellington Festival (3 days per Stratemann, 4 days per Vail, 2 concerts per the contract)

                                                            Stratemann and Vail both give this date as the first day Ellington and his orchestra were present, but do not state their sources for this, so their presence this first day of the festival should be considered to be undocumented.

                                                            The Philadelphia Inquirer announced the festival was to run June 25 to 28. Ellington was to play June 26 and 27, but the festival would extend from June 25 through 28. Marshall Stearns was to lecture on the origins of jazz the evening of June 25, and Carney, Hamilton, Strayhorn and Sanders were to participate in a roundtable discussion of jazz the afternoon of June 27. Albert Minns and Leon James were to give a jazz dance program, narrated by Stearns, the morning of June 28.
                                                            Keith Edlinger's review of the Friday concert says

                                                            '...Ellington came on with all the grace and charm for which he is so well known. Thus began the "Duke Ellington Jazz Festival at Tamiment..." '


                                                            The 1,000 seat theatre sold out for Ellington's Friday and Saturday evening concerts and a Saturday afternoon roundtable discussion by band members.

                                                            The June 27 concert was recorded.

                                                            (Stratemann reports Ellington returned to New York on the last day of the festival to appear on the Ed Sullivan Show. If he travelled on the last day, then the festival ended on the 28th, a Sunday, which is when the Sullivan show aired.)
                                                            Contract terms:
                                                            • 15 musicians led by "Duke Ellington, Inc. presents Duke Ellington"
                                                            • Name and Address of Place of Engagement
                                                              Tamiment, Pennsylvania
                                                            • Date(s) of employment
                                                              June 26th and 27th, 1959
                                                            • Hours of employment:
                                                              One 2-hour concert nightly - 9 p.m.
                                                              "This contract may be cancelled by March 15th, 1959 by artist by his giving employer written notice"
                                                            • Type of engagement
                                                              Concerts
                                                            • Standard top billing clause
                                                            • Wage agreed upon
                                                              $3,000 flat, deposit $1,500 payable on signing and balance in cash night of engagement
                                                            • Employer
                                                              Monroe B. Hack
                                                              Tamiment
                                                              7 East 15h Street, New York, N.Y.
                                                            • Signed by
                                                              Tamiment by Monroe Hack
                                                            • Associated Booking Corporation contract dated 1959 01 13, SI-NMAH Archives Center, DEC301, Series III, Subseries A, Box 1, Folder 19
                                                            • The Philadelphia Inquirer, Philadelphia,Penn.
                                                              • 1959-05-31 s.D p.1
                                                              • 1959-06-10 p.8
                                                            • Stratemann p.413 citing
                                                              • Down Beat (review) 1959-08-20 p.18
                                                              • Variety 1959-07-01 p.47
                                                            • Vail II
                                                            • Additional documentation is likely to be found in SI-NMAH DEC301, Series 2: Performances and Programs, 1933-1974, box 11, folder 32 Tamiment Playhouse, Tamiment, Penna., June 27, 1959
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                                                            Friday
                                                            1959 06 27
                                                            Saturday
                                                            Tamiment-In-The-Poconos, Penn.PlayhouseDuke Ellington Festival - see 1959 06 27 - evening concert

                                                            The Friday concert received a glowing review in the Stroudsberg paper, with
                                                            • superlatives such as "glowing star", "shimmered", "thrilled and delighted", "grace and charm", "wave of the Duke's arm is like a magic wand", "13 craftsmen", "perfect sense of timing and coordination", "amazing program
                                                            • "The only selection not composed by Ellington was "Skin Deep" a number written to show the ability of his drummer–Jimmy Johnson. [sic]"
                                                            • "Ellington's presentation of "Idiom '59, a work premiered and written especially for the Festival at Tamiment, was beautifully composed by Ellington and magnificantly [sic] played in four parts..."
                                                            • Personnel named included Johnson, Woodman, Carney, Anderson, Terry, Hamilton, Hodges, Wood, Bailey, and Della [sic] Greenwood.
                                                            • Titles mentioned were
                                                              • Idiom '59
                                                              • Sophisticated Lady
                                                              • Jeep's Blues
                                                              • Newport Up
                                                              • Rockin' in Rythym
                                                              • Hank Sinq [sic]
                                                              • Diminuendo and Crescendo in Blue
                                                              • What Else Can You Do With A Drum
                                                              • Autumn Leaves
                                                              • Walkin' and Singin' Blues [sic]
                                                              • Medley:
                                                                • Caravan
                                                                • Do Nothin' Till You Hear From Me
                                                                • I'm Beginning To See the Light
                                                                • Don't Get Around Much Anymore
                                                                • Mood Indigo
                                                            Keith Edlinger, Ellington Praised For Concert At Tamiment, The Daily Record,Stroudsburg - East Stroudsberg, Penn. 1959-06-29 p.3..
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                                                            Saturday
                                                            .Tamiment-In-The-Poconos, Penn.Tamiment PlayhouseDuke Ellington Festival

                                                            Carney, Hamilton, Strayhorn and Sanders were to participate in a roundtable discussion of jazz the afternoon of June 27.

                                                            Recorded evening concert - see 1959 06 27:
                                                            Duke Ellington and his Orchestra
                                                            Anderson, Baker, Marenguito, Terry, Nance, Woodman, Jackson, Sanders, Hamilton, Procope, Hodges, Gonsalves, Carney, Ellington, Woode, Johnson, Greenwood, Bailey

                                                            (Timner doesn't include Marenguito)
                                                            Titles recorded:

                                                            • Take The "A" Train (theme)
                                                            • First medley
                                                            • Perdido
                                                            • Sophisticated Lady
                                                            • Sonnet To Hank Cinq
                                                            • What Else Can You Do With A Drum?
                                                            • Autumn Leaves
                                                            • Hand Me Down Love
                                                            • Tenderly
                                                            • V.I.P. Boogie
                                                            • Haupé
                                                            • Flirtibird
                                                            • All Of Me
                                                            • Take The "A" Train
                                                            • Skin Deep
                                                            • Second Medley
                                                            • I Got It Bad and That Ain't Good
                                                            • Walkin' And Singin' The Blues
                                                            • Diminuendo In Blue and The Wailing Interval
                                                            • Jones
                                                              The medleys were:

                                                              • Black And Tan Fantasy
                                                              • Creole Love Call
                                                              • The Mooche
                                                              • Don't Get Around Much Anymore
                                                              • Do Nothin' Till You Hear From Me
                                                              • In A Sentimental Mood
                                                              • Mood Indigo
                                                              • I'm Beginning To See The Light
                                                              • Sophisticated Lady
                                                              • Caravan
                                                              • Satin Doll
                                                              • Just Squeeze Me
                                                              • It Don't Mean A Thing
                                                              • Solitude
                                                              • Things Ain't What They Used To Be
                                                              • The Philadelphia Inquirer, Philadelphia,Penn. 1959-05-31 s.D p.1
                                                              • Girvan:   Ellingtonia.com
                                                              • Timner
                                                              • Ole J. Nielsen, Jazz Records 1942-80, A discography: Vol. Six, Duke Ellington, p 205-206
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                                                              Sunday
                                                              .New York, N.Y.CBS-TV studioEllington made a solo appearance on The Ed Sullivan Show.
                                                              Sullivan introduced Ellington and explained that he composed the score for Otto Preminger's Anatomy of a Murder.

                                                              Ellington played excerpts from his score on the piano, accompanied by the Ray Block Orchestra and the CBS studio choir. The Oregonian said he would play Flirty Bird.

                                                              Preminger and Joseph N. Welch, who played the judge in the film, were in the audience and took bows.
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                                                              Monday
                                                              .New York, N.Y.Harlem River
                                                              aboard
                                                              'Alexander Hamilton'
                                                              Birdland Boys Boatride and Dance
                                                              Contract terms:
                                                              • 15 musicians led by "DUKE ELLINGTON, INC. PRESENTS [sic] DUKE ELLINGTON"
                                                              • Name and Address of Place of Engagement
                                                                New York City - 'ALEXANDER HAMILTON' Boat, leaving from 41st pier up the Hudson River
                                                              • Hours of employment
                                                                9 P.M. to 1 A.M
                                                              • Type of engagement
                                                                Boatride - Dance
                                                              • Standard top billing clause
                                                              • Wage agreed upon: $1,650, deposit $825 payable to ABC 30 days prior to engagement, balance in cash to artist night of engagement
                                                              • *Employer guarantees to furnish a good P.A. system and to have the piano tuned to A=440.*
                                                              • Employer: Birdland Boy's Club c/o Mr. Greggory [sic]
                                                              • Signed by Howard Gregory
                                                              • Associated Booking Corporation contract dated 1959 02 18, SI-NMAH Archives Center, DEC301, Series III, Subseries A, Box 1, Folder 20
                                                              • Stratemann p.417 citing Down Beat, 1959-06-11
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                                                              Tuesday
                                                              .McGuire Air Force Base, N.J.N.C.O. Club
                                                              Dance
                                                              Contract terms:
                                                              • 15 musicians under the leadership of "DUKE ELLINGTON, INC. PRESENTS DUKE ELLINGTON AND HIS ORCHESTRA"
                                                              • Name and Address of Place of Engagement
                                                                N.C.O. Club, McGuire Air Force Base, near Trenton, N.J.
                                                              • Date(s) of employment
                                                                June 30th, 1959
                                                              • Hours of employment
                                                                8 p.m. to midnight
                                                              • Type of engagement
                                                                Dance
                                                              • Standard top billing clause
                                                              • Wage agreed upon: $1,000 flat, deposit $500 on signing, balance in cash night of engagement
                                                              • Employer:
                                                                N.C.O. Club, McGuire Air Force Base, New Jersey
                                                              • Signed by
                                                                [illegible]
                                                              • Associated Booking Corporation contract dated 1959 05 22, SI-NMAH Archives Center, DEC301, Series III, Subseries A, Box 1, Folder 23
                                                              • Stratemann p.417
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                                                              1959 07 00...PERSONNEL CHANGE
                                                              In early July, trumpeter Andres Merenguito "Fats" Ford rejoins the band
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                                                              Wednesday
                                                              .Detroit, Mich.United Artists Theatre"Anatomy of a Murder" film première

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                                                              Wednesday
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                                                              Friday
                                                              21:00-01:00
                                                              .Old Orchard Beach, MaineOld Orchard Beach Pier CasinoDance; admission $2.25
                                                              Contract terms:
                                                              • 15 musicians led by "DUKE ELLINGTON, INC. PRESENTS DUKE ELLINGTON"
                                                              • Name and Address of Place of Engagement
                                                                Old Orchard Beach Pier Casino, Orchard Beach, Maine
                                                              • Date(s) of employment
                                                                3rd July, 1959
                                                              • Hours of employment
                                                                8 p.m. to 12 midnight
                                                              • Type of engagement
                                                                Dance
                                                              • Standard top billing clause
                                                              • Wage agreed upon: $1,500 guaranteed, privilege 60% gross receipts, deposit $750 payable on signing, balance in cash night of engagement
                                                              • Employer:
                                                                James Hanson & Cedric Thomas
                                                                Old Orchard Beach Pier Casino, Orchard Beach, Maine
                                                              • Signed by James B. Hanson
                                                              • Associated Booking Corporation contract dated 1959 04 01, SI-NMAH Archives Center, DEC301, Series III, Subseries A, Box 1, Folder 22
                                                              • Ad, Biddeford-Saco Journal, Biddeford-Saco, Maine 1959-07-02 p.5
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                                                              Saturday
                                                              .Newport, R.I.Freebody ParkNewport Jazz Festival

                                                              Ticket prices ranged from $3 to $5 for evening performances.

                                                              Stratemann reports Ellington followed Errol Garner's trio, and the two units performed for 5 hours, finishing at 1:30 a.m. Down Beat praised the Ellington perormance.
                                                              Recorded concert: Duke Ellington & His Orchestra
                                                              Personnel
                                                              • per New Desor and Girvan: Anderson, Baker, Marenguito, Terry, Nance, Woodman, Jackson, Sanders, Hamilton, Procope, Hodges, Gonsalves, Carney, Ellington, Woode, Johnson, Woodyard, Greenwood, Bailey, and Jimmy Rushing.
                                                              • MacHare omits the vocalists - they are not on the Foxy or Emarchy LPs issued of the concert.
                                                              • Timner excludes Merenguito and Nielsen omits Jimmy Johnson
                                                              Songs recorded:
                                                              • Take The "A" Train (theme)
                                                              • IDIOM '59 parts I, II and II
                                                              • Anatomy Of A Murder
                                                              • Rockin' in Rhythm
                                                              • Flirtibird
                                                              • Perdido
                                                              • Hand Me Down Love
                                                              • Cop-Out
                                                              • Flirtibird (Almost Cried)
                                                              • V.I.P. Boogie
                                                              • Jam With Sam
                                                              • I Got It Bad and That Ain't Good
                                                              • Walkin' And Singin' The Blues
                                                              • St. Louis Blues
                                                              • Bill Bailey
                                                              • Basin Street Blues
                                                              • Skin Deep
                                                              • Launching Pad
                                                              • Jimmy's Blues (aka Goin' to Chicago)
                                                              • Sent For You Yesterday
                                                              • Hello, Little Boy (Hello, Little Girl)
                                                              • Love to Hear My Baby Call My Name
                                                              • Things Ain't What They Used To Be
                                                              • Jones
                                                              Several of these songs were performed more than once.
                                                              Contract terms:
                                                              • 15 musicians led by "Duke Ellington, Inc. presents Duke Ellington"
                                                              • Name and Address of Place of Engagement
                                                                Newport Jazz Festival — Newport, R.I.
                                                              • Date(s) of employment
                                                                July 4, 1959
                                                              • Hours of employment
                                                                8 p.m. to 12 midnight to appear in a concert — one show
                                                              • Standard top billing clause
                                                              • Wage agreed upon: $2,500 in cash to artist, night of engagement
                                                              • Employer: Newport Jazz Festival. Newport, R.I.
                                                              • Signed by G. Wien
                                                              • Associated Booking Corporation contract dated 1959 02 04, SI-NMAH Archives Center, DEC301, Series III, Subseries A, Box 1, Folder 20
                                                              • Village Voice, New York, N.Y., 1959-06-24 p.11
                                                              • Boston Daily Record, Boston, Mass., 1959-07-01 p.31
                                                              • Stratemann p.417
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                                                              • MacHare:   A Duke Ellington Panorama
                                                              • Timner
                                                              • Ole J. Nielsen, Jazz Records 1942-80, A discography: Vol. Six, Duke Ellington, pp.206-207
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                                                              Sunday
                                                              .New London, Conn.Danceland,
                                                              Ocean Beach Park
                                                              Dance
                                                              Contract terms:
                                                              • 15 musicians led by "DUKE ELLINGTON, INC. PRESENTS DUKE ELLINGTON
                                                              • Name and Address of Place of Engagement
                                                                Ocean Beach Park, New London, Conn.
                                                              • Date(s) of employment
                                                                July 5th, 1959
                                                              • Hours of employment
                                                                8:45 to 12:45 A.M. [hand printed]
                                                              • Standard top billing clause
                                                              • Wage agreed upon: $1,000 guaranteed, privilege 60% gross receipts, payable in full in cash night of engagement
                                                              • Employer:
                                                                Charles Shribman. P.O. Box 287, Taunton, Massachusetts
                                                              • Signed by
                                                                Charles Shribman
                                                              • Associated Booking Corporation contract dated 1959 04 23, SI-NMAH Archives Center, DEC301, Series III, Subseries A, Box 1, Folder 22
                                                              • Stratemann p.417
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                                                              Tuesday
                                                              1959 07 12
                                                              Sunday
                                                              Lambertville, N.J.St. John Terrell's Lambertville Music Circus
                                                              Music Mountain
                                                              Concerts - The music circus was a tent with a circular stage and the audience seated all around it. The band sections faced each other, and soloists and singers had to slowly rotate to face the whole audience.

                                                              John Dankworth's band appeared during this engagement as well.

                                                              The Courier-Post, 1959-07-03:

                                                              'Jazz master Duke Ellington has offered to replace the ailing Louis Armstrong in a Jazz Concert at St. John Terrell's Lambertville Music Circus, Monday July 7-12. Musical tent producer Terrell has accepted the offer from Ellington...
                                                                Johnny Dankworth, English jazz man, and his musical organization will share the spotlight with the Duke during the seven-day jazz-fest... '

                                                              Ad, The Philadelphia Inquirer, 1959-07-05:

                                                              'OPENS TUES., JULY 7 THRU SUN. JULY 12
                                                              Eves. 8:40, Sun. 8:00, Sat. 6 & 9:30
                                                              DUKE ELLINGTON'S
                                                              Testimonial Concert to Louis Armstrong
                                                              and introducing Armstrong's British discovery
                                                              JOHNNY DANKWORTH And His Continental Jazz Orchestra
                                                              (Be Prepared for a Surprise Visit From "Satchmo" Himself.)'

                                                              The Daily Intelligencer, 1959-07-07:

                                                              'Louis "Satchmo" Armstrong has scheduled a special appearance at ...Music Circus...tonight, the opening night of the Duke Ellington Jazz Concert at Music Mountain.
                                                                For the opening program, Duke Ellington will play a program in tribute to "Satchmo." Paul Whiteman will act as Master of Ceremonies for the evening. In additon ... there will also be a jazz program by Johnny Dankworth and his Jazz Orchestra. Dankworth is a British discovery of Louis Armstrong.'

                                                              The Courier-Post reported Armstrong did not show up, and describes both the Dankworth and Ellington performances. Whiteman spoke a few words in tribute to Armstrong, and comedian Jack Leonard also appeared.

                                                              Chicago Defender:

                                                              '...  "Music Circus" was staged on a gamble by St. John Terrell and it paid off ... due to the socksational performances...Affair ran for a week and was witnessed by capacity jams at each performance...
                                                                The tented theatre provides a dramatic setting for the presentation of jazz. Terrell seated the orchesra "in the round" on the circular stage.
                                                                The various sections are seated facing each other. Soloists and vocalists have some difficulty when they face the mike. They have to revolve slowly as they perform so that all members of the audience can see their faces.
                                                                The arena-style arangement provided at least one effective bit. On the stirring "El Gato," featuring high-note trumpeter "Cat" Anderson, the four Ellington trumpeters, all top-flight soloists, faced the audience from four different points, yet blew in perfect harmony.'


                                                              Contract terms:
                                                              • 15 musicians led by "DUKE ELLINGTON, INC. presents DUKE ELLINGTON"
                                                              • Name and Address of Place of Engagement
                                                                Lambertville Music Circus, Lambertville, N.J.
                                                              • Date(s) of employment
                                                                commencing July 7th, 1959, 8 shows (2 shows August 31, 1959, one week, 8 shows (2 shows Sat.)
                                                              • Hours of employment
                                                                6:00 PM & 9:30 PM and 2 shows either Friday or Sunday, six consecutive days.
                                                              • Wage agreed upon: $8,500 guarantee plus 50% of all monies over $22,500 gross, exclusive of federal and local taxes. Deposit $4,250 immediately upon signing of contract, balance upon completion of engagement.
                                                              • Employer:
                                                                Tom Reddy, General Manager, Lambertville Music Cirus, c/o St. John Terrell, 160 W.46th St., New York City
                                                              • Signed by
                                                                Tom Reddy
                                                              • Associated Booking Corporation contract dated 1959 06 26, SI-NMAH Archives Center, DEC301, Series III, Subseries A, Box 1, Folder 24
                                                              • Courier-Post, Camden, N.J.
                                                                • 1959-07-03 p.7
                                                                • 1959-07-08 p.18
                                                                • 1959-07-08 p.20
                                                              • The Philadelphia Inquirer, Philadelphia, Penn. 1959-07-05 pp.11, 14
                                                              • Trenton Sunday Times-Advertiser, Trenton, N.J., 1959-07-05 Pt. 2 p.8
                                                              • Bristol Courier and Levittown Times, Bristol, Penn.,
                                                                • 1959-07-07 p.7
                                                                • 1959-07-08 pp.5, 14
                                                              • The Daily Intelligencer, Doylestown, Penn.
                                                                • 1959-07-07
                                                                • 1959-07-08 pp.1, 14
                                                              • Tucson Daily Citizen, Tucson, Ariz., 1959-07-08 p.17
                                                              • "Duke Ellington Left Jerseyites In Groovy Mood," Chicago Defender 1959-07-25 p.15
                                                              • Stratemann p.417
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                                                              ... Peripheral event
                                                              "Anatomy Of A Murder" cue sheet #18.596 prepared
                                                              Phil Schaap:

                                                              '...totally separate recordings of the Maestro's score. Duke recorded most of it for Columbia Records ... at Radio Recorders on May 29, June 1, & June 2, 1959. A few days later, the Duke Ellington Orchestra started all over again recording for Columbia Pictures. The original album freely chose... from these two different sets of recordings. I suspect the filmmakers had the same option,yet I believe the film score contains nothing from the first three dates...
                                                              ...the July 1, 1959 premiere of the film had already been announced and advertised...'

                                                              Schaap goes on to say that the film used recordings of film stings and cues from the May 29 record company session, and since usable masters had not come out of those sessions, the LP used recordings made for the film. The cue sheet appears to support this explanation.
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                                                              ..Date of new Columbia Records Artist Contract with Duke Ellington, Inc. The artist contract is shown as "pending" on the Artist Job Sheets for sessions through 1959 12 03. This was Ellington's final Columbia contract, and would expire in 1962.
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                                                              Friday
                                                              .Lambertville, N.J.St. John Terrell's Lambertville Music CircusConcerts 8:30 and midnight - see 1959 07 07

                                                              Courier-Post:

                                                              'Duke Ellington and his orchestra will give a special midnight jazz concert at St. John Terrell's Music Circus in Lambertville tonight.
                                                                Johnny Dankworth and his Continental Jazz Orchestra...will share the spotlight ... at the midnight jazz fest. The two orchestras who enter their final weekend at the Music Mountain big top with tonight's regular 8:30 concert, will also perform at 6 and 9:30 p,m, Saturday and give their final concert Sunday evening at 8 p.m.'

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                                                              Sunday
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                                                              Wednesday
                                                              circa 1959 08 09Chicago, Ill.The Blue NoteNight club residency - see contract detail at 1959 03 30
                                                              The contract called for 15 musicians and 1 vocalist, for four weeks beginning July 15th, and for the usual 32 hour, 5-day week with Sunday matinees, and Mondays and Tuesdays off. This residency replaced the May 6 residency which was postponed due to Ellington's Anatomy of a Murder commitments.
                                                              • Note the contract made March 30 was for four weeks, which ends Aug. 11 rather than Aug. 7 as shown in Stratemann. Attached to the contract copies are slips of paper saying:

                                                                'NOTICE TO THE ARTIST: LOCAL 108 AMERICAN FEDERATION OF MUSICIANS POSITIVELY YOUR MAKING ANY OUTSIDE APPEARANCES SUCH AS RADIO INTERVIEWS, DISK JOCKEY SHOWS OR TV SHOWS WITHOUT SPECIAL PERMISSION. GOVERN YOURSELF ACCORDINGLY.'

                                                                While the contracted period ended Aug. 11, the last two days were Monday and Tuesday, so the run really ended Aug. 9.
                                                              • Cancelled Associated Booking Corporation contract dated 1959 03 04 for the May engagement, SI-NMAH Archives Center, DEC301, Series III, Subseries A, Box 1, Folder 21
                                                              • Chicago Defender, 1959-07-18 p.14
                                                              • Stratemann p.417 citing Variety 1959-06-17 p.47
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                                                              Sunday
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                                                              Matinee and evening performances
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                                                              Monday
                                                              .Chicago, Ill..activities not documented - Blue Note night off...
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                                                              Saturday
                                                              .Chicago, Ill.The Blue NoteNight club residency - see 1959 07 15

                                                              (The Ellington collection contains a booking this date for the Toronto Jaz Festival, marked Cancel.)
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                                                              Tuesday
                                                              .Chicago, Ill.George Bernard Shaw Room
                                                              Hotel Sherman
                                                              "Duke Ellington, noted jazz pianist, composer, and arranger, will entertain the 400 college fashion counselors and store executives who will be guests of THE TRIBUNE at its 10th annual college mixer..."

                                                              'A dame and a duke teamed up Tuesday to roll out a carpet of fun for 350 cheering collegians. The dame's name is Fashion, the duke's known as Ellington..'

                                                              Neither the plug or report in the Tribune say whether or not the band or any sidemen appeared with Ellington, but the Jet caption just refers to his piano playing. This was a night off from The Blue Note.
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                                                              1959 08 01
                                                              Saturday
                                                              .Chicago, Ill.South ParkwayAccording to the caption of a photo from the Chicago Defender archives, Ellington was the headline act of the annual Bud Biliken Parade.

                                                              The Defender had a children's section called Defender Junior, with a fictional editor named Bud Billiken, sponsoring the Bud Billiken club for children. In 1929, the paper sponsored the first annual Bud Billiken Parade and Picnic. The annual parade became one of the largest gatherings of Afro-Americans in the USA, attracting national celebrities such as Duke Ellington.

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                                                              Sunday
                                                              .Chicago, Ill.The Blue NoteNight club residency - see 1959 07 15
                                                              Matinee and evening performances


                                                              Ellington was booked to appear at George Wein's French Lick Jazz Festival but had to cancel when he rescheduled The Blue Note run. The Smithsonian Ellington collection includes a cancelled contract for the festival and the Anderson and Evansville papers carried announcements in May saying Ellington was signed for it.
                                                              • Cancelled Associated Booking Corporation contract dated 1959 02 04, SI-NMAH Archives Center, DEC301, Series III, Subseries A, Box 1, Folder 20
                                                              • Anderson Sunday Herald, Anderson, Ind., 1959-05-10 p.13
                                                              • The Evansville Courier, Evansville,Ind. 1959-05-09 p.5
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                                                              Thursday
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                                                              Saturday
                                                              .Chicago, Ill.Chicago StadiumPlayboy Jazz Festival
                                                              Stratemann and Vail say the Ellington orchestra played two sets Saturday evening, including one with Jimmy Rushing, but the Milwaukee Journal's review has our heroes playing in the afternoon:

                                                              'And Friday night for example, the lineup included Count Basie, Dizzy Gillespie, Dave Brubeck, Kay Winding, Dakota Staton and Miles Davis. There aren't many bigger names in jazz. Saturday afternoon the cast included Duke Ellington, Oscar Peterson, the Dukes of Dixieland and Jimmy Giuffre. Saturday night the stars were Basie's big band again,the Ahmed Jamal trio, Jack Teagarden's All-Stars and Earl Bostic...'


                                                              Contract terms:
                                                              • 15 musicians and 1 vocalist led by "Duke Ellington, Inc. presents Duke Ellington"
                                                              • Name and Address of Place of Engagement
                                                                South Bowl, Soldiers Field Chicago - Chicago Stadium [in a different type-face]
                                                              • Date(s) of employment
                                                                Aug. 8, 1959 - between 2 and 5:30 p.m.
                                                              • ARTIST TO RECEIVE EQUAL BILLING WITH ANY OTHER ARTISTS ON BILL
                                                                If NBC Monitor picks up the Festival, artist agrees to perform without additional charge. If, however, artist appears on network television during this Festival, it is understood artist shall be paid an additional sum equal to contract price.

                                                                It is also understood and agreed that DUKE ELLINGTON is to receive headline billing in type equal to 100% on marquee and in any and all releases and paid advertising.
                                                              • [A second copy of this contract appears to have a rubber-stamped standard clause re extra musicians due to union rules, but it is not clear enough to read on the photographed copy at hand.]
                                                              • Wage agreed upon: $3,000 to be paid upon completion of engagement.
                                                              • Employer:
                                                                The Playboy Jazz Festivals, Inc., 232 E. Ohio St., Chicago
                                                              • Two slightly different Associated Booking Corporation contracts dated 1959 03 26, SI-NMAH Archives Center, DEC301, Series III, Subseries A, Box 1, Folder 21
                                                              • Chicago Sunday Tribune, Chicago, Ill., 1959-07-26 Pt.7 p.10
                                                              • The Milwaukee Journal, Milwaukee,Wisc.,
                                                              • Stratemann p.417 citing
                                                                • Variety 1959-08-12 p.7
                                                                • Down Beat 1959-09-03 p.19
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                                                              Sunday
                                                              .Chicago, Ill.The Blue NoteNight club residency - see 1959 07 15
                                                              Matinee and evening performances
                                                              Recorded for the Roulette label.
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                                                              Monday
                                                              .Fruitport, Mich.Fruitport PavilionAppears to be dancing, 9 to 1.

                                                              (Blue Note night off)
                                                              Contract terms:
                                                              • 15 musicians under the leadership of "DUKE ELLINGTON, INC. PRESENTS DUKE ELLINGTON in person"
                                                              • Name and Address of Place of Engagement
                                                                Fruitport Pavilion, Fruitport, Michigan
                                                              • Date(s) of employment
                                                                Monday, August 10, 1959
                                                              • Hours of employment
                                                                9 p.m. to 1 a.m.
                                                              • Standard clause re extra musicians due to union rules.
                                                              • Wage agreed upon: $850, privilege 60%, payable in cash to Duke Ellington or Al Celley at intermission nite [sic] of engagement
                                                              • Employer:
                                                                Frank Lockage, Fruitport Pavilion, Fruitport, Michigan
                                                              • Signed by
                                                                Frank Lockage
                                                              • Associated Booking Corporation contract dated 1959 07 22, SI-NMAH Archives Center, DEC301
                                                                  , Series III, Subseries A, Box 1, Folder 25
                                                                • Stratemann p.417
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                                                                Tuesday
                                                                ...activities not documented
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                                                                Wednesday
                                                                .Bala, Ont.Dunn's PavilionContract terms:
                                                                • 15 musicians led by "DUKE ELLINGTON, INC. PRESENTS: DUKE ELLINGTON"
                                                                • Hours of employment
                                                                  9 P.M. to 1 A.M.
                                                                • DUKE ELLINGTON TO RECEIVE 100% TO HEADLINE BILLING
                                                                • Wage agreed upon: $1,200 American funds, privilege 50% gross admission admission [sic] receipt & less tax, deposit $600 payable to ABC 30 days prior to engagement, balance to artist night of engagement
                                                                • Employer:
                                                                  Gerry Dunn, Dunn's Pavilion, Bala, Ontario
                                                                • Signed by G.P.Dunn
                                                                .
                                                                • Associated Booking Corporation contract dated 1959 04 08, SI-NMAH Archives Center, DEC301, Series III, Subseries A, Box 1, Folder 22
                                                                • Stratemann p.417
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                                                                Thursday
                                                                1959 08 14
                                                                Friday
                                                                Bigwin Island
                                                                Lake of Bays
                                                                Ont.
                                                                Bigwin InnDancing

                                                                Stratemann and Vail show Big Wig Inn in Huntsville, Ontario. The venue name is Bigwin Inn according to an autographed poster for the event. It is on an island about 2 hours north of Toronto and served by a landing that is about 30 kilometres by road from Huntsville. Local maps, a postcard and local history websites also say Bigwin Inn.

                                                                An autographed poster has the signatures of Ellington, Strayhorn, Greenwood, Jackson, Anderson, Terry, Procope, Hamilton, Nance, Ellington and Carney, band boy Bobby Boyd, and possibly others that are illegible. It shows the admission was $2.50 per person on Thursday and $3.00 on Friday.
                                                                Contract terms:
                                                                • 15 musicians under the leadership of "DUKE ELLINGTON, INC. PRESENTS DUKE ELLINGTON"
                                                                • Name and Address of Place of Engagement
                                                                  Big Winn [sic] Inn, Big Winn [sic], Ontario, Canada
                                                                • Date(s) of employment
                                                                  August 13th, 14th, 1959
                                                                • Hours of employment
                                                                  [illegible] to 1 a.m. nightly
                                                                • Type of engagement
                                                                  Dances
                                                                • Standard top billing clause
                                                                • Wage agreed upon: $3,000 flat, currency not specified, deposit $1,500 payable on signing and balance in cash night of engagement (which of the 2 nights is not specified)
                                                                • Employer:
                                                                  Frank Leslie, Big Winn Inn, Big Winn, Ontario, Canada
                                                                • Signed by
                                                                  Frank Leslie
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                                                                Saturday
                                                                .Detroit, Mich.Symphony Shell
                                                                Michigan State Fairgrounds
                                                                Detroit Jazz Festival.
                                                                Contract terms:
                                                                • 15 musicians led by "DUKE ELLINGTON, INC.PRESENTS DUKE ELLINGTON"
                                                                • Hours of employment
                                                                  "to appear in a concert - one show - starting time 8:30 p.m."
                                                                • Standard top billing clause
                                                                • Artist is not to appear in any jazz festival withing radius of 50 miles 60 days prior [sic] to this festival.
                                                                • Wage agreed upon: $2,500 payable in cash to artist night of engagement
                                                                • Employer:
                                                                  Ed Sarkesian
                                                                • Signed by Ed Sarkesian
                                                                • Associated Booking Corporation contract dated 1959 03 13, SI-NMAH Archives Center, DEC301, Series III, Subseries A, Box 1, Folder 21
                                                                • Stratemann p.417
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                                                                Sunday
                                                                .Dayton, OhioSkatemoor Arena
                                                                or Greystone Ballroom
                                                                Dance 21:00-01:00. Stratemann and Vail locate this at the Skatemoor Arena, but the contract is for the Greystone Ballroom.
                                                                Contract terms:
                                                                • 15 musicians led by "DUKE ELLINGTON, INC. PRESENTS DUKE ELLINGTON"
                                                                • Name and Address of Place of Engagement
                                                                  Greystone Ballroom, Dayton, Ohio
                                                                • Date(s) of employment
                                                                  August 16th, 1959
                                                                • Hours of employment
                                                                  9 p.m. to 1 a.m.
                                                                • Type of engagement
                                                                  Dance
                                                                • Standard top billing clause
                                                                • Wage agreed upon: $1,250 guaranteed, privilege 60% gross receipts, deposit $625 payable on signing balance in cash night of engagement
                                                                • Employer:
                                                                  Edward Parsons, 330 West 3rd St., Dayton, Ohio
                                                                • Signed by
                                                                  Edward Parsons
                                                                • Associated Booking Corporation contract dated 1959 06 25, SI-NMAH Archives Center, DEC301, Series III, Subseries A, Box 1, Folder 24
                                                                • Stratemann p.417 citing DESB
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                                                                Monday
                                                                .Newport, Ky.Copa Club
                                                                [possibly 333] Central Avenue
                                                                Contract terms:
                                                                • 15 musicians and 1 vocalist led by "DUKE ELLINGTON, Inc.,presents DUKE ELLINGTON, in Person"
                                                                • Name and Address of Place of Engagement
                                                                  Copa Club, 333 Central Avenue, Newport, Kentucky
                                                                • Date(s) of employment
                                                                  Monday August 17, 1959
                                                                • Hours of employment
                                                                  Three Shows, in accordance with House Policy schedule, between the hours of 9 p.m. and 1 a.m.
                                                                • Standard top billing clause
                                                                • Standard clause re extra musicians due to union rules.
                                                                • Wage agreed upon: $1,250 guarantee, with 50% gof all gross door charges over $2,500 at rate of $2,00 per person admission charge. Deposit $625. Balance if $625, plus overages, to be paid in cash no later than 10 p.m.
                                                                • Employer:
                                                                  Mr. Dave Bellagamba
                                                                  333 Central Avenue, Newport, Kentucky
                                                                • Signed by
                                                                  [illegible] Bellagamba
                                                                • Associated Booking Corporation contract dated 1959 06 19, SI-NMAH Archives Center, DEC301
                                                                    , Series III, Subseries A, Box 1, Folder 24
                                                                  • Stratemann p.417 citing The Billboard 1959-08-03 p.24
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                                                                  Tuesday
                                                                  1959 08 19Columbus, OhioCiro's ClubContract terms:
                                                                  • 15 musicians led by "DUKE ELLINGTON, INC. PRESENTS DUKE ELLINGTON"
                                                                  • Name and Address of Place of Engagement
                                                                    Ciro's Club, Columbus, Ohio
                                                                  • Date(s) of employment
                                                                    August 18th, 19th, 1959
                                                                  • Hours of employment
                                                                    10p.m. to 2 a.m.
                                                                  • Type of engagement
                                                                    Dancing
                                                                  • Standard top billing clause
                                                                  • Wage agreed upon: $1,750 guaranteed, privilege 70% gross door receipts @$2.00 per person net, payable in full in cash end of engagement
                                                                  • Employer:
                                                                    Ciro's Club, Columbus, Ohio
                                                                  • Signed by
                                                                    Alex Clowsen
                                                                  Associated Booking Corporation contract dated 1959 05 15, SI-NMAH Archives Center, DEC301
                                                                    , Series III, Subseries A, Box 1, Folder 23
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                                                                    Friday
                                                                    .Erie, Penn.Waldemeer's Rainbow GardensThis appears to be a dance originally booked for August 7. There are two contracts, one for that date and one for August 21. The Oil City Derrick ads show another band on August 7 and Ellington two weeks later, on August 21.
                                                                    Contract terms:
                                                                    • 15 musicians and vocalist led by "DUKE ELLINGTON, INC. PRESENTS: DUKE ELLINGTON"
                                                                    • Date(s) of employment
                                                                      August 7th, 1959
                                                                    • Hours of employment
                                                                      9 p.m. to 1 a.m. DST
                                                                    • Type of engagement
                                                                      Dance
                                                                    • Wage agreed upon: $1,500 guaranteed, privilege 50% of gross receipts payable in cash in full night of engagement
                                                                    • Employer: Paul Nelson, Waldameer Beach Park, Erie, Penna.
                                                                    • Signed by P.F.Nelson
                                                                    • Two Associated Booking Corporation contract dated 1959 02 18 and 1959 03 30, SI-NMAH Archives Center, DEC301, Series III, Subseries A, Box 1, Folders 20 and 21 respectively
                                                                    • The Derrick, Oil City-Franklin-Clarion, Penn.:
                                                                      • 1959-08-04 p.4
                                                                      • 1959-08-14 p.11
                                                                      • 1959-08-18 p.4
                                                                    • Stratemann p.417
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                                                                    Saturday
                                                                    .New York, N.Y.Randall's IslandRandall's Island Jazz Festival

                                                                    Ellington was to appear on the second night of the three day festival. Performers listed for this evening's program, starting at 8:30, were:
                                                                    • Duke Ellington & Orch.
                                                                    • Dinah Washington
                                                                    • Chico Hamilton Quintet
                                                                    • Al Cohn Zoot Sims quintet
                                                                    • Ramsey Lewis Trio
                                                                    • Chris Connor
                                                                    • Art Blakey Quentet
                                                                    • Thelonius Monk & 10 pc. orchestra

                                                                    Contract terms:
                                                                    • 15 musicians led by "DUKE ELLINGTON, INC. PRESENTS DUKE ELLINGTON"
                                                                    • Name and Address of Place of Engagement
                                                                      Randalls Island Jazz Festival, N.Y.C., N.Y.
                                                                    • Date(s) of employment
                                                                      August 22, 1959
                                                                    • Hours of employment
                                                                      to appear in concert - one show 8:30 p.m.
                                                                    • Type of engagement
                                                                      Dance* Concert*
                                                                    • Standard top billing clause
                                                                    • Wage agreed upon: $3,000 in cash to artist night of engagement
                                                                    • Riders:
                                                                      • In case of rain between 8:30 and 9:30 p.m. Ellington and his orchestra will appear Aug. 23 betweeen 1 p.m. and 2 p.m. and at no other time.
                                                                      • If it does not rain between 8:30 and 9:30 but rains after 9:30, Ellington and his orchestra will be paid in full and won't have to appear on August 23.
                                                                      • Ellington will not play another jazz festival in the State of New York from 30 days prior to play date to 10 days following the play date.
                                                                    • Employer:
                                                                      Franklin Geltman
                                                                      Randalls Island Jazz Festivalk, Inc.
                                                                    • Signed by
                                                                      Franklin Geltman
                                                                    • Associated Booking Corporation contract dated 1959 04 29, SI-NMAH Archives Center, DEC301
                                                                        , Series III, Subseries A, Box 1, Folder 22
                                                                      • Long Island Star-Journal, Long Island, N.Y., 1959-08-14 p.7
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                                                                      Sunday
                                                                      .Boston, Mass.Fenway ParkBoston Jazz Festival
                                                                      George Wein held three jazz festivals this summer - Toronto (July 22-25), Boston and French Lick (July 30-August 2). Ellington was unable to play the earlier two because they were during his rescheduled Blue Note date.

                                                                      The stadium had a covered grandstand and accommodated 11,000. All tickets were reserved seating; priced at $2.65, $3.75 and $4.85, box seats were $5.75
                                                                      Contract terms:
                                                                      • 15 musicians led by "Duke Ellington Inc. presents Duke Ellington"
                                                                      • Hours of employment
                                                                        "to appear in a concert - one show"
                                                                      • Standard top billing clause
                                                                      • Wage agreed upon: $2,500 payable in cash to artist, night of engagement
                                                                      • Employer:
                                                                        Boston Jazz Festival
                                                                      • Signed by George T. Wein
                                                                      • Associated Booking Corporation contract dated 1959 02 05, SI-NMAH Archives Center, DEC301, Series III, Subseries A, Box 1, Folder 20
                                                                      • Ad, Boston Daily Record, Boston, Mass., 1959-08-20 p.39
                                                                      • Ad, Boston Eve. American, Boston, Mass., 1959-08-20 p.48
                                                                      • Stratemann p.418
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                                                                      Monday
                                                                      ...Date of contract between "Mr. Frank Holzfeind The Blue Note," Duke Ellington, Inc. and Associated Booking Corporation to provide 15 musicians and 1 vocalist, led by "Duke Ellington Inc., presents Duke Ellington" to the Blue Note for four weeks beginning December 16, 1959, with the usual 32 hour, 5-day week with Sunday matinees, with Mondays and Tuesdays off but says the week of December 21st, the offnights are subject to change.The fee remains at $5,000 weekly.

                                                                      This contract includes the same headline billing and recording/broadcasting provisions, but even though the contract says the union local is no. 802, it has an attached notice to the artist saying "Local 208 (sic)American Federation of Musicians positively prohibits your making any outside appearances, such as radio interviews, disc jockey shows or TV shows without special permission. Govern yourself accordingly."
                                                                      Contract,
                                                                      • Stratemann files, courtesy Monika Stratemann
                                                                      • Associated Booking Corporation contract, SI-NMAH Archives Center, DEC301
                                                                          , Series III, Subseries A, Box 1, Folder 26
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                                                                        Monday
                                                                        .Monticello, N.Y.Kutshers Country ClubConcert
                                                                        Contract terms:
                                                                        • 15 musicians and one vocalist under the leadership of "DUKE ELLINGTON, INC. PRESENTS DUKE ELLINGTON & HIS ORCHESTRA"
                                                                        • Name and Address of Place of Engagement
                                                                          Kutsher's Country Club, Monticello, New York
                                                                        • Date(s) of employment
                                                                          August 24
                                                                        • Hours of employment
                                                                          One concert at approximately 9:00 PM
                                                                        • Standard top billing clause
                                                                        • Wage agreed upon: $1,500 flat, deposit $500 on signing, balance in cash to artist night of engagement
                                                                        • Employer:
                                                                          Milton Kutsher, Kutshers Country Club, Monticello, N.Y.
                                                                        • Signed by
                                                                          Milton Kutsher
                                                                        • Associated Booking Corporation contract dated 1959 07 27, SI-NMAH Archives Center, DEC301
                                                                            , Series III, Subseries A, Box 1, Folder 25
                                                                          • Stratemann p.418 citing Variety 1959-08-05 p.63
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                                                                          1959 08 30
                                                                          Sunday
                                                                          Concordville, Penn.Brandywine Music Circus
                                                                          U.S. Routes 1 and 202
                                                                          Concert, tent theatre-in-the-round

                                                                          Although the contract says Brandywynne Music Circus in Brandywynne, Pa., ads show it as Brandywine Music Circus in Concordville, located at a junction at the northern edge of that city.
                                                                          Impresario and actor St. John ("Sinjin") Terrell invented tent theatres, his first being in Lambertville, N.J. He owned several, and his concept was widely copied. Vail notes that this was his third music circus.

                                                                          During his appearance, he spoke with Daily Times columnist Bill Kagler, who summarized Duke's history, successes and thoughts in his December column.
                                                                          This contract and the contract for Neptune (see 1959 08 31) were both dated April 29, and the original typed performance dates were x-ed over and new dates added. The June announcements in the Wilmington papers said Ellington was to start Aug. 18.

                                                                          Contract terms:
                                                                          • 15 musicians led by "DUKE ELLINGTON, INC. PRESENTS DUKE ELLINGTON"
                                                                          • Name and Address of Place of Engagement
                                                                            Brandywynne [sic] Music Circus, Brandywynne [sic], Pa.
                                                                          • Date(s) of employment
                                                                            August 25th, 1959, six days, seven shows (2 shows Saturday, 6 PM and 9:30 PM)
                                                                          • Standard top billing clause
                                                                          • Wage agreed upon: $10,500 guarantee, deposit $5,250 payable 10 days prior to commencement of engagement, balance upon completion of engagement.
                                                                          • *Employer guarantees to furnish a good P.A. system and to have the piano tuned to A=440.*
                                                                          • Employer:
                                                                            Tom Reddy, General Manager, Brandywynne [sic] Music Cirus, c/o St. John Terrell, 160 W.46th St., New York City
                                                                          • Signed by
                                                                            Tom Reddy
                                                                          • Associated Booking Corporation contract dated 1959 04 29, SI-NMAH Archives Center, DEC301, Series III, Subseries A, Box 1, Folder 22
                                                                          • Philadelphia Inquirer, Philadelphia, Penn., 1959-08-25 p.17
                                                                          • Journal-Every Evening, Wilmington, Del.,
                                                                            • 1959-06-10 p.41
                                                                            • 1959-08-20 p.29
                                                                            • 1959-08-25 p.40
                                                                            • David B.Kozinski, review, "Duke Ellington," 1959-08-26 p.s. B p.27
                                                                          • Wilmington Morning News, Wilmington, Del.,
                                                                            • 1959-06-20 p.12
                                                                            • 1959-06-26 p.3
                                                                            • 1959-08-24 p.13
                                                                            • 1959-08-26 p.36
                                                                            • Betty Burroughs review, 1959-08-26 s.B p.11
                                                                          • Bill Kagler, Sounds and Sides, Daily Times, Chester, Penn., 1959-12-18 p.5
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                                                                          .Concordville, Penn.Brandywine Music Circussee 1959 08 25.

                                                                          The 3 p.m. Ellington performance was cancelled becuse of storm warnings. While extreme weather caused flooded roads and power outages north of Concordville, only a few drops of rain fell at the venue.
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                                                                          1959 09 06Neptune, N.J. Neptune Music CircusConcert, tent theatre-in-the-round

                                                                          It isn't clear what the contract requires. It says 8 shows but then says 7 consecutive days with 2 shows on Saturday and 2 shows either Friday or Sunday, a total of 9 performances. Neptune is close to Asbury Park; Vail notes that this was impresario St. John Terrell's third music circus.
                                                                          This contract and the contract for Brandywine (see 1959 08 25) were both dated April 29, and the original performance dates were altered.

                                                                          The Asbury Park Evening Press gave the performace a good review, and mentioned Dual [sic] Fuel was played as a solo for two drums, with Sam Woodyard and Jimmy Jones. Other band members named in the article were vocalists Greenwood and Bailey and soloists Hodges, Carney, Woode, Hamilton, Nance.
                                                                          Contract terms:
                                                                          • 15 musicians led by "DUKE ELLINGTON, INC. presents DUKE ELLINGTON"
                                                                          • Date(s) of employment
                                                                            August 31, 1959, one week, 8 shows (2 shows Sat., 6 PM & 9:30 PM 2 shows either Friday or Sunday, seven consecutive days.
                                                                          • Standard top billing clause
                                                                          • Wage agreed upon: $8,500 guarantee plus 50% of all monies over $22,500 gross. Deposit $3,500 ten days prior to commencement of engagement, balance upon completion of engagement.
                                                                          • Employer:
                                                                            Tom Reddy, General Manager, Neptune Music Cirus, c/o St. John Terrell, 160 W.46th St., New York City
                                                                          • Signed by
                                                                            Tom Reddy
                                                                          • Associated Booking Corporation contract dated 1959 04 29, SI-NMAH Archives Center, DEC301, Series III, Subseries A, Box 1, Folder 22
                                                                          • Baltimore Afro-American, 1959-05-30 p.15
                                                                          • Asbury Park Evening Press or Sunday Press, as the case may be, Asbury Park, N.J.
                                                                            • 1959-05-19 p.6
                                                                            • 1959-05-24 p.14
                                                                            • 1959-06-07 p.12
                                                                            • 1959-08-29 p.9
                                                                            • 1959-09-01 pp.1, 8
                                                                          • Pittsburgh Courier, Pittsburgh, Penn., 1959-05-30 p.24
                                                                          • Stratemann p.418
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                                                                          Saturday
                                                                          .Neptune, N.J.Neptune Music Circussee 1959 08 31

                                                                          special midnight performance as well as the regular 9:30 performance.
                                                                          Asbury Park Evening Press, Asbury Park, N.J., 1959-09-05 p.14..
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                                                                          Sunday
                                                                          .Neptune, N.J.Neptune Music CircusFinal performance, 8:30 p.m. - see 1959 08 31Asbury Park Evening Press, Asbury Park, N.J., 1959-09-05 p.14..
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                                                                          Monday
                                                                          ...PERSONNEL CHANGE
                                                                          Trombonist Mitchell ("Booty") Wood joined to replace John Sanders but did not play the Sept. 8 session because he didn't know the book yet.
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                                                                          1959 09 08
                                                                          Tuesday
                                                                          .New York, N.Y.Columbia 30th Street studiosColumbia recording session for the Festival Session LP
                                                                          09:00-12:00

                                                                          Duke Ellington and His Orchestra
                                                                          Anderson, Baker, Marenguito, Cook, Terry, Nance, Woodman, Sanders, Hamilton, Procope, Hodges, Gonsalves, Carney, Ellington, Jackson, Jimmy Johnson, Woodyard
                                                                          Lambert says Jimmy Woode was late, so Jackson played bass during Duael Fuel while Terry covered his trombone part on flugelhorn. New Desor and Nielsen show Jackson back on trombone for the first movement of Idiom, with Joe Benjamin (not mentioned by Lambert) on bass. Both have Woode on bass for the second and third movements and the rest of the session.
                                                                          Titles recorded:
                                                                          • DUAEL FUEL (Duael Fuel uses two drummers)
                                                                            • Part I
                                                                            • Part II
                                                                            • Part III
                                                                          • IDIOM '59
                                                                            • Part I (titled Vapor)
                                                                            • Part II (untitled)
                                                                            • Part III (untitled)
                                                                          • Launching Pad
                                                                          • Cop-Out
                                                                          • Things Ain't What They Used To Be
                                                                          • V.I.P. Boogie
                                                                          • Jam With Sam
                                                                          • Perdido
                                                                          Since union rules dictated a maximum of 4 selections recorded in three hours constituted a three hour session, the men were paid for three sessions. It isn't clear if Benjamin and Woode were paid for three, or if Jackson was paid extra for doubling.
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                                                                          ...activities not documented
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                                                                          Thursday
                                                                          ...activities not documented
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                                                                          Thursday
                                                                          ...PERSONNEL CHANGES
                                                                          • John Sanders leaves the band to enter a seminary to train to be a priest. He will be recorded with the band again in August 1963 and August 1967.
                                                                          • Harold "Shorty" Baker leaves the band to form his own group.
                                                                          • Singer Ozzie Bailey leaves the band, rejoining when it returned from Europe. Whether his employment was terminated or he just took time off needs to be determined.
                                                                          • Sam Woodyard, drums, leaves the band
                                                                          • New Desor vol.2
                                                                          • Stratemann p.418
                                                                          • Jet 1959-12-31 p.60
                                                                          .DEMS
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                                                                          Friday
                                                                          .New York, N.Y.First Class Lounge
                                                                          S.S. United States
                                                                          Dockside, Pier 86
                                                                          Hudson River at 46th St.
                                                                          At 10:15 a.m., Benny Goodman and Arthur J. Spingarn presented Ellington with the NAACP's Spingarn Medal "for the highest or noblest achievement by an American negro during the preceding year or years." One side of the gold medal depicts a blindfolded Lady Justice holding a balance scale aloft with her right arm and a sword at rest in her left hand; the obverse is inscribed:

                                                                          SPRINGARN MEDAL
                                                                          AWARDED TO
                                                                          EDWARD KENNEDY "DUKE" ELLINGTON
                                                                          PRESENTED NEW YORK NY
                                                                          SEPTEMBER 11 1959
                                                                          BY THE NATIONAL ASSOCIATION
                                                                          FOR THE ADVANCEMENT
                                                                          OF COLORED PEOPLE.

                                                                          The San Antonio story, datelined New York, says the award is customarily presented during the NAACP annual convention, but Ellington was unable to attend in July. Rather than "highest or noblest achievement," the story says it was awarded for Ellington's outstanding contributions to American music. It recaps his involvement with NAACP:
                                                                          • life membership 1939
                                                                          • fundraising in Washington in 1946
                                                                          • January 1951 benefit concert at New York's Metropolitan Opera House
                                                                          • 1958 co-chair of the Fight for Freedom fund
                                                                          • AP Wirestory, The Arkansas City (Kansas) Daily Traveler, Arkansas City, Kans. 1959-06-23 p.8
                                                                          • Hamilton, Ohio, Journal --- The Daily News, Hamilton, Ohio 1959-06-24 p.24
                                                                          • San Antonio Register, San Antonio, Tex., 1959-09-11, pp.1,3
                                                                          • Stratemann pp.418, 421
                                                                          • Vail II
                                                                          • Lot 154, three photos, Forever Ellington May 18, 2016, Guernsey's Auction
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                                                                          Friday
                                                                          .New York, N.Y.S.S. United StatesPart of the band departed by sea for Europe for a five-week European tour. The others flew a week later.

                                                                          An unidentified clipping in Vail II says former Ellington trombonist Claude Jones was a steward on the ship.
                                                                          • Stratemann pp.418, 421
                                                                          • Vail II
                                                                          • Additional documentation is likely to be found in SI-NMAH Archives Center, DEC301, Series 2: Performances and Programs, 1933-1974, box 1 -
                                                                            • folder 24 European Tour, September-October, 1959
                                                                            • folder 25 European Tour, Kamratposten magazine, 1959
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                                                                          Saturday
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                                                                          1959 09 13
                                                                          Sunday
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                                                                          1959 09 14
                                                                          Monday
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                                                                          1959 09 15
                                                                          Tuesday
                                                                          .Atlantic oceanS.S. United StatesEastward sea voyage - see 1959 09 11...
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                                                                          1959 09 16
                                                                          Wednesday
                                                                          ...activities not documented
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                                                                          Thursday
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                                                                          .Eindhoven, Netherlands.Concert...
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                                                                          Saturday
                                                                          .Scheveningen
                                                                          Den Haag (The Hague)
                                                                          Nederland
                                                                          Kursaal,
                                                                          Kurhaus
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                                                                          Saturday
                                                                          .Amsterdam, NederlandConcertgebouwConcert

                                                                          'Here I am an American student beginning a year of study on the Continent, trying to meet the European mind, the European way of life. But I'm confused. Everywhere I'm confronted by the penetration of American ideals and products. Almost two weeks ago I disembarked in the Netherlands. Could I forget my first night there? No, it was not spent in some quiet sidewalk cafe, or wine cellar, or rural hearth with cheese. No, I followed the rest of the town to the local symphony hall, and there stomped, stamped, and 'dug' the sounds of Duke Ellington and his 16-piece jazz band. American songs, sung with American lyrics, and played in the American jazz styles. As one Dutch miss remarked: "It just wouldn't be jazz any other way!" '

                                                                          • Stratemann p.421
                                                                          • Tom Hart, Europe Digs America, Boston College Heights, 1959-10-09 p.5
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                                                                          Sunday
                                                                          .Paris, FranceSalle Pleyel.Stratemann p.421New Desor
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                                                                          Monday
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                                                                          Tuesday
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                                                                          .Malmö, Sverige (Sweden)..Stratemann p.421..
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                                                                          Saturday
                                                                          .Stockholm, Sverige (Sweden)Konserthus.Stratemann p.421New Desor
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                                                                          Sunday
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                                                                          Monday
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                                                                          Tuesday
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                                                                          Wednesday
                                                                          .København
                                                                          Danmark
                                                                          (Copenhagen)
                                                                          København Hallen.Stratemann p.421..
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                                                                          1959 10 01
                                                                          Thursday
                                                                          .Aarhus
                                                                          Danmark
                                                                          Aarhus Hallen.Stratemann p.421..
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                                                                          .Hamburg, Bundesrepublik Deutschland
                                                                          (West Germany)
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                                                                          .West Berlin
                                                                          (Germany)
                                                                          Sportpalast.Stratemann p.421New Desor
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                                                                          Monday
                                                                          .Hannover, Bundesrepublik Deutschland
                                                                          (West Germany)
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                                                                          Tuesday
                                                                          .West Berlin
                                                                          (Germany)
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                                                                          Wednesday
                                                                          .Kiel, Bundesrepublik Deutschland
                                                                          (West Germany)
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                                                                          Thursday
                                                                          .Essen, Bundesrepublik Deutschland
                                                                          (West Germany)
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                                                                          Friday
                                                                          .Zurich, SwitzerlandKongresshausTelevised concertNew Desor
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                                                                          Saturday
                                                                          .Nürnberg, Bundesrepublik Deutschland
                                                                          (Nuremburg, West Germany)
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                                                                          Sunday
                                                                          .München, Bundesrepublik Deutschland
                                                                          (Munich, West Germany)
                                                                          Deutsches Museum.Stratemann p.421New Desor
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                                                                          Thursday
                                                                          .Düsseldorf, Bundesrepublik Deutschland
                                                                          (West Germany)
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                                                                          Friday
                                                                          .Köln, Bundesrepublik Deutschland
                                                                          (Cologne, West Germany)
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                                                                          Saturday
                                                                          .Frankfurt, Bundesrepublik Deutschland
                                                                          (West Germany)
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                                                                          Sunday
                                                                          .Wien, Republik Österreich
                                                                          (Vienna, Austria)
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                                                                          Monday
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                                                                          Wednesday
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                                                                          1959 10 21
                                                                          Wednesday
                                                                          ...PERSONNEL CHANGES
                                                                          Clark Terry and Quentin Jackson stay in Europe to play in Quincy Jones' band in the revue "Free And Easy." Both will record with the Ellington orchestra from time to time in the future.
                                                                          • New Desor vol.2
                                                                          • Jet 1959-12-31 p.60
                                                                          • Stratemann p.418
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                                                                          Friday
                                                                          .Atlantic OceanHMS "Queen Elizabeth"Likely date of departure from the U.K., assuming a five day trans-Atlantic voyage and assuming the band left from Southampton or Cherbourg.
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                                                                          Saturday
                                                                          .Atlantic OceanHMS "Queen Elizabeth"Ellington and his orchestra should have been at sea.
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                                                                          1959 11 01
                                                                          Sunday
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                                                                          Monday
                                                                          .New York, N.Y..Willis R. Nance, 210 W. 118th St., New York, passport #1203327 and Gloria Nance, 5609 62nd [illegible], passport #1711733 arrived in New York on El Al flight #201

                                                                          Ray's form says he boarded at Tel Aviv and Gloria's says she boarded in London.
                                                                          Immigration document..
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                                                                          .Atlantic OceanHMS Queen ElizabethArrival in USA
                                                                          Gossip columnist Dorothy Kilgallen:

                                                                          'Duke Ellington celebrated his return from Europe by playing host at a party for 50 at the swingin' Hickory House.'

                                                                          Kilgallen did not give the date of the party.
                                                                          Dorothy Kilgallen, The Voice of Broadway, New Castle News, New Castle, Penn. 1959-11-17 p.4..
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                                                                          1959 11 00...PERSONNEL CHANGES
                                                                          Ozzie Bailey, vocalist, rejoined the band

                                                                          Cat Anderson, trumpet, left in early November to work with Lionel Hampton, but soon formed his own small groups. He returned in 1961 and stayed until 1971.

                                                                          Trumpeters Moon Mullins and Willie Cook replaced Anderson and Clark Terry.

                                                                          Matthew Gee, trombone, born in 1921, replaced Quentin Jackson. All three were on strength by the session of 1959 11 13.
                                                                          • New Desor vol.2
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                                                                          Friday
                                                                          1959 11 08
                                                                          Sunday
                                                                          Pennsauken, N.J.Red Hill InnNight club engagement.
                                                                          Contract terms:
                                                                          • 15 musicians led by "Duke Ellington Inc. presents Duke Ellington"
                                                                          • Place of engagement: Red Hill Inn, Camden, New Jersey
                                                                          • Date(s) of employment:
                                                                            November 6, 1959 - 3 days
                                                                          • Hours of employment: 9 p.m. to 2 a.m. nightly, Sunday matinee 4 to 7 p.m.
                                                                          • THIS CONTRACT ISSUED SUBJECT TO APPROVAL AND SIGNATURE OF ARTIST
                                                                          • Standard top billing clause
                                                                          • Wage agreed upon: $3,000 to be paid in full in cash to artist at end of engagement.
                                                                          • Employer: Joe DeLuca Jr., 56 East Culter Ave., Collingwood, N.Y.
                                                                          • Signed by Joe DeLuca Jr.
                                                                          • Associated Booking Corporation contract dated 1959-10-14, SI-NMAH Archives Center, DEC301, Series III Subseries A, Box 1, Folder 28
                                                                          • Stratemann p.418
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                                                                          Friday
                                                                          .New York, N.Y.NBC StudiosTaping session for the 1959 11 27 telecast of a Grammy Awards presention to Ellington by National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences of the United States for
                                                                          • Best Performance By A Dance Band
                                                                          • Best Musical Composition First Recorded And Released In 1959 (More Than 5 Minutes Duration)
                                                                          • Best Sound Track Album - Background Score From A Motion Picture Or Television

                                                                          Stratemann advises that the winners were told in advance so they could prerecord their appearances on the nationally televised awards show, but they weren't told which category they won in. Timner includes Ellington accepting his award in this session, but this would seem to conflict with the non-disclosure noted by Stratemann.
                                                                          Duke Ellington and His Orchestra
                                                                          Marenguito, Cook, Mullens, Nance, Woodman, Wood, Gee, Hamilton, Procope, Hodges, Gonsalves, Carney, Ellington, Woode, Johnson, Greenwood, Bailey.

                                                                          Title recorded:
                                                                          • Anatomy Of A Murder
                                                                          • According to Timner, Ellington was also shown receiving his award, but it isn't clear if this was pre-taped.

                                                                          Contract terms:
                                                                          • 16 musicians and vocalist under the leadership of "DUKE ELLINGTON, INC.,owner, agrees to present DUKE ELLINGTON"
                                                                          • Name and Address of Place of Engagement
                                                                            National Broadcasting Company Studios, New York, N.Y.
                                                                          • Date(s) of employment
                                                                            November 13, 1959: Prior rehearsals as advised by producer
                                                                          • Hours of employment
                                                                            2:00 P.M. -- 3:00 P.M.
                                                                          • Type of engagement
                                                                            Television Awards Program.
                                                                          • Wage agreed upon: $100 per man to be applied against double scale. plus $2,000 for services of Duke Ellington, plus $500 expenses, to be paid not later than ten days following original telecast date.
                                                                          • Employer:
                                                                            National Academy of Recordings Arts and Sciences
                                                                          • Signed by
                                                                            [illegible]
                                                                          • Musicians listed:
                                                                            • Duke Ellington
                                                                            • Ray Nance
                                                                            • Johnny Hodges
                                                                            • Wm. Anderson
                                                                            • Britt Woodman
                                                                            • Russell Procope
                                                                              • Harry Carney
                                                                              • Paul Gonsalves
                                                                              • Jimmy Hamilton
                                                                              • Jimmy Woode
                                                                              • Andre Merenguito (Ford)
                                                                                • Henderson Chambers
                                                                                • Eddie Mullins
                                                                                • Tom Whaley
                                                                                • Mercer Ellington
                                                                                • Jimmy Johnson
                                                                              • All were local 802 members and the list included their social security numbers.
                                                                                • American Federation of Musicians contract dated 1959 11 [exact date not shown], SI-NMAH Archives Center, DEC301, Series III, Subseries A, Box 1, Folder 29
                                                                                • Stratemann p. 416
                                                                                • Vail II
                                                                                • NARAS website - past winners
                                                                                • Girvan:   Ellingtonia.com
                                                                                • Timner
                                                                                • Ole J. Nielsen, Jazz Records 1942-80, A discography: Vol. Six, Duke Ellington
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                                                                              1959 11 17
                                                                              Tuesday
                                                                              ...activities not documented
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                                                                              1959 11 18
                                                                              Wednesday
                                                                              .Milford, Mass.Crystal Room

                                                                              'TONITE — TONITE
                                                                              DUKE ELLINGTON
                                                                              AND ORCH. IN CONCERT
                                                                              CRYSTAL ROOM – MILFORD '


                                                                              Contract terms:
                                                                              • 15 musicians under the leadership of "DUKE ELLINGTON, INC. PRESENTS DUKE ELLINGTON"
                                                                              • Name and Address of Place of Engagement
                                                                                Crystal Room, Milford, Massachusetts
                                                                              • Date(s) of employment
                                                                                November 18th, 1959
                                                                              • Hours of employment
                                                                                8:30 p.m. to 12:30 a.m.
                                                                              • Type of engagement
                                                                                Dance
                                                                              • Standard top billing clause
                                                                              • Wage agreed upon: $1,000 guaranteed, privilege 60% gross receipts payable in full in cash night of engagement
                                                                              • Employer:
                                                                                Boots Mussulli. Crystal Room, Milford, Mass.
                                                                              • Signed by
                                                                                Boots Mussulli
                                                                              • Associated Booking Corporation contract dated 1959 11 02, SI-NMAH Archives Center, DEC301, Series III, Subseries A, Box 1, Folder 29
                                                                              • Ad, Boston Evening American, 1959-11-18 p.26
                                                                              • Stratemann p.418
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                                                                              1959 11 19
                                                                              Thursday
                                                                              1959 11 29
                                                                              Sunday
                                                                              Boston, Mass.George Wein's Storyville
                                                                              Copley Square Hotel
                                                                              Night club residency

                                                                              AP wirestory:

                                                                              '...at Boston's Club Storyville, pianist Duke Ellington and his 17-man band are completing an 11-day stay that shattered all house record.
                                                                                The Ellington crew boasts eight New Englanders, the most famous of whom is perhaps saxaphonist [sic] Johnny Hodges from Lynn, Mass.'


                                                                              Contract terms:
                                                                              • 14 musicians under the leadership of "DUKE ELLINGTON, INC. PRESENTS DUKE ELLINGTON & ORCH."
                                                                              • Name and Address of Place of Engagement
                                                                                [illegible] Storyville, Copley Square Hotel, 47 Huntington Ave., Boston, Mass.
                                                                              • Date(s) of employment
                                                                                November 19, 1959 - one week and four days
                                                                              • Hours of employment
                                                                                3 shows nightly bet. hours of 8 p.m. and 1 a.m.
                                                                                Sunday matinee
                                                                              • Duke Ellington is to receive a room at the Copley Square Hotel
                                                                              • Duke Ellington is to receive 100% top billing.
                                                                              • Wage agreed upon: $6,000 for the week plus pro rata the extra four days payable in cash to artist end of week and pro rata end of engagement.
                                                                              • Employer:
                                                                                Storyville - Larry Wein, Copley Square Hotel, Boston, Mass.
                                                                              • Signed by
                                                                                Larry Wein per wire

                                                                              The personnel according to Down Beat were Fats Ford, Eddie "Moon" Mullens, Ray Nance, Willie Cook, Britt Woodman, Mitchell "Booty" Wood, Mathew Gee, Jimmy Hamilton, Russell Procope, Johnny Hodges, Paul Gonsalves, Harry Carney, Ellington, Jimmy Woode, Jimmy Johnson. (Ford would soon change his name to Andres Merenguito.) All were in the taping session of 1959 11 13.
                                                                              • Associated Booking Corporation contract dated 1959 10 16, SI-NMAH Archives Center, DEC301, Series III, Subseries A, Box 1, Folder 28
                                                                              • The Jazz Scene, Boston Traveler, Boston, Mass., 1959-10-29 p.43
                                                                              • Ad, Boston Evening American, Boston, Mass., 1959-11-18 p.26
                                                                              • AP wirestory, Newport Daily News, Newport, R.I., 1959-11-25 p.9
                                                                              • Stratemann p.418 citing Down Beat
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                                                                              Friday
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                                                                              Saturday
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                                                                              Sunday
                                                                              .Boston, Mass.StoryvilleNight club residency - see 1959 11 19...
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                                                                              Monday
                                                                              ...Ellington, Clark Terry and Tempo Music Ltd. executed a contract in which Ellington and Terry, as writers, assigned their rights in Dual Fuel and Launching Pad to Tempo Music Ltd.Lot 11, Forever Ellington auction by Guernsey's, New York, 2016-05-18..
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                                                                              Monday
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                                                                              Tuesday
                                                                              .Boston, Mass.StoryvilleNight club residency - see 1959 11 19...
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                                                                              Wednesday
                                                                              .Boston, Mass.StoryvilleNight club residency - see 1959 11 19...
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                                                                              Thursday
                                                                              .Boston, Mass.StoryvilleNight club residency - see 1959 11 19...
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                                                                              Friday
                                                                              .Boston, Mass.StoryvilleNight club residency - see 1959 11 19...
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                                                                              Saturday
                                                                              .Boston, Mass.StoryvilleNight club residency - see 1959 11 19...
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                                                                              Sunday
                                                                              .Boston, Mass.StoryvilleNight club residency - see 1959 11 19...
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                                                                              Monday
                                                                              ...activities not documented
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                                                                              ...

                                                                              December 1959

                                                                              1959 12 01
                                                                              Tuesday
                                                                              ...activities not documented...
                                                                              ...
                                                                              1959 12 02
                                                                              Wednesday
                                                                              ... Peripheral event

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                                                                              Wednesday
                                                                              .New York, N.Y.Columbia 30th St. studioRecording session
                                                                              23:30-04:30
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                                                                              Thursday
                                                                              .New York, N.Y.Columbia 30th St. studioRecording session
                                                                              23:30-04:30
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                                                                              1959 12 04
                                                                              Friday
                                                                              ...activities not documented...
                                                                              ...
                                                                              1959 12 05
                                                                              Saturday
                                                                              ...activities not documented...
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                                                                              1959 12 06
                                                                              Sunday
                                                                              ...activities not documented...
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                                                                              1959 12 07
                                                                              Monday
                                                                              .Toronto, Ont.CBC studiosCBC television "Jack Kane Hour"
                                                                              Ellington soloed in front of the 34-piece house band, Jack Kane and his Music Makers. Anderson, Hamilton, Hodges, Carney and Woode joined in for some tunes.
                                                                              Recorded titles:
                                                                              • Take the "A" Train
                                                                              • A Single Petal of a Rose
                                                                              • Medley:
                                                                                • Cottontail
                                                                                • Sophisticated Lady
                                                                                • C-Jam Blues
                                                                                • I Got It Bad and That Ain't Good
                                                                                • It Don't Mean A Thing

                                                                              Contract terms:
                                                                              • 5 musicians under the leadership of "DUKE ELLINGTON, INC. PRESENTS DUKE ELLINGTON & HIS ORCH."
                                                                              • Name and Address of Place of Engagement
                                                                                Music Makers Show, CBC TV, Toronto, Ont.
                                                                                MUSIC '60 PRESENTS:-THE JACK KANE HOUR
                                                                              • Date(s) of employment
                                                                                December 7, 1959
                                                                              • Hours of employment
                                                                                Rehearsals - 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. and 2 p.m. to 6 p.m.
                                                                                Dress rehearsal - 7:30 p.m. to 8:30 p.m.
                                                                                Show - 9:30 p.m. to 10:30 p.m.
                                                                              • Type of engagement
                                                                                TELEVISION
                                                                              • Wage agreed upon: $2,000 (currency not specified) Total contract price to be sent directly to Associated Booking Corp 745 5th Ave., N.Y.C., N.Y.
                                                                              • Employer:
                                                                                CBC TV. 354 Jarvis St., Toronto, Ontario, Canada
                                                                              • Signed by
                                                                                [illegible]
                                                                              • Associated Booking Corporation contract dated 1959 11 05, SI-NMAH Archives Center, DEC301, Series III, Subseries A, Box 1, Folder 29
                                                                              • Stratemann p.419
                                                                              • Vail II
                                                                              • Girvan:   Ellingtonia.com
                                                                              • Timner
                                                                              • Ole J. Nielsen, Jazz Records 1942-80, A discography: Vol. Six, Duke Ellington, p.212
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                                                                              Tuesday
                                                                              ...activities not documented...
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                                                                              1959 12 09
                                                                              Wednesday
                                                                              .Hartford, Conn.Bushnell Memorial HallConcert
                                                                              Contract terms:
                                                                              • 15 musicians under the leadership of "DUKE ELLINGTON, INC. PRESENTS DUKE ELLINGTON"
                                                                              • Name and Address of Place of Engagement
                                                                                Bushnell Memorial Hall, Hartford, Connecticut
                                                                              • Date(s) of employment
                                                                                December 9th, 1959
                                                                              • Hours of employment
                                                                                1 concert - 8:30 p.m. to 10:30 p.m.
                                                                              • Type of engagement
                                                                                Concert
                                                                              • Standard top billing clause
                                                                              • Wage agreed upon: $2,000 guaranteed, privilege 60% gross receipts, Ellington's end of gross not to exceed $5,000. To be paid in full in cash night of engagement
                                                                              • Employer:
                                                                                Bushnell Community Concerts Assoc., Bushnell Memorial Hall, Harford 14, Connecticut
                                                                              • Signed by
                                                                                William H. Martensen, V.P.
                                                                              Attached to the contract file copy is a recap of ticket sales showing $8,621.50 was taken in for the 3,277 tickets sold. Under the contract, therefore, Ellington should have received the $5,000 cap amount.

                                                                              Nearly half the tickets were the highest price, $3.00, being in the orchestra or first 16 rows of the first balcony.
                                                                              • Associated Booking Corporation contract dated 1959 10 30, SI-NMAH Archives Center, DEC301, Series III, Subseries A, Box 1, Folder 28
                                                                              • Stratemann p.419
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                                                                              1959 12 10
                                                                              Thursday
                                                                              .New York, N.Y.Hunter College Assembly Hall
                                                                              69th St. between Park and Lexington Ave.
                                                                              Ad, New York Age:

                                                                              ONE NIGHT ONLY – DEC. 10
                                                                              THURSDAY EVENING – 8:30 P.M.
                                                                              DUKE ELLINGTON
                                                                              and HIS FAMOUS ORCHESTRA
                                                                              in a
                                                                              BENEFIT CONCERT
                                                                              for
                                                                              Morningside Community Center
                                                                              HUNTER COLLEGE ASSEMBLY HALL
                                                                              69th St. between Park and Lexington Avenues
                                                                              Prices: Orch. $3.00-$5.00 – Bal. $2.00-$3.00-$5.00
                                                                              Tickets on sale at Morningside Community Center, 360
                                                                              West 122nd St...


                                                                              Plug, Amsterdam News

                                                                              'Duke Ellington will give the premier performance of his latest musical composition Thursday, Dec. 10 at 8:30 p.m. in the Hunter College auditorium, a work he composed especially for the annual benefit concert of the Morningside Community Center, 360 West 122nd St.'

                                                                              Syndicated columnist Kilgallen

                                                                              '...For the Duke Ellington concert at Hunter College ... he, accompanied by his full orchesra, worked to unveil for the first time in the United States a suite he was commissioned to write for Queen Elizabeth...'


                                                                              Contract terms:
                                                                              • 15 musicians under the leadership of "DUKE ELLINGTON, INC. PRESENTS DUKE ELLINGTON"
                                                                              • Name and Address of Place of Engagement
                                                                                Hunter College Auditorium, New York City, N.Y. (Manhattan)
                                                                              • Date(s) of employment
                                                                                December 10th, 1959
                                                                              • Hours of employment
                                                                                8:30 p.m.
                                                                              • Type of engagement
                                                                                1 Concert 2 hrs.
                                                                              • Standard top billing clause
                                                                              • Wage agreed upon: $2,250 flat, deposit $1,125 payable on signing, balance in cash night of engagement
                                                                              • Employer:
                                                                                Morningside Communit Center, Inc., 360 West 122nd Street, New York 27, New York
                                                                              • Signed by
                                                                                S. Garry Oniki
                                                                              • Associated Booking Corporation contract dated 1959 07 17, SI-NMAH Archives Center, DEC301
                                                                                  , Series III, Subseries A, Box 1, Folder 25
                                                                                • Announcement, New York Amsterdam News, 1959-12-05 p.15 New York Addenda
                                                                                • Dorothy Kilgallen, Voice of Broadway:
                                                                                  • Anderson Daily Bulletin, Anderson, Ind., 1959-12-14 p.4
                                                                                  • The Salt Lake Tribune, Salt Lake City, Utah, 1959-12-14 p.58
                                                                                  • New Castle News, New Castle, Penn., 1959-12-14
                                                                                  • Post-Journal, Jamestown, N.Y. 1959-12-15 p.17
                                                                                • Stratemann p.419 citing New York Age 1959-12-05 p.12
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                                                                                1959 12 11
                                                                                Friday
                                                                                .Toronto, Ont.Massey HallConcert
                                                                                The Varsity:

                                                                                '...an excellent concert...
                                                                                  The well-balanced program contained old favorites [sic] associated with the Ellington orchestra, selections from recent compositional work, the ever-present Ellington medly [sic], and various unclassifiable, but highly entertaining numbers. Among the latter belonged the song and dance routines by Ray Nance.
                                                                                  The band sounded fresh and vigorous, iwth the full impact of Duke's musical genius emitting from almost every selection, whether slow moody ballads, guttural swingers or polished innovations. The jazz feeling was there, the musical perfection was there, utilizing the orchestra to create the framework and backdrop for a number of outstanding soloists. Among them were such talented musicians as Johnny Hodges, Ray Nance, Harry Carney and Paul Gonsalves, all of whom have been featured with Duke Ellington for many years.
                                                                                  Some highlights from this thoroughly enjoyable evening were supplied by the two voalists: Ozzie Bailey and Lil Greenwood. In particular Mr. Bailey's strong, full-ranged voice proved to be pleasant. What Miss Greenwood lacked in voice colour, was compensated for by her verve and blues feeling.
                                                                                  We hope that Duke Ellington will return again to Toronto soon, and that other jazz concerts may be equally well presented in the meantime.'


                                                                                Contract terms:
                                                                                • 15 musicians under the leadership of "DUKE ELLINGTON, INC. PRESENTS DUKE ELLINGTON"
                                                                                • Name and Address of Place of Engagement
                                                                                  Massey Hall, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
                                                                                • Date(s) of employment
                                                                                  DEcember 11th, 1959
                                                                                • Hours of employment
                                                                                  1 concert, 8:30 p.m., 2 hrs.
                                                                                • Type of engagement
                                                                                  Concert
                                                                                • Standard top billing clause
                                                                                • Wage agreed upon: US$1,500 , privilege 50% gross receipts due in cash night of engagement
                                                                                • Employer:
                                                                                  Vivienne Stenson, 41 Collier Street, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
                                                                                • Signed by
                                                                                  Vivienne Stenson
                                                                                • Associated Booking Corporation contract dated 1959 09 03, SI-NMAH Archives Center, DEC301, Series III, Subseries A, Box 1, Folder 27
                                                                                • The Varsity, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ont.
                                                                                  1959-12-15 p.9
                                                                                • Stratemann p.419
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                                                                                Saturday
                                                                                .Toronto, Ont.Royal York Hotel
                                                                                199 Queen St. W.
                                                                                National Ballet Guild Ball (according to Vail, no source information provided)
                                                                                This may be the National Ballet Guild Ball de Ballet, attended by over 1,000 guests at the Royal York, mentioned in Palmer's book in describing socialite Betty Cassels' gowns.

                                                                                Stratemann describes this as a ball in which Ellington orchestra alternated with the Jimmy Simpson orchestra, before, during and after dinner.
                                                                                Contract terms:
                                                                                • 15 musicians under the leadership of "DUKE ELLINGTON, INC. PRESENTS DUKE ELLINGTON"
                                                                                • Name and Address of Place of Engagement
                                                                                  Royal York Hotel, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
                                                                                • Date(s) of employment
                                                                                  DEcember 12t, 1959
                                                                                • Hours of employment
                                                                                  8 p.m. to 12 midnight
                                                                                • Type of engagement
                                                                                  Dance
                                                                                • It is understood that this contract may be cancelled upon 60 days written notice by Duke Ellington, should he obtain a location engagemet, television show or motion picture, in which event the deposit of $1,250, mentioned below, will be returned to the employer.
                                                                                • Standard top billing clause
                                                                                • Wage agreed upon: $2,500 flat, U.S. Funds, deposit $1,250 payable on signing and balance in cash night of engagement
                                                                                • Employer:
                                                                                  Mrs. Patrick Cassels
                                                                                  94 Dunlop Road
                                                                                  Toronto, Ontario, Canada
                                                                                • Signed by
                                                                                  Betty Cassels
                                                                                • Associated Booking Corporation contract dated 1959 07 07, SI-NMAH Archives Center, DEC301
                                                                                    , Series III, Subseries A, Box 1, Folder 25
                                                                                  • Stratemann p.419
                                                                                  • Vail II
                                                                                  • Alexandra Palmer, Couture & Commerce: The Transatlantic Fashion Trade in the 1950s, UBC Press, 2001, p.107
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                                                                                  Sunday
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                                                                                  1959 12 14
                                                                                  Monday
                                                                                  ...activities not documented...
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                                                                                  1959 12 15
                                                                                  Tuesday
                                                                                  ...activities not documented...
                                                                                  ...
                                                                                  circa
                                                                                  1959 12 00
                                                                                  ..Jet reported when the band returned to the Blue Note, it had 5 new men: Willie Cook, Andre Merenguito and Eddie Matthews, trumpets, Mitchell (Booty) Wood and Matthew Gee on trombones, replacing Terry, Anderson, Baker, Jackson and Sanders. This was not necessarily news, the changes took place between September and November - see above.Jet 1959-12-31 p.60.New Desor
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                                                                                  Wednesday
                                                                                  1960 01 10Chicago, Ill.Blue Note nightclubThis was Ellington's last Blue Note engagement. The contract called for 32 hours in 5 days each week, a matinee on Sundays and Mondays and Tuesdays off. On New Year's Eve, the band was broadcast at 10:30 pm on CBS and earlier in the set on NBC.


                                                                                  Cat Anderson left the band before this engagement but would return later.
                                                                                  • Ads, Chicago Defender
                                                                                    • 1959-12-19 p.18
                                                                                    • 1960-01-02 p.12
                                                                                  • Stratemann, p.419
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                                                                                  Thursday
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                                                                                  Friday
                                                                                  .Chicago, Ill.Blue Note
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                                                                                  Saturday
                                                                                  .Chicago, Ill.Blue Note
                                                                                  See 1959 12 16...
                                                                                  ..2011
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                                                                                  Sunday
                                                                                  .Chicago, Ill.Blue Note
                                                                                  See 1959 12 16...
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                                                                                  Monday
                                                                                  ...Blue Note day off
                                                                                  activities not documented
                                                                                  ...
                                                                                  ...
                                                                                  1959 12 22
                                                                                  Tuesday
                                                                                  ...Blue Note day off
                                                                                  activities not documented
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                                                                                  ...
                                                                                  1959 12 23
                                                                                  Wednesday
                                                                                  .Chicago, Ill.Blue Note
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                                                                                  Thursday
                                                                                  .Chicago, Ill.Blue Note
                                                                                  See 1959 12 16...
                                                                                  ..2011
                                                                                  1959 12 25
                                                                                  Friday
                                                                                  .Chicago, Ill.Blue Note
                                                                                  See 1959 12 16...
                                                                                  ..2011
                                                                                  1959 12 26
                                                                                  Saturday
                                                                                  .Chicago, Ill.Blue Note
                                                                                  See 1959 12 16...
                                                                                  ..2011
                                                                                  1959 12 27
                                                                                  Sunday
                                                                                  .Chicago, Ill.Blue Note
                                                                                  See 1959 12 16...
                                                                                  ..2011
                                                                                  1959 12 28
                                                                                  Monday
                                                                                  ...Blue Note day off
                                                                                  activities not documented
                                                                                  ...
                                                                                  ...
                                                                                  1959 12 29
                                                                                  Tuesday
                                                                                  ...Blue Note day off
                                                                                  activities not documented
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                                                                                  1959 12 30
                                                                                  Wednesday
                                                                                  .Chicago, Ill.Blue Note
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                                                                                  Thursday
                                                                                  ...activities not documented...
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                                                                                  January 1960

                                                                                  1960 01 --.New York, N.Y..Ellington broadcast two bond promotions for the "1960 Cancer Crusade".New Desor
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                                                                                  1960 01 01
                                                                                  Friday
                                                                                  .Chicago, Ill.Blue Note
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                                                                                  Saturday
                                                                                  .Chicago, Ill.Blue Note
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                                                                                  1960 01 03
                                                                                  Sunday
                                                                                  .Chicago, Ill.Blue Note
                                                                                  See 1959 12 16...
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                                                                                  1960 01 04
                                                                                  Monday
                                                                                  ...Blue Note day off
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                                                                                  1960 01 05
                                                                                  Tuesday
                                                                                  ...Blue Note day off
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                                                                                  1960 01 06
                                                                                  Wednesday
                                                                                  .Chicago, Ill.Blue Note
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                                                                                  Thursday
                                                                                  .Chicago, Ill.Blue Note
                                                                                  See 1959 12 16...
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                                                                                  1960 01 08
                                                                                  Friday
                                                                                  .Chicago, Ill.Blue Note
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                                                                                  1960 01 09
                                                                                  Saturday
                                                                                  .Chicago, Ill.Blue Note
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                                                                                  1960 01 10
                                                                                  Sunday
                                                                                  .Chicago, Ill.Blue Note
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                                                                                  1960 01 11
                                                                                  Monday
                                                                                  ...activities not documented...
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                                                                                  1960 01 12
                                                                                  Tuesday
                                                                                  ...activities not documented...
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                                                                                  1960 01 13
                                                                                  Wednesday
                                                                                  .Elmhurst, Ill.Gymnasium
                                                                                  York High School
                                                                                  Concert, 7:30 p.m. sponsored by Elmhurst Rotary Club to benefit its philanthropies.
                                                                                  Contract terms:
                                                                                  • 15 musicians and vocalist under the leadership of "DUKE ELLINGTON, INC. PRESENTS: DUKE ELLINGTON IN PERSON"
                                                                                  • Name and Address of Place of Engagement
                                                                                    York High School Gymnasium, Elmhurst, Illinois
                                                                                  • Date(s) of employment
                                                                                    Wednesday, January 13, 1960
                                                                                  • Hours of employment
                                                                                    2-hr concert to commence 8:00 p.m. with customary intermission (THIS engagement shall not be advertised via paid ads in any Chicago Metropolitan newspaper prior to January 10, 1960).
                                                                                  • Type of engagement
                                                                                    Concert
                                                                                  • Duke Ellington to receive 100% top billing.
                                                                                  • Standard clause re extra musicians due to union rules.
                                                                                  • Wage agreed upon: $2,500 guaranteed flat. 50% deposit payable Associated Booking Corp. to be received 2-wks. prior to engagement. Balance to be paid in cash to Al Sulley [sic], Mgr. intermission time night of engagement
                                                                                  • Stamped with "Any mechanical reproduction of the artists performance or this engagement is absolutely prohibited by the American Federation of Musicians."
                                                                                  • Employer:
                                                                                    Rotary Club per: Robert Pinckney
                                                                                  • Signed by
                                                                                    Robert Pinckney
                                                                                  • Associated Booking Corporation contract dated 1959 11 02, SI-NMAH Archives Center, DEC301, Series III, Subseries A, Box 1, Folder 29
                                                                                  • Chicago Sunday Tribune, 1960-01-10 pt.3 p.1
                                                                                  • Stratemann p.419 citing DESB
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                                                                                  Thursday
                                                                                  .Springfield, Ill.Springfield High School auditoriumTwo hour concert, 8 to 10:30 p.m. with intermission. Tickets $1.85, $2.10 and $2.35.
                                                                                  Contract terms:
                                                                                  • 15 musicians and vocalist under the leadership of "DUKE ELLINGTON, INC. PRESENTS DUKE ELLINGTON IN PERSON"
                                                                                  • Name and Address of Place of Engagement
                                                                                    Springfield High School, Springfield, Illinois
                                                                                  • Date(s) of employment
                                                                                    Thursday January 14, 1960
                                                                                  • Hours of employment
                                                                                    Concert 8:00 p.m. to 10:00 p.m. (2 Hr) in school auditorium
                                                                                  • Type of engagement
                                                                                    Concert
                                                                                  • Employer guarantees to furnish a good P.A. system and to have the piano tuned to A=440
                                                                                  • Standard clause re extra musicians due to union rules.
                                                                                  • Wage agreed upon: $1,500 guarantee, privilege 60%. 50% deposit payable to Associated Booking Corporation 45-days prior to engagement, balance in cash to Al Celley, Manager intermission time night of engagement
                                                                                  • Employer:
                                                                                    Springfield High School per Senior Class Advisor Lenore [illegible - maybe Askenhurt]
                                                                                  • Signed by
                                                                                    Lenore [illegible - maybe Askenhurt]
                                                                                  • Associated Booking Corporation contract dated 1959 09 28, SI-NMAH Archives Center, DEC301, Series III, Subseries A, Box 1, Folder 27
                                                                                  • Illinois State Journal-Register, Springfield, Ill., 1960-01-10 p.23
                                                                                  • Stratemann p.419 citing DESB
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                                                                                  Friday
                                                                                  .St. Louis, Mo.Kiel AuditoriumDance for basketball crowd following a game
                                                                                  Contract terms:
                                                                                  • 15 musicians and vocalist under the leadership of "DUKE ELLINGTON, INC. PRESENTS DUKE ELLINGTON IN PERSON"
                                                                                  • Name and Address of Place of Engagement
                                                                                    Kiel Auditorium, St. Louis, Missouri
                                                                                  • Date(s) of employment
                                                                                    January 15, 1960
                                                                                  • Hours of employment
                                                                                    21/2 dance to be played between the hours of 10 p.m. to 2 a.m.
                                                                                  • Type of engagement
                                                                                    Dance
                                                                                  • Standard top billing clause
                                                                                  • Standard clause re extra musicians due to union rules.
                                                                                  • Employer guarantees to furnish a good P.A. system and to have the piano tuned to A=440.
                                                                                  • Wage agreed upon: $2,000 guaranteed flat, 50% deposit to Associated Booking Corporation 30-days prior to date of engagement. Balance payable in cash to Al Celley, road manager at intermission time, night of engagement
                                                                                  • Employer:
                                                                                    St. Louis Hawks Basketball Club, Inc. per Ben Kerner, President, 706 Chestnut St., St. Louis, Missouri
                                                                                  • Signed by
                                                                                    [illegible]
                                                                                  • Associated Booking Corporation contract dated 1959 08 28, SI-NMAH Archives Center, DEC301, Series III, Subseries A, Box 1, Folder 26
                                                                                  • Stratemann, p.419
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                                                                                  Saturday
                                                                                  .Gary, Ind.Barbara's PlayhouseContract terms:
                                                                                  • 15 musicians under the leadership of "DUKE ELLINGTON, INC. PRESENTS DUKE ELLINGTON IN PERSON"
                                                                                  • Hours of employment
                                                                                    10:00 p.m. to 2:00 a.m.
                                                                                  • Type of engagement
                                                                                    Dance
                                                                                  • Standard top billing clause
                                                                                  • Standard clause re extra musicians due to union rules.
                                                                                  • Employer guarantees to furnish a good P.A. system and to have the piano tuned to A=440
                                                                                  • Wage agreed upon: $1,500 guarantee, privilege 50%. Deposit $500 payable on signing to Associated Booking Corp. and balance in cash to Duke Ellington intermission time night of engagement
                                                                                  • Employer:
                                                                                    Mr. Dobbie Hicks, 1838 Virginia Avenue, Gary, Indiana
                                                                                  • Signed by
                                                                                    Dobbie Hicks
                                                                                  A deposit of $400 was received 1959 06 12 according to the notation on the contract.

                                                                                  Barbara's Playhouse is described in The Blues Encyclopedia, p.361 as a large ballroom.
                                                                                  Associated Booking Corporation contract dated 1959 12 09, SI-NMAH Archives Center, DEC301, Series III, Subseries A, Box 1, Folder 30..
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                                                                                  Monday
                                                                                  .Milwaukee, Wisc.Train stationIt seems likely Ellington and his orchestra arrived in Milwaukee by train from Chicago. The Milwaukee Journal reported he greeted U.S. Democratic Senator and presidential hopeful Hubert Humphrey at the train station:

                                                                                  '...At the station [Humphrey] was greeted by band leader Duke Ellington, also a train passenger. An aide pinned a Humphrey button on Ellington.'

                                                                                  The San Antonio Register carried a photo of Ellington, wearing the button, with Senator and Mrs. Humphrey.
                                                                                  • The Milwaukee Journal, Milwaukee,Wisc.
                                                                                    1960-01-18 pt.1 p.4
                                                                                  • Photo, San Antonio Register, San Antonio, Tex.,
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                                                                                  .Milwaukee, Wisc.City Hall Peripheral event
                                                                                  During Ellington's visit to Milwaukee, its city hall displayed an electric sign saying Friends of Art Salute Duke Ellington in 3 1/2 foot high letters. Ellington's autobiography has a night-time photo of the city hall and sign, misdating it January 18, 1940.

                                                                                  Ellington is quoted in a 1969 telephone interview, as saying:

                                                                                  'There always seems to be something special about coming to Milwaukee. Once I played there at the art center at noon in the middle of a big blizzard. It was a beautiful audience. They had my name up in lights on the City Hall tower.'


                                                                                  Julie Lomoe writes in Pinterest that her mother, Mrs. Wallace Lomoe (see next entry), was responsible for the signage and in its Ellington obituary in 1974, The Milwaukee Sentinel said Mrs. Lomoe was the one who nominated Ellington for the Pulitzer Prize.
                                                                                  • The Milwaukee Journal, Milwaukee,Wisc.
                                                                                    1969-01-02 pt.2 p.9
                                                                                  • The Milwaukee Sentinel, Milwaukee,Wisc.,
                                                                                    1974-05-24 pt.1, p.4
                                                                                  • Photograph of city hall signage:
                                                                                    • Music is My Mistress, p.477
                                                                                    • Vail II p. 155
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                                                                                  Monday
                                                                                  .Milwaukee, Wisc.Memorial Hall
                                                                                  War Memorial Bldg.
                                                                                  Memorial Center
                                                                                  750 N. Lincoln Memorial Dr.
                                                                                  Duke and bassist Jimmy Woode played half an hour for a full house of 300 socialites at a luncheon meeting of the men's and women's groups of the Friends of Art.

                                                                                  The Milwaukee Journal credits Mrs. Wallace Lomoe, chair of both Friends of Art and Music for Moderns, with chasing Ellington from Storyville to the Blue Note to get him to agree to perform this event.

                                                                                  Donald H. Dooley reported
                                                                                  • Ellington and Jimmy Woode were on a low platform in front of modern paintings.
                                                                                  • He opened with Take the "A" Train
                                                                                  • '"We'll continue to play," Ellington then said, "like, well one of those things like 'And then I wrote...'"
                                                                                  • His medley included
                                                                                    • Mood Indigo
                                                                                    • Don't Get Around Much Anymore
                                                                                    • Do Nothing 'til You Hear From Me
                                                                                    • I Got It Bad and That Ain't Good
                                                                                    • I'm Beginning to See the Light
                                                                                    • Caravan
                                                                                    • Solitude
                                                                                  • Wrapped up with Dancers in Love and the finger-snapping routine.

                                                                                  Contract terms:
                                                                                  • "DUKE ELLINGTON, INC. PRESENTS DUKE ELLINGTON IN PERSON
                                                                                  • Hours of employment
                                                                                    12:00 to 1:30 p.m. (Luncheon 12 to 1 - Ellington to perform from 1 to 1:30 p.m.
                                                                                    Duke Ellington to perform as single soloist or with rhythm accompaniment.
                                                                                  • Standard clause re extra musicians due to union rules.
                                                                                  • Standard clause prohibiting mechanical reproduction (i.e. recording).
                                                                                  • Wage agreed upon: $300 guaranteed flat to be paid in cash to Mr. Ellington at conclusion of engagement.
                                                                                  • Employer guarantees to furnish good P.A. system and have piano tuned to A=440.
                                                                                  • Employer:
                                                                                    Mrs. Wallace Lomoe
                                                                                  • Signed by
                                                                                    Viola Lomoe
                                                                                    The Milwaukee Journal, Milwaukee,Wisc.
                                                                                    • 1960-01-08 pt.2 p.10
                                                                                    • 1960-01-17 pt.5 p.6
                                                                                    • 1960-01-19 pt.2 p.1,7,12
                                                                                  • Associated Booking Corporation contract
                                                                                    dated 1960 01 11, Archives Center, SI-NMAH, DEC301, Series III, Subseries A, Box 2, Folder 1
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                                                                                  Monday
                                                                                  .Shorewood, Wisc.Shorewood High School AuditoriumConcert for 800

                                                                                  Ellington and his orchestra played the first Music For Moderns Jazz in the Concert Hall concert in a three concert season. Tickets were $2.75 for each concert or $5.75 for all three.

                                                                                  Reviewer said the band numbered 14 and the best part of the show Diminuendo and Crescendo in Blue with Gonsalves' 8 minute solo.
                                                                                  Contract terms:
                                                                                  • 15 musicians and vocalist under the leadership of "DUKE ELLINGTON, INC. PRESENTS DUKE ELLINGTON IN PERSON"
                                                                                  • Name and Address of Place of Engagement
                                                                                    Shorewood High School Auditorium, Shorewood, Wisconsin (Suburb of Milwaukee)
                                                                                  • Date(s) of employment
                                                                                    Monday January 18, 1960
                                                                                  • Hours of employment
                                                                                    Two hour concert commencing at 8:45 p.m. with customary intermission.
                                                                                  • Duke Ellington shall not appear in Milwaukee or suburbs for any public promotion engagement during 45 days prior to Jan. 18, 1960.
                                                                                  • Standard top billing clause
                                                                                  • Standard clause re extra musicians due to union rules.
                                                                                  • Wage agreed upon: $2,000 guaranteed flat, 50% deposit payable to Associated Booking Corporation thirty days prior to date of engagement, balance in cash to Duke Ellington or Al Celley, night of engagement
                                                                                  • Employer:
                                                                                    Music for Moderns by Raliegh [sic] Woolf, agent, 212 W. Wisconsin Ave., Milwaukee 3, Wisconsin, August 31, 1959
                                                                                  • Signed by
                                                                                    Raleigh Woolf, agent
                                                                                  • Associated Booking Corporation contract
                                                                                    dated 1959 08 27, SI-NMAH Archives Center, DEC301, Series III, Subseries A, Box 1, Folder 26
                                                                                  • The Milwaukee Journal, Milwaukee,Wisc.
                                                                                    • 1960-01-08 pt.2 p.10
                                                                                    • 1960-01-10 pt.2 p.13
                                                                                    • 1960-01-17 pt.5 p.5
                                                                                    • 1960-01-19 pt.2 pp.1,12
                                                                                  • Stratemann, p.419 citing Down Beat 1960-03-17
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                                                                                  Monday
                                                                                  .Milwaukee, Wisc.Curro's Club
                                                                                  821 N. 3rd. St.
                                                                                  During Ellington's visit to Milwaukee, most likely after his concert, Ellington went to Count Basie's performance to say hello.
                                                                                  • 1960-01-19 pt.2 p.12
                                                                                  • Stratemann p.419 citing Down Beat 1960-03-17
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                                                                                  Tuesday
                                                                                  .Minneapolis, Minn.Standard ClubDescribed as a private party by Stratemann and Vail, this was more a party in a private club. The Standard Club was a downtown Jewish club originally named Gymal Doled.
                                                                                  Contract terms:
                                                                                  • 15 musicians and vocalist under the leadership of "DUKE ELLINGTON, INC. PRESENTS DUKE ELLINGTON IN PERSON"
                                                                                  • Name and Address of Place of Engagement
                                                                                    Standard Club, Minneapolis, Minnesota
                                                                                  • Date(s) of employment
                                                                                    Tudsday, January 19, 1960
                                                                                  • Hours of employment
                                                                                    9:00 p.m. to 1:00 a.m.
                                                                                  • Type of engagement
                                                                                    Dance
                                                                                  • Standard top billing clause
                                                                                  • Employer guarantees to furnish a good P.A. system and to have the piano tuned to A=440.
                                                                                  • Stamped "Any mechanical reproduction of the artist's performance or this engagement is absolutely prohibited by the American Federation of Musicians."
                                                                                  • Wage agreed upon: $1,500 guaranteed flat; 50% deposit payable on signing to Associated Booking Corporation and balance in cash to either Duke Ellington or his manager intermission time night of engagement
                                                                                  • Employer:
                                                                                    Standard Club per [illegible], Minneapolis, Minnesota
                                                                                  • Signed by
                                                                                    [illegible]
                                                                                  • Associated Booking Corporation contract dated 1959 11 09, SI-NMAH Archives Center, DEC301, Series III, Subseries A, Box 1, Folder 29
                                                                                  • Stratemann p.419 citing DESB
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                                                                                  Wednesday
                                                                                  .La Crosse, Wisc.Mary E. Sawyer AuditoriumConcert 7:30-9:30 p.m.
                                                                                  Dance 9:30-11:30 p.m.
                                                                                  Tickets "popular bargain prices: $1.00 [almost illegible, could be $1.20] in advance, $1.50 door.
                                                                                  Contract terms:
                                                                                  • 15 musicians and vocalist under the leadership of "DUKE ELLINGTON, INC. PRESENTS: DUKE ELLINGTON IN PERSON"
                                                                                  • Standard clause re extra musicians due to union rules.
                                                                                  • Employer guarantees to furnish a good P.A. system and to have the piano tuned to A=440
                                                                                  • Wage agreed upon: $1,500 guarantee, privilege 60%, to be paid in cash or Cashier's Check to Duke Ellington intermission time night of engagement
                                                                                  • Employer:
                                                                                    Ramond Plamadore, Mgr., City of LaCrosse - Mary E. Sawyer Aud., La Crosse, Wisc.
                                                                                  • Signed by
                                                                                    Milton Knutson, Alice A. Dickson
                                                                                  • Marginal note: O.K. From J. K. Thompson 12/21/59
                                                                                  • Associated Booking Corporation contract dated 1959 12 14, SI-NMAH Archives Center, DEC301, Series III, Subseries A, Box 1, Folder 30
                                                                                  • Winona Daily News, Winona, Minn. 1960-01-10 p.4
                                                                                  • Stratemann p.419 citing DESB
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                                                                                  Thursday
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                                                                                  Friday
                                                                                  1960 01 28Chicago, Ill.Tivoli TheatreStage show
                                                                                  In Person Duke Ellington and his Famous Band with Lil Greenwood, Ozzie Bailey, Ray Nance. Also on the bill: Jackie (Moms) Mabley, Baker & Howard, and Peg Leg Bates. The film was Timbuktu starring Victor Mature and Yvonne de Carlo. Doors opened 1:30 pm, last stage show at 10 pm
                                                                                  Artists Booking Bureau Inc. contract dated 28th day of September 1959 between Paramount Theatres Service Corporation as agent for the purchaser, and Duke Ellington, Inc. as owner presents DUKE ELLINGTON & ORCHESTRA with complete show.

                                                                                  It is understood and agreed that Owner will furnish and pay for the services of two additional acts in conjunction with Duke Ellington & Orchestra.

                                                                                  It is understood that the purchaser agrees not to advertise Duke Ellington & Orchestra in newspapers or on radio or television prior to January 13, 1960.

                                                                                  The owner designates Associated Booking Corp. as owner's personal representative...

                                                                                  Purchaser: Balaban & Kats Corporation; Theatre: Tivoli; City: Chicago; Period: 1 week; Commencing Friday matinee, Jan. 22/ 1960;

                                                                                  Purchase price: $13,000, net plus 50/50 net split on gross box-office receipts over$26,000 (exclusive of admission taxes), then 60/40 split on gross box-office receipts over $30,000(exclusive of admission taxes)

                                                                                  It is understood that Duke Ellington & Orch. is playing the Blue Note in Chicago Dec. 16, 1959 for 4 weeks and closing Jan. 12, 1960, which engagement was consummated prior to the signing of these contracts which will be played iwth the knowledge and consent of the purchaser.
                                                                                  An attached rider confirms the artist is an independent contracrtor and agrees to perform and discharge all obligations under any and all laws...

                                                                                  The AGVA contracts for the dance duo of Lavern Baker and G.O.Howard and for Jackie (Moms) Mabley specified a seven day week. The contracts appear to be between the Tivoli Theatre as Operator and Duke Ellington Inc. for the services of the named performers.
                                                                                  Terms of the ABC contract:
                                                                                  • 15 musicians under the leadership of "DUKE ELLINGTON"
                                                                                  • Name and Address of Place of Engagement
                                                                                    Tivoli Theatre, Chicago, Illinois
                                                                                  • Date(s) of employment
                                                                                    January 22, 1960 - one week (7 days)
                                                                                  • Hours of employment
                                                                                    policy of the theatre.
                                                                                  • Wage agreed upon: $5,000 net or union scale, whichever is greater, payable in cash to artist, end of week
                                                                                  • Employer:
                                                                                    Duke Ellinton, Inc., 1619 Broadway, N.Y., N.Y.
                                                                                  • Signed by
                                                                                    Duke Ellington (this signature is not as elaborate as the one he used for autographs)
                                                                                  • Artists Booking Bureau Inc. contract dated 1959 09 28, SI-NMAH Archives Center, DEC301, Series III, Subseries A, Box 1, Folder 27
                                                                                  • Associated Booking Corporation contract dated 1959 11 10, SI-NMAH Archives Center, DEC301, Series III, Subseries A, Box 1, Folder 29
                                                                                  • AGVA standard form artists engagement contracts:
                                                                                    • 1960-01-12 signed by Laverne Baker, George Howard, Joe Glaser and Duke Ellington.
                                                                                    • 1960-01-13 signed by Jackie (Moms) Mabley, Duke Ellington and Joe Glaser.
                                                                                    • Stratemann, p.419 citing Chicago Defender 1960-01-23 p.4
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                                                                                  .Trotwood, Ohio
                                                                                  (Dayton Suburb)
                                                                                  Wampler's Ballroom
                                                                                  or
                                                                                  Wampler's Ballarena
                                                                                  Dance 9 p.m. to 1 a.m.
                                                                                  Contract terms:
                                                                                  • 15 musicians under the leadership of DUKE ELLINGTON, INC. PRESENTS DUKE ELLINGTON
                                                                                  • The employees [Ellington and orchestra] guarantee there will be no appearances before the 29th day of January 1960 within a 50-mile radius of Dayton, Ohio or immediately following said date.
                                                                                  • Duke Ellington to receive 100% star billing
                                                                                  • Wage agreed upon $1,500 flat; $750 on signing, balance in cash on the night of the engagement.
                                                                                  • Employer: Henry Jones, ...Amer Temple #107
                                                                                    Henry C. Jones {illegible]potentate
                                                                                    3140 Germantown Street, Dayton, Ohio
                                                                                  Associated Booking Corporation contract dated
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                                                                                  Saturday
                                                                                  .Detroit, Mich.Motor City
                                                                                  Olympia Stadium
                                                                                  15-minute intermission concert and 2-hour post-game concert
                                                                                  The Detroit Pistons NBA basketball team lost over $250,000 in two seasons. The owner hired a new general manager who implemented a series of promotions, including giving ponies to small children, clinics for high schoolers, and various family nights, ladies nights, etc. He also used music, hiring Ellington for a two-hour concert included in the admission price of a Detroit-St. Louis game. The audience numbered 9,657. General manager W. Nick Kerbawy was quoted as saying:

                                                                                  'Nothing is more important than a chanpionship team, but in Detroit public acceptance hinges on exposre. We must firsrt get people out to see the team. then we hope they will return. Our No. 1 aim is a good team. By the time we reach it, I hope we'll have a ready-made audience.'

                                                                                  According to the wirestory, this strategy resulted in the 22-game attendance exceeding the preceding season by 42,000 and exceeding the entire season the previous year.
                                                                                  Contract terms:
                                                                                  • 15 musicians and vocalist under the leadership of Duke Ellington Inc. presents Duke Ellington in Person
                                                                                  • Place of Engagement
                                                                                    Olympia Stadium, Detroit, Michigan
                                                                                  • Date / Hours:
                                                                                    Saturday January 30 1960, 8:30 to 12:30 a.m.
                                                                                    (Orchestra to perform 15-min. concert between halves of basketball game, and do 2-hour concert immediately following conclusion of game.)
                                                                                  • Employer guarantees to furnish good PA system and have piano tuned to A=440
                                                                                  • Wage agreed upon:
                                                                                    $2,000 guaranteed flat, to be paid in cash or via Cashier's Check payable Duke Ellington, Inc. to Al Celly [sic], Band Mgr., intermission time night of engagement.
                                                                                  • Mechanical reproduction prohibited.
                                                                                  • Employer:
                                                                                    Mr. Nick Kerbawy, Gen Mgr.
                                                                                    Detroit Pistons,
                                                                                    Olympia Stadium,
                                                                                    Detroit, Mich.
                                                                                  • Associated Booking Corporation contract dated 1960 01 04, SI-NMAH Archives Center, DEC301, Series III, Subseries A, Box 2, Folder 1
                                                                                  • Stratemann p.419
                                                                                  • The Billboard, 18 Jan 1960,p.60
                                                                                  • AP Wirestory, St. Petersburg Times, St. Petersburg, Fla.
                                                                                    1960-02-08 p.6-C
                                                                                  • Stratemann p.419
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                                                                                  Sunday
                                                                                  .Columbus, Ohio.Valley Dale BallroomCavaliers Club winter dance
                                                                                  Contract terms:
                                                                                  • 15 musicians under the leadership of "DUKE ELLINGTON, INC. PRESENTS DUKE ELLINGTON"
                                                                                  • Name and Address of Place of Engagement
                                                                                    Valley Dale, Columbus, Ohio
                                                                                  • Date(s) of employment
                                                                                    January 31st, 1960
                                                                                  • Hours of employment
                                                                                    9 p.m. to 1 a.m.
                                                                                  • Type of engagement
                                                                                    Dance
                                                                                  • Standard top billing clause
                                                                                  • Wage agreed upon: $1,250, privilege 50% gross receipts, deposit $625 payable on signing and balance in cash night of engagement
                                                                                  • Employer:
                                                                                    John Hall, Cavalier Club, Columbus, Ohio
                                                                                  • Signed by
                                                                                    Charles R. Otey, Bus. Mgr.
                                                                                  • Associated Booking Corporation contract dated 1959 11 18, SI-NMAH Archives Center, DEC301, Series III, Subseries A, Box 1, Folder 29
                                                                                  • Stratemann p.419
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                                                                                  .Toledo, OhioInverness Club
                                                                                  4601 Dorr St.
                                                                                  Dance
                                                                                  Contract terms:
                                                                                  • 15 musicians under the leadership of DUKE ELLINGTON, INC. PRESENTS DUKE ELLINGTON
                                                                                  • 9 pm to 1.00am
                                                                                  • Duke Ellington will appear personally
                                                                                  • Duke Ellington to receive 100% billing
                                                                                  • Wage agreed upon $1,000 flat; $500 on signing, balance in cash on the night of the engagement.
                                                                                  • Employer: Paul J. Leahy, c/o Bowley, Leahy & Connors
                                                                                    536 Sptizer Building
                                                                                    Toledo, Ohio
                                                                                  Associated Booking Corporation contract dated
                                                                                  1959 12 15, SI-NMAH Archives Center, DEC301, Series III, Subseries A, Box 1, Folder 30
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                                                                                  Tuesday
                                                                                  .Columbus, OhioMain Ballroom
                                                                                  Deshler-Hilton Hotel
                                                                                  Dance
                                                                                  Contract terms:
                                                                                  • 15 musicians under the leadership of "DUKE ELLINGTON, INC. PRESENTS DUKE ELLINGTON"
                                                                                  • Name and Address of Place of Engagement
                                                                                    Deshler-Hilton Hotel, Columbus, Ohio (Main Ballroom)
                                                                                  • Date(s) of employment
                                                                                    February 2nd, 1960
                                                                                  • Hours of employment
                                                                                    10 till 2
                                                                                  • Type of engagement
                                                                                    Dance
                                                                                  • Standard top billing clause
                                                                                  • Wage agreed upon: $1,250 flat, deposit $625 due on signing, balance in cash night of engagement
                                                                                  • Employer:
                                                                                    John Moore, 16 East Broad St., Columbus
                                                                                  • Signed:
                                                                                    John Moore
                                                                                  • Neither file copy of the contract shows the deposit was received. Further research is needed to confirm the engagement went ahead.
                                                                                  Associated Booking Corporation contract dated 1959 11 06, SI-NMAH Archives Center, DEC301, Series III, Subseries A, Box 1, Folder 29..
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                                                                                  Wednesday
                                                                                  .Lexington, Ky.Joyland Park CasinoFormal dance for the Dansante Club.
                                                                                  Contract terms:
                                                                                  • 15 musicians under the leadership of "DUKE ELLINGTON, INC. PRESENTS DUKE ELLINGTON"
                                                                                  • Name and Address of Place of Engagement
                                                                                    Joyland Park Casino, Lexington, Kentucky [handwritten alteration]
                                                                                  • Date(s) of employment
                                                                                    February 3rd, 1960
                                                                                  • Hours of employment
                                                                                    9:15 p.m. to 1:15 a.m.
                                                                                  • Type of engagement
                                                                                    Dance
                                                                                  • Standard top billing clause
                                                                                  • Wage agreed upon: $1,000 flat, deposit $500 payable on signing and balance in cash night of engagement
                                                                                  • Employer:
                                                                                    Mel Schisler, Wolf Mile Co., Inc. Dept. Store, Lexington, Kentucky
                                                                                  • Signed by
                                                                                    Mel Schisler
                                                                                  • Associated Booking Corporation contract dated 1959 12 04, SI-NMAH Archives Center, DEC301, Series III, Subseries A, Box 1, Folder 30
                                                                                  • The Lexington Herald, Lexington, Ky, 1960-02-05 p.18
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                                                                                  Friday
                                                                                  .Washington, D.C.National Guard ArmoryMardi Gras Ball for the Omega Psi Fraternity

                                                                                  The Milt Buckner Trio also performed.
                                                                                  Contract terms:
                                                                                  • 15 musicians under the leadership of "DUKE ELLINGTON, INC. PRESENTS DUKE ELLINGTON"
                                                                                  • Name and Address of Place of Engagement
                                                                                    National Guard Armory, Washington, D.C.
                                                                                  • Date(s) of employment
                                                                                    February 5, 1960
                                                                                  • Hours of employment
                                                                                    10 p.m. to 2 a.m.
                                                                                  • Standard top billing clause
                                                                                  • Wage agreed upon: $3,000 flat, deposit $1,500 payable on signing and balance in cash night of engagement
                                                                                  • Employer:
                                                                                    Dennette A. Harrod, Chairman, Music Com. Alpha Omega Mardi Gras, Omega Psi Phi Frat., 763 Kenyohn Street, N.W., Washington, D.C.
                                                                                  • Signed by
                                                                                    Dennette A. Harrod
                                                                                  • Associated Booking Corporation contract dated 1959 08 03, SI-NMAH Archives Center, DEC301, Series III, Subseries A, Box 1, Folder 26
                                                                                  • Stratemann p.419 citing DESB
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                                                                                  Saturday
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                                                                                  Saturday
                                                                                  Monroeville, Penn.Town House
                                                                                  3775 Wm. Penn Highway
                                                                                  (Monroeville is about 14 miles east of Pittsburgh)

                                                                                  Pittsburgh Courier:

                                                                                  'Billed as the nation's No. 1 Bandsman is Duke Ellington, his famed orchestra and Revue at Town House.'


                                                                                  Contract terms:
                                                                                  • 14 musicians under the leadership of "DUKE ELLINGTON, INC. PRESENTS DUKE ELLINGTON & ORCH"
                                                                                  • Name and Address of Place of Engagement
                                                                                    Town House, 3775 Wm. Penn Highway, Monroeville, Pa.
                                                                                  • Date(s) of employment
                                                                                    February 6, 1960 - eight consecutive days
                                                                                  • Hours of employment
                                                                                    to appear as an act - 3 shows nightly
                                                                                  • DUKE ELLINGTON TO RECEIVE 100% TOP BILLING. OPERATOR TO SUPPLY DUKE ELLINGTON WITH A ROOM. ARTIST AGREES NOT TO PLAY ANY NIGHCLUBS IN THE AREA OF GREATER PITTSBURGH 30 DAYS PRIOR TO PLAY DATE. ALSO UNDERSTOOD ARTIST CANNOT ACCEPT ANY CLUB DATES DURING THIS ENGAGEMENT WITHOUT EXPRESS PERMISSION OF THE OPERATOR.
                                                                                  • Wage agreed upon: $6,750 for week plus pro rata for extra day, to be paid in cash to artist, end of engagement
                                                                                  • Employer:
                                                                                    Mike Abriola - Town House, 3775 Wm. Penn Highway, Monroeville, Pa.
                                                                                  • Signed by
                                                                                    Mike Abriola per [illegible]
                                                                                  • Associated Booking Corporation contract dated 1959 10 02, SI-NMAH Archives Center, DEC301, Series III, Subseries A, Box 1, Folder 28
                                                                                  • Pittsburgh Press, Pittsburgh, Penn., 1960-02-08 p.12
                                                                                  • Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, Pittsburgh, Penn. 1960-02-09 p.15
                                                                                  • The Pittsburgh Courier, Pittsburgh, Penn., 1960-02-13 p.23
                                                                                  • Stratemann p.419
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                                                                                  Sunday
                                                                                  Valentine's Day
                                                                                  .Norfolk, Va.Norfolk Municipal ArenaConcert, audience of 3,300
                                                                                  Contract terms:
                                                                                  • 15 musicians under the leadership of "DUKE ELLINGTON, INC. PRESENTS DUKE ELLINGTON"
                                                                                  • Name and Address of Place of Engagement
                                                                                    Norfolk Municipal Arena, Norfolk, Virginia
                                                                                  • Date(s) of employment
                                                                                    February 14th, 1960
                                                                                  • Hours of employment
                                                                                    1 concert - 5 p.m. to 7 p.m.
                                                                                  • Type of engagement
                                                                                    Concert
                                                                                  • Standard top billing clause
                                                                                  • Wage agreed upon: $3,000 flat, deposit $1,500 payable on signing balance in cash night of engagement
                                                                                  • Employer:
                                                                                    Dr. Marian P. Capps, Chairman Projects Committee, Delta Signa Theta Sorority, 958 Dunbar St., Norfolk, Virginia
                                                                                  • Signed by
                                                                                    Marian P. Capps, Chr. Projects Com.
                                                                                  • Associated Booking Corporation contract dated 1959 11 17, SI-NMAH Archives Center, DEC301, Series III, Subseries A, Box 1, Folder 29
                                                                                  • Stratemann p.419 citing DESB
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                                                                                  Monday
                                                                                  .Norfolk, Va.Breezy Point Officers' Club
                                                                                  Building SP-45
                                                                                  U.S. Naval Air Station
                                                                                  Dance
                                                                                  Contract terms:
                                                                                  • 15 musicians under the leadership of "DUKE ELLINGTON, INC. PRESENTS DUKE ELLINGTON"
                                                                                  • Name and Address of Place of Engagement
                                                                                    Breezy Point Officers' Club, Bldg. SP-45, U.S. Naval Air Station, Norfolk, Virginia
                                                                                  • Date(s) of employment
                                                                                    February 15th, 1960
                                                                                  • Hours of employment
                                                                                    9p.m. to 1 a.m.
                                                                                  • Type of engagement
                                                                                    Dance
                                                                                  • Standard top billing clause
                                                                                  • Wage agreed upon: $1,100 flat, deposit $550 payable on signing, balance in cash night of engagement
                                                                                  • Employer:
                                                                                    Sam Copeland, Breezy Point Officers' Club, U.S. Naval Air Station, Bldg. SP-45, Norfolk, Va.
                                                                                  • Signed by
                                                                                    S.G. Copeland
                                                                                  Associated Booking Corporation contract dated 1959 11 16, SI-NMAH Archives Center, DEC301, Series III, Subseries A, Box 1, Folder 29..
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                                                                                  Tuesday
                                                                                  .Fort Eustis, Va.N.C.O. ClubDance
                                                                                  Contract terms:
                                                                                  • 15 musicians under the leadership of "DUKE ELLINGTON, INC. PRESENTS DUKE ELLINGTON"
                                                                                  • Name and Address of Place of Engagement
                                                                                    N.C.O. Club, Fort Eustis, Virginia
                                                                                  • Date(s) of employment
                                                                                    February 16, 1960*
                                                                                  • Hours of employment
                                                                                    9 p.m. to 1 a.m.
                                                                                  • Type of engagement
                                                                                    Dance
                                                                                  • Standard top billing clause
                                                                                  • Wage agreed upon: $1,000 flat* (payment terms all crossed out)
                                                                                  • Employer:
                                                                                    M/Sgt. Fred Burgess, N.C.O. Club, Fort Eustis, Virginia
                                                                                  • Signed by
                                                                                    Fred L. Burgess
                                                                                  • Associated Booking Corporation contract dated 1959 10 15, SI-NMAH Archives Center, DEC301, Series III, Subseries A, Box 1, Folder 28
                                                                                  • Stratemann p.419
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                                                                                  Wednesday
                                                                                  .Petersburg, Va.Virginia Hall Auditorium, Virginia State College
                                                                                  The Artists' Recitals Series Committee
                                                                                  of Virginia State College

                                                                                  PRESENTS
                                                                                  America's Foremost Modern Composer
                                                                                  Duke Ellington
                                                                                  AND HIS FAMOUS ORCHESTRA
                                                                                  In Concert
                                                                                  Wednesday,
                                                                                  February 17, 1960
                                                                                  8 P.M.
                                                                                  Virginia Hall
                                                                                  Auditorium

                                                                                  GENERAL ADMISSION $2.00

                                                                                  Contract terms:
                                                                                  • 15 musicians under the leadership of "DUKE ELLINGTON, INC. PRESENTS DUKE ELLINGTON ORCHESTRA"
                                                                                  • Hours of employment
                                                                                    Concert at approxmately 8:00 PM, 2 hour concert with the usual 15 minute intermission
                                                                                  • Standard top billing clause
                                                                                  • Wage agreed upon: $1,500 payable in cash in full to artist night of engagement
                                                                                  • Employer:
                                                                                    Thomas Bridges - Artists Recitals Comm. Virginia State College, Petersburg, Virginia
                                                                                  • Signed by
                                                                                    Thomas Bridges per tcl
                                                                                  • Associated Booking Corporation contract dated 1959 10 01, SI-NMAH Archives Center, DEC301, Series III, Subseries A, Box 1, Folder 28
                                                                                  • Progress-Index, Petersburg, Va, 1960-02-14 p.18
                                                                                  • Stratemann p.419
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                                                                                  Thursday
                                                                                  .Fort Bragg, N.C.Main Officers' Open Mess ClubDance
                                                                                  Contract terms:
                                                                                  • 15 musicians under the leadership of "DUKE ELLINGTON, INC. PRESENTS DUKE ELLINGTON"
                                                                                  • Name and Address of Place of Engagement
                                                                                    Main Officers' Open Mess Club, Fort Bragg, North Carolina
                                                                                  • Date(s) of employment
                                                                                    February 18, 1960
                                                                                  • Hours of employment
                                                                                    8 PM to 1200 *
                                                                                  • Type of engagement
                                                                                    Dance
                                                                                  • Wage agreed upon: $1,500 flat payable in full in cash night of engagement
                                                                                  • Employer:
                                                                                    Lt. Colonel James L. Walker
                                                                                    Main Officers' Open Mess Club
                                                                                    , Fort Bragg, North Carolina
                                                                                  • Signed by
                                                                                    James L. Walker
                                                                                  • Associated Booking Corporation contract dated 1959 10 26, SI-NMAH Archives Center, DEC301, Series III, Subseries A, Box 1, Folder 28
                                                                                  • Stratemann p.419
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                                                                                  Friday
                                                                                  .Chapel Hill, N.C.Woollen Gymnasium
                                                                                  University of North Carolina
                                                                                  Winter Germans Dance

                                                                                  German Club President Jonathan Yardley predicted Ellington would play a midnight to one concert to allow those attending the dance to have the opportunity to hear some of Ellingtonls concert classics. The followup publicity suggested it would be a stand-up concert.

                                                                                  Count Basie with Joe Williams, and the vocal trio Lambert, Hendricks and Ross played a concert the next afternoon.

                                                                                  Contract terms:
                                                                                  • 15 musicians under the leadership of "DUKE ELLINGTON, INC. PRESENTS DUKE ELLINGTON"
                                                                                  • Name and Address of Place of Engagement
                                                                                    Gym, Univ. of N.Carolina, Chapel Hill, N.Carolina
                                                                                  • Date(s) of employment
                                                                                    February 19, 1960
                                                                                  • Hours of employment
                                                                                    9:00 PM to 1:00 AM
                                                                                  • Standard top billing clause
                                                                                  • Wage agreed upon: $2,750 flat, deposit $1,375 on signing, balance in cash to artist night of engagement
                                                                                  • Employer:
                                                                                    Jonathan Yardley, German Club, Univ. of N.C., 202 East Rosemary Street, Chapel Hill, North Carolina
                                                                                  • Signed by
                                                                                    Jonathan Yardley
                                                                                  • Associated Booking Corporation contract dated
                                                                                    1959 09 25, SI-NMAH Archives Center, DEC301, Series III, Subseries A, Box 1, Folder 27
                                                                                  • The Daily Tar Heel, Chapel Hill, N.C.
                                                                                    • 1960-02-11 p.1
                                                                                    • 1960-02-18 p.2
                                                                                    • 1960-02-21 p.1 (photo)
                                                                                  • The Rocky Mount, N.C. Telegram, Rocky Mount, N.C.
                                                                                    1960 02 16 p.3
                                                                                  • Yackety Yack –1960 yearbook, University of North Carolina at Chepel Hill
                                                                                  • Stratemann p.420
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                                                                                  Saturday
                                                                                  .Charlotteville, Va.Gym, University of VirginiaAfternoon concert
                                                                                  Contract terms:
                                                                                  • 15 musicians under the leadership of "DUKE ELLINGTON, INC. PRESENTS DUKE ELLINGTON"
                                                                                  • Name and Address of Place of Engagement
                                                                                    Gym, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, Virginia
                                                                                  • Date(s) of employment
                                                                                    February 20, 1960
                                                                                  • Hours of employment
                                                                                    1 concert - 3 p.m. to 5 p.m.
                                                                                  • Standard top billing clause
                                                                                  • Wage agreed upon: $3,500 flat, deposit $1,750 payable on signing and balance in cash night of engagement
                                                                                  • Employer:
                                                                                    Fred C. Wright, Pres., P.-K German Dance Society, University of Virginia - 160 Madison Lane, Charlottesville, Virginia
                                                                                  • Signed by
                                                                                    Fred C. Wright III
                                                                                  • Associated Booking Corporation contract dated
                                                                                    1959 11 10, SI-NMAH Archives Center, DEC301, Series III, Subseries A, Box 1, Folder 29
                                                                                  • The Courier-Journal, Louisville, Ky.,
                                                                                    1960-02-21 s.3 p.4
                                                                                  • Stratemann p.420
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                                                                                  Sunday
                                                                                  .Williamsburg, VaPhi Beta Kappa Memorial Hall
                                                                                  or
                                                                                  William & Mary Memorial Hall
                                                                                  William & Mary College
                                                                                  Concert, 2 to 4 p.m.

                                                                                  Radio station WCWN broadcast Ellington speaking with several unnamed students - this is described as an interview in the discographies - a tape of the broadcast is apparently in the hands of the collector community.
                                                                                  Contract terms:
                                                                                  • 15 musicians under the leadership of "DUKE ELLINGTON, INC. PRESENTS DUKE ELLINGTON"
                                                                                  • Name and Address of Place of Engagement
                                                                                    Phi Beta Kappa Hall, William & Mary College, Williamsburgh, Va.
                                                                                  • Date(s) of employment
                                                                                    February 21st, 1960
                                                                                  • Hours of employment
                                                                                    2 p.m. to 4 p.m.
                                                                                  • Type of engagement
                                                                                    Concert
                                                                                  • Standard top billing clause
                                                                                  • Wage agreed upon: $1,700 flat payable in full in cash to artist day of engagement
                                                                                  • Employer:
                                                                                    College of William & Mary, Williamsburg, Va.
                                                                                  • Signed by
                                                                                    H. H. [illegible] for Bursar
                                                                                  • Associated Booking Corporation contract dated
                                                                                    1959 11 25, SI-NMAH Archives Center, DEC301, Series III, Subseries A, Box 1, Folder 29
                                                                                  • Richmond Times-Dispatch, Richmond, Va.
                                                                                    1960-02-17 p.32
                                                                                  • Stratemann p.420
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                                                                                  Monday
                                                                                  8:30PM
                                                                                  .Baltimore, Md.Shriver Hall
                                                                                  Johns Hopkins University
                                                                                  Recorded Brotherhood Week concert, sponsored by the YMCA
                                                                                  Audience numbered 1,000
                                                                                  Duke Ellington and His Orchestra
                                                                                  Marenguito, Cook, Mullins, Nance, Woodman, Wood, Gee, Hamilton, Procope, Hodges, Gonsalves, Carney, Ellington, Woode, Jimmy Johnson(drums), Greenwood, Bailey

                                                                                  Titles recorded:
                                                                                  • All Of Me
                                                                                  • Anatomy Of A Murder
                                                                                  • Bill Bailey
                                                                                  • Black And Tan Fantasy / Creole Love Call / The Mooche
                                                                                  • Caravan
                                                                                  • Diminuendo In Blue / Wailing Interval
                                                                                  • Duael Fuel
                                                                                    Parts I, II and III
                                                                                  • Flirtibird
                                                                                  • Happy Anatomy
                                                                                  • Hello, Little Boy
                                                                                  • Indian Summer
                                                                                  • Jam With Sam
                                                                                  • Jeep's Blues
                                                                                  • Jones
                                                                                  • Newport Up
                                                                                  • Take The "A" Train (theme)
                                                                                  • Tenderly
                                                                                  • Pie Eye's Blues
                                                                                  • Sonnet To Hank Cing
                                                                                  • Such Sweet Thunder
                                                                                  • Medley
                                                                                  • St. Louis Blues
                                                                                  • Things Ain't What They Used To Be
                                                                                  • V.I.P. Boogie
                                                                                  • What Else Can you Do With A Drum?

                                                                                  The medley consisted of:
                                                                                  • Do Nothin' Till You Hear From Me
                                                                                  • In A Sentimental Mood
                                                                                  • Don't Get Around Much Anymore
                                                                                  • Mood Indigo
                                                                                  • I'm Beginning To See The Light
                                                                                  • Sophisticated Lady
                                                                                  • Caravan
                                                                                  • I Got It Bad and That Ain't Good
                                                                                  • Satin Doll
                                                                                  • Just Squeeze Me
                                                                                  • It Don't Mean A Thing

                                                                                  Contract terms:
                                                                                  • 15 musicians under the leadership of "DUKE ELLINGTON, INC. PRESENTS: DUKE ELLINGTON
                                                                                  • Name and Address of Place of Engagement
                                                                                    Shriver Hall
                                                                                    Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland
                                                                                  • Date(s) of employment
                                                                                    February 22nd, 1960
                                                                                  • Hours of employment
                                                                                    1 concert - 8:30 p.m.
                                                                                  • Type of engagement
                                                                                    Concert
                                                                                  • Standard top billing clause
                                                                                  • Wage agreed upon: $1,500 guaranteed, privilege 50% of gross receipts, partial deposit $250 on signing, balance of deposit $500 due on or before February 15, 1960, balance of $750 due in cash, night of engagement
                                                                                  • Employer:
                                                                                    Chester Wickwire - Y.M.C.A.
                                                                                    Johns Hopkins University
                                                                                  • Associated Booking Corporation contract
                                                                                    dated 1960 01 08, Archives Center, SI-NMAH, DEC301, Series III, Subseries A, Box 2, Folder 1
                                                                                  • Stratemann p.420
                                                                                  • Vail II
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                                                                                  • Timner
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                                                                                  Monday
                                                                                  .Baltimore, Md.Blue Jay RestaurantDuring the Johns Hopkins intermission, Wally Orlinsky and Ruth Fegley approached Ellington backstage to ask him to see if the owner of a Jim Crow restaurant would indeed serve a 'proper nigger' as he had said he would. Thirty-five students, including five Afro-Americans, had tried to eat at the Blue Jay earlier in the day and been refused service. Ms Fegley boarded the band bus after the concert, and the bus arrived at the restaurant shortly before midnight. Some policemen, a reporter and a photographer from the Afro-American were present when they arrived.

                                                                                  Ms Fegley:

                                                                                  He and I got off...as soon as we opened the door and went in, (the owner) turned the lights off and said "We're closing."...We didn't make an issue, we just left, the Afro took pictures, the Duke left."

                                                                                  Afro-American:

                                                                                  Famed bandleader Duke Ellington and a group who had attended a concert ... as a Brotherhood Week activity ...were turned back at the door of the Blue Jay Restaurant about 11:45 pm Monday.

                                                                                  The group, including Miss Ruth Fegley and Howard (Sonny) Young of Baltimore, a student leader... and the band leader's manager, Albert Celley, were told: "Sorry Folks, but we're closing. You can't be served." The spokeman, who identified himself as manager, then started dousing the lights. One of the Hopkins student leaders said they had been informed on Sunday night the place would be open until 1 a.m. last night...

                                                                                  Two days after the protest, the restaurant was destroyed by a fire that started in the basement.

                                                                                  The story of the restaurant's refusal to serve Ellington was reported nationally in UPI and AP wirestories. Restaurant sit-ins were widespread acts of civil disobediance around this time, and some civil rights activists even picketed the headquarters of major retail chains whose Southern store lunch counters would not serve blacks. The Salidsbury Times carried a lengthy AP report on the Ellington incident and a lengthy think-piece about the restaurant sit-ins in North Carolina and nationally.

                                                                                  AP wirestory:

                                                                                  ...John Katz...one of five students identifying themselves as leaders of the group, said 10 to 15 sutdents–all white–took Ellington and several members of his organization to the restaurant about midnight...
                                                                                    With Ellington, Katz said, were Albert Selley [sic], manager of the band, Miss Ruth Segley [sic] of Baltimore, a friend of Ellington's, and Baltimore attorney Howard Young, a cousin of Ellington's. Young is a Negro.
                                                                                    Katz said only one student went inside with the Ellington group, the others waiting outside. The restaurant proprietor, Fred Paxenos, asked them to leave, he said, and they did so. Then Paxenos closed the restaurant "about an hour and 10 minutes early."...'

                                                                                  • AP wirestories, The Salisbury Times, Salisbury, Md.
                                                                                    • 1960-02-23 pp.1,8
                                                                                    • 1960-02-26 p.18
                                                                                  • UPI story, The Mexia Daily News, Mexia, Tex. 1960-02-23 p.2
                                                                                  • The Afro-American, 1960-03-05, p.5
                                                                                  • Stratemann, p.420
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                                                                                  Tuesday
                                                                                  ...activities not documented

                                                                                  (Cohen's description of the Blue Jay incident says the band was to travel by bus that night to Philadelphia)
                                                                                  ...
                                                                                  ...
                                                                                  1960 02 24
                                                                                  Wednesday
                                                                                  .Boston, Mass.Bradford HotelDance
                                                                                  Eddie Rugg, Boston Daily Record

                                                                                  'Our town looks ahead to Wednesday and the date of Duke Ellington at the Bradford – one of the high points, indeed, of the local dance year. The Duke, of course, remains one of the great figures in music, and when the list of America's popular music giants has been compiled, we doubt not that his name will be high on the roster.
                                                                                    So chalk down the night of the 27th [sic] and the big concert-dance at the Bradford. It will provide an exciting evening.'

                                                                                  The accompanying advertisement shows Wed. Feb. 24, and advance sale tickets for $1.85
                                                                                  Contract terms:
                                                                                  • 15 musicians under the leadership of "DUKE ELLINGTON, INC. PRESENTS DUKE ELLINGTON"
                                                                                  • Name and Address of Place of Engagement
                                                                                    Bradford Hotel, Boston, Mass.
                                                                                  • Date(s) of employment
                                                                                    February 24th, 1960
                                                                                  • Hours of employment
                                                                                    8:45 P.M. to 12:45 A.M.
                                                                                  • Duke Ellington to receive 100% billing
                                                                                  • Wage agreed upon:
                                                                                    $1,000 guaranteed, privilege 60% of gross receipts, payable in full in cash to artist night of engagement
                                                                                  • Employer:
                                                                                    Charles Shribman
                                                                                    P.O. Box 287
                                                                                    Taunton, Mass.
                                                                                  • Associated Booking Corporation contract dated
                                                                                    1960 01 07, SI-NMAH Archives Center, DEC301, Series III, Subseries A, Box 2, Folder 1
                                                                                  • Boston Daily Record, Boston, Mass.
                                                                                    1960-02-20 p.55
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                                                                                  Thursday
                                                                                  .Worcester, Mass. Worcester Memorial AuditoriumConcert and Dance
                                                                                  Contract terms:
                                                                                  • 15 musicians led by DUKE ELLINGTON INC. PRESENTS DUKE ELLINGTON
                                                                                  • Hours: Feb. 25 1960, 8 p.m. to 12 midnight
                                                                                  • Duke Ellington to receive 100% billing [sic]
                                                                                  • Wage agreed upon: $1,200 flat, payable $750 deposit on signing, balance in cash the night of the engagement.
                                                                                  Associated Booking Corporation contract
                                                                                  dated 1959 12 15, SI-NMAH Archives Center, DEC301, Series III, Subseries A, Box 1, Folder 30
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                                                                                  1960 02 26
                                                                                  Friday
                                                                                  .Hanover, N.H. Webster Hall
                                                                                  Dartmouth College
                                                                                  Recorded concert
                                                                                  Duke Ellington and His Orchestra
                                                                                  Marenguito, Cook, Mullins, Nance, Woodman, Wood, Gee, Hamilton, Procope, Hodges, Gonsalves, Carney, Ellington, Woode, Johnson, Greenwood. New Desor and Nielsen include Ozzie Bailey, even though he didn't sing any of the recorded vocals.
                                                                                  Titles recorded:
                                                                                  • Medley (1)
                                                                                  • Newport Up
                                                                                  • Tenderly
                                                                                  • Such Sweet Thunder
                                                                                  • Sonnet To Hank Cing
                                                                                  • Anatomy Of A Murder
                                                                                  • Happy Anatomy
                                                                                  • Flirtibird
                                                                                  • Pie Eye's Blues
                                                                                  • Prelude To A Kiss
                                                                                  • All Of Me
                                                                                  • Things Ain't What They Used To Be
                                                                                  • Duael Fuel suite: Parts I, II and II
                                                                                  • Jones
                                                                                  • Take The "A" Train (theme)
                                                                                  • V.I.P. Boogie
                                                                                  • Jam With Sam
                                                                                  • Caravan
                                                                                  • St. Louis Blues
                                                                                  • Bill Bailey
                                                                                  • Walkin' And Singin' The Blues
                                                                                  • Hello, Little Boy
                                                                                  • Medley (2)
                                                                                  • Medley (3)
                                                                                  The medleys were:
                                                                                  ( 1 )
                                                                                  • Black And Tan Fantasy
                                                                                  • Creole Love Call
                                                                                  • The Mooche
                                                                                  ( 2 )
                                                                                  • Do Nothin' Till You Hear From Me
                                                                                  • In A Sentimental Mood
                                                                                  • Don't Get Around Much Anymore
                                                                                  • Mood Indigo
                                                                                  • I'm Beginning To See The Light
                                                                                  • Sophisticated Lady
                                                                                  • Caravan
                                                                                  • I Got It Bad and That Ain't Good
                                                                                  • Satin Doll
                                                                                  • Just Squeeze Me
                                                                                  • It Don't Mean A Thing
                                                                                  • I Let A Song & Don't Get Around Much Anymore
                                                                                  ( 3 )
                                                                                  • Diminuendo In Blue
                                                                                  • Wailing Interval

                                                                                  Contract terms:
                                                                                  • 15 musicians under the leadership of "DUKE ELLINGTON, INC. PRESENTS DUKE ELLINGTON"
                                                                                  • Name and Address of Place of Engagement
                                                                                    Dartmouth College, Hanover, New Hampshire
                                                                                  • Date(s) of employment
                                                                                    February 26th,1960
                                                                                  • Hours of employment
                                                                                    1 concert - 9:00 to 11:00 with 15" intermission
                                                                                  • Type of engagement
                                                                                    Concert
                                                                                  • Standard top billing clause
                                                                                  • Wage agreed upon: $1,800 guaranteed, privilege 60% gross receipts, deposit $900 due upon signing, balance due in cash night of engagement
                                                                                  • Employer:
                                                                                    Dartmouth College, Hanover, New Hampshire
                                                                                  • Signed by
                                                                                    [illegible]
                                                                                  • Associated Booking Corporation contract dated 1959 10 27, SI-NMAH Archives Center, DEC301, Series III, Subseries A, Box 1, Folder 28
                                                                                  • Stratemann p.420
                                                                                  • Vail II
                                                                                  • Girvan:   Ellingtonia.com
                                                                                  • Timner
                                                                                  • Ole J. Nielsen, Jazz Records 1942-80, A discography: Vol. Six, Duke Ellington
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                                                                                  1960 02 27
                                                                                  Saturday
                                                                                  .Middlebury, Vt.Middlebury CollegeConcert as part of Carnival weekend. One campus newspaper article indicates Ellington would go to a frat house party after his concert.
                                                                                  Contract terms:
                                                                                  • 15 musicians under the leadership of "DUKE ELLINGTON, INC. PRESENTS DUKE ELLINGTON"
                                                                                  • Name and Address of Place of Engagement
                                                                                    Middlebury College, Middlebury, Vermont
                                                                                  • Date(s) of employment
                                                                                    February 27th 1960
                                                                                  • Hours of employment
                                                                                    9:00 p.m. to 11:30 p.m. with intermission
                                                                                  • Type of engagement
                                                                                    Concert
                                                                                  • Standard top billing clause
                                                                                  • Wage agreed upon: $2,000 flat, deposit $1,000 payable on signing, balance due in cash night of engagement
                                                                                  • Employer:
                                                                                    Mountain Club of Middlebury College, Middlebury College, Middlebury, Vermont
                                                                                  • Signed by
                                                                                    Arthur Myles
                                                                                  • Associated Booking Corporation contract dated 1959 10 27, SI-NMAH Archives Center, DEC301, Series III, Subseries A, Box 1, Folder 28
                                                                                  • The Campus, Middlebury College, Middlebury, Vermont
                                                                                    • 1960-02-11 p.1
                                                                                    • 1960-02-25 pp.1,5,6,8
                                                                                  • Stratemann p.420
                                                                                  • Vail II
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                                                                                  1960 02 28
                                                                                  Sunday
                                                                                  ...activities not documented...
                                                                                  ...
                                                                                  1960 02 29
                                                                                  Monday
                                                                                  .New York, N.Y..Gonsalves/Hodges recording session

                                                                                  The activities of other band members and Duke are not documented.
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                                                                                  March 1960

                                                                                  1960 03 01
                                                                                  Tuesday
                                                                                  ...activities not documented...
                                                                                  ...
                                                                                  1960 03 01...PERSONNEL CHANGES
                                                                                  • Trombonist Matthew Gee leaves the band
                                                                                  • Valve trombonist Juan Tizol rejoins
                                                                                  • Singer Milt Grayson joins
                                                                                  Stratemann, p.420

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                                                                                  1960 03 02
                                                                                  Wednesday
                                                                                  1960 05 24Las Vegas, Nev.Starlight Room
                                                                                  Riviera Hotel
                                                                                  Six week casino lounge residency, extended to twelve weeks. Four shows nightly, five on Friday and Saturday.

                                                                                  While Vail says the original 6 week engagement was gradually extended to 12 weeks, the contract required the hotel to exercise a renewal option by the second week of the engagement, which it did.

                                                                                  The contract required a six day week, but is silent as to which was the night off.
                                                                                  Contract terms:
                                                                                  • 15 musicians under the leadership of "DUKE ELLINGTON, INC. PRESENTS DUKE ELLINGTON"
                                                                                  • Name and Address of Place of Engagement
                                                                                    Starlight Room, Riviera Hotel, Las Vegas, Nevada
                                                                                  • Date(s) of employment
                                                                                    March 2, 1960 - six weeks plus a six week option on the part of management, such option to be exercised no later than the second week of the initial period, by management.
                                                                                  • Hours of employment
                                                                                    6 hours nightly, 6 days weekly maximum 4 shows nightly, max. 5 shows Fri. & Saturday. Duke Ellington is to furnish two additional sets in addition to his regular complement at no additional cost to the Riviera Hotel. DUKE ELLINGTON IS TO RECEIVE 100% SOLE STAR BILLING in the Starlight Room.
                                                                                  • Wage agreed upon: $10,000 per week, less 10% to Associated Booking Corp., to be paid end of each week of engagement as follows: $6,000 weekly to Al Celley, $4,000 weekly to be made payable and sent directly to Associated Booking Corp., 745 Fifth Ave., N.Y.C., N.Y. at the end of each week.
                                                                                  • Employer:
                                                                                    Riviera Hotel - Starlight Room, Las Vegas, Nevada.
                                                                                  • Signed by
                                                                                    [illegible]
                                                                                  The option was exercised by letter dated March 11, 1960, for the Duke Ellington and Orchestra plus one male vocalist and one female vocalist, has been exercised for a mutually agreed upon price of $8,500 per week, commencing April 13, 1960 and ending May 24, 1960. All other terms and conditions set forth on orginal contract dated November 16, 1950 shall remain the same with the following exceptions: $6000.00 per week to DUKE ELLINGTON and $2500.00 per week to be deducted and sent to JOE GLASER c/o ASSOCIATED BOOKING CORP. 745 Fifth Ave., New York, New York.
                                                                                  • Associated Booking Corporation contract dated
                                                                                    1959 11 16 and option letter dated 1960 03 11, SI-NMAH Archives Center, DEC301, Series III, Subseries A, Box 1, Folder 29
                                                                                  • Stratemann, p.420, citing The Billboard 1960 05 27 p.18 [recte 1960 05 23
                                                                                  • Vail II
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                                                                                  1960 03 03
                                                                                  Thursday
                                                                                  .Las Vegas, Nev.Starlight Lounge
                                                                                  Riviera Hotel
                                                                                  see 1960 03 02..
                                                                                  ..2011
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                                                                                  2012-10-14
                                                                                  1960 03 04
                                                                                  Friday
                                                                                  .Las Vegas, Nev.Starlight Lounge
                                                                                  Riviera Hotel
                                                                                  see 1960 03 02..
                                                                                  ..2011
                                                                                  updated
                                                                                  2012-10-14
                                                                                  1960 03 05
                                                                                  Saturday
                                                                                  .Las Vegas, Nev.Starlight Lounge
                                                                                  Riviera Hotel
                                                                                  see 1960 03 02..
                                                                                  ..2011
                                                                                  updated
                                                                                  2012-10-14
                                                                                  1960 03 06
                                                                                  Sunday
                                                                                  .Las Vegas, Nev.Starlight Lounge
                                                                                  Riviera Hotel
                                                                                  see 1960 03 02..
                                                                                  ..2011
                                                                                  updated
                                                                                  2012-10-14
                                                                                  1960 03 07
                                                                                  Monday
                                                                                  .Las Vegas, Nev.Starlight Lounge
                                                                                  Riviera Hotel
                                                                                  see 1960 03 02..
                                                                                  ..2011
                                                                                  updated
                                                                                  2012-10-14
                                                                                  1960 03 08
                                                                                  Tuesday
                                                                                  .Las Vegas, Nev.Starlight Lounge
                                                                                  Riviera Hotel
                                                                                  see 1960 03 02..
                                                                                  ..2011
                                                                                  updated
                                                                                  2012-10-14
                                                                                  1960 03 09
                                                                                  Wednesday
                                                                                  .Las Vegas, Nev.Starlight Lounge
                                                                                  Riviera Hotel
                                                                                  see 1960 03 02..
                                                                                  ..2011
                                                                                  updated
                                                                                  2012-10-14
                                                                                  1960 03 10
                                                                                  Thursday
                                                                                  .Las Vegas, Nev.Starlight Lounge
                                                                                  Riviera Hotel
                                                                                  see 1960 03 02..
                                                                                  ..2011
                                                                                  updated
                                                                                  2012-10-14
                                                                                  1960 03 11
                                                                                  Friday
                                                                                  .Las Vegas, Nev.Starlight Lounge
                                                                                  Riviera Hotel
                                                                                  see 1960 03 02..
                                                                                  ..2011
                                                                                  updated
                                                                                  2012-10-14
                                                                                  1960 03 12
                                                                                  Saturday
                                                                                  .Las Vegas, Nev.Starlight Lounge
                                                                                  Riviera Hotel
                                                                                  see 1960 03 02..
                                                                                  ..2011
                                                                                  updated
                                                                                  2012-10-14
                                                                                  1960 03 13
                                                                                  Sunday
                                                                                  .Las Vegas, Nev.Starlight Lounge
                                                                                  Riviera Hotel
                                                                                  see 1960 03 02..
                                                                                  ..2011
                                                                                  updated
                                                                                  2012-10-14
                                                                                  1960 03 14
                                                                                  Monday
                                                                                  .Las Vegas, Nev.Starlight Lounge
                                                                                  Riviera Hotel
                                                                                  see 1960 03 02..
                                                                                  ..2011
                                                                                  updated
                                                                                  2012-10-14
                                                                                  1960 03 15
                                                                                  Tuesday
                                                                                  .Las Vegas, Nev.Starlight Lounge
                                                                                  Riviera Hotel
                                                                                  see 1960 03 02..
                                                                                  ..2011
                                                                                  updated
                                                                                  2012-10-14
                                                                                  1960 03 16
                                                                                  Wednesday
                                                                                  .Las Vegas, Nev.Starlight Lounge
                                                                                  Riviera Hotel
                                                                                  see 1960 03 02..
                                                                                  ..2011
                                                                                  updated
                                                                                  2012-10-14
                                                                                  1960 03 17
                                                                                  Thursday
                                                                                  .Las Vegas, Nev.Starlight Lounge
                                                                                  Riviera Hotel
                                                                                  see 1960 03 02..
                                                                                  ..2011
                                                                                  updated
                                                                                  2012-10-14
                                                                                  1960 03 18
                                                                                  Friday
                                                                                  .Las Vegas, Nev.Starlight Lounge
                                                                                  Riviera Hotel
                                                                                  see 1960 03 02..
                                                                                  ..2011
                                                                                  updated
                                                                                  2012-10-14
                                                                                  1960 03 19
                                                                                  Saturday
                                                                                  .Las Vegas, Nev.Starlight Lounge
                                                                                  Riviera Hotel
                                                                                  see 1960 03 02..
                                                                                  ..2011
                                                                                  updated
                                                                                  2012-10-14
                                                                                  1960 03 20
                                                                                  Sunday
                                                                                  .Las Vegas, Nev.Starlight Lounge
                                                                                  Riviera Hotel
                                                                                  see 1960 03 02..
                                                                                  ..2011
                                                                                  updated
                                                                                  2012-10-14
                                                                                  1960 03 21
                                                                                  Monday
                                                                                  .Las Vegas, Nev.Starlight Lounge
                                                                                  Riviera Hotel
                                                                                  see 1960 03 02..
                                                                                  ..2011
                                                                                  updated
                                                                                  2012-10-14
                                                                                  1960 03 22
                                                                                  Tuesday
                                                                                  .Las Vegas, Nev.Starlight Lounge
                                                                                  Riviera Hotel
                                                                                  see 1960 03 02..
                                                                                  ..2011
                                                                                  updated
                                                                                  2012-10-14
                                                                                  1960 03 23
                                                                                  Wednesday
                                                                                  .Las Vegas, Nev.Starlight Lounge
                                                                                  Riviera Hotel
                                                                                  see 1960 03 02..
                                                                                  ..2011
                                                                                  updated
                                                                                  2012-10-14
                                                                                  1960 03 24
                                                                                  Thursday
                                                                                  .Las Vegas, Nev.Starlight Lounge
                                                                                  Riviera Hotel
                                                                                  see 1960 03 02..
                                                                                  ..2011
                                                                                  updated
                                                                                  2012-10-14
                                                                                  1960 03 25
                                                                                  Friday
                                                                                  .Las Vegas, Nev.Starlight Lounge
                                                                                  Riviera Hotel
                                                                                  see 1960 03 02..
                                                                                  ..2011
                                                                                  updated
                                                                                  2012-10-14
                                                                                  1960 03 26
                                                                                  Saturday
                                                                                  .Las Vegas, Nev.Starlight Lounge
                                                                                  Riviera Hotel
                                                                                  see 1960 03 02..
                                                                                  ..2011
                                                                                  updated
                                                                                  2012-10-14
                                                                                  1960 03 27
                                                                                  Sunday
                                                                                  .Las Vegas, Nev.Starlight Lounge
                                                                                  Riviera Hotel
                                                                                  see 1960 03 02..
                                                                                  ..2011
                                                                                  updated
                                                                                  2012-10-14
                                                                                  1960 03 28
                                                                                  Monday
                                                                                  .Las Vegas, Nev.Starlight Lounge
                                                                                  Riviera Hotel
                                                                                  see 1960 03 02..
                                                                                  ..2011
                                                                                  updated
                                                                                  2012-10-14
                                                                                  1960 03 29
                                                                                  Tuesday
                                                                                  .Las Vegas, Nev.Starlight Lounge
                                                                                  Riviera Hotel
                                                                                  see 1960 03 02..
                                                                                  ..2011
                                                                                  updated
                                                                                  2012-10-14
                                                                                  1960 03 30
                                                                                  Wednesday
                                                                                  .Las Vegas, Nev.Starlight Lounge
                                                                                  Riviera Hotel
                                                                                  see 1960 03 02..
                                                                                  ..2011
                                                                                  updated
                                                                                  2012-10-14
                                                                                  1960 03 31
                                                                                  Thursday
                                                                                  .Las Vegas, Nev.Starlight Lounge
                                                                                  Riviera Hotel
                                                                                  see 1960 03 02..
                                                                                  ..2011
                                                                                  updated
                                                                                  2012-10-14

                                                                                  April 1960

                                                                                  1960 04 00...PERSONNEL CHANGES
                                                                                  Drummer Jimmy Johnson leaves the band

                                                                                  Frank Dunlop, drums, joins the band in mid-April and leaves in late May
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                                                                                  New recording session "scale" for musicians

                                                                                  International Musician, February 1959, reported scale for non-symphonic recordings would, effective April 1, 1960, be:
                                                                                            One Session $51.50
                                                                                  Unit of Overtime $17.17
                                                                                  see Steven Lasker's report at 1959 01 01 above...SLNew
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                                                                                  1960 04 01
                                                                                  Friday
                                                                                  .Las Vegas, Nev.Starlight Lounge
                                                                                  Riviera Hotel
                                                                                  see 1960 03 02..
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                                                                                  updated
                                                                                  2012-10-14
                                                                                  1960 04 02
                                                                                  Saturday
                                                                                  .Las Vegas, Nev.Starlight Lounge
                                                                                  Riviera Hotel
                                                                                  see 1960 03 02..
                                                                                  ..2011
                                                                                  updated
                                                                                  2012-10-14
                                                                                  1960 04 03
                                                                                  Sunday
                                                                                  .Las Vegas, Nev.Starlight Lounge
                                                                                  Riviera Hotel
                                                                                  see 1960 03 02..
                                                                                  ..2011
                                                                                  updated
                                                                                  2012-10-14
                                                                                  1960 04 04
                                                                                  Monday
                                                                                  .Las Vegas, Nev.Starlight Lounge
                                                                                  Riviera Hotel
                                                                                  see 1960 03 02..
                                                                                  ..2011
                                                                                  updated
                                                                                  2012-10-14
                                                                                  1960 04 05
                                                                                  Tuesday
                                                                                  .Las Vegas, Nev.Starlight Lounge
                                                                                  Riviera Hotel
                                                                                  see 1960 03 02..
                                                                                  ..2011
                                                                                  updated
                                                                                  2012-10-14
                                                                                  1960 04 06
                                                                                  Wednesday
                                                                                  .Las Vegas, Nev.Starlight Lounge
                                                                                  Riviera Hotel
                                                                                  see 1960 03 02..
                                                                                  ..2011
                                                                                  updated
                                                                                  2012-10-14
                                                                                  1960 04 07
                                                                                  Thursday
                                                                                  .Las Vegas, Nev.Starlight Lounge
                                                                                  Riviera Hotel
                                                                                  see 1960 03 02..
                                                                                  ..2011
                                                                                  updated
                                                                                  2012-10-14
                                                                                  1960 04 08
                                                                                  Friday
                                                                                  .Las Vegas, Nev.Starlight Lounge
                                                                                  Riviera Hotel
                                                                                  see 1960 03 02..
                                                                                  ..2011
                                                                                  updated
                                                                                  2012-10-14
                                                                                  1960 04 09
                                                                                  Saturday
                                                                                  .Las Vegas, Nev.Starlight Lounge
                                                                                  Riviera Hotel
                                                                                  see 1960 03 02..
                                                                                  ..2011
                                                                                  updated
                                                                                  2012-10-14
                                                                                  1960 04 10
                                                                                  Sunday
                                                                                  .Las Vegas, Nev.Starlight Lounge
                                                                                  Riviera Hotel
                                                                                  see 1960 03 02..
                                                                                  ..2011
                                                                                  updated
                                                                                  2012-10-14
                                                                                  1960 04 11
                                                                                  Monday
                                                                                  .Las Vegas, Nev.Starlight Lounge
                                                                                  Riviera Hotel
                                                                                  see 1960 03 02..
                                                                                  ..2011
                                                                                  updated
                                                                                  2012-10-14
                                                                                  1960 04 11...PERSONNEL CHANGE
                                                                                  Jimmy Woode, bass, leaves the band
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                                                                                  1960 04 12...PERSONNEL CHANGE
                                                                                  Aaron Bell, bass & tuba, joins the band
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                                                                                  1960 04 12
                                                                                  Tuesday
                                                                                  .Las Vegas, Nev.Starlight Lounge
                                                                                  Riviera Hotel
                                                                                  see 1960 03 02..
                                                                                  ..2011
                                                                                  updated
                                                                                  2012-10-14
                                                                                  1960 04 13
                                                                                  Wednesday
                                                                                  .Las Vegas, Nev.Starlight Lounge
                                                                                  Riviera Hotel
                                                                                  see 1960 03 02..
                                                                                  ..2011
                                                                                  updated
                                                                                  2012-10-14
                                                                                  1960 04 14
                                                                                  Thursday
                                                                                  .Las Vegas, Nev.Starlight Lounge
                                                                                  Riviera Hotel
                                                                                  see 1960 03 02..
                                                                                  ..2011
                                                                                  updated
                                                                                  2012-10-14
                                                                                  1960 04 15
                                                                                  Friday
                                                                                  .Las Vegas, Nev.Starlight Lounge
                                                                                  Riviera Hotel
                                                                                  see 1960 03 02..
                                                                                  ..2011
                                                                                  updated
                                                                                  2012-10-14
                                                                                  1960 04 16
                                                                                  Saturday
                                                                                  .Las Vegas, Nev.Starlight Lounge
                                                                                  Riviera Hotel
                                                                                  see 1960 03 02..
                                                                                  ..2011
                                                                                  updated
                                                                                  2012-10-14
                                                                                  1960 04 17
                                                                                  Sunday
                                                                                  .Las Vegas, Nev.Starlight Lounge
                                                                                  Riviera Hotel
                                                                                  see 1960 03 02..
                                                                                  ..2011
                                                                                  updated
                                                                                  2012-10-14
                                                                                  1960 04 18
                                                                                  Monday
                                                                                  .Las Vegas, Nev.Starlight Lounge
                                                                                  Riviera Hotel
                                                                                  see 1960 03 02..
                                                                                  ..2011
                                                                                  updated
                                                                                  2012-10-14
                                                                                  1960 04 19
                                                                                  Tuesday
                                                                                  .Las Vegas, Nev.Starlight Lounge
                                                                                  Riviera Hotel
                                                                                  see 1960 03 02..
                                                                                  ..2011
                                                                                  updated
                                                                                  2012-10-14
                                                                                  1960 04 20
                                                                                  Wednesday
                                                                                  .Las Vegas, Nev.Starlight Lounge
                                                                                  Riviera Hotel
                                                                                  see 1960 03 02..
                                                                                  ..2011
                                                                                  updated
                                                                                  2012-10-14
                                                                                  1960 04 21
                                                                                  Thursday
                                                                                  .Las Vegas, Nev.Starlight Lounge
                                                                                  Riviera Hotel
                                                                                  see 1960 03 02..
                                                                                  ..2011
                                                                                  updated
                                                                                  2012-10-14
                                                                                  1960 04 22
                                                                                  Friday
                                                                                  .Las Vegas, Nev.Starlight Lounge
                                                                                  Riviera Hotel
                                                                                  see 1960 03 02..
                                                                                  ..2011
                                                                                  updated
                                                                                  2012-10-14
                                                                                  1960 04 23
                                                                                  Saturday
                                                                                  .Las Vegas, Nev.Starlight Lounge
                                                                                  Riviera Hotel
                                                                                  see 1960 03 02..
                                                                                  ..2011
                                                                                  updated
                                                                                  2012-10-14
                                                                                  1960 04 24
                                                                                  Sunday
                                                                                  .Las Vegas, Nev.Starlight Lounge
                                                                                  Riviera Hotel
                                                                                  see 1960 03 02..
                                                                                  ..2011
                                                                                  updated
                                                                                  2012-10-14
                                                                                  1960 04 25
                                                                                  Monday
                                                                                  .Culver City, Cal.MGM StudioRecording session for the soundtrack of the TV serial "Asphalt Jungle." Titles recorded:
                                                                                  • Cops (Asphalt Jungle)
                                                                                  • Wild Car
                                                                                  • Want to Love You
                                                                                  • Blues for Asphalt Jungle
                                                                                  .New Desor
                                                                                  DE6005
                                                                                  DEMS
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                                                                                  updated
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                                                                                  1960 04 25
                                                                                  Monday
                                                                                  .Las Vegas, Nev.Starlight Lounge
                                                                                  Riviera Hotel
                                                                                  see 1960 03 02..
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                                                                                  2012-10-14
                                                                                  1960 04 26
                                                                                  Tuesday
                                                                                  .Las Vegas, Nev.Starlight Lounge
                                                                                  Riviera Hotel
                                                                                  see 1960 03 02..
                                                                                  ..2011
                                                                                  updated
                                                                                  2012-10-14
                                                                                  1960 04 27
                                                                                  Wednesday
                                                                                  .Las Vegas, Nev.Starlight Lounge
                                                                                  Riviera Hotel
                                                                                  see 1960 03 02..
                                                                                  ..2011
                                                                                  updated
                                                                                  2012-10-14
                                                                                  1960 04 28
                                                                                  Thursday
                                                                                  .Las Vegas, Nev.Starlight Lounge
                                                                                  Riviera Hotel
                                                                                  see 1960 03 02..
                                                                                  ..2011
                                                                                  updated
                                                                                  2012-10-14
                                                                                  1960 04 29
                                                                                  Friday
                                                                                  Ellington's birthday
                                                                                  .Las Vegas, Nev.Starlight Lounge
                                                                                  Riviera Hotel
                                                                                  see 1960 03 02..
                                                                                  ..2011
                                                                                  updated
                                                                                  2012-10-14
                                                                                  1960 04 30
                                                                                  Saturday
                                                                                  .Las Vegas, Nev.Starlight Lounge
                                                                                  Riviera Hotel
                                                                                  see 1960 03 02..
                                                                                  ..2011
                                                                                  updated
                                                                                  2012-10-14

                                                                                  May 1960

                                                                                  1960 05 00...PERSONNEL CHANGES
                                                                                  Frank Dunlop leaves the band in late May.

                                                                                  Sam Woodyard, drums, rejoins the band
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                                                                                  1960 05 01
                                                                                  Sunday
                                                                                  .Las Vegas, Nev.Starlight Lounge
                                                                                  Riviera Hotel
                                                                                  see 1960 03 02..
                                                                                  ..2011
                                                                                  updated
                                                                                  2012-10-14
                                                                                  1960 05 02
                                                                                  Monday
                                                                                  .Las Vegas, Nev.Starlight Lounge
                                                                                  Riviera Hotel
                                                                                  see 1960 03 02..
                                                                                  ..2011
                                                                                  updated
                                                                                  2012-10-14
                                                                                  1960 05 03
                                                                                  Tuesday
                                                                                  .Las Vegas, Nev.Starlight Lounge
                                                                                  Riviera Hotel
                                                                                  see 1960 03 02..
                                                                                  ..2011
                                                                                  updated
                                                                                  2012-10-14
                                                                                  1960 05 04
                                                                                  Wednesday
                                                                                  .Las Vegas, Nev.Starlight Lounge
                                                                                  Riviera Hotel
                                                                                  see 1960 03 02..
                                                                                  ..2011
                                                                                  updated
                                                                                  2012-10-14
                                                                                  1960 05 05
                                                                                  Thursday
                                                                                  .Las Vegas, Nev.Starlight Lounge
                                                                                  Riviera Hotel
                                                                                  see 1960 03 02..
                                                                                  ..2011
                                                                                  updated
                                                                                  2012-10-14
                                                                                  1960 05 06
                                                                                  Friday
                                                                                  .Las Vegas, Nev.Starlight Lounge
                                                                                  Riviera Hotel
                                                                                  see 1960 03 02..
                                                                                  ..2011
                                                                                  updated
                                                                                  2012-10-14
                                                                                  1960 05 07
                                                                                  Saturday
                                                                                  .Las Vegas, Nev.Starlight Lounge
                                                                                  Riviera Hotel
                                                                                  see 1960 03 02..
                                                                                  ..2011
                                                                                  updated
                                                                                  2012-10-14
                                                                                  1960 05 08
                                                                                  Sunday
                                                                                  .Las Vegas, Nev.Starlight Lounge
                                                                                  Riviera Hotel
                                                                                  see 1960 03 02..
                                                                                  ..2011
                                                                                  updated
                                                                                  2012-10-14
                                                                                  1960 05 09
                                                                                  Monday
                                                                                  .Las Vegas, Nev.Starlight Lounge
                                                                                  Riviera Hotel
                                                                                  see 1960 03 02..
                                                                                  ..2011
                                                                                  updated
                                                                                  2012-10-14
                                                                                  1960 05 10
                                                                                  Tuesday
                                                                                  .Las Vegas, Nev.Starlight Lounge
                                                                                  Riviera Hotel
                                                                                  see 1960 03 02..
                                                                                  ..2011
                                                                                  updated
                                                                                  2012-10-14
                                                                                  1960 05 11
                                                                                  Wednesday
                                                                                  .Las Vegas, Nev.Starlight Lounge
                                                                                  Riviera Hotel
                                                                                  see 1960 03 02..
                                                                                  ..2011
                                                                                  updated
                                                                                  2012-10-14
                                                                                  1960 05 12
                                                                                  Thursday
                                                                                  .Las Vegas, Nev.Starlight Lounge
                                                                                  Riviera Hotel
                                                                                  see 1960 03 02..
                                                                                  ..2011
                                                                                  updated
                                                                                  2012-10-14
                                                                                  1960 05 13
                                                                                  Friday
                                                                                  .Las Vegas, Nev.Starlight Lounge
                                                                                  Riviera Hotel
                                                                                  see 1960 03 02..
                                                                                  ..2011
                                                                                  updated
                                                                                  2012-10-14
                                                                                  1960 05 14
                                                                                  Saturday
                                                                                  .Las Vegas, Nev.Starlight Lounge
                                                                                  Riviera Hotel
                                                                                  see 1960 03 02..
                                                                                  ..2011
                                                                                  updated
                                                                                  2012-10-14
                                                                                  1960 05 15
                                                                                  Sunday
                                                                                  .Las Vegas, Nev.Starlight Lounge
                                                                                  Riviera Hotel
                                                                                  see 1960 03 02..
                                                                                  ..2011
                                                                                  updated
                                                                                  2012-10-14
                                                                                  1960 05 16
                                                                                  Monday
                                                                                  .Las Vegas, Nev.Starlight Lounge
                                                                                  Riviera Hotel
                                                                                  see 1960 03 02..
                                                                                  ..2011
                                                                                  updated
                                                                                  2012-10-14
                                                                                  1960 05 17
                                                                                  Tuesday
                                                                                  .Las Vegas, Nev.Starlight Lounge
                                                                                  Riviera Hotel
                                                                                  see 1960 03 02..
                                                                                  ..2011
                                                                                  updated
                                                                                  2012-10-14
                                                                                  1960 05 18
                                                                                  Wednesday
                                                                                  .Las Vegas, Nev.Starlight Lounge
                                                                                  Riviera Hotel
                                                                                  see 1960 03 02..
                                                                                  ..2011
                                                                                  updated
                                                                                  2012-10-14
                                                                                  1960 05 19
                                                                                  Thursday
                                                                                  .Las Vegas, Nev.Starlight Lounge
                                                                                  Riviera Hotel
                                                                                  see 1960 03 02..
                                                                                  ..2011
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                                                                                  2012-10-14
                                                                                  1960 05 20
                                                                                  Friday
                                                                                  .Las Vegas, Nev.Starlight Lounge
                                                                                  Riviera Hotel
                                                                                  see 1960 03 02..
                                                                                  ..2011
                                                                                  updated
                                                                                  2012-10-14
                                                                                  1960 05 21
                                                                                  Saturday
                                                                                  .Las Vegas, Nev.Starlight Lounge
                                                                                  Riviera Hotel
                                                                                  see 1960 03 02..
                                                                                  ..2011
                                                                                  updated
                                                                                  2012-10-14
                                                                                  1960 05 22
                                                                                  Sunday
                                                                                  .Las Vegas, Nev.Starlight Lounge
                                                                                  Riviera Hotel
                                                                                  see 1960 03 02..
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                                                                                  updated
                                                                                  2012-10-14
                                                                                  1960 05 23
                                                                                  Monday
                                                                                  .Las Vegas, Nev.Starlight Lounge
                                                                                  Riviera Hotel
                                                                                  see 1960 03 02..
                                                                                  ..2011
                                                                                  updated
                                                                                  2012-10-14
                                                                                  1960 05 24
                                                                                  Tuesday
                                                                                  .Las Vegas, Nev.Starlight Lounge
                                                                                  Riviera Hotel
                                                                                  see 1960 03 02

                                                                                  End of engagement
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                                                                                  Wednesday
                                                                                  ...activities not documented...
                                                                                  ...
                                                                                  1960 05 26...PERSONNEL CHANGE
                                                                                  Trombonist Lawrence Brown rejoins the band, increasing the trombone section to four men. He also participated in the soundtrack recording of The Asphalt Jungle on 1960 04 25, but New Desor does not list him in the May 26 recording session.
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                                                                                  1960 05 26
                                                                                  Thursday
                                                                                  .Los Angeles, Cal.Radio Recorders AnnexRecording session, "Nutcracker Suite"
                                                                                  14:00-17:00

                                                                                  Duke Ellington and his Orchestra
                                                                                  A.Marenquito, Cook, Edward Mullens, Nance, Woode, Woodman, Tizol, Hamilton, Procope, Gonsalves, Carney, Ellington, Bell, Woodyard, Greenwood, Grayson
                                                                                  Titles recorded
                                                                                  • Overture
                                                                                  • Entr'acte
                                                                                  • Arabesque Cookie
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                                                                                  1960 05 27
                                                                                  Friday
                                                                                  .Santa Monica, Cal.Santa Monica Civic AuditoriumRecorded concert

                                                                                  Duke Ellington and His Orchestra
                                                                                  Marenguito, Cook, Mullins, Nance, Woodman, Wood, Tizol, , Brown, Hamilton, Procope, Hodges, Gonsalves, Carney, Ellington, Bell, Woodyard, Greenwood, Grayson

                                                                                  Titles recorded:
                                                                                  • Take The "A" Train (theme)
                                                                                  • Perdido
                                                                                  • Red Carpet
                                                                                  • Newport Up
                                                                                  • Sophisticated Lady
                                                                                  • Congo Square (Matumbe)
                                                                                  • What Else Can you Do With A Drum?
                                                                                  • Day In, Day Out
                                                                                  • Lost In Loveliness
                                                                                  • One More Once
                                                                                  • Passion Flower
                                                                                  • Things Ain't What They Used To Be
                                                                                  • All Of Me
                                                                                  • I Got It Bad and That Ain't Good
                                                                                  • Bill Bailey
                                                                                  • Take The "A" Train
                                                                                  • Mood Indigo
                                                                                  • Diminuendo In Blue - Wailing Interval - Crescendo In Blue
                                                                                  • Jones
                                                                                  Los Angeles Times:

                                                                                  'Duke Ellington and his orchestra and Cal Tjader and his quintet will stage a double-header concert next Friday night at Santa Moncia Civic Auditorium... '


                                                                                  Contract terms:
                                                                                  • 15 musicians under the leadership of DUKE ELLINGTON, INC.,OWNER, PRESENTS: DUKE ELLINGTON AND HIS ORCH.
                                                                                  • Name and Address of Place of Engagement
                                                                                    Santa Monica Civic Auditorium, Santa Monica, Calif.
                                                                                  • Date(s) of employment
                                                                                    May 27, 1960
                                                                                  • Hours of employment
                                                                                    One concert between hours of 8:30 &11:30 PM
                                                                                    One tow hour concert with the usual 15 minute intermission
                                                                                  • Standard top billing clause
                                                                                  • Taping of any portion of this concert is prohibited.
                                                                                  • Wage agreed upon: $2,500, 50% deposit payable on signing; balance in cash at end of engagement
                                                                                  • Employer:
                                                                                    Concerts, Inc.,
                                                                                    By Lou Robin, President,...Beverly Hills, California
                                                                                  • Associated Booking Corporation contract
                                                                                    dated 1960 01 15, Archives Center, SI-NMAH, DEC301, Series III, Subseries A, Box 2, Folder 1
                                                                                  • Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles, Cal.
                                                                                    • 1960-05-12 Pt. IV p.9
                                                                                    • 1960-05-24 Pt.II p.9
                                                                                    • 1960-05-27 Pt. II p.6
                                                                                  • Stratemann p.420
                                                                                  • Vail II
                                                                                  • Girvan:   Ellingtonia.com
                                                                                  • Timner
                                                                                  • Ole J. Nielsen, Jazz Records 1942-80, A discography: Vol. Six, Duke Ellington, p.216
                                                                                  .
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                                                                                  1960 05 28
                                                                                  Saturday
                                                                                  .San Diego, Cal.Russ AuditoriumEvening concert
                                                                                  Contract terms:
                                                                                  • 15 musicians under the leadership of "DUKE ELLINGTON, INC. OWNER, PRESENTS DUKE ELLINGTON AND HIS ORCH.
                                                                                  • Name and Address of Place of Engagement
                                                                                    Russ Auditorium, San Diego, California
                                                                                  • Date of employment
                                                                                    May 28 1960
                                                                                  • One concert between 8:3- amd 11;30 p.m. Altered to One two hour concert with the usual 15-minute intermission, and written in, "plus Cal Tjader."
                                                                                  • Standard top billing clause
                                                                                  • Taping of any portion of this concert is prohibited.
                                                                                  • Wage agreed upon: $2,000, 50% deposit with a 50% privilege of net receipts. Payable: 50% depost on signing, balance in cash at the end of the engagement.
                                                                                  • Employer:
                                                                                    Concerts, Inc.
                                                                                    235 South Robertson,
                                                                                    Beverly Hills, Cal.
                                                                                  .
                                                                                  • Associated Booking Corporation contract
                                                                                    dated 1960 01 11, Archives Center, SI-NMAH, DEC301, Series III, Subseries A, Box 2, Folder 1
                                                                                  • Coronado Journal, Coronado, Cal.
                                                                                    • 1960-05-12 p.10
                                                                                    • 1960-05-26 p.8
                                                                                  • The San Diego Union, San Diego,Cal.s.E p.1
                                                                                  • Stratemann p.420
                                                                                  • Vail II
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                                                                                  1960 05 29
                                                                                  Sunday
                                                                                  .Pasadena, Cal.Pasadena Civic AuditoriumAfternoon concert
                                                                                  Mimi Carr's glowing, flowery review in the Los Angeles Times reported:
                                                                                  • large audience
                                                                                  • inimitable tone quality - singing reeds and astringent brasses fuse into a seamless ensemble blend
                                                                                  • band supple and malleable, playing as one instrument, moving with a resilience that belying the number of instruments involved
                                                                                  • Titles identified:
                                                                                    • The Mooche
                                                                                    • C-Jam Blues
                                                                                    • Skin Deep
                                                                                    • Crescendo and Diminuendo in Blue
                                                                                    • Kinda Dukish / Rockin' in Rhythm
                                                                                  • Personnel named:
                                                                                    • Hodges
                                                                                    • Carney
                                                                                    • Nance
                                                                                    • Hamilton
                                                                                    • Procope
                                                                                    • Gonsalves
                                                                                    • Brown
                                                                                    • Woodman
                                                                                    • Woodyard
                                                                                    • Wood
                                                                                    • Lill Gigi [aka Lil Greenwood]
                                                                                    • Milt Grayson

                                                                                  Contract terms:
                                                                                  • 15 musicians under the leadership of "DUKE ELLINGTON, INC. OWNER, PRESENTS DUKE ELLINGTON AND HIS ORCHESTRA
                                                                                  • Name and Address of Place of Engagement
                                                                                    Pasadena Civic Auditorium, Pasadena, California
                                                                                  • Date of employment
                                                                                    May 29 1960
                                                                                  • Hours of employment
                                                                                    3:00 to 5:30 PM - one two hour concert with the usual 15 minute intermission.
                                                                                  • Standard top billing clause
                                                                                  • Taping of any portion of this concert is prohibited.
                                                                                  • Wage agreed upon: $4,000, 50% deposit on signing and at end of engagement.
                                                                                  • Employer:
                                                                                    Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, by Ethel Maddox, concert chariman and [illegible] Brown, president.
                                                                                  • Associated Booking Corporation contract
                                                                                    dated 1960 01 11, Archives Center, SI-NMAH, DEC301, Series III, Subseries A, Box 2, Folder 1
                                                                                  • California Eagle, Los Angeles, Cal.
                                                                                    1960-05-19 p.8
                                                                                  • Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles, Cal.
                                                                                    • 1960-05-28 Pt. II p.7
                                                                                    • 1960-05-31 Pt.II p.6
                                                                                  • Stratemann p.420
                                                                                  • Vail II
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                                                                                  1960 05 29
                                                                                  Sunday
                                                                                  .Los Angeles, Cal.Zenda BallroomGaylords Social Club pre-Memorial Day Ball, 10 p.m. - 2 a.m.
                                                                                  Contract terms:
                                                                                  • 15 musicians and vocalist under the leadership of DUKE ELLINGTON, OWNER, INC.PRESENTS: DUKE ELLINGTON & HIS ORCHESTRA
                                                                                  • Name and Address of Place of Engagement
                                                                                    Zenda Ballroom, Los Angeles, Calif.
                                                                                  • Date(s) of employment
                                                                                    May 29th 1960
                                                                                    10 P.M. - 2 A.M.
                                                                                  • Taping of any portion of this engagement is prohibited.
                                                                                  • Type of engagement
                                                                                    Dance
                                                                                  • Standard top billing clause
                                                                                  • Wage agreed upon: $2,000 flat guarantee, deposit $1,000 on signing, balance of $1,000 prior to start of dance.
                                                                                  • Employer:
                                                                                    GAylords Social Charity Club
                                                                                    by Alexander Harris, Business Mgr.
                                                                                    1604 East 41st Plance
                                                                                    Loas Angeles II, Calif.
                                                                                  • Associated Booking Corporation contract
                                                                                    dated 1960 01 22, Archives Center, SI-NMAH, DEC301, Series III, Subseries A, Box 2, Folder 1
                                                                                  • California Eagle, Los Angeles, Cal.
                                                                                    • 1960-03-31 p.8
                                                                                    • 1960-05-19 p.8
                                                                                  • Stratemann p.420
                                                                                  • Vail II
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                                                                                  1960 05 30
                                                                                  Monday
                                                                                  .Hollywood
                                                                                  Los Angeles, Cal.
                                                                                  Hollywood Palladium
                                                                                  6215 W. Sunset Blvd.
                                                                                  Hollywood, Cal.
                                                                                  Dance
                                                                                  California Eagle photo caption:

                                                                                  'BE OUR GUEST–Sporting their cool white tropical summer attire, members of the Sir Debuteers have lovely Harietta Terry all shook up over which bid to accept to their club's "Evening With Duke Ellington," on Monday, May 30, at the Palladium, from 6 p.m. until 10 p.m....'


                                                                                  Contract terms:
                                                                                  • 15 musicians under the leadership of DUKE ELLINGTON, INC.,OWNER, PRESENTS DUKE ELLINGTON AND HIS ORCHESTRA
                                                                                  • Name and Address of Place of Engagement
                                                                                    SIR DEBUTEERS, HOLLYWOOD PALLADIAUM, HOLLYWOOD, CALIFORNIA.
                                                                                  • Date(s) of employment
                                                                                    MAY 30, 1960
                                                                                  • Hours of employment
                                                                                    4 HOURS (FILL) 6 p.m. to 10 p.m.
                                                                                  • Type of engagement
                                                                                    DANCE
                                                                                  • Standard top billing clause
                                                                                  • Taping of any portion of this contract is prohibited.
                                                                                  • Wage agreed upon: $2,000.00
                                                                                  • To be paid 50% deposit upon signing contract; Balance of moneys due will be paid during intermission in cash.
                                                                                  • Employer:
                                                                                    Sir Debuteers
                                                                                  • Signed by
                                                                                    Sir Debutters [sic] By Charles R. Bays...
                                                                                  • Associated Booking Corporation contract
                                                                                    dated 31st March 1960, Archives Center, SI-NMAH, DEC301, Series III, Subseries A, Box 2, Folder 3
                                                                                  • Stratemann p.420
                                                                                  • Vail II
                                                                                  • The California Eagle, Los Angeles, Cal.
                                                                                    1960-05-26 p.11
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                                                                                  1960 05 31
                                                                                  Tuesday
                                                                                  .Los Angeles, Cal.Radio Recorders AnnexRecording session, "Nutcracker Suite"
                                                                                  1960 05 31. 2:00 to 5:00 pm. RR Annex.
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                                                                                • Duke Ellington and his Orchestra
                                                                                  A.Marenquito, Cook, Edward Mullens, Nance, Woode, Woodman, Tizol, Hamilton, Procope, Gonsalves, Carney, Ellington, Bell, Woodyard, Greenwood, Grayson

                                                                                  Titles recorded:
                                                                                  .New Desor
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                                                                                  June 1960

                                                                                  1960 06 01
                                                                                  Wednesday
                                                                                  .San Francisco, Cal.Facks IICancelled booking - the club owner felt Ellington's other activities in the area would affect his business, so the engagement was postponed twice. See 1960 07 07Stratemann p.425..
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                                                                                  1960 06 01
                                                                                  Wednesday
                                                                                  .Los Angeles, Cal.Radio Recorders AnnexColumbia recording session
                                                                                  14:00-17:00
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                                                                                  1960 06 02
                                                                                  Thursday
                                                                                  .Los Angeles, Cal.Radio Recorders AnnexRecording session, "Nutcracker Suite"
                                                                                  14:00-17:00
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                                                                                  Friday
                                                                                  .Los Angeles, Cal.Radio Recorders AnnexRecording session, "Nutcracker Suite"
                                                                                  14:00-17:30
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                                                                                  Friday
                                                                                  .Long Beach, Cal.Municipal Auditorium
                                                                                  D   U   K   E     E   L   L   I   N   G   T   O   N
                                                                                  HIS BAND AND ALL STAR SHOW
                                                                                  IN

                                                                                  CONCERT AND DANCE
                                                                                  MUNICIPAL AUDITORIUM – LONG BEACH
                                                                                  Friday Night, June 3 – 8:30 P.M.
                                                                                  TICKETS $2.50 PER PERSON

                                                                                  Contract terms:
                                                                                  • 15 plus 1 musicians under the leadership of DUKE ELLINGTON, INC.,OWNER, PRESENTS DUKE ELLINGTON & HIS ORCH.
                                                                                  • Name and Address of Place of Engagement
                                                                                    Long Beach Municipal Auditorium, Long Beach, Calif.
                                                                                  • Date(s) of employment
                                                                                    June 3, 1960
                                                                                  • Hours of employment
                                                                                    9:00 PM to 1:00 AM
                                                                                  • Type of engagement
                                                                                    Dance (Originally typed as "Dance - Concert" but "Concert" is Xed over)
                                                                                  • Standard top billing clause
                                                                                  • Taping of any portion of this concert is prohibited.
                                                                                  • Wage agreed upon: $2,500.00 with a 50% privilege of net receipts; 50% deposit payable on signing, balance in cash at end of engagement
                                                                                  • Employer:
                                                                                    Capital Enterprises, by Irvin Winger
                                                                                    1432 Highland Avenue
                                                                                    Los Angeles 28, Calif.
                                                                                  • Associated Booking Corporation contract
                                                                                    dated March 31, 1960, Archives Center, SI-NMAH, DEC301, Series III, Subseries A, Box 2, Folder 3
                                                                                  • Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles, Cal.
                                                                                    • 1960-06-01 Pt. II p.9
                                                                                    • 1960-06-02 Pt. II p. 13
                                                                                  • Independent, Long Beach, Cal.
                                                                                    • 1960-05-28, p.B-7
                                                                                    • 1960-05-30, p.B-3
                                                                                    • 1960-05-31, p.C-5
                                                                                    • 1960-06-01, p.C-7
                                                                                    • 1960-06-03 p.C-8
                                                                                  • Independent Press-Telegram, Long Beach, Cal.
                                                                                    1960-05-29 p.D-16
                                                                                  • Independent Star-News, Pasadena, Cal.
                                                                                    1960-05-29 p.2
                                                                                  • Stratemann, p.420
                                                                                  • Vail II
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                                                                                  1960 06 04
                                                                                  Saturday
                                                                                  .Los Angeles, Cal.Shrine Auditorium

                                                                                  CONCERTS INC. PRESENTS
                                                                                  JAZZ AT THE PACIFIC
                                                                                  DUKE ELLINGTON & HIS ORCH.
                                                                                  DAVE BRUBECK QUARTET
                                                                                  CANNONBALL ADDERLY QUINTET
                                                                                  Special Attraction
                                                                                  EARL GRANT
                                                                                  Sat., June 4 8:30 p.m.
                                                                                  Tickets $4.50, 3.75, 2.75, 1.75


                                                                                  Los Angeles Times (Mimi Clar)
                                                                                  • Slim attendance
                                                                                  • Lack of planning largely eradicated the effect of what good music was played.
                                                                                  • 'Most annoying were several disc jockeys, whose crude humor was used to bridge long gaps between each act. The only filling in really necessary was during the setup of the Ellington band; and this could easily have been avoided by scheduling the band either first on the program or right after intermission, rather than last.'

                                                                                  • Ellington complained that the placement of his band to the extreme rear of the stage put his musicians at a disadvantage performance-wise.
                                                                                  • Nearly half of Ellington's set "wasted" with two "readily dispensable vocalists."
                                                                                  • The Brubeck, Grant and Ellington sets each had long drum solos, making the audience restive during the last one.
                                                                                  • Hodges' solo in Jeep's Blues was a sheer delight.
                                                                                  • Show ended well past midnight.

                                                                                  Contract terms:
                                                                                  • 15 + 1 musicians under the leadership of DUKE ELLINGTON, INC.,OWNER, PRESENTS: DUKE ELLINGTON & HIS ORCH.
                                                                                  • Name and Address of Place of Engagement
                                                                                    SHRINE AUDITORIUM, LOS ANGELES, CALIF.
                                                                                  • Date(s) of employment
                                                                                    JUNE 4, 1960
                                                                                  • Hours of employment
                                                                                    ONE CONCERT BETWEEN HRS OF 8:30 & 11:00 PM
                                                                                  • 'It is also understood and agreed that DUKE ELLINGTON is to receive headline billing in type equal to 100% on marquee and in any and all releases and paid advertising.'
                                                                                  • TAPING OF ANY PORTION OF THIS CONCERT IS PROHIBITED.
                                                                                  • Wage agreed upon: $3,000.00 "IN THE EVENT THE PROMOTER GROSSES OVER $10,000, DUKE ELLINGTON IS TO RECEIVE AN ADDITIONAL $1.000.00"
                                                                                    To be paid 50% DEPOSIT ON SIGNING CONTRACT; BALANCE IN CASH AT END OF ENGAGEMENT.
                                                                                  • Employer:
                                                                                    CONCERTS, INC.
                                                                                    BY: LOU ROBIN, PRES.
                                                                                    264 SOUTH ROBERTSON BLVD.,
                                                                                    BEVERLY HILLS, CALIFORMIA
                                                                                  • Signed by
                                                                                    Lou Robin
                                                                                  • Associated Booking Corporation contract
                                                                                    dated April 5, 1960, Archives Center, SI-NMAH, DEC301, Series III, Subseries A, Box 2, Folder 4
                                                                                  • Independent Star-News, Pasadena, Cal.
                                                                                    1960-05-22 p.11
                                                                                  • Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles, Cal.
                                                                                    • 1960-05-22 s.E p.14
                                                                                    • 1960-05-29 s.F p.4
                                                                                    • 1960-06-05 Pt. IV p.15
                                                                                  • Pasadena Independent, Pasadena, Cal.
                                                                                    • 1960-05-30 p.7
                                                                                    • 1960-06-03 p.19
                                                                                  • Stratemann p.420
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                                                                                  Sunday
                                                                                  .Oakland, Cal.Oakland Auditorium Arena

                                                                                  D U K E   E L L I N G T O N
                                                                                  HIS BAND AND ALL STAR SHOW
                                                                                  IN

                                                                                  CONCERT AND DANCE
                                                                                  *EXTRA ADDED ATTRACTION
                                                                                  GINNY TIU
                                                                                  FABULOUS CHILD PRODIGY
                                                                                  OAKLAND AUDITORIUM
                                                                                  Sunday Night, June 5
                                                                                  Tickets $3.75 - $3.75 - $2.00 per person

                                                                                  Plugs by Russ Wilson identified Miss Tiu as a six year old piano prodigy from Hong Kong who had been on 14 network television shows after coming to the United States the summer of 1959.
                                                                                  Stratemann, citing Down Beat, writes this concert was a flop due to a lack of promotion and advertising. Only 450 attended.
                                                                                  Contract terms:
                                                                                  • 15 plus 1 musicians under the leadership of DUKE ELLINGTON, INC.,OWNER, PRESENTS: DUKE ELLINGTON AND HIS ORCHESTRA
                                                                                  • Name and Address of Place of Engagement
                                                                                    civic Auditorium, Oakland, Calif.
                                                                                  • Date(s) of employment
                                                                                    June 5, 1960*
                                                                                  • Hours of employment
                                                                                    8:30 to 11:30 PM
                                                                                  • Type of engagement
                                                                                    Concert
                                                                                  • Standard top billing clause
                                                                                  • Taping of any portion of this engagement is prohibited.
                                                                                  • Wage agreed upon: $2,500.00 with a 50% privilege of net receipts; 50% deposit payable on signing, balance in cash at end of engagement
                                                                                  • Employer:
                                                                                    Capital Enterprises, by Irvin Winger
                                                                                    1432 Highland Avenue
                                                                                    Los Angeles 28, Calif.
                                                                                  • Associated Booking Corporation contract
                                                                                    dated March 31, 1960, Archives Center, SI-NMAH, DEC301, Series III, Subseries A, Box 2, Folder 3
                                                                                  • Stratemann p.420 citing
                                                                                    Down Beat 1960-07-21
                                                                                  • Oakland Tribune, Oakland,Cal.
                                                                                    • 1960-06-02 pp.B8, D43
                                                                                    • 1960-06-05 p.6-B
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                                                                                  Monday
                                                                                  .Beale Air Force Base
                                                                                  East of
                                                                                  Marysville, Cal.
                                                                                  NCO ClubDance
                                                                                  Contract terms:
                                                                                  • 15 musicians under the leadership of DUKE ELLINGTON, INC.,OWNER, PRESENTS DUKE ELLINGTON AND HIS ORCHESTRA
                                                                                  • Name and Address of Place of Engagement
                                                                                    NCO CLUB, BEALE AIR FORCE BASE, MARYSVILLE, CALIFORNIA
                                                                                  • Date(s) of employment
                                                                                    JUNE 6, 1960
                                                                                  • Hours of employment
                                                                                    9:00 PM TO 1:00 AM
                                                                                  • IT IS UNDERSTOOD AND AGREED THAT DUKE ELLINGTON IS TO RECEIVE HDADLINE BILLING IN TYPE EQUAL TO 100% ON MARQUEE AND IN ANY AND ALL RELEASES AND PAID ADVERTISING.
                                                                                  • Wage agreed upon: $1,000.00
                                                                                  • To be paid 50% DEPOSIT UPON SIGNING CONTRACT; BALANCE OF MONEYS DUE WILL BE PAID DURING INTERMISSION IN CASH.
                                                                                  • Employer:
                                                                                    NCO CLUB
                                                                                    BY: SGT SIMMONS
                                                                                    BEALE AIR FORCE BASE
                                                                                    MARYSVILLE, CALIFORNIA*
                                                                                  • Associated Booking Corporation contract
                                                                                    dated April 8, 1960, Archives Center, SI-NMAH, DEC301, Series III, Subseries A, Box 3, Folder 4
                                                                                  • Stratemann p.420 citing DESB
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                                                                                  Tuesday
                                                                                  .Chico, Cal.Auditorium,
                                                                                  Chico State College
                                                                                  Concert for the Kiwanis Club
                                                                                  Contract terms:
                                                                                  • 15 musicians under the leadership of DUKE ELLINGTON, INC.,OWNER, PRESENTS DUKE ELLINGTON AND HIS ORCHESTRA
                                                                                  • Name and Address of Place of Engagement
                                                                                    AUDITORIUM, CHICO STATE COLLEGE, CHICO, CALIFORNIA
                                                                                    (FOR THE KIWANIS CLUB)
                                                                                  • Date(s) of employmentJUNE 7 1960
                                                                                  • Hours of employment
                                                                                    8:00 PM to 10:00 PM CONCERT
                                                                                  • It is understood and agreed that DUKE ELLINGTON is to receive headline billing in type equal to 100% on marquee and in any and all releases and paid advertising.
                                                                                  • Type of engagement
                                                                                    CONCERT
                                                                                  • Taping of any portion of this engagement is prohibited.
                                                                                  • Wage agreed upon: $1,000.00 WITH A 50% PRIVILEGE OF NET RECEIPTS
                                                                                  • To be paid 50% DEPOSIT UPON SIGNING CONTRACT; BALANCE OF MONIES WILL BE PAID DURING INTERMISSION IN CASH
                                                                                  • Employer:
                                                                                    KIWANIS CLUB
                                                                                    BY: JACK MORGAN
                                                                                    KIWANIS CLUB
                                                                                    CHICO, CALIFORNIA
                                                                                  • Signed by Jack Morgan
                                                                                  • Associated Booking Corporation contract
                                                                                    dated 15th April 1960, Archives Center, SI-NMAH, DEC301, Series III, Subseries A, Box 2, Folder 4
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                                                                                  Thursday
                                                                                  .Seattle, Wash..Sidemen's activities and location are not documented
                                                                                  • Seattle Post-Intelligencer:

                                                                                    '...Ellington... came to Seattle Thursday with a bundle of blank music paper and a headful of ideas.
                                                                                      I had to take a day off," commented Duke in reference to arriving a day prior to the concert that his orchestra will play at 8 p.m. [Friday] in the Palomar. "I'm working on this TV thing and there are a lot of ideas up here," he said, pointing to his head, "and I want to get them on paper."
                                                                                      Ellington is scoring a TV pilot film which he hopes will become a series – it's titled"Asphalt Jungle"... '

                                                                                  • Stratemann erroneously has the orchestra performing in the Palomar Ballroom [recte Theatre] in Seattle on the 9th and Portland on the 10th. The Seattle engagement was on the 10th and Portland on the 11th.
                                                                                  • John Voorhees, Look and Listen,
                                                                                    Seattle Post-Intelligencer, Seattle, Wash.
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                                                                                  Friday
                                                                                  .Seattle, Wash.Palomar Ballroom
                                                                                  Palomar Theatre
                                                                                  Concert 8 p.m.
                                                                                  While Stratemann names the venue Palomar Ballroom, the booking contract and advertisements refer to it as Palomar Theatre, and the engagement is a concert, not a dance.
                                                                                  John Voorhees, Seattle Post-Intelligencer:
                                                                                  • an exciting concert
                                                                                  • mostly Ellington's own music but not to the point of excluding all others.
                                                                                  • names Hodges, Nance, Carney, Gonzalvez [sic],Cook, Grayson, Gee-Gee [sic]
                                                                                  • audience noisy and rude but Duke handled all shouted requests and comments with ease.

                                                                                  Contract terms:
                                                                                  • 15 musicians under the leadership of DUKE ELLINGTON, INC.,OWNER, PRESENTS DUKE ELLINGTON AND HIS ORCHESTRA
                                                                                  • Name and Address of Place of Engagement
                                                                                    Palomar Theatre, Seattle, Washington
                                                                                  • Date(s) of employment
                                                                                    June 10, 1960
                                                                                  • Hours of employment
                                                                                    One concert starting at 8:00 PM
                                                                                  • Type of engagement
                                                                                    One two hour concert with the usual 15 minute intermission
                                                                                  • Standard top billing clause
                                                                                  • Taping of any portion of this engagement is prohibited.
                                                                                  • Wage agreed upon: $2,250.00 with a 50% privilege of net receipts, 50% deposit upon signing, balance of monies due will be paid during intermission in cash.
                                                                                  • Employer:
                                                                                    Joe Canavan
                                                                                    515 Union Street, Seattle
                                                                                  • Signed by
                                                                                    Joe Canavan and by Duke Ellington
                                                                                    • Associated Booking Corporation contract
                                                                                      dated May 31, 1960, Archives Center, SI-NMAH, DEC301, Series III, Subseries A, Box 2, Folder 5
                                                                                    • Seattle Post-Intelligencer, Seattle, Wash.
                                                                                      • 1960-06-03 pp.17,23
                                                                                      • 1960-06-05 pp.10, 15
                                                                                      • 1960-06-07 p.10
                                                                                      • 1960-06-08 p.2
                                                                                      • 1960-06-09 pp.19,20
                                                                                      • 1960-06-10 p.18
                                                                                      • 1960-06-11 p.18
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                                                                                  Saturday
                                                                                  .Portland, Ore.Rose Bowl Grand Floral ParadeEllington rode on the Bureau of Fire, District No. 5 float which had a Las Vegas theme. The float,designed by Jim Markel of Engine 23 and built by the crews of Engine 25 and Truck 10 had pretty girls on board and was decorated with red, pink and white roses, a 5-foot square pair of dice and a wheel of fortune.
                                                                                  • AP wirestory,
                                                                                    • Capital Journal, Salem, Ore.
                                                                                      1960-06-09 p.20
                                                                                    • Register-Guard, Eugene, Ore.,
                                                                                      1960-06-09 p.44
                                                                                    • Union-Bulletin, Walla Walla, Wash.
                                                                                      1960-0-09 p.20
                                                                                  • The Oregonian, Portland, Ore.
                                                                                    1960-06-09 p.16
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                                                                                    1960-06-12 p.43
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                                                                                  Saturday
                                                                                  .Portland, Ore.Civic AuditoriumConcert 8 p.m.
                                                                                  Tickets: $2.00, $2.50, $3.50, $4.00
                                                                                  Some members of the First Fleet were to be Ellington's guests at the show.
                                                                                  Kenneth Young, The Oregonian:
                                                                                  • Small but appreciative crowd
                                                                                  • Great with words and wit, Duke announced the songs himself
                                                                                  • Opened with Take the A Train
                                                                                  • The medley included Black and Tan Fantasy, Creole Love Call, The Mooche
                                                                                  • Other titles named:
                                                                                    • All of Me
                                                                                    • Autumn Leaves
                                                                                    • Caravan
                                                                                    • Diminuendo and Crescendo in Blue (last song of the concert)
                                                                                    • Flirty Bird
                                                                                    • Hank Sank [sic]
                                                                                    • Lester Leaps In
                                                                                    • Lost in Loveliness
                                                                                    • Love Me or Leave Me
                                                                                    • Newport Up
                                                                                    • Primitivia
                                                                                      from A Drum is a Woman
                                                                                    • St. Louis Woman
                                                                                    • Single Petal of a Rose
                                                                                    • Skin Deep
                                                                                    • Do Nothing Till You Hear From Me
                                                                                    • Mood Indigo
                                                                                    • <
                                                                                    • Solitude
                                                                                    • Sophisticated Lady
                                                                                    • excerpt from
                                                                                      Such Sweet Thunder
                                                                                    • Walking
                                                                                    • What Else Can You Do With a Drum
                                                                                  • Soloists and singers named
                                                                                    • Carney
                                                                                    • Cook
                                                                                    • Ellington
                                                                                    • Gigi
                                                                                    • Gonsalves
                                                                                    • Grayson
                                                                                    • Hodges
                                                                                    • Hamilton
                                                                                    • Nance
                                                                                    • Woodman
                                                                                    • Woodyard

                                                                                  Contract terms:
                                                                                  • 15 musicians under the leadership of DUKE ELLINGTON, INC.,OWNER, PRESENTS DUKE ELLINGTON AND HIS ORCHESTRA
                                                                                  • Name and Address of Place of Engagement
                                                                                    Civic Auditorium, Portland, Ore.
                                                                                  • Date(s) of employment
                                                                                    June 11, 1960
                                                                                  • Hours of employment
                                                                                    One concert starting at 8:00 PM - Two hours with the usual 15 minute intermission.
                                                                                  • Standard top billing clause
                                                                                  • Type of engagement
                                                                                    Concert
                                                                                  • Taping of any portion of this engagement is prohibited.
                                                                                  • Wage agreed upon: $2,250.00 with a 50% privilege of net receipts, 50% deposit upon signing, balance of monies due will be paid during intermission in cash.
                                                                                  • Employer:
                                                                                    Joe Canavan
                                                                                    515 Union Street, Seattle
                                                                                  • Signed by
                                                                                    Joe Canavan
                                                                                  • Associated Booking Corporation contract
                                                                                    dated May 31, 1960, Archives Center, SI-NMAH, DEC301, Series III, Subseries A, Box 2, Folder 5
                                                                                  • The Sunday Oregonian, Portland, Ore,
                                                                                    1960-06-05 s.3 p.14
                                                                                  • The Oregonian, Portland, Ore.
                                                                                    • 1960-06-07 s.3 p.5
                                                                                    • 1960-06-08 p.15
                                                                                    • 1960-06-09 p.16 and s.3 p.8
                                                                                    • 1960-06-09 s.3 p.8
                                                                                    • 1960-06-10 p.7
                                                                                    • 1960-06-14 p.5
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                                                                                  Monday
                                                                                  .Vancouver, B.C.Queen Elizabeth Theatre
                                                                                  630 Hamilton St.
                                                                                  Concert 8:30 p.m.
                                                                                  Duke Ellington and his Famous Orchestra
                                                                                  Tickets:
                                                                                  $4.25, $3.75, $2.75, $1.95, $1.25
                                                                                  • Jack Wasserman, Vancouver Sun
                                                                                    • 'Fresh from a box office defeat with the Jazz Society Festival, real estator Phil Matty embarked on a private venture Monday by hiring Duke Ellington for a non-Sunday, June 13, Queen 'Liz outing.'
                                                                                    • 'Realtor Phil Matty, whose hobbies include skin diving and jazz music, reports he ran into an octopus with an eight-foot stretch off Brunswick Beach last Sunday. "I might not have lived until next Monday's Duke Ellington concert," he shrugged. "But then, if ticket sales don't pick up, I might wish I was dead anyhow." '
                                                                                    • 'Skin diving realtor Phil Matty ... can stay away from the water this week. He took a fair bath on Monday's Duke Ellington concert,which drew 1,307 people, who paid a gross of $3,600, grossly less than Phil needed to break even.'
                                                                                  • Franceane Campbell, The Province:
                                                                                    • About 1,800 in the audience
                                                                                    • music was from the latest album and a film
                                                                                    • started late
                                                                                    • amplified
                                                                                    • impressive solos from Hamilton, Nance, Gonzales [sic] and Woodyard
                                                                                    • mentioned Black and Tan Fantasy, Creole Love Call.
                                                                                  • Desmond Arthur, The Vancouver Sun:
                                                                                    • Half empty house
                                                                                    • sound "pretty hard to take through the theatre's maniacal amplification system."
                                                                                    • critical of the singers
                                                                                    • Didn't know performers' names because there were no programs.
                                                                                    • Didn't like the lighting effects.

                                                                                  Contract terms:
                                                                                  • 15 musicians under the leadership of DUKE ELLINGTON, INC.,OWNER PRESENTS: DUKE ELLINGTON & HIS ORCH.
                                                                                  • Name and Address of Place of Engagement
                                                                                    Queen Elizabeth Theatre Vancouver, B.C., Canada
                                                                                  • Date(s) of employment
                                                                                    June 13th, 1960
                                                                                  • Hours of employment
                                                                                    One two-hour concert commencing 8:30 P.M.
                                                                                  • Standard top billing clause
                                                                                  • Taping of any portion of this concert is prohibited.
                                                                                  • Wage agreed upon: $2,000.00 with a 50% privilege of net receipts; 50% deposit on signing, balance in cash at end of engagement
                                                                                  • Employer:
                                                                                    Vancouver New Jazz Society
                                                                                    By: Phil Matty
                                                                                    2521 Nanaimo Road,
                                                                                    Vancouver, B.C., Canada
                                                                                  • The contract doesn't say which currency it's payable in.
                                                                                  • Associated Booking Corporation contract
                                                                                    dated March 28, 1960, Archives Center, SI-NMAH, DEC301, Series III, Subseries A, Box 2, Folder 3
                                                                                  • The Vancouver Sun, Vancouver, B.C.
                                                                                    • 1960-04-19 p.21
                                                                                    • 1960-05-27 p.12
                                                                                    • 1960-06-01 p.25
                                                                                    • 1960-06-03 p.27
                                                                                    • 1960-06-04 p.10
                                                                                    • 1960-06-10 p.29
                                                                                    • 1960-06-13 p.23
                                                                                    • 1960-06-14 pp.21,27
                                                                                  • The Province, Vancouver, B.C.
                                                                                    • 1960-06-11 pp.18,23
                                                                                    • 1960-06-11 p.18
                                                                                    • 1960-06-13 p.6
                                                                                    • 1960-06-14 p.7
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                                                                                  Tuesday
                                                                                  .Victoria, B.C.Memorial ArenaConcert, Duke Ellington and His Orchestra, 8:30 p.m.
                                                                                  Singer Lil Greenwood's name is printed on the back cover of a programme autographed by Ellington, Gonsalves and Hodges.

                                                                                  Hal Jones in Victoria Daily Times:
                                                                                  • Fewer than 1,000 fans in arena capable of holding 5,000
                                                                                  • First half of the program was in concert form
                                                                                  • Titles mentioned:
                                                                                    • I've Got It Bad and That Ain't Good
                                                                                    • All of Me
                                                                                    • Black and Tan Fantasy
                                                                                    • Creole Love Call
                                                                                  • Ellington spoke with Jones before the concert but wouldn't talk about the low turnout in Vancouver.

                                                                                  Contract terms:
                                                                                  • 15 musicians under the leadership of DUKE ELLINGTON, INC., OWNER, PRESENTS DUKE ELLINGTON AND HIS ORCHESTRA
                                                                                  • Name and Address of Place of Engagement
                                                                                    Memorial Arena, Victoria, B.C., Canada
                                                                                  • Date(s) of employment
                                                                                    June 14, 1960
                                                                                  • Hours of employment
                                                                                    One concert 1:30 PM 8:30 P.M.
                                                                                  • Standard top billing clause
                                                                                  • Taping of any portion of this engagement is prohibited.
                                                                                  • Wage agreed upon: $1,500 (currency not specified) with a 50% privilege of net receipts; 50% deposit on signing, balance in cash during intermission
                                                                                  • Employer:
                                                                                    L.W. (Jerry) Hendrickson
                                                                                    400 Boylston North
                                                                                    Seattle, Washington
                                                                                  • Associated Booking Corporation contract
                                                                                    dated June 3, 1960, Archives Center, SI-NMAH, DEC301, Series III, Subseries A, Box 3, Folder 6
                                                                                  • Victoria Daily Times, Victoria, B.C.
                                                                                    • 1960-06-07 p.11
                                                                                    • 1960-06-10 p.29
                                                                                    • 1960-06-14 p.12
                                                                                    • 1960-06-15 p.24
                                                                                  • Autographed souvenir program
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                                                                                  Tuesday
                                                                                  .Chicago, Ill.Blue Note Café Peripheral event
                                                                                  The Blue Note shut down on this date. Al Hirt was the last act to perform in it.
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                                                                                  Friday
                                                                                  .San Francisco, Cal.Civic Auditorium

                                                                                  CONCERTS, INC. PRESENTS
                                                                                  JAZZ AT THE PACIFIC
                                                                                  One Night Only!
                                                                                  DUKE ELLINGTON
                                                                                  SARAH VAUGHN
                                                                                  S.F. CIVIC AUDITORIUM
                                                                                  FRIDAY, June 17, 8:30 P.M.
                                                                                  TICKETS $2.50, 3.00, 3.75 (tax included)

                                                                                  Publicity

                                                                                  '...there'll be seveal members who weren't with the orchestra in its last appearance here. Among them will be bassist Aaron Bell, trombonists Juan Tizol and Bootie Wood, and trumpeter Willie Cook. Drummer Sam Woodyard is also back on the band.'

                                                                                  Russ Wilson's lengthy "World of Jazz" plug in the Oakland Tribune described each member of the band in one edition, and provided short biographies of Lawrence Brown and Lili Gigi (stage name of Lil Greenwood), because they were from the area. The San Francisco Examiner went further, printing a long biography of "Lillie Gigi, Alias Lil Greenwood."
                                                                                  Wilson's Oakland Tribune review:
                                                                                  • only 2,500 attended, and receipts did not cover expenses
                                                                                  • Lustrous, memorable performance
                                                                                  • The Virgil Gonsalves Sextet opened with a short set
                                                                                  • Vaughn was next, until intermission
                                                                                  • The 14-piece Ellingtonians came after the intermission and played an hour and 20 minutes.
                                                                                  • A sideman who missed the Oakland concert due to illness was back.
                                                                                  • This concert was so much better than Oakland that it sounded as if it was a different band.
                                                                                  • First-class professional staging by Concerts, Inc.; excellent sound system and faultless lighting.
                                                                                  • Song titles mentioned:
                                                                                    • Do Nothing 'Til You Hear From Me
                                                                                    • Hello Little Boy
                                                                                    • It Don't Mean A Thing If It Ain't Got That Swing
                                                                                    • Mood Indigo
                                                                                    • Once More Time [sic]
                                                                                    • Skin Deep
                                                                                    • Solitude
                                                                                    • Sophisticated Lady
                                                                                    • Things Ain't What They Used To Be
                                                                                  • Soloists included
                                                                                    • Carney
                                                                                    • Ellington
                                                                                    • Gigi
                                                                                    • Gonsalves
                                                                                    • Grayson
                                                                                    • Hamilton
                                                                                    • Hodges
                                                                                    • Nance
                                                                                    • Procope
                                                                                    • Wood
                                                                                    • Woodyard
                                                                                  • Additional things, per Times Drama Critic Barbara Bladen's review - additional points
                                                                                    • Good sound system
                                                                                    • Hodges did In A Sentimental Mood and I've Got It Bad and That Ain't Good.
                                                                                    • Lil Greenwood, now Lillie Gigi, sounded reminescently [sic[ like Ive [sic] Anderson.
                                                                                    • Duke soloed "Do Nothing [sic] Til You Hear From Me," "Don't Get Around Much Any More," "Sophisticated LadyThe
                                                                                    • Back end of the hall was draped to hold in the sound
                                                                                    • Attendance was nearly 1,000 (note this contrasts with Wilson's estimate).
                                                                                  • Oakland Tribune, Oakland, Cal.
                                                                                    • 1960-05-29 p.6-B
                                                                                    • 1960-05-31 p.D-25
                                                                                    • 1960-06-05 p.6-B
                                                                                    • 1960-06-09 p.D 33
                                                                                    • 1960-06-12 p.6-B
                                                                                    • 1960-06-14 pp.D-13, D-39
                                                                                    • 1960-06-16 p.E-31
                                                                                    • 1960-06-18 p.B-5
                                                                                  • San Mateo Times-Weekend, San Mateo, Cal.
                                                                                    1960 06 04 p.9A
                                                                                  • San Francisco Examiner, San Francisco, Cal.
                                                                                    1960-06-12 Highlight section, p.18
                                                                                  • San Mateo Times, San Mateo, Cal.
                                                                                    1960 06 21 p.15
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                                                                                  1960 06 18
                                                                                  Saturday
                                                                                  .Los Angeles, Cal.Hollywood BowlConcert, 2nd annual Los Angeles Jazz Festival.
                                                                                  • The performer lineup per the Desert Sun included The Benny Carter All-Stars, Miles Davis and his Quintet, Duke Ellington and his Orchestra, Ahmad Jamal, Sarah Vaughan, the Horace Silver Quintet, the Four Freshmen, Gerry Mulligan and his new big band, and Steve Allen and his All-Stars.
                                                                                  • Stratemann describes the event as a financial disaster, with 30% of the performers being unpaid. He writes the only groups to be paid in advance were booked by Associated Booking Corporation.
                                                                                  • Vail includes the Down Beat review by John Tynan, and says the Saturday night performances in order of appearance were Paul Horn's Quintet, The Four Freshmen, Duke Ellington's Orchestra, Horace Silver's Quintet, Sarah Vaughan, Benny Carter's All Stars and Jimmy Witherspoon.
                                                                                  • A Life Magazine photographer assigned to follow Ellington for three weeks came on stage when Duke did, and remained on stage taking pictures throughout the Ellington set.
                                                                                  • The reviewer named the songs played as Perdido, Matumba, Kinda Dukish segue to Rockin' in Rhythm, a medley.
                                                                                  • Lil Greenwood usd the name Lili Gigi
                                                                                  • .

                                                                                  Contract terms:
                                                                                  • 15 musicians under the leadership of "DUKE ELLINGTON, INC., OWNER, PRESENTS DUKE ELLINGTON AND HIS ORCHESTRA"
                                                                                  • Name and Address of Place of Engagement
                                                                                    Hollywood Bowl, Hollywood, California
                                                                                  • Date(s) of employment
                                                                                    June 18th, 1960
                                                                                  • Hours of employment
                                                                                    One concert - Two Hours with the usual 15 minute intermission.
                                                                                  • Standard top billing clause (both typed and stamped)
                                                                                  • Wage agreed upon: $3,500 flat, 50% deposit on signing and balance in cash during intermission
                                                                                  • Employer:
                                                                                    Omega Enterprises, Inc., 1140 N. Clark St., Apt. 308, Hollywood 46, California
                                                                                  • Signed by
                                                                                    Hal [illegible]
                                                                                  • This contract subject to signatures of all parties concerned.
                                                                                  • Associated Booking Corporation contract dated
                                                                                    1959 12 11, SI-NMAH Archives Center, DEC301, Series III, Subseries A, Box 1, Folder 30
                                                                                  • Desert Sun, Palm Springs, Cal.
                                                                                    1960-05-13 p.5A
                                                                                  • Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles, Cal.
                                                                                    • 1960-06-02 Pt. II p. 13
                                                                                    • 1960-06-12 s.G p.1
                                                                                    • 1960-06-20 Pt.IV p.10
                                                                                  • Pasadena Independent, Pasadena, Cal.,
                                                                                    1960-06-18 p.2
                                                                                  • Star-News, Pasadena, Cal.,
                                                                                    1960-06-18 p.2
                                                                                  • Stratemann p.420 citing
                                                                                    Down Beat 1960-08-04 p.14
                                                                                  • Vail II
                                                                                  • VAR photo
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                                                                                  1960 06 19
                                                                                  Sunday
                                                                                  .Sacramento, Cal.Memorial Auditorium....
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                                                                                  1960 06 20
                                                                                  Monday
                                                                                  .Los Angeles, Cal.Radio Recorders Annexrecording session
                                                                                  14:00-17:00
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                                                                                  DE6013
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                                                                                  1960 06 21
                                                                                  Tuesday
                                                                                  .Los Angeles, Cal.Radio Recorders Annexrecording session "Nutcracker Suite"
                                                                                  14:00-17:00
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                                                                                  1960 06 22
                                                                                  Wednesday
                                                                                  .Los Angeles, Cal.Radio Recorders Annexrecording session
                                                                                  14:00-17:00
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                                                                                  DE6015
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                                                                                  1960 06 23
                                                                                  Thursday
                                                                                  circa
                                                                                  1960 06 27
                                                                                  Monday
                                                                                  Hollywood
                                                                                  Los Angeles, Cal.
                                                                                  CrescendoNight club residency
                                                                                  • Stratemann and Vail II show the engagement began June 22, but the contracted dates were June 23 to July 3. While the gig ended early, June 27 according to Stratemann, the June 28 Desert Sun (Palm Springs) still reported Ellington was at Crescendo and had never sounded better.
                                                                                  • Eve Starr's Inside TV, Columbus Daily Enquirer:

                                                                                    'Duke Ellington would not lead his band opening night at the Crescendo because Mort Sahl, on the same bill had top marquee billing.'

                                                                                  • Ralph J. Gleason, The San Francisco Chronicle:

                                                                                    'In show business, when you sign a contract with an artist, it specifies such terms as "Billing: 100%"
                                                                                      ...It means that, in billing the attractions in advertisements, placards, marquees and so on, this particular one gets his name in the biggest type and leads all the rest. Top billing, in other words.
                                                                                      And since the "name" of the performer is a valuable commodity in show business... artists guard it zealously.
                                                                                      Last week down in Hollywood there occurred a most unusual goof, particularly for such a billing conscious town.
                                                                                      A night club signed two artists and guaranteed both 100% star billing!
                                                                                      The night club in question is the Crescendo, owned by ... Gene Norman... and the two artists involved were Duke Ellington and Mort Sahl.
                                                                                      The situation came to a head opening night when the marquee read MORT SAHL, and below it DUKE ELLINGION. Ellington's manager refused to let him go on, saying that Ellington had signed a contract for 100% billing and was going to get it or else.
                                                                                      Mort Sahl's manager said, in essence, the same thing. Gene Norman, the night club owner who had signed both contracts, uttered the Sunset Strip equivalent of a strangled gasp.
                                                                                      So for several hours there was a lot of talk back and forth between managers and stars and the owner. Finally a compromise solution was reached - temporarily.
                                                                                      The Duke Ellington band would appear, but without the piano player! And there would be no announcement-making master of ceremonies.
                                                                                      This meant that the numbers the band played and the presentation of Mort Sahl were all done via the off-stage microphone. Quite eerie, my spies report. Business, meanwhile, while good, has not been all that was expected...'

                                                                                  • The Pittsburgh Courier:

                                                                                    '"The Duke" Refuses to "Second Fiddle"
                                                                                    HOLLYWOOD (ANP) - Duke Ellington ...refused to appear on stage during a two-week appearance of his orchestra at the Crescendo Club ... because of a feud with comic Mort Sahl over top billing, the Associated Negro Press learned.
                                                                                      The hassle arose after Sahl ...insisted on headlining the show during the stand by the Ellington orchestra, which ended July 3.
                                                                                      The Canadian-born humorist wouldn't even compromise on splitting the billing with the more widely known and famous Ellington. [race-related comment omitted ]
                                                                                      DUKE, meanwhile, stayed off the stage during the time the orchestra was on stage at the Crescendo.
                                                                                      Sahl, reportedly, had a contract which called for top billing and, despite the pleas of those who tried to persuade him that Dukek's [sic] nightly absence was harmful to the show, he would not relent. He was going to headline the show, or else.
                                                                                      His trump was a contract for a 20-week stand at the Crescendo. The club is owned by Gene Norman, former jazz disc jockey and concert promoter, who said he was remaining neutral as regards the hassle. But an aid stated that Norman would not allow his personal feelings to interfere because "he's got to depend on 20 weeks of Sahl as against two weeks of Duke." '

                                                                                  • Stratemann:

                                                                                    'Since Ellington apparently "was not getting any better," Gene Norman decided to pull the band when it reported for work on June 27.'

                                                                                  • Webmaster's notes:
                                                                                    • I have not yet been able to locate any advertisements for the Crescendo in May or June, nor have I found anything to establish the date Norman terminated the engagement.
                                                                                    • In early May, The Los Angeles Times had Sahl and June Christy due to open at the Crescendo May 26, confirming Sahl was in the midst of a residency when Ellington's orchestra arrived.
                                                                                    • Sahl's importance to Gene Norman's club is evidenced by:
                                                                                      • Mike Connolly, Best of Hollywood column, The Philadelphia Inquirer, which says Norman starred Sahl in his club whenever he could.
                                                                                      • Shelagh Graham, The Indianapolis Star, reported Norman offered Sahl an unprecedented annual 30 week guarantee at the Crescendo for the next five years.
                                                                                      • Louella Parsons, Keeping Up With Hollywood column, The Cumberland News:

                                                                                        '...Crowds are being turned away every night at the Crescendo where Mort Sahl is appearing...The Crescendo is so pleased with the business Sahl is doing, he's been offered a 10-year contract.... '

                                                                                      • John L. Scott, Night Life Scene, Los Angeles Times:

                                                                                        'Mort Sahl is back at the Crescendo with June Christy, and opening night found the room packed with a hep group who really dig this man's biting observations on the world situation...'

                                                                                    • It appears Sahl and Ellington remained in conflict for some time. In her syndicated column, Dorothy Kilgallen wrote:

                                                                                      'The Duke Blew his top on a recent date when he discovered Mort was billed above him."

                                                                                      In September, she wrote:

                                                                                      'Duke Ellington and Mort Sahl are the hottest feud in show business. The musical giant is ready to haul off and belt Sahl for some "sick remarks." '


                                                                                    Contract terms:
                                                                                    • 15 musicians under the leadership of DUKE ELLINGTON, INC.,OWNER, PRESENTS: DUKE ELLINGTON & HIS ORCHESTRA
                                                                                    • Name and Address of Place of Engagement
                                                                                      CRESCENDO, HOLLYWOOD, CALIFORNIA
                                                                                    • Date(s) of employment
                                                                                      June 23 to July 3, 1960
                                                                                    • Hours of employment
                                                                                      9:00 PM to 2:00 AM
                                                                                    • Standard top billing clause

                                                                                      'It is also understood and agreed that DUKE ELLINGTON is to receive headline billing in type equal to 100% on marquee and in any and all releases and paid advertising.'

                                                                                      Note, on the Smithsonian's copy of the contract, the clause is typed in the top right corner of the page, and it is partly obscured by various preprinted headings.
                                                                                    • Taping of any portion of this engagement is prohibited.
                                                                                    • Wage agreed upon: $11,000.00 total price, less 10% commission to be deducted & forwarded to Associated Booking Corporation..., payable $1000 nightly if desired to Al Celley, Rd. Mgr. in cash.
                                                                                    • Employer:
                                                                                      GENE NORMAN Crescendo Inc.
                                                                                      8566 Sunset Boulevard
                                                                                      Los Angeles 46, California
                                                                                    • Signed by
                                                                                      Gene Norman
                                                                                  • Associated Booking Corporation contract
                                                                                    dated Feb.26, 1960, Archives Center, SI-NMAH, DEC301, Series III, Subseries A, Box 2, Folder 2
                                                                                  • Columbus Daily Enquirer, Columbus, Ga.
                                                                                    1960-07-04 p.10
                                                                                  • The San Francisco Chronicle, San Francisco, Cal.
                                                                                    1960-06-30 p.31
                                                                                  • The Pittsburgh Courier, Pittsburgh, Penn.
                                                                                    1960-07-16 p.28
                                                                                  • The Philadelphia Inquirer, Philadelphia, Penn.
                                                                                    1960-04-04 p.21
                                                                                  • The Indianapolis Star
                                                                                    1960-04-13 p.12
                                                                                  • The Los Angeles Times
                                                                                    • 1960-05-07 pt.III p.3
                                                                                    • 1960-05-14
                                                                                    • 1960-06-23 Pt. II p.3
                                                                                  • The Cumberland News, Comverland, Md.
                                                                                    1960-06-06 p.4
                                                                                  • Desert Sun, Palm Springs, Cal.
                                                                                    1960-06-28 p.3
                                                                                    plug only
                                                                                  • Kilgallen "Voice of Broadway" column:
                                                                                    • Shamokin News-Dispatch, Shamokin, Penn.
                                                                                      1960-07-06 p.6
                                                                                    • Monroe News-Star, Monroe, La.
                                                                                      1960-07-11 p.16
                                                                                    • The Indianapolis News, Indianapolis, Ind. 1960-09-16 p.44
                                                                                    • The Daily Journal, Vineland, N.J.
                                                                                      1960-09-21 p.16
                                                                                  • Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles, Cal., 1960-05-28 Pt.II p.7
                                                                                  • Stratemann, pp.420, 425
                                                                                  • Vail II
                                                                                  • Ralph J. Gleason, The Stacks: The Funky Genius of Duke Ellington
                                                                                  • David Bradbury, Duke Ellington, Haus Publishing Limited, London, 2005, p.102
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                                                                                  1960 06 23
                                                                                  Thursday
                                                                                  .Los Angeles, Cal.CrescendoNight club - see 1960 06 22 (band without Duke)...
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                                                                                  1960 06 24
                                                                                  Friday
                                                                                  .Los Angeles, Cal.CrescendoNight club - see 1960 06 22 (band without Duke)...
                                                                                  ..2011
                                                                                  1960 06 25
                                                                                  Saturday
                                                                                  .Los Angeles, Cal.CrescendoNight club - see 1960 06 22 (band without Duke)...
                                                                                  ..2011
                                                                                  1960 06 26
                                                                                  Sunday
                                                                                  .Los Angeles, Cal.Radio RecordersFilming for Ellington's five minute episode of CBS television film short "Play Back." This was an advertising series made to promote Columbia records. By October 1961, CBS had produced 13 such shorts, with another 28 planned, not all of which were made.
                                                                                  • Stratemann pp.423-424
                                                                                  • Photos, David Meeker, Jazz In The Movies, Da Capo Press, 1981, pp.25,27
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                                                                                  1960 06 26
                                                                                  Sunday
                                                                                  .Los Angeles, Cal.CrescendoNight club - see 1960 06 22 - while Stratemann said Ellington was absent the first 4 nights, if he showed up the next day's events might not have happened....
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                                                                                  1960 06 27
                                                                                  Monday
                                                                                  .Los Angeles, Cal.CrescendoWhen the band arrived without Ellington, the club owner 'decided to pull the band' since Ellington apparently was not getting any better. It isn't clear if the band played this evening or not....
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                                                                                  1960 06 28
                                                                                  Tuesday
                                                                                  .Los Angeles, Cal.Radio Recorders Studio 1Recording session, "Peer Gynt Suite"
                                                                                  14:00-17:00
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                                                                                  1960 06 29
                                                                                  Wednesday
                                                                                  .Los Angeles, Cal.Radio Recorders Studio 1Recording session, "Peer Gynt Suite
                                                                                  14:00-17:00
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                                                                                  DE6018
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                                                                                  1960 06 30
                                                                                  Thursday
                                                                                  .Los Angeles, Cal.Radio Recorders Studio 1Recording session, "Peer Gynt Suite
                                                                                  14:00-17:00
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                                                                                  July 1960

                                                                                  1960 07 01
                                                                                  Friday
                                                                                  .Los Angeles, Cal.Radio RecordersRecording session, "Asphalt Jungle"
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                                                                                  1960 07 02
                                                                                  Saturday
                                                                                  ...activities not documented...
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                                                                                  1960 07 03
                                                                                  Sunday
                                                                                  ...activities not documented...
                                                                                  ...
                                                                                  1960 07 04
                                                                                  Monday
                                                                                  .Monterey, Cal.Wharf Theatre....
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                                                                                  1960 07 05
                                                                                  Tuesday
                                                                                  ...activities not documented...
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                                                                                  1960 07 06
                                                                                  Wednesday
                                                                                  ...activities not documented...
                                                                                  ...
                                                                                  1960 07 07
                                                                                  Thursday
                                                                                  .San Francisco, Cal.Fack's II
                                                                                  960 Bush
                                                                                  "Duke Ellington and his Revue"
                                                                                  "first lockout of Ellington's career"
                                                                                  Ellington played three sold-out shows the first night.
                                                                                  From Russ Wilson's glowing review in the Oakland Tribune:
                                                                                  • Ellington's first San Francisco club booking since 1956
                                                                                  • Capacity audience applaueded from the beginning of the first hour-long set to "an absolute ovation" at the end
                                                                                  • Straw boss Harry Carney led the band for 4 numbers before Duke arrived.
                                                                                  • Ellington began with Black and Tan Fantasy, Creole Love Call and The Mooche (solos: Nance, Mitchell, Procope, Hamilton and Carney)
                                                                                  • Next up: Newport Up (Cook, Gonsalves, Hamilton), Tenderly, Hank Cinq (Woodman)
                                                                                  • Medley of 15 Ellington songs featuring Hodges, Brown, Bell and Ellington, with vocals by Lili [sic[ Gigi [sic[, Grayson and Nance.

                                                                                  The band was booked for either 11 (advertised) or 10 nights (announcements), but the engagement ended before the second night when the Internal Revenue Service shut the club down for non-payment of taxes.

                                                                                  AP reported the band's instruments were locked inside, but Stratemann reports the band boy was in the club and removed the instruments and wardrobe "just minutes before padlock time." Stratemann reports Ellington, not having drawn an advance, was unpaid and sent the band back to Los Angeles while he, Strayhorn and the rhythm section stayed due to other commitments. Ellington and his orchestras returned to this venue on September 26, by which time the club was under new management and named Club Névé.
                                                                                  Contract terms:
                                                                                  • 15 musicians under the leadership of DUKE ELLINGTON, INC. OWNER PRESENTS: DUKE ELLINGTON & HIS ORCHESTRA
                                                                                  • Name and Address of Place of Engagement
                                                                                    Fack's #2
                                                                                    960 Bush St., San Francisco, Calif.
                                                                                  • Date(s) of employment
                                                                                    July 7th thru 17th, 1960 (11 days)
                                                                                  • Hours of employment
                                                                                    9:00 PM to 2:00 AM - House Policy
                                                                                    (3 appearances per night, 4 appearances Friday & Saturday night)
                                                                                  • Standard top billing clause
                                                                                  • Taping of any portion of this engagement is prohibited
                                                                                  • Wage agreed upon: $11,000.00 total to be paid in cash at end of engagement, payable $1000 nightly if desired by Al Celley, Company Manager.
                                                                                  • Employer:
                                                                                    George Andros
                                                                                    Fack's #2, 960 Bush Street
                                                                                    San Francisco, California
                                                                                  • Associated Booking Corporation contract
                                                                                    dated March 21, 1960, Archives Center, SI-NMAH, DEC301, Series III, Subseries A, Box 2, Folder 3
                                                                                  • Ad, Oakland Tribune, Oakland, Cal.
                                                                                    1960-07-02 ("11 straight nights")
                                                                                  • Announcements:
                                                                                    • San Mateo Times, San Mateo, Cal.
                                                                                      1960-07-01
                                                                                    • Oakland Tribune, Oakland, Cal.
                                                                                      • 1960-07-03 p.6-B
                                                                                      • 1960-07-06
                                                                                    • Hayward Daily Review, Hayward, Cal.
                                                                                      1960-07-08
                                                                                    • Russ Wilson review
                                                                                      Oakland Tribune, Oakland, Cal.
                                                                                      1960-07-08 p.11
                                                                                  • UPI and AP wirestories:
                                                                                    • The Bee, Danville, Va. 1960-07-10 p.2
                                                                                    • Independent Press Telegram, 1960-07-10
                                                                                    • Hayword Sunday Review, 1960-07-10
                                                                                    • Humboldt Standard, 1960-07-10
                                                                                  • Stratemann p.425, citing Variety 1960-07-18 p.51
                                                                                  • Vail II
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                                                                                  1960 07 08
                                                                                  Friday
                                                                                  .San Francisco, Cal.Fack's II
                                                                                  960 Bush
                                                                                  Cancelled gig due to IRS padlocking the club....
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                                                                                  1960 07 09
                                                                                  Saturday
                                                                                  ...activities not documented...
                                                                                  ...
                                                                                  1960 07 10
                                                                                  Sunday
                                                                                  .San Francisco Bay Area, Cal.
                                                                                  Possibly
                                                                                  KJAZ-FM's studio
                                                                                  Ellington was to appear on Russ Wilson's "Jazz Audition" KJAX-FM 8 p.m. broadcast. Stratemann has this as a solo appearance; Timner has it as an interview.
                                                                                  • Stratemann:

                                                                                    'While he sent his orchestra back to Los Angeles, Ellington himself, with Billy Strayhorn and the rhythm team, remained in San Francisco, where he was committed to a solo appearance on radio and the foursome was to guest on TV a day later:
                                                                                        July 10 KJAX-FM "Jazz Audition" San Francisco, Cal.
                                                                                        July 11 KQED-TV...

                                                                                  • Vail II:

                                                                                    'Sunday 10 July 1960
                                                                                    Duke Ellington appears on KFAZ-FM's [recte KJAZ-FM's] 'Jazz Audition' radio show, hosted by Russ Wilson...'

                                                                                  • Timner V:

                                                                                    'DE interviewed by Russ Wilson'

                                                                                  • DEMS 09/3-6:
                                                                                    • Giovanni Volanté (co-author, New Desor):

                                                                                      'Please find enclosed the sessions listed in Timner's book, but completely unknown to us:
                                                                                      ...
                                                                                      p.219 - 10Jul60 - Interview by Russ Wilson
                                                                                      ...
                                                                                      Is there anything you can tell us about these recordings? '

                                                                                    • Timner::

                                                                                      'All the other items under discussion were listed in the radio/tv log of Jerry Valburn, who - together with Jack Towers (of Fargo fame) - had compiled a record of Duke's broadcasts and telecasts, which over the time has proven to be very accurate...'


                                                                                  Oakland Tribune plug:

                                                                                  'Duke Ellington will be Russ Wilson's guest on "Jazz Audition" at 8 p.m. Sunday on KJAX-FM, 92.7 megacycles.'

                                                                                  Webmaster's note:
                                                                                  KJAZ-FM's transmitter and antenna were in San Francisco and its studio, opened in August 1959, was in Berkeley. While it later relocated to Alameda, an island city in San Francisco Bay, it appears to have remained in Berkely at least until its first anniversary.

                                                                                  • Oakland Tribune, Oakland, Cal.
                                                                                    1960-07-08 p.11
                                                                                  • Stratemann, p.425
                                                                                  • Vail II
                                                                                  • Timner V
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                                                                                  1960 07 11
                                                                                  Monday
                                                                                  .San Francisco, Cal.."Jazz Casual" telecast.New Desor
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                                                                                  DEMS
                                                                                  Stratemann 675
                                                                                  corrTimner-4/28+36
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                                                                                  1960 07 12
                                                                                  Tuesday
                                                                                  ...activities not documented...
                                                                                  ...
                                                                                  1960 07 13
                                                                                  Wednesday
                                                                                  ...activities not documented...
                                                                                  ...
                                                                                  1960 07 14
                                                                                  Thursday
                                                                                  .Hollywood
                                                                                  Los Angeles, Cal.
                                                                                  Radio Recorders
                                                                                  7000 Santa Monica Blvd.
                                                                                  Two Columbia Records recording sessions.
                                                                                  • DEMS 1984/5-2 and Vail II show these sessions on consecutive dates, July 14 and 15, and Nielsen combines them into one session on July 15. The session times printed on the contract reprinted in DEMS 99/5-7 show both sessions were July 14, from 15:00 to 18:30 and from 20:00 to 23:00.
                                                                                  • The recordings were not released until 1979 when the Columbia LP "DUKE ELLINGTON UNKNOWN SESSION" was issued.
                                                                                  • The sidemen were paid scale ($137.34) and Ellington was paid $274.28 as leader and pianist. Handprinted notes show Ellington was paid $1,240.00 and possibly another (illegible) amount as the arranger - perhaps the same amount for each session.
                                                                                  • Original producer: Irving Townsend

                                                                                  Details of the American Federation of Musicians of the United States and Canada, Local Union No. 47 Phonograph Recording Contract (see DEMS 99/5-7):
                                                                                  • July 14 is the only date shown.
                                                                                  • 39 minutes and 9 seconds of music were recorded. This seems to be the edited number of minutes, since it seems unlikely all the songs would have been done in only one take - indeed, DEMS 79-3/2 says there is another take of 49703 Everything But You.
                                                                                  • The contract may have been typed after the session, since the exact length, in minutes and seconds, of each number is shown. This could not have been written before the recordings were made.
                                                                                  • The document provides for eight musicians, including the leader, under the Ellington's leadership. The personnel listed were:
                                                                                    • Bell
                                                                                    • Brown
                                                                                    • Carney
                                                                                    • Ellington
                                                                                    • Gonsalves
                                                                                    • Hodges
                                                                                    • Nance
                                                                                    • Woodyard
                                                                                    Gonsalves is omitted from New Desor, Nielsen, and Lambert, and he is not named on the Columbia JC 35342 album cover. DEMS 99/5 discusses his presence and concludes, with the concurrence of several experts, that he can be heard, even though he did not solo.
                                                                                  • Titles recorded:
                                                                                    Master. no.No. of
                                                                                    minutes
                                                                                    TITLES OF TUNES
                                                                                    467033:28Everything But You
                                                                                    467043:17Black Beauty
                                                                                    467123:11All Too Soon
                                                                                    467162:40Something To Live For
                                                                                    467204:14Mood Indigo
                                                                                    467252:36Creole Rhapsody
                                                                                    467262:54Don't You Know I Care
                                                                                    467773:10A Flower Is A Lovesome Thing
                                                                                    ADDITIONAL SELECTIONS
                                                                                    467283:15Mighty Like The Blues
                                                                                    467292:40Tonight I Shall Sleep
                                                                                    467302:49Dual Highway
                                                                                    467314:55Blues
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                                                                                    • 46725 is llsted as Creole Blues on the record cover and label, in New Desor, Timner, Nielsen, and (at the time of writing) MacHare and Girvan; Lambert's guide has it as Neo Creole. Lambert says it's a new arrangement of the second theme from the 1931 Creole Rhapsody but Nielsen says it's the third theme.
                                                                                    • 46731 is "Blues" in Nielsen, Timner and on the label and back cover of Columbia JC 35342, but "Blues No. 08" in New Desor and "Blues No. 8" in Girvan

                                                                                    Lambert:

                                                                                    'In many ways, this is the ultimate in small-group Ellingtonia. It seems incredible that twelve such perfectly balanced and polished performances of totally new arrangements could be turned out at one recording sessions, but of course Duke was working with brilliant virtuosi who knew his music and his methods intimately ... The Unknown Session presents an astonishing display of easy, relaxed musical creativity, with a front line of infinitely resourceful Ellingtonians backed by a perfect rhythm section. On piano Ellington gives a performance wholly characteristic of his genius, inventive and unfailingly stimulating to the other musicians... '

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                                                                                  ...Ellington's activities and those of several sidemen are undocumented. Sratemann shows "July 15 Radio Recorders, Los Angeles" without detail. Vail II has several of the Unknown Session recordings done there on this date. Nielsen has the entire Unknown Session recordngs done this date. These all appear to be incorrect - see 1960 07 15.
                                                                                  Vail II also has Nance, Brown, Hodges, Carney, Ben Webster and seven non-Ellingtonians in the first of three Columbia recording sessions with vocalist Jo Stafford on July 15.
                                                                                  • Ole J. Nielsen,
                                                                                      Jazz Records 1942-80, A discography:
                                                                                      Vol. Six, Duke Ellington
                                                                                    , p.218
                                                                                  • Stratemann p.425
                                                                                  • Vail II
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                                                                                  Sunday
                                                                                  .San Francisco Bay Area, Cal.
                                                                                  Possibly
                                                                                  KJAZ-FM's studio
                                                                                  Sidemen's and Ellington's activities are not documented, other than:

                                                                                  'Jazz Audition
                                                                                    Harry Carney and Russell Procope of the Duke Ellington Orchestra will be Russ Wilson's guests on "Jazz Audition" at 8 p.m. today on KJAZ-FM, 92.7 megacycles.'

                                                                                  (see 1960 07 10 for location.)
                                                                                  Oakland Tribune, Oakland, Cal.
                                                                                  1960-07-17 p.6-B'

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                                                                                  Tuesday
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                                                                                  Wednesday
                                                                                  Hollywood
                                                                                  Los Angeles, Cal.
                                                                                  Moulin Rouge
                                                                                  6230 Sunset Blvd.
                                                                                  2 shows, 9 p.m. and midnight.
                                                                                  Recordings:
                                                                                  Duke Ellington & His Orchestra
                                                                                  Marenguito, Cook, Mullins, Nance, Woodman, Wood, Brown, Hamilton, Procope, Hodges, Gonsalves, Carney, Ellington, Bell, Woodyard, Greenwood, Grayson

                                                                                  Titles recorded:
                                                                                    • Take The "A" Train (theme)
                                                                                    • Stompin' At The Savoy
                                                                                    • All Of Me
                                                                                    • What Else Can you Do With A Drum?
                                                                                    • Lost In Loveliness
                                                                                    • One More Once
                                                                                    • Medley
                                                                                    • Bill Bailey
                                                                                    • Walkin' And Singin' The Blues
                                                                                    • Jones

                                                                                  The medley was:
                                                                                  • Do Nothin' Till You Hear From Me
                                                                                  • In A Sentimental Mood
                                                                                  • Don't Get Around Much Anymore
                                                                                  • Mood Indigo
                                                                                  • I'm Beginning To See The Light
                                                                                  • Sophisticated Lady
                                                                                  • Caravan
                                                                                  • Solitude
                                                                                  • Satin Doll
                                                                                  • Just Squeeze Me
                                                                                  • It Don't Mean A Thing
                                                                                  • I Let A Song Go Out of My Heart & Don't Get Around Much Anymore

                                                                                  Contract terms:
                                                                                  • 15 musicians under the leadership of DUKE ELLINGTON, INC.,OWNER, PRESENTS DUKE ELLINGTON & HIS ORCHESTRA
                                                                                  • Name and Address of Place of Engagement
                                                                                    MOULIN ROUGE,6230 SUNSET BLVD. HOLLYWOOD, CALIFORNIA
                                                                                  • Date(s) of employment
                                                                                    JULY 19 and 20, 1960
                                                                                  • Hours of employment
                                                                                    TWO SHOWS PER NIGHT - 9:00 PM AND 12:00 MIDNIGHT
                                                                                  • DUKE ELLINGTON TO RECEIVE 100% SOLE STAR BILLING
                                                                                  • ANY MECHANICAL REPRODUCTION OF THE ARTISTS PERFROMANCE ON THIS ENGAGEMENT IS ABSOLUTELY PROHIBITED BY THE AMERICAN FEDERATION OF MUSICIANS
                                                                                  • Wage agreed upon: $2,500.00 FOR TWO NIGHTS
                                                                                  • To be paid IN CASH $1,250.00 PER NIGHT.
                                                                                  • Employer:
                                                                                    MOULIN ROUGE
                                                                                  • Associated Booking Corporation contract
                                                                                    dated 14th July 1960, Archives Center, SI-NMAH, DEC301, Series III, Subseries A, Box 2, Folder 7
                                                                                  • Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles, Cal.
                                                                                    • 1960-07-17 s.A p.6
                                                                                    • 1960-07-19 pt.1 p.15
                                                                                    • 1960-07-20 pt.1 p.6
                                                                                  • Stratemann p.425 citing DESB
                                                                                  • Vail II
                                                                                  • Girvan:
                                                                                      Ellingtonia.com
                                                                                  • Timner
                                                                                  • Ole J. Nielsen, Jazz Records 1942-80, A discography: Vol. Six, Duke Ellington, p.219
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                                                                                  Friday
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                                                                                  Sunday
                                                                                  Portland, Ore.Portland State College1st of 2 concerts for the Portland State College Northwest Jazz Workshop.AP wirestory
                                                                                  • Statesman, Salem, Ore.
                                                                                    1960-07-06 s.II p.17
                                                                                  • Herald and News, Klamath Falls, Ore.
                                                                                    1960-07-07 p.10-B
                                                                                  • Capital Journal, Salem, Ore.
                                                                                    1960-077-16 s.3 p.6
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                                                                                  Tuesday
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                                                                                  Wednesday
                                                                                  .Farmington, UtahPatio Gardens ballroom
                                                                                  New Lagoon Amusement Park
                                                                                  464 S. Main St.
                                                                                  This ballroom is in an amusement park midway between Salt Lake City and Ogden.

                                                                                  The nature of the engagement is not identified in the advertising, the publicity or the contract. Given the venue, it was likely dancing, possibly with a concert-like segment. The advertised admission was $1.50 per person.

                                                                                  Stratemann and Vail II mistakenly place this engagement in Salt Lake City on July 27.
                                                                                  Contract terms:
                                                                                  • 15 + 1 musicians DUKE ELLINGTON, INC.,OWNER, PRESENTS: DUKE ELLINGTON & HIS ORCH.
                                                                                  • Name and Address of Place of Engagement
                                                                                    NEW LAGOON, 464 SO. MAIN ST. SALT LAKE CITY, UTAH
                                                                                  • Date(s) of employment
                                                                                    JULY 26, 1960
                                                                                    (the date was typed, the 26 is crossed out and handwritten above it, and the full date was also written in longhand on the same line.
                                                                                  • Hours of employment
                                                                                    9:00 PM to 1:00 AM
                                                                                  • TAPING OF ANY PORTION OF THIS ENGAGEMENT IS PROHIBITED.
                                                                                  • Wage agreed upon: $1,500 GUARANTEE WITH A 50% PRIVILEGE OF NET RECEIPTS
                                                                                  • To be paid 50% DEPOSIT UPON SIGNING CONTRACT; BALANCE IN CASH AT END OF ENGAGEMENT
                                                                                  • Employer:
                                                                                    NEW LAGOON, BY:
                                                                                    ROBERT E. FREED*

                                                                                  The Lagoon History Project shows Ellington appeared in its Patio Gardens in 1955, 1956 and 1960.
                                                                                  • Associated Booking Corporation contract
                                                                                    dated 24th May, 1960, Archives Center, SI-NMAH, DEC301, Series III, Subseries A, Box 2, Folder 5
                                                                                  • The Salt Lake Tribune, Salt Lake City,Utah
                                                                                    • 1960-07-21 p.A13
                                                                                    • 1960-07-23 p.11
                                                                                    • 1960-07-24 p.8W
                                                                                    • 1960-07-25 p.9
                                                                                    • 1960-07-26 p.31
                                                                                    • 1960-07-28 p.11
                                                                                  • The Ogden Standard-Examiner, Ogden, Utah
                                                                                    • 1960-07-19 p.4B
                                                                                    • 1960-07-21 p.7B
                                                                                    • 1960-07-22 p.5B
                                                                                    • 1960-07-25 p.6B
                                                                                  • Daily Herald, Provo, Utah
                                                                                    • 1960-07-25 p.9
                                                                                    • 1960-07-26 p.9
                                                                                  • The Herald-Journal, Locan, Utah
                                                                                    • 1960-07-26 p.5
                                                                                  • Stratemann p.425 citing DESB
                                                                                  • Vail II
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                                                                                  Thursday
                                                                                  .Denver, Col.Red Rocks TheatreRecorded outdoor concert
                                                                                  HUGH HOOKS ENTERTAINMENTS, PRESENTS
                                                                                  IN PERSON
                                                                                  DUKE ELLINGTON
                                                                                  AND HIS
                                                                                  FAMOUS ORCHESTRA

                                                                                  FEATURING
                                                                                  JOHNNY HODGES • HARRY CARNEY
                                                                                  RAY NANCE • LIL GREENWOOD
                                                                                  OZZIE BAILEY
                                                                                  EARTHA
                                                                                  KITT

                                                                                  EXOTIC, DYNAMIC
                                                                                  SINGING STAR OF
                                                                                  STAGE, SCREEN
                                                                                  RECORDS, RADIO
                                                                                  AND TELEVISION
                                                                                  IN A JOINT CONCERT AT
                                                                                  RED ROCKS THEATRE
                                                                                  THURSDAY, JULY 28–8:15 P.M.

                                                                                  Duke Ellington and His Famous Orchestra
                                                                                  Marenguito, Cook, Mullins, Nance, Woodman, Wood, Brown, Hamilton, Procope, Hodges, Gonsalves, Carney, Ellington, Bell, Woodyard, Greenwood, Grayson.

                                                                                  Titles recorded:
                                                                                  • Take The "A" Train (theme)
                                                                                  • Black And Tan Fantasy = Creole Love Call - The Mooche
                                                                                  • Newport Up
                                                                                  • Flirtibird
                                                                                  • All Of Me
                                                                                  • Day In, Day Out
                                                                                  • Lost In Loveliness
                                                                                  • One More Once
                                                                                  • Medley
                                                                                  • Diminuendo In Blue - Wailing Interval
                                                                                  • Jones

                                                                                  The medley consisted of
                                                                                  • Do Nothin' Till You Hear From Me
                                                                                  • In A Sentimental Mood
                                                                                  • I'm Just A Lucky So And So
                                                                                  • I Got It Bad and That Ain't Good
                                                                                  • Don't Get Around Much Anymore
                                                                                  • Mood Indigo
                                                                                  • I'm Beginning To See The Light
                                                                                  • Sophisticated Lady
                                                                                  • Caravan
                                                                                  • Solitude
                                                                                  • Satin Doll
                                                                                  • Just Squeeze Me
                                                                                  • It Don't Mean A Thing
                                                                                  • I Let A Song & Don't Get Around Much Anymore

                                                                                  Contract terms:
                                                                                  • Fifteen musicians under the leadership of DUKE ELLINGTON, INC. PRESENTS: DUKE ELLINGTON IN PERSON
                                                                                  • Name and Address of Place of Engagement
                                                                                    RED ROCKS, DENVER COLORADO (July 28,1960)
                                                                                    (In case of rain:AUDITORIUM, DENVER, COLORADO on July 29, 1960)
                                                                                  • Date(s) of employment
                                                                                    Thursday, July 28, 1960 (Friday, July 29, 1960 in case of rain)
                                                                                  • Hours of employment
                                                                                    cpmcet tp cp,memce at 8:15 p.m. (not to exceed 3-hours)
                                                                                  • Employer guarantees to furnish good PA system and have piano tuned to A=440
                                                                                  • Type of engagement
                                                                                    Concert
                                                                                  • Standard clause re extra musicians due to union rules.
                                                                                  • DUKE ELLINGTON & HIS ORCHESTRA TO RECEIVE 100% UPPER LEFT BILLING.
                                                                                  • EARTH KITT'S CONDUCTOR TO CONDUCT ELLINGTON'S ORCHESTRA FOR MISS KITT'S PERFORMANCE
                                                                                  • LEADER & ORCHESTRA TO BE AVAILABLE FOR A MINIMUM 3-HOUR REHEARSAL OF MISS KITT'S MUSIC LATE AFTERNOON OF JULY 28 AT NO ADDITIONAL COST.
                                                                                  • Wage agreed upon: $2,500.00 guaranteed flat (In case of rain, engagement to be held July 29, contract price automatically increases to $3,000.00 flat
                                                                                  • To be paid in cash to Al Celley, Road Manager at conclusion of engagement.
                                                                                  • Employer:
                                                                                    Mr. Hugh Hooks
                                                                                    Hugh Hooks entertainment
                                                                                    1801 Wynkoop Street
                                                                                    Denver, Colorado*
                                                                                  • Signed by
                                                                                    Hugh Hooks
                                                                                  • Associated Booking Corporation contract
                                                                                    dated 11 July 1960, Archives Center, SI-NMAH, DEC301, Series III, Subseries A, Box 2, Folder 7
                                                                                  • Stratemann p.425 citing DESB
                                                                                  • Vail II
                                                                                  • Girvan:   Ellingtonia.com
                                                                                  • Timner
                                                                                  • Ole J. Nielsen, Jazz Records 1942-80, A discography: Vol. Six, Duke Ellington, p.220
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                                                                                  Saturday
                                                                                  .Whiteman Air Force Base, Mo.Officer's ClubDance, 9 p.m. to 1 a.m.

                                                                                  The Sedalia Democrat published a photo of Duke with 1st Lt. Kermit A. Gustafson, 487th Bomb Sq. and 2nd Lt. Eleanor M. Becker, 805th Medical Group at a microphone.
                                                                                  Contract terms:
                                                                                  • 15 musicians and vocalist under the leadership of DUKE ELLINGTON, INC. PRESENTS: DUKE ELLINGTON IN PERSON
                                                                                  • Name and Address of Place of Engagement
                                                                                    OFFICERS' CLUB-WHITMAN [sic] AIR FORCE BASE, KNOB NOSTER, MISSOURI
                                                                                  • Date(s) of employment
                                                                                    Saturday, July 30, 1960
                                                                                  • Hours of employment
                                                                                    9:00 p.m. to 1:00 a.m.
                                                                                    DUKE ELLINGTON TO RECEIVE 100% TOP BILLING
                                                                                  • It is also understood and agreed that DUKE ELLINGTON is to receive 100% sole star top headline billing on marquee and in any and all publicity releases and paid advertising.
                                                                                  • EMPLOYER GUARANTEES TO FURNISH GOOD PA SYSTEM AND HAVE PIANO TUNED TO A=440.
                                                                                  • Type of engagement
                                                                                    DANCE
                                                                                  • IT IS AGREED AND UNDERSTOOD THAT AS A PART OF THIS CONTRACT THE EMPLOYER ASSUMES ALL RESPONSIBILITY FOR ANY AND ALL ADDITIONAL MUSICIANS AS SET FORTH BY THE RULINGS OF THE LOCAL MUSICIANS UNION WITHIN WHOSE JURISDICTION THIS ENGAGEMENT IS PLAYED.
                                                                                  • ANY MECHANICAL REPRODUCTION OF THE ARTISTS PERFORMANCE ON THIS ENGAGEMENT IS ABSOLUTELY PROHIBITED BY THE AMERICAN FEDERATION OF MUSICIANS.
                                                                                  • Wage agreed upon: $1,500.00 guaranteed flat. (50% payable to Associated Booking Corporation to be received one-week prior to engagement.Balance in cash* to Al Celley, Rd. Mgr. night of engagement
                                                                                  • Employer:
                                                                                    Capt. Harold Lantz
                                                                                    Officer's Club
                                                                                    Whitman [sic] Air Force Base
                                                                                    Knob Noster, Missouri
                                                                                  • Signed by
                                                                                    H. J. Lentz
                                                                                  Whiteman AFB is named for the first American flier to die in aerial combat in World War II. It is about 70 miles east-southeast of Kansas City, and about 2 miles south of Knob Noster, Mo.
                                                                                  • Associated Booking Corporation contract
                                                                                    dated 1 July 1960, Archives Center, SI-NMAH, DEC301, Series III, Subseries A, Box 2, Folder 7
                                                                                  • The Sedalia Democrat, Sedalia, Mo.
                                                                                    1960-08-07 p.2
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                                                                                  Monday
                                                                                  ...Nance, Brown, Hodges, Carney, Ben Webster and seven non-Ellingtonians played their second of three Columbia recording sessions with vocalist Jo Stafford
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                                                                                  Sunday
                                                                                  .Topeka, KansasMeadow Acres Ballroom
                                                                                  DUKE
                                                                                  Ellington
                                                                                  and his famous
                                                                                  ORCHESTRA


                                                                                  with
                                                                                  Johnny Hodges
                                                                                  Harry Carney
                                                                                  Ray Nance
                                                                                  * * * * *
                                                                                  DANCE AND SHOW
                                                                                  Sunday, August 7
                                                                                  1:00 Adm. #2.50
                                                                                  MEADOW ACRES BALLROOM
                                                                                  TOPEKA
                                                                                  The August 11 edition of The Kansas Sentinel carried a front-page picture of Ellington with the paper's Girl Friday, Florence M. Crim, writing a cheque for a year's subscription to the paper, and in inner page photo of Ellington sitting on a stair, reading the paper.
                                                                                  Contract terms:
                                                                                  • 15 musicians and vocalist under the leadership of DUKE ELLINGTON, INC. PRESENTS: DUKE ELLINGTON IN PERSON
                                                                                  • Name and Address of Place of Engagement
                                                                                    MEADOW ACRES BALLROOM, TOPEKA, KANSAS
                                                                                  • Date(s) of employment Sunday, August 7, 1960
                                                                                  • Hours of employment 9:00 p.m. to 1:00 a.m.
                                                                                  • Type of engagement
                                                                                    DANCE
                                                                                  • It is also understood & agreed that DUKE ELLINGTON is to receive 100% sole star top headline billing on marquee & in any & all publicity releases & paid advertising, no one else to be billed at more than 25% of type used for Duke Ellington.
                                                                                  • EMPLOYER GUARANTEES TO FURNISH GOOD PA SYSTEM AND HAVE PIANO TUNED TO A=440.
                                                                                  • IT IS AGREED AND UNDERSTOOD THAT AS A PART OF THIS CONTRACT THE EMPLOYER ASSUMES ALL RESPONSIBILITY FOR ANY AND ALL ADDITIONAL MUSICIANS AS SET FORTH BY THE RULINGS OF THE LOCAL MUSICIANS UNION WITHIN WHOSE JURISDICTION THIS ENGAGEMENT IS PLAYED.
                                                                                  • ANY MECHANICAL REPRODUCTION OF THE ARTISTS PERFORMANCE ON THIS ENGAGEMENT IS ABSOLUTELY PROHIBITED BY THE AMERICAN FEDERATION OF MUSICIANS.
                                                                                  • Wage agreed upon: $1,000.00 guarantee, privilege 50% over $2,000.
                                                                                  • 50% deposit payable Associated Booking Corporation 30-days prior to date of engagement.) Balance of contract payable to Al Celley, Rd. Mgr. in cash, intermission time, night of engagement.
                                                                                  • Employer:
                                                                                    Mr. Leonard W. Carper
                                                                                    925 College Avenue
                                                                                    Topeka, Kansas
                                                                                  • Signed by
                                                                                    Leonard W. Carper
                                                                                  • Associated Booking Corporation contract
                                                                                    dated 17 June 1960, Archives Center, SI-NMAH, DEC301, Series III, Subseries A, Box 2, Folder 6
                                                                                  • The Kansas Sentinel, Topeka, Kansas
                                                                                    • 1960-07-28 p.11
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                                                                                  Wednesday
                                                                                  .Los Angeles, Cal. .Peripheral Event
                                                                                  DEMS, Vail II and Timner have Nance, Brown, Hodges, Carney, Ben Webster and seven non-Ellingtonians in the third of three Columbia recording sessions with vocalist Jo Stafford.
                                                                                  Webmaster's note:

                                                                                  Nance, Brown, Hodges and Carney were included in Down Beat's review of the Chicago concert this night. I have not tried to resolve the conflict between this session and the Chicago concert the same night.

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                                                                                  .Chicago, Ill.Court Theater
                                                                                  Mandel Hall or
                                                                                  Hutchinson Court
                                                                                  University of Chicago
                                                                                  Concert, 8:30 p.m.
                                                                                  Hyde Park Herald, June 22:

                                                                                  'A series of four outdoor folk and jazz concerts will be presented on the University of Chicago campus in the Court Theatre, 5706 S. University. Featured in the concerts will be Richard Dyer-Bennett, July 6; Woody Herman, July 20; The Limeliters, August 3 and Duke Ellington, August 10...
                                                                                    ...This summer we decided to see if people would come to sit on the grass to hear folk music and jazz as they do to see our plays..."'

                                                                                  While the publicity shows the concert was to be at Court Theater, 5706 S. University, the contract says Hutchinson Court.

                                                                                  Hyde Park Herald places the "Court theater" in the courtyard behind "Mandel hall," 5706 University, which, at the time of writing, Google Maps shows beside a large hall known as Hutchinson Commons.

                                                                                  Down Beat says the concert was moved indoors due to the threat of rain. Its review is subtitled "Court Theater..." and describes a venue for 1,300, whereas Mandel Hall only seats 878 so the concert may have been in Hutchinson Commons.
                                                                                  Down Beat review:
                                                                                  • Personnel:
                                                                                    • Ellington
                                                                                    • Nance
                                                                                    • Cook
                                                                                    • Fatso [sic]Ford
                                                                                    • Mullins
                                                                                    • Brown
                                                                                    • Woodman
                                                                                    • Mitchell Wood
                                                                                    • Hodges
                                                                                    • Procope
                                                                                    • Hamiton
                                                                                    • Gonsalves
                                                                                    • Carney
                                                                                    • Bell
                                                                                    • Woodyard
                                                                                    • Grayson
                                                                                    • Greenwood
                                                                                  • Indoors due to threatening weather - patrons turned away .
                                                                                  • Too much old music, not enough new
                                                                                  • Titles named:
                                                                                    • Medley of Black and Tan Fantasy, Creole Love Call and The Mooch
                                                                                    • Newport Up
                                                                                    • Autumn Leaves
                                                                                    • Sophisticated Lady
                                                                                    • Flirty Bird
                                                                                    • All of Me
                                                                                    • Things Ain't What They Used To Be
                                                                                    • V.I.P. Blues
                                                                                    • Hank Cinq
                                                                                    • Nutcracker Suite excerpt
                                                                                    • Skin Deep
                                                                                    • "the inevitable and-then-I-wrote medley"
                                                                                    • "the usual 'love you madly' routine"

                                                                                    Contract terms:
                                                                                    • 15 musicians & vocalist under the leadership of DUKE ELLINGTON, INC. PRESENTS: DUKE ELLINGTON IN PERSON
                                                                                    • Name and Address of Place of Engagement
                                                                                      HUTCHINSON COURT (in case of rain, MANDEL HALL)
                                                                                    • Date(s) of employment
                                                                                      Wednesday, August 10, 1960
                                                                                    • Hours of employment
                                                                                      8:30 p.m. to 10:30 p.m. with customary intermission.
                                                                                    • DUKE ELLINGTON TO RECEIVE 100% TOP BILLING.
                                                                                    • Type of engagement
                                                                                      CONCERT
                                                                                    • IT IS AGREED AND UNDERSTOOD THAT AS A PART OF THIS CONTRACT THE EMPLOYER ASSUMES ALL RESPONSIBILIITY FOR ANY AND ALL ADDITIONAL MUSICIIANS AS SET FORTH BY THE RULINGS OF THE LOCAL MUSICIANS UNION WITHIN WHOSE JURISDICTION THIS ENGAGEMENT IS PLAYED.
                                                                                    • EMPLOYER GUARANTEES TO FURNISH GOOD PA SYSTEM AND HAVE PIANO TUNED TO A=440.
                                                                                    • ANY MECHANICAL REPRODUCTION OF THE ARTISTS PERFORMANCE ON THIS ENGAGEMENT IS ABSOLUTELY PROHIBITED BY THE AMERICAN FEDERATION OF MUSICIANS.
                                                                                    • Wage agreed upon: $1.500 guaranteed flat (50% deposit payable Associated Booking Corp. on or before June 15)
                                                                                      balance to be paid in cash or via university check to either mr. Ellington or Al Celley, Rd. Mgr. at conclusion of engagement
                                                                                    • Employer:
                                                                                      Mr. Meyer Brederman, Dir.-Univ.Theatre
                                                                                      University of Chicago
                                                                                      5706 University
                                                                                      Chicago, Illinois
                                                                                    • Signed by
                                                                                      Meyer Brederman, PRODUCER, COURT THEATRE
                                                                                  • Associated Booking Corporation contract
                                                                                    dated 18th May, 1960, Archives Center, SI-NMAH, DEC301, Series III, Subseries A, Box 2, Folder 5
                                                                                  • Hyde Park Herald, Chicago, Ill.
                                                                                    • 1960-06-22 p.3
                                                                                    • 1960-08-03 p.12
                                                                                    • 1960-08-10 p.11
                                                                                  • Chicago Sunday Tribune, Chicago, Ill.
                                                                                    • 1960-07-17 pt.S p.2
                                                                                    • 1960-08-07 pt,5 p.10
                                                                                  • Stratemann p.425 citing
                                                                                    Down Beat review 1960-10-13
                                                                                  • Vail II with copy of the Down Beat review
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                                                                                  Saturday
                                                                                  Saugatuck, Mich.New Festival Forum
                                                                                  (formerly the Airpark Speedway on US-31 between Saugatuck and South Haven)
                                                                                  Concert, Second Annual Saugatuck Jazz Festival, 10 p.m.
                                                                                  First of two nights.
                                                                                  Contract terms:
                                                                                  • 15 musicians and vocalist under the leadership of "DUKE ELLINGTON, INC. PRESENTS: DUKE ELLINGTON
                                                                                  • Name and Address of Place of Engagement
                                                                                    Air Park, Speedway U.S.31, Jazz Festival, Saugatuck, Mich.
                                                                                  • Date(s) of employment
                                                                                    Firday, August 12 & Saturday, August 13, 1960
                                                                                  • Hours of employment
                                                                                    Fri. 10 p.m. to 2 a.m. & Sat. 8:30 p.m. to 12:30 a.m. with customary intermission. Duke Ellington & Orchestra not to perform more than a maximum of 2 hrs. each night within stipulated time.
                                                                                  • Standard top billing clause
                                                                                  • Standard clause re extra musicians due to union rules.
                                                                                  • Standard clause prohibiting mechanical reproduction (i.e. recording).
                                                                                  • Employer guarantees to furnish a good P.A. system and to have the piano tuned to A=440
                                                                                  • Ellington Orch. agrees to accompany Jimmy Rushing, should the artist appear during the engagement.
                                                                                  • Wage agreed upon: $5,500 guaranteed flat for 2-days. 25% partial deposit payable to Associated Booking Corporation on signing, another 25% due 10-days prior to engagement. Balance of contract price to be paid in cash at the rate of $1,375 at conclusion of each evenings engagement to Duke Ellington.
                                                                                  • Employer:
                                                                                    James Belcher,...Detroit, Mich.

                                                                                  Ellington was to take part in a panel discussion of jazz on Saturday noon (as of the time of writing, his participation has not been documented).
                                                                                  The line-ups advertised were:
                                                                                  • Friday:
                                                                                    • Della Reese
                                                                                    • Duke Ellington Orchestra
                                                                                    • Lambert-Hendricks & Ross
                                                                                    • Jimmy Rushing
                                                                                    • Chico Hamilton Quintet
                                                                                  • Saturday:
                                                                                  Ticket prices were $1.55 for general admission and from $2.10 to $5.40 for reserved seats.

                                                                                  The Semmler Newspapers mentioned a Miss Dotte [sic] Jean Anderson and a Don Anderson attended the Festival both days, "in which Duke Ellington starred."
                                                                                  The festival producer cited police estimates of attendance of about 7,000 the first day and 3,000 the second, the low turnout attributed partly to public concern over riots at the London, Windsor and Newport festivals that summer. Festival producer James Belcher was uoted as saying seven other members of the Festival board reported the event lost about $22,000, and he, his wife and some local kids were left to pick up the litter.
                                                                                  • Associated Booking Corporation contract
                                                                                    dated May 13, 1960, Archives Center, SI-NMAH, DEC301, Series III, Subseries A, Box 2, Folder 5
                                                                                  • The Billboard 1960-06-06 p.4
                                                                                  • Detroit Free Press, Detroit, Mich.
                                                                                    • 1960-06-19 p.6C
                                                                                    • 1960-06-27 p.26
                                                                                    • 1960-08-10 p.26
                                                                                  • The State Journal, Lansing, Mich.
                                                                                    • 1960-07-03 p.17
                                                                                    • 1960-07-10 p.58
                                                                                    • 1960-07-24 p.76
                                                                                    • 1960-08-07 p.34
                                                                                    • 1960-08-09 p.5
                                                                                    • 1960-08-17 p.7 (AP wirestory)
                                                                                  • Chicago Sunday Tribune, Chicago, Ill.
                                                                                    • 1960-07-03 Pt.5 p.8
                                                                                    • 1960-07-10 Pt. 5 p.7
                                                                                    • 1960-07-17 Pt. 5 p.10
                                                                                  • Case's Column, The Ludington Daily News, Ludington, Mich.
                                                                                    1960-08-06 p.4
                                                                                  • Chicago Sunday Tribune, Chicago, Ill.,
                                                                                    1960-08-07 Pt.5 p.8
                                                                                  • The Holland, Michigan, Evening Sentinel, Holland, Mich.
                                                                                    1960-08-11 p.6
                                                                                  • The News-Palladium, Benton Harbor, Mich.
                                                                                    • 1960-08-11 p.6
                                                                                    • 1960-08-16 p.1
                                                                                  • Semmler Newspapers
                                                                                    (The News-Bulletin, Mokena, Ill.
                                                                                    and Orland Park Herald, Orland Park, Ill.)
                                                                                    1960-08-18 p.6
                                                                                  • Stratemann p.426 citing DESB
                                                                                  • Vail II
                                                                                  • Additional documentation might be found in SI-NMAH DEC301, Series 2: Performances and Programs, 1933-1974, box 11, folder 33 Saugatuck Jazz Festival, Saugatuck, Penna.[sic], August 13, 1960
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                                                                                  Saturday
                                                                                  .Saugatuck, Mich.Crow Bar

                                                                                  'The second day of the festival will begin with a jazz symposium and workshop in the Crow Bar at noon. Tom Schlesigner Detroit, director of the Saugatuck Jazz Festival, will be moderator of the panel discussion. Included on the panel are Duke Ellington, Dan Sorkin, Chicago disc jockey, and Don Gold, jazz editor of Playboy magazine.'

                                                                                  • The Billboard
                                                                                    1960-06-06 p.4
                                                                                  • The Holland, Michigan, Evening Sentinel, Holland, Mich.
                                                                                    1960-08-11 p.6
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                                                                                  .Chicago, Ill.Theater-In-The-Round
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                                                                                  Friday
                                                                                  .Detroit, Mich.State Fair Grounds Band ShellAmerican Jazz Festival

                                                                                  Ellington and his orchestra wrapped up the first night of the three day 2nd annual American Jazz Festival, finishing at 12:30 a.m.

                                                                                  Sharing the programme were the Fred Kaz Trio, Cannonball Adderley, Dinah Washington, the Chico Hamilton Quintet, Dave Brubeck and Quartet, and the Ellington orchestra.
                                                                                  Only 6,800 turned up the first night. Organizers attributed the low attendance to reports of riots at recent jazz festivals at Newport R.I., Windsor, Ont., and in England. The reviews noted everybody was peaceful but it was disconcerting to see the police presence.
                                                                                  Contract terms:
                                                                                  • 15 musicians under the leadership of DUKE ELLINGTON, INC. Presents DUKE ELLINGTON
                                                                                  • Name and Address of Place of Engagement
                                                                                    MICHIGAN STATE FAIR GROUNDS
                                                                                    DETROIT, MICHIGAN
                                                                                  • Date(s) of employment
                                                                                    AUGUST 19, 1960
                                                                                  • Hours of employment
                                                                                    CONCERT BETWEEN 8:30 P.M. & 1:00 A.M. Not to exceed two hours with the usual 15 minute intermission.
                                                                                  • Type of engagement
                                                                                    CONCERT
                                                                                  • It is also understood and agreed that DUKE ELLINGTON is to receive sole star headline billing in type equal to 100% on marquee and in any and all releases and paid advertising.
                                                                                  • Wage agreed upon: $2500 (TWENTY FIVE HUNDRED)
                                                                                  • To be paid IN CASH TO ARTIST DURING INTERMISSION
                                                                                  • Employer:
                                                                                    PAMA
                                                                                    50 CENTRAL PARK WEST
                                                                                    NEW YORK, NEW YORK

                                                                                  Parts of the concerts were to be aired over KCBS on Friday, Saturday and Sunday from 10:30 to 11:25. The Oakland Tribune announcement had the Ellington orchestra in the Saturday broadcast, alternating with Dave Brubeck's quartet. The reviews and reports in Detroit Free Press and UPI, however, confirm Ellington performed Friday. The Windsor Star reported that the audience was distracted by the newest American satellite going over during Dinah Washington's set.

                                                                                  Part of the concert was recorded:
                                                                                  Duke Ellington and His Orchestra
                                                                                  Marenguito, Cook, Mullins, Nance, Woodman, Wood, Brown, Hamilton,Procope, Hodges, Gonsalves, Carney, Ellington, Bell, Woodyard, Grayson, Gigi.Titles:
                                                                                  • Take The "A" Train (theme)
                                                                                  • V.I.P. Boogie
                                                                                  • Jam With Sam
                                                                                  • Jeep's Blues
                                                                                  • All Of Me
                                                                                  • Medley
                                                                                    • Do Nothin' Till You Hear From Me
                                                                                    • In A Sentimental Mood
                                                                                    • I'm Just A Lucky So And So
                                                                                    • I Got It Bad and That Ain't Good
                                                                                    • Don't Get Around Much Anymore
                                                                                    • Mood Indigo
                                                                                    • I'm Beginning To See The Light
                                                                                    • Sophisticated Lady
                                                                                    • Caravan
                                                                                    • I Let A Song Go Out of My Heart& Don't Get Around Much Anymore
                                                                                  • Associated Booking Corporation contract
                                                                                    dated 20th June 1960, Archives Center, SI-NMAH, DEC301, Series III, Subseries A, Box 2, Folder 6
                                                                                  • The Windsor Star, Windsor, Ont.
                                                                                    • 1960-08-03 p.15
                                                                                    • 1960-08-06 p.B-2
                                                                                    • 1960-08-13 p.B-2
                                                                                    • 1960-08-20 p.5-A
                                                                                  • Detroit Free Press, Detroit, Mich.,
                                                                                    • 1960-08-08 p.23
                                                                                    • 1960-08-20 p.4
                                                                                    • 1960-08-21 p.C-7
                                                                                  • Oakland Tribune, Oakland, Cal.
                                                                                    1960-08-19 p.24 B
                                                                                  • Holland, Mich. Evening Sentinel, Holland, Mich.
                                                                                    1960-08-20 p.5 (UPI wirestory)
                                                                                  • Stratemann p.426 citing review in Down Beat 1960-09-29 p.21
                                                                                  • Vail II with reprint of said Down Beat review
                                                                                  • Girvan:
                                                                                    Ellingtonia.com
                                                                                  • Timner
                                                                                  • Ole J. Nielsen,
                                                                                    Jazz Records 1942-80, A discography: Vol. Six, Duke Ellington, pp. 290-291
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                                                                                  Saturday
                                                                                  .New York, N.Y.Randall's Island StadiumRandall's Island Jazz Festival

                                                                                  Ellington was the closing act for an audience of 14,000, lower than anticipated due to weather. Also on the bill, Thelonious Monk quintet, Chico Hamilton quintet, Cannonball Adderley quintet, John Coltrane quintet, Gap Mangione Sextet, Dakota Station.
                                                                                  Contract terms:
                                                                                  • 15 musicians under the leadership of "DUKE ELLINGTON, INC. Presents DUKE ELLINGTON
                                                                                  • Name and Address of Place of Engagement
                                                                                    Randalls [sic] Island Jazz Festival
                                                                                    Randalls [sic] Island, New York
                                                                                  • Date(s) of employment
                                                                                    Saturday August 20
                                                                                    (originally August 21)
                                                                                  • Hours of employment
                                                                                    approximately 10 PM - One two hour concert with the usual 15 minute intermission
                                                                                  • Type of engagement
                                                                                    Concert
                                                                                  • It is also understood and agreed that DUKE ELLINGTON is to receive headline billing in type equal to 100% on marquee and in any and all releases and paid advertising.
                                                                                  • Wage agreed upon: $ three thousand dollars ($3,000)
                                                                                  • To be paid in cash to artist night of engagement, less $1,000 to be sent to Associated Booking Corp. 745 Fifth Ave., NY 22, NY
                                                                                  • Employer:
                                                                                    FRANK GELTMAN
                                                                                    Randall's Island Jazz Festival, Inc.
                                                                                    332 East 149th Street. New York 51, New York
                                                                                  • Signed by
                                                                                    Franklin Geltman Pres.
                                                                                  • Riders
                                                                                    • Artist to report to stage manager no later than 10 PM
                                                                                    • Artist will not play in an open-air concert or jazz festival within New York City (the 5 boroughs) twenty-one days prior to August 19 1960 or ten days following the date of appearance at the Randalls [sic] Island Jazz Festival, without written permission of the Randalls [sic] Island Jazz Festival, Inc.
                                                                                    • In the event of rain the night of August 20, precluding artist's appearance at concert, artist will appear the afternoon of August 21st at 2:00 PM for a 1/2 hour only.
                                                                                  • Associated Booking Corporation contract
                                                                                    dated April 15th 1960, Archives Center, SI-NMAH, DEC301, Series III, Subseries A, Box 2, Folder 4
                                                                                  • Baltimore Afro-American, Baltimore, Md.
                                                                                    1960-07-09 p.15
                                                                                  • The Hartford Courant, Hartford, Conn.
                                                                                    1960-07-31 p.118
                                                                                  • Daily News, New York, N.Y.
                                                                                    • 1960-08-06 p.23
                                                                                    • 1960-08-15 p.38
                                                                                  • Philadelphia Daily News, Philadelphia, Penn.
                                                                                    1960-08-08 p.31
                                                                                  • Amsterdam News, New York, N.Y.,
                                                                                    1960-08-20 p.13
                                                                                  • Stratemann p.426 citing
                                                                                    Variety 1960-08-24 p.44
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                                                                                  Sunday
                                                                                  .Buffalo, N.Y.Offerman StadiumFirst Annual Buffalo Jazz Festival.Buffalo Courier-Express, Buffalo, N.Y.
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                                                                                  .New York, N.Y.M.V.Hudson"Moonlight Sail"...
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                                                                                  Wednesday
                                                                                  .Bala, Ont.Gerry Dunn's Pavilionactivities not documented
                                                                                  Ellington was booked to play a dance at Dunn's in Bala, but it appears to have been cancelled or rescheduled.

                                                                                  Bala is in lake country, 2 hours north of Toronto, and Ellington was in New York on Monday and Philadelphia on Friday.

                                                                                  Although Ellington was included in Dunn's summer event announcements in May, Dunn's ads for the week covering this date show Louis Armstrong on August 22 and don't mention Ellington.
                                                                                  Contract terms:
                                                                                  • 15 musicians under the leadership of "DUKE ELLINGTON, INC. PRESENTS DUKE ELLINGTON
                                                                                  • Name and Address of Place of Engagement
                                                                                    Dunn's Pavilion, Bala, Ontario, Canada
                                                                                  • Date(s) of employment
                                                                                    August 24th, 1960
                                                                                  • Hours of employment
                                                                                    9 p.m. to 1 a.m.
                                                                                  • Type of engagement
                                                                                    Dance
                                                                                  • Wage agreed upon: $1250 (TWELVE HUNDRED FIFTY DOLLARS) GUARANTEED, PRIVILEGE 50% OF GROSS RECEIPTS
                                                                                  • To be paid $625 DEPOSIT DUE UPON SIGNING CONTRACTS [SIC]. BALANCE DUE IN CASH NIGHT OF ENGAGEMENT.
                                                                                  • Employer:
                                                                                    Dunn's Pavilion - Gerry Dunn
                                                                                  • Signed by
                                                                                    Gerald P. Dunn
                                                                                  • Associated Booking Corporation contract
                                                                                    dated 16th February 1960, Archives Center, SI-NMAH, DEC301, Series III, Subseries A, Box 2, Folder 2
                                                                                  • The Forester, Huntsville, Ont.
                                                                                    • 1960-05-19 p.8
                                                                                    • 1960-08-18 p.8
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                                                                                  Friday
                                                                                  .Erie, Penn.Waldameer Beach ParkEllington's orchestra was booked to play a dance at Waldameer Beach Park on August 26 but appears to have cancelled or rescheduled. Unlike contracts for other cancelled dates, the file copy at the Smithsonian is not marked as cancelled. The dance was to be from 9 p.m. to 1 a.m. for a fee of $1,500 guaranteed and privilege 50% of gross receipts.
                                                                                  • Associated Booking Corporation contract
                                                                                    dated Feb. 1 1960, Archives Center, SI-NMAH, DEC301, Series III, Subseries A, Box 2, Folder 2
                                                                                  • The Post Standard, Syracuse, N.Y. 1960-06-12 p.30
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                                                                                  Friday
                                                                                  .Philadelphia, Penn.Connie Mack StadiumEllington played the first night of the three day Quaker City Jazz Festival
                                                                                  Contract terms:
                                                                                  • 15 musicians and vocalist under the leadership of DUKE ELLINGTON, INC. Presents [illegible]GTON
                                                                                  • Name and Address of Place of Engagement CONNIE MACK STADIUM
                                                                                  • Date(s) of employment August 26, 1960
                                                                                  • Hours of employment
                                                                                    CONCERT BETWEEN 8:30 P.M. & 1:00 A.M., Not to exceed 2 hours with the usual 15 minute intermission.
                                                                                  • Type of engagement CONCERT
                                                                                  • It is aslo understood and agreed that DUKE ELLINGION [sic] is to receive sole star headline billing in type equal to 100% on marquee and in any and all releases and paid advertising.
                                                                                  • Wage agreed upon: $2750 (TWENTY SEVEN HUNDRED & FIFTY) FOR ENGAGEMENT.
                                                                                  • TO BE PAID IN CASH TO ARTIST AT CONCLUSION OF ENGAGEMENT DURING INTERMISSION.

                                                                                  Part of Ellington's concert was broadcast on CBS radio:
                                                                                  Duke Ellington and His Orchestra
                                                                                  Marenguito, Cook, Mullins, Nance, Woodman, Wood, Brown, Hamilton, Procope, Hodges, Gonsalves, Carney, Ellington, Bell, Woodyard, Grayson.

                                                                                  Titles recorded:
                                                                                  • Take The "A" Train (theme)
                                                                                  • Perdido
                                                                                  • Congo Square (Matumbe)
                                                                                  • V.I.P. Boogie
                                                                                  • Jam With Sam
                                                                                  • Medley
                                                                                    • Do Nothin' Till You Hear From Me
                                                                                    • In A Sentimental Mood

                                                                                  • The bandstand was in the infield just beyond third base.
                                                                                  • 72 police officers, 4 police dogs, 2 inspectors and a captain were on hand in case of rioting, but everything was peaceful.
                                                                                  • The Daily News estimated attendance between 4,700 and 5,000; the Inquirer sayd 6,000.
                                                                                  • Performing this evening were Harold Corbin Trio, Thelonious Monk, Oscar Peterson Trio, Lambert, Hendricks and Ross, Art Blakey's Jazz Messengers, Dinah Washington, and "the excellent orchestra of Duke Ellington.
                                                                                  • Stratemann says co-promoter George Wein lost $15,000 over the three days, but recovered some from the broadcast.
                                                                                  • Associated Booking Corporation contract
                                                                                    dated 20th June 1960, Archives Center, SI-NMAH, DEC301, Series III, Subseries A, Box 2, Folder 6
                                                                                  • The Sun, Baltimore, Md.
                                                                                    1960-08-04 p.4
                                                                                  • Philadelphia Daily News, Philadelphia, Penn.
                                                                                    • 1960-08-05 p.33
                                                                                    • 1960-08-12 p.29
                                                                                    • 1960-08-17 p.37
                                                                                    • 1960-08-27 p.21
                                                                                  • The Gazette and Daily, York, Penn.
                                                                                    1960-08-15 p.13
                                                                                  • Daily Times, Delaware County, Penn.
                                                                                    1960-08-19 p.9
                                                                                  • The Philadelphia Inquirer, Philadelphia, Penn.
                                                                                    1960-08-27 p.7
                                                                                  • Stratemann p.426
                                                                                  • Vail II
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                                                                                  • Timner
                                                                                  • Ole J. Nielsen, Jazz Records 1942-80, A discography: Vol. Six, Duke Ellington, p.221
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                                                                                  .Chautauqua, N.Y.Amphitheatre Ellington's orchestra was booked to play at Chautauqua on August 27 but appears to have cancelled or rescheduled. Unlike contracts for other cancelled dates, the file copy at the Smithsonian is not marked as cancelled. The Chautauqua concert was to start at 8:30 p.m. for a flat fee of $2,500. While the booking was announced in June, the Aug. 24 Warren Observer said the Chautauqua Art Choir was to perform in the amphitheatre at 8 p.m.
                                                                                  • Associated Booking Corporation contract
                                                                                    dated Feb. 1 1960, Archives Center, SI-NMAH, DEC301, Series III, Subseries A, Box 2, Folder 2
                                                                                  • The Post Standard, Syracuse, N.Y. 1960-06-12 p.30
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                                                                                  .Wakefield, Mass.Outdoor Show Bowl
                                                                                  Pleasure Island
                                                                                  Rt. 128, Exit 21-A
                                                                                  Second annual Boston Jazz Festival

                                                                                  'PAMA Presents JAZZ FESTIVAL at PLEASURE ISLAND
                                                                                  OUTDOOR SHOW BOWL
                                                                                  Produced by GEORGE WEIN '

                                                                                  Wakefield is north of Boston and Pleasure Island is an amusement park.
                                                                                  In addition to Ellington and his orchestra, Dinah Washington, The Four Freshmen, Art Blakey's Jazz Messengers, the Oscar Peterson Trio and Fred Kaz Trio were to appear.
                                                                                  Reserved seats were $4 and $5; unreserved seats $3.
                                                                                  Paul Herson, The Boston Globe:

                                                                                  '...capacity audience...
                                                                                    The only way to bring a jazz festival to a successful finish is with a big, driving band. Thus Duke Ellington.
                                                                                    The veteran composer and pianist opened with his own [sic] "Take the A Train" – spoke a few suave words, then swung into the jazzman's favorite "Perdido." For the first time the crowd was on its feet, jitterbugging.
                                                                                    Then he played one part of his unusual composition "A Drum Is a Woman," which wasn't as well received.
                                                                                    Next came a medley of Ellington pices, including Mood Indigo and Satin Doll, stirring the audience into its most jubilant mood.
                                                                                    Then the police stopped the show.'


                                                                                  Contract terms:
                                                                                  • 15 musicians under the leadership of DUKE ELLINGTON, INC. PRESENTS DUKE ELLINGTON
                                                                                  • Name and Address of Place of Engagement
                                                                                    boston Jazz Festival
                                                                                    Boston, Mass.
                                                                                  • Date(s) of employment
                                                                                    August 27, 1960
                                                                                  • Hours of employment
                                                                                    To appear between the hours of 9:30 P.M. and 1:00 A.M.
                                                                                    One two hour concert with the usual 15 minute intermission.
                                                                                  • Type of engagement
                                                                                    Concert
                                                                                  • It is also understood and agreed that DUKE ELLINGTON is to receive headline billing in type equal to 100% on marquee and in any and all releases and paid advertising.
                                                                                  • Wage agreed upon: TWENTY-FIVE HUNDRED DOLLARS ($2500) FLAT GUARANTEE FOR ENGAGEMENT
                                                                                  • To be paid IN CASH TO ARTIST AT CONCLUSION OF ENGAGEMENT
                                                                                  • Employer:
                                                                                    George Wein
                                                                                    30 Central Park West
                                                                                    New York, N.Y.
                                                                                  • Signed by G. Wein
                                                                                  • Associated Booking Corporation contract
                                                                                    dated May 11, 1960, Archives Center, SI-NMAH, DEC301, Series III, Subseries A, Box 2, Folder 5
                                                                                  • Entertainment column, Lowell Sun, 1960-08-27 p.9
                                                                                  • Boston Evening Globe and The Boston Globe, Boston, Mass.
                                                                                    • 1960-08-18 p.32
                                                                                    • 1960-08-25 p.7
                                                                                    • 1960-08-29 p.12
                                                                                  • Boston Daily Record, Boston, Mass.
                                                                                    • 1960-08-24 p.32
                                                                                    • 1960-08-26 p.42
                                                                                  • Boston Evening American, Boston, Mass.
                                                                                    1960-08-18 p.28
                                                                                  • Stratemann, p.426 citing Variety 1960-08-10 p.41
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                                                                                  Sunday
                                                                                  8:30 PM
                                                                                  .Lenox, Mass.Berkshire Music BarnConcert
                                                                                  Notes from the Berkshire Eagle review:
                                                                                  • Audience numbered 750
                                                                                  • Sidemen named:
                                                                                    Carney, Hodges, Procope, Brown, Nance, Woodyard, Bell, Woodman, Wood, Hamiltion, Gonsalves, Grayson, Gigi
                                                                                  • Sound system troubled the singers.
                                                                                  • Tunes named:
                                                                                    Black and Tan Fantasy, Creole Love Call, The Mooch, Do Nothing Till You Hear From Me, Mood Indigo, Take the A Train, One More Time

                                                                                  Contract terms:
                                                                                  • 15 musicians under the leadership of "DUKE ELLINGTON, INC. PRESENTS DUKE ELLINGTON
                                                                                  • Name and Address of Place of Engagement
                                                                                    Berkshire Music Barn, Lenox, Massachusetts
                                                                                  • Date(s) of employment
                                                                                    August 28, 1960
                                                                                  • Hours of employment
                                                                                    8:30 p.m. to 11 p.m. - One two hour concert with the usual 15 minute intermission.
                                                                                  • Type of engagement
                                                                                    concert
                                                                                  • IT IS also understood and agreed that DUKE ELLINGTON is to receive hdadline billing in type equal to 100% on marquee and in any and all releases and paid advertising.
                                                                                  • Wage agreed upon: $1500 (FIFTEEN HUNDRED DOLLARS) GUARANTEED, PRIVILEGE 50% OF GROSS RECEIPTS
                                                                                  • To be paid IN FULL IN CASH TO ARTISTS NIGHT OF ENGAGEMENT
                                                                                  • Employer:
                                                                                    Berkshire Music Barn
                                                                                    Lenox, Mass.
                                                                                  • Associated Booking Corporation contract
                                                                                    dated 14th March 1960, Archives Center, SI-NMAH, DEC301, Series III, Subseries A, Box 2, Folder 3
                                                                                  • Berkshire Eagle, Pittsfield, Mass.
                                                                                    • Ad, 1960-08-20, p.11A
                                                                                    • Plug, 1960-08-25, p.6
                                                                                    • Review, 1960-08-29, p.7
                                                                                  • The Springfield Union, Springfield, Mass.
                                                                                    1960-08-25 p.23
                                                                                  • The Springfield Sunday Republican, Springfield, Mass.
                                                                                    1960-08-28 p.13C
                                                                                  • Stratemann p.426
                                                                                    citing Variety 1960-06-29 p.62
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                                                                                  September 1960

                                                                                  1960 09 00...PERSONNEL CHANGE
                                                                                  Trombonist Britt Woodman leaves the band but will be recorded with it several times in 1962, 1963 and 1973

                                                                                  Matthew Gee, trombone, rejoins the band
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                                                                                  Thursday
                                                                                  .Coshocton, OhioLake Park Dance Pavilion"Final dance of the current season"
                                                                                  Presented by Coshocton Jaycees
                                                                                  Tickets:
                                                                                  advance $2.50;
                                                                                  at door, $3.00
                                                                                  Ads and Plugs, Coshocton Tribune
                                                                                  • 1960-08-21,p.16
                                                                                  • 1960-08-23, p.10
                                                                                  • 1960-08-25,p.21
                                                                                  • 1960-08-27,p.2
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                                                                                  Friday
                                                                                  .Indianapolis, Ind.Coliseum
                                                                                  Indiana Fairgrounds
                                                                                  Jazz concert, Indiana State Fair
                                                                                  The Terre Haute Star

                                                                                  'Indianapolis, April 14 (AP)...A Friday, Sept. 2, jazz concert including the Les Brown and Duke Ellington orchestras, the Ahmad Jamal trio and the Dukes of Dixieland also has been booked.'

                                                                                  The Billboard

                                                                                  'An experiment being watched with interest will be the jazz concert night September 2 at the Indiana State Fair, Indianapolis, which was set by Paul Bannister of Associated Booking here, who also engineered the Saugatuck booking. The show, which will be staged in the Coliseum on the State fair grounds, includes Duke Ellington and Les Brown bands, the Dukes of Dixieland and the Ahmad Jamal Trio. Booking marks the first time that a major fair has utilized an all-jazz talent night as a feature of its entertainment program.'

                                                                                  Fremont Power, The Indianpolis News:
                                                                                  • 'Blues at the coliseum
                                                                                    Man, That Duke Plays Cool Jazz
                                                                                      ...The beams of three blue spotlights cut through the darkness of the Coliseum. From up there on the stage came the strange, soft harmonies of "Mood Indigo'": muted trumpet, bass clarinet and B-flat clarinet.
                                                                                      And over there on a dark corner of the stage at the piano was the ageless Duke Ellington himself. Resplendent as ever in white suit, he swayed to his music, occasionally cutting through the blue harmonies with a strident chord...'
                                                                                  • Ellington tunes named by Power:
                                                                                    Mood Indigo, Do Nothing Till You Hear From Me, Don't Get Around Much Anymore, I'm Beginning to See the Light, It Don't Mean a Thing if You Ain't Got That Swing.
                                                                                  • Official attendance, 5,106
                                                                                  • Each performing group limited to 25 minutes.
                                                                                  • Master of ceremonies was Dick Winters (WXLW)

                                                                                  Contract terms:
                                                                                  • 15 musicians and vocalist under the leadership of DUKE ELLINGTON, INC. PRESENTS: DUKE ELLINGTON IN PERSON
                                                                                  • Name and Address of Place of Engagement
                                                                                    INDIANA STATE FAIR COLISEUM, INDIANAPOLIS, INDIANA
                                                                                  • Date(s) of employment
                                                                                    Friday, September 2 1960
                                                                                  • Hours of employment
                                                                                    9:30 p.m. to 10:15 p.m. (Artist to report to Paul Bannister 2-hours prior to starting time of performance)
                                                                                  • Type of engagement
                                                                                    CONCERT
                                                                                  • It is also understood and agreed that DUKE ELLINGTON is to receive hdadline billing in type equal to 100% on marquee and in any and all releases and paid advertising.
                                                                                  • EMPLOYER GUARANTEES TO FURNISH GOOD PA SYSTEM AND HAVE PIANO TUNED TO A=440.
                                                                                  • IT IS AGREED AND UNDERSTOOD THAT AS A PART OF THIS CONTRACT THE EMPLOYER ASSUMES ALL RESPONSIBILITY FOR ANY AND ALL ADDITIONAL MUSICIANS AS SET FORTH BY THE RULINGS OF THE LOCAL MUSICIANS UNION WITHIN WHOSE JURISDICTION THIS ENGAGEMENT IS PLAYED.
                                                                                  • ANY MECHANICAL REPRODUCTION OF THE ARTISTS PERFORMANCE ON THIS ENGAGEMENT IS ABSOLUTELY PROHIBITED BY THE AMERICAN FEDERATION OF MUSICIANS.
                                                                                  • Wage agreed upon: $2,500.00 guaranteed flat
                                                                                  • To be paid in cash or Cashiers' check to Al Celley, Rd. Mgr., immediately upon conclusion of engagement
                                                                                  • Employer:
                                                                                    INDIANA STATE FAIR BOARD
                                                                                    Chester R. Hackleman, Pres.
                                                                                    Burl J. Bailey, Secy=Mgr.
                                                                                    Robert H. Weedon, Rir., Publicity & Amusements
                                                                                    Administration office
                                                                                    State Fairgrojnds, Indianapolis, Ind.
                                                                                  Observations:
                                                                                  • Indiana State Fair paid only $2,477.50, having withheld $22.50 in Indiana gross income tax.
                                                                                  • The August 17 Indiana State Fair ad in the The Rushville (Indiana) Replublican did not comply with the top billing clause in the Fair's contract with Ellington. Duke Ellington, Ahmad Jamal Trio, Les Brown and Dukes of Dixieland appear in a very small font beside a large title "Jazz Concert," whereas Pat Boone–Lennon Sisters, Tennessee Ernie Ford Show with Anita Bryant & The Vagabonds, Jane Morgan–Jan Garber's Orch., and Jack Kochman's Helldrivers are all in fonts that are several times larger.
                                                                                  • Associated Booking Corporation contract
                                                                                    dated 16th MARCH 1960, Archives Center, SI-NMAH, DEC301, Series III, Subseries A, Box 2, Folder 3
                                                                                  • The Terre Haute Star, Terre Haute, Ind.
                                                                                    1960-04-15 p.10
                                                                                  • The Billboard
                                                                                    1960-06-06 p.4
                                                                                  • The Indianapolis Star, Indianapolis, Ind.
                                                                                    • 1960-07-07, p.34
                                                                                    • 1960-07-10 S.7 p.19
                                                                                    • 1960-08-28 s.2 p.5
                                                                                  • The Greenfield Daily Reporter, Greenfield, Ind.
                                                                                    1960-07-08 p.6
                                                                                  • Noblesfield (Ind.) Ledger, Noblesville, Ind.
                                                                                    1960-07-14 p.12.png
                                                                                  • Steuben Republican, Angola, Ind.
                                                                                    1960-07-20 p.2
                                                                                  • The Rushville (Indiana) Republican
                                                                                    Rushville, Ind.,
                                                                                    1960-08-17 p.3
                                                                                  • The Pharos-Tribune and Logansport Press, Logansport, Ind.,
                                                                                    1960-08-28 p.9
                                                                                  • The Vidette-Messenger, Valparaiso, Ind.
                                                                                    • 1960-08-25 p.14
                                                                                    • 1960-08-29 p.1
                                                                                  • The Terre Haute Star, Terre Haute, Ind.
                                                                                    1960-09-03 p.2
                                                                                  • The Indianpolis News, Indianapolis, Ind.
                                                                                    1960-09-03 p.9
                                                                                  • Stratemann p.426
                                                                                    citing The Billboard 1960-09-12 p.59
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                                                                                  Saturday
                                                                                  .Cannelton,
                                                                                  Evansville, Ind.
                                                                                  Mesker AmphitheaterConcert 8 p.m.
                                                                                  Tickets $3, $2.50, $2
                                                                                  Contract terms:
                                                                                  • 15 musicians and vocalist under the leadership of "DUKE ELLINGTON, INC. PRESENTS: DUKE ELLINGTON IN PERSON
                                                                                  • Name and Address of Place of Engagement
                                                                                    MESKER AMPHITHEATRE ... Evansville, Indiana
                                                                                    (In case of Inclement weather engagement at COLISEUM, Evansville, Indiana)
                                                                                  • Date(s) of employment
                                                                                    Saturday, September 3, 1960
                                                                                  • Hours of employment
                                                                                    Concert: 8:15 to 10:30 p.m. DAYLIGHT TIME
                                                                                  • Type of engagement
                                                                                    Dance
                                                                                  • ELLINGTON TO RECEIVE 100% TOP BILLING.
                                                                                    It is also agreed & understood ELLINGTON is to receive 100% sole star top headline billing on marquee & in any and all publicity releases & pd. adv. no one else to be billed at more than 25% type used for Ellington.
                                                                                  • IT IS AGREED AND UNDERSTOOD THAT AS A PART OF THIS CONTRACT THE EMPLOYER ASSUMES ALL RESPONSIBILITY FOR ANY AND ALL ADDITIONAL MUSICIANS AS SET FORTH BY THE RULINGS OF THE LOCAL MUSICIANS UNION WITHIN WHOSE JURISDICTION THIS ENGAGEMENT IS PLAYED.
                                                                                  • ANY MECHANICAL REPRODUCTION OF THE ARTISTS PERFORMANCE ON THIS ENGAGEMENT IS ABSOLUTELY PROHIBITED BY THE AMERICAN FEDERATION OF MUSICIANS.
                                                                                  • Wage agreed upon: $1,250.00 guarantee, priv. 50%. AFTER ALL TAX DEDUCTIONS
                                                                                  • To be paid in cash to Al Celley, Rd. Mgr. intermission time night of engagement.
                                                                                  • Employer:
                                                                                    Illegible
                                                                                  • Associated Booking Corporation contract
                                                                                    dated 18th July 1960, Archives Center, SI-NMAH, DEC301, Series III, Subseries A, Box 2, Folder 7
                                                                                  • The Evansville Courier, Evansville, Ind.
                                                                                    • 1960-08-06 p.7
                                                                                    • 1960-08-23 p.7
                                                                                    • 1960-09-02 p.10
                                                                                    • 1960-09-03 p.7
                                                                                  • The Daily Register, Harrisburg, Ill.
                                                                                    1960-08-26 p.10
                                                                                  • The Sunday Look, The Sunday Courier and Press, Evansville, Ind.
                                                                                    1960-08-28 p.10
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                                                                                  Sunday
                                                                                  .Leesburg, Ind.Tippecanoe BallroomDancing, 9 to 1
                                                                                  Tickets $2.10 per person.
                                                                                  All tables reserved ($1.00/table, seats 4)
                                                                                  The ads in The South Bend Tribune don't name the ballroom, they just say Lake Tippecanoe.
                                                                                  Contract terms:
                                                                                  • 15 musicians and vocalist under the leadership of DUKE ELLINGTON, INC. PRESENTS: DUKE ELLINGTON IN PERSON
                                                                                  • Name and Address of Place of Engagement
                                                                                    TIPPECANOE BALLROOM, LEESBURG, INDIANA
                                                                                  • Date(s) of employment
                                                                                    Sunday, September 4, 1940
                                                                                  • Hours of employment
                                                                                    9:00 p.m. to 1:00 a.m.
                                                                                  • EMPLOYER GUARANTEES TO FURNISH GOOD PA SYSTEM AND HAVE PIANO TUNED TO A=440.
                                                                                  • Type of engagement
                                                                                    Dance
                                                                                  • IT IS AGREED AND UNDERSTOOD THAT AS A PART OF THIS CONTRACT THE EMPLOYER ASSUMES ALL RESPONSIBILITY FOR ANY AND ALL ADDITIONAL MUSICIANS AS SET FORTH BY THE RULINGS OF THE LOCAL MUSICIANS UNION WITHIN WHOSE JURISDICTION THIS ENGAGEMENT IS PLAYED.
                                                                                  • ANY MECHANICAL REPRODUCTION OF THE ARTISTS PERFORMANCE ON THIS ENGAGEMENT IS ABSOLUTELY PROHIBITED BY THE AMERICAN FEDERATION OF MUSICIANS.
                                                                                  • Wage agreed upon: $1,250.00 guarantee, privilege 60%
                                                                                  • To be paid
                                                                                    in cash to Al or John Celly [sic] intermission time, night of engagement
                                                                                  • Employer:
                                                                                    Ken Morris
                                                                                    P.O. Box 221
                                                                                    South Bend, Indiana
                                                                                  • Signed by
                                                                                    Ken Morris
                                                                                  • Associated Booking Corporation contract
                                                                                    dated 20th April 1960, Archives Center, SI-NMAH, DEC301, Series III, Subseries A, Box 2, Folder 4
                                                                                  • The South Bend Tribune, South Bend, Ind.,
                                                                                    1960-08-28 p.74
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                                                                                  Monday
                                                                                  .Fremont, OhioSandusky County FairgroundsConcert - Sandusky County Fair

                                                                                  The Sandusky County Fair is held in Fremont, Ohio, the county seat for Sandusky County (Fremont was formerly named Lower Sandusky, from its position 15 miles upriver from the mouth of the Sandusky River). Sandusky County is not to be confused with the city of Sandusky, which is 22 or so miles east-northeast, on the shore of Lake Erie.
                                                                                  A collage of pictures of Ellington in concert was printed in The Fremont News-Messenger, 1960-09-06. Whether or not one of these is the same as the one Stratemann reports is in DESB has not been checked.
                                                                                  Contract terms:
                                                                                  • 15 musicians under the leadership of DUKE ELLINGTON, INC. PRESENTS DUKE ELLINGTON
                                                                                  • Name and Address of Place of Engagement
                                                                                    Sandusky County Fair, Fremont, Ohio
                                                                                  • Date(s) of employment
                                                                                    September 5th, 1960
                                                                                  • Hours of employment
                                                                                    1 concert - 7:30 p.m. - Two hours with the usual 15 minute intermission.
                                                                                  • Type of engagement
                                                                                    Concert
                                                                                  • It is also understood and agreed that DUKE ELLINGTON is to receive headline billing in type equal to 100% on marquee and in any and all releases and paid advertising.
                                                                                  • Wage agreed upon: $2000 (TWO THOUSAND DOLLARS)FLAT.
                                                                                  • To be paid IN FULL IN CASH TO ARTIST NIGHT OF ENGAGEMENT
                                                                                  • Employer:
                                                                                    Ward Beam A[illegible] Inc.
                                                                                    Sandusky County Fair Assoc'n
                                                                                    Fremont, Ohio
                                                                                  • Signed by
                                                                                    Ward Beam
                                                                                  • Associated Booking Corporation contract
                                                                                    dated 20th May 1960, Archives Center, SI-NMAH, DEC301, Series III, Subseries A, Box 2, Folder 5
                                                                                  • Sandusky Register,Sandusky, Ohio
                                                                                    • 1960-08-05 p.10
                                                                                    • 1960-08-30, p.13
                                                                                  • The Fremont News-Messenger, Fremont, Ohio
                                                                                    • 1960-06-16 p.14
                                                                                    • 1960-08-04 p.1
                                                                                    • 1960-09-03 p.1
                                                                                    • 1960-09-06 p.2
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                                                                                  Tuesday
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                                                                                  Wednesday
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                                                                                  Thursday
                                                                                  .Copenhagen, DenmarkFrederiksberg HospitalPeripheral Event
                                                                                  Ex-Ellington bassist Oscar Pettiford died at age 37. He had lived in Copenhagen about 15 months, touring Europe, including a Paris jazz festival with Bud Poell and Kenny Clarke. He became ill Sunday after playing at a Copenhagen art exhibition. The AP story said the doctors refused to disclose the cause of his death. At the time of writing, Wikipedia says he died from a virus "closely related to polio."
                                                                                  Ellington recalled first seeing him in Minneapolis in 1943, and last seeing him in Copenhagen in November 1959. He remarked that Pettiford had married a Danish girl and they had twins before Christmas.
                                                                                  • AP wirestory, The Bridgeport Telegram, Bridgeport, Conn. 1960-09-09 p.6
                                                                                  • John McLellan in the Jazz Scene
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                                                                                  Thursday
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                                                                                  Pennsauken, N.J.Red Hill
                                                                                  7921 River Rd.
                                                                                  Night club residency>

                                                                                  HARVEY HUSTEH'S
                                                                                  JAZZ IN JERSEY
                                                                                  DUKE ELLINGTON
                                                                                  and His Band

                                                                                  FRIDAY, SATURDAY, SUNDAY
                                                                                  PLUS SUNDAY MATINEE 4 P.M.
                                                                                • Philadelhia Daily News, Philadelhia, Penn.
                                                                                  • 1960-09-08 p.36
                                                                                  • 1960-09-09 p.56
                                                                                  • 1960-09-10 p.17
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                                                                                  Monday
                                                                                  1960 09 19
                                                                                  Monday
                                                                                  Boston, Mass.George Wein's Storyville
                                                                                  Bradford Hotel
                                                                                  Nightclub engagement

                                                                                  The band, delayed by Hurricane Donna, arrived late for this opening night at the new location of George Wein's jazz club on the ground floor of the hotel.

                                                                                  Ellington stayed an extra day to make up for the late arrival.
                                                                                  • Boston Daily Record, Boston, Mass.
                                                                                    • 1960-09-01 p.27
                                                                                    • 1960-09-15 p.27
                                                                                    • 1960-09-16 p.55
                                                                                  • Boston Traveler, Boston, Mass.
                                                                                    1960-09-16 p.17
                                                                                  • The Boston Herald, Boston, Mass.
                                                                                    1960-09-16 p.22
                                                                                  • Boston Eve. American, Boston, Mass.
                                                                                    1960-09-17 p.9
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                                                                                  Sunday
                                                                                  .Boston, Mass.George Wein's StoryvilleNightclub - see 1960 09 12
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                                                                                  .Boston, Mass.George Wein's StoryvilleNightclub - see 1960 09 12
                                                                                  George Clarke, Boston Daily Record:

                                                                                  '...Because of his delayed opening due to Hurricane Donna, the Duke and his men, including that great singer, Lil Greenwood, will stay over for an extra day, through next Monday night. '

                                                                                  • Boston Daily Record, Boston, Mass.
                                                                                    1960-09-15 p.27
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                                                                                  Friday
                                                                                  .New York and San FranciscoTravelThe Oakland Tribune reported the Ellington and Mulligan orchestras, the Cannonball Adderley quartet, Gunther Schuller and J.J.Johnson were to arrive by special plane from New York.Oakland Tribune 1960-09-23 p.16-D.
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                                                                                  Saturday
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                                                                                  .Monterey, Cal.Festival GroundsThird annual Monterey Jazz Festival
                                                                                  Ellington and his orchestra with Jimmy Rushing. Cannonball Adderley and his group also perform in this concert. Stratemann shows a photo with tap dancer Bunny Briggs on stage during a Gonsalves solo.

                                                                                  This recorded jazz festival recorded concert included the premiere of Suite Thursday. which the Arizona Republic announcement said Monterey Jazz Festival commissioned Ellington to compose and which had been three years of planning between Ellington and festival manager Jimmy Lyons.

                                                                                  Although Down Beat commented about the Ellington concert having a rough start - the curtain opened too early when only 8 men were on stage, it tuned up in front of the audience, Ellington arrived a few minutes late and Hodges and Gee were quite late, the Ellington concert received a glowing review in the Oakland Tribune and after the initial grumbling, a pretty good review in Down Beat.
                                                                                  Duke Ellington and His Orchestra
                                                                                  Marenguito, Cook, Mullins, Nance, Gee, Brown, Hamilton, Procope, Hodges, Gonsalves, Carney, Ellington, Bell, Woodyard, Jimmy Rushing

                                                                                  Titles recorded:
                                                                                  • Take The "A" Train (theme)
                                                                                  • Perdido
                                                                                  • Overture
                                                                                  • Half The Fun
                                                                                  • Jeep's Blues
                                                                                  • Newport Up
                                                                                  • Sophisticated Lady
                                                                                  • SUITE THURSDAY
                                                                                    • Misfit Blues
                                                                                    • Schwiphti
                                                                                    • Zweet Zurzday
                                                                                    • Lay-By
                                                                                  • Dance Of The Floreadores
                                                                                  • Jam With Sam
                                                                                  • Jones
                                                                                  • On The Sunny Side Of The Street
                                                                                  • Goin' To Chicago
                                                                                  • Sent For You Yesterday
                                                                                  • You Can't Run Around
                                                                                  • Red Carpet
                                                                                  • Oakland Tribune
                                                                                    • 1960-08-28, p.2B
                                                                                    • 1960-09-25, p.26
                                                                                  • The Arizona Republic, Phoenix, Ariz.
                                                                                    1960-08-28 s.2 p.11
                                                                                  • Stratemann p.426-427,
                                                                                    citing Down Beat 1960-11-10
                                                                                  • Vail II with undated Down Beat review
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                                                                                  1960 09 25
                                                                                  Sunday
                                                                                  ...activities not documented...
                                                                                  ...
                                                                                  1960 09 26
                                                                                  Monday
                                                                                  1960 10 09San Francisco, Cal.Club Névé
                                                                                  960 Bush St.
                                                                                  Initially called Névé San Francisco, this was formerly Facks II (see 1960 07 07). Stratemann says the new owners assumed the earlier Facks II contract and paid $10,500 through the AFM.

                                                                                  The Bright Lights column in the San Mateo Times said

                                                                                  Michel Dupont and Jerry Le Grand brought their Neve (former Fack's II, the Bush street jazz spot)to musical life" last Monday evening with the advent of Duke Ellington and his orchestra, who played to one of the largest crowds since former Owner George Andres opened the front doors.

                                                                                  • Stratemann p.426 citing
                                                                                    • Down Beat 1960-11-10
                                                                                    • Duke Ellington Jazz Society newsletter 1960-11
                                                                                  • Vail II with copy of ad.
                                                                                  • San Mateo Times
                                                                                    • 1960-09-23 p.22
                                                                                    • 1960-09-30 p.20
                                                                                    • 1960-10-07 p.2B
                                                                                  • Oakland Tribune 1960-09-25, p.6-B
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                                                                                  1960 09 27
                                                                                  Tuesday
                                                                                  .San Francisco, Cal.Club NévéClub date -see 1960 09 26
                                                                                  Part of the performance was recordedDuke Ellington and His Orchestra
                                                                                  Marenguito, Cook, Mullins, Nance, Gee, Brown, Hamilton, Procope, Hodges, Gonsalves, Carney, Ellington, Bell, Woodyard, Grayson

                                                                                  Titles recorded:
                                                                                  • Take The "A" Train (theme)
                                                                                  • SUITE THURSDAY
                                                                                    • Misfit Blues
                                                                                    • Schwiphti
                                                                                    • Zweet Zurzday
                                                                                    • Lay-By
                                                                                  • Prelude To A Kiss
                                                                                  • C-Jam Blues
                                                                                  • Lost In Loveliness
                                                                                  • One More Once
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                                                                                  Wednesday
                                                                                  .San Francisco, Cal.Club Névésee 1960 09 26....
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                                                                                  Thursday
                                                                                  .San Francisco, Cal.Club Névésee 1960 09 26....
                                                                                  ..2011
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                                                                                  Friday
                                                                                  .San Francisco, Cal.Club Névésee 1960 09 26....
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                                                                                  Johnny Hodges leaves the band
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                                                                                  1960 10 01
                                                                                  Saturday
                                                                                  .San Francisco, Cal.Club Névésee 1960 09 26....
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                                                                                  Sunday
                                                                                  .San Francisco, Cal.Club Névésee 1960 09 26....
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                                                                                  Monday
                                                                                  .San Francisco, Cal.Club Névésee 1960 09 26....
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                                                                                  Tuesday
                                                                                  .San Francisco, Cal.Club Névésee 1960 09 26

                                                                                  Broadcast from the club on FM radio station KHIP
                                                                                  Duke Ellington and His Orchestra
                                                                                  Marenguito, Cook, Mullins, Nance, Gee, Wood, Brown, Hamilton, Procope, Paul Horn, Gonsalves, Carney, Ellington, Bell, Woodyard, Greenwood, Grayson,

                                                                                  Titles broadcast:
                                                                                  • Launching Pad
                                                                                  • Take The "A" Train
                                                                                  • Red Shoes
                                                                                  • Red Carpet
                                                                                  • St. Louis Blues
                                                                                  • Frustration
                                                                                  • One More Once
                                                                                  • Jones
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                                                                                  1960 10 05
                                                                                  Wednesday
                                                                                  .San Francisco, Cal.Club Névésee 1960 09 26....
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                                                                                  1960 10 06
                                                                                  Thursday
                                                                                  .San Francisco, Cal.Club Névésee 1960 09 26....
                                                                                  ..2011
                                                                                  1960 10 07
                                                                                  Friday
                                                                                  .San Francisco, Cal.Club Névésee 1960 09 26....
                                                                                  ..2011
                                                                                  1960 10 08
                                                                                  Saturday
                                                                                  .San Francisco, Cal.Club Névésee 1960 09 26....
                                                                                  ..2011
                                                                                  1960 10 09
                                                                                  Sunday
                                                                                  .San Francisco, Cal.Club Névésee 1960 09 26....
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                                                                                  1960 10 10
                                                                                  Monday
                                                                                  .Los Angeles, Cal.Radio Recorders Annex"Suite Thursday" recording session
                                                                                  1960 10 10. 8:00 to 11:00 pm. RRA.
                                                                                  (Paul Horn subbed for Johnny Hodges, who was ill)
                                                                                  • Email Lasker-Palmquist 2014-10-14 re session time
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                                                                                  1960 10 --.Carbondale, Ill.Southern Illinois University..New Desor
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                                                                                  1960 10 11
                                                                                  Tuesday
                                                                                  ...activities not documented...
                                                                                  ...
                                                                                  1960 10 12
                                                                                  Wednesday
                                                                                  ...activities not documented...
                                                                                  ...
                                                                                  1960 10 13
                                                                                  Thursday
                                                                                  .Rolla, Mo.College of Music
                                                                                  University of Missouri
                                                                                  ....
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                                                                                  1960 10 14
                                                                                  Friday
                                                                                  .St. Louis, Mo.Francis Field House
                                                                                  Washington University
                                                                                  ....
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                                                                                  1960 10 15
                                                                                  Saturday
                                                                                  .Charleston, Ill.Lantz Gym
                                                                                  Illinois University
                                                                                  ....
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                                                                                  1960 10 16
                                                                                  Sunday
                                                                                  2 pm
                                                                                  .Milwaukee, Wisc.Milwaukee AuditoriumJazz Cavalcade concert
                                                                                  Promoted by Ray Mitchell, co-sponsored by Glendale Woman's Club

                                                                                  Three groups performed - Ellington and his orchestra, Dave Brubeck Quartet and Dukes of Dixieland

                                                                                  3,500 in audience

                                                                                  Concert
                                                                                  Ellington led off, then Brubeck, then the Dukes.

                                                                                  The audience clapped time during the show, and there was only time for Brubeck to play three numbers (he began with a talk on jazz rhythms.

                                                                                  The concert wrapped up with all three groups jamming for 15 minutes on 'One More Once.'

                                                                                  At intermission, Ellington and Brubeck went down to the auditorium basement to judge two student jazz combos, but they couldn't decide on a winner.
                                                                                  • Stratemann, p.427 citing Variety 1960-08-24 p.48
                                                                                  • Milwaukee Journal, 1960-10-17, p.13
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                                                                                  1960 10 17
                                                                                  Monday
                                                                                  ...activities not documented...
                                                                                  ...
                                                                                  1960 10 18
                                                                                  Tuesday
                                                                                  ...activities not documented...
                                                                                  ...
                                                                                  1960 10 19
                                                                                  Wednesday
                                                                                  1960 10 20McClure, Ill.Colony Club.
                                                                                  • Stratemann p.427 citing DESB
                                                                                  • Vail II
                                                                                  • Ad, Southern Illinoisian, Carbondale-Herrin-Murphyshire, 1960-10-18 p.11, as well as 1960-11-16 and -17
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                                                                                  1960 10 20
                                                                                  Thursday
                                                                                  ...PERSONNEL CHANGE
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                                                                                  1960 10 20
                                                                                  Thursday
                                                                                  .McClure, Ill.Colony Clubsee 1960 10 19...
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                                                                                  Friday
                                                                                  8:30PM-12:30AM
                                                                                  .Normal, Ill.McCormick Gymnasium, Illinois State UniversityDance...
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                                                                                  1960 10 22
                                                                                  Saturday
                                                                                  .Kalamazoo, Mich.Western Michigan University(Unconfirmed)

                                                                                  .
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                                                                                  1960 10 23
                                                                                  Sunday
                                                                                  8 PM
                                                                                  .River Forrest, Ill.Gymnasium
                                                                                  Concordia Teachers College
                                                                                  ConcertOak Leaves, Oak Park, Ill., 1960-10-06, p.40..
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                                                                                  Monday
                                                                                  .South Bend, Ind.
                                                                                  or
                                                                                  Notre Dame, Ind.
                                                                                  St. Mary's CollegeEllington is interviewed on the radio by Frank Hamilton.

                                                                                  Vail II has an Ellington concert at St. Mary's College, Notre Dame University in South Bend, Indiana, followed by the Hamilton interview. Stratemann p.427 shows only the location St. Mary's College, Notre Dame University, Notre Dame, Ill. without mentioning a concert but mentions the interview. New Desor DE6034 shows the interview was broadcast on WSMB in South Bend. The campus map for St. Mary's shows it's in Notre Dame, Indiana, which is an unincorporated centre of population for U.S. Census purposes. Its various webpages give its address as Notre Dame, Ind.

                                                                                  The district, for want of a better word, has three college campuses - University of Notre Dame, Saint Mary's College, and Holy Cross College. St. Mary's webpage "About South Bend" doesn't mention South Bend but says "Notre Dame, Indiana, is not a city you can find on any major map... Saint Mary's College and Holy Cross College share this unique mailing address, and much more, with the University of Notre Dame."

                                                                                  St. Mary's is about 3 miles south of University of Notre Dame, with a river and Holy Cross College lying in between.

                                                                                  While the exact "legal" location of St. Mary's is unclear, it is clearly not a part of the University of Notre Dame.
                                                                                  • Vail II
                                                                                  • Stratemann p.427
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                                                                                  1960 10 25
                                                                                  Tuesday
                                                                                  8 PM
                                                                                  .Rock Island, Ill.Centennial Hall
                                                                                  Augustana College
                                                                                  Concert, 800 peopleStratemann .427 citing DESB..
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                                                                                  1960 10 26
                                                                                  Wednesday
                                                                                  ...activities not documented...
                                                                                  ...
                                                                                  1960 10 27
                                                                                  Thursday
                                                                                  ...activities not documented...
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                                                                                  1960 10 28
                                                                                  Friday
                                                                                  .Pittsburg, Kans.Pittsburg State College....
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                                                                                  Saturday
                                                                                  .Decatur, Ill.Eisenhower High School GymnasiumMillikin University homecoming dance
                                                                                  8 to midnight
                                                                                  Decatur Sunday Herald and Review printed a photo of Ellington crouched at the edge of the stage, chatting with students Barbara Moose and James Flint. It reported 700 couples attended.
                                                                                  Contract terms:
                                                                                  • 15 musicians and vocalist under the leadership of DUKE ELLINGTON, INC. PRESENTS DUKE ELLINGTON IN PERSON
                                                                                  • Name and Address of Place of Engagement
                                                                                    EISENHOWER HIGH SCHOOL GYM, (MILLIKIN UNIV.) DECATUR ILL.
                                                                                  • Date(s) of employment
                                                                                    Saturday, October 28, 1960
                                                                                  • Hours of employment
                                                                                    8 p.m. to 12:00 midnight
                                                                                  • Two top billing clauses:
                                                                                    • DUKE ELLINGTON TO RECEIVE 100% TOP BILLING
                                                                                    • It is also understood and agreed that DUKE ELLINGTON is to receive sole star headline billing in type equal to 100% on marquee and in any and all releases and paid advertising.
                                                                                  • Type of engagement
                                                                                    DANCE
                                                                                  • IT IS AGREED AND UNDERSTOOD THAT AS A PART OF THIS CONTRACT THE EMPLOYER ASSUMES ALL RESPONSIBILITY FOR ANY AND ALL ADDITIONAL MUSICIANS AS SET FORTH BY THE RULINGS OF THE LOCAL MUSICIANS UNION WITHIN WHOSE JURISDICTION THIS ENGAGEMENT IS PLAYED.
                                                                                  • EMPLOYER AGREES TO FURNISH A GRAND PIANO WHICH MEETS WITH THE ARTIST'S APPROVAL AND TO HAVE IT TUNED TO PITCH A=440 AND TO [the remainder of this lengthy rubber-stamped condition is too faint to read)
                                                                                  • ANY MECHANICAL REPRODUCTION OF THE ARTISTS PERFORMANCE ON THIS ENGAGEMENT IS ABSOLUTELY PROHIBITED BY THE AMERICAN FEDERATION OF MUSICIANS.
                                                                                  • Wage agreed upon: $2,750.00 guaranteed. ($1,000 Deposit payable Associated Booking Corp. upon signing contract; balance of deposit 30-days prior to engagement. Balance of contract price to be paid in cash to Mr. Ellington intermission time night of engagement.
                                                                                  • it is further agreed that associated booking corporation will deliver a copy of this contract signed by the bandleader to Wayne Krowe...by July 15, 1960 or all provisions of this contract will be null and void and deposit will be returned.
                                                                                  • Employer:
                                                                                    Wayne Krowe, Dir. of Alumni Relations
                                                                                    Per Jim Flint
                                                                                    Don Behwars
                                                                                    MILLIKIN UNIVERSITY
                                                                                    Decatur, Illinois
                                                                                  • Associated Booking Corporation contract
                                                                                    dated 15th April, 1060, Archives Center, SI-NMAH, DEC301, Series III, Subseries A, Box 2, Folder 4
                                                                                  • The Decatur Review, Decatur, Ill.
                                                                                    • 1960-10-01 p.5
                                                                                    • 1960-10-29 p.14
                                                                                  • Decatur Daily Review, Decatur, Ill.
                                                                                    1960-10-07 p.1
                                                                                  • Decatur Herald, Decatur, Ill.
                                                                                    1960-10-10 p.3
                                                                                  • Decatur Sunday Herald and Review , Decatur, Ill.
                                                                                    1960-10-30 p.3
                                                                                  • Stratemann p.427
                                                                                  • Vail II
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                                                                                  Sunday
                                                                                  .Villa Park, Ill.Willowbrook High School....
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                                                                                  1960 10 31
                                                                                  Monday
                                                                                  Halloween
                                                                                  ...activities not documented...
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                                                                                  November 1960

                                                                                  1960 11 01
                                                                                  Tuesday
                                                                                  ..activities not documented

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                                                                                  Wednesday
                                                                                  ...activities not documented...
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                                                                                  1960 11 03
                                                                                  Thursday
                                                                                  .Cleveland, OhioMusic Hall....
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                                                                                  1960 11 04
                                                                                  Friday
                                                                                  .Princeton, N.J.Princeton University.Stratemann p.427 citing Duke Ellington Jazz Society newsletter 1960-11..
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                                                                                  1960 11 05
                                                                                  Saturday
                                                                                  .New York, N.Y.Gould Auditorium
                                                                                  New York University
                                                                                  .Stratemann p.427 citing Duke Ellington Jazz Society newsletter 1960-11..
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                                                                                  1960 11 06
                                                                                  Sunday
                                                                                  .Cleveland, OhioMusic Hall2,500 attended this concert which also featured the Dave Brubeck QuartetStratemann p.427 citing
                                                                                  • Duke Ellington Jazz Society newsletter 1960-11
                                                                                  • DESB
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                                                                                  1960 11 07
                                                                                  Monday
                                                                                  ...activities not documented...
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                                                                                  1960 11 08
                                                                                  Tuesday
                                                                                  ...activities not documented...
                                                                                  ...
                                                                                  1960 11 09
                                                                                  Wednesday
                                                                                  .Framington, Mass.Meadows Club.Stratemann p.427 citing DESB..
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                                                                                  Thursday
                                                                                  .Taunton, Mass.Roseland Ballroom.Stratemann p.427 citing
                                                                                  • Duke Ellington Jazz Society newsletter 1960-11
                                                                                  • DESB
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                                                                                  Friday
                                                                                  1960 11 17
                                                                                  Thursday
                                                                                  Boston, Mass.Bradford HotelWhile Stratemann speculates this engagement was actually the Storyville Club, located in the hotel, it seems the club was closed already.
                                                                                  • Stratemann p.427 citing Duke Ellington Jazz Society newsletter 1960-11
                                                                                  • Dorothy Kilgallen's syndicated column, The Dover, Ohio, Daily Reporter, 1960-06-23, p.4
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                                                                                  Saturday
                                                                                  .Boston, Mass.Bradford Hotelsee 1960 11 11...
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                                                                                  1960 11 13
                                                                                  Sunday
                                                                                  .Boston, Mass.Bradford Hotelsee 1960 11 11...
                                                                                  ..2011
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                                                                                  Monday
                                                                                  .Boston, Mass.Bradford Hotelsee 1960 11 11...
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                                                                                  1960 11 15
                                                                                  Tuesday
                                                                                  .Boston, Mass.Bradford Hotelsee 1960 11 11...
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                                                                                  Wednesday
                                                                                  .Boston, Mass.Bradford Hotelsee 1960 11 11...
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                                                                                  Thursday
                                                                                  .Boston, Mass.Bradford Hotelsee 1960 11 11...
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                                                                                  Friday
                                                                                  .Easton, Penn.Lafayette College.Stratemann p.427 citing Duke Ellington Jazz Society newsletter 1960-11..
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                                                                                  1960 11 19
                                                                                  Saturday
                                                                                  .Stratford, Conn.Shakespeare Festival Theater.Stratemann p.427 citing Duke Ellington Jazz Society newsletter 1960-11..
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                                                                                  1960 11 20
                                                                                  Sunday
                                                                                  .Trenton, N.J.Officers Club
                                                                                  McGuire Air Force Base
                                                                                  .Stratemann p.428 citing Duke Ellington Jazz Society newsletter 1960-11..
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                                                                                  1960 11 21
                                                                                  Monday
                                                                                  ...Ellington's activities while the film Paris Blues was made are not well documented and what documentation there is is contradictory.

                                                                                  The band was laid-off while Ellington was away working on the film Paris Blues, although the Dec. 15 1960 edition of Jet Magazine says several of them were working at Storyville. Stratemann quotes a 1969 Willis Conover and Ellington interview, saying the band was temporarily laid off because a scheduled two-week engagement in Boston was cancelled after the bookers learned Ellington would not be appearing personally.

                                                                                  Mercer:

                                                                                  'Because of the filmmakers' judgment of the American market, its original concept got changed around, but Ellington did not know this when he laid aside his other commitments, left the band, and went abroad to work on the music for it. The theme was one he upheld: the romantic story of white boy and black girl. He was so intrigued that it was one of the few times he allowed an outside project to take precedence over the band. When he arrived in Paris and discovered the switchover, he was very disappointed and firm in his belief that they should have stuck to the original version.

                                                                                  The Conover note also says prerecordings were done in Hollywood earlier in 1960, and when changes were needed due to rewrites, Ellington had Strayhorn go to Paris in early to mid October to try to sort things out. Ellington himself followed a month later.

                                                                                  Stratemann, p.428:

                                                                                  'Originally, Ellington was reported to be due in Paris France, for work on his next motion picture, "Paris Blues," on November 21. Instead, he went to California for initial work on the film, and it was December 8, when he 'tightened up his courage and took the air route to Paris to work on the score for "Paris Blues"''1

                                                                                  Jet Magazine Dec.8 (caption to picture):

                                                                                  'Long known for his aversion to flying, bandleader Duke Ellington boards a jet liner in New York for his first overseas flight to Paris.'2



                                                                                  While DEMS 09,1-33 says the flight was Dec.8, the story and accompanying picture were in the Dec. 8 edition of Jet Magazine, so the flight must have been earlier. The date of his arrival in Paris is not yet documented, although the U.S.Foreign Service reported he was in his Paris hotel on Nov. 21 (see next entry).

                                                                                  Dates and locations should be ascertainable from Ellington's business records at the Smithsonian, by reviewing the travel expenses.
                                                                                  • (1)Stratemann p.432, unattributed
                                                                                  • M. Ellington, DEIP, p. 183
                                                                                  • (2)Jet Magazine 1960-12-08, p.57
                                                                                  • Krin Gabbard, Paris Blues: Ellington, Armstrong, and Saying It with Music, in Uptown Conversation: The New Jazz Studies, edited by Robert O'Meally, Robert G. O'Meally, Brent Hayes Edwards, Farah Jasmine Griffin, Columbia University Press, 2004, pp.297-309
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                                                                                  Monday
                                                                                  1961 01 07

                                                                                  Saturday
                                                                                  Paris, FranceHotel de la Trémoille
                                                                                  14 rue de la Trémoille
                                                                                  A U.S. Foreign Service memorandum to the Director of the FBI reported Ellington's stay in this hotel, and said his reason to be in France was direct the orchestration of the film "Paris Blues."..
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                                                                                  Tuesday
                                                                                  .San Francisco, Cal.. Peripheral event
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                                                                                  Tuesday
                                                                                  .Hollywood or Paris.Ellington and Strayhorn were in France to work on Paris Blues
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                                                                                  Wednesday
                                                                                  .Hollywood or Paris.Ellington and Strayhorn were in France to work on Paris Blues
                                                                                  The sidemen were laid off - see 1960 11 21
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                                                                                  1960 11 24
                                                                                  Thursday
                                                                                  .Hollywood or Paris.Ellington and Strayhorn were in France to work on Paris Blues
                                                                                  The sidemen were laid off - see 1960 11 21
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                                                                                  1960 11 25
                                                                                  Friday
                                                                                  .Hollywood or Paris.Ellington and Strayhorn were in France to work on Paris Blues
                                                                                  The sidemen were laid off - see 1960 11 21
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                                                                                  1960 11 26
                                                                                  Saturday
                                                                                  .Hollywood or Paris.Ellington and Strayhorn were in France to work on Paris Blues
                                                                                  The sidemen were laid off - see 1960 11 21
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                                                                                  1960 11 27
                                                                                  Sunday
                                                                                  .Hollywood or Paris.Ellington and Strayhorn were in France to work on Paris Blues
                                                                                  The sidemen were laid off - see 1960 11 21
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                                                                                  1960 11 28
                                                                                  Monday
                                                                                  .Hollywood or Paris.Ellington and Strayhorn were in France to work on Paris Blues
                                                                                  The sidemen were laid off - see 1960 11 21
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                                                                                  1960 11 29
                                                                                  Tuesday
                                                                                  .Hollywood or Paris.Ellington and Strayhorn were in France to work on Paris Blues
                                                                                  The sidemen were laid off - see 1960 11 21
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                                                                                  1960 11 30
                                                                                  Wedesday
                                                                                  .Hollywood or Paris.Ellington and Strayhorn were in France to work on Paris Blues
                                                                                  The sidemen were laid off - see 1960 11 21
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                                                                                  December 1960

                                                                                  1960 12 00...PERSONNEL CHANGE
                                                                                  Singer Lil Greenwood and trombonist Booty Wood leave the band in early December
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                                                                                  1960 12 01
                                                                                  Thursday
                                                                                  .Hollywood or Paris.Ellington and Strayhorn were in France to work on Paris Blues
                                                                                  The sidemen were laid off - see 1960 11 21
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                                                                                  1960 12 02
                                                                                  Friday
                                                                                  .Hollywood or Paris.Ellington and Strayhorn were in France to work on Paris Blues
                                                                                  The sidemen were laid off - see 1960 11 21
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                                                                                  1960 12 03
                                                                                  Saturday
                                                                                  .Hollywood or Paris.Ellington and Strayhorn were in France to work on Paris Blues
                                                                                  The sidemen were laid off - see 1960 11 21
                                                                                  ...
                                                                                  ..added 2012-11-14
                                                                                  1960 12 04
                                                                                  Sunday
                                                                                  .Hollywood or Paris.Ellington and Strayhorn were in France to work on Paris Blues
                                                                                  The sidemen were laid off - see 1960 11 21
                                                                                  ...
                                                                                  ..added 2012-11-14
                                                                                  1960 12 05
                                                                                  Monday
                                                                                  .Hollywood or Paris.Ellington and Strayhorn were in France to work on Paris Blues
                                                                                  The sidemen were laid off - see 1960 11 21
                                                                                  ...
                                                                                  ..added 2012-11-14
                                                                                  1960 12 06
                                                                                  Tuesday
                                                                                  .Hollywood or Paris.Ellington and Strayhorn were in France to work on Paris Blues
                                                                                  The sidemen were laid off - see 1960 11 21
                                                                                  ...
                                                                                  ..added 2012-11-14
                                                                                  1960 12 07
                                                                                  Wednesday
                                                                                  .New York and/or Paris.Ellington and Strayhorn were in France to work on Paris Blues
                                                                                  The sidemen were laid off - see 1960 11 21

                                                                                  The Dec. 8 edition of Jet Magazine carried an undated photo of Duke in the hatchway of a PanAmerican jet liner in New York. This was likely taken on or before Dec.7. Since Ellington did not take a direct flight from Hollywood to Paris, he may have spent some time in New York before continuing his journey, but this is speculation.
                                                                                  ...
                                                                                  ..added 2012-11-14
                                                                                  1960 12 081960 12 09New York, N.Y.Olmsted Sound Peripheral event

                                                                                  Johnny Hodges recording session with Lawrence Brown, Jimmy Jones, Aaron Bell, and Sonny Greer
                                                                                  ..DEMS
                                                                                  ..2011
                                                                                  updated
                                                                                  2012-11-14
                                                                                  1960 12 08
                                                                                  Thursday
                                                                                  .Paris, France.Ellington and Strayhorn were in France to work on Paris Blues
                                                                                  The sidemen were laid off - see 1960 11 21
                                                                                  ...
                                                                                  ..added 2012-11-14
                                                                                  1960 12 09
                                                                                  Friday
                                                                                  .Paris, France.Ellington and Strayhorn were in France to work on Paris Blues
                                                                                  The sidemen were laid off - see 1960 11 21
                                                                                  ...
                                                                                  ..added 2012-11-14
                                                                                  1960 12 10
                                                                                  Saturday
                                                                                  .Paris, France.Ellington and Strayhorn were in France to work on Paris Blues
                                                                                  The sidemen were laid off - see 1960 11 21
                                                                                  ...
                                                                                  ..added 2012-11-14
                                                                                  1960 12 11
                                                                                  Sunday
                                                                                  .Paris, France.Ellington and Strayhorn were in France to work on Paris Blues
                                                                                  The sidemen were laid off - see 1960 11 21
                                                                                  ...
                                                                                  ..added 2012-11-14
                                                                                  1960 12 12
                                                                                  Monday
                                                                                  .Paris, France.Ellington and Strayhorn were in France to work on Paris Blues
                                                                                  The sidemen were laid off - see 1960 11 21
                                                                                  ...
                                                                                  ..added 2012-11-14
                                                                                  1960 12 13
                                                                                  Tuesday
                                                                                  .Paris, France.Ellington and Strayhorn were in France to work on Paris Blues
                                                                                  The sidemen were laid off - see 1960 11 21
                                                                                  ...
                                                                                  ..added 2012-11-14
                                                                                  1960 12 14
                                                                                  Wednesday
                                                                                  .Paris, FranceBarclay StudiosRecording Session 'Paris Blues'

                                                                                  Band off work

                                                                                  See 1960 11 21
                                                                                  .New Desor
                                                                                  DE9076
                                                                                  DEMS
                                                                                  NDCS 1093.Added
                                                                                  2011
                                                                                  1960 12 15
                                                                                  Thursday
                                                                                  .Paris, France.Ellington and Strayhorn were in France to work on Paris Blues
                                                                                  The sidemen were laid off - see 1960 11 21
                                                                                  ...
                                                                                  ..added 2012-11-14
                                                                                  1960 12 16
                                                                                  Friday
                                                                                  .Paris, France.Ellington and Strayhorn were in France to work on Paris Blues
                                                                                  The sidemen were laid off - see 1960 11 21
                                                                                  ...
                                                                                  ..added 2012-11-14
                                                                                  1960 12 17.Paris, France.(Unconfirmed)
                                                                                  Ellington and Strayhorn working on film
                                                                                  ...
                                                                                  ..added 2012-11-14
                                                                                  1960 12 17
                                                                                  Saturday
                                                                                  .Paris, FranceMaison de la RadioEllington guests in the prerecording of the television show 'Jean Sabon Show' for ORTF, which aired Dec. 25.

                                                                                  Strayhorn's activities undocumented

                                                                                  Band off work

                                                                                  See 1960 11 21.
                                                                                  .New Desor
                                                                                  DE6035
                                                                                  DEMS
                                                                                  ..2011
                                                                                  updated
                                                                                  2013-07-09
                                                                                  1960 12 18
                                                                                  Sunday
                                                                                  .Paris, France.Ellington and Strayhorn were in France to work on Paris Blues
                                                                                  The sidemen were laid off - see 1960 11 21
                                                                                  ...
                                                                                  ..added 2012-11-14
                                                                                  1960 12 19
                                                                                  Monday
                                                                                  .Paris, France.Ellington and Strayhorn were in France to work on Paris Blues
                                                                                  The sidemen were laid off - see 1960 11 21
                                                                                  ...
                                                                                  ..added 2012-11-14
                                                                                  1960 12 20
                                                                                  Tuesday
                                                                                  .Paris, France.Ellington and Strayhorn were in France to work on Paris Blues
                                                                                  The sidemen were laid off - see 1960 11 21
                                                                                  ...
                                                                                  ..added 2012-11-14
                                                                                  1960 12 21
                                                                                  Wednesday
                                                                                  .Paris, France.Ellington and Strayhorn were in France to work on Paris Blues
                                                                                  The sidemen were laid off - see 1960 11 21
                                                                                  ...
                                                                                  ..added 2012-11-14
                                                                                  1960 12 22
                                                                                  Thursday
                                                                                  .Paris, France.Ellington and Strayhorn were in France to work on Paris Blues
                                                                                  The sidemen were laid off - see 1960 11 21
                                                                                  ...
                                                                                  ..added 2012-11-14
                                                                                  1960 12 23
                                                                                  Friday
                                                                                  .Paris, France.Ellington and Strayhorn were in France to work on Paris Blues
                                                                                  The sidemen were laid off - see 1960 11 21
                                                                                  ...
                                                                                  ..added 2012-11-14
                                                                                  circa
                                                                                  1960 12 23
                                                                                  Friday
                                                                                  .Paris, France.(Unconfirmed)

                                                                                  ORTF Broadcast 'Hebdomadaire De Jazz'-interview

                                                                                  The date is based on Ellington saying, in the interview, that he arrived exactly two weeks previously. When the date of the flight is confirmed, this interview may have to be redated.
                                                                                  .New Desor
                                                                                  DE9077
                                                                                  DEMS
                                                                                  NDCS 1092.Added
                                                                                  2011
                                                                                  1960 12 24
                                                                                  Saturday
                                                                                  .Paris, France.Ellington and Strayhorn were in France to work on Paris Blues
                                                                                  The sidemen were laid off - see 1960 11 21
                                                                                  ...
                                                                                  ..added 2012-11-14
                                                                                  1960 12 24
                                                                                  Saturday
                                                                                  .Paris, FrancePalais Defense...DEMS
                                                                                  Stratemann 441.Added
                                                                                  2011
                                                                                  1960 12 25
                                                                                  Sunday
                                                                                  Christmas
                                                                                  .Paris, France.Broadcast of the Jean Sablon ORTF show...
                                                                                  Stratemann 441 corrTimner-4/28.Added
                                                                                  2011
                                                                                  1960 12 25
                                                                                  Sunday
                                                                                  Christmas
                                                                                  .Paris, France.Ellington and Strayhorn were in France to work on Paris Blues
                                                                                  The sidemen were laid off - see 1960 11 21
                                                                                  Additional documentation is likely to be found in SI-NMAH Archives Center, DEC301, Series 2: Performances and Programs, 1933-1974, box 1, folder 26 Paris, France, December 25-29, 1960..
                                                                                  ..added 2012-11-14
                                                                                  2016-01-04
                                                                                  1960 12 26
                                                                                  Monday
                                                                                  .Paris, France.Ellington and Strayhorn were in France to work on Paris Blues
                                                                                  The sidemen were laid off - see 1960 11 21
                                                                                  ...
                                                                                  ..added 2012-11-14
                                                                                  1960 12 27
                                                                                  Tuesday
                                                                                  .Paris, France.Ellington and Strayhorn were in France to work on Paris Blues
                                                                                  The sidemen were laid off - see 1960 11 21
                                                                                  ...
                                                                                  ..added 2012-11-14
                                                                                  1960 12 28
                                                                                  Wednesday
                                                                                  .Paris, France.Ellington and Strayhorn were in France to work on Paris Blues
                                                                                  The sidemen were laid off - see 1960 11 21
                                                                                  ...
                                                                                  ..added 2012-11-14
                                                                                  1960 12 29
                                                                                  Thursday
                                                                                  .Paris, France.Ellington and Strayhorn were in France to work on Paris Blues
                                                                                  The sidemen were laid off - see 1960 11 21
                                                                                  ...
                                                                                  ..added 2012-11-14
                                                                                  1960 12 29
                                                                                  Thursday
                                                                                  1960 12 30Paris, FrancePalais Chaillot "Turcaret"..New Desor
                                                                                  DE6037
                                                                                  DEMS
                                                                                  Stratemann 441.Added
                                                                                  2011
                                                                                  1960 12 30
                                                                                  Friday
                                                                                  .Paris, FrancePalais Chaillot "Turcaret"..New Desor
                                                                                  DE6037
                                                                                  DEMS
                                                                                  Stratemann 441.2011<
                                                                                  1960 12 30
                                                                                  Friday
                                                                                  .Paris, France.Ellington and Strayhorn were in France to work on Paris Blues
                                                                                  The sidemen were laid off - see 1960 11 21
                                                                                  ...
                                                                                  ..added 2012-11-14
                                                                                  1960 12 31
                                                                                  Saturday
                                                                                  .Paris, France.Ellington and Strayhorn were in France to work on Paris Blues
                                                                                  The sidemen were laid off - see 1960 11 21
                                                                                  ...
                                                                                  ..added 2012-11-14
                                                                                  1960 12 00.Paris, France.Recording session, "Paris Blues"Stratemann 429New Desor
                                                                                  DE6036
                                                                                  DEMS
                                                                                  Photos:
                                                                                  • Stratemann pp.425, 437
                                                                                  • F. Billard, Duke Ellington, Seuil, 1994
                                                                                  • Michel Boujut: Pour Louis Armstrong, Filipacchi, 1976
                                                                                  • Jazz Corner
                                                                                  .Added
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                                                                                  January 1961

                                                                                  1961 01 01
                                                                                  Sunday
                                                                                  .Paris, France.Ellington and Strayhorn were in France to work on Paris Blues
                                                                                  The sidemen were laid off - see 1960 11 21
                                                                                  ...
                                                                                  ..added 2012-11-14
                                                                                  1961 01 02
                                                                                  Monday
                                                                                  .Paris, France.Ellington and Strayhorn were in France to work on Paris Blues
                                                                                  The sidemen were laid off - see 1960 11 21
                                                                                  ...
                                                                                  ..added 2012-11-14
                                                                                  1961 01 03
                                                                                  Tuesday
                                                                                  .Paris, France.Ellington and Strayhorn were in France to work on Paris Blues
                                                                                  The sidemen were laid off - see 1960 11 21
                                                                                  ...
                                                                                  ..added 2012-11-14
                                                                                  1961 01 04
                                                                                  Wednesday
                                                                                  .Paris, France.Ellington and Strayhorn were in France to work on Paris Blues
                                                                                  The sidemen were laid off - see 1960 11 21
                                                                                  ...
                                                                                  ..added 2012-11-14
                                                                                  1961 01 05
                                                                                  Thursday
                                                                                  .Paris, France ."Paris Blues"
                                                                                  Ellington and Strayhorn were in France to work on Paris Blues
                                                                                  The sidemen were laid off - see 1960 11 21
                                                                                  ..DEMS
                                                                                  • VARphotos
                                                                                  • Photo F. Billard, Duke Ellington, Seuil, 1994
                                                                                  .Added
                                                                                  2011
                                                                                  1961 01 05
                                                                                  Thursday
                                                                                  .New York, N.Y.. Peripheral event
                                                                                  Recording session, Paul Gonsalves, Harold Ashby, Ray Nance and 3 non-Ellingtonians
                                                                                  Timner V, p.562..
                                                                                  .djpNew
                                                                                  added 2015-04-30
                                                                                  1961 01 06
                                                                                  Friday
                                                                                  .Paris, France.Ellington and Strayhorn were in France to work on Paris Blues
                                                                                  The sidemen were laid off - see 1960 11 21
                                                                                  ...
                                                                                  ..added 2012-11-14
                                                                                  1961 01 07
                                                                                  Saturday
                                                                                  .Paris, France.Ellington returned to New York from Paris on PAA (PanAm) flight 115. Strayhorn may have remained in France to work on Paris Blues
                                                                                  The sidemen were laid off - see 1960 11 21
                                                                                  The form says a visa was issued in New York on Nov. 15, 1960, presumably this would be a visa for the trip to France.
                                                                                  Imm.& Natz.form, New York, Jan. 7, 1961...
                                                                                  ..added
                                                                                  2012-11-14
                                                                                  updated
                                                                                  2019-01-06
                                                                                  1961 01 08
                                                                                  Sunday
                                                                                  .Paris, France
                                                                                  to
                                                                                  New York, N.Y.
                                                                                  .Ellington returned from Paris for 24 hours, before going on to Las Vegas.Stratemann p.442 citing Herald Tribune, 1961-01-15...
                                                                                  ...
                                                                                  1961 01 09
                                                                                  Monday
                                                                                  .New York, N.Y.
                                                                                  to
                                                                                  Las Vegas, Nev.
                                                                                  .Ellington travelled to Las Vegas.

                                                                                  When the rest of the band assembled in Las Vegas is not documented. Presumably they would have had some rehearsals due to their month long layoff.
                                                                                  Stratemann ibid...
                                                                                  .djp2015-04-29
                                                                                  1961 01 10
                                                                                  Tuesday
                                                                                  .Las Vegas, Nev..activities not documented
                                                                                  ...
                                                                                  ...
                                                                                  1961 01 11
                                                                                  Wednesday
                                                                                  1961 02 28Las Vegas, Nev.Starlight Room
                                                                                  Riviera Hotel
                                                                                  Casino residency
                                                                                  According to Stratemann, Ellington arranged to play Las Vegas in the early part of 1961 so he would be close to Los Angeles for expected recording sessions for the Paris Blues background score. He had to change plans when it was decided to have the sessions in New York instead.
                                                                                  Stratemann p.442 citing Variety 1961-02-08 p.92..
                                                                                  .djpAdded
                                                                                  2011
                                                                                  updated
                                                                                  2015-04-29
                                                                                  2015-05-01
                                                                                  1961 01 12
                                                                                  Thursday
                                                                                  . Las Vegas, Nev.Starlight Room
                                                                                  Riviera Hotel
                                                                                  Casino residency - see 1961 01 11...
                                                                                  .djp2011
                                                                                  1961 01 13
                                                                                  Friday
                                                                                  . Las Vegas, Nev.Starlight Room
                                                                                  Riviera Hotel
                                                                                  Casino residency - see 1961 01 11...
                                                                                  .djp2011
                                                                                  1961 01 14
                                                                                  Saturday
                                                                                  . Las Vegas, Nev.Starlight Room
                                                                                  Riviera Hotel
                                                                                  Casino residency - see 1961 01 11...
                                                                                  .djp2011
                                                                                  1961 01 15
                                                                                  Sunday
                                                                                  ...PERSONNEL CHANGES
                                                                                  Juan Tizol rejoined the band for the Riviera engagement.

                                                                                  Booty Wood did not return after the layoff and was replaced by Lou Blackburn, who stayed until December but did not record with the band.
                                                                                  • New Desor vol.2
                                                                                  • Stratemann p.442
                                                                                  ..
                                                                                  .djpNew
                                                                                  added 2012-10-25
                                                                                  updated
                                                                                  2015-04-30
                                                                                  1961 01 15
                                                                                  Sunday
                                                                                  . Las Vegas, Nev.Starlight Room
                                                                                  Riviera Hotel
                                                                                  Casino residency - see 1961 01 11...
                                                                                  .djp2011
                                                                                  1961 01 16
                                                                                  Monday
                                                                                  . Las Vegas, Nev.Starlight Room
                                                                                  Riviera Hotel
                                                                                  Casino residency - see 1961 01 11...
                                                                                  .djp2011
                                                                                  1961 01 17
                                                                                  Tuesday
                                                                                  . Las Vegas, Nev.Starlight Room
                                                                                  Riviera Hotel
                                                                                  Casino residency - see 1961 01 11...
                                                                                  .djp2011
                                                                                  1961 01 18
                                                                                  Wednesday
                                                                                  . Las Vegas, Nev.Starlight Room
                                                                                  Riviera Hotel
                                                                                  Casino residency - see 1961 01 11...
                                                                                  .djp2011
                                                                                  1961 01 19
                                                                                  Thursday
                                                                                  . Las Vegas, Nev.Starlight Room
                                                                                  Riviera Hotel
                                                                                  Casino residency - see 1961 01 11...
                                                                                  .djp2011
                                                                                  1961 01 20
                                                                                  Friday
                                                                                  . Las Vegas, Nev.Starlight Room
                                                                                  Riviera Hotel
                                                                                  Casino residency - see 1961 01 11...
                                                                                  .djp2011
                                                                                  1961 01 21
                                                                                  Saturday
                                                                                  . Las Vegas, Nev.Starlight Room
                                                                                  Riviera Hotel
                                                                                  Casino residency - see 1961 01 11...
                                                                                  .djp2011
                                                                                  1961 01 22
                                                                                  Sunday
                                                                                  . Las Vegas, Nev.Starlight Room
                                                                                  Riviera Hotel
                                                                                  Casino residency - see 1961 01 11...
                                                                                  .djp2011
                                                                                  1961 01 23
                                                                                  Monday
                                                                                  . Las Vegas, Nev.Starlight Room
                                                                                  Riviera Hotel
                                                                                  Casino residency - see 1961 01 11...
                                                                                  .djp2011
                                                                                  1961 01 24
                                                                                  Tuesday
                                                                                  . Las Vegas, Nev.Starlight Room
                                                                                  Riviera Hotel
                                                                                  Casino residency - see 1961 01 11...
                                                                                  .djp2011
                                                                                  1961 01 25
                                                                                  Wednesday
                                                                                  . Las Vegas, Nev.Starlight Room
                                                                                  Riviera Hotel
                                                                                  Casino residency - see 1961 01 11...
                                                                                  .djp2011
                                                                                  1961 01 26
                                                                                  Thursday
                                                                                  . Las Vegas, Nev.Starlight Room
                                                                                  Riviera Hotel
                                                                                  Casino residency - see 1961 01 11...
                                                                                  .djp2011
                                                                                  1961 01 27
                                                                                  Friday
                                                                                  . Las Vegas, Nev.Starlight Room
                                                                                  Riviera Hotel
                                                                                  Casino residency - see 1961 01 11...
                                                                                  .djp2011
                                                                                  1961 01 28
                                                                                  Saturday
                                                                                  . Las Vegas, Nev.Starlight Room
                                                                                  Riviera Hotel
                                                                                  Casino residency - see 1961 01 11...
                                                                                  .djp2011
                                                                                  1961 01 29
                                                                                  Sunday
                                                                                  . Las Vegas, Nev.Starlight Room
                                                                                  Riviera Hotel
                                                                                  Casino residency - see 1961 01 11...
                                                                                  .djp2011
                                                                                  1961 01 30
                                                                                  Monday
                                                                                  . Las Vegas, Nev.Starlight Room
                                                                                  Riviera Hotel
                                                                                  Casino residency - see 1961 01 11...
                                                                                  .djp2011
                                                                                  1961 01 31
                                                                                  Tuesday
                                                                                  .Los Angeles, Cal.Radio Recorders studio Peripheral event
                                                                                  Recording session. Johnny Hodges & His Orchestra, including Nance, Brown, Woodman and 3 non-Ellingtonians
                                                                                  Timner V, p.563.DEMS
                                                                                  .djpAdded
                                                                                  2011
                                                                                  updated
                                                                                  2015-04-30
                                                                                  1961 01 31
                                                                                  Tuesday
                                                                                  . Las Vegas, Nev.Starlight Room
                                                                                  Riviera Hotel
                                                                                  Casino residency - see 1961 01 11...
                                                                                  .djp2011

                                                                                  February 1961

                                                                                  1961 02 01
                                                                                  Wednesday
                                                                                  . Las Vegas, Nev.Starlight Room
                                                                                  Riviera Hotel
                                                                                  Casino residency - see 1961 01 11...
                                                                                  .djp2011
                                                                                  1961 02 02
                                                                                  Thursday
                                                                                  . Las Vegas, Nev.Starlight Room
                                                                                  Riviera Hotel
                                                                                  Casino residency - see 1961 01 11...
                                                                                  .djp2011
                                                                                  1961 02 03
                                                                                  Friday
                                                                                  . Las Vegas, Nev.Starlight Room
                                                                                  Riviera Hotel
                                                                                  Casino residency - see 1961 01 11...
                                                                                  .djp2011
                                                                                  1961 02 04
                                                                                  Saturday
                                                                                  . Las Vegas, Nev.Starlight Room
                                                                                  Riviera Hotel
                                                                                  Casino residency - see 1961 01 11...
                                                                                  .djp2011
                                                                                  1961 02 05
                                                                                  Sunday
                                                                                  . Las Vegas, Nev.Starlight Room
                                                                                  Riviera Hotel
                                                                                  Casino residency - see 1961 01 11...
                                                                                  .djp2011
                                                                                  1961 02 06
                                                                                  Monday
                                                                                  . Las Vegas, Nev.Starlight Room
                                                                                  Riviera Hotel
                                                                                  Casino residency - see 1961 01 11...
                                                                                  .djp2011
                                                                                  1961 02 07
                                                                                  Tuesday
                                                                                  . Las Vegas, Nev.Starlight Room
                                                                                  Riviera Hotel
                                                                                  Casino residency - see 1961 01 11...
                                                                                  .djp2011
                                                                                  1961 02 08
                                                                                  Wednesday
                                                                                  . Las Vegas, Nev.Starlight Room
                                                                                  Riviera Hotel
                                                                                  Casino residency - see 1961 01 11...
                                                                                  .djp2011
                                                                                  1961 02 09
                                                                                  Thursday
                                                                                  .Las Vegas, Nev.. Peripheral event
                                                                                  United Press International reported John Willie Cook, Andrew Wilcox, Willis Raymond Nance and Paul Gonsalves were arrested Feb. 9 for using heroin.

                                                                                  Mercer Ellington:

                                                                                  'Ray thought he had been manhandled and brutally treated by the police, and he made quite a scene, which boomeranged on him. As a result, he went to prison, whereas the charges against Paul were more or less dropped and he was let off on probation.
                                                                                    The event caused Ellington to be blacklisted in Las Vegas, and the band finished the date without Ray and Paul... after this Pop lost all work in the gambling areas for about two years...
                                                                                   Because the guys were merely smoking pot, the charge against them was light...'

                                                                                  The men were released on bond,and Paul and Ray were tried in the fall. Nance was sentenced to 60 days imprisonment, and began his sentence November 1. Stratemann says it was only by playing for reduced fees and playing other gaming locations like Reno that Ellington was, after some years, allowed to play Las Vegas again, and that Ellington finished the Riviera .
                                                                                  • UPI wirestory
                                                                                    • The Altoona Mirror, Altoona, Penn. 1962-02-10 p.4
                                                                                    • New Castle, Pa., News, 1961-02-11 p.16
                                                                                  • Stratemann p.442
                                                                                  • M. Ellington, DEIP, pp. 131 -132
                                                                                  ..
                                                                                  .djpNew
                                                                                  added 2015-04-30
                                                                                  1961 02 09
                                                                                  Thursday
                                                                                  . Las Vegas, Nev.Starlight Room
                                                                                  Riviera Hotel
                                                                                  Casino residency - see 1961 01 11...
                                                                                  .djp2011
                                                                                  1961 02 10
                                                                                  Friday
                                                                                  . Las Vegas, Nev.Starlight Room
                                                                                  Riviera Hotel
                                                                                  Casino residency - see 1961 01 11...
                                                                                  .djp2011
                                                                                  1961 02 11
                                                                                  Saturday
                                                                                  . Las Vegas, Nev.Starlight Room
                                                                                  Riviera Hotel
                                                                                  Casino residency - see 1961 01 11...
                                                                                  .djp2011
                                                                                  1961 02 12
                                                                                  Sunday
                                                                                  . Las Vegas, Nev.Starlight Room
                                                                                  Riviera Hotel
                                                                                  Casino residency - see 1961 01 11...
                                                                                  .djp2011
                                                                                  1961 02 13
                                                                                  Monday
                                                                                  . Las Vegas, Nev.Starlight Room
                                                                                  Riviera Hotel
                                                                                  Casino residency - see 1961 01 11...
                                                                                  .djp2011
                                                                                  1961 02 14
                                                                                  Tuesday
                                                                                  Valentine's Day
                                                                                  . Las Vegas, Nev.Starlight Room
                                                                                  Riviera Hotel
                                                                                  Casino residency - see 1961 01 11...
                                                                                  .djp2011
                                                                                  1961 02 15
                                                                                  Wednesday
                                                                                  . Las Vegas, Nev.Starlight Room
                                                                                  Riviera Hotel
                                                                                  Casino residency - see 1961 01 11...
                                                                                  .djp2011
                                                                                  1961 02 16
                                                                                  Thursday
                                                                                  .New York, N.Y.Hotel RooseveltEllington attended a dinner put on by the National Conference of Christians and Jews in New York to present, with other celebrities, trophies to the winners of the National Brotherhood Award.
                                                                                  Details of his travel are not documented; he may have flown to New York a day or two earlier.
                                                                                  Stratemann p.442..
                                                                                  ..2011
                                                                                  updated
                                                                                  2015-04-30
                                                                                  1961 02 16
                                                                                  Thursday
                                                                                  . Las Vegas, Nev.Starlight Room
                                                                                  Riviera Hotel
                                                                                  Casino residency - see 1961 01 11...
                                                                                  .djp2011
                                                                                  1961 02 17
                                                                                  Friday
                                                                                  . Las Vegas, Nev.Starlight Room
                                                                                  Riviera Hotel
                                                                                  Casino residency - see 1961 01 11...
                                                                                  .djp2011
                                                                                  1961 02 18
                                                                                  Saturday
                                                                                  .San Francisco, Cal.. Peripheral event
                                                                                  KTTV-TV's Arthritis and Rheumatism Telethon telecast included 15 minutes of Duke on solo piano. Stratemann suggests his segment may have been taped in Las Vegas.
                                                                                  Stratemann p.442..
                                                                                  .djpNew
                                                                                  added
                                                                                  2015-04-30
                                                                                  1961 02 18
                                                                                  Saturday
                                                                                  . Las Vegas, Nev.Starlight Room
                                                                                  Riviera Hotel
                                                                                  Casino residency - see 1961 01 11...
                                                                                  .djp2011
                                                                                  1961 02 19
                                                                                  Sunday
                                                                                  . Las Vegas, Nev.Starlight Room
                                                                                  Riviera Hotel
                                                                                  Casino residency - see 1961 01 11...
                                                                                  .djp2011
                                                                                  1961 02 20
                                                                                  Monday
                                                                                  . Las Vegas, Nev.Starlight Room
                                                                                  Riviera Hotel
                                                                                  Casino residency - see 1961 01 11...
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                                                                                  1961 02 21
                                                                                  Tuesday
                                                                                  .Los Angeles, Cal.Radio Recorders Peripheral event
                                                                                  Johnny Hodges recording session with Nance, Brown, Forrest and 4 non-Ellingtonians
                                                                                  Timner V p.563..DEMS
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                                                                                  1961 02 21
                                                                                  Tuesday
                                                                                  . Las Vegas, Nev.Starlight Room
                                                                                  Riviera Hotel
                                                                                  Casino residency - see 1961 01 11...
                                                                                  .djp2011
                                                                                  1961 02 22
                                                                                  Wednesday
                                                                                  . Las Vegas, Nev.Starlight Room
                                                                                  Riviera Hotel
                                                                                  Casino residency - see 1961 01 11...
                                                                                  .djp2011
                                                                                  1961 02 23
                                                                                  Thursday
                                                                                  . Las Vegas, Nev.Starlight Room
                                                                                  Riviera Hotel
                                                                                  Casino residency - see 1961 01 11...
                                                                                  .djp2011
                                                                                  1961 02 24
                                                                                  Friday
                                                                                  . Las Vegas, Nev.Starlight Room
                                                                                  Riviera Hotel
                                                                                  Casino residency - see 1961 01 11...
                                                                                  .djp2011
                                                                                  1961 02 25
                                                                                  Saturday
                                                                                  . Las Vegas, Nev.Starlight Room
                                                                                  Riviera Hotel
                                                                                  Casino residency - see 1961 01 11...
                                                                                  .djp2011
                                                                                  1961 02 26
                                                                                  Sunday
                                                                                  . Las Vegas, Nev.Starlight Room
                                                                                  Riviera Hotel
                                                                                  Casino residency - see 1961 01 11...
                                                                                  .djp2011
                                                                                  1961 02 27
                                                                                  Monday
                                                                                  . Las Vegas, Nev.Starlight Room
                                                                                  Riviera Hotel
                                                                                  Casino residency - see 1961 01 11...
                                                                                  .djp2011
                                                                                  1961 02 28
                                                                                  Tuesday
                                                                                  . Las Vegas, Nev.Starlight Room
                                                                                  Riviera Hotel
                                                                                  Casino residency - last night - see 1961 01 11...
                                                                                  .djp2011

                                                                                  March 1961

                                                                                  1961 03 01
                                                                                  Wednesday
                                                                                  .Los Angeles, Cal.Radio Recorders Annexrecording session
                                                                                  • 14:00-17:00
                                                                                  • 19:00-20:00
                                                                                  • Email Lasker-Palmquist 2014-10-14 re session time
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                                                                                  1961 03 02
                                                                                  Thursday
                                                                                  .Los Angeles, Cal.Radio Recorders AnnexRecording session (Columbia)
                                                                                  20:00-23:00
                                                                                  • Email Lasker-Palmquist 2014-10-14 re session time
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                                                                                  1961 03 03
                                                                                  Friday
                                                                                  .Los Angeles, Cal.Radio Recorders Annexrecording session
                                                                                  14:00-17:00
                                                                                  • Email Lasker-Palmquist 2014-10-14 re session time
                                                                                  New Desor
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                                                                                  Saturday
                                                                                  ...activities not documented
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                                                                                  1961 03 05
                                                                                  Sunday
                                                                                  ...activities not documented
                                                                                  ...
                                                                                  ...
                                                                                  1961 03 06
                                                                                  Monday
                                                                                  ...activities not documented
                                                                                  ...
                                                                                  ...
                                                                                  1961 03 07
                                                                                  Tuesday
                                                                                  .Paris, France.Ellington returned to Paris to finish working on the film Paris Blues. His travel date from the U.S. to France is not documented.
                                                                                  While he was away, the sidemen were, according to Stratemann, "put on vacation."
                                                                                  During this hiatus, Norman Granz organized a 14-day European tour of The Duke Ellington All Stars, directed by Johnny Hodges, a septet of Ellington sidemen and Al Williams, piano. The other Ellingtonians were Nance, Brown, Carney, Bell and Woodyard.
                                                                                  • Stratemann p.442
                                                                                  • Vail II
                                                                                  • Additional documentation is likely to be found in SI-NMAH Archives Center, DEC301, Series 2: Performances and Programs, 1933-1974, box 1,
                                                                                    • folder 27 European Tour, February 17-March 22, 1961
                                                                                    • folder 28 Scandinavia, March 16, 1961
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                                                                                  Tuesday
                                                                                  .Paris, France.Recording session, .New Desor
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                                                                                  Wednesday
                                                                                  ...activities not documented
                                                                                  Ellington was in France and the band was on vacation - see 1961 03 07
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                                                                                  ...
                                                                                  1961 03 09
                                                                                  Thursday
                                                                                  ...activities not documented
                                                                                  Ellington was in France and the band was on vacation - see 1961 03 07
                                                                                  ...
                                                                                  ...
                                                                                  1961 03 10
                                                                                  Friday
                                                                                  ...activities not documented
                                                                                  Ellington was in France and the band was on vacation - see 1961 03 07
                                                                                  ...
                                                                                  ...
                                                                                  1961 03 11
                                                                                  Saturday
                                                                                  ...activities not documented
                                                                                  Ellington was in France and the band was on vacation - see 1961 03 07
                                                                                  ...
                                                                                  ...
                                                                                  1961 03 12
                                                                                  Sunday
                                                                                  ...activities not documented
                                                                                  Ellington was in France and the band was on vacation - see 1961 03 07
                                                                                  ...
                                                                                  ...
                                                                                  1961 03 13
                                                                                  Monday
                                                                                  ...activities not documented
                                                                                  Ellington was in France and the band was on vacation - see 1961 03 07
                                                                                  ...
                                                                                  ...
                                                                                  1961 03 14
                                                                                  Tuesday
                                                                                  ...activities not documented
                                                                                  Ellington was in France and the band was on vacation - see 1961 03 07
                                                                                  ...
                                                                                  ...
                                                                                  1961 03 14
                                                                                  Tuesday
                                                                                  .Stockholm, Sweden. Peripheral event
                                                                                  Recording session, The Duke Ellington All Stars Directed By Johnny Hodges
                                                                                  Hodges, Nance, Brown, Carney, Aaron Bell, Al Williams and Woodyard.
                                                                                  Timner V p.563..
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                                                                                  Wednesday
                                                                                  ...activities not documented
                                                                                  Ellington was in France and the band was on vacation - see 1961 03 07
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                                                                                  ...
                                                                                  1961 03 16
                                                                                  Thursday
                                                                                  ...activities not documented
                                                                                  Ellington was in France and the band was on vacation - see 1961 03 07
                                                                                  ...
                                                                                  ...
                                                                                  1961 03 17
                                                                                  Friday
                                                                                  ...activities not documented
                                                                                  Ellington was in France and the band was on vacation - see 1961 03 07
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                                                                                  ...
                                                                                  1961 03 18
                                                                                  Saturday
                                                                                  ...activities not documented
                                                                                  Ellington was in France and the band was on vacation - see 1961 03 07
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                                                                                  ...
                                                                                  1961 03 19
                                                                                  Sunday
                                                                                  ...activities not documented
                                                                                  Ellington was in France and the band was on vacation - see 1961 03 07
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                                                                                  ...
                                                                                  1961 03 20
                                                                                  Monday
                                                                                  ...activities not documented
                                                                                  Ellington was in France and the band was on vacation - see 1961 03 07
                                                                                  ...
                                                                                  ...
                                                                                  1961 03 21
                                                                                  Tuesday
                                                                                  ...activities not documented
                                                                                  Ellington was in France and the band was on vacation - see 1961 03 07
                                                                                  ...
                                                                                  ...
                                                                                  1961 03 21
                                                                                  Tuesday
                                                                                  .New York, N.Y..Recording session, Jimmy Hamilton All Stars
                                                                                  Hamilton, Terry, Woodman, Marshal and 2 non-Ellingtonians
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                                                                                  Wednesday
                                                                                  ...activities not documented
                                                                                  Ellington was in France and the band was on vacation - see 1961 03 07
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                                                                                  ...
                                                                                  1961 03 23
                                                                                  Thursday
                                                                                  ...activities not documented
                                                                                  Ellington was in France and the band was on vacation - see 1961 03 07
                                                                                  ...
                                                                                  ...
                                                                                  1961 03 24
                                                                                  Friday
                                                                                  ...activities not documented
                                                                                  Ellington was in France and the band was on vacation - see 1961 03 07
                                                                                  ...
                                                                                  ...
                                                                                  1961 03 25
                                                                                  Saturday
                                                                                  ...activities not documented
                                                                                  Ellington was in France and the band was on vacation - see 1961 03 07
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                                                                                  ...
                                                                                  1961 03 26
                                                                                  Sunday
                                                                                  ...activities not documented
                                                                                  Ellington was in France and the band was on vacation - see 1961 03 07
                                                                                  ...
                                                                                  ...
                                                                                  1961 03 27
                                                                                  Monday
                                                                                  ...activities not documented
                                                                                  Ellington was in France and the band was on vacation - see 1961 03 07
                                                                                  ...
                                                                                  ...
                                                                                  1961 03 28
                                                                                  Tuesday
                                                                                  ...activities not documented
                                                                                  Ellington was in France and the band was on vacation - see 1961 03 07
                                                                                  ...
                                                                                  ...
                                                                                  1961 03 29
                                                                                  Wednesday
                                                                                  ...activities not documented
                                                                                  Ellington was in France and the band was on vacation - see 1961 03 07
                                                                                  ...
                                                                                  ...
                                                                                  1961 03 30
                                                                                  Thursday
                                                                                  ...activities not documented
                                                                                  Ellington was in France and the band was on vacation - see 1961 03 07
                                                                                  ...
                                                                                  ...
                                                                                  1961 03 31
                                                                                  Friday
                                                                                  ...activities not documented
                                                                                  Ellington was in France and the band was on vacation - see 1961 03 07
                                                                                  ...
                                                                                  ...

                                                                                  April 1961

                                                                                  1961 04 00...PERSONNEL CHANGES
                                                                                  Trumpeter Andres ("Fats Ford") Merenguito leaves the band

                                                                                  Cat Anderson, trumpet, rejoins the band
                                                                                  New Desor vol.2..
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                                                                                  1961 04 01
                                                                                  Saturday
                                                                                  ...activities not documented
                                                                                  ...
                                                                                  ...
                                                                                  1961 04 02
                                                                                  Sunday
                                                                                  ...activities not documented
                                                                                  ...
                                                                                  ...
                                                                                  1961 04 03
                                                                                  Monday
                                                                                  .New York, N.Y..Roulette recording session
                                                                                  Duke Ellington with Louis Armstrong & His All Stars
                                                                                  Armstrong, Trummy Young, Bigard, Ellington, Mort Herbert, Danny Barcelona
                                                                                  Titles recorded:
                                                                                  • It Don't Mean A Thing
                                                                                  • Solitude
                                                                                  • In A Mellow Tone
                                                                                  • I'm Beginning To See The Light
                                                                                  • Do Nothin' Till You Hear From Me
                                                                                  • Don't Get Around Much Anymore
                                                                                  • C-Jam Blues (Duke's Place)
                                                                                  • I Got It Bad and That Ain't Good
                                                                                  • Just Squeeze Me
                                                                                  • The Beautiful Americans
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                                                                                  1961 04 04
                                                                                  Tuesday
                                                                                  .New York, N.Y..Roulette recording session
                                                                                  Duke Ellington with Louis Armstrong & His All Stars
                                                                                  Armstrong, Young, Bigard, Ellington, Herbert, Barcelona
                                                                                  Titles recorded:
                                                                                  • Drop Me Off In Harlem
                                                                                  • Mood Indigo
                                                                                  • I'm Just A Lucky So And So
                                                                                  • Azalea
                                                                                  • Black And Tan Fantasy
                                                                                  • The Mooche
                                                                                  • Cotton Tail
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                                                                                  1961 04 04
                                                                                  Tuesday
                                                                                  .New York, N.Y.. Peripheral event
                                                                                  Swingville recording session

                                                                                  Jimmy Hamilton and his All Stars
                                                                                  Hamilton, Wendell Marshall and 2 non-Ellingtonians
                                                                                • Stratemann p.442
                                                                                • Timner V
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                                                                                    Wednesday
                                                                                    ...activities not documented
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                                                                                    1961 04 06
                                                                                    Thursday
                                                                                    ...activities not documented
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                                                                                    1961 04 07
                                                                                    Friday
                                                                                    ...activities not documented
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                                                                                    1961 04 08
                                                                                    Saturday
                                                                                    .Las Vegas, Nev.Little Theatre....
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                                                                                    Sunday
                                                                                    ...activities not documented
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                                                                                    1961 04 10
                                                                                    Monday
                                                                                    ...activities not documented
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                                                                                    1961 04 11
                                                                                    Tuesday
                                                                                    ...activities not documented
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                                                                                    1961 04 12
                                                                                    Wednesday
                                                                                    ...activities not documented
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                                                                                    1961 04 13
                                                                                    Thursday
                                                                                    ...activities not documented
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                                                                                    1961 04 14
                                                                                    Friday
                                                                                    ...activities not documented
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                                                                                    1961 04 15
                                                                                    Saturday
                                                                                    ...activities not documented
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                                                                                    1961 04 16
                                                                                    Sunday
                                                                                    ...activities not documented
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                                                                                    1961 04 17
                                                                                    Monday
                                                                                    ...activities not documented
                                                                                    ...
                                                                                    ...
                                                                                    1961 04 18... ...
                                                                                    ...
                                                                                    1961 04 18
                                                                                    Tuesday
                                                                                    .Toronto, Ont.CBC studiosSidemen's activities not documented

                                                                                    Ellington and Carney were in Toronto to rehearse for the taping of an episode of "The Music Makers" series - see 1961 04 19
                                                                                    Stratemann:

                                                                                    'Taping session for April 23 telecast; ...
                                                                                    Jack Kane had died earlier that year and CBC [was] finishing the "Music Makers" series with special guests fronting his orchestra. Ellington and Carney soloed in several of Ellington's compositions, for a program that was televised on May 1, 1961.

                                                                                    [footnote]The telecast date ... is often given as May 1, 1961, the taping date as April 23, 1961. The dates presented here are as found in the Toronto Telegram of April 19, 1961.'

                                                                                    Stratemann p.442..
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                                                                                    1961 04 19.Toronto, Ont..Sidemen's activities not documented

                                                                                    In the daytime, Ellington and Carney and performers rehearsed for "The Music Makers" - see 19641 04 18.

                                                                                    That evening, the television show was taped in front of a live audience. Full details of the show, including background, production credits, names of all the performers and the dates of the rehearsals, taping and telecast are given in DEMS 97-2.
                                                                                    Ellington, Carney, a vocal group and the Jack Kane orchestra led by Gordon Kushner
                                                                                    Ellington titles taped:
                                                                                    • Take The "A" Train
                                                                                    • Sophisticated Lady
                                                                                    • Satin Doll
                                                                                    • I'm Beginning To See The Light
                                                                                    • Stratemann p.442
                                                                                    • Girvan:   Ellingtonia.com
                                                                                    • Timner
                                                                                    • Ole J. Nielsen, Jazz Records 1942-80, A discography: Vol. Six, Duke Ellington, p.225
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                                                                                    Thursday
                                                                                    ...activities not documented
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                                                                                    1961 04 21
                                                                                    Friday
                                                                                    1961 04 23Pennsauken, N.J.Red Hill InnClub date...
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                                                                                    Saturday
                                                                                    .Pennsauken, N.J.Red Hill InnClub date - see 1961 04 22....
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                                                                                    Sunday
                                                                                    .Pennsauken, N.J.Red Hill Inn....
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                                                                                    Monday
                                                                                    ...activities not documented
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                                                                                    1961 04 25
                                                                                    Tuesday
                                                                                    ...activities not documented
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                                                                                    1961 04 26
                                                                                    Wednesday
                                                                                    ...activities not documented
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                                                                                    1961 04 27
                                                                                    Thursday
                                                                                    ...The sidemen's activities are not documented
                                                                                    New Desor and Timner report an interview, broadcast as "Claus Dahlgren fran New York," in which Duke speaks about "Black, Brown and Beige." It isn't clear if this was the date of the interview or the date of the broadcast. From the title, I presume it was broadcast on Swedish radio.
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                                                                                    Friday
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                                                                                    1961 04 29
                                                                                    Saturday
                                                                                    ...activities not documented
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                                                                                    1961 04 30
                                                                                    Sunday
                                                                                    ...activities not documented
                                                                                    ...
                                                                                    ...

                                                                                    May 1961

                                                                                    1961 05 00.Paris, France. Peripheral event
                                                                                    Billy Strayhorn recording session for parts of the album "The Peaceful Side"
                                                                                    A note in DEMS suggests, based on Hajdu's Strayhorn biography, the session may have been earlier in the year.
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                                                                                    Monday
                                                                                    1965 05 03.New York, N.Y.Columbia or (more likely) Reeves Sound StudiosMay 1 was a rehearsal day, and May 2 and 3 were recording days, for the "linking music" for Paris Blues, recorded with an enhanced Duke Ellington Orchestra, consisting of:
                                                                                    Willie Cook, Eddie Mullens, Cat Anderson, Clark Terry, Ray Nance, Britt Woodman, Lawrence Brown, Juan Tizol, Murray McEachern, Louis Blackburn, Jimmy Hamilton, Russell Procope, Johnny Hodges, Oliver Nelson, Paul Gonsalves, Babe Clark, Hary Carney, Harry Smiles, Les Spann, Aaron Bell, Jimmy Johnson, Sonny Greer, Max Roach, Dave Jackson and Philly Joe Jones.

                                                                                    Although Monday was a rehearsal session, the following titles were recorded that day:
                                                                                    • Paris Blues
                                                                                    • Battle Royal (aka Big Bash)
                                                                                    • The Clothed Woman
                                                                                    None of the recordings made May 1 were used in the film. On Tuesday and Wednesday, these titles were recorded:
                                                                                    • Nite (Paris Blues)
                                                                                    • Autumnal Suite (Paris Blues)
                                                                                    • Birdie Jungle (Guitar Amour)
                                                                                    • Paris Stairs
                                                                                    • Paris Blues
                                                                                    • Autumnal Suite (Paris Blues)

                                                                                    Stanley Dance:

                                                                                    '...because of contractual difficulties, Duke could rehearse the band but not conduct it for the final recording...'

                                                                                    and:

                                                                                    'Ellington would retire to the control room, whereupon Lawrence Brown mounted the rostrum as conductor.'

                                                                                    Stratemann writes about Duke's piano playing (solos and in the band pieces), saying there is some discussion of where and when those recordings were made, due to Dance's statements. However, he takes the position the piano on these recordings is Ellington. He rules out Strayhorn because Billy was still in Paris.
                                                                                    • Stratemann, pp.429-440, quoting Stanley Dance in Jazz Journal 1961-07, p.18
                                                                                    • Girvan:   Ellingtonia.com
                                                                                    • MacHare:   A Duke Ellington Panorama
                                                                                    • Timner
                                                                                    • Ole J. Nielsen, Jazz Records 1942-80, A discography: Vol. Six, Duke Ellington, pp.225-226
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                                                                                    Tuesday
                                                                                    .New York, N.Y.Reeves Sound Studios"Paris Blues" recording session - see 1961 05 01.
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                                                                                    Wednesday
                                                                                    .New York, N.Y.Reeves Sound Studios"Paris Blues" recording session - see 1961 05 01.
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                                                                                    Thursday
                                                                                    ...activities not documented
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                                                                                    1961 05 05
                                                                                    Friday
                                                                                    ...activities not documented
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                                                                                    1961 05 06
                                                                                    Saturday
                                                                                    .Cincinnati, OhioCastle Farms.Stratemann p.443 citing DESB..
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                                                                                    Sunday
                                                                                    .Toledo, OhioCivic Auditorium.Stratemann p.443 citing DESB..
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                                                                                    Monday
                                                                                    ...activities not documented
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                                                                                    1961 05 09
                                                                                    Tuesday
                                                                                    .Louisville, Ky.Memorial Auditorium.Stratemann p.443 citing DESB..
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                                                                                    Wednesday
                                                                                    .Dayton, OhioUniversity of Dayton.Spring Week Jazz Concert
                                                                                    Ellington played a 45 minute set after two other groups. Jimmy Johnson was subbing for Sam Woodyard, and fell on stage, injuring his hand.
                                                                                    Stratemann p.443..
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                                                                                    Thursday
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                                                                                    1961 05 13
                                                                                    Saturday
                                                                                    ...activities not documented
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                                                                                    1961 05 14
                                                                                    Sunday
                                                                                    .New York, N.Y..Ellington appeared on a Sunday morning television show "Look Up And Live." The programme, aimed at teenagers, was presented by the National Council of Catholic Men and its theme was the influence of religion on the arts. Stratemann does not say if Ellington appeared alone or with sidemen. The show aired for half an hour at 10:30 a.m.Stratemann p.443..
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                                                                                    Monday
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                                                                                    1961 05 16
                                                                                    Tuesday
                                                                                    ...activities not documented
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                                                                                    Wednesday
                                                                                    ...activities not documented
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                                                                                    1961 05 18
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                                                                                    ...activities not documented
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                                                                                    1961 05 19
                                                                                    Friday
                                                                                    ...activities not documented
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                                                                                    1961 05 20
                                                                                    Saturday
                                                                                    .Washington, D.C.National Guard ArmoryBall from 20:00 to 02:00Stratemann p.443..
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                                                                                    Sunday
                                                                                    ...activities not documented
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                                                                                    1961 05 22
                                                                                    Monday
                                                                                    ...activities not documented
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                                                                                    1961 05 23
                                                                                    Tuesday
                                                                                    ...activities not documented
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                                                                                    1961 05 24
                                                                                    Wednesday
                                                                                    ...activities not documented
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                                                                                    1961 05 25
                                                                                    Thursday
                                                                                    ...activities not documented
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                                                                                    1961 05 26
                                                                                    Friday
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                                                                                    1961 05 27
                                                                                    Saturday
                                                                                    ...activities not documented
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                                                                                    1961 05 28
                                                                                    Sunday
                                                                                    ...activities not documented
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                                                                                    1961 05 29
                                                                                    Monday
                                                                                    1961 05 30Neptune, N.J.The Dunes.Stratemann p.443 citing DESB..
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                                                                                    Tuesday
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                                                                                    Wednesday
                                                                                    .Richmond, Va.Barco-Stevens Hall
                                                                                    Virginia Union University
                                                                                    .
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                                                                                    1961 06 00...PERSONNEL CHANGE
                                                                                    Matthew Gee leaves the band
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                                                                                    Thursday
                                                                                    .New York, N.Y.Columbia 30th St. StudiosColumbia recording session
                                                                                    00:00-03:30 (Webmaster query: Is this the morning of June 1 or the night of May 31?)
                                                                                    Duke Ellington and His Orchestra
                                                                                    Personnel per New Desor:
                                                                                    Cook, Edward Mullens, Anderson, Terry, Nance, Louis Blackburn, Tizol, Brown, Hamilton, Hodges, Procope, Gonsalves, Carney, Ellington, Bell, Oliver Jackson, Eddie Lock. Nielsen omits Terry and adds Milt Grayson, vocal in Strange Feeling
                                                                                    Titles recorded:
                                                                                    • Strange Feeling
                                                                                    • Cops (Asphalt Jungle)
                                                                                    • Jingle Bells
                                                                                    • Girvan:   http://tinyurl.com/Girvan51-60 target=_blank>Ellingtonia.com
                                                                                    • MacHare:   A Duke Ellington Panorama
                                                                                    • Timner
                                                                                    • Ole J. Nielsen, Jazz Records 1942-80, A discography: Vol. Six, Duke Ellington
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                                                                                    Friday
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                                                                                    Saturday
                                                                                    ...activities not documented
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                                                                                    1961 06 04
                                                                                    Sunday<
                                                                                    .Annapolis, Md.Field House
                                                                                    United States Naval Academy
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                                                                                    Monday
                                                                                    .Holden, Mass.Fairbrook Country ClubJake Hanna subbed for Sam Woodyard on drums. The Boots Mussell Quartet played between the Ellington sets. .Stratemann p.443..
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                                                                                    Tuesday
                                                                                    .Bristol, Conn.Lake Compounce ParkConcert, 8 to 10 p.m.Stratemann p.443 citing DESB..
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                                                                                    Wednesday
                                                                                    .Hartford, Conn.Statler Hotel.Stratemann p.443..
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                                                                                    Thursday
                                                                                    .New York, N.Y.Madison Square Garden
                                                                                    • Daily News Jazz Festival
                                                                                    • Benefit concert
                                                                                      Two revolving stages
                                                                                    • In addition to the Ellington orchestra, these were on the bill:
                                                                                      • Buddy Rich quintet
                                                                                      • George Shearing quintet
                                                                                      • Jonah Jones quartet
                                                                                      • Vocalist Nina Simone
                                                                                    .
                                                                                    Stratemann p.443 citing review
                                                                                    Variety 1961-06-14 p.47
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                                                                                    Friday
                                                                                    .Orono, MaineGym
                                                                                    University of Maine
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                                                                                    Saturday
                                                                                    .Bangor, MaineBangor Municipal Auditorium.Stratemann p.443..
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                                                                                    Sunday
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                                                                                    Monday
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                                                                                    Tuesday
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                                                                                    Wednesday
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                                                                                    Thursday
                                                                                    .Gull Lake, Minn.
                                                                                    about 17 miles northwest of
                                                                                    Brainerd, Minn.
                                                                                    Bar Harbor Supper Club
                                                                                    w. of Hwy 371, Gull Lake, R.6

                                                                                    'One Night Only – Concert Dance
                                                                                    IN PERSON
                                                                                    AMERICA'S FOREMOST MODERN COMPOSER
                                                                                    DUKE ELLINGTON
                                                                                    AND HIS FAMOUS ORCHESTRA
                                                                                    17 pieces –9:00 P.M. to 1:00 A.M.
                                                                                    '

                                                                                    Tickets, $3.00 at the door, $2.50 in advance
                                                                                    Contract terms:
                                                                                    • 15 musicians led by "DUKE ELLINGTON INC. presents DUKE ELLINGTON in person"
                                                                                    • Place of Engagement: Bar Harbor Supper Club - Route 6 - Brainerd, Minnesota
                                                                                    • Hours of employment: Dance, 9 PM to 1 AM
                                                                                    • DUKE ELLINGTON to receive 100% top billing
                                                                                    • Wage agreed upon $1,250 guarantee privelege 60%
                                                                                      • deposit 50% to Associated Booking Corporation 30 days prior to engagdment
                                                                                      • Balance to Al Celley, road manager, intermission, night of engagement
                                                                                    • Employer guarantees to provide good P.A. system and have piano tuned to A=440
                                                                                    • Any mechanical reproduction ... prohibited...
                                                                                    • Employer: Bar Harbor Supper Club, per Mr. Erv Anderson (Owner) and Bruce Dybwig, 4225 Crocker Ave., Morningside, Minneapolis, Minn.
                                                                                    • Associated Booking Corporation contract
                                                                                      dated 1961 04 12, SI-NMAH Archives Center, DEC301, Series III Subseries A, Box 2, Folder 14
                                                                                    • St. Cloud Daily Times, St. Cloud, Minn.,
                                                                                      1961-06-14 p.19
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                                                                                    Friday
                                                                                    1961 06 22
                                                                                    Thursday
                                                                                    (Sunday off)
                                                                                    Minneapolis, Minn.Duffy's Satellite Room
                                                                                    26th and 26th
                                                                                    Duke Ellington and his Famous Orchestra in Concert
                                                                                    3 concerts nightly, 8:30 10:00 11:30
                                                                                    Will Jones, "After Last Night," Minneapolis Morning Tribune:

                                                                                    'Duke Ellington feigned dizziness as he got off the revolving bandstand at Duffy's after his opening performance there.
                                                                                      "I'm going outside and walk around the other direction to unwind," he said.
                                                                                      It was a pretty weird opening, with Ellington's band split into three pieces in two separate rooms.
                                                                                      Ellington and his rhythm section revolved on the stage between the two rooms. The woodwinds, stationary, faced the crowd in the new plastic-domed Satellite room. Over on the other side of the revolving stage, with their backs to the Satellite room, the brass section faced the customers in Duffy's old back room.
                                                                                      From either side, the sounds were exciting enough to make the point that half a big band is better than none, especially if it's Ellington's. There was some talk of rearranging the seating to get the big band together again, but I haven't had a report on that. Ellington remains there through Thursday night.'

                                                                                    Contract Terms:
                                                                                    • 15 musicians led by "DUKE ELLINGTON INC. presents DUKE ELLINGTON in person"
                                                                                    • Place of Engagement: Satellite Room-Duffy's-Minneapolis
                                                                                    • Hours of employment: three sixty minute concerts nitely:
                                                                                      • 8:30 PM
                                                                                      • 10:00 PM
                                                                                      • 11:30 PM
                                                                                    • Sundays [sic] off.
                                                                                    • DUKE ELLINGTON to receive 100% top billing
                                                                                    • Wages $8,500:
                                                                                      • deposit $2,125 payable on signing
                                                                                      • $2,125 due 30 days before engagdment
                                                                                      • $2,125 to Duke Ellington the evening of June 19
                                                                                      • the balance of $2,125 to Duke Ellington at the conclusion of the engagement
                                                                                    • Employer guarantees to provide good P.A. system and have piano tuned to A=440
                                                                                    • Employer: Mr. George C. Foster for Foster Investment Corp.
                                                                                    • Associated Booking Corporation contract
                                                                                      dated 1961 04 06, SI-NMAH Archives Center, DEC301, Series III Subseries A, Box 2, Folder 14
                                                                                    • Minneapolis Morning Tribune, Minneaolis, Minn.:
                                                                                      • 1961-06-14 p.16
                                                                                      • 1961-06-15 p.21
                                                                                      • 1961-06-17 p.3
                                                                                      • "After Last Night," 1961-06-19 pp.23, 41
                                                                                      • 1961-06-20 p.13
                                                                                      • 1961-06-21 p.19
                                                                                      • 1961-06-22 p.15
                                                                                    • Stratemann p.443 with reproduced ad
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                                                                                    Saturday
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                                                                                    1961 06 18
                                                                                    Sunday
                                                                                    .Austin, Minn.Terp BallroomDance
                                                                                    Contract terms:
                                                                                    • 15 musicians led by "DUKE ELLINGTON INC. presents DUKE ELLINGTON in person"
                                                                                    • Place of Engagement Terp Ballroom, Austin, Minn.
                                                                                    • Hours of employment: Sunday June 18 9 pm to 1 am
                                                                                    • DUKE ELLINGTON to receive 100% top billing
                                                                                    • Employer guarantees to furnish good PA system and have piano tuned to A=440
                                                                                    • Wages $1,200 guarantee privilege 60% of net dance admissions payable in cash or cashiers check or company check to Al Celley, Road Manager, at conclusion of engagement.
                                                                                    • Recording prohibited
                                                                                    • Employer: C.C.Mitchell & Co.,
                                                                                      William Moore, Treas.
                                                                                    • Vail II speculates this may have been an afternoon performance, but that is incorrect. This was a day off from Duffy's and the contract clearly shows the time.
                                                                                    • Associated Booking Corporation contract
                                                                                      dated 1961 04 19, SI-NMAH Archives Center, DEC301, Series III Subseries A, Box 2, Folder 14
                                                                                    • Austin (Minn.) Herald, Austin, Minn.
                                                                                      • 1961-06-10 p.4
                                                                                      • 1961-06-12 p.14
                                                                                      • 1961-06-13 p.14
                                                                                      • 1961-06-17 p.4
                                                                                    • Albert Lea Tribune, Albert Lea, Minn., 1961-06-11 p.3
                                                                                    • Stratemann p.443
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                                                                                    Tuesday
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                                                                                    Wednesday
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                                                                                    Thursday
                                                                                    .Minneapolis, Minn.Duffy's Satellite Room
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                                                                                    1961 06 23
                                                                                    Friday
                                                                                    .Chicago, Ill.Golden Dauphin
                                                                                    817 E. 92nd St.
                                                                                    Get Acquainted Concert Dance
                                                                                      9 to 1 according to Stratemann and the ads in Stratemann and Vail II
                                                                                    • 10 to 2 in the contract
                                                                                    • Admission $2.50 per person plus tax, $2 in advance

                                                                                    Contract terms:
                                                                                    • 15 musicians led by "DUKE ELLINGTON INC. presents DUKE ELLINGTON in person"
                                                                                    • Hours of employment: Friday June 23 1961, 10 PM to 2 AM
                                                                                    • Wage agreed upon: $2,000 guaranteed flat:
                                                                                      • $500 deposit payable to Associated Booking Corporation on signing
                                                                                      • $500 payable 30 days before engagement
                                                                                      • Balance payable at intermission on night of engagement.
                                                                                    • DUKE ELLINGTON to receive 100% top billing
                                                                                    • Employer guarantees to furnish good PA system and have piano tuned to A=440
                                                                                    • Recording prohibited
                                                                                    • Employer:
                                                                                      Mr. Ben J. Rosenthal, Pres.,
                                                                                      Golden Dauphin, Inc.
                                                                                      139 N. Clark St.
                                                                                      Suite 616
                                                                                      Chicago, Ill.
                                                                                    • Associated Booking Corporation contract
                                                                                      dated 1961 04 19, SI-NMAH Archives Center, DEC301, Series III Subseries A, Box 2, Folder 14
                                                                                    • Stratemann pp.442-443 with copy of ad and citing Chicago Defender 1961-06-17 p.24
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                                                                                    Saturday
                                                                                    1961 06 25
                                                                                    Sunday
                                                                                    Evansville, Ind.Roberts Municipal Stadium
                                                                                    Division Ave. and Boeke Rd.
                                                                                    Indiana Jazz Festival
                                                                                    Shown as Evansville Jazz Festival in Stratemann and Vail II.
                                                                                    • 8 p.m. Saturday
                                                                                      Sharing the Saturday programme with Ellington were Cannonball Adderley Quintet; Ira Sullivan Sextet, Roland Kirk and Mel Tormé
                                                                                    • 8 p.m. Sunday
                                                                                      sharing the bill with Ellington: Al Hirt Sextet, Lurlean Hunter, Jackie & Roy Karl [Kral in Stratemann and Vail II; others;
                                                                                    • Gene Lees of Down Beat was the M.C. for the jazz concerts both nights
                                                                                    • Stratemann reported Tormé sat in on drums on one of Ellington's numbers.
                                                                                    • Down Beat praised Ellington's performances both nights, calling Sunday superb. It reported Suite Thursday A Single Petal of a Rose and Theme from Paris Blues were played, and mentioned Ellington, Aaron Bell, Hodges, Carney, Nance and Brown
                                                                                    • The Evansville Courier praised Ellington's performances both nights.
                                                                                    • Contract terms:
                                                                                      • 15 musicians led by "DUKE ELLINGTON INC. presents DUKE ELLINGTON in person"
                                                                                      • June 24 & 25 1961
                                                                                        Concert: between hours of 8PM and 1 AM EST each night of engagement.
                                                                                        Artist to arrive at Stadium no later than 7:30 PM EST night of engagement, each night of engagement.
                                                                                      • Wage agreed upon: $4,000 for engagement to be paid in cash to Mr. Ellington on June 24 before performance.
                                                                                      • DUKE ELLINGTON to receive 100% top billing
                                                                                      • Employer guarantees to furnish good PA system and have piano tuned to A=440
                                                                                      • "Any mechanical reproduction of the artist's performance on this engagement is absolutely prohibited by the Amercan Federation of Musicians."
                                                                                      • Employer:
                                                                                        Indiana Jazz Festival, a joint venture of equal shares, comprised of the Evansville Junior Chamber of Commerce, Inc., Fraternal Order of Police, Evansville Lodge 73, Inc. and the Lobree Corporation.

                                                                                      Despite the express AFM prohibition on recording these concerts stamped on the contract, the Saturday concert was recorded:
                                                                                      Duke Ellington and His Orchestra
                                                                                      Cook, Mullins, Anderson, Nance, Louis Blackburn, Brown, Tizol, Hamilton, Procope, Hodges, Gonsalves, Carney, Ellington, Bell, Woodyard and Grayson
                                                                                      Titles recorded:
                                                                                      • Flirtibird
                                                                                      • Pie Eye's Blues
                                                                                      • Paris Blues
                                                                                      • Suite Thursday
                                                                                        • Misfit Blues
                                                                                        • Sschwiphti
                                                                                        • Zweet Zurzday
                                                                                        • Lay-By
                                                                                      • Single Petal Of A Rose
                                                                                      • Skin Deep
                                                                                      • Medley
                                                                                        • Do Nothin' Till You Hear From Me
                                                                                        • In A Sentimental Mood
                                                                                        • I'm Just A Lucky So And So
                                                                                        • I Got It Bad and That Ain't Good
                                                                                        • Don't Get Around Much Anymore
                                                                                        • Mood Indigo
                                                                                        • I'm Beginning To See The Light
                                                                                        • Sophisticated Lady
                                                                                        • Caravan
                                                                                        • Solitude
                                                                                        • Satin Doll
                                                                                        • Just Squeeze Me
                                                                                        • It Don't Mean A Thing
                                                                                      • Diminuendo in Blue and Wailing Interval (listed by Timner only)
                                                                                    • Associated Booking Corporation contract dated 1961 04 05, SI-NMAH Archives Center, DEC301, Series III Subseries A, Box 2, Folder 14
                                                                                    • The Indianapolis Star, Indianapolis, Ind.
                                                                                      • 1961-06-04 s.8 p.1
                                                                                      • 1961-06-18 s.8 p.1
                                                                                    • The Courier-Journal, Louisville, Ky.
                                                                                      • 1961-06-11 s.6 p.3
                                                                                      • 1961-06-18 s.6 p.1
                                                                                    • The Evansville Courier, Evansville, Ind.
                                                                                      • 1961-06-16 p.19
                                                                                      • 1961-06-19 p.6
                                                                                      • 1961-06-26 p.9
                                                                                    • Stratemann p.443 citing
                                                                                      Down Beat 1961-08-03
                                                                                    • Vail II
                                                                                    • Girvan:   Ellingtonia.com
                                                                                    • Timner
                                                                                    • Ole J. Nielsen, Jazz Records 1942-80, A discography: Vol. Six, Duke Ellington
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                                                                                    Sunday
                                                                                    .Evansville, Ind.Roberts Municipal Stadium
                                                                                    Division Ave. and Boeke Rd.
                                                                                    Last night of Indiana Jazz Festival - see 1961 06 24
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                                                                                    Monday
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                                                                                    Tuesday
                                                                                    .Coshocton, OhioLake Park PavilionDancing, 9:00 til 1:00
                                                                                    DUKE ELLINGTON AND HIS WORLD FAMOUS ORCHESTRA.
                                                                                    • Coshocton Tribune, Coshocton, Ohio
                                                                                      • 1961-06-23 p.13
                                                                                      • 1961-06-25, p.16
                                                                                    • The Daily Times, New Philadephia, Ohio
                                                                                      • 1961-06-24 p.2
                                                                                      • 1961-06-26 p.2
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                                                                                    Wednesday
                                                                                    .Cleveland, OhioPublic AuditoriumA concert with the Cleveland Orchestra. Ellington performed his "Night Creatures."Stratemann p.443New Desor
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                                                                                    Thursday
                                                                                    .Conneaut Lake Park, Penn.Dreamland BallroomDancing 9 to 1
                                                                                    Annual Police Dance under the auspices of the Col. Lewis Walker Lodge No. 97 and the Meadville Police Pension Fund. General admission $2.50/person including tax.
                                                                                    • Event ticket
                                                                                    • Stratemann p.443
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                                                                                    Friday
                                                                                    ...activities not documented
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                                                                                    July 1961

                                                                                    1961 07 01...Peripheral event
                                                                                    New recording session "scale" for musicians

                                                                                    International Musician, February 1959, reported scale for non-symphonic recordings would be, effective July 1, 1961:
                                                                                            One Session $53.50
                                                                                    Unit of Overtime $17.83
                                                                                    Record companies were now required to make a pension contribution to the American Federation of Musicians' and Employers' Pension Welfare Fund at the rate of 8 per cent of scale.
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                                                                                    • 15:00-18:00
                                                                                    • 19:00-22:00
                                                                                    • 23:00-2:00
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                                                                                    Juan Tizol leaves the band
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                                                                                    • Stratemann p. 429
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                                                                                    14:00-17:00
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                                                                                    Monday
                                                                                    8:30 p.m.
                                                                                    .Westbury, N.Y.Westbury Music Fair
                                                                                    Brush Hollow Rd.
                                                                                    Westbury Music Fair
                                                                                    Duke Ellington and His Orchestra and Dave Brubeck and his quartet featuring Paul Desmond
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                                                                                    1961 08 10.Wisconsin Rapids, Wisc.Gymnasium,
                                                                                    Assumption High School
                                                                                    Dance

                                                                                    Ellington stayed in the Dixon Hotel, and after the concert, had pizza in a restaurant owned or managed by a tenor sax player, Pat (Pasquale) Foti.
                                                                                      Wisconsin Rapids Daily Tribune:
                                                                                        Ads
                                                                                      • 1961-07-26
                                                                                      • 1961-07-31
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                                                                                    6121 Sunset Blvd.
                                                                                    Hollywood 28, Cal.
                                                                                    double recording session, "Girls Suite"
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                                                                                    6121 Sunset Blvd.
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                                                                                    Sunday
                                                                                    Monterey, Cal.Festival groundsFourth annual Monterey Jazz Festival
                                                                                    Ellington was the master of ceremonies all three days, reportedly playing in a trio (Duke, Woodyard and Bell) during or in place of his announcements.

                                                                                    A small group led by Johnny Hodges (with Dizzy Gillespie, Ben Webster, Earl Hines, Harry Carney, Stuff Smith, Jimmy Rushing and Big Miller) played Friday night, and the full orchestra performed Saturday afternoon and Sunday evening.

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                                                                                      • 1961-09-03 p.9
                                                                                      • 1961-09-17 p.9
                                                                                    • Oakland Tribune, Oakland, Cal.
                                                                                      • 1961-09-20 p.44
                                                                                      • Additional documentation is likely to be found in SI-NMAH DEC301, Series 2: Performances and Programs, 1933-1974, box 11, folder 35 Monterey Jazz Festival, Monterey, California, September 23, 1961.
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                                                                                    .Monterey, Cal.Festival groundsMonterey Jazz Festival - see 1961 09 22

                                                                                    Afternoon concert, recorded:

                                                                                    Duke Ellington and his orchestra:
                                                                                    Cook, Mullens, Anderson, Nance, Louis Blackburn, Brown, Connors, Procope, Hodges, Gonsalves, Carney, Ellington, Bell, Woodyard, Grayson
                                                                                    Titles recorded:
                                                                                    • Take The "A" Train (theme)
                                                                                    • Medley: Black And Tan Fantasy, Creole Love Call, The Mooche
                                                                                    • Stompin' At The Savoy
                                                                                    • In A Sentimental Mood
                                                                                    • Congo Square
                                                                                    • Summertime
                                                                                    • Jam With Sam
                                                                                    • SUITE THURSDAY
                                                                                      • 1. Misfit Blues
                                                                                      • 2. Schwiphti
                                                                                      • 3. Zweet Zurzday
                                                                                      • 4. Lay-By
                                                                                    • Rockin' In Rhythm
                                                                                    • Sophisticated Lady
                                                                                    • THE GIRLS SUITE
                                                                                      • 01. Girls
                                                                                      • 11. Sarah
                                                                                      • 07. Lena
                                                                                      • 02. Mahalia
                                                                                      • 08. Dinah
                                                                                    • Skin Deep
                                                                                    • Passion Flower
                                                                                    • All Of Me
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                                                                                    • Day In, Day Out
                                                                                    • Do Nothin' Till You Hear From Me
                                                                                    • One More Once
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                                                                                    .Monterey, Cal.Festival groundsMonterey Jazz Festival - see 1961 09 22

                                                                                    Evening concert
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                                                                                    Tuesday
                                                                                    1961 10 01
                                                                                    Sunday
                                                                                    San Francisco, Cal.New Fack's
                                                                                    2215 Powell
                                                                                    Fisherman's Wharf
                                                                                    Supper club residency, 6 nights

                                                                                    Show times
                                                                                    • Weeknights, 9:15 p.m.; 11:00 p.m.; 1:00 a.m.
                                                                                    • Saturday. first show at 8:45 p.m., continues thereafter
                                                                                    • Sunday, 7:30 p.m., 9:30 p.m., 11:45 p.m.

                                                                                    Stratemann dates this engagement Sept. 24 to 29, citing Variety 1951-09-06 p.47 and Down Beat 1961-11-21 but local newspaper advertisements and plugs consistently have the engagement from Sept. 26 to Oct. 1
                                                                                    • San Francisco Examiner,
                                                                                      • Sept. 17:

                                                                                        'Duke Ellington's six day stand at New Fack's opening Sept. 26 is drawing a flood of requests for reservations but manager George Andros says he's not going to accept any until the last moment. With Ellington's full band in the club, it's hard to see how there'll be room for all the customers.'

                                                                                    • Oakland Tribune:
                                                                                      • Sept. 20:

                                                                                        '...The money George Andros is paying the Ellington 17-piece band for the six straight nights coming up at New Fack's on Tuesday, Sept. 26, is an all-time high in the 12-year history of Fack's, home of the biggest names in the recording industry. This Ellington New Fack's engagement is almost a sellout already. Last year when the local jazz critics (leading the nation) were first starting to call their following to take a renewed look and listen to the Ellington star – Andros snapped at the chance of booking Ellington and the response was an all-time record for Fack's opening night. "Duke is a thousand times the draw at this point one year later – and we're expecting a New Year's Eve crowd every performance, said Andros... '

                                                                                      • Sept. 27:

                                                                                        'Duke Ellington and his B-I-G band opened New Fack's last night for six straight nights and the Andros-Piccinini pleasure palace went up like Roman candle ... so happy were the band sound buffs to hear their idol for the first time in many a moon.
                                                                                          We've seen them all but this was definitely one of the most jam-packed S.R.O. houses ever seen in the local bistro circuit. With showbiz genius George Andros staging these shows and Hollywood celebrity-favorite Joe Piccinini eagle-eyeing the dinner output – New Fack's should set the jazz supper club pace for the rest of the nation...'

                                                                                      • Sept. 30:

                                                                                        '...This is year 35 for the Ellington band, which scored a Hit of Hits at Monterey Jazz Festival and is DOUBLING Fack's one week attendance record – closing Sunday night...'

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                                                                                      • 1961-09-03 p.9
                                                                                      • 1961-09-17 p.9
                                                                                      • 1961-09-23 p.15
                                                                                      • 1961-09-24 pp.20,23
                                                                                      • 1961-09-30 pp.10-B, 15
                                                                                      • 1961-10-01 p.10
                                                                                    • Oakland Tribune, Oakland, Cal.
                                                                                      • 1961-09-20 p.44
                                                                                      • 1961-09-27 p.26D
                                                                                      • 1961-09-29 p.12E
                                                                                      • 1961-09-30 p.EB 11
                                                                                      • 1961-10-01 p.EL 7
                                                                                    • The Times,San Mateo,Cal.
                                                                                      • 1961-09-22 p.22
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                                                                                    Wednesday
                                                                                    .San Francisco, Cal.Bay Meadows race trackIt's reasonable to assume this horse race was the day before the result was reported:

                                                                                    'J. J. Elmore's Kaaba, an overlay in the wagering, scored a surprise victory in the featured New Fack's Duke Ellington purse.
                                                                                      Duke Ellington, noted band leader, crowned the winner.
                                                                                      Smartly ridden by Pete Moreno, Kaaba dispossessed Park Royal and drew out to win by two and one half lengths...Held at four to one on the morning line, Kaaba paid $20.80...'

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                                                                                    October 1961

                                                                                    1961 10 01
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                                                                                    .Pocatello, IdahoPocatello High School AuditoriumBenefit concert, Eastern Idaho chapter, National Cystic Fibrosis Research Foundation
                                                                                    Audience estimated at 700
                                                                                    Idaho State Journal
                                                                                    • 1961-10-03, p.2
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                                                                                    .Clear Lake, IowaSurf BallroomConcert 8 to 10 pm,
                                                                                    dancing 10 to 12 pm.
                                                                                    Admission $1.87 plus tax, Tot.$2 for concert and dance
                                                                                    Ads
                                                                                    • Mason City, Iowa Globe-Gazette, p.14
                                                                                    • The Greene Recorder, Greene, Iowa, 1961-10-04 p.7
                                                                                    • The Algona Upper Des Moines, 1961-10-05, p.9
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                                                                                    .Chicago, Ill.Platform
                                                                                    W.63rd St. & S.Halsted St.
                                                                                    (Unconfirmed)

                                                                                    Civic celebration personal appearance

                                                                                    ' ...the Englewood shopping center will burst out tomorrow night in a blaze of light. The occasion will mark the beginning of service of the brightest street lighting system in the nation. Ceremonies will start at 6:30 p.m.....

                                                                                    High point of the celebration will come when Mayor Richard J. Daley, on the speakers' platform at W.63rd and S.Halsted sts.will give the signal illuminating the area...Radio, sports and other celebrities will be on the platform with the mayor and local dignitaries responsible for planning the new lights. Among those on the stand will be ...pianist-songwriter Duke Ellington; Olympic champion Jesse Owens...'

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                                                                                    .Oswego, N.Y.Lakeside Dining Hall, State University College,Homecoming Weekend dance attended by 2,500.
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                                                                                    .New York, N.Y.Columbia 30th St. Studio .Columbia recording session
                                                                                    23:30-02:30.
                                                                                    No Payment. All at Duke Ellington's expense.
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                                                                                    .Grove City, Penn.Grove City College Arena"The Duke Ellington Jazz Concert," sponsored by the Student Activities CommitteeAd, Newcastle Pa. News, 1961-10-12, p32..
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                                                                                    1961 11 00...PERSONNEL CHANGES
                                                                                    Ray Nance begins his 60 day jail sentence in Las Vegas, and Harold "Shorty" Baker, trumpet, comes in to sub for him.

                                                                                    Trumpeter Howard McGhee joins the band in late November and leaves in mid December. He recorded with the band on three later dates.

                                                                                    Matthew Gee, trombone, rejoins the band in late November
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                                                                                    .Atlanta, Ga.Morehouse CollegeThe Agnes Scott News:

                                                                                    'For those who want to get an early start on the week end, Duke Ellingtion, "the living jazz legend," will give a benefit concert tonight at 8 at Morehouse College in the Physical Education Building.'

                                                                                    Rount-Twon, The Agnes Scott News, Agnes Scott College, Decatur, Ga. 1961-11-01 p.3..
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                                                                                    .New York, N.Y..Tentative date of an Ellington interview with Willis Conover for Voice of America.
                                                                                    Klaus Götting:

                                                                                    '...I have been able to listen to a 12'30" interview with Willis Conover (said to be from his collection), a WCBS broadcast recorded or aired that same day.
                                                                                      Duke almost exclusively talks about PARIS BLUES; some records were played, but outspared on this tape.
                                                                                      At the end clear reference is made to 22nov61, Willis Conover saying: ... Town Hall, 8'30pm this Wednesday, Thanksgiving eve...
                                                                                      Interpreting these words leads me to consider that the interview was taped in NYC on 15.Nov - and aired a few days later.'

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                                                                                    8:30 pm
                                                                                    .Detroit, Mich.Ford Auditorium"Duke Ellington and his New Famous Band in Concert...presented by So-Re-Lit Club of Ebenezer A.M.E. Church"
                                                                                    Autographed program..
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                                                                                    Monday
                                                                                    .Newark, N.J......
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                                                                                    Tuesday
                                                                                    .New York, N.Y.."Musicspex" WNEW.New Desor
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                                                                                    Wednesday
                                                                                    .New York, N.Y.Town Hall....
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                                                                                    1961 11 23
                                                                                    Thursday
                                                                                    ...activities not documented...
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                                                                                    1961 11 24
                                                                                    Friday
                                                                                    1961 11 30
                                                                                    Thursday
                                                                                    New York, N.Y.Apollo Theater
                                                                                    253 W. 125th St., Borough of Manhattan, Harlem district
                                                                                    Stage show

                                                                                    Also on the bill: Jackie 'Moms' Mabley, Bunny Briggs, Ada Lee.

                                                                                    During
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                                                                                    Saturday
                                                                                    .New York, N.Y.."Box20/20" WABC-TV...
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                                                                                    1961 11 25
                                                                                    Saturday
                                                                                    .New York, N.Y.Apollo Theater
                                                                                    253 W. 125th St.
                                                                                    Harlem
                                                                                    see 1961 11 24

                                                                                    Trumpeter Bill Berry was recruited this day, when he went to hear Ellington at the Apollo - see DEMS 02/3
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                                                                                    1961 11 26
                                                                                    Sunday
                                                                                    .New York, N.Y.Apollo Theater
                                                                                    253 W. 125th St.
                                                                                    Harlem
                                                                                    see 1961 11 24...
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                                                                                    1961 11 27
                                                                                    Monday
                                                                                    .New York, N.Y.Apollo Theater
                                                                                    253 W. 125th St.
                                                                                    Harlem
                                                                                    see 1961 11 24...
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                                                                                    1961 11 28
                                                                                    Tuesday
                                                                                    .New York, N.Y.Apollo Theater
                                                                                    253 W. 125th St.
                                                                                    Harlem
                                                                                    see 1961 11 24...
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                                                                                    Wednesday
                                                                                    .New York, N.Y.Apollo Theater
                                                                                    253 W. 125th St.
                                                                                    Harlem
                                                                                    see 1961 11 24...
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                                                                                    1961 11 30
                                                                                    Thursday
                                                                                    .New York, N.Y.Apollo Theater
                                                                                    253 W. 125th St.
                                                                                    Harlem
                                                                                    see 1961 11 24...
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                                                                                    December 1961

                                                                                    1961 12 01
                                                                                    Friday
                                                                                    ...activities not documented...
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                                                                                    1961 12 02
                                                                                    Saturday
                                                                                    ...activities not documented...
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                                                                                    1961 12 03
                                                                                    Sunday
                                                                                    .Danbury, Conn.Berkshire Hall Auditorium
                                                                                    Danbury State College
                                                                                    Evening concertPatent Trader, Mt. Kisco, N.Y. 1961-11-05 p.26...
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                                                                                    1961 12 04
                                                                                    Monday
                                                                                    ...PERSONNEL CHANGE
                                                                                    Bill Berry, trumpet, joined the band to replace Willie Cook.
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                                                                                    Monday
                                                                                    1961 12 20New York, N.Y.Basin Street EastEllington's first New York night club residency in 5 years.

                                                                                    Also on the bill, singer Gloria Lynne with her trio led by Earl May, and comedian Larry Storch.

                                                                                    Storch warmed up the audience, then Ms Lynne did a set, and Ellington's band followed for an hour, with a total of "100 straight minutes of music."

                                                                                    Trumpeter Howard McGhee was with the band for the Basin Street East run.

                                                                                    The club was closed Sundays.
                                                                                    • Stratemann p.446 citing Variety 1961 12 13 p.54
                                                                                    • Vail II with copy of ad.
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                                                                                    1961 12 05
                                                                                    Tuesday
                                                                                    .New York, N.Y.Basin Street EastNight club residency - see 1961 12 04...
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                                                                                    Wednesday
                                                                                    .New York, N.Y.Basin Street EastNight club residency - see 1961 12 04...
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                                                                                    Thursday
                                                                                    .New York, N.Y.Basin Street EastNight club residency - see 1961 12 04...
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                                                                                    Friday
                                                                                    .New York, N.Y.Basin Street EastNight club residency - see 1961 12 04...
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                                                                                    Saturday
                                                                                    .New York, N.Y.Apollo Theater
                                                                                    253 W. 125th St., Borough of Manhattan, Harlem district
                                                                                    Benefit for the Negro Actors Guild, possibly just Duke with or without rhythm, but no band.Stratemann p. 446 citing DESB..
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                                                                                    1961 12 09
                                                                                    Saturday
                                                                                    .New York, N.Y.Basin Street EastNight club residency - see 1961 12 04...
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                                                                                    Sunday
                                                                                    6 pm and 9 pm
                                                                                    .Milburn, N.J. Paper Mill PlayhouseTwo concerts
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                                                                                    1961 12 11
                                                                                    Monday
                                                                                    1961 12 12
                                                                                    Tuesday
                                                                                    New York, N.Y..Verve recording session
                                                                                    Johnny Hodges with Billy Strayhorn & His Orchestra
                                                                                    Anderson, Berry, McGee, Mullens, Baker, Brown, Jackson, Connors, Hodges, Procope, Hamilton, Gonsalves, Carney, Jimmy Jones (piano), Bell, Woodyard

                                                                                    Titles recorded:
                                                                                    • Don't Get Around Much Anymore
                                                                                    • I Got It Bad and That Ain't Good (And That Ain't Good)
                                                                                    • Gal from Joe's
                                                                                    • Your Love Has Faded
                                                                                    • I'm Just a Lucky So-and-So
                                                                                    • Jeep's Blues
                                                                                    • Day Dream
                                                                                    • Juice a-Plenty
                                                                                    • Azure
                                                                                    • Tailor Made
                                                                                    • Star Dust
                                                                                    Stratemann p.446.DEMS
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                                                                                    1961 12 11
                                                                                    Monday
                                                                                    .New York, N.Y.Basin Street EastNight club residency - see 1961 12 04...
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                                                                                    Tuesday
                                                                                    .New York, N.Y..Second day of Verve recording session, Hodges with Billy Strayhorn and His Orch. - see 1961 12 11...
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                                                                                    Tuesday
                                                                                    .New York, N.Y.Basin Street EastNight club residency - see 1961 12 04...
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                                                                                    1961 12 13
                                                                                    Wednesday
                                                                                    .New York, N.Y.Basin Street EastNight club residency - see 1961 12 04...
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                                                                                    1961 12 14
                                                                                    Thursday
                                                                                    .New York, N.Y.Basin Street EastNight club residency - see 1961 12 04...
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                                                                                    1961 12 15
                                                                                    Friday
                                                                                    .New York, N.Y.Basin Street EastNight club residency - see 1961 12 04...
                                                                                    ..2011
                                                                                    1961 12 16
                                                                                    Saturday
                                                                                    .New York, N.Y.Basin Street EastNight club residency - see 1961 12 04...
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                                                                                    1961 12 17
                                                                                    Sunday
                                                                                    .New York, N.Y.CBS television studioThe band had a night off from Basin Street East.

                                                                                    Duke performed Duke's Place and In a Mellotone with Louis Armstrong and his All Stars on the popular national weekly television Ed Sullivan Show".
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                                                                                    Sunday
                                                                                    .New York, N.Y.Basin Street EastEllington and members of his family entered into a songwriter royalty agreement with a group of music publishers consisting of Mills Music, Inc., American Academy of Music, Inc., Gotham Music Service, Inc., their "predecessors in interest" and any other affiliate of Mills Music. One term of the agreement provided that these publishers would pay Ellington 50% of net revenues from foreign music sales.New York Supreme Court Appellate Divison judgement, May 2 2013, 9028 Paul M. Ellington, Plaintiff-Appellant, against EMI Music Inc., et al, Defendants, and EMI Mills Music, Inc.,Defendant-Respondent...
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                                                                                    Monday
                                                                                    .New York, N.Y.Basin Street EastNight club residency - see 1961 12 04...
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                                                                                    1961 12 19
                                                                                    Tuesday
                                                                                    .New York, N.Y.Hotel RooseveltChristmas party for the Radio & Television Executive Society

                                                                                    Presumably a daytime gig?
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                                                                                    1961 12 19
                                                                                    Tuesday
                                                                                    .New York, N.Y.Basin Street East(Unconfirmed)

                                                                                    Night club residency - see 1961 12 04

                                                                                    Possibly a day off, since it likely conflicts with the Hotel Roosevelt gig.
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                                                                                    1961 12 20
                                                                                    Wednesday
                                                                                    .New York, N.Y.Basin Street EastNight club residency - see 1961 12 04...
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                                                                                    1961 12 20
                                                                                    Wednesday
                                                                                    ...PERSONNEL CHANGE
                                                                                    Matthew Gee, trombone, leaves the band
                                                                                    Leon Cox, trombone, joins the band
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                                                                                    Thursday
                                                                                    ...activities not documented...
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                                                                                    1961 12 22
                                                                                    Friday
                                                                                    ...activities not documented...
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                                                                                    Saturday
                                                                                    ...activities not documented...
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                                                                                    Monday
                                                                                    ...activities not documented...
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                                                                                    1961 12 26
                                                                                    Tuesday
                                                                                    .Toledo, OhioInverness Club(Unconfirmed)

                                                                                    The date needs to be confirmed.
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                                                                                    1961 12 27
                                                                                    Wednesday
                                                                                    .New York, N.Y.Statler Hotel(Unconfirmed)

                                                                                    The date needs to be confirmed.
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                                                                                    1961 12 28
                                                                                    Thursday
                                                                                    .Cincinnati, OhioHilton Hotel(Unconfirmed)

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                                                                                    Friday
                                                                                    ...activities not documented...
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                                                                                    Saturday
                                                                                    ...activities not documented...
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                                                                                    1961 12 31
                                                                                    Sunday
                                                                                    .Philadelphia, Penn.Academy of MusicCotillion Society awards ceremonyStratemann p.446..
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                                                                                    1961 12 31
                                                                                    Sunday
                                                                                    .Philadelphia, Penn.Sheraton HotelCotillion Society ball

                                                                                    An internal accounting record shows Celley collected $1,750 for this engagement, apparently in cash.
                                                                                    • Report For The Week Of December 29 To January 4, 1962, SI-NMAH Archives Center, DEC301, Series III, Subseries G, Box 117, Folder 7
                                                                                    • Stratemann p.446
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                                                                                    January 1962

                                                                                    1962 01 011962 12 31..WEEKLY REPORTS

                                                                                    From 1944 to 1964, Ellington's road manager was Al Celley. Mr. Celley collected the cash due at each engagement, paid the band and road crew payrolls in cash, paid various expenses and advanced money to the sidemen.

                                                                                    For most of 1962, Celley filed weekly reports. Each has a cash flow statement in the top left corner and a summary of payrolls and disbursements in the top right corner. Below is a list of disbursements.

                                                                                    The report for June 8 to 14 is typical:
                                                                                    JUNE  8: READING, PA.         1,250.00    1,250.00 D
                                                                                    9: ITHACA, N.Y. 2,500.00 C
                                                                                    11: CHESTNUT HILL, MASS. 1,500.00 500.00 D
                                                                                    12: WEST HAVEN, CONN. 200.00 500.00 D
                                                                                    13: WORCESTER, MASS. 1,000.00 1,000.00 D
                                                                                    BALANCE 6,450.00
                                                                                    WITHHOLDING TAX 340.00
                                                                                    S.S. TAX 63.60
                                                                                    N.Y. STATE TAX 5.10
                                                                                    N.Y. RESIDENT TAX 60.00
                                                                                    BALANCE 6,922.70
                                                                                    TOTAL PAID OUT 5,756.78
                                                                                    DUE OFFICE 1,165.92
                                                                                    It isn't clear what the amounts in the fourth column represent, but they may be the advance deposits paid to Associated Booking Corporation upon booking.

                                                                                    C, D and NC in the fifth column appear to mean Concert, Dance or Nightclub, respectively.

                                                                                    The "TOTAL PAID OUT" comes from a summary in the right upper corner of the report:
                                                                                    PAYROLL:  BAND               3,415.00
                                                                                    PAYROLL: STAFF 370.00
                                                                                    DISBURSEMENTS 1,971.78
                                                                                    TOTAL PAID OUT 5,756.78
                                                                                    DISBURSEMENTS are itemized and totalled at the bottom of the page. They include:
                                                                                    • Celley's weekly non-accountable expense allowance, $25 at the beginning of the year and $30 later
                                                                                    • reimbursements to band boy Bobby Boyd
                                                                                    • payments to or on behalf of various sidemen - presumably these would be recovered from their pay that week
                                                                                    • amounts paid for railroad travel - usually nominal this year
                                                                                    • payments to the bus company, showing the band was travelling by bus
                                                                                    • payments for Harry Carney's car
                                                                                    • taxi and railroad fares
                                                                                    • tips to bus drivers, stage hands, electricians, policemen, etc.
                                                                                    • entertaining
                                                                                    • payments to copyists and arrangers
                                                                                    • miscellany
                                                                                    Webmaster comments:
                                                                                    • Celley's weekly reports are fairly straightforward and consistent with his 1966 pre-trial testimony in his legal action against Duke Ellington, Inc.

                                                                                      Essentially, at the end of each week, Celley could tell if he was out-of-pocket and should be reimbursed, or had a surplus for the week.

                                                                                      When he collected more than he paid out, the surplus shows as "Due to Office" or "Due Office," but not what happened to the surplus. Similarly, when there was a shortfall, subsequent reports do not show he was reimbursed. This suggests he kept a float which would be replenished by weekly surpluses and depleted by weekly shortfalls.
                                                                                    • The reports are deficient in that they don't show a running balance. Simply adding "brought forward" and "carry forward" lines might have prevented the misunderstanding that led to Celley's suit against Duke Ellington, Inc. for what he believed he was owed when he left the organization.
                                                                                    • It is not the numbers that are important, it is the story they tell. For this reason, at the beginning of each week for which there is a report I have summarized what I feel are the interesting disbursements. They show, for instance, that Celley had a weekly non-accountable allowance throughout the year, that Bobby Boyd was reimbursed for miscellaneous expenses, that the band travelled largely by bus this year, that Carney used his car some weeks - probably driving Ellington - and Strayhorn received money from time to time, suggesting he was present at some of the locations that week.
                                                                                    • In June, a report shows $435.45 for an electric typewriter, a huge layout for the times. The typed reports look the same throughout the year, though, begging the questions of:
                                                                                      • Why didn't the typeface change with the new typewriter?
                                                                                      • Did Celley type these reports, or did he submit reports in another form that were then retyped by staff at Ellington's headquarters or accountant's office?
                                                                                    • Many reports show taxi fares, tips to bus drivers, stage hands and policemen. They also include substantial amounts for entertaining and many weeks show what appear to be non-resident musician levies paid musicians' union locals for Ellington and some sidemen. In most weeks I did not include these when summarizing the disbursements.
                                                                                    Archives Center, SI-NMAH DEC301, Series III Subseries G, Box 117, Folder 7 "Duke Ellington, Inc. Expenses - weekly 1962-1964"..djpNew
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                                                                                    ...activities not documented
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                                                                                    1962 01 02
                                                                                    Tuesday
                                                                                    ...PERSONNEL CHANGE
                                                                                    Ray Nance returns to work after completing his jail sentence. He switched to cornet from trumpet, from this point on.
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                                                                                    1962 01 02
                                                                                    Tuesday
                                                                                    .New York, N.Y.Columbia 30th St. StudioFirst Columbia recording session for Ellington's "All American in Jazz" album
                                                                                    18:30 to 21:30.
                                                                                    Duke Ellington & His Orchestra
                                                                                    Berry, Mullens, Baker, Anderson, Nance, Cox, Brown, Connors, Hamilton, Procope, Hodges, Gonsalves, Carney, Strayhorn, Ellington, Bell, Woodyard

                                                                                    Titles recorded:
                                                                                    • We Speak The Same Language
                                                                                    • Once Upon A Time
                                                                                    • If I Were You

                                                                                    • Stratemann:
                                                                                      • Columbia was a financial backer for a Broadway musical, "All American", with music by Charles Strouse and Lee Adams.
                                                                                      • Ellington and other Columbia artists produced as many as six albums and numerous singles of the music, in various musical styles.
                                                                                      • The musical was to premiere on Broadway on March 19.
                                                                                    • Strayhorn appears to have written eight of the arrangements and Ellington possibly two.
                                                                                    • The Ellington recordings were released as a 12-inch LP in North America and also as five 7-inch "Stereo Seven" 331/3 two-sided juke box records.
                                                                                    • While Stratemann describes the album as one of Ellington's least memorable efforts, Lambert praises it, devoting 21/2 columns to his review. Critic Ralph J. Gleason praised it as well.
                                                                                    • Lambert:
                                                                                      • The musical had a short run on Broadway - 60 performances.
                                                                                      • the LP wasn't available overseas until 1979
                                                                                      • this album marks Nance's switch to cornet
                                                                                      • Gonsalves' solo in the ballad I've Just Seen Her drew spontaneous applause from the other musicians present.
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                                                                                    Wednesday
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                                                                                    Thursday
                                                                                    .New York, N.Y.Museum Of Modern Art
                                                                                    11 W. 53rd St.
                                                                                    Recorded piano recital, solo and with rhythm:

                                                                                    Ellington, Bell, Woodyard
                                                                                    Titles recorded:

                                                                                    Solo piano:
                                                                                    • Blue Bells Of Harlem
                                                                                    • Janet
                                                                                    • Lotus Blossom
                                                                                    • Melancholia
                                                                                    • New York City Blues
                                                                                    • New World A-Comin'
                                                                                    • Reflections In D
                                                                                    • The Clothed Woman
                                                                                    • There Was Nobody Looking
                                                                                    Jerry Valburn recorded the concert.
                                                                                    Piano with rhythm:
                                                                                    • Dancers In Love
                                                                                    • Kinda Dukish
                                                                                    • Medley
                                                                                    • Satin Doll
                                                                                    • Single Petal Of A Rose
                                                                                    • Take The "A" Train
                                                                                    The medley was:
                                                                                    • Do Nothin' Till You Hear From Me
                                                                                    • Solitude
                                                                                    • Don't Get Around Much Anymore
                                                                                    • Mood Indigo
                                                                                    • Cops (Asphalt Jungle)
                                                                                    • I'm Beginning To See The Light
                                                                                    • Sophisticated Lady
                                                                                    • Caravan

                                                                                    Contract terms:
                                                                                    • 3 musicians under the leadership of "DUKE ELLINGTON, INC. PRESENTS DUKE ELLINGTON"
                                                                                    • Name and Address of Place of Engagement
                                                                                      Museum of Modern Art, 11 W. 53rd St., New York
                                                                                    • Date(s) of employment
                                                                                      January 4, 1962
                                                                                    • Hours of employment
                                                                                      8:30 P.M. to 10:30 P.M.
                                                                                    • Type of engagement
                                                                                      Concert
                                                                                    • Standard top billing clause
                                                                                    • Wage agreed upon: $1,000 flat, deposit $500 on signing and balance in cash night of engagement
                                                                                    • Employer:
                                                                                      Charles Schwartz, Contrasts in Contemporary Music, Inc., 562 Sixth Avenue, New York 1, N.Y.
                                                                                    • Signed by
                                                                                      Charles Schwartz
                                                                                    The weekly "expense" report shows Celley collected $500 cash. His expenses for this week include the cost of audio tape for taping the concert.
                                                                                    • SI-NMAH Archives Center, DEC301, Series III
                                                                                      • Associated Booking Corporation contract
                                                                                        dated 1961 11 16, Subseries A, Box 2, Folder 21
                                                                                      • Report For The Week Of December 29 To January 4, 1962 Subseries G, Box 117, Folder 7
                                                                                      • Stratemann p.447 citing
                                                                                        • Amsterdam News 1962-01-13
                                                                                        • Jazz Journal 1962-02
                                                                                      • Vail II, reproducing an undated contemporary Down Beat review
                                                                                      • Jerry Valburn, The Recorded Work Of Duke Ellington On Compact Disc, An In-Depth Study, Marlor Productions, Hicksville, N.Y. 1993 p.VII
                                                                                      • Vail II
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                                                                                    1962 01 05
                                                                                    Friday
                                                                                    .New York, N.Y.Columbia 30th St. StudioSecond Columbia recording session for Ellington's "All American in Jazz" album
                                                                                    19:00-23:30
                                                                                    Duke Ellington & His Orchestra
                                                                                    Berry, Mullens, Baker, Anderson, Nance, Cox, Brown, Connors, Hamilton, Procope, Hodges, Gonsalves, Carney, Strayhorn, Ellington, Bell, Woodyard

                                                                                    Titles recorded:
                                                                                    • I Couldn't Have Done it Alone
                                                                                    • I've Just Seen Her
                                                                                    • Nightlife
                                                                                    Jerry Valburn was a guest at this session.
                                                                                    • See 1962 01 02
                                                                                    • Jerry Valburn, The Recorded Work Of Duke Ellington On Compact Disc, An In-Depth Study, Marlor Productions, Hicksville, N.Y. 1993 p.VII
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                                                                                    1962 01 05
                                                                                    Friday
                                                                                    .New York City, N.Y.Basin Street EastElla Fitzgerald gave a party at Basin Street East to honour the recipients of the Playboy Jazz Poll, including Ella and Duke. M.C. Benny Goodman presented them with Playboy Jazz Medals, although the Courier photospread also Duke receiving his medal from Playboy cover girl Cynthia Maddox.

                                                                                    Others shown in the photospread include Playboy publisher Hugh Hefner, David Susskind, Joe Williams, Gerry Mulligan Dave Brubeck, Dizzy Gillespie, Mrs. Hugh Downs, a lady, presumably Evie, identified as Ellington's wife, Dorothy Kilgallen, William B. Williams, Johnny Ray, Joan and Constance Bennett, Jack Carter, George Crater, Mickey Mantle And Harold Arlen.

                                                                                    The party was filmed by P.M. East cameramen and Joyce Davidson interviewed the jazz poll winners for television.

                                                                                    Music was provided by former Fitzgerald sidemen led by Sy Oliver.
                                                                                    • Stratemann, p.447 citing New York Amsterdam News 1962-02-10 pp.15-16
                                                                                    • Photospread, The Courier, Pittsburgh, Penn., 1962-02-10 s.2 p.21
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                                                                                    1962 01 06
                                                                                    Saturday
                                                                                    ...Sidemen's activities not documented

                                                                                    Ellington and Strayhorn were interviewed for radio by Paul Werth from 7 to 8 p.m.
                                                                                    • Stratemann p.447 citing DESB
                                                                                    • Vail II
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                                                                                    Sunday
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                                                                                    Monday
                                                                                    1962 01 09
                                                                                    Tuesday
                                                                                    New York, N.Y.Pathé Studios1 p.m. to 5 p.m. rehearsal for Goodyear film "Goodyear Jazz Concert - Duke Ellington"
                                                                                    In 1960, Goodyear International Corporation began to use jazz to promote its product in foreign markets. Its campaign included making thirteen half-hour films to be performed outside the U.S. Only five were produced, and each was paired with a United Artists feature film. Filmed in colour using 35mm film, 16mm copies were given to USIS institutions around the world after the initial run, to be lent to jazz organizations and schools.

                                                                                    Although Goodyear planned to release monaural and stereophonic LPs of the series, only one was produced, using music from the films featuring Ellington and Bobby Hackett.


                                                                                    The Ellington organization had three poorly drafted contracts for this project, replete with ambiguous wording and typing mistakes. The first was for the services of Ellington alone, the second was for the band, and the third retroactively superceded the second.

                                                                                    It is not clear if the second contract, for a 16-piece band, was in addition to the first or was intended to replace it. Since Ellington plus the full complement of sidemen appearing in the film numbered 15, the latter seems likely.


                                                                                    Terms:
                                                                                    • Contract dated 1962 01 02
                                                                                      • 1 musician under the leadership of "DUKE ELLINGTON, INC. PRESENTS DUKE ELLINGTON"
                                                                                      • Name and Address of Place of Engagement
                                                                                        INDUSTRIAL AND/OR COMMERICAL [sic] FILM FOR GOODYEAR RUBBER CO.
                                                                                        Television Graphics Inc. 3 West 61st St., New York, N.Y.
                                                                                      • Date(s) of employment
                                                                                        January 8 and January 9 1962
                                                                                      • Hours of employment
                                                                                        Rehearsal on January 8, 1962 from 1:00 P.M - 5:00 P.M.
                                                                                        Filming on January 9, 1962 from 8:30 A.M. - 5:30 P.M. - 1 hour lunch
                                                                                      • IT IS HEREBY UNDERSTOOD AND AGREED, THIS FILM AND RECORDING OF FILM, MAY BE SHOWN IN ALL PARTS OF THE WORLD, EXCLUDING THE UNITED STATES, IT'S [sic] POSSESSIONS AND CANADA.
                                                                                      • Wage agreed upon: $3,500; entire amount is to be deposited with Associated Booking Corporation by Television Graphics Inc. or Michael Bryan before Duke Ellington commences rehearsal on Jan. 8,1962.
                                                                                      • Employer:
                                                                                        Michael Bryan, Producer
                                                                                      • Signed by
                                                                                        Michael Bryan, Producer
                                                                                    • Contract dated 1962 01 05
                                                                                      • 16 musicians under the leadership of "Duke Ellington, Inc. presents The Duke Ellington Orchestra"
                                                                                      • Name and Address of Place of Engagement
                                                                                        Television Graphics Inc. 3 West 61st St., New York, N.Y.
                                                                                        for Industrial and/or Commercial film for GOODYEAR RUBBER CO.
                                                                                      • Date(s) of employment
                                                                                        January 8-1962 and January 9-1962
                                                                                      • Hours of employment
                                                                                        Rehearsal Jan. 8, 1 PM to 5 PM
                                                                                        Filming January 9-1962, 8:30 AM to 5:30 PM, one hour for lunch
                                                                                        It is definitely hereby understood and agreed that this film and sound for same may be shown and utilized in all parts of the world with the exception of the United States, her possessions anywhere in the world, and Canada.
                                                                                      • Wage agreed upon: $6,410.19 plus items designated in attached rider. Should Union scale be greater in dollars at time of making of film and recording, payment shall be in accordance with rules and regulations of the A F of M
                                                                                      • To be paid within 10 days after filming.
                                                                                      • Rider:
                                                                                        • Producer to pay $641.02 commission to ABC, in addition to the salary stipulated.
                                                                                        • Two clauses require the producer to pay the A F of M 3% ($100.44) of $3,348.15 and 5% ($102.10) of $2,042.04 for the Employee Pension Fund.
                                                                                        • The producer will pay 5% ($51) of $1,020 for any radio show of half an hour or less comprising sound from film.
                                                                                        • Producer will pay handling costs to Duke Ellington Inc. of $52.82 (8% of $6,410.19)
                                                                                        • It is understood that film and sound recorded, referred to herein, shall be for the exclusive use of GOODYEAR RUBBER CO. and cannot be sold of [sic] utilized by any other individual or from, as per agreement between Michael Bryan, Television Graphics, Goodyear Rubber Co. and Associated Booking Corp.

                                                                                          It is understood that Duke Ellington Inc. acts as Employer under the terms of this contract.
                                                                                      • Contract dated 1962 01 15
                                                                                        • "This contract supercedes contract
                                                                                          dates [sic] Jan. 5-1962 because of change
                                                                                          in hours utilized."
                                                                                        • 16 musicians under the leadership of "Duke Ellington, Inc. presents The Duke Ellington Orchestra"
                                                                                        • Name and Address of Place of Engagement
                                                                                          Television Graphics Inc. 3 West 61st St., New York, N.Y.
                                                                                          for Industrial and/or Commercial film for GOODYEAR RUBBER CO.
                                                                                        • Date(s) of employment
                                                                                          January 8 and 9-1962. Rehearsal Jan. 8, 1 PM to 5 PM
                                                                                        • Hours of employment
                                                                                          Recording 2 hours; photographic scale, were finished by 4:30 (1:30 to 4:30) one hour for lunch. It is definitely understood and agreed that this film and sound for same, may be shown and utilized in all parts of the world with exception of the United States, her possessions anywhere in the world, and Canada.
                                                                                        • Wage agreed upon: $5,262.18 plus items designated in rider. Should Union scale be great [sic] in dollars, payment shall be in accordance with rules and regulations of the A F of M
                                                                                        • To be paid within 10 days after filming.
                                                                                        • Rider: The performances agreed to hereby, may be filmed and recorded for use for all purposes and in all manners stated in the aforesaid contract.
                                                                                        • Rider:
                                                                                          • Producer to pay $526.22 commission to ABC, in addition to the salary stipulated.
                                                                                          • It is understood that payment to Duke Ellington Inc. which is $5,262,18, Michael Bryan will pay 8% handling charges in the amount of $420.98, and that total amount to be paid direct to Duke Ellington Inc. shall be $5,683.16.
                                                                                          • Two clauses require the producer to pay the A F of M 3% ($69.00 [sic]) of $2,200 for the Employee Pension Fund.
                                                                                          • The producer will pay 5% ($51) of $1,020 for any radio show of half an hour or less comprising sound from film and 5% $102.10 of $2.042.04 on the television showing.
                                                                                          • It is understood that film and sound recorded, referred to herein, shall be for the exclusive use of Goodyear Rubber Co. and cannot be sold or utilized by any other individual or from, as per agreement between Michael Bryan, Television Graphics, Goodyear Rubber Col, and Associated Booking Corp.

                                                                                            It is understood that Duke Ellington Inc. acts as Employer under the terms of this contract.
                                                                                        • Rider: The performances agreed to hereby, may be filmed and recorded for use for all purposes and in all manners stated in the aforesaid contract.
                                                                                    SI-NMAH Archives Center, DEC301, Series III
                                                                                    • Subseries A, Box 3, Folder 1: Associated Booking Corporation contracts dated
                                                                                      • 1962 01 02
                                                                                      • 1962 01 05
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                                                                                    Tuesday
                                                                                    .New York, N.Y.Pathé StudiosPre-recording and filming "Goodyear Jazz Concert - Duke Ellington" or "Goodyear Jazz Concert - Duke Ellington and His Orchestra"
                                                                                    Duke Ellington and His Orchestra
                                                                                    Baker, Berry, Anderson, Mullens, Nance, Cox, Brown, Connors, Hamilton, Procope, Hodges, Gonsalves, Carney, Ellington, Bell, Woodyard, with Strayhorn in the control booth.

                                                                                    Titles recorded:
                                                                                    • Take The "A" Train
                                                                                    • Satin Doll
                                                                                    • Blow By Blow
                                                                                    • Things Ain't What They Used To Be
                                                                                    • V.I.P.'s Boogie segue to Jam With Sam
                                                                                    • Kinda Dukish
                                                                                    • The Good Years Of Jazz (this is based on One More Once, and plays during the closing credits when the band is off-screen. Stratemann says it is played by a studio band in some releases of the film. Nielsen says the opening and closing themes were played under credits, were not recorded by Ellington's orchestra. These differences may result from the two authorities having different versions of the film.)
                                                                                    Unlike the other productions, Ellington's film was pre-recorded so the musicians could relax while faking it for the film. The studio was only available for one day, and Ellington had 2-1/2 hours to record the music. Strayhorn supervised from the control booth, and 12 microphones were used.

                                                                                    Celley's report for the week of January 19 to 25 has a separate line item for
                                                                                    PAYROLL TO BAND "GOODYEAR" 5,262.18

                                                                                    Stratemann considered the quality of the music and film to be very good, although there are a few spots where the faking was out of sync with the pre-recorded music. In 1989, JazzMedia released the first professionally produced video cassette of the film on the Storyville label, in PAL format.
                                                                                    New Desor shows the music was recorded on January 5 and 9, but Stratemann contradicts that and the other discographies only show the one date. New Desor's information likely arose from Jerry Valburn's mistaken identification of the January 5 Columbia session - see DEMS 93/2-2. The contract terms (see 1962 01 08) provided for an afternoon rehearsal January 8 and filming on January 9. The contracts do not mention a separate pre-recording session.

                                                                                    A letter from Harry Fox (of Harry Fox Agency) to Ruth Ellington (at Tempo Music) dated 1962-05-24 referred to a January 5, 1962 licence for "Goodyear Jazz Concert Starring Duke Ellington," Producers: Goodyear International Corporation and/or Michael Bryan, Producer and/or Television Graphics, Inc. and titles as shown above. Additional letters in Tempo's files concern licences for the music to be used in a record Goodyear would sell in Europe.
                                                                                    • SI-NMAH Archives Center, DEC301, Series III:
                                                                                      • Subseries E, Box 102, Folder 11: Tempo Music Inc. Correspondence 1962
                                                                                      • Subseries G, Box 117, Folder 7: Report for the week of January 19-25, 1962
                                                                                    • Stratemann pp.448-458 (with several photos), citing Down Beat 1962-10-11
                                                                                    • Vail II
                                                                                    • Girvan:   Ellingtonia.com
                                                                                    • MacHare:   A Duke Ellington Panorama
                                                                                    • Timner
                                                                                    • Ole J. Nielsen, Jazz Records 1942-80, A discography: Vol. Six, Duke Ellington
                                                                                    • Jerry Valburn, The Recorded Work Of Duke Ellington On Compact Disc, An In-Depth Study, Marlor Productions, Hicksville, N.Y. 1993 p.VII
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                                                                                    Wednesday
                                                                                    .New York, N.Y.Columbia Studio A
                                                                                    799 Seventh Ave.
                                                                                    (note Columbia had a Studio A on each coast)
                                                                                    19:00 to 22:00
                                                                                    Third recording session for Ellington's Columbia "All American in Jazz" album - see 1962 01 02
                                                                                    Duke Ellington and His Orchestra
                                                                                    Berry, Mullens, Baker, Anderson, Nance, Cox, Brown, Connors, Hamilton, Procope, Hodges, Gonsalves, Carney, Strayhorn, Ellington, Bell, Woodyard

                                                                                    Titles recorded:
                                                                                    • Which Way?
                                                                                    • Our Children
                                                                                    • Back to School
                                                                                    • See 1962 01 02
                                                                                    • Stratemann p.459
                                                                                    • Vail II
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                                                                                    Friday
                                                                                    Akron, Ohio.Reuben's RestaurantBeacon-Journal:

                                                                                    '...[we] stopped in at Reuben's Restaurant to try its famous apple pancake and cheesecake.
                                                                                      Elderly but peaky Arnold Reuben... Was not about to give up the recipes... But he did introduce us to Paul Newman and his blond wife, Joanne Woodward...
                                                                                      Also making Reuben's one of his stops was Duke Ellington, bundled in a navy belted coat, with collar high to bear the 6-above temperature. The great Duke has the most fantastic method for gaining weight. "I'm getting my usual," he told me, "vanilla, chocolate, strawberry ice cream, and coffee ice cream, topped with canned pears. You ought to try it sometime."
                                                                                      Duke is headed for Cleveland where he'll present a concert at John Carroll University Sunday. This will be followed by a week's engagement in Columbus.'


                                                                                    The article doesn't say when this occurred, but since it was published on the 13th, it likely happened on the 11th or 12th.
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                                                                                    Friday
                                                                                    .New Concord, OhioGymnasium
                                                                                    Muskingum College
                                                                                    Winter formal dance, "Fascination in Frost"

                                                                                    Co-chairmen were reported to be Peg Reicher from Chatham, N.J. and Dan Nixon from Dover.

                                                                                    The dance was not open to the public but balcony seats were available for $1.25
                                                                                    Contract terms:
                                                                                    • 13 musicians under the leadership of "DUKE ELLINGTON, INC. PRESENTS DUKE ELLINGTON"
                                                                                    • Name and Address of Place of Engagement
                                                                                      Gym - Muskingum College, New Concord, Ohio
                                                                                    • Date(s) of employment
                                                                                      January 12, 1962
                                                                                    • Hours of employment
                                                                                      9:00 PM to 1:00 AM
                                                                                    • Type of engagement
                                                                                      Dance
                                                                                    • Rubberstamped standard top billing clause
                                                                                    • There is to be no use of alcoholic beverages by members of the orchestra and staff before or during the engagement. Violation will constitute a breach of contract.
                                                                                    • Wage agreed upon: $2,000 flat, deposit $1,000 payable on signing and balance in cash to artist night of engagement
                                                                                    • Employer:
                                                                                      Muskingum College - Miss Peggy Pringle, Chairman
                                                                                    • Signed by
                                                                                      Peggy Pringle
                                                                                    • Associated Booking Corporation contract
                                                                                      dated 1961 10 26, SI-NMAH Archives Center, DEC301, Series III, Subseries A, Box 2, Folder 20
                                                                                    • Social announcement, Chatham Press, Chatham, N.J., 1962-01-10 p.5
                                                                                    • The Times Recorder, Zanesville, Ohio, 1962-01-11 s.B p.1
                                                                                    • Stratemann p.459
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                                                                                    Saturday
                                                                                    .Cincinnati, OhioCastle FarmDancing

                                                                                    Contract terms:
                                                                                    • 13 musicians under the leadership of "DUKE ELLINGTON, INC. PRESENTS DUKE ELLINGTON"
                                                                                    • Hours of employment
                                                                                      9:30 P.M. to 2 A.M.
                                                                                    • Standard top billing clause
                                                                                    • Anti-segregation rider attached, initialled "M.M."
                                                                                    • Wage agreed upon: $1,750 guaranteed, privilege 60% gross receipts payable in cash night of engagement
                                                                                    • Employer:
                                                                                      Milt Magel, Castle Farm, Sunset Road, Cincinnati, Ohio
                                                                                    • Signed by
                                                                                      M. E. Magel
                                                                                    Celley's weekly report shows $1,750 was collected.
                                                                                    • SI-NMAH Archives Center, DEC301, Series III:
                                                                                      • Subseries A, Box 2, Folder 20:
                                                                                        Associated Booking Corporation contract
                                                                                        dated 1961 12 04
                                                                                      • Subseries G, Box 117, Folder 7:
                                                                                        Report for the week of January 12 to 18, 1962
                                                                                      • Ads, The Cincinnati Enquirer, Cincinnati, Ohio
                                                                                        • 1962-01-07, p6-H
                                                                                        • 1962-01-12, pp.10,33
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                                                                                    Sunday
                                                                                    .University Heights, Ohio
                                                                                    (near Cleveland)
                                                                                    Gymnasium
                                                                                    John Carroll University
                                                                                    1 John Carroll Blvd.
                                                                                    Duke Ellington Band in concert, 8:30 p.m.

                                                                                    Stratemann reported 2,400 patrons
                                                                                    • The Plain Dealer, Cleveland, Ohio
                                                                                      • 1962-01-06 p.26
                                                                                      • 1962-01-10 p.21
                                                                                      • 1962-01-11 p.37
                                                                                      • 1962-01-12 p.12
                                                                                      • 1962-01-13 pp.22 & 4-H
                                                                                      • 1962-01-14 p.2-H
                                                                                    • The Carroll News, John Carroll University, University Heights,Ohio, 1962-01-12, pp.1,3
                                                                                    • Stratemann p.459 citing DESB
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                                                                                    Columbus, OhioThe Maramar Theater-RestaurantNightclub residency
                                                                                    • While Stratemann and Vail report this engagement ended January 21, the contract was for January 15 to 20. Local ads also announce it's from January 15 to 20, and two internal weekly financial reports show Celley collected $6,500 for the nights of January 15, 16, 17 18 19 and 20, but on January 21 collected from Penn State University.
                                                                                    • Stratemann reports Ellington played two shows nightly. The contract has a crossed out "2" and a typed "Three."
                                                                                    • Contract terms:
                                                                                      • 15 musicians under the leadership of "DUKE ELLINGTON, INC. PRESENTS DUKE ELLINGTON"
                                                                                      • Name and Address of Place of Engagement
                                                                                        Maramar Club, Columbus, Ohio
                                                                                      • Date(s) of employment
                                                                                        January 15th thru January 20th, 1962
                                                                                      • Hours of employment
                                                                                        "Three 2 [crossed out] shows nightly between 8 p.m. and 1 a.m.
                                                                                        it is understood that cover charge or admission will be $2.00 per person weekdays and $3.00 per person Friday and Saturday."
                                                                                      • Rubber stamped top billing clause
                                                                                      • Wage agreed upon: $6,500 guarantee, against 80% door or cover charge, to be paid in cash end of engagement
                                                                                      • Employer:
                                                                                        Club Maramar, Columbus, Ohio
                                                                                      • Signed by
                                                                                        Danny Deed, Owner
                                                                                    • SI-NMAH Archives Center, DEC301, Series III:
                                                                                      • Subseries A, Box 2, Folder 18:
                                                                                        Associated Booking Corporation contract
                                                                                        dated 1961 08 31,
                                                                                      • Subseries G, Box 117, Folder 7:
                                                                                        Reports for the weeks of January 12 to 18, 1962 and January 19 to 25, 1962
                                                                                    • Ads, 1962-01-03:
                                                                                      • The Circleville Herald, Circleville, Ohio, p.2
                                                                                      • The Journal-Tribune, Marysville, Ohio, p.3
                                                                                      • The Plain Dealer, Cleveland, Ohio,p.2
                                                                                    • Stratemann p.459 citing DESB
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                                                                                    Friday
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                                                                                    Thursday
                                                                                    .Weekly reportCelley's weekly report shows
                                                                                    PAYROLL TO BAND GOODYEAR    5,262.18
                                                                                    PAYROLL TO BAND 2,214.00
                                                                                    PAYROLL TO STAFF 370.00
                                                                                    BAND EXPENSES 1,808.76
                                                                                    Band expenses included
                                                                                    EXPENSES FOR AL CELLEY        25.00
                                                                                    EXPENSES FOR HARRY CARNEY 106.10
                                                                                    COPYING EXPENSE, TOM WHALEY 100.00
                                                                                    EXPENSES FOR BOBBY BOYD 189.88
                                                                                    ENTERTAINING AT MARAMAR CLUB 361.96
                                                                                    SUPER SERVICE BUS COMPANY 619.15
                                                                                    and tips to stagehands, the bus driver, etc. Several payments of band member expenses are shown, the largest being Carney's, which might indicate he used his car on this tour.
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                                                                                    Sunday
                                                                                    .State College, Penn.Rec Hall
                                                                                    Penn State University
                                                                                    University Park
                                                                                    GET YOUR TICKETS NOW!
                                                                                    Lion's Den Booth - HUB DESK - Nitany News
                                                                                    For The Big Show of the Winter Term
                                                                                    featuring
                                                                                    Two Giants of Jazz

                                                                                    DUKE
                                                                                    ELLINGTON


                                                                                    and his

                                                                                    Famous Orchestra


                                                                                    PLUS

                                                                                    The Exciting Personality of


                                                                                    DIZZY
                                                                                    GILLESPIE


                                                                                    and His Quartet


                                                                                    SUNDAY EVENING
                                                                                    January 21, 1962

                                                                                    REC HALL

                                                                                    Tickets Only
                                                                                    Public $1.50              Jazz Club Member $1.00

                                                                                    New Oxford News:
                                                                                    'The Misses Sara Zeigler, Lincolnway West and Cheryl Bond and Arija Tuarins, York, spent the week-end at Penn State University where they attended a jazz concert of Duke Ellington and Dizzie Gillespie on Sunday night.'

                                                                                    Contract terms:
                                                                                    • 13 musicians under the leadership of "DUKE ELLINGTON, INC. PRESENTS DUKE ELLINGTON"
                                                                                    • Name and Address of Place of Engagement
                                                                                      Recreation Hall, Penn State University, University Park, Pennsylvania
                                                                                    • Date(s) of employment
                                                                                      January 21, 1962
                                                                                    • Hours of employment
                                                                                      9:15 to 10:45 p.m.
                                                                                    • Type of engagement
                                                                                      1 concert
                                                                                    • Standard top billing clause - note the employer breached this condition - Gillespie's name is as large as Ellington's in the January 9 ad.
                                                                                    • Wage agreed upon: $2,000 flat, deposit $1,000 on signing and balance in cash night of engagement
                                                                                    • Anti-segregation rider attached.
                                                                                    • Employer:
                                                                                      William Fuller
                                                                                      202 Hub, Penn State University, University Park, Pennsylvania
                                                                                    • Signed by
                                                                                      William Fuller per D. Standel
                                                                                    An internal weekly financial report shows Celley collected $3,000 cash

                                                                                    Webmaster's note: I was unable to access other January 1962 pages of The Daily Collegian which were search hits, but the New Oxford item and Celley's weekly statement confirm the event took place.
                                                                                    • The Daily Collegian, University Park, State College, Pennsylvania 1962-01-09 p.8
                                                                                    • Report For The Week Of January 19 to 25, 1962, SI-NMAH Archives Center, DEC301, Series III, Subseries G, Box 117, Folder 7
                                                                                    • New Oxford News Notes, The New Oxford Item, New Oxford, Penn., 1962-01-25 p.8
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                                                                                    .New York, N.Y.Columbia 30th St. Studio23:30-03:00
                                                                                    Fourth Columbia recording session for Ellington's "All American in Jazz" album - see 1962 01 02

                                                                                    Duke Ellington and His Orchestra
                                                                                    Berry, Mullens, Baker, Anderson, Nance, Cox, Brown, Connors, Hamilton, Procope, Hodges, Gonsalves, Carney, Strayhorn, Ellington, Bell, Woodyard
                                                                                    Titles recorded:
                                                                                    • Back to School
                                                                                    • I've Just Seen Her
                                                                                    • What a Country!
                                                                                    • See 1962 01 02
                                                                                    • Stratemann p.459
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                                                                                    Tuesday
                                                                                    ..PERSONNEL CHANGE
                                                                                    Trumpeter Edward "Moon" Mullens leaves the band in between the Jan. 23 and 30 sessions.
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                                                                                    Thursday
                                                                                    .Weekly reportCelley's weekly report shows
                                                                                    PAYROLL TO BAND        1,863.00
                                                                                    PAYROLL TO STAFF 370.00
                                                                                    DISBURSEMENTS 1,472.97
                                                                                    Disbursements included
                                                                                    AL CELLEY                    25.00
                                                                                    HARRY CARNEY 35.70
                                                                                    BOBBY BOYD 177.12
                                                                                    ENTERTAINING 586.25
                                                                                    SUPER SERVICE BUS COMPANY 543.95
                                                                                    and tips to stagehands, the bus driver, etc.
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                                                                                    .Toledo, OhioInverness Club.
                                                                                    • SI-NMAH Archives Center, DEC301, Series III , Subseries G, Box 117, Folder 7: Report for the week of Jan.26 to Feb. 1, 1962
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                                                                                    Saturday
                                                                                    .Roanoke, Va.Crossroads Mall.
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                                                                                    Monday
                                                                                    .Wilmington, Del.Denver Room

                                                                                    activities not documented



                                                                                    Stratemann and Vail II report a concert at 2:30 p.m. in the "Denver Room, University of Delaware, Student Center. Stratemann cites DESB, Vail does not identify a source and probably relies on Stratemann.
                                                                                    If the engagement was booked for this date, it was rescheduled for the following week:
                                                                                    • The band played here the next week -1962 02 05
                                                                                    • The campus newspaper announced the February 5 date in its January 12 edition and reviewed it in its February 9 edition. The paper does not mention a January 29 date.
                                                                                    • Celley's report has nothing for 1962 01 29
                                                                                    the band This event is doubtful, since the band played in the Dover Room of this Student Center on Feb. 5.
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                                                                                    Tuesday
                                                                                    .New York, N.Y.Columbia Studio A,
                                                                                    799 Seventh Ave.
                                                                                    14:30-17:30 First of five recording sessions for the Columbia LP Midnight in Paris

                                                                                    Duke Ellington and His Orchestra
                                                                                    Bill Berry, Baker, Anderson, Nance, Cox, Brown, Connors, Hamilton, Procope, Hodges, Gonsalves, Carney, Ellington, Bell, Woodyard, Grayson [per New Desor only - there is no vocal on the album]
                                                                                    Titles recorded:
                                                                                    • Speak To Me Of Love (the ending was recorded separately)
                                                                                    • Guitar Amour
                                                                                    • Paris Blues
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                                                                                    Wednesday
                                                                                    .New York, N.Y.Columbia Studio A, 799 Seventh Ave.10:00-13:00 - Second recording session for the Columbia LP Midnight in Paris

                                                                                    Duke Ellington and His Orchestra
                                                                                    Howard McGhee, Baker, Anderson, Nance, Cox, Brown, Connors, Hamilton, Procope, Hodges, Gonsalves, Carney, Ellington, Bell, Woodyard, Grayson [per New Desor only]
                                                                                    Titles recorded:
                                                                                    • The Petite Waltz
                                                                                    • Javapachacha
                                                                                    • Comme Çi, Comme Ça
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                                                                                    1962 02 01
                                                                                    Thursday
                                                                                    .Knoxville, Tenn.Ç'Est Bon Swimming & Country Club.
                                                                                    • Stratemann p.459
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                                                                                    Friday
                                                                                    1962 02 08
                                                                                    Thursday
                                                                                    .Weekly reportCelley's weekly report shows
                                                                                    PAYROLL TO BAND        3,853.00
                                                                                    PAYROLL TO STAFF 370.00
                                                                                    DISBURSEMENTS 1,974.62
                                                                                    Disbursements included
                                                                                    AL CELLEY                    25.00
                                                                                    PAUL GONSALVES 244.91
                                                                                    PUBLICITY: D.C. 50.00
                                                                                    BOBBY BOYD 17.30
                                                                                    R.R. FARES 95.47
                                                                                    H.C. CAR 137.87
                                                                                    ENTERTAINING 251.60
                                                                                    SUPER SERVICE BUS COMPANY 914.30
                                                                                    as well as various tips to stagehands, the bus driver, etc.
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                                                                                    Friday
                                                                                    .Lexington, Va. Letitia Pate Evans Dining Hall
                                                                                    Washington and Lee University
                                                                                    Fancy Dress Ball, 9 p.m. to 1 a.m., with 1,500 dancers expected.

                                                                                    In the fall registration line, a preference poll showed the students overwhelmingly favoured Ray Charles, but he was too expensive. Louis Armstrong was also considered but was not available.

                                                                                    While Ellington previously performed on the piano in the gymnasium, this dance was being held in the dining hall, and the Dance Board had trouble finding a piano meeting Duke's requirements that would fit through the door.
                                                                                    • Ring-tum Phi, Washington and Lee University, Lexington, Va.
                                                                                      • 1961-11-03 p.1
                                                                                      • 1961-12-01 p.1
                                                                                      • 1961-12-08 p.2
                                                                                      • 1962-01-19 p.1
                                                                                      • 1962-02-06 p.1
                                                                                    • Photos, The Calyx [yearbook], Washington and Lee University, Lexington, Va., 1962. pp.178-179
                                                                                    • SI-NMAH Archives Center, DEC301, Series III , Subseries G, Box 117, Folder 7: Report for the week of Feb. 2-8, 1962
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                                                                                    Saturday
                                                                                    .Wilmington, Del.Cavalier's Country ClubTau Epsilon Chi Sorority Kappa Chapter 10th annual Stardust Ball, 9 p.m to midnight. Proceeds were to go to the Cancer Society.
                                                                                    • Wilmington Morning News, Wilmington, Del. 1962-01-30 p.8
                                                                                    • SI-NMAH Archives Center, DEC301, Series III , Subseries G, Box 117, Folder 7: Report for the week of Feb. 2-8, 1962
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                                                                                    Sunday
                                                                                    .Washington, D.C.Officer's Club
                                                                                    Bolling Field Air Force Base
                                                                                    .
                                                                                    • SI-NMAH Archives Center, DEC301, Series III , Subseries G, Box 117, Folder 7: Report for the week of Feb. 2-8, 1962
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                                                                                    Monday
                                                                                    .Newark, Del.Dover Room
                                                                                    Student Center
                                                                                    University of Delaware
                                                                                    Concert, 8:30 p.m.

                                                                                    Admission $2. The audience numbered 1,300.

                                                                                    Band personnel named in Al Leibman's review were: Anderson, Baker, Bell, Hamilton, Woodyard, Grayson, and Nance.
                                                                                    • Delaware Review, University of Delaware, Newark, Del.
                                                                                      • 1962-01-12 pp.1,8
                                                                                      • Al Leibman, Duke Ellington Converts Dover Room Into Palace, 1962-02-09 p.3
                                                                                    • Evening Journal, Wilmington, Del.
                                                                                      • 1962-02-02 p.4
                                                                                      • 1962-02-05 p.6
                                                                                    • Morning News, Wilmington, Del.
                                                                                      • 1962-02-02 p.30
                                                                                      • 1962-02-05 p.7
                                                                                    • SI-NMAH Archives Center, DEC301, Series III , Subseries G, Box 117, Folder 7: Report for the week of Feb. 2-8, 1962
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                                                                                    Tuesday
                                                                                    .Norfolk, Va.U.S. Naval Air Station.
                                                                                    • SI-NMAH Archives Center, DEC301, Series III , Subseries G, Box 117, Folder 7: Report for the week of Feb. 2-8, 1962
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                                                                                    Thursday
                                                                                    .Glenmont, Md.Indian Springs Country Club.
                                                                                      SI-NMAH Archives Center, DEC301, Series III , Subseries G, Box 117, Folder 7: Report for the week of Feb. 2-8, 1962
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                                                                                    Friday
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                                                                                    Thursday
                                                                                    .Weekly reportCelley's weekly report shows
                                                                                    PAYROLL TO BAND        3,415.00
                                                                                    PAYROLL TO STAFF 370.00
                                                                                    DISBURSEMENTS 1,606.85
                                                                                    Disbursements included
                                                                                    AL CELLEY                     25.00
                                                                                    R.R. FARES 11.75
                                                                                    CAR A.C. 15.50
                                                                                    ENTERTAINING AT RED HILL INN 158.78
                                                                                    BOBBY BOYD 14.65
                                                                                    ENTERTAINING 463.16
                                                                                    SUPER SERVICE BUS COMPANY 544.75
                                                                                    as well as various tips to stagehands, the bus driver, etc.
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                                                                                    Friday
                                                                                    1962 02 11Pennsauken, N.J.Red Hill Inn
                                                                                    River Road
                                                                                    Night club residency. Stratemann and Vail have this running until Feb. 14 but the contract is only for the weekend.
                                                                                    Contract terms:
                                                                                    • 13 musicians under the leadership of "DUKE ELLINGTON, INC. PRESENTS DUKE ELLINGTON"
                                                                                    • Name and Address of Place of Engagement
                                                                                      Red Hill Inn
                                                                                      River Road, Pennsauken, New Jersey
                                                                                    • Date(s) of employment
                                                                                      February 9th, 10th and 11th 1962
                                                                                    • Hours of employment
                                                                                      9:00 P.M. - 2:00 A.M. Nightly, Sunday Matinee - 4:00 P.M. to 7:00 P.M.
                                                                                    • Standard top billing clause
                                                                                    • Wage agreed upon: $3,000 payable in cash at conclusion of engagement
                                                                                    • Employer:
                                                                                      Joe DeLuca, Jr.
                                                                                      Red Hill Inn
                                                                                      56 E. Culter Ave.
                                                                                      Collingswood, N.J.
                                                                                    • Signed by
                                                                                      Joe DeLuca, Jr.
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                                                                                      • Subseries A, Box 2, Folder 22: Associated Booking Corporation contract
                                                                                        dated 1961 12 14
                                                                                      • Subseries G, Box 117, Folder 7: Report for the week of February 9 to 15, 1962
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                                                                                    Saturday
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                                                                                    Saturday
                                                                                    .New York, N.Y..Broadcast, "Music For Dancing", ABC radio network.

                                                                                    Stratemann reports the entire Ellington orchestra were guests on this broadcast, hosted by Joel Crager, which aired from 8:30 to 10:20 p.m., although the last 25 minutes was played by the Irving Fields orchestra

                                                                                    The show aired from 8:30 to 10:00 p.m. in Akron, on WAKR-FM:

                                                                                    'WAKR-Menu
                                                                                    ...
                                                                                    8:30 – Music for Dancing: Outstanding music from the country's greatest bands, featuring Duke Ellington.
                                                                                    10 – Dance Music: The Irving Fields Trio from the Latin Quarter.
                                                                                    ... '

                                                                                    Note this conflicts with Ellington's engagement at the Red Hill Inn. It may be that the radio show was broadcast remotely from the club, or the radio show was prerecorded. Further research is needed.
                                                                                    • Akron Beacon-Journal, Akron, Ohio,1962-02-10 p.18
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                                                                                    Sunday
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                                                                                    Monday
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                                                                                    Tuesday
                                                                                    .New York, N.Y.Studio B
                                                                                    (mentioned several times in the introductions)

                                                                                    at

                                                                                    A & R Recording
                                                                                    112 West 48th St.
                                                                                    (per contract)

                                                                                    or

                                                                                    Bell Sound Studios
                                                                                    (per Timner V)
                                                                                    A & R recording session for 4 fifteen-minute "National Guard" program transcriptions.


                                                                                    Della Reese with Duke Ellington, his orchestra and master of ceremonies Martin Block.

                                                                                    Ellington personnel:
                                                                                    Berry, Baker, Anderson, Nance, Cox, Brown, Connors, Hamilton, Procope, Hodges, Gonsalves, Carney, Ellington, Strayhorn, Bell, Woodyard.
                                                                                    Titles recorded:
                                                                                    • Go With The National Guard
                                                                                    • Comes Once In A Lifetime
                                                                                    • Sophisticated Lady
                                                                                    • Chopin's Etude In E
                                                                                    • Take The "A" Train
                                                                                    • Bye-Bye Blackbird
                                                                                    • Satin Doll
                                                                                    • Don't You Know
                                                                                    • Things Ain't What They Used To Be
                                                                                    • A Foggy Day In London Town
                                                                                    • Mood Indigo
                                                                                    • (And) That Reminds Me
                                                                                    • Taffy Twist
                                                                                    • Bill Bailey Won't You Please Come Home
                                                                                    • Do Nothin' Till You Hear From Me
                                                                                    • You're Nobody Till Somebody Loves You
                                                                                    • Jam With Sam

                                                                                    The 1962 annual report of the Chief, National Guard Bureau says it changed its radio programming, used to recruit personnel. The format and name of the principal radio activity changed. These were weekly 15-minute shows distributed to stations for free public service presentation to encourage recruitment. Whistles and cheers were dropped in favor of a more relaxed, informal style called "Guard Session." The new host, the well-known WOR disc jockey Martin Block, spoke with well-known performers during the recording sessions. The transcriptions were reduced from 16-inch to 12-inch discs.. The new series was used by some 2,300 stations, representing 2/3 of all U.S. radio stations. A 12-show series using these recordings was also distributed to radio stations that summer as "Guard Session All-Star Review."
                                                                                    Personnel matters:
                                                                                    • MacHare includes Mullens in the trumpets, but he is believed to have left the band by this time, and including him would bring the band up to 17, when the contract only paid for 16.

                                                                                      The MacHare and Timner discographies say Della Reese was accompanied by a studio orchestra led by Martin Block. This is demonstrably incorrect since Block was the master of ceremonies / host and he was a famous disc jockey, not a musician.

                                                                                      Richard Bambach and Brian Koller advise the fidelity of the Italian CD release isn't good enough to detect a fifth trumpeter and its liner notes have mistakes and don't name personnel.
                                                                                    • Timner, Nielsen and MacHare report some Ellington sidemen and the studio orchestra accompanied Ms Reese's vocals, but additional research is needed to confirm or refute this. (Webmaster's note: I hear only the Ellington men, but others may disagree.)
                                                                                    • After Sophisticated Lady was recorded, Ms Reese tells Block she counted 9 spectators in the control room, including Vic Damone, who was "working next door."

                                                                                    Contract terms:
                                                                                    • 16 musicians under the leadership of "DUKE ELLINGTON, INC. PRESENTS DUKE ELLINGTON"
                                                                                    • Name and Address of Place of Engagement
                                                                                      A & R Recording
                                                                                      112 West 48th St.
                                                                                      New York, N.Y.
                                                                                    • Date(s) of employment
                                                                                      February 13, 1962
                                                                                    • Hours of employment
                                                                                      1 P.M. - 5 P.M.
                                                                                    • Type of engagement
                                                                                      Transcription - National Guard - Four 15 Minute Radio Shows
                                                                                    • Wage agreed upon: $300 for leader, $120 per sideman, plus 10% commission to Associated Booking Corporation, plus welfare fund, to be paid by check to Associated Booking Corporation
                                                                                    • Employer:
                                                                                      Ted LeVan
                                                                                      Narwood Productions
                                                                                      40 East 49th St.
                                                                                      New York, N.Y.
                                                                                    • Signed by
                                                                                      [illegible] R. LeVan
                                                                                    New Desor
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                                                                                    Wednesday
                                                                                    Valentine's Day
                                                                                    .Newport, R.I.Terrace Room
                                                                                    Officer's Club.
                                                                                    Queen of Hearts dinner dance, announced first as a dance from 8:30 to 12:30, then as a dinner-dance with cocktails at happy hour prices from 6:30, dinner at 8:00 and dancing until 12:30. Ticket prices
                                                                                    • dance only $1.75/person
                                                                                    • dinner/dance $8.50/couple or $4.25/person

                                                                                    The band didn't arrive until 11 p.m. but played until 3:30 a.m.
                                                                                    Contract terms:
                                                                                    • 13 musicians under the leadership of "DUKE ELLINGTON, INC. PRESENTS DUKE ELLINGTON"
                                                                                    • Name and Address of Place of Engagement
                                                                                      Officer's Club, U.S. Navy Base, Newport, Rhode Island
                                                                                    • Date(s) of employment
                                                                                      February 15, 1962 Feb 14 1962 [handwritten change]
                                                                                    • Hours of employment
                                                                                      9 P.M. to 1 A.M.8:30 PM to 12:30 AM [handwritten change]
                                                                                    • Standard top billing clause
                                                                                    • Wage agreed upon: $1,100 flat, deposit $550 on signing and balance in cash night of engagement
                                                                                    • Employer:
                                                                                      Donald Booth
                                                                                      U.S.Navy Base, Officers Club
                                                                                      Newport, Rhode Island
                                                                                    A handwritten note in the file says:

                                                                                    'Contract 2/14/62 1100-
                                                                                    U.S. Naval Air Base, Officers Club
                                                                                    Newport, Rhode Island
                                                                                    left with referee. 1/25/63
                                                                                    Harris Levy '

                                                                                    • SI-NMAH Archives Center, DEC301, Series III
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                                                                                        dated 1962 01 19
                                                                                      • Subseries G, Box 117, Folder 7: Report for the week of Feb.9-15, 1962
                                                                                    • Newport R.I. Daily News
                                                                                      • 1962-01-31 p.13
                                                                                      • 1962-02-07 p.11
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                                                                                    Thursday
                                                                                    .Brunswick, Me.U.S. Naval Air Station.
                                                                                    • SI-NMAH Archives Center, DEC301, Series III Subseries G, Box 117, Folder 7: Report for the week of Feb.9-15, 1962
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                                                                                    Friday
                                                                                    1962 02 22
                                                                                    Thursday
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                                                                                    PAYROLL TO BAND        3,853.00
                                                                                    PAYROLL TO STAFF 370.00
                                                                                    DISBURSEMENTS 2,058.31
                                                                                    Disbursements included
                                                                                    AL CELLEY                     25.00
                                                                                    SUPER SERVICE BUS COMPANY 687.50
                                                                                    R.R. FARES 20.90
                                                                                    PUBLICITY: K.RICH 102.90
                                                                                    ENTERTAINING 702.28
                                                                                    BOBBY BOYD 174.87
                                                                                    as well as various tips to stagehands, the bus driver, etc., and payment of a traffic ticket for the bus.
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                                                                                    Friday
                                                                                    .Brunswick, Me.Sargent Gymnasium
                                                                                    Bowdoin College
                                                                                    Winter House Party Dance

                                                                                    Greenfield Daily Reporter:

                                                                                    '...Miss Sue Walton, a beautiful 18-year old blonde from Attleboro, Mass., reigned over the weekend as Queen of the Bowdoin College Winter House Party...
                                                                                      A crowd of more than 1,200 persons thronged elaborately decorated Sargent Gymnasium on the Bowdoin campus Saturday to dance to the music of Duke Ellington and his world-famous orchestra.'

                                                                                    • The Bowdoin Orient, Bowdoin College, Brunswick, Me., 1961-12-08 pp. 1,2
                                                                                    • Nashua Telegraph, Nashua, N.H. 1962-01-25 p.7
                                                                                    • SI-NMAH Archives Center, DEC301, Series III, Subseries G, Box 117, Folder 7: Report for the week of Feb.16-22,1962
                                                                                    • The Greenfield Daily Reporter, Greenfield, Ind. 1962-03-03 p.5, quoting from the Portland, Maine Press-herald (date unstated)
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                                                                                    Saturday
                                                                                    .Wallingford, Conn.Choate SchoolFormal dance
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                                                                                    • Leader-Call, Laurel, Miss. 1962-02-26 p.6
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                                                                                    Sunday
                                                                                    .Providence, R.I.Rhode Island School of DesignConcert
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                                                                                    .Drexel Hill, Penn.Drexelbrook Swimming and Tennis ClubDance
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                                                                                    Tuesday
                                                                                    ...activities not documented
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                                                                                    Wednesday
                                                                                    .Hanover, N.H.Webster Hall
                                                                                    Dartmouth College
                                                                                    Concert
                                                                                    • SI-NMAH Archives Center, DEC301, Series III, Subseries G, Box 117, Folder 7: Report for the week of Feb.16-22,1962
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                                                                                    .Burlington, Vt.University of VermontDance
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                                                                                    Friday
                                                                                    1962 03 01
                                                                                    Thursday
                                                                                    .Weekly reportCelley's weekly report shows
                                                                                    RECORDING PAYROLL FEB. 23 [sic]   1,680.00
                                                                                    PAYROLL TO BAND 2,639.00
                                                                                    PAYROLL TO STAFF 370.00
                                                                                    DISBURSEMENTS 2,176.95
                                                                                    Disbursements included
                                                                                    AL CELLEY                           25.00
                                                                                    BOBBY BOYD 114.69
                                                                                    ARRANGING: TOM WHALEY (ON ACCOUNT) 40.00
                                                                                    R.R. FARES 11.46
                                                                                    ENTERTAINING 391.15
                                                                                    SUPER SERVICE BUS COMPANY 1,146.20
                                                                                    CLEANING UNIFORMS 125.00
                                                                                    as well as tips and miscellaneous items including a traffic ticket for the bus.
                                                                                    Webmaster's comment:
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                                                                                    Friday
                                                                                    .Lancaster, Penn.Franklin Marshall CollegeDance
                                                                                    • SI-NMAH Archives Center, DEC301, Series III, Subseries G, Box 117, Folder 7: Report for the week of Feb.23-Mar.1,1962
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                                                                                    Saturday
                                                                                    .Troy, N.Y.ArmoryEllington and his orchestra played a semi-formal dance from 10 p.m. to 2 a.m. on the second night of Rensellaer Polytechnic Institute's Saturnalia Weekend, sponsored by the Junior Class and the Intrafraternity Council. Celley's weekly report shows Ellington and his orchestra earned $2,300 from this dance.

                                                                                    1200 dancers attended, admission was $5/couple and the theme was the Roaring Twenties.

                                                                                    Presidents and vice-presidents of Junior Classes of about 40 eastern colleges were invited as guests of the Junior Class. Local radio station WRPI prepared an hour-long show , for broadcast on WTRY's "College Radio Workshop" on Sunday, Feb. 18, consisting Ellington and Brubeck music, and a Brubeck interview.

                                                                                    Presidents and vice-presidents of Junior Classes of about 40 eastern colleges were invited as guests of the Junior Class.

                                                                                    Junior Class president Mike Spear observed:

                                                                                    '...While Duke Ellington provided "danceable" music, Saturday proved to be a second jazz concert, most couples standing near the band platform watching and listening rather than dancing.'


                                                                                    Bootleg recording:

                                                                                    Duke Ellington and his Orchestra
                                                                                    Berry, Baker, Anderson, Nance, Cox, Brown, Connors, Hamilton, Procope, Hodges, Gonsalves, Carney, Ellington, Bell, Woodyard:
                                                                                    • Take The "A" Train
                                                                                    • Someone
                                                                                    • In A Mellow Tone
                                                                                    • Sophisticated Lady
                                                                                    • Summertime
                                                                                    • Diminuendo In Blue/ Wailing Interval
                                                                                    • Things Ain't What They Used To Be
                                                                                    Charlie Plank in DEMS 1998/3-20:

                                                                                    'Saturday night was Duke and because of demand it was moved to the City Auditorium to accommodate the crowd. It was broadcast back to the campus by the college radio station.
                                                                                      My friend was working for the station at this time and taped it. When he left RPI several years later this tape went with him and he made me a copy.
                                                                                      In downloading from 15' reel to cassette the cassette ran out and had to be turned over. The reel was backed up so as not to miss anything and resulted in the copying of Sophisticated Lady twice. Side B of this cassette should follow right after In A Mellotone on side A. There is some fine piano here that is a bit different I noticed as I played it again...'

                                                                                    Sjef Hoefsmit followed this with :

                                                                                    'The only previous knowledge we had of this gig came from the Duke Ellington Itinerary, where it says: 24Feb62, Dance date, Troy Armory. Charlie, you informed us that the Armory and Auditorium are synonymous.
                                                                                      It is a real pity that your friend only recorded 29 minutes of the performance. But even in this short excerpt there is a lot to be enjoyed. Yet another unique intro... '

                                                                                    • The Rensselaer Polytechnic, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, N.Y.
                                                                                      • 1962-02-07 p.1
                                                                                      • 1962-02-14, pp. 1,5
                                                                                      • 1962-02-21 p. 1
                                                                                      • 1962-02-28 pp.1,6
                                                                                    • SI-NMAH Archives Center, DEC301, Series IIISubseries G, Box 117, Folder 7: Report for the week of Feb.23 to March 1, 1962
                                                                                    • Stratemann p.459
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                                                                                    Sunday
                                                                                    .New Bedford, Mass.Auditorium
                                                                                    New Bedford High School
                                                                                    Concert.

                                                                                    Stratemann reports 1,000 listeners
                                                                                    • SI-NMAH Archives Center, DEC301, Series III, Subseries G, Box 117, Folder 7: Report for the week of Feb.23-Mar.1,1962
                                                                                    • Stratemann p.459 citing DESB
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                                                                                    Tuesday
                                                                                    .New York, N.Y.Columbia Studio A
                                                                                    799 Seventh Ave.
                                                                                    10:30-13:30 - third recording session for the Columbia LP Midnight in Paris

                                                                                    Duke Ellington and His Orchestra
                                                                                    Berry, Baker, Anderson, Nance, Cox, Brown, Connors, Hamilton, Procope, Hodges, Gonsalves, Carney, Ellington, Bell, Woodyard, Grayson [per New Desor only - there is no vocal on the album]

                                                                                    DEMS:

                                                                                    'In the Recording Report of the AFoM Billy Strayhorn is in and Duke and Cat Anderson are out. I believe that Billy played on My Man...'

                                                                                    Titles recorded
                                                                                    • Under Paris Skies
                                                                                    • The River Seine
                                                                                    • Medley:
                                                                                      • My Heart Sings
                                                                                      • My Man
                                                                                      • No Regrets
                                                                                    • Theo's No
                                                                                    • See 1962 01 30
                                                                                    • Stratemann p.459
                                                                                    • Vail II
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                                                                                    Wednesday
                                                                                    ...activities not documented
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                                                                                    Thursday
                                                                                    ...activities not documented
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                                                                                    Friday
                                                                                    1962 03 08
                                                                                    Thursday
                                                                                    .Weekly reportCelley's weekly report shows
                                                                                    PAYROLL TO BAND      2,639.00
                                                                                    PAYROLL TO STAFF 370.00
                                                                                    DISBURSEMENTS 1,264.88
                                                                                    Disbursements included
                                                                                    AL CELLEY                                 25.00
                                                                                    S. WOODYARD: BOSTON TO N.Y. TO DETROIT 51.87
                                                                                    CLEANING AND REPAIRING UNIFORMS 20.00
                                                                                    BOBBY BOYD 141.42
                                                                                    ENTERTAINING 212.03
                                                                                    SUPER SERVICE BUS COMPANY 490.60
                                                                                    and various tips and miscellaneous items including bus tolls..
                                                                                    SI-NMAH Archives Center, DEC301, Series III, Subseries G, Box 117, Folder 7: Report for the week of Mar.2-8,1962, courtesy C. Windheuser, Smithsonian Reference Services volunteer...djpNew
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                                                                                    Friday
                                                                                    .Notre Dame, Ind.
                                                                                    (near South Bend)
                                                                                    North Ball Room
                                                                                    (North Dining Hall)
                                                                                    Notre Dame University
                                                                                    Mardi Gras formal dance, 9 p.m. to 1 a.m.

                                                                                    The Scholastic refers to the venue as North Ball Room, construé the North Dining Hall.

                                                                                    Terre Haute newspapers (identical stories)

                                                                                    'Miss Janet Greene, a junior at St. Mary-of-the-Woods College, will reign as queen during Mardi Gras activites at Notre Dame University in South Bend next weekend...
                                                                                      Her reign will begin Friday afternoon when she attends a reception in the Rathskellar, Notre Dame's student union. That evening, at the formal ball, which will feature the music of Duke Ellington, Miss Greene will be crowned queen during the intermission...'

                                                                                    The Scholastic says two queens were to be crowned, the other being the Ball queen, Miss Nell Jordan, a senior at Auburn University.
                                                                                    • The Scholastic, Notre Dame University, Notre Dame, Ind.
                                                                                      • 1961-12-15 p.14
                                                                                      • 1962-03-02 p.9
                                                                                    • The Terre Haute Tribune, Terre Haute, Ind., 1962-02-28 p.9
                                                                                    • The Terre Haute Star, Terre Haute, Ind., 1962-02-28 p.11
                                                                                    • SI-NMAH Archives Center, DEC301, Series III, Subseries G, Box 117, Folder 7: Report for the week of Mar.2-8,1962
                                                                                    • The Student Slant, Notre Dame Alumnus, Notre Dame, Ind. April-May 1962, p.7
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                                                                                    Saturday
                                                                                    .Ann Arbor, Mich.Hill Auditorium
                                                                                    University of Michigan
                                                                                    Concert
                                                                                    Contract terms:
                                                                                    • 13 musicians under the leadership of "DUKE ELLINGTON, INC. PRESENTS: DUKE ELLINGTON In Person"
                                                                                    • Hours of employment
                                                                                      8:30 to 10:30 p.m. with customary intermission
                                                                                    • Standard top billing clause
                                                                                    • Standard clause re extra musicians due to union rules.
                                                                                    • Recording prohibited by A F of M.
                                                                                    • Wage agreed upon: $2,500 flat, payable in cash or via University check to Al Celley, Rd. Mgr. intermission night of engagement
                                                                                    • Employer guarantees to furnish a good P.A. system and to have the piano tuned to A=440
                                                                                    • Employer:INTER QUAD & ASSEMBLY ASS'N. & STUDENT ORGANIZATIONS
                                                                                      Per: Mr. M.M. Rinkel, Auditor
                                                                                      2403 Student Activities Bldg.
                                                                                      UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN
                                                                                      Ann Arbor, Michigan
                                                                                    • Signed by
                                                                                      Lee C. Fisher, Robert B. Geary
                                                                                    • SI-NMAH Archives Center, DEC301, Series III
                                                                                      • Subseries A, Box 3, Folder 1: Associated Booking Corporation contract
                                                                                        dated 1962 01 05
                                                                                      • Subseries G, Box 117, Folder 7: Report for the week of Mar.2-8,1962
                                                                                    • Stratemann p.459
                                                                                    • Vail II
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                                                                                    Sunday
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                                                                                    Tuesday
                                                                                    .Platteville, Wisc.Fieldhouse
                                                                                    Wisconsin State College
                                                                                    Concert to raise funds for the college band to travel to the World's Fair in Seattle

                                                                                    The three newspaper sources listed give different names for the venue, but it seems clear they all mean the same place.
                                                                                    Contract terms:
                                                                                    • 13 musicians under the leadership of "DUKE ELLINGTON, INC. PRESENTS: DUKE ELLINGTON, In Person"
                                                                                    • Hours of employment
                                                                                      8:00 to 10:00 p.m. with customary intermission
                                                                                    • Standard top billing clause
                                                                                    • Standard clause re extra musicians due to union rules.
                                                                                    • Employer guarantees to furnish a good P.A. system and to have the piano tuned to A=440
                                                                                    • Mechanical reproduction prohibited by A F of M
                                                                                    • Wage agreed upon: $1,500 guaranteed flat, deposit $750 payable on signing to Associated Booking Corporation and balance in cash or College check to Al Celley, Rd. Mgr., intermission, night of engagement
                                                                                    • Employer:
                                                                                      Wisconsin State College
                                                                                    • Signed by
                                                                                      Peggy Richards
                                                                                    • SI-NMAH Archives Center, DEC301, Series III
                                                                                      • Subseries A, Box 3, Folder 1, Associated Booking Corporation contract dated 1962 01 05
                                                                                      • Subseries G, Box 117, Folder 7: Report for the week of Mar.2-8,1962
                                                                                    • Wisconsin State Journal, Madison, Wisc. 1962-01-15 s.2 p.9
                                                                                    • The Telegraph-Herald, Dubuque, Iowa
                                                                                      • 1962-03-04 p.20
                                                                                      • 1962-03-05 p.6
                                                                                      • The Oshkosh Advance, Oshkosh, Wisc., 1962-03-23 p.2, quoting from an undated The Exponent, Platteville State College
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                                                                                    Friday
                                                                                    1962 03 15
                                                                                    Thursday
                                                                                    .Weekly reportCelley's weekly report shows
                                                                                    PAYROLL TO BAND      4,206.00
                                                                                    PAYROLL TO STAFF 370.00
                                                                                    DISBURSEMENTS 3,442.24
                                                                                    Disbursements included
                                                                                    AL CELLEY                                 25.00
                                                                                    CAR: H.C. 134.18
                                                                                    BOBBY BOYD 164.62
                                                                                    2% UNION TAX & RESIGNATION FEE R.NANCE 74.85
                                                                                    ARRANGING: J. HAMILTON 35.00
                                                                                    PUBLICITY: F.M. 267.10
                                                                                    BILLY STRAYHORN: ARRANGING & COPYING 138.48
                                                                                    BILLY STRAYHORN 388.42
                                                                                    ENTERTAINING 1,326.66
                                                                                    SUPER SERVICE BUS COMPANY 550.00
                                                                                    and miscellaneous items.
                                                                                    SI-NMAH Archives Center, DEC301, Series III, Subseries G, Box 117, Folder 7: Report for the week of Mar.9-15,1962, courtesy C. Windheuser, Smithsonian Reference Services volunteer...djpNew
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                                                                                    Friday
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                                                                                    Thursday
                                                                                    Chicago, Ill.Regal Theatre
                                                                                    4719 S. South Park Ave.
                                                                                    Vaudeville
                                                                                    "Cavalcade of Stars"
                                                                                    Duke Ellington and His Orchestra, Happy White, the Chantels, Olivette Miller, Johnny McAfee, Gary U.S. Bonds, between showings of Desert Patrol.
                                                                                    Contract terms:
                                                                                    • 13 musicians under the leadership of "DUKE ELLINGTON, INC. PRESENTS DUKE ELLINGTON
                                                                                    • Date(s) of employment
                                                                                      March 9, 1962 - 1 week; 27 shows weekly; 7 day week; Rehearsal
                                                                                    • It is understood that in addition to the DUKE ELLINGTON ORCHESTRA, employer shall have an additional show including U.S. Bonds; Slappy White; a ten girl line; a boy dancer and an additional group or single girl singer.
                                                                                    • DUKE ELLINGTON is to received headline billing in type equal to 100% on Marquee and all paid advertising; no one else is to be billed at more than 75% of the type used for Duke Ellington.
                                                                                    • Wage agreed upon: $7,500 guarantee plus 60% over $25,000 gross, less 10% to be deducted and sent to Associated Booking Corp., Chicago, to be paid upon completion of engagement
                                                                                    • It is mutually agreed and understood between all parties concerned, that the artist or artists have the prerogative of cancelling this contract, if in any instance an audience is segregated because of race or color.
                                                                                    • It is agreed and understood that as a part of this contract the employer assumes responsibility for any and all additional musicians [as required] by the rulings of the local musicians unions within the jurisdiction this engagement is played.
                                                                                    • Any mechanical reproduction of the artists performance on this engagement is absolutely prohibited by the American Federation of Musicians.
                                                                                    • Employer:
                                                                                      South Parkway Bldg. Corp.
                                                                                    • Signed by
                                                                                      Geo L. [illegible]
                                                                                    • Attachment:
                                                                                      "NOTICE TO THE ARTIST: LOCAL #108 AMERICAN FEDERATION OF MUSICIANS POSITIVELY PROHIBITS YOUR MAKING ANY OUTSIDE APPEARANCES, SUCH AS RADIO INTERVIEWS, DISC JOCKEY SHOWS OR TV SHOWS WITHOUT SPECIAL PERMISSION. GOVERN YOURSELF ACCORDINGLY."
                                                                                    • SI-NMAH Archives Center, DEC301, Series III
                                                                                      • Subseries A, Box 3, Folder 1: Associated Booking Corporation contract dated 1962 01 31
                                                                                      • Subseries G, Box 117, Folder 7: Reports for the weeks of March 9 to 15, 1962 and March 16 to 22
                                                                                    • Announcement, Chicago Tribune, Chicago, Ill., 1962-03-04 pt.5 p.15
                                                                                    • Stratemann p.459 citing Chicago Defender 1962-03-10 pp.14-15
                                                                                    • Vail II with an unattributed copy of an ad.
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                                                                                    Monday
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                                                                                    Tuesday
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                                                                                    Wednesday
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                                                                                    Thursday
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                                                                                    Friday
                                                                                    1962 03 22
                                                                                    Thursday
                                                                                    .Weekly reportCelley's weekly report shows
                                                                                    PAYROLL TO BAND      2,639.00
                                                                                    PAYROLL TO STAFF 370.00
                                                                                    DISBURSEMENTS 1,771.54
                                                                                    Disbursements included
                                                                                    AL CELLEY                          30.00
                                                                                    CAR: H.C. 145.93
                                                                                    R.R. FARE 44.83
                                                                                    BOBBY BOYD 72.34
                                                                                    SUPER SERVICE BUS COMPANY 1,086.80
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                                                                                    Friday
                                                                                    .Chicago, Ill.Universal Recording Corporation studiosPrivate recording session ("stockpile")

                                                                                    Duke Ellington small group
                                                                                    Sources disagree on personnel:
                                                                                    • New Desor:
                                                                                      Nance, Brown, Hodges, Gonsalves, Carney, Strayhorn, Ellington, Bell, Woodyard, Grayson
                                                                                    • Girvan:
                                                                                      Nance, Brown, Hamilton, Gonsalves, Carney, Strayhorn, Ellington, Bell, Woodyard, Grayson
                                                                                    • Timner V:
                                                                                      Nance, Brown, Gonsalves, Strayhorn, Ellington, Bell, Woodyard, Grayson
                                                                                    • Vail II:
                                                                                      Nance, Berry, Anderson, Baker, Brown, Cox, Connors, Hamilton, Hodges, Procope, Gonsalves, Carney, Ellington, Bell, Woodyard, Grayson

                                                                                    Titles recorded:
                                                                                    • The Blues Ain't ["The Blues" per Vail II]
                                                                                    • Do Nothin' Till You Hear From Me
                                                                                    • Blue Moon
                                                                                    • Where In The World
                                                                                    • One More Once (One More Twist)
                                                                                    • Girvan:   Ellingtonia.com
                                                                                    • Timner
                                                                                    • Ole J. Nielsen, Jazz Records 1942-80, A discography: Vol. Six, Duke Ellington
                                                                                    • Stratemann p.459
                                                                                    • Vail II
                                                                                    New Desor
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                                                                                    Saturday
                                                                                    St. Patrick's Day
                                                                                    .Rolla, Mo.Student Union Building
                                                                                    School of Mines [and Minerals]
                                                                                    University of Missouri
                                                                                    Contract terms:
                                                                                    • 13 musicians under the leadership of "DUKE ELLINGTON, INC. Presents: DUKE ELLINGTON, In Person"
                                                                                    • Hours of employment
                                                                                      9:00 p.m. to 1:00 a.m.
                                                                                    • Type of engagement
                                                                                      Dance
                                                                                    • Standard top billing clause
                                                                                    • Standard clause re extra musicians due to union rules.
                                                                                    • Standard recording ban per A F of M
                                                                                    • Wage agreed upon: $3,000 guaranteed flat, 50% deposit payable to Associated Booking Corporation by February 2, 1962, balance in cash, cashier's check to Al Celley, Rd. Mgr., intermission, night of engagement
                                                                                    • Employer guarantees to furnish a good P.A. system and to have the piano tuned to A=440
                                                                                    • Employer:
                                                                                      Karl M.Mulder, Faculty Adviser
                                                                                      Robert Tooke, Chair, Dance Comm.
                                                                                      School of Mines, Rolla, Missouri
                                                                                    • Signed by
                                                                                      same
                                                                                    • SI-NMAH Archives Center, DEC301, Series III
                                                                                      • Subseries A, Box 3, Folder 1, Associated Booking Corporation contract dated
                                                                                        1962 01 11
                                                                                      • Subseries G, Box 117, Folder 7: Report for the week of Mar.16-22,1962
                                                                                    • Stratemann p.459
                                                                                    • Vail II
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                                                                                    Sunday
                                                                                    .Chicago, Ill.Holiday Club Ballroom
                                                                                    4847 N. Milwaukee Ave.
                                                                                    Dance
                                                                                    Contract terms:
                                                                                    • 13 musicians under the leadership of "DUKE ELLINGTON, INC. PRESENTS: DUKE ELLINGTON In Person"
                                                                                    • Hours of employment
                                                                                      9 pm to 1 am
                                                                                    • Standard top billing clause
                                                                                    • Standard clause re extra musicians due to union rules
                                                                                    • Employer guarantees to furnish a good P.A. system and to have the piano tuned to A=440
                                                                                    • Prohibition of recording per A F of M
                                                                                    • Wage agreed upon: $1,000 guarantee, privilege 60% payable in cash or cashiers check to Al Celley, Rd. Mgr. night of engagement
                                                                                    • Employer:
                                                                                      Mr. Danny Belloc
                                                                                      Holiday Club Ballroom, 4847 N.Milwaukee Avenue, Chicago
                                                                                    • Signed by
                                                                                      Danny Melloc
                                                                                    • SI-NMAH Archives Center, DEC301, Series III
                                                                                      • Subseries A, Box 3, Folder 1, Associated Booking Corporation contract dated
                                                                                        1962 01 05
                                                                                      • Subseries G, Box 117, Folder 7: Report for the week of Mar.16-22,1962
                                                                                    • Stratemann p.459
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                                                                                    Monday
                                                                                    .Chicago, Ill.Universal StudioPrivate ("stockpile") recording session

                                                                                    Duke Ellington small group
                                                                                    Sources disagree on personnel:
                                                                                    • Nielsen and Timner V:
                                                                                      Nance, Brown, Gonsalves, Ellington, Strayhorn, Bell, Woodyard, Grayson.
                                                                                    • New Desor:
                                                                                      Nance, Brown, Hodges, Gonsalves, Carney, Ellington, Strayhorn, Bell, Woodyard, Grayson
                                                                                    • Girvan (at the time of writing):
                                                                                      Nance, Brown, Hamilton, Gonsalves, Carney, Ellington, Strayhorn, Bell, Woodyard,Grayson
                                                                                    • Vail II
                                                                                      lists the entire 15-piece band and omits Strayhorn.

                                                                                    Titles recorded:
                                                                                    • Love You Madly
                                                                                    • Solitude
                                                                                    • There's No One But You
                                                                                    • You Better Know It
                                                                                    .
                                                                                    • Girvan:   Ellingtonia.com
                                                                                    • Timner
                                                                                    • Ole J. Nielsen, Jazz Records 1942-80, A discography: Vol. Six, Duke Ellington p.237
                                                                                    • Stratemann p.459
                                                                                    • Vail II
                                                                                    New Desor
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                                                                                    Tuesday
                                                                                    ...PERSONNEL CHANGE
                                                                                    Harold "Shorty" Baker leaves the band
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                                                                                    Wednesday
                                                                                    ...activities not documented
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                                                                                    Thursday
                                                                                    .Hampton, Va.Ogden Hall
                                                                                    Hampton Institute
                                                                                    Concert, 8:15 - 10:15 p.m.

                                                                                    Stratemann reports 2,200 patrons attended.
                                                                                    Contract terms:
                                                                                    • 13 musicians under the leadership of "DUKE ELLINGTON, INC. PRESENTS DUKE ELLINGTON"
                                                                                    • Name and Address of Place of Engagement
                                                                                      Hampton Institute, Hampton, Virginia
                                                                                    • Standard top billing clause
                                                                                    • Wage agreed upon: $1,500 flat, deposit $500 payable on signing by February 15, 1962; balance in cash night of engagement
                                                                                    • Employer:
                                                                                      F.D. Jackson c/o Crown Savings Bank, Newport News, Virginia
                                                                                      Newport News Club Hampton Institute Alumnae Assn., Hampton, Virginia
                                                                                    • Signed by
                                                                                      F.D. Jackson, Pres
                                                                                    • SI-NMAH Archives Center, DEC301, Series III
                                                                                      • Subseries A, Box 3, Folder 1: Associated Booking Corporation contract dated 1962 01 30
                                                                                      • Subseries G, Box 117, Folder 7: Report for the week of March 16 to 22, 1962
                                                                                    • Stratemann p.459 citing DESB
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                                                                                    Friday
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                                                                                    Thursday
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                                                                                    PAYROLL TO BAND  2,251.00
                                                                                    PAYROLL TO STAFF 370.00
                                                                                    DISBURSEMENTS 723.45
                                                                                    Disbursements included
                                                                                    AL CELLEY                         30.00
                                                                                    BOBBY BOYD 77.41
                                                                                    TUXEDO UNIFORM, L. BROWN 47.88
                                                                                    MUSIC STANDS 93.73
                                                                                    SUPER SERVICE BUS COMPANY 229.35
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                                                                                    Friday
                                                                                    ...PERSONNEL CHANGE
                                                                                    Trumpeter Roy Burrowes, born 1926, joins the band
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                                                                                    Friday
                                                                                    .Princess Anne, Md.Kish Auditorium
                                                                                    Maryland State College
                                                                                    (the college became University of Maryland Eastern Shore in 1970)
                                                                                    Dance
                                                                                    Contract terms:
                                                                                    • 13 musicians under the leadership of "DUKE ELLINGTON, INC. PRESENTS DUKE ELLINGTON"
                                                                                    • Name and Address of Place of Engagement
                                                                                      MARY LAND [sic] STATE COLLEGE, PRINCESS ANNE, MARYLAND
                                                                                    • Hours of employment
                                                                                      8 p.m. to 12 midnight
                                                                                    • Standard top billing clause
                                                                                    • Anti-segregation rider attached.
                                                                                    • Wage agreed upon: $1,500 flat, deposit $750 payable on signing and balance in cash night of engagement
                                                                                    • Employer:
                                                                                      DR. J.T.WILLIAMS, PRESIDENT
                                                                                      MARYLAND STATE COLLEGE
                                                                                      PRINCESS ANNE, MARY LAND [sic]
                                                                                    • Signed by
                                                                                      J.T.WILLIAMS
                                                                                    • SI-NMAH Archives Center, DEC301, Series III,
                                                                                      • Subseries A, Box 3, Folder 1 Associated Booking Corporation contract dated 1962 01 16
                                                                                      • Subseries G, Box 117, Folder 7: Report for the week of Mar.16-22,1962
                                                                                    • The Salisbury Times, Salisbury, Md. 1962-03-23 p.18
                                                                                    • Stratemann p.459
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                                                                                    Saturday
                                                                                    .Pennsauken, N.J.Ivy Stone InnDance
                                                                                    • SI-NMAH Archives Center, DEC301, Series III, Subseries G, Box 117, Folder 7: Report for the week of Mar.16-22,1962
                                                                                    • Stratemann p.459
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                                                                                    Sunday
                                                                                    ...activities not documented
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                                                                                    Monday
                                                                                    ...activities not documented
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                                                                                    Tuesday
                                                                                    ...activities not documented
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                                                                                    Wednesday
                                                                                    ...activities not documented
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                                                                                    Thursday
                                                                                    .New York, N.Y.A & R Studio

                                                                                    New Desor, Timner and MacHare place the session in A & R Studios. Stratemann and Vail place the session at Bell Studios (237 West 54 St.) but provide no supporting references.

                                                                                    Private small group recording session (stockpile)

                                                                                    A & R Recording Inc., 112 West 48th St., billed Mercer Music $276.04 for 3 hours of 3 track studio time and 5 reels of tape for recording:
                                                                                    • Feel So Good
                                                                                    • Paris Blues
                                                                                    • Things Ain't
                                                                                    • I Got It Bad
                                                                                    • The Blues
                                                                                    The various discographies generally agree on the titles recorded, with minor variations on the titles. Check the DEMS bulletins for a discussion of the various names used for the last recording, Blues, Circle Blues, and Jam on C

                                                                                    The discographies disagree about personnel:
                                                                                    • New Desor:
                                                                                      Nance, Brown, Hodges, Gonsalves, Carney, Ellington, Strayhorn, Bell, Woodyard, Greer and Grayson
                                                                                    • Timner:
                                                                                      Nance, Brown, Hamilton, Hodges, Gonsalves, Carney, Ellington, Strayhorn, Bell, Woodyard, Greer and Grayson
                                                                                    • Girvan (at the time of writing):
                                                                                      Nance, Brown, Hamilton, Gonsalves, Carney, Ellington, Strayhorn, Bell,Woodyard, Greer, Grayson
                                                                                    • MacHare (at the time of writing):
                                                                                      Nance, Berry, Burrowes, Mullens, Brown, Cox, Connors, Hamilton, Hodges, Procope, Gonsalves, Carney, Ellington, Strayhorn, Bell, Greer, Woodyard, Grayson
                                                                                    • DEMS 98/4-6:
                                                                                      29Mar62 - Sonny Greer back in the band

                                                                                      My ears tell me that Sonny Greer is on for I Feel So Good and Paris Blues, Sam Woodyard is on for Things Ain't What They Used To Be and Circle Blues.
                                                                                      Willie Timner

                                                                                      My ears tell me that Sonny Greer was on for the whole session. Billy Strayhorn played only in Paris Blues.
                                                                                      Sjef Hoefsmit


                                                                                    More research is warranted.
                                                                                    New Desor
                                                                                    DE6214
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                                                                                    Friday
                                                                                    1962 04 05
                                                                                    Thursday
                                                                                    .Weekly reportCelley's weekly report shows
                                                                                    PAYROLL TO BAND  2,922.00
                                                                                    PAYROLL TO STAFF 370.00
                                                                                    DISBURSEMENTS 2,151.42
                                                                                    Disbursements included
                                                                                    AL CELLEY                      30.00
                                                                                    BOBBY BOYD 169.53
                                                                                    RECORDING; SONNY GREER 60.00
                                                                                    DEWEY BULLOCK 50.00
                                                                                    CAR: H.C. 86.19
                                                                                    SUPER SERVICE BUS COMPANY 1,103.85
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                                                                                    Saturday
                                                                                    .Wilkes-Barre, Penn.Wilkes CollegeConcert
                                                                                    • SI-NMAH Archives Center, DEC301, Series III, Subseries G, Box 117, Folder 7: Report for the week of Mar.30 to Apr.5, 1962
                                                                                    • Stratemann p.459 citing DESB
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                                                                                    1962 04 01
                                                                                    Sunday
                                                                                    .New York, N.Y..Apparently a free day

                                                                                    Celley's weekly report shows nothing for this date.
                                                                                    • SI-NMAH Archives Center, DEC301, Series III, Subseries G, Box 117, Folder 7: Report for the week of Mar.30-Apr.5, 1962
                                                                                    • Stratemann p.459
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                                                                                    Monday
                                                                                    ..18 hour bus ride to Chicago.18 hour bus ride
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                                                                                    Tuesday
                                                                                    .Rensselaer, Ind.Field House
                                                                                    St. Joseph College
                                                                                    Concert 8:15 to 10:15 p.m. with customary intermission
                                                                                    Contract terms:
                                                                                    • 13 musicians under the leadership of "DUKE ELLINGTON, INC. PRESENTS: DUKE ELLINGTON IN PERSON"
                                                                                    • Standard top billing clause
                                                                                    • Anti-segregation clause.
                                                                                    • Recording prohibited.
                                                                                    • Employer guarantees to furnish a good P.A. system and to have the piano tuned to A=440
                                                                                    • Wage agreed upon: $1,500 guaranteed flat, 50% deposit payable on signing to Associated Booking Corporation, and balance in cash or via Cashiers; or College check to Al Celley, Rd. Mgr., intermission, night of engagement
                                                                                    • Employer:
                                                                                      Mr. Lawrence McKay, President
                                                                                      Senior Class
                                                                                      St. Joseph's College, Rensselaer, Indiana
                                                                                    • Signed by
                                                                                      Lawrence A. McKay
                                                                                    • SI-NMAH Archives Center, DEC301, Series III
                                                                                      • Subseries A, Box 3, Folder 2: Associated Booking Corporation contract dated 1962 02 07
                                                                                      • Subseries G, Box 117, Folder 7: Report for the week of March 30 to April 5, 1962
                                                                                    • Stratemann p.459
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                                                                                    Wednesday
                                                                                    ...Ken Holl:

                                                                                    'Ellington and his orchestra are on tour, travelling by car and bus from one stop to the next.
                                                                                      Wednesday they had covered 350 miles, two flat tires and two mistakes in direction before they got to Dubuque.
                                                                                      After the performance at Loras, the group headed for Chicago...'


                                                                                    The Telegraph-Herald, Dubuque, Iowa, 1962-04-05 p.26..
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                                                                                    Wednesday
                                                                                    .Dubuque, IowaFieldhouse
                                                                                    Loras College
                                                                                    Two-hour concert, Loras College lecture-concert series, admission $2.50

                                                                                    While scheduled for 8:15 p.m., the band arrived late and the concert started at 8:45. Stratemann reported 2,900 listeners; the Telegraph-Herald reported 2,000.
                                                                                    Contract terms:
                                                                                    • 13 musicians under the leadership of "DUKE ELLINGTON, INC. PRESENTS: DUKE ELLINGTON in person"
                                                                                    • Hours of employment
                                                                                      One, two hour concert between hours of 8:15 p.m. and 10:15 p.m. with customary intermission
                                                                                    • Standard top billing clause
                                                                                    • Standard clause re extra musicians due to union rules.
                                                                                    • Standard anti-segregation clause.
                                                                                    • Prohibition on recording
                                                                                    • Employer guarantees to furnish a good P.A. system and to have the piano tuned to A=440.
                                                                                    • Wage agreed upon: $1,500 guarantee flat, to be paid in cash or college check to Al Celley, Road Manager, conclusion of engagement
                                                                                    • Employer:
                                                                                      Loras College, per: Msgr. George N. Schultz, Chairman
                                                                                      Concert Lecture Committee
                                                                                      Dubuque, Iowa*
                                                                                    • Signed by
                                                                                      C T O Dowd, Treasurer

                                                                                    Ken Holl:

                                                                                    'Duke Ellington...and his 15-man orchestra held the full attention of 2,000 people who attended...
                                                                                      After the performance at Loras, the group headed for Chicago...
                                                                                      The orchestra played a wide variety of popular and standard jazz numbers and ended the evening with the "jazziest" version of a Twist that was ever heard in Dubuque.
                                                                                      The second half of the two-hour program was devoted entirely to Ellington's own compositions...The men played continuously nearly 40 minutes in the second half...'

                                                                                    The review quotes Ellington extensively, so it may be that Mr. Holl interviewed Duke, unless he relied on publicity material.
                                                                                  • SI-NMAH Archives Center, DEC301, Series III
                                                                                    • Subseries A, Box 3, Folder 2: Associated Booking Corporation contract dated 1962 02 06
                                                                                    • Subseries G, Box 117, Folder 7: Report for the week of March 30 to April 5, 1962
                                                                                    • The Telegraph-Herald, Dubuque, Iowa
                                                                                      • 1962-03-25 p.23
                                                                                      • 1962-03-28 p.7
                                                                                      • 1962-04-01 p.22
                                                                                      • 1962-04-05 p.26
                                                                                    • Stratemann p.459 citing DESB
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                                                                                    Thursday
                                                                                    .Palatine, Ill.Main gymnasium
                                                                                    Palatine High School
                                                                                    Wood St. near Route 14

                                                                                    'Student Council
                                                                                    PALATINE TOWNSHIP HIGH SCHOOL
                                                                                    presents
                                                                                    Duke Ellington
                                                                                    in
                                                                                    Concert
                                                                                    April 5
                                                                                    8 p.m.
                                                                                    Wood St. Gymnasium
                                                                                    Admission $1.50 to $3.50
                                                                                    Tickets on Sale at High School'

                                                                                    There were numerous ads in local "Paddock Publications" Herald newspapers, including the Arlington Heights Herald, as well as a photo showing students selling tickets door-to-door.

                                                                                    K.P.Hoff:

                                                                                    '...there was something for everyone last Thursday night at Palatine.
                                                                                      ...Without a doubt there were two real high points in the program.
                                                                                      The first was a drum solo by Sam Woodyard. With the entire band introducing the melody of "Skin Deep" Woodyard gently went into his solo and for long minutes continued with tone variations, fast rhythm and throbbing vibrations of slow and gentle beat. During Woodyard's entire solo performance, Ellington and the other bandsmen left the stage...slowly drifting back to play the last few bars of melody.
                                                                                      Woodyard held his audience spellbound, and the applause at the close of the number amply testified to the audience reaction.
                                                                                      The second highlight of the show was a medley of old Ellington standards... '


                                                                                    Contract terms:
                                                                                    • 13 musicians under the leadership of "DUKE ELLINGTON, INC. PRESENTS: DUKE ELLINGTON IN PERSON"
                                                                                    • Name and Address of Place of Engagement
                                                                                      Gymnasium, Palatine Township High School, Palatine, Illinois
                                                                                    • Date(s) of employment
                                                                                      Thursday April 5, 1962
                                                                                    • Hours of employment
                                                                                      8:00 p.m. to 10 p.m. with customary intermission.
                                                                                    • Type of engagement
                                                                                      Concert
                                                                                    • Standard top billing clause
                                                                                    • Standard clause re extra musicians due to union rules.
                                                                                    • Employer guarantees to furnish a good P.A. system and to have the piano tuned to A=440
                                                                                    • Standard prohibition on mechanical reproduction of performance
                                                                                    • Wage agreed upon: $1,500 guaranteed flat, (50% deposit (750) payable on signing to Associated Booking Corporation) and balance in cash or via Certified Check to Al Celley, Rd. Mgr., intermission, night of engagement
                                                                                    • Employer:
                                                                                      Mr. Burton Showers, Palatine Township High School, Palatine, Illinois
                                                                                    • Signed by
                                                                                      Burton J. Showers
                                                                                    • SI-NMAH Archives Center, DEC301, Series III
                                                                                      • Subseries A, Box 3, Folder 2: Associated Booking Corporation contract dated 1962 02 02
                                                                                      • Subseries G, Box 117, Folder 7: Report for the week of March 30 to April 5, 1962
                                                                                    • Arlington Heights Herald, Arlington Heights, Ill.,
                                                                                      • 1962-03-08
                                                                                      • 1962-03-15 p.47
                                                                                      • 1962-03-29 p.34
                                                                                      • 1962-04-12
                                                                                    • Daily Herald, Chicago, Ill. 1962-04-12
                                                                                    • Captioned photo, Rolling Meadows Herald, Rolling Meadows, Ill., 1962-04-12 p.1
                                                                                    • Stratemann p.459 citing DESB
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                                                                                    Friday
                                                                                    1962 04 12
                                                                                    Thursday
                                                                                    .Weekly reportCelley's weekly report shows
                                                                                    PAYROLL TO BAND  3,253.00
                                                                                    PAYROLL TO STAFF 370.00
                                                                                    DISBURSEMENTS 1,760.51
                                                                                    Disbursements included
                                                                                    AL CELLEY                    30.00
                                                                                    BOBBY BOYD 109.93
                                                                                    CAR: D. BULLOCK 30.00
                                                                                    ENTERTAINING 829.24
                                                                                    SUPER SERVICE BUS COMPANY 387.75
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                                                                                    Friday
                                                                                    .Madison, Wisc.Great Hall,
                                                                                    Memorial Union
                                                                                    University of Wisconsin
                                                                                    WSJ:

                                                                                    'ROTC Military Ball
                                                                                    To Be Held Friday

                                                                                    By Carla Helmus
                                                                                    (Campus Correspondent)
                                                                                      "Take 5," the 1962 Military Ball, will be held by the University of Wisconsin ROTC Friday in Great hall [sic] of the Memorial Union from 9 p.m. to 1 a.m.
                                                                                      The music of Duke Ellington will be featured at the dance, which also includes the official debut of the six Badger Beauties in traditional long white gowns, and the crowning of a king.
                                                                                      In Tripp Commons the 5th Army Band will play, and in the cafeteria the Jerry Lyman group will provide entertainment. The Ascots with Joe Baldwin will be in the main lounge. Fred Mott's Band with Tom Kammer will also furnish music.
                                                                                      Anti-Military Ball
                                                                                      Saturday night the Student Peace Center will hold the annual Anti-Military Ball...'


                                                                                    Contract terms:
                                                                                    • 13 musicians under the leadership of "DUKE ELLINGTON, INC. PRESENTS: DUKE ELLINGTON In Person"
                                                                                    • Hours of employment
                                                                                      9:30 p.m. to 1:00 a.m.
                                                                                    • Type of engagement
                                                                                      Dance
                                                                                    • Standard top billing clause
                                                                                    • Standard clause re extra musicians due to union rules.
                                                                                    • Employer guarantees to furnish a good P.A. system and to have the piano tuned to A=440
                                                                                    • Anti-segregation provision
                                                                                    • Mechanical reproduction prohibited
                                                                                    • Wage agreed upon: $1,500 flat. to be paid in cash or via University check to Al Celley, Rd. Mgr., night of engagement
                                                                                    • Employer:
                                                                                      Mr. Ray L. Hilsenhoff, Student Fin. Adv.
                                                                                      [handwritten: 1962 Military Ball by Ray Hilsenhoff"]
                                                                                      University of Wisconsin
                                                                                      Memorial Union - 770 Langdon St.
                                                                                      Madison, Wisconsin
                                                                                    • Signed by
                                                                                      Ray L. Hilsenhoff
                                                                                    • SI-NMAH Archives Center, DEC301, Series III
                                                                                      • Subseries A, Box 3, Folder 2: Associated Booking Corporation contract dated 1962 02 23
                                                                                      • Subseries G, Box 117, Folder 7: Report for the week of April 6 to 12
                                                                                    • Wisconsin State Journal
                                                                                      • 1962-04-01 p.2 s.2
                                                                                      • 1962-04-05 s.2 p.3
                                                                                    • Stratemann p.460
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                                                                                    Saturday
                                                                                    .Wauwatosa, Wisc.Auditorium
                                                                                    Wauwatosa East High School
                                                                                    Public concert, 8:30 -tickets: general admission, $2.75, reserved seats $3.25
                                                                                    Contract terms:
                                                                                    • 13 musicians under the leadership of "DUKE ELLINGTON, INC. PRESENTS: DUKE ELLINGTON In Person"
                                                                                    • Name and Address of Place of Engagement
                                                                                      WAUWATOSA HIGH SCHOOL, WAUWATOSA, WISCONSIN (Suburb of Milwaukee)
                                                                                    • Hours of employment
                                                                                      8:30 to 10:30 p.m. with customary intermission
                                                                                    • Standard top billing clause
                                                                                    • Wage agreed upon: $2,750 flat, 50% deposit payable to Associated Booking Corporation 60 days before the event, balance in cash or cashiers check to Al Celley, Rd. Mgr., intermission, night of engagement
                                                                                    • Employer guarantees to furnish a good P.A. system and to have the piano tuned to A=440
                                                                                    • Standard clause re extra musicians due to union rules.
                                                                                    • Recording prohibited by A.F. of M.
                                                                                    • Anti-segregation clause
                                                                                    • Employer:
                                                                                      Wauwatosa Junior Woman's [sic] Club
                                                                                    • Signed by
                                                                                      Mrs. R. R. Camprox

                                                                                    Gerald Kloss's review:

                                                                                    '...a concert sponsored by the Wauwatosa Junior Women's Club... About 1300 persons responded happily...
                                                                                      With all but total disregard for the printed program -"It's an old one, last week's," he explained, the suave pianist- composer-bandleader mixed up a colorful batch of musical moods...
                                                                                      Proceeds from the club was third annual jazz concert will be used in maintaining its Wauwatosa housekeeping service, which was initiated last May.'

                                                                                    Musicians named by Mr. Klossa were Hamilton, Hodges, Woodyard, Bell, Nance and the songs he commented on were:
                                                                                    • Asphalt Jungle
                                                                                    • music from Paris Blues
                                                                                    • Tenderly
                                                                                    • I Got It Bad
                                                                                    • All Of Me
                                                                                    • Skin Deep
                                                                                    • selection from A Drum Is A Woman
                                                                                    • SI-NMAH Archives Center, DEC301, Series III,
                                                                                      • Subseries A, Box 3, Folder 1: Associated Booking Corporation contract dated 1962 01 03
                                                                                      • Subseries G, Box 117, Folder 7: Report for the week of Apr.6-12, 1962
                                                                                    • The Milwaukee Journal, Madison, Wisc.
                                                                                      • 1962-03-19 p.8
                                                                                      • 1962-03-23 pt.2 p.17
                                                                                      • 1962-03-29 pt.2 p.16
                                                                                      • 1962-04-04 Pt.2 p.15
                                                                                      • 1962-04-08 pt.2 p.8
                                                                                    • Stratemann p.460 citing DESB
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                                                                                    Sunday
                                                                                    1962 04 09
                                                                                    Monday
                                                                                    Chicago, Ill.Club Laurel
                                                                                    5246 North Broadway
                                                                                    Dancing
                                                                                    Contract terms:
                                                                                    • 13 musicians under the leadership of "DUKE ELLINGTON, INC. Presents: DUKE ELLINGTON in Person"
                                                                                    • Date(s) of employment
                                                                                      April 8th & 9th, 1962 (Sunday & Monday)
                                                                                    • Hours of employment
                                                                                      10:00 P.M. to 2:30 A.M. Nightly, Prevailing House Policy schedule.
                                                                                    • Top billing clause
                                                                                    • Standard clause re extra musicians due to union rules.
                                                                                    • Standard prohibition on recording
                                                                                    • Wage agreed upon: $2,000 Flat, for two nights, $2,000 to be paid in cash to Al Celley, Road Manager, no later than 12:00 midnight the night of April 9th, Monday.
                                                                                    • Employer:
                                                                                      Mr. Bill McLaughlin
                                                                                      5246 North Broadway
                                                                                      Chicago, Illinois
                                                                                    • Signed by
                                                                                      McLaughlin Inc. By Bill McLaughlin [illegible]
                                                                                    • SI-NMAH Archives Center, DEC301, Series III
                                                                                      • Subseries A, Box 3, Folder 2: Associated Booking Corporation contract dated 1962 02 07
                                                                                      • Subseries G, Box 117, Folder 7: Report for the week of Apr.6-12, 1962
                                                                                    • Stratemann p.460 citing
                                                                                      • DESB
                                                                                      • Chicago Defender 1962-04-07 p.14
                                                                                    • Vail II
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                                                                                    Monday
                                                                                    .Chicago, Ill.Club LaurelDancing - see 1962 04 08...
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                                                                                    Tuesday
                                                                                    ...activities not documented
                                                                                    Celley's weekly report has nothing for this date
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                                                                                    Wednesday
                                                                                    ...activities not documented
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                                                                                    Thursday
                                                                                    .Niles, Mich.Shula's Night Club
                                                                                    2806 S. 11th St.
                                                                                    Night club - 21:30-01:30 (Stratemann)
                                                                                    Contract terms:
                                                                                    • 13 musicians under the leadership of "DUKE ELLINGTON, INC. PRESENTS: DUKE ELLINGTON In Person"
                                                                                    • Hours of employment
                                                                                      9:00 p.m. to 1:00 a.m.
                                                                                    • Type of engagement
                                                                                      Dance
                                                                                    • Standard top billing clause
                                                                                    • Standard clause re extra musicians due to union rules.
                                                                                    • Wage agreed upon: $1,000 guarantee, privilege 60%, to be paid in cash or via Cashiers Check to Al Celley, Rd. Mgr. at conclusion of engagement
                                                                                    • Employer guarantees to furnish a good P.A. system and to have the piano tuned to A=440
                                                                                    • Mechanical reproduction prohibited.
                                                                                    • Employer:
                                                                                      Mr. Frank Shula
                                                                                      Shula's Night Club
                                                                                      2806 South 11th Street
                                                                                      Niles, Michigan
                                                                                    • Signed by
                                                                                      Frank Shula
                                                                                    Al Celley's report shows $1,000 earned.
                                                                                    • SI-NMAH Archives Center, DEC301, Series III
                                                                                      • Subseries A, Box 3, Folder 2: Associated Booking Corporation contract dated 1962 02 16
                                                                                      • Subseries G, Box 117, Folder 7: Report for the week of Apr.6-12, 1962
                                                                                      • Stratemann p.460 citing DESB
                                                                                      • Vail II
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                                                                                    Friday
                                                                                    1962 04 19
                                                                                    Thursday
                                                                                    .Weekly reportCelley's weekly report shows
                                                                                    PAYROLL TO BAND  1,863.00
                                                                                    PAYROLL TO STAFF 370.00
                                                                                    DISBURSEMENTS 1,381.15
                                                                                    Disbursements included
                                                                                    AL CELLEY                    30.00
                                                                                    BOBBY BOYD 145.63
                                                                                    EDDIE MULLENS 51.96
                                                                                    BASS TROMBONE: DEPOSIT 100.00
                                                                                    SUPER SERVICE BUS COMPANY 686.80
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                                                                                    Friday
                                                                                    .Lansing, Mich.Main Auditorium
                                                                                    Civic Center
                                                                                    Contract terms:
                                                                                    • 13 musicians under the leadership of "DUKE ELLINGTON, INC. PRESENTS: DUKE ELLINGTON IN PERSON"
                                                                                    • Name and Address of Place of Engagement
                                                                                      MAIN SMALL AUDITORIUM, CIVIC CENTER
                                                                                      MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY, LANSING, MICHIGAN
                                                                                    • Hours of employment
                                                                                      9:00 p.m. to 1:00 a.m.
                                                                                    • Type of engagement
                                                                                      Dance
                                                                                    • Standard top billing clause
                                                                                    • Standard clauses re extra musicians due to union rules and prohibition on recording
                                                                                    • Employer guarantees to furnish a good P.A. system and to have the piano tuned to A=440
                                                                                    • Wage agreed upon: $2,750 guaranteed flat, 50% deposit payable to Associated Booking Corporation 60 days prior to engagement and balance in cash, caskiers check or university check to Al Celley, Rd. Mgr., intermission, night of engagement
                                                                                    • Employer:
                                                                                      Varsity Club per Dr. Wilson Paul, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan
                                                                                    • Signed by
                                                                                      Wilson B. Paul
                                                                                    • SI-NMAH Archives Center, DEC301, Series III
                                                                                      • Subseries A, Box 3, Folder 1 Associated Booking Corporation contract dated 1962 01 15
                                                                                      • Subseries G, Box 117, Folder 7: Report for the week of Apr.13-19, 1962
                                                                                    • Stratemann p.460 citing DownBeat 1962-06-07 p.24
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                                                                                    1962 04 00...Stratemann says around this time, Ellington and his music were to be featured in 16 half-hour television documentary series but the series never materialized. Ellington was also to have started taping and recording a 60-minute documentary about his career called The Duke Ellington Story or simply Ellington. Neither project came to fruition.
                                                                                    • Stratemann p.460 citing Down Beat, 1962-04-12 for the former.
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                                                                                    Saturday
                                                                                    ...activities not documented

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                                                                                    Sunday
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                                                                                    Tuesday
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                                                                                    Wednesday
                                                                                    .Toronto, Ont..Ellington attended a party held by the Duke Ellington Society, Toronto chapter, in his honour.
                                                                                    His sidemen's location and activities are not documented

                                                                                    Celley's weekly report has nothing for this date.

                                                                                    Celley's report does, however, include $15.24 for Hotel Bancoft Charge. This may a hotel in Bancroft, Ontario, a 2 1/2 hour north-east of Toronto.
                                                                                    • SI-NMAH Archives Center, DEC301, Series III, Subseries G, Box 117, Folder 7: Report for the week of Apr.13-19, 1962
                                                                                    • Stratemann p.460
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                                                                                    Thursday
                                                                                    ...activities not documented

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                                                                                    Friday
                                                                                    1962 04 26
                                                                                    Thursday
                                                                                    .Weekly reportCelley's weekly report shows
                                                                                    O. MILLER             200.00
                                                                                    J. BARON HARRIS 440.00
                                                                                    BUNNY BRIGGS 500.00
                                                                                    PAID TO ACTS 1,140.00
                                                                                    PAYROLL TO BAND 4,416.00
                                                                                    PAYROLL TO STAFF 370.00
                                                                                    DISBURSEMENTS 2,185.18
                                                                                    TOTAL PAID OUT 8,111.18
                                                                                    Disbursements included
                                                                                    AL CELLEY                                     30.00
                                                                                    BOBBY BOYD 178.18
                                                                                    CAR: H.C. 150.59
                                                                                    R.R. FARES 91.75
                                                                                    UNION: WASHINGTON, LOCAL 802 61.49
                                                                                    COPYING: COPYING: FLORENCE 50.00
                                                                                    COPYING: VASHTI 50.00
                                                                                    MERCER ELLINGTON 100.00
                                                                                    STENOGRAPHER: M.R. 100.00
                                                                                    ARRANGING: J. HAMILTON 225.00
                                                                                    RENTALS: T.V., RADIO, TROMBONE, HARPSICHORD 129.20
                                                                                    ENTERTAINING 607.07
                                                                                    The revenue section shows $10,000 for Howard Theatre, less $1,000 commission to A.B.C. It also shows commissions received from or re Bunny Briggs and Baron Harris.
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                                                                                    1962 04 26
                                                                                    Thursday
                                                                                    Washington, D.C.3636 16th St N.W.Ellington appears to have stayed in The Woodner, an apartment/hotel complex during the Howard Theater residency.

                                                                                    (The Evening Star reported called him there one morning.) The Woodner is about 2 miles north-northwest of the Howard.

                                                                                    Mr. Kennedy's piece is a full column length on the front page of section B of the Evening Star, and establishes he interviewed Duke at the Howard, but doesn't have any new information other than that Duke had a wake-up call at 12:30 noon the day the writer called.
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                                                                                    Friday
                                                                                    1962 04 26
                                                                                    Thursday
                                                                                    Washington, D.C.Howard Theatre
                                                                                    620 T St.
                                                                                    America's greatest modern
                                                                                    Maestro-genius
                                                                                    *      DUKE
                                                                                    ELLINGTON


                                                                                    & His world-famous
                                                                                    ORCHESTRA

                                                                                     FEATURING:
                                                                                      *   JOHNNY HODGES
                                                                                      *   HARRY CARNEY
                                                                                      *   RAY NANCE & BIG REVUE
                                                                                      *   MILT GRAYSON, vocals
                                                                                      *   BUNNY BRIGGS,taps

                                                                                    1 Week -- Opens Tomorrow

                                                                                    HOWARD
                                                                                    7th & T N.W.   *   No. 7-3000


                                                                                    DISTRICT THEATERS
                                                                                    Call NO 7-3000

                                                                                    HOWARD7th and T Sts. N.W.
                                                                                    Doors Open 12 Noon
                                                                                    On Stage: DUKE ELLINGTON AND
                                                                                    HIS WORLD FAMOUS ORCHES-
                                                                                    TRA. Plus a START-STUDDED
                                                                                    REVUE WITH JOHNNY HODGES,
                                                                                    MILT GRAYSON, BUNNY BRIGGS.
                                                                                    Stage Shows, 2:00, 4:45, 7:30, 10
                                                                                    • The Sunday Star, Washington, D.C.
                                                                                      • 1962-04-15, p.G-4
                                                                                      • 1962-04-22, pp.E-7,E-10,E-17
                                                                                    • The Evening Star, Washington, D.C.
                                                                                      • 1962-04-16 p.A-16
                                                                                      • 1962-04-17 p.A-14
                                                                                      • 1962-04-18 p.B-10
                                                                                      • 1962-04-19 pp.A-14,A-15
                                                                                      • 1962-04-20 pp.A-12,A-13
                                                                                      • 1962-04-21 p.A-11
                                                                                      • 1962-04-23 p.A-14
                                                                                      • 1962-04-24 pp. B-1,B-12, B-13
                                                                                      • 1962-04-25 p.E-6
                                                                                      • 1962-04-26 p.B-6
                                                                                    • Stratemann p.460 citing DESB
                                                                                    • Vail II with a copy of an unsourced poster or handbill
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                                                                                    1962 04 21
                                                                                    Saturday
                                                                                    .Washington, D.C.Howard Theatre
                                                                                    620 T St.
                                                                                    See 1962 04 20

                                                                                    Stage Shows, 2:00, 4:45, 7:30, 9:45 and 12 Midnight
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                                                                                    Sunday
                                                                                    .Washington, D.C.Howard Theatre
                                                                                    620 T St.

                                                                                    Stage Shows, 2:00, 4:45, 7:30, 10
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                                                                                    Monday
                                                                                    .Washington, D.C.Howard Theatre
                                                                                    620 T St.
                                                                                    Stage Shows, 2:00, 4:45, 7:30, 10
                                                                                    -see 1962 04 20

                                                                                    One of the shows this day was recorded:

                                                                                    Duke Ellington and his orchestra
                                                                                    Berry, Burrowes, Anderson, Nance, Cox, Brown, Connors, Hamilton, Procope, Hodges, Gonsalves, Carney, Ellington, Bell, Woodyard, Grayson and tap dancer/vocalist Bunny Briggs.

                                                                                    Titles recorded:
                                                                                    • All Of Me
                                                                                    • Cops (Asphalt Jungle)
                                                                                    • Diminuendo In Blue and The Wailing Interval
                                                                                    • Do Nothin' Till You Hear From Me
                                                                                    • I Got It Bad and That Ain't Good
                                                                                    • Jam With Sam
                                                                                    • Kinda Dukish / Rockin' In Rhythm
                                                                                    • Love You Madly
                                                                                    • One More Once (One More Twist)
                                                                                    • Paris Blues
                                                                                    • Stompin' At The Savoy
                                                                                    • Things Ain't What They Used To Be
                                                                                    • Tulip Or Turnip
                                                                                    Timner reports swing harpist Olivette Miller performed St. Louis Blues and sang I'm So Tired of Being an Angel without Duke, then presented Ellington with an award in the midst of the recorded music. Presumably the orchestra accompanied her.

                                                                                    The same day, someone named Tony recorded a half hour interview with Ellington backstage.
                                                                                    • Girvan:   Ellingtonia.com
                                                                                    • Timner
                                                                                    • Ole J. Nielsen, Jazz Records 1942-80, A discography: Vol. Six, Duke Ellington, p.238
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                                                                                    Tuesday
                                                                                    .Washington, D.C.Howard Theatre
                                                                                    620 T St.
                                                                                    Stage Shows, 2:00, 4:45, 7:30, 10
                                                                                    -see 1962 04 20

                                                                                    Four titles were recorded:

                                                                                    Duke Ellington and his orchestra
                                                                                    Berry, Burrowes, Anderson, Nance, Cox, Brown, Connors, Hamilton, Procope, Hodges, Gonsalves, Carney, Ellington, Bell, Woodyard, Grayson.

                                                                                    Titles recorded:
                                                                                    • Cops (Asphalt Jungle)
                                                                                    • Mood Indigo
                                                                                    • One More Once (One More Twist)
                                                                                    • Take The "A" Train (theme)
                                                                                    • Girvan:   Ellingtonia.com
                                                                                    • Timner
                                                                                    • Ole J. Nielsen, Jazz Records 1942-80, A discography: Vol. Six, Duke Ellington, p.238
                                                                                    New Desor
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                                                                                    Wednesday
                                                                                    .Washington, D.C.Howard Theatre
                                                                                    620 T St.
                                                                                    Stage Shows, 2:00, 4:45, 7:30, 10
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                                                                                    Thursday
                                                                                    .Washington, D.C.Howard Theatre
                                                                                    620 T St.
                                                                                    Stage Shows, 2:00, 4:45, 7:30, 10
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                                                                                    Friday
                                                                                    .New York, N.Y.A & R StudiosA & R recording session for Fantasy F-9636Stratemann p.460...
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                                                                                    Friday
                                                                                    .New York, N.Y.Riviera TerraceAs one of its vice-presidents, Ellington chaired the Negro Actors Guild's celebration of its 25th anniversary. Stratemann dates this April 27; Vail puts it on May 1.
                                                                                    • Stratemann p.460 citing DESB
                                                                                    • Vail II
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                                                                                    Friday
                                                                                    1962 05 03
                                                                                    Thursday
                                                                                    .Weekly reportCelley's weekly report shows
                                                                                    RECORDINGS: CHI              428.00
                                                                                    RECORDINGS: N.Y. 214.00
                                                                                    PAYROLL: BAND 2,341.00
                                                                                    PAYROLL: STAFF 370.00
                                                                                    DISBURSEMENTS 1,192.36
                                                                                    Disbursements included:
                                                                                    AL CELLEY                    30.00
                                                                                    BOBBY BOYD 150.01
                                                                                    SUPER SERVICE BUS COMPANY 613.10
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                                                                                    Friday
                                                                                    .Durham, N.C.Indoor Stadium
                                                                                    Duke University
                                                                                    9 p.m. - 1 a.m. - "Shoe 'n' Slippers" informal dance

                                                                                    If Ellington was in New York, it seems likely the band performed without him. Stratemann questions whether the band performed here at all on this date but the 1962 university yearbook, The Chanticleer, includes an Ellington publicity photo whose caption reads "Joe College stomped to the sounds of Duke Ellington."
                                                                                    • SI-NMAH Archives Center, DEC301, Series III , Subseries G, Box 117, Folder 7: Report for the week of April 27-May 3, 1962
                                                                                    • The Chanticleer, 1962, Duke University, Durham, N.C.
                                                                                    • "Joe College Weekend," Events of the Week, Calendar of Duke University, week of April 22-28, 1962
                                                                                    • The Duke Chronicle, Duke University, Durham, N.C.
                                                                                      • 1962-04-17 pp.1,5
                                                                                      • 1962-04-25 pp.1,4
                                                                                    • Stratemann p.460
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                                                                                    Saturday
                                                                                    .Fort Bragg, N.C.Main N.C.O. ClubDance
                                                                                    Contract terms:
                                                                                    • 13 musicians under the leadership of "DUKE ELLINGTON, INC. PRESENTS DUKE ELLINGTON"
                                                                                    • Name and Address of Place of Engagement
                                                                                      Main N.C.O. Club, Fort Bragg, North Carolina
                                                                                    • Date(s) of employment
                                                                                      April 28, 1962
                                                                                    • Hours of employment
                                                                                      9:00 P.M. to 1:00 A.M.
                                                                                    • Standard top billing clause
                                                                                    • Wage agreed upon: $1,750 flat, payment terms crossed out. The contract is marked to show this amount was collected, and it's included in Celley's report.
                                                                                    • Employer:
                                                                                      Main N.C.O. Club
                                                                                      M/Sgt. Edward Seaver (Secretary)
                                                                                      Fort Bragg, North Carolina
                                                                                    • Signed by
                                                                                      Edward J. Seaver
                                                                                    • SI-NMAH Archives Center, DEC301, Series III
                                                                                      • Subseries A, Box 3, Folder 3: Associated Booking Corporation contract dated 1962 03 13
                                                                                      • Subseries G, Box 117, Folder 7: Report for the week of March [sic - handwritten change to April] 27 to May 3, 1962
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                                                                                    Sunday
                                                                                    Ellington's birthday
                                                                                    ...activities not documented

                                                                                    An executed contract for two 30-minute shows at 7 and 10 p.m. at the Academy of Music, Philadelphia is marked cancelled.
                                                                                    Cancelled Associated Booking Corporation contract dated 1962 02 13, SI-NMAH Archives Center, DEC301, Series III, Subseries A, Box 3, Folder 2..
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                                                                                    Monday
                                                                                    1962 05 04
                                                                                    Friday
                                                                                    New York, N.Y.CBS Television StudioSidemen's activities are not documented

                                                                                    Stratemann and Vail II report taping sessions from May 1 to May 4 for the Garry Moore Show episode which was telecast nationally the night of May 8. Also appearing on this show were comedic genius Don Knotts and vocalist Denise Lor.
                                                                                    Ellington was required to be available for rehearsals beginning April 30, but how much time he was actually in the studio is unknown.

                                                                                    The band was not required until May 3 and/or May 4, and the show was taped May 4.

                                                                                    Contract terms:
                                                                                    • 13 musicians under the leadership of "DUKE ELLINGTON, INC. PRESENTS: DUKE ELLINGTON"
                                                                                    • Name and Address of Place of Engagement
                                                                                      CBS Television, New York
                                                                                    • Date(s) of employment
                                                                                      May 8, 1962
                                                                                    • Hours of employment
                                                                                      10-11 PM, CNYT
                                                                                    • Date of Taping: May 4, 1962 Duke Ellington, the leader, will be available for rehearsals in accordance with the requirements of Red Wing Productions, Inc., commencing April 30, 1962. However, members of the orchestra will be required to rehearse only for one hour on May 3, 1962 and at such time or times as Red Wing Productions, Inc. may determine on May 4, 1962, the date of the taping of the program.
                                                                                    • Type of engagement
                                                                                      THE GARRY MOORE SHOW
                                                                                    • The employer shall contribute 5% of scale to the "A.F.M. AND EMPLOYER'S PENSION WELFARE FUND"
                                                                                    • Price agreed upon: $7,500.
                                                                                    • To be paid BY CHECK MADE PAYABLE TO ASSOCIATED BOOKING CORP.
                                                                                    • Employer:
                                                                                      Red Wing Productions, Inc.
                                                                                    • Rider:
                                                                                      • Duke Ellington will not participate in any manner whatsoever on any other television or radio program broadcast at any time within the three week period immediately preceding and the one week period following the date of the network broadcast of the program.
                                                                                      • Performer shall receive the same compensation received for the original network broadcast for the replay of that portion or portions of the program in which Performer shall appear. Except for emergency situations beyond Producer's control, Producer shall give Performer written notice of the contemplated date of any such replay and of the network or station and sponsor and products to be advertised thereon not less than four weeks prior to the date thereof, and Performer shall have seven days following the receipt of such written notice to notify Producer in the event that such contemplated replay is in conflict with a then-existing commitment of Performer, such as a television commitment to a competitive sponsor or a time exclusivity commitment for some other program, in which event Producer shall not have the right to replay the program on such contemplated date.

                                                                                      Al Celley's report for the week of May 25 to 31 shows
                                                                                      "GARRY MOORE" SHOW    1,015.10
                                                                                      This seems to be the band payroll for this show.
                                                                                    • SI-NMAH Archives Center, DEC301, Series III,
                                                                                      • Subseries A, Box 2, Folder 22, American Federation of Musicians local 802 standard form contract dated 1961-12-15
                                                                                      • Subseries G, Box 117, Folder 7: Report for the week of May 25 to 31, 1962
                                                                                    • Stratemann p.460
                                                                                    • Vail II (May 1962)
                                                                                      .DEMS

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                                                                                      1962 05 01
                                                                                      Tuesday
                                                                                      .New York, N.Y.CBS studiosEllington was contractually obliged to be available for the Garry Moore Show rehearsals, but whether he rehearsed this day is not known. This is the date DEMS suggests the show was taped, but the contract said it would be taped May 4.see 1962 04 30..djpAdded
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                                                                                      1962 05 01
                                                                                      Tuesday
                                                                                      .New York, N.Y.A & R StudiosPrivate (stockpile) recording session
                                                                                      Duke Ellington & His Orchestra
                                                                                      Nance, Burrowes, Anderson, Berry, Brown, Cox, Connors, Procope, Hodges, Hamilton, Gonsalves, Carney, Ellington, Bell, Woodyard
                                                                                      Titles recorded:
                                                                                      • The "C" Jam Blues
                                                                                      • Take The "A" Train
                                                                                      • Happy-Go-Lucky Local
                                                                                      • Jam With Sam
                                                                                      • Caravan
                                                                                      • Just A-Sittin' And A-Rockin'
                                                                                      • Paris Blues
                                                                                      • Ready, Go
                                                                                      This material was released in 1984 on an LP called "Featuring Paul Gonsalves."
                                                                                      DEMS:

                                                                                      '...Bill [Berry] gave an example of Duke not always wanting a specific solo being played by the same soloist. He mentioned the fact that Duke made a whole session with Paul Gonsalves playing the solos normally played by others. He referred to the Fantasy album "Featuring Paul Gonsalves." He said that this session was done on the same day as the recordings for the National Guard Transcriptions with Della Reese. This is not correct. He must have meant the recording for the "Garry Moore Show" as mentioned in Stratemann on page 460...'


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                                                                                      Tuesday
                                                                                      .New York, N.Y.. Peripheral event
                                                                                      Vail:

                                                                                      'Paul Gonsalves recorded with the Wild Bill Davis All Stars for Columbia in New York City.'

                                                                                      The quintet consisted Gonsalves, Les Spann, Davis, Janet Putman and Calvin Newborn.
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                                                                                      Wednesday
                                                                                      .New York, N.Y.CBS studiosSidemen's activities are not documented
                                                                                      Ellington was required to be available for the Garry Moore Show rehearsals, but whether he rehearsed this day is not known.
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                                                                                      Thursday
                                                                                      .New York, N.Y.CBS studiosThe orchestra was required to be available for a one-hour rehearsal for the Garry Moore Show.See 1962 04 30..
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                                                                                      Friday
                                                                                      .New York, N.Y.CBS StudioTaping session for the popular CBS network television variety show The Garry Moore Show, to be telecast May 8 - see 1962 04 30

                                                                                      The contract also provided for the orchestra to rehearse but whether it did is not yet documented.
                                                                                      • Duke Ellington and his orchestra
                                                                                        Berry, Burrowes, Anderson, Nance, Cox, Brown, Connors, Hamilton, Procope, Hodges, Gonsalves, Carney, Ellington, Bell, Woodyard
                                                                                        • Caravan
                                                                                        • Rockin' In Rhythm
                                                                                        • Take The "A" Train
                                                                                      • Duke Ellington with Irwin Costal and his orchestra
                                                                                        Ellington, Marion Lorne, Dorothy Loudon, Ron Martin, studio choir, Irwin Costal Orchestra

                                                                                        Medley:
                                                                                        • Sophisticated Lady
                                                                                        • Solitude
                                                                                        • I Got It Bad and That Ain't Good
                                                                                        • I let A Song and Don't Get Around Much Anymore
                                                                                        • I'm Beginning To See The Light
                                                                                        • Mood Indigo
                                                                                        • It Don't Mean A Thing

                                                                                      After Ellington and his orchestra played Caravan and Rockin' in Rhythm, Ellington took 13 minutes on piano, backed by the house orchestra led by Irwin Costal, singers Marion Lorne, Dorothy Loudon, Ron Martin and a studio chorus. The Ellington orchestra then finished up with Take the "A" Train.
                                                                                      • See 1962 04 30
                                                                                      • Girvan:   Ellingtonia.com
                                                                                      • Timner V
                                                                                      • Ole J. Nielsen, Jazz Records 1942-80, A discography: Vol. Six, Duke Ellington
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                                                                                      Friday
                                                                                      1962 05 10
                                                                                      Thursday
                                                                                      .Weekly reportCelley's weekly report shows
                                                                                      PAYROLL TO BAND  2,639.00
                                                                                      PAYROLL TO STAFF 370.00
                                                                                      DISBURSEMENTS 2,750.65
                                                                                      Disbursements included
                                                                                      AL CELLEY                    30.00
                                                                                      BOBBY BOYD 101.40
                                                                                      R.R. FARES 9.83
                                                                                      ENTERTAINING 1,056.46
                                                                                      SUPER SERVICE BUS COMPANY 911.90
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                                                                                      Friday
                                                                                      .Garden City
                                                                                      Long Island, N.Y.
                                                                                      Café DominiqueDance

                                                                                      Celley's report appears to indicate he collected $1,175 and there was also a deposit of that amount.
                                                                                      • SI-NMAH Archives Center, DEC301, Series III, Subseries G, Box 117, Folder 7: Report for the week of May 4-10, 1962
                                                                                      • Stratemann p.460
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                                                                                      Saturday
                                                                                      .Hamilton, N.Y.Huntington Gym
                                                                                      Colgate University
                                                                                      Bermuda Ball
                                                                                      Colgate Spring Party
                                                                                      Contract terms:
                                                                                      • 13 musicians under the leadership of "DUKE ELLINGTON, INC. PRESENTS DUKE ELLINGTON"
                                                                                      • Hours of employment
                                                                                        9 P.M. TO 1 A.M.
                                                                                      • Type of engagement
                                                                                        Dance
                                                                                      • Standard top billing clause
                                                                                      • Wage agreed upon: $2,500 flat payable in cash on night of engagement
                                                                                      • Employer:
                                                                                        Lloyd Huntley, Director of Student Activities, Colgate University, Hamilton, New York
                                                                                      • Signed by
                                                                                        Lloyd Huntley
                                                                                      • SI-NMAH Archives Center, DEC301, Series III
                                                                                        • Subseries A, Box 3, Folder 1, Associated Booking Corporation contract dated 1962 01 09
                                                                                        • Subseries G, Box 117, Folder 7: Report for the week of May 4-10, 1962
                                                                                      • The Colgate Maroon, Colgate University, Hamilton, N.Y.
                                                                                        • 1962-01-17 p.1
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                                                                                      Monday
                                                                                      .New York, N.Y.Grand Ballroom
                                                                                      Waldorf Astoria Hotel
                                                                                      Benefit for Boy Scouts of America. Eddie Fisher sang one number with the Ellington orchestra
                                                                                      • Mention, Dorothy Kilgallen's syndicated column, The Salt Lake Tribune 1962-04-11 and many other papers
                                                                                      • Stratemann p.460
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                                                                                      Tuesday
                                                                                      1962 05 19New York, N.Y.University HospitalEllington entered hospital for a gall bladder operation. Son Mercer conducted the band in his absence, with Billy Strayhorn on piano.

                                                                                      While the senior Ellington was discharged May 19, Stratemann suggests he didn't perform again until May 26. That day, he reportedly attended an afternoon rehearsal in Boston, but at the concert that evening, only made a brief appearance before flying back to New York.
                                                                                      Jet reports Mercer led the band in Frankfort, Kentucky, Crawfordsville,Indiana and Columbus, Ohio and that Duke was expected to return to the band in time for the International Jazz Festival [1962 05 31].
                                                                                      • A Boston Traveler 1962 05 18 announcement said he was making a good recovery from his recent major operation
                                                                                      • The Boston Sunday Advertiser announced 1962 05 20 that despite major surgery, Ellington was well on his way back to the podium, and quotes him as saying he will be able to make all his summer engagements.
                                                                                      • A Boston Sunday Herald 1962 05 20 announcement says he was recovered and will fill all summer engagements including Boston
                                                                                      • The San Antonio Register 1962-05-25 reported he was recovering satisfactorly, citing the Associated Negro Press, but all engagements for Ellington had been postponed indefinitely. Note this newspaper was probably circulated well ahead of its masthead date, and may have been relying on outdated reports from ANP.
                                                                                      • Ellington's guest column for vacationing syndicated columnist Dorothy Kilgallen describes his hospital stay and named various visitors, including five clergymen, and described receiving fruit and flowers. He wrote

                                                                                        '"...the minute I got back in the house I was drawn to the piano. I felt a new work coming on. These things happen pretty spontaneously with me, and I hope I'll have it finished in time for the Newport Festival...'

                                                                                      • Boston Traveler, Boston, Mass. 1962-05-18 p.20
                                                                                      • Boston Sunday Advertiser, Boston, Mass. 1962-05-20 p.27
                                                                                      • The Boston Sunday Herald, Boston, Mass. 1962-05-20 p.23
                                                                                      • Jet 1962-05-24 pp.60-61
                                                                                      • San Antonio Register, San Antonio, Tex., 1962-05-25 p.1
                                                                                      • Kilgallen column, Arkansas Gazette, Little Rock, Ark., 1962-07-05 p.6C
                                                                                      • Stratemann p.460
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                                                                                      Wednesday
                                                                                      .Barbourville, Ky.Union College (contract)
                                                                                      or
                                                                                      Barbourville High School Gymnasium (Vail II)
                                                                                      Ellington in hospital - see 1962 05 08

                                                                                      Vail reports, without providing sources, that the band, led by Mercer with Strayhorn on piano, played a dance at Barbourville High School Gymnasium.

                                                                                      Al Celley's expense report for the week of May 4 to 10 confirms the orchestra played in Barbourville on May 9. This seems likely to be the event Stratemann refers to:

                                                                                      'The band also had bookings around this time ... at Barbourville, Ky (DESB)'


                                                                                      Contract terms:
                                                                                      • 13 musicians under the leadership of "DUKE ELLINGTON, INC. PRESENTS DUKE ELLINGTON"
                                                                                      • Name and Address of Place of Engagement
                                                                                        Union College, Barboursville, Kentucky
                                                                                      • Hours of employment
                                                                                        4 hour dance 9 pm to 1 a.m.
                                                                                      • Standard top billing clause
                                                                                      • Wage agreed upon: $1,250 flat, deposit $625 payable on signing and balance in cash night of engagement
                                                                                      • Employer:
                                                                                        John Spath c/o Junior Class, Union College, Barboursville, Kentucky
                                                                                      • Signed by
                                                                                        John Spath
                                                                                      • SI-NMAH Archives Center, DEC301, Series III
                                                                                        • Subseries A, Box 3, Folder 1: Associated Booking Corporation contract dated 1962 01 29
                                                                                        • Subseries G, Box 117, Folder 7: Report for the week of May 4 to 10, 1962
                                                                                      • Stratemann p.460 citing DESB
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                                                                                      Thursday
                                                                                      .Lexington, Ky.Idle Hour Country ClubEllington remained in hospital - see 1962 05 08

                                                                                      Mercer reportedly led the band in his father's absence, with Strayhorn on piano - see 1962-05-08.
                                                                                      Further research is necessary since Celley's weekly report shows nothing for this date. It may have been cancelled.
                                                                                      • Stratemann p.460
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                                                                                      Friday
                                                                                      1962 05 17
                                                                                      Thursday
                                                                                      .Weekly reportCelley's weekly report shows
                                                                                      PAYROLL TO BAND   2,487.00
                                                                                      PAYROLL TO STAFF 370.00
                                                                                      DISBURSEMENTS 1,326.98
                                                                                      Disbursements included
                                                                                      AL CELLEY                       30.00
                                                                                      BOBBY BOYD 27.73
                                                                                      SUBSTITUTE TROMBONIST: M. WOOD 30.00R.R. FARES 149.82
                                                                                      ENTERTAINING 76.33
                                                                                      SUPER SERVICE BUS COMPANY 550.00
                                                                                      and payments to or on behalf of Carney, Hodges, Gonsalves, Mercer Ellington and Strayhorn
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                                                                                      Friday
                                                                                      .Frankfort, Ky.Franklin County High SchoolConcert, 8 p.m.
                                                                                      FRANKFORT JAYCEES Presents DUKE ELLINGTON And His Famous Orchestra In Concert.

                                                                                      Tickets $3.50 $3.00 $2.50 (Advance 50c Off)

                                                                                      This event was mistakenly identified in Stratemann and Vail as a dance date.
                                                                                      Ellington remained in hospital - see 1962 05 08

                                                                                      Mercer led the band in his father's absence, with Strayhorn on piano - see 1962-05-08.
                                                                                      • SI-NMAH Archives Center, DEC301, Series III, Subseries G, Box 117, Folder 7: Report for the week of May 11-17, 1962
                                                                                      • The Sunday Herald, Lexington, Ky. 1962-04-29 p.30
                                                                                      • The Sunday Herald-Leader, Lexington, Ky. 1962-05-06 p.60
                                                                                      • The Lexington Herald, Lexington, Ky. 1962-05-11 p.9
                                                                                      • The Kentucky Kernel, University of Kentucky, Lexington, Ky., advertisments:
                                                                                        • 1962-05-08 p.3
                                                                                        • 1962-05-09 p.7
                                                                                        • 1962-05-10 p.6
                                                                                        • 1962-05-11 p.6
                                                                                      • The Courier-Journal, Louisville, Ky. 1962-05-06 s.6 p.10
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                                                                                      Saturday
                                                                                      .Crawfordsville, Ind.Gymnasium
                                                                                      Wabash College
                                                                                      Dance
                                                                                      Ellington remained in hospital - see 1962 05 08

                                                                                      Mercer led the band in his father's absence, with Strayhorn on piano - see 1962-05-08. Al Celley's report for the week of May 11 to 17, 1962 shows he collected the balance due, thus confirming the gig was played.
                                                                                      Contract terms:
                                                                                      • 13 musicians under the leadership of "DUKE ELLINGTON, INC. PRESENTS: DUKE ELLINGTON IN PERSON"
                                                                                      • Hours of employment
                                                                                        9:00 p.m. to 1:00 a.m.
                                                                                      • Standard top billing clause
                                                                                      • Standard clause re extra musicians due to union rules.
                                                                                      • Employer guarantees to furnish a good P.A. system and to have the piano tuned to A=440
                                                                                      • Wage agreed upon: $2,500 guaranteed flat, 50% deposit payable to Associated Booking Corporation 60 days prior, balance in cash, cashiers check or collage [sic] check to Al Celley, Rd. Mgr.m intermission, night of engagement
                                                                                      • Employer:
                                                                                        Interfraternity Council by Mr. Al Stanford, Treasurer,, Wabash College, 506 West Wabash, Crawfordsvlle, Indiana
                                                                                      • Signed by
                                                                                        Alan C. Stanford
                                                                                      • SI-NMAH Archives Center, DEC301, Series III
                                                                                        • Subseries A, Box 3, Folder 1: Associated Booking Corporation contract dated 1962 01 16
                                                                                        • Subseries G, Box 117, Folder 7: Report for the week of May 11 to 17, 1962
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                                                                                      Sunday
                                                                                      .Lockbourne Air Force Base, Ohio
                                                                                      (near Columbus)
                                                                                      Officers ClubDance, 8 p.m to midnight

                                                                                      Ellington remained in hospital - see 1962 05 08

                                                                                      Mercer is believed to have led the band in his father's absence, with Strayhorn on piano - see 1962-05-08. Al Celley's weekly report shows $1,150 was received or earned, confirming the gig was played. Why it isn't $1,250 isn't explained.

                                                                                      Contract terms:
                                                                                      • 13 musicians under the leadership of "DUKE ELLINGTON, INC. PRESENTS DUKE ELLINGTON"
                                                                                      • Name and Address of Place of Engagement
                                                                                      • Standard top billing clause
                                                                                      • Wage agreed upon: $1,250 flat. Typed payment details are crossed out.
                                                                                      • Employer:
                                                                                        Jerry Perigo, Officers Club, Lockbourne Air Force Base, Columbus, Ohio
                                                                                      • Signed by
                                                                                        [appears to be] Al Klinning
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                                                                                      • Subseries A, Box 3, Folder 2: Associated Booking Corporation contract dated 1962 02 12
                                                                                      • Subseries G, Box 117, Folder 7: Report for the week of May 11 to 17, 1962
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                                                                                      Friday
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                                                                                      Thursday
                                                                                      .Weekly reportCelley's weekly report shows
                                                                                      PAYROLL: BAND       2,639.00
                                                                                      RECORDING: 1/24/62 773.50
                                                                                      RECORDING: 3/29/62 827.00
                                                                                      PAYROLL: STAFF 370.00
                                                                                      DISBURSEMENTS 1,154.34
                                                                                      Disbursements included
                                                                                      AL CELLEY                    30.00
                                                                                      BOBBY BOYD 121.11
                                                                                      BUS FINE 20.00
                                                                                      SUPER SERVICE BUS COMPANY 647.35
                                                                                      and payments to/on behalf of Nance, Carney, Hodges, Mercer Ellington and Strayhorn
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                                                                                      Friday
                                                                                      .Beaver Falls, Penn.Metheny Fieldhouse
                                                                                      Geneva College
                                                                                      Concert
                                                                                      Ellington remained in hospital - see 1962 05 08

                                                                                      Mercer led the band in his father's absence, with Strayhorn on piano

                                                                                      At the time of writing, the College archive says:

                                                                                      'The Spring Formal (actually semi-formal) is held at the Horn-of-Plenty Restaurant in Butler. At 8:30 p.m., following the formal, Student Senate sponsors a concert by Duke Ellington and his world-famous 13-piece orchestra in Metheny Field House.'

                                                                                      At the time, the college did not permit dancing. The Spring Formal was a buffet dinner from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. at a restaurant in Butler, Penn., and was followed by the Ellington concert on campus. The campus newspaper printed two articles about Ellington and the forthcoming concert in its April 27 edition and two front page articles on the day of the event. Admission to both events was $8.00/couple, individual tickets were $3.00 for the dinner and $1.50 for the concert. The May 18 announcements featured Ellington prominently and did not mention he would be absent.
                                                                                      Contract terms:
                                                                                      • 13 musicians under the leadership of "DUKE ELLINGTON, INC. PRESENTS DUKE ELLINGTON"
                                                                                      • Hours of employment
                                                                                        8:30 P.M. to 10:30 P.M.
                                                                                      • Type of engagement
                                                                                        Concert
                                                                                      • Standard top billing clause
                                                                                      • Wage agreed upon: $2,500 flat, deposit $1,250 payable on signing and balance in cash to artist night of engagement
                                                                                      • Employer:
                                                                                        Geneva College Student Senate
                                                                                        Geneva College, Beaver Falls, Pennsylvania
                                                                                      • Signed by
                                                                                        Paul A Rupini, President
                                                                                      Celley's weekly report confirms he collected $1,250 here.
                                                                                      • SI-NMAH Archives Center, DEC301, Series III,
                                                                                        • Subseries A, Box 3, Folder 1: Associated Booking Corporation contract dated 1962 01 25
                                                                                        • Subseries G, Box 117, Folder 7:Report for the week of May 18 to 24, 1962
                                                                                      • Stratemann p.460
                                                                                      • Vail II
                                                                                      • Geneva Love Stories blog
                                                                                      • The Cabinet, Geneva College campus newspaper, 1962-04-27 p.3 and 1962-05-18 p.1, courtesy K.H. Kirkwood, Archival Librarian, McCartney Library, Geneva College
                                                                                      • New Castle, Pa., News, New Castle, Penn. 1962-05-09 p.45
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                                                                                      Saturday
                                                                                      .Kent, OhioMemorial Gym
                                                                                      Kent State University
                                                                                      Dance
                                                                                      Ellington left the hospital on this date (see 1962 05 08). His activities for the rest of the day are undocumented.


                                                                                      The band played the Kent State "Campus Day" dance. There was no coverage of the dance in the post-dance college newspaper or the 1962 yearbook, but the 1963 yearbook says

                                                                                      '...Duke Ellington and his band played for a dance in Memorial Gymnasium... '

                                                                                      The Akron Beacon Journal reported:

                                                                                      'The festivities ended early this [Sunday] morning with two Campus Day dances, one featuring Duke Ellington in Memorial Gym...'

                                                                                      Webmaster's note:
                                                                                      It is more likely Ellington was absent and the band was led by Mercer, with Billy on piano.
                                                                                      Contract terms:
                                                                                      • 13 musicians under the leadership of "DUKE ELLINGTON, INC. PRESENTS DUKE ELLINGTON"
                                                                                      • Name and Address of Place of Engagement
                                                                                        Kent State University, Kent, Ohio, Memorial Gym, located on Eastway Drive on campus across from the staduim [sic].
                                                                                      • Date(s) of employment
                                                                                        May 19, 1962
                                                                                      • Hours of employment
                                                                                        8:30 pm. to 12:30 am. (Est.Dylite Saving time)
                                                                                      • Type of engagement
                                                                                        Dance (crowning of queen ceremony during intermission - 10 to 15 minutes)
                                                                                      • Standard top billing clause
                                                                                      • Wage agreed upon: $2,750 flat, deposit $1,375 on signing contracts, balance in cash night of engagement
                                                                                      • Employer:
                                                                                        Ronald Beer, Assistant Dean of Men, Kent State University, Kent, Ohio
                                                                                      • Signed by
                                                                                        Ronald Beer
                                                                                      Celley's weekly report confirms he collected $1,375 at this dance.
                                                                                      • SI-NMAH Archives Center, DEC301, Series III,
                                                                                        • Subseries A, Box 3, Folder 1: Associated Booking Corporation contract dated 1962 01 24
                                                                                        • Subseries G, Box 117, Folder 7
                                                                                      • The Daily Kent Stater, Kent State University, Kent, Ohio:
                                                                                        • 1962-02-07 p.1
                                                                                        • 1962-02-20 p.1
                                                                                        • 1962-05-18 p.1
                                                                                      • Akron Beacon Journal, Akron, Ohio:
                                                                                        • 1962-05-18 p.33
                                                                                        • 1962-05-20 p.13A
                                                                                      • Chestnut Burr 1963, the Kent State University 1963 yearbook, p.53
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                                                                                      Sunday
                                                                                      .Lockbourne Air Force Base, Ohio
                                                                                      (near Columbus)
                                                                                      NCO ClubDance, 8 p.m to midnight

                                                                                      Ellington remained in hospital - see 1962 05 08

                                                                                      Mercer is believed to have led the band in his father's absence, with Strayhorn on piano - see 1962-05-08. Al Celley's weekly report shows $1,150 was received or earned, confirming the gig was played.

                                                                                      Contract terms:
                                                                                      • 13 musicians under the leadership of "DUKE ELLINGTON, INC. PRESENTS DUKE ELLINGTON"
                                                                                      • Name and Address of Place of Engagement
                                                                                        NCO Club, Lockbourne Air Force Base, Columbus, Ohio
                                                                                      • Standard top billing clause
                                                                                      • Wage agreed upon: $1,150 flat.
                                                                                      • Non-segregation rider attached
                                                                                      • Employer:
                                                                                        N.C.O. Club
                                                                                        Lockbourne Air Force Base, Columbus, Ohio
                                                                                      • Signed by
                                                                                        A. W. Moore
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                                                                                        • Subseries A, Box 3, Folder 3: Associated Booking Corporation contract dated 1962 03 21
                                                                                        • Subseries G, Box 117, Folder 7: Report for the week of May 18 to 24, 1962
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                                                                                      Monday
                                                                                      ...activities not documented

                                                                                      Celley's report shows nothing for this date.
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                                                                                      Tuesday
                                                                                      .Boston, Mass.Boston ArenaEllington's activities are not documented.

                                                                                      Stratemann and Vail report the orchestra led by Mercer with Strayhorn on piano played a concert at the Boston Arena this date, but it did not.
                                                                                      • Neither author named a source.
                                                                                      • A search of newspaper archives for Massachusetts for May 1962 results in no hits for Ellington and Boston Arena. The Boston papers usually give extensive coverage to Ellington events.
                                                                                      • Conversely, contemporary newspapers do report the Boston Arena was the site of six boxing matches that evening:
                                                                                        • Bob Young defeated Mike Pusateri for the New England light-heavyweight title
                                                                                        • Barry O'Neil beat Abraham Davis
                                                                                        • Dick French won over Gene Garrison
                                                                                        • Peachy Davis beat Sidney Draton
                                                                                        • Billy Hogan defeated Phil Wright
                                                                                      • As of the date of writing, no contract for a performance at the Boston Arena in May 1962 has been located in the contract files copied from the Ellington collection at the Smithsonian Institution
                                                                                      • Celley's weekly report has no entry for this date
                                                                                      It may be that Duke or some of his sidemen were in Boston and went to the fights. Further research is warranted.
                                                                                      • SI-NMAH Archives Center, DEC301, Series III, Subseries G, Box 117, Folder 7: Report for the week of May 18-24, 1962
                                                                                      • Fight info:
                                                                                        • Boston Record American, Boston, Mass. p.51
                                                                                        • Boston Sunday Advertiser, Boston, Mass., 1962-05-20 p.38
                                                                                        • The Boston Herald, Boston, Mass. 1962-05-23 p.49
                                                                                      • Concert reports:
                                                                                        • Stratemann p.460
                                                                                        • Vail II
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                                                                                      Wednesday
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                                                                                      Celley's weekly report shows nothing for this date.

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                                                                                      Thursday
                                                                                      .New York, N.Y.Studio B
                                                                                      Bell Sound Studio
                                                                                      Private recording session ("stockpile")
                                                                                      Stratemann and Vail reported three consecutive days of recording at Bell Studios, May 23-25. The first and third days are doubtful:
                                                                                      • Celley's August 3 to 9, 1962 weekly report shows a recording payroll for a May 1, 24 and 28 recording sessions, but not for May 23 or 25.
                                                                                      • The recording payroll for May 24 is $861, which is $5 more than scale for one session with 16 musicians at $53.50 each.
                                                                                      • A May 23 session is not shown in New Desor, Timner V, Nielsen or, at the time of writing, the MacHare or Girvan discographies.
                                                                                      • Celley's reports have nothing for this May 23, so there is no apparent conflict between that possible first day and any known engagement.
                                                                                      • There is, however, a conflict between the May 25 session and the two-hour concert played that evening 150 miles away in Pittsfield which was to start at 8 p.m. It would be difficult to return to the studio in New York in time to begin recording before midnight.
                                                                                      • It may be that the Bell Studio sessions started late in the nights of May 23 and 24, ending in the small hours of May 24 and 25 respectively, explaining why there are only two dates identified by the discographers.
                                                                                      • Personnel shown in Girvan (and New Desor) (Strayhorn and Grayson only on the second day):
                                                                                        Duke Ellington and his Orchestra
                                                                                        Berry, Burrowes, Anderson, Nance, Cox, Brown, Connors, Hamilton, Procope, Hodges, Gonsalves, Carney, Ellington, Strayhorn, Bell, Woodyard, Grayson.
                                                                                      • Titles recorded per Girvan (as well as New Desor, Timner V and Nielsen):
                                                                                        • May 24
                                                                                          • Flirtibird
                                                                                          • Smada
                                                                                          • Take The "A" Train
                                                                                          • What Am I Here For?
                                                                                        • May 25:
                                                                                          • Anatomy Of A Murder (I'm Gonna Go Fishin')
                                                                                          • Boo-Dah
                                                                                          • Black And Tan Fantasy
                                                                                          • One More Once (One More Twist)
                                                                                          • The Feeling Of Jazz
                                                                                      • Vail II doesn't break the sessions down by date, and adds four more titles:
                                                                                        • Mr. Gentle and Mr. Cool
                                                                                        • Perdido
                                                                                        • The Sky Fell Down
                                                                                        • Passion Flower
                                                                                        These extra titles are from the session dated May 20 in Nielsen, New Desor, MacHare, and at the time of writing, Girvan. but Timner V May 28 in Timner V, based on DEMS 04/1-32 and DEMS 03/3-4. While Duke was discharged from the hospital on May 19, the band was in Ohio on May 20 without him.
                                                                                      • Vail II reports a three-day session for M.F.Distribution Company but this may be incorrect – New Desor Vol.2, p.1377, says M.F.Distribution Company issued the recordings in a five long-playing record album 15 years later, in 1977.
                                                                                      • MacHare shows the recordings were included in an album called "The Feeling of Jazz," but that also is a later release. DEMS 02-3/24-3:

                                                                                        'Two studio sessions were recorded on 24 and 25May62 .... Most of these have been released on the famous 5 LP box and later on a set of 5 Black Lion LPs and many CDs (See 98/4-3).'

                                                                                      • A table in DEMS 98/4-3 shows the known releases of the music in that box set as known in 1998. Exploring which recordings were issued and when is beyond the scope of this chronology, although the other DEMS bulletins listed to the right may be of interest in this regard.
                                                                                      • Bjarne Busk:
                                                                                        'The take-sheets with the 2 tapes in the Mercer Ellington collection show - for both tapes:
                                                                                        • Client: Mercer Records
                                                                                        • Bell Sound Studios Inc., studio B.
                                                                                        • Date: 5 / 24 / 62
                                                                                        • Reel 1
                                                                                          • Flirtibird -1 IT, -2 IT, -3 Hold, -4 Hold
                                                                                          • Smada -1 [take no. encircled}
                                                                                          • What Am I Here For -1 IT, -2 [take no. encircled}
                                                                                          • A Train -1 [take no. encircled}
                                                                                          • Gone Fishin [sic} -1 IT, -2 IT, -3 [take no. encircled}
                                                                                        • Reel 2
                                                                                          • Insert *1
                                                                                          • Budah [sic} -1 F.S., -2, -3 F.S., -4
                                                                                          • Choice
                                                                                          • Black and Tan -1 IT, -2, -3 [take no. encircled}
                                                                                          • Choice
                                                                                          • One More Twist -1
                                                                                          • Insert -1, -2
                                                                                          • Vocal - Feeling of Jazz -1 fs, -2 fs, -3.
                                                                                        • Note that both tapes have the same date 1962.05.24. I do not know from where the date of 05.25 comes.
                                                                                        • Nielsen has 8 takes of Feeling of Jazz for 1962.05.24. This is wrong.'
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                                                                                      Friday
                                                                                      .New York, N.Y.Studio B
                                                                                      Bell Sound Studio
                                                                                      Private recording session ("stockpile") - see 1962 05 24

                                                                                      Note this session would have to have been in the afternoon or earlier to avoid conflicting with the Pittsfield engagement that evening.
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                                                                                      Friday
                                                                                      .Pittsfield, Mass.Auditorium
                                                                                      Pittsfield High School
                                                                                      Concert for the benefit if the Boys Club Alumni Association.
                                                                                      Contract terms:
                                                                                      • 13 musicians under the leadership of "DUKE ELLINGTON, INC. PRESENTS DUKE ELLINGTON ORCH"
                                                                                      • Hours of employment
                                                                                        One concert at approx. 8:00 PM, Not to exceed two hours.
                                                                                      • Standard top billing clause
                                                                                      • Wage agreed upon: $1,850, deposit $850 and balance in cash to artist at conclusion of engagement
                                                                                      • Employer:
                                                                                        Jack O'Brien, Jr.
                                                                                        Boys Club Alumni Association
                                                                                        Pittsfield, Mass.
                                                                                      • Signed by
                                                                                        Jack O'Brien, Jr.
                                                                                      The face of the contract has a handwritten notation "Recd 500". The weekly report shows:
                                                                                      'MAY 25: PITTSFIELD, MASS.  500.00  850.00 C'
                                                                                      This indicates Celley collected $500, not $1,000. A note further down the page explains the shortfall using an unfortunate term but it seems most likely there was a price adjustment "on the spot" due to Duke's absence.
                                                                                      • SI-NMAH Archives Center, DEC301, Series III
                                                                                        • Subseries A, Box 3, Folder 4: Associated Booking Corporation contract dated 1962 04 11
                                                                                        • Subseries G, Box 117, Folder 7: Report for the week of May 25 to 31, 1962
                                                                                      • The Berkshire Eagle, Pittsfield, Mass.
                                                                                        • 1962-04-17 p.4
                                                                                        • 1962-05-01 p.12
                                                                                        • 1952-05-09 p.19
                                                                                        • 1962-05-22 p.15
                                                                                        • 1962-05-25 p.10
                                                                                      • Stratemann p.460 citing DESB
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                                                                                      Friday
                                                                                      1962 05 31
                                                                                      Thursday
                                                                                      .Weekly reportCelley's weekly report shows
                                                                                      "GARRY MOORE" SHOW         1,015.10
                                                                                      PAYROLL TO BAND 3,076.00
                                                                                      PAYROLL TO STAFF 370.00
                                                                                      DISBURSEMENTS 1,486.89
                                                                                      (The first line appears to be the payroll from the television job.)

                                                                                      Disbursements included
                                                                                      AL CELLEY                    30.00
                                                                                      BOBBY BOYD 109.78
                                                                                      CAR A.C. 19.48
                                                                                      MICHAEL & STEPHEN JAMES 44.00
                                                                                      ENTERTAINING 116.93
                                                                                      SUPER SERVICE BUS COMPANY 664.40
                                                                                      The revenue section of the report show Celley collected $500 and $250 less at this week's engagements than called for in the contracts. It seems likely this represents two price adjustments attributable to Duke's absence.
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                                                                                      Saturday
                                                                                      .Boston, Mass.Donnelly Memorial Theatre Concert. Tickets were $4.50, $3.50 and $2.50 on May 13.
                                                                                      Contract terms:
                                                                                      • 13 musicians under the leadership of "DUKE ELLINGTON, INC. PRESENTS DUKE ELLINGTON"
                                                                                      • Hours of employment
                                                                                        One concert, 8:30 PM to 10:30 PM
                                                                                      • Standard top billing clause
                                                                                      • Anti-segregation rider attached.
                                                                                      • *Employer guarantees to furnish a good P.A. system and to have the piano tuned to A=440.*
                                                                                      • Employer:
                                                                                        Seven Productions, Robt. J. Kanholz, 77 Charles St., Boston, Mass.
                                                                                      • Signed by
                                                                                        Robert J. Kamholz

                                                                                      Ellington spoke briefly with the audience to say he was recuperating from his operation and was unable to play.

                                                                                      He then turned the band over to Mercer, and flew back to New York.

                                                                                      The Boston Herald's George Frazier reported the Saturday night audience numbered only 750 or so.

                                                                                      The impresario, Robert J. Kamholz, said the audience became unruly and wanted their money back. The Record American's Alan Frazer:

                                                                                      'THE 7's Productions of Boston have withheld the balance of payment to DUKE ELLINGTON, over and above a deposit they had made in advance, because he allegedly failed to perform at Donnelly Memorial Theater, Saturday night, although his band played. BOB KAMHOLZ said Duke rehearsed that afternoon but in the evening came in for a few minutes and then left. The producers acted on advice of counsel.'

                                                                                      Ellington got an attachment order for the proceeds of the next concert, Bobby Darin & Co. to collect $1,500 of his $3,000 fee, and Kamholz in turn sued Ellington for $100,000.

                                                                                      Mr. Kamholz's counsel told the judge he'd spent $7,000 on advertising and publicity for the concert. This is plausible: here is a partial list of the numerous ads and announcements in the Boston newspapers before the concert. Ellington's name or photo and name are prominent in them all.
                                                                                      • 1962 04 29 Boston Sunday Advertiser Announcement with photo of Duke
                                                                                      • 1962 05 06 Boston Sunday Herald Announcement with photo of Duke
                                                                                      • 1962 05 13 Boston Sunday Advertiser - ad with Ellington's name in large print and his photo
                                                                                      • 1962 05 18 Boston Traveler announcement - says he is making a good recovery from his recent major operation
                                                                                      • 1962 05 18 Boston Herald announcement
                                                                                      • 1962 05 20 Boston Sunday Advertiser announcement, photo of Duke, says despite major surgery , is well on his way back to the podium, quotes him as saying he will be able to make all his summer engagements
                                                                                      • 1962 05 20 Boston Sunday Herald Announcement, says recovered and will fill all summer engagements including the one in Boston
                                                                                      • 1962 05 21 Boston Traveler Announcement, photo of Duke
                                                                                      • 1962 05 22 Ad, photo and large name
                                                                                      • 1962 05 24 Announcement
                                                                                      • 1962 05 26 Boston Record-American - Ad, photo and prominent name
                                                                                      Summary of newspaper reports concerning the litigation:
                                                                                      • Frazer, BRA 1962 05 29 The 7's Productions have withheld balance - says Duke rehearsed that afternoon but in the evening came in for a few minutes then left
                                                                                      • Frazier, BH, 1962 05 29 Concert only drew 750 or so
                                                                                      • BT 1962 06 26 p.36 Announcement Ellington is suing; judge issued temporary restraining order to prevent the promotor from transferring or otherwise disposing of money received during the Basie and Bobby Darin performance 1962 06 27
                                                                                      • BH 1962 06 27 p 24 Announcement about suit, clarifies the restraining order, against the promoter and against the Boston Arena, for up to $2,000
                                                                                      • BT 1962 07 03 p. 4 announcement the preliminary hearing was heard "today," defence argued the suit had injured the gate of the Basie/Darin performance. Plaintiff argued Duke got out of his sick bed to make the appearance, had offered to return the $1,500 deposit but the producers insisted he come. 10 days given to file briefs, then trial date to be set.
                                                                                      • BRA 1962 07 04 p.34 minor differences from BT report the previous day - defence said Duke didn't have clean hands because he broke the contract
                                                                                      • BH 1962 07 04 p.4 reported defence said Ellington didn't appear until several telephone calls had been made to him. Kamholz had spent about $7,000 on advertisements and publicity and plans a cross suit.
                                                                                      • BT 1962 07 11 p3 announcement the Kamholz filed $100,000 suit for damages (cross suit) against Ellington
                                                                                      • UPI story in Detroit Free Press 1962 07 13 p.D-9 and other papers reported Kamholz sued for $600,000 or $100,000 in otherwise identical stories.
                                                                                      In 1965, UPI reported both lawsuits were dismissed by Superior Court judge Frederick Pillsbury, who ruled Ellington could not collect because he failed to meet his obligations, and Kamholtz could not collect because he went ahead with the concert even though he knew ahead of time that Ellington would not perform.
                                                                                      • Associated Booking Corporation contract dated 1962 03 26, SI-NMAH Archives Center, DEC301, Series III, Subseries A, Box 3, Folder 3
                                                                                      • The Boston Herald, Boston, Mass.
                                                                                        • 1962-05-18
                                                                                        • 1962-05-22 p.15
                                                                                        • 1962-05-24 p.47
                                                                                        • 1962-05-29 p.8
                                                                                        • 1962-06-27 p.24
                                                                                        • 1962-07-04 p.4
                                                                                      • Boston Record American, Boston, Mass.
                                                                                        • 1962-05-26 p.21
                                                                                        • 1962-05-29 p.27
                                                                                        • 1962-07-04 p.34
                                                                                      • The Boston Sunday Herald, Boston, Mass.
                                                                                        • 1962-05-06 s.IV p.2
                                                                                        • 1962-05-20 p.23
                                                                                      • Boston Sunday Advertiser, Boston, Mass.
                                                                                        • 1962-04-29 p.16
                                                                                        • 1962-05-13 p.14
                                                                                        • 1962-05-20 p.27
                                                                                      • Boston Traveler, Boston, Mass.
                                                                                        • 1962-05-18 p.20
                                                                                        • 1962-05-21 p.32
                                                                                        • 1962-06-26 p.36
                                                                                        • 1962-07-03 p.4
                                                                                        • 1962-07-11 p.3
                                                                                      • Stratemann p.460
                                                                                      • Unidentified clipping in Vail II
                                                                                      • UPI wirestory datelined Boston, April 17, The Pittsburgh Press, Pittsburgh, Penn., 1965-04-18 s,1 p.4
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                                                                                      Tuesday
                                                                                      .Cranston, R.I.Rhodes BallroomContract terms:
                                                                                      • 13 musicians under the leadership of "DUKE ELLINGTON, INC. PRESENTS: DUKE ELLINGTON [illegible, could be "& HIS ORCHESTRA"]"
                                                                                      • Hours of employment
                                                                                        8:45 P.M. to 12:45 A.M.
                                                                                      • Standard top billing clause
                                                                                      • Wage agreed upon: $1,500 for engagement, deposit $500 payable on signing, balance in cash* to artist at intermission on night of engagement
                                                                                      • Employer:
                                                                                        Paul Price
                                                                                        Shriners Lodge #14 Constantine Temple
                                                                                        Providence, R.I.
                                                                                      • Signed by
                                                                                        Paul Price
                                                                                      Celley's weekly report shows
                                                                                          29: CRANSTON, R.I.               750.00  500.00 D
                                                                                      which indicates Celley collected only $750 instead of $1,000. A note further down the page explains the shortfall using an unfortunate term, but it seems most likely there was a price adjustment "on the spot" due to Duke's absence.
                                                                                      SI-NMAH Archives Center, DEC301, Series III
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                                                                                      Overview - The First International Jazz Festival Washington, D.C. sponsored by the President's Music Committee of the People to People Program



                                                                                      General information

                                                                                      Ebony:

                                                                                      'For four days, the many faceted sounds of jazz were released by the most impressive aggregation of jazz talent ever hacked into any area at the same time. Headed by 63 year old Duke Ellington, the recognized dominant figure in orchestral jazz, a parade of the world's greatest jazz artists traversed the stages of staid Constitution Hall and the Washington Coliseum while some 25,000 persons watched and listened.
                                                                                        Although it fell short of its main goal to raise sufficient funds for the sending of musicians and musical instruments to 117 foreign countries, the festival succeeded in its second purpose of exploring "the full spectrum of jazz." In addition to featuring artists and presenting the main current schools and styles, it provided a showcase for premier performances of seven jazz-oriented symphonic works, thereby showing the influence of jazz on classical music. Above all, the festival demonstrated ... the global range of jazz and its vitality as a legitimate art form.'

                                                                                      A captioned photo in Ebony Magazine of Duke in concert describes him as the official host of the festival.

                                                                                      Ellington:

                                                                                      'At the end of the May there was a big International Jazz Bash in Washington where I was honored with an appointment as Musical Host. We did our "Night Creature" with the National Symphony at Constitution Hall, and one of the things we like so much about this is that in the Second Movement, we threw the symphony into the foreground, swinging. Usually it's the opposite, with the symphony in support, but here they really had something to do.
                                                                                        Dr. Arthur Logan said it was all right for me to go and he went too. I wasn't suspicious of that, because he is a real lover of jazz who gets to all the festivals he can.'


                                                                                      The festival played in several venues and included four jazz ballet performances beginning May 30, a Saturday morning "Introduction to Jazz" session and a Saturday afternoon "Jazz for Small Ensemble" session, Friday and Saturday evening "Jazz at the Coliseum" concerts, an all-gospel program Sunday morning and the concluding jazz concert on Sunday afternoon.
                                                                                      Contract terms:
                                                                                      • 13 musicians under the leadership of "DUKE ELLINGTON, INC. PRESENTS DUKE ELLINGTON"
                                                                                      • Name and Address of Place of Engagement
                                                                                        "Washington, D.C. (see rider)"
                                                                                      • Date(s) of employment
                                                                                        "May 31-June X-2-June 3, 1962 (see rider)"
                                                                                      • Hours of employment
                                                                                        "see rider"
                                                                                      • Type of engagement
                                                                                        Concert and Master of Ceremonies
                                                                                      • Standard top billing clause
                                                                                      • Wage agreed upon: $5,250 net, payable during engagement
                                                                                      • Employer:
                                                                                        President's Music Committee 1916 F St., N.W.
                                                                                        Washington, D.C.
                                                                                      • Signed by
                                                                                        [illegible] for Mrs. Jouett Shouse
                                                                                      Terms of Rider:

                                                                                      'Duke Ellington has agreed that his orchestra will be in residence during the First INTERNATIONAL JAZZ FESTIVAL in WASHINGTON D. C. from May 31 through June 3, 1962. Mr. Ellington will be named the official musical host of the First International Jazz Festival. The attached contract covers the following concert appearances:

                                                                                      1. Thurs., May 31, 8:30 p.m., Constitution Hall - Performance of an Ellington concerto grosso composition (to be selected) by Duke Ellington and his Orchestra with the National Symphony. It is understood that this performance will require rehearsal which will be outlined in a future letter after conference with the National Symphony.
                                                                                      2. Sunday, June 3, 3 p.m., D.C. Armory - Duke Ellington will act as Master of Ceremonies. Duke Ellington and Orchestra will perform one short section of the program.
                                                                                      3. Saturday, June 2, 3:00 p.m. Cramton Hall, Howard University - Duke Ellington with small jazz group performing one set as performed at the New York Museum of Modern Art.
                                                                                      4. Saturday, June 2, 8:00 p.m., D..C. armory -Duke Ellington and his orchestra will present its major performance of the Festival.
                                                                                      Other official functions will be outlined in a future letter from the President's Music Committee when the final arrangements have been made.'

                                                                                      • SI-NMAH Archives Center, DEC301, Series III
                                                                                        • Subseries A, Box 3, Folder 4: Associated Booking Corporation contract dated 1962 04 02 and rider
                                                                                        • Subseries G, Box 117, Folder 7: Report for the week of June 1 to 7, 1962
                                                                                      • Stratemann p.461
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                                                                                      • The Indianapolis Star, Indianapolis, Ind., 1962-04-28 p.16
                                                                                      • ANP wirestory, The Courier, Pittsburgh, Penn. 1962-05-19 p.18
                                                                                      • The Dallas Morning News, Dallas, Tex.,1962-06-01, p.1
                                                                                      • The Sunday Star, Washington, D.C.,
                                                                                        • 1962-05-20 p.F-10
                                                                                        • 1962-05-27,pp.A-8 and F-2
                                                                                        • 1962-06-03 p.A-2
                                                                                      • The Evening Star, Washington, D.C.
                                                                                        • 1962-05-25 p.B-13
                                                                                        • 1962-05-29 p.A-13
                                                                                        • 1962-05-30 p.D-13
                                                                                        • 1962-05-31 p.C-15
                                                                                        • 1962-06-01 pp.A-17, B-1
                                                                                        • 1962-06-02 p.B-18
                                                                                        • 1962-06-04 p.B-5
                                                                                      • Life Magazine 1962-05-25 p.16
                                                                                      • The Courier-Journal, Louisville, Ky., 1962-05-27 s.6 p.10
                                                                                      • AP wirestories, wirephotos
                                                                                        • Morning Advocate, Baton Rouge, La, 1962-05-30 p.3-A
                                                                                        • The News and Courier, Charleston S.C., 1962-06-01 p.8-B
                                                                                        • The Arizona Republic, Phoenix, Ariz. 1962-06-01, p.18
                                                                                        • Escanaba Daily Press, Escanaba, Mich. 1962-06-01, p.1
                                                                                      • New Orleans States-Item, New Orleans, La. 1962-06-01 p.18
                                                                                      • Unattributed wirephoto, The Salem News, Salem, Ohio, 1962-06-01 p.1
                                                                                      • Jet magazine 1962-06-14, several pages
                                                                                      • Duke Ellington, guest columnist, The Voice of Broadway, The Greensboro Record, Greensboro, N.C. 1962-07-04 p.A-18
                                                                                      • Ebony magazine, 1962-08-00 p.60
                                                                                      • Additional documentation is likely to be found in SI-NMAH DEC301, Series 2: Performances and Programs, 1933-1974, box 11, folder 36 First International Jazz Festival, Washington, D.C., May 31-June 3, 1962
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                                                                                      Thursday
                                                                                      .Washington, D.C.Pennsylvania AvenueAP wirestory, May 30:

                                                                                      '... [Eureka Brass Band] will lead a parade for Ellington past the White House to Constitution Hall for rehearsals... '

                                                                                      AP wirestory June 1:

                                                                                      '... The Eureka Brass Band...strutted down Pennsylvania Aveneue to open the first International Jazz Festival...
                                                                                        Yesterday's show began when the District of Columbia commissioners gave Duke Ellington, a hometown boy, the key to the city. Ellington played it cool. For the parade up Pennsylvania Avenue, he and singer Dinah Washington trailed behind in an air-conditioned limousine...'

                                                                                      The parade was led by The Eureka Brass Band, who travelled to Washingon for the festival. Ebony carried a photo of Ellington with Mrs. Shouse at an unstated location, holding the key up to show the audience, and an AP wirephoto shows Duke standing with the Eureka Brass Band in front of the White House, holding his key to the city.

                                                                                      Ellington appears to have attended a rehearsal sometime Thursday as well – the Evening Star printed a drawing of him relaxing at the rehearsal. It reported a Polish jazz group went to Constitution Hall to watch the rehearsal, where they shook hands and exchanged pleasantries with Ellington, J.J. Johnson and Eddie Costa.
                                                                                      A silent half-hour film of the proceedings from the collection of former U.S. Foreign Service officer Dennis Askey can be seen at the University of North Texas Music Library Digital Library.
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                                                                                      Thursday
                                                                                      .Washington, D.C.Prior to the first concert of the jazz festival Ellington was interviewed for NBC television's "Patty Cavern Show" by its hostess.
                                                                                      • Stratemann p.461
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                                                                                      Thursday
                                                                                      .Washington, D.C.Constitution Hall 8:30 p.m. symphonic jazz concert
                                                                                      National Symphony Orchestra, Howard Mitchell, conductor; Gunther Schuller, guest conductor, assisted by the Duke Ellington Orchestra. Guest artists: Dinah Washington, vocalist; J.J. Johnson, trombone; Eddie Costa, vibraphone; Don Ellis, trumpet; Ron Carter, bass; Charlie Persip, percussion.

                                                                                      The program opened with J. P. Johnson's Yamekraw, arranged by Schuller. Washington sang Gershwin's Summertime and Ellington's Do Nothin' Till You Hear From Me. Schuller then conducted Ellington, his orchestra and the NSO in Night Creature prior to the intermission. Ellington and his men did not perform after the intermission.

                                                                                      Ellington recordings:
                                                                                      Duke Ellington and His Orchestra
                                                                                      Berry, Burrowes, Anderson, Nance, Cox, Brown, Connors, Hamilton, Procope, Hodges, Gonsalves, Carney, Ellington, Bell, Woodyard, with The National Symphony Orchestra conducted by Schuller:

                                                                                      NIGHT CREATURE
                                                                                      • Blind Bug (Buge in New Desor)
                                                                                      • Stalking Monster
                                                                                      • Dazzling Creature
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                                                                                      Thursday
                                                                                      .Washington, D.C.Thomas Jefferson Room
                                                                                      State Department
                                                                                      The Sunday Star, May 20:

                                                                                      'Stars and sponsors of the first International Jazz Festival of Washington will be toasted by the American Newspaper Women's Club at 11:00 PM in the Thomas Jefferson Room of the State Department.
                                                                                        The party will follow the Symphonic Jazz Concert at Constitution Hall...
                                                                                        Chairman of the supper is Miss Lillian Brown. Receiving guests with her will be Mrs. Jouett Shouse, chairman of the President's Music Committee of the People-To-People Program, sponsors of the festival... '

                                                                                      Jet reports Ellington was in the receiving line with the Secretaries of State and Labor and their wives.
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                                                                                      1962 06 01
                                                                                      Friday
                                                                                      1962 06 07
                                                                                      Thursday
                                                                                      .Weekly reportCelley's weekly report shows
                                                                                      PAYROLL: BAND     2,331.00
                                                                                      PAYROLL: STAFF 370.00
                                                                                      DISBURSEMENTS 1,580.19
                                                                                      Disbursements included
                                                                                      AL CELLEY                    30.00
                                                                                      BOBBY BOYD 135.13
                                                                                      MICHAEL JAMES 82.35
                                                                                      BILLY STRAYHORN 155.43
                                                                                      MERCER ELLINGTON 59.36
                                                                                      ENTERTAINING 551.49
                                                                                      SUPER SERVICE BUS COMPANY 300.00
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                                                                                      Friday
                                                                                      .Washington, D.C..Activities not documented.

                                                                                      Stratemann shows a concert at 8:30 at the Armory but this was rescheduled to June 3.

                                                                                      The concert was the subject of the contract dated March 13, which is marked "superceded" and was replaced by a contract dated April 2. The latter shows the dates of employment as "May 31-June X-2-June 3, 1962 (see rider)." The rider lists four engagements; the second was first typed as Friday, June 1, 8 p.m. but was altered to Sunday, June 3, 3 p.m.
                                                                                      See references listed at 1962 05 31 above
                                                                                      • Associated Booking Corporation contracts dated 1962 03 13 and 1962 04 02, SI-NMAH Archives Center, DEC301, Series III, Subseries A, Box 3, Folders 3 and 4
                                                                                      • Stratemann p.461
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                                                                                      Saturday
                                                                                      .Washington, D.C.Crampton Hall
                                                                                      Howard University
                                                                                      Recital 3 p.m.

                                                                                      Ellington, Strayhorn, Bell, Woodyard and Grayson played a short recital (22 minutes per Stratemann). Titles recorded:
                                                                                      • Take the "A" Train
                                                                                      • Satin Doll
                                                                                      • Single Petal of a Rose
                                                                                      • Kinda Dukish
                                                                                      • The Blues Ain't
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                                                                                      Saturday
                                                                                      .Washington, D.C.The Coliseum8 p.m.Recorded concert
                                                                                      First International Jazz Festival
                                                                                      Per Stratemann:

                                                                                      '...jazz concert featuring Duke Ellington and his orchestra, Oscar Brown Junior, [illegible], Thelonius Monk, Jerry Auden, others. '

                                                                                      Jet:

                                                                                      'At both the June 2 and June 3 concerts, "Duke" was given deafening standing ovations by crowds of 6,800 and 7,000 respectively.'


                                                                                      Duke Ellington and His Orchestra
                                                                                      Berry, Burrowes, Anderson, Nance, Cox, Brown, Connors, Hamilton, Procope, Hodges, Gonsalves, Carney, Ellington, Strayhorn, Bell, Woodyard, Grayson
                                                                                      Titles recorded:
                                                                                        • Take The "A" Train
                                                                                        • Kinda Dukish/Rockin' In Rhythm
                                                                                        • Passion Flower
                                                                                        • Things Ain't What They Used To Be
                                                                                        • V.I.P.'s Boogie
                                                                                        • Jam With Sam
                                                                                        • Just Squeeze Me
                                                                                        • Diminuendo In Blue/Wailing Interval
                                                                                        • Do Nothin' Till You Hear From Me
                                                                                        • Why Was I Born
                                                                                        • One More Once
                                                                                        • Jones
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                                                                                      Sunday
                                                                                      .Washington, D.C.Coliseum3 p.m. recorded concert - "Jazz at the Coliseum"
                                                                                      First International Jazz Festival

                                                                                      Duke Ellington and His Orchestra
                                                                                      Berry, Burrowes, Anderson, Nance, Cox, Brown, Connors, Hamilton, Procope, Hodges, Gonsalves, Carney, Ellington, Strayhorn, Bell, Woodyard, Grayson
                                                                                      Titles recorded:
                                                                                        • Take The "A" Train
                                                                                        • Perdido
                                                                                        • Congo Square
                                                                                        • The Feeling Of Jazz
                                                                                        • The Blues Ain't
                                                                                        • One More Once
                                                                                        • I Got It Bad and That Ain't Good
                                                                                        • Guitar Amour
                                                                                        • Jam With Sam
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                                                                                      ...activities not documented

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                                                                                      Tuesday
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                                                                                      Wednesday
                                                                                      .New York, N.Y.Bell Sound StudioRecording session
                                                                                      Duke Ellington and His Orchestra
                                                                                      Berry, Burrowes, Anderson, Nance, Cox, Brown, Connors, Hamilton, Procope, Hodges, Gonsalves, Carney, Ellington, Bell, Woodyard, Grayson
                                                                                      Titles recorded:
                                                                                      • Taffy Twist
                                                                                      • H'ya Sue
                                                                                      • Cotton Tail
                                                                                      • Misty
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                                                                                      Friday
                                                                                      1962 06 14
                                                                                      Thursday
                                                                                      .Weekly reportCelley's weekly report shows
                                                                                      PAYROLL TO BAND  3,415.00
                                                                                      PAYROLL TO STAFF 370.00
                                                                                      DISBURSEMENTS 1,971.78
                                                                                      Disbursements included
                                                                                      AL CELLEY                    30.00
                                                                                      ASH READING, SAXOPHONIST 50.00
                                                                                      BOBBY BOYD 103.52
                                                                                      ENERTAINING 565.97
                                                                                      SUPER SERVICE BUS COMPANY 671.55
                                                                                      and payments to or on behalf of Nance, Carney, Hodges, Gonsalves, Strayhorn, Mercer Ellington.
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                                                                                      Friday
                                                                                      .Reading, Penn.Abraham Lincoln HotelJoint concert with singer Millie Vernon

                                                                                      Contract terms:
                                                                                      • 13 musicians under the leadership of "DUKE ELLINGTON, INC. PRESENTS DUKE ELLINGTON"
                                                                                      • Hours of employment
                                                                                        10:00 P.M. to 2:00 A.M.
                                                                                      • Type of engagement
                                                                                        Dance
                                                                                      • Standard top billing clause
                                                                                      • Wage agreed upon: $2,500 flat, deposit $1,250 payable on signing and balance in cash night of engagement (handwritten note: "Recd 1250 cash:)
                                                                                      • Employer:
                                                                                        Reading Aviation Charles [illegible]
                                                                                        Gerard C. Ream
                                                                                        Reading, Pennsylvania
                                                                                      • Signed by
                                                                                        Charles [illegible]
                                                                                        Gerard C. Ream
                                                                                    • SI-NMAH Archives Center, DEC301, Series III
                                                                                      • Subseries A, Box 3, Folder 3: Associated Booking Corporation contract dated 1962 03 13
                                                                                      • Subseries G, Box 117, Folder 7: Report for the week of June 8 to 14, 1962
                                                                                    • Stratemann p461 citing Variety 1962-05-09 p.64
                                                                                    • Vail II
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                                                                                      Saturday
                                                                                      .Ithaca, N.Y.Schoellkopf Field
                                                                                      Cornell University


                                                                                      IN PERSON

                                                                                      SATURDAY
                                                                                      JUNE 9, 1962


                                                                                      DUKE ELLINGTON
                                                                                      AND HIS BAND

                                                                                      AT
                                                                                      SCHOELLKOPF FIELD
                                                                                      CORNELL UNIVERSITY
                                                                                      (In case of rain – Lynch)

                                                                                      TIME -- 2:30 P.M.

                                                                                      TICKETS - $1.25
                                                                                      ARE NOW ON SALE


                                                                                      AT
                                                                                      MAYER'S and
                                                                                      WILLARD STRAIGHT HALL


                                                                                      DON'T MISS IT!

                                                                                      While the contract was for two concerts, only one was advertised. The June 8 paper appears to indicate the two 1-hour concerts were combined into one:

                                                                                      'Tomorrow afternoon from 2:30 to 5 p.m., Duke Ellington will offer a jazz concert... '



                                                                                      Contract terms:
                                                                                      • 13 musicians under the leadership of "DUKE ELLINGTON, INC. PRESENTS DUKE ELLINGTON"
                                                                                      • Name and Address of Place of Engagement
                                                                                        Schoellkopf Field (weather permitting) or Lynah Rink (inclement weather)
                                                                                      • Hours of employment
                                                                                        "Two shows, one at approximately 2:30 p.m. the other at 5:00 p.m. Both at the same place. Each show to be one hour."
                                                                                      • Wage agreed upon: $2,500 payable in cash to artist at conclusion of engagement
                                                                                      • Employer:
                                                                                        Larrie Dockerill, Robert F. Quinn
                                                                                        Cornell University, Ithaca, New York
                                                                                      • Signed by
                                                                                        Larrie Dockerill, Robert F. Quinn
                                                                                      • SI-NMAH Archives Center, DEC301, Series III
                                                                                        • Subseries A, Box 3, Box 3, Folder 1: Associated Booking Corporation contract
                                                                                          dated 1962 01 12
                                                                                        • Subseries G, Box 117, Folder 7: Report for the week of June 8 to 14, 1962
                                                                                      • Ads and announcements, Cornell Daily Sun, Ithaca, N.Y.
                                                                                        • 1962-05-14 pp.3, 7
                                                                                        • 1962-06-08 pp.2, 23
                                                                                      • Ads, The Post-Standard, Syracuse, N.Y., 1962-06-03 p.26
                                                                                      • Stratemann p.461
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                                                                                      Sunday
                                                                                      ...activities not documented

                                                                                      Celley's report has no entry for this date.
                                                                                    • SI-NMAH Archives Center, DEC301, Series III, Subseries G, Box 117, Folder 7: Report for the week of June 8 to 14, 1962
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                                                                                      Monday
                                                                                      .Chestnut Hill, Mass.McElroy Commons
                                                                                      Boston College
                                                                                      Commencement Ball

                                                                                      '...Finally, on Monday night following Commencement exercises, the crowning point of a college student's social career occurs in the Commencement Ball. The evening is replete with charm and entertainment including a farewell preball social and the music of Duke Ellington.'


                                                                                      'Early arrivers will be treated to a Farewell Pre-Ball Social in the Eagles nest, after which they may join their classmates in a specially prepared McElroy Commons Dining Hall. Duke Ellington ... will provide dance music and entertainment... the Alumni Association will provide a welcoming toast to the graduates. At the conclusion of this eventful evening, "America's Foremost Modern Composer," Duke Ellington, will close with his own arrangement of "For Boston" and the "Alma Mater." ...'


                                                                                      Contract terms:
                                                                                      • 13 musicians under the leadership of "DUKE ELLINGTON, INC. PRESENTS: DUKE ELLINGTON"
                                                                                      • Hours of employment
                                                                                        9:00 PM to 1:00 AM
                                                                                      • Type of engagement
                                                                                        Dance
                                                                                      • The standard top billing clause is rubber stamped over another stamped clause, which as a result is illegible.
                                                                                      • Another stamped clause is too faint to make out the first two lines. The third line is "also requires dual adjustable microphones."
                                                                                      • Wage agreed upon: $2,000 flat, deposit $500 payable on signing and balance in cash to artist night of engagement
                                                                                        (A handwritten notation says a "Rec 1500 check")
                                                                                      • Employer:
                                                                                        Senior Class - Boston College
                                                                                        Chestnut Hill, Mass.
                                                                                      • Signed by
                                                                                        Edward A. Infantolino
                                                                                        (Rev) George F. [illegible - Lambert?] S/ [illegible - Rochester?]
                                                                                      • SI-NMAH Archives Center, DEC301, Series III
                                                                                        • Subseries A, Box 3, Folder +: Associated Booking Corporation contract dated 1962 02 20
                                                                                        • Subseries G, Box 117, Folder 7: Report for the week of June 8 to 14, 1962
                                                                                      • The Heights, student newspaper, Boston College, 1962-05-11, pp.1,3
                                                                                      • Stratemann p.461
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                                                                                      Tuesday
                                                                                      .West Haven, Conn.House Of CardsContract terms:
                                                                                      • 13 musicians under the leadership of "DUKE ELLINGTON, INC. PRESENTS DUKE ELLINGTON"
                                                                                      • Hours of employment
                                                                                        "2 one-hour shows between 9 till one"
                                                                                      • Standard top billing clause
                                                                                      • Standard clause re extra musicians due to union rules.
                                                                                      • Anti-segregation rider attached.
                                                                                      • Wage agreed upon: $1,000 flat, deposit $500 payable on signing to Associated Booking Corporation and balance in cash to artist night of engagement
                                                                                      • Employer:
                                                                                        Peter Dean
                                                                                        House of Cards
                                                                                        West Haven, Conn.
                                                                                      • Signed by
                                                                                        illegible
                                                                                      A handwritten notation on the contract says

                                                                                      'Rec'd 200.00 cash'

                                                                                      Celley's revenue report shows

                                                                                      '12: West Haven, Conn. 200.00     500.00 D'

                                                                                      and has a handwritten note using an unfortunate noun to explain the $300 difference. It seems most likely that Ellington did not appear and the price was adjusted accordingly on the night of the engagement.
                                                                                      • SI-NMAH Archives Center, DEC301, Series III
                                                                                        • Subseries A, Box 3, Folder 3: Associated Booking Corporation contract dated 1962 03 12
                                                                                        • Subseries G, Box 117, Folder 7: Report for the week of June 8 to 14, 1962
                                                                                      • Stratemann p.461 citing DESB
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                                                                                      Wednesday
                                                                                      .Worcester, Mass.Holy Cross CollegeDance, 9 p.m. to 1 a.m.

                                                                                      Contract terms:
                                                                                      • 13 musicians under the leadership of "DUKE ELLINGTON, INC. PRESENTS: DUKE ELLINGTON"
                                                                                      • Standard top billing clause
                                                                                      • Wage agreed upon: $2,000 flat, deposit $1,000 payable on signing and balance in cash night of engagement
                                                                                      • Employer:
                                                                                        Robert A. Ryan
                                                                                        Senior Class
                                                                                        Holy Cross College
                                                                                        Worcester, Massachusetts
                                                                                      • Signed by
                                                                                        Robert A. Ryan
                                                                                      • SI-NMAH Archives Center, DEC301, Series III
                                                                                        • Subseries A, Box 3, Folder 2: Associated Booking Corporation contract dated 1962 02 02
                                                                                        • Subseries G, Box 117, Folder 7: Report for the week of June 8 to 14, 1962
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                                                                                      Thursday
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                                                                                    • SI-NMAH Archives Center, DEC301, Series III, Subseries G, Box 117, Folder 7: Report for the week of June 8 to 14, 1962
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                                                                                      Friday
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                                                                                      Thursday
                                                                                      .Weekly reportCelley's weekly report shows
                                                                                      PAYROLL TO BAND  2,864.00
                                                                                      PAYROLL TO STAFF 370.00
                                                                                      DISBURSEMENTS 1,400.13
                                                                                      Disbursements included
                                                                                      AL CELLEY                    30.00
                                                                                      ELECTRIC TYPEWRITER 435.45
                                                                                      R.R. FARES 34.80
                                                                                      BOBBY BOYD 114.19
                                                                                      SUPER SERVICE BUS COMPANY 350.00
                                                                                      and various payments to or on behalf of Nance, CArney, Hodges, Gonsalves, Cox, Strayhorn, Mercer Ellington.
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                                                                                      Friday
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                                                                                      Saturday
                                                                                      Pennsauken, N.J..Red Hill InnNight club engagement
                                                                                      Photo spread caption, The Philadelphia Inquirer:

                                                                                      'Among entertainers appearing at area night clubs are ... Duke Ellington, Red Hill Inn;... '



                                                                                      Al Celley's weekly report confirms Ellington and his orchestra were paid by the Red Hill Inn for June 15 and 16.
                                                                                      • The Philadelphia Inquirer, Philadelphia, Penn. 1962-06-15 p.11
                                                                                      • SI-NMAH Archives Center, DEC301, Series III, Subseries G, Box 117, Folder 7: Report for the week of June 15 to June 21, 1962
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                                                                                      Saturday
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                                                                                      Saturday
                                                                                      1962 06 17
                                                                                      Sunday.
                                                                                      ..PERSONNEL CHANGES
                                                                                      Leon Cox leaves the band.

                                                                                      Buster Cooper joins.

                                                                                      Stratemann has Cooper joining on June 22, but he appears to have played the June 17 concert.
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                                                                                      Sunday
                                                                                      .Mineola, N.Y.Mineola PlayhouseRecorded evening concert / broadcast
                                                                                      Duke Ellington and His Orchestra
                                                                                      Berry, Burrowes, Anderson, Nance, Brown, Cooper, Connors, Hamilton, Procope, Hodges, Gonsalves, Carney, Ellington, Bell, Woodyard
                                                                                      Titles recorded:
                                                                                      • Stompin' At The Savoy
                                                                                      • Tenderly
                                                                                      • Honeysuckle Rose
                                                                                      • Tea For Two
                                                                                      • Congo Square (Matumbe)
                                                                                      • Summertime
                                                                                      • Jam With Sam
                                                                                      • Guitar Amour
                                                                                      • Kinda Dukish/Rockin' In Rhythm
                                                                                      • I Got It Bad and That Ain't Good
                                                                                      • All Of Me
                                                                                      • Things Ain't Qhat They Used To Be
                                                                                      • Medley: Solitude/Don't Get Around Much Anymore
                                                                                      Maynard Ferguson was originally booked for this date but was in Sweden, where he had been asked to play a Royal command performance.
                                                                                      • The Long-Islander, Huntington, L.I., N.Y. 1962-06-14 s.2 p.8
                                                                                      • SI-NMAH Archives Center, DEC301, Series III, Subseries G, Box 117, Folder 7: Report for the week of June 15-21, 1962
                                                                                      • Stratemann p.461
                                                                                      • Girvan: Ellingtonia.com
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                                                                                      Monday
                                                                                      ...activities not documented

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                                                                                      Wednesday
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                                                                                      Thursday
                                                                                      .New York, N.Y.Columbia 30th St. studioColumbia recording session
                                                                                      14:30-17:30
                                                                                      Duke Ellington and His Orchestra
                                                                                      Berry, Burrowes, Anderson, Nance, Brown, Woodman, Connors, Hamilton, Procope, Hodges, Gonsalves, Carney, Ellington, Strayhorn, Bell, Woodyard, Eddie Locke

                                                                                      Titles recorded:
                                                                                      • Mademoiselle De Paris
                                                                                      • A Midnight In Paris
                                                                                      • Jingle Bells
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                                                                                      1962 06 22
                                                                                      Friday
                                                                                      1962 06 28
                                                                                      Thursday
                                                                                      .Weekly reportCelley's weekly report shows
                                                                                      PAYROLL TO BAND  2,654.00
                                                                                      PAYROLL TO STAFF 370.00
                                                                                      DISBURSEMENTS 1,180.09
                                                                                      Disbursements included
                                                                                      AL CELLEY                                30.00
                                                                                      BOBBY BOYD 159.80
                                                                                      TYPWRITER PARTS 31.20
                                                                                      R.R. FARE: M. GRAYSON (N.Y. TO CHICAGO) 48.07
                                                                                      R.R. FARES 27.85
                                                                                      SUPER SERVICE BUS COMPANY 350.00
                                                                                      and various amounts for or to Nance, Carney, Hodges, Gonsalves, Mercer Ellington, Woodman.
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                                                                                      Friday
                                                                                      ...activities not documented...
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                                                                                      Saturday
                                                                                      .Old Greenwich, Conn.Eckman Center
                                                                                      90 Harding Rd.
                                                                                      Contract terms:
                                                                                      • 13 musicians under the leadership of "DUKE ELLINGTON, INC. PRESENTS DUKE ELLINGTON"
                                                                                      • Hours of employment
                                                                                        9:00 PM to 1:00 AM
                                                                                      • Standard top billing clause
                                                                                      • Wage agreed upon: $2,000 flat, deposit $1,000 payable on signing and balance night of engagement
                                                                                      • Employer:
                                                                                        Roger Bowman, Chairman
                                                                                        Greenwich Cerebral Palsy Ass. of United Cerebral Palsy of Fairfield County, Conn.
                                                                                        Eggleston Lane
                                                                                        Old Greenwich, Conn.
                                                                                      • SI-NMAH Archives Center, DEC301, Series III
                                                                                        • Subseries A, Box 3, Folder 3: Associated Booking Corporation contract dated 1962 03 26
                                                                                        • Subseries G, Box 117, Folder 7: Report for the week of June 22 to 28, 1962
                                                                                        Stratemann p.461 citing DESB
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                                                                                      Sunday
                                                                                      .Montclair, N.J.Stadium (?)
                                                                                      Montclair State Teachers College
                                                                                      Valley Road
                                                                                      Montclair, New Jersey
                                                                                      Contract terms:
                                                                                      • 13 musicians under the leadership of "DUKE ELLINGTON, INC. PRESENTS DUKE ELLINGTON"
                                                                                      • Hours of employment
                                                                                        "One concert 4:30 PM (one two hour concert)"
                                                                                      • Standard top billing clause
                                                                                      • Anti-segregation rider attached.
                                                                                      • Wage agreed upon: $2,000 flat, deposit $500 payable on signing, $500 on or before May [sic] 24th, balance afternoon of concert in cash
                                                                                      • Employer:
                                                                                        NACPA of Montclair
                                                                                        388 Orange Rd.
                                                                                        Montclair, N.J.
                                                                                      • Signed by
                                                                                        Samuel Taylor
                                                                                      Stratemann and Vail described this as a concert for NAACP but the contract says NACPA. This could be anything. Stratemann says it started at 5 p.m. and both say it took place in a stadium. Neither provided information sources, and the contract does not mention the stadium. Searches of online newspaper archives come up dry.
                                                                                      • SI-NMAH Archives Center, DEC301, Series III
                                                                                        • Subseries A, Box 3, Folder 4: Associated Booking Corporation contract dated 1962 04 16
                                                                                        • Subseries G, Box 117, Folder 7: Report for the week of June 22 to 28, 1962
                                                                                      • Stratemann p.461
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                                                                                      Monday
                                                                                      .Somers, N.Y.Somers Country Club
                                                                                      Rt. 100
                                                                                      10 p.m. to 2 a.m.
                                                                                      Fox Lane High School graduation party sponsored by Bedford Hills Lions Club. Ellington to be paid $1,700. Senior students were to hold a car wash and a bake sale to raise the last few hundred dollars needed to cover the cost. The Herald Statesman says another band would start at 2 and play to 6 a.m.
                                                                                      Contract terms:
                                                                                      • 13 musicians under the leadership of "DUKE ELLINGTON, INC. PRESENTS: DUKE ELLINGTON"
                                                                                      • Hours of employment
                                                                                        10:00 P.M. to 2:00 A.M.
                                                                                      • Type of engagement
                                                                                        Dance
                                                                                      • Standard top billing clause
                                                                                      • Anti-segregation rider attached.
                                                                                      • Wage agreed upon: $1,500 flat, deposit $750 payable on signing and balance in cash night of engagement
                                                                                      • Employer:
                                                                                        Fox Lane High School Mt. Kisco
                                                                                        Dominek Del Poppo
                                                                                        67 Lily Pond Lane
                                                                                        Katonah, NY
                                                                                        Mt. Kisco, New York
                                                                                      • SI-NMAH Archives Center, DEC301, Series III
                                                                                        • Subseries A, Box 3, Folder 3: Associated Booking Corporation contract dated 1962 03 09
                                                                                        • Subseries G, Box 117, Folder 7: Report for the week of June 22 to 28, 1962
                                                                                      • Patent Trader, Mt. Kisco, N.Y.,
                                                                                        • 1962-06-07 p.2
                                                                                        • 1962-06-28 p.1
                                                                                      • Herald Statesman, Yonkers, N.Y. 1962-06-22 p.11
                                                                                      • Stratemann p.461 citing DESB
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                                                                                      Tuesday
                                                                                      .Yorktown Heights, N.Y.Route 100Poughkeepsie Journal:

                                                                                      'Ellington's Son Hurt in Accident
                                                                                        YORKTOWN HEIGHTS - (AP)
                                                                                      - Band leader Duke Ellington's son, Mercer, 43, and two other persons suffered slight injuries early today when their bus and a truck collided on Route 100 near here.
                                                                                        Police said the truck rammed another truck, which had stopped, glanced off and skidded into the path of the oncoming bus carrying Ellington and his troupe.
                                                                                        Ellington, who was unhurt, was returning to his [Mercer's] home at St. Albans after an engagement at the Somers Country Club.'


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                                                                                      Tuesday
                                                                                      .New York, N.Y.Columbia 30th St. studioColumbia recording session
                                                                                      14:30-17:30
                                                                                      Duke Ellington and His Orchestra
                                                                                      Berry, Burrowes, Anderson, Nance, Brown, Cooper, Connors, Hamilton, Procope, Hodges, Gonsalves, Carney, Ellington, Strayhorn, Bell, Woodyard

                                                                                      Titles recorded:
                                                                                      • The Silver Seine
                                                                                      • (All of a Sudden) My Heart Sings
                                                                                      • I Wish You Love
                                                                                      • No Regrets
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                                                                                      1962 06 27
                                                                                      Wednesday
                                                                                      ...activities not documented

                                                                                      Celley's weekly report shows nothing for this date.
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                                                                                      Thursday
                                                                                      .New York, N.Y.KABC RadioEllington, Hodges and Brown make a guest appearance on a program hosted by George and Betty Shriner.

                                                                                      Activities of the rest of the band are not documented.
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                                                                                      Friday
                                                                                      1962 07 05
                                                                                      Thursday
                                                                                      .Weekly reportCelley's weekly report shows
                                                                                      PAYROLL TO BAND  1,275.00
                                                                                      PAYROLL TO STAFF 370.00
                                                                                      DISBURSEMENTS 668.37
                                                                                      The report shows no engagements, although payments were received from Gonsalves and Mercer Ellington. The Gonsalves amount matches a line item in the disbursements schedule that was excluded from the total. This probably indicates Paul borrowed and repaid $200 in the same week.

                                                                                      Disbursements were minimal:
                                                                                      AL CELLEY                    30.00
                                                                                      BOBBY BOYD 218.37
                                                                                      ENTERTAINING 300.00
                                                                                      ARRANGING: TOM WHALEY 120.00
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                                                                                      Friday
                                                                                      .Meadville, Penn.Dreamland Ballroom
                                                                                      Conneaut Lake Park
                                                                                      This engagement is not shown in Celley's weekly report.
                                                                                      • SI-NMAH Archives Center, DEC301, Series III, Subseries G, Box 117, Folder 7: Report for the week of June 29 - July 5, 1962
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                                                                                      Saturday
                                                                                      ...activities not documented

                                                                                      Nothing is shown for this date in Celley's report.

                                                                                      LP Columbia P(2M)5193 "The Best of the Big Bands" includes Take the "A" Train, saying it was recorded this date. This date is not confirmed and is doubtful.
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                                                                                      1962 07 01
                                                                                      Sunday
                                                                                      ...activities not documented

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                                                                                      Monday
                                                                                      ...activities not documented

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                                                                                      Tuesday
                                                                                      .New York, N.Y.Bell Sound StudioPrivate ("stockpile" recording session.

                                                                                      Duke Ellington and his Orchestra
                                                                                      Berry, Burrowes, Anderson, Nance, Brown, Cooper, Connors, Hamilton, Procope, Hodges, Gonsalves, Carney, Ellington, Dave Rivera (piano), Bell, Woodyard, Jimmy Dale (vocal)
                                                                                      • Drinking Again
                                                                                      • Jump For Joy
                                                                                      • Medley:
                                                                                        • I Let A Song Go Out Of My Heart
                                                                                        • Don't Get Around Much Anymore
                                                                                      • I Let A Song Go Out Of My Heart
                                                                                      • Mack The Knife
                                                                                      • Take The "A" Train
                                                                                      • The Feeling Of Jazz
                                                                                      Timner adds Slow Rhythm, with a note referring to The Feeling of Jazz

                                                                                      • The DEMS bulletins listed to the right discuss these recordings.
                                                                                      • While this session is reported in the discographies as taking place July 3, Celley's weekly report for Sept. 28 to Oct. 4 shows a payroll for recordings on July 5 and does not show a payroll for recordings on July 3. Additional research is needed to confirm this session date.
                                                                                      • Girvan:   Ellingtonia.com
                                                                                      • MacHare:   A Duke Ellington Panorama
                                                                                      • Timner
                                                                                      • Ole J. Nielsen, Jazz Records 1942-80, A discography: Vol. Six, Duke Ellington
                                                                                      • Blue Light 1,98
                                                                                      • SI-NMAH Archives Center, DEC301, Series III, Subseries G, Box 117, Folder 7: Report for the week of Sept. 28 to Oct. 4, 1962.
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                                                                                      Wednesday
                                                                                      ...activities not documented

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                                                                                      Thursday
                                                                                      ...activities not documented

                                                                                      Celley's weekly report for this week shows nothing for this date, but his report for Sept. 28 to Oct. 4 shows a payroll item for recordings made this date. It may be the session reported on Sept. 3 took place on Sept. 5. Additional research is warranted.
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                                                                                      Friday
                                                                                      1962 07 12
                                                                                      Thursday
                                                                                      .Weekly reportCelley's weekly report shows
                                                                                      PAYROLL TO BAND  3,040.00
                                                                                      PAYROLL TO STAFF 370.00
                                                                                      DISBURSEMENTS 2,292.26
                                                                                      Disbursements included
                                                                                      AL CELLEY                           30.00
                                                                                      BOBBY BOYD 167.24
                                                                                      SUBSTITUTE SAXOPHONIST: GENE HULL 25.00
                                                                                      CAR & R.R. FARES 55.96
                                                                                      ENTERTAINING 764.84
                                                                                      SUPER SERVICE BUS COMPANY 893.70
                                                                                      as well as various amounts to or on behalf of Nance, Carney, Hodges, Strayhorn, Cox and Stephen James.
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                                                                                      Friday
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                                                                                      Saturday
                                                                                      .Newport, R.I.Freebody ParkNewport Jazz Festival

                                                                                      The Masters of Ceremony were:
                                                                                      • Saturday evening - Father Norman J. O'Connor
                                                                                      • Sunday afternoon - Ellington
                                                                                      • Sunday evening - Willis Connover
                                                                                      Gene Hull subbed for Procope, who was ill.
                                                                                      Saturday:
                                                                                      • Stratemann:

                                                                                        'At this Saturday evening performance, the Ellington band made a "surprise appearance" to back dancers Bunny Briggs and Baby Laurence, who "thrilled a near-capacity audience of 12,000 fans."'

                                                                                      • Dallas Morning News:

                                                                                        'A sellout crowd of some 11,500 jammed into Freebody Park Saturday night for a Newport Jazz Festival program featuring Louis (Satchmo) Armstrong and Duke Ellington.
                                                                                          Another 3,000 persons milled peacefully around outside the park and downtown section, police said.
                                                                                          The 78-man Newport police force, augmented by 80 patrolmen from other communities, made 34 arrests between 7 p.m. and 9 p.m. but no major disturbances were reported.
                                                                                          Most of the arrests were for liquor violations...Special precautions were being taken to prevent a recurrence of the 1960 riots.'

                                                                                      Sunday:
                                                                                      • Boston Sunday Herald:

                                                                                        'Duke Ellington will appear with his own orchestra on Sunday evening , July 8. On the same afternoon he will serve as narrator of a program featuring another famous orchestra, that of Count Basie. Jazz fans in attendance will be treated to the experience of Duke Ellington playing piano with the Count Basie orchestra.'

                                                                                      • Sunday evening performances were by the Ellington orchestra, Aretha Franklin, Thelonious Monk, Newport Jazz Festival All-Stars (Jo Jones, Pee Wee Russell, Bud Freeman, Ruby Braff, Marshall Brown, George Wein, Roland Kirk, Lambert-Hendricks and Yolanda.
                                                                                      • Vail reports Monk played Monk's Dream with the Ellington orchestra and Franklin sang with the band, and adds the Warsaw Wreckers to the bill.
                                                                                      Film:
                                                                                      • Vail:

                                                                                        'Duke Ellington and the Orchestra appear in a film, Newport Jazz Festival 1962, made by Bregmor Productions during the festival. The 51 minute film shows the orchestra performing three tunes...'

                                                                                      • Stratemann:

                                                                                        'Duke Ellington and his orchestra are presented in the first three numbers they played during the July 8 evening concert... The band is on screen continuously, but the sequence is marred by heavy editing... Furthermore,... the film's producers chose to show the band in standards from his repertoire rather than the four more interesting musical encounters George Wein had conceived. Thus, only audio tapes remain as testimony to the unique appearance of pianist Thelonious Monk with the Ellington orchestra on July 8, or of the tap dancing of Bunny Briggs and Baby Laurence to Ellington's accompaniment the previous night. Similarly, the film does not capture the performance of singer Aretha Franklin with Ellington's orchestra, nor does it present Ellington in his role has M.C. and narrator for several of the festival's concerts.'


                                                                                        The DEMS references to the right relate to the film, Monk's performance with Ellington and the performance of Strayhorn's Frère Monk juxtaposed with a Monk composition.
                                                                                      • Boston Sunday Herald, Boston, Mass, 1962-06-10 s.II p.5
                                                                                      • Boston Record American, Boston, Mass, 1962-07-07 p.14
                                                                                      • UPI story datelined Newport, R.I., The Dallas Morning News, Dallas, Tex., 1962-07-08 s.1 p.19
                                                                                      • The Springfield Sunday Republican, Springfield,Mass.,1962-07-08 p.9C
                                                                                      • Newport Daily News, Newport, R.I.,1962-07-09 pp.1,4
                                                                                      • Stratemann
                                                                                        • p.461 citing Variety 1962-07-11 p.63
                                                                                        • pp.462-466 - analysis
                                                                                      • Vail II (extensive coverage with clippings)
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                                                                                        Sunday
                                                                                        .Newport, R.I.Freebody ParkNewport Jazz Festival - see 1962 07 07

                                                                                        Ellington was the master of ceremonies/narrator for the afternoon performances which his band did not play, and led his band during the evening concert.
                                                                                        Celley's weekly report shows $3,000 received for the concert.
                                                                                        Recorded concert:

                                                                                        Duke Ellington and his Orchestra
                                                                                        Berry, Burrowes, Anderson, Nance, Brown, Cooper, Connors, Hamilton, Gene Hull, Hodges, Gonsalves, Carney, Ellington, Bell, Woodyard, with Thelonius Monk

                                                                                        Titles recorded:
                                                                                        • Kinda Dukish - Rockin' In Rhythm
                                                                                        • Passion Flower
                                                                                        • Things Ain't What They Used To Be
                                                                                        • Jam With Sam
                                                                                        • Do Nothin' Till You Hear From Me
                                                                                        • H'ya Sue
                                                                                        • Monk's Dream
                                                                                        • Ba-lue Bolivar Ba-lues-are
                                                                                        • Perdido
                                                                                        • Guitar Amour
                                                                                        • Broadstream
                                                                                        • Satin Doll
                                                                                        • SI-NMAH Archives Center, DEC301, Series III, Subseries G, Box 117, Folder 7: Report for the week of July 6-12, 1962
                                                                                        • Girvan:   Ellingtonia.com
                                                                                        • Timner
                                                                                        • Ole J. Nielsen, Jazz Records 1942-80, A discography: Vol. Six, Duke Ellington
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                                                                                        Monday
                                                                                        ...activities not documented

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                                                                                        Tuesday
                                                                                        1962 07 15Detroit, Mich.Minor Key
                                                                                        11541 Dexter
                                                                                        Night club engagement

                                                                                        Pearson:

                                                                                        'The Minor Key's large hall could accommodate a big band. It opened in 1959 and closed in 1963; the last band to perform there was the Duke Ellington Orchestra. For three dollars admission on Friday and Saturday nights, bands would play from nine in the evening to five in the morning, and you could stay the entire time. The sets were continuous – forty minutes on the bandstand and twenty minutes off.'


                                                                                        Celley's weekly reports show two amounts of $3,000 were received.
                                                                                        • SI-NMAH Archives Center, DEC301, Series III, Subseries G, Box 117, Folder 7: Reports for the weeks of July 6-12 and July 13-19, 1962
                                                                                        • Detroit Free Press, Detroit, Mich.
                                                                                          • 1962-07-06 p.8-B
                                                                                          • 1962-07-10 p.C-5
                                                                                          • 1962-07-13 p.B-7
                                                                                          • 1962-07-14 p.10-A
                                                                                        • Stratemann p.467
                                                                                        • Jerry "Tiger" Pearson, My Friend Art Blakey: Recollections of a Jazz Fan from Detroit
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                                                                                        Wednesday
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                                                                                        Thursday
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                                                                                        Friday
                                                                                        1962 07 19
                                                                                        Thursday
                                                                                        .Weekly reportCelley's weekly report shows
                                                                                        PAYROLL TO BAND  2,687.00
                                                                                        PAYROLL TO STAFF 370.00
                                                                                        DISBURSEMENTS 911.93
                                                                                        Disbursements included
                                                                                        AL CELLEY           30.00
                                                                                        BOBBY BOYD 111.01
                                                                                        CAR: H.C. 48.61
                                                                                        ENTERTAINING 159.63
                                                                                        as well as various amounts to or on behalf of Nance, Carney, Hodges, Strayhorn, Gonsalves and Stephen James.
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                                                                                        Saturday
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                                                                                        Tuesday
                                                                                        .Chicago, Ill.Universal Recording Corporation studios"Money Jungle"..DEMS
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                                                                                        Thursday
                                                                                        .Wheeling, W.Va.Oglebay ParkOutdoor concert on an outdoor stage, 8:30 p.m.
                                                                                        Contract terms:
                                                                                        • 13 musicians under the leadership of "DUKE ELLINGTON, INC. PRESENTS DUKE ELLINGTON"
                                                                                        • Name and Address of Place of Engagement
                                                                                          Oglebay Park, Wheeling, West Virginia
                                                                                        • Hours of employment
                                                                                          1 concert 8:30 to 10:30 P.M.
                                                                                        • Standard top billing clause
                                                                                        • Anti-segregation rider attached.
                                                                                        • Wage agreed upon: $2,500 flat, payable in cash to artist on night of engagement
                                                                                        • Employer:
                                                                                          Mrs. C. Chase Greer, Director
                                                                                          Oglebay Institute
                                                                                          Oglebay Park, Wheeling, West Virginia
                                                                                        • Signed by
                                                                                          Susan Greer
                                                                                        • SI-NMAH Archives Center, DEC301, Series III
                                                                                          • Subseries A, Box 3, Folder 2: Associated Booking Corporation contract dated 1962 02 16
                                                                                          • Subseries G, Box 117, Folder 7: Report for the week of July 13 to 19, 1962
                                                                                        • Weirton Daily Times, Weirton, W.Va.
                                                                                          • 1962-05-24 p.7
                                                                                          • 1962-07-16 p.5
                                                                                        • Stratemann p.467
                                                                                        • Vail II
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                                                                                        Friday
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                                                                                        Thursday
                                                                                        .Weekly reportCelley's weekly report shows
                                                                                        PAYROLL TO BAND  2,466.00
                                                                                        PAYROLL TO STAFF 370.00
                                                                                        DISBURSEMENTS 2,159.31
                                                                                        Disbursements included
                                                                                        AL CELLEY                  30.00
                                                                                        BOBBY BOYD 130.14
                                                                                        CAR: H.C. 60.32
                                                                                        R.R. FARES 81.50
                                                                                        ENTERTAINING 312.50
                                                                                        IMPERIAL COACH CORP. 1,115.35
                                                                                        and various payments to/on behalf of Nance, Carney, Hodges, Gonsalves and Stephen James
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                                                                                        Friday
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                                                                                        Celley's weekly reports show no revenue for this day, so this was likely either a day off or a travel day. The band had to travel approximately 430 miles between Wheeling and Port Stanley, which, depending on traffic, road conditions and border crossing delays, would take 7 or more hours by bus.

                                                                                        Celley's report shows $1,115 paid to a bus company for the forthcoming week, which included engagements in Port Stanley, Warrensville and New York.
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                                                                                        Saturday
                                                                                        .Port Stanley, Ont.Stork ClubContract terms:
                                                                                        • 13 musicians under the leadership of "DUKE ELLINGTON, INC. PRESENTS DUKE ELLINGTON"
                                                                                        • Hours of employment
                                                                                          9:00 PM to 1:00 AM
                                                                                        • Standard top billing clause
                                                                                        • Anti-segregation rider attached.
                                                                                        • Wage agreed upon: US$1,500 guarantee, privilege 50% gross receipts, deposit $750 payable on signing and balance night of engagement
                                                                                        • Employer:
                                                                                          Stork Club
                                                                                          Lloyd Gurr
                                                                                          Port Stanley, Ont., Canada
                                                                                        • Signed by
                                                                                          Lloyd Gurr
                                                                                        .
                                                                                        • SI-NMAH Archives Center, DEC301, Series III
                                                                                          • Subseries A, Box 3, Folder 4: Associated Booking Corporation contract dated 1962 04 13
                                                                                          • Subseries G, Box 117, Folder 7: Report for the week of July 20 to 26, 1962
                                                                                        • Stratemann p.467
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                                                                                        Sunday
                                                                                        .Warrensville, OhioMusicarnival
                                                                                        4401 Warrensville Center Rd., Warrensville, Ohio
                                                                                        Sunday afternoon jazz concert, 3 to 5 p.m.
                                                                                        Songs mentioned in Ethel Boros' Plain Dealer review:
                                                                                        • Diminuendo and Crescendo in Blue
                                                                                        • A medley with Sophisticated Lady
                                                                                        • Satin Doll
                                                                                        • Solitude
                                                                                        • Treat Me Sweet and Gentle
                                                                                        • Don't Get Around Much Any More
                                                                                        • Mood Indigo
                                                                                        • I'm Beginning To See the Light
                                                                                        • Do Nothin' Till You Hear From Me
                                                                                        • It Don't Mean A Thing If It Ain't Got That Swing
                                                                                        • A-Train
                                                                                        • I've Got It Bad
                                                                                        • All of Me
                                                                                        • Skin Deep
                                                                                        She named these musicians:
                                                                                        • Ellington
                                                                                        • Gonsalves
                                                                                        • Carney
                                                                                        • Bell
                                                                                        • Nance
                                                                                        • Hodges
                                                                                        • Woodyard

                                                                                        Contract terms:
                                                                                        • 13 musicians under the leadership of "DUKE ELLINGTON, INC. PRESENTS: DUKE ELLINGTON"
                                                                                        • Standard top billing clause
                                                                                        • Anti-segregation rider attached.
                                                                                        • Wage agreed upon:
                                                                                          $2,000 guarantee, privilege 50% of gross receipts, deposit $2,000 payable on signing and balance night of engagement
                                                                                        • Employer:
                                                                                          Musicarnival
                                                                                          4401 Warrensville Center Rd.
                                                                                          Warrensville, Ohio
                                                                                        • Signed by
                                                                                          John L. Price, Jr.
                                                                                        The venue's box office statement shows 1,016 tickets were sold for $2.50, $3.50 and $4.50, grossing $3,305 and netting $3,011 after taxes. Another 21 tickets were comped.
                                                                                        • SI-NMAH Archives Center, DEC301, Series III
                                                                                          • Subseries A, Box 3, Folder 4: Associated Booking Corporation contract dated 1962 04 09 with box office tally
                                                                                          • Subseries G, Box 117, Folder 7: Report for the week of July 20 to 26, 1962
                                                                                        • The Plain Dealer, Cleveland, Ohio
                                                                                          • 1962-07-11 p.26
                                                                                          • 1962-07-12 p.32
                                                                                          • 1962-07-13 p.35
                                                                                          • 1962-07-14 p.18
                                                                                          • 1962-07-16 p.27
                                                                                          • 1962-07-20 p.31
                                                                                          • 1962-07-21 p.16
                                                                                          • 1962-07-22 p.2-H
                                                                                          • 1962-07-23 p.13
                                                                                        • Akron Beacon Journal, Akron, Ohio
                                                                                          • 1962-07-16 p.4
                                                                                          • 1962-07-19 p.33
                                                                                          • 1962-07-20 p.9
                                                                                          • 1962-07-21 p.9
                                                                                        • Stratemann p.467
                                                                                        • Vail II
                                                                                        • Joe Mosbrook: "Jazzed in Cleveland"
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                                                                                        Monday
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                                                                                        ...activities not documented

                                                                                        Celley's weekly report shows nothing for this date.
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                                                                                        Wednesday
                                                                                        .New York, N.Y.A & R StudiosPrivate ("stockpile") small group recording session
                                                                                        Duke Ellington small band
                                                                                        Brown, Cooper, Connors, Hodges, Gonsalves, Carney, Ellington, Strayhorn, Bell, Woodyard
                                                                                        Titles recorded:
                                                                                        • Blue Too
                                                                                        • Tune Up
                                                                                        • Take It Slow
                                                                                        • Tigress (Telstar)
                                                                                        • Like Late
                                                                                        • Major
                                                                                        • Minor
                                                                                        • "G" For Groove
                                                                                        The $548 payroll was paid the week of Sept. 28-Oct.4
                                                                                        • Girvan:   Ellingtonia.com
                                                                                        • MacHare:   A Duke Ellington Panorama
                                                                                        • Timner
                                                                                        • Ole J. Nielsen, Jazz Records 1942-80, A discography: Vol. Six, Duke Ellington
                                                                                        • SI-NMAH Archives Center, DEC301, Series III, Subseries G, Box 117, Folder 7: Report for the week of Sept.28-Oct.4, 1962
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                                                                                        Thursday
                                                                                        1962 07 28
                                                                                        Saturday
                                                                                        New York, N.Y.Basin Street EastNight club "Weekend Jazz" engagement - 3 nights only - the club didn't open during summer weekdays.

                                                                                        Also performing: singer Chris Connor with th eRonnie Ball Trio.
                                                                                      • SI-NMAH Archives Center, DEC301, Series III, Subseries G, Box 117, Folder 7: Reports for the week of July 20-26 and July 27-Aug 2, 1962
                                                                                      • Stratemann p.467 citing New York Amsterdam News
                                                                                        • 1962-07-11 p.18
                                                                                        • 1962-08-04 p.18
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                                                                                        Friday
                                                                                        1962 08 02
                                                                                        Thursday
                                                                                        .Weekly reportCelley's weekly report shows
                                                                                        PAYROLL: BAND    3,516.00
                                                                                        PAYROLL: STAFF 370.00
                                                                                        DISBURSEMENTS 1,764.58
                                                                                        Disbursements included
                                                                                        AL CELLEY                                 30.00
                                                                                        BOBBY BOYD 210.59
                                                                                        RAY NANCE: LEADER, RECORDING 150.00
                                                                                        ENTERTAINING & TIPS AT
                                                                                        BAISIN STREEET [sic] EAST 312.76
                                                                                        ENTERTAINING 373.15
                                                                                        IMPERIAL COACH CORP. 366.30
                                                                                        and various payments to or on behalf of Canrey, Hodges, Gonsalves, Stephen & Michael James
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                                                                                        Sunday
                                                                                        .New London, Conn.Danceland
                                                                                        Ocean Beach Park
                                                                                        Dancing
                                                                                        • Ad for New London's Ocean Beach Park, The Springfield Union, Springfield, Mass. 1962-07-25 p.3
                                                                                        • SI-NMAH Archives Center, DEC301, Series III, Subseries G, Box 117, Folder 7: Report for the week of July 27 - Aug. 2, 1962
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                                                                                        Monday
                                                                                        ...activities not documented
                                                                                        Stratemann:

                                                                                        'The Ellington played this series of dates out of the New York, with July 30, August 6, and August 14 through 17 open.'

                                                                                        Celley's report shows nothing for this date.
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                                                                                        Tuesday
                                                                                        ...activities not documented
                                                                                        ...
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                                                                                        August 1962

                                                                                        1962 08 01
                                                                                        Wednesday
                                                                                        .Bainbridge, Md.Enlisted Men's Club
                                                                                        U.S. Naval Training Center
                                                                                        Dance
                                                                                        • SI-NMAH Archives Center, DEC301, Series III, Subseries G, Box 117, Folder 7: Report for the week of July 27 - Aug. 2, 1962
                                                                                        • Stratemann p.467
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                                                                                        Thursday
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                                                                                        New York, N.Y.Basin Street East"Weekend Jazz" night club engagement
                                                                                        • SI-NMAH Archives Center, DEC301, Series III, Subseries G, Box 117, Folder 7: Report for the week of July 27 - Aug. 2, 1962
                                                                                        • Stratemann p.467
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                                                                                        Friday
                                                                                        1962 08 09
                                                                                        Thursday
                                                                                        .Weekly reportCelley's weekly report shows
                                                                                        RECORDING PAYROLLS:5/1/62               1,083.00
                                                                                        5/24/62 861.00
                                                                                        5/28/62 541.50
                                                                                        6/662 [sic] 541.50
                                                                                        6/21/62 648.50
                                                                                        6/26/62 595.00
                                                                                        7/3/62 1,785.00
                                                                                        (SUBTOTAL) 6,055.50
                                                                                        PAYROLL: BAND 3,424.00
                                                                                        PAYROLL TO STAFF 370.00
                                                                                        DISBURSEMENTS 2,224.11
                                                                                        TOTAL PAID OUT 12,073.61
                                                                                        Disbursements included
                                                                                        AL CELLEY                       30.00
                                                                                        CAR: H.C. 109.88
                                                                                        R.R FARES 10.23
                                                                                        BOBBY BOYD 214.93
                                                                                        TRUMPET FOR RAY NANCE 100.00
                                                                                        ENTERTAINING AT BASIN ST.EAST 284.81
                                                                                        ENTERTAINING 350.31
                                                                                        IMPERIAL COACH CORP. 535.15
                                                                                        and various amounts to or for Nance, Carney, Hodges, Stephen James, Gonsalves, and Strayhorn.
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                                                                                        Sunday
                                                                                        .Bristol, Conn.Lake Compounce ParkConcert 8:30 pm
                                                                                        • Stratemann p.467
                                                                                        • Vail II
                                                                                        • Harford Courant 1962-08-05, p.31A
                                                                                        • SI-NMAH Archives Center, DEC301, Series III, Subseries G, Box 117, Folder 7: Report for the week of Aug. 3-9, 1962
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                                                                                        Open day per Stratemann - see 1962 07 30

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                                                                                          SI-NMAH Archives Center, DEC301, Series III, Subseries G, Box 117, Folder 7: Report for the week of Aug. 3-9, 1962
                                                                                        • Stratemann p.467
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                                                                                        .New York, N.Y.. Peripheral event
                                                                                        Johnny Hodges Verve recording session, with a string orchestra conducted by Oliver Nelson.
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                                                                                        Tuesday
                                                                                        ...activities not documented

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                                                                                        Wednesday
                                                                                        .Newport, Vt.Elks HallDance
                                                                                        • SI-NMAH Archives Center, DEC301, Series III Subseries G, Box 117, Folder 7, Report for the week of August 3 to 9, 1962
                                                                                        • Stratemann p.467
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                                                                                        Thursday
                                                                                        .Westborough, Mass.
                                                                                        ("Westboro" in Celley's report)
                                                                                        .Concert
                                                                                        • SI-NMAH Archives Center, DEC301, Series III Subseries G, Box 117, Folder 7, Report for the week of August 3 to 9, 1962
                                                                                        • Stratemann p.467
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                                                                                        Friday
                                                                                        1962 08 16
                                                                                        Thursday
                                                                                        .Weekly reportCelley's weekly report shows
                                                                                        PAYROLL: BAND        3,440.00
                                                                                        PAYROLL TO STAFF 370.00
                                                                                        DISBURSEMENTS 1,920.82
                                                                                        Disbursements included
                                                                                        AL CELLEY               30.00
                                                                                        R.R FARES 29.72
                                                                                        BOBBY BOYD 33.92
                                                                                        ENTERTAINING 317.25
                                                                                        IMPERIAL COACH CORP. 1,104.40
                                                                                        and various amounts to or for Nance, Carney, Hodges, Gonsalves and Stephen James.
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                                                                                        Friday
                                                                                        .Otis Air Force Base, Mass.Open MessDance
                                                                                        • SI-NMAH Archives Center, DEC301, Series III, Subseries G, Box 117, Folder 7: Report for the week of Aug. 10-16, 1962
                                                                                        • Stratemann p.467
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                                                                                        Saturday
                                                                                        .East Millinocket, Me.Schenk Memorial High SchoolDance
                                                                                        • SI-NMAH Archives Center, DEC301, Series III, Subseries G, Box 117, Folder 7: Report for the week of Aug. 10-16, 1962
                                                                                        • Stratemann p.467
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                                                                                        Sunday
                                                                                        .Lenox, Mass.Berkshire Music Barn8:30 p.m. concert.
                                                                                        The Springfield Union reported an audience of 1,150 for the two and a half hour concert. It mentioned Black and Tan Fantasy, The Mooche, two numbers from Paris Blues and two from Anatomy for Murder [sic], theme from Asphalt Jungle, Congo Square, Satin Doll, Solitude, Mood Indigo and Sophisticated Lady [these last titles were likely in the medley] and named Nance, Hamilton, Woodyard, Hodges, Carney, Gonsalves and Anderson.
                                                                                        • The Springfield Sunday Republican, Springfield, Mass.
                                                                                          • 1962-07-22 p.4C
                                                                                          • 1962-08-12 p.6C
                                                                                        • The Springfield Union, Springfield, Mass. 1962-08-14 p.17
                                                                                        • SI-NMAH Archives Center, DEC301, Series III, Subseries G, Box 117, Folder 7: Report for the week of Aug. 10-16, 1962
                                                                                        • Stratemann p.467 citing Variety 1962-07-11 p.63
                                                                                        • Vail II
                                                                                        • Additional documentation is likely to be found in SI-NMAH DEC301, Series 2: Performances and Programs, 1933-1974, box 11, folder 37: Berkshire Music Barn, Lenox, Mass, August 12, 1962
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                                                                                        Monday
                                                                                        .Lake Placid, N.Y.Olympic Arena9 p.m. concert sponsored by Lake Placid Chamber of Commerce.
                                                                                        Reserved seating, $2, $2.50 or $3
                                                                                        The Free Press & Herald announcement surprisingly said this would be Ellington's first appearance in northern New York.
                                                                                        The Courier Freeman described the venue as having a built-up bandstand, and seating for 1,500 reserved and 500 general admission, but the Adirondack Daily Enterprise's announcement on the concert day said there was seating for 2,300.
                                                                                        The concert came about because when Louis Armstrong had played, the good acoustics led to a suggestion to bring in Ellington. Ellington's management was at first reluctant to book a one-nighter in the Adirondacks but when told Louis had played there, agreed to book Duke.
                                                                                        • Free Press & Herald, Tupper Lake, N.Y.
                                                                                          1962-08-02 p.6
                                                                                        • Lake Placid News, Lake Placid, N.Y.
                                                                                          • 1962-08-02 p.6
                                                                                          • 1962-08-09 pp.4, 8
                                                                                        • Ticonderoga Sentinel, Ticonderoga, N.Y.
                                                                                          1962-08-02 p.1
                                                                                        • Ad, Adirondack Daily Enterprise, Saranac Lake, N.Y.,
                                                                                          • 1962-08-03 p.5
                                                                                          • 1962-08-09
                                                                                          • 1962-08-13 p.1
                                                                                        • Courier Freeman, Potsdam, N.Y.,
                                                                                          1962-08-09 p.14
                                                                                        • Press-Republican, Plattsburgh, N.Y.,
                                                                                          • 1962-08-09 p.20
                                                                                          • 1962-08-13
                                                                                        • The Record-Post, Au Sable Forks, N.Y. 1962-08-09 p.2
                                                                                        • The Essex County Republican, Keeseville, N.Y.
                                                                                          1962-08-10 p.1
                                                                                        • SI-NMAH Archives Center, DEC301, Series III, Subseries G, Box 117, Folder 7: Report for the week of Aug. 10-16, 1962
                                                                                        • Stratemann p.467 citing DESB
                                                                                        • Vail II
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                                                                                        Tuesday
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                                                                                        Open day - see 1962 07 30
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                                                                                        .New York, N.Y.. Peripheral event
                                                                                        Johnny Hodges Verve recording session, with a string orchestra conducted by Oliver Nelson.
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                                                                                        Thursday
                                                                                        .Newport, R.I..Newport Daily News:

                                                                                        'OCS Class Sets Graduation Week

                                                                                          Graduation week activities for Naval Officer Candidate Class 60 will being Friday with a drill competition...
                                                                                          Duke Ellington and his orchestra will play for the graduation ball on Thursday at 9 p.m...'

                                                                                        Although this date was reported to have been open, Celley's weekly report confirms the orchestra played in Newport instead.
                                                                                        • Newport Daily News, Newport, R.I. 1962-08-08 p.16
                                                                                        • SI-NMAH Archives Center, DEC301, Series III, Subseries G, Box 117, Folder 7: Report for the week of Aug. 10-16, 1962
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                                                                                        Friday
                                                                                        1962 08 23
                                                                                        Thursday
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                                                                                        PAYROLL TO BAND   2,704.00
                                                                                        PAYROLL TO STAFF 370.00
                                                                                        DISBURSEMENTS 534.17
                                                                                        Disbursements included
                                                                                        AL CELLEY                    30.00
                                                                                        CAR: H.C. 75.87
                                                                                        entertaining 167.30
                                                                                        While there is no payment to the bus company, there are bus tolls and tips to the bus driver. In addition, there are payments to or on behalf of Nance, Carney, Hodges, Gonsalves and McPherson.
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                                                                                        Friday
                                                                                        ...activities not documented

                                                                                        Open day - see 1962 07 30

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                                                                                        • Stratemann, p.467
                                                                                        • Weekly report, ibid.
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                                                                                        Saturday
                                                                                        .Englewood Cliffs, N.J.Rudi van Gelder's studio
                                                                                        445 Sylvan Ave.
                                                                                        Impulse recording session for the album Duke Ellington Meets Coleman Hawkins,.

                                                                                        Duke Ellington group with Coleman Hawkins
                                                                                        Nance, Brown, Hodges, Hawkins, Carney, Ellington, Bell, Woodyard

                                                                                        Titles recorded:
                                                                                        • Jeep Is Jumpin'
                                                                                        • Limbo Blues
                                                                                        • Limbo Jazz
                                                                                        • Mood Indigo
                                                                                        • Ray Charles' Place
                                                                                        • Self Portrait Of The Bean (derived from Grievin')
                                                                                        • Solitude
                                                                                        • The Ricitic
                                                                                        • Wanderlust
                                                                                        • You Dirty Dog
                                                                                        Stratemann and Vail locate the studio in Hackensack, but it was relocated in 1959 to Englewood Cliffs. The latter is across the Hudson River from New York's Bronx and Manhattan boroughs.
                                                                                        Stratemann:

                                                                                        'His contract with Columbia Records terminated, Ellington did not immediately sign up with another label. He recorded independently instead, with outside artists for three LPs...'

                                                                                        Lambert says this session happened because Hawkins, in an interview with Stanley Dance, expressed the wish to record with Ellington some day. Lambert's review of the album is overwhelmingly favourable.
                                                                                        The $214 payroll was paid the week of Sept. 28-Oct.4
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                                                                                        Saturday
                                                                                        .New York, N.Y.Downing Stadium
                                                                                        Randall's Island
                                                                                        Cancelled gig
                                                                                        The concert was cancelled due to poor turnout during the Randall's Island concert season.
                                                                                        Ellington and his orchestra were to play for an hour, and the orchestra, without Ellington, was to accompany Nat King Cole for another hour.

                                                                                        • Associated Booking Corporation contract dated 1962 02 20, SI-NMAH Archives Center, DEC301, Series III, Subseries A, Box 3, Folder 2
                                                                                        • Stratemann p.467 citing Variety 1962-08-08 p.67
                                                                                        • Ad, Springfield Union, Springfield, Mass. 1962-06-08 p.20
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                                                                                        Saturday
                                                                                        .New York, N.Y.. Peripheral event
                                                                                        Johnny Hodges Verve recording session, with a string orchestra conducted by Oliver Nelson.
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                                                                                        Sunday
                                                                                        ...activities not documented


                                                                                        Open day - see 1962 07 30

                                                                                        There is nothing in Celley's report for this date.
                                                                                          SI-NMAH Archives Center, DEC301, Series III, Subseries G, Box 117, Folder 7: Report for the week of Aug. 17-23, 1962
                                                                                        • Stratemann, p.467
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                                                                                        Monday
                                                                                        .Lambertville, N.J.St. John Terrell's Lambertville Music CircusConcert in the round in a theatre tent.

                                                                                        Contract terms:
                                                                                        • 13 musicians under the leadership of "DUKE ELLINGTON, INC. PRESENTS: DUKE ELLINGTON"
                                                                                        • Name and Address of Place of Engagement
                                                                                          Lambertville Music Circus, Lambertville, New Jersey
                                                                                        • Hours of employment
                                                                                          1 concert, 8:30 P.M. to 11 P.M., Concert not to exceed two hours.
                                                                                        • Standard top billing clause
                                                                                        • Wage agreed upon: $2,000 guaranteed, privilege 50% gross receipts, deposit $1,000 payable August 10, balance in cash night of engagement.
                                                                                        • Employer:
                                                                                          Lambertville Music Circus, Lambertville, New Jersey
                                                                                        • Signed by
                                                                                          Tom Petty
                                                                                        St. John Terrell's Music Circus Box Office Statement shows 1,292 tickets were sold, grossing $4,190.53. Celley's weekly report shows revenue of $2,095.27 marked C. This may mean either he collected that amount on the scene, which would not account for the $1,000 deposit, or simply the amount earned, 50% of the gross.
                                                                                        • SI-NMAH Archives Center, DEC301, Series III
                                                                                          • Subseries A, Box 3, Folder 2:
                                                                                            • Associated Booking Corporation contract dated 1962 02 02
                                                                                            • St. John Terrell's Music Circus Box Office Statement
                                                                                          • Subseries G, Box 117, Folder 7: Report for the week of August 17 to 23, 1962
                                                                                        • Bristol Courier and Levittown Times, Bristol, Penn. 1962-01-18 p.12
                                                                                        • Trenton Sunday Times-Advertiser, Trenton,N.J.
                                                                                          • 1962-04-29 pt.3 p.8
                                                                                          • 1962-07-01 p.7
                                                                                          • Town Topics, Princeton, N.J.1962-07-08 to 07-14, p.5
                                                                                        • The Philadelphia Inquirer, Philadelphia, Penn., 1962-08-19 p.3
                                                                                        • Stratemann p.467 citing Variety 1962-08-08 p.67
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                                                                                        1962 08 21
                                                                                        Tuesday
                                                                                        .Weirs, N.H.
                                                                                        per contract
                                                                                        Wiers Beach per Stratemann and Vail
                                                                                        Irwin's Winnipesaukee Gardens
                                                                                        Weirs Beach
                                                                                        Contract terms:
                                                                                        • 13 musicians under the leadership of "DUKE ELLINGTON, INC. PRESENTS DUKE ELLINGTON"
                                                                                        • Name and Address of Place of Engagement
                                                                                          Irwin's Gardens, Wiers, N.H.
                                                                                        • Hours of employment
                                                                                          9:00 PM TO 1:00 AM
                                                                                        • Standard top billing clause
                                                                                        • Anti-segregation rider attached.
                                                                                        • Wage agreed upon: $1,250 guarantee privilege 60% gross receipts payable night of engagement
                                                                                        • Employer:
                                                                                          Irwin's Marine
                                                                                          James Irwin
                                                                                          Lakeport, N.H.
                                                                                        • Signed by
                                                                                          Irwin's Marine by James W. Hargal
                                                                                      • SI-NMAH Archives Center, DEC301, Series III
                                                                                        • Subseries A, Box 3, Folder 4: Associated Booking Corporation contract dated 1962 04 09
                                                                                        • Subseries G, Box 117, Folder 7: Report for the week of August 17 to 23
                                                                                      • Advertising poster
                                                                                      • Stratemann p.467
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                                                                                        1962 08 22
                                                                                        Wednesday
                                                                                        .Hampton Beach, N.J.Hampton Beach Casino.
                                                                                        • The Boston Herald,Boston ,Mass.
                                                                                          • 1962-08-13 p.10
                                                                                          • 1962-08-20 p.11
                                                                                        • SI-NMAH Archives Center, DEC301, Series III, Subseries G, Box 117, Folder 7: Report for the week of Aug. 17-23, 1962
                                                                                        • Stratemann p.467
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                                                                                        1962 08 23
                                                                                        Thursday
                                                                                        ...activities not documented

                                                                                        Open day - see 1962 07 30

                                                                                        There is nothing in Celley's report for this date.
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                                                                                        Friday
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                                                                                        Thursday
                                                                                        .Weekly reportCelley's weekly report shows
                                                                                        PAYROLL TO BAND   3,097.00
                                                                                        PAYROLL TO STAFF 370.00
                                                                                        My copy is too blurred to make out the Disbursements line or the disbursements details. The Imperial Coach Corp. line for bus expenses appears to exceed $2,000 and Cat Anderson was paid for arranging. The Entertaining line looks like it's over $400.
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                                                                                        Friday
                                                                                        .Cincinnati, OhioCarthage FairgroundsOhio Valley Jazz Festival concert
                                                                                        Promoted by George Wein

                                                                                        Ellington and his orchestras played the first night, sharing a 4 hour concert with Louis Armstrong and his All Stars and Dave Brubeck Quartet. Father Norman J. O'Connor was the M.C.

                                                                                        Indianapolis Star:

                                                                                        '...For the first time in jazz history Ellington will play in concert with Armstrong...'

                                                                                        Evansville Courier:

                                                                                        '...Down Beat will present its International Jazz Critics Awards at the Ohio Valley Jazz Festival...
                                                                                          The coveted awards will be presented to Duke Ellington, Gerry Mulligan, Pee Wee Russell, Coleman Hawkins, Sonny Rollins and Ellington sidement Johnny Hodges and Jimmy Hamilton.
                                                                                          The Rev. Norman J. O'connor...will make the awards for the magazine. Father O'Conoor is also acting as master of ceremonies for all concerts.
                                                                                          Other artists featured ... include Dave Brubeck, Louis Armstrong, Joe Williams, Horace Silver, Ruby Braff, Marshall Brown, Ahmad Jamal, Jimmy Smith, and Jack Teagarden...'

                                                                                        AP Wirestory, datelined Cincinnati:

                                                                                        'Jazz Festival Box Office Hit
                                                                                        CINCINNATI (AP)-It was a blast, man, and even a box office success at the first night of Cincinnati's Jazz Festival, but true to advance billing - no foot-tapping.
                                                                                          The 6,500 jazz buffs on hand could do no more than a sort of discreet finger-snapping as Duke Ellington and his crew soared into action.
                                                                                          There was a squad of Cincinnati police on patrol against any outbreak of foot-tapping while the band played on.
                                                                                          On hand also was Don Hunter, the city building commissioner who warned that the wooden stands at Carthage Fairgrounds wouldn't take a foot-stomping, rowdy jazz crowd. Hunter sat in a row of folding chairs instead of the stands.
                                                                                          Besides Ellington, the big name jazzmen of the night were Dave Brubeck and Louis Armstrong, along with their groups.'

                                                                                        • SI-NMAH Archives Center, DEC301, Series III Subseries G, Box 117, Folder 7: Report for the week of August 24 to 30, 1962
                                                                                        • Indianapolis Star, Indianapolis, Ind.
                                                                                          1962-08-17 p.12
                                                                                        • The Evansville Courier, Evansville, Ind.
                                                                                          1962-08-17 p.7
                                                                                        • AP wirestory:
                                                                                          • Hamilton Daily News Journal, Hamilton, Ohio, 1962-08-25 p.1
                                                                                          • The Marion Star, Marion, Ohio, 1962-08-25 p.2
                                                                                          • The Steubenville Herald-Star, Steubenville, Ohio, 1962-08-25 p.2
                                                                                          • The Sandusky Register, Sandusky, Ohio 1962-08-27 p.20
                                                                                        • Stratemann p.467 citing Variety
                                                                                          • 1962-08-29
                                                                                          • The Billboard 1962-09-08 p.65
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                                                                                        Saturday
                                                                                        .Carrolltown, Penn.Sunset Ballroom
                                                                                        Sunset Park
                                                                                        Dancing
                                                                                        Contract terms:
                                                                                        • 13 musicians under the leadership of "DUKE ELLINGTON, INC. PRESENTS DUKE ELLINGTON"
                                                                                        • Name and Address of Place of Engagement
                                                                                          Sunset Park, Carrolltown, Pa.
                                                                                        • Hours of employment
                                                                                          8:30 PM to 12:30 AM
                                                                                        • Standard top billing clause
                                                                                        • Anti-segregation rider attached.
                                                                                        • Wage agreed upon: $1,500 guaranteed privilege 60% gross receipts payable at intermission, night of engagement
                                                                                        • Employer:
                                                                                          John K. Anderson
                                                                                          510 W. Highland Avenue,
                                                                                          Edensburg, Penn.
                                                                                        • Signed by
                                                                                          John K. Anderson
                                                                                        Celley's weekly report confirms the engagement was played.
                                                                                        • SI-NMAH Archives Center, DEC301, Series III
                                                                                          • Subseries A, Box 3, Folder 4: Associated Booking Corporation contract dated 1962 04 17
                                                                                          • Subseries G, Box 117, Folder 7: Report for the week of August 24 to 30, 1962
                                                                                        • Indiana Evening Gazette, Indiana, Penn.
                                                                                          • 1962-08-15 p.18
                                                                                          • 1962-08-18 p.7
                                                                                          • 1962-08-22 p.20
                                                                                          • 1962-08-24 p.12
                                                                                        • Stratemann p.467
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                                                                                        Sunday
                                                                                        .Detroit, Mich.Cobo ArenaAmerican Festival of Music

                                                                                        Benefit - 10% of the profits were to be turned over to The Detroit Symphony to buy tickets for schoolchildren


                                                                                        Sunday's playbill for 8 p.m. included Duke Ellington, the George Shearing Quintet, the Gerry Mulligan Quartet, Joe Williams and Fr. Joseph Dustin & The Windjammers.

                                                                                        The July ad names the venue "Cobo Arena"
                                                                                        • Detroit Free Press, Detroit, Mich.
                                                                                          • 1962-07-16 p.8-C
                                                                                          • 1962-07-22 pp.6-A, 8-B
                                                                                          • 1962-07-29 p.6-B
                                                                                        • SI-NMAH Archives Center, DEC301, Series III Subseries G, Box 117, Folder 7: Report for the week of August 24 to 30, 1962
                                                                                        • Stratemann p.467
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                                                                                        1962 08 27
                                                                                        Monday
                                                                                        ...activities not documented
                                                                                        There is no entry for this date in Al Celley's weekly report, so it seems to have been a day off.
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                                                                                        Tuesday
                                                                                        ...activities not documented
                                                                                        There is no entry for this date in Al Celley's weekly report, so it seems to have been a day off.
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                                                                                        Wednesday
                                                                                        .Youngstown, OhioIdora ParkConcert and dancing, 9 to 1. Admission $2.50
                                                                                        • Ad, East Liverpool Review, East Liverpool, Ohio 1962-08-27 p.15
                                                                                        • SI-NMAH Archives Center, DEC301, Series III, Subseries G, Box 117, Folder 7: Report for the week of Aug. 24-30, 1962
                                                                                        • Stratemann p.467
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                                                                                        Thursday
                                                                                        ...activities not documented
                                                                                        There is no entry for this date in Al Celley's weekly report, so it seems to have been a day off.
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                                                                                        1962 08 31
                                                                                        Friday
                                                                                        1962 09 06
                                                                                        Thursday
                                                                                        .Weekly reportCelley's weekly report shows
                                                                                        PAYROLL TO BAND  3,032.00
                                                                                        PAYROLL TO STAFF 370.00
                                                                                        DISBURSEMENTS 2,151.61
                                                                                        Disbursements included
                                                                                        AL CELLEY                    30.00
                                                                                        BOBBY BOYD 314.50...
                                                                                        SUPER SERVICE BUS CO. 435.00 [approx. (blurred image)]
                                                                                        and amounts to or on behalf of Nance, Carney, Hodges, Gonsalves, Stephen James, John [illegible], Car:H.C.
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                                                                                        Friday
                                                                                        1962 09 02
                                                                                        Sunday
                                                                                        Dayton, Ohio.Stratemann , without naming a source, says Ellington probably played in East Hampton, N.Y. on Sept. 1.

                                                                                        Al Celley's weekly report shows $3,000 earned or collected for August 31, Sept. 1, 2 at Dayton, Ohio, but does not name the venue.
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                                                                                        1962 09 00...PERSONNEL CHANGE
                                                                                        Bill Berry leaves the band. He made a few recordings with the band later in 1962, in 1963 and 1973, and rejoined the band for a few days in April, 1973
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                                                                                        Saturday
                                                                                        ..Stratemann and Vail say Ellington probably played in East Hampton, N.Y. on Sept. 1, without naming a source. Al Celley's weekly reports show the band was in Dayton, Ohio Aug. 31, Sept.1 and Sept. 2. These reports do not name the venues.
                                                                                      • SI-NMAH Archives Center, DEC301, Series IIISubseries G, Box 117, Folder 7: Reports for the weeks of Aug. 24 to 30, 1962 and Aug. 31 to Sept 6, 1962
                                                                                      • Stratemann p.467
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                                                                                        Sunday
                                                                                        1962 09 03Atlantic City, N.J..Stratemann and Vail say Ellington probably played in Atlantic City on Sept. 2 and 3, without naming a source. Al Celley's weekly reports show the band was in Dayton, Ohio Aug. 31, Sept.1 and Sept. 2. These reports do not name the venues.
                                                                                      • SI-NMAH Archives Center, DEC301, Series IIISubseries G, Box 117, Folder 7: Reports for the weeks of Aug. 24 to 30, 1962 and Aug. 31 to Sept 6, 1962
                                                                                      • Stratemann p.467
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                                                                                        Monday
                                                                                        .Portsmouth, N.H..Stratemann and Vail say Ellington probably played in Atlantic City on Sept. 2 and 3, without naming a source. Al Celley's weekly reports show the band was in Dayton, Ohio Sept. 2 and Portsmouth, N.H. Sept. 3. These reports do not name the venues.
                                                                                        • SI-NMAH Archives Center, DEC301, Series IIISubseries G, Box 117, Folder 7: Reports for the weeks of Aug. 24 to 30, 1962 and Aug. 31 to Sept 6, 1962
                                                                                        • Stratemann p.467
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                                                                                        Tuesday
                                                                                        .Boston, Mass..Stratemann and Vail say Ellington probably played in Boston on Sept. 4, but don't name their sources.

                                                                                        Al Celley's weekly report does not show any earnings for this date.
                                                                                        • SI-NMAH Archives Center, DEC301, Series IIISubseries G, Box 117, Folder 7: Reports for the weeks of Aug. 31 to Sept. 6, 1962
                                                                                        • Stratemann p.467
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                                                                                        Wednesday
                                                                                        .Newcastle, N.H.Wentworth By The SeaBoston Sunday Advertiser:

                                                                                        'Highlighting this week's debutante events is the dinner and dance in honor of Miss Martha Fuller Talbot which her parents ... are giving on Wednesday evening. They have taken over "Wentworth-by-the-Sea" at Newcastle New Hampshire for the latter occasion.
                                                                                          Two orchestras, Ruby Newman's and Duke Ellington's will provide plenty of music...'

                                                                                        Al Celley's weekly report does not mention this engagement.
                                                                                        • Boston Sunday Advertiser, Boston, Mass.,1962-09-02 p.18
                                                                                        • SI-NMAH Archives Center, DEC301, Series IIISubseries G, Box 117, Folder 7: Report for the week of Aug. 31 to Sept. 6, 1962.
                                                                                        • Stratemann p.467
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                                                                                        Thursday
                                                                                        ...activities not documented

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                                                                                        Friday
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                                                                                        Thursday
                                                                                        .Weekly reportCelley's weekly report shows
                                                                                        PAYROLL TO BAND  1,868.00
                                                                                        PAYROLL TO STAFF 370.00
                                                                                        DISBURSEMENTS 1,721.37
                                                                                        Disbursements included
                                                                                        AL CELLEY                    30.00
                                                                                        BOBBY BOYD 302.48 + 57.30
                                                                                        R.R. FARES 22.59
                                                                                        MERCER ELLINGTON 600.00
                                                                                        While there was no bus company payment listed, bus tolls were included in the disbursements, as were payments to or on behalf of Carney, Gonsalves, Whaley, and Gus Johnson, Jr.
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                                                                                        Friday
                                                                                        .Phildelphia, Penn.Municipal StadiumConcert

                                                                                        "Hero Scholarship Fund Thrill Show" fundraiser to benefit children of police and firemen killed or injured in the line of duty. Reports say the audience numbered 95,000 and the event raised $165,000
                                                                                        • SI-NMAH Archives Center, DEC301, Series III, Subseries G, Box 117, Folder 7: Report for the week of Sept. 7-13, 1962
                                                                                        • Stratemann p.467 citing Variety 1962-09-12 p.48
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                                                                                        Saturday
                                                                                        ...activities not documented
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                                                                                        Sunday
                                                                                        ...activities not documented
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                                                                                        Monday
                                                                                        ...activities not documented
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                                                                                        Monday
                                                                                        ...The American Guild of Authors and Composers wrote to Ellington to welcome him to the Council of the AGAC. The letter, signed by Burton Lane, President, says he was elected unanimously and that no writers are paid for serving as an officer or Council member.
                                                                                        Letter dated 1962-09-10, SI-NMAH Archives Center, DEC301, Series III, Subseries E, Box 102, Folder 3
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                                                                                        Tuesday
                                                                                        ...activities not documented
                                                                                        Celley's report has no entry for this date.
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                                                                                        Wednesday
                                                                                        ...PERSONNEL CHANGE
                                                                                        Cootie Williams, trumpet, rejoins the band
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                                                                                        Wednesday
                                                                                        .New York, N.Y.RCA Studios
                                                                                        (Timner says 24th St.).
                                                                                        Private recording session ("stockpile")
                                                                                        Duke Ellington and his orchestra
                                                                                        C.Williams, Berry, Burrowes, Anderson, Nance, Brown, Cooper, Connors, Hamilton, Procope, Hodges, Gonsalves, Carney, Ellington, Strayhorn, Bell, Woodyard

                                                                                        Titles recorded:
                                                                                        • Broadstream (aka E.S.P., UMG and PMG)
                                                                                        • September 12th Blues (aka A Medium Blues)
                                                                                        • To Know You Is To Love You
                                                                                        • Tutti For Cootie
                                                                                        The $595 payroll was paid out the week of Sept. 28-Oct.4
                                                                                        • SI-NMAH Archives Center, DEC301, Series III, Subseries G, Box 117, Folder 7: Report for the week of Sept.28-Oct.4, 1962
                                                                                        • Girvan:   Ellingtonia.com
                                                                                        • MacHare:   A Duke Ellington Panorama
                                                                                        • Timner
                                                                                        • Ole J. Nielsen, Jazz Records 1942-80, A discography: Vol. Six, Duke Ellington, p.246
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                                                                                        Thursday
                                                                                        .New York, N.Y.RCA Studios
                                                                                        (Timner says 24th St.).
                                                                                        Private recording session ("stockpile")
                                                                                        Duke Ellington and his orchestra
                                                                                        C.Williams, Berry, Burrowes, Anderson, Nance, Brown, Cooper, Connors, Hamilton, Procope, Hodges, Gonsalves, Carney, Ellington, Strayhorn, Bell, Woodyard

                                                                                        Titles recorded:
                                                                                        • Monk's Dream (aka Blue Monk)
                                                                                        • Frere Monk
                                                                                        • Do Nothin' Till You Hear From Me (aka New Concerto For Cootie)
                                                                                        • Cordon Bleu
                                                                                        • The Lonely Ones
                                                                                        The $649 payroll was paid out the week of Sept. 28-Oct.4
                                                                                        • SI-NMAH Archives Center, DEC301, Series III, Subseries G, Box 117, Folder 7: Report for the week of Sept.28-Oct.4, 1962
                                                                                        • Girvan:   Ellingtonia.com
                                                                                        • MacHare:   A Duke Ellington Panorama
                                                                                        • Timner
                                                                                        • Ole J. Nielsen, Jazz Records 1942-80, A discography: Vol. Six, Duke Ellington, p.246
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                                                                                        Friday
                                                                                        1962 09 20
                                                                                        Thursday
                                                                                        .Weekly reportCelley's weekly report shows
                                                                                        PAYROLL TO BAND  1938.00
                                                                                        PAYROLL TO STAFF 370.00
                                                                                        DISBURSEMENTS 321.30
                                                                                        Disbursements included
                                                                                        AL CELLEY          30.00
                                                                                        BOBBY BOYD 47.29 + 55.10
                                                                                        R.R. FARES 90.92
                                                                                        and amounts to or on behalf of Carney and Nance.
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                                                                                        Friday
                                                                                        .New York, N.Y.United NationsEllington is shown in a group photo with comedian Alan King, folk singer Theodore Bikel, singer Miriam Makeba, Acting Secretary-General of the United Nations, U Thant, and cellist Aldo Parisot on United Nations Staff Day.
                                                                                        Further research is needed to determine why Ellington was present. His sidemen's activities are not documented

                                                                                        Celley's report says:
                                                                                           SEPT. 14 UNITED NATIONS N.Y.
                                                                                        (PAID TO WM. MITTLERD [sic]
                                                                                        • SI-NMAH Archives Center, DEC301,
                                                                                          • Series III, Subseries G, Box 117, Folder 7: Report for the week of Sept. 14-20, 1962
                                                                                          • Additional documentation is likely to be found in Series 2: Performances and Programs, 1933-1974, box 11, folder 38: "United Nations Staff Day Program, September 14, 1962"
                                                                                        • Photo #115828, U.N. Multimedia website
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                                                                                        Saturday
                                                                                        ...activities not documented
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                                                                                        Sunday
                                                                                        ...activities not documented
                                                                                        Celley's weekly report shows nothing for this date.
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                                                                                        • Series III, Subseries G, Box 117, Folder 7: Report for the week of Sept. 14-20, 1962
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                                                                                        Monday
                                                                                        .New York, N.Y.Sound Makers StudiosUnited Artists recording session for album Money Jungle.
                                                                                        Ellington with Charles Mingus and Max Roach

                                                                                        Titles recorded:
                                                                                        • A Little Max
                                                                                        • Backward Country Boy Blues
                                                                                        • Blues For Blanton (REM Blues)
                                                                                        • Caravan
                                                                                        • Fleurette Africaine
                                                                                        • Money Jungle
                                                                                        • Switch Blade
                                                                                        • Solitude
                                                                                        • Very Special
                                                                                        • Warm Valley
                                                                                        • Wig Wise
                                                                                        In MIMM, Ellington says he composed the music before the session and the three musicians met in his office one night to discuss it. Wikepedia says the session started at 1 p.m and that when Roach arrived, Ellington was already there, writing music which he distributed to Roach and Mingus. Mingus walked out but Ellington followed him and talked him into returning.

                                                                                        Webmaster's note: I don't plan to add to this brief list of references. The session and Mingus' walkout are written about in many places, including biographies and other hard copy resources and on the internet.
                                                                                        The activities of Ellington sidemen are undocumented. Celley's weekly report has no entry for this date.
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                                                                                        Tuesday
                                                                                        .New York, N.Y.A & R StudiosCat Anderson recording session, supervised by Ellington:

                                                                                        Cat Anderson and his orchestra
                                                                                        Anderson, Connors, Gonsalves, Doc Bagby, Bell, Stu Martin.

                                                                                        Titles recorded:
                                                                                        • De De Dada Dum
                                                                                        • En Flight
                                                                                        • Tuesday Blues

                                                                                        The activities of other Ellington sidemen are undocumented. A $601.50 payroll was paid out the week of Sept. 28-Oct.4; Celley's weekly reports have no other entry for this date.
                                                                                        • SI-NMAH Archives Center, DEC301,
                                                                                          • Series III, Subseries G, Box 117, Folder 7: Reports for the weeks of Sept. 14-20 and Sept.28-Oct.4, 1962
                                                                                          • Stratemann p.468
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                                                                                        Wednesday
                                                                                        .New York, N.Y..Ellington appeared on the late night NBC television network "Tonight Show." Former Ellington fluegelist Clark Terry was in the house band, led by Skitch Henderson.

                                                                                        The show was likely taped during the day or the early evening.

                                                                                        Stratemann, Vail and New Desor report Ellington performed a piano solo of "Little Flower of Africa," ("Fleurette Africaine") then the Ellington orchestra played "Montage," which was to be the dance accompaniment for the 1963 production of "My People," before he was interviewed by interim host Art Linkletter.

                                                                                        While discographies suggest an interview, the talk show format generally has the guest sitting on a couch and facing toward the host, who sits at a desk. Guests appearing earlier in the program usually remained, making room for the current guest, and might participate. For this show, Art Linkletter was the temporary host, and other guests were George T. Simon and Paster John Gensel.
                                                                                        Sjef Hoefsmit, writing in DEMS:

                                                                                        'Session 6241, 19Sep62.The Ellington Orchestra was not involved in this Tonight Show. It was the Skitch Henderson Orchestra including the NBC staff member Clark Terry. The show was not aired on 20Sep62 but it was a live performance on 19Sep62, see the New York Times 19Sep62 TV listing.'

                                                                                        (DEMS 1988/2-4 and 1994/2-4 discuss titles recorded Sept. 19 but incorrectly date them Sept. 20.)

                                                                                        Timner and New Desor have Cootie Williams playing on Montage; Nielsen does not. "New Desor small corrections" show the difference, but these are suggested corrections only; there is no New Desor correction sheet signifying its authors agreed to a change.

                                                                                        More research is needed to confirm which orchestra played "Montage" and whether or not Cootie was involved.

                                                                                        Celley's weekly report shows nothing for this date.
                                                                                        • SI-NMAH Archives Center, DEC301,
                                                                                          • Series III, Subseries G, Box 117, Folder 7: Report for the week of Sept. 14-20, 1962
                                                                                          • Girvan:   Ellingtonia.com
                                                                                          • Timner
                                                                                          • Ole J. Nielsen, Jazz Records 1942-80, A discography: Vol. Six, Duke Ellington, p.248
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                                                                                        Thursday
                                                                                        .Activities not documented


                                                                                        Stratemann and Vail II show an appearance at St. John Terrell's Lambertville Music Circus in Lambertville, N.J. on this date. It did not happen:
                                                                                        • The Lambertville Music Circus was a tent offering summer musical theatre to the public, with jazz on Monday nights. Sept. 20 was Thursday.
                                                                                        • The season ended Sept. 9.
                                                                                        • Ellington and the orchestra appeared Monday Aug. 20, an appearance that was extensively advertised and included in the venue's 1962 season program. As at the time of writing, a search of the same newspapers turns up no advertisements or announcements for a September appearance. An ad in the Camden Courier-Post says Ellington and his orchestra were appearing August 20 One Time Only.
                                                                                        • The 1962 season program shows the Aug. 20 engagement but none later.
                                                                                        • Celley's weekly reports show Aug. 20 but not Sept. 20.
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                                                                                        Friday
                                                                                        1962 09 27
                                                                                        Thursday
                                                                                        .Weekly reportCelley's weekly report shows
                                                                                        PAYROLL BAND     4,273.00
                                                                                        PAYROLL STAFF 370.00
                                                                                        DISBURSEMENTS 3,028.51
                                                                                        Disbursements included
                                                                                        AL CELLEY                       30.00
                                                                                        BOBBY BOYD 120.48
                                                                                        STAGE EQUIPMENT 35.00
                                                                                        DRY CLEANING 22.26
                                                                                        PAUL GONSALVES 299.30
                                                                                        STAND LIGHTS 30.00
                                                                                        UNIFORM 23.40
                                                                                        R.R. FARE 28.79
                                                                                        BARBER 90.92
                                                                                        ARRANGEMENT: R. HENDERSON 40.00
                                                                                        C. CONNORS 75.00
                                                                                        TIP TO A. MAC FOR
                                                                                        SECURING WOODLYN ENGAGEMENT 25.00
                                                                                        TOLLS: A.C. 30.41
                                                                                        RECORDING TAPE 15.80
                                                                                        ENTERTAINING 751.07
                                                                                        BUS TOLLS 65.13
                                                                                        SUPER SERVICE BUS CO. 1,181.75
                                                                                        and various amounts to or on behalf of Nance, Carney and Hodges.
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                                                                                        Friday
                                                                                        .Chicopee, Mass.Schine InnConcert and dance

                                                                                        Springfield Union:

                                                                                        'Duke Ellington and his orchestra will present a concert and play for dancing at the Eastern States Horse Show dinner and dance at 8 p.m. Friday, the 21, at the Schine Inn, Chicopee, show chairman Edgar S. DeMeyer said on Wednesday.
                                                                                          The Ellington group will present a concert from 8 to 9 and play for dancing from 9 to 1 a.m. ...'

                                                                                        • The Springfield Union, Springfield, Mass. 1962-09-07 p.19
                                                                                        • SI-NMAH Archives Center, DEC301, Series III, Subseries G, Box 117, Folder 7: Report for the week of Sept. 21-27, 1962
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                                                                                        1962 09 22
                                                                                        Saturday
                                                                                        .Poughkeepsie, N.Y.IBM Country ClubDance
                                                                                        • Poughkeepsie Journal, Poughkeepsie, N.Y. 1962-09-13 p.8
                                                                                        • SI-NMAH Archives Center, DEC301, Series III, Subseries G, Box 117, Folder 7: Report for the week of Sept. 21-27, 1962
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                                                                                        Sunday
                                                                                        .Woodlyn, Penn.El Rancho ClubDance
                                                                                        • Delaware County (Pa.) Daily Times, Chester, Penn., 1962-09-21 p.18
                                                                                        • SI-NMAH Archives Center, DEC301, Series III, Subseries G, Box 117, Folder 7: Report for the week of Sept. 21-27, 1962
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                                                                                        Monday
                                                                                        .New York, N.Y.Town HallShown by Celley as "C" which means Concert.
                                                                                        2 p.m. rehearsal and special recorded 8:30 performance of "History of American Jazz" for 1,200 delegates to the 8th International Congress of Accountants.
                                                                                        Duke Ellington and His Orchestra
                                                                                        C.Williams, Burrowes, Anderson, Nance, Brown, Cooper, Connors, Hamilton, Procope, Hodges, Gonsalves, Carney, Ellington, Bell, Woodyard, Grayson and Sherrill.

                                                                                        Titles recorded:
                                                                                          • Take The "A" Train (theme)
                                                                                          • Cops (Asphalt Jungle)
                                                                                          • Medley
                                                                                          • Stompin' At The Savoy
                                                                                          • Tenderly
                                                                                          • Satin Doll
                                                                                          • Summertime
                                                                                          • Guitar Amour
                                                                                          • Jam With Sam
                                                                                          • I Got It Bad and That Ain't Good
                                                                                          • All Of Me
                                                                                          • Things Ain't What They Used To Be
                                                                                          • The Feeling Of Jazz
                                                                                        • Take The "A" Train (theme)
                                                                                        • Do Nothin' Till You Hear From Me (New Concerto For Cootie)
                                                                                        • Tutti For Cootie
                                                                                        • Show Me
                                                                                        • My Heart Belongs To Daddy
                                                                                        • Katiusha
                                                                                        • I'm Beginning To See The Light
                                                                                        • Things Ain't What They Used To Be
                                                                                        • Skin Deep
                                                                                        • Diminuendo In Blue, segue to Wailing Interval
                                                                                        • One More Once
                                                                                        • Mood Indigo
                                                                                        The medley was:
                                                                                        • Black And Tan Fantasy
                                                                                        • Creole Love Call
                                                                                        • The Mooche
                                                                                        • SI-NMAH Archives Center, DEC301, Series III, Subseries G, Box 117, Folder 7: Report for the week of Sept. 21-27, 1962
                                                                                        • Stratemann p.468
                                                                                        • Vail II
                                                                                        • Girvan:   Ellingtonia.com
                                                                                        • Timner
                                                                                        • Ole J. Nielsen, Jazz Records 1942-80, A discography: Vol. Six, Duke Ellington
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                                                                                        Tuesday
                                                                                        .Red Bank, N.J.Carlton TheaterConcert, 8:30 p.m. - scholarship fundraiser for Monmouth Arts Foundation
                                                                                        • Asbury Park Evening Press, Asbury Park, N.J.
                                                                                          • 1962-09-14 p.9
                                                                                          • 1962-09-24 p.8
                                                                                          • 1962-09-25 p.19
                                                                                        • SI-NMAH Archives Center, DEC301, Series III, Subseries G, Box 117, Folder 7: Report for the week of Sept. 21-27, 1962
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                                                                                        Wednesday
                                                                                        .Englewood Cliffs, N.J.Rudi van Gelder's studio
                                                                                        445 Sylvan Ave.
                                                                                        Impulse recording session, Ellington and John Coltrane and their rhythm sections.
                                                                                        Personnel:

                                                                                        Ellington, Coltrane, Bell, Jimmy Garrison, Woodyard, Elvin Jones

                                                                                        Titles recorded:
                                                                                        • Stevie
                                                                                        • In A Sentimental Mood
                                                                                        • Purple Gazelle (Angelica)
                                                                                        • Big Nick
                                                                                        • My Little Brown Book
                                                                                        • The Feeling Of Jazz
                                                                                        • Take The Coltrane
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                                                                                        Wednesday
                                                                                        .Hoboken, N.J.S.S. RotterdamDance

                                                                                        Designers Ball aboard ship
                                                                                        • SI-NMAH Archives Center, DEC301, Series III, Subseries G, Box 117, Folder 7: Report for the week of Sept. 21-27, 1962
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                                                                                        Thursday
                                                                                        .New York, N.Y..The taping session for Ellington's appearance on the ABC network television show "Here's Edie" was on this date according to New Desor.
                                                                                        Duke Ellington small group accompanying hostess Edie Adams with The Peter Matz Orchestra:
                                                                                        Hodges, Carney, Ellington
                                                                                        Titles recorded:
                                                                                        • Medley:
                                                                                          • I Got It Bad and That Ain't Good
                                                                                          • I'm Beginning To See The Light
                                                                                          • Sophisticated Lady
                                                                                          • Take The "A" Train
                                                                                        • Satin Doll
                                                                                        The Ellington telecast was the first of 8 pretaped weekly shows featuring Edie Adams and was telecast Oct. 23.
                                                                                        • Girvan:   Ellingtonia.com
                                                                                        • Timner
                                                                                        • Ole J. Nielsen, Jazz Records 1942-80, A discography: Vol. Six, Duke Ellington, p.
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                                                                                        Friday
                                                                                        1962 10 04
                                                                                        Thursday
                                                                                        .Weekly reportCelley's weekly report shows
                                                                                        PAYROLL TO BAND    4,093.00
                                                                                        PAYROLL TO STAFF 420.00
                                                                                        DISBURSEMENTS 2,757.28
                                                                                        TOTAL PAID OUT 7,270.28
                                                                                        RECORDINGS:
                                                                                        7/25/62 548.00
                                                                                        8/18/62 214.00
                                                                                        7/5/62 655.00
                                                                                        9/18/62 601.50
                                                                                        9/12/62 595.00
                                                                                        9/13/62 649.00
                                                                                        TOTAL PAID OUT 10,552.78
                                                                                        Disbursements included
                                                                                        CELLEY                     30.00
                                                                                        BOBBY BOYD 48.24
                                                                                        ENTERTAINING 737.90
                                                                                        CAR: H.C. 250.69
                                                                                        LETTERING: MUSIC STANDS 52.00
                                                                                        SUPER SERVICE BUS CO. 1,265.55
                                                                                        and various amounts to or on behalf of Nance, Carney, Hodges, George Dopwell, Mrs. J. Carney, Stu Martin
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                                                                                        Friday
                                                                                        .Chicago, Ill.Herman Hall Auditorium
                                                                                        Illinois Institute of Technology
                                                                                        Concert
                                                                                        • SI-NMAH Archives Center, DEC301, Series III, Subseries G, Box 117, Folder 7: Report for the week of Sept.28 - Oct.4, 1962
                                                                                        • Stratemann p.469 citing Chicago Defender 1962-09-29 p.29
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                                                                                        Saturday
                                                                                        .West Lafayette, Ind.Edward C. Elliott Hall of Music
                                                                                        Purdue University
                                                                                        Two concerts, 7 and 9:30 p.m.

                                                                                        Stratemann reports one 2 hour concert; Vail reports "a concert"
                                                                                        The Purdue Exponent announcement:

                                                                                        'A top-notch jazz show comes to the University tonight as Kappa Kappa Psi, national honorary band fraternity, presents "Jazz Opus 1." Billed on the modern jazz extravaganza are Duke Ellington and his band, John "Dizzy" Gillespie, well-known trumpet stylist, and his quintet, and the Four Freshmen.
                                                                                          Performances will be given at 7 and 9:30 p.m. in the Elliot Hall of Music. Tickets may still be purchased for $2.00 per person.
                                                                                          This is the first time that a student organization has sponsored a show of this caliber at the University. Kappa Kappa Psi is doing so to offer quality jazz entertainment to the community. Proceeds from ticket sales will be used for University band projects... '

                                                                                        Carl Crowell in The Purdue Exponent:

                                                                                        'A respectful calm with a nervous undercurrent met me as I went backstage between shows... Members of Duke Ellington's band were relaxing on couches, reading or napping. A policeman guarded the stage door while another officer checked names of those who tried to enter from the outside against the master list of approved people...
                                                                                          The Four Freshmen had ducked out...I cornered Ross Barber, the spokeman [sic]...When I asked how the show had gone, he answered, "It was great... We just love college work....Our trumpet man worried that we'd follow Gillespie...but it worked out real well being sandwiched between the instrumentals - that was Duke's idea...."
                                                                                          When curtain time for the second show was five short minutes away, musicians scurried in all directions, straightening ties and grabbing instruments. Duke Ellington left his darkened dressing room, stepped across the narrow hall, and casually handed Dizzy a wrinkled piece of sheet music. Dizzy flashed his impish grin, took the penciled [sic] notes to Duke's freshly composed "Angelica" and said, "Thanks." The relaxed and nonchalant Mr. Ellington winked, then he and his "friendly as a bear" bodyguard pushed their way through the circus of reporters, by-stander [sic] and photographers in time for Ellington's downbeat to the second show... '

                                                                                        • The Purdue Exponent, Purdue University, courtesy D. T. Burrows, Graduate Assistant, Archives and Special Collections, Department of History, Purdue University (2016-07-14):
                                                                                          • 1962-09-29 p.1
                                                                                          • 1962-10-02 p.3
                                                                                        • The Indianapolis Star, Indianapolis, Ind. 1962-09-21 p.17
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                                                                                        Sunday
                                                                                        .Chicago, Ill.Holiday Ballroom
                                                                                        4847 N. Milwaukee Ave.
                                                                                        Dance

                                                                                        This engagement may have been recorded. Celley's report for the week of Nov. 16 to 22 includes
                                                                                            SAM WOODYARD: RECORDING, CHICAGO 9/30/62     $53.30
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                                                                                        • SI-NMAH Archives Center, DEC301, Series III, Subseries G, Box 117, Folder 7: Reports for the weeks of Sept. 28-Oct. 4 and Nov.16 to 22, 1962
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                                                                                        International Musician, February 1959, reported that effective October 1, 1962 scale for non-symphonic recordings would be,
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                                                                                        ...Stratemann identifies this as an open day (day off)

                                                                                        This is consistent with Celley's report, which doesn't have an entry for this date.
                                                                                        • SI-NMAH Archives Center, DEC301, Series III , Subseries G, Box 117, Folder 7: Report for the week of Sept.28-Oct. 4 1962
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                                                                                        .Topeka, Kans.Country ClubDance
                                                                                        • SI-NMAH Archives Center, DEC301, Series III , Subseries G, Box 117, Folder 7: Report for the week of Sept.28-Oct. 4 1962
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                                                                                        Wednesday
                                                                                        .Boulder, Col.Memorial Center BallroomConcert (according to Celley's report)
                                                                                        • SI-NMAH Archives Center, DEC301, Series III, Subseries G, Box 117, Folder 7: Report for the week of Sept.28-Oct. 4 1962
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                                                                                        .Ogden, UtahOfficer's Open Mess
                                                                                        Hill Air Force Base
                                                                                        Dance
                                                                                        • SI-NMAH Archives Center, DEC301, Series III, Subseries G, Box 117, Folder 7: Report for the week of Sept.28-Oct. 4 1962
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                                                                                        Thursday
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                                                                                        PAYROLL TO BAND    3,625.00
                                                                                        PAYROLL TO STAFF 420.00
                                                                                        DISBURSEMENTS 2,078.62
                                                                                        Disbursements included
                                                                                        AL CELLEY                   30.00
                                                                                        BOBBY BOYD 63.92
                                                                                        CAR: H.C. 127.13
                                                                                        GEORGE DOPWELL 33.42
                                                                                        JOHNNY HODGES: T.V. SHOW 135.00
                                                                                        ENTERTAINING 436.32
                                                                                        SUPER SERVICE BUS CO. 1,014.20
                                                                                        and various amounts to or on behalf of Nance, Carney, and Hodges.
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                                                                                        .Salt Lake City, Utah.Interview by Paul Smith with Ellington and Dr. William Fowler at Salt Lake CityStratemann p.469New Desor
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                                                                                        Friday
                                                                                        .Salt Lake City, UtahThe Terrace
                                                                                        464 Main St.
                                                                                        8:15 p.m. Annual Policeman's Ball and Dance, featuring Duke Ellington and His World Famous Orchestra
                                                                                        Advance admission, $1, door sales $2 per person.

                                                                                        Police Mutual Aid Assn. benefit to raise funds to benefit police widows and orphans. The hall held 5,000 but was reported to have had an overflow crowd and music was radioed to patrolmen who were on duty and unable to attend.
                                                                                        • Salt Lake Tribune, Salt Lake City, Utah
                                                                                          • 1962-10-01 p.13
                                                                                          • 1962-10-03 p.13
                                                                                          • 1962-10-05 p.B-7
                                                                                          • 1962-10-06 p.38
                                                                                        • SI-NMAH Archives Center, DEC301, Series III, Subseries G, Box 117, Folder 7: Report for the week of Oct. 5 to 11, 1962
                                                                                        • Stratemann p.469
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                                                                                        Saturday
                                                                                        .Pocatello, Id.Idaho State CollegeDance
                                                                                        • SI-NMAH Archives Center, DEC301, Series III, Subseries G, Box 117, Folder 7: Report for the week of Oct. 5 to 11, 1962
                                                                                        • Stratemann p.469
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                                                                                        Sunday
                                                                                        .Dugway, UtahOfficers Open Mess
                                                                                        Dugway Proving Ground
                                                                                        Dance (per Celley's report)
                                                                                        • SI-NMAH Archives Center, DEC301, Series III, Subseries G, Box 117, Folder 7: Report for the week of Oct. 5 to 11, 1962
                                                                                        • Stratemann p.469
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                                                                                        Monday
                                                                                        ...Stratemann identifies this as an open day (day off). This is consistent with Celley's report, which shows nothing for this day.
                                                                                        • SI-NMAH Archives Center, DEC301, Series III , Subseries G, Box 117, Folder 7: Report for the week of Oct. 5 to 11, 1962
                                                                                        • Stratemann, p.469
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                                                                                        Tuesday
                                                                                        .Ontario, Ore.Elks BallroomDance (confirmed by Celley's report)
                                                                                        • SI-NMAH Archives Center, DEC301, Series III , Subseries G, Box 117, Folder 7: Report for the week of Oct. 5 to 11, 1962
                                                                                        • Stratemann p.469
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                                                                                        Tuesday
                                                                                        .Ontario, Ore..Ellington was interviewed for the "Jack Williams Show" on KSVR Radio...
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                                                                                        Wednesday
                                                                                        ...activities not documented

                                                                                        Stratemann suggests there may have been an appearance in Boise without providing sources. Boise is only about 60 miles from Ontario, Ore., but it seems unlikely since Celley's report shows nothing for this date.
                                                                                        • SI-NMAH Archives Center, DEC301, Series III , Subseries G, Box 117, Folder 7: Report for the week of Oct. 5 to 11, 1962
                                                                                        • Stratemann p.469
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                                                                                        Thursday
                                                                                        .Fairfield, Cal.Officers Club
                                                                                        Travis Air Force Base
                                                                                        Dance, confirmed by Celley's report
                                                                                        • SI-NMAH Archives Center, DEC301, Series III, Subseries G, Box 117, Folder 7: Report for the week of Oct. 5 to 11, 1962
                                                                                        • Stratemann p.469
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                                                                                        Friday
                                                                                        1962 10 18
                                                                                        Thursday
                                                                                        .Weekly reportCelley's weekly report shows
                                                                                        PAYROLL TO BAND    4,486.00
                                                                                        PAYROLL TO STAFF 420.00
                                                                                        DISBURSEMENTS 2,291.66
                                                                                        Disbursements included
                                                                                        AL CELLEY                    30.00
                                                                                        BOBBY BOYD 100.90
                                                                                        ENTERTAINING 1,246.56
                                                                                        SUPER SERVICE BUS CO. 550.00
                                                                                        and various amounts paid to or on behalf of Nance, Carney, Hodges, George Dopwell, and P. Willard.
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                                                                                        1962 10 21
                                                                                        Sunday
                                                                                        San Francisco, Cal.New Fack'sNightclub residency

                                                                                        Severe weather affected attendance on one of the weekends. Some newspapers announced the opening was to be Oct. 12, a few reported Oct. 15. Celley's weekly reports show $6,000 earned at Fack's Club, San Francisco and no other revenue source the week of Oct. 5 to 11, and $3,000 the next week from Fack's for Oct. 19, 20 and 21. If 3 days generated $3,000, the previous week's $6,000 represents 6 days, supporting a start date of Oct. 12.
                                                                                        • Ukiah Daily Journal, Ukiah, Cal.
                                                                                          • 1962-09-25 p.3
                                                                                          • 1962-10-09 p.4
                                                                                        • SI-NMAH Archives Center, DEC301, Series III , Subseries G, Box 117, Folder 7: Reports for the weeks of Oct. 5 to 11 and 19 to 15, 1962
                                                                                        • Stratemann p.469 citing Down Beat 1962-12-06
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                                                                                        ...Mercer recording session.98,3-23.
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                                                                                        Friday
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                                                                                        Thursday
                                                                                        .Weekly reportCelley's weekly report shows
                                                                                        PAYROLL TO BAND     4,496.00
                                                                                        PAYROLL TO STAFF 420.00
                                                                                        DISBURSEMENTS 2,088.49
                                                                                        Disbursements included
                                                                                        AL CELLEY                    30.00
                                                                                        BOBBY BOYD 91.68
                                                                                        WM. STRAYHORN 393.79
                                                                                        BARBER: C. HAYWOOD 210.00
                                                                                        ENTERTAINING AT FACK'S CLUB 175.95
                                                                                        SUPER SERVICE BUS CO. 550.00
                                                                                        and various amounts to or on behalf of Nance, Carney, Hodges, and Dopwell.
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                                                                                        Monday
                                                                                        .Monterey, Cal.NCO Club, Fort Ord.Dance, confirmed by Celley's report
                                                                                        • SI-NMAH Archives Center, DEC301, Series III, Subseries G, Box 117, Folder 7: Report for the week of Oct. 19 to 25, 1962
                                                                                        • Stratemann p.469
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                                                                                        Tuesday
                                                                                        .Sacramento, Cal..Revenue from an unidentified dance is shown in Celley's report:
                                                                                        OCT.23 SACRAMENTO, CALIF.  550.00   550.00   D
                                                                                        The line for Oct. 25 is identical, and a handwritten notation shows:
                                                                                          10/23/62 
                                                                                        }.
                                                                                        .. #126517 $69.80 D.D
                                                                                          10/25/62 
                                                                                        These factors suggest Ellington had two engagements at Mather AFB this week. Further research is required.
                                                                                        Stratemann:

                                                                                        '...the Ellington band may have played an engagement in Reno, Nev. ...'

                                                                                        Stratemann did not name a source, and Vail II appears to have just copied from Stratemann. Reno can be ruled out since Celley shows revenue from Sacramento.
                                                                                        • SI-NMAH Archives Center, DEC301, Series III, Subseries G, Box 117, Folder 7: Report for the week of Oct. 19 to 25, 1962
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                                                                                        .New York, N.Y.. Peripheral event
                                                                                        Ellington, Hodges and Carney appeared on the pre-taped 10:30 p.m. EDT ABC-TV telecast "Here's Edie". When it was taped is not yet known.

                                                                                        Unsourced announcement:
                                                                                        Presented via the ABC-Television Network/Sponsored by Muriel Cigars   Here's Edie
                                                                                        starring EDIE ADAMS
                                                                                        PREMIERE
                                                                                        Edie Adams kicks off her series of 8 monthly half-hour specials with a "mood-variety" show on Tuesday, October 23, 10:30-11:00 P.M. (EDT)* over the ABC-TV Network. Emmy winner Peter Falk and Duke Ellington with his band are her guest stars.
                                                                                        *(On some stations at various times and days)
                                                                                        Burlingon (N.C.) Daily Times-News:

                                                                                        '"Here's Edie" - Peter Falk and Duke Ellington join Edie Adams for her first of eight taped, half-hour specials this season. Edie opens the show with a vocalise featuring members of the Ellington orchestra.'

                                                                                        Other evidence the show was pre-taped:
                                                                                        1. Publicity said the Falk taxi skit was filmed on a New York street
                                                                                        2. On the preceding Saturday a photo still from the show appeared in various newspapers across the country. This photo depicts Miss Adams sitting on the piano while Duke plays, with a band in the background.
                                                                                        • Unidentified announcement card
                                                                                        • Television listings in many newspapers, including
                                                                                          • Burlingon (N.C.) Daily Times-News, Burlington, N.C. 1962-10-23 p.2A
                                                                                          • The Springfield Sunday Republican, Springfield, Mass. 1962-10-21 p.17-B
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                                                                                        Wednesday
                                                                                        .Stockton, Cal.Stockton Junior High SchoolConcert

                                                                                        Celley's report shows $1,500 earned here.
                                                                                        • SI-NMAH Archives Center, DEC301, Series III, Subseries G, Box 117, Folder 7: Report for the week of Oct. 19 to 25, 1962
                                                                                        • Stratemann p.469
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                                                                                        Thursday
                                                                                        .Sacramento, Cal.Officer's Open Mess
                                                                                        Mather Air Force Base
                                                                                        Dance
                                                                                        • SI-NMAH Archives Center, DEC301, Series III, Subseries G, Box 117, Folder 7: Report for the week of Oct. 19 to 25, 1962
                                                                                        • Stratemann p.469
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                                                                                        Thursday
                                                                                        .Weekly reportCelley's weekly report shows
                                                                                        PAYROLL TO BAND     4,503.50
                                                                                        PAYROLL TO STAFF 420.00
                                                                                        DISBURSEMENTS 1,283.07
                                                                                        Disbursements included
                                                                                        AL CELLEY                    30.00
                                                                                        BOBBY BOYD 85.96
                                                                                        CAR: H.C. 110.75
                                                                                        RECORDING MACHINE RENTAL 17.00
                                                                                        ENTERTAINING 205.25
                                                                                        SUPER SERVICE BUS CO. 609.40
                                                                                        and various amounts to or on behalf of Carney, Dopwell and Strayhorn
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                                                                                        Friday
                                                                                        .Santa Rosa, Cal.Empire Room
                                                                                        Flamingo Hotel
                                                                                        7:30 p.m. - 2:00 a.m. dinner-dance to benefit Santa Rosa Boys Club

                                                                                        Celley's report shows $2,000 earned.
                                                                                        • SI-NMAH Archives Center, DEC301, Series III, Subseries G, Box 117, Folder 7: Report for the week of Oct. 26 to Nov. 1, 1962
                                                                                        • Stratemann p.469
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                                                                                        .Klamath Falls, Ore.Oregon Technical Institute

                                                                                        (Oregon Technical College per Stratemann and Vail II).
                                                                                        Celley's report shows $1,750 earned in Klamath Falls
                                                                                        • SI-NMAH Archives Center, DEC301, Series III, Subseries G, Box 117, Folder 7: Report for the week of Oct. 26 to Nov. 1, 1962
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                                                                                        .Tacoma, Wash. NCO Club
                                                                                        Ft. Lewis
                                                                                        Dance

                                                                                        Celley's report shows $1,100 earned in Tacoma
                                                                                        • SI-NMAH Archives Center, DEC301, Series III, Subseries G, Box 117, Folder 7: Report for the week of Oct. 26 to Nov. 1, 1962
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                                                                                        Saturday
                                                                                        Vancouver, B.C.Isy's Supper Club
                                                                                        1136 W. Georgia St.
                                                                                        Night club engagement

                                                                                        The Ubyssey gave a lukewarm review for a set one unspecified night during this residency.

                                                                                        Show times Friday were 9:00 p.m., 11:00 p.m., and 1:00 a.m., Saturday 7:30 p.m.,9:30 p.m., 11:30 p.m.
                                                                                        • Vancouver Sun, Vancouver, B.C.
                                                                                          • 1962-11-02 p.38
                                                                                          • 1962-11-03 p.16
                                                                                        • The Ubyssey 1962-11-08 p.4
                                                                                        • SI-NMAH Archives Center, DEC301, Series III, Subseries G, Box 117, Folder 7: Reports for the weeks of Oct. 26 - Nov. 1 and Nov. 2 - 8, 1962
                                                                                        • Stratemann p.469
                                                                                        • Vail II
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                                                                                        .Vancouver, B.C.InterviewEllington interviewed by CKNW "Owl Prowl" radio host Jack Cullen

                                                                                        (Cullen was known for his bootleg recordings of concerts in Vancouver)
                                                                                        • Stratemann p.469
                                                                                        • Vail II
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                                                                                        Thursday
                                                                                        .Vancouver, B.C. Georgian Towers Hotel
                                                                                        1450 W.Georgia St
                                                                                        CBC jazz broadcaster Bob Smith interviewed Ellington and Strayhorn in Duke's suite.

                                                                                        The subject matter included the writing of Creole Rhapsody, Reminiscing in Tempo and Black, Brown and Beige. Click here to listen to it.
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                                                                                        .Weekly reportCelley's weekly report shows
                                                                                        PAYROLL TO BAND     4,038.00
                                                                                        PAYROLL TO STAFF 420.00
                                                                                        DISBURSEMENTS 2,526.63
                                                                                        Disbursements included
                                                                                        AL CELLEY                     30.00
                                                                                        H.C.: CAR 96.01
                                                                                        BOBBY BOYD 90.78
                                                                                        TRANSPORTATION: E. SHEPARD 67.93
                                                                                        BILLY STRAYHORN 196.74
                                                                                        ENTERTAINING AT
                                                                                        ISSY'S [sic] SUPPER CLUB 63.00
                                                                                        ENTERTAINING 884.32
                                                                                        SUPER SERVICE BUS CO. 611.05
                                                                                        and various amounts to or on behalf of Nance, Carney, Hodges, and Dopwell.
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                                                                                        Aaron Bell leaves the band to return to New York.
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                                                                                        .Seattle, Wash.Sand Point Naval Air StationConcert
                                                                                      • SI-NMAH Archives Center, DEC301, Series III, Subseries G, Box 117, Folder 7: Report for the week of Nov. 2 - 8, 1962
                                                                                      • Stratemann p.469
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                                                                                        .Victoria, B.C.Memorial ArenaConcert
                                                                                      • SI-NMAH Archives Center, DEC301, Series III, Subseries G, Box 117, Folder 7: Report for the week of Nov. 2 - 8, 1962
                                                                                      • Stratemann p.469
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                                                                                        Tuesday
                                                                                        ...activities not documented
                                                                                        Celley's report shows nothing for this date. It may have been a travel day, given it's a ferry ride and over 400 road miles to Cheney.
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                                                                                        Wednesday
                                                                                        .Cheney, Wash.
                                                                                        (southwest of Spokane)
                                                                                        Memorial FieldhouseCelley's report confirms the band played a concert in this city on this date.
                                                                                        • SI-NMAH Archives Center, DEC301, Series III, Subseries G, Box 117, Folder 7: Report for the week of Nov. 2 - 8 1962
                                                                                        • Stratemann p.469
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                                                                                        Thursday
                                                                                        .Bellingham, Wash.Carver Gym
                                                                                        Western Washington State College
                                                                                        Concert
                                                                                        • According to Stratemann, Variety reported
                                                                                          • 1,800 attended
                                                                                          • admission was $1.00
                                                                                          • concert lasted 2 hours
                                                                                          • Aaron Bell was the bass player, whereas standard discographies and our other sources have Ernie Shepard instead, Bell having left at the end of the Vancouver engagement.
                                                                                        • The Collegian campus newspaper
                                                                                          • announced the price was $1.50 general admission, $1.00 for ASB card holders
                                                                                          • 1,600 collegians and townspeople attended
                                                                                          • ran an overhead shot of the band showing 14 musicians, including Ellington but not showing Grayson, although the review mentions him
                                                                                          • Gary Gerhard, program vice president, reported to the Associated Students board that the concert made a profit of $50.
                                                                                        • Celley's weekly report supports Shepard's presence - it includes the cost of his transportation during this week.

                                                                                        Part of the concert was recorded, with a 47-minute tape in the hands of collectors:

                                                                                        Duke Ellington and His Orchestra
                                                                                        C.Williams, Burrows, Anderson, Nance, Brown, Cooper, Connors, Hamilton, Procope, Hodges, Gonsalves, Carney, Ellington, Shepard, Woodyard, Grayson

                                                                                        Titles recorded:
                                                                                        • Cops (Asphalt Jungle)
                                                                                        • Do Nothin' Till You Hear From Me (Concerto For Cootie)
                                                                                        • Guitar Amour
                                                                                        • Honeysuckle Rose
                                                                                        • Medley:
                                                                                          • Black And Tan Fantasy
                                                                                          • Creole Love Call
                                                                                          • The Mooche
                                                                                        • Perdido
                                                                                        • Take The "A" Train
                                                                                        • Tenderly
                                                                                        • Tutti For Cootie
                                                                                        • Summertime
                                                                                        Other titles mentioned in the Collegian review were Sophisticated Lady, Satin Doll, I've Got It Bad and That Ain't Good, One More Twist, and In the Mood.
                                                                                        • The Western Washington State College Collegian, Bellingham, Wash.
                                                                                          • 1962-10-05 p.1
                                                                                          • 1962-11-02 pp.1,9
                                                                                          • 1962-11-05 p.1
                                                                                          • 1962-11-16 p.3
                                                                                          • 1962-11-30 p.3
                                                                                        • SI-NMAH Archives Center, DEC301, Series III , Subseries G, Box 117, Folder 7: Report for the week of Nov. 2 - 8 1962
                                                                                        • Stratemann p.469
                                                                                        • Vail II
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                                                                                        Thursday
                                                                                        .Weekly reportCelley's weekly report shows
                                                                                        PAYROLL TO BAND     4,498.50
                                                                                        PAYROLL TO STAFF 420.00
                                                                                        DISBURSEMENTS 2,953.54
                                                                                        Disbursements included
                                                                                        AL CELLEY                          30.00
                                                                                        BOBBY BOYD 78.16
                                                                                        CAR: H.C. 32.48
                                                                                        ARRANGING: CAT ANDERSON 120.00
                                                                                        TRANSPORTATION: TANNER GRAY LINE 143.60
                                                                                        BILLY STRARYHORN [sic] 260.30
                                                                                        ENTERTAINING 854.66
                                                                                        SUPER SERVICE BUS CO. 1,002.65
                                                                                        and various amounts to or on behalf of Nance, Carney, Hodges, Dopwell, Al Larkin
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                                                                                        Friday
                                                                                        .Portand, Ore.Municipal Auditorium8 p.m.Concert, Style Show and Dance, sponsored by the Billy Webb Elks Lodge, No.1050

                                                                                        Until Nov.5, "Dance" was not included in the ads. The review says the program was divided into a concert and a dance, and doesn't mention a style show.

                                                                                        Titles mentioned in the review:
                                                                                        • Black and Tan Fantasy
                                                                                        • Mood Indigo
                                                                                        • Sophisticated Lady
                                                                                        • I Got It Bad and That Ain't Good
                                                                                        • Take the "A" Train
                                                                                        • Satin Doll
                                                                                        • Skin Deep
                                                                                        • Summertime
                                                                                        • Diminuendo and Crescendo in Blue
                                                                                        . Band members named in the review were Ellington, Carney, Hodges, Nance, Anderson, Woodyard, Gonsalves and Grayson.
                                                                                        • The Oregonian, Portland, Ore.
                                                                                          • 1962-10-22 p.4
                                                                                          • 1962-10-25 p.4
                                                                                          • 1962-10-28 p.15
                                                                                          • 1962-11-05 p.2
                                                                                          • 1962-11-07 p.17
                                                                                          • 1962-11-08 p.27
                                                                                          • 1962-11-09 p.4
                                                                                          • 1962-11-10 p.5
                                                                                        • SI-NMAH Archives Center, DEC301, Series III , Subseries G, Box 117, Folder 7: Report for the week of Nov.9-15, 1962
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                                                                                        Saturday
                                                                                        .Eugene, Ore.University of OregonConcert and homecoming dance.
                                                                                        • Eugene Register Guard, Eugene, Ore., 1962-10-10 p.2B
                                                                                        • The Sunday Oregonian, Portland, Ore., 1962-11-04 p.37
                                                                                        • SI-NMAH Archives Center, DEC301, Series III , Subseries G, Box 117, Folder 7: Report for the week of Nov.9-15, 1962
                                                                                      • Stratemann p.469
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                                                                                        Sunday
                                                                                        .Hamilton Air Force Base
                                                                                        near San Rafael, Cal.
                                                                                        Officers Club
                                                                                        Hamilton Air Force Base
                                                                                        Veteran's Day Dinner Dance featuring Duke Ellington and HIS FAMOUS ORCHESTRA.

                                                                                        The price was $6.00/person including dinner.
                                                                                        • Autographed chit with event ticket no.244
                                                                                        • SI-NMAH Archives Center, DEC301, Series III ,Subseries G, Box 117, Folder 7: Report for the week of Nov.9-15, 1962
                                                                                      • Stratemann p.469
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                                                                                        Monday
                                                                                        .Berkeley, Cal.Harmon Gymnasium
                                                                                        University of California
                                                                                        Concert 8:30 p.m.

                                                                                        While Stratemann and Vail put the concert in the Harrison Gym, the story in the Daily Review said it would be in the Harmon Gymnasium.
                                                                                        • The Sunday Oregonian, Portland, Ore., 1962-11-04 p.37
                                                                                        • The Daily Review, Hayward, Cal., 1962-11-10 p.16
                                                                                        • SI-NMAH Archives Center, DEC301, Series III ,Subseries G, Box 117, Folder 7: Report for the week of Nov.9-15, 1962
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                                                                                        Tuesday
                                                                                        .Victorville, Cal.Victorville CollegeConcert
                                                                                        • SI-NMAH Archives Center, DEC301, Series III , Subseries G, Box 117, Folder 7: Report for the week of Nov.9-15, 1962
                                                                                      • Stratemann p.469
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                                                                                        Wednesday
                                                                                        .San Luis Obispo, Cal.College Gym
                                                                                        California State Polytechnic College
                                                                                        Concert
                                                                                        • SI-NMAH Archives Center, DEC301, Series III , Subseries G, Box 117, Folder 7: Report for the week of Nov.9-15, 1962
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                                                                                        Thursday
                                                                                        .Los Angeles, Cal.Embassy AuditoriumConcert 9 p.m.

                                                                                        Ad, The California Eagle (graphics and illegible text not shown):
                                                                                        TONIGHT!
                                                                                        ONLY L.A.
                                                                                        APPEARANCE
                                                                                        DUKE
                                                                                        ELLINGTON
                                                                                        & his world famous orchestra
                                                                                        plus the RITA MOSS TRIO

                                                                                        IN CONCERT — 1 NITE ONLY
                                                                                        Thurs. Nov. 15, 8:30
                                                                                        EMBASSY AUDITORIUM
                                                                                        Tickets $4,75, 3.65, 2.55
                                                                                        [illegible text]
                                                                                        A Stardust Production
                                                                                        Cocktail Reception Honoring
                                                                                        The Artists following The
                                                                                        Concert. Downstairs Embassy
                                                                                        Convention Hall. Refreshments
                                                                                        Served from 7:30 p.m. and
                                                                                        During Intermission
                                                                                        A STARDUST PRODUCTION
                                                                                        Stratemann reports attendance was only 1,100 even though the concert was delayed for a heavyweight match between Cassius Clay and Archie Moore at the nearby Sports Arena.

                                                                                        During the concert, Ellington introduced Gerry Mulligan, who in turn introduced Ben Webster, and Rex Stewart. With Ellington on piano and the guests playing horns borrowed from Carney, Gonsalves and Nance, they played C-Jam Blues. Stratemann doesn't say if the full band joined in or not.
                                                                                        • The California Eagle 1962-11-15 p.10
                                                                                        • SI-NMAH Archives Center, DEC301, Series III , Subseries G, Box 117, Folder 7: Report for the week of Nov.9-15, 1962
                                                                                        • Stratemann pp.469-470 citing Down Beat 1963-01-03 p.13
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                                                                                        Friday
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                                                                                        Thursday
                                                                                        .Weekly reportCelley's weekly report shows
                                                                                        PAYROLL TO BAND   3,527.50
                                                                                        PAYROLL TO STAFF 420.00
                                                                                        DISBURSEMENTS 2,396.23
                                                                                        Disbursements included
                                                                                        AL CELLEY                         30.00
                                                                                        BOBBY BOYD 90.55
                                                                                        ENTERTAINING 233.00
                                                                                        CAR: H.C. 32.50
                                                                                        TRANSPORTATION: PAUL GONSALVES
                                                                                        (LAS VEGAS TO DALLAS) 71.98
                                                                                        SUPER SERVICE BUS COMPANY 1,384.90
                                                                                        and various amounts to, or on behalf of Nance, Carney, Hodges, Dopwell
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                                                                                        Friday
                                                                                        .Phoenix, Ariz.Ramada Inn
                                                                                        3801 E. Van Buren St.

                                                                                        'DUKE ELLINGTON
                                                                                        AND HIS FAMOUS
                                                                                        ORCHESTRA
                                                                                        IN CONCERT
                                                                                        TONIGHT
                                                                                        8:30 P.M.
                                                                                        RAMADA INN Phoenix
                                                                                        TICKETS $4.00, $3.50'

                                                                                        Confirmed in Celley's report
                                                                                      • 2,000 seats were available.
                                                                                        • The Arizona Republic, Phoenix, Ariz.
                                                                                          • 1962-11-05 p.25
                                                                                          • 1962-11-08 p.52
                                                                                          • 1962-11-09 p.29
                                                                                          • 1962-11-10 p.54
                                                                                          • 1962-11-11 p.124
                                                                                          • 1962-11-14-p.48
                                                                                          • 1962-11-16 p.34
                                                                                        • Scottsdale Daily Progress, Scottsdale,Ariz.
                                                                                          • 1962-10-26 p.5
                                                                                          • 1962-10-30 p.5
                                                                                          • 1962-11-06 p.5
                                                                                          • 1962-11-13 p.5
                                                                                        • SI-NMAH Archives Center, DEC301, Series IIISubseries G, Box 117, Folder 7: Report for the week of 1962 11 16 to 1962 11 22
                                                                                        • Stratemann p.470
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                                                                                        Saturday
                                                                                        .Tucson, Ariz.Ramada InnDance, according to the coding in Celley's report

                                                                                        Webmaster's note: At the time of writing I have not located a contract. Unlike the Phoenix Ramada Inn concert, I found no advertising for the Tucson gig.
                                                                                        • SI-NMAH Archives Center, DEC301, Series IIISubseries G, Box 117, Folder 7: Report for the week of 1962 11 16 to 1962 11 22
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                                                                                        Sunday
                                                                                        ...activities not documented
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                                                                                        Monday
                                                                                        .Houston, Tex.Cullum AuditoriumRecorded concert, 8:30 p.m.

                                                                                        Paul Gonsalves was not present. Celley's report includes the cost of his transportation from Las Vegas to Dallas (Dallas being the next concert).
                                                                                        Duke Ellington and his Orchestra
                                                                                        C.Williams, Burrows, Anderson, Nance, Brown, Cooper, Connors, Hamilton, Procope, Hodges, Carney, Ellington, Shepard, Woodyard, Grayson
                                                                                        Titles recorded:
                                                                                        • All Of Me
                                                                                        • Anatomy Of A Murder
                                                                                        • Diminuendo In Blue and the Wailing Interval
                                                                                        • Do Nothin' Till You Hear From Me (New Concerto For Cootie)
                                                                                        • Guitar Amour
                                                                                        • Honeysuckle Rose
                                                                                        • I Got It Bad and That Ain't Good
                                                                                        • Jam With Sam
                                                                                        • Jones
                                                                                        • Monologue
                                                                                        • One More Once
                                                                                        • Skin Deep
                                                                                        • Stompin' At The Savoy
                                                                                        • Summertime
                                                                                        • Take The "A" Train
                                                                                        • Tenderly
                                                                                        • The Blues Ain't
                                                                                        • Things Ain't What They Used To Be
                                                                                        • Tutti For Cootie
                                                                                        Medleys:
                                                                                        • Black And Tan Fantasy
                                                                                        • Creole Love Call
                                                                                        • The Mooche
                                                                                        • Satin Doll
                                                                                        • Solitude
                                                                                        • Don't Get Around Much Anymore
                                                                                        • Mood Indigo
                                                                                        • I'm Beginning To See The Light
                                                                                        • Sophisticated Lady
                                                                                        • Caravan
                                                                                        • Do Nothin' Till You Hear From Me
                                                                                        • Just Squeeze Me
                                                                                        • It Don't Mean A Thing
                                                                                        • I Let A Song Go Out of My Heart & Don't Get Around Much Anymore
                                                                                        • The Baytown Sun, Baytown,Tex. 1962-11-13 p.7
                                                                                        • SI-NMAH Archives Center, DEC301, Series III, Subseries G, Box 117, Folder 7: Report for the week of 1962 11 16 to 1962 11 22
                                                                                        • Stratemann p.470
                                                                                        • Vail II
                                                                                        • Discographies other than New Desor
                                                                                          • Girvan:   Ellingtonia.com
                                                                                          • Timner
                                                                                          • Ole J. Nielsen, Jazz Records 1942-80, A discography: Vol. Six, Duke Ellington, pp.249-250
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                                                                                        Tuesday
                                                                                        .Dallas, Tex.McFarlin Auditorium
                                                                                        Southern Methodist University
                                                                                        Concert, 8:15 p.m.

                                                                                        Admissions ranged from $1.50 to $5.90 but students with North Texas identification were charged half price.

                                                                                        Attendance numbered 2,000, but Ellington played the first hour by himself. Bad weather delayed the band bus on its way from Houston.
                                                                                        • The Campus Chat, North Texas State College, Denton, Tex. 1962-11-16 p.6
                                                                                        • The Dallas Morning News, Dallas,Tex.
                                                                                          • 1962-11-12 s.1 p.13
                                                                                          • 1962-11-16 s.1 p.21
                                                                                          • 1962-11-17 s.1 p.8
                                                                                          • 1962-11-19 p.18 s.1
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                                                                                        Wednesday
                                                                                        .Tulsa, Ok..activities not documented
                                                                                        Celley's weekly report shows a concert was performed in Tulsa on this date.
                                                                                      • SI-NMAH Archives Center, DEC301, Series III, Subseries G, Box 117, Folder 7: Report for the week of 1962 11 16 to 1962 11 22
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                                                                                        Thursday
                                                                                        ...activities not documented

                                                                                        Stratemann and Vail say Ellington performed in St Joseph, Mo. this date, but provide no references.

                                                                                        Celley's weekly reports don't have an entry for this day.
                                                                                        • SI-NMAH Archives Center, DEC301, Series III, Subseries G, Box 117, Folder 7: Report for the week of 1962 11 16 to 1962 11 22
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                                                                                        Friday
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                                                                                        Thursday
                                                                                        .Weekly reportCelley's weekly report shows
                                                                                        PAYROLL TO BAND  3,067.00
                                                                                        PAYROLL TO STAFF 420.00
                                                                                        DISBURSEMENTS 2,284.19
                                                                                        Disbursements included
                                                                                        AL CELLEY                               30.00
                                                                                        BOBBY BOYD 55.70
                                                                                        ARRANGING: TOM WHALEY 200.70
                                                                                        ARRANGING: JIMMY HAMILTON 53.50
                                                                                        FOOD FOR BAND, KOKOMO COUNTRY CLUB 12.00
                                                                                        HARRY CARNEY: CAR 134.70
                                                                                        BILLY STRAYHORN 334.15
                                                                                        ENTERTAINING 676.72
                                                                                        SUPER SERVICE BUS COMPANY 576.95
                                                                                        and payments to/on behalf of Nance, Carney, Hodges, and Dopwell
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                                                                                        Friday
                                                                                        .Kansas City, Mo.World War II Memorial Building"Kansas City Jazz Unlimited" Concert
                                                                                        James W. Scott:

                                                                                        'In the Ellington concert last night...the Duke calmly announced he was welcoming back Cootie Wiliams and the trumpet player stepped down front to do "Concerto for Cootie"("Do Nothing Till You Hear From Me").
                                                                                        ...
                                                                                          The Ellington band, 1962 version, is lusty and piercing. Anderson squeals and Paul Gonsalves plays marathon tenor choruses that seem endless. Sam Woodyard plays thunderous, tedious drum solos. Nance dances. Last night, Ellington even demonstrated the twist.
                                                                                          But just when you're about to give up, the tremendous sound of "Take the "A" Train" or "Prelude to a Kiss" rushes up. Hodges steps out from the reeds to deliver amazing surges from his alto. Carney does marvelous work with "Sophisticated Lady." Very quickly you become a believer again.
                                                                                          Purpose Is Entertainment.
                                                                                          People go to Ellington concerts with serious faces, prepared to sit in dignity to hear the great jazz composer. Ellington, though, is there to entertain and that is what he does. The audience awaits the lengthy tone-poems and gets a show. But, along with the act, they hear some of the great melodies in American music, and a half dozen of the great men in the jazz world.'

                                                                                        • The Kansas City Times, Kansas City, Mo.
                                                                                          • 1962-11-19 p.16
                                                                                          • 1962-11-22 p.2F
                                                                                          • James W. Scott, Duke Ellington Welcomes Long-Lost Jazzmen Back, 1962-11-24 p.5
                                                                                        • SI-NMAH Archives Center, DEC301, Series III , Subseries G, Box 117, Folder 7: Report for the week of Nov.23-29 1962
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                                                                                        Saturday
                                                                                        .Mason City, IowaHotel HanfordDance: Annual name-band party of the Euchre and Cycle Club
                                                                                        The Globe-Gazette published a photo of Duke at a microphone, with several spectators gathered in front of him, and two photos of him at the piano with guests standing near him. The guests named in the paper were Mr. and Mrs. Ned Brant, Mrs. William Turner, Mrs. Stanley Davis, Mr. and Mrs Hubert Zimmer, and Dr. and Mrs. Biehesheimer.
                                                                                        • Globe-Gazette, Mason City, Iowa, 1962-11-26 p.10
                                                                                        • SI-NMAH Archives Center, DEC301, Series III , Subseries G, Box 117, Folder 7: Report for the week of Nov.23-29 1962
                                                                                      • Stratemann p.470 citing DESB
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                                                                                        Sunday
                                                                                        .Milwaukee, Wisc.AuditoriumConcert

                                                                                        Only 642 fans attended, filling the first few rows.

                                                                                        The short but favourable review mentions Ellington's age, and names some band members: Williams, Anderson, Nance, Hodges, Brown, Gonsalves and Woodyard.
                                                                                        • Milwaukee Journal, Milwaukee, Wisc., 1962-11-26 pt.2 p.6
                                                                                        • SI-NMAH Archives Center, DEC301, Series III , Subseries G, Box 117, Folder 7: Report for the week of Nov.23-29 1962
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                                                                                        Monday
                                                                                        .Kokomo, Ind.Kokomo Country ClubDance

                                                                                        Celley's expense report includes $12.00 for food for the band at Kokomo Country Club.
                                                                                        • SI-NMAH Archives Center, DEC301, Series III , Subseries G, Box 117, Folder 7: Report for the week of Nov.23-29 1962
                                                                                      • Stratemann p.470 citing DESB
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                                                                                        Tuesday
                                                                                        ...activities not documented

                                                                                        Stratemann has the band arriving in Chicago on Nov. 28. Since it's only 160 miles from Kokomo, it seems possible the band returned to Chicago on Nov. 27.
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                                                                                        Wednesday
                                                                                        .Chicago, Ill.Guild Hall
                                                                                        Ambassador Hotel
                                                                                        Sidemen's activities not documented

                                                                                        Stratemann:
                                                                                        • Frank Sinatra met the band when it returned to Chicago
                                                                                        • Sinatra held a press party for Elliington at the Ambassador Hotel, where he announced Ellington had recently signed an exclusive recording contract with his label, Reprise.
                                                                                        • Ellington would also be Reprise's Artists and Repertory man for the Reprise jazz catalogue and Reprise would have an "Ellington Jazz" wing.
                                                                                        The Billboard reported more than 1,000 members of the press, radio and recording industry attended the party, hosted by Sinatra, Reprise Records and Milt Salstone of M-S Distributing Company. Sinatra, flanked by Dean Martin and Sammy Davis, Jr. on "stage center," introduced Duke and made the announcement.
                                                                                        Lambert comments that Duke now had a free hand in recording his own material, resulting in a change in his recording policy.
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                                                                                        Thursday
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                                                                                        Friday.
                                                                                        Chicago, Ill.Universal Recording Corporation studiosReprise recording session for the albums "Recollections of the Big Band Era" (Reprise) and "Will the Big Bands Ever Come Back?" (Atlantic).

                                                                                        Timner has this spread over two days, saying it is possible this was one long session that ran past midnight.

                                                                                        Will the Big Bands was released after 3 years, and Recollections not until 1974.

                                                                                        Duke Ellington and His Orchestra
                                                                                        C.Williams, Burrowes, Anderson, Nance, Brown, Cooper, Connors, Hamilton, Procope, Hodges, Gonsalves, Carney, Ellington, Shepard, Woodyard

                                                                                        Titles recorded:
                                                                                        • Good-Bye
                                                                                        • Christopher Columbus
                                                                                        • Let's Get Together
                                                                                        • Chant Of The Weed
                                                                                        • Volupté
                                                                                        • I'm Getting Sentimental Over You
                                                                                        • One O'Clock Jump
                                                                                        • Afro-Bossa (according to Timner)
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                                                                                        Friday
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                                                                                        Thursday
                                                                                        .Weekly reportCelley's weekly report shows
                                                                                        PAYROLL BAND     2,611.50
                                                                                        PAYROLL TO STAFF 420.00
                                                                                        DISBURSEMENTS 1,609.65
                                                                                        Disbursements included
                                                                                        AL CELLEY                       30.00
                                                                                        BOBBY BOYD 108.43
                                                                                        MUSIC BOOKS & MUSIC TRUNKS 142.48
                                                                                        CAR: H.C. 192.80
                                                                                        SUPER SERVICE BUS COMPANY 860.95
                                                                                        and payments to/on behalf of Nance, Carney, Hodges, and Dopwell
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                                                                                        Friday
                                                                                        ...activities not documented

                                                                                        Timner shows a recording session for this date, but notes it may have been the Thursday session extending past midnight. The other discographies don't show a session this day.

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                                                                                        Saturday
                                                                                        .Cincinnati, OhioCastle FarmsDancing
                                                                                        • SI-NMAH Archives Center, DEC301, Series III, Subseries G, Box 117, Folder 7: Report for the week of Nov.30-Dec.6, 1962
                                                                                        • Stratemann, citing DESB
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                                                                                        Sunday
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                                                                                        1962 12 03
                                                                                        Monday
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                                                                                        Tuesday
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                                                                                        Wednesday
                                                                                        .New York, N.Y.Weekly reportCelley's weekly report shows a concert played in New York on this date but gives no details.
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                                                                                        Thursday
                                                                                        .Baltimore, Md.Polytechnic InstituteConcert

                                                                                        Poster in Vail II:

                                                                                        'The Baltimore Fellowship Inc.
                                                                                        Presents
                                                                                        DUKE ELLINGTON
                                                                                        AND HIS ORCHESTRA
                                                                                        IN
                                                                                        CONCERT
                                                                                        THURDAY 8:30 P.M.
                                                                                        DEC. 6, 1962
                                                                                        BENEFIT OF...
                                                                                        FELLOWSHIP HOUSE'

                                                                                        Baltimore Afro-American:

                                                                                        'Members of the Baltimore Coub of Business and Professional Women had a busy week...
                                                                                          On Thursday evening a group of them attended the Duke Ellington Concert for the benefit of Fellowship House... '

                                                                                        • SI-NMAH Archives Center, DEC301, Series III, Subseries G, Box 117, Folder 7: Report for the week of Nov.30-Dec.6, 1962
                                                                                        • The Baltimore Afro-American, Baltimore, Md., 1962-12-15 p.9
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                                                                                        Friday
                                                                                        1962 12 13
                                                                                        Thursday
                                                                                        .Weekly reportCelley's weekly report shows
                                                                                        PAYROLL TO BAND    1,735.50
                                                                                        PAYROLL TO STAFF 420.00
                                                                                        DISBURSEMENTS 653.72
                                                                                        Disbursements included
                                                                                        AL CELLEY                   30.00
                                                                                        BOBBY BOYD 87.14
                                                                                        R.R. FARES 93.48
                                                                                        SUPER SERVICE BUS COMPANY 269.50
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                                                                                        Friday
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                                                                                        Friday
                                                                                        1962 12 13
                                                                                        Thursday
                                                                                        .. Peripheral event
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                                                                                        Saturday
                                                                                        .Oswego, N.Y..Dance.
                                                                                        Celley's weekly report shows a dance in Owego [sic] but does not identify the venue.

                                                                                        Stratemann names the city but not the venue or the nature of the engagement.

                                                                                        Vail:

                                                                                        'Duke Ellington and His Orchestra possibly play a one-nighter in Oswego, New York.'


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                                                                                        Sunday
                                                                                        ...activities not documented

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                                                                                        Monday
                                                                                        1962 12 14
                                                                                        Friday
                                                                                        New York, N.Y.NBC Studio2 p.m. telecast: Merv Griffin Show

                                                                                        Ellington spent the week as guest conductor/soloist on Merv Griffin's hour-long early afternoon NBC network live television talk/variety show. The show was telecast weekdays at 2 p.m. in New York.
                                                                                        On Monday, Shepard and Woodyard (rhythm section) appeared with him. Bill Berry, who would later join Griffin's in-house band, joined him for the Wednesday and Friday shows.

                                                                                        This first version of Griffin's show ran on the NBC network from October 1962 to March 1963, during which Griffin used various guest conductors.

                                                                                        Recorded music:
                                                                                        Ellington, Shepard, Woodyard, B. Morrow, R. Lay, unidentified female

                                                                                        • I Got It Bad and That Ain't Good
                                                                                        • In A Sentimental Mood
                                                                                        • Don't Get Around Much Anymore
                                                                                        • Lubbock Avalanche-Journal, Lubbock, Tex., 1962-12-09 p.2G
                                                                                        • The Times Recorder, Zanesville, Ohio 1962-12-10 p.4 s.B
                                                                                        • Girvan:   Ellingtonia.com
                                                                                        • Timner
                                                                                        • Ole J. Nielsen, Jazz Records 1942-80, A discography: Vol. Six, Duke Ellington, p.250
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                                                                                        Tuesday
                                                                                        .New York, N.Y.Fine StudiosReprise recording session
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                                                                                        C.Williams, Burrows, Anderson, Eddie Preston, Nance, Brown, Cooper, Connors, Hamilton, Procope, Hodges, Gonsalves, Carney, Ellington, Strayhorn, Shepard, Woodyard

                                                                                        Titles recorded:
                                                                                        • Ciribiribin
                                                                                        • It's A Lonesome Old Town
                                                                                        • Tuxedo Junction
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                                                                                        1962 12 11
                                                                                        Tuesday
                                                                                        .New York, N.Y.NBC Studio2 p.m. telecast: Merv Griffin Show - see 1962 12 10

                                                                                        Ellington, accompanied by the NBC studio orchestra, performed Guitar Amour.
                                                                                        • Girvan:   Ellingtonia.com
                                                                                        • Timner
                                                                                        • Ole J. Nielsen, Jazz Records 1942-80, A discography: Vol. Six, Duke Ellington
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                                                                                        1962 12 12
                                                                                        Wednesday
                                                                                        .New York, N.Y.NBC Studio2 p.m. telecast: Merv Griffin Show - see 1962 12 10

                                                                                        Ellington and singer Johnny Nash, accompanied by the NBC studio orchestra, performed I Surrender Dear
                                                                                        • Girvan:   Ellingtonia.com
                                                                                        • Timner
                                                                                        • Ole J. Nielsen, Jazz Records 1942-80, A discography: Vol. Six, Duke Ellington
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                                                                                        1962 12 13
                                                                                        Thursday
                                                                                        .New York, N.Y.Fine StudiosReprise recording session - see comments at 1962 11 29

                                                                                        Duke Ellington and his orchestra
                                                                                        C.Williams, Burrowes, Anderson, Nance, Brown, Cooper, Connors, Hamilton, Procope, Hodges, Gonsalves, Carney, Ellington, Shepard, Woodyard
                                                                                        Titles recorded:
                                                                                        • Minnie The Moocher
                                                                                        • Sentimental Journey
                                                                                        • The Eighth Veil
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                                                                                        1962 12 13
                                                                                        Thursday
                                                                                        .New York, N.Y.NBC Studio2 p.m. telecast: Merv Griffin Show - see 1962 12 10br>
                                                                                        Ellington and Bill Berry, accompanied by the NBC studio orchestra, performed Take The "A" Train
                                                                                        • Stratemann p.470
                                                                                        • Vail II
                                                                                        • Girvan:   Ellingtonia.com
                                                                                        • Timner
                                                                                        • Ole J. Nielsen, Jazz Records 1942-80, A discography: Vol. Six, Duke Ellington
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                                                                                        1962 12 14
                                                                                        Friday
                                                                                        .New York, N.Y.Fine StudiosReprise recording session

                                                                                        Duke Ellington and His Orchestra
                                                                                        Berry, Burrowes, Anderson, Nance, Brown, Cooper, Connors, Hamilton, Procope, Hodges, Gonsalves, Carney, Ellington, Shepherd, Woodyard

                                                                                        Titles recorded:
                                                                                        • Silk Lace
                                                                                        • Eigth Veil
                                                                                        • When It's Sleepy Time Down South
                                                                                        • Cherokee
                                                                                        • For Dancers Only
                                                                                        • One O'Clock Jump
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                                                                                        Friday
                                                                                        1962 12 20
                                                                                        Thursday
                                                                                        .Weekly reportCelley's weekly report shows
                                                                                        PAYROLL TO BAND   2,146.00
                                                                                        PAYROLL TO STAFF 420.00
                                                                                        DISBURSEMENTS 724.46
                                                                                        Disbursements included
                                                                                        AL CELLEY                    30.00
                                                                                        BOBBY BOYD 171.36
                                                                                        RUSSELL PROCOPE: ARRANGING 20.00
                                                                                        SUPER SERVICE BUS COMPANY 253.00
                                                                                        and payments to/on behalf of Nance, Carney, Hodges and Dopwell.

                                                                                        This report shows Celley received $850 from Ellington, broken down into:
                                                                                        SALARY (J. HODGES)  250.00
                                                                                        HOTEL BILLS 400.00
                                                                                        CHECK TO AL CELLEY 400.00
                                                                                        850.00
                                                                                        SI-NMAH Archives Center, DEC301, Series III, Subseries G, Box 117, Folder 7: Report for the week of July Aug. Sept. Oct. Nov. Dec., 1962..djpNew
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                                                                                        1962 12 14
                                                                                        Friday
                                                                                        .New York, N.Y.NBC Studio2 p.m. telecast: Merv Griffin Show - see 1962 12 10

                                                                                        Ellington and Bill Berry, accompanied by the NBC studio orchestra, performed Perdido, and Ellington, unaccompanied, performed Single Petal of a Rose
                                                                                        • Stratemann p.470
                                                                                        • Vail II
                                                                                        • Girvan:   Ellingtonia.com
                                                                                        • Timner
                                                                                        • Ole J. Nielsen, Jazz Records 1942-80, A discography: Vol. Six, Duke Ellington
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                                                                                        Saturday
                                                                                        .New York, N.Y.Americana HotelAnnual Christmas ball of the American Society of African Culture for African United Nations delegates. Ellington was an original member of the Society.
                                                                                        • SI-NMAH Archives Center, DEC301, Series III, Subseries G, Box 117, Folder 7: Report for the week of Dec.14-20, 1962
                                                                                        • Florida Star, Jacksonville, Fla., 1962-12-29 p.5
                                                                                        • Stratemann p.470
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                                                                                        Sunday
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                                                                                        Monday
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                                                                                        Tuesday
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                                                                                        1962 12 19
                                                                                        Wednesday
                                                                                        .York, Penn..Dance.
                                                                                        Celley's weekly report shows a dance in York but does not identify the venue. Note this conflicts with Vail's entry below, but since Celley's report is an accounting record, it would seem to be better evidence than Vail, who did not name a source.
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                                                                                        Wednesday
                                                                                        .New York, N.Y.Ballroom
                                                                                        Hotel Roosevelt
                                                                                        Dance.
                                                                                        Vail:

                                                                                        ' Duke Ellington and his Orchestra play the Annual Radio & Television Executives Party at the Ballroom of the Hotel Roosevelt in New York City. '

                                                                                        Note Vail provides no source for this information and it conflicts directly with Celley's weekly report, which has the band playing a dance in York, Pennsylvania on this date.
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                                                                                        1962 12 20
                                                                                        Thursday
                                                                                        .New York, N.Y.Fine StudiosReprise recording session

                                                                                        Duke Ellington and His Orchestra
                                                                                        Berry, Burrowes, Anderson, Nance, Brown, Cooper, Connors, Hamilton, Procope, Hodges, Gonsalves, Carney, Ellington, Shepard, Woodyard

                                                                                        Titles recorded:
                                                                                        • Contrasts
                                                                                        • Rhapsody In Blue
                                                                                        • Pyramid
                                                                                        • Sleep, Sleep, Sleep
                                                                                        • Silk Lace
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                                                                                        Friday
                                                                                        1962 12 27
                                                                                        Thursday
                                                                                        .Weekly reportCelley's weekly report shows
                                                                                        BAND PAYROLL          2,146.00
                                                                                        STAFF PAYROLL 370.00
                                                                                        DISBURSEMENTS 755.80
                                                                                        Disbursements included
                                                                                        AL CELLEY                    30.00
                                                                                        BOBBY BOYD 73.97 + 142.66
                                                                                        CAR: H.C. 110.69
                                                                                        SUPER SERVICE BUS COMPANY 180.60
                                                                                        and payments to/on behalf of Nance, Carney, Hodges, Dopwell. The report also shows $1,260.51 of the expenses were to Celley by Ellington:
                                                                                        SALARIES                       929.08
                                                                                        CAR EXP. (CHECK TO H. CARNEY) 110.69
                                                                                        B. BOYD (HOTEL) 142.66
                                                                                        G. DOPWELL (HOTEL) 78.16
                                                                                        1,260.51
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                                                                                        Friday
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                                                                                        Saturday
                                                                                        .Totowa, N.J.Gladiator's Arena TheaterConcert, 9 p.m.
                                                                                        • The Jersey Journal, Jersey City, N.J. 1962-12-15 p.14
                                                                                        • Stratemann p.470 citing DESB
                                                                                        • Vail II
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                                                                                        Sunday
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                                                                                        1962 12 24
                                                                                        Monday
                                                                                        Christmas Eve
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                                                                                        1962 12 25
                                                                                        Tuesday
                                                                                        Christmas
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                                                                                        1962 12 26
                                                                                        Wednesday
                                                                                        Boxing Day
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                                                                                        Thursday
                                                                                        .VinelandCherry Hill Inn11th annual Christmas dance of the Alumni Association, Kappa Sigma Upsilon Fraternity of Rutgers College of South Jersey.

                                                                                        Announcements said Duke Ellington would have a 12 piece orchestra.
                                                                                        • Courier-Post, Camden, N.J.
                                                                                          • 1962-10-13 p.16
                                                                                          • 1962-12-19 p.9
                                                                                          • 1962-12-21 p.17
                                                                                        • Stratemann p.470 citing DESB
                                                                                        • Vail II
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                                                                                        Saturday
                                                                                        .New York, N.Y.Fine StudiosReprise recording session

                                                                                        Duke Ellington and His Orchestra
                                                                                        C.Williams, Burrowes, Anderson, Nance, Brown, Cooper, Connors, Hamilton, Procope, Hodges, Gonsalves, Carney, Ellington, Shepard, Woodyard

                                                                                        Titles recorded:
                                                                                        • Don't Get Around Much Anymore
                                                                                        • Auld Lang Syne
                                                                                        • Purple Gazelle
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                                                                                        Sunday
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                                                                                        1962 12 31
                                                                                        Monday
                                                                                        New Year's Eve
                                                                                        .New York, N.Y.Empire Room
                                                                                        Waldorf Astoria
                                                                                        New Years Eve dance, with remote broadcasts over the ABC and CBS networks. Former band members Britt Woodman and Aaron Bell (on tuba) sat in with the band.
                                                                                        Duke Ellington and His Orchestra
                                                                                        C.Williams, Burrowes, Anderson, Nance, Brown, Woodman, Cooper, Connors, Bell, Hamilton, Procope, Hodges, Gonsalves, Carney, Ellington, Shepherd, Woodyard, Grayson

                                                                                        Titles broadcast/recorded:
                                                                                        • Take The "A" Train
                                                                                        • Satin Doll
                                                                                        • Rockin' In Rhythm
                                                                                        • Sophisticated Lady
                                                                                        • Eighth Veil
                                                                                        • Mood Indigo
                                                                                        • Tutti For Cootie
                                                                                        • Do Nothin' Till you Hear From Me
                                                                                        • Things Ain't What They Used To Be
                                                                                        • C-Jam Blues
                                                                                        • Silk Lace (Calin‚)
                                                                                        • Love You Madly
                                                                                        • Girvan:   Ellingtonia.com
                                                                                        • Timner
                                                                                        • Ole J. Nielsen, Jazz Records 1942-80, A discography: Vol. Six, Duke Ellington
                                                                                        • Stratemann p.470
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                                                                                        Friday
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                                                                                        1963 01 11
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                                                                                        Circa 1963 03 15..

                                                                                        First of three 1963 international tours - Europe including Britain - overview:




                                                                                        Stratemann:

                                                                                        'From January 9 until mid-March, the Ellington band was in Europe again, under the auspices of Norman Granz. The tour covered most of the Continent and the British Isles...
                                                                                          On March 4, the majority of Ellington's men went home, leaving their leader and Billy Strayhorn to stay in France. The next day, Ellington suffered an attack of virus pneumonia and was admitted to the American Hospital in Paris. He was discharged on March 11 and returned to New York fully recovered on March 15...'

                                                                                        Vail II says the band flew to London on January 9.

                                                                                        Neither provides a source of information to support the January 9 departure date, which conflicts with the Joe Igo itinerary printed in DEMS 1999/5-9. Igo has Ellington and the band arriving in London January 11. A direct flight would have taken a few hours rather than a few days.
                                                                                        The Smithsonian's Ellington archive, Box 117 Folder 7, holds two itineraries for this tour.
                                                                                        • Great Britain:
                                                                                          ......
                                                                                          DUKE ELLINGTON & HIS FAMOUS ORCHESTRA
                                                                                          ITINERARY


                                                                                          DATETOWNHALLTIMEHOTEL

                                                                                          SAT. JAN.12th:LONDON
                                                                                          Finsbury Park.
                                                                                          ASTORIA6.50 & 9.10London
                                                                                          SUN.   " 13th:LONDON
                                                                                          Hammersmith
                                                                                          ODEON CINEMA6.00 & 8.30London
                                                                                          MON.   " 14th:BIRMINGHAMODEON CINEMA6.45 & 9.00Queens Hotel
                                                                                          TUE.   " 15th:SHEFFIELDCITY HALL8.50 p.m.London
                                                                                          WED.   " 16th:DAY OFFLondon
                                                                                          THUR. " 17th:DAY OFFLondon
                                                                                          FRI.   " 18th:BRISTOLCOLSTON HALL8.45 p.m.Grand Hotel
                                                                                          SAT.   " 19th:MANCHESTERFREE TRADE HALL6.15 & 8.45Midland Hotel
                                                                                          SUN.   " 20th:LIVERPOOLEMPIRE THEATRE5.40 & 8.00London
                                                                                          MON.   " 21st:T.V. LONDON.London
                                                                                          TUE.   " 22nd:T.V. LONDON. "
                                                                                          WED.   " 23rd:LEICESTERDE MONTFORT HALL7.30 p.m.London
                                                                                          THUR. " 24th:DAY OFF "
                                                                                          FRI.   " 25th:CROYDONFAIRFIELD HALL6.45 & 8.50 "
                                                                                          SAT.   " 26th:LONDON
                                                                                          Walthamstow
                                                                                          GRANADA THEATRE6.30 & 9.00 "
                                                                                          SUN.   " 27th:LONDON
                                                                                          Hammersmith
                                                                                          ODEON CINEMA6.00 & 8.30 "
                                                                                        • The Continent:
                                                                                          ITINERARY
                                                                                          Duke Ellington and His Orchestra Tour
                                                                                          Great Britain and Continent of Europe
                                                                                          January 12, 1963
                                                                                          25 out of 35 days.
                                                                                          January 12 - 27th, 1963 - England
                                                                                          January 28th, 29th, 30th, 31st - OFF
                                                                                          February 1st - Paris
                                                                                          February 2nd - Paris
                                                                                          February 3rd - OFF
                                                                                          February 4th - Gotenburg
                                                                                          February 5th - Helsinki
                                                                                          February 6th - Stockholm
                                                                                          February 7th - OFF
                                                                                          February 8th - Copenhagen
                                                                                          February 9th - Kalmar (Sweden)
                                                                                          February 10th- Lund (Sweden)
                                                                                          February 11th- Munich
                                                                                          February 12th- Berlin
                                                                                          February 13th- OFF
                                                                                          February 14th- Hamburg
                                                                                          February 15th- Zurich
                                                                                          IF TOUR EXTENDED, FOLLOWING DATES TENTATIVE SO FAR
                                                                                          February 16th- Dusseldorf
                                                                                          February 17th- Luxembourg
                                                                                          February 23rd - Amsterdam
                                                                                        • Two undated itineraries, SI-NMAH Archives Center, DEC301, Series III, Subseries G, Box 117, Folder 7
                                                                                        • Stratemann pp.471-472, citing DESB
                                                                                        • Vail II
                                                                                        • Additional documentation is likely to be found in SI-NMAH Archives Center, DEC301, Series 2: Performances and Programs, 1933-1974, box 1, folder 30 European Tour, January-March, 1963
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                                                                                        Friday
                                                                                        .London, England.Arrival

                                                                                        Cat Anderson, Roy Burrowes, Buster Cooper and possibly other band members visited Ronnie Scott's Club the same evening
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                                                                                        1963 01 00.London, England.Undated interviews during January 1963 in London:
                                                                                        • Ellington was interviewed by Jo Joseph for a BBC Home Service Basic radio broadcast "Rhythm In A Backstreet" aired 1963 04 16 at 20:30 GMT). Others included in the programme were Kenny Lynch, Cy Grant, Ray Ellington and Cleo Laine.
                                                                                        • Ellington was also interviewed by Baron Timme Rosenkrantz at Grosvenor House in London. This interview was either filmed or videotaped, and a few seconds appear in the documentary A Duke Named Ellington
                                                                                          • Klaus Götting wrote about this interview in DEMS 1999/5-5, where Erik Wiedemann explains who Rosenkrantz was.
                                                                                          • A lengthier biographical essay about Rosenkrantz appears in DEMS 04/3-55
                                                                                          • DEMS 06/2-55 is a translated chapter of the baron's book in which he describes his first encounter with Duke and their friendship. It includes a photo of them together.
                                                                                          • DEMS 07/2-5 has an index to the video and says it was also used in "Faces of Jazz."
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                                                                                        Saturday
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                                                                                        (Finsbury Park)
                                                                                        Finsbury Park Astoria Theatre
                                                                                        232-236 Seven Sisters Road
                                                                                        Two concerts, 6:50 & 9:10 p.m.

                                                                                        See itinerary at 1963 01 11 above.
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                                                                                        Sunday
                                                                                        .London, England
                                                                                        (Hammersmith)
                                                                                        Hammersmith Odeon CinemaTwo concerts, 6:00 & 8:30 p.m.

                                                                                        See itinerary at 1963 01 11 above.
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                                                                                        Monday
                                                                                        .Birmingham, EnglandOdeon Theatre
                                                                                        139 New St.
                                                                                        Two concerts, 6:45 & 9:00 p.m.

                                                                                        See itinerary at 1963 01 11 above.

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                                                                                        Tuesday
                                                                                        .Sheffield, EnglandSheffield City HallConcert, 8:50 p.m.

                                                                                        See itinerary at 1963 01 11 above.

                                                                                        Despite its name, Sheffield City Hall is an entertainment facility, with its Oval Hall, a Memorial Hall and a ballroom. It should not be confused with Sheffield Town Hall.
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                                                                                        Friday
                                                                                        .Bristol, EnglandColston HallConcert, 8:45 p.m.

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                                                                                        Saturday
                                                                                        .Manchester, EnglandFree Trade HallTwo recorded concerts, 6:15 & 8:45 p.m.

                                                                                        See itinerary at 1963 01 11 above.

                                                                                        The band was to stay in the Midland Hotel this night.
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                                                                                        Sunday
                                                                                        .Liverpool, EnglandEmpire TheatreConcert, 8 p.m. Another concert at 5:40 p.m. was typed in the itinerary but struck through.

                                                                                        See itinerary at 1963 01 11 above.

                                                                                        The band was to return to London this night.
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                                                                                        Monday
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                                                                                        Tuesday
                                                                                        London, England
                                                                                        (Chelsea)
                                                                                        ITA Granada Television Studio 10
                                                                                        Chelsea Theatre

                                                                                        232-242 Kings Road
                                                                                        Chelsea
                                                                                        First of two days producing a television show telecast 1963 02 13..New Desor
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                                                                                        (Chelsea)
                                                                                        ITA Granada Television Studio 10Television show - see 1963 01 20..DEMS
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                                                                                        Friday
                                                                                        .Croydon, EnglandFairfield Hall "AktuelltApropa" BBC Swedish telecast..New Desor
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                                                                                        (Walthamstowe)
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                                                                                        Sunday
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                                                                                        1963 01 29Paris, France.Flight to Paris..DEMS
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                                                                                        .Paris, FranceSalle WalgamReprise recording session...
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                                                                                        .Paris, FranceOlympia..New Desor
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                                                                                        Friday
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                                                                                        .KobenhavnFalkoner..New Desor
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                                                                                        Sunday
                                                                                        .Wien (Vienna), AustriaKonzerthaus...DEMS
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                                                                                        Monday
                                                                                        .Munich, GermanyDeutsches Museum Kongress-SaalConcert 8 p.m.
                                                                                        Concert poster advertised for sale by Peter Harrington, London in January 2018, courtesy Klaus Götting

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                                                                                        Tuesday
                                                                                        .Stuttgart Liederhalle..New Desor
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                                                                                        Tuesday
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                                                                                        Wednesday
                                                                                        .Munich."Weekendworld".New Desor
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                                                                                        Thursday
                                                                                        Valentine's Day
                                                                                        .Hamburg.Reprise Rec.New Desor
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                                                                                        Friday
                                                                                        .Berlin.Interview...
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                                                                                        .BerlinDeutschlandhalle..New Desor
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                                                                                        .Den HaagDierentuin....
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                                                                                        Monday
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                                                                                        Tuesday
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                                                                                        .MilanoConservatorio Verdi..New Desor
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                                                                                        .Paris, FranceBarclay Studios..New Desor
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                                                                                        .Paris, France Barclay Studios..New Desor
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                                                                                        Monday
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                                                                                        Tuesday
                                                                                        ...activities not documented
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                                                                                        Wednesday
                                                                                        ...activities not documented
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                                                                                        ...activities not documented
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                                                                                        1963 03 00...PERSONNEL CHANGE
                                                                                        Cat Anderson, trumpet, leaves the band
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                                                                                        .Paris, FranceStudio Hoche.Stratemann p.472New Desor
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                                                                                        .Paris, France.Most of the band returns to New York. Ellington and Strayhorn remain behind in Paris.
                                                                                        Stratemann:

                                                                                        'The next day, Ellington suffered an attack of viral pneumonia and was admitted to the American Hospital in. He was discharged on March 11 and returned to New York fully recovered on March 15 (DESB) to pick up his schedule as follows... '

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                                                                                        .Paris, France.Sidemen's and Strayhorn's activities are not documented
                                                                                        The band has returned to the U.S.A., Strayhorn and Ellington remained in France. Ellington may have been ill this day.
                                                                                        • Stratemann p.472
                                                                                        • UPI wirestories:
                                                                                          • Pacific Stars & Stripesk 1963-03-12 p.2
                                                                                          • The Evansville Courier 1963-03-13
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                                                                                        .Paris, France.Sidemen's and Strayhorn's activities are not documented
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                                                                                        .Paris, FranceAmerican HospitalSidemen's and Strayhorn's activities are not documented
                                                                                        The band is believed to be in the U.S.A., Strayhorn and Ellington are in France. Ellington is admitted to the American Hospital in Paris.
                                                                                        • Stratemann p.472
                                                                                        • UPI wirestory, the Evansville Courier 1963-03-13 p.4
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                                                                                        .Paris, FranceAmerican HospitalSidemen's and Strayhorn's activities are not documented
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                                                                                        .Paris, FranceAmerican HospitalSidemen's and Strayhorn's activities are not documented
                                                                                        The band is believed to be in the U.S.A., Strayhorn and Ellington are in France, and Duke is released from hospital.
                                                                                        UPI wirestories:
                                                                                        • 'Duke Ellington Sick in Hospital
                                                                                            PARIS(UPI)– Jazz musician Duke Ellington is in a hospital with virus pneumonia, but is expected to be up and around in a few days, his doctor at the American Hospital said.
                                                                                            The doctor said of the "Duke" was "a pretty sick" man, but not in what one might call a serious condition.
                                                                                            "Any lung infection can be pretty bad at his age," he said.
                                                                                            Ellington is 62. He has been touring Europe'
                                                                                        • 'Bandleader Recovering
                                                                                           Paris, France (UPI)–Bandleader Duke Ellington was reported Tuesday to be well on the road to recovery from a lung infection. He entered the American Hospital here Friday and was released Sunday.'
                                                                                        • Stratemann p.472
                                                                                        • UPI wire stories:
                                                                                          • Pacific Stars & Stripes 1963-03-12, p.2
                                                                                          • The Evansville Courier, Evansville, Ind. 1963-03-13, p.4
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                                                                                        .Paris, France.Activities are not documented
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                                                                                        .Paris, France.
                                                                                        Activities not documented
                                                                                        The band is believed to be in the U.S.A., and Strayhorn and Ellington are believed to be in France.

                                                                                        The Smithsonian Institution's Duke Ellington Collection, 1927-1988, #301 Series 2: Performances and Programs, 1933-1974, Box 1, folder 31 is labelled Shakespearean Festival, Stratford, Ontario, March 11, 1963. It contains a two-page undated brochure from the Telegraph of Toronto titled "Parties to the Stratford Festival." One column discusses Dukes dedication of Such Sweet Thunder to the festival.
                                                                                        • Stratemann p.472
                                                                                        • Email, C. Windheuser (Smithsonian Reference Services volunteer) - Palmquist 2016-01-08
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                                                                                        ...Activities not documented
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                                                                                        .Paris, France
                                                                                        New York, N.Y.
                                                                                        .The activities of the band (in the U.S.) and of Strayhorn in France are not documented.

                                                                                        Ellington returns to New York.
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                                                                                        Tuesday
                                                                                        .Waterbury, Conn.State TheatreWaterbury Symphony concert with Ellington soloing in New World A-Comin.
                                                                                        Sidemen's activities not documented.
                                                                                        • Stratemann p.472
                                                                                        • Smithsonian Institution Ellington collection, Series 2: Performances and Programs, 1933-1974, box 11, folder 39 Waterbury Symphony, Waterbury, Connecticut, March 26, 1963
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                                                                                        .Detroit, Mich.Ford AuditoriumJoint concert with the Detroit Symphony Orchestra to benefit its pension fund.Stratemann p.472 quoting from Down Beat (date shown as 9.5.6?)..
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                                                                                        Sunday
                                                                                        .Washington, D.C.Bolling Air Force Base.Stratemann p.472New Desor
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                                                                                        1963 04 00...PERSONNEL CHANGES
                                                                                        Trumpeter Roy Burrowes leaves the band in mid-April

                                                                                        Eddie Preston, trumpet, joins the band in early April

                                                                                        Sweden's Roffe "Rolf" Ericson, trumpet and fluegelhorn, joined the band April 18, according to his obituary by Steve Voce, or mid-April according to New Desor Vol. II. His own interview has him joining the band in Philadelphia, by which he probably meant the early April date at the Red Hill Inn, in nearby Pennsauken.
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                                                                                        1963 05 01New York, N.Y.Apollo Theater
                                                                                        253 W. 125th St., Borough of Manhattan, Harlem district
                                                                                        Vaudeville

                                                                                        In addition to the Ellington orchestra, the show included organist Jimmy Smith and his trio, dancer/singer Bunny Briggs, impressionist Arnold (Aruged) Dover, and comedienne Leela Harris
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                                                                                        Saturday
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                                                                                        Sunday
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                                                                                        253 W. 125th St.
                                                                                        Harlem
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                                                                                        Sunday
                                                                                        .New York, N.Y.WINS Radio, "Two Worlds of Jazz" broadcast - 11 p.m.Duke Ellington was interviewed by panelists Pastor John Gensel of the Advent Lutheran Church and Father Norman O'Connor, director of radio-TV activities of Paulist Communications and by host Nat Hentoff on a late-night interview show....
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                                                                                        Monday
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                                                                                        253 W. 125th St.
                                                                                        Harlem
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                                                                                        Tuesday
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                                                                                        1963 05 00...PERSONNEL CHANGE
                                                                                        Milt Grayson leaves the band
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                                                                                        Thursday
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                                                                                        Saturday
                                                                                        .Ithaca, N.Y.Ithaca CollegeSemi-formal dance, "Saturday Night Under the Big Top"
                                                                                        10 pm to 2 am.
                                                                                        • Vail II (no source info)
                                                                                        • The Ithacan, Ithaca College,Ithaca,NY,
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                                                                                        Friday
                                                                                        9 pm - 1 a.m.
                                                                                        .Boston, Mass.Main ballroom
                                                                                        Sheraton Plaza Hotel
                                                                                        Junior prom, Boston College

                                                                                        Duke Ellington To Serenade Juniors At "Premier" Prom
                                                                                        World renowned Duke Ellington and his famous orchestra will be the feature of the Junior Prom. The prom, "Second Century Premier," will be staged in the main ballroom of the Sheraton Plaza Hotel from 9 p.m. to 1 a.m. on Friday night, May 10. Tickets for the event will go on sale along with the rest of the Junior Week tickets immediately following Easter Vacation on Monday, April 22. Many extras have been added to the format of the affair, which include tuxedo rental, corsage orders, and reserved tables. The committee advises all to buy tickets early, for, due to the anticipated attendance, the number of tables will be limited. The committee is co-chaired by Sandra Bissonette, Ed. and Bob Smith, A&S. Also on the committee are Frank Daly, Mike O'Hara, Chuck Clough, Jack Diamond, John Kelly, Bill Flynn and Steve o*Donnell, A&S; Bill Shulley, Bill Kotek, Tony Fracilo, Joe Tuscano, Bill Olsen, Mike Dora, Bob Stoica, Jim Moran, and Bill Murphy CBA; Bonnie Heinrich, Joan Alcarez, Priseilla Chapin, Ann Sardellitti, and Suzanne Sughowski. Ed.


                                                                                        Tonight in the main ballroom of the Sheraton Plaza from 9 p.m. to 1 a.m. the Junior Prom will feature the world-renowned Duke Ellington and his orchestra.
                                                                                        The Heights, Boston College newspaper..
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                                                                                        Saturday
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                                                                                        Sunday
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                                                                                        Monday
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                                                                                        Tuesday
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                                                                                        Wednesday
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                                                                                        Sunday
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                                                                                        Monday
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                                                                                        Tuesday
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                                                                                        Tuesday
                                                                                        .New York, N.Y.. Peripheral event
                                                                                        Paul Gonsalves recording session
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                                                                                        Wednesday
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                                                                                        Saturday
                                                                                        .WiesbadenSoccer Club.Additional documentation is likely to be found in SI-NMAH Archives Center, DEC301, Series 2: Performances and Programs, 1933-1974, box 1, folder 32 New York City and West Germany, May 25-26, 1963New Desor
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                                                                                        Sunday
                                                                                        .Stuttgart, West Germany 7th Army Dining Room.Additional documentation is likely to be found in SI-NMAH Archives Center, DEC301, Series 2: Performances and Programs, 1933-1974, box 1, folder 32 New York City and West Germany, May 25-26, 1963.New Desor
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                                                                                        .Washington, D.C.Church of the Redeemer Peripheral event
                                                                                        Folder 2 in Box 15 (Sacred concerts) of the Smithsonian Institution Ellington collection, Series 2: Performances and Programs, 1933-1974 is labelled Church of the Redeemer, Washington, D.C., May 26, 1963. C. Windheuser, Smithsonian Reference Services volunteer, reviewed the folder contents and advises the church just used his "Come Sunday" in a service on that date.
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                                                                                        Monday
                                                                                        ...PERSONNEL CHANGE
                                                                                        Juan Tizol leaves the band but will record with it in May, June and October.
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                                                                                        Friday
                                                                                        .Arlanda, SwedenArlanda airport.Sidemen's activities not documented - likely the day they arrived in Sweden

                                                                                        Ellington was interviewed at Arlanda airport. Arlanda is an international airport located near Stockholm.
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                                                                                        Saturday
                                                                                        .Vasteras, SwedenFolkparken.Additional documentation is likely to be found in SI-NMAH Archives Center, DEC301, Series 2: Performances and Programs, 1933-1974, box 1, folder 33 Sweden and Denmark, June 1-24, 1963..
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                                                                                        Sunday
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                                                                                        Monday
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                                                                                        Thursday
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                                                                                        Tuesday
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                                                                                        Wednesday
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                                                                                        Sunday
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                                                                                        July 1963

                                                                                        1963 07 001963 08 00..During this period, Ellington was supervising rehearsals for "My People" to be presented in Chicago and rehearsing "Timon of Athens," to be presented in Stratford, Ont.Strstemann p.472..
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                                                                                        Tuesday
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                                                                                        Thursday
                                                                                        .New York, N.Y.NBC StudiosThe Ellington orchestra's activity is not documented.

                                                                                        Duke appeared on the late night television talk show "The Tonight Show," which would have been taped during the day. Accompanied by the house band led by Skitch Henderson, Ellington performed Volupté and Action in Alexandria.
                                                                                        • Stratemann p.472
                                                                                        • Additional documentation is likely to be found in SI-NMAH DEC301, Series 2: Performances and Programs, 1933-1974, box 11, folder 40 Newport Jazz Festival, Newport, Rhode Island, July 6, 1963


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                                                                                        Monday
                                                                                        8:30 pm
                                                                                        .Gaithersburg, Md.Shady Grove Music FairConcert in a tented theatre

                                                                                        Also appearing, trio led by organist Jimmy Smith
                                                                                        • Announcement, The News,Frederick,Md 1963-07-05 p.7
                                                                                        • Stratemann p.473
                                                                                        • Vail II p221 with a copy of an ad from an unidentified source.
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                                                                                        Wednesday
                                                                                        .Highland Park, Ill.Ravinia ParkRavinia Festival

                                                                                        Harold Ashby subbed for Gonsalves
                                                                                        Also on the bill, Ella Fitzgerald
                                                                                        Audience estimated to be 6,500
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                                                                                        ...activities not documented

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                                                                                        Friday
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                                                                                        Sunday
                                                                                        .Warrensville Heights, OhioMusicarnivalSunday afternoon concert.

                                                                                        Musicarnival was a tent-theatre seating 1,500 with a centre stage and seating around the perimeter.
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                                                                                        .Cleveland, OhioKaramu House
                                                                                        East 89th and Quincy
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                                                                                        Tuesday
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                                                                                        Wednesday
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                                                                                        Thursday
                                                                                        .New York, N.Y.A & R Studios"Keefe Brasselle Show".New Desor
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                                                                                        Saturday
                                                                                        .New York, N.Y.Basin Street EastSee 1963 07 19....
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                                                                                        Sunday
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                                                                                        1963 07 22
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                                                                                        .LaconiaWeirs Beach....
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                                                                                        Wednesday
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                                                                                        1963 07 25
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                                                                                        Sunday
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                                                                                        .Long Island.Music Fair...
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                                                                                        Tuesday
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                                                                                        1963 07 31
                                                                                        Wednesday
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                                                                                        August 1963

                                                                                        1963 08 00.Chicago, Ill..David Wayne interview - undated..New Desor
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                                                                                        1963 08 03New York, N.Y.Basin Street EastClub dateStratemann p.473 citing
                                                                                        • Amsterdam News 1963-08-03 p.14
                                                                                        • Variety 1963-08-07 p.60
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                                                                                        .New York, N.Y.Basin Street EastClub date - see 1963 08 02...
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                                                                                        Sunday
                                                                                        ...activities not documented...
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                                                                                        Monday
                                                                                        .Owing Mills, Md.Painters Mill Music FairConcert, with Dizzy GillespieStratemann p.473 citing DESB..
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                                                                                        Tuesday
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                                                                                        1963 08 07
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                                                                                        Sunday
                                                                                        8:30 pm
                                                                                        .Lenox, N.Y.Music BarnConcert
                                                                                        • Stratemann p.473 citing DESB
                                                                                        • Berkshire Eagle, Berkshire, Mass.:
                                                                                          • 1963-07-13 p.31
                                                                                          • 1963-07-27 p.29
                                                                                          • 1963-08-03 p.27
                                                                                        • Schenectady Gazette, 1963-08-01
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                                                                                        Monday
                                                                                        .Lambertville, N.J.St. John Terrell's Lambertville Music CircusConcert
                                                                                        Ellington was in Chicago preparing for "My People," but the band played with Billy Strayhorn subbing on piano and Cab Calloway as emcee. The concert was recorded.
                                                                                        Stratemann p.473New Desor
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                                                                                        1963 08 13
                                                                                        Tuesday
                                                                                        ...activities not documented...
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                                                                                        1963 08 14
                                                                                        Wednesday
                                                                                        .Warrensville Heights, OhioMusicarnival.(Unconfirmed)

                                                                                        Concert

                                                                                        This gig is doubtful. The band played here the previous month, and the date conflicts with a possible appearance in Montreal
                                                                                        Joe Mosbrook: "Jazzed in Cleveland"..
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                                                                                        1963 08 14
                                                                                        Wednesday
                                                                                        .Montreal, P.Q. Loew's Theatre(Unconfirmed)

                                                                                        If this event occurred, Ellington would have been absent as he was preparing for My People in Chicago.
                                                                                        Vail II (no documentation given..
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                                                                                        1963 08 15
                                                                                        Thursday
                                                                                        ...activities not documented...
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                                                                                        1963 08 16
                                                                                        Friday
                                                                                        ...PERSONNEL CHANGE
                                                                                        Hilton Jefferson, alto sax, rejoins the band
                                                                                        New Desor vol.2..
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                                                                                        1963 08 16
                                                                                        Friday
                                                                                        1963 09 02Chicago, Ill.Arie Crown Theater"My People" without Ellington band personnel
                                                                                        (Sidemen's activities not documented)
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                                                                                        Saturday
                                                                                        ...activities not documented...
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                                                                                        1963 08 18
                                                                                        Sunday
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                                                                                        1963 08 19
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                                                                                        1963 08 20
                                                                                        Tuesday
                                                                                        .Chicago, Ill.Universal Studio..New Desor
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                                                                                        Wednesday
                                                                                        .Chicago, Ill.Universal Studio..New Desor
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                                                                                        1963 08 27Detroit, Mich.State Fairgrounds....
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                                                                                        .Detroit, Mich.State FairgroundsFair - see 1963 08 22...
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                                                                                        .Detroit, Mich.State FairgroundsFair - see 1963 08 22...
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                                                                                        .Detroit, Mich.State FairgroundsFair - see 1963 08 22...
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                                                                                        Monday
                                                                                        .Detroit, Mich.State FairgroundsFair - see 1963 08 22.New Desor
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                                                                                        Wednesday
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                                                                                        Thursday
                                                                                        .Syracuse, N.Y.Empire Courtsee 1963 08 28...
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                                                                                        .Syracuse, N.Y.Empire Courtsee 1963 08 28...
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                                                                                        Saturday
                                                                                        .Syracuse, N.Y.Empire Courtsee 1963 08 28...
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                                                                                        1963 09 01
                                                                                        Sunday
                                                                                        .Syracuse, N.Y.Empire Courtsee 1963 08 28...
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                                                                                        Monday
                                                                                        .Syracuse, N.Y.Empire Courtsee 1963 08 28...
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                                                                                        Monday
                                                                                        ...PERSONNEL CHANGES
                                                                                        Hilton Jefferson and Willie Cook leave the band
                                                                                        New Desor vol.2..
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                                                                                        1963 09 03
                                                                                        Tuesday
                                                                                        .New York, N.Y.. Peripheral event
                                                                                        Johnny Hodges, Wild Bill Davis recording session
                                                                                        Stratemann p.474

                                                                                        Timer 4th, p.493
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                                                                                        Wednesday
                                                                                        .New York, N.Y.. Peripheral event
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                                                                                        Timner 4th, p.493
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                                                                                        Wednesday
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                                                                                        Paul Gonsalves recording session
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                                                                                        Thursday
                                                                                        .New York, N.Y.. Peripheral event
                                                                                        Johnny Hodges with the Claus Ogermann Orchestra recording session
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                                                                                        Friday
                                                                                        1963 11 28..

                                                                                        The Near East and South Asia 1963
                                                                                        Overview of Ellington's first State Department tour


                                                                                        Introduction
                                                                                        The Ellington orchestra made its first U.S. State Department tour in 1963, inspiring Ellington and Strayhorn to write the Far East Suite. The 12 week tour, was first booked for 14 weeks, then extended to 15 weeks, and abruptly terminated by the State Department when U.S.President Kennedy's murder shocked the world.

                                                                                      • Overview of the American "cultural ambassador" tours
                                                                                      • Details of the tour contract obtained from State Department documents in the Fulbright Papers in the University of Arkansas Special Collections department
                                                                                      • Tour members
                                                                                      • The story of Tom Simons, the State Department junior officer assigned to escort the tour.
                                                                                      • Summaries of some of the writings about the tour
                                                                                      • Details of certain difficulties that were encountered
                                                                                      • Summary of the contents of related file folders held in SI NMAH DEC301 Series 2, provided by C. Windheuser, Smithsonian Reference Services volunteer.
                                                                                      • Day by day details of the tour are shown as usual in the chronology following this entry, largely based on the itinerary from the Fulbright files and Mr. Simons' reports. Where precise dates of the events in a particular country are not known, they are summarized in the first entry for that country.


                                                                                        Cultural Ambassador Tours
                                                                                        The Library of Congress website Hope for America: Performers, Politics and Pop Culture, explains how the USA used entertainers to influence world opinion. Its webpage Blurring of the Lines says:

                                                                                        'In contemporary times there has been a blurring of lines between the two worlds of entertainment and politics. After the end of World War II, performers represented the U.S. government abroad in cultural diplomacy initiatives...'

                                                                                        Under "Cultural Diplomacy:

                                                                                        'Cultural diplomacy, in contrast to more traditional forms of political, economic, and military interactions, assumed great importance during the Cold War as the U.S. responded to what a State Department official called the "gigantic propaganda offensive" of the Soviet Union. In 1954, President Eisenhower established an Emergency Fund for International Affairs in part to support cultural presentations abroad. The International Cultural Exchange and Trade Fair Participation Act of 1956 established a permanent place for cultural diplomacy. ... From 1954 through 1959, some 140 groups of American performing artists and athletes traveled to more than 90 countries. Jazz musicians and modern dance troupes in particular represented an American cultural life that was vibrant, fresh, and inspiring to artists and audiences throughout the world.

                                                                                        ...By 1959, ... the State Department persuaded President Eisenhower...to establish a bureau to coordinate the efforts...

                                                                                        The first State Department-sponsored jazz tour was Dizzy Gillespie in 1956. Louis Armstrong went to Africa in 1960-1961 and Benny Goodman toured in the Soviet Union in 1962.

                                                                                        Ellington was selected for 1963. Tour escort Tom Simons' synopsis:

                                                                                        'WHY SELECTED
                                                                                          Members of the Music Panel of the Advisory Committee on the Arts selected Duke Ellington's Orchestra to perform in Near East and South Asian countries ... on the basis of Department of State and USIA recommendations outlining program requirements in this area. The area request was for a highly qualified, versatile jazz group with varied style in their repertoire and a knack for public relations in their offstage activities.
                                                                                          Duke Ellington's universal appeal in the field of jazz to both the young and old audiences, his background on festivals of jazz with students, as well as his knowledge and ability to discourse on jazz as an art form ably suited area requirements; particularly in view of our major target audiences--youth and university students and the intellectual and cultural elite.'

                                                                                        Simons' overall evaluation:
                                                                                        'OFF-STAGE ACTIVITIES
                                                                                          The effectiveness of [Duke and his sidemen] was considered outstanding and according to one field mission, "possibly more valuable than concerts themselves". Duke Ellington's remarkable musical gifts, his faculty for communicating his personal charm to all audiences, the individual excellence of each member of his Orchestra, and the desire of the Orchestra to do their share in meeting with the public and students was favorably noted and remarked upon.'


                                                                                        Contractual arrangements
                                                                                        Contract SCC-40110, dated 1963 06 17, between The Government of the United States of America and Duke Ellington Inc. ("DEI") was for a 14 week tour of the Near East and South Asia, departing the United States 1963 09 06 and returning 1963 12 16. It incorporated by reference six pages of General Provisions, a generic document dated 1963 02 05, which covered

                                                                                        • changes to the contract
                                                                                        • early termination for the convenience of the government or when the contractor was in default, including the settlement of outstanding claims
                                                                                        • dispute settlement process
                                                                                        • examination of records
                                                                                        • covenant against contingent fees
                                                                                        • prohibition on officials benefitting from the contract
                                                                                        • 8 paragraphs concerning non-discrimination

                                                                                        An Amendment to the contract, dated 1963 11 13, added a week in Yugoslavia to the tour for $8,750.

                                                                                        Significant contract terms were:

                                                                                        • Up to 4 performances per week
                                                                                        • No performance on travel days when travel exceeds 6 hours from point of residence to point of residence and when travel is completed less than 5 hours from the time a performance is scheduled.
                                                                                        • No more than 1 full performance in any day.
                                                                                        • One free day each week with no activities of any kind, including travel.
                                                                                        • Simultaneous radio and television broadcasts and taping of a public performance will not constitute an extra performance.
                                                                                        • In addition to the formal performances DEI was to make personal appearances in hospitals, schools and other local institutions and attend social functions as mutually agreed to by Embassies, Consulates and DEI.
                                                                                        • DEI was required to
                                                                                          • make arrangements for and pay all costs of passports, visas and inoculations, not later than 2 weeks before departure.
                                                                                          • buy insurance from a source designated by the Department of $1,000 per tour member for loss or damage to personal property, including personally-owned instruments, and $2,500 for loss or damage to equipment and properties necessary to performance.
                                                                                          • Provide full personal data on Form DS939 for each member of the tour not later than 1964 07 14
                                                                                        • The Department was responsible for
                                                                                          • all booking arrangements
                                                                                          • planning the itinerary
                                                                                          • providing the facilities and services
                                                                                          • arranging living accommodations for each tour member (DEI would bear the costs which were budgeted for in arriving at the contract price)
                                                                                          • providing an escort from departure to return date to be responsible for
                                                                                            • coordinating performances of all members of the tour
                                                                                            • coordinating operations and performances with Embassies and Consolates
                                                                                            • travel arrangements
                                                                                            • performance sponsorships and location of performances
                                                                                            • arrangements for meals and lodgings
                                                                                          • providing
                                                                                            • health and accident insurance for each member of the tour under Plymouth Life Insurance Company policy PML-6224
                                                                                            • $10,000 life insurance for each tour member while airborne, through the American airline responsible for the tour's transportation
                                                                                        • The Department was to arrange and pay for international transportation for the entire tour
                                                                                        • The weight of tour properties was not to exceed 2,500 lbs. and individual tour members were responsible for charges when personal baggage exceeded 66 lbs.
                                                                                        • First-class transportation was to be provided wherever available on the tour.
                                                                                        • All international travel (personnel and tour properties and equipment) was to be by air, unless the Embassy or Consulate believed ground tranportation was the most practical.
                                                                                        • DEI was responsible for all personal bills incurred by its members, including meals, lodgings and medical expenses (an internal State Department budget dated 1963 05 03 for the tour factored per diem allowances into the contract price)
                                                                                        • In view of the insurance provided, the Department would not be liable for loss of life or injury or illness of personnel, or loss or damage to personal and DEI property. This clause called for DEI to have contracts with its members to that effect.
                                                                                        • Proceeds from performances would belong to the Government and local sponsors.
                                                                                        • The United States Information Service was permitted to make simultaneous television and radio broadcasts of performances, and had the right to make film, tape or sound recordings and fillms for use exclusively by the Government for no additional compensation to DEI.
                                                                                        • DEI was to arrange agreements with performers' union or other professional organization to permit each member of the tour to perform fully in accordance with the contract.
                                                                                        • Personal conduct and responsibility provisions were included, including:
                                                                                          • No member could write for publication during the tour without advance permission and clearance by the Department.
                                                                                          • No member could engage in activity that was controversial or detrimental to the USA, including distribution of pamphlets, buttons or other materials in support of various causes.
                                                                                          • DEI was to take every reasonable precaution not to bring any person whose past conduct or known habits were likely to result in improper conduct embarrassing to the program and to the Government. The Department was to decide if anyone had done so, and if so, would send him back to the USA at the expense of the Department, who would also pay to bring a replacement if one was needed.
                                                                                        • Scheduled payments to Associated Booking Company were:
                                                                                          • $50,000 by 1963 08 20
                                                                                          • $62,500 by 1963 10 11
                                                                                          • $54,155 by 1963 11 15
                                                                                          • $8,700 by 1963 12 31
                                                                                        • Amendment No. 1 dated 1963 11 13 added a week in Yugoslavia to the tour, for $12,500 bringing the total contract price to $187,855. The extra $12,500 was payable by 1963 12 15 and the due date for the final $8,700 was changed to 1964 01 06.
                                                                                        • Since the State Department cancelled the last weeks of the tour, the early termination provisions of the contract required it to negotiate a settlement - see 1963 11 29 for details.

                                                                                        Summaries of some writings about the tour
                                                                                        • Thomas W. Simons Jr. was assigned by the U.S. State Department to escort the tour.

                                                                                          He wrote two reports that are found in the Fulbright Papers and the University of Arkansas. The first report, 17 pages, is more or less a summary of the trip and the second, 78 pages, is in two parts, the first supplementing the reports by the diplomatic posts and the [State] Department Advance Woman, with a general overview of the problems of working with a band of primarily older musicians, and outlining the events at each location, after which he discusses the role of the Escort Officer and the difficulties in escorting a band such as Duke's.

                                                                                          Simon's shorter report gives the cost of the tour as $254,732, being the $175,355 contract, transportation, $63,348 and "other," $16,029. He says the tour played 43 performances and 33 "off-stage perfs" in 22 cities in 10 countries. It isn't clear if obligatory social functions are included in the number of off-stage peformances, or if those are only lecture-demonstrations.
                                                                                        • Ellington in 1963, quoted by Stanley Dance:

                                                                                            "We were appointed by the Cultural Committee – one of President Kennedy's favorite projects – to represent our country in the East on a long tour last fall under the sponsorship of the State Department. We were accepted, as some people put it, as "ambassadors" of the United States of America in Syria, Jordan, Afghanistan, India, Ceylon, Pakistan, Iran, Iraq and Lebanon,... We were also in Kuwait, Cyprus and Turkey, but we did not play there because of the assassination of the President. In Turkey, everything was flying high. There was a reception at the ambassador's residence, – and I was always in the receiving line at such receptions – but immediately after this one the whole thing blew up because of the tragedy in Dallas...
                                                                                            "Our music was wonderfully well accepted. Tickets for concerts were usually sold out two or three hours after they were put on sale. For one reason or another, I found we were already quite well known. The records had been going there steadily and they had to reach somebody!...
                                                                                            "We did practically no playing like we do normally. We'd spend a great part of the week working for the State Department and going to receptions. This was a new experience for me, and the guys in the band were wonderful representatives. They handled all of this activity gracefully, so that I was very proud of their offstage performances. The State Department paid us our fee and expenses then arranged for local charitable organizations to take over the presentation of our concerts. These organizations benefited by the entire proceeds and this created a lot of good will.
                                                                                            "We became very proud of the State Department for the way they received us and the way they presented us. The ambassadors and consuls from England, France, Holland, Germany, Japan, Russia, Yugoslavia and many other countries would be at the receptions, and I think the tour was a success from that point of view, too...
                                                                                            "One of the things we did everywhere, in addition to the concerts, was the lecture-demonstration. I would come out cold on the stage and talk for twenty minutes before introducing the members of the band...
                                                                                            "At the press conferences, we would talk about jazz and, very often, the race situation in America..."


                                                                                        • Harvey G. Cohen:

                                                                                          "The contract, for $175,355 plus all travel and insurance expenses, for a 14-week [sic] tour provided for up to four performances a week, with no performances on travel days. Ellington and band members were obliged to make personal appearances as well, but these were negotiated between each embassy and Ellington's people."


                                                                                        Various sources discuss this tour and its ramifications extensively - see in particular the books written by Harvey G. Cohen and by Penny von Eschen, noted in the next column.
                                                                                        Tour members
                                                                                        • The contract required DEI to provide not less than 19 people for the tour: 15 musicians, Ellington, a secretary, a company manager and a band boy. Simons' report did not list the personnel but his summary shows 19 people which agrees with the guest list for the Sept. 13 reception in Amman, which shows 20 including Simons:
                                                                                          • Ellington
                                                                                          • Celley1
                                                                                          • Strayhorn
                                                                                          • Boyd2
                                                                                          • Anderson
                                                                                          • Nance
                                                                                          • Williams
                                                                                          • Ericson
                                                                                          • Brown
                                                                                          • Cooper
                                                                                          • Connors
                                                                                          • Procope
                                                                                          • Carney
                                                                                          • Gonsalves
                                                                                          • Hamilton
                                                                                          • Hodges
                                                                                          • Woodyard
                                                                                          • Sheppard [sic]3
                                                                                          • Simon4
                                                                                          • Simons5
                                                                                        • Notes:
                                                                                          • 1. The company manager was Al Celley.
                                                                                          • 2. Bobby Boyd (mentioned in section II.a of Simons' longer report), band boy.
                                                                                          • 3.Shepard's name is mispelled as Shephard and Sheppard in some of the itineraries.
                                                                                          • 4. Ellington's barber (not mentioned in Simons' reports). Roger (or Rogers?) Simon is mentioned on MIMM, p.318 and in Izzy Rowe's Notebook, Pittsburgh Courier, 1964-01-18, where he is said to have introduced a new Asian hair bob at the Shalimar Barber Shoppe learned during his recent travels with Ellington as secretary and wig-keeper.
                                                                                          • 5. Thomas W. Simons
                                                                                        • The State Department's advance officer, Naomi Huber, conferred with Ellington and others during the tour but is not part of the 19.
                                                                                        • "The Contessa," Ellington's companion Fernanda de Castro Monte joined the tour in New Delhi
                                                                                        • Dr. Arthur Logan joined the tour in Madras, and appears to have stayed until Baghdad. His wife Bridie-Mae Logan joined him and they appear to have left Baghdad for Beirut a day before the band and soon left for Paris.
                                                                                        • At line 13 on page 65 of the transcript of his pre-trial examination for his lawsuit against Duke Ellington, Inc., Celley said his wife was present on the tour. This has not been confirmed.
                                                                                        • Ray Nance returned home 1963 09 15 - see the entry for that day.
                                                                                        • In India, Ray was temporarily replaced by local trumpeter Pat Blake until Herbie Jones arrived from the United States to take over his chair.

                                                                                        State Department Escort Officer Thomas W. Simons Jr.
                                                                                        Tom Simons, the son of a U.S. diplomat and just 25 during the tour, was raised at Foreign Service posts abroad, including Pakistan, and in the Washington, D.C. area. Multilingual, well-travelled, and educated overseas and at Yale and Harvard, Simons was interviewed in 2004, and said:

                                                                                        'I got my PhD in '63. ... I took the Foreign Service exam in the fall of '62 in Boston. Passed but then was called up late for my class; in other words I missed the July class ...in 1963. ...the head of the Pakistan-Afghanistan Desk, ...took me on as a temp while I was waiting for the September class. Then another friend of my father's who was in the Junior Officer training program, JOT, called me up at a certain point in August and said, "Would you like to escort the Duke Ellington Orchestra around the Near East and South Asia from September to November, because you speak French and we need an escort who can deal with Syria and like that?" I said, "Yeah, I would."
                                                                                          Once I got my PhD I was subject to the draft, so I had gone out to Bladensburg and joined a military intelligence unit there, but I hadn't signed yet. I called the girl I had been dating up in Cambridge and I said to her, "The most wonderful thing has happened: I'm going to go around with Duke Ellington in 14 countries in the Near East and South Asia." You could just hear the voice on the other end of the phone freeze. She said, "How nice." I figured at that point, well the hell with it. So when she came down for Labor Day ... and I asked her to marry me. ... we were engaged when I went with Ellington.
                                                                                          Meanwhile I went out to the old non-com out at Bladensburg and said, "Look, I'm going to take off but I'll check back in when we return in December." But we were curtailed with Ellington because of Kennedy's assassination. We were in Ankara and came back. I came back and wrote my report and didn't go back to Bladensburg, and we got married... Showered with presents from the Duke Ellington people, the band people and Billy Strayhorn. I still have the book he sent...
                                                                                          [After working the Pakistan-Afghanistan desk of the South Asia Division of the Near Eastern Bureau,...] Then I went off with Duke Ellington until November. That was exciting. [Interviewer: Q: How did this go in that area? I know when going to the Soviet Union this was really something because everybody there listened to jazz. What about where you went? This is not a jazz area.]...except for the elites. In the report that I wrote, having come back early and having time on my hands in early December ... one of the things I said was that we are preaching to the converted. I didn't think the U.S. taxpayer should spend that amount of money – because it was a lot of money for those days – basically entertaining the elites of this part of the world who'd learn to love jazz at Oxford and Cambridge. I thought we should send smaller groups and more modern groups, people who could jam with musicians out there...'


                                                                                        Difficulties encountered

                                                                                        • Air transport:
                                                                                          • The Department was to provide carriers that were recognized as the best available, and first-class transportation was to be provided where available. The tour "received first-class treatment" from New York to Damascus, from Dacca to Lahore, Karachi and Tehran, and from Ankara to New York. "Economy treatment" was the best available on the other flights. The group flew on DC-3 aircraft from Damascus to Amman and from Kabul to New Delhi. It flew 10 hours in a converted cargo plane from Beirut to Kabul because the Afghan royal family pre-empted the Afghani national airline's passenger plane. Airplanes used in this tour included Fokker Friendships and four engine Viscount and four engine DC-6.
                                                                                          • Advance tour officer Naomi Huber wrote that Ellington was adverse to DC-3 aircraft, and that Fokker Friendships can only carry 800 pounds in their cargo holds. Additional cargo can be carried in the passenger compartment, but the cabin doors are small and arrangements to use passenger space for cargo would have to be made ahead of time.
                                                                                          • Fall and winter airline schedules in the region change in October, November and December, resulting in some flights being cancelled or rerouted. In Hubler's October 5 letter to Mr. Wolfe at headquarters, she wrote:

                                                                                            'The transportation problems have been ghastly. The communications from one city to another are poor and each IAC representative has a certain control and quotas regarding disposal of passengers and space freight. IAC has lost two planes recently and this has not helped the situation. The size of planes available and their weight limitations add to the problem, plus the fact [sic] that advance bookings, advance blocked freight space and revision of schedules. I have attempted not to become involved because I feel that this is TWA's responsibility. However, TWA headquarters are in Bombay and IAC headquarters are in Delhi and I have been contacted in all the cities along the way by the TWA or the IAC representative asking what decisions had been reached and advising me that certain proposals were not feasible...'

                                                                                          • Simons:
                                                                                            The serious technical problem we had... was on air transport...comfort was even more important than size to the group. This difficulty stemmed partly from personal preferences and fears on the part of Ellington and some members of the band, partly from travel conditions in this part of the world, and partly from misconceptions on the part of the group as to the meaning of "first class if available"...Further, it also may be possible that the airlines contracted to transport our attractions, in this area, could devise methods which could assure and guarantee that travel arrangements are followed through and made firm in the countries involved.
                                                                                            and
                                                                                            'Air transportation provided the single most difficult and unpleasant set of problems encountered on the tour. This was 1) because facilities are limited in that part of the world; 2) it was exceedingly difficult to control arrangements in that part of the world from the United States; 3) because the group was promised first-class arrangements when available, and not sufficiently impressed with how little available they would be; 4) because there were major objections...to the use of tiny planes for long or difficult flights.'
                                                                                          • Ellington was upset by a 10 hour flight in a converted cargo plane (see 1963 09 17).
                                                                                          • Tour equipment and personal baggage exceeded the amount provided for in the contract by nearly 700 lbs. Simons reported part of the cargo had to be shipped on other flights from Kabul to New Delhi, Bangalore to Madras, Kuwait to Baghdad and Baghdad to Beirut. Simons:
                                                                                            Performances should not, if possible, be scheduled on the day before or after departure or arrival where the plane is at all likely to be unable to carry all of a group's cargo. This will allow some of it to be sent on a later or earlier plane and to be met, transported, and in the case of a band, set up in time for the performance.'
                                                                                          • By the end of the tour, there was over 175 kilograms of excess personal baggage. Excess baggage charges were to be paid by each individual, but efficiency meant all the baggage had to be moved together, Simons found "a serious payment problem."
                                                                                          • Simons:
                                                                                            Group members should be warned that instrument cases strong enough for American or European tours will not be strong enough for tours in this area. They should have especially sturdy cases built before leaving the United States. This applies particularly to bass fiddles...'
                                                                                        • Ground transport:
                                                                                          • Simons recommended a separate car be kept available for orchestra leaders and that carryalls rather than buses be used for social functions, so some mencould go on ahead when others were tardy.
                                                                                          • Simons recommended a pickup truck be arranged for luggage and equipment to be carried between the airport, the hotel and the venues. He recommended the cargo should be loaded before baggage, which suggests there may have been occasions when cargo had to be unloaded to get at the men's suitcases, before the cargo was taken to the theatre or embassy.
                                                                                        • Accommodation:
                                                                                          • Simons recommended Damascus not be the first stop in future tours, because the adequate hotels were second-rate by American standards and were too noisy from 6 a.m. to 10 p.m. due to heavy traffic.
                                                                                          • The Department booked twin rooms at some locations because the Ellington organization said the men would double up if a single cost more than $10, but many opted forsingle rooms even when they cost more. Some even wanted telephones! Simons recommended asking each band member what he will accept in the way of accommodation instead of relying on company managers or booking agents.
                                                                                          • Ellington was housed separately in Amman, New Delhi and Decca, meaning the escort had to make extra journeys toconsult with him. Simons recommended separate housing if the leader was temperamental, but said Ellington "was not that temperamental."
                                                                                        • Health:
                                                                                          • Simons reported that everyone came down with intestinal disorders during the first 10 days of the tour; in most cases this was minor gastric distress cleared up by pills from his medical kit.
                                                                                          • 'Local doctors had to be called in for more serious disturbances [3 cases] and for Ellington. There were house doctors in many of the hotels. Local doctors will make calls to the hotel in every city except Ankara, where patients must report to the Air Force hospital...'
                                                                                          • One man needed dental treatment in New Delhi and Beirut. He missed no performances, but the New Delhi treatment was in two stages, so he had to return from Bombay while the band went to Calcutta.
                                                                                          • Ray Nance may have suffered mental health issues, and went home Sept. 15.
                                                                                          • Simons and the junior embassy officer in Ankara commented on Ellington's preoccupation with his health. Bright light hurt his eyes and he was hospitalized with a virus for five days in New Delhi. At one point the advance officer, N. Huber, reported his temperature was 102 degrees (F.) although it was down to 99 the day before the band left new Delhi. After leaving the hospital, Ellington convalesced at the Ambassador's residence before meeting the band in Bombay. During the next two and a half weeks he shortened concerts, and limited off-stage activities to one hour a day. He didn't return to a normal schedule until Pakistan.

                                                                                            The Ellington Collection contains a draft letter on Rosenbaum Rubin Burn & Thau, Certified Public Accountants stationery to be written by Dr. Logan:
                                                                                            May [blank], 1971

                                                                                            Rosenblum Rubin Burn & Thau
                                                                                            666 Fifth Avenue
                                                                                            New York, New York 10019

                                                                                            Gentlemen:

                                                                                            Please be advised that in the month of October 1963 (at which time I
                                                                                            was in New York), my medical services were urgently required by
                                                                                            Mr. Edward (Duke) Ellington, who was stricken with [blank]
                                                                                            while performing with his orchestra in Calcotta, India. I spent
                                                                                            approximately [blank] days with Mr. Ellington and was compensated
                                                                                            by payment of $800 in fees. In addition, Mr. Ellington paid
                                                                                            approximately $1,500 for my air fare and land accommodations.

                                                                                            Mr. Ellington was hospitalized in [blank] for a period
                                                                                            of about [blank] days.

                                                                                            Very truly yours,

                                                                                            Dr. Arthur Logan
                                                                                            Whether or not Dr. Logan wrote the suggested letter is unknown.

                                                                                            Simons described the weeks Ellington was not with the band as the easiest weeks of the tour, and the following two and a half weeks as the most difficult, largely because Duke tried to attend functions and would cancel at the last moment.
                                                                                          • Mercer Ellington:
                                                                                            '...Ellington was gravely ill in India, and when he returned to New York he was still complaining of unusual sensations. Dr. Arthur Loganhad him examined very thoroughly, and there were certain pitted marks in his skull that disturbed him. Pop had to undergo treatment for this condition for at least eighteenmonths, and whether it had any relation to his final illness or not I guess only Dr. Logan could have said.'
                                                                                          • Ellington was accustomed to eating steak, and could not or would not enjoy most foods. Simons had to procure canned American vegetables and various posts provided steak.
                                                                                        • Money:
                                                                                          • Salaries
                                                                                            • Simon:
                                                                                              'Payment of salary was the greatest single cause of friction and discontent within the group...'
                                                                                                Celley left New York with enough American cash for two weeks of payroll, sleeping with it under his pillow. Cheques were supposed to be waiting for him at local banks affiliated with ABC's New York bank, but there were often several affiliated local banks, and
                                                                                              '...one rarely knew which one was to receive the check; the bank would often not inform the post of the receipt; and the post, nearly as often, would not inform the company manager.'
                                                                                              At least three times the tour left town before the bank was located; Celley cashed a personal cheque to meet the payroll.
                                                                                            • The men didn't want to be paid in local currencies, so the pay had to be converted to dollars, but the banks wouldn't dispense American cash, just travellers' cheques payable to DEI. Glaser's solution was to pay the men's hotel bills from their pay, and leaving them with little money to spend. They had to make draws against their salaries whenever they needed cash; some men were only paid once during the last 8 weeks.
                                                                                            • Although the Department was to pay the first $50,000 of the contract price in August and the contract included Sept. 6 and 7, Simons wrote that the men were paid from Sunday to Saturday and were deprived of salary for the first two days.
                                                                                            • There was some uncertainty about whether the men would receive their final pay for the tour from its termination settlement.
                                                                                          • Currency controls - in some countries the men had to keep an accounting of how much money they brought in and report how much they were leaving with.
                                                                                          • Money changing:
                                                                                            • Most currencies were either not convertible or convertible at a loss
                                                                                            • It was usually impossible to exchange local currency for the currency of the next country on the tour
                                                                                            • Dollars could only be purchased at a premium
                                                                                            • Money changers were not available at the times the men needed them
                                                                                            • In three countries, the embassy solved the problem by collecting the men's remaining local currency and exchanging for dollars.
                                                                                        • Tardiness:
                                                                                          • The band started late at all but two performances.
                                                                                          • Simons:
                                                                                            [Ellington's] 'habitual tardiness was a constant burden ...but could be taken into account.'

                                                                                            'A great deal of the work involves going from hotel room to hotel room, knocking, pleading, cajoling, threatening, and simply standing around with men in all phases of undress. Escorts for a jazz orchestra must be extremely good walkers.'
                                                                                      • Stage and lighting:
                                                                                        • Sound systems were in some places ... the best sound system was in Lahore, where USIS set it up, and generally USIS-controlled sound was more effective. Lighting facilities varied in quality from place to place. Ellington had a special problem in that his eyes were affected by bright light... The stage specificications sent on ahead turned out to be restrictive. This was not apparent until after the band left India, since USIS New Delhi sent its own advance man ahead ... telling oncoming posts to build longer and wider. But after India men began to fall off the stands, the trumpeters were doing solos from a crouch, and in some places only the good luck of arriving a day before the first concert allowed adequate additions to be built.
                                                                                      • Morale:
                                                                                        • As the tour progressed, the sidemen became increasingly less willing to attend the social functions. In Calcutta, only 3 of the 8 men invited to one eventshowed up. Simons attributed this to there being too many of such functions, the men's exhaustion, the social status of those attending the functions, and to attentionusually being focused on Duke.
                                                                                        • Sidemen found school visits very tiring - most found it hard to talk well about their music.
                                                                                        • Morning functions didn't work well for jazz musicians since they work late and sleep late.
                                                                                      • Companionship:
                                                                                        • Members of the group socialized with people the Department and American officials weren't comfortable with. In some cases American officials had moral objections which most did not express, and in other cases there was concern about the tour's public image. In Columbo one newspaper printed a two-page spread making allegations about the Ambassador and "cutely and with much exaggeration detailed some nocturnal doings and cutely hinted at others. The Public Affairs Officer considered it almost a compliment given the excellent publicity and reception the group got in Columbo and the shabby character of that city's press." where
                                                                                        • Simons praised Ellington's behaviour and manners throughout the tour. Other than for official functions he ate in his hotel, and only went out twice during the tour for anything but activities related to the tour or medical consultations. Simons commented at length about The Contessa, however, who travelled with Ellington from New Delhi on. Duke and The Contessa were aware of the potential for embarrassment, and avoided being photographed together (despite which she was photographed twice). Duke claimed she was a writer who was helping him translate a libretto into French.
                                                                                      • Tour escort workload:
                                                                                        • Simons wrote 23 pages about duties and workload. This included some duplication of issues discussed earlier in the report and aspects of the job which were similar to the job of a tour guide. Most amusing was
                                                                                          'The weightiest and most memorable single impression the escort had of this trip was work. He worked until he had no appetite, little strength and few nerves left. Until this point was reached, there would be more work. After the month, the only desire he cherished was to sleep. There was little opportunity to sleep. Work started at nine o'clock and lasted into the morning, because he needed to get the men to off-stage functions,...and out again. There was generally a lull in mid-afternoon. This afforded no opportunity to sleep, since it was a certainty that the telephone would ring with a request for a small service or for a small bit of information... These disturbances could have been avoided, but [I] could not stop calls or pull the phone out of the wall because there was generally a good chance a hard-working control officer would think of one last necessary thing in the five o'clock rush, and control officers were without exception hard-working. The escort was ashamed to be overjoyed at the outbreak of the Baghdad troubles, because all phones in the city were cut-off for twenty-four hours.'

                                                                                      • Documentation contained in SI NMAH Archive Center DEC301 Series 2: Performances and Programs, 1933-1974, Box 2:
                                                                                        • Folder 1, labelled 1 Middle East Tour, September, 1963:
                                                                                          16-page brochure in Arabic.
                                                                                        • Folder 2, labelled Rang Bhaven, India, October 9-10, 1963:
                                                                                          • 17- page brochure on the tour
                                                                                          • Duke's invitation to a reception at the U.S. Consulate
                                                                                        • Folder 3, Damascus, Syria, September 9, 1963:
                                                                                          • 11 page brochure in English and Arabic
                                                                                          • 15 pages of guest lists for Embassy functions
                                                                                        • Folder 4, Amman, Jordan, September 12, 1963:
                                                                                          • tour schedule
                                                                                          • Embassy function guest list
                                                                                          • Duke's invitation to an Embassy function
                                                                                          • State Dept press release
                                                                                          • postcard showing the orchestra playing at the ruins
                                                                                        • Folder 5, Near and Middle East, September 9-November 28, 1963:
                                                                                          3 pages of itinerary from Joe Igo

                                                                                        • Folder 6, India, September 24 1963:
                                                                                          • 12 page brochure
                                                                                          • 8 page brochure
                                                                                          • 2 page flyer
                                                                                          • 5 page Delhi schedule
                                                                                        • Folder 7, India, October 10-31, 1963:
                                                                                          • invitation to Embassy function
                                                                                          • 10 pages of press releases
                                                                                        • Folder 8, Pakistan, October 27-November 5, 1963 (October 19- November 4, 1963):
                                                                                          • 8 pages schedule
                                                                                          • press releases
                                                                                        • Folder 9, Pakistan, October 27-November 5, 1963:
                                                                                          • Press kit including envelope
                                                                                          • 7 8x10 glossies with captions on verso
                                                                                          • 18 pages press releases
                                                                                        • Folder 10, Iran, November 7, 1963:
                                                                                          • 4 page schedule
                                                                                          • 5 page article from Tehran Hilton Magazine about Duke's visit
                                                                                        • Folder 11, Beirut, Lebanon, November 16, 1963:
                                                                                          • 2 page Arabic flyer
                                                                                          • 3 page Arabic article on Duke visit from MEA Magazine
                                                                                        • Folder 12, Afghanistan, November 18-21, 1963 :
                                                                                          1 page schedule

                                                                                        • Folder 13, Ankara, Turkey, November 23-26, 1963
                                                                                          11 page program

                                                                                        • Folder 14, Asian Tour, November, 1963 (June-November, 1963)
                                                                                          Approx. 45 pages of press clippings collected by the State Department

                                                                                        • Folder 15, Middle East, 1963
                                                                                          2 page flyer

                                                                                        • Folder 16, Asian Tour, 1963
                                                                                          • 2 pages State Dept re piano for tour
                                                                                          • 6 page schedule
                                                                                        • Folder 17, Near and Middle East, 1963No material on Duke, just background about USIS programs

                                                                                        Documentation contained in the Smithsonian Institution's Duke Ellington Collection, 1927-1988, #301 Series 2: Performances and Programs, 1933-1974, Box 18 Folder 1 Pakistan, October, 1963
                                                                                           -Italy Tour - 18 page brochure in Italian about Ellington
                                                                                        • Library of Congress website Hope for America: Performers, Politics and Pop Culture:
                                                                                        • Fulbright Papers, University of Arkansas Special Collections, Box 61, Folder 6:
                                                                                          • Two undated, untitled, unsigned copies of reports concerning the tour, believed to have been written by Thomas W. Simons Jr.
                                                                                            • 17 pages headed "THE DUKE ELLINGTON ORCHESTRA September 6–November 28, 1963 NEA"
                                                                                            • 78 pages headed "A. Introduction"

                                                                                              (These reports will be referred to herein as Simons' short report and Simons' long report respectively)
                                                                                          • Harvey G. Cohen, Duke Ellington's America, University of Chicago Press, 2010 pp.409-441 (narrative) and pp.637-643 (comprehensive bibliography)
                                                                                          • Penny M. Von Eschen:
                                                                                            • The Goodwill Ambassador: Duke Ellington and Black Worldliness, in The Arts of Democracy: Art, Public Culture and the State, Casey N. Blake, ed.,University of Pennsylvania Press, 2007, pp.153 et subs with comprehensive bibliography, pp. 167 et subs
                                                                                            • Satchmo Blows Up the World: Jazz Ambassadors Play the Cold War, Harvard University Press, 2004, Chapter 5, Duke's Diplomacy
                                                                                          • Duke Ellington, MIMM, pp.301-330
                                                                                          • The Association for Diplomatic Studies and Training, Foreign Affairs Oral History Project, AmbassadorThomas W. Simons Jr., interviewed by Charles Stuart Kennedy July 22, 2004 , pp. 25-26
                                                                                          • Stanley Dance The World of Duke Ellington, pp. 16 - 20
                                                                                          • M. Ellington, DEIP, p. 191
                                                                                          • Take the "A" Train - Ehsan Khoshbakht's Notes on Jazz
                                                                                          • Handbill or poster
                                                                                          • Email, C.Windheuser, Volunteer, Reference Services, SI NMAH Archives Center - Palmquist, Jan. to Mar. 2016 concerning folder contents.
                                                                                          • SI-NMAH Archives Center, DEC301, Series III, Subseries G
                                                                                            • Box 113 Folder 06 "Celley v. Ellington:"
                                                                                                Transcript, United States District Court, Southern District of New York, Albert J. Celley, plaintiff, against Duke Ellington, Inc., Defendant, Examination before trial of the Plaintiff, Albert J. Celley... at the offices of Pryor, Braun & Cashman, 640 Fifth Avenue, New York, N.Y., March 8 1966, 2 p.m.
                                                                                            • Box 115, Folder 26 "Correspondence -- Rosenblum, Burn & Thau, May 1971:"
                                                                                                draft Logan letter
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                                                                                        1963 11 28New York, N.Y. to Rome, ItalyIdlewild AirportFlight from New York to Rome, en route to Damascus, Syria, departing New York on TWA 840F at 9:45 P.M
                                                                                        • Duke Ellington, MIMM pp.301-330
                                                                                        • Thomas W. Simons Jr., two untitled and undated State Department reports concerning the Duke Ellington tour.
                                                                                        • The Association for Diplomatic Studies and Training, Foreign Affairs Oral History Project, Ambassador Thomas W. Simons Jr., interviewed by Charles Stuart Kennedy July 22, 2004 , pp. 25-26
                                                                                        • Stanley Dance in The World of Duke Ellington, pp. 16 - 20
                                                                                        • Harvey G. Cohen, Duke Ellington's America, University of Chicago Press, 2010 pp.409-441 (narrative) and with comprehensive bibliography, pp.637-643
                                                                                        • Penny M. Von Eschen, The Goodwill Ambassador: Duke Ellington and Black Worldliness, in The Arts of Democracy: Art, Public Culture and the State, Casey N. Blake, ed., University of Pennsylvania Press, 2007, pp.153 et subs with comprehensive bibliography, pp. 167 et subs.
                                                                                        • Penny M. Von Eschen, Satchmo Blows Up the World: Jazz Ambassadors Play the Cold War, Harvard University Press, 2004
                                                                                        • M. Ellington, DEIP, p. 191
                                                                                        • Take the "A" Train - Ehsan Khoshbakht's Notes on Jazz
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                                                                                        Ankara, Turkey
                                                                                        Damascus, Syria
                                                                                        .Itineraries:
                                                                                        • Change planes in Rome, depart for Ankara on PAA 114F at 12:15 P.M.
                                                                                        • Depart Ankara KLM 561F, 8:00 P.M.
                                                                                        • Arrive Mazzuh Airport, Damascus 9:40 P.M.
                                                                                        • The entire group stayed at the Semiramis Hotel, room and full board included.
                                                                                        • Refreshments would be provided in the Mazzah Airport Restaurant while custom formalities were completed.
                                                                                        • Travel by taxi to the New Semiramis Hotel, arriving by 11 p.m.
                                                                                        • The itinerary provided for a briefing on Sept. 8, two performances at the Trade Fair Grounds between Sept. 9 and 11 and a departure by charter flight in the late morning Sept.12.
                                                                                        • Itinerary, Fulbright Papers, Special Collections, University of Arkansas Libraries, Fayetteville, Ark., Box 61, Folder 6
                                                                                        • Archives Center, SI-NMAH, DEC301 Series 2, Box 2, Folder 3:
                                                                                          • Visit of Duke Ellington Orchestra, Information Sheet, Damascus, S.A.R., Sept.7, 1963
                                                                                          • Consolidated Itinerary, Duke Ellington Tour in Damascus
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                                                                                        Sunday
                                                                                        .Damascus, SyriaGarden
                                                                                        U.S. Embassy
                                                                                        Simons reported Ray Nance refused to attend any functions the first day.
                                                                                        Consolidated Itinerary, Duke Ellington Tour in Damascus - Sunday:
                                                                                        • Breakfast at hotel
                                                                                        • 10:45 a.m. depart by bus to Ambassador's residence (suggested attire, sport shirt)
                                                                                        • 11:00 a.m. informal briefing in Residence garden with the Ambassador [His Excellency Ridgway B. Knight] and his Country Team

                                                                                          MIMM mentions Paul Gonsalves made a speech with his arm around the Ambassador. Nance was not present.
                                                                                        • 11:45 Depart for Brunch at home of Mr. and Mrs. Preston Amos, Director, USIS Library. In addition to the Ellington ensemble, 34 Americans and at least 12 Syrians were invited:

                                                                                          I. Americans
                                                                                          • Mr.and Mrs. John Tobler
                                                                                          • Mr.and Mrs. Evan Fotos
                                                                                          • Mr.and Mrs. Edwin P. Kennedy, Jr.
                                                                                          • Mr.and Mrs. Leslie D. .Polk
                                                                                          • Mr.and Mrs. William W. Douglass
                                                                                          • Mr.and Mrs. George L. Quade
                                                                                          • Mr.Lewis Bradshaw
                                                                                          • Miss Betty Snyder
                                                                                          • Miss Ella Miller Hooe
                                                                                          • Miss Mary C. Forkins
                                                                                          • Miss Mary E Kincaid
                                                                                          • Miss Barbara J. Miller
                                                                                          • Miss Martha Conolly
                                                                                          • Miss Constance Graleska
                                                                                          • Miss Lucy Leidy
                                                                                          • Miss Dorothy M. Loughead
                                                                                          • Miss Georgia M. Rasp
                                                                                          • Sgt. Robert M. Wicklein
                                                                                          • Cpl. Michael Tarzia
                                                                                          • Cpl. Ray Boughner
                                                                                          • Cpl. William Zuber
                                                                                          • Cpl. Kenneth V. Zombro and guest
                                                                                          • Mr. William A. Hyde
                                                                                          • Major and Mrs. Lawrence P. David (UN)
                                                                                          • Mr.John Leniham
                                                                                          • Major Thomas A. Blake (UN)


                                                                                          II. Syrians
                                                                                          • Atty. and Mrs.Yasin A. Bayazid
                                                                                          • Mr. Fuad Kawmi (USIS)
                                                                                          • Mr. Mohamed Rikaby (USIS)
                                                                                          • Miss Denise Bishara (Embassy)
                                                                                          • Mr.Nisar Bishara (Engineer)
                                                                                          • Mr. Zuhayr Hilbawi (Embassy)
                                                                                          • Miss Saadat Darwish (Embassy) and sister
                                                                                          • Miss Dolly Shaghouri (student)
                                                                                          • Mr. Nabir Shaghouri (student)
                                                                                          • (Webmaster's note. This list is incomplete - when I photographed the list at least one name was below the edge of the picture. My apology.)
                                                                                        • 2:30 Depart for hotel
                                                                                        • Afternoon free
                                                                                        • 6:00 p.m. Depart hotel by bus for home of Mr. and Mrs. John H. Toblar... for informal Cocktail-Buffet in honor of Duke Ellington and Orchestra (suggested attire, sport jacket). The scheduled starting time was 6:30, and in addition to the Ellington entourage, the guest list included
                                                                                          • 6 bandleaders and their wives
                                                                                          • Director of TV Orchestra
                                                                                          • Director of Radio Orchestra & President of Musicians Union
                                                                                          • Radio Orchestra Bass Player
                                                                                        • The Debke Group, which seems to have consisted of a Mr. & Mrs. Qassab Hassan Safouh and a company of 7 men and 6 women
                                                                                        • 5 musicians
                                                                                        • 24 embassy personnel, including several who were at the previous function.
                                                                                      • 10:00 p.m. Return to hotel.

                                                                                      • Ellington became ill in Damascus and a doctor told him things would clear up in a few hours.
                                                                                        Simons on the Damascus days:

                                                                                        'The Orchestra's two performances at the Damascus International Trade Fair Theatre constituted the only performances by a Western country in the context of the Fair's cultural program and marked the first American use of the Fair Theatre. Not only did Mr. Ellington's performances save the Fair's cultural program from East Bloc domination but they also added a genuinely American flavor to the Fair in a year when the United States did not participate with a pavillion.'

                                                                                        • Duke Ellington, MIMM p.302
                                                                                        • Simons' reports, ibid.
                                                                                        • Archive Center, SI-NMAH DEC301, Series 2, Box 2, Folder 3
                                                                                          • Consolidated Itinerary for Duke Ellington Tour
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                                                                                        Monday
                                                                                        .Damascus, SyriaTheatre, Damascus Fair
                                                                                        Consolidated Itinerary, Duke Ellington Tour in Damascus - Monday:
                                                                                        • 9:30- 11:30 a.m. - Optional sightseeing/shopping tour
                                                                                        • 11:30 a.m. Ellington to be interviewed at USIS Library by Donald Anderson for Voice of America
                                                                                        • 12:00 p.m. Special autograph hour by Ellington and orchestra members at USIS Library
                                                                                        • 1:00 p.m. Return to hotel, afternoon free, dinner at hotel
                                                                                        • 8:45 p.m. Transportation departs Damascus Fair Theater [sic]
                                                                                        • 9:30 p.m. Damascus Fair Concert (The programme said Ellington preferred to maintain spontaneity by not announcing a set programme; instead he would choose selections for each concert based on audience interest. It then listed nearly 70 titles included in the repertoire.)
                                                                                        • 12:00 p.m. Return to hotel

                                                                                        The concert was recorded:

                                                                                        Duke Ellington and His Orchestra
                                                                                        C.Williams, Anderson, Ericson, Nance, Brown, Cooper, Connors, Hamilton, Procope, Hodges, Gonsalves, Carney, Ellington, Shepard, Woodyard
                                                                                        Titles recorded:
                                                                                        • Take the "A" Train
                                                                                        • Afro-Bossa
                                                                                        • Eighth Veil
                                                                                        • Rockin' In Rhythm
                                                                                        • Silk Lace
                                                                                        • Lullaby Of Birdland
                                                                                        • Medley
                                                                                          • Black and Tan Fantasy
                                                                                          • Creole Love Call
                                                                                          • The Mooche
                                                                                        • Skin Deep
                                                                                        • Medley
                                                                                        • V.I.P. Boogie
                                                                                        • Jam With Sam
                                                                                        • I Got It Bad and That Ain't Good
                                                                                        • Things Ain't What They Used To Be
                                                                                        • Do Nothin' Till You Hear From Me (New Concerto For Cootie)
                                                                                        • Tutti For Cootie
                                                                                        • Diminuendo In Blue and Wailing Interval
                                                                                        The longer medley consisted of:
                                                                                        • Satin Doll
                                                                                        • Solitude
                                                                                        • Don't Get Around Much Anymore
                                                                                        • Mood Indigo
                                                                                        • I'm Beginning To See The Light
                                                                                        • Sophisticated Lady
                                                                                        • Caravan
                                                                                        • Do Nothin' Till You Hear From Me
                                                                                        • Just Squeeze Me
                                                                                        • It Don't Mean A Thing (If It Ain't Got That Swing)
                                                                                        • I Let A Song Go & Don't Get Around Much Anymore
                                                                                        Vail:

                                                                                        'Duke Ellington and his Orchestra play their first concert of the tour in Damascus, Syria, before an audience of 17,000...'

                                                                                        This is probably based on Stratemann which reports Variety said 17,000 fans attended. It seems most likely there was a misprint in Stratemann or Variety, since Simons reported "over 1,500" and an AP wirestory said 1,700 attended. An advertisement for the concerts in Lahore carried a photograph of Ellington and his orchestra playing for "1,800 Syrian jazz fans at the Damascus International Fair Theater."

                                                                                        Cohen:

                                                                                        'Onstage in Damascus, the tour's first stop, during a solo he [Nance] defiantly crossed his legs and displayed the bottoms of his feet, a Muslim tabloo.'

                                                                                        Under "Off-stage Appearances" Simons reported Meeting with students and jazz fans at American Library (150), reception.

                                                                                        This was Syria's first concert by an American big band.
                                                                                        Von Eschen writes that State Department officials publicized the event with direct mail because the band arrived just after a coup which interfered with the ability to use newspaper advertising. Simons writes

                                                                                        'Advance publicity in Damascus was excellent. Roads and sidestreets, even into the bazaars, were covered with posters.'

                                                                                        • AP wirestory
                                                                                            ,
                                                                                          • Evening World-Herald, Omaha, Neb., 1963-09-10 p.3
                                                                                          • The Stars and Stripes, Europe, 1963-09-11 p.23
                                                                                        • Stratemann, p.474 citing Variety 1963-09-18 p.55
                                                                                        • Von Eschen: Satchmo Blows Up the World: Jazz Ambassadors Play the Cold War, chapter 5 "Duke's Diplomacy"
                                                                                        • Thomas W. Simons Jr.'s reports, held in the Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs Historical Collection, J. William Fulbright Papers, University of Arkansas at Fayetteville, referred to herein collectively as "Simons:"
                                                                                          • "The Duke Ellington Orchestra, September 6-November 28, 1963," Sixteen weeks, Synopsis (Series 2, Box 9) and
                                                                                          • "General Report on the Ellington Tour," (Series 5, Box 9)
                                                                                          • Cohen, p.434
                                                                                        • Archive Center, SI-NMAH DEC301, Series 2, Box 2, Folder 3:
                                                                                          • Concert programme
                                                                                          • Consolidated Itinerary for Duke Ellington Tour
                                                                                        • Poster:

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                                                                                          Festival of the Arts
                                                                                          for the
                                                                                          10th International Exhibition,
                                                                                          Damascus:

                                                                                          Duke Ellington and His Orchestra.

                                                                                          Two shows, September 9th and 11th
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                                                                                        Tuesday
                                                                                        7 to 9 pm
                                                                                        .Damascus, Syria Garden, U.S. Ambassador's residenceReception given by Ambassador and Mrs. Ridgway B. Knight in honor of Duke Ellington and the members of his orchestra, 7 to 9 p.m.
                                                                                        Consolidated Itinerary, Duke Ellington Tour in Damascus - Tuesday
                                                                                        • Morning free, optional shopping/sightseeing tour 9:30 - 11:30
                                                                                        • 2:00 p.m. Optional Invitation extended by Caves du Roy Restaurant to Messrs. Ellington, Strayhorn and 4 members of orchestra (suggested attire, sport jacket)
                                                                                        • Afernoon free
                                                                                        • 6:40 p.m. Transportation from hotel to Residence
                                                                                        • 7:00 - 9:00 p.m. Ambassador's Reception in honor of Duke Ellington and Orchestra (suggested attire, dark business suit)
                                                                                        • 9:15 p.m. Transportation back to hotel
                                                                                        • 10:00 p.m. Optional - Ellington and entire orchestra invited for dinner and show at Corrida Stereo Club.

                                                                                        Guest list:
                                                                                        THE PRESIDENCY
                                                                                        H.E. and Mrs. Amin HafizPresident of NCRC
                                                                                        CABINET
                                                                                        H.E. and Mrs. Salah Al-Din Tu'NahPrime Minister, Foreign Minister
                                                                                        H.E. and Mrs. 'Abd al-Kaliq NauishbandiNCRC and Union Affairs
                                                                                        H.E. and Mrs. Sami al-JundiInformation, Acting Minister of Culture and National Guidance
                                                                                        H.E. and Mrs. Mansur al-AtrashSocial Affairs and Labor
                                                                                        H.E. and Mrs. Ahmad Abu SalihCommunications, Aciting Public Works
                                                                                        H.E. and Mrs. Shibli al'IsamiAgrarian Reform
                                                                                        H.E. and Mrs. Muhammad Ghasson Haddad Planning
                                                                                        H.E. and Mrs. Ibraham MakusHealth
                                                                                        H.E. and Mrs. Mustafa Shamma Finance
                                                                                        H.E. and Mrs. Adil TarabayhAgriculture
                                                                                        H.E. and Mrs. Shakir FahhamEducation
                                                                                        H.E. and Mrs. Mazhar AnbariJustice and Acting Awqaf
                                                                                        H.E. and Mrs. Nur al Din Rifa'iIndustry
                                                                                        H.E. and Mrs. Salih MahamidMunicipal and Village Affairs
                                                                                        H.E. and Mrs. Nur al Din AtasiInterior
                                                                                        H.E. and Mrs. Mahmud JayyushSupply
                                                                                        H.E. and Mrs. 'Abdullan ZiyadanIn Charge of Defense
                                                                                        SECRETARIES GENERAL
                                                                                        H.E.Rafiq AshavForeign Affairs
                                                                                        Mr. and Mrs. Yusuf KhabbazSTATE, NCRC Affairs
                                                                                        Dr. and Mrs. Salah WazzanAgrarian Reform
                                                                                        Mr. and Mrs. Jamil Mu'AllaAgriculture
                                                                                        Mr. and Mrs. 'Abd al-Rahman Tabba'Awqaf
                                                                                        Mr. and Mrs. Tawfiq Sarmini Communications
                                                                                        Mr. and Mrs. Yusuf Shaqrah Culture and National Guidance
                                                                                        Mr. and Mrs. Kamal HusniEconomy
                                                                                        Mr. and Mrs. Hashim al-FasihEducation
                                                                                        Mr. and Mrs. Hamid al-'ArafahHealth
                                                                                        Mr. and Mrs. 'Abd al-Rahman al-HamviIndustry
                                                                                        Mr. and Mrs. Adib al-LajamiInformation

                                                                                        AP Wirestory:

                                                                                        'DAMASCUS, Syria –(AP)– Band-leader Duke Ellington, visiting the Middle East on a concert tour, was confined to bed Tuesday with a high temperature and a stomach disorder.'

                                                                                        • Invitation shown at Eshan Khoshbakht's blog
                                                                                        • San Antonio Express, San Antonio, Tex., 1963-09-11 p.9-B
                                                                                        • Archive Center, SI-NMAH DEC301, Series 2, Box 2
                                                                                          • Folder 3: Guest list for Damascus
                                                                                          • Consolidated Itinerary for Duke Ellington Tour
                                                                                          • Folder 14: Clipping, Pakistan Times, Lahore, Pakistan, 1963-10-27 p.16
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                                                                                        Wednesday
                                                                                        .Damascus, SyriaTheatre, Damascus FairConsolidated Itinerary, Duke Ellington Tour in Damascus - Wednesday
                                                                                        • Morning free - Optional sightseeing/shopping tour 9:30-11:30
                                                                                        • 2:00 p.m. Ambassador's luncheon in honor of Duke Ellington at the Residence
                                                                                        • Optional Dutch Treat for members of Orchestra at Damascus restaurant specializing in Arabic food
                                                                                        • Afternoon free
                                                                                        • 8:45 p.m. Transportation departs hotel for Damascus Fair Theater
                                                                                        • 9:30 p.m. Damascus Fair Concert
                                                                                        • 12:00 p.m. Return to hotel

                                                                                        Simons reported over 1,500 attended and the hall was full. He describes the audience as of varied composition, with large and highly vocal student contingents who were uncertain and unruly at first but left full of enthusiasm. He reported some people attended both concerts and complained the program was not varied between concerts.

                                                                                        DEMS reports that the tapes of Sept. 9 and 11 show Nance is present and there is no audible resentment from the audience.
                                                                                        The concert was recorded:

                                                                                        Duke Ellington and His Orchestra
                                                                                        C.Williams, Anderson, Ericson, Nance, Brown, Cooper, Connors, Hamilton, Procope, Hodges, Gonsalves, Carney, Ellington, Shepard, Woodyard

                                                                                        Titles recorded:
                                                                                        • Take The "A" Train
                                                                                        • Afro-Bossa
                                                                                        • Eighth Veil
                                                                                        • Medley
                                                                                          • Black And Tan Fantasy
                                                                                          • Creole Love Call
                                                                                          • The Mooche
                                                                                        • Lullaby Of Birdland
                                                                                        • Stompin' At The Savoy
                                                                                        • Silk Lace
                                                                                        • Skin Deep
                                                                                        • Jam With Sam
                                                                                        • Medley
                                                                                        • I Got It Bad
                                                                                        • Things Ain't What They Used To Be
                                                                                        • All Of Me
                                                                                        • Tutti For Cootie
                                                                                        • Diminuendo In Blue / Wailing Interval
                                                                                        • One More Once
                                                                                        The second medley was:
                                                                                        • Satin Doll
                                                                                        • Solitude
                                                                                        • Don't Get Around Much Anymore
                                                                                        • Mood Indigo
                                                                                        • I'm Beginning To See The Light
                                                                                        • Sophisticated Lady
                                                                                        • Caravan
                                                                                        • Do Nothin' Till You Hear From Me
                                                                                        • Just Squeeze Me
                                                                                        • It Don't Mean A Thing
                                                                                        • I Let A Song Go Out of My Heart & Don't Get Around Much Anymore
                                                                                        Archives Center SI-NMAH DEC301 Series 2 Box 2 Folder 3:
                                                                                        • Concert programme
                                                                                        • Consolidated Itinerary, Duke Ellington Tour in Damascus.
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                                                                                        Thursday
                                                                                        1963 09 16Amman, Jordan.
                                                                                        • While the Consolidated Itinerary, Duke Ellington Tour in Damascus showed was to go by bus, subject to confirmation, Ellington and the band travelled by "special plane" (a chartered DC-3)
                                                                                        • A typed SCHEDULE FOR THE DUKE ELLINGTON ORCHESTRA IN JORDAN ("Jordan schedule") shows:
                                                                                          • 1330 Arrival from Damascus, booked at al-Urdon Hotel. Short briefing and distribution mail.
                                                                                          • 1600 Interview of Mr. Ellington by HBS at the Ambassador's residence.
                                                                                          • 2000 Optional movie. "The Sins of Rachel Cade"...
                                                                                        • Simons (letter):

                                                                                          'Upon arrival in Amman, [Ray Nance] shocked and insulted Ambassador Macomber at the airport by repeatedly demanding in a loud voice who had his passport. Mr. Ellington was only a little less angered by this than the Ambassador, and spoke to Nance,...'

                                                                                        • Whether he was referring only to the Nance kefuffle or to other problems with the charter, Simons' long report says:

                                                                                          'The trip from Damascus to Amman should in future be made, by groups the size of this one, carrying as much equipment as this one did, by bus or car. There are thus good prospects that the travel misfortunes that beset the Ellington Orchestra need not reoccur.'

                                                                                        • In Jordan, Strayhorn and Ellington were Ambassador Macomber's house guests and at some point there was a reception during which Ellington danced with King Hussein's sister.
                                                                                        • Simons reports the band played for 4,000 people in Jordan in three performances.
                                                                                        • Khoshbakht, a the time of writing, has the first Jordanian concert Sept.12 but the itinerary and discographies date it Sept. 13.
                                                                                        • Vail reports only one concert (1963 09 13).
                                                                                        • Ellington reports visiting Jerusalem, and was there long enough to take a hotel suite.
                                                                                        • New Desor and Timner V name 3 trumpeters for the Sept. 13 concert, but Nance was present and played one number.

                                                                                        • Duke Ellington, MIMM, pp.302-303
                                                                                        • Simons' reports, ibid.
                                                                                        • Consolidated Itinerary, Duke Ellington Tour in Damascus, ibid.
                                                                                        • Schedule For The Duke Ellington Orchestra In Jordan, Archives Center, SI-NMAH DEC301, Series 2, Box 2, Folder 4
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                                                                                        Friday
                                                                                        .Amman, Jordan.Jordan Schedule:
                                                                                        • 1000 Hotel to American Embassy to meet the American Ambassador, William B. Macomber, Jr.
                                                                                        • 1300 Lunch with ticket sellers and jazz fans given by David Nalle, USIS Public Affairs Officer, at the al-Urdon Hotel.
                                                                                        • 1800 Hotel to Roman Theater.
                                                                                        • 1900 DUKE ELLINGTON CONCERT
                                                                                        • 2100 Roman Theater to Ambassador's Residence
                                                                                        • Reception in the Residence of the American Ambassador. (Steak dinner for orchestra members)
                                                                                        Band members were provided with a five-page briefing paper, outlining various protocols, means of addressing officials, where best to dine and shop, etc. The memo said

                                                                                        'Your concert in Amman is under the patronage of His Majesty King Hussein I. The sponsors are the Jordan-American Society, the Friends of the Children, and the Women's Auxiliary of the United Nations Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA).'


                                                                                        After the 10 a.m. scheduled briefing session with the American ambassador, Ellington and the ambassador met to discuss Nance's behaviour.

                                                                                        '...asked Mr. Ellington to see the Ambassador about it after the briefing. He told the Ambassador about what he had told me, and they agreed that although Nance was a borderline case, in view of his value as a performer he should be given any reasonable chance and meanwhile omitted from the social schedule.'

                                                                                        • Itinerary
                                                                                        • Letter, 1963-09-17, Simons to G. Wolfe
                                                                                        • Schedule For The Duke Ellington Orchestra In Jordan, Archives Center, SI-NMAH DEC301, Series 2, Box 2, Folder 4
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                                                                                        Friday
                                                                                        .Amman, JordanRoman amphitheatre7 p.m. concert at a Roman amphitheatre built into the curve of a hillside, capable of seating 6,000 [sic]. This concert was recorded:
                                                                                        Duke Ellington and His Orchestra
                                                                                        C.Williams, Anderson, Ericson, Nance, Brown, Cooper, Connors, Hamilton, Procope, Hodges, Gonsalves, Carney, Ellington, Shepard, Woodyard
                                                                                        Titles recorded:
                                                                                        • Take The "A" Train (theme)
                                                                                        • Afro-Bossa
                                                                                        • Eighth Veil
                                                                                        • Rockin' In Rhythm
                                                                                        • Silk Lace
                                                                                        • Lullaby Of Birdland
                                                                                        • I Got It Bad and That Ain't Good
                                                                                        • Things Ain't What They Used To Be
                                                                                        • Jam With Sam
                                                                                        • Medley
                                                                                          • Satin Doll
                                                                                          • Solitude
                                                                                          • Don't Get Around Much Anymore
                                                                                          • Mood Indigo
                                                                                          • I'm Beginning To See The Light
                                                                                          • Sophisticated Lady
                                                                                          • Caravan
                                                                                          • Do Nothin' Till You Hear From Me
                                                                                          • I Let A Song Go & Don't Get Around Much
                                                                                        • Take The "A" Train
                                                                                        • Skin Deep
                                                                                        National anthems were performed as well.
                                                                                        Simons report:

                                                                                        'The Amman concert was played in the Roman Theatre. The audience was large, but not large enough to fill the 5000-seat [sic] house and thus prevent echoes...The audience was somewhat more official than in Damascus, and thus somewhat more reticent. In addition, the concert was marred by Ray Nance's behavior. This behavior was excused by most, however, on grounds of clowning, or drunkenness, or illness, and applause was good and the over-all reception favorable.'

                                                                                        Simons described Nance's behaviour in a letter to Mr. Wolfe of the Department:

                                                                                        'He began by refusing to stand to the national anthems. He played in one number, and then began to fidget, as is his habit, and wave to the crowd, again frequently showing his foot. After a short while he stood up and wandered offstage. ... I did not keep him offstage but merely mentioned the matter to Celley, who told me not to worry, and that he would probably be back on for his solo. He came back on, but only to wander around behind the orchestra, waving and sitting in various places in back of the stage with his elbow on his knee and his hand on his chin, before leaving again. ... His conduct detracted from but could not spoil the excellent impression made by a fine performance. When the band came out for intermission he was changed into street clothes and asking for his ticket back to New York. Mr. Ellington called him in and a violent exchange ensued in the latter's dressing room, after which the bandboy took Nance back to the hotel.
                                                                                          ...He is obviously unhappy, he realizes his mind is confused and does not wish to play while this is true. He wished strongly to return home, and in this respect presented no problem at all.
                                                                                          Mr. Ellington and the orchestra were more difficult, because they had been with him for years and valued him at his true worth as a person and as a performer. The morning and afternoon were spent in talking, a meeting of Mr. Ellington with the trombones and the saxophones was held, and it was only after I had reaffirmed our position that he could not under any circumstances go on again for us that the concurrence mentioned in the telegram was obtained. The Company is arranging for a replacement and for his innoculations in New York, and you will be informed immediately when a definite man is found. Despite the irritation and embarrassment which Nance caused onstage and offstage, the group is filled with something which I share and which I can only call sorrow.'

                                                                                        This photo shows Ray sitting with his legs crossed and his left arm over the back of his chair.
                                                                                        • Schedule For The Duke Ellington Orchestra In Jordan, Archives Center, SI-NMAH DEC301, Series 2, Box 2, Folder 4
                                                                                        • Letter, 1963-09-17, Simons to G. Wolfe
                                                                                        • Photos of the band playing in the amphitheatre:
                                                                                          • The Billboard, 1963-11-09 p.26 Ellington and the Ambassador on stage while the band plays.
                                                                                          • Duke Ellington, MIMM, p.303
                                                                                          • Eshan Khoshbakht's blog
                                                                                          • Vail II p.226
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                                                                                        Friday
                                                                                        .Amman, Jordan.9:30 p.m. reception

                                                                                        The 5-page, single spaced guest list shows 363 invitees including the Prime Minister, 11 cabinet ministers, 3 Major-Generals, several other senior military officers, Ammon's Mayor, Governor and Chief of Police, the First and Second Secretaries to the King, the Chief of Royal Protocol, etc.
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                                                                                        • Archives Center SI NMAH DEC301 series 2 box 2, folder 4
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                                                                                        Sunday
                                                                                        .Amman, Jordan.PERSONNEL CHANGE
                                                                                        Ray Nance went home from Amman at 7:30 a.m. with an escort as far as Beirut, where he was to take a direct flight to New York. He was out of the band until January 1965. His place in the orchestra remained empty until India, where he was temporarily replaced by local musician Pat Blake who would cover his part until Herbie Jones arrived from the United States to take over.
                                                                                        Simons:

                                                                                        'Due to Nance's general poor health, of which the Department was not aware, a series of incidents occured. Mr. Nance's general conduct resulted in negative criticism and the Department with full concurrence from Duke Ellington and Ambassador Macomber recalled Nance from the tour.
                                                                                          [Nationally syndicated gossip columnist] Dorothy Kilgallen's column in the Washington Post, October 2, carried a short item on Mr. Nance's return. The reasons stated in the column were incorrect, and Miss Kilgallen was so informed by the Department. Miss Kilgallen retracted her earlier comments in the October 9 issue of the New York Journal-American. (See classified addendum to this report for other information).'

                                                                                        Kilgallen initially reported Nance had been arrested on a narcotics charge in Damascus and sent home because it embarrassed American authorities. Her later column said:

                                                                                        'CONFLICTING STORIES
                                                                                        about the return of musician Ray Nance ... seem to indicate that clarification is needed, so I am happy to relay the official version of the incident as given by Hugh B. Sutherland of the Department of State, ...who says:
                                                                                          "The decision that Mr. Nance return to the United States was taken by the American Embassy in Amman, Jordan, with the concurrence of Mr. Ellington and was in accord with Mr. Nance's expressed wishes.
                                                                                          Mr. Nance left Amman at 7:30 a m. Sept. 15. He was sent home for failure to live up to the provisions of the contract under which the tour is taking place, specifically, the article dealing with personal contact [sic] and responsibility. This article provides that if a member of a company conducts himself improperly, he will be withdrawn from the tour and returned to the United States at the request of the Department. The action was taken as a result of Mr. Nance's conduct at an official performance, including his refusal to stand during the playing of the national anthems."
                                                                                          Asked about the reports that narcotics were involved in Mr. Nance's behavior, Mr. Sutherland replied, "The Department representative accompanying the group reported Mr. Nance was examined by a competent local doctor and that the latter said he was professionally unable to diagnose a drug influence and felt it would be most unfair to do so."
                                                                                          I must say the State Dept. is to be complimented on its personnel, and their unfailing courtesy and promptness in producing information.'


                                                                                        Nance's wife, Gloria, wrote to jazz columnist Steve Voce to clarify the circumstances surrounding Ray's departure. She wrote that Ray and other band members resented being expected to be unofficial diplomatic representatives of America. She says that Ray and Cootie were booked as roommates, and continues

                                                                                        '...Both my mother and I received telegrams from the State Department asking that Ray's flight home be met. Duke's former barber ...drove me to the airport where we saw Ray being escorted from the plane by a nurse in military uniform. Raymond was not released until the nurse literally handed him over to me... I remember Ray and me having a joint session with Dr Albert Ellis a couple of days later...
                                                                                          Ray was spending much time in bed. As he said "I was just trying to get myself together for the gig that night." It was early evening when Cootie came into the room and wanted to know what the f. was the matter with Ray being in bed all that day? As we know, one word led to another, and about 10 minutes later Cootie told Ray to start behaving like a man and slapped Ray's face. I distinctly remember Ray telling Dr Ellis that he was so stunned by this action that he just stood there immobilised.
                                                                                          Well, it seems that Cootie pretty much forgot the incident by the next day – but not Ray Nance. Ray could neither resolve nor understand the episode. He thought about it constantly, minute by minute, hour by hour, actually brooding. And then he found himself unable to play (a) because one of his idols disrespected him to such a marked degree and (b) because he began to think that he should have defended himself ... I think that very night Ray sat on the bandstand and didn't play. He said he couldn't.
                                                                                          To make matters worse it seems that Ray sat on the stage with his legs crossed. I can see him now. I know that posture. The mid-Eastern audiences were not as familiar with it as I, though. They read defiance, and refusal to play for them, a paying audience. I was later told by a mid Eastern expert that to cross his legs in public is about the most insulting thing a man can do. Duke didn't know about this, nor did Ray. For that matter, no one ever mentioned it until after the fact. But the audience started to boo and hiss and was actually getting out of hand. Ray never understood. He, who was so used to applause and bravos, suddenly had to deal with intense dislike and disapproval. He asked Duke to send him home. That's when the psychiatrist was brought in to evaluate his condition. Things didn't improve if anything the audience the next night was even more vocal in its displeasure.'

                                                                                        Mr. Voce summarized Mrs. Nance's letter in his February 1998 column and it is reproduced verbatim in DEMS 1998/1.
                                                                                        While Ellington biographies touch on the incident, Teachout says Nance was sent home after a backstage scrap with Cootie, citing Jet Magazine as the source. Jet's report says

                                                                                        '...The trumpeter walked off the stage during a concert in Amman and refused to stand while the National Anthem was being played. He explained privately that he was emotionally upset, following a heated argument with his roommate trumpeter Cootie Williams whom he alleges assaulted him.'

                                                                                        Simons:

                                                                                        '[Ray] began by refusing to stand to the national anthems. He played in one number, and then began to fidget, ...and wave to the crowd, again frequently showing his foot. After a short while he stood up and wandered offstage. ...Celley...told me not to worry, and that he would probably be back on for his solo. He came back on, but only to wander around behind the orchestra, waving and sitting in various places in back of the stage with his elbow on his knee and his hand on his chin, before leaving again.... When the band came out for intermission he was changed into street clothes and asking for his ticket back to New York. Mr. Ellington called him in and a violent exchange ensued in the latter's dressing room, after which the bandboy took Nance back to the hotel. '


                                                                                        Sjef Hoefsmit in DEMS 1998/1-11:

                                                                                        'Collectors of Ellington recordings use discographies as a guide. These guides, full of almost identical concerts, use dates and locations as references to these recorded concerts. These dates and locations are so important for collectors that some of us ...have dedicated a great part of their elderly years to establish Duke's Itinerary as a framework for discographers. Collectors are also very interested to know who was playing in the band during each session...
                                                                                          A part of the concert of 13Sep in Amman was recorded. The recording is not circulating among collectors but is found in the Smithsonian collection. The only one among the 8 selections in which the presence or absence of Ray Nance could probably be established is Afro-Bossa. We have asked our friends, working on the Smithsonian collection, to listen to the tape...'

                                                                                        Ben Pubols in DEMS 1998/1-11:
                                                                                        '...all of the open reel tapes have been transferred to cassette, ...there were two tapes from the 13 September 63 concert, each lasting approximately 32 minutes, the time for a 1200 foot /365 meter tape at 7 1/2 ips. Tape #1 is as you described it, and tape #2 includes the following:
                                                                                        1. Applause and Duke's "thank yous" for the preceding number,
                                                                                        2. Jam With Sam, featuring Hodges, Gonsalves, Brown, Procope, Rolf Ericson, Buster Cooper, and Cat Anderson;
                                                                                        3. Ellington Medley [more on this below], followed by announcement of 15 minute intermission;
                                                                                        4. Take The "A " Train - extended version featuring Ernie Shepard;
                                                                                        5. Skin Deep, featuring Sam Woodyard.
                                                                                          On Afro-Bossa, due to the poor audio quality, neither Walter nor I were willing to make a firm commitment on whether or not the six possible Nance bars were really his. I talked to Ted later on Tuesday, and his feeling was that those could have been Nance's notes, but not the way he would have played them - the attack was too strong. We speculated that it might have been Ericson.
                                                                                          At the beginning of tape #2, as noted above, Duke is acknowledging the applause for the previous number; I don't know whether this was for Things Ain't What They Used To Be, or something else, that didn't get recorded. But Duke says "Ray Nance! [pause, then Duke laughs] Johnny Hodges! Thank you very much for Johnny Hodges..."
                                                                                          Our interpretation is that either Duke was so used to acknowledging Nance at that point that he gave his usual thanks and then caught himself, realizing that Nance was no longer with them, or this was some kind of "in joke" with the band members.
                                                                                          Finally, the Medley. It is identical to the medleys played in Damascus on 9 and 11 September, EXCEPT that the two Nance numbers - Just Squeeze Me and It Don't Mean A Thing, have been deleted. So, I think the evidence is pretty compelling that Nance left the band prior to the 13 September Amman concert...'
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                                                                                        Sunday
                                                                                        .Jerusalem, IsraelRiver Jordan
                                                                                        • 10 a.m. scheduled departure by bus from the al-Urdon Hotel, Ammon to travel to the Ambassador Hotel in Jerusalem - a one hour trip according to the itinerary.
                                                                                        • Vail's :

                                                                                          'Duke Ellington and his Orchestra visit Jerualem and wade in the River Jordan.'

                                                                                          is so understated as to be misleading. The orchestra stayed overnight, and Ellington wrote about seeing the dark no-man's land from the hotel at night.
                                                                                        • 2 p.m. scheduled departure by bus from hotel to Friends Boys School, Ramallah [sic]
                                                                                        • Schedule For The Duke Ellington Orchestra In Jordan, Archives Center, SI-NMAH DEC301, Series 2, Box 2, Folder 4
                                                                                        • Vail II
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                                                                                        Sunday
                                                                                        .Ramal'ah, Jordan
                                                                                        Ramal'ah is about 10 k.m. north of Jerusalem, on the West Bank
                                                                                        Friends Boys School3 p.m. lecture/demonstration.

                                                                                        Duke spoke about American music for 20 minutes or so, and then having various sidemen demonstrate the music.

                                                                                        Simons:

                                                                                        '...Ramal'ah was attended by teacher-training and secondary school students brought in groups by the Headmaster of the school, Dr. Bassett.'

                                                                                        The Friends Boys School was described in the Jordan briefing notes as an American-sponsored institution run by the Society of Friends (Quakers), with elementary and secondary levels.
                                                                                        • Archives Center SI-NMAH DEC301 Series 2 Box 2 Folder 4
                                                                                          • "Welcome to Jordan" briefing notes, p.5
                                                                                          • Schedule For The Duke Ellington Orchestra In Jordan
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                                                                                        .Ramal'ah, JordanFriends Boys School5 p.m. "Light dinner for orchestra given by Dr. Bassett, Headmaster, FBS"Schedule For The Duke Ellington Orchestra In Jordan, Archives Center, SI-NMAH DEC301, Series 2, Box 2, Folder 4..
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                                                                                        Sunday
                                                                                        .Ramal'ah, JordanRamal'ah Friends Boys School7:30 p.m. concert, sponsored by the Rotary Club of Jerusalem. Proceeds were to be used for the National Arab Blind Library (Braille) being established in Jerusalem.
                                                                                        Simons:

                                                                                        'Ellington noticed the front rows stopping their ears, and few had the background to appreciate the music. There were initial fears that due to poor publicity and ticket sales the 500-seat hall would not be full for the concert that night, but it was, and the concert was well-applauded. The day in Jerusalem was thus not [sic] eminently successful. On the other hand, Amman is obliged to schedule Jerusalem for any Jordanian attraction, and this small hall some miles from the city is the only adequate stage available.'

                                                                                        The band appears to have returned to the Ambassador Hotel in Jerusalem that night.
                                                                                        • Schedule For The Duke Ellington Orchestra In Jordan, ibid.
                                                                                        • Simons long report, p.5
                                                                                        • Vail II
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                                                                                        Monday
                                                                                        .Jerusalem.
                                                                                        • Monday morning:

                                                                                          'Sightseeing in Jerusalem according to group's desire.'

                                                                                        • Ellington described the walled Old City, and wrote that he bought Bibles with gold bindings for his friends in the clergy and that "we" drove out to the River Jordan, stopping beside the Dead Sea to wade for a few minutes.
                                                                                        • The orchestra returned to its hotel in Amman during the day, and was to leave again at 6:15 p.m. for the "Zerqa Officers Club" where dinner was to be at 7 p.m.
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                                                                                        .Zarka, Jordan
                                                                                        Alternate spellings:
                                                                                        • Zhargha per Khoshbakht
                                                                                        • Zerqua per Von Eschen
                                                                                        • Zarga per itinerary
                                                                                        Jordan Army Officers' Club Lecture-demonstration, 7:30 p.m. (2100 per "Schedule") under the patronage of H.H. Prince Mohammad, with the Diplomatic Corps invited to attend.
                                                                                        Simons:

                                                                                        'The audience at the Officers' Club in Zarqa was, next to Isfahan's the dullest of the tour, ate throughout and applauded little. It was, however, one of the tour's most crucial audiences, given the politicial situation in Jordan, and it was very large. The mere fact of the concert, which was a lecture-demonstration blown large, was a success.'

                                                                                        Advance officer Naomi Huber wrote that the hall would be too stuffy this time of year, so plans were made to make the presentation on the terrace beside a swimming pool.
                                                                                        • Schedule For The Duke Ellington Orchestra In Jordan, ibid.
                                                                                        • Duke Ellington, MIMM p.302
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                                                                                        Tuesday
                                                                                        .Beirut, LebanonPhoenicia HotelVail has the band flying to Amman for a 6 hour layover on Sept. 16, but the itinerary shows a 7:30 a.m. departure from Amman on the 17th on flight JN410-T, arriving Kabul on FG 204T at 12:15 p.m. the next day. This is corroborated by the Jordan schedule, which has them leaving the al-Urdon Hotel at 0600. Oddly, the Jordan schedule shows:
                                                                                        0600 Depart al-Urdon Hotel for Amman airport.
                                                                                        1730 Depart from Amman airport to Kabul via Beirut
                                                                                        It seems more likely the 1730 is a misprint and the original itinerary was followed; there would be no reason to check out of the hotel in the early morning and sit around at the airport all day.

                                                                                        The band did not perform in Beirut until its return in November, but Von Eschen wrote:

                                                                                        'After performances in Beirut, the band flew to Kabul, Afghanistan   a ten hour flight...'

                                                                                        Ellington:

                                                                                        'Our first visit to Beirut is a six-hour layover between planes. The State Department officers have us check into the splendid Phoenicia Hotel.'

                                                                                        Ellington, dissatisfied with his room, moved to a suite which didn't satisfy him either.
                                                                                        • Schedule For The Duke Ellington Orchestra In Jordan, ibid.
                                                                                        • MIMM p.304
                                                                                        • Vail II
                                                                                        • Penny M. Von Eschen, Satchmo Blows Up the World: Jazz Ambassadors Play the Cold War, Harvard University Press, 2004, p.129
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                                                                                        Wednesday
                                                                                        Beirut, Lebanon to Kabul, Afghanistan.
                                                                                        • Stratemann and Vail II incorrectly place the destination, Kabul, in Pakistan.
                                                                                        • Simons:

                                                                                          'It [the band] made a ten-hour flight in a converted cargo plane from Beirut to Kabul...The lamentable Beirut-Kabul trip resulted from ill-luck. The Afghan Royal Family, returning from their State Visit to the United States, commandeered the only large Ariana plane making the run. Such an unpleasant flight between Beirut and Kabul is not likely to be repeated.'

                                                                                        • Von Eschen, quoting Simons in an interview in 2003:

                                                                                          'In an extremely rare demonstration of anger on the part of Ellington, the composer furiously dubbed the plane "a cattle-car for Negroes" and argued that better arrangements would surely have been made for a classical orchestra.'

                                                                                        • MIMM p.304
                                                                                        • Vail II
                                                                                        • Stratemann p.476
                                                                                        • Simons, short report as above
                                                                                        • Penny M. Von Eschen, Satchmo Blows Up the World: Jazz Ambassadors Play the Cold War, Harvard University Press, 2004, p.129
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                                                                                        1963 09 21
                                                                                        Saturday
                                                                                        Kabul, Afghanistan.
                                                                                        • The band was scheduled to arrive at 12:15 noon, but may have arrived later due to the change of aircraft. Further research is required.
                                                                                        • DUKE ELLINGTON IN KABUL

                                                                                          BRIEFING PAPER


                                                                                            Your Embassy thanks you for coming to Afghanistan and hopes you will have a stay in every way enjoyable.

                                                                                            You will be staying in the modern Kabul Hotel in Double rooms facing on the garden. The hotel and nearby Khyber Restaurant are recommended for meals. Bottled water in the hotel is for drinking. DO NOT DRINK THE TAP WATER OR EAT ANYTHING EXCEPT FROM KITCHENS OF HOTEL AND KHYBER RESTAURANT. AVOID SALADS. Imported beer at 70½ a bottle and Coca-Cola are available in the hotel. The International Club and USAID Staff House have bars... There is no American "PX" in Kabul, but a small cooperative commissary has tooth paste, soap, cigarettes, etc. Your manager will have access to the commissary and can buy for you the items mentioned for something less than bazaar prices.

                                                                                            Double-rooms are $9.00 a day ($4.50 each occupant) plus 10% service charge. Meals are not included. Tipping is not expected...

                                                                                          SCHEDULE IN KABUL.
                                                                                          September 18: 
                                                                                          Immediately after arrival:Briefing in lounge of Kabul Hotel.
                                                                                          16:00: Press conference in hotel; Duke Ellington only.
                                                                                          September 19: 
                                                                                          17:30:Performance in Ghazi stadium.Immediately following performance: Reception at home of the Charge 'Affaires.
                                                                                          September 20:Free day. (Many of the shops are open in the morning only, as this is the Moslem sabbath. Special arrangements have been made for one karakul hat shop to be open Friday morning, take orders for hats to be delivered Saturday morning).
                                                                                          September 21: 
                                                                                          9:00:Meet in hotel lobby for departure to the Airport.
                                                                                          10:00:Flight leaves Airport.

                                                                                          The briefing paper includes many notes on social customs, ground transportation (including gaudis, or horse-drawn taxis), shopping and sightseeing.
                                                                                        • Simons reports one concert, attended by 4,000, and a press interview, a meeting with students, and a reception. His summary report says:

                                                                                          'Never before has there been such a "favorable" proportion of Afghans to Americans and other foreigners, including Soviet citizens who turned out in large numbers.'

                                                                                        • Ellington wrote of the band members having what could be described as a shopping spree, buying hats of various materials
                                                                                        • Ellington described the reception as a tremendous affair. Among those present were:
                                                                                          • Their Royal Highnesses
                                                                                            • The Victor of Kabul, Lemar-i-Ali Marshal Shah Wali and Princess Safia
                                                                                            • Sardar Ahmed Wali and Madame Wali
                                                                                            • Sardar Addul Wali and Madame Wali
                                                                                            • Sardar Wali Shah and Mandame Wali Shah
                                                                                            • Sardar Zalmai Mahmud Ghazi and Madame Ghazi
                                                                                            • Sardar Sultan Mahmud Ghazi and Madame Ghazi
                                                                                          • Government officials:
                                                                                            • Minister of the Court
                                                                                            • Chief of the Royal Secretariat
                                                                                            • Prime Minister
                                                                                            • President of the National Assembly
                                                                                            • Vice President of the Senate
                                                                                            • Minister of Finance
                                                                                            • Minister of National Defence
                                                                                            • Minister of Justice
                                                                                            • Minister of Planning
                                                                                            • Chief of Staff
                                                                                            • Commandant, Royal Afghan Air Force
                                                                                          • Ambassadors of
                                                                                            • Bulgaria
                                                                                            • Czechoslovakia
                                                                                            • France
                                                                                            • Germany
                                                                                            • Great Britain
                                                                                            • India
                                                                                            • Indonesia
                                                                                            • Iran
                                                                                            • Italy
                                                                                            • Japan
                                                                                            • Poland
                                                                                            • Soviet Union
                                                                                            • Yugoslavia
                                                                                            • United States
                                                                                          • a large American diplomatic contingent
                                                                                          • the press
                                                                                          • various cultural officers
                                                                                        Bill Hill, in the Fall 2001 Newsletter of the Duke Ellington Society, Southern California Chapter "In a Mellotone":

                                                                                        '"...The Ellington band played in a polo field on the perimeter of Kabul September 18th, 1963 and Duke 'Loved Them Madly' as also did they Love Duke and the Music and the Musicians. Sometimes people just don't understand what we mean by the Good Olde Days. '

                                                                                        John Crisp, in DEMS 06/3-23:

                                                                                        'Saw something on your site today about Duke playing in Kabul. I know that this is true because he stayed at my father's house in Kabul in 1963. Unfortunately I had returned to England to go to school so I did not meet him. My late father (Terry Crisp) was a great jazz fan so you can imagine his joy at having the great man - and his band - stay at the house. He often told the story of how he stood in one night (in rehearsals) for Duke's drummer - Sam - who had been on the hooch a little too much that day and wasn't capable!... '

                                                                                        • Kabul briefing paper, Archives Center, SI-NMAH DEC301 series 2, box 2 folder 12
                                                                                        • Simons, short report as above
                                                                                        • MIMM p.304
                                                                                        • Vail II
                                                                                        • Stratemann p.476
                                                                                        • Penny M. Von Eschen, Satchmo Blows Up the World: Jazz Ambassadors Play the Cold War, Harvard University Press, 2004, p.129
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                                                                                        Thursday
                                                                                        .Kabul, AfghanistanGhazi Stadium17:30 - concert

                                                                                        The DESSC newsletter (see above) dates the concert 1963 09 18 but the itineraries scheduled it for the 1963 09 19.
                                                                                        Vail reports Ellington played the concert in a large open sports field. Hill described it as a polo field, but Simons has it in a stadium that seats 15,000, with the audience numbering 4,000.
                                                                                        Simons:

                                                                                        'Ellington attracted the largest paying audience ever assembled for such an event, approximately 4,000, Never before has there been such a "favorable" proportion of Afghans to Americans and other foreigners, including Soviet citizens who turned out in large numbers. The members of the Ellington Orchestra impressed the Kabulis with their warmth and friendliness. Their readiness to talk to students and other young people on equal terms was favorably remarked.'

                                                                                        In the middle of the concert, members of the audience began to rise and leave for prayers. In a BBC television interview broadcast 1973-02-24, Ellington described this to interviewer Michael Parkinson.
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                                                                                        .Kabul, Afghanistan.Scheduled day off.
                                                                                        • Vail II appears to be mistaken in reporting

                                                                                          'Friday 20 September 1963
                                                                                          Duke Ellington and his Orchestra leave Kabul aboard an ancient DC-3, after the original flight is cancelled, en route for New Delhi, India. The plane stops for a coffee break at Amritsar in India.'

                                                                                        • Stratemann and Simons place the band in Kabul from Sept. 18 to 20, and Stratemann has it arriving in New Delhi Sept. 21.
                                                                                        • The itinerary shows September 20 as a free day, with departure the next morning.
                                                                                        • Since it is only about 620 miles from Kabul to New Delhi as the crow flies, the the flight, including a stop in Amritsar, would not have taken more than a few hours.
                                                                                        • Kabul briefing paper, ibid.
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                                                                                        to New Delhi, India via Amritsar
                                                                                        .
                                                                                        • Simons reported the entourage flew by DC-3. The aircraft stopped at Amritsar in India's Punjab province to pick up cargo that was carried in the passenger cabin.
                                                                                        • The tour itinerary shows a Kabul departure at 10 a.m. and arrival in New Delhi at 4:40 p.m.
                                                                                        • The party was met by USIS deputy directory Barry Zorthian and his little sons upon arrival in Delhi. MIMM has a photo of Duke and the two boys at the airport, and Ellington wrote they arrived at 2 o'clock.
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                                                                                        .New Delhi, India.
                                                                                        • About 30 journalists attended Ellington's 5 pm press conference in his suite, where Ellington debated with one.
                                                                                        Overview of the 4 weeks in India:
                                                                                        • Simons reported
                                                                                          • during its 4 weeks in India, the band played to more than 31,000 at 13 concerts and 4 lecture demonstrations in New Delhi, Hyderabad, Bangalore, Madras, Bombay and Calcutta
                                                                                          • Simons:

                                                                                            '{Ellington] was taken of a virus in New Delhi, was unable to appear for the second concert, and was removed to a hospital. He spent five days there with a moderate fever while the band went on to South India. He spent about a week convalescing at the Residence while the Ambassador and Mrs. Bowles were on tour, and rejoined the band at Bombay [October 9]. For the next two and a half weeks he shortened the concerts, limited his off-stage activities wherever possible, and was back in full working condition only when the group arrived in Pakistan...he wished to attend functions where he could and thus would cancel his appearances at the last minute.'

                                                                                          • After rejoining, Ellington had to cancel off-stage activities to conserve strength for the concerts
                                                                                        • Sidemen did not display much interest in the informal activities arranged for them and preferred all-night jam sessions. Simons discusses this at length, saying
                                                                                          • They became tired somewhere between Madras and Calcutta after a month of travelling hard in hot climates, with a median age higher than most attractions.
                                                                                          • Since jazz musicians live at night and sleep in the day - daytime and particularly morning events will be forgotten
                                                                                          • Expected to attend a large function at each location, even for one-day visits.
                                                                                          • Tolerant of "a full round of two meals a day...where the food was particularly dangerous..." and missed functions were due to fatigue. "But it became progressively more difficult to convince them to attend the parties, however excellent, planned in their honor in those places where more habitual distractions ... were available"
                                                                                          • Sidemen ceased to enjoy official parties - the people and conversation were the same from place to place. "They had neither the prospect and habit of long sojourn abroad nor the business interest which make the social schedule at an overseas post bearable... The initial charm of social intercourse with high-ranking American and foreign personnages did not outlast the reservoir of energy required to engage in it night after night."
                                                                                          • Visits to schools were particularly harrowing - sidemen found it hard to talk well about music - the work involved is the same as a party, without the drinks, is it worth it?
                                                                                          Huber's report:

                                                                                          'it is my feeling that Delhi over-scheduled (with understandable enthusiasm to get the maximum mileage) to the detriment of the onward effectiveness of the attraction. Scheduled off-stage activities were far too lengthy and, I believe, some of questionable program value, other than mild good-will. The social schedule for the whole orchestra was too demanding, and consequently, disappointing to the American hosts when some members of the orchestra showed little interest after the initial reception-dinner.'

                                                                                        The program for the India tour can be found in the SI-NMAH DE301, Box 8, Folder 1 "India Concert Tour, presented by the U.S. Information Service [Program], 1963"

                                                                                        Overview of the New Delhi days:
                                                                                        • Simons reported
                                                                                          • two major concerts with total attendance 3,200
                                                                                          • lecture/demonstration for 500 students, art critics, music lovers and heads of cultural organizations
                                                                                          • an All-India Radio taping session
                                                                                          • a press interview
                                                                                          • a reception
                                                                                        • Simons commented:

                                                                                          'The publicity Ellington's Orchestra received by the Indian Press which increased the knowledge of the musician as well as the general public in this typically American art form, also aroused further interest in American music. Nevertheless,most posts in India question whether the value gained from the appearance of great name performers is commensurate with the time, effort and cost involved. While the posts did not keep exact logs on their work, it was generally felt that "easily three or more man years of staff time were required for the Ellington tour of India.' The general concensus is that "smaller groups could visit more cities and could emphasize programs for selected audiences rather than general public performances could accomplish more with less struggle.'

                                                                                        • "The Contessa," Ellington's companion Fernanda de Castro Monte met Ellington upon his arrival at the Delhi airport and whisked him off to the hotel. She would travel with him for the rest of the tour except Colombo. She had her own tickets and the American officials declined Celley's request to arrange her visas and reservations. The primary American concern seems to have been that she dressed fashionably and this might not be suitable in Muslim countries; they were concerned that, since Ellington represented the United States on this tour, her presence might affect the image of the U.S.A. in this region.
                                                                                        • Ellington was hospitalized in New Delhi.
                                                                                        • The day Ellington was hospitalized, a scheduled appearance at a music school was missed, but the next day staff "button-holed six of the players and took them out to the school."
                                                                                        • Simons:

                                                                                          '...the lecture-demomstration was in a delightful small outdoor amphitheatre, and the reception was warm... '

                                                                                        • American Reporter:

                                                                                          ' The group's seven-day stay in Delhi was crowded with lecture demonstrations on jazz to predominantly student audiences, get-togethers with local artistes, and the two main concerts at Vigyan Bhavan. Duke Ellington and his men were able to exchange views on the special characteristics of Indian music with leading local exponents during visits to the Bhartiya Kala Kendra and the Sangeet Natak Academy (Academy of Music and Drama, sponsored by the Government of India). They were delighted to hear leading Delhi musicians play on the classical Indian instruments, the tarshahnai and the sarod. The Duke tried his hand at the tabla, and, Sam Woodyard, the drummer, had a private session with the renowned [sic]Delhi tabla player Chatur Lai.
                                                                                            At a lecture demonstration at Trivena Kala Sangam, Ellington explained the origin and development of jazz. ...
                                                                                            A special concert was given by the orchestra at Delhi University for an exclusively student audience. Later the visitors were entertained at tea by the students and faculty members.'

                                                                                        • Simons reports
                                                                                        • Tour itinerary
                                                                                        • Huber letter to Wolfe, 1963-10-05
                                                                                        • American Reporter, New Delhi, 1963-10-04, pp.1,3
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                                                                                        Sunday
                                                                                        .New Delhi, IndiaU.S.I.S.Briefing session, 11 a.m.
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                                                                                        Monday
                                                                                        .New Delhi, IndiaMusic Department
                                                                                        Delhi University
                                                                                        Lecture/demonstration
                                                                                        Simons:

                                                                                        'The Times of India, on the lecture demonstration held in Delhi before a group of 500 said: "Nobody wanted the tea; they were all impatiently waiting for the session to start. And what a session it was."'

                                                                                        The tour itinerary says 11 a.m. but the schedule in American Reporter says 4 p.m.

                                                                                        The caption of a photo in the U.S.Embassy New Delhi Flickr album Duke Ellington in India says "New Delhi, September 23, 1963: Duke Ellington talks to jazz fans during a lecture demonstration engagement at the Triveni Kala Sangam in New Delhi." appears to have the location wrong.
                                                                                        • Tour itinerary
                                                                                        • Simons, short report, p.11
                                                                                        • American Reporter, New Delhi, 1963-09-06 p.2,, courtesy A. Sharma, Archivist, U.S. Embassy, New Delhi
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                                                                                        .New Delhi, IndiaShriram Bharatiya Kala KendraShrirar Bhartiya Kala Kendra is a school devoted to the arts, where music and classical dancing are taught. Ellington was photographed greeting members of the school following music and dance presentations given in his honour. The captions for the photos say it was Sept. 24.

                                                                                        Huber:

                                                                                        '... a long visit to a dance academy which lasted much too long and involved sitting in a hot tent with breeze of an electric fan on [Ellington's] neck and visiting class rooms which were in different buildings.'

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                                                                                        .New Delhi, IndiaVigyan Bhavan7 p.m. concert, recorded by All-India Radio.
                                                                                        Simons:

                                                                                        '...The two major concerts were held in the Vigyan Bhavan. The hall was in some ways unfortunate, since it was built for conferences, the audience sat at desks ... and was somewhat staid and official in its composition. The reception there was perhaps the least enthusiastic in India, but the hall was full and it was receptive...'

                                                                                        Duke Ellington and His Orchestra
                                                                                        C.Williams, Anderson, Ericson, Brown, Cooper, Connors, Hamilton, Procope, Hodges, Gonsalves, Carney, Ellington, Shepard, Woodyard

                                                                                        Ellington spoke about jazz musicians for about 20 minutes, and the following titles were played:
                                                                                        • C-Jam Blues
                                                                                        • Medley of Black And Tan Fantasy, Creole Love Call and The Mooche
                                                                                        • Perdido
                                                                                        • American Reporter:

                                                                                          'Maestro's Mastery
                                                                                          Those who were at Vigyan Bhavan on September 24, in the words of one critic, "saw and heard the maestro's mastery of his instrument - his contributions ranging from the tinkling sweet' numbers to the bouncing, roistering 'hot' ones." Such old numbers, as Take the "A" Train, Rocking in Rhythm. Mood Indigo, Skin Deep, Sophisticated Lady and Solitude, were all enthusiastically received by the audience.
                                                                                           Each of the numbers gave the instrumentalists ample opportunity for solo exposition. To quote the Statesman columnist, "masters of their instruments and soloists par excellence all, the one who brought the house down with his sheer artistry, improvisation and tonal range was Paul Gonsalves with his rendition of Body and Soul on the tenor saxophone. Then there were Cootie Williams and Cat Anderson with their trumpets, the latter particularly providing some wizardry and fantastically soaring notes."
                                                                                            Exhaustion and indisposition, after the first night's Vigyan Bhavan concert, however, prevented the Duke from personally leading his men during the rest of the Delhi programme. His position was ably taken over by Billy Strayhorn...Billy Strayhorn deputised for Duke Ellington during the group's visit to Hyderabad and Bangalore.
                                                                                            Each of the numbers gave the instrumentalists ample opportunity for solo exposition.'

                                                                                        • American Reporter, New Delhi, India, 1963-10-04 p.3
                                                                                        • Stratemann p.476
                                                                                        • Vail II
                                                                                        • Girvan:   Ellingtonia.com
                                                                                        • Timner V
                                                                                        • American Reporter, New Delhi, 1963-09-20 p.3
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                                                                                        .New Delhi, IndiaU.S. Ambassador's residenceDinner reception, 9:30 p.m.
                                                                                        An AP wirestory said Ellington missed a gala party at the house of U.S. Ambassador Chester Bowles after the Tuesday performance.

                                                                                        Band members did attend; tabla artist Chatur Lal was photographed showing Sam Woodyard his drums at Roosevelt House while Gonsales, Ericson and Carney, among others, look on.
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                                                                                        .New Delhi, IndiaNational Academy of MusicEllington was scheduled to appear at 11 a.m. with one or two band members only.

                                                                                        Huber:

                                                                                        'A visit to a music school was scheduled the day Ellington went to the hospital. Due to lack of coordination somewhere along the line no one showed up for this visit, to the great embarrassement [sic] of the post. The damage, however, was repaired the following day when Tom Homan button-holed six of the players and took them out to the school. As a result of the no-show fiasco I discussed with Ellington the matter of responsibility in his absence. Ellington was a little vague about this but I was able to pin him down to the extent of naming two people instead of the five he originally said could take over. Strayhorn will represent Ellington, at all off stage activities, such as visits to universities, hospitals, dance and music schools. Celly [sic] will be responsible for concerts and lecture demonstrations with apparently Harry Carney taking over lecture demonstrations and M.C.-ing for concerts and lecture demonstrations. This was discussed with Strayhorn, Celly, Tom Simons, and the post.'

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                                                                                        Wednesday
                                                                                        .New Delhi, IndiaHoly Family HospitalEllington was hospitalized. AP Wirestory:

                                                                                        'Duke Ellington Is Ailing in India
                                                                                          NEW DELHI, Ind.–(AP)–
                                                                                        Orchestra leader Duke Ellington was taken ill with a slight fever Tuesday night and entered hospital today "for observation and rest."
                                                                                          The U.S.Information Service, which is sponsoring his concert tour, said he is not seriously ill.
                                                                                          Ellington developed a fever before the opening of his concert Tuesday night but went through with it.
                                                                                          Newspaper critics today reported his performance at the piano lacked its usual verve. He missed a gala party at the house of U.S. Ambassador Chester Bowles after the performance.'

                                                                                        Huber:

                                                                                        '...I returned to Delhi for the first Ellington concert... When I arrived and talked to Ellington,... he complained of not feeling well and I called the doctor. The first concert was held that evening with Ellington present but he was forced to return to the hotel after the performance, missing the Ambassador's dinner-reception. We took him to the hospital the next day (Wednesday) and he was still there on Saturday when I left for Calcutta. He had a mild virus infection but did not react roperly to the anti-biotics first prescribed. Another anti-biotic was introduced on Friday evening. His temperature had gone up to 102 degrees fahrenheit Friday night and on Saturday morning it was down to 99 degrees Fahrenheit and the doctor felt that all would be well when I left. Conceivably his illness was aggravated by a long visit to a dance academy which lasted much too long and involved sitting in a hot tent with breeze of an electric fan on his neck and visiting class rooms which were in different buildings. Ellington claims this was the cause. He is certainly sensitive to heat and sun. This is the reason why I discussed with the PAO and CAO a revision of the off stage activities. Where possible off stage activites will not be scheduled at mid day when the heat of the sun is intolerable, but aim for earlier in the day. Ellington is agreeable to this. In all cases visits to dance and music schools, hospitals, etc., will not exceed one hour. As the weather gets cooler later along the itinerary, it may not be necessary to suggest revisions.'

                                                                                        AP wirestory datelined New Delhi:
                                                                                        • Racine Journal-Times, Racine,Wisc., 1963-09-25 p.5C
                                                                                        • Oakland Tribune, Oakland, Cal., 1963-09-25 p.1
                                                                                        • Huber letter to Wolfe, 1963-10-05
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                                                                                        .New Delhi, IndiaVigyan Bhavan7:00 p.m. concert without Ellington.

                                                                                        Strayhorn led the band.
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                                                                                        .New Delhi, India.PERSONNEL CHANGE
                                                                                        Bangalore-Born Band Leader Joins Orchestra
                                                                                        PATRICK (Pat) H. Blake, leader of a New Delhi band, has joined the Duke Ellington orchestra for the duration of its performance tour in India. Blake met members of the Ellington orchestra during their stay in New Delhi and impressed them with his trumpet playing. He accepted an invitation to perform with the Ellington group on September 27, and left with the party the next day for Hyderabad. Blake will continue with the band, playing in Bangalore. Madras, Bombay and Calcutta.
                                                                                          Born in Bangalore in 1916, Blake attended St. Mary's High School in Bombay, where he studied music and the trumpet. ...'
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                                                                                        .New Delhi, IndiaHoly Family HospitalEllington remained in the hospital....
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                                                                                        .New Delhi, IndiaUnnamed music schoolThe itinerary shows Ellington and one or two members only appearing at an unnamed music school. No time is shown. This may be the same as Treveni (above), but that is a dance school. In any case, Ellington would not have been present since he was in the hospital. It is possible Strayhorn subbed, but that is pure speculation.Tour itinerary..
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                                                                                        .New Delhi, IndiaConvocation Hall
                                                                                        Delhi University
                                                                                        Concert for students and faculty scheduled for 7 p.m.

                                                                                        Strayhorn led the band in Ellington's absence.
                                                                                        Simons:

                                                                                        'The next audience, at Delhi University, was the most lively in India. It had been kept waiting over an hour in puddle heat by an unfortunate mixup with the bass viol, and Ellington was absent, but the students were quite familiar with jazz, the band played in shirtsleeves, and a prominent local tabla player, Chatoor Lal, joined for small-group improvisations toward the end; it was a love affrair [sic] from start to finish. '

                                                                                        • AP Wirestory, The Capital Times, Madison, Wisc, 1963-09-27 p.6
                                                                                        • Flickr photo (USEmbassyNewDelhi) of tabla player (likely Mr. Lal) demonstrating tabla technique to Sam Woodyard and others
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                                                                                        .New Delhi, India.The itinerary calls for Dinner-CAO-9:30 p.m. and doesn't give a location. CAO likely means Cultural Affairs Office or Cultural Affairs Officer. In any event, Ellington could not have been present, although band members may have attended. More research is required.
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                                                                                        Friday
                                                                                        .New Delhi, IndiaHoly Family HospitalScheduled free day for all.
                                                                                        Ellington remained in hospital

                                                                                        AP wirestory:

                                                                                        'Duke Ellington Ailing In India
                                                                                          NEW DELHI, Ind.–(AP)–His orchestra is going on while Duke Ellington is stuck in a New Delhi hospital with an intestinal complaint known locally as "Delhi belly."
                                                                                          A spokesman of the U.S. Information Service...said today the renowned jazz composer has been ordered to rest. The orchestra is flying to Hyderabad Saturday to perform there and in Bangalore before Ellington rejoins it in time for an Oct. 5 concert in Madras.
                                                                                          The concerts will be conducted until then by Ellington's assistant, Billy Strayhorn. Ellington became ill Tuesday night when he gave the opening Indian concert here, and Strayhorn conducted Wednesday.'

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                                                                                        .New Delhi, India.Ellington remained in hospital:

                                                                                        '...Ellington was under treatment at Holy Family Hospital, recuperating from the effects of a high fever... '

                                                                                        UPI wirestory datelined New Delhi,
                                                                                        • The Holland Evening Sentinel, Holland, Mich., 1963-09-28 p.1
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                                                                                        .New Delhi to Hyderabad, India.Strayhorn and Celley assumed responsibility1 for the orchestra, and the band flew 1,250 km south to Hyderabad without Duke. The scheduled departure from New Delhi was 6:15 a.m. on flight IC 403. Arrival was scheduled for 9:25 a.m.
                                                                                        Overview of Hyderabad leg.:Press Interview, lectures, demonstration, reception, attendance 7,500 (capacity).

                                                                                        'One night in Hyderabad or Bangalore the whole band was fascinated from the stand by a man in his loose white Indian garments sitting in the front row, surrounded by his children. He never clapped, but tapped his foot steadily to every number. As Ellington and Billy Strayhorn were fond of repeating, "the audience is beautiful everywhere.'

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                                                                                        'Hyderabad was an excellent example of what a small post can do to use an attraction well. The mechanics of the group's visit were ably organized and smoothly executed. The band and its music were successfully integrated into the picture of America which USIS Hyderabad has chosen to project: youthful, dynamic, and tolerant...'

                                                                                        Huber:

                                                                                        '...There was a slight problem about complimentary tickets in Hyderabad and I have met up with this problem several times since... '

                                                                                        • 1. Cable, Huber to Wolfe from Calcutta
                                                                                        • 2. Huber letter to Wolfe, 1963-10-05 p.2
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                                                                                        1963 09 30Hyderabad, IndiaRavindra Barathri TheatreConcert, scheduled for 6:30 p.m., without Duke. Full house.
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                                                                                        .New Delhi, India.Ellington was admitted to the hospital on the 25th and stayed five days, which suggests he was discharged Monday, going to the Ambassador's residence to spend a few more days recuperating. The Ambassador was on tour, according to Simons, but he doesn't say if that tour was the Ellington tour or another....
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                                                                                        .Hyderabad, India to Bangalore, India .The band departed Hyderabad by air on IC 119 T at 9:45 a.m., flying 300 miles south to arrive at Bangalore at 11:25 a.m., where they would stay until Saturday.Simons, short report, as above, p.3..
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                                                                                        Bangalore, India Scheduled activity on this travel day:
                                                                                        • Briefing
                                                                                        • Press conference
                                                                                        • PAO reception at 7 p.m.
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                                                                                        .Bangalore, India.The tour itinerary dated Aug. 22 has this as a lecture-demonstration at 6 p.m. The schedule printed in the Sept. 6 American Reporter shows a concert at 6:30 intead. For the sake of presentation, the tour itinerary detail is used in this webpage, but further research is needed. If it was the lecture-demonstration, Carney will have subbed for Duke in accordance with the decision reported in the Huber papers.
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                                                                                        .Bangalore, India Glass House
                                                                                        Lalbagh Botanical Garden
                                                                                        The tour itinerary dated Aug. 22 has this as a performance 6:30 intead. The schedule printed in the Sept. 6 American Reporter shows as a lecture-demonstration at 6 p.m. For the sake of presentation, the tour itinerary detail is used in this webpage, but further research is needed. If it was the lecture-demonstration, Carney will have subbed for Duke in accordance with the decision reported in the Huber papers, and if it was a concert, Strayhorn subbed on piano while Carney led.

                                                                                        Simons:

                                                                                        'In Bangalore, the Orchestra scored a smash hit playing to a capacity house of 3,000, with a thousand who could not get tickets, standing outside Bangalore's Glass-House auditorium, listening to the concert through a hastily set-up public system.'

                                                                                        At page 5 of his summary, Simons reported attendance was 2,400 people with an overflow of 2,000, which may include all the activities in this city, but in his long report, he says they played to a near-capacity audience in the Glass House.
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                                                                                        .New Delhi, IndiaU.S. Ambassador's residenceEllington and and most likely The Contessa stayed in the ambassador's residence during Duke's convalesence.

                                                                                        Ellington was asked to play a little for a party in the ambassador's residence for the children of American diplomats. He writes that this was the first time in four days he'd been downstairs, and afterwards he was so weak he could hardly make it back to his bedroom.
                                                                                        • Duke Ellington, MIMM, p.314
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                                                                                        .Bangalore, India to Madras (now Chennai), India.Madras is about 170 miles east of Bangalore.

                                                                                        The band was scheduled to depart Bangalore on IC 110 T at 11:55, arriving Madras at 12:50 p.m.

                                                                                        Vail II has a photograph of the band leaving the aircraft upon arrival
                                                                                        Overview of Madras activities:
                                                                                        • audience of 2,500
                                                                                        • press interview
                                                                                        • reception
                                                                                        • visit to Central College of Karnatak Music
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                                                                                        .Madras, India.Activities scheduled in Madras on this travel day were a briefing session at 5 p.m., a press conference, and a reception by the Consul General at 7 p.m.

                                                                                        Vail II has a picture of Carney and Strayhorn meeting Professor Sambamurthi, formerly of the University of Madras, and Musiri Subramania Ayyar [also spelled Iyer and Iyyer, principal of the Central College of Karnatak Music, in the presence of Albert Franklin, U.S. Consul General, at the reception. Simons' short report says there was a visit to Central College of Karnatak Music, but it may have been imprompu, since it is not in the itinerary. Simons did not say when the visit was.
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                                                                                        .New Delhi, IndiaU.S. Ambassador's residenceEllington and most likely The Contessa stayed in the ambassador's residence during Duke's convalesence.
                                                                                        This may have been the day Ellington spent the day being driven around New Delhi by USIS assistant director Barry Zorthian and his family, stopping to meet people, and spending time in a large shopping centre.
                                                                                        • Duke Ellington, MIMM, pp.314-315
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                                                                                        .Madras, IndiaMusic Academy auditoriumConcert, 7 p.m.
                                                                                        An unnamed reviewer in The Indian Express seems to have been ecstatic during this first concert. The review is full of superlatives praising the band and Ellington, and confirms the location was the Music Academy and that the house was packed. Expressions written by the reviewer include:
                                                                                        • startling existentialistic freshness
                                                                                        • heartfelt profundity
                                                                                        • an interlinked unity
                                                                                        • high-pressure harmony
                                                                                        • hallelujah of groin-grinding surrealistic tension
                                                                                        • the magical tantra
                                                                                        • voodoo at the drums
                                                                                        • bubbles from a glass of champagne
                                                                                        • a tingling titillation.
                                                                                        • A furore of fiery rhythm
                                                                                        • flickery glory of golden fireflies
                                                                                        • grizzly bear growl
                                                                                        • glimmering like a cigarette in the dark.
                                                                                        • tender tragic lusciously lingering melody like a goodbye kiss
                                                                                        • a Deepavali firecracker riot of cool raucous rhythm
                                                                                        • the poetry of jazz


                                                                                        While Vail reproduced the review in his book, although he changed a few words, corrected and capitalized song titles, and omitted the dateline, which inexplicably says "Madras, Oct. 5."
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                                                                                        • The Indian Express, 1963-10-07 p.3 (see Google Books)
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                                                                                        .New Delhi, India to Bombay (now Mumbai) India.Duke arrived in Bombay Monday night. Presumably The Contessa accompanied him.
                                                                                        • USIS issued a special press release which said Duke arrived Monday evening.
                                                                                        • MIMM says Duke arrived the day before the band.
                                                                                        • Publication errors:
                                                                                          • Simons reported he rejoined the band Oct.9
                                                                                          • Stratemann and Lavezzoli say he joined the band on the 8th
                                                                                        • Lavezzoli writes that Ellington stayed in the Taj Mahal Hotel and spent time walking and visiting the Hanging Gardens at Malabar Hill. This is consistent with Ellington's description of his activities here.
                                                                                        • USIS Special Release, "Duke Ellington and Orchestra in Bombay," 1963-10-09, SI-NMAH DEC301, Series 2, Box 2, Folder 6
                                                                                        • Simons short report, p.10
                                                                                        • Vail II
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                                                                                        • Peter Lavezzoli, The Dawn of Indian Music in the West, p.298
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                                                                                        .Madras, IndiaMusic Academy auditorium.Second concert, scheduled for 7 p.m.
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                                                                                        .Bombay, India.This was a free day for Ellington.Simons reports..
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                                                                                        1963 10 13Bombay, India.Overview of Bombay activity:
                                                                                        • capacity audiences of 9,000
                                                                                        • press interview
                                                                                        • lecture
                                                                                        • demonstration at University
                                                                                        • reception
                                                                                        • dinner at the consulate
                                                                                        Simons:

                                                                                        'In Bombay the double line at the ticket office sometimes stretched three blocks, while some persons slept on the sidewalk before the local sponsor's office to assure first-hand ticket choices.'

                                                                                        Scheduled activities Oct. 9 per the itinerary were:
                                                                                        • short briefing
                                                                                        • 11 a.m. press conference
                                                                                        • performance 6:30 p.m.
                                                                                        New Desor lists recordings by Ellington at an undated private party, soloing on piano. The venue isn't known; recorded titles were
                                                                                        • My Mother, My Father and Love
                                                                                        • Take the "A" Train
                                                                                        • Satin Doll
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                                                                                        .Bombay, IndiaNataraj HotelPress conference - 11 a.m. - described by the USIS as a Press Guild Reception at the Nataraj Hotel, where Duke was introduced by Press Trust of India Deputy General Manager Thomas Fernandes.
                                                                                        • Tour itinerary
                                                                                        • USIS Special Release, "Duke Ellington Honoured at Press Reception," 1963-10-09, SI-NMAH DEC301, Series 2, Box 2, Folder 6
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                                                                                        .Bombay, IndiaRang BhavanFirst concert in the open air amphitheatre, scheduled for 6:30 p.m. The concerts were 90 minutes long with no intermission. Simons wrote the acoustics were poor and the audience did not take kindly to the late start nor to the shortness of the programme. Ellington played only the medley, leaving Strayhorn to cover the piano part for the rest of the performance.
                                                                                        • Simons, short report, as above, p.3
                                                                                        • Simons long report, p.8
                                                                                        • Tour itinerary
                                                                                        • U.S.Embassy New Delhi photos on Flickr.com:
                                                                                        • American Reporter 1963-09-06 p.2
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                                                                                        .Bombay, IndiaNataraj HotelPress Guild Reception
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                                                                                        .Bombay, IndiaAmerican Cosulate General
                                                                                        Lincoln House
                                                                                        78, Bhulabhai Desai Road
                                                                                        The American Consul General and Mrs. Milton Carl Rewinkel rquest the pleasure of the company of Mr. Duke Ellington at dinner at nine-fifteen o'clock after the first performance. Black Tie.
                                                                                        At the reception, Duke learned there was a black market for tickets, and a lot of musicians complained it was impossible to get tickets ...

                                                                                        '...it distresses me terribly that they could not get in to our concert, so we go about the business of readjusting the conditions. I insist that from now on, no matter how limited the space, all musicians are to be admitted.'

                                                                                        • Dinner invitation, SI-NMAH Archives Center, DEC301, Series 2, Box 2, Folder 2
                                                                                        • Duke Ellington, MIMM, p.318
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                                                                                        .Bombay, IndiaRang BhavanOutdoor concert, scheduled for 6:30 p.m.

                                                                                        Ellington just played the medley, Diminuendo in Blue and the Wailing Interval, otherwise Strayhorn covered the piano.
                                                                                        This concert was recorded:
                                                                                        Duke Ellington and His Orchestra
                                                                                        C.Williams, Anderson, Blake, Ericson, Brown, Cooper, Connors, Hamilton, Procope, Hodges, Gonsalves, Carney, Strayhorn, Shepard, Woodyard
                                                                                        Titles recorded:
                                                                                        • Take The "A" Train
                                                                                        • Afro Bossa
                                                                                        • Stompin' At The Savoy
                                                                                        • Lullaby Of Birdland
                                                                                        • Silk Lace
                                                                                        • Tutti For Cootie
                                                                                        • I Got It Bad and That Ain't Good
                                                                                        • Things Ain't What They Used To Be
                                                                                        • All Of Me
                                                                                        • Eighth Veil
                                                                                        • Jam With Sam
                                                                                        • C-Jam Blues
                                                                                        • Skin Deep
                                                                                        • Medley:
                                                                                          • Satin Doll
                                                                                          • Solitude
                                                                                          • Don't Get Around Much Anymore
                                                                                          • Mood Indigo
                                                                                          • I'm Beginning To See The Light
                                                                                          • Sophisticated Lady
                                                                                          • Caravan
                                                                                          • Do Nothin' Till You Hear From Me
                                                                                          • I Let A Song Go & Don't Get Around Much Anymore
                                                                                        • Diminuendo In Blue/Wailing Interval
                                                                                        • One More Once
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                                                                                        • American Reporter, New Delhi, 1963-09-06 p.2
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                                                                                        .Bombay, India.This was scheduled to be a day off for Ellington and the band.

                                                                                        At the time of writing, there is a question about whether or not some television footage was from an unscheduled third concert in Bombay.

                                                                                        In DEMS 01/2-11/2 Klaus Götting discussed footage from two Ellington concerts filmed for television during the Indian tour. He considers whether or not one was from an extra concert in Bombay, for which the only available date is Oct. 11, or Calcutta. He concluded that since the Calcutta concerts were played in a hotel courtyard, it must be Oct. 11 in Bombay. Further research is required, since there are factors weighing against Oct. 11:
                                                                                        • The tour contract provided for a maximum of 4 concerts a week and for a day off each week. The concert on the 10th was the fourth for the week.
                                                                                        • It seems unlikely the men would voluntarily give up a day off to play a gig they weren't to be paid for.
                                                                                        • Ellington was still recovering and cutting back on the length of his performances and on his non-performance duties.
                                                                                        • Simons reported three performances in Bombay. These would appear to be the scheduled concerts on Oct. 10 and 11, plus the lecture-demonstration on the 12th.
                                                                                        M. Götting's description of Ellington's attire matches the way he is dressed in two undated photos in the U.S. Embassy New Delhi's Flickr.com album for this tour. A query has been sent to the Embassy's official in charge of its Flickr albums to see if the date can be determined.
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                                                                                        .Bombay, IndiaShri Shamukhananda SabhaThe tour itinerary called for a lecture/demonstration at 6:30 p.m. for "Univ.jazz buffs". Simons' short report refers to "the lecture demonstrations in Bombay (for a predominantly college/university student audience)."
                                                                                        New Desor and Timner V show a recorded performance at Shri Shamukhananda Sabha.

                                                                                        Stratemann and Vail II report a lecture-demonstration there at 4 p.m., not 6:30. Neither Simons nor Huber name the venue or state the time, but the archivist at the U.S.Embassy in New Delhi reports "October 12 - Lecture Demonstration for university students at Shanmukhananda Sabha," which is consistent with the schedule printed in the American Reporter.
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                                                                                        Duke Ellington and His Orchestra
                                                                                        C.Williams, Anderson, Ericson, Blake, Brown, Cooper, Connors, Hamilton, Procope, Hodges, Gonsalves, Carney, Ellington, Shepard, Woodyard, Gonsalves, Ellington, Shepard
                                                                                        • In A Sentimental Mood (trio only)
                                                                                        • In A Mellow Tone
                                                                                        • Jeep's Blues
                                                                                        • Harmony In Harlem
                                                                                        • Tea For Two
                                                                                        • Honeysuckle Rose
                                                                                        • Medley:
                                                                                          • Black And Tan Fantasy
                                                                                          • Creole Love Call
                                                                                          • The Mooche
                                                                                        • Guitar Amour
                                                                                        • Tutti For Cootie
                                                                                        • C-Jam Blues (Duke's Place)
                                                                                        A photograph in Vail II of the band on stage shows they performed in short sleeve shirts, no jackets.
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                                                                                        • Email, A.Sharma (U.S.Embassy)-Palmquist 2015-09-11
                                                                                        • American Reporter, New Delhi, 1963-09-06 p.2
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                                                                                        1963 10 19Bombay to Calcutta (now Kolkata), West Bengal, IndiaGrand Hotel3:35 a.m. scheduled departure Bombay on IC 129T, arrival Calcutta 2:15 p.m. where Ellington and the band stayed in the Grand Hotel.
                                                                                        Bassist Ernie Shepard made a side trip to New Delhi to have dental work completed but he missed no performances.
                                                                                        Scheduled activities in Calcutta the day or arrival were a briefing and a reception.

                                                                                        Overview of Calcutta days:
                                                                                        • Three performances for capacity audiences numbering 4,710.
                                                                                        • lectures/demonstration for 675 college and university students
                                                                                        • press interview
                                                                                        • reception
                                                                                        • visit to St. Mark's Boy' s Town
                                                                                        • jam session at the hotel
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                                                                                        • The concerts were in the courtyard of the hotel, limited to an audience of about 1,000, but people took rooms in the hotel to listen from their balconies overlooking the courtyard.
                                                                                        • Once his "good friend," the Maharaj of Cooch Behar the Maharanee and a cousin arrived from Kashmir, he spent the rest of his time in Calcutta with them.
                                                                                        • Nobody in the band wanted to stay in room 341 as somebody had been murdered in that room.
                                                                                        • Ali Akbar Khan presented Duke with two tablas during one intermission.
                                                                                        • Since people were coming to visit as early as 9 a.m., Duke asked the hotel front desk not to give out his room number because he was still recuperating. The hotel cooperated by posting two armed Sikh guards at the door to his suite.
                                                                                        • After a visit by a Catholic monk accompanied by a man from a leper colony, Ellington had a doctor visit to make sure he had not caught the disease.

                                                                                        Webmaster comments:
                                                                                        • Bombay is on the Arabian Sea coast, the west coast of India and Calcutta is near what was then the East Pakistan border, a short distance north of the Bay of Bengal, about 1,000 miles east of Bombay. The tour routing in India looks horribly inefficient and lengthy travel days like this may be the reason Simons observed that at 8 men were invited to a reception in Calcutta but only 3 showed up. In her recommendations, State Department advance "man" Naomi Huber wrote:

                                                                                          'Disregard country by country scheduling, in order to avoid a repetition of the Elllington CAlcutta - Colombo - Dacca situation. Nothing was gained by this planning, whihc resulted in an unnecessary dissipation of energy, time and good-will.'

                                                                                        • I have not yet confirmed it, but it appears the hotel was the Grand Hotel, not Scherazade Grand Hotel as reported in Stratemann and Vail. Scherazade appears to be the name of the open air club in the courtyard of the hotel.
                                                                                        Duke Ellington, MIMM, pp.318-319.
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                                                                                        .Calcutta, India.At some point during the Calcutta days, Ellington held a press conference and was interviewed. The interview was printed in Dance's The World of Duke Ellington without naming the interviewer or saying when it took place. The book includes a photograph of Ellington sitting casually with several reporters.Stanley Dance, "Press Interview, Calcutta, 1963," The World of Duke Ellington, pp.22-26..
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                                                                                        1963 10 15Calcutta, IndiaSherazade
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                                                                                        Concert in hotel courtyard, 6:30 p.m. - full house, 1,000 in audience; people who couldn't get tickets took hotel rooms overlooking the courtyard so they could listen from there.
                                                                                        • Tour itinerary
                                                                                        • Duke Ellington, MIMM, pp.318-319
                                                                                        • American Reporter, New Delhi, 1963-09-06 p.2
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                                                                                        Grand Hotel courtyard
                                                                                        Concert, 6:30 p.m. - full house of 1,000 again, with people renting rooms to observe from their balconies.
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                                                                                        • Stratemann p.476
                                                                                        • Vail II
                                                                                        • Duke Ellington, MIMM, pp.318-319
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                                                                                        .Calcutta to Madras, India.Departure on IC 265T scheduled for 11 a.m., arrival Madras at 2:30 p.m. for a 12 hour layover....
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                                                                                        .Madras, India to Columbo, Ceylon (now Sri Lanka).
                                                                                      • Scheduled departure 12:30 midnight on IC 171 T, arriving Columbo 2:10 p.m.
                                                                                      • Ellington describes it as a rather bumpy trip, arriving at an airport that was flooded by a storm.
                                                                                      • There they were welcomed by girls in native costume who danced for them at the airport and adorned them with garlands.
                                                                                      • In a handwritten memo about the unexpected presence of "Countess Casto de Monte", Ms Huber wrote she:

                                                                                        'joined Ellington in N.Delhi and will complete the tour with him, with the exception of Colombo...'

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                                                                                        Trumpeter Herbie Jones joined the band, according to New Desor, based on known recordings. He may have joined in Calcutta, since there are no known recordings there and Naomi Huber's letter to her boss said:

                                                                                        '...arrangements had been made for Pat Blake to replace Nance for the rest of the India tour, possibly excluding Calcutta.'

                                                                                        Stratemann notes Jones joined in Ceylon and had previously subbed in the band, including at the Newport Jazz Festival in 1956. While Jones is not mentioned in the personnel lists for Newport in New Desor, Timner V or Nielsen, he was identified by Ellington publicist Patricia Willard from a photograph of the band taken during its second set at Newport.
                                                                                        • New Desor vol.2
                                                                                        • Letter, Huber-Wolfe 1963-10-05
                                                                                        • Stratemann, p.474
                                                                                        • John Fass Morton, Backstory in Blue, Ellington at Newport '56, p.121
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                                                                                        1963 10 26Ceylon (now Sri Lanka).Overview of Ceylon leg:
                                                                                        • 3 performances in Columbo with capacity audiences numbering 7,900
                                                                                        • 1 performance in Kandy for an audience of 5,000
                                                                                        • Jam session with musicians for Radio Ceylon
                                                                                        • reception
                                                                                        • Ellington:

                                                                                          '...there is a tailor who makes anything you wnt – shirts, dresses, coats pants – all out of sari material that is as light as kisses. When the band starts ordering clothes, he is busy round the clock until we leave.
                                                                                            Ceylon is one of the world's biggest gem producers, so naturally everybody is involved in shopping or window-shopping for rubies, emeralds,sapphires, etc. ...'

                                                                                        • Simons:

                                                                                          'Because of an anticipated sell-out on Ellington's three performances in Colombo the post convinced the local sponsor to schedule all three concerts at the Ceylon Turf Club Race Course. This meant that a rain-proof shell would need to be built in front of the race-course stands for the Orchestra to accomodate the crowds. This was fortunate for capacity crowds attended all three concerts despite occasional high winds and driving rain during these performances. The Prime Minister, Governor General, top VIPs with Dean of Diplomatic Corps, Government of Ceylon officials, and leading cultural personalities attended. Word on the success of the first three concerts resulted in capacity audience of over 5,000 at the fourth concert which was held in the Gymnasium of the University of Ceylon.
                                                                                            The highlight of Ellington's visit in Ceylon was the reception and jam session with musicians, officials and staff of the Radio Ceylon and held in Ceylon's largest radio studio. The evening was climaxed by the Ceylonese Music Group rendering with traditional instruments their Ceylonese version of Ellington's "Take the "A" Train" composition as a tribute to Ellington.

                                                                                        • Mr. H.A.J. Hulugalle, President of the Ceylon-American Society, introduced the concerts.
                                                                                        • Simons:

                                                                                          'Only In Colombo and Ankara was the group involved with a press generally ready to exploit the non-scheduled activities of group members. ... it was only in Colombo that their activities caused small but possible damage. One newspaper printed a two-page spread which, in addition to mean and baseless allegations about the Ambassador, cutely and with much exaggeration detailed some nocturnal doings and cutely hinted at others. The Public Affairs Officer considered it almost a compliment, given the excellent publicity and reception the group got in Colombo and the shabby character of that city's press.'

                                                                                        • Simons short report,p.6 & pp. 11-12
                                                                                        • Photos, Duke Ellington, MIMM pp.231+321
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                                                                                        Colombo or Peradeniya, CeylonTurf ClubStratemann and Vail report a third concert at the race track, and Simons wrote that the post convinced the sponsor to schedule all three concerts at the race track and "capacity crowds attended all three concerts despite occasional high winds and driving rain during these performances," but in MIMM, Ellington refers to "our two concerts on the Colombo race course."

                                                                                        The itinerary for this day says "Perform (Kandy-Peradeniya area)." Further research is needed to confirm the location of this third performance.
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                                                                                        Peradeniya, CeylonUniversity of Ceylon, PeradeniyaThe itinerary says "Perform (Kandy-Peradeniya or Jaffna). New Desor and Timner V identify the location of the recorded performance as "Perideniya University in Kandy, but its proper name appears to have been University of Ceylon.

                                                                                        Stratemann and Vail report a lecture and concert (lecture-demonstration) on the campus of the University of Ceylon at Peradeniya, and Ellington writes about going to Kandy.

                                                                                        Peradeniya, not to be confused with Paradeniya, is a suburb of Kandy and is the location of one of the university campuses; the university name appears to have been University of Ceylon (to be confirmed).
                                                                                        Ellington described Kandy as the cultural centre of Ceylon. It appears some members of the group did some sight-seeing since Ellington writes of Strayhorn being impressed by elephants at Katugastota, another Kandy suburb. Further research is required to determine if the group stayed in Kandy overnight since it was more than a three hour drive to Colombo and the next day was a free day.
                                                                                        Recordings:
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                                                                                        C. Anderson, H. Jones, Ericson, Cooper, Brown, Connors, Hamilton, Procope, Hodges,Gonsalves, Carney, Ellington, Shepard, Woodyard
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                                                                                        • Take The "A" Train
                                                                                        • Afro Bossa
                                                                                        • Silk Lace
                                                                                        • Perdido
                                                                                        • Guitar Amour
                                                                                        • Kinda Dukish/Rockin' In Rhythm
                                                                                        • Eighth Veil
                                                                                        • Jam With Sam
                                                                                        • Skin Deep
                                                                                        • Medley
                                                                                          • Satin Doll
                                                                                          • Solitude
                                                                                          • Don't Get Around Much Anymore
                                                                                          • Mood Indigo
                                                                                          • I'm Beginning To See The Light
                                                                                          • Sophisticated Lady
                                                                                          • Caravan
                                                                                          • Do Nothin' Till You Hear From Me
                                                                                          • I Let A Song Go Out of My Heart & Don't Get Around Much Anymore
                                                                                        • Diminuendo In Blue & The Wailing Interval
                                                                                        • A Flower Is A Lovesome Thing
                                                                                        • One More Once
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                                                                                          .Colombo, Ceylon to Madras, India.Flights scheduled in the itinerary:
                                                                                          • Depart Colombo, AE 207T,7:00 a.m.
                                                                                          • Arrive Madras, 10:45 am
                                                                                          • Depart Madras IC266T 3:00 p.m.
                                                                                          • Arrive Calcutta 6:30 p.m.
                                                                                          • Simons' report seems to suggest this schedule was not followed, since he writes of the band staying overnight in Madras. This seems to be corroborated in Huber's Oct. 5 letter to headquarters,

                                                                                            '... Again I had a long session with the TWA representative, hence the cable to you. I turst that the Colombo-Dacca trip has been resolved by now.'

                                                                                          • Ellington:

                                                                                            'From Colombo we go to Madras, where we change planes and join up with Dr. Arthur Logan, who has arrived with a fresh supply of medicines.'

                                                                                          Simons about the journey:

                                                                                          'The group left Colombo on Saturday...It had rained for six straight days in Colombo, and the escort had a head cold... Departure was enlivened by [a] shouting discussion on the bus with the most troublesome band member, who told the escort that bringing girls into hotel rooms was normal, that white men should wake up to life, and that people like the escort made him want to puke. Such incidents were admittedly rare. Otherwise the departure was routine: filling in the passport and visa numbers on embarkation cards, getting those men who had forgotten to do so to sign theirs, or fill them out, collecting them, getting the passports through emmigration [sic], getting the tickets through the airline counter, trying unsuccessfully to ensure that cargo and luggage would be marked through in bond to Dacca, which was the next day's destination, collecting the baggage tags, passports and tickets, delivering the embarkation cards and those currency declarations, full of monstrous but always unexamined lies, to the proper authorities, and seeing that all group members were on the plane and all the baggage and cargo loaded. This was standard airport procedure and was repeated the next day at Madras and at Calcutta.

                                                                                            In the hour and forty minutes to Madras, the escort filled out the passport and visa numbers, with date and place of issue, on all twenty-two debarkation cards, distributed them, made sure they were signed and collected them. This was also standard procedure, and should be done immediately after takeoff. Even on long flights one is apt to be surprised (by indigenous travel customs) without filled-out immigration papers. The Turkish port-of-entry was Adana, and the Indian port-of-entry was Amritsar; in both cases everyone had to descent, and at Adana, at 8.00 p.m., all baggage and cargo had to be unloaded, put in carts, walked past the incurious customs officers and reloaded on the plane.

                                                                                            At Madras the group and cargo were unloaded. The group was sent to the hotel, and the cargo was kept at the airport, except for two pieces. The escort had forgotten to tell Johnny Hodges to pack an overnight bag, and Johnny Hodges had to have his suitcase, and since he got his, Jimmy Hamilton needed his too, and all the while, the customs officials were objecting, because the baggage was still theoretically in bond, although it turned out next day that it was not in bond, and that all the customs formalities were required.
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                                                                                        • Tour itinerary
                                                                                        • Simons' long report:
                                                                                          • Part II, The Role of the Escort Officer, pp. 6,7
                                                                                              II. GENERAL ASPECTS OF THE ESCORT OFFICER'S JOB.
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                                                                                          .Madras, India to Dacca, East Pakistan via Calcutta.Tour Itinerary:
                                                                                          • Depart Calcutta PK426T 7:55 a.m.
                                                                                          • Arrive Dacca 10:15 a.m.
                                                                                          • As noted above, the itinerary seems to have changed. The party overnighted in Madras and left Sunday at 6:30 a.m.
                                                                                          Tour itinerary for Dacca:
                                                                                          • Briefing
                                                                                          • Noon performance.
                                                                                          • Activities on the second day to be reported by the post.
                                                                                          Ellington:

                                                                                          ' Our next stop is Dacca, the capital of East Pakistan. After the usual briefing, I find I am the house guest of the U.S.I.S. director in Pakistan, Mr. Donald K. Taylor. He and Mrs. Taylor are very warm and considerate... They have a delightful party in the garden of their home, and at one point I am somewhat mobbed by beautiful women, which I find very enjoyable... And after the party, the wonderful Mrs. Taylor has steaks for her famished guests. The concert that night on the racecourse is a sell-out, and the reviews we are shown the next day ... are extremely kind.'

                                                                                          Huber:

                                                                                          'I have checked all hotels along the way and have personally inspected rooms assigned, paying special attention, of course, to Ellington's needs. All are satisfactory, with the exception of hotel in Dacca. The suite there will not be of his liking so I put out feelers to see who might, take him in. There was a general scramble for this honor, so Ellington's accommodations are no problem. He will probably stay with the PAO. Ellington told me what he actually wants and requires in the way of accomodations, so I shall attend to this along the way.'

                                                                                          Simons:

                                                                                          'That night there was a fine party given by the Acting Consul, Mr. McJennett, for which a number of very tired men were aroused and encouraged to attend. Once there, there was considerable difficulty in getting them to leave, since the food and company were as usual most agreeable.'

                                                                                          Simons about the journey (continued):

                                                                                          '   The group had to be awakened the next morning at 4.00 for the 6.30 flight, with master keys and bellboys required for the deep sleepers (several group members slept like dead men), and the hotel bills had to be paid. When the group had left India, the week before, they had left all their Indian money to the Consulate Genearal, which spent the week obtaining permission from the Embassy to convert it into a dollar check. The escort was handed a check for $4,085 and a list of how much was owed to each man. But the men had no Indian money to pay their hotel bills. Anticipating this, the Company Manager had the night before enlisted the harassed USIS Junior Officer Trainee, June Prindeville, who did yeoman service during the whole South Indian tour, accompanying the group in Hyderabad and Bangalore, to wake up a disbursing officer to sell him $700 worth of rupees, since he refused to lose $8 by changing at the hotel. This was done, and the bills paid.
                                                                                            The flight to Calcutta was uneventful, with only those twenty-two embarkation cards to be filled out. At Calcutta it was learned that a special plane had been obtained to fly the group to Dacca, and that it was leaving in fifty minutes. Baggage checks were given and received, baggage and cargo was seen through Indian customs, embarkation cards were filled out, distributed and collected, the Indian currency books, which had been given the men on their arrival five weeks before, were found filled out in such a way that the men officially left the country with no rupees and only those dollars or traveller's checks which they had brought into the country, minus those which they had exchanged at the official rate and in return for an official stamp. These were thrust into someone's hand as the plane was loading without comment on either side. Meanwhile, there had been the usual altercation between the escort and the company manager over who was to pay for excess personal baggage, with the escort, as usual, refusing to sign anything, and the company manager, as usual, signing the liability slip. The CAO was at that point under the impression that the escort was cracking up, and taking time off from his other duties to tell him not to. Finally, before departure, it was discovered, as it had been discovered twice before at Madras, that the Countess had been in India more than thirty days without registering with local officials, and was unable to leave the country without some official forgivenes. She left after signing, as she had twice before, a statement giving a schematic history of her Indian sojourn, and swearing that she didn't want to give trouble to anyone. The plane left, to the accompaniment of the resentment and imprecations of airline officials, who seemed to see a moral taint for both parties in the fact that its departure was delayed, and by Mr. Arthur Nayer, of USIS, Dacca who was most helpful in filling out the Pakistan immigration and currency formulas.'

                                                                                          • Tour itinerary
                                                                                          • Simons reports
                                                                                          • Huber letter to Wolfe, 1963-10-05, p.3
                                                                                          • Duke Ellington, MIMM, p.322
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                                                                                          Reference material not reviewed for this chronology:
                                                                                          NMAH (Smithsonian) DE Collection, Box 8 Folder 2, Grand Concerts in Pakistan, presented by the U.S. Information Service [Press kit], October 27-November 5, 1963
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                                                                                          1963 11 04Pakistan.Background:
                                                                                          In 1947 British-controlled India became India and Pakistan. The country Pakistan consisted of two sections 870 miles apart, East Pakistan (now Bangladesh) and West Pakistan until Bangladesh achieved independence in 1971.
                                                                                          Overview of Pakistan tour activities:
                                                                                          • Dacca Oct. 27-29 - 1 performance, audience 2,500
                                                                                          • Lahore Oct. 29-31 -
                                                                                              2 performances audiences 2,400
                                                                                            • press interview
                                                                                            • reception
                                                                                          • Karachi 11/1-4 -
                                                                                            • 3 performances audiences 3,900 (Capacity)
                                                                                            • press interview
                                                                                            • reception
                                                                                            • meeting with local cultural groups
                                                                                          • Simons:
                                                                                            • 'Performances were sell-outs and during the short stay in Pakistan "the classicist of the American jazz idiom" was exposed to thousands of students, government officials, and leaders of the community

                                                                                              A general lack of knowledge of Ellington's music, or jazz led to a heavy promotion campaign by the post -- a campaign which incidentally met with enthusiastic response with a sell-out to concerts.'
                                                                                            • 'Ellington's visit to Pakistan occured during a period of strained relations between Pakistan and the U.S. and according to Lahore the "aura of good feeling generated by the visit was clearly evident, and it was a welcome mitigating contribution to relations clouded for many months by acrimonious reference to arms resistance to India."'
                                                                                            • 'Further, according to Lahore "popular cultural events such as this, appealing to both students and public opinion leaders, potentially are the most effective program activity to create new understanding and respect for American cultural achievements, They also help to generate a more receptive frame of reference for less palatable political and economic policies." '
                                                                                            • The success of Ellington in terms of local impact did not diminish when off-stage. The Orchestra's understanding of the overall mission was clearly understood and their personal contacts with artistic, educational, informational and governmental circles as Karachi reports, "fortified post contacts among target groups." This same feeling was expressed by the personal comment of the American Consul General in Lahore, "Duke Ellington and the members of his orchestra in their non-performing hours off stage created a widespread and most favorable impression locally, and in the case of Duke Ellington personally, perhaps an even more important one from our standpoint," '
                                                                                            Simons on the logistics:

                                                                                            '  Decca had the first commissary since New Delhi, and after the customs formalities, the unloading and the fight for hotel rooms were over, the escort went around taking orders, which he gave to an [sic] Consulate General officer who kindly agreed to place them. ...

                                                                                              The next morning the commissary order arrived, and the orders of those men the escort had not been able to locate the day before were taken. The second order was delivered that afternoon. The group was to leave the next morning, and the bill had to be paid beforehand.

                                                                                              The escort had the bills and his check for $4,085. $2,900 of this belonged to the company manager, who wanted various amounts subtracted from it and given, as checks, to selected group members. The goods were distributed to as many group members as could be found, and some could only be given out the next morning before departure. The men had no dollars and could only pay in Pakistani rupees. The commissary would accept only a dollar check made out to U.S. Embassy Commissary, Karachi. The men were becoming insistent in their requests that they be paid the money owed themn from India. The escort therefore, called the Disbursing Officer to arrange for checks to be made out the next morning, before departure. He was obliged to collect the commissary money in rupees, convert it into dollars, and subtract the dollar amount from what was owed each man, which was itself a conversion from rupees. Next morning before leaving, he took his mother check to the Consulate General and had it broken down into eighteen little checks, of four kind: 1) checks for money due after commissary...; 2) the payroll-plus money-due checks for two men; 3 the company manager's check, for what was due him minus his commissary bill and the payroll checks; 4) the escort's check, including what was owed him from India, old rupee debts from the men which he had converted into dollars, subracted from the men's checks and added to his own, and the equivalent of monies paid the commissary but not yet collected from the men, minus his own commissary bill. He paid the total commissary bill, $118.43, with a personal check.

                                                                                              The necessary calculations were made with a full nose in time found on a day which saw him check the stage building and seat placing, visit the commissary and motor pool, sent the group to three luncheons and attend one himself, secure and accompany a group to a pre-performance dinner given by the head of the AID Mission, and send the group to the large reception after the performance at the PAO's home, which he also attended.'

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                                                                                          .Dacca, East PakistanGymkhana Race Course GroundsConcert

                                                                                          It isn't clear what time this concert was. The itinerary called for a noon performance, but Ellington writes "the concert that night on the racecourse is a sell-out.
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                                                                                          .Dacca, East Pakistan to Lahore, Punjab, West Pakistan.Tour itinerary:
                                                                                          • Depart Dacca PK725F at 11:50 a.m.
                                                                                          • Arrive Lahore 1:20 p.m.
                                                                                          • Briefing.
                                                                                          Simons:

                                                                                          'The plane left next morning with only the usual customs, embarkation, ticket and baggage formalities before departure, although it was held up by three group members who could not be found after a diligent search of bar, restaurant and men's rooms, but who finally showed up from somewhere.
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                                                                                          • Simons long report, last page
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                                                                                          .Lahore, Punjab, West PakistanConsul-General's residenceEllington:

                                                                                          'On the evening of our arrival...a reception is given by the Consul General, Mr. David Bane...his elegant wife, Patricia, is a perfect hostess. Diplomats from all countries are present, and later there is a superb dinner...After dinner, I meet Malik Firoz Khan and we chat in a very easy and relaxed fashion. I am also delighted to meet the gracious Begum Noon, who asks us to an intimate dinner the following night. '


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                                                                                          Karachi, Sindh, West Pakistan.Overview of days in Karachi:

                                                                                          Writing on behalf of the Ambassador, in his five page Department of State Airgram report to the State Department American Embassy in Karachi, William B. King, Counsellor of Embassy for Public Affairs, wrote enthusiastically about Ellington's visit to that city, part of which included:

                                                                                          '...Review of Activities. Duke Ellington and his orchestra arrived in Karachi in the afternoon of November 1, 1963. Soon thereafter he recorded an interview for Radio Pakistan which was broadcast over the regional network the same evening. Later in the evening he performed under the auspices of Pakistan-American Cultural Center before a capacity audience of 1500 at the court yard of the Metropole Hotel. The concert was broadcast over the local station of Radio Pakistan.
                                                                                            On November 2, a free day, Duke held a press conference in his Agha Khan suite at Hotel Metropole. Although the conference was brief it was widely reported in newspapers, ...
                                                                                            In the evening Ambassador Walter P. McConaughy held a reception in honor of Duke Ellington and his group which was attended by prominent Pakistani musicians, composers, music critics and officials of Radio Pakistan.
                                                                                            The second public performance was presented by Duke Ellington's orchestra before a SRO house on November 3.
                                                                                            The next day Ellington appeared with a full orchestra for a demonstration-performance program at the Pakistan American Cultural Center. The program designed, exclusively for university students, was attended by 900 enthusiastic young men and women ...Many were of the opinion that the orchestra was at peak form, undoubtedly due to the informality of the occassion [sic] and the enthusiastic response of the young audience...'

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                                                                                          .Lahore to Karachi, West Pakistan.Travel. The itinerary for this day scheduled a departure from Lahore on PK301F at 12:05 p.m., with arrival in Karachi at 2:40 p.m., followed by a briefing session....
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                                                                                          Hotel Metropole
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                                                                                          .Karachi, West Pakistan.Free day.
                                                                                          Strayhorn and Dr. Logan travel to Agra, India, to see the Taj Mahal, some 700 miles east-northeast away at Agra, India.

                                                                                          Ellington remained behind with a slight fever and colic.

                                                                                          While Strayhorn's sidetrip must have been at least overnight given the distance, Strayhorn was back in time to play the November 3 evening concert.
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                                                                                          Hotel Metropole
                                                                                          Concert, standing room only.
                                                                                          The concert was recorded:
                                                                                          Duke Ellington and His Orchestra
                                                                                          C.Williams, Anderson, H. Jones, Ericson, Brown, Cooper, Connors, Hamilton, Procope, Hodges, Gonsalves, Carney, Ellington, Shepard, Woodyard
                                                                                          Titles recorded:
                                                                                          • Take The "A" Train
                                                                                          • Afro Bossa
                                                                                          • Silk Lace
                                                                                          • Honeysuckle Rose
                                                                                          • Perdido
                                                                                          • Guitar Amour
                                                                                          • Stompin' At The Savoy
                                                                                          • Do Nothin' Till You Hear From Me (New Concerto for Cootie)
                                                                                          • Tutti For Cootie
                                                                                          • Kinda Dukish / Rockin' In Rhythm
                                                                                          • I Got It Bad and That Ain't Good
                                                                                          • Things Ain't What They Used To Be
                                                                                          • All Of Me
                                                                                          • Skin Deep
                                                                                          • Medley
                                                                                          • Satin Doll
                                                                                          • Solitude
                                                                                          • Don't Get Around Much Anymore
                                                                                          • Mood Indigo
                                                                                          • I'm Beginning To See The Light
                                                                                          • Sophisticated Lady
                                                                                          • Caravan
                                                                                          • Do Nothin' Till You Hear From Me
                                                                                          • I Let a Song Go Out of My Heart& Don't Get Around Much Anymore
                                                                                          • Diminuendo In Blue / Wailing Interval
                                                                                          • All Heart
                                                                                          • One More Once
                                                                                          • Jones
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                                                                                          .Karachi, PakistanPakistan America Cultural CenterLecture-demonstration for 900 university students.Department of State Airgram, ibid..
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                                                                                          Karachi, West Pakistan to Tehran, Iran.Midnight departure from Karachi, confirmed by Ellington in MIMM and by the Department of State Airgram referred to above. The itinerary shows departure 11:59 p.m. and arrival in Tehran at 1:10 a.m. Ellington confirms leaving at midnight, arriving at 2 in the morning and hurrying to the Royal Tehran hotel.
                                                                                          Simons' overview of Iran tour:
                                                                                          • Tehran Nov.5-7
                                                                                            • 2 performances, audience 3,300
                                                                                            • reception
                                                                                            • meeting with young musicians
                                                                                            • press interview
                                                                                          • Isfahan Nov. 7-8
                                                                                            • 1 performance for 1,400
                                                                                            • reception
                                                                                          • Abadan Nov. 8-9
                                                                                            • 1 performance for 1,100
                                                                                            • reception
                                                                                          • ...Orchestra played to an audience predominated by students but also composed of Iranian officials, Governor Generals and other local officials. This was the first time for a large majority of the audience in Isfahan and Abadan to hear a Western Orchestra. In Isfahan, the applause was so long that the police had to interrupt. While community leaders were present in each audience, students and other jazz enthusiasts composed well over two-thirds of the total audience.
                                                                                          • Post comments:

                                                                                            'Tehran A-352, December 23 - Only a relatively small number of young people in Iran have any understanding and appreciation of jazz - hence, the publicity on Ellington's appearances attracted very little attention. It was only after the telecast performance of November 5 that ticket sales began to rise, Ellington became the talk of the town once the newspapers, radio and TV comments appeared - and even then the talk was largely "uninformed." There was no comprehension of jazz in the canons of music, Persians have a long music tradition, but theirs is simply too diverse from jazz to allow for an establishment of an immediate reception. More pre and post performance work among audiences is needed - the problem goes beyond "publicity packets." The post continues in this report to request a "much longer lead-time to prepare for performances especially for large groups, which generally stay in a country for a short time but appear before large audiences, often on TV, and gain a greater exposure."'

                                                                                          • MIMM p.324
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                                                                                          AP wirestory:

                                                                                          'Ellington Raps Segregation
                                                                                            Tehran (AP) – An American Negro bandleader, Duke Ellington, touring Iran under U.S. State department sponsorship, last night condemned racial segregation in the United States.
                                                                                            Before his concert, Ellington told newsmen he plans to lead further movements to help fellow Negroes as "major contributors to the building of Amercia." He said he hoped the race problem in the United States would soon be solved in favor of the Negro population.
                                                                                            Ellington and his orchestra perfomed here before 1,000 Iranian dignitaries and some of Tehran's American community. He is also scheduled to give concerts in Isfahan and Abadan.'

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                                                                                          .Teheran, IranBallroom
                                                                                          Royal Tehran Hotel
                                                                                          • The itinerary shows a lecture-demonstration, from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. but Stratemann and thus Vail report a televised concert.
                                                                                          • The Embassy reported there was a concert sponsored by the Iran-America Society that netted $1,777.16, of which $710.87 was the government's share.
                                                                                          • Huber:

                                                                                            'The first concert was planned to be held in the Bi-National Center, which was in need of a "prestige" attraction for membership reasons. Upon discovering that seating capacity of the Bi-National Center auditorium is 450 and that Americans would be 300 strong, I urged the post to reconsider another location with greater seating capacity. Having seen the Hilton ballroom, which seats close to 1,000, everyone agreed that the first concert could be held there, with a "prestige" audience and I subsequently made such arrangements with the Hilton manager... '

                                                                                          • Simons:

                                                                                            'Persian society is highly class-occasions, [sic] so that two concerts were held in Tehran. In the Hilton, the band played to an audience of eight hundred, including a disproportionately large number of Americans, which by its dress and close familiarity with Ellington music would not have been ill-at-ease in an Eastern American city or a well-attended European spa.'

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                                                                                          • Stratemann p.476
                                                                                          • Vail II
                                                                                          • Operations Memorandum, AmEmbassy, TEHRAN to Department of State, WASHINGTON, 1963-12-17 p.1
                                                                                          • Huber, undated Post by Post Observations report, p.3
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                                                                                          .Teheran, Iran.Concert, 8 to 10 p.m.
                                                                                          While Stratemann and Vail II report this was a free day, the itinerary shows a concert at 8 p.m.
                                                                                          The concert is confirmed in the embassy operations memo:

                                                                                          'The second Tehran concert on November 6, 1965, sponsored by the Physical Education and Recreation Association of Iran, is not a part of this report. Incomplete and unverified reports indicate that the total receipts from the concert were 43,550 Rls ($580.40). According to the agreement with the Association, the Government's share of 60% gross should be 26,118 Rls. ($548.24).
                                                                                            However, to date the Association has not paid the Embassy and has not made a full accounting. Despite the agreement, the Association has proposed, in writing, that the Embassy remit all profits for the benefit of the Association itself and its youth program. The Embassy has replied that to do so would be a violation of the agreement and that a full report should be made promptly and the account closed. It is impossible at this time to predict the outcome of negotiations. The Embassy will continue to seek the Association's full compliance with the agreement and will keep the Department informed.'

                                                                                          Simons:

                                                                                          'The second concert was held for some thousands of students in a large and three-quarters full gymnasium. The students understood little English, and were not always correct in choosing the moment to applaud, but they were ready to be pleased and pleased the band by their great enthusiasm.'

                                                                                          • Tour itinerary
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                                                                                          .Isfahan, Iran.Concert 7 to 9 p.m.
                                                                                          • The embassy operations memo reports the concert was sponsored by the Isfahan Iran-America Society.
                                                                                          • The concert netted 7,119 Rls ($94.92) of which the Government Share was 1,145 Rls. ($19.00)
                                                                                          • Simons reported the audience numbered 1,400.
                                                                                          • A telegram from the Embassy to the Secretary of State reads:

                                                                                            'ELLINGTON ATTRACTED 1400 ISFAHAN, 1100 ABADAN. AUDIENCE PREDOMINANTLY STUDENTS BUT ALSO COMPOSED OF LOCAL DIGNITARIES INCLUDING GOVERNORS GENERAL AND OTHER IRANIAN OFFICIALS. LARGE MAJORITY OF AUDIENCE HEARD WESTERN 0RCHESTRA FOR FIRST TIME, PROLONGED APPLAUSE AND LATER COMMENTS INDICATE ENTHUSIASTIC RECEPTION.ISFAHAN APPLAUSE SO LONG THAT POLICE INTERRUPTED LEST STUDENTS IMPOLITE. ABADAN RADIO STATION NOW RECEIVING HEAVY VOLUME REQUESTS TO PLAY JAZZ...'

                                                                                          • Simons:

                                                                                            'Isfahan is so small that the two societies, official and student, were present in the same concert, equally uncertain as to what to make of it all – police went around silencing applause lest the musicians feel insulted... '

                                                                                          • Tour itinerary
                                                                                          • Operations Memorandum, ibid, p.1
                                                                                          • Simons short report p.6
                                                                                          • Telegram, American Embassy Tehran to the Secretary of State, Washington, 1963-11-13
                                                                                          • Simons long report p.10
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                                                                                          .Isfahan, Iran.Post-concert reception until 2 a.m. Telegram:

                                                                                          '...PUBLIC RELATIONS OF ELLINGTON AND TROUPE PERFECT DESPITE WEARINESS. GROUP STAYED AT POST-CONCERT RECEPTION ISFAHAN UNTIL TWO AM THRILLED TOP IRANIAN GUEST WITH IMPROMTU IMPERSONATIONS AND FOLKSONGS. SPATE OF IRANIAN COMMENT ABOUT DEVOTION OF ORCHESTRA MEMBERS TO DUKE, THE GENERAL ESPRIT DE CORPS, AND THE "HAPPY" ART WHICH RESULTS.'

                                                                                          Telegram, American Embassy Tehran to the Secretary of State, Washington, 1963-11-13..
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                                                                                          .Isfahan to Abadan, Iran.The itinerary shows departure from Isfahan at 8:30 a.m. on IR 644T, arriving Abadan at 11:10 a.m.Tour itinerary..
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                                                                                          .Abadan, Khuzestan, Iran.
                                                                                          • Concert for 1,100, scheduled for 8 to 10 p.m., sponsored by National Iranian Oil Company.
                                                                                          • Gross ticket sales were 69,010 Rls (US$920.13), with the net profit, 39861 Rls ($531.48) reverting to the U.S. government
                                                                                          • Simons:

                                                                                            '...the band played a full theater to an audience in which the tone was set by the large numbers of foreigners, American and European, who constitute the cultured milieux of a Middle Eastern oil town. It was "normally" that is, greatly, enthusiastic.'

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                                                                                          • Operations Memorandum, ibid, p.1
                                                                                          • Simons short report p.6
                                                                                          • Telegram, American Embassy Tehran to the Secretary of State, Washington, 1963-11-13
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                                                                                          .Abadan, Khuzestan, IranConsul General's homeVail II reports "they attend a party at the U.S. consulate." Ellington described crossing the river by boat to reach the consulate. Ellington does not say if he came alone. He described the house and having dinner, then joining other guests on the patio, where he discussed birth control in India with a guest.
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                                                                                          .Abadan, Khuzestan, Iran.The itinerary schedules this as a free day and there is no mention of a concert this date in the Operations Memorandum report or the tour itinerary. Stratemann, Vail II and Götting report a concert this date, without providing details, and they appear to be in error....
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                                                                                          .Abadan, Iran
                                                                                          Kuwait
                                                                                          Baghdad, Iraq
                                                                                          .Itinerary:
                                                                                          • Depart Abadan IR450T 9 a.m.
                                                                                          • Arrive Kuwait 9 a.m.
                                                                                          • Depart Kuwait IA022T 10:15 a.m.
                                                                                          • arrive Baghdad 12:55 p.m.
                                                                                          • Briefing
                                                                                          • (Abadan and Kuwait are in different time zones)
                                                                                          This schedule was not followed. Ellington wrote they spent the day in Kuwait and arrived in Baghdad in the middle of the night. While Ellington wrote they were met at the airport by Mrs. Hamilton, the wife of the Ambassador, who was sick, her name would have been Mrs. Strong since Robert C. Strong was the ambassador.
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                                                                                          Baghdad, Iraq.
                                                                                          • The itinerary called for
                                                                                            • Nov.11 Reception
                                                                                            • Nov.12 Performance
                                                                                            • Nov.13 Lecture-demonstration
                                                                                            • Nov.14 Performance
                                                                                            • Nov.15 Free day
                                                                                          • Simons' summary of the activity showed there were two performances, and both were sold out, but political events resulted in social functions being cancelled. While his summary appears to indicate press interviews were cancelled, he later writes the Iraqi press showed respect for Duke in interviews.
                                                                                          • He went on to report:

                                                                                            'Ellington appeared on the scene in Iraq during a period of crisis in the Iraqi Government, (bombing of President's Palace). Added to this is the fact that the local sponsors were having second thoughts about the scheduling of two concerts in one place, since they felt there was not a large enough local concert audience to fill the two performances. Yet in spite of these developments, the two scheduled concerts turned out to be complete sell-outs, "Iraqi musicians agreed that Ellington's music appealed to Iraqi audiences, even though the audiences may not have 'understood' it." The only empty seats in the halls were those reserved for high ranking government officials, who due to the crisis, were unable to attend.
                                                                                              The Baghdad Television Station, which is the only TV station in Iraq, had at first planned to televise a short period of the first Ellington concert. The station later cancelled all programs after 7:30 p.m. so that the entire Ellington concert could be broadcast.'

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                                                                                          .Ctesiphon, Iraq.The day before the concert, members of the group, including Duke and the Contessa, went sightseeing in the ancient city of Ctesiphon, about 20 miles south of Baghdad.
                                                                                          • Ellington and Gonsalves were photographed smoking hookahs with an unidentified merchant wearing an Arab headdress and a western jacket; the MIMM caption says this was in Ctesiphon but Dance's own book places it in Jordan
                                                                                          • Ellington was photographed turning a water wheel with Lawrence Brown in the background.
                                                                                          • Simons reported The Contessa was inadvertently photographed when a USIS photographer "caught them together as she was showing him how to do something."
                                                                                          • Celley records a blind man who is playing on a single string instrument.
                                                                                          • MIMM pp.326-328
                                                                                          • Stanley Dance, The World of Duke Ellington, p.20,
                                                                                          • Simons long report, p.45
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                                                                                          .Baghdad, IraqU.S. Ambassador's residenceA reception was held at Ambassador Strong's home. Von Eschen describes it as celebrating the founding of the United States Marine Corps (the anniversay was November 10) and quotes an unnamed U.S. embassy staffer as reporting "the ambassadorial residence rocked," as four hundred Iraqis and Americans danced... or crowded around the orchestra for a closer look at the ageless Duke."..
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                                                                                          .Baghdad, IraqPrivate residenceIn a letter published in the April 1, 1973 Family Weekly newspaper supplement, with an accompanying photo, John L. Hamilton wrote:

                                                                                          '...As a Foreign Information Officer stationed in Baghdad, I wanted to welcome the band to our home. My wife and I decided to give them a good American brunch. When the band arrived (minus the Duke, who, it was explained, always slept late in the moming) they were greeted by a buffet table stacked high with food in our living room. At one end of the table my wife was scrambling eggs. At the other end, pancakes were being kept hot in a chafing dish.

                                                                                            After the musicians had eaten, several of them sat down and began improvising at our piano when the telephone rang.

                                                                                            A familiar voice said, "This is Edward Ellington. May I still come to brunch?" With the piano sounding in my ear, I stammered, "Yes... of course."

                                                                                            Not long afterward, he arrived. In all my experiences in handling VIP's in various parts of the world none was easier to handle than this man. Shortly after he came, my wife offered to scramble some eggs for him. With his wide grin, he said, "Please, let me do my own. No one scrambles eggs better than I do." With that, he pitched in.

                                                                                            At the concert that night, a packed house gave the band a fantastic welcome. He got ovation after ovation. But when I think of Duke Ellington, I'll always remember the man who stood in our living room scrambling his own eggs. Duke Ellington, "We love you madly!"'

                                                                                          John L.Hamilton, The Day I Met Duke Ellington, Family Weekly 1973-04-01 p.24 in
                                                                                          • Walla Walla Union-Bulletin
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                                                                                          .Baghdad, IraqKhuld HallFirst concert, sold out.

                                                                                          Simons:

                                                                                          'The Baghdad Television Station, which is the only TV station in Iraq, had at first planned to televise a short period of the first Ellington concert. The station later cancelled all programs after 7:30 p.m so that the entire Ellington concert could be broadcast.'

                                                                                          Concert photo, Khuld Hall,Nov.12, 1963
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                                                                                          A photograph of the band on stage, taken from the back of the theatre, shows television cameras and the band in white jackets.



                                                                                          Ellington:

                                                                                          'On the day of the concert in Baghdad, we are told by the embassy that we should return to the hotel immediately after the concert, because there may be some trouble. We rush back, and I shall never forget how I bump my head as I scramble into the car. Late that night we hear a couple of planes flying around... '

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                                                                                          .Baghdad, Iraq.Unsuccessful military coup
                                                                                          In February 1963, a coup d'état overturned the Iraqi government and resulted in the killing of the prime minister, who had himself gained power in a 1958 coup.

                                                                                          The Ba'ath party formed a government, but internal dissent resulted in the dismissal of the deputy prime minister in November. The morning of November 13, after his firing was publicly announced, his supporters tried to seize control in what has been described as a bloodless coup. Contemporary reports indicated the presidential palace was attacked about 11 a.m. and an army base outside the city shortly thereafter was attacked as well, but everything was reported to be quiet by 1 p.m. The usurpers were unsuccessful and fled the country. While a curfew was lifted that evening, tanks were reported on the streets as late as the Saturday.
                                                                                          Simons, p.20 (this could be about either Tuesday or Wednesday):

                                                                                          'Two members of the group insisted on visiting a local nightclub in Baghdad after the band had been warned of the danger of street violence and ordered to keep to the hotel. They could only have been prevented by main force, and all Marines were at the Embassy. Asked afterward, they said it was wonderful; two men and twenty girls, shaking like leaves, and "all these cats with sub-machine guns sitting around outside." '

                                                                                          Simons, p.59 (p.4 under the heading II General aspects of the escort officer's job, a. Work)

                                                                                          'November 13 in Baghdad was the one day of a tour extending from September 6 to November 28 where the escort had no more to do than minimize the danger to the men and report full complement to the consular officer making his lists of safe Americans. This was so because the city was under martial law and he was prevented from leaving the hotel.'

                                                                                          • Simons long report p.20
                                                                                          • UPI and AP wirestories reprinted 1963-11-13 in
                                                                                            • Evening Star, Washington, D.C., p.1
                                                                                            • Greensboro Record, Greensboro, N.C., p.1
                                                                                            • Boston Traveler, Boston, Mass. p.7
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                                                                                          ...Amendment No. 1 to the contract between The Government of the United States of America and Duke Ellington Inc., bearing number SCC-40110 is made this day, adding a week in Yugoslavia to the tour, delaying the band's return to the U.S.A. to 1963 12 21. The contract price was increased by $12,500 to cover the extra week.Fulbright Papers, Special Collections, University of Arkansas Libraries, Fayetteville, Ark., Box 61, Folder 6..
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                                                                                          .Baghdad, Iraq.This is likely the day Dr. Logan travelled to Beirut to meet his wife. Ellington wrote that Logan had called her from Baghdad and ask her to join him in Beirut, but then could not leave that day (presumably Wednesday) because the border was closed. However, the day before the band was to leave, he called from Beirut to ask Duke to bring the six kilos of caviar he'd forgotten in the hotel fridge.MIMM p.329..
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                                                                                          .Baghdad, IraqKhuld HallConcert - sold out
                                                                                          Simons:

                                                                                          'Ministers and many high-ranking officials did not attend as expected, and though the parterre was full both nights, the smaller balcony was less than half filled. Nonetheless, the audiences were much more than half Iraqui, and the applause would have been considered warm under any circumstances.'

                                                                                          Stratemann and thus Vail report this second concert was televised, but there's no evidence in the State Department materials reviewed to date to confirm this was so. New Desor Correction Sheet 1097 assigns session no. DE9082 to the telecast videotape "Le Roi de Jazz Americain Duke Ellington et Son Orchestre," dating it November 14, but if it is from Iraq, it would have to have been taped November 12. That can't be so, however, since the video has sidemen in black suits, but in the November 12 photo, the sidemen are in white. Sjef Hoefsmit seems to have selected the November 14 date based on Stratemann; but how Stratemann got it is unclear.
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                                                                                          Baghdad, Iraq to Beirut, Lebanon.This was scheduled as a free day, but Ellington and crew travelled to Beirut instead. Travel details are not documented.

                                                                                          Ellington and party apparently caught up with Dr. and Mrs. Logan in Beirut, although the Logans soon moved on to Paris, leaving their caviar behind again. Ellington has it sent up to his suite and enjoys it for the rest of the week.

                                                                                          MIMM says the Beirut airport was full of reporters wanting an eyewitness report of the Iraqi coup. Associate Press wirestory:

                                                                                          'BEIRUT, Lebanon – Baghdad is a swinging town, American jazzman Duke Ellington reported on his arrival in Beirut today after four days in the strife-torn Iraqi capital.
                                                                                            The Duke and his 14 musicians... stayed in their Baghdad hotel Wednesday while Iraqi Air Force jets attacked the nearby presidential palace...
                                                                                            ...after living through the Baghdad turmoil he has composed a tune..."It is going to be called "Baghdad something or other, Baghdad Bump or Boom or Bounce or something like that," he said.
                                                                                            Ellington said he and his group saw the attacking jets Wednesday and then heard the explosions as their rockets hit.
                                                                                            "I saw the hole they made in the building, " the Duke said.
                                                                                            Asked how big the hole was, he spread his arms wide and said, laughing again, "Oh, about this big."
                                                                                            The American musician said life was back to normal again in Baghdad and his band played a concert on schedule last night.
                                                                                            "We were not bothered at all," said Ellington. "Last night we had a full house and a great audience. Everybody was very happy.
                                                                                            "I never seen anything like it," said drummer Sam Woodyard of the Baghdad upheaval.
                                                                                            "I saw the palace hit a couple of times and I started getting a pretty funny feeling, a very funny feeling."
                                                                                            Ellington's orchestra will give four concerts in Beirut before continuing its tour through Cyprus, Turkey, Egypt and Greece.'

                                                                                          • MIMM p.329
                                                                                          • AP wirestory. "Baghdad Hep Says Duke," Tucson Daily Citizen, Tucson, Ariz., 1963-11-15 p.16
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                                                                                          1963 11 20Beirut, Lebanon.This was the scheduled day for travel between Iraq and Lebanon, and both Stratemann and Vail show this as the day the band arrived in Beirut. Not surprisingly, the band travelled the previous day.


                                                                                          Overview of Lebanon:
                                                                                          • Four performances, 8 p.m. each evening, audiences numbered 4,600.
                                                                                          • Lecture demonstration
                                                                                          • Beirut Jazz Club
                                                                                          • Press interviews
                                                                                          • Reception
                                                                                          • Guest appearance at Ball sponsored by Women's Auxiliary (600)
                                                                                          • Lecture demonstration at American Community School
                                                                                          • Ellington comments about seeing the statue of Our Lady of Harissa on Mount Harissa, 15 miles north of Beirut, on the way to the theatre. Ellington does not visiting the shrine in his autobiography.
                                                                                          • Simons:

                                                                                            'Ellington opened his four day run in the Theatre Du Libran before an enthusiastic full-house. Each night, the majority of the audience was non-American. Students took advantage of the half-priced tickets and were present at each of the four performances. Also attending the opening night of the four day run was the Prime Minister, members of the Lebanon Cabinet and other Lebanese and foreign dignitaries.'

                                                                                          • A-427, Beirut-12/26/63

                                                                                            'The Ellington group visit was an effective cultural presentation and particularly important for reaching what well may be the most important target group in Lebanon - the youth, especially the modern, forward-looking youth.
                                                                                              Ellington himself, as well as his entire Orchestra, was cooperative and willing, even to the extent of adding a last minute benefit concert to the schedule. The enthusiastic press reception described also represented the reaction of the public.
                                                                                              In short, and in view of the number of students in Beirut from Lebanon, the Near East and other parts of the world, any future scheduling of presentations of this type and of Ellington's stature, would be welcome by this post.'

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                                                                                          .Baghdad, Iraq. Peripheral event
                                                                                          Five days after the Ba'ath government suppressed the last coup, Iraqi president Field Marshal Abdel Salam Aref and leaders of the Iraqi armed forces overthrew the socialist Ba'ath government and Aref assumed the role of head of the new revolutionary council. Whatever happened after this is beyond the scope of the Ellington chronology.
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                                                                                          .Beirut, LebanonThéatre Du Liban8 p.m. concert
                                                                                          On this date, Al Celley cashed a personal cheque at the American Embassy for $4,495 to meet expenses. He wrote two additional cheques in Ankara to the U.S. Embassy there, and one to Tom Simons which apparently was cashed in Ankara. The cheques were signed by Margaret Celley. When he returned to the United States, Celley stopped payment, expecting (instructing) the State Department to reimburse the Embassies out of the final payment due to Duke Ellington, Inc. at the end of the tour. His explanation was that the weekly payments from Associated Booking Corporation were not reaching him in Lebanon and Turkey until too late for the band payroll.
                                                                                          Transcript: United States District Court, Southern District of New York, Albert J. Celley, plaintiff, against Duke Ellington, Inc., Defendant: Examination before trial of the Plaintiff, Albert J. Celley... at the offices of Pryor, Braun & Cashman, 640 Fifth Avenue, New York, N.Y., March 8 1966, 2 p.m., Smithsonian Institution National Museum of American History Archives Center, DEC301, Series 3 Business Records, Subseries 3G: Box 113 Folder 06 Celley v. Ellington...
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                                                                                          Thursday
                                                                                          .Beirut, Lebanon to Ankara, Turkey via Nicosia, Cyprus.
                                                                                          • The itinerary shows
                                                                                            • Departure Beirut L:N261T 12:00 noon
                                                                                            • Arrival Nicosia, 12:55 p.m.
                                                                                            • Departure Nicosia TK841/835 4:35 p.m.
                                                                                            • Arrival Ankara 8:40 p.m.
                                                                                          • MIMM confirms the stopover in Cyprus.
                                                                                          • When the band landed at Esenboga airport, Ellington and the Contessa were met by young Foreign Service officer Charles Sam Courtney, who had to force his way through a large crowd of reporters who had broken through sawhorse barricades to reach Duke. The police formed a flying wedge to get the trio to the waiting embassy limousine.

                                                                                            In the car, Ellington introduced himself and the Contessa to Courtney, and complained that the newspaper camera flashes had hurt his eyes, so he needed to see a doctor the next morning. The diplomat told Duke he would arrange for an ophthalmologist to see him at the Balgat airbase.

                                                                                            Duke asked to be picked up at 5:30 the next morning, so as to avoid a mass of reporters.
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                                                                                          • Charles Sam Courtney, Ignorant Armies: Tales and Morals of an Alien Empire, Trafford Publishing 2007
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                                                                                          .Ankara, TurkeyAnkara Palas Oteli (the hotel)

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                                                                                          When Courtney and his driver arrived at the hotel in the pre-dawn mist, Duke, the Contessa and Al Celley were waiting by the entrance. A reporter and press photographer accosted the party, shooting flash photos constantly, hurting Ellington's eyes again. The Contessa asked Courtney not to let them take her picture, so he moved in front of her. The reporter pushed Courtney, and when Celley stepped forward and asked what was going on, the man knocked him into some shrubbery. Courtney swung at the man, and caught him on the cheek, making him fall near Celley. The newsmen then fled.

                                                                                          Ellington's group continued on to see the doctor, who told Duke his eyes would be okay for the concert, but he would have to stay indoors. The party returned to the hotel, where the Duke and the Contessa returned to their suite.
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                                                                                          . Ankara, Turkey.The day was scheduled as a free day. Ellington writes of the band going crazy shopping here, and of discovering foods that were new to him.
                                                                                          Celley cashed a second cheque, $2,000, at the American Embassy in Ankara which he later stopped payment on - see 1963 09 20 for details.
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                                                                                          ...Ellington attends a reception held by the Ambassador. It isn't clear if band members are present. A CBS camera crew from New York has arrived and films the reception.

                                                                                          Ellington returns to his hotel.
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                                                                                          ... Peripheral event
                                                                                          Popular and charismatic U.S. President John F. Kennedy was assassinated in Dallas, Texas, at approximately 12:30 noon Central time, which, assuming an 8 hour time difference, was 8:30 p.m. in Turkey. Walter Cronkite of CBS Television broadcast the news of his death nationwide at 1 p.m.
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                                                                                          ...Courtney took some band members to dinner at the American officers' club. While there, Courtney spoke to the Ambassador who told him he was fired because of the fracas with the reporters.

                                                                                          Later, an announcement came over the P.A. system telling everyone to evacuate the club immediately. Armed forces personnel were to report to duty stations, and families and civilians were to go home. On his way out, Courtney was told U.S. President John F. Kennedy had been assassinated.
                                                                                          He and the men returned to the hotel, and met briefly with other members of the band in the lobby. Courtney then went up to tell Duke the news. When the Contessa let him into their suite, Duke came out of the bedroom rubbing his eyes. Before letting Courtney say why he'd come, Duke insisted he sit down and have a glass of sherry. After Courtney broke the news, Ellington sat quietly for a few minutes and then said "It's a hit, man. He was fingered" and "He was doing too much for us. They had to kill him. I always expected this to happen." Courtney stayed about half an hour and then returned to the embassy.
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                                                                                          Monday
                                                                                          Ankara, Turkey.Activities not documented.
                                                                                          The State Department cancelled the performances in Ankara as well as the rest of Ellington's tour, which included Turkey (Istanbul), Cyprus (Nicosia), The United Arab Republic (Cairo and Alexandria), Greece (Athens and Thessalonika) and as a result of the extension, Yugoslavia. Ellington offered to write and perform suitable memorial music during the rest of the tour, but was turned down.

                                                                                          Simons:

                                                                                          ' The performances ... in Turkey were cancelled on the announcement of the assassination ...So great was the Turkish local reaction ... which was typical also of those remaining countries on the itinerary ... that decision was made by the Department to cancel the Ellington tour to avert wide-spread censure and avoid offending local traditions... Duke and the Orchestra returned to the United States November 28, 1963.

                                                                                          Ellington Reaction to Cancellation of Tour Each member of the Orchestra was deeply moved by the tragic events ... At first, the Orchestra had distinct reservations about the appropriateness in resuming the concerts after one week – later the Duke, while still in Ankara, expressed the desire "to play wherever we're wanted*" It was the Duke's feeling that jazz expresses the spectrum of human emotions and that, in this case, his Orchestra's performances under the "circumstances would signify tribute rather than disrespect," (Ankara - Telegram 658, 11/25/63)
                                                                                            In an article released by the New York Herald Tribune, November 29, 1963, the Duke ...said: "I wouldn't even have known how to walk on to the stage. It just wouldn't have been right to continue," The article further states that Ellington felt, aside from his feelings, that the remaining countries on the band's itinerary "might have thought that a continuation of the tour was in poor taste."
                                                                                            The opportunity to express his feelings about the "memorial" concerts came to the Duke through an interview with Sally Hammond of the Washington Post , December 6, 1963. The Duke, during this interview said that "this word (jazz) has absolutely no meaning today...If it hadn't been overplayed in the publicity, there would have been no reason to cancel the tour."
                                                                                            As to the abrupt termination of his tour when country after country on the itinerary went into mourning he commented, "They thought jazz concerts might be considered in bad taste."...
                                                                                            Duke also explains about the memorial concerts: "It would have meant 'a complete turnabout' but he was ready to sit up all night writing special memorial music, a lot of slow, sad music in the mood of the National Symphony's memorial concert.
                                                                                            "Of course I'd have cut out all the theatrical stuff," he went on to say in the article, "and there couldn't have been any swinging. But it would have had a beat. Religious music, you know, does have a beat. And I'd have eliminated the glib sense of humor from my annotations."
                                                                                            When the decision to cancel the tour was made, the Duke sympathized with the Department and complied for he felt, as the article states, "If we had played, nobody knew if the Embassy people would be left taking bows or holding the bag. So far, every concert had sold out in two hours, and black marketeers had printed up stacks of bad tickets. With the tour such a big success, it was not my place to mess up the record."

                                                                                          Simons short report pp.16-17..
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                                                                                          Sunday
                                                                                          ...activities not documented
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                                                                                          Monday
                                                                                          ...activities not documented
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                                                                                          1963 11 26
                                                                                          Tuesday
                                                                                          ...activities not documented
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                                                                                          1963 11 27
                                                                                          Wednesday
                                                                                          .Ankara, Turkey..activities not documented
                                                                                          Celley cashed a third cheque, $700, at the American Embassy in Ankara and wrote a cheque to Thomas W. Simons for $226.66, both cheques drawn on his wife's personal account and signed by her, and both of which he later stopped payment on - see 1963 09 20 for the rationale.
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                                                                                          1963 11 28
                                                                                          Thursday
                                                                                          ...The band arrived home in New York via Istanbul and Zurich.

                                                                                          According to the unidentified clipping in Vail, Rolf Ericson had not yet returned from Europe when the band played Basin Street East in mid-December.
                                                                                        • MIMM p.330
                                                                                        • Stratemann p.476
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                                                                                          Friday
                                                                                          ...Sidemen's activities are not documented but Ellington is known to have been at home.
                                                                                          Since the State Department cancelled the last four weeks of the tour, the early termination provisions of the contract required it to negotiate a settlement. A document titled "RESUME OF FACTS -- DUKE ELLINGTON Contract No. SCC-40110, June 7, and Amendment, November 13, 1963" dated 1963 12 02, says:

                                                                                          '...The last day of performance under the contract was to have been December 21, 1963. ... the contract provides that they were to be paid from departure date through the date of return to the United States. Entire band arrived back in this country on November 28, 1963, thus this was the last day of actual performance. This cut the tour short by three weeks and two days, the period of time in question insofar as the claim is concerned.
                                                                                            At the rate of $12,500 per week, one day is valued at $1785.71, Termination claim time valued at $41,072.00...'

                                                                                          State compared the value of the completed work, $146,783 ($187,855 - 41,072) and noted that since DEI had already been paid $166,655, DEI owed the government $19,872.

                                                                                          Since it was obliged to negotiate a settlement, it considered various options:
                                                                                          • Split the termination claim with DEI, paying DEI $664 and saving $20,236
                                                                                          • Pay for 2 of the missed weeks, $25,000 minus $19,872 to arrive at a payment to DEI of $5,128, saving the government $16,072
                                                                                          • Paying $37,500 for 3 missed weeks, less $19,872 to arrive at a payment to DEI of $17,628, saving $3,572
                                                                                          • paying the full contract price, resulting in a final payment of $21,200.
                                                                                          An unsigned memo to file dated 1963 11 29 says the author called Frances Church of Associated Booking and suggested the contract could be closed out by splitting the value of the uncompleted three and a half weeks. Ms Church suggested that would be acceptable, and a few minutes later she and Joe Glazer [recte Glaser] called back, saying to go ahead; if necessary Mr. Glaser would make up the difference from the 'musicians fund.'

                                                                                          The memo continues

                                                                                          '...Mr. Glazer called me in a highly agitated state and said he had discussed the matter with Mr. Ellington and that "in my 30 years of experience in New York in handling performers, I have never encountered such an attitude." He went on to say that Ellington said, "'They' told me that I would be paid in full (presumably someone in the field) and I intend to be paid in full."...'

                                                                                          The author reports phoning Ellington at home that morning, and leaving a message saying there seemed to be a misunderstanding about the close-out and s/he wanted to explain the matter to him.

                                                                                          The outcome is not documented in the files reviewed for this chronology. DEI's lawyer sent a letter dated 1964 01 03 to the Director of the State Department's Office of Cultural Presentations, requesting payment of the entire contract price, on the basis the tour was cancelled by a voluntary and conscious act of the Government, the tour effectively shut the orchestra out of the marketplace until the end of the year, and DEI still had to pay its continuing and fixed obligations. He wrote that the orchestra was able to book one last minute engagement at a reduced rate during the week it was scheduled to be in Yugoslavia, and offered to offset the $12,500 for that week by the amount received for this engagement, provided DEI was paid the complete contracted amount for the tour. The State Department replied 1964 01 21 referring to discussions between State and the lawyer and saying what paperwork had to be submitted. This appears not to have been the end of the matter, since the file has a record of a telephone discussion with Ellington's lawyer dated 1965 10 08 referring to a conversation with the lawyer 1965 03 15 and including handwritten notes saying the Department's position was that DEI owed $465. The calculation of that amount is not shown.
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                                                                                          Saturday
                                                                                          ...activities not documented
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                                                                                          1963 12 01
                                                                                          Sunday
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                                                                                          1963 12 02
                                                                                          Monday
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                                                                                          Tuesday
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                                                                                          ...activities not documented
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                                                                                          1963 12 08
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                                                                                          Monday
                                                                                          ...activities not documented
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                                                                                          1963 12 10
                                                                                          Tuesday
                                                                                          1963 12 14
                                                                                          Saturday
                                                                                          New York, N.Y.Basin Street EastVail II reports the Ellington band played for 5 nights at Basin Street East, starting Dec. 10, without naming a source.

                                                                                          Stratemann shows 2 nights, beginning Dec. 13, citing Variety 1963-12-11 p.43

                                                                                          Despite reporting 5 nights, Vail II includes an unidentified clipping that says two.
                                                                                          Vail II..
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                                                                                          Wednesday
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                                                                                          Thursday
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                                                                                          Friday
                                                                                          1963 12 14
                                                                                          Saturday
                                                                                          New York, N.Y.Basin Street EastNight club engagement - see 1963 12 10

                                                                                          Stratemann and Vail II agree that Ellington and his orchestra played here on the 13th and 14th, with Carmen MacRae on the bill.

                                                                                          Both report Bill Berry subbed for Ericson who hadn't yet returned from Europe yet, and Bob Freeman subbed for Jimmy Hamilton, who was on vacation.

                                                                                          The unidentified clipping reprinted in Vail II says Jones played Anderson's two-belled trumpet so Cat could hear what it sounded like.
                                                                                          • Stratemann p.475 citing Variety 1963-12-11 p.43
                                                                                          • Vail II
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                                                                                          Saturday
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                                                                                          Sunday
                                                                                          ...activities not documented
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                                                                                          Monday
                                                                                          ...activities not documented
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                                                                                          1963 12 17
                                                                                          Tuesday
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                                                                                          Cleveland, OhioGolden Key Club
                                                                                          641 Euclid Ave.
                                                                                          Three week supper club engagement, with 2 and 3 concerts nightly depending on the night. It appears the job was 6 days a week with Monday offs, and Ellington was booked for 3 weeks at a reported $6,000 per week. A columnist in the Cleveland Press reported the run ended early but that needs to be verified.
                                                                                          Plain Dealer, 1963-12-10:

                                                                                          'Duke Ellington and his orchestra have been engaged by the Golden Key Club. 641 Euclid Avenue, for a limited public engagement beginning Dec. 17.
                                                                                            Jazz concerts will be given Tuesday through Sunday nights by the noted bandmaster, pianist and composer, who recently toured Europe.
                                                                                            His 16-piece ensemble features Ellington compositions in addition to selections from his best-selling record albums. During the Duke's engagement, the management said yesterday, the dining room will have a $2.50 cover but no minimum.'

                                                                                          Plain Dealer, 1963-12-15:

                                                                                          'New Year's Eve Lineups Presented
                                                                                          JAZZ CONCERTS by Duke Ellington's big band, food and novelties are scaled at $15 per person by Golden Key Club when the bells ring in 1964.'

                                                                                          Plain Dealer, 1963-12-17:

                                                                                          '...start their public jazz concerts tonight at the Golden Key Club...The Duke of syncopation is scheduled to play three weeks, for a reported $6,000 per week.'

                                                                                          Plain Dealer, 1963-12-20:

                                                                                          'Ellington, 64, Still Serves It Hot, Dancers at Golden Key Affirm
                                                                                          By GLENN C. PULLEN
                                                                                          ... can be designated as a glorious musical treat. Rarely does his expensive 15-piece recording and concert band, which guest-starred with the Cleveland Summer Pops Orchestra last year, make appearances on local supper club stages. It is an exciting experience for this room's dancers to dance to sophisticated melodies by the Duke's ensemble and also to hear its glittering show-pieces in jazz concerts.
                                                                                            TWO PERFORMANCES are given on early week days, three on weekends. On Sundays the crew offers a special program for students (no alcoholic drinks served) from 6 to 8 p.m. After it comes a performance for adults from 9 to 11 p.m...'

                                                                                          Plain Dealer, 1963-12-30 (column about New Year's Eve events):

                                                                                          'The Golden Key Club, 641 Euclid, is presenting Duke Ellington...'

                                                                                          Plain Dealer, 1963-12-31:

                                                                                          '...Duke Ellington and his 15-piece orchestra, currently at the Golden Key Club...are offering another bargain-priced matinee jazz concert Sunday from 6 to 8 p.m. Their nightly performances start at 9:30 p.m. and on Sundays at 11 p.m.'

                                                                                          Press, 1964-01-04 - ad:

                                                                                          'HELD OVER
                                                                                          DUKE
                                                                                          ELLINGTON
                                                                                          and His
                                                                                          Famous ORCHESTRA
                                                                                          FRIDAY and SATURDAY
                                                                                          Continuous Music and Dancing
                                                                                          beginning 9:30
                                                                                          Special Show for
                                                                                          Students and Music Lovers
                                                                                          SUNDAY 6 P.M. - 8 P.M.
                                                                                          Reduced Admission
                                                                                          No Alcoholic Beverages
                                                                                          SUNDAY NITE REG. SHOW
                                                                                          11 P.M.-2 A.M.
                                                                                          Open to the Public 6 P.M. Till... '

                                                                                          Cleveland Jazz History:

                                                                                          'Problems at the Golden Key Club
                                                                                          ... Another ad [in the Plain Dealefour days later said, "Regular show 11 p.m. to 2 a.m. Open Christmas Eve." Then, on January 3, 1963, there was an ad announcing, "Held over, continuous dancing Friday and Saturday beginning at 9:30 and regular show Sunday night 11 p.m. to 2 a.m."
                                                                                            But, the following week, Winsor French's column in the Cleveland Press reported, "The Duke Ellington/Golden Key honeymoon came to an abrupt and not entirely amicable ending over money matters. There simply was not enough trade to crack the nut. According to rumors," said French, "the Duke's fee was $6,000 a week and to meet it, you have to sell a considerable amount of steak, potatoes and whiskey."

                                                                                          The date the gig ended is not clear. If Duke was reluctant to renegotiate the price, it would not be surprising since his lawyer's January 3 letter to the State Department indicates December had been a lean month for bookings.
                                                                                          • Joe Mosbrook-Jazzed in Cleveland
                                                                                          • The Plain Dealer,Cleveland,Ohio
                                                                                            • 1963-12-10 p.22
                                                                                            • 1963-12-15 p.2-H
                                                                                            • 1963-12-17 p.41
                                                                                            • 1963-12-19 p.59
                                                                                            • 1963-12-20 pp.4, 27
                                                                                            • 1963-12-22 p.5-F
                                                                                            • 1963-12-29 p.2-F
                                                                                            • 1963-12-30 pp.11,20
                                                                                            • 1963-12-31 p.5
                                                                                          • Cleveland Press, Cleveland, Ohio 1964-01-03
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                                                                                          Wednesday
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                                                                                          Thursday
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                                                                                          Friday
                                                                                          .Cleveland, OhioGolden Key ClubSupper club - 2 concerts nightly - see 1963 12 17
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                                                                                          Saturday
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                                                                                          Sunday
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                                                                                          Monday
                                                                                          .Cleveland, Ohio.Night off
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                                                                                          Tuesday
                                                                                          .Cleveland, OhioGolden Key ClubSupper club - 2 concerts nightly - see 1963 12 17
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                                                                                          Wednesday
                                                                                          Christmas
                                                                                          .Cleveland, Ohio.Day off - Golden Key closed.
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                                                                                          1963 12 26
                                                                                          Thursday
                                                                                          ... Peripheral event
                                                                                          Mike Knapp's column, The Candid Mike, in the Courier Freeman, reported Sarah Vaughan, Diana Washington, Duke Ellington and many other stars were at Count Basie's opening at Basin Street East. The column seems to suggest that was a Thursday, but cannot have been Dec. 26 - the day of publication, Dec. 19, since Duke was playing Cleveland, nor Dec. 12, since Ellington himself played there on Dec. 13 and possibly on Dec. 12.
                                                                                          Courier Freeman, Potsdam, N.Y. 1963-12-26 p.4..
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                                                                                          Saturday
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                                                                                          Sunday
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                                                                                          Monday
                                                                                          .Cleveland, Ohio.Night off...
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                                                                                          Tuesday
                                                                                          New Year's Eve
                                                                                          .Cleveland, OhioGolden Key ClubSupper club - 2 concerts nightly - see 1963 12 17
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                                                                                          January 1964

                                                                                          1964 01 011969 03 31..Peripheral event
                                                                                          New recording session "scale" for musicians

                                                                                          Per International Musician, February 1964, another five-year agreement, ratified by the AF of M's membership in mid-January 1964 but retroactive to the first of the year, provided for a wage increase to $65 and fringe benefits.

                                                                                          Other benefits included premium payments for
                                                                                          • Sundays, holidays and after-midnight sessions
                                                                                          • "doubling" (more than a single instrument)
                                                                                          • "tracking," "dubbing" and "sweetening" (subsequent re-recording procedures)
                                                                                          This contract also provided for
                                                                                          • mandatory rest periods
                                                                                          • hiring of music contractors
                                                                                          • cartage costs of transport of heavy instruments
                                                                                          • penalty payments in the event of tardy reimbursement
                                                                                          Some of these provisions may have been in place already. Mercer Reocrds session contracts from as early as 1950 show payments for cartage of a bass and drums, and the October 21 1950 contract provided for overtime to be paid at A.F. of M. rates.
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                                                                                          1964 01 01
                                                                                          Wednesday
                                                                                          New Year's Day
                                                                                          .Cleveland, OhioGolden Key ClubSupper club - 2 concerts nightly - see 1963 12 17
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                                                                                          Thursday
                                                                                          .Cleveland, OhioGolden Key ClubSupper club - 2 concerts nightly - see 1963 12 17
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                                                                                          Saturday
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                                                                                          1964 01 05
                                                                                          Sunday
                                                                                          .Cleveland, OhioGolden Key ClubSupper club - Matinee for students (no alcohol served) from 6 to 8 p.m. and 2 concerts nightly - see 1963 12 17

                                                                                          This is the end of the three week period announced in the papers, but the contract might have ended earlier. Additional research is required.
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                                                                                          Thursday
                                                                                          .New York, N.Y.NBC "FLorida Showcase" street-side studioNBC live telecast, Today Show
                                                                                          0700-1900
                                                                                          Ellington was interviewed by host Hugh Downs, and a quintet from his band performed on the air. The show seems to have been live, although it was tape-delayed for transmission to other time zones. Stratemann and Vail II report the Ellington segment was 54 minutes.
                                                                                          Duke Ellington quintet
                                                                                          Hodges, Carney, Ellington, Shepard, Woodyard

                                                                                          Titles telecast:
                                                                                          • Satin Doll
                                                                                          • Passion Flower
                                                                                          • Take The "A" Train
                                                                                          • Sophisticated Lady
                                                                                          Timner V lists includes "M&A Awards Presentation" as well, without explanation.

                                                                                          In DEMS 07,1, Sjef Hoefsmit advises part of the tape was used in a telecast 1964 11 04 and was used by individual NBC stations on other dates.
                                                                                          • Stratemann p.475
                                                                                          • Vail II
                                                                                          • Girvan:   Ellingtonia.com
                                                                                          • Timner
                                                                                          • Ole J. Nielsen, Jazz Records 1942-80, A discography: Vol. Six, Duke Ellington
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                                                                                          Thursday
                                                                                          1964 01 18New York, N.Y.Basin Street East
                                                                                          137 E. 48th St.
                                                                                          Night club residency - nightly except Sunday

                                                                                          Also on the bill were Regina recording artist Sylvia DeSayles who sang with the band using her own arrangements and the Ahmed Jamal trio (Jamal, Chuck Lampkin and Richard Evans)
                                                                                          • Stratemann p.475 citing Variety 1964-01-15 p.59
                                                                                          • Vail II with reproduction of poster
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                                                                                          Sunday
                                                                                          ...Activities not documented
                                                                                          Night off from Basin Street East.
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                                                                                          Monday
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                                                                                          Tuesday
                                                                                          .New York, N.Y.Basin Street EastNight club residency - see 1964 01 09
                                                                                          Remote WNEW broadcast:Duke Ellington and His Orchestra
                                                                                          C.Williams, Anderson, Jones, Ericson, Brown, Cooper, Connors, Hamilton, Procope, Hodges, Gonsalves, Carney, Ellington, Shepherd, Strayhorn, Woodyard

                                                                                          Titles recorded:
                                                                                          • Take The "A" Train (theme)
                                                                                          • Afro-Bossa
                                                                                          • Silk Lace
                                                                                          • Kinda Dukish - Rockin' In Rhythm
                                                                                          • Single Petal Of A Rose
                                                                                          • Tutti For Cootie
                                                                                          • Lush Life
                                                                                          • Passion Flower
                                                                                          • Jam With Sam
                                                                                          • Jam With Sam
                                                                                          • Sophisticated Lady
                                                                                          • Satin Doll
                                                                                          • Rose of The Rio Grande
                                                                                          • Diminuendo In Blue - Wailing Interval
                                                                                          • East St. Louis Toodle-O
                                                                                          During this broadcast, Bob Sylvester of the New York Daily News presented Ellington with awards for:
                                                                                          • Best Big Band Album 1963: Afro Bossa
                                                                                          • Best Combo Album 1963: Duke Ellington Meets Coleman Hawkins
                                                                                          • Best Jazz Album 1963: Afro Bossa
                                                                                          • Best Re-release Album 1963: The Ellington Era.
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                                                                                          1964 01 23Peabody, Mass.Wagon Wheels
                                                                                          Rt. 1 West
                                                                                          Club date

                                                                                          WAGON
                                                                                          WHEELS

                                                                                          RT. 1 W.
                                                                                          DUKE
                                                                                          ELLINGTON
                                                                                          and his
                                                                                          Internationally famous Orch.
                                                                                          Jan. 21, 22, 23
                                                                                          Tues. - Thurs.
                                                                                          featuring
                                                                                          Johnny Hodges -Paul Gonsalves
                                                                                          Sam Woodyard - "Cat" Anderson

                                                                                          'Stars Here
                                                                                          The WAGON WHEELS continues with its featuring of the big bands, this time the world famous Duke Ellington and his complete orchestra, including such great musicians as Johnny Hodges, Paul Gonsalves, drummerman Sam Woodyard, "Cat" Anderson, Harry Carney, and many other of Ellington's famous sidemen. Duke has just returned from a State Department sponsored tour of the Middle East and India, this being their first Boston area engagement in more than a year. ... Don't miss this one starting Tuesday, Jan. 21, and ending Thursday, the 23d.'

                                                                                          Boston Traveler, Boston, Mass. 1964-01-17, p.16..
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                                                                                          .New York, N.Y.Carnegie Hall
                                                                                          (Main Hall)
                                                                                          Stratemann reports the annual Festival of Negro Performing Arts was presented at Carnegie Hall, describing it as a three hour programme presented by radio station WLIB.

                                                                                          At the time of writing, the Carnegie Hall history database does not show any activity on this date, but the event was reported in several newspapers:
                                                                                          • The Sunday Star-Ledger
                                                                                            'Two honored for Negro lore
                                                                                              Newark Councilman Michael A. Bontempo yesterday presented awards to Mrs. Vera McMillon, a social worker of 52 Custer Ave., Newark, and to Dr. Myra L. Smith of 375 Towers St. Vauxhall for their work in uncovering historical data about Negro contributions to American history.
                                                                                              Bontempo, chosen to represent New Jersey, made the awards at Carnegie Hall in New York City at the 11th annual Festival of Negro Performing Arts, sponsored by Radio Station WLIB.
                                                                                              Mayor Robert F. Wagner of New York joined other dignitaries in paying tribute to Negro contributions to American culture and the performing arts.'
                                                                                          • Seattle Daily Times:
                                                                                            'New York, Feb. 8. 0 (A.P.) -Mayor Robert F. Wagner joined other dignitaries today at Carnegie Hall in paying tribute to five Negro men and women for their contributions to the performing arts and culture generally.
                                                                                              Admitting he was a "frustrated violinist," Wagner presented a bronze plaque to Edward Kennedy (Duke) Ellington, bandleader-composer, and described Ellington as "one of our great American composers."
                                                                                              Othes who received tribute at the 11th annual "Festival of Negro Performing Arts," sponsored by radio station WLIB, were the actore, Sidney Poitier, Juanita King, Metropolitan Opera singer, and two professional women, Dr. Myra L. Smith, Vauxhall, N.J. and Mrs. Vera McMillon, a social worker, Newark, N.J.'
                                                                                          • Pacific Stars & Stripes:
                                                                                            'NEW YORK (AP) - Five American Negroes have been honored for contributions in the fields of performing arts and culture.
                                                                                              Receiving the awards were band leader Duke Ellington; Sidney Poitier, actor; Juanita King, Metropolitan opera singer, and two professional women, Dr. Myra L. Smith and Mrs. Vera McMillon, both of New Jersey.
                                                                                              Mayor Robert F. Wagner presented the five bronze plaque awards at the annual "Festival of Negro Performing Arts," sponsored by a local radio station.'
                                                                                          Stratemann's wording indicates Ellington performed:

                                                                                          'There were performances by [several names]. Jazz performers included Milt Jackson(vib), Kenny Burrell(g), Tommy Flanagan(p), Earl May(b) and Charlie Persid(dm) who backed Ellington in his appearances. Between the musical performances, Ellington was presented with a plaque... '

                                                                                          • Stratemann, p.475 citing Variety 1964-02-21 p.42
                                                                                          • The Sunday Star-Ledger, Newark, N.J., 1964-02-09 p.2
                                                                                          • Seattle Daily Times, Seattle,Wash., 1964-02-09,p.62
                                                                                          • Pacific Stars & Stripes, 1964-02-12 p.11
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                                                                                          Friday
                                                                                          Valentine's Day
                                                                                          ...activities not documented

                                                                                          Stratemann has Ellington and his orchestra flying to England on Feb. 15, but the band's workload - an all day rehearsal that day - makes Feb. 14 more likely. Vail doesn't address the means or date of travel. This was the beginning of five weeks in the UK, the Continent and Scandinavia. Further research is needed to confirm the flight date.
                                                                                          • Stratemann p.475
                                                                                          • Vail II
                                                                                          • Additional documentation for this tour is likely to be found in the Smithsonian's Ellington collection, Series 2: Performances and Programs, 1933-1974, box 3,
                                                                                            • folder 1 European Tour, January 26-31, 1964
                                                                                            • folder 2 European Tour, February 15-March 23, 1964
                                                                                            • folder 3 Great Britain, February 15,1964
                                                                                            • folder 8 Bournemouth, England, October 20, 1964 (possibly re 1965?)
                                                                                            • folder 9 European Tour, 1964
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                                                                                          .London, EnglandRoyal Festival HallTwo concerts

                                                                                          Daily Herald:

                                                                                          'Tubby Hayes ... went to hear the world's greatest jazz team – and ended up playing with them.
                                                                                            The backstage drama began 15 minutes before Duke Ellington and his orchestra opened their two-week British tour at Royal Festival Hall.
                                                                                            Tenor-sax star Paul Gonsalves, who had been feeling sick, "went out like a light..."'

                                                                                          Hayes was given a long solo, and when he finished, Ellington grabbed him by the shoulder and said: "My very good friend." He then said to the audience, "Tubby Hayes, too, loves you madly."

                                                                                          The Observer's review reported the substitution, too, discussed the change in the band since the previous tour of England, and mentioned some of the songs performed:
                                                                                          • A Tone Parallel to Harlem
                                                                                          • Things Ain't What They Used To Be
                                                                                          • Timon of Athens (2 extracts)


                                                                                          Nisse's column included "Jazz Diary," which showed Ellington's scheduled performances in London:
                                                                                          • Feb.15, Royal Festival Hall
                                                                                          • Feb.16, Odeon, Hammersmith
                                                                                          • Feb.19, Fairfield Hall, Croydon
                                                                                          • Feb.22, Royal Festival Hall
                                                                                          • Mar.1 New Victoria Cinema

                                                                                          Carney and Procope commented on Haye's performance after listening to one of his records with interviewer Les Tomkins.
                                                                                          Harry Carney:

                                                                                          '...Tubby's a very fine musician. He knows what he's doing it. He's definitely had a wealth of experience, because to sit in with the band into such a commendable job he had to be excellent. After all, he must have been under some sort of a strain. We have about the worst book -so far as explaining how to play the arrangements. We don't have anything cut and dried, that follows through from the left hand corner to the right hand corner. As a matter of fact, I think he played the new music better than we played it!'

                                                                                          Procope:

                                                                                          'Well, in that respect we were all even up, because it was just about as new to us as it was to him.'

                                                                                          Carney:

                                                                                          'Plus the fact that we haven't been playing. We'd been off for about a week or ten days.'

                                                                                          Procope:

                                                                                          'Except for a few rehearsals. But I'd just like to throw in an extra plug for Tubby. It's not just ability and experience when you get thrown in a spot like that. It takes a lot of cuts to get up there and do that sort of thing. I'd like to commend Tubby for his great peformance.'

                                                                                          Carney:

                                                                                          'And I was very happy to see that the audience at the Royal Festival Hall that night really dug what was going on. He was very warmly applauded. And he not only pleased the audience: the band was knocked out by his playing.'

                                                                                          SI-NMAH DEC301 series II box 3 folder 3:
                                                                                          • Mike Nevard, "Tubby blows Duke out of jam," Daily Herald, Long Acre, London, Scottish edition, 1964-02-17
                                                                                          • Benny Green, "Duke Jazz", The Observer, London, 1964-02-23
                                                                                          • Neville Nisse, Rhythm Section, What's On In London 1964-02-14
                                                                                          • Archives Center, SI-NMAH DEC301 Series 2, Box 3, Folder 5: Crescendo, April 1964, pp.30-34
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                                                                                          Monday
                                                                                          .Cardiff, WalesCapitol TheatreConcert

                                                                                          'Duke still wears that crown
                                                                                            Undoubtedly Duke Ellington has been one of the greatest of jazz greats for years now.
                                                                                            His orchestra's and his own performance as pianist, bandleader, composer and arranger, last night at Cardiff's Capitol Theatre, proved a crown is still stuck firmly on his head.
                                                                                            But the theatre was only half full for the one show.
                                                                                            That is not Ellington's fault, his followers were there, as enthusiastic as Beatle fans but more respectful, and they pumped his music.'

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                                                                                          SI-NMAH DEC301, Series 2, Box 3, Folder 3, clipping: South Wales Echo & Evening Express, Cardiff, Wales, 1964-02-18..
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                                                                                          .London, EnglandBBC-TV TheatreRehearsal and filming session before a live audience for BBC-TV2's "Jazz 625 - Duke Ellington in Concert" programme aired 11 p.m. 1964 04 21.
                                                                                          Duke Ellington and His Orchestra
                                                                                          Williams, Ericson, Jones, Anderson, Brown, Connors, Cooper, Hamilton, Procope, Hodges, Gonsalves, Carney, Ellington, Shepard, Woodyard, Strayhorn, Humphrey Lyttelton

                                                                                          Strayhorn was introduced by Ellington, and Lyttelton is briefly seen in the video. Stratemann suggests the program was well rehearsed, and that it was performed in front of a live audience.
                                                                                          The videotape was believe to have been reused by BBC and the program was thought to have been lost until it was discovered to have been transferred to 35mm black and white film and stored in the BBC film and video library..
                                                                                          • Stratemann pp. 479-481
                                                                                          • Photos:
                                                                                            • Stratemann p.480
                                                                                            • David Meeker, Jazz In The Movies, Da Capo Press, 1981
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                                                                                          .London, England.Sidemen's activities not documented

                                                                                          Ellington was interviewed in his hotel suite for Crescendo magazine by Les Tompkins, with Strayhorn present. He spoke about his early years in music including the Poodle Dog café. The interview was published in the 1964-04 edition. The date is given by Duke near the end of the interview.
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                                                                                          ...PERSONNEL CHANGE
                                                                                          Ernie Shepard had a heart attack and was hospitalized. Ellington used locally available bassists for the rest of the tour (discographies identify Jimmy Woode and Gilbert Rovère). Mr. Shepard does not appear to have returned to the band, and he died in November the following year.
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                                                                                          ...PERSONNEL CHANGE
                                                                                          Jimmy Woode, bass, rejoins the band briefly (see 1964 03 04 above)
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                                                                                          ...Personnel change
                                                                                          In Europe, Al Celley, Ellington's road manager, slipped on ice and struck his head on a pole, breaking his nose. Hemorrhaging occurred in his left eye, which led to the loss of sight in that eye and was unable to continue with the orchestra. He had suffered a retinal detachment in his right eye in the 1940s, which, while corrected by surgery, eventually led to him being blind in that eye as well.

                                                                                          In his Examination Before Trial in his lawsuit against Duke Ellington, Inc., he dates his departure from the Ellington organization as March 10, 1964. His salary at the time was $300/week plus expenses, and had been since at least 1958.

                                                                                          Celley's departure date can be contrasted with Teachout which says

                                                                                          '... Ellington fired him as soon as the band returned from Turkey in 1963... '

                                                                                          • Celley, Appellant, v. Mutual Benefit Health and Accident Association, Superior Court of Pennsylvania, 1974-06-24
                                                                                          • Archives Center, SI-NMAH DEC301, Series 3, Subseries 3G, Box 113, Folder 06 Celley v. Ellington, transcript: United States District Court Southern District of New York, Albert J. Celley, plaintiff, against Duke Ellington, Inc., Defendant, Examination before trial of the Plaintiff, Albert J. Celley... at the offices of Pryor, Braun & Cashman, 640 Fifth Avenue, New York, N.Y., March 8 1966, 2 p.m.
                                                                                          • Teachout (ibid.), p.321
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                                                                                          .San Remo, ItalyTeatro AristonRecorded concert, filmed for later telecast.

                                                                                          Lambert:

                                                                                          'When Ellington headed a small group from the band in later years, he did not usually do what people expected and give a looser, more improvised type of presentation. He seemed rather to delight in performing his usual repertoire with reduced forces. The 1964 San Remo recordings provide a good and typical instance of this.'


                                                                                          Duke Ellington Jazz Group
                                                                                          Ericson, Brown, Hodges, Gonsalves, Carney, Ellington, Gilbert Rovere, Woodyard
                                                                                          Titles recorded:
                                                                                          • Take The "A" Train (theme)
                                                                                          • C-Jam Blues
                                                                                          • On The Sunny Side Of The Street
                                                                                          • Caravan
                                                                                          • I Got It Bad and That Ain't Good
                                                                                          • Solitude
                                                                                          • Kinda Dukish / Rockin' In Rhythm
                                                                                          • Sophisticated Lady
                                                                                          • I Let A Song Go Out Of My Heart / Don't Get Around Much Anymore
                                                                                          The concert was recorded for television. A video of C-Jam Blues from RAI is, at the time of writing, available for viewing here.
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                                                                                          Thursday
                                                                                          ...PERSONNEL CHANGE
                                                                                          Bassist Major Holley, born 1924, joins the band upon its return from Europe.
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                                                                                          Friday
                                                                                          .Arlington, Va.Jefferson ClubFurther research is warranted due to the itinerary. The orchestra played Toronto, and was booked into Vermont, a relatively short route via Montreal. It doesn't make sense to add 600 miles to that journey by detouring to Virginia for one night only with a European trip just finished and a Carnegie Hall concert coming up in 2 days.
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                                                                                          Saturday
                                                                                          .Stowe, Vt.Town and Country Motor LodgeContract terms:
                                                                                          • 13 musicians under the leadership of "DUKE ELLINGTON, INC. PRESENTS DUKE ELLINGTON"
                                                                                          • Hours of employment
                                                                                            8:00 PM to midnight
                                                                                          • Standard top billing clause and non-segregation rider.
                                                                                          • Wage agreed upon:
                                                                                            $2,500 flat
                                                                                            deposit $1,250 payable on signing
                                                                                            balance at intermission, night of engagement
                                                                                          • Employer:
                                                                                              Town and Country Motor Lodge
                                                                                              Stuart D. Ireland
                                                                                              Mountain Road,
                                                                                              Stowe, Vermont

                                                                                          The date was originally March 21 but changed to March 28.

                                                                                          Further confirmation is needed - see comments re routing in the Mar. 27 entry.
                                                                                          Associated Booking Corporation contract, SI-NMAH Archives Center, DEC301, Series IIIA,Box4, Folder 8..
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                                                                                          Sunday
                                                                                          .New York, N.Y.Main Hall
                                                                                          Carnegie Hall
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                                                                                          Monday
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                                                                                          April 1964

                                                                                          1964 04 00...Peripheral event
                                                                                          The April 1964 edition of Crescendo carried an interview of Ellington by Les Tompkins (see 1964 02 24) and a discussion of records between Tompkins, Procope and Carney, in which they listened to records and commented on them.
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                                                                                          Wednesday
                                                                                          .New York, N.Y.
                                                                                          and Chicago, Ill.
                                                                                          .A handwritten receipt from A. L. Lubukin, Super Service Bus Co. shows Bobby Boyd paid $300 and $220 respectively for bus travel in April 1964. don't know if Boyd was still the band boy or if he replaced Al Celley as road manager.

                                                                                          The front of the receipt shows 1,344 miles from April 1 to 7.

                                                                                          The back of the receipt shows:
                                                                                              NY-Chicago    857               (performance identified)
                                                                                          CHI-NORMAL 167
                                                                                          NO-PEORIA 41 (performance identified)
                                                                                          PE-SPRING 70 (performance identified)
                                                                                          SP-CH 209 (performance identified)
                                                                                          CH-GULFPORT 266 (performance identified)
                                                                                          GU-CH 266 (performance identified)
                                                                                          CH-NY 857
                                                                                          2733 @ .60 1639.80
                                                                                          300
                                                                                          220 520
                                                                                          BAL 1119.80
                                                                                          This suggests April 1 was a travel day, New York to Chicago, that the band performed in Normal after Chicago (i.e. Apr.3), then Peoria, and Springfield, and back to Chicago. After Chicago, the bus went to Gulfport, on the Mississippi River, east-southeast of Chicago. Gulfport is a small village now included in the Burlington, Iowa micropolitan area.

                                                                                          The mileage for the first five trips adds to 1,344, which confirms the band did not return to Chicago until, at the earliest, the wee hours of April 6, after an appearance in Springfield.

                                                                                          Handwritten receipt as noted, SI-NMAH DEC301 Box 112, folder 9 or 13 (bears both numbers)..
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                                                                                          Thursday
                                                                                          .Chicago, Ill.Celebrity Lounge
                                                                                          Maryland Hotel
                                                                                          Ellington's orchestra played SESAC's press party preview ("Radio-TV Party") for the upcoming National Association of Broadcasters convention (see 1964 04 06)
                                                                                          Down Beat editor Don DeMichel appeared to present Ellington two Down Beat Awards, one as top band and one for winning arranger in the 1963 Down Beat reader poll.
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                                                                                          Friday
                                                                                          .Normal, Ill..There appears to have been some sort of performance here - see bus information at 1964 04 01 above

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                                                                                          Sunday
                                                                                          .Springfield, Ill.Ballroom
                                                                                          St. Nicholas Hotel
                                                                                          Dancing, 8 to midnight, $8.00/person

                                                                                          State Journal-Register:

                                                                                          'Dance Club Back In The Shuffle
                                                                                            After sitting it out for a few months Springfield's Eight O'Clock Dance Club is shuffling back into business. Booked to open its 1964 series on Sunday, April 5, is Duke Ellington and his orchestra. The "big band" dance attraction, which is open to the public, will be held at the St. Nicholas Hotel, beginning at 8 p.m.
                                                                                            IN ANTICIPATION of a capacity crowd, all tables will be removed from the ballroom to provide ample room for dancing and "up-front" listening, according to Jim Runyen, president of the sponsoring group.
                                                                                            Seating will be available at chairs around th edance floor and at non-reserved tables in the Springfield room...'

                                                                                          A similar announcement in the Illinois State Journal names soloists Hodges, Carney, Gonsalves and Anderson. The later State Journal-Register announcement also names Cootie Williams.
                                                                                          Stratemann reported this appearance based on DESB, but noted the conflict with the NAB convention appearance some 200 miles away. The bus mileage noted at 1964 04 01 confirms Springfield and rules out Chicago for this date.
                                                                                          • The State Journal-Register, Springfield, Ill.
                                                                                            • 1964-03-22 p.17
                                                                                            • 1964-04-05 p.4
                                                                                          • Illinois State Journal, Springfield, Ill.
                                                                                            • 1964-03-28 p.14
                                                                                            • 1964-04-03 p.23
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                                                                                          Monday
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                                                                                          Tuesday
                                                                                          Chicago, Ill.SESAC Hospitality Suite
                                                                                          Conrad Hilton Hotel
                                                                                          American Federation of Musicians of the United States and Canada contract:

                                                                                          'This contract for the personal services of musicians, made this 10th day of January 1964, between the undersigned employer... and 3 musicians,,,Witnesseth, That the employer hires the employees as musicians severally on the terms and conditions below. The leader represents that the employees alread designated have agreed to be bound by said terms...The employees severally agree to render collectively to the Employer services as [these words are inserted between "as" and "musicians": Duke Ellingotn, Inc., owner, agrees to present] musicians in the orchestra under the leadership of Duke Ellington as follows:
                                                                                          Name and Address of Place of Engagement Conrad Hilton Hotel, Chicago, Illinois
                                                                                          Date(s) of employment April 6th and April 7, 1964
                                                                                          Hours of Employment Any five (5) consecutive hours between 2:00 P.M. and 2:00 A.M. for each date of employment, as designated by SESAC.
                                                                                          Anything to the contrary contained in this agreement notwithstanding, Duke Ellington Inc. is an independent contractor and is responsible for the payment of all Governmental taxes of any nature which may [illegible].
                                                                                          Type of engagement Private Jazz Show ...
                                                                                          WAGE AGREED UPON $5,000.00 (Five Thousand Dollars) for the two dates listed above.
                                                                                          ...
                                                                                          To be paid half ($2,500.00) upon signing contract; half ($2,500.00) after completion of engagement.'

                                                                                          The contract was signed by Salvatore Cantalore for SESAC Inc. and Duke Ellington for Duke Ellington Inc.
                                                                                          Stratemann reports Ellington and his rhythym section were booked to play two days of the 4 day convention, but could not identify which days. The SESAC announcements in Sponsor and Broadcasting magazines listed Ellington, Hildegarde, Roy Hamilton, John Hammond, Jr., Warren Covington, Cmarco Rizo, Ernest Tubb, Texas Troubadors, Margie Singleton, Claude Gray, Richard Maltby, Roy Drusky, Kai Winding "and other special guests" to appear in person from April 5 to 8. The Billboard also names the Don Jarvis Sextet.

                                                                                          The hospitality suite was equipped with a recording studio for broadcasters to tape interviews with the SESAC artists.
                                                                                          Stratemann says Ellington added Hodges and Brown his first night, and Williams, Hamilton, Gonsalves and Carney the second night. The performances were recorded and the discographies reverse the order of the two sessions.

                                                                                          In the last set the first night, Johnny Hodges Jr. subbed for Sam Woodyard, who took advantage of the "hospitality during the break and didn't return to the stand. Jet Magazine published a photo of Hodges Sr., Hodges Jr. and Ellington playing this set, with Ellington on bongos.
                                                                                          Klaus Götting in DEMS 07,1-48:

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                                                                                          6429q-v are from first set on first night
                                                                                          6430a-k are from second set on first night
                                                                                          6429a-p are from second set on second night
                                                                                          We can clearly deduce this sequence from Stratemann page 483: "JH, LB contracted for the first night" and "CW, JHa, PG, HC contracted for the second night" from Duke saying just before 6430k: "this is our second show tonight" from the speaker closing the show after 6429p and inviting attenders to reconvene "from two to six tomorrow."'

                                                                                          • AF of M contract, Archives Center, SI-NMAH, DEC301, Series III, Subseries i, Box 133, Folder 9
                                                                                          • Stratemann p.483
                                                                                          • Ad, Sponsor magazine 1964-04-06 p.57.96
                                                                                          • The Billboard 1964-04-04 p.12
                                                                                          • Broadcasting magazine, 1964-04-06 p.131
                                                                                          • Jet Magazine 1964-04-23, p.36
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                                                                                          Monday
                                                                                          1964 04 07
                                                                                          Tuesday
                                                                                          Fort Meade. Md.
                                                                                          (near Glen Burnie)
                                                                                          NCO Open Mess Stratemann, p.483 and Vail II incorrectly have Ellington and his orchestra playing at the NCO Open Mess, Ft. Meade, Glen Burnie, Md. on April 6, 1964 and at the Service Club at Ft. Meade on April 7, citing DESB. On the next page, Stratemann says

                                                                                          'Engagements at Ft. Meade, Glen Burnie, Md., reported for May 6 and May 7 are rather suspect, our doubts raised by the fact that they would be return engagements on the exact same dates from the previous month. '

                                                                                          Vail II includes these two engagements, without citing sources, probably relying on Stratemann
                                                                                          • Stratemann p.483 citing DESB.
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                                                                                          Tuesday
                                                                                          .Chicago, Ill.SESAC Hospitality Suite
                                                                                          Conrad Hilton Hotel
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                                                                                          Tuesday
                                                                                          .Fort Meade. Md.
                                                                                          (near Glen Burnie)
                                                                                          Service Club One
                                                                                          Misdated in Stratemann and Vail II - see note above at 1964 04 06...
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                                                                                          Wednesday
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                                                                                          .Gulfport, Ill.Grandinetti's Supper Club10 p.m. to 2 a.m.
                                                                                          Gulfport is near Burlington, Iowa. This event is confirmed through bus expenses - see 1964 04 01 and through a review by Dan Bied, reproduced in Vail II. Bied tells us:
                                                                                          • The band arrived at 9:30 p.m. and Duke arrived at 10.
                                                                                          • 375 attended and the club was jammed.
                                                                                          • The band opened with "Take the A Train" and Gonsalves played "Laura" while Duke made his way to the stage, then the band played "A Train" again.
                                                                                          • Other titles named in the article:
                                                                                            • Afro-Bossa
                                                                                            • Silk Lace
                                                                                            • Honeysuckle Rose
                                                                                            • Medley (Black and Tan Fantasy, Creole Love Call and The Mooche)
                                                                                            • Impressions of the Far East
                                                                                            • Mood Indigo
                                                                                            • Satin Doll
                                                                                            • Caravan
                                                                                            • Warm Valley
                                                                                            • Things Ain't What They Used to Be
                                                                                            • Poor Butterfly
                                                                                            • Sophisticated Lady
                                                                                            • Alley Cat
                                                                                            • Sentimental Journey
                                                                                            • Diminendo and Crescendo in Blue
                                                                                            • Harlem
                                                                                            • Stompin' at the Savoy
                                                                                            • I Let A Song Go Out of My Heart
                                                                                            • Don't Get Around Much Anymore
                                                                                            • Hello Dolly
                                                                                          • Sidemen named:
                                                                                            Anderson, Brown, Carney, Ericson, Gonsalves, Hamilton, Hodges, Procope, Williams and Woodyard

                                                                                          Mr. Bried was probably referring to this evening in his Apr. 12 column:

                                                                                          'This week's trophy for brilliant performance under fire goes to Mrs. _______, West Burlington rural.
                                                                                            Mrs. _______, according to shocked eye-witnesses, unleashed a signal accomplishment a couple of nights back when, on being introduced to pianist Duke Ellington, she simultaneously spilled a drink on his lapel while scorching his sleeve with a cigarette.
                                                                                            When last seen, the Duke was shopping around for a combination sponge and fire extinguisher.'

                                                                                          Mr. Bied also wrote a long column on March 22 praising Duke and remembering him in 1942 at the Panther Room and five years later in Burlington.
                                                                                          • The Hawk-Eye, Burlington, Iowa
                                                                                            • 1964-03-22 p.2
                                                                                            • 1964-03-29 p.19
                                                                                            • 1964-04-12 p.2
                                                                                          • Stratemann p.483 citing DESB
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                                                                                          Friday
                                                                                          .Chicago, Ill.Civic Opera HouseConcert
                                                                                          • Stratemann p.483 citing Chicago Defender 1964-04-04 p.27
                                                                                          • Rockford Morning Star, Rockford, Ill., 1964-04-11 p.8A
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                                                                                          .Milton Junction, Wisc.Daland Fine Arts Center
                                                                                          Milton College
                                                                                          At 4 p.m., Ellington gave an hour-long piano recital to more than 700 people. The concert was free to the public and organized by Mrs. Ethel Rich, head of the speech and drama department of the college and international vice-president of the Duke Ellington Jazz Society. She is described as a fan and friend for many years.

                                                                                          Sidemen's activities are not documented.
                                                                                          • Rockford Morning Star, Rockford, Ill., 1964-04-11 p.8A
                                                                                          • Wisconsin State Journal, Madison, Wisc. 1964-04-11 s.2 p.11
                                                                                          • Stratemann p.483
                                                                                          • Additional documentation is likely to be found in SI-NMAH DEC301 Series 2: Performances and Programs, 1933-1974, box 11, folder 42 "Eleventh Annual Festival of the Arts, Milton College, Milton, Wisconsin, April 11, 1964"
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                                                                                          Sunday
                                                                                          .New York, N.Y.Carnegie HallNew York Youth Symphony was formed in 1963 and this, its third concert, featured the New York première of the "Second Suite for Orchestra" (1947) by Walter Piston. Guest speakers at the performance were Duke Ellington and U.S. Senator Jacob K. Javits.
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                                                                                          Wednesday
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                                                                                          Friday
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                                                                                          Saturday
                                                                                          Montréal, P.Q.Le Jazz Hot
                                                                                          (upstairs at the Casa Loma)
                                                                                          The CBC French language television service filmed the band the first night. The television show is available on DVD.
                                                                                          • Stratemann p.483
                                                                                          • The Gazette, Montreal, P.Q.:
                                                                                            • 1964-04-20 p.12
                                                                                            • 1964-04-24 p.20
                                                                                          • Additional documentation is likely to be found in SI-NMAH Archives Center, DEC301, Series 2: Performances and Programs, 1933-1974, box 3, folder 4 USA and Canada, April 20, 1964
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                                                                                          .Montréal, P.Q..Ellington was interviewed by Kate Vita Marson for CBC. The location and time of the interview and when it was broadcast are not yet documented..New Desor
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                                                                                          1964 04 02New York, N.Y.Apollo Theater
                                                                                          253 W. 125th St., Borough of Manhattan, Harlem district
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                                                                                          .New York, N.Y.WNEW-TV studio 1
                                                                                          Metromedia Studios
                                                                                          East 67th St.
                                                                                          Rehearsal for "Duke Ellington - A Portrait In Music" television show
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                                                                                          .New York, N.Y.. Peripheral event
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                                                                                          Wednesday
                                                                                          Ellington's birthday
                                                                                          .New York, N.Y..Videotaping session for a one-hour televison show "Duke Ellington - A Portrait In Music" or the "Robert Herridge Show" which would be telecast nationally at 9 p.m. 1964 09 02 and again at 10 p.m. 1964 09 06. The Billboard reports it aired in Los Angeles on KTTV 1964 09 04, and the Long Beach Independent Press-Telegram has it at 9 p.m. on that date. The show was produced by Herridge, and directed by Arnee Nocks.
                                                                                          Personnel on Camera: Duke Ellington and his Orchestra
                                                                                          Cat Anderson, Cootie Williams, Rolf Ericson, Herbie Jones, Lawrence Brown, Buster Cooper, Chuck Connors, Jimmy Hamilton, Russell Procope, Johnny Hodges, Paul Gonsalves, Harry Carney, Duke Ellington, Major Holley, Sam Woodyard.
                                                                                          The session was described by Martin Williams in, according to Stratemann, Down Beat 1964-06-04 p.1 and 1964-08-27. It isn't clear if this means one article printed in two editions, or successive articles. DEMS 95-2/7 reprints Mr. Williams' article but it isn't clear if this is the entire thing or just one of two.
                                                                                          On the day of the taping, Ellington arrived at 12:30 and everyone was on time for the 1 p.m. start. The following were present in addition to Duke and the sidemen and the technical crew:
                                                                                          • Tom Whaley (copied music and shot movie camera footage)
                                                                                          • Strayhorn directed the cameramen from the technical booth
                                                                                          • Nat Hentoff, serving as technical advisor
                                                                                          Since the producers wanted this to be informal, Ellington agreed the men would wear their own suits, but that uniforms would be brought in case they were needed. His own suit was delivered late.

                                                                                          To allow for television camera closeups, the band was set up in an inverted U shape, saxes on a platform to the left, brass opposite, and rhythm at the back. Five t.v. cameras were used, allowing close-ups of the soloists.

                                                                                          The show was had four segments; each part was run through first, then taped.

                                                                                          The band got down to business at 1:15 when Harry Carney blew his bari sax and Cootie warmed up. When taping finished at 8 p.m., Ellington was given a surprise birthday party. Those present included were Lena Horne, Patti Page and Nat "King" Cole.
                                                                                          • Stratemann p.463
                                                                                          • Eliot Tiegel review, The Billboard 1964-09-19 p.32
                                                                                          • Jet Magazine 1964-09-17 p.62
                                                                                          • Black World/Negro Digest 1964-08-00 p.49
                                                                                          • Library of Congress Performing Arts Encyclopedia
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                                                                                          .New York, N.Y.. Peripheral event
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                                                                                          1964 05 00...PERSONNEL CHANGE
                                                                                          Major Holley leaves the band in mid-May and Peck Morrison, replaces him.
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                                                                                          .Worcester, Mass.Fieldhouse
                                                                                          Holy Cross College
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                                                                                          .Hampton, Va.Service Club,
                                                                                          Langley Air Force Base
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                                                                                          .Fort Meade. Md.
                                                                                          (near Glen Burnie)
                                                                                          NCO Open MessStratemann shows appearances at Fort Meade on both April 6 and 7, based on DESB clippings. On the next page, Stratemann says:

                                                                                          'Engagements at Ft. Meade, Glen Burnie, Md., reported for May 6 and May 7, are rather suspect, our doubts raised by the fact that day with the return engagements on the exact same dates from the previous month.'

                                                                                          Vail II includes all four dates, but reprints a hand-lettered poster or handbill autographed by Duke that clearly shows the date at Service Club No. 1 as May 7.
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                                                                                          (near Glen Burnie)
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                                                                                          .Washington, D.C.Leonard Center
                                                                                          American University
                                                                                          Free concert
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                                                                                            • 1964-04-17 p.1
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                                                                                          • Additional documentation is likely to be found in SI-NMAH DEC301, Series 2: Performances and Programs, 1933-1974, box 11, folder 43 University of Akron, Akron, Ohio, May 9, 1964
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                                                                                          1964 05 13Hamilton, BermudaRosebank Theatre.
                                                                                          • Stratemann p.484
                                                                                          • Announcements, The Bermuda Recorder, Hamilton, Bermuda:
                                                                                            • 1964-04-25 p.6
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                                                                                          .New York, N.Y.Madison Square GardenNAACP benefit "Freedom Spectacular" on closed circuit television, with half the programme originating in New York and the other half in Los Angeles.
                                                                                          Stratemann:

                                                                                          'This was a two-hour fund-raising program for the NAACP, in observance of the 10th anniversary of the Supreme Court decision favoring in school desegregation. The segment featuring the Ellington band, titled "Let Freedom Ring," was staged at New York's Madison Square Garden; the other half, originating in the Sports Arena in Los Angeles, was titled "Some People." The program was beamed to 50 theaters in auditoriums in the U.S., where it was shown on overhead screens. By all accounts, it was technically flawed, and not well supported by the public, despite an over abundance of illustrious performers.'

                                                                                          In Cincinnati, the show played at 8 p.m. in the Music Hall, 415 Race St.
                                                                                          • Stratemann p.484
                                                                                          • The Cincinnati Enquirer, 1964-05-14 p.25
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                                                                                          Milton Junction,Wisc.Milton College Peripheral event
                                                                                          American premiere of the modern Shakespearean drama "Timons of Athens," for which Ellington wrote the music. Performances scheduled for May 16, 17 and 18 and its performance was one of the reasons Milton College awarded an honorary doctorate of humanities on Duke 1964 06 07. The play was to be directed by Ethel Rich, an international vice-president of the Duke Ellington Jazz Society.
                                                                                          • Rockford Morning Star
                                                                                            • 1964-04-11 p.8-A
                                                                                            • 1964-04-19 p.B-12
                                                                                            • 1964-06-07 p.10D
                                                                                          • Additional documentation is likely to be found in SI-NMAH DEC301, Series 2: Performances and Programs, 1933-1974, box 17, folder 18 Timon of Athens, Milton College, Milton, Wisconsin, May 16, 1964
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                                                                                          Wednesday
                                                                                          .New York, N.Y.Wollman Auditorium
                                                                                          Columbia University
                                                                                          Ellington gave a "piano recital" for the local chapter of the Duke Ellington Jazz Society backed by Peck Morrison and Sam Woodayrd. Willie "The Lion" Smith and Billy Strayhorn also performed.Stratemann p.484New Desor
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                                                                                          Thursday
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                                                                                          Friday
                                                                                          .Washington, D.C.Sheraton Park HotelAnnual dinner for the White House Correspondents Association, with an audience of 2,000, including the President, members of Congress, White House staff and reporters. Ellington closed the programm, following Harold Arlen, Jule Styne, Jerry Herman and Richard Adler, in a program emceed by Abe Burrows.

                                                                                          1964: The entertainment bar is raised: performances by Duke Ellington, the Smothers Brothers, and acrobats

                                                                                          • Stratemann p.484
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                                                                                          Saturday
                                                                                          .New York, N.Y.CBS StudiosRehearsal for Ed Sullivan Show - see 1965 05 24
                                                                                          • Stratemann p.484 citing Variety 1964-05-27 p.32
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                                                                                          Saturday
                                                                                          ."near Philadelphia," Penn..Vail:

                                                                                          'In the evening they play a dance at a country club near Philadelphia.'

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                                                                                          Sunday
                                                                                          .New York, N.Y.CBS-TV Studio 50
                                                                                          53rd & Broadway
                                                                                          Daytime rehearsal and evening (8 to 9 p.m.) appearance on The Ed Sullivan Show
                                                                                          Contract between Duke Ellington, Inc. % Associated Booking Corporation and Sullivan Productions, Inc.

                                                                                          Terms:
                                                                                          • Services of Duke Ellington and His Orchestra provided for the rehearsal and broadcast of the program and preparation in connection with the part to be played.
                                                                                          • Sponsors: Lever/Lorillard/Pillsbury/Whitehall
                                                                                          • Compensation: $6,000 payable to Associated Booking Corporation as agents for Duke Ellington, Inc. One replay in each area was permitted for an additional $3,000 and if the show was broadcast in 5 international regions, an additional $60 to $900 was payable.
                                                                                          • Sullivan Productions, Inc., Standard Independent Contractor Agreement dated 1964 05 14, SI-NMAH Archives Center, DEC301, Series III, Subseries i, Box 133, Folder 9
                                                                                          • Stratemann p.484 citing Variety 1964-05-27 p.32
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                                                                                          Tuesday
                                                                                          .New York, N.Y.."Today Show".New Desor
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                                                                                          Friday
                                                                                          ...PERSONNEL CHANGE
                                                                                          Trumpeter Nat Woodard joins the band, having recorded with it in August 1963
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                                                                                          Sunday
                                                                                          .Chicago, Ill.Holiday Ballroom
                                                                                          4847 N. Milwaukee Ave.
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                                                                                          Rolf Ericson leaves the band in late May. He returned briefly in November 1969 and recorded with the band in October 1973.
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                                                                                          .Milton Junction, Wisc.Milton College Peripheral event
                                                                                          At its 1964 Commencement Exercises, Milton College awarded a Doctorate of Humanities degree to Ellington in recognition of his role "in promotion of understanding among peoples." Mercer appeared for his father:

                                                                                          ' Representing Ellington at the ceremonies will be his son, Maynard [sic], a New York radio man. Ellington is playing an engagement on the West Coast and will be unable to attend.
                                                                                            Milton College decided to confer the degree on Ellington after the college this spring was the scene of the American premiere of the modern dress version of Shakespeare's "Timon of Athens," for which Ellington wrote the music....'


                                                                                          When Ellington's orchestra appeared in nearby Janesville 1964 11 24, Ellington was "hooded" at the college.
                                                                                          • Richmond Times-Dispatch, Richmond, Va. 1964-05-30 p.8
                                                                                          • The Dallas Morning News,Dallas, Tex. 1964-05-30 s.1-3
                                                                                          • The Oregonian, Portland, Ore. 1964-06-04 p.2
                                                                                          • Rockford Morning Star, Rockford, Ill. 1964-06-07 p.10D
                                                                                          • Janesville Daily Gazette, Janesville, Wisc., 1964-11-25 p.5
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                                                                                          Disneyland
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                                                                                          1964 06 19.Tokyo.Arrival Additional documentation is likely to be found in SI-NMAH Archives Center, DEC301, Series 2: Performances and Programs, 1933-1974, box 3
                                                                                          • folder 5 Japanese Tour, June-July, 1964 and
                                                                                          • folder 6 Japanese Tour, June 19-July 7, 1964
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                                                                                          1964 07 00...PERSONNEL CHANGE
                                                                                          Gregory Herbert, alto sax, joins the band in mid July but departs in August.
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                                                                                          Shinjuku

                                                                                          (per mayor's letter)
                                                                                          Benefit concert for disaster relief in the city of Niigata, devastated on June 14 when an earthquake caused a tsunami, soil liquefaction and fire. Apartment buildings which had been built to withstand earthquakes tilted or fell over since the they were on sandy soil.

                                                                                          On August 8, Niigata's mayor wrote to Ellington to express his thanks for the concert and when Ellington returned to Japan in 1966, made him an honorary citizen of the city.
                                                                                          • SI-NMAH DEC301 series 2 box 3 folder 5: Letter, Mayor Kotaro Watanabe to The Honorable Duke Ellington, 1964-08-08
                                                                                          • AP wirestory, The Spokesman-Review,Spokane, Wash. 1966-05-26 p.1
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                                                                                          Colorado Springs, Col.Broadmoor International Theatre
                                                                                          International Center
                                                                                          Broadmoor Hotel
                                                                                          The nature of this three day engagement needs to be determined. Letter, Broadmoor International Theatre to Ellington, requesting a signature on a receipt for $4,500 paid for the 3 performances on Juoy 13, 14 and 15, 1964, Si-SMAH DEC301 Box 117 Folder 12..
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                                                                                          1964 08 13Bronx, N.Y.Moon Bowl
                                                                                          Freedomland Park
                                                                                          "Freedomland's free Moon Bowl shows will feature Duke Ellington and his orchestra and the Serendipity Singers beginning tonight for one week's stay"
                                                                                          • Herald Statesman,Yonkers,N.Y.,1964-08-07
                                                                                          • Stratemann p.491 citing Variety 1964-07-22,p26 and 1964-09-23 p.38
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                                                                                          .Cleveland, OhioWarrensville MusicarnivalAfternoon concert near Cleveland..
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                                                                                          1964 08 30New York, N.Y.Basin Street EastClub date - advertised as nigthly except Sunday.

                                                                                          Also appearing, singer Kaye Ballard and Ray Bryant's trio.
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                                                                                          Peck Morrison, bassist, leaves the band and is replaced by John Lamb, born 1933.
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                                                                                          .New York, N.Y.Basin Street EastClub date - see 1964 08 17...
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                                                                                          .New York, N.Y.Basin Street EastClub date - see 1964 08 17...
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                                                                                          .New York, N.Y.Basin Street EastClub date - see 1964 08 17...
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                                                                                          .New York, N.Y.Basin Street EastClub date - see 1964 08 17...
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                                                                                          Sunday
                                                                                          .New York, N.Y.Basin Street EastClub date - see 1964 08 17...
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                                                                                          1964 09 02.Toronto, Ont.CBC Studios.Additional documentation is likely to be found in SI-NMAH Archives Center, DEC301, Series 2: Performances and Programs, 1933-1974, box 3, folder 7 USA and Canada, September 2-5, 1964..
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                                                                                          1964 09 061964 09 09Chicago, Ill.Universal StudioReprise recording session for the album DUKE ELLINGTON PLAYS WITH THE ORIGINAL MOTION PICTURE SCORE WALT DISNEY'S MARY POPPINS Stratemann p.497New Desor
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                                                                                          1964 09 11.Houston, Tex.Cullum Auditorium.Stratemann p.497New Desor
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                                                                                          1964 09 15.Austin, Tex.Municipal Auditorium.Stratemann p.497..
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                                                                                          1964 09 18.Los Angeles, Cal.Hollywod Bowl.Stratemann p.497..
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                                                                                          1964 09 19.Monterey, Cal.Festival Grounds.Stratemann p.497.
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                                                                                          1964 09 20.Fairfield, Cal.Officers Club
                                                                                          Travis Air Force Base
                                                                                          .Stratemann p.497..
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                                                                                          1964 09 221964 09 29San Jose, Cal.Safari Room.Stratemann p.497..
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                                                                                          Thursday
                                                                                          .San Jose, Cal.City College....
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                                                                                          Friday
                                                                                          .Northwest of
                                                                                          Lompoc, Cal.
                                                                                          Vandenberg Air Force Base....
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                                                                                          Saturday
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                                                                                          Sunday
                                                                                          .Davis, Cal.Freeborn Hall
                                                                                          University of California
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                                                                                          Tuesday
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                                                                                          .San Francisco, Cal.State College....
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                                                                                          Friday
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                                                                                          Saturday
                                                                                          .Pullman, Wash.Bohler Gym
                                                                                          Washington State University
                                                                                          Concert, 8 p.m.

                                                                                          'The 4,500 tickets will be sold from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. on weekdays. The booth will not be open on Saturday and Sunday but tickets may be obained in the music listening room in the CUB whenever the booth is closed.
                                                                                            There will be no reserve sections and Lee Stark, CUB music chairman, emphasized that Ellington will appear with the smae band tha tmakes records and not just a "pick-up" group.'

                                                                                          Stark reported the concert cleared approximately $1,800.
                                                                                          Washington State University Daily Evergreen, Pullman, Wash.
                                                                                          • 1964-10-02 pp 2, 5
                                                                                          • 1964-10-06 p.8
                                                                                          • 1964-10-09 p.8
                                                                                          • 1964-10-13 p.5 (photo)
                                                                                          • 1964-10-30 p.10
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                                                                                          Monday
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                                                                                          Tuesday
                                                                                          .AberdeenGray's Harbor....
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                                                                                          Wednesday
                                                                                          .The DallesElks Temple....
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                                                                                          Thursday
                                                                                          ...activities not documented
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                                                                                          Friday
                                                                                          .Eugene, Ore.Elks Lodge....
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                                                                                          Saturday
                                                                                          .Corvallis, Ore.Oregon University....
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                                                                                          Sunday
                                                                                          .South-southwest of
                                                                                          Tacoma, Wash.
                                                                                          NCO Club
                                                                                          Ft. Lewis
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                                                                                          Monday
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                                                                                          1964 10 20
                                                                                          Tuesday
                                                                                          .Spokane, Wash.Davenport HotelDancing, 9 to 1, for the University Club of Spokane.
                                                                                          • Spokane Daily Chronicle, Spokane, Wash., 1964-10-09 p.10
                                                                                          • The Spokesman-Review, Spokane, Wash., 1964-10-19 p.3
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                                                                                          Wednesday
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                                                                                          .Spokane, Wash.Whitman College....
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                                                                                          Friday
                                                                                          .Boise, IdahoMiramar Ballroom....
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                                                                                          Saturday
                                                                                          .Logan, UtahNelson Fieldhouse
                                                                                          Utah State University
                                                                                          Vail II:

                                                                                          '...afternoon concert...'

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                                                                                          Saturday
                                                                                          .Logan, Utah[Student] Union ballroom
                                                                                          Utah State University
                                                                                          Homecoming danceAP Wirestory datelined Logan, The Post-Register, Idaho Falls,Ida. 1964-10-23 p.17...
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                                                                                          Sunday
                                                                                          .Los Angeles, Cal.Moulin Rouge....
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                                                                                          Monday
                                                                                          ...activities not documented
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                                                                                          1964 10 27
                                                                                          Tuesday
                                                                                          ...activities not documented
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                                                                                          1964 10 28
                                                                                          Wednesday
                                                                                          ...activities not documented
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                                                                                          1964 10 29
                                                                                          Thursday
                                                                                          .Redwood City, Cal.Tin Pan AlleyNight club residency
                                                                                          Russ Wilson in Oakland Tribune:
                                                                                          • Heavy rain on the midweek opening night affected Thursday's attendance.
                                                                                          • Cat Anderson soloed on "The Eighth Veil."
                                                                                          • Gonsalves was featured in "In a Sentimental Mood." and "Afro Bossa."
                                                                                          • "Tea for Two" was played as an encore.
                                                                                          • Cooper soloed on "C Jam Blues."
                                                                                          • Hodges did "Passion Flower. and "Things Ain't What They Used to Be."
                                                                                          • Lawrence Brown, Cootie Williams, Sam Woodyard, John Lamb, Russell Procope, and Harry Carney were also named.
                                                                                          • Ellington, asked for a piano solo, reminisced about his early career:

                                                                                            'I had a pretty good left hand. It was nurtured by the [Willie the] Lion.'

                                                                                            He said he came to the realization that the only way he could be assured of playing the music he wanted was to become an orchestra leader.

                                                                                            Wilson:

                                                                                            'This recital, done in the typical serio-comic Ellington style and interspersed with joking exchanges with Procope and Hodges, was delightful.'

                                                                                          • The set Wilson heard ran an hour and 40 minutes.
                                                                                          • Ellington and associates, including Strayhorn, were to play Tin Pan Alley until Nov. 7.
                                                                                          Oakland Tribune, Oakland, Cal. 1964-10-31 p.13-B.....
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                                                                                          Saturday
                                                                                          Halloween
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                                                                                          November 1964

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                                                                                          Sunday
                                                                                          Redwood City, Cal.Tin Pan AlleyNight club residency - see 1964 10 29...
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                                                                                          Monday
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                                                                                          Tuesday
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                                                                                          Wednesday
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                                                                                          Friday
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                                                                                          Saturday
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                                                                                          Sunday
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                                                                                          Monday
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                                                                                          1964 11 0-.Los Angeles, Cal..Ellington appeared on television on the "Regis Philbin Show"...
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                                                                                          Tuesday
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                                                                                          Wednesday
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                                                                                          Wednesday
                                                                                          Stateline, Nev.Pavilion of the Stars
                                                                                          Harvey's Resort Hotel-Casino
                                                                                          South Shore of Lake Tahoe
                                                                                          Casino residency"Entertainment In The Reno-Sparks-Tahoe Circle," weekly supplement to The Reno Evening Gazette and the Nevada State Journal, 1964-11-07 pp.1,3..
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                                                                                          Friday
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                                                                                          Harvey's Resort Hotel-Casino
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                                                                                          Saturday
                                                                                          .Stateline, Nev.Pavilion of the Stars
                                                                                          Harvey's Resort Hotel-Casino
                                                                                          Casino residency - see 1964 11 12...
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                                                                                          1964 11 15
                                                                                          Sunday
                                                                                          .Stateline, Nev.Pavilion of the Stars
                                                                                          Harvey's Resort Hotel-Casino
                                                                                          Casino residency - see 1964 11 12...
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                                                                                          1964 11 16
                                                                                          Monday
                                                                                          .Stateline, Nev.Pavilion of the Stars
                                                                                          Harvey's Resort Hotel-Casino
                                                                                          Casino residency - see 1964 11 12...
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                                                                                          1964 11 17
                                                                                          Tuesday
                                                                                          .Stateline, Nev.Pavilion of the Stars
                                                                                          Harvey's Resort Hotel-Casino
                                                                                          Casino residency - see 1964 11 12...
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                                                                                          Wednesday
                                                                                          .Stateline, Nev.Pavilion of the Stars
                                                                                          Harvey's Resort Hotel-Casino
                                                                                          Casino residency - see 1964 11 12...
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                                                                                          Thursday
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                                                                                          Saturday
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                                                                                          Sunday
                                                                                          .Wichita, Kans.Cotillon Ballroom....
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                                                                                          Monday
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                                                                                          1964 11 24
                                                                                          Tuesday
                                                                                          .Milton Junction, Wisc.Milton CollegeJanesville Daily Gazette:

                                                                                          ' IT'S DR. DUKE ELLINGTON NOW - Milton College President E. C. Wallenfeldt "hooded" famed jazz musician Duke Ellington at the college Tuesday. The Duke gave the Jaycees concert in Janesville High School Auditorium Tuesday evening.
                                                                                            At June 1964 commencement, Milton College awarded Duke Ellington the honorary doctorate of humanities degree. Since he was unable to receive the degree of that time, as he had a commitment in California, his son, Mercer Ellington of New York represented the composer musician.
                                                                                            The "hooding" ceremony was performed by President Wallenfeldt and James R. Stevens, vice president and dean of the college. The white on the hood symbolizes the humanities.'

                                                                                          • Janesville Daily Gazette, Janesville, Wisc., 1964-11-25 p.5
                                                                                          • MIMM pp.476, 480
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                                                                                          Tuesday
                                                                                          .Janesville, Wisc.Janesville Senior High SchoolEvening concert sponsored by the Junior Chamber of Commerce ("Janesville Jaycees"), 8 p.m.

                                                                                          Admission $3.50
                                                                                          Janesville Daily Gazette, Janesville, Wisc.,
                                                                                          • 1964-11-23 p.10
                                                                                          • 1964-11-24 p.2
                                                                                          • 1964-11-25 p.5
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                                                                                          Wednesday
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                                                                                          Thursday
                                                                                          .Toronto, Ont.Royal York Hotel
                                                                                          199 Queen St. W.
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                                                                                          Friday
                                                                                          1964 11 28Hull, P.Q.Standishall
                                                                                          (also referred to as Standish Hall Hotel)
                                                                                          DancingThe Ottawa Journal, Ottawa, Ont., 1964-11-24 p.13..
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                                                                                          Saturday
                                                                                          .Hull, P.Q.Standish Hotel.Dancing - see 1964 11 27..
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                                                                                          Sunday
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                                                                                          Monday
                                                                                          1964 12 06Montréal, P.Q.Le Jazz Hot
                                                                                          Casa Loma
                                                                                          Rue Ste. Catherine Est
                                                                                          Club residency
                                                                                          We are fortunate to have two comprehensive reviews, one from early in the week and one from the weekend.
                                                                                          Joe Medjuck in McGill Daily:

                                                                                          'le Jazz Hot:
                                                                                            For more than thirty years Duke Ellington has been the most important composer, arranger, and band-leader in jazz. At the same time he is an extremely interesting and constantly inventive pianist. About the only criticism that one hears about Ellington comes from those of his fans who admire him for one particular talent and who are not satisfied unless he concentrates on that aspect of his genius. (For example, I really dig Ellington the piano player and I'm always disappointed that he doesn't spend more time on the piano bench or take more solos.)
                                                                                            The present Ellington aggregation is one of his best – perhaps the equal of the 1940- 42 band and the Duke is able to present a well-balanced program which includes something for everybody. In the two sets I heard there were recent Ellington compositions: selections from the Afro Bossa LP, the incomplete Far East Suite, the score for Timon of Athens; there were Ellington arrangements of "current favorites" (? ) : Fly Me to the Moon, Never on Sunday, Call Me Irresponsible; and there were medleys of Ellington standards, including a version of Concerto for Cootie (Do Nothing Till You Hear from Me) played not by Cootie Williams but by Lawrence Brown.
                                                                                            For those who are interested in the Ellington sidemen, Johnny Hodges played a medley of Prelude to a Kiss and Things Ain't What They Used to Be; Sam Woodyard took a long drum solo; Paul Gonsalves played some ballads and some Diminuendo in Blue-type rockers; Cootie Williams growled out Creole Love Call; and Cat Anderson played some notes just slightly below the frequency where only dogs can hear him. In fact about the only thing that was missing was a solo by Harry Carney, who unfortunately was not with the band, having returned home because of his wife's illness.
                                                                                            The star of the show, however, was Duke Ellington, the world's youngest sixty-year-old. He jumps from the piano to conduct, introduces the numbers and the soloists, jokes, leads the audience in finger-snapping and in his "Love you madly" manner is completely disarming. All of which tends to make you take his talent for granted and to forget that what you are watching is a genius at work.
                                                                                          J. A. M.'


                                                                                          Stanley Dance visited the club the weekend of Dec. 6 and described the club and the event in Jazz Journal, reprinted in Vail II without a date. Additional information from Dance:
                                                                                          • The 500-seat Le Jazz Hot was the upstairs room of Casa Loma
                                                                                          • Ellington's orchestra played 3 long sets each evening between 21:30 and 03:00
                                                                                          • A local trio alternated with them
                                                                                          • The music played included the Far East Suite, the Ellington '65 album, Mary Poppins arrangements, Step in Time, Mood Indigo, Boo Dah, Indian Summer, Mainstem, Harmony in Harlem, Honeysuckle Rose and Two Pros
                                                                                          • Sidemen present included Hodges, Williams, Gonsalves, Lamb, Procope, Woodyard, Brown. In Carney's absence, Procope played bari sax.
                                                                                          • Stratemann p.498 citing Variety 1964-11-18 p.54
                                                                                          • Email, Medjuck-Palmquist 2019-01-14 with clipping:
                                                                                            Jammin', McGill Daily, Montreal, P.Q.,
                                                                                            1964-12-04 p.9
                                                                                          • Stanley Dance, undated Jazz Journal clipping,
                                                                                            Vail II, p.255
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                                                                                          Tuesday
                                                                                          .Montréal, P.Q.Le Jazz Hot
                                                                                          Casa Loma
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                                                                                          Wednesday
                                                                                          .Montréal, P.Q.Le Jazz Hot
                                                                                          Casa Loma
                                                                                          Nightclub residency - see 1964- 11 30...
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                                                                                          Thursday
                                                                                          .Montréal, P.Q.Le Jazz Hot
                                                                                          Casa Loma
                                                                                          Nightclub residency - see 1964- 11 30...
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                                                                                          Friday
                                                                                          .Montréal, P.Q.Le Jazz Hot
                                                                                          Casa Loma
                                                                                          Nightclub residency - see 1964- 11 30...
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                                                                                          Saturday
                                                                                          .Montréal, P.Q.Le Jazz Hot
                                                                                          Casa Loma
                                                                                          Nightclub residency - see 1964- 11 30...
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                                                                                          Sunday
                                                                                          .Montréal, P.Q.Le Jazz Hot
                                                                                          Casa Loma
                                                                                          Nightclub residency - see 1964- 11 30

                                                                                          Stanley Dance was in the club this night.
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                                                                                          1964 12 08

                                                                                          Quincy, Mass.
                                                                                          The Beachcomber
                                                                                          797 Quincy Shore Drive,
                                                                                          Wollaston Beach
                                                                                          (near Boston)
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                                                                                          Quincy, Mass.
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                                                                                          .Baltimore, Md...Stratemann p.499..
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                                                                                          .Washington, D.C.Bolling Air Force BaseDrummer Johnny Hodges Jr. subbed for Sam Woodyard.Stratemann p.499New Desor
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                                                                                          .Kutztown, Penn.Nathan Schaeffer Auditorium
                                                                                          Kutztown State College
                                                                                          Afternoon concert
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                                                                                          .Reading, Penn.State College(Evening)...
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                                                                                          .Rochester, N.Y.Mayo Civic AuditoriumConcertVail II..
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                                                                                          .Chicago, Ill.Trianon BallroomDanceVail II...
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                                                                                          1965 01 02New York, N.Y.Basin Street EastNight club residency
                                                                                          Also playing was the Marty Morrell Quintet, backing singers Vivian Edwards and Jean Paul Vignon. Ram Ramirez played pinao during intermissions. .
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                                                                                          New Years Eve
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                                                                                          Sunday
                                                                                          .Philadelphia,Pa.Academy of MusicConcert

                                                                                          Ellington receives Musician of the Year award from the Jazz At Home Club. Others performing were Jimmy Smith, Moms Mabley, Arthur Prysock, Irene Reid and Clark Terry.
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                                                                                          .New York, N.Y..Videotaping session for the late night "Bell Telephone Hour" show, hosted by Barbara Cook.
                                                                                          The show was probably telecast that evening, since it played Tuesday evenings that year.

                                                                                          In addition to Ellington and his orchestra, guests included Dolores Gray, Jack Cassidy and Ethel Ennis, Richard Tucker and Lucine Amara.
                                                                                          Duke Ellington and His Orchestra
                                                                                          C.Williams, Anderson, Woodard, H.Jones, Brown, Cooper, Connors, Hamilton, Procope, Hodges, Gonsalves, Carney, Ellington, Lamb, Woodyard,with Ethel Ennis

                                                                                          Titles recorded:
                                                                                          • Medley
                                                                                            • Satin Doll
                                                                                            • Sophisticated Lady
                                                                                            • Don't Get Around Much Anymore
                                                                                            • I Got It Bad and That Ain't Good
                                                                                            • I'm Beginning to See The Light
                                                                                          • Dancers In Love
                                                                                          • Love You Madly
                                                                                          • Mood Indigo
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                                                                                          Sunday
                                                                                          1965 01 11
                                                                                          Monday
                                                                                          ..PERSONNEL CHANGES
                                                                                          Trumpeter Nat Woodard leaves the band.

                                                                                          Mercer Ellington, trumpet and fluegelhorn, joins the band and becomes its road manager/straw boss.
                                                                                          Mercer was working as a disc jockey at WLIB, a job arranged by his father, but when Al Celley left, Duke needed him. He writes:

                                                                                          '...For three months I did both jobs, flying over to do his payrolls and getting back in time to do the [WLIB] show. Sometimes, when it was necessary, I'd put the show on tape, go away, and come back. ...the band was slated to go to Europe in 1964. I had never been there, and I had a great desire to go. In addition, it was impossible for me to handle the band payroll unless I went along...

                                                                                          I didn't play in the band at first, but Pop told me to bring my horn. He figured he had to entice me in every way possible, for he knew the WLIB show had become a success. By the time we left for Europe, I was completely involved in my role of manager and had begun to play trumpet in the band...'

                                                                                          He writes also about the challenges in managing the band personnel, particularly the idiosyncratic older players who had befriended him when he was young.
                                                                                        • New Desor vol.2
                                                                                        • M. Ellington, DEIP, pp. 136-138
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                                                                                          1965 01 11
                                                                                          Monday
                                                                                          .Springfield, Ill.State ArmoryInaugural ball for Governor Otto Kerner.Stratemann p.499..
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                                                                                          1965 01 12
                                                                                          Tuesday
                                                                                          .Chicago, Ill.Universal Recording Corporation studiosVideotaping (and recording?) of two 30 minute television specials The Big Bands – Duke Ellington And His Orchestra #1 and #2, produced by WGN-TV. The first show was telecast 1965 01 23 and the second 1965 03 06. Ellington's was the 19th show in the series, which was recorded in colour but telecast in black and white. The black and white version, in both videotape and 16mm film. After the 26-show series was completed, 20th Century Fox bought the world-wide syndication rights. The 30 minute shows included 4-1/2 minutes of dead time to allow for commercials.
                                                                                          Duke Ellington and His Orchestra
                                                                                          C.Williams, Anderson, M.Ellington, H.Jones, Brown, Cooper, Connors, Hamilton, Procope, Hodges, Gonsalves, Carney, Ellington, Lamb, Woodyard

                                                                                          Titles recorded:
                                                                                          • Take The "A” Train
                                                                                          • Rockin' In Rhythm
                                                                                          • Step In Time
                                                                                          • Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious
                                                                                          • Tutti For Cootie
                                                                                          • Medley
                                                                                            • Caravan
                                                                                            • I Got It Bad and That Ain't Good
                                                                                            • Don't Get Around Much Anymore
                                                                                            • Mood Indigo
                                                                                            • I'm Beginning to See The Light
                                                                                            • Sophisticated Lady
                                                                                          • Do Nothin' Till You Hear From Me
                                                                                          • Jam With Sam
                                                                                          • Things Ain't What They Used to Be
                                                                                          • Afro-Bosa
                                                                                          • Satin Doll
                                                                                          • The Prowling Cat
                                                                                          • Cotton Tail
                                                                                          • Never On Sunday
                                                                                          • Fly Me To The Moon
                                                                                          • Banquet
                                                                                          • Skillipoop
                                                                                          • Things Ain't What They Used to Be
                                                                                          • Stratemann pp.501-503
                                                                                          • Girvan:   Ellingtonia.com
                                                                                          • Timner
                                                                                          • Ole J. Nielsen, Jazz Records 1942-80, A discography: Vol. Six, Duke Ellington, p.306
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                                                                                          1965 01 12
                                                                                          Tuesday
                                                                                          .Chicago, Ill.Universal Recording Corporation studiosVerve recording session
                                                                                          Joya Sherill and small group
                                                                                          Sherrill, vocals, backed by Williams, Hodges, Gonsalves, Ernie Harper, Lamb, Woodyard. Ellington was in the control room.

                                                                                          Titles recorded:
                                                                                          • Mood Indigo
                                                                                          • Prelude To A Kiss
                                                                                          • Sophisticated Lady
                                                                                          • Kissing Bug
                                                                                          • In A Sentimental Mood
                                                                                          • Duke's Place
                                                                                          • Things Ain't What They Used To Be
                                                                                          • Just Squeeze Me (But Don't Tease Me)
                                                                                          Peter MacHare:

                                                                                          'Verve 314 547 266-2
                                                                                          Joya Sherrill Sings Duke

                                                                                          ...Mercer Ellington is the producer, but Joya Sherrill disclosed in a fax to me that Duke was in the control room for the Chicago session. Duke isn't credited on the album because of contractual considerations.'


                                                                                          Webmaster comment:
                                                                                          Further research is warranted to confirm the date and the time of this session, since Ellington and his orchestra, including both Ellingtons and their sidemen involved in this session, were probably busy all day with the television shows. In discussing the t.v. session, Stratemann says

                                                                                          ...the entire material for both Ellington programs was filmed in a single day.

                                                                                          Under pressure to produce a full hour of film in one extended session...'

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                                                                                          .Ashtabula, OhioSwallows RestaurantDance, 9:00 pm - 1:00 am.Stratemann p.505..
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                                                                                          1965 01 15
                                                                                          Friday
                                                                                          ...PERSONNEL CHANGE
                                                                                          Ray Nance rejoins the band
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                                                                                          .New York, N.Y..Recording session Reprise.New Desor
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                                                                                          .Paris, France.ArrivalAdditional documentation is likely to be found in SI-NMAH Archives Center, DEC301, Series 2: Performances and Programs, 1933-1974, box 3, folder 10 European Tour, January 26-February 28, 1965.DEMS
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                                                                                          .Paris, FranceParamount Cinema"Paris Sur Scene".New Desor
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                                                                                          .Lyon, France..Additional documentation is likely to be found in SI-NMAH Archives Center, DEC301, Series 2: Performances and Programs, 1933-1974, box 3, folder 11 Lyons, France, January 28, 1965..
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                                                                                          .Paris, FranceTheatre Champs Elysée..New Desor
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                                                                                          .Kobenhavn, Denmark.Concert
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                                                                                          February 1965

                                                                                          1965 02 01?.Malmö or Lund, Sweden....DEMS
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                                                                                          1965 02 02.StockholmKonserthus..New Desor
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                                                                                          1965 02 03.BerlinPhilharmonie Halle..New Desor
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                                                                                          1965 02 11.Munich.Bal Paré..DEMS
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                                                                                          1965 02 13.London, EnglandRoyal Festival Hall.Additional documentation for the tour in Great Britain is likely to be found in the Smithsonian's Ellington collection, Series 2: Performances and Programs, 1933-1974, box 3, folder 13 Great Britain, 1965New Desor
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                                                                                          1965 02 16.London, England.BBC-TV rehearsal+ "Duke In Europe".New Desor
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                                                                                          1965 02 --.London, England."LatenhtLineUp" Telecast on 26mar65.New Desor
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                                                                                          1965 02 00.London, England."Hearmalking".New Desor
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                                                                                          1965 02 20.Bournemouth, EnglandWinter GardensConcert
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                                                                                          1965 02 27.Manchester, EnglandFree Trade H. 2 concerts.New Desor
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                                                                                          March 1965

                                                                                          1965 03 01.New York, N.Y.Fine Studios....
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                                                                                          1965 03 03.New York, N.Y.."Jazz at its Best" CBC Whiston Interview.New Desor
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                                                                                          Sunday
                                                                                          .New York, N.Y..
                                                                                          The Ed Sullivan Show
                                                                                          CBS network television variety show, 15-minute segment, with Ella Fitzgerald
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                                                                                          1965 03 10.Lebanon, Pa.Pushnik's Waterfall Room Theatre-Restaurant
                                                                                          1352 Cumberland St.
                                                                                          Night club date
                                                                                          Packed house, 600 patrons

                                                                                          Ellington is photographed with club managers Ed and Dick Pushnik by the local newspaper.
                                                                                          • Ad, Lebanon Daily News, Lebanon, Penn., 1965-03-08, p.17 and daily ads from early February to the date of the event.
                                                                                          • Photo with caption, Lebanon Daily News, 1965-03-11, p.43
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                                                                                          6 pm & 10 pm
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                                                                                          1965 03 18.Columbus, OhioNeil House Ballroom....
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                                                                                          1965 03 28.Lancaster, Penn.Fulton Opera House2 concerts, 5:30 p.m. and 8:30 p.m.
                                                                                          Tickets were $2.50 and $3.00. For the early show, 13 complementary tickets were given and 819 were sold, for total attendance of 832, grossing $2,414.50. The later show had 6 comps and 873 sold, total attendance 879, grossing $2,565.00The early show sold
                                                                                          • 2 box office statements, SI-NMAH Archives Center, DEC301, Series III, Box 133, Folder 3
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                                                                                          McMurray College
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                                                                                          1965 04 08Virgin Islands.Ellington and his orchestra spent the week in the Virgin Islands, the western part of the Leeward Islands. Their activities are not (yet) documented, other than two performances Stratemann places on the islands of St.Croix and St. Thomas (U.S. Virgin Islands). Stratemann does not date the St. Thomas performance and Vail does not mention it.
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                                                                                          The Smithsonian Institution Ellington collection, Series 2: Performances and Programs, 1933-1974, Box 15 (Sacred concerts), Folder 3 is labelled Calvary Presbyterian Church, San Francisco, California, April 4, 1965. The folder was examined by C. Windheuser, Smithsonian Reference Services volunteer, who reports it contains the program for a Schubert mass performed at this church with no apparent relation to Ellington.
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                                                                                          .St. Frederiksted, St. Croix, U.S. Virgin Islands.Evening concert and dance
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                                                                                          .Baltimore, Md.Auditorium
                                                                                          City College
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                                                                                          1965 05 00...While it isn't clear when these rehearsals would have taken place, or where, given the busy May itinerary, Stratemann has this information between his April and May entries:

                                                                                          'The next month, in between a series of one-nighters and a Chicago recording session, the Ellington band was in rehearsals for a three-week series of joint bookings with singer Tony Bennett that ran under the billing "Duke Presents Tony." Bennett would have the Ralph Sharon Trio and cornetist Bobby Hackett with him, and Sharon would conduct the Ellington band from the piano.'

                                                                                          Mike Connolly's column in the June 25 1965 edition of the Marietta Daily Journal (Mareitta, Ga.) reported Connolly sat beside Bennett on a flight from Tinsel Town (Hollywood) to Titan Town (New York?) in time to attend an 8 day "20th -Fox" film festival, and that Bennett had taken two days off from the Ellington tour for a screen test. This may have been between the Westfair and Shady Hollow runs but the timing needs further research.
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                                                                                          Sunday
                                                                                          .Gary, Ind.Roosevelt High School.Additional documentation is likely to be found in SI-NMAH DEC301, Series 2: Performances and Programs, 1933-1974, box 12, folder, folder 1 Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Gary, Indiana, May 2, 1965..
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                                                                                          .Gary, Ind.Sutherland Hotel.Additional documentation is likely to be found in SI-NMAH DEC301, Series 2: Performances and Programs, 1933-1974, box 12, folder 2 Fashion and Dance, Sutherland Room, Chicago, Illinois, May 9, 1965..
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                                                                                          .Detroit, Mich.University of DetroitSpring Carnival


                                                                                          Smithsonian Institution Ellington collection, Series 2: Performances and Programs, 1933-1974, Box 11, folder 44 is listed in the Finding Aid as University of Detroit, Detroit, Michigan, May 14, 1964. Smithsonian Reference Services volunteer C. Windheuser reviewed the folder and advises the label is actually dated May 14, 1965, and the folder contains a program for the University of Detroit's 1965 Spring Carnival show.
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                                                                                          Friday
                                                                                          .Milwaukee, Wisc.Devine's Million Dollar BallroomDance
                                                                                          Benefit performance, sponsored by Milwaukee Jr. Women's Colub

                                                                                          about 1,100 in the audience
                                                                                          Milwaukee Journal
                                                                                          • Ad, 1965-05-19, p16
                                                                                          • Story,1965-05-22, p.9
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                                                                                          Wednesday
                                                                                          .Lebanon, Penn.Pushnik's Waterfall Room Theatre-Restaurant
                                                                                          1352 Cumberland St.
                                                                                          One nighterAd, Lebanon Daily News, 1965-05-31 p.17 and daily throughout most of May..
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                                                                                          .Washington, D.C.Voice of America studiosDuke was interviewed by Willis Conover for the Voice of America "Jazz Hour" programme. In this interview, Willis Conover played parts of the November 7, 1940 recordings from Fargo, N.D., and invited Duke to comment on them. During the interview, Ellington told Conover that the title for Sepia Panorama was provided by Dinah Shore and

                                                                                          '...there were these waiters walking around with these flaming swords, serving meat. It was very picturesque and it inspired this title the title of, "Flaming Sword"'

                                                                                          Stratemann places the interview at the White House in error. Conover winds up the interview with

                                                                                          'Mr. Ellington at the piano and on microphone at the Voice of America studio. Thank you for the pleasure and honor.'

                                                                                          • Stratemann, p.506, no source cited
                                                                                          • Terence M. Ripmaster. Willis Conover, Broadcasting Jazz to the World, iUniverse,Inc. pp.152-154
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                                                                                          Friday
                                                                                          .Washington, D.C.White HouseQuestionable
                                                                                          Stratemann:

                                                                                          'Ellington appears to have attended a reception, at which he was interviewed for the Voice of America.'

                                                                                          The Voice of America interview was at the VOA studios (see above). Dr. Stratemann did not name a source for the White House reception and it may be that the event is the June 14 concert (see below).
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                                                                                          Saturday
                                                                                          .Allentown, Penn.Tent city
                                                                                          Saucon Valley campus
                                                                                          Lehigh University

                                                                                          '...More than 21,000 alumni and their families have been invited to the campus for this Centennial All-Class Reunion...An unusual feature of this reunion will be the construction of a large "tent city" on the new 500 acre athletic campus in . These tents will serve as sites for social events and class dinners, with a huge "big top" set up for entertainment and various programs.'

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                                                                                          Kimbal Towers
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                                                                                          1965 06 13Haddonfield, N.J.Junction 70 & 41Camden County Music Fair
                                                                                          The Billboard:

                                                                                          'Camden Music Fair, New Jersey, has Duke Ellington, Tony Bennett, Ralph Sharon Trio and Bobby Hackett for a week's run beginning June 7.'

                                                                                          .
                                                                                          • The Billboard 1965-06-12 p.42
                                                                                          • Stratemann, p.506
                                                                                          • Ad, The Evening Times, Trenton,N.J., 1965-05-17 p.13
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                                                                                          Monday
                                                                                          .Washington, D.C.White HouseFestival of The American Arts, staged by Lady Bird Johnson, the wife of the U.S. President.

                                                                                          Merriman Smith:

                                                                                          'The day began with John Hersey incanting in his soft cultivated voice the hell of Hiroshima and how wars have a way of getting out of hand. And it ended 13 hours later with Duke Ellington's big band barreling along beneath President Johnson's bedroom window.

                                                                                          Between Hersey and Ellington were hours of excerpts from the finest of current American art - literature, drams, films, ballet, symphone, painting, sculpture and photography.

                                                                                          ...The President, himself, also may have been a bit peeved because some of the invited guests turned the affair into a fulcrum for their opposition to his policies in Viet Nam and the Dominican Republic.

                                                                                          The President spoke briefly to the guests at the start of the evening portion of the program, pointing tout that nowhere in the wolrd did artists enjoy more freedom than in America...'


                                                                                          Ellington's concert was recorded:

                                                                                          Duke Ellington and His Orchestra
                                                                                          C.Williams, C. Anderson, H. Jones, R. Williams, Nance, Brown, Cooper, Connors, Hamilton, Procope, Hodges, Gonsalves, Carney, Ellington, Lamb, Woodyard

                                                                                          Titles recorded:
                                                                                          • Take The "A" Train (theme)
                                                                                          • Amad
                                                                                          • Agra
                                                                                          • Blue Bird Of Delhi
                                                                                          • Black, Brown and Beige
                                                                                            • Work song
                                                                                            • Come Sunday
                                                                                            • Light (Montage)
                                                                                          • Satin Doll
                                                                                          • Medley
                                                                                            • Solitude
                                                                                            • I Got It Bad and That Ain't Good
                                                                                            • Don't Get Around Much Anymore
                                                                                            • Mood Indigo
                                                                                            • I'm Beginning to See The Light
                                                                                            • Sophisticated Lady
                                                                                            • Caravan
                                                                                          • Stratemann, p.506 citing Down Beat 1965-07-01
                                                                                          • Merriman Smith, UPI wirestory, Tyrone Daily Herald, Tyrone, Penn., 1965-06-15 p.2
                                                                                          • Girvan:   Ellingtonia.com
                                                                                          • MacHare:   A Duke Ellington Panorama
                                                                                          • Timner
                                                                                          • Ole J. Nielsen, Jazz Records 1942-80, A discography: Vol. Six, Duke Ellington
                                                                                          • Additional documentation is likely to be found in SI-NMAH DEC301, Series 2: Performances and Programs, 1933-1974, box 12, folder 3 White House Festival of the Arts, Washington, D.C., June 14, 1965 (June 10-14, 1965)
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                                                                                          Tuesday
                                                                                          1965 06 20Westbury, Long Island, N.Y.Brush Hollow Rd.Westbury Music Fair
                                                                                          The April 18, 1965 Long Island Star-Journal, p.10, announced that the summer season would open with a six-night "concert stand" featuring Duke Ellington and Tony Bennett, but it appears Ellington and his orchestra would have had to miss the Saturday performances.

                                                                                          The June 1 and 8 Star-Journal ads gave the dates as June 15-20 but Ellington and his orchestra performed at the Pittsburgh Jazz Festival on June 19 into the wee hours of the morning of June 20, and Ellington also played a jazz workshop there the afternoon of June 20. Regardless, Stratemann puts our heroes back at the Westbury fair with Bennett the evening of June 20. Dance says the band was travelling by bus, but Ellington played a piano workshop in Pittsburgh Sunday afternoon. Perhaps he flew to Westbury to join the band. Further research is indicated.
                                                                                          Show times advertised were
                                                                                          • Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Sunday: 8:30 p.m.
                                                                                          • Friday 9:30 p.m.
                                                                                          • Saturday 5 and 9:30 p.m.
                                                                                          It isn't clear why the June 1 ad says there is "no mat. Thurs. June 17."
                                                                                          • Long Island Star-Journal:
                                                                                            • 1965-04-18 p.10
                                                                                            • 1965-06-01 p.6
                                                                                            • 1965-06-08 p.6
                                                                                            • 1965-06-11 p.6
                                                                                            • 1965-06-14 p.6
                                                                                            • 1965-06-15 p.6
                                                                                          • Stratemann p.506
                                                                                          • Additional documentation is likely to be found in SI-NMAH DEC301, Series 2: Performances and Programs, 1933-1974, box 12, folder 4 Westbury Music Festival, Westbury, Long Island, New York, June 15, 1965
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                                                                                          Saturday
                                                                                          8 p.m.
                                                                                          .Pittsburgh, Penn.Civic ArenaPittsburgh Jazz Festival
                                                                                          Concert, 8 p.m.
                                                                                          The program for Saturday

                                                                                          'Walt Harper Quintet
                                                                                          Duke Ellington and Orchestra
                                                                                          Earl (Fatha) Hines, piano
                                                                                          Intermission
                                                                                          Stan Getz Quintet
                                                                                          Miss Carmen McRae accompanied by Norman Simmons Trio
                                                                                          John Coltrane Quartet featuring Elvin Jones, drums; McCoy Tyner, piano; Jimmy Garrison, bass; John Coltrane, sax
                                                                                          Art Pallan, KDKA Radio, Master of Ceremonies'

                                                                                          Correspondent Bob Littlefair wrote

                                                                                          'On June 19th & 20th I attended the Pittsburgh Jazz Festival, which is referred to on the Where and When site. On the Saturday, in addition to the concert appearance by the Ellington Orchestra, there was also a dance in the evening which was particularly memorable because Stan Getz wandered in and joined the band for a couple of numbers. As evidence a copy of the program page is attached together with a couple of very poor photos which I took at the dance event. It was one of the two memorable occasions when I spoke to the great man, just to ask if I could take a picture. I got a very grumpy "yes - but keep the camera flash away from my eye!"

                                                                                          PS The program states that the dance was to be at the Civic Arena Studio but my recollection is that it was held at a very basic venue somewhere else - witness the upright piano!'

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                                                                                          Saturday
                                                                                          Midnight
                                                                                          .Pittsburgh, Penn.Civic Arena studioPittsburgh Jazz Festival
                                                                                          Dance, scheduled to end at 5 a.m., but actually ending around 3 a.m.
                                                                                          The programme for Saturday concluded

                                                                                          'Immediately following the Saturday evening concert, a dance will be held in the Civic Arena Studio. Duke Ellington's orchestra will provide the music. Admission is $5.00 per person. Refreshments will be available. Dancing till 5 a.m.'

                                                                                          Correspondent Bob Littlefair wrote

                                                                                          '...The program states that the dance was to be at the Civic Arena Studio but my recollection is that it was held at a very basic venue somewhere else - witness the upright piano!'

                                                                                          Stanley Dance:

                                                                                          '...It was 3.30 in the morning ... and the Ellington musicians had just finished playing a three-hour dance [after] a normal festival appearance. They had come from New York by bus, arriving shortly before the evening show which began at 8, and now they faced a return journey of 400-or-so miles to be ready for Sunday's concert with Tony Bennett...With Johnny Hodges and Paul Gonsalves, we had negotiated a bar-and-grill down the hill, and there, amid the crash of falling skittles, the owner had agreed to stay open until 5.
                                                                                            Mercer Ellington and Brother Hodges came out into the night, gallantly supporting an alcoholized member of the Ellington camp who had made the long trip for fun.
                                                                                            The dance had been fun, a five-dollar affair in a smaller hall back of the main auditorium after the festival performance ended. Duke had found a suitable partner to lead off the dancing while George Wein played piano. Stan Getz had circled the stand with an eye for appearances, and in due course been invited to sit in.
                                                                                           ...The dance was intended to raise more money for Pittsburgh's Catholic Youth Organization, which sponsored the whole festival. A lot of priests sat at tables, smoking pipes and digging the sournds. One of them was snapping his fingers and shouting, "Go, go!" Inadequate publicity resulted in a smaller crowd than had been anticipated, but the dance developed happily on the lines of a private party... '

                                                                                          Pieces played during the dance included I Got It Bad and That Ain't Good, The Twitch, Chelsea Bridge, Cottontail, and The Gal From Joe's.
                                                                                          • Stratemann p.506
                                                                                          • Email, Littlefair/Palmquist 2014-10-14
                                                                                          • Mr. Littlefair's photos
                                                                                          • Vail II, undated clipping: Stanley Dance, Pittsburgh Is A Whale?, Jazz Journal (1965)
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                                                                                          Sunday
                                                                                          2:30 p.m.
                                                                                          .Pittsburgh, Penn.Civic ArenaAs part of the Pittsburgh Jazz Festival, a piano workshop was presented, featuring Ellington, Fatha Hines, Mary Lou Williams, Billy Taylor, Charles Bell and Willie (The Lion) Smith, all accompanied by bassist Larry Gales and drummer Ben Riley.Stratemann p.506 citing Variety 1965-06-23 p.65New Desor
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                                                                                          Sunday
                                                                                          .Westbury, N.Y.Brush Hollow Rd.Unconfirmed
                                                                                          Westbury Music Fair - see 1965 06 15
                                                                                          Evening concert with Tony Bennett
                                                                                          Note the band and Duke would have had to travel almost 400 miles on Sunday to make this date. If the band left after the Pittsburgh dance, they could have travelled by road. Ellington would have had to fly if he was to make the gig. Further research is warranted.
                                                                                          Stratemann p.506, no source cited...
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                                                                                          Monday
                                                                                          ...activities not documented

                                                                                          (Vail II incorrectly shows this as the first day of the Shady Grove engagement.)
                                                                                          ...
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                                                                                          1965 06 22
                                                                                          Tuesday
                                                                                          1965 06 27Gaithersburg, Md.Shady Grove Music FairJoint concert, Duke Ellington and His Orchestra followed by Tony Bennett.
                                                                                          Vail II incorrectly shows this engagement began June 21, and only June 24 is shown in Stratemann and thus Götting
                                                                                          Evening Star review:

                                                                                          '...Bennett is backed up handsomely by the Ralph Sharon Trio, the cornet of Bobby Hackett and the Ellington band.
                                                                                            Ellington, his piano and his band occupy the first half of the program, opening blaringly with "Take the "A" Train" and closing softly with a loving piano solo of "Single Petal of a Rose," accompanied by just a hint of drums and bass.
                                                                                            In between come what Ellington calls "Six Days Do Not a Working Week Make," better known as "Never on Sunday," with a nice dialogue between clarinet and trombones; "Red Roses for a Blue Lady," with solos by Lawrence Brown on trombone and Johnnie [sic] Hodges on saxophone, and "Prowling Cat," blown hard by a trumpet player named Cat Anderson.
                                                                                            There's also a longish medley beginning and ending with Sophisticated Lady and including "I'm Beginning to See the Light" and a smooth trombone-saxophone-clarinet trio of "Mood Indigo."
                                                                                            It all sounds pretty fine. Some of the displays of virtuoso note-holding by horn soloists may have more to do with showmanship than with musicianship, but they're impressive nonetheless...'

                                                                                          < /TD>
                                                                                          The Evening Star and The Sunday Star, Wasington, D.C.:
                                                                                          • Ads
                                                                                            • 1965-06-07,p.B-10
                                                                                            • 1965-06-08
                                                                                            • 1965-06-09
                                                                                            • 1965-06-13, p.D-1
                                                                                            • 1965-06-18, p.C-9
                                                                                            • 1965-06-19 p.5
                                                                                            • 1965-06-20 p.D-2
                                                                                            • 1965-06-22-p.A-12
                                                                                            • 1965-06-24 p.C-18
                                                                                          • Review by Emerson Beauchamp, 1965-06-23 p.C-7
                                                                                          • Ad, Boston Herald 1965-05-23 s.6 p.3
                                                                                          • Additional documentation is likely to be found in SI-NMAH DEC301, Series 2: Performances and Programs, 1933-1974, box 12, folder 5 Camden County Music Fair, Haddonfield, New Jersey/Shady Grove Music Festival, Gaithersburg, Maryland, June, 1965
                                                                                          .
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                                                                                          Wednesday
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                                                                                          Sunday
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                                                                                          Monday
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                                                                                          Tuesday
                                                                                          .New York, N.Y.RCA Studios..93,4-6.
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                                                                                          Wednesday
                                                                                          .New York, N.Y.RCA Studios..New Desor
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                                                                                          1965 07 01
                                                                                          Thursday
                                                                                          .Wheeling, W.Va.Oglebay Park....
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                                                                                          Friday
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                                                                                          Saturday
                                                                                          .Newport, R.I..Newport Jazz Festival with Mahalia Jackson..DEMS
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                                                                                          Sunday
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                                                                                          1965 07 05
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                                                                                          1965 07 08
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                                                                                          1965 07 09
                                                                                          Friday
                                                                                          .New York, N.Y.."Today Show".New Desor
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                                                                                          Saturday
                                                                                          .Stamford, Ct.Ezio Pinza Outdoor TheatreThe Ellington orchestra appeared in the third annual Benny Goodman Rockport Presents - Rockrimmon Festival. When Goodman received an award and was leaving the stage, the Ellington orchestra played his theme, Let's Dance. Yielding to audience demand, Goodman borrowed Jimmy Hamilton's clarinet and played with the band in something he called The Nature Museum Blues.Stratemann, p.507, citing Westport Town Crier 1965-07-22. New Desor
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                                                                                          Sunday
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                                                                                          Monday
                                                                                          .KeeneHigh School....
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                                                                                          Tuesday
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                                                                                          1965 07 15
                                                                                          Thursday
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                                                                                          Friday
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                                                                                          Saturday
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                                                                                          Sunday
                                                                                          3 p.m.
                                                                                          .Cleveland, Ohio.Musicarnival
                                                                                          • Ad, The News Journal, Mansfield, Ohio, 1965-06-04 p.11
                                                                                          • Announcement, Sandusky Register, Sandusky, Ohio, 1965-06-05 p.4
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                                                                                          Monday
                                                                                          .Lambertville, N.J.St. John Terrell's Lambertville Music Circus....
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                                                                                          Tuesday
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                                                                                          Wednesday
                                                                                          .St Albans, Vt.(?)Casmo Beach....
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                                                                                          Thursday
                                                                                          .Ithaca, N.Y.Cornell University....
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                                                                                          Friday
                                                                                          .Ashtabula, OhioSwallows Restaurant....
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                                                                                          Saturday
                                                                                          .HersheyStarlight Ballroom....
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                                                                                          Sunday
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                                                                                          1965 07 26
                                                                                          Monday
                                                                                          .Latham, N.Y.Colonie Summer TheaterJohnny Hodges, Jr. played the drums during this performance.

                                                                                          Band members named in the announcements were Carney, Williams, Brown, Hamilton, Procope, Anderson, Gonsalves, Woodyard, Cooper, Conners, Herbie Jones, Lamb. Hodges Sr. is not mentioned, but the description of Carney's years in the band is actually that of Hodges.
                                                                                          • Stratemann p.507
                                                                                          • The Leader-Herald, Gloversville-Johnstown, N.Y. 1965-07-24, p.2
                                                                                          • Schenectady Gazette 1965-07-20
                                                                                          • Evening Recorder, Amsterdam N.Y. 1965-076-08 p.6
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                                                                                          Tuesday
                                                                                          .Lenox, Mass.TanglewoodSidemen's activities not documented

                                                                                          Letter, Boston Symphony Orchestra to Associated Booking Corp.:

                                                                                          'Dear Mr. Green:
                                                                                            It has now arranged that on Tuesday afternoon, July 27 at Tanglewood, Mr. Fiedler and Mr. Ellington can get together to have a private rehearsal, and that the rehearsal with Mr. Ellington and Mr. Fiedler and the Boston Pops Orchestra will be at 10:00 on Wednesday morning July 28, with the concert at 8:00 o'clock on that same evening. Mr. Ellington will then be free to go back to New York in time for his next bout with the New York Philharmonic.'

                                                                                          Letter, Thomas D. Perry, Jr., Manager, Boston Symphony Orchestra to Jack L. Green, Associated Booking Corp. dated 1965 06 17 , SI-NMAH Archives Center, DEC301, Series III, Subseries G, Box 115, Folder 8...
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                                                                                          Wednesday
                                                                                          .Lenox, Mass.TanglewoodRehearsal and ConcertAdditional documentation is likely to be found in SI-NMAH DEC301, Series 2: Performances and Programs, 1933-1974, box 12, folder 6 Tanglewood Festival, Lenox, Massachusetts, July 28, 1965 (July 18-28, 1965)New Desor
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                                                                                          Thursday
                                                                                          ...activities not documented
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                                                                                          1965 07 30
                                                                                          Friday
                                                                                          .New York, N.Y.Philharmonic Hall.
                                                                                          • NMAH (Smithsonian) DE CollectionBox 8, folder 4 New York Philharmonic French-American Festival [Program], July 14-31, 1965
                                                                                          • Additional documentation is likely to be found in SI-NMAH DEC301, Series 2: Performances and Programs, 1933-1974, box 12, folder 7 New York Philharmonic French-American Festival, New York City, July 30-31, 1965
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                                                                                          Saturday
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                                                                                          Sam Woodyard, drums, leaves the band in late July and Louie Bellson returns.
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                                                                                          1965 08 01
                                                                                          Sunday
                                                                                          ...activities not documented
                                                                                          ...
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                                                                                          1965 08 02
                                                                                          Monday
                                                                                          .New York, N.Y.City Hall ParkMid-day concert
                                                                                          Long Island Star-Journal:

                                                                                          'City Honors Duke Ellington
                                                                                            Duke Ellington, noted jazz composer, was presented with the city's medallion of honor for his contributions to music by acting mayor Paul R. Screvane in a ceremony at City Hall Plaza yesterday
                                                                                            A five-piece combo from the Sanitation Department Band entertained a crowd of 1,000 with an all-Ellington repertoire, including "Take the "A" Train." Six members of the Ellington Band later took over.'

                                                                                          Stratemann gives the crowd size as 1,500. The event was televised over WPIX.
                                                                                          • Stratemann p.507 citing
                                                                                            • Variety 1965-08-04 p.58
                                                                                            • Down Beat 1965-08-09
                                                                                          • Long Island Star-Journal 1965-08-03 p.14
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                                                                                          Monday
                                                                                          .New York, N.Y.NBC StudiosDuke appeared on "The Tonight Show" While the show was broadcast at 11:30 p.m. in each North American time zone, it was usually taped in New York at 6:30 p.m.
                                                                                          Ellington chatted with substitute host Joey Bishop for about six minutes and then played Single Petal of a Rose. Someone read out the text of the "Musician of the Year" Award which Duke received earlier that day from the mayor of New York.
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                                                                                          Tuesday
                                                                                          .Aspen, Col.Music Amphitheatre....
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                                                                                          Wednesday
                                                                                          ...activities not documented
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                                                                                          Thursday
                                                                                          ...activities not documented
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                                                                                          1965 08 06
                                                                                          Friday
                                                                                          1965 08 14Anaheim, Cal.20,000 Leagues bandstand
                                                                                          Disneyland
                                                                                          Eight night amusement park engagement
                                                                                          Friday and Saturday: 9 PM - 1 AM
                                                                                          Sunday and Tuesday to Thursday: 8 PM to midnight
                                                                                          Monday off
                                                                                          Disneyland marked its 10th anniversary by bringing big bands to play, beginning with Tommy Dorsey's orchestra with Sinatra, the Pied Pipers and Helen Forrest on Memorial Day. Other orchestras performing this summer, in order, were Si Zentner, Stan Kenton, Wayne King, Harry James, Ellington, Woody Herman, and Tex Beneke. Folk music was played Monday evenings when the bands had the night off.
                                                                                          As of the time of writing, there are several good photos of Ellington and his orchestra at the Daveland blog.
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                                                                                          Saturday
                                                                                          .Anaheim, Cal.20,000 Leagues bandstand
                                                                                          Disneyland
                                                                                          Disneyland - see 1965 08 06 - 9PM-1AM...
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                                                                                          Sunday
                                                                                          .Anaheim, Cal.20,000 Leagues bandstand
                                                                                          Disneyland
                                                                                          Disneyland - see 1965 08 06
                                                                                          8PM-midnight
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                                                                                          Monday
                                                                                          .Activities not documented - day off from Disneyland...
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                                                                                          Tuesday
                                                                                          .Anaheim, Cal.20,000 Leagues bandstand
                                                                                          Disneyland
                                                                                          Disneyland - see 1965 08 06
                                                                                          8PM-midnight
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                                                                                          Wednesday
                                                                                          .Anaheim, Cal.20,000 Leagues bandstand
                                                                                          Disneyland
                                                                                          Disneyland - see 1965 08 06
                                                                                          8PM-midnight
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                                                                                          Thursday
                                                                                          .Anaheim, Cal.20,000 Leagues bandstand
                                                                                          Disneyland
                                                                                          Disneyland - see 1965 08 06
                                                                                          8PM-midnight
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                                                                                          Friday
                                                                                          .Anaheim, Cal.20,000 Leagues bandstand
                                                                                          Disneyland
                                                                                          Disneyland - see 1965 08 06
                                                                                          8PM-midnight
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                                                                                          Saturday
                                                                                          .Anaheim, Cal.20,000 Leagues bandstand
                                                                                          Disneyland
                                                                                          Disneyland - see 1965 08 06
                                                                                          8PM-midnight
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                                                                                          Saturday
                                                                                          .New York, N.Y.. Peripheral event
                                                                                          Billy Strayhorn solo piano recording session
                                                                                          Timner V.DEMS
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                                                                                          Sunday
                                                                                          ...activities not documented
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                                                                                          Monday
                                                                                          .Los Angeles, Cal.Hollywood Palladium....
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                                                                                          Tuesday
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                                                                                          1965 08 18
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                                                                                          California.TV producer and San Francisco Chronicle jazz critic Ralph J. Gleason of station KQED conceived and produced two documentaries about Ellington in 1965, both of which aired on National Educational Television ("Duke Ellington: Love You Madly," and "Concert of Sacred Music") in mid-1967 and were nominated for Emmy awards. A KQED crew recorded about 24 hours of videotape for the project.
                                                                                          Stratemann:

                                                                                          'Duke Ellington: Love You Madly was one of the most talked-about television programs of its time...conceived by ...Gleason...
                                                                                            Ellington was to be shown in everyday situations typical of his itinerant life, responding to the many demands made upon him in his various roles...
                                                                                            ...Ellington and his entourage were followed by a camera unit of ...KQED constantly, for a full two months, as they rehearsed in a San Francisco studio, performed at Grace Cathedral ... and at the Monterey Jazz Festival. They also played ... Basin Street West...Ellington had also been persuaded that he should be filmed himself and interviewed privately and repeatedly for the project...'

                                                                                          Jet Magazine:

                                                                                          'Ellington Superb On NET's 'Love You Madly' Show
                                                                                          ... a rare and intimate glimpse of ... Ellington via a searching and sensitive presentation entitled Love You Madly, over the 120-station National Educational TV. ...KQED cameras trailed Ellington for a month in making the films...'

                                                                                          Known taping dates for the material used in the documentaries:
                                                                                          • 1965 08 25 Basin Street West
                                                                                          • 1965 08 26 Basin Street West
                                                                                          • 1965 09 16 Grace Cathedral
                                                                                          • 1965 09 18 Monterey Jazz Festival
                                                                                          • 1965 09 20 Coast Recorders and Ellington's Fairmont Hotel suite
                                                                                          Stratemann:

                                                                                          '...and several other dates throughout the period under reviw as well. Ellington was also interviewed in his dressing room at Basin Street West and backstage at Monterey.'

                                                                                          Webmaster's comment:
                                                                                          Ellington had previously appeared on Gleason's show, and projects like this don't just happen, so it is reasonable to assume arrangements began some time before August. Stratemann, writing some 20 years after the event, says the camera crew followed Duke for two solid months; Jet, less than a year after the event and just after LYM aired, reported one month. In any case, shooting would not have begun before Ellington arrived in San Francisco in mid-August and would have ended by the time the orchestra went north on September 21.
                                                                                          • Stratemann pp. 511-516
                                                                                          • Jet Magazine 1967-07-13 p.61
                                                                                          • Duke Ellington, MIMM, pp. 296-297
                                                                                          • Hasse, pp.358-360
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                                                                                          Wednesday
                                                                                          1965 08 28San Francisco, Cal.Basin Street West
                                                                                          North Beach
                                                                                          Night club residency
                                                                                          The entire Woody Herman orchestra was in the audience opening night. Judy Garland was also present and was invited to sing Mood Indigo with the Ellington orchestra at the end of the night.
                                                                                          Stratemann p.508.
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                                                                                          Thursday
                                                                                          .San Francisco, Cal.Basin Street West
                                                                                          North Beach
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                                                                                          .San Francisco, Cal.Basin Street West
                                                                                          North Beach
                                                                                          Night club residency - see 1965 08 18...
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                                                                                          Saturday
                                                                                          .San Francisco, Cal.Basin Street West
                                                                                          North Beach
                                                                                          Night club residency - see 1965 08 18...
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                                                                                          ...Death of Henry "Bass" Edwards
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                                                                                          Sunday
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                                                                                          North Beach
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                                                                                          Monday
                                                                                          .San Francisco, Cal.Basin Street West
                                                                                          North Beach
                                                                                          Night club residency - see 1965 08 18...
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                                                                                          Tuesday
                                                                                          .San Francisco, Cal.Basin Street West
                                                                                          North Beach
                                                                                          Night club residency - see 1965 08 18...
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                                                                                          1965 08 25
                                                                                          Wednesday
                                                                                          .San Francisco, Cal.Basin Street West
                                                                                          North Beach
                                                                                          Night club residency - see 1965 08 18
                                                                                          Remote broadcast - details not known - and KQED videotaping (see 1965 08 18). Recorded were:

                                                                                          Duke Ellington and His Orchestra
                                                                                          Williams, C.Anderson, Jones, M. Ellington, Brown, Cooper, Connors, Hamilton, Procope, Hodges, Gonsalves, Carney, Ellington, Lamb, Bellson
                                                                                          Titles recorded:
                                                                                          • Take The "A" Train
                                                                                          • Amad
                                                                                          • Agra
                                                                                          • Blue Bird Of Delhi
                                                                                          • The Opener
                                                                                          • Isfahan
                                                                                          • Things Ain't What They Used To Be
                                                                                          • Kinda Dukish / Rockin' In Rhythm
                                                                                          • Chelsea Bridge
                                                                                          • Skin Deep
                                                                                          • Jeep's Blues
                                                                                          • Cotton Tail
                                                                                          • Things Ain't What They Used To Be
                                                                                          Part of the recorded music was used in Ralph Gleason's KQED documentary "Duke Ellington: Love You Madly," telecast on National Educational Television in June 1967 and nominated for an Emmy award.
                                                                                          Ralph J. Gleason of television station KQED conceived and produced two documentaries about Ellington in 1965, sending a crew around with him for two months, producing some 20 hours of videotaped performances, interviews, etc. Both aired in June 1967 over NET, and both were nominated for Emmies.
                                                                                          • Stratemann pp. 511-516
                                                                                          • Girvan:   Ellingtonia.com
                                                                                          • Timner
                                                                                          • Ole J. Nielsen, Jazz Records 1942-80, A discography: Vol. Six, Duke Ellington
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                                                                                          1965 08 26
                                                                                          Thursday
                                                                                          .San Francisco, Cal.Basin Street West
                                                                                          North Beach
                                                                                          Night club residency - see 1965 08 18
                                                                                          Remote broadcast - details not known - and KQED videotaping (see 1965 08 25). Recorded were:

                                                                                          Duke Ellington and His Orchestra
                                                                                          Williams, C.Anderson, Jones, M. Ellington, Brown, Cooper, Connors, Hamilton, Procope, Hodges, Gonsalves, Carney, Ellington, Lamb, Bellson
                                                                                          Titles recorded:
                                                                                          • Ad Lib On Nippon
                                                                                            • Fugi
                                                                                            • Igoo
                                                                                            • Nagoya
                                                                                            • Tokyo
                                                                                          • Monologue
                                                                                          • Unidentified "L" / As Time Goes By
                                                                                          • Take The "A" Train
                                                                                          • Amad
                                                                                          • Agra
                                                                                          • Blue Bird Of Delhi
                                                                                          • The Prowling Cat
                                                                                          • Isfahan
                                                                                          • Medley
                                                                                            • Satin Doll
                                                                                            • Solitude
                                                                                            • Don't Get Around Much Anymore
                                                                                            • Mood Indigo
                                                                                            • I'm Beginning to See The Light
                                                                                            • Sophisticated Lady
                                                                                            • Caravan
                                                                                            • Do Nothin' Till You Hear From Me
                                                                                            • In A Sentimental Mood
                                                                                            • I Let A Song Go Out of My Heart & Don't Get Around Much Anymore
                                                                                          ibid. (see 1965 08 25)New Desor
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                                                                                          1965 08 27
                                                                                          Friday
                                                                                          .San Francisco, Cal.Basin Street West
                                                                                          North Beach
                                                                                          Night club residency - see 1965 08 18...
                                                                                          ..2011
                                                                                          1965 08 28
                                                                                          Saturday
                                                                                          .San Francisco, Cal.Basin Street West
                                                                                          North Beach
                                                                                          Night club residency - see 1965 08 18...
                                                                                          ..2011
                                                                                          1965 08 29
                                                                                          Sunday
                                                                                          ...activities not documented
                                                                                          ...
                                                                                          ...
                                                                                          1965 08 30
                                                                                          Monday
                                                                                          .San Francisco, Cal.Coast Recorders"Stockpile" recording session.New Desor
                                                                                          DE6550
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                                                                                          1965 08 31
                                                                                          Tuesday
                                                                                          ...activities not documented
                                                                                          ...
                                                                                          ...

                                                                                          September 1965

                                                                                          circa
                                                                                          1969 09 00
                                                                                          ... Peripheral event
                                                                                          The Oakland Tribune reported Billy Strayhorn was in serious condition in a New York hospital following surgery on his esphagus and stomach.
                                                                                          "Ellington Set for Eastbay,", Oakland Tribune, Oakland, Cal., 1965-09-05 p.7EN. .
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                                                                                          (autumn?)
                                                                                          .New York, N.Y..Open End Interviews
                                                                                          Interview For Tanglewood LP
                                                                                          .New Desor
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                                                                                          NDCS1017
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                                                                                          Wednesday
                                                                                          ...activities not documented
                                                                                          ...
                                                                                          ...
                                                                                          1965 09 02
                                                                                          Thursday
                                                                                          1965 09 15Tahoe City, Cal.Palace of the Stars
                                                                                          Harvey's Resort Hotel-Casino
                                                                                          Casino residency...
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                                                                                          1965 09 03
                                                                                          Friday
                                                                                          .Tahoe City, Cal.Palace of the Stars
                                                                                          Harvey's Resort Hotel-Casino
                                                                                          Casino residency - see 1965 09 02...
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                                                                                          1965 09 04
                                                                                          Saturday
                                                                                          .Tahoe City, Cal.Palace of the Stars
                                                                                          Harvey's Resort Hotel-Casino
                                                                                          Casino residency - see 1965 09 02...
                                                                                          ..Added
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                                                                                          1965 09 05
                                                                                          Sunday
                                                                                          .Tahoe City, Cal.Palace of the Stars
                                                                                          Harvey's Resort Hotel-Casino
                                                                                          Casino residency - see 1965 09 02...
                                                                                          ..Added
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                                                                                          1965 09 06
                                                                                          Monday
                                                                                          .Tahoe City, Cal.Palace of the Stars
                                                                                          Harvey's Resort Hotel-Casino
                                                                                          Casino residency - see 1965 09 02...
                                                                                          ..Added
                                                                                          2011
                                                                                          1965 09 07
                                                                                          Tuesday
                                                                                          .Tahoe City, Cal.Palace of the Stars
                                                                                          Harvey's Resort Hotel-Casino
                                                                                          Casino residency - see 1965 09 02...
                                                                                          ..Added
                                                                                          2011
                                                                                          1965 09 08
                                                                                          Wednesday
                                                                                          .Tahoe City, Cal.Palace of the Stars
                                                                                          Harvey's Resort Hotel-Casino
                                                                                          Casino residency - see 1965 09 02...
                                                                                          ..Added
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                                                                                          1965 09 09
                                                                                          Thursday
                                                                                          .Tahoe City, Cal.Palace of the Stars
                                                                                          Harvey's Resort Hotel-Casino
                                                                                          Casino residency - see 1965 09 02...
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                                                                                          1965 09 10
                                                                                          Friday
                                                                                          .Tahoe City, Cal.Palace of the Stars
                                                                                          Harvey's Resort Hotel-Casino
                                                                                          Casino residency - see 1965 09 02...
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                                                                                          1965 09 11
                                                                                          Saturday
                                                                                          .Tahoe City, Cal.Palace of the Stars
                                                                                          Harvey's Resort Hotel-Casino
                                                                                          Casino residency - see 1965 09 02...
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                                                                                          1965 09 12
                                                                                          Sunday
                                                                                          .Tahoe City, Cal.Palace of the Stars
                                                                                          Harvey's Resort Hotel-Casino
                                                                                          Casino residency - see 1965 09 02...
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                                                                                          1965 09 13
                                                                                          Monday
                                                                                          .Tahoe City, Cal.Palace of the Stars
                                                                                          Harvey's Resort Hotel-Casino
                                                                                          Casino residency - see 1965 09 02...
                                                                                          ..Added
                                                                                          2011
                                                                                          1965 09 14
                                                                                          Tuesday
                                                                                          .Tahoe City, Cal.Palace of the Stars
                                                                                          Harvey's Resort Hotel-Casino
                                                                                          Casino residency - see 1965 09 02...
                                                                                          ..Added
                                                                                          2011
                                                                                          1965 09 15
                                                                                          Wednesday
                                                                                          .Tahoe City, Cal.Palace of the Stars
                                                                                          Harvey's Resort Hotel-Casino
                                                                                          Casino residency - see 1965 09 02...
                                                                                          ..Added
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                                                                                          1965 09 16
                                                                                          Thursday
                                                                                          .San Francisco, Cal.Grace Cathedral
                                                                                          Nob Hill
                                                                                          Premiere of Ellington's first Concert of Sacred Music, two performances.
                                                                                          Much has been written about Duke Ellington's sacred concerts. I recommend chapter 13 of Harvey Cohen's Duke Ellington's America.
                                                                                          On this date, 155 minutes of religious music in two performances were filmed by CBS Television or National Educational Television for future telecast (see 1965 08 18)

                                                                                          Duke Ellington and His Orchestra
                                                                                          Williams, C. Anderson, Jones, M. Ellington, Brown, Cooper, Connors, Hamilton, Procope, Hodges, Gonsalves, Carney, Ellington, Lamb, Bellson, Watkins
                                                                                          Esther Marrow, Jimmy McPhail, Jon Hendricks, Herman McCoy Choir, Grace Cathedral Choir, Bunny Briggs (tap)
                                                                                          Printed programme:
                                                                                          • Overture to Black, Brown and Beige
                                                                                          • Come Sunday
                                                                                          • Group of traditional spirituals*
                                                                                          • Purvis a la Jazz Hot*
                                                                                          • In The Beginning God
                                                                                          • New World A-Comin'
                                                                                          • Will You Be There?
                                                                                          • Ninety-Nine Per Cent
                                                                                          • Ain't But The One
                                                                                          • Come Sunday
                                                                                          • David Danced Before the Lord With All His Might
                                                                                          • The Lord's Prayer
                                                                                          Additional titles listed in New Desor:
                                                                                          • Light (Montage)
                                                                                          • Tell Me It's The Truth
                                                                                          • We Shall Walk This Lonesome Valley
                                                                                          • Only Joyful
                                                                                          • My Mother, My Father And Love
                                                                                          • Do You Call That Religion?
                                                                                          • My Lord What A Morning
                                                                                          • Every Time I Feel The Spirit
                                                                                          • Swing Low, Sweet Chariot
                                                                                          Summary of DEMS information
                                                                                          • DEMS 83,1
                                                                                            There were two concerts, both recorded by RCA Victor and videotaped. The first one was broadcast on WRVR.
                                                                                          • DEMS 83,4
                                                                                            Patricia Willard told the May 1983 Duke Ellington Study Group conference that Duke once asked her how many translations she knew of the word "Freedom". She said, "Well, three or four." Duke said "That is not enough. I need every translation you can find."

                                                                                            She went to the library and found many translations, though most were much the same. In the end she came up with three rows of translations, each consisting translations that were very much alike. She gave the result to Duke, who still refused to say why he needed these, and she was surprised to find them all used in the Sacred Concert.
                                                                                          • DEMS 94,3
                                                                                            The concert was recorded for KQED-TV. Parts of the recording were used in Danish broadcasts DR-54 and DR-55. Parts were also used for the "Duke Ellington - Love You Madly." Tony Watkins is shown in the program as the singer of "The Lord's Prayer”, but the recording has gospel singer Esther Merrill. Two perfomances.
                                                                                          • DEMS 97,2 p.18
                                                                                            Copy of the printed programme (also reproduced in Stratemann, p.516)
                                                                                          • DEMS 97,3
                                                                                            There were two songs performed during this concert with the title The Lord's Prayer, one sung by Esther Marrow and one by Tony Watkins. Ms Marrow's version was an AABA 16 bar strucure, Mr. Watkins sang the same lyrics to an 8 measure, different theme. Ellington avoided confusion by naming the singers but not the songs. Initally discographers called the Watkins version Unnamed Title, but later Preacher's Song. Sjef Hoefsmit believed the proper title for both was simply The Lord's Prayer.
                                                                                          • DEMS 05,2 and 05,3
                                                                                            DVD release announced and described: National Educational Television Network telecast "Duke Ellington - Love You Madly", produced by Ralph Gleason, "plus the first Sacred Concert..."
                                                                                          • DEMS 06,1
                                                                                            Discussion of the DVD release, background to the taping of the concert, details of who participated.
                                                                                          Harvey Cohen, Duke Ellington's America, note 24 p.646:

                                                                                          'In the first performance ... two non-Ellington pieces were performed that were dropped from all subsequent performances of the program - a medley of older spiritual songs by the Herman McCoy choir and ... "Purvis a la Jazz Hot"...'

                                                                                          Daniel Cariaga:

                                                                                          '...blustery evening atop Nob Hill Thursday night, the wind sweeping in from the northwest...
                                                                                           ...a fervent, unabashed jazz concert
                                                                                            ...the unique quality of the presentation...
                                                                                           What we had been promised, via advance publicity, was a new sacred work of large proportion in Ellington's mature style. What we heard was a concert of religiously oriented miniatures, some of them impressive, even moving, but none of which gripped its listeners with real excitement....
                                                                                            ...Richard Purvis, host choir master from Grace Cathedral, co-conducted his own arrangement of "Jesus Walked This Lonesome Valley," retitled, modestly, "Purvis, a la Jazz Hot." He committed the unforgivable by stopping, not once, but twice, to correct Ellington's tempo. Ellington, with characteristic self-control, smiled, stopped conducting, and let the choirmaster finish alone.'

                                                                                          The Smithsonian Institution possesses William Russo's transcription and arrangement of the First Concert of Sacred Music.
                                                                                          • Stratemann pp. 511-516
                                                                                          • Daniel Cariaga, Duke Ellington Troupe's Concert at Cathedral in S.F. Disappointing, Press-Telegram, Long Beach, Cal, 1965-09-17, p.A-20
                                                                                          • Gleason 205
                                                                                          • NMAH (Smithsonian) DE Collection, see series 2c "Sacred Concerts"
                                                                                            • Program and Article, Concert of Sacred Music, September 16 - December, 1965
                                                                                            • Article: Bartlett, Olivia. "Duke Ellington at the Cathedral," Faith at Work 78:8 (Dec. 1965), 9-11
                                                                                          • The second National Educational Television show arising from Ralph Gleason's KQED project: Duke Ellington - A Concert Of Sacred Music (1965 premiere performance) (Youtube)
                                                                                          • Additional documentation may be found in the Smithsonian Institution's Ellington collection, Series 2: Performances and Programs, 1933-1974, box 15 (Sacred concerts)
                                                                                            • folder 1 Correspondence, January 1, 1963-December 22, 1966
                                                                                            • folder 4 San Francisco Chronicle, August 27, 1965
                                                                                            • folder 5 Grace Cathedral, San Francisco, California, September 16, 1965
                                                                                            • folder 6 Saturday Review, October 16, 1965
                                                                                            • folder 7 Grace Cathedral Church Memorabilia, 1965
                                                                                          • SI-NMAH Collection 406, William Russo Transcription and Arrangement of Duke Ellington's First Concert of Sacred Music
                                                                                          New Desor
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                                                                                          1965 09 17
                                                                                          Friday
                                                                                          ...activities not documented
                                                                                          ...
                                                                                          ...
                                                                                          1965 09 18
                                                                                          Saturday
                                                                                          .Monterey, Cal.Festival GroundsMonterey Jazz Festival
                                                                                          The Ellington orchestra's appearance was videotaped and Ellington was interviewed backstage for the KQED/NET documentary project - see 1965 08 18.

                                                                                          Duke Ellington and His Orchestra
                                                                                          C.Williams, Anderson, Herbie Jones, Mercer Ellington, Brown, Cooper, Connors, Hamilton, Procope, Hodges, Gonsalves, Carney, Ellington, Lamb, Bellson, Esther Marrow,Bunny Briggs

                                                                                          Titles recorded
                                                                                          • Take The "A" Train
                                                                                          • Ad Lib On Nippon: 1. Fugi; 2. Igoo; 3. Nagoya; 4. Tokyo
                                                                                          • Chelsea Bridge
                                                                                          • In The Beginning God (Olds)
                                                                                          • El Viti
                                                                                          • Trombone Buster (El Busto)
                                                                                          • Imagine My Frustration (When I'm Feelin' Kinda Blue)
                                                                                          • Things Ain't What They Used To Be
                                                                                          • Harmony In Harlem
                                                                                          • Skin Deep
                                                                                          • Tell Me It's The Truth
                                                                                          • Come Sunday
                                                                                          • The Lord's Prayer
                                                                                          • Tulip Or Turnip
                                                                                          • Come Sunday (David Danced Before the Lord)
                                                                                          • Honeysuckle Rose
                                                                                          • Satin Doll / Sophisticated Lady
                                                                                          • Tutti For Cootie
                                                                                          • Kinda Dukish / Rockin' In Rhythm

                                                                                          The festival was reviewed in the University of British Columbia student newspaper
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                                                                                          1965 09 19
                                                                                          Sunday
                                                                                          .Walnut Creek, Cal.Walnut Creek LibraryConcert sponsored by Civic Art Center.Stratemann p.508..
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                                                                                          1965 09 20
                                                                                          Monday
                                                                                          .San Francisco, Cal.Fairmont Hotel

                                                                                          Ralph Gleason interviewed Ellington at his hotel (see 1965 08 18), and Ellington played the following songs on electric piano:
                                                                                          • Piano Interlude
                                                                                          • Medley called Tune Poem, consisting of
                                                                                            • Blue Too
                                                                                            • Take It Slow
                                                                                            • Tune Up
                                                                                          • Sugar Hill Penthouse
                                                                                          • Unidentified "L"
                                                                                          Duke was also recorded talking over a playback of Strayhorn's August 14 solo recording of Love Came. This interview was videotaped as part of the Gleason television documentary project that resulted in the two telecasts in June 1967.
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                                                                                          1965 09 20
                                                                                          Monday
                                                                                          .San Francisco, Cal.Coast Recorders StudioTaped recording session to rehearse for the upcoming record album (Videotaped by KQED - see 1965 08 18)
                                                                                          Duke Ellington and His Orchestra
                                                                                          C.Williams, Anderson, Jones, M.Ellington, Brown, Cooper, Connors, Hamilton, Procope, Hodges, Gonsalves, Carney, Ellington, Lamb, Bellson, Hendricks
                                                                                          Titles recorded:
                                                                                          • In The Beginning God
                                                                                          • In The Beginning God (Olds)
                                                                                          • Girvan:   Ellingtonia.com
                                                                                          • Timner
                                                                                          • Ole J. Nielsen, Jazz Records 1942-80, A discography: Vol. Six, Duke Ellington
                                                                                          New Desor
                                                                                          DE6554
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                                                                                          1965 09 21
                                                                                          Tuesday
                                                                                          .Roseburg, Ore.Ballroom
                                                                                          Elks Lodge
                                                                                          749 S.E. Jackson, St.
                                                                                          Marcus Lindbloom:

                                                                                          '...Roseburg News-Review between ... August 30, 1965 and (I think) October 2. ... two Ellington-related items. One was an advertisement for a Duke Ellington performance on September 21 at the Elks Ballroom...The other item is a "Calendar of Events” for September 21 that mentions Ellington's performance...Evidently nothing ran in the paper about the concert after it was over.'

                                                                                          Email, Marcus Lindbloom, Adult Services Librarian, Douglas County Library - Palmquist 2015-04-14 with Roseburg News-Review clippings:
                                                                                          • Ad, 1965-09-08 p.10
                                                                                          • "Calendar of Events” for September 21, 1965-09-20 edition, p.13
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                                                                                          1965 09 22
                                                                                          Wednesday
                                                                                          ...activities not documented
                                                                                          ...
                                                                                          ...
                                                                                          1965 09 23
                                                                                          Thursday
                                                                                          .San Francisco, Cal.Coast RecordersStratemann shows a stockpile recording session early in the day, possibly taken from DEMS 90/3 p.3, which discusses Danish Radio stockpile broadcast 42:

                                                                                          'San Francisco, Coast Recorders ...On the Danish bc the date is given as 30Aug65. DEMS ledgers says date to be 23Sep65, and Mercer's just as September (Mercer has a false origin as Los Angeles). The date question must be further investigated.'

                                                                                          While Timner IV shows the Sept. 23 session, Timner V, New Desor and Nielsen have the same personnel recording the same takes in the same order on Aug. 30.

                                                                                          Webmaster's opinion:
                                                                                          There was no recording session on Sept. 23. Roseburg is situated on Interstate Highway 5, the quickest road route between San Francisco and Vancouver. I don't believe our heroes would have returned to San Francisco before driving to Vancouver. While it is possible they flew from San Francisco to Vancouver, they were beginning a tour through the Pacific Northwest and, with the amount of equipment needed, seem more likely to have travelled by road.
                                                                                          • Stratemann p.517
                                                                                          • Vail II
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                                                                                          1965 09 23
                                                                                          Thursday
                                                                                          1965 10 02Vancouver, B.C.Isy's Supper Club
                                                                                          1136 West Georgia St.
                                                                                          Club date with singer Esther Marrow
                                                                                          Two ninety-minute shows nightly at 9:30 pm and midnight, with an extra set Friday and Saturday

                                                                                          (The Bobby Hales quintet was the house band)

                                                                                          On the Friday, Sun columnist Jack Wasserman wrote "The band seemed incapable opening night of playing a bad or unpleasant sound opening night."
                                                                                          • Stratemann p.591 citing Variety 1965-10-13, p.72
                                                                                          • Page 2A, "What's About Town for You to See," Leisure supplement,Vancouver Sun 1965-09-17
                                                                                          • Bob Smith: Hail Duke - Genius of Jazz - Ellington Appearance High Spot of Year", Page A5, Leisure (ibid.)
                                                                                          • Ad, Vancouver Sun p.28, 1965-09-18
                                                                                          • Jack Wasserman, Vancouver Sun 1965-09-24, p.25
                                                                                          • Additional documentation is likely to be found in SI-NMAH Archives Center, DEC301, Series 2: Performances and Programs, 1933-1974, box 3, folder 12 USA and Canada, September 23-October 21, 1965
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                                                                                          Friday
                                                                                          .Vancouver, B.C.Isy's Supper ClubNightclub date - see 1965 09 23 - three performances...
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                                                                                          1965 09 25
                                                                                          Saturday
                                                                                          .Vancouver, B.C.Isy's Supper ClubNightclub date - see 1965 09 23 - three performances...
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                                                                                          1965 09 26
                                                                                          Sunday
                                                                                          .Vancouver, B.C.--Day off...
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                                                                                          1965 09 27
                                                                                          Monday
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                                                                                          1965 09 28
                                                                                          Tuesday
                                                                                          .Vancouver, B.C.Isy's Supper ClubNightclub date - see 1965 09 23...
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                                                                                          1965 09 29
                                                                                          Wednesday
                                                                                          .Vancouver, B.C.Isy's Supper ClubNightclub date - see 1965 09 23...
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                                                                                          Thursday
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                                                                                          circa 1965 09 23
                                                                                          Thursday
                                                                                          circa 1965 09 30
                                                                                          Thursday
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                                                                                          October 1965

                                                                                          1965 10 01
                                                                                          Friday
                                                                                          .Vancouver, B.C.Isy's Supper ClubNightclub date - see 1965 09 23 - three performances...
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                                                                                          Saturday
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                                                                                          1965 10 03
                                                                                          Sunday
                                                                                          .Tacoma, Wash.NCO Club
                                                                                          McCord Air Force Base
                                                                                          Likely a dance...
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                                                                                          1965 10 04
                                                                                          Monday
                                                                                          .Longview, Wash.Student Center
                                                                                          Lower Columbia College
                                                                                          2 hour concert...
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                                                                                          1965 10 05
                                                                                          Tuesday
                                                                                          7 pm
                                                                                          .Bremerton, Wash.Coontz Auditorium
                                                                                          Olympia College
                                                                                          Concert...
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                                                                                          1965 10 06
                                                                                          Wednesday
                                                                                          .Walla Walla, Wash.Wa Hi High SchoolConcert sponsored by the Junior Club

                                                                                          The Auxiliary of the Washington Childrens' Home Society provided tickets for a group of boys from the Blue Mountain Boys Ranch.
                                                                                          • Stratemann p. 517
                                                                                          • Walla Walla Union-Bulletin, 1965-09-24, p.6
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                                                                                          1965 10 1-?.Los Angeles, Cal.Beverly Rodeo Hotelno performance...
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                                                                                          1965 10 181965 10 20Los Angeles, Cal.United Recorders
                                                                                          6050 Sunset Blvd.
                                                                                          Hollywood
                                                                                          Verve recording session
                                                                                          AF of M contract:
                                                                                          • No session time shown
                                                                                          • Mercer Records, Inc. shown as employer
                                                                                          • Contract signed by Mercer Ellington
                                                                                          • Duke Ellington shown as leader - Lasker says his signature on the contract appears forged
                                                                                          • Contract not filed with union until June 1966
                                                                                          • Email Lasker-Palmquist 2014-10-14/li>
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                                                                                          6050 Sunset Blvd.
                                                                                          Hollywood
                                                                                          Verve recording session - see 1965 10 18.New Desor
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                                                                                          Hollywood
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                                                                                          1965 10 25
                                                                                          Monday
                                                                                          .West Covino, Cal.Carousel Theatre
                                                                                          3213 East Garvey Ave.
                                                                                          Concert with Ella Fitzgerald

                                                                                          Ticket prices were $2.50 (grey), $3.50 (green), $4.50 (rose) and $5.50 (salmon), including tax. 2,809 tickets were sold, and 199 passes given, for total attendance of 3,008. Gross receipts were $12,387.50

                                                                                          Mercer signed a receipt for $1,500 cash which also said a cheque for $1,500 was to be mailed to Associated Booking Co.
                                                                                          • Box office report and receipt, SI-NMAH Archives Center, DEC301, Series III, Subseries [illegible] Box 133, Folder 3
                                                                                          • Stratemann p.517 citing Variety 1965-11-10 p.61
                                                                                          • Vail II
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                                                                                          1965 10 27.Petaluma, Cal.Purple Grackle.
                                                                                        • Datebook Section, San Francisco Examiner, San Francisco, Cal. p.19
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                                                                                          1965 10 30.San Francisco, Cal.Basin Street WestUnconfirmed
                                                                                          Rehearsal for upcoming Stanford University concert, with invited students from its concert planning committee.
                                                                                          Rick Bale, "When Stanford Got Its Groove..
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                                                                                          1965 10 31
                                                                                          Halloween
                                                                                          .Palo Alto,
                                                                                          Stanford, Cal.
                                                                                          Frost Memorial Amphitheatre,
                                                                                          Stanford University
                                                                                          While some sources place the venue in Palo Alto, a campus map shows it is on the main campus. Palo Alto is adjacent to Stanford.
                                                                                          Recorded 2 p.m. outdoor concert with Ella Fitzgerald
                                                                                          This was the second major concert in the university's Jazz Year series.
                                                                                          Ellington & Lamb on stageElla and Duke fronting the band
                                                                                          (Photos from Stanford's webpages).

                                                                                          Duke Ellington and His Orchestra
                                                                                          C. Anderson, H.Jones, M.Ellington, Brown, Cooper, Connors, Hamilton, Procope, Hodges, Gonsalves, Carney, Ellington, Lamb, Bellson
                                                                                          Recorded titles:
                                                                                          • Take The "A" Train (theme)
                                                                                          • Ad Lib on Nippon
                                                                                              (Fugi, Igoo, Nagoya, Tokyo)
                                                                                        • Chelsea Bridge
                                                                                        • Wailing Interval
                                                                                        • El Viti
                                                                                        • The Opener
                                                                                        • Passion Flower
                                                                                        • Things Ain't What They Used To Be
                                                                                        • Medley
                                                                                          • Satin Doll
                                                                                          • Solitude
                                                                                          • In A Sentimental Mood
                                                                                          • Don't Get Around Much Anymore
                                                                                          • Mood Indigo
                                                                                          • I'm Beginning to See The Light
                                                                                          • Sophisticated Lady
                                                                                          • Caravan
                                                                                          • Do Nothin' Till You Hear From Me
                                                                                          • I Let A Song & Don't Get Around Much Anymore
                                                                                          • Skin Deep is missing in New Desor, Timner, and at the time of writing, Girvan
                                                                                          • New Desor, Timner, Nielsen, and at the time of writing, Girvando not mention any Ella recordings from her set nor the set she and Ellington performed together, and they omit the titles mentioned in the reviews by critics Wilson and Elwood. Stratemann says a 60-minute tape of the concert was circulating among collectors; it seems likely the discographers only listed the 60 minutes of music on their copies of the tape, and that their tapes were not identical.
                                                                                          • Stratemann and Vail II identify this as a joint concert.
                                                                                          • E-mail, Klaus Götting 2019:
                                                                                            'I think we can add to Ella's part with her trio (I just listened to):
                                                                                            • That Old Black Magic 2'56"
                                                                                            • Time After Time 2'30" and
                                                                                            • I Can't Get Started 0'30"
                                                                                              Also more photos exist with Duke and Ella visibly performing together - not only bowing between sets.
                                                                                              At least part of Duke's and Ella's performances being recorded, we can imagine that a tape of the Ellington/Fitzgerald set also survives ... somewhere.'
                                                                                          • Stratemann says Variety reported 7,800 in attendance and that it erroneously said part of the album Ella at Duke's Place was recorded live at this concert.


                                                                                          Concert reports differ:
                                                                                          • Rick Bale in 2015:
                                                                                            • The audience numbered about 6,700
                                                                                            • Each band played a set, and then they came together for a third set.
                                                                                          • Russ Wilson in Oakland Tribune:
                                                                                            • Overflow crowd numbered 11,000
                                                                                            • Cootie Williams absent
                                                                                            • Soloists/sidemen mentioned: Hamilton, Lamb, Ellington, Gonsalves, Hodges, Cat Anderson, Bellson, Carney, Brown
                                                                                            • Ellington opened with Ad Lib on Nippon
                                                                                            • Fitzgerald's set opened at 3:50 after a 25-minute intermission, indicating Ellington performed for up to an hour and a half (if DEO started on time).
                                                                                            • The closing Ellington/Fitzgerald set included
                                                                                              • What Am I Here For?
                                                                                              • Driftin', Dreamin'
                                                                                              • No Invitation
                                                                                              • Cotton Tail
                                                                                            • Philip Elwood in San Francisco Examiner:
                                                                                              • Audience numbered 9,000
                                                                                              • Concert lasted 3 hours
                                                                                              • Ellington opened with Take the A Train
                                                                                              • Hodges played Passion Flower; Bellson played Skin Deep.
                                                                                              • Ella sang Cottontail, Do Nothin' Till You Hear From Me, Mood Indigo, A Train, Sweet Georgia Brown, and Lover Man. It isn't clear from this review if she sang the Ellington titles in her own set or in the final, combined, set of the day.
                                                                                          • San Mateo Times
                                                                                            and Daily News Leader,
                                                                                            San Mateo, Cal. 1965-10-22 p.25
                                                                                          • Datebook Section,
                                                                                            San Francisco Examiner,
                                                                                            San Francisco, Cal. 1965-10-24 p.19
                                                                                          • Santa Cruz Sentinel,
                                                                                            Santa Cruz, Cal., 1965-10-25 p.14
                                                                                          • The Times,
                                                                                            San Mateo, Cal. 1965-10-25 p.9
                                                                                          • The Fresno Bee,
                                                                                            Fresno, Cal., 1965-10-26 p.6C
                                                                                          • Oakland Tribune,
                                                                                            Oakland, Cal.
                                                                                            • 1965-10-31 p.9-EN
                                                                                            • 1965-11-02 p.10
                                                                                          • Stratemann p.517
                                                                                            citing Variety 1965-11-10 p.61
                                                                                          • Billboard, 1966-07-09 p.25
                                                                                          • Vail II
                                                                                          • Girvan:
                                                                                              Ellingtonia.com
                                                                                          • Timner
                                                                                          • Ole J. Nielsen,
                                                                                            Jazz Records 1942-80, A discography: Vol. Six, Duke Ellington,
                                                                                            p.326
                                                                                          • Rick Bale,
                                                                                            "When Stanford Got Its Groove
                                                                                          • Photo, Gleason p.216
                                                                                          • E-mail, Götting-Palmquist 2019-02-16
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                                                                                          1965 10 31
                                                                                          Halloween
                                                                                          .Palo Alto, Cal.Cabana HotelAfter the concert, Ellington and Fitzgerald chatted for an hour outside their trailers at the Amphitheatre before Ella and her group went to the airport. Ellington's orchestra went to their hotel for the night and were joined for supper by members of the university's Jazz Year staff.Rick Bale, "When Stanford Got Its Groove...djpNew
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                                                                                          November 1965

                                                                                          1965 11 01
                                                                                          Monday
                                                                                          .San Diego, Cal.Community Concourse Theatre.Stratemann, p.517..
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                                                                                          Tuesday
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                                                                                          1965 11 00.Flagstaff, Ariz.Arizona State College(Unconfirmed)

                                                                                          "during those first two weeks of November..."
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                                                                                          "during those first two weeks of November..."
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                                                                                          Wednesday
                                                                                          .Odessa, TexasStardust Club(Unconfirmed)
                                                                                          (Timing is unlikely if Nov 4 is good)
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                                                                                          Thursday
                                                                                          .St. Helens, Ore.Columbia College(Unconfirmed)
                                                                                          (Timing is unlikely if Nov 3 is good)
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                                                                                          Friday
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                                                                                          Sunday
                                                                                          ...activities not documented...
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                                                                                          Monday
                                                                                          .Lawton, Okla.Theater No. 4,
                                                                                          Fort Sill
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                                                                                          Friday
                                                                                          1965 12 04
                                                                                          Saturday
                                                                                          New York, N.Y.Basin Street EastClub date, double bill with singer Mel Tormé

                                                                                          There was a question about who would receive top billing on the marquee. Ellington's name was on top one night, Tormé's the next night, then Ellington on the top left and Tormé on the top right, etc.

                                                                                          Stratemann says "singer Joan Rivers" was on the bill, but the notice in the New York Times confirms it was the comedienne.

                                                                                          Ellington had outside engagements during this residency, including a trip to Texas with John Lamb and Louie Bellson. While he was away, Mercer led the band, Jimmy Jones subbed on piano, Gus Johnson subbed on drums and Ray Nance sat in on trumpet.
                                                                                          • Cabaret Tonight, New York Times 1965-11-12, p.59
                                                                                          • Stratemann p.525 citing Variety 1965-11-17 p.55
                                                                                          • Baltimore Afro-American 1965-11-20 p.11
                                                                                          • It Happened Last Night by Earl Wilson, Newsday 1965-11-18, p.7C

                                                                                          The Milwaukee Journal, Sat. Nov. 6 1965, Green Sheet section, page 1 carried a column by Ralph J. Gleason saying "The Ellington band will play at Milwaukee's Scene next Friday and Saturday" but it seems clear that the band opened at Basin Street East instead.
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                                                                                          Sunday
                                                                                          .New York, N.Y.Rainbow Room
                                                                                          Rockefeller Plaza
                                                                                          Urban League Guild Special Salute
                                                                                          Ellington was honoured by the event attended by roughly 2,000 celebrities. He and a small group from his band played a few numbers. Others who performed:
                                                                                          • Lena Horne accompanied by Billy Strayhorn
                                                                                          • Bunny Briggs
                                                                                          • Bea Benjamin with Dollar Brand
                                                                                          • Cab Calloway accompanied by the Ellington band
                                                                                          • Dick Vance's group, including Taft Jordan. played dance music.
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                                                                                          .New York, N.Y.Madison Square GardenUSO Benefit; Ellington "came over from Basin Street." Stratemann says he likely did a solo.Stratemann, p.525 citing DESB..
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                                                                                          Tuesday
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                                                                                          1965 11 21.Philadelphia,Penn.Academy of MusicConcert with Eella Fitzgerald and the Jimmy Jones Trio.Stratemann, p.525 citing Variety 1965-11-17 p.50 and DESB..
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                                                                                          1965 11 22.Chicago, Ill.Orchestra HallStratemann:

                                                                                          'This engagement, while announced in a DESB clippings, remains unconfirmed, it's nature unknown.'

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                                                                                          Monday
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                                                                                          December 1965

                                                                                          1965 12 01.Dallas, Tex.Memorial Auditorium .Additional documentation is likely to be found in SI-NMAH DEC301, Series 2: Performances and Programs, 1933-1974, box 12, folder 8 Dallas Symphony, Dallas, Texas, December 1, 1965..
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                                                                                          1965 12 05.New York, N.Y.."Bell Telephone Hour".New Desor
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                                                                                          1965 12 12.New York, N.Y.Philharmonic Hall.Additional documentation is likely to be found in SI-NMAH DEC301, Series 2: Performances and Programs, 1933-1974, box 12, folder 9 Philharmonic Hall, Lincoln Center, New York, New York, December 12, 1965..
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                                                                                          1965 12 16
                                                                                          Thursday
                                                                                          .New York, N.Y..The Associated Press archive of news footage shows Ellington and several other celebrities attending a party held by Ebony Magazine. People seen in the clip include Ed Sullivan, Sammy Davis Jr., Lena Horne, Duke, Mohammed Ali (who then was still Cassius Clay), Roy Campanella and Jackie Robinson. The details show it was filmed either 12/15/65, 12/16/65 or 16/12/65. It seems more likely to be 1965 12 16. I wrote to Ebony 2015-09-13 to ask the date and locaton.
                                                                                          APArchive.com story no. c0000175..
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                                                                                          1965 12 20
                                                                                          .Los Angeles, Cal.Paramount Studios"Assault On A Queen"..
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                                                                                          1965 12 00.New York, N.Y..Pre-recording for the CBS television special "The Strollin' Twenties," aired 1966 02 21

                                                                                          Details are not yet documented; it seems likely there would have been some rehearsals, possible a pre-recording of music, and possibly a separate video-taping session.

                                                                                          Singer Harry Belafonte conceived of the idea of show about 1920s Harlem, and recruited the "name" talent, including Sidney Poitier, Sammy Davis Jr. Diahann Carroll, Nipsey Russell, Joe Williams, Gloria Lynne and George Kirby. Langston Hughes worked on the script with Belafonte for about six months. Life Magazine's article includes several photos of Ellington. New Desor reports the Ellington band
                                                                                          Stratemann 519
                                                                                          Strat518photos
                                                                                          Life Magazine 1966-02-04 pp.70-78
                                                                                          New Desor
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                                                                                          1965 12 26.New York, N.Y.Fifth Avenue Presbyterian ChurchConcert of sacred music
                                                                                          • NMAH (Smithsonian) DE CollectionBox 8, folder 6 Concert of Sacred Music, Presented by The Protestant Council of the City of New York and the Fifth Avenue Presbyterian Church [Program], December 26, 1965
                                                                                          • Announcement, Baltimore Afro-American, 1965-11-20 p.11
                                                                                          • UPI wirestory, Record-Eagle, Traverse City, Mich., p.23
                                                                                          New Desor
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                                                                                          • Stratemann p.524 photo
                                                                                          • TSE photo
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                                                                                          • John Edward Hasse: Beyond Category, The Life and Genius of Duke Ellington p.359 photo
                                                                                          • Photo, Derek Jewell, A Portrait Of Duke Ellington, Norton, 1977
                                                                                          • Morton photo
                                                                                          • Additional documentation is likely to be found in SI-NMAH DEC301, Series 2: Performances and Programs, 1933-1974, box 15 (Sacred concerts):
                                                                                            • folder 8 Fifth Avenue Presbyterian Church, New York, New York, December 26, 1965 (December 5, 1965-January 7, 1966)
                                                                                            • folder 9, Fifth Avenue Presbyterian Church, New York, New York, December 19, 1965
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                                                                                          1965 12 28
                                                                                          Tuesday
                                                                                          .Rutland, Vt.Rutland High School Gym"Embassy Ball" with Mercer leading the band. Duke had flown to California and his return was delayed due to illness.Stratemann p.526..
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                                                                                          1965 12 31
                                                                                          Friday
                                                                                          10 pm to 2 am
                                                                                          .Worcester, Mass.Memorial Auditorium"Dollars for Scholars" benefit for Assumption Prep School.

                                                                                          Drummer Louie Bellson was absent, his sub is unidentified.

                                                                                          The band was picked up from 11:05 ot 11:30 on NBC's All Star Parade of Bands on the nationwide New Years Eve broadcast originating on radio station WTAG
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                                                                                          January 1966

                                                                                          1966 01 00
                                                                                          .U.S.A..Ellington interviewed, probably sometime in January, by an unknown male, for the February 27 ABC telecast "American Music - From Fold to Jazz and Pop".New Desor
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                                                                                          Sunday
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                                                                                          Monday
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                                                                                          Tuesday
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                                                                                          1966 01 05
                                                                                          Wednesday
                                                                                          .New York, N.Y.RCA StudiosEllington's activities are not documented.


                                                                                          Peripheral event
                                                                                          Nance, Hodges, Gonsalves, Carney and Bell participated in a Mercer Ellington recording session . Outside musicians also participated, but Timner does not show ME as part of the group that made these recordings.
                                                                                          Timner V, p.572.DEMS
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                                                                                          Thursday
                                                                                          ...activities not documented...
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                                                                                          Friday
                                                                                          .Midwood, N.Y.Midwood High SchoolDuke absent, Mercer conducted, Dollar Brand on pianoStratemann, p.526..
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                                                                                          .Baltimore, Md.Tail Of The Fox supper clubDuke absent, Mercer conducted, Dollar Brand on pianoStratemann p.526..
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                                                                                          .Boston, Mass.War Memorial AuditoriumDuke was absent, so the band was led by Mercer Ellington during this, the closing night of the two day Boston Globe Jazz Festival. Others appearing this night were Joe Williams (backed by the Ellington orchestra), the Benny Goodman Quintet, the Herbie Mann Octet. Father Norman J. O'Connor was the master of ceremonies. Stratemann p. 526, citing Variety 1966-01-19 and The Billboard 1966-01-29 p.12...
                                                                                          • NMAH (Smithsonian) DE CollectionBox 8, folder 7 Program. Boston Globe Jazz Festival, January 14-15, 1966
                                                                                          • Additional documentation is likely to be found in SI-NMAH DEC301, Series 2: Performances and Programs, 1933-1974, box 12, folder, folder 10 Boston Globe Jazz Festival, War Memorial Auditorium, Boston, Massachusetts, January 15, 1966
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                                                                                          Los Angeles, Cal.Paramount Studios Scoring StagePrerecording for the Paramount film "Assault On A Queen"
                                                                                          09:00-15:00.
                                                                                          • Stratemann pp.527-532 at p.526
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                                                                                          14:35 to 17:30
                                                                                          The regular members of Ellington's band, Louie Bellson and harpist Catherine Gotthoffer worked until 18:15
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                                                                                          .New York, N.Y..Rehearsal with Ella Fitzgerald for upcoming European tour

                                                                                          The Carolina Times carried a photo of Duke with Maria Cole at the rehearsal as well. She was Nat King Cole's widow and had previously sung in Duke's band as Marie Ellington.
                                                                                          • The Carolina Times, Durham, N.C., 1966-02-05 p.4A
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                                                                                          .New York, N.Y..Immediately after the Ed Sullivan Show broadcast, Ellington and his orchestra left for Europe for a five week tour arranged by Norman Granz.
                                                                                          • Stratemann p.533
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                                                                                          Louie Bellson leaves the band, although he will record with it 6 times in 1968 & 1973. According to Stratemann, p.526, Bellson missed the Dec. 31, 1965 benefit because he was on two months leave to work with his wife, Pearl Bailey. He did not return to the band after the leave.

                                                                                          Skeets Marsh was hired to replace Bellson during the European tour, but Ellington decided to replace him, calling on Elvin Jones to join him for the January 28 Frankfurt concert.

                                                                                          Ellington then changed his mind, and Jones returned to the US after playing 4 concerts in the Ellington tour.

                                                                                          Sam Woodyard was brought to Europe for the February 2 Zurich concert, and the rest of the tour. Marsh left the band when it returned to the US, and Woodyard, who was supposed to only be subbing for Bellson, stayed on.
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                                                                                          .Lisbon, Portugal.First concert of the tour.Additional documentation is likely to be found in SI-NMAH Archives Center, DEC301, Series 2: Performances and Programs, 1933-1974, box 3,
                                                                                          • folder 14 European Tour, January 24-February 11, 1966
                                                                                          • folder 15 European Tour, January 24-February 25, 1966
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                                                                                          .Barcelona, SpainPalacio de la MúsicaTwo concerts, 7 and 11 p.m., Ella Fitzgerald with the Jimmy Jones Trio and Duke Ellington and his Orchestra
                                                                                          juan roselló
                                                                                          presenta
                                                                                          una producción

                                                                                          norman granz

                                                                                          elladuke
                                                                                          fitzgeraldellington
                                                                                          jimmy jones (trio)y su gran orquesta


                                                                                          con la colaboración de jamboree
                                                                                          jazz cava en su VI aniversario
                                                                                          Palacio de la Música, 25 de
                                                                                          enero 1966, 7 tarde y 11 noche
                                                                                          Se pone en conocimiento del público
                                                                                          que Duke Ellington y Ella Fitzgerald no
                                                                                          llevan un programa estudiado. Su ac-
                                                                                          tuación se acopia al ambiente y a las
                                                                                          peticiones del púublico, por lo que re-
                                                                                          sulta del todo imposible – y es su
                                                                                          norma –, establecer un orden para los
                                                                                          números a interpretar.
                                                                                          .


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                                                                                          • Concert programme, Archives Center SI-NMAH DEC301 Series 2: Performances and Programs, 1933-1974, Box 3, Folder 14
                                                                                          • Additional information might be found in Series 2, Box 3, Folder 16 Spain, January 25, 1966
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                                                                                          .Frankfurt, Germany."Weekend World"

                                                                                          Frank R.Chesley interviewed Ellington for 10 to 15 minutes between shows on behalf of The Stars and Stripes
                                                                                          • SI-NMAH Archives Center, DEC301, Series 2 Box 3, Folder 19: Letter 1962-02-10, Chesley-Ellington
                                                                                          • Stratemann p.*
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                                                                                          EnglandOverviewThe magazine London Life published this itinerary for the English leg of this tour:
                                                                                          • Sat. 12 Feb: LONDON Royal Festival Hall 6.15 and 9.0 pm (Duke & Ella)
                                                                                          • Sun 13 Feb: HAMMERSMITH, Odeon 6.0 and 8.30 pm (Duke & Ella)
                                                                                          • Mon 14 Feb: SOUTHEND, Cliffs Pavilion 7.30 and 10.0 p.m. (Duke only)
                                                                                          • Tues 15 Feb: BRISTOL, Colston Hall 7.30 p.m. (Duke only)
                                                                                          • Wed. 16 Feb: BIRMINGHAM, Odeon Theatre 6.45 and 9.30 pm (Duke & Ella)
                                                                                          • Thurs 17 Feb: LIVERPOOL, University 6.30 and 9.30 pm (Duke only)
                                                                                          • Fri 18 Feb: LEEDS, Odeon Theatre 6.30 and 8.50 pm (Duke & Ella)
                                                                                          • Sat 19 Feb: MANCHESTER Free Trade Hall 6.15 and 8.45 pm (Duke & Ella)
                                                                                          • Sun 20 Feb: HAMMERSMITH, Odeon Theatre 6.0 and 8.30 pm (Duke & Ella)
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                                                                                          .London, EnglandRoyal Festival HallTwo concerts, 6.15 and 9.00 pm , Duke Ellington and his Orchestra and Ella Fitzgerald with the Jo Jones Trio
                                                                                          Ellington and his orchestra played the first half and Ella and the Jo Jones Trio backed by part of the band played the second half.

                                                                                          The late David Redfern photographed Ellington speaking with Princess Margaret in the Royal Festival Hall, and photographed Duke, Ella Fitzgerald and the Princess together as well.
                                                                                          • London Life, 1966-02-12 p.14, Archives Center, SI-NMAH DEC301 Series 3 Box 3 Folder 14
                                                                                          • Derek Jewell, The Sunday Times, London, England, 1966-02-13 p.9
                                                                                          • James Greenwood, Daily Mail, London, England, 1966-02-14 p.12
                                                                                          • The Times, London, England, 1966-02-14 p.14
                                                                                          • MIMM p.197
                                                                                          • Vintage Images from David Redfern (courtesy Quentin Bryar email 2016-01-03)
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                                                                                          .London, EnglandOdeon HammersmithTwo concerts, 6.00 and 8:30 pm, Duke Ellington and his Orchestra and Ella Fitzgerald with the Jo Jones Trio
                                                                                        • London Life, 1966-02-12 p.14, Archives Center, SI-NMAH DEC301 Series 3 Box 3 Folder 14
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                                                                                          (suburb of Southend)
                                                                                          Cliffs Pavilion
                                                                                          Station Road
                                                                                          Two concerts, Duke Ellington and his Orchestra, 7:30 and 10:00 p.m.
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                                                                                          .Bristol, EnglandColston HallConcert, Duke Ellington and his Orchestra, 7:30 p.m
                                                                                        • London Life, 1966-02-12 p.14, Archives Center, SI-NMAH DEC301 Series 3 Box 3 Folder 14
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                                                                                          .Birmingham, EnglandOdeon TheatreTwo concerts, 6.45 and 9:30 pm, Duke Ellington and his Orchestra and Ella Fitzgerald with the Jo Jones Trio

                                                                                          Of interest to collectors, at one time a tape purporting to be from this/these concert(s) was found to be misdated. It was music from Washington in July 1966 instead.
                                                                                          • London Life, 1966-02-12 p.14, Archives Center, SI-NMAH DEC301 Series 3 Box 3 Folder 14
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                                                                                          .Liverpool, EnglandUniversity of Liverpool2 concerts, 6:30 and 9:30 p.m., Duke Ellington and his Orchestra
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                                                                                          .London, EnglandGranada studiosEllington was interviewed by Derek Jewell for ITV television

                                                                                          The interview was telecast March 3 as "Tempo - Meet The Duke," and included music recorded at Coventry Cathedral 1966 02 21
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                                                                                          .Coventry, EnglandCoventry CathedralRehearsal and Concert of Sacred Music
                                                                                          Free tickets were issued but scalpers were selling them for up to five pounds each.
                                                                                          • UPI wirestory, State-Times, Baton-Rouge, La., 1966-02-18 p.7-C
                                                                                          • Daily Mail, London, Eng.
                                                                                            • 1966-02-17 p.7
                                                                                            • 1966-02-22 p.7 (with photo)
                                                                                          • Derek Jewell, The Sunday Times, London, Eng.
                                                                                            • 1966-02-20 p.10
                                                                                            • 1966-02-27 p.28
                                                                                          • The Milwaukee Journal, Milwaukee, Wisc. 1966-02-22 pt.2 p.8
                                                                                          • Illustrated London News, London, Eng. 1966-02-26 pp.12-13
                                                                                          • The Daily Gleaner, Kingston, Jamaica 1966-02-28 p.7
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                                                                                          ..Webmaster note:
                                                                                          There is considerable discussion concerning Ellington's whereabouts and activities in January and February 1966 in DEMS 2000/3-7 and 2000/4-12, which I have not yet reconciled to various information sources.

                                                                                          There are also oddities - for instance why was President Johnson's Gold Medal presented to Duke in Spain rather than in the U.S. on his return not much later? -Who physically handed it to him? President Johnson did not travel to Spain according to the State Departement's webpage of Presidential travel. I have sent queries to the American Embassy in Madrid and to the Smithsonian re certain folders in the Ellington collection which, once reviewed, may resolve some of the questions. Additional documentation might be found in the SI-NMAH DEC301, including the oddly dated "Series 2: Performances and Programs, 1933-1974, box 3, folder 19 Vilafranca de Pandes, Spain, March 22, 1966."


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                                                                                          .Madrid, Spain.Stratemann and Vail have Duke flying to Madrid to accept President Lyndon Johnson's gold medal for outstanding performance and the creation of goodwill. Stratemann also says the band was sent back to the U.S. when Duke went to Spain, but their return date needs to be confirmed since DEMS suggests they played in Spain.
                                                                                          Webmaster's note:
                                                                                          There is no question Ellington received a Gold Medal issued by the President. It is mentioned by numerous sources, including in a 2004 resolution of the House of Congress. The Department of State record of President Johnson's travels does not show a trip to Spain. I have written to the U.S.Embassy in Madrid to ask for details of this presentation.
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                                                                                          .Goutelas-En-Foręt, FranceCastleEllington solo piano recital - New World a'Comin' and a medley - on a 9-foot Steinway grand brought to the venue for the occasion, celebrating the opening of a newly renovated wing of the castle. Lawrence writes that Ellington arrived on a bitterly cold night and was escorted to the castle by 50 children carrying torches. He made a short speech before playing (see The Ellington Suites CD liner notes)

                                                                                          Life Magazine published the famous photo of Ellington sitting at a piano in the garden of the chateau, with a hen sitting at the end of its music shelf.
                                                                                          • Stratemann, p.533
                                                                                          • Lawrence , p.313
                                                                                          • Vail II
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                                                                                          • Clipping, Life Magazine 1966-03-21 p.46, Archives Center,SI-NMAH DEC301, Series 2: Performances and Programs, 1933-1974, box 3, folder 18 "Boen, France, Life Magazine, February 25, 1966"
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                                                                                          Sunday
                                                                                          ... Peripheral event
                                                                                          ABC-TV Telecast of "American Music - From Folk To Jazz And Pop" - includes an undated Ellington interview along with interviews of others.
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                                                                                          March 1966

                                                                                          1966 03 01
                                                                                          Tuesday
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                                                                                          Thursday
                                                                                          .Riverdale
                                                                                          The Bronx
                                                                                          New York, N.Y.
                                                                                          Cardinal Hayes Auditorium
                                                                                          College of Mount Saint Vincent
                                                                                          Concert, 8:30 p.m.
                                                                                          • Herald Statesman, Yonkers, N.Y. 1966-02-19 p.11
                                                                                          • Additional documentation is likely to be found in SI-NMAH DEC301, Series 2: Performances and Programs, 1933-1974, box 12, folder 12 College of Mount Saint Vincent, Riverdale, New York, March 3, 1966
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                                                                                          .Morristown, N.J.Governor Morris HotelDance
                                                                                          • Stratemann p.535
                                                                                          • SI-NMAH Archives Center, DEC301, Box 8, folder 8 Program. Duke Ellington and his Orchestra presented by The Morris County Fair Housing Council, March 4, 1966
                                                                                          • Additional documentation is likely to be found in the collection's Series 2: Performances and Programs, 1933-1974, box 12, folder 13 Morris County Fair Housing Council, New Jersey, March 4, 1966
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                                                                                          .Ft. Monmouth
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                                                                                          N.J.
                                                                                          Field House.Stratemann, p.535..
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                                                                                          .New York, N.Y.Philharmonic Hall
                                                                                          Lincoln Center
                                                                                          "Salute to James Farmer"

                                                                                          "Notables such as Duke Ellington, Sammy Davis, Ruby Dee and many others to be on stage..."
                                                                                            Jimmy "Scoop" Bethel, Round About Talk, The Miami Times, Miami, Fla, p.8
                                                                                          • Additional documentation is likely to be found in SI-NMAH DEC301, Series 2: Performances and Programs, 1933-1974, box 12, folder 14 Salute to James Farmer, Philharmonic Hall, Lincoln Center, New York, New York, March 6, 1966
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                                                                                          Tuesday
                                                                                          .Lebanon, Penn.Pushnik's Waterfall Room Theatre-Restaurant
                                                                                          1352 Cumberland St.
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                                                                                          .Brooklyn, N.Y.First AME Zion ChurchConcert of Sacred Music
                                                                                          • NMAH (Smithsonian) DE CollectionBox 8, folder 9 Program (copy), Concert of Sacred Music presented by the First A.M.E. Zion Church
                                                                                          • Additional documentation is likely to be found in SI-NMAH DEC301, Series 2: Performances and Programs, 1933-1974, box 15 (Sacred concerts), folder 13 First AME Zion Church, Brooklyn, New York, March 10, 1966
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                                                                                          Wednesday
                                                                                          Toronto, Ont.O'Keefe Centre
                                                                                          Front and Yonge Sts.
                                                                                          First of three evening concerts at 8:30 p.m.

                                                                                          Tickets were advertised in Buffalo at $4.50 $3.50 $2.75 and $2.00 in Canadian funds.

                                                                                          The Buffalo ad asked patrons to send a blank cheque for mail orders, marked "Not to Exceed $."

                                                                                          Variety reported the band took in "a dismal" $11,505 out of a potential $33,136 potential. The quote doesn't say if this is gross sales or Ellington's share. presumably it's the former.
                                                                                          • Buffalo Courier-Express, Buffalo, N.Y. 1966-03-13 p.24
                                                                                          • Stratemann p.535 citing Variety 1966-03-23
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                                                                                          Wednesday
                                                                                          .New York, N.Y.46th Street Theatre Peripheral event
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                                                                                          Thursday
                                                                                          .Watertown, N.Y.N.C.O. Club
                                                                                          Camp Drum
                                                                                          Dance, 9 to 1.Sratemann, p.535..
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                                                                                          .Boston, Mass.Symphony HallConcert: Billy Eckstine, Duke Ellington and the band, Nipsey Russell and the Oscar Peterson Trio.Eddie Rugg, Let's Go Places, Record American, Boston, Mass. 1966-02-26 p.27..
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                                                                                          Sunday
                                                                                          .Washington, D.C.Sheraton Hotel....
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                                                                                          Tuesday
                                                                                          .Aurora, Ill.Stardust Ballroom


                                                                                          (Archives Center, SI-NMAH DEC301, Series 2 Box 3 Folder 19 labelled Vilafranca De Pandes, Spain, March 22, 1966 contains a flyer for "Grand Gala - Homage to Duke Ellington" XLlX Festival Club de jazz Vilafraca / Ellingtons Hit Parade Martes, 22 Marzo 1966" which seems to be a tribute band event.)
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                                                                                          Wednesday
                                                                                          .Milwaukee, Wisc.Devine's Million Dollar Ballroom
                                                                                          3401 W. Wisconsin Ave.
                                                                                          Dance
                                                                                          also on the bill, Jerry Blake's Great Versatile Dance Band.

                                                                                          Admission $2.25 incuding tax
                                                                                          • Milwaukee Journal, Milwaukee, Wisc.
                                                                                              Ad, 1966-03-23, p.9
                                                                                            • 'Last spring, the Duke and his band played for a dance at George Devine's ballroom,' Milwaukee Sentinel 1966-09-30, p.4
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                                                                                          .Indianapolis, Ind.Record Department
                                                                                          Eighth Floor
                                                                                          L. S. Ayres & Co. Department Store
                                                                                          Record signing, 3:30-4:30 p.m.


                                                                                          Trivia:
                                                                                          The store advertised an all-transister solid state portable t.v. with a built-in antenna, a carrying strap, an earphone jack and a car battery cable, priced at $119.95. It advertised two other portable sets for $98.00 and $129.95 as well.
                                                                                          • The Indianapolis Star, Indianapolis, Ind.
                                                                                            • 1966-03-20, s.7 p.6
                                                                                            • 1966-03-24 p.26
                                                                                            • 1966-03-25 p.4
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                                                                                          Friday
                                                                                          .Indianapolis, Ind.Clowes Hall
                                                                                          4600 Sunset Ave.
                                                                                          Butler University

                                                                                          The DUKE
                                                                                          is coming
                                                                                          Hear Some of Duke's
                                                                                          Greatest Hits On
                                                                                          WIBC Good Music 1070
                                                                                          Which Proudly Presents
                                                                                          DUKE ELLINGTON
                                                                                          and His Orchestra
                                                                                          2 Performances 7:00 and 9:30 p.m.
                                                                                          PRICES
                                                                                          $5.00 - $4.00 - $2.50 - $1.50
                                                                                          CLOWES HALL 924-1267
                                                                                          4600 SUNSET AVE.
                                                                                          Sponsored by Holy Angel Women's
                                                                                          Club, Mrs. Shirley Winfrey, 926-0072


                                                                                          It appears Duke Ellington, Inc. earned $6,390.00:
                                                                                             Remittance Advice
                                                                                          Butler University
                                                                                          Attraction Share $6,500.00
                                                                                          Less Ind. Gross Tax 110.00
                                                                                          Less Payroll Advance 1,000.00
                                                                                          $5,390.00
                                                                                          One ad said

                                                                                          'Ride The Ellington Special Theatre Bus, From Monte's in Riley Center. Contact Monte's For Information.'

                                                                                          Monte's Restaurant provided free buses at 6:30 and 9:00 to take Ellington buffs to and from the concerts.
                                                                                          • The Indianapolis Star, Indianapolis, Ind.
                                                                                            • 1966-03-01 p.14
                                                                                            • 1966-03-06, s.10 p.3
                                                                                            • 1966-03-23 p.22
                                                                                            • 1966-03-24 pp.8, 26
                                                                                            • 1965-03-25 pp.16, 17
                                                                                          • Undated Butler University remittance advice (cheque counterfoil), SI-NMAH Archives Center, DEC301, Series III, Box 133, Folder 4
                                                                                          • Stratemann p.535
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                                                                                          .Chicago, Ill.Great Hall
                                                                                          Pick Congress Hotel
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                                                                                          Tuesday
                                                                                          .New York, N.Y.RCA StudiosRecording session
                                                                                          Duke Ellington & His Orchestra
                                                                                          Anderson, M.Ellington, Jones, Williams, Brown, Cooper, Connors, Hamilton, Procope, Hodges, Gonsalves, Carney, Ellington, Lamb, Woodyard, Jerome Richardson (alto)
                                                                                          Titles recorded:
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                                                                                          • El Viti
                                                                                          • Veldt Amour
                                                                                          • Wings And Things
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                                                                                          April 1966

                                                                                          1966 04 01
                                                                                          Friday
                                                                                          ...The Orchestra departed for Senegal for the first World Festival of Negro Arts
                                                                                          The United States Committee for the First World Festival of Negro Arts, Inc. issued an itinerary on March 6, which said U.S. citizens needed visas, and were advised to have smallpox and yellow fever shots.

                                                                                          Participating countries were
                                                                                          • Algeria
                                                                                          • Burundi
                                                                                          • Cameroun
                                                                                          • Central African Republic
                                                                                          • Chad
                                                                                          • Congo (Brazzaville)
                                                                                          • Congo (Leopoldville)
                                                                                          • Ivory Coast
                                                                                          • Dahomey
                                                                                          • Ethiopia
                                                                                          • Gabon
                                                                                          • Gambia
                                                                                          • Kenya
                                                                                          • Liberia
                                                                                          • Libya
                                                                                          • Madagascar
                                                                                          • Malawi
                                                                                          • Mali
                                                                                          • Mauritania
                                                                                          • Morocco
                                                                                          • Niger
                                                                                          • Nigeria
                                                                                          • Rwanda
                                                                                          • Senegal
                                                                                          • Sierra Leone
                                                                                          • Somalia
                                                                                          • Sudan
                                                                                          • Tanzania
                                                                                          • Togo
                                                                                          • Tunisia
                                                                                          • Uganda
                                                                                          • United Arab Republic
                                                                                          • Upper Volta
                                                                                          • Zambia
                                                                                          • Brazil
                                                                                          • Canada
                                                                                          • France
                                                                                          • Haiti
                                                                                          • Jamaica
                                                                                          • Trinidad & Tobago
                                                                                          • Peru
                                                                                          • United Kingdom
                                                                                          • United States
                                                                                          The accompanying schedule showed Duke Ellington & His Orchestra performances only on Monday, April 4, at 4 p.m. in the Daniel Sorana [sic]Theatre and Tuesday, April 5, at 4 and 9 p.m. in the Stadium. Negro Digest described the 1,500-seat Daniel Sorano Theatre as one of the most modern and most comfortable in the world, and that Amity Stadium accommodated 15,000. It said both were built for the festival, that most theatre performances would be presented before a select audience, and all performances in the theatre would also be performed in the stadium for the general public.
                                                                                          • This first Ellington visit to Africa is the subject of a short chapter in his autobiography.
                                                                                          • Leonard Feather quoted Ellington:

                                                                                            'It was a magnificent experience. Dinner with President and Mrs. Senghor. Senegal Africans demonstrating exotic instruments. Poets and painters and folklorists from South Africa and the Caribbean. We played six shows in five days: two at a theater, two in a big sport stadium, and two at the U.S. Embassy, where we had the pleasure of a reunion with Mr. and Mrs. Mercer Cook. '

                                                                                          • There is a very short excerpt from one of Ellington's concerts on YouTube - click here
                                                                                          • Feather also quoted Mercer Ellington:

                                                                                            'Sam Woodyard, our drummer, was a big hit. He's spent a lot of time studying African rhythms, so the natives got a big kick out of hearing their own licks come back home.'

                                                                                          • Negro Digest reported
                                                                                            • a budget of $600,000 to finance the transportation of art, artists books and official delegates to Dakar, and to pay the American performers, was to be fund-raised, but was not.
                                                                                            • The State Department provided an estimated $150,000, including the transportation and fees for Ellington's orchestra and the Leonard De Paur chorus
                                                                                          • SI-NMAH Archives Center, DEC301, Series 2, Box 3, Folder 20, Performing Arts Schedule and cover letter
                                                                                          • Stratemann, p.535
                                                                                          • Duke Ellington, MIMM pp.337-339
                                                                                          • Leonard Feather, Los Angeles Times, "Duke Ellington Keeps on Bettering His Music," as published in The Washington Post and the Times Herald, 1966-05-29.
                                                                                          • Negro Digest, 1966-06, pp.50, 80
                                                                                          • Additional documentation is likely to be found in
                                                                                            • Ebony, 1966-07
                                                                                            • SI-NMAH Archives Center, DEC301, Series 2: Performances and Programs, 1933-1974, Box 3, Folders
                                                                                              • 20. 1st World Festival of Negro Arts, Dakar, Senegal, April 1-24, 1966
                                                                                              • 21. Senegal, April 1-9, 1966
                                                                                              • 22. Dakar, Senegal, April 6-7, 1966
                                                                                              • 23. Senegal, April 24, 1966
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                                                                                          Sunday
                                                                                          .Dakar, Senegal.World Festival of Negro Arts - see 1966 04 01
                                                                                          Ebongué Soellé in Dakar-Matin (translation):

                                                                                          'A Trumpet that Breaks Social Barriers
                                                                                          From Triumph to Triumph
                                                                                          DUKE ELLINGTON

                                                                                            Since his arrival at the First World Festival of Negro Arts Duke Ellington and his orchestra have gone from one triumph to another.
                                                                                            Last Sunday during a reception that the United States Ambassador and Mrs. Mercer Cook gave in his honor, he succeeded in making the VIP's lose their seriousness.
                                                                                            Every foot was tapping the floor rhythmically and the servant and the doorman were executing the same movements as the diplomat and the university graduate.
                                                                                            The fiery trumpets of Duke Ellington had just broken down the social barriers once again. But that was only the beginning...'

                                                                                          Archives Center SI-NMAH DEC301, Series 2, Box 3, Folder 3 translation of Ebongué Soellé's report in Dakar-Matin, Dakar, Senegal, 1966-04-06..
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                                                                                          .Dakar, SenegalThéatre Daniel SoranaWorld Festival of Negro Arts - see 1966 04 01
                                                                                          Scheduled concert, 4 p.m.
                                                                                          Ebongué Soellé (continued):

                                                                                          '...On Monday the Daniel Sorano National Theater was full to bursting. Men, women, children, old people, all those for whom jazz is a friend, a confidant, a consoler, Duke Ellington brought each one what he was expecting, that is to say, what he had himself received.
                                                                                            A talented composer, an exceptional pianist and a top-flight orchestral director, he is able, with easy gestures and unequaled sounds, to transform the gaiety of a crowd into delirium. That was confirmed many times at the Friendship Stadium where his success was enormous...'

                                                                                          Archives Center SI-NMAH DEC301, Series 2, Box 3
                                                                                          • Folder 3 translation of Ebongué Soellé's report in Dakar-Matin, Dakar, Senegal, 1966-04-06
                                                                                          • Folder 20, Performing Arts Schedule and covering letter
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                                                                                          Concerts, 4 p.m. and 9 p.m.
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                                                                                          .Dakar, Senegal.World Festival of Negro Arts - see 1966 04 01

                                                                                          Senegal's President Léopold Sédar Senghor invited Ellington for dinner at 8:30 p.m. at the Palais de la République, tuxedo dress
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                                                                                          .Dakar, SenegalThéatre Daniel SoranaWORLD FESTIVAL OF NEGRO ARTS - SEE 1966 04 01
                                                                                          Invitation:

                                                                                          'La Commissaire National invite Messieurs les Chefs de d‚l‚gations … se faire repr‚senter par leurs directeurs artistiques … une r‚union qui aura lieu de 7 Avril … 9 heures au Th‚atre Daniel Sorano sur les r‚p‚titions et repr‚sentations des spectacles.'(English translation)

                                                                                          Invitation:

                                                                                          'LE COMMISSAIRE NATIONAL DU FESTIVAL MONDIAL DES ARTS NEGRES VOUS PRIE DE BIEN VOULOIR ASSISTER A LA SOIRÉE DE GALA DU 7 AVRIL 1966 ORGANISE AU THÉATRE DANIEL SORANO'(English translation)

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                                                                                          The concert included La Plus Belle Africaine, which Ellington wrote in anticipation of the festival.
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                                                                                          .Dakar, Senegal.Ambassador and Mrs. Marion Cook held a party for Ellington and his orchestra, apparently after the concert. Ellington wrote: "We usually play only three days a week on tours sponsored by the State Department, but we felt so good after this experience that when His Excellency the Ambassador has a party we insist upon playing that too."..
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                                                                                          Tuesday
                                                                                          Dakar, Senegal.Departure for home

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                                                                                          Monday
                                                                                          .Paris, France.Unscheduled layover

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                                                                                          Friday
                                                                                          .Cincinnati, OhioMusic Hall.Additional documentation is likely to be found in SI-NMAH DEC301, Series 2: Performances and Programs, 1933-1974, box 12, folder 15 Cincinnati Symphony, Cincinnati, Ohio, April 15-16, 1966 (January 22- April 22, 1966..
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                                                                                          .Grands Rapids, Mich.Fountain Street Church
                                                                                          24 Fountain St. N.E.
                                                                                          Sacred concert
                                                                                          A local review named the Ellington orchestra, dancer Buster Brown, singers Esther Morrow, Jimmy McPhail and Tony Watkins, and the Fountain Street Church choir, but the dancer named in the programme is different. It's hard to read in the online copy, but appears to be Rich Rabo.
                                                                                          Promoter Carolyn Heines persuaded the church leadership to have an Ellington sacred concert, with proceeds used to help send the choir to perform at churches in England.

                                                                                          Hienes:

                                                                                          '... the choir paid to fly me to New York City to ask Duke Ellington to play Satin Doll in the middle of his sacred service. He agreed to play this tune after intermission, once the sacred concert was completed.'

                                                                                          The programme is in two parts. Part I was
                                                                                          • Overture to Black, Brown and Beige from My People
                                                                                          • Come Sunday
                                                                                          • Tell Me It's the Truth
                                                                                          • In the Beginning God
                                                                                          • New World A'Coming
                                                                                          • Will You Be There
                                                                                          • Ninety-Nine Per Cent
                                                                                          • Ain't But the One
                                                                                          • Come Sunday
                                                                                          • David Danced Before the Lord With All His Might
                                                                                          • The Lord's Prayer
                                                                                          and Part II was to be announced.
                                                                                          • Announcement Holland Evening Sentinel, 1966-04-15
                                                                                          • Backstory and scans of the concert programme at West Mich Music Hysterical Society - THE FOUNTAIN STREET CHURCH CONCERTS
                                                                                          • Additional documentation is likely to be found in SI-NMAH DEC301, Series 2: Performances and Programs, 1933-1974, box 15 (Sacred concerts), folder 14 Fountain Street Church, Grand Rapids, Michigan, April 17, 1966
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                                                                                          .Grands Rapids, Mich.Private residenceAfter the concert, Ellington and his band went to a reception at the home of Carolyn and Dan Heines.West Mich Music Hysterical Society - THE FOUNTAIN STREET CHURCH CONCERTS..
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                                                                                          .Hamburg, N.Y.Airways Leisureland Inn
                                                                                          Rt. 75 at Exit 57,
                                                                                          N.Y. State Thruway
                                                                                          Dance, 9 p.m. to 1 a.m.
                                                                                          Tickets - advance $3.50, door $4.00
                                                                                          A poster auctioned on eBay is autographed by Connors, Hamilton, Anderson, Ellington, Lamb, Hodges, Carney, and Procope, and "Associated Booking Corp. (Joe Glaser, President)" is printed at the bottom.
                                                                                          • Front Page, Blasdell-Woodlawn, N.Y., p.3
                                                                                          • Buffalo Courier-Express, Buffalo, N.Y. 1966-01-17 pp.20, 28
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                                                                                          .Princeton, N.J.McCarter Theater
                                                                                          Princeton University
                                                                                          Concert, part of Princeton University's annual Response Program "Whats Happening: The Arts 1966".
                                                                                          • Town Topics, Princeton, N.J.
                                                                                            • 1966-03-24 p.15
                                                                                            • 1966-03-31 p,25
                                                                                            • 1966-04-07 p.5
                                                                                            • 1966-04-21 p.25
                                                                                          • Barnard Bulletin, Barnard College, Columbia University, New York, N.Y. 1966-04-14 p.4
                                                                                          • Stratemann p.536
                                                                                          • Vail II
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                                                                                          .Philadelphia, Penn.Bright Hope Baptist ChurchSacred concertAdditional documentation is likely to be found in SI-NMAH DEC301, Series 2: Performances and Programs, 1933-1974, box 15 (Sacred concerts), folder 15 Bright Hope Baptist Church, Philadelphia, Penna., April 25, 1966..
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                                                                                          .Chicago, Ill.Civic Opera House8 p.m. benefit concert for West Garfield Park's Christian Action Ministry. Prices ranged from $100.00 for boxes to $3.00 for seats.Suburbanite Economist, Chicago, Ill., 1966-04-06 p.5G..
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                                                                                          Sunday
                                                                                          .Kansas City, Mo.Municipal AuditoriumConcert - Ellington was the headliner for the week-long Kansas City Jazz Festival

                                                                                          Concerts began at 2:40 pm and closed at 11 pm after an hour concert by the Ellington orchestra.

                                                                                          This is consistent with an AP wirestory announcement the previous day which referred to a 9 hour continuous concert.
                                                                                          • Stratemann p.536 citing Variety 1966-05-06 p.195
                                                                                          • The Cedar Rapids Gazette, 1966-04-30, p.8
                                                                                          • Additional documentation is likely to be found in SI-NMAH DEC301, Series 2: Performances and Programs, 1933-1974, box 12, folder 16 Kansas City Jazz Festival, Kansas City, Missouri, May 9, 1966
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                                                                                          .Sedalia, Mo.Smith-Cotton High School AuditoriumConcertStratemann p.536..
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                                                                                          .Sedalia, Mo.Agriculture Building
                                                                                          Missouri State Fairgrounds
                                                                                          3 hour evening danceStratemann p.536..
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                                                                                          Monday
                                                                                          .Los Angeles, Cal.RCA Studio B
                                                                                          Sunset Blvd.
                                                                                          Hollywood
                                                                                          First of three RCA recording sessions for the album "The Popular Duke Ellington"
                                                                                          • 14:30-18:00
                                                                                          • Employer is Mercer Records, Inc. (contract signed by ME and DE, DE's again appears forged)
                                                                                          • Duke Ellington and His Orchestra
                                                                                            C.Williams, Anderson, H. Jones, M. Ellington, Brown, Cooper, Connors, Hamilton, Procope, Hodges, Gonsalves, Carney, Ellington, Lamb, Woodyard
                                                                                          • Titles recorded:
                                                                                            • Take The "A" Train (this version has an intro in 3-4 time)
                                                                                            • The Mooche
                                                                                            • I Got It Bad and That Ain't Good
                                                                                            • Do Nothin' Till You Hear From Me (DEMS:Three different versions of this title have now been released from the recordings made on the sessions of 9 and 11May66...)
                                                                                            • Caravan
                                                                                          Leonard Feather's Jazzing It Up column covered the third session. He included these memorable remarks:
                                                                                          • 'A session with the Duke has none of the clock-watching rigidity that enshrouds too many recording dates. The blue cloud that settles over an Ellington studio is less mist than mystique.'
                                                                                          • 'Nobody once exposed to the aura of Ellingtonia ever accepts total removal from the man or his entourage.'
                                                                                          • LF quoted Ellington:
                                                                                            'It isn't easy to do these things [new versions of old songs]. If one wants to attract people who heard the tunes years ago, one must retain the original flavor so they'll think they are listening to the same arrangement; yet we must add new dimensions, broader voicings. Other people's versions aren't what bother me. The opposition I contend with on these songs is not from Count Basie or Woody Herman: It's from Ellington.'
                                                                                          • Ellington told Feather about his recent trip to Senegal and the end of the session, said he had to leave to attend a screening of Assault on a Queen, and would be leaving for Japan the next morning.
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                                                                                          Monday
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                                                                                          .Los Angeles, Cal.RCA Studio B
                                                                                          Sunset Blvd.
                                                                                          Hollywood
                                                                                          Second RCA recording session for the album "The Popular Duke Ellington
                                                                                          • No session times are shown in the files
                                                                                          • Duke Ellington and His Orchestra
                                                                                            C.Williams, Anderson, H. Jones, M. Ellington, Brown, Cooper, Connors, Hamilton, Procope, Hodges, Gonsalves, Carney, Ellington, Lamb, Woodyard
                                                                                          • Titles recorded:
                                                                                            • Black And Tan Fantasy
                                                                                            • Sophisticated Lady
                                                                                            • The Twitch
                                                                                            • Creole Love Call
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                                                                                          Sunset Blvd.
                                                                                          Hollywood
                                                                                          Third RCA recording session for the album "The Popular Duke Ellington
                                                                                          • No session times shown in files
                                                                                          • Duke Ellington and His Orchestra
                                                                                            C. Anderson, Wilbur Brisbois, M.Ellington, H.Jones, Brown, Cooper, Connors, Hamilton, Procope, Hodges, Gonsalves, Carney, Ellington, Lamb, Woodyard (MacHare shows Williams instead of Brisbois)
                                                                                          • Titles recorded:
                                                                                            • Wings And Things
                                                                                            • Do Nothin' Till You Hear From Me
                                                                                            • Perdido (with a rare trombone solo by Connors and Ellington playing Nance's solo on piano)
                                                                                            • Mood Indigo
                                                                                            • Solitude
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                                                                                          • Photos of the band on arrival, accompanied by Ellington's nephew Stephen James, and of the orchestra on stage, Duke Ellington, MIMM pp.332, 333
                                                                                          • Additional documentation regarding the Japanese tour is likely to be found in the Smithsonian's Ellington collection, Series 2: Performances and Programs, 1933-1974,
                                                                                            • box 4:
                                                                                              • folder 1 Japanese Tour, May 13-27, 1966
                                                                                              • folder 2 Japanese Tour, May 14, 1966
                                                                                              • folder 3 Japanese Tour, May 17, 1966
                                                                                              • folder 4 Niigata City, Japan, 1966
                                                                                              • folders 5-7 Japanese Tour, 1966
                                                                                            • box 18, folder 4 Japanese Tour, 1966
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                                                                                          Ellington's 18-year-old nephew, Stephen James, travelled with the band to Japan.
                                                                                          • Derek Jewell, Jazz/Nephew to Duke, The Sunday Times, London, England, 1966-08-14 p.29
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                                                                                          Milton Junction, Wisc.Daland Fine Arts Building
                                                                                          Milton College
                                                                                          Peripheral event
                                                                                          Milton College staged Murder in the Cathedral, a play by T.S.Eliot set to incidental music by Ellington and directed by Professor Ethel Rich.

                                                                                          Franceschina says Ellington composed the short incidental score in gratitude for the college's production. The music is a six part suite scored for oboe, clarinet, 2 alto saxes, 2 tenor saxes, 2 french horns, 4 trumpets, 3 trombones, tuba, percussion, piano and strings.
                                                                                          Prof. Rich met with Ellington in New York the previous December to discuss the play, and, likely in March, Ellington met Rich, Prof. Herbert Crouch, and Rev. Robert Lewis, ecclesiastical consultant for the play, in Aurora, Ill. to discuss the play. The orchestral music was to be conducted by Prof. Robert Bond, and Dr. Berhard Westlund was to direct the Milton College Choir in the ecclesiastical music. The stories don't say whether or not Ellington was involved in the choral music.
                                                                                          In May the Gazette reported Ruth Ellington Stamatiou invited the members of the production to perform in New York after Labour Day under the auspices of Tempo Music, Inc. and the Duke Ellington Society, if funds for transportation could be arranged. In July the Gazette reported plans were cancelled. Prof. Rich is quoted as saying:

                                                                                          'If we could have repeated the performance in New York immediately after doing the drama here last May, everything could have worked out to everyone's satisfaction. Now everyone seems to feel that to present the play this fall or at Christmas time is impossible because of commitmenets of many cast members for the 1966-67 school year. The decision not to go to New York was not easily reached. It was made after discussion with many people concerned and in the best interests of the student cast and the college.'

                                                                                          The paper said the production was filmed and that the film or a taped recording was available to those who wanted copies; they could order them through Prof. Rich. Prof. Rich died in 1974 and the College closed in 1982
                                                                                          • Janesville Daily Gazette, Janesville, Wisc.
                                                                                            • 1965-12-18 p.11
                                                                                            • 1966-04-13 p.13A
                                                                                            • 1966-05-14 p.13
                                                                                            • 1966-05-17 p.5
                                                                                            • 1966-05-23 p.4
                                                                                            • 1966-07-26
                                                                                          • John Franceschina, Duke Ellington's Music for the Theatre, pp.134-135, 196
                                                                                          • Additional documentation is likely to be found in the Smithsonian Institution's Duke Ellington collection, Series 2: Performances and Programs, 1933-1974, box 17, misdated folder 19 Murder In The Cathedral, Milton College, Milton, Wisconsin, May 21-23, 1967
                                                                                          • The scores appear to be in several folders in more than one box of the Smithsonian's Ruth Ellington Collection, Series 2: MUSIC, Subseries 2A/Music Manuscripts
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                                                                                          .Whittier, Cal.Cottonwood Country Club"Ellington and his men resumed their U.S. schedule the night of their return from Japan" Stratemann, p.537.
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                                                                                          Monday
                                                                                          .Pittsburgh, Penn.KDKA StudiosStratemann reports Ellington made a television commercial for Duke Beer in the KDKA studios.

                                                                                          1981 correspondence says he made two radio commercials instead, durations 1 minute and 20 seconds:Letter, James C. Arkus, Vice President/Creative Director, Marsteller Inc. - Ms. Denise Corbin, Legal Assistant, Kelley Drye & Warren:

                                                                                          'Dear Ms. Corbin:
                                                                                            To confirm our telephone discussion, the income documented on Duke Ellington's 1099 form in 1966 represents payment for two radio spots which are made on a buyout basis for Lando Inc.'s client,Duke Beer...
                                                                                            Mr. Ellington was doing a concert in Pittsburgh at the time and we took advantage of his being here to ask him to play and sing our "Duke" jingle. He did this, as I recall, in the studios of KDKA.
                                                                                            I'm attaching a copy of a page from one of our old radio tape catalogs which lists the two Ellington commercials.
                                                                                            However, we have no records dating back that far which indicate the exact date of the performance... '


                                                                                          • SI-NMAH Archives Center, DEC301, Series III
                                                                                            • Subseries G, Box 115, Folder 29
                                                                                              • Letter with accompanying schedule, Marsteller Inc. to Kelley Drye & Warren, 1981-04-23 with accompanying schedule
                                                                                              • Memorandum, Corbin - Mr. Wyckoff re Estate of Duke Ellington, 1981-04-20
                                                                                            • Stratemann pp. 537,659 citing Beverage Retailer Weekly 1966-06-20
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                                                                                          .Pittsburgh, Penn.Civic ArenaAn Evening with Duke Ellington
                                                                                          Outdoor concert "Under the Stars" Ellington and "the Ellington Trio" with the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra
                                                                                            - includes Ellington symphonic arrangements and standard pop tunes
                                                                                          Ads, .
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                                                                                          .Ashland, Ore.Elizabethan TheaterConcert
                                                                                          "First jazz concert ever on this stage" (Stratemann) and "Duke Ellington took his orchestra off to Eugene, Oregon in June to launch a campaign to raise $500,000 for the nation's first Shakespearean theatre.
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                                                                                          .Oakland, Cal.California College of Arts and CraftsAn honorary doctorate in Fine Arts is bestowed upon EllingtonStratemann p.537.DEMS
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                                                                                          .Los Angeles, Cal.Cathay Circle TheaterABC-TV network sales campaign opening. The network showed its fall programme lineup to prospective advertisers. The Ellington orchestra was a special attraction and comedienne Phyllis Diller was the guest hostess.Stratemann p. 537..
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                                                                                          San Francisco, Cal.Basin Street West
                                                                                          North Beach
                                                                                          Club dateStratemann p.537.
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                                                                                          Tuesday
                                                                                          .San Francisco, Cal.Basin Street West
                                                                                          North Beach
                                                                                          Club date - see 1966 06 20...
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                                                                                          Wednesday
                                                                                          .San Francisco, Cal.Basin Street West
                                                                                          North Beach
                                                                                          Club date - see 1966 06 20...
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                                                                                          1966 06 23
                                                                                          Thursday
                                                                                          .San Francisco, Cal.Basin Street West
                                                                                          North Beach
                                                                                          Club date - see 1966 06 20...
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                                                                                          1966 06 24
                                                                                          Friday
                                                                                          .San Francisco, Cal.Basin Street West
                                                                                          North Beach
                                                                                          Club date - see 1966 06 20...
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                                                                                          1966 06 25
                                                                                          Saturday
                                                                                          .San Francisco, Cal.Basin Street West
                                                                                          North Beach
                                                                                          Club date - see 1966 06 20...
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                                                                                          1966 06 26
                                                                                          Sunday
                                                                                          .Los Angeles, Cal..Taping for 10 minute appearance by Ellington on the "Dean Martin Show" to be broadcast Sept. 29

                                                                                          Stratemann describes this as a two day taping session and says there are unconfirmed reports Ellington's segment was taped at Basin Street West in San Francisco. Duke performed his medley, and was joined for the last section by the show's orchestra led by Les Brown.
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                                                                                          Monday
                                                                                          ...activities not documented...
                                                                                          ...
                                                                                          1966 06 28
                                                                                          Tuesday
                                                                                          1966 06 29
                                                                                          Wednesday
                                                                                          ..(Unconfirmed)
                                                                                          Ellington's own activities this day are undocumented.
                                                                                          Ella Fitzgerald with the Ellington band, no Duke, Jimmy Jones on piano.
                                                                                          Stratemann does not mention this event, and DEMS only speculates this session was on June 28 and 29, 1966 instead of 1967 as shown on the liner notes for the Pablo LP "The Greatest Jazz Concert in the World."
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                                                                                          Wednesday
                                                                                          ...(Unconfirmed)
                                                                                          Recording session (no Duke) - see 1966 06 28
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                                                                                          1966 06 29
                                                                                          Wednesday
                                                                                          .North Platte, Neb.Elks Club....
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                                                                                          Thursday
                                                                                          ...activities not documented...
                                                                                          ...

                                                                                          July 1966

                                                                                          1966 07 00... Peripheral event
                                                                                          Negro Digest carried a photo of Ellington with Ambassador and Mrs. Mercer Cook, Sr. and Langston Hughes, apparently after the performances at Daniel Sorano Theatre and Amity Stadium in April. It also announced Duke was composing Symphonie Senegalaise to commemorate the World Festival of Negro Arts.
                                                                                          Negro Digest, July 1966..
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                                                                                          1966 07 01
                                                                                          Friday
                                                                                          .Milwaukee, Wisc.Emil Blatz Temple Of Music
                                                                                          Washington Park
                                                                                          Free outdoor concert during Old Milwaukee Day festivities, according to an announcement by Jos. Schlitz Brewing Company in an AP wirestory January 1966*

                                                                                          "The Duke's most recent Milwaukee appearance was during the Old Milwaukee Days celebration during the Fourth of July weekend. His Washington Park concert drew more than 20,000 listeners."**

                                                                                          Associated Press reported 15,000. The Janesville Daily Gazette ran a photo of Duke listening to a una-fon, an instrument operated with compressed air.
                                                                                          • * Manitewoc Herald-Times, 1966-02-21, page 20M
                                                                                          • Janesville Daily Gazette, Janesville, Wisc.
                                                                                            • 1966-07-01 p.2
                                                                                            • AP Wirephoto and report, 1966-07-02 p.11
                                                                                          • **Milwaukee Sentinel 1966-09-30, p.4
                                                                                          • The Milwaukee Journal, Milwaukee, Wisc., 1966-02-20 p.1
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                                                                                          1966 07 02
                                                                                          Saturday
                                                                                          .Milwaukee, Wisc.
                                                                                          or
                                                                                          River Hills (its suburb)
                                                                                          Joseph Schlitz Brewing Company premises.Sidemen activities are undocumented.Stratemann says Ellington was booked to play at the Pittsburgh Jazz Festival but instead stayed an extra day in Milwaukee.
                                                                                          Ellington and Leonard Berstein were interviewed by Bob Knudsen for television station WTMJ. They discussed a variety of music-related topics including cultural centers, classical/jazz audiences, and composing music. Three minutes and 44 seconds are now on YouTube.
                                                                                          .New Desor
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                                                                                          1966 07 03
                                                                                          Sunday
                                                                                          .Newport, R.I..Newport Jazz Festival.New Desor
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                                                                                          1966 07 04
                                                                                          Monday
                                                                                          .Washington, D.C.Carter Barron Amphitheatre
                                                                                          Rock Creek Park
                                                                                          16th St. & Colorado Ave. N.W.

                                                                                          THE FELD BROTHERS
                                                                                          present
                                                                                          THEIR 13th SEASON
                                                                                          of the
                                                                                          "world's greatest entertainment under the stars"
                                                                                          Carton Barron
                                                                                          Amphitheatre
                                                                                          ...
                                                                                          ONE WEEK BEGINNING MONDAY, JULY 4 thru SUNDAY, JULY 10 1966
                                                                                          7 SHOWS ONLY
                                                                                          Ella FITZGERALD
                                                                                          AND
                                                                                          THE JIMMY JONES TRIO
                                                                                          ----
                                                                                          Duke ELLINGTON
                                                                                          AND HIS ORCHESTRA
                                                                                          AND
                                                                                          THE OSCAR PETERSON TRIO

                                                                                          Concert posterNew Desor
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                                                                                          1966 07 05
                                                                                          Tuesday
                                                                                          .Washington, D.C.Carter Barron AmphitheatreJoint concert - see 1966 07 04...
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                                                                                          1966 07 06
                                                                                          Wednesday
                                                                                          .Washington, D.C.Carter Barron AmphitheatreJoint concert - see 1966 07 04.New Desor
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                                                                                          Thursday
                                                                                          .Washington, D.C.Carter Barron AmphitheatreJoint concert - see 1966 07 04...
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                                                                                          Friday
                                                                                          .Washington, D.C.Carter Barron AmphitheatreJoint concert - see 1966 07 04.New Desor
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                                                                                          Saturday
                                                                                          .Washington, D.C.Carter Barron AmphitheatreJoint concert - see 1966 07 04...
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                                                                                          1966 07 10
                                                                                          Sunday
                                                                                          .Washington, D.C.Carter Barron AmphitheatreJoint concert - see 1966 07 04Additional documentation is likely to be found in SI-NMAH DEC301, Series 2: Performances and Programs, 1933-1974, box 12, folder 17 Carter Barron Amphitheatre, Washington, D.C., July 10, 1966New Desor
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                                                                                          .
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                                                                                          1966 07 11
                                                                                          Monday
                                                                                          .Lambertville, N.J.St. John Terrell's Lambertville Music Circus....
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                                                                                          Tuesday
                                                                                          .LaconiaWinnip.Gardens....
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                                                                                          1966 07 13
                                                                                          Wednesday
                                                                                          .Keene, N.H.Keene Country Club"Night of the Sophisticated Lady".Additional documentation is likely to be found in SI-NMAH DEC301, Series 2: Performances and Programs, 1933-1974, box 12, folder 18 Night of the 'Sophisticated Lady,' Keene Country Club, Keene, New Hampshire, July 13, 1966..
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                                                                                          Thursday
                                                                                          .BrunswickNaval Air St....
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                                                                                          1966 07 15
                                                                                          Friday
                                                                                          .New York, N.Y.Lewisohn Stadium..New Desor
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                                                                                          Saturday
                                                                                          .Virginia BeachBeach Dome....
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                                                                                          1966 07 17
                                                                                          Sunday
                                                                                          .Stratford, Conn.American Shakespeare Festival TheaterSecond of six "festive Sunday evening" concerts.Publicity, The Norwalk Hour, Norwalk, Conn., 1966-07-15 p.8..
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                                                                                          1966 07 18
                                                                                          Monday
                                                                                          .New York, N.Y.RCA Studio ARecording session for the album "The Pianist" and for a souvenir 50th anniversary record for the International Achievement Conference of Field Enterprises Educational Corporation.
                                                                                          Duke Ellington and rhythm
                                                                                          Ellington, Lamb, Woodyard
                                                                                          Titles recorded:
                                                                                          • The Shepherd
                                                                                          • Don Juan
                                                                                          • Sam Woodyard's Blues
                                                                                          • Tap Dancer's Blues
                                                                                          • Slow Blues
                                                                                          • Looking Glass
                                                                                          • Tingling Is A Happiness
                                                                                          • Duke Talking About Field Enterprises
                                                                                          • Dancers in Love
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                                                                                          1966 07 18
                                                                                          Monday
                                                                                          .Quincy, Mass.Beachcomber on Wollaston Beach

                                                                                          MONDAY JULY 18 (1) NITE ONLY
                                                                                          DUKE ELLINGTON
                                                                                          AND HIS 13 PIECE ORCHESTRA
                                                                                          SIX ACT SHOW
                                                                                          CO-STARRING
                                                                                          WALLACE BROS. – BOB CHARLES

                                                                                          • Boston Traveler, Boston, Mass.
                                                                                            • 1966-07-08 p.16
                                                                                            • 1966-07-15 p.11
                                                                                          • Boston Record American, Boston, Mass., 1966-07-11 p.26
                                                                                          • The Boston Herald, Boston,Mass.
                                                                                            • 1966-07-08, p.23
                                                                                            • 1966-07-15 p.10
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                                                                                          1966 07 19
                                                                                          Tuesday
                                                                                          ...activities not documented...
                                                                                          ...
                                                                                          1966 07 20
                                                                                          Wednesday
                                                                                          1966 07 21
                                                                                          Wednesday
                                                                                          Chautauqua, N.Y.Chautauqua Institute8:30 p.m. Ellington appeared as a soloist with the Chautauqua Symphony Orchestra, conducted by Walter Hendl.
                                                                                          • The Post-Journal, Jamestown, N.Y. 1966-07-20 p.9
                                                                                          • Stratemann p.537 citing DESB
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                                                                                          Thursday
                                                                                          1966 07 21Chautauqua, N.Y.Chautauqua Institute8:30 p.m. concert, Ellington and his orchestra
                                                                                          • The Post-Journal, Jamestown, N.Y. 1966-07-20 p.9
                                                                                          • Stratemann p.537 citing DESB
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                                                                                          1966 07 22
                                                                                          Friday
                                                                                          8:15 pm
                                                                                          .Boston, Mass.Union Methodist Church
                                                                                          485 Columbus Ave.
                                                                                          Sacred Concert

                                                                                          The Harvard Crimson (with spelling and punctuation as written):

                                                                                          'Profit from the performance will go to the Church's rennovation fund. Tickets are available at the door at $5, $8 and $10. "We tought [sic] he did these concerts as a benefit," the paster said. But we found out that he doesn't."'

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                                                                                          1966 07 23
                                                                                          Saturday
                                                                                          ...activities not documented...
                                                                                          ...
                                                                                          1966 07 24
                                                                                          Sunday
                                                                                          .Hyannis, Mass.Cape Cod Melody TentEllington was paid 50% of $4,363.75 gross ticket sales, or $2,181.88.

                                                                                          978 tickets were sold at prices of $3.50, $4.25 and $4.75. Payment was $2,000 in cash and the balance by cheque.
                                                                                          • Box office statement and receipt, SI-NMAH Archives Center, DEC301, Series III 133, Folder 4
                                                                                          • Stratemann p.538 citing DESB
                                                                                          • Vail II
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                                                                                          Monday
                                                                                          ...Travel to La Côte d'Azur (a.k.a. French Riviera) for the last four days of the seventh annual Festival International du Jazz d' Antibes/Juan-les-Pins

                                                                                          Duke Ellington and his orchestra performed the last four days of the festival, joined on the last day by former Ellingtonians Ben Webster and Ray Nance.

                                                                                          Ella Fitzgerald and the Jimmy Jones Trio were booked to play two days but when Miss Fitzgerald arrived, she learned of the sudden death of her sister, and Norman Granz arranged for her to return to New York immediately. The festival was extended by a day so she could make her two appearances after her return; returning on the fifth day, she performed with Ellington and his orchestra on July 28 and 29.
                                                                                          Ellington's performances were filmed and televised, and yielded the albums "Ella and Duke at The Cote D'Azur" and "Soul Call," as well as a film "Duke Ellington At The Cote d'Azur."

                                                                                          Ellington's 18-year-old nephew, Stephen James, was present at the Festival and spoke to Derek Jewell about it in England.
                                                                                          • The Billboard 1966-08-13 p.16
                                                                                          • Derek Jewell, Jazz/Nephew to Duke, The Sunday Times, London, England, 1966-08-14 p.29
                                                                                          • Stratemann pp. 538-542
                                                                                          • Additional documentation is likely to be found in SI-NMAH Archives Center, DEC301, Series 2: Performances and Programs, 1933-1974, box 5, folder 1 USA and France, July 26-29, 1966
                                                                                          .DEMS
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                                                                                          1966 07 26
                                                                                          Tuesday
                                                                                          .Juan-les-Pins
                                                                                          Antibes
                                                                                          France
                                                                                          ."Freedom"...
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                                                                                          Tuesday
                                                                                          .Juan-les-Pins
                                                                                          Antibes
                                                                                          France
                                                                                          .Juan-les-Pins / Antibes Jazz Festival.New Desor
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                                                                                          Wednesday
                                                                                          .St. Paul De Vence, FranceFondation Maeght
                                                                                          623, chemin des Gardettes
                                                                                          Filmed trio performance:
                                                                                          Duke Ellington, John Lamb, Sam Woodyard
                                                                                          Titles recorded:
                                                                                          • Tingling Is A Happiness
                                                                                          • The Shepherd
                                                                                          • Kinda Dukish

                                                                                          Impresario Norman Granz took Ellington, John Lamb and Sam Woodyard to Fondation Maeght in the late morning to film a performance in its garden for a documentary he was making. There they met Spanish artist-in-residence Joan Miró i Ferrà (sculptor, painter, and ceramicist). Miró showed Ellington his sculptures and watched the Ellington trio play. Some of the footage was used in Granz's National Educational Television film "Duke Ellington at the Cote d'Azur," which Stratemann says shows statues at times while the trio performs.
                                                                                          This event is described on http://openculture.com, which at the time of writing, uses popups.

                                                                                          While Lambert says The Shepherd was improvised, it was already recorded commercially in New York and openculture quotes Lamb as saying the piece evolved over a period of time on the road.

                                                                                          Part of the film, with Miró and Ellington walking together and with Miró watching the musicians perform a Kinda Dukish improvisation, can be seen on Youtube. This may be the same footage used in the NET film but doesn't show the sculptures during the performance. Searching Youtube for "Ellington + Miro" will turn up other instances of this film as well.
                                                                                          New Desor
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                                                                                          Wednesday
                                                                                          .Juan-les-Pins
                                                                                          Antibes
                                                                                          France
                                                                                          .Juan-les-Pins / Antibes Jazz Festival.New Desor
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                                                                                          Thursday
                                                                                          .Juan-les-Pins
                                                                                          Antibes
                                                                                          France
                                                                                          .ORTF Reh...
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                                                                                          1966 07 28
                                                                                          Thursday
                                                                                          .Juan-les-Pins
                                                                                          Antibes
                                                                                          France
                                                                                          .Juan-les-Pins / Antibes Jazz Festival
                                                                                          • Stratemann 539
                                                                                          • VAR photos
                                                                                          • KG photo
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                                                                                          1966 07 29
                                                                                          Friday
                                                                                          .Juan-les-Pins
                                                                                          Antibes
                                                                                          France
                                                                                          Juan-les-Pins / Antibes Jazz FestivalConcert with Ella Fitzgerald
                                                                                          Former Ellingtonians Ray Nance and Ben Webster played part of this concert with the band - see ellingtonia.com.
                                                                                          Stratemann, p.541.New Desor
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                                                                                          1966 07 30
                                                                                          Saturday
                                                                                          ...(Unconfirmed)

                                                                                          Stratemann reported Ellington and the band were back in the U.S. on this date but doesn't provide travel details.
                                                                                          Stratemann, p.543..
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                                                                                          1966 07 30
                                                                                          Saturday
                                                                                          .Sandusky, OhioCedar Point Ballroom(Unconfirmed)


                                                                                          Announcement: "Mutual Broadcasting System's 'Bandstand USA' will once again air name bands from Cedar Point's Ballroom starting with Louis Armstrong on June 25. Following Armstrong will be ... Duke Ellington, July 30..."

                                                                                          Cedar Point is an amusement park with several possible performance venues. This date seems doubtful because
                                                                                          • if the band landed in New York, it would have had to travel another 500 miles by road to play this gig (but there's no apparent reason the band might not have landed nearer Sandusky.
                                                                                          • the Aug.2 edition of the Elyria Chronicle-Telegram advertised the Ellington orchestra would be at this venue on Sat., Aug. 6, which suggests the event was rescheduled.
                                                                                          • Announcement, Cedar Point Sets Dates For Bands, Sandusky Register, 1966-05-14, p.10
                                                                                          • Ad, Elyria Chronicle-Telegram 1966-08-02, p.13
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                                                                                          Sunday
                                                                                          .North Tonawanda, N.Y.Melody Fair
                                                                                          Wurlitzer Park
                                                                                          "ONE NIGHTER- Duke Ellington and His Orchestra will play a one-night stand at Melody Fair today at 8:30 p.m..."
                                                                                          808 tickets were sold at prices from $2.00 to $5.00, for net sales $3,074.50.
                                                                                          • "Duke Ellington to Perform at Tent"
                                                                                            By Janet Morgan
                                                                                            Niagara Falls Gazette, 1966-07-31
                                                                                          • Box office statement, SI-NMAH Archives Center, DEC301, Series III Box 133, Folder 4
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                                                                                          August 1966

                                                                                          1966 08 01
                                                                                          Monday
                                                                                          .Fort Erie, Ont.Fort Erie port of entry
                                                                                          (Peace Bridge)
                                                                                          Travel day, en route to Bala and Stratford, Ontario. While the immigration form said the band was to leave Canada at Windsor, it actually exited at Sarnia.

                                                                                          Personnel entering Canada and their instruments were:
                                                                                          Name                  Instrument           
                                                                                          Anderson, William Conn trumpet H39603
                                                                                          Conn trumpet H39637V
                                                                                          Brown, Lawrence King trombone, two slides
                                                                                          2B311846
                                                                                          362807
                                                                                          Carney, Harry Conn baritone sax C97971
                                                                                          Le Blanc bass clarinet 5192
                                                                                          Le Blanc Bb clarinet 20909
                                                                                          Connors, Charles Reynolds bass trombone 67701
                                                                                          Cooper, Buster Selmer trombone 3789Ellington, Edward
                                                                                          Ellington, Mercer Besson flugelhorn 96743
                                                                                          Selmer trumpet 35590
                                                                                          Gonsalves, Paul Selmer tenor sax
                                                                                          Hamilton, James Selmer tenor sax M121120
                                                                                          Le Blanc clarinet 20956
                                                                                          Hodges, John Buescher alto sax 392310
                                                                                          Jones, Herbert Conn trumpet 089005
                                                                                          Lamb, John Bass fiddle
                                                                                          Procope, Russell Buescher alto sax 434346
                                                                                          Selmer clarinet M6365
                                                                                          Stamatiou, Christifer [sic]
                                                                                          Tayler, Leslie
                                                                                          Williams, Charles Conn trumpet 932089
                                                                                          Woodyard, Sam 8 drums
                                                                                          The manifest is marked to show Cooper, Procope and Hamilton were travelling by plane and car.

                                                                                          "Stamatiou" is probably Duke's brother-in-law, usually known as Chris or Christos.
                                                                                          • Canada Immigration documents, SI-NMAH Archives Center, DEC301, Series III, Box 133, Folder 4
                                                                                          • Email, P.Willard-D.Palmquist 2016-10-04, 2016-10-05
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                                                                                          1966 08 02
                                                                                          Tuesday
                                                                                          ...day off according to Stratemann...
                                                                                          ...
                                                                                          1966 08 03
                                                                                          Wednesday
                                                                                          .Bala, Ont. Muskoka PavilionBallroom:
                                                                                          MUSKOKA
                                                                                          PAVILION

                                                                                          BALA
                                                                                          --------

                                                                                          PRESENTS
                                                                                          DUKE
                                                                                          ELLINGTON
                                                                                          and his
                                                                                          WORLD FAMOUS
                                                                                          ORCHESTRA

                                                                                          ------
                                                                                          WED., AUG.3
                                                                                          9 p.m. – 1 a.m.
                                                                                          ------
                                                                                          ADMISSION $3.00 PER PERSON
                                                                                          ------
                                                                                          "Where All Muskoka Dances"

                                                                                          The Forester, Huntsville, Ont., 1966-07-28 p.6..
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                                                                                          Thursday
                                                                                          ...According to Stratemann, p.543, the band had the day off while Ellington returned briefly to New York, with a stop in Netuchen, N.J....
                                                                                          ...
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                                                                                          Friday
                                                                                          .Stratford, Ont.Festival TheatreConcert, 2 p.m.

                                                                                          Personnel named in the Aug.4 announcement: Carney, Hodges, Anderson, Williams, Brown, Procope, Gonsalves, Hamiltion, Woodyard, M.Ellignton, Jones, Lamb, Connors, Cooper.
                                                                                          • The Cincinnati Enquirer, Cinncinnati, Ohio, 1966-08-04 p.42
                                                                                          • Stratemann p.543 citing Down Beat, 1966-05-05
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                                                                                          Friday
                                                                                          .Sarnia, Ont..The band left Canada at Sarnia, rather than Windsor.Canada Immigration documents, SI-NMAH Archives Center, DEC301, Series III Box 133, Folder 4...djpAdded
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                                                                                          Saturday
                                                                                          8:30 pm EST
                                                                                          .Sandusky, OhioCedar Point Ballroom
                                                                                          Dancing
                                                                                          Just for Fun

                                                                                          Duke Ellington in the Ballroom

                                                                                          $2.50/person
                                                                                          Ads
                                                                                          • Chronicle-Telegram, Elyria, Ohio, 1966-08-02 p.13
                                                                                          • Lima News, Lima, Ohio, 1966-08-05
                                                                                          • Newark Advocate, Newark, Ohio,
                                                                                            • 1966-08-02 p.14
                                                                                            • 1966-08-05 p.10
                                                                                          • Norwalk Reflector, Norwalk, Ohio, 1966-08-05 p.2
                                                                                          • Sandusky Register, Sandusky, Ohio,
                                                                                            • 1966-08-02 p.20
                                                                                            • 1966-08-05 p.22
                                                                                            • 1966-08-06 p.5
                                                                                          • The Republican-Courier, Findlay, Ohio, 1966-08-03 p.7
                                                                                          • The Times Recorder,Zanesville, Ohio, 1966-08-05 p.4 s.B
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                                                                                          Sunday
                                                                                          1966 08 13
                                                                                          Saturday
                                                                                          Atlantic City, N.J.Marine Ballroom
                                                                                          Steel Pier
                                                                                          "The Duke will play for dancing and listening in the Marine Ballroom.
                                                                                          • The Philadelphia Inquirer, Philadelphia, Penn.
                                                                                            • 1966-08-07 s.5 p.7
                                                                                            • 1966-08-13 p.10
                                                                                          • Additional documentation is likely to be found in SI-NMAH DEC301, Series 2: Performances and Programs, 1933-1974, box 12, folder 19 Steel Pier, Atlantic City, New Jersey, August 7, 1966
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                                                                                          Sunday
                                                                                          .Lambertville, N.J.St. John Terrell's Lambertville Music Circus4 pm
                                                                                          "Duke Ellington and His Religious Jazz"

                                                                                          'From Duke Ellington's religious jazz mass to Peter, Paul and Mary–that's the way the week shapes up at Lambertville Music Circus.
                                                                                            Ellington returns to the Lambertville Sunday, 4 P.M., with orchestra, choir and dancers required for the mass, which is presneted in the modern idiom of jazz.
                                                                                            Entitled "In the Beginning God...", it was introduced a year ago at San Francisco's Grace Cathedral and since then has been enthusiastically received by congregations at New York's Fifth Avenue Presbyterian Church and at the Bright Hope Baptist Church in Philadelphia.'

                                                                                          This was the first performance of the Concert of Sacred Music outside a church. Vocalists were Tony Watkins, Roscoe Gill and Philadelphia choirs Singing City and Vox Humana.
                                                                                          • The Philadelphia Inquirer, Philadelphia, Penn.
                                                                                          • 1966-08-13 p.10
                                                                                          • 1966-08-14 s.5 p.5
                                                                                          • Stratemann p.543
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                                                                                          .New York, N.Y.Central ParkRheingold Central Park Music FestivalAdditional documentation is likely to be found in SI-NMAH DEC301, Series 2: Performances and Programs, 1933-1974, box 12, folder 20 Rheingold Central Park Music Festival, New York, New York, August 15, 1966New Desor
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                                                                                          Thursday
                                                                                          .New York, N.Y.RCA Studio ADuke Ellington recording session
                                                                                          Duke Ellington and His Orchestra:
                                                                                          Anderson, M.Ellington, Jones, Williams, Brown, Cooper, Connors, Hamilton, Hodges, Procope, Gonsalves, Carney, Ellington, Lamb, Woodyard

                                                                                          Titles recorded:
                                                                                          • Harlem
                                                                                          • Mellow Ditty
                                                                                          • The Old Circus Train Turn Around Blues
                                                                                          • Tin Soldier
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                                                                                          .Warrensville, OhioMusicarnival. (The Musicarnival tent theatre organization operated from 1954 to 1975 with winter seasons in Florida as well, from 1958 to 1964)
                                                                                          • Akron Beacon-Journal, Akron, Ohio, 1966-08-14 p.A11
                                                                                          • Elyria Chronicle-Telegram, 1966-08-19 p.8
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                                                                                          .Los Angeles, Cal.Hollywood Bowl8:30 An Evening With DUKE ELLINGTON at the piano and conducting HIS WORLD FAMOUS ORCHESTRA together with the LOS ANGELES PHILHARMONIC ORCHESTRA. Harlem, for Jazz Band and Symphony Orchestra and other great Ellington favorites including: Mood Indigo, Sophisticated Lady, Caravan & many more.
                                                                                          The Press-Telegram included Harlem, The Golden Broom and the Green Apple, La Plus Belle Africaine, West Indian Pancake, Black and Tan Fantasy, and Creole Love Call in its review and named Anderson, Williams, Hodges, Gonsalves, and Woodyard.
                                                                                          • Independent, Pasadena, Cal., 1966-08-24 p.12
                                                                                          • Press-Telegram, Long Beach, Cal.
                                                                                            • 1966-08-24 p.C-11
                                                                                            • 1966-08-26 p.C-7
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                                                                                          Sunday
                                                                                          .Marin County, Cal.Cushing Memorial Amphitheatre
                                                                                          Mount Tamalpais State Park
                                                                                          3 p.m. Atheneum Arts Foundation's third annual Jazz on the Mountain concert. Tickets were $2,50 for adults and $1.00 for children under 12 and Atheneum Guild members.

                                                                                          The Atheneum Jazz Quartet led by Gerry Olds, producer of the jazz show, opened, playing experimental improvisations over electronic music.

                                                                                          Ellington sidemen named by the reviewer were Hodges, Lamb, Anderson, Gonsalves, and Procope.
                                                                                          Daily Independent-Journal, San Rafael, Cal.
                                                                                          • 1966-08-17, p.22
                                                                                          • 1966-08-23 p.1
                                                                                          • 1966-08-25 p.20
                                                                                          • 1966-08-27 p.1
                                                                                          • 1966-08-29 p.16
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                                                                                          1966 08 31Tucson, Ariz.Spanish Trail Motel and Restaurant Supper Club
                                                                                          South 4th on the Benson Highway
                                                                                          Supper club engagement
                                                                                          Duke Ellington and his world famous orchestra & show
                                                                                          3 shows nightly 8:00 - 10:00 - 11:45
                                                                                          The Tucson Daily Citizen's review said the reviewed set was 45 minutes.
                                                                                          Tucson Daily Citizen, Tucson, Ariz.
                                                                                          • 1966-08-03 p.20
                                                                                          • 1966-08-19 p.22
                                                                                          • 1966-08-27 p.3
                                                                                          • 1966-08-30 p.16
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                                                                                          September 1966

                                                                                          1966 09 01
                                                                                          Thursday
                                                                                          .Salina, Kans.Salina Municipal AirportEllington's American Airlines flight from Tucson to Chicago landed in Salina and the passengers transferred to another airplane after a woman was overheard muttering about a bomb when the flight was over Garden City, Kansas. An army demolition squad found no explosives in the woman's baggage.

                                                                                          Even though the band had flown on ahead, DEMS 1990-2 reports an engagement in Chicago was cancelled.
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                                                                                          .Green Bay, Wisc.Brown County Veterans Memorial Arena8:15 p.m. Sounds of '66 concert. Also on the program: Skeeter Davis and her orchestra, the Beau Brummels and singer Melba Montgomery
                                                                                          • Daily Northwestern, Oshkosh, Wisc., 1966-08-19 p.26
                                                                                          • The Post-Crescent, Appleton, Wisc.
                                                                                            • 1966-08-19 p.A8
                                                                                            • 1966-08-29 p.A12
                                                                                            • 1966-08-31 p.B8
                                                                                          • Stratemann p.543 citing DESB
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                                                                                          Sunday
                                                                                          .Hayward, Wisc.Lumberjack Bowl
                                                                                          Historyland
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                                                                                          Tuesday
                                                                                          .Duluth, Minn.Auditorium.Stratemann p.543 citing DESB.DEMS
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                                                                                          .Minneapolis, Minn.Auditorium.Stratemann p.543 citing DESB.DEMS
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                                                                                          Thursday
                                                                                          1966 09 09Chicago, Ill.McCormick Place18th International Achievement Conference
                                                                                          (50th anniversary conference of Field Enterprises Educational Corporaton). Stratemann suggests Ellington performed both nights.
                                                                                          The Alice Daily Echo:

                                                                                          'Mrs. Tannie (John) Herring won a free trip to the International Achievement Conference for selling World Book Encyclopedias. The conference was held in Chicago, Ill., in the new McCormic [sic] building.
                                                                                           Tannie says the building is the size of six football fields. There were 5000 managers at the conference from all over the world.
                                                                                           Jack Benny entertained the conference and dancing was to music by Duke Ellington. Sir Edmund Hillary was among the many distinguished speakers...'

                                                                                          Stratemann:

                                                                                          '...all attendees were presented with a "50th Anniversay Souvenir Record"... one-sided 12" 33 r.p.m. yellow vinylite LP ... '

                                                                                          The record has opening remarks by Jack Benny, talking by the president of FEEC, and 3 small group Ellington recordings which Stratemann suggests were recorded July 18.
                                                                                          • Stratemann p.543
                                                                                          • The Alice Daily Echo, Alice, Tex., 1966-10-28 p.1
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                                                                                          .Iowa City, IowaUniversity Athletic Club.Stratemann p.543 citing DESB.DEMS
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                                                                                          Monday
                                                                                          .Omaha, Neb.(Schimmel's) Indian Hill Inn.Stratemann p.543 citing DESB.DEMS
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                                                                                          Thursday
                                                                                          .San Francisco, Cal.California Palace of the Legion of HonorConcert, 8:45 p.m.

                                                                                          The San Mateo Times' announcement said the lineup would feature Bellson, Hodges, Carney, Hamilton, Gonsalves, Procope, Williams, Connors, Cooper, M. Ellington, Anderson, Jones, Brown and Lamb.
                                                                                          • San Mateo Times and Daily News Leader, San Mateo, Cal. 1966-08-31
                                                                                          • Annotated Program, Duke Ellington and his Orchestra, Presented by Patrons of Art and Music at the California Palace of the Legion of Honor, September 15, 1966, Indiana University Archives, Luvenia A. George Collection, Box 8, folder 10
                                                                                          • Stratemann p.543 citing DESB
                                                                                          • Additional documentation is likely to be found in SI-NMAH DEC301, Series 2: Performances and Programs, 1933-1974, box 12, folder 21 California Palace of the Legion of Honor, San Francisco, California, September 15, 1966
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                                                                                          Saturday
                                                                                          .Oakland, Cal.Civic AuditoriumAppears to be a sacred concert for Downs Memorial Methodist Church
                                                                                          • Stratemann p.543 citing DESB
                                                                                          • Additional documentation is likely to be found in SI-NMAH DEC301, Series 2: Performances and Programs, 1933-1974, box 15 (Sacred concerts), folder 16 Downs Memorial Methodist Church, Municipal Auditorium, Oakland, California, September 17, 1966
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                                                                                          .Monterey, Cal.Festival Grounds9th annual Monterey Jazz Festival
                                                                                          On the program for this night were the Duke Ellington Orchestra, Carmen McRae, the Randy Weston Sextet, Gerry Mulligan and the Danny Zeitin Trio.
                                                                                          • San Mateo Times and Daily News Leader, San Mateo, Cal., 1966-08-18 p.17
                                                                                          • Pasadena Star-News, Pasadena, Cal., 1966-08-26 p.11
                                                                                          • Additional documentation is likely to be found in SI-NMAH DEC301, Series 2: Performances and Programs, 1933-1974, box 12, folder 22 Thirteenth Annual Monterey Jazz Festival, Monterey, California, September 18,1966
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                                                                                          1966 09 25Los Angeles, Cal.Greek TheatreAppearing with Ellington's orchestra to close out the summer season were Ella Fitzgerald with the Jimmy Jones trio and dancer Bunny Briggs.The Daily Independent, Corona, Cal. 1966-08-29 p.7.DEMS
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                                                                                          Monday
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                                                                                          1966 10 02San Francisco, Cal.Basin Street WestNightclub residency..DEMS
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                                                                                          Saturday
                                                                                          San Francisco, Cal.Basin Street WestNightclub residency - see 1966 09 27..DEMS
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                                                                                          Monday
                                                                                          .San Francisco, Cal..(Unconfirmed)

                                                                                          'President Leopold Sedar Senghor of the Republic of Senegal will be the dinner guest of the World Trade Council in San Francisco tonight.
                                                                                            He arrived in San Francisco from Los Angeles aboard a U.S. Air Force jet....
                                                                                            A large part of Senghor's time in San Francisco was left open for informal activities and a visit with Duke Ellington, the famous American Negro musician now preforming [sic] at a S.F. nightclub.'

                                                                                          Oakland Tribune 1966 10 03, p.E37..
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                                                                                          .Amarillo, Tex.Officers Club
                                                                                          Amarillo Air Force Base
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                                                                                          .Houston, Tex.Auditorium
                                                                                          Texas Southern University
                                                                                          8 p.m. performance.The Rice Thresher, Rice Institute, Houston, Tex., 1966-09-29 p.8
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                                                                                          Wednesday
                                                                                          .Austin, Tex.Municipal Auditorium8 p.m. joint concert, Ellington orchestra and Ella Fitzgerald with the Jimmy Jones Trio as part of the University of Texas Student Cultural Entertainment Committee 1966-67 Series. Series subscribers received free tickets if ordered in advance, and tickets could be purchased as well.
                                                                                          • The Daily Texan, Austin, Tex.
                                                                                            • 1966-08-19 p.26
                                                                                            • 1966-10-06 p.10
                                                                                          • The Amarillo Globe-Times, Amarillo, Tex., 1966-08-23 p.66.
                                                                                          • The Armored Sentinel, Fort Hood, Tex., 1966-10-07 p.3
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                                                                                          Wednesday
                                                                                          .Washington, D.C...Pittsburgh Post-Gazette:

                                                                                          'Washington, Oct. 5 (AP)–
                                                                                            Band leader Duke Ellington has filed suit in U.S.Tax Court challenging an Internal Revenue Service claim he owes $125,294.35 in income taxes for the years 1957 through 1961.
                                                                                            The government's claim is that Ellington did not include in his income tax reports the income of Tempo Music, Inc.
                                                                                            Ellington, in papers filed by his attorney, Steven A. Burn of New York City says the income of Tempo is not his and therefore he is required to pay no taxes on it.
                                                                                            Tempo is run by Ellington's sister, Ruth Ellington Stamatiou.'

                                                                                          AP Wirestory:
                                                                                          • Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, Pittsburgh, Penn. 1966-10-06 p.8
                                                                                          • The Indianapolis Star, Indianapolis, Ind., 1966-10-06 p.66
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                                                                                          .St. Louis. Mo.Kiel AuditoriumSacred Concert...
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                                                                                          .St. Louis. Mo.Leonard Duckett of Port Arthur News wrote of a chance meeting with Ellington, Carney and Hodges in a downtown lounge after the St. Louis concert, about midnight.The Port Arthur News, Port Arthur, Tex., 1966-10-17 p.4..
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                                                                                          .Chicago, Ill.Union League ClubConcert and danceStratemann p.544..
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                                                                                          .Wheeling, Ill.Palwaukee Airport.Stratemann p.544..
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                                                                                          .Bartlett, Ill.Apple Orchard Country Club.Stratemann p.544..
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                                                                                          .Waterloo, IowaElectric Park BallroomBenefit dance for the Black Hawk County National Association for the Advancement of Colored People. 450 dancers attended. Admission $3/person, $5/couplesWaterloo Daily Courier and Waterloo Sunday Courier
                                                                                          • Announcement, 1966-09-27, p.6
                                                                                          • Ad 1966-10-09
                                                                                          • Ad 1966-10-10, p.13
                                                                                          • Story with photos, 1966-10-11, p.7
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                                                                                          .Milwaukee, Wisc.Milwaukee Student Union Ballroom
                                                                                          Wisconsin University
                                                                                          Concert
                                                                                          • Stratemann p.544 citing DESB
                                                                                          • Announcement, Milwaukee Sentinel 1966-09-30, p.4
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                                                                                          .North Manchester, Ind.Manchester College Auditorium.Stratemann p.544 ciiting DESB..
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                                                                                          Saturday
                                                                                          .Bloomington, Ind.Indiana University
                                                                                          I.U. Homecoming
                                                                                          Variety Show

                                                                                          featuring

                                                                                          Duke Ellington
                                                                                          and his Orchestra
                                                                                          and

                                                                                          The I.U. Singing Hoosiers
                                                                                          Saturday, October 15 Auditorium

                                                                                          Two shows: 7:00 and 9:30 P.M.
                                                                                          Tickets available at Auditorium ticket office
                                                                                          $3.50 - 3.00 - 2.50 - 2.00 - 1.50
                                                                                          According to publicity, the Singing Hoosiers would be accompanied for part of their act by the Ellington orchestra, Ellington would perform three movements from the Concert of Sacred Music, and the Singing Hoosiers would sing the vocals for those movements. Band members named in the publicity were both Ellingtons, Williams, Hodges, Gonsalves and Bellson (although the review names Woodyard - see 1966 01 23 above).
                                                                                          Daily Student Staff Writer Dave Lorentz's review was not favourable:

                                                                                          'The performance of the Duke Ellington Orchestra at the Homecoming Show Saturday left much to be desired. The Singing Hoosiers, on the other hand, sounded more slick and polished than many large professional vocal ensembles. One detail that bound the Variety Show together, however, was that all the performers seemed bored stiff.
                                                                                            ...
                                                                                            Duke Ellington's band has been together a long time...The band couldn't have become as highly regarded as it is if some kind of teamwork hadn't evolved...teamwork wasn't evident in the shows Saturday except in some of the up-tempo numbers. Real quality came more from the excellence of the individual players than from any efforts to play together.
                                                                                            It was the rhythm section - Ellington, piano; John Lamb, bass; Sam Woodyard, drums - that seemed to be having the most fun. In "Take the "A" Train" the Duke played some facile phrases in the first choruses, and then the band came in. All along, the drummer threw in impromptu vocal interjections as he felt them.
                                                                                            Again Woodyard contributed on more than his drums as he sang improvised riffs - short, repeated melodic phrases- in one of the tightest, best-played tunes of the show, "Things Ain't What They Used to Be." Both in this, and in the preceding "I Got it Bad," Johnny Hodges played thoughtful, well-planned solos of the kind that made him a valuable part of the Ellington band.
                                                                                            Cootie Williams stuck to his "growl" trumpet style through-out the performance, except for once where he played straight trumpet. This occasion was undistinguished, and he returned to the growl for the rest of the concert.
                                                                                            A high, biting, straight trumpet style is Cat Anderson's forte. And he used it to good effect. Introduced for the tune as "El Gato" (The Cat), he played a spectacular Spanish-flavored solo in "The Matador." The most entertaining part of the whole show was the encore. The Duke stood at the microphone instructing the audience on how to snap their fingers to the music in a hip manner.
                                                                                            "It's even cooler," he said, "if you wag your head from side to side like this." He did. Everyone in the audience did. The 1966 Homecoming Variety Show ended.

                                                                                          Read receives thanks
                                                                                            Duke Ellington and his men sent telegrams to the Read Center cooks and a big bunch of roses to Read residents last Sunday, after his concert here.
                                                                                            The telegrams and roses were to thank Read Center for dinner and a reception Saturday. Debby Gaber, freshman, had met Duke Ellington* in Aspen, Colo., and called him in Iowa to invite the band to dinner here.'

                                                                                          * the Oct. 23 report said Miss Gaber met Duke Ellington's
                                                                                            grandson
                                                                                          at the Aspen music camp.
                                                                                          • The Indiana Daily Student, Indiana University, Bloomington, Ind., courtesy of C.Lynn and E.M.Peters, Office of University Archives and Records Management, Herman B. Wells Library, Indiana University, Bloomington, Ind. (2015-11-18):
                                                                                            • 1966-10-11
                                                                                            • 1966-10-13
                                                                                            • 1966-10-14
                                                                                            • 1966-10-14
                                                                                            • 1966-10-15
                                                                                            • 1966-10-18
                                                                                          • The Brazil Daily Times, Brazil, Ind. 1966-10-06 p.3
                                                                                          • The Indianapolis Star, Indianapolis, Ind.,
                                                                                            • 1966-10-07 p.17
                                                                                            • 1966-10-2 s.2 p.1
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                                                                                          .Casey, Ill.Casey High School gymnasiumConcert 3 - 5 p.m., sponsored by the non-profit Casey Concert committee co-chaired by Maurice Harris and William J. Bach. Reserved seats $3.50 & $3.00, general admission $2.00, students (grades 1-12) $1.00, preschoolers with adults free in the general admission balconies.
                                                                                          This appears, from the Smithsonian folder label, to have been a sacred concert, although the announcements and ads don't say so.
                                                                                          • Terre Haute Tribune
                                                                                            • 1966-08-15 p.6
                                                                                            • 1966-09-12 p.3
                                                                                            • 1966-09-27 p.7
                                                                                            • 1966-10-12 p.29
                                                                                          • Decatur Herald, Decatur, Ill.
                                                                                            • 1966-08-22 p.9
                                                                                            • 1966-09-27 p.13
                                                                                            • 1966-09-29 p.5
                                                                                            • 1966-10-13 p.45
                                                                                          • Decatur Daily Review, Decatur, Ill. 1966-09-27 p.4
                                                                                          • Journal-Gazette, Mattoon, Ill.
                                                                                            • 1966-09-26 p.4
                                                                                            • 1966-09-27 p.14
                                                                                            • 1966-10-10 p.10
                                                                                            • 1966-10-13 p.2
                                                                                          • The Saturday Spectator, Terre Haute, Ill.
                                                                                            1966-10-01 p.18
                                                                                        • Additional documentation is likely to be found in SI-NMAH DEC301, Series 2: Performances and Programs, 1933-1974, box 15 (Sacred concerts), folder 19 Albion College, October 16, 1966
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                                                                                          .Albion, Mich.Goodrich Chapel
                                                                                          Albion College.
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                                                                                          Wednesday
                                                                                          .Grands Rapids, Mich.Fountain Street Church
                                                                                          24 Fountain St. N.E.
                                                                                          Ella Fitzgerald and her trio were booked, but when she found out it was a church, she was reluctant until Ellington convinced her it was okay to sing blues in a church. The organizer, Carolyn Heines, asked Duke to perform with her. Heines:

                                                                                          'The tickets were not selling very well for Ella's concert. I found out that Duke was playing in Albion, Michigan the night before her gig, so I asked him if he would come to perform with Ella on the 19th. He graciously agreed. Always the charming gentleman, Duke gave roses to Carolyn and her mother, as well as the choir director's wife.
                                                                                            Ellington arrived without his band.
                                                                                            Ella sang solo and was accompanied by the Jimmy Jones Trio for the first half of the concert, then Duke played solo piano after intermission." ...
                                                                                            "After the concert, we flew Duke back to Chicago in a private plane owned by one of the choir members. I was aboard this flight. It was a little four-seater.'

                                                                                          Poster, West Mich Music Hysterical Society - THE FOUNTAIN STREET CHURCH CONCERTS..
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                                                                                          .South Orange, N.J.Seton Hall UniversityConcert, 8:30 p.m., Ella Fitzgerald and Duke Ellington And His OrchestraAsbury Park Sunday Press, Asbury Park, N.J., 1966-08-07 p.25..
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                                                                                          Westbury Music FairEllington and his orchestra appeared with Ella Fitzgerald and the Jimmy Jones Trio
                                                                                          • Just for Fun, The Long-Islander,Huntington, N.Y. 1966-10-27 s.2 p.9
                                                                                          • Additional documentation is likely to be found in SI-NMAH DEC301, Series 2: Performances and Programs, 1933-1974, box 12, folder 23 Westbury Music Fair, October 24-30, 1966
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                                                                                          Thursday
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                                                                                          Monday
                                                                                          Halloween
                                                                                          .Newport News, Va.Officers Open Mess
                                                                                          Ft. Eustis
                                                                                          Announcement:

                                                                                          'Duke Ellington and his internationally famous orchestra will appear at the Fort Eustis Officer's Open Mess...The show is scheduled to begin at 9 p.m. '

                                                                                          According to the subsequent report, Ellington entertained from 9 p.m. to 1 [a.m]. The report does not mention the orchestra, but it includes a photo of Duke shaking hands with Lt.-Col. F.R.Badgely, secretary-custondian of the Officer's Open Mess.
                                                                                          SI-NMAH Archives Center, DEC301, Series 2, Box 3, Folder 19: Clipping, "The Wheel,"
                                                                                          • 1966-10-21 p.14
                                                                                          • 1966-11-04 p.10
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                                                                                          Record Research magazine published a two page study by Jerry Valburn of Ellington recordings for the Pathé and Cameo groups in 1928 and 1929.
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                                                                                          .New York, N.Y..Filming of the one-hour television program Center Stage (aka Celanese Center Stage) hosted by singer Barbara McNair.

                                                                                          Ellington appeared with Lamb and Woodyard; the Ellington kinescope segments come to nearly 20 minutes.

                                                                                          A studio orchestra played the backings.

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                                                                                          .Miami Beach, Fla..Rehearsals for the CBS television "Jackie Gleason Show"

                                                                                          Gleason brought 160 musicians to Florida for this episode, which he devoted to the big band era. The show began with the Count Basie orchestra, and included segments by the band led by Les and Larry Elgart, the Sammy Kay orchestra, the Guy Lombardo orchestra, and the Glenn Miller ghost band. Ellington's band had the last 9 minutes.

                                                                                          Ellington's granddaughter Mercedes danced in the show as she was a member of the June Taylor Dancers.
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                                                                                          Thursday
                                                                                          6 pm and 8:30 pm
                                                                                          .Phoenix, Ariz.Trinity Episcopal CathedralTwo concerts of sacred music

                                                                                          The 6 pm family concert was priced at $5.00 general, $1.75 students. The 8 pm evening concert was priced at $6.00 and $10.00
                                                                                          • Arizona Republic, Phoenix, Ariz.
                                                                                            • Advertisements:
                                                                                              • 1966-11-09, p.30
                                                                                              • 1966-11-10 p.62
                                                                                              • 1966-11-11 p.46
                                                                                            • Editorial, 1966-11-10 p.6
                                                                                            • Publicity< ul>
                                                                                            • "The Music of Duke Ellington Appeals to Almost Everyone" 1966-11-10 p.6
                                                                                            • "Religion, Royalty Come Together at Concert," 1966-11-12, p.41, with photos
                                                                                        • Stratemann p.547 citing DESB
                                                                                        • Additional documentation is likely to be found in SI-NMAH DEC301, Series 2: Performances and Programs, 1933-1974, box 15 (Sacred concerts)
                                                                                          • Folder 20 Trinity Episcopal Cathedral, Phoenix, Arizona, November 10, 1966
                                                                                        • Folder 25, labelled Youth, April 9, 1967 contains a teen magazine produced by United Church of Christ and Episcopal Church. It includes an article about the 1966 11 10 Trinity Cathedral concerts (folder reviewed February/March 2016 by C. Windheuser, Smithsonian Reference Services volunteer.
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                                                                                          Friday
                                                                                          5:15 pm
                                                                                          .Phoenix, Ariz.Hotel Westward HoEllington was to address a meeting of the Phoenix Press Club. The session was to be an informal talk followed by questions and answers, and was open to press club members and guests, Arizona Republican, 1966-11-11 p.18..
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                                                                                          8:30 pm
                                                                                          .Phoenix, Ariz.Star TheatreJazz concert 8:30 p.m.

                                                                                          Tickets $3.50 and $4.50
                                                                                          • Stratemann p.547 citing DESB
                                                                                          • Ads, Arizona Republic:
                                                                                            • Editorial, 1966-11-10 p.6
                                                                                            • 1966-10-16 p.2-F
                                                                                            • 1966-10-23 p.8
                                                                                            • 1966-11-08 p.20
                                                                                            • 1966-11-09 p.30
                                                                                            • 1966-11-10 p.62
                                                                                            • 1966-11-11 p.46
                                                                                          • Story (see above): "Religion, Royalty Come Together at Concert," Arizona Republic 1966-11-12, p.41, with photos
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                                                                                          Saturday
                                                                                          1:30 to 4 pm
                                                                                          .Phoenix, Ariz.Bishop Atwood Hall
                                                                                          Trinity Episcopal Cathedral
                                                                                          100 W. Roosevelt
                                                                                          Free workshop in rock, folk and jazz, starring famed jazz musician Duke Ellington.

                                                                                          Stratemann says Ellington was to participate in a workshop for local jazz and folksinging groups.

                                                                                          The Republic reported Ellington was donating his time, and some of the best-known local bands were to appear: P-Nut Butter, The Young Men, The Four of Us, The Cortez High Madrigal Singers, The Jazz Sextet from ASU, Twice, The Just Cause, and Insane. An 18-piece orchestra from Prescott planned to attend, along with a combo of drum, bass, guitar and flute.
                                                                                          • Stratemann p.547 citing DESB
                                                                                          • Duke Ellington Heads List, Top Bands, Ellington at Free Workshop Today, Arizona Republic, 1966-11-12, p.39
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                                                                                          8 pm to midnight
                                                                                          .Phoenix, Ariz.Del Webb TowneHouse BallroomDance 8 to midnight, sponsored by the Temple Beth Israel Brotherhood. Tickets $3.95. Advertised as the only dance featuring Duke Ellington's 13 piece band that is open to the public. Advance publicity says this is the first time Ellington played a dance in Phoenix; previous appearances were concerts.
                                                                                          • The Arizona Republic, Phoenix, Ariz.
                                                                                            • Editorials, 1966-11-10 pp.6, 64
                                                                                            • Ads:
                                                                                              • 1966-11-10, p.64
                                                                                              • 1966-11-12 p.68
                                                                                              • 1966-11-13, p.2-M
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                                                                                          Monday
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                                                                                          .Beverly Hills, Cal.Temple Emmanuel Of Beverly HillsOver 1,200 people paid from $3 to $100 per ticket to hear the first performance of Ellington's concert of sacred music in a synagogue. The proceeds went to benefit the temple's school fund.

                                                                                          Leonard Feather described the mixed race/religion audience, contrasts the acoustics with Grace Cathedral and briefly describes part of the programme.
                                                                                          • Feather, Los Angeles Times News Service in The Spokesman-Review, Spokane, Wash., 1966-12-04 p.f21
                                                                                          • Stratemann p.547 citing
                                                                                            • Down Beat 1966-11-17
                                                                                            • Variety 1966-11-26 p.53
                                                                                          • Additional documentation is likely to be found in SI-NMAH DEC301, Series 2: Performances and Programs, 1933-1974, box 15 (Sacred concerts), folder 21, Temple Emanuel, Beverly Hills, California, November 15, 1966
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                                                                                          Wednesday
                                                                                          .San Diego, Cal.Civic TheatreConcert played "in tandem" with the San Diego Symphony Orchestra. The event included a panel discussion at 7 pm with Ellington, Leonard Feather and Quincy Jones.Stratemann p.547 citing Down Beat 1966-11-17 and Variety 1966-11-26 p.53New Desor
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                                                                                          .San Bernadino, Cal.California TheatreConcert preceded by a symposium with Ellington, Feather and Jones. Stratemann p.547 citing DESB..
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                                                                                          Friday
                                                                                          .Riverside, Cal.Campus Hall, University of CaliforniaConcert
                                                                                          Drummers Graham Perry and Ryan Cadix subbed for Sam Woodyard, who was ill.
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                                                                                          .San Gabriel, Cal.Civic AuditoriumConcertStratemann, p.547 citing DESB..
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                                                                                          1966 12 03
                                                                                          Saturday **
                                                                                          New York, N.Y.Mark Twain Riverboat
                                                                                          Empire State Building
                                                                                          Club date with 45 minute opening night radio broadcast on WNEW announced by W.B.Williams at 11:30 p.m.

                                                                                          This 500-seat restaurant in the basement of the Empire State Building was described in late 1964 in the Indianapolis Star.
                                                                                          Sam Woodyard took sick again during this gig and Sonny Greer and Gus Johnson subbed for him.
                                                                                          ** Closing date:
                                                                                          • No mention of Ellington's engagement was found in a search 2016-04-28 of four newspaper archive services.
                                                                                          • While Stratemann gives the closing date as 1966 12 10 based on a listing in Variety, it also says Harry James broadcast from the club on his opening night, 1966 12 05.
                                                                                          • Vail II has the orchestra closing 1966 12 03, without citing a source.
                                                                                          • A 1964 ad in the Columbia Daily Spectator says the restaurant was open seven days a week, with dancing every night except Sundays. Thus it seems likely a band's working week would be Monday to Saturday, supporting Vail's closing date.
                                                                                          • A Dec. 3 closing date is further supported by Ellington being in Washington and Philadelphia 1966 12 05 and 1966 12 06 respectively and likely playing a sacred concert in the Bronx 1966 12 04 (the latter is not yet adequately documented).
                                                                                          • Stratemann, p.547 citing Variety, 1966-11-30 p.53
                                                                                          • Vail II
                                                                                          • Ad, Columbia Daily Spectator, New York, N.Y. 1964-10-29 p.4
                                                                                          • Jane Allison, Hoosier in Manhattan, The Indianapolis Star, Indianapolis, Ind. 1964-12-27 p.4,s.5
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                                                                                          .New York, N.Y.Mark Twain RiverboatClub date - see 1966 11 21

                                                                                          The band was broadcast from the club for the U.S. Treasury Department and the Armed Forces News.
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                                                                                          .New York, N.Y.Mark Twain RiverboatClub date - see 1966 11 21

                                                                                          Possibly a day off if the club did not have dancing on Sundays.
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                                                                                          Sam Woodyard, drums, leaves the band. The Sunday Star-Bulletin & Advertiser reported he joined the Ella Fitzgerald Trio and was replaced by Rufus Jones (see 1966 12 02 below).
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                                                                                          Tuesday
                                                                                          .New York, N.Y.Mark Twain RiverboatClub date - see 1966 11 21
                                                                                          Stratemann:

                                                                                          'Gus Johnson was on drums when the orchestra was picked up live from the Riverboat for another telecast: Nov. 29 NBC-TV "Tonight Show", Riverboat, New York.'

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                                                                                          ...PERSONNEL CHANGE
                                                                                          Rufus Jones, drums, (1936-1990) replaces Woodyard. He will stay until March 29, 1967 and again from March 1968 to July 30, 1973
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                                                                                          .New York, N.Y.Mark Twain RiverboatClub date - see 1966 11 21

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                                                                                          Sunday
                                                                                          .Brooklyn, N.Y.Brooklyn Academy Of MusicConcert of sacred music.
                                                                                        • Stratemann p.547
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                                                                                          Monday
                                                                                          .Washington, D.C..2 p.m. press conference

                                                                                          Simeon Booker, Jet:

                                                                                          '...Flying to the nation's capital to buck a city-wide boycott of his Sacred Music Concert...Duke held a 2 p.m. press conference, then picked up the baton at 8 p.m. before a near-capacity 3,000 person audience...'

                                                                                          Booker quoted Ellington:

                                                                                          'What it takes to make music sacred is a matter of sincerity. Worship is a matter of profound intent. It's easy to misunderstand.'

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                                                                                          Monday
                                                                                          .Washington, D.C.Constitution Hall

                                                                                          'DUKE ELLINGTON & HIS ORCHESTRA
                                                                                          IN A CONCERT OF SACRED MUSIC
                                                                                          Monday, December 5, 8:30 PM
                                                                                          D.A.R. CONSTITUTION HALL
                                                                                          Sponsored by
                                                                                          The Interdenominational Church Ushers Association of D.C.'


                                                                                          The Citizen-Adviser:

                                                                                          'Sacred Music Battle
                                                                                            ...the Baptist Ministers Conference, many of its members Negroes, is boycotting Constitution Hall because Duke Ellington, famed Negro musician, is playing there tonight (Dec. 5) and the Baptists claim his music is not "sacred".
                                                                                            The Duke is playing under the auspices of the Interdenominational Church Ushers Association, which is raising money for the Children's Hospital, Big Brothers and the Ionia Whipper Home. However, elder Negro leaders among the Baptists have risen up in wrath against a Duke Ellington concert which claims to be religious.
                                                                                            ... With or without the Baptists the Duke Ellington concert is going ahead...'

                                                                                          Stratemann reports the hall seated 3,800 but the audience was 1,600 less.

                                                                                          Jet reported a near capacity audience of 3,000 and described the marketing effort undertaken in the face of the Baptist Ministers Conference boycott (initiated 3 days before the concert) which forbade ushers from distributing tickets on church property and discouraged them from handling them.

                                                                                          Rev. E. Franklin Jackson of John Wesley AME Zion Church, a Democratic National Committee member, disagreed with the boycott and agreed to deliver the invocation and presented Ellington at the concert. Jet quoted him as saying:

                                                                                          'Duke grew up in my church and played the piano for Sunday School. His music is wonderful for the church. '

                                                                                          The sponsors, The Interdenominational Church Ushers Assn., led by ticket chairman Lucille Platter and information chief June Fowler, reacted to the boycott with sales campaign using the press, radio, telephone and home visits to sell tickets.
                                                                                          The concert was recorded:

                                                                                          Duke Ellington & His Orchestra
                                                                                          C.Williams, Anderson, H. Jones, M. Ellington, Brown, Cooper, Connors, Hamilton, Procope, Hodges, Gonsalves, Carney, Ellington, Lamb, R.Jones; Esther Marrow, Watkins, Jimmy McPhail, Vox Humana Choir, plus tap dancer Bunny Briggs

                                                                                          Titles recorded:
                                                                                          • Come Sunday
                                                                                          • Light (Montage)
                                                                                          • My Mother, My Father And Love
                                                                                          • Soul Call
                                                                                          • Tell Me It's The Truth
                                                                                          • In The Beginning God
                                                                                          • New World A-Comin'
                                                                                          • Will You Be There?
                                                                                          • 99% Won't Do
                                                                                          • Ain't But The One
                                                                                          • The Lord's Prayer
                                                                                          • David Danced Before the Lord (Come Sunday)
                                                                                          • The Preacher's Song
                                                                                          • In The Beginning God
                                                                                          • Ad, The Sunday Star, Washington, D.C. 1966-11-06 p.D-7
                                                                                          • Drew Pearson, Sacred Music Battle, The Citizen-Advertiser, Auburn, N.Y. 1966-12-05 p.4
                                                                                          • Jet magazine, 1966-12-22 pp.46-47
                                                                                          • Stratemann p.548 citing Down Beat 1967-01-12
                                                                                          • Vail II
                                                                                          • Girvan:   Ellingtonia.com
                                                                                          • Timner
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                                                                                          Tuesday
                                                                                          .Philadelphia, Penn.Ballroom
                                                                                          Bellevue-Stratford Hotel
                                                                                          Drexel Institute of Technology Founder's Day Ball, 9:30 p.m.

                                                                                          'All classes will be suspended from Tuesday at noon until Wednesday, December 7. The Student Committee for the 75th Anniversary announced the additional suspension through Wednesday as part of its effort to encourage student participation in the festivities.
                                                                                            According to Stephen Cohen, chairman of the Student Advisory Committee, " This definitely shows that the school wants to do everything in its power to assure a successful event. The main reason for such as [sic] unprecedented move is that many students were stating the fact that they thought in order for them to come to the dance Tuesday night, they would need half a day to catch up on their studies."
                                                                                            ...The Founder's Day Ball for alumni, faculty, students, and parents will be held 9:30 Tuesday evening. Duke Ellington and his Orchestra will play at the Bellevue-Stratford Hotel Ballroom for the semi-formal affair. Shirley D. Welsh, Dean of Women, has complied with popular demand and extended the girls'dormitory curfew to 2 a.m.
                                                                                            In answer to recent rumors, Steve Cohen noted that "after long discussions with Duke Ellington, he has totally eliminated any doubt about his not being able to play rock and roll. He has indicated that even the Beatles would have nothing on him playing any kind of music at all. A man who is renowned throughout the world for his ingenuity and comprehension of what his audience wants to hear will have no problems playing what you, personally, want him to play."'

                                                                                          The Drexel Triangle, Drexel Institute of Technology, Philadelphia, Penn...
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                                                                                          Wednesday
                                                                                          .Bronx, N.Y.St Mark's Methodist ChurchConcert of sacred music
                                                                                          The Smithsonian Institution Ellington collection, Series 2: Performances and Programs, 1933-1974, Box 15 (Sacred concerts), Folder 23 is labelled Moore Memorial AME Zion Church, New York, New York, December 7, 1966. The conflicting venue information was resolved by C. Windheuser, Smithsonian Reference Services volunteer, who reviewed the file and reported

                                                                                          'Program was held at St Marks. Brochure says "Moore Memorial AME Zion Church of the Bronx with the cooperation of St Marks Church of Manhattan.'

                                                                                          • Stratemann p.548
                                                                                          • Emails, C. Windheuser-Palmquist Feb./Mar.2016
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                                                                                          Thursday
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                                                                                          .New York, N.Y.Hunter College....
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                                                                                          .Princesse Anne, Md.Maryland State College.Stratemann p.548..
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                                                                                          Monday
                                                                                          .Bluefield, W.Va..The January 1967 Piedmont Aviation in-house newsletter carried a story datelined Bluefield:

                                                                                          'Bluefield...At our Christmas party at the Club La Saluta, everyone had a great time... We had Duke Ellington fly in on Flt. 477 to give a concert. He returned the next day to DCA for engagement at the White House. Sorry we didn't get to fly the Duke back but we understand, according to Huntley-Brinkley, that he made it in from West Virginia. Many entertainers from NYC were stranded in [sic] route. It's hard to imagine that people can't get out of this country...'

                                                                                          This may indicate Ellington played a private function prior to the fraternity concert, but it seems more likely the article is reporting a famous passenger on a flight into Bluefield. Further research is needed.
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                                                                                          Monday
                                                                                          .Bluefield, W.VaMunicipal AuditoriumThere may have been as many as three performances in Bluefield on this visit.
                                                                                          1. A concert, sponsored by Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity, Inc. or its local chapter, to raise money for its scholarship fund.
                                                                                          2. A dance following the concert.
                                                                                          3. A private performance at the APA fraternity house, where Duke signed the guest book.
                                                                                          • The nature of the engagement seems to have changed after the initial booking:
                                                                                            • The Bluefield Daily Telegraph announcements of 1966-10-16 and 1966-11-13 said it would be a concert and a dance.
                                                                                            • The BDT 1966-11-27 announced a sacred concert and didn't mention a dance.
                                                                                            • On 1966-12-11, BDT announced a concert, but did not mention a sacred concert nor a dance.
                                                                                            • The 1966-11-13 Post-Herald and Register announced a special concert including 'selections from his most recent triumph, "The Sacred Concerts,"'
                                                                                            • P-H&R 1966-12-11 said

                                                                                              'The Duke will give a concert of melodies that have earned him the description as "America's foremost composer of Modern Music." '

                                                                                          • In a private communication, William R. Archer, author of Bluefield, wrote

                                                                                            '... there is no question concerning Duke Ellington's concert in the Bluefield Auditorium at 8:30 p.m., on December 12, 1966. I have a program from the event that bills it as "A Concert & Dance.'

                                                                                          • Bluefield discusses this event in three places:
                                                                                            1. The introduction:

                                                                                              [Ellington] 'joined the Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity on December 12, 1966 at the request of his lifelong friend and well-known Bluefield dentist, Dr. Ernie Martin.'

                                                                                            2. A captioned photo at page 106 of Dr. Martin shaking hands with Ellington, who is seated at a grand piano on stage with two copies of what appear to be the April 22, 1959 concert programme on the piano music shelf. This picture was likely taken in Bluefield in 1959, since it appears in the Pittsburgh Courier and in the fraternity magazine The Sphinx that year.
                                                                                            3. Bluefield has another photo on page 107 of Ellington alone at a grand piano with the audience in the background. The band is not shown, but a microphone is positioned where a soloist would be, and what may be a soloist's sleeve can be made out near it. The caption says

                                                                                              [Ellington]'...performed at this concert in Bluefield's city auditorium on December 12, 1966, to coincide with his joining the Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity of Bluefield State College...'

                                                                                              The audience is seated, the main floor looks full, and there are people in the balcony. Since Ellington is dressed differently in this photo, it seems likely this was the 1966 concert.
                                                                                          • The National Register of Historic Places registration form for the Bluefield fraternity house says

                                                                                            'Duke Ellington, on December 12, 1966, appeared in concert in Bluefield; and later performed privately at the Alpha House where he was initiated into Alpha Phi Alpha, Inc.'

                                                                                          • Mr. Archer wrote:

                                                                                            'I visited the Alpha House ... only once circa 1991 and was directed to look at Duke Ellington's signature on the guest book. It did appear to be a real signature ... I found it odd that it was the very last signature about two-thirds of the way down the last page of signatures ... There were several unused pages remaining in the book.'

                                                                                          • Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity, Inc. is nationwide, with an Alpha Zeta Lambda alumni chapter in Bluefield and a Beta Theta undergraduate chapter at Bluefield State College. Many internet sources report Ellington was a member of the fraternity, but he seems to have been a member long before this Bluefield occasion:
                                                                                            • Mr. Archer:

                                                                                              '... in the program which was printed prior to the performance, Ellington is listed as one of the chapter's 35 members...' '

                                                                                            • The Hidden Jewel, the Xi Eta Lambda chapter newsletter, says

                                                                                              'Bro. Edward Kennedy "Duke" Ellington, was initiated in to Alpha Zeta Lambda Chapter, in Bluefield, West Virginia in 1936.'

                                                                                              (While Ellington played twice in Bluefield in 1935, at the time of writing he is not known to have performed there in 1936.)
                                                                                            • The Sphinx 1959-10-00 report of the Bluefield April 1959 concert refers to Brother Ellington.
                                                                                            • The Sphinx 1956-05-00 shows
                                                                                              • the programme for the upcoming fraternity convention includes a concert and dance by Brother Duke Ellington
                                                                                              • a photo of Brother Ellington cutting his birthday cake at the Bluefield 1955 dance
                                                                                              • a report of the dance calling him Brother Duke Ellington.
                                                                                            • The Sphinx October-December 1956 has two articles about the convention and a photo of Duke receiving a plaque there. Both articles and the photo caption call him Brother Duke Ellington. The same edition has a member of the Delta Eta Chapter presenting Brother Ellington with a 20-year service pin at Savannah State College. The Savannah event appears to have been in October 1956.
                                                                                            • A story and a photo caption in The Sphinx 1957-05-00 about the Lincoln University concert and dance in January that year say Brother Duke Ellington.
                                                                                          • Bluefield Daily Telegraph, Bluefield, W.Va.
                                                                                            • 1966-10-16 p.9
                                                                                            • 1966-11-13 p.6
                                                                                            • 1966-11-27 s.2 p.7
                                                                                            • 1966-12-11 pp.8, 9, s.2 p.11
                                                                                            • 1935-12-29 s.2 p.9
                                                                                            • 1966-12-11 p.8 and s.2 p.11
                                                                                          • Post-Herald and Register, Beckley, W.Va.
                                                                                            • 1966-11-13 p.4
                                                                                            • 1966-12-11 p.19
                                                                                          • William R. Archer, Bluefield, Images of America series, Arcadia Publishing, 2000:
                                                                                            Introduction and pp.106-197
                                                                                          • Bluefield Auditorium Programme, 1959-04-22
                                                                                          • Email correspondence, Archer-Palmquist, October 2016
                                                                                          • The Pittsburgh Courier, Pittsburgh, Penn.
                                                                                            1959-05-23 p.15
                                                                                          • The New Courier, Pittsburgh, Penn.
                                                                                            1966-11-19 p.7
                                                                                          • The Sphinx, Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity, Inc.
                                                                                            • 1953-05-00 p.21
                                                                                            • 1956-05-00 Cover, programme, p.30, p.43
                                                                                            • 1956-10-00 to 1956-12-00 pp.3 - 5, 10, 18
                                                                                            • 1957-05-00 pp.23, 28
                                                                                            • 1959-10-00 p.24
                                                                                          • The Tiger's Roar, Savannah State College, Savannah,Ga.:
                                                                                            • 1959-07-00 p.3
                                                                                            • 1956-11-00 p.4
                                                                                          • National Park Service National Register of Historic Places Registration Form for Hancock House; Alpha House, 300 Sussex St., Bluefield, W.Va.
                                                                                          • Stratemann, p.548 citing DESB
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                                                                                          Tuesday
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                                                                                          .Washington, D.C.White HouseIn a New York Times Service wirestory, The Arizona Republic reported President and Mrs. Johnson hosted a gala black-tie White House Christmas dinner for the National Council of the Arts, with Ellington among the guests. Stratemann and Vail show this dinner on Dec. 15, but the story was published the day after, on Dec. 14, and mentions some invitees could not attend because Washington's first storm of the season dumped 6 inches of snow on the city. Washington D.C.'s historical weather report in the Farmer's Almanac webpage confirms snow on December 13 but not December 14 or 15.

                                                                                          An earlier AP wirestory in the Salt Lake Tribune announces the event would be on Tuesday.

                                                                                          A story syndicated by the Washington Post says Ellington was sitting in a back row away from the other celebrities, and was humming audibly before the string quartet started to play. When asked, he is reported to have explained he was composing in his head and the tum-ta-ta-tum was to help him remember his inspiration until he could write it down.

                                                                                          An AP wirestory carried Dec 14 in the Citizen Advertiser reported Ellington travelled 36 sleepless hours by train from Bluefield, W.Va., arriving without his tuxedo. At 7:30 pm he called the White House from the station and was told Come as you are," - blue shirt and black suit.
                                                                                          • Salt Lake Tribune 1966-12-11, p.A5
                                                                                          • Arizona Republic
                                                                                            • 1966-12-14,p.12
                                                                                            • 1966-12-20, pp.49-50
                                                                                          • The Citizen Advertiser, Auburn N.Y. 1966 12 14 (AP Wirestory)
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                                                                                          Wednesday
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                                                                                          Thursday
                                                                                          ...Stratemann, p.548:

                                                                                          'Had Ellington attended all the events he was announced for in various DESB clippings for the next day, it would have been an impossibly busy day, indeed:
                                                                                            Together with fellow bandleader Howard Lanin, he was expected as guest at the 75th anniversary of the Drexel Institute of Technology in Philadelphia, Pa.; and he was advertised for the following concert appearance, which the band possibly played without him because of the third commitment:

                                                                                          • Dec. 15 the White House, Washington, D.C.: Christmas dinner...
                                                                                          • Dec. 15 Carlton Theatre, Red Bank, New Jersey (DESB)
                                                                                          '

                                                                                          • The White House dinner was Dec.13 - see above.
                                                                                          • Ellington and his orchestra were scheduled to play at Drexel on Dec. 6
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                                                                                          Thursday
                                                                                          .Red Bank, N.J.Carlton Theatre.
                                                                                          • Stratemann, p.548 citing DESB
                                                                                          • Additional documentation is likely to be found in SI-NMAH DEC301, Series 2: Performances and Programs, 1933-1974, box 12, folder 24 Alpha Phi Alpha, Carlton Theatre, Red Bank, New Jersey, December 15, 1966
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                                                                                          .Baltimore, Md.Lyric Theatre.Additional documentation is likely to be found in SI-NMAH DEC301, Series 2: Performances and Programs, 1933-1974, box 12, folder 25 Baltimore Symphony, Lyric Theatre, Baltimore, Maryland, December 17, 1966New Desor
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                                                                                          Sunday
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                                                                                          Monday
                                                                                          .New York, N.Y.RCA Studio ARCA recording session, Far East Suite
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                                                                                          Tuesday
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                                                                                          Thursday
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                                                                                          Saturday
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                                                                                          Sunday
                                                                                          Crhistmas Day
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                                                                                          Monday
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                                                                                          Tuesday
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                                                                                          Wednesday
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                                                                                          Thursday
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                                                                                          Friday
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                                                                                          1967 01 01
                                                                                          Sunday
                                                                                          ...activities not documented
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                                                                                          1967 01 02
                                                                                          Monday
                                                                                          ...activities not documented
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                                                                                          1967 01 03
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                                                                                          ...activities not documented
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                                                                                          1967 01 05
                                                                                          Thursday
                                                                                          ...activities not documented
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                                                                                          1967 01 06
                                                                                          Friday
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                                                                                          Saturday
                                                                                          .New York, N.Y.RCA Studio B"Stockpile" recording session
                                                                                          Duke Ellington and His Orchestra
                                                                                          C.Williams, Anderson, H.Jones, Ellington, Brown, Cooper, Connors, Hamilton, Procope, Hodges, Gonsalves, Carney, Melba Liston, Lamb, R.Jones, Watkins
                                                                                          Titles recorded:
                                                                                          • I'm Just A Lucky So And So
                                                                                          • The Lonely Ones
                                                                                          • Jump For Joy
                                                                                          • I Like The Sunrise
                                                                                          • Rocks In My Bed
                                                                                          • Don't You Know I Care
                                                                                          • Brown Skin Gal

                                                                                          Stratemann reports this session recorded only Ellington compositions arranged by (trombonist) Melba Liston, who did the piano. Ellington supervised the session but did not play.

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                                                                                          'Between The Lonely Ones and Jump for Joy, and after Brown Skin Gal are performed Angels Watchin' Over Me and Patty's Blues respectively, sung by TW acc by the rhythym section only.'

                                                                                          DEMS 90/3-3:

                                                                                          'DEMS, Mercer, and DESOR state the date to be 6Jan67, while the Danish bc and Erik Wiedemann say it to be 7Jan67. Maybe the session begun on the 6th, coming to a close on the 7th?'

                                                                                          • Girvan:   Ellingtonia.com
                                                                                          • Timner
                                                                                          • Ole J. Nielsen, Jazz Records 1942-80, A discography: Vol. Six, Duke Ellington, pp.362-363
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                                                                                          Monday
                                                                                          .New York, N.Y.RCA Studios
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                                                                                          Duke Ellington and His Orchestra
                                                                                          C.Williams, Anderson, H.Jones, Ellington, Brown, Cooper, Connors, Hamilton, Procope, Hodges, Gonsalves, Carney, Melba Liston, Lamb, R.Jones, Watkins
                                                                                          Ellington supervised but Liston played piano.
                                                                                          Titles recorded:
                                                                                          • Everything But You
                                                                                          • Things Ain't What They Used To Be (Time's A Wastin')
                                                                                          Three additional non-Ellington titles appear to have been recorded by the rhythm section and Watkins.
                                                                                          • Girvan:   Ellingtonia.com
                                                                                          • Timner
                                                                                          • Ole J. Nielsen, Jazz Records 1942-80, A discography: Vol. Six, Duke Ellington, pp.362-363
                                                                                          • Stratemann p.548
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                                                                                          Monday
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                                                                                          Circa
                                                                                          1967 01 13
                                                                                          Friday
                                                                                          ...PERSONNEL CHANGE
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                                                                                          1967 03 10..
                                                                                          • Beginning of overseas tour encompassing
                                                                                            • Austria
                                                                                            • Belgium
                                                                                            • Denmark
                                                                                            • France
                                                                                            • Germany
                                                                                            • Italy
                                                                                            • Norway
                                                                                            • Switzerland
                                                                                            • Sweden
                                                                                          • Tour personnel, according to the discographies, included:
                                                                                            • Cat Anderson,
                                                                                            • Mercer Ellington (see note)
                                                                                            • Herbie Jones
                                                                                            • Money Johnson
                                                                                            • Cootie Williams
                                                                                            • Lawrence Brown
                                                                                            • Buster Cooper
                                                                                            • Chuck Connors
                                                                                            • Jimmy Hamilton
                                                                                            • Russell Procope
                                                                                            • Johnny Hodges
                                                                                            • Paul Gonsalves
                                                                                            • Harry Carney
                                                                                            • Duke Ellington
                                                                                            • John Lamb
                                                                                            • Rufus Jones
                                                                                            • Toney Watkins (see note)
                                                                                          • Mercer joined the tour late, since he was with his mother when she died. New Desor entries for the concerts before January 20 show Italian trumpeter Oscar Valdambrini instead of Mercer.
                                                                                          • Ella Fitzgerald performed with Ellington's orchestra until February 11.
                                                                                          • If Jan Bruér's description of the Stockholm concerts is typical of the joint concerts during this tour, the concerts began with a set by Ellington and his orchestra. After the intermission, Ella and her trio, perhaps accompanied by the Ellington orchestra, played a set, at the end of which Ellington returned to join Ella in Cotton Tail.
                                                                                          • Ella's rhythm section consisted of recent ex-Ellington drummer Sam Woodyard, pianist Jimmy Jones (piano), and bassist Bob Cranshaw
                                                                                          • Singer Watkins seems to have joined the tour after its Ella Fitzgerald joint concerts.
                                                                                          • The last concert of the tour was in Paris on March 10. The next day, the band performed in Washington D.C.

                                                                                          Webmaster's note:
                                                                                          • Since the discographies differ on the contents of the joint Ellington/Fitzgerald concerts, and most tunes were performed in each concert, I list all the titles here, rather than in the entries for the joint concerts.
                                                                                          • These titles are taken from the noted discographies. Other titles may have been performed that were not recorded, or if recorded, edited out of the broadcasts or telecasts used by the discographers.
                                                                                          • This list does not include titles performed/recorded in Ella's own sets (those are not included in the Ellington discographies despite Ellington's sidemen accompanying her and her trio). Titles from the Ellington-only concerts are listed in the entries for those events.
                                                                                          • All Of Me
                                                                                          • Beautiful Woman Walks Well
                                                                                          • Birth Of The Blues
                                                                                          • Blessings on the Night (combination of Somebody Cares and You Turned the Tables on Me - Nielsen)
                                                                                          • Chelsea Bridge
                                                                                          • Chromatic Love Affair (or A Chromatic Love Affair)
                                                                                          • C-Jam Blues
                                                                                          • Cotton Tail (usually with Ella and her trio)
                                                                                          • Drag
                                                                                          • Girdle Hurdle
                                                                                          • Harlem Air-Shaft
                                                                                          • Harmony In Harlem
                                                                                          • I Didn't Know About You (Sentimental Lady)
                                                                                          • I Got It Bad and That Ain't Good
                                                                                          • Imagine My Frustration
                                                                                          • Jeep Is Jumpin'
                                                                                          • Johnny Come Lately
                                                                                          • Kinda Dukish / Rockin' In Rhythm
                                                                                          • Mara Gold
                                                                                          • Mount Harissa
                                                                                          • Open Ears
                                                                                          • Perdido
                                                                                          • Raincheck
                                                                                          • Rue Bleu
                                                                                          • Salom‚
                                                                                          • Star-Crossed Lovers
                                                                                          • Stompin' at the Savoy
                                                                                          • Swamp Goo
                                                                                          • Take The "A" Train and Take the "A" Train (theme)
                                                                                          • The Shepherd
                                                                                          • Things Ain't What They Used To Be
                                                                                          • Up Jump
                                                                                          • Wild Onions

                                                                                          • Girvan:   Ellingtonia.com
                                                                                          • Timner
                                                                                          • Ole J. Nielsen, Jazz Records 1942-80, A discography: Vol. Six, Duke Ellington, pp.354-355
                                                                                          • Stratemann, p.548
                                                                                          • Vail II
                                                                                          • Limited documentation is found in SI-NMAH Archives Center, DEC301, Series 2: Performances and Programs, 1933-1974, box 5, folder 2 European Tour, January 14-March 10, 1967
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                                                                                          .Milan, ItalyStudio ZanibelliRecorded rehearsal
                                                                                          Duke Ellington and His Orchestra
                                                                                          Anderson, H. Johnson, Valdambrini, Williams, H. Jones, Brown, Cooper, Connors, Hamilton, Procope, Hodges, Gonsalves, Carney, Ellington, Lamb, R.Jones, Ella Fitzgerald

                                                                                          Titles recorded (per differing discographies) - note New Desor "small corrections" in the referenced DEMS bulletins are not shown here:
                                                                                          New DesorTimner VNielsen
                                                                                          Beautiful Woman
                                                                                            Walks Well
                                                                                          Beautiful Woman
                                                                                            Walks Well
                                                                                          Beautiful Woman
                                                                                            Walks Well
                                                                                          Blessings On The NightBlessings On The NightBlessings On The Night (combination of Somebody Cares and You Turned the Tables on Me)
                                                                                          Chromatic Love AffairA Chromatic Love AffairA Chromatic Love Affair
                                                                                          Girdle HurdleGirdle HurdleGirdle Hurdle
                                                                                          Johnny Come LatelyJohnny Come LatelyJohnny Come Lately
                                                                                          Mara GoldMara GoldMara Gold
                                                                                          On the Sunny Side of the Street
                                                                                          Rue BleuRue BleuRue Bleu
                                                                                          Stompin' At The Savoy (combination of Stompin' At The Savoy and Fascinating Rhythm)
                                                                                          Swamp GooSwamp GooSwamp Goo
                                                                                          Swamp Goo/Action in Alexandria
                                                                                          The ShepherdThe ShepherdThe Shepherd
                                                                                          Summer Samba (with Ella)
                                                                                          Up JumpUp JumpUp Jump
                                                                                          Wild OnionsWild OnionsWild Onions
                                                                                          • Girvan:   Ellingtonia.com
                                                                                          • Timner
                                                                                          • Ole J. Nielsen, Jazz Records 1942-80, A discography: Vol. Six, Duke Ellington, pp.354-355
                                                                                          • Stratemann, p.548
                                                                                          • Vail II
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                                                                                          Sunday
                                                                                          .New York, N.Y.St. Barnabas Hospital Life event
                                                                                          Ellington's estranged wife Edna Ellington died in hospital with her son Mercer at her bedside. Her funeral was January 21 at 19th Street Baptist Church in Washington D.C. Edna was diagnosed with cancer in December 1965 and spent 13 months in hospitals before dying of pneumonia.
                                                                                          • Baltimore Afro-American, Baltimore, Md.,
                                                                                            1967-01-21 p.8
                                                                                          • Jet Magazine, 1967-02-02 pp.46-47
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                                                                                          .Milan, ItalyTeatro LiricoFirst of two concerts. Ella Fizgerald performed in this concert but apparently not in the second.
                                                                                          Stratemann:

                                                                                          'The second part of the concert is performed by EF and her rhythm section, the orchestra acting as accompaniment only.'

                                                                                          • Igo itinerary
                                                                                          • Girvan:   Ellingtonia.com
                                                                                          • Timner
                                                                                          • Ole J. Nielsen, Jazz Records 1942-80, A discography: Vol. Six, Duke Ellington, pp.365-366
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                                                                                          .Milan, ItalyTeatro LiricoSecond recorded concert, 9:30 p.m.
                                                                                          Duke Ellington and His Orchestra
                                                                                          (without Ella)
                                                                                          C.Williams, Anderson, H.Jones, H. Johnson, Oscar Valdambrini, Brown, Cooper, Connors, Hamilton, Procope, Hodges, Gonsalves, Carney, Ellington, Lamb, R.Jones
                                                                                          Titles recorded:
                                                                                          • Take The "A" Train
                                                                                          • The Shepherd
                                                                                          • Harlem Air-Shaft
                                                                                          • Blessings On The Night
                                                                                          • Johnny Come Lately
                                                                                          • Mount Harissa
                                                                                          • Up Jump
                                                                                          • Swamp Goo
                                                                                          • Wild Onions
                                                                                          • Birth Of The Blues
                                                                                          • Rue Bleu
                                                                                          • Mara Gold
                                                                                          • Beautiful Woman Walks Well
                                                                                          • All Of Me
                                                                                          • Harmony In Harlem
                                                                                          • Star-Crossed Lovers
                                                                                          • Things Ain't What They Used To Be
                                                                                          • Wings and Things
                                                                                          • Igo itinerary
                                                                                          • Girvan:   Ellingtonia.com
                                                                                          • Timner
                                                                                          • Ole J. Nielsen, Jazz Records 1942-80, A discography: Vol. Six, Duke Ellington, p.366
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                                                                                          .Milan, ItalyTeatro LiricoNielsen:

                                                                                          'Duke Ellington and Norman Granz are interviewed by Italian jazz vocalist Lillian Terry.'

                                                                                          • Girvan:   Ellingtonia.com
                                                                                          • Timner
                                                                                          • Ole J. Nielsen, Jazz Records 1942-80, A discography: Vol. Six, Duke Ellington, p.366
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                                                                                          Tuesday
                                                                                          .Basel, SwitzerlandMustermessehalleConcert, Duke Ellington and his orchestra with Ella Fitzgerald.
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                                                                                          .Frankfurt, W.Germany.activities not documented
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                                                                                          .Munich, W.Germany.
                                                                                          • Ellington and his orchestra and Ella Fitzgerald performed at the Golden Bambi award ceremony in Munich, venue undetermined.
                                                                                          • Munich is listed in the Igo itinerary this date without a venue name.
                                                                                          • British Pathé film footage of the event includes brief glimpses of Ella, Duke and Harry Carney.
                                                                                          • The location and date are not given in the Pathé material but a Reuters wirestory announced Sophia Loren received an award "Saturday," thus confirming January 21.
                                                                                          • Munich on this date is supported by a photo of Ellington with German band leader Max Greger. The photo can be viewed in the Georgia State University Digital Collection where it is dated January 22, and in Getty Images, which says it was taken January 21 and created (developed?) January 22.
                                                                                          • The GSU notes say:

                                                                                            Written on the back of a photograph of Ellington with German band leader Max Greger is

                                                                                            'One of the most important carnival-festivals of the German carnical [sic] took place on January 21, in Munich. The stars of the brilliant night were the famous "Queen of Jazz" Ella Fitzgerald with Duke Ellington and his band, and the "little" girl from Paris, Mireille Mathieu. More than one hundred stars all over the world were present.'

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                                                                                          .Copenhagen, DenmarkFalkoner TeatretTwo concerts by Ellington and his orchestra with Ella Fitzgerald. The concert was videotaped for a March 7 telecast "Jazz in Concert."
                                                                                          Duke Ellington and His Orchestra with Ella Fitzgerald
                                                                                          C.Williams, Anderson, H.Jones, H. Johnson, Mercer Ellington, Brown, Cooper, Connors, Hamilton, Procope, Hodges, Gonsalves, Carney, Ellington, Lamb, R.Jones, Cranshaw, Woodyard, Fitzgerald.
                                                                                          Stratemann:

                                                                                          'The second part of the concert is performed by EF and her rhythm section, the orchestra acting as accompaniment only.'


                                                                                          Titles recorded:
                                                                                          • Open Ears
                                                                                          • Johnny Come Lately
                                                                                          • Swamp Goo
                                                                                          • Take The "A" Train
                                                                                          • The Shepherd
                                                                                          • Raincheck
                                                                                          • Chromatic Love Affair
                                                                                          • Mount Harissa
                                                                                          • Up Jump
                                                                                          • Rue Bleu
                                                                                          • Wild Onions
                                                                                          • I Didn't Know About You (Sentimental Lady)
                                                                                          • Harmony In Harlem
                                                                                          • Drag
                                                                                          • Things Ain't What They Used To Be
                                                                                          • Cotton Tail
                                                                                          • Girvan:   Ellingtonia.com
                                                                                          • Timner
                                                                                          • Ole J. Nielsen, Jazz Records 1942-80, A discography: Vol. Six, Duke Ellington, p.367
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                                                                                          .Copenhagen, DenmarkTV-Byen studio
                                                                                          Danmarks Radio
                                                                                          Video-taping session, described as pre-recording (New Desor) or pre-taping (Nielsen) for the March 7 Jazz in Concert telecast. The performance is available on the DVD The Intimate Duke Ellington.
                                                                                          Duke Ellington group
                                                                                          C. Anderson, Brown, Hodges, Gonsalves, Carney, Ellington, Lamb, R.Jones
                                                                                          Titles recorded:
                                                                                          • Le Sucrier Velour
                                                                                          • Lotus Blossom
                                                                                          • Meditation
                                                                                          • The Second Portrait Of The Lion
                                                                                          • Eggo (On The Fringe Of The Jungle)
                                                                                          • Mood Indigo
                                                                                          • Take The "A" Train
                                                                                          • Passion Flower
                                                                                          • Happy Reunion
                                                                                          • Take The "A" Train (theme)
                                                                                          • Jeep Is Jumpin'
                                                                                          • Sophisticated Lady
                                                                                          • Tippin' And Whisperin'
                                                                                          • Satin Doll
                                                                                          • Jam With Sam
                                                                                          • Things Ain't What They Used To Be
                                                                                          Most of these DEMS references relate to the availability of these recordings.
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                                                                                          .Stockholm, SwedenKonserthusetTwo recorded concerts - 7 and 9 p.m.
                                                                                          Both concerts were introduced by Norman Granz
                                                                                          45 minutes of the second concert were broadcast over SR (the Swedish radio service) on April 25.
                                                                                          Duke Ellington and His Orchestra with Ella Fitzgerald and her trio - see 1967 01 13 above.
                                                                                          The Duke Ellington Society of Sweden's website lists all the recordings (concerts, interviews, records) known to exist of Duke Ellington and his sidemen in Sweden from 1939 to 1973.

                                                                                          Its 1967 01 24 concert listings confirm Ellington and his orchestra played the first set, then after the intermission, Ella and her trio took over for a set backed by some or all of Ellington's orchestra, without Duke. Duke returned to the stage to join Ella in Cotton Tail. Note New Desor session DE6710 is no longer thought to be the first concert.Stratemann, describing each concert:

                                                                                          'The second part of the concert is performed by EF and her rhythm section, the orchestra acting as accompaniment only.'

                                                                                          Timner says selections from both broadcasts were broadcast; Nielsen lists titles from a concert, then lists what was aired. All but one title are the same as the first list, and a note suggests they were from the same concert, not the second one.
                                                                                          The DEMS bulletins here are a detailed discussions about the recordings from these concerts. Carl Hällström attended the second concert and Jan Bruér attended both.
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                                                                                          Wednesday
                                                                                          .Oslo, NorwayNjårdhallenTwo televised concerts
                                                                                          • 5 p.m. - invited audience
                                                                                          • 8 p.m. - public
                                                                                          Stratemann advises the first concert was taped for television but never televised. DEMS has a brief report saying Duke was very angry to learn the concert would be televised, but he was all smiles on stage.

                                                                                          The public concert was broadcast over the radio.
                                                                                          Duke Ellington and His Orchestra
                                                                                          C.Williams, Anderson, H.Jones, H. Johnson, Mercer Ellington, Brown, Cooper, Connors, Hamilton, Procope, Hodges, Gonsalves, Carney, Ellington, Lamb, R.Jones; Watkins (second concert only)
                                                                                          Titles recorded, first concert:
                                                                                          • Take The "A" Train
                                                                                          • Rue Bleu
                                                                                          • Wild Onions
                                                                                          • Mara Gold
                                                                                          • Beautiful Woman Walks Well
                                                                                          • Jeep Is Jumpin'
                                                                                          • I Got It Bad and That Ain't Good
                                                                                          • Things Ain't What They Used To Be

                                                                                          Titles recorded, second concert:
                                                                                          • Take The "A" Train (theme)
                                                                                          • Johnny Come Lately
                                                                                          • Swamp Goo
                                                                                          • Up Jump
                                                                                          • The Shepherd
                                                                                          • Chromatic Love Affair
                                                                                          • Kinda Dukish / Rockin' In Rhythm
                                                                                          • La Plus Belle Africaine
                                                                                          • Wild Onions
                                                                                          • I Got It Bad and That Ain't Good
                                                                                          • Things Ain't What They Used To Be
                                                                                          • In The Beginning God

                                                                                          Vail II says these concerts were with Ella Fitzgerald, but this is not supported in the discographies.
                                                                                          • Girvan:   Ellingtonia.com
                                                                                          • Timner
                                                                                          • Ole J. Nielsen, Jazz Records 1942-80, A discography: Vol. Six, Duke Ellington, p.368
                                                                                          • Stratemann, p.548
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                                                                                          .Oslo, NorwayDowntown Key ClubEllington attended a dinner party during which Ellington replied to a speech by Dr. Fred Lange-Nilsen and during which Ellington was interviewed by Gunnar Bull Gundersen (9 mins. 28 sec.)
                                                                                          • Girvan:   Ellingtonia.com
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                                                                                          • Ole J. Nielsen, Jazz Records 1942-80, A discography: Vol. Six, Duke Ellington, p.368
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                                                                                          .Malmö, SwedenMalmö Stadsteater.Two concerts with Alice Babs, 19:00 and 21:30
                                                                                          The Igo itinerary shows a day in Malmö with no details. This is not mentioned in Stratemann, New Desor, Nielsen or Timner. Vail II says the concert was with Ella Fitzgerald.
                                                                                          Duke Ellington Society of Sweden:
                                                                                          'In early 1967, Ellington did a European tour together with Ella Fitzgerald. A concert was scheduled for Malmö in the south of Sweden on January 26 but for some reason Fitzgerald had been booked to be also in Berlin that night. So Ellington called Babs and asked if she could step in.

                                                                                          She said yes and arranged to have a piano and a tape recorder available for a rehearsal with Duke when he was in Stockholm some days before. However, in the final end he did not have time so Babs arrived in Malmö totally unprepared.

                                                                                          She remembers:

                                                                                          'When I arrived in Malmö, the Ellington band was not there. The first concert was to start at 19:00 o'clock but the full band was not in place until 19:15. So I had to do two full concerts in front of sold-out houses without any rehearsals.'

                                                                                          But Babs managed by getting the band to improvise with her.

                                                                                          'It was actually two quite good performances" '

                                                                                          she has said afterwards.
                                                                                          Bilder i Syd has two photographs dated only Jan. 1967 of
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                                                                                          .Hamburg, Germany.activities not documented
                                                                                          • The Igo itinerary shows the band was in Hamburg this day but provides no details.
                                                                                          • In a March interview, Ella Fitzgerald mentioned being in the larger cities with Ellington: Paris, London, Milan, Munich and Hamburg, saying "we played the big ones with Duke. Then we split up for some of the smaller places. We even went to East Berlin, and in Dusseldorf they wouldn't let me leave the theatre..."
                                                                                          • It appears Ellington's orchestra and Fitzgerald's group played at least one concert here this day.
                                                                                          • Honolulu Advertiser, Honolulu, Hi., 1967-03-03 p.C-9
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                                                                                          .Rotterdam, The NetherlandsDe DoelenRecorded concert
                                                                                          Duke Ellington and His Orchestra
                                                                                          with Ella Fitzgerald and her trio

                                                                                          C.Williams, Anderson, H.Jones, H. Johnson, M. Ellington, Brown, Cooper, Connors, Hamilton, Procope, Hodges, Gonsalves, Carney, Ellington, Lamb, R.Jones, Cranshaw, Woodyard, Fitzgerald

                                                                                          Titles recorded:
                                                                                          • Take The "A" Train
                                                                                          • Johnny Come Lately
                                                                                          • Swamp Goo
                                                                                          • Up Jump
                                                                                          • The Shepherd
                                                                                          • Chromatic Love Affair
                                                                                          • Rue Bleu
                                                                                          • Wild Onions
                                                                                          • Mara Gold
                                                                                          • Beautiful Woman Walks Well
                                                                                          • Things Ain't What They Used To Be
                                                                                          • Cotton Tail
                                                                                          • Stratemann:

                                                                                            'The second part of the concert is performed by EF and her rhythm section, the orchestra acting as accompaniment only.'

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                                                                                          • Parts of this concert were released on the 1994 Musica Jazz CD 1099 "Duke Ellington Live in Europe Guest Star Ella Fitzgerald"
                                                                                          • Girvan:
                                                                                              Ellingtonia.com
                                                                                          • Timner V
                                                                                          • Ole J. Nielsen,
                                                                                            Jazz Records 1942-80, A discography: Vol. Six, Duke Ellington pp. 369-370
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                                                                                          Sunday
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                                                                                          Paleis Voor Schone Kunsten)
                                                                                          2 concerts with Ella Fitzgerald
                                                                                          6 p.m. and 9 p.m.
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                                                                                          Stratemann:

                                                                                          'Ellington was filmed and recorded for the commentary sequence in January of 1967 at his hotel suite in Paris.'

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                                                                                          .London, EnglandOdeon HammersmithTwo concerts, 6:00 and 8:30 p.m.
                                                                                          Harold Davison & Norman Granz present Ella Fitzgerald sings with Duke Ellington and his Famous Orchestra.

                                                                                          Tickets 8/-, 10/6, 13/6, 16/6, 20/-, &25/-
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                                                                                          1967 02 20.Cambridge, England.Great St Mary's ChurchConcert of Sacred Music
                                                                                          • SI-NMAH DEC301 Box 8, folder 12 - Program, Duke Ellington's Concert of Sacred Music
                                                                                          • Photo, Harvey G. Cohen, Duke Ellington's America, University of Chicago Press, 2010
                                                                                          • Additional documentation is likely to be found in SI-NMAH DEC301, Series 2: Performances and Programs, 1933-1974, box 5, folder 4 Great St. Mary's Church, Cambridge, England, February 20, 1967
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                                                                                          Friday
                                                                                          .Nuremberg, West Germany.Concert
                                                                                          The Smithsonian Institution's Ellington Collection includes a covering letter from H. Gustav Becker dated June 3 1967 and a copy of "Der Wecker" (school journal from a high school in Ansbach, Germany) containing an interview with Duke conducted after this appearance
                                                                                          Smithsonian Institution Ellington collection, Series 2: Performances and Programs, 1933-1974, box 5, folder 7 Germany, April-June, 1967, reviewed February/March 2016 by C. Windheuser, Smithsonian Reference Services volunteer..
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                                                                                          .Norwalk, Cal.Cerritas College Peripheral event
                                                                                          The local paper reported Stan Kenton, Duke Ellington, Tony Bennett, Billy May, Henry Mancini, Les Brown, Herb Alpert and Maynard Ferguson were the judges for the Intercollegiate Jazz Festival that weekend. Since Ellington was in Europe at the time, he was listed in error.
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                                                                                          Stratemann:

                                                                                          'Ellington was filmed and recorded for the commentary sequence in January of 1967 at his hotel suite in Paris.'

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                                                                                          Saturday
                                                                                          .Washington, D.C.Statler Hilton Hotel"Bal Du Futur"
                                                                                          Dinner-dance benefit which raised $40,000 for the Mental Health Association.

                                                                                          The concert was recorded:
                                                                                          Duke Ellington and His Orchestra
                                                                                          Williams, C.Anderson, Jones, M. Ellington, Brown, Cooper, Connors, Hamilton, Procope, Hodges, Gonsalves, Carney, Ellington, John Lamb, R.Jones; McPhail
                                                                                          Titles recorded:
                                                                                          • Rondelet
                                                                                          • Days Of Wine And Roses
                                                                                          • Rue Bleu
                                                                                          • Mount Harissa
                                                                                          • Sophisticated Lady
                                                                                          • Satin Doll
                                                                                          • Do Nothin' Till You Hear From Me
                                                                                          • Little Purple Flower
                                                                                          • Eggo
                                                                                          • Always
                                                                                          • Medley:
                                                                                            • Le Sucrier Velour
                                                                                            • T.G.T.T
                                                                                          • Medley:
                                                                                            • Serenade To Sweden
                                                                                            • Black And Tan Fantasy
                                                                                          • Azure
                                                                                          • I Got It Bad and That Ain't Good
                                                                                          • Things Ain't What They Used To Be
                                                                                          • Solitude
                                                                                          • Love You Madly
                                                                                          • Warm Valley
                                                                                          • Drag
                                                                                          • Sophisticated Lady
                                                                                          • Medley
                                                                                            • Don Juan
                                                                                            • Hello Dolly!
                                                                                          • Salomè
                                                                                          • Mood Indigo
                                                                                          • Tutti For Cootie
                                                                                          • Take The "A" Train
                                                                                          • On The Sunny Side Of The Street
                                                                                          • Days Of Wine And Roses
                                                                                          • Things Ain't What They Used To Be
                                                                                          • Medley
                                                                                            • Mood Indigo
                                                                                            • Sophisticated Lady
                                                                                            • Satin Doll
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                                                                                          .Lancaster, Penn.Fulton Opera HouseTwo concerts..
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                                                                                          .New York, N.Y.RCA Studio BRecording session
                                                                                          Duke Ellington Octet
                                                                                          Anderson, Brown, Hodges, Gonsalves, Carney, Ellington, Lamb, Jones
                                                                                          Titles recorded:
                                                                                          • The Intimacy Of The Blues
                                                                                          • The Combo Suite:
                                                                                            • Out South
                                                                                            • I Don't Want Nobody But You (Tell Me 'Bout My Baby)
                                                                                            • Kentucky Avenue,A.C.
                                                                                            • Near North
                                                                                            • Soul Country
                                                                                          According to Timner and Nielsen, the title "Combo Suite" was used by Fantasy Records but Timner says it doesn't appear elsewhere. Its 5 parts were initially numbered rather than named.
                                                                                          • Girvan:   Ellingtonia.com
                                                                                          • MacHare:   A Duke Ellington Panorama
                                                                                          • Timner
                                                                                          • S. Lasker/O. Keepnews, The Duke Ellington Centennial Edition, RCA Victor CD box set 09026-63386-2
                                                                                          • Ole J. Nielsen, Jazz Records 1942-80, A discography: Vol. Six, Duke Ellington, pp.378-379
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                                                                                          1967 07 09..
                                                                                          Beginning of a Norman Granz Jazz at the Philharmonic North American concert tour. Granz's JATP tours ended in 1957, and played Europe a little longer. He decided to run a North American tour again in the spring and summer of 1967 featuring Ella Fitzgerald, Duke Ellington, the Oscar Peterson trio, Coleman Hawkins, Benny Carter, Clark Terry, Zoot Sims and the Jimmy Jones Trio.

                                                                                          Associated Press Newsfeatures Writer Mary Campbell's long review of several records, published nationally in various newspapers between July 14 and July 23, said this JATP tour began at Easter, and included the Duke Ellington band.

                                                                                          The Oakland Tribune quoted Granz as saying the last performance would be July 1 in Los Angeles, but it seems to have continued at least until July 9.

                                                                                          Ellington and his orchestra had outside engagements during this tour.
                                                                                          • Stratemann p.549 citing DESB
                                                                                          • Janesville Daily Gazette, Janesville, Wisc., 1967-07-14 p.12
                                                                                          • The Victoria Advocate, Victoria, Tex., 1967-07-16 p.9
                                                                                          • The Port Arthur News, Port Arthur, Tex., 1967-07-23, p.2
                                                                                          • Oakland Tribune, 1967-06-25, pp.6,8,EN
                                                                                          • Additional documentation is likely to be found in SI-NMAH DEC301, Series 2: Performances and Programs, 1933-1974, box 5, folder 6 USA and Canada, April and September, 1967
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                                                                                          .Rochester, N.Y.Eastman TheaterTwo Jazz at the Philharmonic concerts...
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                                                                                          .New York, N.Y.Carnegie Hall
                                                                                          (Main Hall)
                                                                                          Two Jazz at the Philharmonic concerts, 4 p.m. and 8:30 p.m. The Carnegie Hall Performance History database says:

                                                                                          'Licensee: Irving Granz
                                                                                          Program and program calendars list performance times of 2:30 and 8:30PM; flyer lists 4:00 and 8:30PM. Booking ledger entries show an afternoon and evening performance, with a "twilight" time slot entry that says "as above, 4PM," which seems to suggest a third show may have been booked (although this doesn't seem likely given the tight time frame). Selections entered from recording information. See Special Collections for correspondence and contracts related to these performances, including contracts signed by Duke Ellington and Zoot Sims.'


                                                                                          Ellington's set was about 30 minutes in each concert. Hodges and Gonsalves sat in with the Oscar Peterson Trio and with T-Bone Walker.

                                                                                          Syndicated columnist Jack O'Brien:

                                                                                          'Ella Fitagerald-Duke Ellington "Jazz at the Philharmonic" one-night bash at Carnegie Hall took in a jam-packed $31,000.'



                                                                                          Recordings of parts of this concert were issued on Pablo LP 2625-0704 "The Greatest Jazz Concert in the World."
                                                                                          Ellington recordings:

                                                                                          Duke Ellington and His Orchestra
                                                                                          C.Williams, Anderson, H.Jones, M. Ellington, Brown, Cooper, Connors, Hamilton, Procope, Hodges, Gonsalves, Carney, Ellington, Lamb, R.Jones
                                                                                          Titles recorded:First concert:
                                                                                          • Rue Bleu
                                                                                          • Salomè
                                                                                          • Chromatic Love Affair
                                                                                          • Blood Count
                                                                                          Second concert (with Ella Fitzgerald, Zoot Sims, Bob Cranshaw, Sam Woodyard:
                                                                                          • Swamp Goo
                                                                                          • Girdle Hurdle
                                                                                          • The Shepherd
                                                                                          • Rue Bleu
                                                                                          • Mount Harissa
                                                                                          • Rockin' In Rhythm
                                                                                          • Very Tenor
                                                                                          • Tutti For Cootie
                                                                                          • Up Jump
                                                                                          • Things Ain't What They Used To Be
                                                                                          • Cotton Tail
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                                                                                          Bobby Durham replaces Rufus Jones on drums, but will leave in June. Ellington would have several drummers over the next few months; Jones returned in March 1968.
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                                                                                          .Meriden, Conn.Holiday InnDance, 1,000 patrons
                                                                                          Bobby Durham played the gig with Rufus Jones on the bandstand to coach him.
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                                                                                          .Cambridge, Mass.First Congregational Church
                                                                                          11 Garden St.
                                                                                          Harvard University
                                                                                          Sacred Concert, 8:30 p.m.

                                                                                          Proceeds were to go to the Congregational and Episcopal Chaplaincies of Harvard and Ratcliffe.
                                                                                          • Stratemann p.549
                                                                                          • The Harvard Crimson 1937-03-29
                                                                                          • Additional documentation is likely to be found in SI-NMAH DEC301, Series 2: Performances and Programs, 1933-1974, box 15 (Sacred concerts), folder 24 First Congregational Church, Cambridge, Massachusetts, March 29, 1967
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                                                                                          .Bridgeport, Conn.Stratfield Motor Inn"Cocktails and Concert" series

                                                                                          Bridgeport Sunday Post:

                                                                                          'The "BIG BAND" series continues Thursday in the Stratfield Motor Inn with Duke Ellington and his orchestra playing tunes of yesteryear that are sure to produce nostalgia and a tear here and there...'

                                                                                          • Stratemann p.549
                                                                                          • Bridgeport Post and Bridgeport Sunday Post
                                                                                            • 1967-03-12 p.C-10
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                                                                                          Saturday
                                                                                          .Pittsburgh, Penn.Penn TheaterTwo Jazz at the Philharmonic concerts
                                                                                          • Stratemann p.549
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                                                                                          .Montréal, P.Q.Place Des ArtsTwo Jazz at the Philharmonic concerts

                                                                                          Ellington was interviewed backstage by Martin Brauenstein while Oscar Peterson was playing his set. The discographies don't identify which concert it was, nor do they say which concert was recorded.
                                                                                          Duke Ellington and His Orchestra
                                                                                          Williams, C. Anderson, H. Jones, M. Ellington, Brown, Cooper, Connors, Hamilton, Procope, Hodges, Gonsalves, Carney, Ellington, Lamb, Durham
                                                                                          Titles recorded:
                                                                                          • Take The "A” Train
                                                                                          • Swamp Goo
                                                                                          • Girdle Hurdle
                                                                                          • Rue Bleu
                                                                                          • Chromatic Love Affair
                                                                                          • Salomè
                                                                                          • Things Ain't What They Used To Be
                                                                                          • Girvan:   Ellingtonia.com
                                                                                          • Timner
                                                                                          • Ole J. Nielsen, Jazz Records 1942-80, A discography: Vol. Six, Duke Ellington, p.380
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                                                                                          Friday
                                                                                          .Buffalo, N.Y.Kleinhans Music HallTwo Jazz at the Philharmonic concerts, half-filled houses. Admissions $6, $5 and $4
                                                                                          Kaye Gorenflo:

                                                                                          'What's It Like to Be Kissed?
                                                                                          - by Duke Ellington?
                                                                                           The Warren High School Dance Band (both Blue and White) recently made a trip to Kleinhan's Music Hall in Buffalo.
                                                                                            Appearing at Kleinhan's were Duke Ellington, Oscar Peterson and Ella Fitzgerald. This trip was made possible by the use of the funds the band had accumulated throughout the year.
                                                                                            One of the members of the Dance Band, a senior, Mary Shellgran, had a special treat while in Buffalo. A photographer approaced her and asked if she would please pose for a picture with Mr. Ellington for the Buffalo Courier Express. Mary was happy to oblige and the celebrated entertainer thanked her with a kiss.
                                                                                            The Dance Band left Warren High School immediately after school on Friday the 10th [recte 7th], and traveled by bus to Buffalo. The only expense which the members had to meet was for their dinner. Returning home very late that night, the group agreed it had been an enteraining and enjoyable evening. And for Mary Shellgran, the evening is especially memorable.'

                                                                                          Note the Warren newspaper got the date wrong in the story and in the photo caption, which said the trip was in March. A photo of Miss Shellgran with Peterson, Fitzgerald and Ellington was printed the day after the concert in the Buffalo Courier Express.
                                                                                          A youth was charged with possessing an imitation revolver when he pointed it at a Pinkerton guard who caught him stealing the band's double-decker Greyhound bus during the evening, some 12 hours after he had been convicted for possession of stolen property and sentenced to a year of probation.
                                                                                          • Stratemann p.549
                                                                                          • Buffalo Courier Express, Buffalo, N.Y.
                                                                                            • 1967-04-04 p.6
                                                                                            • 1967-04-05 p.8
                                                                                            • 1967-04-08 p.6
                                                                                            • 1967-04-09 p.1B
                                                                                          • Warren, Pa., Times-Mirror and Observer, Warren, Penn.:
                                                                                            • Story by Kaye Gorenflo, 1967-05-12 p.B-6
                                                                                            • Photo of Miss Shellgran with Peterson, Fitzgerald and Ellington, 1967-05-20 p.B-7
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                                                                                          Sunday
                                                                                          9 PM
                                                                                          .Detroit, Mich.Cobo Hall Convention ArenaJazz at the Philharmonic
                                                                                          Ellington and his orchestra with Ella Fitzgerald were to be the major performers for the "lengthy concert." Others appearing
                                                                                          • Oscar Peterson Trio
                                                                                          • Jimmy Jones Trio
                                                                                          • Coleman Hawkins
                                                                                          • Benny Carter
                                                                                          • Zoot Sims
                                                                                          • Clark Terry
                                                                                          Announcements..
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                                                                                          Monday
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                                                                                          .Chicago, Ill.Civic Opera HouseTwo Jazz at the Philharmonic concerts.New Desor
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                                                                                          .Cleveland, OhioMusic HallTwo Jazz at the Philharmonic concerts"Coming Events," The Republican Courier, Findlay, Ohio, 1967-04-12 p.8.
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                                                                                          Sunday
                                                                                          .Cincinnati, OhioMusic HallJazz at the Philharmonic concert(s?)
                                                                                          Hanover College Triangle, Hanover, Ind.
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                                                                                          Monday
                                                                                          .Cincinnati, Ohio.New Desor shows a recording session by Ellington, his rhythm section and an unidentified female singer in Cincinnati. New Desor and Timner date it "Prob. April 1967."

                                                                                          Assuming it was in Cincinnati, it has to have been April 17, 18 or 19, since that was the only time Ellington was in that fair city while Bobby Durham was still in his band.

                                                                                          The venue and the recording medium are unknown.
                                                                                          Duke Ellington and His Rhythm
                                                                                          Ellington, Lamb, Durham, unidentified female vocalist.

                                                                                          Titles recorded:
                                                                                          • Satin Doll
                                                                                          • Chromatic Love Affair
                                                                                          • I Got It Bad and That Ain't Good
                                                                                          • My Mother, My Father And Love
                                                                                          • Solitude
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                                                                                          .Grand Rapids, Mich.Fieldhouse
                                                                                          Knollcrest Campus
                                                                                          Calvin College .
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                                                                                          Saturday
                                                                                          .Jacksonville, Ill.Memorial Gym
                                                                                          Illinois College
                                                                                          Concert, 8 p.m., sponsored by Illinois College Student Forum.

                                                                                          Andrea Heiss:

                                                                                          'People stirred and shifted their vantage point. They became restless. finally, a man entered the bright glare of hte spotlight. The gym thundered with applause in response to his entrance...
                                                                                           ...They had arrived from their last engagement in Chicago and after their concert here left to perform in Harlem... '


                                                                                          Courier reporter Andrea Heiss interviewed Ellington and Watkins after the concert. Four paragraphs of her report are about Watkins, who was only 20 and sang In the Beginning God.She
                                                                                          Jacksonville Courier, Jacksonville, Ill.,
                                                                                          • Announcement, 1967-04-20 p.3
                                                                                          • Andrea Heiss, "Ellington Entrances Concert Audience Here," 1967-04-27 p.3
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                                                                                          Sunday
                                                                                          .New York, N.Y.Mother AME Zion Cathedral
                                                                                          140 W. 137th St.
                                                                                          Concert of sacred music
                                                                                          • Announcement, New York Amsterdam News, 1967-04-01, p.32
                                                                                          • NMAH (Smithsonian) DE CollectionBox 8, folder 14 Concert of Sacred Music, Presented by Mother A.M.E. Zion Cathedral Choir [Program], April 23, 1967
                                                                                          • Additional documentation is likely to be found in SI-NMAH DEC301, Series 2: Performances and Programs, 1933-1974, box 15 (Sacred concerts), folder 26 Mother AME Zion Church, New York, New York, April 23, 1967
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                                                                                          Tuesday
                                                                                          .Columbus, OhioVeterans Memorial AuditoriumTony Watkins and the band, directed by Tom Whaley, rehearsed with the Second Community Church Choir.
                                                                                          The rehearsal was videotaped for the Bell Telephone Hour documentary On the Road With Duke Ellington.

                                                                                          Stratemann:

                                                                                          'Material for this Bell Telephone Hour program had been filmed from late April to the end of September, when an NBC camera team had followed Ellington and his men around to assemble footage from a variety of locations and occasions.'

                                                                                          Bell Telephone Hour's Ellington television documentary was telecast 1967 10 13 but after Ellington died, footage was added and it was released as the video "On the Road With Duke Ellington." The Dover Reporter announcement described it as "colorcast" indicating it was colour television, at a time when most televisions in North America were black and white.
                                                                                          Duke Ellington and His Orchestra with the Second Community Church Choir.
                                                                                          Williams, C. Anderson, Jones, M. Ellington, Brown, Cooper, Connors, Hamilton, Procope, Hodges, Gonsalves, Carney, Ellington, Lamb, Durham, Second Community Church Choir

                                                                                          Videotaped recording:
                                                                                          Come Sunday (David Danced)
                                                                                          It seems unlikely that this was the only music recorded during the rehearsal. Further research is warranted.

                                                                                          New Desor lists undated documentary footage:
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                                                                                        • Stratemann pp.552-560
                                                                                        • The Daily Reporter, Dover,Oh. 1967-09-23, p.6
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                                                                                          .Columbus, OhioVeterans Memorial AuditoriumConcert of sacred music.
                                                                                          The rehearsal was filmed (or videotaped?) for the Bell Telephone Hour documentary On the Road With Duke Ellington:
                                                                                          Duke Ellington and His Orchestra with the Second Community Church Choir.
                                                                                          Williams, C. Anderson, Jones, M. Ellington, Brown, Cooper, Connors, Hamilton, Procope, Hodges, Gonsalves, Carney, Ellington, Lamb, Durham, Second Community Church Choir
                                                                                          Videotaped:
                                                                                          In The Beginning God
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                                                                                          .Dallas, Tex.State Fair Music HallTwo Jazz at the Philharmonic concerts, 7:30 and 10:30 p.m.
                                                                                          Ella Fitzgerald, Duke Ellington, Oscar Peterson Trio, Coleman Hawkins, Benny Carter, Clark Terry, Zoot Sims, Jimmy Jones Trio.

                                                                                          Tickets
                                                                                          Lower floor: $6, $5
                                                                                          Balcony: $6, $5, $4, $3
                                                                                          The Dallas Morning News quotes Peterson as saying he and his group compliment the Ellington-Fitzgerald offerings. He opens with his instrumental standards, then his trio backs Hawkins, Carter, Terry, Sims, etc.
                                                                                        • Ad, The Denton Record-Chronicle, Denton, Tex. 1967-04-14 p.4 s.2
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                                                                                          Two Jazz at the Philharmonic concerts, 6:00 and 9:00 p.m.Announcement, The Daily Record, Mexico (Mo.) Evening Ledger, 1967-04-26 p.5..
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                                                                                          1967 05 01
                                                                                          Monday
                                                                                          .Baltimore, Md.Murphy Fine Arts Center
                                                                                          Morgan State College
                                                                                          Ellington received an honorary Doctorate of Music and gave a recital. The event was videotaped for the Bell Telephone Hour documentary On the Road With Duke Ellington.
                                                                                          Duke Ellington Trio
                                                                                          Ellington, Lamb, Durham
                                                                                          Titles recorded:
                                                                                          • Salute To Morgan State
                                                                                          • Take The "A" Train
                                                                                          • I Got It Bad and That Ain't Good
                                                                                          • Pittsburgh Courier 1967-05-20 p.2
                                                                                          • Stratemann p.549
                                                                                          • Photograph, The New Courier, Pittsburgh, Penn., 1967-05-20 p.2
                                                                                          • Girvan:   Ellingtonia.com
                                                                                          • MacHare:   A Duke Ellington Panorama
                                                                                          • Timner
                                                                                          • Ole J. Nielsen, Jazz Records 1942-80, A discography: Vol. Six, Duke Ellington p.382
                                                                                          • Additional documentation is likely to be found in SI-NMAH DEC301, Series 2: Performances and Programs, 1933-1974, box 12, folder 26 Morgan State College, May 1, 1967
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                                                                                          Tuesday
                                                                                          .Santa Fe, N.M..Stratemann:

                                                                                          'A clipping from a May 3 Santa Fe, N.M. newspaper stated that Ellington had arrived in that city "last night," made "a quick hop" to Las Vegas for a concert at Highlands Univerity, then returned to Santa Fe for his engagement there.'

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                                                                                          .Las Vegas, N.M.Ilfeld Auditorium
                                                                                          or
                                                                                          Stu Clark Gymnasium
                                                                                          Highlands University
                                                                                          Spring Formal
                                                                                          Concert, beauty contest and prom

                                                                                          Ellington picked the Miss Southwest Wind of 1967 beauty contest winners before before the dance.

                                                                                          Stratemann places the event in Ilfeld Auditorium, but the local newspaper places the spring formal in the gymnasium and the beauty contest at the university stadium.
                                                                                          • Stratemann p.550
                                                                                          • The Daily Optic, Las Vegas, N.M.:
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                                                                                          .Santa Fe, N.M.Sweeney GymnasiumConcert.
                                                                                          17 year old Shiprock clarinetist Rose Tohdacheeny made it a point to meet Russell Procope, and Ellington dedicated the opening number to her. The newspaper carries a photo of Procope showing her "one of the fine clarinets in his collection."
                                                                                          • Farmingham (N.M.) Daily Times, 1967-06-05, p.2
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                                                                                          1967 05 24Lake Tahoe, Nev.Harrah's Stateline Casino
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                                                                                          .Five miles west of Reno, Nev.Holiday Lodge
                                                                                          9400 West Fourth St.
                                                                                          (5 miles west of Reno on old Highway 40)
                                                                                          Ellington was the guest personality at a fundraising dinner for the Washoe Association for Retarded Children. the evening started at 6:30 and dinner was at 8:00. It isn't clear if Ellington was present for the dinner or just the cocktail party; the report said he attended "this hospitality hour."Nevada State Journal, Reno, Nev.
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                                                                                          .Oakland, Cal.Coliseum Arena(Unconfirmed)
                                                                                          Stratemann reports an "outside commitment" here during the Harrah's residency. It seems unlikely Ellington would have played both locations on the same day since they are over 200 miles apart. It may have been a day off from Reno, or this may be an error in Stratemann or represent a change of plans, if his source was an itinerary published in a trade newspaper.
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                                                                                          Wednesday
                                                                                          .New York, N.Y.. Peripheral event

                                                                                          Billy Strayhorn passed away.
                                                                                          Cohen:

                                                                                          'According to Marion Logan, when the news of Strayhorn's death came, Ellington cried or hours and when asked by her husband Dr. Logan if he was going to be all right, Ellington replied "... no, I'm not going to be all right. Nothing is all right now." Ellington chose not to attend Strayhorn's viewing or the private service for him and stayed instead with the band in Reno...

                                                                                          For the rest of his life, Ellington acknowledged the influence of Strayhorn from the bandstand almost every night. Strayhorn songs did not disappear from the band's repertoire. Ellington closed dozens, if not hundreds, of shows in his last years with an emotional solo piano version of Strayhorn's "Lotus Blossom" in tribute to Strayhorn.'

                                                                                          In his presentation at the 2014 International Duke Ellington Study Group conference in Amsterdam, Duke's nephew Stephen James said he was with Billy in Montreal in late April 1964 when Strayhorn experienced difficulty swallowing a beverage. When he returned to New York, his doctors diagnosed his esophegal cancer.
                                                                                        • Harvey G. Cohen, Duke Ellington's America, University of Chicago Press, 2010, pp.520-522
                                                                                        • "Pitt prof promotes Strayhorn's music," University Times, University of Pittsburgh 2005-07-07
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                                                                                          Wednesday
                                                                                          .Reno, Nev..Ellington was interviewed for the Bell Telephone Hour documentary On the Road With Duke Ellington.

                                                                                          Stratemann:

                                                                                          'In the May 31, 1967 interview he extols on Strayhorn's values as a human being; then proceeds to read from his draft of a eulogy to be read at Strayhorn's ...funeral...'

                                                                                          Some sources date the videotaping June 1 instead of May 31.
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                                                                                          .St. Louis, Mo.Washington UniversityEllington was granted an honorary doctorate of music.Duke Ellington, MIMM photo, p.479
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                                                                                          .New York, N.Y.St Peter's Lutheran Church
                                                                                          54th & Lexington
                                                                                          Billy Strayhorn Funeral, 10:30 a.m.
                                                                                          Ellington attended Billy Strayhorn's funeral, where he read his Strayhorn eulogy which was published in Downbeat and used on the cover of the LP "...And His Mother Called Him Bill. Stratemann:

                                                                                          ' In the May 31, 1967 interview he ...proceeds to read from his draft of a eulogy to be read at Strayhorn's ... funeral...The film is edited to have this eulogy concluded at the service.'

                                                                                          Ray Nance and the Billy Taylor Trio (Taylor, Bobby Tucker and Grady Tate) played Take the "A" Train in tribute to Strayhorn. Billy Taylor:

                                                                                          '...I was asked to play a tribute to him at his funeral. An interesting thing happened during the memorial service. I was still seated at the piano, and Ray Nance came up and told me that he wanted to play something in honor of Billy. He wasn't officially on the program, so I said, "What are you going to play?" He said "A Train." I said okay, and so he started, but very, very slowly. And it was beautiful. I had never played it that way before, but I was moved by this particular rendition performed at Strayhorn's funeral, and I've been playing it that way ever since.'

                                                                                          The Bell Telephone Hour crew was present and part of Taylor and Nance's rendition appears in "On The Road With Duke Ellington"

                                                                                          Mary Pettis Sanford:

                                                                                          'A private family funeral at St. Peter's Lutheran Church in New York preceded a large one given by Ellington and attended by friends and colleagues in musical, theatrical, and film circles. The body was cremated and the ashes scattered, as Strayhorn's will directed, on the Hudson River by the Copasetics Club,* a charity ... founded by Billy (Bojangles) Robinson for show business members who donated their services for the benefit of African American children in the South. Strayhorn was its second president, and after his death the club honored him by refusing to have another with that title; its chairman is called vice-president.'

                                                                                          When Ellington, in Reno, Mr. James repeats this in his chapter of Cambridge Companion, where he says he was in Reno with Ellington and the band when they learned of Billy's death. They held an impromptu memorial, and Mr. James flew to New York with his uncle. After the service, a small group of Strayhorn's friends, including Duke, Ruth and Steven, were present for the cremation and later scattered his ashes on the Hudson River.

                                                                                          * Walter van de Leur describes Copacetics as a group of tap-dance professionals. He says Strayhorn:
                                                                                          • was introduced to them by a friend
                                                                                          • became a founding member and president
                                                                                          • wrote scores for its annual dances
                                                                                          • took on musical responsibilities for its annual Harlem one-night stage shows
                                                                                          • Stratemann pp.555-557
                                                                                          • N.Y. Times story datelined June 6 in The Daily Gleaner, Kingston, Jamaica, 1967-06-08 p.7
                                                                                          • Dr. Billy Taylor and Teresa L. Reed, The Jazz Life of Billy Taylor, p.171
                                                                                          • Mary Pettis Sanford, Strayhorn, William (Billy) Thomas, Dictionary of North Carolina Biography, William S. Powell, ed., University of North Carolina Press, 1994 Published on NCpedia
                                                                                          • Walter van de Leur, "Seldom seen, but always heard:: Billy Strayhorn,"Cambridge Companion, p.193
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                                                                                          ...PERSONNEL CHANGE
                                                                                          Bobby Durham leaves the band

                                                                                          Mercer Ellington:

                                                                                          'I could never figure out why [Ellington] fired Bobby Durham, one of the greatest drummers we ever had in the band. Maybe Bobby was arrogant, but he knew his work. He was clean. He was certain. He was a take-charge drummer. There was nothing about him that was not great and really right for the band. But for the first time in many years Duke Ellington arbitrarily fired someone. He just gave Bobby Durham two weeks' notice.
                                                                                            After that he hired Chris Columbus!
                                                                                            Then he got Sam Woodyard back...'

                                                                                        • New Desor vol.2
                                                                                        • Mercer Ellington, Duke Ellington in Person, An Intimate Memoir, p.138
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                                                                                          .New Haven. Ct.Yale UniversityEllington was awarded an honorary doctorate by Yale University. He was nominated by Professor Arthur W. Galston, a botanist and amateur saxophonist. (There may be a video of the award ceremony.)Arthur W. Galston, The Duke & I, A professor explains how jazz legend Duke Ellington became a doctor in 1967, Yale Alumni Magazine online archive, 2002-10-00.DEMS
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                                                                                          .Ellington, Conn.Crystal Lake Ballroom Peripheral event
                                                                                          New Desor has an Ellington interview by Frank Knight for a WCCC "Celebrity Corner" broadcast. Timner V says the interview was probably recorded June 12 and broadcast June 14.

                                                                                          Since the band was still in Nevada, this seems more likely. It may be that the interview was in New Haven while Duke was there for his honorary degree, since Yale is only an hour from this venue by road.

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                                                                                          .Washington, D.C.The White HouseSidemen's activities not documented

                                                                                          Ellington was one of the show business guests attending a White House reception for the king and queen of Thailand. He performed Take the "A" Train with the North Texas State Lab Band.
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                                                                                          Ellington had a press conference and was presented with a scroll by city, announcing June 30 as Duke Ellington Day.

                                                                                          He continued to Los Angeles that day.
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                                                                                          Thursday
                                                                                          .Los Angeles, Cal..This was Duke Ellington Day in Los Angeles

                                                                                          Duke was a guest on the ABC network evening "Joey Bishop Show" television show, where he played for 10 mintues with the house band. Since this was a national show broadcast nationally at 11:30 p.m. in each time zone, the show was likely taped in the afternoon or early evening.

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                                                                                          .Oakland, Cal.Oakland Coliseum ArenaJazz at the Philharmonic concert, 8:30 p.m.Ads and publicity, OaklandTribune:
                                                                                          • 1967-05-28 p.8 EN
                                                                                          • 1967 06 02 p.57
                                                                                          • 1967 06 11,p.8 EN
                                                                                          • 1967 06 18 p.10 EN
                                                                                          • 1967 06 25 pp. 6,8, 9
                                                                                          • 1967 06 29 p.37
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                                                                                          1967 07 00...PERSONNEL CHANGES
                                                                                          Chris Columbus leaves the band and is replaced by

                                                                                          Drummer Steve Little (b. 1935 02 20) joins the band. Little will stay until October and return for recordings in 1968 and 1969. In spite of the Ellington tradition of two bass drums introduced by Louie Bellson in 1951, Little would only use one.

                                                                                          His interviews with Ethan Iverson and Darcy James Argue talks of how he came to join Ellington and of his first experiences in the band.
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                                                                                          Rock Creek Park
                                                                                          16th St. & Colorado Ave. N.W.
                                                                                          Jazz at the Philharmonic concert

                                                                                          Ellington, Fitzgerald, Oscar Peterson Trio, Coleman Hawkins, Benny Carter, Clark Terry, Zoot Sims, Jimmy Jones Trio.
                                                                                          While Granz was earlier quoted as saying the tour would end July 1, this week was advertised in the Washington press as part of the series. Instead of one-nighters in arenas, however, this was a daily amphitheatre show for the week
                                                                                          New Desor and New Desor correction sheets show a number of recordings during the week.
                                                                                        • Assorted ads and plugs, The Evening Star and the Sunday Star, Washington,D.C.
                                                                                          • 1967-05-07 p. H-4
                                                                                          • 1967-06-04 p.D-7
                                                                                          • 1967-07-01 p.3
                                                                                          • 1967-07-03 p.A-13
                                                                                          • 1967-07-09, p.D-6
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                                                                                          .Washington, D.C.Blue Room
                                                                                          Sheraton Hotel
                                                                                          Stratemann:

                                                                                          '...Ellington visited Louis Armstrong ... to congratulate him on his birthday...'

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                                                                                          Louis Armstrong visited Ellington backstage, then went on the stage with Ella Fitzgerald and "the pair brought the house down." Armstrong's visit is included in the Bell Telephone Hour documentary "On the Road with Duke Ellington"
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                                                                                          .New York, N.Y.RCA StudioRecording session. Take 4 of Rondolet was videotaped and used in the dcomentary "On the Road With Duke Ellington." It can be seen on the Vimeo webpage at https://vimeo.com/91801820.New Desor
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                                                                                          .Kalamazoo, Mich.Gilmore Bros. Auto ParkStarlight Symphony Concert; joint concert with the Kalamazoo Symphony Orchestra, led by Gregory Millar. The concert was in three segments - the Kalamazoo orchestra by itself, then Ellington performed with it, and finally the Ellington orchestra played a set without the Kalamazoo orchestra. The concert was filmed for The Bell Telephone Hour documentary "On The Road With Duke Ellington."Stratemann p.555New Desor
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                                                                                          .Lexington, Ky.Trotting TrackGrandstand concert, Lions's Blue Grass Fair
                                                                                          • The Lexington Herald and The Lexington Leader, 1967-06-17, p.12
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                                                                                          1967 09 02New York, N.Y.Rainbow Grill
                                                                                          65th floor
                                                                                          Rockefeller Center on 49th Street
                                                                                          Opening night of Ellington's first of seven engagements at this restaurant. The premises weren't big enough for a full band, so Ellington used an octet consisting of Cat Anderson, Lawrence Brown, Johnny Hodges, Paul Gonsalves, Harry Carney and until late August, John Lamb, when Aaron Bell replaced him.

                                                                                          The Ellington octet played from 10 pm to 2 am six nights a week, with Sundays off. CBS broadcast many of these performances. A non-Ellington trio usually played the intermissions.

                                                                                          Ellington played here every summer for the rest of his life.
                                                                                          Folder 8 in Box 5 of the Smithsonian Institution's Ellington collection, Series 2: Performances and Programs, 1933-1974, holds a copy of a publication in Italian "La Follia di New York " with an ad for Duke and his band's appearance at the Rainbow Grill. C. Windheuser confirms the folder is incorrectly labelled "Italian Tour, August, 1967."
                                                                                          Charleston News and Courier:

                                                                                          'The Duke Ellington opening at the Rainbow Grill was one for the books. Among the ringsiders applauding the inimitable Duke at the midnight after theater show were Angela Lansbury, Lauren Bacall, Brian Bedford, Florence Henderson, Herschel Bernardi and Robert Morse, who joined Duke on the bandstand for some impromptu clowning.'

                                                                                          • Charleston News and Courier, Charleston, S.C., 1967-08-09 p.4
                                                                                          • Liner notes, "The DUKE ELLINGTON OCTET Rainbow Grill Broadcasts, New York August 1967"
                                                                                          • Research by C.Windheuser, Smithsonian Reference Services volunteer, February/March 2016.
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                                                                                          CBS remote broadcast:
                                                                                          Duke Ellington Octet
                                                                                          C. Anderson, Brown, Hodges, Gonsalves, Carney, Ellington, Lamb, Little

                                                                                          Titles recorded:
                                                                                          • Prelude To A Kiss
                                                                                          • Take The "A” Train
                                                                                          • Satin Doll
                                                                                          • Mood Indigo
                                                                                          • Passion Flower
                                                                                          • Things Ain't What They Used To Be
                                                                                          • Tricky's Lick
                                                                                          • Sophisticated Lady
                                                                                          • Kentucky Avenue, A.C. (First Bass)
                                                                                          • Girvan:   Ellingtonia.com
                                                                                          • Timner
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                                                                                          .New York, N.Y.CBS StudiosVideotaping an appearance on the "Merv Griffin Show," telecast 1967 08 14

                                                                                          Ellington chatted with host Merv Griffin and the Ellington trio played two medleys. Griffin, who had been a band singer, Arther Pyrsock and John W. ("Bubbles") Sublett sang with the Ellington trio in the second medley.

                                                                                          The Merv Griffin Show, was a popular daytime talk show broadcast nationally in both the United States and Canada.
                                                                                          Duke Ellington and His Rhythm
                                                                                          Ellington, Lamb, Little
                                                                                          Titles recorded:
                                                                                          • Medley:
                                                                                            • Take The "A" Train
                                                                                            • Sophisticated Lady
                                                                                            • Satin Doll
                                                                                          • Medley with the three vocalists
                                                                                            • Mood Indigo
                                                                                            • Don't Get Around Much Anymore
                                                                                            • Solitude
                                                                                            • I Got It Bad and That Ain't Good
                                                                                            • I Let A Song Go Out Of My Heart
                                                                                            • Don't Get Around Much Anymore
                                                                                          • Stratemann p.551
                                                                                          • Girvan:   Ellingtonia.com
                                                                                          • Timner
                                                                                          • Ole J. Nielsen, Jazz Records 1942-80, A discography: Vol. Six, Duke Ellington p.385
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                                                                                          Monday
                                                                                          .New York, N.Y.Rainbow GrillRestaurant residency - see 1967 07 31...
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                                                                                          Tuesday
                                                                                          .New York, N.Y.Rainbow GrillRestaurant residency - see 1967 07 31...
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                                                                                          Wednesday
                                                                                          .New York, N.Y.Rainbow GrillRestaurant residency - see 1967 07 31...
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                                                                                          1967 08 10
                                                                                          Thursday
                                                                                          .New York, N.Y.Rainbow Grill"Today Show" telecast on WNEW

                                                                                          Host Barbara Walters interviewed Ellington throughout the session, during which Ellington and his rhythm section also played five titles.
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                                                                                          Thursday
                                                                                          .New York, N.Y.Rainbow GrillRestaurant residency - see 1967 07 31
                                                                                          Remote CBS Broadcast
                                                                                          Duke Ellington Octet
                                                                                          Anderson, Brown, Hodges, Gonsalves, Carney, Ellington, Lamb, Little

                                                                                          Titles recorded:
                                                                                          • Meditation
                                                                                          • The Shepherd
                                                                                          • I Can't Get Started
                                                                                          • Fly Me to the Moon
                                                                                          • Mame
                                                                                          • Take The "A" Train
                                                                                          • One O'Clock Jump
                                                                                          • Satin Doll
                                                                                          • Black And Tan Fantasy
                                                                                          • Ocht O'Clock Rock
                                                                                          • Passion Flower
                                                                                          • Tricky's Lick
                                                                                          • In A Sentimental Mood
                                                                                          • Medley:
                                                                                            • I Let A Song Go Out Of My Heart
                                                                                            • Don't Get Around Much Anymore
                                                                                          • Girvan:   Ellingtonia.com
                                                                                          • Timner
                                                                                          • Ole J. Nielsen, Jazz Records 1942-80, A discography: Vol. Six, Duke Ellington p.385
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                                                                                          Friday
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                                                                                          1967 08 12
                                                                                          Saturday
                                                                                          .New York, N.Y.Rainbow GrillRestaurant residency - see 1967 07 31...
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                                                                                          1967 08 13
                                                                                          Sunday
                                                                                          .New York, N.Y..Day off from Rainbow Grill...
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                                                                                          Monday
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                                                                                          Tuesday
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                                                                                          ..2011
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                                                                                          1967 08 16
                                                                                          Wednesday
                                                                                          .New York, N.Y.Rainbow GrillRestaurant residency - see 1967 07 31...
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                                                                                          1967 08 17
                                                                                          Thursday
                                                                                          .New York, N.Y.Rainbow GrillRestaurant residency - see 1967 07 31
                                                                                          with CBS Broadcast

                                                                                          also CBC recorded Ellington speaking about "The Jaywalker."
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                                                                                          Friday
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                                                                                          1967 08 19
                                                                                          Saturday
                                                                                          .New York, N.Y.Rainbow GrillRestaurant residency - see 1967 07 31...
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                                                                                          1967 08 20
                                                                                          Sunday
                                                                                          .New York, N.Y..Day off from Rainbow Grill...
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                                                                                          1967 08 21
                                                                                          Monday
                                                                                          .New York, N.Y.Rainbow GrillRestaurant residency - see 1967 07 31
                                                                                          with CBS Broadcast
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                                                                                          1967 08 22
                                                                                          Tuesday
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                                                                                          1967 08 23
                                                                                          Wednesday
                                                                                          .New York, N.Y.Rainbow GrillRestaurant residency - see 1967 07 31...
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                                                                                          1967 08 24
                                                                                          Thursday
                                                                                          .New York, N.Y.Rainbow GrillRestaurant residency - see 1967 07 31
                                                                                          with CBS broadcast
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                                                                                          Friday
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                                                                                          1967 08 26
                                                                                          Saturday
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                                                                                          1967 08 27
                                                                                          Sunday
                                                                                          ...PERSONNEL CHANGE
                                                                                          John Lamb, bass, leaves the band, and is temporarily replaced by Aaron Bell.
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                                                                                          Sunday
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                                                                                          1967 08 28
                                                                                          Monday
                                                                                          .New York, N.Y.RCA Studio ARCA recording session
                                                                                          14:00-17:00
                                                                                          Duke Ellington and His Orchestra
                                                                                          Williams, Anderson, Jones, Cooper, Brown, Connors, Hamilton, Procope, Hodges, Gonsalves, Carney, Ellington, Bell, Little

                                                                                          Titles recorded:
                                                                                          • Boo-Dah
                                                                                          • Upper Manhattan Medical Group (U.M.M.G.)
                                                                                          • Band Call
                                                                                          • Blood Count
                                                                                          • Smada
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                                                                                          Monday
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                                                                                          1967 08 29
                                                                                          Tuesday
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                                                                                          1967 08 30
                                                                                          Wednesday
                                                                                          .New York, N.Y.RCA Studio ARCA recording session
                                                                                          14:00-17:00
                                                                                          Duke Ellington and His Orchestra
                                                                                          Williams, Anderson, Jones, Cooper, Brown, Connors, Sanders, Hamilton, Procope, Hodges, Gonsalves, Carney, Ellington, Bell, Little

                                                                                          Titles recorded:
                                                                                          • Rock Skippin' at the Blue Note
                                                                                          • Raincheck
                                                                                          • Midriff
                                                                                          • My Little Brown Book
                                                                                          • Lotus Blossom
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                                                                                          Wednesday
                                                                                          .New York, N.Y.Rainbow GrillRestaurant residency - see 1967 07 31
                                                                                          with CBS Broadcast
                                                                                          Additional documentation is likely to be found in SI-NMAH DEC301, Series 2: Performances and Programs, 1933-1974, box 18, folder 4 Rainbow Grill, New York, New York, July 28-August 30, 1967.DEMS

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                                                                                          Thursday
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                                                                                          with CBS Broadcast
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                                                                                          September 1967

                                                                                          1967 09 01
                                                                                          Friday
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                                                                                          15:00-18:00
                                                                                          Duke Ellington and His Orchestra
                                                                                          Williams, Anderson, Jones, Cooper, Brown, Connors, Hamilton, Procope, Hodges, Gonsalves, Carney, Ellington, Bell, Little

                                                                                          Titles recorded:
                                                                                          • Snibor
                                                                                          • After All
                                                                                          • All Day Long
                                                                                          • Lotus Blossom
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                                                                                          1967 09 01
                                                                                          Friday
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                                                                                          Saturday
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                                                                                          1967 09 03
                                                                                          Sunday
                                                                                          1967 09 09Montréal, P.Q.Expo Theatre
                                                                                          The theatre was just outside Expo 67's main entrance gate on Cité du Havre
                                                                                          Ogdensburg Advance News:

                                                                                          'Duke Ellington and Sarah Vaughan top the bill at Expo Theatre from Sunday, September 3 until Saturday, September 9. They will give a total of ten concerts, including three on the final day, and jazz fans are expected to pack the house.'

                                                                                          • The Billboard
                                                                                            • 1967-03-25 p.14
                                                                                            • 1967-06-10 p.12
                                                                                          • Advance News, Ogdensburg, N.Y., 1967-09-03 pp.9, 23
                                                                                          • Winnipeg Free Press, Winnipeg, Man.
                                                                                            • 1967-05-03 p.41
                                                                                            • 1967-09-02 p.21
                                                                                          • Stratemann p.551 citing Down Beat 1967-05-18
                                                                                          • Additional documentation is likely to be found in NMAH DEC301, Series 2: Performances and Programs, 1933-1974, box 5, folder 9 Expo '67, Montreal, Quebec, September 3-9, 1967
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                                                                                          Monday
                                                                                          .Montréal, P.Q.Expo TheatreConcerts - see 1967-09-03......
                                                                                          1967 09 05
                                                                                          Tuesday
                                                                                          .Montréal, P.Q.Place Ville MarieConcert, 12:30 p.m.Stratemann p.551...
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                                                                                          Tuesday
                                                                                          .Montréal, P.Q.Expo Theatre8:30 p.m. concert - see 1967-09-03Ogdensburg Journal, Ogdensburg, N.Y., 1967-09-05 p.6...djp2011
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                                                                                          1967 09 06
                                                                                          Wednesday
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                                                                                          Thursday
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                                                                                          1967 09 08
                                                                                          Friday
                                                                                          .Montréal, P.Q.Expo Theatre8:30 p.m. concert - see 1967-09-03Ogdensburg Journal, Ogdensburg, N.Y., 1967-09-08 p.6...djp2011
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                                                                                          Saturday
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                                                                                          1967 09 10
                                                                                          Sunday
                                                                                          .Boston, Mass.Back Bay Theatre

                                                                                          '...Duke Ellington and his orchestra will play a one-nighter at the Back Bay Theater Sept. 10th with the proceeds going to the building fund of the Union Methodist Chruch in the South End...'

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                                                                                          • Boston Herald Traveler, Boston, Mass. 1967-08-31 p.18
                                                                                          • Stratemann p.552 citing DESB
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                                                                                          1967 09 11
                                                                                          Monday
                                                                                          1967 09 13
                                                                                          Wednesday
                                                                                          Peabody, Mass.Lennie's on the Turnpike
                                                                                          Rt.1 West
                                                                                          The Record American ad names Ellington, Johnny Hodges, Lawrence Brown, Harry [sic] Anderson, Cootie Williams, Jimmy Hamilton, Paul Gonsalves, Russel [sic] Procope and Buster Coper [sic]. The bass player and drummer are not mentioned.
                                                                                          In 2016, drummer Norman Marshall Villeneuve wrote in Facebook that Cootie had looked him up in Montreal and asked him to audition, since they needed a replacement for Woodyard, who was ill. They sent him tickets for Boston, where he played some numbers at Lennie's on the Turnpike and was hired. However, the U.S. work permit took too long, so they hired Philly Joe Jones instead. Mr. Villenueve's story is supported by a letter from Duke Ellington Inc. 1967-09-20 accompanying a set of forms he needed to fill in. The letter is signed by Martin E. Hamiffy, Administrative Assistant.
                                                                                          • Sunday Herald Traveler, Boston, Mass.
                                                                                            • 1967-08-27 p.15
                                                                                            • 1967-09-10 p.15
                                                                                          • Boston Herald Traveler, Boston, Mass.
                                                                                            • 1967-08-25 p.21
                                                                                            • 1967-08-31 p.18
                                                                                            • 1967-09-08 p.19
                                                                                          • Record American, Boston, Mass. 1967-09-11 p.26
                                                                                          • Stratemann p.552
                                                                                          • Facebook entry by Norman Marshall Villeneuve, with accompanying letter, all courtesy Nou Dadoun via Duke-LYM email 2016-03-19
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                                                                                          Tuesday
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                                                                                          Wednesday
                                                                                          .Peabody, Mass.Lennie's on the TurnpikeNight club engagement - see 1967 09 11.....2011
                                                                                          1967 09 14
                                                                                          Thursday
                                                                                          .Ellington, Conn.Paganini's Crystal Lake Ballroom.Stratemann p.552 citing DESB..
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                                                                                          Friday
                                                                                          ...activities not documented
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                                                                                          1967 09 16
                                                                                          Saturday
                                                                                          .Merrick, N.Y.Hempstead Town's BallroomDance.New Desor
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                                                                                          Sunday
                                                                                          .Detroit, Mich.Ford AuditoriumConcert of Sacred Music with the Harold Smith Majestics Choir, 8 p.m., sponsored by Gamma Lambda with proceeds used to pursue the educational programs of the chapter.
                                                                                          • Detroit Free Press, Detroit, Mich. 1967-09-15 p.3 s.A
                                                                                          • The Sphinx, Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternit, Inc., 1968-05, p.36
                                                                                          • Stratemann p.552 citing DESB
                                                                                          • Vail II
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                                                                                          1967 09 18
                                                                                          Monday
                                                                                          .Miamiville, OhioMiami Boat Club
                                                                                          6071 Second St.
                                                                                          Stratemann and Vail show Ellington and his orchestra playing a private party at a Miami Boat Club in Miami, Florida on this date. This makes no sense, considering they played in Detroit the day before and in Cincinnati the day after. The party was at the Miami Boat Club in Miamiville, Ohio, on the outskirts of Cincinnati.

                                                                                          Cincinnati Enquirer society page:

                                                                                          'NASHY
                                                                                          Reservations are still being accepted for the Jazz Concert featuring Duke Ellington, to be held at the Miami Club. NASHY represents the names of the sponsors. Those receiving invitations are advised that inclement weather will not interfere with the concert which will be presented in a covered enclosure. Further information concerning the concert may be received from Mr. Philip Smith, 381-2560.'

                                                                                          The Miami Boat Club's website has a picture of Ellington seated in front of six men; this seems likely to have been from this occasion. Query sent to the Miami Boat Club 2017-03-01
                                                                                          • The Cincinnati Enquirer, Cincinnati, Ohio, 1967-09-13 p.17
                                                                                          • Stratemann p.552
                                                                                          • Vail II
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                                                                                          Tuesday
                                                                                          1967 09 22
                                                                                          Friday
                                                                                          Cincinnati, OhioThe Living Room Supper ClubNight club engagement, Duke Ellington and His Orchestra

                                                                                          Stratemann suggests a two day engagement, Vail only shows one. The engagement was advertised extensively for Sept. 19 to 22 (four days)
                                                                                          • The Cincinnati Enquirer,Cincinnati,Ohio
                                                                                            • 1967-09-03, p.5-D
                                                                                            • 1967-09-04, p.9-B
                                                                                            • 1967-09-10, p.7-G
                                                                                            • 1967-09-12, p.15
                                                                                            • 1967-09-13, p.43
                                                                                            • 1967-09-14, p.11
                                                                                            • 1967-09-17, p.8-G
                                                                                            • 1967-09-19, p.10
                                                                                            • 1967-09-20, p.23
                                                                                            • 1967-09-20, p.45
                                                                                            • 1967-09-21, p.28
                                                                                          • Stratemann p.552
                                                                                          • Vail II
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                                                                                          Wednesday
                                                                                          .Cincinnati, Ohio.Ellington was to appear on a local channel 5 television show at noon:

                                                                                          Cincinnati Enquirer:

                                                                                          'Daytime
                                                                                          ...Two of Bob Braun's guests on 50-50 Club on channel 5 will be Duke Ellington on Wednesday and Phyllis Diller on Friday.'

                                                                                          and

                                                                                          '12 Noon, 5, 50-50 CLUB (Color) Bob's guests [sic] will be the well-known jazz musician Duke Ellington.'


                                                                                          Cincinnati Enquirer, Cincinnati, Ohio
                                                                                          • TV Magazine, 1967-09-17 to 23
                                                                                          • 1967-09-20 p.45
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                                                                                          Wednesday
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                                                                                          Thursday
                                                                                          .Cincinnati, Ohio.Ellington was to appear on a local radio programme, Kaleidoscope, on WKRC 550

                                                                                          Cincinnati Enquirer:

                                                                                          'Today! on "Kaleidsocope" Bob Jones Talks with Duke Ellington.'


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                                                                                          Thursday
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                                                                                          Friday
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                                                                                          1967 09 23
                                                                                          Saturday
                                                                                          .Indianapolis, Ind.Gym
                                                                                          Indiana Central College
                                                                                          Concert, 1967-68 Artist Series
                                                                                          Reserved seats $2 for students.
                                                                                          Stratemann advises the concert was relocated from Ramsburg Auditorium to the 4,000 seat gym to accommodate the demand for tickets.

                                                                                          The October 1967 Alumni News reported the 10th annual Artist Series opened on Homecoming Day with an appearance of Duke Ellington and his band.
                                                                                          • The Indianapolis Star, Indianapolis, Indiana, 1967-08-27 p.4 s.9
                                                                                          • The Triangle, Hanover College, Hanover, Ind. 1967-09-15 p.2
                                                                                          • Alumni News, Indiana Central College, Indianapolis, Ind. 1967-10 p.8
                                                                                          • Stratemann p.552 citing DESB
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                                                                                          1967 09 24
                                                                                          Sunday
                                                                                          .Arlington Heights, Ill.Bramble Bush Lounge
                                                                                          1307 Rand Rd.

                                                                                          'Duke Ellington and his complete recording orchestra, featuring Louis [sic] "Louie" Bellson, "Cat: Anderson and Johnny Hodges, will appear tonight only at the Bramble Bush, 1307 Rand Road, Arlington Heights. Music will begin at 9 p.m.; closing hour is 4 a.m. For reservations phone 255-7640.'

                                                                                          • Paddock Publications, The Daily Herald, Chicago,
                                                                                            • 1967-09-22 p.22
                                                                                            • Paddock Billboard 1967-09-24
                                                                                          • Stratemann p.552 citing DESB
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                                                                                          1967 09 25
                                                                                          Monday
                                                                                          .Rochelle, Ill.The Vagabond (per ads)
                                                                                          a.k.a.
                                                                                          Vagabond Inn (per matchbook covers)
                                                                                          Duke Ellington in person, complete orchestra, two performances 8 and 10 p.m., $3.00/person
                                                                                          A matchbook cover for sale on eBay advertises the venue as a motel with banquet rooms. The Main Dining Room, the Exective Room, the Gold Room, the Garden Room and the Dining Alcove seated 150, 80, 500, 250 and 50 people, respectively. It says there were five bars and two dance floors.
                                                                                          • Rockford Morning Star, Rockford, Ill.
                                                                                            • 1967-09-20 p.B 7
                                                                                            • 1967-09-21 p.B 13
                                                                                            • 1967-09-23 p.B 4
                                                                                          • Dixon Evening Telegraph, Dixon, Ill., 1967-09-22 p.9
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                                                                                          Tuesday
                                                                                          .Quincy, Ill.Casino Starlight Terrace.Stratemann p.552 citing DESB..
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                                                                                          1967 09 27
                                                                                          Wednesday
                                                                                          .Lincoln, Nebr.Black Coach
                                                                                          Arapahoe & 10th
                                                                                          The Black Coach appears to have been a restaurant.

                                                                                          Stratemann dates this Sept. 21, and Vail has Sept. 27 without source information.

                                                                                          Local newspapers have it Sept. 27.
                                                                                          • Omaha World-Herald, Omaha, Nebr. 1967-08-18 p.20
                                                                                          • Lincoln Sunday Journal and Star, Lincoln, Nebr. 1967-09-24 p.3F
                                                                                          • Lincoln Evening Journal and Nebraska State Journal, Lincoln, Nebr.1967-09-27 p.48
                                                                                          • The Lincoln Star, Lincoln, Nebr. 1967-09-27 p.24
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                                                                                          Aaron Bell leaves the band again

                                                                                          Bill Yancey, bass, joins the band in mid-September
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                                                                                          Friday
                                                                                          .Wichita, Kans.Cotillion Ballroom.Stratemann p.552 citing DESB..
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                                                                                          Saturday
                                                                                          .Iowa City, IowaIowa Memorial Union Main Lounge
                                                                                          University of Iowa
                                                                                          2 concerts sponsored by the U of I Central Party Committee, 7:00 and 9:30 p.m., tickets $2.50 and $3.00
                                                                                          • The Daily Iowan, Iowa City, Iowa 1967-09-22 p.1
                                                                                          • Muscatine, Ia., Journal, Muscatine, Iowa, 1967-09-23 p.2
                                                                                          • The Cedar Rapids Gazette, Cedar Rapids, Iowa, 1967-09-24 p.15B
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                                                                                          .Iowa City, IowaIowa Memorial Union
                                                                                          University of Iowa
                                                                                          Press conference. Ellington's remarks at the press conference were scheduled to be broadcast on WSUI on the Jazztrack program at 9 p.m. Tuesday.The Daily Iowan, Iowa City, Iowa 1967-10-03 p.1..
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                                                                                          1967 10 00...PERSONNEL CHANGES
                                                                                          Steve Little leaves the band in early October but will play some sessions in 1968 and 1969.

                                                                                          Sam Woodyard, drums, rejoins the band in early October
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                                                                                          Singer Toney Watkins joins the band, after having recorded with it several times from September 1965 to April 1967. New Desor dates his arrival as November, but he performed with the band in October.
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                                                                                          Sunday
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                                                                                          Tuesday
                                                                                          ...Sidemen's activities not documented
                                                                                          According to Stratemann, Ellington flew into San Francisco at noon, went to his hotel and slept, missing a scheduled presentation of an honorary citizenship of the city. The certificate wasn't ready on time anyway, so the award was postponed until the next day.
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                                                                                          .San Francisco, Cal..Taping session for Marriott-Hot Shoppes Inc. commercials. This session is dated September with no specific date in New Desor and September 1 in Timner V. Both place the session in New York.

                                                                                          DEMS indicates it was Oct. 3 but this is unlikely if Stratemann is correct that Ellington arrived in San Francisco by air this day.:

                                                                                          'DEMS 02/2 - 13/1 Two more Hot Shoppes Commercials
                                                                                          I have won in an auction a record of "Marriot/Hot Shoppes, Inc". It contains seven "jingles", five of which are the same as on the Up to Date LP UTD 2009 (as "Five Variations on a Commercial Theme"), but now there are two more! I noticed engraved in the vinyl MM-294 6 10/3/67 K-1686. This indicates the date of 3oct67. Klaus Stratemann (p552) has Sam Woodyard back on drums in early October and I believe that it is him we hear in these seven pieces. That makes it likely that 3oct67 is the date of recording. If so, it would have taken place on the West Coast in San Francisco.
                                                                                            The seven pieces on the record are the same melody, played in seven different styles (waltz time, rock time, jazz time, cha-cha-cha time, etc.) The sequence is as follows: 6786a; new piece; 6786b; 6786d; new piece; 6786e; 6786c.
                                                                                          Jordi Navas Ferrer

                                                                                            Thank you very much for your contribution and for the audio copy of the 7 piece record. In Klaus Stratemann (p561) we read: "In a 42-week campaign of one-minute radio spots aired in 13 markets, the HOT SHOPPES branch of the Marriot-Hot Shoppes Inc., Washington, D.C., were using five arrangements of an Ellington original to back up the voices of Henry Morgan, Jackie Vernon, Selma Diamond, Cliff Arquette and Santos Ortega to promote five different aspects of the Hot Shoppes food services operation. The voice tracks for the 21 radio spots were recorded in late September, which suggests that the music was probably recorded at the time of Ellington's July-September Rainbow Grill engagement."
                                                                                          I find it hard to believe that these recordings were made during the Rainbow Room period. It seems to be a full orchestra. If Jordi Navas Ferrer is right about Sam Woodyard, the name of the drummer should be corrected in the New DESOR.
                                                                                          A good reason to believe that there were only five pieces used is the fact that there were five voices involved. A good reason to believe that all seven pieces were used for the radio spots is the fact that the number of spots was 21 and the number of weeks was 42. Sjef Hoefsmit '


                                                                                          The Marriott hotel chain started in 1927 as a curbside food stand in D.C. named Hot Shoppes, selling root beer. By 1957 it was in the hotel business.
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                                                                                          Wednesday
                                                                                          .San Francisco, Cal.Zellerbach SquareEllington sat in with the Chris Ibanez Trio during a noon concert.
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                                                                                          .San Francisco, Cal..Stratemann reported Ellington was made an honorary citizen of San Francisco on Oct. 4, postponed from Oct. 3 because Ellington overslept and because the plaque wasn't ready. Stratemann doesn't say where or what time the ceremony took place; Vail places it at Zellerbach Square during the afternoon concert but doesn't name a source. Further research is needed to confirm this.
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                                                                                          Thursday
                                                                                          .Sacramento, Cal.Westminster Presbyterian ChurchThis was probably a concert of sacred music, but there is no folder for it listed in the findings aid for the DEC301 Sacred Concerts section at SI-NMAH DEC301.
                                                                                          The Clarion-Ledger (datelined Sacreamento, Calif., Oct. 18 1967:

                                                                                          'Sacramento is still taking [sic] about the recent jazz concert by Duke Ellington and band in Westminster Presbyterian Church here, before a capacity crowd, and considered by those who participated to have been a religious service.'

                                                                                          • The Clarion-Ledger, Jackson, Miss., 1967-10-19 p.18
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                                                                                          Friday
                                                                                          .Sacramento, Cal.El Dorado Hotel.
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                                                                                          Saturday
                                                                                          .Costa Mesa, Cal.Orange County FairgroundsSecond annual Pacific Jazz Fesival, 8:15 p.m. Ellington and his orchestra appeared on the second evening, following the Miles Davis Quintet and George Shearing. Ticket prices for the evening performances were $3.00, $4.00, $5.00 and $6.50.

                                                                                          Stratemann reports the overall attendance for the 3 days of the festival was just 10,000 but the Davis/Shearing/Ellington concert attracted between 3,000 and 4,000. Stadium capacity was 10,000.
                                                                                          Leonard Feather's lenghty review in the Times describes the performances Friday and Saturday, and mentions Anderson, Williams, Brown, Hodges, Gonsalves, Hamilton, Procope. He complained that the audience short-changed itself, with some leaving before Hodges' first solo mentioning the (evening) concert was three and a half hours.
                                                                                          • Independent Press Telegram, Long Beach, Cal., 1967-10-01 p.B-9
                                                                                          • Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles, Cal.
                                                                                            • 1967-10-04 pt.II p.10
                                                                                            • 1967-10-09 pt.IV p.27
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                                                                                          Sunday
                                                                                          3:30 PM
                                                                                          .Marin County, Cal.Mount Tamalpais Amphitheater
                                                                                          Marin State Park
                                                                                          "Jazz on the Mountain" concert

                                                                                          Also performing: Brazilian guitarist Bola Sete and his trio, and dancers Sheila Xorgos and Tommy Corima.
                                                                                          Independent-Journal

                                                                                          '...closing program of the Atheneum Arts Foundaton summer series on Mount Tamalpais.
                                                                                            ...the orchestra also will play Ellington's "David Danced Before the Lord with All His Might," with Tommy Conine [sic] dancing...'

                                                                                          • Oakland Tribune 1967-10-01 p.11
                                                                                          • Independent-Journal Tribune, San Rafael, Cal, 1967-10-05 p.18
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                                                                                          Sunday
                                                                                          .Ross, Cal. Art and Garden Center
                                                                                          Mt. Tamalpais
                                                                                          Marin State Park
                                                                                          Independent-Journal:

                                                                                          'The Marin Art and Garden Center and the Atheneum Arts Foundation will host a reception for Duke Ellington and his orchestra at 7 o'clock tomorrow following his concert on Mt. Tamalpais. The reception will be held at the Art and Garden Center in Ross,
                                                                                            Mrs. Russell G. Smith is Marin chairman for th eAtheneum benefit and John Gilman is in charge of arrangement [sic] for the Center. Several film personalities have been invited to attend.'

                                                                                          Music was by the Chis Ibanez Trio with Dave Black on drums.
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                                                                                          Tuesday
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                                                                                          Wednesday
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                                                                                          Thursday
                                                                                          .Galesburg, Ill.Knox CollegeMary McAndrew, Senior Archive Assistant, Special Collections & Archives, Knox College:

                                                                                          'Duke Ellington and his 13 piece orchestra performed on Wednesday evening, October 12, 1967. His was the opening performance of the Fine Arts Concerts and Special Entertainment series. He performed a jazz concert in the Memorial Gym. There were no accompanying choirs or performers, other than his band. It was sponsored by the Knox Student Senate and the venue was open to the public. Tickets were $2.50 for adults, students were admitted for free.

                                                                                          This information was gathered from the 6th October 1967 issue of the Knox Student, the Galesburg Register-Mail of 10th October 1967.'

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                                                                                          Friday
                                                                                          ...Peripheral event
                                                                                          The Bell Telephone Hour NBC network television show presented "On the Road With Duke Ellington," the result of cameramen travelling with Ellington in the spring and summer.
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                                                                                          1967 10 14Champaign-Urbana, Ill.Huff Gym
                                                                                          University of Illinois
                                                                                          First of two Homecoming dances sponsored by the Illini Union, 9 p.m. to 1 a.m., $4.00/couple, $1.00 Balcony

                                                                                          As of Oct. 12, only 1,300 tickets had been sold so the event was expected to break even rather than earn the budgeted profit of $3,000. A brief mention of the dances in the deliberations of the Student Acitivities Board in the Oct. 19 Illini said the dance lost $1,200.
                                                                                          • The Daily Illini, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, Ill.
                                                                                            • 1967-09-14 p.3
                                                                                            • 1967-09-23 p.4
                                                                                            • 1967-10-11 p.8
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                                                                                          Saturday
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                                                                                          University of Illinois
                                                                                          Second Homecoming dance 9 p.m. to 1 a.m., $4.00/couple, $1.00 Balcony - see 1967 10 13...
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                                                                                          Sunday
                                                                                          .Chicago, Ill.Rockefeller Memorial Chapel
                                                                                          59th St. and Woodlawn Ave.
                                                                                          University of Chicago
                                                                                          Two Concerts of Sacred Music, 3 p.m. and 8 p.m. sponsored by the university's visiting committee to the Department of Humanities. Committee members included Mrs. George V. Bobrinskoy, Mrs. C. Phillip Miller and Mr. Calvin P. Sawyier.

                                                                                          Each played to an sellout audiences of 2,000.
                                                                                          Thomas Willis, Chicago Tribune:

                                                                                          'IT WAS Buster Brown's tapping feet that put yesterday's concert by the Duke Ellington band in historical perspective. Mr. Ellington was in Rockefeller Memorial chapel for two sold-out concerts of his sacred music, mostly familiar from his two recent recordings. The band was in the chancel, lighted by soft purple spotlights. Behind it, under the acoustic shell, a small segment of the chapel choir was on hand for the spoken books of the Bible and the choral backgrounds of " In the Beginning God," the Ellington exuberant hymn to one world. Jimmy McPhail, a girl identified by the program and as Dorothy King but by Mr. Ellington as Anna Dolores King Williams and Tony [sic] Watkins were also present for vocals...
                                                                                            " David Danced Before The Lord With All His Might," which was the name of Mr. Brown's dance, could hardly be heard anywhere else. For one thing, it needs the marble floor of a chapel to get just the right click of toll and heel...'

                                                                                          • Hyde Park Herald, Chicago, Ill., 1967-09-13 p.7
                                                                                          • Report, Chicago Tribune, Chicago, Ill.
                                                                                            1967-10-16
                                                                                            • S.1 p.7
                                                                                            • S.2 p.8
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                                                                                          Monday
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                                                                                          Tuesday
                                                                                          .Los Angeles, Cal.Scottish Rites Auditorium8 p.m. Concert of Sacred Music with the Holman Methodist Church Choir led by John Denison.
                                                                                          Smithsonian Reference Services volunteer C. Windheuser advises DEC301 Series 2 Box 15 Folder 27 contains a program of concert of sacred music by Duke and his orchestra on Holman Methodist Church, Los Angeles, California, October 17, 1967.
                                                                                          • Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles, Cal.
                                                                                            • 1967-10-09 Pt.V p.29
                                                                                            • 1967-10-15 Calendar section, p.30
                                                                                            • 1967-10-17 Pt.IV p.12
                                                                                            • 1967-10-18 Pt.V p.13
                                                                                          • SI-NMAH DEC301 Series 2: Performances and Programs, 1933-1974, Box 15 (Sacred concerts), folder 27 Holman Methodist Church, Los Angeles, California, October 17, 1967..
                                                                                          • Stratemann p.561 citing DESB
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                                                                                          Wednesday
                                                                                          .Santa Monica, Cal.Santa Monica Civic AuditoriumConcert, 8:30 p.m. Ellington and his orchestra and Tony Bennett headlined a benefit concert for the "Transport a Child Foundation," which provided school bus service to children. Leonard Feather, then the Los Angeles Times music critic, produced the evening, with additional performers. Also on the bill: Steve Allen (M.C.), Shelly Manne and an All-Star Group (Oliver Nelson, Frank Roseline, Joe Sample, Howard Roberts and Red Mitchell) and Marlena Shaw. Ticket prices at the box office were $3.00, $7.50 and $15.00
                                                                                          The Oct. 3 announcement named the Ellington sidemen: Hodges, Carney, Hamilton, Gonsalves, Anderson, Williams, Brown, Cooper, Aaron Bell and new drummer Steve Little. Bennett and Ellington opened the second half, then Ellington left the stage so Bennett's pianist, John Bunch could accompany him. Ellington returned in a different jacket, and put his men through their paces as if he were displaying his wares at the musical marketplace. Take the A Train started in 3-4 time and switched to 4-4 for Cootie's solo. Hamilton played "Girdle Hurdle," and Procope played "Swamp Goo," backed by Sam Woodyard [that's what the review says]. Anderson played both fluegelhorn and trumpet, the latter for "Salome." Hodges did "I Got It Bad" and Things Ain't What They Used To Be. The foundation raised over $12,000.
                                                                                          • Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles, Cal.:
                                                                                            • 1968-10-03 pt. IV p.9
                                                                                            • 1967-10-08 Calendar section, p.26
                                                                                            • 1967-10-15 Calendar section, pp.25, 30
                                                                                            • 1967-10-17 Pt.IV p.12
                                                                                            • 1967-10-18 Pt.V p.13
                                                                                            • 1967-10-20 Pt.IV p.13
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                                                                                          Thursday
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                                                                                          Thursday
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                                                                                          • Oakland Tribune, Oakland, Cal., 1967-10-15 p.31-EN
                                                                                          • Nevada State Journal and Reno Evening Gazette (a.k.a. Reno Evening Gazette and Nevada State Journal), Reno, Nev.
                                                                                            • 1967-10-14 p.12
                                                                                            • 1967-10-21 pp.2,15
                                                                                            • 1967-10-28 p.3
                                                                                            • 1967-11-04 p.2
                                                                                          • Santa Cruz Sentinel, Santa Cruz, Cal., 1967-10-15 p.21
                                                                                          • The Times, San Mateo, Cal., 1967-11-03 p.15
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                                                                                          Bill Yancey, bass, leaves the band in late October and is replaced by Jeff Castleman, born 1946 during the Tahoe City engagement.
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                                                                                          Saturday
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                                                                                          Sunday
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                                                                                          Monday
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                                                                                          Tuesday
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                                                                                          Wednesday
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                                                                                          Thursday
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                                                                                          Friday
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                                                                                          Saturday
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                                                                                          Sunday
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                                                                                          Monday
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                                                                                          Tuesday
                                                                                          Hallowe'en
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                                                                                          Friday
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                                                                                          Sunday
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                                                                                          Monday
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                                                                                          Tuesday
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                                                                                          Thursday
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                                                                                          Saturday
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                                                                                          Sunday
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                                                                                          Duke Ellington and his Orchestra are at Basin Street West, where they will continue through next Sunday night. There are breakfast shows on Friday and Saturday.
                                                                                          Oakland Tribune, Oakland, Cal., 1967-11-12 p.9-EN....2011
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                                                                                          Monday
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                                                                                          Tuesday
                                                                                          .San Francisco, Cal.Basin Street WestNight club engagement - see 1967 11 09.....2011
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                                                                                          Wednesday
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                                                                                          .San Francisco, Cal..The Smithsonian finding aid noted on the right indicates Ellington was interviewed for KPIX television, a CBS station. This entry is based solely on the listed file folder label shown to the right and should not be taken as confirmed as yet.
                                                                                          .
                                                                                          Additional documentation is likely to be found in the SI-NMAH DEC301 Series 2 Box 15 (Sacred concerts), Folder 28 KPIX Interview with Helen Douglas, November 15, 1967.DEMS
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                                                                                          Thursday
                                                                                          .San Francisco, Cal.RCA Studios.Unconfirmed date

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                                                                                          1967 11 17
                                                                                          Friday
                                                                                          .San Francisco, Cal.Basin Street WestNight club engagement - see 1967 11 09.....2011
                                                                                          1967 11 18
                                                                                          Saturday
                                                                                          .San Francisco, Cal.Basin Street WestNight club engagement - see 1967 11 09.....2011
                                                                                          1967 11 19
                                                                                          Sunday
                                                                                          .San Francisco, Cal.Basin Street WestNight club engagement - see 1967 11 09.....2011
                                                                                          1967 11 20
                                                                                          Monday
                                                                                          .Chico, Cal.Auditorium
                                                                                          Chico State College
                                                                                          .
                                                                                          • Stratemann p.561 citing DESB
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                                                                                          1967 11 21
                                                                                          Tuesday
                                                                                          .Berkeley, Cal.Berkeley Community TheaterOakland Tribune:

                                                                                          Concert of sacred music


                                                                                          Oakland Tribune:

                                                                                          'Downs Memorial Church will present a concert Nov. 21 in the Berkeley Community Theater featuring the Duke Ellington Orchestra, the Downs Church choir and Rodney Reed's Rhythmic Ambassadors.'

                                                                                          Note this conflicts with Stratemann and Vail, which report the concert was played by a trio consisting of Ellington, Castleman and Woodyard. Neither provided source information.
                                                                                          • Oakland Tribune, Oakland, Cal., 1967-11-12 p.9-EN
                                                                                          • Stratemann p.561
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                                                                                          1967 11 22
                                                                                          Wednesday
                                                                                          .Salt Lake City, UtahThe Terrace.
                                                                                          • Stratemann, p.561
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                                                                                          1967 11 23
                                                                                          Thursday
                                                                                          1967 11 30Las Vegas, Nev.Driftwood Lounge
                                                                                          Flamingo Hotel
                                                                                          Casino engagement
                                                                                          The Dallas Morning News:

                                                                                          'Duke Ellington was such a strong nit in his one-week engagement at the Flamingo in November the hotel is bringing him back for four in March.'

                                                                                          • The Dallas Morning News, Dallas, Tex., 1968-02-04 p.5 D
                                                                                          • Stratemann p.561
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                                                                                          1967 11 24
                                                                                          Friday
                                                                                          .Las Vegas, Nev.Driftwood Lounge
                                                                                          Flamingo Hotel
                                                                                          Casino engagement - see 1967 11 23


                                                                                          .....2011
                                                                                          1967 11 25
                                                                                          Saturday
                                                                                          .Las Vegas, Nev.Driftwood Lounge
                                                                                          Flamingo Hotel
                                                                                          Casino engagement - see 1967 11 23


                                                                                          .....2011
                                                                                          1967 11 26
                                                                                          Sunday
                                                                                          .Las Vegas, Nev.Driftwood Lounge
                                                                                          Flamingo Hotel
                                                                                          Casino engagement - see 1967 11 23


                                                                                          .....2011
                                                                                          1967 11 27
                                                                                          Monday
                                                                                          .Las Vegas, Nev.Driftwood Lounge
                                                                                          Flamingo Hotel
                                                                                          Casino engagement - see 1967 11 23


                                                                                          .....2011
                                                                                          1967 11 28
                                                                                          Tuesday
                                                                                          .Las Vegas, Nev.Driftwood Lounge
                                                                                          Flamingo Hotel
                                                                                          Casino engagement - see 1967 11 23


                                                                                          .....2011
                                                                                          1967 11 29
                                                                                          Wednesday
                                                                                          .Las Vegas, Nev.Driftwood Lounge
                                                                                          Flamingo Hotel
                                                                                          Casino engagement - see 1967 11 23


                                                                                          .....2011
                                                                                          1967 11 30
                                                                                          Thursday
                                                                                          .Las Vegas, Nev.Driftwood Lounge
                                                                                          Flamingo Hotel
                                                                                          Casino engagement - see 1967 11 23


                                                                                          .....2011

                                                                                          December 1967

                                                                                          circa
                                                                                          1967 12 01
                                                                                          ...PERSONNEL CHANGE
                                                                                          Singer Trish Turner joined the band during the DJ's engagement.
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                                                                                          Saturday
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                                                                                          Saturday
                                                                                          .Seattle, Wash.Opera House....
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                                                                                          1967 12 03
                                                                                          Sunday
                                                                                          .Seattle, Wash.DJ'ssee 1967 12 07...
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                                                                                          1967 12 04
                                                                                          Monday
                                                                                          .Seattle, Wash.DJ'ssee 1967 12 07...
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                                                                                          1967 12 05
                                                                                          Tuesday
                                                                                          .Seattle, Wash.DJ's see 1967 12 07

                                                                                          KING broadcast
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                                                                                          Wednesday
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                                                                                          Thursday
                                                                                          .Seattle, Wash.DJ'ssee 1967 12 07...
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                                                                                          1967 12 08
                                                                                          Friday
                                                                                          ...Death of Louis Bacon...
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                                                                                          Friday
                                                                                          .Los Angeles, Cal.Western Recorders
                                                                                          6000 Sunset Blvd.
                                                                                          Rehearsal for Reprise recording session
                                                                                          The AF of M contract shows the employer as Reprise Records and the leader as William May.
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                                                                                          Friday
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                                                                                          Saturday
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                                                                                          1967 12 10
                                                                                          Sunday
                                                                                          ...activities not documented
                                                                                          ...
                                                                                          ...
                                                                                          1967 12 11
                                                                                          Monday
                                                                                          .Los Angeles, Cal.Western Recorders
                                                                                          6000 Sunset Blvd.
                                                                                          Reprise recording session with Frank Sinatra
                                                                                          1300-18:00
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                                                                                          1967 12 12
                                                                                          Tuesday
                                                                                          .Los Angeles, Cal.Western RecordersReprise recording session with Frank Sinatra
                                                                                          13:00-17:00
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                                                                                          Wednesday
                                                                                          .Los Angeles, Cal..Reprise recording session with Frank Sinatra...
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                                                                                          1967 12 14
                                                                                          Thursday
                                                                                          .Santa MariaConvention Center....
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                                                                                          1967 12 15
                                                                                          Friday
                                                                                          ...activities not documented
                                                                                          ...
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                                                                                          1967 12 16
                                                                                          Saturday
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                                                                                          1967 12 17
                                                                                          Sunday
                                                                                          ...activities not documented
                                                                                          ......
                                                                                          1967 12 18
                                                                                          Monday
                                                                                          .Los Angeles, Cal.Marty's On The Hill.Stratemann p.562 citing DESB..
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                                                                                          1967 12 19
                                                                                          Tuesday
                                                                                          ...activities not documented
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                                                                                          Wednesday
                                                                                          ...activities not documented
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                                                                                          1967 12 21
                                                                                          Thursday
                                                                                          1968 01 10Reno, Nev.Casino Cabaret
                                                                                          Harrah's Reno Casino
                                                                                          Casino residency

                                                                                          'Ellington and his musical group are appearing from 10:45 p.m. nightly.'


                                                                                          Stratemann:

                                                                                          'For parts of the Reno engagement, Ellington was without the services of several key men: Lawrence Brown was in hospital in New York with a heart condition, and Cootie Williams was hospitalized right there in Reno and had to undergo surgery. When Sam Woodyard took ill on December 23, a local drummer is said to have filled in for two sets, before Sonny Payne could be asked over for the last set, when he was through with his job with the Harry James band at Harold's (DESB). Furthermore, alto saxophonist Benny Carter joined the band on short notice in January, when no substitute could be found for the ailing Harry Carney. As in other similar instances, Russell Procope switched to baritone for the three days of Carney's absence.'

                                                                                          • The Dallas Morning News, Dallas, Tex., 1967-12-10 p.4-D
                                                                                          • Nevada State Journal and Reno Evening Gazette, Reno, Nev. (a.k.a. Reno Evening Gazette and Nevada State Journal)
                                                                                            • 1967-12-09 p.10
                                                                                            • 1967-12-23 pp.2,3
                                                                                            • 1968-01-06 pp.2, 9
                                                                                          • Stratemann p.562
                                                                                          • Vail II
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                                                                                          1967 12 22
                                                                                          Friday
                                                                                          .Reno, Nev.Casino Cabaret
                                                                                          Harrah's Casino
                                                                                          Night club residency - see 1967 12 21...
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                                                                                          1967 12 23
                                                                                          Saturday
                                                                                          .Reno, Nev.Casino Cabaret
                                                                                          Harrah's Casino
                                                                                          Night club residency - see 1967 12 21...
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                                                                                          1967 12 24
                                                                                          Sunday
                                                                                          .Reno, Nev.Casino Cabaret
                                                                                          Harrah's Casino
                                                                                          Night club residency - see 1967 12 21...
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                                                                                          1967 12 25
                                                                                          Monday
                                                                                          .Reno, Nev.Casino Cabaret
                                                                                          Harrah's Casino
                                                                                          Night club residency - see 1967 12 21...
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                                                                                          1967 12 26
                                                                                          Tuesday
                                                                                          .Reno, Nev.Casino Cabaret
                                                                                          Harrah's Casino
                                                                                          Night club residency - see 1967 12 21...
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                                                                                          1967 12 27
                                                                                          Wednesday
                                                                                          .Reno, Nev.Casino Cabaret
                                                                                          Harrah's Casino
                                                                                          Night club residency - see 1967 12 21...
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                                                                                          1967 12 27
                                                                                          Wednesday
                                                                                          .Reno, Nev.Fun Room
                                                                                          Harold's Club
                                                                                          Stratemann:

                                                                                          '...it is believed Ellington attended the wedding reception of trumpeter-bandleader Harry James and Las Vegas show girl Joan Boyd at the Fun Room of Harold's in Reno, where James was appearing...'

                                                                                          An AP wirephoto of Duke seated at a piano with the newlyweds standing at his side was published in many newspapers on Dec. 28 and 29. According to the UPI wirestory, after the wedding the couple had a wedding party and private reception, followed at 2 a.m. by a public reception. Since the press was present to take the photo with Duke, it's probably safe to assume he was at the public, rather than the private, reception.
                                                                                          Reno Evening Gazette, Dec. 28:

                                                                                          'Harry James and Duke Ellington combined bands for a champagne reception early today in Harold's Club following James' marriage to red-haired former Las Vegas showgirl Joan Boyd.
                                                                                            ...The reception was hosted by Harold Smith Jr., general manager of Harolds Club,...
                                                                                            Comedians Myron Cohen and Buddy Lester and Ellington gave brief speeches congratulating the couple.'

                                                                                          • UPI wirestory:
                                                                                            • Times, San Mateo, Cal., 1967-12-28
                                                                                            • Statesville Record & Landmark, Statesville NC 1967-12-29
                                                                                          • AP wirestory:
                                                                                            • Reno Evening Gazette, Reno, Nev. 1967-12-28 p.13
                                                                                            • Chillicothe Constitution-Tribune, Chillicothe, Mo. 1967-12-28
                                                                                            • Daily Mail, Hagerstown, Md. 1967-12-29
                                                                                            • Fitchburg Sentinel, Fitchburg, Mass.1967-12-29
                                                                                          • Unattributed wirestory, Fairbanks Daily News-Miner, Fairbanks, Alaska, 1967-12-30
                                                                                          • The Dallas Morning News, Dallas, Tex., 1968-01-21 p.6 D
                                                                                          • Stratemann p.562
                                                                                          • Vail II
                                                                                          • Email, Lasker-Palmquist 2015-03-17 referencing an eBay auction of the three person photo.
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                                                                                          Thursday
                                                                                          .Reno, Nev.Casino Cabaret
                                                                                          Harrah's Casino
                                                                                          Night club residency - see 1967 12 21...
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                                                                                          1967 12 29
                                                                                          Friday
                                                                                          .Reno, Nev.Casino Cabaret
                                                                                          Harrah's Casino
                                                                                          Night club residency - see 1967 12 21...
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                                                                                          1967 12 30
                                                                                          Saturday
                                                                                          .Reno, Nev.Casino Cabaret
                                                                                          Harrah's Casino
                                                                                          Night club residency - see 1967 12 21...
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                                                                                          1967 12 31
                                                                                          Sunday
                                                                                          .Reno, Nev.Casino Cabaret
                                                                                          Harrah's Casino
                                                                                          Night club residency - see 1967 12 21...
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                                                                                          1968 01 01
                                                                                          Monday
                                                                                          .Reno, Nev.Casino Cabaret
                                                                                          Harrah's Casino
                                                                                          Night club residency - see 1967 12 21.....Added
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                                                                                          1968 01 02
                                                                                          Tuesday
                                                                                          .Reno, Nev.Casino Cabaret
                                                                                          Harrah's Casino
                                                                                          Night club residency - see 1967 12 21.....Added
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                                                                                          1968 01 03
                                                                                          Wednesday
                                                                                          .Reno, Nev.Casino Cabaret
                                                                                          Harrah's Casino
                                                                                          Night club residency - see 1967 12 21...
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                                                                                          1968 01 04
                                                                                          Thursday
                                                                                          .Reno, Nev.Casino Cabaret
                                                                                          Harrah's Casino
                                                                                          Night club residency - see 1967 12 21...
                                                                                          ..Added
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                                                                                          1968 01 05
                                                                                          Friday
                                                                                          .Reno, Nev.Casino Cabaret
                                                                                          Harrah's Casino
                                                                                          Night club residency - see 1967 12 21...
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                                                                                          1968 01 06
                                                                                          Saturday
                                                                                          .Reno, Nev.Casino Cabaret
                                                                                          Harrah's Casino
                                                                                          Night club residency - see 1967 12 21...
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                                                                                          1968 01 07
                                                                                          Sunday
                                                                                          .Reno, Nev.Casino Cabaret
                                                                                          Harrah's Casino
                                                                                          Night club residency - see 1967 12 21...
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                                                                                          1968 01 08
                                                                                          Monday
                                                                                          .Reno, Nev.Casino Cabaret
                                                                                          Harrah's Casino
                                                                                          Night club residency - see 1967 12 21...
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                                                                                          1968 01 09
                                                                                          Tuesday
                                                                                          .Reno, Nev.Casino Cabaret
                                                                                          Harrah's Casino
                                                                                          Night club residency - see 1967 12 21...
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                                                                                          1968 01 10
                                                                                          Wednesday
                                                                                          .Reno, Nev.Casino Cabaret
                                                                                          Harrah's Casino
                                                                                          Night club residency - see 1967 12 21...
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                                                                                          1968 01 10
                                                                                          Wednesday
                                                                                          .U.S.A..According to New Desor, Ellington was interviewed at an unknown location for BBC's "Be My Guest" program. Since this was the last day of the Harrah's run, it seems likely the interview took place in Reno.

                                                                                          If this was the interview broadcast on BBC Radio 2, Oct. 21 1968 at 20:15 GMT, the synopsis is

                                                                                          '20.15: Duke Ellington says Be My Guest and looks back over some of the highlights of his legendary career and introduces some of his favourite music. The programme is introduced by Harold Rogers

                                                                                          Contributors
                                                                                          Introduced by: Harold Rogers
                                                                                          Writer: Benny Green
                                                                                          Producer: Steve Allen'

                                                                                          That episode appears to be half an hour.

                                                                                          It seems odd the broadcast would be nearly 10 months after the interview.
                                                                                          BBC program summaryNew Desor
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                                                                                          1968 01 11
                                                                                          Thursday
                                                                                          ...activities not documented
                                                                                          The orchestra had the day off, and had to be back in New York by the 13th for rehearsals.
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                                                                                          Friday
                                                                                          ...activities not documented
                                                                                          The orchestra had the day off, and had to be in New York by the 13th for rehearsals.
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                                                                                          1968 01 13
                                                                                          Saturday
                                                                                          .New York, N.Y..Stratemann reports

                                                                                          'NBC-TV "Today Show," New York; and
                                                                                          Rehearsals for the "Ed Sullivan Show"'

                                                                                          • See the next entry re The Ed Sullivan Show rehearsal.
                                                                                          • The Today Show episode is reported in Timner IV, Timner V and Nielsen but not in New Desor or, at the time of writing, MacHare and Girvan.
                                                                                          • Timner V and Nielsen show personnel as
                                                                                            Duke Ellington and His Orchestra
                                                                                            C. Anderson, Williams, Herbie Jones, M. Ellington, Brown, Cooper, Connors, Hamilton, Procope, Hodges, Gonsalves, Carney, Ellington, Castleman, Woodyard

                                                                                            Song titles per Timner:
                                                                                            • Don't Get Around Much Anymore
                                                                                            • Do Nothin' Till You Hear From Me
                                                                                            • Black and Tan Fantasy, Creole Love Call, The Mooche
                                                                                            • Things Ain't What They Used To Be
                                                                                            • Azure
                                                                                            • Harmony In Harlem
                                                                                            • Satin Doll
                                                                                            • The Blues
                                                                                            • interview, first part
                                                                                            • Take the "A" Train
                                                                                            • interview, second part
                                                                                            • Cotton Tail
                                                                                            • "Comments on DE"
                                                                                            Song titles per Nielsen:
                                                                                            • Take The "A" Train
                                                                                            • Things Ain't What They Used To Be
                                                                                            • Sophisticated Lady
                                                                                            • I'm Beginning To See The Light
                                                                                            • Mood Indigo
                                                                                            • Black And Tan Fantasy
                                                                                            • Take The "A" Train
                                                                                            • Prelude To A Kiss
                                                                                            • Solitude
                                                                                            • It Don't Mean A Thing
                                                                                            • Meditation
                                                                                            • Satin Doll
                                                                                            • Lotus Blossom
                                                                                            • Nielsen doesn't mention an interview and says

                                                                                              'The above titles are from the program "Today Show". The same session is often incorrectly dated June 13,1968.'

                                                                                          • New Desor author Giovanni Volonté questioned the event in DEMS 09/3. Sjef Hoefsmit replied

                                                                                            '13Jan68—I think that Timner simply copied the unconfirmed info from DEMS Bulletin 83/1-2, where the selections were dated 13Jun68. The date of 13Jan68 is confirmed by Klaus Stratemann for a NBC "Today Show". Klaus also has an NBC "Today Show" on 13Jun68. There may have been two different shows. I have never found the selections mentioned in DEMS 83/1-2.'


                                                                                          Palmquist's opinion:
                                                                                          • This telecast did not take place January 13, a Saturday, if it was made at all.
                                                                                          • In 1968 The Today Show was a weekday (Monday to Friday) morning network television show. A somewhat random search of newspaper television logs for January 12 to 14 only have the show on the air from Monday to Friday.
                                                                                          • It seems unlikely Ellington would marshal his band for a two-hour television appearance from 7 to 9 a.m. on a Saturday morning if the sidemen were off the preceding two days.
                                                                                          • While the January 14 Ed Sullivan Show and the June 13 Today Show appearances were widely publicized, no newspaper archive searches I've done turned up any mention of Ellington and the Today Show for January 13.
                                                                                          • The June 7 Miami Times announcement was explicit:

                                                                                            'The first extended performance by the Ellington band on network television was made on a two-hour "Today" special in 1964, and they are the first to be invited back to the early morning show for a second two-hour appearance.'

                                                                                          • This was also reported in the review in The New Courier, June 29.
                                                                                          • Working papers provided by Associated Booking Corporation as its Statements of Accounts to Ellington's lawyers in August 1968 show revenues from the June 13 Today Show, and the January 14 Ed Sullivan Show, but nothing for a Today Show appearance on January 13.
                                                                                          • At the time of writing, I have not seen most of the Ed Sullivan Show contracts, but if the 1968 contract is similar to the 1961 agreement, it may have prohibited Ellington appearing on radio or t.v. for 3 weeks before and 1 week after the Sullivan show.
                                                                                          • Identical announcements
                                                                                            • The Miami Times, Miami, Fla., 1968-06-07 p.8
                                                                                            • The Republican-Courier, Findlay, Ohio, 1968-06-10 p.B-5
                                                                                            • Then New Courier, Pittsburgh, Penn., 1968-06-29 p.18
                                                                                          • Statements of accounts, SI-NMAH DEC301 Box 112, Folder 3
                                                                                          • Stratemann p.562
                                                                                          • Ole J. Nielsen, Jazz Records 1942-80, A discography: Vol. Six, Duke Ellington
                                                                                          • Timner IV and V
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                                                                                          1968 01 13
                                                                                          Saturday
                                                                                          .New York, N.Y..Stratemann reports

                                                                                          'NBC-TV "Today Show," New York; and
                                                                                          Rehearsals for the "Ed Sullivan Show"'

                                                                                          At the time of writing the rehearsal still needs to be confirmed, but it is consistent with the telecast the next day.
                                                                                          • Stratemann p.562
                                                                                          • Vail II
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                                                                                          1968 01 14
                                                                                          Sunday
                                                                                          .New York, N.Y.."Ed Sullivan Show"
                                                                                          Register And Post-Herald:

                                                                                          'Top Stars Will Headline Sunday's Sullivan Show
                                                                                            Tammy Grimes, Vanilla Fudge, Duke Ellington, Buddy Greco, Flip Wilson and Davis and Reese will perform on "The Ed Sullivan Show,' live and in color from New York, Sunday (8-9 p.m., EST) on the CBS television network.
                                                                                            Other guests will be baton twirler Diane Shelton and Silvan, magician.
                                                                                            Tammy Grimes, who rocketed to Broadway musical comedy stardom in the title role of "The Unsinkable Molly Brown," will present highlights from the highly praised nightclub act in which she is appearing around the country.
                                                                                            Vanilla Fudge, popular instrumental and vocal recording quartet, will offer selections from their album, currently on the nation's best-seller lists.
                                                                                            Composer-pianist Duke Ellington will be accompanied by some of his song hits, and Buddy Greco, currently in a nightclub engagement at New York's Americana Hotel, will sing.
                                                                                            Flip Wilson, popular comedian, will deliver a monologue from his best-selling record album, "Cowboys and Colored People."
                                                                                            Pepper Davis and Tony Reese will present a comedy routine.
                                                                                            "The Ed Sullivan Show" is produced by Bob Precht and directed by Tim Kiley, with music by Ray Bloch.'


                                                                                          Ellington's contribution:
                                                                                          1. Duke Ellington and His Orchestra
                                                                                            C.Williams, Anderson, Jones, M.Ellington, Brown, Cooper, Connors, Hamilton, Procope, Hodges, Gonsalves, Carney, Duke Ellington; Castleman, Woodyard
                                                                                            • Ocht O'Clock Rock
                                                                                          2. Duke Ellington with studio orchestra and Buddy Greco (piano and vocal)
                                                                                            • Medley
                                                                                              • Don't Get Around Much Anymore
                                                                                              • Just Squeeze Me
                                                                                              • Do Nothin' Till You Hear From Me
                                                                                              • Mood Indigo
                                                                                              • Caravan
                                                                                              • Satin Doll
                                                                                          • Stratemann p.562
                                                                                          • Register And Post-Herald, Weekender & TViewer, Beckley, W. Va., 1968-01-13, p.8
                                                                                          • News-Journal, Mansfield, Ohio, 1968-01-14 p.8-D
                                                                                          • Girvan:   Ellingtonia.com
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                                                                                          Monday
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                                                                                          Wednesday
                                                                                          .New York, N.Y..6:30 P.M. taping for telecast: "The Tonight Show"

                                                                                          Stratemann:

                                                                                          'Ellington guested with the studio orchestra under Skitch Henderson in Rockin' in Rhythm and Satin Doll'

                                                                                          Vail II:

                                                                                          'In the evening, Duke Ellington appears on NBC-TV's 'Tonight Show' in New York City where he is interviewed by host Johnny Carson and plays a couple of numbers with the studio orchestra.
                                                                                          DUKE ELLINGTON (piano) and the Skitch Henderson Orchestra: Rockin' in Rhythm / Interview / Satin Doll'


                                                                                          Webmaster's comments:
                                                                                          • This was a late night talk show hosted by Johnny Carson and his sidekick, Ed McMahon. The set had a couch and a desk at stage right, and the house band was positioned at stage left. Guests would join McMahon and any other earlier guest on the couch for an informal chat with Carson, often performing their specialty before, after or even during their chat. Carson did not interview guests, he chatted with them.
                                                                                          • A King Features syndicated profile of Ed McMahon published in the Linton Daily Citizen, Linton, Ind., 1968-01-17 p.9, says the Carson program was taped nightly at 6:30.
                                                                                          • Clark Terry, a member of the house band at the time, may have been present during this episode, but I've seen nothing to indicate it was so.
                                                                                          • I am unable to locate an episode guide to confirm details of this Tonight Show episode.
                                                                                          • What puzzles me is the identification of house band leader as Skitch Henderson by Stratemann, Vail II, New Desor and Timner. Henderson left the show in 1966, and Doc Severinson became the band leader in 1967. When Severinson was away or subbing for McMahon, band member/arranger Tommy Newsom would fill in for him, and if Newsom was unavailable, another band member would lead. It seems unlikely that Henderson would have led the band during this episode.
                                                                                          • Girvan:   Ellingtonia.com
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                                                                                          • Ole J. Nielsen, Jazz Records 1942-80, A discography: Vol. Six, Duke Ellington
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                                                                                          Friday
                                                                                          ?Boston, Mass.Back Bay Theatre Peripheral event
                                                                                          The Boston Ballet performed The Road of Phoebe Snow
                                                                                          Harold Banks:

                                                                                          'The most excited spectator at the Saturday evening performance of The Boston Ballet was the little girl who leaped from her seat and cheered the conductor for the second number, "The Road of the Phoebe Show," for which the score was written by Edward Kennedy "Duke" Ellington and Billy Strayhorn. The conductor was jazzman Herb Pomeroy. The girl was his daughter.'

                                                                                          Record American, Boston
                                                                                          • Ad, 1968-01-11, p.4B
                                                                                          • Harold Banks' column, 1968-01-24 p.23
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                                                                                          Friday
                                                                                          1968 01 18New York, N.Y.The Cathedral Church of St. John the DivineRecorded rehearsal for Second Sacred Concert.


                                                                                          Duke Ellington and his Orchestra
                                                                                          C.Williams, Anderson, H. Jones, M. Ellington, Brown, Cooper, Green, Connors, Hamilton, Procope, Hodges, Gonsalves, Carney, Ellington, Castleman, Woodyard, Little, Alice Babs, AME Mother Zion Church Choir

                                                                                          • Heaven
                                                                                          • Something 'Bout Believing
                                                                                          Details are not known other than Nielsen says Alice Babs told Swedish Radio of it in an interview; it seems probable that this rehearsal would have been in the afternoon, followed by a meal break before the concert; if that is so, it is a separate event.
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                                                                                          Friday
                                                                                          .New York, N.Y.The Cathedral Church of St. John the DivineSecond Sacred Concert premiere
                                                                                          Duke Ellington and his Orchestra
                                                                                          Sidemen:
                                                                                          C.Williams, Anderson, H. Jones, M. Ellington, Brown, Cooper, Benny Green, Connors, Hamilton, Procope, Hodges, Gonsalves, Carney, Ellington Castleman, Woodyard, Little(d)
                                                                                          Vocalists
                                                                                          Alice Babs, Devonne Gardner, Roscoe Gill, Jimmy McPhail, Trish Turner, Watkins
                                                                                          Choirs
                                                                                          AME Mother Zion Church, St. Hilda Church, St. Hugh Choir
                                                                                          Recorded titles:
                                                                                          • Praise God And Dance
                                                                                          • 99% Won't Do
                                                                                          • Supreme Being
                                                                                          • Something 'Bout Believing
                                                                                          • Almighty God
                                                                                          • Heaven
                                                                                          • It's Freedom
                                                                                          • Don't Get Down On Your Knees
                                                                                          • Father Forgive
                                                                                          • Meditation
                                                                                          • The Shepherd
                                                                                          • The Biggest
                                                                                          • T.G.T.T.
                                                                                          • Praise God And Dance
                                                                                          • The Preacher's Song

                                                                                        • The concert ran 155 minutes (Stratemann) or 135 minutes ("two and a quarter hours per AP) and was videotaped by CBS, with one hour telecast nationally as Something About Believing the morning of Easter Sunday (1968 04 14).
                                                                                        • Attendance estimates vary from "almost 6,000" to over 7,000.
                                                                                        • Ellington brought Alice Babs to New York for the concert, and is quoted as saying he put her and her husband up at the Waldorf-Astoria for two weeks.
                                                                                        • The church billed Ruth Ellington, c/o Tempo Music Co., $1,900 for tickets to the concert. These were 80 tickets @$15.00 and 100 @$7.00. Below the typed figures, handwritten "2.00" and "1,400.00" appear, which may indicate the $7.00 tickets were sold to Ruth for $2.00 each.
                                                                                        • An AP wire story reported nearly 6,000 attended the sold-out evening and described the cathedral as the second largest church in the world, after St. Peter's in Rome.

                                                                                        • Publicity:
                                                                                          There was widespread and similar publicity surrounding this concert.
                                                                                        • The church issued an undated press release in late 2017, announcing tickets would go on sale December 11 (1967)
                                                                                        • Associated Press:

                                                                                          Still Revising
                                                                                            'New York (AP)–As late as rehearsal Thursday afternoon, Duke Ellington was still revising his second religious jazz concert, "Praise God and Dance," which will have its world premiere Friday night in the Cathedral Church of St. John the Divine (Episcopal). The composition, based on the One Hundred-fiftieth Psalm, will be the first jazz concert in the cathedral.'

                                                                                        • The Review Press-Reporter:

                                                                                          '  The Cathedral Church of St. John the Divine will be the scene of a sacred concert by Duke Ellington and his orchestra on Jan. 19 at 8:15. Dr. Ellington is to be assisted by the choirs of the Mother A.M.E. Zion Church, the glee club of St. Hilda's and St. Hugh's School and the men of the Cathedral Choir. The "Duke" is composing special music for the occasion.
                                                                                            Proceeds from the Ellington concert ... will be given to Exodus House, a rehabilitation center for narcotics addicts...
                                                                                            The 5,133 seats available for the Ellington concert will be reserved...'


                                                                                        • Reports and reviews:
                                                                                          Newspapers across the country contained similar reports of this concert, some of which are listed here. Many were wire stories, but some appear to have been written or rewritten by the newspapers' own staff.
                                                                                          • Donald E. Mullen, UP-International:

                                                                                            'New York– Duke Ellington put music and choreography to the 150th Psalm last night as the Lord's "messenger boy" in America's largest church.
                                                                                              The Duke combined his orchestra with two choirs, soloists and dancers for a new sacred concert whose them combined humility and joy in offerings from down home gospel to moaning blues to hard-drving and soaring swing that reverberated off the arched ceiling 120 feet above the audience.
                                                                                              His message of "Praise God and Dance!" was received with an ovation from the more than 7,500 persons jammed in the ...Church...
                                                                                              ...Even a small group of Roman Catholic nuns sitting in the press secton did a little unobtrusive toe tapping.
                                                                                              Swedish soprano Alice Bab's [sic] soaring voice went from classic reverence to a high-flying duet with Johnny Hodges' alto sax to a poignant minor toned blues backed by Cat Anderson on trumpet.
                                                                                              There was even a "fire and brimstone sermonette"...'

                                                                                          • Mary Campbell, Associated Press:

                                                                                            'New York– ...Nearly 6,000 persons found plenty of excitement in the Cathedral of St. John the Divine (Episcopal) for two hours and a quarter.
                                                                                              The concert was in 17 sections,...'


                                                                                          • The Des Moines Register mentioned Ellington wore a white suit, pink shirt and matching bow tie and named Praise to God, [sic] based on Psalm 150, and The Biggest and Busiest Intersection.
                                                                                          • Hazleton Standard-Speaker, Hazleton, Penn., 1968-01-20 pp.1,3
                                                                                          • Press release, Cathedral Church of St. John the Divine, late 1967, Joseph Jetters Dodge Duke Ellington Collection, Harvard University Library. It may have been issued as early as November, since some of the wording is similar to newspaper announcements that month.
                                                                                          • Airondack Daily Enterprise, Saranac Lake, N.Y., 1967-11-17 p.4
                                                                                          • The Brewster Standard, Brewster, N.Y.
                                                                                            • 1967-11-09 p.7
                                                                                            • 1967-11-23 p.7
                                                                                            • 1967-12-14 p.36
                                                                                          • Review Press-Reporter, Bronxville, N.Y. 1968-01-11
                                                                                          • SI-NMAH DEC 301,
                                                                                            • Box 8, Folder 15
                                                                                            • Series IIIE, Box 101, Folder 12,Invoice 1464, Cathedral Church of Saint John the Divine,
                                                                                          • AP wirestory, Omaha World-Herald, 1968-01-19 p.29
                                                                                          • MIMM p.268, photo
                                                                                          • UP-International wirestory, Binghamton Press, Binghamton, N.Y, 1968-01-20, p.10
                                                                                          • Associated Press wirestory, The Evening Star, Washington D.C., 1968-01-20, p.A-9
                                                                                          • UPI wirestory:
                                                                                            • Jacksonville Journal, Jacksonville, 1968-01-20
                                                                                            • Greensboro Daily News, Greensboro, N.C., 1968-01-21, p.A7
                                                                                          • Des Moines Register, Des Moines, Iowa, 1968-01-20 p.7
                                                                                          • Captioned UPI wirephoto, Marietta Daily Journal, Marietta, Ga., 1968-01-21, p.3
                                                                                          • AP wirestory, Hazleton Standard-Speaker, Hazleton, Penn., 1968-01-20, pp 1,3
                                                                                          • AP wirestory, Sunday Herald Leader, Lexington, Ky., 1968-01-21, p.2
                                                                                          • AP wirestory, AP and UPI photos, Sunday Herald Traveler,Boston, Mass., 1968-01-21, p.32c
                                                                                          • Captioned UPI wirephoto, The Commercial Appeal, Memphis, Tenn., 1968-01-21, p.8s3
                                                                                          • UPI wirestory, The Afro-American, Baltimore, Md., 1968-01-27, p.11
                                                                                          • Girvan:   Ellingtonia.com
                                                                                          • Timner
                                                                                          • Ole J. Nielsen, Jazz Records 1942-80, A discography: Vol. Six, Duke Ellington
                                                                                          • If any more material is needed, it might be found in SI-NMAH DEC301 Series 2: Performances and Programs, 1933-1974, Box 15 (Sacred concerts), Folder 29 Cathedral Church of St. John the Devine, New York, New York January 19, 1968 (January 19-February 10, 1968)
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                                                                                          Saturday
                                                                                          .New Canaan, Conn.St. Mark's Church
                                                                                          111 Oenoke Ridge
                                                                                          Second Sacred Concert to benefit Trinity College, Quezon City, the Philippines.

                                                                                          The concert, attended by 1,000, was recorded:

                                                                                          Duke Ellington and his Orchestra with Alice Babs and with the St. Mark's church choir led by Rodney Hansen:
                                                                                          C.Williams, Anderson, H. Jones, M. Ellington, Brown, Cooper, Connors, Hamilton, Procope, Hodges, Gonsalves, Carney, Ellington, Castleman, Woodyard, Little, Babs, Devonne Gardner, Jimmy McPhail, Patricia Petremont, Trish Turner, Watkins, and St. Mark's Choir. While only one choir is listed in the discographies, the Sunday Post review says there were two adult choirs and a children's choir. A little boy read the words in Supreme Being.Titles recorded
                                                                                          • Praise God And Dance
                                                                                          • 99% Won't Do
                                                                                          • Supreme Being
                                                                                          • Something 'Bout Believing
                                                                                          • Almighty God
                                                                                          • Heaven
                                                                                          • It's Freedom
                                                                                          • Meditation
                                                                                          • The Shepherd
                                                                                          • The Biggest
                                                                                          • Don't Get Down On Your Knees
                                                                                          • Father Forgive
                                                                                          • Don't Get Down On Your Knees
                                                                                          • T.G.T.T.
                                                                                          • Praise God And Dance
                                                                                          • The Bridgeport Post and The Bridgeport Sunday Post, Bridgeport, Conn.
                                                                                            • 1968-01-19 p.32
                                                                                            • 1968-01-21 p.B-20
                                                                                          • Stratemann p.562
                                                                                          • Girvan:   Ellingtonia.com
                                                                                          • Ole J. Nielsen, Jazz Records 1942-80, A discography: Vol. Six, Duke Ellington
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                                                                                          Sunday
                                                                                          .New Britain, Conn.Welte Auditorium,
                                                                                          Central Connecticut State College
                                                                                          Duke Ellington Comes to New Britain
                                                                                          Presenting a New Sacred Concert in Jazz
                                                                                          Sunday, Jan. 21, 8 p.m. at Welte Auditorium
                                                                                          Second Sacred Concert
                                                                                          • Announcement, Bulletin, Wilton, Conn., 1968-01-17 p.2B
                                                                                          • The Hartford Courant, Hartford, Conn.
                                                                                            • 1968-01-07 p.13E
                                                                                            • 1968-01-11 p.2
                                                                                          • Additional documentation is likely to be found in SI-NMAH DEC301, Series 2: Performances and Programs, 1933-1974, box 15 (Sacred concerts), folder 30 St. Mark's Church, New Canaan, Connecticut, January 20, 1968
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                                                                                          Monday
                                                                                          .New York, N.Y.Fine Studios
                                                                                          Great Northern Hotel
                                                                                          58th St.
                                                                                          Second Sacred Concert recording session, for the Alice Babs features.
                                                                                          Duke Ellington and His Orchestra
                                                                                          C.Williams, Anderson, Jones, M. Ellington, Brown, Cooper, Connors, Hamilton, Procope, Hodges, Gonsalves, Carney, Ellington, Castleman, Woodyard, Little, Alice Babs, Devonne Gardner, Roscoe Gill, Trish Turner, Watkins.

                                                                                          Further research is needed to establish which, if any, choral groups were present for this first session. New Desor and Girvan list AME Mother Zion Church Choir and Central Connecticut State Singers; MacHare shows these as well as Choirs of St Hilda's and St. Hugh's School, and The Frank Parker Singers. Timner V and Nielsen list the AME Mother Zion and the Choirs of St. Hilda's and St. Hugh's School.
                                                                                          Stratemann:

                                                                                          '...Standard reference works show the presence of three choirs on this session, whereas DESB clippings reporting on the subsequent Second Sacred Concert recording sessions explicitly state that Ms Babs' voice tracks had been pre-recorded for overdubbing (see also February 5). The recordings were to be concluded in sessions on February 5, 19 and 20.'

                                                                                          New Desor:

                                                                                          '...CCS was probably overdubbed on Feb. 5'

                                                                                          Titles recorded:
                                                                                          • Second Sacred Concert 04. Almighty God
                                                                                          • Second Sacred Concert 06. Heaven
                                                                                          • Second Sacred Concert 07. It's Freedom
                                                                                          • Second Sacred Concert 10. T.G.T.T.
                                                                                          • Second Sacred Concert 14. Praise God And Dance
                                                                                          Lambert:

                                                                                          '...For the recording the band is augmented by extra brass–Money Johnson (trumpet) and Benny Green (trombone)–and percussion–both Steve Little and Sam Woodyard are present...Five solo vocalists are cited on the sleeve, but only two ... have important roles–Alice Babs visited the United States especially to take part in this recording and in a group of live performances of the Second Sacred Concert. Tony Watkins [sic] was a new and regular member of the Ellington entourage, having moved by mysterious ways from band boy to principal singer...For this recording no fewer than seven "assistants" are acknowledged, including choir and vocal trainers who had rehearsed the choirs at length while the band was on tour.
                                                                                          ...This work contains Ellington's most successful writing for a choir...In terms of duration, the Second Sacred Concert is Ellington's most ambitious work...'


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                                                                                          I had the privilege of sitting beside the lovely Ms Babs during parts of the 2004 International Duke Ellington Study Group conference at Nalen in Stockholm. Several of her sacred concert recordings were played, and I enjoyed my own private concert as she quietly hummed along. Her work with Ellington and his orchestra clearly meant a great deal to her, for she gave a little gasp when T.G.T.T. was introduced and cried a little as it was played.
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                                                                                          Tuesday
                                                                                          .Wallingford, Conn.Choate Chapel
                                                                                          Choate School
                                                                                          Two concerts - secular and Second Sacred
                                                                                          I don't know if these were merely the same concert in two halves or separate concerts, with separate audiences. The sacred concert used 2 drummers and 3 singers. The contract amount was $1,250 according to the working paper listed to the right.
                                                                                          What seems to be a bootleg recording of the secular concert has surfaced:
                                                                                          Duke Ellington and his Orchestras
                                                                                          Williams, C.Anderson, Jones, M.Ellington, Brown, Cooper, Connors, Hamilton, Procope, Hodges, Gonsalves, Carney, Ellington, Castleman, Woodyard, Turner, Watkins
                                                                                          Titles recorded:
                                                                                          • Take the "A" Train
                                                                                          • La Plus Belle Africaine
                                                                                          • Salome
                                                                                          • Mount Harissa
                                                                                          • Up Jump
                                                                                          • Flamingo
                                                                                          • Misty
                                                                                          • Stormy Monday Blues
                                                                                          • Passion Flower
                                                                                          • Things Ain't What They Used To Be
                                                                                          • Medley
                                                                                            • Sophisticated Lady (opening fanfare)
                                                                                            • Satin Doll
                                                                                            • Solitude
                                                                                            • Don't Get Around Much Anymore
                                                                                            • Mood Indigo
                                                                                            • I'm Beginning To See the Light
                                                                                            • Sophisticated Lady
                                                                                            • Caravan
                                                                                            • Do Nothin' Till You Hear From Me
                                                                                            • It Don't Mean A Thing
                                                                                            • I Let A Song Go Out Of My Heart
                                                                                            • Don't Get Around Much Anymore
                                                                                          • Jam With Sam

                                                                                          Second Sacred Concert:
                                                                                          Duke Ellington and his Orchestra
                                                                                          Personnel - same, plus Steve Little, Devonne Gardner, Roscoe Gill, and Trish Turner
                                                                                          Titles recorded:
                                                                                          • Supreme Being
                                                                                          • It's Freedom
                                                                                          • Praise God And Dance
                                                                                          • Something 'Bout Believing
                                                                                          • Heaven
                                                                                          • Don't Get Down On Your Knees
                                                                                          • Almighty God
                                                                                          • The Biggest
                                                                                          • Blue Light 2015 No.1, pp.5-6
                                                                                          • SI-NMAH DEC301 Box 112 Folder 3: Working paper headed "Duke Ellington Inc. Schedule of Engagements Not Listed By ABC 1/1/68 - 12/31/68"
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                                                                                          .Saltsjöbaden, Sweden.Peripheral event
                                                                                          Alice Babs sent a short note to Ellington:

                                                                                          'Dear Duke

                                                                                          What a timing! I can assure you that your telephone call came the minute I stept [sic] into my house on my return from the most wonderful experience of my life as a singer.

                                                                                          Thank you for everything!

                                                                                          Yours
                                                                                          Alice '

                                                                                          The same day, her husband wrote a letter to Duke:

                                                                                          'Dear Duke

                                                                                          Long before Alice had returned from the sacred concerts I had in mind to write to you, firstly because I did not get the opportunity to say good-bye to you before Chris drove me to catch my train in New Haven.

                                                                                          Secondly, I thought it a must to tell you, that the two sacred concerts that I was previleged [sic] to attend to [sic] had become artistic events surpassing anything I have ever experienced hitherto in my life (48).

                                                                                          Now, Alice gives me a third reason for writing to you when I hear from her about your over-whelming generosity by paying my air-ticket for the flights across the ocean.

                                                                                          Words fail me to thank you, and I can only borrow some. The following prayer was found engraved on one of the columns of a small deserted church in ruins, in Alfriston between Eastbourne and Brighton in England.

                                                                                          Give me a good digestion, Lord,
                                                                                          And also something to digest;
                                                                                          Give me a healthy body, Lord,
                                                                                          With sense to keep it at its best.

                                                                                          Give me a Healthy mind, good Lord,
                                                                                          To keep the good & pure in sight;
                                                                                          Which seeing sin is not apalled, [sic]
                                                                                          But finds a way to set it right.

                                                                                          Give me a mind that is not bored,
                                                                                          That does not whimper, whine or sigh;
                                                                                          Don't let me worry over-much
                                                                                          About the fussy thing called "I".

                                                                                          Give me a sense of humour, Lord;
                                                                                          Give me the grace to see a joke;
                                                                                          To get some hapiness [sic] from life
                                                                                          And pass it on to other folk.

                                                                                          Hope you like it as much as I do and maybe you even might like to use it although you certainly show in you [sic] sacred concerts that you can be independant [sic] of the works of other masters.

                                                                                          Once again, thank you and God bless you.

                                                                                          Yours sincerely,
                                                                                          Nils I. Sjöblom

                                                                                          P.S. Will you please tell Chris, that the price for a 250 millimeter lens for a Hasselblad-camera is swed. crowns 1,750:-. equal to $350:-, less my 10% discount. However there are second hand lenses with guarantee available at $250:- If I can be of any help I will be glad to assist Chris in getting one. D.S.'

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                                                                                          Thursday
                                                                                          .Fort Meade,
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                                                                                          Friday
                                                                                          .New Haven, Conn.Woolsey Hall
                                                                                          President's Room
                                                                                          Yale University
                                                                                          Recorded concert for the benefit of Yale's community service and religious activities organization, Dwight Hall, followed by a reception.

                                                                                          There is some question of whether or not all but one track of the Fantasy Records "Yale Concert" LP were recorded a month later in a studio.
                                                                                          Duke Ellington and His Orchestra
                                                                                          C.Williams, Anderson, Jones, M. Ellington, Brown, Cooper, Connors, Hamilton, Procope, Hodges, Gonsalves, Carney, Ellington, Castleman, Woodyard
                                                                                          Titles recorded:
                                                                                          • Swamp Goo
                                                                                          • Girdle Hurdle (after Swamp Goo)
                                                                                          • Be Cool And Groovy For Me (Put-tin)
                                                                                          • Take The "A" Train
                                                                                          • Chromatic Love Affair
                                                                                          • Up Jump
                                                                                          • La Plus Belle Africaine
                                                                                          • Salomè
                                                                                          • Psychedelic Suite (this title is given in the Stanley Dance review, but I wonder if it's the global name given for the following two selections?
                                                                                          • Little Purple Flower
                                                                                          • Eggo
                                                                                          • Harlem
                                                                                          • (intermission)
                                                                                          • Boola Boola (subtitled "The Occasion is Yale" (Yale's theme song))
                                                                                          • Warm Valley
                                                                                          • Drag
                                                                                          • It Don't Mean A Thing (If It Ain't Got That Swing)
                                                                                          • Willow Weep For Me
                                                                                          • Misty
                                                                                          • Medley including
                                                                                            • Mood Indigo
                                                                                            • Satin Doll
                                                                                            • In a Sentimental Mood
                                                                                          • Things Ain't What They Used To Be
                                                                                          Yale Daily News coverage included a review of the concert by Stanley Dance and a fascinating, informative article by a Kim Hart about the band, available from the YDN archive. Facts taken from K. Hart's essay:
                                                                                          • Bitterly cold day
                                                                                          • Band travelled overnight by bus from Baltimore, arriving at the Taft Hotel in the morning and leaving Saturday by bus at 1:30 p.m.
                                                                                          • Duke and Harry arrived in the morning by car.
                                                                                          • Hart went to the hall and met Mercer, who was setting up for an afternoon rehearsal. A rehearsal was needed because the concert was to be recorded.
                                                                                          • Around 5 o'clock band members started stirring and had coffee or a meal at the Taft before the evening rehearsal.
                                                                                          • Hart joined Mercer, Jeff Castleman and the bus driver for coffee at the Copper Kitchen.
                                                                                          • At 22, Jeff was just out of college and was the newest, youngest sideman, having been with the band for 4 months. He ate cheeseburgers, fries and salad.
                                                                                          • Procope came in carrying his dry cleaning, ordered clam chowder.
                                                                                          • The conversation turned to the upcoming performance of Harlem. Castleman would be sight-reading the chart, which the band hadn't played for a year (New Desor has it recorded in Paris in March 1967).
                                                                                          • The bus picked the band up at six o'clock to take them to the hall. The rehearsal began with Chromatic Love Affair, then Harlem.
                                                                                          • A reception in the President's Room followed the concert, featuring the Yale Corporation, [? Yale's president, Kingman Brewster Jr., Yale's Chaplain Rev. William Sloane Coffin Jr., a civil rights and anti-war activist, Ellington and "a cast of thousands."
                                                                                          • Dwight Hall's director, Rev. John Boyles presented Ellington with a framed Ellington poster in appreciation of the benefit concert.
                                                                                          • After the concert, Castleman "stopped by our room for what turned out to be a personal interview over a beer in exchange for a tour of the campus the following day."
                                                                                          • On the way back to the hotel, Castleman and Hart stopped at Olivia's, where they met Herb Jones, the second newest sideman and the band copyist.
                                                                                          • Most of band slept late Saturday morning.
                                                                                          Stratemann:

                                                                                          'A trio performance of "Boola Boola," the Yale school song, was the only number recorded at this concert that went into the "Yale Concert" album on FANTASY (F-9433).'

                                                                                          Lambert:

                                                                                          'TOWARD THE END OF JANUARY 1968, the Duke Ellington Orchestra played a concert at Yale University, and seven years later an LP was released on the Fantasy label called Yale Concert. For all but the trio item Boola Boola, the recordings used by Fantasy come from a studio session done a month after the concert....Yale Concert is a collection which shows just what a healthy state the Ellington band was in at this time. It is one of the most happy and successful of the last years.'

                                                                                          No studio session has yet been documented. Richard Bambach:

                                                                                          'I was there ... . Although the issued recording made at the concert is reasonably good listening the acoustics of Woolsey Hall plus the complex stage setup with the array of microphones for the recording made the actual performance the least satisfactory of the three Ellington concerts I heard. At one time it was questioned whether the issued recording was a studio "do-over.” Sjef Hoefsmit wondered about this in a DEMS Bulletin and I wrote in noting that the record did seem better than the concert as I remembered it, but those who have tracked down the extant tapes find they are all labelled January 26, 1968. The only recording sessions known near this time are all work on the Second Sacred Concert. It may be that the sound picked up on stage by the microphones was superior to that which reached the audience in the cavernous hall.'

                                                                                          See Professor Bambach's posting in DEMS 02,2-11 in reference to Sjef Hoefsmit's opinion in DEMS 01,3-26

                                                                                          Perhaps it is wisest to adopt the adage, an absence of proof is not proof of absence. Sjef's detailed reason for believing there was a studio session to record the tracks used on the LP cannot be ignored.
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                                                                                          .Portsmouth, Va.T.A. Willet AuditoriumConcert of Sacred MusicAdditional documentation is likely to be found in SI-NMAH DEC301, Series 2: Performances and Programs, 1933-1974, box 12, folder, folder 28 Order of Eastern Star, Portsmouth, Virginia, January 28, 1968..
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                                                                                          Monday
                                                                                          .Philadelphia, Penn.Enon Baptist Church
                                                                                          19th and Green Sts.
                                                                                          8 p.m. Concert of Sacred Music

                                                                                          The Inquirer announcement said there would be an adult choir and a young people's choir.
                                                                                          The Philadelphia Inquirer
                                                                                          • 1968-01-28 p.7
                                                                                          • 1968-01-30 p.15
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                                                                                          Tuesday
                                                                                          .Fort Meade, Md.Officers' Club..New Desor
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                                                                                          1968 02 00
                                                                                          New York, N.Y.James Memorial Chapel
                                                                                          Union Theological Seminary
                                                                                          Columbia University
                                                                                          Ellington spoke and played his piano at an 11 a.m. "jazz service" opening a conference sponsored by the Reader's Digest in connection with its February 1968 article Are You Disturbed by the New Religion?.

                                                                                          Another composer, Edward Bonamere, was to participate in the service as well, but his role wasn't reported.
                                                                                          The service opened with guitar music, followed by Reverend John Garcia Gensel introducing Ellington, who gave the message, quietly and with no audience applause. While Ellington played during the service, there is no mention of his rhythm section nor of the full band, so it is likely Duke played without accompaniment. One report mentions television cameras.
                                                                                          The Milwaukee Sentinel carried a story datelined New York about a "jazz worship service" and a panel discussion across the hall.

                                                                                          The panel session involved Father Malcolm Boyd, Yale Chaplain William Sloan Coffin, Jr., William Hamilton, and Rabbi Richard Rubenstein.

                                                                                          The Wisconsin State Journal carried a photo of Dr. Ellington at a piano with Bishop James Shannon of the Minneapolis-St. Paul Catholic Diocese. Its caption says:

                                                                                          'Ellington and Bishop Shannon combined to make a point on "The New Religion" last week at a conference in New York.'

                                                                                          It says Bishop Shannon told the conference that churches must "stop and listen" to new ideas, and continues by saying Ellington's presence was part of the new ideas as he played during a "jazz" service at the Seminary Chapel.

                                                                                          The same photo is printed in the Albany Times-Union with a longer caption which describes Ellington's and Shannon's participation and mentions Coffin, Boyd and Hamilton.

                                                                                          Neither Stratemann nor Vail II mention this event, nor could the Burke Library staff find any mention of it in the Seminary or Columbia records.
                                                                                          For those interested in checking into this event more deeply, or in exploring Ellington's religious beliefs and activities, Mark Sumner Harvey suggests the archive of Pastor Gensel at St. Peter's Church in New York.
                                                                                          • Harford Courant, Hartford, Conn.
                                                                                            • 1968-01-27 p.15
                                                                                            • 1968-02-01 p.8
                                                                                          • Milwaukee Sentinel, Milwaukee, Wisc., 1968-02-03 pt.3 p.7
                                                                                          • Wisconsin State Journal, Milwaukee, Wisc. 1968-02-17 s.1 p.7
                                                                                          • Times-Union, Albany, N.Y. 1968-02-24 p.5.
                                                                                          • Email exchanges, E.N. Call, Public Services Librarian, The Burke Library at Union Theological Seminary, Columbia University Libraries and Palmnquist, March, 2017
                                                                                          • Email exchanges, M.S.Harvey, J.T.Steed and D.Palmquist, March 2017
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                                                                                          Wednesday
                                                                                          .New York, N.Y.Fine Studios
                                                                                          Great Northern Hotel
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                                                                                          Thursday
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                                                                                          ...This is the date of a contract between Tempo Music, Edward Kennedy (Duke) Ellington, Charles (Cootie) Williams and Tony Bennett for publishing rights to the song "Put Tin."

                                                                                          The contract originally showed Ellington and Williams each had 50% of the song, but an undated attached note says the song was retitled "Be Cool And Groovy for Me," that lyrics were added and that a new contract and copyright were made.

                                                                                          Tony Bennett is handwritten below Ellington and Williams, the 50%s are crossed out, and each man's share of the song is shown as 331/3%.

                                                                                          This would seem to suggest Bennett wrote lyrics to be able to use the song during his forthcoming tour with Ellington.
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                                                                                          1968 02 02
                                                                                          Friday
                                                                                          .Ottawa, Ont.Capitol TheatreConcert - tickets $3.00, $4.00 $4.50 $5.00 $5.50 and $6.00 - house at 2/3 capacity

                                                                                          The Jan. 13 ad listed the personnel as Bellson, Hamilton, Williams, M.Ellington, Brown, Hodges, Gonsalves, Connors, Anderson, Lamb, Carney, Procope, Cooper and Herbie Jones. The Len Carter review in The Journal named Woodward instead of Bellson, Trish Turner, and Tony [sic] Watkins. The review is nasty, putting the sidemen and vocalists down at every opportunity, even though it says there was applause throughout the eveing.
                                                                                          • The Ottawa Journal, Ottawa, Ont.,
                                                                                            • 1968-01-13 p.23
                                                                                            • 1968-01-27 p.20
                                                                                            • 1968-02-03 p.32
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                                                                                          Friday
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                                                                                          .Montréal, P.Q.Salle Wilfrend Pelletier
                                                                                          Place Des Arts
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                                                                                          Monday
                                                                                          .New York, N.Y.Fine Studios
                                                                                          Great Northern Hotel
                                                                                          Recording session for the choral parts of Second Sacred Concert. The 31 voice Central Connecticut State Choir was recorded under the leadership of Dr.Robert Soule.Stratemann p.563.DEMS
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                                                                                          Thursday
                                                                                          .Zanesville, OhioMunicipal Auditorium8:30 pm. concert, sponsored by local promoter Chuck Galloway. This was the first time Duke Ellington and his orchestra played in Zanesville.
                                                                                          • Coshocton Tribune,1968-02-04 p.2
                                                                                          • Newark Ohio Advocate, Newark, Ohio, 1968-01-23 p.14
                                                                                          • The Times Recorder, Zanesville, Ohio,
                                                                                            • 1968-02-07 p.12 s.B
                                                                                            • 1968-02-09 s.B p.1 (captioned photo)
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                                                                                          Friday
                                                                                          .Dayton, OhioWampler's Ball Arena.Stratemann p.563 citing DESB..
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                                                                                          Saturday
                                                                                          .West Lafayette, Ind.Memorial Union
                                                                                          or Union Ballrooms
                                                                                          Purdue University
                                                                                          DUKE ELLINGTON
                                                                                          and His Orchestra
                                                                                          Will Be Featured
                                                                                          "In A Sentimental Mood"
                                                                                          The Carey-Excalibur Winter Formal
                                                                                          FEBRUARY 10TH, 1968
                                                                                          SEE YOUR BIDS SALESMAN TODAY
                                                                                          BIDS ON SALE UNTIL FEBRUARY 4


                                                                                          'Duke Ellington To Play For Cary-Excaliber Dance
                                                                                            Dr. Edward Kennedy "Duke" Ellington will bring some of his more than 1,000 theses in song to Purdue and the Cary Excaliber [sic] Winter Formal on Feb. 10. Ellington is also bringing theme music for the Formal. The theme of the dance is "In a Sentimental Mood' which happens to be the title of Ellington's theme song... '

                                                                                          • The Purdue Exponent, Purdue University:
                                                                                            • 1968-01-09 p.7
                                                                                            • 1968-01-10 pp.3, 7, 8
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                                                                                          Sunday
                                                                                          .Milwaukee, Wisc.The Scene
                                                                                          624 N.2nd St.
                                                                                          Nightclub one-nighter - first show 9 p.m.
                                                                                          Joslyn:

                                                                                          'Real music came to The Scene...Sunday night. The Duke played there...the appearance and sound of Duke Ellington in a rock'n'roll nightclub must be considered at least a change of pace - for the room if not for the man....Sunday's first show was long on nostalgia...
                                                                                            ...The uncharacteristic scene for The Scene was made by about 300 music buffs - a little less than half capacity.'

                                                                                          Drew:

                                                                                          'It was just a one night stand Sunday ... But the inspiration of Duke Ellington's orchestra didn't flag.
                                                                                            Sure the Duke and his 14 associates were Sunday driver nonchalant when they weren't working. While others soloed, they counted the house (it was about 300), smiled and talked. Tardy baritone sax veteran Harry Carney played the first set in his street clothes.
                                                                                           But when it counted, the 15 pros attacked their chores with eclat and elan. Little was very new, but most was very good.
                                                                                            As usual, the performance was less a band concert than a platform for solos...With grandfatherly acumen, Ellington led bassist Jeff Castleman, 21, through a "Satin Doll" solo.'

                                                                                          Andrea:

                                                                                          'The great Duke Ellington was HERE at the Scene nightclub on Sunday, February 11. I say great not just to be filling space but to really use the word because I was very lucky to find out for myself that Mr. Ellington is a great performer. I thought that because Mr. Ellington is not of the same generation that I am that he was just another one of those "old-time" band entertainers who just didn't impress me, but I'm here to testify to you that I was dead wrong!... The people seem like they're dead in their graves when it comes to coming out and enjoying a fine performance. Fine performers! Did you miss them? You're just too sad, baby!'

                                                                                          Band members named by the various reviewers were Ellington, Williams, Hodges, Gonsalves, Hamilton, Anderson, Brown, Woodyard, Castleman. The reviewers names some of the titles played as Salute to Morgan State, Things Ain't What They Used To Be, Impressions of the Far East, Autumn Leaves, Mood Indigo, Satin Doll, Take the "A" Train, Passion Flower, Salome, Daydreams [sic].

                                                                                          In his later column Accent on the News, Drew wrote

                                                                                          '...Ellington had five singers ... carries them for sacred concerts. The singers performed pop tunes here but avoided the sacred material. ... "...you don't want to slap anyone on the nose," Ellington said. "But I guess I always could have them hum the meloday and not sing the words." He called the vocal group an "experiment that I'm not sure I'll continue." It boosts his entourage to 22 people, a large and expensive group to transport...'

                                                                                          • Stratemann p.563 citing DESB
                                                                                          • The Milwaukee Journal, Milwaukee, Wisc.
                                                                                            • 1968-01-31 p.6 pt.2
                                                                                            • 1968-02-02 pt.2 p.11
                                                                                            • 1968-02-07 pt.2 p.14
                                                                                            • 1968-02-10 p.13
                                                                                            • Michael H. Drew,
                                                                                              • "Duke Turns Scene Into Solo Showcase," 1968-02-12 Pt. 2 p.5
                                                                                              • "Accent on the News," 1968-02-19
                                                                                          • Milwaukee Sentinel
                                                                                            • 1968-02-10 p.8 pt.1
                                                                                            • Jay Joslyn, "Duke's Magic Brightens Scene," 1968-02-12 pt.1 p.14
                                                                                          • Andrea, "The DUKE Honors Milwaukee," The Milwaukee Star, 1968-02-17 p.8
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                                                                                          .Minneapolis, Minn.Hennepin Avenue Methodist Church8 and 10:30 p.m.: two free Second Sacred Concerts with the Hennepin Avenue Methodist Church Choir played to full houses.

                                                                                          Announced as Ellington's first sacred concert in the Midwest.
                                                                                          Reviewer Allan Holbert names the pastor as Rev. Chester A. Pennington and says Ellington had 5 singers and a 20-voice choir. His Tribune review says:

                                                                                          '...In every piece on the program the words and the music were alive and pertinent and up to date... Singers Trish Turner, Devonne gardner and Tony [sic] Watkins did beautiful solo work. The church choir was effective in an almost improvised kind of swinging, chanting and talking.
                                                                                            Ellington, in a pink shirt and bow tie, white coat and light, striped trousers - oprated as he usually does at a dance date or secular concert...
                                                                                            The high point of the evening ... was the final number "Praise God and Dance."
                                                                                            After Ellington's five singers had done the "Praise God" part, the band started swinging at full throttle. The singers went out into the audience to lead itin off-beat clapping, and the worshipers were with it in a minute.
                                                                                            Ellington was leaing the choir in a kind of hand choreography. Trumpeter Cat Anderson and sax man Harry Carney were screeching and wailing. Photographers were crawling in the aisles for better shots, TV cameras were zooming and buzzing...'

                                                                                          • The Minneapolis Star, Minneapolis, Minn.
                                                                                            • 1968-02-10 p.4A
                                                                                            • 1968-02-13 p.1C
                                                                                            • Allan Holbert in The Minneapolis Tribune, Minneapolis, Minn. 1968-02-13 p.21
                                                                                          • The Carletonian, Carleton College, Northfield, Minn. 1968-02-22 p.8
                                                                                          • Stratemann p.563 citing Variety 1968-01-24 p.51
                                                                                          • Additional documentation is likely in the SI NMAH DEC301 Series 2: Performances and Programs, 1933-1974, box 15 (Sacred concerts), folder 31 Hennepin Avenue Methodist Church, Minneapolis, Minnesota, February 12, 1968
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                                                                                          Tuesday
                                                                                          .Ottumwa, IowaColiseumConcert and dance, 8 p.m.
                                                                                          Admission $3.00/person
                                                                                          Proceeds to Central States Boys Farm Foundation. This was its first fundraiser. The Daily Herald reported Ellington was an honorary director of the board, and had met the officers and directors in Oskaloosa "last year" [more likely 1966].
                                                                                          • The Boys Farm was to provide a home for boys between 7 and 10 who were orphaned or abandoned, wards of the court, had no relatives to care for them, or were needy in any other category. They would be accepted regardless of race, creed or color, and would be trained in agricultural and other vocational fields.
                                                                                          • More than 700 attended.
                                                                                          • Mr. and Mrs. Robert Ashman were named King and Queen of the Ball for their dancing ability.
                                                                                          • Congressman John Kyl also made an appearance.
                                                                                          • The Associated Press announcements place the event in Oskaloosa, but local ads and an announcement in the Ottumwa Courier place it in the Ottumwa Coliseum. Ottumwa is about 25 miles south of Oskaloosa.
                                                                                          • Stratemann, citing DESB, names the venue "Coliseum Ballroom" and Vail II adopts this without citing a source. None of the announcements or ads noted here include the word "ballroom."

                                                                                            The Billboard's Arena-Auditorium Directory described the building as seating 688 in permanent seats plus 1,284 portable seats. The arena floor was 80 by 120 feet, with a permanent theater-type stage and 18,000 sq. ft. of exhibit space. The caption of a photo of the building in a book about Ottumwa describes it as a Coliseum-Armory built in the 1930s.
                                                                                          • One announcement had the event scheduled for February 17 and another announced it had been planned for January but postponed due to Ellington's Ed Sullivan Show appearance.
                                                                                          • The Billboard 1956-09-22 p.97
                                                                                          • AP wirestories in
                                                                                            • The Telegraph-Herald, Dubuque, Iowa,
                                                                                              1968-01-26 p.13
                                                                                            • Omaha World-Herald, Omaha, Neb.
                                                                                              1968-01-26 p.19
                                                                                          • Fairfield, Ia., Ledger
                                                                                            • 1968-02-07 p.11
                                                                                          • Ottumwa Courier, Ottumwa, Iowa
                                                                                            • 1968-02-12 pp.7,10
                                                                                            • 1968-02-17 p.6
                                                                                          • Oskaloosa Daily Herald, Oskaloosa, Iowa, 1968-01-18 p.5
                                                                                          • The Monroe County News, Albia, Iowa, 1968-02-12 p.3
                                                                                          • Pella Chronicle-Advertiser (or The Palladium), Pella,Iowa, 1968-02-13 p.2
                                                                                          • Stratemann p.563 citing DESB
                                                                                          • Vail II
                                                                                          • Michael W. Lemberger, Leigh Michaels: Ottumwa, Arcadia Publishing, several U.S. cities, p.85
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                                                                                          Valentine's Day
                                                                                          ...This is the date of a contract between Wille "The Lion" Smith (300 West 151st St., New York) and Edward Kennedy (Duke) Ellington (333 Riverside Drive, New York) as Writers and Tempo Music Inc. as publisher for the publishing rights to Freedom is Sweet (Freedom - Sweet, Fat and That)

                                                                                          Where and when Ellington signed the contract is not known. He was not in New York on this date.
                                                                                          Tempo was to pay royalties of
                                                                                          • 4 cents for each regular piano copy sold anywhere in the world
                                                                                          • 5 cents for each dance orchestration copy sold in the United States
                                                                                          • 50% of all net earned sums received by Tempo from foreign publishers for regular piano or dance orchestration copies sold in any foreign country.
                                                                                          • $1.00 if the the work was published in a folio or composite work or lyric magazine by the publisher or licencees of the publisher.
                                                                                          • Copies sold and rights licenced or sold in Canada had the same royalties as in the United States.
                                                                                          • 50% of net earned proceeds received and retained by the publisher for phonograph records or film sound.
                                                                                          • Smith and Ellington were to share the writers' royalties equally.
                                                                                          • Tempo was to account for and pay the royalties twice a year.
                                                                                          This summary only paraphrases the contract; the reader should refer to the contract for precise terms if necessary.
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                                                                                          Wednesday
                                                                                          Valentine's Day
                                                                                          .Rochelle, Ill.Gold Room
                                                                                          Vagabond Inn
                                                                                          U.S.51
                                                                                          Return engagement
                                                                                          Admission $5/person plus Sweetheart Valentine Buffet, $1.75/person.
                                                                                          In a special to the Morning Star inexplicably run some three months later, Sue Prazak quotes what Duke said during a break, as he ran his skilled fingertips lightly over the ivory keys he had just played to the Gold Room crowd... It was break time. The musicians had scattered temporarily and the crowd was waiting for the dance music to resume. Ellington eyed them contentedly as he slowly drew on his cigarette and took a sip from the soft drink atop the piano.:

                                                                                          '...We all get along smoothly and like what we're doing...
                                                                                            The 68-year-old musician prefers the different daily engagements as opposed to the longer locations ranging from several weeks to several months.
                                                                                            I get tired of staying in one place, especially Las Vegas. I like that town, but it's awake 24 hours a day every day and there is absolutely no possible way to rehearse in the area where you are going to play. You can hardly set up. I like to catch up on my writing during the day and when you are on location for even a few days it isn't very long before you're caught up in radio programs and meetings during the days. I like to keep moving....'

                                                                                          • Stratemann p.563 citing DESB
                                                                                          • Rockford Register-Republic, Rockford, Ill.
                                                                                            • 1968-02-05 p.B4
                                                                                            • 1968-02-07 p.B10
                                                                                            • 1968-02-12 p.B6
                                                                                            • 1968-02-13 p.A 11
                                                                                          • Rockford Morning Star, Rockford, Ill.,
                                                                                            • 1968-02-13 p.A 11
                                                                                            • 1968-05-16 p.C7
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                                                                                          Thursday
                                                                                          .Richmond, Ind.Trueblood Fieldhouse
                                                                                          Earlham College
                                                                                          Concert, 8 p.m., tickets $3.00, $2.75 and $2.50.

                                                                                          Sponsored by Earlham College Student Activities Board.
                                                                                          • The Palladium-Item and Sun-Telegram, Richmond, Ind., 1968-02-02 p.15
                                                                                          • The Indianapolis Star, Indianapolis, Ind, 1968-02-12 p.27
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                                                                                          Friday
                                                                                          .Bronx
                                                                                          New York, N.Y.
                                                                                          St. Augustine Presbyterian Church.
                                                                                          • Stratemann p.563 citing DESB
                                                                                          • Additional documentation is likely to be found in SI-NMAH DEC301, Series 2: Performances and Programs, 1933-1974, box 15 (Sacred concerts), folder 32 St. Augustine Presbyterian Church, Bronx, New York, February 16, 1968
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                                                                                          Saturday
                                                                                          2 p.m. & 8 p.m.
                                                                                          .Boston, Mass.Prudential Center War Memorial Auditorium

                                                                                          'The Third Annual Boston Globe Jazz Festival... Produced by George Wein ...SATURDAY EVENING, February 17, at 8 P.M.: Duke Ellington and his Orchestra/Gerry Mulligan/ Wes Montgomery Quintet/Miriam Makeba/Jimmy Kweskin Jug Band/Ruby Braff. SATURDAY AFTERNOON, February 17. 2 P.M., a unique "Jazz For Youth" Program: Duke Ellington and his Orchestra/The Jimmy Kweskin Jug Band/The Milford Area Youth Band/The Berklee Trombone Choir under the direction of Phil Wilson. Reserved seats are priced at $5.50, $4.50 and $3.50 for the evening performances and unreserved at $1.50 for the matinee. They may be obtained at the Globe Offices...'

                                                                                          The afternoon session was a youth workshop.
                                                                                          • The Heights, Boston College 1968-02-09 p.3
                                                                                          • Stratemann p.563
                                                                                          • Additional documentation is likely to be found in SI-NMAH DEC301, Series 2: Performances and Programs, 1933-1974, box 12, folder 29 Third Annual Boston Globe Jazz Festival, Boston, Massachusetts, February 17, 1968
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                                                                                          Sunday
                                                                                          .Newark, N.J.Symphony Hall
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                                                                                          Sacred Concert
                                                                                          • Stratemann p.563 citing DESB
                                                                                          • Additional documentation is likely to be found in SI-NMAH DEC301, Series 2: Performances and Programs, 1933-1974, box 15 (Sacred concerts), folder 33 Symphony Hall, Newark, New Jersey, February 18, 1968
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                                                                                          Thursday
                                                                                          .Hamburg, N.Y.Leisureland InnThe Griffin:

                                                                                          '...Seniors Kevin Foley and Bob Huebsch are general co-chairmen of the Sisters Hospital Charity Ball at Leisureland Inn, Feb. 22. Duke Ellington and his orchestra will play at the semi0formal from 9 – 1. Tickets, ten dollars a couple, will be sold in the Sodality Office (010). Proceeds from the dance will go to Sisters Hospital.'

                                                                                          • The Griffin, Canisius College, Buffalo, N.Y. p.3
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                                                                                          Saturday
                                                                                          .Chicago, Ill..Auditorium TheaterFamily Datebook, Out of State:

                                                                                          'Diahann Carroll sings with Duke Ellington and his orchestra at 8:30 p.m. Saturday in Auditorium Theater, Chicago. '

                                                                                          • Janesville Daily Gazette, Janesville, Wisc., 1968-02-22 p.9
                                                                                          • Tower Ticker, Chicago Tribune, 1968-02-11 p.30 s.1
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                                                                                          1968 03 00...PERSONNEL CHANGE
                                                                                          Sam Woodyard, drums, leaves the band and Rufus Jones returns.
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                                                                                          1968 05 19United StatesBeginning of Duke Ellington and His Orchestra 's second tour with singer Tony Bennett. This tour included comedian Jack E. Leonard as an opening act. The Ellington orchestra performed 16 shows with Bennett and Leonard on 12 dates:
                                                                                          • March 3 two concerts Philharmonic Hall, Lincoln Center, New York
                                                                                          • April 5 Westchester County Center, White Plains, N.Y.
                                                                                          • April 6 Walsh Auditorium, Seton Hall University, South Orange, N.J.
                                                                                          • April 19 Convention Center, Anaheim, Cal.
                                                                                          • April 20 Forum, Inglewood, Cal.
                                                                                          • April 21 Coliseum, Oakland, Cal.
                                                                                          • April 25 Dane County Exposition Center, Madison, Wisc.
                                                                                          • April 27 two concerts Orchestra Hall, Chicago, Ill.
                                                                                          • April 28 Minneapolis Auditorium, Minneapolis, Minn.
                                                                                          • May 12 Civic Arena, Pittsburgh, Penn.
                                                                                          • May 18 two concerts Back Bay Theatre, Boston, Mass.
                                                                                          • May 19 two concerts Kleinhans Music Hall, Buffalo, N.Y.
                                                                                          Bennett and Leonard appeared with the Count Basie, Woody Herman and Buddy Rich bands on the other dates of the tour.

                                                                                          Some local ads give Bennett the top billing, but some announcements and reviews begin with Bennett while others start with Ellington. The unattributed ad reproduced in Stratemann, p.563 and in Vail II appears to be from a trade paper and bills the tour as Tony Bennett Hits the Road with (Duke Ellington / Count Basie / Woody Herman / Buddy Rich) and Jack E. Leonard. It says the first three engagements (March 3, April 5 and April 6) grossed $108,000.
                                                                                          The Billboard 1968-03-02:

                                                                                          'Big Drive on Bennett Tour
                                                                                            NEW YORK — A lavish promotion campaign will herald the 25-day personal appearance tour of Tony Bennett which will being Sunday (3) at Lincoln Center here.
                                                                                            After signing with Ken Roberts of University Concert Productions, Inc., Bennett and Roberts, in co-operation with Columbia Records, set a budget in excess of $100,000 for an advertising, promotion and publicity campaign for the series of one-nighters that will circle the country...
                                                                                            More than $20,000 will be spent for the Lincoln Center date alone. Five weeks prior to the March 3 date, they contracted for The Billboard above the Palace Theatre. Besides the $5,900 spent for the few week's display..., a full-page ad has already appeared in the Sunday (N.Y.) Times, and another is scheduled for the Daily News. This will be followed by...
                                                                                            With the Columbia Records artist headlining the tour, the balance of the package will feature the Duke Ellington Orchestra and comedian Jack E. Leonard.'

                                                                                          According to Stratemann, Variety's review said Leonard opened with a monologue, followed by an extended Ellington set. After intermission, the Ellington orchestra backed Bennett. Similar reports are found in various newspapers during the tour.

                                                                                          Leonard Feather described Ellington's business at the time:

                                                                                          '...There are the bread and butter one night stands such as a series of concerts with Tony Bennett and Jack E. Leonard, organized chiefly to sustain the payroll of his orchestra [emphasis added]. There are the locations, which give the orchestra a chance to catch its breath: a current four-week stand at the Flamingo...the forthcoming six-week return to New York's Rainbow Grill.
                                                                                            ...The writing and planning hours in recent months have been devoted to the third and most self-gratifying aspect of his modus vivendi, the creation of religious works... '

                                                                                          • The Billboard 1968-03-02 p.20
                                                                                          • Leonard Feather, Los Angeles Times Service, The Duke: A Busy Man Is He, in The Arizona Republic, 1968-03-24 p.4-K
                                                                                          • SI-NMAH DEC301 Box 112 Folder 3: Working paper headed "Duke Ellington Inc. Schedule of Engagements Not Listed By ABC 1/1/68 - 12/31/68"
                                                                                          • Stratemann:
                                                                                            • p. 563 (reprinted ad)
                                                                                            • p.564 citing Variety 1968-03-06 p.62
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                                                                                          Sunday
                                                                                          .New York, N.Y.Philharmonic Hall
                                                                                          Lincoln Center
                                                                                          First two concerts in the Tony Bennett, Duke Ellington and His Orchestra and Jack E. Leonard tour.
                                                                                          Despite this first pair of concerts grossing $53,000, the Statement of Account working paper in SI-NMAH Box 112 Folder 3 shows Ellington received only $5,000, of which $500 was Associated Booking Corp.'s commission.

                                                                                          The Billboard:

                                                                                          'Tony Bennett, Duke Ellington and Jack E. Leonard sold out Philharmonic Hall twice on March 3,...The $53,000 gross at a $12.50 top established a Philharmonic Hall record for a non-charity event as well as a single-concert non-charity record at roughly half the total. The three artists resume their national tour on April 5... giving the same program with a $5 top.
                                                                                            Ellington's orchestra...was a dominating force, not only in playing Ellington's own material in the first half of the program, but in backing up Bennett in the second half...
                                                                                            Ellington also was excellent with a series of his big numbers featuring many of the fine musicians in his orchestra. Leonard, a Verve artist, opened the show.'

                                                                                          Similar reports are cited by Stratemann (referencing Variety) and are found in various local newspapers after some of the concerts.
                                                                                          • Fred Kirby review in The Billboard 1968-03-16 p.24
                                                                                          • SI-NMAH DEC301 Box 112 Folder 3: Working paper headed "Duke Ellington Inc. Schedule of Engagements Not Listed By ABC 1/1/68 - 12/31/68"
                                                                                          • Stratemann:
                                                                                            • p. 563 (reprinted ad)
                                                                                            • p.564 citing Variety 1968-03-06 p.62
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                                                                                          Monday
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                                                                                          Tuesday
                                                                                          Phoenix, Ariz.Caesar's Forum
                                                                                          4041 North Central Ave.
                                                                                          Supper club engagement, 2 shows each night, 9:30 and 11:30The Arizona Republic:
                                                                                            Ads,
                                                                                            • 1968-02-18, p.4-N
                                                                                            • 1968-02-25, p.2-N
                                                                                            • 1968-02-27, p.24
                                                                                            • 1968-03-02 p.54
                                                                                            • 1968-03-03, p.2-N
                                                                                            • 1968-03-04, p.25
                                                                                            • 1968-03-05, p.20
                                                                                          • Mention in story 1968-03-06, p.B1
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                                                                                          Wednesday
                                                                                          7:30pm
                                                                                          .Phoenix, Ariz.Montgomery Stadium
                                                                                          Seventh St. at Fillmore
                                                                                          Free concert sponsored by The Arizona Republic, The Phoenix Gazette, Arizona Public Service, Valley National Bank and Mountain States Telephone Co.
                                                                                          "City officials helped arrange the special concert as an inspiration to 'many who otherwise would never get to see and hear him.'"

                                                                                          "Stratemann reported more than 1,000 attended.

                                                                                          The accounting record listed to the right shows $1,000 earned this date, but doesn't say where or when it was earned.
                                                                                          • The Arizona Republic
                                                                                            • 1968-03-06, p.B1
                                                                                            • 1968-03-07 p.8
                                                                                          • SI-NMAH DEC301 Box 112 Folder 3: Working paper headed "Duke Ellington Inc. Schedule of Engagements Not Listed By ABC 1/1/68 - 12/31/68"
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                                                                                          Thursday
                                                                                          1968 04 03
                                                                                          Wednesday
                                                                                          Las Vegas, Nev.Driftwood Lounge
                                                                                          Flamingo Hotel
                                                                                          Ellington and his orchestra opened a four week run at the Flamingo on March 7. Three shows nightly.

                                                                                          Stratemann and Vail report a three week run starting March 12, but contemporary reports establish it was four weeks beginning March 7:
                                                                                          • The Dallas Morning News:

                                                                                            'Duke Ellington was such a strong hit in his one-week engagement at the Flamingo in November the hotel is bringing him back for four in March.'

                                                                                          • Longview Morning Journal:

                                                                                            'Duke Ellington opens March 7 in the Flamingo's lounge.'

                                                                                          • Los Angeles Times, March 7:

                                                                                            'Duke Ellington and orchestra open this week-end in the Flamingo's lounge.'

                                                                                          • Forrest Duke column, San Bernardino County Sun, March 7 and The Arizona Republic, March 8:

                                                                                            'At the Flamingo, Duke Ellington tells about the sign on the wall in his neighborhood store...'

                                                                                          • Ralph Pearl, Las Vegas Sun:
                                                                                            • March 8:

                                                                                              'Duke Ellington and his band into Flamingo lounge last night.'

                                                                                            • March 9:

                                                                                              'Duke Ellington and band opened Thursday night in Flamingo lounge.'

                                                                                          • Joe Delaney, Las Vegas Sun:
                                                                                            • March 12:

                                                                                              'A great show plus Duke Ellington, Nita Cruz, Peter and Hank and others in the lounge makes it like "summer" inside.'

                                                                                            • March 26:

                                                                                              'Duke Ellington and men are better than midway through their four week stint at Flamingo...'

                                                                                            • April 1:

                                                                                              'Duke Ellington closes Tuesday...'

                                                                                          • Leonard Feather, Los Angeles Times March 12:

                                                                                            '...Because a single week played there last November proved highly successful, Ellington now has a deal without precedent in the band's history: he is guaranteed two four-week stands annually in the Flamingo Lounge.
                                                                                              His initial stint under this arrangement brought him to the old lounge, which leaves much to be desired in terms of acoustics, amplification, lighting and removal from distracting sound effects...Conditions will be much better when the new lounge opens a few weeks hence.
                                                                                              ...Even the illness and consequent absence of Cootie Williams...failed to phase [Ellington].
                                                                                              Duke merely shot around Cootie by using whatever items in the book did not call for his services. He also made extensive use of ... Cat Anderson...
                                                                                              An innovation for the Ellington band was Duke's use of a Fender electric piano, on which he doubled now and then. Since bassist Jeff Castleman was ill-served by the p.a. system, the bold, super guitar strains of the Fender added welcome strength in the rhythm section.'

                                                                                            Other band members named in Feather's review: Trish Turner, Tony [sic] Watkins, Hodges, Carney, Gonsalves, Cooper and Brown.
                                                                                          • Santa Cruz Sentinel, April 3:

                                                                                            'Lionel Hampton... brings his International Orchestra into the Driftwood Lounge of the Flamingo...tomorrow, replacing another great, Duke Ellington... '

                                                                                          • The Dallas Morning News, Dallas, Tex., 1968-02-04 p.5 D
                                                                                          • Longview Morning Journal, Longview, Tex., 1968-02-18 p.11
                                                                                          • Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles, Cal.
                                                                                            • 1968-03-07 pt.IV p.18
                                                                                            • 1968-03-12 Pt.IV p.11
                                                                                          • San Bernardino County Sun, San Bernardino, Cal., 1968-03-07 p.C16
                                                                                          • Las Vegas Sun, Las Vegas, Nev.
                                                                                            • 1968-03-08 p.22
                                                                                            • 1968-03-09 p.14
                                                                                            • 1968-03-12 p.9
                                                                                            • 1968-03-26 p.9
                                                                                          • Arizona Republic, Phoenix, Ariz. 1968-03-09 p.67
                                                                                          • Santa Cruz Sentinel, Santa Cruz, Cal., 1968-04-03 p.9
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                                                                                          SI-NMAH DEC301 Series 2: Performances and Programs, 1933-1974, Box 15 (Sacred concerts), folder 34 is labelled Westminster Presbyterian Church, Buffalo, New York, March 11, 1968. The folder contains an article about Ellington and other musicians appearing in a stained glass window at the church, and a letter referring to an upcoming concert on April 7, 1968 in Buffalo at Kleinhans Music Hall in Buffalo.
                                                                                          Emails, Smithsonian Reference Services volunteer C. Windheuser to Palmquist, February/March 2016...
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                                                                                          Tuesday
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                                                                                          .Washington, D.C.White HouseEllington wrote he switched days off at the casino to make a brief trip to Washington with seven members of his band to play a concert after the state dinner for Liberian president William Tubman 1.

                                                                                          After the U.S. Marine Band performed in another room, the Ellington octet consisting of Cat Anderson, Lawrence Brown, Harry Carney, Jeff Castleman, Paul Gonsalves, Johnny Hodges, Rufus Jones and Tony [sic] Watkins.played. The Washington Sunday Star reported Ellington wanted to bring the whole band but was told to bring only seven because the acoustics were strange and the music would be too loud.
                                                                                          The programme shows:
                                                                                          DUKE ELLINGTON
                                                                                          Excerpts from "The Liberian Suite" Ellington
                                                                                          La Plus Belle Africaine Ellington
                                                                                          Take the A Train Strayhorn
                                                                                          A Medley of Ellington Compositions including
                                                                                          Satin Doll Caravan
                                                                                          In a Sentimental Mood It Don't Mean a Thing If It Ain't
                                                                                          Got That Swing
                                                                                          Mood Indigo
                                                                                          Sophisticated Lady I Like the Sunrise

                                                                                          "A Finger Snapping Finale" Mercer Ellington
                                                                                          When a string broke on Castleman's bass, the Marine bassist, listening off-stage, lent him his instrument.2

                                                                                          Ellington and at least Gonsalves jammed with the Marine band, and Gonsalves got bombed.1

                                                                                          After the public concert, Ellington, Gonsalves, Castleman and "the drummer" played in the foyer where the steps lead to the President's private quarters. President and Mrs. Johnson "danced in their stocking feet to our quartet until one in the morning."2

                                                                                          The Dallas Morning-News reported Texans Mr. and Mrs. Gilbert Adams, Mr. and Mrs. Jack Harris and Mr. and Mrs. Scott Mann were at the dinner, as well as the President's daughter Luci Nugent and her husband Pat and reports on the dinner menu.
                                                                                          • (1) Duke Ellington, MIMM pp.430, 431 (with photo)
                                                                                          • (2) Roxane Battle Jeff Castleman: bass player and lone survivor
                                                                                          • NMAH (Smithsonian) DE CollectionBox 8, folder 16 White House Concert in Honor of his Excellency the President of the Republic of Liberia and Mrs. Tubman [Program], March 27, 1968
                                                                                          • The Dallas Morning News, Dallas, Tex., 1968-03-28 p.6A
                                                                                          • Megan Milbanks, The Sunday Star, Washington, D.C.,1968-03-31 p.E-12
                                                                                          • Photo, MIMM p.432
                                                                                          • Additional documentation is likely to be found in the SI-NMAH DEC301 Series 2: Performances and Programs, 1933-1974, Box 12, Folder 30 Concert "In Honor of His Excellency the President of the Republic of Liberia and Mrs. Tubman," The White House, Washington, D.C., March 27, 1968
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                                                                                          April 1968

                                                                                          1968 04 01
                                                                                          Monday
                                                                                          ...Peripheral event
                                                                                          A Canadian Press wirestory datelined Stratford, Ont. reported Tom Patterson, public relations director of the Stratford Festival, would leave April 1 to form a theatrical producing and consulting company with Ellington.
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                                                                                          .New York, N.Y.Carnegie Hall8:15 p.m. Benefit concert
                                                                                          The Tougaloo (Mississippi) College Choir and the Duke Ellington Orchestra played a benefit concert called "Good News for Modern Man." The concert was sponsored by the Tougaloo College Alumni Association of New York for the benefit of the Tougaloo College library fund.
                                                                                          The Carnegie Hall Performance History database shows:
                                                                                          • Announcement, Robert P. Moses
                                                                                          • Prayer, John Garcia Gensel
                                                                                          • William Croft (1678-1727), O God, our Help in Ages Past
                                                                                          • George A. Minor (1845-1904), Bringing in the Sheaves
                                                                                            Tougaloo College Choir, Choir
                                                                                            Manhattan Brass Choir, Brass Ensemble
                                                                                            Lew Soloff, Trumpet
                                                                                          • O Come, O Come, Emanuel
                                                                                            Manhattan Brass Choir, Brass Ensemble
                                                                                          • Charles C. Converse (1832-1918), What a Friend We Have in Jesus
                                                                                            Harold Lieberman, Flugelhorn
                                                                                          • Mozart, Mass in C Minor, K. 427: Credo
                                                                                            Tougaloo College Choir
                                                                                          • Ludwig Lenel, Christ Is Risen
                                                                                          • FrŠre Jacques
                                                                                            Tougaloo College Choir
                                                                                          • William Batchelder Bradbury (1816-1868), Sweet Hour of Prayer
                                                                                            Harold Lieberman, Flugelhorn
                                                                                            Sonny Russo, Trombone
                                                                                            Barry Maur, Trombone
                                                                                          • What Child is This
                                                                                            Manhattan Brass Choir
                                                                                            Harold Lieberman, Flugelhorn
                                                                                            Sonny Russo, Trombone
                                                                                          • Edward V. Bonnemere, Advent and God Gives Us His Life
                                                                                            Edward V. Bonnemere, Piano
                                                                                          • Edward V. Bonnemere, Mary's Going to Be a Mother
                                                                                            Edward V. Bonnemere, Piano
                                                                                          • Billy Taylor, I Wish I Knew
                                                                                            Edward V. Bonnemere, Piano
                                                                                          • Burt Bacharach, What the world needs now is love
                                                                                          • Robert Edwin, The Tide Rises and the Tide Falls
                                                                                          • Oh, who will answer
                                                                                          • Cyril Ornadel, Pickwick: If I Ruled the World
                                                                                            Robert Edwin, Baritone
                                                                                          • Henry Thomas Smart (1813-1879), Lead On, O King Eternal
                                                                                            Manhattan Brass Choir, Brass Ensemble
                                                                                            Harold Lieberman, Flugelhorn
                                                                                          • Havah nagilah
                                                                                          • I Couldn't Hear Nobody Pray
                                                                                          • I Got a Key
                                                                                            Tougaloo College Choir
                                                                                          • Mendelssohn (1809-1847), Hark! The Herald Angels Sing
                                                                                            Manhattan Brass Choir, Brass Ensemble
                                                                                          • Joseph Philbrick Webster (1819-1875), In the Sweet By and By
                                                                                            Tougaloo College Choir
                                                                                            Manhattan Brass Choir
                                                                                            Bob Millilkan, Trumpet
                                                                                          • Duke Ellington Second Sacred Concert:
                                                                                            • Praise God
                                                                                              Harry Carney, Baritone Saxophone
                                                                                            • Supreme Being
                                                                                              Ellington
                                                                                              Castleman
                                                                                            • Something About Believing
                                                                                            • Almighty God
                                                                                            • Heaven
                                                                                            • It's Freedom
                                                                                              Tougaloo College Choir
                                                                                            • Meditation
                                                                                              Ellington
                                                                                              Castleman
                                                                                            • Don't Get Down on Your Knees to Pray (Until You Have Forgiven Everyone)
                                                                                              Watkins
                                                                                            • The Shepherd (Who Watches Over the Night Flock)
                                                                                              Williams
                                                                                            • Praise God and Dance
                                                                                            • Soloists not assigned to specific works
                                                                                              • Johnny Hodges
                                                                                              • Jimmy Hamilton
                                                                                              • Paul Gonsalves
                                                                                              • Russell Procope
                                                                                              • Cat Anderson
                                                                                              • Mercer Ellington
                                                                                              • Herbie Jones
                                                                                              • Lawrence Brown
                                                                                              • Buster Cooper
                                                                                              • Chuck Connors
                                                                                              • Sam Woodyard
                                                                                          • Hattiesburg American, Hattiesburg, Miss. 1968-02-03,p.7
                                                                                          • The Springfield Union, Springfield, Mass., 1968-02-15 p.28
                                                                                          • The New Courier, Pittsburgh, Penn. 1968-02-17 p.4
                                                                                          • The Florida Star, Jacksonville, Fla., 1968-02-24 p.3
                                                                                          • SI NMAH DEC 301
                                                                                              Box 8, folder 17 Duke Ellington in his Concert of Sacred Music, Carnegie Hall [Program], April 4, 1968
                                                                                            • Additional documentation is likely in Series 2: Performances and Programs, 1933-1974, box 15 (Sacred concerts), folder 35, Carnegie Hall, New York, New York, April 4, 1968
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                                                                                          .White Plains, N.Y.Westchester County CenterConcert, Jack E. Leonard, Duke Ellington and His Orchestra, Tony Bennett - see 1968 03 03

                                                                                          Ellington's fee was $3,000.
                                                                                          • SI-NMAH DEC301 Box 112 Folder 3: Working paper headed "Duke Ellington Inc. Schedule of Engagements Not Listed By ABC 1/1/68 - 12/31/68"
                                                                                          • Stratemann p.564
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                                                                                          .South Orange, N.J.Walsh Auditorium
                                                                                          Seton Hall University
                                                                                          Concert, Jack E. Leonard, Duke Ellington and His Orchestra, Tony Bennett - see 1968 03 03
                                                                                          • SI-NMAH DEC301 Box 112 Folder 3, Duke Ellington Inc.: Statement of Account With Associated Booking Corp., part C.
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                                                                                          Palm Sunday
                                                                                          .Buffalo, N.Y.Kleinhans Music HallSacred Concert sponsored by St. Andrew's Methodist Church
                                                                                          • Buffalo Criterion, Buffalo,N.Y.1968-03-23 p.3
                                                                                          • Buffalo Challenger, Buffalo,N.Y. 1968-03-28 p.6
                                                                                          • Buffalo Courier-Express, Buffalo,N.Y.:
                                                                                            • 1968-03-31 p.24
                                                                                            • 1968-04-04 p.28
                                                                                            • 1968-04-07 p.108
                                                                                            • 1968-04-08 p.7
                                                                                          • Additional documentation may be in SI-NMAH DEC301 Series 2: Performances and Programs, 1933-1974, box 15 (Sacred concerts), folder 36 St. Andrew's Methodist Church, Buffalo, New York, April 7, 1968
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                                                                                          .Buffalo, N.Y.WKBW-TV StudioEllington was interviewed at midnight by Elizabeth (Liz) Dribben, for a telecast that aired at 22:30 on Thursday 1968 07 05

                                                                                          'Ellington Special Set Thursday...a special telecast in color at 10:30 P.M. on WKBW-TV, Channel 7.
                                                                                            ...Relaxed and seated at a piano, he [Ellington] speaks freely with Channel 7's Elizabeth Dribben about his early years in the music business and plays excerpts from many of his best-known compositions.
                                                                                            ... The interview was video taped in the WKBW-TV studios at midnight, just after Ellington completed his Palm Sunday Sacred Music Concert in Kleinhans Music Hall...'

                                                                                          • Buffalo Courier-Express, Buffalo,N.Y.1968-06-30 p.16
                                                                                          • TV Thursday, Niagara Falls Gazette, Niagara Falls, N.Y., 1968-06-30 p.14
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                                                                                          Burbank, Cal.NBC StudiosTaping session for the "Ella Fitzgerald Show," which was telecast July 15. There is a prolonged discussion in the DEMS bulletins to the right about whether Duke played Lush Life or another pianist did.Stratemann p.565New Desor
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                                                                                        • AP wirestory, The Sun-Telegram, San Bernardino, Cal., 1968-04-13 p.B-8
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                                                                                          Easter Sunday
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                                                                                          One hour national CBS network telecast, Something About Believing, 8 a.m. on the west coast, 9 a.m. in the central time zone and 10 a.m. on the east coast. This is from the videotaped January 19 Cathedral of St. John the Divine performance of the Second Sacred Concert. Ellington:

                                                                                          'Editing is a tough job. The concert ran two hours at St. John's, so even to condense it into two LPs we must tighten it up. You know, CBS-TV taped the concert and they're showing it Easter Sunday, April 14.'

                                                                                          • Leonard Feather quoting Ellington, The State Journal, Lansing, Mich., 1968-03-16 p.D-4
                                                                                          • Press, Binghamton, N.Y., 1968-04-13 p.3
                                                                                          • Independent, Press-Telegram, Long Beach, Cal, 1968-04-13 p.B-6
                                                                                          • AP wirestory, The Sun-Telegram, San Bernardino, Cal., 1968-04-13 p.B-8
                                                                                          • Ogden Standard-Examiner, Ogden, Utah 1968-04-14 p.4TV
                                                                                          • Chicago Tribune, Chicago, Ill. 1968-04-14 s,10
                                                                                          • The Philadelphia Inquirer, Philadelphia, Penn., 1968-04-14 p.1
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                                                                                          Tuesday
                                                                                          .San Francisco, Cal.Grace CathedralSecond Sacred Concert

                                                                                          'Edward "Duke" Ellington will resent [sic] his new " Concert of Sacred Music" at San Francisco's Grace Cathedral on Tuesday evening, April 16, it was announced this week by the Rev. Canon David Forbes, chairman of the special committee in charge of the Cathedral Concert Series.
                                                                                            Ellington's appearance is part of a program commemorative of the installation of a new console on the Alexander Memorial Organ at the Episcopal Cathedral on Nob Hill.
                                                                                            Ellington's new work is the West Coast premiere of his concert which had its first performance at the Cathedral of St. John the Divine in New York two months ago, and drew high critical acclaim and followed a similar sacred concert presented in Grace Cathedral, San Francisco, two years ago. '

                                                                                          • The Times, San Mateo, Cal. 1968-03-16 p.9
                                                                                          • AP wirestory, The Sun-Telegram, San Bernardino, Cal., 1968-04-13 p.B-8
                                                                                          • Additional documentation is likely to be found in SI-NMAH DEC301 Series 2: Performances and Programs, 1933-1974, Box 15 (Sacred concerts), Folder 37 Grace Cathedral, San Francisco, California, April 16, 1968
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                                                                                          Wednesday
                                                                                          .Los Angeles, Cal.El Caballero ClubUdkoff birthday party
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                                                                                          'The most surprising set of tapes is a group of five which contain copies from a more original set of seven, recorded at Bob Udkoff's 50th birthday-party on 17Apr68 at the El Caballero Country Club in Los Angeles. Duke with the band and many other guests attended the party and Duke played a lot of terrific piano solos and sometimes the band joined in. The band members certainly did not use their charts. They played more relaxed than we have ever heard them, and this became more apparent as the evening progressed.

                                                                                          The balance between the two channels in this stereo recording is very poor, there are rather a lot of interruptions, and the volume is not constant; but the sound as such is great. The greatest drawback is the almost constant loud chatter of the guests. Duke on the other hand played the piano as if he was completely alone one would say, but surprisingly he occasionally took part in the discussions even during his piano playing.
                                                                                            Duke started with Salute to Morgan State and I Can't Get Started. Then came I Let a Song Go Out of My Heart followed by Don't Get Around Much Anymore, which was played by the band with Johnny Hodges soloing. Jimmy Jones took over and played the piano in Satin Doll with Cat Anderson as soloist. I did not spot a piano part in I Left My Heart in San Francisco, played by Lawrence Brown, but Duke was back at the piano in order to play The Twitch with the full band. The band then joined Duke after many introductions in Mood Indigo. Cootie soloed in Fly Me to the Moon. The band continued with a second performance of Satin Doll. Dear late Terrell Allen would have enjoyed the party because Satin Doll was played in total five times. This second time Duke was at the piano and Paul Gonsalves soloed. Duke played Dance No 3 from the Liberian Suite as a piano solo, followed by Stompin' at the Savoy, which also started with a great piano introduction. I would not be surprised if the trumpet solo was played by Benny Carter. The next selection was Blue Bells of Harlem, followed by Meditation and New World a-Comin' as background music for the chatter and the many sounds produced by people enjoying their meals. This was followed by New York City Blues when the waiters collected the plates. Fats Waller's Squeeze Me was played by Duke and Jimmy Jones, probably together at one piano. Johnny Hodges played his usual solos in Drag, Prelude to a Kiss and Things Ain't What They Used To Be, which is incomplete at the end because the tape ran out. Cat Anderson soloed in I'm Beginning To See the Light. It was time for the third performance of Satin Doll, this time as background for Duke's talk and introduction of Bob and Evelyn Udkoff. After Bob's speech everybody joined the band in Happy Birthday. A brand-new Ellingtonian now has to be added to the discography, since Marian Logan sang I Got It Bad and Tenderly with the band and with Jimmy Jones at the piano. Jimmy stayed at the piano for Joe Williams' renditions of Every Day I Have the Blues and Jump for Joy. There was a lot of pressure put upon Harry Mills (one of the Brothers) to sing Paper Doll. He didn't but Lawrence Brown (famous for knowing every melody by heart) played a wonderful solo. The community singing of Shine on Harvest Moon was preceded by a lot of discussion between Patty Andrews (one of the Sisters) and Harry Mills. They were joined by many others. Several Duke LYM friends have helped me to identify this song, which enabled me to put the tapes in the correct sequence. The discussion in which the title is mentioned comes at the end of one tape and the song (which I couldn't identify) is at the beginning of another. Trish Turner continued the programme with Misty. There is a voice in the audience asking for Johnny Hodges to play Come Sunday. In the event Duke gave the responsibility to Tony Watkins, whose rendition silenced the guests. What a relief! The guests thankfully remained very quiet during Duke's Monologue. Harry Carney gave his usual rendition of Sophisticated Lady and Benny Carter played on his sax Body and Soul. Duke started Tootie for Cootie, but since Cootie was not available at that moment, he continued with It Don't Mean a Thing by Trish Turner and Tony Watkins. This was followed by a complete rendition of Things Ain't What They Used To Be. Duke invited Joe Williams to join Trish Turner and Tony Watkins in what became more or less a medley of blues themes with Jimmy Jones once again at the piano. The one I could identify is Stormy Monday Blues. Duke returned to the piano to play the fourth rendition of Satin Doll. Apparently Cootie now showed up, because Duke was now successful in starting Tootie for Cootie. Trish Turner did Me and You, in which Paul played a nice solo, and Willow Weep for Me. I have the impression that Benny Carter played trumpet and Oliver Nelson tenor in this number. The full band continued with Take the "A" Train, which is interrupted because the tape had to be turned over. Duke played Solitude with Lawrence Brown, an absolutely unique performance. After that Duke wanted to start the band off in Ocht O'Clock Rock, but he changed his mind and continued with Happy-Go-Lucky Local. Johnny Hodges played I Got It Bad and then the full band played Ocht O'Clock Rock. The evening came to a conclusion with the fifth version of Satin Doll plus speeches by Duke and Bob Udkoff.'

                                                                                          DEI's statement of account with ABC shows a fee of $1,500 and a commission to ABC of $150.
                                                                                          SI-NMAH DEC301 Box 112 Folder 3, Duke Ellington Inc.: Statement of Account With Associated Booking Corp., part CNew Desor
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                                                                                          Friday
                                                                                          .Anaheim, Cal.Convention CenterConcert, 8:30 p.m., Jack E. Leonard, Duke Ellington and His Orchestra, Tony Bennett - see 1968 03 03
                                                                                          • Pasadena Star-News, Pasadena, Cal., 1968-04-03 p.B-10
                                                                                          • Progress-Bulletin, Pomona, Cal. 1968-04-18 p.3 s.6
                                                                                          • SI-NMAH DEC301 Box 112 Folder 3, Duke Ellington Inc.: Statement of Account With Associated Booking Corp., part C
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                                                                                          .Inglewood, CalThe ForumConcert, 8:30 p.m., Jack E. Leonard, Duke Ellington and His Orchestra, Tony Bennett - see 1968 03 03
                                                                                          • Pasadena Star-News, Pasadena, Cal., 1968-04-03 p.B-10
                                                                                          • The News, Van Nuys, Cal., 1968-04-19 p.25-A or 27-A (depending on edition)
                                                                                          • Fred Kirby report, The Billboard, 1968-05-04 p.15
                                                                                          • SI-NMAH DEC301 Box 112 Folder 3, Duke Ellington Inc.: Statement of Account With Associated Booking Corp., part C
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                                                                                          .Oakland, Cal.Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum7 p.m. Concert, Jack E. Leonard, Duke Ellington and His Orchestra, Tony Bennett - see 1968 03 03
                                                                                          • Santa Cruz Sentinel, Santa Cruz, Cal., 1968-04-14 p.14
                                                                                          • The Times, San Mateo, Cal., 1968-04-16 p.11
                                                                                          • SI-NMAH DEC301 Box 112 Folder 3, Duke Ellington Inc.: Statement of Account With Associated Booking Corp., part C
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                                                                                          .Madison, Wisc.Dane County Coliseum
                                                                                          as advertised
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                                                                                          Dane County Exposition Center
                                                                                          8 p.m. concert, Jack E. Leonard, Duke Ellington and His Orchestra, Tony Bennett - see 1968 03 03

                                                                                          The mayor of Madison proclaimed April 25 to be Duke Ellington Day and backstage, late during the concert, Ellington was presented with a citation and the key to the city.

                                                                                          Concert tickets were $5.50, $4.50, $3.50, $2.50

                                                                                          Rosemary Kendrick, The Capital Times:

                                                                                          'It's almost inconceivable that anyone in the Coliseum audience Thursday night did not enjoy the music of Duke Ellington and his orchestra and singer Tony Bennett.
                                                                                            Jack E. Leonard is a different story. One either finds his type of humor hilarious, offensive or merely irrelevant, and apparently all three opinions were represented in the audience.
                                                                                            Leonard opened the three-hour show ... Duke Ellington and Tony Bennett provided exuberant contrast to Leonard's sour sarcasm, and the audience warmed up as the program proceeded...'


                                                                                          The certificate and key tothe city were presented backstage "sub rosa" presentation with only the committee, Ellington's valet and Professor Ethel C. Rich of Milton College present. Prof. Rich wote a letter to The Capital Times editor complaining about the way the award was presented in which she said the embarrassed committee had difficulty getting back stage to give him the key and citation. The concert was nearly over before the Coliseum guards let the committee backstage.
                                                                                          • Wisconsin State Journal 1968-03-22 s.2 p.11
                                                                                          • Rockford Register-Republic, Rockford, Ill., 1968-04-24 p.D2
                                                                                          • Rockford Morning Star, Rockford, Ill., 1968-04-25 p.B13
                                                                                          • The Capital Times, Madison, Wisc.
                                                                                            • 1968-04-20 p.4
                                                                                            • 1968-04-25 p.4
                                                                                            • Kendrick review, 1968-04-26 p.25
                                                                                            • Ethel C. Rich, letter to the editor, 1968-05-03
                                                                                          • SI-NMAH DEC301 Box 112 Folder 3, Duke Ellington Inc.: Statement of Account With Associated Booking Corp., part C
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                                                                                          .Deerfield, Ill.Briarwood ClubPerformance without Tony Bennett
                                                                                          • SI-NMAH DEC301 Box 112 Folder 3, Duke Ellington Inc.: Statement of Account With Associated Booking Corp., part C
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                                                                                          .Chicago, Ill.Orchestra HallTwo concerts, Jack E. Leonard, Duke Ellington and His Orchestra, Tony Bennett - see 1968 03 03
                                                                                          Phyllis Dreazen's review:

                                                                                          '...It was more a nightclub act in its freeness than either a concert or a segment of a television variety show with a live audience...
                                                                                            [Bennett's] rapport with the audience ... was only bettered by his rapport with the band. When someone took a solo in a song, he'd go and hold the microphone for the instrument, grinning with the kind of spontaneity that showed he thought it was a groove.
                                                                                            And the way the band played for him, the feeling was mutual.

                                                                                          • SI-NMAH DEC301 Box 112 Folder 3, Duke Ellington Inc.: Statement of Account With Associated Booking Corp., part C
                                                                                          • Chicago Tribune, Chicago, Ill.
                                                                                            • Tower Ticker,
                                                                                              • 1968-04-08 s.1 p.20
                                                                                              • 1968-04-26 s.1 p.22
                                                                                            • Phyllis Dreazen, 1968-04-29 s.2 p.11 or 14 (both page numbers are on the page)
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                                                                                          Sunday
                                                                                          .Minneapolis, Minn.Minneapolis Auditorium (per Stratemann and local paper)
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                                                                                          Afternoon concert, Jack E. Leonard, Duke Ellington and His Orchestra, Tony Bennett - see 1968 03 03

                                                                                          Leonard opened for half an hour
                                                                                          • SI-NMAH DEC301 Box 112 Folder 3, Duke Ellington Inc.: Statement of Account With Associated Booking Corp., part C
                                                                                          • The Minneapolis Tribune, Minneapolis, Minn. 1968-04-29 p.29
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                                                                                          Ellington's birthday
                                                                                          .Elizabeth, N.J.Ritz TheatreSacred Concert
                                                                                          Leonard Feather:

                                                                                          '...on his birthday, Ellington will be in Elizabeth N.J. playing a benefit for a woman with 17 children who was recently widowed...'

                                                                                          The accounting record shows DEI charged $5,000 for this concert.
                                                                                          • Leonard Feather, The Los Angeles Times, printed in The State Journal, Lansing, Mich., 1968-03-16 p.D-4
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                                                                                          Wednesday
                                                                                          .Princess Anne, Md.Maryland State CollegeEvening concert, Jack E. Leonard, Duke Ellington and His Orchestra, Tony Bennett - see 1968 03 03

                                                                                          The event is confirmed by the Daily Times interview below.
                                                                                          • Mel Toadvine, The Daily Times, Salisbury, Md., 1968-05-03 pp. 1,8
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                                                                                          .Salisbury, Md.Holiday Inn
                                                                                          (north of Salisbury)
                                                                                          Ellington was interviewed by, or chatted with, Mel Toadvine of The Daily Times in the afternoon in his hotel room.

                                                                                          Toadvine reported
                                                                                          • Duke and his band gave a concert at the Maryland State College Wednesday night.
                                                                                          • During the interview, Duke sipped a cup of hot water and lemon.
                                                                                          • He had been up half the night on the phone to New York about a concert
                                                                                          • He had to be in Goldsboro May 2 to play at the Air Force base at 9 o'clock.
                                                                                          • 'He is scheduled to there today [May 3] and drive up to Norfolk, Va., where he has another engagement. And he leaves there tomorrow [May 4] and travels to Ohio.'
                                                                                          • 'The current tour that the "Duke" and his band are on continues for the rest of May. He will visit Ohio, Wisconsin, Kentucky, and Louisiana.'
                                                                                          • 'With him is his band of 14 musicians. One is his son, Mercer Ellington, 49, who plays trumpet...'
                                                                                          • 'He usually takes his meals in his room.
                                                                                              "It's a lonely life," the "Duke" said. "Most people who are show people are lonely. Sammy Davis ... Jackie Leonard, good friends of mine...they're lonely too."
                                                                                              Mr. Ellington explained that when he eats in public places, he is usually mobbed by autograph seekers and those who just want to talk.
                                                                                              "I love them," he said, "but I never get time to eat."'
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                                                                                          Thursday
                                                                                          .Goldsboro, N.C.Air Force BaseJack E. Leonard, Duke Ellington and His Orchestra, Tony Bennett - see 1968 03 03



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                                                                                          Blacksburg, Va.War Memorial Gym
                                                                                          Virginia Polytechnic Institute
                                                                                          Ring dance, first of two evening dances.
                                                                                          • Richmond Times-Dispatch, Richmond, Va. p.H-4
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                                                                                          .Wilberforce, OhioBeacom Gym
                                                                                          Central State University
                                                                                          Appears to be a concert at 8 p.m. (announced by Dr. Nicholas L. Gerren, chairman of the lecture-concert committee)
                                                                                          • Wilmington, O., News-Journal, Wilmington, Ohio, 1968-05-03 p.10
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                                                                                          Tuesday
                                                                                          .Milwaukee, Wisc.Milwaukee Auditorium8 p.m. - Second Concert of Sacred Music with the 58 voice Carthage College Choir - evening performance

                                                                                          Ticket prices: $1, $2, $3, $4, $5

                                                                                          Appearance for the sixth annual convention of the Wisconsin-Upper Michigan synod of the Lutheran Church in America.

                                                                                          What took place was a jazz happening and religious experience only Ellington, with his consummate mastery of the modern musical idiom, could have made possible. When the audience of about 3,000 rose to applaud and cheer after the final phrase of 'Praise God and Dance,' it rose not by twos and threes, but en masse, drawn by the power of Ellington's musical statement." - Don Lewis, MJ.

                                                                                          The Sentinel review estimated the audience at 4,000 and was very favourable as well.
                                                                                          • The Milwaukee Journal
                                                                                            • Announcement 1968-03-16, p.4
                                                                                            • 1968-05-04 p.4
                                                                                            • 1968-05-06 Pt. 2 p.8
                                                                                            • 1968-05-07 Pt.2 p.12
                                                                                            • Racine Sunday Bulletin, Racine, Wisc. 1968-04-28 p.8D
                                                                                            • The Milwukee Journal, Milwaukee, Wisc., 1968-05-04 p.4
                                                                                            • The Milwukee Star, Milwaukee, Wisc.,
                                                                                              • Late Edition 1968-05-04 p.14
                                                                                              • 1968-05-11 p.16
                                                                                            • Review, 'Ellington's Concert Has Sublime Touch,' by Don Lewis, 1968-05-08, p.15
                                                                                          • Milwaukee Sentinel, Milwaukee, Wisc.
                                                                                            • 1968-04-16, Pt. 1 p. 11
                                                                                            • 1968-05-04 Pt.3 p.13
                                                                                            • 1968-05-07 Pt.1 p.8
                                                                                            • Unattributed review, 1968-05-08 Pt. 1 p.15
                                                                                          • Waukesha Freeman Saturday Review, Waukesha, Wisc. 1968-04-27 p.4
                                                                                          • The Milwaukee Star, Milwaukee, Wisc.
                                                                                            • 1968-05-04 pp.14,15
                                                                                            • 1968-05-11 p.16
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                                                                                          .Dayton, OhioMemorial Hall(Unconfirmed)

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                                                                                          .Lexington, Ky.Paradise Inn

                                                                                          ' IN PERSON
                                                                                          DUKE ELLINGTON
                                                                                          and Orchestra
                                                                                          THURS., MAY 9th
                                                                                          8:30 P.M. Til 1:00 A.M.
                                                                                          ADM. Each Show Adv. $3. At
                                                                                          Door $3.25. Both Shows 8:30 &
                                                                                          11:00 $5.00 Incl. Reservations...

                                                                                          PARADISE INN Limited Tickets'

                                                                                          The show started with Ellington being awarded a Little Red Caboose Award by Lions Club Blue Grass Fair manager Jimmie Young in appreciation of his tremendous performance the previous year. Lou Weinstein's enthusiastic review in the Herald-Leader named Gonsalves, Benny Carter (?!?), Carney, Anderson, Williams, Hodges, and Mercer Ellington, who he describes as a trombone player. He also mentioned a few song titles, including Shiny Stockings, which is not an Ellington composition.
                                                                                          • The Lexington Herald and The Lexington Leader,Lexington, Ky. 1968-05-04 p.15
                                                                                          • The Sunday Herald-Leader,Lexington, Ky. 1968-05-05 p.66
                                                                                          • 1968-05-12 p.54
                                                                                          • The Lexington Herald, Lexington, Ky. 1968-05-08 p.29
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                                                                                          .Wilmington, OhioHermann Court
                                                                                          Wilmington College
                                                                                          Concert 8 p.m., admission $3 (reserved seats) and $2 (bleachers). Ticket sales opened April 12, with 750 tickets reserved for Artist Series patrons and students.
                                                                                          News Journal:
                                                                                          • 1967-10-04:

                                                                                            '...the Artist Series Committee has joined the Student Senate to co-sponsor Mr. Ellington and his orchestra in a concert...Duke Ellington and his orchestra conclude the series on May 11, appearing in concert at 8 p.m. in Hermann Court... '

                                                                                          • 1968-14-12:

                                                                                            'General admission tickets for the May 11 Duke Ellington concert went on public sale at Wilmington College...'

                                                                                          • 1968-05-06:

                                                                                            '8 p.m. Duke Ellington and his orchestra in concert...
                                                                                            10 p.m. Festival Ball with Duke Ellington and his orchestra, by invitation only.'

                                                                                          • 1968-05-08:

                                                                                            'A few tickets for the Festival Ball Saturday night with Duke Ellington and his orchestra furnishing the music are available to the public...There will be place [sic] for more dancers in Pyle Center in the upstairs dining room where space is ample.'

                                                                                          • 1968-05-10

                                                                                            'Twelve Wilmington College beauties will be on hand Saturday night at the Duke Ellington dance...It begins at 10 p.m. Saturday in Pyle Center, following the Ellington concert in Hermann Court.'

                                                                                          The review named some of the sidemen: Carney, Hodges, Williams, Woodyard, Gonsalves, Anderson, Lamb, and a couple of sprightly youngsters who belted out It Don't Mean a Thing.
                                                                                          • Wilmington, Ohio, News Journal, Wilmington, Ohio
                                                                                            • 1967-10-04 p.20
                                                                                            • 1968-04-12 p.3
                                                                                            • 1968-05-06 p.6
                                                                                            • 1968-05-08 p.2
                                                                                            • 1968-05-13 p.3 - lengthy review
                                                                                            • 1968-05-14 p.6
                                                                                          • The Republican-Courier, Findlay, Ohio, 1968-04-13 p.B6
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                                                                                          Saturday
                                                                                          .Wilmington, OhioPyle Center
                                                                                          Wilmington College
                                                                                          Dance - 10 p.m. - see preceding entry re concert on the same campus.

                                                                                          'Judy Childs, a history and government major from Lawerance, Mich., was chosen out of 12 contestants Saturday night as the 1968 Wilmington College May Queen.
                                                                                            The crowning came mid way through the Spring Formal which followed a concert by Duke Ellington and his band...
                                                                                            Judy was crowned as May Queen by Duke Ellington who had the honor of the Queen's dance. It was great dancing with Ellington, Judy commented, I've alwasy been a jazz fan. The qeen admitted that she was a little nervous but when Ellington said to her, Hope you can dance, I can't,' her nervous condition subsided...It's quite an honor to be selected as Queen, it's something that does not happen often especially getting crowned by Duke Ellington, Judy said...

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                                                                                          .New Orleans, La.Municipal AuditoriumClarinetist Pete Fountain and Duke Ellington and his orchestra headlined the first concert of Jazzfest '68. Also on the bill were Max Kaminsky's New Yorkers, Pee Wee Russell, Teddi King, the June arkner-Red Tyler Quartet and Art Hodes; Chicago All Stars.
                                                                                          • The Times-Picayune, New Orleans, La.
                                                                                            • 1968-05-01 s.4 p.11
                                                                                            • 1968-05-12 s.6 p.4
                                                                                          • Sunday Advocate, Baton Rouge, La., 1968-05-19 p.16-A
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                                                                                          .Boston, Mass.Back Bay Theatre
                                                                                          205 Mass. Ave.
                                                                                          2 Concerts 7 and 10 p.m., Jack E. Leonard, Duke Ellington and His Orchestra, Tony Bennett - see 1968 03 03

                                                                                          Presented by WHDH in association with Ken Roberts

                                                                                          MCs were Jess Cain (early show), Jim Runyon and Norm Nathan (later show)

                                                                                          Tickets, $6.00, $5.00, $3.50, $2.50
                                                                                          Continental Trailways invoice 133216 shows a 46-passenger chartered bus picked the band up at Northeast Airlines in East Boston at 3:45 p.m. and took it to Boston. At 7:30 the next morning a chartered bus picked them up at the Hotel Bradford and took them to East Boston, presumably to fly to Buffalo. Continental charged $199.40, including tolls, for a 1 day charter. The drivers were named Hartwell and Ramsey.
                                                                                          • Record American, Boston, Mass.
                                                                                            • 1968-05-11 p.15
                                                                                            • 1968-05-14 p.30
                                                                                            • 1968-05-18 p.15
                                                                                          • Boston Sunday Advertiser, Boston, Mass.
                                                                                            • 1968-05-12 p.A-16
                                                                                            • 1968-05-16 p.A14
                                                                                          • Sunday Herald Traveler, Boston, Mass., 1968-05-12 p.10
                                                                                          • Boston Herald Traveler, Boston, Mass., 1968-05-16 p.44
                                                                                          • Continental Trailways invoice, SI-NMAH DEC301 Series III E, box 101, folder 12
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                                                                                          Sunday
                                                                                          .Buffalo, N.Y.Kleinhans Music Hall2 concerts, 4 p.m. and 8 p.m., Jack E. Leonard, Duke Ellington and His Orchestra, Tony Bennett - see 1968 03 03, sponsored by WGR Radio
                                                                                          The review by Roy Sniffen said:
                                                                                          • afternoon and evening performances were sold out
                                                                                          • Bennett was backed by the Ellington orchestra
                                                                                          • Ellington sidemen named: Hodges, Anderson, Williams, Gonsalves, Procope, Rufus Jones, Carney
                                                                                          • Leonard was "the cherry on top of the confection" and "one of the best at the one line gag."
                                                                                          • Buffalo Courier-Express, Buffalo, N.Y.
                                                                                            • 1968-05-19 p.23
                                                                                            • Roy Sniffen review, 1968-05-20 p.7
                                                                                          • "Front page, South Buffalo," West Seneca News, West Seneca, N.Y., p.7
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                                                                                          1968 06 29New York, N.Y.Rainbow Grill
                                                                                          Rockefeller Center
                                                                                          Ellington used an 8 piece band, "The Duke Ellington Octet", consisting of Anderson, Brown, Hodges, Gonsalves, Carney, himself, Castleman and Woodyard, with singers Trish Turner and Toney Watkins.

                                                                                          The band was to play until 2:00 AM every night except Sunday.

                                                                                          The relief band was the Phil Wayne Quartet.

                                                                                          Ella Fitzgerald, who had just finished her own engagement here, and Tony Bennett were both present on opening night and sang with the band and comedian Jack E. Leonard, who had just finished touring with Bennett and Ellington, entertained as well.
                                                                                          Skitch Henderson:

                                                                                          'The Lonesome Place

                                                                                            The other night Duke Ellington brought his eight-man band to the Rainbow Room here at New York City's Rockefeller Center and I sat back for a couple of hours watching the Duke operating under the very best of circumstances. True, it was their opening night and the night before it played in some ungodly town west of the Alleghenies.
                                                                                            But here he was, in one of Manhattan's most beautiful rooms, surrounded by adoring fans, playing mostly his own songs and gaily chatting with anyone who came near the keyboard.
                                                                                            At the evening's close our group went downstairs to find a taxi, a difficult task in midtown New York after midnight. We at last persuaded some disgruntled gentleman to pick us up and as we were driving away I saw a lone and forlorn figure standing at the curb, looking no place in general, completely detached from anything around him.
                                                                                            There stood the star of the evening, Ellington. We were going to circle the block and pick him up -and then thought better of it, simply because I have known so many people with a tremendous career, great financial success and public admiration who, when the spotlight is off, are inevitably loners...'

                                                                                          Leonard Feather's syndicated L.A. Times-Washington Post column published in The Sunday Oregonian describes on evening of this engagement but does not say which evening it was. His review names Anderson, Brown, Hodges, Gonsalves, Carney, Castleman (bass and "fender"), Rufus Jones rather than Sam Woodyard, and Watkins. Turner was off sick the night Feather wrote about.

                                                                                          In a widely distributed AP Newsfeatures column, Mary Campbell quoted Ellington extensively from her undated interview with him during this engagement. She quotes Duke as saying his day off at the Rainbow Grill is Sunday, and on those Sundays, the band would do the new sacred concert in a nearby church.

                                                                                          The working paper headed Duke Ellington Inc. Statement of Account With Associated Booking Corp. at December 31 1968 shows payments from the Rainbow Grill for the periods May 20-25, May 27-June 1, June 3-8, June 10-15 and June 24-29, confirming the Sunday day off, but no revenue is shown for June 16 through 23 suggesting those may have been days off from the Rainbow Grill
                                                                                          • SI-NMAH DEC301 Box 112 Folder 3, Duke Ellington Inc.: Statement of Account With Associated Booking Corp., part C
                                                                                          • Stratemann p.568 citing Variety 1968-05-29 p.51
                                                                                          • Earl Wilson' syndicated column, The Lowell Sun, Lowell, Mass. 1968-05-24 p.30
                                                                                          • Skitch Henderson, The Springfield Sunday Republican, Springfield, Mass.,1968-06-16 p.61
                                                                                          • The Sunday Oregonian, Portland, Ore., 1968-06-30 p.17
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                                                                                          .New York, N.Y.Rainbow GrillNight club engagement see 1968 05 20

                                                                                          Broadcast (network or station) session at (time)
                                                                                          Duke Ellington octet
                                                                                          Anderson, Brown, Hodges, Gonsalves, Carney, Ellington, Castleman, Jones

                                                                                          Titles broadcast:
                                                                                          • Meditation
                                                                                          • Single Petal Of A Rose
                                                                                          • Caravan
                                                                                          • Do Nothin' Till You Hear From Me
                                                                                          • Body and Soul
                                                                                          • Satin Doll
                                                                                          • Come Off The Veldt
                                                                                          • Ocht O'Clock Rock
                                                                                          • I Got It Bad and That Ain't Good
                                                                                          • Things Ain't What They Used To Be
                                                                                          • I'm Beginning To See The Light
                                                                                          • Take The "A" Train
                                                                                          • Sophisticated Lady
                                                                                          • Alice Blue Gown
                                                                                          • Race (Kiki)
                                                                                          • I Let A Song Go Out Of My Heart/Don't Get Around Much Any More
                                                                                          • Mood Indigo/Serenade to Sweden
                                                                                          • Happy Birthday To You
                                                                                          • Satin Doll
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                                                                                          .Bridgeport, Conn.Klein Memorial Auditorium
                                                                                          910 Fairfield Avenue
                                                                                          7:30 Sacred Concert with the University of Bridgeport Concert Choir, sponsored by The Espicopal Churches of Greater Bridgeport for the benefit of East End Teen Centers.
                                                                                          • The Bridgeport Post, 1968-01-31 p.14
                                                                                          • The Bridgeport Telegram, Bridgeport, Conn.
                                                                                            • 1968-02-01 pp.5, 29
                                                                                            • 1968-05-17 p.46
                                                                                          • Bridgeport Sunday Post, Bridgeport, Conn. 1968-05-19 p.C-11
                                                                                          • Stratemann p.568 citing DESB
                                                                                          • Additional documentation is likely to be found in the SI-NMAH DEC301 Series 2: Performances and Programs, 1933-1974, box 16, folder 2 Episcopal Churches of Bridgeport, Klein Memorial, Bridgeport, Connecticut, May 26, 1968
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                                                                                          .New York, N.Y.Hudson RiverEllington, quoted by Mary Campbell in her lengthy Associated Press article about Ellington's new album And His Mother Called Him Bill:

                                                                                          'On May 30 Ruth and I threw roses into the Hudson River, where we scattered his [Strayhorn's] ashes a year ago. The roses looked pretty out there. You don't know how I miss him.'

                                                                                          Mary Campbell column, reproduced nationally, as printed in many newspapers, including
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                                                                                          Hunter College
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                                                                                          • folder 3 All Souls Episcopal Church, New York, New York, June 2, 1968
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                                                                                          .Chicago, Ill.Prudential Building
                                                                                          Columbia College
                                                                                          Stratemann: "With consumer advocate Ralph Nader and media personality Studs Terkel, Ellington had been invited to accept another academic degree. There is no confirmation that he did indeed make the trip to Chicago."

                                                                                          In an oral history some years after Stratemann was published, Gene Dekovic, former administrator, faculty and Board member was interviewed:

                                                                                          "What were graduations like in the 1960s? Could you describe-"

                                                                                          Mr. Dekovic: "Well, they were fun. One of them was taking place in the auditorium in the Prudential Building."

                                                                                          "Mm-hmm. That's the one at Randolph Street, right, the Prudential Building?"

                                                                                          Mr. Dekovic: "Right. Anyway, and we had to wait until Father Jones, who was an activist Episcopal priest on our faculty, got out of jail, so that he could say the invocation, you know. Um, we had - Mike was selecting wonderful people for honorary degrees... um, we had Duke Ellington, we had - oh, what's his name, the consumer-Ralph Nader. My wife and I drove Ralph Nader out to the airport that June night, and that was just about the time that Robert Kennedy was being assassinated. Um, but anyway, it was that level of people that were getting degrees, and apparently seemed to be very happy about it..."

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                                                                                          Saturday
                                                                                          .New York, N.Y.."A Contemporary Memorial"

                                                                                          Ellington, Jeff Castleman and Johnny Hodges participated in a taping session for the WCBS-TV tribute to the assassinated Robert F. Kennedy, who was buried that day at Arlington Natonal Cemetery. The 2 and a half hour tribute aired the following day, and included Ellington's group several other groups as well.
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                                                                                          .New Rochelle, N.Y.North Avenue Presbyterian ChurchConcert of sacred musicAdditional documentation is likely to be found in SI-NMAH DEC301 Series 2: Performances and Programs, 1933-1974, box 16, folder 4 North Avenue Presbyterian Church, New Rochelle, New York, June 9, 1968..
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                                                                                          RCA Building

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                                                                                          "Today Show"

                                                                                          'One of America's most beloved composer-musicians, Edward Kennedy (Duke) Ellington, will be the subject of a two-hour musical salute on the "Today" show on Thursday, June 13 (7-9 a.m. NYT, in color,) on the NBC Television Network.
                                                                                            The first extended performance by the Ellington band on network television was made on a two-hour "Today" special in 1964, and they are the first to be invited back to the early morning show for a second two-hour appearance.
                                                                                            Members of the band who will appear on the "Today" special include several musicians love in with Ellington over the years. Among these jazz artists are trumpeter William "Cat" Anderson, trombonist Lawrence Brown (who has been with Ellington for 30 years), saxophonists John Hodges and Harry Carney (who have both been with the Duke for 40 years) and Paul Gonsalves, bass player Jeff Castleman and drummer Rufus Jons [sic].
                                                                                            Between the musical performances, "Today" host Hugh Downs will talk with Ellington about his long and very successful career...
                                                                                            Duke Ellington and his orchestra are currently appearing at the Rainbow Grill in new [sic] York City's Rockefeller Center. An article which appeared in the New Yorker magazine sums up their tremendous popularity in the opening line: "To miss Ellington at the Rainbow Grill would be like turning off one's radio just as Lindbergh was about to land." '

                                                                                          This column appeared in The Miani Times and the The Republican-Courier with no author's name or source information.

                                                                                          The Nielsen discography has the show as emanating from NBC studios at the RCA Building. New Desor, Girvan and Timner show it emanating from the Rainbow Grill, which would not have been open at 7 a.m., nor does it seem likely the band would make a two-hour live broadcast at 7 a.m. so the show most likely was taped. Further research is needed.
                                                                                          Duke Ellington octet with interviewer Hugh Downs
                                                                                          Anderson, Brown, Hodges, Gonsalves, Carney, Ellington, Castleman, R.Jones

                                                                                          Titles recorded:
                                                                                          • Take The "A" Train
                                                                                          • Things Ain't What They Used To Be
                                                                                          • Sophisticated Lady
                                                                                          • I'm Beginning To See The Light
                                                                                          • Mood Indigo
                                                                                          • Black and Tan Fantasy
                                                                                          • Prelude To A Kiss
                                                                                          • Solitude
                                                                                          • It Don't Mean A Thing
                                                                                          • Meditation
                                                                                          • Satin Doll
                                                                                          • Lotus Blossom
                                                                                          Either way, the show received a glowing review by Hazel Garland in her Video Vignettes column, in which she said,

                                                                                          '...the "TODAY" show presented the Ellington band in a two-hour special in 1964. Last week Ellington became the first to be invited back to the early morning show for a second two-hour appearance.
                                                                                            It was quite an exciting two hours too...
                                                                                            Host HUGH DOWNS was very difinite in saying he is and has long been an Ellington fan. During the musical performances, Downs talked with the Duke about his long and successful career...
                                                                                            HARRY CARNEY and JOHNNY HODGES, both super-saxophone artists, have been with the Ellington band for 40 years... Trombonist LAWRENCE BROWN has been with Ellington for 30 years...
                                                                                            ALL OF THOSE mentioned were with the Duke on the show. He didn't bring his full band, only seven members beside himself. The others who performed ... were ... WILLIAM "CAT ANDERSON...PAUL GONSALVES...JEFF CASTELMAN [sic] and drummer RUFUS JONES. The latter has played off and on with the Ellington outfit. Duke said: "Rufus doesn't like to travel." Guess that explains why he is seldom with Duke on the road engagements.'

                                                                                            • Identical announcements published without byline, in:
                                                                                            • The Miami Times, Miami, Fla., 1968-06-07 p.8
                                                                                            • The Republican-Courier, Findlay, Ohio, 1968-06-10 p.B-5
                                                                                          • Television listings
                                                                                            • The Seattle Times, Seattle, Wash., 1968-06-12 p.54
                                                                                            • Milwaukee Sentinel, Milwaukee, Wisc., 1968-06-13 p.10 pt.Y
                                                                                          • Hazel Garland, Video Vignettes, The New Courier, Pittsburgh, Penn. 1968-06-29 p.18
                                                                                          • Stratemann p.568
                                                                                          • Vail II
                                                                                          • Girvan:   Ellingtonia.com
                                                                                          • Timner
                                                                                          • Ole J. Nielsen, Jazz Records 1942-80, A discography: Vol. Six, Duke Ellington
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                                                                                          • The Seattle Times, Seattle, Wash., 1968-06-16 TV section p.10 (for Tuesday night June 18 telecast)
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                                                                                          Ellington was scheduled to appear on network television on the Mike Douglas Show. This daily show was usually taped the day before being telecast, and it could have been a rerun, so it is not clear when Ellington participated, nor whether he appeared alone or with members of his orchetra. This may be the session noted in New Desor and Stratemann that is tentatively dated May 1968, in which Ellington with Castleman and Jones performed Satin Doll, Sophisticated Lady, Take the A Train and Meditation. Television listings show Ellington appeared several times on the Mike Douglas Show, and sometimes show others appearing as well. Some of those listings are clearly repeats of shows telecast some time earlier - i.e., late January is probably a rerun of a show a month earlier.
                                                                                          • Television supplement, Daily News, Tarrytown, N.Y. 1968-06-08
                                                                                          • Stratemann p.682
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                                                                                          5 and 7:30 PM
                                                                                          .Brooklyn, N.Y.Emmanuel Baptist ChurchTwo concerts of sacred music, using the full orchestra
                                                                                          • NMAH (Smithsonian) DE CollectionBox 8 Folder 18 Duke Ellington at Emmanuel [Program], June 16, 1968
                                                                                          • Additional documentation is likely to be found in SI-NMAH DEC301, Series 2: Performances and Programs, 1933-1974, box 16, folder 5 Emanuel Baptist Church, Brooklyn, New York, June 16, 1968
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                                                                                          .New York, N.Y.Village Gate
                                                                                          Greenwich Village
                                                                                          Benefit concert:
                                                                                          Daytop Village is or was a drug rehabilitation centre on Staten Island.

                                                                                          "This month, a group of celebrated musicians will give a series of concerts to benefit Daytop Village.Three of them, featuring such artists as Pete Seeger and Billy Taylor, will be held on the institution's grounds at 450 Bayview Ave., Staten Island, N.Y...On June 17, Duke Ellington will give a benefit concert at Greenwich Village's famous Village Gate."

                                                                                          This engagement does not seem to conflict with the Rainbow Grill booking - no revenue from the Rainbow Grill is shown for June 16 to 23.
                                                                                          • "Former Addicts Perform in Play," by William A. Raidy, Ada Sunday Times, Ada, Okla. 1968-06-16, p.8
                                                                                          • SI-NMAH DEC301 Box 112 Folder 3, Duke Ellington Inc.: Statement of Account With Associated Booking Corp., part C
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                                                                                          1968 06 11
                                                                                          New York, N.Y.Home of Ruth (Ellington) StamatiouAt some time prior to the Plainfield June 23 concert, Rosemary Bachelor and photographer Fred Keesing of The Courier-News interviewed Ellington in his sister's apartment.
                                                                                          Ms Bachelor wrote:

                                                                                          '...it seems incongruous to have sat with Duke Ellington surrounded by the plush gold and white decor of his sister's New York apartment and discussing the Lord, faith and freedom amidst a noisy staccato of phones, typing and people scurrying about.
                                                                                            ...He was oblivious to the bustle ... the secretary on one phone at her corner desk by the window overlooking Central Park, another man sitting on the sofa talking to someone in Washington, the houseboy... and yes, even to the young man who puts drops in eyes so sensitive the Duke's physician ruled that photographers may not use flash bulbs within eight feet of his eyes.
                                                                                            ...Dule [sic] Ellington smiled, sung out a few da-da-da's in a rhythmic phrase and said to me: "That's you." We laughed.
                                                                                            Then the other faces and voices in the living room ... came back into focus and it seemed like someone had turned the volume up on the background music as we ended our conversation. A young boy was drinking a can of orange juice and someone was excitedly discovering that a long distance caller had been left waiting and forgotten for 20 minutes as he waited to talk to the Duke.
                                                                                            We got up to leave, but Ellington motioned us to sit down. Then he proceeded, in a very warm, casual way, to interview the photographer and reporter.
                                                                                            Twice more we got up to go and were detained. Then, after we left our address so the Duke could send us Christmas cards, we said our goodbyes.
                                                                                            That's when we discovered one more thing...
                                                                                            He likes people.'

                                                                                          The Courier-News, Plainfield, N.J. 1968-06-11 p.17..
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                                                                                          .Plainfield, N.J.Crescent Avenue Presbyterian Church2 p.m.- rehearsal for the evening Concert of Sacred Music. The Courier News:

                                                                                          'Because of the limited seating capacity of the church, Ellington is permitting tickets to be sold at a reduced rate for junior and senior high school students only, to his rehearsal on June 23 at 2 p.m.'

                                                                                          Student tickets were $2. The "co-chairmen for student tickets" were Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Varnado of Plainfield. An announcement said they tickets would be sold at 3 p.m. in Plainfield schools, naming Plainfield High School and Maxson and Hubbard Junior High Schools.
                                                                                          • The Courier-News, Plainfield,N.J.
                                                                                            • 1968-05-23 p.7
                                                                                            • 1968-06-07 p.28
                                                                                            • 1968-06-08 p.14
                                                                                            • 1968-06-20 p.26
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                                                                                          .Plainfield, N.J.Crescent Avenue Presbyterian Church6:30 p.m.- Concert of Sacred Music, full orchestra and the Plainfield Choral Society choir, sponsored by the Plainfield Clergymen's Association to benefit Neighborhood House.

                                                                                          Ticket prices: $10 and $7.50

                                                                                          'Ellington's chorus will be joined by the Plainfield Choral Society, an interracial group of 70 voices, under the direction of Louis Hooker. Hooker is music director of the First-Park Baptist Church, Plainfield, and director of choral music at the Rutherford campus of Fairleigh Dickinson University.
                                                                                            "In coming to Plainfield," said Norman H. Meyer, president of Neighborhood House, Duke Ellington is making a personal contribution of $2,500 in recognition of our anniversary. The ... Church is donating its facilities and manpower. Ticket prices are high for one reason only–to raise money for Neighborhood House, which will be used exclusively to provide additional staff..."
                                                                                            ...Arranging for the Ellington concert are William Lovett, general chairman; Mrs. Ralph Anderson and Mrs. Walter Herz, co-chairmen, ticket sales, Stanley Jaros and Charles Yancey, co-chairmen, ushers and seating; and W. C. Williams and Mrs. J.B. Lightburn, publicity.'


                                                                                          The Courier-News said the memorial service for The Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King was held in this church.
                                                                                          In September, the Courier-News reported:
                                                                                          • Net proceeds were almost $7,500 with small amounts still to be received, and were enough to hire a program director for Neighborhood House.
                                                                                          • Ellington's contribution was halving his usual $5,000 fee.
                                                                                          • Ellington liked the singing and invited some 20 of the group to form the chorus when the Sacred Concert "is given in a New York church next month."
                                                                                          • Ellington promised to assign a portion of royalties to Neighborhood House when the recording of the Second Sacred Concert is released.
                                                                                          • The Courier-News, Plainfield,N.J.
                                                                                            • 1968-05-23 p.7
                                                                                            • 1968-06-07 p.28
                                                                                            • 1968-06-08 p.14
                                                                                            • 1968-06-20 p.26
                                                                                            • 1968-06-24 p.28
                                                                                            • 1968-09-04 p.14
                                                                                          • Additional documentation might be found in SI-NMAH DEC301, Series 2: Performances and Programs, 1933-1974, box 16, folder 7, Crescent Avenue Presbyterian Church, Plainfield, New Jersey, June 23, 1968
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                                                                                          .New York, N.Y.110th St. and Lenox, Ave., Harlem"Jazzmobile" concert, using the full orchestra.

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                                                                                          .Stamford, Conn.Back yard of Jackie Robinson's homeBack yard benefit concert for the Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial Fund, 1 to 8 p.m. Performers included Dave Brubeck, Cannonball and Nat Adderly, Lionel Hampton and the Clark Terry band. Ellington and his 17-piece band played 12 numbers and closed the show. 2,000 tickets were sold at $10 each, and about $3,000 was pledged during the afternoon.AP wirestory datelined Stamford, Conn., "Hots and Cools Collect for Memorial," The Arizona Republic, Phoenix, Ariz. 1968-07-02 p.19..
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                                                                                          Monday
                                                                                          .Lambertville, N.J.St. John Terrell's Lambertville Music Circus8:30 p.m. concert.
                                                                                          • Sunday Times Advertiser, Trenton, N.J.
                                                                                            • 1968-05-26 p.3
                                                                                            • 1968-06-30 p.10
                                                                                          • The Courier-News, Plainfield,N.J. 1968-06-25 p.18
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                                                                                          Accepted wisdom is that Jimmy Hamilton, having won a lottery, retired from the band and eventually moved to St. Croix, Virgin Isles.

                                                                                          In his biographical sketch of Hamilton, Thomas Reed tells us Jimmy left the band when it returned to New York in July 1968, but it should be noted neither he nor Russell Procope were in the octet during the Rainbow Grill residency that began 1968 05 22. Reed says Jimmy freelanced (arranging and playing) in New York and migrated to the Virgin Islands in 1970. - see 1917 05 25.
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                                                                                          Harold Ashby, born 1925 03 27, replaced Jimmy Hamilton after the July 1 Music Circus performance. He had previously played in some of its August 1963 sessions.
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                                                                                          .Newport, R.I.Festival FieldNewport Jazz Festival
                                                                                          Evening concerts... Friday: Schlitz Salute to Big Bands - Duke Ellington, Count Basie, Woody Herman, Dizzy Gillespie Reunion Band and guest artists;
                                                                                          Evening and Sunday Afternoon tickets: $3.50, $4.50, $5.50, Box Seats $10.00
                                                                                          Stratemann:

                                                                                          'After Count Basie and Woody Herman had played a set each with various guest artists, the Ellington band came on stage, joined by Clark Terry (tp), Nat Pierce (p), and Steve Little (dm), to support alto/soprano saxophonist Charlie Barnet in his first and only appearance at Newport. Barnet, who had rehearsed with the Ellington band for several days, was to have been introduced by Ellington, but had to start his set without an introduction. He played a medley from his own book with the Ellington band,... The Ellington band by itself -with Ellington at the piano, and Dick Wilson on drums supplementing Rufus Jones - played a standard Ellington set...'

                                                                                          Leonard Feather was more explicit:

                                                                                          '...Duke Ellington's behaviour toward guest artists playing with his musicians was the subject of heated debate. Charlie Barnet, who has idolized Duke all his life, travelled 6,000 miles, by train, between San Diego and Newport, just for the joy of playing with the Ellington band. His reward: After Duke was announced, he failed to show up to present Barnett, who was a obliged to introduce himself. Ellington never appeared on stage with Charlie, not even to shake his hand at the end of the set.'

                                                                                          • Ad, The Heights, Boston College, 1968-05-07 p.2
                                                                                          • Record American, Boston, Mass., 1968-05-11 p.15
                                                                                          • TheSpringfield Sunday Republican, Springfield, Mass., 1968-06-16 p.61
                                                                                          • Stratemann p.571
                                                                                          • Leonard Feather, The Los Angeles Times, printed in Seattle Times, Seattle, Wash., 1968-07-21 p.C15
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                                                                                          Saturday
                                                                                          .Newport, R.I..Newport Jazz Festival
                                                                                          Afternoon concerts: Duke Ellington, Johnny Hodges, Benny Carter, Montego Joe, Tal Farlow, Sonny Criss. Afternoon - general admission: $3.00
                                                                                          Evening concerts - Saturday: Dionne Warwick, Duke Ellington, Alex Welsh, Ruby Braff, Pee Wee Russell, Joe Venuti, Bud Freeman, Hugh Masekela. Tickets: $3.50, $4.50, $5.50, Box Seats $10.00
                                                                                          Stratemann, without naming a source:

                                                                                          'In the afternoon Ellington, Johnny Hodges and the rhythm team (Jeff Castleman and Rufus Jones) played a set with alto saxophonist Benny Carter that was apparently less memorable for its music than for the thoughtless - almost rude - manner in which Carter was treated by his colleagues. That night, the full Ellington band as well played a set.'

                                                                                          Leonard Feather:

                                                                                          '...THE NEXT afternoon, joining with Johnny Hodges and Benny Carter in what could have been a memorable set, Duke seemed less than eager to stress the role of the impeccable Carter saxophone. Without consulting Carter on tunes (he was not even assigned a single ballad), Ellington led Hodges into repetitions of the same two numbers he had played the previous night, and then allotted an entire number to the bassist, and even wasted time on a listless solo by the drummer. One fan remarked, "A real Duke would have remembered the meaning of the words noblesse oblige."...'

                                                                                          Stanley Dance's take on it is reproduced in Vail II, and says Duke did not tell the men what they would play until they were on stage.
                                                                                          • Yale Daily News, 1968-04-30 p.5
                                                                                          • The Heights, Boston College, 1968-05-07 p.2
                                                                                          • Leonard Feather, The Los Angeles Times, printed in Seattle Times, Seattle, Wash., 1968-07-21 p.C15
                                                                                          • Stratemann p.571 with photo
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                                                                                          .Stratford, Ont.Festival TheaterConcert of Sacred Music
                                                                                          The Ottawa Journal reported an eight-part sacred concert, assisted by the choir of St. John's United Church of Stratford, led by Gordon Scott.

                                                                                          A more thorough review in the Detroit American mentions Ellington was dressed in a white suit in the first half and a blue satin dinner jacket with red shirt and tie after the break.
                                                                                          • The Plain Dealer, Cleveland, Ohio, 1968-06-02 p.4-H
                                                                                          • Niagara Falls Gazette, Niagara Falls, N.Y. 1968-06-30 p.13-B
                                                                                          • Detroit American, Detroit, Mich., 1968-07-11 p.8
                                                                                          • The Ottawa Journal, Ottawa, Ont., 1968-07-13 p.6
                                                                                          • The Port Huron Times Herald, Port Huron, Mich., 1968-10-04 p.2
                                                                                          • Additional documentation is likely to be found in SI-NMAH DEC301 Series 2: Performances and Programs, 1933-1974, box 5, folder 11 USA and Stratford, Ontario, July 7, 1968
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                                                                                          .Hayward, Wisc.Historyland
                                                                                          Old Hayward
                                                                                          Recorded dance date

                                                                                          Duke Ellington and his Orchestra
                                                                                          C.Williams, Anderson, H. Jones, M. Ellington, Brown, Cooper, Connors, Ashby, Procope, Hodges, Gonsalves, Carney, Ellington, Castleman, R.Jones, Turner
                                                                                          Titles recorded:
                                                                                          • C-Jam Blues
                                                                                          • Laura
                                                                                          • Boo-Dah
                                                                                          • Killian's Lick
                                                                                          • Take The "A" Train
                                                                                          • Tutti For Cootie
                                                                                          • Satin Doll
                                                                                          • Soul Call
                                                                                          • Salomè
                                                                                          • Do Nothin' Till You Hear From Me
                                                                                          • I'm Beginning To See The Light
                                                                                          • Passion Flower
                                                                                          • Things Ain't What They Used to Be
                                                                                          • Just A Little Jive
                                                                                          • Sophisticated Lady
                                                                                          • Satin Doll
                                                                                          • Kinda Dukish - Rockin' In Rhythm
                                                                                          • Satin Doll
                                                                                          • Stormy Monday Blues
                                                                                          Milwaukee Journal:

                                                                                          ' Duke Ellington and his orchestra will play Thursday at Historyland in Hayward, Wis.'

                                                                                          Robert Wells' review describes the venue as a tent with a concrete floor, with a capacity audience seated at tables surrounding the dance space.

                                                                                          A thunderstorm brought heavy rain and strong winds, blowing the side of the tent open at times. Wells continued:

                                                                                          '...Some of the musicians looked up at the roof a little anxiously, but Ellington kept his cool. Even when the lights went out, neither he nor his men missed a note. When the lights came on again, several spectators laughed nervously but the music kept playing...
                                                                                            The rain was coming down in torrents when a gust of wind tore a hole in the roof back of the bandstand. Cootie Williams, the trumpeter, had been looking mournful before. He moved down to the next row to avoid the cold shower, his expression slightly more morose.
                                                                                            By now, the water was creeping across the concrete floor from all sides. Those nearest the edge of the tent put their feet on the table legs to keep them dry. By the time the entire floor was covered by an inch or so of water, the waitresses had removed their shoes and stockings and were cheerfully serving the drinks barefoot.
                                                                                            Several couples followed their example and began to dance, splashing around the floor in their bare feet. One overly exuberant listener began to stamp his feet in time to the music, but was persuaded not to make waves.'

                                                                                          Wells reported it was still raining when the concert ended after midnight, and the last request Ellington played was On the Sunny Side of the Street. The discographies do not list that title for this date but the lists are too short to be the entire evening's performance.
                                                                                          Milwaukee Journal, Milwaukee, Wisc.
                                                                                          • 1968-07-10 Pt. 2 p.13
                                                                                          • 1968-07-14 Pt. 4 p.11
                                                                                          • Robert W. Wells, Rain Fails to Sour Duke Ellington's Notes, 1968-07-21 p.2
                                                                                          • Stratemann p.571
                                                                                          • Vail II
                                                                                          • Girvan:   Ellingtonia.com
                                                                                          • Timner
                                                                                          • Ole J. Nielsen, Jazz Records 1942-80, A discography: Vol. Six, Duke Ellington, p.404
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                                                                                          'Many thanks for calling me today to discuss the arrangements for your concert with the San Francisco Symphony Orchestra...'

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                                                                                          .Cleveland, OhioWoodland Hills Park
                                                                                          East Boulevard and Dickens Ave. S.E.
                                                                                          8 p.m. - free concert for the Cleveland Summer Arts Festival

                                                                                          '... thousands turned out in Woodland Hills Park to cheer.
                                                                                            ... They sat in trees, on tops of seas of cars and trucks, shinnied up lamp-posts, skated over from the roller rink, sat, stood and sprawled elbow-to-elbow as far as the eye could see...
                                                                                            The bumper-to-bumper traffic trying to get in was backed up for more than an hour...
                                                                                            THE DUKE put on a million-dollar show and without a minute's rehearsal...
                                                                                            The Duke, longish hair curling over his blue silk shirt, his red coat bright and snappy, sat on a gold brocaded piano cushion.
                                                                                            ... Johnny Hodges stepped to the footlights, held up a sax and went into something sweet, sentimental and sexy. The Duke grabbed a trumpet and sashayed off side stage where he went through polite, slow and easy bumps and grinds, chuckling all the time.
                                                                                            ... the mood of excitement was delirious when two little dogs jumped onstage and pushed up to the loudspeaker where they began to "dance", wagging their tails like windmills.
                                                                                            Their owner, Lucy Ross... climbed up to catch her music-mesmerized pups. Instead she got carried away that she got close to the trumpets and she went into a dance that had to be seen to be believed. She grabbed the surprised Duke, hoisted him on her back and whirled him around like a toy airplane.
                                                                                            As befits royalty, he "kept his cool" and let Lucy have her fling before he escaped to front and center... '

                                                                                          The story is accompanied by a photo of Duke standing, with his back to a huge audience, holding a trumpet in his right hand.
                                                                                          The Plain Dealer, Cleveland, Ohio
                                                                                          • 1968-07-11 p.21
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                                                                                          .Toms River
                                                                                          Ocean County, N.J.
                                                                                          Riverview Point Bandshell
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                                                                                          Free concert, 8 p.m., with Elllington and his orchestra subbing for Count Basie.

                                                                                          6,000 attended
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                                                                                          Long Island, N.Y.
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                                                                                          .Roxbury, Mass.
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                                                                                          Elma Lewis Playhouse
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                                                                                          Free concert, 8 p.m., part of a two-month festival called Summerthing.Boston Sunday Advertiser, Boston, Mass. 1968-07-21 p.54..
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                                                                                          .Ithaca, N.Y.Bailey Hall
                                                                                          Cornell University
                                                                                          Concert sponsored by Cornell Summer Sessions and Summer-Ithaca, Inc. Reserved seats went on sale July 1 at $2.50 each, first-come, first-served.

                                                                                          The Ithaca Journal review said more than 2,000 attended and the hall was nearly filled.
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                                                                                          .Ambler, Penn.Temple University Appears to be a concert
                                                                                          Tickets, $4, $5, $6

                                                                                          Premiere season International Festival of Music and Dance
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                                                                                          .Inlet, N.Y.
                                                                                          (Central Aridondacks)
                                                                                          Ole Barn Restaurant
                                                                                          74 Limekiln Road
                                                                                          Richard Bambach:

                                                                                          'The only location given in Stratemann or other references for the Ole Barn is "central Adirondacks." The "Ole Barn Restaurant" ... is still in business. It is a well-known "institution" in the western Adirondacks. It seats over 300 customers. There is no doubt that this is the location for the Ellington engagement of July 29, 1968, for which Stratemann could not get a precise location with the information available to him.'

                                                                                          • Stratemann, p.572 citing DESB
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                                                                                          .Rochester, N.Y.Central Presbyterian Church
                                                                                          50 Plymouth Ave.
                                                                                          Hour long workshop for 300 children from the Baden Street Settlement and attending Hochstein Extension School. The newspaper ran a photo of Duke at the piano with Clarence Blackwell, age 6. This was early in the day; Ellington told the audience at the evening concert that he'd "lectured to some kids this morning."

                                                                                          Joyce Wilson's review quotes Ellington:

                                                                                          'I go to New York from here, then Los Angeles to play with the Philharmonic Saturday, and then to New York for the Sound of Youth U.S.A., that's a television show, on Aug. 6, then the San Francisco Symphony Aug.10, then we go to Atlantic City, and then a wonderful trip to South America and Mexico in September and in October we start the sacred concerts.'

                                                                                          Democrat and Chronicle, Rochester, N.Y.
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                                                                                          .Rochester, N.Y.Civic Center PlazaOutdoor concert, 7:30 p.m., Rochester Arts Festival. About 600 people attended.Democrat and Chronicle, Rochester, N.Y.
                                                                                          • 1968-07-28 p.1 s.E
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                                                                                          .Los Angeles, Cal.Hollywood BowlSaturday Pops Concert with Hollywood Bowl Orchestra
                                                                                          An Evening with Ellington
                                                                                          Music for a swinging summer night
                                                                                          Duke Ellington, conductor and piano soloist, featuring The Oscar Peterson Trio, Johnny Hodges, special guest Vikki Carr.

                                                                                          Tickets $6.75, $5.75, $4.75, $3.75, $2.75, $2.00 and $1.50.

                                                                                          Stratemann says the audience numbered 2,500, or half capacity.
                                                                                          The concert was recorded:

                                                                                          Duke Ellington with the Hollywood Bowl Orchestra
                                                                                          Ellington, Castleman, R.Jones; Hollywood Bowl Symphony Orchestra:
                                                                                          • Star Spangled Banner
                                                                                          • THE GOLDEN BROOM AND THE GREEN APPLE
                                                                                            • The Golden Broom
                                                                                            • The Green Apple
                                                                                            • The Handsome Traffic Policeman
                                                                                          • Passion Flower
                                                                                          • Things Ain't What They Used to Be
                                                                                          • Medley
                                                                                          • Come Off The Veldt
                                                                                          • Take The "A" Train
                                                                                          • Satin Doll
                                                                                          The medley consisted of:
                                                                                          • Do Nothin' Till You Hear From Me
                                                                                          • Mood Indigo
                                                                                          • I'm Beginning To See The Light
                                                                                          • Sophisticated Lady
                                                                                          • Caravan
                                                                                          • It Don't Mean A Thing
                                                                                          • Solitude
                                                                                          • Don't Get Around Much Anymore
                                                                                          • I Got It Bad and That Ain't Good
                                                                                          • I Let A Song Go Out of My Heart & Don't Get Around Much Anymore
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                                                                                          .New York, N.Y..Sidemen's activities not documentedEllington participated, as Master of Ceremonies, in videotaping a 90 minute "Sound Of Youth" television special or WOR-TV which featured the winners of a national contest for amateur musicians which aired August 8. Ellington was a member of the board of advisors.
                                                                                          • Letter, Sound of Youth U.S.A. (Sid Bass) to Ellington, 1968-08-09, SI-NMAH DEC301 Series III i, Box 133 Folder 19
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                                                                                          .San Francisco, Cal.Civic AuditoriumEllington soloed and performed with the San Francisco Symphony. Singer Vicki Carr also performed.
                                                                                          In July, the assistant manager of the symphony wrote to Ellington saying:

                                                                                          '...Miss Carr has advised us that she would very much like to be presented on the second half of the program, instead of on the first half as I discussed with you. We are very anxious that you close the program, and she is in agreement... Consequently, we would like to give you the entire first half of the program, and have you open the second half with a short piece, then give Miss Carr about 25 minutes, and close the program with a piece conducted by you...'

                                                                                          He then suggested this programme order:
                                                                                          • New World a Comin'
                                                                                          • A Duke Ellington Medley: In a Sentimental Mood, Don't Get Around Much Any More, Mood Indigo, I'm Beginning to See the Light, Sophisticated Lady, Caravan, I Got It Bad and That Ain't Good, and I Let a Song Go Out of My Heart.
                                                                                          • The Golden Broom and the Green Apple
                                                                                          • Intermission
                                                                                          • Passion Flower
                                                                                          • Things Ain't What They Used to Be (Hodges, Castleman, Jones)
                                                                                          • Vikki Carr, with Musical Conductor Andy Thomas (approx. 25 mins.)
                                                                                          • A big arrangement to close, with Duke Ellington, possibly Satin Doll
                                                                                          He said to feel free to revise the suggested program and to substitute numbers, and requested including Take the A Train, perhaps as part of the medley.
                                                                                          • SI-NMAH DEC301 Box 112
                                                                                            • Folder 15, Letter, William Bernell-Ellington 1968-07-12
                                                                                            • Folder 3, Duke Ellington Inc.: Statement of Account With Associated Booking Corp., part C
                                                                                          • Stratemann p.572
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                                                                                          .Beverly Hills, Cal.Tony Bennett's homeEllington and other celebrities attended a surprise birthday party for Bennett put on by his future wife, Sandra Grant.Stratemann p.572..
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                                                                                          .Los Angeles, Cal.Jazz Suite
                                                                                          140 S. Rodeo Drive
                                                                                          Peripheral event
                                                                                          Stratemann:

                                                                                          '...according to a DESB clipping, the full band was scheduled to play at a new Los Angeles club...The engagement is unconfirmed...'

                                                                                          Whether or not Ellington was booked, it seems the club did not open until the following Monday.
                                                                                          Leonard Feather, Aug. 18:

                                                                                          '"This," said Duke Ellington, "is the kind of club you see in those nightclub scenes in movies–but then you look around and you can never find them in real life."
                                                                                            The ducal endorsement was proffered during his preview visit to the Jazz Suite in Beverly Hills. Zero hour has been set for 7 p.m. Monday...'

                                                                                          (emphasis added)

                                                                                          The Jazz Suite was a members-only three-room club, with 2,000 memberships selling for $500 initially, and later $1,000. By October 4, the musicians union was involved because musicians hadn't been paid, and Feather reported the club did not open Oct. 24 because its electricity was shut off for failure to pay.

                                                                                          Feather's columns and other local reports named some of the acts that played the club, but none mention the Ellington orchestra.
                                                                                          • Leonard Feather, Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles, Cal.,
                                                                                            • 1968-08-18, Calendar section, p.45
                                                                                            • 1968-10-18 pt.IV p.13
                                                                                            • 1968-10-26 Pt.II p.7
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                                                                                          .Ipswich, Mass.Crane EstateConcert, 8:30 p.m., tickets $3.00

                                                                                          'Duke Ellington and his orchestra will appear on Friday night at the Crane Estate ... as the final event in the 1968 Castle Hill Festival Series.'

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                                                                                          .Roxbury, Mass.Elma Lewis Playhouse in the Park
                                                                                          Franklin Park
                                                                                          8:30 p.m. concert attended by 5,000. Roxbury is in the greater Boston area.
                                                                                          Gerald Jackson's review said 5,000 turned out, they sat on the grass and in the trees. His review includes a photo of Elma Lewis with Ellington, and says he told the audience he could only play for an hour becuase his band had been playing so many dates of late.
                                                                                          • Record American, Boston, 1968-08-16 p.48
                                                                                          • Boston Herald Traveler, Boston, Mass., 1968-08-17 p.20
                                                                                          • Gerald Jackson, Boston Sunday Advertiser, Boston, Mass. 1968-08-18 p.22
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                                                                                          .Hampton Bays,
                                                                                          Long Island, N.Y.
                                                                                          Canoe Place InnDinner-dance to benefit the Hampton Animal Shelter in Bridgehampton.
                                                                                          • The East Hampton Star, East Hampton, N.Y., 1968-08-15 s.II p.6
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                                                                                          1968 09 01
                                                                                          Sunday
                                                                                          ...PERSONNEL CHANGE
                                                                                          Willie Cook, trumpet, rejoins the band
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                                                                                          Departure from Kennedy Airport, New York
                                                                                          Return to Miami, Fla.
                                                                                          .
                                                                                          Departure to begin a South American tour encompassing Brazil, Argentina, Uruguay and Chile. This appears to have been a two part tour, the first being to South America, and the second being Mexico after a gig in the Bahamas followed by a short tour in the United States.

                                                                                          Personnel included Mr. and Mrs. M. Ellington, Anderson, Cook, H.Jones, D. Ellington, Williams, Brown, Cooper, Connors, Procope, Mr. and Mrs. Hodges, Ashby, Gonsalves, Carney, Castleman, Jones, Turner, Watkins, and Stanley Dance.

                                                                                          The first flight was overnight from Kennedy Airport to Rio De Janeiro via Aerolineas Argentinas, changing planes to continue to Sao Paulo.
                                                                                          • Stratemann p.572 citing Stanley Dance in
                                                                                            • The World of Duke Ellington
                                                                                            • Lightly and Politely column, Jazz Journal, 1968-11-00
                                                                                          • Additional documentation is likely to be found in SI-NMAH DEC301, Series 2: Performances and Programs, 1933-1974, box 5,
                                                                                            • folder 12 Argentina, September 5-11, 1968, Brazil, April 10, 1969
                                                                                            • folder 13 Latin American Tour, September, 1968
                                                                                            • folder 14 Brazil, September 2, 1968
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                                                                                          .Las Vegas, Nev..Peripheral event
                                                                                          Ellington's bassist Jeff Castleman and singer Trish Turner announced their engagement.
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                                                                                          .Buenos Aires, ArgentinaGran Rex Cine Teatro
                                                                                          Corrientes 857
                                                                                          Concert programme:
                                                                                                         Duke
                                                                                          Ellington
                                                                                          ==========================

                                                                                          Y SU ORQUESTA
                                                                                          -------------
                                                                                          HARRY CARNEY RUSSELL PROCOPE
                                                                                          Saxo baritono y clarinets Saxo alto y clarinets

                                                                                          CAT ANDERSON CHUCK CONNORS
                                                                                          Trompeta Trombono baio

                                                                                          HAROLD ASHBY PAUL GONSALVES
                                                                                          Saxo tenor Saxo tenor

                                                                                          BUSTER COOPER COOTIE WILLIAMS
                                                                                          Trombon Trompeta

                                                                                          JOHNNY HODGES RUFUS JONES
                                                                                          Saxo alto Percusion

                                                                                          LAWRENCE BROWN HERBIE JONES
                                                                                          Trombon Trompeta

                                                                                          JEFF CASTLEMAN
                                                                                          Contrabaio

                                                                                          TRISH TURNER y TONEY WATKINS
                                                                                          Vocalistas

                                                                                          ARREGLOS
                                                                                          de
                                                                                          BILLY STRAYHORN, MERCER ELLINGTON
                                                                                          y DUKE ELLINGTON

                                                                                          INTERPRETAN
                                                                                          -----------
                                                                                          Take the A-Train Don't Get Around Much Any
                                                                                          La Plus Belle Affricaine more (Medley)
                                                                                          Happy Reunion I let song go out of my heart
                                                                                          Cottontail (Medley)
                                                                                          Meditation Jeep's Blues
                                                                                          Tone Parallel to Harlem The jeep in "Jumpim"
                                                                                          Such Sweet Thunder Be cool and Groovy for me
                                                                                          Salome Praise God and Dance
                                                                                          Prelude to a Kiss Black, Brown and Beige
                                                                                          Five O'clock Drag Swamp Goo
                                                                                          It dont Mean a Thing Up Jump
                                                                                          Satin Doll The Shepherd Who Watches etc.
                                                                                          Black Tan Fantasy (Medley) Medley of Hits
                                                                                          Creole Love Call (Medley) Rufus Kiss
                                                                                          The Mooche (Medley) Psychedelic Suite
                                                                                          Tootie for Cootie El Viti
                                                                                          Flamingo Passion Flowers
                                                                                          Chelsea Bridge Wings and Things
                                                                                          -----------------------------------------------------
                                                                                          PRECIO DE LAS LOCALIDADES
                                                                                          Plateas Fila 1 a 15 . . . . . . m$n. 2.500.--
                                                                                          " " 16 a 29 . . . . . . m$n. 1.800.--
                                                                                          Superpullman . . . . . . . . . m$n. 1.800.--
                                                                                          Pullman sin Numerar . . . . . m$n. 500.--
                                                                                          -----------------------------------------------------
                                                                                          JUEVES 12 de SEPTIEMBRE de 1968 a las 22 hs.

                                                                                          (the titles are spelled exactly as printed in the programme)

                                                                                          The concert was recorded:
                                                                                          Duke Ellington and His Orchestra
                                                                                          Personnel as above, plus Mercer Ellington and Willie Cook, and minus the vocalists

                                                                                          The titles recorded differ from the titles in the programme - note the recordings don't appear to include vocals:
                                                                                          C-Jam Blues             Basin Street Blues
                                                                                          Kinda Dukish Prelude To A Kiss
                                                                                          /Rockin' In Rhythm Drag
                                                                                          Happy Reunion Jeep's Blues
                                                                                          Girdle Hurdle Things Ain't What They Used to Be
                                                                                          The Shepherd All Of Me
                                                                                          Take The "A" Train Ocht O'Clock Rock
                                                                                          The Mooche I Can't Get Started
                                                                                          Soul Call B.P. Blues
                                                                                          La Plus Belle Africaine Jam With Sam
                                                                                          Summertime The Sleeping Lady
                                                                                          The Prowling Cat How High The Moon
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                                                                                          .Paradise Island, BahamasLe Cabaret Theatre
                                                                                          Paradise Island Casino
                                                                                          Two shows, 8:30 and 11 p.m.
                                                                                          Dorothy Manners' syndicated column mentions the casino booked Ellington, Diana Ross and the Supremes, Arthur Godfrey, Tony Bennett and Frank Sinatra, Jr. for the for the winter. Her column was published in Boston a month after Ellington's engagement.

                                                                                          Paradise Island is connected to Nassau by two bridges.
                                                                                          • Dorothy Manners column, Record American, Boston, Mass. 1968-10-21 p.26
                                                                                          • Stratemann p.572
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                                                                                          Wednesday
                                                                                          .Daytona Beach, Fla.Peabody AuditoriumConcert, 8 p.m., presented by Bethune-Cookman College's Cultural Activities Committee.

                                                                                          Admission:
                                                                                          Door: Adults, $3.00; Reserved: $3.50; Students: $2.50
                                                                                          Advance:Adults, $2.50; Reserved: $3.00; Students: $2.00
                                                                                          Folder 31 in SI-NMAH DEC 301 Series 2 Box 12, is labelled 'The Greenscene,' September 18, 1968 (October, 1968). Smithsonian Reference Services volunteer C. Windheuser advises it contains the October 1968 issue of The Greenscene (apparently from Tulane University, New Orleans) with an article about Ellington and his orchestra performing at "Peabody Auditorium September 18,1968"
                                                                                          • Florida Star, Jacksonville, Fla., 1968-09-4 p.3
                                                                                          • Daytona Beach Sunday News-Journal, 1968-09-15 p.9C
                                                                                          • Email, Windheuser-Palmquist Feb/Mar 2016
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                                                                                          Thursday
                                                                                          .Miami, Fla.Floating stage
                                                                                          City of Miami Marine Stadium
                                                                                          Rickenbacker Causeway
                                                                                          American Evolution of Jazz, 8 p.m.
                                                                                          Advertised program:
                                                                                          • Joe Rico, WGBS Disc-jockey, Master of Ceremonies
                                                                                          • Billy Butterfield and His Orchestra, Dixieland
                                                                                          • Mike Vetro and his Orchestra, Rhythm 'n Blues
                                                                                          • Ira Sullivan and his orchestra, Avant Garde
                                                                                          • Chubby Jackson and his Orchestra, big band jazz featuring Duffy Jackson, Marge Ann
                                                                                          • Intermission
                                                                                          • His Eminence Duke Ellington and his entire concert orchestras featuring Johnny Hodges !!
                                                                                          .Tickets were $3.00, $4.00 and $5.00.
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                                                                                          .
                                                                                          Beginning of Mexican ("Latin American" tour).

                                                                                          Stratemann refers to this as the second leg of the South American tour, although Mexico is part of North America.

                                                                                          Personnel:
                                                                                          Anderson, H.Jones, Williams, Cook, M.Ellington, Connors, Brown, Cooper, Procope, Hodges, Gonsalves, Ashby, Carney, D.Ellington, Castleman, R.Jones.
                                                                                          Transportation was provided by Auto Viajes Internacionales, S.A. of Mexico City. In March and April 1969, AVI dunned Ellington for unpaid transportation costs of U.S.$2,300.32, which the Ellington organization disputed on the grounds Ellington and his orchestra were employed by Gary Keys for this tour, and the terms provided that Keys was to provide transportation within Mexico.
                                                                                          • Letters, SI-NMAH Archives Center, DEC301, Series III, Subseries E, Box 103, Folders 27, 28:
                                                                                            • Benjamin Starr (Ellington's lawyer) to AVI
                                                                                              • 1969-03-14
                                                                                              • 1969-03-31
                                                                                              • 1969-04-23
                                                                                            • Letter, AVI to Starr 1969-04-10 copied to American Chanber of Commerce in Mexico
                                                                                            • Letter, Starr to American Chamber of Commerce of Mexico A.C., 1969-03-31
                                                                                          • Stratemann pp.572-576
                                                                                          • Additional documentation is likely to be found in SI-NMAH DEC301, Series 2: Performances and Programs, 1933-1974, box 5, folder 13 Latin American Tour, September, 1968
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                                                                                          .Merida.Concert + Dance..
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                                                                                          .Mexico CityPalacio Bellas Artes two concertsAdditional documentation might be found in SI-NMAH DEC301, Series 2: Performances and Programs, 1933-1974, box 5, folder 16 Mexico City, Down Beat, December 12, 1968New Desor
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                                                                                          1968 09 00..."Live In Mexico" Discussion
                                                                                          'Mexican Suite' (DVD 1972)
                                                                                          'Memories Of Duke' (video 1980) 'Reminiscing In Tempo' (DVD 2011)
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                                                                                          1968 10 01
                                                                                          Tuesday
                                                                                          .York, Penn.William Penn High School.Stratemann p.577 citing DESB..
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                                                                                          Wednesday
                                                                                          .Cleveland, OhioPublic Music HallConcert 8 p.m.

                                                                                          Concert started late, attended by about 1,900

                                                                                          Also on the bill, singer Marylin Johnson, the Down Beat Critics Poll most promising female vocalist of 1968, and her Trio.

                                                                                          Opening acts: The Johnny Boston Trio and Joe De-Jarnett's Jazz Quintet (or Sextet>) - sources differ. Dave Hawthorne was master of ceremonies.

                                                                                          Sponsors were WJW Radio and Bill Davis, head of Matawan Recording Corp. The concert was recorded and an hour was broadcast Oct. 5 on WJW Radio 850. All seats were reserved, with tickets priced at $3.50, $4.50 and $5.50
                                                                                          Duke Ellington and His Orchestra
                                                                                          C.Williams, Anderson, Herbie Jones, M. Ellington, Cook, Brown, Cooper, Connors, Procope, Hodges, Gonsalves, Ashby, Carney, Ellington, Castleman, R.Jones; Trish Turner, Watkins
                                                                                          Titles recorded:
                                                                                          • Take The "A" Train
                                                                                          • Soul Call
                                                                                          • Satin Doll
                                                                                          • Mount Harissa
                                                                                          • I Got It Bad and That Ain't Good
                                                                                          • Things Ain't What They Used to Be
                                                                                          • Medley
                                                                                            • Do Nothin' Till You Hear From Me
                                                                                            • Just Squeeze Me
                                                                                            • Don't Get Around Much Anymore
                                                                                            • Mood Indigo
                                                                                            • I'm Beginning To See The Light
                                                                                            • Solitude
                                                                                            • It Don't Mean A Thing
                                                                                            • Be Cool And Groovy For Me
                                                                                            • Sophisticated Lady
                                                                                            • Caravan
                                                                                          • Ocht O'Clock Rock
                                                                                          • The Plain Dealer, Cleveland, Ohio,
                                                                                            • 1968-09-15 p.2-G
                                                                                            • 1968-09-16 p.23
                                                                                            • 1968-09-27 p.2
                                                                                            • 1968-09-29 p.2-H
                                                                                            • 1968-10-02 p.31
                                                                                            • Review, 1968-10-03 p.61
                                                                                            • Ad for broadcast, 1968-10-05 p.53
                                                                                          • Mention, News Record, North Hills, Penn., p.39
                                                                                          • Stratemann p.577 citing DESB
                                                                                          • Girvan:   Ellingtonia.com
                                                                                          • Additional documentation might be found in SI-NMAH DEC301, Series 2: Performances and Programs, 1933-1974, box 12, folder 32 WJW Presents, Music Hall, Cleveland, Ohio, October 2, 1968
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                                                                                          Thursday
                                                                                          .London, Ont.University of Western Ontario.
                                                                                          • Stratemann p.577 citing DESB
                                                                                          • Email, R. Bambach-Palmquist, 2015-02-15
                                                                                          • Additional documentation might be found in SI-NMAH DEC301, Series 2: Performances and Programs, 1933-1974, box 5, folder 15 USA and London, Ontario, October 3, 1968
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                                                                                          .Newark, N.J.Sacred Heart CathedralConcert of Sacred Music

                                                                                          Sponsored by the Youth Consultation Service of the Episcopal Diocese of Newark.

                                                                                          The North Country Catholic announced the Catholic archdiocese of Newark gave the Episcopal diocese of Newark permission to use the cathedral and it was the first time Ellington's concert was presented in a Catholic cathedral although it had played in Episcopal cathedrals in the United States and England.
                                                                                          • Madison Eagle, Madison, N.J., 1968-06-06 p.14
                                                                                          • The Advance, Wichita,Kans. 1968-08-08 p.2
                                                                                          • North Country Catholic, Ogdensburg, N.Y., 1968-08-11 p.6
                                                                                          • The Jersey Journal, Jersey City, N.J
                                                                                            • 1968-09-04 p.14
                                                                                            • 1968-10-03 p.41
                                                                                          • Bernardsville News Observer-Tribune, Bernardsville, N.J., 1968-09-12 p.6
                                                                                          • Stratemann p.577 citing DESB
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                                                                                          Sunday
                                                                                          .New York, N.Y.Philharmonic HallGala benefit concert for Juilliard School of Music Billy Strayhorn Memorial Fund. Ellington and his orchestra appeared with Tony Bennett, Lou Rawls, Joe Williams, Ray Nance, Bunny Briggs, Geoffrey Holder, Carmen De Lavillade, Lena Horne, Joe Wilder, Hank Jones, George Duvivier and Chico Hamilton. Also appearing were Timmie Rogers and the Mitchell-Ruff Duo.
                                                                                          • Stratemann p. 577 citing Down Beat 1968-11-28 p.12
                                                                                          • AP wirestory datelined New York, carried in various newspapers including
                                                                                            • Omaha World-Herald 1968-10-07 p.7
                                                                                            • State-Times, Baton Rouge, La., 1968-10-07 p.13-A
                                                                                          • Additional documentation might be found in SI-NMAH DEC301, Series 2: Performances and Programs, 1933-1974, box 12, folder 33 Billy Strayhorn Scholarship Fund, Philharmonic Hall, Lincoln Center, New York, New York, October 6, 1968
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                                                                                          Tuesday
                                                                                          .Jackson, Ky. Van Meter Auditorium
                                                                                          Lees Junior College
                                                                                          Concert, 7:30 p.m., Duke Ellington and his 13-piece orchestra.

                                                                                          Admission was $3 and the audience numbered 1,400.

                                                                                          This building may be the Van Meter Gymnasium referred to in the Wikipedia page for the college. It should not be confused with a similarly named building at Western Kentucky University at Bowling Green, some 237 miles west.
                                                                                          • The Lexington Herald, Lexington, Ky. 1968-10-07 p.16
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                                                                                          Thursday
                                                                                          .Pittsburgh, Penn..TEMPORARY PERSONNEL CHANGE
                                                                                          Virginia Cooper, soprano, was used for T.G.T.T. in the two Pittsburgh concerts, and stayed on for the next four or five sacred concerts
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                                                                                          1968 10 11Pittsburgh, Penn.Trinity Episcopal CathedralFirst of two 8:30 p.m. Second Sacred Concerts, with the University of Pittsburgh Heinz Chapel Choir, part of a Christian festival of the performing arts sponsored by women of St. Stephen's Episcopal Church in Sewickley.

                                                                                          It isn't clear if tickets were by donation or for sale. The Sept. 1 ad said Ticket donation –$5.00 but then said Tickets on sale.

                                                                                          The Pittsburgh Press mentioned Ellington's concert was the first public opening of the refurbished cathedral after the interior had been destroyed by fire. The announcement carried a picture of usher's chairman Mrs. Susan Levis and her little girl, Margot, measuring out the seating space.
                                                                                          • Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, Pittsburgh, Penn.,
                                                                                            • 1968-05-29 p.18
                                                                                            • 1968-09-02 p.52
                                                                                            • 1968-09-07 p.8
                                                                                            • 1968-10-02 p.19
                                                                                          • The Pittsburgh Press, Pittsburgh, Penn.
                                                                                            • 1968-09-01 s.5 p.10
                                                                                            • 1968-09-15 p.5 p.4
                                                                                            • 1968-09-29 s.6 p.5
                                                                                            • 1968-10-06 p.4 s.6
                                                                                          • Stratemann p.577 citing DESB
                                                                                          • Additional documentation might be found in SI-NMAH DEC301, Series 2: Performances and Programs, 1933-1974, box 16, folder 9 Trinity Cathedral, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, October 10-11, 1968
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                                                                                          Friday
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                                                                                          Saturday
                                                                                          .Montgomery, W.Va.Tech Gym
                                                                                          West Virginia Technical College
                                                                                          West Virginia Tech Bands present Duke Ellington & His Orchestra in Concert, 8 p.m., followed by a dance from 10 pm. to midnight
                                                                                          Tickets $2.00 in advance and $2.50 at door. Proceeds to Tech Foundation for scholarships.
                                                                                          • Charleston Daily Mail, Charleston, W.Va,
                                                                                            • Ad 1968-10-03, p.8
                                                                                            • Captioned photo 1968-10-03, p.8
                                                                                            • Ad, 1968-10-04 p.27
                                                                                          • Raleigh Register, Beckley, W.Va., 1968-08-15 p.7
                                                                                          • Register & Post-Herald, Weekender & TViewer, Beckley, W.Va., 1968-10-05 p.3
                                                                                          • Beckley Post-Herald, Beckley, W.Va. 1968-10-10 p.18
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                                                                                          Sunday
                                                                                          .Detroit, Mich.Memorial Building
                                                                                          University of Detroit
                                                                                          Concert of Sacred Music accompanied by the University of Detroit Chorus under the direction of Don Large. The concert was part of the University's Town and Gown series.
                                                                                          Attendance was low despite advertising some 4 weeks in advance. The producer suggested the name of the concert may have kept people away since it implies staid, somber music.

                                                                                          The review named Cootie Williams and Johnny Hodges, and vocalists Clay Randel, Tony [recte Toney] Watkins, Devonne Gardner and Trish Turner.
                                                                                          • Detroit Free Press, Detroit, Mich.
                                                                                            • 1968-09-01 p.8-B
                                                                                            • 1968-09-06 p.7-B
                                                                                            • 1968-09-29 p.10-B
                                                                                            • 1968-10-10 p.9-D
                                                                                            • 1968-10-15 p.7C
                                                                                          • The Port Huron Times Herald, Port Huron, Mich., 1968-10-04 p.2
                                                                                          • Letter dated 1968-10-18, Dr. James W. Rodgers to Associated Booking Corporation with undated Detroit Free Press review by Harvey Taylor, SI-NMAH Archives Center, DEC301, Series III, Subseries E, Box 103, Folder 11
                                                                                          • Stratemann p.577 citing DESB
                                                                                          • Vail II
                                                                                          • Additional documentation might be found in SI-NMAH DEC301, Series 2: Performances and Programs, 1933-1974, box 16, folder 10, University of Detroit, Detroit, Michigan, October 13, 1968
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                                                                                          1968 10 14
                                                                                          Monday
                                                                                          .Union, N.J.Flagship Dinner Theater
                                                                                          Route 22
                                                                                          The Courier-News plug says:

                                                                                          'Duke Ellington and his orchestra will appear for one night only Monday at Larry Dixon's Flagship Dinner-Theater in Union.
                                                                                            Ellington's group will provide continuous entertainment from 8 p.m. to 1 a.m. Dinner will be served starting at 6 p.m....'

                                                                                          The advertisement on the same page says:

                                                                                          One Nite Only— Mon., Oct. 14
                                                                                          DUKE
                                                                                          ELLINGTON

                                                                                          AND HIS WORLD-FAMOUS
                                                                                          18-PC. ORCHESTRA FOR

                                                                                          DINNER, DANCING
                                                                                          CONCERT, REVUE—
                                                                                          7 P.M. TO 1 A.M.

                                                                                          ALL FOR $7.50 TO $15
                                                                                          BASED ON SEATING LOCATION
                                                                                          Price Includes
                                                                                          Sliced Filet Mignon Dinner
                                                                                          NON-DINERS WELCOME AT
                                                                                          OUR NAUTICAL BAR– $5

                                                                                          RESERVE NOW! OR GET YOUR TICKETS
                                                                                          AT THE DOOR MONDAY, OCT. 14
                                                                                          TICKETS NOW ON SALE!

                                                                                          Stratemann, and thus Vail, report two concerts, but the recorded segment is not a concert in the sense of having an attentive audience. There is a great deal of audience chatter and clattering and clinking of tableware throughout.The event was recorded, but the recording can best be described as a bootleg.New Desor describes the event as a dance date. They all seem to be right!
                                                                                          Duke Ellington and His Orchestra
                                                                                          H. Jones, M. Ellington, Cook, C. Anderson, Brown, Cooper, Connors, Procope, Hodges, Gonsalves, Ashby, Carney, Ellington, Castleman, R.Jones; Turner, Watkins
                                                                                          Titles recorded:
                                                                                          • Boo-Dah
                                                                                          • Medley: Black And Tan Fantasy, Creole Love Call, The Mooche
                                                                                          • Soul Call
                                                                                          • Mount Harissa
                                                                                          • Up Jump
                                                                                          • Take The "A" Train
                                                                                          • Warm Valley
                                                                                          • Things Ain't What They Used to Be
                                                                                          • Medley: I Let A Song go Out Of My Heart, Don't Get Around Much Anymore
                                                                                          • I Got It Bad and That Ain't Good
                                                                                          • Drag
                                                                                          • Sophisticated Lady
                                                                                          • Salomè
                                                                                          • Satin Doll
                                                                                          • Sunny
                                                                                          • Solitude
                                                                                          • It Don't Mean A Thing
                                                                                          • Be Cool And Groovy For Me
                                                                                          • Ocht O'Clock Rock
                                                                                          • C-Jam Blues
                                                                                          • Caravan
                                                                                          • Do Nothin' Till You Hear From Me
                                                                                          • Latin-American Sunshine
                                                                                          • Azure
                                                                                          • I'm Beginning To See The Light
                                                                                          • I Can't Get Started
                                                                                          • B.P. Blues
                                                                                          • Willow Weep For Me
                                                                                          • Misty
                                                                                          • Stormy Monday Blues
                                                                                          • Prelude To A Kiss
                                                                                          • All Of Me
                                                                                          • On The Sunny Side Of The Street
                                                                                          • Oclupaca
                                                                                          • The Sleeping Lady
                                                                                          • Upper Manhattan Medical Group
                                                                                          • The Peanut Vendor

                                                                                          The venue was a dinner theatre built in the shape of a ship, but on land, and could accomodate 500 or 1,000 guests, depending on which source you refer to.

                                                                                          The original restaurant burnt down and was rebuilt. It eventually became a retail clothing store until reopening in mid-1968 as a theatre restaurant.
                                                                                          • The Jersey Journal,Jersey City, N.J. 1968-10-08 p.12
                                                                                          • The Courier-News, Plainfield, N.J.
                                                                                            • 1968-09-27 p.27
                                                                                            • 1968-10-12 p.9
                                                                                          • Stratemann p.577 citing DESB
                                                                                          • Vail II
                                                                                          • The Billboard 1968-10-19 p.76
                                                                                          • Girvan:   Ellingtonia.com
                                                                                          • Timner V
                                                                                          • Ole J. Nielsen, Jazz Records 1942-80, A discography: Vol. Six, Duke Ellington pp.408-409
                                                                                          • Copy of recording (2 CDs from an anonymous source)
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                                                                                          Tuesday
                                                                                          .Chicago, Ill.Rockefeller Memorial Chapel
                                                                                          University of Chicago
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                                                                                          Wednesday
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                                                                                          Friday
                                                                                          .New Haven, Conn.Woolsey Hall
                                                                                          Yale University
                                                                                          8:30 p.m. Sacred concert, "In the Beginning God."
                                                                                          • Yale Daily News, 1968-10-03 p.4
                                                                                          • The Harford Courant, Hartford, Conn. 1968-10-14
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                                                                                          Saturday
                                                                                          .Lancaster, Penn.Mayser Center
                                                                                          Franklin and Marshall College
                                                                                          8 p.m. to midnight, concert and dance for Homecoming '68. Other groups performed the previous night. Tickets were $2.00 but "Buy Two Tickets For Each Night for $7.00
                                                                                          Richard Bambach

                                                                                          '... Franklin Marshall College ...is ... reported in Stratemann and Vail. However, the college ...Franklin and Marshall College...'

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                                                                                          • F&M College Reporter, Franklin and Marshall College, Lancaster, Penn.
                                                                                            • 1968-10-15 pp.1, 5
                                                                                            • 1968-10-18 p.1
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                                                                                          Sunday
                                                                                          .New York, N.Y.Metropolitan AME Church.
                                                                                          • Stratemann p.577 citing DESB
                                                                                          • NMAH (Smithsonian) DE CollectionBox 8, folder 19 Duke Ellington and his Orchestra in a Sacred Concert, Presented by the Metropolitan A.M.E. Church[Program]
                                                                                          • Additional documentation might be found in SI-NMAH DEC301, Series 2: Performances and Programs, 1933-1974, box 16, folder 11 Metropolitan AME Church, New York, New York, October 20, 1968
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                                                                                          1968 10 22Concord, N.H.Capitol Theatre.Stratemann p.577 citing DESB..
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                                                                                          Wednesday
                                                                                          .Burlington, Vt.Memorial Auditorium
                                                                                          University of Vermont
                                                                                          8:30 p.m. - opening concert of the George Bishop Lane Artists Red Series.
                                                                                          The concert was reviewed by John D. Donoghue, who said the concert opened with Black and Tan Fantasy, Creole Love Song [sic] and The Mooche. Other titles he noted: Take the A Train, Mood Indigo, Sophisticated Lady, Salome, Dont' Get Around Much Any More, It Don't Mean a Thing, In the Shade of the Old Apple Tree, Satin Doll and Meditation. Satin Doll was dedicated to Miss Charlette Marsh who ...made them welcome years ago when housing wasn't always easy.. Sidemen named in the review were Carney, Hodges, Gonsalves, Brown, Williams, Procope, Anderson, Ashby, Cooper and Castleman the ofay bass. He said the only weak spot was in Duke's choice of vocalists, Tony [sic] Watkins and Trisch [sic] Turner's singing,
                                                                                          • St. Albans Messenger, St. Albans, N.Y., 1968-08-23 p.10
                                                                                          • Concert poster (found on eBay by S. Lasker)
                                                                                          • John D. Donoghue, The Burlington Free Press, Burlington, Vt. 1968-10-24 p.15
                                                                                          • Ticonderoga Sentinel, Ticonderoga, N.Y., 1968-10-31 p.12
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                                                                                          Thursday
                                                                                          .Meriden, Conn.Platt High School.Stratemann p.577 citing DESB..
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                                                                                          Friday
                                                                                          .Petersburg, Va.Daniel Hall Gymnasium
                                                                                          4th Ave.
                                                                                          Virginia State College
                                                                                          Richmond Times-Dispatch:

                                                                                          VIRGINIA STATE COLLEGE
                                                                                          ARTISTS SERIES PRESENTS
                                                                                          DUKE ELLINGTON
                                                                                          AND HIS ORCHESTRA
                                                                                          – IN HOMECOMING CONCERT –
                                                                                          DANIEL HALL GYMNASIUM
                                                                                          PETERSBURG, VIRGINIA
                                                                                          GENERAL ADMISSION $3.00
                                                                                          RESERVED SECTION $5.00
                                                                                          ADVANCE TICKET SALE AT FOSTER HALL

                                                                                          The Progress-Index:

                                                                                          '...Friday's pre-weekend festivities included a late afternoon pep rally for Saturday's game with Hampton and a concert featuring Duke Ellington at Daniel Hall Gym. A pre-dawn dance was held at the gym follwoing the concert.'


                                                                                          Richard Bambach:

                                                                                          '... small errors in the original source information (Stratemann) need correcting. The location of Virginia State College (now Virginia State University, but it still was Virginia State College when Ellington played there on October 25,1968) is Petersburg, Virginia, not Hopewell, Virginia. The gymnasium at Virginia State where Ellington played is simply the Daniel Gymnasium ...[not]... Daniel Hall Gymnasium.'

                                                                                          .Webmaster comments: Mr. Bambach's comments can be reconciled to the advertised venue name:
                                                                                          • Faustine Childress Jones-Wilson, ed., Encyclopedia of African-American Education, Greenwood Press 1996, p.131:

                                                                                            'Charles Daniel entered the Richmond Institute in 1871...1888, when he assumed the position of secretary at the Virginia Normal and collegiate Institute (now known as the Virginia State University), a position he held for twenty-eight years. In recognition of his long and distinguished service to the institution, the gymnasium on the campus was given the name "Daniel Hall."'

                                                                                          • Noel S. Anderson, Haroon Kharem, eds., Education as Freedom: African American Educational Thought and Activism, Lexington Books, 2009, p.44:

                                                                                            '12. Some years later charles James Daniel,...would serve the same institution as secretary. Daniel Hall, now Daniel Gymnasium, is named for him... '

                                                                                          • Stratemann p.577 citing DESB
                                                                                          • Email, R. Bambach-Palmquist, 2015-02-15
                                                                                          • Ad, Richmond Times-Dispatch, Richmond, Va.
                                                                                            • 1968-10-21 p.B-18
                                                                                            • 1968-10-23 p.C-17
                                                                                          • "VSC Weekend Filled By Events," The Progress-Index, Petersburg, Va., 1968-10-27 p.4
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                                                                                          Saturday
                                                                                          .Newcastle, Penn.Auditorium,
                                                                                          Benjamin Franklin Junior High School
                                                                                          Concert, sponsored by the Lawrence County Concert Association. The concert was initially booked for the Cathedral, to start at 8 p.m., but was changed to the high school. The Oct. 22 plug described a normal concert program, and after the intermission excerpts from the medley, A-Train, Chelsey [sic] Bridge, Cottontail, Mexicantipation, and various titles and excerpts from the Sacred Concert were to be played, and Duke was to solo with music from Assault on a Queen.

                                                                                          Tickets $5.00 reserved, general admission $3.00, Students $1.00
                                                                                          Part of the concert was recorded:
                                                                                          DUKE ELLINGTON AND HIS ORCHESTRA
                                                                                          Williams, C.Anderson, H.Jones, M. Ellington,Brown, Cooper, Connors, Procope, Hodges, Gonsalves, Ashby, Carney, Ellington, Castleman,R. Jones, Turner, Watkins
                                                                                          Titles recorded:
                                                                                          • Take The "A" Train
                                                                                          • Medley:
                                                                                            Black and Tan Fantasy
                                                                                            Creole Love Call
                                                                                            The Mooche
                                                                                          • Soul Call
                                                                                          • Mount Harissa
                                                                                          • Up Jump
                                                                                          • Satin Doll
                                                                                          • Salomé
                                                                                          • Birth Of The Blues
                                                                                          • Medley:
                                                                                            I Let A Song Go Out Of My Heart
                                                                                            In A Sentimental Mood
                                                                                            Do Nothin' Till You Hear From Me
                                                                                            Just Squeeze me
                                                                                          • The Biggest
                                                                                          • Prelude To A Kiss
                                                                                          • Things Ain't What They Used to Be
                                                                                          • I Got It Bad
                                                                                          • Sunny
                                                                                          • Misty
                                                                                          • Stormy Monday Blues
                                                                                          • I Can't Get Started
                                                                                          • Jam With Sam
                                                                                          • Things Ain't What They Used to Be
                                                                                          • New Castle News, New Castle, Penn.
                                                                                            • 1968-10-02 p.20
                                                                                            • 1968-10-07 p.6
                                                                                            • 1968-10-18 p.6
                                                                                            • 1968-10-22 p.6
                                                                                            • 1968-10-23 p.15
                                                                                            • 1968-10-26 p.10
                                                                                            • 1968-10-31 p.6
                                                                                          • Stratemann p.577 citing DESB
                                                                                          • Girvan:   Ellingtonia.com
                                                                                          • Timner V
                                                                                          • Ole J. Nielsen, Jazz Records 1942-80, A discography: Vol. Six, Duke Ellington, pp.409-410
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                                                                                          Sunday
                                                                                          .Brooklyn, N.Y.The Sanctuary
                                                                                          Central Synagogue
                                                                                          Lexington Ave. at Fifty-fifth Street
                                                                                          Concert of Sacred Music, 8:30 p.m.

                                                                                          Jack O'Brian:

                                                                                          'When Duke Ellington brings his Concert of Sacred Music to the Central Synagogue here Oct. 27, eighty-seven separate charities aiding children will benefit; it's The Duke's first concert in a Jewish Temple.'

                                                                                          • (1)Letter, David L. Seligen, Central Synagogue, to Ruth Ellington dated 1968 10 18, and (2)Invitation, SI-NMAH Archives Center, DEC301, Series III, Subseries E, Box 103, Folder 11
                                                                                          • Jack O'Brian, The Voice of Broadway syndicated column, The Lexington Leader, Lexington, Ky. 1968-10-21 p.32
                                                                                          • Stratemann p.577 citing DESB
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                                                                                          • Additional documentation might be found in SI-NMAH DEC301, Series 2: Performances and Programs, 1933-1974, box 16, folder 12 Central Synagogue, New York, New York,October 27, 1968
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                                                                                          Monday
                                                                                          .Boston, Mass.Simmons College.
                                                                                          • Stratemann p.577 citing DESB
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                                                                                          Tuesday
                                                                                          .Wilkes-Barre, Penn.Irem TempleConcert, 8 p.m., sponsored by the Shriners of Irem Temple for the benefit of the Shriners' Crippled Children's Hospital and Hospital for Burned Children in Philadelphia and Boston, respectively.
                                                                                          • The Evening Times, Sayre, South Waverly, Penn. and Waverly N.Y., 1968-10-09 p.5
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                                                                                          Wednesday
                                                                                          ...PERSONNEL CHANGE
                                                                                          Trumpeter Herbie Jones leaves the band
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                                                                                          Wednesday
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                                                                                          .New York, N.Y.Americana HotelThe American Parkinson Disease Association presented Ellington with its Ed Wynn Humanitarian Award. Willie "The Lion" Smith, Billy Taylor, Sammy Fain, Johnny Desmond, Fran Warren and others performed in Duke's honour. Proceeds were to establish and build the Ed Wynn Rehabilitation Center in New York.
                                                                                          • The New Courier, Pittsburgh, Penn., 1968-08-31 p.13
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                                                                                          Friday
                                                                                          8:30 pm
                                                                                          .Brooklyn, N.Y.First A.M.E. Zion Church
                                                                                          Tompkins Ave. & McDonough St.
                                                                                          Duke Ellington in a concert of sacred music.
                                                                                          • Concert program
                                                                                          • Additional documentation might be found in SI-NMAH DEC301, Series 2: Performances and Programs, 1933-1974, box 16, folder 13 First AME Church, Brooklyn, New York, November 1, 1968
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                                                                                          .State College, Penn.Recreation Hall
                                                                                          Penn State University
                                                                                          Homecoming concert, sponsored by the Penn State Jazz Club, 8 p.m., non-member tickets $2.00
                                                                                          • Stratemann p.577
                                                                                          • The Centre Daily Times, State College and Bellefonte, Pa.
                                                                                            • 1968-10-18 p.16
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                                                                                          Sunday
                                                                                          .Chicago, Ill.Auditorium Theatre
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                                                                                          Sacred Concert, 8:30 p.m., sponsored as a building fundraiser by Christ Unity Temple, 8601 S. State St. Performing with the Ellington orchestra were a galaxy of young vocal soloists and dancers and the Christ Unity Temple Ensemble. Concert committee members: A.R.Leak, Mrs. Barbara King, Mrs. Thelma Hughes, Harry Pryor, Sarah Duncan, Herman Orr, Mary Ellin Shadd, Cylestine Fletcher, Mary Ann Whitfield, Leona Bell, Thelma Hunt Shirley, Mildred Bowden, Charlene Cox, Bolin Bland, Ralph Blakey, Arlene Whitfield, Otis Rathel, Earl Jackson, Hortense Eubanks.
                                                                                          • Woodlawn Booster and Bulletin, Woodlawn, Ill., 1968-10-01 p.3
                                                                                          • The Bulletin (or The Southside Bulletin), Chicago, Ill.
                                                                                            • 1968-10-02 p.3
                                                                                            • 1968-10-30 p.6
                                                                                          • Brief mention, Hyde Park Herald, Hyde Park, Ill., 1968-10-30 p.23
                                                                                          • Chicago Tribune
                                                                                            • 1968-10-13, s.5 p.10
                                                                                            • 1968-10-27, s.10 p.12
                                                                                          • Mention, Serendipity column by Nancy Gedman, Daily Herald, Chicago, p.19
                                                                                          • Stratemann p.577 citing DESB
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                                                                                          Monday
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                                                                                          .Richmond, Va.Mosque Auditorium
                                                                                          Laurel and Main St.
                                                                                          8:30 p.m. Concert of Sacred Music

                                                                                          The Progressive Matrons of
                                                                                          Fifth St. Church Present
                                                                                          Duke Ellington
                                                                                          and His Orchestra
                                                                                          In A Rare Kind of Performance
                                                                                          A Concert of Sacred Music
                                                                                          Adopted [sic] to Modern Setting
                                                                                          The Choir of Fifth Street Baptist Church
                                                                                          Will Accompany the Orchestra

                                                                                          Benefit of
                                                                                          Long Range Religious Development Program'

                                                                                          The Sept. 22 announcement said the sponsors were the Fifth Street Baptist Church and the Progressive Matrons League.

                                                                                          Tickets "Donation(?) Orchestra $4.50, Mezzanine, $4.00, Balcony $3.50

                                                                                          Proceeds were for the church building fund.
                                                                                          Former Richmond Mayor Morrell M. Crowe presented Ellington an honorary Richmond citizenship after the intermission.
                                                                                          • Richmond Times-Dispatch, Richmond, Va.
                                                                                            • 1968-09-22 pp.H-4, H-9
                                                                                            • 1968-10-20 p.B-14
                                                                                            • 1968-10-20 p.B-14
                                                                                            • 1968-10-27 p.9
                                                                                            • 1968-11-09 p.B-18
                                                                                          • Concert programme, Virginia Historical Society
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                                                                                          Saturday
                                                                                          .Washington, D.C.National Guard ArmoryRecorded concert

                                                                                          The "Duke Ellington Statement of Account Nov. 1968" working paper shows an engagement here for $3,000.
                                                                                          • SI-NMAH Archive Center DEC301 Box 112 Folder 3
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                                                                                          Sunday
                                                                                          .Raleigh N.C.Memorial AuditoriumThe "Duke Ellington Statement of Account Nov. 1968" working paper shows an engagement here, but doesn't say the fee and is noted "no price and no commission."
                                                                                          • SI-NMAH Archive Center DEC301 Box 112 Folder 3
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                                                                                          Monday
                                                                                          .Orangeburg, S.C.Field House
                                                                                          South Carolina State College
                                                                                          Concert of Sacred Music, 8 p.m., co-sponsored by Claflin College and South Carolina State College

                                                                                          Choirs of Claflin and South Carolina State and a galaxy of young soloists were to perform.

                                                                                          The "Duke Ellington Statement of Account Nov. 1968" working paper has no entry for this date.
                                                                                          • The Index-Journal, Greenwood, S.C., 1968-10-01 p.10
                                                                                          • The Greenville News, Greenville, S.C. 1968-10-02 p.18
                                                                                          • The Carolina Times, Durham, N.C. 1968-10-05 p.8A
                                                                                          • Augusta Chronicle, Augusta Ga., Carolina Edition, 1968-10-17 p.11
                                                                                          • SI-NMAH Archive Center DEC301 Box 112 Folder 3
                                                                                          • Stratemann p.577 citing DESB
                                                                                          • Additional documentation might be found in SI-NMAH DEC301, Series 2: Performances and Programs, 1933-1974, box 16, folder 15 Claflin College, Orangeburg, South Carolina, November 11, 1968
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                                                                                          Tuesday
                                                                                          .Fort Valley, Ga.George N. Woodward Gymnasium
                                                                                          Fort Valley State College
                                                                                          The "Duke Ellington Statement of Account Nov. 1968" working paper shows $2,500 revenue for this engagement.
                                                                                          • SI-NMAH Archive Center DEC301 Box 112 Folder 3
                                                                                          • Stratemann p.577
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                                                                                          .Lorman, Miss.Alcorn CollegeThe "Duke Ellington Statement of Account Nov. 1968" working paper shows $2,500 revenue for an engagement at Alcorn College, Lorman, Miss., this date.

                                                                                          Stratemann had either Birmingham, or Vicksburg, Miss. for this date, probably from DESB. Vicksburg is about 40 miles north of Lorman, and is likely where Ellington and the orchestra stayed.
                                                                                          • SI-NMAH Archive Center DEC301 Box 112 Folder 3
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                                                                                          .Vicksburg, Miss..Telphone interview

                                                                                          An unidentified Times-Picayne reporter interviewed Ellington in Vicksburg by telephone. The subject matter was primarily the forthcoming Sacred Concert in New Orleans. The writeup has Ellington telling the reportere the entourage includes enough people to fill 20 rooms in a downtown hotel. The writeup ends with

                                                                                          '...The group will arrive [in New Orleans] Friday morning.
                                                                                            After the concert, Ellington will leave New Orleans for engagements in England, Italy and France.'

                                                                                          • The Times-Picayune, New Orleans, La. 1968-11-14 s.5 p.4
                                                                                          • SI-NMAH Archive Center DEC301 Box 112 Folder 3
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                                                                                          .Montgomery, Ala.Arena-Auditorium
                                                                                          Alabama State College
                                                                                          8:30 p.m. concert, Alabama State College Lyceum Series, open to the public. Admission $2 advance, $2.50 door.

                                                                                          The "Duke Ellington Statement of Account Nov. 1968" working paper shows $2,500 revenue for an engagement at Alabama State College, Montgomery, Ala., this date.
                                                                                          • The Mongomery Advertiser, Montgomery, Ala.
                                                                                            • 1968-11-04 p.14
                                                                                            • 1968-11-13 p.11
                                                                                            • SI-NMAH Archive Center DEC301 Box 112 Folder 3
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                                                                                          .New Orleans, La.Municipal AuditoriumSacred concert, 8:15 p.m., tickets $5, $3 and $1.50
                                                                                          First Southern performance, sponsored by the Greater New Orleans Federation of Churches. The concert committee was chaired by Edmund C. Walker, Jr.
                                                                                          John (Jack) Hutton, organist and choir director of Rayne Memorial United Methodist Church was appointed choir director and local choirs were to participate.
                                                                                          The first choir rehearsal was scheduled for Oct. 27, 3:30 p.m. at Rayne Memorial.

                                                                                          Choir members named in the caption to a photo of their rehearsal were Katy Peachy, Anna Willett, Mary Ellen Nice, Camille Ross, Carole Bering, Marilyn Thomas, Theoclaire Ducksworth, Ursell Lunnon and Bea Hill.
                                                                                          • Stratemann p.577 citing DESB
                                                                                          • The Times-Picayune, New Orleans,
                                                                                            • 1968-09-24 s.1 p.10
                                                                                            • 1968-10-12 s.1 p.23
                                                                                            • 1968-10-26 s.1 p.17
                                                                                            • 1968-11-09 s.1 p.18
                                                                                            • Choir rehearsal photo 1968-11-12 s.1 p.17
                                                                                            • 1968-11-12 s.2 p.6
                                                                                            • 1968-11-13 s.2 p.6
                                                                                            • 1968-11-14 s.3 p.8
                                                                                            • 1968-11-14 s.5 p.4
                                                                                            • 1968-11-15 s.1 p.9
                                                                                            • 1968-11-16 s.1 p.2 review
                                                                                          • Additional documentation may be in SI-NMAH DEC301, Series 2: Performances and Programs, 1933-1974, box 16, folder 16 Municipal Auditorium, New Orleans, Louisiana, November 15, 1968
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                                                                                          Houston, Tex.Music TheatreThe "Duke Ellington Statement of Account Nov. 1968" working paper shows $7,500 revenue for an engagement here on Nov. 16 and 17.
                                                                                          • SI-NMAH Archive Center DEC301 Box 112 Folder 3
                                                                                          • Stratemann p.577
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                                                                                          Stratemann writes that the entire group returned to the East and were given time off.
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                                                                                          Thursday
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                                                                                          Friday
                                                                                          Washington, D.C..Ellington, appointed to the 26-member National Council On the Arts for a six-year term in 1968, attended its November 21-22 meeting in Washington. Ms A. Hill, Staff Assistant, Public Affairs, National Endowment for the Arts, researched past records and confirmed:
                                                                                          • Thursday, the meeting was from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. and Friday, the meeting was from 9:30 to 11:20, when it adjourned so that members might join Mrs. Lyndon B. Johnson on her trip to New Orleans to attend the opening night performance of Repertory Theatre, New Orleans.
                                                                                          • On Thursday, chairman Robert Stevens introduced Ellington and the other new Council members and they took the oath of office.
                                                                                          • Chairman Stevens wrote to Ellington on Sept. 16 to congratulate him on his nomination by the President
                                                                                          • Ellington's appointment affidavit is dated Nov. 20, 1968

                                                                                          A Freedom of Information request yielded the following additional information from the Council minutes:
                                                                                          • Meetings Ellington attended:
                                                                                            • 1968 11 21-22, Washington, D.C.
                                                                                            • 1969 01 27-28, New York, N.Y.
                                                                                          • Meetings whose minutes show Ellington did not attend:
                                                                                            • 1969 05 22-23, Ste. Adele-en-Haut, P.Q., Canada
                                                                                            • 1969 10 24-25, Washington, D.C.
                                                                                            • 1970 05 22-24, St. Louis, Mo.
                                                                                            • 1970 10 30 - 1970 11 01, Tarrytown, N.Y.
                                                                                            • 1972 09 10-12, Washington, DC
                                                                                            • 1971 11 06-08, Washington, DC,
                                                                                            • 1972 02 18-20, Tarrytown, NY
                                                                                            • [1972] 05 06-08, Wilmington, Del.
                                                                                            • 1972-08-11, Washington, D.C.
                                                                                            • 1972 09 22-24, Washington, D.C.
                                                                                            • 1972 12 01-03, Washington, DC
                                                                                            • 1973 02 09-11, Washington, D.C.
                                                                                            • 1973 05 11-13, Wayzata, Minn.
                                                                                            • 1973 07 29, Denver, Col.
                                                                                            • 1973 09 14-16, Washington, D.C.
                                                                                          • Due to missing or incomplete minutes, the FOI disclosure was unable to show Ellington attended the following meetings. It would seem not, since he was working at the locations noted in [parentheses]:
                                                                                            • 1970 01 23-26, Warrenton, Va. [Asian tour]
                                                                                            • 1971 02 12-14, Los Angeles, Cal.[Philadelphia and Washington D.C.]
                                                                                            • 1971 05 21-23, Washington, D.C. [Boston May 21-22]
                                                                                            • 1973 11 30-1973 12 01, Washington, D.C. [United Kingdom]
                                                                                            • 1974 02 08-10, Washington, D.C. - a note in the minutes says Ellington is "still to be heard from." [Niagara Falls Feb. 8, two concerts in Washington Feb.11]
                                                                                          • Betty Beale's Washington Letter, San Antonio Express/News, San Antonio, Cal. 1968-12-01 p.2-E
                                                                                          • Down Beat 1969-01-23 p.12
                                                                                          • NEA-Annual-Report-1968.pdf
                                                                                          • Email, A. Hill-Palmquist 2017-04-07
                                                                                          • April 2017 Freedom of Information Act disclosure from the minutes of the 14th meeting of the Council of the National Endowment for the Arts.
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                                                                                          Thursday
                                                                                          .Washington, D.C.White HouseEllington and the rest of the National Council On the Arts attended a 6 p.m. White House reception held by President and Mrs.Lyndon (Lady Bird) Johnson for 180 guests.
                                                                                          Violinist Isaac Stern and Supreme Court Justice Abe Fortas sat in on first and second violin with the Marine Band, after which Ellington played two piano pieces with Marine Staff Sgt. Dave Wundrow on bass, and Master Sgt. James Nelson drumming.

                                                                                          Later, the President presented Ellington and the other six new council members with certificates.
                                                                                          • Evening Star, Washington, D.C., 1968-11-22 s.D pp.1, 16
                                                                                          • UPI wirestory, , The Bakersfield Californian, Bakersfield, Cal., 1968-11-25 p.11
                                                                                          • Betty Beale's Washington Letter, San Antonio Express/News, San Antonio, Cal. 1968-12-01 p.2-E
                                                                                          • NEA-Annual-Report-1968.pdf
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                                                                                          .New Orleans, La.Daniel School
                                                                                          Xavier College
                                                                                          and
                                                                                          Civic Theatre
                                                                                          Around mid-day, Ellington and several other members of the National Council on the Arts flew with Lady Bird Johnson, wife of the U.S. President, to New Orleans where she would begin a cross-country farewell tour (her husband was not running for re-election).
                                                                                          • Ellington and singer Marian Anderson were photographed with Mrs. Johnson at Daniel School, New Orleans
                                                                                          • Ellington was reported to be in her party at Xavier College
                                                                                          • In the evening, Ellington, actor Charlton Heston, Mrs. Johnson and her daughter and other members of the Council attended Repertory Company of New Orleans' opening performance of the season at the Civic Theatre.
                                                                                          • UPI wirestory, Tyrone Daily Herald, Tyrone, Penn. 1968-11-16 p.4
                                                                                          • The Times-Picayune, New Orleans, La., 1968-11-23 s.2 p.2
                                                                                          • The Derrick, Oil City, Penn. 1968-11-23 p.8
                                                                                          • The Daily Democrat, Woodland, Cal., 1968-11-27 p.12
                                                                                          • NANA wirestory, Bluefield Daily Telegraph, Bluefield, W.Va., 1968-12-05 p.24
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                                                                                          .Toronto, Ont.Julie's Mansion RestaurantStratemann reports the band had three days off while Ellington flew to Toronto for a press conference and luncheon related to the release of the album "North of the Border."Stratemann citing DESB,..djpAdded
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                                                                                          .Toronto, Ont.CJRT-FM studio
                                                                                          297 Victoria St.
                                                                                          After the press conference, Ellington, Ron Collier and John Norris were interviewed by Ted O'Reilly. Approximately 18 minutes of the nearly 26 minute interview was broadcast on CJRT The Jazz Scene, Nov. 29. The longer version can be heard on Attic CD 1425.
                                                                                          Mr. O'Reilly:

                                                                                          'It took a lot of work corralling the participants and getting them from the restaurant to the radio station (at 297 Victoria St., Toronto.) As a result, the time available was compressed - I'd love to have had the opportunity to speak longer with Duke, but we had to keep it to the topic of the day, the album release.

                                                                                          The interview, with the shortest selection by each of the album's composers was packaged into a half-hour show, distributed across Canada by the Canadian Association of Broadcasters. I never learned how many stations ever ran it, but it was made available through the CAB's co-operative pool.'

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                                                                                          .New York, N.Y.Plaza in front of new Juilliard building, then under construction.A publicity photo has Duke speaking with Peter Mennen, head of Juilliard School, when he presented a cheque for $30,000 from the Oct. 6 benefit concert to establish the Juilliard School of Music Billy Strayhorn Memorial Fund.

                                                                                          (While the AP wirestory about the concert referred to Juilliard School of Music, the school's webpage says the school shortened its name to Juilliard School after adding dance and drama divisions in 1951 and 1968 respectively.)
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                                                                                          Thursday
                                                                                          Las Vegas, Nev.Casbar Theater
                                                                                          Sahara Hotel
                                                                                          Casino residency

                                                                                          Other acts on the bill were Tokyo Holida, The Treniers and Fillies de Soul. The Casbar ads had show times as 4 a.m. and 5:15 a.m.
                                                                                          Billed as a 3 week engagment, the Dec. 14 Las Vegas Sun carried a photo of Duke captioned Casbar Czar Dec. 10-24 and showed an Entertainment Calendar showing Dec.27-Jan.6 Duke Ellington, suggesting Ellington and his orchestra may have had Christmas and Boxing Day off. On the other hand, Joe Delaney's column Dec. 19 said they were in residence through the day after Christmas and his column Dec. 23 said they would close Thursday [Dec.26]. Another Sun story said they would headline through Thursday, yelding the next night to ... Pepper Davis and Tony Reese.
                                                                                          • Las Vegas Sun, Las Vegas, Nev.
                                                                                            • 1968-12-09 pp.13, 25
                                                                                            • 1968-12-10 p.3
                                                                                            • 1968-12-11 p.6
                                                                                            • 1968-12-14
                                                                                            • 1968-12-19 p.23
                                                                                            • 1968-12-20 p.2
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                                                                                          .Las Vegas, Nev..Peripheral event
                                                                                          Ellington's bassist Jeff Castleman married Ellington singer Trish Turner in Las Vegas, with Castleman's former employer, pianist Joe Castro, as the best man.
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                                                                                          .San Diego, Cal.First United Methodist Church
                                                                                          2111 Camino del Rio
                                                                                          Mission Valley
                                                                                          Concert of sacred music

                                                                                          The church's 90 voice choir was to participate, led by E. Harrison Maxwell and organist Mary Atkinson Henson.

                                                                                          The San Diego Union reported the event was sold out.
                                                                                          • The San Diego Union, San Diego, Cal.
                                                                                            • 1968-12-19 p.A-26
                                                                                            • 1968-12-21 p. B-5
                                                                                            • 1968-12-22 s.E
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                                                                                          .Houston, Tex.Astro Hall
                                                                                          (adjacent to the Astrodome)
                                                                                          Astroball
                                                                                          "Probably the largest New Years Eve party anywhere" - four bands playing for 30,000 people: Duke Ellington and His Orchestra; Les Brown and his Band of Renown [sic]; the Firehouse Five Plus Two; and Joe Tex and his band.

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                                                                                          Duke Ellington and His Orchestra
                                                                                          C.Williams, Anderson, Mercer Ellington, Cook, Brown, Cooper, Connors, Procope, Hodges, Gonsalves, Ashby, Carney, Ellington, ,Castleman, Jones, Trish Turner, Watkins

                                                                                          Titles broadcast:
                                                                                          • Take The "A" Train
                                                                                          • Satin Doll
                                                                                          • Auld Lang Syne
                                                                                          • Be Cool And Groovy For Me
                                                                                          • Prelude To A Kiss
                                                                                          • Things Ain't What They Used To Be
                                                                                          • Jam With Sam
                                                                                          • Mood Indigo
                                                                                          • Sunday Times Advertiser, Trenton, N.J., 1968-12-29 p.14
                                                                                          • AP Wirestory, Independent AM and Press-Telegram PM, Long Beach, Cal., 1968-12-21 p.C-6
                                                                                          • Independent-Press Telegram, Long Beach, Cal.,1968-12-31 p.C-6
                                                                                          • AP wirestory, Reno Evening Gazette, Reno, Nev. 1968-12-31 p.8
                                                                                          • Stratemann p.583 citing Variety 1968-12-23, p.44
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                                                                                          .Los Angeles, Cal.NBC StudiosEllington appeared for 15 minutes on NBC television's "The Joey Bishop Show" talking and playing for about 15 minutes.

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                                                                                          Anaheim, Cal.Melodyland Theatre

                                                                                          Melodyland was a round theatre across the street from Disneyland.
                                                                                          Five performances over 3 nights: Friday, 8:30; Saturday, 7 and 10 p.m.; Sunday, 5 and 8:30 p.m.

                                                                                          Ellington and his orchestra shared the bill with Lou Rawls and his rhythm quartet, with Ellington playing before intermission, and the Rawls group after.

                                                                                          Ellington's reeds and brass joined with Rawls in his set after the intermission, but Ellington did not perform with Rawls.

                                                                                          Rawls had not rehearsed with Ellington's men, having closed in Honolulu the night before. He had a tooth extracted Friday and was performing with a cold and fever.
                                                                                          • Sun-Telegram, San Bernardino, Cal. 1968-12-29 p.C-10
                                                                                          • Upland News, Upland, Cal., 1969-01-01 p.15
                                                                                          • Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles, Cal.
                                                                                            • 1969-01-02 pt.N p.13
                                                                                            • 1969-01-06 pt. IV p.25
                                                                                          • Corona Daily Independent, Corona, Cal., 1969-01-03 p.14
                                                                                          • The News, Van Nuys, Cal., 1969-01-03
                                                                                          • Independent, Press-Telegram, Long Beach, Cal., 1969-01-05 p.A-18
                                                                                          • Stratemann p.583 citing Variety 1969-01-01 p.54
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                                                                                          .Anaheim, Cal.Melodyland TheatreSee 1969 01 03

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                                                                                          -Sunday had matinee and evening performances.
                                                                                          New Desor shows a recorded concert on this date at Disneyland, which was across the street from Melodyland. Nielsen and Timner V have the same recordings and personnel and say Disneyland, but don't describe the event as a concert. Girvan, at the time of writing, correctly locates it in Anaheim but doesn't name the venue.

                                                                                          Bjarne Busk:

                                                                                          '...Some discos claim that the concert was held in Melodyland Theater, Anaheim - Disneyland. I have an audience recording of the concert - nothing written with the source tape.
                                                                                            Someone introduces the concert on the tape:
                                                                                            "And now [mentions three names, the last poss. being Danny Gere??] present Lou Rawls and Duke Ellington and his orchestra. Ladies and gentlemen Duke Ellington."
                                                                                            That's all on my tape for intro... No mentioning of the location. Nor does Duke mention the location during the concert (45 min), or in his outro.'

                                                                                          Lou Rawls' name in the introduction confirms the recordings were made at Melodyland, rather than Disneyland.
                                                                                          Duke Ellington and His Orchestra
                                                                                          C.Williams, Anderson, Mercer Ellington, Cook, Brown, Cooper, Connors, Procope, Hodges, , Gonsalves, Ashby, Carney, Ellington, Castleman, R.Jones, Turner, Watkins

                                                                                          Titles recorded:
                                                                                          • Take The "A" Train
                                                                                          • Prelude To A Kiss
                                                                                          • Things Ain't What They Used To Be
                                                                                          • Birth Of The Blues
                                                                                          • Come Off The Veldt
                                                                                          • Medley
                                                                                            • Satin Doll
                                                                                            • In A Sentimental Mood
                                                                                            • Do Nothin' Till You Hear From Me
                                                                                            • Just Squeeze Me
                                                                                            • Don't Get Around Much Anymore
                                                                                            • Mood Indigo
                                                                                            • I'm Beginning To See The Light
                                                                                            • Solitude
                                                                                            • It Don't Mean A Thing
                                                                                            • Be Cool And Groovy For Me
                                                                                            • Sophisticated Lady
                                                                                            • Caravan
                                                                                          • Satin Doll
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                                                                                          • Newspaper clippings listed at 1969 01 03 above
                                                                                          • Girvan:   Ellingtonia.com
                                                                                          • Timner V
                                                                                          • Ole J. Nielsen, Jazz Records 1942-80, A discography: Vol. Six, Duke Ellington
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                                                                                          San Francisco, Cal.Bimbo's 365 Theater-RestaurantThree shows nightly, 8 pm, 10 pm and midnight. Cootie Williams missed all but the last night due to illness; an unnamed member of Harry James orchestra subbed.
                                                                                          • Oakland Tribune
                                                                                            • 1969-01-03 pES 47
                                                                                            • 1969-01-05 p11-EN
                                                                                            • 1969-01-10 p.49
                                                                                          • Reno Evening Gazette, Reno, Nev. 1968-12-31 p.3
                                                                                          • The Times, San Mateo, Cal.,
                                                                                            • 1969-01-03 p.15
                                                                                            • 1969-01-10 p.15
                                                                                          • Independent-Journal, San Rafael, Cal., 1969-01-10 p.14
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                                                                                          .Osage Beach, Mo.Tan-Tara-A Resort
                                                                                          Lake of the Ozarks
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                                                                                          .Topeka, Kans.Municipal AuditoriumConcert, 8 p.m.
                                                                                          Tickets $3.00 general admission and up to $4.00 reserved.
                                                                                          The Salina Journal, Salina, Kans. 1969-01-15 p.16..
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                                                                                          ...PERSONNEL CHANGE
                                                                                          Singer Shirley Witherspoon joins the band
                                                                                          Ellington called Miss Witherspoon at 5:15 a.m. Sunday to ask her to join:

                                                                                          '... Nobody in the Twin Cities ever signed her up for a long gig. It was Tony Wise of Hayward, Wisc. who ... gave her steady employment...she sang with whatever visiting band would let her on the stand with them - Woody Herman, the Dukes of Dixieland, Ellington and a lot of others.
                                                                                            Ellington flipped for her and told her that, if he ever needed a girl singer, he'd call her...didn't expect to hear from him. [Last week joined a rock band] About the same time, Mercer Ellington, Duke's son, telephoned. He asked Miss Witherspoon if she could come to Milwaukee to sing at an Ellington concert Jan. 24, and begin touring with the band fro there. He mentioned that they were going to play at one of the Nixon inaugural balls tonight.
                                                                                            Miss Witherspoon allowed that it would be nice to make her debut with the band at an inaugural ball. Young Ellington said he would see what his pop had to say about that and call back.
                                                                                            Days went by, and the deadline for the promised call came and went. Miss Witherspoon decided to give up on the Washington notion, and made plans to meet the Ellingtons in Milwaukee as discussed.
                                                                                            Then came the 5:15 a.m. call from Duke...tonight she'll be singing in the Smithsonian Institution...'

                                                                                          • Will Jones, After Last Night, The Minneapolis Tribune, Minneapolis, Minn., 1969-01-20 p.18
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                                                                                          .Dolton, Ill.Dorchester InnConcert at 9 pm followed by a 3-hour danceStratemann p.583..
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                                                                                          .Milwaukee, Wisc.Main ballroom
                                                                                          Pfister Hotel
                                                                                          Ellington and his orchestra played for New Dimensions Ball sponsored by the Milwaukee Symphony Women's League. Also appearing, pianist Sig Millonzi (probably with his trio)
                                                                                          • World of Women, Milwaukee Sentinel, Milwaukee, Wisc. 1968-12-28 Pt. 1 p.6
                                                                                          • The Milwaukee Journal, Milwaukee, Wisc., 1969-01-03 Pt. 2 p.9
                                                                                          • Stratemann p.583
                                                                                          • Additional documentation might be found in SI-NMAH DEC301, Series 2: Performances and Programs, 1933-1974, box 13, folder, folder 1 Milwaukee Symphony Benefit Ball, Hotel Pfister, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, January 25, 1969
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                                                                                          New York, N.Y..Ellington attended a two day meeting of the National Council of the Arts.

                                                                                          Monday:
                                                                                          The meeting convened at 09:45 Monday, and recessed at 12:30 for lunch with Advisory Committee members of the Business Committee for the Arts, Inc., representatives of the press, Council members and National Endowment for the Arts staff.

                                                                                          The meeting continued from 14:30 to 16:30, and adjourned so members could view a multimedia arts presentation

                                                                                          That evening, Ellington and other Council members were guests at the Business Committee for the Arts second annual meeting and dinner at the New York State Theatre of Lincoln Center. Ruth Ellington's appointment book notes the Grand Promenade NY State Theater was black tie.

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                                                                                          New York, N.Y.New York State Theatre
                                                                                          Lincoln Center
                                                                                          Ellington and other National Council of the Arts members were guests at the Business Committee for the Arts second annual meeting and black tie dinner. Ruth Ellington's appointment book notes "Grand Promenade NY State Theater" and black tie.
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                                                                                          .New York, N.Y..Ellington attended the second morning of the National Council of the Arts meeting from 09:45 to 12:45. - see 1969 01 27

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                                                                                          .Memphis, Tenn.Auditorium AmphitheatrePops concert, 8:30 p.m., Duke Ellington with his orchestra and Memphis Symphony Orchestra. 4,800 attended.

                                                                                          Ellington soloed with the MSO.

                                                                                          Prices: $4.50 for a table seat (80 tables were set up with 12 chairs at each); $4.00 for first-floor seats in boxes and dress circle except last 2 sections; $4.00 first balcony; $3.00 last two rear dress circle and first four rows of second balcony, $2.50 in remaining seats. 80 tables with 12 seats each, $4.50/seat. First-floor

                                                                                          'Ellington Opens Familiar Melodic Floodgates
                                                                                          By ROBERT JENNINGS
                                                                                            ...The Duke was onstage almost all night, and his orchestra was with him except for an introductory array of songs with Ellington at piano and Vincent de Frank conducting his Memphis orchestra. This was splendid, from the first Oriental strains of "Caravan" to the melancholy philosophy of "I Got It Bad and That Ain't Good."
                                                                                            But the sidemen began to take their chairs while the applause lingered for the first songs, and they immediately made their presence felt with the 15-minute Ellington composition, "Harlem," a symphonic rhapsody commissioned by Arturo Toscanini.
                                                                                            After intermission "Rockin'in Rhythm" got the crowd back in its seats and the parade of scintillating solo turns began:
                                                                                            Cootie Williams on trumpet in an excerpt from Ellington's Sacred Concert; Cat Anderson on trumpet and Rufus Jones on drums in another section from the work and then accomplishing a virtual duet on "Salome"; trumpeter Willie Cook in "Take the 'A' Train"; Johnny Hodges reaffirming his position as the No. 1 man on the alto saxophone.

                                                                                          Paul Gonsalves' tenor sax was mesmerizing in "In a Sentimental Mood" and Harold Ashby, on tenor sax, was heroic in "Squeeze Me but Please Don't Tease Me."
                                                                                            Russel Procope's clarinet highlights helped keep "Mood Indigo" what it has always been—the best of the vast stock of Ellington compositions. Cootie Williams was ever so obviously present again in "Cool and Groovey," with Harry Carney—in his 41st year with the orchestra—taking the baritone sax honors in "Sophisticated Lady."
                                                                                            Mr. de Frank turn soloist himself in the concert's final mellow moments, putting his cello right in the mainstream. Mr. Ellington's piano playing was, as always, just enough to make you want more. It was perfect filigree here, commanding and powerful there, tasteful throughout.
                                                                                            The Ellington orchestra also included Lawrence Brown and Buster Cooper, trombones; Chuck Connors, bass trombone; Jeff Castleman on bass; Mercer Ellington, the Duke's son, on trumpet, and the vocalists: Trish Turner and Toney Watkins.
                                                                                            The Amphitheatre was almost full, even the gallery being thrown open for last-minute ticket buyers, and turnout was the biggest in the pops concert series. The concerts are co-sponsored by The Commercial Appeal and the Memphis Orchestral Society.'

                                                                                          • The Commercial Appeal, Memphis, Tenn.,
                                                                                            • 1968-12-27 p.2
                                                                                            • 1969-01-05 pp.4, 6
                                                                                            • 1969-01-31 p.19
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                                                                                          • Additional documentation might be found in SI-NMAH DEC301, Series 2: Performances and Programs, 1933-1974, box 13, folder 2 Memphis Symphony Pops Concert, The Auditorium, Memphis, Tennessee, January 30, 1969 (click here to see a sample from this, folder)
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                                                                                          Spelman College
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                                                                                          Thursday
                                                                                          .Orlando, Fla.In transitRon Wiggins, Sentinel Staff:

                                                                                          'Duke Ellington, in Central Florida to perform at the Sanford Civic Center at 8 p.m. Thursday, is not a man you can get to know in a 20-minute ride from the airport...
                                                                                            While at the airport, a young man stuck his head in the car and said: "Sunshine is all I need."
                                                                                            He's in the band," Ellington told a reporter. "He was just suggesting a name for a song I just wrote."
                                                                                           ...A break in the band's schedule is coming up shortly he explained: "Because some cat in the West Indies couldn't come up with the loot. So, I'll find me a good studio somewhere and get in a week of recording."
                                                                                            ...We did 20 [sacred concerts] in October and 10 in November...
                                                                                            "I just thought of something - Civilization; ultimate civilization is the realization that all human beings have imperfections. Write that down...I need that."'

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                                                                                          .Sanford, Fla.Sanford Civic CenterConcert, 8:30 p.m., for the Sanford Merchants "We Care" project. Tickets $7.50 and $5.00

                                                                                          At one point the concert was announced as being Friday night and a correction was printed Thursday.
                                                                                          The Sentinel review named Ellington, Hodges, Williams, Anderson, Brown, Cooper, Gonsalves, and Carney. Titles mentioned: "Black and Tan Fantasy," "Creole Love Call," "The Mooche," "In a Sentimental Mood," "Do Nothing Till You Hear From Me," "Prelude to a Kiss," "All of Me," "Sophisticated Lady," "Satin Doll.

                                                                                          ' Just before the close of the concert, the Duke introduced Vicky Jones ["Vickie Lee Jones" in Stratemann] of Ocala, who was in the news recently when she impersonated Aretha Franklin in an appearance at Fort Myers. Accompanied by Ellington on the piano Thursday, Vicky sang a short version of "Every Day I Have the Blues.'

                                                                                          Verne Tietjen, Hush Puppies column:

                                                                                          'This was the night Duke Ellington sat down to play and the whole band laughed.

                                                                                           Mink-wrapped matrons and mini-skirted, bearded youth were finding their seats in Sanford's quonset hut shaped civic center Thursday evening, all chatting excitedly. The concert of the year was about to start and out front one could feel an electric charge in the air.

                                                                                           Backstage one could hear it.

                                                                                           The fabulous Duke and his men had spent the day in Orlando, making the short hop to Sanford in their chartered bus in time to play. The maestro, wearing deep blue slacks, a deeper blue jacket, still deeper blue shirt, red shoes and duck-tail hair style, was jovially asking where he might come up on some Florida shad roe.

                                                                                           Then he peered through the wings and saw the piano.

                                                                                           Standing nobly erect at the left side of the concert stage was a mahogany upright, circa early twentieth century.

                                                                                           The swarthy Ellington turned ashen.

                                                                                           "The man's going to flip," long time Ellington sax man Johnny Hodges said. " Early Steinway," another said. "Pre-Steinway," said a third. "A relic," said clarinetist Russell Procope, a 21-year Ellington man.

                                                                                           The sponsoring Downtown merchants of Sanford and agent Sammy Roen started upending the town. A few dozen frantic phone calls later, they had turned up one grand piano.

                                                                                           " You're welcome to pick it up," the owners offered, " but it hasn't been tuned in five years."

                                                                                           The 8 o'clock starting hour had passed. "Let's go," the Duke said. The fans when slipped into their chairs on the curtainless stage.

                                                                                           The Duke strolled on last, all smile [sic], to a big ovation. The band broke gently into "Take the A Train." A pause and a few opening remarks, and Ellington, 70-year-old genius of the keyboard and composer of nearly 2,000 other songs, struck the distinctive opening chords of his " Black and Tan Fantasy."

                                                                                           Trumpeter Cootie Williams almost rolled off his chair. Hodges, with the Duke since the Cotton Club days in'28, had to cover his face. The others tittered.

                                                                                           A piano not tuned and in five years? This maybe not in 10, maybe never.

                                                                                           Ellington, paying no heed, played on. Between numbers he strolled casually off stage for first aid. He had cut a finger on the keyboard, and people scurried about for some Mercurochrome.

                                                                                           He was back quickly and the show – a $2,500 in-between stop on a one-nighter tour that last night cost Doral Country Club $12,500 – went merrily on.

                                                                                           At the close, two and a half hours later, the applause was long and loud.

                                                                                            "We all love you madly," the beaming Duke told his audience.

                                                                                           After a while the boys packed up and the A Train, disguised as a Greyhound bus, rolled toward Interstate 4 and back toward Orlando.

                                                                                           Vickie [dic] Jones, the West Virginia soul singer who somehow got herself confused with Aretha Franklin when she hit Florida, lingered in the curtains at Sanford through most of the Ellington concert.

                                                                                           Near the finish, the Duke, a man with a heart as big as his talent, invited her onstage and introduced her.

                                                                                           "I know you didn't come to sing," the Duke chided, then started a little piano rhythm. A puzzled Vicky [sic] sang a few bars, then bowed out. Everything considered, it was in bad.

                                                                                           "He don't know how I sing, and I don' [sic] know how he play," she said.'

                                                                                          • Orlando Sentinel, Orlando, Fla.
                                                                                            • 1969-01-19 p.4
                                                                                            • 1969-02-06 p.10-B
                                                                                            • 1969-02-07 p.6-D
                                                                                            • 1969-02-08 pp.1-B, 2-B
                                                                                          • Orlando Evening Star, Orlando, Fla.
                                                                                            • 1969-01-23 p.13-A
                                                                                            • 1969-02-03 p.3-A
                                                                                          • Today, Cocoa, Fla., 1969-01-30 p.7D
                                                                                          • Stratemann p.583 citing DESB
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                                                                                          .Ft. Lauderdale, Fla.War Memorial AuditoriumOne nighter to benefit Pine Crest school's Forward Fund building program
                                                                                          • Ft. Lauderdale News, Ft. Lauderdale, Fla.
                                                                                            • 1969-01-08 p.10D
                                                                                            • 1969-01-26 p.16C
                                                                                            • 1969-02-07 p.35F
                                                                                          • Ft. Lauderdale News amd Sun-Sentinel, Ft. Lauderdale, Fla. 1969-02-02 p.8H
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                                                                                          '11-16Feb69. According to the Booking Contracts (Subseries 3A Box 8 in the Duke Ellington Collection) Duke Ellington and His Orchestra were contracted to play at Ballard's, Smithfield, Providence, Rhode Island on February 11-16, 1969. They were to be paid $8,000 for playing from 9-2 am. The contact specified "Duke Ellington is to receive 100% sole star top headline billing on marquee". The contract was signed by a Paul Filipi for Ballard's.
                                                                                          -Tom McDade and Hans-Joachim Schmidt'

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                                                                                          .Winter Haven, Fla.Cypress GardensDuring the week of Feb. 17, five 90-minute episodes of the syndicated daytime talk show The Mike Douglas Show were pre-taped in this central Florida amusement park in connection with the Florida Citrus Festival.

                                                                                          Stratemann reported

                                                                                          'The Ellington band was at work on its segment from 6:30 a.m. on, a DESB clipping stated.'



                                                                                          The Ellington episode was telecast March 11 in Philadelphia on March 11 and then sydicated, playing on 180 [per Stratemann] stations March 25.

                                                                                          The Ellington episode included Florida's Governor Claude Kirk, comedian Pat Paulsen, singer Kaye Stevens, a trick diver named Koehler and a jai alai demonstration by Santiago and Howard was telecast nationally on March 25.

                                                                                          Paulsen, Stevens and Ellington tried their hand at jai alai off-camera.
                                                                                          • Stratemann p.584 citing DESB
                                                                                          • The Miami News, Miami, Fla., 1969-02-24 p.5-C
                                                                                          • T.V. pages:
                                                                                            • TV Key, Sunday Oregonian, Portland, Ore. 1969-03-23 p.7
                                                                                            • Sunday World Herald Magazine, Omaha, Nebr. 1969-03-23 p.16
                                                                                            • Express and News, San Antonio, Tex., 1969-03-23 p.26
                                                                                            • Ft. Myers News-Press, Ft. Myers, Fla., 1969-03-23 p.2
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                                                                                          At some time during this residency, Ellington was interviewed by Boy Edgar for a Dutch television program, and performed Moon Maiden, Delta Serenade and Black Beauty on electric piano for the show.

                                                                                          At some time during the residency, the orchestra was recorded:

                                                                                          Duke Ellington and His Orchestra
                                                                                          C.Williams, Anderson, M. Ellington, Cook, Brown, Cooper, Connors, Procope, Hodges, Gonsalves, Ashby, Carney, Ellington, Castleman, R.Jones, Witherspoon

                                                                                          Titles recorded:
                                                                                          • Creole Love Call
                                                                                          • Drag
                                                                                          • I Got It Bad and That Ain't Good
                                                                                          • Kinda Dukish
                                                                                          • Satin Doll
                                                                                          • Take The "A" Train
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                                                                                          .Palo Alto, Cal.Foothill Gymnasium
                                                                                          Stanford University
                                                                                          The Ellington trio (Ellington, Castleman and Jones) appeared in concert with the California Youth Symphony.

                                                                                          The other sidemen's activities are not documented.
                                                                                          Additional documentation might be found in the Archive Center SI-NMAH
                                                                                          • DEC301, Series 2: Performances and Programs, 1933-1974, box 13, folder 3 California Youth Symphony, Foothill Gymnasium, California, March 9, 1969
                                                                                          • Collection AC-0494, Betty McGettigan Collection of Duke Ellington Memorabilia
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                                                                                          ...PERSONNEL CHANGES
                                                                                          Stratemann and Vail report Jeff Castleman, bass, and vocalist Trish Turner stayed behind when the band moved on to the East. Ms Turner apparently did not leave the band. Mike Squires of Bloomington, Ind. reports meeting her during the dinner/dance at the Atkinson Hotel in Indianapolis in mid-April.
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                                                                                          .Short Hills, N.J.Synagogue.Additional documentation might be found in SI-NMAH DEC301, Series 2: Performances and Programs, 1933-1974, box 16, folder 20 Congregation B'Nai Jeshurun, Short Hills, New Jersey, March 30, 1969.
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                                                                                          1969 04 00...(Unconfirmed)

                                                                                          Stratemann writes that Ellington bought Billy Strayhorn's 10% interest in Tempo Music from the Strayhorn estate, for $100,000, thus becoming the sole owner. From his description, this appears to have been between March 31 to April 26.
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                                                                                          New recording session "scale" for musicians
                                                                                          International Musician, 1969 05 00 reported a new, three-year agreement, retroactive to 1969 04 01, was reached that raised session pay for non-symphonic musicians from $65 to $85 beginning 1969 04 01, and to $90 from 1970 10 01 (plus a $1 payment for each original service to a local health and welfare fund in New York and directly to musicians elsewhere). Other changes include increased allowances for cartage, premium time and overtime; rest period increases; and extra payment for doubling.
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                                                                                          .Chicago, Ill.Auditorium Theater
                                                                                          Northwestern University
                                                                                          Sunday matinee concert of sacred music, Ellington and his orchestra with a choir from Northwestern University directed by Frank Little.
                                                                                          (Benefit for Lawrence Hall/Randall House, a nonsectarian Chicago boys' home.)
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                                                                                          1969 04 17..PERSONNEL CHANGES
                                                                                          Vail reports Johnny Hodges suffered a "heart seizure" during the Atkinson Hotel engagement and was out of the band for the next two months, with Gregory Herbert subbing.

                                                                                          While Stratemann reported Trish Turner stayed behind when the band came east, Mike Squires of Bloomington, Ind., reports:

                                                                                          'My wife and I were present at one of the Atkinson Hotel ballroom gigs in April, 1969; Trish Turner was definitely there (we met her). She is listed as leaving in March. [this refers to the TDWAW entry for 1969 03 29 TDWAW entry above]...
                                                                                            Hodges appeared to be in fine shape.'

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                                                                                          Email, Mike Squires of Bloomington, Ind.: to Palmquist, 2017-02-26:

                                                                                          '...my wife and I were present at one of the Atkinson Hotel ballroom gigs in April, 1969; ... A special incident was that due to my wife and I warming up the dancers (no one danced the first two, we stood up for the third) we were allowed to stay after the dinner-dance was over. The band hadn't packed up, but started to play for the cleanup crew (which in 1969 Indianapolis was entirely African-American). As I remember Duke led a number of current R&B songs, and I have a very fond memory of Williams and Hodges trading fours over the riffing Ellington brass and reed sections playing the Stax thing. Best soul band I ever heard.'

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                                                                                          .Boston, Mass.Emmanuel Church
                                                                                          15 Newbury St.
                                                                                          Second Concert of Sacred Music
                                                                                          Dr. Mark Sumner Harvey:

                                                                                          '  I recently bought myself the Stratemann volume which many of you have and often refer to. In perusing various dates, I noted that the entry for April 20, 1969 has the Second Sacred Concert being performed at Temple Emmanuel, Boston. I've seen this venue listed in other citations. Unfortunately, it is incorrect.
                                                                                            The actual venue was the Emmanuel Church [Episcopal], located at 15 Newbury Street, Boston. I know this because I was in attendance, it being one of my early delightful live Ellington performances. I thought this might be a good time to correct the record...
                                                                                            Since that early Sacred Concert exposure, I went on to be part of the Emmanuel Church staff, and most recently celebrated the 50th Anniversary of the inaugural 1965 Sacred Concert on my Aardvark Jazz Orchestra's annual Christmas Concert. We played a number of selections from the Second Sacred Concert in the same space that the DEO had performed that music back in 1969. An honor to be able to do that.'

                                                                                          ...'The concert was sponsored by, and perhaps was a benefit for, the Episcopal Chaplaincy of Harvard and Radcliffe. The church was jam-packed; I arrived a bit late and was lucky to find a seat on the side.'

                                                                                          Dr. Harvey's recollections are confirmed in the Boston area newspapers as noted to the right. The Lowell Sun named the choir as The Memorial Church Choir of Harvard. The announcements say the concert would benefit the Chaplaincy and the Ecumenical Center in Roxbury Inc.
                                                                                          • Stratemann, p.584 citing DESB
                                                                                          • Vail II
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                                                                                            • 1969-03-30 p.A 9
                                                                                            • 1969-04-09 p.B 33
                                                                                          • Boston Sunday Advertiser, Boston, Mass. 1969-03-31 p.A 19
                                                                                          • The Lowell Sun, Lowell, Mass. 1969-04-17 p.41
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                                                                                          .Philadelphia, Penn..Ellington appeared on an afernoon WCAU-TV television show,"Soul Scene," hosted by Jim Blocker.Stratemann p.584 citing DESB..
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                                                                                          .Philadelphia, Penn.Academy of MusicConcert of Sacred Music with The Camerata Americana choir.
                                                                                          The Feb. 24 letter says Phi Mu Alpha Sinfonia's National Executive Committee proposed to have its vice-president, Dr. Robert C. Soule, present Ellington with a special award the night of the concert. The letter also says the Rho Upsilon Chapter would be greatly honored if he would accept its invitation to become a Professional Hornorary member of Sinfonia.
                                                                                          • Letter, Richard A. Schapp - Martin F. Haniffy, Administrative Assistant, Duke Ellington, Inc., dated 1969 02 24, SI-NMAH Archives Center, DEC301, Series III, Subseries E, Box 103, Folder 28
                                                                                          • Stratemann p.584 citing DESB
                                                                                          • Additional documentation might be found in SI-NMAH DEC301, Series 2: Performances and Programs, 1933-1974, box 16, folder 21 Academy of Music, Philadelphia, Penna., April 22, 1969
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                                                                                          .Washington, D.C..According to the details of AP Archives story z024723, Ellington held a press conference in Washington to mark his birthday. Just under two minutes of television footage is available on the AP Archive online. A slightly longer version is dated 1969 04 30.AP Archives story z024723..
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                                                                                          .Washington, D.C.White HousePresident Nixon hosted a reception celebrating Ellington's 70th birthday. The evening began with dinner in the State Room, where Nixon presented Ellington with the Medal of Freedom. After the President and guests sang Happy Birthday, a concert by an "All-Star" band (Tom Whaley leading Clark Terry, Bill Berry, J.J. Johnson, Urbie Green, Paul Desmond, Gerry Mulligan, Hank Jones, Jim Hall, Milt Hinton and Louie Bellson), emceed by Voice of America's Willis Conover, came next, followed by Ellington playing "Pat," in honour of the First Lady.

                                                                                          President and Mrs. Nixon returned to their quarters, and refreshments were served in an adjacent room while the East Room was set up for a jam session and dance played by members of the U.S. Marine Band and guest soloists Earl Hines, Dr. Harold [recte Billy} Taylor, Joe Williams and Mary Mayo.

                                                                                          Jet printed the following list of celebrities in attendance:
                                                                                          • President and Mrs. Nixon
                                                                                          • Vice President and Mrs.Agnew
                                                                                          • Atty. General and Mrs. John Mitchell
                                                                                          • Secretary of Labor and Mrs. George Shultz
                                                                                          • Secretary of Health, Education and Welfare and Mrs. Robert Finch
                                                                                          • Director-Designate, Office of Economic Opportunity, Rep. and Mrs. Donald RumsfeldFrank Shakespeare, Director, U. S. Information Agency
                                                                                          • Mr. and Mrs. Daniel P. Moynihan, Assistant To The President
                                                                                          • Judge and Mrs. Edward R. Dudley, New York State Supreme Court
                                                                                          • Secretary, Smithsonian Institution, S. Dillon Ripley II and Mrs. Ripley
                                                                                          • John Walker III, Member, Commission of Fine Arts, Tractor National Gallery of Art, and Mrs. Walker
                                                                                          • Mr. and Mrs. Harold Arlen
                                                                                          • The Very Rev. Dr. and Mrs. C. Julian Bartlett
                                                                                          • Mrs. William (Count) Basie
                                                                                          • David W. and Mrs. Brubeck
                                                                                          • Mr. and Mrs. Cab. Calloway
                                                                                          • Mr. and Mrs. Harry Carney
                                                                                          • Mr. and Mrs. Willis Conover
                                                                                          • Mr. and Mrs. Stanley Dance
                                                                                          • Mr. and Mrs. Leslie Diamond
                                                                                          • The Right Rev. Horace W. B. Donegan, Bishop of New York
                                                                                          • Mr. and Mrs. Billy Eckstein
                                                                                          • Edward K. Ellington II (Duke's grandson)
                                                                                          • Gaye Ellington (Duke's granddaughter)
                                                                                          • Mercer and Mrs. Ellington
                                                                                          • Ruth Ellington
                                                                                          • Bernard Flynn
                                                                                          • Mr. and Mrs. Sigmund (Mahalia Jackson) Galloway
                                                                                          • Leonard Garment
                                                                                          • Rev. and Mrs. John G.Gensel
                                                                                          • John B (Dizzy) Gillespie
                                                                                          • Benny and Mrs. Goodman
                                                                                          • Fred Guy
                                                                                          • Stephen D. James (Duke's grandson)
                                                                                          • John H and Mrs. Johnson, Johnson Publishing Co.
                                                                                          • Rev. Dr. and Mrs. Brian M. Kirkland
                                                                                          • Dr. and Mrs. Arthur Logan
                                                                                          • Charles McWhorter
                                                                                          • Rev. Norman J. O'Connor
                                                                                          • Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Patterson (Producer, Stratford Shakespeare Theatre)
                                                                                          • Mr. and Mrs. Otto Preminger
                                                                                          • Lou and Mrs. Rawls
                                                                                          • Ethel Rich (Milton College)
                                                                                          • Richard and Mrs. Rodgers
                                                                                          • Mr. and Mrs. Roger L. Stevens, John F. Kennedy Center For The Performing Arts
                                                                                          • Mr. and Mrs. H. Robert Udkoff
                                                                                          • Judge Thomas G. Weaver
                                                                                          • Rev. Harold H Weicker
                                                                                          • Thomas L Whaley
                                                                                          • Rev. and Mrs. John Yaryan
                                                                                          Its photos also included
                                                                                          • Chicago columnist and Mrs. Irv Kupcinet
                                                                                          • "Duke's Joe Morgan"
                                                                                          • Ebony's Phyllis Garland
                                                                                          • Jet's Robert E. Johnson
                                                                                          • dancer Carmen de Lavallade
                                                                                          • Associated Press reporter Mary Campbell
                                                                                          • Judge and Mrs. Edward Dudley
                                                                                          . Taped and filmed by USIS, the events formed the basis of a 28 minute documentary called "Duke Ellington at The White House." The documentary included the following indiviuals who were not named by Jet:Teachout shows Whitney Balliett and Gunther Schuller, also.
                                                                                          • Stratemann pp. 585, p.590
                                                                                          • Vail II
                                                                                          • Teachout, pp.342-343
                                                                                          • Jet magazine 1969-05-15 pp.22-53 (extensive coverage and photos)
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                                                                                        • MIMM, p.425
                                                                                        • MLDE 157
                                                                                        • WoDE 286
                                                                                        • Derek Jewell, A Portrait Of Duke Ellington, Norton, 1977
                                                                                        • John Edward Hasse: Beyond Category, The Life and Genius of Duke Ellington
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                                                                                          Ellington's birthday
                                                                                          ..Top of the Sixes(Unconfirmed)

                                                                                          In his syndicated column, Earl Wilson said Ellington followed up his party at the White House with a party at the Top of the Sixes. Artie Shaw helped him cut the cake.

                                                                                          This seems doubtful unless a restaurant by this name was located in Washington. There is one in New York, but Ellington appears to have been away from New York between his birthday and May 10; Teachout has Ellington and Carney leaving for Oklahoma after the White House celebration.
                                                                                          • "12 o'clock whistle causes one to reminisce," Earl Wilson, The Arizona Republic, Phoenix, 1969-05-19, p.26
                                                                                          • Teachout p.344

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                                                                                          .Oklahoma City, Okla.Civic Center Music HallConcert, opening night of Oklahoma City Festival of the Arts.

                                                                                          Tickets: $2, $3, $4, $5
                                                                                          Ada Sunday News, Ada, Okla.,1969-04-27. p.8..
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                                                                                          1969 05 00...PERSONNEL CHANGE
                                                                                          Trumpeter Jimmy Owens joins the band and leaves in early June.
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                                                                                          Afternoon television show
                                                                                          Due to the surrounding Oklahoma events, Stratemann suggests this was pre-taped but doesn't say when.
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                                                                                          San Francisco State College
                                                                                          Free concert sponsored by college president Samuel I. Hayakawa from his discretionary fund, made up primarily by money he earned in speaking engagements. He used the concert as a peacekeeping measure following a long strike on campus. The audience numbered 2,600. Hayakawa sat on the floor in the front row of students for part of the concert, and then sat on the floor of the stage. At the end of the concert, there was a dance of some sort (referred to in the paper as a jitterbug session). The audience cheered Ellington and the band, but booed Hayakawa.
                                                                                          • St. Petersburg Times, 1969-05-09, p.10-D
                                                                                          • Los Angeles Times Service story in The Arizona Republic, 1965-05-06, p.8
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                                                                                          1969 05 06.St. Louis, Mo.Washington UniversitySacred Concert
                                                                                          • Smithsonian Institution Ellington collection, Series 2: Performances and Programs, 1933-1974, Box 16, folder 24, labelled, as of the date of writing, Washington University, St. Louis, Missouri, July 8, 1969. C. Windheuser, Smithsonian Reference Services volunteer reviewed the folder in February/March 2016 and reports it contains the summer 1969 Vol 39 No 4 edition of the university magazine, with an article about the sacred concert on pages 8 to 13.
                                                                                          • Additional documentation might be found in SI-NMAH DEC301, Series 2: Performances and Programs, 1933-1974, box 16, folder 22 Washington University, St. Louis, Missouri, May 6, 1969
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                                                                                          .Saginaw, Mich.First Congregational Church
                                                                                          S.Jefferson and Hayden Streets.
                                                                                          7:30 p.m. concert of sacred music

                                                                                          '...The Arts Committee of First Congregational Church was the beneficiary of a surprise break in Ellington's current tour schedule and will present him and his 16-piece orchestra in a program of sacred music in modern idiom...Only 500 seats at $5 each will be sold.'

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                                                                                          • The News-Herald, Franklin, Penn. 1969-01-15 s.B p.15
                                                                                          • The Derrick, Oil City, etc., Penn. 1969-01-18 p.7
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                                                                                          .New York, N.Y.Bell StudiosFalse date?
                                                                                          • Stratemann shows

                                                                                            'May 25 Bell Studios, New York; and:
                                                                                            Festival Center, Bethlehem, Pa.'

                                                                                            but provides no further information about the Bell Studios entry.
                                                                                          • Vail II only shows the Festival Center on this date.
                                                                                          • There is no entry for a recording session for this date in New Desor, Timner V, Nielsen, MacHare or (at the time of writing) Girvan.
                                                                                          • DEMS 86/2 lists the Duke Ellington stockpile recordings broadcast on Danish Radio. That list shows a piano/vocal recording of The Feeling of Jazz, saying
                                                                                            • the date stated in DR broadcast 28 was 24May62
                                                                                            • the date shown in Mercer Ellington's list was 24May69
                                                                                            • the date confirmed by DEMS was 25May69
                                                                                          • Nielsen shows 8 takes of this title, featuring Duke and Milt Grayson, in the Bell Sound Studios session 1962 05 24
                                                                                          • New Desor and Timner V both indicate 3 takes of this title with these personnel.

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                                                                                          • This may be a false date, or it may be a recording session which does not necessarily conflict with the Bethlehem date, since Bethlehem is only about 80 miles from New York.
                                                                                          • It seems more likely Stratemann's entry is based on DEMS 86/2 and it seems likely both Mercer Ellington and DEMS merely wrote the wrong year.
                                                                                          • Further research is needed to take this any further.
                                                                                          Stratemann p.591.DEMS
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                                                                                          Sunday
                                                                                          .Bethlehem, Penn.Festival CenterSacred concert.
                                                                                          • Stratemann p.591
                                                                                          • The Courier-Express, DuBois, Penn. 1969-06-10 p.5
                                                                                          • Additional documentation might be found in SI-NMAH DEC301, Series 2: Performances and Programs, 1933-1974, box 16, folder 23 Bethlehem Festival of the Arts, Bethlehem, Penn., May 25, 1969
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                                                                                          .Providence, R.I.Piano Lounge
                                                                                          Graduate Center
                                                                                          Brown University
                                                                                          The evening before Brown University commencement ceremonies, Ellington attended a dinner for recipients of honorary degrees. Brown Alumni Monthly:

                                                                                          '...It was inevitable that Ellington would sit down at the piano, and it was no accident that the dinner was held in the Piano Lounge...
                                                                                            Ellington began to play, and the sounds...drew more than those among the guests who hadn't finished dinner. As the Duke's music carried ... undergraduates began appearing on the terrace. President Heffner invited students into the Lounge,k and Ellington quickly had an audience, old and young alike, seated on the floor around the piano.
                                                                                            Both President and Mrs. Heffner are interested in music, and Mrs. Heffner plays the piano well. So it was no surprise when a Heffner-Ellington duet developed...'


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                                                                                          Sunday
                                                                                          .Kingston, JamaicaHouse of Chen
                                                                                          Knutsford Boulevard
                                                                                          Peripheral event
                                                                                          Kingston concert sponsors (Jamaica Flour Mills Ltd. and the Pillsbury Company) and promoter Stephen Hill of Celebrity Concerts held a press conference in Kingston. Mr. Hill named John and Linda Rollins as the Montego Bay concert sponsors, and announced a Sunday sacred concert at the Roman Catholic Cathedral. Patrons named were Their Excellencies the Governor General Sir Clifford Campbell and Lady Campbell; Prime Minister the Rt. Hon. Hugh Shearer, the Minister of Finance and Planning the Hon. Edward Sears; and the leader of the Opposition, Michael Manley. Those Jamaica Flour Mills people present were controller Les Hanson and assistant manager Douglas Wynter, and Homer Gaynes, Public Relations Officer of the United States Embassy attended as well.
                                                                                          The Daily Gleaner, Kingston, Jamaica, 1969-06-04 p.6 ..
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                                                                                          .Providence, R.I.Sayles Hall
                                                                                          Brown University
                                                                                          Stratemann and Vail report the university bestowed a Doctorate of Music on Ellington.
                                                                                          Stratemann also reports Duke played "an impromptu concert" for about 2 hours for a group of about 100 people in the Piano Lounge, but this seems more likely to have been the previous evening after the dinner, since only the one such concert was reported in the Brown Alumni Monthly report - see 1969 06 01.
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                                                                                          Money Johnson (1918 02 231978 03 28) replaced Cat Anderson, for the upcoming Caribbean tour and would stay until July. He had briefly been in the band in early 1967 and would rejoin in September 1970.

                                                                                          Stanley Dance's two-page Downbeat biography of Johnson says he played professionally at age 15 in a band whose leader transcribed many Ellington charts from records, that he was in Cootie Williams' band during the 1940s, and that he was hired by Mercer Ellington on occasion.
                                                                                        • New Desor vol.2
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                                                                                        • Downbeat 1969-09-04 pp.18-19
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                                                                                          .Port-of-Spain
                                                                                          Trinidad and Tobago
                                                                                          Trinidad country clubReuters wirestory:
                                                                                          Ellington attended a reception June 8 at the Trinidad country club in Port-of-Spain, accompanied by band members. They listened to the Pan Am Jet North Stars steel band play Poet and Peasants and Rhapsody in Blue. North Star member David de la Rose gave Duke a copy of their LP titled Souvenir in Steel. Ellington and members of his band joined hosts on the dance floor to "jump up" to several calypsoes played by the steel band.
                                                                                          • E-mail R.Brambach-Palmquist 2015-02-18
                                                                                          • Reuters wirestory datelined Port-of-Spain, Trinidad June 9 in The Daily Gleaner, Kingston, Jamaica, 1969 06 13 p.7
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                                                                                          .Port-of-Spain
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                                                                                          Queen's HallTwo concerts
                                                                                          Reuters wirestory datelined Port-of-Spain, Trinidad June 9:

                                                                                          'Later in the day, he put on two shows at Queen's Hall to support a move to build a new hospital here.'

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                                                                                          Location and time not known
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                                                                                          .Georgetown, GuyanaQueen's College AuditoriumStratemann and Vail report two concerts
                                                                                          Reuters reported only one concert, under the patronage of Governor-General Sir David Rose; with proceeds to the University of Guyana Appeal Fund.

                                                                                          Timner V reports one concert, and notes it was broadcast.
                                                                                          • Stratemann p.591
                                                                                          • Reuters wirestory announcement datelined Guyana, May 28 in The Daily Gleaner, Kingston, Jamaica, 1969-06-04 p.7
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                                                                                          .Kingston, Jamaica. Peripheral event
                                                                                          The Daily Gleaner reported the K.S.A.C. (Kingston and St. Andrew Corporation) Council approved a motion for Ellington to be presented with the keys to the city on June 16. The report mentions he was expected to perform at the National Stadium following the presentation.
                                                                                          The Daily Gleaner, Kingston, 1969-06-10 p.22..
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                                                                                          .Georgetown, GuyanaNational ParkAfternoon concert
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                                                                                          .Kingston, JamaicaChurch House
                                                                                          Caledonia Avenue
                                                                                          Peripheral event
                                                                                          The Rt. Rev. Cyril Swaby, Anglican Bishop of Jamaica, His Grace the Most Rev. John J. McEleney, Roman Catholic Archbishop of Kingston, the Rev. Stanford Webley, Executive Secretary of the Jamaica Council of Churches, and Rabbi Bernard Hooker, Spiritual Leader of the Jewish Community met and gave their approval and support to Ellington's Ecumencial Sacred Concert to be performed on Sunday at Holy Trinity Cathedral, North Street, at 5:00 p.m. The newspaper reported
                                                                                          • heads of churches were asking ministers to bring the concert to the attention of their church members
                                                                                          • concert sponsors, Mr. Stephen Hill of Celebrity Concerts in association with Jamaica Flour Mills and the Pillsbury Company, agreed to donate the proceeds to the Churches Advisory Bureau and to Operation Friendship
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                                                                                          .Kingston, Jamaica.Having already played in Trinidad and Guyana, Ellington and his entourage arrived at Palisadoes Airport at Kingston. Kingston's The Daily Gleaner and The Sunday Gleaner carried an extraordinary amount of publicity and coverage for Ellington's stay in Jamaica which is summarized here.
                                                                                          Daily Gleaner, 1969-06-12:

                                                                                          'The renowned [sic] Duke Ellington and his All-Stars Orchestra came in at Kingston by KLM jet yesterday for the Jamaica leg of a Caribbean tour...
                                                                                          Yesterday on his arrival at the airport a Scroll of Friendship was presented to him by Mr. Fred Wilmot on behalf of the Jamaica Tourist Board.'

                                                                                          18 band members arrived Wednesday and another 4 were due later. (Note Guyana and Jamaica are nearly 1,500 miles apart.)

                                                                                          The Gleaner carried a photo of Mrs. Johnny Hodges, Shirley Witherspoon and Mrs. Rollins
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                                                                                          .Kingston, JamaicaSheratonThe Gleaner carried an 8 paragraph report of an Ellington press conference at the Sheraton.
                                                                                          (The date was not stated; this may have been the 12th.
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                                                                                          Wednesday
                                                                                          .Kingston, JamaicaRoman Catholic CathedralStratemann and Vail report Ellington played a Concert of Sacred Music this day, and then played at the Kingston Hotel as well. The Gleaner does not mention any June 11 performances. They seem unlikely since the Jamaica Council of Churches did not okay the use of the Roman Catholic cathedral for a June 15 sacred concert until June 10...
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                                                                                          .Jamaica.
                                                                                          • John Rollin's private jet carried Ellington, Tom Whaley, Mr. and Mrs. Cress Courtney and Mr. and Mrs. Rollins, Ellington's Montego Bay concert sponsors, from Kingston to Montego Bay.

                                                                                            The rest of the band, including Mercer Ellington, his wife and daughter Gaye, flew commercially on KLM.

                                                                                            After a short rest at Spring Farm, where Duke was staying, a motorcade formed outside the Carlyle Beach Hotel and took them to Charles Square for a civic reception at 5 p.m.

                                                                                            The Gleaner carried a long report on the reception, together with photo of Duke at the reception standing with Mr. and Mrs. Rollins, Mayor Dudley Kassin, the Hon. Walter Fibicher, Custos of St. James, and Mr. R.C.MacFarlane, M.P.

                                                                                            On an improvised platform on the first floor of the burnt-out Parish Council building, Montego Bay's mayor formally welcomed Duke to the city while the crowd clapped and shouted a welcome from the square below. Five more speakers welcomed him and thanked Mr. and Mrs. Rollins for their generosity in sponsoring him. Parish Council secretary Mrs. Dahlia Clarke then read an official address to Ellington on behalf of the mayor and council. The crowd cheered when Duke kissed her.
                                                                                            Mr. and Mrs. Rollins were wealthy Americans and Mr. Rollins had been the Lieutenant-Governor of Delaware, U.S.A. from 1953 to 1957. He was the managing director of Rose Hall Ltd.

                                                                                            Vail reports Ellington and his Orchestra played a concert this day at Montego Bay, but if there was one, it is not mentioned in the Gleaner. It seems unlikely given that two local concerts were scheduled for the following day.
                                                                                          • The Daily Gleaner, 1969 06 16 p.4
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                                                                                          .Montego Bay, JamaicaPalladium TheatreTwo concerts scheduled
                                                                                          6:00 and 9:30 p.m..
                                                                                          Ticket prices:
                                                                                          • 6:00 Adults 10/-; Children 5/-;
                                                                                          • 9:30 25/- and 40/-
                                                                                          Ellington and his entourage went to the Palladium Theatre directly from the civic reception. The Gleaner review of the first concert says the audience was not more than 600 people. The band wore colourful dashakis, while Duke wore white pants, blue socks, a long sleeved blue shirt and brown shoes(?). The concert was short, lasting 70 minutes, and included
                                                                                          • Passion Flower
                                                                                          • Soul Tall [sic]
                                                                                          • The Bluebell African [sic]
                                                                                          • I'm Beginning to See the Light
                                                                                          • In My Solitude
                                                                                          • In A Sentimental Mood
                                                                                          • Battle Royal [sic]
                                                                                          • A Drum is a Woman
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                                                                                          .Inglewood, Cal.ForumDubious. More information is needed. Ellington was in Jamaica on this date. ...
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                                                                                          The Smithsonian Institution Duke Ellington Collection, 1927-1988, #301 Series 2: Performances and Programs, 1933-1974, Box 17, Folder 22 is labelled "Black and Tan Fantasy", Dunbar High School, Chicago, Illinois, June 14-15, 1969. C. Windheuser, Smithsonian Reference Services volunteer, advises the folder contains the program which was presented not by Duke Ellington but the Sammy Dyer School of the Theatre. The program included "Pinocchio" plus "Black and Tan Fantasy"
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                                                                                          .Kingston, JamaicaRegal TheatreTwo concerts scheduled
                                                                                          7:00 and 9:30 p.m.
                                                                                          Ticket prices:
                                                                                          • 15/-, 20/-, 30/-, 40/-
                                                                                          • Boxes 50/-, 60/-
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                                                                                          .Kingston, Jamaica.Concert of Sacred Music
                                                                                          5 p.m.

                                                                                          Evening mass was pushed back from 6 o'clock to 7 o'clock to accommodate the concert.

                                                                                          The concert appears to have been televised by JBC and was broadcast on July 5. The recording is not reported in New Desor,
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                                                                                          Monday
                                                                                          .Kingston, Jamaica.Mayor Councillor Eric Bell was to present Ellington with the Keys of the City at a civic reception at the National Stadium Monday at 6 p.m.

                                                                                          Despite the announced time, Monday's What's On Today column said the Ellintgon concert would be at the National Stadium at 3:30 p.m. On June 19, the Gleaner reported the concert was after the reception.
                                                                                          • The KSAC councillors and their wives were to be presented to Duke
                                                                                          • The Jamaica Military Band was to play a musical salute.
                                                                                          • Ellington and his orchestra were then to give a public concert at the stadium, or if it rained, in the National Arena.
                                                                                          • The mayor invited all the citizens of KSAC (Kingston and St. Andrew Corporation) to the ceremony and all the headmasters and headmistresses of the local schools were asked to allow as many children as possible to attend since special seats would be provided for them.
                                                                                          • Ad, Daily Gleaner 1969-06-13 p.7
                                                                                          • Announcement, Sunday Gleaner, 1969-06-15 p.2
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                                                                                          ...The Daily Gleaner 1969 06 19

                                                                                          'The Duke Leaves

                                                                                          Duke Ellington and his All Star Band left Kingston by air yesterday for Miami after a week of engagements in the island. The Duke gave concerts in Montego Bay and Kingston and was presented with the Key to the City by the Mayor Councillor Eric Bell.
                                                                                           The Duke gave a sacred concert in the Holy Trinity Cathedral on Sunday. He also gave a concert at the National Stadium after the reception at which he was presented with the Key to the City. '

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                                                                                          ...PERSONNEL CHANGE
                                                                                          Buster Cooper leaves the band in mid-June and trombonist/singer Bennie Green joins.

                                                                                          Singer Darlene Huff is hired to sing along with Shirley Witherspoon. Ms Huff would stay with the band until the Rainbow Grill residency started in late July.
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                                                                                          .Philadelphia, Penn.KYW studioPretaping of telecast "Mike Douglas Show"
                                                                                          Ellington was interviewed by Douglas and spoke about the White House dinner where President Nixon played Happy Birthday and awarded him the Medal of Freedom. While the Mike Douglas Show was an afternoon music/talk show, this episode played in Las Vegas, Channel 5, the same day at 6:30 p.m. and on June 26 in Tucson (Channel 13) and Schenectady (Channel 2).
                                                                                          Duke Ellington and his Rhythm
                                                                                          Ellington, Paul Kondziela, R.Jones with vocals by Mike Douglas and Dee Dee Warwick
                                                                                          Titles recorded:
                                                                                          • La Plus Belle Africaine
                                                                                          • Medley
                                                                                            • Take The "A" Train
                                                                                            • Satin Doll
                                                                                            • I'm Beginning To See The Light
                                                                                            • Sophisticated Lady
                                                                                            • Don't Get Around Much Anymore
                                                                                            • I Let A Song Go Out Of My Heart
                                                                                            • Mood Indigo
                                                                                        • Girvan:   Ellingtonia.com
                                                                                        • Timner
                                                                                        • Television schedules:
                                                                                          • Las Vegas Sun 1969-06-19, p.18 (with mention in Joe Delaney's column
                                                                                          • Tucson Daily Citizen 1969-06-26 p.19
                                                                                          • Schenectady Gazette 1969-06-21 re 1969-06-26
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                                                                                          .Cuyahoga Falls, Ohio.Blossom Music FestivalAdditional documentation might be found in SI-NMAH DEC301, Series 2: Performances and Programs, 1933-1974, box 13, folder 4 Cleveland Orchestra Pops Concert, Blossom Music Center, Blossom, Ohio, June 21, 1969.New Desor
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                                                                                          1969 07 00...PERSONNEL CHANGE
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                                                                                          .Ottawa, Ont.National Arts CentreConcert, attended by about 2,300. La Plus Belle Africaine and Ellington's old classics were performed.
                                                                                          • AP wirestory in the Geneva (N.Y.) Times, 1969-07-09. p.10
                                                                                          • Additional documentation might be found in SI-NMAH DEC301, Series 2: Performances and Programs, 1933-1974, box 5,
                                                                                            • folder 20 USA, Quebec, Ontario, July, 1969
                                                                                            • box 5, folder 21-22 Ottawa, Canada, July, 1969
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                                                                                          One-hour radio and television JBC broadcasts of Ellington Ecumenical Sacred Concert at Holy Trinity Cathedral were to be played at 4 and 5:30 p.m. respectively.
                                                                                          • "Selectively Yours", The Daily Gleaner, 1969 06 29 p.22
                                                                                          • Radio and television listings and quarter page ad, The Sunday Gleaner, 1969-07-06 p.22
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                                                                                          .New York, N.Y..ABC TV broadcast "Apollo Moon Flight"
                                                                                          Ellington sings "Moon Maiden," accompanied by himself on piano Al Chernet on guitar, Paul Kondziela on bass and Rufus Jones on drums.
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                                                                                          .New York, N.Y..Taping session for the "David Frost Show" episode of the syndicated talk show produced by the Westinghouse Broadcasting Company "Group W" and to be telecast 1969 07 24.
                                                                                          Memorandum 1969-07-16, Marilyn Augburn, Solters & Sabinson, Inc., Publicity - Public Relations, to Cress Courtney:

                                                                                          'This morning I phoned the David Frost Show to see about arranging a Duke Ellington interview only to be told that Duke had taped the show last night.

                                                                                          ...FYI: the David Frost interview will be aired locally next Tuesday, July 22, at 8:30 p.m., on Channel 5.'

                                                                                          According to tv.com:

                                                                                          'David Frost's guests are Jazz man Duke Ellington, Willie "The Lion" Smith, musical director Billy Taylor, actor Richard Benjamin, actress Claire Bloom, singer Oliver and comic Jerry Collins. Highlights:...Duke, Willie and musical director Billy Taylor play "Perdido" and "C.Jam Blues" '

                                                                                          At the time of writing, this recording is not reflected in the online Ellington discographies. New Desor:

                                                                                          'DUKE ELLINGTON AND WILLIE "THE LION" SMITH AND BILLY TAYLOR July 1969
                                                                                          New York City, NY Pre-rec. for WNEW telecastDE, WLS, BTa(p.) acc. by studio orchestra.
                                                                                          DE9058a Perdido unissued
                                                                                          NOTE The telecast title is "David Frost Show", on the air on July 24,1969 9058a 1°DE; 2°WLS; 3°DE & WLS & BTa; 4°BTa; 5°24 DE & WLS & BTa, 8 DE & WLS & BTa & BAND;cod 2DE & WLS & BTa & BAND.'

                                                                                          New Desor does not mention an interview nor a performance of C Jam Blues.

                                                                                          Timner says Ellington and Smith were interviewed by Frost July 24 [the telecast date, not the session date] and does not mention recorded music.

                                                                                          Nielsen says the show was taped July 24 [the telecast date] with Ellington and Smith among the guests, but does not mention recorded music.

                                                                                          Stratemann lists the telecast July 24, noting it was pre-taped.

                                                                                          The three-pianist rendition of Perdido can be viewed on YouTube here (https://youtu.be/gRBSMtTNbh0) and here (https://youtu.be/FMS8XWau2s0).
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                                                                                          Atlantic City, N.J.Steel PierClub residency
                                                                                          Sharing the bill were the vocal group The Cowsills and the Mike Pedecin Orchestra
                                                                                          Joe League:

                                                                                          'I was 14 years old and it was my 1st day on the job as a stagehand ( I was under age but my grandfather was president of the union). The 98-year old stage manager took ill and it fell on me to handle Duke, Mercer and Paul Gonsalves, along with the whole orchestra. The theater management wanted to cancel the show as no other stage manager could be found on short notice and of course I was so inexperienced. Duke was distraught, saying he had never in his career cancelled a performance. I convinced Duke I could do it alone and the show went on without any problems at all. Duke was very happy and allowed me to sit with him and rehearse, piano lesson, sing along and chat for the 5 days or so they were in town. He gave me a $100 tip at the end of the stay! Any way, I recall we recorded a show and I set the microphones. I didn't handle the recording machines, I think they had a feed to a sound booth up in the back, but I did set mics and do a sound check. Great memories.'

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                                                                                          Two Ellington sets were recorded this evening:

                                                                                          Duke Ellington and His Orchestra
                                                                                          C.Williams, Cook, M. Ellington, Johnson, Brown, Green, Connors, Turney, Procope, Hodges, Ashby, Gonsalves, Carney, Ellington, Kondziela, Jones, Huff, Witherspoon, Watkins

                                                                                          Titles recorded, in alphabetical order:
                                                                                          • Boo-Dah
                                                                                          • B.P. Blues
                                                                                          • Caravan
                                                                                          • C-Jam Blues
                                                                                          • Come Off The Veldt
                                                                                          • Delta Serenade
                                                                                          • Half The Fun
                                                                                          • Honeysuckle Rose
                                                                                          • I Can't Get Started
                                                                                          • I Let A Song Go Out Of My Heart - Don't Get Around Much Anymore
                                                                                          • In A Sentimental Mood
                                                                                          • It Don't Mean A Thing
                                                                                          • I Want To Blow Now
                                                                                          • Latin-American Sunshine
                                                                                          • Laura
                                                                                          • Making That Scene
                                                                                          • Mood Indigo
                                                                                          • On The Sunny Side Of The Street
                                                                                          • Rockin' In Rhythm
                                                                                          • Satin Doll
                                                                                          • Soul Call
                                                                                          • Solitude
                                                                                          • Star-Crossed Lovers
                                                                                          • Take The "A" Train
                                                                                          • Tutti For Cootie
                                                                                          • Things Ain't What They Used To Be
                                                                                          • Walking And Singing The Blues
                                                                                          • Wings And Things
                                                                                          • You Don't Love Me No More
                                                                                          • Girvan:   Ellingtonia.com
                                                                                          • Timner
                                                                                          • Ole J. Nielsen, Jazz Records 1942-80, A discography: Vol. Six, Duke Ellington, p.427
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                                                                                          Roxbury, Mass.Elma Lewis Playhouse
                                                                                          Franklin Park
                                                                                          First of two concerts

                                                                                          Stratemann and Vail report the audience numbered 5,000
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                                                                                          Arthur Zimmerman:

                                                                                          'On the second of the two nights at the Elma Lewis Playhouse in the Park in Roxbury -1969 07 25, Friday, Justo Almario sat in with the band on tenor sax. I was there both nights and have at least one photo of Justo with the band, and somewhere, possibly, I have a 3" reel from a portable tape machine I had at the time. Justo soloed on at least two numbers, one being Satin Doll, but I can't recall the other...'

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                                                                                          ...PERSONNEL CHANGE
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                                                                                          .Lambertville, N.J.St. John Terrell's Lambertville Music Circuswww.lambertville-music-circus.org shows the amounts the Music Circus paid to various performers in 1969. Under Contract Guarantee, the Ellington line reads "2500. privilege 50% gross receipts" The concert grossed $1,991.57....
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                                                                                          "The Duke is Coming to Dinner"
                                                                                          Reduced band - only one trumpet and one trombone, reeds and rhythm, with singers Sherrill and Watkins. Norris Turney subbed for Hodges initially and Wild Bill Davis accompanied Sherrill on piano in some numbers. He may have joined the band during this engagement.
                                                                                          Stratemann p.592 citing
                                                                                          • Jazz Journal June 1986
                                                                                          • Variety 1969-08-06 p.46
                                                                                          • The Billboard 1969-08-09 p.32
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                                                                                          1969 08 01
                                                                                          Friday
                                                                                          .New York, N.Y.Rainbow GrillNight club residency - see 1969 07 28...
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                                                                                          Saturday
                                                                                          .New York, N.Y.Rainbow GrillNight club residency - see 1969 07 28...
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                                                                                          Sunday
                                                                                          .Stratford, Conn.Shakespeare Festival TheaterConcert attended by 1,300 patrons.
                                                                                          • Stratemann p.592 citing DESB
                                                                                          • Vail II
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                                                                                            Monday
                                                                                            .New York, N.Y.Rainbow GrillNight club residency - see 1969 07 28...
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                                                                                            Tuesday
                                                                                            .New York, N.Y.United NationsReception, with 20 girls representing countries Ellington was due to tour assembled to honour him.Stratemann, p.592..
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                                                                                            Wednesday
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                                                                                            Monday
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                                                                                            Wednesday
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                                                                                            Thursday
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                                                                                            Monday
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                                                                                            Tuesday
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                                                                                            Night club engagement - see 1969 07 28
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                                                                                            Monday
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                                                                                            Tuesday
                                                                                            .New York, N.Y.Rainbow GrillNight club residency - see 1969 07 28

                                                                                            Louis Armstrong visited the restaurant to present Duke with four Down Beat awards. Some reports say he played Hello Dolly, his theme, and several papers carried a wire photo of Duke and Louis, with Duke holding and/or pretending to play a trumpet.
                                                                                            • The Billboard 6 Sep 1969 p.34
                                                                                            • Stratemann p.592 citing The Billboard
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                                                                                            Wednesday
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                                                                                            Thursday
                                                                                            .New York, N.Y.Rainbow GrillNight club residency - see 1969 07 28...
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                                                                                            Singer Joya Sherrill leaves the band
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                                                                                            While at the Rainbow Grill, Ellington used only 1 trumpet (Willie Cook) and 1 trombone (Brown). The full band was used for the Washington engagement, bringing Cat Anderson, who hadn't gone on the Caribbean tour, Cootie Williams and Chuck Connors back into the fold.

                                                                                            Lloyd Michaels joined on trumpet but left September 15.
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                                                                                            1969 08 31
                                                                                            Sunday
                                                                                            .Washington, D.C.Constitution HallRecorded concert
                                                                                            Duke Ellington and His Orchestra
                                                                                            Williams, C. Anderson, Cook, Lloyd Michaels, Brown, Green, Connors, Turney, Procope, Hodges, Ashby, Gonsalves, Carney, Ellington, Kondziela, R.Jones, Watkins
                                                                                            Titles recorded:
                                                                                            • Medley:
                                                                                              • Black And Tan Fantasy
                                                                                              • Creole Love Call
                                                                                              • The Mooche
                                                                                            • Soul Call
                                                                                            • Mount Harissa
                                                                                            • Up Jump
                                                                                            • La Plus Belle Africaine
                                                                                            • Come Off The Veldt
                                                                                            • Satin Doll
                                                                                            • Birth Of The Blues
                                                                                            • Medley
                                                                                              • In A Sentimental Mood
                                                                                              • Do Nothin' Till You Hear From Me
                                                                                              • Just Squeeze Me
                                                                                              • Don't Get Around Much Anymore
                                                                                              • Mood Indigo
                                                                                              • I'm Beginning To See The Light
                                                                                              • Making That Scene
                                                                                              • Solitude
                                                                                              • It Don't Mean A Thing
                                                                                              • Come Sunday
                                                                                              • Be Cool And Groovy For Me
                                                                                              • Sophisticated Lady
                                                                                              • Caravan
                                                                                            • Harlem
                                                                                            • Take The "A" Train
                                                                                            • Passion Flower
                                                                                            • Things Ain't What They Used To Be
                                                                                            • I Got It Bad and That Ain't Good
                                                                                            • Laying On Mellow
                                                                                            • Ocht O'Clock Rock
                                                                                            • Satin Doll
                                                                                            • Single Petal Of A Rose
                                                                                            • Girvan:   Ellingtonia.com
                                                                                            • Timner
                                                                                            • Ole J. Nielsen, Jazz Records 1942-80, A discography: Vol. Six, Duke Ellington, p.428
                                                                                            • Additional documentation might be found in SI-NMAH DEC301, Series 2: Performances and Programs, 1933-1974, box 13, folder 5 Constitution Hall, Washington, D.C., August 31, 1969
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                                                                                            September 1969

                                                                                            1969 09 01
                                                                                            Monday
                                                                                            ...activities not documented...
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                                                                                            1969 09 02
                                                                                            Tuesday
                                                                                            ...PERSONNEL CHANGE
                                                                                            Wild Bill Davis, organ and piano, joins the band. He previously recorded with the band, in 1950 and earlier in 1969.
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                                                                                            1969 09 02
                                                                                            Tuesday
                                                                                            .New York, N.Y.RCA Victor Studio A
                                                                                            1133 6th Ave.
                                                                                            Readers' Digest recording session
                                                                                            14:00-17:00

                                                                                            Three days of recording pop tunes arranged by Luther Henderson, Ron Collier and Wild Bill Davis resulted in 11 songs included in piecemeal in various Readers' Digest LP box sets. These are included on disc 3 of the Bluebird 3 C.D. set Duke Ellington Live and Rare, 09026 63953 2

                                                                                            New Desor correction sheets and MacHare place these sessions in Studio C but Lasker locates them in A.

                                                                                            DEMS 80/3 discusses the LPs and personnel used.
                                                                                            Duke Ellington and His Orchestra
                                                                                            Williams, C. Anderson, Cook, Michaels, Brown, Green, Connors, Turney, Procope, Hodges, Ashby, Gonsalves, Carney, Ellington, Luther Henderson, Davis, Kondziela, Gaskin, Jones, Little.

                                                                                            According to Nielsen, Henderson played piano and celeste in this session. MacHare and Timner V include Julian Priester; Timner has him replacing Green in Spanish Flea.

                                                                                            NDCS incorrectly includes vocalist Watkins by starting with the August 31 personnel and ignoring the absence of vocals in this session.

                                                                                            Titles recorded:
                                                                                            • La Dolce Vita
                                                                                            • Spanish Flea
                                                                                            • One Note Samba
                                                                                          • Girvan:   Ellingtonia.com
                                                                                          • MacHare:   A Duke Ellington Panorama
                                                                                          • Timner
                                                                                          • E. Lambert:
                                                                                            Duke Ellington, A Listener's Guide
                                                                                            , p.292
                                                                                          • Ole J. Nielsen, Jazz Records 1942-80, A discography: Vol. Six, Duke Ellington, p.430
                                                                                          • Email Lasker-Palmquist 2014-10-14 re session time/location
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                                                                                            1969 09 03
                                                                                            Wednesday
                                                                                            .New York, N.Y.RCA Victor Studio A
                                                                                            1133 6th Ave.
                                                                                            Readers' Digest sessions
                                                                                            • 14:00–17:00
                                                                                            • 20:30–23:30

                                                                                            Duke Ellington and His Orchestra
                                                                                            Williams, C. Anderson, Cook, Michaels, Brown, Priester, Connors, Turney, Procope, Hodges, Ashby, Gonsalves, Carney, Ellington, Davis, Kondziela, Gaskin, R.Jones (Nielsen includes Robert [recte Ron] Collier on congas). NDCS again incorrectly includes vocalist Watkins - see 1969 09 02.

                                                                                            MacHare and Timner V show 5 trumpets adding Mercer Ellington. MacHare has 4 trombones, including Green.
                                                                                            Titles recorded:
                                                                                            • A Day In The Life Of A Fool
                                                                                            • A Taste Of Honey
                                                                                            • Alfie
                                                                                            • Misty
                                                                                            • Summer Samba
                                                                                            • One Note Samba
                                                                                            • Soon It's Gonna Rain
                                                                                            Ron Collier:
                                                                                            'The first project I did with the band.. Reader's Digest was doing an album of terrible tunes-popular tunes of the day. And Duke asked me if I would be interested in doing it. Well, I was really very busy but I could do a couple of the pieces.
                                                                                            • A Day in the Life of a Fool
                                                                                              Being an ex-trombone player I knew where it would sit well for the trombone and I wrote this solo and went down to New York and stood in front of the band, which is daunting in itself. Then Lawrence Brown stops and shouts, I can't play this thing. I'm not playin' this. I haven't been playing, I don't have the chops. Well, he was in the band. I didn't know he hadn't been playing. But immediately Duke cut in and said: Tom, copy this out for Rabbit. And every time I heard this tune from then on A Day in the Life of a Fool was a solo for Johnny Hodges.
                                                                                            • A Taste of Honey
                                                                                              The other one was with Cootie. I wanted to do another tune "A Taste of Honey" as a solo for Cootie. Gee, this will work great, plunger solo. Duke said, Cootie's not with the band any more, but don't worry I'll have a good plunger man there. When I got there for the recording I said, Have you got a good plunger man? He said, I've got Cootie. I said, What? I thought he wasn't in the band any more. And Duke says, Oh Cootie. Oh Cootie. More money, more money. All he wants is more money. I told him, 'We're both going to end up in the same place but I'll be driving the bus.'
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                                                                                            1969 09 04
                                                                                            Thursday
                                                                                            .New York, N.Y.RCA Victor Studio A
                                                                                            1133 6th Ave.
                                                                                            Readers Digest recording session
                                                                                            • 18:00-21:00
                                                                                            • 21:30 to 24:00

                                                                                            Duke Ellington and His Orchestra
                                                                                            Personnel
                                                                                            • NDSC and Girvan:
                                                                                              Williams, C. Anderson, Cook, Michaels, Brown, Green, Connors, Turney, Procope, Hodges, Ashby, Gonsalves, Carney, Ellington, David, Kondziela, Gaskin, R.Jones

                                                                                              NDCS again incorrectly includes vocalist Watkins - see 1969 09 02.

                                                                                              MacHare and Timner V show 5 trumpets adding Mercer Ellington.
                                                                                            • MacHare shows Mercer instead of Cootie, includes Priester on trombone and drops Wild Bill, despite three of the titles being his arrangements.
                                                                                            • Timner V has 5 trumpets, with both Cootie and Mercer, 4 trombones including Priester, and includes Davis.

                                                                                            Titles recorded:
                                                                                            • Mister Lucky
                                                                                            • Soon It's Gonna Rain
                                                                                            • Moon Maiden (with Ellington vocal)
                                                                                            • Walking Happy
                                                                                            • Alfie
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                                                                                            1969 09 05
                                                                                            Friday
                                                                                            .Holmdel, N.J.Garden Arts CenterGarden Arts Center Jazz Festival
                                                                                            "Duke Ellington, whose orchestra will appear Friday night, was named top orchestra leader, composer and arranger. His alto saxophonist, Johnny Hodges, and baritone saxist, Harry Carney, were named the leading musicians on their instrument. Ellington will be honored during the Friday night performance."

                                                                                            Recently retired Ellingtonian Jimmy Hamilton was to lead an all-star band on both days and had been named the leading clarinetist in jazz in the International Jazz Critics Poll. Britt Woodman, Quentin Jackson and Joe Benjamin were to appear in Hamilton's group and Clark Terry was to lead his own band during the festival.
                                                                                            Announcement, The Daily Register, Red Bank-Middletown N.J., 1969-08-21 p.2..
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                                                                                            1969 09 06
                                                                                            Saturday
                                                                                            .Latham, N.Y.Colonie Summer TheaterConcert
                                                                                            Critic Larry Hart wrote that Ellington received a standing ovation when he strode spryly down the runway to join the band, and that the sound system was excellent. Gonsalves left the stage to serenade members of the audience. Sidemen specifically identified by the critic were Gonsalves, Hodges, Cook, Brown, Jones and Kondziela.
                                                                                            Schenectady Gazette
                                                                                            • Publicity 1969-08-26
                                                                                            • Review 1969-09-08
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                                                                                            1969 09 07
                                                                                            Sunday
                                                                                            ...activities not documented...
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                                                                                            1969 09 08
                                                                                            Monday
                                                                                            .New York, N.Y.Dr. Arthur Logan's home
                                                                                            West 88th Street
                                                                                            The sidemen's activities are not documented

                                                                                            The entire Ellington band went to Dr. Logan's 60th birthday party at his home.
                                                                                            Stratemann p.593.
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                                                                                            Tuesday
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                                                                                            Tuesday
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                                                                                            Wednesday
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                                                                                            Thursday
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                                                                                            Friday
                                                                                            1969 09 13Chicago, Ill.Peabody Starlight ClubNight club engagementAnnouncement, The Boston Record-American, 1969-09-08 p.27..
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                                                                                            Saturday
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                                                                                            Sunday
                                                                                            .New York, N.Y.St. Clements Episcopal ChurchEllington played the favourite hymn, "The Peace of God," in a High Mass for the late Bishop James Pike, the Episcopal bishop of California when Ellington performed his first sacred concert. Bishop Pike died in Israel when he and his wife were stranded on an unfinished road across the desert. Deseret News, 1969-09-13..
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                                                                                            1969 09 14
                                                                                            Sunday
                                                                                            .San Rafael, Cal.First Congregational Church
                                                                                            8 North San Pedro Rd.
                                                                                            Peripheral event
                                                                                            Adult issues seminar "Religious Values in Jazz" with taped excerpts of recordings by Vicne Guaraldi, Louis Armstong and Ellington
                                                                                            The Independent-Journal, San Rafael, 1969-09-13 p.22. .
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                                                                                            • Norris Turney leaves the band in mid-September, but will return in late October.
                                                                                            • Bassist Paul Kondziela leaves the band in mid-September
                                                                                            • Victor Gaskin, bass and electric bass, joins the band in mid-September, having recorded with it in May, June and September.
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                                                                                            Sunday
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                                                                                            Monday
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                                                                                            Tuesday
                                                                                            .Air travel
                                                                                            New York, N.Y.
                                                                                            to
                                                                                            Detroit, Mich.
                                                                                            United Airlines flight 293.Passengers:
                                                                                            • First class: Ellington
                                                                                            • Economy class: Mercer Ellington, Procope, Hodges, Davis, Gonzales [sic], Carney, Ashby, Brown, Connors, Green, Williams, Cook, Gaskin, Kandzielap [sic], Jones, Watkins, Lowe.
                                                                                            The fare included a ticket for a bass fiddle at half price.

                                                                                            Total cost, including tax: $668.65

                                                                                            Detroit is about 50 miles from Toledo.
                                                                                            Ardel Travel Bureau Inc. invoice dated 1969-09-16, SI-NMAH DEC301 Box 112, Folder labelled '"Big Drag" Bills and Receipts,' '1964 Folder B' and '112/9 13'...djpNew
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                                                                                            Tuesday
                                                                                            .Toledo, OhioAku-Aku Room
                                                                                            Tower House Motel
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                                                                                            Wednesday
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                                                                                            Thursday
                                                                                            .Chicago, Ill.Sherman House..New Desor
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                                                                                            Friday
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                                                                                            Saturday
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                                                                                            Sunday
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                                                                                            Saturday
                                                                                            .Denver, Col.Montview Church.Additional documentation might be found in SI-NMAH DEC301, Series 2: Performances and Programs, 1933-1974, box 16, folder 25 Montview Boulevard Presbyterian Church, Denver, Colorado, October 1, 1969.New Desor
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                                                                                            Sunday
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                                                                                            Monday
                                                                                            .Berkeley, Cal.Zellerbach Auditorium
                                                                                            University of California, Berkeley
                                                                                            An Ellington concert was played on the second day of a celebration of Ellington's music. The day before, there were lectures by Stanley Dance, Gunther Schuller, and John Lewis, among others, and a concert by the Charles Mingus group. When Ellington performed/narrated Charles Mingus' The Clown, he tried to bring Mingus on stage, but Mingus would not come. This rendition and surrounding information is discussed by Arne Neegaard and Sjef Hoefsmit in DEMS 06,1-25.
                                                                                            • Audio recording of the Mingus section of Ellington's concert and a part of a Mingus interview.
                                                                                            • Additional documentation might be found in SI-NMAH DEC301, Series 2: Performances and Programs, 1933-1974, box 13, folders
                                                                                              • 6 Symposium and Concert, University of California, Berkeley, California, September 28-29, 1969
                                                                                              • 7 Concert, University of California, Berkeley, California, September 29, 1969
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                                                                                            Tuesday
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                                                                                            1969 10 16.Berkeley, Cal.Kennedy Auditorium.Additional documentation might be found in SI-NMAH DEC301, Series 2: Performances and Programs, 1933-1974, box 13, folder 8 Duke Ellington Festival, Berkeley Unified School District, Berkeley, California, October 16, 1969 (March 27-October 22, 1969).
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                                                                                            Folder 19 in Box 5 of the Smithsonian Institution's Ellington collection, Series 2: Performances and Programs, 1933-1974, is labelled "Berlin, Germany, Berliner Jazz Tag [sic] '69, May 31, 1969." Smithsonian Reference Services volunteer C. Windheuser advises the label misspelled Tage, and is misdated. It contains a program for a series of tribute concerts which began Nov 6, 1969 celebrating Duke's 70th birthday. Duke and his band appeared in the 4th concert, Nov . 8 1969. The date shown in the folder title was erroneously picked up from a introductory note from Duke dated March [sic] 31, 1969.
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                                                                                            1969 11 14.GeneveVictoria Hall"D.E. In Geneva" FilmAdditional documentation might be found in SI-NMAH DEC301, Series 2: Performances and Programs, 1933-1974, box 5, folder 29 Lausanne, Geneva, Switzerland, November 15, 1969New Desor
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                                                                                            1969 11 17.Paris to Lyon, FranceAirport, LyonA 30 second INA video clip shows a port-side view of a taxiing Air Inter Vickers Viscount 4-engine turboprop with feathered outboard propellers. It cuts to a head-on view of a Viscount with the outboard propellers feathered, taxiing toward the camera and starting a turn to port. Neither shot shows the aircraft registration number.

                                                                                            Next, people are shown leaving Vickers Viscount F-BMCF and descending a passenger boarding staircase to the tarmac. The scene quickly changes to a close-up of Ellington emerging from the port, and as he descends the staircase, the registration number F-BMCG is revealed. The clip ends with facial close-ups of Duke as he stands and as he walks.

                                                                                            The narrative, in French, gives the arrival time as quatorze et quinze (14:15)
                                                                                            • F-BMCF and F-BMCG were Vickers Viscount 724 turboprops flown by Trans Canada Air Lines from 1955 to 1963. Sold to an intermediary in 1964, French carrier Air Inter bought them that year.

                                                                                              F-BMCG was resold to in 1975 and passed through several hands until withdrawn from service in 1983. She was stored at Guernsey, then at Exeter; her registration was cancelled in 1984 and was an engineless hulk by the time she was blown over by a hurricane in 1987 and then demolished.

                                                                                              F-BMCF continued in service with Air Inter until 1975 and was donated to Institute A‚ronautique Amaury de la Grange for training use, It was still operational in 2015.
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                                                                                            1969 11 17.Villeurbanne, FranceThéâtre de la Cité
                                                                                            Maison des Sports de Villeurbanne
                                                                                            Villeurbanne is a commune in the Metropolis of Lyon, located northeast of Lyon.
                                                                                            New Desor Correction Sheet 1035 shows a recorded concert at Théâtre de la Cité, however the narrative to the airport video clip above, as translated by Klaus Götting says

                                                                                            '...only one concert in Lyon, today, Lyon Villeurbanne Salle Des Sports...'

                                                                                            Le Progrès named the location as la Maison des sports de Villeurbanne and appears to suggest Théâtre de la Cité was not ready yet.
                                                                                            The next day, Le Progrès reported:
                                                                                            As printed:Translated with Google:
                                                                                            Duke Ellington á la maison des Sports de Villeurbanne
                                                                                            Duke Ellington á Lyon!
                                                                                               C'était un événement pour tous lez jazzphiles lyonnaise. Nous étions plus de trois mille à remplir la Maison des sports de Villeurbanne utilisée en attendant la nouvelle salle du Théâtre de la Cité.
                                                                                               Nous avons retrouvé le Duke a tel qu'il était, avec ses musiciens, certains comme Lawrance [sic] Brown et Harry Carney fidèles depuis plusieurs dizaines d'années. Nous avons revu avec plaisir cette vielle machine bien huilée. Le Duke est toujouirs aussi à l'aise, se promenant sur la scène, commencant les morceaux, les finissant parfois de sa facon personnel.
                                                                                               La plupart des musiciens sont à citer mais en particulier Cat Anderson, extrordianaire à la trompette, qui a fait preuve d'une puissance et d'une virtuosité exceptionnelles, surtout dans El Gato; le nouveau batteur Rufus Jones qui a fait un solo éblouissant; Johny [sic] Hodges au saxo alto dans de nombreux morceaux, et Harry Carney au saxo baryton.
                                                                                               Pendant la première partie, bien que le Duke ait fait chanter la salle qui n'attendait qu'un signe et que les musiciens alent été parfaits, il manquait néanmoins un certain contact. Ellington a écourté un morceau du chanteur Tony [sic] Watkins et a joué un Caravane [sic] d'une minute à peine. Par contre, in deuxième partie a fait l'unanimité. Tout le monde, orchestre et public, était pris par le swing.
                                                                                               Cette soirée a été une merveilleuse démonstration de technique orchestrale. On aurait cependant aimé pouvoir apprécier davantage le Duke lui-mˆme en l'écoutant par exemple dans un trio comme il l'a fait avec Charlie Mingus en particulier.
                                                                                               Le programme de cette soirée a un peu laissé sur leur faim les fanatiques qui attendaient les morceaux originaus, d'une part; les néophytes qui, eux, attendaient les morceaux qui ont fait le success de Duke Ellington, d'autre part.
                                                                                               Mais ces critiques n'étaient que des détails en face de la présence de Duke.



                                                                                            It was an event for all Lyon jazzphiles. We were more than three thousand to fill the House of Sports Villeurbanne used while waiting for the new room of the Theater de la Cit‚.
                                                                                               We found the Duke as he was, with his musicians, some like Lawrance [sic] Brown and Harry Carney loyal for several decades. We saw with pleasure this old machine well oiled. The Duke is also very comfortable, walking on the stage, starting the pieces, sometimes ending in his own way.
                                                                                               Most musicians are to be mentioned, but in particular Cat Anderson, trumpet-maker, who has demonstrated exceptional power and virtuosity, especially in El Gato; The new drummer Rufus Jones who made a solo dazzling; Johny [sic] Hodges to the alto sax in many tracks, and Harry Carney to the baritone sax.
                                                                                               During the first part, although the Duke had the hall singing, waiting only for a sign and the musicians were perfect, there was nevertheless a lack of contact. Ellington cut short a piece of the singer Tony [sic] Watkins and played a Caravan [sic] for just a minute. On the other hand, the second part was unanimous. Everyone, orchestra and audience, was caught by the swing.
                                                                                               This evening was a wonderful demonstration of orchestral technique. One would have liked however to be able to appreciate more the Duke itself by listening to it for example in a trio as it did with Charlie Mingus in particular.
                                                                                               The program of this evening has left a little bit of hunger for the fanatics who were waiting for the originaus pieces, on the one hand; The neophytes who were waiting for the pieces that made the success of Duke Ellington, on the other hand.
                                                                                               But these criticisms were only details in front of Duke's presence.

                                                                                            www.ina.fr has a short video clip of Ellington's orchestra on stage (the soundtrack, Things Ain't What They Used to Be bears no relationship to the video segments). It ends with Ellington admiring a four-tier cake with candles in an ornate building, surrounded by spectators. He listens to a short French speech with an uncomprehending facial expression, his translater then says something briefly, and he says thank you. A longer version of this clip is to be found under the heading "En 1969, il se produit ‚galement … Lyon qui c‚lŠbre son anniversaire en grande pompe" after searching the ina website for Duke Ellington.
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                                                                                            1969 11 20.Paris, FranceL'AlcazarBelated birthday party for Ellington.
                                                                                            Jack O'Brian's syndicated column The Voice of Broadway

                                                                                            Needy Paris musicians love Duke Ellington. He'll be guest of honor [sic] Nov. 20 at a mammoth benefit jam session in the Alcar Cafe at $80 a ducat...Even the Paris musicians starring with the Duke will pony up the $80.

                                                                                            • Stratemann, p.594
                                                                                            • San Antonio Light, 1969-11-08, p.25
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                                                                                            1969 11 21.Grenoble, France..Additional documentation might be found in SI-NMAH DEC301, Series 2: Performances and Programs, 1933-1974, box 5, folder 30 Grenoble, France, November 20, 1969..
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                                                                                            1969 11 22.Palma De Majorca, SpainAuditorio(Majorca is a Mediterranean island south of Barcelona and east of Valencia.)Additional documentation might be found in SI-NMAH DEC301, Series 2: Performances and Programs, 1933-1974, box 5,
                                                                                            • folder 31 Majorca, November 22, 1969
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                                                                                            • Note in Ruth Ellington's diary, Si NMAH DEC301 Series 3G, Box 116
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                                                                                            .Detroit, Mich.Cobo Hall8:15 p.m. Sacred Concert at the General Assembly of the National Council of Churches.
                                                                                            • Stratemann p.594 citing DESB
                                                                                            • The News-Palladium, Benton Harbor, Mich. 1969-11-15 p.5
                                                                                            • San Antonio Express/News, San Antonio, Tex. 1969-11-29 p.10-A
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                                                                                            .Additional documentation might be found in SI-NMAH DEC301, Series 2: Performances and Programs, 1933-1974, box 13, folder 9 Title Underwriters Concert, Performing Arts Center, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, December 3, 1969..
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                                                                                            1969 12 13San Francisco, Cal.Bimbo's 365 Theater-Restaurant
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                                                                                            Ralph Gleason presented "Celebrating the Duke"
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                                                                                            1969 12 00.San Francisco, Cal.Wally Reider Recording StudioDuring the Bimbo residency, Ellington took recordings of the Second Sacred Concert to the Reider studio and spent several days listening to them to select the tracks to be used in the long-playing album.

                                                                                            Duke brought Willie Cook to the studio to record an accompaniment for a narration. The mixing and editing engineer was Bud Billings.
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                                                                                            1969 12 17Los Angeles, Cal..Taping sessions for NBC's The Today Show (Dec.15) and CBS's "Red Skelton Show" Dec.15-17

                                                                                            Both shows were broadcast Jan. 13, 1970.

                                                                                            The Citizen-Advisor television column preview of the Red Skelton show says:

                                                                                            "Duke Ellington and his orchestra make an appearance playing Satin Doll and I've Got It Bad in an Appleby 20th Anniversary sketch. Duke's music has George and bickering wife Pat Carroll softening up over old times, and the sight of Elington alone is worth the show. Between comedy routines, the orchestra also plays Take the A-Train and Red imitates various bar characters seeing their true selves in the tavern mirror."

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                                                                                            Casino engagement - Stratemann lists the personnel during this booking as Anderson, Malcolm, Cook, Mercer Ellington, Williams, Brown, Wood, Connors, Procope, Hodges, Ashby, Gonsalves, Carney, Turney, Davis, Ellington, Kondziela, Gaskin, and Jones, with singers Watkins, Greenwood and René Robin. While Stratemann shows the engagement ending January 1 and Vail says in its December 19 entry it's a two week engagement but shows January 8 as the closing date, the December 19 Las Vegas Sun says it's a special three-week engagement. Ruth Ellington's 1969 appointment book entry for Dec. 19 says "Las Vegas thru Jan. 7th."
                                                                                            • Stratemann p.595
                                                                                            • Vail II
                                                                                            • SI-NMAH DEC301 Series 3G Box 116 (RE's 1969 appointment book)
                                                                                            • Additional documentation might be found in SI NMAH DEC301 series 2, box 5, folders 34-35 Las Vegas and Japan, January, 1970
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                                                                                            .Las Vegas, Nev.Roman Theater
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                                                                                            Wednesday
                                                                                            .Las Vegas, Nev.Roman Theater
                                                                                            Caesar's Palace casino
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                                                                                            Thursday
                                                                                            .Las Vegas, Nev.Roman Theater
                                                                                            Caesar's Palace casino
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                                                                                            Friday
                                                                                            .Las Vegas, Nev.Roman Theater
                                                                                            Caesar's Palace casino
                                                                                            Casino residency - see 1969 12 19

                                                                                            Lawrence Brown gives notice he is leaving the band.
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                                                                                            1969 12 27
                                                                                            Saturday
                                                                                            .Las Vegas, Nev.Roman Theater
                                                                                            Caesar's Palace casino
                                                                                            Casino residency - see 1969 12 19...
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                                                                                            Sunday
                                                                                            .Las Vegas, Nev.Roman Theater
                                                                                            Caesar's Palace casino
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                                                                                            Monday
                                                                                            .Las Vegas, Nev.Roman Theater
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                                                                                            Tuesday
                                                                                            .Las Vegas, Nev.Roman Theater
                                                                                            Caesar's Palace casino
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                                                                                            Wednesday
                                                                                            .Las Vegas, Nev.Roman Theater
                                                                                            Caesar's Palace casino
                                                                                            Casino residency - see 1969 12 19
                                                                                            Broadcast from the casino
                                                                                            Duke Ellington and His Orchestra
                                                                                            C.Williams, Anderson, Mercer Ellington, Cook, Malcolm, Brown, Wood, Connors, Procope, Turney, Hodges, Ashby, Gonsalves, Carney, Ellington, Wild Bill Davis(o); Gaskin, Kondziela, Rufus Jones

                                                                                            Titles broadcast:
                                                                                            • Black Beauty
                                                                                            • Stardust
                                                                                            • Misty
                                                                                            • Spanish Flea
                                                                                            • Happy Birthday To You
                                                                                            • Satin Doll
                                                                                            • Happy Birthday To You
                                                                                            • I Can't Give You Anything But Love
                                                                                            • Things Ain't What They Used To Be
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                                                                                            1970 01 01
                                                                                            Thursday
                                                                                            .Las Vegas, Nev.Roman Theater
                                                                                            Caesar's Palace casino
                                                                                            Casino residency - see 1969 12 19

                                                                                            Recorded NBC broadcast from the casino:
                                                                                            Duke Ellington and His Orchestra
                                                                                            C.Williams, Anderson, Mercer Ellington, Cook, Malcolm, Brown, Wood, Connors, Procope, Turney, Hodges, Ashby, Gonsalves, Carney, Ellington, Davis, Gaskin, Kondziela, Jones

                                                                                            Titles broadcast:
                                                                                            • Take The "A" Train
                                                                                            • Satin Doll
                                                                                            • Things Ain't What They Used To Be
                                                                                            • I Got It Bad and That Ain't Good
                                                                                            • In Triplicate
                                                                                            • Mood Indigo
                                                                                            • Sophisticated Lady
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                                                                                            1970 01 01
                                                                                            Thursday
                                                                                            ...PERSONNEL CHANGE
                                                                                            Drummer Johnny Malcolm leaves the band
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                                                                                            Friday
                                                                                            ...activities not documented- Vail II suggests the Caesar's Palace run closed January 8, though....
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                                                                                            Saturday
                                                                                            ...activities not documented
                                                                                            -Caesar's Palace?
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                                                                                            Sunday
                                                                                            ...activities not documented
                                                                                            -Caesar's Palace?
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                                                                                            Monday
                                                                                            ...activities not documented
                                                                                            -Caesar's Palace?
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                                                                                            Tuesday
                                                                                            ...activities not documented
                                                                                            -Caesar's Palace?
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                                                                                            1970 01 07
                                                                                            Wednesday
                                                                                            early morning
                                                                                            .Las Vegas, Nev..Fantasy recording session for the album The Intimacy of the Blues
                                                                                            Duke Ellington octet
                                                                                            Cook, Brown, Gonsalves, Ellington, Davis, Gaskin, Kondziela, Jones

                                                                                            Titles recorded:
                                                                                            • The Kissing Mist
                                                                                            • Tippytoeing Through The Jungle Garden
                                                                                            • Noon Mooning
                                                                                            • Black Swan
                                                                                            • Rockochet
                                                                                            • Never Stop Remembering Bill
                                                                                            • Duck Amok
                                                                                            • Latin-American Suite:
                                                                                              • Tina
                                                                                              • Fat Mess
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                                                                                            1970 01 07
                                                                                            Wednesday
                                                                                            ...Possible still playing Caesar's Palace - Ruth's 1969 daybook has the band ending Jan. 7 here, which likely means the night of Jan. 7 (i.e. past midnight, ending the morning of Jan. 8)...
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                                                                                            1970 01 09
                                                                                            ..PERSONNEL CHANGES
                                                                                            • Permanent departures:
                                                                                              • Lawrence Brown (see 1970 01 09)
                                                                                              • Victor Gaskin (but he will record with it again the next month)
                                                                                              • Willie Cook
                                                                                              • Paul Kondziela
                                                                                            • Paul Gonsalves stayed in the U.S. while the band toured the Far East and Australia.
                                                                                            Julian Priester replaced Brown.
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                                                                                            1970 01 08
                                                                                            Thursday
                                                                                            ... C. Windheuser
                                                                                            ' I checked the boxes below for information.
                                                                                            • Series 2 Box 5 - Folder 34 - Just a photocopy of the Joe Igo itinerary
                                                                                            • Folder 36 - Programs in Japanese for performances 1/11 and 1/16
                                                                                            • Series 2 Box 6 Folder 2 - Just a copy of Joe Igo itinerary
                                                                                            • (I attach that as a PDF]
                                                                                            • Folder 3 - in addition to programs contains a Welcome Back telegram dated Feb 11.
                                                                                            • Series 3, Box 41, Folder 4 Tour Receipts, January 5 & 15, 1970, Box 41, Folder 5 Tour eceipts, January 22, 1970 and Box 41, Folder 6 Tour Receipts, January 29, 1970.

                                                                                              I found an Avis rental car return bill marked 1/8/70 and an New Otani Hotel Tokyo bill which begins with the night of 1/9/70.
                                                                                            Since one loses a day in that direction I think we can assume [the band] left 1/8/70 from U.S. and arrived 1/9/70 in Japan.'
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                                                                                            Friday
                                                                                            ...activities not documented...
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                                                                                            Friday
                                                                                            circa
                                                                                            1970 01 09
                                                                                            ..PERSONNEL CHANGES
                                                                                            Lawrence Brown retired January 91
                                                                                            • Dietrich:2
                                                                                              Resentments between Brown and Ellington that had boiled between the surface for decades finally erupted, and difficult as it may be to believe, it is now common knowledge that Ellington punched Brown in the mouth, knocking out several teeth.
                                                                                            • Teachout,3 citing Dietrich
                                                                                              ...Lawrence Brown, ...quit in December of 1969...But the real reason for his sudden retirement, which he chose not to reveal save to friends, was that after decades of feuding, he and Ellington had finally gotten into a backstage fistfight, and his boss had knocked out his two front teeth."
                                                                                            • Voce:4
                                                                                              After more than 30 years of fury with Ellington things had finally come to a climax and the two men had had a fight in a European airport. Ellington knocked out two of Brown's front teeth and he was never able to play again.
                                                                                              Voce goes on to quote Brown:
                                                                                              'When I finally left Duke, I called to see my second wife in Cleveland on my way back home to California. I left my trombone behind her rocking chair. As far as I know, it's stll there. It can stay there.'
                                                                                              Voce used the same quotation in Brown's obituary for The Guardian, except the obituary uses "my Auntie" instead of "second wife."
                                                                                            • Roger Boyes challenged Voce's account in Blue Light Vol.22 No. 4 Winter 2015-16, and both the Voce and Boyes articles were reprinted in the Duke Ellington Society of Sweden Bulletin Nr 2, April 2017.
                                                                                            • Duke-LYM email contributor:5
                                                                                              In the Summer of 1970 I was visiting Europe and going to Jazz record stores,...The manager in Copenhagen told me that just a day (or two) before, Duke had slapped Lawrence Brown at the airport and Brown had gone back to NY.
                                                                                            • Private communication:6
                                                                                              An individual who knew the men and other band members wrote privately to this webmaster during the Duke-LYM discussion.

                                                                                              This person recalled being told of the incident by band members who allegedly witnessed it at an airport in Europe. They said Lawrence picked up his horn and his bag and never looked back.

                                                                                              The individual did not recall being told when or at which airport it happened, and was told the men exchanged words before Ellington hit Brown.
                                                                                            Webmaster's comments:
                                                                                            • The inconsistencies between the accounts, particularly those elements that are demonstrably untrue, call the entire story into question.
                                                                                            • Inconsistencies:
                                                                                              • The incident did not happen in Europe in the summer of 1970. Brown left the band 1970 09 07.
                                                                                              • If Brown was physically unable to play after the incident, it did not happen in any summer, since he played with the band until mid-winter. For the same reason, it could not have been in Europe since he played with the band for more than a month after they last returned from Europe.
                                                                                              • Teachout calls it a fistfight, yet cites Dietrich, which merely described Duke striking Lawrence.

                                                                                                Comment: I am not aware of either man being known to be violent. The noun "fistfight" implies two people hitting each other; I am not aware of any suggestion that Brown struck back.
                                                                                              • Did Brown lose several teeth or two teeth?

                                                                                                Comment:
                                                                                                -Several is more than two.
                                                                                              • Did it happen at an airport?

                                                                                                Comment: It could have been when the band travelled to or left Las Vegas, if those trips were by air. Where? When?
                                                                                              • Did it happen backstage?
                                                                                                Comment: Where? When?
                                                                                              • Brown left the band in Las Vegas. Why would he travel 2,100 miles east to Cleveland on his way home to California? Did the Ellington organization return him to New York upon resignaton?
                                                                                              • Second wife or Auntie?
                                                                                              • Brown was never able to play again (Voce)
                                                                                                Comment:

                                                                                                Brown is not known to have played after Las Vegas - but if the incident occurred in Europe, Brown was still physically able to play.

                                                                                                It could be that emotional trauma from the incident, combined with Brown's reported melancholy view of his career and his dislike of Duke led to his decision to retire from music.
                                                                                              • Brown quit in December 1969
                                                                                                Comment: He gave notice that month, but he was with the band into the next month.
                                                                                              • It is a serious matter to accuse an employer/manager of physically assaulting an employee, regardless of provocation, and neither man had a reputation for violence. I neither believe nor disbelieve Ellington struck Brown and Brown lost teeth.

                                                                                                The story may have an element of truth, but is unlikely to be provable in the absence of dental records, police reports, Brown's personal papers or correspondence, or perhaps a lawsuit.

                                                                                                I've seen no indication the police were involved nor that Brown sued Ellington.
                                                                                              • At best, the story is hearsay.
                                                                                            • 1. The Crescent-News, Defiance, Ohio, 1971-08-14 p.13
                                                                                            • 2. Kurt Dietrich, Duke's Bones, at page 181
                                                                                            • 3. Terry Teachout, Duke A Life of Duke Ellington, p. 346, citing Duke's Bones
                                                                                            • 4. Steve Voce, Jazz Journal, April 2015, reprinted in the April 2017 edition of the Duke Ellington Society of Sweden Bulleting Nr 2.
                                                                                            • 5. Duke-LYM email discussion, April, 2017
                                                                                            • 6. Private emails received 2017-04-14 and 2017-04-15
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                                                                                            1970 01 07
                                                                                            Friday
                                                                                            to 1970 01 09
                                                                                            Sunday
                                                                                            1970 02 10..
                                                                                            Beginning of tour to Japan, the Philippines, Hong Kong, Singapore, Thailand, Australia, and New Zealand.

                                                                                            The departure date and point of departure need more research. The band may have lost a day crossing the international date line.

                                                                                            Personnel:
                                                                                            Local bassist Yasuo Arakawa filled in until Joe Benjamin arrived in time for the January 14 television session.

                                                                                            Other tour personnel were M.Ellington, Williams, Anderson, Malcolm, Connors, Priester, Wood, Procope, Hodges, Turney, Ashby, Ellington, Davis, Jones, Watkins

                                                                                            Further research is needed to get the names of other members of the group, such as a road manager, band boy and/or a valet or barber for Duke.
                                                                                            General information:
                                                                                            An ABC television crew accompanied the band from Adelaide to Sydney, and filmed the band in the studio in Sydney for a 60 minute special, Duke Ellington in Australia, which was telecast March 11, 1970 in the United States. The television crew filmed the band during the flight and upon its arrival in Sydney for a short feature for the Craven Cigarette Co.
                                                                                            Folder 18 in Box 5 of the Smithsonian Institution's Ellington collection, Series 2: Performances and Programs, 1933-1974, is labelled "Seventh National Jazz Festival, Tauranga, New Zealand, April 5-7, 1969." Ellington did not play New Zealand until 1970 and 1972. Smithsonian Reference Services volunteer C. Windheuser advises it contains a program from the 1969 festival with an autograph which could be Ellington's.
                                                                                            • Stratemann p.595
                                                                                            • Additional documentation might be found in SI-NMAH DEC301, Series 2: Performances and Programs, 1933-1974,
                                                                                              • box 5,
                                                                                                • folder 34-35 Las Vegas and Japan, January, 1970
                                                                                                • folder 36 Japanese Tour, January-March, 1970
                                                                                              • box 6
                                                                                                • folder 1 Adelaide, Australia and Thailand, 1970
                                                                                                • folder 2-3 Australia and New Zealand, February, 1970
                                                                                              • box 18, folder 7 Japanese Tour, 1970
                                                                                            • Email Windheuser-Palmquist Feb./Mar. 2016
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                                                                                            1970 01 10
                                                                                            Saturday
                                                                                            .Tokyo, JapanKosei Nenkin KaikanTwo concerts were played on this, the first performance day of "an extensive tour of the Far East"
                                                                                            Personnel: Duke Ellington and His Orchestra
                                                                                            C.Williams, Anderson, Mercer Ellington, Priester, Connors, Procope, Turney, Hodges, Ashby, Carney, Ellington, Davis, Yasuo Arakawa (bass), Jones, Watkins
                                                                                            Titles recorded, first concert:
                                                                                            • C-Jam Blues
                                                                                            • Take The "A" Train
                                                                                            • Tutti For Cootie
                                                                                            • Fife
                                                                                            • B.P. Blues
                                                                                            • Up Jump
                                                                                            • La Plus Belle Africaine
                                                                                            • Come Off The Veldt
                                                                                            • Medley: In A Sentimental Mood, Prelude To A Kiss, I Let A Song Go Out Of My Heart, Do Nothin' Till You Hear From Me, Just Squeeze Me, Don't Get Around Much Anymore, Mood Indigo, I'm Beginning To See The Light, Solitude, Be Cool And Groovy For Me, It Don't Mean A Thing, Sophisticated Lady, Caravan
                                                                                            • Take The "A" Train (theme)
                                                                                            • Azure Te
                                                                                            • Salomè
                                                                                            • Black Butterfly
                                                                                            • Things Ain't What They Used To Be
                                                                                            • I Got It Bad and That Ain't Good
                                                                                            • Satin Doll
                                                                                            • In Triplicate (In Duplicate)
                                                                                            • Black Swan
                                                                                            • April In Paris
                                                                                            • Meditation
                                                                                            Titles recorded, second concert:
                                                                                            • C-Jam Blues
                                                                                            • Take The "A" Train
                                                                                            • Tutti For Cootie
                                                                                            • 4:30 Blues
                                                                                            • Fife
                                                                                            • B.P. Blues
                                                                                            • Up Jump
                                                                                            • La Plus Belle Africaine
                                                                                            • Come Off The Veldt
                                                                                            • Medley:
                                                                                              • Don't You Know I Care
                                                                                              • In A Sentimental Mood
                                                                                              • Do Nothin' Till You Hear From Me
                                                                                              • Prelude To A Kiss
                                                                                              • Just Squeeze Me
                                                                                              • Don't Get Around Much Anymore
                                                                                              • Mood Indigo
                                                                                              • I'm Beginning To See The Light
                                                                                              • Be Cool and Groovy For Me
                                                                                              • Solitude
                                                                                              • It Don't Mean A Thing
                                                                                              • Sophisticated Lady
                                                                                              • Caravan
                                                                                            • Soon It's Gonna Rain
                                                                                            • Summer Samba
                                                                                            • Birth Of The Blues
                                                                                            • Black Butterfly
                                                                                            • Things Ain't What They Used To Be
                                                                                            • I Got It Bad and That Ain't Good
                                                                                            • Satin Doll
                                                                                            • In Triplicate (In Duplicate)
                                                                                            • April In Paris
                                                                                            • Black Swan
                                                                                            • Meditation
                                                                                            • Ellingtonia.com
                                                                                            • Stratemann p.595
                                                                                            • Additional documentation might be found in SI-NMAH DEC301, Series 2: Performances and Programs, 1933-1974, box 18, folder 5 Japan Tour, C. 1969
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                                                                                            Sunday
                                                                                            .Tokyo, JapanKosei Nenkin KaikanTwo concertsStratemann p.600..
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                                                                                            Monday
                                                                                            .Yokohama, JapanKenritsu OngakkudoConcertStratemann p.600..
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                                                                                            Tuesday
                                                                                            ...Day offStratemann p.600..
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                                                                                            1970 01 14...PERSONNEL CHANGE
                                                                                            Joe Benjamin, bass, born 1919, joins the band
                                                                                            Drummer Johnny Malcolm rejoins the band
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                                                                                            1970 01 14
                                                                                            Wednesday
                                                                                            .Tokyo, JapanKosei Nenkin Kaikan.Concert and Broadcast
                                                                                            NHK telecast
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                                                                                            Thursday
                                                                                            .Osaka, JapanKosei Nenkin Kaikan.Stratemann p.600New Desor
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                                                                                            Friday
                                                                                            .Kobe, JapanKokusai KaikanConcertStratemann p.600..
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                                                                                            Saturday
                                                                                            .Kyoto, JapanKyoto KaikanConcertStratemann p.600..
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                                                                                            Sunday
                                                                                            .Osaka, JapanKosei Nenkin KaikanConcertStratemann p.600..
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                                                                                            Monday
                                                                                            .Niigata, JapanKenmin KaikanConcertStratemann p.600..
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                                                                                            Tuesday
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                                                                                            Wednesday
                                                                                            .Tokyo, JapanRolan Jiyugaoka.Stratemann p.600..
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                                                                                            Thursday
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                                                                                            Leaving Japan, the orchestra toured the Phillippines, Hong Kong, Singapore, Thailand, Formosa and "places in between." After Singapore, they travelled to the west coast of Australia.
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                                                                                            Monday
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                                                                                            February 1970

                                                                                            1970 02 03.Perth, AustraliaSubiaco Football [Australian Rules] StadiumFestival Of Arts (Stratemann calls it Perth, Festival of Arts on p.600 and "Arts Festival" on p.595).
                                                                                            Lance Travis of South Africa attended the concert. He writes:

                                                                                            'The Perth concert was held outdoors in the Subiaco Football [Australian Rules] Stadium, I cannot remember seeing/hearing Wild Bill Davis.'

                                                                                          • Stratemann pp.595, 600
                                                                                          • Email, Travis/Palmquist 2014-10-22
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                                                                                            1970 02 04
                                                                                            8:15 PM
                                                                                            .Adelaide, S.A., AustraliaCentennial HallConcert
                                                                                            "KYM BONYTHON PRESENTS
                                                                                            Adelaide's only chance to see one of the truly greats of all time ... a fully imported, 17-piece orchestra from the U.S.A."
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                                                                                            1970 02 05.Melbourne, Victoria, AustraliaFestival Hall.Stratemann p.600New Desor
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                                                                                            1970 02 06.Sydney, N.S.W., AustraliaABC Studios"Duke Ellington Special"
                                                                                            + Interview
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                                                                                            1970 02 06.Sydney, N.S.W., AustraliaMunicipal StadiumTwo concertsStratemann p.595New Desor
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                                                                                            1970 02 08.Sydney, N.S.W., AustraliaFilming "Craven Filter" television commercialStratemann pp.595, 600New Desor
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                                                                                            1970 02 09.Wellington, New Zealand.InterviewStratemann p.600..
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                                                                                            1970 02 11...Travel to U.S.A....
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                                                                                            1970 02 13
                                                                                            Friday
                                                                                            8:30 PM
                                                                                            .Buffalo, N.Y.Kleinhans Music HallEllington guest-conducted the Buffalo Pops and brought his own orchestra in the third concert of the Adventures in Music series. The program was to include New World A-coming, and The Golden Broom and The Green Apple.
                                                                                            • The Front Page 1970-01-29
                                                                                            • Additional documentation might be found in SI-NMAH DEC301, Series 2: Performances and Programs, 1933-1974,
                                                                                              • box 6, folder 4 USA and Canada, Correspondence, February 13, 1970
                                                                                              • box 13, folder 11 Kleinhaus [sic] Music Hall, Buffalo, New York, February 13, 1970
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                                                                                            1970 02 14...PERSONNEL CHANGE
                                                                                            Paul Gonsalves and Willie Cook are back in the band.
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                                                                                            Monday
                                                                                            ... Peripheral event
                                                                                            The National Institute of Arts and Letters was founded in 1898 to honour the 250 leading American architects, composers, artists, and writers. Membersare elected for life and pay no dues. Being elected is considered the highest formal recognition of artistic merit in the United States, and only members may nominate and elect new members.

                                                                                            Ellington was elected to the NIAL in February, the first Afro-American and the first jazz musician to be elected, and only the second composer of popular music. Ellington's election was misdated as May 26 in Stratemann, citing Jazz Journal 1970-08.
                                                                                          • NAACP magazine The Crisis, 1970-03 pp.96-100
                                                                                          • UPI wirestory, Omaha World-Herald, 1970-02-24, p.13
                                                                                          • UPI wirestory, Record-American, Boston, Mass.,1970-02-24 p.33
                                                                                          • AP wirestory, Omaha World-Herald, 1970-02-24, p.5
                                                                                          • Charleston News and Courier, Charleston, S.C., 1970-03-01 p.12
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                                                                                            .New York, N.Y.Madison Square Garden7:30 p.m. - 2:00 a.m. NAACP tribute to Ellington
                                                                                            :The Crisis:

                                                                                            'The sounds of Clark Terry's band started it just a few minutes past the hour of eight on February 23rd. From then until 1:45 the next morning, a regiment of performing artists trooped to the revolving disk stage of Madison Square Garden, in New York, in a royal tribute to the "Duke of Ellington."... '

                                                                                            Information contained in the The Crisis article:
                                                                                            • 8,000 attended the event.
                                                                                            • M.C.'s were Sammy Davis Jr. and local disc jockey Hal Jackson
                                                                                            • Performers: Peggy Lee, Les McCann Trio, Roberta Flack and group, Stevie Wonder, The Dance Theatre of Harlem, Irene Cara, Elayne Jones (attended Juilliard on an Ellington scholarship), Voices of East Harlem with Kenneth Griffin. Reverend Roberts and the Angelic Choir, Noble Sissle, Eubie Blake, Modern Jazz Quartet, B.B. King, Ray Charles, the Ellington orchestra with Duke, Louis Armstrong.
                                                                                            • Satchmo presented Ellington with a sterling silver and ebony trophy in a black leather presentation case lined with crimson velvet, which read

                                                                                              NAACP Tribute To
                                                                                              DUKE ELLINGTON
                                                                                              America's Foremost Musician
                                                                                              Madison Square Garden
                                                                                              February 23, 1970

                                                                                            • Warren Marr, II, The Crisis, 1970-03 pp.96-100
                                                                                            • Additional documentation might be found in SI-NMAH DEC301, Series 2: Performances and Programs, 1933-1974, box 18, folder 8 NAACP Benefit, Madison Square Garden, New York, New York, February 23, 1970
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                                                                                            1970 03 01
                                                                                            Sunday
                                                                                            ...activities not documentedAdditional documentation might be found in SI-NMAH DEC301, Series 2: Performances and Programs, 1933-1974, box 6, folder 5 USA and Canada, March-April, 1970..
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                                                                                            Monday
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                                                                                            Tuesday
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                                                                                            Wednesday
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                                                                                            Thursday
                                                                                            .Fayetteville, Ark.Barnhill Fieldhouse
                                                                                            University of Arkansas
                                                                                            285 N Stadium Dr.
                                                                                            Duke Ellington and his World Famous Orchestra appearing under the auspices of the Northwest Arkansas Community Concert Association, admission by membership card or student activity card only.

                                                                                            The concert, 2 hours including intermission, was held in the gymnasium and was attended by about 4,000 patrons.
                                                                                            Johnny Hodges missed the concert, having arrived with the band, but, after experiencing a dizzy spell and fainting prior to the concert, spent the night in the intensive care ward at Springdale Hospital and went home the next day.
                                                                                            • Stratemann p.597 citing DESB
                                                                                            • Vail II
                                                                                            • Northwest Arkansas Times:
                                                                                              • Campus News 1970-02-28, p.2
                                                                                              • Ad 1970-03-02 p.13
                                                                                              • Review "As I See It" 1970-03-17 p.4
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                                                                                            Friday
                                                                                            .Fayetteville, Ark.After being discharged from Springdale Hospital, Johnny Hodges returns home.Review "As I See It," Northwest Arkansas Times 1970-03-17 p.4..
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                                                                                            Friday
                                                                                            .New Haven, Conn.Woolsey Hall
                                                                                            Yale University
                                                                                            Concert, 8 p.m.
                                                                                            • Stratemann p.597
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                                                                                            Saturday
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                                                                                            Sunday
                                                                                            .New York, N.Y.Mother AME Zion Church.Additional documentation might be found in SI-NMAH DEC301, Series 2: Performances and Programs, 1933-1974, box 16, folder 27 Mother AME Zion Church, New York, New York, March 8, 1970..
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                                                                                            Monday
                                                                                            .New York, N.Y.National StudiosStockpile recording session, The River.New Desor
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                                                                                            Tuesday
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                                                                                            Wednesday
                                                                                            .Washington D.C.The CapitolThe band's activities are not documented.

                                                                                            Ellington and four senators held a press conference to announce the two fund-raising concerts on 1970 03 14 and 15.

                                                                                            An AP wirestory reporting the press conference says there were four senators, but names only Charles E. Goodell, Edward Brooke,and George Murphy. The story says it was "this week."

                                                                                            Captions to the AP wire photo in several newspapers suggest different dates, but it appears most likely to have been Wednesday, since Ellington was in New York Tuesday and captions printed Thursday say either "Wednesday" or "yesterday."
                                                                                            • Story, Arizona Republic, 1970-03-14 p.85
                                                                                            • Wire photos
                                                                                              • Pharos Tribune & Press, Logansport, Ind. 1973-03-12 p.14 ("Wednesday")
                                                                                              • The Argus, Fremont, Cal. 1970-03-12 ("yesterday")
                                                                                              • Weirton Daily Times, Weirton, W.Va. 1970-03-13 ("yesterday")
                                                                                              • Anderson Herald, Anderson, Ind. 1973-03-19 p.6
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                                                                                            Thursday
                                                                                            .Greenville, N.C.Wright Auditorium
                                                                                            East Carolina University
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                                                                                            Friday
                                                                                            .Elizabeth City, N.C.Elizabeth City State University....
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                                                                                            Saturday
                                                                                            .Washington, D.C.National Presbyterian Church and CenterConcert of Sacred Music

                                                                                            First of 2 fundraising concerts for the Eisenhower Memorial Arts Fund, apparently organized by the World Arts Foundation, a nonsectarian organization intended to involve all religious groups in commissioning works of art, giving scholarships to young artists, and using churches as cultural centres. The idea was conceived by Rev. Richard Gilbert, chairman of the mass media division of the United Presbyterian Church and documentary producer Graham Grove. These two concerts were sponsored by First Lady Pat Nixon and former First Lady Mamie Eisenhower.
                                                                                            • Story by Judith Martin, The Washingon Post, printed in The Arizona Republic, 1970-02-28 p.45
                                                                                            • Stratemann p.597 citing DESB
                                                                                            • Vail II
                                                                                            • UPI telephoto with caption, Weirton Daily Press, Weirton, W.Va., 1970-03-13, p.16
                                                                                            • Additional documentation might be found in SI-NMAH DEC301, Series 2: Performances and Programs, 1933-1974, box 16,
                                                                                              • folder 28 National Presbyterian Church, Washington, D.C., March 14, 1970
                                                                                              • folder 29 National Presbyterian Church, Washington, D.C., March 15, 1970
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                                                                                            Sunday
                                                                                            .Washington, D.C.National Presbyterian Church and CenterConcert of Sacred Music

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                                                                                            • 4:15 pm: Rehearsal for Front Page Challenge episode
                                                                                            • Supper with other panelists and an FPC staff member
                                                                                            • Pre-taping of the show, which was broadcast 1970 03 23
                                                                                            Ellington was a mystery guest on CBC-TV's popular "Front Page Challenge" show in which panelists would question mystery guests who were the subject of, or involved in, news stories. Ellington's story was 'Nixon Honours Ellington,' about U.S. President Nixon's 70th birthday party for Ellington on April 29/69 and his presentation of the Medal of Freedom to Ellington. In announcing the party Nixon paid tribute to Ellington's contribution to the culture of the United States

                                                                                            The host was Fred Allen, and the panelists were Gordon Sinclair, Pierre Berton, Betty Kennedy and guest Bill Stephenson.

                                                                                            CBC advises the original production file

                                                                                            "confirms that the show was recorded on Monday, March 16, 1970 in CBC Studio 4, 1140 Yonge Street, Toronto. Mr. Ellington was asked to attend a short rehearsal beginning at 4:15pm that afternoon, and then join other challengers and a FPC staff member for dinner. The taping would have occurred in the early evening on the 16th, as the program was recorded in front of a live studio audience and evenings are a better time to attract a larger audience."

                                                                                            • Stratemann p.598
                                                                                            • Email, K.Bower, Senior Manager, Content Licencing and Publishing, Licencing Division, CBC Revenue Group, 2013-07-13
                                                                                            • Additional documentation might be found in SI-NMAH DEC301, Series 2: Performances and Programs, 1933-1974, box 6, folder 5 USA and Canada, March-April, 1970
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                                                                                            Monday
                                                                                            .Toronto, Ont.Royal York HotelCKPC Ellington radio interview by Alex Reynolds.New Desor
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                                                                                            Toronto, Ont.Imperial Room
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                                                                                            199 Queen St. W.
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                                                                                            Tuesday
                                                                                            .Toronto, Ont.Hotel room
                                                                                            Royal York Hotel
                                                                                            CJRT-FM Ellington radio interview by Ted O'Reilly; Duke had just taken a shower and was clad only in a towel.
                                                                                            When Mr. O'Reilly asked Duke if he had many unissued compositions, Duke said he had too much for the market to absorb.
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                                                                                            1970 03 24Toronto, Ont.Royal York Hotel
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                                                                                            Thursday
                                                                                            .Toronto, Ont.Imperial Room
                                                                                            Royal York Hotel
                                                                                            See 1970 03 16.(Hodges again commuted by air to New York to record Three Shades of Blue.)..
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                                                                                            Friday
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                                                                                            Royal York Hotel
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                                                                                            Royal York Hotel
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                                                                                            Sunday
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                                                                                            Monday
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                                                                                            Willie Cook leaves the band
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                                                                                            .Toronto, Ont.Imperial Room
                                                                                            Royal York Hotel
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                                                                                            Tuesday
                                                                                            .Toronto, Ont.Revolution Sound StudiosRecording session - final recordings for the LP Second Sacred Concert.Stratemann, p.597 citing Jazz Journal 1970-05.

                                                                                            Fred Stone was called in for this session. He recalled remaining with the band, although "standard reference works" say his permanent stay begain in early April.
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                                                                                            Tuesday
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                                                                                            Royal York Hotel
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                                                                                            Wednesday
                                                                                            .Chicago, Ill.High Chaparral..New Desor
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                                                                                            Thursday
                                                                                            .Elgin, Ill.Frontier Lodge
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                                                                                            Friday
                                                                                            3:30 pm
                                                                                            .Winnipeg, Man.Centennial Concert HallConcert of Sacred Music
                                                                                            Special Good Friday concert sponsored by Manitoba Centennial Interfaith Committee

                                                                                            Ticket prices $3, $4 and $5, half price for students and senior citizens
                                                                                            Winnipeg Free Press:
                                                                                            • Ads,
                                                                                              • 1970-03-12 p.56
                                                                                              • 1970-03-13 p.16
                                                                                              • 1970-03-17 p.14
                                                                                              • 1970-03-18 p.67
                                                                                              • 1970-03-19, p.60
                                                                                              • 1970-03-20
                                                                                              • 1970-03-21 (Saturday Magazine)
                                                                                              • 1970-03-25, p.26
                                                                                            • Review: 1970-03-30 p.6


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                                                                                            Saturday
                                                                                            8:30 pm
                                                                                            .Winnipeg, Man.Winnipeg Civic AuditoriumJazz Concert
                                                                                            Ticket prices $2, $3, $4 and $5

                                                                                            Reviewer names Cootie Williams, Harold Ashby, Wild Bill Davis (who he calls a pianist), Joe Benjamin and Tony Watkins.
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                                                                                            Sunday
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                                                                                            Monday
                                                                                            .Saskatoon, Sask..Ellington is interviewed for campus FM radio station CJUS. The interviewer's name is not unknown..New Desor
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                                                                                            Monday
                                                                                            .Saskatoon, Sask.Saskatoon Centennial AuditoriumConcert
                                                                                            1,800 attended

                                                                                            Reviewer Ned Powers reported the band was 6 saxes, 3 trombones, 3 trumpets

                                                                                            Titles performed:
                                                                                            • Rockin' in Rhythm
                                                                                            • I Can't Get Started
                                                                                            • Fifi
                                                                                            • Take the "A" Train
                                                                                            • Blue Bell Africane
                                                                                            • Medley
                                                                                            • I'm Beginning to See the Light
                                                                                            • Sophisticated Lady
                                                                                            • Caravan
                                                                                            • April in Paris
                                                                                            • Birth of the Blues
                                                                                            • Passion Flower
                                                                                            • Things Ain't Like They Used To Be
                                                                                            • Love Scene
                                                                                            • Solitude
                                                                                            • Cool and Groovy
                                                                                            • I Got It Bad and That Ain't Good
                                                                                            • Satin Doll
                                                                                            • Beatles medley (not played since the Ed Sullivan Show)
                                                                                            • Perdido
                                                                                            • Meditation


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                                                                                            1970 04 01
                                                                                            Wednesday
                                                                                            .Portland, Ore.Hilton HotelElks Club danceAdditional documentation might be found in the Smithsonian Institution's Ellington collection, Series 2: Performances and Programs, 1933-1974, box 6, folder 5 USA and Canada, March-April, 1970..
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                                                                                            Saturday
                                                                                            Vancouver, B.C.Cave Supper Club
                                                                                            Theatre Restraurant
                                                                                            626 Hornby St.
                                                                                            (south of Dunsmuir)
                                                                                            Supper club engagement

                                                                                            A bootleg recording made this evening at the club was issued as an LP album on the TOM label. In 2013 it was reissued as a CD.
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                                                                                            Friday
                                                                                            .Vancouver, B.C.Cave Theatre Restaurant
                                                                                            626 Hornby St.
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                                                                                            Saturday
                                                                                            .Vancouver, B.C.Cave Theatre Restaurant
                                                                                            626 Hornby St.
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                                                                                            Sunday
                                                                                            .Vancouver, B.C.Cave Theatre Restaurant
                                                                                            626 Hornby St.
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                                                                                            Monday
                                                                                            .Vancouver, B.C.Cave Theatre Restaurant
                                                                                            626 Hornby St.
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                                                                                            Tuesday
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                                                                                            626 Hornby St.
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                                                                                            Wednesday
                                                                                            .Vancouver, B.C.CBC studio,
                                                                                            West GeorgianSt. at Bute
                                                                                            "In The Round" television broadcast
                                                                                            Ellington is introduced by host Mike Neun in the debut of Neun's first television show. It appears the interview was rebroadcast in 1976 or later because there is currently (late 2012) a video circulating on Youtube which opens with a segment by the 1970s pop group Abba.

                                                                                            In this "interview," Ellington sits in the audience and says nice things about flying into Vancouver, talks about his sacred concerts and his feelings about God and then discusses My People. In reply to an audience member's suggestion he should write about the history of jazz, he explains he already has, citing A Drum is a Woman. He ends by playing Satin Doll and during the closing credits, Meditation.

                                                                                            During the interview Ellington says he's "come into Vancouver twice in the last little while." The Springfield Union reported he flew to Los Angeles from Vancouver to tape his upcoming Happy Days appearance, and returned the same day.
                                                                                            Stratemann, Vail, New Desor and Timner include bassist Joe Benjamin and drummer Rufus Jones in both the Vancouver and Los Angeles shows, but they are not visible in the CBC video, where he is backed by a CBC studio band led by Doug Parker, with Wally Snider, Fraser MacPherson (saxes), Don Clark, Stew Barnett (trumpet), Ian McDougall (trombone), Ray Moga (guitar), Tony Clitheroe (bass), George Ursan (drums).
                                                                                            • Band members identified by Bob Mullett and Nou Dadoun with help from Guy MacPherson and Gavin Walker.
                                                                                            • Photo CBC Vancouver Archives
                                                                                            • Stratemann p.596 (photo) and p.598 (entry)
                                                                                            • Pick of Television, The Springfield Union, Springfield, Mass., 1970-07-30 p.40
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                                                                                            Wednesday
                                                                                            .Vancouver, B.C.Cave Theatre Restaurant
                                                                                            626 Hornby St.
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                                                                                            Thursday
                                                                                            .Vancouver, B.C.Cave Theatre Restaurant
                                                                                            626 Hornby St.
                                                                                            Supper club engagement - see 1970 04 02...
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                                                                                            Friday
                                                                                            .Vancouver, B.C.Cave Theatre Restaurant
                                                                                            626 Hornby St.
                                                                                            Supper club engagement - see 1970 04 02...
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                                                                                            Saturday
                                                                                            .Vancouver, B.C.Cave Theatre Restaurant
                                                                                            626 Hornby St.
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                                                                                            Sunday
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                                                                                            Monday
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                                                                                            Tuesday
                                                                                            .Crockett, Cal.John Swett High SchoolConcert of sacred music

                                                                                            Local soprano Ardith Berorello sang in this concert. The audience numbered 1,000.
                                                                                            • Stratemann p.598 citing DESB
                                                                                            • Additional documentation might be found in SI-NMAH DEC301, Series 2: Performances and Programs, 1933-1974, box 16, folder 30, John Swett High School, Crockett, California, April 14, 1970
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                                                                                            Wednesday
                                                                                            1970 04 16San Francisco, Cal.Grace CathedralConcert of sacred music
                                                                                            Stratemann says these two hour concerts used a smaller group, possibly with singer Tony Watkins
                                                                                            Additional documentation might be found in SI-NMAH DEC301, Series 2: Performances and Programs, 1933-1974, box 16, folder 31 Grace Cathedral, San Francisco, California, April 15, 1970..
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                                                                                            Thursday
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                                                                                            Friday
                                                                                            .Costa Mesa, Cal.Orange County College....
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                                                                                            Saturday
                                                                                            8:30 pm
                                                                                            .Tempe, Ariz.Grady Gammage Auditorium
                                                                                            Arizona State University
                                                                                            Concert
                                                                                            Also appearing:
                                                                                            • Sweetwater
                                                                                            • Les McCann Trio
                                                                                            Tickets:$2.00 $3.00 $4.50 $5.50
                                                                                            The Arizona Republic, Tucson:
                                                                                            • 1970-04-12,pp.4-N, N-1 & N-3
                                                                                            • 1970-04-13,p.21
                                                                                            • 1970-04-16,p.96
                                                                                            • 1970-04-18,p.86
                                                                                            • Review 1970-04-20,p.28
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                                                                                            1970 04 00.Hollywood, Calif.CBS-TV CityTaping of "The Happy Days" television show

                                                                                            Summer replacement series, not to be confused with the long-running American sitcom "Happy Days" which started in 1974. Ellington's appearances were broadcast 1970-07-30 and 1970-08-13
                                                                                            • Stratemann, p. 683
                                                                                            • Geneva Times, 1970-08-08
                                                                                            • Cedar Rapids Gazette 1970-04-23 p.7C
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                                                                                            Sunday
                                                                                            ...PERSONNEL CHANGE
                                                                                            Trumpeter Fred Stone joins the band according to New Desor, but Stratemann has him joining near the end of the March Royal York run, and DEMS has him the whole week.
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                                                                                            1970 04 19
                                                                                            Sunday
                                                                                            .El Cajon, Calif.Grossmont Junior College GymG:

                                                                                            'The bluesy sound of Duke Ellington and his orchestra will be in the Grossmont College Gym this Sunday, April 19, at 8 p.m. Ellington and his orchestra will be accompanied by "Grammy" award-winning Leonard Feather. Reserve seats are $3.50 and general admission is $2.50, with a $1.00 discount going to all students with ID cards.'

                                                                                            Recorded concert.

                                                                                            Duke Ellington and his Orchestra
                                                                                            C.Williams, Anderson, M. Ellington, Stone, Wood, Priester, Connors, Procope, Turney, Hodges, Ashby, Gonsalves, Carney, Ellington, Davis, Benjamin, R.Jones; Watkins
                                                                                            • C-Jam Blues
                                                                                            • Soon It's Gonna Rain
                                                                                            • Kinda Dukish/Rockin' In Rhythm
                                                                                            • I Can't Get Started
                                                                                            • Fife
                                                                                            • Up Jump
                                                                                            • Take The "A" Train
                                                                                            • La Plus Belle Africaine
                                                                                            • Come Off The Veldt
                                                                                            • Medley
                                                                                            • R.T.M.
                                                                                            • Passion Flower
                                                                                            • Things Ain't What They Uesd To Be
                                                                                            • Birth Of The Blues
                                                                                            • April In Paris
                                                                                            • Making That Scene
                                                                                            • Solitude
                                                                                            • It Don't Mean A Thing
                                                                                            • I Got It Bad and That Ain't Good
                                                                                            • Be Cool And Groovy For Me
                                                                                            • Satin Doll
                                                                                            The medley consisted of
                                                                                            • In A Sentimental Mood
                                                                                            • Do Nothin' Till You Hear From Me
                                                                                            • Don't Get Around Much Anymore
                                                                                            • Mood Indigo
                                                                                            • I'm Beginning to See the Light
                                                                                            • Sophisticated Lady
                                                                                            • Caravan
                                                                                            • G, Grossmont College, El Cajon, Cal. 1970-04-15 p.3, courtesy of J. Middlemas, Librarian, Grossmont College
                                                                                            • Girvan:   Ellingtonia.com
                                                                                            • Timner
                                                                                            • Ole J. Nielsen, Jazz Records 1942-80, A discography: Vol. Six, Duke Ellington, p.454
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                                                                                            1970 04 20
                                                                                            Monday
                                                                                            1970 04 24New Orleans, La.Al Hirt's ClubNight club engagement - During this run, Ellington worked on and rehearsed his New Orleans Suite, which he would premiere at the New Orleans Jazz Festival on the 25th....
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                                                                                            Tuesday
                                                                                            1970 04 24New OrleansAl Hirt's ClubSee 1970 04 20...
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                                                                                            Wednesday
                                                                                            1970 04 24New OrleansAl Hirt's ClubSee 1970 04 20...
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                                                                                            Thursday
                                                                                            1970 04 24New OrleansAl Hirt's ClubSee 1970 04 20

                                                                                            Both sets this evening were recorded and Ellington was interviewed by Bill Wilson for a telecast on station WWL.
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                                                                                            Friday
                                                                                            1970 04 24New OrleansAl Hirt's ClubSee 1970 04 20...
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                                                                                            1970 04 25
                                                                                            Saturday
                                                                                            .New Orleans, La.Municipal AuditoriumNew Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival.
                                                                                            Premiere of New Orleans Suite

                                                                                            Sharing the concert with Ellington's orchestra were Al Hirt, Onward Brass Band, All Belletto, James Rivers and Capt. Jim Handy.
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                                                                                            1970 04 26
                                                                                            Sunday
                                                                                            Afternoon
                                                                                            .New Orleans, La.Municipal AuditoriumConcert of sacred music, with the Concert Choir of New Orleans, directed by Joyn Kuypers....
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                                                                                            1970 04 27
                                                                                            Monday
                                                                                            .New York, N.Y.National Recording StudiosTwo recording sessions
                                                                                            The original five movements of the New Orleans Suite were recorded.
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                                                                                            Duke was photographed with his friend and personal physician, Dr. Arthur Logan
                                                                                            Photo in Sweet Man, by Don George, p.130..
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                                                                                            Tuesday
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                                                                                            Wednesday
                                                                                            Ellington's birthday
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                                                                                            Thursday
                                                                                            ...activities not documented...
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                                                                                            May 1970

                                                                                            1970 05 01
                                                                                            Friday
                                                                                            1970 05 09
                                                                                            Saturday
                                                                                            Toronto, Ont.Imperial Room
                                                                                            Royal York Hotel
                                                                                            199 Queen St. W.
                                                                                            During this run, Ellington performed parts of the New Orleans Suite several times. The positive reception and George Wein's enthusiasm led to Ellington increasing the suite to album size by adding portraits which would later be recorded in New York. The New Desor sessionographies show the original suite was just Blues For New Orleans, Bourbon Street Jingling Jollies, Thanks For The Beautiful Land, Second Line, Aristocracy a la Jean Lafitte and Rext, with the Portraits of Wellman Braud, Sidney Bechet, Louis Armstrong, Mahalia Jackson added.Stratemann p.598..
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                                                                                            Royal York Hotel
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                                                                                            Saturday
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                                                                                            Royal York Hotel
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                                                                                            Sunday
                                                                                            mid day
                                                                                            .Toronto, Ont..Ellington appeared on the CBC/CBLT-TV noon show "Morning After" with host Danny Finkleman. .New Desor
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                                                                                            Sunday
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                                                                                            Royal York Hotel
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                                                                                            Monday
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                                                                                            Royal York Hotel
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                                                                                            Tuesday
                                                                                            .Toronto, Ont.Imperial Room
                                                                                            Royal York Hotel
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                                                                                            Wednesday
                                                                                            .Toronto, Ont.Imperial Room
                                                                                            Royal York Hotel
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                                                                                            Thursday
                                                                                            .Toronto, Ont.Imperial Room
                                                                                            Royal York Hotel
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                                                                                            Friday
                                                                                            .Toronto, Ont.Imperial Room
                                                                                            Royal York Hotel
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                                                                                            Saturday
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                                                                                            Royal York Hotel
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                                                                                            Sunday
                                                                                            ...activities not documented...
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                                                                                            Monday
                                                                                            ... Peripheral event
                                                                                            Johnny Hodges died suddenly
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                                                                                            Monday
                                                                                            .New York, N.Y.National Recording StudiosStockpile recording session in which Ellington recorded piano solos of 7 movements of The River. Stratemann reports he received news of Johnny's death later that day.
                                                                                            • Stratemann p.599
                                                                                            • Gleason p.241
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                                                                                            Tuesday
                                                                                            ...activities not documented...
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                                                                                            Wednesday
                                                                                            .New York, N.Y.National Recording Studios
                                                                                            or Atlantic Studio
                                                                                            Last recordings made for the New Orleans Suite album.Stratemann, p.599New Desor
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                                                                                            Thursday
                                                                                            .New York, N.Y.Masonic TempleJohnny Hodges funeral
                                                                                            Ellington, members of the band and numerous celebrities attended.
                                                                                            The Rev. John Gensel and the Rev.Norman O'Connor, pastors to the Protestant and Catholic jazz communities respectively, officiated. The announcement of the funeral says Hodges was survived by his wife, Ethel, and two children.
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                                                                                            Friday
                                                                                            .New York, N.Y.Americana Hotel.Additional documentation might be found in SI-NMAH DEC301, Series 2: Performances and Programs, 1933-1974, box 13, folder, folder 12 Americana Hotel, New York, New York, May 15, 1970..
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                                                                                            .Washington, D.C.Constitution Hallconcert canceled...
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                                                                                            Sunday
                                                                                            .New York, N.Y.Waldorf AstoriaPrivate party...
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                                                                                            Monday
                                                                                            ...activities not documented...
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                                                                                            1970 05 19
                                                                                            Tuesday
                                                                                            .New York, N.Y..Taping session for guest appearance on the "David Frost Show" on WNEW-TV, with Orson Welles subbing for host David Frost. The show aired 1970 06 08.
                                                                                            • TV schedule, The Argus, Fremont-Newark, Cal., 1970-06-08 p.9
                                                                                            • Stratemann p.599
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                                                                                            Wednesday
                                                                                            1970 05 21
                                                                                            Thursday
                                                                                            Detroit, Mich.Light Guard Armory
                                                                                            4400 E. Eight Mile Rd.
                                                                                            Detroit Symphony Cabaret Pops Concerts featuring Duke Ellington and his orchestra as guests.
                                                                                            • Stratemann p.599
                                                                                            • Announcement: "When and Where," The Windsor Star, 1970-05-16, p.45
                                                                                            • Additional documentation might be found in SI-NMAH DEC301, Series 2: Performances and Programs, 1933-1974, box 13, folder 13 Detroit Symphony Pops Concert, Light Guard Armory, Detroit, Michigan, May 20-21, 1970
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                                                                                            Thursday
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                                                                                            Friday
                                                                                            .Kenosha, Wisc.Maple Crest Country ClubDance, 9 p.m. to 1 a.m....
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                                                                                            Saturday
                                                                                            1970 05 25Chicago, Ill.Universal Recording Corporation studios....
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                                                                                            Sunday
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                                                                                            Monday
                                                                                            .Chicago, Ill.Universal Recording Corporation studios..New Desor
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                                                                                            Tuesday
                                                                                            ...activities not documented...
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                                                                                            Wednesday?
                                                                                            .Cincinnati, OhioTaft Auditorium.Additional documentation might be found in SI-NMAH DEC301, Series 2: Performances and Programs, 1933-1974, box 13, folder 14 Taft Auditorium, May 27, 1970..
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                                                                                            Thursday
                                                                                            .Cincinnati, Ohio...New Desor
                                                                                            DE+Symphony
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                                                                                            1970 05 28
                                                                                            Thursday?
                                                                                            .New York, N.Y.Decca Studios....
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                                                                                            1970 05 29
                                                                                            Friday
                                                                                            .St. Benedict, Ore.
                                                                                            near
                                                                                            Mount Angel, Ore.
                                                                                            Mount Angel Abbey Library
                                                                                            1 Abbey Drive
                                                                                            9 p.m. concert by Ellington and his orchestra, premiering a new work by Ann Henry, arranged by Ron Collier at the dedication of the Abbey's new library.

                                                                                            Collier conducted the Ellington orchestra, Ms Henry and a small choir in his arrangement of a three movement composition by Ann Henry, "Pockets: It's Amazing When Love Goes On Parade." During this concert, Ellington led the audience from the piano in singing "I'm Beginning To See The Light," and Paul Gonsalves walked through the audience as he played "In A Sentimental Mood."

                                                                                            Brian Koller identifies the following titles from the three videos:
                                                                                            • Harlem
                                                                                            • Meditation
                                                                                            • Pockets
                                                                                            • Ellington piano solo (on the 12m video before the Medley)
                                                                                            • Medley
                                                                                              • Fanfare
                                                                                              • In a Sentimental Mood
                                                                                              • Do Nothing Till You Hear From Me
                                                                                              • Don't Get Around Much Anymore
                                                                                              • Mood Indigo (middle missing)
                                                                                              • I'm Beginning To See the Light
                                                                                              • piano solo before but not including Solitude
                                                                                              • Solitude
                                                                                            . An UPI wire story datelined Mt. Angel, published in the Eugene Register-Guard 1970-05-27 p.3-B, announced Ellington's band would perform on the Friday, architects from around the world would tour the building on the Saturday, and the Portland Junior Symphony would perform Saturday afternoon.

                                                                                            The Oregonian reported Ms Henry had toured with Ellington (additional research is needed), and went to Toronto and New York for the rehearsals. Ms Henry had had a career in music and dance until stricken by multiple sclerosis after which she became the Abbey's composer-in-residence. Stratemann says the band rehearsed her composition in Toronto, and this was the only time it was performed by the Ellington orchestra.

                                                                                            The April 21, 1970 contract between Mount Angel Abbey Library and Duke Ellington, Inc. provided for a 2 hour concert with 13 musicians including the leader for $5,000, half payable on the execution of the contract and half in cash or by certified cheque the day of, but before, the concert. A rider required Mount Abbey Library to pay:
                                                                                            • first class airfare for Duke from Cincinnati to St. Benedict, and then to Chicago
                                                                                            • first class airfare for Ron Collier from Toronto to St. Benedict and return
                                                                                            • economy airfare for 17 musicians and staff of the orchestra from Cincinnati to St. Benedict, and then to Chicago
                                                                                            • Ron Collier's arranging fee, either directly to him or to Duke Ellington, Inc.
                                                                                            While the Abbey has no record of their activity the rest of the weekend, the title in the finding aid for the Smithsonian's Ellington collection for Series 2, Box 16, Folder 33 "Mount Angel Abbey (Oregon) Library Dedication May 31, 1970" suggests Ellington remained in Oregon until the Sunday. This is not confirmed. While the Smithsonian folder label is dated May 31, in reply to the question Is there any indication in this folder that Ellington and/or his orchestra stayed all 3 days?, Smithsonian Reference Services volunteer C. Windheuser reviewed the contents in 2016 and wrote
                                                                                            You are correct - program for event confirms Duke's concert was Friday May 29.
                                                                                            The concert was filmed (or videotaped?) but the film is badly deteriorated despite restoration efforts. As of May 2016, three excerpts of the concert can be seen on Vimeo:
                                                                                            • 9 minutes including Duke leading the audience in song
                                                                                            • 12 minutes, some repeating material on the shorter extract, with Gonsalves serenading the audience.
                                                                                            • 62 minutes of the concert.
                                                                                            • Contract and concert programme, courtesy of V. Ertelt, Director, Mount Angel Abbey Library
                                                                                            • Stratemann p.599 citing Jazz Journal 1970-08-00
                                                                                            • Vail II
                                                                                            • UPI wire story, Eugene Register-Guard, Eugene,Ore, 1970-05-27 p.3B
                                                                                            • The Oregonian, Portland, Ore.
                                                                                              • 1970-05-13 p.2
                                                                                              • Beth Fagan, Ellington To Perform Ann Henry's Music At Abbey,1970-05-29,s.2,p.1
                                                                                            • The Sunday Oregonian, Portland, Ore. 1970-05-31,p.24
                                                                                            • Louie Robinson, Ann of Mount Angel Abbey, Ebony Magazine, 1971-02-00 at pp.30-32
                                                                                            • UPI wirephoto, Times-News, Twin Falls, Id. 1970-06-05 p.9
                                                                                            • Misdated (at the time of writing) file in SI-NMAH DEC301, Series 2, Box 16, Folder 33 labelled "Mount Angel Abbey (Oregon) Library Dedication, May 31, 1970"
                                                                                            • Ebony Magazine, 1972-02-00 pp.29-36 particularly pp.30, 32
                                                                                            • Video (9 minutes)
                                                                                            • Video (12 minutes)
                                                                                            • Video (62 minutes)
                                                                                            • Duke-LYM email, Brian Koller, 2016-05-29
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                                                                                            Saturday
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                                                                                            Sunday
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                                                                                            June 1970

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                                                                                            Monday
                                                                                            ...activities not documented
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                                                                                            Tuesday
                                                                                            ...activities not documented
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                                                                                            Wednesday<
                                                                                            .New York, N.Y.National Rec Studios..New Desor
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                                                                                            Wednesday<
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                                                                                            Thursday
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                                                                                            Friday
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                                                                                            Saturday
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                                                                                            Saturday
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                                                                                            Sunday
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                                                                                            Monday
                                                                                            .New York, N.Y.National Rec Studios..New Desor
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                                                                                            Tuesday
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                                                                                            Wednesday
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                                                                                            Thursday
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                                                                                            1970 06 12
                                                                                            Friday
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                                                                                            Saturday
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                                                                                            Sunday
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                                                                                            Monday
                                                                                            .New York, N.Y.National Rec Studios..New Desor
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                                                                                            Tuesday
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                                                                                            Wednesday
                                                                                            ...activities not documented
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                                                                                            1970 06 18
                                                                                            Thursday
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                                                                                            Friday
                                                                                            .College Park, Md......
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                                                                                            Saturday
                                                                                            .AnnapolisDahlgren Hall..New Desor
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                                                                                            Sunday
                                                                                            .Media, Penn..Private Party...
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                                                                                            Monday
                                                                                            .CoraopolisMotor Lodge....
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                                                                                            Tuesday
                                                                                            .Columbus, OhioGrandview Inn....
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                                                                                            1970 06 24
                                                                                            Wednesday
                                                                                            ...PERSONNEL CHANGE
                                                                                            Julian Priester, trumpet leaves the band
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                                                                                            Thursday
                                                                                            ...PERSONNEL CHANGE
                                                                                            Malcolm Taylor, trombone, joins the band
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                                                                                            Thursday
                                                                                            or 1970 06 26
                                                                                            .Glenville, Ill.Midwest StudioSatin Doll taped for a 1 minute commerical for Zenith's Circle of Sound stereo system...DEMS
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                                                                                            Thursday
                                                                                            .Chicago, Ill.Grant Park Shell....
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                                                                                            Friday
                                                                                            .Chicago, Ill.Conrad Hilton Hotel.Additional documentation might be found in SI-NMAH DEC301, Series 2: Performances and Programs, 1933-1974, box 18, folder 9 National Association for Mental Health, Conrad Hilton Hotel, Chicago, Illinois, June 26, 1970..
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                                                                                            Saturday
                                                                                            Circa
                                                                                            1970 08 02
                                                                                            Departure from New York
                                                                                            .Activities not yet documented.
                                                                                            This was probably the day the band left for its (to be researched) next overseas tour encompassing Holland, France, Luxembourg, Switzerland, Sweden, Germany, Yugoslavia, Italy, Monaco and Belgium.
                                                                                            Stanley Dance:

                                                                                            'After a few random one-nighters, the Ellington band was assembling at Kennedy Airport for another European tour. Some gratification was expressed with the itinerary, and some disbelief.
                                                                                              'Two days off in Paris! One in Orange! One in Montreux!'


                                                                                            A typed itinerary included in a May 2016 auction of Ellington memorabilia shows:
                                                                                            • June 28th - AMSTERDAM
                                                                                            • June 29th - LILLE (sacred music concert)
                                                                                            • June 30th - WILTZ/LUXEMBOURG
                                                                                            • July 1st  - Off (Montreaux - band)
                                                                                            • July 2nd  - TV PARIS (Duke only) (Montreaux - band)
                                                                                            • July 3rd  - MONTREAUX
                                                                                            • July 4th  - PROVINS
                                                                                            • July 5th  - TOULON
                                                                                            • July 6th  - OFF (Paris)
                                                                                            • July 7th  - OFF (Paris) travel
                                                                                            • July 8th  - GOTHENBURG
                                                                                            • July 9th  - OFF (Dusseldorf)
                                                                                            • July 10th - SHMALLENBERG (near Dusseldorf)
                                                                                            • July 11th - AARHUS
                                                                                            • July 11th - COPENHAGEN
                                                                                            • July 13th - MUNICH
                                                                                            • July 14th - BELGRADE
                                                                                            • July 15th - [illegible location, struck through] Dubrovnik
                                                                                            • July 16th - OFF (Palermo)
                                                                                            • July 17th - PALERMO
                                                                                            • July 18th - ROME
                                                                                            • July 19th - PESCARA
                                                                                            • July 20th - VIARBOGTO [the image is unclear, it may say something else - Stratemann shows La Bussola, Italy]
                                                                                            • July 21st - NERVI
                                                                                            • July 22nd - VERONA
                                                                                            • July 23rd - MILANO
                                                                                            • July 24th - TORINO
                                                                                            • July 25th - ORANGE
                                                                                            • July 26th - ORANGE (Sacred music concert)
                                                                                            • July 27th - OFF (Orange)
                                                                                            • July 28th - SAINT-TROPEZ
                                                                                            • July 29th - OFF (?)
                                                                                            • July 30th - OFF (?)
                                                                                            • July 31st - MENTON
                                                                                            • August 1st - OSTENDE
                                                                                            Stratemann, p.601 shows a slightly different schedule, naming the venues.
                                                                                            • Stratemann pp.600-601
                                                                                            • Stanley Dance, Lightly and Politely, Jazz Journal 1970-08, p.7
                                                                                            • Additional documentation might be found in SI-NMAH DEC301, Series 2: Performances and Programs, 1933-1974, box 6,
                                                                                              • folder 6 European Tour, June, 1970
                                                                                              • folder 7 European Tour, June 23-August 1, 1970
                                                                                              • folder 8 European Tour, July 6-August 1, 1970
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                                                                                            .Wiltz, Luxembourg.Concert in the courtyard of a castle in Wiltz, known for splendid open-air acoustics. The audience was enthusiastic and asked for many encores.
                                                                                            The Falke company, which Ellington was to play for in July, sent an employee to meet Duke and tell him the boss admired his music and his piano playing. See 1970 07 10. The employee first spoke with DEO's road manager Willy Leiser, then Mercer Ellington, and after the concert, with Duke, who told him he would play a concert similar to the Wiltz one, with plenty of piano.
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                                                                                            .Paris, FranceORTF studiosORTF recording session for later Ellington telecast. Duke plays unaccompanied and talks about jazz, and there is no interviewer. The broadcast was not televised until August 7 1973, and the telecast was repeated by the Australian Broadcasting Commission television network (see YouTube.)
                                                                                            Titles recorded:
                                                                                            • Fleurette Africaine
                                                                                            • Carolina Shout
                                                                                            • Take The "A" Train
                                                                                            • Black Beauty
                                                                                            • Warm Valley
                                                                                            • Things Ain't What They Used To Be
                                                                                            • Paris Blues
                                                                                            • NEW WORLD A-COMIN'
                                                                                            • Paris Blues
                                                                                            • Come Sunday
                                                                                            • Lotus Blossom
                                                                                            • Satin Doll
                                                                                            • Dancers In Love
                                                                                            Not all the titles were included in the telecast, and they were telecast out of sequence.
                                                                                            • Girvan:   Ellingtonia.com
                                                                                            • Timner
                                                                                            • Ole J. Nielsen, Jazz Records 1942-80, A discography: Vol. Six, Duke Ellington, pp.463-464
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                                                                                            Saturday
                                                                                            .Provins, FrancePlace du 29e DragonsRécital Duke Ellington et sa grande formation
                                                                                            Concert for the Festival International de Provins 1970

                                                                                            ORTF broadcast
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                                                                                            .Toulon, France.Concert


                                                                                            Smithsonian Institution Ellington collection, Series 2: Performances and Programs, 1933-1974, Box 13, Folder 15, is labelled Chicago Symphony Performance of "Black, Brown and Beige," July 5, 1970. Smithsonian Reference Services volunteer C. Windheuser reviewed the folder and advised it contains a program for Ravinia70 which included the premier performance of this work by Chicago Symphony Orchestra.
                                                                                            • Vail II
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                                                                                            .Koeln, West GermanyRhenus Studio..New Desor
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                                                                                            Friday
                                                                                            .Schmallenberg, West Germany
                                                                                            (near Dusseldorf)
                                                                                            Stadthalle6:45 p.m. scheduled performance at the 75th anniversary celebration of the Franz Falke-Rohen company, a sock manufacturer.
                                                                                            Personnel listed in program: Ellington, Procope, Ashby, Gonsalves, Turney, Carney, Williams, Anderson, M. Ellington, Preister, Connors, Mitchell Wood, Jr., Davis, Benjamin, Jones, Watkins.
                                                                                            • Smithsonian Reference Services volunteer C. Windheuser advises folder 11, labelled Falkes Summerfest, July 10, 1970 contains a small upright three [page?] folder program and a larger program with an appreciation [or] history of Duke in German.
                                                                                            • The typed Duke Ellington Tour itinerary with inked changes put up for auction in New York in May 2016 confirms Ellington was to be in this town on this date but gives no details.
                                                                                            • Dr. Wolfram Knauer of JazzInstitut Darmstadt located a 90th birthday interview of Ellington fan Franz-Otto Falke, the head of a German textile maker (socks), which says Ellington played for the Falke company's anniversary celebration in 1969 [recte 1970 - the company was founded in 1895].
                                                                                            • After Dr. Knauer made his enquiries, he received a letter from Klaus Fenger, who worked for the Falke company and was responsible for hiring the entertainment. Jazz Institut Darmstadt has made Mr. Fenger's memories of the event, including his preliminary trip to Luxembourg to meet Ellington on behalf of Mr. Falke, available as a downloadable PDF at the link to the right.
                                                                                            • Mr. Fenger's recollections:
                                                                                              • Contract forbade filming and recording
                                                                                              • Contract required the biggest available Hammond organ - the Hammond company donated its use when it learned Wild Bill Davis would play it, Falke only had to pay to ship it - and a piano, properly tuned. The piano tuner came from Hagen.
                                                                                              • 500 guests were invited; the building was too large, so fabric panels were hung to make a more intimate room.
                                                                                              • Falke offered to pick Duke up from Dusseldorf in a helicopter but Ellington declined. He came by car and the band came by bus, which towed a trailer with the instruments.
                                                                                              • Ellington arrived at 3 p.m. and was invited to the Falke home, but declined, preferring to stay with the orchestra and nap backstage.
                                                                                              • The bus was slowed down by cattle being herded on the road into the town.
                                                                                              • The musicians were given access to the bar, drinks were free.
                                                                                              • Carney led the band in Take the A Train before Duke made his entrance. Other titles performed included April in Paris, In My Solitude, Perdido, Creole Love Call, and Caravan.
                                                                                              • The concert was supposed to end after 90 minutes without an intermission, but two encores were played by the full band. A sextet was next - Wood, Ashby, Davis, Jones, Benjamin and Ellington - followed by the trio of Duke, Benjamin and Jones. Finally, the sidemen left and Duke played another 15 minutes by himself.
                                                                                              • Duke then ate with the Falke family and the family of an unnamed Mr. G. who had goaded Falke into hiring Ellington.
                                                                                              • Ellington and his orchestra were then taken back to Dusselldorf by car and bus while the party carried on into the night.
                                                                                              • Party guests were later given a 4 record box set of LPs.
                                                                                              • While fetching the LPs from Dussellforf, Mr. Fenger met photographer Hans Harzheim who he says accompanied the Ellington orchestra for its entire tour.
                                                                                            • Stratemann p.601
                                                                                            • Vail II
                                                                                            • Email, Windheuser-Palmquist 2016 03 08
                                                                                            • Typed Duke Ellington Tour itinerary with inked changes, up for auction in New York in May 2016.
                                                                                            • Email, Knauer-Palmquist, citing WOLL Magazin für Schmallenberg, Eslohe und Umgebung, Sommar 2013, p.99
                                                                                            • Jazzinstitut Darmstadt Jazz Letter (Dec. 2016): Duke Ellington in Schmallenberg (10 July 1970) (PDF)
                                                                                            • SI-NMAH DEC301, Series 2, box 18, folder 11 Falkes Summerfest, July 10, 1970
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                                                                                            .Palermo, ItalyStadio La FavoritaRecorded concert.
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                                                                                            .Pescara, ItalyParco Naiadi.Additional documentation might be found in SI-NMAH DEC301, Series 2: Performances and Programs, 1933-1974, box 6, folder 11 Pescara, Italy, July 17-19, 1970New Desor
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                                                                                            .La Bussola, ItalyForte Dei MarmiConcert in what appears to be a night club or dining room, videotaped.

                                                                                            In this concert, Malcolm Taylor, Booty Wood and Russell Procope play together in Second Line, indicating Taylor has replaced Priester by this time.
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                                                                                            .Nervi, Italy
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                                                                                            Teatro Dei Parchi id NerviConcert, jazz festival
                                                                                              • NMAH (Smithsonian) DE CollectionBox 8, folder 20 1st International Festival of Jazz, Teatro Dei Parchi di Nervi (Genoa, Italy) [Program], July 21-23, 1970
                                                                                              • Additional documentation might be found in SI-NMAH DEC301, Series 2: Performances and Programs, 1933-1974, box 6, folder 12 International Jazz Festival, Nervi, Italy, July, 1970
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                                                                                            .Orange, FranceTheatre Antique National d' OrangeConcert of Sacred Music, with a choir from Barcelona. Music is My Mistress has a photo of male tap dancer Baby Laurence rehearsing for the concert and a second photo of Toney Watkins singing, with members of the choir and Duke in the background.
                                                                                            Folder 13 of Box 6 in the Smithsonian Institution's Ellington collection, Series 2: Performances and Programs, 1933-1974, is labelled "Barcelona, Spain, July 26, 1970." Smithsonian Reference Services volunteer C. Windheuser advises the label should show Orange. It contains a program in French for a Concert of Sacred Music at the Theatre Antique National d' Orange, an ancient Roman theatre rebuilt in the 19th century. The Ellington orchestra played one of the Concerts of Sacred Music with a chorus from Barcelona.
                                                                                            • MIMM, p.265 photo
                                                                                            • Email, Windheuser-Palmquist Feb./Mar.2016
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                                                                                            .St. Tropez, FranceLa Citadelle.Additional documentation might be found in SI-NMAH DEC301, Series 2: Performances and Programs, 1933-1974, box 6, folder 14 International Music Festival, St. Tropez, July 28, 1970New Desor
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                                                                                            1970 09 05New York, N.Y.Rainbow GrillClub date, 2 sets nightly, six nights a week with Sundays off
                                                                                            Until August 16, the band was only 1 trumpet, 1 trombone, 5 reeds ,the 3-piece rhythm section and a new singer, Lena Junoff, from Sweden. 1 trombone was added August 18, and Cootie Williams sat in for a few sets near the end of the run to build up his chops afer the lay-off. Raymond Fol subbed for Duke when he was off sick for three days, while Mercer emceed.

                                                                                            On opening night, audience member Earl Hines was asked to play a number, and Earl Wilson's syndicated column reported Leonard Garment of the White House and deputy mayor Ed Hamilton were in the audience. Watkins reports Anita Moore sang New York, New York is a Summer Festival and that Tony Watkins sang. Ellington acknowledged flowers he received from members of the Duke Ellington Appreciation Society.
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                                                                                            ... Peripheral event
                                                                                            Death of Otto "Toby" Hardwick, Social Security Number 111-05-8458
                                                                                            • "United States Social Security Death Index," index, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/VML2-Y66 : accessed 18 Sep 2014), Otto Hardwick, Aug 1970; citing U.S. Social Security Administration, Death Master File, database (Alexandria, Virginia: National Technical Information Service, ongoing)
                                                                                            • Obituaries:
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                                                                                            .Toronto, Ont.Royal York Hotel
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                                                                                            Tuesday
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                                                                                            .New York, N.Y.Rainbow GrillClub date - see 1970 08 03...
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                                                                                            .New York, N.Y.Rainbow GrillClub date - see 1970 08 03...
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                                                                                            ...PERSONNEL CHANGE
                                                                                            Singer Lena Junoff leaves the band
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                                                                                            Sunday
                                                                                            ...PERSONNEL CHANGE
                                                                                            Money Johnson rejoins the band for a longer stay
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                                                                                            .New York, N.Y.."Jazzmobile" Concert..
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                                                                                            1970 09 20
                                                                                            Sunday
                                                                                            Monterey, Cal..13th annual Monterey Jazz Festival
                                                                                            Ellington and his orchestra performed the first night, and Ellington emceed the last night. Ellington's orchestra premiered parts of the Afro-Eurasian Eclipse, playing 7 parts of it. Ellington himself was occasionally teamed up with other performers, and Stratemann has a photo of him playing piano behind Dizzie Gillespie. Woody Herman and Joe Williams performed with the Ellington orchestra.
                                                                                            • Stratemann pp.607-609
                                                                                            • Vail II
                                                                                            • Photo, Jimmy Lyons, Dizzy Duke the Count and Me: The Story of the Monterey Jazz Festival, Aperture, 1978
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                                                                                            .El Camino, Cal.El Camino College.Stratemann p.611 citing Downbeat 1970-11-00..
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                                                                                            .Monterey, Cal..13th annual Monterey Jazz Festival - see 1970 09 18
                                                                                            • Photo, Stratemann p. 609
                                                                                            • Photo, Jimmy Lyons, Dizzy Duke the Count and Me: The Story of the Monterey Jazz Festival, Aperture, 1978 p.118
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                                                                                            .Nashville, Tenn.War Memorial AuditoriumNashville Symphony Pops ConcertAdditional documentation might be found in SI-NMAH DEC301, Series 2: Performances and Programs, 1933-1974, box 13, folder 16 Nashville Symphony Pops Concert, War Memorial Auditorium, Nashville, Tennessee, September 25- 26, 1970New Desor
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                                                                                            1970 00 00.U.S.A..WDVR pre-recording "Tasty Cake Song"New Desor
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                                                                                            Scale increased to $90 from 1970 10 01 (plus a $1 payment for each original service to a local health and welfare fund in New York and directly to musicians elsewhere).
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                                                                                            .Hampton, Va.Ogden Hall
                                                                                            Hampton Institute
                                                                                            .Additional documentation might be found in SI-NMAH DEC301, Series 2: Performances and Programs, 1933-1974, box 13, folder 18 Ogden Hall, Hampton Institute, Hampton, Virginia, October 4, 1970..
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                                                                                            .Chicago, Ill.Auditorium TheaterSacred concert. The sponsor/beneficiary was Quinn Chapel AME Church in Chicago. The Smithsonian folder contains the program.Smithsonian Institution Ellington collection, Series 2: Performances and Programs, 1933-1974, Box 16, folder 34, reviewed February/March 2016 by Smithsonian Reference Services volunteer C. Windheuser...
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                                                                                            .Lima, OhioMemorial Hall.Additional documentation might be found in SI-NMAH DEC301, Series 2: Performances and Programs, 1933-1974, box 13, folder 17 Memorial Hall, Lima, Ohio, October 7, 1970..
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                                                                                            .St. Louis, Mo.Athletic Club.Additional documentation might be found in SI-NMAH DEC301, Series 2: Performances and Programs, 1933-1974, box 13, folder 19 Missouri Athletic Club, St. Louis, Missouri, October 10, 1970..
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                                                                                            .Barbourville, Ky.Union College.Additional documentation might be found in SI-NMAH DEC301, Series 2: Performances and Programs, 1933-1974, box 13, folder 20 Union College, Barboursville, Kentucky, October 15, 1970..
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                                                                                            .Los Angeles, Cal.Ambassador HotelSee 1970 11 09
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                                                                                            .Los Angeles, Cal.Ambassador HotelSee 1970 11 09
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                                                                                            .Los Angeles, Cal.."Scott'sPlace" broadcast.New Desor
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                                                                                            .Los Angeles, Cal.Ambassador HotelSee 1970 11 09
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                                                                                            .Los Angeles, Cal.Ambassador HotelSee 1970 11 09
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                                                                                            .Los Angeles, Cal.Temple Emmanuel of Beverly HillsSacred ConcertAdditional documentation might be found in SI-NMAH DEC301, Series 2: Performances and Programs, 1933-1974, box 16, folder 35 Temple Emanuel, Beverly Hills, California, November 15, 1970New Desor
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                                                                                            .Los Angeles, Cal.Ambassador HotelSee 1970 11 09
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                                                                                            Monday
                                                                                            .Los Angeles, Cal.Ambassador HotelSee 1970 11 09
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                                                                                            Tuesday
                                                                                            .Los Angeles, Cal.Ambassador HotelSee 1970 11 09
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                                                                                            Wednesday
                                                                                            .Los Angeles, Cal.Ambassador HotelSee 1970 11 09
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                                                                                            .Los Angeles, Cal.Ambassador HotelSee 1970 11 09
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                                                                                            .Los Angeles, Cal.Ambassador HotelSee 1970 11 09
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                                                                                            .Los Angeles, Cal.Ambassador HotelSee 1970 11 09
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                                                                                            Sunday
                                                                                            .San Diego, Cal.First United Methodist Church.Additional documentation might be found in SI-NMAH DEC301, Series 2: Performances and Programs, 1933-1974, box 16, folder 36 First United Methodist Church, San Diego, California, November 22, 1970Sacred Concert.
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                                                                                            Tuesday
                                                                                            .Albuquerque, N.M.Civic AuditoriumDuke Ellington Day
                                                                                            • The Albuquerque City Commission proclaimed the day Duke Ellington Day in gratitude for Ellington's support in fundraising for the renovation of San Filipe de Neri Church, Albuquerque's oldest building, built in 1793.
                                                                                            • 10:57 a.m. scheduled arrival of Ellington and his orchestra at Albuquerque Sunport (airport)
                                                                                            • 6:00 - 7:30 p.m. "Meet the Duke" reception
                                                                                            • "Fashions with the Duke" fashion show (the publicity doesn't say if Duke would attend)
                                                                                            • 8 p.m. concert
                                                                                            Tickets for the entire evening were $8 and $9, and for just the concert, from $3 to $6, students $1. Audience size was initially estimated at 1,200 to 1,500, and Stratemann reports 1,200.
                                                                                            • Stratemann p.611
                                                                                            • Vail II
                                                                                            • Albuquerque Journal, Albuquerque, N.M.:
                                                                                              • 1970-10-30 p.E-9
                                                                                              • 1970-11-04 p.C-11
                                                                                              • 1970-11-11 p.B-4
                                                                                              • 1970-11-13 pp.A-2,B-2
                                                                                              • 1970-11-15 pp.B-1,F-15
                                                                                              • 1970-11-20 p.B-1
                                                                                              • 1970-11-22 Journal of the Arts, p.1
                                                                                              • 1970-11-24 pp. A-1,A-2
                                                                                              • 1970-11-25 p.A-2
                                                                                              • 1970-11-26 p.A-2
                                                                                            • Additional documentation might be found in SI-NMAH DEC301, Series 2: Performances and Programs, 1933-1974, box 14, folder 37 Benefit for San Felipe de Neri Church, Concert Series, Albuquerque, New Mexico
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                                                                                            December 1970

                                                                                            1970 12 00...PERSONNEL CHANGE
                                                                                            Singer Nell Brookshire joins the band
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                                                                                            .New York, N.Y.National Recording Studios..New Desor
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                                                                                            Thursday
                                                                                            .New York, N.Y.Ballroom
                                                                                            Americana Hotel
                                                                                            $50-a-plate Thomas A. Dooley Foundation awards dinner/dance.

                                                                                            William J. Lederer, co-author of "The Ugly American," presented Ellington and retired Pan American Airlines vice president Samuel F. Pryor with the Thomas A. Dooley Foundation's "Splendid American" awards.

                                                                                            Ellington's citation was for "almost limitless contributions to the entire world in the field of music and as goodwill ambassador."

                                                                                            Some 50 airline stewardesses who served at least three months without pay in Laos, Cambodia or Nepal as teachers, nurses or helpers for orphans or refugees were also honoured at the dinner.

                                                                                            Tom Dooley (1927-1961) was a U.S. Navy physician famous for his humanitarian and anti-communist political activities in South East Asia and the U.S.A.

                                                                                            After Ellington received his award, the first one presented, he played "Come Sunday," "Satin Doll" and "Take the "A" Train" on a grand piano, then left to go to the United Nations (see next entry).
                                                                                            • Stratemann citing DESB
                                                                                            • AP wire story, The Fresno Bee, Fresno, Cal., 1972-12-13 p.3A
                                                                                            • The Detroit Free Press, Detroit, Mich. 1970-12-12 p.12-B
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                                                                                            .United NationsGeneral Assembly Room
                                                                                            United Nations Headquarters
                                                                                            When Ellington left the Americana Hotel he went to the United Nations where his band played the third part of the Human Rights Day concert, commemorating the 22nd anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights proclamation.
                                                                                            Vail reports the concert was recorded, listing the titles
                                                                                            • C-Jam Blues
                                                                                            • Kind of Dukish-Rockin' in Rhythm
                                                                                            • Bourbon Street Jingling Jollies
                                                                                            • Chinoiserie
                                                                                            • Take the "A" Train
                                                                                            • Medley:
                                                                                            • Do Nothin' til You Hear From Me
                                                                                            • Don't Get Around Much Anymore
                                                                                            • Mood Indigo
                                                                                            • I'm Beginning To See The Light
                                                                                            • Sophisticated Lady
                                                                                            • Making That Love Scene
                                                                                            • Be Cool and Groovy
                                                                                            • Satin Doll
                                                                                            • Things Ain't What They Used To Be
                                                                                            These recordings are not listed in the New Desor, Timner V, Nielsen, MacHare nor Girvan (at the time of writing) discographies, nor does Vail identify the source of its information.
                                                                                            • Vail II
                                                                                            • AP wire story, The Fresno Bee, Fresno, Cal., 1972-12-13 p.3A
                                                                                            • Additional documentation might be found in SI-NMAH DEC301, Series 2: Performances and Programs, 1933-1974, box 13, folder 21 United Nations, New York, New York, December 10, 1970 (November 18-December 16, 1970)
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                                                                                            Sunday
                                                                                            .Wichita Falls, Tex.Memorial AuditoriumEllington and rhythm section performed with the Wichita Falls Symphony

                                                                                            "Mr. and Mrs.Fisher Palmer, Mr.and Mrs. Clifton Key, and Mr.and Mrs. Edwin Key attended the Symphony featuring Duke Ellington in Wichita Falls"
                                                                                            • Stratemann, p.612
                                                                                            • The Olney (Texas) Enterprise, 1970-12-17, p.7
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                                                                                            Wednesday
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                                                                                            Tuesday
                                                                                            .Chicago, Ill.Universal Recording Corporation studios..New Desor
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                                                                                            Wednesday
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                                                                                            Friday
                                                                                            1971 01 13Las Vegas, Nev.Circus Maximus theatre-restaurant
                                                                                            at Caesar's Palace
                                                                                            According to Vail II, the Ellington orchestra alternated with Woody Herman's orchestra, and played one set nightly at 2 a.m. during this three week engagement. It is not clear if the first 2 a.m. performance was played in the very early hours of Christmas morning, or the very late night of Christmas day.Vail IINew Desor
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                                                                                            .Las Vegas, Nev.Coliseum, Caesar's PalaceThe Ellington and Herman orchestras began playing at 8 pm

                                                                                            The Ellington orchestra was broadcast over NBC's All Star Parade of Bands later in the evening.
                                                                                            • Stratemann p.612
                                                                                            • Vail II
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                                                                                            January 1971

                                                                                            1971 00 00...Additional documentation for 1971 is likely to be found in the Smithsonian Institution's Ellington collection, Series 2: Performances and Programs, 1933-1974, box 7, folder 19 Collage of news clippings, ca. 1971...
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                                                                                            Tuesday
                                                                                            .Los Angeles, Cal.Now Grove
                                                                                            Ambassador Hotel
                                                                                            Joint concert with Ella Fitzgerald's group, extensively described by Down Beat reviewer Harvey Siders, who praised Ellington and his orchestra, describing many of the songs played, and while complimenting Fitzgerald and her trio, panned her choice of material.

                                                                                            The evening started with the Ellington orchestra playing two dance sets for a celebrity-filled audience on a "tiny dance floor" before Ellington made his appearance to begin the concert segment with Rockin' in Rhythm.

                                                                                            Down Beat says the Now Grove was formerly the Cocoanut Grove, the name shown in Stratemann.
                                                                                            • Downbeat, 1971-01-07, pp.30-31
                                                                                            • Stratemann, p.612
                                                                                            • Vail II
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                                                                                            Tuesday
                                                                                            .Las Vegas, Nev.Circus Maximus, Caesar's Palace(Unconfirmed)

                                                                                            see 1970 12 25

                                                                                            While Vail suggests it may have been possible to get back to Las Vegas in time for the nightly 2 a.m. set, this is not confirmed

                                                                                            Current (2013) GoogleMaps driving directions suggest it would take about 4 hours, and it is unlikely the Los Angeles gig would have ended early enough.

                                                                                            It seems more likely this, being a Tuesday, was a night off from Caesar's - a review of the booking contract may show the band had a regular night off.
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                                                                                            Wednesday
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                                                                                            .Las Vegas, Nev.Blue Room
                                                                                            Tropicana Hotel
                                                                                            The Desert Sun reported:

                                                                                            '...a number of the greatest jazz musicians in the world gathered to pay tribute to the "granddaddy" of jazz, Louis "Satchmo" Armstrong. Led by all-time greats Ella Fitzgerald and Duke Ellington, the Blue Room stage was overflowing with many of the giants of the entertainment world...This awesome array of talent gathered at Armstrong's closing show of his two-week stint...The 70-year-old jazz great received a trophy topped with a silver trumpet mouthpiece, presented to him by Ella Fitzgerald and Duke Ellington...'

                                                                                            The Desert Sun named these celebrities as being present:
                                                                                            • Louis Armstrong
                                                                                            • Ella Fitzgerald
                                                                                            • Andy Russell
                                                                                            • Pete Fountain
                                                                                            • Woody Herman
                                                                                            • Peggy Lee
                                                                                            • Ray Anthony
                                                                                            • Fats Domino
                                                                                            • Redd Foxx
                                                                                            • Si Zentner
                                                                                            Deanna DeMatteo's Las Vegas Strip website dates this January 8.
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                                                                                            .Las Vegas, Nev.Circus Maximus, Caesar's Palacesee 1970 12 25

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                                                                                            1971 01 13...PERSONNEL CHANGE
                                                                                            (Exact date not confirmed)

                                                                                            When the band left the west coast, Cat Anderson was replaced by Eddie Preston. Cat elected to stay on the coast to do studio work.
                                                                                            • New Desor vol.2
                                                                                            • Stratemann p.612
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                                                                                            Monday
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                                                                                            Tuesday
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                                                                                            Eddie Preston, trumpet, rejoins the band
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                                                                                            Monday
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                                                                                            Tuesday
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                                                                                            .Plainfield, N.J.High School.Additional documentation might be found in SI-NMAH DEC301, Series 2: Performances and Programs, 1933-1974, box 13, folder 22 YWCA Neighborhood House, Plainfield, New Jersey, January 31, 1971..
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                                                                                            Monday
                                                                                            .New York, N.Y.National Rec Studios..New Desor
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                                                                                            Tuesday
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                                                                                            Tuesday
                                                                                            .Philadelphia,Penn.."Mike Douglas Show".New Desor
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                                                                                            Wednesday
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                                                                                            Thursday
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                                                                                            Valentine's Day
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                                                                                            Friday
                                                                                            8:30 PM
                                                                                            .Hershey, Penn.Hershey Community TheatreThe Hershey Educational And Cultural Center proudly presents - on stage - DUKE ELLINGTON And His Orchestra

                                                                                            Tickets $6, $5, $4
                                                                                            Ad, Lebanon Daily News, 1971-02-18, p23..
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                                                                                            Monday
                                                                                            .Baltimore, Md.Famous BallroomLeft Bank Jazz Society

                                                                                            Ellington and Joe Benjamin played alone until the band arrived late.
                                                                                            • Stratemann citing DESB
                                                                                            • Additional documentation might be found in SI-NMAH DEC301, Series 2: Performances and Programs, 1933-1974, box 13, folder 23 Left Bank Jazz Society, Famous Ballroom, Baltimore, Maryland, February 21, 1971
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                                                                                            Tuesday
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                                                                                            Wednesday
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                                                                                            Thursday
                                                                                            .Burlington, IowaBurlington Senior High School.Additional documentation might be found in SI-NMAH DEC301, Series 2: Performances and Programs, 1933-1974, box 16, folder 37 St. John AME Church/Burlington Senior High School, Burlington, Iowa, February 25, 1971..
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                                                                                            .Milwaukee, Wisc.St.John Hospital..New Desor
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                                                                                            .Milwaukee, Wisc.Uihlein Hall Arts Center....
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                                                                                            .Toronto, Ont.St.Paul Church.Additional documentation might be found in SI-NMAH DEC301, Series 2: Performances and Programs, 1933-1974,
                                                                                            • box 6, folder 15 USA, Toronto, Ontario, February- March, 1971
                                                                                            • box 17, folder, folder 1, St. Paul's Anglican Church, Toronto, Ontario, February 27, 1971
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                                                                                            1971 03 01
                                                                                            Monday
                                                                                            1971 03 06Toronto, Ont.Beverly Hill Motor Hotel
                                                                                            Downsview
                                                                                            This is likely to have appears to have been a supper club type of engagement. Sometime during this week, the band was recorded playing April in Paris and Do Nothin' Till You Hear From Me.New Desor
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                                                                                            Tuesday
                                                                                            Noon
                                                                                            .Toronto, Ont.Lounge, Four Seasons Hotel9 minute Ellington interview by Elwood Glover for CBC TV's daytime "Luncheon Date With Elwood Glover" showStratemann p.615.DEMS
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                                                                                            .Toronto, Ont.Beverly Hills Motor Hotel"Duke Talking About His Life And Music" - prerecording for CBC's W5 televison current affairs/newsmagazine program..New Desor
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                                                                                            .Toronto, Ont.Beverly Hills Motor Hotelsee 1971 03 01...
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                                                                                            Sunday
                                                                                            ...activities not documented - likely a travel day...
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                                                                                            Monday
                                                                                            .New York, N.Y..Ellington was named to the Songwriter's Hall of Fame, leaving before the awards were presented to go to a boxing match....
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                                                                                            Monday
                                                                                            .New York, N.Y.Madison Square GardenEllington attended the heavyweight championship fight between Mohammed Ali and Joe Frazier....
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                                                                                            Monday
                                                                                            .New York, N.Y.Statler Hilton HotelThe Ellington orchestra played at Joe Frazier's victory party at the hotel and is shown in some Associated Press news footage.Catalogue of footage, Ellington at piano (not digitized)..
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                                                                                            Tuesday
                                                                                            ...activities not documented...
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                                                                                            Wednesday
                                                                                            1971 03 10
                                                                                            Wednesday
                                                                                            .United NationsGeneral Assembly Hall at the U.N., located in New York CityEllington played piano at a reception celebrating the 22nd anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights.Stratemann p.615..
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                                                                                            Thursday
                                                                                            ...activities not documented...
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                                                                                            Friday
                                                                                            .New York, N.Y.Swedish ConsulateEllington is made a member of the Sweden's Academy of Music, the first non-classical composer to be inducted. A number of U.S. newspapers later reported that President Nixon phoned Duke to congratulate him. He was photographed and filmed chatting at the piano with Swedish Consul-General and Mrs. Gunnar Lonaeus, and he was filmed answering an unidenfied man's question.Stratemann p.615.
                                                                                          • Photo, MIMM p.481
                                                                                          • Video footage, APArchive
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                                                                                            Saturday
                                                                                            .New York, N.Y.Founders Hall Gymnasium
                                                                                            Long Island University Brooklyn Center
                                                                                            Concert for 1,700 in a gymnasium that was formerly the Brooklyn Paramount Theater Stratemann p.615 citing DESB..
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                                                                                            Sunday
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                                                                                            Monday
                                                                                            ...activities not documented...
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                                                                                            Tuesday
                                                                                            .Los Angeles, Cal.Hollywood Palladium
                                                                                            6215 Sunset Blvd.
                                                                                            Ellington received a Grammy award for Best Big Band Album of the Year for the LP "Duke Ellington's 70th Birthday Concert.." The ceremony, hosted by Andy Wililams, was broadcast nationally on the ABC television network.Stratemann p.615New Desor
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                                                                                            ...activities not documented-likely a travel day for Duke...
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                                                                                            ...activities not documented...
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                                                                                            .Greenville, S.C.Charcoal Steak House.Stratemann p.615 citing DESB..
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                                                                                            .Sanford, Fla.Sanford Civic Center.Stratemann p.615..
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                                                                                            Friday
                                                                                            .Clearwater, Fla.Fort Harrison Hotel(Unconfirmed)

                                                                                            Stratemann p.615 noted DESB has two (conflicting) locations for this date, Clearwater and Fort Harrison Hotel, Tampa. The hotel, now the headquarters of the Church of Scientology, was in Clearwater, not Tampa. Clearwater is due west of Tampa.
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                                                                                            Saturday
                                                                                            ...activities not documented...
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                                                                                            Sunday
                                                                                            .Las Vegas, Nev.Thunderbird(Unconfirmed)

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                                                                                            .West Palm Beach, Fla.Martha Washington Room
                                                                                            Ramada Inn
                                                                                            "On the Lake"
                                                                                            Downtown
                                                                                            Possibly dine and dance - the ad mentions table reservations. The photo in the Palm Beach Post the next day says several hundred people attended.
                                                                                            • Ads, Palm Beach Post-Times:
                                                                                              • 1971-03-27, p.14
                                                                                              • 1971-03-28, p.B13
                                                                                            • Ad, Palm Beach Post 1971-03-29, p.B8
                                                                                            • Mention in Reyn Davis' column, Winnipeg Free Press, 1971-03-30, p.49
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                                                                                            1971 04 01.Miami, Fla.Dade County AuditoriumDelta Sigma Theta Sorority danceAdditional documentation might be found in SI-NMAH DEC301, Series 2: Performances and Programs, 1933-1974, box 13, folder 24 Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Dade County Auditorium, Miami, Florida, April 1, 1971..
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                                                                                            Lincoln Center
                                                                                            Concert, standing room only.
                                                                                            • Stratemann citing
                                                                                              • Jazz Journal 1971-06-00
                                                                                              • Variety 1971-04-28 p.59
                                                                                            • Additional documentation might be found in SI-NMAH DEC301, Series 2: Performances and Programs, 1933-1974, box 13, folder 25 Philharmonic Hall, Lincoln Center, New York, New York, April 16, 1971
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                                                                                            .Richmond, Va.City StadiumStratemann:

                                                                                            'Carmen McRae and the Ellington band were followed by comedian Bob hope in this 2 hour-plus program.'


                                                                                            Times-Dispatch archive:

                                                                                            'In May 1971, Duke Ellington appeared at City Stadium as part of an event headlined by Bob Hope and sponsored by Nolde's Bread. Ellington wore the cowboy hat to shade him from the sun. The event attracted a crowd of about 10,000. (Tickets cost $2 plus four blue Nolde bags, or $4 and buyers received coupons redeemable for four bags of Nolde bread.)'

                                                                                            Nolde was a long-established local bakery.
                                                                                            • Stratemann, p.616 citing DESB
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                                                                                            Monday
                                                                                            .Boston, Mass.New England Life Hall and Charter RoomBerklee College of Music awarded Ellington its first honorary Doctorate of Music in 1971.

                                                                                            After the morning commencement exercises, Ellington attended the reception in the Charter Room, where he played an informal 27 minute piano recital, accepting audience requests.

                                                                                            Jeff Friedmann, Professor of Jazz Music at Berklee, description of the day's events, printed in DEMS 99-4, says several Ellingtonians were present. He specifically names singers Nell Brooks and Tony Watkins, and says Watkins sang Come Sunday in Hebrew at the end of the recital.
                                                                                            Ellington's acceptance speech can be heard at the link to the right. Dr. Berk's introduction begins at 11:20, and Duke begins speaking at 15:10.
                                                                                            Note the Berklee College of Music Archives include
                                                                                            • the Franklin McGinley collection on Duke Ellington
                                                                                              Memorabilia, including a scrapbook, additional clippings, and various commemorative materials, documenting the rise of swing music and Duke Ellington. It includes autographs by Ellington and loose material documenting his legacy.
                                                                                            • the Jeff Friedman papers
                                                                                              notes, papers, and teaching materials, including articles, recordings and other ephemera by or about Ellington, believed to have been used for his class on Ellington.
                                                                                            • the Don George papers
                                                                                              musical manuscripts, photographs, a draft of Sweet Man: The Real Duke Ellington, and other personal effects belonging to lyricist George, who is perhaps best known for his collaboration with Duke.
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                                                                                            University of Wisconsin
                                                                                            The University of Wisconsin bestowed an honorary doctorate of music on Ellington during its commencement ceremony. New Desor reports he played a recital at the university on this date, too.
                                                                                            • Stratemann, pp.635, 636
                                                                                            • AP wirestory in the Fond du Lac Commonwealth Reporter, 1971-06-14
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                                                                                            8:30 p.m.
                                                                                            .Saragota Springs, N.Y. Saratoga Performing Arts Center
                                                                                            Saratoga Spa State Park
                                                                                            Evening concert

                                                                                            The Times Record:

                                                                                            '...Thursday evening...Before a crowd of just over 1,000, Ellington lead [sic] his elegant and wonderfully controlled band through one of the most satisfying evenings of jazz we have heard in some time.
                                                                                              Ellington is a delight to watch as he conducts the band either up front or from the piano...
                                                                                              Mel [recte Nell] Brookshire added some fine female vocals to the evening with Tony Watkins doing the same in the male category.
                                                                                              We especially enjoyed Cootie Williams on trumpet with his humorous style of playing.
                                                                                            Wild Bill Davis on organ played April in Paris, which, by the way, he arranged for Count Basie.
                                                                                              Duke has been in the band business a long time...It's obvious he still enjoys it...'


                                                                                            • Stratemann, p.617
                                                                                            • "Ellington, Hirt to Give Performances at SPAC," The Leader-Herald, Gloversville-Johnstown, N.Y. 1971-06-30 p.28
                                                                                            • "SPAC Show By Ellington 'Satisfying'," The Times Record, Troy, N.Y., 1971-07-02, p.2
                                                                                            • Additional documentation might be found in SI-NMAH DEC301, Series 2: Performances and Programs, 1933-1974, box 13, folder 27 Saratoga Performing Arts Center, Saratoga Springs, New York, July 1, 1971
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                                                                                            • Governor Nelson Rockefeller
                                                                                            • Mayor John Lindsay
                                                                                            • Bing Crosby
                                                                                            • Guy Lombardo
                                                                                            • Dizzy Gillespie
                                                                                            • Pearl Bailey
                                                                                            • Count Basie
                                                                                            • Harry James
                                                                                            • Frank Sinatra

                                                                                          • Ed Sullivan
                                                                                          • Earl Wilson
                                                                                          • Alan King
                                                                                          • Johnny Carson
                                                                                          • David Frost
                                                                                          • Merv Griffin
                                                                                          • Dick Cavett
                                                                                          • Buddy Hackett
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                                                                                              • Stratemann p.617 citing Variety 1971-04-28 p.55
                                                                                              • Additional documentation might be found in SI-NMAH DEC301, Series 2: Performances and Programs, 1933-1974, box 13, folder 28 Meadow Brook Music Festival, Oakland University, Rochester, Michigan, July 16, 1971
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                                                                                              Music FestivalAdditional documentation might be found in SI-NMAH DEC301, Series 2: Performances and Programs, 1933-1974,
                                                                                              • box 17, folder 3 Temple University Music Festival, Ambler, Pennsylvania, August 8, 1971
                                                                                              • box 13, folder 29 Sacred Concert, Temple University Music Festival, Ambler, Pennsylvania, August 8, 1971
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                                                                                              1971 09 10.Departure from New York ..
                                                                                              Beginning of State Department tour of the Soviet Union, followed by a tour of the U.K. and continental Europe, arranged by George Wein, and in turn followed by a State Department tour of South America.

                                                                                              Sid Kuller accompanied the band in the Soviet Union to make a television show of Ellington's actions, but it never materialized.

                                                                                              The Russian tour finished Oct. 12 in Moscow, and was followed by George Wein's tour of the United Kingdom, Poland, Hungary, Romania, Berlin, Austria, Denmark, Sweden, possibly Norway, and Spain.

                                                                                              From Spain, the band flew to South America to begin another U.S. State Department tour that included .

                                                                                              Personnel:
                                                                                              described by Life Magazine as 16 musicians, 2 vocalists, one personal assistant, and a pair of solicitous State Department watchdogs.
                                                                                              • Stratemann pp.617-618 and 632
                                                                                              • Special report, Life Magazine 1971-11-19 pp.20-21
                                                                                              • Additional documentation will likely be found in the Smithsonian Institution's Ellington collection, Series 2: Performances and Programs, 1933-1974:
                                                                                                • box 6:
                                                                                                  • folder 16 Soviet, Western European, Yugoslavian Tour, September 11- October 11, 1971
                                                                                                  • folder 17 Soviet Tour, 1971 (October 12-December 15, 1971)
                                                                                                  • folder 18 USSR, 1971
                                                                                                  • folder 19 Soviet Tour, 1971
                                                                                                  • folder 20 Leningrad, Soviet Union, 1971
                                                                                                  • folder 21 Soviet Tour, 1971
                                                                                                  • folder 22 Soviet Tour, Ykpaiha, 1969 (autographed and dated 1971)
                                                                                                  • folder 23-27 Soviet Tour, 1971
                                                                                                  • folder 28 Soviet Tour, 1971 (1968-October, 1971)
                                                                                                  • folder 29 International Tours (USSR, Europe, Latin America), September, October 12-November, 1971
                                                                                                  • folder 30 London, 1971
                                                                                                • box 7:
                                                                                                  • folder 1-2 Jazz Festival, Warsaw, Poland, October 28-30, 1971
                                                                                                  • folder 3 Polish Tour, October 28-30, 1971
                                                                                                  • folder 4 Polish Tour, October 29, 1971
                                                                                                  • folder 5 Polish Journal, October 31, 1971
                                                                                                  • folder 6 Polish newspaper clipping, c. 1971
                                                                                                  • folder 7 Polish music journal, October 28-30,1971
                                                                                                  • folder 8 Polish Tour, 1971
                                                                                                  • folder 9 Latin American Tour, 1971 (September 11, 1968-Summer, 1971)
                                                                                                  • folder 10 Vienna, 1971
                                                                                                  • folder 11 Rio de Janeiro, Sao Paulo, Brazil, November 16-20, 1971
                                                                                                  • folder 12 Lima, Peru, November 27, 1971
                                                                                                  • folder 13 European and Latin American Tours, November 16-30, 1971
                                                                                                  • folder 14 Panama, December 3, 1971
                                                                                                  • folder 15 Mexico City, Mexico, December 7, 1971
                                                                                                  • folder 16 San Salvador, El Salvador, December 8-9, 1971
                                                                                                  • folder 17 Nicaragua, 1971
                                                                                                  • folder 18 San Juan, Puerto Rico, 1971
                                                                                                • box 8:
                                                                                                  • folder 1 Eastern Europe, 1969-1971
                                                                                                  • folder 2 France, 1971
                                                                                                  • folder 3 Uppsala, Sweden, c. 1971
                                                                                                  • folder 4 Stockholm, Sweden, 1971 (1965-1968)
                                                                                                • box 18:
                                                                                                  • folder 11 Instituto Nacional de Belles Arts, Mexico City, Mexico December 7, 1971
                                                                                                  • folder 12 Managua, c. 1971
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                                                                                              A folder labelled "folder 8 Bournemouth, England, October 20, 1964" in the Smithsonian's Ellington collection, Series 2: Performances and Programs, 1933-1974, box 3, just has a single sided flyer advertising an Ellington concert October 20 at Winter Gardens Bournemouth. This seems most likely to be for this 1971 concert.
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                                                                                              1971 10 24.Birmingham, England.Two recorded concerts
                                                                                              Vail incorrectly refers only to one concert.
                                                                                              Duke Ellington and His Orchestra
                                                                                              C.Williams, Coles, Johnson, Preston, M. Ellington, Wood, Taylor, Connors, Procope, Turney, Minerve, Ashby, Gonsalves, Carney, Ellington, Benjamin, Jones, Brookshire, Watkins
                                                                                              Titles recorded (not in concert order):
                                                                                              • Addi (2nd concert)
                                                                                              • All Too Soon (2nd)
                                                                                              • Azure (both concerts)
                                                                                              • Black Beauty (2nd)
                                                                                              • Black Swan (2nd)
                                                                                              • C-Jam Blues (both)
                                                                                              • Cotton Tail (both)
                                                                                              • Checkered Hat (both)
                                                                                              • Chinoiserie (1st concert)
                                                                                              • Come Off The Veldt (1st)
                                                                                              • Goof (both)
                                                                                              • How High The Moon (2nd)
                                                                                              • In A Sentimental Mood (1st)
                                                                                              • In Triplicate (2nd)
                                                                                              • Kinda Dukish (1st)
                                                                                              • La Plus Belle Africaine (both)
                                                                                              • Lotus Blossom (1st)
                                                                                              • Medley (1st)
                                                                                                1. I Let A Song Go Out Of My Heart
                                                                                                2. Don't Get Around Much Anymore
                                                                                                3. Mood Indigo
                                                                                                4. I'm Beginning To See The Light
                                                                                                5. Solitude
                                                                                                6. I Got It Bad and That Ain't Good
                                                                                                7. Everybody Wants To Know
                                                                                                8. Sophisticated Lady
                                                                                                9. One More Time For The People
                                                                                              • Medley (2nd)
                                                                                                1. Prelude To A Kiss
                                                                                                2. Don't You Know I Care
                                                                                                3. Brown-Skin Gal
                                                                                                4. Jump for Joy
                                                                                                5. I Let A Song Go Out Of My Heart
                                                                                                6. Don't Get Around Much Anymore
                                                                                                7. Mood Indigo
                                                                                                8. I'm Beginning To See The Light
                                                                                                9. Solitude
                                                                                                10. It Don't Mean A Thing
                                                                                                11. I Got It Bad and That Ain't Good
                                                                                              • Melancholia (2nd)
                                                                                              • One More Time For The People (2nd)
                                                                                              • Perdido (both)
                                                                                              • Satin Doll (both)
                                                                                              • Take The "A" Train (both)
                                                                                              • The Hard Way (both)
                                                                                              • Things Ain't What They Used To Be (both)

                                                                                              Graham Columbé:

                                                                                              "...when an unfortunate lighting-man failed to illuminate Norris Turney for Checkered Hat, Ellington stopped the performance, strode aggressively to the microphone chewing his gum, clamoured for light, and then completed the humiliation by saying to the audience: 'Sorry, ladies and gentlemen - terribly unprofessional.' "

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                                                                                              Letter, President Nixon to Ellington:

                                                                                              'Dear Duke:

                                                                                              It was with great pleasure that I received the glowing reports of your recent tour of the Soviet Union. Your informal jam sessions with Soviet musicians must have been especially exciting - - both for you and for them.

                                                                                              Through your outstanding musical tours, you are continuing to win friends for the United States through-out the world.

                                                                                              My congratulations once again on a job well done.

                                                                                              With warm personal regards,
                                                                                              Sincerely,
                                                                                              Richard Nixon

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                                                                                              1971 12 00...PERSONNEL CHANGE
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                                                                                              1972 01 01New York, N.Y.Rainbow Grill
                                                                                              Rockefeller Center, 65th Floor
                                                                                              Night club residency, playing at 9:00 and 11:15 PM (after theatre), with an extra late show Friday and Saturday and a gala New Year's Eve celebration.

                                                                                              Sundays off.

                                                                                              Stratemann reports the band was broadcast over CBS and on New Years Eve, in NBC's annual All Star Parade of Bands.

                                                                                              As usual, a smaller band was used, 1 trumpet, 5 reeds, rhythm and vocal. Variety's review named the band as Johnson, Ashby, Turney, Minerve, Procope, Carney, Benjamin, Jones and Ellington, but others appear in ABC News footage taken during the residency.

                                                                                              ABC filmed nearly 20 minutes of short segments for "Ellington At The Rainbow Grill" including part of an unidentified piano solo by Duke and Take the "A" Train; Creole Love Call; Mood Indigo; Chinoiserie; Bourbon Street Jingling Jollies; and Love You Madly. These six recordings are in Timner V but not New Desor; Mr. Timner learned of them from Dr. Stratemann, who included them in Stratemann, p.619.
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                                                                                              • Stratemann pp.618-621, citing Variety 1971-12-22 p.57
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                                                                                              CBS remote broadcast
                                                                                              Duke Ellington and Duke Ellington group
                                                                                              Johnson; Procope, Turney, Minerve, Ashby, Gonsalves, Carney, Ellington, Benjamin, Jones
                                                                                              Titles recorded:
                                                                                              • Meditation
                                                                                              • Take The "A" Train
                                                                                              • Creole Love Call
                                                                                              • Kinda Dukish /Rockin' In Rhythm
                                                                                              • In A Sentimental Mood
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                                                                                              .Philadelphia, Penn.Arch Street United Methodist ChurchConcert of Sacred Music
                                                                                              • Stratemann p.618
                                                                                              • Additional documentation might be found in SI-NMAH DEC301, Series 2: Performances and Programs, 1933-1974, box 17, folder 4, Arch Street United Methodist Church, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, December 19, 1971
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                                                                                              NBC remote broadcast, All Star Parade Of Bands:
                                                                                              Duke Ellington GroupJohnson, Procope, Turney, Minerve, Ashby, Gonsalves, Carney, Ellington, Benjamin, Jones, Brookshire, Watkins

                                                                                              Titles recorded:
                                                                                              • Auld Lang Syne
                                                                                              • One More Time For The People
                                                                                              • Mood Indigo
                                                                                              • Things Ain't What They Used To Be
                                                                                              • Sophisticated Lady
                                                                                              • Take The "A" Train


                                                                                              A KFS wirestory titled Voice of Broadway said Rainbow Grill was the highest priced New Year's Eve party at $50 a person which included tips but not booze.
                                                                                                The Palladium-Times, Oswego, N.Y. 1971-12-21 p.14
                                                                                              • Girvan: Ellingtonia.com
                                                                                              • Timner
                                                                                              • Stratemann pp 618-621
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                                                                                              1972 01 00.. UnknownUndated concert sometime during the Far East trip, in January or February, location unknown.New Desor
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                                                                                              Beginning of overseas tour of the Far East and Australasia, encompassing Japan, Taiwan, the Philippines, Hong Kong, Thailand, Burma, India, Ceylon, Singapore, Malaysia, Indonesia, Australia, and New Zealand, stopping in Hawaii on the way home.
                                                                                              • Stratemann pp.661-662
                                                                                                • Additional documentation might be found in SI-NMAH DEC301, Series 2: Performances and Programs, 1933-1974,
                                                                                                  • box 8,
                                                                                                    • folder 8 Japan, January 1, 1972
                                                                                                    • folder 9 Japan and Taiwan, January, 1972
                                                                                                • box 18, folder 13 Japan Tour, 1972
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                                                                                              Tuesday
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                                                                                              Wednesday
                                                                                              New York, N.Y..Travel, New York to TokyoStratemann p.621..
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                                                                                              Wednesday
                                                                                              .Tokyo, Japan."Tokyo Calling".New Desor
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                                                                                              Thursday
                                                                                              afternoon
                                                                                              .Tokyo, JapanOkuru HotelEllington met reporters at his hotel six hours before the Jan. 6 concerts.Pacific Stars & Stripes 1972-01-08 p.7..
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                                                                                              Thursday
                                                                                              .Shinjuku, Tokyo, JapanTokyo Kosei Nenkin Kaikan Two concerts, both taped.

                                                                                              The Stars and Stripes review of the first concert(s) commented on Ellington's meeting with reporters in a large hotel conference room at the Okura Hotel six hours before the show, and on the crowded concert hall, Thursday.

                                                                                              'Ellington said he deeply felt, personally and professionally, the loss of alto saxophonist Johnny Hodges. He said Hodges' solos might now be thrown to a trumpeter or another instrumentalist, but never to another saxophonist. "I'm protecting myself from criticism and also protecting him (another alto man who couldn't match Hodges) - he's the one who's going to get hit over the head."

                                                                                              Personnel specifically named in the concert were Cootie Willaims, Paul Gonsalves, Booty Wood, Russell Procope, Harold Ashby, and Rufus Jones.

                                                                                              The reporter described how Ellington often vanished during solos, and during Harlem, walked in front of the darkened bandstand thrusting microphones at musicians so they could be better heard.

                                                                                              The audience included kids in long hair and garish threads, and greyish elders in conservative and stylish dress.
                                                                                              • Stratemann,p.622
                                                                                              • "Ellington on 4th Japan Swing",Hal Drake, S&S staff writer, Pacific Stars and Stripes 1972-01-08 p.7
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                                                                                              Friday
                                                                                              .Tokyo, JapanNHK StudioTaping for 30-minute NHK-TV program
                                                                                              The band performed several numbers and Ellington is interviewed throughout the performance.
                                                                                              Photos:
                                                                                              • Stratemann 622
                                                                                              • Duke Ellington, MIMM
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                                                                                              Friday
                                                                                              6:30 PM
                                                                                              .Shinjuku, Tokyo, JapanTokyo Kosei Nenkin Kaikan(Unconfirmed)

                                                                                              Concert

                                                                                              In reporting about the Jan. 6 concerts, Stars and Stripes said two more concerts were scheduled at this venue, Friday 6:30 pm and Saturday 2:00 pm
                                                                                              Pacific Stars & Stripes 1972-01-08 p.7..
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                                                                                              Saturday
                                                                                              2 PM
                                                                                              .Shinjuku, Tokyo, JapanTokyo Kosei Nenkin KaikanConcert.New Desor
                                                                                              DE7205

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                                                                                              1972 01 08
                                                                                              Saturday
                                                                                              7 PM
                                                                                              .Yokohama, JapanPrefectural Concert Hall(Unconfirmed)
                                                                                              Concert
                                                                                              Pacific Stars & Stripes 1972-01-08 p.7..
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                                                                                              Sunday
                                                                                              .Osaka, Japan.Possibly a travel day..
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                                                                                              Monday
                                                                                              .Osaka, JapanFestival HallConcert (recorded).New Desor
                                                                                              DE7206

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                                                                                              Tuesday
                                                                                              .Nagoya, JapanNagoyashi Kokaidoconcert..
                                                                                              Stratemann,p.622.Added
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                                                                                              Wednesday
                                                                                              .Kyoto, Japan.concert..
                                                                                              Stratemann,p.622.Added
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                                                                                              1972 01 13
                                                                                              Thursday
                                                                                              .Kobe, JapanKokusai Kaikan...
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                                                                                              1972 01 14
                                                                                              Friday
                                                                                              .Hiroshima, JapanHiroshima Kokaido
                                                                                              (possibly
                                                                                              Hiroshima-shi Kokaido)
                                                                                              concert..
                                                                                              Stratemann,p.622.Added
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                                                                                              Saturday
                                                                                              .Kumamoto, JapanShimin Kaikan...
                                                                                              Stratemann,p.622.Added
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                                                                                              1972 01 16
                                                                                              Sunday
                                                                                              .Fukuoka, JapanFukuoka Denki HallConcert (recorded)


                                                                                              Smithsonian Institution Ellington collection, Series 2: Performances and Programs, 1933-1974, Box 14, folder 1 is labelled Rochester Philharmonic, Carnegie Hall, New York, New York, January 16, 1972. C. Windheuser, Smithsonian Reference Services volunteer, advises it contains a [Rocheser Philharmonic?] programme which lists Ellington's "The Golden Broom and The Green Apple" (written originally in 1965 for the French-American Festival at Lincoln Center).
                                                                                              • Stratemann,p.622
                                                                                              • Vail II
                                                                                              • Email, C. Windheuser-Palmquist, Feb./Mar.2016
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                                                                                              Monday
                                                                                              .Kokura, JapanKokura Shimin KaikanConcert (recorded).New Desor
                                                                                              DE7208

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                                                                                              1972 01 18
                                                                                              Tuesday
                                                                                              .Taipei, Formosa.Flight from Japan to Formosa

                                                                                              Meeting with reporters at Taipei International Airport.
                                                                                              Additional documentation might be found in SI-NMAH DEC301, Series 2: Performances and Programs, 1933-1974, box 8, folder 10 Taipei, Taiwan, January 18, 1972New Desor
                                                                                              DE7209

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                                                                                              Tuesday
                                                                                              .Taipei, FormosaTaipei City HallTwo hour concert (recorded) for an invited audience of 2,000, sponsored by the China Youth Corps and the American Embassy.

                                                                                              Stars and Stripes reported Mercer Ellington and Edward II (Edward Kennedy Ellington II) were with the band.
                                                                                              • Stratemann p.621
                                                                                              • Pacific Stars and Stripes, 1972-01-20
                                                                                              • Vail II
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                                                                                              Wednesday
                                                                                              .Taipei, Formosa.Concert (recorded) Stratemann p.621..
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                                                                                              Thursday
                                                                                              .Manila, PhillipinesCultural Center
                                                                                              Roxas Blvd.
                                                                                              The National Philharmonic Society of the Philippines proudly presents The Celebrated JAZZ and SYMPHONIC DUKE ELLINGTON and HIS BAND with THE NATIONAL PHILHARMONIC ORCHESTRA, REDENTOR ROMERO, Conducting
                                                                                              • Ticket stub
                                                                                              • Additional documentation might be found in SI-NMAH DEC301, Series 2: Performances and Programs, 1933-1974, box 8, folder 11 Manila, Philippines, January 20, 1972
                                                                                              New Desor
                                                                                              DE9057
                                                                                              DEMS
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                                                                                              1972 01 21
                                                                                              Friday
                                                                                              .Hong Kong, British ColonyConcert Hall...
                                                                                              • Stratemann,p.622
                                                                                              • Additional documentation might be found in SI-NMAH DEC301, Series 2: Performances and Programs, 1933-1974, box 8, folder 12 Hong Kong, January 21, 1972
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                                                                                              Saturday
                                                                                              .Bangkok, ThailandNational Theatre...
                                                                                              Stratemann,p.622.Added
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                                                                                              Sunday
                                                                                              .Mandalay, Burma....
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                                                                                              1972 01 24
                                                                                              Monday
                                                                                              1972 01 26Rangoon, Burma....
                                                                                              • Stratemann,p.622
                                                                                              • Additional documentation might be found in SI-NMAH DEC301, Series 2: Performances and Programs, 1933-1974, box 8, folder 13 Rangoon, Burma, January 24-26 1972
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                                                                                              Tuesday
                                                                                              .Rangoon, Burma.activities not documented
                                                                                              ...
                                                                                              ...
                                                                                              1972 01 26
                                                                                              Wednesday
                                                                                              .Rangoon, Burma.activities not documented
                                                                                              ...
                                                                                              ...
                                                                                              1972 01 27
                                                                                              Thursday
                                                                                              .Calcutta, India....
                                                                                              Stratemann,p.622.Added
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                                                                                              1972 01 28
                                                                                              Friday
                                                                                              .Colombo, Ceylon..Additional documentation might be found in SI-NMAH DEC301, Series 2: Performances and Programs, 1933-1974, box 8, folder 15 Ceylon, 1972.
                                                                                              • Stratemann,p.622
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                                                                                              Saturday
                                                                                              .Singapore.Stopover and interviewAP wirestory in The St. Petersburg Independent, 1972-01-30.
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                                                                                              2012-08-26
                                                                                              1972 01 30
                                                                                              Sunday
                                                                                              .Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia....
                                                                                              • Stratemann,p.622
                                                                                              • Additional documentation might be found in SI-NMAH DEC301, Series 2: Performances and Programs, 1933-1974, box 18, folder 14 Kuala, Lumpar, Malaya, January 30, 1972
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                                                                                              Monday
                                                                                              1972 02 01
                                                                                              Tuesday
                                                                                              Djakarta, Indonesia..Additional documentation might be found in SI-NMAH DEC301, Series 2: Performances and Programs, 1933-1974, box 8,
                                                                                              • folder 14 Djakarta, Indonesia, February 1, 1972
                                                                                              • folder 15 Djakarta, Indonesia, 1972
                                                                                              .
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                                                                                              February 1972

                                                                                              1972 02 01
                                                                                              Tuesday
                                                                                              .Djakarta, Indonesia.see 1972 01 31..
                                                                                              Stratemann,p.622.2011
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                                                                                              Wednesday
                                                                                              1972 02 03
                                                                                              Thursday
                                                                                              Singapore....
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                                                                                              Thursday
                                                                                              .Singapore....
                                                                                              Stratemann,p.622.2011
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                                                                                              Friday
                                                                                              .Travel To Australia..Stratemann p.621..
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                                                                                              Saturday
                                                                                              .Perth
                                                                                              Western Australia
                                                                                              Australia
                                                                                              Subiaco OvalConcert in stadium in a suburb of Perth.Additional documentation might be found in SI-NMAH DEC301, Series 2: Performances and Programs, 1933-1974, box 8, folder 5 Australia, February 5, 1972.
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                                                                                              1972 02 06
                                                                                              Sunday
                                                                                              1972 02 07
                                                                                              Monday
                                                                                              Adelaide
                                                                                              South Australia
                                                                                              Australia
                                                                                              ....
                                                                                              Stratemann,p.622.Added
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                                                                                              1972 02 07
                                                                                              Monday
                                                                                              ...activities not documented
                                                                                              ...
                                                                                              ...
                                                                                              1972 02 08
                                                                                              Tuesday
                                                                                              1972 02 09
                                                                                              Wednesday
                                                                                              Melbourne
                                                                                              Victoria
                                                                                              Australia
                                                                                              Dallas Brooks HallNote the Feb. 10 review in The Age was first published Feb. 9 and was about "last night", suggesging Feb. 8 was the first of two concerts at Festival Hall in Brisbane, rather than Melbourne. Further research is needed...
                                                                                              Stratemann,p.622.Added
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                                                                                              1972 02 09
                                                                                              Wednesday
                                                                                              .Brisbane
                                                                                              Queensland
                                                                                              Australia
                                                                                              Festival HallGeoffrey Barker in The Age:

                                                                                              'The great Duke Ellington orchestra swung, sang, rocked and bounced for nearly three magic hours at Festival Hall last night.
                                                                                                Virtually unaffected by the vile acoustics and the oppressive heat, the Duke and his men romped through all of the Ellington standards and a generous number of the extended works in the orchestra's library.
                                                                                                As on their previous tour nearly two years ago, the Ellington musicians again showed that they are among the greatest performers in jazz.
                                                                                                Nobody in the world can play the trumpet solo on Take the A Train like Cootie Williams; Russell Procope played some beautiful bules on clarinet; reed players Harod [sic] Ashby, Norris Turney and Harry Carney again demonstrated their breathtaking virtuosity.
                                                                                                And in a delightful medley of tunes, Duke Ellington displayed his vastly underrated skill as a solo pianist when he plyed some of his most memorable tunes – Don't Get Around Much Any More, I Let a Song Go Out of My Heart, Sophisticated Lady, and the rest.
                                                                                                The only disappointment was tenor player Paul Gonsalves, who seemed to have dined well before the concert. He played little and what he played was barely audible and unpardonably murky.
                                                                                                Inevitably the sound of the Ellington orchestra has changed markedly since the last tour. The great Johnny Hodges has died and the band is without organist Wild Bill Davis and trumpet player Cat Anderson.
                                                                                                Nevertheless, the Duke's skilful piano playing-conducting and the vitality of the players ensure tht none of the marvellous Ellington sounds are in any way diminished.
                                                                                                Perhaps the most exciting perfromances of the evening were the playing of three movements from Euke Ellingtons Togo Brava suite, an evocative tribute to the west coast of Africa, and the older Ellington tone poem harlem.
                                                                                                The orchestra will play another concert tonight before moving on. hope they will return again soon.
                                                                                                This review appeared in late editions of "The Age" yesterday."
                                                                                              '

                                                                                              • Stratemann,p.622
                                                                                              • The Age, Melbourne, Australia
                                                                                                1972-02-10 p.10
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                                                                                              Thursday
                                                                                              1972 02 11
                                                                                              Friday
                                                                                              Sydney
                                                                                              New South Wales
                                                                                              Australia
                                                                                              Capitol TheatreConcerts

                                                                                              (the Feb 11 concert was recorded)
                                                                                              Additional documentation might be found in SI-NMAH DEC301, Series 2: Performances and Programs, 1933-1974, box 8, folder 6 Australia, Canada, and USA, February 11, 1972.New Desor
                                                                                              DE7211

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                                                                                              Friday
                                                                                              .Sydney
                                                                                              New South Wales
                                                                                              Australia
                                                                                              Capitol TheatreConcerts - see 1972 02 10.New Desor
                                                                                              DE7211

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                                                                                              Saturday
                                                                                              ...activities not documented
                                                                                              ...
                                                                                              ...
                                                                                              1972 02 13
                                                                                              Sunday
                                                                                              .Auckland, New Zealand....DEMS
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                                                                                              Monday
                                                                                              Valentine's Day
                                                                                              ...Travel to Honolulu, U.S.A.Stratemann p.621..
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                                                                                              1972 02 15
                                                                                              Tuesday
                                                                                              .Honolulu, Hi.International Center ArenaConcert (recorded)
                                                                                              with Sarah Vaughan and Billy Eckstine
                                                                                              Additional documentation might be found in SI-NMAH DEC301, Series 2: Performances and Programs, 1933-1974, box 8, folder 6 Australia, Canada, and USA, February 11, 1972.New Desor
                                                                                              DE7212

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                                                                                              1972 02 16
                                                                                              Wednesday
                                                                                              ...(Unconfirmed)

                                                                                              Return to the continental United States - likely arriving at SeaTac Airport
                                                                                              ..
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                                                                                              c.1972 02 16
                                                                                              Wednesday
                                                                                              ...PERSONNEL CHANGE
                                                                                              Singer Nell Brookshire left the band, returning to her home in Dayton, Ohio.

                                                                                              Ellington played California dates without a female vocalist.
                                                                                              New Desor vol.2..
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                                                                                              1972 02 16
                                                                                              Wednesday
                                                                                              .Tacoma, Wash.Temple Theatre...
                                                                                              • Stratemann,p.621
                                                                                              • Additional documentation might be found in SI-NMAH DEC301, Series 2: Performances and Programs, 1933-1974, box 8, folder 6 Australia, Canada, and USA, February 11, 1972
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                                                                                              1972 02 17
                                                                                              Thursday
                                                                                              .Bellingham, Wash.Elk's Club.Stratemann p.621..
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                                                                                              1972 02 18
                                                                                              Friday
                                                                                              .Vancouver, B.C.Queen Elizabeth TheatreConcert (recorded)

                                                                                              Stratemann says there were 2 concerts, 7:30 and 10:00 PM, but this needs to be confirmed since it seems odd for Vancouver.
                                                                                              • Stratemann,p.621
                                                                                              • Additional documentation might be found in SI-NMAH DEC301 Series 2 box 8, folder 6 " Australia, Canada, and USA, February 11, 1972"
                                                                                              New Desor
                                                                                              DE7213

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                                                                                              Saturday
                                                                                              .Milwaukie, Ore...Stratemann p.621..
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                                                                                              1972 02 20
                                                                                              Sunday
                                                                                              .Seattle, Wash.Opera HouseTwo concerts, 3PM and 8 PM
                                                                                              Sarah Vaughan, Billy Eckstine, Duke Ellington and his orchestra
                                                                                              • Stratemann p.621
                                                                                              • The Enterprise
                                                                                                1972-02-02 p.10
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                                                                                              1972 02 21
                                                                                              Monday-
                                                                                              .Portland, Ore.Roaring 20s Room
                                                                                              Hoyt Hotel
                                                                                              ..New Desor
                                                                                              DE7214
                                                                                              DE7215
                                                                                              DEMS
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                                                                                              1972 02 22
                                                                                              Tuesday
                                                                                              .Corvallis, Ore.Elk's Club.Stratemann p.621..
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                                                                                              1972 02 23
                                                                                              Wednesday
                                                                                              .San Jose, Cal.San Jose City College
                                                                                              (Stratemann says San Jose State College)
                                                                                              .Additional documentation might be found in SI-NMAH DEC301, Series 2: Performances and Programs, 1933-1974, box 14, folder 2 San Jose City College, San Jose, California, February 23, 1972.
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                                                                                              1972 02 24
                                                                                              Thursday
                                                                                              .Modesto, Cal.Sportsmen Club.Stratemann p.621..
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                                                                                              1972 02 25
                                                                                              Friday-
                                                                                              .Berkeley, Cal.Zellerbach A...New Desor
                                                                                              DE7216

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                                                                                              1972 02 26
                                                                                              Saturday
                                                                                              .Santa Barbara, Cal.Campbell Hall
                                                                                              University of California
                                                                                              Santa Barbara
                                                                                              2 concerts, 7 and 9:45 p.m.The concerts were opened by The Roger Kellaway Trio.
                                                                                              Mark Cantor attended the concert with friends, and reports a peripheral event - someone broke into "UCen" and stole a lot of posters. One from Ellington's European tours was among the purloined material.
                                                                                              • Stratemann p.621 citing DESB
                                                                                              • Vail II
                                                                                              • Email Cantor-Palmquist 2017-02-07
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                                                                                              1972 02 27
                                                                                              Sunday
                                                                                              .Stockton, Cal.Civic Auditorium.Stratemann p.621..
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                                                                                              Monday
                                                                                              .Bakersfield, Cal.B. Inn.Stratemann p.621..
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                                                                                              1972 02 29
                                                                                              Tuesday
                                                                                              .Oceanside, Cal.Pendleton.Stratemann p.621..
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                                                                                              1972 02 001972 03 00..World Opens In Prayer
                                                                                              From late February 1972 to late March, newspapers across the U.S.A. carried a Lenten Guidepost column written by Ellington about his faith. He was one of several public figures asked to write for the series, which ran nationally during Lent in 1972.
                                                                                              ..
                                                                                              Stratemann,p.622djp2015-03-08

                                                                                              March 1972

                                                                                              1972 03 00...PERSONNEL CHANGE
                                                                                              Malcolm Taylor, trombone, leaves the band in March (New Desor) or February (Stratemann p.713) and Vince Prudente, trombone, born in 1937, joins.
                                                                                              New Desor vol.2..
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                                                                                              1972 03 01
                                                                                              Wednesday
                                                                                              1972 03 04
                                                                                              Saturday
                                                                                              Los Angeles, Cal.Ambassador HotelHotel residency

                                                                                              After Duke's 30 minute set, Sarah Vaughn and Billy Ecskstine had 35 and 40 minute sets respectively.
                                                                                              (Cat Anderson was in the house band.)
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                                                                                              Thursday
                                                                                              .Los Angeles, Cal.Ambassador HotelHotel residency - see 1972 03 01Stratemann p.621..
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                                                                                              Friday
                                                                                              .Los Angeles, Cal.Ambassador HotelHotel residency - see 1972 03 01Stratemann p.621..
                                                                                              ..Added
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                                                                                              1972 03 04
                                                                                              Saturday
                                                                                              .Los Angeles, Cal.Ambassador HotelHotel residency - see 1972 03 01Stratemann p.621..
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                                                                                              1972 03 05
                                                                                              Sunday
                                                                                              .San RafaelCivic C. X2.Stratemann p.621..
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                                                                                              1972 03 06
                                                                                              Monday
                                                                                              .Rocklin Sierra College.Stratemann p.621..
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                                                                                              1972 03 07
                                                                                              Tuesday
                                                                                              .ChicoMain Auditorium.Stratemann p.621..
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                                                                                              Wednesday
                                                                                              1972 03 11
                                                                                              Saturday
                                                                                              Los Angeles, Cal.Ambassador Hotel.Stratemann p.621..
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                                                                                              1972 03 09
                                                                                              Thursday
                                                                                              .Los Angeles, Cal.Hotel residency - see 1972 03 09...
                                                                                              ...
                                                                                              1972 03 10
                                                                                              Friday
                                                                                              .Los Angeles, Cal.Hotel residency - see 1972 03 09...
                                                                                              ...
                                                                                              1972 03 11
                                                                                              Saturday
                                                                                              .Los Angeles, Cal.Hotel residency - see 1972 03 09...
                                                                                              ...
                                                                                              1972 03 12
                                                                                              Sunday
                                                                                              .Huachuca City, Ariz.Fort Huachuca.Stratemann p.621..
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                                                                                              Detroit, Mich.Michigan PalaceNight club engagement - Ellington and his orchestra and Joe Williams on the bill.
                                                                                              This was the gala opening night for the new Michigan Palace, formerly the Michigan Theatre. There was extensive publicity, advertising and reporting in the Detroit Free Press from 1972-02-20 through to 1972-04-03
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                                                                                              1972 04 00...PERSONNEL CHANGE
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                                                                                              .Warren, Ohio Packard Music Hall.Stratemann p.621 citing DESB..
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                                                                                              .Bloomington, Ind.Indiana University AuditoriumConcert, 8 p.m.
                                                                                              Reserved seats: $4.50, $4.00, $3.50, $3.00, $2.00
                                                                                              The first line of the review by Jon Walters, i.d.s. staff writer, is illegible. He says the concert played to a full house and received a standing ovation, and:

                                                                                              '...Ellington played nearly every famous hit and near hit of his career from "Caravan" to "Satin Doll" and seemed indefatiguable, wailing for nearly three hours.
                                                                                                Cootie Williams, Lawrence [sic] Turney, Harold Ashby and Paul Gonsalvez [sic] headlined the all-star band in a show of experience and tradition that is unequalled by any other living music institution. Ellington's half-century career has established him in the upper echelons of musicians everywhere and several I.U. School of Music faculty joined the concert crowd for an evening of jazz.
                                                                                                ...The music took the enthralled audience from New York to New Orleans and from Australia to Africa, leaving the listeners gladly humming familiar tunes. The show climaxed with a full stage of musicians, singer and frenzy.
                                                                                                Not in evidence were any electrified gizmos, no strobe lights, no miniskirts, no throbbing loudspeakers driven by overpowered amplifiers. Just jazz.
                                                                                                The program consisted of about 30 pieces....
                                                                                                ...The universality of the Duke's appeal is evident when hearing aids, long hair, evening clothes and jeans all turn out... '

                                                                                              • Stratemann p.623
                                                                                              • The Indiana Daily Student, Indiana University, Bloomington, Ind., courtesy of C.Lynn and E.M.Peters, Office of University Archives and Records Management, Herman B. Wells Library, Indiana University, Bloomington, Ind. (2015-11-18)
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                                                                                              .Defiance, OhioDefiance College Community Center.Stratemann p.623..
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                                                                                              .South Bend, Ind. Stephan Center
                                                                                              University of Notre Dame
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                                                                                              .New York, N.Y.St. Peter's Lutheran ChurchConcert, with Devonne Gardner, Patricia Hall, Nanice Lund and the Mother A.M.E. Cathedaral Choir.Additional documentation might be found in SI-NMAH DEC301, Series 2: Performances and Programs, 1933-1974, box 17, folder 5 St. Peter's Church, New York City, April 9, 1972 (April 9-May 11, 1972)..
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                                                                                              .New York, N.Y.Whitney Museum of American ArtPiano recital, Ellington, Benjamin and Jones.

                                                                                              Togo Ambassador to the U.S. Epiphane Ayi Mawussl presented Ellington with a block of Togo postage stamps bearing Duke's likeness.
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                                                                                              Tuesday
                                                                                              .Portland, MainePortland City HallConcert with Portland Symphony Orchestra
                                                                                              • Stratemann p.623
                                                                                              • Additional documentation might be found in SI-NMAH DEC301, Series 2: Performances and Programs, 1933-1974, box 14, folder 3 Portland Symphony, Portland, Maine, April 11, 1972
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                                                                                              .Rochester, N.Y.Auditorium.Additional documentation might be found in SI-NMAH DEC301, Series 2: Performances and Programs, 1933-1974, box 14, folder 4 Rochester Philharmonic, Auditorium Theatre, Rochester, New York, April 13, 1972 ..
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                                                                                              Springfield, Mass.Springfield Municipal Auditorium8:30 p.m. concert with Springfield Symphony Orchestra
                                                                                              • Stratemann p.623
                                                                                              • Additional documentation might be found in SI-NMAH DEC301, Series 2: Performances and Programs, 1933-1974, box 14, folder 5 Springfield Symphony, Springfield Auditorium, Springfield, Massachusetts, April 15-16, 1972
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                                                                                              .Manchester, N.H.Practical Arts Auditorium.Stratemann p.623..
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                                                                                              .Newark, N.J.Symphony HallAfternoon concert for up to 3,000 schoolchildren (Stratemann reports 2,000 kids)<
                                                                                                li>AP wirestory by Chris Connell, datelined Newark, in the Daily Mail, Hagerstown, 1972-04-22 p.5 and Pacific Stars and Stripes, 1972-04-25, p.14
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                                                                                              Long Island, N.Y.
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                                                                                              .Stony Brook
                                                                                              Long Island, N.Y.
                                                                                              C.W.Post Center Auditorium.
                                                                                              • Stratemann p.623
                                                                                              • Additional documentation might be found in SI-NMAH DEC301, Series 2: Performances and Programs, 1933-1974, box 14, folder 6 C. W. Post Center Auditorium, Brookville, Long Island, New York, April 22, 1972
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                                                                                              .Caldwell, N.J.Theatre on the Hill
                                                                                              Caldwell College
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                                                                                              • Additional documentation might be found in SI-NMAH DEC301, Series 2: Performances and Programs, 1933-1974, box 14, folder 35 Theater on the Hill, Caldwell College, 1972-1973 season
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                                                                                              .Newark, N.J.NAACP Community Cultural CenterConcert
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                                                                                              • Additional documentation might be found in SI-NMAH DEC301, Series 2: Performances and Programs, 1933-1974, box 14, folder 7 NAACP Community Cultural Center, Newark, New Jersey, April 29, 1972
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                                                                                              .New York, N.Y.Mother AME Zion Cathedral
                                                                                              140-148 W.137th St.
                                                                                              Sacred concert
                                                                                              • New York Amsterdam News, 1972-05-06, p.A1
                                                                                              • Additional documentation might be found in SI-NMAH DEC301, Series 2: Performances and Programs, 1933-1974, box 17, folder 6 Mother AME Zion Church, New York City, April 30, 197
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                                                                                              .Champaign-Urbana, Ill.University of IllinoisAccording to Stratemann and Vail, Ellington gave a clinic and piano recital in the afternoon. Neither names a source or location on campus. I found no mention of this in the campus newspaper.
                                                                                              • Stratemann p.623
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                                                                                              .Champaign-Urbana, Ill.Krannert Center for the Performing Arts
                                                                                              University of Illinois
                                                                                              Special concert for Mom's Weekend, played to a full house.(*)

                                                                                              'KRANNERT CENTER
                                                                                              FOR THE PERFORMING ARTS
                                                                                              and STAR COURSE
                                                                                              present
                                                                                              DUKE
                                                                                              ELLINGTON
                                                                                              and his orchestra
                                                                                              Friday, May 5
                                                                                              GREAT HALL
                                                                                              8:00 p.m.
                                                                                              Public $6.00 5.00, 4.00
                                                                                              UI Students $5.00, 4.00, 3.00'

                                                                                              One ad says "TAKE YOUR MOM ON MOM'S WEEKEND."

                                                                                              This concert was apparently reviewed in the Illini but I have only been able to locate a letter to the editor by Morgan B. Usadel criticizing the review. The correspondent mentions names included in the review: Money Johnson, Harold Ashby, Rufus Jones, Paul Gonsalves.
                                                                                              • The Daily Illini, University of Illinois, Champaign-Urbana, Ill.
                                                                                                • 1972-04-04 p.20
                                                                                                • 1972-05-02 pp.4,22
                                                                                                • 1972-05-10 p.13
                                                                                              • (*)The Summer Illini, 1972-07-18 p.7
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                                                                                              .Possibly St. Louis, Mo.Possibly KMOV-TVBroadcast
                                                                                              Ellington was interviewed by host Jim Bolen, then performed Solitude and Warm Valley with his trio.

                                                                                              This was likely a television broadcast from St. Louis, Mo., where a Jim Bolen is included in the Missouri History Museum Hall of Fame. Mr. Bolen's obituary says he loved jazz, led a big band and played vibes. Fenton is near St. Louis, and both are only about a two hour drive from Carbondale.
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                                                                                              8 pm
                                                                                              .Carbondale,Ill.Shyrock Auditorium
                                                                                              Southern Illinois University
                                                                                              Concert at 8 p.m. to wind up Southern Illinois University's Celebrity Series.

                                                                                              Organizers offered Ellington tickets in exchange for tickets held by patrons of a cancelled April 28 performance of The Threepenny Opera in lieu of refunds if they wished.
                                                                                              Ticket prices:
                                                                                              Students $1.50, $2 and $3
                                                                                              General public: $2, $3, $4
                                                                                              The Southern Illinoisian
                                                                                              • 1972-02-07
                                                                                              • 1972-05-11 p.26
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                                                                                              .Jacksonville, Fla.Civic AuditoriumWhile the band travelled to Dallas, Ellington and "a small entourage" including Stanley Dance made a side trip to Florida for the premiere, by the Jacksonville Symphony, of his new composition Celebration, orchestrated by Ron Collier.

                                                                                              Preceding Ellington's piece were premieres of Dies Natalis by Howard Hanson and The Hawk and the Flower by Carlisle Floyd, followed by Weber's Konzertstuck before Ellington introduced his work.

                                                                                              Dance's column praised the enthusiastic performance by the orchestra, which included amateur musicians. Dance makes no mention of either Collier or Ellington performing during this concert.

                                                                                              A champagne reception was followed by a party, and at 4:30 am Ellington and his group flew out, with a one hour layover in Atlanta to change planes. While waiting in the V.I.P. lounge, Ellington listened to a cassette recording of the performance.

                                                                                              Landing in Dallas, they took a taxi to the hotel, arriving about 9 a.m.

                                                                                              Cootie Williams was waiting outside and Harold Ashby and Chuck Connors met them while they were checking in.
                                                                                              • Stanley Dance: Lightly and Politely, Jazz Journal, 1972-07 (cited in Stratemann, p.623)
                                                                                              • Additional documentation might be found in SI-NMAH DEC301, Series 2: Performances and Programs, 1933-1974, box 14, folder 8 Jacksonville Symphony, Jacksonville, Florida, May 16, 1972
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                                                                                              .Fort Worth, Tex.Tarrant County Convention CenterConcert with Sarah Vaughan.

                                                                                              Dance: "There was a good crowd in the huge auditorium that night...

                                                                                              "The promoter, we were told, had a problem because of ticket counterfeiting. Deputy Sheriff Freddy Jenkins came in dressed Texas style with a big hat on his head and gun on hip. He looked a picture of health as he made an onstage speech and presentation to his former employer."

                                                                                              Leaving after the concert, they drove past Jenkins and another police official. Carney stopped the car so Ellington could pose for a photograph with Jenkins.
                                                                                              • Stratemann p.623
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                                                                                              .Fort Worth, Tex..Ellington stayed up all night working on his music, and at 6 a.m. had breakfast with Dance. Dance reported all the help came into the room for autographs, and engaged Ellington in repartee while "we and Harry Carney" ate.

                                                                                              Initially planning to drive to Houston, Carney instead turned the rental car in at the Dallas airport and the small group flew to Houston, getting six hours sleep by the time the band bus arrived.
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                                                                                              1972 05 31Houston, Tex.International Club and the Continental Room
                                                                                              Shamrock Hilton Hotel
                                                                                              Each night the band performed in a private club and in a room open to the public.
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                                                                                              1972 06 00...PERSONNEL CHANGE
                                                                                              Tyree Glenn rejoins the band in early June
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                                                                                              1972 06 05Dallas, Tex.Executive InnThe Dallas Morning News reported Ellington made the Executive Inn his headquarters during his fabulous run at the Loser's Club. It also carried a story about The Rhodes Kids, a family band, playing the Exectutive Inn for a week. It said Ellington saw their opening show, and reported he said he wanted to take lessons from the youngest member, a seven-year-old,Dallas Morning News
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                                                                                              1972 06 04Dallas, Tex.Loser's ClubDallas After Dark!:

                                                                                              'Duke Ellington winds up his weekend run at the Loser's Club Sunday night. Duke receives tremendous support from Mercer Ellingtoin, William "Cat" Anderson and Charlie "Cootie" Williams on trumpet and Russell Procope, Harry E. Carney and Paul Gonalves on sax...'

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                                                                                              .San Antonio, Tex.Randy's Rodeo
                                                                                              1534 Bandero Rd.
                                                                                              "Jazz pianist Duke Ellington will appear for one night only at Randy's Rodeo...Wednesday night."

                                                                                              Admission $5.00
                                                                                              • San Antonio Express
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                                                                                              Thursday
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                                                                                              Friday
                                                                                              .Boston, Mass.City Hall Peripheral event
                                                                                              Celebrate! 1972
                                                                                              Stratemann:

                                                                                              'Earlier in the day, it appears, there had been a reception at City Hall in Boston, at which Ellington and other black artists such as Eubie Blake, Paul Robeson, Katherine Dunham and Noble Sissle were honored.

                                                                                              Record American:

                                                                                              'Center to Fete 8 Black Artists
                                                                                              Eight distinguished black artists, including jazz musician Duke Ellington and dancer Ktherine Dunham, will be honored by the National Center for Afro-American Artists on June 9 and 10 as part of its huge gala know as "Celebrate."
                                                                                               The aritsts will attend a reception in their honor at City Hall June 9, after which tehy will be honored at an original musical revue highlighting their careers. Finally they will attend an all-night cabaret party at the Elma Lews School of Fine Arts.'

                                                                                              • Stratemann p.624
                                                                                              • Record American, Boston, Mass.
                                                                                              • 1972-06-09 p.34
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                                                                                              Friday
                                                                                              .High Point, N.C.Emerywood Country ClubDinner dance, 9 to 1...
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                                                                                              Saturday
                                                                                              .Holmdel or
                                                                                              Woodbridge, N.J.
                                                                                              Garden State Arts Center.
                                                                                              • Stratemann p.624
                                                                                              • Additional documentation might be found in SI-NMAH DEC301, Series 2: Performances and Programs, 1933-1974, box 14, folder 10 Garden State Arts Center, Woodbridge, New Jersey, June 10, 1972
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                                                                                              Sunday
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                                                                                              Monday
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                                                                                              Tuesday
                                                                                              .Patchogue,
                                                                                              Long Island, N.Y.
                                                                                              Brookhaven National Laboratory.Stratemann p.624..
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                                                                                              Wednesday
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                                                                                              Thursday
                                                                                              .Newark, N.J.Hotel Roger Treat.
                                                                                              • Stratemann p.624
                                                                                              • Additional documentation might be found in SI-NMAH DEC301, Series 2: Performances and Programs, 1933-1974, box 14, folder 11 Hotel Robert Treat, Newark, New Jersey, June 15, 1972
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                                                                                              Sunday
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                                                                                              Monday
                                                                                              ...Activities not documented

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                                                                                              Tuesday
                                                                                              .Honolulu, Hi..Ellington attended the American Federation of Musicians convention in Honolulu, where he was awarded an honorary gold card life membership in the Musicians union.

                                                                                              The sidemen's activities are not documented
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                                                                                              Wednesday
                                                                                              ...The sidemen's activities are not documented
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                                                                                              Thursday
                                                                                              .Toronto, Ont.Thunder Sound Studio"Stockpile" recording session

                                                                                              Duke Ellington and his orchestra:
                                                                                              C.Williams, M. Ellington, H.Johnson, possibly Stone, Coles, Glenn, Prudente, Connors, Procope, Turney; Minerve, Ashby, Gonsalves, Carney, Ellington, Benjamin, R.Jones
                                                                                              Titles recorded:
                                                                                              • Satin Doll
                                                                                              • Hello, Dolly!
                                                                                              • Alone Together
                                                                                              • Relaxing
                                                                                              • Things Ain't What They Used To Be
                                                                                              • Vancouver Lights

                                                                                              Ron Collier, quoted by Jack Chambers:

                                                                                              'Ruth called from New York. Book a studio and bring some charts. I had this one piece called Vancouver Lights. It was a blues and it started with unison trumpets, and it wasn't sounding very good. Cootie comes up and he stands beside me. We ran it down a few times, and Cootie says, That's a take! So I started going over it again, and Duke gets up from the piano and he comes over, puts his arm around me, says, Ron, when Cootie says that's a take that means he's not gonna play it any more. So that was it for that piece. Track released as Vancouver Lights is actually Relaxin', a shorter piece featuring Russell Procope.'

                                                                                              Recording engineer George Simkiw:

                                                                                              ' The Duke Ellington thing was like a crime mystery. I get a call during the day...saying, listen we need to do a session at 7 o'clock this evening. Can you be there? He said, 'set up' for about 25 pieces. I said give me a rough idea. He says, four trumpets - I say just give me a rough sketch, so I did a rough set up for them. Around a quarter to seven, musicians crept in. I didn't recognize any of them. I usually know every musician in town. Then Duke Ellington walks in. They are doing this secret session. I remember Ron Rully was there. He was part of that whole thing; the jazz drummer. There were some heavyweight people there and my jaw dropped. I actually went out and talked to the Duke as he was having some problems with his music stand. I helped adjust it for him. He thanked me, broke another pencil and never used the same pencil twice. It was like surreal.'

                                                                                              Jack Chambers:

                                                                                              'Duke Ellington's private recording session in Toronto in 1972 has been fraught with misinformation...Two of the charts played on that day were by Ron Collier (not Ron Rully)...Rully was...the drummer in Ron Collier's quintet...and his close friend...

                                                                                              Ted O'Reilly, the Toronto broadcaster who attended that session as Ellington's guest, told me ...the Collier stuff was done at Thunder with Phil [Sheridan]. I am not putting down George's recollection: he may have been Sheridan's assistant, doing the setup at that session, as he would have done at others, but it was not at RCA." Bill Smith, co-editor of Coda, who also attended the recording session, emphatically agrees.

                                                                                              The Toronto recording sessions took place on Thursday June 22...and on Tuesday June 27....Ted O'Reilly and Bill Smith may be the only survivors of the many guests who attended the session. They also agree on a detail that partly explains the lack of contemporary documentation about it. Bill Smith brought his camera, as always, but, he says, I was asked not to take photographs of Duke as he was too scruffy. O'Reilly also recalls the unshaven and disheveled Ellington saying to [Smith], 'No pictures - Duke doesn't feel pretty today', so he put his camera down. As a result, the session is not documented in Coda magazine.'

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                                                                                              Friday
                                                                                              .Toronto, Ont.O'Keefe CentreConcert
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                                                                                              .Toronto, Ont.Thundersound Studio"Stockpile" recording session - see 1972 06 22Stratemann p.624.DEMS
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                                                                                              .Toronto, Ont.."At 11:30 P.M. the Duke left the recording studio. From there he went to a nightclub to hear a singer he was thinking of engaging for a one week date he was booked to play at the Playboy Club Hotel in Great Gorge, N.J., that began Friday night. He was greeted at the nightclub by the singer, Aura Rully, who came to Canada from her native Rumania three years ago... The Duke ceremoniously greeted her with four kisses, two on each cheek, took his place at a ringside table and ate a steak, and drank tea while listening to her perform. He decided that she would do, and they discussed terms and conditions in whispers when she had finished her set. At 2 A.M. the Duke was back in his hotel room, talking with Ron Collier, who would do the arrangements that Miss Rully required.

                                                                                              'It is not a big sound,' said the arranger, speaking of Miss Rully, 'but a fantastic range. But I don't know about her reading.'

                                                                                              'Well, if she isn't a good reader, she has to have a quick ear to do all those Ella Fitzgerald things,' said the Duke. 'It works out about the same.'"
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                                                                                              .West Lorne, Ont.Community CentreDance
                                                                                              "At 5 o'clock the next afternoon, which was Wednesday, the Duke, naked except for a chartreuse chiffon around his head to protect it from air-conditioning drafts, got out of bed in his hotel suite. He would be leaving in another hour to play a dance in West Lorne, Ontario, 150 miles to the west."*
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                                                                                              .Chautauqua, N.Y.AmphitheatreConcert; 5,000 attended.Stratemann p.624..
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                                                                                              1972 07 07McAfee
                                                                                              Vernon Township
                                                                                              Sussex County, N.J.
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                                                                                              Monday
                                                                                              .New York, N.Y.Bell StudiosThe band returned to New York to record some film footage for "L'Aventure du Jazz" or "Jazz Odyssey," a documentary produced by Claudine and Louis Panassié.
                                                                                              Duke Ellington and His Orchestra
                                                                                              Williams, Mercer Ellington, Coles, Johnson, Prudente, Connors, Glenn, Gonsalves, Ashby Minerve Turney, Procope, Carney, Ellington, Benjamin, Jones

                                                                                              Titles recorded:
                                                                                              • Take The "A" Train
                                                                                              • Chinoiserie
                                                                                              • Kinda Dukish / Rockin' In Rhythm
                                                                                              • Satin Doll
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                                                                                              .McAfee, Vernon Twp., Sussex County, N.J.Great Gorge Playboy Clubsee 1972 06 30

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                                                                                              1972 07 07...Mixing session previously thought to have been a recording date:

                                                                                              "We believe that the date of 7Jul72 is from a so called mixing session,which means that previous recordings have been mixed down from broad tapes with many tracks to normal tapes with only two stereo tracks. It happened that the date of such a studio job came to be mentioned on the tape box."1

                                                                                              "Jerry Valburn told me in Toronto that he had been advised by Stanley Dance that the Ellington band had returned to our city from their on-going gig in McAfee NJ for just one day, which didn't make any sense to me. It turns out that the 7Jul72 date was a mixing, not recording date."-Art Pilkington2

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                                                                                              ...PERSONNEL CHANGE
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                                                                                              Saturday
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                                                                                              .New York, N.Y.Carnegie Hall
                                                                                              (Main Hall)
                                                                                              Two and a quarter hour concert. The band was still rehearsing when the doors were opened for the audience.

                                                                                              Videotaped and recorded late morning rehearsal and 1 pm concert
                                                                                              Newport in New York jazz festival.

                                                                                              The festival ran 9 days with 27 events, including big bands of Basie, Herman, Hampton, Kenton and Jones-Lewis bands, with Ellington's orchestra having the final big band concert all to itself.

                                                                                              Alumni Greer, Nance and Bigard were invited to play. It turned out Bigard was featured in 3 numbers but Greer was only allowed to play a few bars of Soda Fountain Rag and Nance was not brought onstage at all.
                                                                                              Duke Ellington and His Orchestra with guests
                                                                                              Williams, Mercer Ellington, Johnson, Coles, Glenn, Prudente, Connors, Bigard, Procope, Turney, Minerve, Ashby, Gonsalves, Carney, Ellington, Benjamin, Jones, Greer, Moore, Watkins, Rully, Bobby Short, Betty Farmer

                                                                                              Titles recorded:
                                                                                              • C-Jam Blues
                                                                                              • Things Ain't What They Used To Be
                                                                                              • Kinda Dukish /Rockin' In Rhythm
                                                                                              • Togo Brava Suite (4 movements)
                                                                                              • Happy Reunion
                                                                                              • Take The "A" Train
                                                                                              • Acac
                                                                                              • La Plus Belle Africaine
                                                                                              • East St. Louis Toodle-O
                                                                                              • Soda Fountain Rag
                                                                                              • Harlem
                                                                                              • Satin Doll
                                                                                              • Hello, Dolly
                                                                                              • Rose Room
                                                                                              • Me And You
                                                                                              • It Don't Mean A Thing
                                                                                              • St. Louis Blues
                                                                                              • I'm Beginning To See The Light
                                                                                              • Mood Indigo
                                                                                              • Blem
                                                                                              • One More Time For The People
                                                                                              A wirestory review by the Associated Press equated this concert to the excitement of the 1956 Newport Jazz Festival, but said the excitement this time lasted throughout. The audience gave a standing ovation for Harlem and threw flowers at the end.
                                                                                              • AP wirestory published in the Utica Observer Dispatch 1972-07-09, p.4A
                                                                                              • Stratemann pp.629 - 632 with references to
                                                                                                • Newport Jazz Festival, Burt Goldblatt
                                                                                                • New York Notes, Whitney Balliett
                                                                                                • New York Jazz Festival Impressions, Stanley Dance, Jazz Journal 1972-09, p.18
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                                                                                              Tuesday
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                                                                                              Saturday
                                                                                              .Champaign-Urbana, Ill.Krannert Center for the Performing Arts
                                                                                              University of Illinois

                                                                                              'KRANNERT CENTER
                                                                                              FOR THE PERFORMING ARTS
                                                                                              announces
                                                                                              A Return Engagement of
                                                                                              DUKE
                                                                                              ELLINGTON
                                                                                              and his orchestra
                                                                                              Saturday, July 15
                                                                                              GREAT HALL 8:00 p.m.
                                                                                              ...Public $6.00 5.00, 4.00
                                                                                              UI Students $5.00, 4.00, 3.00'

                                                                                              The review by Marc D. Schneider calls the concert the cultural highlight of the university's summer session. He says the May concert played to a sell-out crowd, and this time the audience numbered about 1,500 "a respectable turnout for summer sessions." The first half included "Creole Love Call" and "Afro-Eurasian Eclipse," "Togo Grava [sic] Suite." Gonsalves walked through the audience during "The Strolling of His Violins." He did not think the second half was good - said the band showed signs of exhaustion from the recent Newport Jazz Festival and traveling. He mentions "Beginning to See the Light" as a medley, and names vocalists Anita Moore and Tony Watkins as having powerfully resonant voices and an abundance of talent. He complains the second half turned into a farce, and Cootie Williams played so little in the second half that his absence at the end went almost unnoticed. The appreciative audience, nonetheless, gave Ellington and his orchestra a deserved standing ovation for their efforts.
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                                                                                              Madison, Wisc.Humanities Building

                                                                                              University of Wisconsin.
                                                                                              The Governor of Wisconsin proclaimed this week "Duke Ellington Week"
                                                                                              Ellington and his orchestra spent the week in residency at the university, playing concerts and giving master classes and workshops.

                                                                                              Most of the events were filmed or videotaped by the campus radio station WHA, and some material was telecast by Milwaukee's WMVS television station.
                                                                                              Monday began with a welcome to Ellington, during which he played a piano interlude, and a rehearsal involving the orchestra and chorus in "Freedom." Both were recorded.

                                                                                              At 3:30 pm members of the band gave a workshop for brass, reed and rhythm (Stratemann says rhythm-persussion) instruments.
                                                                                              Mercer Ellington:

                                                                                              'The funniest confrontation between the various lady admirers occurred in 1972 at a week-long festival ...in Madison. They showed up from all parts of the country, all jealous of one another, and nearly all of them stayed at the same hotel as Pop. He had to resort to all kinds of stratagems. He would, for example, get Stanley Dance to take a couple of them to dinner while another was going up to his room in the elevator...'

                                                                                              • Stratemann pp.633-636
                                                                                              • Patricia M. Willard, "Love and Learn: the Ellingtonians at UWIS," Down Beat 1972-10-12
                                                                                              • Stanley Dance, Jazz Journal, Oct.1972
                                                                                              • M. Ellington, DEIP, p.180
                                                                                              • Additional documentation might be found in SI-NMAH DEC301, Series 2: Performances and Programs, 1933-1974, box 14, folder 12 Duke Ellington Festival, University of Wisconsin, Madison, Wisconsin, July 17-21, 1972
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                                                                                              Monday
                                                                                              8pm
                                                                                              .Madison, Wisc.Wisconsin Union TheatreEllington Favourites concert

                                                                                              After the concert Ellington called a band rehearsal of UWIS Suite, instead of attending a reception held in his honour.
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                                                                                              .Madison, Wisc.Humanities Building
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                                                                                              Workshop for brass, reed and rhythm. All members of the band except Cootie Williams and Harold Minerve participated in this clinic.Stratemann p.637..
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                                                                                              Thursday
                                                                                              2 pm
                                                                                              .Madison, Wisc.Mills Hall
                                                                                              University of Wisconsin
                                                                                              Ellington gave a master class to an audience of 500. Two Ton Baker and Brooks Kerr played musical examples during this class.
                                                                                              The class was videotaped and broadcast/telecast at 9 pm on WHA and WMVS. This class and the one the next day were used in a 55 minute video called "Duke Ellington and Friends," for later broadcast.
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                                                                                              Thursday
                                                                                              3:30 pm
                                                                                              .Madison, Wisc.Humanities Building
                                                                                              University of Wisconsin
                                                                                              Workshop for brass, reed and rhythm. All members of the band except Cootie Williams and Harold Minerve participated in this clinic.Stratemann p.637..
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                                                                                              Thursday
                                                                                              8:15 pm
                                                                                              .Milwaukee, Wisc.Performing Arts CenterConcert "The Duke At Milwaukee"Stratemann p.637New Desor
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                                                                                              Friday
                                                                                              4 a.m.
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                                                                                              Friday
                                                                                              2 pm
                                                                                              .Madison, Wisc.Mills Hall,
                                                                                              University of Wisconsin
                                                                                              Master class by Ellington. Duke played an unidentified tune, plus A Blue Mural From Two Perspectives, Take the "A" Train, Le Sucrier Velour, and (with Gonsalves) Happy Reunion. The class was videotaped for broadcast by WHA and WMVS at 9 pm Stratemann p.637New Desor
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                                                                                              Friday
                                                                                              3:30 pm
                                                                                              .Madison, Wisc.Humanities Building
                                                                                              University of Wisconsin
                                                                                              Workshop for brass, reed and rhythm. All members of the band except Cootie Williams and Harold Minerve participated in this clinic.Stratemann p.637..
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                                                                                              Friday
                                                                                              8 pm
                                                                                              .Madison, Wisc.Wisconsin Union TheatreConcert "Night of Suites"
                                                                                              "Goutelas Suite," excerpts from "Togo Brava" and from "The Queen's Suite," premiere performance of "UWIS Suite," as well as other titles.
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                                                                                              Friday
                                                                                              .Madison, Wisc.Wisconsin Union TheatreA 21 minute documentary titled "Good Old Days Are Tomorrow," apparently subtitled The Duke of American Music, was assembled, possibly after Ellington's death, from video filmed during Ellington's 1971 appearance at UWIS (speeches and music by UWIS groups) and music recorded July 21 1972 in this theatre by Ellington's orchestra (Goutelas Suite and Things Ain't What They Used To Be) and an Ellington piano solo rendition of Black and Tan Fantasy).

                                                                                              Stratemann wrote that it was unknown to most Ellington devotees until shown during the 1983 Duke Ellington Study Group Conference.
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                                                                                              Saturday
                                                                                              3 pm
                                                                                              .St. Paul, Minn.Johnson High SchoolMusic clinic, 3 p.m.Stratemann p.641..
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                                                                                              Saturday
                                                                                              evening
                                                                                              .St. Paul, Minn.St. Paul Prom CenterEvening concertStratemann p.641..
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                                                                                              Sunday
                                                                                              .Rochester, N.Y.Town and Country Playhouse.Stratemann p.641..
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                                                                                              Monday
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                                                                                              Saturday
                                                                                              Monticello, N.Y.Monticello Raceway.Stratemann p.641..
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                                                                                              Tuesday
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                                                                                              Wednesday
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                                                                                              Sunday
                                                                                              ...PERSONNEL CHANGE
                                                                                              Tyree Glenn leaves the band
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                                                                                              Sunday
                                                                                              .Wilmington, Del.Brandywine Raceway.Stratemann p.641New Desor
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                                                                                              Monday
                                                                                              ...PERSONNEL CHANGE
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                                                                                              1972 07 31
                                                                                              Monday
                                                                                              1972 08 26New York, N.Y.Rainbow GrillClub date with smaller band - 1 trumpet, 6 reeds, 3 rhythm, 2 singers.

                                                                                              Stratemann says there were no broadcasts this time, but see the 1972 08 11 entry below.

                                                                                              If this engagement was similar to the 1967 date, the band had Sundays off.
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                                                                                              August 1972

                                                                                              1972 08 01
                                                                                              Tuesday
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                                                                                              Wednesday
                                                                                              .New York, N.Y.Media Sound StudioStockpile recording session
                                                                                              Small Ellington group
                                                                                              Johnson, Procope, Turney, Minerve, Ashby, Gonsalves, Carney, Ellington, Benjamin, Jones, Anita Moore, Aziz Lateef

                                                                                              Titles recorded:
                                                                                              • New York, New York (other title New York Is A Summer Festival)
                                                                                              • I'm Beginning To See The Light
                                                                                              • I Got It Bad and That Ain't Good
                                                                                              • "The Piano Player (Not A Portrait Of Count Basie)"
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                                                                                              Thursday
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                                                                                              Sunday
                                                                                              ...activities not documented - likely a day off from the Rainbow Grill...
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                                                                                              Friday
                                                                                              .New York, N.Y.Rainbow Grillsee 1972 07 31

                                                                                              It seems likely New Desor DE7240 ("Monitor NBC broadcast") was made this date. K. Götting shows it as just 72 08 and Timner's fifth edition dates it Aug. 11, 1973.
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                                                                                              Saturday
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                                                                                              Sunday
                                                                                              .Boston, Mass.Elma Lewis PlayhouseConcert, full band, audience of 5,000. This may have been outdoors....
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                                                                                              Monday
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                                                                                              Saturday
                                                                                              6 pm
                                                                                              .Tarrytown, N.Y.Lyndhurst estateAn evening on the Hudson with Stan Getz and Friends Duke Ellington and Dizzy Gillespie (1)
                                                                                              Benefit concert for a friend of Stan Getz's son who had lost his arms(2).

                                                                                              The Ellington band performed early so they could get back to the Rainbow Grill.(3)

                                                                                              "Lyndhurst is situated on the border between Irvington and Tarrytown, N.Y. ... Lyndhurst is a designated National Trust Historic Site/Landmark, but is also a venue for public summer concerts.

                                                                                              I knew that on Saturday August 19th, 1972 at 6 PM at Lyndhust there would be a concert with "Duke" Ellington ... and his full orchestra. It was a benefit concert for Brian Sheldrake. The concert was scheduled early so that Ellington and his band could get into NY City for their regular evening performance at the Rainbow Grill. Stan Getz and "Dizzy" Gillespie also performed (with Dave Holland playing bass in his band). My friend Barry McVinny (who played sax in my group) was working as a stage manager, and got an even close up-close view of the great musicians in action.

                                                                                              Although I was very interested to hear his music live, I didn't have the cash on hand to purchase a ticket. But I knew the Lyndhurst landscape pretty well, having walked up and down the adjoining NY Central railroad tracks like a hobo in training. I surmised that I could probably enter Lyndhurst from the area below the site along the Hudson from the train tracks. Once on the property, I could walk up the steeply embanked slope to where the concert would be held.

                                                                                              As I had schemed, I made it easily over to the tent where Ellington and his orchestra were performing without incident or arrest. But since I didn't have a ticket for a lawn chair, I just stood by myself near the stage.

                                                                                              Perhaps feeling empowered by the superb music, I ventured up closer to the stage close to where the "Duke" was standing (stage left). Ellington would go back and forth between playing licks on the piano and standing up. His band was essentially playing his music on autopilot.

                                                                                              At one point, I stood just 20 feet away from the Duke, and was oblivious to the audience. I had my arms crossed, and allowed myself to be totally engulfed by his music. But visually, I focused on Ellington.

                                                                                              Then suddenly the "Duke" looked directly at me. Our eyes locked in. He stared right at me for a duration that seemed like an eternity. It was if we had embraced in a kind of "Vulcan Mind Meld." Intense waves of energy shot back and forth between us, although his band and the audience were completely oblivious to it.

                                                                                              I clearly remember the expression on his face. He looked tired, like a man who had lived a very long life. Ellington had heavy "bags" under his eyes, but gazed at me with a youthful curiosity and wondrous sparkle. It was almost as if he knew about me, and that I was a musician. Our psychic exchange was inter-generational and inter-cultural. Most everyone else attending the concert came from a different place. To put it stereotypically, they were old, white, and extremely rich.

                                                                                              In 1972 Ellington knew about the revolution in music that was going on around him. Although he was immensely successful and had no lack of work, I could strangely sense his artistic and philosophical conundrum. Was this audience at Lyndhurst really his audience? Would this be his legacy? And, who the hell is that long-haired hippie teenager hanging out near the stage?

                                                                                              Sometimes communication is non-verbal. Music is certainly a prime example of that. But the face-to-face encounter I had with the "Duke" on August 19th, 1972 will be etched onto my brain forever.
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                                                                                              Sunday
                                                                                              ...activities not documented
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                                                                                              Monday
                                                                                              .(presumably)
                                                                                              New Haven, Conn.
                                                                                              (presumably)
                                                                                              Yale University
                                                                                              Duke Ellington and Dean Nelson were filmed announcing the establishment of the Duke Ellington Fellowship Program at Yale University. The very short clip starts with Duke at the keyboard. There were only a few people present: Duke, the dean, a couple of film cameramen, a lady still photographer and three unidentified men at a table. APArchive clip c0028035..
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                                                                                              Monday
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                                                                                              Tuesday
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                                                                                              Thursday
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                                                                                              Friday
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                                                                                              Friday
                                                                                              .New York, N.Y.Media Sound StudioStockpile recording session
                                                                                              Ellington with vocalists Moore and Watkins. Aziz Lateef played on Loco Madi

                                                                                              Titles recorded:
                                                                                              • The Anticipation
                                                                                              • Le Sucrier Velour
                                                                                              • Lotus Blossom
                                                                                              • A Blue Mural From Two Perspectives
                                                                                              • I'm Afraid
                                                                                              • I Didn't Know About You
                                                                                              • Loco Madi
                                                                                              • Lotus Blossom
                                                                                              • New World A-Comin'
                                                                                              • Le Sucrier Velour
                                                                                              • Melanchoia
                                                                                              • Single Petal Of A Rose
                                                                                              • The Blues Ain't
                                                                                              • My Mother, My Father And Love
                                                                                              • Come Sunday
                                                                                              • My Little Brown Book
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                                                                                              Saturday
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                                                                                              ...PERSONNEL CHANGE
                                                                                              Aziz Lateef leaves the band
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                                                                                              1972 08 27
                                                                                              Sunday
                                                                                              6 pm
                                                                                              .East Meadow, N.Y.The Harry Chapin Lakeside Theatre
                                                                                              Eisenhower Park
                                                                                              Second Annual Jazz Festival, 6 p.m., outdoors, with a public rehearsal at 3 p.m. Sponsor: Nassau Office College of Cultural Development. Other groups appearing were the Festval All-Star Band led by Frank Foster, with Zoot Sims, Joe Dixon, Rusty Dedrick, Garnett Brown, Hank Jones and others, The Honey Suckle with Harry Sheppard on vibes, The Gil Evans Orchestra and the Billy Mitchell Sextet featuring Dakota Staton.
                                                                                              While Stratemann says this was a concert at 6 pm, New Desor describes the gig as a dance date.
                                                                                              The Harry Chapin Lakeside Theatre is an outdoor theater in Eisenhower Park in East Meadow, NY.
                                                                                              • Stratemann p.641
                                                                                              • The Bethpage Tribune, Bethpage, N.Y., p.2
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                                                                                              Monday
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                                                                                              Tuesday
                                                                                              ...activities not documented...
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                                                                                              Wednesday
                                                                                              ...activities not documented...
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                                                                                              1972 08 31
                                                                                              Thursday
                                                                                              ...PERSONNEL CHANGE
                                                                                              Trombonist Booty Wood rejoins the band
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                                                                                              Thursday
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                                                                                              Monday
                                                                                              Atlantic City, N.J.Steel PierThis appears to be a dance session. Two sets were recorded on August 31. SundayTimes-Advertiser,Trenton,N.J. 1972-09-03 p.14New Desor
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                                                                                              September 1972

                                                                                              1972 09 00...PERSONNEL CHANGE
                                                                                              Singer Anita Moore leaves the band in early September
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                                                                                              1972 09 05
                                                                                              Tuesday
                                                                                              .New York, N.Y.Media Sound StudioStockpile recording session
                                                                                              Small group from Ellington's orchestra.
                                                                                              Johnson, Procope, Turney, Minerve, Ashby, Gonsalves, Carney, Ellington, Benjamin, Jones, Anita Moore

                                                                                              Titles recorded:
                                                                                              • New York, New York
                                                                                              • I Got It Bad and That Ain't Good
                                                                                              • I Didn't Know About You
                                                                                              • I Let A Song Go Out Of My Heart
                                                                                              • I'm Afraid
                                                                                              • Misty
                                                                                              • The Lonely Ones
                                                                                              • New York, New York

                                                                                              While Stratemann says Ellington supervised this Anita Moore recording session but did not play, New Desor's analysis of the recordings shows he did.
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                                                                                              Wednesday
                                                                                              1972 09 07Buffalo, N.Y.Eduardo's Restaurant....
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                                                                                              Saturday
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                                                                                              Sunday
                                                                                              .Lawrenceville, N.J.Alumni Gymnasium
                                                                                              Rider College
                                                                                              Lawrence Township Campus
                                                                                              Ellington awarded honorary Doctorate of Arts. A reception for graduates and guests followed the ceremony.The Evening Times, Trenton, N.J., 1972-09-11 p.15.DEMS
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                                                                                              Monday
                                                                                              ...activities not documented...
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                                                                                              Tuesday
                                                                                              .Brewerton, N.Y.Flory's Fabulous Castaways
                                                                                              Oneida Lake

                                                                                              'Here we go again ...
                                                                                              THE HOME OF THE BIG BANDS
                                                                                              IN CENTRAL NEW YORK
                                                                                              Presents
                                                                                              Duke Ellington and his World Famous Orchestra
                                                                                              TUES. SEPT. 12 ONE NITE ONLY
                                                                                              5 HOURS OF DANCING AND LISTENING TO THE MUSIC OF DR. DUKE ELLINGTON - OFFICIAL GOODWILL FOR AMERICAN MUSIC ABROAD.
                                                                                              $35 PER COUPLE ALSO INCLUDES STEAK OR LOBSTER AND ALL YOUR BEVERAGES ... EXCEPT IMPORTED CORDIALS. FROM 8 P.M. TO 1 A.M.

                                                                                              Excellent Entertainment With Candlelight Dining and Dancing
                                                                                              And Free Boat Rides is a Tradition at
                                                                                              Flory's Fabulous Castaways
                                                                                              Oneida Lake - Brewerton, N.Y.'

                                                                                              Roy Hawks column:

                                                                                              '...Reservations were reported to be flowing in yesterday... '

                                                                                              Ads and plug, The Post-Standard, Syracuse, N.Y. 1972-09-08, "About Town" pp. 10,11..
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                                                                                              .Potsdam, N.Y.Ice arena
                                                                                              Maxcy Hall Gym
                                                                                              Potsdam State University College
                                                                                              (now SUNY Potsdam or The State University of New York at Potsdam)
                                                                                              Concert, 8 p.m.

                                                                                              'Duke Ellington Concert Set at Potsdam College
                                                                                              POTSDAM —' Duke Ellington, one of the most honored musicians of the 20th Century, will bring his 13-piece orchestra and inimitable piano stylings to the north country at 8 p.m. Wednesday for a public concert at Potsdam State University College.
                                                                                                Scheduled to perform in the ice arena of the college's new physical education complex, Maxcy Hall the Ellington concert will be the first major public event to be held in the just-opened building.
                                                                                                The doors will open at 7:15 p.m.
                                                                                                The College Union Board is sponsoring the concert with partial subsidey [sic] from the Student Government Association. Tickets are on sale in the student activities office in the College Union. No orders by mail will be accepted... '

                                                                                              • E-mail, Richard Bambach-Palmquist 2015-03-01
                                                                                              • Announcement, Waterdown Daily Times, 1972-09-09 p.2
                                                                                              • Same announcement, 3 editions of the Post-Standard, Syracuse, N.Y., 1972-09-11
                                                                                              • Courier & Freeman, Potsdam, N.Y.
                                                                                                • 1972-08-30 p.1
                                                                                                • Special Events 1972-09-06 p.28
                                                                                                • 1972-09-13 p.1
                                                                                              • Advance News, Ogdensburg, N.Y. 1972-09-10 p.24
                                                                                              • Massena, N.Y., Observer, 1972-09-12 p.32
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                                                                                              Thursday
                                                                                              .Township of Ancaster, Ont.Hamilton Golf Club

                                                                                              'The Country and Golf Club referred to in Stratemann is in the community of Ancaster, which is located within the city of Hamilton, Ontario. Stratemann misspelled it Ancester... [Source: Wikipedia article on Ancaster, Ontario] '

                                                                                              Webmaster's comment:
                                                                                              The Village of Ancaster and the Township of Ancaster were not part of Hamilton until 1974, when they were absorbed into the Regional Municipality of Hamilton-Wentworth. In 2001 they became part of Hamilton. An archivist in the Hamilton Central Library, advises

                                                                                              'I checked a Wentworth County map for 1972 and the Hamilton Golf and Country Club was just outside the boundary of the Village of Ancaster which would mean that it was in the Township of Ancaster at that date.'

                                                                                              • Stratemann p.641
                                                                                              • E-mail, Richard Bambach-Palmquist 2015-03-01
                                                                                              • Email HPL-Local History & Archives (M.Houghton) - Palmquist, 2015-03-06
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                                                                                              Friday
                                                                                              .Allegan, Mich.Allegan County FairgroundsThe News Palladium:

                                                                                              '...Duke Ellington and his orchestra will appear both Friday and Saturday, with shows at 7 and 9 p.m. both nights.'

                                                                                              • Stratemann p.641
                                                                                              • Vail II
                                                                                              • The News-Palladium, Benton Harbor, Mich.,
                                                                                              • 1972-08-24 p.7
                                                                                              • 1972-09-13 p.37
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                                                                                              .Allegan, Mich.Allegan County Fairgrounds2 performances, 7 p.m. and 9 p.m. - see 1972 09 15
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                                                                                              .Willow Springs, Ill.Willowbrook BallroomDance date

                                                                                              (note apparent conflict with the Allegan County Fair second night performances. Further research is needed. The venues are only about 150 miles apart, so it is conceivable for the Willow Springs date to have been played after midnight.)
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                                                                                              .St. Charles, Ill.Delmor or Delnor HospitalThe Smithsonian's finding aid lists a folder label as "Delmor Hospital, St. Charles, Illinois, 1972." This seems to indicate Ellington was at the hospital, and presumably it would have been when he was in town anyway.

                                                                                              This entry is highly speculative and is based solely on a file folder label listed in the Smithsonian finding aid shown to the right. It should not be taken as confirmed as yet.
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                                                                                              .Bloomington, Ill.Scottish Rite TempleConcert, 8 p.m., sponsored by the McLean Co. Chapter, AMBUCS (American Business Clubs)

                                                                                              Dr. Samuel Woodard, a professor at Illinois State University, presented Duke with a plaque from the oldest black fraternity, Alpha Phi Alpha, for outstanding achievements in music. Ads in the Pantagraph included stand-alone ads and advertising buried in ads for a car dealership and a liquor store.
                                                                                              The Sept. 19 edition of the Pantagraph devoted nearly a page to the Ellington concert. At the top were two photos, one of Dr. Woodard at the piano, with Duke beside him, and the other of Duke with Bloomington resident Edward Pick, his road manager for the 1972 far east tour. Below were two reviews.

                                                                                              The first review, by Dave McClelland, doesn't mention the music, but instead is a delightful description of the backstage activity during the performance and later. He describes Duke's clothing, facial expression, hair style, etc., behaviour after leaving the stage, the activities of the sidemen before going on stage, a discussion by the lighting men, the toe tapping by the 17 band friends and family who were seated behind the curtain.

                                                                                              Kathy McKinney's review tells us there was nearly a full house (the theatre seats 1,350), and the playlist included Night Train (did she mean Happy-Go-Lucky Local?), 1927 Love Call, Toga [sic] Brava, La Plus Belle African [sic], "Yack Yack," and the medley with Don't Get Around Much Anymore, I'm Beginning to See the Light, Do Nothin' Til You Hear From Me and In My Solitude.

                                                                                              McClelland tells us the band played an introduction, then a local radio man, Ken Ritter, appeared on stage to introduce Mr. Tick, who announced "The Duke," but there was only "eerie silence." When Duke emerged from his dressing room in a blue suit, he was frowning, but he was smiling by the time he reached the stage. He says the audience was in a trance, unaware of the scurrying activity backstage, which he describes, and where there were about 17 family and friends of band members sitting behind the curtains, tapping their feet to the music..
                                                                                              • The Pantagraph, Bloomington-Normal, Ill.:
                                                                                                • 1972-09-09, p.A-6
                                                                                                • 1972-09-12, p.A-2
                                                                                                • 1972-09-13, p.D-10
                                                                                                • 1972-09-14, pp.A-2, B-18
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                                                                                              .Decatur, Ill.Kirkland Fine Arts Center
                                                                                              Millikin University
                                                                                              1184 West Main St.
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                                                                                              .Kenosha, Wisc.Fieldhouse
                                                                                              Phys-Ed Center
                                                                                              Carthage College

                                                                                              'Carthage College Student Activities Board
                                                                                              presents
                                                                                              DUKE ELLINGTON
                                                                                              AND HIS
                                                                                              WORLD FAMOUS ORCHESTRA
                                                                                              Thursday September 21
                                                                                              8:00 P.M. Fieldhouse'
                                                                                              An evening with the jazz maestro, "a man of heroic proportions," "beyond category," leading today's most famous and exciting orchestra.

                                                                                              Tickets - Adults $4, $3, $2, Students $3, $2, $1
                                                                                              Racine Journal-Times, Racine, Wisc.:
                                                                                              • 1972-09-08 p.3-B
                                                                                              • 1972-09-13 p.5-B
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                                                                                              .Chicago, Ill.Palmer House.Additional documentation might be found in SI-NMAH DEC301, Series 2: Performances and Programs, 1933-1974, box 14, folder 13 Palmer House, Chicago, Illinois, September 23, 1972..
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                                                                                              Paul Gonsalves takes ill en route from Indianopolis to Columbus, and is rushed to hospital in Greenfield,Ind.

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                                                                                              .Norton, OhioThe Gaslight Room
                                                                                              Brown Derby Norton
                                                                                              2934 S.Cleve-Massillon Road.
                                                                                              One Night Only Nine to one a.m. Duke Ellington and his Orchestra.The Plain Dealer, Cleveland, Ohio, p13..
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                                                                                              .Madison, N.J.Baldwin Gym
                                                                                              Drew University

                                                                                              and/or

                                                                                              Presbyterian Church of Madison
                                                                                              Sacred Concert

                                                                                              Stratemann and Vail locate a sacred concert this date in Baldwin Gym at Drew University, but the Smithsonian Institution Ellington collection #301, Series 2: Performances and Programs, 1933-1974, box 17, folder 7 is labelled Presbyterian Church of Madison, Madison, New Jersey, October 1, 1972. The church and the university are not far apart.

                                                                                              C. Windheuser, Smithsonian Reference Services volunteer confirms it contains a program locating the event at Drew University, although it doesn't name the building.
                                                                                              • Stratemann p.641
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                                                                                              New Haven, Conn.Woolsey Hall
                                                                                              Yale University
                                                                                              Evening concert by the Duke Ellington Orchestra (Gonsalves absent).
                                                                                              Fundraiser for Yale's new Duke Ellington Fellowship Programme, also known as the Duke Ellington Fund. The goal was to raise $1,000,000 to expand the university's Afro-American studies curriculum, library and film archives, and to provide scholoarships for black students.
                                                                                              Stratemann p.642 citing
                                                                                              • Jazz Journal 1972-11
                                                                                              • Variety 1972-10-11 p.55
                                                                                              • Jet magazine, 1972-10-26 pp 56-58
                                                                                              • Additional documentation might be found in SI-NMAH DEC301, Series 2: Performances and Programs, 1933-1974, box 18, folder 18 Conservatory Without Walls, Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut
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                                                                                              .New Haven, Conn.Woolsey Hall
                                                                                              Yale University
                                                                                              Continuation of fundraising event - see 1972 10 06
                                                                                              • Small group sessions
                                                                                              • Jam session
                                                                                              • Evening concert
                                                                                              Various musicians performed in small group sessions throughout the day.

                                                                                              Ellington played in a small group with Clark Terry, Harry Edison, John Faddis, Dizzy Gillespie, Jo Jones, Benny Carter, and Sonny Stitt.

                                                                                              The Ellington band joined in near the end of an afternoon jam session and later played an evening concert.
                                                                                              In the evening, Yale awarded 29 Duke Ellington medals to well known black performers. Recipients included Noble Sissle, Eubie Blake, Willie The Lion Smith, Mary Lou Williams, Cootie Williams, Slam Stewart, Milt Hinton, George Duvivier, Charles Mingus, Ray Brown, Jo Jones, Kenny Clarke, Max Roach, Dizzy Gillespie, Clark Terry, Harry Sweets Edison, Harry Carney, Benny Carter, Russell Procope, Lucky Thompson, Sonny Stitt, William Warfield, Marion Williams, Bessie Jones, and Odetta in person, and Paul Robeson, Roland Hayes and Marian Anderson in absentia.
                                                                                              • Stratemann p.642 citing
                                                                                                • Jazz Journal 1972-11
                                                                                                • Variety 1972-10-11 p.55
                                                                                              • AP wirestory, San Antonio Express, 1972-10-09, p.6-A
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                                                                                              Yale associate professor Willie Ruff is quoted as saying Ellington had promised to donate his collection of original compositions and arrangements to Yale, to the James Weldon Johnson Memorial Collection of Negro Arts and Letters. The collection included letters and manuscripts of 18th and 19th century black composers. The story, published Oct. 9, speaks about the Oct. 6 & 7 concerts as future events
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                                                                                              National OIC Day
                                                                                              ... Peripheral event
                                                                                              Evening broadcast of "Everybody Can Be Somebody" a closed-circuit television program sponsored by the national non-profit job training organization, Opportunities Industrialization Center of America, Inc. Duke appeared on the broadcast, but his sgemnt was pre-taped, and when has not been determined. Newpaper coverage indicates the show originated in New York but was broadcast at 44 locations nationally in places like civic auditoriums. Some venues had live performances by local groups as well.
                                                                                              • Stratemann p.642
                                                                                              • Lubbock Avalanche Journal, Lubbock, Tex., 1972-10-05 p.4-C
                                                                                              • The Times, San Mateo, Cal. 1972-10-02 p.22
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                                                                                              .Camp Lejeune, N.C.NCO Club
                                                                                              Hadnot Point
                                                                                              Richard Bambach:

                                                                                              '...Hadnot Point is the part of the Marine Base Camp Lejeune, Jacksonville, North Carolina, where the base headquarters are located. I have not been able to specifically locate the NCO Club within the base (and it may have moved in the last 43 years, too). However, my real point is that the venue was probably the NCO Club on the base, but the locality really should be listed as Marine Base Camp Lejeune. Jacksonville is the closest town to Camp Lejeune, but identifying the marine base is the needed change. It is the most famous marine base in the US. True, Hadnot Point is a promontory within the base, but the base is far more easily identified than this odd geographic reference. And it is not certain that the NCO club was there since it is the location of the base headquarters, and has been so since shortly after the base was established. '

                                                                                              Chapter 6 of an untitled Camp Lejune document says "As a result of the increase in the number of teenaged children aboard the base in the early 1960s, the former NCO Club at Marston Pavilion was converted to a youth center. A new NCO club was constructed at Hadnot Point."
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                                                                                              .Fort Mill, S.C.Tega Cay ClubhouseHarvest Ball
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                                                                                              .Knoxville, Tenn.Civic Auditorium.
                                                                                              • Stratemann p.642
                                                                                              • Additional documentation might be found in SI-NMAH DEC301, Series 2: Performances and Programs, 1933-1974, box 14, folder 14 University of Tennessee, Civic Auditorium, Knoxville, Tennessee, October 13, 1972
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                                                                                              .New York, N.Y.Philharmonic Hall"Timex All-Star Swing Festival"Additional documentation might be found in SI-NMAH DEC301, Series 2: Performances and Programs, 1933-1974, box 14, folder 15 Timex All-Star Swing Festival, Philharmonic Hall, Lincoln Center, New York, New York, October 23, 1972New Desor
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                                                                                              Stratemann reports a three-hour concert at Spaulding Auditorium, Hopkins Center (Dartmouth College, Hanover, N.H.) but it appears to have been postponed if booked at all - see 1972 10 30
                                                                                              Richard Bambach:

                                                                                              'Did this concert occur on this date? Stratemann does list it, but also lists 1972-10-30 as Dartmouth College. Vail does not list the 1972-10-24 date at Hanover NH, but gives 1972-10-20 [recte 1972-10-30] and 1972-10-31 as the dates of performances by Ellington as two consecutive concerts. Since it would have been physically possible for the band to have played in either sequence it would be nice to know which is correct. It does seem a bit more logical, actually, to follow the Vail sequence, since it would not require the band to go from NYC to Hanover and then double back to NJ and then return to New England, but to have played a series of New England dates 1972-10-27 through 10-31 continuously.'

                                                                                              • Stratemann p.647
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                                                                                              .Worcester, Mass.Memorial AuditoriumJoint concert with Detroit Symphony, who played the first half.
                                                                                            • Stratemann p.647
                                                                                            • Additional documentation might be found in SI-NMAH DEC301, Series 2: Performances and Programs, 1933-1974, box 14, folder 16 Worcester Music Festival, Worcester, Massachusetts, October 27, 1972
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                                                                                              .Worcester, Mass.Fieldhouse
                                                                                              Holy Cross College
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                                                                                              .Old Greenwich, Conn.Student Center
                                                                                              Greenwich High School
                                                                                              Concert of Sacred Music
                                                                                              • Stratemann p.647
                                                                                              • Additional documentation might be found in SI-NMAH DEC301, Series 2: Performances and Programs, 1933-1974, box 17, folder 8 Greenwich High School, Old Greenwich, Connecticut, October 29, 1972
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                                                                                              1972 10 31Hanover, N.H.Spaulding Auditorium
                                                                                              Hopkins Center

                                                                                              Dartmouth College
                                                                                              Concert 8 p.m. (sold out)
                                                                                              Dr. M. R. Swan:

                                                                                              'The student newspaper reports that Duke Ellington did indeed play two shows at Dartmouth during the period you mention, one on Monday, Oct. 30th, at 8 pm and then a special matinee show the following day at 3 pm. The second show was because of the high demand after an "immediate sell-out" of his first appearance. Both performances were in Spaulding Auditorium, and there is no mention of an Oct. 24th concert.'

                                                                                              Extracts from a review by Rick Shefchik in The Dartmouth 1972-10-31:
                                                                                              • 'The most telling moments of Monday's Duke Ellington concert at the Hop came during the standing ovations...The interesting fact is that the ovations [were] initiated by members of several different age groups, ranging from appreciative Ellington buffs as old as the artist himself, to Dartmouth students and yes, even students from the Woodstock Country Day School...'
                                                                                              • 2 1/2 hours of music
                                                                                              • Titles played, as spelled in the article, included
                                                                                                • Caravan
                                                                                                • Afro-Eurasian Eclipse
                                                                                                • Take the '-Train
                                                                                                • Satin Doll
                                                                                                • Tago Bravo
                                                                                                • One More Time
                                                                                                • Lotus Blossom
                                                                                              • Much of the second half was inspired by the band's trips to Africa
                                                                                              • Musicians named: Rufus Jones, Tony Jenkins [recte Watkins?]
                                                                                              • Stratemann p.647
                                                                                              • Vail II
                                                                                              • "Major Events in N.H. World of Arts" - MUSIC, Nashua Telegraph 1972-10-25 p.25
                                                                                              • E-mail, Richard Bambach-Palmquist 2015-03-01
                                                                                              • E-mail, Dr. M. R. Swan (Rauner Special Collections, Dartmouth College)-Palmquist 2015-03-09, citing The Dartmouth campus newspaper, Oct. 25, 30 and 31 1972 editions.
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                                                                                              Halloween
                                                                                              .Hanover, N.H.Spaulding Auditorium
                                                                                              Hopkins Center
                                                                                              Dartmouth College
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                                                                                              .Essex, Md.Fieldhouse
                                                                                              Essex College
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                                                                                              .Morgantown, W.V.Coliseum
                                                                                              West Virginia University
                                                                                              Concert
                                                                                              In 1973, columnist Ron Egidi reported Leslie Michael Haynes of Clarksburg,W.Va., 17 years old, attended a recent concert at the West Virginia University Coliseum in Morgantown. By intermission, Leslie had met Ellington and in the second half of the concert, played two solos with the band. He was with the band at other appearances before May 25, as well.
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                                                                                              .Pittsburgh, Penn.Allegheny Club Montefiore Ball
                                                                                              The ball was a Ladies' Hospital Aide Society fundraiser for the Montefiore Hospital in Pittsburgh and was held at the Allegheny Club. The Allegheny Club was a restaurant in Three Rivers Stadium with seating for 300 with a view of the field and another 400 in its main dining area.
                                                                                              Smithsonian Institution Ellington collection, Series 2: Performances and Programs, 1933-1974, Box 14, folder 30 is labelled Montefiore Ball, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, October 13, 1972. C. Windheuser, Smithsonian Reference Services volunteer reviewed the contents and advised it contains a very large postcard presumably sent to organizing members of the ball. It announces a "report meeting" Friday October 13 at the home of Mrs Irving Suttin. The reverse side is black with a yellow silkscreen profile of Duke and "The Ladies and Duke".
                                                                                              • Stratemann p.647
                                                                                              • Vail II
                                                                                              • Pittsburgh Press, Pittsburgh, Penn. 1972-11-03 p.24
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                                                                                              .Detroit, Mich..Ellington is interviewed by J.P.McCarthy for radio station WJR's "Focus Show."

                                                                                              Other activities are not documented.
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                                                                                              1972 11 10
                                                                                              Friday
                                                                                              .Beachwood, OhioMardi Gras Room
                                                                                              La Place Shopping Center
                                                                                              Benefit for Glen Oak School Scholarship Fund. Stratemann says the mall owner lent the complex for this benefit evening. Other performers played there in the Inner Circle Restaurant and the Park View Room. ..
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                                                                                              Saturday
                                                                                              .Ann Arbor, Mich.Hill Auditorium, University of MichiganEllington Gala Jazz Benefit Concert, 8:30 p.m.
                                                                                              Stratemann reports the concert drew 3,000 people at a ticket price of $25, followed by a jam session with an admission fee of $50. His source is not given.

                                                                                              Announcements in programmes for other concerts at the University that season clarify the admissions:

                                                                                              'An Evening with The Duke
                                                                                              Saturday, November 11, in Hill Auditorium at 8:30
                                                                                              Duke Ellington and his world-famous orchestra will be presented by the University Musical Society for the first time as a special Benefit Concert, with the contributions to help insure the long-standing tradition of excellent concerts in Ann Arbor. Tickets, including contribution, are priced at $50, $25, $15, $10, $7, $6, and $4, and are now on sale at our Burton Tower offices. Included in the $50 ticket is a special after-concert supper party and "more jazz." ...'

                                                                                              • Stratemann p.647
                                                                                              • Email with "The Duke Is Coming" poster, Götting-Palmquist 2016-07-15
                                                                                              • An Evening with the Duke concert programme, 1942-11-11
                                                                                              • Other 1972 concert programmes, The University Musical Society of the University of Michigan:
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                                                                                              Sunday
                                                                                              .Charlotte, N.C..WBTV telecast, "Lester Strong Show"

                                                                                              Ellington is interviewed about his Sacred Music concerts; Alvin Ailey dancers, a steel band and a columnist.

                                                                                              Stratemann doesn't say if Ellington played, and if so, with his rhtythm section or his whole band.
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                                                                                              1972 11 13
                                                                                              Monday
                                                                                              8:15 PM
                                                                                              .Odessa, Tex.College Auditorium
                                                                                              Odessa College

                                                                                              Free admission for students of Odessa and Midland Colleges; Adults $2.00; Students $1.00
                                                                                              .
                                                                                              • Stratemann p.647
                                                                                              • Ad, The Odessa American 1972-11-10 p.13A
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                                                                                              Tuesday
                                                                                              .Hobbs, N.M.Hobbs High School AuditoriumBob Tieuel, Ringing the Bell

                                                                                              "A large and most appreciative audience of West Texans and New Mexicans heard the King of Jazz - Duke Ellington - in a Community concert affair in Hobbs High School Audtiorium...Needless to say, it was the Duke at his best ..."

                                                                                              • Lubbock Avalanche-Journal, Lubbock, Tex. 1972-09-10 p.14-F
                                                                                              • Tulia (Swisher County) Herald 1972-11-20 p.4
                                                                                              • Stratemann p.647
                                                                                              • Vail II
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                                                                                              Wednesday
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                                                                                              Friday
                                                                                              .Las Vegas, Nev.Casino Lounge
                                                                                              Hilton Hotel
                                                                                              see 1972 11 15....
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                                                                                              Saturday
                                                                                              .Las Vegas, Nev.Casino Lounge
                                                                                              Hilton Hotel
                                                                                              see 1972 11 15....
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                                                                                              Sunday
                                                                                              .Las Vegas, Nev.Casino Lounge
                                                                                              Hilton Hotel
                                                                                              see 1972 11 15....
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                                                                                              Monday
                                                                                              .Las Vegas, Nev.Casino Lounge
                                                                                              Hilton Hotel
                                                                                              see 1972 11 15....
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                                                                                              Tuesday
                                                                                              .Las Vegas, Nev.Casino Lounge
                                                                                              Hilton Hotel
                                                                                              see 1972 11 15....
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                                                                                              Wednesday
                                                                                              .Las Vegas, Nev.Casino Lounge
                                                                                              Hilton Hotel
                                                                                              see 1972 11 15....
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                                                                                              Thursday
                                                                                              .Las Vegas, Nev.Casino Lounge
                                                                                              Hilton Hotel
                                                                                              see 1972 11 15....
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                                                                                              Friday
                                                                                              .Las Vegas, Nev.Casino Lounge
                                                                                              Hilton Hotel
                                                                                              see 1972 11 15....
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                                                                                              Saturday
                                                                                              .Las Vegas, Nev.Casino Lounge
                                                                                              Hilton Hotel
                                                                                              see 1972 11 15....
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                                                                                              Sunday
                                                                                              .Las Vegas, Nev.Casino Lounge
                                                                                              Hilton Hotel
                                                                                              see 1972 11 15....
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                                                                                              Monday
                                                                                              .Las Vegas, Nev.Casino Lounge
                                                                                              Hilton Hotel
                                                                                              see 1972 11 15....
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                                                                                              Tuesday
                                                                                              .Las Vegas, Nev.Casino Lounge
                                                                                              Hilton Hotel
                                                                                              see 1972 11 15....
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                                                                                              Wednesday
                                                                                              .Las Vegas, Nev.Casino Lounge
                                                                                              Hilton Hotel
                                                                                              see 1972 11 15....
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                                                                                              Thursday
                                                                                              .Las Vegas, Nev.Casino Lounge
                                                                                              Hilton Hotel
                                                                                              see 1972 11 15....
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                                                                                              December 1972

                                                                                              1972 12 01...PERSONNEL CHANGE
                                                                                              Paul Gonsalves returns to the band for the last time, and will stay until March 1974
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                                                                                              Friday
                                                                                              .Las Vegas, Nev.Casino Lounge
                                                                                              Hilton Hotel
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                                                                                              .Las Vegas, Nev.Casino Lounge
                                                                                              Hilton Hotel
                                                                                              see 1972 11 15....
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                                                                                              Sunday
                                                                                              .Las Vegas, Nev.Casino Lounge
                                                                                              Hilton Hotel
                                                                                              see 1972 11 15....
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                                                                                              Monday
                                                                                              .Las Vegas, Nev.Casino Lounge
                                                                                              Hilton Hotel
                                                                                              see 1972 11 15....
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                                                                                              Tuesday
                                                                                              .Las Vegas, Nev..Recording session Pablo.New Desor
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                                                                                              Tuesday
                                                                                              .Las Vegas, Nev.Casino Lounge
                                                                                              Hilton Hotel
                                                                                              see 1972 11 15....
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                                                                                              Wednesday
                                                                                              .Las Vegas, Nev..Recording session for "the stockpile"..DEMS
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                                                                                              Hilton Hotel
                                                                                              see 1972 11 15....
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                                                                                              Thursday
                                                                                              .Las Vegas, Nev.Casino Lounge
                                                                                              Hilton Hotel
                                                                                              see 1972 11 15....
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                                                                                              Friday
                                                                                              .Las Vegas, Nev.Casino Lounge
                                                                                              Hilton Hotel
                                                                                              see 1972 11 15....
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                                                                                              Saturday
                                                                                              .Las Vegas, Nev.Casino Lounge
                                                                                              Hilton Hotel
                                                                                              see 1972 11 15....
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                                                                                              Sunday
                                                                                              .Las Vegas, Nev.Casino Lounge
                                                                                              Hilton Hotel
                                                                                              see 1972 11 15....
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                                                                                              Monday
                                                                                              .Las Vegas, Nev.Casino Lounge
                                                                                              Hilton Hotel
                                                                                              see 1972 11 15....
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                                                                                              Tuesday
                                                                                              .Las Vegas, Nev.Casino Lounge
                                                                                              Hilton Hotel
                                                                                              see 1972 11 15 - Stratemann and Vail show this as the ending date of the engagement, but it must have ended earlier since our heroes played in California this evening....
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                                                                                              Tuesday
                                                                                              .Santa Cruz, Cal.Del Mar Theater
                                                                                              1124 Pacific Ave.
                                                                                              8:30 p.m.concert benefitting Santa Cruz Community Switchboard (ads say Santa Cruz County Switchboard) a crisis intervention service.

                                                                                              Stratemann:

                                                                                              'For the last night of his Las Vegas engagement, Ellington was advertised to play the following concert:
                                                                                              Dec. 12 Del Mar Theatre, Santa Cruz, Cal. (or Santa Clara, Cal.?)'

                                                                                              It seems the Hilton engagement must have ended early, since the Del Mar concert is confirmed by advertising and a review.
                                                                                              • Stratemann p.647
                                                                                              • Santa Cruz Sentinel, Santa Cruz, Cal.
                                                                                                • 1972-12-06 p.13
                                                                                                • 1972-12-08 p.19
                                                                                                • 1972-12-10 p.41
                                                                                                • 1972-12-13 p.7
                                                                                              • Additional documentation might be found in SI-NMAH DEC301, Series 2: Performances and Programs, 1933-1974, box 14, folder 38 Del Mar Theatre, Santa Cruz, California, December 12
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                                                                                              Wednesday
                                                                                              ...activities not documented...
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                                                                                              Thursday
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                                                                                              Saturday
                                                                                              .Montréal, P.Q.Place Des Arts....
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                                                                                              Sunday
                                                                                              .Baltimore, Md.Left Bank..New Desor
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                                                                                              Monday
                                                                                              1972 12 31New York, N.Y.Rainbow GrillDuke Ellington, the most talented, energetic and enthusiastic 73-year-old, has his exciting band at the Rainbow Grill. For the first time he has a tapdancer (Bunny Briggs) in the show. - WilsonIn New York With Earl Wilson - The Lubbock (Tex.) Avalanche-Journal, 1972-12-26, p.12-C..
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                                                                                              1972 12 19
                                                                                              Tuesday
                                                                                              .New York, N.Y.Rainbow GrillClub date - see 1972 12 18...
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                                                                                              Wednesday
                                                                                              .New York, N.Y.Rainbow GrillClub date - see 1972 12 18...
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                                                                                              Thursday
                                                                                              .New York, N.Y.Rainbow GrillClub date - see 1972 12 18...
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                                                                                              Friday
                                                                                              .New York, N.Y.Rainbow GrillClub date - see 1972 12 18...
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                                                                                              .New York, N.Y.Rainbow GrillClub date - see 1972 12 18...
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                                                                                              Sunday
                                                                                              .New York, N.Y.Rainbow GrillClub date - see 1972 12 18...
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                                                                                              Monday
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                                                                                              Monday
                                                                                              .New York, N.Y.Rainbow GrillClub date - see 1972 12 18...
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                                                                                              Tuesday
                                                                                              .New York, N.Y.Rainbow GrillClub date - see 1972 12 18...
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                                                                                              .New York, N.Y.Rainbow GrillClub date - see 1972 12 18...
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                                                                                              .New York, N.Y.Rainbow GrillClub date - see 1972 12 18...
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                                                                                              .New York, N.Y.Rainbow GrillClub date - see 1972 12 18...
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                                                                                              Saturday
                                                                                              .New York, N.Y.Rainbow GrillClub date - see 1972 12 18...
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                                                                                              Saturday
                                                                                              .New York, N.Y..Peripheral event
                                                                                              Death of bassist Hayes Alvis.
                                                                                              Obituary, New York Times, New York, N.Y., 1973-01-03..djpNew
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                                                                                              1973 01 00
                                                                                              .Paris, France.Folder 7 in Box 8 of the Smithsonian Institution Ellington collection, Series 2: Performances and Programs, 1933-1974 is labelled "France, 1972." Ellington was not in France in 1972 but was there in early January, 1973 for some t.v. appearances.

                                                                                              Smithsonian Reference Services volunteer C. Windheuser advises the folder is wrongly dated (should be 1973) and contains multiple copies of a program "Gala de l' Internat ": Duke Ellington ( Interns Ball) Benefit for a hospital in France.
                                                                                              It appears this was an annual concert or revue staged in Paris for the benefit of a hospital, and that Ellington may have been in the audience. Further research is warranted.
                                                                                              Email Windheuser-Palmquist Feb./Mar. 2016..
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                                                                                              January 1973

                                                                                              1973 01 01
                                                                                              Monday
                                                                                              ...activities not documented...
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                                                                                              1973 01 02
                                                                                              Tuesday
                                                                                              ...activities not documented...
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                                                                                              1973 01 03
                                                                                              Wednesday
                                                                                              ...Death of Wilbur de Paris.djpNew
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                                                                                              1973 01 03
                                                                                              Wednesday
                                                                                              .Paris, France.ORTF-TV recording session
                                                                                              "Michel Legrand Show"
                                                                                              (for telecast on 1973-06-06)

                                                                                              Ellington recorded with Michel Legrand and with Stephane Grappelli

                                                                                              Titles recorded:
                                                                                              • Solitude
                                                                                              • Les Parapluies de Cherbourg
                                                                                              • Caravan
                                                                                              • It Don't Mean a Thing
                                                                                              • C-Jam Blues
                                                                                              • Stratemann, p.648
                                                                                              • Additional documentation might be found in the Smithsonian Institution's Ellington collection, Series 2: Performances and Programs, 1933-1974, box 8, folder 7 France, 1972
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                                                                                              1973 01 04
                                                                                              Thursday
                                                                                              .Paris, France.ORTF-TV recording session
                                                                                              "Stephane Grappelli Program"
                                                                                              (for telecast on 1973-03-27)

                                                                                              Ellington and Stephane Grapelli

                                                                                              Recorded: Medley recorded
                                                                                              • Solitude
                                                                                              • I Let & Don't Get
                                                                                              • It Don't Mean a Thing
                                                                                              Stratemann, p.648New Desor
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                                                                                              1973 01 05
                                                                                              Friday
                                                                                              .London, England.BBC-TV recording session
                                                                                              "Mike Parkinson Show"
                                                                                              (for telecast on 1973-02-24)
                                                                                              (BBC logs incorrectly date the session 1973-01-13)

                                                                                              Lengthy interview, piano solo and small studio group
                                                                                              See DEMS1990-4,p.6 (incorrectly reports the date as 1973-01-15)

                                                                                              Titles recorded:
                                                                                              • Lotus Blossom
                                                                                              • Satin Doll
                                                                                              Stratemann, p.648New Desor
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                                                                                              1973 01 06
                                                                                              Saturday
                                                                                              ...activities not documented...
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                                                                                              Sunday
                                                                                              .Las Vegas, Nev.Caesar's Palace"Entertainer of the Year Awards"
                                                                                              CBS-TV recording session for a 1973-01-23 ninety minute television special hosted by Ed Sullivan

                                                                                              Ellington received the American Guild of Variety Artists Golden Award for his lifetime achievements in music.
                                                                                              Stratemann, p.648
                                                                                              Mexia Times, 1973-01-21, p.12
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                                                                                              1973 01 08
                                                                                              Monday
                                                                                              .Los Angeles, Cal..Pablo recording session
                                                                                              Duke's Big Four
                                                                                              Titles recorded:
                                                                                              • The Brotherhood
                                                                                              • Cotton Tail
                                                                                              • Carnegie Blues
                                                                                              • The Hawk Talks
                                                                                              • Prelude To A Kiss
                                                                                              • Love You Madly
                                                                                              • Just Squeeze Me (But Don't Tease Me)
                                                                                              • Everything But You
                                                                                              • Fragmented Suite For Piano And Bass
                                                                                              Stratemann, p.648
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                                                                                              1973 01 09
                                                                                              Tuesday
                                                                                              ...activities not documented...
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                                                                                              1973 01 10
                                                                                              Wednesday
                                                                                              .Los Angeles, Cal.Schubert TheatreCBS-TV recording session
                                                                                              "Duke Ellington We Love You Madly"
                                                                                              tribute to Duke
                                                                                              • 3 days of rehearsals, recording and filming
                                                                                              • Quincy Jones led the all star band
                                                                                              • the Feb.10 session began at 9:30 am and ended at 2:30 or 3:00 the next morning - 2,200 guests in formal attire attended, but many left before taping ended
                                                                                              • first telecast 1973-02-11
                                                                                              • 53 musicians performed, including violins and french horns
                                                                                              Stratemann, p.649New Desor
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                                                                                              1973 01 11
                                                                                              Thursday
                                                                                              1973 01 19Los Angeles, Cal.St. Vincent HospitalDuke, exhausted and with a viral infection, was hospitalized right after the taping session. Son Mercer, the road manager, led the band in his father's absence.Stratemann,p.653.DEMS
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                                                                                              1973 01 11
                                                                                              Thursday
                                                                                              .Syosett, N.Y.Syosett High SchoolDuke was in the hospital
                                                                                              Mercer led the band in his father's absence.
                                                                                              Stratemann,p.653..
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                                                                                              2012-08-15
                                                                                              1973 01 12
                                                                                              Friday
                                                                                              .Reading, Penn.Stokesay CastleDuke was in the hospital
                                                                                              Mercer led the band in his father's absence.
                                                                                              Stratemann,p.653..
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                                                                                              1973 01 13
                                                                                              Saturday
                                                                                              .Pittsburgh, Penn.Heinz HallConcert without Duke
                                                                                              Duke was in the hospital
                                                                                              Mercer led the band in his father's absence.
                                                                                              The Rotarian:

                                                                                              ' A sold-out concert by the famous Duke Ellington orchestra brought a profit of $8,680 to Rotary District 730 (Pennsylvania, U.S.A.), all of which was donated to a rehabilitation agency for blind adults; Duke, unable to be present himself because of an attack of London flu, sent the club a refund of $500.'

                                                                                              The Rotarian, 1973-12-00, pp.42-43..
                                                                                              Stratemann,p.653.2011
                                                                                              updated
                                                                                              2012-08-15
                                                                                              2015-04-03
                                                                                              1973 01 14
                                                                                              Sunday
                                                                                              .Rockaway Beach, N.Y..Duke was in the hospital
                                                                                              Mercer led the band in his father's absence.
                                                                                              • Stratemann, p.653
                                                                                              • Additional documentation might be found in SI-NMAH DEC301, Series 2: Performances and Programs, 1933-1974, box 14, folder 18 Rockaway Music and Arts Council, Long Island, New York, January 14, 1973
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                                                                                              1973 01 15
                                                                                              Monday
                                                                                              .Charleston, W.V.State Capitol RotundaInaugural Ball
                                                                                              Formal affair open to the public. The band was to be atop a platform in front of the Senate chamber. Tickets were $10.

                                                                                              Duke was in the hospital
                                                                                              Mercer led the band in his father's absence.
                                                                                              Weirton Daily Times, 1973-01-15, p.2.
                                                                                              Stratemann,p.653.2011
                                                                                              updated
                                                                                              2012-08-24
                                                                                              1973 01 16
                                                                                              Tuesday
                                                                                              .Ashland, Ky.Ashland AuditoriumDuke was in the hospital
                                                                                              Mercer led the band in his father's absence.
                                                                                              Stratemann,p.653..
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                                                                                              2012-08-15
                                                                                              1973 01 17
                                                                                              Wednesday
                                                                                              ...activities not documented...
                                                                                              ...
                                                                                              1973 01 18
                                                                                              Thursday
                                                                                              .Poland, Ohio.Duke was in the hospital
                                                                                              Mercer led the band in his father's absence
                                                                                              Stratemann,p.653..
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                                                                                              2012-08-15
                                                                                              1973 01 19
                                                                                              Friday, 8:15 PM
                                                                                              .Akron, OhioAkron Civic TheaterConcert, 8:15 PM

                                                                                              While Duke was discharged from hospital this day, Mercer continued leading the band in his father's absence.
                                                                                              Announcement, Mansfield, Ohio News Journal, 1973-01-14, p.Two F.
                                                                                              Stratemann,p.653.2011
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                                                                                              2012-08-15
                                                                                              1973 01 20
                                                                                              Saturday
                                                                                              .Ocean City, Md.Convention HallMercer Ellington led the band in his father's absence.Stratemann,p.653..
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                                                                                              1973 01 21
                                                                                              Sunday
                                                                                              .Plainfield, N.J..Mercer Ellington led the band in his father's absence.Stratemann,p.653..
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                                                                                              1973 01 22
                                                                                              Monday
                                                                                              ...activities not documented...
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                                                                                              1973 01 23
                                                                                              Tuesday
                                                                                              ...activities not documented...
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                                                                                              1973 01 24
                                                                                              Wednesday
                                                                                              ...activities not documented...
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                                                                                              1973 01 25
                                                                                              Thursday
                                                                                              ...activities not documented...
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                                                                                              Friday
                                                                                              1973 01 27Cedar Grove, N.J.Meadowbrook Dinner Theater(Originally a ballroom, the building became a dinner theater in 1959.)Stratemann,p.653..
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                                                                                              1973 01 27
                                                                                              Saturday
                                                                                              .Cedar Grove, N.J.Meadowbrook Dinner Theatersee 1973 01 26Stratemann,p.653..
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                                                                                              1973 01 28
                                                                                              Sunday
                                                                                              .Cincinnati, OhioWilson Auditorium
                                                                                              University of Cincinnati
                                                                                              Duke was with the band again by this performanceStratemann,p.653..
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                                                                                              Monday
                                                                                              ...activities not documented...
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                                                                                              1973 01 30
                                                                                              Tuesday
                                                                                              1973-02-07Miami Beach, Fl.Persian Room
                                                                                              Marco Polo Hotel
                                                                                              Night club residency
                                                                                              Two sets a night were recorded until Feb 4.
                                                                                              .New Desor
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                                                                                              Wednesday
                                                                                              .Miami Beach, Fl.Persian Room
                                                                                              Marco Polo Hotel
                                                                                              Night club residency - see 1973 01 30...
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                                                                                              February 1973

                                                                                              1973 02 01
                                                                                              Thursday
                                                                                              ...PERSONNEL CHANGE
                                                                                              Norris Turney leaves the band
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                                                                                              Thursday
                                                                                              .Miami Beach, Fl.Persian Room
                                                                                              Marco Polo Hotel
                                                                                              Night club residency - see 1973 01 30...
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                                                                                              Friday
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                                                                                              Marco Polo Hotel
                                                                                              Night club residency - see 1973 01 30...
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                                                                                              Saturday
                                                                                              .Miami Beach, Fl.Persian Room
                                                                                              Marco Polo Hotel
                                                                                              Night club residency - see 1973 01 30...
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                                                                                              Sunday
                                                                                              .Miami Beach, Fl.Persian Room
                                                                                              Marco Polo Hotel
                                                                                              Night club residency - see 1973 01 30...
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                                                                                              Monday
                                                                                              .Miami Beach, Fl.Persian Room
                                                                                              Marco Polo Hotel
                                                                                              Night club residency - see 1973 01 30...
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                                                                                              Tuesday
                                                                                              .Miami Beach, Fl.Persian Room
                                                                                              Marco Polo Hotel
                                                                                              Night club residency - see 1973 01 30...
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                                                                                              Wednesday
                                                                                              .Miami Beach, Fl.Persian Room
                                                                                              Marco Polo Hotel
                                                                                              Night club residency - see 1973 01 30...
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                                                                                              1973 02 08
                                                                                              Thursday
                                                                                              ...activities not documented

                                                                                              While Stratemann and Vail II report the band playing in Montego Bay, Jamaica, this is more likely a travel day. The Montego Bay date is based on a misidentified recording of an interview a month later in which I am advised Ellington says he's at the Montego Bay Hotel in Lawton, Oklahoma.
                                                                                              Folder 16 of Box 8 of the Smithsonian Institution's Ellington collection, Series 2: Performances and Programs, 1933-1974, is labelled "USA, Jamaica, and Canada, February-March, June, 1973". Smithsonian Reference Services volunteer C. Windheuser advises it includes a copy of the Igo itinerary for February 1973.
                                                                                              Webmaster comment:
                                                                                              • See 1973 03 08
                                                                                              • Kingston, Jamaica's Gleaner provided extensive coverage of Ellington's visit in June 1969. While a search of its 1973 editions turns up six "hits," none mention a visit to Jamaica.
                                                                                              • It would seem Stratemann's error may have originated with Igo.
                                                                                              Email, Windheuser-Palmquist Feb./Mar.2016...
                                                                                              .djp2016-03-05
                                                                                              1973 02 09
                                                                                              Friday
                                                                                              .Binghamton, N.YThe State University of New York at BinghamtonMusical performance and an apparently impatient meeting with the local press.Harvey G. Cohen, Duke Ellington's America, University of Chicago Press, 2010 pp.568 and 662, citing "Duke Ellington during Interview at State University at Binghamton: Charisma's There While the Music Plays, but Not for Hamburg, Fish." in the Binghamton Evening Press, 1973-02-10.
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                                                                                              1973 02 10
                                                                                              Saturday
                                                                                              .(Unconfirmed)

                                                                                              Rockaway district, Arverne, N.J. or Rockaway, N.J.
                                                                                              High school.Stratemann,p.653..
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                                                                                              1973 02 10
                                                                                              Saturday
                                                                                              .Bridgeport, Conn.Blessed Sacrament Church Peripheral event
                                                                                              Former Ellington trombonist John Sanders was ordained as a Roman Catholic priest.
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                                                                                              Sunday
                                                                                              .Jamaica, N.Y..Sidemen's activities are not documented

                                                                                              Ellington was in the congregation when Father Sanders celebrated his first mass as a Catholic priest. Also present were Bishop Walter Curtis, Father Norman O'Connor, Father Sanders' parents and five sisters, as well as two priests who "were with me every step of the way."
                                                                                              • The Catholic Messenger, Davenport,Iowa, 1973-02-22 p.7
                                                                                              • "Duke coming to his first Mass," Table of Contents, Tape 1, John Sanders talking with Anthony Coleman, 1978-10-19, Oral History of American Music, Yale University
                                                                                              • Untitled, unattributed report, http://www.jazzmuseuminharlem.org/oldsite/
                                                                                                photos56.html
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                                                                                              1973 02 12
                                                                                              Monday
                                                                                              .Wellington, N.S.Fort Scenic(Unconfirmed)

                                                                                              Wellington is a few miles north of Halifax. Fort Scenic and the Lobster Trap (see 1973 02 13) were owned by the same man. On 2012-08-21, when I called his son, who managed Fort Scenic in the early 1970s, he remembered Duke played the Lobster Trap but did not play at Fort Scenic.
                                                                                              Stratemann,p.653..
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                                                                                              1973 02 13
                                                                                              Tuesday
                                                                                              1973 02 18Halifax, N.S.Lobster Trap CabaretTelephone call, 2012-08-21, Palmquist–Fried,

                                                                                              TDES Oct08
                                                                                              .
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                                                                                              updated
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                                                                                              1973 02 14
                                                                                              Wednesday
                                                                                              Valentine's Day
                                                                                              .Halifax, N.S.Lobster Trap CabaretNight club/restaurant residency...
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                                                                                              Thursday
                                                                                              .Halifax, N.S.Lobster Trap CabaretNight club/restaurant residency...
                                                                                              ..Added
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                                                                                              1973 02 16
                                                                                              Friday
                                                                                              .Halifax, N.S.Lobster Trap CabaretNight club/restaurant residency...
                                                                                              ..Added
                                                                                              2011
                                                                                              1973 02 17
                                                                                              Saturday
                                                                                              .Halifax, N.S.Lobster Trap CabaretNight club/restaurant residency...
                                                                                              ..Added
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                                                                                              1973 02 18
                                                                                              Sunday
                                                                                              .Halifax, N.S.Lobster Trap CabaretNight club/restaurant residency...
                                                                                              ..Added
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                                                                                              1973 02 19
                                                                                              Monday
                                                                                              ...activities not documented...
                                                                                              ...
                                                                                              1973 02 20
                                                                                              Tuesday
                                                                                              .Los Angeles, Cal.Church of St. Paul the Apostle
                                                                                              10750 Ohio Avenue.
                                                                                              Westwood
                                                                                              Sacred concert
                                                                                              Stratemann showed the location as

                                                                                              'Santa Monica, Cal.(or Westwood, Cal.)? '

                                                                                              The Church website says it is located at Selby and Ohio Avenues on the westside of Los Angeles, 3 blocks east of Westwood Blvd. and between Wilshire Blvd. and Santa Monica Blvd. Westwood is part of the city of Los Angeles.

                                                                                              Photographs of the rehearsal and concert exist.
                                                                                              • Stratemann,p.653
                                                                                              • TDES Oct08
                                                                                              • Wikipedia: Westwood, Los Angeles
                                                                                              • Additional documentation might be found in SI-NMAH DEC301, Series 2: Performances and Programs, 1933-1974, box 17, folder 9 Church of St. Paul the Apostle, Los Angeles, California, February 20, 1973
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                                                                                              1973 02 21
                                                                                              Wednesday
                                                                                              1973 03 05Las Vegas, Nev.Casino Lounge,
                                                                                              Hilton Hotel
                                                                                              Night club residency
                                                                                              Interview

                                                                                              At some point during this engagement, Skitch Henderson interviewed Ellington for his Army Reserve "Skitch & Company" programs 109 and 110, aired the weeks of May 27 and June 3, respectively.
                                                                                              Stratemann, p.653.DEMS
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                                                                                              1973 02 22
                                                                                              Thursday
                                                                                              .Las Vegas, Nev.Casino Lounge
                                                                                              Hilton Hotel
                                                                                              Casino Night club residency - see 1973 02 21...
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                                                                                              1973 02 23
                                                                                              Friday
                                                                                              .Las Vegas, Nev.Casino Lounge
                                                                                              Hilton Hotel
                                                                                              Casino Night club residency - see 1973 02 21...
                                                                                              ..Added
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                                                                                              1973 02 24
                                                                                              Saturday
                                                                                              .Las Vegas, Nev.Casino Lounge
                                                                                              Hilton Hotel
                                                                                              Casino Night club residency - see 1973 02 21...
                                                                                              ..Added
                                                                                              2011
                                                                                              1973 02 25
                                                                                              Sunday
                                                                                              .Las Vegas, Nev.Casino Lounge
                                                                                              Hilton Hotel
                                                                                              Casino Night club residency - see 1973 02 21...
                                                                                              ..Added
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                                                                                              1973 02 26
                                                                                              Monday
                                                                                              .Las Vegas, Nev.Casino Lounge
                                                                                              Hilton Hotel
                                                                                              Casino Night club residency - see 1973 02 21...
                                                                                              ..Added
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                                                                                              1973 02 27
                                                                                              Tuesday
                                                                                              .Las Vegas, Nev.Casino Lounge
                                                                                              Hilton Hotel
                                                                                              Casino Night club residency - see 1973 02 21...
                                                                                              ..Added
                                                                                              2011
                                                                                              1973 02 28
                                                                                              Wednesday
                                                                                              .Las Vegas, Nev.Casino Lounge
                                                                                              Hilton Hotel
                                                                                              Casino Night club residency - see 1973 02 21...
                                                                                              ..Added
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                                                                                              March 1973

                                                                                              1973 03 01
                                                                                              Thursday
                                                                                              .Las Vegas, Nev.Casino Lounge
                                                                                              Hilton Hotel
                                                                                              Casino Night club residency - see 1973 02 21...
                                                                                              ..Added
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                                                                                              1973 03 02
                                                                                              Friday
                                                                                              .Las Vegas, Nev.Casino Lounge
                                                                                              Hilton Hotel
                                                                                              Casino Night club residency - see 1973 02 21...
                                                                                              ..Added
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                                                                                              1973 03 03
                                                                                              Saturday
                                                                                              .Las Vegas, Nev.Casino Lounge
                                                                                              Hilton Hotel
                                                                                              Casino Night club residency - see 1973 02 21...
                                                                                              ..Added
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                                                                                              1973 03 04
                                                                                              Sunday
                                                                                              .Las Vegas, Nev.Casino Lounge
                                                                                              Hilton Hotel
                                                                                              Casino Night club residency - see 1973 02 21...
                                                                                              ..Added
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                                                                                              1973 03 05
                                                                                              Monday
                                                                                              .Las Vegas, Nev.Casino Lounge
                                                                                              Hilton Hotel
                                                                                              Casino Night club residency - see 1973 02 21...
                                                                                              ..Added
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                                                                                              1973 03 06
                                                                                              Tuesday
                                                                                              ...activities not documented...
                                                                                              ...
                                                                                              1973 03 07
                                                                                              Wednesday
                                                                                              .Odessa, Tex.Flying B Country CarrouselShow and danceOdessa American, 1973-03-03, p.20.
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                                                                                              2012-08-12
                                                                                              1973 03 08
                                                                                              Thursday
                                                                                              .Lawton, Okla.Montego Bay Apartment Complex
                                                                                              1125 E.Gore Ave.
                                                                                              1. "Duke Ellington in Concert" 7pm and 10 pm
                                                                                              2. Interview with "Mr. Ford"
                                                                                              -reported in Stratemann as 1973-02-08 from Jamaica, but "At the start of the tape, Duke tells us where he is: in Lawton City at the Montego Bay Hotel"
                                                                                              .DEMS
                                                                                              • DE7318a
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                                                                                              1973 03 09
                                                                                              Friday
                                                                                              .Fort Sill, Okla.Officers' ClubDinner (sold out)..
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                                                                                              1973 03 10
                                                                                              Saturday
                                                                                              .Rutherford, N.J.Fairleigh Dickinson UniversitySacred Concert
                                                                                              • Stratemann, p.653
                                                                                              • Additional documentation might be found in SI-NMAH DEC301, Series 2: Performances and Programs, 1933-1974, box 17, folder 15 Fairleigh Dickinson University, Rutherford, New Jersey, undated
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                                                                                              1973 03 11
                                                                                              Sunday
                                                                                              .Hackettstown, N.J.Reeves Hall
                                                                                              Centenary College for Women
                                                                                              Concert of Sacred Music, 8 pm
                                                                                              "Miss Cynthia Shoff of Indiana, a member of the Chamber Choir at Centenary College for Women, will appear with Duke Ellington, his orchestra and soloists, in a presentation of Ellington's new "Sacred Concert"at 8 p.m.Sunday, March 11, in the Reeves Building at Hackettstown, NJ. The Chamber Choir assisted by 27 New Jersey men singers is being prepared by Dr.Kenneth Powell, Centenary choral director, and will be conducted by Roscoe Gill, assistant to Dr. Ellington."
                                                                                              • Stratemann, p.653
                                                                                              • Indiana Evening Gazette, 1973-02-21, p.8
                                                                                              • Additional documentation might be found in SI-NMAH DEC301, Series 2: Performances and Programs, 1933-1974, box 17, folder 10 Centenary College for Women, Hackettstown, New Jersey, March 11, 1973
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                                                                                              1973 03 12
                                                                                              Monday
                                                                                              ...activities not documented...
                                                                                              ...
                                                                                              1973 03 13
                                                                                              Tuesday
                                                                                              .Bethlehem, Penn.Danny's Restaurant
                                                                                              • Stratemann, p.653
                                                                                              • Additional documentation might be found in the Smithsonian Institution's Ellington collection, Series 2: Performances and Programs, 1933-1974, box 9, folder 1 USA and Canada, March 13-26, 1972
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                                                                                              Wednesday
                                                                                              ...activities not documented...
                                                                                              ...
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                                                                                              Thursday
                                                                                              1973 03 24Toronto, Ont.Royal York Hotel
                                                                                              199 Queen St. W.
                                                                                              Night club residency
                                                                                              • Stratemann, p.653
                                                                                              • Additional documentation might be found in SI-NMAH DEC301, Series 2: Performances and Programs, 1933-1974, box 9, folder 1 USA and Canada, March 13-26, 1972
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                                                                                              Friday
                                                                                              .Toronto, Ont.Royal York HotelNight club residency - see 1973 03 15...
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                                                                                              Saturday
                                                                                              .Toronto, Ont.Royal York HotelNight club residency - see 1973 03 15...
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                                                                                              Sunday
                                                                                              .Toronto, Ont.Royal York HotelNight club residency - see 1973 03 15...
                                                                                              ..2011
                                                                                              1973 03 19
                                                                                              Monday
                                                                                              .Toronto, Ont.Royal York HotelNight club residency - see 1973 03 15...
                                                                                              ..2011
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                                                                                              Tuesday
                                                                                              .Toronto, Ont.Royal York HotelNight club residency - see 1973 03 15...
                                                                                              ..2011
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                                                                                              Wednesday
                                                                                              .Toronto, Ont.Royal York HotelNight club residency - see 1973 03 15...
                                                                                              ..2011
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                                                                                              Thursday
                                                                                              .Toronto, Ont.Royal York HotelNight club residency - see 1973 03 15...
                                                                                              ..2011
                                                                                              1973 03 23
                                                                                              Friday
                                                                                              .Toronto, Ont.Royal York HotelNight club residency - see 1973 03 15...
                                                                                              ..2011
                                                                                              1973 03 24
                                                                                              Saturday
                                                                                              .Toronto, Ont.Royal York HotelNight club residency - see 1973 03 15...
                                                                                              ..2011
                                                                                              1973 03 --.Toronto, Ont.Royal York Hotel
                                                                                              199 Queen St. W.
                                                                                              Ellington interviewed by Phil McKellar for radio station CKFM.New Desor
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                                                                                              1973 03 25
                                                                                              Sunday
                                                                                              .Ottawa, Ont.Natonal Arts Centre.
                                                                                              • Stratemann, p.653
                                                                                              • Additional documentation might be found in SI-NMAH DEC301, Series 2: Performances and Programs, 1933-1974, box 9:
                                                                                                • folder 1 USA and Canada, March 13-26, 1972
                                                                                                • folder 2 Ottawa, Canada, March 25, 1973
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                                                                                              Monday
                                                                                              .Detroit, Mich...Stratemann, p.653..
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                                                                                              1973 03 27
                                                                                              Tuesday
                                                                                              ...activities not documented...
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                                                                                              Wednesday
                                                                                              .Columbus, Ohio..Stratemann, p.653..
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                                                                                              1973 03 29
                                                                                              Thursday
                                                                                              ...activities not documented...
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                                                                                              Friday
                                                                                              .Dayton, OhioWright Patterson Air Force Base.Stratemann, p.653..
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                                                                                              1973 03 31
                                                                                              Saturday
                                                                                              ...activities not documented...
                                                                                              ...

                                                                                              April 1973

                                                                                              1973 04 00...PERSONNEL CHANGE
                                                                                              Sam Woodyard, drums, rejoins the band
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                                                                                              1973 04 00...PERSONNEL CHANGE
                                                                                              Michael McGettigan, french horn, joins the band for a few days.
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                                                                                              1973 04 01
                                                                                              Sunday
                                                                                              .New York, N.Y.Private residenceEllington attended the wedding of friends Edmund Anderson and Joan Uttal. The announcement says Mr. Anderson was a Broadway producer and the composer of Flamingo.
                                                                                              Rev. John Gensel officiated.
                                                                                              Elyria Chronicle Telegram, 1973-04-07, p.9..
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                                                                                              Sunday
                                                                                              .New York, N.Y.Waldorf Astoria.Stratemann, p.653..
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                                                                                              Monday
                                                                                              .Waukegan, Ill...Stratemann, p.653..
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                                                                                              1973 04 03?
                                                                                              Tuesday
                                                                                              .Cleveland, OhioPublic Music Hall(Unconfirmed)

                                                                                              Stratemann, citing Variety 1973-01-24, p.61 says Ellington was booked here, but some sources say the band played in Valparaiso, instead.
                                                                                              Stratemann, p.653..
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                                                                                              1973 04 03?
                                                                                              Tuesday
                                                                                              .Valparaiso, Ind..(Unconfirmed)

                                                                                              Stratemann, citing Variety 1973-01-24, p.61 says Ellington was in Cleveland but that some sources say the band played here instead.
                                                                                              Stratemann, p.653..
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                                                                                              1973 04 04
                                                                                              Wednesday
                                                                                              8:30 p.m.
                                                                                              .Clayton, Mo.Powell Symphony Hall
                                                                                              718 North Grand Blvd.
                                                                                              Benefit performance
                                                                                              St.Francis Xavier Grade School presents An Evening with Duke Ellington and his Orchestra in Concert

                                                                                              Admission: $5.00, $10.00, $25.00 grand tier circle
                                                                                              Concert poster..
                                                                                              Stratemann, p.653AGP email 2014-03-082011
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                                                                                              1973 04 05
                                                                                              Thursday
                                                                                              .Decorah, IowaField House
                                                                                              Luther College
                                                                                              Duke Ellington and his World Famous Orchestra will appear in the Luther College Field House Thursday, April 5. The show begins at 8 p.m. Admission is $2.50 for general admission seats.$3.50 for reserved seatsPostville(Iowa) Herald 1973-03-28, p.6.
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                                                                                              1973 04 05
                                                                                              Thursday
                                                                                              .Decorah, IowaAdministration building
                                                                                              Luther College
                                                                                              Peripheral event
                                                                                              A 24 hour sit-in ended with a rally of about 400 students from 10:00 to about 11:15PM. Students could come and go freely during the protest, but only faculty and administrators "paramount to the welfare" of the college were allowed to enter. (The college treasurer was allowed to fetch the Ellington concert proceeds.)
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                                                                                              1973 04 06
                                                                                              Friday
                                                                                              9 PM - 12:30 AM
                                                                                              .Sioux City, IowaMorrison Commons Building
                                                                                              Augustana College
                                                                                              Spring Formal Dance .Mitchell, S.D., Daily Republic, 1973-04-03, p.12.
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                                                                                              1973 04 07
                                                                                              Saturday
                                                                                              .Anaheim, Cal.Anaheim Convention CenterNational School Boards Association conventionStory, Van Nuys News, 1973-04-06, p.4.
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                                                                                              Sunday
                                                                                              .Forest Grove, Ore...Stratemann, p.654..
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                                                                                              Monday
                                                                                              8 PM
                                                                                              .Portland, Ore.Paramount Northwest AuditoriumConcert.
                                                                                              Admission $4, $5, $6
                                                                                              Poster, Pacific Northwest April Attractions.
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                                                                                              1973 04 10
                                                                                              Tuesday
                                                                                              .Seattle, Wash.Paramount TheaterConcert (recorded)
                                                                                              • Stratemann, p.654
                                                                                              • Additional documentation might be found in SI-NMAH DEC301, Series 2: Performances and Programs, 1933-1974, box 14, folder 20 Seattle, Washington, April 10, 1973
                                                                                              New Desor
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                                                                                              Wednesday
                                                                                              .Spokane, Wash...Stratemann, p.654..
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                                                                                              Thursday
                                                                                              .Vancouver, B.C.Queen Elizabeth TheatreConcert.New Desor
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                                                                                              1973 04 13
                                                                                              Friday
                                                                                              .San Francisco, Cal.Great American Music HallConcerts, 8 pm and 11 pmSan Mateo Times 1973-04-04,p.34New Desor
                                                                                              DE7323

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                                                                                              1973 04 14
                                                                                              Saturday
                                                                                              .Sacramento, Cal.Civic Auditorium.Stratemann, p.654..
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                                                                                              Sunday
                                                                                              .Oakland, Cal.Oakland AuditoriumMatinee, 2:30 pmStratemann, p.654..
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                                                                                              Sunday
                                                                                              .San Rafael, Cal.Marin Veterans Memorial AuditoriumEvening concert, 8:30 pmSan Mateo Times 1973-04-04,p.34.
                                                                                              Stratemann, p.654.

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                                                                                              1973 04 16
                                                                                              Monday
                                                                                              ...PERSONNEL CHANGE
                                                                                              Singer Anita Moore rejoins the band
                                                                                              New Desor vol.2..
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                                                                                              1973 04 16
                                                                                              Monday
                                                                                              1973 04 21
                                                                                              Saturday
                                                                                              Anaheim, Cal.DisneylandTheme park residency
                                                                                              "Duke Ellington and his orchestra will provide music for both listening and dancing pleasure from 8 pm to midnight pre-Easter."
                                                                                              The billing was shared with The King Family and with Dawn featuring Tony Orlando

                                                                                              The Ellington performance on Apr.20 was recorded
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                                                                                              Tuesday
                                                                                              .Anaheim, Cal.DisneylandTheme park residency - see 1973 04 16...
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                                                                                              1973 04 18
                                                                                              Wednesday
                                                                                              .Anaheim, Cal.DisneylandTheme park residency - see 1973 04 16...
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                                                                                              1973 04 18
                                                                                              Wednesday
                                                                                              .New York, N.Y.. Peripheral event
                                                                                              Pianist Duke's mentor, Willie 'the Lion' Smith (1893-1973) passed away. Ellington's Portrait of The Lion was named for Smith, whose piano influenced Duke in the 1920s. Mr. Smith's nickname resulted from his bravery in action during the first world war.
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                                                                                              Thursday
                                                                                              .Anaheim, Cal.DisneylandTheme park residency - see 1973 04 16...
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                                                                                              1973 04 20
                                                                                              Friday
                                                                                              .Anaheim, Cal.DisneylandTheme park residency - see 1973 04 16...
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                                                                                              1973 04 21
                                                                                              Saturday
                                                                                              .Anaheim, Cal.DisneylandTheme park residency - see 1973 04 16...
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                                                                                              1973 04 22
                                                                                              Sunday
                                                                                              .Santa Barbara, Cal.Miramar Hotel.Stratemann, p.654..
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                                                                                              1973 04 23
                                                                                              Monday
                                                                                              .Phoenix, Ariz.Celebrity TheaterConcert, 8:30 PM
                                                                                              • Announcements:
                                                                                                • Scottsdale Daily Progress 1973-04-20,p.3
                                                                                                • (Phoenix) Arizona Republic 1973-04-21 p.99
                                                                                                • Phoenix, Arizona Republic 1973-04-22 p.N-5
                                                                                                • Scottsdale Daily Progress 1973-04-20 p.15: "Duke and Orchestra to Invade Celebrity"
                                                                                              • Review, Scottsdale Daily Progress,1973-04-27 "This Weekend" p.15
                                                                                              .
                                                                                              Stratemann, p.654djp2011
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                                                                                              2012-08-20
                                                                                              1973 04 24
                                                                                              Tuesday
                                                                                              ...activities not documented...
                                                                                              ...
                                                                                              1973 04 25
                                                                                              Wednesday
                                                                                              .Lexington, Ky...Stratemann, p.654..
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                                                                                              1973 04 26
                                                                                              Thursday
                                                                                              .Richmond, Ky...Stratemann, p.654..
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                                                                                              1973 04 27
                                                                                              Friday
                                                                                              .Montgomery, Ala...Stratemann, p.654..
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                                                                                              1973 04 28
                                                                                              Saturday
                                                                                              .New Orleans, La.Fairmont-Roosevelt Hotel.Stratemann, p.654..
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                                                                                              1973 04 29
                                                                                              Sunday
                                                                                              Ellington's birthday
                                                                                              .Atlanta, Ga.Davage Hall
                                                                                              Clark College
                                                                                              Ellington was awarded an honorary doctorate of humanities

                                                                                              The Clark College band performed a selection of Ellington's music.

                                                                                              Numerous newspapers carried an AP wirestory confirming the event the following week, and some carried a wire photo of him blowing out the candles on a cake provided by the College. The website for Clark College, now Clark Atlanta University, confirms the award was a doctorate of humanities.
                                                                                              AP wirestory, Huron, S.D. Daily Statesman, 1973-04-27 p.14.DEMS
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                                                                                              1973 04 29
                                                                                              Sunday
                                                                                              Ellington's birthday
                                                                                              .New York, N.Y.. Peripheral event
                                                                                              Pianists Earl Hines, Brooks Kerr, Ray Bryant, Wild Bill Davis, Bobby Short, Mary Lou Williams, Ellis Larkins and Randy West gave a concert of Ellington music on Ellington's 74th birthday. Ellington was not present.
                                                                                              Source: Brandon Sun, May 1, 1973
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                                                                                              Monday
                                                                                              .Dallas, Tex.Lovers Lane Methodist ChurchSecond Concert of Sacred Music.New Desor
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                                                                                              May 1973

                                                                                              1973 05 01
                                                                                              Tuesday
                                                                                              .Nashville, Tenn.Ryman Auditorium..New Desor
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                                                                                              1973 05 02
                                                                                              Wednesday
                                                                                              .Detroit, Mich.
                                                                                              or a suburb
                                                                                              Highland Park, Mich.
                                                                                              Possibly Trinity United Methodist Church(Unconfirmed)

                                                                                              Stratemann and Vail II give no details for this date, merely showing Detroit, and they don't mention an information source.

                                                                                              It seems likely to be a sacred concert in Highland Park at Trinity United Methodist Church, which would not necessarily conflict with the Ann Arbor concert the same day, since the two cities are less than 40 miles apart.

                                                                                              The Smithsonian Institution's Ellington collection #301, Series 2: Performances and Programs, 1933-1974, box 17, folder 11, labelled Trinity United Methodist Church, Highland Park, Michigan, May 2, 1973 holds a program titled An Evening of Jazz showing a variety of musical selections.
                                                                                              • Stratemann, p.654
                                                                                              • Vail II
                                                                                              • Email, C. Windheuser, Smithsonian Reference Services volunteer to Palmquist, Feb/Mar 2016
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                                                                                              1973 05 02
                                                                                              Wednesday
                                                                                              .Ann Arbor, Mich.University of Michigan(Unconfirmed)

                                                                                              Concert

                                                                                              "...The University Musical Society (UMS) inaugurated this year's star-studded edition of the May Festival last night at Hill Auditorium after what was probably the most adventurous season in its long history. For the first time, the UMS had swung off into jazz (with Duke Ellington) and presented an all-20th-century program (Aeolian Chamber Players). A Guitar Series was launched, the Asian series was broadened to encompass four events, and an evening of Spanish Medieval music was offered (Paniagua Quartet). It was especially significant that virtually all of these innovations met with enthusiastic public support..."

                                                                                              Tradition Marks 80th May Festival OpeningAnn Arbor News 1973-05-03 p.34 ..
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                                                                                              Thursday
                                                                                              .Southfield, Mich...Stratemann, p.654..
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                                                                                              1973 05 04
                                                                                              Friday
                                                                                              .Ypsilanti, Mich.Pease Auditorium,
                                                                                              Eastern Michigan University
                                                                                              .Stratemann, p.654..
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                                                                                              1973 05 05
                                                                                              Saturday
                                                                                              .Orchard Lake Village, Mich.Pine Lake Country Club.Stratemann, p.654..
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                                                                                              1973 05 06
                                                                                              Sunday
                                                                                              .Cleveland, OhioCase Western Reserve UniversityDanceAnnouncement, Mansfield, Ohio News Journal, 1973-05-06, p.Six G.
                                                                                              ellingtonweb.ca
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                                                                                              1973 05 07
                                                                                              Monday
                                                                                              .Dearborn, Mich.Towne House.Stratemann, p.654..
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                                                                                              1973 05 08
                                                                                              Tuesday
                                                                                              .Milwaukee, Wisc.Marc Plaza Hotel.
                                                                                              • Stratemann, p.654
                                                                                              • Announcement, Milwaukee Sentinel 1973-05-07 p.16
                                                                                              ..
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                                                                                              1973 05 09
                                                                                              Wednesday
                                                                                              .Olympia Fields, Ill.Olympia Fields Country Club.Stratemann, p.654..
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                                                                                              1973 05 10
                                                                                              Thursday
                                                                                              .St. Paul, Minn.Civic Center.Stratemann, p.654..
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                                                                                              1973 05 11
                                                                                              Friday
                                                                                              .Kenosha, Wisc.Eagles Ballroom..New Desor
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                                                                                              1973 05 12
                                                                                              Saturday
                                                                                              .Kansas City, Mo.Crown Center HotelDinner-dance to benefit Children's Mercy Hospital of Kansas City

                                                                                              This event took place on the second-last night of the 15 day Kansas City Jazz Festival
                                                                                              "Kansas City sets Jazz Fortnight"
                                                                                              Jefferson City News-Tribune, 1973-04-22, p.15.
                                                                                              .
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                                                                                              1973 05 13
                                                                                              Sunday
                                                                                              .Ripon, Wisc.Ripon CollegeEllington was awarded an honorary doctorate of music at the Commencement Ceremony.
                                                                                              • Ripon College archive
                                                                                              • Caption to a photo on p.14 of the Fond du Lac Reporter, 1973-05-15.
                                                                                              • Announcement "Jazz king to receive degree," datelined Ripon in the Oshkosh, Wisc. Daily Northwestern, 1973-04-20, p.10
                                                                                              .DEMS
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                                                                                              1973 05 13
                                                                                              Sunday
                                                                                              .Deerfield, Ill.Deerfield High School(Unconfirmed)

                                                                                              It is possible for Ellington to have been driven to Deerfield after the commencement ceremony at Ripon.
                                                                                              Stratemann, p.654..
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                                                                                              1973 05 14
                                                                                              Monday
                                                                                              .Terre Haute, Ind..day offStratemann, p.654..
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                                                                                              1973 05 14
                                                                                              Monday
                                                                                              .Philadelphia, Penn.. Peripheral event
                                                                                              Banjoist / former bandleader Elmer Snowden passed away at age 72
                                                                                              AP wirestory in the Utica, N.Y. Observer-Dispatch, 1973-05-15djpNew
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                                                                                              1973 05 15
                                                                                              Tuesday
                                                                                              .Palatine, Ill.Harper CollegeConcert

                                                                                              The May 25 edition of the Chicago Herald, s.2, p.3 reported an Ellington interview would be carried broadcast on WRMN-AM Elgin's final edition for the school year of 'This is Harper on the Air.'
                                                                                              The Herald, Chicago, 1973-04-13, p.4-3.
                                                                                              Stratemann, p.654.2011
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                                                                                              2012-08-24
                                                                                              1973 05 00...PERSONNEL CHANGE
                                                                                              Sam Woodyard, drums, leaves the band sometime between May 11 and 25 (not present in the recorded Winnipeg concert)
                                                                                              New Desor vol.2..
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                                                                                              1973 05 16
                                                                                              Wednesday
                                                                                              .New York, N.Y.Ferris Booth Hall
                                                                                              Columbia University
                                                                                              Columbia Daily Spectator:

                                                                                              'Mr. Ellington, who will receive an honorary Doctor of Music degree, will be the principal speaker at the seventy-fifth annual commencement day luncheon scheduled for noon today in Ferris Booth Hall. Sponsored by the Alumni Federation, the luncheon will include remarks by President McGill and Federation President Frank E. Karlsen III...'

                                                                                              Columbia Daily Spectator, New York, N.Y. 1973-05-16 p.1...djpadded
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                                                                                              1973 05 16
                                                                                              Wednesday
                                                                                              .New York, N.Y.Morningdale Campus
                                                                                              Columbia University
                                                                                              Columbia University awarded Ellington an honorary Doctor of Music degree.
                                                                                              Watertown Daily Times

                                                                                              'Duke Ellington will have another title by the time he arrives ... Earlier that day Columbia University will award him an honorary degree for his contributions to American jazz... '

                                                                                              Columbia Daily Spectator:

                                                                                              'University to Award 6800 Degrees
                                                                                              By SALVADOR DELGADO

                                                                                              Thousands of parents, guests and alumni are scheduled to assemble on Low Plaza this afternoon to watch approximately 6,800 students receive undergraduate and graduate degrees... The.ceremony, which begins at 3 p.m., will feature the presentation of honorary degrees to ten people, including Duke Ellington, the celebrated jazz composer and pianist, and choreographer George Balanchine. Mr. Ellington, who will receive an honorary Doctor of Music degree, will be the principal speaker at the seventy-fifth annual commencement day luncheon...'

                                                                                              • Columbia Daily Spectator, New York, N.Y. 1973-05-16 p.1
                                                                                              • Photo of Duke in cap, with caption, Watertown Daily Times, 1973-05-17, p.7
                                                                                              .
                                                                                              .DEMS
                                                                                              Photo, Derek Jewell, A Portrait Of Duke Ellington, Norton, 1977
                                                                                              Stratemann, p.648 photo
                                                                                              VAR photo
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                                                                                              1973 05 16
                                                                                              Wednesday
                                                                                              .Iowa City, IowaHancher Auditorium, University of Iowa.Stratemann, p.654..
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                                                                                              1973 05 17
                                                                                              Thursday
                                                                                              .Davenport, IowaBlackhawk Hotel.Stratemann, p.654..
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                                                                                              1973 05 18
                                                                                              Friday
                                                                                              .Rockford, Ill.High School Auditorium .Stratemann, p.654..
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                                                                                              1973 05 19
                                                                                              Saturday
                                                                                              .Ames, IowaC.Y.Stephens Auditorium
                                                                                            • Iowa State University
                                                                                            • ConcertReview, Ames Daily Tribune, 1973-05-21, p.8.
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                                                                                              1973 05 20
                                                                                              Sunday
                                                                                              .Edmonton, Alta.Northern Alberta Jubilee Auditorium.Stratemann, p.654..
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                                                                                              1973 05 21
                                                                                              Monday
                                                                                              .Calgary, Alta.Southern Alberta Jubilee Auditorium.Stratemann, p.654..
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                                                                                              1973 05 22
                                                                                              Tuesday
                                                                                              .Regina, Sask.Saskatchewan Centre for the Arts.Stratemann, p.654..
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                                                                                              1973 05 23
                                                                                              Wednesday
                                                                                              .Saskatoon, Sask.Centennial Auditorium.Stratemann, p.654..
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                                                                                              1973 05 24
                                                                                              Thursday
                                                                                              .Brandon, Man.Western Manitoba Centennial Auditorium.Review in the Brandon Sun, 1973-05-25.p.2.
                                                                                              Stratemann, p.654.2011

                                                                                              updated 2012-08-14
                                                                                              1973 05 25
                                                                                              Friday
                                                                                              .Winnipeg, Man.Centennial Concert Hall.Ads, Winnipeg Free Press, 1973-05-10 and 1973-05-25New Desor
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                                                                                              DEMS
                                                                                              Stratemann, p.654
                                                                                              NDCS 1012
                                                                                              . 2011

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                                                                                              1973 05 26
                                                                                              Saturday
                                                                                              .Chicago, Ill...Stratemann, p.654..
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                                                                                              1973 05 27
                                                                                              Sunday
                                                                                              .Indianapolis, Ind.Roger Atkinson HotelEllington used 4 trombones here.Stratemann, p.654..
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                                                                                              1973 05 28
                                                                                              Monday
                                                                                              .Nashville, Tenn.Fisk UniversityDaytime - Ellington awarded a doctorate of music
                                                                                              Evening - Ellington played New World A-Comin' and other pieces with the local orchestra, Orchestrated Crowd
                                                                                              ..
                                                                                              • Stratemann, p.654
                                                                                              • Additional documentation might be found in SI-NMAH DEC301, Series 2: Performances and Programs, 1933-1974, box 14, folder 21 Fisk University, Nashville, Tennessee, April 28, 1973(misdated at the time of writing)
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                                                                                              1973 05 29
                                                                                              Tuesday
                                                                                              .Atlanta, Ga.Clark College(Unconfirmed)

                                                                                              This seems to be an error in Stratemann. Ellington was awarded a doctorate of humanities on April 29, and it is unlikely he would have been brought back to be awarded another doctorate a month later.
                                                                                              Stratemann, p.654..
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                                                                                              1973 05 30
                                                                                              Wednesday
                                                                                              ...activities not documented...
                                                                                              ...
                                                                                              1973 05 31
                                                                                              Thursday
                                                                                              .Paramus, N.J.Steak Pit.Stratemann, p.654..
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                                                                                              June 1973

                                                                                              1973 06 00...PERSONNEL CHANGE
                                                                                              Cootie Williams leaves the band
                                                                                              New Desor vol.2..
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                                                                                              1973 06 01
                                                                                              Friday
                                                                                              .Philadelphia, Penn...Stratemann, p.654..
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                                                                                              1973 06 02
                                                                                              Saturday
                                                                                              .Annapolis, Md...Stratemann, p.654..
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                                                                                              Sunday
                                                                                              .Norfolk, Va.....
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                                                                                              Monday
                                                                                              1973 06 05Ft. Bragg, N.C.....
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                                                                                              1973 06 05
                                                                                              Tuesday
                                                                                              ...activities not documented...
                                                                                              ...
                                                                                              1973 06 06
                                                                                              Wednesday
                                                                                              .Louisville, Ken.....
                                                                                              Stratemann, p.655.Added
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                                                                                              1973 06 07.Houston, Tex.Shamrock HiltonClub residency - see 1973 06 07...
                                                                                              ..2011
                                                                                              1973 06 08
                                                                                              Friday
                                                                                              ...PERSONNEL CHANGE
                                                                                              Barrie Lee Hall, trumpet and fluegelhorn, joins the band
                                                                                              New Desor vol.2..
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                                                                                              Friday
                                                                                              .Houston, Tex.Shamrock HiltonClub residency - see 1973 06 07...
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                                                                                              Saturday
                                                                                              .Houston, Tex.Shamrock HiltonClub residency - see 1973 06 07...
                                                                                              ..2011
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                                                                                              Sunday
                                                                                              .Houston, Tex.Shamrock HiltonClub residency - see 1973 06 07...
                                                                                              ..2011
                                                                                              1973 06 11
                                                                                              Monday
                                                                                              1973 06 13Los Angeles, Calif..(Unconfirmed)

                                                                                              Associated Press reported Ellington was one of several authors attending the National Booksellers Convention, which appears to have started on June 11.
                                                                                              Ogden Standard Examiner, 1973-06-13, p.16A...
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                                                                                              Monday
                                                                                              .Houston, Tex.Shamrock HiltonClub residency - see 1973 06 07...
                                                                                              ..2011
                                                                                              1973 06 12
                                                                                              Tuesday
                                                                                              .Houston, Tex.Shamrock HiltonClub residency - see 1973 06 07...
                                                                                              ..2011
                                                                                              1973 06 13
                                                                                              Wednesday
                                                                                              .Houston, Tex.Shamrock HiltonClub residency - see 1973 06 07...
                                                                                              ..2011
                                                                                              1973 06 14
                                                                                              Thursday
                                                                                              .Houston, Tex.Shamrock HiltonClub residency - see 1973 06 07...
                                                                                              ..2011
                                                                                              1973 06 15
                                                                                              Friday
                                                                                              .Houston, Tex.Shamrock HiltonClub residency - see 1973 06 07...
                                                                                              ..2011
                                                                                              1973 06 16
                                                                                              Saturday
                                                                                              .Houston, Tex.Shamrock HiltonClub residency - see 1973 06 07...
                                                                                              ..2011
                                                                                              1973 06 17
                                                                                              Sunday
                                                                                              .Houston, Tex.Shamrock HiltonClub residency - see 1973 06 07...
                                                                                              ..2011
                                                                                              1973 06 18
                                                                                              Monday
                                                                                              .Houston, Tex.Shamrock HiltonClub residency - see 1973 06 07...
                                                                                              ..2011
                                                                                              1973 06 19
                                                                                              Tuesday
                                                                                              .Houston, Tex.Shamrock HiltonClub residency - see 1973 06 07...
                                                                                              ..2011
                                                                                              1973 06 20
                                                                                              Wednesday
                                                                                              ...PERSONNEL CHANGE
                                                                                              Willie Cook, trumpet, rejoins the band
                                                                                              New Desor vol.2..
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                                                                                              1973 06 20
                                                                                              Wednesday
                                                                                              .Houston, Tex.Shamrock HiltonClub residency - see 1973 06 07...
                                                                                              ..2011
                                                                                              1973 06 21
                                                                                              Thursday
                                                                                              .Houston, Tex.Country Club...
                                                                                              Stratemann, p.655.Added
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                                                                                              1973 06 22
                                                                                              Friday
                                                                                              .Fredricksburg, Va.....
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                                                                                              1973 06 23
                                                                                              Saturday
                                                                                              .New York, N.Y.Carroll Studios rehearsal
                                                                                              Mount Vernon High School
                                                                                              ...
                                                                                              Stratemann, p.655.Added
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                                                                                              1973 06 24
                                                                                              Sunday
                                                                                              .New York, N.Y.Lincoln Center...
                                                                                              • Stratemann, p.655
                                                                                              • Additional documentation might be found in SI-NMAH DEC301, Series 2: Performances and Programs, 1933-1974, box 14, folder 22 Philharmonic Hall, Lincoln Center, New York, New York, June 24, 1973
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                                                                                              1973 06 25
                                                                                              Monday
                                                                                              ...day off..
                                                                                              Stratemann, p.655.2011
                                                                                              1973 06 26
                                                                                              Tuesday
                                                                                              ...day off..
                                                                                              Stratemann, p.655.2011
                                                                                              1973 06 27
                                                                                              Tuesday
                                                                                              .BrantfordCivic Center...
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                                                                                              1973 06 28
                                                                                              Thursday
                                                                                              ...activities not documented...
                                                                                              ...
                                                                                              1973 06 29
                                                                                              Friday
                                                                                              .Rochester, Mich..Meadow Brook Music Festival
                                                                                              • Stratemann, p.655 citing Variety 1973-04-25 p.51
                                                                                              • Additional documentation might be found in SI-NMAH DEC301, Series 2: Performances and Programs, 1933-1974, box 14, folder 23 Meadow Brook Music Festival, Oakland University, Rochester, Michigan, June 29, 1973
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                                                                                              1973 06 30
                                                                                              Saturday
                                                                                              .Hampton, Va.Hampton Roads ColiseumHampton Jazz Festival..
                                                                                              Stratemann, p.655 citing Billbaord 1973-04-23 p.29djpAdded
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                                                                                              July 1973

                                                                                              1973 07 01
                                                                                              Sunday
                                                                                              .New York, N.Y.Philharmonic Hall, Lincoln Center"Newport in New York" jazz festival
                                                                                              Two concerts with Alice Babs
                                                                                              Additional documentation might be found in SI-NMAH DEC301, Series 2: Performances and Programs, 1933-1974, box 14, folder 24 Newport Jazz Festival, Philharmonic Hall, Lincoln Center, New York, New York, July 1, 1973.
                                                                                              Stratemann p.655 citing
                                                                                              • Variety 1973-07-11 p.51
                                                                                              • Jazz Journal 1973-08-00
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                                                                                              1973 07 02
                                                                                              Monday
                                                                                              .New York, N.Y.Roseland Ballroom(1)
                                                                                              or
                                                                                              Roseland Dance City(2)
                                                                                              Newport Jazz Festival
                                                                                              Thirties Ball
                                                                                              Dance with 3 bands - Ellington, Basie and Herman
                                                                                              3,000 danced and also clustered around the bandstand.
                                                                                              (1) AP wirestory review by Mary Campbell, published in several newspapers - e.g. Colorado Springs Gazette Telegraph 1973-07-04

                                                                                              (2)Leonard Lyons, Along Broadway announcement 1973-07-15 (Cedar Rapids Gazette) refers to Roseland as Roseland Dance City
                                                                                              Stratemann reports a 9 AM start, citing Jazz Journal, but that makes little sense.
                                                                                            • .
                                                                                              Stratemann p.655 citing Jazz Journal August 1973.. Added
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                                                                                              1973 07 02
                                                                                              Monday
                                                                                              .New York, N.Y.Sister's homePrivate party
                                                                                              "Duke made a portable recording of There's Something About Me on which he also sang. He gave it to Alice Babs and her husband, Nils Sjöblom, who were present.
                                                                                              ..DEMS
                                                                                              .. 2011

                                                                                              updated 2012-08-11
                                                                                              1973 07 03
                                                                                              Tuesday
                                                                                              .New York, N.Y.Media Sound StudioRecording session:
                                                                                              Alice Babs with Duke Ellington and His Orchestra
                                                                                              Personnel
                                                                                              perNew Desor per Nielsen per Vail II
                                                                                              M.EllingtonM. EllingtonM. Ellington
                                                                                              CookCookCook
                                                                                              HallHallHall
                                                                                              JohnsonJohnsonJohnson
                                                                                              ColesColesColes
                                                                                              PrudentePrudentePrudente
                                                                                              McEachern(trombone & alto sax)BaronBaron
                                                                                              ConnorsConnorsConnors
                                                                                              ProcopeProcopeProcope
                                                                                              MinerveMinerveMinerve
                                                                                              AshbyAshbyAshby
                                                                                              GonsalvesGonsalvesGonsalves.
                                                                                              Harris..
                                                                                              CarneyCarneyCarney
                                                                                              EllingtonEllingtonEllington
                                                                                              BenjaminBenjaminBenjamin
                                                                                              Freedman..
                                                                                              R. JonesR. JonesR. Jones
                                                                                              Woodyard..
                                                                                              .Q.White.
                                                                                              Lateef..
                                                                                              BabsBabsBabs

                                                                                              Titles recorded:
                                                                                              • Far Away Star
                                                                                              • Serenade To Sweden
                                                                                              • Spacemen
                                                                                              • Jeep's Blues
                                                                                              According to Stratemann, the session recorded arrangements by Nils Lindbefg of Sweden and it went into the early hours of the next day.
                                                                                              .New Desor
                                                                                              DE7329
                                                                                              DEMS
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                                                                                              2011
                                                                                              updated
                                                                                              2016-04-29
                                                                                              1973 07 04
                                                                                              Wednesday
                                                                                              ...PERSONNEL CHANGE
                                                                                              Willie Cook leaves the band
                                                                                              New Desor vol.2..
                                                                                              .djpNew
                                                                                              added 2012-10-11
                                                                                              1973 07 04
                                                                                              Wednesday
                                                                                              .Plymouth, Mich.....
                                                                                              Stratemann, p.655.Added
                                                                                              2011
                                                                                              1973 07 05
                                                                                              Thursday
                                                                                              ...activities not documented...
                                                                                              ...
                                                                                              1973 07 06
                                                                                              Friday
                                                                                              .Cincinnati, OhioTopper Ballroom,
                                                                                              Music Hall
                                                                                              After-hours dance
                                                                                              Benefit for sickle cell anemia, part of Ohio Valley Jazz Festival

                                                                                              I have not located any record of Ellington's band performing at Riverfront Stadium, the main festival venue.
                                                                                              Cincinnati Magazine, July 1973

                                                                                              Hamilton Ohio Journal News, 1973-07-10, p.14
                                                                                              .
                                                                                              Stratemann, p.655. Added
                                                                                              2011
                                                                                              updated 2012-08-10
                                                                                              1973 07 07
                                                                                              Saturday
                                                                                              .Atlanta, Geo.Atlanta Stadium"Atlanta Jazz Festival salutes Duke Ellington" Ad, The Anniston Star, 1973-07-01, p.4B.
                                                                                              Stratemann, p.655.Added
                                                                                              2011
                                                                                              1973 07 08
                                                                                              Sunday
                                                                                              .New York, N.Y.French Consulate
                                                                                              5th Avenue
                                                                                              Taping of "Legion d'Honneur" TV show
                                                                                              Ellington was awarded the Légion D'Honneur and several other musicians received other honours. Mood Indigo and Yanie were recorded.
                                                                                              ..DEMS
                                                                                              Stratemann 656. 2011

                                                                                              updated 2012-08-11
                                                                                              1973 07 08
                                                                                              Sunday
                                                                                              .Uniondale, N.Y.Nassau Coliseum'Jazz & Soul On The Island'
                                                                                              Final event of the Newport Jazz Festival

                                                                                              Ellington, Ray Charles and Aretha Franklin performed the last concert in the sold-out 16,000 seat Nassau Coliseum
                                                                                              AP wirestory in the Utica Daily Press 1973-07-09, p.8.DEMS
                                                                                              Stratemann,p.656djp2011
                                                                                              updated
                                                                                              2012-08-21
                                                                                              1973 07 09
                                                                                              Monday
                                                                                              ...activities not documented...
                                                                                              ...
                                                                                              1973 07 10
                                                                                              Tuesday
                                                                                              .Lorain, OhioAdmiral King High School.Announcement, Elyria Chronicle Telegram, 1973-06-21, p.17.
                                                                                              Stratemann, p.657.Added
                                                                                              2011, updated 2012-01-10
                                                                                              1973 07 11
                                                                                              Wednesday
                                                                                              .Chicago, Ill.First National Bank Plaza..New Desor
                                                                                              DE7330

                                                                                              Stratemann, p.657.Added
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                                                                                              1973 07 12
                                                                                              Thursday
                                                                                              .Redford Township, Mich.....
                                                                                              Stratemann, p.657.Added
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                                                                                              1973 07 13
                                                                                              Friday
                                                                                              .Interlochen, Mich.Kresge AuditoriumNational Music Camp
                                                                                              Concert, 8 p.m.
                                                                                              Announcements, Traverse City Record EagleAnnouncement, Holland Evening Sentinal, 1973-05-16, p.36.
                                                                                              Stratemann, p.657djp Added
                                                                                              2011
                                                                                              updated
                                                                                              2012-08-11
                                                                                              1973 07 14
                                                                                              Saturday
                                                                                              .Detroit, Mich.....
                                                                                              Stratemann, p.657.Added
                                                                                              2011
                                                                                              1973 07 15
                                                                                              Sunday
                                                                                              .Northbrook, Ill.....
                                                                                              Stratemann, p.657.Added
                                                                                              2011
                                                                                              1973 07 16
                                                                                              Monday
                                                                                              .Skokie, Ill.Old Orchard Shopping Center..New Desor
                                                                                              DE7331

                                                                                              Stratemann, p.657.Added
                                                                                              2011
                                                                                              1973 07 17
                                                                                              Tuesday
                                                                                              .Chicago, Ill.....
                                                                                              Stratemann, p.657.Added
                                                                                              2011
                                                                                              1973 07 18
                                                                                              Wednesday
                                                                                              .Milwaukee, Wisc.Milwaukee lakefront"Summerfest '73"
                                                                                              Arts and recreation festival
                                                                                              ..."The Miller High Life Jazz Oasis, featuring Lionel Hampton, Duke Ellington and the Ramsey Louis Trio."
                                                                                              Ad, Sheboygan Press, 1973-07-09 p.26.
                                                                                              Stratemann p.657, citing The Billboard,1973-07-21, p.58.2011
                                                                                              updated
                                                                                              2012-08-22
                                                                                              1973 07 19
                                                                                              Thursday
                                                                                              .Kalamazoo, Mich.....
                                                                                              Stratemann, p.657.Added
                                                                                              2011
                                                                                              1973 07 20
                                                                                              Friday
                                                                                              .Reading, Penn.Stokesay Castle HallIncorrect entry.
                                                                                              Stratemann has the band here on the 20th and again on August 3rd. July 20 is incorrect - the band played the Rainbow Gardens that day - see next entry. Given that Reading is 350 miles east and south of Erie, and Ellington was finishing up in the midwest before going to Atlantic City, it seems possible Stokesay Castle was booked but postponed.
                                                                                              Stratemann p.657..
                                                                                              .djp2011
                                                                                              updated
                                                                                              2012-08-28
                                                                                              2014-09-28
                                                                                              1973 07 20
                                                                                              Friday
                                                                                              21:00-01:00
                                                                                              .Erie, Penn.Rainbow Gardens,
                                                                                            • Waldameer Park
                                                                                            • Recorded dance
                                                                                              Duke Ellington and His Orchestra
                                                                                              Mercer Ellington, H. Johnson, Hall, Coles(t,flh); Prudente, McEachern; Connors, Procope, Minerve, Ashby, Gonsalves, Carney, Ellington, Benjamin, R.Jones; Watkins

                                                                                              Titles recorded:
                                                                                              • C-Jam Blues
                                                                                              • Upper Manhattan Medical Group
                                                                                              • Don't You Know I Care
                                                                                              • Perdido
                                                                                              • Kinda Dukish / Rockin' In Rhythm
                                                                                              • Creole Love Call
                                                                                              • Caravan/How High The Moon
                                                                                              • I Let A Song Go Out Of My Heart / Don't Get Around Much Anymore
                                                                                              • Woods
                                                                                              • Somebody Cares
                                                                                              • I'll Never Forget Him
                                                                                              • Take The "A" Train
                                                                                              • Things Ain't What They Used To Be
                                                                                              • Soul Flute
                                                                                              • Spacemen
                                                                                              • Ring Dem Bells
                                                                                              • Tiger Rag
                                                                                              • St. Louis Blues
                                                                                              • Satin Doll
                                                                                              • In A Sentimental Mood
                                                                                              • In A Mellow Tone
                                                                                              • Mood Indigo
                                                                                              • Addi
                                                                                              • Sophisticated Lady
                                                                                              • Basin Street Blues
                                                                                              • Medley
                                                                                                • Creole Rhapsody
                                                                                                • A Blue Mural From Two Perspectives
                                                                                                • Solitude
                                                                                                • Prelude To A Kiss
                                                                                                • Azure
                                                                                                • Lost In Meditation
                                                                                                • Ring Dem Bells
                                                                                                • Lost In Meditation
                                                                                                • Unidentified
                                                                                                • Ring Dem Bells
                                                                                                • Band Call
                                                                                                • New World A-Comin'
                                                                                                • Band Call
                                                                                              • Misty
                                                                                              Stratemann and Vail II report the band at Waldemeer's Rainbow Gardens on July 21, but it was advertised for July 20 and correspondent Bob Roberts has an Ellington-autographed admission ticket dated July 20 showing the admission price was $5.00. Mr. Roberts advises

                                                                                              New Desor, Girvan and Timner V show this as a recorded dance date on July 21, but Nielsen shows the recording date as July 20.
                                                                                              Webmaster's comments:

                                                                                              The concert recordings are raucous, not unusual for this stage in Ellington's life, but several of them are delightful. Particularly St. Louis Blues and Tiger Rag. There is a lot of audience noise throughout, but it adds to the ambience. Ellington is on a high, joking with the audience and shouting encouragement to the soloists. A delight to hear.
                                                                                              • Concert ticket, courtesy Bob Roberts
                                                                                              • Ads, Warren Times-Mirror and Observer, Warren, Penn.:
                                                                                                • 1973-07-05 p.17
                                                                                                • 1973-07-06 p.9
                                                                                                • 1973-07-12 p.B-9
                                                                                                • 1973-07-13 p.6
                                                                                                • 1973-07-14 p.9
                                                                                                • 1973-07-20 p.B-15
                                                                                              • Ads, The Derrick, Oil City, Penn.
                                                                                                • 1973-07-19 p.13
                                                                                                • 1973-07-20 p.13
                                                                                              • Stratemann, p.657
                                                                                              • Vail II
                                                                                              • Ole J. Nielsen, Jazz Records 1942-1980 Vol. 6: Ellington, pp. 545-546
                                                                                              • Girvan:   Ellingtonia.com
                                                                                              • Email, Roberts-Palmquist 2014-09-28 and 2014-09-29
                                                                                              New Desor
                                                                                              DE7332
                                                                                              DEMS
                                                                                              djp2011
                                                                                              updated
                                                                                              2012-08-28
                                                                                              2014-09-29
                                                                                              2014-11-05
                                                                                              1973 07 21
                                                                                              Saturday
                                                                                              ...Activities not documented
                                                                                              Stratemann, Vail and several discographies have the band playing a dance at Rainbow Gardens, Waldemeer Park this night but advertisements and a ticket demonstrate it was the night before.
                                                                                              New Desor
                                                                                              DE7332
                                                                                              .
                                                                                              ..2011
                                                                                              updated
                                                                                              2012-08-28
                                                                                              2014-09-28
                                                                                              1973 07 22
                                                                                              Sunday
                                                                                              1973 07 28Atlantic City, N.J.Steel PierResidencyStratemann, p.657..
                                                                                              ..2011
                                                                                              updated
                                                                                              2013-04-05
                                                                                              1973 07 23
                                                                                              Monday
                                                                                              .Atlantic City, N.J.Steel PierResidency - see 1973 07 22...
                                                                                              ..2011
                                                                                              1973 07 24
                                                                                              Tuesday
                                                                                              .Atlantic City, N.J.Steel PierResidency - see 1973 07 22...
                                                                                              ..2011
                                                                                              1973 07 25
                                                                                              Wednesday
                                                                                              .. Peripheral event
                                                                                              State Department telegram:
                                                                                              UNCLASSIFIED
                                                                                              PAGE 01 LUSAKA 01330 251541Z
                                                                                              72
                                                                                              ACTION CU-04
                                                                                              INFO OCT-01 AF-05 ADP-00 /010 W
                                                                                              --------------------- 051108
                                                                                              R 251400Z JUL 73
                                                                                              FM AMEMBASSY LUSAKA
                                                                                              TO SECSTATE WASHDC 9137
                                                                                              INFO USIA WASHDC
                                                                                              UNCLAS LUSAKA 1330
                                                                                              E.O. 11652: N/A
                                                                                              TAGS: SCUL
                                                                                              SUBJECT: DUKE ELLINGTON'S VISIT TO EAST AFRICA
                                                                                              FOR CU/CP
                                                                                              USIA FOR IAA

                                                                                              HAVE JUST LEARNED OF DUKE ELLINGTON'S CU/CP SPONSORED CONCERTS
                                                                                              FOR NOVEMBER IN ETHIOPIA AND KENYA AND WISH TO TAKE OCCASION
                                                                                              REMIND DEPARTMENT THAT ZAMBIA AMONG THOSE COUNTRIES WHICH HAVE
                                                                                              BEEN WHOLLY RPT WHOLLY IGNORED IN ITINERARIES OF US CULTURAL
                                                                                              PRESENTATIONS OF SUCH IMPORTANCE, CALIBER AND MASS ATTRACTION.
                                                                                              THIS IS CULTURALLY DEPRIVED AFRICAN COUNTRY OF CERTAIN SPECIAL
                                                                                              IMPORTANCE TO US WHERE WELL-KNOWN AND DEEPLY-APPRECIATED MUSICIAN
                                                                                              LIKE ELLINGTON WOULD STIMULATE UNEQUALED EXCITEMENT AND EASILY
                                                                                              FILL A STADIUM. OBVIOUSLY THERE ARE OTHER HIGH PRIORITY TARGETS
                                                                                              AND RECOGNIZE THAT ELLINGTON NOVEMBER AFRICAN TOUR UNDOUBTEDLY
                                                                                              NOW FIXED AND POSSIBLY WITHOUT FLEXIBILITY BUT IF THERE IS THE
                                                                                              LEAST POSSIBLE CHANCE OF LAST-MINUTE INCLUSION WE WOULD MAKE FULL
                                                                                              USE OF OPPORTUNITY AND TAKE ALL STEPS TO ASSURE COMPLETE SUCCESS.
                                                                                              IN ANY EVENT, IT IS OUR VIEW THAT EVERY EFFORT SHOULD BE MADE TO
                                                                                              SCHEDULE SUCH EVENT FOR ZAMBIA AT LEAST EVERY THREE YEARS.
                                                                                              WILKOWSKI
                                                                                              UNCLASSIFIED
                                                                                              NNN
                                                                                              ...
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                                                                                              1973 07 25
                                                                                              Wednesday
                                                                                              .Atlantic City, N.J.Steel PierResidency - see 1973 07 22...
                                                                                              ..2011
                                                                                              1973 07 26
                                                                                              Thursday
                                                                                              .Atlantic City, N.J.Steel PierResidency - see 1973 07 22...
                                                                                              ..2011
                                                                                              1973 07 27
                                                                                              Friday
                                                                                              .Atlantic City, N.J.Steel PierResidency - see 1973 07 22...
                                                                                              ..2011
                                                                                              1973 07 28
                                                                                              Saturday
                                                                                              .Atlantic City, N.J.Steel PierResidency - see 1973 07 22...
                                                                                              ..2011
                                                                                              1973 07 29
                                                                                              Sunday
                                                                                              .Bedford, Mass.....
                                                                                              Stratemann, p.657.Added
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                                                                                              1973 07 30
                                                                                              Monday
                                                                                              .Bedford, N.H.Carousel Ballroom
                                                                                              Rte.3
                                                                                              Dance, $6/person, B.Y.O.B.Nashua, N.H. Natonal Telegraph, 1973-07-28, p.24.
                                                                                              Stratemann, p.657..2011
                                                                                              updated
                                                                                              2012-08-24
                                                                                              1973 07 30
                                                                                              Monday
                                                                                              ...PERSONNEL CHANGE
                                                                                              Drummer Rufus Jones leaves the band
                                                                                              New Desor vol.2..
                                                                                              .djpNew
                                                                                              added 2012-10-23
                                                                                              1973 07 31
                                                                                              Tuesday
                                                                                              ...PERSONNEL CHANGE
                                                                                              Aziz Lateef rejoins the band
                                                                                              New Desor vol.2..
                                                                                              .djpNew
                                                                                              added 2012-10-23
                                                                                              1973 07 31
                                                                                              Tuesday
                                                                                              .Philadelphia, Penn.Robin Hood DellConcert in outdoor amphitheatre.New Desor
                                                                                              DE7333

                                                                                              Stratemann, p.657

                                                                                              The Billboard 1973-05-09, p.14
                                                                                              djp2011
                                                                                              updated
                                                                                              2012-08-28

                                                                                              August 1973

                                                                                              1973 08 00...PERSONNEL CHANGE
                                                                                              Aziz Lateef leaves the band in mid-August
                                                                                              New Desor vol.2..
                                                                                              .djpNew
                                                                                              added 2012-10-23
                                                                                              1973 08 011975 10 31..Peripheral event
                                                                                              New recording session "scale" for musicians
                                                                                              The final agreement made during Ellington's lifetime was effective from 1973 08 01 to 1975 10 31.
                                                                                              Scale for non-symphonic musicians:
                                                                                                For a three-hour session, $95, going to $100
                                                                                              effective September 15, 1974 (The old rate was $90.)

                                                                                              Special Session (1 1/2 hours): $63; rising
                                                                                              to $66 on September 15, 1974. (Old rate was $60.)

                                                                                              Special Canadian rate: $79; $83 in September
                                                                                              of 1974. (Old rate, $75.)
                                                                                              see Steven Lasker's report at 1959 01 01 above...SLNew
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                                                                                              1973 08 01
                                                                                              Wednesday
                                                                                              ...PERSONNEL CHANGE
                                                                                              Michael McGettigan, french horn, rejoins the band
                                                                                              New Desor vol.2..
                                                                                              .djpNew
                                                                                              added 2012-10-23
                                                                                              1973 08 01
                                                                                              Wednesday
                                                                                              ...activities not documented...
                                                                                              ...
                                                                                              1973 08 02
                                                                                              Thursday
                                                                                              .Weirs, N.H.....
                                                                                              Stratemann, p.657.Added
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                                                                                              1973 08 03
                                                                                              Friday
                                                                                              .Reading, Penn.Stokesay Castle

                                                                                              'Friday Aug. 3 $9.95
                                                                                              DUKE
                                                                                              ELLINGTON
                                                                                              World famous "Ambassador of Jazz" appears at fabulous Stokesay Castle Hall, just a short, pleasant ride away. Admission price includes Royal Buffet'

                                                                                              .
                                                                                              • Stratemann, p.657
                                                                                              • Ads, The Mercury, Pottsdown, Penn.
                                                                                                • 1973-07-21, p.13
                                                                                                • 1973-07-26, p.13
                                                                                                • 1973-08-02, p.20
                                                                                              .
                                                                                              New Desor
                                                                                              DE7334
                                                                                              .
                                                                                              .djp2011
                                                                                              updated
                                                                                              2014-09-28
                                                                                              1973 08 04
                                                                                              Saturday
                                                                                              .Cherry Hill, N.J.....
                                                                                              Stratemann, p.657.Added
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                                                                                              1973 08 05
                                                                                              Sunday
                                                                                              .Jersey City, N.J.....
                                                                                              Stratemann, p.657.Added
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                                                                                              1973 08 06
                                                                                              Monday
                                                                                              .New York, N.Y.NBC Studios"Today Show"
                                                                                              35 minutes on this national television talk show
                                                                                              .New Desor
                                                                                              DE7335

                                                                                              Stratemann, p.657.Added
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                                                                                              1973 08 06
                                                                                              Monday
                                                                                              ...PERSONNEL CHANGE
                                                                                              Murray McEachern, trombone and alto sax, leaves the band

                                                                                              Wulf Freedman, electric bass and bass, joins the band
                                                                                              New Desor vol.2..
                                                                                              .djpNew
                                                                                              added 2012-10-11
                                                                                              1973 08 06
                                                                                              Monday
                                                                                              1973 09 02New York, N.Y.Rainbow GrillNight club engagement
                                                                                              (Sundays off)
                                                                                              The band included two basses, a conga, a French horn and a violin.

                                                                                              Swedish television broadcast a performance from this engagement, date uncertain.
                                                                                              Stratemann, p.657.DEMS
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                                                                                              updated
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                                                                                              1973 08 07
                                                                                              Tuesday
                                                                                              .New York, N.Y.Rainbow GrillNight club residency, see 1973 08 06...
                                                                                              ..Added
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                                                                                              1973 08 08
                                                                                              Wednesday
                                                                                              .New York, N.Y.."Hammond Organ Chat"
                                                                                              30 minute advertising clip for a new Hammond product.

                                                                                              Stratemann suggests this is the last advertisement Ellington filmed, and he is playing or pitching for only 24 of its 30 seconds.
                                                                                              Stratemann p.659no New Desor entry.
                                                                                              ..2011
                                                                                              updated
                                                                                              2012-08-26
                                                                                              1973 08 08
                                                                                              Wednesday
                                                                                              .New York, N.Y.Rainbow GrillNight club engagement - see 1973 08 06...
                                                                                              .djp2011
                                                                                              1973 08 09
                                                                                              Thursday
                                                                                              .New York, N.Y.Rainbow GrillNight club engagement - see 1973 08 06...
                                                                                              .djp2011
                                                                                              1973 08 10
                                                                                              Friday
                                                                                              .New York, N.Y.Rainbow GrillNight club engagement - see 1973 08 06...
                                                                                              .djp2011
                                                                                              1973 08 11
                                                                                              Saturday
                                                                                              .New York, N.Y.Rainbow GrillNight club engagementStratemann, p.657New Desor
                                                                                              DE7336
                                                                                              DEMS
                                                                                              .djp2011
                                                                                              updated
                                                                                              2012-08-11
                                                                                              1973 08 12
                                                                                              Sunday
                                                                                              .Washington, D.C.Sheraton Park HotelZeta Phi Beta Sorority dance

                                                                                              Stratemann suggests Ellington may have appeared here on a day off from the Rainbow Grill, but listed this engagement as Aug. 25.
                                                                                              • Stratemann, p.657
                                                                                              • Additional documentation might be found in SI-NMAH DEC301, Series 2: Performances and Programs, 1933-1974, box 14, folder 25 Zeta Phi Beta Sorority, Sheraton Park Hotel, Washington, D.C., August 12, 1973
                                                                                              ..
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                                                                                              2012-08-11
                                                                                              2016-02-08
                                                                                              1973 08 13
                                                                                              Monday
                                                                                              .New York, N.Y.Rainbow GrillNight club engagement - see 1973 08 06...
                                                                                              .djp2011
                                                                                              1973 08 14
                                                                                              Tuesday
                                                                                              ...PERSONNEL CHANGE
                                                                                              Stratemann reports Mercer Ellington hired tenor sax player Percy Marion on this date. New Desor dates his arrival as Oct. 22, probably based on his absence from recordings between the two dates.
                                                                                              New Desor vol.2..
                                                                                              .djpNew
                                                                                              added 2012-10-23
                                                                                              updated
                                                                                              2016-01-02
                                                                                              1973 08 14
                                                                                              Tuesday
                                                                                              .New York, N.Y.Rainbow GrillNight club engagement - see 1973 08 06...
                                                                                              .djp2011
                                                                                              1973 08 15
                                                                                              Wednesday
                                                                                              .New York, N.Y.Rainbow GrillNight club engagement - see 1973 08 06...
                                                                                              .djp2011
                                                                                              1973 08 16
                                                                                              Thursday
                                                                                              .New York, N.Y.Rainbow GrillNight club engagement - see 1973 08 06...
                                                                                              .djp2011
                                                                                              1973 08 17
                                                                                              Friday
                                                                                              .New York, N.Y.Rainbow GrillNight club engagement - see 1973 08 06...
                                                                                              .djp2011
                                                                                              1973 08 18
                                                                                              Saturday
                                                                                              .New York, N.Y.Rainbow GrillNight club engagement - see 1973 08 06...
                                                                                              .djp2011
                                                                                              1973 08 19
                                                                                              Sunday
                                                                                              .Roxbury, Mass..(Unconfirmed)

                                                                                              Stratemann suggests Ellington may have appeared here on a day off from the Rainbow Grill
                                                                                              ..
                                                                                              Stratemann, p.657djp2011
                                                                                              updated
                                                                                              2012-08-11
                                                                                              1973 08 20
                                                                                              Monday
                                                                                              .New York, N.Y.Rainbow GrillNight club engagement - see 1973 08 06...
                                                                                              .djp2011
                                                                                              1973 08 21
                                                                                              Tuesday
                                                                                              .New York, N.Y.Rainbow GrillNight club engagement - see 1973 08 06...
                                                                                              .djp2011
                                                                                              1973 08 22
                                                                                              Wednesday
                                                                                              .New York, N.Y.Rainbow GrillNight club engagement - see 1973 08 06...
                                                                                              .djp2011
                                                                                              1973 08 23
                                                                                              Thursday
                                                                                              .New York, N.Y.Rainbow GrillNight club engagement - see 1973 08 06...
                                                                                              .djp2011
                                                                                              1973 08 24
                                                                                              Friday
                                                                                              .New York, N.Y.Rainbow GrillNight club engagement - see 1973 08 06...
                                                                                              .djp2011
                                                                                              1973 08 25...PERSONNEL CHANGE
                                                                                              Art Baron, trombone and recorder, joins the band
                                                                                              New Desor vol.2..
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                                                                                              1973 08 25
                                                                                              Saturday
                                                                                              .New York, N.Y.Rainbow GrillNight club engagement - see 1973 08 06...
                                                                                              .djp2011
                                                                                              1973 08 25
                                                                                              Saturday
                                                                                              .Washington, D.C.Sheraton Park Hotel(Unconfirmed)

                                                                                              Dance (recorded)

                                                                                              Stratemann took the date from "audio tapes circulating among collectors with the date given," and speculates this gig may actually have been on August 12.
                                                                                              .New Desor
                                                                                              DE7337

                                                                                              Stratemann, p.661. 2011

                                                                                              updated 2012-08-11
                                                                                              1973 08 26
                                                                                              Sunday
                                                                                              ...activities not documented...
                                                                                              ...
                                                                                              1973 08 27
                                                                                              Monday
                                                                                              .New York, N.Y.Rainbow GrillNight club engagement - see 1973 08 06...
                                                                                              .djp2011
                                                                                              1973 08 28
                                                                                              Tuesday
                                                                                              .New York, N.Y.Rainbow GrillNight club engagement - see 1973 08 06...
                                                                                              .djp2011
                                                                                              1973 08 29
                                                                                              Wednesday
                                                                                              .New York, N.Y.Rainbow GrillNight club engagement - see 1973 08 06...
                                                                                              .djp2011
                                                                                              1973 08 30
                                                                                              Thursday
                                                                                              .New York, N.Y.Rainbow GrillNight club engagement - see 1973 08 06...
                                                                                              .djp2011
                                                                                              1973 08 31
                                                                                              Friday
                                                                                              .New York, N.Y.Rainbow GrillNight club engagement - see 1973 08 06...
                                                                                              .djp2011

                                                                                              September 1973

                                                                                              1973 09 00...PERSONNEL CHANGE
                                                                                              Ray Nance rejoins the band for two weeks.
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                                                                                              Saturday
                                                                                              .New York, N.Y.Rainbow GrillNight club engagement - see 1973 08 06

                                                                                              This seems likely to be the last night of the run, although Stratemann, citing Variety, 1973-08-15 p.39, shows it was to end Sept 2.
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                                                                                              Sunday
                                                                                              .New York, N.Y.Rainbow Grill(Unconfirmed)

                                                                                              Night club engagement

                                                                                              Although Stratemann says Sundays were off, he shows the run ending on a Sunday.
                                                                                              Stratemann, p.657.DEMS
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                                                                                              Sunday
                                                                                              ...PERSONNEL CHANGE
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                                                                                              Sunday
                                                                                              ...PERSONNEL CHANGE
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                                                                                              Monday
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                                                                                              1973 09 06New York, N.Y..(Unconfirmed)

                                                                                              Recording session
                                                                                              Ellington with Theresa Brewer and Bunny Briggs
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                                                                                              Thursday
                                                                                              .New York, N.Y.Ellington's homeWillis Conover interview, during which Duke played Romantic Season and Volupté.New Desor
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                                                                                              Sunday
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                                                                                              ...activities not documented...
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                                                                                              Saturday
                                                                                              .Montréal, P.Q.Show Mart.
                                                                                              • Stratemann, p.661
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                                                                                              Monday
                                                                                              .Laconia, N.H.....
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                                                                                              Tuesday
                                                                                              ...activities not documented...
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                                                                                              Wednesday
                                                                                              .Nashua, N.H.88 Restaurant."John Stylianos, On Nashua Area Scene, Nashua Telegraph, 1973-09-18.
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                                                                                              Thursday
                                                                                              .Copenhagen, Denmark. Peripheral event
                                                                                              Ben Webster passed away
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                                                                                              Thursday
                                                                                              .Wayne, Penn.Covered Wagon Inn..New Desor
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                                                                                              Friday
                                                                                              1973 09 22Cedar Grove, N.J.Meadowbrook
                                                                                              Ellington added Nance (violin) and John Blair (violin and vocal) to the band for this session...
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                                                                                              Tuesday
                                                                                              1973 09 26Chatham, Ont.....
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                                                                                              Thursday
                                                                                              .Columbus, Ohio....
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                                                                                              .Dayton, Ohio.(Unconfirmed)
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                                                                                              Friday
                                                                                              .Oberlin, OhioFinney Chapel
                                                                                              90 North Professor St.,
                                                                                              Oberlin College
                                                                                              (Unconfirmed)

                                                                                              Concert 8:30 pm
                                                                                              sponsored by Oberlin College Social Board
                                                                                              Announcements ..
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                                                                                              Saturday
                                                                                              .Ocean Grove, N.J.Great AuditoriumSacred concert directed by Ellington and Roscoe Gill, Chorale Director.

                                                                                              'With the young ladies of the Centenary College Chamber Choir setting the example, the Duke was greeted with a standing ovation from the entire assemblage when he came on stage to begin the concert...The Wall Appollo Society male voices blended with the Chamber Choir to offer an evening of song long to be remembered. Director Gill evoked such obvious admiration and respect by the Centenary Choir members that when the Duke, at the close of credits, called for Roscoe to take a bow, their enthusiastic applause was matched by the rapt audience. It caused the Duke to recall Mr. Gill a second time - "Let's hear it again for Roscoe" - and IT COULD BE HEARD!'


                                                                                              A man fell down the auditorium stairs at the end of the concert and was rushed to hospital by police.
                                                                                              • Stratemann, p.661
                                                                                              • Letter to the editor and local news column, Ocean Grove Times and Neptune Times, Neptune, N.J., 1973-10-04 p.2
                                                                                              • Additional documentation might be found in SI-NMAH DEC301, Series 2: Performances and Programs, 1933-1974, box 17, folder 12, labelled Ocean Grove Camp Meeting Association, Ocean Grove, New Jersey, September 29, 1973
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                                                                                              Sunday
                                                                                              .Pittsburgh, Penn.Heinz Hall."Ellington, Goodman, Liberace Heinz Hall -Bound," Pittsburgh Press, 1973-09-02, p.F-1.
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                                                                                              Monday
                                                                                              .Philadelphia, Penn..activities not documented
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                                                                                              Tuesday
                                                                                              .Trenton, N.J.Kendall Theatre.
                                                                                              • Stratemann, p.661
                                                                                              • Additional documentation might be found in SI-NMAH DEC301, Series 2: Performances and Programs, 1933-1974, box 14, folder 26 Kendall Theatre, Trenton, New Jersey, October 2, 1973
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                                                                                              Wednesday
                                                                                              .Washington, D.C.The John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing ArtsRecorded concert
                                                                                              Duke Ellington and His Orchestra
                                                                                              :M.Ellington,Johnson,Hall,Coles, Prudente, Baron, Connors, Procope, Minerve, Ashby, Gonsalves, Carney, Ellington, Benjamin, White, Latif, Moore, Watkins
                                                                                              Titles recorded:
                                                                                              • C-Jam Blues
                                                                                              • Kinda Dukish - Rockin' In Rhythm
                                                                                              • Creole Love Call
                                                                                              • Spacemen
                                                                                              • In A Sentimental Mood
                                                                                              • Caravan
                                                                                              • How High The Moon
                                                                                              • Togo Brava Suite
                                                                                                • Soul Soothing Beach (Mkis)
                                                                                                • Right On Togo (Buss)
                                                                                                • Amour, Amour (Too Kee)
                                                                                              • Chinoiserie
                                                                                              • La Plus Belle Africaine
                                                                                              • Woods
                                                                                              • Satin Doll
                                                                                              • In Triplicate (In Duplicate)
                                                                                              • New York, New York
                                                                                              • I Got It Bad and That Ain't Good
                                                                                              • Blem
                                                                                              • Take The "A" Train
                                                                                              • Basin Street Blues
                                                                                              • Hello, Dolly!
                                                                                              • Medley
                                                                                              • Love You Madly
                                                                                              • Do Nothin' Till You Hear From Me
                                                                                              • Solitude
                                                                                              • One More Time For The People
                                                                                              • I'm Beginning To See The Light
                                                                                              • In The Beginning God
                                                                                              • Things Ain't What They Used To Be
                                                                                              • Lotus Blossom
                                                                                              • Satin Doll
                                                                                              The medley consisted of:
                                                                                              • Don't Get Around Much Anymore
                                                                                              • Mood Indigo
                                                                                              • I'm Beginning To See The Light
                                                                                              • Sophisticated Lady
                                                                                              • Stratemann, p.661
                                                                                              • Vail II
                                                                                              • Girvan:   Ellingtonia.com
                                                                                              • Timner
                                                                                              • Ole J. Nielsen, Jazz Records 1942-80, A discography: Vol. Six, Duke Ellington, pp.550-551
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                                                                                              Friday
                                                                                              .Augusta, Me.Civic Center...
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                                                                                              .Westfield, N.J.Westfield Senior High SchoolSmithsonian Institution Ellington collection, Series 2: Performances and Programs, 1933-1974, Box 14, Folder 27 is labelled Westfield Senior High School, Westfield, Connecticut, October 7, 1973 but Stratemann and Vail report this as Westfield, New Jersey.

                                                                                              C. Windheuser, Smithsonian Reference Services volunteer, upon reviewing the folder contents advised the school is in New Jersey.
                                                                                              Email, C. Windheuser-Palmquist Feb./Mar.2016...
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                                                                                              Monday
                                                                                              1973 10 21Chicago, Ill.Mr Kelly'sNightclub engagement

                                                                                              Named in the Chicago Metro News announcement were Carney, Procope, Gonsalves, Ashby, Minerve, Johnson, Cole, Hall, Mercer Ellington, Prudente, Baron, Connors, Benjamin, White, Duke Ellington, Watkins and Moore.

                                                                                              The band probably played a 5 day week, but this hasn't been checked. Days off need to be determined.
                                                                                              Stratemann reports the band rehearsed the Third Sacred Concert every night after work.
                                                                                              • Stratemann, p.661
                                                                                              • Chicago Metro News, 1973-10-06 p.17
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                                                                                              Tuesday
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                                                                                              Wednesday
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                                                                                              .Chicago, Ill.Mr Kelly'sNightclub engagement - see 1973 10 08
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                                                                                              Monday
                                                                                              .Chicago, Ill.
                                                                                              London, England
                                                                                              In transitThe band flew directly from Chicago to England to begin five weeks in Europe and Africa.

                                                                                              Ellington's sister Ruth Boatwright accompanied them.
                                                                                              Art Baron described this trip:

                                                                                              In six weeks we had three nights off, and two of them were going from one end of Europe to the other, which in those days was all-day travelling. It was really hectic. We had three nights in Brussels, and the middle night we had off. That was the one real night off we had.

                                                                                              • Stratemann, p.661
                                                                                              • Vail II
                                                                                              • Art Baron, interview 1986-12-18, with Mark Tucker, page 394,Composers' Voices from Ives to Ellington, An Oral History of American Music, Perlis and Van Cleve, editors, Yale University Press, 2005
                                                                                              • Additional documentation might be found in SI-NMAH DEC301, Series 2: Performances and Programs, 1933-1974, box 9:
                                                                                                • folder 4 USA, Canada, and England, September 9-15, 1973
                                                                                                • folder 5 London, England, October 28-December 2, 1973
                                                                                                • folder 6 London, England, October 23-24, 1973
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                                                                                              Tuesday
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                                                                                              Wednesday
                                                                                              .London, EnglandWestminster AbbeyPremière, Third Sacred Concert, with Alice Babs:

                                                                                              Rehearsal and recorded concert
                                                                                              Duke Ellington and His Orchestra, Alice Babs and The John Aldiss Choir
                                                                                              M. Ellington, Johnson, Hall, Coles, Prudente, Baron, Connors, Procope, Minerve, Ashby, Marion, Carney, Ellington, Benjamin, White, Babs, Moore, Watkins, Gill
                                                                                              Titles recorded:
                                                                                              • Third Sacred Concert
                                                                                                • The Lord's Prayer
                                                                                                • My Love
                                                                                                • Hallelujah
                                                                                                • Is God A Three-Letter Word For Love?
                                                                                                • The Brotherhood
                                                                                                • Every Man Prays In His Own Language (see description in Nielsen - this global title includes Alice Babs who explains:
                                                                                                  'I would not be surprised if in the future, DESOR may require some clarification also regarding my rendition of The Lord's Prayer in the Westminster Abbey performance of the Third Sacred Concert. Duke asked me to sing a Swedish version of the "Prayer", evidently thinking that such a version existed. To MY knowledge there is no such version and so, what I did was an a-cappella improvisation on the spot. This rendition is not mentioned in the program or on the cover and should not be confused with The Lord's Prayer, following Duke Ellington's Introduction to the Concert. The manner in which my rendition came about made it difficult if not impossible to arrange for proper protection for myself as rights owner. Parts of the Third Sacred Concert were repeated three weeks later in the Church of Santa Maria del Mar in Barcelona, Spain. Also on this occasion I made an a-cappella improvisation of The Lord's Prayer, composed on the spot and consequently entirely different from what I made in Westminster Abbey.'
                                                                                                • Tell Me It's The Truth
                                                                                                • Somebody Cares
                                                                                                • The Majesty Of God
                                                                                                • Ain't Nobody Nowhere Without God
                                                                                                • Praise God And Dance
                                                                                              • The Preacher's Song (see DEMS 97,3-17 about the title)
                                                                                              • In The Beginning God
                                                                                              Nielsen:

                                                                                              '16 titles from this concert wer broadcast over BBC Radio 3 at 4:25 p.m. on New Year's day, 1974.'


                                                                                              Cohen:

                                                                                              '[Ellington] stayed up for two nights straight before the premiere trying to finish the Third Sacred Concert, and even then he was writing music up to ten minutes before showtime and during the intermission.'

                                                                                              Princess Margaret and Prime Minister Edward Heath were in the audience.
                                                                                              Panel discussion at the 2004 International Duke Ellington Study Group Conference, Stockholm:

                                                                                              'Nils [Lindgren] said that he had heard of Duke's poor health in 1973. One couldn't hear it in his playing, but as Alice [Babs] said, you could see it at Westminster Abbey ...where Duke left the stage for 10 minutes. Alice had together with Harry Carney arranged the scores in the correct order but Duke started with something completely different. She had to look for the words of My Love. You can hear it on the recording.'

                                                                                              • Harvey G. Cohen, Duke Ellington's America, University of Chicago Press, 2010 p.571
                                                                                              • Stratemann, p.661
                                                                                              • The Lima News, Lima, Ohio,1973-10-25 p., p.34
                                                                                              • Daily Mail,London, 1973-10-25 p.3
                                                                                              • The Financial Times, 1973-10-25 p.3
                                                                                              • The Times, London, 1973-10-25 p.3
                                                                                              • Wire stories and wire photos:
                                                                                                • Associated Press
                                                                                                  • The Lowell Sun,Lowell, Mass. 1973-10-25 p.12
                                                                                                  • Big Spring (Texas) Herald, 1973-10-25 p.12-A
                                                                                                  • Newport (R.I.) Daily News, 1973-10-25 p.6
                                                                                                  • San Antonio Express,San Antonio,Tex, 1973-10-26 p.18-A
                                                                                                  • Edwardsville Intelligencer, Edwardsville, Ill. 1973-10-26 p.9
                                                                                                  • The Stars & Stripes, 1973-10-26 s.D p.27
                                                                                                • United Press International, The News, Van Nuys,Cal. 1973-10-26 p.4A
                                                                                                • Reuter,Medicine Hat News, Medicine Hat,Alta. 1973-10-26 p.5
                                                                                              • Photos
                                                                                                • Derek Jewell, A Portrait Of Duke Ellington, Norton, 1977
                                                                                                • Bill Gutman, Musical Life Of Duke Ellington, Random House, 1977 p.158
                                                                                                • Frank Driggs online photo archive
                                                                                              • Girvan:   Ellingtonia.com
                                                                                              • MacHare:   A Duke Ellington Panorama
                                                                                              • Timner
                                                                                              • Ole J. Nielsen, Jazz Records 1942-80, A discography: Vol. Six, Duke Ellington, pp.551-552
                                                                                              • Additional documentation might be found in SI-NMAH DEC301, Series 2: Performances and Programs, 1933-1974, box 17, folder 13 Westminster Abbey, London, England, October 24, 1973
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                                                                                              .London, EnglandPrime Minister's Residence
                                                                                              10 Downing Street
                                                                                              After the concert, Prime Minister Heath hosted a private supper or private party at 10 Downing Street for Ellington.

                                                                                              Cohen reports

                                                                                              '... Ellington became so exhausted he skipped a post-show reception and dinner at 10 Downing Street with the British prime minister and Princess Margaret, and, for the first time in his life, he used a wheelchair the next morning to make the flight to the band's next show in Sweden.'

                                                                                              Vail II says Duke was exhausted but, as guest of honour, made a brief appearance at the party. As usual, Vail does not identify a source for that information.

                                                                                              The Daily Mail, The Financial Times and The Times, United Press International, Associated Press, Reuter all report Ellington was entertained by Mr. Heath after the concert and none say he didn't stay. The Prime Minister's invitation was reported by Associated Press in September.

                                                                                              Earl Wilson:

                                                                                              'Duke Ellington was invited to 10 Downing St. by Prime Minister Heath after a concert at Westminster Abbey – and then Princess Margaret dropped in, increasing the party from six to 20.'

                                                                                              • Harvey G. Cohen, Duke Ellington's America, University of Chicago Press, 2010 p. 571
                                                                                              • Stratemann, p.661
                                                                                              • Wire stories as shown for the concert plus an AP wirestory in The Daily Press, Utica, N.Y. 1973-09-27 p.12
                                                                                              • Earl Wilson syndicated column, The Middlesboro Daily News, Middlesboro, Ken. 1973-10-30 p.12
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                                                                                              .London to MalmöTravelCohen reports Ellington used a wheelchair for the first time in his life as he was leaving London.Harvey G. Cohen, Duke Ellington's America, University of Chicago Press, 2010 p. 571..
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                                                                                              .Stockholm, SwedenKonserthusetConcert 7 PM to 9 PM
                                                                                              Swedish TV broadcast
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                                                                                              Sunday
                                                                                              .Uppsala, Sweden.Concert, approximately 10 PM
                                                                                              Göran Wallen said the Uppsala concert started about 45 minutes after the Stockholm concert ended. The band travelled by bus and Duke took a taxi.
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                                                                                              Monday
                                                                                              .Hamburg, GermanyCongresscentrumConcert, 8 PM
                                                                                              • Concert poster
                                                                                              • Additional documentation might be found in the Smithsonian Institution's Ellington collection, Series 2: Performances and Programs, 1933-1974, box 9, folder 3 West Germany, July, 1973, which may be misdated.
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                                                                                              Halloween
                                                                                              .Karlsruhe, Germany.....
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                                                                                              November 1973

                                                                                              1973 11 00.GermanyunknownNew Desor shows an undated Ellington interview for the U.S. Armed Forces News by Chaplain Bill Percy, somewhere in Germany..New Desor
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                                                                                              Ellington's portrait is featured on the cover of the November 1973 edition of Black World. This edition, about black music, is dedicated to Ellington.
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                                                                                              1973 11 01
                                                                                              Thursday
                                                                                              .Koln, Federal Republic of GermanyMessehalle8 7pm...
                                                                                              .KG (I know they went to K.)Added
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                                                                                              1973 11 02
                                                                                              Friday
                                                                                              .West Berlin, GermanyBerliner PhilharmonieConcert.New Desor
                                                                                              DE7348
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                                                                                              1973 11 03
                                                                                              Saturday
                                                                                              .Wien, AustriaStadthallerecorded concert.New Desor
                                                                                              DE7349
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                                                                                              1973 11 04
                                                                                              Sunday
                                                                                              .Hannover, Germany.....
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                                                                                              1973 11 05
                                                                                              Monday
                                                                                              .Munich, GermanyDeutsches Museumrecorded concert.New Desor
                                                                                              DE7350
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                                                                                              1973 11 06
                                                                                              Tuesday
                                                                                              .Graz, Austria.....
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                                                                                              Wednesday
                                                                                              .Ljubljana, YugoslaviaLJ-TV..New Desor
                                                                                              DE7351
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                                                                                              1973 11 08
                                                                                              Thursday
                                                                                              .Bologna, ItalyPalasport..New Desor
                                                                                              DE7352

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                                                                                              1973 11 09
                                                                                              Friday
                                                                                              .Cascais, PortugalPavilhao Dos Desportes.Additional documentation might be found in SI-NMAH DEC301, Series 2: Performances and Programs, 1933-1974, box 9, folder 7 Lisbon, Portugal, November 9, 1973..
                                                                                              .Agustěn Perez Gasco 09Added
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                                                                                              1973 11 10
                                                                                              Saturday
                                                                                              .Barcelona, SpainBasilica De Santa Maria Del MarThird Sacred Concert (with Alice Babs)
                                                                                              Sabado 10 nov 10:45pm
                                                                                              .New Desor
                                                                                              DE7353
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                                                                                              1973 11 11
                                                                                              Sunday
                                                                                              ...activities not documented
                                                                                              ...
                                                                                              ...
                                                                                              1973 11 12
                                                                                              Monday
                                                                                              .Sochaux, France.....
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                                                                                              1973 11 13
                                                                                              Tuesday
                                                                                              .Besançon, France.....
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                                                                                              1973 11 14
                                                                                              Wednesday
                                                                                              .Paris, FrancePalais des SportsDuke's last concert in Paris, filmed for television by Jean-Christophe Averty. He prepared two half-hour shows which were never shown on TV or released in any form. These programs survive in French INA archives and reveal that New Desor hasn't listed 3 numbers played during the 10 pm newsbreak:
                                                                                              • In Triplicate (1'57")
                                                                                              • Love You Madly (1'49")
                                                                                              • One More Time (2'03")
                                                                                              Klaus Götting in Duke-LYM, 2013 01 01.New Desor
                                                                                              DE7354

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                                                                                              JazzCorner-photo
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                                                                                              Thursday
                                                                                              .Brest, France.Concert..DEMS
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                                                                                              1973 11 16
                                                                                              Friday
                                                                                              .Bruxelles, la BelgiqueCine Marni
                                                                                              Rue de Vergnies 25
                                                                                              2 televised concerts: 7:00 and 10:00 p.m.


                                                                                              Smithsonian Institution Ellington collection, Series 2: Performances and Programs, 1933-1974, Box 14, folder 28 labelled Jazz From Newport, November 16, 1973 contains two copies of a bilingual program (French and Dutch) from a Brussells, Belgium version of the Newport Jazz Festival which appears to indicate Duke performed at Palais des Beaux Arts.

                                                                                              Stratemann does not show this event; Vail II reports one concert at Palais des Beaux Arts.

                                                                                              The venue appears to have changed; in DEMS09,3-36 Georges Debroe wrote:

                                                                                              'The 2 concerts in Brussels - 19:00 and 22:00 on 16nov73 took place in Cine Marni and not in the Palais des Beaux-Arts. What we have is a tape recording of the mix of the two concerts by the BRT [Belgian Radio and Television].'

                                                                                              • Vail II
                                                                                              • Email, C. Windheuser, Smithsonian Reference Services volunteer to Palmquist, February/March 2016
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                                                                                              Saturday
                                                                                              ...free day...
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                                                                                              Sunday
                                                                                              1973-11-24
                                                                                              Saturday.
                                                                                              USA. Peripheral event
                                                                                              National Bible Week

                                                                                              Ellington, Billy Graham, George Meany and Mrs. Norman Vincent Peale were named honorary chairmen of National Bible Week
                                                                                              The Wisconsin Rapids, Wisc. Daily Tribune, 1973-11-15, p.10..
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                                                                                              1973 11 18
                                                                                              Sunday
                                                                                              .Rotterdam, The NetherlandsDe DoelenConcert.New Desor
                                                                                              DE9005
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                                                                                              1973 11 19
                                                                                              Monday
                                                                                              ...Travel to east Africa
                                                                                              A State Department Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs cable dated July 4 said the Department had entered into a contract to take Ellington and his orchestra to East Africa immediately following Ellington's European fall tour.

                                                                                              State Department cables confirmed the band would be treated as VIPs in Zambia, with Ellington having a suite and the sidemen having single rooms. The State Department was responsible for international and performance fees, but the embassy or sponsor would pay for in-country room, board, staging, in-country travel and related local costs. If admission was charged to the concerts, net proceeds would be split 50/50 between the U.S. government and the local co-sponsor. If the embassy was to be the sole sponsor, net concert proceeds were to be returned to the U.S. Treasury, as usual.

                                                                                              There would not be more than nine concerts in east Africa, indoors or outdoors, and where two were the same day, they could be scheduled for either afternoon and evening, or one early evening, one late evening.

                                                                                              Live telecasts and broadcasts were not permitted unless local sponsors paid the additional high fee called for under Ellington's union contract.

                                                                                              Ellington's European visit was part of a tour by several major jazz ensembles from the Newport Jazz Festival, and another unit, B.B. King, was to tour west Africa while Ellington played east Africa.

                                                                                              The State Department suggested that since Kenya's President Jomo Kenyatta, Ethiopia's Emperor Haile Selassie and Ellington were of the same generation, the posts might consider personal performances of the orchestra for the two leaders as part of total concert schedule allowed in each country.

                                                                                              Originally proposed to include Kenya, that country was dropped in favour of Zambia because Kenya's government wanted the Jackson Five for its December anniversary of its independence.

                                                                                              Details of the Zambia tour are set out in subsequent cables.
                                                                                              U.S. government cables re. African tour..
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                                                                                              Tuesday
                                                                                              .Asmara, Ethiopia.....
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                                                                                              Wednesday
                                                                                              1973 11 22Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.

                                                                                              '(AP)-American jazzman Duke Ellington and his band leave for Luska [sic],Zambia, today after two benefit concerts for the YMCA of Ethiopia. Ellington was honored by Emperor Haile Selassie in a reception at the Jubilee Palace after his Wednesday concert. Selassie decorated him for his achievements in music. And the 74-year-old musician was given an honorary diploma of this capital city by the lord mayor at City Hall.'


                                                                                              There is a photograph of composer Mulatu Astatke at the piano on stage with Duke, in front of the band. Duke is holding a triangular percussion instrument of some sort.

                                                                                              Astake, in various interviews:

                                                                                              'I was assigned by the Embassy to be Ellington's escort while he was in Addis. We both stayed at the Hilton in Addis and, whatever he needs or wants to know about Ethiopia, I was his guide. I had always admired him as an arranger, composer and bandleader. During my music studies, I had analyzed his work in detail. During his visit, I showed him some of the cultural musical instruments, which he found really interesting. Some of our cultural musical players jammed with Ellington's guys - we went to the U.S. Information Centre in Addis and played together. I then took him to the King's palace and he was given a medal by Emperor Heile Selassie. It was a big ceremony. We were due to play an evening concert so I discussed with him if he would consider playing one of my arrangements. I wrote an arrangement of "Dewel" for his band, a different version which included some beautiful voicings on the horns. He found the structures so interesting and I remember him saying, "This is good. I never expected this from an African." He made my day. His visit to Ethiopia remains one of the greatest moments in my life.'

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                                                                                              1973 11 22
                                                                                              Thursday
                                                                                              .Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.Likely the second concert referred to in the entry for 1973 11 21...
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                                                                                              Friday
                                                                                              ..Travel - Nairobi to Lusaka

                                                                                              Cable from the American embassy in Nairobi to the embassy in Lusaka:

                                                                                              'ELLINGTON AND ORCHESTRA'S ETA NOVEMBER 23, 1973 AT 18:20 HRS. VIA QZ 515 FROM NAIROBI. ALL PERSONAL EFFECTS AND EQUIPMENT ACCOMPANYING ELLINGTON ON SAME FLIGHT.'

                                                                                              U.S. government cables re. African tour..
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                                                                                              1973 11 23
                                                                                              Friday
                                                                                              1973 11 25Lusaka, Zambia.Outdoor concert in Lusaka
                                                                                              Oct 9 cable from US embassy in Lusaka:

                                                                                              '1. EMBASSY DEEPLY GRATEFUL ELLINGTON VISIT CONFIRMED.

                                                                                              2. HAVE HELD INITIAL DISCUSSIONS WITH GRZ OFFICIALS REGARDING PROGRAM POSSIBILITIES AND ELLINGTON ACTIVITIES. GRZ ACCEPTS ALL CONDITIONS AS OUTLINED REF B. ELLINGTON AND ORCHESTRA TO BE CONSIDERED OFFICIAL GUESTS OF GRZ AND GIVEN VIP TREATMENT. ON BASIS THREE-CONCERT SCHEDULE AS PROPOSED BY DEPT TENTATIVE PROGRAM OUTLINE EMERGING AS FOLLOWS:

                                                                                              NOV 23 OUTDOOR CONCERT IN LUSAKA
                                                                                              NOV 24 LATE AM FLY TO LIVINGSTONE FOR CONCERT PM FLY TO NDOLA FOR EVENING CONCERT
                                                                                              NOV 25 RETURN TO LUSAKA

                                                                                              3. GRZ OFFICIALS HAVE PROPOSED THAT DEPT CONSIDER RESCHEDULING DUKE'S NOV 25 DEPARTURE AS FOLLOWS IN ORDER HAVE ZAMBIAN COMMAND PERFORMANCE SUNDAY AFTERNOON AT STATE HOUSE:

                                                                                              NOV 25 DEP LUSAKA 2050 AZ 857
                                                                                              NOV 26 ARR ROME 0805
                                                                                              NOV 26 DEPT ROME 0905 AZ 282
                                                                                              NOV 26 ARR LONDON 1125

                                                                                              4. POST ENTHUSIASTICALLY SUPPORTS THIS PROPOSAL. FIRST, ORCHESTRA TRAVEL MORE CONCENTRATED AND WITHOUT SEVEN-HOUR LAYOVER ENROUTE NOW SCHEDULED IN NAIROBI. SECOND, SUNDAY ONLY OPPORTUNITY SCHEDULE STATE HOUSE PERFORMANCE FOR PRESIDENT KAUNDA. ALTHOUGH KAUNDA NOT SAME GENERATION AS EMPEROR SELASSIE PERSONAL MEETING AND OPPORTUNITY FOR EXCHANGE BETWEEN ELLINGTON AND KAUNDA INVALUABLE TO ENTIRE MISSION OBJECTIVES.

                                                                                              5. FYI: POST HAS ALREADY MADE TENTATIVE BOOKINGS WITH MR. MICHELLO, LUSAKA OFFICE ZAMBIA AIRWAYS. END FYI.
                                                                                              NELSON'

                                                                                              U.S. government cables re. African tour..
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                                                                                              1973 11 24
                                                                                              Saturday
                                                                                              .Lusaka, ZambiaFlightTravel late morning to Livingstone, Southern Province of Zambia.see 1973 11 23..
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                                                                                              1973 11 24
                                                                                              Saturday
                                                                                              .Livingstone, Zambia.Scheduled afternoon concert - see 1973 11 23

                                                                                              Needs to confirmed, because Patricia Willard says that Joe Benjamin called her from Addis Ababa on November 24 to wish her "happy birthday from Addis Ababa."
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                                                                                              Saturday
                                                                                              .Ndola, ZambiaBroadway CinemaEvening concert - see 1973 11 23
                                                                                              Email from a Stephen Taylor to Carl Hällström:

                                                                                              'I went to see Ellington and orchestra in the copper mining town of Ndola in Northern Zambia at this time, since I was then working in Kitwe, another mining town. The concert was held at the Broadway Cinema with an almost exclusively white audience (there were many Europeans working on the copper mines in those days), and I later saw many band members drinking at the local hotel. Because of the distances involved, I think that most probably the orchestra stayed at the Ndola hotel overnight.'

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                                                                                              1973 11 25
                                                                                              Sunday
                                                                                              ...Return to Lusaka...
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                                                                                              1973 11 25
                                                                                              Sunday
                                                                                              .Lusaka, ZambiaState House lawnLate afternoon command performance for Zambian president Dr. Kenneth Kaunda. Dr. Kaunda was out of the country, but Mrs. Kaunda was present, as were Prime Minister Mainza Chona and the Secretary General of Zambia's only political party, Mr. Grey Zulu.
                                                                                              The program opened with the national anthems of the two countries, followed by a brief expression of appreciation by the ambassador. At the conclusion of the concert, Ellington presented Mr. Zulu with a specially bound copy of Music is My Mistress, asking him to give it to Dr. Kaunda.
                                                                                              U.S. government cables re. African tour..
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                                                                                              1973 11 25
                                                                                              Sunday
                                                                                              1973 11 26
                                                                                              Monday
                                                                                              .Overnight air travelUSIS telegram:

                                                                                              'LUSAKA, NOV 25 ... DEPARTURE TIME FROM ZAMBIA CAME TONIGHT (SUNDAY) FOR DUKE ELLINGTON AND HIS ORCHESTRA, WITH MIXED EMOTIONS ON THE PART OF ALL HANDS. THERE WAS DELIGHT AT HAVING VISITED THIS HEARTLAND NATION OF CENTRAL AFRICA -; BUT REGRET THAT THE TOUR WASN'T LONGER.

                                                                                              AS JOE BENJAMIN, FAMOUS BASSIST AND ARRANGER FOR THE BAND, PUT IT: "I'VE COME ATL THIS WAY AND HAVEN'T YET SEEN AN ELEPHANT. I GUESS I'LL HAVE TO COME BACK ON MY NEXT VACATION." THAT FAIRLY WELL EXPRESSED THE VIEWPOINT OF THE ENTIRE TROUPE - THE WISH TO RETURN AND SEE MORE OF THIS FASCINATING REPUBLIC.

                                                                                              ...THE ORCHESTRA WENT DIRECTLY FROM STATE HOUSE TO THE AIRPORT AND A TAKE OFF AT 2135 HOURS SUNDAY NIGHT. ONLY THREE DAYS WERE ALLOTED TO THE ZAMBIA SCHEDULE, BUT THEY WERE THREE DAYS THAT THIS NATION WILL NEVER FORGET. ITEM. USIS LUSAKA.
                                                                                              LEWIS'

                                                                                              This departure is consistent with the itinerary proposed in the October 9 cable, which had the band leaving Lusaka at 2050 hours for London, changing planes in Rome and arriving in London in the late morning of November 26, however, Vail II reports the band flew via Athens.
                                                                                              Vail reports Gonsalves had "another attack" while they were on the ground in Athens and was taken to hospital. A State Department cablegram says he was reported to have had a massive stroke:
                                                                                              UNCLASSIFIED

                                                                                              PAGE 01 STATE 234712
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                                                                                              ORIGIN CU-04
                                                                                              INFO OCT-01 NEA-05 ISO-00 USIA-12 SSO-00 /022 R
                                                                                              DRAFTED BY CU/CP;MMLEWIS:VGG
                                                                                              APPROVED BY CU/RKFOX
                                                                                              --------------------- 119270
                                                                                              O 292339Z NOV 73
                                                                                              FM SECSTATE WASHDC
                                                                                              TO AMEMBASSY ATHENS IMMEDIATE

                                                                                              UNCLAS STATE 234712
                                                                                              E.O. 11652: N/A
                                                                                              TAGS: SCUL
                                                                                              SUBJECT: CRITICAL ILLNESS MUSICIAN WITH DUKE ELLINGTON
                                                                                              ORCHESTRA

                                                                                              PAUL GONSALVES, MUSICIAN WITH DUKE ELLINGTON ORCHESTRA,
                                                                                              REPORTEDLY HAS SUFFERED MASSIVE STROKE IN ATHENS.
                                                                                              ELLINGTON MANAGEMENT HERE DOES NOT KNOW HOSPITAL IN WHICH
                                                                                              GONSALVES LOCATED, AND UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY HOSPITAL
                                                                                              WHICH HAS GONSALVES' MEDICAL RECORDS MUST KNOW NAME OF
                                                                                              ATHENS HOSPITAL IN ORDER SEND MEDICAL RECORDS. PLEASE
                                                                                              ASCERTAIN NAME OF HOSPITAL IN ATHENS IN WHICH GONSALVES
                                                                                              LOCATED AND TELEPHONE RPT TELEPHONE HOSPITAL NAME TO
                                                                                              JOHN CARTER, NEW YORK CITY, AREA CODE 212 246-3530, OR
                                                                                              FRAN HUNTER, NEW YORK CITY, 212 666-3730. HOME ADDRESS
                                                                                              OF CARTER IS 333 RIVERSIDE DRIVE, NEW YORK 10025.
                                                                                              F.Y.I. ELLINGTON ORCHESTRA RETURNING FROM DEPARTMENT
                                                                                              SPONSORED TOUR IN AFRICA. KISSINGER
                                                                                              UNCLASSIFIED
                                                                                              NNN
                                                                                              U.S. government cables re. African tour and re Gonsalves...
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                                                                                              Sunday
                                                                                              .New York, N.Y.W.124th St. and 12th Ave. Peripheral event
                                                                                              The body of Ellington's friend and personal physician, Dr.Arthur Logan, was found under a viaduct, his car parked nearby. Ellington was not told until 3 days later, and was devastated at the loss of his friend.
                                                                                              • The Fremont, Cal., Argus, 1973-11-26
                                                                                              • Obituary, Baltimore Afro-American, 1973-12-01
                                                                                              • Jet Magazine,1974-05-16,p.30
                                                                                              • Harvey G. Cohen, Duke Ellington's America, University of Chicago Press, 2010
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                                                                                              Monday
                                                                                              .London, EnglandLate morning arrival from Zambia via Athens, without Gonsalves....
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                                                                                              Monday
                                                                                              .London, EnglandPalladiumRoyal Command Variety Performance

                                                                                              Sixteen minutes of this concert was telecast by ITA on December 2.
                                                                                              • Stratemann p.661
                                                                                              • Additional documentation might be found in SI-NMAH DEC301, Series 2: Performances and Programs, 1933-1974, box 9:
                                                                                                • folder 5 London, England, October 28-December 2, 1973
                                                                                                • folder 6 London, England, October 23-24, 1973
                                                                                                • folder 9 London, Palladium, November 26, 1973
                                                                                                • folder 10 British Tour, November 26-December 2, 1973
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                                                                                              Tuesday
                                                                                              .Edinburgh, Scotland..Additional documentation might be found in SI-NMAH DEC301, Series 2: Performances and Programs, 1933-1974, box 9, folder 11 Usher Hall, Edinburgh, Scotland, November 27, 1973..
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                                                                                              Wednesday
                                                                                              .Glasgow, ScotlandApolloTwo performances..
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                                                                                              Thursday
                                                                                              .Dublin, Ireland.....
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                                                                                              Friday
                                                                                              .Preston
                                                                                              Lancashire
                                                                                              England
                                                                                              Guildhall..New Desor
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                                                                                              1973 12 01
                                                                                              Saturday
                                                                                              .Eastbourne, East Sussex, EnglandCongress TheatreTwo concerts
                                                                                              The concerts were recorded and released on the RCA LP The Eastbourne Concert.
                                                                                              Stratemann, p.661New Desor
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                                                                                              Sunday
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                                                                                              Monday
                                                                                              London, EnglandRainbow Theatre....
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                                                                                              Sunday
                                                                                              .London, EnglandFinsbury Park..New Desor
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                                                                                              Monday
                                                                                              .London, EnglandBBC Lime Grove StudioBBC videotape sessionStratemann, p.661New Desor
                                                                                              DE7360
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                                                                                              Tuesday
                                                                                              ..en routeThe band flew back to the USA on Dec. 4Stratemann, p.661.
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                                                                                              Wednesday
                                                                                              .Pittsburgh, Penn...Stratemann, p.662.
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                                                                                              Thursday
                                                                                              .Allentown, Penn...Stratemann, p.662.
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                                                                                              Friday
                                                                                              .Philadelphia, Penn.Academy of Music.
                                                                                              • Stratemann, p.662
                                                                                              • Additional documentation might be found in SI-NMAH DEC301, Series 2: Performances and Programs, 1933-1974, box 14, folder 29 Hahnemann Medical College, Academy of Music, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Decemeber 7, 1973
                                                                                              New Desor
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                                                                                              Saturday
                                                                                              .Baltimore, Md...Stratemann, p.662.
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                                                                                              Sunday
                                                                                              ...activities not documented...
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                                                                                              Monday
                                                                                              1974 01 05
                                                                                              Saturday
                                                                                              New York, N.Y.Rainbow GrillNightclub engagementStratemann, p.662New Desor
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                                                                                              Tuesday
                                                                                              .New York, N.Y.Rainbow GrillSee 1973 12 10...
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                                                                                              1973 12 12
                                                                                              Wednesday
                                                                                              .New York, N.Y.Rainbow GrillSee 1973 12 10

                                                                                              Stratemann reports that Ellington was hospitalized for tests for several days, sometime after the beginning of the Rainbow engagement.

                                                                                              Syndicated columnist Earl Wilson:

                                                                                              Duke Ellington, two days after opening at the Rainbow Grill, entered a hospital for what his mgr. Cress Courtney said was merely 'a two-day checkup.'"


                                                                                              and

                                                                                              "Duke Ellington, out of the hospital, promptly did his two Rainbow Grill shows plus a benefit."

                                                                                              Earl Wilson
                                                                                              • That's Earl for Today, The Evening Standard, Uniontown, Penn., 1973-12-20,p.25
                                                                                              • On The Town, The Morning Herald - The Evening Standard, Uniontown, Penn., 1973-12-27,p.5
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                                                                                              Thursday
                                                                                              .New York, N.Y.Rainbow GrillSee 1973 12 10...
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                                                                                              1973 12 14
                                                                                              Friday
                                                                                              .New York, N.Y.Rainbow GrillSee 1973 12 10...
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                                                                                              1973 12 15
                                                                                              Saturday
                                                                                              .New York, N.Y.Rainbow GrillSee 1973 12 10...
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                                                                                              1973 12 16
                                                                                              Sunday
                                                                                              .New York, N.Y.Rainbow GrillSee 1973 12 10...
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                                                                                              1973 12 17
                                                                                              Monday
                                                                                              .New York, N.Y.Rainbow GrillSee 1973 12 10...
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                                                                                              1973 12 18
                                                                                              Tuesday
                                                                                              .New York, N.Y.Rainbow GrillSee 1973 12 10...
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                                                                                              1973 12 19
                                                                                              Wednesday
                                                                                              .New York, N.Y.Rainbow GrillSee 1973 12 10...
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                                                                                              .Bronx, N.Y.St. Augustine Presbyterian ChurchThe Smithsonian's Ellington collection includes a folder for an event here on this date. Presumably it was a sacred concert, if it took place. To be confirmed. Additional documentation might be found in SI-NMAH DEC301, Series 2: Performances and Programs, 1933-1974, box 17, folder 14 St. Augustine Presbyterian Church, Bronx, New York, December 23, 1973...
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                                                                                              ...Bassist Joe Benjamin was severely injured when he stopped at a convenience store on his way home from work at the Rainbow Grill. His car slid on ice and hit a pole. He died of his injuries on January 26.Lakeland Ledger, 1974-01-30.
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                                                                                              January 1974

                                                                                              1974 01 00...PERSONNEL CHANGE
                                                                                              Cootie Williams rejoins the band
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                                                                                              1974 01 14Florida.Stratemann reports several Florida dates booked during this period were cancelled or postponed due to Ellington's health. He also cautions that Ellington may have missed some of the dates listed between January 16 and March 22.Stratemann, p. 662..
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                                                                                              .Chicago, Ill.....
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                                                                                              .Macomb, Ill.....
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                                                                                              .Valparaiso, Ind.....
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                                                                                              .Lafayette, Ind.....
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                                                                                              .Yankton, S.D.....
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                                                                                              .Sioux Falls, S.D.....
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                                                                                              Tuesday
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                                                                                              A concert booked for the Krannert Center for the Performing Arts at the University of Illinois was cancelled.

                                                                                              The Daily Illini:

                                                                                              'The concert by Duke Ellington and his band scheduled for Wednesday on campus has been cancelled.
                                                                                                Ellington was hospitalized in New York City, his agent said.
                                                                                                The concert...was to have been Ellington's third appearance in the Great Hall...
                                                                                                However, Ellington's entire January tour had to be cancelled because of the musician's illness, Associated Booking Corp. said.
                                                                                                Star Course said it would make every effort to reschedule the Ellington concert later in the spring season.
                                                                                                Ticketholders may secure refunds at the box offices of the Krannert Center and the Illini Union.'

                                                                                              The Daily Illini, University of Illinois, Champaign-Urbana, Ill., 1974-01-22 pp.19-20..
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                                                                                              .Warrensburg, Mo.....
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                                                                                              .Livingstone, N.J.. Peripheral event
                                                                                              Bassist Joe Benjamin died in hospital nearly a month after the car crash that hospitalized him. I am told his death certificate reads he died of heart failure.
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                                                                                              .Osage Beach, Mo.....
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                                                                                              ...PERSONNEL CHANGE
                                                                                              Wulf Freedman, electric bass and bass, rejoins the band
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                                                                                              .Burlington, Iowa....
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                                                                                              .New York, N.Y.. Peripheral event
                                                                                              Funeral of Joe Benjamin
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                                                                                              .Ann Arbor, Mich.University of MichiganInterview

                                                                                              Unconfirmed. This is dated Jan.16 1974 in New Desor
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                                                                                              Ann Arbor NewsAgustěn Perez Gasco nov09
                                                                                              R.Steiger jul11
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                                                                                              Wednesday
                                                                                              .Ann Arbor, Mich.Hill Auditorium
                                                                                              University of Michigan
                                                                                              Concert

                                                                                              A poster advertised the concert in the Power Center, a different venue on campus.
                                                                                              Review Duke Ellington at Hill Auditorium, Ann Arbor Sun 1974-02-08..
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                                                                                              Thursday
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                                                                                              .Athens, OhioMemorial Auditorium,
                                                                                              College Green,
                                                                                              University of Ohio
                                                                                              (Unconfirmed)

                                                                                              Concert - ticket stub is for assigned seating.
                                                                                              Ticket stub..
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                                                                                              February 1974

                                                                                              1974 02 --.U.S.A.Concert.New Desor
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                                                                                              Monday
                                                                                              .Poughkeepsie, N.Y.Students' Building,
                                                                                              Vassar College
                                                                                              Mid-Winter formal dance, 9:30 to 1:30
                                                                                              This was the first time the Student Center had been used for a dance; the caterer had concerns so only two wings of the hall could be used, with the centre closed off. As a result, only 400 tickets could be sold if only the west wing was used, and 800 if the lobby was used as well. This meant tickets were available only to Vassar students. Prices were $8 each or $15 for couples.

                                                                                              The campus paper ran a letter to the editor signed Diane Kupelian after the dance:

                                                                                              '... I appreciated a dance where it was possible to carry on a coherent conversation as well as dance. It was what a party should be - a chance to enjoy the people around in a friendly atmosphere. The Duke had class - the room was filled with women in long gowns and men in top hats floating in between potted plants and potted people. Most importantly, drunk musicians, dancers and all, the dance was fantastically fun - a fantasy trip back to the "good old days." '

                                                                                              The Miscellany News, Vassar College, Poughkeepsie, N.Y.:
                                                                                              • 1973-11-30 p.3
                                                                                              • 1973-12-07 pp.4, 9 & 5
                                                                                              • 1974-02-08 p.4
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                                                                                              .Stratford, Conn.....
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                                                                                              .Niagara Falls, N.Y.Ramada InnNiagara University ballNorth Tonawanda Evening News, 1974-01-23.
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                                                                                              .Cleveland, Ohio.scheduled but cancelled..
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                                                                                              .Washington, D.C.Georgetown University2 concerts.New Desor
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                                                                                              .Washington, D.C.Hawthorne SchoolEllington and a quartet from his band played. Marian McPartland was present and played A Train with Ellington's men.
                                                                                              According to the APArchive catalogue notes for some undigitized television footage, Julie Nixon, the President's daughter visited and presented him with a card from her parents, addressed to His Excellency, The Duke of Ellington, expressing appreciation for his six years of service as a member of the National Council of the Arts.
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                                                                                              Valentine's Day
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                                                                                              .Walla Walla, Wash..Newspaper report 1974-02-04:
                                                                                              Concert at Whitman College's Cordiner Hall has been cancelled and is unlikely to be rescheduled. The artist's agency advised the college the entire Pacific Northwest tour was cancelled
                                                                                              Walla Walla Union Bulletin, 1974-02-04.
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                                                                                              1974 02 16
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                                                                                              .Tacoma, Wash..Likely cancelled - see above..
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                                                                                              .Oregon City, Ore..Likely cancelled - see above..
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                                                                                              .Corvallis, Ore..Likely cancelled - see above..
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                                                                                              .Fort Myers, Fla.Exhibition Hall(Unconfirmed)

                                                                                              Concert, 8:15 pm
                                                                                              Concert scheduled to replace a Jan. 9 concert postponed due to health. Tickets printed for the January concert were used.
                                                                                              Ad, Naples Daily News, 1974-02-08, p.28.
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                                                                                              .Miami, Fla.Dade County Auditorium.
                                                                                              • Stratemann, p.662
                                                                                              • Additional documentation might be found in SI-NMAH DEC301, Series 2: Performances and Programs, 1933-1974, box 17, folder 23 Dade County Auditorium, Miami, Florida, March 5, 1974
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                                                                                              1974 03 17Minneapolis, Minn.Guthrie Theater...
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                                                                                              .Rolla, Mo.University of Missouri, Rolla Campus, Gale Pullman Multi-purpose Building(Unconfirmed)

                                                                                              Concert 8 PM
                                                                                              Rescheduled from February due to Ellington's illness. Two hour concert planned, sponsored by UMR's Student Union Board.
                                                                                              "Duke Ellington and orchestra swing into Rolla for concert"Jefferson City, Mo. News Tribune, 1974-03-17.
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                                                                                              Wednesday
                                                                                              .De Kalb, Ill.Holmes Student Center Ballroom
                                                                                              Northern Illinois University
                                                                                              This performance was reported in DEMS 83/1-3 to be the location of Duke Ellington's last appearance on stage, but his last appearance has since been determined to be at Sturgis, Mich.

                                                                                              There is now a Duke Ellington Ballroom in the Holmes Student Center on campus.
                                                                                              Shirley Nelson, wife of NIU president Richard Nelson, presented Ellington with a medallion "from his friends and admirers at Northern Illinois University." While Vail describes this as a dance, the Chicago Defender's photo caption calls it a concert.
                                                                                              • Stratemann p.622
                                                                                              • Vail II
                                                                                              • Captioned photo, Chicago Defender 1974-03-25, courtesy Assistant Professor Abbey Thompson, Music Librarian, Northern Illinois University.
                                                                                              • Archived photo, also courtesy of Professor Thompson
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                                                                                              .Sturgis, Mich.Sturges-Young AuditoriumTwo concerts
                                                                                              These were the last performances by Duke Ellington with his orchestra

                                                                                              Vail says Ellington checked into a motel in Sturgis, but changed his mind and went to Detroit Airport to fly home.
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                                                                                              Saturday
                                                                                              1974 05 24New York, N.Y.Harkness Pavilion
                                                                                              Columbia Presbyterian Hospital
                                                                                              168th Street
                                                                                              Returning to New York via Detroit after the Sturgis appearance, Duke rested at home for two days and then was admitted to the hospital. where he continued to work until his death.
                                                                                              Mercer Ellington:

                                                                                              'The Harkness Pavilion ...grew quieter as night shrouded it. Most of the patients had been bedded down. The visitors had departed, and in my father's room tokens of their esteem were everywhere...
                                                                                                He turned on his side, ignoring the intravenous tubing attached to his arm. He looked sternly in my direction, although by this time his eyesight was failing.
                                                                                                "What you'll have to do . . .” he began, and then went on to describe how I was to edit the tapes of his Third Sacred Concert as recorded at its premiere in Westminster Abbey the previous October.
                                                                                                ... although we had discussed this subject several times before, it was always with the understanding that he himself would do the editing. He had, in fact, fully intended to record some sections again. Now, as he gave me instructions on how I should proceed, I realized for the first time that he knew he would not be leaving the hospital. When he had finished speaking he lay back, breathing regularly, his artistic conscience eased....

                                                                                              ...The flowers and messages kept coming, so many that it was hard to decide which should stay in the room and which should be kept elsewhere. What helped so much in saying thank you to people was that just prior to his passing his Christmas cards were delivered. Actually, they were early that year, because sometimes people didn't get them until July! It was his normal practice to send them late so that they didn't get mixed up with everyone else's! That's the way he was with time. Some misunderstood in this case and thought he sent them early because he knew he wouldn't be there next Christmas.'

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                                                                                              • Stratemann p.663
                                                                                              • Mercer Ellington, Duke Ellington in Person, An Intimate Memoir, p.3
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                                                                                              Sunday
                                                                                              .New York, N.Y.Harkness Pavilion
                                                                                              Columbia Presbyterian Hospital

                                                                                              Ellington remained in hospital
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                                                                                              Monday
                                                                                              .New York, N.Y.Harkness Pavilion
                                                                                              Columbia Presbyterian Hospital

                                                                                              Ellington remained in hospital
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                                                                                              Tuesday
                                                                                              .New York, N.Y.Harkness Pavilion
                                                                                              Columbia Presbyterian Hospital

                                                                                              Ellington remained in hospital
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                                                                                              Wednesday
                                                                                              .New York, N.Y.Harkness Pavilion
                                                                                              Columbia Presbyterian Hospital

                                                                                              Ellington remained in hospital
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                                                                                              Thursday
                                                                                              .New York, N.Y.Harkness Pavilion
                                                                                              Columbia Presbyterian Hospital

                                                                                              Ellington remained in hospital
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                                                                                              Friday
                                                                                              .New York, N.Y.Harkness Pavilion
                                                                                              Columbia Presbyterian Hospital

                                                                                              Ellington remained in hospital
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                                                                                              1974 03 30
                                                                                              Saturday
                                                                                              .New York, N.Y.Harkness Pavilion
                                                                                              Columbia Presbyterian Hospital

                                                                                              Ellington remained in hospital
                                                                                              ...
                                                                                              ...
                                                                                              1974 03 31
                                                                                              Sunday
                                                                                              .New York, N.Y.Harkness Pavilion
                                                                                              Columbia Presbyterian Hospital

                                                                                              Ellington remained in hospital...
                                                                                              ...
                                                                                              1974 03 00...PERSONNEL CHANGES
                                                                                              New Desor shows March 1974 as the end of the following musicians' stays in the band:
                                                                                              • Trumpets
                                                                                                • Mercer Ellington
                                                                                                • Barrie Lee Hall
                                                                                                • Cootie Williams
                                                                                                • John Coles
                                                                                                • Money Johnson
                                                                                                • Percy Marion

                                                                                              • Trombones
                                                                                                • Art Baron
                                                                                                • Chuck Connors
                                                                                                • Vince Prudente

                                                                                              • Reeds
                                                                                                • Russell Procope
                                                                                                • Harold Minerve
                                                                                                • Harold Ashby
                                                                                                • Paul Gonsalves
                                                                                                • Harry Carney

                                                                                              • Rhythm
                                                                                                • Duke Ellington
                                                                                                • Wulf Freedman
                                                                                                • Quentin "Rocky" White

                                                                                              • Vocals
                                                                                                • Anita Moore
                                                                                                • Tony Watkins
                                                                                              At best, this is only a list of who was in the band member when Duke was hospitalized. Jet Magazine reported the band had not played together since Duke went into the hospital, and at the time of writing nobody knew if they would work together again.
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                                                                                              April 1974

                                                                                              1974 04 01
                                                                                              Monday
                                                                                              .New York, N.Y.Harkness Pavilion
                                                                                              Columbia Presbyterian Hospital

                                                                                              Ellington remained in hospital...
                                                                                              ...
                                                                                              1974 04 02
                                                                                              Tuesday
                                                                                              .New York, N.Y.Harkness Pavilion
                                                                                              Columbia Presbyterian Hospital

                                                                                              Ellington remained in hospital...
                                                                                              ...
                                                                                              1974 04 03
                                                                                              Wednesday
                                                                                              .New York, N.Y.Harkness Pavilion
                                                                                              Columbia Presbyterian Hospital

                                                                                              Ellington remained in hospital...
                                                                                              ...
                                                                                              1974 04 04
                                                                                              Thursday
                                                                                              .New York, N.Y.Harkness Pavilion
                                                                                              Columbia Presbyterian Hospital

                                                                                              Ellington remained in hospital...
                                                                                              ...
                                                                                              1974 04 05
                                                                                              Friday
                                                                                              .New York, N.Y.Harkness Pavilion
                                                                                              Columbia Presbyterian Hospital

                                                                                              Ellington remained in hospital...
                                                                                              ...
                                                                                              1974 04 06
                                                                                              Saturday
                                                                                              .New York, N.Y.Harkness Pavilion
                                                                                              Columbia Presbyterian Hospital

                                                                                              Ellington remained in hospital...
                                                                                              ...
                                                                                              1974 04 07
                                                                                              Sunday
                                                                                              .New York, N.Y.Harkness Pavilion
                                                                                              Columbia Presbyterian Hospital

                                                                                              Ellington remained in hospital...
                                                                                              ...
                                                                                              1974 04 08
                                                                                              Monday
                                                                                              .New York, N.Y.Harkness Pavilion
                                                                                              Columbia Presbyterian Hospital

                                                                                              Ellington remained in hospital...
                                                                                              ...
                                                                                              1974 04 09
                                                                                              Tuesday
                                                                                              .New York, N.Y.Harkness Pavilion
                                                                                              Columbia Presbyterian Hospital

                                                                                              Ellington remained in hospital...
                                                                                              ...
                                                                                              1974 04 10
                                                                                              Wednesday
                                                                                              .New York, N.Y.Harkness Pavilion
                                                                                              Columbia Presbyterian Hospital

                                                                                              Ellington remained in hospital...
                                                                                              ...
                                                                                              1974 04 11
                                                                                              Thursday
                                                                                              .New York, N.Y.Harkness Pavilion
                                                                                              Columbia Presbyterian Hospital

                                                                                              Ellington remained in hospital...
                                                                                              ...
                                                                                              1974 04 12
                                                                                              Friday
                                                                                              .New York, N.Y.Harkness Pavilion
                                                                                              Columbia Presbyterian Hospital

                                                                                              Ellington remained in hospital...
                                                                                              ...
                                                                                              1974 04 13
                                                                                              Saturday
                                                                                              .New York, N.Y.Harkness Pavilion
                                                                                              Columbia Presbyterian Hospital

                                                                                              Ellington remained in hospital...
                                                                                              ...
                                                                                              1974 04 14
                                                                                              Sunday
                                                                                              .New York, N.Y.Harkness Pavilion
                                                                                              Columbia Presbyterian Hospital

                                                                                              Ellington remained in hospital...
                                                                                              ...
                                                                                              1974 04 15
                                                                                              Monday
                                                                                              .New York, N.Y.Harkness Pavilion
                                                                                              Columbia Presbyterian Hospital

                                                                                              Ellington remained in hospital...
                                                                                              ...
                                                                                              1974 04 16
                                                                                              Tuesday
                                                                                              .New York, N.Y.Harkness Pavilion
                                                                                              Columbia Presbyterian Hospital

                                                                                              Ellington remained in hospital...
                                                                                              ...
                                                                                              1974 04 17
                                                                                              Wednesday
                                                                                              .New York, N.Y.Harkness Pavilion
                                                                                              Columbia Presbyterian Hospital

                                                                                              Ellington remained in hospital...
                                                                                              ...
                                                                                              1974 04 18
                                                                                              Thursday
                                                                                              .New York, N.Y.Harkness Pavilion
                                                                                              Columbia Presbyterian Hospital

                                                                                              Ellington remained in hospital...
                                                                                              ...
                                                                                              1974 04 19
                                                                                              Friday
                                                                                              .New York, N.Y.Harkness Pavilion
                                                                                              Columbia Presbyterian Hospital

                                                                                              Ellington remained in hospital...
                                                                                              ...
                                                                                              1974 04 20
                                                                                              Saturday
                                                                                              .New York, N.Y.Harkness Pavilion
                                                                                              Columbia Presbyterian Hospital

                                                                                              Ellington remained in hospital...
                                                                                              ...
                                                                                              1974 04 21
                                                                                              Sunday
                                                                                              .New York, N.Y.Harkness Pavilion
                                                                                              Columbia Presbyterian Hospital

                                                                                              Ellington remained in hospital...
                                                                                              ...
                                                                                              1974 04 22
                                                                                              Monday
                                                                                              .New York, N.Y.Harkness Pavilion
                                                                                              Columbia Presbyterian Hospital

                                                                                              Ellington remained in hospital...
                                                                                              ...
                                                                                              1974 04 23
                                                                                              Tuesday
                                                                                              .New York, N.Y.Harkness Pavilion
                                                                                              Columbia Presbyterian Hospital

                                                                                              Ellington remained in hospital...
                                                                                              ...
                                                                                              1974 04 24
                                                                                              Wednesday
                                                                                              .New York, N.Y.Harkness Pavilion
                                                                                              Columbia Presbyterian Hospital

                                                                                              Ellington remained in hospital...
                                                                                              ...
                                                                                              1974 04 25
                                                                                              Thursday
                                                                                              .New York, N.Y.Harkness Pavilion
                                                                                              Columbia Presbyterian Hospital

                                                                                              Ellington remained in hospital...
                                                                                              ...
                                                                                              1974 04 26
                                                                                              Friday
                                                                                              .New York, N.Y.Harkness Pavilion
                                                                                              Columbia Presbyterian Hospital

                                                                                              Ellington remained in hospital...
                                                                                              ...
                                                                                              1974 04 27
                                                                                              Saturday
                                                                                              .New York, N.Y.Harkness Pavilion
                                                                                              Columbia Presbyterian Hospital

                                                                                              Ellington remained in hospital...
                                                                                              ...
                                                                                              1974 04 28
                                                                                              Sunday
                                                                                              .New York, N.Y.Harkness Pavilion
                                                                                              Columbia Presbyterian Hospital

                                                                                              Ellington remained in hospital...
                                                                                              ...
                                                                                              1974 04 28
                                                                                              Sunday
                                                                                              .New York, N.Y.various Peripheral event
                                                                                              Even though Ellington was already hospitalized, the "By...Jack O'Brian" column reported

                                                                                              Benny Goodman will be among many star musicians celebrating Jazz Interaction's 9th anniversary marathon fund-coaxing bash in honor of Duke Ellington's 75th birthday Sun. April 28, at the Pub Theatrical, a fast-popularized showbiz hangout.

                                                                                              An AP wirestory confirmed it took place:

                                                                                              The birthday ...was celebrated throughout the week with such events as a Carnegie Hall concert and U.S. Information Agency broadcasts in 36 languages. The celebration here Sunday brought together 35 jazz groups and soloists... Ellington was not able to take part because he was hospitalized in New York with an undisclosed illness.

                                                                                              In the afternoon, a 10-piece group led by Bob Wilbur played from Ellington's songbook at the New York Jazz Museum. Later, Jazz Interactions ... brought together dozens of musicians playing in the three large rooms that make up the downstairs restaurant Pub Theatrical...

                                                                                              • Schenectady Gazette, 1974-04-22 p.26
                                                                                              • AP wirestory by Mary Campbell, datelined New York:
                                                                                                • Pasadena Star News 1974 -04-29
                                                                                                • Utica N.Y. Daily Press 1974 -04-29 (incomplete)
                                                                                                • Stars and Stripes, 1974 -04-30 (incomplete)
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                                                                                              1974 04 29
                                                                                              Monday
                                                                                              Ellington's final birthday
                                                                                              .New York, N.Y.Harkness Pavilion
                                                                                              Columbia Presbyterian Hospital

                                                                                              Ellington remained in hospital...
                                                                                              ...
                                                                                              1974 04 29
                                                                                              Monday
                                                                                              Ellington's birthday
                                                                                              .Toronto, Ont.Radio station CJRT-FM. Peripheral event
                                                                                              Broadcaster Ted O'Reilly writes:

                                                                                              In my jazz radio life, on Duke's 75th birthday (April 29/74) I managed to get my then-educational, commercial-free radio station (CJRT-FM, Toronto) to turn over the entire day's programming to "Ellingtonia." I produced 19 hours of programming, which included a live-to-air concert performance of Celebration and the suite The River.

                                                                                              The arranger, Ron Collier (and truth be known, almost-associate-composer) conducted a symphonic orchestra of top Toronto musicians, jazz and classical. I say "almost-associate-composer" as Ron showed me the scraps of themes that Duke had sent, with suggested ways to orchestrate them. Truly, not a lot to go on... This is not to demean DE in any way –that's the way he worked– but to give due credit to Collier.

                                                                                              A copy of the concert was sent immediately to Duke's hospital room, but whether he heard it, I don't know. But I found my cassette of it just the other day, and considering the orchestra had a mere hour-and-a-half rehearsal of an hour's worth of music, it sounds damn good!

                                                                                              The master tape disappeared from the station's library ...but even on cassette it shows the greatness of Ellington AND Ron Collier, who I think is unfortunately overlooked in the latter-day Ellington oeuvre."

                                                                                              ...
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                                                                                              1974 04 29
                                                                                              Monday
                                                                                              Ellington's birthday
                                                                                              .New York, N.Y.Central Presbyterian Church Peripheral event
                                                                                              Pastor John Gensel assembled most of the Ellington orchestra and a number of illustrious guests for an evening of music from the sacred concerts. The APArchive has just over 7 minutes of the rehearsal on video.
                                                                                              Blind pianist Brooks Kerr reportedly replaced Duke at the piano.
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                                                                                              1974 04 30
                                                                                              Tuesday
                                                                                              .New York, N.Y.Harkness Pavilion
                                                                                              Columbia Presbyterian Hospital

                                                                                              Ellington remained in hospital...
                                                                                              ...

                                                                                              May 1974

                                                                                              1974 05 01
                                                                                              Wednesday
                                                                                              .New York, N.Y.Harkness Pavilion
                                                                                              Columbia Presbyterian Hospital

                                                                                              Ellington remained in hospital...
                                                                                              ...
                                                                                              1974 05 02
                                                                                              Thursday
                                                                                              .New York, N.Y.Harkness Pavilion
                                                                                              Columbia Presbyterian Hospital

                                                                                              Ellington remained in hospital...
                                                                                              ...
                                                                                              1974 05 03
                                                                                              Friday
                                                                                              .New York, N.Y.Harkness Pavilion
                                                                                              Columbia Presbyterian Hospital

                                                                                              Ellington remained in hospital...
                                                                                              ...
                                                                                              1974 05 04
                                                                                              Saturday
                                                                                              .New York, N.Y.Harkness Pavilion
                                                                                              Columbia Presbyterian Hospital

                                                                                              Ellington remained in hospital...
                                                                                              ...
                                                                                              1974 05 05
                                                                                              Sunday
                                                                                              .New York, N.Y.Harkness Pavilion
                                                                                              Columbia Presbyterian Hospital

                                                                                              Ellington remained in hospital...
                                                                                              ...
                                                                                              1974 05 06
                                                                                              Monday
                                                                                              .New York, N.Y.Harkness Pavilion
                                                                                              Columbia Presbyterian Hospital

                                                                                              Ellington remained in hospital...
                                                                                              ...
                                                                                              1974 05 07
                                                                                              Tuesday
                                                                                              .New York, N.Y.Harkness Pavilion
                                                                                              Columbia Presbyterian Hospital

                                                                                              Ellington remained in hospital...
                                                                                              ...
                                                                                              1974 05 08
                                                                                              Wednesday
                                                                                              .New York, N.Y.Harkness Pavilion
                                                                                              Columbia Presbyterian Hospital

                                                                                              Ellington remained in hospital...
                                                                                              ...
                                                                                              1974 05 09
                                                                                              Thursday
                                                                                              .New York, N.Y.Harkness Pavilion
                                                                                              Columbia Presbyterian Hospital

                                                                                              Ellington remained in hospital...
                                                                                              ...
                                                                                              1974 05 10
                                                                                              Friday
                                                                                              .New York, N.Y.Harkness Pavilion
                                                                                              Columbia Presbyterian Hospital

                                                                                              Ellington remained in hospital...
                                                                                              ...
                                                                                              1974 05 11
                                                                                              Saturday
                                                                                              .New York, N.Y.Harkness Pavilion
                                                                                              Columbia Presbyterian Hospital

                                                                                              Ellington remained in hospital...
                                                                                              ...
                                                                                              1974 05 12
                                                                                              Sunday
                                                                                              .New York, N.Y.Harkness Pavilion
                                                                                              Columbia Presbyterian Hospital

                                                                                              Ellington remained in hospital...
                                                                                              ...
                                                                                              1974 05 13
                                                                                              Monday
                                                                                              .New York, N.Y.Harkness Pavilion
                                                                                              Columbia Presbyterian Hospital

                                                                                              Ellington remained in hospital...
                                                                                              ...
                                                                                              1974 05 14
                                                                                              Tuesday
                                                                                              ...Paul Gonsalves dies in London, England at age 53. Jet Magazine reported he died of a heart attack, having gone to London to do small group work, and that his funeral was at St. Paul's Presbyterian Church, New York, presided over by Rev. John Gensel. Ellington was not told of his death.

                                                                                              Mercer:

                                                                                              '...He had gone to play a few dates in Holland and then flew into London, with the money he had been paid, to see some old acquaintances. He died in one of their homes and his body was shipped home. I didn't tell Pop this, but in a few days they both — and Tyree Glenn, too — were lying in the same funeral home.'

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                                                                                              1974 05 14
                                                                                              Tuesday
                                                                                              .New York, N.Y.Harkness Pavilion
                                                                                              Columbia Presbyterian Hospital

                                                                                              Ellington remained in hospital...
                                                                                              ...
                                                                                              1974 05 15
                                                                                              Wednesday
                                                                                              .New York, N.Y.Harkness Pavilion
                                                                                              Columbia Presbyterian Hospital

                                                                                              Ellington remained in hospital...
                                                                                              ...
                                                                                              1974 05 16
                                                                                              Thursday
                                                                                              .New York, N.Y.Harkness Pavilion
                                                                                              Columbia Presbyterian Hospital

                                                                                              Ellington remained in hospital...
                                                                                              ...
                                                                                              1974 05 17
                                                                                              Friday
                                                                                              .New York, N.Y.Harkness Pavilion
                                                                                              Columbia Presbyterian Hospital

                                                                                              Ellington remained in hospital...
                                                                                              ...
                                                                                              1974 05 18
                                                                                              Saturday
                                                                                              .New York, N.Y.Harkness Pavilion
                                                                                              Columbia Presbyterian Hospital

                                                                                              Ellington remained in hospital...
                                                                                              ...
                                                                                              1974 05 18
                                                                                              Saturday
                                                                                              .Englewood, N.J.Englewood Hospital Peripheral event
                                                                                              Ex-Ellington trombonist Tyree Glenn dies
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                                                                                              1974 05 19
                                                                                              Sunday
                                                                                              .New York, N.Y.Harkness Pavilion
                                                                                              Columbia Presbyterian Hospital

                                                                                              Ellington remained in hospital...
                                                                                              ...
                                                                                              1974 05 20
                                                                                              Monday
                                                                                              .New York, N.Y.Harkness Pavilion
                                                                                              Columbia Presbyterian Hospital

                                                                                              Ellington remained in hospital...
                                                                                              ...
                                                                                              1974 05 21
                                                                                              Tuesday
                                                                                              .New York, N.Y.Harkness Pavilion
                                                                                              Columbia Presbyterian Hospital

                                                                                              Ellington remained in hospital...
                                                                                              ...
                                                                                              1974 05 22
                                                                                              Wednesday
                                                                                              .New York, N.Y.Harkness Pavilion
                                                                                              Columbia Presbyterian Hospital

                                                                                              Ellington remained in hospital...
                                                                                              ...
                                                                                              1974 05 23
                                                                                              Thursday
                                                                                              .New York, N.Y.Harkness Pavilion
                                                                                              Columbia Presbyterian Hospital

                                                                                              Ellington died early the following morning.

                                                                                              Mercer:

                                                                                              '... We'd been told the approximate time his death might be expected. The flowers and messages kept coming, ... What helped so much in saying thank you to people was that just prior to his passing his Christmas cards were delivered. Actually, they were early that year... It was his normal practice to send them late so that they didn't get mixed up with everyone else's! ...Some misunderstood in this case and thought he sent them early because he knew he wouldn't be there next Christmas. ... He had suffered so long — and accomplished so much. I was thinking of that when the realization came, not altogether as a comfort, that the miracle had been accomplished beforehand, embodied in life, not death.
                                                                                                He departed quietly that night. When the nurse said there was no longer a pulse, my mind reverted instantly to the Third Sacred Concert, to his composition so presciently titled "The Majesty of God.” '

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                                                                                              Friday
                                                                                              .New York, N.Y.Harkness Pavilion
                                                                                              Columbia Presbyterian Hospital
                                                                                              168th Street
                                                                                              Edward Kennedy "Duke" Ellington died, intestate , at 3:10 a.m.
                                                                                              CBS-TV special "Tribute"

                                                                                              John Sanders:

                                                                                              "And then, of course, from February on to May, his condition was going down. And I got a phone call from Helen Dance at Blessed Sacrament in Bridgeport and she said, 'John, I think you better come down.'  All right, at that time, Duke wasn't always taking visitors. He was very private, as you know. And I respected that. But she called that night and I said, 'Helen, I'll be right down tomorrow morning.' Next morning, just as I was getting ready to leave, she called me, 'Duke just passed away.' I ... I felt terrible. I think we always feel we never said enough, or did enough for someone so good to you. And it just took everything out of me. However, I did get, you know, news about the funeral at St. John the Divine. So I went down, they asked me, would I do a reading, and I said I'd be happy to. So I went down, St. John's Cathedral, I met Ruth and Pearl Bailey was there and Louie Bellson, Ella was there, it was wonderful, the mass. And they asked me to do a reading and I did the best I could. And we all felt a great loss. Father O'Connor, who was very close to Duke, especially at Newport, and other things. I remember Father O'Connor saying something so eloquent. I think he said something like, 'Duke, we loved you yesterday. We love you today. We will love you tomorrow.' I never forgot that. And that's the way it is. A person is gone, but you keep them alive in your memories and your thoughts, each one of us had a different experience. I still remember looking up in the trombone section when Duke would come on at night, take his place at the piano and he'd look up and just smile. You know, like, we're here together again, aren't we. Come on, let's go. And it was great."


                                                                                              Undertaker John Joyce, interviewed in 1983 by Harriett Mills, said:

                                                                                              "We had the service for Paul Gonsalves a Wednesday evening, and then we brought him back to the chapel, and we had a service for Tyree Glenn on Thursday evening and we had both burials scheduled for Friday morning. On Friday morning shortly before, Ruth Ellington, Mercer Ellington, and Cress Courtney came in to make arrangements for Duke's service, and in the meantime I dispatched a hearse to the Presbyterian Hospital to bring Duke down. While we were getting ready to go to the cemetery to bury Tryee Glenn, Duke Ellington was brought in to the chapel, and for a few minutes all three of them were in the chapel at the same time."

                                                                                              "... a Monumental Experience...";
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                                                                                              1974 05 25
                                                                                              Saturday
                                                                                              .New York, N.Y.Walter B. Cooke Funeral ChapelEdward Kennedy Ellington's remains laid in state
                                                                                              The funeral home estimated between 700 and 800 people per hour came to view him.
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                                                                                              Sunday
                                                                                              .New York, N.Y.Walter B. Cooke Funeral ChapelEdward Kennedy Ellington's remains laid in state...
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                                                                                              Monday
                                                                                              .New York, N.Y.St. John the DivineDuke Ellington's funeral.
                                                                                              Mercer:

                                                                                              'One of the astonishing sights that day was the enormous crowd outside the cathedral as the cortege arrived...
                                                                                                ...The huge building was packed, and there were thousands outside. Besides those who sang and played, there were representatives of every level of the music and entertainment worlds from both home and abroad. I saw in a kind of blur so many people I knew. I remember Count Basie and Catherine, and how upset Basie was. Benny Goodman was there. So were the members of the Ellington band, past and present, all who could attend. We had decided that it was perhaps more fitting that on this day they should not be asked to play. The women in Pop's life, most of them, were also there - not conspicuous, but they were there.
                                                                                                The service was conducted with authority by the Right Reverend Harold Wright... While the procession moved along the main aisle at its conclusion, music from the Second Sacred Concert spiraled down from the cathedral's lofty, vaulted roof. The ethereal voices of first Alice Babs and then Johnny Hodges were uplifting and supremely touching in the recorded version of "Heaven," which had been put on tape in anticipation of this climactic moment.
                                                                                                As the cortege drove slowly away ... people stood forlornly on the sidewalks and waved farewell. ...
                                                                                                Later that afternoon, he was laid to rest beside his mother and father at Woodlawn...'

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                                                                                              1974 05 28
                                                                                              Tuesday
                                                                                              ... Peripheral event
                                                                                              The day after the funeral, Mercer took the band on tour to Bermuda.1

                                                                                              It appears that all members except Russell Procope stayed with the band2
                                                                                              Mercer3:

                                                                                              "I found the best piano player I could find who would come to work with us - Lloyd Mayers - and the best bassist - Larry Ridley. That is what pulled the band together...They were both able to make more money than they make with me. I got them on the sole principle that with me they will be more musically employed...I was sitting in the band at first and the music wasn't coming out with any degree of expression. People were making suggestions about what would make it sound better. I knew what I had to do; I had to fire about four guys. One thing I'll say about the band now - I'd like for it to stay exactly as it is. They're wonderful guys - disposition, attitude, they have clean habits and they're great musicians...The only trouble with having a young band is that they go in for all sorts of fantastic activities. In Bermuda they were water skiing and going in for bicycle boats, motor bikes, golf, swimming and tennis. Girls I could have understood. The result was that by the time we were ready to go on, they were ready to take a nap. They left Bermuda the healthiest bunch of nonplaying musicians I ever had my hands on."

                                                                                              • 1Mercer Ellington's obituary by Steve Voce,The Independent, London, 1996-02-10
                                                                                              • 2Duke-LYM email, Koller/Palmquist 2013-05-30
                                                                                              • 3View Magazine 1974-08-11
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                                                                                              Tuesday
                                                                                              ...Harry Carney, the longest serving sideman in jazz, died in hospital, having been admitted for pneumonia and pleurisy....
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